The Daily Reveille - November 11, 2013

EXHIBIT: ‘Right Here, Now’ showcases faculty works in Museum of Art, p. 3

SPORTS: Lady Tigers advance to semifinal of preseason tournament, p. 5

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Mistakes cost LSU a victory against Alabama

Tyler Nunez Sports Writer

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — When attempting to take down a No. 1 opponent, a team typically has a small window of opportunity to walk away with a victory.

No. 18 LSU’s window opened up in the first quarter of its contest with No. 1 Alabama, as its defense held the Crimson Tide to 42 yards in the Tigers’ first three drives of the game, while posting 129 of its own.

But it rapidly began to close when the Tigers (7-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) opened the game losing back-to-back fumbles and found themselves behind 3-0 at the end of the first quarter, despite more than tripling the Tide’s (9-0, 6-0 SEC) offensive production and controlling the clock.

LSU’s first turnover may have been its most devastating, as senior fullback J.C. Copeland fumbled the ball on the Alabama 1-yard line on what looked like an easy touchdown play to end a nine-play, 81-yard drive.

“I would certainly like to be up seven, and take the ball at that point

RECOGNITION

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Alabama junior linebacker Adrian Hubbard sacks LSU senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger (8) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 38-17 loss to the Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

University today Deanna Narveson Contributing Writer

In recognition of Veterans Day, the University will observe a moment of silence at 1 p.m. today in honor of those who have served in the U.S. armed forces, followed by the reading of the names of service members from Louisiana who lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The event will be held at the War Memorial on the LSU Parade Ground as part of the Remembrance Day National Roll Call project, according to a University news release.

According to its website, the Remembrance Day National Roll Call project spans across many college and university campuses with the goal of making Veterans Day a special time of reflection and appreciation. All participating campuses will observe a moment of silence simultaneously at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

ALABAMA GAME, see page 4

VET SCHOOL

New veterinary disease laboratory opens on campus Lab brings LADDL staff under one roof Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (LADDL) building opened Thursday, uniting its equipment and staff in a dedicated location for the first time since moving to the University three decades ago.

The facility, located behind the School of Veterinary Medicine, houses about 30 LADDL staff members who provide comprehensive diagnostic

services for most animal diseases. Previously, they were scattered throughout the Vet School building, according to LADDL director Daniel Paulsen.

The lab provides microbiology, bacteriology, virology, toxicology, pathology and molecular diagnostics services for animals.

Paulsen said vet students, particularly those in pathology rotations, have opportunities to work with LADDL staff.

Paulsen said pet ownership has been increasing, so services for those animals have been in greater demand. The rise in cases of West Nile virus a few years ago was another boost for LADDL, he said, because the lab

conducts disease surveillance in mosquito populations statewide, which is important to both human and animal health.

Paulsen said the building has new equipment that will allow LADDL to begin conducting endocrinology tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis, a process used to study genes to detect bacteria and viruses.

Equine medical surveillance — drug testing for race horses and show animals — is also expected to be transferred to LADDL, he said.

LADDL was originally administered by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and DISEASE LAB, see page 4

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The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory facility opened Thursday behind the School of Veterinary Medicine.

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INTERNATIONAL Typhoon deaths climb into thousands in Philippines, toll could get higher TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Corpses hung from trees, scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.

As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides.

Spanish police break up sex slave ring, arrest 25, release 5 victims MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have busted a gang of 25 Nigerians who were engaged in human trafficking for sexual exploitation, Internet fraud and money laundering.

Five women victims of sex slavery also were released during the crackdown on the underground operation in Spain, the police said in a statement Sunday.

The gang was using Spain as a springboard to send Nigerian women to be exploited in other countries, and it laundered profits by buying luxury products that were shipped to Lagos, Nigeria, police said.

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Survivors walk by a large ship Saturday after it was washed ashore by strong waves caused by Typhoon Haiyan in central Philippines.

Venezuelan crowned the new Miss Universe at pageant on Saturday MOSCOW (AP) — A 25-year-old Venezuelan who appears on TV in her country and is an accomplished flamenco dancer is the new Miss Universe.

Gabriela Isler was crowned Saturday night in the pageant at a sprawling exhibition hall on Moscow’s outskirts.

In the excitement just after the announcement, the tiara fell off Isler’s head as she was being crowned by Miss Universe 2012, Olivia Culpo of the United States.

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Two high school students killed in party shooting, nearly 2 dozen injured

Police: Abducted mother found, suspected kidnapper dead

HOUSTON (AP) — Celebratory gunshots fired at a girl’s 18th birthday party triggered more gunfire that left two people dead, two critically injured and nearly two-dozen injured in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday.

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the gathering Saturday night that drew more than 100 people, most of them 17- to 19-year-olds, became a “birthday party gone wild.”

Ministers back colleagues in Pa. by participating in same-sex ceremony

LAFAYETTE (AP) — A Duson woman allegedly kidnapped by the father of her child has been found alive, but the man suspected of taking her is dead.

Authorities had been searching for Scott Thomas, 29, of Leonville since Wednesday, when he arrived at a daycare center and confronted Bethany Arceneaux, 29.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kip Judice said friends and family were searching for Arceneaux Friday and entered a vacant house where they thought they heard screaming. Thomas, armed with a knife, allegedly began to injure Arceneaux and one of her family members shot Thomas to stop him.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — About 50 ministers gave their symbolic support to a colleague facing sanctions from the United Methodist Church by participating in a same-sex wedding.

The wedding Saturday in Philadelphia was held about a week before the Rev. Frank Schaefer of Lebanon, about 90 miles to the west, will face a church trial for officiating over his son’s marriage to another man.

The clergy filled the front of the Arch Street United Methodist Church, blessing the marriage in defiance of church law.

Southern University graduates to wear recycled caps and gowns (AP) — Southern University’s fall graduates will receive diplomas while wearing caps and gowns made from recycled plastic bottles.

Southern joins a growing list of universities that have moved to using such materials for caps and gowns.

Officials say they’re helping to keep those materials out of landfills. The effort was organized by the Student Government Association, the campus bookstore and the university’s student affairs office.

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Marcus Arceneaux carries his wounded niece, Bethany Arceneaux, to a vehicle Friday after she was rescued from a vacant house in Duson, La.

Priest accused of abuse stripped of title, ordered to life of prayer ALEXANDRIA (AP) — A Catholic priest who served in central Louisiana has been stripped of the title of monsignor and ordered to a life of prayer and penance.

The move by church authorities in Rome was announced Thursday by Alexandria Bishop Ronald Herzog.

The Rev. Frederick James Lyons was accused of sexually abusing children. Now in his 80s, The Town Talk reports that Lyons served as a priest in Alexandria, Cloutierville and Bunkie, retiring in 1989.

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LSU MUSEUM OF ART

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HONORS COLLEGE

Art exhibit showcases Dean to step down in July University faculty work Gordon Brillon Staff Writer

Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

The LSU Museum of Art has added an exhibit that allows University students and the public to see what their faculty is working on.

The faculty art show entitled “Right Here, Now” opened Friday and will remain open to the public until Feb. 16. The show pulls work from 24 University faculty members in concentrations including ceramics, foundations, digital art, graphic design, painting and drawing, photography, graphic design, printmaking and sculptures.

Museum director Jordana Pomeroy said the show is a great example of how an artist can make a living in the realm of art. Not only do these artists teach at the University, they are displaying their personal work, and some may be selling it as well.

What is unique and exciting about the show is how most of the faculty artists do not categorize their work into one genre of art — some people may walk into the exhibit and not realize that what they are looking at is in fact an art form, Pomeroy said. She added there is not really a target audience for this show.

Pomeroy also stressed the importance of the University School of Art program working with the University’s museum in

order to acknowledge the artists in a public space in the community. Some artists find recognition outside of their community but are never really noticed in their hometowns, and this is part of why the show is so important, she said.

“Artists have to take advantage of every opportunity to show their work, and part of being an artist is how you display your work,” Pomeroy said.

Derick Ostrenko, one of the faculty artists featured in the show, aimed to show the Mississippi River in a new way in his piece “Humming Mississippi.” In collaboration with assistant professor of experimental music and digital media, Jesse Allison, Ostrenko made a piece of visual and auditory art by vibrating cedar planks that had been carved to match the bed of the Mississippi.

By vibrating the wood, the piece created a sonic landscape that made it possible for people to think of the river in a new way, Ostrenko said. The piece was made specifically for the site where the river is in Baton Rouge, he said.

“It is really nice to be able to show our work as professionals. I definitely hope students will be inspired by the work in the museum,” Ostrenko said.

Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com

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After losing a number of deans and administrators in the last few years, the University will have yet another position to fill beginning next year.

Honors College Dean Nancy Clark announced Thursday that she will step down in July to return to teaching and research.

University Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell said that Clark had been mulling over the idea of leaving the position for several months before making her decision last week.

“Ten years is a long time for a dean — I was a dean for 10 years, so I can tell you,” Bell said. “There’s a time where you achieve all the goals you have set for the college, and that’s when it’s time to step aside and let someone else set the next set of goals.”

Clark is the latest in a series of deans, assistant deans and administrators who have left their positions in the last two years.

Since 2012, deans of the colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Science, Veterinary Medicine,

Business and Music and Dramatic Arts, as well as the Dean of Libraries have stepped down from their positions or announced their plans to step down. Four administration officials have also announced intentions to leave their position.

Bell said the administration is not worried about the trend of highposition officials leaving their posts, and that it is a natural part of running a university.

“That’s just how it works at any institution,” Bell said. “We look at this as an opportunity to bring great individuals to the University.”

Though a search committee to identify Clark’s replacement has not yet been formed, Bell said the process has begun and the administration hopes to have someone in place by the time Clark steps down in July.

Clark will attend a conference of honors college deans and directors from across the country this week. Bell said the University wanted to announce Clark’s intention to step down before the conference so that Clark could mention the soon-to-be-open position to her colleagues.

Bell said the University will

look at both University and external candidates for the position, because the administration staff in the Honors College is relatively small.

“The likelihood of having someone there who wants the position is fairly small,” Bell said. “[A replacement] doesn’t have to be external, but we want to be as inclusive as possible.”

Clark has overseen the expansion of several Honors College programs since taking the deanship in 2003, arriving from California Polytechnic State University, where she was a professor of history and the director of the honors program.

Bell said Clark’s best work as dean was to improve student access to services such as one-on-one advising for internships, study abroad program and fellowship opportunities for graduate students.

Under her deanship, more than 90 Honors College students have won national awards and honors over the last eight years, and the average incoming student’s ACT score increased to 31.

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com

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ALABAMA GAME, from page 1

forward and drive it,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “It could have been a different start to the game.”

The LSU defense responded by forcing a three-and-out on the Alabama drive, but that celebration was short-lived, as the offense then allowed a sack and committed a delay-of-game penalty before an errant snap gave the Crimson Tide possession on the LSU 27-yard line.

Alabama settled for a field goal, giving it a 3-0 lead. That was the last success the Tiger defense had, as the Tide found the end zone on five consecutive drives.

“In a big-time game like this against the No. 1 team in the nation — a great team — you have to eliminate those turnovers,” said LSU junior wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. “We didn’t do a good job of that, and that’s probably the reason we lost.”

The Tide ran away with the game in the second half as LSU’s offense stalled, but LSU found itself with one final chance in the fourth quarter, trailing 31-17 when Beckham returned a kickoff 82 yards to the Alabama 18-yard line.

But a 3-yard loss from LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill and three straight incomplete passes

by LSU senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger turned the ball over

Do you have

DISEASE LAB, from page 1

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior fullback J.C. Copeland (44) fumbles the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ 38-17 loss to the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

on downs.

And the window shut.

Alabama drove the ball 78 yards for its final score of the game and sealed its victory.

“I thought that if we could get a quick touchdown, we might be able to get back in the game,” Beckham said. “But it wasn’t the case.”

The Tigers’ mistakes cost them

a chance at upsetting a No. 1 rival and, in most cases, would have the potential to haunt those who made them.

But Mettenberger remained confident, saying these mishaps distracted from what was otherwise a close, hard-fought game.

“You could look at the score and think one thing,” Mettenberger said.

“But if you watched the game, you would know that if we didn’t turn the ball over and made some smarter decisions in the third and fourth quarters, it would be a ball game.”

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Space in the Vet School building was becoming more precious, Paulsen said. Plus, LADDL was increasing the number of services it provided, and staff needed their own space. Now that everyone at LADDL is under the same roof, Paulsen said he predicts greater efficiency for the lab.

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Sports

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LOSING STEAM Alabama outpaces LSU in second half of 38-17 win

Gaps in talent caused ’Bama loss

TREY LABAT • Sports Contributor TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — LSU’s failure to adjust to Alabama’s changed strategy at halftime led to a second half explosion by Alabama, when the Crimson Tide grabbed the game by the throat.

The Tigers (7-3, 3-3 Southeaster Conference) fell 38-17 to the Crimson Tide (9-0, 6-0 SEC).

LSU kept pace with Alabama in the first half, after a late drive just before halftime brought the Tigers within three points of the Tide. Following a gutsy 10-play, 80-yard drive led by senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger, the Tigers only trailed 17-14 going into halftime.

“I watched individual effort, and the effort was good,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “I thought our team fought and I think they are stung right now. I don’t think they are happy about it all.”

But at halftime, the Alabama coaching staff made adjustments, while the LSU coaching staff failed to recognize the adjustments they needed to make.

In the first half, LSU outgained Alabama 232 yards to 193 and held the ball for 15 minutes and 38 seconds, compared to 14 minutes and 22 seconds for the Tide.

But LSU gained only 52 yards in the second half and lost a total of 9 yards in the fourth quarter.

The Tigers’ second-half struggles stemmed from their inability to run the ball, and the lack of a consistent running game put them in many third-and-long situations. Before halftime, the Tigers converted six of their seven thirddown chances, but they only converted one of their five attempts in

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get to his feet and crawled a few yards before finally standing up and getting off the field.

“They did a good job of scheming all over,” said sophomore running back Jeremy Hill.

“They made the right adjustments when we made our checks.”

This was going to be a column about how LSU had its opportunities to shock the world in Alabama on Saturday night but let them slip away with a pair of unbelievable first-half turnovers.

I was ready to attribute the Tigers’ third road loss to turnovers and compare J.C. Copeland’s goal-line fumble and Elliott Porter’s botched snap to Zach Mettenberger’s three interceptions at Ole Miss and Odell Beckham Jr.’s muffed punt at Georgia.

But there is no comparison.

The mistakes against Ole Miss and Georgia were the difference in close games, but that wasn’t the case this time around.

Alabama is the superior football team and LSU would have caught the same beat-down whether or not it turned the ball over.

The Tigers actually weathered the two giveaways and tied the game on a Colby Delahoussaye field goal in the third quarter.

But from that point on, Alabama seemingly kicked into another gear and ran the Tigers over.

And 21 Alabama points later, Les Miles and company were left to wonder what happened to them.

After the game, Miles reminded reporters that teams kill themselves when they turn the ball over, and he’s right. But in this case, it wasn’t the difference.

LOSING STEAM, see page 11

GAPS, see page 11

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

Alabama senior linebacker C.J. Mosley (32) tackles LSU junior running back Terrence Magee (14) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 38-17 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

the second half.

Alabama started blitzing often, and the Tigers’ offense never adjusted to the added pressure, said junior wide receiver Jarvis Landry.

“We couldn’t convert,” Landry said. “We couldn’t protect Zach, based on the scheme we just couldn’t execute in

those situations.”

Alabama sacked Mettenberger four times, including three straight drop-backs on the Tigers’ final drive and last attempt to get back into the game. Alabama was also credited with two additional quarterback hurries.

After the final sack of the game, Mettenberger struggled to

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU advances to semifinals of preseason tournament Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

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LSU junior guard DaShawn Harden (24) fights for the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 80-64 victory against St. Joseph’s University in the PMAC.

After winning the season opener with a fast tempo and an offensive explosion, the LSU women’s basketball team showed no signs of slowing down, defeating the St. Joseph’s Hawks (1-1) 80-64 on Sunday afternoon at the PMAC in the second round of the Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

Along with the 86-58 victory

against Stephen F. Austin on Friday, the Lady Tigers (2-0) are off to a historic start. Three or more players have finished with doubledigit points in both games, and this is the first time the team has scored at least 80 points in its first two games since 2001.

“I think one of the more important things to take away is how we’re going to play,” said head coach Nikki Caldwell. “We want to be a team that generates runs, but we still have got to be able to

answer people’s runs.”

The Lady Tigers put together a late run in the first half to take a 40-25 lead into the break. After a few Hawk rallies cut the lead to single digits, the team pulled away with the offensive play of junior guard DaShawn Harden and senior forward Theresa Plaisance.

Sophomore guard Danielle Ballard nearly brought in a tripledouble, registering 12 points, nine BASKETBALL, see page 7

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VOLLEYBALL

LSU Tigers fall to No. 20 Kentucky Team loses in five sets on Sunday

believed they wouldn’t be very comfortable in the fifth, and they weren’t,” Flory said. “They had a couple of kids with some special performances, and those were the deciding plays in the Dimitri Skoumpourdis match.”

Sports Contributor Flory credited the connecA dominating performance tion between freshman outside from freshman middle blocker hitter Anni Thomasson and Briana Holman couldn’t help the sophomore setter Morgan BerLSU volleyball team as it lost in gren as the key for the Wildcats five sets to No. 20 Kentucky on to work through their uncomSunday at Memorial Coliseum in fortable fifth set. Thomasson had a match-high 30 kills while Lexington, Ky. Holman led the team with Bergren had a match-leading 66 20 kills on an impressive .421 assists.

LSU showed hitting percentage for the match, ‘We didn’t do anything positive steps in but LSU (15-9, that cost us the match, maintaining composure and the 5-7 Southeastern Conference) but Kentucky stepped relatively young “grew couldn’t capitalup and made a few team up” on the road ize after capturing the first set, more plays than us.’ against a top SEC opponent, accord25-23. ing to Flory.

Junior setFran Flory “That’s a ter Malorie Pardo LSU volleyball head coach big step for us notched her teamleading 15th double-double on for sure,” said sophomore outthe season as she handed out 56 side hitter Katie Lindelow. assists and stretched out for 12 “Even when we got down or they made a big run, it didn’t digs.

Despite the loss, head phase us, and we stayed calm coach Fran Flory said she and confident. We plan on taking was proud of her team’s ef- that forward into the rest of the fort and believes it can learn season.”

The Tigers will get a quick from this performance moving chance to show off their develforward.

“I’m super proud of how oping composure and chemistry hard we played and how well we when Texas A&M comes to the played,” Flory said. “We didn’t PMAC at 6 p.m. on Wednesday do anything that cost us the for a showdown. match, but Kentucky stepped up and made a few more plays than us.”

The Tigers have made their living in the fifth set of matches this season as their seven five-set victories are tied for second most in program history.

Flory said the game plan was Contact Dimitri Skoumpourdis at to push the Wildcats to a fifth dskoumpourdis@lsureveille.com set — a situation the Tigers are much more apt to playing in than Kentucky.

“We were excited to get to five [sets] because I really

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MEN’S TENNIS

Fall season ends for Tigers in Georgia Trip Dugas Sports Contributor

The LSU men’s tennis team concluded its fall season this weekend at the 2013 Bulldog Scramble hosted by Georgia. In round robin format, the Tigers played six teams throughout the weekend.

LSU won 11 of 25 singles matches and 6 of 9 doubles matches in Athens.

“We won a bunch this weekend and it should help with our confidence and enthusiasm to work hard over the next two months,” said men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown in a news release.

The Tigers’ doubles teams shined in Friday’s opening round with victories in all three matches.

Sophomore Tam Trinh and freshman Eric Perez highlighted the morning with a 6-5 (2) upset against Georgia’s Ben Wagland and Hernus Pieters, the No. 2 doubles team in the country.

Junior Chris Simpson and sophomore Boris Arias handed Vanderbilt’s Ryan Smith and Rhys Johnson their first loss of the scramble with a 6-4 win, and sophomore Andrew Korinek and freshman Justin Butsch beat Furman’s Joel Cook and Juan Sheppard 6-3 to keep the Tigers’ doubles teams perfect on day one.

In singles, Simpson and Korinek were the only LSU players to remain undefeated going into round two.

On the doubles courts, the momentum carried into day two. Simpson and Arias defeated Furman’s

Jacob Behal and Ben Horst 6-3.

Trinh and Perez also earned their second victory of the weekend, defeating Vanderbilt’s Mason Vierra and Suresh Eswaran 6-3.

Butsch came away with the Tigers’ only second round singles victory, beating Horst 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 as LSU finished 1-6 in singles Saturday.

But on the final day of the fall season, the tables turned for the Tigers as LSU won four singles matches and only one doubles match.

The Tigers were 2-0 against Vanderbilt in the final round Sunday as Butsch cruised past Smith 6-1, 6-2 and Korinek held off Kris Yee 6-1, 7-6.

Both Trinh and Perez took their Furman foes into the third set in singles. After dropping the first set 4-6, Trinh won the second set 6-4 and prevailed in the final set 6-3 against Behal to complete the comeback.

The fall season ended differently for Perez who fell to Horst 1-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Arias capped his fall campaign by beating Furman’s Cook in straight sets 6-4, 7-6.

The lone doubles duo to win in the final day of action was Trinh and Perez. The pair defeated Furman’s Cook and Sheppard 6-2 in the one-set match, bringing the doubles weekend win total to six.

The Tigers return to action Jan. 5 at the Key Biscayne Collegiate Invitational in Key Biscayne, Fla. Contact Trip Dugas at tdugas@lsureveille.com

BASKETBALL, from page 5

rebounds and seven assists. Ballard earned preseason second team All-Southeastern Conference honors after averaging 12.1 points and 6.5 rebounds last season.

“You can’t really coach what Danielle does; it’s just raw talent,” Plaisance said. “Her work ethic and her hustle on top of that makes her an even better player, and she’s just a sophomore. It’s scary to see where she could be as a senior.”

St. Joseph’s offense was powered by senior guard Erin Shields, who led all scorers with 23 points, including an impressive 7-12 from three-point range. Sophomore forward Sarah Fairbanks helped the Hawks as well, putting up 11

page 7 points and nine rebounds.

Harden led the Lady Tigers in scoring for the second consecutive game, registering 19 points on 5-15 shooting.

Plaisance, a preseason National Player of the Year candidate, chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds, including 11 points in the first half.

The Lady Tigers had a scare late in the first half when freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief went down with a hyperextended knee and had to be helped off the court. Moncrief came back, however, and finished with nine points and six rebounds.

LSU showed great improvement on the glass after a disappointing performance against SFA. The Lady Tigers outrebounded the

Hawks 50-30, including a 17-8 advantage in offensive rebounds.

“We talked [after Friday’s game] about the fact that we needed to control the boards,” Caldwell said. “Their game plan was obviously not to send everybody to the boards but to set their defense.”

LSU will play in the semifinals of the WNIT on Thursday when it takes on the winner of the Louisville-Quinnipiac game Monday. The location and time of the game remains to be determined.

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Honor Veterans Day by volunteering, giving back The Daily Reveille Editorial Board We as students spend most of our days rushing from class to meals to club meetings, engrossed in the tiny interactions and goings-on of our lives.

Every so often, something comes around to pull us out of that reverie, something huge along the lines of 9/11, Katrina or last year’s bomb threat.

In each of these instances, we relied on government agencies to assist, and had the bomb threat been realized, armed forces could have been involved.

This is why Veterans Day, although stuck at the end of a muchneeded fall break, shouldn’t get the short end of the stick.

We’re all headed back into the swing of things, but before the homestretch of term papers and exams overcome us all, take a moment to remember those who continue to sacrifice their lives, time and mental health to make research and academia possible.

This isn’t something to pass over because it doesn’t allow for a day off from school. It should serve as a marker to remind us all to give back to our community in some way.

Today at 1 p.m., the University will observe a nationwide moment of silence in conjunction with 85 colleges across the country. Names of fallen soldiers will be read aloud, while participants pay their respect.

But we can take it a

[left] ALEX SLITZ; [right] ERIC GAY / The Associated Press

[Left] Larry Nanney of Rockfield, Ky., is overcome with emotion while greeting people Saturday during the Bowling Green-Warren County Veterans Day Parade.

[Right] In preparation for Veterans Day, workers hang a three-story-long U.S. flag off a parking garage Thursday in downtown San Antonio.

step further.

We can’t all ship off to boot camp, but we can take advantage of our freedoms by bettering our small corners of the world and giving soldiers a reason to fight.

We can excel in classes integral to our future careers, take a day to volunteer at the children’s hospital or vote in elections.

And when we recognize a veteran, we can thank him

or her.

Veterans have a special place in U.S. hearts, where they are latently respected and more often forgotten, so take some time today to serve someone else and make your part of the world something

worth fighting for.

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doubt that there would be at least a small community of technoterrorists and activists willing to exploit the nascent technology. But in reality, that is nothing more than business as usual. The unfortunate truth is that there is no such thing a ‘mental freedom’, your ideas, beliefs, hopes, and thoughts are all decided for you through your myriad interactions within society. The human mind is not a source of freedom; it is a computer that integrates observations of others, into ourselves.

There is no such thing as a mind that is free from the environment that it persists in. At least not yet.

The transition of human thought and experience from physical space into cyberspace has been a topic of deep thought by technologists and futurists (such as Ray Kurzweil), who

projected the combination of the human mind and cyberspace over a decade ago. It really is only a matter of time, because the internet offers something that has vexed our species collective imagination since time immemorial; the prospect of immortality.

Whether overt or not, our species has always longed for immortality. This was the impetus behind the construction of religions, and the human creation of idea’s such as ‘heaven’. It is also the driving impetus for people today to cling so strongly to religions; to trick the mind into easing the fear of death. But unlike conceptual constructs that are mere wishful thinking, the integration of the human mind and the internet provides the very real possibility of individual human minds persisting indefinitely, as long as the internet is maintained.

What such an advance in the human condition would bring to society is impossible to know.

It could foster an era of tremendous unity among the peoples of the world, or it could lay the ground work for a war between those who cannot let go of their indoctrinated wishful thinking (aka. religious dogma) and those who want to move our species into the future. What will happen, in the end, is pure speculation at this point. But it is clear that technology and science will inevitably succeed where so many have failed before, for better or for worse.”

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In response to “LSU could soon join other universities in tobacco ban,” readers had this to say: “I’m so sorry that it will be an inconvenience for you to expose non-smokers to deadly fumes.

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Opinion

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HEAD to HEAD

Does the Affordable Care Act help Louisiana?

Yes. The law would provide health care to people. No. This is not the change we were looking for.

MR. FINI JOSHUA HAJIAKBARIFINI Columnist National political battles emphasized by the Affordable Care Act are squeezing Louisiana. On one side, the Tea Party and the Republicans refuse to implement the ACA, and on the other, the Obama administration promised that people could keep their existing health care plans, which turned out to be false.

Recently, The Advocate reported that as many as 93,000 residents in Louisiana will lose their health insurance plans which flies in the face of Obama’s promise. The president and the Democrats are already unpopular in Louisiana, with the state voting against Obama twice. The news of the canceled health insurance plans is going to make the state more polarized than it already is.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, who many suspect is trying to become president, has for the past several years been cutting education and health care. Jindal is popular outside of Louisiana and was considered a possible running mate for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in 2012.

When Obama and the Democrat-led Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, it passed without a single Republican vote. Due to the passage, many conservative Democrats lost their seats to the insurgent Tea Party and the Republicans in 2010 midterm elections. Since then, Tea Party Republicans have been trying to repeal the ACA. The finest hour of the Affordable Care Act was when the Supreme Court ruled in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that the law was constitutional. The Supreme Court also ruled that states can opt out of the Medicaid expansion which our governor has already taken advantage of.

At the state level, Jindal has refused to implement the Medicaid expansion, which would help more than 400,000 people. He did something similar in 2009, when he refused the expansion of unemployment benefits from the Stimulus Package during the height of the recession.

The changes of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would benefit hundreds of thousands if Jindal would just implement it. Some of the Medicaid changes include expanding the coverage to those who make 138 percent of the poverty line, allowing poor adults with no children or disabilities to qualify, and expanding funding for the program.

In February, Jindal made an argument that the expansion will cost too much but neglected to mention the federal government will cover 100 percent of the expansion and incrementally lower it to 90 percent by 2020. In May, the Republicandominated Senate rejected an amendment that would have allowed for the voters to decide on the Medicaid expansion.

There has been some backlash by grassroots organizations to Jindal refusing the expansion. Around 44 nonprofits are pushing for a Medicaid expansion petition

which they claim will drop the number of those who are uninsured by half and bring nearly $15.7 billion to the state over the next decade. If Jindal and the Republicancontrolled Louisiana Congress don’t expand Medicaid, it will leave a large gap between those in poverty who qualify for pre-ACA Medicaid and those who are affluent enough to qualify for the subsidies in the health care exchange. The Medicaid expansion is supposed to cover everyone in between those groups, but the Republican Party is having none of it.

If there is one thing that is shown with this new law being implemented, it is that reform is difficult. This is the first major reform program in U.S. history that didn’t pass with bipartisan support, and now the nation is becoming more and more divided during its implementation.

The people of Louisiana and the nation need to push past this gridlock and partisanship and push for the future. Millions need health care, and if there is one thing that’s sure, the previous system wasn’t better. Louisiana must accept the Medicaid expansion so all those who need health care can get it.

Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-year-old political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Joshua Hajiakbarifini at jhajiakbarifini@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JoshuaFini

BRACE YOURSELF

RYAN MCGEHEE Columnist “I’m sorry” is not a common phrase heard from the second most powerful man on Earth. In an interview with NBC, President Barack Obama gave a half-hearted apology regarding the epic failure that was the health care website’s rollout.

His exact words were, “I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me,” which roughly translates to “I’m sorry you caught me in a blatant lie.”

That lie was the much-heard phrase, “If you like your plan, you can keep it, period.” I guess he forgot to mention that the law would force millions of Americans off of their plans, 93,000 of whom are in Louisiana.

That’s 500 more people than Tiger Stadium can hold. But hey, we had to pass it to find out what was in it, right?

Adding insult to injury, the Supreme Court, under the leadership of Benedict Arnold, aka Chief Justice John Roberts, chose to uphold this legislative atrocity. Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, whose court struck down the National Industry Recovery Act, must have rolled over in his grave.

The cherry on top is that the website people are supposed to use to sign up in the health care exchanges, health care. gov, doesn’t even work after half a billion in funding and more than two years to construct it.

That’s more funding than Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Spotify each had in their respective infancies.

The contractor responsible for a majority of the site’s development, CGI Federal, a subsidiary of Canadian based CGI Group Inc., was awarded the contract for health care.gov 18 months after the ACA’s passage.

This is a company with a highly suspect past, almost single-handedly wrecking Canada’s gun-registration program, whose website it was asked to build in the 1990s. According to Tony Bernardo, executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Administration, CGI “could screw up the Lord’s Prayer.”

You would think the federal government could do a basic background check on a corporation now responsible for the functionality of a multi-billion dollar industry.

The website’s failure is indicative of the law’s overwhelming deficiencies. It is a bloated mess that throws a wrench into an advanced health care system, all for the sake of trying to ensure a few million people have health insurance who could have just been subsidized directly.

Perhaps the one ray of sunshine in this nightmare is that the Supreme Court ruled individual states can opt out of the law’s expansion of Medicaid, which Gov. Bobby Jindal has embraced whole-heartedly.

The expansion would cost $1.7 billion over the next 10 years, and would be a gross increase in Louisiana’s welfare woes. Jindal needs to stand firm in the face of cries from the left to expand the program.

The fact of the matter is that the ACA is an unmitigated failure. It will harm millions of Americans across the country, be it in the form of delayed coverage, increased premiums or loss of hours at work.

Instead of forcing this law on the American people, the responsible thing to do would be for Congress and the administration to admit their mistakes.

Congress should then draft and pass an amendment to the law that would allow for an across-the-board delay for at least a year, so lawmakers can sort out a lasting solution to this mess. In fact, our very own Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has proposed an amendment that would reinstate plans dropped due to the new standards set by the ACA. The president should then bite the bullet and sign the amendment. He does not want to harm his landmark legislation or his legacy, but as it stands right now, neither looks very good.

Ryan McGehee is a 20-year-old political science, history and international studies junior from Zachary, La.

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / The Associated Press

President Barack Obama is greeted by Gov. Bobby Jindal after speaking at the Port of New Orleans on Friday. Obama traveled to the Gulf Coast region to make a case that more exports equal more jobs.

Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee

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Isn’t LSU a smoke-free campus?!

I’m so tired of walking behind people who are smoking and having to breathe in that nasty smell when I should be filling my pink, healthy lungs with fabulous fall air. Smokers, you suck.

LOSING STEAM, from page 5

The majority of the plays LSU made against the Alabama defense stemmed from mistakes in Crimson Tide coverage, not good plays by LSU weapons, according to Alabama junior cornerback Jarrick Williams.

Alabama’s first drive of the second half lasted almost eight minutes, and the Tide ran the ball down LSU’s throat, calling running plays on 12 of the drives’ 14 plays.

“It wasn’t perfect, and we

GAPS, from page 5

On the same field where LSU battled Alabama and won “The Game of the Century” two seasons ago, it was obvious the Tigers didn’t have the talent and athletes to stand toe-to-toe with the Tide.

On both sides of the ball, Alabama has nothing but guys who were five-star recruits on the way in to Tuscaloosa and will be NFL Draft picks on their way out. LSU has some of those types of players on offense, but on the other side of the ball, they look small and slow comparatively.

In fairness, nearly the entire Tiger defense from a season ago is playing Sundays now. But Alabama loses players to the NFL Draft every season and has no trouble replacing them with players every bit as talented.

The ‘next man up’ mentality is huge in college football because of the high turnover from season to season.

When Alabama lost safety Vinnie Sunseri to a season-ending knee injury, Nick Saban simply replaced him with Landon Collins. For comparison, Collins, who began the season playing special teams, would be the best player in LSU’s secondary right now.

The Tigers lost an extraordinary number of players to last

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didn’t play great in the first half,” 59-26 win against Mississippi said Alabama coach Nick Saban. State on Oct. 5.

“But there was a lot of character “We came out and did our out there in the second half to job,” said Alabama junior wide control the line receiver Kevin of scrimmage the ‘We came out and did Norwood. “[Saway we did on ban] told us to our job.’ offense.” put our foot down Control of the and play hard and line of scrimmage physical, because Kevin Norwood allowed sophoLSU was going Alabama junior wide receiver more T.J. Yeldon to give it their all. to gain 136 yards on 25 carries. We made a promise to each other The Tide rushed for a total of 193 we were just going to go out and yards on the night, the most the play Alabama football.”

Tigers have given up since their Alabama’s run game was

boosted by LSU players missing tackles and Yeldon making guys miss after he hit the hole, Miles said.

Although the Tigers were only competitive for two quarters and the Tide have won the last three head-to-head matchups, Mettenberger said he doesn’t believe a talent gulf has developed between the two teams.

Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @treylabat_TDR

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year’s draft, but they have done a poor job replacing it. A slight drop off had to be expected at first to account for the learning curve, but now it’s been 10 games and the lack of improvement indicates this unit just isn’t good.

I don’t think the problem is a lack of experience. The problem is that, position by position, every new starting defender is less talented than the player they replaced.

For what it’s worth, a number of them were only three- or four-start recruits, according to most recruiting services. But even five-star guys like Anthony Johnson and Craig Loston haven’t stepped up to pick up the slack defensively.

People want to blame the two turnovers for the loss because it’s easy and more comforting than acknowledging that Alabama is 21 points better than LSU. But this year it is.

Now, one bad season doesn’t mean LSU’s days as an SEC power are over. But if the top recruits in Louisiana, like the previously mentioned Collins, continue to leave home to play in Tuscaloosa, this outlier could become a trend.

And if that happens, Saturday’s game won’t be the last beating LSU takes from the Tide.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y. Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @James_Moran92

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