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halftime dances from football and basketball games before coming together for a joint performance. “We’ve never done anything with [the Tiger Girls] before, and it’s actually going really well,” Hardy said. Courtney Labat, a senior in the Golden Girls, said the two groups were able to keep their separate styles but also do a show together. Hardy said during the parade, the Golden Girls will wear their traditional
Louisiana Secretary of Economic Development Stephen Moret lectured business students Friday on broadening Louisiana’s economic horizons through nontraditional industries. Moret, the first in the Flores MBA program’s distinguished speakers series this year, touted the economic status of the state through the recession. “We are not back to a normal economic growth period, but we are doing an awful lot better than the rest of the country,” Moret said. Moret said setting Louisiana on a course to grow at a rate to compete with the rest of the country is the ultimate goal. Moret, a University alumnus, said Louisiana has lost employment during the recession, but the state is doing better than most of the South and is performing above the national average for employment. He credited that to improvements in the business climate during Gov. Bobby
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The LSU Golden Girls perform one of their rouines Sunday during a dress rehearsal in the PMAC in preparation for their trip to Hong Kong.
Golden Girls, Tiger Girls to dance in Hong Kong for Lunar New Year Catherine Threlkeld Contributing Writer
Far from Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the Golden Girls and Tiger Girls will perform in a new venue — even a new country. The two dance teams have been selected to perform as part of Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year celebration, beating out teams including the Miami Dolphin cheerleaders, a news release said. Feb. 3 ushers in the Year of the Rabbit in China, and the girls are participating in
the Cathay Pacific International New Year Night Parade. “We were very excited and still are,” said Roy King, Tiger Band director. “It’s an honor to be selected to represent not only the University but also the state of Louisiana and the country.” King said the 32 girls will make multiple television appearances during the parade, as well as during stage performances. They will perform three 20-minute performances in the days after the parade. Danielle Hardy, Golden Girls captain, said both groups will perform some of their
PHILANTHROPY
Police officers, others jump into LSU lakes for charity Proceeds benefit Special Olympics La. Matthew Albright Staff Writer
About 50 law enforcement officers, media figures and general area citizens splashed into the chilly University Lakes on Saturday to help raise money for the state’s Special Olympics organization. The third annual “Freezin’ for a Reason” event took place at
the Baton Rouge Beach off Stanford Avenue, drawing a crowd of more than 100 people. To take the plunge, participants had to raise at least $50 in donations to Special Olympics Louisiana, the state’s branch of the athletic organization for people with intellectual disabilities. “The object is to raise money obviously, but it’s also to have fun,” said Pat Carpenter-Bourgeois, Special Olympics Louisiana president and CEO. Officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department and the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office
made up much of the crowd and most of the participants. “Law enforcement always spearheads this event,” Carpenter-Bourgeois said. “We couldn’t do what we do without them.” Carpenter-Bourgeois said statewide law enforcement raised about $325,000 of the organization’s $1.8 million budget. BRPD officer Carl Dabadie took the plunge along with about 10 fellow officers. “It’s pretty cold in there,” he said. “It really takes the breath LAKES, see page 6
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Participants in the third annual Freezin’ for a Reason jump into the LSU Lakes on Saturday morning. The event raised funds for Special Olympics Louisiana.
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STATE/LOCAL
US to begin flying citizens from Egypt to ‘safehaven locations’
Drug law change to be tested by Ivy league drug case
Gov. Jindal’s office: 134 or 195 pledges fulfilled
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Cairo says it is arranging to begin flying Americans out of Egypt on Monday. The announcement Sunday evening comes after the embassy advised Americans in Egypt to consider leaving as soon as possible. The statement said the State Department is making arrangements to provide those who want to leave with flights to “safehaven locations in Europe.”
NEW YORK (AP) — They were students who juggled an elite education with criminal extracurriculars, dealing an array of drugs from Ivy League dorm rooms and frat houses, prosecutors say. But beneath the surface of academic success, some of the Columbia University students charged in a campus drug takedown struggled with substance abuse, their lawyers say. Attorneys for two of the five students plan to ask a court to prescribe treatment instead of prison. The outcome will be watched closely by opponents and proponents of 2009 changes to mitigate what were known as the Rockefeller drug laws. Backers called the lesser punishments a more effective and humane approach to drug crime; critics said they gave drug peddlers a pass. With the bid for what’s known as “diversion” to treatment, the Columbia bust “is probably the case that’s going to cause light to be shed on what these new laws mean: When diversion is appropriate, and what the Legislature intended when it cut back so drastically the Rockefeller laws,” said Marc Agnifilo, who represents one of the students, Christopher Coles.
(AP) — As Bobby Jindal opens the last year of his term as governor, aides say he has fulfilled 134 out of 195 written campaign promises to voters. The Advocate reports that others question Jindal’s definition of “finished.” Jindal refused to grade himself, saying the grade that matters will come next Election Day. Even Democrats, praise the Republican governor for his work on coastal protection. But many question whether he did enough to shelter higher education from budget cuts.
Thousands in Pakistan rally against releasing American official LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — In a massive protest, hard-line Islamic leaders have warned the Pakistani government against caving to U.S. pressure and releasing an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis. The party chiefs of Jamaate-Islami and Jamiat Ulema Islam spoke Sunday at a rally of at least 15,000 people in the eastern city of Lahore, where the shootings took place. Many protesters called for the American official to be hanged. The U.S. has said the American acted in self-defense when he shot two armed men who tried to rob him Thursday.
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Elephant Sanctuary co-founder Scott Blais checks on Winky Dec. 22, 2010 at the facility in Hohenwald, Tenn.
Elephant refuge in Tennessee starts anew after founder’s firing HOHENWALD, Tenn. (AP) — Nestled on a secluded tract in the wooded hills of rural Tennessee is a sight that would likely startle an outsider, if they were permitted to see it: the nation’s largest sanctuary for old, sick and rescued elephants. For the past 15 years, elephants who had spent lifetimes in zoos and circuses have found a place to retire, rest and roam, far from noisy audiences and free from cramped quarters. Now, after a management change and a lawsuit filed by one of the founders, their refuge is undergoing changes.
Homeowner jailed after killing intruder (AP) — A Baton Rouge man was booked with manslaughter after chasing a burglar out of his house and shooting him outside. Richard J. Alexander, 28, was booked Friday night in the death of Keith Brown, 23, of Baton Rouge, said Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, a Baton Rouge police spokesman. He said that once outside Alexander’s home, Brown was no longer a threat, so Louisiana’s “shoot-a-burglar” law no longer applied, said Cpl. McKneely.
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PHILANTHROPY
Purple Team takes gold in seventh annual Barristers Bowl on Saturday after being classified by his doctor as having a life-threatening illness. “Thank you so much for everything you do. You provide us one chance that lasts for a lifeKevin Thibodeaux time,” Heroman said in a speech Contributing Writer thanking the crowd for their conLSU Law students were en- tributions to the Barrister Bowl gaged in full pad, full-contact charity. tackle football for 15-minute Jen O’Connell, a student at quarters to send a sick child on a the Law Center and cheerleader at dream vacation. the game, said it The students was a good opporhosted the sevtunity to have fun enth-annual Barfor a worthwhile risters Bowl on cause. O’Connell Saturday, a charsaid the cheerity fundraiser for leaders practice the Make-A-Wish three times over Foundation, at the year to get BREC’s Olympia ready for the event Stadium. under the guidDonations ance of former Charles Watkins from the bowl will LSU cheerleader Gold Team defensive go toward 8-yearand current Law and offensive lineman old Trevor Sims’ Center professor dream trip to DisHeidi Thompson. ney World. Sims suffers from Onside kicks and a number stage IV embryonal rhabdomyo- of fumbles and quarterback sacks sarcoma— a form of cancer found defined the game, and that was in both soft and muscle tissue. only in the first half. The Purple “We are so grateful that they team came out on top, beating the were able to do this and help make Gold team, 12-6. Chris Caswell Trevor’s wish come true,” said Al- of the Purple team was named the lison Sims, Trevor’s mother. Money from the event was raised through sponsors and a silent auction held at Bogie’s. According to Dixon McMakin, the league’s commissioner, the league met its goal to raise $7,000 at the event. Paul M. Hebert Law Center students were in control of every aspect of the event — players, commissioner of the club, coaches, commentators and even the cheerleaders were students. The Barristers Bowl was first put on in 2005 as a way to give back to the community. For the past three years, the fundraiser has benefited children involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. All three children that benefited from the Barristers Bowl in past years were present at the game and were recognized at halftime. According to Jackie Heroman, development coordinator for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Law Center had approached them looking for ways to give back to the community. Heroman said Sims was chosen as a participant of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Funds go to MakeA-Wish Foundation
‘Nothing’s better than when kids like Trevor come out here and you get to talk to him. It’s awesome.’
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game’s MVP. The roster for both teams featured a few skilled players who had experience playing on the collegiate level. Charles Watkins, a defensive and offensive lineman for the Gold Team, said he had previously played at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette before he came to the Law Center. “I love football, and it’s for a good cause,” Watkins said. “Nothing’s better than when kids like Trevor come out here and you get to talk to him. It’s awesome.”
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LSU Law students play in the Barristers Bowl to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Proceeds go to sending cancer patient Trevor Sims [above] to Disney World.
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CAMPUS SAFETY
LSUPD website aims to prepare students for shooter incidence New website offers training videos Celeste Ansley Staff Writer
If a shooter ever stormed into a University classroom, LSUPD says the most important things to do are to find a place to hide, find a way to shield oneself and decide whether to fight back. That’s exactly what the video “Shots Fired, When Lightning Strikes,” asks viewers to do. The video is geared to preparing universities for an active shooter scenario. The video is part of LSUPD’s new website, www.lsu.edu/police, launching today. The website also offers increased communication efforts through news feeds for crime alerts and media releases, electronic forms for police requests and submission methods, anonymous tip submission, information for bicycle registration and other police services, according to a news release. “Active Shooter situations are contemporary crimes and though, as the training iterates, your chances of encountering such a situation are less than that of being struck by lightning, LSU has ensured preparation through the training of first responders and campus essential staff,” said Lawrence Rabalais, LSUPD chief of police, in the release. According to the video, there
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University faculty and staff listen Wednesday to a presentation about being prepared in an active shooter scenario in the Energy Coast and Environment Building.
are three factors — awareness, preparation and rehearsal — which lead viewers to have a “survival mindset” in the event of an active shooter. The video can be accessed at www.lsu.edu/shotsfired. Students, faculty and staff must log in with an active PAWS account to view the video and other training curricula, according to the release. “Not only can you stream through the Web, you can view a PowerPoint presentation,” said Det. Kevin Scott, LSUPD spokesman. Scott said he does not think an active shooter threat is imminent, but everyone has a chance of being victimized. “This is the best method to protect yourself,” Scott said. Scott said the department decided to put the video online
because it’s the best way to reach LSU’s campus of about 30,000 people. The video and presentation have been shown to campus communicators and members of various faculty and staff departments and organizations, Scott said. Scott said LSUPD plans to show the presentation to certain groups and organizations like the University Lab School, student and parent orientation, Residential Life, LSU Ambassadors and the Greek community. “It’s 18 minutes of your entire life to receive valuable guidance,” Scott said. Scott said it is also important to educate the University community on observing behaviors than could be warning signs. An example, Scott said, was
AGRICULTURE
Weather delays strawberry harvest Production to pick up by next month Rachel Warren Staff Writer
The year 2011 hasn’t been very sweet for Louisiana so far. Cold weather has limited the availability of strawberries in the state for about a month, but experts expect production to pick back up by next month. Harry Pizzolato, owner of Southside Produce Co. on Perkins Road, said his market hasn’t had any strawberries since the middle of December. Pizzolato said the market normally offers strawberries this time of year, but this winter has been exceptionally cold. “That cold weather came in after Christmas,” he said. “That’s what’s causing the delay.” Pizzolato said he expects to have strawberries to sell sometime in the next two weeks. Regina Bracy, horticulturist and resident coordinator at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station, said production should pick up in February. Bracy said most growers are picking berries now, but the yield is much smaller than other times
photo courtesy of REGINA BRACY / LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station
Farmers in Ponchatoula cover their strawberry crop to protect from the cold weather. These covers are called “floating row covers” and hover over the plants.
during the year. She said cold weather in Louisiana is typical for January, and many growers harvest their crops in November and December in anticipation of the oncoming cold snap. Russell Saia, owner of Fresh Pickin’s Market on Coursey Boulevard, said a hazard of selling produce is the inability to control the weather. “The same plant produces berries all year long — that plant will go dormant from time to time depending on the weather,” he said. “It doesn’t care what month it is.” Saia explained when growers know a freeze is coming, they
protect their crops with thermal covers similar to blankets. He said the crops under the covers continue to produce but at a slower pace than normal, which means less berries are available to markets. “We’re currently getting berries but not as many as we’d like to see,” Saia said. Saia said he had to raise the prices for strawberries in his market because the supply is so low, but he expects to lower them when production increases. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
the Virginia Tech shooter, who was undergoing mental health counseling at the time of the incident. One monitor of such warning signs is the C.A.R.E. [Communication, Assess, Refer, Educate] team, a multi-department staff that meets every Monday at 10 a.m., said Jennie Stewart, assistant director of Student Advocacy and Accountability and C.A.R.E. manager. “The C.A.R.E. team assesses behaviors and provides resources for LSU at the forefront after Virginia Tech,” Scott said. Stewart said the team is on high alert for students facing mental trouble. “We discuss cases of any students who might be in crisis, stressful situations or have exhibited concerning behaviors,” Stewart said. Students appearing on police reports, exhibiting a change in behavior or being reported by concerned peers, faculty members or parents are reviewed by the
committee, Stewart said. Stewart said if the behavior is impacting others, the committee could mandate that a student receive help in some form through the Student Code of Conduct. “Early intervention leads to a more successful student and safer community,” Stewart said. Stewart, who attended one of the LSUPD video presentations, said the presentation is helpful in indicating there are approaches to the situation for which people need to mentally prepare. “Be alert, aware and mentally prepared are the best messages that came out of the video,” Stewart said.
Watch the training videos at www.lsu.edu/shotsfired. Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com
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RESEARCH
Vet School researcher explores effects of alcohol on enzymes Team utilizes X-ray technology for study Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer
University Vet School researcher Masami Yoshimura is currently researching the effects of alcohol on the body at the cellular level. Yoshimura is studying how changes to the physical structure of the cyclase molecule can affect memory and can be a determining factor of alcoholism. Yoshimura’s research deals with how alcohol affects certain enzymes in the body. Yoshimura and his team are currently using X-ray technology to view how alcohol changes the physical structure of the cyclase molecule in order to isolate exactly which part of the enzyme is affected by alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption raises the amount of cyclase enzymes in the body. These enzymes affect neurons in the brain that cause the euphoric feeling one gets while drinking alcohol, Yoshimura said. A high amount of these enzymes can also cause memory loss commonly experienced during heavy alcohol consumption, Yoshimura said. However, this can be dangerous because ‘Drink the number of responsibly. these specific in the Alcohol has enzymes body can kill benefits brain cells and the brain — health cause to lose neubenefits rons. The body — but too also has to reto its much is adjust pre-inebriated bad.’ state, which is a dangerous Masami process, acYoshimura cording to YoVet School shimura. researcher But it’s continuous drinking that is a problem — not the occasional night out. When people drink continually, the entire brain adjusts to the presence of alcohol in the body, but the body doesn’t have enough time to recover. This causes the body to function normally when exposed to alcohol, Yoshimura said. This means that the body is so used to the high amount of the cyclase enzyme, the body is actually functioning with less cyclase than it is used to when sober. The need for cyclase can lead to alcohol dependence and possibly even alcoholism later in life, according to Yoshimura. Morgan McGuiness, business marketing sophomore, said alcoholism is prevalent in her family, and she’s no stranger to the dangers of alcohol. “I’m aware of it, and I keep it
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Masami Yoshimura demonstrates his alcohol research at the Veterinary School.
in my head, like, do I really need to go out,” said McGuiness about the risk of drinking. The Pew Research Center reports in a 2006 survey that 37 percent of Americans 18 to 49 years of age believe drinking excessively is not a moral issue. Yoshimura said the cyclase enzyme can even be a genetic indicator of alcoholism. Vet school researchers have found alcoholics typically have lower amounts
of adenylyl cyclase. This causes alcoholics to drink more to get the desired effects of alcohol. “Drink responsibly. Alcohol has benefits — health benefits — but too much is bad,” Yoshimura said.
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Jindal’s tenure. During this time, Moret said the state has secured about 100 major projects to create almost 40,000 direct and indirect jobs and $8.5 billion in private sector investment. The state is growing significantly faster than the nation’s average since the end of the recession, Moret said. The past three years mark the first time in 25 years the state had more people moving in than moving out. But sustaining that growth at a rate brisk enough to compete nationally is a long-term issue to be solved by providing robust increases in employment opportunities, Moret said. Moret said Louisiana is currently handicapped in its capacity to grow employment because a disproportionate share of its economy
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white gameday outfits, and the Tiger Girls will wear one of their basketball performance outfits and carry pompoms. For the joint performance, the girls will wear matching outfits. Jessica Baer, Golden Girls assistant captain, said while they represent the University in different ways, the performance will be a way to represent LSU together. Baer said the University and both programs are getting publicity and recognition from the multiple TV appearances. “We all work so hard. ... We woke up at 4:30 this morning [to practice],” Baer said Wednesday. Baer said the teams were hoping for a football national championship this year, but the trip to China is “icing on the cake.” “I’ve never been out of the country, so it’s great to be able to go to a place like that, and what better people to experience it with?” Hardy said. Pauline Zernott, University spirit coordinator, said the parade coordinators contacted her in October, and they were selected in December. Zernott said they beat some “very impressive teams” to earn the spot. Besides a choir, Zernott said the girls are the only group from the U.S. to perform in the parade. “The most important thing is
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out of you.” Dabadie said the event was a chance for the officers to “give back to their community.” “So many Special Olympians are going to benefit from this,” he said. “It’s just a great thing for the community.” Donnie Guillory took the plunge for the second time Saturday. “It’s cold, really cold,” he said. “But it’s fun. I like it.” Guillory competed in the International Special Olympics in snow skiing. He also bowls, boxes and plays tennis and basketball. “This is really a chance for [the athletes] to give back to the organization,” said Guillory’s father, Charles. “Everything the Special Olympics does is so rewarding for them.”
is in industries that are being automated nationwide by technological advances. So the challenge, Moret said, is to identify new growth-oriented industries the state can become leaders in. “Our No. 1 growth target for industry in the state over the next 20 years is digital media and software development,” Moret said. “There are a variety of segments that have double-digit growth potential as far as the eye can see. We are going to be a major player in that space.” The past decade has seen Louisiana jump to third in movie production nationally, but Moret said the film industry as a whole isn’t one of the major growth industries rather most of the state’s business is market share shifts from other states. Moret said the state has identified six major growth targets that the Golden Girls and Tiger Girls are so excited to do this together,” Zernott said. “In the hotel, we’re pairing up Golden Girls and Tiger Girls to get to know one another.” Zernott said the girls will have two days of rehearsal when they arrive, then the parade and two days of performances. She said they will go on tours to experience the Chinese culture and have some free time to shop. “We are excited to experience the culture of Hong Kong,” King said. “And the Hong Kong Tourism Board made all this possible.” According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board website, the night parade “features illuminated floats accompanied by spectacular international and local performing groups.” The parade will include “a range of international participants including a themed float and performers from Thailand; cheerleaders and a choir from the USA; an all-female Mikoshi group from Japan; a variety of dancers and performers from China, Japan, Korea, Peru, Taiwan and the UK; plus a majorettes group from the Czech Republic.”
Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com WAFB meteorologist Jay Grymes emceed the event. “Don’t forget to look out for the alligators,” he joked, causing some consternation among the participants. A section of the beach was roped off with police tape to make a “runway” for the participants to run into the water. The rules stated that each participant had to get their hair wet to leave the water — several had to be dragged back in after “cheating,” eliciting raucous laughter from the crowd. Special Olympics Louisiana offers athletic programs in all 64 parishes for 13,000 children and adults. Twelve thousand volunteers keep the program operating year round. Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
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including becoming “the Netherlands of the U.S.” in regard to water management. This, along with making advances in renewable energies, being a part of the next advances in automotive manufacturing, becoming a health care destination for people around the world and bolstering the traditional energy industry through segments like ultra deepwater drilling are the major areas Louisiana should expand into, according to Moret. “As we look at the economy in 2011, it is going to be a great year for business.” Moret said. “It’s going to be a year of recovery, a year of rebuilding and a year of major new industrial projects.” photo courtesy of AARON HOGAN / Eye Wonder Photo, Inc.
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Business administration graduate student Jeremy DeCuir talks with Louisiana Secretary of Economic Development Stephen Moret following his lecture.
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Ugly Win
GYMNASTICS
LSU posts season high against top programs
Morrison, Dickson set career-high totals Rowan Kavner Sports Writer
recording 30 defensive rebounds. Junior forward LaSondra Barrett tied a career high with 12 boards and reached the 500-rebound plateau after just 14 seconds in the game. “Can you believe the Lady Tigers won a basketball game and in the second half shot 0-for-15 from the 3-point line?” Chancellor said. “[But] we didn’t come out and foul and give up second-chance points. … Against
Third place never seemed so promising. Freshman gymnasts Sarie Morrison and Kaleigh Dickson helped jumpstart the No. 25 LSU gymnastics team (1-5, 0-2 SEC) to its highest team score of the season Saturday at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. LSU’s season-high total of 195.550 included season highs on bars (48.90), beam (48.95) and floor (48.725). The Tigers’ vault score was still a respectable 48.975. LSU’s season-high team score before the meet was a 194.475. “I’m proud because every week we’ve been asking them to give us a little more,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “We needed to create some momentum, and they did. They went out there and created the kind of team atmosphere that other people want to be a part of.” No. 6 Alabama (6-0, 2-0 SEC) won the meet handily with a 196.825, while No. 10 Nebraska (3-3, 2-0 Big 12) finished second with a 195.60. Unranked Missouri
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SEASON HIGH, see page 11
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LSU junior forward Courtney Jones (22) moves past Georgia defenders Sunday to make a shot during the Tigers’ 47-41 victory against the Bulldogs in the PMAC.
Jones sparks Lady Tigers in 47-41 home victory against Georgia Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer
Both the LSU and No. 20 Georgia women’s basketball teams put up their poorest shooting performances of the season Sunday, but LSU eked out a victory to conclude a four-game homestand. LSU (15-8, 5-4) shot a miserable 18-for63 (28.6 percent) from the field, and Georgia (16-5, 6-2) was 16-for-55 (29.1 percent), but
the final score favored LSU, 47-41, in front of 3,941 fans at the PMAC. It was the first time since the second round of the 2007 Southeastern Conference tournament that LSU won when scoring 50 points or fewer and the first time in coach Van Chancellor’s tenure. LSU made just two 3-pointers for the second-straight game, this time finishing 2-for21 for a season-low 9.8 percent. But the Lady Tigers found a way to get it done defensively,
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Tigers’ four consecutive blowouts cement new low Poor shooting dooms LSU again Rob Landry Sports Contributor
Saturday night was one for the record books, unfortunately. The LSU men’s basketball team fell victim to Alabama (13-7, 5-1), 70-46, Saturday, in its fourthconsecutive loss. The loss also marked the first time in school history the Tigers (10-11, 2-4) have lost four straight games by more than 20 points. LSU neared the mark in 1999 when it lost two consecutive games and three out of four by more than
20 points. The only loss by less game was on the glass. They were than 20 during that streak was a physical.” 16-point defeat. The first half was a seesaw The main vice for the current battle, with Alabama claiming a 29squad, though, 22 advantage at the has been a lack break. of production on LSU (10-11, the offensive side. 2-4) came out firThe Tigers shot ing in the second 37.8 percent from half, going on a 7-2 the floor, Saturrun to cut the lead day, and 26.7 perto 32-29. cent from 3-point But after that Matt Derenbecker range. opening run, the “When we Tide went on to LSU freshman forward miss all our shots, outscore the Tiit puts a lot of pressure on us be- gers, 38-17, in the final 17 minutes cause we can’t stop people who to close out the victory. are in front of us,” said LSU coach “I think we were only down by Trent Johnson in a post-game radio LOSS, see page 10 interview. “The difference in the
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‘We were never able to recoup after they came out and hit us in the mouth.’
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LSU freshman forward Matt Derenbecker looks for an open player Jan. 22 during the Tigers’ 78-51 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels in the PMAC.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Lady Tigers close regular season with most wins in history Teams prepare for SEC championships Albert Burford Sports Contributor
The No. 23 LSU women’s swimming and diving team capped off its regular season with victories against Houston, Rice and Tulane in a quad meet hosted at the LSU Natatorium. The 13 wins on the season for the Lady Tigers (13-4) marked the most wins in program history. The LSU women won five of 10 events Friday, including a 1-2-3
sweep in the 100-yard butterfly for freshmen Emily Weaner, Rainey White and Andi Staub, respectively. “It’s good to see what they are capable of doing,” co-head coach David Geyer said. “It’s going to bode well for future years for those girls.” While the freshmen girls were showing promise for the future of the Lady Tigers, senior Jane Trepp was continuing her dominance in her last home meet. Trepp recorded four victories as a part of four relay teams, as well as another win in the 50-yard freestyle — a race she hasn’t lost this season. “It’s not a farewell by any means for her,” Geyer said. “We’re looking forward to February, and we’ve still
got bigger things to go after and look forward to.” Sophomore Jana Ruimerman swept the backstroke races, placing first in both the 100- and 200-yard events. Ruimerman also notched a win as part of a 400-yard medley relay. Fellow sophomore Sara Haley earned first place in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing with a seasonbest time of 1:59.66. The Lady Tigers only brought one diver to the meet: sophomore Elle Schmidt. Schmidt finished third in both the 1- and 3-meter springboard competitions. “Elle performed well,” said cohead coach Doug Shaffer. “She is set
up really well to have a successful [Southeastern Conference] championships.” The swimming and diving teams will now focus their attention toward February’s SEC Championships, which will take place at Florida’s O’Connell Center Natatorium in Gainesville, Fla. “We’re in a position to do well,” Shaffer said of the diving team’s preparedness for SEC championships. “We’ll make every practice and every training opportunity valuable looking into that.” On the swimming side, Geyer is also optimistic about the team’s chances for success in Gainesville. “I’ve been talking with the staff
all week about the good anxiety that comes with this meet,” Geyer said. “I’m ready for these kids to go there and get what they’ve earned and deserved throughout the year through their training and hard work.” Geyer said the road to success at the SEC championships will be one that requires routine and rest. “We just need to be smart and not do anything out of the ordinary, whether it’s in the weight room or just personally,” he said. “We need to rest and let our bodies recover so in three weeks we’re ready to go.” Contact Albert Burford at aburford@lsureveille.com
FIRST AND GINN
Daly’s thievery, unwillingness to let go unfair to young pros One year ago, golfer John Daly – veteran of just about every addiction out there – swore off the one habit that supported all his others: golf. After missing the cut at the 2010 Farmers Insurance Open, he told Golf Channel cameras, “I’m done. Just can’t play like I used to. I’m tired of embarrassing myself.” That retirement lasted Ryan Ginn Sports blogger about as long as a pack of cigarettes in Daly’s pocket, which is to say almost no time at all. He soldiered onward, playing in 20 total events. He only finished 12 of those, however, missing the cut in six and withdrawing from two after making the cut. Daly produced just one top-25 result and finished 194th in the FedEx Cup standings, well short of retaining his tour card. Almost one year to the date of his retirement, Daly should reconsider. In a sport where so many of his fellow competitors blended together into a khaki, cliché-spewing army of bland, Daly has stood out for being patently different. Everything about him is larger than life. He became famous for his “grip it and rip it” mentality that helped him lead the PGA Tour in driving distance a record-setting 11 times. Until slimming down thanks to lap-band surgery in 2009, his weight hovered near 300 pounds. Off the course, life hasn’t been much better. Daly has churned through four marriages (the last
of which ended after wife Sherrie Miller assaulted him with a steak knife), aided by addictions to alcohol and gambling. But the same qualities that made him unpopular with wives one through four,` also helped to make him the PGA’s biggest draw throughout the ‘90s. His many trips to rehab, coupled with the admission in 2006 that he had lost more than $50 million gambling only served to grow the legend of Long John Daly. After hitting rock bottom with a six-month suspension for the 2009 season, Daly’s next rehabilitation effort focused on his career. Armed with a garish wardrobe courtesy of Loudmouth Golf, he began the season with moderate success on the European Tour before returning to the PGA Tour after his suspension.
Since that time, he has been living out his worst fear, the one he articulated to reporters at Torrey Pines last year. He’s robbing entries from better golfers. Without a tour card, he has been forced to rely on sponsor’s exemptions to gain entries into tournaments. A selfish move that was once justified by brilliant play now just looks like stealing. The flashes of his old self are still there, but for every round of 68 there seems to be an 82 that directly follows. This weekend, in his return to Torrey Pines, Daly played the best two consecutive rounds he will ever put together. He began the third round 8-under par after shooting rounds of 67 and 69. Those waiting for the inevitable shoe to drop didn’t have
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John Daly surveys the first fairway Thursday while waiting to start the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament in San Diego.
to wait much longer. Daly fell apart during the weekend, shooting a 76 Saturday and a 79 Sunday to drop from a top-five finish to a tie for 65th. And so it will go for the rest of his career. There will be moments where he shows the skills that vaulted him into the elite level that so few ever reach, but his days as a serious tournament contender are done. Even worse, the PGA Tour has been infused with its most popular generation of young golfers in years. There are plenty of viable
alternatives for sponsorship exemptions. Next week, Daly will be heading to Qatar after being denied a sponsor’s exemption to the Phoenix Open. Instead, he should consider heading back home to begin rehabbing his addiction to the spotlight with the acknowledgement of a painful truth: He needs golf far more than the sport needs him. Contact Ryan Ginn at rginn@lsureveille.com
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MEN’S TENNIS
TRACK AND FIELD
LSU with Southeastern Conference rival Auburn on Sunday in the loser’s bracket. Auburn lost to California on Saturday, 4-2. LSU seized momentum early, winning the doubles point behind a Hunt Palmer bounceback performance by SkupSports Contributor ski and Carlsson and a win from The LSU men’s tennis team Knights and sophomore Stefan kicked off the 2011 spring season Szacinski. with a disappointing 0-2 start at the Skupski and Carlsson held ITA Kickoff Weekend in Lubbock, off Auburn’s Tim Puetz and Alex Texas. Stamchev, 8-6, while Knights and Host Texas Tech cruised to a Szacinski outlasted Andreas Mies 4-0 victory Saturday against LSU and Rafael Rodino, 9-7. before the Tigers lost to Auburn, For the second-straight day, 4-1, on Sunday. LSU failed to win a match in singles Texas Tech, ranked No. 15 in play. the country, used a pair of doubles The Tigers managed to win the victories to set the tone for an easy first set of five of the seven singles day at the office. matches but couldn’t close any of The Tiger them. duo of junior Neal Carlsson Skupski and senior roared to a 6-0 firstSebastian Carlsson set victory against entered the weekRodino, but Rodino end at No. 27 in the rebounded to win NCAA in doubles the final two sets, but were quickly 6-2, 6-1, to claim disposed of by unthe first singles ranked Red Raidpoint for Auburn. ers Raony CarvJulien Gauthialho and Rafael er also won the first Garcia, 8-1. set of his match Texas Tech’s with Auburn’s Jeff Brown David Gonzalez Mies before losing LSU men’s tennis coach and Raphael Pfis4-6, 6-4, 6-4. ter downed LSU Borsos jumped juniors Tom Knights and Mark out to a one-set lead, 6-3, against Bowtell, 8-3, to clinch the doubles Stamchev but dropped the final two point for Texas Tech. sets, 6-4, 6-3. Sophomores Olivier Borsos Auburn’s Daniel Cocherane and Roger Anderson notched the defeated Szacinski in straight sets, only Tiger victory of the day — 6-3, 6-4. doubles or singles — by knocking The losses drop LSU to 0-2 for off Vitor Manzini and Gonzalo Es- the second-straight season. cobar, 8-3. A year ago LSU started the seaBorsos, Bowtell and Knights son 0-4 before taking down Louisiall fell in straight sets in singles ac- ana-Lafayette at home. tion to clinch a victory for the Red The Tigers begin the 2011 Raiders. home schedule with a doubleheader “Texas Tech did a good job of Thursday against the Ragin’ Cajuns capturing momentum early,” said and UNO at 3 p.m. at Dub Robinson LSU coach Jeff Brown in a news re- Stadium. lease. “In singles we had a few spots where we started to get it together, but we had too many matches where Contact Hunt Palmer at we fell too far behind.” hpalmer@lsureveille.com The loss to Texas Tech matched
with a season-best time of 8.24 seconds. Shaver credited extensive recruiting efforts for quality sprinters and the ability to practice on Chris Abshire a relatively similar track for his team’s early sprinting titles. Sports Contributor “As a staff, we place a high Aided by impressive finish- emphasis on recruiting great es in the triple jump and sprint sprinters, and the program has events, the LSU track and field a tradition of having championteam bounced back from defeats ship runners,” Shaver said. “Plus to Texas A&M last weekend we can practice on the shorter with strong perlengths without formances Friday as many issues and Saturday in since we don’t the Razorback Inhave the banked vitational. tracks that we run Junior transon at most other fer Kyron Blaise places.” continued his earAlong with ly season success, the men’s tripleplacing second Dennis Shaver jump dominance, in the triple jump senior Melissa LSU track and field coach with a jump of Ogbourne placed 53-4 1/2 feet. second for the The jump automatically women in the triple jump, narqualified Blaise for March’s In- rowly missing the NCAA qualidoor Track & Field Champion- fying mark with a jump of ship, joining five other LSU men and women just three meets into the season. “This was really the first meet that [Kyron] has triple jumped for us,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “That says a lot about his performance since he exceeded his personal best in what was essentially his season debut.” Along with Blaise, two other Tigers finished in the top five of the triple jump. Senior Zedric Thomas and sophomore Damar Forbes placed fourth and fifth, respectively. The Tigers and Lady Tigers also shined in the 60-meter dash, with junior Horatio Williams capturing the men’s title with a time of 6.63 seconds and sophomore Kimberlyn Duncan leading a total of four Lady Tigers in the top five with a personal-best time of 7.38 seconds en route to her own title. Sprinter Semoy Hackett, a junior transfer and the reigning Southeastern Conference Female Runner of the Week, extended her dominance in the young season by winning in the 200-meter dash final. Senior Tenaya Jones also claimed the 60-meter hurdle title
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Team falls,0-2, for second-straight year
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43-2 1/2 feet. Junior All-American Michael Lauro topped his personal best with a mark of 69-6 3/4 feet to win the 35-pound weight throw. Lauro’s victory continued the Tigers’ impressive opening stretch in the weight throw on the heels of senior Walter Henning’s NCAA-leading throw at Texas A&M last weekend. Shaver said he was pleased with the weekend’s performance and added from the goals for the meet were different than usual. “This invitational was an opportunity for us to get people some work in different events that they don’t always run,” Shaver said. “That allows us to develop depth in all the events.”
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SOFTBALL
LSU brings deep roster into loaded Souteastern Conference
live in the present real quick in this game.” The Tigers bring up the rear of the SEC’s lofty preseason projections, opening the season at No. 19. The team had a productive fall season, which Girouard said helped develop her pitching staff. But with the season so close, the time for new technique is over.
“Now we need to know what our weapons are and go with it,” Girouard said. “The time for experimentation is over with.” The weeks before the season begins are more for “putting it all together” than anything else, Girouard said. “We’re trying to see who our lineup is,” she said. “For our hitters
to see live pitching, for our pitchers to work with hitters. It’s just fine tuning everything now.” LSU brings back the bulk of a roster that bowed out of last season’s NCAA regionals with a loss to Texas A&M. The Tigers boast eight juniors who arrived on campus when the new Tiger Park opened in 2009. With such steep competition in the SEC, the duty rests on the upperclassmen to deliver. “The entire junior class stepped up as leaders this year,” said sophomore pitcher Rachele Fico. “They lead by example. They’re outspoken when they need to be. It’s going to be a very big year for them.” Fico enters her sophomore season after compiling a staggering 20-7 record and 1.15 ERA as a true freshman. The Tigers’ pitching staff also welcomes back junior Brittany Mack, who compiled a 9-3 record and a 1.59 ERA last season.
the game ranked sixth in the country, surrendering just 57.3 points per game. The Tide also outrebounded the Tigers, 43-24. But Johnson wasn’t overly impressed with what he saw. “[Alabama’s defense is] probably one of the better teams in this league, but certainly not one of the best teams I’ve seen personally,” Johnson said.
The lone bright spot for LSU was the return of freshman guard Ralston Turner. Saturday’s game was Turner’s first action in Southeastern Conference play and his first game time since Jan. 2 when he suffered a foot injury. He played 20 minutes, scored four points and grabbed two rebounds. “I actually played a game here once in high school, and I had a lot
of family here tonight,” said Turner, a Muscle Shoals, Ala., native. “It was very familiar, but obviously the game didn’t end the way we wanted it to.” LSU will now look to snap the streak Wednesday when it begins a two-game home stand against South Carolina. Though Johnson has not been pleased with his team’s showings of late, he is optimistic about the
Tigers No. 19 in preseason projections David Helman Sports Contributor
The Southeastern Conference’s preseason all-conference softball teams were announced last Wednesday. For the first time in recent memory, LSU was not represented. The preseason snub is just another sign of how loaded the SEC promises to be this season. The conference placed five teams in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s preseason top 25, including four in the top seven. “This is a tremendous league when you look at the standings and preseason predictions,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “The schedule is very heavy at the beginning. ... We have to learn to
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three at one point, but things started getting physical,” said freshman forward Matt Derenbecker in a news release. “The ball started bouncing their way, and we weren’t hustling like we should have been. We were never able to recoup after they came out and hit us in the mouth.” Alabama’s defense came into
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LSU sophomore pitcher Rachele Fico throws a pitch April 17 during the Tigers’ 3-2 victory against Arkansas. The Tigers were last on the SEC’s preseason picks.
New to the staff this season is freshman Meghan Patterson, who joins the Tigers from Mount Carmel Academy after recording 98 victories and 1,220 strikeouts in her last two high school seasons. “She holds her own,” Fico said. “She’s going to be a fresh addition to our pitching staff.” In the batter’s box, LSU returns four of its top six batters from last season. Junior outfielder Ashley Langoni, a .288 hitter last season, said the Tigers’ preparation will be the key to their success. “Coach [Girouard] has even said it herself — this is the best team she’s seen so far come out after the break and have good practices every day,” Langoni said. “We need to show that we can hang with the top teams.”
direction his team is headed. “We’ve got a young group,” Johnson said. “We are going to continue to fight. When we get scoring back in the paint and get healthy, we are going to make a push and surprise a few people down the stretch. Trust me when I tell you.”
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(1-5, 0-2 Big 12) finished fourth with a 193.40. Morrison, a Dallas native, said she had about 60 fans supporting her at the competition. She scored at least a 9.80 in each event, finishing third in the all-around competition. “I couldn’t wait to show everyone what I’d been working on,” Morrison said. “I hadn’t seen them in forever, and just to see everyone out there cheering me on and LSU on, it was a special day.” Morrison tied or set career highs in each event, while Dickson set career highs on bars, beam and floor. Both Morrison and Dickson set career-high all-around totals of 39.40 and 39.125, respectively.
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Arkansas [Thursday], we weren’t doing all we could do.” LSU led 27-21 at halftime, and Georgia had 12 chances in the second half to tie the score or take the lead. Georgia coach Andy Landers said it was LSU’s offensive rebounds that put a dagger in the Lady Bulldogs’ comeback efforts. “The defenses are both very good, but when they get the offensive boards 18 times, we have to repeat the defensive effort eight times,” Landers said. “We didn’t hit anything from the outside. I don’t remember hitting maybe but one shot from the outside the entire second half.” LSU junior forward Courtney Jones scored eight points – four from the free throw line – and
Dickson posted a 9.825 on beam and floor, which marked the first time she eclipsed a 9.80 in any event as a Tiger. “We set the bar tonight,” Dickson said. Alabama senior Kayla Hoffman took the all-around title with a 39.525, tying for first in vault, bars and beam. Senior Sam Engle, a Plano, Texas, native, who was also in front of a home crowd, posted a 9.775 in bars. Engle participated only in bars for the second-straight week following an ankle injury. Freshman Sarah Zoldos also competed solely in bars because of an ankle injury, scoring a 9.75. The Tigers were noticeably better in the apparatus. Their previous season high in bars was a 48.60
and all five Tiger gymnasts tied or set season highs in the event. “We’ve been practicing all week on hitting our bar routines,” Morrison said. “Today it just all came together.” LSU’s lowest score was in the floor exercise, but freshman Maliah Mathis still tied for the floor title with a career-high 9.875. Breaux said she expects the Tigers to “surprise some people” by the end of the season. “We had our recruits for next year sitting in the stands watching us, and they need to be seeing this and saying, ‘Wow, put me in this next year, and we are going to be great,’” she said.
tied her career high with nine rebounds in 22 minutes. Senior guard Katherine Graham scored in double figures again with 14 in 39 minutes. Chancellor said Jones brought “a little pizzazz” onto the court. “She gave us a spirit, gave us a lift,” Chancellor said. “We were up a point and kind of had that sad look. We got her the ball, and she made shots under the basket. … She’s like the Energizer bunny.” Georgia led just once in the game, as the Lady Bulldogs opened the scoring with a jumper in the paint by forward Jasmine Hassell. The sophomore led all scorers with 16 points on 8-of-11 from the field. LSU senior guard Latear Eason then answered with a 3-pointer with 18:45 left in the first half, a far cry from the Arkansas contest,
when LSU took 8:45 to put up its first points. LSU would never relinquish the lead. Georgia has not eclipsed the 50-point mark in its last two games. LSU next goes on the road for five of its final seven regular season games. Barrett said the team will use the momentum it gained Sunday to continue its intense play down the stretch. “Having a nationally ranked team like Georgia come in, we knew the win would be very good for us – not only for our team, but for our RPI and the … confidence we would gain going into this twogame road stretch,” Barrett said.
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GUEST COLUMN
Monday, Jan. 31, 2011
Humanities important, shouldn’t be first victim of cuts Victoria DeJohn Special to The Daily Reveille
Communication is a key part of society and the business world, and communication is exactly what a majority of humanities is all about. So why is it at the first mention of budget cuts that humanities get the boot? Theater is about communicating through a group to tell a story. Music teaches us to communicate and evoke emotion through song. Mass communication teaches us to take the story and share it with a larger audience. But where does science fall into all this?
Why doesn’t science get the same treatment as nearly every other major degree program out there? What makes science so much more important than everything else? Science classes don’t teach anyone how to communicate. By no means am I trying to say science deserves the budget cuts. They don’t deserve to lose their funding any more than humanities do. I’m simply trying to state that the humanities programs are as important as any other degree program. However, because the general public typically sees humanities courses as an easy “A” and not as the hard, time-consuming
work those in the programs know it as, the humanities typically get some of the worst cuts. Being a theater major, I can certainly attest the extensive amount of work involved in the liberal arts. Theater takes hours upon hours of work for even the smallest of productions. But theater is not alone. History requires a firm command of dates and cultures that are far removed from anything we could experience in modern life. Foreign languages compel us to understand how a culture other than our own communicates, not just through words, but action, beliefs and lifestyle. Sciences should not get a
free pass from budget cuts on the grounds that they are “more important. What truly determines something’s importance is not the people looking from the outside, but those in the field itself. The hard work and dedication of every discipline — science, history, math, arts, or otherwise — is evident from those who truly love what they are doing. It is time we fight to keep the classics alive. Where would we be today without them? And what exactly makes a degree in science so much better? Sciences are more societally accepted, but I am more than willing to bet each person who says humanities aren’t important
actually relies on humanities to some extent. In fact, I am nearly certain each and every person in the world relies on humanities to one extent or another. If nothing else, the humanities show us we all rely on communication, no matter what our field may be, and there couldn’t be anything more important. Victoria DeJohn is a 19-year-old theater sophomore from Baton Rouge.
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WALKING ON THIN ICE
Support small family businesses, buy from Baton Rouge What we can learn from the Smith family of Mount Hermon, La., is how to rise to the occasion, how to be inspired but more importantly why we should buy local products. Driven to a completely new business model after a bad economy ravaged their dairy farm, Warren and Sandra Smith lit a candle in a dark room. While other dairies in their town were closing down at a rapid rate, the Smiths decided to market in a entirely different way; to directly vend their whole-milk products to consumers. Tenacious and motivated, the Smiths are the kind of busines owners this country should be supporting. Aside from their catchy “where the cream rises to the top,” slogan, the fact they work seven days a week to care for their 150 Holstein cows is a trait to be admired and supported by our society. Unfortunately, in a land where the mentality is “the bigger, the better,” small farms and the farmers who depend on their livelihood are being swept under the rug. It’s not only a shame because we’re losing good, honest food suppliers who aren’t trying to poison us with pesticides — but also because this ideology is far away from what’s healthy for our environment. Few people take the time to think of the amount of effort it takes to get produce from the farms to the grocery stores. For every kiwi or pack of blueberries picked up smack dab in the
middle of winter, millions of tons of gasoline and diesel are spent to transport products. Pollution may be one of the many problems that come with sailing shallots and flying fruit, but there’s another Priyanka Bhatia issue that far exceeds it in terms Columnist of importance and humanitarian efforts. But in the industry of big produce is a hidden cost for which Chilean workers are paying the ultimate price. In Chile, where much of our summertime fruit comes from, Oxfam International states a minimum wage for agricultural workers is nonexistent. Women who work more than 60 hours a week hardly see a dime of the more than $200 million dollars spent on produce, pushing them further into financial insecurity. They struggle to put food on the table for their families. But as consumers, we hold in our hands the power to help them. There’s often the idea that we’re the only ones being influenced by our decisions, when in fact, the weight of the world depends on them. And in an economy based off supply and demand, it’s time for us to use the influence of the mighty dollar to make a difference in not
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only the way we eat but also the ideals with which we buy our food. Instead of believing product choice has little to no influence on the way food is grown, we need to embrace the notion that every dollar and every decision counts. Walking through the grocery store may not be an adventure, but it also isn’t a free-for-all. It’s time to remember the people who suffer and often die for our food. More importantly, it’s time to think of the local farmers who don’t have to.
By supporting locally grown food instead of the big produce industry, we’re telling the industry, in a small way, that the way they’re treating their workers is improper, and we refuse to stand for it. The small farmers of Baton Rouge spend their time and effort to provide us with healthy alternatives and yet, they’re not dying in the arms of capitalism. Instead they’re spending their time advertising on a local level at the Red Stick Farmers Market of Baton Rouge happy to have you as
a customer. It’s time to make a decision, LSU. Buy local and homegrown or go home. Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine major with a minor in environmental management systems. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Pbhatia.
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HEART-SHAPED BOX
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Firefighters doing less saving, more burning Life is tough – it isn’t fair either. We have all heard the expression before, most of us more times than can be recalled. But why is there so much truth in that saying? Oh yeah, because of the actions of our fellow men and women. Right now, the taxpayers in Boston are falling victim to their city firefighters — the same people who protect them, or at least are getting paid to do so. Before I continue let me say that I mean no disrespect to police and firefighters. They have incredibly dangerous jobs and should be respected and compensated justly. The city of Boston has in place a program that allows firefighters a degree of flexibility in their job. A smart move, as recent studies have reported flexibility in their work being more
important to employees than holidays and, in some cases, salary. But unfortunately, like many programs, if it can be exploited, before long it will be. The program basically allows employees to swap shifts. If Joe can’t work his shift, Dominic Trueheart then Steve will Columnist cover for him under the assumption that Joe will help Steve at a later date. I think you see where this is going. The first and most easily noted problem arises when the social contract between the two firefighters goes up in smoke. For example, in 2004 a particular worker had 124 of his shifts
“covered” while he actually worked only 34 shifts. The same firefighter, to date, is “obligated” to repay nearly 540 shifts to his fellow men – almost three years of duty. But wait folks, there’s more. The department makes no discretion between shifts actually worked and shifts “covered.” Such a little oversight becomes a major problem when benefits and retirement come into the conversation. For example, another fighter filed for pension centering on his service to the department. Fortunately for him though, it doesn’t matter if someone else worked almost 400 of his scheduled shifts – a number that equals almost two years of employment. I know right now you are asking yourself, “Why does it matter who works as long as we’re safe?”
It matters because in a span of almost four years, beginning in 2006 and ending in September, there were approximately 29,000 incidents in which overtime was paid because workers who agreed to cover other workers shifts canceled. This forced the Boston Fire Department to devote millions of dollars in funding to staffing a shift that had already been staffed twice. It’s true the abuse of the system by Boston firefighters doesn’t directly affect us, but it’s just another example of a widespread epidemic of apathetic, self-centered human practices. As a nation, we’re lazy. Give me the miracle pill, the get-richquick idea, and the easiest road to my diploma possible. The joy in building something and doing things for others has been left in a pile of ash. As long as I get what
I want, nothing else matters — usually if you try there is a way to justify just about anything. What I’m saying really is more than just a cheesy, naïve rendition of The Golden Rule. The more people, systems and ideas are abused, the tougher it becomes for them to function at all. Soon doors become walls, and the only way to succeed will be to find a way around them. The little exploitations may seem minor in narrow contexts, but it only takes a tiny match to raze a building to the ground. Dominic Trueheart is a 20-yearold sociology junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dtrueheart. Contact Dominic Trueheart at dtrueheart@lsureveille.com
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Second chance for America in democratic struggle Jonathan Angel The Lariat
(WACO, Texas) UWIRE—Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a people subject to the British Empire. They worked hard to sustain their livelihoods, but tensions led to British officers firing upon crudely armed villagers. Eventually, this spark was fanned into
widespread discontent of British rule. The people shucked the colonial yoke in favor of a new republic. Over the course of decades, investment reformed the economy. The population exploded on both sides of the great river that divided the nation. And in 2011, protests against the autocratic president were met with water
cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas. Then on Jan. 28, in the midst of these protests, the Internet was disabled (probably at the government’s demand) nationwide. America and Egypt have so much in common, from money to innovation to founding history. Thus, it is most surprising to learn that President Barack Obama and the United States Federal
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Government continue to speak support for the Egyptian autocratic president, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, who clearly disregards the liberties of his citizens, even as they clamor for selfrule, for changes, for freedom. Over the past two months, the Middle East has been in perhaps the greatest state of internal unrest since World War II. From the collapse of Lebanon’s prowestern coalition government to the night flight of Tunisia’s prowestern dictator from his post to the ever-more-forceful protests in other countries, especially pro-western Egypt and Yemen, the region may be headed toward an era of greater individual freedoms and less acquiescence on U.S. political interests. In his June 2009 speech in Cairo, Obama extended a hand of friendship to the Muslim world – “A New Beginning,” to use the words of the speech title. He noted that America and Islam share the common higher principles of “justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” He commended Morocco for being the first nation to recognize the U.S. Why, then, would Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stress just days before Ben Ali’s flight that “we are not taking sides” in this fight for [Tunisian] democracy? Even after a July 2009 State Department cable (classified, but released by Wikileaks) cited that Tunisia had “serious human rights problems” and that “major change in Tunisia will have to wait for Ben Ali’s departure,” the U.S. continued to insist on supporting Ben Ali until the day he fled the country. The State Department, had
it been more astute, would have enjoined support for the Tunisian people; its own cable stated that “most still admire … the American dream.” Instead, we’re likely viewed now at best as self-interested imbeciles without moral consciences. The great news is that we have been given a second chance, an opportunity to form a lasting relationship with a people that will, whether tomorrow or in 10 years, get rid of President Mubarak and install a truly democratic leader. Second chances rarely come around, and when they do, it’s often at great cost. It took an attack on Pearl Harbor for us to reconsider entering World War II, despite the danger the Axis powers posed. Let’s not demand a second Pearl Harbor to learn our lesson this time. The U.S. has long shared a special relationship with Egypt. From the Camp David Accords to the nearly $2 billion annual aid sent to support Egypt’s economic and military might, the two countries have a complex history of support. Does the U.S. have the guts to make that support dependent upon reform? Is freedom worth risking a friendly relationship with a dictator? That relationship should not hinder us from pushing unabashedly for much greater democratization in Egypt. It certainly didn’t hinder President Mubarak from unabashedly ordering crackdowns on nonviolent protests.
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