OPINION: Columnist defends ‘selfie’ culture on social media, p. 12
FOOD: Bar Louie holds nationwide tater tot-eating contest, p. 9
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 18
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‘He’s my protector.’ Law student CRIME
arrested for rape
Zach Carline Contributing Writer
really get a good job, so she moved,” Copeland said. Copeland was bearing responsibilities rather atypical for a 16-year-old student at Troup County High School in Lorange, Ga. He stayed with different members of the coaching staff each night. Not knowing where he would sleep on a given night magnified even the simplest of tasks.
Abdellatif Devol, a third-year law student in the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, was arrested Wednesday morning for the forcible rape of a 26-year-old female that occured on Sept. 14. The arrest occured on campus when Baton Rouge Police officers arrived outside of his intellectual property class. Devol, 25, of 2232 Terrace St., was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. No bond has been set yet. According to the arrest warrant, the female victim said she went out for drinks with Devol Saturday evening. She accepted his invitation to return to his home but told him she was not interested in having sexual intercourse. Devol ignored her wishes and became “aggressive with her, and then began to remove her clothing,” according to an affidavit of probable cause. The victim stated she continued to resist and told him to stop, but his forcefulness escalated until he eventually had forcible
COPELAND, see page 4
CRIME, see page 15
courtesy of MALLORY JETER
The Jeter family took LSU senior fullback J.C. Copeland in when he was forced to move so his mother could support their family.
Dimitri Skoumpourdis
LSU fullback Copeland forms bond with surrogate family
Sports Contributor
There’s no question that LSU fullback J.C. Copeland’s favorite pastime involves inflicting pain. The 6-foot, 270-pound behemoth has been likened to a freight train or an 18-wheeler rumbling down the field on the way to delivering some of the most vicious hits in the country. Despite his frightening
reputation, 10-year-old Macy Jeter sees only one thing in the fullback — a jungle gym. Macy Jeter first met Copeland when her father and Copeland’s high school football coach, Bubba Jeter, brought him home one night because he had nowhere else to stay. Copeland was not your average high school student. Many might have been able to deduce as much just by looking at
the imposing frame of the football star, but the differences went beyond his strength and talent. Copeland’s mother, Sonya, struggled to make ends meet. As the only man in a family with three sisters, he took it upon himself to provide whatever relief he could. He moved out of the house in high school so his mother could focus solely on his sisters. “My momma was trying to support all of us but she couldn’t
ENVIRONMENT
University, BR poised for surge in electric vehicle use Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer
Environmentalists and engineers alike have worked tirelessly to encourage the widespread use of electric vehicles, and finally, the technology to make it happen has arrived in full force in the Baton Rouge community and at the University. The main focus now is how to integrate this new electric vehicle culture into consumers’
everyday lives. That was Entergy’s goal when it began donating electric vehicle charging stations to universities across the state, including two at LSU, in 2011. Although the University has seen a handful of EV owners utilize the charging resources located on campus, organizations like Louisiana Clean Fuels — a nonprofit organization that works as a designated chapter for the national Clean Cities Coalition —
as well as companies like Entergy and Nissan, hope to raise awareness for alternative fuel vehicles, especially on LSU’s campus. Chip Arnould, a regional manager of customer service for Entergy, said the company wants to help engineering students at the University study the effects of charging stations on an electrical grid. “We want to have as much ELECTRIC CARS, see page 15
MARIEL GATES / The Daily Reveille
The electric vehicle charging station in the X-174 commuter lot off of Nicholson stands unused on Wednesday.