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Students use model of Miss. River for research
Matthew Albright Staff Writer
In a steel warehouse on River Road, Josef Hoffmann is controlling the flow of the Mississippi River. It’s not the real thing, but it’s probably the closest the civil engineering master’s student can get to controlling the real river. Hoffmann is working on a sprawling reproduction of a 76-mile length of the Mississippi River Delta that stretches from Myrtle Grove, about 20 to 30 land miles south of New Orleans, to Southwest Pass, where the river reaches the Gulf of Mexico. “Yeah, it’s pretty exciting,” Hoffmann said, pointing to the “headbox,” where the engineering students who work on the model regulate the flow of water into the system. Hoffmann is one of several graduate and undergraduate students who work on the model, which he said provides valuable data for research into preventing coastal erosion. The model itself is a huge, flat tan table covered in a thin film of water. The mini-Mississippi snakes through a landscape of brown gravel, into which various trenches have been carved out like branches from the veiny main river. The entire assembly is ringed with a gutter, and the water flows right back into the system after dripping off of the simulated swamps. MODEL, see page 4
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(From left to right) Erol Karadogan, civil engineering Ph.D. student, Josef Hoffmann, civil engineering master’s student, and Angela New, civil engineering Ph.D. student, observe simulated effects of sediment in the Mississippi River.
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
DEVELOPMENT
University purchases land for expansion Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
The University is taking the first step in a $10 million expansion project to purchase nearly 100 acres to develop a research park. The South Campus Land Acquisition is included in House Bill 2, signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal this summer. The bill allocates $1.25 million to purchase a portion of the land while the remaining $8.75 million transfers to a state holding fund. The fund will be available for access if approved during the next legislative session, said Rep. Hunter Greene, R-Baton Rouge, author of the bill. “It looks like a commitment for $10 million, but it’s not,” said Jason Droddy, University assistant vice chancellor of legislative and external affairs. “The state has given us $1.25 million, but it isn’t approved until the Bond Commission meets. The $8.75 million is acknowledgement that it is a $10 million project.” Greene hopes the proposal will be approved at the commission’s LAND, see page 11
ENVIRONMENT
University alumni create skimmer, company to help clean up oil Device glides over grass, protects marshes Frederick Holl Staff Writer
Like many Louisianans, Mark Gabriel and Erik Durr watched news coverage of the oil spill and wondered what they could do. And then they got up and did it. Gabriel, an industrial engineering graduate student, and Durr, a recent University alumnus, built an oil skimmer designed specifically to clean up oil in the marshes without damaging them and started a company called Wetland Skimmers to
produce and market the technology. The Marsh Mop has the ability “We asked, ‘What are they do- to pump out amounts exceeding 300 ing and not doing [to clean up the gallons per minute in tests, accordoil]?’ Cleaning the ing to a Wetland marsh. They were Skimmers news reusing Shop-Vacs ‘We asked, “What lease. But because and paper towels,” of strict access are they doing Gabriel said. standards to the oil The skimmer, spill sites, Wetland and not doing [to nicknamed the Skimmers has not “Marsh Mop,” uses clean up the oil]?” been able to put its an eight-horsepowinto action Cleaning the marsh.’ machine er engine to power where it’s needed two large belt skimmost, Gabriel said. Mark Gabriel mers that act both Normal skimco-creator, Wetland Skimmers as cleaning mechamers are tied behind nisms and propulsion, Gabriel said. a boat and dragged along an area to “We went through a lot of ideas, clean up oil, which can tear up marsh a lot of prototypes, and the idea just kind of came to us,” Durr said. MARSH MOP, see page 11
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Mark Gabriel, industrial engineering graduate student, explains the control system on the “Marsh Mop,” a skimmer designed to clean up oil in the marshes.
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INTERNATIONAL Thai teacher caught on cell phone hitting students with cane BANGKOK (AP) — Secretly recorded cell phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in northeastern Thailand who whacked dozens of students on the buttocks with a cane wrapped with electrical wire. Art teacher Somchai Limthanmaporn was fired after he was exposed hitting at least 40 students, according to Nongkran Prathumtri, an administrator at St. Mary’s School in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Iran state media call French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy prostitute TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media called France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a “prostitute” on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on an
adultery conviction. The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, which Iran temporarily suspended but did not throw out after an international outcry. Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, could still face execution by stoning or hanging after a final review of her case, her lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian, told The Associated Press on Monday. Preliminary drilling begins in effort to free 33 trapped Chilean miners SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — An enormous drill began preliminary work Monday on carving a half-mile chimney through solid rock to free 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine, their ordeal now having equaled the longest known survival in an underground disaster. The 31-ton drill bored 50 feet into the rock, the first step in the weeklong digging of a “pilot hole” to guide the way for the rescue.
Iran’s hardline media called French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, a “prostitute” after she disapproved of an Iranian woman facing death by stoning for adultery. SANG TAN / The Associated Press
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Office of Motor Vehicle employee booked with malfeasance
NEW YORK (AP) — An arts student accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver’s neck has been indicted on hate-crime charges, prosecutors said Monday as the student’s lawyer lashed out at media interest in a case that comes amid debate over attitudes about Muslims and a plan to build a mosque near ground zero.
HOUMA (AP) — An employee at the Office of Motor Vehicle in Houma has been arrested, accused of issuing fraudulent driver’s licenses after receiving personal payments. State troopers arrested 52-year-old Sybil St. Julian, of Houma, on Monday, on charges of malfeasance in office, abuse of office, and injuring public records.
Police: Would-be burglar gets stuck climbing down grease vent NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A would-be burglar who tried to break into a South Carolina restaurant found himself in a tight and greasy situation. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a man tried to break into a North Charleston restaurant by climbing down a grease vent. He got stuck and had to wait almost seven hours until he could be freed.
Baton Rouge police officers search for two people after home invasion (AP) — Police are searching for two people accused of shooting and killing a man and a woman during a home invasion at a Baton Rouge apartment complex. Capt. Rodney Adams says the fatal shooting occurred late Sunday night. Adams says two suspects forced their way into the
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Parking lots still changing on campus Staff move spaces into Parker lot Rachel Warren Contributing Writer
When commuting students returned to school last week, they were faced with several changes to parking lots across campus. Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said the parking lot near the Life Sciences Building has been eliminated so construction can begin on the Choppin Annex building. Graham said 90 parking spaces in the Parker Coliseum commuter lot have been designated for staff to make up for the loss of parking near the Life Sciences building. The other 460 will still be used for commuters, he said. Parking also reopened a staff parking lot this semester that had previously been under construction. Emmett David, director of Facility Development, said the Indian Mounds parking lot has been reopened, and the new design better protects the trees in the area. The website also states the parking lot on the future site of a residential college on the north side of campus near the Pentagon will be closed soon for construction. Graham said on-campus residents who park there can now begin parking in the North PMAC lot and the West Graham lot. These lots are no longer commuter parking — they will be used for residents only. Graham said the area where the old Alex Box Stadium once stood will become a parking lot for commuters when deconstruction on it is completed in September to offset the now repurposed commuter spots. Graham said the office has sold 13,607 commuter parking passes so far this year compared to 13,397 at this time last year. His department plans to begin construction on a multi-level parking garage in November or December, but spots there will
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Parking is tight early in the West Stadium lot, seen from the Athletic Administration Building.
not be available for commuters. Graham said while the construction of a parking garage specifically for commuters isn’t out of the question, it may not be as convenient as students think. Graham said a parking garage would likely fill up as quickly as the parking lots do now. “If you showed up for class at 10 a.m., you’d end up on the fourth or fifth story,” Graham said. “By the time you walk from there to class, the time will be about the same as [parking in a lot].” Graham said an average parking lot costs $2,000 to $3,000 to construct, as opposed to parking garages, which cost about $15,000 to $20,000 to build. Graham said he recommends students who park in commuter lots try to take a bus from the lot to their classes. Graham said the DowntownVet bus route runs past the parking lot across the railroad tracks and can take students to the main part of campus. Thomas Hinkel, economics junior, said he takes the bus from his apartment because he doesn’t want to deal with the hassle of parking on campus. “If there’s a bus system, why pay every day to drive in?” Hinkel said. Graham said Parking offers about 2,500 parking spaces for commuters across the railroad tracks from campus on Skip Bertman Drive. Zack Mire, kinesiology
sophomore, said he drives to campus every day but would think twice before walking from the lot across the tracks. “Not in this weather,” Mire said. “It is way too hot right now to walk that far.”
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A walkway on rails stretches above the model so Hoffmann and his coworkers can get a bird’s eye view. The grit used to simulate the sediment flows down the river, staining the areas near the diversions a bright blue — the vibrant color is designed to stick out so the researchers can easily see where the sediment is going. In the effort to preserve Louisiana’s disappearing coast, engineers divert the river, allowing sediment to flow out, build up and buttress the surrounding land. The model allows researchers to test different locations for these diversions. Hoffmann said he and
colleagues measure two results from the diversion tests — the amount of sediment dispersed in the surrounding area and the effect the diversion will have on dredging requirements downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is constantly dredging near the river’s mouth. Diversions affect the amount of sediment that makes it downstream, which would reduce the amount of dredging necessary. In most instances, the students test two different diversion scenarios and measure the sediment displacement each test causes. Each test takes about 30 minutes and simulates approximately two years of river flow. Hoffmann said the experiments are practical, but they can’t say for
certain the sediment will behave exactly like the blue grit in the model. “It’s not quantifiable, but we can tell which option is better,” he said. The model is carefully calibrated to represent the river as closely as possible. White placards dot the river at regular intervals, bearing names like “South Pass” and “Head of Passes.” These placards correspond with points on the real river where the Corps measure water depth. The students constantly check the depths on the river model against the depths on the real river. “That way we know that our river, hydrologically at least, is equivalent to the real thing,” Hoffmann said.
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 Ideally, the model’s sediment depth would be compared to the real river’s sediment depth, but because measurements are hard to come by in the real world, Hoffmann said the hydrological measurements are the next best thing. But for the model, measuring and manipulating the sediments at the river bottom is feasible. Part of the routine maintenance on the river includes adjusting the sediment levels based on dredging reports by the Corps. The experiments conducted using the model are funded by agencies looking to test the effects of proposed diversions, trenches and other river modifications. The agencies provide funding to hire the students necessary to
run the experiments. Those students gain valuable hands-on experience performing the tests to simulate the agencies’ proposed work. The original funding for the project and the warehouse that houses it was provided by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. The project’s total construction cost was close to $650,000, according to a news release from the project’s opening. That includes the costs of data collection, design, construction and shipping as well as the building housing the model.
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Sports Offensive formation anyone’s guess
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
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FOOTBALL
Tigers preparing for Tar Heels’ best Jefferson ‘more capable this year’
Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
Junior Stevan Ridley and a healthy Murphy return to the backfield, complimented by redshirt freshman Michael Ford. “[Ridley and Murphy’s] goal is to be the most successful running back tandem that we’ve had, but I think that’s a great challenge to them,” Miles said. “Certainly I’d like to see them be that.” The last time LSU threw the football more times than it rushed was in 1999 when
LSU football coach Les Miles knows the Tigers must be up to the task to defeat North Carolina in their season opener, regardless of which Tar Heels are on the field. Amid the NCAA investigation surrounding the North Carolina program that could result in some suspensions, Miles said LSU is preparing for North Carolina’s most ferocious attack Saturday in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at 7 p.m. “Until I see a starting lineup or until I get firm information, I don’t think there is much news,” Miles said. “They are too successful to change scheme based on players, and I think they’ll be very similar to what they’ve been. Maybe they’ll use a little more Wildcat [formation] than they have, but again, that’s all speculation.” Miles again had encouraging feedback about junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson and his ability to evade defensive pressure and exercise leadership to get more plays communicated. “We’re asking him to do very similar things we asked him to do a year ago,” Miles said. “I think
OFFENSE, see page 7
QUARTERBACK, see page 7
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LSU junior offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk (68) and junior center T-Bob Hebert (53) prepare for a snap against Vanderbilt on Sept. 12.
Offensive line hopes to return to a ‘smash-mouth style of play’
It won’t take a Las Vegas oddsmaker to figure out what LSU will run on its first offensive possession of the 2010 season. Logic says there is a 50 percent chance for a running play and a 50 percent chance for a pass when LSU takes the field in four days against North Carolina. But beyond that, all bets are off. The running game has always been LSU’s bread and butter, but after last season’s offensive woes, the jury is still out on its offensive
identity. consistently run the ball down After the Tigers finished opponents’ throats last season in the bottom tier in both as it’s done in the past. Former major statistical categories running backs Charles Scott — 90th in and Keiland Sean Isabella rushing yards Williams were per game and both banged Sports Writer 97th in passing up, not to yards per game — LSU coach mention senior Richard Les Miles insists he wants to Murphy’s season-ending return to a smash-mouth style injury in the second game of of play. the season. “[The running game] is a The depleted backfield tremendous priority,” he said. was the primary reason the “It has been since last spring, Tigers finished with 122.8 and I’m sure we’ll continue rushing yards per game, its to do that.” lowest total since an 82.5 LSU struggled to average in 1999.
FOOTBALL
LSU vs. UNC in Atlanta student tickets still available Sales to continue until mid-week Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
Student tickets for LSU’s season opener Sept. 4 at the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game against North Carolina in Atlanta are still available with the game just four days away. Tim Messa, assistant director of ticket operations, said a little more than 2,000 tickets for the game have been sold to LSU students as of Monday afternoon. “We will continue to take orders from students until midweek,” Messa said. “We do not
expect to run out of student tickets prior to that time. If students still want to buy, we’d love to sell to them.” Tickets are on sale for $30 to students, discounted from the price of $60 to $85 to the general public. The North Carolina game is not sold out to students yet, unlike the Auburn, Florida and Arkansas games, Messa said. “We’ve sold way more tickets for this game to students than we normally would for an away game,” Messa said. “The 2,000 student tickets we’ve sold right now for UNC are more than we normally have available for other games, where we cut it off at about 500, though that number does fluctuate.”
Messa said students need 105 priority points to acquire lower-bowl tickets to the North Carolina game, a number that is not arbitrarily decided. “It’s based on supply and demand,” he said. A yearly event that did not have trouble selling tickets for the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game is the LSU Student Government Bus Trip. SG Director of Athletics Brandon Briggs said the 250 spots were filled up in fewer than eight hours. Briggs said the SG-sponsored bus trip to Atlanta filled up even more quickly than last year’s trek to Mississippi State. TICKETS, see page 7
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The LSU student section cheers on the Tigers on Sept. 26 at Miss. State.
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FOOTBALL
University working to keep elite recruits in state day-to-day grind,” Dixon said. “He’s one of the one or two best recruiters in the country. To have him back in his own home state recruiting the same high schools he was brought up in — a lot of Hunter Paniagua coaches like to see that.” Sports Contributor Even with the early success In the fifth century B.C., the in the class of 2011, work still reChinese Empire built the Great mains for LSU. Several of the top Wall of China to prevent nomadic in-state recruits have yet to select tribes from invading their territo- a school. ry. In 2005, head The top unfootball coach committed recruit Les Miles tried in Louisiana, acto build his own cording to Scout. Great Wall around com, is five-star Louisiana to predefensive end vent other schools Jermauria Rasco. from stealing the The Shreveport state’s elite renative recorded cruits. 109 tackles and Shea Dixon So far, it’s 12 sacks for managing editor, working. Evangel Christian TigerSportsDigest.com Of the 17 Academy his jucommitments LSU has received nior season. from the class of 2011, 12 are Texas, Florida State and from the Bayou State. Half of Alabama join LSU atop his interthe state’s top 10 prospects have est list. Dixon said that nobody committed to LSU, and only one, wide receiver Bradley Sylve of Port Sulphur, chose a different school — Alabama. “That’s always what Miles said when he came in,” said Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest.com. “He was going to put a gate around the state line and keep everything locked in, and so far he’s done that.” Louisiana has always had a reputation for fostering some of the nation’s top football talent. NFL superstars Ed Reed, Reggie Wayne and Peyton Manning all hail from the state, but Dixon believes this year’s class could be something special. “This season they have [an elite recruit] at almost every single position that can rank up there among the top 15 or 20 guys in the country,” Dixon said. New running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson has been pivotal in locking up some of the state’s top talent. The New Orleans native coached at O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans before embarking on his collegiate coaching career. “He’s the lifeblood of the
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knows where he will land. “That put a certain spot“Everyone’s just wonder- light under Robinson because ing what it is going to take to now you’re battling to make push him in the right direction,” sure something doesn’t become Dixon said. “You a trend,” Dixon don’t really know said. where his head’s Four-star athat.” lete Odell BeckGreg Robinham from New son, a 6-foot-5, Orleans, who 285-pound ofprojects as a corfensive lineman nerback or wide from Thibodaux, receiver, could also remains unbe another key Shea Dixon decided about his pickup for LSU, managing editor, collegiate destiDixon said. Folnation. Robinson lowing in his faTigerSportsDigest.com played offensive ther’s footsteps, line for the first time his junior who played for the Tigers from season and received a four-star 1989-91, could factor heavily rating from Scout.com. into his decision. Robinson lists LSU and “I think they’ve got that Auburn as his top choices. Last season, Robinson’s former teammate, wide receiver Trovon Reed, chose Auburn over LSU, and Dixon believes losing Robinson could signal an undesirable pattern.
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‘If they can get all these guys...they’ll have an extremely good foundation for the future.’
relationship with the University,” Dixon said. “And not that they’re pressuring him, but it’s there. I think that will push him in the right direction for LSU.” Although National Signing Day still remains more than five months away, ESPN already ranks LSU as the No. 5 class in the nation. Dixon said adding the rest of the in-state talent could push the class to the top. “If they can get all these guys in the state this year, they’ll have an extremely good foundation for the future,” he said.
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The Daily Reveille may have a small piece that will be his,” Miles said. “It’s a little early to speculate whether he’ll be in the third series or the eighth series or whenever it is. Jordan Jefferson certainly is our starter at this point, and we’ll go forward from there.” On the defensive side, Miles has yet to determine a starting safety opposite junior strong safety Brandon Taylor. He highlighted senior Jai Eugene,
redshirt freshman Craig Loston and freshman Eric Reid as potential difference-makers. On special teams, Miles said he hopes junior cornerback Patrick Peterson will be a player he can utilize weekly in the return game. “Patrick Peterson has not [been a return man] in a college game yet, but he has great ball skills and makes you miss,” Miles said. “And we could put
a little bit more run than pass, but I like for them to have to defend the Tigers attempted 405 passes both,” he said. In the Tigers’ defense, the and handed it off 308 times. The offense was relatively simplified offensive attack was balanced last season, as shown by installed last year because of the 435 rush attempts versus the quarterback Jordan Jefferson’s 336 pass attempts. In comparison, inexperience. “The throws during LSU’s were a little n a t i o n a l shorter with a championship little play action,” seasons in 2003 said offensive and 2007, the coordinator Gary margin was much Crowton. “We greater. In 2007, sort of cut the the team rushed field in half and 612 times and in doing that, our passed 442 times, turnovers were while recording way down.” 593 rush attempts Crowton and 401 pass said it succeeded attempts in 2003. as Jefferson The balance only had seven did have its interceptions, downfalls last but it failed to season. LSU translate into primarily came Russell Shepard points or wins. out in either the sophomore wide reciever This season I-formation or will be the third three and five wide receiver sets, both with little in which Crowton and Jefferson variation. The Tigers have made have worked together. The a habit of running the ball on development process may have first down in the past, and Miles been a slow one, but Crowton has reiterated that trend will continue spent enough time with Jefferson to maximize his strengths and this season. “On first and 10, I like to be minimize his weaknesses.
Crowton hopes the added year of experience to Jefferson’s resume will naturally help open up the offense. “We want to be an aggressive offense and be an attacking offense, and I think that’s what we’re going to do,” Crowton said. An aggressive offense, and specifically an aggressive passing attack, may also be in store because of the addition of new receivers coach Billy Gonzales. The former Florida Gators coach of the same position has a plethora of talent to work with in senior Terrence Toliver and sophomores Rueben Randle and Russell Shepard. Regardless, the players understand Miles’ old-school rushing approach. “For the most part we’re going to play LSU football, and that’s smash-nose running football and sending them deep,” Shepard said. “The game of football really is simple.”
QUARTERBACK, from page 5
he’s more capable this year of doing them.” As far as junior quarterback Jarrett Lee’s role in the offense, Miles said the team will have a plan if he enters the game. Lee played in seven games in 2009 with one start against Louisiana Tech. “There are some things that [Lee] does well, and frankly, he
OFFENSE, from page 5
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page 7 in a Morris Claiborne, Russell Shepard or a Ron Brooks, guys that can ... field the ball very well and get the amount of yards the return is blocked for.” Miles said the youth on this LSU squad does not scare him. In fact, Miles is enthusiastic about the chemistry the offensive line has developed. When asked if he thought the 2009 offensive line was the best LSU had ever seen, Miles said, “I never said
TICKETS, from page 5
“We picked Atlanta because of a lower student population there, so [the bus trip] can help the ticket office out,” Briggs said. “And it will be exciting being the first game of the season.” LSU alumni are not losing their enthusiasm for traveling to away games, as Vice President of Alumni Relations Jason Ramezan said. The Traveling Tigers’ charter trip to Atlanta sold out in July after sales dropped earlier in the summer. Ramezan said 200 people are attending. “This is one of the tougher years to sell, often because of the
that.” “I said that if they developed and came together, they had the opportunity to be the best,” Miles said. “[The 2010 offensive line] is a little bit younger but maybe more athletic. This line is working hard and coming together.”
Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com economy,” Ramezan said. “Once people really get excited for football, it changes. Atlanta is not an easy area for students to get to. With it being the first game, it’s sometimes hard to get out of class and head out of town.” Messa agreed that Labor Day weekend may present conflicts for students to make the trip to Atlanta, but he said it is important for students to know tickets are ready and waiting to be sold. “If students still want to go, they still can,” Messa said. “I don’t know if we’ll sell every last seat, but we’ll be close.” Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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THE BOTTOM LINE
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Middle, lower class people should buy things that make money Students, get ready for the best free financial advice of your lives. If there’s a secret to getting rich — this is it. Here it is: Spend your money on things that make you more money. That’s it. No, really. People in the middle and lower classes, upon receiving cash, usually spend it on things that cost them more money. For instance, their paychecks turn into cars, boats, houses, etc. But you can easily gain exponential amounts of cash if you were to spend your money on things which produce, rather than take, your money.
Let’s say you come into a large amount of cash, $100,000. You then decide this is a great opportunity to pay off some school loans, buy a car and put a significant down payment on a house. What a situation you’ve gotten yourself into now. You’ve lost the cash, and with the small income you have, you took in two new large debts and paid off long-term debts far before it was feasible. On top of those bills, you now have more expensive electricity bills, even more expensive repairs on the car and no cash to pay them with. So what should you have done instead? I’m glad you asked.
You could instead buy, start or invest in a small business. Stocks also have potential, but be very careful with stocks, and don’t put any cash down that you can’t afford to lose completely. So you’ve instead picked Devin Graham up a small inColumnist vestment, and it’s now doing fairly well. It could be anything — a karate or dance school, a small coffee shop or even a sign printing business — anything that brings in money. And this is the main point.
You don’t even have to manage it if you don’t want to. You can hire a manager to run it, given it’s economically feasible to do so, and just collect the cash. The point is, the investment is making you cash for little to no work, or at least it should be. Now, let’s say you’re collecting a modest $1,000 a month from that investment. You could use the income to pay off student loans, an apartment or whatever the month calls for. It could just be drinking money — it’s your call. But that wouldn’t make money for you, it would cost you more. Instead, you could take the $1,000 dollars and put it into a high-yield savings account. Let it
build for a couple of years, then buy something else to bring in money, or even expand the first investment. Now you’re bringing more money in with little to no work for you. There’s the secret. Buy things that make you money, not take it away. Go forth, and do likewise. Devin Graham is a 21-year-old business management senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dgraham.
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CAMPUS-RESIDENT ALIEN
Come to me, little children – even if you’re not a prodigy It’s good to be back. A great deal of my summer was unavoidably spent dreading the task of collecting column ideas. In between an exhausting adventure of participating in four music festivals throughout the U.S. and Brazil, I must confess the aftermath of my “ideas for columns” list didn’t leave me as many options as I once hoped. A few of the comments on my last spring semester column warning me “I am a musician and not a social-political analyst” also haunted me in the last few months. Surely musicians couldn’t have opinions. We only know about the subtle nature and passion of musical elements. I dealt with this criticism and then decided to bash a social disease emblematic of the music environment. It tends to also spread its germs to all aspects of society: prodigy kids and the stupid people that praise them. There’s nothing more disturbing to me than an 8-year-old girl playing a Paganini concerto or a one-and-a-half year-old baby reading and pointing states out on a U.S. map. Why is there an obscene desire for children to act like adults and exceed in tasks they should enjoy performing only decades later? Oh, but it’s so cute! Look at the little boy, how he can speak like a grown-up. Or even the cute baby girl who can dance like she’s in an MTV hip-hop video. While weak parenthood sees
redemption in these things, I see sessions of psychoanalysis and years of misfit ahead. Or, to put it more simply, it’s likely a precocious learner in childhood will not necessarily be a precocious doer later in life. And that’s OK. For some twisted reasons, there’s an enMarcelo Vieira tire establishment of values Columnist out there feeding on the cruel need for younger and younger “achievers.” Having young businessmen, successful artists and professionals at the age of 18 is not enough anymore. They have to be children. Little children. Take for example the remake of “Karate Kid.” If you think it is cool teaching martial arts to a 10-year-old so he can beat the hell out of bullies in school, may I suggest you don’t have kids yet. From a very early age, when I was among musicians and music schools, I can remember a couple of teachers dying to show to the rest of the class my perfect pitch skills — at the age of 5. And then how the director of the music school in my hometown wanted me to join the adult orchestra at age 13. Terrifying. Now, after hitting my head against some walls, I realize it’s practice, study and determination
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which will give me a solid career. And, because of this, I much prefer seeing a 70-year-old violinist playing the hell out of a Beethoven concerto than a child who would probably rather be playing hide and seek or PlayStation 3. This single topic was the subject of this year’s Association for Psychological Science convention, where author Malcolm Gladwell called the prodigy children craze “an article of faith in our society
that great ability in any given field is invariably manifested early on, that to be precocious at something is important because it’s a predictor of future success.” Gladwell himself was considered to be a promising runner. I hope society can limit the wonder of children to what they do best — innocence and playfulness. To himself Jesus called them. Not because they could read, play the violin, run or recite the alphabet
backwards. He asked us to be like children, and it is because they’re only children. Marcelo Vieira is 32-year-old jazz cello graduate student from Brazil. Follow him on twitter @TDR_ Mvieira. Contact Marcelo Vieira at mvieira@lsureveille.com
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New Facebook feature proves useful for online stalking
Facebook is getting out of control. The social networking giant is already taking over people’s free time, easily becoming the country’s biggest procrastination tool. Terrifyingly enough, Facebook is becoming the nation’s biggest stalking tool, as well. Facebook does provide users with a large array of privacy and protection settings to keep their information on a “need to know basis.” But, with more than 500 million users registered to Facebook, users’ identities are not as secret as they may think — as demonstrated over the summer with thousands of users’ personal information being leaked thanks to hackers. Placing too much personal information on Facebook is a bad thing. Many people’s identities have been stolen by thieves using nothing but a name and a birthday. Those two seemingly worthless pieces of info can help people
figure out social security numbers, which can lead to a whole array of trouble. People also may be watching your every move solely through your status updates. Stalkers and serial killers watch their victims for months — even years — to pick up noticeable patterns before they strike. It’s a scary world we live in, and technology — while helpful for you and your everyday life — is also helpful to those bad people in the world. Facebook has become the beacon of social communication, and the site’s creator, Mark Zuckerberg, knows it. Over the summer, after the huge privacy leak, Facebook beefed up its security settings, making them simpler and easier to access. However, beefed up security aside, two weeks ago Zuckerberg and crew unleashed the ultimate stalker’s tool to the 500 millionplus Facebook users — Facebook Places. “Places is a Facebook feature
that allows you to see where your friends are and share your location in the real world. Use Places to experience connecting with people on Facebook in a completely new way.” If by “completely new way” you mean scary and dangerous, Adam Arinder you got it right, Facebook Help Columnist Center. I really want to know what person getting paid way too much got paid way too much for coming up with this disaster of an idea. First of all, you wouldn’t put a giant sign on your lawn saying, “No one is home right now. Please come rob me!” would you? All it takes is one Places update for someone to know you’re not home and go loot all your belongings. If you are at home, someone may simply click on the “Home” link, and thanks to Bing Maps,
find out exactly where you live. Doesn’t seem very safe to me. Also, remember those patterns stalkers and serial killers watch for? Thanks to the power of the Internet, you just made their job much easier. Congratulations, future victim. Of course, to cover their own asses, Facebook has full details listed in their Help Center describing to users how to customize or completely disable Places on their account. However, I shouldn’t have to weave my way through the giant web of the Facebook settings menu because Places defaults to “enabled.” If Facebook really cared about their users’ privacy, the new feature should automatically be reset to “disabled” until the user decides they want to initialize the feature. Because Places only launched 13 days ago, I didn’t learn of it until one of my friends tagged me at The Varsity one night.
That’s right, Places also allows you to have your friends stalked along with you. Again, it is possible to disable this, but if you aren’t aware of the feature then you won’t be aware you must disable said feature. While Facebook is fun and a great way to interact with others, Places is nothing but a huge blunder, and I strongly advise against it. Facebook’s privacy settings may be a pain to wade through, but personal security is well worth the frustration. Everything you put online is public knowledge, so keep where you are private. If I really want to know where you are, I’ll just ask — or keep stalking your Places updates. Adam Arinder is a 20-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder. Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com
POP GOES THE CULTURE
Reality television not an accurate depiction of teenagers’ lives Here’s a shocker: “Reality TV” is the biggest oxymoron in existence. Here’s another: The above genre, especially when geared toward younger audiences, is not an accurate representation of life or a how-to guide to be taken seriously. Don’t believe me? Watch a day’s worth of MTV programming and compare your teenage experience with those of the young reality TV stars documented before you. Yours truly did the above experiment and made some rather startling realizations. I didn’t get pregnant in high school. I never struggled with a drug addiction. I’ve never even stepped into a tanning bed. Oh, what a deprived youth — at least as far as MTV’s masterminds are concerned. A typical prime-time lineup for the youth-oriented, former “Music Television” channel consists of shows like “Teen Mom,” “If You Really Knew Me” and of course, the inexplicably popular “Jersey Shore” — all broadcasting the outrageously eventful daily lives of people our age. I guess the producers decided there had to be a way to inject trashy drama into the schedule of students who miss “Days of Our Lives” or “The Jerry Springer Show” because of classes or work. But the whole concept of reality TV is flawed — as if people really behave like themselves when they know cameras follow them
around 24/7. The most off-base example of MTV’s “reality” — at least to native Louisianians — can be found in “The Real World: New Orleans.” For the 24th spinoff of the original 1992 series (and the show’s second visit to the Crescent City), the “Real Kelly Hotard World” creators wanted a “reColumnist covery-based” season to highlight New Orleans’ progress (and lack thereof) since Hurricane Katrina. Don’t get me wrong — their hearts are in the right place (or at least their PR team is), as evidenced by frequent volunteering with homeless shelters and Habitat for Humanity. And each week, commercials remind viewers to buy promotional goodies like the “Restore Our Gulf” T-shirt. Thanks, MTV — our oilsoaked pelicans really appreciate the gesture. On any given episode, though, the main recovery refers to the cast’s hangover-healing trips to Subway (sponsor alert!) for breakfast. Nothing is genuine about “The Real World: New Orleans,” or the way the city is depicted. It’s obvious from each episode’s cringe-worthy “We in the NOLA, ba-by!” intro. (Three months of filming, and they
couldn’t get the accent down? Really?) If the by-tourists, for-tourists production meant to showcase the authentic New Orleans, it failed miserably. (Exhibit A: The perennial, tacky Mardi Gras decor adorning the cast’s uptown mansion.) Granted, it was filmed partly during Carnival season, and the atmosphere surrounding the Saints’ first Super Bowl victory was pretty surreal. Those are no excuses, however, for the “creative license” MTV took in its supposed reality show. In the real world, Drew Brees’ reign as Bacchus king would never air before the Super Bowl. Amateur radio DJs would get more than a verbal slap on the wrist for losing their equipment twice while drunk on the job. And adults would settle their feuds more maturely than by urinating on toothbrushes and wiping their asses with their enemy’s cigarettes. “The Real World: New Orleans” — shockingly snubbed by this year’s Emmy Awards — takes my prize for “Most Inappropriately-Named Reality TV Show.” It is not the real world. And it is definitely not the real New Orleans. Yet the series is one of many MTV projects forcing its idea of reality onto young adults. Unfortunately, our mainstream generation is buying into it and playing it out with every fist pump and intoxicated nightly escapade. Is it any wonder numerous social critics predict the classes
of 2014 and beyond to be too immature and unprepared for college or the workplace? (No offense — I hate stereotypes, but they do exist for a reason.) Honestly, I’d kill for three months in a “real world” where all I’d have to do is lounge around a sprawling New Orleans estate, gossiping about my roommates by day, then partying on Bourbon every night. A sort of “Twilight Zone” where I’d never have to work, and my biggest concerns would
be choosing which roommate to hook up with and which to leave the task of washing dishes. Sadly, I’m just a student slave at LSU — welcome to the real world. Kelly Hotard is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Picayune, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_khotard. Contact Kelly Hotard at khotard@lsureveille.com
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Sept. 16 meeting. The land is currently owned by the LSU Foundation, a non-profit, privately funded foundation designed to advance and develop the University. The foundation acquired the property for the University’s future purchase and use, said Eric Monday, vice chancellor of Finance and Administrative Services. It will now sell land to the University as funds become available. Approval by the commission would allow the University to purchase the first 22-acre tract, said Emmett David, Facility Development director. This area alone would cost $2.25 million — $1.25 million from the state and $1 million donated by the Board
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grass, Gabriel said. “Our skimmer just pushes down the grass and goes right over it while cleaning up the oil,” Gabriel said. Wetland Skimmers is based out of the University’s Louisiana Business and Technology Center and is a tenant of the small business incubator, which provides services, management assistance, business plans and contacts for small business startups, said LBTC Executive Director Charles D’Agostino. “[Wetland Skimmers] shows the creativity of young entrepreneurs — that they saw a problem and found a solution,” D’Agostino said. Though oil spill clean-up efforts are still ongoing, Wetland Skimmers has yet to receive any orders of its Marsh Mop, Gabriel said. “I just got an e-mail from BP five days ago saying ‘Thanks for your suggestion,’” Gabriel said. But that hasn’t stopped Wetland Skimmers from finding a use for its skimmer. “We’re going to try to make it into something like an ATV that doesn’t destroy the marsh,” Gabriel said. The skimmer, which can hold three passengers, would be ideal for people who want to go out on the marsh but don’t want to use a loud airboat or a boat that would tear up the marsh, Gabriel said. “We’ve gotten a lot of interest we didn’t expect, especially from duck hunters,” Gabriel said. Contact Frederick Holl at fholl@lsureveille.com
of Regents. The stretch of land is located four miles south of the University near Nicholson Drive and Gardere Lane, off GSRI Avenue, according to Charles D’Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center. “The Board of Supervisors approved a master plan that included this property to provide for the future growth of the main campus research initiatives,” David said. “That plan anticipates a future build of 3.1 million gross square feet of facilities.” The research park will serve as a complex of businesses and incubation space that will provide an array of resources for the University. It will enrich the learning environment, recruit faculty and students, increase research funding
page 11 and financial support as well as create high-paying jobs for students and graduates, D’Agostino said. “For one, LSU has now been encircled by city and has limited opportunity for growth,” Droddy said. “The Land Act gives us the opportunity to grow. Secondly, we don’t really have a lot of space for these types of businesses to locate on campus. This gives proximity to LSU.” The park will also enhance the city of Baton Rouge by retaining business and expanding the tax base. “This was the No. 2 project of the Baton Rouge area delegation. They believe that this is important for the economic development of the region,” Droddy said. The project’s completion date is unclear.
“It is anticipated to transfer individual tracts of land over the next five years as funds are made available,” David said. Droddy said the future is dependent on the funding that is provided by the state and the land acquired by those funds. “The University will not be constructing the businesses,” he said. “LSU will buy the land and control who comes on and what they will do.” Greene, University alumnus, believes the project will build a stronger University. “We have a commitment to LSU,” Greene said. “Rock ‘n’ roll, and go all the way, and get it done!” Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com
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The Daily Reveille
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010