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International studies instructor Peter Sutherland lectures his Migrations, Identities and Diasporas class Monday in the Quad. Below: Bobby Masson, biological sciences senior, throws a Frisbee disc on the Parade Ground.
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While the weather has been cold in recent weeks, many students and faculty members took the chance Monday to enjoy the warm weather. According to AccuWeather.com, the highs for the rest of the week should stay in the low 70s, while the lows should reach no less than 47.
Pell Grants are among the higher education programs that may face budget cuts as national policymakers begin debate over the federal budget. President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget, proposed Monday, would cut more than $1 trillion from the country’s deficit in the next decade, according to a White House news release. The budget includes several sizable cuts in government spending, centered around Obama’s proposal to freeze federal, non-defense domestic spending for the next five years. In terms of higher education, Obama’s budget would leave funding largely untouched, including the roughly $800 million his administration has added. Obama’s proposal would preserve funding for Pell Grants at its current $5,500 level. Still, the grants, which pay for about 9 million low-income students to attend college, would not go untouched by the budget. To pay for the FUNDING, see page 11
INNOVATION
University scientists develop realistic soft fish lures
Product attracts salt and freshwater fish Meredith Will Contributing Writer
Two University professors worked with Mystic Tackleworks Inc. to produce improved soft fish lures that better attract fish. The lures, called Attraxx, are now on the market in 42 to 43 small locations, like Superior Bait and Tackle in Baton Rouge, according to James Henry, assistant professor of chemical engineering. Henry said the new lures are better than similar ones on the market.
“This is the first one to really taste and smell like [real fish],” he said. Henry and Mystic Tackleworks developed the visible part of the lure. Henry said the design and movement of the physical lure are natural and appear to fish like real bait. He said the appearance of the lure is important because the fish not only need to smell something similar to the real thing, but the movement of the lure needs to be similar to a real fish, as well. “Once they bite it, they can’t let go,” Henry said. The attraction comes from the solution John Caprio, designated professor of biological sciences, developed to draw fish to the lure.
Caprio named the biodegradable solution Sci-X. Henry said the attractants work on all species of fish and in salt and fresh water. The chemicals are also engineered to taste good to the fish so they will chew the lure and try to swallow it. Henry said the lures were a popular catch for fishermen. “We knew we could make a lure to catch fish. The trick is to make a lure that could catch fishermen,” he said. Caprio said the development of the chemicals in the fish lures was an offshoot of his actual research, which is studying how fish taste and LURES, see page 11
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John Caprio, biological sciences professor, explains instruments needed to collect data on the smell and taste senses of catfish. He has created a more realistic fishing lure.
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Chaos in Egypt echoes across region in Iran, Bahrain, Yemen
Suspect in bloody NYC stabbing said not to have violent past
Baby, 4 adults shot and wounded in New Orleans neighborhood
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The possible heirs of Egypt’s uprising took to the streets Monday in different corners of the Middle East. Iran’s beleaguered opposition stormed back to central Tehran and came under a tear gas attack by police. Demonstrators faced rubber bullets and birdshot to demand more freedoms in the relative wealth of Bahrain. And protesters pressed for the ouster of the ruler in poverty-drained Yemen.
Supporters of the Yemeni government protest Monday in Sanaa, Yemen, during the fourth day of demonstrations inspired by the upheaval in Egypt.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 4-month-old girl was shot and wounded Monday afternoon after being caught in an exchange of gunfire in a New Orleans neighborhood near the Mississippi River, police said. Capt. Bob Bardy said the infant was among five people wounded and apparently has been “stabilized.” But he said two men who were hit are believed to be in critical condition.
Russian suicide bombers kill 2 security officials, wound 21 others
Tunisians flee country’s political uncertainty by sailing to Europe
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused in a bloody stabbing rampage that left four dead and four wounded across the city had a criminal history of minor drug arrests, writing graffiti and once threatened an acquaintance, but the case was dropped. Maksim Gelman never spent time in prison. There were no recorded incidents of serious violence. Until the day his 56-year-old stepfather was hacked to death, police had never been called to the home he shared with his family, according to arrest records obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers, including a woman, attacked security forces in Russia’s volatile Dagestan province on Monday, killing two security officials and wounding 21 others, according to officials and news reports. The female suicide bomber blew herself up as she tried to enter a police station in the village of Gubden — known as a stronghold of radical Islamists — killing one soldier and wounding six others, regional police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said.
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — A month after massive protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet, fleeing the country’s political limbo by climbing into rickety boats and sailing across the Mediterranean to Europe. More than 5,000 illegal immigrants have recently washed up on Italy’s southern islands — an unintended consequence of the “people’s revolution” that ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the uprisings in Egypt and beyond.
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Ariz.’s attempt to block same-sex partner benefits faces skepticism SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers representing Arizona’s attempt to cut off benefits to samesex partners of its state workers faced skepticism from one of the three federal appeals court judges considering the issue. The state argued its case Monday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, citing budgetary concerns as a compelling reason why it denied benefits to an estimated 300 partners.
Free smart phone app to track New Orleans Mardi Gras parades NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras is entering the age of the smart phone. This year Carnival revelers can get a new free application for smart phones that serves as a builtin parade tracker. The parade tracker relies on devices placed on the head and tail floats of select parades, said Rob Hudak, the interactive creative director at Zehnder Communication Inc., a New Orleans company that created the app in partnership with television station WWL. The app also features a postparade events section.
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Current students can still finish degrees Matthew Albright Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories looking at 34 University programs under scrutiny. The Board of Regents, the body that oversees the state’s higher education system, labeled those programs “under-performing” Jan. 26. The University will not challenge the Board of Regents’ proposal to eliminate Latin and German majors after budget cuts last semester drastically reduced capability to teach the necessary classes. “In this case, the University is ahead of the Board of Regents,” said Gaines Foster, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. “We are not planning on challenging the elimination of the German and Latin majors.” The two undergraduate programs are among 34 labeled “under-performing” by the Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s higher education system. The Regents are looking for programs statewide that aren’t producing graduates or that have redundancies within systems as budget cuts for higher education loom. Universities must submit proposals to the Regents by Feb. 28 detailing either how the programs can be consolidated or defending why the programs should remain funded. Foster said the University plans to challenge the rest of the programs in his college, but last semester’s cuts mean the two language majors would have expired anyway. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures was forced to cut 14 instructors and one part-time instructor last semester after receiving a $700,000 cut. John Pizer, the new department chair, said those cuts effectively killed the German and Latin degrees.
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Andrew Ficklin, Latin and biochemistry senior and Latin tutor, discusses the removal of the Latin major. Ficklin will still be able to complete his degree.
“With the layoffs, there is no way to continue the German and Latin majors,” Pizer said. Pizer said his department is working to ensure students currently enrolled in these curricula will still be able to finish their degrees. “We are working to make sure current majors can do enough course work and independent study projects to get their degrees,” he said. Last semester’s cuts also struck Japanese, Russian, Portuguese and Swahili. Pizer said those languages are not being offered this semester. Andrew Ficklin, Latin and biochemistry senior, said he will be able to complete his degree. Still, the cuts are causing him headaches, he said. “From what I’m told, it will just demean my degree,” he said. “This is all just bad news.” Ficklin tutors students taking
Latin courses. He said he mostly helps non-majors, especially now that the major is disappearing. “At this point, there aren’t many lower-level majors left,” he said. Ficklin said a lack of Latin hurts the University in the long run. “It’s the history of so much literature,” he said. “It’s the basis of our history and culture.” Ficklin said faculty being forced to leave the University is a real loss for students. “Because we were a small department, all of us were very close,” Ficklin said. “[The professors] really influenced me academically. Their absence is a real loss to the school.”
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Little Caesars to open April 1 at Highland, Aster corner Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
Among the various businesses popping up around the North Gate area of campus, students can also expect to see a Little Caesars Pizza at the intersection of Highland Road and Aster Street in the coming months. The new restaurant is under construction and is projected to open by April 1, said Ramon Arias, Little Caesars president and local business owner. “The restaurant will feature a drive-thru, carry-out and a dining space with limited seating,” Arias said.
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Little Caesars sits on the intersection of Highland Road and Aster Street. The restaurant is set to open April 1 and will replace what was formerly Regions Bank.
But with numerous pizza joints located around the University, some question what sets Little Caesars apart from the rest. “For the last several years Little
Caesars has been voted best value,” Arias explained. Arias said this title rides on two words: “hot” and “ready.” He said Little Caesars is known
for its $5 HOT-N-READY pizzas, 14-inch pepperoni pizzas straight out of the oven and ready at all times. He said HOT-N-READY pizzas require no call-aheads and no wait. Custom pizzas are available by calling ahead. Customers can choose from a variety of toppings, but the franchise does not deliver, Arias said. Arias said the new Little Caesars will be the fifth restaurant in the Baton Rouge area, with two stores located on Airline Highway, one on Sherwood Forest Boulevard and one on O’Neal Lane. Austin Earhart, an agent with Beau Box Commercial Real Estate, said the 2,500-square-foot building was formerly a Regions Bank and
was sold after about four months on the market. Earhart sold the building to a group of investors for $300,000 in March 2010. He said the investors then leased the building to the Little Caesars franchise. Arias said Little Caesars is selective about its locations because they do not deliver. “This spot seems to be one of the best ones in the Baton Rouge area,” he said.
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University professor gives sales tips to area executives Brian Sibille Contributing Writer
A University marketing professor has begun teaching Baton Rouge business executives sales techniques they may not have learned in college. Carl Herrick, marketing executive-in-residence, said he noticed many marketing students were not finding jobs in their field after graduation. Instead, they were finding jobs in sales, he said. Herrick said he consulted E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Eli Jones, who supported the idea of a
class for area business executives who wanted to improve sales skills. Herrick began teaching the class in September 2010 and started the second semester in February. Herrick said his class of 10 businessmen and businesswomen meets every Monday and is based on the Sandler Training method, a 40-yearold business franchise. The curriculum was developed by the University’s Executive Education program, according the College of Business’ website. Herrick said he studied engineering in college but had trouble
selling his products — a problem he said many executives face. “They know the products, but they don’t know how to sell them,” he said. Herrick said his class is more about learning how to help clients rather than learning sales techniques. Marsanne Golsby, owner of Marsanne Golsby Communications, said she enrolled in the class after her job took a difficult turn. Businesses were no longer coming to her for consultation like they had before, she said. “I was naive,” Golsby said,
explaining she didn’t know how to sell her communication services. Golsby said her business has increased after only two classes. Many executives who may be successful in a specific field but have no sales training in college face difficulty when selling their products, Herrick said. “The right people are on the bus going in the right direction, but they’re in the wrong seats,” Herrick said. “Selling is a profession.” Herrick said he stresses to executives the importance of relationships when trying to better
serve clients. The class is geared toward sales, Golsby said, but it offers more than business skills. Herrick said he currently teaches a two-semester sales communication class for University marketing students because sales techniques make college graduates more attractive to businesses in a tight market.
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LSU track and field is a powerhouse program, though most of its premier athletes have been sprinters and jumpers. But since the start of the 2008 season, the Tigers’ field team has seen rapid improvements from its throwing program thanks to the arrival of throwing coach Derek Yush. Before 2008, the Tigers had only seen five athletes eclipse the 60-foot mark in the weight throw in their entire 110-year history. In the last three full seasons, the Tigers have seen four new athletes break the 60-foot mark. The Tiger throwers have also enjoyed two national championships in throwing events — both coming from senior Walter Henning last season — seven All-American performances and two Southeastern Conference Champions since that season. Not even Henning, the stellar thrower who owns the school record in the weight throw by an absurd 8 feet and 1 1/2 inch, can claim all the success for himself. The resurgence of the LSU throwing program has correlated
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Jarvis Landry has nearly 3,400 friends — on Facebook. He says most are people he knows, but he admits some are “fans” he has never met before. Being a five-star recruit brings added publicity that Landry said he has grown accustomed to. “Every time I check my Facebook I have more than 20 requests,” Landry said. “I’ve accepted about 97 people since Signing Day [on Feb. 2], so it’s
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been pretty crazy on Facebook ent himself in a positive way. The for me.” name on his profile reads “Jarvis Landry said he takes Face- Godfirst Landry.” book as an opportunity to interact “I try to stay clean on Facewith his fans. He has book,” Landry received messages said. “I try to Hunter Paniagua from kids asking for make sure all Sports Contributor advice, and Landry my statuses said he always tries to help them are free from curse words and with their futures. bad language. I try to do the right Landry also understands thing.” how public his Facebook profile However, not all recruits can be and said he tries to pres- find interacting with strangers on
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Bilingual gymnasts share special bond 3 of 14 Tigers speak English, Spanish Rob Landry Sports Contributor
Only 8 percent of Louisiana households reported speaking a language other than English, according to the 2011 Statistical Abstract from the U.S. Census Bureau. But on the LSU gymnastics team, more than 21 percent is bilingual. Three of the Tigers’ 14 gymnasts can speak both English and Spanish. Sophomores Ericka and Janelle Garcia and freshman Sidney Sanabria-Robles all grew up
in Spanish-speaking homes and learned Spanish as a first language. Ericka faced the biggest challenge of the three in mastering the English language. The Mexico City native began developing her English less than a year before heading to Baton Rouge. While she faced numerous obstacles in learning the language, she never felt alienated from her teammates. “It was pretty tough [to learn English],” Ericka said. “But I was really encouraged coming here, and I really wanted to go to college in the United States and do gymnastics. Everyone here has been like a family to me.” LSU coach D-D Breaux had to overcome some hurdles of her own in coaching Ericka in the early going.
All her teammates got in on the act of playing English teacher, as well, helping Ericka translate when she wasn’t sure what word to use and even giving her a “word of the day” along with its definition. The most memorable from the daily word collection for Ericka was “pansy,” a word she has now worked into her everyday vernacular. “Whenever we would have practice and we were tired, she would joke around and tell us, ‘Hey, you’re being a pansy,’” Sanabria-Robles said. The biggest aide in Ericka’s learning was Janelle, who translated for Ericka in many situations during their freshman year. “We would be in restaurants BILINGUAL, see page 7
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LSU sophomore Ericka Garcia preforms her balance beam routine Friday. Garcia is one of three LSU gymnasts that speaks both English and Spanish.
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NBA needs to shake up its All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game has worthless than Greg Oden has been in the NBA). lost its luster in the past few years. That is, if it ever had any luster Either put some type of price in the first place. on winning the SCHWEHMMING game, or shake the It has turned into a bunch of pals game up a little bit. AROUND chumming around I don’t like Andy Schwehm with one another, putting home-court Sports columnist playing a nice litadvantage in the tle pickup game in front of 20,000 NBA Finals on the line in an exhipeople. bition game, so shaking the game That’s cool and all. It’s always up seems to be the way to go. fun to see the best in the league all The NHL had the right idea on the same floor at the same time. this year (never thought I’d say But after a while of them putting that). They had captains pick their in no effort whatsoever to win the teams. Now that’s what I like to game, I lose interest. hear. I have no problem with the enPut Kobe Bryant and LeBron tire weekend’s festivities outside James as the captains and have of the game itself, which includes them play a game of H-O-R-S-E to the slam dunk contest, the 3-point determine who picks first. Go from contest, the skills challenge and the there. That way, you take out the sophomore-rookie game, among other things. fan element where Yao Ming gets And every few years, the NBA chosen to start in the game when seems to come up with some new he hasn’t even touched the court in game to add to the weekend when five games all season. another gets old. Fans will be more interested The addition of an outside because you can watch Eastern game of H-O-R-S-E a few years Conference players on the same back was a brilliant idea. It allowed team as Western Conference playfans to watch a few of their favor- ers. Put Dwight Howard on Bryite ballers, Kevin Durant included, ant’s team and see what type of play many people’s favorite childhood driveway basketball game. Innovative thoughts like that keep me interested in the weekend’s festivities. But the All-Star Game itself has become downright boring. For the most part, it’s the same starters and bench players year after year. It gets old once you’ve watched it for long enough. Here’s how it goes: Run down the court, jack up a three. Get a steal, go dunk. In the fourth quarter, put the starters back in so your team can try to win. The question, though, is what exactly do they win? Nothing. It’s not like baseball where the winning league gets home-field advantage in the World Series. The winner of the NBA All-Star Game gets an old-fashioned pat on the back. NBA Commissioner David Stern has to do something about this. The NBA’s All-Star game is as worthless as the NFL’s (and that’s saying something, because the NFL’s Pro Bowl is more
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Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, right, guards Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) Feb. 13 in Boston. The Celtics won, 85-82.
magic they can work (pun intended). It’s new. It’s better than what’s currently in place. Then, Commissioner Stern, maybe you will get the All-Star Game some of its luster back.
Andy Schwehm is a 21-year-old English and psychology senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ASchwehm. Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com
GYMNASTICS GymInfo Top 25 as of Feb. 14. Team Season Average 1. Florida 197.150 2. Stanford 196.650 3. Utah 196.300 4. Oklahoma 196.118 5. Georgia 196.043 6. Alabama 195.988 7. Oregon State 195.896 8. Michigan 195.779 9. UCLA 195.575 10. Nebraska 195.432 11. Boise State 195.215 12. Arkansas 195.204 13. Washington 195.058 14. Ohio State 194.958 15. Minnesota 194.954 16. Kent State 194.916 17. Illinois 194.900 18. Penn State 194.875 19. Denver 194.854 20. Iowa 194.789 21. LSU 194.688 22. Auburn 194.525 23. Iowa State 194.500 24. Arizona 194.417 25. NC State 194.342
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with Derek Yush’s addition to the program. Before Henning’s dominance last season, the Tigers hadn’t seen a national champion in a throwing event since 1991, when Simon Williams won the shot put title. Conversely, before Samia Stokes was crowned the SEC champion in the discus last year, the Lady Tigers hadn’t seen an SEC champion in a throwing event — indoor or outdoor — since the 1994 season when Danyel Mitchell won the indoor shot put. But Yush insists the program’s success has come from the
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coming from, but it’s aggravating to a certain extent.” It’s not just supporters that post on a recruit’s Facebook. Sometimes, fans of rival schools have less than pleasant things to say about another school’s player. Such was the case for five-star linebacker C.J. Johnson. The Philadelphia, Miss., native originally committed to Mississippi State before wavering on his choice after defensive coordinator Manny Diaz departed for Texas. Johnson later signed with Ole Miss and received such heavy criticism from Bulldog fans that he deactivated his Facebook and sent a message to the Mississippi State community. “I’m not considering Mississippi state anymore bc you have constantly comment on my page send me crazy inboxes and has made my recruiting experience a living nightmare,” read Johnson’s Facebook status in late January.
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,and I would order for her, and people would look at me like, ‘Why are you ordering for her?’” Janelle said. Janelle was raised in truly bilingual surroundings. She grew up in Miami, the daughter of two Cuban immigrants who spoke exclusively Spanish in their home. But from her early childhood, Janelle was exposed to an Englishonly school environment. “I began learning English in preschool, and then from preschool on, I spoke only English in school,” Janelle said.
commitment to recruiting great athletes. “It’s a statement to [LSU] coach [Dennis] Shaver allowing us to go out and get great athletes,” Yush said. I don’t think it has much to do with coaching.” Stokes, who is in her second year under Yush’s tutelage, disagrees. “He’s really broken down our technique,” Stokes said. “He’ll talk to us and have a heart-to-heart with us to get us mentally prepared for the meets.” This season, two of the top four weight throw marks in the country belong to Henning and LSU junior Michael Lauro.
Perhaps Yush’s biggest contribution was his effort in getting Henning to come to LSU, but Yush downplayed his role in Henning’s arrival, as well. “We got lucky,” Yush said. Henning spent his freshman year at the University of North Carolina, winning the ACC championship in the weight throw and the hammer throw. While Henning was successful in his one year at North Carolina, he felt he needed to go in another direction. “Certainly, I have a little bit of a reputation from the coaching side, but the reality is he wanted to win as a team, not as a student
Most attacks referred to rumors that claimed Johnson’s mother cleaned the house of someone affiliated with Ole Miss and was paid $100,000 for her services. Johnson later admitted the Facebook criticism only played a part in his decision, but the hurtful attacks did have an effect. Communication studies professor Loretta Pecchioni said the nature of Facebook lends itself to disappointed fans being able to voice their displeasure. “It gives people a license to be mean,” Pecchioni said. “It’s easier to say mean things to you if I don’t have to look at your hurt face. It’s easy when you’re reading stuff online, and you can post immediately. It’s so spontaneous, and it’s not filtered.” Three-star running back and LSU signee Terrance Magee, who doesn’t have a Facebook profile, said he wouldn’t let fan criticism in any form affect his decision to attend a school.
“Most of them are just fans,” Magee said. “When you go to a school, you don’t play for the fans — you play for the team and each other. If they have that low of selfesteem then they don’t need to be playing football anyway. You’re going to get criticized one way or another.” The national publicity in college football recruiting has thrown recruits into the spotlight, and certain expectations of maturity come with that fame. Pecchioni said it’s difficult to expect these players to act with the maturity level of an adult. “Should we expect them to have that maturity when they’re 17 or 18 years old and they’re deciding what college to go to?” Pecchioni said. “We do expect too much of them because it’s so public.”
Sanabria-Robles — who grew up in Caguas, Puerto Rico — learned English in a similar fashion. She spoke Spanish at home but English in school. Her father was in the military, so her family moved on a regular basis. Despite the moves, she was able to stay in English-speaking schools to develop her second language but never abandoned her native Spanish. “Since we knew everyone spoke Spanish, we would only speak English to the teachers if you were going to answer something,” Sanabria-Robles said. “Everything
else we said in Spanish.” All three of LSU’s bilingual gymnasts have found refuge in each other’s ability to speak their native language, and the common ground has developed their friendship deeper than they ever imagined. “If one of us can’t find a word for something, we help each other out,” Janelle said. “But beyond that, we have a very special bond with each other.”
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page 7 athlete,” Yush said. Yush and Henning have combined to form a dominant force. Since the beginning of the 2010 indoor season Henning has gone 15-of-15 against collegiate
competition in meets in which he has participated. Contact Luke Johnson at ljohnson@lsureveille.com
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Regarding Chris Seemann’s guest column, “Homosexual ‘flaunting’ double-standard is morally repugnant,” readers had this to say: “I am trying to think of a reason related to coaching that this Lisa Howe would need to relate her sexual orientation to her studentathletes, and I really can’t think of one. It should have never come up. She screwed up and deserved to get canned.” -Anonymous Regarding Ahmed Abdel-Khalek’s guest column, “Heartfelt congratulations to all the people of Egypt,” readers had this to say: “Congratulations to the Egyptian people, to Misr. You are brave and beautiful. Keep strong and vigilant. What is now offered can so easily slip away. Maintain your strong ethic and compassion. Remain passionate about justice. I will watch you and give my support.” -Nita Frances Elmufti Nicholson Regarding Macy Linton’s column, “Louisiana’s economy should focus
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“Maybe you shouldn’t write in a paper or for that matter go to a school in Louisiana if you don’t like it here. Then you can go back to Tennessee and write about howmuch energy is used by your state and all the coal consumed there. Don’t insult the state that give you your education. No more generalizing please.” -Ryan Regarding Kelly Hotard’s column, “Women writers rare on both Wikipedia, opinion pages,” readers had this to say: “So women don’t contribute to knowledge bases such as wikipedia because it is beneath them? “Another perfectly plausible explanation for the gender gap: Maybe most women are simply too busy in the real world to participate in a time-wasting troll magnet devoid of authenticity and compensation.” “Concerning Wikipedia, women probably consider a disreputable, authorless article not worth the trollriddled publishing battle.” That is your reasoning?” -Anonymous Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
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Southern Sudan’s secession next step of change in Africa
Secession. It’s almost impossible not to know the word after living in the South. It was the main reason for the Civil War, and it’s something some Americans believe is a valid option. Many people fought and died for the believed right of a state to secede during the Civil War. Yet the outcome showed us it was not going to happen. If a state pulls away from the rest of the country, the union will do what it must to get them back — even if it means war. Yet, while people here at home continue to debate what the Constitution dictates on the topic, a country about 7,500 miles away is in the middle of such a process. Having dealt with a fair share of difficult times in recent years, Southern Sudan is seeking secession as an answer. Sudan, located in northeast Africa, seems to be working in the opposite way we went about it. Unlike our Civil War, which occurred
after part of the country seceded, theirs started nearly three decades ago, lasting from 1983 until 2005. Fought between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and the centralized government, there were a few main points of contention. While it mainly focused around disparity caused between the northern and southern regions of the Zachary Davis country after decolonization, Columnist others have also painted the fighting as either racial or religious. Although most of the details around the war are far too much to cover in a simple column, we can still easily see the repercussions of it. We don’t have to look much further than the situation in Darfur to realize this. With all of this in mind, a referendum was held in mid-January
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for the people to decide whether Southern Sudan should split from the rest of the country. With an impressive turnout of 83 percent in Southern Sudan, they far surpassed the 60 percent required for the vote to count. Early on, it looked like the vote was going to go to the secessionists, and when it finally finished, the results were obvious. With 98.6 percent of the vote, the people of Southern Sudan would soon split from Northern Sudan and have freedom from Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s rule. Al-Bashir accepted the South’s secession, giving further cause for celebration. After fighting for the cause for more than 50 years, Southern Sudan finally achieved independence, and soon we shall see the creation of the Republic of South Sudan, scheduled for July 9. Yet, as with many cases regarding the splitting of countries, many other variables need to be considered before this move can be called successful.
After accepting the southern region’s secession, al-Bashir announced he would be make North Sudan into an Islamic country, going so far as to remake the constitution so Shariah law and Islam will be the main sources of inspiration for it. As al-Abir also said, “If South Sudan secedes, we will change the Constitution, and at that time there will be no time to speak of diversity of culture and ethnicity,” according to the New York Times. While this vote may indeed have been for the greater good of Southern Sudan, it may be at the expense of those in the North. We haven’t even taken into account the economic or territorial ramifications, either. While Southern Sudan may be richer in oil deposits, it depends on pipelines running through the north to properly distribute it. Additionally, many of these oil fields lay right along the old 1956 border, which could easily cause tension between the two new
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countries. Although I celebrate with the southern Sudanese in their fight for freedom from oppression, this success is only the first step toward a free country. There will be many obstacles, whether it’s from their former president, fellow countrymen vying for a position of power, or simply the common throes of a newborn country. Through all these possible problems, however, the people of the Republic of South Sudan must remember what they’re getting away from and how they are yet another part of the newly changing Africa. Zachary Davis is a 20-year-old history junior from Warsaw, Poland. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_zdavis.
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Quote of the Day “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”
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SUNO defense arguments pointless – close the university
Recent talks of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to merge Southern University-New Orleans with the University of New Orleans have been plaguing newspapers across the state the past few weeks. Many people do not want to close the historically black university, and each day there’s another person giving a new defense for the so-called-university we call SUNO. During the long debate, the truth has come out — SUNO is a pointless university to sustain and needs to close. And the strangest part of it is SUNO’s defenders seem to point out why it should close. First, some background on the situation. SUNO enrolls around 3,100 students, and operates on a state budget of $40.3 million, according to its 2009-10 annual report. SUNO claims a 9.28-percent six-year graduation rate, but the U.S. Department of Education claims a 5 percent graduation rate — either way, it’s extremely low, and it’s costing tax dollars. With a low graduation rate established, many SUNO defenders have publicly made unintelligent
statements about why SUNO students don’t graduate. Randolph Scott, SUNO’s alumni association president, established his interesting philosophy on higher education at SUNO. “Southern University was not developed to graduate people,” Scott Chris Grillot said, according Columnist to the TimesPicayune. “We don’t have to graduate anybody.” OK, so we have a $40.3 milliona-year university that isn’t supposed to graduate people. Let’s hear more. Southern University System President Ronald Mason Jr. complained SUNO doesn’t have the facilities necessary to graduate students. “The tools we need to give the state a quality higher education product are being inhibited because of a lack of facilities,” he said. While they may claim this, SUNO was actually allotted $124
million from FEMA after Hurricane Katrina — $96 million remains unspent, according to the Times-Picayune. Clearly, the administration seems to be clueless when it comes to running the university. Another opposition to the merger claims SUNO students would not be qualified for acceptance assuming UNO and SUNO merged. At the present time, SUNO’s minimal admission requirements call for students to graduate high school with a 2.0 GPA. If there were a merger, admissions requirements would probably find a median between UNO’s higher requirements and SUNO’s obnoxiously low ones, but this points out a problem. To be frank, the extremely low graduation rate probably occurs because SUNO’s admission requirements are so low. And what happens to a college when it’s too easy to get into? You get a mess of people who probably aren’t too bright and aren’t too concerned with graduating. Just to prove this, listen to this statement from a SUNO student: A 35-year-old SUNO senior
made the outrageous claim that SUNO is the only place where a 35-year-old can walk back into education. This is possibly one of the most ignorant, false statements I’ve heard in a long time, showing the student body can’t even make a valid argument to keep the school open. I attended UNO for a semester, and there are hundreds of men and women who are just walking back into education who are at least 35 years old. In fact, my friend’s 40-something-year-old mother just started classes again at UNO. I even share the classroom with a few older people here at LSU. So clearly, SUNO is not the only place where older people can step back in to education. Then there’s the racism argument — the one everyone seems to be making. The argument says a merger would destroy a historically black university. There’s a problem with this argument, however. Defending the closure of an institution for being historically black is just as racist as segregation was, but segregation ended in the 1960s. We should
forget about it, and people need to stop making invalid arguments using racism as a defense. In the end, SUNO needs to close. It’s costing tax dollars, and no one has given a valid defense in favor of keeping the school open. If students need a college to get into with virtually no admission requirements, then send them to Delgado Community College, where there are also very little requirements. Last but not least, take the remaining tax and FEMA dollars and have them put to good use in the betterment of UNO. No one seems to be proud of the public university system in New Orleans, but it’s possible that closing an essentially useless school could lead to the betterment of others. We’ve got to cut our losses — by cutting SUNO. Chris Grillot is a 19-year-old mass communication and English major from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Cgrillot. Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com
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Google claims Microsoft’s Bing copies its search results
Google has become quite the juggernaut since its creation as a mere research project in 1996. Google is easily the most popular Internet search engine. The company has made leaps and bounds toward Apple in the cell phone market and even in the PC operating system market to compete with Microsoft. When it comes to the tech world, the aforementioned companies are giants — thus leading to some heated competition with each company trying to outdo the other. There’s a saying I’ve always heard growing up: “If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’,” and Microsoft seems to be “tryin’” really hard with Bing. Microsoft’s “decision engine” launched in summer 2009 as a direct competitor to Google Search. And for the first year and a half of its existence, it seemed more of a nuisance to Google than true competition. Sort of like that annoying fly whizzing around your head while you study, or your kid brother who constantly tries to say he’s better than you but ends up being the comic relief among you and your friends. Sure, Microsoft has been pimping the hell out of it through those awful TV and radio ads, but the fact of the matter is, Bing just sucks. However, a couple weeks ago, Google pointed a big finger at its newest competitor, claiming Bing was copying its search results. “It all started with ‘tarsorrhaphy,’” according to Google Fellow Amit Singhal. Tarsorrhaphy is a rare surgical procedure on eyelids, for those of
you curious. Last summer, Google was looking at the search results for an unusual misspelling of tarsorrhaphy (misspelled “torsorophy”). Google’s Search had corrected the misspelling of the word and returned the corrected query. At the time, Bing had no results for “torsorophy.” Yet, later Adam Arinder in the summer, Columnist Google engineers discovered Bing returning the same first result as Google’s Search did for “torsorophy” without correcting the spelling of the word. After more investigation, Google noticed a significant increase in Bing returning the same results of commonly spelled and misspelled words as Google Search. To test whether Bing was truly copying Google’s results, the company set up a sting operation. “We created about 100 ‘synthetic queries’ — queries that you would never expect a user to type, such as [hiybbprqag],” Singhal said in The Official Google Blog. Basically, Google manipulated its search algorithm as a “one-time experiment” and paired random Web pages to search queries like “delhipublicschool40 chdjob” and “juegosdeben1ogrande.” Searching those two terms would return a local credit union and a hip-hop jewelry store, respectively — one could easily see that neither have anything to do with the
initial search. Google suspected Microsoft was gathering information by receiving users’ searches using Internet Explorer and the Bing Toolbar. So, after Google set up the modified algorithm, it gave 20 engineers new laptops installed only with IE and the Bing Toolbar. After two weeks, Bing started showing the same top result for nine of the 100 “synthetic queries” set up by Google. Microsoft claims “Google’s ‘experiment’ was rigged to manipulate Bing search results,” according to Bing’s Official blog.
Bing went on to claim it simply watches what its users search, not what Google searches. It also went on to make the point Google has copied Bing in certain instances as well — which is true. Google did redesign its Image section to more closely resemble Bing’s “infinite scroll.” The fact of the matter is a user interface redesign is a tad different then a direct copy. Is what Bing did illegal? Technically, no. Is it cheating? It could be — or it could be incredibly clever. It’s like the kid in class who
looks at his neighbor’s answers during a test. Sure, the neighbor could be upset he spent all that time studying for someone else to copy his answers — but, if he were smart, he wouldn’t put himself in a position to be cheated on. Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder. Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com
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grants, the administration proposes eliminating summer school grants and making students start paying interest on the loans while still in school. Obama announced his budget at a Baltimore middle school, saying his budget “made the tough decision” to keep higher education largely unscathed despite other cuts. “Even as we cut out things that we can afford to do without, we have a responsibility to invest in those areas that will have the biggest impact in our future — and that’s especially true when it comes to education,”
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smell things to determine how humans taste and smell things. He studies fish senses by conducting experiments on the brains of live catfish. Catfish were chosen because they have taste buds all over their bodies, so it’s easier to determine their responses to tastes and smells. Caprio put electrodes onto nerve cells in catfish brains, carrying information to brain cells, which then process the information. He intercepts the information to study the fish’s responses. He works in a Faraday cage, which has a meshwork of metal surrounding it to block electrical signals from other sources, such as fluorescent lighting. Caprio said his research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation and once by the Office of Naval Research, Commercialization and Development. He has been researching fish senses for 40 years but has been developing the chemicals for the fish lures for 10 years. Henry said he was paired up with Caprio in January 2010 by Peter Kelleher, associate vice chancellor of the Office of Intellectual Property. Caprio said he has been interested in fishing and fish his entire life. Henry, on the other hand, said he had never been involved with fish before. His background is researching biological materials, biotissue and Alzheimer’s disease. The basis material for the lures came from Henry’s research of bone scaffolds, which he said was a “fun adjustment.” The material is natural and synthetic, and the patent on Attraxx is pending. Henry said Howard Hammonds, president of Mystic Tackleworks, is working hard to get the product on the market. Attraxx is slated to be sold in Walmart and Academy Sports & Outdoors. Contact Meredith Will at mwill@lsureveille.com
Obama said. Overall, the budget actually increases education funding by about $2 billion, or 4 percent. Obama’s budget for this year never passed Congress, so legislators must constantly vote to refund the government through continuing resolutions. Republicans in the House of Representatives, who took a majority in the body in November, recently unveiled their proposed new resolution last week. That proposal would decrease funding to the Pell Grant program, causing the maximum reward to drop by $845. The United States Student
Association, a student interest lobbying group, applauded Obama’s budget while criticizing the Republicans’ proposed resolution. “We ultimately want to move beyond just keeping our proverbial heads above water and get to a point where higher education is the ship taking the United States to a place of economic and social strength,” USSA President Lindsay McCluskey said in a news release. “Political courage shouldn’t be required to fund higher education.” Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
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