Food: LSU Dining adopting healthy-eating program, p. 4
Men’s basketball: Only 4 SEC teams break RPI top 25, p. 5
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For whom the ‘bell’ tolls Chime speakers sit atop historical Memorial Tower
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igh above the University, a series of huge speakers sits — waiting. They sing precisely every 15 minutes, filling the campus with familiar music. Then the air around the “bells” of the iconic Memorial Tower is quiet again, 175 feet above students just informed of their tardiness. Michael Guillory, director of Facility Systems, and Jim Henry, maintenance manager, are the men who run the tower. They’re used to making a climb that few students are allowed to make — up to visit the “bells” in their loft. “It’s a personal passion,” Guillory said of his work. The “bells” themselves were never actually traditional bells like the Liberty Bell or a
professor’s grading curve. They were Deagan chimes, a series of straight, vertical hanging bells, Guillory said. “This is really more of a ‘chime tower’ than it is a ‘bell tower,’” Guillory said. Today, the “bells” are actually a series of massive speakers sitting at the very top of the tower, only accessible by a ladLights in der that climbs a story up from center of ceiling the viewing area. They look like oversized megaphones pointing in all directions. Above the arched ceiling of the lobby, a narrow metal staircase winds its way along the inside of the tower walls. Searchlight The stairs end at a room houson 4 sides ing the actual clockwork, which of tower looks like a central rotating bar with thick metal wires stretching outward. Above the clockwork is the viewing area. Wide arches TOWER, see page 11
“This is really more of a ‘chime tower’ than it is a ‘bell tower.’” Michael Guillory, Facility Systems director
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MOVIES
Film industry spends nearly $200M in BR in 2010 Commission expects trend to continue Rachel Warren Staff Writer
Lights, camera, income. The Baton Rouge Film Commission announced last week the film industry spent an estimated $196 million in Baton Rouge in 2010. Katie Harvey, BRFC project manager, said 26 films used the city as a filming location last year. Harvey said the figure for 2010 is a conservative estimate, and the actual number is likely closer to $200 million. That’s about $100 million
more than in past years, according to Amy Mitchell-Smith, BRFC executive director. Mitchell-Smith said the industry spent $72 million in 2009 and $25 million in 2008 in Baton Rouge. Paul Arrigo, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the numbers aren’t surprising because Baton Rouge has established itself as a popular location for the film industry in recent years. He said the BRFC has essentially been in business since 2005, when crews were unable to use New Orleans as a location after Hurricane Katrina. “After Katrina, a lot of films moved out of the hurricane zone,”
Harvey said. “We started to see a lot of business from people moving here from New Orleans.” Harvey said East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden was instrumental in attracting film and television shows to the area. “He made sure to let everyone know Baton Rouge was dry and ready to work,” she said. Harvey said big projects like the “Twilight” movies make Baton Rouge a more popular filming location and attract more business to the area. “We absolutely expect the trend to continue,” Harvey said. Arrigo said films also attract fans, which aids the city’s tourism. FILM, see page 11
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“Twilight” star Jackson Rathbone performs Oct. 26 at Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s. The popular series is one of many lucrative film projects in Baton Rouge.
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INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Freed Google executive helped spark Egypt revolt on Facebook
Victims of deadly LA train crash to meet with transportation executives
Man convicted of selling Dow Chemical Co. secrets to China
CAIRO (AP) — The young Google Inc. executive detained by Egyptian authorities for 12 days said Monday he was behind the Facebook page that helped spark what he called “the revolution of the youth of the Internet.” Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for the Internet company, sobbed throughout an emotional television interview just hours after he was freed as he described how he spent 12 days in detention blindfolded while his worried parents didn’t know where he was.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Victims of a Southern California commuter train crash that killed 25 people and injured more than 150 others were set Monday to confront executives from the transportation company that accepted liability for the 2008 disaster. Executives from Veolia Transportation agreed to attend the closeddoor meeting to hear from those who were injured or lost their loved ones when a Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train, said Rep. Elton Gallegly.
(AP) — A former research scientist was convicted Monday of charges he stole trade secrets from Dow Chemical Company and sold them to companies in China. After a three-week trial, a federal jury in Baton Rouge convicted Wen Chyu Liu, 74, also known as David Liou, of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft and perjury. Liu worked at Dow’s Plaquemine facility before retiring in 1992. Prosecutors said he conspired with at least four other Dow employees in Louisiana and Germany to sell confidential information about the company’s production of a polymer called chlorinated polyethylene.
Southern Sudan prepares to become world’s newest country JUBA, Sudan (AP) — The mud-hut town of Juba has earned a promotion to world capital later this year. Only Southern Sudan needs far more than its own currency and a national anthem: Most of the roads here are dirt, and even aid workers live in shipping containers. In a little more than five months, Southern Sudan is slated to become the world’s newest country. Final results from last month’s independence referendum announced on Monday show that 98.8 percent of the ballots cast were for secession from Sudan’s north.
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An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protester holds a sign reading “If you love Egypt you don’t still” at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday.
Chilean woman calls in bomb threat to keep boyfriend at home SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — People are capable of doing many things for love. What Grace Guajardo did forced the evacuation of more than 300 people from a plane moments before takeoff. Authorities say she phoned in a false bomb threat to keep her boyfriend from flying off to a new job. Freed pending trial, Guajardo faces up to 61 days in jail if convicted. Prosecutors decided not to invoke the more severe anti-terrorism law after hearing the couple’s story.
US authorities never searched key yacht in ex-CIA agent’s case EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. authorities never searched the yacht they say carried an ex-CIA agent illegally from Mexico to Miami in 2005, and they have no evidence that he was ever aboard, a federal investigator acknowledged Monday. Steven Ussher, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement special criminal investor, told a jury he was in charge of the case against anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles beginning in April 2006. He said investigators never thought to obtain a search warrant so the vessel could undergo forensic analysis.
‘Legally dead’ man faces hearing Friday in abduction, slaying case ALEXANDRIA (AP) — An arraignment hearing is scheduled Friday for a man declared dead nearly 17 years ago in Mississippi, who resurfaced last year as a suspect in the abduction and killing of a Las Vegas woman and her daughter. Thomas Steven Sanders pleaded not guilty to a federal kidnapping charge in November in the death of 12-yearold Lexis Roberts. He’s charged with shooting Roberts and dumping her body in Catahoula Parish.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Code of Student Conduct could change Current provisions vague, confusing Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
The Student Government Committee on Student Outreach has taken the first steps to change the University Code of Student Conduct after discovering a clause that forbids students from sharing notes with one another. Sens. Sarah Lockwood and Allison Robison, University Center for Advising and Counseling, suggested changes at Monday’s committee meeting. They said they wanted to make the code less formal and easier for students to understand. “We want to make sure that [students] know exactly what’s going on so they can be prepared for these situations,” Robison said. The main changes will occur in a clause that bans students from sharing “unauthorized work,” which includes “other written work.” Many of the committee members expressed their concerns about the ambiguity of the statement, because “other written work” could be considered any document provided by a professor. “Right now, it’s saying that it’s illegal to share your syllabus with someone else,” said Sen. Landon Hester, UCAC. Lockwood said professors frequently say students who miss class should go to other students for notes, instead of bothering professors, which could be considered a violation under the current code. Another vague clause banning students from sharing unauthorized work, including “technological messages,” raised concerns. The committee decided to clarify “technological messages” by
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Sen. Sarah Lockwood, University Center for Advising and Counseling, writes a proposal from UCAC Sen. Landon Hester for the code of conduct on Monday.
saying “mass distribution of class notes or other class materials not publicly presented by the teacher cannot be distributed via mass message.” Lockwood also proposed changing a clause that says “hearsay is admissible” to “hearsay is not admissible,” because it may be unfair for someone to accuse another of cheating. Under suggestion from Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Aaron Caffarel, the committee will also begin work on an academic integrity clause. On PAWS, there will be two to three paragraphs summarizing the code which students will have to accept as they agree to the fee bill.
The revised version of the code will be referred to other committees and will be debated on the Senate floor in about two weeks. If the changes are approved by the Senate, they will go to the Faculty Senate for final approval. “I think it will be a great change for students because there were so many ambiguous clauses in the student code of conduct,” Lockwood said. “We’re trying to protect them from any unnecessary accusations.”
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CAMPUS LIFE
LSU Dining to launch healthier Balanced You program USDA announces dietary guidelines Catherine Threlkeld Contributing Writer
Students will have new ways to eat healthier this semester with the launch of LSU Dining’s Balanced You, a program to provide healthy, complete meals in the dining halls. The dining halls already have healthy eating options like salad bars, but the new program will list food choices at other stations that fit a healthy eating plan, according to LSU Dining Director David Heidke. Heidke said some foods in the dining halls “may not be considered healthy,” so LSU Dining intends to make sure students’ meals stay balanced. “It’s OK to eat everything out there, but it’s all in moderation as part of a balanced diet,” Heidke said. Balanced You is starting just as the United States Department of Agriculture released its 2010
Dietary Guidelines for Americans. are the first stations students enA USDA news release empha- counter, Heidke said. sizes reducing calorie consumption Briggitte Mosley, athletic dinand increasing physical activity ing director, is creating meals for “because more than one-third of the Balanced You program. She children and more than two-thirds said a good example of a complete, of adults in the United States are healthy meal is chicken fajitas, overweight or obese.” Mexican rice, black beans and carThe USDA advises people to rot and broccoli medley. avoid oversized portions, make half The program started last week of each meal fruits and vegetables, and will progress throughout the sedrink water instead of sugary drinks mester. and choose food with less sodium. Mosley said the new 2010 Heidke said the new guidelines guidelines are a “holistic approach are basic and simple, to food and nutriand the dining facilition.” ties are already fa- TOP 5 SOURCES OF CALORIES “People have miliar with the main among Americans aged 19+ forgotten about points. what a portioned 1. Grain-based desserts “Our dining fa- 2. Yeast breads size is,” Moscilities offer students 3. Chicken and other chicken- ley said. “People the opportunity to have gotten away mixed dishes follow that every 4. Soda, energy, sports drinks from it because day, every meal,” 4. Alcoholic beverages they’re eating fast Heidke said. food and going to USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Heidke said all-you-can-eat Americans Balanced You helps places.” students identify In line with menu items that meet the reduced the new guidelines, Mosley said the sodium, fat and calorie suggestions. Balanced You program focuses parThe salad bars in the dining ticularly on salt intake. halls already get a lot of traffic and Mosley said while the USDA’s
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Lacie Lemoine, biology senior, makes a salad Jan. 28, 2010 at the 459 Commons as a healthy food alternative. LSU Dining’s Balanced You program will help provide healthy, complete meals in the dining halls.
guidelines don’t suggest any drastic change, they will affect what nutrition educators are conveying to the public. “Public policy will go along with them, as well; because manufacturers will start producing with lower sodium in food,” Mosley said. The USDA release said the dietary guidelines “aid policy-
makers in designing and implementing nutrition-related programs” and “provide education and health professionals ... with a compilation of the latest science-based recommendations.”
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RECRUITING
Wilson named recruiter of the year Rivals.com award announced Monday Staff Reports
Relentless Rebounder Five-star forward ready to make an impact
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above photo by JOE ELLIS, right photo by RICK GUY / The Jackson Clarion-Ledger
East Side High School forward Johnny O’Bryant goes up for a dunk during a 67-61 loss in 2009 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.
Scout.com five-star prospect Johnny O’Bryant first considered becoming a Tiger when he received a call from LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson two years ago. Johnson pitched the idea of a purple and gold future. After a year of consideration, O’Bryant’s choice became reality.
“My first impression of Coach Johnson was that he was real serious about his coaching scheme,” said O’Bryant, who signed with LSU during the early signing period Nov. 10. “Once I got to campus I could see he was fun guy to be around.” O’Bryant gave Johnson an early Christmas present last October when he finally committed to the O’BRYANT, see page 7
LSU running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson is collecting his due. Wilson, who joined the LSU staff in December 2009, was named Rivals.com recruiter of the year, the website announced Monday. Wilson helped LSU reel in the No. 6 class, according to Rivals, behind Georgia, USC, Texas, Florida State and Alabama. The class is No. 9 according to Scout.com and No. 11 in ESPN’s rankings. The class included three fivestar commitments and nine four-star prospects. He is also credited with persuading junior college transfer quarterback Zach Mettenberger to sign with the Tigers. Wilson came to LSU via Tennessee when former coach Lane Kiffin bailed on the Volunteer faithful for USC. Before that, he spent a year at Southern Miss as recruiting coordinator and three years at Ole Miss as running backs coach. Wilson graduated from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and played football at Nicholls State, where he earned all-conference honors his sophomore year. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Gators, Tide top of weak SEC
Conference has 4 teams in RPI top 25 Michael Lambert Sports Writer
There’s a fine line between the Southeastern Conference’s reputation in college football compared to men’s basketball. The SEC holds a monopoly on the gridiron, claiming the past five BCS championships. The conference doesn’t have the same prestige in men’s basketball, with Florida’s back-to-back titles from 2006 to 2007 being the most recent glory for the SEC.
Since 2001, two Gator squads and the 2006 LSU team have been the only SEC schools to make the Final Four. The prospects aren’t in the conference’s favor this season, either. Florida, Kentucky and Vanderbilt are the only SEC teams in the AP and USA TODAY Coaches Poll top 25, but none are higher than No. 17. “As far as title contenders, I don’t see any out there,” said Aran Smith, president of NBADraft.net. Smith said Florida and Alabama, the SEC’s division leaders, could potentially make a run in the NCAA tournament. The Gators (18-5, 7-2) remain top of the SEC East after beating rival Kentucky, 70-68, on Saturday
with a defensive stand in the final minutes. “Florida has more of a chance to make some noise,” Smith said. LSU (10-13, 2-6) will face Florida on Feb. 20 in the PMAC for the first meeting of the season. The SEC has four teams in the RPI top 25 — Kentucky (13), Florida (14), Vanderbilt (21) and Tennessee (22). The RPI, which helps in determining tournament teams, is computed based on team’s winning percentage and the record of its opponents. “There are some teams in this league that are really good,” said SEC, see page 7
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Alabama guard Trevor Releford (12) attempts to shoot as LSU freshman guard Ralston Turner defends during the Tigers’ 46-70 loss Jan. 29 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Aaron Rodgers is an elite QB, but he has a long way to go Green Bay Packers quarter- him yesterday. back Aaron Rodgers has been He has a long way to go before crowned king of the he can reach world far too premaSCHWEHMMING top-two or three turely. status. AROUND Maybe it’s the One day he Andy Schwehm will get there. pro-Drew Brees as Sports columnist best quarterback in I’m sure he the NFC in me, or will. But he still maybe I’m still upset about the has more to prove. New Orleans Saints’ absence from Just look at his stats from the the Super Bowl. regular season. Sure, he ranked Either way, I don’t believe third in passer rating behind only Rodgers fits the God-like picture Brady and San Diego Chargers the media is painting. In fact, I quarterback Philip Rivers. Not bad. wouldn’t even put him in the top However, Rodgers ranked three in the league. Tom Brady, seventh in the league in yards per Peyton Manning and Brees would game (261.5), a stat takes into achold those three spots (though count his time away because of a maybe not in that order). concussion. He was sixth in touchDon’t get me wrong: Rodg- down passes (28) and 14th in fewers is an amazing quarterback, and est interceptions thrown (11). All in this “age of the quarterback,” of these categories shape the best there’s no doubt he is among the quarterbacks, and he’s outside the elite and is well on his way to pos- top five in all three. sibly being one of the best quarterLet’s face it. Had Ben Roethbacks during this era. lisberger played a little better in the Key word: possibly. first half, the conversation about The guy had a good game and Rodgers would be substantially a great postseason. But he isn’t the different. best quarterback in the league, as But that didn’t happen. Roethsome talking heads were crowning lisberger was terrible (and so were
the Black Eyed Peas). Remember this: It took Rodgers six years in the league to win his first Super Bowl title. He probably has at least 10 more years in the league, so it seems like he should win another one by the time his career ends. Don’t take that bet too quickly. It took Brett Favre six years to win his first and only Super Bowl title. If you had asked me in 1997 to bet $100 on Favre winning another title before he retires, I would have taken that bet in a heartbeat. I would have also lost a nice bit of change. So before we go crowing Rodgers the king of anything, I would like him to prove a little bit more. Another ring or an MVP or two would do the trick for me. Even if you don’t want to judge his career by the number of rings on his fingers (as will likely be the case with Manning), Rodgers still has a long way to go before he performs as well as Brees, Manning or Brady. Nevertheless, as Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings so eloquently said after the victory, “It’s
TENNIS
Lady Tigers to face Rice at 1 p.m. Tigers to play ULL, UNO today Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
Mother Nature has not been kind to LSU’s tennis teams lately. The postponement of the Lady Tigers’ home matches against Prairie View A&M and Texas Tech last week created a domino effect. The women had to play the Red Raiders in New Orleans on Thursday and have since bounced from there to College Station, Texas, to Houston in the span of four days. “It’s been a very, very tough spring as far as weather is concerned,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis. “It’s made it tough on our players. ... They’ve had good attitudes about it.” The Lady Tigers (0-2) will face Rice at 1 p.m. today for the first time since a grueling four-hour match last season, which ended in a 4-3 loss for LSU. The Tigers (1-2) haven’t been quite as unfortunate, defeating Rice, 5-2, on Sunday in their home opener. They will play LouisianaLafayette at 3 p.m. and the University of New Orleans at 7 p.m. in a
doubleheader originally scheduled for last Thursday. It has been a trying week for both teams, which have scrambled to find alternative practice venues to W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown and Minnis have been forced to become creative with practices because of low temperatures and high winds. Last week, the teams retreated indoors to Independence Park, played under the lights at the Country Club of Louisiana and even held makeshift practices in an airport hanger.
The Tigers had a three-hour practice at 9 p.m. at CCL’s indoor facility as temperatures dropped to a low of 26 degrees outside. Despite the change in venue, Brown said the team managed to have a productive weekend. “The weather’s been real challenging,” Brown said. “There were some sacrifices last week. ... It paid off, luckily. We were able to get some good practices in.” Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com
a great day to be great.” Rodgers was exactly that Sunday night. Rodgers’ 24-of-39, 304-yard and three-touchdown performance is solid, especially considering his useless receivers and Donald Driver’s early injury. Rodgers successfully secured the win for his team. Congratulations, Rodgers and Green Bay. You outplayed Pittsburgh from start to finish, and you deserved to win that game.
But I’ll need to see a little more before Rodgers deserves more credit. Andy Schwehm is a 21-year-old English and psychology senior from New Orleans. You can follow him on Twitter @TDR_ASchwehm.
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Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 And while experts agree O’Bryant is already developed as a Tigers over Alabama, Georgia Tech, legitimate rebounder, some believe Maryland, Miami, Mississippi State his abilities don’t end there. and Ole Miss, giving LSU its first Meyer said O’Bryant could befive-star basketball prospect since come an effective scorer and domiAnthony Randolph in 2007. nant offensive force in the Southeast“I felt so comern Conference fortable around evwith a little coacherybody — players, ing and some concoaching staff, the ditioning. people and the cam“What I expus,” said the Clevepect to see in land, Miss., native. “I Johnny’s career in felt like this is where college is that he my heart was.” is going to become The 6-foot-9a legitimate offenJerry Meyer inch, 245-pound powRivals.com recruiting analyst sive threat,” Meyer er forward is rated as said. “I think it’ll the 25th-best prospect overall and take some time to develop in college, the seventh-best power forward in but I think you’ll get some points.” the nation by Scout. O’Bryant is also Scout recruiting analyst Evan known nationwide as a rebounding Daniels said O’Bryant is a perfect machine. pickup for Johnson and his scheme. The East Side High School star Daniels is confident the young talent is averaging a double-double during could make an immediate push for his senior season, putting up 16.1 the Tigers’ starting lineup. points per game and 13.1 rebounds “He’s going to need to get into per game. the weight room and get his condi“You can count on Johnny get- tioning in check and get in shape,” ting rebounds,” said Rivals.com re- Daniels said. “But there’s no doubt cruiting analyst Jerry Meyer. “He’s he has the ability and the skill set a relentless rebounder. He’s strong, to make an impact once he gets on and he controls his area of the court, campus.” so I think that translates right into the O’Bryant also won’t have a hard college level.” time making friends when he arrives.
The future Tiger played AAU basketball with LSU freshmen Andre Stringer and Jalen Courtney, both of whom helped sway O’Bryant’s decision. “He’s a great player. He has a lot to learn, and he’s willing to learn,” Stringer said. “He’s the type of guy that’ll listen, and he’ll play hard for you. He wants to be a great player.” The trio’s AAU coach, Larry Stamps, called coaching O’Bryant “a luxury” and said the future Tiger has shown signs of greatness both on and off the court. “He’s an excellent leader,” Stamps said. “He’s a good kid too, very humble and mild mannered.” O’Bryant will join fellow frontcourt newcomer and Iowa State transfer Justin Hamilton. Despite the recent struggles LSU has faced on the court, O’Bryant said he hopes his experience will help the program become a power. “It’s a very bright future with me coming in,” said O’Bryant, who won a medal with the USA U-17 national team in the World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. “Andre and Ralston are going to continue to get better.”
Arena on Jan. 15 as LSU freshman point guard Andre Stringer was held to six points. “We’re one of the elite conferences around,” Stringer said. “It’s always tough. Kentucky’s a great team with young talent.” Smith said he predicts four schools from the SEC will make the NCAA tournament, but those teams are not set in stone. The
conference is at the midpoint of the season with eight games remaining.
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LSU freshman guard Ralston Turner. “This is a tough league. There are some teams that could beat anybody.” LSU coach Trent Johnson said don’t count out Georgia (166, 5-4) and Vanderbilt (16-6, 4-4), which are both veteran squads. “It seems like the teams [that win have] good guard play and are experienced,” Johnson said. “Those are the teams that can play in this conference.” Alabama (15-7, 7-1) has taken control of the SEC West, holding a three-game lead in the division. The Crimson Tide pulled out an overtime victory Saturday, 65-60, spoiling a comeback attempt by Tennessee. Alabama was up, 42-31, with 15:10 left in the contest. “They fought in the second half,” Alabama coach Anthony Grant said to reporters after the Tennessee game. “Our guys answered the call in terms of the intensity that we played with, [and they] made the plays down the stretch we needed to make to get the win.” Alabama freshman guard Trevor Releford was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 14.5 points and six assists during the Crimson Tide’s last two games. “Alabama’s playing as well as anyone,” Smith said. “They are kind of a surprise team. They aren’t a Final Four team, but I could see them making the tournament and maybe winning a couple of games.” LSU has fared poorly against the top conference teams. The Crimson Tide crushed LSU, 7046, on Jan. 29 in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers also lost to Kentucky, another team with the potential to advance. The Wildcats (16-6, 4-4) controlled the game, 82-44, in Rupp
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New study shows Facebook updates may lead to depression How many times have you checked Facebook today? With so many ways to access the social network, I’m sure you have it up on your phone, iPod or laptop, ready to switch back to it because you’re already bored with what I have to say. But don’t look away just yet. I know you have your fake farm to attend to, or you want to continue stalking that cute girl in your economics class. But whether you knew it or not, Facebook is slowly making you more and more depressed. At least that’s what a recent study from Stanford suggests. While a Ph.D. student at Stanford University, Alex Jordan conducted numerous studies monitoring students’ involvement in the site as well as their reactions to their friends’ posts. In Jordan’s first study, he and his research team surveyed 80 freshmen asking them to report whether they or their peers had recently experienced
any positive or negative emotional events after looking at Facebook updates. When the students responded, a large majority of them overestimated how good their friends’ lives are and how much fun they appear to have while underestimating the amount of negative experiences their friends were Adam Arinder actually having. Columnist The team conducted a second and third study surveying different age students at Stanford, and the same results of overestimating their friends’ “perfect” lives appeared time and time again. Basically, it seems to boil down to an imaginary façade Facebook places on users, causing them to equate what they perceive to be the perfect lives of their friends in comparison to the perception of their
own lives. Obviously, the amount of depression or anxiety depends on the user, but logic does seem to make sense. Say, for instance, you’re stuck at home on a Friday night and do nothing but stare at Facebook on your computer monitor. You see posts of your friends having a blast at Fred’s Bar in Tigerland while clicking through the pictures they uploaded from the night before. After enough updates from different people come pouring in, you perceive at that point in time that their lives must be superior to yours. “Look at all the fun they’re having while I sit here wasting the night away milking virtual cows.” It’s definitely real. And I would say it’s safe to claim nearly everyone has experienced this feeling at least once in his or her life. Whether it’s just for a splitsecond or for an extended period
of time, the grass does always appear greener on the other side — “appear” being the key word there. Facebook isn’t an exact representation of people’s lives. It’s only what they choose to share. MIT professor Sherry Turkle writes about the exhaustion felt by teenagers as they constantly tweak their Facebook profile for maximum cool in her new book “Alone Together.” Man, I need to go set my profile for “maximum cool.” Lame teenage lingo aside, Turkle does have a point. People have become so enthralled with creating a false persona for themselves on the Internet to display to their friends, it’s causing some of their friends to possibly lose grip of reality. Last week I covered the pope’s new stance on creating online personas for oneself — he isn’t a fan. There’s nothing wrong with creating a “virtual you.” But that’s
where it should stay — on the Internet. Once the lines of virtual reality and actual reality cross, there’s a problem. Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with old friends and serve as the ultimate procrastination tool during exam week. But every once in awhile, instead of poking or waiting for a response on Facebook Chat, pick up your phone — yes, that crazy handheld device you use to check Facebook — and give them a call. Spend more actual time with your friends as opposed to virtual time with them on Facebook. You’ll easily learn their lives are just as messed up as yours — if not more. 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
GUEST COLUMN
Homosexual ‘flaunting’ is moral double standard Chris Seemann
Special to The Daily Reveille
It’s one of the most commonly parroted expressions about homosexuality we hear in modern society: “I don’t have a problem with homosexuals, as long as they don’t flaunt it.” On the surface, it sounds reasonable. Though the United States is not a “Christian nation”, per se, most of its populace is Christian. With the exception of a few denominations, Christians are dogmatically opposed to homosexuality and, for that matter, any extramarital expression of sexuality. Jews and Muslims, with regards to this issue, are in step with their Christian counterparts. Aside from religious concerns, most Americans agree that in a polite society people should avoid overt public acknowledgment of their sexuality. Inevitably, though, a question arises: What exactly does it mean to “flaunt” one’s homosexuality? In December of last year, Belmont University, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., asked women’s soccer coach Lisa Howe to resign. Her six-year tenure came to an end after she reportedly told her players that she and her lesbian partner were expecting a child. In January, the university added homosexuality to its
non-discrimination policy. However, this change is no more than a nominal revision because its rules still prohibit extramarital relationships. Because same-sex marriage is still nonexistent in Tennessee, a clarification such as this one provides little substantive protection for homosexuals employed at the institution. Howe’s credentials as a coach were not in question. She led the team to a regular-season Atlantic Sun conference championship last year and was, by all accounts, well liked by her players, who routinely received academic all-conference honors. Did Howe “flaunt” her homosexuality? As far as we know, she did not tell her players a story peppered with graphic sexual details, which would likely be considered unacceptable regardless of her sexual orientation. She merely told them she was in fact a lesbian and she and her partner were expecting a child. Why is this unacceptable? Do we as a society consider Howe’s announcement an attempt to flaunt her homosexuality? If the university or anyone else thinks Howe’s pride about her partner’s pregnancy is something she should have kept to herself, then perhaps some perspective is in order. Recall, if you will, the widespread fascination with Drew Brees’ pregnant wife Brittany during the
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early part of the 2010 NFL season. The couple has been visible both locally and nationally since their arrival in New Orleans in 2006, and Brittany’s second pregnancy was no exception. Besides being the fodder for countless human-interest stories, the pregnancy helped cement Brees’ reputation as a family man. With all the attention Mrs.
Brees’ pregnancy received, no one criticized Drew for “flaunting” his heterosexuality through his pregnant wife. Many Americans consider homosexuality morally repugnant and some have well-articulated — if questionable — reasons for that position. That being said, homosexuals holding prominent positions in any community should not be forced
to keep their family under lock and key so high-minded moralists can pretend they do not exist. Chris Seemann is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans. Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
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Quote of the Day “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln Former U.S. president Feb. 12, 1809 — April 15, 1865
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ROCKING THE CRADLE
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Problems in Arab world transcend individual nations In light of the colossal wave of unrest currently debilitating nations in the Middle East, the standards to which the United States holds her allies have come under scrutiny. Both the president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak had close ties with the U.S., and their presidencies have been either terminated or opposed for breaching the liberties of the people. While cooperation with such men seems outrageous on the surface, the means by which these leaders ran their countries had nothing to do with the U.S.’ strategic involvement in the region — an involvement with underlying goals much larger than any nation, leader or party. The order of uprising starts with former ally and president Ben Ali of Tunisia. It must be noted that the history of Tunisian-American cooperation dates back beyond two centuries, beginning with the
American Friendship Treaty with Tunisia signed in 1799. The most important operation involving our nation and Tunisia is the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative, a preventative aid program involving many North African nations, including Algeria, Clayton Crockett Chad, Morocco and Tunisia, Columnist among many others. This initiative hardly makes Tunisia an exception to receive American aid, but its purpose is far more important than any single country. The goal is to help preemptively combat the extremism that has claimed hundreds of thousands of African lives over the years and made freedom impossible. While not seeking to nullify his actions, it’s hard to criticize Ben Ali
for much more than his violation of freedoms for the sake of maintaining power. His Solidarity Fund program in Tunisia, which fought terrorism by providing jobs to citizens living in poverty — the poor being the most susceptible to terrorist recruitment — managed to cut Tunisia’s poverty rate in half and inspired the United Nations’ own World Solidarity Fund. Famous British writer Christopher Hitchens notably referred to Tunisia as “the Arab world’s most civilized dictatorship.” He did so with right reason, as Tunisia stands as a beacon of well-being in regards to quality of life and secularism in Africa, two factors which, in absence, see a number of African nations in barbaric ruin. Let’s move on to the U.S.’ ties with the also-African Egyptian nation. Egypt has received nearly $2 billion annually from the U.S. in military and economic aid, making it second only to Israel as the
greatest benefactor of American aid. The reason for this is obvious. Former Egyptian president Anwar El Sadat was assassinated for signing the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and it was after his murder that Mubarak rose to power. The key aspect here is Egypt’s relations with Israel, as Egypt was the first Arabic nation to recognize Israel’s independence. Peace in the Middle East was the masthead of our relations with Egypt, and whether you agree with our support for Israel or not, we have supported Egypt in part because it was the only Arabic nation willing to support Israel.Mubarak has even gone so far as to condemn the U.S. invasion of Iraq under the pretense that diplomacy should be focused on Palestinian-Israeli peace. One could say our aid to Egypt was equally as much for Israel as for a strong ally in the Middle East. Mubarak’s intolerance of extremists coupled with his tenacious
maintenance of power bears a similar likeness to the violations of Ben Ali. Mubarak was known for silencing politicians and activists of opposition parties to secure his hold on Egypt’s balance of power. These men violated liberties to take part in eradicating the extremism that seeks to hold freedom hostage. I cannot blame the United States for helping them. Ben Ali and Mubarak’s means of governing are not our responsibility, but the safety of civilization on this planet is every nation’s responsibility. Clayton Crockett is a 19-year-old international studies and mass communication freshman from Lafayette. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ccrockett.
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FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY
America’s choice of allies must reflect ideals, not evils The ends justify the means. While I usually might agree with that mentality, there are some cases in which I simply can’t agree with it. America has to deal with countries and people in the world who do not like us or our ideals. However, we should never give up our values while dealing with them. The lesser of two evils is still an evil, and we shouldn’t delude ourselves into thinking anything different. Recently, one of these supposed lesser of two evils finally came under attack by his people. Hosni Mubarak, the nearly 30-year president of Egypt, is now facing pressure from his countrymen to step down. For far too long they have had to silently suffer through the hardships his administration imposed, and like many others, they now want a change to the system. It’s just too bad we’ve seen Mubarak as an ally for most of his presidency. Even as Mubarak’s countrymen began to rise up against him, our own president and his cabinet refused to leave his side as an ally. Only last week did President Barack Obama call for a peaceful and meaningful transition of power. It isn’t hard to see why exactly they would be reluctant to give up such a long-standing ally, especially considering where Egypt’s leadership might go in the coming months. As most people know, Israel isn’t the most popular country in the Middle East. However, among the many countries set against
them, they at least had an amiable relationship with Mubarak. After Obama’s talk for a transition in Egypt, some in Israel would see that move as desertion. Although Mubarak may have been friendly toward Israel, the same cannot be said about most people in Egypt. If someone who expresses the will of the people is brought to power following the fall of Zachary Davis Mubarak, Israel Columnist could be left completely alone in the Middle East. Again, these reasons do not even begin to excuse working with someone who does not treat his people properly. This isn’t the first time it has happened, and it won’t be the last. Throughout the last century America has sided with those it has deemed as the lesser evil. Whether it’s Joseph Stalin against Adolf Hitler, Fulgencio Batista against Fidel Castro, Ngo Dinh Diem against Ho Chi Minh, Saddam Hussein against Iran or most recently Mubarak against Islamic extremism, many cases show it’s a fairly common practice. In all of these cases, we seem to choose the side that will fight a perceived movement of greater evil. While the greater part of the last century has been fighting the supposed spread of communism, it has changed more recently to stopping Islamic extremism. We may have succeeded in
stopping a perceived greater global threat, but usually it appears the people who have to pay the heaviest price are the people ruled over by our “allies.” Here’s one example. Although Hitler may have been responsible for the systematic killing of anywhere between 11 and 17 million people, Stalin also had more than 14 million people sent to Gulags, where at least a million of them would die. Stalin is also the person we so fondly referred to as “Uncle Joe” throughout World War II.
While the Soviet Union may have been an invaluable part in defeating Germany, allying ourselves with them does not resonate well with the ideals we hold dear. In cases like this and the current situation in Egypt, the ends we want to achieve do not support the means we have to go through. We are a country that champions itself on the will of the people being such an important part of governing, and we should act more like it. Our reluctance to side with the people of Egypt in their struggle for greater freedom is something
I wish we could redo. While we may be losing a long standing ally, America should at least rejoice that more people can soon share more of the freedoms we enjoy. Zachary Davis is a 20-year-old history junior from Warsaw, Poland. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Zdavis.
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allow a rare view from high above campus. Tiger Stadium looms huge in the distance, towering above red and gray roofs in a sea of green trees. The arches are covered with chicken wire to prevent birds from roosting inside. The tower once had purple and gold lights at the top, but an unused purple light now sits in the viewing area. “We’d like to get some colored lights up here again, but we don’t have the funding,” Guillory said. He said the real chimes that used to ring from the tower once sat in this viewing area. The original set had 18 chimes spanning about an octave and a half. A Deagan catalog from the
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“With something like ‘Twilight,’ the fans want to come here,” he said. “They want to be a part of it.” Mitchell-Smith said the main reason studio heads choose Baton Rouge as a filming location is the Louisiana Motion Picture Tax Incentive Act of 2002 — which grants a 30-percent tax credit to any production company that spends more than $300,000 in the area. “They’re definitely seeing more savings here than they would in Los Angeles or New York City,” she said.
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1930s shows a set of such bells costing $10,000. The catalog says each of the chimes weighed about 550 pounds, so the total set would have weighed almost 5 tons. When the tower was remodeled in the 1980s, the chimes mysteriously vanished. “We have no idea what happened to them,” Guillory said. Guillory said the tower has been remodeled several times, most recently when Student Government funded refurbishments in 2006 and 2007. The speakers play a recording of actual Deagan chimes. “It’s true to the original chimes,” Guillory said. Guillory said he labored to perfect the sound the speakers make. “We had to do some research
on what the ‘real’ LSU bell sound was,” he said. “We had all kinds of people try to tell us what that sound was, but in the end we came up with a great representation.” The speakers are operated by a computer on the tower’s ground floor. “It’s basically a hard drive with some buttons on it,” Henry said. “It’s not that complicated.” The computer is programmed to play a regular schedule of songs. “Westminster Quarters” chimes every quarter hour, while the Alma Mater rings out at noon. The bells play from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. They also famously ring the night of Valentine’s Day, when students traditionally kiss beneath the tower. The tower is capable of a larger repertoire, with an extensive library
Mitchell-Smith said the city may have initially become popular because of the tax credit, but it has maintained that popularity by positive word of mouth among studios. “One project comes in, they have a good experience, and that makes us more attractive to
studios,” she said. Mitchell-Smith said she’s hopeful for the future of the film industry in Baton Rouge. “We’ve got a lot of momentum right now,” she said. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
page 11 of music. A keyboard can even be hooked up to allow a musician to “play” the bells. But deviations are rare: The Chancellor’s Office must approve any changes to the bell’s schedule. “We’re trying to preserve the mystique of the tower. We don’t just want to change it on a whim,” Guillory said. Guillory last remembers the tower changing schedule when it played hymns for candlelight vigil remembering the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting.
The tower was built in 1923 and dedicated in 1926 in memory of Louisiana’s soldiers killed in World War I. Its rotunda bears the names of the state’s 1,447 casualties.
See a video and more photos from inside the tower at lsureveille.com Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
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