The Daily Reveille - October 24, 2013

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Thursday, October 24, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 43

REVEILLE REBELS

Reveille Seven’s clash with Huey P. Long leaves lasting legacy

CENTENNIAL

Manship program celebrates 100 years

Andrea Gallo

Christine Aman

Senior Reporter

Contributing Writer

It was 1934. Stanley Shlosman and his best friends were seniors on the cusp of graduating from Louisiana State University.

They were on the staff of The Reveille, LSU’s student newspaper that printed twice a week in those days. Long columns of text SHLOSMAN stretched across and down each page. The occasional cartoon or photo offered the only relief from the monotonous black-andwhite presentation.

The Louisiana State Seal was stamped on each Reveille editorial page, but if any doubts arose about the paper’s loyalty, Huey P. Long, the former governor and, in 1934, a U.S. senator, was glad to clear up the uncertainty. Then-LSU

events such as his Hall of Fame induction and the 50th anniversary of the Reveille Seven’s expulsion.

The Reveille rebels went on to attend the University of Missouri on scholarship. Shlosman’s Manship Hall of Fame plaque and University

As the Manship School of Mass Communication’s journalism program kicks off its 100th birthday year, the school will look back on its past as well as looking ahead to the future of media.

Retrospective panels today in Manship’s Holliday Forum will discuss the past, present and future of the school’s student media outlets.

Manship alumni will discuss the history of these organizations during the panels. Famed Watergate scandal investigative journalist Carl Bernstein will speak today during lunch.

“It’s ironic that we’re celebrating history at the moment when mass communication is changing so rapidly, but we think that the combination of old and new actually makes great sense,” said Jerry Ceppos, dean of the Manship school. “That’s why we’ve invited one of the best

REVEILLE SEVEN, see page 4

MANSHIP, see page 15

courtesy of LSU UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

Six of the Reveille Seven returned to the University in 1984 for the 50th anniversary of their expulsion at the hands of Huey P. Long.

President James Monroe Smith, at Long’s prompt, kicked out of school seven Reveille writers and editors after they ran an anti-Long letter to the editor and refused to accept faculty censorship.

And Stan Shlosman was one of the famous Reveille Seven.

Shlosman, who hit 100 years old

this year and lives in a West Monroe nursing home, is one of two members of that nationally known “club” still alive. LSU apologized in 1941, but Shlosman has returned to the University for only two reasons — football games, which attracted him to campus as an incoming freshman, and when LSU invited him back for

LGBT

Event closes LGBT History Month William Morris Contributing Writer

CHARLOTTE WILLCOX / The Daily Reveille

A participant recites poetry Wednesday night during Queer Confessions: A Spectrum Poetry Night at Highland Coffees.

As LGBT History Month draws to a close, campus groups are trying to end the month in style.

Wednesday night, Spectrum hosted Queer Confessions, a night of poetry, monologues and performances dedicated to LGBT students on campus.

Throughout the night, students shared both original pieces and personal favorite poems with the audience gathered at Highland Coffees.

Blair Brown, communication

studies sophomore, served as em- stories of unrequited love to satire cee of the event and was pleased of classic fairy tales. with the participation and the mesJa’Ron Augustus, political scisages shared. ence junior, pulled “We did this Watch a video double duty as both because we wanted an organizer of the of the Queer to continue to celeevent and a perbrate LGBT history former.

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INTERNATIONAL 3-month-old Prince George is christened at London’s Chapel Royal LONDON (AP) — Dressed in a lace and satin gown designed in the 1840s, Britain’s 3-month-old future monarch, Prince George, was christened Wednesday with water from the River Jordan at a rare gathering of four generations of the royal family.

The occasion had historic overtones: the presence of Britain’s 87-year-old monarch and three future kings, Princes Charles, William and, of course, little George.

Queen Elizabeth II, usually the center of attention, quietly ceded the spotlight to her rosy-cheeked greatgrandson.

Gay men hit catwalk at drag queen contest during ZimPride week HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — And the winner is ... Ezmerald Kim Kardashian.

That was the stage name for a young man who won the title of Miss Jacaranda at a drag queen pageant in Zimbabwe. He refused to give his real name because he feared for his safety in a country whose president has described homosexuals as “worse than pigs and dogs.”

The pageant, one of the biggest gay and lesbian events in Zimbabwe, was held discreetly last weekend in an isolated farmhouse.

Nation & World

JOHN STILLWELL / The Associated Press

Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge arrive with their son Prince George at Chapel Royal Wednesday for the christening of the three month-old prince.

Death toll after attack on Sunday in South Sudan rises to 71, 81 wounded JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Leaders in South Sudan say the civilian death toll from a weekend attack in a remote part of the country has risen from 41 to 79.

Officials say the Sunday attack was carried out by rebels loyal to militia leader David Yau Yau, who has denied his forces were involved.

Twic East County Commissioner Dau Akoi Jurkuch said Wednesday that the death toll has risen to 79 and the number of wounded stands at 87.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Soft-spoken 14-year-old boy accused of killing Massachusetts teacher

Woman strikes student, bus driver on a school bus Monday

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A well-liked teacher was found slain in woods behind this quiet Massachusetts town’s high school, and a 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway overnight was charged with killing her.

Blood found in a secondfloor school bathroom helped lead investigators to the body of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School who was reported missing when she didn’t come home from work on Tuesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said.

Boston Marathon suspect may pin blame on older brother

California sheriff’s deputies shoot, kill 13-year-old boy Tuesday

RICHWOOD (AP) — Richwood police booked a 32-year-old woman with cruelty to a juvenile after she allegedly went on a school bus and slapped a child.

Police say the Menza Hudson also allegedly struck the bus driver in the face.

School officials tell The NewsStar two girls on the bus got into a fight, and the driver pulled over and tried to stop the fight.

At some point during the fight, police say Hudson entered the bus and attempted to strike one of the students involved in the fight. Her child was the other student involved in the fight.

Feds oppose parent’s intervention in private school tuition voucher case

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Northern California sheriff’s deputies have shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after repeatedly telling him to drop what turned out to be a replica assault rifle, sheriff’s officials and family members said.

Two Sonoma County deputies on patrol saw the boy walking with what appeared to be a high-powered weapon Tuesday afternoon in Santa Rosa, sheriff’s Lt. Dennis O’Leary said.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is opposing an attempt by parents of Louisiana students attending private schools with taxpayer-funded tuition vouchers to intervene in a legal case linking the voucher issue to desegregation orders.

The department filed a federal court motion in September saying new vouchers should not be issued in school districts that are under longstanding federal desegregation orders unless approved by a federal judge.

BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers may try to save him from the death penalty in the Boston Marathon bombing by arguing he fell under the murderous influence of his older brother, legal experts say.

The outlines of a possible defense came into focus this week when it was learned that Tsarnaev’s attorneys are trying to get access to investigative records implicating the now-dead brother in a grisly triple slaying committed in 2011.

PATRICK WHITTEMORE / The Associated Press

Philip Chism, 14, stands during his arraignment Wednesday for the death of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer in Salem District Court in Salem,

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

EVENT

Hunger banquet offers insight

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Read this week’s crime briefs, a recap of Wednesday’s Student Government meeting and a rundown of the latest Board of Regents meeting at lsureveille.com.

Zach Carline Contributing Writer

University students traded an all-you-can-eat meal in the dining halls for a bowl of rice and dirty water Wednesday night at the Oxfam Hunger Banquet.

The banquet, hosted by the student-run group Kitchens on the Geaux, aimed to give attendees the experience of life on the poverty line.

As the 94 participants filed into the banquet, they were each assigned an income level.

Those placed in the lower income level sat on newspapers on the ground and were served rice and water with coffee grounds in it to resemble the dirty water many in poverty are forced to drink.

The middle class ate red beans and rice with clean water and were allowed to have multiple servings.

The upper class sat at fully set tables and had servers bring them out plates of lasagna and cake with clean water and juice available.

All of the participants were asked to fast for 12 hours before attending to give them the full experience of living in hunger. When mass communication senior and program director for Kitchens on the Geaux Tran Tran opened the floor for participants to speak about their experience, one participant said he was extremely hungry after eating only rice.

He said as he was sitting on the floor, he was constantly eyeing the upper income food and wished he could steal some.

Another participant shared the story of how he was hurt and missed work. The loss of income led him to use local food banks to feed his family, he said. He encouraged the participants to support the food banks around Baton Rouge and treat the poor and hungry with kindness and compassion.

Representatives from local food banks also spoke to the crowd, encouraging volunteerism as well as financial donations.

Pamela Monroe of the University’s School of Social Work informed the participants that 24 percent of Baton Rouge residents live in poverty.

Although many in poverty receive government assistance with food stamps, they are still unable to make ends meet, she said.

Monroe said students may get caught up with their lives and not realize that in neighborhoods only miles from campus, many are suffering with hunger.

“I look at hunger in the face every day,” she said.

Mechanical engineering senior and president of Kitchens on the Geaux Scott Burke said he started the group because growing up in Baton Rouge, he knew children whose only meal came from school.

Burke said the banquet was

GRACE STEINHAUSER / The Daily Reveille

Business management junior Chenice Samuel is served red beans and rice Wednesday at the 2013 Oxfam Hunger Banquet in the Student Union.

designed to raise awareness, show available resources and encourage students to help.

“I feel, personally, everybody who came here was touched in some way,” he said.

Accounting sophomore Tim Wilson said he was able to realize how little some people eat. He said he didn’t fast for the event, but left moderately hungry after

eating only rice.

Wilson picked up a few brochures from the local food banquets and said he will possibly volunteer in the future.

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Five Flights - Claude L. Shaver Theatre Frank Marino's Divas - Harrah's Casino - New Orleans Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - Mahalia Jackson Theater Luke Winslow King Blues and Jazz - The Three Muses

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Carver Library Branch Fit Club Adults and young adults are invited to the library to get fit! Come to observe and/or participate in monthly exercise demonstrations at 5pm. We’ll walk two miles each session and then cool down!

Call (225) 389-7450 for more.

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LSU Farmer’s Market Come check out the Farmer's Market set up in the plaza outside of the LSU Bookstore. Everything grown in you Baton Rouge community. Eat Local!

10:00 PM

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11:00 PM

Cat's Ass Karaoke - George's Place TRAP featuring Gent & Jawns - Republic New Orleans

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

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of Missouri diploma sit side-by-side in his room. He would be returning to the Baton Rouge campus this week as well, if he were physically able.

Shlosman is honorary cochairman of the Manship School of Mass Communication’s centennial celebration of LSU’s journalism program, held today and Friday.

There is no ambiguity when asked what he remembers about his time at the University.

“We were kicked out of LSU!” THE REBELS AND THE KINGFISH Shlosman grew up in Iowa and attended junior college when LSU started growing its football team – ironically, the result of a prompt by The Kingfish, as Long loved to be called. LSU recruited coach Biff Jones, who brought in an assistant from the University of Iowa and several Iowa football players.

The LSU football team recruited one of Shlosman’s buddies in Iowa, so Shlosman followed him south to tutor his friend and keep him eligible.

Shlosman said he wasn’t a superstar at The Reveille, unlike editor Jesse Cutrer, but he wrote numerous articles.

The paper heavily covered the state’s political scene, dominated by Long, who in 1934 decided to mock one of his political rivals, State Sen. J.Y. Sanders Jr. Long’s rival had just won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, previously serving in the state Senate.

Long assembled LSU students on Nov. 10, 1934, to poke fun at Sanders by starting a fake campaign to elect his replacement in the state Senate — LSU student and football player Abe Mickal. The event was a farce, but Cutrer signed off to run a letter to the editor in the paper’s Nov. 16 issue. It accused LSU of making a “mockery of constitutional government and democracy.”

“I’ll make ‘em tear it out and run the damn paper over,” Long fumed before calling the LSU president, according to Ronald Garay’s book “The Manship School.”

The Kingfish asked Smith to ensure the paper was reprinted and Cutrer agreed to replace the old version with 4,000 new copies, sans offending letter. State police were enlisted to round up the first version. But Long’s next step sent the staff over the edge.

Smith appointed a local reporter as The Reveille’s adviser, who asked to see page proofs of the next issue.

The enraged editorial staff ran a disclaimer saying the paper had been approved by their adviser.

Smith told the editorial staff that the Reveille was not to show the University or its supporters in a bad light, according to Garay. The top four editors quit, one reluctantly — Grace Williamson, the Friday issue editor.

Shlosman was one of 26 students who signed a petition to reinstate the editors. Smith suspended the petitioners and said he would reinstate them if they wrote a letter of apology. Shlosman and three others refused.

Williamson changed her mind and agreed to play by Smith’s rules.

She replaced Cutrer as editor. In the Dec. 4 issue, she wrote she had “decided to prove a greater loyalty to my

Alma Mater, rather than to a group of students whom I admitted to be in error.”

On Dec. 5, the other seven’s punishments were upgraded from suspension to expulsion.

For Shlosman, it was a devastating blow that coincided with the Great Depression. Nobody had money, he said; it was a tough time, but his parents were supportive.

Expelled along with him were colleagues and friends Cutrer, Carl Corbin, Samuel Montague, Cal Abraham, L. Rea Godbold and David McGuire.

A NEW PATH An anonymous person in New Orleans, who legend holds was a former editor of The Reveille, established a fund from which the students could borrow interest-free money to pay for their education at another university.

Shlosman said the seven students earned scholarships to the University of Missouri. Shlosman graduated in 1936 along with five other Reveille Seven members — Godbold became sick and couldn’t finish college.

Shlosman worked for various newspapers upon graduating, including the Baton Rouge State-Times and the Jackson, Miss., Daily News.

“[Journalism] was a hard, hard way to make a living,” Shlosman said.

He switched careers and spent 30 years working for a fur and pecan business in Monroe. His 66-yearold son, Don, said his dad didn’t talk much about his legacy at LSU, though he always stayed interested in newspapers.

LOUISIANA LEGACIES One of Shlosman’s favorite Reveille Seven memories happened years after the gang was expelled, when the paper’s former assistant editor Corbin would get revenge on President Smith, who had expelled him.

Smith later was convicted for forgery, embezzlement, mail fraud and tax evasion. Corbin, by then a professional reporter, jumped on the story.

Shlosman remembered his friend offering Smith this greeting when he saw him next: “I’m Carl Corbin and you dismissed me from LSU and I’m here to interview you.”

In 1941, the LSU Board of Supervisors expunged the dismissal records of the Reveille Seven and sent each student a formal apology. The Board’s resolution said the young men were courageous for not giving up their principles.

Thursday, October 24, 2013 The student newspaper, which later became The Daily Reveille, published a banner headline on its front page that proclaimed “Board Exonerates Ex-Students.” The Reveille also ran photos of its predecessors and recounted the full story in the paper for the first time since 1934.

Former University Chancellor James Wharton invited the Reveille Seven back to campus in 1984 for the 50th anniversary of the expulsion. All but McGuire attended. The seven were inducted into the Manship Hall of Fame in 1996.

Upon their return to LSU, the Reveille Seven members met with journalism students and imparted their advice to The Daily Reveille staff. The culture surrounding the paper and campus were vastly different than they were in 1934 — Cutrer’s ‘84 counterpart was Reveille editor Dane Strother, the son of famed political consultant and fellow Manship Hall of Famer Raymond Strother. During his term as editor, the younger Strother sued LSU over a disagreement with the administration 50 years after the Reveille Seven was expelled.

During the 1984 visit, Shlosman advised students to be skeptical that what happened in 1934 could happen again.

“We didn’t start out as student activists,” Corbin was quoted as saying at the time. “The situation came to us and we reacted to it.”

Shlosman remained close friends with his fellow rebels until their deaths. The friends used to meet up once a year in a different location.

“He would look forward to that,” Don Shlosman said.

Corbin died in 2011 in New Orleans. He is the only one of the Reveille Seven who spent most of his life working in newspapers.

The only other living member of the Reveille Seven is Montague, who is 101 years old and lives in Kansas. His memories, sadly, have faded. Montague worked for the Times-Picayune and went on to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and then the press office in the American Embassy of Mexico City.

Both in his visits back to LSU and now, in his quiet nursing home, Shlosman sticks with his Reveille brothers.

None of them, he said, had any regrets.

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Sports

Thursday, October 24, 2013

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ON THE HITTER BASKETBALL

HATTER COURT

Tigers push each other on court with trash talk COLE TRAVIS · Sports Contributor

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

Members of the LSU men’s basketball team cheer on their teammates Feb. 23 during the Tigers’ 97-94 triple overtime victory against Alabama. The team uses trash talk to push each other during practices.

CRIME

Brazil suspended following 2nd arrest DB charged with simple battery Staff Reports

Sports aren’t simply contests of physical skill and ability. There is a game within the game that takes place inside the head of every player — the realm of smack talk.

On the LSU men’s basketball team, there are different takes on the effectiveness and pervasiveness of smack talk on the court.

Freshman forward Jarell Martin said he has dealt with opponents trying to play mind games with him as long as he can remember.

“Pretty much everybody I have ever played against has tried to find a way to get into my head or whatever,” Martin said. “Especially during AAU [Amateur Athletic Union] summer circuit.”

While they may be a nuisance to play against, a teammate who knows how to get under the opponent’s skin can be a useful tool to help win games, according to Martin.

“I just think [a trash talker] is just someone who is hungry and wants to do whatever they can to help their team win,” Martin said. “Mainly they will focus on getting the [opposition’s] best player out of their game.”

Martin isn’t the only player who

LSU freshman defensive back Jeryl Brazil was indefinitely suspended from the team following his second arrest in less than two months, LSU coach Les Miles announced Wednesday.

Brazil, 19, of 16217 Highway 40, East BRAZIL Independence, was arrested Oct. 18 for simple battery and simple criminal damage to property. He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said officers responded to a disturbance at West Campus Apartments at 3:34 a.m. on Oct. 18, where the complainant told officers Brazil was upset and she and her roommates were trying to calm him.

The complainant then told officers Brazil grabbed her by the neck and pushed her onto the sofa, then punched a hole in the wall before leaving the apartment, according to Lalonde.

TRASH TALK, see page 7

BRAZIL ARREST, see page 8

Miami football case disastrous for NCAA’s reputation THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist The NCAA was once a strong organization with the investigative prowess to bring athletic powerhouses like Alabama football and Indiana and Kentucky basketball to its knees for rules violations.

Once the embodiment of a well-respected and feared detective with a bulldog mentality, the NCAA now more closely resembles a police force washout that’s too drunk and stubborn to get the help it needs to find the way home.

But after a three-year roller coaster of an investigation into the University of Miami, the NCAA was ready to get its swagger back

when the Committee on InfracIt was the case that was suptions finally announced its findings posed to bring credibility back to and punishments on Tuesday. the NCAA. It was a case that beGet ready, this gets pretty gan with a well-connected rat and heavy: The entire program will talk of giving the death penalty to be on probation for three years The U. and the football team’s postseason But in the end, it will be a ban is over. During that time, the case that goes down as yet another football team will lose nine schol- embarrassment for collegiate atharships while the letics’ governing Do you think the NCAA body. basketball team will lose one per sanctions against Miami The NCAA season. are harsh enough? Vote is in the midst Gasp. NCAA a nightmare online at lsureveille.com. of President Mark it can’t seem to Emmert really let them have it. wake up from. It hasn’t even been Wait, what? two months since the Johnny ManTo call that a slap on ziel debacle. the wrist would be like After an offseason of wild parcharacterizing a parent sending tying and unprecedented attention, their child to bed without supper reports surfaced that autograph as depraved child abuse. It’s much brokers had paid the Heisman more like a metaphorical wagging of a finger.

NCAA, see page 8

MICHAEL CONROY / The Associated Press

NCAA President Mark Emmert announces the penalties enforced against Penn State on July 23, 2012, in response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Emmert and the NCAA handed the University of Miami a three-year probation and ended its postseason ban.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013 Quarterman said he sometimes gives the older players a hard time holds extensive experience with during scrimmages, but that his mouthy opponents. taunts are never anything personal.

Senior guard Andre Stringer “They have age on us, but I said he learned to brush off taunts try to tell them they can’t beat us,” from opponents at an early age in Quarterman said. “It is just a lot of his hometown of Jackson, Miss., competing going on. They are the and that thick skin is a key to suc- veterans, so us freshmen just like cess in the college game. to go at them as hard as we can.”

“Especially in the hostile area LSU coach Johnny Jones said I’m from, a lot of players build he is pleased with the progress the their game around trash talk and in- freshmen have made since arriving timidation,” Stringer said. “There on campus and that the more they are those players push the veterans [in college] who ‘They have age on us, in practice, the can’t really handle the Tigers but I try to tell them better it, but I think the will be when the players who just they can’t beat us. ... season arrives. let it go out the “The younger window and focus They are the veterans, guys have come on their game are so us freshmen just like in and they have more likely to do tried to take a to go at them as hard as not better.” back seat to anyThat culone, respectfully,” we can.’ ture of trash talk Jones said. “It has doesn’t disappear been good for our Tim Quarterman during practice. upperclassmen beLSU freshman guard The Tigers cause it has forced are working to build the best LSU them to improve, and they have resquad in recent memory out of a ally welcomed it.” veteran core and a talented freshman class, and part of that process is a challenging practice atmosphere, which opens the door for Contact Cole Travis at teammates to rag on each other.

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TRASH TALK, from page 5

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winner for his John Hancock, a severe violation of a number of NCAA regulations. The rumor mill began spinning yet again, this time about how the NCAA was going to take down Johnny Football.

But the problem, as usual, was that the knowledge involved violators share with the media doesn’t transfer into NCAA evidence.

The investigators can ask them to come forward, but without the ability to subpoena or punish them, they are basically cops asking criminals to roll on their buddies without any threat of repercussions or enticement of a reward.

The end result of the investigation was a joint statement from Texas A&M and the NCAA that even though no evidence of

BRAZIL ARREST, from page 5

Lalonde added the complainant told officers Brazil was irate over events that occurred earlier in the day, but he could not elaborate further.

Officers located Brazil a short time later at West Campus Apartments and placed him under arrest.

Brazil was previously issued a misdemeanor summons on Sept. 11 when he and another man were cited for fighting at the loading dock of The 5 dining hall.

Miles said the Loranger native was suspended immediately after the team gained knowledge of the second incident. But Brazil was an active presence on Twitter during the Tigers’ 27-24 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday — one day after his most recent run-in with the law — even stating he was tweeting from the press box.

Brazil has only appeared in one game this season, getting two rushing attempts at running back for 10 total yards in the Tigers’ 56-7 victory against UAB on Sept. 7.

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payment was uncovered, Manziel would be suspended for the first half of the season opener.

It was a case that began with rumors of college football’s most famous player losing his amateur eligibility. But instead it was a case that ended with 30 minutes of missed football against Rice and an endless feed of Twitter jokes about how much partying Johnny Football could fit into his newfound time off.

In fact, the NCAA hasn’t brought the hammer down since Penn State. On July 23, 2012, Emmert announced the football program would receive a four-year postseason ban, vacate 112 victories, pay a $60 million fine and have its scholarship total reduced among other penalties.

Now that is how you take down a program. Only problem

The Daily Reveille is the NCAA didn’t follow any of its own investigative procedures, instead just going off the findings of the Freeh Report, and it didn’t have any real grounds to dole out punishment in the case.

Don’t get me wrong. What Jerry Sandusky did to his victims was monstrous and he should rot in a jail cell for the rest of his life, along with anyone who helped cover it up.

But actual investigators, also known as the criminal justice system, had already dealt with those responsible, and all the NCAA did was dog pile on top of the remnants of the program and people who played no role in what they were being punished for.

Only a year later, the NCAA appears to be flip-flopping on its ruling. Last month it was announced that Penn State would

Thursday, October 24, 2013 gradually be restored to its full amount of scholarship.

That makes three gaffes in less than two years. I’m not one to call for someone’s livelihood, but if the NCAA wants to restore its previous credibility, Emmert and company need to seriously re-evaluate how they do things or get out of the way and let some real investigators come in and fix the problems.

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

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Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football assistant coach, was convicted guilty on 45 of 48 counts of various sexaul assault charges on June 22, 2012. The NCAA reprimanded Penn State with a four-year postseason ban and a $60 million fine in the wake of Sandusky’s crimes.

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hainsaws whir, clowns laugh maniacally, strobe lights flicker in the darkness and madmen lurk around every corner.

What sounds like the makings of a grisly horror movie can actually be found at Cajun Country Corn Maze in Pine Grove, La. The maze features a cornucopia of fall time festivities such as corn launchers, pig races, a multipart playground, a hayride-like train and corn maze constructed in the shape of Troy Landry from History

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Channel’s “Swamp People.”

Vicki Courville, co-owner of CCCM, said the seven-and-a-half acre maze has been going strong since 2000, seeing an average of 500 visitors per weekend. She also said Troy Landry was chosen as the shape for this year’s maze because the designs always pay tribute to Louisiana — such as crawfish and alligators, used in previous years.

Along with the family fun, she said there are also spooky adventures such as the zombie paintball

ride and the haunted maze.

Chris Huckaby, head of the haunted maze, has been working for CCCM since he was 13 years old. He said he began with janitorial work, security operations and directing visitors where to go. Now 21, he oversees the haunted portion of CCCM, making props, directing actors and “basically being the den mother of haunted entertainment.”

The haunted portion of the CORN MAZE, see page 11

A clown puppet [top] and a man with a chain-saw [bottom] scare maze-goers Friday at the Cajun Country Corn Maze in Pine Grove, La.

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Fast food drag ball raises funds for literary festival Samantha Bares Entertainment Writer

Partying is hard work, and many cannot resist the lure of a burrito hunt when the party is mid-swing. But this Friday, Spanish Moon will host a ball at which the burritos rain upon the partiers, eliminating the need to leave.

This fall’s Delta Mouth Drag Ball is fast food themed, but University alumna and event coordinator Kimberly Vodicka said the real theme of the ball is excess.

“Fast food is cheap and obscene, something that most people have a love-hate relationship with,” Vodicka said. “Likewise, ‘food porn’ is such a silly yet simultaneously terrifying concept.”

While various dollar menu items, like burritos, will be flying through the air at Sonic speeds, there will also be prizes for five costume categories: Finger-Lickin’

Genderf***, Succulent Sweetheart, Special Saucy Extravaganza, Chicken-Fried Realness and Virgin Drive-Thru, for those in drag for the first time.

The drag ball started as an annual event in 2010 by John David Harding as a fundraising effort for the Delta Mouth Literary Festival.

Starting this year, the festival will be held twice a year after the massive success of the October 2012 event — the first held at the Spanish Moon.

Each year’s creative writing graduate students organize the Delta Mouth Literary Festival, said Anna Wilson, festival director. They coordinate all fundraising efforts, including the ball, which now accounts for more than half of the funding for Louisiana’s largest free literary festival.

“This year’s Drag Ball fabulousness is largely owing to the passionate efforts of Kim

Vodicka,” Wilson said.

Vodicka has been coordinating the ball since its second iteration in 2011. The event used to be centered on the University English Department, but has since branched out to include the greater community.

“It has been amazing to watch this event double, triple and even quadruple in attendance over the years and to see the lineup evolve and become more and more diverse,” Vodicka said, adding that the experience has been “like watching a cute little mutant creature grow.”

While the theme was chosen for fun, the performers have run with it, Vodicka said, and made it an artistic and political statement.

Performer Mithat’s 15-minute set of original music will be “a fast food revolution story with bondage, freedom and a lot of DRAG BALL, see page 11

photo courtesy of KIMBERLY VODICKA

The Delta Mouth Drag Ball raises money for the annual Delta Mouth Literary Festival, which will be held twice a year.

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AFI, “Burials”

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Key Lime Pie Records

Break out your guyliner and restore your devil lock haircut, AFI is back with a new album. Moody crooner Davey Havok returned from his solo career long enough to crank out AFI’s macabre new album, its first in four years. “Burials” is a harmonious marriage of ’90s goth (Depeche Mode) and Nu Metal (Avenged Sevenfold). Not much has changed for the band’s sound since you were listening to them in high school. Havok’s still over-annunciating his brooding lyrics, the instrumentals are largely forgettable save for a few solos and the Hot Topic crowd will eat it up. One notable difference would be “Burials’” slow metal overtones, which is a divergence from the group’s overall punk sound through the years. For a taste of AFI’s familiar horror punk style, check out the track “17 Crimes.”

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“Awkward,” Season 3 Premiere

MTV

The second part of Awkward’s season three premiere aired Tuesday, and it was anticlimactic. Within the two weeks preceding the premiere, there were ads everywhere on the Internet about how this season’s Jenna Hamilton will be all new, but this episode did not deliver. With her 17th birthday looming in the near future, all of Jenna’s family and friends are working to plan a surprise birthday party for her. Needless to say, Jenna manages to ruin the surprise. For the sake of not spoiling the ending, I won’t go into detail, but let’s just say there was forced “awkwardness,” and it was painfully predictable. The only redeeming quality about this episode was the Ming Asian Mafia subplot, which I find oddly entertaining. This episode was a weak start to a much anticipated season.

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SHAMIYAH KELLEY Jewel City

Beach pop act Best Coast’s newest EP “Fade Away” is, at first glance, formulaic. Produced by Jewel City, “Fade Away” sprouts up between the band’s sophomore album and the anticipated third, to be released in 2014. It is best described as a happy marriage between their previous two efforts: 2010’s “Crazy for You” and 2012’s “The Only Place.” With the single “I Don’t Know How,” the group explores the balance between tenderness and foot-tapping danceability better than ever before. The lyrics of “The Lonely Morning” are a tad familiar, yes, but music that knows its message and delivers it sincerely is not necessarily bad. Best Coast’s music is plainspoken and dreamy, with touches of pop-rock that make it a great addition to any summer playlist — and there is nothing wrong with a band being faithful its sound and feel.

SAMANTHA BARES

“Carrie”

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Julianne Moore is the only reason I didn’t give this film an F. Her character’s creepiness level lived up to the “horror movie” standard. As for the rest of the movie, it was a waste of time.

Instead of scaring me, it made me laugh. The unrealistically cruel high school students were a giant joke. Unlike most outcast tales, Carrie had no one on her side. People weren’t scared of her; they were simply cruel because she was the new girl who had been homeschooled. Carrie was portrayed as kind until about the last ten minutes of the movie. I also would have liked to know when and where she developed her telekinetic powers. The film was too vague and too unrealistic — and not because of the super powers, but because of the bullies. Honestly, I wouldn’t even describe it as a horror movie, more like awkward teen flick.

SARAH NICKEL

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No Sleep Records

I first caught on to Sainthood Reps through the ever-growing Brand New fandom, but I paid more attention when a band from my hometown opened for the group last fall. Ever since, I’ve been entranced by what the band has to offer, and I certainly wasn’t disappointed with its latest release. “Headswell” is heavy with flickers of Fugazi shining through, displaying moody indie rock lyrics with a self-described “loud” sound. The record mixes the best parts of ’90s alternative with modern sound effects and flawless production work courtesy of seasoned producer Mike Sapone (O’Brother, Brand New). Co-founded by Francesco Montesanto and Brand New touring guitarist Derrick Sherman, Sainthood Reps’ “Headswell” takes direction from the same Long Island post rock scene that spawned Taking Back Sunday and Brand New. REBECCA DOCTER

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EDITOR’S PICK: Katy Perry, “Prism”

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Katy Perry is trying to convince me that her new album “Prism” is an honest endeavor as an artist with a lot to say, but I’m not buying it. That’s okay, because millions of people will be buying it — the album, that is, at full price. “Prism” is a checklist of every trick for cheap applause ever invented. Gimmicky tracks to rake in royalties from sports events? “Roar” has it covered.

Songs to post on your friends’ Facebook timelines? Get ready to get sick of seeing “Birthday.”

Shout-outs to cities? “International Smile.” Almost every song clocks in uniformly around a radio-friendly three and a half minutes, but somehow even that seems too long. An album this formulaic should at least be listenable, but KACI YODER Entertainment Editor most of it is just annoying.

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Horror films better in 2013 MY FIVE CENTS SARAH NICKEL Entertainment Writer I feared for the future of horror movies for a while. What sweet relief 2013 releases have brought.

Back in the day, horror films, like “It” could make a theater audience jump from their seats. If a person watched “It,” they either checked their bathroom drain that night or didn’t bathe at all. This is because scary movies were once focused on one thing: terrifying the shit out of people.

Alfred Hitchcock had a way of making the audience squirm in discomfort. He shot at awkward angles with high-pitched sounds — cue the “Psycho” shower scene scream.

Where did this skill go? Obviously, it disappeared for a while, and I was forced to endure things like the “Scream” and “Omen” franchises being passed as horror films.

They may not have frightened me as I would have liked, but at least these were better than the more recent trend: zombies.

People went on a zombie/ vampire craze, and somewhere fear was replaced with disgust.

Just as I know there will never be a zombie apocalypse, I know that Michael Myers isn’t going to resurrect again. The difference is that Myers was a well-developed character that intrigued people. Let’s be honest, zombie movies consist

of following a love story while lifeless beings chase the couple.

The good news is the torture is over. While there are still some horribly directed low-budget movies out there trying to make their way into the horror category, the real stuff has returned.

My two favorite horror films of the year, “The Conjuring” and “Insidious: Chapter 2,” happen to be directed by the same man, Australian James Wan. His style is similar to the old creepy aesthetic, where the floors creak, the camera moves a little too quickly and the audience is always wondering what’s behind the door.

Unfortunately, he also directed “Saw,” but I’ll forgive him for it.

Both of these films had me flipping on the light switches as I walked through my house for at least a couple days. That’s what I need from a horror film. If someone doesn’t like that type of movie, fair enough. But for those who love it, we’re looking for that discomfort. We want to scream a little, spill the popcorn and be the audience to something disturbing.

Contact Sarah Nickel at snickel@lsureveille.com

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maze consists of three parts: a haunted corn maze, a pallet maze and finally a pitch-black haunted trail, according to Huckaby.

He said many actors for CCCM are hired from The 13th Gate, and prefer working the corn maze because of the amount of freedom when it comes to scaring guests.

“The main thing I think we have over The 13th Gate that makes us better is that we don’t limit them to what they do,” Huckaby said.

“Like some people are given scripts, but we don’t do that. We basically let them run free and do their own thing. We try to have each person get as creative as they can.”

He went on to list the various characters that frighten visitors including gorillas, werewolves,

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freedom fries.” Mithat has been a participant since February 2013, after winning the costume contest in 2012’s prom-themed ball.

“Drag Ball … does edge toward social commentary in regards to sexual identity and gender stereotypes,” Mithat said.

He said the event can bring together people from all parts of the gender and sexuality spectrums in a way that is amazing.

“I’ve never felt limited in where I can go and what I can do, and I think for people that maybe feel that way it’s a good stepping stone to go out of your comfort

ninjas and, adding a modern twist — Slender Man. Even though the maze is intended for children as young as 4, he said the haunted maze can even get the best of grown men.

“When I was still a haunter, we scared this guy, and it had recently just rained a little so it was a little muddy in there,” Huckaby said. “We scared this guy to where he sprinted away. And when he sprinted away, he was latched onto his girlfriend and drug her through the mud for a good 10 to 15 feet before he let her go and continued sprinting. And then the girl got up and said ‘this is the worst first date ever.’”

Huckaby also said in years past, haunters have been given bonus incentives to make guests pee themselves, so consider bringing an extra pair of pants.

Courville emphasized the lighter parts of the corn maze for those looking for more wholesome fun, especially families with young children.

“Come out and just have fun — good, wholesome, family fun,” Courville said. “It’s a non-alcoholic venue, and there’s no place like it. And if you can come out when there’s a full moon, there’s nothing like going through a corn maze with a full moon. It’s awesome.”

The haunted mazes will continue every Friday and Saturday night in October. Other mazes at the CCCM will remain open until Nov. 24.

zone and have a f***ing blast,” Mithat said.

Mithat said he’s excited to see the performers’ finger-lickin’ interpretations of the deep-fried theme.

“I’m always surprised at the mixed crowd that the event draws, at the level of enthusiasm that the organizers and performers share, and I was especially surprised at how bangin’ I look in full girls’ night out regalia,” said DJ Matsy, who has performed at the ball since 2012.

Matsy said Spanish Moon is the perfect venue for such an event, as it is more accessible to the community as a whole than local gay bars.

Members of the new local queer burlesque troupe Holly Rouge will perform, as well as burger kings and dairy queens Kitten Kaboodle, Amanda Stinko and Arilyn Roberts, rappers Queen Qui and Malibu Barbarian, among others.

Entry will be $10, or $7 before 10 p.m. Doors open at 9 p.m. All proceeds benefit the sixth annual Delta Mouth Literary Festival.

Contact Taylor Schoen at tschoen@lsureveille.com

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It’s all right to skip one day of class to sleep BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist When is the last time you had a full night’s sleep?

For most, it was the day before the semester started. The college grind makes it next to impossible to get a full eight hours.

The cycle of class, work and minimal sleep has made us revert to a state of infancy, where every waking moment we are not gorging ourselves on Taco Bell, we are praying for the sweet relief of our beds.

I managed to get eight hours last night, which is amazing in its own right, but I still woke up this morning feeling like I was at death’s door. Due to the high levels of stress and work that we all have to deal with each day, it is perfectly acceptable to take the rare day off for a nap and recharge those run-down batteries.

Now, do not mistake me.

Hard drinking on a school night is not a valid excuse, and I am in no way suggesting you skip every day of your spring semester and

WEB COMMENTS The Daily Reveille wants to hear your reactions to our content. 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 Mariel Gates’ column, “Head to Head: Professors should teach evolution as provable fact,” readers had this to say: “I know this is supposed to be a ‘debate’ between columnists, but it seems like both columns are arguing something different. Ms. Gates argued against the teaching of Intelligent Design while Ms. Guttery argued that evolution does not adequately describe the origin of life. Both were decent arguments. I agree that we should not be teaching intelligent design in a science classroom. I also agree that the theory of evolution does not adequately some of the evidence about early life. If you ask me, science teachers could circumvent the issue by teaching requisite high school expectations and, at the end, say, ‘The origin of life is currently

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Illustration sophomore Rachel Bryant of Mission, Kan., grabs a quick nap between classes on the concourse at Kansas City Art Institute on Oct. 9 in Kansas City, Mo.

begin regular class attendance only after Mardi Gras break.

Seriously, don’t do that.

But it is OK to nap every now and then, when you know there is nothing of vital importance going on — like right after midterms.

Sorry science and engineering

majors but, this probably excludes you.

There are huge benefits to napping other than the satisfaction of sliding under the covers and kicking out a foot for that perfect air circulation.

According to a NASA study,

a mystery that is not conclusively proven by evolution, so there are other modes of thinking outside the scope of science that attempt to fill in the gaps.’”

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earth creationism. Unfortunately, YEC is at best wishful thinking. The only people pushing a YEC perspective are creationists. This perspective has no science behind it. YEC reflects as serious reinterpretation of reality. Look up in the sky toward a star a hundred thousand light years, and you have your simplest and most direct refutation of YEC. Nothing in science is infallible.

Science is under constant revision as better data is presented or discovered. Evolutionary biology has been significantly revised since Darwin’s first publication. Darwin had no access to genetics or molecular biology, which have been used to put evolutionary biology on much more solid ground.

It is unfortunate that people still believe that evolution is something tentative to be debated. Nothing could be further from the truth. The factual hypotheses around evolutionary biology will be under constant revision such as the exact evolutionary pathways for today’s species.

However, the core theory is true.

Moving forward it will be extended and expanded, but there is no viable alternative to replace evolution at the moment.

The list of supposed problems

In response to Christine Guttery’s column, “Head to Head: The theory of evolution is not infallible,” readers had this to say: “The fundamental flawed assumption in this essay is that evolution is about life origins. It is not.

Evolution is about how life changes over time. It does not speak to life origins whatsoever. This is constant misrepresentation by creationists is a trap. No one knows for sure how life started on earth. At best we have viable models and hypotheses from a scientific perspective. Evolution does not depend on how life started.

ID has been refuted factually.

Our best evidence for what we see in creatures alive today is evolutionary adaption and not ID. Consequently, people who continue to push a refuted idea like ID should be ridiculed if they are attempting to say that ID is even a viable hypothesis.

It appears the author is also making indirect references to young

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a 40-minute nap can increase alertness by 100 percent, performance by 34 percent, and a 20-minute nap is more effective than 200 mg of caffeine. Eat your heart out, 5-Hour Energy.

In addition, a short cat nap can improve your learning capability, memory, creativity and heighten your senses.

You heard me right; napping basically makes you a 100 percent more awesome person.

So to the music majors out there, put down the bong and crash for a few hours instead; you’ll end up saving a ton of money.

Now, let’s be clear, one nap size does not fit all. A quick 10-minute nap can be a saving grace if you need to get work done but notice your performance slipping. Do not expect this to keep you up all night, though. For that, you need the full REM cycle from a 90 minute nap.

Last week, a fellow columnist espoused the importance of our education and how fortunate we are that we live in a country that affords us the ability to better ourselves.

And she’s right – even more so considering a good portion of us are here on someone else’s

dime, be that the taxpayers of Louisiana’s or our parents’.

However, it is perfectly reasonable to take time off for ourselves to recover if it boosts our overall performance as students.

Surely a student with improved retention and performance on tests is a more sound investment than a zombified one with perfect class attendance.

This applies equally to professors. Please, by all means, feel free to cancel class and catch some Z’s instead. We’ll both be rested up and ready to tear into our work next time.

Just don’t make it a habit.

That can lead you to a situation where you have to plead with your professors for a passing grade, and no self-respecting Tiger should ever have to grovel for anything.

listed in this essay is right off of creationists web sites such as Answers in Genesis and the Discovery Institute.”

-CRW

‘All things should be available for challenging. That has been part of my anger with science is that nothing is sacred is the norm for all other disciplines except evolution and all of a sudden it becomes the sacred cow.’”

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“Excellent article completely agree. Well reasoned, clearly stated and easy to read.

Just expect an assault by the dogmatic evolutionists who attack anyone who challenges the pet theory.

The evolution battle is often MISrepresented as science against religion - this is baloney!

The real battle is between good science and Darwinism. When Darwinian/Macro evolution is scrutinized using the scientific method, it crumbles.

The scientific method demands: observation, measurement, repeatability. Darwinian/Macro evolution has none of these, all it has is circumstantial evidence which is open to interpretation. Ask yourself: What evidence is there that our great ....

Great grandfather was a self replicating molecule?

BRUCE SIMAT, Ph.D., expressed his frustration that Evolution is shielded from scrutiny when he said:

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“Unfortunately, Theot58 is a persistent young earth creationist troll.

He has copied and pasted the same broken arguments and misinformation. Bruce Simat is not a respected researcher. He is a mouthpiece for the Discovery Institute and heavily cited on lists like ‘American Loons.’

I have challenged Theo many times to provide a list of actual researchers with verifiable evidence against evolution without referring to religious or supernatural beliefs.

These people do not exist.”

-CRW

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Quote of the Day “Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.”

Mahatma Gandhi lawyer Oct. 2, 1896 — Jan. 30, 1948

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Head to Head Will the national debt continue to rise in the near future?

Yes. Numbers don’t lie, the debt needs to be addressed. No. Empirical grounds for deficit paranoia is baseless.

NEUTRAL GROUND Eli A. Haddow Columnist You may not realize it, but you owe the government around $53,769. And that number is bound to rise during your lifetime.

Why? Because that is the portion of the federal debt owed by every American citizen.

On Sept. 17, the Congressional Budget Office released a report that said if current policies hold, our federal debt held by the public would be equal to our Gross Domestic Product by 2038.

The report also claimed that under current laws, government revenue will increase to 19.5 percent of the GDP over the same span, but also said that spending will grow to 26 percent of GDP. In other words, we will be running a 6 percent deficit.

This means when we are in our mid-40s, this country will owe as much money as its economy can generate. This is a dire problem, but solutions seem elusive to this Congress and those that came before it.

On Oct. 16, we raised the debt ceiling — or the borrowing limit — just so that we would not default and send the global economy into turmoil. However, Congress still needs to address the problem of the debt so our generation’s prosperity is not swallowed whole.

Since 2007, the debt’s percentage of the GDP has doubled to 73 percent. This is due to two wars and the economic crisis that began in the fall of 2008.

However, in the coming decades, entitlement spending — that’s Medicare, Social Security, et cetera — will cause that number to rise all the way to 100 percent.

Our 65-and-over population will nearly double by 2035, according to Robert Samuelson, an economics columnist at The Washington Post. This means rising health care costs for an aging population as well as a large drain on our Medicare and Social Security reserves.

Spending on these entitlements will double by 2038, according to the CBO. But our government has time and time again eschewed solutions to reign in the ballooning number, and they continue to operate on a deficit year after year.

The only time it is even mentioned is when Republicans or Democrats need political capital, so they parade around the debt to elicit public response and show the complacency of the other party.

But if they don’t start to fix the problem in the upcoming budget conference, both parties will be found wanting.

The solutions to the problem differ depending on what end of the political spectrum you rest. Republicans argue that entitlements need to be slashed, while Democrats contend that we need to raise taxes.

Go figure.

But there isn’t a clear-cut solution — only the fact that there is a major problem our lawmakers must address.

Organizations like Fix the Debt seek to make this crisis public so our elected officials can fix the problem.

It is composed of officials, including former senators and governors, who have come to grips with the gravity of the situation.

There is no way in hell one of our political parties is going to get its way when it comes to balancing this country’s budget and eventually chipping away at the debt.

As college students who will one day carry the burden of the debt, we can only hope our current politicians can come to some kind of compromise before we are in further over our heads.

If not, then we have the power to vote them out of office until we elect people who are willing to do their jobs.

By the time our debt is the size of our economy, the United States’ credit will be sufficiently harmed.

Congress has done its job to avoid default. It’s time to make sure it will never be an issue again.

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

Contact Eli A. Haddow at ehaddow@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Haddow_TDR

SHARE THE WEALTH Jay Meyers Columnist During the past three years, the U.S. has experienced a sluggish recovery from the 2007-08 financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession.

For the most part, this is due to lawmakers’ ruthless pursuit of taking a butcher’s knife to the federal deficit. But their rationale for doing so is empirically baseless.

As a result, economic growth has remained modest at best, and we continue to suffer from persistently high unemployment.

Now that Congress has started bipartisan negotiations to reach a budget deal and avert another government shutdown in January, it appears policy makers are, once again, ginning up paranoia over the federal deficit.

Why? How has America seemingly fallen from the top of the economic food chain into a blithering pool of mediocrity?

Perhaps most obviously, lawmakers haven’t put forth any effort into taking action to help our economy.

Instead, almost all of the conversation in Washington was about the reportedly urgent issue of reducing the budget deficit.

Though there are some fiscally conservative Democrats, most of the talk about the dangers of deficits came from the mouths of Republicans.

Indeed, if you were to listen to politicians on Capitol Hill, especially those in the Republican Party, you might be led to believe the U.S. is plagued by an unsustainable debt crisis which threatens the future prosperity of

our nation.

Not true at all.

Let’s take a brief look at the data.

In the 2014 fiscal year, which began at the start of October, the federal deficit is expected to come down to just 3.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Put in a broader context, that’s down from 10.1 percent of GDP in 2009, when the Great Recession was in full swing.

More importantly, next fiscal year, the deficit will fall even further to a mere 2.1 percent of the GDP. What about President Barack Obama’s big spending that has allegedly blown up the national debt?

To be sure, at the height of the recession, in 2009-12, we were running close to $1 trillion in annual deficits.

But this makes sense. Unemployment peaked at 10 percent, so, as a result, you had millions of Americans suddenly not paying income taxes, and millions more qualifying for means-tested programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.

In other words, revenues fell and federal spending rose during this time. As you can see, we’ve made dramatic — perhaps too dramatic — progress in reducing our deficit since then.

Fitch, one of the three major credit rating agencies, issued a statement earlier this month pointing out the soundness of the fundamentals of the U.S. debt picture.

“The ‘AAA’ rating also reflects the halving of the federal budget deficit since 2010, which is now approaching a level consistent with debt stabilization,” said the company’s analysts.

Now that Congress has resumed bipartisan budget negotiations, what policy makers should really be doing is easing up on the deficit worries.

More specifically, politicians should try for a “Grand Bargain” deal that focuses on tax and spending policies that grow our economy.

Legislation, for example, that motivates consumers to spend, implements infrastructure projects to fix our crumbling bridges and roads and encourages businesses to invest in research and development projects that spur innovation.

But, of course, that’s not going to happen.

According to a New York Times report, negotiators on both sides are focused on “more modest confidence building measures to replace the sequestration cuts in 2014.”

Basically that means more cuts to domestic programs to replace the existing reductions, which Republicans don’t like because they fall largely on the military.

With the deficit now under control, what could be the Republican Party’s justification for cutting spending?

I’m sure however they spin the issue, the conservative party’s rationale for slashing spending will be just as laughable and bogus as the rest.

Jay Meyers is a 20-year-old economics junior from Shreveport.

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A pedestrian walks past the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington on a rainy day. The national debt actually reached the limit in May 2013. Since then, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has made accounting moves to continue financing the government without further borrowing.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013 LGBT, from page 1

poetry night.”

Augustus, true to his resolution to take on leadership, took the stage as the first performer of the night. Augustus said he was proud of his poem and that it shared a lot about who he is as a person.

“I go to church every Sunday and I read the verses and hear people say that homosexuality is wrong,” Augustus said. “Honestly, sometimes it makes me feel bad, and my poem is my feelings on that.”

Augustus said that while he is a believer in Christianity, he tries to focus on his own personal relationship with God and to ignore what others say. The poem was his way of reconciling who he is with what he believes.

Event organizers were pleased with what was shared and said it sent out a positive message to anyone in attendance.

“I think LGBT students need an artistic outlet to talk about these things in a safe environment,” said Micah Caswell, graduate assistant in the Office of Multicultural Affairs and member of Spectrum.

“Tonight was all about sharing and that is what happened.”

While the focus was on LGBT students and their experiences, the poets and organizers worked to make sure anyone in attendance could understand it was about more than LGBT issues.

“It is really not about being gay or anything else,” Augustus said. “In the end, the night was about people coming and communicating their feelings to the audience, and that is what we did.”

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traditional investigative reporters of our generation — Carl Bernstein — to speak, and why we’ve devoted a full day to understanding digital media.”

The Manship Hall of Fame will also honor new inductees Kevin Reilly Sr., Jay Perkins and Dan Borné at a gala tonight.

About 1,000 Manship students are expected to attend these events throughout the week. All events requiring a ticket to enter are sold out; however, Director of Centennial Activities Emliy Wascom said students are encouraged to come to other events.

The events are also open to students applying to enter the school

who have not yet been accepted.

“The centennial celebration is a great opportunity to talk about the legacy of the Manship School,” Wascom said. “We are excited to celebrate the last 100 years and are looking forward to the next 100.”

Events also include 1913 Society Dinner with Alberto Ibargüen, a Manship Prize award winner and president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, who spoke Wednesday at the Lod Cook Alumni Center.

Friday’s events include The Digital Spread: Digital Media Initiative Training Day as well as the Centennial Celebration Birthday Party with food, live music from The Michael Foster Project and a silent auction to benefit student scholarships

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Saturday’s Taste of Louisiana Tailgate will wrap up the celebration with music, gumbo, jambalaya and other Louisiana-style food.

“We hope that the centennial program embodies what we try to do everyday — teach the important traditional values but encourage students to use technology in gathering information and delivering it,” Ceppos said.

The University’s journalism department was established in 1913 and marked the beginning of the Manship School. The public relations program became its own department in 1993, with the political

communication program following in 1997. The Ph.D. program started in 2000, with advertising becoming digital advertising in 2013.

“I think it’s a wonderful milestone for Manship, and I look forward to all this week’s events,” said media and public affairs doctoral student Gheni Platenburg. “As a graduate student who is fairly new to Manship and LSU, I look forward to learning more about the school of mass communication’s history.”

Contact Christine Aman at caman@lsureveille.com

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