The Daily Reveille - November 18, 2013

RESEARCH: Cannabis linked to social anxiety, p. 4

BASKETBALL: Tiger duo brings different playing styles to the court, p. 5

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OBITUARY

Former AD Joe Dean dead at 83 Chandler Rome Sports Editor

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A painting inside a volume of John Audubon’s “Birds of America” is displayed during Audubon Day on Saturday in Hill Memorial Library.

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Students spruce up veterans center Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Kicking off Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and aiming to improve the quality of life of others through service, students from the University’s American Institute of Architecture Students chapter renovated bathrooms at the Raven’s Outreach Center for Homeless Veterans on Saturday.

At Raven’s, located on North Street, students spent their Saturday replacing rusty mirrors, painting bathroom walls and installing toilet paper holders. Transforming peeling paint and rusty mirrors to a revitalized bathrooms, the group renovated two bathrooms with three stalls each.

Charlston Britton, architecture

sophomore, said he participated in the service day to get involved and found it rewarding to make the changes happen.

“In the studio, we do projects that’s very conceptualized stuff, but out here you can actually make something happen,” Britton said.

Andrew Pharis, Freedom by Design program director and fifthyear architecture major, said this is the first Freedom by Design project and the group hopes to continue this in the future. The group partnered with the Mid City Redevelopment Alliance to find Raven’s, Pharis said.

Raven’s has been providing homeless veterans with food and shelter for five years. Veterans can VETERANS, see page 15

Reeling from recruiting sanctions, dashed postseason aspirations and a legendary coach settling into retirement, new LSU basketball coach John Brady and his program faced an uphill climb when he arrived on campus in 1997.

It seemed to be a shell of the days when future College Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Dean Sr. teamed with NBA legend Bob Pettit to lead the Tigers in the early 1950s.

But no matter how far LSU had fallen, Dean — the school’s athletic director at the time — stood firm to weather the storm a young protégé had inherited.

Dean, the longest-tenured athletic director in LSU history, a 2012 inductee into the National DEAN, see page 11

National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Every year, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The University will have various events around campus and in the community to raise awareness and education about homelessness worldwide through interactive programs hosted by Kitchens on the Geaux. Here are different events throughout the week that give students an opportunity to get involved:

MONDAY

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Help Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank move into a new facility by packing and loading the stored food and equipment at the new facility.

4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Help local families in need through Shepard’s Market Pantry.

TUESDAY 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Help local families in need through Shepard’s Market Pantry.

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Help Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank move into a new facility by packing and loading the stored food and equipment at the new facility.

WEDNESDAY 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Help students pick up food, clean, box cans, sort cans and break down boxes at Streams of Life, which provides non-profit agencies food, clothing and household items.

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Travel to Delmont Service Center to serve lunch to senior citizens and help with a planned activity.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Help out at Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless One Stop’s Second Anniversary Party: set up the party, serve food, put together gift bags for One Stop clients and clean up after the celebration.

THURSDAY

8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Help local families in need through Shepard’s Market Pantry.

FRIDAY 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Serve lunch to homeless individuals in Baton Rouge at St. Vincent de Paul Homeless Shelter. *For more information on the events listed here, visit Kitchens on the Geaux at http://sites01.lsu.edu/ wp/campuslife/service/kitchenson-the-geaux/ information compiled by ELIZABETH THOMAS • Contributing Writer

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Nation & World

Monday, November 18, 2013

McAllister wins 5th District congressional seat Port Allen mayor ousted in election The Associated Press

(AP) — Vance McAllister, a political newcomer with the backing of the popular “Duck Dynasty” TV family, was elected Saturday as Louisiana’s newest member of Congress.

McAllister, who largely selffunded his campaign, easily beat establishment candidate Neil Riser, a state senator, in a special runoff election for the vacant 5th District seat.

He won with 60 percent of the vote.

The secretary of state’s office said turnout was a low 19 percent of registered voters.

Both men are Republicans.

McAllister, a businessman with multiple companies, ran as a political outsider, capitalizing on voter frustration with politicians and Congress. As a point of pride during the campaign, he said he’d never been to Washington.

He credited his win to “being real and being true. People were ready for something different.”

“I’m representing the whole district. I got Democrats, I got Republicans and I got independent votes. I think that’s what we got to get this country back to is representing everybody. I’m going to stick to my conservative values, but we’ve got to

work together,” McAllister said.

Riser, a funeral-home owner in the Senate since 2008, campaigned on his experience in the Legislature and with the support of tea party groups.

Considered the front-runner since the special election was called in August, Riser only managed to pick up 3,800 votes from his total in the October primary. McAllister, by comparison, added 36,000 new votes from his primary finish.

“Plain and simple, this was Riser’s election to lose,” said Joshua Stockley, political science professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. “Riser was the favorite going into the evening. He had the dollars. He had the endorsement of the Republican establishment. He had a strong showing in the primary. Yet, he lost it.”

Riser and McAllister largely agreed on many issues. Both oppose abortion, favor strong gun rights and criticize the levels of federal spending and debt.

Their sharpest distinction rested with President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

Both opposed the health overhaul, but Riser wanted only repeal, saying the law will harm businesses

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odds with some tea party supporters but generated support from Democrats who had no candidate of their own in the runoff.

PORT ALLEN (AP) — Voters in Port Allen have ousted Mayor Demetric “Deedy” Slaughter.

The Advocate reports that Slaughter became the first West Baton Rouge Parish official to be ousted from office when 57 percent of the voters Saturday voted for the recall.

After Slaughter took office in January, she was criticized for charging taxpayers the $2,500 cost of a trip to Washington to attend President Barack Obama’s second inauguration.

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Vance McAllister celebrates Saturday with his family and supporters after winning the 5th Congressional District election 60 percent to 40 percent.

and families and can’t be fixed.

McAllister said repeal had no chance with Democrats leading the Senate and White House, so he said Congress should work to improve the law. He also wants Louisiana to expand its Medicaid program to give insurance to the working poor, an expansion that Riser opposed.

The positions put McAllister at

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RESEARCH

Study drug alternative poses Cannabis linked health threats to students to social anxiety Deanna Narveson Contributing Writer

Students across the nation are abusing medications in hopes of gaining better study habits, and the University’s Student Health Center is looking out for a new trend that has been spotted at other institutions.

The concentration-enhancing effect of stimulants used in ADHD medications can be created using combinations of over-the-counter pills, making pulling an all-nighter easier and reducing the risk of legal consequences from using another student’s perscription.

Combining ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin, known as ECA stacking, can create the Adderall effect and is written about on bodybuilding websites as a way to increase metabolism and lose weight. Another combination of pseudoephedrine — found in Sudafed, and other cold medicines — and coffee is also rumored to help with studying.

Roy Fontenot, staff pharmacist at the Neighborhood Walmart on Highland Road, said while Adderall and other ADHD medications target certain receptors in the brain that increase concentration, pseudoephedrine targets different receptors, and the body reacts to it the same way as it does adrenaline.

“Pseudoephedrine is what’s called an alpha antagonist, and it causes a fight or flight response in the body,” Fontenot said. “It increases blood pressure and heart rate, and decreases appetite.”

Fontenot said theoretically, the combinations of drugs would have

some of the same physiological effects as Adderall, but he does not recommend students take them for uses other than they are intended.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, ECA stacking was not found to be harmful rather, it worked as a weight-loss aid.

Adderall contains amphetamine, which is why it has such strong effects on users, according to the Mayo Clinic, a research hospital.

The Mayo Clinic also reported that pseudoephedrine and ephedrine can have side effects such as nervousness and insomnia, and an overdose can cause seizures and irregular heartbeat.

University Health Promotions coordinator Sierra Fowler said pseudoephedrine is used in making methamphetamines. Sales of it therefore are heavily regulated, she said.

“They have a system in place, called NPLEx, so that when you go to a pharmacy you are only allowed to purchase certain amounts of it,” Fowler said. “It’s real time as well, so if you buy some in Louisiana and then go to Texas, it will be tracked.”

The purchase of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine also require a government-issued ID, and only 3.6 grams per day, or 9 grams per month, can be purchased, Fowler said.

“Trying to use Sudafed to help study is really very dangerous because [it is] meant for short-term use,” Fowler said. “As far as ECA stacking, one of the recommendations is not to use ephedrine with caffeine because that’s a direct complex and you are

NOVEMBER

EVENT CALENDAR

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 5:00 PM

Chicken and Waffles - The Maison

6:00 PM

Dominick Grillo - The Spotted Cat Music Club DJ Pasta's Hangover Happy Hour - Siberia

7:00 PM

Sunflower City - The Maison Joe Cabral THRio - The Three Muses

7:30 PM

LSU Jazz Combo - Claude L. Shaver Theatre

8:00 PM

Joan Torres - Cafe Istanbul Alexis & the Samurai - Chickie Wah Wah The Preservation Hall Living Legends - Preservation Hall Charlie Fardella & Tom Hook - Fritzels Jazz Club

9:00 PM

Andrew's Extravaganza - George's Place The Eric Andre Show Live! - One Eyed Jacks

10:00 PM

Kristina Morales - The Spotted Cat Music Club Glen David Andrews - D.B.A. Velvet Acid Christ - Siberia

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Students use stimulants such as Adderall to help them concentrate while studying, but taking undiagnosed medications can have dangerous health reprocussions.

opening yourself up to an increase in heart problems and blood pressure.”

Fowler said that when a patient is put on an ADHD medication, they are monitored by a doctor and their medication is tailored to the individual person. The danger of using over-the-counter drugs to help with studying, she said, is increased by the lack of medical supervision.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

University graduate students are helping to develop new treatments that helps cannabis users who have developed social anxiety and wish to find another outlet, instead of drugs, to combat their disorder.

Julia Buckner, assistant professor of psychology and director of the University’s Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Clinic, has assembled a team of graduate students to help her research the connection between marijuana use and social anxiety.

Buckner received a $235,000 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has published close to 70 papers concerning cannabis use and social anxiety.

The NIDA recently published Buckner’s research collected over a 10-year study. Her research found that those with social anxiety disorder were seven times more likely to develop a cannabis use disorder (CUD), Buckner said.

She also concluded that those with higher levels of anxiety after completing CUD treatment are more prone to relapsing. Buckner explained that people are often being treated for their addiction but not their anxiety, which is the root of the problem.

In light of these findings, the graduate students under Buckner’s

guidance are trying to develop ways of treating both issues at the same time through cognitive reconstruction and without issuing drugs.

“So far the results are promising … though the study is in the pilot phase,” Buckner said. “They’re telling us they like getting treated for both [anxiety and cannabis use] at the same time.”

In order to be successful in treatment, the underlying issue must first be discovered because the type of anxiety can affect the treatment, Buckner said. For example, those with social anxiety usually had anxiety prior to using cannabis, and the drug heightened it; however, those who suffer from panic anxiety probably created the issue by starting to use it, she said.

Buckner said these problems are consistent with college students. Students tend to experiment with cannabis when they are under a lot of stress or they feel the need to conform, she said. According to Buckner, students sometimes overestimate the number of students using drugs and therefore feel pressured.

The Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Clinic provides outpatient services while facilitating a place to conduct free treatment for research, Buckner said.

Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com

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HILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Monday, November 18, 2013

Audubon Day showcases valued book collections Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

Hill Memorial Library’s Audubon Day on Saturday showcased the highly valued book collection “Birds of America,” a four-volume set that is too large for a casual read.

The books’ paintings portray more than 1,000 species of birds on “elephant-folio” paper. The term refers to the size of the paper, which measures 29.5 by 39.5 inches. Because of the books’ size, this collection isn’t viewed often by the public, according to Michael Taylor, assistant curator of books for Hill Memorial.

A set of the four volumes was sold at an auction in 2010 for

$11.5 million, the highest price dedicated to revealing the collecever paid for a printed book. tion, authored by John Audubon “It is exciting and considered to see the level of ‘Many students do not one of Hill Meexcitement to see morial’s most the books,” said enter the doors of Hill valuable collecJessica Lacher- Memorial, and I think tions. The event Feldman, head attracted not only that’s a shame.’ of special collecstudents, but tions. “Audubon people with no afKyle Neff day is unique befiliation with the history senior cause it’s not a University, who lecture or a presentation but an traveled from as far as Massaintimate look at these rare, im- chusetts. portant books.”

History senior Kyle Neff, a The event was Lacher- student worker for special collecFeldman’s first opportunity to tions in the library, said Audubon display the Audubon prints as the Day showcased the best the denew head of special collections partment has to offer. Audubon this semester.

Day is an opportunity to open the Audubon Day is an event doors to students and the public to show the historical materials otherwise unseen, he said.

“Many students do not enter the doors of Hill Memorial, and I

think that is a shame,” Neff said.

Taylor said the event is an opportunity to bring out the Audubon collection for public viewing, which does not get to happen often because of its size and value.

In addition to “Birds of America,” the event featured other ornithology books that were recently donated to Hill Memorial. It was the first time the books

were shown at the event.

The prints of the birds drew a crowd of many kinds of people, Taylor said. Not only do people like seeing the artistry in the prints, but students studying biology, art and photography find the prints educational, he said.

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Sports

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The Dynamic Duo Hickey, Quarterman bring different playing styles to LSU

alumni

Webster donates $200k to athletes Former player encourages giving Gordon Brillon Staff Writer

“Both of them like to push the ball and have a good vision of the court,” said freshman forward Jarell Martin. “Hickey can deflect the ball, get steals and push the ball. Tim likes to create plays and dish the ball; his first option is to pass and get his teammates involved.”

Hickey is a stingy defender with a knack for swiping the basketball, and he was third in the country with 2.93 steals per game last season. He also poses a

When representatives from the 2003 BCS National Championshipwinning football team took the field to be recognized before the Florida game in October, the focus was on remembering the glory the team had brought to the University.

But one former member of the team wants to show that athletes can continue to give to the University even after they graduate.

Corey Webster, who was a junior in 2003 and now plays as a cornerback for the New York Giants, started the Give Greaux campaign last week to encourage former student-athletes to give back to the University in the form of donations.

Give Greaux will work with the Tiger Athletic Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports University Athletics, to identify former University student-athletes to motivate them to donate to the University. Webster said Give Greaux will be specifically looking for donations to help pay for facilities and equipment for student-athletes.

DUO, see page 10

GIVE GREAUX, see page 10

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LSU junior guard Anthony Hickey (1) maneuvers down the court Saturday during the Tigers’ 88-74 victory against Northwestern State in the PMAC.

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LSU freshman guard Tim Quarterman (55) attempts to score Saturday during the Tigers’ 88-74 victory against Northwestern State in the PMAC.

Two guards are better than

That’s the case for LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones, who has a duo of capable point guards at his disposal in junior Anthony Hickey and freshman Tim Quarterman. But Hickey and Quarterman do more than provide depth for the Tigers — their different playing styles can be a nightmare for opposing players and coaches.

Volleyball

Tigers end losing streak with win against Tennessee Sophomore Ehrle leads Tiger offense Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

Sophomore outside hitter Emily Ehrle wanted no regrets when she walked out of Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday.

What she got was an 18kill performance on the way to the Tigers’ first victory in three matches.

Stepping in for ailing junior outside hitter Helen Boyle, Ehrle led LSU (16-10, 6-8 Southeastern Conference)

offensively in a closely contested, five-set win (13-25, 2518, 24-26, 25-20, 15-13) against SEC cellar dweller Tennessee (9-19, 1-13 SEC).

“We want to play with no regrets,” Ehrle said. “We can say that whether we won or lost, we gave it our all and we don’t have any regrets looking back on the match. I think no regrets is going to be a big help through the rest of this season.”

The two teams split points in the match 102-102, but the Tigers finished on top when it mattered, taking the final set by two points.

“It was a challenge both offense and defensively,” said sophomore defensive specialist Haley Smith. “Tennessee isn’t

a bad team by any means, but I think they had a couple smart shots that put them in position and they played very good against us. But, of course, it’s better to come out on top and we had the better players on our team.”

Defensively, freshman middle blocker Briana Holman tied her career high with 14 blocks on the day, including three solo stuffs. Smith led the team with 26 digs.

LSU coach Fran Flory said she wasn’t happy with the level at which her team played on Sunday, but at the end of the day, a win is a win.

“This stretch, this run, the VOLLEYBALL, see page 9

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LSU freshman middle blocker Briana Holman (13) leaps up to spike the ball Oct. 11 during the Tigers’ victory against Ole Miss in the PMAC.

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NFL

Monday, November 18, 2013

Hartley’s field goal pushes Saints past 49ers, 23-20 The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bloodied, Drew Brees recovered. Garret Hartley made a nifty comeback, too, for the New Orleans Saints.

Brees wiped off his chin after absorbing a hard hit in the waning minutes and guided the Saints to a pair of late field goals, with Hartley kicking a 31-yarder as time expired to beat the San Francisco 49ers 23-20 on Sunday.

The Saints trailed 20-17 when Ahmad Brooks leveled Brees and forced a fumble that Patrick Willis pounced on for the Niners. But Brooks was flagged because his forearm whacked Brees at the base of his neck, awkwardly bending back the quarterback’s head. The Niners disputed the 15-yard penalty for a hit to the head.

Brees moved the Saints into position for Hartley’s tying 42-yard kick with 2:06 left, then set him up to win it.

Hartley, who had missed four field goals in the Saints’ previous three games, made all three of his field goal attempts in the fourth quarter — he earlier hit from 21 yards.

Those kicks and sound defensive play allowed the Saints (8-2) to overcame three turnovers, a failed fourth down conversion and a 20-14 deficit.

Marques Colston finished with five catches for 80 yards to become the Saints’ all-time leader in yards receiving with 7,923, passing Eric Martin’s two-decade-old mark of 7,854.

Colin Kaepernick passed for a pair of scores, but finished with only 127 yards and was sacked three times as the Niners (6-4) lost their second straight.

The Saints’ defense, one of the worst in NFL history a year ago, played well enough to keep the Saints within striking distance despite what appeared to be a number

of seemingly costly mistakes.

Niners running back Frank Gore managed only 48 yards on 13 carries.

New Orleans, ranked in the lower third of the league in rushing, outgained San Francisco on the ground, 91 yards to 82.

Kaepernick completed 17 of 31 passes and scrambled only three times for 25 yards. His last run was a 16-yarder that came up just 3 yards short of a first down on third-andlong with less than two minutes to go.

That gave Brees all the time he needed to lead a game-winning drive in regulation.

Brees completed three passes on the final series: a 9-yarder to Graham, the 20-yarder to Colston and then another 12-yarder to Graham.

Brees finished 30 of 43 for 305 yards and one touchdown, a 3-yard connection with rookie tight end Josh Hill.

The Saints committed three costly turnovers during the second and third quarters. Lance Moore muffed a fair catch, setting up an 11yard San Francisco touchdown drive capped by Kaepernick’s pass to Anquan Boldin. Boldin was covered by Corey White, who’d come in after what appeared to be a serious left leg injury to Jabari Greer.

White briefly made up for it with a diving interception later in the second quarter, but when he got up, untouched and tried to run for a score, he fumbled the ball through the end zone for a touchback while diving for the pylon.

That gave the ball right back to the Niners, who drove far enough to set up Phil Dawson’s 55-yard field goal, which gave San Francisco a 10-7 lead.

New Orleans was right back in striking distance when Travaris Cadet fielded the kickoff 3 yards deep in the end zone, burst through a seam in the middle of the field and cut left for an 82-yard return to the

Niners 21.

Jed Collins’ short touchdown run put New Orleans back in front, 14-10.

That score stood until the first drive of the third quarter, when Brees, scrambling right, tried to lob a pass to Graham, only to have Brooks leap up and tip the ball to himself for an interception he returned to the Saints 22.

Vernon Davis’ 17-yard TD catch made it 17-14.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) is sacked Sunday by San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Ahmad Brooks (55) in New Orleans.

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LSU basketball offense better when it goes inside THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist On paper, a 1-1 record isn’t the dream start for LSU basketball.

But all things considered, it’s been a positive opening week for the Tigers.

Without shooting the ball exceptionally well in either game, LSU scored 90 points in the seasonopening loss to UMass and 88 in its victory against Northwestern State in Saturday’s home opener.

For comparison, the Tigers only broke the 85-point mark twice last season, one of which came in a triple-overtime win against Alabama.

The difference is in the sheer number of offensive options LSU possesses.

Gone are the days of three or four players being responsible for all the scoring. LSU coach Johnny Jones has gone 11 and 12 men deep off his bench and gotten points from 10 of them.

Jones has done it without forward Jarell Martin, who played less than a minute against UMass before leaving with a sprained ankle.

The freshman is the crown jewel of Jones’ highly touted recruiting class, and his offensive versatility can only make LSU more dangerous inside and outside once he returns.

But with or without Martin, it’s no longer the Johnny O’Bryant III

Show in the paint for LSU. The junior forward has scored 25 and 21 in the two games, but unlike last season, he’s gotten help.

Freshman Jordan Mickey received less hype than Martin on his way into Baton Rouge, but has been an absolute stud inside. He’s shown tremendous athleticism, posting double-digit points and rebounds in both games while blocking 11 shots along the way.

The well runs even deeper.

Jones got contributions from a pair of big men who provided a spark off the bench Saturday night.

Freshman Darcy Malone scored five points in as many minutes to extend LSU’s lead heading into halftime and John Odo added seven points and eight rebounds, including a pair of put-backs that sparked a secondhalf run.

The LSU bigs should get even more work going forward, considering how efficient they’ve been. The combination of O’Bryant, Mickey, Malone and Odo finished 18-for-30 from the field Saturday night.

Meanwhile, guards Andre Stringer, Tim Quarterman, Anthony Hickey and Malik Morgan shot a combined 12-for-38, an uninspiring 31.5 percent. If anything, the Tigers aren’t throwing the ball inside to their post players enough.

Jones said his team settled for too many jump shots against the Demons. Stringer said the same thing and acknowledged he was still getting used to playing with so many weapons inside who need to

get touches.

Considering the second-best option last season behind O’Bryant was often renowned tuba player Andrew Del Piero, it’s hard to blame him.

But he, Hickey and the rest of the guards need to figure it out by the time LSU heads to the Old Spice Classic next week. The Tigers have the talent to boost its out-of-conference credentials in Orlando, but they won’t beat the likes of Memphis or Oklahoma State by settling for jump shots.

It’s time to get used to playing inside-out. With two in-state opponents visiting the PMAC this week, the ball should be fed into the post early and often.

LSU will have to play insideout offensively in order to achieve maximum efficiency. The players are there, and it will create open shots on the perimeter when teams start double teaming the post more often.

The Tigers are scoring more points than they did last season on talent alone. But once the guards start looking inside first all the time, LSU will be more efficient offensively and that much more dangerous as a team.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y.

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LSU junior forward John Odo (31) attempts to score Saturday during the Tigers’ 88-74 victory against Northwestern State in the PMAC.

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FOOTBALL

Monday, November 18, 2013

POLLS

AP and Coaches Polls LSU maintains No. 18 ranking as AP Rank/Team/Record

Coaches Rank/Team/Record

1. Alabama

10-0

1. Alabama

10-0

2. Florida State

10-0

2. Florida State

10-0

3. Baylor

9-0

3. Ohio State

10-0

4. Ohio State

10-0

4. Baylor

9-0

5. Oregon

9-1

5. Oregon

9-1

6. Auburn

10-1

6. Clemson

9-1

7. Clemson

9-1

7. Auburn

10-1

8. Missouri

9-1

8. Missouri

9-1

9. Texas A&M

8-2

9. Oklahoma State

9-1

10. Stanford

8-2

10. Texas A&M

8-2

11. Oklahoma State

9-1

11. S. Carolina

8-2

12. S. Carolina

8-2

12. Stanford

8-2

13. Michigan State

9-1

13. Michigan State

9-1

14. UCLA

8-2

14. UCLA

8-2

15. Fresno State

9-0

15. Louisville

9-1

16. Wisconsin

8-2

16. Fresno State

9-0

17. UCF

8-1

17. Wisconsin

8-2

18. LSU

7-3

18. Oklahoma

8-2

19. Arizona State

8-2

19. LSU

7-3

20. N. Illinois

10-0

20. UCF

8-1

21. Louisville

9-1

21. N. Illinois

10-0

22. Oklahoma

8-2

22. Arizona State

8-2

23. USC

8-3

23. Minnesota

8-2

24. Ole Miss

7-3

24. Duke

8-2

25. Duke

8-2

25. USC

8-3

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voters spurn undefeated teams

Jared Kendall and Spencer Hutchinson Data Editor and Deputy Sports Editor

LSU remains in the doldrums of the Associated Press poll following its second bye week, languishing at No. 18 for the second consecutive week. The Tigers received votes ranging from No. 11 to No. 25, including lower-than-average votes from the AP Poll’s two Louisiana voters. Glenn Guilbeau, an LSU beat writer for Gannett News Services ranked the Tigers No. 19, and Scott Rabalais of The Advocate voted the Tigers at No. 21.

As has been the case for several weeks, voters in California continue to spurn undefeated teams from the Big Ten and Big 12. The same voters who kept a one-loss Stanford

team ranked ahead of undefeated teams one week ago shunned the darlings of the Big Ten and Big 12 again, with Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury voting one-loss Oregon ahead of undefeated No. 3 Baylor and No. 4 Ohio State.

No. 1 Alabama received 55 first-place votes with five secondplace votes. All five voters who ranked the Crimson Tide second awarded No. 2 Florida State top honors.

Alabama has not earned less than 52 first-place votes yet this season and has held down the nation’s top spot in every 2013 AP Poll this season, including the AP’s Preseason Top-25. The Crimson Tide has two games remaining, hosting FCS opponent Chattanooga this

week before traveling to No. 7 Auburn the following week for a showdown that could decide the Southeastern Conference’s West Division champion.

Six undefeated FBS teams remain, including Alabama, Florida State, Baylor, Ohio State, No. 15 Fresno State and No. 20 Northern Illinois.

To view every AP voter’s ballot and a regional breakdown of each top-25 team’s votes, visit lsureveille.com and check out The Daily Reveille’s interactive graphic.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

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regular season.

LSU travels to No. 4 Florida bottom line is, we got a win,” on Friday in a rematch of a fourFlory said. “We set, home defeat got a win on the at the hands of ‘We can say that road and typithe Gators becally when we whether we won or fore finishing the get a win — one regular season at of these five-set lost, we gave it our all, South Carolina wins — it kind of and we don’t have any and Ole Miss and jump starts us into then back at the a positive run and regrets looking back on PMAC against hopefully we exAlabama. the match.’ pect that to occur Ehrle said Emily Ehrle again.”

Flory told the LSU sophomore outside hitter Flory said team that people she doesn’t only remember like having to win or face the end of a season, no matter the end of the season, but it’s how good the start was. Flory the situation the Tigers are echoed her players, saying LSU in with four games left in the needs to make a statement in these

VOLLEYBALL, from page 5

final matches.

“We understand that every match we win, we put ourselves in a better place to extend our season,” Flory said. “We have to approach it that way.”

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LSU junior guard Anthony Hickey (1) attempts a three-pointer Saturday during the Tigers’ 88-74 victory against Northwestern State in the PMAC.

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LSU freshman forward Jordan Mickey (25) drives toward the basket Saturday during the Tigers’ 88-74 victory against Northwestern State in the PMAC.

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page 10 DUO, from page 5 dangerous scoring threat, racking up 13.5 points per game and shooting 35 percent from beyond the arc in two games this season.

Quarterman came out of high school touted as a potent distributor of the basketball, but he has dished out only one assist so far this season. The freshman stands at 6-foot-6-inches and has taken advantage of his length to pick up one steal and one block.

“It’s hard to figure us both out because we can do different things,” Hickey said. “But we’re still point guards, so that’s a big thing. He and I could be in together, so it could be tough for the defense to figure us out.”

Despite Jones’ claim that Hickey and Quarterman would rarely play at the same time, the duo ran the offense together for a brief stretch during LSU’s 92-90 loss at Massachusetts on Nov. 12.

“When they were on the floor together and Anthony was at the one and Quarterman was at the two, I thought they complemented each other well,” Jones said.

“We started running a lot of baseline plays, high screen-and-roll action, and I thought Anthony executed really well out of it.”

Quarterman has started every game this year, and Jones hinted he gave the freshman the nod because of off-the-court issues with Hickey. However, Jones said the junior guard could eventually crack the starting lineup and would remain a key player in the rotation until then.

Though Hickey has come off

the bench in each contest, he has been on the floor for 29 minutes per game, exactly double Quarterman’s time. Hickey’s energy and fast-paced play is a spark for the Tigers, and he may find himself in the starting rotation sooner rather than later.

“I don’t want [Hickey] to settle into anything,” Jones said.

“I just want him to be at his best whenever he’s called because he’s a tenacious player when he hits the floor. Offensively and defensively, he’s strong. You know that you can count on him, and he’s going to give you everything that he has.”

Quarterman said he and Hickey aim to bring defensive intensity and get into fast breaks when they step on the hardwood.

Knowing the starting spot is always up for grabs, the pair push each other at practice, according to Quarterman.

The formidable one-two punch of Hickey and Quarterman has strengthened LSU’s rotation and allowed Jones to experiment with various lineups. Both guards can effectively push the pace and run the offense, but their differences may be their greatest assets.

“It gives the opposing team a different look,” said senior guard Andre Stringer. “It keeps them off balance, and they really don’t know what to take away or how to play our guards. It gives us a variety.”

Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com

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Before the Florida game, Webster presented a check for $200,000 to University Athletics and TAF dedicated to the building of a Nutrition Center for Student-Athletes.

It was one of the largest-ever donations of its kind from a former student-athlete.

Webster said he hopes his donation and the efforts of the Give Greaux project in conjunction with TAF will help promote “a culture and tradition of giving” among former student-athletes.

He said the idea of donating

Monday, November 18, 2013 back to the University was given to him by University trainer Shelly Mullenix and assistant athletic director Sharon Lewis. TAF then helped him through the process of making the donation. Webster said the process made him want to inspire other former student-athletes to give back to the University.

Give Greaux is one branch of Webster’s charitable giving organization, the Corey Webster Foundation, which also includes programs that offer mentoring and job training in the automotive service field.

Webster said he wanted to

give back to the University in a way other than donating money because he felt the University gave him the opportunity to succeed as a professional athlete.

“You’ve got to start somewhere, so I might as well start with myself,” Webster told the Baton Rouge Business Report.

“God has blessed me with a positive platform. Give Greaux is about just never stopping, just always progressing.”

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The Daily Reveille

Monday, November 18, 2013 DEAN, from page 1

Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and a member of LSU basketball’s All-Century Team, died Sunday morning at 83.

“He showed his loyalty to stand by a coaching staff and to help us through that,” Brady said.

“We had nine scholarships taken away, couldn’t go to the postseason and had a lot of issues to deal with.

He got us through that.”

Three seasons later, Dean’s tenacity paid dividends. Behind Stromile Swift, Brady’s team raised a Southeastern Conference championship trophy before advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

Six years later, it was in the Final Four.

But it wasn’t the trophies and accolades Brady remembered Sunday afternoon about his longtime mentor. It was the optimism he showed as both a player, commentator, promoter and boss.

Sometimes Dean didn’t feel like a boss at all, Brady said, “He never was the kind of AD to step in and interfere,” Brady said. “He would give suggestions, but he was tremendously supportive and positive regardless of the circumstance. You always felt a sense of loyalty with him in situations good or bad.”

Born in 1930 in New Albany, Ind., Dean was a prolific Tiger guard alongside Pettit under coach Harry Rabenhorst. Dean garnered All-SEC notoriety for LSU in both 1950 and 1951, leading the Tigers in scoring both years before departing for the NBA’s Indianapolis Olympians in 1952.

He became only the second Tiger in history to score 1,000 career points when he reached the mark in 1952. Dean now shares that honor with 38 other Tigers, with current senior guard Andre Stringer being the most recent addition.

Beginning in 1959, Dean traveled to promote the Converse brand and the game of basketball as Converse Rubber Company’s promotion and marketing executive, working alongside legendary coaches and players to grow the sport nationally, all the while becoming a sought after clinician.

To showcase those skills, Dean started the Dixie Basketball Camp in 1966 outside of Baton Rouge, a camp still attended 47 years later by boys ranging from fifth grade to high school.

It was at Dixie that Brady and Dean’s son, Joe Jr., struck a friendship, leading to Brady spending many college nights at the Dean home.

“He was a mentor of mine when I was young [and] influenced me tremendously with how he conducted himself,” Brady said. “His quotes, the things he said to people, praises that he made. I still refer to him everyday.”

Dean was also a recognizable voice for SEC basketball, serving as a color analyst for NBC, Lorimar, ESPN, Turner Sports and Jefferson Pilot/Raycom from 1969-1987, coining the infamous catchphrase “String Music!” as a jumper swished through the net.

He returned to his alma mater in 1987 to serve as LSU’s athletic director, a capacity he filled for 14 years.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Teams end season with 17th place finishes Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

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Former LSU Athletic Director Joe Dean died Sunday at 83. Dean is one of three LSU representatives in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Former LSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Herb Vincent, who credited Dean with giving him his “big break” in the professional world, lauded Dean’s guidance of an athletic department in a transitional phase.

“He was a great boss, but he cared so much more about you as a person than he did as an employee,” Vincent said. “You’ve got to have an AD who supports you as well as who can see the vision and growth for something like that.”

Under Dean, LSU athletics won 27 national championships, 40 SEC Titles, added more than $50 million to facility improvements and hired former football coach Nick Saban and track and field coach Pat Henry.

Vincent pointed to Henry’s hiring as Dean’s ability to recognize talent and invest in it. Like the hires of Brady and Saban, Henry paid off, guiding the track and field program to 25 NCAA and 16 SEC titles.

Dean was succeeded in 2001

by Skip Bertman.

Dean is preceeded in death by his wife of 50 years, Doris Kernan Hall. He is survived by three children: Joe Jr., Mardi and Mark, eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

As he rattled off “innovator,” “pace-setter” and “icon” to describe his mentor Sunday, Brady stopped for a moment to look past Dean’s contributions as purely an athletic director, player or commentator.

“An all around fine human being that was fun to be around and lent his positive personality and shared it with everybody,” Brady said. “He gave me an opportunity to coach at LSU, which changed my life. I will never, ever be able to repay him for giving me that opportunity.”

Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Rabenhorst

Funeral Home in Baton Rouge. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church followed by burial at Resthaven Gardens of Memory at 11817 Jefferson Hwy.

Contact Chandler Rome at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_Chandler

The LSU Cross Country teams finished their 2013 seasons Friday morning with a pair of 17th place finishes while nine runners got their personal best times at the NCAA South Central Regional Championship at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco, Texas.

Junior runner Philip Primeaux led the Tigers with a 49th place finish and a personal best 10k time of 32:01. Leadership is nothing new to Primeaux, who has been the Tigers’ best runner in all but one race this season.

Primeaux said earlier in the week that he is not the type of leader who yells at the team, and would rather be one who leads through his performance.

The Lady Tigers were led by sophomore runner Morgan Schuetz for the second consecutive meet, as Schuetz took an 85th place finish.

Schuetz destroyed her previous personal best by more than a minute as she finished with a 6k time of 23:00.

Other personal best runs by the Tigers and Lady Tigers included junior runners Bryan Mutell and William Weisler and freshmen runners Chaiss Matthews and Ashley Welborn. Head coach Khadevis Robinson emphasized throughout the year the importance of personal bests, and he was pleased by the results Friday.

“I felt that everyone ran well,” Robinson said. “Primeaux ran well,

but I thought Morgan [Schuetz], [sophomore runner] Travis [Pope] and Ashley [Welborn] were the biggest surprises. Now we must work on having our personal bests be a bit more competitive.”

Another bright spot for LSU came in its competition with schools from its home state. The Tigers finished second out of the four teams from Louisiana competing, defeating both Tulane and the University of New Orleans. The Lady Tigers placed first out of teams from the state, finishing ahead of Tulane, New Orleans and UL-Lafayette.

On the men’s side, Arkansas narrowly edged out Texas by three points to take the team championship. Arkansas junior Stanley Kebenei took home the individual title, finishing with a time of 29:41.

Arkansas dominated all competition on the women’s side, finishing 83 points ahead of second place finishers Texas A&M and SMU. Texas senior Marielle Hall won the individual title, running a time of 19:41.

Although the meet concludes LSU’s cross country season, most of the runners on the team will transition to the sport they were recruited to run, track and field. LSU’s first track and field meet will be the Auburn Indoor Invitational on Jan. 18 in Birmingham, Ala.

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Red, Green and Blackface Dutch holiday character needs to change

’DAM, GIRL MORGAN SEARLES Columnist AMSTERDAM — As I watched Sinterklaas parade through Amsterdam on Sunday with his band of helpers, I found it difficult as an outsider not to assess the celebration as a joyful, memorable and racist affair.

Sinterklaas, the Dutch Saint Nicholas, sails down Amstel River every November. He meets Amsterdam’s mayor and parades through the city, waving and watching as his blackfaced assistants — the Zwarte Pieten, or “Black Petes” — bring cheer and cookies to children. Similar Saint Nicholas parades take place across the Netherlands.

Though the Dutch argue for their right to practice cultural traditions, it’s clear to any non-national that the Zwarte Pieten’s use of blackface makeup and the appropriation of black stereotypes appears wildly offensive.

This year, the United Nations high commissioner on human rights wrote a letter to the Dutch government, noting reports that the Zwarte

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Pieten arouse racism and portray people of African descent as “second-class citizens.” The Dutch government dismissed the accusations.

Individuals also filed complaints in early autumn against the city of Amsterdam for allowing the Sinterklaas parade and its racist components to take place. Mayor Eberhard van der Laan followed a recommendation by the City of Amsterdam Complaints Commission to declare the objections unfounded. The city held the parade, and hundreds of adults and children chased the procession down canals and up narrow streets.

The Dutch people I’ve met — logical, level-headed people — have expressed frustration with the criticism of their traditions. To them, it seems, people are overreacting, and the characters are good-natured and not intended to cause harm.

In the folklore, some stories even explain Zwarte Piet’s dark complexion as the result of chimney soot, not an African heritage.

But attending the celebration, it’s easy to draw comparisons between the hundreds of dancing Zwarte Pieten and the blackfaced minstrel show performers of the 19th century. The dark paint, clownish costumes, frizzy wigs and foolish

behavior are the same.

It becomes difficult to wrench a longstanding cultural tradition away from a nation, and I sympathize with the Dutch people who feel violated at the efforts of outside opinions to force change.

Through an American education, we are taught to celebrate diversity, to tolerate and appreciate different cultures and to respect the customs of other nations. But respect goes both ways, and conflict arises between individual cultures and universal human rights.

The Sinterklaas debate is not unique in its problems, and we’re starting to realize that a willingness to change traditions to reach modern ideals of equality proves a necessary sacrifice in the grander scheme.

Canceling the parade seems overdramatic, but other proposed solutions included changing the color of the face paint, removing offensive accessories from the Zwarte Pieten like gold hoop earrings and fuzzy black wigs and updating the character to reflect the times. These are not unreasonable requests.

The grand arrival was the most exciting holiday celebration I’ve ever witnessed, aside from the discomfort I felt at seeing the faces

to a full-on nuclear war. From the little I’ve been able to accurately glean, the only real “fix” needed would be allowing people to keep their previous health care laws. Correct me if I’m wrong, but convincing people to switch to a plan from the exchanges will be much simpler if, when the law’s fully in place and these kinks have been resolved, they hear from their friends and relatives who have bought from the exchanges how great their new plan is and how much money they’ve saved, rather than forcing anything on people or trying to convince them as a politician (The move of making lawmakers exempt from the law, was one of the most bone-headed moves I’ve ever seen, as it effectively made it so that they have no skin in game if the law is a failure. With the people fully aware of that, it makes anything a politician says about the law suspect at best).

The other things I’ve heard about the law seem beneficial at least on the surface, or at least the results of them are too murky to predict the exact results with any kind of accuracy.

Did this show government incompetency? Yes, our two political parties

have played “winner takes all” for so long that the Democrats rushed the law out, knowing that as soon as Republicans get the strength they’ll repeal or destroy the law, making their only option getting it in place as fast as possible so that it’s success would make it untouchable. As it is, I believe that now that ACA is in fact law now; we should be trying our best to make it work, as purposely sabotaging it will only hurt everyone involved; let the law play out, give the people a safety net by making it so that all of the health care companies who canceled people’s insurance must offer their old plans back. If the law has merit then it will work, if it doesn’t, well then at least we tried, because we should make no mistake, the fact that people in this country cannot get medical care is a problem. As we’re not perfect, it will never entirely go away, but we can and should reduce it as much as possible, and if nothing else, at least ACA is a start, if even it only turns out to be a failed experiment.”

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A child dressed as Zwarte Piet watches the Sinterklaas parade Sunday in Amsterdam.

of a few parade-goers painted black to match Saint Nick’s helpers.

The brightly colored hats, Dutch carols and abundance of cookies spiked more holiday cheer in my heart than I would have thought possible for mid-November.

But the massive crowds in the main square would be brighter and merrier if everyone present could enjoy the coming of Saint Nicholas. A small cloud of protesters shouldn’t have to stand stoic for the abolishment of racial stereotypes.

Morgan Searles is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge studying abroad in Amsterdam.

column, “Ragin’ Cajuns are getting a bit too uppity,” readers had this to say:

“Mais wassa matta, LS’WHO’.... you jealous or sumpin?

Why must LSU always behave so petty? You’d think having their coach pick his nose on national TV would be a big enough embarrassment that they wouldn’t have to resort to this kind of stuff. Really? Behave like the big boys you claim you are!!!!!”

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Louisiana for 24 years, and my degree has served me well. It is of course irksome to read Mr. McGehee’s comments and there is a natural tendency to return the “favor”, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt and consider it the result of youthful exuberance and enthusiasm.

Many people outside of Louisiana have an uninformed understanding of our culture, our State, and its people. More often than not, their understanding of Louisiana is based on “Swamp People”, “Duck Dynasty”, and “The Waterboy”. There are plenty of people that are happy to marginalize us. All of us. Even you, Mr. McGehee.

I support Lousiana. I suspect that you will too the first time someone asks you if you are related to Bobby Boucher.”

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I’ve lived and worked outside of

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“You are correct, RaginCajun13!!! Most people who support LSU have never attended the university and support it for the wrong reasons. Supporting a university because it has championship athletic teams is not the right reason!!!!”

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Quote of the Day

“Hating people because of their color is wrong, and it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.”

Muhammad Ali former professional boxer Jan. 17, 1942 — present

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Opinion

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Racial supremacy spawns from lack of social exposure THE HIPPIE DICTATOR Alix Landriault Columnist What makes someone a true American?

You might say it’s the people someone associates with, the books they read or how driven they are to succeed. Perhaps you think they simply need to be human — in which case a quarter of LSU students, who are of nonwhite heritage, could be considered un-American.

Craig Paul Cobb, a 61-yearold in North Dakota, has publicly equated non-whites to farm animals.

The man is currently trying to turn Leith, N.D., a town of barely 30 residents, into Cobbsville — a place in which all its citizens would be “racially conscious,” also known as white supremacists. He’s already helped a few move in.

The reason he chose Leith over other towns is because all but one of its residents are white. The exception, black resident Bobby Harper, lives in Leith because of its

sentimental importance to his wife.

The couple and Cobb met faceto-face for the first time on a recent episode of “The Trisha Goddard Show,” which is hosted by a black woman. When she asked Cobb what he thought about the interracial couple, he replied, “In Leith, it’s against the rules to have livestock.” After Sherrill Harper defended her husband, Cobb insulted her IQ level.

Additionally, the host showed some pre-recorded footage of Cobb giving a tour of the land he had bought. In it, Cobb pointed to the future jail and explained, “We’ll keep the non-humans here.”

As would be expected, many media outlets have been discussing this man’s plans.

None of the ones I have come across, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Huffington Post, are asking the question I want answered: What environment created this man?

The pairing of this omission with Cobb’s mentality reveals just how scarce the concept of “lifeeducation” is in our nation.

Looking back, I realize the only time a learning institution has taught me this concept was when it

addressed how to deal with drugs through the D.A.R.E. program.

None of my teachers addressed how to deal with people.

And until the fifth grade, they didn’t need to. In those first years, I went to schools on military bases.

I was used to being around children of varying skin tones and facial structures.

It was as if someone had placed us in an isolated white room. We learned the same things and played the same games. When the yellow girl with braces on her legs was “it” in a game of tag, we all made sure to run slower. There were no forces pushing us to think of any of our peers as vastly different from ourselves.

Only when I entered public school did I see a playground divided into black sectors and white sectors. Yet I saw my peers enjoying the same activities — basketball, bullying, gossiping and eating. People just practiced them separately.

A walk through the Quad will show you the same racial groupings.

This is why I fear Cobb’s vision of creating “white-nationalist intentional communities” across

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White supremacist Craig Cobb wants to turn the town of Leith, N.D., into a completely white community.

the world. I know humans enjoy the company of people like themselves.

That makes sense. However, I see people, especially Southerners, being too narrow in their searches.

We tend to exclude those of a different color or social class when we should include those of like hobbies, philosophies and life goals.

In my eyes, the ability to accept the best of another’s character is what makes someone a true American. Our country has the

capacity to bring together various cultures, something I only see as a positive toolset in helping America move forward.

Alix Landriault is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Natchitoches, La. Contact Alix Landriault at alandriault@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AlixLandriault

Fetal protection laws unclear and contradictory 600 WORDS OF SOMMERS Annette Sommers Columnist Louisiana, in all its pro-life glory, is blurring the lines separating feticide from homicide. We are at a point where our laws enable the justice system to pick and choose which situations are worse than others. For those of you who aren’t familiar, feticide is the destruction of a fetus.

That sounds a lot like abortion to me.

Louisiana defines feticide as the killing of an unborn child by the act, procurement or culpable omission of a person other than the mother of the unborn child. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.

A 32-year-old Baton Rouge woman was arrested Friday for feticide. Princess Beachem gave birth to a stillborn after undergoing an emergency cesarean section when doctors couldn’t find her child’s heartbeat. She later admitted to authorities that she snorted cocaine a few days prior to the baby’s death because the baby’s father broke up with her.

Anyone can see the magnitude of this tragic event. Cocaine was found in the baby’s blood and was deemed the reason for the untimely demise. The mother deserved to get arrested for her neglect, which ended in death.

But where is the line separating feticide and abortion?

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy, and it seems like this woman did just that. We care so much more about the well-being of a child just because drugs were involved.

Or it might be that we care more because this termination was an accident. Apparently because abortions are intentional, they are legal.

What doesn’t make sense to me is why people will read the crime brief on Beachem in the news and feel like they have a right to judge her. It’s not right to label some mothers as criminals and not others. The law shouldn’t be subjective.

Like any mother who loses a child, I guarantee she feels some remorse for the frantic mistake that led to her fate.

She clearly has some problems and shouldn’t be let off the hook for her actions, but how can we hold her accountable and not the other 1.21 million mothers who terminate their pregnancies in America each year?

Major birth defects can sometimes be traced back to mothers using drugs. Most of the time, hospitals ignore these signs and the very women who caused their babies’ problems are allowed to take them home. That should be considered child abuse if we consider fetal death by drugs feticide.

Last month, another incident like this occurred in Baton Rouge.

MANUEL BALCE CENETA / The Associated Press

Pro-abortion rights activists rally face-to-face against anti-abortion demonstrators Jan. 25 as both march in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in a demonstration that coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision.

After a mother and baby both tested positive for cocaine following the child’s birth, the mother was still given custody of her baby, which was born premature. The baby died 12 weeks later after being disconnected from its respiratory device.

When things like that happen, we should re-evaluate our systems and revise them so they make sense.

Our state and the rest of the country is tiptoeing around these issues. We need to draw clear lines

defining abortion, feticide and child abuse if we want to seem consistent in our efforts.

Feticide sounds like homicide.

It looks like homicide. People get sentences like they committed homicide. It doesn’t seem like there is much of a debate.

Yet it has continuously torn our nation apart for years and will continue to do so if people can’t make decisions about what is legal and what is not.

It’s up to the people to decide whether that means cracking down

on mothers who use drugs during pregnancy or tightening up our abortion laws. I’m tired of seeing hypocrisy in our system.

Annette Sommers is an 18-year-old mass communication sophomore from Dublin, Calif.

Contact Annette Sommers at asommers@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AnnetteSommers

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stay at Raven’s for two years and the center provides counseling and resources for job searches.

Robert Caramanica, a Navy veteran, has been living at Raven’s since August and said he was taken aback by the students’ unity and enthusiasm for the project.

Caramanica said the service carried a greater meeting because it reflected students’ love for servicemen.

“It’s fascinating to watch them put their hearts into it,” Caramanica said.

Joseph Clarke, direct care assistant at Raven’s, said the veterans and Raven’s alike were thankful for all the volunteers, saying the renovations help boost morale.

“It makes them feel like their

services were being thanked,” Clarke said.

Ashley Webre, fifth-year architecture major, said by volunteering, she was able to see firsthand the need for upkeep in the community, describing the service project as a peek “behind the scenes.”

University AIAS president and fourth-year architecture major Marcelle Carmouche said the service day was a great way for students to pair design with seeing their projects become a reality.

Carmouche said the group hopes to increase the scale of the service projects in the future.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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WISDOM TOOTH PAIN? Extended weekday and weekend hours available for extractions.

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.

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