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FACULTY SENATE

Pension plans pose problems James Richards Staff Writer

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[From left to right] Travonte Valentine and Malachi Dupre are two top recruits who could join Leonard Fournette, Trey Quinn and Jamal Adams in LSU’s 2014 recruiting class.

Top recruits to commit during National Signing Day

Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

National Signing Day is like Christmas for college football teams, if Santa Claus sent presents through a fax machine.

After months of debate and

speculation, today finally marks the day programs and their fans claim the spoils of this year’s recruiting battles when high school athletes from across the country send in letters of intent.

LSU’s 2013-14 recruiting class has seen its fair share of ups and

downs, but the Tigers can still secure some major talent before all is said and done.

“There are some sleeper names out there and that’s what the fans need to realize,” said Woody SIGNING DAY, see page 11

LSU PROSPECT ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE 10:30 a.m. WR Malachi Dupre* 10:30 a.m. DT Travonte Valentine 10:30 a.m.

2:45 p.m.

ILB Kenny Young* DE Lorenzo Carter*

*announcements televised on ESPNU

The University faces a serious barrier to faculty recruitment if legislative action is not taken to resolve problems with faculty retirement plans, said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.

Cope said there are two retirement plans faculty members may choose from: a defined benefits plan and a defined contribution plan. The differences between the two are similar to the differences between Social Security and a 401(k), Cope said.

The defined benefits plan operates like Social Security, with employees paying a certain percentage of each paycheck to the retirement fund to receive a pension at the end of their careers, Cope said. The defined contribution plan is more like a 401(k), with an investment plan that pays money out depending on how the investments do, Cope said.

Cope said the state has been inadequately funding the defined benefits plan for decades, leading to a growing deficit called the Unfunded Accrued Liability (UAL).

RETIREMENT, see page 4

CONSTRUCTION

New athletic facilities in progress Lyle Manion Contributing Writer

Six new facilities are in the works for University Athletics to improve both the campus and student-athlete experience, said Emmett David, associate athletic director of Facility and Project Management.

The Carl Maddox Field House renovation is a visible example. The Athletic Department invested around $3 million into “modernization and renovation” of the field house, David said.

This includes the visitor toilets, men’s and women’s locker rooms

and a common team lounge for meetings. Indoor track events will be held in the facility starting Feb. 8, although the project won’t be complete until March.

For these events, the indoor track and field area will be open for use and concessions will still be offered.

Also in progress are new locker rooms in Tiger Stadium, David said. The men’s and visitors locker rooms will undergo renovations in the near future.

The Tiger Athletic Foundation is funding three envisioned construction projects, David said.

The first is the ongoing south

end expansion of Tiger Stadium.

David said construction is 65 percent complete, and will result in 3,000 club seats and 1,500 general admission seats. This expansion will be ready for Sept. 6, the first gameday next fall.

A new tennis facility serves the second development funded

by TAF. Located south of Alex Box Stadium and adjacent to AgCenter LaHouse, the $8.5 million, 73,000 square foot building will boast six indoor courts and 12 outdoor courts when complete. The design meets NCAA CONSTRUCTION, see page 4

rendering courtesy of EMMETT DAVID

A new tennis facility located south of Alex Box Stadium is one of six upcoming projects meant to improve both campus and student-athlete experiences.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Nation & World

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Officers violated policy in shooting Alligator infestation case before high court The Associated Press

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight Los Angeles police officers violated department policy when they mistakenly riddled a pickup truck with bullets, injuring two women, during a manhunt last year for copturned-killer Christopher Dorner, a civilian oversight board announced Tuesday.

Police Chief Charlie Beck and Alex Bustamante, inspector general for the Los Angeles Police Commission, independently recommended that shooting be ruled out of policy, commission President Steve Soboroff said. He did not provide further details.

Beck will decide disciplinary measures for the officers, who were assigned to non-field duties during an LAPD investigation. Possible measures include reprimands, suspensions or even firings.

Last year, the city paid the women $4.2 million to settle a claim. That was in addition to a separate $40,000 settlement for the loss of their truck.

The Police Commission determination didn’t surprise Glen Jonas, their attorney.

“There (are) 4.2 million

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A civilian oversight board found that LAPD officers who mistakenly opened fired on two women during a manhunt for ex-cop Christopher Dorner violated department policy.

reasons I have to believe it’s out of policy,” he said. “Anyone with any common sense would agree it’s out of policy.”

Dorner, a fired Los Angeles police officer, claimed he was unfairly dismissed and vowed revenge against law enforcement officers in a rambling online manifesto.

He killed the daughter of a

former LAPD police official along with her fiancé and two law enforcement officers over 10 days before being cornered and killing himself in a burning mountain cabin in San Bernardino County.

On Feb. 7, 2013, Los Angeles police guarding the Torrance home of a target named in Dorner’s manifesto opened fire on a pickup truck they thought was Dorner’s.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tom and Consandra Christmas knew when they bought a piece of property in southwest Mississippi, they would have reptilian visitors occasionally.

Alligators are endemic to the region of vast swamplands and marshy wilderness. But they weren’t expecting 80 of them.

The Christmases’ attorney told the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday that the couple has abandoned plans to build a house on the land in Wilkinson County because of the gators, which they say were introduced by ExxonMobil to the property the company owns next door.

They allege the company brought the reptiles in from Louisiana as “canaries” that would warn of hazardous contamination.

INTERNATIONAL

Britain admits role in India raid The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has acknowledged advising the Indian government ahead of its 1984 raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, an admission that links the U.K. — India’s former colonial master — with one of the bloodiest episodes in the subcontinent’s recent history.

Foreign Secretary William Hague told Parliament on Tuesday that British military advice was “purely advisory” and had only a “limited impact” on the operation.

“A single U.K. military officer provided some advice. But critically,

this advice was not followed, and it was a one-off,” Prime Minister David Cameron said in a video message to the Sikh community in Britain.

Still, the acknowledgement of any link to the deadly attack that killed hundreds if not thousands at Sikhs’ holy temple will be disturbing to many.

The storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar was one of the most contentious episodes in the Indian government’s battle against Sikh separatists, whose violent campaign for an independent homeland in the Punjab region smoldered into the 1970s and 80s.

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The British government has admitted it advised India before the deadly 1984 raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, pictured above.

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LSU DINING

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested on 15 counts of simple burglary and other charges

Man unaffiliated with University charged for criminal trespassing

On Jan. 31, LSU Police Department investigators arrested Marcus Eugene Armstrong, 42, in relation to several cases of theft and burglary on campus in the recent months, LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said in a recent news release.

Armstrong was the subject of several Help Identify posts created by LSUPD, in which he was seen entering multiple locations as well as leaving in a 2002 dark green Chevrolet Avalanche.

After obtaining a search warrant, LSUPD and the Baton Rouge Police Department performed a search of the apartment Armstrong was suspected of staying in on 8252 Governor Drive, Lalonde said.

Armstrong was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for 15 counts of simple burglary, 11 counts of credit theft, one attempt of credit theft and one count of computer tampering.

On Jan. 31 at 5:23 p.m., LSUPD officers were contacted by an employee of the LSU Reproductive Biology Center who said a suspect was trespassing on the grounds.

LSUPD identified the suspect as Brighton Heard, 30, of 10438 Springtree Drive, who worked for a private company located behind the Reproductive Biology Center, Lalonde said.

The Reproductive Biology Center told LSUPD the AgCenter gave routine access to workers of the private company on the condition that they only pass through during normal business hours and barred hunting for safety reasons, Lalonde said.

The Reproductive Biology Center is located in St. Gabriel and contains various forms of livestock on the grounds.

Heard admitted to being on the property, claiming he had access to the land near the property during weekends for hunting purposes, Lalonde said.

Heard was issued a misdemeanor summons for criminal trespass.

Man unaffiliated with University charged for issuing worthless checks On Nov. 26, 2012, LSUPD officers were notified by employees of the Campus Federal Credit Union, who claimed there was an overdraft of $345.75 on an account belonging to Yosef Issachar, 36, of 1567 Marcia Drive, Lalonde said.

Issachar failed to contact the Campus Federal Credit union after it attempted to recollect the funds on several occasions.

LSUPD officers issued an arrest warrant after Issachar failed to contact LSUPD investigators, Lalonde said.

On Jan. 29, LSUPD officers were notified by BRPD that Issachar was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on separate charges.

Issachar was issued the additional charge of issuing worthless checks on top of his existing charges.

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Dining halls to offer themes, superfoods for each month Christine Aman Contributing Writer

Every month, the University’s dining halls choose a superfood and a theme. February’s superfood is citrus, and the theme is “proud to look good.”

Balanced U is the program behind each month’s superfoods and themes. The program’s goal is to make students aware that certain foods can cater to their health.

Nutritionists visit the dining halls to hand out papers and educate students on the benefits of that month’s superfood.

The superfood is chosen to benefits students’ physical and mental health. Citrus helps prevent wrinkles and skin damage, it improves the brain’s memory and helps digestion, according to the Balanced U brochure.

Citrus may sound like an odd superfood for winter, but Charlie Casrill, director of resident dining, said citrus is grown year-round in places like southern California and Florida. Casrill said if the fruit is protected properly, a temporary drop in temperatures can make the fruit sweeter.

Casrill said nuts are the superfood for March.

Every day of the month, at least one meal has the superfood in it, and the day of the nutritionists’ visit, every meal will include the superfood, Casrill said.

Casrill said some of the superfoods will repeat, depending on the health value, but the themes always change. The superfood is chosen by a group of nutritionists and marketers based on foods that provide health benefits like energy and mental awareness, Casrill said.

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LSU Dining has chosen the month of February as citrus month.

Balanced U provides superfoods and themes for multiple schools, from kindergarten through college, though the superfood is different at each one, Casrill said. Despite advertising and guest speakers’ visits to the dining halls, some students said they are unaware of the superfoods and themes each month.

“I didn’t know that the dining halls had monthly themes, but I will keep my eyes out for that now,” said Katie Gaffney, mass communication freshman.

Students said the program needs to improve its advertising.

Casrill said the only way to track student awareness of the superfood is through the number of brochures taken during the nutritionists’ visit and the number of likes on the Facebook page.

Contact Christine Aman at caman@lsureveille.com

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He said the University must pay an employer’s share of the UAL, currently about 27 percent, which takes money away from funding other University functions.

Universities across the state pay $117 million each year to the UAL as a result of a lack of state funding, Cope said.

Of the employer’s share of the UAL, about 22 percent goes to paying off the UAL, while employees receive about 5 percent in retirement benefits, Cope said.

He said this 5 percent is set to go down to 3.66 percent next year.

Cope said the reason the share reaching employees is decreasing is because by law, the money reaching employees on the defined contribution plan is tied to the “normal cost” of the defined benefit plan. Cope defined the normal cost as the cost to maintain the plan in a given year.

The past year, the defined benefit plan “had a good year,” driving down the cost of the plan, Cope said. Because the two plans are tied, the amount of money reaching employees on the defined contribution plan decreases.

Cope said this means participants in the defined contribution plan are penalized when the defined benefit plan has a good year, even though the plans are separate and the defined contribution plan participants reap no benefits from the other plan.

In a worst-case scenario, the

decrease in money reaching employees would completely erase the recent pay-raises and drive effective salary back to before the previous round of pay-raises Cope said.

To give some context, Cope said employees at the University get 35 percent of what colleagues at peer institutions get.

A temporary solution, Cope suggested, would be for the state to start “properly” funding retirement plans, which “stops the bloodletting,” but doesn’t address the UAL. Another solution is for the University to offer its own retirement plan independent of the state, Cope said. He said the University is unique in that “nearly every other major state university” operates its own retirement plan. Cope said this is the best plan, as long as the University retirement plans are coupled with proper funding.

University President F. King Alexander said the issue is a big priority for the administration and wants to pursue flexibility for the University to be able to set its own rates.

Cope said if not fixed, the problems with the retirement plan means “everyone who can leave will.” He said a chemistry professor left for the University of Georgia last week “largely owing to the superior standard of retirement plan.”

Both Alexander and Cope are concerned about the disadvantage the problem will present

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 CONSTRUCTION, from page 1

LAUREN DUHON / The Daily Reveille

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope calls a meeting to order April 17, 2013, in the Capital Chamber of the Student Union.

in attracting candidates to fill faculty positions at the University.

Alexander said the University is recruiting about 100 new faculty members this year, and he believes the retirement plan issue could be an impediment to hiring.

Cope put it more bluntly, saying the University “can forget about” attracting top-tier candidates, because anyone who has the choice will choose an institution with a better choice of plans. He also pointed out about a third of University faculty will be reaching retirement age in two

to three years, so the 100 new positions are not the only kind of hiring the University will have trouble with.

Cope said he is moderately optimistic about the solutions.

He said there are bills in the state legislature seeking to address the problem, and in addition, the Board of Regents has a bill to deal with the issue.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

regulations for nighttime and televised play on ESPN. “Tiger Athletics visited peer institutions and used specialty design consultants for this championship play arena,” David said.

Construction on the project will begin in May, David said.

The final project funded by TAF is a gymnastics facility currently in design. At $8.5 million, the 72,000 square foot structure will be used for practice, David said. Gymnastics meets will continue to be held in the PMAC. David said construction on the gymnastics facility should begin by August north of the PMAC Practice Facility and east of Carl Maddox Field House.

Additionally, TAF gained approval January from the University Board of Supervisors to assist in demolition of vacated housing properties on Nicholson Drive across from the LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium, David said. This will create parking space for 80 RVs and 1,100 cars by the first home football game on Sept. 6. Commuter students will also be able to use the lot.

Contact Lyle Manion at lmanion@lsureveille.com

Sports

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

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Czechner, staff look to replace Fico Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

As the LSU softball team addressed reporters at its official media day, one player’s name continued to come up.

There’s just one problem: that player no longer plays for the team.

The player, Rachele Fico, became one of the greatest in LSU softball history in her four years with the team. She was named to the NFCA All-America first team her junior and senior years while leading the Tigers to the Women’s College World Series in 2012.

The process of replacing Fico starts with senior pitcher Ashley

Czechner, who emerged as the Tigers’ No. 2 starter last season. Czechner appeared in 19 games, putting up a 12-1 record and a 2.64 earned run average.

“She kept us in the ballgame against anyone we put her up against,” LSU coach Beth Torina said. “... She has proven she can do it.”

For Czechner, the upcoming season marks the end of a long journey throughout her college career. After posting a 71-9 record in high school, Czechner was recruited and committed to Maryland, but she ultimately transferred after her

SEASON KICKOFF Tigers’ Upcoming Schedule Feb. 6 No. 10 Texas Feb. 7 Minnesota Feb. 7 SIU-Edwardsville Feb. 8 Oklahoma St. Feb. 9 Central Arkansas

pitcher, see page 7

Sophomores try to match offensive success Morgan Prewitt Sports Contributor

In 2013, the LSU softball team’s freshman class led by Co-Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year Bianka Bell sparked an offensive rebirth that turned an offensively stagnant lineup into a powerful home run hitting machine.

The Tigers’ freshman class combined for 21 home runs, increasing the season home run total from 13 in 2012 to 40 in 2013.

With the departure of ace Rachele Fico, the offense may need to carry the team early as

the team adjusts to the new pitching rotation that will feature senior pitcher Ashley Czechner and freshmen Kelsee Selman and Baylee Corbello.

Since the Lady Tigers return the majority of their starters from 2013, the offense combines experience with natural speed and power to make the offense more multi-dimensional.

The experience returning makes offseason preparation more focused on game planning and less on the basics because the more experienced players already have a strong understanding of the sophomores, see page 7

baseball

Broussard comes back strong after surgery, rehab Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Joe Broussard never thought it could happen to him.

The redshirt junior had the arm twinges and pains every pitcher dreads, followed by the occasional arm soreness after a long outing.

So when he faced a 1-0 count to Sean Dwyer in the Cape Cod Summer League and dialed up an inside fastball, the awkward feeling in his arm seemed commonplace.

“I stepped off the mound and I was like ‘Whoa,’” Broussard recalled. “The next day I told myself ‘It’s nothing, just take a

week off.’”

Broussard, pitching for the Cotuit Kettleers on that July evening in 2012, was shut down for the summer and returned to Baton Rouge. It was in September that the Gretna native discovered he’d be taking more than just a few days off.

It was a ulnar collateral ligament tear.

Broussard had Tommy John surgery to reconstruct the ligament on Sept. 21, 2012 and missed his entire junior season.

So instead of contending for the third starter role or being a cog in a loaded 2013 bullpen, Broussard settled into a year-long

rehabilitation process considered daunting and lonesome by those who have undertaken it.

Accompanying him throughout the process was former LSU trainer Jon Michelini, who didn’t give Broussard any time to lament his misfortune.

“Within a week after surgery, we started doing exercises,” Michelini said. “We’d meet daily, give him a day off when he needed one, [sessions would run] anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half.”

Michelini, who left LSU at the beginning of January after accepting the same position at broussard, see page 6

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior pitcher Joe Broussard (21) speaks to reporters Friday during the annual Baseball Media Day at Alex Box Stadium.

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Florida, termed Broussard’s rehabilitation more concentrated than that of former LSU outfielder Raph Rhymes, who returned from Tommy John surgery in “seven or eight months.”

In total, Broussard’s rehab spanned a year and a half, when the Tigers amassed the greatest statistical regular season in LSU baseball history and completed regional and super regional sweeps before a trip to Omaha.

“Not being able to step on the field, it was tough,” Broussard said. “There were ups and downs where I was going through emotional things.”

“I wanted to be out there so bad, but I knew I had to do my rehab.”

Michelini credited Broussard’s work ethic and demeanor throughout the healing, claiming he couldn’t remember a time when Broussard’s emotions were on display.

But while Broussard hid them nicely, emotions were abound.

Michelini recalled last fall’s Purple-Gold World Series and the return from Christmas break — when the atmosphere at Alex Box Stadium shifts to regular season excitement — as tough times for Broussard.

“You can sense when they get a little down, but you just try to stay as positive as you can and put everything in perspective,” Michelini said. “We outlined the whole plan for him and we knew it’d be about a year. We tried to

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“Joe was very dedicated, It’s those things he’s done committed, very focused in before that Broussard said he what he wanted to do with his missed the most. Whether he’s life,” Mainieri said. “I think in a set-up man role, vying for he’s throwing the ball as hard the closer job or simply filling as he did before he got hurt. His holes in a transitioning bullpen,

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Broussard said carving a defined role on the staff isn’t his primary goal.

“It wasn’t the easiest road,” Broussard said. “You have times when you think you can go out there and throw a ball because your whole life you’ve never had an injury like that.”

“It’s whatever the team needs. I’m ready to go.”

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 PITCHER, from page 5

freshman season.

In her sophomore season, Czechner played closer to her South Carolina home at Chattanooga State Community College. That season, she led Chattanooga to its first ever NJCAA National Championship and earned NJCAA Pitcher of the Year.

Czechner finally arrived in Baton Rouge her junior year, where she battled with former pitcher Meghan Patterson for the No. 2 spot behind Fico.

There will be many people helping Czechner transition into her new role. The most important person helping her may be Fico herself, who is now with the team as a student coach.

Czechner said Fico, who is currently attending graduate school, brought experience and guidance to the pitching staff in the fall whenever Torina couldn’t. Torina said having Fico’s mentality still with the team has made the transition much easier.

“It has been great for me because I am so close to [Fico]. I hated to see her go. She and I were really close,” Torina said. “I think she brings a lot to this program with who she is as a person and her character.

It goes way beyond the numbers she put up.”

Czechner won’t be alone on the mound, as LSU brings in freshmen pitchers Baylee Corbello and Kelsee Selman.

Corbello became well known at Sam Houston High School where she was chosen as an LSWA All-State First Team pick four straight years.

The Lake Charles native also led her team to three consecutive state titles while winning the State Tournament Most Outstanding Player award all three years.

Selman made headlines of her own in Texas, where she amassed more than 400 strikeouts and an ERA below 0.75 in her final three seasons. She also led her high school to state titles in her junior and senior seasons, taking home state tournament MVP both seasons.

“Our pitching staff is just so good this year, I think we really, really complement each other,” Czechner said.

Another important part of a pitcher’s success is their relationship with their catcher. Luckily for Czechner, 2014 will see the return of the catcher she played most with last season and a freshman with a great deal of potential.

Sophomore Kellsi Kloss was Czechner ’s main catcher last season, while freshman Sahvanna Jaquish comes to the team after collecting 2012 and 2013 MaxPreps AllAmerica First-Team honors.

Czechner will likely start for the Tigers for their season opener Thursday night against the Texas Longhorns at Tiger Park. Although she knows Fico’s success can’t be replicated, she can still continue a tradition of winning.

“You don’t replace a pitcher like Fico, she was just so phenomenal her whole four-year career here,” Czechner said. “We’re hopefully going to leave a legacy of our own in a different way”

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @tro_TDR

SOPHOMORES, from page 5

fundamentals, said LSU assistant coach Howard Dobson.

“When people faced us, they were out to get Bianka Bell as a freshman,” said coach Beth Torina. “I think she will do so much better understanding the mentality of that this year and be more disciplined. I think she is set to have a much better year this year even though she had a great year her first year.”

Last season, Bell’s 12 home runs tied for third in program history and finished in the Top-15 SEC in six statistical categories.

This offseason, Bell said she focused on improving her mental approach to the game and her timing at the plate.

“Toward the end of the season,

I had a mental breakdown before my last at-bat against ULL,” Bell said. “I tried to work on my mental game and how to stay focused on the game and not to get down before the game is over.”

Catcher Kellsi Kloss and first baseman Sandra Simmons solidified the middle of the Tigers’ lineup, batting sixth and seventh, for the majority of the season and combining for 59 RBIs. Kloss said she worked in the offseason to improve hitting flaws that opposing teams could target this season.

Senior second baseman Allison Falcon said the sophomores’ roles in last season’s successes have naturally pushed them into vocal leadership positions.

Since the sophomores went through the same challenges last

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page 7 year, they easily connect and can help the incoming freshman, Dobson said.

One of these freshmen, catcher/infielder Sahvanna Jaquish adds another power hitter to LSU’s lineup. Jaquish hit 11 home runs and 48 RBIs in her senior season at Zedlands East Vally High School in Highland, Calif.

Torina said she will have a hard time keeping Jaquish’s power out of the lineup, giving yet another freshman the opportunity to make waves in the Tigers’ lineup.

Contact Morgan Prewitt at mprewitt@lsureveille.com

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Andrew Stozle’s column, “Opinion: Extra Super Bowl security a waste of resources,” one reader had this to say: “Have you not heard of human trafficking?

You should look up how human traffickers around the world use big events like the World Cup, the Olympics, and the Super Bowl to increase their profits. Those “party packs” aren’t always including “volunteer” prostitutes. I don’t see how you do not expect the Super Bowl to require additional security. With how much countries around the world hate the United States, you don’t think a terrorist organization wouldn’t think about attacking the most watched American event? Crawl out from underneath that security blanket that you are bashing and go live in a place like Russia, the Middle East, Africa, or underdeveloped parts of China, then tell us how much you hate spending on government protection.”

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Fear and ignorance stop safe anal sex OFF WITH HER HEAD JANA KING Columnist A few weeks ago, a Kansas school district received complaints after its sex education curriculum included a poster that asked the question “How do people express their sexual feelings?”

The answers on the poster included talking, sexual intercourse and, among many others, anal sex. When kids told their parents they learned about anal sex, all hell broke loose.

We’re not talking about a full length, pornographic visual film on anal sex. We’re talking seven letters written in black ink.

Anal sex.

Two words, which few dare to utter, even though more than 30 percent of heterosexual couples have reported having anal sex, according to a 2012 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Yes, you read that right — heterosexual couples willingly take part in anal sex.

Turns out that the rectum is in such a close proximity to the vaginal muscles that they can be stimulated, sometimes even to the point of an orgasm.

Sodomy laws were deemed

unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2003, but Louisiana’s rules are still on the books. As recently as this summer, sheriff’s deputies arrested men in Baton Rouge under these outdated laws.

Here we are more than 10 years later, and we still refuse to talk about a sexual act.

On the rare day that I am able to get a University student to talk to me about anal sex, the conversation has varied from homophobia to fear from both sexes.

I’m going to put all of your minds at ease right now. Having anal sex does not make you gay. Loving someone of the same sex does that.

Some of the fear of anal sex stems from the idea that it is dirty, which is an understandable conclusion. However, there are many ways to cleanse the anus, just like you would clean any other body part. The nightmares of fecal matter are simply that — nightmares.

And for everyone who’s scared because it could hurt, please remember that if you learn how to properly and safely engage in sexual activities, sex should not hurt. In fact, it’s often pleasurable, which is the whole reason people have sex.

So why do we still fear it? Because we aren’t learning how to properly have anal sex.

The middle school students in Kansas whose parents are outraged that they are learning about anal sex will likely be

propositioned at some point in their lives.

As of right now, many of them are not equipped with the appropriate information on how to have safe anal sex.

During the AIDs epidemic, opponents of premarital sex used fear as a way to promote abstinence-only education. But people continued to have sex and sometimes became infected with the disease.

Studies have found many young adults consider anal sex, among other forms of non-vaginal sex, as practicing abstinence.

This undermines the premise of abstaining to keep disease free.

The lack of information is directly correlated to reports of painful anal experiences and infection or disease.

Students have a right to an inclusive sex education program, and parents and educators have the responsibility to give it to them.

Teach your children to have great sex, because as radical as it might sound, great sex is safe sex.

Jana King is a 19-year-old communication studies sophomore from Ponchatoula, La.

Contact Jana King at jking@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @jking_TDR

Jana’s anal sex tips: After a lot of research and a few regretful Google searches, I’ve compiled a few pointers to having great, safe anal sex.

1. All parties must be willing.

• The anus contains two sphincters, which must contract to have anal sex. If you are anxious, your body will be tense and any efforts will painful. Having a conversation with your partner beforehand — and having open communication during — can help with this.

• While you’re at it, discuss using a condom to prevent the spread of disease.

2. Lubricate, lubricate, lubricate.

• The tissue in the anus is much thinner than that of the vagina, which makes it easier to tear. Tearing in sex is not only painful, but makes it easier for bacteria and disease to get into the bloodstream.

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• Unlike the vagina, the anus is not self lubricating. Sexual health experts recommend a water based lubricant and reapplying often to prevent tearing.

3. A penis should never be the first thing put into an anus.

• The anus needs foreplay just as much, if not more, than the vagina to stretch. Anal toys, such as plastic graduated anal beads are perfect for this.

• Anything inserted into the anus should have a wide base to keep it from slipping in too far. This will also prevent embarrassing trips to the hospital.

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States should expand where people can carry guns BLUE COLLAR SCHOLAR Justin Stafford Columnist “No guns” is not the answer, and neither is “more guns.” Expanding the realm of where one can legally carry is. Would you feel safe knowing someone in your class has a pistol under their coat? What if your professor or a student has a concealed handgun permit?

Eastern Florida State College student Landrick Hamilton, 24, shot a man in the campus parking lot after getting a gun from his car last Thursday. Hamilton fled to his vehicle after Amado Contreras, 25, and his 24-year-old brother Landyer allegedly beat him with a pool cue.

Hamilton faces possible expulsion for breaking the school’s no firearm policy. The student is claiming selfdefense. Florida law allows guns in public places unless posted otherwise, like schools, and in the owner’s vehicle.

Guns are prohibited at most universities in the country, with a few exceptions.

A competent and trained permit holder could prevent the next school massacre. Creating laws and limitations to prohibit arms at public universities does nothing to decrease the risk of student shooting victims. In simplest form, a gunman cannot do

harm if he is stopped by the lawfully armed chemistry major down the hall. Generally speaking, a student who is unarmed would be more defenseless than one who is.

There have been numerous college shootings in recent weeks and it is only the second month of the year. Schools are not fortified. Public universities are full of people and allow easy access to those with bad intentions.

There have been attacks on the LSU lakes, home invasions at student residences and muggings on campus last year. A firearm-friendly campus for those eligible for a permit could decrease the number of victims.

Students for Concealed Carry is “an organization composed of more than 43,000 college students, professors, college employees, parents of college students and concerned citizens who believe holders of stateissued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else.”

It is understandable to fear guns if a person has no knowledge or experience pertaining to them.

Firearms tend to have a negative reputation, especially at universities, because of a lack of understanding and carefully manipulated reports by news networks.

Most media coverage of gunrelated incidents on school grounds

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seem to demonize firearms and highlight current restrictions and anti-gun law proposals followed by the backstory of the shooter. A clip is shown of the victim’s distraught family and usually an interview with acquaintances of the shooter will follow, saying something like, “He was such a nice person. I never thought he’d do something like this.”

Not every college-goer needs a gun and not everyone is eligible for a concealed handgun permit. You must be over the age of 21, consent

to an extensive background check and have no history of mental illness in Louisiana to apply for a CHP. The applicant then takes courses on the state’s gun laws and gun safety before going to a shooting range with an approved instructor.

Even if one does not wish to purchase a firearm to carry after completion, the course offers information and opportunities to safely fire a gun.

I imagine more lives would be saved than lost because of a few

armed students and staff.

Justin Stafford is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Walker, La.

Contact Justin Stafford at jstafford@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @j_w_stafford

‘Stop-and-frisk’ policies are racially discriminating OUR LADY OF ANGST SidneyRose Reynen Columnist Have you ever heard people sarcastically remark about being arrested for walking while black? Well, it happens.

Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he is on his way to reforming the controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy.

“Today is the beginning of a long-overdue process: the reform of the NYPD to end illegal and racially discriminatory policing,” said Vincent Warren, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

There’s a similar initiative taking place just 80 miles down the road.

In New Orleans, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been enacting a series of ruthless, racially based community raids under a new program called The Criminal Alien Removal Initiative (CARI).

Since 2002, stop-and-frisk police tactics have led to the interrogation of more than 4 million New Yorkers. Every year, more than 80

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A crowd gathers at a press conference and rally in front of Manhattan federal court Wednesday to vocalize their objection to the stop-and-frisk policy.

percent of those stopped were innocent. A more damning statistic, however, of all of those who are stopped, more than 50 percent were black, almost 30 percent were Latino and never more than 12 percent were white.

Is this set of statistics just a coincidence? Or is walking while black — or Latino — actually against the law?

It sure seems to be the case.

Juan Ramon Pena-Mendoza was arrested by ICE as he was dropping off his 5-year-old daughter — a US citizen — at her school bus stop.

Karen Elizabeth Sandoval’s husband was arrested for “driving while Latino” when the family was on its way to purchase school supplies; she now has to raise their two children alone.

Another man detained by ICE overheard one agent say to his

colleague, “this is like going hunting,” because there’s nothing like comparing people of color and immigrants to animals.

These separate initiatives have turned urban cities into militant police states that not-so-coincidentally target African-American and Latino males. It’s as if the police aren’t concerned with trying to hide their racist streak.

Advocates of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics, under the false assumption that these are the people who commit the most crime, seem to think the targeting of black and Latino men is justified.

While young black and Latino people have higher rates of street crime, white people amount to nearly 60 percent of all arrests for violent crimes. White people also commit the most white-collar and corporate crime — ahem, Bernie Madoff.

There’s no real reason to enforce these programs. Some argue for the stop-and-frisk policy, citing the “broken windows theory” to advocate arresting people for petty crimes to stop them from escalating to more serious and possibly violent offenses.

Are we honestly supposed to believe that America is in some sort of “post-racial” state when policies like these are rampant throughout the country?

There is no way to justify stop-and-frisk or CARI-type initiatives. This is racial profiling through and through.

Try flipping on the news at least once a week. You’re bound to see something hideously racist portrayed.

What would you think if your favorite LSU football or basketball player was stopped on the street because he’s black? The police who enforce the stop-and-frisk policy would think they had a right to frisk him because he looked like a “thug” or he was up to no good.

On the other hand, what would you say if the cops completely ignored the white criminals when they appear clean-cut and well-behaved? Maybe they passed up a white guy who has been selling illegally obtained prescription drugs to half of LSU’s population.

Doesn’t he deserve to be stopped and frisked? Or does the color of his skin give him a free pass?

SidneyRose Reynen is an 18-yearold film and art history major from New Orleans.

Contact Sidney Reynen at sreynen@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @srosereynen

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014 SIGNING DAY, from page 1 Wommack, Rivals.com Southeast Football recruiting analyst. “Down the stretch, anything’s an option. ...

Expect the unexpected.”

LSU coach Les Miles has about 11-13 targets he’ll be watching Wednesday morning, none bigger than the five scheduled to announce their decisions on live television.

Wide receiver Malachi Dupre, linebacker Kenny Young, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao and defensive end Lorenzo Carter are all up for grabs and scheduled to make announcements throughout the day.

Defensive tackle Travonte Valentine’s 10:30 a.m. announcement will not be televised.

Dupre — the No. 1 receiver in the country from John Curtis High School in River Ridge, La. — and Jackson headline the crew, announcing at 9:30 a.m. and 1:10 p.m., respectively, on ESPNU. Dupre and Young are teammates at John Curtis

and both heavily considering UCLA. “I think Malachi Dupre is the guy they really need to have to sort of save face,” Wommack said.

The Tigers missed out on topLouisiana talent this season when players like Devante “Speedy” Noil, Cameron Robinson and Laurence “Hootie” Jones opted to venture out of the state.

“The fans aren’t happy, the LSU coaches aren’t happy because it’s a ridiculous year of talent in state, and if they come away with just [Leonard Fournette], it’s really going to hurt them,” Wommack said.

Wommack said losing a high number of in-state recruits isn’t indicative of problems within a program, adding programs like Alabama and Georgia can’t possibly retain all their state’s talent either.

TigerSportsDigest.com recruiting analyst Hunter Paniagua said two of the biggest recruits to watch on Wednesday are two already verbally committed to LSU. In the desperately needed

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defensive lineman position, Davon Godchaux reopened his recruiting process to take official visits to several schools despite verbally committing to LSU in September 2013.

Paniagua said he expects Godchaux to remain in Baton Rouge but had less hopes for defensive end Deondre Clark after reports surfaced that Clark is rethinking his position because his mother wants him to stay close to his home state of Oklahoma.

“They’ve got 11 guys now they’re expecting to make some kind of decision. That’s a lot of guys still up in the air for them,” Paniagua said.

Wommack predicted defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao will spurn the eleventh-hour push from LSU for an offer from Oregon, leaving the Tigers struggling to garner what could be deemed a successful class.

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politics

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Jindal, DHH rescind emergency rules for abortion clinics Quint Forgey Staff Writer

Gov. Bobby Jindal and the state Department of Health and Hospitals announced late Monday night that they would be rescinding the state’s new emergency rules for abortion clinics, which were put into place last November.

The regulations would have placed new square footage requirements on the clinics and required the hiring of more specialized staffers.

According to a blog from the New Orleans Abortion Fund, the “burdensome” and “excessive” requirements would lead to the closure of all five abortion clinics in Louisiana.

DHH press secretary Olivia Watkins said in an email that the reason the rules were withdrawn was because there were problems with the wording of the proposed changes.

“We withdrew the rules and the emergency rule in order to correct the language governing the licensure of outpatient abortion facilities before proceeding,” Watkins said in an email.

Rebecca Stewart, president of Feminists in Action at LSU,

said in a Facebook message she is pleased by the DHH’s decision to rescind, and the rules were repealed because of the “overwhelming opposition to these unnecessary, counter-productive regulations.”

FIA describes itself as an organization promoting feminist awareness and activism on the LSU campus and in the Baton Rouge community.

Stewart also said the regulations “have zero medical necessity” and “would have had a detrimental impact on Louisiana women.”

The DHH announced in a news release that the department would issue a revised rule and notice of intent at a later date.

Once a new notice of intent has been filed, a new public hearing will be scheduled to receive public comments.

English freshman Alayna O’Connor, a member of the University’s student group Students for Life, said she thinks the break will help the pro-life cause.

“I think it’s enough time to get our act together and more time to come back with a more powerful argument,” O’Connor said.

O’Connor said she and her

organization will spend the time praying and “asking God for words and information to relay our side.”

Stewart said she hopes the DHH will not attempt to pass any further regulations without proper public notice.

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Contact Quint Forgey at qforgey@lsureveille.com

The Delta Clinic at 756 Colonial Drive in Baton Rouge is one of the five clinics that will remain open because of the rule change.

MELINDA DESLATTE / The Associated Press

Ellie Schilling, a lawyer representing Louisiana abortion clinics, protests Tuesday outside the Department of Health and Hospitals building in Baton Rouge.

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