The Daily Reveille - September 4, 2013

POLITICS: Students share their thoughts on intervention in Syria, p. 4

FOOTBALL: Relationships keep U-High running back close to home, p. 5

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An alligator hisses in its enclosure Aug. 22 at the LSU AgCenter Aquaculture Research Station on Ben Hur Road.

BOARD OF REGENTS

Energy law center underway for fall

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Gator Grub

Research at new AgCenter facility studies alligator diets, production costs Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

Outsiders are usually wrong in assuming Louisianians have alligators in their backyards — but at

the LSU AgCenter ’s Aquaculture Research Station, that’s exactly the case.

Just down a gravel road from the station stands a metal building that about 100 alligators have

called home since April.

AgCenter research associate Millie Williams said the AgCenter ’s facility is the only one built RESEARCH, see page 11

ADMINISTRATION

University progresses in reauthorizing accreditation Gordon Brillon Staff Writer

While the University begins a new semester and endures systemic upheaval, behind the scenes, one committee is working to ensure the University’s future by preparing for the process of reauthorization of accreditation.

According to geology professor Darrell Henry, who is also acting as director of reauthorization of accreditation, the University is currently in the process of preparing the documentation it will need to send to the

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACSCOC. SACSCOC is the regional accrediting board for more than 800 schools in 11 southwestern states from Texas to Virginia. In this capacity, SACSCOC sets standards for all institutions of higher education in its jurisdiction, evaluates the schools’ applications and awards accreditation.

Henry said a school that does not receive accreditation would both lose prestige in the eyes of its peers and would be ineligible for federal grants for students

and research.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said the University’s declining budget and vacant administration positions could hurt its chances of having accreditation reauthorized. He said although the committee is doing an admirable job, the University’s limited resources will be apparent when SACSCOC receives the University’s application.

However, Henry said he is not worried about the school’s accreditation status.

ACCREDITATION, see page 11

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Following the Louisiana Board of Regents’ approval of the John P. Laborde Energy Law Center on Aug. 21, plans are already underway to make sure the program is available to students as soon as fall 2014.

The Energy Law Center is a part of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and will offer students a concentration in energy law. The program, while the first of its kind at LSU, joins similar programs nationwide that aim to prepare students with an in-depth law foundation in a specific subject.

Jack Weiss, chancellor of the Law Center, said this school will meet the demands of a state with economically important energy developments.

“What we really propose to do is train the future leaders of this sector,” Weiss said. “There is a critical need within the state and CONCENTRATION, see page 11

BRAWL IT OUT

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Arm wrestlers face off at the Women’s Community Rehabilitation Center’s Schoolyard BRAWL on Saturday at the Spanish Moon. See more photos, p. 10.

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INTERNATIONAL Sweden’s Princess Madeleine is expecting first child in March STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Royal Palace says Princess Madeleine and her husband, New York banker Christopher O’Neill, are expecting their first child in March.

Madeleine, the younger sister of Crown Princess Victoria, is fourth in line to the Swedish throne. She and O’Neill got married in Stockholm in June.

The palace said Tuesday that the pregnancy would not affect Madeleine’s schedule this fall, or her work for the World Childhood Foundation, a nonprofit founded by her mother, Queen Silvia.

Syria is said to be hiding weapons, moving troops into civilian areas BEIRUT (AP) — As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas.

Politically, President Bashar Assad has gone on the offensive, warning in an interview that any military action against Syria could spark a regional war.

If the U.S. undertakes missile strikes, Assad’s reaction could have a major effect on the trajectory of Syria’s civil war.

Nation & World

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O’Neill leave in an open carriage after their wedding ceremony June 8 at the royal chapel in Stockholm.

Incomplete London skyscraper accused of melting Jaguar LONDON (AP) — Motorists may want to think twice about parking in front of the half-built London skyscraper known as the Walkie-Talkie.

That’s because the glare off the skin of the new building is so intense that at least one Jaguar owner says it caused part of his vehicle to melt.

Similar problems have plagued other modern buildings, including in Los Angeles, when neighbors of the Walt Disney Concert Hall reported heat buildups that required corrective measures.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

James Holmes’ lawyers file new challenges on death penalty

Most public school teachers pass new evaluations in first year

DENVER (AP) — Battling to save their client’s life, lawyers for theater shooting defendant James Holmes broadened their attack on the death penalty, saying in motions released Tuesday that it is so unevenly imposed in Colorado and so rarely carried out that it’s unconstitutional.

The lawyers also argued that death penalty opponents should be allowed to serve on Holmes’ jury, and that victims of the shooting shouldn’t be permitted to testify when the jury is deciding punishment.

UMass students make and feast on 15,000-pound fruit salad

NAACP-Ku Klux Klan meeting in Wyoming believed to be a first

(AP) — Nearly all public school classroom teachers were graded effective in the first year that Louisiana’s new evaluation system was used statewide, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Education.

The grading system, called Compass, ranked 32 percent of teachers as “highly effective” and another 4 percent as “ineffective.”

The rest were in between, with 8 percent of those in a category called “effective emerging,” which suggested they needed improvement.

Evaluation figures released Tuesday were based on performance during the 2012-13 school year.

DENVER (AP) — A meeting between the Wyoming chapter of the NAACP and an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan over the weekend is believed to be the first of its kind.

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the United Klans of America said Tuesday that the meeting is a first.

Simmons asked for the meeting following reports that KKK literature was being distributed in Gillette and that African-American men were being beaten while out in public with white women.

(AP) — Baton Rouge police are investigating the death of a man who was struck in the head with a wrench.

A Monday news release says it happened after a woman walking toward her parked car Thursday saw that someone appeared to be inside.

Lt. Don Kelly, a Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman, said the woman alerted her boyfriend, who armed himself with a wrench and confronted 47-year-old Jerry Sheppard of Zachary.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — In what’s become an annual tradition, the University of Massachusetts celebrated the start of the new academic year with a delicious, healthy, record-breaking dish.

About 500 students and staff at the Amherst campus on Monday sliced, diced, pitted and peeled 150 varieties of fruit to create a salad weighing more than 15,000 pounds. The salad was mixed in a 15-foot diameter swimming pool.

A Guinness World Records representative certified the record.

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Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes attends court June 4 in Centennial, Colorado. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

47-year-old Zachary native dies after being struck with wrench

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FACULTY SENATE

University to emphasize undergrad research for accreditation review Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell speaks at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday in the Capitol Chamber of the LSU Student Union.

Stuart Bell, executive vice chancellor and provost, addressed the University Faculty Senate during its meeting Tuesday with updates on this semester’s dean retreat, a meeting which will focus on four major issues and goals for the upcoming year.

At the retreat, Bell said the group addressed retention, research, online and hybrid education and graduate programs.

The findings from the retreat were the focus of Tuesday’s meeting.

In an effort to identify at-risk students, this year’s class of incoming freshmen were required to fill out a survey to help understand students’ background to indicate academic, social and financial preparation.

“We’re able to identify what services will best match those students,” Bell said. “What will we be doing differently in classes to address those issues?”

Bell said the courses students

struggle the most with are classes with the largest enrollment.

“The real retention happens in the classrooms,” Bell said.

He said the focus this year is to strengthen and grow graduate enrollment, especially for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accreditation review in March.

For the accreditation, the University has to identify a Quality Enhancement Program — this year’s is undergraduate research — to apply and enhance curricula across all programs.

The team reviewing the University’s accreditation will evaluate how the campus has been engaged in the QEP process and provide suggestions. Then, in fall 2014, the program will be implemented, but for now, plans are being tested to prepare for the accreditation.

Additionally, courses and Curricula Committee Chair Lawrence Rouse informed members of the Senate about the new definition of a credit hour and how they should pass

on this information to their students.

Rouse said for every hour spent in class, students should spend double that time of work outside the classroom.

For example, if a student is in a lecture for one hour, his or her homework and time spent on classwork outside the class should equate to two hours.

Rouse said this expectation should be outlined in new syllabuses.

“The philosophy is a contract — one with the rest of the faculty and one with the students,” Rouse said.

Additionally, Rouse said even though the attendance policy is not in place yet, professors have to specifically outline the definition of participation in their class in the syllabus.

Some teachers believe participation is about attending class, while others think students should raise their hands in class a certain number of times, Rouse said.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Local company converts ticket sales into donations Revenue goes to charity of choice Alexis Rebennack Staff Writer

A University alumna created a new way for Tiger fans to sell their tickets and make it count.

When tailgating takes its toll and making it to the game isn’t a reality, Charity Blip — a new company based in Baton Rouge — can put unwanted tickets to good use.

The website allows people to sell their seats to sporting events, performances and more, but there’s a catch: 80 percent of revenue from the ticket sales go to the charity of the seller’s choice. The other 20 percent is collected by the company to maintain the website.

Donations can include zoo passes, vacation packages, charity dinners, wine tasting events and admission passes to adventure attractions.

The donation is made in the seller’s name so the charity can send a receipt for a tax write-off. If the ticket doesn’t sell, it will be donated to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge in the donor’s name.

“What makes Charity Blip unique is that the seller of the tickets gets to choose which charity group receives the proceeds of the sales,” said Leslie Denino, co-founder of Charity Blip. “People have so many charities that are close to their heart, so it doesn’t have to be a medical non profit. It could even be the local animal shelter, or a group trying to go on a trip.”

Denino, a 1993 graduate of

the University, and her cousin, cofounder Lauren Johnson, were first inspired to create Charity Blip when Denino’s son was diagnosed with cancer. The family would spend weeks at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, often taking advantage of free tickets left at the front desk.

While attending an LSU baseball game with tickets donated to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Denino and Johnson noticed empty seats behind home plate.

Those tickets were not on sale at the gate, so they assumed the seats belonged to season ticket holders who did not attend the game.

“Baton Rouge is a big city with a lot to offer, so I thought, why not try to get something going here,” Denino said.

The project may appeal to a wider audience, as Johnson is leading a North Carolina branch of Charity Blip.

Charity Blip works with Cancer Services, which is just one of many groups people can donate their extra tickets to. Upon receiving a ticket donation, Cancer Services can find

a local family battling cancer and give it the opportunity to utilize the tickets.

Charity Blip also partners with Dreams Come True of Louisiana, Cookin’ for Charity, the Central Louisiana chapter of Iron Warriors Motorcycle Club, Dream Day Foundation, the American Red Cross and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“The Deninos have been a longtime family here with us, and we are just real excited that she thought of us to be one of the charities that can receive donations,” said Cancer Services Marketing Coordinator

Connie Boudreaux. “It’s so neat she was inspired by one of our events.

It’s just a neat, new way to fundraise and of course give back to the community.”

Although the University is not directly affiliated with Charity Blip,

students can put their student section tickets on Charity Blip’s website, and other LSU students can purchase them.

Contact Alexis Rebennack at arebennack@lsureveille.com

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WORLD

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Syria uncertainty hangs over Obama’s overseas trip The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep uncertainty surrounding military action against Syria hangs over President Barack Obama’s three-day overseas trip to Sweden and Russia, which takes him away from Washington just as he’s seeking support on Capitol Hill for a strike.

Before he departed Tuesday night, Obama urged lawmakers meeting with him at the White House to support his plan to punish Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons to attack its own people.

The president won the backing of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, though that hardly guarantees support in the fractured House of Representatives.

The president will also seek to bolster international support for a strike during talks with world leaders this week at the Group of 20 summit. Those efforts will pit him against Russian president and summit host Vladimir Putin, who has perhaps done the most to stymie international efforts to oust Syria’s Bashar Assad.

Obama and Putin’s clashing views on Syria have worsened a relationship already rife with tension from differences on human rights, missile defense, and the Russia’s decision to grant asylum to

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

“It’s been like watching a slow-moving train wreck for nearly two years,” Andrew Kuchins, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said of the Obama-Putin relationship.

“Mr. Putin and Mr. Obama don’t like each other at all. I think there’s a deep degree of disrespect.”

While Syria isn’t officially on the agenda at the economy-focused G-20 summit, the potential for imminent military action is expected to dominate conversations on the sidelines of the summit. World leaders will be seeking guidance from the U.S. president about whether he plans to proceed with a strike if Congress rejects his proposed resolution — a question Obama’s aides have refused to answer.

Votes in the House and the Senate are expected next week, just after Obama wraps up his trip.

During his meeting with lawmakers Tuesday, Obama said he was confident he’ll be able to work with Congress to pass a resolution authorizing a strike.

Air Force One left Washington late Tuesday for an overnight flight to Stockholm. The White House hastily added the Sweden visit to Obama’s schedule after he scrapped plans to meet one-on-one with Putin in Moscow ahead of the G-20 in response to Russia granting

Snowden temporary asylum.

Snowden’s leaks to American and foreign news organizations about secret government spying programs have sparked outrage overseas, particularly in Europe.

Obama is likely to face questions about the scope of the programs while overseas, as he did earlier this summer during meetings with the Group of 8 industrial nations.

Even before the Snowden incident, relations between the U.S. and Russia were already on the rocks amid differences on missile defense and nuclear weapons, as well as American concerns over human rights and a new Russian law that targets “homosexual propaganda.” Russian gay rights activists say they have been invited to meet with Obama while he is in St. Petersburg this week.

Putin also has appeared to relish blocking American and Western European efforts to weaken Assad throughout Syria’s 2 1/2-year civil war. Russia remains one of Syria’s strongest military and economic backers.

In a pointed jab last week, Putin asked Obama to reconsider a military strike, saying he was appealing to Obama not as a world leader, but as a Nobel Peace laureate.

“We have to remember what has happened in the last decades, how many times the United States

Do you think the U.S. should intervene in Syria?

Ashley Earls

‘Yeah, just because I think there is proof that they used chemical weapons and that isn’t right. It’s just not right to kill innocent children and people for no reason.’

dietetics freshman

‘Not at this point. I just think it needs to have more details about Gerald Collins what’s gophilosophy junior ing on with the full situation before we get entangled in their civil war.’

Igor Kuznetsov political science Ph.D. student

Wren Vicknair renewable natural resources sophomore

‘It’s a horrible idea.

We have too many problems at home to be getting involved in a civil war in a desert.’

‘I think the U.S. should not intervene before the results of the investigation of the United Nations will appear, and decisions should be made on the results of the experts.

Without this information they shouldn’t.’

Gabrielle Swindle English junior

‘Yeah, it just feels like they can’t take care of their own. ... They’re in need, and people are dying.’

What do you think the U.S. should do in Syria?

Vote in our poll at lsureveille.com.

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President Barack Obama makes a statement about the crisis in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Aug. 31.

has been the initiator of armed conflict in different regions of the world,” Putin said. “Did this resolve even one problem?”

Administration officials insist the U.S. and Russia can still work productively together during the G-20, though in a slight to Putin, the White House has gone out of its way to characterize the trip as less of a visit to Russia than a trip to the G-20 that happened to be taking place there.

The White House also has ruled out a one-on-one meeting

between Obama and Putin on the sidelines of the summit, though the two leaders certainly will spend time together in the larger summit sessions.

Obama will hold meetings at the summit with French President Francois Hollande and separately with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Sports

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CLOSE TO

University Laboratory School junior running back Nick Brossette became the first player to join LSU’s 2015 recruiting class. Brossette’s relationship with the Tigers’ coaching staff helped him make the decision to stay in Baton Rouge.

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SEC Power Rankings: Week 2 THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist And we’re off.

Week 1 is in the rearview mirror, and what a first week it was.

The Tide rolled, two sets of Tigers made statements and Johnny Manziel pissed off a whole bunch of people.

Here’s where we stand.

niversity Laboratory School running back Nick Brossette is accustomed to running a long way to score touchdowns.

But he won’t need to run far to take the next step in his football career.

Brossette — a 6-foot, 210-pound high school junior — became one of the first commits of LSU’s 2015 recruiting class on Aug. 26 when he committed with fellow Louisiana prospect Xavier Lewis.

With senior Alfred Blue, juniors Kenny Hilliard and Terrence Magee and — potentially — sophomore Jeremy Hill gone by the time Brossette reaches campus, his commitment came at the perfect time for the Tigers.

1. Alabama (1-0) The Tide struggled offensively, gave up a long touchdown run and still won handily against Virginia Tech, 35-10. Alabama scored three nonoffensive touchdowns, includingboth a kickoff and a punt return by Christion Jones.

The Alabama offensive line struggled, but I think they will jell and improve as the season goes on.

If we saw anything this week, it’s that the Tide can beat you in even more ways than it could last season. That’s why they remain at the top.

Last Week: 1

Read more about Brossette’s decision: HOMETOWN RECRUIT, see page 8

2. Texas A&M (1-0) Johnny Manziel threw only eight passes in the Aggies’ 52-31 victory against Rice, but he was the entire story on Saturday. After sitting the first half, Johnny Football began POWER RANKINGS, see page 9

VOLLEYBALL

Senior teams with St. Vincent de Paul to help less fortunate Tigers take donations at home matches Tyler Nunez Sports Writer

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Senior Desiree Elliott (4) serves the ball Friday against Texas San Antonio. Elliott and the rest of the team have partnered with St. Vincent de Paul to help those in need.

Senior middle blocker Desiree Elliott teamed up with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to create the “Geaux Kids” initiative and continue the LSU volleyball team’s recent tradition of season-long senior class philanthropy projects.

The Tigers will collect items

such as children’s clothes, shoes and toys at every home match this season to contribute to St. Vincent de Paul, an organization developed to help children and families in need.

As LSU’s lone senior, Elliott said she knew she wanted to contribute to women and children, so she gravitated toward the charity after discovering it.

Her mother also inspired her when making the decision, Elliott said.

“She grew up in this area, and she knows what it is like to have very little,” Elliott said.

“She knows what it is like to have people helping her through the tough times in her life. ... My parents worked really hard to have what they have now. I am extremely blessed.”

Sophomore outside hitter Katie Lindelow said children are LSU’s biggest fans, and the Tigers relish the opportunity to give back and show them how much they are appreciated.

LSU coach Fran Flory said St. Vincent de Paul is the perfect choice for Elliott’s charity.

CHARITY, see page 8

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football

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Miles pleased with overall effort in game against TCU Dickson, Jones expected to play

Tigers’ defensive front four’s physical play on Saturday leads Miles to believe it will perform at the same level as its recent predecessors.

Going into the opening game, Tyler Nunez questions surrounded the Tigers’ Sports Writer defensive line, as it seemed to LSU never trailed in its 37- be riddled with inexperience, but 27 victory against TCU, thanks Miles said junior defensive ends in large part to execution of a bal- Jordan Allen and Jermauria Rasco anced offensive game plan behind worked hard in the offseason to the strong play of senior quarter- silence the critics.

“Even though guys like Jorback Zach Mettenberger.

At his weekly press lun- dan Allen have not played very cheon Tuesday, LSU coach Les significantly to this point, he was Miles credited Mettenberger with constantly improving,” Miles throwing “80 percent” of his said. “He was getting bigger, fastpasses accurately, taking dropped er and stronger. When you had passes and throwthe opportunity to aways into ac- ‘Even though guys like call his name, he count. would be ready.”

“The one Jordan Allen have not Looking forthing Zach ap- played very significantly ward, Miles dispears to me to cussed LSU’s to this point, he was preparation for have is a greater tempo,” Miles constantly improving.’ the University of said. “[He] underAlabama at Birstands what he’s mingham, a proLes Miles gram that defeatresponsible to do LSU head football coach ed the Tigers in its in terms of coordinating the style of play and the last trip to Death Valley in 2000.

He pointed to UAB junior motion and the adjustment there wide receiver Jamarcus Nelson, after.”

Miles noted the Tigers’ strug- who broke out with nine recepgle to convert in the red zone as tions for 199 yards and two his primary concern with the of- touchdowns on Saturday against Troy, and sophomore quarterback fense.

“We spent a lot of time in that Austin Brown as the Blazers’ key tight red zone,” Miles said. “We threats.

LSU will also focus on how did not execute that into the game plan. Certainly, we’ll spend more to attack UAB’s experienced detime on it and see if we can get it fense. fixed.”

“They have a veteran deThe physical play of the fense,” Miles said. “Eight junior

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Les Miles answers questions from reporters Tuesday at Lunch with Les in the Athletics Administration Building.

starters return, and [they have] a very good scheme. They will mix it up on you.”

Miles confirmed junior tight end Travis Dickson and senior linebacker Tahj Jones, who sat out against TCU due to injury, would be ready to play on Saturday.

LSU sophomore running

back Jeremy Hill made the trip to Dallas, but failed to see the field on Saturday.

Miles refused to give details on Hill’s status, but indicated he will see playing time in the near future.

“We will put him on the field when we are ready,” Miles said.

“I think he is coming. I think his time is in front of us.”

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @NunezTDR

football notebook

Linebacker stats don’t reflect production in TCU game Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

LSU’s starting linebackers produced just seven tackles in Saturday’s season opener against TCU, but don’t mistake a lack of stats for a lack of production.

“I don’t think they struggled,” said senior safety Craig Loston.

“I think it was more of a scheme thing. … This week when we play a team that runs the ball a little more, I think our linebackers will be able to showcase their skills and show what they’re made of.”

According to Loston, the five-wide sets TCU ran took the linebackers out of the equation for most of the game, which prohibited them from recording tackles.

“A lot of people said they didn’t produce, but if you look at the film, there was a lot of outside plays,” said junior defensive tackle Ego Ferguson. “Sometimes the ball isn’t going to come toward you, but as long as you’re there making the calls and checking the coverage

and watching your man, then you did your job.”

Tigers not looking past UAB Loston isn’t overlooking UAB this week after seeing what their wide receivers are capable of in early film study.

“Anytime you have a receiver who has 200 yards and you have another one who had 100 yards, that’s a big-time game,” Loston said. “They didn’t do enough to get the win against Troy, but that’s big. … It opens up your eyes.”

UAB junior receiver Jamarcus Nelson led the Blazers with 199 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the team’s loss to Troy this weekend. Freshman wide out Jamari Staples also cracked the century mark with 103 yards and a touchdown.

Beckham, Landry lead the pack Junior wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry separated themselves from the rest of the LSU receiving corps this

year with a dominating performance against TCU. The duo caught 13 of senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s 16 completions on the night for a combined 227 yards through the air.

But the competition for the No. 1 receiver isn’t getting in the way of the pair’s friendship off the field.

When asked which of the two would finish the season with more yards, there wasn’t a moment of hesitation for Landry to say he hopes the best for his teammate.

“That’s the one you can’t predict,” Landry said. “You never know what happens. It’s a long season, a long process, but I hope [Beckham does]. Me, being the brother I am to him and a teammate, I wish all the best for him.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @gegs1313_TDR

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Heralded freshmen defensive players shine Young Tigers mesh with veteran core Trey Labat

Sports Contributor

When LSU lost nine defensive players to the NFL, there was a sense of doom hovering over the Tiger faithful.

But the coaching staff never seemed worried about having to reload the defense, mainly due to the massive 2013 recruiting class LSU brought in this year.

Of the 27 total recruits who came to Baton Rouge, 13 were on the defensive side of the ball.

And of those 13, LSU coach Les Miles said fans should expect to see a great number participate throughout the season.

In fact, three — defensive tackle Christian LaCouture, linebacker/ defensive end Kendell Beckwith and linebacker Duke Riley — saw action in the season opener against TCU. While talent has certainly driven the early playing time, the newcomers’ integration into the team came about because of the quick bond they developed between each other and the veterans on the roster.

Freshman defensive tackle Greg Gilmore from South View High School in North

Carolina said the process began on the recruiting and all star game circuit while the players were still in high school.

“I’ve known a couple of the guys since high school playing in all star games and stuff,” Gilmore said. “After a couple of us had committed, we started talking about getting up to Baton Rouge and what we wanted to do.”

Some freshmen even took it upon themselves to get an early start on training.

LaCouture was one of the incoming freshmen who enrolled at LSU in the spring to participate in practice.

The added time to acclimate to Baton Rouge, as well as learning the playbook, was key in preparing for the season, LaCouture said.

The added time proved worthwhile, as LaCouture won the Newcomer Most Improved Award at the conclusion of spring practices.

“The speed of the game was something I needed to make sure I was up to,” LaCouture said. “It’s always different going from high school to college, so it took me a couple of days, but it started clicking and it got that much easier to me. Now for the fall, with me knowing my plays and everything, I can help the other kids learn their plays and make sure they are up to date

with everything.” who are unrecognizable to fans, Helping the freshmen as many of their freshman teamacclimate isn’t only up to mates look poised to take the LaCouture, though. field as soon as LSU’s first home Several of the veterans on game against the University of defense, especially on the line, Alabama at Birmingham. have taken the Freshmen young players defensive backs ‘Any of these guys can Rickey Jefferson under their tutelage for the fall call me at any point and and Tre’Davious season.

White along ask me anything.’

Junior dewith freshmen fensive linedefensive lineEgo Ferguson men Jermauria men Lewis Neal junior defensive lineman Rasco and Ego and Tashawn Ferguson have Bower are all taken key roles for many of the players who could get playing young players. time in the near future, according “Any of these guys can call to Miles. me at any point and ask me anything,” Ferguson said. “Like [freshman defensive end] Frank [Herron] could call me at three in the morning to ask about plays. I might yell at him a little bit, but I’d still try and help him out.”

Even with the odd relationship of trying to help someone who might eventually take a spot in the starting lineup, the veterans see the benefit of getting the younger players involved as quickly as possible.

“We love the competition,” Rasco said. “It makes us better, it makes them better and at the end, it’s all about winning football games.”

Beckwith, LaCouture and Riley won’t be the only players

“Well, I think Tre’Davious White will play, [and] continue to play a significant role for us. I can see in the future Rickey Jefferson playing significant football,” Miles said. “Lewis Neal and Tashawn Bower, I think those guys will all be guys that you’ll see on the field.”

The future is now, indeed.

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page 8 plays, including 47 snaps in the first half alone. LSU only ran ESPN ranked Brossette 48 plays in the entire Clemson as the No. 1 ranked running game that ended the Tigers’ 2012 back in his class and the No. 16 campaign.

“How [LSU] has changed ranked player overall — something University Lab coach their offense, I really like that,” Chad Mahaffey knows plenty Brossette said. “I like coach Cam as a coach too, ‘cause he will reabout.

“He’s really motivated to be ally teach you and get you right great,” Mahaffey said. “He’s had for the NFL.” Tim Williams, one of the rea lot of success early, but he still wants to improve, which is an cruits who LSU couldn’t secure last year, was important quality.

He’s great around ‘He’s really motivated to Brossette’s teamthe goal line. He’s be great. He’s had a lot mate last season.

Williams eventuscored 90-someally chose Alathing touchdowns of success early, but he for us, but he also still wants to improve, bama after a long recruiting battle. has great hands Williams and coming out the which is an important Brossette remain backfield and quality.’ close friends off does a lot for us the field and Wilin pass protection.

Chad Mahaffey liams offered him He can be an evU-High football coach congratulations ery-down back.”

Brossette’s decision had less after Brossette announced his to do with proximity and more commitment to LSU. “He told me to enjoy everywith LSU’s recent success with running backs. His strong rela- thing and to have fun with and tionship with the coaching staff, wherever you feel the most comespecially running backs coach fortable with just go and do it,” and recruiting coordinator Frank Brossette said. “Once I did it, he Wilson, also played a major fac- texted me congrats. That’s still my brother.” tor.

That family atmosphere is Wilson has had a lot to do with the Tigers’ success in something that extends all the the ground game on and off way through the U-High ranks, as the field since his hiring in Brossette has taken highly touted freshman Dylan Moses under his 2010.

Since Wilson was added to wing, helping prepare him for the the coaching staff in 2010, LSU challenges to come.

Moses recently appeared on has run for at least 2,000 yards each season and has ranked in the the cover of ESPN The Maganation’s top 15 recruiting class- zine and has been in the national es. Wilson was named National spotlight since receiving a scholarship offer from Recruiter of the Year by Rivals ‘It just feels like home. LSU during his eighth-grade searecruiting service Every time I go up son. last year after be“I just put ing credited with there, they treat me like Dylan under my signing three fivestar recruits and family and I just really wing, trying to help show him four four-star relike that.’ around here and cruits. trying to help him “He’s going Nick Brossette on and off the to push you to the U-High junior running back field,” Brossette limit,” Brossette said. “He wants you to make big said. “I just try and treat him like plays and be prepared, so once a brother.”

LSU has managed to create you get out into those situations, you’ll be ready for them. I just the family atmosphere that is so really appreciate him as a coach important to Brossette.

“It just feels like home,” and as a father outside of football Brossette said. “Every time too.”

But a new addition to the I go up there, they treat me Tigers’ coaching staff turned out like family and I just really to be one of the main reasons like that.”

Brossette decided to sign with LSU. Brossette found new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron’s offense highly intriguing.

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“Desiree and our whole team have a special place in their hearts for underprivileged kids and families enduring hardships,” Flory said. “... I think [St. Vincent de Paul] is a great organization.

They are out in front, and they provide some great opportunities for families with food and shelter.

When you give to it, it truly goes back to the people in need.”

The senior class philanthropy project began with the 2011 class, which collected almost 3,000 books to replinish the library at Dufrocq Elementary School in Baton Rouge as part of its “Geaux Books” campaign.

The 2012 class continued the project with “PAWS in the PMAC,” with fans donating almost 1,250 items to the Capital Area Animal Welfare Society.

Flory said these community service projects are a great opportunity to show underclassmen what it means to be an LSU athlete.

“We’ve already started talking about ours, and it is two years away,” Lindelow said. “We all look forward to it, and we want to make it meaningful to everyone on the team.”

Flory said she hopes this tradition lives on through future senior classes beyond Elliott.

“It is vital [for the culture of LSU volleyball],” Flory said. “...

It makes our young people start thinking about what they will do when they are seniors and what impact they can make on the community.”

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the second half with three touchdown passes in four drives before being pulled from the game after taunting Rice defenders.

The A&M defense struggled, but as long as Manziel is playing, the Aggies will be contenders. No matter how much controversy he creates, you can bet coach Kevin Sumlin will have the most electrifying man in college football under center when Alabama comes calling in two weeks.

Last Week: 3 3. South Carolina (1-0) Jadeveon Clowney had a quiet first week, but the Gamecocks defense stifled North Carolina and the offense made enough big plays to secure a 27-10 victory. We’ll find out exactly how good the Gamecocks are next week when they take a trip to Athens to play Georgia.

Last Week: 4 4. LSU (1-0) LSU showed tremendous signs of growth in Week 1. Quarterback Zach Mettenberger played well, and the Tigers defeated TCU 37-27 in a game that was more one-sided than the score indicates.

Sophomore running back Jeremy Hill was withheld from play, but the Tigers got a spark in the form of 95 rushing yards and two touchdowns from junior running back Terrence Magee. The Tigers struggled a bit in the red zone, but overall, you have to like what you

saw from LSU in Dallas.

Last Week: 5 5. Georgia (0-1) Georgia began the season with a tough 38-35 defeat at Clemson. Running backs Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall played great, but through one week, the Georgia defense has failed to replace the talent it lost from last season’s team.

Last Week: 2 6. Florida (1-0) The Gators didn’t stub their toe in a workmen-like 24-6 victory against Toledo, but beating Toledo isn’t enough for the Gators to move up. Junior quarterback Jeff Driskel still needs to show me more to make me a believer.

Last Week: 6 7. Ole Miss (1-0, 1-0 SEC) The Rebel Black Bears needed a 75-yard-touchdown run from senior Jeff Scott in the last minutes of regulation to secure a thrilling 39-35 victory at Vanderbilt.

Quarterback Bo Wallace and the crop of freshmen starters looked impressive, but star linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche’s injury keeps Ole Miss from rising in these rankings.

Last week: 7 8. Vanderbilt (0-1, 0-1 SEC) The Commodores lost a heartbreaking home

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opener to Ole Miss, but I still left them at No. 8 this week. Their offense will improve as first-year starting quarterback Austyn CartaSamuels gains experience and Jordan Matthews is a great weapon on the outside.

Last Week: 8 9. Auburn (1-0) Auburn survived Washington State with a 3124 victory. It’s not much, but it’s progress on the Plains.

Last Week: 9 10. Missouri (1-0) Missouri is a different team with a healthy James Franklin at quarterback.

He threw three touchdowns in the Tigers’ season-opening 5814 victory against Murray State, but that is nowhere near enough to justify moving them up in the rankings.

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11. Tennessee (1-0) Tennessee began the Butch Jones era with a 45-0 victory against FCS foe Austin Peay State University. The Vols may have found their quarterback in junior Justin Worley, who threw three touchdowns in the opener, but don’t forget it was against Austin Peay.

Last Week: 11 12. Mississippi State (0-1) Mississippi State hung tough in the first half before falling 21-3 in its opener

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Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel (right) celebrates a touchdown Saturday by gesturing money signs to the crowd during the Aggies’ win against Rice in College Station, Texas.

against Oklahoma State. The Bulldogs offense looked bad with Tyler Russell at quarterback, and with him hurt, they looked downright putrid. If he misses any time, you can expect the Bulldogs offense to keep struggling.

Last Week: 12 13. Arkansas (1-0) Arkansas began its season with a 34-14 victory against UL-Lafayette.

I’m not impressed.

Last Week: 13

14. Kentucky (0-1) The Mark Stoops era began with a thud in the form of 36-25 loss to Western Kentucky. The Wildcats should just stop playing tackle football.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Two University students arrested for disturbing the peace after fight Grant Caldwell, 20, and Reed J. Fremin, 19, were arrested for disturbing the peace on East Campus Drive following a fight on Aug. 27 at 1:30 a.m. Caldwell also received a citation for resisting arrest by providing a false name. Both students were issued misdemeanor summons and released, according to LSU Police Department Lt. Marshall Walters.

Caldwell, of 16323 Indian Point Drive, Madison, La., and Fremin, of 2014 Stephanie Ave., Lafayette, La., are both University students.

40-year-old man arrested for DWI after swerving across Nicholson Drive CHARLOTTE WILLCOX / The Daily Reveille

BRAWL, Baton Rouge Arm Wrestling Ladies, donated proceeds from its arm wrestling tournament Friday at the Spanish Moon to Women’s Community Rehabilitation Center. [Top left] Arm wrestler “Betty Rage” clenches her teeth as she faces “Mrs. Miyagi” Saturday at Women’s Community Rehabilitation Center’s Schoolyard BRAWL hosted

by The Spanish Moon. [Top right] Burlesque act Ruff ‘N’ Tuff tease the Spanish Moon crowd at WCRC’s event.

[Bottom left] Competitor “Minnie Mayhem” flaunts her arm-wrestling prowess. [Bottom right] In round three of the Schoolyard Brawl, arm wrestlers “Betty Rage” and “Baby Face” exchange competitive glares.

John Murphy, 40, was arrested

by LSUPD on Aug. 29 at 2:38 a.m. for DWI and improper lane usage after officers noticed him swerving across Nicholson Drive near North Stadium Road, according to Walters.

Murphy, of 1835 Gamwich St., failed a series of field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer test after officers made a traffic stop and smelled alcohol on Murphy’s breath.

He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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RESEARCH, from page 1 specifically for alligator research in the U.S. The building houses 24 tanks, each filled with warm water, a few alligators and enough space to grow them to the market-preferable length of 4 feet. The process takes about 16 to 18 months, according to Robert Reigh, director of the AgCenter’s Aquaculture Research Station.

Reigh said Louisiana’s alligator industry has needed more research for about 20 years, but there had never been a facility capable of doing so with methods similar to what most farmers use. Two years ago, construction began on the AgCenter’s alligator facility, which was largely funded by donations from the alligator industry, he said.

Reigh and Williams focus their work at the facility on nutrition and lowering the cost of alligator diets.

Because the alligator industry has matured beyond a hobby only within the last 30 years, Reigh said, there is a new and significant demand for diets — usually in the form of pelleted feed.

Cargill in Franklinton, La., is the No. 1 producer of alligator feed, but its pellets are composed of expensive animal byproducts, Williams said.

Because farmers are always interested in lowering their costs, the AgCenter’s research includes substituting less-expensive plants for some animal ingredients in alligator feed. One project she has worked on involves digestibility studies of feed with greater plant content and how it affects growth compared to Cargill-fed alligators.

Another study explores feeding strategies with the goal of finding out how to grow alligators faster and the effects of feeding alligators more or less often.

Reigh said not much is known yet about alligator nutrition, but he pointed out that a lot of research also had to be done before companies could produce different feeds tailored for the needs of young, overweight and senior dogs.

Williams said animal byproducts like those used in Cargill’s feed cost up to $1,400 per ton, but plant products are generally much cheaper with prices around $600 per ton.

Knowing how a variety of ingredient combinations affects alligators is important because prices of ingredients shift, and it’s good to know about acceptable substitutes that provide for reasonable growth rates and hide qualities, Reigh said.

“If you have 25 percent corn

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AgCenter researchers are testing ways to lower the cost of alligator diets.

gluten, you can take out 6 [percent] and put in something else because the price of corn gluten just went up, so it allows you to maintain your price,” Reigh said.

Noel Kinler, manager of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Alligator Program, said the existence of an alligator industry in Louisiana is important because it makes alligators a valued resource — something industry participants, coastal landowners and others all care about protecting.

The program Kinler oversees was created in 1972 to allow farmers to collect alligator eggs from the wetlands — about 80 percent of which are privately owned — and raise them through ranching permits and agreements with landowners. Farmers can sell most of the grown alligators for hides and meat, but LDWF requires at least 12 percent to be returned to the wild to sustain the population.

Kinler said Louisiana farms at least 250,000 alligators and harvests 32,000 wild alligators annually, accounting for about 75 percent of total U.S. alligator production.

“If we were unable to sell alligators on a commercial basis, we would have a difficult time regulating the harvest,” he said. “Nobody would really want to go out and harvest alligators if there was no value associated with it.”

Kinler said alligator meat is “in great demand” and sells for $8 to $9 a pound. A centimeter of a farmed alligator’s belly skin is worth between $7 and $7.75, with most market size alligators having about 25 centimeters of belly skin, he said.

Reigh said alligator skins

produced in Louisiana are often shipped to France and Italy, where they are tanned and used to make luxury goods. Wild alligator skins, which are usually larger, are used to make items such as purses and boots, while farmed alligator skins are used for watch bands, wallets and other small items, he said.

About 80 percent of the alligator skins Europe receives are from Louisiana, Williams said.

“The farmers’ process has actually revived the species,” Williams said. “It’s probably one of the most successful re-emergences of species.”

Williams said alligator farming is good for both landowners and for coastal restoration. Because landowners earn money for the eggs collected from their land, they have an incentive to keep their coastal land in good condition.

In the 1990s, the Louisiana alligator industry grew to the point of overproduction because too many farmers got in the business, Reigh said. It stabilized, though, and now there are fewer than 50 large-scale producers in the state.

Reigh said while industries such as catfish have declined in Louisiana due to imports, there are no alligator imports, so the demand for Louisiana alligators likely will not disappear any time soon.

“These guys are in it for the long term,” Reigh said. “This isn’t something that’s going to go away tomorrow, so they’re interested in finding better ways to produce their crop more effectively.”

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beyond the state to create responsible, highly trained visionaries to be the future leaders of this industry.”

As committee members in charge of the Energy Law Center develop the energy law concentration for law students as soon as next fall, they are also considering a post-law degree certificate program and a master’s degree in energy law.

The Energy Center has already made significant progress in the two years since its inception, hiring three new faculty members, including a professor with a joint appointment in the School of the Coast and Environment and Robert Sloan, who served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Entergy, as the director of the energy center, Weiss said.

Weiss said this new addition will allow the school to help Louisiana meet the economic demands of recent energy developments. Although the program is a part of the law school, undergraduate students will reap its benefits as well.

The Law Center plans to incorporate the University’s new program with cross-enrollment in engineering, coastal sciences, science and chemical engineering, nuclear sciences and chemical engineering undergraduate programs, according to a news release.

“We want our students to be able to take advantage of the great resources of LSU in the engineering and environmental areas and take courses in those subject matters,” Weiss said. “We would like to see our school become a destination for folks in the College of Engineering.”

Petroleum engineering senior Chase Ringer said the new center is a good idea given the country’s interest in oil and other energy fields.

Ringer said the only class that

ACCREDITATION, from page 1

“We always end up with a few recommendations,” Henry said.

“We usually get about 25, which is about average for comparable institutions.”

SACSCOC issues recommendations based on reports compiled by institutions about how these schools are complying with SACSCOC’s Principles of Accreditation.

The Principles of Accreditation is a list of 98 criteria outlined and revised every few years

by SACSCOC. If an institution shows that it complies with all of the principles, SACSCOC will reauthorize its accreditation status. If it does not comply with a principle, SACSCOC will issue a recommendation for that specific issue. “[The principles are] very general,” Henry said. “They cover basically how a university operates — that could include governance structure, athletics, courses or faculty. What SACS wants to know is if we have all the pieces and personnel to properly run a university.”

Henry said the team in charge of the University’s reauthorization campaign understands there are areas that are unlikely to comply

comes close to teaching energy law now is petroleum economics, and more often than not, students have to learn about legal regulations during internships.

However, Ringer said his main concern was finding a middle ground for cross-enrolled coursework, so neither law or undergraduate students feel bogged down with concentrated subjects.

Sloan said cross discipline education is important because when students encounter problems later on in their jobs, the problems are often a mixture of all fields.

With the law school’s expansion comes financial challenges and the need to raise more money.

According to Weiss, the law school plans to renovate space on the fourth floor to provide an area for the new energy program.

At the Board meeting in August, Weiss thanked the members for their approval and proposed they help the school monetarily with a matching donation.

He said because the center is sufficiently connected to the economic development of the state, it warrants monetary support from the state. A matching donation would provide incentive for donors, Weiss said.

The plan he suggested was preliminary and has yet to be discussed with the state administration.

For now, the Energy Center is moving ahead with plans as stakeholders continue exploring the possibility of a fundraising campaign, Weiss said.

“This is something that has to evolve over a period of time,“ Weiss said.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

with the Principles of Accreditation.

He said the school’s auditing process has historically been a problem because the fiscal year of the University does not align with the timetable for submitting the compliance report. The University’s audit is usually released in January, he said, while the report must be submitted by September.

Additionally, the reorganization of the University’s administration could mean the University will not comply with accreditation principles regarding governance structure.

Principle 3.2.1 states that the governing board of the institution must be in control of appointing and evaluating the institution’s CEO. Henry said the consolidation of the president and chancellor positions has made it unclear if the University is in compliance, but said he is working with SACSCOC to work the problem out.

“We’ve already had Vice President [of SACSCOC Barry] Goldstein here, along with Belle Wheelan, the president, to discuss issues with restructuring.”

Henry said.

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com

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Officials should listen to U.S. public on Syria debate BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist Think of the last time you got sloppy in Tigerland: you thought you knew exactly what you were doing — you were only going to take a few shots and go home.

You woke up the next day filled with shame, regret and a pounding headache.

The United States is on the verge of making one of those decisions in Syria, and the Obama administration needs to rethink its present course before it rolls over and finds al-Qaeda trying to cuddle and asking if it wants breakfast.

There needs to be absolutely no military intervention in Syria.

As of Tuesday morning, President Obama received the goahead for a limited military strike against the forces of President Bashar Assad from the leadership of both parties in the House of Representatives.

This could potentially lead to a vote in the Senate on whether or not force will be authorized in the conflict. However, despite what the bipartisan leadership may say, there is an overpowering cry of opposition to any use of force by the American public.

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Visit lsureveille.com, our Facebook page and our Twitter account to let us know what you think. Check out what readers had to say in our comment section: In response to Taylor Schoen’s column “Miley criticized for wrong reasons,” readers had this to say: “I personally love Miley’s performance at the VMAs. I agree with you on some of the double standards regarding sexual expression between sexes.

(Although I can’t remember the last time a popular male singer stripped down to his underwear and writhed about on stage.)

However, I think your point of view on racial appropriation is hilariously misguided, albeit wellintentioned. Even though cultural appropriation has been an ugly part of music history, it poses less

Fifty percent of Americans oppose any use of force in Syria, with only 42 percent in favor of limited strikes.

Fifty percent of Americans haven’t been united on much in quite some time. However, this is unsurprising, given that most Americans understand that this conflict is about more than just Assad using sarin gas against his own people. We don’t want to get involved in another country’s civil war.

In the course of two years, four distinct factions and multiple other splinter groups have formed in Syria. They consist of President Assad’s loyalist forces, the main opposition group, the Free Syrian Army and al-Qaeda backed Islamists who are trying to create a power base within the FSA. Lastly, there is a Kurdish minority, which is trying to carve its own territory out of the chaos.

The Kurds’ tentative nation is referred to as Rojava.

With so many factions divided along political, religious and ethnic lines, what is on the ground can best be described as a free-for-all, the prize being the bombed ruin that was once Syria.

The obvious proxy for the U.S. would be the FSA, but there is a real and significant risk of inadvertently aiding and abetting al-Qaeda, which we have been

fighting non-stop for the past 12 years.

The other option would be the Kurdish separatist movement, as they have stated openly that they are fighting the war on terror for the U.S. in Syria. This is true — if the Islamists were to beat out Assad’s loyalists, the Kurds would be at the top of the hit list. However, backing them would be highly unpopular with our ally Turkey, because there is a significant Kurdish population there, and the government in Ankara fears it will try to do the same.

Even if there were a side to realistically support, we would only be lobbing a few cruise missiles into Syria with this punitive action, and since we have completely forgone the element of surprise, there is little doubt Assad is moving around his most important assets so they don’t get blown to kingdom come. The chance of having any significant impact is slim.

On top of that, there is a chance that in the event of an attack, Assad would retaliate against Israel through chemical or other means. If even one tablespoon of sarin were to hit Israeli airspace, we would learn just how quickly the Israeli Defense Force could turn Damascus into a parking lot.

Best case, we lob a few

danger now than it has in the past.

I think you’re taking this too seriously. The beauty of all of us living together is that we get to share our diverse cultures. It’s a beautiful thing.

Your earnest argument that she dehumanizes her black dancers and steals their culture for her own benefit poses a double standard of its own. It’s that white liberal habit of painting black culture as victim. It’s condescending and disrespectful. If a white person wants to dance an African-American dance, make rap music or whatever, they’re stealing from us. But if an African-American girl practices floor gymnastics (typically not a black sport) and wins a gold metal, it’s an inspirational moment. They say, ‘hopefully more black girls can finally compete in the sport and do something right.’ Black folks are encouraged to participate in white culture, talk proper, and join in. White folks being inspired to participate in black culture is looked down upon. Perhaps that’s a way of saying it’s not okay to be or act black (whatever

that means).

And anyone who has seen a hip-hop video knows that twerking is an African American dance.”

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“I liked this article, yet there’s a part that’s not sitting well with me.

There are logical implications regarding the way your framed your arguments. For instance, change can be controversial - I don’t think anyone disagrees with that. But what happens if, say, a soccer mom who raised her kids on Hannah Montana is completely disgusted by the performance? Logically, according to your argument, she doesn’t like change. One could then label her as not being progressive, which is perceived very negatively for our generation.

What about contrasting the female performance with the male?

I agree that most the controversy is centered around Cyrus while Thicke was playing an active role.

I hadn’t actually thought about his role until you mentioned it. Since I

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CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, right, and other protestors hold up signs against military action on Syria in Capitol Hill’s hearing room Tuesday.

missiles into Syria, pat ourselves on the back and leave the situation largely unresolved.

Worst case scenario, we push ourselves into the conflict and ignite a major regional war.

Normally, in the case of foreign policy and military affairs, the American people should defer to the judgment and experience of experts at the State Department and the Pentagon. However, in the case of Syria, the president and Congress should, for once, listen to the American people, unwittingly held a double standard of being disgusted at the woman while not caring about the man, I must be a misogynist.

Finally, I had never heard the term “cultural appropriation” until yesterday. Yes, she borrowed elements that are considered part of African American culture and has reaped a lot of success. I honestly don’t think borrowing elements is wrong, so at the very least your argument implies that I’m ignorant and, at the most, a racist.

So, if someone disagrees with you on any point, then they can be considered non-progressive, a misogynist, and ignorant.

How does this promote a quality discussion on the issues?”

-jb “I think that this article really studies the issue a little too long. I don’t think that double standards really came that much into play here and I hate the term “slut-shaming.” The reaction Miley got over Thicke is simply because her behavior was worse. Her

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and elect to keep our military out of Syria.

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

Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee tongue-wagging, twerking, and worst off the fact that she literally put her hand down her pants to stimulate masturbation, were all over the top and disgusting.

Don’t get me wrong, Thicke is a creepy guy and to me is like a lesser Justin Timberlake. If Thicke had put his hand down his pants he would have been skewered too but he didn’t do that much except stand there and look creepy. Also, Thicke’s history made it so that the performance didn’t seem so out of character for him while Miley’s seemed like a desperate and transparent ploy to shake the NickTV label.

I think injecting issues of racism and feminism into this incident is a bit much. The reaction to both’s actions were well put and not influenced by any gender prejudices.”

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Quote of the Day

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person doesn’t care at all.”

Eleanor Roosevelt politician Oct. 11, 1884 — Nov. 7, 1962

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Corporations tend to corrupt higher education MR. FINI Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist Patrick F. Taylor Hall is finally getting renovated, brought to you by Chevron’s recent $2 million donation to the University.

Many corporations have enough influence over public policy already, and now they are getting involved in college education. This affects the curriculum, the professors hired and the educational value that the students get.

For many years, University donors had little control over the hiring process of professors, but that has changed. Now companies and billionaires can use their donations as leverage in order to shape public education.

This mixing of big business and education has led the country to take a rightward shift in recent economic policies. For example, the Koch Brothers, libertarian billionaires who financed the Tea Party Movement, now have 54 members in Congress.

They also have donated more than $150 million to universities, including LSU. In doing so, the Koch Brothers structured the grants with strings attached, which destroys the spirit and autonomy of universities and academia.

One example occurred in 2010,

when Charles Koch pledged $1.5 million to Florida State University. The conditions included that Koch’s representatives get to have a say in the hiring of professors. With this level of control from outside donors, academic freedom is under threat ironically from a libertarian billionaire.

This is not just a Koch problem. Biotech companies have an even greater influence and the consequences are even more profound. For example, many biotech companies have patent rights to products of research and development of the universities to which they donate.

The worst examples of corporate influence in public universities would be in the medical research field. In 2010, $5.4 billion was spent on research and development in healthcare with a significant amount coming from corporations.

Often, work done at the University is patented by biotech companies that help fund the research. This occurs with stem cells, genes and other medical breakthroughs.

Although the influence of business over universities is overwhelming, there has been resistance. This year the Supreme Court struck down patents on natural DNA sequences.

At the University of Utah, Professor Mark Skolnick tried to patent an isolated human gene which leads to hereditary breast cancer. After it was patented by

his biotech company Myriad Genetics, he kept it from others who wanted to do further research.

The Association for Molecular Pathology filed suit and the Supreme Court shut it down because the Court felt that natural genes of humans cannot be owned.

On the surface it doesn’t seem so bad. Corporate donations are much needed because state budgets are shrinking.

As harmless as it seems, when it comes to public relations for companies, this is the best way to shift the intellectual culture of a new generation of workers and consumers.

But this has the potential for corruption and is unacceptable in a world where education is vital to a democracy.

It’s a travesty that the state government had put itself in this position of depending on corporate donations. This is why corporate donations to universities seem to be a common headliner.

With the states’ cut backs on public universities, where else can the universities turn? Colleges are forced to rely on corporate donors as a result. But the largest corporate donors to public universities are also major political donors. Coincidence?

Corporations have engineered this from the start by financing candidates who have a pro-business and anti-social welfare policy. In doing so, public universities will have no choice but to turn to the same corporations in order to keep

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Patrick F. Taylor Hall’s renovations are the beneficiary of a $2 million donation from Chevron Corporation. Other corporations are also getting involved in college education.

the doors open as budget cuts set in. Because of this, corporations are gaining more influence in shaping the minds of future generations through education, which ultimately serves their business and political interests.

This level of collusion with corporations affects our academia, our health and our democracy. There are many things businesses are good at, but

corrupting our higher education system should be considered academic dishonesty.

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

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

LSU president may have to help improve graduation rates THE HIPPIE DICTATOR Alix Landriault Columnist Sixty percent on an assignment means a “D” — one point above failure.

According to a survey compiled this year, only 60 percent of LSU students graduated from LSU within a six-year time frame.

While at first I was shocked by the four-year graduation percentage — 29 percent — I recognize that with programs such as human resource education, engineering and architecture, we’re bound to have a number of our 22,000 plus undergraduate students requiring more than eight semesters to complete their courses.

The athletes are also to be considered. I’m sure many are tempted to take the minimum number of course hours each semester to ensure they have time to train and compete. Louisiana

loves its sports because they’re entertaining, inspirational and get both locals and tourists to spend money. But while it’s understandable that athletes would want to spend as much time in college, they can’t be the entire reason for this large disparity in numbers.

Still, 40 percent of students aren’t graduating in six years.

I would like to see more people earning college degrees.

Nowadays, a degree seems less like something exemplary and more like something one is expected to have.

It’s common knowledge that the more educated a populus is, the wealthier and more stable it is. And, as anyone with at least the mental capacity of a 7-yearold can see, Louisiana isn’t the wealthiest of states.

As of July, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the program that grants food stamps, aided 19.5 percent of Louisiana’s population.

That’s 878,146 people.

Obviously, not everyone has buckets of cash, a decent IQ or a home environment that

supports schooling.

I’m not about to propose college is the best place for everyone either. However, if a person makes it to this stage, I want them to earn their degree.

Let’s look at the graduation rates of University of California, Berkeley. It hosts roughly 25,000 undergrads and has a decent athletics program, so it’s fairly similar to LSU. Its 4-year and 6-year graduation rates are approximately 70 percent and 90 percent, respectively.

Berkeley earns its “A.” It would be reasonable for one to suggest the locales of LSU and Berkeley make a difference, be it because of the states’ economic budgeting, the demographics of student wealth, the style in which the universities are run, etc.

If that were the case, LSU would be in luck. President F. King Alexander was previously positioned at California State University, Long Beach, so he should have insight on how to improve the University’s graduation rates.

Yet the graduation rates at CSULB are grim. Only about 12 percent of students graduate within their first four years, yet CSULB gets pretty close to LSU in the 6-year term with about 54 percent graduating.

The Faculty Senate thought CSULB’s stats were so abysmal, it listed the picking of our new president from a college with these rates as a reason for giving the Board of Supervisors last March a vote of “no confidence” in choosing the new LSU System president.

So, the question is, will the LSU system be addressing this in the next few years, or is it of no concern?

This is not an issue that will fix itself. LSU has had either negative or less than 1 percent improvement of the 6-year graduation rates each year since 2001.

I ask the LSU community to make an effort of looking into why this is.

I also want to remind our lovely freshmen this is a time in their lives when they will be in

all-out academic warfare. They will be running full charge into the night with a highlighter in one hand and a fresh can of Red Bull in the other. They will have to slay exams, massacre pop quizzes and feast upon month-old packages of beef- and chickenflavored ramen.

And after these next four or six years, they will have earned a life badge that will serve them for years to come — granted, if LSU can keep its act together.

Alix Landriault is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Natchitoches.

Contact Alix Landriault at alandriault@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Alix-Landriault

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Zeeland Street Market

Gatti’s Pizza, a buffet-style pizza restaurant, on Essen Ln. in Baton Rouge is seeking motivated individuals to join their team. Candidates must be reliable, trustworthy, customer service friendly, and be able to provide transportation to and from work.This is a collaborative work environment, so teamwork is a MUST. We are flexible for high-school and college aged students, and we make sure you are off work at a decent time on school nights. To apply for the positions available email your resume to essenlanegattispizza@gmail.com, or fill out an application at the store!

NEED HELP CREATING GRAPHICS IN PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR. INSERTING GRAPHICS IN IMOVIE A PLUS! Call Leslie: 225-522-0685 PT Graphic Designer. Must have flexible schedule. Photoshop exp. required. Please send resume’ and 3-5 examples of your work to gameplaywearllc@yahoo.com Student work is available at the Aquaculture Research Station to assist with cryopreservation experiments and other duties as assigned.

Undergraduate students with a biologyrelated major and strong interest in laboratory research are encouraged to apply. Please contact Amy Guitreau, amyguitreau@gmail.com Dental Assistant/Front Desk p/t Please email hrs available and resume to keithlo@cox.net RAY’S BAR Baton Rouges newest nightclub opening soon! Need front door cashier, security, waitresses, barbacks and bartenders. Apply at 4715 Bennington Ave. Tues-Fri 10 am to 2 pm. No phone calls please Student work is available at the Aquaculture Research Station to assist with creation and maintenance of a database. Seeking students with Ruby,SQL, JavaScript, AutoCad, Google Sketchup and MATLAB experience. Work will also include running and maintaining a 3-D printer as well as other assigned duties.

Please contact Amy Guitreau at amyguitreau@gmail.com.

CAFE AMERICAIN Now Hiring Servers Part/Full Time Apply after 2:pm at 7521 Jefferson Hwy Early Childhood Education Student to work 5 days from 8:45 am to 1:15 pm. Email resume’ to rayner-center@

Looking for Part-Time Cooks, Cashiers, Dishwashers.

Day Shift (Monday-Saturday) Past experience necessary.

Must be able to perform at fast pace, in intense environment, to produce quality food.

Contact @ zeelandstreet@gmail.com Busy small animal veterinary clinic is looking for veterinary assistants and registered veterinary technicians for receptionists and assisting in exam rooms. Also looking for registered veterinary technicians to assist in surgery. Please apply in person at 7807 Greenwell Springs Rd between 9am and noon or between 3pm and 6pm.

YMCA OFFICE ASSISTANT, PartTime, Flex schedule, 10-15 hrs/wk.

Computer knowledge, filing, assist with A/P and payroll, misc. duties.

FREE membership. Submit resume to: YMCA, ATTN: Accounting Office, 350 South Foster Dr, BR 70806.

NOW HIRING: YMCA Lifeguards Current certifications in Lifeguarding, CPR/PRO/First Aid/Emergency Oxygen Administration or successfully complete a Y Lifeguard training.

Certification classes also available.

Flex schedules Mon-Sun. We will train you! www.ymcabr.org Apply at any YMCA branch location: Paula G. Manship (ask for Billie) Southside (ask for Lauren) Dow Westside (ask for Jessica) C.B. Pennington, Jr. (ask for William) ExxonMobil (ask for Barbara) A.C. Lewis (ask for Aiden) Americana (ask for Jonathan) YMCA Activity Room Coordinator Enthusiastic team player. Part-time, must be willing to work Monday thru Friday from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings. The Activity Room is an interactive video exercise gaming room that allows individuals to work out while having fun. The attendant will supervise youth & their families and also create new programming activities. CRP/First Aid certification required or ability to obtain within the first 30-days of employment. FREE membership!

Apply: A.C. Leiws YMCA, 350 S. Foster Dr., BR, LA (225) 924-3606 ask for Sarah Morturary Transportation Company seeking individuals to assist in death calls and pick ups. On-call basis.

Flexible schedule. Please fax letter of interest/resume with contact information to: 888-839-1987 or Contact David at 225-644-8389.

Mom of 3 looking for a sitter to help with after school activites. Must have

own transportation.

Call or text Nicole 225-964-7521 Students needed to work with individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Several shifts available.

Great for Comm D, Social Work, Psych and Kines Majors. Call 225-216-1199 for more information or apply in person at St. John the Baptist Human Services at 622 Shadows Lane Suite A BR, LA 70806.

Behavioral Intervention Group in Baton Rouge is hiring line therapists to implement Applied Behavior Analysis programs one-on-one with children on the autism spectrum. Applicants must demonstrate ability to interact and play with children. Benefits, flexible hours, and a fun working environment.

Looking for a fun part time job? We got it!!

We are looking for recreational gymnastics coaches.All you need to know is basic gymnastics/tumbling!

Call Elvira for more information.

225-252-7592 Small law firm seeks part time courier/file clerk. Must have reliable transportation and good driving record.

Submit inquiries to rsanchez@tslegal. net Hampton Inn College Drive is hiring for a full-time Director of Sales (DOS) with a minimum of two years sales experience and knowledge of the Baton Rouge area. Email all applications to monee@highpointe. com.

Hampton Inn College Drive is also hiring for am/pm front desk staff. Stop by in person to fill out an application at 4646 Constitution Drive.

Fun, outgoing student workers needed!

Customer sales/service- flexible schedules $16.00 base-appt, training provided Scholarships and internships possible Apply TODAY! 225-921-9673 Workforstudents.com $16.00 Starting Pay- base/appt.

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Flexible schedules, Scholarships possible, training provided.

Customer sales/service- Apply NOW 225-921-9673 Workforstudents.com PART TIME - $12+ hour. Provide companionship and daily support for young adult woman with disabilities.

Perfect for Psych, Kinesiology, ComD or SpEd majors. For more information call Benita at 225-938-3979 or e-mail breno55@cox.net. Flexible hours

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STUDENT WORK GREAT STARTING PAY Flex schedules, training provided Customer sales/service Scholarships possible Conditions apply, call TODAY! 225-921-9673 Earnparttime.com The Melting Pot Restaurant: An upscale fondue restaurant is now hiring servers for all evening shifts. Must be able to work late nights and weekends.

Please apply in person 1 - 4 pm 5294 Corporate Blvd Baton Rouge, La 70808 -

Focused male student looking for roommate in 2BR/2Bath Condo on Bus Route. Contact Owner 985-860-6488.

Happy part-time employees needed for nursery and after school care.

Experience preferred. 2:30 to 6:00 M-F. 20 minutes from LSU. River Road Day Care 336-9030.

Male and female bartenders wanted for daiquiris shop. $50 to $120 in tips per shift avg. Safe and friendly environment. 10 minutes from campus.

Flexible schedule. email name and number to cksdaiquiris@yahoo.com Sylvan Learning Centers on Bluebonnet/Siegen seeking office worker/client service rep. for 10-20 hours per week (3:007:00 p.m.) + Saturday mornings.

Saturdays required. $10/hr. Great office experience! Please e-mail sylvan1304@gmail.com or call 2917323 PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNICIAN Busy Physical Therapy clinic seeking part-time technicians in Baton Rouge office. Resumes to: hr@brortho.com.

Looking for an Education Major to help 6th grader with homework Monday through Thursday. Call Stacy Rotolo: 2257566485 $BARTENDING$ $300/DAY Potential No experience Necessary.

Training Available.

Age 18+ 800-965-5276 ext. 127 Smoothie King Sherwood Forest Now hiring part time college students. Apply in person at 3851 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd.

Gino’s Restaurant is seeking part time evening hostesses. Please send your resume to info@ginosrestaurant.com - or apply in person Mon-Fri between 2-5pm.

STUDENT NEEDED to work with disabled young adult.

Perfect for Psych, Kinesiology, or COMD majors.

Tues/Thurs $12/hr 225.335.6219 HOSTS/HOSTESSES NEEDED! Capital City Grill Downtown is now hiring! Very flexible with school schedules. Apply at 100 Lafayette Street in Downtown Baton Rouge.

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! This is the house you’ve been looking for! Get out of the dorm!

Don’t spend time on Nicholson fighting that traffic!

Lease your new home in Beau Pre subdivision and you’ll be on campus in five minutes. Just hit river road and BOOM ...there’s tiger stadium!

Don’t delay. This great house will not last long.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 225-928-9384 gm.properties@yahoo.com BEAUTIFUL Three bed home.

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