The Daily Reveille - October 7, 2013

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TANGO Landry, Beckham spearhead prolific Tigers’ passing attack

DYNAMIC DUO, see page 11

Remnants of Karen weaken near Gulf Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Though Tropical Storm Karen placed the Gulf on high alert, tensions fell as the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday evening and dissolved into a cluster of thunderstorms by Sunday.

Last Thursday, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency urging residents to adopt a game plan for the storm.

The Associated Press reported about 80 people took refuge at a shelter in Plaquemines Parish on Saturday.

Although the severity of weather conditions have diminished, thunderstorms could produce 1 to 3 inches of rain in certain areas, according to the National Hurricane Center.

MARCUS RODRIGUE · Sports Contributor STARKVILLE, Miss. — Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. talk about it all the time.

Most players wouldn’t acknowledge being hailed as the best receiving tandem in the country. But with the LSU junior wide receivers operating at such a high rate of production, it’s hard to award that title to anyone else.

“It’s something we wanted to take pride in and something we wanted to embrace,” Beckham said. “Honestly, I do feel as if we are the best combination in the nation. We work hard and feel as if we’re only going to get better with time.”

The duo strengthened their campaign in Starkville, Miss. on Saturday night, playing instrumental roles in No. 10 LSU’s (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) 59-26 thrashing of Mississippi State (2-3, 0-2 SEC).

Beckham had his way with the Bulldogs’ secondary, scoring twice while setting career highs with 179 yards and nine catches. Landry

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LSU junior wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (3) catches a pass Saturday while an opposing Mississippi State player tries to cover him during the Tigers’ 59-26 victory against the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.

Beckham and junior wide receiver Jarvis Landry had a combined 275 receiving yards Saturday.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

UCFY

University hosts leadership academy for potential students Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

No glass slippers were lost during last week’s Cinderella Project Leadership Academy — instead, its participants gained valuable insight into applying for and attending college.

The Cinderella Project was founded seven years ago to provide underprivileged high school girls with prom dresses. Cinderella Project Academic Director Tierra Clemmons said the leadership academy, which takes place at the University, began last year as a way to support those girls when

they begin considering college.

This year’s academy included 28 girls from 21 Louisiana high schools in nine parishes. Each girl in the academy received a stipend to take the ACT and a $500 scholarship for any college or university in Louisiana.

The academy began Wednesday night and ended with a graduation ceremony Saturday. The students audited history and psychology classes, talked to counselors in the University Center for Freshman Year, took Residential Life tours and met with Greek Life representatives. On Friday, they were able to visit Mike the Tiger,

eat in the Student Union and tour the Quad — in other words, be an LSU student for a day.

Clemmons said many of the girls either have never had the chance to visit a college campus, need help navigating the application process or are just unsure of what to expect. People know the concept of college, but seeing what it is actually like during their time in the academy helps inspire the girls to attend, graduate and be successful, she said.

“It already puts you in that mindset of ‘I can see myself here.

CINDERELLA, see page 4

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Erin Anthony, University Center for Freshman Year academic counselor, speaks to a group of high school girls Friday about planning their futures and their ability to get the most out of their college careers as a part of the Cinderella Project Leadership Academy.

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INTERNATIONAL Out-of-control Mexican monster truck wreck kills 8, injures dozens CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — An out-of-control monster truck shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing eight people and hurting 79, officials said. The driver was detained Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter, and officials said they were investigating possible safety violations in the setup of the show.

Carlos Gonzalez, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors’ office, said driver Francisco Velazquez seemed to lose control of the truck after leaping over cars it was crushing during a demonstration at the “Extreme Aeroshow.”

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Los Angeles school district reboots iPad program, glitches fixed

2 storm-delayed cruise ships head to New Orleans a day early NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two Carnival Cruise Line ships delayed by former Tropical Storm Karen were due in New Orleans within a halfhour of each other Sunday, a day earlier than previously expected.

The storm, which dissipated Sunday, delayed arrival by a day for the Carnival Elation and less than half a day for the Carnival Conquest, which had to remain in the Gulf of Mexico until the Coast Guard reopened the mouth of the Mississippi River about 12:15 a.m. Sunday.

“Our top priority was to keep a safe distance from the storm while we waited for the river to re-open,” said cruise line president and CEO Gerry Cahill.

Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep through the streets of Madrid

Experts begin dismantling Syrian chemical program, elimination by 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Education officials in the nation’s second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing glitch emerged when the first round of tablets went out.

Instead of solving math problems or doing English homework, as administrators envisioned, more than 300 Los Angeles Unified School District students promptly cracked the security settings and started tweeting, posting to Facebook and playing video games.

Yale searches for culprit soiling student’s clothing with human feces

MADRID (AP) — Shepherds led a flock of 2,000 sheep through Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices.

Tourists were surprised to see downtown traffic cut to permit the ovine parade to bleat — bells clanking — across some of Madrid’s most upmarket urban settings.

Spaniards are proud of their centuries-old sheep rearing traditions.

BEIRUT (AP) — International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in their colossal task of eliminating the country’s chemical stockpile by mid-2014, an official said.

The inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have about nine months to purge President Bashar Assad’s regime of its chemical program.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of “whodungit” by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers.

The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room at Saybrook College.

Yale police are investigating.

Officials at the Ivy League school also are considering changes to laundry room access.

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Injured people are treated Saturday after an out-of-control monster truck plowed through a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show.

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Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres Elementary School in Carson, Calif.

Sisters question fatal shooting of DC police chase suspect NEW YORK (AP) — The sisters of a woman who was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier say she was not a criminal and police should not have shot her.

“We’re still very confused as a family why she’s not still alive,” Amy Carey-Jones said late Friday, speaking of her 34-year-old sister, Miriam Carey. “I really feel like it’s not justified, not justified.”

Another sister, retired New York City police officer Valarie Carey, said there was “no need for a gun to be used when there was no gunfire coming from the vehicle.”

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The Advocate reported Charles Lamont Mason Jr. of Baton Rouge was booked with armed robbery and resisting an officer.

Investigators say Mason took the motorist’s clothes, which contained cash, debit cards and other valuables.

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CRIME

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More credit hours Traffic stop leads can help students to three arrests Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Crimes committed on Aster, State St. Zach Carline Contributing Writer

A traffic stop by the Louisiana State University Police Department early Friday led to three arrests for felony charges of robbery, vehicle burglary and illegal possession of a stolen firearm.

The trio of Jacob M. Washington, 20, Breanna Peyton Vince, 18, and Eric Shane Washington, 22, all of 1900 Birch St., were arrested when LSUPD officers pulled over a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle used in two separate crimes.

Jacob M. Washington was arrested for second degree robbery, burglary of a vehicle and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Vince was arrested for theft of a vehicle, and Eric Shane Washington was arrested for second degree robbery and improper lane usage. All three were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

On Sept. 30, LSUPD was notified of a robbery that occurred on Aster Street when a female victim was pulled off her bike and robbed of her purse. She was able to give officers a description of the suspect and the getaway vehicle.

LSUPD officers were given the description and were actively looking for the vehicle, LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said.

The vehicle was also involved in a previous crime committed in the State Street area that was under investigation by Baton Rouge Police Department.

Lalonde said the victims’ description was essential to the arrests being made in a timely manner.

“We made sure all our officers were aware of that vehicle description,” he said.

Lalonde said the communication between BRPD and LSUPD as well as the vigilance of the community and timeliness of the report made for a quick resolution to the trio’s crime spree.

Contact Zach Carline at zcarline@lsureveille.com

Full-time students taking 12 credit hours may have been doing it wrong the whole time.

According to Complete College America, an organization focused on getting more students to finish their degrees, universities should push for students to take 15 credits per semester to finish on time.

Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell cited the report at both Louisiana Board of Regents meetings this year, calling on the Board to think about the study and how it could improve graduation rates in Louisiana.

According to Complete College America, 28 percent of Louisiana adults in the 25-34 age group have a college degree.

Purcell said that based on the study’s findings, getting students to take more credit hours could increase graduation rates.

The study, “The Power of 15 Credits Enrollment Intensity and Postsecondary Student Achievement,” done in 2013 by Complete College America, shows most states put full-time enrollment at 12 credits per semester.

This delays graduation to five

years for a 120-hour bachelor’s degree if students take 12 credits a semester.

Additionally, Purcell said this is a rising trend in higher education, citing other states that have switched to the 15 hour minimum.

Adams State University in Colorado and the University of Hawaii encourage their students to take 30 credits a year.

Grand Valley State University College of Community and Public Service Advising Center in Michigan also articulates for students to take 15 hours.

Like LSU, Auburn University is another SEC school that considers students taking 12 credits full time.

Purcell said the students who might benefit from this the most would be out of state student who do not receive TOPS, or “students who are more susceptible to increases.”

These students could complete their degrees at a more efficient rate by taking more credits.

Purcell has presented this information in front of the Board, but no official plans have been discussed yet.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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CRIME

LSUPD received 5,000 more calls in 2012 than previous years Zach Carline Contributing Writer

Although the University’s Annual Security and Fire Report showed no major increase in any particular area of crime in 2012, the Louisiana State University Police Department received almost 19,000 calls for service, much more than the typical 13,000 to 15,000 calls a year.

LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said it is likely that the increase in calls for the 2012 year is because of the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign that was launched in 2011.

Lalonde said the calls for service include everything from medical assistance to actual crimes commited or suspicious persons.

Calls for service do not always lead to arrests, he said.

He believes that the increase in calls is likely due to more reports of suspicious persons on campus.

Although there were not many more arrests made, the increased calls for service have allowed LSUPD to know more about the activity happening on campus, Lalonde said.

Lalonde said the increased calls lead to an increased police presence on campus which acts as a deterrent for would-be criminals.

He said that in addition to the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign, LSUPD has also implemented the “Adopt-aHall” campaign, in which officers

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LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the increase in calls in 2012 is most likely because of the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign.

volunteer to engage with students in the residence halls in order to have students and faculty create relationships with officers and involve the community in policing.

While the department has taken efforts to engage the University community, majority of the crime on campus is committed by people unaffiliated with the University.

Most of the arrests made on campus, particularly those involving more serious crimes, are people that come from off campus to commit crime, Lalonde said.

However, Lalonde believes that the increase in calls will deter these criminals from coming on campus to commit crimes.

“One crime is too many,” Lalonde said.

LSUPD’s increased presence could also be a factor in deterring crime.

At the beginning of the year, LSUPD officers switched from eight-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts, Lalonde said.

The change in hours is a more effective use of manpower and allows for a more visible police presence with more officers on the road at any particular time, Lalonde said.

Lalonde said he is not sure how the newly implemented campaigns and change in hours will affect crime statistics for next year, but he is optimistic aobut a gradual change in crime.

“We’ll just have to wait and see how the numbers show up for 2014, but there’s not much we can do that will change things overnight,” he said.

Contact Zach Carline at zcarline@lsureveille.com

Monday, October 7, 2013 CINDERELLA, from page 1

I can see myself making it and being like one of these students,’” Clemmons said.

The Cinderella Project publicizes applications for the leadership academy in the spring at its dress giveaway and on visits to high schools. The application asks about what obstacles students have faced and how the academy would help them reach their goals.

Clemmons said most applicants have high GPAs and are involved in school and civic clubs, but because many will be firstgeneration college students, it is important to show them what life on campus looks like. The academy makes the transition from high school to college less intimidating, she said.

Tarsha Fabre, a junior at Scotlandville Magnet High School, said the academy demonstrated the importance of “staying on top of your game to be where you want to be.” Learning about student resources and getting to explore the University firsthand was valuable, she said.

“I like how I was able to see the real life of college,” Fabre said.

“I’ve never seen how it is to actually sit in a classroom with a professor, how the students react with the professor and how the environment is socially.”

Shelton Jones, co-founder of the Cinderella Project, said the idea of a leadership academy stemmed from the fact that many girls at the dress giveaways are thinking of

college. High school counselors often have too much on their plate and cannot provide sufficient details on attending college, she said.

Giving the girls a chance to interact with professors and counselors helps demystify college life — but perhaps most inspiring is the experience of physically being on the University’s campus, Jones said.

“It excites them,” Jones said.

“It’s not something far off or abstract. Once they’re sitting in the Quad and once they’re in the library and they see the energy of the college campus, there’s nothing that can replace that.”

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LSU’s second-half defense makes a stand against Mississippi State

Starkville: the SEC’s truest small town THE SMARTEST MORAN James Moran Sports Columnist STARKVILLE, Miss. — At least once, every Southeastern Conference football fan should make a pilgrimage to Starkville, Miss., to catch a Mississippi State game.

After making the trek to the literal middle of nowhere Saturday to cover the LSU game, I realized anybody could gain some real perspective from it.

My time in the city affectionately dubbed “Starkvegas” may have been short, but here are my top observations from the trip:

adjustments from defensive coordinator John Chavis along with some words from locker room leaders set the unit up for success in the second half.

“Me, Ego Ferguson and Lamin Barrow took charge of this

THE ROAD TO STARKVILLE From Baton Rouge, it’s roughly a four-and-a-half-hour drive. Until Jackson, Miss., it’s a pretty standard drive through the Southeast: a highway loaded with overpasses, strip malls and every fast food chain known to man.

After passing through Jackson, the second half of the trip felt like a magical history tour through a time and place I didn’t think still existed.

The path is miles of one-lane “highway” with no cell reception and more cows than people. It’s acceptable to drive tractors and fourwheelers on the road, and the usual

DEFENSE, see page 7

STARKVILLE, see page 7

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LSU senior running back Alfred Blue (4) and senior wide receiver James Wright (82) tackle Mississippi State junior wide receiver Jameon Lewis on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — After giving up almost 300 yards and 23 points in the first half of Saturday’s game against Mississippi State, No. 10 LSU looked to be in for another wild shootout.

Then the Tiger defense hopped in a time machine and turned the clock back a couple years to a time when even the best offenses struggled to score against it.

By forcing two turnovers and holding the Bulldogs (2-3, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) to

a field goal the rest of the game, the LSU (5-1, 2-1 SEC) defense allowed senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger and the explosive Tiger offense to turn what was a competitive game into a 59-26 beating.

LSU junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson said schematic

SOCCER

Clarke’s golden goal caps successful road weekend Freshman scores five goals in two wins Chris Abshire Senior Reporter

In the wake of LSU midfielder Emma Fletcher’s SEC Freshman of the Week honors last week, midfielder Summer Clarke may have one-upped her fellow freshman this weekend.

Clarke buried two goals, including the game-winner in the 102nd minute, to propel LSU past Alabama 2-1 in double-overtime Sunday and keep LSU alone atop the Southeastern Conference standings.

The multi-goal game followed Clarke’s hat trick in LSU’s 5-3 win at Arkansas on Friday, the first threegoal match for a Tiger player since

Malorie Rutledge did so against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

“Summer’s been playing really, really well all year, and the ball just wasn’t falling into the back of the net,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “I thought she took some chances out there this weekend, and they all paid off. Five goals in an SEC weekend is ridiculous.”

After the teams played to a 1-1 draw through regulation and an overtime period, the freshman duo paired up for the golden goal, marking the sixth time this season Fletcher has assisted a Clarke score.

Fletcher took possession near midfield and drew the two Tide center backs away from the goal, while Clarke drilled Fletcher’s through ball into the far corner of the net for her eighth goal of the season.

Four of LSU’s last five matches

have reached overtime, with the Tigers sporting a 3-0-1 record in them.

“The individual kids’ character is strong this year, and that’s become a collective team mentality,” Lee said. “The later the games go, the better we feel about them. Whether it’s 10 minutes to go or in overtime, we’re the stronger team almost every time down the stretch.”

This is the first time LSU has ever opened SEC play unbeaten through five games.

Following a sloppy, scoreless first half, Fletcher put LSU ahead with a close-range finish to the lower-right corner of the net off an assist from freshman midfielder Megan Lee in the 49th minute.

That erased a typically sluggish first half for a Sunday SEC game, as both teams struggled to find their SOCCER, see page 6

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LSU freshman forward Summer Clarke maneuvers past a defender Sept. 29 during the Tigers’ 3-2 double-overtime win against Mississippi State.

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers fall in straight sets to Texas Flory optimistic about future matches Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

For the second time in as many matches, an opponent marched into the PMAC only to hand the LSU volleyball team another check in the loss column.

This time, it was No. 4 Texas who dealt the blow to the Tigers in a three-set sweep Saturday.

“We got anxious, or overran, or tried to do a little too much blocking and then we got in trouble,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “[That’s] the mark of a veteran team versus an inexperienced team and a great match for us to play to learn from. But unfortunately, we couldn’t learn through the match and by the end of it really get the hang of things.”

The Tigers started all three sets strong, but they couldn’t keep pace with the bigger and faster Texas, which returned 9 of 11 players from a 2012 national championship team.

Flory said the loss wasn’t all bad, though, as the coach thought her team played well against the more-experienced Texas squad.

The match also exposed several holes for the Tigers to work on offensively, which Flory appeared to be optimistic about.

“Our kids executed the defensive game plan we asked them to very well,” Flory said. “We extended rallies, we made some

great plays, we got impatient in plays and didn’t make digs that were within our range, but for the most part I thought we did our job defensively.”

One of the key focal points for the Tigers heading into the game was an increased priority on junior setter Malorie Pardo leading the offense. Flory said she felt Pardo got frustrated at times with the offense, but a large portion of that was due to a weak passing performance on first-ball hits.

Pardo recorded 29 assists and 10 digs on the night. The Texas native said the loss exposed plenty of areas in need of improvement, particularly in her own game.

“I couldn’t find my hitters as easy,” Pardo said. “I was a little shaky today, and I’m not sure why.

I’m going to be in [the gym] Monday working on it. We didn’t have that flow today we usually have.

I’m the only setter, so I’m trying to find it and just couldn’t. Sometimes we had it and sometimes we didn’t, and I just couldn’t keep it.”

The return of senior middle blocker Desiree Elliott also adds a bit of optimism to the Tigers’ squad.

Elliott had been limited in recent matches because of a lingering foot injury. Although she did not receive the start, Saturday marked the first time Elliott was able to see significant playing time in several weeks.

Elliott recorded seven kills for a team-leading .353 hitting clip against Texas. She also posted seven digs for the day. “[Having Elliott back] changes

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Junior setter Malorie Pardo (14) serves the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ loss against No. 4 Texas in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

us completely because it changes our tempo,” Flory said. “ Khourtni [Fears] and [Briana Holman] are big and physical, and we’ve been able to match up against most teams in the middle because they’re as big or more physical than most teams. That wasn’t the case with tonight.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs1313_TDR

Monday, October 7, 2013 SOCCER, from page 5

legs after emotional Friday-night wins.

“It was a normal Sunday in the SEC,” Lee said. “In the first half, we didn’t have much energy, but Bama didn’t have a lot more. They were a slightly better team in the run of play, but we were just really dangerous every time we got the ball forward in possession.”

But the Tide, who were riding a three-game winning streak, didn’t waste any time evening the sheet.

Alabama senior defender Sophie Campise did the damage in the 56th minute, chipping the ball over LSU senior goalkeeper Megan Kinneman’s reach from 12 yards out. “[Alabama] had maybe 10 minutes of the play in our end, so the goal didn’t come out of nowhere,” Lee said.

The LSU defense tightened up

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after that, forcing four errant Tide shots in the first overtime period.

Lee said the defensive trio of juniors Jodi Calloway and Alex Arlit and senior Addie Eggleston picked up the slack in a rugged Sunday match, limiting Kinneman to five saves despite 18 Alabama shots.

“The back line probably produced their best performance of the season,” Lee said. “Jodi, Addie and Alex were fantastic. The goals we got are nice but that defensive effort on a Sunday is how you win a conference.”

With another overtime thriller going in its favor, LSU is in position to do just that nearing the halfway point of the conference slate.

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Abshire_Chris

Cross country team competed Saturday at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. Men’s tennis competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association AllAmerican Championships last week.

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“Honestly, [the younger dedefense at halftime and said, ‘They won’t score no more,’” Johnson fensive players] just need to get said. “We came out and they only the heebie-jeebies off their backs and loosen up scored three a little bit,” points the rest ‘Honestly, [the younger Johnson said. of the game.

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LSU sophomore linebacker a 20-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Tyler Rus- Kwon Alexander said the missed sell in the second quarter. On the tackles were the single biggest Bulldogs’ next possession, LSU cause of the Tigers’ struggles in freshman cornerback Tre’Davious the first half.

“If we would’ve tackled White was burned for a 59-yard strike that gave the Bulldogs a 23- more, it would’ve been a big game for us,” Alexander said. “When 21 lead.

White made up for his er- everybody comes to the ball, we ror in the fourth quarter when he are trying to wrap up, but people intercepted an errant pass from keep hitting him, so he’ll keep sophomore quarterback Dak bouncing out. It’s something we Prescott and returned it to the need to fix, and we’ll fix it.”

Despite having the luxury of Bulldog 5-yard line, setting up an easy touchdown that extended the third-highest-scoring offense LSU’s lead to 45-26 and sucked in the SEC playing behind them, the last hopes for an upset out of the Tigers want to maintain the high defensive standard set in preDavis Wade Stadium.

Coupled with a late fumble vious years.

“You don’t want to make any recovery by sophomore linebacker Lamar Louis, the Tigers pushed mistakes, because that isn’t what their turnover total to nine for the the best defense in the country season. Even after that effort, the does,” Thompson said. “That’s LSU defense is on pace for its what we want to be, so we don’t lowest forced turnover total since want to be giving up anything.”

2009.

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chain spots are replaced by sporadic mom-and-pop gas stations with pumps that seemingly predate the invention of the motor vehicle.

The true gem of the trip is the small town of Canton — or “the home of Nissan,” as its welcome signs read. It felt like a scenic trip through 1950s-era Anytown, USA, with a seedy, Breaking Bad-esque suburban undertone. Within five minutes, I observed one broaddaylight drug deal, two discount drug stores and three liquor stores.

It was the quintessential middle-of-nowhere trip, and everyone should experience it.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST COWBELL The Mississippi State cowbell is as old a tradition as any in the SEC. The clang can be heard on TV, but until experienced in person, it’s truly impossible to appreciate how loud Davis Wade Stadium can get.

When Mississippi State scored to take a 23-21 lead in the second quarter, the press box felt like the center of one big cowbell. Hours after the conclusion of the game, I could still hear the incessant clanging in my mind like a constant reminder of my trip to Starkvegas.

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page 7 State fans are allowed to use their artificial noise makers. Countless signs and public service announcements urge fans to “Respect the bell, don’t ring, yell,” throughout the game.

The best part of the whole trip was the trolling, disapproving cowbelling that followed every single one of those PSAs. It was glorious.

The way I look at it, they have to live in Starkville, and if the cowbell makes them happy, let them have it.

THE VIDEO BOARD Davis Wade Stadium has stands on two sides with a third one currently under construction. In the other end zone, the stadium features the largest video screen this side of Jerry World.

The cowbell may be annoying to outsiders, but it’s acceptable because it’s steeped in tradition. However, there should be laws against the things that appeared on that Jumbotron.

The board’s first crime against humanity was the constant mashups of cowbells and dubstep music. Two wrongs don’t make a right, and the atrocious combination of clanging and bass makes nails on a chalkboard sound like a Beethoven symphony.

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The cowbell Harlem Shake was offensive to the ear, but what followed was so much worse.

The Mississippi State video board still features a kiss cam, a tradition I thought died long ago in our society. Nothing in life can prepare a person to see senior citizens make out with tongue on a gigantic screen. It was like experiencing the world’s most graphic Viagra commercial on a giant TV without a remote to change the channel.

The SEC needs to stop worrying about their cowbells and take away State’s video board privileges, because the operators should be jailed for what they did on Saturday.

I’d still recommend going to Starkville, because it may be the truest small-town atmosphere in the SEC. Everyone should experience it — just be prepared to see things that should never be seen.

But honestly, that’s what made the trip so fun.

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

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When governing fails, politicians turn to stunts NEUTRAL GROUND Eli A. Haddow Columnist If you read the news last week, you may have thought you had been transported into an episode of “House of Cards.” When World War II veterans decided to visit their memorial, closed by the shutdown, the party arrived — the Tea Party, that is.

A handful of Republicans descended upon the memorial and displayed their best vaudevillian fanfare, preaching the detriments of Obamacare and using the 80- and 90-year-old veterans as political tools to shame Democrats. With this kind of stunt, it’s clear that our elected officials are more prone to spend an afternoon making the press swoon than they are to work and pass a resolution to fund the government.

The crowd on Tuesday included ultra-conservative stalwarts Michele Bachman and John Carter, two of the right-of-right Republicans who have helped reduce their party to ridicule.

They defiantly pushed away the barricades, to the delight of reporters, and even stopped to argue with one or two hecklers.

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Visit lsureveille.com, our Facebook page and our Twitter account to let us know what you think. Check our what readers had to say in our online comment section this past week: In response to Gordon Brillon’s article, “LSU criticized for handling of public records lawsuit,” readers had this to say: “In my nearly 20 years of practicing governmental law, including Open Meetings Law, I have never advised a client to so brazenly fight the release of records that were not confidential under La law. I cannot understand why LSU has chosen this fight. If they win, on the basis of storing what otherwise would be public records with a non-public agent, I fear that they may have gutted the open meetings law.”

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The episode was a press field day and the story appeared on news outlets around the world, but few asked exactly why they were there in the first place. Indeed, the veterans had plenty of able-bodied helpers to move the barricades aside.

Politicians clamored for pictures and even wrestled to speak with veterans about the horrors of socialized medicine and the Obama-induced government shutdown. The veterans just wanted access to their memorial, which they certainly deserve.

Then, as if it couldn’t get better, RNC chairman Reince Priebus arrived and pledged party money to pay for security for the monument so that the veterans could enjoy the fruit of their sacrifice.

It seems as though Washington has gone from a media circus to an actual circus.

The Republicans continue to blame Democrats for the shutdown, while the 35 to 44 percent of the country blames the GOP, according to CBS News.

I suppose the leftover 21 percent blame themselves for voting at all.

But Republicans aren’t solely responsible.

Across the aisle, Senate Democrats shout from press conferences that they will not compromise on

is saying: 1. Since it’s already half a year and you can’t change anything about the result, why bother?

2. The University defends the names of a small circle by resisting the court’s order, and that’s integrity!

3. Now the University has to pay a hefty fine, we are all screwed, it’s all your fault, Gallo!

4. It has to do with that the newspapers (NOLA, Advocate) want publicity! f**k them!! (I have to add that attacking others’ motives or ideas is the lowest kind of debating. Accusation has to base on facts.)

Now I am just wondering why an article so lack of reasoning ironically appeared in a column called ‘gates of reason.’”

-qq “So the main points of Ms. Gates’s arguments are, 1) Ignoring or circumventing a law that you don’t want to follow is fine; 2) Using obvious stalling tactics to avoid complying with a law you don’t want to follow is fine; and, 3) A few months have passed, so who really cares anyway? Let’s just ignore the glaringly obvious violation of state records law and move forward.... all very

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Obamacare. The president maintains his position that it was passed by Congress and upheld by the Supreme Court. He will not delay or alter his own law.

But how can the president expect to take a no compromise line on a law passed unilaterally by Democrats?

The Republican house is doing just what they were elected to do: destroy Obamacare and satisfy their strongly conservative districts.

So when Harry Reid lobs personal

insults at John Boehner for shutting down the government, he is just acting his part in the theater that has become the U.S. Capitol. He knows that Tea Party Republicans are masquerading for a reason, so why don’t he and Boehner sit down and talk things out?

I’m not sure there’s a legitimate answer to that.

The real question is on how far we will have to go before it becomes disastrous. Most agree that if the two parties cannot come together before

disappointing positions for an aspiring journalist, and for a member of the voting public. The reason this information should be made public is so that the public can be confident that LSU’s new president is, in fact, the best possible person for the job. Even if the entire process was conducted fairly and properly (and it probably was), you don’t even want to have the appearance of impropriety in this kind of a search.... really stupid on the part of the Board, and getting stupider the longer they delay.”

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got it yet will experience delays or might not even get it. This is due to the fact that SS office will not go ahead with further processing of new SS cards even when they are in a stage of being mailed to the recipient. Now the students who solely depend on their payroll had already had enough delay due to the change of procedure in the format of letters for international students and it turns out that even though they have a new letter complying to the new policies of SS office, they have no way to submit it due to the shutdown.

They should just hope that the shutdown ends soon and they get their very first payroll before they run into an individual shutdown.”

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In response to Gordon Brillon’s article, “Professors think government shutdown will not affect students,” readers had this to say: “There is an impact on students of LSU. I will state an example here. International students who joined this fall 13 having an on campus job or assistantship will only get paid if they submit their Social Security to the university’s payroll. Now, due to the shutdown, Social Security(SS) office in Baton Rouge suspended services for issuing new cards and they also mentioned that the students who have already applied for a new SS card and have not

the default deadline on Oct. 17, our country will slip back into recession. As college students that means we’ll have less money to pay tuition, which we have to pay regardless of the government’s functionality.

But if you heard the president and Democratic lawmakers, you would think that Oct. 17 marked the apocalypse.

According to CBS, 72 percent of Americans disapprove of the shutdown. So what’s stopping Congress from representing the majority and coming to a compromise? Well, the shrieking minority’s power has become so inflated that they’ve managed to shut down the government.

Because of this, Americans have lost faith in their legislature, a fact appreciated, at least, by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) who spoke to POLITICO Thursday.

“It’s not like we can make it worse,” he said. “It’s not like they liked us before we started all this.”

Eli Haddow is a 20-year-old English and history junior from New Orleans.

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next war memorial are women.”

-NoNeed In response to Alyson Gaharan’s list, “Ten things you cannot do during the government shutdown,” readers had this to say:

In response to Megan Dunbar’s column, “Louisiana is proven worst state for women,” readers had this to say:

“Hey, when you wrote: ‘6. You can’t receive a gun permit. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is unable to review any applications until the shutdown is resolved.’

There are no federal permits to purchase a firearm. All permits (if required) are through local and state governments. The only applications they are postponing are the other forms to be approved to purchase silencers, transfer automatic weapons, purchase short barreled rifles or shotguns, etc.

The ATF still handles background checks during the shutdown.”

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“Congressional leadership isn’t the only area where women are vastly underrepresented.

There are 58,282 names on the Vietnam memorial--8 of which are women. I guess we will reach true equality in the future when half of the names on the

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Underprivileged areas in BR should not be overlooked 600 WORDS OF SOMMER Annette Sommers Columnist Every state has a justice system made to protect its people. But without citizens willing to obey and support these systems, we are left to watch society drown in disorder.

One in every five Louisianans live in poverty — a statistic that hasn’t shown improvement since 2000. We tend to ignore the fact that just a few streets down from our lovely campus, others are succumbing to their addictions and neglecting their children because they know nothing better.

It’s a vicious cycle that we sometimes forget about while living in our polite little college bubbles. Or maybe we do realize what is happening, but it’s become so common that we’ve built up a tolerance.

It’s a large problem that can’t be solved with one ethical revelation. But we have to start somewhere.

On Monday, Sept. 30, a Baton Rouge woman was arrested for one count of manslaughter in the death of her 12-week-old baby. The baby died three days after being brought to the hospital in critical condition. She had been left unattended and disconnected from her respiratory device for nearly three hours.

Both the mother, Kewanda Duncan, 29, and her baby, A’Mircle Parker, tested positive for cocaine and marijuana at the time of birth. Duncan was still given custody of her daughter

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In response to the government shutdown Over 30 years ago the United States and the Soviet Union (as well as the World) came face-to-face with the possibility of nuclear annihilation due to risky political and military brinkmanship. So too today the country is now embroiled in yet another risky political, economic and social game of chicken and whistling Dixie; the likes of which bears a strong threat to the survival of our republic as well as what it means to be a government of the people, for the people and by the people. The issues before the American People are clear; according to the United States Treasury the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling must be raised by October 17, 2013 to avoid a potential default on the U.S. debt. The

despite test results — a fact that leads me to question the responsibility demonstrated by the practitioners involved.

The situation itself is tragic and upsetting. No one likes when drugs are a potential factor in an otherwise preventable death.

But what’s more upsetting is that the death could have been avoided, had observing citizens done their job.

The workers at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, where Duncan gave birth, had responsibility for the child they delivered. In the state of Louisiana, substance abuse during pregnancy is considered child abuse.

So who turned a blind eye to the situation? Someone could have stopped this ordeal before it began had they reported the fact that Duncan was using and therefore harming her child.

It’s not just this instance that demonstrates a lack of attention to underprivileged citizens in Baton Rouge. I think it’s safe to say that there are parts of our city living in a state of neglect with no one rooting for their redemption.

Justice is often overlooked when crime runs an area.

Bystanders turn the other way to avoid responsibility, and in this case it resulted in a child’s death.

We can’t continue to avoid what we are afraid of — it’s a pathetic trait we are all guilty of possessing. We want to think that what goes on in our backyard is out of our control and that we can’t stop it.

But we can. ramifications of this would be a economic Armageddon for the entire planet. We are already witnessing the effects of this shutdown on our country whether it be through government furloughs all the way to the stoppage of government services not to mention the exponential effect on the private sector.

The “sticking point” that appears to be the cause of the impasse between the President, Senate Democrats and House Republicans is the issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act also known as “Obamacare.” I don’t know if this is the first time that a government shutdown was used as leverage to challenge legislation (that is now the law of the land) at the risk of putting the country and the world in serious jeopardy but it certainly seems very foolish to do so.

In retrospect the goal of extending health care to all Americans should have been the result of expanding Medicaid and not this monstrosity of legislation to overhaul many parts of the health care system that simply don’t need fixing. The Affordable Care Act was not presented well from the

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The Louisiana State Capitol building basks in sunlight Wednesday near the Claiborne Conference Center in downtown Baton Rouge.

We can encourage programs that educate and support the people in these areas. Most importantly, we can hold people accountable for their actions. The actions, or lack of action, of one person can impact many others, and in many cases others who cannot yet defend themselves from harm.

It’s frustrating that people will watch Duncan go to jail for something she shouldn’t have been responsible for in the first place. She should still be held accountable for her actions, but it should be a wake up call for the people who saw this

tragedy unfold.

I’m tired of seeing these things happen. Provisions should be set in place to stop crimes before they occur. Baton Rouge needs to focus on improving public education and training individuals that actually care about the well being of children with addiction-prone mothers.

It’s a cycle, but it can be broken.

If we put money into anything with our limited budget it should be for the betterment of the people that make up our city. Baton Rouge needs

to focus on its struggling areas because bad things can happen when a city turns a blind eye to its problems.

beginning and should have been passed with bipartisan agreement not rammed down the throats of the opposition party. Regardless of the pure intentions it should have taken second priority to what has been (and is) really ailing America; unemployment. Job 1 for the President and Congress beginning on January 1, 2009 should have been developing the means to getting this country moving again by helping to unleash America’s most powerful machine; its economy.

Bailing out Wall Street and the “banks too big to fail” was one of the dumbest policy decisions made by the President and Congress. The Federal Government should have seized control of these financial institutions (much like the FDIC did with banks that defaulted) and then facilitated the selling off of parts to medium size banks that did not engage in the behaviors that resulted in the “mortgage meltdown.” Too late now.

As for getting people back to work the solution is not as complicated as it may appear to be.

We need to bring back a agency similar (but not identical) to

the Work Progress Administration (WPA) which should take a two-pronged approach. One is the most obvious: hire people to perform the very services (and more) that the private sector will never engage in simply because it is not profitable to do so. The second approach is a wee bit more complicated but can be successful by utilizing private-public partnerships. Let the governments (at all levels) develop a plan to share (temporarily) in the salary expense of unemployed people so that they could work full time, regain their lost skills and eventually retain a full time position paid by the private company. This would result in a immediate restoration of lost government revenues as well as help to “prime the pump” for the new found consumer demand. Increasing demand will result in the need for increased supply and hence a increase in production which will result in increased employment.

You could think of this “stimulus” plan as a rocket booster that slowly fades away as the economy picks up. Isn’t this what government is supposed to do beyond providing

safety for it’s citizens? Is it too late now? I hope not, but to continue to waste time over which side wins (while the rest of the country goes to hell) risks moving America’s dissatisfaction with government to the disbelief of the legitimacy of those who do govern. The question before us all is this: how far down must this country sink before it becomes clear and apparent that current government officials have forfeited their right to govern? Time is running out folks; now do the job you were elected to do and end this shutdown before it reaches a point of calamity that breaks our country and unleashes total anarchy. It’s up to you.

Let’s put an end to the whistles of October.

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

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DYNAMIC DUO, from page 1 found plenty of openings as well, as he hauled in eight receptions for 96 yards.

Beckham and Landry remained the favorite targets for senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who completed 25 of 29 attempts and racked up 340 yards through the air. The juniors grabbed 17 of Mettenberger’s completions and 275 of his passing yards, and the senior quarterback

maintained it was nothing out of the ordinary.

“Jarvis and Odell both, ever since their freshman year, we’ve all kind of got over the shock and awe and craziness they can have with their catches,” Mettenberger said.

“But Jarvis definitely has some of the best hands I’ve ever seen.”

Landry now has 616 receiving yards on the season, and his seven touchdown catches in 2013 eclipses his former season high of five.

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Beckham gave credit to Mettenberger, who consistently threw precise strikes to the duo.

“The defense was giving us a lot of room to work, and [Mettenberger] was putting the ball exactly where it needed to be,” Beckham said. “The defender was right on me, and he just puts it where it needs to be.”

Though the Tigers dazzled in the passing game, they struck a fearsome balance with 223 rushing yards split between four running backs. Sophomore running back Jeremy Hill led the pack with 157 yards and two scores, and junior running back Kenny Hilliard found the end zone a career-high total of three times.

“Any time you have balance in an offense, and [the opponent] is concerned you’re going to throw the football, they’re not comfortable with the call they make,” LSU coach Les Miles said.

“If they’re indecisive, we have the opportunity to take advantage of them on one side or the other.”

The Tigers took advantage indeed, amassing 563 offensive yards while posting a season-high 59 points on the porous Mississippi State defense.

However, the Bulldogs feasted on an abysmal Tiger defense, pulling to within two points with 12 minutes left in the third quarter.

But LSU reeled off 31 unanswered points to close the game, with most of the damage coming by way of a four-touchdown explosion in the final fifteen minutes.

With Beckham’s video gamelike numbers and Landry’s knack for picking up key first downs, the Tigers know exactly what kind of combination they have. Junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson made that clear when he said Beckham and Landry make up the country’s best wide receiver duo.

But offensive coordinator Cam Cameron said he’s not concerned with the tandem’s reputation as the best in the nation. Saturday’s contest was just a snapshot of Beckham and Landry, and they’ve got another six games to stake their claim as the best one-two punch in the land.

“Jarvis and Odell are special,” Cameron said. “But that’s this week, and we have to make sure that they’re up and running for next week.”

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