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University clarifies free speech policy after lawsuit Lawrence Barreca Staff Writer

The University clarified its campus-wide free speech policy July 3 following the lawsuit of Candler v.

Jenkins.

Students are now allowed to pass out literature throughout campus, not just within Free Speech Plaza.

University student Deanna Candler, the plaintiff in the case, filed a lawsuit with Alliance Defending Freedom against the University on October 31, 2012, after she was told that she was not allowed to distribute pro-life material outside of Free Speech Plaza in front of the Student Union.

“When the [ADF] approached me and told me that

this happened to a student at LSU, I was sure they had that wrong,” said Larry Bossier, who served as legal counsel in the suit. “There was no way that she had to have any document pre-censored or pre-approved.

Not at LSU. And they assured me that I was wrong ... and I was floored. I could not believe it.”

Candler participated in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity when her first amendment rights were allegedly silenced by the University. In compliance with University policy, Candler was required to receive prior approval before distributing literature outside of Free Speech Plaza.

Bossier called the case a SPEECH, see page 11

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While Free Speech Plaza is a common location for students to express their First Amendment rights, a revised University policy stated that students may exhibit free speech throughout campus.

Damaged goods Cracks crawl along the face of the Old President’s House on Monday near the Student Union.

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Campus buildings to receive repairs Tesalon Felicien Contributing Writer

CRIME

Hill formally charged in fight

As students witness a rise in campus construction, older historic structures in and around the Quad are receiving much needed exterior repair.

According to data provided by the office of Facility Services, 52 percent of the University’s 539 buildings are more than 50 years old – a sizable number with minimal to extensive stucco damage.

University historian and professor Paul Hoffman said the combination of age and old stucco-application methods are to blame.

“These buildings have a poured reinforced concrete skeleton, and then everything else is added. So when they put the walls on by not allowing for expansion and contraction, they set them up for cracks to develop in the stucco,” Hoffman said.

“If you look at where the cracks are, they’re only on certain sides of the building — generally the ones facing the sun.”

Roger Husser, director of Planning, Design and Construction for Facility Services, said his department has already addressed many restoration projects

Jeremy Hill, LSU’s leading rusher from last season, was formally charged Monday with simple battery following an altercation in Tigerland on April 27.

Hill was suspended indefinitely by coach Les Miles following the incident, which occurred at 2:13 a.m. outside of Reggie’s bar. He was arrested with another man, Robert Bayardo, at 3:50 a.m. after fleeing the scene of the fight.

Bayardo was also charged with simple battery.

Hill was already on probation following a high school incident to which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

Hill’s probation was upgraded after the incident, which

REPAIRS, see page 11

HILL, see page 11

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INTERNATIONAL Egypt’s interim president plans for 2014 elections, revised constitution CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interim president has issued a swift timetable for the process of amending the constitution, setting parliamentary and presidential elections for early 2014.

Under the constitutional declaration by Adly Mansour late Monday, he would create two appointed committees to work out amendments to the Islamist-drafted constitution passed under ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

A referendum on the new document would be held within four months.

Quebec train derailment death toll rises, some still missing LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — The death toll in the devastating oil train derailment in Quebec reached 13 on Monday, while about 40 people remained missing, officials said after investigators finally got near the wreckage.

Quebec provincial police Sgt. Benoit Richard said Monday eight more bodies had been found in the wreckage, after conditions improved enough for inspectors to get better access to the site.

Police would not say where the bodies were located for fear of upsetting families.

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A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi stands Monday outside a local hospital in Cairo holding a bloodied shirt.

Undecided gubernatorial races in Mexico raise issues with president MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto sought to calm tensions Monday over the stillundecided election for governor of the key Mexican border state of Baja California after both sides claimed victory and authorities said mistakes were made in preliminary vote counts.

Complaints over the election have led the conservative National Action Party to suggest ending an agreement called the Pact for Mexico that has become a centerpiece of Pena Nieto’s administration.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Asiana jet crash leaves behind debris in San Francisco Bay

Jindal ‘emphatically’ denies plans to run for U.S. Senate next year

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Asiana jet that crashed at San Francisco International Airport left sections of its tail on a rocky seawall and in the bay, then scattered debris several hundred feet down the runway, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Monday.

NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman said the lower portion of the plane’s tail cone was found in rocks inside the seawall. A “significant piece” of the tail of the aircraft was in the water, and other plane parts were visible at low tide, she said.

Jurors in Trayvon Martin trial allowed to hear drug-related evidence

Chicago girl who received windpipe transplant dies of complications

(AP) — Despite consistent speculation about his interest, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he has no plans to run against Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu next year.

The Republican governor offered a definitive rejection of the idea that he wanted to return to Congress, saying, “Absolutely not, emphatically no.”

He went on to repeat his disinterest five more times, saying, “I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate.”

Landrieu is in her third term and is considered vulnerable because she is a Democrat in a state that tends to vote Republican in national elections.

CHICAGO (AP) — A 2-yearold girl who was implanted with a windpipe grown from her own stem cells has died, three months after she became the youngest person to receive the experimental treatment.

Hannah Warren died Saturday at Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, hospital spokeswoman Shelli Dankoff said. Rick Pearl, one surgeon involved in the operation, told The Associated Press that Hannah died of lung complications following a second surgery.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP PLC is being forced to pay inflated and even “fictitious” claims to businesses because of the way a courtappointed administrator is making payments from a legal settlement following the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an attorney for the oil giant said Monday.

Ted Olson made the arguments in a packed courtroom before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled that jurors at George Zimmerman’s trial may be told that Trayvon Martin had small amounts of marijuana in his body when he died.

Judge Debra Nelson on Monday denied a prosecution request to keep out parts of a toxicology report that shows Martin had small amounts of marijuana in his system. Prosecutors argued the information would be prejudicial.

The defense said it was relevant since Zimmerman believed Martin was under the influence.

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LSU to undergo reaffirmation University will be reviewed by peers Lawrence Barreca Staff Writer

The University is preparing to begin its 10-year reaffirmation process as it is looking to stay accredited after 2014.

Every institution in the nation needs to be accredited if they hope to receive federal funding.

Programs like engineering, business and education cannot be accredited unless the University is as well, according to Vice Provost for Academic Programs T. Gilmour Reeve.

That being said, the University is undergoing reaffirmation — meaning it is already accredited and is looking to remain as such.

Reaffirmation is a process that is renewed once every 10 years, and the Baton Rouge institution specifically has been going through the reaffirmation process for decades.

The University is one of 808 accredited institutions in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The standards for reaffirmation have become steadily more demanding in the last decade,

Reeve said. documents to find and verify any For example, SACS previ- evidence of the activities of the ously included “must” statements, college. which required responses in order Voluntary members of reto be reaffirmed. Now, more broad lated institutions are the reviewstatements — called “statements ers in this case. For example, of principles” — are used. Such LSU will be judged by reviewers instances include new federal re- from universities including Florquirements and an increase in the ida, Florida State and Virginia assessment of student learning. In Tech. order to be reaffirmed, the UniverReeve said the amount of sity must argue work by the Uni‘[The reaffirmation that its busiversity faculty and ness is consisstaff should be approcess] reaches tent with those preciated. Some out throughout the principles. faculty members D a r r e l l University and into every — such as HenHenry, director ry, who is also aspect of what we do.’ a member of the of SACS Reaffirmation of LSU geology deDarrell Henry Accreditation, partment — have director of SACS Reaffirmation said this protaken on multiple of Accreditation cess is largely tasks to help comabout student learning. plete this process.

“What these compliance is“It’s critical that we mensues are about are how we relate tion the amount of work that this to all aspects of student learning, requires from staff and faculty,” such as defining what the insti- Reeve said. “There’s no stipends tution is, what the government provided to committee members. structure is, where we fit in the This is added work. This reaches LSU System and the courses we out throughout the University teach and the development of and into every aspect of what student learning outcomes and we do.” the environment of the campus,” Henry said.

Contact Lawrence Barreca at As part of the reaffirmalbarreca@lsureveille.com; tion process, the reviewers look through the University’s Twitter: @LawrenceBarreca

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Crime Briefs Man causes three-vehicle accident after flipping car on Nicholson Drive Anthony B. Gloria, 22, of 5th Street, Fort Pope, was issued a summons Saturday after flipping his vehicle on Nicholson Drive near Nicholson Extension and striking two cars parked on the shoulder of the road.

Gloria was allegedly speeding down Nicholson Drive when he struck the vehicles, and when officers responded to the scene, they detected a strong scent of alcohol emanating from his mouth, according to LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. Gloria had noticeable cuts on his legs and arms, and after he was evaluated by EMS on site, he was then transferred to Our Lady of the Lake hospital.

At the hospital, Gloria was issued a summons for careless operation, and LSUPD is waiting on the results of his blood tests to determine if a DUI charge is forthcoming.

July 4 festivities prove to be fertile ground for DUIs, DUI checkpoints The Baton Rouge Police Department DWI Task Force set out to curtail drunk driving during the holiday weekend with five DUI checkpoints throughout the city of Baton Rouge, including one by the popular college neighborhood The Cottages.

Throughout July 1-7, 738 cars were screened through those checkpoints. 33 total DUI arrests were made, seven open-container arrests were made and 153 total traffic citations were given.

Through roving patrols, five DUI arrests were made with 17 total traffic citations, which brought the seven-day total to 38 and 170, respectively.

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Greg Agid Quartet - The Maison

7:00 PM

Zephyrs vs. Cubs - Zephyr Field Breathe Carolina - House of Blues New Orleans

7:15 PM

Team Trivia - George's Place

Four wallabies recaptured after Sunday night walkabout in Iowa zoo

8:00 PM

Africa UMOJA - Mahalia Jackson Theater Shannon Powell - Preservation Hall Kocktail Karaoke - Goodfriends Bar Scott Jackson - Old Point Bar

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four red-necked wallabies made a break for freedom after a gate was left open on the Australia exhibit at a Des Moines zoo.

Officials at Blank Park Zoo say the male wallabies, also known as boomers, didn’t get very far during their Sunday night walkabout. Three of the kangaroo-like mammals were captured within hours and the fourth was picked up Monday morning.

Several workers were needed to surround and catch the marsupials whose strong hind legs can catapult them great distances at high speeds. They never left the grounds of the zoo.

A zoo spokesman says none of the wallabies were hurt during their adventure.

8:30 PM

Comedy Beast Free Show - Howlin' Wolf

9:00 PM

Magnitude - The Maison John Lisi - Cafe Negril Tikioki Karaoke - The Saint Bar & Lounge

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Irony Free Karaoke - The Library at Northgate

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The Orleans 6 - The Spotted Cat Music Club

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Zephyrs vs. Cubs - Zephyr Field Free Comedy Wednesdays - Belle of Baton Rouge Gideon - North Gate Tavern New Orleans Rhythm Devils - Blue Nile New Orleans Nightengale Review - The Three Muses

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Rodney Carrington - Paragon Casino Resort

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Africa UMOJA - Mahalia Jackson Theater The F-Holes - Old Point Bar Jamie Wight - Preservation Hall

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Comedy Night - The Station Sports Bar and Grill The Creole String Beans - Rock 'N' Bowl

9:00 PM

Karoke in Exile - Caf Lafitte in Exile Live Band Karaoke - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's

10:00 PM

Drag Bingo - George's Place St. Louis Slim - The Spotted Cat Music Club Gravity A - Blue Nile

11:00 PM

Jet Lounge - House of Blues New Orleans

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Mainieri’s recruiting skills bring in formidable players

The personable demeanor and cheery personality of LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri does more than make the fans appreciate him.

He also uses it to recruit, and he uses it well.

Mainieri has kept the winning tradition alive in Alex Box Stadium, as a College World Series victory in 2009 and three total appearances in Omaha have cemented his role as a mainstay in LSU sports. Such success can only be achieved through solid recruiting practices.

Of the 102 players Mainieri has brought into the program from high school or junior college since 2009, 18 have been drafted, including seven from the 2013 squad.

In 2013, the program witnessed the birth of a powerhouse as the Tigers went a school-best 57-9 before reaching the ColSee an interactive lege World Series.

Thanks to the addatabase of Mainieri’s ditions of fresh- recruits at lsureveille.com. man shortstop Alex Bregman, junior third baseman Christian Ibarra and junior designated hitter Sean McMullen among others, LSU soared to new heights.

But the addition of effective players is nothing new to the program.

Whether it was former Tigers JaCoby Jones, Mikie Mahtook or Matty Ott, Mainieri has had a knack for adding the right players at the right time.

Of those 102 players, 52 percent have come from Louisiana, and 87 percent have originated from the South.

Seven of the 18 players who were drafted by major league organizations came from the “Pelican State.”

Also, 55 percent of incoming players to LSU since 2009 have been pitchers — one of whom being the tallest player Mainieri has ever recruited: 2014 prospect David Palladino, who towers on the mound at 6 feet 9 inches.

Mainieri lost Palladino to the Yankees, but if all else goes to plan, he will have added pitcher Parker Bugg as well as infielders Nick Longhi and Justin Williams — all of whom have already been drafted out of high school.

of incoming players since 2009 have been pitchers

of LSU’s

major league draft picks are from

Louisiana

87 percent

of LSU baseball players hail from the South, and

52

percent are Louisiana natives

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Pelicans are making aggressive moves to compete THE DAILY LABATOMY TREY LABAT Staff Writer The New Orleans Pelicans, name change aside, are going to be a much different team than anyone remembers from last year.

General Manager Dell Demps is certainly trying to do something to make the Pelicans better.

Gone are the days of Greivis Vasquez and Robin Lopez, replaced by the combination of

Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans and Jeff Withey.

And those three players represent a massive upgrade to the Pelicans roster.

I understand Lopez and Vasquez were the Pelicans’ best players last year, but playing on an overall bad team had overvalued both players.

The Pelicans weren’t winning a championship with those players in the starting lineup.

Vasquez was one of the slowest point guards in the league and ultimately wouldn’t have taken this team very far.

He only assisted on 19.1

percent of shots at the rim — the fourth lowest in the league for point guards who received 30 or more minutes per game. His crazy assist total from last year was aided by the fact that he almost always was running a terrible offense, not that he was getting guys a bunch of high-quality shots at the rim.

Vasquez was also a belowaverage defender for his position, especially against quicker guards. While defensive statistics in the NBA haven’t advanced to the point to allow for in-depth statistical analysis, Vasquez only averaged 1.18 defensive plays per game last year, also fourth

worst in the league in the same category.

Lopez is an average center on a great contract, but his departure brings in former Kansas center Withey, who will fill at least some of the rebounding and defensive hole left by Lopez.

Evans and Holiday make up for the loss of those two players by themselves.

Holiday is a big, young point guard who played well on a terrible 76ers team last year. He is right around a 38 percent 3-point shooter — about league average — and should operate well in the pick and roll with Anthony Davis

and Ryan Anderson.

Holiday’s numbers per 40 minutes last season show 19 points, nine assists and five rebounds a game — something not a lot of guys in the league can do.

Evans played on an even worse team than Holiday last year with the Sacremento Kings and will mostly play off the ball for the Pelicans.

He’s a former lottery pick who is still young at 23 years old, and now that he’s out of the hell-hole which is the Kings’ franchise, he could see his PELICANS, see page 7

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Young standout Puig should play in MLB All-Star game THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Contributing Writer The fans will decide if Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig will represent the National League in the 84th Major League All-Star Game, and hopefully they make the right decision.

Despite playing in just 32 games heading into last night’s game against the Diamondbacks, the 22-year-old Cuban phenom is one of five players vying for fan votes to become the last man on the NL roster.

He deserves the consideration.

Heading into Monday’s game, Puig was 52-for-127 as a bigleaguer, good for a .409 batting

average, with 8 home runs, 19 RBIs and 25 runs scored. He was recognized as the NL’s “Rookie of the Month” in June after collecting multiple hits in 14 of his first 26 games.

Even more impressive than the rookie’s statistics is the stark turnaround he’s sparked from his team.

Since Puig was called up, the Dodgers have climbed from the basement of the NL West to second place, just 4.5 games behind the divisionleading Diamondbacks. On top of all that, Puig has played great defense and shown a rocket for an arm as well as a flare for late-inning dramatics.

The Puig phenom has arguably been the most exciting story in baseball this season this side of Orioles slugger Chris Davis.

This is why the fans need to

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / The Associate Press

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig hangs over the dugout rail July 4 in the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.

vote Puig onto the All-Star team. He is one of baseball’s brightest young stars, and he needs to be allowed to show it off on the biggest stage possible.

Since he plays on the West Coast, not many people get to watch Puig play besides seeing his nightly highlights on SportsCenter. The fans would be doing themselves a favor by voting Puig in and getting an extra chance to see him shine. Besides Puig being exciting for the fans, his addition to the team would be a

victory for the sport.

Baseball is desperately trying to distance itself from the steroid era, and it really helps to be able to turn the spotlight toward young stars like Puig who haven’t had reputations sullied by performance-enhancing drugs.

If he continues to perform, Puig will join the likes of Angels outfielder Mike Trout, Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and Orioles third baseman Manny Machado as guys who are way too young to be so good.

These superstars in their early 20s are going to be the lifeblood of the MLB for the next generation, and that’s a great sign for the sport going forward.

James Moran is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y. Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @James_Moran92

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development get back on track.

The Pelicans probably overpaid Evans, but no one is coming to New Orleans unless they’re overpaid by a little — especially with the franchise’s recent struggles and the low attendance numbers in a small market.

But as a secondary ball handler and shot creator, Evans fits very nicely in this offense. He’ll have to improve his jump shot, but he gets to and finishes around the rim at near-elite levels. Evans made 63 percent of his shots at the rim last season and took six shots a game in the paint — good for second in the league at either the point guard or the

shooting guard position. Even when grouped with small forwards, Evans gets to the rim at a top-five rate.

By calculating Evans’ and Holiday’s win scores, the players will add six wins alone if they play up to their standards from last year.

Withey has work to do at the center position, but he was graded out as the best shot blocker in the draft according to ESPN’s Kevin Pelton and should work well as a back-up big at the NBA level.

But the biggest reason I like these moves is because it shows Tom Benson means business. In his first year of owning the team, Benson has rebranded the organization (terrible name aside, it

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was a good move) and completely changed the player personnel to put the team in a position to compete.

Benson has put his money where his mouth is, and fans should at least be excited about that.

Trey Labat is a 20-year-old history senior from Mandeville.

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

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Outdated Action

Socioeconomic status, not ethnicity, should be the biggest factor in affirmative action ROB IN THE HOOD Robert Klare Columnist Affirmative action programs in the U.S. have existed since the late 1960s — shortly after the Jim Crow laws were repealed.

At that time, many colleges and universities were still all white, based on separate-but-equal policies.

The academic achievement gap between blacks and whites in the 1960s is staggering compared to today. Despite being no less able and motivated than the general population, minorities were not offered the same opportunities to succeed due to direct racial discrimination by universities.

Affirmative action was brought about as a way to correct this difference in opportunity. And for decades, it attempted to undo centuries of injustice.

But has it worked?

To a degree, yes. The all- white university is long gone, and institutions now strive to include ethnicities in an effort to boost diversity.

But it isn’t working as well as it could be. There is still a black-white achievement gap despite 50 years of action.

This is because affirmative action is not currently focusing on those who need it, like students who grow up in innercity poverty. Instead, it is focusing on all minority families, including the wealthier families who are already more likely to succeed due to their socioeconomic status. The efforts of affirmative action are essentially wasted on those who do not need it anymore.

When looking into the statistics of family income, ethnicity and academic achievement, the source of this persistent achievement gap — despite affirmative action efforts — becomes clear: Minorities make less money than whites, and poorer families do

SUSAN WALSH / The Associated Press

Abigail Fisher, right, who sued the University of Texas, walks outside the Supreme Court Oct. 10, 2012 in Washington. The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court’s 7-1 decision in June leaves unsettled many of the basic questions about the continued use of race as a factor in college admissions.

worse in school.

First, minorities make less money than the average worker. The average income for a black family is $33,460, compared to a U.S. average of $50,502, according to blackdemographics.com.

Second, socioeconomic status has a huge effect on academic achievement — far greater than ethnic background. The Huffington Post reports the “achievement gap between children from high and low income families is far higher than the achievement gap between black and white students.”

To summarize, the average black student does not do worse in school because he or she is black, but because the average black student is poorer than the average white student.

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A CNN blog post last week

by John Blake reinforces this idea that socioeconomic status has more of an effect on academic achievement than ethnic background. In his article, he relates his story as a black man from a poor inner-city neighborhood while attempting to fit in at a majority black college.

His struggle to succeed had little to do with his race. Instead, growing up in poverty had all but erased the idea of academic success from his mind.

He envied the ease at which the wealthier black students succeeded in college. He realized that his upbringing, not his race, made him feel like an “imposter” amid his more affluent peers.

Blake’s experience is not a rare scenario, either. Of the

black students in selective colleges, only 14 percent are from lower-class backgrounds, the other 86 percent come from middle- or upper-class black families, according to CNN. From these percentages, the ineffectiveness of ethnicitybased affirmative action is clear.

Middle- and upper-class minorities are no longer having trouble getting into schools, and yet, they are still being helped by affirmative action. Lower-class families, however, are having a harder time than ever.

Affirmative action is therefore in desperate need of being reworked to focus on this modern inequality in socioeconomic status instead of the outdated inequality of the 1960s. Poor students like Blake would still be helped, but other students

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from equally bad backgrounds would get the help they deserve as well.

Efforts at providing an equal opportunity for all students would not be wasted on those from middle- and upper-class families, creating a more efficient and effective system.

Unsurprisingly, universities are hesitant to change. After all, having a large minority population helps them appear diverse.

Minority students stand out; an ethnically diverse population is easy to notice and therefore marketable by an institution.

On the other hand, lowerclass students are almost indistinguishable from their wealthier peers. Diversity in socioeconomic status is not nearly as apparent on the surface as diversity in ethnic backgrounds and is therefore less appealing in the eyes of a university.

Because of this difference in the appearance, people from lower-class backgrounds are not as likely to get help, despite being the ones who really need it.

The situation could have been changed if the U.S. Supreme Court had chosen to strike down ethnicity-based affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas in June.

But they didn’t. Instead, in a move described by many papers as a “punt,” the Supreme Court chose to put off making a lasting decision on the subject.

There is some hope that this Supreme Court sidestepping could be indicative of a more permanent decision in another case in the future.

Until that time, lower-class college applicants will be stuck where they are without the help they need.

Robert Klare is a 22-year-old engineering senior from New Orleans.

Contact Robert Klare at rklare@lsureveille.com

Quote of the Day “Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.”

Joe Klein Time magazine political columnist (1946 - present)

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Young girls shouldn’t live in a Barbie world LIZZY ON THE LOOSE Elizabeth Garcia Columnist Barbie turned 54 this year — old enough to join AARP. But in her 54 years, how much has she actually contributed to society?

Artist Nickolay Lamm recently created a 3-D model of a Barbie with the dimensions of an average 19-year-old woman. The results were astonishing.

Lamm’s model of Barbie is much shorter, has a larger backside and a more muscular frame.

Overall, “normal” Barbie looks healthy and real. But a sideby-side image shows just how unrealistic the traditional Barbie’s body type is. This bears the question: How much does Barbie affect young girls’ self-esteem?

Barbie has been a mainstay in most girls’ childhoods for the last 54 years. However, the doll isn’t exactly the best role model.

According to Time magazine, Ruth Handler —Barbie’s creator — got the idea for the doll while vacationing in Switzerland when she came across a Bild Lilli doll. Unlike popular baby dolls at the time, Bild Lilli had long, shapely legs and wore heavy makeup.

The doll was based on a prostitute in a post-war German cartoon.

Barbie isn’t just a toy; she has a psychological effect on young girls. Over the past five decades, Barbie has had negative influence on young girls’ self-esteem based on her impossible body image and reinforced gender-specific roles.

A study by the Wall Street Journal found that 35 percent of girls between the ages of 6 and 12

admitted to dieting, and between 50 to 70 percent of girls who were of average weight saw themselves as overweight.

In 2010, researchers at Radbound University in the Netherlands found that young girls exposed to Barbie were more displeased with their bodies and expressed a desire to lose weight or achieve thinness similar to the doll.

If Barbie were a human being, she would have to walk on all fours because her tiny ankles could not support her weight. She wouldn’t be able to lift her head because her neck is twice as long and six inches thinner than the average American woman.

In addition, her 16-inch waist would only leave room for half a liver and a few inches of intestine.

If a woman had the same measurements as Barbie, she would not have enough body fat to menstruate — and therefore couldn’t have children.

However, Mattel and Handler have argued that Barbie has a positive influence on girls due to her large skill set. Barbie has done everything from visit the moon to become President of the United States.

But while Barbie has had some non-traditional careers over time, the majority were specialcollection dolls. These dolls usually cost more and are marketed to collectors, not children. The career dolls available to children feature traditional career roles of women.

Barbie always seems to be the veterinarian instead of the surgeon, or the nurse instead of the doctor.

Barbie has also been many different races and ethnicities — also usually for a collector’s edition.

However, University of California at Riverside women’s

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A press image shows the differences between Barbies from 1959 [right] and 2009 [left]. Barbie has long been criticized for embodying stereotypes about women and damaging self-image.

studies professor Christine Gailey pointed out that diversity among Barbies is not authentic in an interview with Time magazine.

“Barbies of different races, such as Indian Barbie and African-American Barbie, have ‘Caucasian’ features and bodies,” she said.

To combat the negative effects on young girls, we can choose to not buy Barbies or insist Mattel change her to look more realistic.

Consumers can promote new products that support healthy body images like the Emme Doll. This full-figured doll, which is decked

out in a black cocktail dress and platform sandals, was inspired by real-life model Emme, the world’s leading plus-sized model.

Another alternative includes the Lottie Doll, a doll that looks like an average 9-year-old girl.

While these options may be pricier, promotion of the product can drive the price down and change the way toy-makers create dolls.

“If normal Barbie can be made, I feel she’ll have a more positive influence on girls than Barbie in its current form,’’ Lamm said on the Today Show. “Normal Barbie shows that you are beautiful, just

the way you are.”

These images have influenced and distorted young girls perception of beauty.

Young girls should not be worried about body issues or diets; instead, they should be focused on childhood and growing up to be healthy.

Elizabeth Garcia is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Greensboro, N.C. Contact Elizabeth Garcia at egarcia@lsureveille.com

Be an individual and ignore the over-hyped Cronut THE CON ARTIST Connor Tarter Columnist There exists a pastry named the Cronut, and you want it whether you know it already or not.

In May, the Dominique Ansel Bakery in Manhattan defied nature and began selling the offspring of a doughnut and a croissant. Exactly what it sounds like, the Cronut is a doughnut-shaped croissant prepared in a similar way to most doughnuts at any local shop.

But chef Dominique Ansel isn’t satisfied with this simple description, as is apparent by the extensive detailing of her cooking process for the hybrid pastry listed on her bakery’s website.

Among the different pieces of

information on the page titled “CRONUT 101” are instructions on how to eat the pastry, how to make a Cronut and — best of all — how to order the little ring of sugary goodness.

Yes, the Cronut has gained so much attention that specific instructions on how to ensure successful acquirement of it are necessary.

The first method of getting your greedy hands on a Cronut is to patiently wait in line. Simple enough — except the bakery suggests arriving at least 45 minutes before it opens at 8 a.m. to join a line that routinely begins at 6 a.m. Arrive any later than that, and your chances of tasting sweet, sweet Cronuts drop significantly.

It gets better. The website warns against buying from scalpers. People actually scalp these things — sometimes for up to a $30 markup, according to an

article by behavioral scientist and author Francesca Gino.

The absurd demand for the breakfast pastry may have less to do with its inherent deliciousness and more to do with the psychological effects of seeing something garner such immense popularity while knowing that its supply is scarce, according to Gino’s article on FastCompany.com.

Gino asserts that the Cronut is similar to any hot new gadget, movie or restaurant. Seeing others wait in line for it “signals to others that they too should be in on the trend,” according to the article.

In short, you didn’t want a Cronut before you read this, and you probably still don’t want one badly enough to wait in line for two hours for it. But the minute you observe people lining up for it, or have a friend wait in line for it, behaviorally speaking, you

will want a Cronut.

Gino calls this “self-signaling behavior,” which boils down to people making decisions that echo the type of person they believe themselves to be. In this case, those poor people in line at 6 a.m. outside the Dominique Ansel Bakery are deciding to do so because they believe themselves to be a part of a trend.

According to the bakery, the Cronut may be coming to more locations across the United States. If it comes anywhere near the University, I implore you to not give into the hype that it certainly will receive. Prove that you are in control of your own desires, and eat your usual cereal.

As a matter of fact, make a conscious effort to identify silly trends wherever you go and avoid them. A great example of something to avoid would be

the inevitable “Hangover 4.” If you’ve seen one of these films, you have seen all of them. Don’t be a sheep and follow the herd to something you know you don’t need or want, especially a movie you’ve already seen or $5 croissant-doughnut that you can probably make at home.

Psychology is relevant, real and pertinent in learning about the way people behave in these situations, but it does not have to define how you do things.

You are a person, not a statistic.

Connor Tarter is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Dallas, Texas.

Contact Connor Tarter at ctarter@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @connor_tarter

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now includes a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew as well as substance abuse evaluation and orders to follow any recommended treatment he received.

He was arrested after police were shown a video from a cell phone, which allegedly showed Hill and Bayardo striking the victim, Connor Baldridge, in the Tigerland parking lot. Following his arrest, Hill admitted to being in Tigerland but denied any involvement in the altercation despite being shown the video.

Allegedly, Hill punched the victim behind the left ear, and Bayardo followed with a punch that knocked Baldridge unconscious.

After his breakout freshman season — rushing for 755 yards and 12 touchdowns— Hill

was pegged to be the Tigers’ starting running back for the 2013-14 season.

He rushed for 102 yards on 13 carries in the Spring Game just before the incident.

Hill’s arrest marks the third consecutive season that a starting LSU player’s status was jeopardized before the season due to disciplinary issues.

In the 2010-11 season, former quarterback Jordan Jefferson was arrested after participating in a bar fight at Shady’s Bar, while last season former cornerback Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off the team following a litany of failed drug tests.

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

campus in the next six months, but we just don’t have that kind including the Memorial Towers of funding,� he said. as well as Acadian and EvangeFortunately, Husser said line residence halls these cracks are and are currently “I would like to have the merely an aesthetic repairing Allen and funding to repair every issue but can bePrescott halls. crack on campus in the come a structural Repair men next six months, but we problem if left uninject a developed treated. two-part epoxy into just don’t have that kind Husser said of funding.� cracks. The spots upcoming projects are then sealed include The Old Roger Husser and finished with President’s House, Director of Planning, Design and a combination of Coates, David Construction for Facility Services rock and sand to Boyd and Himes give the desired stucco look. halls.

But the process is slowed Though repairs are costly, due to funding and the extent of Husser said they are necessary to damaged buildings, Husser said. maintain the University’s beauty He said Facility Services invests and historical architecture. between $100,000 to $150,000 in repairs annually.

Contact Tesalon Felicien at “I would like to have the tfelicien@lsureveille.com funding to repair every crack on

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Martin also said the University received this lawsuit “throwback to the ’60s.� from “out of the blue,� and But Patrick Martin, Univer- after looking into the ordeal, the sity director for financial and University decided to make the administrative serfree speech policy vices, said students “We just want to make more transparent. were never con- sure the campus knows LSU capitulated the strained to the 1,000 we do value free speech, suit. square feet of Free “It would have Speech Plaza to and we want to make been an unnecesit clear how you can sary expense,� Marexercise his or her rights. go about expressing tin said. “We were “[The lawsuit] trying to minimize yourself.� doesn’t actually the expense to the change the existUniversity, and Ernie Ballard ing LSU policy or there was no need to Director of LSU Media guidelines in any get into a protracted Relations way,� Martin said. lawsuit. We felt and “There’s nothing that was pro- feel the lawsuit was completely hibited before and allowed now. without merit, but we wanted to This just more clearly states resolve it in the most cost-effecthe practices that LSU has had tive manner possible.� for decades.�

Overall, the University wants

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page 11 students to know that it respects the rights provided by the First Amendment. The policy decision was completed in order to make expression on campus easier to understand. “It’s important to know that LSU is committed to the First Amendment and free speech and all the values associated with free speech,� said Ernie Ballard, University director of Media Relations. “We just want to make sure the campus knows we do value free speech, and we want to make it clear how you can go about expressing yourself.�

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawrenceBarreca

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