Proud Students organization making film about budget cut impact, p. 3
Reveille Football players use bye week to relax and visit their families, p. 5
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Masses of music lovers are revving their engines and heading to New Orleans this weekend for one of the top Southern musical rides of the year. The Voodoo Experience, the annual music extravaganza, kicks off today, and students are flocking to the Big Easy to dive head-first into the madness. Steve Rehage, founder and producer of the Voodoo Experience, said this year will be the festival’s 12th edition. The festival runs through Sunday. “This year’s going to be great event,” he said. “We have a big lineup of artists. New Orleans is a music town, and we’re back up to pre-[Hurricane] Katrina numbers.” Rehage said he’s proud the Voodoo Experience is one of the top 10 music festivals in the nation, even after the devastations of Katrina. “The big element we’re bringing back is the electronic tent,” he
restaurants and bars by mid-November and in bottles on store shelves early next year. Voodoo Bengal, named in reference to southeast Louisiana and the University, is brewed with specialty malts and pure Louisiana cane syrup, according to Caldwell. Both beers were created for the
Thousands of partygoers will gather tonight for live music, elaborate costumes and alcohol at the annual Carlotta Street Halloween block party. Jay Price, a resident of the Carlotta Street area, said the North Gate Merchants Association will have at least two beer trucks as well as food trucks. Bands will play on several stages along Carlotta Street. Price said nine bands are booked to play “on the stage next to the yellow house,” and a disk jockey will play upstairs in the house. After two conflicting Facebook groups debated the date of the party — Friday or Saturday — representatives from both parties met with the Baton Rouge Police Department and agreed on the Friday party. “They’re not there to give us a hard time,” Price said about BRPD’s involvement. “They’re going to make sure we’ll have a good time.” Kaitlyn Stockwell, theater
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Charles Caldwell, co-founder of Tin Roof Brewing Company, monitors the brewing process of one of the company’s first batches of beer Thursday. Caldwell and University alumnus William McGehee began brewing for the first time Wednesday.
Brewing company Tin Roof sets up shop in Baton Rouge Frederick Holl Staff Writer
Baton Rouge has the University, the Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, the Mississippi River and even a fast-food chain, but it has never had its own beer — until now. Tin Roof Brewing Company, located on Nicholson Drive and started by childhood friends from
Natchitoches — Charles Caldwell and University alumnus William McGehee — aims to bring Baton Rouge its own unique flavor of the popular alcoholic malt-and-hops beverage. The friends and co-owners began brewing Wednesday and hope to have two beers — Voodoo Bengal Specialty Pale Ale and Perfect Tin Amber Ale — on tap in local
BUDGET CUTS
‘WhatNow Lsu’ unveils meaning behind ‘The Event’ Hudson, Borel to go to Capitol today Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
“WhatNow Lsu” was revealed Thursday as a student-run campaign group designed to combat the budget crisis through a letterwriting program. A crowd of about 350 curious University students sat in the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes on Thursday night for the revealing of “WhatNow Lsu” and “The Event.” The secretive group has advertised “The Event” through Tiger Trails, T-shirts, sidewalk chalk and
Facebook without revealing its true meaning until Thursday. “For those of you who thought the ‘Twilight’ cast would be here, I’m sorry,” joked Zac Lemoine, WhatNow Lsu member and mass communication senior, as he discussed the various predictions about the campaign. “We’re going to talk about budget cuts.” All advertising for “The Event” was funded by donations, and the group said it is not associated with Student Government. Purple sheets of paper were passed through the crowd as WhatNow Lsu representatives asked students to begin writing letters expressing their feelings and opinions about the budget crisis. Student Government President J Hudson said the team plans to
deliver letters to Gov. Bobby Jindal today at 3:30 p.m., despite the fact that he does not have an official meeting with Jindal scheduled. “This purple piece of paper is the same color legislators will start seeing tomorrow and until they decide to make decisions about education,” said Student Government Vice President Dani Borel. “Thirty-thousand is a powerful number.” Lemoine emphasized the funds that have been cut from the University’s budget before introducing Chancellor Michael Martin. “This is not a blame somebody session,” Martin said. “This is a ‘let’s find solutions’ session.” Martin discussed the state of higher education, explaining the EVENT, see page 4
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Chancellor Michael Martin discusses the University’s funding cuts and student activism Thursday at WhatNow Lsu in the Cox Communications Academic Center.
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INTERNATIONAL Judge orders McDonald’s to pay former manager for weight gain SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court has ordered McDonald’s to pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there a dozen years. The 32-year-old man says he was forced to sample food products each day to ensure that quality standards remained high because McDonald’s hired “mystery clients” to randomly visit restaurants and report on the food, service and cleanliness. Spiritual caretaker of Indonesian volcano dies during eruption MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — He was the keeper of Mount Merapi, an 83-year-old man entrusted to watch over the volcano’s spirits, believing it could be appeased by tossing offerings of rice, chickens and flowers into the crater. And when the eruption came, Maridjan was among those who died, along with dozens of villagers
who believed him, not seismologists or government officials, about the danger. As Merapi began spewing 1,800-degree gases and thousands of panicked people streamed down the mountain’s slopes, Maridjan refused to budge from his home deep in the evacuation zone, just four miles from the crater. French port strike strands 1,600 foreign sailors off Marseille coast PARIS (AP) — They’re the unseen victims of France’s strikes: up to 1,600 foreign sailors trapped in 80 ships off the southern coast of Marseille, most of them not to get to the shore that is so tantalizingly close. The sailors from around the globe have been caught in a power struggle between French labor unions and port authorities that has virtually shut down the country’s largest oil terminals — one facet of the French strikes that are costing the national economy up to €400 million a day.
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Relatives carry the coffin of Maridjan, the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi, during his funeral in Glagaharjo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Maridjan died during a volcano eruption.
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Sen. Vitter won’t say if he broke the law with prostitution ring
JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — The leaders of a Pueblo Indian community in New Mexico have banned trick-or-treating on tribal land, saying costumed children on the streets this Halloween will be sent home because the practice runs counter to tribal culture. Jemez Pueblo Gov. Joshua Madalena also said a gruesome killing last month involving two young men has led the community to realize it needs to stay in touch with its youth. He said the Sept. 29 stabbing death of tribal member Matthew Panana affected the whole community, although he also said he had been discussing the trick-or-treat ban with the Jemez Tribal Council, public safety officials and pueblo elders for months. Federal investigators have said Panana was killed after knocking continuously on the window of Lucas Toledo’s Jemez Pueblo home.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sen. David Vitter repeatedly refused Thursday to say whether he broke the law in connection with a Washington prostitution ring to which he was linked by phone records in 2007. Pressed several times by reporters to tell voters whether he broke the law, Vitter said the actions happened some 10 years ago and he is looking to the future. “You can look back all you want to,” Vitter said during the final debate of the Louisiana Senate campaign on WWL television. “That’s your decision. It’s a free country.”
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Proud Students creates budget cut film, invites student input Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
Proud Students, a University group designed to promote awareness about the budget crisis, took a new approach to voicing student opinion by hosting “Proud Students’ Short Video” event in the Quad and on the Parade Ground this week. The group asked students to stop by its post to answer a single question: “What will you lose because of the budget cuts?” Claiborne MacKnight, Proud Students co-founder and biological sciences senior, said students were able to express their feelings and opinions about budget cuts on a poster board to be featured in the two -to three-minute student-made video.
“Our plan is to distribute the video by Facebook or YouTube,” MacKnight said. Bradley Wood, co-founder and biological sciences and philosophy senior, said the video was another outlet for students to get involved. Hollis Carter, women’s and gender studies senior, participated in the event Monday. Carter, whose sign read “budget cuts kill,” said she believes the University is moving in the wrong direction. “What LSU is doing affects not only my degree or my little brother’s degree but anyone that comes to LSU [in the future],” Carter said. “It’s stupid and ridiculous.” Wood said the video aims to capture this emotion and the
“essence of the students.” “This is a way to give people the opportunity to, in their own handwriting, express themselves about the cuts,” Wood said Monday. Though filming for the video ended Thursday, Wood said the group wants to reach out to a variety of students, including those outside the University. “We want to touch students who are still apathetic,” he said. “We want as many people as possible to know about [the cuts] and pay attention.” The group’s next plan of action will be a rally at the Capitol on Nov. 10.
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Jake Stuart, undeclared freshman, helps film the Proud Students video Thursday in the Quad. The video is meant to raise awareness about the University’s budget situation.
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BUDGET CUTS
MDA Council starts letter campaign Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
The Music and Dramatic Arts College Council launched a letterwriting campaign last week in a grassroots attempt to voice opinions about the cuts in funding to higher education. The campaign, which began Oct. 18, started when students recognized the need to take action against the crisis, Carly Zimmerman, MDA College Council president and music senior. Zimmerman said the council tried to come up with an idea that would be most convenient for students. “We know the students are all so busy,” Zimmerman said. “So, we thought if we could give them everything they need, it would be successful.” The council set up a table in the lobbies of the School of Music and the Music and Dramatic Arts Building complete with paper, pens and envelopes for students to use. “They could write a letter and after put a Post-it note on it with their ZIP code,” she said. “The executive office of Student Government would then address, stamp and send them off.” Zimmerman said the campaign, which ended Tuesday, collected about 35 letters total. Zimmerman said this method allowed students to contact the representatives from their hometowns, not just those in Baton Rouge. If students are not from Louisiana, letters will be sent to the Capitol. The University’s faculty made similar efforts earlier this month when the Faculty Senate initiated a faculty letter-writing campaign. The campaign asked each staff member to write two letters to extend the range of communication. “Attention on the crisis of
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higher education is focused on cities in which the universities are located,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope. “But people live and have connections in all parts.” Cope said it is important that letters are sent in bulk, as the Legislature is responsive to quantity. Zimmerman said the council wants “everyone on board so everyone can value higher education as one.” Student Government President J Hudson commended the council for its efforts and said it has done an “excellent job.” “I think it’s fantastic that College Council is doing a collegespecific means of contacting legislators,” Hudson said. “I’m proud they have taken the initiative to have the voice of their college heard.” Hudson said MDA is one of the first college councils to launch a campaign like this, but students can expect to see similar efforts from SG in the future. Zimmerman also said MDA will organize another letter-writing campaign in the spring, but dates have not been finalized. “It’s easy to say that big universities are gobbling up money from the state, but it is a big portion for
good reason,” Zimmerman said. “We are a vital part of Louisiana and a vital part of the economy.” Zimmerman said she hopes to express this opinion to the decisionmakers downtown. “We want to let them know our personal stories so they know how they are affecting us,” Zimmerman said. “We feel like we aren’t valuable.” Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com
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“huge challenge” the University and students face. Martin offered six key pieces of advice to students: Be aware, be engaged, be part of the solution, be respectful, be committed and be persistent. He said these things, if accomplished, can make a difference. Hudson agreed that students need to step up. “I wrote a letter two weeks ago that reached national attention, and we need to do the same thing here,”
VOODOO, from page 1 said. “It used to be a staple, signature part of Voodoo, but after Katrina hit, we took the money we’d usually spend on DJs to give to local artists and local talent after music shops shut down.” With the return of the electronic tent comes electric artists, Rehage said. “We’ve got the hottest guy on the planet — Deadmau5,” Rehage said. Another artist bringing buzz to the Big Easy this weekend is Muse, who Rehage said he’s excited about. “I like big rock stuff,” he said. “Muse is the biggest rock band in the world right now. ... It’s like Queen, Pink Floyd meets Radiohead.” Owen Clarke, who plays guitar, bass and synthesizer for English electropop band Hot Chip said his band is intrigued by Louisiana and can’t wait to play at the festival. “It’s a part of the world we’re very interested in,” he said. “For Alexis [Taylor, Hot Chip lead vocalist], the music up there and in the area is a fascination for him.” People can expect an interesting performance from Hot Chip at Voodoo, Clarke said. “Basically, it’s five English men playing keyboards and guitars and making sort of danceable pop music in an outdoor environment,” he said. Trixie Minx, director and dancer of Fleur De Tease Burlesque Revue, a sexy, Vaudeville-inspired show, said this is the fourth time her group has performed at Voodoo. “It’s the highlight of our year,” she said. “We get to see and perform with so many of our friends and other artists around the city and the world.” Brantley Senn, bassist and songwriter for Georgia-based rock band Dead Confederate, said he can’t wait to perform at Voodoo again. “We played a day slot two years ago,” he said. “We like New Orleans a lot. It’s a good time.” Senn said he enjoys music festivals and is looking forward to the killer lineup. “I’m excited about seeing all the other acts that are playing,” he said. “Festivals are great because you get to see more bands in one place than you would anywhere else on any
Hudson said. “One letter is not going to cut it.” Lemoine told the students the group was going to do “something that had not been done before” as he placed Louisiana House of Representatives Speaker Jim Tucker’s email address on the projector. “I want you to e-mail this guy,” Lemoine said. He then asked the students to take out their phones and begin e-mailing Tucker. The audience mimicked Borel as she began e-mailing Tucker from her iPhone.
“I would hate to be [Tucker] in the morning,” laughed Lindsey Schexnider, English freshman. Another new student group, Flagship Advocates, was also introduced. The group, which is now accepting applications, hopes to recruit a member from every Louisiana district to communicate with representatives.
other night, so you can knock them all out at once.” Voodoo is something all students should experience, Rehage said. “I scheduled it during an off week for football games, so obviously I want LSU students to come,” he said. “We’re throwing a lot of things into the pot to make a good gumbo, a great musical experience.” Hayley Hanson, animal science freshman, said she might attend Voodoo tonight with a one-day pass. “I’m so conflicted,” she said. “I want to check out [the] Carlotta [block party], but at the same time, I feel like Muse and Metric are calling my name. There’s just such a good lineup.” Betsy Lamb, biology freshman, said she has attended the festival twice, but she’s most excited about this year. “I mean, I just love Deadmau5. I love him,” she said. “I can’t really say anything about anyone else.” Rehage, a University graduate and former football player, said his Voodoo brainchild was born after moving to New York. “I think when you grow up in Louisiana, specifically New Orleans, there’s music everywhere,” he said. “I went on to play football for the New York Giants and attended
NYU where a lightbulb went off in my head, ‘That’s what I want to do with my life.’ Doing a music festival has always been in the back of my mind.” After taking an entertainment marketing class, the festival took flight, Rehage said. “Everything sort of hit all at once,” he said. “I realized I’d actually pulled it off and never looked back.” Voodoo stands out among festivals because Louisiana offers a completely different setting, Rehage said. “Most people haven’t played at a venue like this before,” he said. “The bayou, oak trees combined with the light shows of bands like Weezer, MGMT — we’ve got a ton of great stuff this year.” On the eve of the festival’s kickoff, Voodoo’s residency in New Orleans’ City Park was extended through 2019, according to a news release. The park has been home to Voodoo since its debut in 1999, with a one-year absence during 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina.
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Entertainment editor Ryan Buxton contributed to this report. Contact Cathryn Core at ccore@lsureveille.com
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Empty Week
FOOTBALL
Levingston’s foot healing after injury vs. Auburn Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
the Tigers are using the week off to heal before the stretch run of the season. “The big thing is getting rest on the body,” said junior running back Stevan Ridley. “We have Alabama coming up next week, and it’s always one of the biggest games of the year. We just really have to take it slow and rest and get ready.” Though the team may recuperate this week and take it easy, Ridley knows the scaled-back tempo at practice won’t last for long.
LSU football coach Les Miles said Thursday that senior defensive tackle Lazarius Levingston’s foot is getting better gradually after he injured it against Auburn. Levingston injured the foot in LSU’s 24-17 loss to Auburn, and Miles said sophomore Josh Downs and redshirt freshmen Michael Brockers and Bennie Logan will fill in on the defensive line in Levingston’s absence. “Levingston has really been upgraded of late,” Miles said. “The swelling has gone down. We’re working him out. We’ll know more next week.” Miles said he would have liked to see true freshman fullback J.C. Copeland get more snaps against Auburn. “The back end of the game — if we would have kept that drive going, you would have seen [James] Stampley and/or Copeland get more snaps,” Miles said. “I’m hopeful [Copeland] will play in the Alabama game.” Miles said the team will meet Friday morning for an hour of conditioning and then take the weekend off before resuming preparations for Alabama. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. on CBS. “We understand Alabama pretty well,” Miles said. “It’s not
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LEVINGSTON, see page 7
LSU players enjoy short break from football, use bye to rest for stretch run Rob Landry Sports Contributor
With Halloween approaching, an eerie feeling is floating around campus. The aura is one of emptiness because, for the first time since August, there will be a weekend without an LSU football game. The Tigers enter their bye week boasting a 7-1 record and a No. 12 ranking in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
But LSU’s schedule has not been an easy row to hoe, as the team has already played four games in which its opponent was ranked at the time of the matchup — then-No. 18 North Carolina, then-No. 22 West Virginia, then-No. 14 Florida and then-No. 5 Auburn. The Tigers also took on Mississippi State, who was unranked when it met LSU but is currently No. 21 in the BCS standings. With the brutal grind of a week-in and week-out Southeastern Conference schedule,
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VOLLEYBALL
Tigers continue deeper into second half of SEC slate LSU faces Miss. State, ’Bama this weekend Mark Clements Sports Contributor
The LSU volleyball team got back on track last weekend, bouncing back from only its second loss of the season to win both matches of the weekend. The Tigers (19-2, 10-2) look to continue their winning ways this weekend, hosting Mississippi State (11-11, 3-8) on Friday night and Alabama (9-12, 1-10) on Sunday afternoon. LSU coach Fran Flory said records aside, they face two tough
opponents this week. leaders, LSU cannot afford to over“Mississippi State has contin- look anyone in the Southeastern ued to get better Conference as it and better through approaches the fithe season, and nal matches of the they’re a team year. that’s playing with “Alabama is a great passion,” Floteam playing for a ry said. “They fight lot of pride,” Flory through plays, and said. “They haven’t they have a couple won many matchof really physical es, but they’ve people.” been in every The Tigers single match. At Madie Jones continue deeper some point they’re LSU sophomore outside hitter into the second going to win those half of the SEC slate this weekend. matches and instead of losing 23LSU will begin to face teams for the 25, they’re going to be winning 25second time this season, adding an- 23, and certainly we have to protect other factor to the game plan. VOLLEYBALL, see page 7 Flory said that as division
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LSU senior setter Brittney Johnson sets the ball Oct. 13 during the Tigers’ 3-1 win against Arkansas. The Tigers will face Mississippi State and Alabama this weekend.
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SOCCER
Tigers could claim SEC West with win Rowan Kavner Sports Writer
Winning records are overrated. The LSU soccer team has a 3-4-3 record in the Southeastern Conference but can make the SEC tournament and potentially win the SEC if it defeats Arkansas (5-10-3, 2-6-2) at home Friday. Junior midfielder Natalie Martineau said she’s pleased the Tigers (6-8-4, 3-4-3) have the opportunity to make the tournament but wishes they were more comfortable going into their final regular season match. “This definitely shouldn’t have been the most important game,” Martineau said. “We should have been more secure by now.” Scoring goals has been an issue for the Tigers, who have been
shut out in 10 of 18 games this season. But LSU has let loose on occasion. The Tigers, who were shut out in their last two games, scored eight goals in their home opener against South Alabama and six goals against Mississippi State on Oct. 17. “Whenever we finally break through, I feel like the goals are going to come in bunches,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “The kids are putting themselves in really good spots, and we’re just missing when we get there.” LSU freshman goalkeeper Megan Kinneman said the magnitude of Friday’s game is immeasurable and can be a huge momentum shift if they make the tournament. “If we come out and play great on Friday and get a big win, it’s
TENNIS
pretty much like a fresh start,” she said. “We can come out and kind of turn the season around.” If the Tigers win and Auburn loses, LSU will win the SEC West. “We’re interested in getting into the SEC tournament,” Kinneman said. “Of course it would be nice to win the West, but that’s our first goal right now.” The Razorbacks are in fifth place in the SEC West, and it is unlikely they will make the SEC tournament. But their firepower is undeniable. Arkansas managed goals against South Carolina and Florida, the SEC’s top two teams, and scored a combined eight goals the previous weekend against Ole Miss and Mississippi State. “Arkansas is really dynamic,” Lee said. “They’re probably the
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LSU junior midfielder Allysha Chapman (4) defends against Vanderbilt senior midfielder Megan Kinsella (14) on Oct. 10 during the Tigers’ 1-0 loss to the Commodores.
second- or third-leading scoring team in the SEC in SEC games, so we’ve got to make sure we’re conscientious about our end of the field.” Martineau said the Tigers risk coming out flat if they think they’re
playing a subpar team. “We have to think that we’re playing Florida or UNC,” she said. “We can’t just settle.” Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Tigers to compete in LSU faces Florida State on Saturday USF Fall Invitational Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor
The LSU men’s tennis team, fresh off a successful Southern Regional, will take the court for the final time in 2010 this weekend as it plays in the USF Fall Invitational in Tampa, Fla. Jacksonville University, Troy University and host University of South Florida join the Tigers in Tampa. Each team will bring eight players to the event and will play one opposing school each day of the three-day event. The Tigers will take on Jacksonville’s squad Friday, USF’s Saturday and will close out the event Sunday against Troy. Each team will seed its players No. 1 through No. 8. Four groups will be created from those seedings. Group one includes each team’s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. Group two includes the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. Groups three and four continue through the eighth seed. Senior Julien Gauthier and sophomore Olivier Borsos are the Tigers’ Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively. Junior Tom Knights and sophomore Stefan Szacinski
are the Nos. 3 and 4 seeds. Sophomore James Turbervil and senior Cody Loup are seeded No. 5 and 6. Rounding out the LSU squad are sophomore Roger Anderson and junior David Roberts. In doubles play, Anderson and Borsos will team up as the No. 1 Tiger duo. Coach Jeff Brown has been happy with the team’s progress this fall heading into the spring season. “It’s been a really productive fall,” he said. “Our strength and conditioning programs have been successful, and our tournament records have been better than they have in quite awhile, especially the [Southern] regionals.” Contact Hunt Palmer at hpalmer@lsureveille.com
Shaking off nerves and getting down to business has been the goal of the LSU swimming and diving teams following their road trip to Alabama. They will have to do just that this weekend. Florida State is coming to town on Saturday for LSU’s first home meet of the season. The Tigers (0-2, 0-2) are looking for their first win, while the Lady Tigers (2-1, 1-1) hope to build on the confidence they gained from defeating Alabama and Notre Dame. The women will travel to New Orleans on Friday to face Tulane, and both teams will swim against the Seminoles on Saturday. “Florida State’s going to be a great matchup,” said LSU coach David Geyer. “It’s going to come down to out-touching people. … Every single point is going to matter.”
It would be a particularly sweet win for the men, who lost to Florida State last season, 156-144. The meet came down to the 400yard freestyle relay, the last event of the day. “Florida State I would say is a good rival for us,” said senior swimmer Clint Hallum. “They beat us last year kind of like ’Bama did. It was close, and it came down to the last relay, so I definitely want to get this win.”
The diving teams will have to play their best against the Seminoles, who have a large veteran diving contingent. “They probably have one of the best teams in the country,” said junior diver Matt Vieke. “They’ve got a very deep team. … We’re going to really have to be on our game.” Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com
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Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 great team.” Miles said he talked with the complicated in my opinion. They LSU video crew about its procethrow the football better than they dure when using caution in high winds. have, they have “We would at two great running least lower the lift backs, and our deso the center of fense understands gravity is not so that. It’s going to different,” Miles be a great chalsaid. “The weathlenge.” er forecast can Miles said be pretty good, he talked to his Les Miles then suddenly it’s team Thursday LSU football coach moving quicker about the fragilthan anybody anity of life in light of a Notre Dame student’s death ticipated, then it’s on top of us. At while he was filming the Fighting another place I coached, we had a guy in a lift get caught onto a wire Irish’s practice. The scissor lift the student that stopped the lift from falling. was on collapsed. Winds in South It scared the heck out of us.” LSU scrimmaged Thursday Bend gusted to 51 mph before the lift fell, and the student died on in practice, and the team will enjoy a bye week this weekend as it the scene. “I told them you’re really not prepares to face Alabama at home guaranteed anything,” Miles said. Nov. 6. “Frankly, you’d best enjoy what you’re doing because it can be taken from you in a short car ride. Contact Rachel Whittaker at You might well look at where you’re at — in college with a rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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“I don’t see [LSU] coach [Les] Miles letting us go a whole week without contact,” Ridley said. “As much as I’d like for it to happen, I think we’re still going to get a little bit of contact in there. But we’re not going ‘The big to be banging thing is as much as we would getting rest normally be.” on the body. The week is also one where ... We just the players get really have the chance to to take it cut loose and a bit, as slow and relax displayed by rest and get Ridley, who sat ready.’ Indian-style to do interviews Stevan Ridley this week and LSU junior running requested reback porters join him on the practice field turf before he would answer questions. Senior offensive tackle Joseph Barksdale stood beside Ridley and performed yoga poses while listening to the questions. Many players are also using the bye as a time to get away from football and spend time with their families. Others will enjoy hobbies that get shoved aside during the season. “Having a season like this, there are some things you have to put on the back burner,” said sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard. “Seeing your family is one of those things. You have to make a lot of sacrifices like not
seeing your family or having much free time, so this week it’s nice to just be a normal 19- or 20-year-old kid.” Shepard will head home to Houston on Friday to spend time with his family, who he has not seen since the first weekend of the summer. Ridley, who is an avid hunter, doesn’t plan on watching much football this weekend but instead hopes to head to his camp in
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against that as well.” Flory said the Friday-night showdown with Mississippi State could be tougher than most think. The Bulldogs’ front line, anchored by senior middle blocker Ashley Newsome, leads the SEC in blocks per set. “Ashley Newsome in the middle is one of the best athletes in the SEC, so we have to prepare for that,” Flory said. “[The Bulldogs] are a much more balanced team than they’ve ever had.” Flory said facing teams twice in one season is an added challenge for the Tigers because it allows coaches to break down previous game film. “All the coaches in the SEC are great coaches and they’re diligent workers,” Flory said. “They put together great game plans, they watch a lot of film and they have a very specific plan to beat us. And now because we’ve played each other, now we know exactly how we match up personnel-wise.” Sophomore outside hitter Madie Jones said every team is out Natchez, Miss., in an attempt to score six points of a different kind. “I’m going out to hunt deer,” Ridley said. “I really haven’t shot that many big ones, though. I’ve got some six points with nice spreads, but it really wasn’t that big. I’m really more of a duck hunter myself, so I’m waiting on that to open up.” The Tigers staying in town plan on taking the time off to relax and enjoy a free Saturday. “I’m going to be doing
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LSU freshman middle blocker Desiree Elliott attempts to block a set Oct. 13 during the Tigers’ win against Arkansas. LSU’s breast cancer awareness match is Friday.
to beat LSU after its strong first half of the season. “You’ve seen what everyone has, and you have to prepare almost even more because if you beat them the first time, [they’re] going to come at you even harder the second time,” Jones said. “It’s almost like we have a target on our backs even more now because everyone wants
to beat us the second time around.” The Tigers’ Friday match against Mississippi State is the annual pink breast cancer awareness match, and first serve is set for 7 p.m.
absolutely nothing,” said junior offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert. “I’m going to sit on my couch and watch TV and football.” Hebert also plans to take some time to travel to Lake Charles to see his younger brother, Beaux, play for Nicholls State against
McNeese State, as well as head to New Orleans for the Saints’ matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Students should rethink importance of election While Gov. Bobby Jindal is flying around the country campaigning, Louisiana voters will have the chance next week to change the tone of the higher education debate in the state. Voting booths will open their doors Tuesday as state residents will choose their next senator, lieutenant governor and the fate of various state constitutional amendments. The senatorial candidates include incumbent Republican David Vitter and Democrat U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, while the choices for lieutenant governor — possibly this year’s most important race — are Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and Democrat Caroline Fayard, a New Orleans lawyer.
While the lieutenant governor is usually only known for being the leader of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in the governor’s absence, the lieutenant governor steps in to take his or her place. And with Jindal likely to be out of Louisiana during heavy debates about higher education funding, whoever wins the lieutenant governorship will have a strong say in how higher education will survive. Election officials are hoping for a dismal voter turnout of 35 percent on Tuesday. If that projection becomes a reality, University students could have a significant sway — if we actually get out and vote. According to Census data,
Louisiana has an estimated population of 4.5 million, with about 3.4 million of legal voting age. That means a 35 percent voter turnout would come to roughly 1.2 million. This is a “best case scenario” model. In reality, all those of legal voting age are not registered voters — nor will all registered voters show up to vote on Tuesday. But even with the highly idealized expectation of 1.2 million voters, if all of the roughly 23,600 University students voted on Tuesday, it would potentially account for about 2 percent of the total vote. If we include students from the rest of the LSU System campuses in Alexandria, Eunice, Shreveport and New Orleans, as well as the Paul M.
Hebert Law Center, the total number of voters climbs to roughly 3.7 percent. While 3.7 percent seems small, consider this: With how tightly contested the senate and lieutenant governor elections are expected to be, that number could easily swing the vote one way or another. With our state leaders caring less and less about higher education every day, there’s never been a better time for students to care for them. We have a chance to be heard on Tuesday. Rethink the importance of our state’s second-in-command post. Contact The Daily Reveille’s Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com
The Jindal Count Days Bobby Jindal has ignored our concerns:
16 Will higher education hold any priority with the administration in the coming budget crisis? Would the governor support a constitutional amendment to protect higher education and allow for more “across the board” cuts? What message would the Governor’s Office have for students, faculty and administrators faced with this crisis?
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Professors, instructors angered by Jindal’s budget response
Beneath Renee Major’s George H. Deer Distinguished Teaching Award from spring 2010 hangs two letters. Major, a University English instructor and associate director of University Writing, ironically received the first of the two letters in January 2010. It was a letter notifying her of termination in Chris Grillot January 2011. Columnist The second letter was received in September — it deferred her termination six months until August 2011. While news of grim letters like Major’s has spread across the University, instructors and professors alike have become worried about the education that students will receive in the future — and there’s also resentment toward the missing man in control: Gov. Bobby Jindal. First, let’s look at University instructors’ and professors’ concerns toward the future of higher education. With all English instructors receiving letters of contract nonrenewal, Major feels like the University is taking “a large core of instructors who have taught for many years” and essentially is defining them as “newly hired employees.” She doesn’t a see bright future when even the most experienced instructors are at risk of being cut. And with the best at risk of losing
their jobs, she’s concerned about the future for the students. Major said the University won’t “be able to draw on an experienced, stable workforce” to teach the most basic fundamentals that every major needs across the board: 1000- and 2000-level writing courses taught mainly by instructors. In most cases, instructors teach four small 1000- and 2000-level classes each semester. Professors teach two upper-level classes and perform research. Dr. Lisi Oliver, English professor, says if the contracts aren’t renewed, two things can happen: the University ceases to teach writing, or writing will be taught by professors who aren’t trained to do so. But if professors are forced to teach writing, she said they would be taken away from the 3000- and 4000-level courses they normally teach, thus creating a situation where students wouldn’t be able to graduate on time because classes wouldn’t be offered. Even if only some of the instructors are cut, class sizes would increase, making grading essays a near impossible task. Either way, both instructors and professors would find themselves in a rut. While criticism can be sent toward University administrators for having to distribute the letters, both Oliver and Major feel the problem may have been eased if Jindal handled the budget crisis within higher education. “What [Jindal has] allowed to happen is a systematic
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dismantling of LSU,” Oliver said. One of the most important purposes of the University is to conduct research and educate students, Oliver said. She added that if professors had to teach basic writing courses instead of doing research, the University would lose its status as a Tier One institution. “The situation [Jindal has] put us into is threatening to get good faculty picked off,” Oliver said regarding Jindal’s time spent campaigning in other states instead of focusing on the future of higher education in his own state. “He’s basically establishing a situation in which students can’t get the same education he got.” In light of the losses our University may receive, Jindal said in a news conference that the state doesn’t need “whining,” and officials will have to perform better with less money. Aside from insulting his constituents, Jindal “is treating us like spoiled children asking for things we don’t deserve,” Major said. And truth be told, our “pseudo governor,” as Oliver refers to him, has done just that. He has created a situation within our University in which the students may suffer — a situation that puts our vastly important instructors on the chopping block while creating a state of affairs that would cause professors to teach classes they aren’t trained to teach. Taking them away from research and upper-level classes will only decrease graduation rates. What Jindal has done is left
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his taxpaying constituents in the dust as he endlessly campaigns around the country. After telling us to stop “whining,” Jindal flew to Pittsburgh. “What concerns me the most is that I see the letter on my wall and realize [the instructors] are on a semester-by-semester employment though we’re promised to the students for a full year. ... That’s a lie. The state government has a lot to do with the situation the University’s in,” Major said. The situation our state government has put us in is a grim one. With our “pseudo governor”
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nowhere to be found, the future of the University lies in question. But if students and faculty use action together, maybe our governor will listen to our “whining” and come to help — and stay in Louisiana. Chris Grillot is a 19-year-old mass communication and English sophomore from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ Cgrillot. Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com
Quote of the Day “A poem is never finished, only abandoned.” Paul Valery French poet Oct. 30, 1871 — July 20, 1945
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LimeWire’s demise meaningless in overall piracy war It’s a sad day for music lovers. A huge force in the industry has fallen. Like so many more before it, and after years of investigation, file sharing and peer-to-peer network LimeWire has been ordered to be shut down after a ruling Tuesday by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of New York issued the permanent injunction, stating LimeWire must disable the “searching, downloading, uploading, file trading, and/or file distribution functionality” of its website. The site must also inform its workers, investors and customers of the injunction — as well as file a progress report to Wood within 14 days to make sure all conditions are being met. When visiting LimeWire’s homepage, I was met with the following notice. “This is an official notice that LimeWire is under a court-ordered injunction to stop
distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. Downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is illegal.” The Recording Industry Association of America said in a statement the injunction “will start to unwind the massive piracy machine that LimeWire and [founder Adam Arinder and Chairman Columnist Mark] Gorton used to enrich themselves immensely,” according to The New York Times. This move follows the pattern of other popular peer-to-peer sites such as Napster, Grokster and Kazaa being sued and eventually shut down because of file sharing. The RIAA can make statements all it wants about how it will start to end piracy with this
new injunction, but its statement is about as similar as people claiming they are going to end world hunger by sending one french fry to each starving person in the world. Sure it helps for now, but soon everyone will be starving again. LimeWire formed in 2000, one year before Napster — easily the most recognized file sharing site — received its injunction to shut down in 2001. When one falls, another will rise. Even though LimeWire received its injunction Tuesday, that doesn’t mean the case is necessarily over. LimeWire chief executive George Searle said the injunction only applied to LimeWire’s file-sharing product. “Our company remains open for business,” Searle explains. He also says the company is deeply committed to working with the music industry.
LimeWire and the RIAA will appear before Judge Wood in January to begin arguments on damages LimeWire will pay. When Kazaa was shut down, a settlement was reached at $100 million. That would buy a lot of CDs. While it’s obvious to understand why the RIAA is coming down so hard on these sites — users are effectively stealing music — it seems as if their struggle is futile. Similarly, back in the early to mid 2000s, when teenagers and housewives were being sued for ludicrous amounts of money for the handful of songs they downloaded illegally to help prove some point, it quickly ended because it became too expensive and time-consuming to handle all of those lawsuits. If the RIAA plans to bring down every single file-sharing website, it has a lot of work to do. Knowing how expensive lawsuits are, I’d be surprised if
the RIAA didn’t start losing more money than it made on its quest to bring down online piracy. I personally quit using LimeWire about a year ago and moved onto BitTorrent and Pirate Bay (another site dealing with legal issues). No matter how many of these sites are shut down, others will form to take their place. It’s just a never-ending cycle the music industry will have to learn to understand. Besides, what was it we learned in elementary school growing up? Sharing is caring — it can be fun! Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Aarinder.
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Government should address last week’s military WikiLeaks Ray Whitehouse The Daily Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. (UWIRE) — In the last few days, the website WikiLeaks and its Editor-inChief Julian Assange have made international news headlines by publishing almost 400,000 classified U.S. military field reports from the War in Iraq. Such a publication brings up questions of credibility and responsibility that the U.S. government, WikiLeaks and the American people should answer. Assange, an Australian computer hacker who started the site in 2006, has a reputation and flair for the dramatic. His Mondaynight round table discussion in London was no different. “The Pentagon lies, and it lies frequently,” he said. The event, held at Frontline Club, sold out before I heard about it. Thanks to modern technology I got to watch a live stream of it. For almost two hours, Assange took questions from the crowd and CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer, who hosted the discussion. With every answer, the messy-haired Assange cultivated a notion of WikiLeaks as the hero and most everybody else, especially the U.S. government, as a villain. His explanation of such a dichotomy was comical, as most issues of great significance are hardly that black and white. Just minutes before his comment about the Pentagon lying, Assange responded to a question about WikiLeaks’ goals. “Truth doesn’t need a policy objective,” he said. In other words, the
government lies and WikiLeaks tells the truth. Such a declaration makes for a nice quote, but is it credible? Can we trust WikiLeaks to provide people the “truth,” as Assange so often claims? How does an organization with a goal of increasing transparency lack such transparency in its own organization? His answer Monday night amounted to an assertion that getting delicate information requires anonymity and secrecy. His answer is a convenient one. In this way, he can publish any information he gets without having the ability to fully corroborate it with the source. Any journalist, as Assange claims to be, should be wary of any information gathered in such a clandestine way. That being said, WikiLeaks claims to make a “detailed examination” of all its documents to judge their credibility and has made a name for itself as a source of accuracy. From a $3 billion corruption case in Kenya to the insider trading documents from JP Morgan, the site has continued to be right about the information it publishes. The site goes as far as to say it “has correctly identified the veracity of every document it has published.” Because of WikiLeaks’ history for accuracy, the American government has a responsibility to address and investigate the information contained in the reports. I want to know if the information in those 391,831 documents is accurate. If it’s false, tell me why. If it’s true — and I’m betting it’s true — make the necessary steps to correct the inaccuracies of past
reports and statements. The most obvious example of this is the reports of torture. Torture is not acceptable. It violates the inalienable rights set forth in the Declaration of Independence. Saying either Assange or the American government is correct and telling the “truth” is unproductive. The inherent debate
between security interests and transparency interests locate this debate in more of a gray area. It is difficult to assess the increased security risks based on this report. So far, however, no WikiLeaks-related deaths have been reported as a result of large-scale publication of documents. The question now is this: Can the U.S.
government see WikiLeaks’ side of the security-transparency debate? I hope the answer is a yes. The hypocrisy of ignoring the released information is something I’d rather not think about. Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
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senior, said she will probably go Friday night dressed as “Troop Beverly Hills” character Phyllis Nefler. Stockwell said some students are going Saturday night, and this is the first year the party might occur on two nights. The police will start blocking off State Street around 6:30 p.m. today, so people who are parked there will not be able to leave, Price said. Price advised partygoers who arrive late to park in the Hart
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taste buds of Baton Rouge, Caldwell said. “We tried to keep a clean, dry finish,” Caldwell said. “A lot of people in Baton Rouge don’t like a strong, bitter aftertaste.” The two friends said they dreamed of opening a brewery after becoming interested in craft beers toward the end of their undergraduate college years. “I spent a year on a ranch in Colorado and fell in love with beer there,” Caldwell said. The two decided to go ahead with the idea after Caldwell got more interested and active in the brewing process and McGehee graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. “[Caldwell] was hating his job,” McGehee said. “I was hating the idea of being a lawyer.” The friends realized Baton Rouge was the ideal place to start a brewery, considering the proximity to the University and the opportunity
commuter parking lot between Kirby-Smith Hall and The Venue at North Gate apartment complex. The lots are available for anyone to park after 4:30 p.m. Price said the streets around the lake on Dalrymple and West Lakeshore drives are also good places to park. Price warned against parking in the new College Row shopping area lot. The weather tonight is forecasted to be clear, with a low temperature of 41 degrees, according to the
National Weather Service. “The weather is going to be great,” Price said. “I have a really good feeling about it.” Harrison Barnes, international studies senior, is going Friday night dressed as a mummy or zombie. “I’m always a fan of people dressing up as politicians like Sarah Palin,” Barnes said.
to be the city’s only local beer. After deciding on a brewery name, the duo found a location on the Nicholson Corridor, just north of campus. The building has the necessary space and location and even has a tin roof covering the front. “The building is an old Sears distribution center,” Caldwell said. “We’ve got plenty of room to grow into.” Unfortunately, the rest of the process did not go so smoothly. Caldwell and McGehee, who said they hoped to finish a product by the start of football season, were soon faced with delay after delay. Without the right permits, they couldn’t get the needed electricity and water to brew any beer. “It was really tough, us coming in here day after day looking at these tanks, wondering when we’re going to have beer in them,” McGehee said. While waiting for brewing to begin, McGehee and Caldwell contacted Red Six Media, a marketing
company run by six University graduates out of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center. Red Six Media created a website and Facebook and Twitter accounts for Tin Roof. “We just think this is really the beer capital of the world, according to people in the South, and it should have its own beer,” said Matt Dardenne of Red Six Media. The Tin Roof Facebook page has more than 1,500 fans, and while there are posts on a variety of topics, including LSU football, most are people asking about the availability of the beer. While the company is working with Red Six and distributor Mockler Beverage Co., the two owners are, essentially, the company. “We’ll be brewing, we’ll be washing kegs, we’ll be sweeping floors and out on sales calls,” Caldwell said.
Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com
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