The November 16 Issue of The Southern Digest

NEWS

Jindal hits road ... again

STATE & NATION

SPORTS

Rutgers case spurs measure. pg. 5

Also: Hoops updates pg. 7

nJ advances anti-bullying law

Making rounds with new book. pg. 3

sU stung by asU loss

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HBCUs seek online presence

Jaguar Blue Card to make muchanticipated debut next semester; officials explain how it will work by evan taylor DiGesT ONLiNe MANAGer

by Kathy matheson

Southern University provides new options for students to receive their refund money in a more timely manner.

“This is the key to unlocking how students receive their refunds,” said Aaron Poach, Campus Relations Coordinator of Higher One Corporation.

The launch of the Jaguar Blue Card from Higher One, in partnership with Bancorp Bank, will offer a new option for students to receive their refund money.

“This will hopefully get the students their refunds faster, resulting in happier students and leave a lot less paperwork for the University offices,” said Mark Trepangier of the Comptroller’s Office.

The allocation-of-funds process starts in financial aid where awards are declared, next the comptroller’s office calculates charges and processes the refunds; lastly, Information Systems Division creates a file to send to Higher One. The file is

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campus SmithBrown Memorial Union for students to have access to withdraw cash from their Higher One account. Students will be able to withdraw up to $500 daily free of charge.

“The Jaguar Blue Card is a MasterCard debit card and can be used anywhere MasterCard is accepted,” said Poach.

Students should make sure their address on Jagnet is correct. The Jaguar Blue Card will be sent to a student’s home and they must activate it on their own.

“As long as the information is processed before two o’clock (during business days)

PHILADELPHIA — When Michael Hill needed a doctoral program with the flexibility to let him continue working fulltime as a Lincoln University administrator, he chose an online degree from another institution.

With such firsthand experience, Hill is now trying to start an online program at Lincoln. It’s one of many historically black colleges and universities that has yet to enter a booming cybereducation market that could be particularly lucrative for black colleges.

Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent of students at for-profit institutions — many of which are online, according to an American Council on Education report released this year.

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transported to a card, resembling student’s current IDs; the Jaguar Blue Card will become active in Spring 2011.

“Higher One will be able to direct deposit (one’s) refund on the same day as the information is received from the university. If a student chooses to have (his or her) refund deposited into a personal account it should take anywhere from one to three business days,” Poach said.

Higher One will provide an ATM on

Congress back for lame-duck session

by Jim abrams The AssOCiATeD press

WASHINGTON — Dejected Democrats and invigorated Republicans returned to the Capitol Monday to face a mountain of unfinished work and greet more than 100 mainly Republican freshmenelect lawmakers determined to change how they do business.

Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, in line to become speaker when the new Republican-led Congress convenes in January, told GOP newcomers Sunday evening that they may spend

their next two years doing just two things: stopping what he called “job-killing policies” and the “spending binge.”

“The American people are sick and tired of the ‘Washington knows best’ mentality. All the power in this town is on loan from the people,” he told the group, which he noted includes seven farmers, six physicians, three car dealers, two funeral home directors, a former FBI agent, a pizzeria owner, an NFL lineman, and an airline pilot.

On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell met 12 of the 13 newly

elected Republicans. He noted that two years ago there were only two freshmen Republicans, and said the new class would bring a “huge improvement” to the Senate.

First, though, lawmakers must slog through the postelection session that, as with past lame ducks, is expected to be unpopular and largely unproductive.

Republicans are looking ahead to January, when they will take back control of the House; many Democratic lawmakers and staff are more focused on cleaning out their desks and looking for new jobs.

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house Majority Whip James Clyburn of s.C. speaks during a news conference in Washington. seven weeks ahead of the GOp house takeover, hobbled Democrats and invigorated republicans returned Mondayto a testy tax dispute and a lengthy to-do list for a post-election session of Congress unlikely to achieve any landmark legislation.

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The Southern University Ticket Office announced tickets for the State Farm Bayou Classic are still available for SU students, faculty and staff and SU System personnel.

Student discounts are $20. All other tickets range from $15 to $50.

Tickets can be purchased at the SU Ticket Office at 7722 Scenic Highway from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday.

The Food Management/ Culinary Management emphasis prepares students for an exciting and challenging career in the nation’s largest business: food. Graduates assume a variety of careers in the food industry as research chefs or product developers or in food systems management as managers in the expanding hospitality industry.

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Participants will meet in front of Totty Hall at 6:30 A.M., Thursday, Nov. 18. Help keep our campus beautiful.

Sponsors: The Office of the Ombuds and the Student Orientation Leaders and town hall meeting S.O.L.A., S.G.A, The Ambassadors.

Chancellor’s Office, Office NOVEMBER 20 of Ombuds, and Academic and Student Affairs presents: SU Now and blacK Farmers ForUm Forever: The Chancellor/ The public is invited to SGA President’s Town attend a Black Farmers Forum Hall Meeting. You are Saturday, Nov. 20 from 10 cordially invited…If you a.m-2 p.m. at Mount Pilgrim are concerned about the Baptist Church, located at future of this institution, 9700 Scenic Highway. have innovative ways you Thomas Burrell, president think we can reduce our and CEO of the Black budget and save money, Farmers and Agriculturalists can think of creative Association, will be the ways we can increase guest speaker. The forum our enrollment and raise is designed to educate tuition rate. We want to and provide information hear from you SU! Today regarding the federal consent at 6 p.m. in the School of decree and black farmers Nursing Auditorium. settlement. majors campus-wide.

Meetings are held every Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Room 222 of T.T. Allain.

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For more information contact Ms. Toni Jackson at 225.771.5883 or via e-mail at toni_jackson@ subr.edu or Room 235 B in T.T. Allain.

Nov. 17-19, A twoday event filled with career planning exercises, workshops, counseling and lectures that emphasize the selection of realistic career choices, the charting of career paths, resume’ preparation, development of good interviewing skills and life skills. Open to all majors. Contact Ms. Toni Jackson at toni_jackson@ subr.edu or stop by Room 235B in T.T Allain Hall.

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This image provided by NBC “Today” shows Matt Lauer interviewing Gov. Bobby Jindal on NBC’s TODAY show Monday

Jindal says book is about his concerns for America By melinda deslatte the associated press

As Gov. Bobby Jindal began a weeklong, multistate tour to support his new book “Leadership and Crisis,” the Republican reiterated Monday that he doesn’t intend to run for president in 2012.

The book has renewed speculation of Jindal’s national political ambitions, as Republicans look for leaders to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama.

The governor stays mum on his future plans in the writings. But in an interview with The Associated Press, Jindal said his sights are firmly set on a re-election campaign in Louisiana, not the White House.

“I’m not being coy at all. I’m not running for president in 2012. Period. No ifs, ands or buts, no caveats. I am running for reelection in 2011, next year,” he said. “We have made great progress in Louisiana, but we’ve got a lot more work to do.”

He also shot down one of the latest political rumors around the Louisiana Capitol, that he might be leaving within the coming months to lead the Republican National Committee rather than deal with the state’s budget troubles and an expected testy legislative session. Jindal said he’s not going to work for the RNC. Jindal said he wrote the book because he has policy ideas he wants to share with the nation and concerns about the future of the country.

“I think the country’s at an inflection point.

I’m very concerned about the country we leave behind for our children and grandchildren,” he said. “I think this was an important time

to speak out about the direction our country is taking and the alternative and the ability to turn this around.”

Jindal, who’s been in the governor’s office since 2008, also said he thinks Louisiana’s experiences with energy policy, education changes and disaster response — coping with four powerful hurricanes and a disastrous oil spill in the last five years — can be of help to the rest of the nation.

The book is part autobiography and part conservative policy points. It charts the rise of the 39-year-old son of Indian immigrants to the governor’s office, while also criticizing the Obama administration, national Democrats and the “intellectual elite.”

Throughout the pages, Jindal describes his vision for the GOP on policies including health care, immigration and terrorism.

He criticizes what he calls a sense of entitlement held by many members of Congress, and he writes that Republicans have often become “Democrats Lite,” supporting large spending proposals because of fear they’ll be seen as uncaring for the needy.

Some of the book’s harshest criticism is reserved for the Obama administration’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

He calls it “lackadaisical” and writes that Obama was too concerned about his image instead of the spill’s damage.

Initially planned for a July rollout, the book was delayed because of the spill.

Jindal was in New York on Monday to support “Leadership and Crisis” and planned later trips this week to California and Washington, D.C.

blue card from page 1 the funds will be posted to the Higher One account that same day,” said Trepangier.

Students can choose whether to receive direct deposits into their personal checking account or open an Higher One account and get their refunds directly deposited onto the Jaguar Blue Card.

“Students can utilize gametime and view the activation demo on the Higher One website,” said Poach.

The Activation Demo website is, www.HigherOne.com/activationdemo. Game Time found at www.HigherOne.com/gametime is a resource for students with cards.

EasyHelp is Higher One’s self-service customer care channel. Students can search for an answer to a question, or even ask a question they have about Higher One, or the OneAccount, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Students can direct deposit to the OneAccount through Higher One’s FDIC insured, fully functioning checking account. Students can sign up for a Refund Notification to alert them when the money has been deposited into their account.

audience, also sees the market’s potential. The longtime historical black college and unversity booster and philanthropist has invested about $7 million to start HBCUsOnline.com, an educational services venture run by his son.

“My father noticed very early on that a lot of the students doing the online education boom were members of his listening audience,” said Tom Joyner Jr. “Those listeners could be better served by HBCUs.” While black colleges only enroll about 11 percent of all black students, their traditions and legacies still resonate in the African-American community. It makes sense that those schools would want to recapture students from forprofits like the University of Phoenix, said Richard Garrett, managing director of the consulting firm Eduventures.

“This is, to us, an expected and logical trend,” Garrett said. “It’s ambitious, the timing is right. There’s a lot of opportunity there.”

The Sloan Consortium for online education estimates about one-third of the country’s 4,500 universities offer online degrees. But only about 10 percent of the nation’s 105 historically black colleges do, according to the White House Initiative on historical black institutions. (Larger percentages offer online courses without degrees.)

“In order to keep pace and add institutional versatility, we should be

in this space,” said John Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative.

Part of the problem is money: Black colleges generally have small endowments and are largely tuitiondependent. Many don’t have the technological infrastructure to support online education, said Marybeth Gasman, an HBCU expert at the University of Pennsylvania.

The schools also have struggled with low retention and graduation rates, partly because of students’ financial backgrounds. Some officials worry that online student dropouts could further drag down those rates, possibly affecting accreditation, said Ezell Brown, CEO of Education Online Services, another company working to put black colleges online.

Also at issue is whether the nurturing campus environment often touted by black colleges can be replicated in cyberspace. To be successful online, the schools must offer strong student advising and a cultural component that somehow virtually conveys the campus ethos, Gasman said.

Dallas-based HBCUsOnline.com, which launched in September, aims to be a one-stop shop for browsing online programs at black schools. The site promises students personal guidance “from registration to graduation.”

Joyner Jr. said the company is targeting adult learners 25 and older

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Tougher antibullying law advances in NJ By angela delli santi the associated press

TRENTON, N.J. — Sixteenyear-old Matthew Zimmer told lawmakers at a hearing Monday on toughening New Jersey’s anti-bullying law that he withdrew from his public high school to escape being tormented because he’s gay.

The Bergen County teen said his teachers sometimes took part in the bullying — one outed him during a class — and neither they nor the principal ever disciplined the tormenters.

Zimmer attended the same high school as Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman who jumped off the George Washington Bridge this fall after his tryst with another man was broadcast online.

Senate and Assembly panels approved the measure Monday, and the bill now moves to the full House and Senate.

The legislation strengthens a 2002 state anti-bullying law, which was crafted after 12 students and a teacher were killed at Columbine High School in Colorado by two students who had been taunted as outcasts for years. That law encouraged public schools to create antibullying programs, while the revamped measure requires such programs and establishes

deadlines for compliance.

“As we all know, bullying is widespread. It has reached crisis proportions, and its effects are devastating,” said Senate Democratic Leader Barbara Buono, who sponsored the original anti-bullying law and the version now under consideration in the Senate.

An anti-bullying commission created in 2007 to look at the law determined that school districts could ignore antibullying recommendations and recommended more stringent provisions.

The new bill requires public school teachers and staff to receive training in suicide prevention and dealing with bullying. It also requires school districts to establish anti-bullying programs and sets deadlines for teachers and administrators to deal with complaints.

The measure has bipartisan support in the Legislature.

John Tomicki of the League of American Families questioned whether the bill violated the U.S. Constitution by restricting free speech. Others said requiring schools to keep bullying records would cost money that districts don’t have.

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle said bullying

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John Otto, 17, of Haddonfield, N.J., listens to a question about his suffering through bullying at Haddonfield Memorial High School, as he stands at a podium with his mother Kim Otto Monday in Trenton, N.J., as they join a group of people holding signs while standing outside the New Jersey Statehouse as lawmakers hold hearings inside into a bill that would toughen New Jersey’s anti-bullying laws.

experts estimate that 160,000 students avoid school each day because they fear being tormented.

“Every day there is a student in an elementary school, high school or even a college who feels a sense of fear and emotional dread every time he or she steps foot into the school building or signs onto the Internet,” Vainieri Huttle said. “For some students, it will hinder their academic performance. For others, it will mean something unspeakably worse.”

The proposed law requires that school districts’ antibullying policies also address intimidation that occurs off school grounds, including

online. That could invite legal challenges, said Ed Barocas, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

Lawmakers heard emotional testimony from victims of bullying and their parents urging them to enact the tougher law.

Corey Bernstein, 15, testified that he was bullied throughout elementary and middle school.

The Millburn teen said he considers himself lucky “to have made it through alive.”

Kim Otto of Haddonfield said her son, John, collapsed in a heap at her feet one day saying he no longer wanted to live because the bullying at his school had become so intolerable.

The state underestimated the number of public school students this year, leaving the funding formula for school districts short an estimated $42 million and adding to the financial problems facing the Jindal administration and lawmakers.

The Louisiana Department of Education has notified Gov. Bobby Jindal of the shortfall.

Lawmakers and the governor’s office will need to find the money to fill the gap before the 2010-11 fiscal year ends June 30.

Rene Greer, a spokeswoman for the education department, said 9,000 more students were in state public schools on Oct. 1 than had been included in the budget estimates. The formula approved by lawmakers had been based on 658,000 students statewide.

“We are analyzing the data at this time to determine where the growth occurred,” Beth Scioneaux, deputy superintendent of the education department’s finance office, said in an e-mail Monday. She said she’d have more information later this week.

The $3.3 billion public school funding formula, called the Minimum Foundation Program, or MFP, divvies up dollars to school districts based on the number and type of students they have and the individual districts’ wealth.

Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying By phillip rawls the associated press

MARION, Ala. — A white former state trooper pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge in the 1965 shooting death of a black man at a civil rights protest, a killing that inspired historic voting rights marches.

James Bonard Fowler, 77, entered the plea of misdemeanor second-degree manslaughter two weeks before he was scheduled to go to trial on a murder charge for the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson.

It was the latest in a string of longunresolved killings from the civil rights era brought to court by a new generation of local or federal prosecutors.

Jackson’s shooting in the city of Marion set off a protest march at nearby Selma that became known as “Bloody Sunday” when troopers and deputies attacked marchers after they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River.

The violence galvanized the movement, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who preached at Jackson’s funeral, later led the Selma-to-Montgomery march that was completed and prompted passage of

the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Fowler was sentenced to six months in jail in Geneva County, his home county.

Fowler was accused of shooting Jackson in Mack’s Cafe as a protest march turned into a melee in Marion on the night of Feb. 18, 1965. Fowler claimed Jackson was trying to grab the trooper’s gun and that he fired in self-defense. Witnesses said Jackson was trying to protect his mother and grandfather, who had been clubbed to the floor.

District Attorney Michael Jackson, who in 2005 became the first black prosecutor elected in Marion County, reopened the case and took it before a county grand jury, which indicted Fowler on a murder charge in May 2007. Jackson, who died at a Selma hospital days after the shooting, is now honored in civil rights museums in Alabama as a martyr of the movement.

Fowler, who apologized to Jackson’s family after entering the plea Monday, said he didn’t mean to kill anyone that night in 1965.

“I was coming over here to save lives.

I didn’t mean to take lives. I wish I could

redo it,” he said.

Defense attorney George Beck said Fowler agreed to plead guilty to the reduced charge because he was concerned he couldn’t get a fair trial in Perry County and his health is poor.

“He wants to put it behind him,” he said. “It puts to rest a long chapter of civil rights history here in Perry County.”

The district attorney recommended the plea to the family. He said he wanted Fowler to acknowledge what he did, apologize to the family and serve some time behind bars.

“This is almost like a death sentence for him at his age,” he said.

But Jackson’s daughter, Cordelia Billingsley, said, “This is supposed to be closure, but there will never be closure.”

Fowler could have received a maximum sentence of one year. He will be on probation for six months after serving six months in jail. The district attorney said Geneva County was chosen because of safety concerns if Fowler were jailed in Perry County, where the shooting happened.

Shortly after the shooting, federal and

state grand juries conducted reviews and brought no charges. The new district attorney, however, reopened it, as have other federal and state prosecutors taking new looks at civil rights era violence in the South in recent years.

Among those brought to trial decades after the crimes were Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton, former Ku Klux Klansmen convicted of murder in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls.

Fowler’s case had exceeded the most drawn-out civil rights cold case prosecution so far. Three years and two months elapsed between the indictment and 2004 conviction of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith for the slaying of Medgar Evers in Mississippi in 1963.

Fowler was indicted in May 2007 — three years and six months ago.

The delay was chiefly because of disagreements between the prosecutor and Circuit Judge Tommy Jones, who is white. Jackson had challenged the judge’s order to give the defense a list of potential witnesses and their expected testimony.

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Late loss stings

Women split in Texas

by MorrIS dILLard digest sports writer

For many reasons, the Southern Jaguars will not end the season as Western Division champs in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game Dec. 11.

To illustrate, the closing moments of Saturday night’s 21-19 home finale loss to Alabama State, exemplified the frustration head coach Stump Mitchell subtly held throughout the season.

Specifically, the Jaguars did everything but win in Mitchell’s first year.

On the losing end of five consecutive games, senior defensive tackle Jordan Miller said the defense came ready to play on one of the biggest game of their careers.

“There are three phases to the game…I think one phase well. I thought defense played pretty good for us,” Mitchell said after the game. “Offensively, we had too many penalties.”

On their final drive, the offense came within a two-point conversion of tying the game with 16 seconds remaining in regulation.

“We had them where we wanted them,” Mitchell said. “Unfortunately, a young man got personal instead of just walking away.”

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“I thought he gave it the best look he could, in terms of staying in the pocket,” Mitchell said.

McGinty, who hadn’t played since Oct. 23, replaced freshman quarterback Dray Joseph in the first half and finished 5-for-

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —The Southern women’s basketball team bounced back from a season-opening loss with a blowout win at the Holiday InnEmerald Beach Islanders TipOff Classic.

The Jaguars (1-1) took down host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 73-51 in the consolation game Saturday, rebounding from a 76-52 loss at the hands of No. 22 Iowa Friday. The Hawkeyes won the tournament, posting a 50-47 win over Arkansas State.

Guard Hannah Kador earned All-Tournament honors, joining TAMU-CC’s Anitra Jeffery, the Iowa duo of Kachine Alexander and Kamille Wahlin along with the Arkansas State pair of Ne Ne Hurst and Quinishia McDowell.

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southern’s brian Mccain (45) loses his helmet as sylvester nzekwe (33) dives across the goal line in the closing seconds of saturday’s game against alabama state. Mccain was flagged for a personal foul on the play, pushing back a potential game-tying two-point conversion. the Jags’ rally fell short as the hornets held on for a 21-19 win.

Still, penalties, which haunted the Jaguars all year, stood alive when officials flagged fullback Brian McCain for a personal foul after a one-yard touchdown by tailback Sylvester Nzekwe to narrow the gap 21-19.

The two-point conversion failed after the ASU’s defense swarmed over McGinty when flushed out of the pocket, scrambling for the end zone.

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Tough sledding

women split from page 7 Southern takes on another set of Jaguars – South Alabama’s – in its home opener 5:30 p.m. Friday at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Jags open season with blowout losses to Gonzaga, Washington State digest news service

The Inland Northwest was not kind to Southern this weekend, as the Jaguars opened the 201011 campaign with back-to-back blowout losses.

The Jaguars (0-2) fell 86-47 to Washington State Saturday, one day and nearly 80 miles after suffering a 117-72 defeat at 12th-ranked Gonzaga.

The Jaguars return to the F.G. Clark Activity Center Wednesday for their home opener against AuburnMontgomery at 7 p.m. Southern follows that home tilt with a Friday game against Tougaloo at 7 p.m.

Wash. State 86, SU 47

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State starting point guard Reggie Moore is out indefinitely with an aggravated wrist injury, putting the Cougars in a bind as they opened the season against Southern on Saturday night.

But only a little bind, as Washington State crushed Southern 86-47.

Once Washington State clicked, there was no stopping it. The Cougars led 41-18 at halftime and was paced by Klay Thompson, who took over for Reggie Moore at point guard and had 13 of his 15 points in the first half.

Faisal Aden, a junior-college transfer, led all scorers with 18 points, 11 in the second half.

Typically a threat from beyond the arc, Aden hit just one 3-pointer, but he connected

Southern 73, TAMU-CC 51

on long 2-pointers and slipped through the key for layups with relative ease.

The Cougars had four players finish in double figures, with DeAngelo Casto adding 16 points and Brock Motum 14.

Marcus Capers finished with eight points and a game-high 15 rebounds.

Quinton Doggett led Southern with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Gonzaga 117, SU 72

SPOKANE, Wash. — Steven Gray, Gonzaga’s lone senior, scored 25 points to lead the 12th-ranked Bulldogs in their season opener. After the game, however, Gray was praising the play of freshman Mathis Monninghoff.

Monninghoff and Gray combined to go 9 of 12 from 3-point range and Monninghoff finished with 12 points to lead Gonzaga to a 117-72 win over Southern University on Friday night.

Gray had nine assists and Gonzaga had six players score in double figures. Sam Dower scored 15 points, Elias Harris added 12, Robert Sacre contributed 11 and Kelly Olynyk finished with 10.

Madut Bol led Southern with 12 points, while Julius Ingram, Patrick Coleman and Jameel Grace all scored nine. The Jaguars shot 41.1 percent from the field.

The Bulldogs led 56-30 at halftime and extended the lead to 91-50 with 7:57 remaining.

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Southern guard Michael Celestin (32) draws a foul on Washington State guard Dre’ Winston Jr. (25) during the first half on an NCAA college basketball game Saturday.

Gonzaga, which had all 12 players see action, led by as many as 48 points.

Gonzaga started slow, holding a 22-20 lead with 9:55 remaining in the first half. But the Bulldogs woke up and went on a 31-7 run over the last 7:45 of the half to take a 56-30 lead.

Gonzaga used its taller lineup to wear down the Jaguars. Gonzaga started two 7-footers, Sacre and Olynyk, and controlled the paint by holding a 57-16 rebounding

margin. Gonzaga made 13 of 22 3-pointers and shot 54.2 percent (39 of 71) from the field.

Southern didn’t have the size to battle Gonzaga in the paint with their tallest starter, Doggett, listed at 6-8.

Gonzaga and Southern had never faced each other although the programs are familiar with each other because Southern’s athletic director, Greg LaFleur, is the father of Sacre, Gonzaga’s center. LaFleur was a tight end in the NFL from 1981-86.

SWAC Tourney slate set digest news service

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The eight-team SWAC volleyball tournament field has been set with Alabama A&M (SWAC East) and Prairie View A&M (SWAC West) earning No. 1 seeds.

Jackson State and ArkansasPine Bluff earned No. 2 seeds, while Mississippi Valley State and Southern earned No. 3 seeds. Alabama State and Texas Southern round out the field with No. 4 seeds.

The top four teams in each division, seeded by conference record, qualify for the league tournament. Alabama A&M and Mississippi Valley State earned the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds in the East under the SWAC tie-breaker format. Jackson State still has one conference match left, a contest against Alcorn State on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The SWAC volleyball tournament begins on Fri., Nov. 19, with the title match taking place on Nov. 20.

No. 1 Alabama A&M (12-10, 7-1 SWAC East) will play the No. 4 seed from the west, Texas

Southern, on Friday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. Texas Southern enters the tournament with a 5-18 (3-5 SWAC West) mark.

The Panthers of Prairie View A&M (12-17, 8-0 SWAC West) won the league’s Western Division and will play No. 4 Alabama State on Friday, Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. The Hornets enter the tournament with an 11-19 (3-5 SWAC East) record.

The 2/3 contest has Eastern Division No. 2 seed Jackson State (24-11, 6-1 SWAC East) taking on Western Division No. 3 seed Southern (13-15, 4-4 SWAC West). The match will take place on Friday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. When the two teams met earlier this year, the Tigers took a pair of 3-0 victories at home and on the road.

The other 2/3 matchup pits No. 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6-22, 5-3 SWAC West) against No. 3 Mississippi Valley State (21-9, 3-5 SWAC East) on Friday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m.

Alabama State University in will serve as host for the tournament.

Southern took an early 10-7 lead before reeling off nine unanswered to increase its lead to 19-7. The Islanders responded later in the first half, going on a 12-1 run to take a 26-25 lead.

The Jaguars played longball to regain control, knocking down four-straight treys to end the first half on a 12-0 run and taking a 40-30 lead into halftime.

The Jags put the clamps on TAMU-CC, going on an 18-7 run to open the second half.

Southern shot 42.9 from the field in the second half as it put the game away.

Tiffany Foster led SU with a game-high 18 points, including 5-for-5 from the land of three.

The Jaguars outrebounded the Islanders 57-34, including 25 offensive rebounds. Laneisha Stephens added a double-double, scoring 11 points and snagging 12 boards for Southern.

Jeffery paced the Islanders with nine points and 11 rebounds.

Iowa 76, Southern 52

Kelly Krei matched her career high with 20 points and Alexander added 16 as No. 22 Iowa took control early Friday to beat Southern 76-52 in the Islander Tip-Off Tournament.

Krei grabbed 10 rebounds and Alexander nine for the Hawkeyes, who held a 47-40 edge on the boards in the season opener for both teams. Jaime Printy had 16 points for Iowa.

Ashley Augerson scored 14 points and Kador 12 for SU. Southern led 4-3 less than 2 minutes into the game. But the Hawkeyes went on a 25-5 run over the next 11 minutes, highlighted by eight points from Alexander and six from Krei.

The Jaguars shot just 29.9 percent from the field.

loss stings from page 7 22 passing for 47 yards and two interceptions.

“I just thought Dray was off,” Mitchell said. “We had some opportunities to complete some big balls and we didn’t do it, so I thought I needed to make a change.”

Joseph completed eight of 19 passed for 81 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown pass to LaQuinton Evans in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead.

From there, ASU (7-3, 6-3) clinched the SWAC Eastern Division title with the win.

“It’s a huge win for us,” said Hornets head coach Reggie Barlow. “We got guys that are really banged up and they fought any way.”

It is the first time Southern (2-8, 1-7) has lost eight games in one season since 1981.

A loss to Grambling would give Southern its first nine-loss season in school history.

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The Knight Life

By Keith Knight

Astro-Graph Much restlessness and a strong desire to acquire knowledge will grow stronger within you in the future, giving you powerful urges to travel. Gratify this through numerous short trips rather than one long journey.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22): Although you won’t be putting on any airs or affectations, you are likely to make a far more dynamic impression than usual on others, simply by relaxing and being the person you really are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21): By doing something different, such as preparing a special food that everybody likes or bringing home a person whom the entire family loves, you could make this day special and extremely upbeat.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): What gives you the edge over everybody else is your ability to think on your feet. This will be especially advantageous if you’re involved in some kind of competitive involvement.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19): Try to get anything of a monetary nature finalized, especially if it is something important. You will be highly successful at gaining your aims and fulfilling your goals.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20): Keep your plans from being too tightly structured, and you’ll have better chances of advancing your goals. The secret to being successful is having an ability to quickly make adjustments when needed.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use both your intuitive and deductive faculties for sorting out information that

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could be vital when sizing up something of importance. You must be a shrewd analyst.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone you recently met would like to introduce you to the social circle s/he is part of. Go with your social side and meet these people, because they could open up a brave new world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do not give up on an objective that is appearing to be unreachable and/or elusive. Things could take on a surprising twist and put victory in the palm of your hand.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t get upset if plans you thought were already formulated end up in need of some corrections, when you receive new and unusual information that you previously lacked.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A repeat performance might be in the making concerning something that provided a small windfall in the past. The same kind of circumstances could present themselves once again.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): Be a good listener if you find yourself once again in the company of someone you respect and admire. This person is likely to have something of great interest to share with you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Something unusual but good having to do with your work or career is likely to manifest. It might provide you with information that you’ll be able to put to immediately profitable use.

——— Copyright 2010, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

ACROSS 1 Dit partner 4 Harvest moon mo.

7 Pinnacle 11 Freud topic 12 Remunerated 14 Mutual-fund charge 15 Wizard 17 Respiratory organ 18 Let go by 19 Shout of glee 21 Wharf denizen 22 A conjunction 23 Bored responses 26 Soprano counterparts 29 Auction site 30 Motown’s Diana 31 Lean-to 33 Harbor vessel 34 Chair parts 35 Enticement 36 Swiss lake 38 Played charades 39 Japanese veggie 40 Playing marble 41 Gloomy 44 Trouble brewing 48 Adams or McClurg 49 Midwest menaces 51 Broncos do it 52 H.H. Munro’s pen name 53 Playful bite 54 Verne captain 55 Blended whiskey 56 Hirt and Pacino DOWN 1 He loved Lucy 2 Thrilled 3 Phone, slangily 4 Puccini works 5 Insert mark

6 Dead heat 7 Gridiron elite (hyph.)

8 — d’etat 9 Thick head of hair 10 Border 13 Lack of moisture 16 Like a stale joke 20 Charged particles 23 In spite of that 24 Put — — in one’s ear 25 “Minimum” amount 26 Livy’s togs 27 Baba au — 28 Certain 30 Uprisings

32 Danson or Turner 34 Helen of Troy’s mother 35 Zodiac sign 37 — uno 38 Disney mouse 40 Clouded, as a liquid 41 “Jurassic Park” star 42 — fixe 43 Where Anna taught 45 St. Vincent Millay or Ferber 46 Muddy up 47 Cookbook amts.

50 Paddle kin

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Lesbian mother gives student new outlook When you’re young, and I imagine even when you’re old, it’s scary when your parents cry. I remember the day my mother sat me and my sisters down on the steps of our townhome; it was in the spring of my junior year in High School.

“We’re getting a divorce,” my mother said bluntly. I was more hurt for my stepfather, scared that he was going to cry. My mother was leaving him for another woman.

My mom is gay. She has been for almost four years now. I don’t know if my dad saw it coming, or even my stepfather, but I knew. I don’t know if I was supposed to know or not, but I knew long before she told me.

I had accidentally stumbled across my mother’s diary from her younger years, where she explained that she was introduced to homosexuality at a very young age. At the end of my junior year, my mom informed us that we would be leaving our home in Florida to move to Atlanta with her partner Karen.

I didn’t know how to explain to my friends why I wouldn’t be returning back to school for my senior year. I kept it a

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secret from my friends and their superholy Baptist parents.

I knew they were too religious to even understand what I was going through.

Most of my friends come from homes where a mother and father were present.

After inviting them into my home, I was forced to explain my living situation and how we were now a family.

On top of that, we were poor. My mom looked at this as an opportunity to receive a better job and to live without financial stress. To me, her partner was a home wrecker. The thought of living with a complete stranger was hard enough.

My mom raised my younger sisters and me on her own while working, going to school and paying for whatever we needed to have a normal childhood.

However, what I was about to experience was far from normal.

I was old enough to understand the decision my mom made, yet I didn’t agree with it. My mom brought us up in the church, and we were raised to believe that homosexuality was a sin, according to 1 Corinthians 6: 9-10.

I refused to believe other people’s impressions of her based on her sexuality, that she had ruined our family or that she was going to hell.

In fact, after it dawned on me that my mom was only trying to be happy, I had to ignore the judgmental people that tried to turn me against my mother.

I stood up for my mom and who she was as a person.

I could never believe my mom was a bad person. In fact, now I think she’s the best mom I could ever have hoped for.

I finally got the nerve to talk to my mom about why she did what she did?

Why she left my stepfather of thirteen

years for Karen?

She said it was the first time she had really felt loved, and the fact that it was a woman didn’t make a difference. Karen, like my mother, is a genuine, caring person, who also grew up in the church.

My mother and Karen actually attended the same high school.

They had the same mutual friends and grew up in the same neighborhood. They reunited at their 25-year class reunion.

Who knew from that day forward they would be on their way to planning a summer wedding in four years. My mom is gay, and I love her for it. It made us both stronger. Her loving personality has been the greatest sanctuary growing up.

I wish I could express my gratitude and love for her so that people could understand how unconditional my love for her is. I want to tell her, and everyone else, that I’m glad she followed her heart and did what made her happy, because she made me happy in the process.

——— Ashli Doss writes for The Famuan, the Florida A&M University student newspaper, which originally published this article.

Jindal book about national aspirations Anyone still questioning whether Bobby Jindal’s sights reach well beyond the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion or that this state is but a stepping stone to his larger political ambitions should check out his book when it’s released on Monday.

In “Leadership and Crisis,” Jindal talks immigration policy, deficiencies he sees in the Obama administration, congressional term limits, terrorism strategy, the worth of the United Nations, international relations and problems with European government systems.

He includes a seven-point list of proposals Republican members of Congress should work to enact nationally. He talks of how he thinks the GOP has strayed from its core beliefs.

He complains that Democratic President Barack Obama “has ushered in the biggest expansion of the old, top-down, centralized government model our country has ever seen.”

Not really the stuff of day-to-day policymaking in Baton Rouge.

The conservative manifesto hits all the boilerplate talking points, not straying too far into the squishy details of how he’d change policies if he was in charge — and never directly suggesting he wants to be in charge, though why else would you write such a book?

It’s not to say Jindal, a Republican in office for nearly three years, never mentions Louisiana. He does often, but largely to provide a brief autobiography of what he calls “a life that was like ‘Leave It to Beaver’ with a Louisiana twist” and to tell the story of his Indian immigrant parents, who he assures readers are perfectly assimilated to the United States.

Jindal reaffirms that he is not a hyphenated American but that he’s “from Baton Rouge, by God, Louisiana. I am an American. Period.”

Also, every so often he throws in some comments about his work as Louisiana’s governor — not really about the troubles facing the state or the work he has yet to do here, just the tidbits of how he says he

improved a corrupt culture, broadened educational opportunities and strongly handled disasters while federal officials dragged their feet.

Sufficient to say, his recounting of history since he entered office in 2008 is a bit rosy and counts among his list of achievements some policies that haven’t been enacted yet, let alone successful.

He tells anecdotes about his time on the campaign trail in his failed bid for governor in 2003 and his successful race four years later, and he opens the book with a Louisiana-centered story in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

But while he writes of the beauty of the state’s marshlands and the resilience of its people, he spends much of the oil spill chapter slamming the federal government and Obama’s “lackadaisical” response.

Any Louisiana resident willing to pay the cover price of $27.95 and hoping for some insight into how Jindal will deal with that hefty $1.5 billion state shortfall around the corner, the lengthy list of

challenges that confront the state and how he plans to tackle them will have to look for another book.

There’s no insight into Jindal’s internal struggles leading the povertystricken state with the poor educational outcomes and health-care troubles.

There’s no depth about his decisionmaking on state issues, who advises him or his disappointments as governor.

He talks very little of his dealings with legislators, members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, his cabinet secretaries or even Louisiana voters.

Jindal repeatedly says he’s only running for re-election as governor next year.

But this book is about Jindal’s national plans, pure and simple, targeted for an audience of Republicans he hopes will consider him for higher office in a few years and who want someone to reinforce their political views.

——— EDITOR’S NOTE: Melinda Deslatte covers the state Capitol for The Associated Press.

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