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Tropical depression to hit Saturday Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Thursday night due to the tropical depression projected to make landfall in Louisiana, according to The Associated Press. Coastal flooding, high surf and rip currents all potentially threaten the Gulf Coast, according to The Weather Channel. The National Weather Service predicts that while the depression probably won’t form into a hurricane, the system will probably drop 12 to 15 inches of rain over the next two days. The chance for heavy rain is due to the depression’s slow-moving nature, according to The Weather Channel. A flash flood watch is currently in effect for East Baton Rouge Parish, and four inches of rain are expected to fall until
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The Ducks’ strong offense includes QB Darron Thomas (top) and RB LaMichael James.
Before the preseason polls came out and before both Oregon and LSU received top-5 rankings, the anticipation for the seasonopening showcase in Arlington, Texas, had already reached a fever pitch. But as the countdown to game time dwindled, the marquee matchup quickly became more about the players missing the game than the ones suiting up. No. 4 LSU lost three starters — two for disciplinary reasons and one for injury — days before the opener, and the Tigers have faced a slew of off-field distractions that have tested the team’s resolve. Senior right guard Will Blackwell said the Tigers have overcome every offseason challenge to focus on the matchup with No. 3 Oregon. “Before we take the field we always line up behind the end line, and [LSU] Coach [Les] Miles leads us on the field,” Blackwell said. “When we do that, we leave everything that’s not related to the game or practice behind us. Family problems, teammate problems, girlfriend problems, whatever that might OREGON, see page 11
Computer, engineering programs to merge
Curricula will not be altered Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
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LSU QB Jarrett Lee (top) and RB Spencer Ware round out the Tigers’ offense.
A University department comprising electrical and computer engineering and computer science will be created within the next two months, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton said Thursday. The new department was recommended by the University’s budget committee, on which Hamilton sits, and was approved by Chancellor Michael Martin. A “faculty transition committee” comprised of the deans and department chairs will now devise the nuances of the merger and choose a name for the combined department, which will fall under the College of Engineering. Hamilton said this will strengthen the two programs because they have both lost faculty. Despite the programs being merged, neither of the programs’ curricula ENGINEERING, see page 4
ACADEMICS
School of Animal Sciences offers hands-on equestrian class
Students learn to handle, ride horses Meredith Will Contributing Writer
Laura Gentry is bringing a new clip-clopping rhythm to the School of Animal Sciences by starting an equestrian class this fall. Working with the Baton Rouge Parks and Recreation’s Farr Park Equestrian Center, Gentry is instructing animal science students
on how to handle horses and their equipment. The students will also learn how to properly ride the horses. Gary Hay, director of the School of Animal Sciences, said the class consists of two hours of lecture and two hours of a hands-on lab each week. The Equestrian Center provides the horses, equipment and location among other tools necessary for riding and working with the horses. The students are required to pay $500 each to BREC, which totals $25 per hour of lessons. Hay
said this is half of BREC’s normal fee for lessons. Hay said although the program took more than a year to arrange, Gentry was the driving force, as she owns horses and competes in horse events. Student interest in this program is high, Gentry said. Students of all years will learn how to communicate with horses, move with them and be safe while working with them. She said the course’s main HORSES, see page 4
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An LSU student learns proper horsemanship, or how to handle a horse, as part of the School of Animal Sciences’ new equestrian course.
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INTERNATIONAL
Nation & World
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NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Libya’s Tripoli Zoo struggles to keep animals alive amidst war
Two Rhode Island teens who visited vampire grave die in crash
Belle Chasse man receives 17-year prison sentence in bribery case
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feeding bin, flies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor approaches the bars. This is life in the Tripoli Zoo, which has found itself a casualty of the war to oust Moammar Gadhafi. Once one of the city’s bestloved family destinations, today it is 110 dusty acres of listless animals and overgrown, sunburned grass.
EXETER, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police say two girls who visited the grave of a 19th-century teen rumored to have been a vampire were killed after their car missed a turn on Purgatory Road and rolled over. Capt. Darren Delaney says the Warwick teens were leaving Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Exeter on Wednesday night after visiting the 1892 grave of Mercy Brown. He says they decided to drive down the “dark, windy road” because they thought it looked “haunted.”
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A businessman convicted of bribing two New Orleans city officials for millions of dollars in City Hall contract work has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison. U.S District Judge Eldon Fallon on Thursday ordered 48-yearold Mark St. Pierre, of Belle Chasse, to report to prison by Oct. 14 and begin serving his sentence. Fallon also ordered St. Pierre to pay a $50,000 fine on top of more than $3.2 million he was already ordered to forfeit. St. Pierre was convicted in May of bribing former city technology chiefs Greg Meffert and Anthony Jones.
Study shows Zimbabwe worst city to live in excluding war zones HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top research group rated Zimbabwe’s capital as the worst of 140 world cities to live in on Thursday. The British-based Economist Intelligence Unit said its researchers excluded cities in Libya, Iraq and other war zones. Harare, where power and water outages occur daily, scored a 38 percent “livability rating,” the group said. The group said the threat of civil unrest and the availability of public health care and public transport in Harare were intolerable.
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U.S. singer and director Madonna arrives for the premiere of the film “W.E.” at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy Aug. 1.
13 people including doctors accused of health care fraud in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thirteen people including three doctors have been indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a statement Thursday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The first indictment accuses Jose Lopez Diaz of charging Medicare more than half a million dollars for services never rendered at a medical center where he never worked. Also charged is Lopez’s brother, Carlos Lopez Diaz, a dentist.
NYC deputy mayor arrested for domestic violence before quitting NEW YORK (AP) — The deputy mayor with authority over New York City’s police department, fire department and emergency response coordination was arrested on a domestic-violence charge shortly before he resigned last month. Stephen Goldsmith, then-deputy mayor for operations, shoved his wife into a kitchen counter, threw a phone hard enough to break it and grabbed her when she threatened him and said she was calling police, according to a Washington, D.C., police report.
Valero Energy Corporation buys oil refinery in $625 million deal MERAUX (AP) — Valero Energy Corp. agreed Thursday to acquire Murphy Oil Corp.’s refinery at Meraux for about $625 million. The deal includes $325 million for the refinery and related assets and $300 million for the refinery’s current inventory. San Antonio-based Valero said it plans to fund the purchase from available cash and hopes to close the deal in the fourth quarter.
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TECHNOLOGY
Engineering students create vacuum that will change airplane clean-up Joshua Bergeron Contributing Writer
While some students were busy taking notes in class last semester, students in Industrial Engineering 4599 were working on changing the way airplane maintenance is performed. And they succeeded. University alumni Micah Shaw, Eric Fontenot and Aaron Yglesias created the Track Vac 2.0, a multi-faceted vacuum, in their prototype design created in the prerequisite course in fall 2010. The vacuum was created for Aeroframe, a company that specializes in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of commercial and military aircraft in Lake Charles. “Eric was in the first class, which helped us because he already had some knowledge about the vacuum and what Aeroframe wanted,” Shaw said. Aeroframe General Manager Mark Redmond said the Track Vac 2.0 will significantly reduce the manpower needed to clean seat tracks on cargo planes. “Usually it takes 10 to 12 guys to clean the plane,” Redmond said. “With the vacuum, cleaning the seat tracks will only require a few hours and a single person to check on the vacuum every once in a while.” But the project is not fully complete, said Gerald Knapp, faculty adviser for the project. “Aeroframe said that they
wanted some minor changes to the vacuum before the product can be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for approval,” Knapp said. These changes will be made during the spring semester in a joint project between the industrial engineering and mechanical engineering programs. The Track Vac 2.0 was funded entirely by Aeroframe. Redmond said Aeroframe will pay the University for the design of the vacuum but will use it strictly in-house, meaning the vacuum will not be sold on the open market to other companies. The Track Vac 2.0 consists of a 1-inch wide by 1/8-inch thick aluminum frame, brushes to loosen debris that builds up with heavy usage, two vacuum ports, a fluid dispersion tool to clean the tracks and several electronic components. Shaw said partnerships like
the one with Aeroframe are beneficial for the companies as well as students. “The companies get a quality product, the students can get great experience, and if you do a good job on the project, you might get a job out of it,” Shaw said. Connecting students with companies like Aeroframe is part of the University’s goal to develop students’ job skills while they’re in school, Knapp said. “Projects like this give students good experience for the real world and give them the chance to show their abilities to corporations which could potentially offer them a job from a project like this,” he said. Success with these projects can breed similar opportunities.
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VOLUNTEERING
Crisis Center seeks listeners for chat line The PHONE helps BR community
way to handle the large-scale reaction from such traumatic events. The PHONE was initially operated by the Student Health Center but within two years left campus and began serving the Baton Brian Sibille Rouge community. Staff Writer “We’ve been connected to the The phone rings, and Suchi University for 41 years,” Pardue Saxena doesn’t know who will be said. She said many students may on the other end when she answers. It could be a fellow University not know that $2 from every fee bill benefits the student or maybe BRCIC. an established Pardue said b u s i n e s s m a n . Want to volunteer? the organization Whoever it is, that • Deadline to sign up is Sept. 12 is looking for inperson dialed her • Training is extensive, requiring 60 dividuals who are number because he in a place to help or she is in a crisis, hours and it is Saxena’s • Volunteers learn crisis intervention, others and want active listening and how to identify experience they job to help. won’t gain in the The Baton with callers classroom. Rouge Crisis In- • Anyone interested should contact People like tervention Center, the BRCIC at (225) 924-1431 Amanda Morales, which provides University psyfree counseling services, is looking for more chology alumna, have taken advolunteers like Saxena to be part vantage of the organization to gain of its 24-hour crisis hotline, The experience for her future career. Morales said she wanted to PHONE. Saxena, a senior, said she was volunteer because of her major and one of many psychology under- desire to help people as a profesgraduates who began working with sion, but she was apprehensive the service to gain experience for when applying. The nerves disappeared after her future career. Practical experience was the Morales trained and began phone goal, but Saxena said it has not counseling, she said. She now been the only benefit of working works part-time at The PHONE after three years of volunteering. for The PHONE. “It’s something I strongly be“Working with The PHONE grounds me,” she said, explaining lieve in,” Morales said. “People that working with people who are can open up to us and won’t be in tougher situations than her is judged. It’s safe and confidential.” Morales said she encourages humbling. Saxena said she never knows anyone interested in helping others what to expect when her shift at the to consider volunteering for The Crisis Center begins. She may get PHONE. Saxena and Morales said the eight calls in two hours or only one call in a day, but every voice on the skills they have learned volunteerother end has her fullest attention, ing have improved their own lives. “Not only are you helping she said. One of the biggest roles of a people, but you are learning a lot volunteer is to listen. Many people about yourself,” Morales said. in crisis want to speak with someone who will let them air out their Contact Brian Sibille at problems, Saxena said, and callers bsibille@lsureveille.com appreciate the confidential nature of the service. The BRCIC is always searching for people willing to lend their time and ears to those in need, said Allyson Pardue, training and clinical staff member. Training sessions for PHONE volunteers occur three times a year, and one session begins in September, Pardue said. The training process is an intense 60 hours of learning how to listen and help people cope with sensitive, stressful situations, she said. Volunteers leave the classroom to role-play and practice reallife crisis calls. Sept. 12 is the deadline to contact the BRCIC for those interested in training for a service that has a rich history at the University, Pardue said. The PHONE began in 1970 at the University after six suicides occurred in one year, she said. The deaths had a strong impact on students, but the University had no
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Monday afternoon, according to Pat Shingleton, weathercaster with WBRZ. The National Hurricane Center currently projects the depression will make landfall Saturday afternoon and move across Louisiana through Monday, eventually making its way into Mississippi. In addition, the entire coastal area between Pascagoula, Miss., and Sabine Pass, Texas, has declared a tropical storm warning. A state of emergency has also been declared for Lafourche Parish, which could potentially receive up to 18 inches, according to The Associated Press.
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focus is to teach students how to work with horses and build a relationship between the students and their assigned horses through communication and trust. A big impact on how a horse responds to someone is how people handle them, Gentry said. Safety, quietness and respect are key, as are “soft hands,” meaning not being rough or jerking the horse. Gentry said the horses move by applying a small amount of pressure to their bodies, and this pressure is released once they move how the rider wants. She said another thing that impacts cooperation with a horse is being in tune with the animal. “If we know what they’re trying to tell us, we can better communicate with them,” Gentry said. She said the goal of these methods is to make the horse want to do the work and make it seem effortless. “We’re trying to get them to be true horsemen, be safe and communicate with their horses,” Gentry said. Each student is assigned to a horse for the duration of the class through self evaluations and evaluations by the Equestrian Center, said Melissa Wood, the center’s special
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ENGINEERING, from page 1
will change, said Richard Koubek, dean of the College of Engineering. Koubek and Kevin Carman, dean of the College of Science, both said they hope the merger will enhance the already strong computer science and electrical and computer engineering programs. “While I don’t necessarily believe that this merger is a good idea, I do believe that it is going to happen,” Carman said. Carman also said he will invest his full efforts to ensure the fused programs yield “high potential” and looks forward to working with Koubek. Koubek said the merger’s purpose is to take the two programs, which already overlapped, and unify them to create a strong “critical mass.” He pointed to the quality of the faculty from both departments and said the union could be a “premiere program.” Koubek stressed that students
facilities manager. She said two instructors help with the class and assist Gentry in instructing the students. “We are very excited we were able to join forces with LSU and make this happen,” Wood said. Aryelle Stafford, animal sciences sophomore, said this experience is unique because it takes the students outside of the classroom. “We’re really lucky that we can actually come out and work with real instructors who love horses,” Stafford said. Mary Kendrick, also an animal sciences sophomore, said horses have a lot of personality, and their personalities change from day-today. “It’s never going to be the same ride twice,” she said.
“won’t see a significant change,” aside from computer science professors moving to Patrick F. Taylor Hall. Hamilton said since both programs have been affected by budget cuts, the University cannot make good investments in the programs as of now. Consolidating them, Hamilton said, will put the University in position to make investments later. Electrical and computer engineering and computer science are both accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Koubek said. The University’s computer science program ranked among the top 30 programs in the country last fall by The National Research Council. The faculty transition committee must present its plans to Hamilton by Nov. 1, and the proposal will then be sent to the LSU System Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com Hay said the course, Animal Sciences 2030 or basic horsemanship, has a prerequisite of Animal Sciences 1011. It currently has 44 students enrolled. Gentry said she aims to expand this class into several other classes of instruction. Hay said ANSC 3030, advanced horsemanship, is already in the works. The department is also thinking about constructing an Equine Science and Management curriculum for animal sciences majors.
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Sports
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Ducking the Rush
Oregon QB Darron Thomas leads fast-paced offense in game against LSU Chris Abshire Sports Writer
Oregon junior quarterback Dar- during a spectacular 2010 season. ron Thomas could have easily been Thomas was at the heart of a on the other sideline Saturday night high-powered Oregon offense that led for the Ducks’ showdown with LSU. the nation in scoring and total offense Thomas, who grew up in the last season. He threw for 2,881 yards Houston area, and 30 touchdowns yearned to play for with just nine intercepthe Tigers, but endtions. ed up at Oregon afAlong with Heister LSU coach Les man finalist and junior Miles’ used a nowrunning back LaMiinfamous word to chael James, Thomas describe Thomas’ helped spearhead Orathletic prowess egon’s quick-tempo when he was being spread offense, acrecruited in 2007. counting for 486 yards Darron Thomas During Thomas’ on the ground and five Oregon junior quarterback recruiting visit to scores while managing Baton Rouge that the Ducks’ read option fall, Miles mentioned the word “ath- sets. lete” when he spoke to him. This And Thomas doesn’t shy away was a problem for the now-6-foot-2, from the importance of Saturday’s 215-pound redshirt junior, who want- clash, saying it is a “way bigger game ed to be recognized as a quarterback to me, bigger than the national chamrather than simply an athlete. The pionship.” term apparently persuaded Thomas to “This is our next upcoming game switch his commitment to Oregon. and this is like the championship,” Nearly four years later, Thomas said the second-year starter on Monwill lead the Ducks against his former day. “If we lose this game, it’s a done school of choice in his home state, season.” having proven his ability under center THOMAS, see page 7
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University of Oregon junior quarterback Darron Thomas scrambles to his right against the University of Washington at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 6, 2010. The Ducks will play against the Tigers on Saturday in Dallas.
VOLLEYBALL
Tigers head to New Mexico St. First away games will test youth
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LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory knows her group of 16 athletes, 11 of them freshmen or sophomores, is excited about its first team trip for a tournament this season. But she wants her team to know the trip to New Mexico isn’t a vacation. “This is a business trip,” Flory said. “We’re not just taking a flight across the country. We’re not going sightseeing.” Junior outside hitter Madie Jones said the first road trip for the team isn’t always easy. The two-day New Mexico
State Tournament pits the Tigers and adjustments. against Arkansas-Little Rock, “We did a great job of playGrambling and New Mexico State. ing when we didn’t have much “It’s a huge pressure,” Flory adjustment freshsaid. “But we need man year getting to sustain and be used to the travmore consistent eling schedule,” throughout the enJones said. “It was tire match when really hard for me, the pressure is on.” so it’s important Flory said she for the upperwas impressed classmen to help with the offensive them be on top of play at last weekFran Flory things.” end’s Tiger ClasLSU volleyball coach The Tigers (3sic. 1) started strong in “We thought their first home tournament with we’d be good and be solid in terms three wins, all 3-0 sweeps, be- of how our middles were,” she said. fore falling to Miami in a five-set “But we didn’t know we were gomatch. ing to be that fast and efficient.” While the weekend showcased Jones said the team was quick some of the Tigers’ abilities, it left on offense, but needs to pick up the the door open for improvements TRAVELING, see page 7
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LSU senior middle blocker Michele Williams (23) goes up for the tip against Miami on Aug. 27 in the PMAC. The Tigers fell to the Hurricanes, 3-2, in a five-set showdown.
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Week 1 has more big games than usual, but not many BODY SHOTS Rob Landry Sports columnist While every college football fan is boiling over with excitement for the beginning of the season, those who like to wager on games may not be quite as giddy. Apart from a couple marquee matchups, the first week of the season usually lends to several large spreads and few good games. This year is a bit different, but not by much. For those that are unfamiliar with how point spreads work, here’s a quick tutorial. Games are handicapped by odds makers to level the field for the underdog. The team that is favored will appear with a (-) next to their name and an underdog will have a (+) next to it, followed by the amount of points that will be added or subtracted to that team’s final score. I’m going to take my stab at 10 games from across the country this week and see how I would do if I were laying down money in Las Vegas. LSU (+4) over Oregon With Jarrett Lee at the helm, the Tigers’ offense takes on a new look. But that look is a good one. More emphasis will be placed on the power running game, a strong point with sophomores Spencer Ware,Alfred Blue and Michael Ford available. The stringent LSU defense will be quick enough to handle Oregon’s fast-paced attack. The Tigers will not just cover the spread, but win the game outright. Auburn (-23) over Utah State The defending national champs may be without former star quarterback Cam Newton and former defensive tackle Nick Fairley, but they will still be too
powerful for Utah State. The Tigers will chug along with running back Michael Dyer powering to a solid seasonopening victory. Florida State (-29) over UL-Monroe Jimbo Fisher’s squad is being primped and primed for an Atlantic Coast Conference and a potential national title run. Quarterback E.J. Manuel and the Seminoles’ high-powered offense will cruise by the Warhawks defense en route to an easy victory.
Kent State (+38.5) over Alabama Alabama will win the game outright, no doubt. But the loss of former quarterback Greg McElroy will hamper the Crimson Tide right out of the gate. Quarterback A.J. McCarron may be ready eventually, but I don’t see Coach Nick Saban letting him have full control immediately. Expect a heavy dose of running back Trent Richardson and a big win. But also expect Saban to have a little mercy on his alma mater. Buffalo (+31) over Pittsburgh Pittsburgh will win this game, but a Dave Wannstedtcoached team will rarely, if ever, win by more than 31 points. This weekend will be no different. Houston (-2.5) over UCLA UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel needs to have a big season to keep himself off the proverbial hot seat. Unfortunately he will not get off to a great start this year. Houston quarterback Case Keenum will provide too much offensive firepower for the Bruins to handle. USC (-23.5) over Minnesota The Trojans are barred again from postseason play, but will still be a force to be reckoned
with, led by junior quarterback Matt Barkley. Minnesota is led by first-year head coach Jerry Kill and still appears to be in rebuilding mode. There’s not much optimism coming from Minneapolis this fall.
Oklahoma (-25) over Tulsa The Sooners come into the season with the nation’s top billing and will be able to strut their stuff Saturday. Just a week ago, wide receiver Damaris Johnson, Tulsa’s all-time all-purpose yards leader, was suspended indefinitely after being charged with embezzlement. With their top offensive threat out, the Golden Hurricane will be hard-pressed to score on the vaunted Sooners defense. Baylor (+3.5) over TCU Last season’s Cinderella story will come to a quick end in 2011. Replacing former quarterback Andy Dalton will be too much for TCU to handle and Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III will cement his Heisman candidacy with a Week One upset win. Georgia (+3.5) over Boise State Upset of the week here. Despite the fact that the Bulldogs are attempting to replace former all world receiver A.J. Green, who was drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray has a year of starting games under his belt and is ready to lead his team to its first Southeastern Conference Championship game since 2005. Rob Landry is a 23-year old mass communication senior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter @RobLandry85.
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Baylor’s Lache Seastruck runs with the football during his first workout on Aug. 24 in Waco, Texas. The running back was granted an unconditional release from the school.
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Boise State’s Kellen Moore passes Sept. 24 against Oregon State during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Boise, Idaho.
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SOCCER
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LSU travels to play Rice for fourth consecutive road match Young offense fights with strong defense Sydney Armstrong Sports Contributor
The LSU soccer team will play its fourth consecutive road match tonight as it travels to Houston, Texas, to compete against Rice. The Tigers (1-2) are coming off a dreary weekend after losing to North Carolina State, 1-0, on Aug. 29. Multiple fouls, missed shots, drawn-out weather delays and a yellow card brought the team its second loss. “The N.C. State match was the best attacking game we’ve played against a good opponent in two years, but we just couldn’t find the net,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We want to keep working on it, cleaning up some things and eventually the goals will flow.” The Owls are 2-1 this season with wins against TCU, McNeese State and Houston Baptist. Rice is off to its best start since the 2008 season when it started a 2-1
THOMAS, from page 5
Thomas showed flashes of brilliance in a loss against Auburn in January’s BCS title game, as he threw for a career-high 363 yards and two touchdowns. But Auburn’s defense also grabbed two interceptions off Thomas and forced some questionable decisions from the signal caller on several read options. The traditional criticism against Oregon’s offense in recent years has been its inability to run with consistency against stout defensive lines, like Auburn’s last year or the Ohio State front in the 2010 Rose Bowl. Thomas said the key to maintaining the Ducks’ offensive success would come from how well the unit carries out the game plan rather than the group’s renowned preference for snapping the ball quickly. “We’re obviously going to be up-tempo, but it’s not all about the tempo,” he told media earlier this week. “We have to execute our game more than anything.”
TRAVELING, from page 5
pace as a whole. “We’ve been working on not just having a fast offense but running to our places really fast and trying to beat the other team in fit level and be ahead of them every step,” she said. LSU opens with a match against Arkansas-Little Rock at 1:30 p.m. today, followed by a 6 p.m. matchup with Grambling. “Whether you win or lose, you have to turn around and play the next one,” Jones said. “It’s difficult, but it’s going to be a good challenge for us.” Flory said both teams are dan-
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record in three games. Junior defender Amy Beger, a 2010 First-Team All-Conference USA member, has been a leader on the Owls’ defense and scored a goal to help Rice beat McNeese. The Tigers have struggled
this season, getting blanked in two of the three games to begin the year. “It’s all about the youth,” Lee said. “Certainly they’re really talented and very raw. We’ve got to keep it realistic and understand there will be growing pains.”
Freshman forward Alex Cook, sophomore forward Addie Eggleston and junior forward Carlie Banks are all competing for consistent playing time. “They’re competing every day, and eventually we hope a few will emerge as the clear
The native Texan said he is looking forward to playing in front of several family members on the big stage at Cowboys Stadium. “I’ve got a lot of friends and family that are going to be there,” he said. “I’m trying to keep the pressure off, but it’s a little pressure with a lot of them coming out able to see me really for the first time in college.” Besides nearly attending LSU, Thomas knows “about 20” players on the Tiger roster from his Houston high school career, including suspended LSU wide receiver Russell Shepard. “I grew up with their quarterback, Darron Thomas,” Shepard said last month. “We know of each other, and there’s a lot of links between us and those players. It’s a friendly rivalry.” Thomas echoed those sentiments, saying there hasn’t been much trash-talking about the game in the offseason. “We’ll leave those things to the victor on the field,” he said. Thomas was also involved
in one of college football’s many offseason scandals. He was asleep in the passenger seat of a car with teammate and star cornerback Cliff Harris, who was pulled over for speeding in May. Marijuana was allegedly present in the car, and Harris has been suspended for Saturday’s game. “When I called him to bring me home from Portland [Ore.], I
got in the car and [Cliff] wasn’t even driving,” Thomas said in August. “I went to sleep and woke up with the police at the window.” Despite that potential distraction, Thomas said he will be ready for the anticipated matchup and draw on his experience in big games after kickoff. “[Playing in the national
gerous. “Anytime you have a group of great athletes, they’re going to have a breakout moment,” she said. “We just have to make sure that it’s not against us.” The Tigers face host New Mexico State on Saturday at 3 p.m. Flory said playing the Aggies at home will be difficult, but the location won’t be the only challenge; it took No. 5 Nebraska five sets to finish off the Aggies in its match last weekend.
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starters,” Lee said. “They know they have to stay on their toes in every practice or else someone will beat them out.” Senior goalkeeper Mo Isom and sophomore goalkeeper Megan Kinneman have also been competing for a starting job. Isom entered at halftime against N.C. State after Kinneman allowed the one goal of the game, letting the ball slip through her grasp in the first half. Lee said his team needs to be better in possession to increase LSU’s scoring opportunities against Rice. “We’d always like it to be faster, but there’s a progression,” Lee said. “When it comes together, we’re going to score goals in boatloads.” Following tonight’s game, LSU travels Tuesday to play the University of Houston. After a five-game road stand, the Tigers will return home Sept. 9 to play undefeated Oregon in the newly renovated LSU Soccer Stadium.
Contact Sydney Armstrong at sarmstrong@lsureveille.com championship] helps a little, but it’s not the same game,” the quarterback said. “There’ll be some jitters on our stomach, but that’ll be gone after the first play.”
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“You can say what you want about the price increase. th fact is aquiring licenses for movie rights is an expensive investment. Even with the price increase, people are getting a great deal on a huge amount of various movies. As Netfilx said, they are not concerned with new releases for streaming, but rely on films that are hard to get being part of their library. I agree, because I have found so many great foreign titles available through Netflix.
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So either accept the change or move on.” -Anonymous “I can consume an awful lot of videos from other vendors before I have to go back to Netflix... if ever” -Anonymous “It’s interesting that it is called a price increase. I have subscribed to 8 discs at a time for years paying almost $56.00 per month. Then when unlimited streaming was added for no additional cost, I had the best of both worlds. Now, Netflix is separating the 2 and my price will actually drop by $4.00 per month if I stay at this level.” -MDunn “I wouldn’t pay one dollar a month for the way they have set up their Instant webpage. They have made what was a
very enjoyable experience that I may have paid more for into a complete headache. Ive watched fewer movies this month just because I didn’t want to deal with the agravation of their website. I just canceled and switched to Amazon.” -Anonymous “I’ve been a Netflix customers since 2004. I was mad about the increase as well, (my plan will increase about $4), but it’s still a tremendous value. Years ago, they even lowered the price of some of their plans. Other than this current customer service fiasco, they’ve always provided quality customer service. I’ll stick with Netflix as long as I can afford to.” -DD Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
THE C-SECTION
Gun tax holiday is ridiculous in light of other La. tax laws Welcome to your 2011 Labor Day weekend. Many students will travel home or go on vacation to celebrate the holiday. Others will take a road trip to Texas to see the Tigers play. But many will stay in the state to observe Louisiana’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, which abolishes all taxes on firearms, ammunition, off-road vehicles and other necessary hunting supplies. Yes, my friends, you heard me correctly. Starting today and ending Sunday, there will be a 9 percent tax
break on all your hunting equipment. The holiday, created in 2009, is designed to drive Louisiana residents to local sports stores in hopes they will buy guns and hunting gear because of the tax incentive and spur the state’s economy. The Labor Day redneck jackpot will “benefit our businesses and Louisiana’s economy,” Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “This is a great opportunity for all hunters and campers to save money on the equipment they need to enjoy Sportsman’s Paradise.” Although the holiday benefits
hunters, there are three major problems with offering a state and local tax break on firearms. First, Louisiana was named 2011’s most violent state by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The rating was based upon factors such as the availability of small arms and the number of violent crimes. Louisiana ranked high in both categories. While it’s true that many firearms used in crimes are purchased illegally, most of them are also stolen — 71 percent to be exact, according to the website GunFacts.com. So is it a good idea to implement a tax incentive, indirectly putting more firearms into the hands of the criminals? Doesn’t exactly make sense, right? On another note, the holiday also adds to Louisiana’s budget deficit. If you’re somewhat cognizant of the world around you, you know the state — not to mention the University — is in need of some major funding. Guns, ammo and hunting equipment aren’t cheap. I know my friends and I pay our fair share of taxes on shotgun shells cartoon courtesy of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE when we shoot skeet every
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few weeks. So, think of the revenue lost when the state has a tax-free holiday for all of these goods — a taxfree holiday with no single-item spending limit. Yes, that’s right, there is no spending limit on individual items, and that’s another problem. Theo- Chris Grillot retically, a person Columnist can spend wads of money on the biggest items he or she wants this weekend, saving 9 percent on taxes. I find this quite strange since Louisiana’s other two tax holidays — one for hurricane preparedness and one for back-to-school supplies — have single-item spending limits of $1,500 and $2,500, respectively. While that point may make you feel uneasy, a closer look reveals something I find quite unpalatable. Only the 4 percent Louisiana state tax — and not the local one — was waived on the back-to-school holiday. Doesn’t it seem like there’s something wrong when the state gives a bigger break on firearms than on school supplies? I think so. Do we have competent legislators who actually think critically before they make decisions? Probably not.
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It’s one thing to promote a sense of outdoorsmanship since Louisiana is the “Sportsman’s Paradise,” but there should be a greater emphasis on education than on hunting. Overall, a completely tax-free weekend on firearms and hunting equipment just proves the stupidity of our state’s lawmakers. As a gun owner, I think it’s safe to say a tax break on firearms is sincerely unwarranted. The holiday could be put to better use. Our legislators shouldn’t abuse our tax-free holidays by catering to a fairly narrow demographic of people. Instead, they should use them to benefit academics and the like. All it takes is a little critical thinking to figure out the Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is unsound. Too bad our legislators are incapable of that. If they were capable, I’d go ahead and get a 9 percent tax break on a shiny new Macbook Pro, which I could use for an intelligent purpose. Instead, I guess I’ll just buy myself another rifle. Chris Grillot is a 20-year-old English and mass communication junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_cgrillot.
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Free speech shouldn’t come at such high environmental cost I love paper. out of courtesy rather than necesLet me correct myself: I love sity. I would be at your booth inrecycling paper. I particularly en- teracting with your members. joy the sound of crinkling white After bearing witness to an page corners being tossed into hour of the hustle and bustle that a large colored bin. But besides is Free Speech Plaza, I came to that, paper is a horrid waste of the best concluspace. sion I could — Despite my best efforts, people love free pamphlets, brochures and lecture stuff like magnotes are impractical for somenets and cups, one as unorganized and spatially but they hate dysfunctional as me, and they free paper. make my room look like a pigsty. The majorYet here I am, 15 brochures Priyanka Bhatia ity of the stuin hand — none of which I’ll read dents I spoke Columnist — provided lovingly by Free with told me that Speech Plaza to make me feel of all the material they’re handed like a guilty, unproductive waste in Free Speech Plaza, they only of space. read about 10 percent of it, meanYes, I would love to join your ing it either gets thrown away club and listen to your speech, immediately or shoved in a bookbut if I was actually captivated by sack and forgotten forever. your group’s mission, I wouldn’t It’s a cold world out there be rushing by, taking your papers for paper, becoming a pariah to
modern day society. But it’s a far worse existence with unnecessary amounts of paper than it is without it. As landfills across the world continuously expand and toxic materials are dumped ruthlessly in other countries, the least we can ask of our campus is to stop using paper as a means of supposedly maintaining and voicing our First Amendment rights. In terms of free speech, paper isn’t of enough importance to people to make a difference. In the end, it’s just another sad excuse for progress and complete misuse of the pure product. I love free speech, but words on paper don’t speak to me the way the members of a student organization should. I need, as many other students do, a direct interaction to know that this is where I belong.
I don’t see paper as a way to introduce myself to a group. I see it as an obligation or a reading assignment. Hannah Paul, pre-veterinary sophomore, said, “I would much rather be handed an item I could actually use, like the people who handed out gum packets with their information on it.” According to the Environmental Protection Agency, paper makes up 28 percent of our country’s solid waste, and we should jump on any opportunity to reduce that. Calendars of events and inspirational sayings may be useful and a great way to get the point across, but in terms of advertising, I would suggest using flashy billboards to attract the attention of busy pedestrians and more animated club members to maintain their interest.
Aside from the mission of the club, people want to know who they will be interacting with when they join. They want to know they will be surrounded by people with not only similar interests, but open arms and a willingness to share. They want to see the greater picture. Unfortunately, white or purple, gold or blue, paper is incapable of having such an impact, especially when it’s rarely read. Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine sophomore from San Jose, Calif. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_PBhatia.
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THE PHILIBUSTER
Big Tobacco sues FDA, smoking warning labels absurd The head honchos at Big Tobacco recently filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., against — interestingly enough — the federal government. The plaintiffs, led by J.R. Reynolds Tobacco Company, allege that the government’s newly revealed, mandatory, graphic (read: grotesque) warning labels on cigarette packages — one of the extensive regulating powers granted the Food and Drug Administration by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 — infringe upon
their constitutional rights. I know what you’re saying — it’s a patently open-and-shut case, more smokescreen litigation, mere smoke-and-mirrors politics. You’re right. Big Tobacco is blowing smoke, for all intents and purposes. But I’m breathing it — I’m with the plaintiffs. I do buy what Big Tobacco’s selling. No — really, I do. Cartons of it. I don’t smoke like a chimney. I smoke like a burning pile of tires. I’ve smoked more than the Orient Express. I’ve ashed more than Mount Vesuvius.
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As a matter of fact, comedian Bill Hicks routinely joked that he wouldn’t just go through two packs of cigarettes each day — he’d go through two lighters. I’m at three — no joke. Incidentally, Hicks is dead. However, he didn’t die from the adverse effects of cigarette smoking. You know, the ones that deter me — and the approximately 2,200 new smokers every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — from lighting up. But if you don’t know — if, like many smokers, you haven’t
yet deduced that cigarette smoking can kill you — you’re in luck. “With these new warnings,” Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius clarified, decisively clearing the acrid, smoky air that has choked the American public for far too long, “every person who picks up a pack of cigarettes is going to know exactly Phil Sweeney what risk they’re Columnist taking.” What a relief. It’s about time we were apprised of the risks of cigarette smoking. But what exactly are these new warnings? I’m chainsmoking, Secretary Sebelius — I’m just dying to know. “These labels are frank, honest and powerful depictions of the health risks of smoking and they will help encourage smokers to quit, and prevent children from smoking,” Sebelius said. Which, of course, is exactly what’s printed on cigarette packages now. Something like this, I believe: “Surgeon General’s Warning: Let Your Government Do the Thinking, America. We Know What’s Best for You.” For me, that’s frank, powerful and honest. But not for the government, which asserts cartoon courtesy of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE that cigarette packages
ought to exhibit a graphic image of the effects of smoking, that warning labels ought to cover 50 percent of the packaging and that they ought to prominently display the smoking cessation telephone number, 1-800-QUITNOW, which “will allow it to be seen at the time it is most relevant to smokers, increasing the likelihood that smokers who want to quit will be successful.” You know, because there’s a lot of digits in that phone number, and it has no discernible pneumonic device. Smokers are forgetful, after all — especially those trying to “quit now.” What’s more is that the FDA has designed nine such warning labels, presumably to enhance its collectability. Take note, Fleer, Topps, Upper Deck — this is how you ought to market trading cards. There’s a word for what this all amounts to: encroachment. Another: absurdity. Nevermind the constitutionality of the FDA’s newly revealed graphic warning labels. In Big Tobacco v. Big Brother, there’s something bigger at stake. We ought to choose sides carefully, as such, for the fact that we still have just that. A choice. Phil Sweeney is a 25-year-old English senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_PhilSweeney.
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Friday, September 2, 2011 Despite the loss of junior cornerback Cliff Harris, who was susbe, and we vow to focus on the task pended indefinitely after being cited for speeding while driving with a at hand, and that’s football.” The task at hand for the Ti- suspended license, Miles said the gers will require them to handle the Ducks’ unfamiliar defensive scheme runners-up in last season’s national will pose some challenges. “They’re a very talented championship. The Ducks return 13 group,” Miles said. starters from the “They have a nice team that cruised to Going to the game? scheme that’s difthe Pac-10 champi- Here are a few travel tips: onship in 2010. • Less traffic comes from the south and ficult to master in a short week. Thank “They are very west sides of Cowboys Stadium. goodness we have talented,” Miles • Officers working the streets can tell some time.” said. “[Oregon you the most direct route to your Having time Coach] Chip Kelly has typically paid has done a mag- destination. nificent job since • Park in areas marked with a black “P” off for Miles, who he has been there. inside a green circle. Vehicles parked holds a 16-2 record in games in which I watched all three elsewhere could be towed. of their phases and • Officers will enforce the “no refusal” he had more than a week to prepare. they have talent at drunk-driving policy on Labor Day But with so many every spot.” weekend. changes to the startAnd perhaps • Lincoln Square, located near the ing lineup, Miles Oregon’s most tal- stadium, will charge $40 per vehicle has been forced to ented players all to park and $10 to take a shuttle to adapt. line up on one side Cowboys Stadium. A receipt from a Sophomore — the offense. Junior quarter- Lincoln Square restaurant gets you free wide receiver Kadron Boone will fill back Darron Thom- parking. compiled by JULIANN ALLEN in for Shepard, who as — a secondteam All-Pac-10 selection in 2010 — and junior running back LaMichael James — who finished third in last season’s Heisman Trophy voting — return to lead a fast-paced Oregon offense that Miles said can run a play every six to eight seconds. That doesn’t seem to faze sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery. “These guys run like track players, but they’re agile like basketball players,” Montgomery said. “They can move very quickly between two yards. I used to play basketball myself, and all our defensive linemen are athletes. It’s going to be a pretty good battle.” Since Texas A&M also ran a similar fast-paced offense, LSU began preparing for an up-tempo offense before the Cotton Bowl. The Tigers utilized freshmen Jakhari Gore and Jerrard Randall to simulate James and Thomas during the offseason. “[Oregon] gets a lot of guys tired, not ready and not set, so they break big plays because people aren’t in their right lanes,” said sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers. “We’ve been running tempo plays faster than they run them to be prepared for what they run.” But despite all the recognition the Oregon offense received, the defense earned respect in its own right. The Ducks finished No. 12 in the nation, allowing just 18.7 points per game.
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