The Daily Reveille - November 13, 2013

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: New faces at guard work hard for success, p. 5

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Mr.

Clean

HEALTH

LSUHSC, research foundation partner up Med school remains in LSU System Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

TULIPA Inc., has been organizing volunteers to clean up areas around the LSU Lakes ever since his hobby of cleaning up the area merged with another concerned citizen’s five and a half years ago.

Thomas said he used to clean

LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport announced its new partnership with the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana on Tuesday, following Gov. Bobby Jindal’s push toward privatizing the state’s public hospitals, according to a news release.

LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport operated the hospitals before the privatization. Now, the medical school will still remain a part of the public LSU System.

In addition to the three hospitals under LSUHSC-Shreveport’s direction, it also runs the LSU School of Allied Health Professionals and the LSU School of Graduate Studies in Shreveport,

LAKES, see page 4

MERGER, see page 11

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Parry “Matt” Thomas, president of TULIPA, clears vegetation Tuesday from the bank of the University Lakes.

Thomas has been cleaning up the University Lakes for almost six years.

Retired Baton Rouge local inspires cleanup project for University Lakes Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer

What began as a bare-bones operation to clean up areas around the University Lakes has turned into a volunteer project valued by the community that lives, exercises and plays around those lakes.

Though the cleanup effort focuses on the University Lakes, it has no ties to the University or its students, who one might assume would be the first to want to keep the areas around its campus clean.

Instead, the effort is led by Parry “Matt” Thomas, a retired nuclear sales specialist who calls

the Lakes home.

Few people want to spend their free time just picking up debris, but for Thomas, this hobby turned into something larger.

Thomas, the founder of the nonprofit organization The University Lakes Improvement and Preservation Association Inc., or

STUDENT LIFE

Organization holds talent night to reach student body William Morris Contributing Writer

If a student organization is looking to stand out among the crowd of clubs and groups at the University, then a spirited talent night featuring comedy routines, impressive guitar solos and powerful vocal performances would be a good start. The Vietnamese Student Association hosted an event Tuesday night that accomplished all of that.

Jenny Nguyen, biology junior and president of VSA, said the night was an opportunity for the members of the club to have a good time and show off a little bit.

“We want our members to be able to showcase their gifts,” Nguyen said. “This is our opportunity to show other students we

really are a part of the campus as a whole.”

This is the second time VSA has held its talent night and Nguyen said participation has grown with time.

“When we did this last year, we only had about eight to 10 participants,” she said. “Our members responded well and now there are about 20 or so people with performances.”

The event was held at the Live Oak Lounge in the Student Union, and most of the attendees were VSA members.

Those who attended were treated to a variety of acts including performers singing wellknown songs.

Nguyen considered the night a success because the students were able to share their talents and have

a good time along the way.

“We have people who are so good at so many things,” Nguyen said. “They play the piano, they sing, they dance, they make people laugh and that is what we want to show other LSU students.”

Nguyen said that showing the performing side of VSA members helps other students take notice and hopefully remember them.

“There is a lot of diversity on campus so sometimes it is hard to get noticed,” Nguyen said. “Events like our talent night are ways for us to reach out and show people that there are more Vietnamese students than you might think.”

Nguyen said the main purpose of VSA has traditionally been to provide a network of social TALENT, see page 11

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VSA member, senior, Chris Nguyen plays guitar Tuesday during the VSALSU Spotlight II Performance in the LSU Student Union Live Oak Lounge.

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INTERNATIONAL Aid trickling into areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Phillippines TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Desperately-needed food, water and medical aid are only trickling into a city that took the worst blow from Typhoon Haiyan, while thousands of victims jammed the damaged airport Tuesday, seeking to be evacuated.

Five days after the disaster, aid is coming, but the challenges of delivering the assistance means few have received help. Officials also were working to determine how many people had been killed, with the country’s president saying the death toll could be lower than earlier feared.

Spanish pianist could face more than seven years of prison for practicing MADRID (AP) — To most people, noise pollution is a jet roaring over their head. For one Spanish woman, it was a neighbor playing the piano.

The woman has taken her neighbors — a 27-year-old pianist and her parents — to court. Now prosecutors want to send all three to jail for more than seven years on charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.

Sonia Bosom claimed she suffered noise pollution from 2003 to 2007 due to the practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lived below her in the northeastern town of Puigcerda.

Nation & World

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A child lines up with fellow typhoon survivors in the hopes of boarding an evacuation flight Tuesday in Tacloban, central Philippines.

Families grieve in Damascus after mortar attack on school kills five DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Families in a central neighborhood of the Syrian capital wept Tuesday as they retrieved the bodies of four children and their bus driver killed in a mortar attack on their school in a predominantly Christian area a day earlier.

The strike was the latest rebel reprisal to hit Damascus as government troops press ahead into opposition-held suburbs, often relying on indiscriminant artillery fire. Such mortar attacks by rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad have been on the rise.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage bill, governor to provide signature

Carnival will sail bigger cruise ships from New Orleans port

HONOLULU (AP) — The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday legalizing gay marriage, putting Hawaii a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding destination.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie said in a statement he will sign the measure.

It will allow thousands of gay couples living in Hawaii and even more tourists to marry in the state starting Dec. 2.

“I look forward to signing this significant piece of legislation, which provides marriage equity and fully recognizes and protects religious freedoms,” Abercrombie said.

Man held for didgeridoo attack on S. Calif. taxi driver over cab fare

One World Trade Center named tallest skyscraper in the U.S.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some larger cruise ships will call New Orleans their home as the role of the cruise business continues to increase at the Port of New Orleans.

The Carnival Sunshine, which arrives Sunday, carries 2,984 passengers — 22 more than the Carnival Conquest, which it’s replacing.

In April, it will be replaced in turn by the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream, which Carnival Cruise Lines currently plans to keep in New Orleans.

The port is likely to set its third straight record for cruise ship passengers this year, said Gary LaGrange, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans.

NEW YORK (AP) — They set out to build the tallest skyscraper in the world, a giant that would rise 1,776 feet from the ashes of ground zero.

Those aspirations fell by the wayside long ago, but New York won a consolation prize Tuesday when an international architectural panel said it would recognize One World Trade Center as the tallest skyscraper in the United States.

The council’s verdict rested on a conclusion that the needle should be counted as part of the building’s total height.

METAIRIE (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man who stole a 68-year-old woman’s car after cutting her with a bottle.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand says the incident took place around 11:20 a.m.

Tuesday.

Authorities say the man is a bald, thin white man in his mid20s, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, with multiple tattoos on his head, face and neck.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has been arrested after police say he whacked a taxi with a didgeridoo in an argument over the fare.

U-T San Diego says the man and a woman were picked up Sunday night in Chula Vista then fell asleep during a 20-minute ride to a home.

Police Lt. Phil Collum says when they arrived, the man got into an argument with the cabbie over the fare.

The cabbie drove off, but the man allegedly chased the cab and whacked it several times with the didgeridoo, denting the vehicle.

OSKAR GARCIA / The Associated Press

Gay marriage supporters rally Tuesday outside the Hawaii Capitol in Honolulu ahead of a Senate vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage.

Woman hit with bottle in Metairie carjacking Tuesday morning

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TECHNOLOGY

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Few students use computer labs Survey shows issues with LSU Wi-Fi

Rogers is also responsible for writing the survey with Information Technology Services, to help demystify how students are using technology on campus and their respective needs.

Renee Barrow To his knowledge, the STF Contributing Writer Committee has not surveyed stuThe results of the Student dents before this, Rogers said.

Technology Fee’s recent survey “We’re not living in an enviare in, and they show students are ronment where half of our students not using computer labs like in the don’t have laptops anymore,” Rogpast. ers said.

The rise of the digital age and More than 90 percent of the prevalence of student self-owned 2,339 survey participants own technology, raises laptops. Many stuthe question of ‘We’re not living in an dents have easy how to best use fee to other environment where access funds in the future. devices as well, More than half of our students don’t with more than 80 one-fourth of par- have laptops anymore.’ percent owning ticipants expressed smartphones and dissatisfaction another 30 percent Thomas Rodgers with lsusecure, the Graduate College Council president owning tablets. primary wireless The survey network for the University com- obtained an accurate representation munity. Several of the complaints of the campus community, providinquired as to why the University ing data from members of all colhas several wireless networks — leges. Upperclassmen and graduate lsusecure, lsuwireless, lsuguest — students comprised more than 70 instead of one network. percent of survey participants.

Graduate College Council Of the participants, less than President Thomas Rogers said the 5 percent utilize the University’s survey showed the obvious: that Public Access Labs on a daily batechnology is changing every day, sis. and as a result, more students own “If those students are rarely laptops compared to five years ago. using the labs, it may be time to

scale back and focus on Wi-Fi,” Rogers said.

Rogers said students need reliable wireless access because the majority of homework is now online.

The survey also revealed how students use software — if they use it at all.

Tigerware, which makes items such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader available to students for free or at a reduced price, is used by more than 50 percent of survey participants.

Fewer than 10 percent of participants use Lynda.com, Virtual Lab and Gear 2 Geaux, according to the survey. Less than half of them knew what GROK, the University’s knowledge database for computer related matters, was.

“We need to have better communication with students,” Rogers said.

Rogers hopes that the committee can take the survey data into consideration when planning this spring semester’s budget.

The STF Committee will meet Nov. 18 to discuss further allocation of funds.

SURVEY SAYS Of 2,339 students surveyed...

62.7% 4.7%

never or rarely use the public access labs, but use them on a daily basis.

What do they use the labs for?

Mostly printing.

Some academic software.

A few wireless problems.

For many University students, maintaining a scholarship throughout a four-year degree program is an achievement in itself.

For Logan de La Barre-Hays, interviewing for one of the most prestigious scholarship programs in the world is just another day.

De La Barre-Hays, an international studies and political science senior, was named a finalist for both the Rhodes Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship. Winning either one would allow her to attend graduate school at a prestigious English university.

“If I got to choose, that would be an extremely fortunate set of circumstances,” de La Barre-Hays said.

If she wins the Rhodes Scholarship, de La Barre-Hays said she intends to enroll at Oxford University, while the Marshall Scholarship would allow her to attend the London School of Economics and Political Science.

As an Honors College and College of Humanities and Social Sciences student, de La BarreHays has thrown herself into community and volunteer work. She has worked with the humanitarian group International Relief and Development to rebuild houses in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, and she helped rebuild houses in Nicaragua that were destroyed by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

13%

How do they feel?

MORE THAN

25%

dissatisfied with lsusecure wireless network

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

15.4% dissatisfied with Himes Testing Center survey margin of error = +/- 1.95 percent

NOVEMBER

Senior eyes Rhodes scholarship Staff Writer

25%

note: values do not equal 100 because survey format was “check all that apply.”

ACADEMICS

Gordon Brillon

44%

De La Barre-Hays said her volunteer work and her experience being displaced by Hurricane Katrina for several months have driven her passion for helping those affected by natural and political disasters.

“Katrina really piqued my interest, living through that brief but impactful refugee experience,” de La Barre-Hays said. “My ultimate goal is to work with political refugees, but obviously there’s not much you can do with that in Baton Rouge.”

De La Barre-Hays said if she wins one of the scholarships, she plans to conduct research on how refugee aid can be better

coordinated to quickly help people in these situations.

“I want some time to really think about it in depth,” de La Barre-Hays said. “Refugee policy needs to be reformed, better funded, and we need to see more intent from international governments.”

De La Barre-Hays interviews for the Rhodes Scholarship later this month, and winners will be announced shortly after. She interviewed for the Truman Scholarship, and winners will be announced this week.

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com

EVENTS $10 Race Night Take advantage of $10 go-kart races all night!

Come be a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor kart facility, Rockstar Racing! www.rockstarracing.net

Carnival Theme Night Come stop by The 5 or 459 Commons for a fun, carnival-themed dinner!

EVENT CALENDAR

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 5:00 PM

Free Swing Dance Lessons - The Spotted Cat Music Club Happy Hour With Richard Knox - Little Gem Saloon

6:00 PM

Vanna - The Cypress LSU vs. Texas A&M Volleyball - PMAC The Orleans 6 - The Spotted Cat Music Club Hot Club of New Orleans - D.B.A.

7:00 PM

FHL's Golden Gala - Old Governor's Mansion Southern vs. Tulane Basketball - F.G. Clark Activity Center Adam Trent - LSU Student Union Michael Hebert - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant The Tin Man - D.B.A. New Orleans Nightingale Review - The Three Muses

7:30 PM

Dove - Studio Theatre LSU Music and Dramatic Arts Building

8:00 PM

Caravan of Thieves - House of Blues New Orleans Sarah Jarosz - House of Blues New Orleans Open Mic Night - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott - Chickie Wah Wah

8:30 PM

The Head and the Heart - Tipitina's - New Orleans Comedy Night - The Station Sports Bar and Grill

9:00 PM

Karoke in Exile - Caf Lafitte in Exile Jenn Howard Jazz - Rusty Nail

10:00 PM

St. Louis Slim - The Spotted Cat Music Club Walter Wolfman Washington & The Roadmasters - D.B.A. Stooges Brass Band - Blue Nile

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

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student life

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

alumni

University graduate writes book LSU dinosaur fan talks GIFs, attention Alumnus discusses love for small towns

Alexis Rebennack Staff Writer

Michael Tarver

Tiger fan and electrical engineering junior Caleb Bates went prehistoric last weekend at the LSU-Alabama game, garnering national attention. Bates talked with the Reveille about his game-time antics and what he thinks about his Internet stardom:

Contributing Writer

TDR: Upon LSU scoring a touchdown, why were dinosaur mannerisms your first go-to sign to show your excitement?

Caleb Bates: I usually do something silly to “troll” cameras as opposed to the usual clapping and cheering and looking at the camera saying, “Hi mom,” and this time, a dinosaur rose from extinction out of my body — literally a last second thing.

TDR: Did you know you were on TV as it was happening?

Bates: During the first touchdown, I was on TV and my mom sent me a picture. So I knew that if we scored again on the side I was sitting on, they would surely put it on TV again, so definitely.

TDR: When did you realize you were somewhat of an LSU fan superstar online and on TV? Bates: By the third quarter when the Bleacher Report had made a GIF of me. Halftime was nothing but people around me showing the video, which I didn’t think too much about. When I got home and plugged in my phone that died in the 2nd quarter, my phone blew up and I kind of realized it was a bigger deal than I thought.

screencap from SB NATION

Electrical engineering junior Caleb Bates strikes a prehistoric pose after the Tigers scored their second touchdown to pull within three points of Alabama in the second quarter of the Tigers’ 38-17 loss against the Tide. Bates said the pose was a “last second thing.”

“The Land Before Time” series a whole lot.

Though University graduate Rod Dreher moved far away from his small hometown, he realized the importance of its community and culture while writing his new book about the death of his sister and the contrast in their lives.

Dreher’s comparison of small town and big city lifestyles is something he thinks undergraduate students should consider when making the decision of where to begin a career after graduating.

Dreher, senior editor at The American Conservative, said many college students today are concerned with leaving their home state, especially their hometown, and moving out to the big city because they feel that is the only way they can advance their career.

Though moving away is exactly what Dreher did after he graduated, he explained that the

atmosphere and culture of Louisiana influenced his return to his hometown in St. Francisville. This realization was also affirmed after seeing the small community of St. Francisville rally around his younger sister Ruthie toward the end of her battle against cancer, he said.

Dreher began his latest work, “The Little Way of Ruthie Leming,” after Ruthie’s funeral in the fall of 2011 to recall the way his sister’s life impacted others in the small town where she grew up, lived and worked as a school teacher.

The 2013 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge presented Dreher and his book, which he discussed in a Senate committee room in the capitol building. The two hours of his book signing were filled with people confronting Dreher about the individuals and stories in the book and their connections with them.

While working for The Daily Reveille in 1987, Dreher recalled governor Edwin Edwards’ remark about University students leaving Louisiana, and Dreher said Edwards was not concerned about

whether the graduates stayed or left.

Dreher said the statement really resonated with him in his youth and influenced his decision to move North to find opportunites in his career.

“If I could speak to my undergraduate self, I would tell him not to be so quick to leave. Things here in Louisiana are more valuable than you know,” Dreher said.

Some undergraduate students feel the only way to advance professionally is to leave the state they live; however, many people have a change in perspective later in life and realize professional advancement is not the most important thing, Dreher said.

Though Dreher said his latest book compares the lifestyles he and his sister chose, he wants his children to grow up in the atmosphere he did and experience the family rituals of Mardi Gras, LSU football games and deer hunting.

Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com Author Rod Dreher signs a copy of his book “The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life” Nov. 2 at the 10th annual Louisiana Book Festival in Downtown Baton Rouge. Dreher is a graduate of the University.

TDR: How are you handling all the attention?

Bates: I’m trying to keep a small head about things, and give glory to God in the process. I’m meeting a bunch of new people that I hope to be new friends.

TDR: What are your friends saying?

Bates: My friends are just poking fun at it and they just know that doing something like that is normal for me. I’ve been getting a lot of texts and calls from my friends back home in Tennessee.

TDR: Do you have a particular fondness for dinosaurs?

Bates: As a little kid, I would love it in science class when we would learn about dinosaurs. I also loved

lakes, from page 1

up areas along East Lakeshore Drive in his free time when, one day, he was approached by Henson Moore, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for George H. W. Bush, former U.S. Congressmen for Louisiana’s 6th congressional district and resident of the University Lakes.

The two men formed an alliance based on their common concern for the neglected upkeep of East Lakeshore Drive, and from that alliance grew a larger clean up effort that they recruited volunteers and friends to join in.

“The lake is kind of in limbo in terms of whose land it is,” Thomas said.

Thomas said the lake is not in the deeds of the homeowners, although most of them keep it up well. However, the shoreline gets

Contact Alexis Rebennack at arebennack@lsureveille.com out of control, Thomas said.

“Our main focus is to open up views of the lake and make it more attractive and safer for joggers by taking away hiding places for muggers or people who can break into cars,” Thomas said.

Thomas turned his small clean up operation into a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization in order to receive grants from Exxon and other organizations showing interest in his efforts, however approval is still pending.

TULIPA is a simple project that is promoted by word of mouth and email. Thomas said this helps keep costs down but causes the organization to rely heavily on exposure for support.

“The neighbors have been very supportive,” Thomas said.

“It is refreshing, for as many hours and days we put into the volunteer work, it is satisfying

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to be appreciated.” the lakes two years ago.

In recent months, Thomas said “That was by far the most sathe has received a lot of attention isfying day we’ve had with this for his efforts, being recognized by project,” Thomas said. both WAFB and Thomas also ‘The lake is so much said some environWBRZ, as well as receiving supmanagemore beautiful when mental port from the LSU ment professors you can actually see the at the University community.

“They go water and the pelicans have offered extra out a few times a credit to students week and clean and the LSU campus.’ who volunteer up the shoreline with TULIPA. Parry ‘Matt’ Thomas and we help them Last year, TULIPA Inc. founder any way we can in Thomas organized terms of picking up debris with our a large effort to remove American trucks and getting it out of there for Lotus, a native plant species taking them,” said Vincent Patterozzi, the over the area of the lake at StanUniversity’s grounds manager. ford Avenue between East LakeBoth LSU’s Facility Services shore and South Lakeshore, from and volunteers from Tiger Athletic the lake.

Foundation’s development staff “The lake is so much more helped at a recent Saturday clean beautiful when you can actually up with a large project to remove see the water and the pelicans and a 50 foot tall oak tree that fell into the LSU campus,” Thomas said.

Thomas, who retired in 2002, keeps himself occupied with all types of volunteer service and said the hardest thing about being retired is remembering what day of the week it is, because you are not committed to anything you don’t want to do.

However, it is clear that Thomas is doing exactly what he wants to do — serve the Baton Rouge community and recruit volunteers for TULIPA’s clean up efforts.

To volunteer with TULIPA, email parrymattT@aol.com.

Contact Gabrielle Braud at gbraud@lsureveille.com

Sports

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

CHANGING

UMass defeats Tigers, 92-90

OF THE

GUARD

Rallies not enough for LSU victory Marcus Rodrigue Sports Contributor

a new backcourt asset in junior guard DaShawn Harden, who received SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors after averaging 19.5 points a game in the team’s two wins.

Harden, a transfer from Johnson County Community College, was highly recuited coming out of high school, including being rated top-40 in the nation for the class of 2011 by ESPN Hoop Gurlz. After leaving Oklahoma in her freshman year, she led Johnson County to a 30-2 record and a No. 1 national ranking in the NJCAA Division 1 poll.

For a squad that looks brand new, the LSU basketball team pulled out some old tricks during its season-opening 92-90 loss at Massachusetts on Tuesday morning.

After losing freshman forward Jarell Martin to an ankle injury in the opening seconds of the game, the Tigers (0-1) turned to a defensive press, a small lineup and an electric comeback to hang with the Minutemen (2-0). LSU’s gritty performance and late surge were reminiscent of the 2012 team.

The first half was marred by fouls as both squads combined for 34 whistles in 20 minutes. LSU committed 19 fouls in the first half, forcing Jones to dig deep into his bench. Junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III had three fouls at the break, and seven other Tigers had at least two heading into the locker room.

Despite the calls, LSU pushed the pace while

BACKCOURT, see page 7

FIRST LOSS, see page 7

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LSU freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief (11) jumps to take a shot Sunday during the Tigers’ 80-64 victory against St. Joseph’s University in the PMAC.

New players look to make up for Webb, Lutley’s departure from backcourt Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

Last season, then-senior guards Adrienne Webb and Bianca Lutley represented major threats for the LSU women’s basketball team.

Webb led the team in scoring in the NCAA tournament and finished 17th in scoring in Lady Tiger history. Lutley chipped in 10.2 points and 4.1 rebounds a game, finishing fourth in scoring and third in rebounds for the season.

Now, with Webb and Lutley gone, questions in the backcourt arise for the Lady Tigers coming into the new season. Sophomore

guard Danielle Ballard acknowledges these inquiries, but also knows she and the Lady Tigers’ newcomers can provide answers.

“The backcourt has the potential to be great,” Ballard said.

“We have good chemistry on and off the court. We can score. We can play defense. They can rebound. … We have different talents, and that is going to be good for us this season.”

Ballard leads the new backcourt, coming off a 2013 Souteastern Conference All-Freshman and All-Defensive team campaign. She finished the season third on the team in scoring and set the LSU single-season record for steals

with 100.

Ballard displayed her versatility in Sunday’s 80-64 win against St. Joseph’s, nearly getting a triple double with 12 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Head coach Nikki Caldwell said Ballard’s large skill set will be used more often this season.

“I think Danielle has done a great job of expanding her game,” Caldwell said. “She has taken on a lot of the leadership roles for us at the point, but I like to bring in [senior guard] Jeanne Kenney and [freshman guard] Rina Hill and move her off the ball because she is so explosive.”

The Lady Tigers also boast

VOLLEYBALL

Tigers prepare for Western division foe Texas A&M

Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

It’s been a roller coaster of a season for LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory and her squad, as the Tigers consistently put together sets of brilliance next to streaks of disappointment.

LSU (15-8, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) hasn’t won consecutive matches in nearly a month, losing five of its last seven. But Flory said her team continues to rise and doesn’t believe what it’s shown this season is a final result just yet.

“The good thing for the roller coaster for me as a coach is, every time we go up, we get to a certain level, and then we’d have a confidence crisis or someone would

get hurt and we’d go back down,” Flory said. “But we wouldn’t dip down quite as far and then we’d go back up higher.”

The Tigers need to find another peak on the ride tonight as SEC Western division rival Texas A&M comes to Baton Rouge seeking revenge for the home loss LSU handed the Aggies in September.

“I love [Texas] A&M, and I respect their tradition,” Flory — a former Aggies coach — said.

“But there’s always that little extra edge in any of this. I’m glad they’re in the SEC because we get to play them all the time now.”

The last time LSU played Texas A&M, the Tigers walked out of College Station with a dramatic comeback victory on the

road after being down 2-0 to start the match.

“We’re a different team now,” said junior outside hitter Helen Boyle. “At that point in the season we were still doing that a lot — starting off really slow and losing the first few [sets] and then coming back. Now we’ve kind of figured out how to start off stronger and I think that’s going to be a huge difference in this game.”

Two months later, in Flory’s eyes, the Tigers are coming off their most complete weekend of the season after defeating Georgia on the road before losing to No. 20 Kentucky in five sets in Lexington.

Boyle said the biggest DIVISION FOE, see page 7

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

The LSU volleyball team celebrates after a score Nov. 1 during the Tigers’ 3-1 loss to Florida in the PMAC.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

LSU falls to No. 8 in Week 12 of SEC Power Rankings THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist LSU had a chance to send the entire Southeastern Conference into chaos last weekend, but after another emphatic Alabama win, everyone continues to look up at the Tide.

Therefore, there isn’t much movement at the top of this week’s rankings.

1. Alabama (9-0, 6-0 SEC) Alabama was tied with LSU in the third quarter, but the Tide turned it on when they needed and ran over the Tigers. As the biggest and most physical team in the country, Alabama is built to wear down opponents and pull away late like it did Saturday night.

With one more hurdle cleared, the Tide now have just Auburn and the SEC East champion standing between them and a shot at a third straight BCS National Championship. If they keep playing like they have been, there’s no reason to think that won’t happen.

Last Week: 1 2. Auburn (9-1, 5-1 SEC) With quarterback Nick Marshall and running back Tre Mason leading the way, Gus Malzahn’s offense ranks third in the country with 320 rushing yards per game. Marshall threw just seven passes in Auburn’s 55-23 steamrolling of Tennessee.

The Plainsmen get Georgia and Alabama at home to close out the regular season. If they win both, they will be the most unlikely SEC Championship Game participant in quite some time.

Last Week: 2 3. Missouri (9-1, 5-1 SEC) Missouri still controls its own destiny after consecutive blowouts of Tennessee and Kentucky. But the road gets tougher from here as the Tigers will

have to beat Ole Miss and Texas A&M to win the SEC East.

Winning both will be a tall task for the Tigers, but it seems more possible since freshman quarterback Maty Mauk has thrown eight touchdowns and no picks in the last two games.

Last Week: 4 4. Texas A&M (8-2, 4-2 SEC) Johnny Manziel threw three interceptions and got beaten up by the Mississippi State defense, but still tossed five touchdowns in a wild victory.

Potentially playing his final home game in College Station, Johnny Football was serenaded with chants of “one more year” from the A&M faithful after the game.

That’s unlikely, but they will get to watch college football’s best player make a run at a second consecutive Heisman.

Last Week: 3 5. South Carolina (7-2, 5-2 SEC) The Gamecocks have the easiest road to finishing the season with two conference losses, but they need a lot of help to get to Atlanta.

Steve Spurrier and company will have no trouble beating Florida, but they need both Missouri and Georgia to lose again to win the SEC East.

Last Week: 5 6. Ole Miss (6-3, 3-3 SEC) Upsetting LSU last month turned the season around for Ole Miss, which is now on a threegame winning streak.

After what should be an easy game against Troy on Nov. 16, Ole Miss will welcome Missouri into Oxford. Another upset against a top10 group of Tigers will likely mean a nine-win season for Ole Miss.

Last Week: 8 7. Georgia (6-3, 4-2 SEC) After losing two straight conference games, Georgia has righted the ship with back-toback wins and is getting healthier

by the week. A healthy Todd Gurley gives the Bulldogs a puncher’s chance of going into Auburn and winning on Saturday.

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primed to win at least eight games for the second straight season. That’s a major accomplishment at Vanderbilt.

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8. LSU (7-3, 3-3 SEC) Let this sink in for a minute: LSU is fifth in the SEC West.

The Tigers had chances to make the Alabama game closer, but they never had a chance to knock off the Tide. Plus LSU’s supposed quality win against Florida can no longer be used to prop the Tigers up in the rankings since the Gators have utterly fallen apart.

Les Miles’ teams have a history of mailing it in after their third loss.

If that happens again, Johnny Football is going to put up 60 points in Tiger Stadium in two weeks.

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10. Florida (4-5, 3-4 SEC) The nightmare continues as the loss to Vanderbilt means the Gators will almost certainly not go to a bowl game for the first time since 1990.

And with South Carolina and Florida State left on the schedule, it’s only going to get uglier for Florida.

It could even get bad enough to put Will Muschamp’s job in jeopardy.

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9. Vanderbilt (5-4, 2-4 SEC) The Commodores defeated Florida 34-17 for their first win in Gainesville since 1945.

James Franklin guided his team through a rough start, and with three cupcakes left on the schedule, he’s

11. Mississippi State (4-5, 1-4 SEC) Quarterback Dak Prescott showed tremendous heart in keeping the Bulldogs close with Texas A&M in the week following his mother’s death from cancer. The sophomore courageously threw two scores and ran for 154 yards in the 10-point loss.

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12. Tennessee (4-6, 1-5 SEC) Tennessee got beaten down at home by a team that only threw seven passes. That is the definition of getting physically dominated in tackle football.

Last Week: 11 13. Arkansas (3-7, 0-6 SEC) A 10-point loss to an unranked team being treated as a moral victory shows this Arkansas team would be the worst team in the SEC most seasons.

However, there’s still Kentucky.

Last Week: 13 14. Kentucky (2-7, 0-5 SEC) What was that about a football game? Julius Randle for President!

Last Week: 14 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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LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) and UMass junior center Cady Lalanne (25) vie for a loose ball in the first half of the Tigers’ 92-90 loss to the Minutemen in Amherst, Mass., on Tuesday.

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dishing out 10 assists on 16 buckets. O’Bryant led the way with 13 points and six rebounds, and the Tigers shot 41 percent from the floor to trail 49-45 at halftime.

The Minutemen raced out

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improvement in recent weeks has been on the defensive side of the ball, as LSU has climbed the conference ranks in digs.

“This weekend we stepped up our defense,” Boyle said. “That’s something we used to take pride in was our defense and I think that’s stepped up so our offense can now too.”

According to Boyle, the

on an 11-2 run after the break, stretching their lead to 60-47.

LSU pulled back to within five points but suffered a setback when O’Bryant picked up his fourth foul and headed to the bench with more than 13 minutes to play.

Massachusetts reclaimed a

improvement on defense stems from players going after more balls they thought they could never reach.

In the past two matches, the Tigers have accounted for 151 digs, pushing them to No. 4 in the conference.

Sophomore defensive specialist Haley Smith leads the team in the statistic with 339 on the season — good enough for No. 10 in the SEC with 3.77 digs per set.

10-point lead before a barrage of 3-pointers from guards Andre Stringer and Anthony Hickey brought the Tigers within one point of tying the game at 73-72.

Jones’ smaller lineup fueled the bulk of the Tigers’ 25-13 run, and Hickey finished with 16 points and seven assists.

LSU continued to trade buckets with the Minutemen, and O’Bryant, who recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds, reentered the game with less than six minutes remaining. But the offense sputtered as the Tigers missed eight straight jump shots to find themselves down 88-80 with about a minute and a half left in the contest, Jones turned to his press to provide a spark, and LSU responded by forcing three straight turnovers to cut the deficit to three. Though Hickey hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds, Massachusetts sealed the win with four free throws from senior forward Sampson Carter.

The Tigers finished with 29 personal fouls and a 15-of-25 mark from the free throw stripe.

The Minutemen shot 46 percent from beyond the arc, and senior guard Chaz Williams dropped 24 points and nine assists.

Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com “This team is really comfortable being uncomfortable,” Smith said. “We’ve talked about that throughout this season and we knew that we needed that this year because we weren’t as experienced as other teams that are at the top right now.”

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

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LSU sophomore guard Danielle Ballard (32) dives for the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 80-64 victory against St. Joseph’s University in the PMAC.

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Harden said after all the traveling, she has found a home with her new team.

“I love it here. I love the coaches, and they really make me feel at home,” Harden said. “I feel like we are a family, and I love that family atmosphere.”

The new guards continue with the addition of freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief. Moncrief was highly touted in high school and is the highest guard signee for LSU since signing Allison Hightower in 2006.

Moncrief displayed her toughness in Sunday’s win when she came back from a hyperextended knee injury in the first half. Caldwell confirmed Moncrief will start in Thursday’s game against Louisville, and said her resiliency is one of her most remarkable attributes.

“We were all holding our breath there when she went down,” Caldwell said. “But she is such a tough player, and she has got this competitive spirit about her and nothing is going to hold her back.”

The Lady Tigers take on Louisville at 6 p.m. Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Ballard said the holes left

by Webb and Lutley are real, but it is time for her and others to step up, especially in games like these.

“It is very hard to replace them, because I never really stepped up to be a leader,” Ballard said. “But since they gone, I have to really step up to be a leader. It is important to control the team and get back to where we were.”

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com

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GOP needs to run smarter, more focused campaigns BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist We may like to think that we bleed nothing but purple and gold in Louisiana, but politically speaking, we pump out the deepest crimson.

Don’t tell ’Bama.

In fact, the entire Deep South has been Republican since Nixon’s second run for office, hiccups under Carter and Clinton notwithstanding.

I guess there’s just something about a heavy drawl we can’t resist.

In recent elections outside the solid South, however, it has been an uphill struggle for Republicans to maintain footing, especially for social conservatives.

Faced with accusations of promoting a farcical war on women, losing the marriage debate and a general pushback against traditional values, it is tough finding your home on the religious right north of the MasonDixon Line. Not all states are like Louisiana, which keeps getting redder every four years.

This has been best demonstrated

recently by the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey.

In Virginia, Tea Party candidate Ken Cuccinelli was defeated by Terry McAuliffe, who by all measures was not your standard progressive Democrat. Instead of hounding social issues like his opponent, McAuliffe instead took a more moderate approach, embracing the “It’s the economy, stupid!” platform, and purchased his victory by securing Virginia’s urban centers.

Cuccinelli, however, went out of his way to alienate women and every other minority in what has been for many years a blue state, along with hammering Obamacare amidst the government shutdown. In a state with a shrinking white vote and a huge number of federal employees, it’s almost as if he didn’t want to win.

In New Jersey, firebrand Gov. Chris Christie won an overwhelming landslide victory over his opponent.

That’s not something to shake a stick at, considering New Jersey is the bluest of the blue with a Democratcontrolled state legislature.

In fact, Christie, a pro-life, probusiness politician, was able to carry 57 percent of the female vote against a pro-choice woman, along with 51

percent of Hispanics, 21 percent of African-Americans and 46 percent of union households.

I’ll let that sink in for a moment.

This should send a strong message to conservatives and the Tea Party — that if you allow the left and mainstream media to paint you as a zealous prude dead-set against gay marriage and birth control, you will probably lose anywhere that is not solidly red.

With this in mind, one can only conclude that there is absolutely no excuse for Republicans to lose anywhere, ever. The trick is running the right candidate for each state. A moderate in Baton Rouge is as much a fish out of water as a conservative is in Richmond or Trenton.

For example, Louisiana is a bastion of the religious right, with Baton Rouge as the home of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, whose following rivals that of Billy Graham. It should then be no surprise that Bobby Jindal, a Tea Party favorite, easily won two terms as governor.

A frequent budget slasher and a pro-life hardliner against unions, increased taxes and Obamacare, Jindal represents the majority of Republicans in the state, who

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks into his office Nov. 7 as he returns to work at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.

incidentally make up the majority of the population here.

You have to know your customer.

Republicans need to worry less about appeasing the Tea Party and Grover Norquist in blue states than in red ones. The goal there should be to get elected and win hearts and minds with their policies, not their rhetoric.

Put simply, do not run any more Tea Party candidates in states where

the word “Santorum” is used with any frequency. Seriously, it’s gross.

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

Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee

Graham’s religious words valid in today’s society THE UNRIDDLER Christine Guttery Columnist Recently one of my professors asked the class to think about what “doing the right thing” means. Ironically, my statement that there is an objective right and wrong was considered incorrect.

In classes at LSU, many professors teach that everything, including right and wrong, is subjective and relative.

This way of thinking excuses evil and takes the blame off of mankind for any wrongdoing.

But it leads to even greater evil and fails to quench the pain in the human heart.

Throughout his ministry of 60 years, Rev. Billy Graham has declared the problems of our world are rooted in the evil of human nature and the solution is not in money or a political leader, but in a change of heart through Jesus Christ. I agree with Graham.

We have all experienced the effects, whether directly or indirectly, of violence, oppression and abuse.

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Evangelist Billy Graham is interviewed Dec. 20, 2010, at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

Despite advances in technology and increased availability of entertainment, feelings of fear, loneliness and hopelessness prevail.

Graham attributes violence, oppression, fear, loneliness and abuse to sin, which is associated with separation from God. “Sin is a disease in the human heart that affects the mind and the will and the emotions,” he said. “Every part of our being is affected by

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this disease.”

According to Graham, our country is in need of a spiritual awakening, and it hurts him to see how far people have wandered from God. But Graham never fails to fervently deliver a message of hope, rooted in the Bible.

“I look out across an audience when I stand up to preach,” Graham said, “and I think of all the people with their different backgrounds …

and I know that they are all objects of God’s mighty love to the point that he gave his son, his only son, to die upon the cross ...”

Even at 95 years old, Graham takes every opportunity to point people to the good news of Christ. He has preached all over the world and impacted millions of people, including former U.S. presidents. Full of charisma and passion, he has ranked in the 10 Most Influential Men in the World 56 times — more than anyone else in the world.

At his birthday celebration last week, his message was in the form of a film, “The Cross,” which aired on several networks and became available online.

Graham said he wants to tell people about the meaning of the cross — that Christ died a horrific death to atone for sin — not simply a cross that hangs around someone’s neck.

When asked about his hope for the world in an interview on Fox News in 2011, Graham confidently proclaimed his hope in eternity with Christ, and he spoke of the great joy and hope he has seen in people on their deathbeds who believed in Christ and the peace surrounding their families.

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I have experienced such hope.

A family member of mine recently died unexpectedly at a young age.

Though the pain still exists, I have watched my family exhibit a supernatural strength and peace amid tragedy, confident that because she had a relationship with Christ, she is in heaven and we will one day see her again.

“I know where I’ve come from, I know why I’m here, and I know where I’m going,” Graham once said.

Every day people spend their lives for what they believe in. How terrible it would be to reach the end of life and find out you were wrong?

Today at 95 and in poor health, Billy Graham is close to his end of this life, but still as confident and unwavering in his faith as ever.

His life dedicated to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ was not spent in vain.

Christine Guttery is a 20-year-old English junior from Baton Rouge.

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Quote of the Day “Depression is the inability to construct a future.”

Rollo May psychologist April 21, 1909 — Oct. 22, 1994

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Battle negative worldviews and break monotony Shut up, meg Megan Dunbar Opinion Editor There’s a chill in the air recently. Sorority girls have begun pairing their oversized shirts with leggings instead of running shorts and the rest of us have pulled out normal pants and stockings.

Our moods have evolved with the weather.

Students seem to be in a funk, maybe brought on by lessthan-stellar play by our Tigers, impending winter graduations or ever-rising tuition.

A recent Gallup poll extends this trend in pessimism to all Americans, and it’s not just the fault of lowering temperatures.

The poll revealed an entire third of Americans are pessimistic about their futures — an alltime high since 1976.

I think it’s safe to say at least an equivalent third of students don’t see much ahead of them right now. Maybe GPAs have fallen, they’ve begun paying attention to the actions of our

Board of Regents or someone at home is sick, but no matter the cause, some of us don’t feel like getting out of bed in the morning.

If there’s nothing better waiting in our futures, why care? The sun will continue to set earlier and earlier, grades will bombard us until the end of our college careers and we’ll just keep on aging.

As with all data, though, we are the ones with the power to change the numbers.

The nationwide statistics shift from year to year. Whether it’s half a percentage point better or worse, factor in potential muck-ups and you’ve got a murky look at a population’s makeup.

We dictate that view, and we’re not bound to it.

Gallup began asking Americans about their relative hopefulness in 1964, when three quarters of U.S. citizens felt satisfied with their potential, and the all-time high came in 1990 when a full 80 percent rated themselves excited about their futures.

This seems like as good a reason as any to bask in the ’90s-kid trope.

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Lisa Frank and Tamagotchi aside, if you’re sad now, maybe something will change soon.

Hope will come in the form of your roommate taking out the trash without being prompted or a good conversation with a professor.

The small things will begin to add up, and the larger ones will become a part of the way you

see your life. Maybe the desire for a higher GPA will prompt a deeper understanding of the most struggled-with subject.

We haven’t lost all control of our situations, as much as it may seem.

Symbolism means we assign our own meanings to different parts of life, and going into a situation you’ve chosen to define

as negative — while it doesn’t determine the entire outcome — doesn’t help.

If numbers say more Americans are likely to not look forward to their futures that doesn’t mean you have only a 66 percent chance of being happy. It means there is a trend toward the negative.

You don’t have to be a part of that trend. We are all individuals with free will, not governed by predetermined ratios and quotas.

Even though the prevailing mood around campus is one of defeat, you don’t have to fall to the sadness.

Make a choice to focus on the more positive aspects of life.

That won’t solve every problem, but it could brighten up some corners of life.

Megan Dunbar is a 20-year-old English senior from Greenville, S.C.

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Secession in Colorado raises question if South is next Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist It looks like we will finally add a star to our flag to make room for the 51st state. No, not Puerto Rico — north Colorado. Recently, five rural counties of northeast Colorado voted in favor of secession from the rest of the state, and if they are allowed to secede, they will set a dangerous precedent for political stability in our nation.

But in the end, the secession is futile because they need the approval of Congress, which at the moment can’t even keep its own House united.

The last time counties of an existing state successfully seceded was West Virginia in 1863, and that was during the Civil War. The background of the northern Colorado secession movement is tied directly to the wider politics of the Obama versus Tea Party era.

In the past few years, Colorado has taken a sharp turn to the left — the state voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. The state government, currently dominated by Democrats, passed historic gun control laws, civil unions, legalized marijuana and set major renewable energy standards.

With all of the progressive legislation being passed, not everyone is satisfied with the direction

the state is going. The same could be said for the people of Orleans, Saint John and our own East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana.

One major grievance the rural Coloradoan counties have is with the new alternative energy standards which declare that cooperative electric associations have to get 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. These new standards will cause many small farmers to go under and be taken over by large corporations that can afford to meet these new standards.

In response to the secession movement, Republicans in Colorado plan to propose a new type of redistricting next year that would draw the lines based on land mass instead of population for state Senate seats, which would give the rural communities a bigger voice in the state.

Looking at this political battle, one may wonder what Louisiana would look like with seceding parishes.

Currently, the city of Baton Rouge is facing a quasi-secession movement. The unincorporated area of south Baton Rouge might soon become its own city called St. George. The new city is conservative, white and affluent, while the city of Baton Rouge is more liberal, black and poor. The people behind the attempt for St. George to become a city claim economic and educational benefits for the 100,000 or so who live there.

Last year, there was an attempt

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Recently, five rural counties of northeast Colorado voted in favor of secession from the rest of the state.

at a breakaway school district, but was shut down. This time, instead of trying again, they are trying to break away the whole city.

The only parishes that stick out from the rest of this red state are Orleans and Saint John parishes, northeast Louisiana and northern East Baton Rouge Parish because these parishes are liberal. They are not satisfied with what Jindal and the State legislature have done to the state, from charter schools, to government layoffs, to billions in cuts to health care and education, to rejecting the Medicaid expansion. These liberal parishes

are neglected by the Republicancontrolled state government.

Secession must not be a means for political maneuvering. The goal of getting the attention of the state government has been met. If counties are allowed to secede based on political concentration, then eventually all liberal and conservative counties in the country will seek secession as well. Each new state will be isolated from each other, which will lay the foundation for a more serious conflict in the future.

We should be proud of our diversity — not just of race and religion, but of political ideas. If

our tolerance of each other’s political beliefs sink to the point of secession, then the next step may be war.

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

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

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Call 225-278-6622, 225-278-6621. ________________________

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support for Vietnamese students at the University, but this year, members plan to reach out to the whole student body.

“As an organization we want to expose our members to the general student body and show we are here and we are important,” she said.

With about 80 members, Nguyen said the VSA is alive and continues to grow. Each semester she hopes to help the group take another step forward and be noticed.

“We hope that this is just the beginning,” Nguyen said. “In coming semesters we will continue to share our culture and show people we are part of what makes LSU special.”

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Thanh-Thanh Pham, VSA external vice president and mass communication sophomore, performs Tuesday during the VSALSU Spotlight II Performance in the Student Union.

Contact William Morris at wmorris@lsureveille.com

One bedroom available at U Club Cottages. Email sbarbe5@ lsu.edu. ________________________

ICEHOUSE is hiring experienced Bartenders, Servers, and Kitchen staff. 14111 Airline Hwy, call Carroll 225-933-1601 ________________________ NANNY NEEDED for 3 children ages 14, 9 and 6 for some after school watching, occasional weekend and rarely overnight when parents are working out of town. Must be reliable, caring, dependable, patient and kind.

Call Michelle 225-202-7983. ________________________ Small Childcare Center near LSU hiring afternoon teacher for spring semester. M-F 2:30-5:30 email resume to cdshighland@gmail.com ________________________ Part time Counter clerk needed Welsh’s Cleaners 4469 Perkins rd. @ College dr. Great for students flexible hours 15-20 hours/week. Apply in person ________________________ University of Georgia-Tifton Campus Research Professional IV (Statistician) Responsible for providing statistical expertise, data analysis and interpretation, and advice to faculty, staff, and students on experimental design, statistical data analyses, interpretation, project management, and results summarization. For job details and to apply, go to http://www. ugajobsearch.com/applicants/ Central?quickFind=62930 For full consideration, application and resume must be received by 11/29/2013.

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Looking for someone who enjoys going to pizzerias like Mellow!

In need of a trivia partner on Wednesdays. Also I’ll need a ride, preferably trucks because they make me feel safe and warm.

Please call ASAP so we can start practicing some questions. 504231-7270 ________________________ I need more friends to talk about SNK with. Among other things, like cats and music, etc. :D Emmvee93@gmail.com

serving northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas and parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

Although many identify LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans as the System’s primary medical school, the center in Shreveport is more expansive than one might think. In 2012, 469 medical students, 327 allied health students and 75 graduate students were enrolled at LSUHSC-Shreveport, along with 508 full-time faculty and 97 part-time faculty.

LSUHSC-Shreveport previously received its funding from the state’s public hospitals, but those appropriations will be replaced with funding from BRF. Sanjay Juneja, resident physician at LSUHSC-Shreveport, said last semester — when he was a fourth-year medical student — students were concerned the privatization would affect the medical school.

“If the hospitals aren’t in the system anymore, it will put a huge dent in our plans,” Juneja said.

“We offer a lot to LSU and want to be a strong part of the System in the future.”

In the 2014-15 Preliminary Budget Request, LSUHSC-Shreveport requested about $35 million in state appropriations, bringing its budget to around $100 million.

The new BRF partnership will also include the Shreveport Medical Center and EA Conaway Medical Center in Monroe.

SC and H Capital, an advisory and investment banking firm focused on acquisition, worked with LSUHSC-Shreveport as the financial adviser for the privatization.

The Biomedical Research Foundation will run the former LSU hospitals in Monroe and Shreveport through the Biomedical Research Foundation Hospital Holdings, which consists of a total of more than 3,500 employees.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

WISDOM TOOTH PAIN? Extended weekday and weekend hours available for extractions.

(225)766-6100 www.gardnerwadedds.com.

FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Isn’t LSU a smoke-free campus?!

I’m so tired of walking behind people who are smoking and having to breathe in that nasty smell when I should be filling my pink, healthy lungs with fabulous fall air. Smokers, you suck.

THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Afternoon social 4 Wine __; bottle holders 9 Titanic’s bane 13 Sups 15 Alleviate; calm 16 __-present; always around 17 Let fall 18 Kingdom 19 Relinquish 20 Silken creation in a attic corner 22 Opie’s pa 23 Young horse 24 Hooting bird 26 Very smart 29 Squid at the table 34 Green gems 35 TV’s Letterman 36 Sever 37 Skunk’s defense 38 Standup funnyman 39 Pack animal 40 “__ Van Winkle” 41 Lost color in the cheeks 42 Tribal pole 43 Has a __ try; suddenly considers doing 45 Break in a kid’s school day 46 Body of water 47 Labor 48 Not quite closed 51 Not truthful 56 Actress Gilbert 57 Narrow waterway 58 Rogers & Clark 60 Patella’s place 61 In flames 62 Pull hard 63 Barking marine mammal 64 Famous 65 Door opener DOWN 1 TV’s Koppel

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35

Corncobs Perched upon Seldom On the ball Talon Hardy cabbage Representing something deeper Soothe Like 2, 4 and 6 Late actor Foxx Western writer Zane __ Tangier Puts on Fistful of cash Borg of tennis AM/FM device Embrace as one’s own Carved gem Passionate Sharp, as a sudden pain Reigns Dating couples gossiped about Dummkopf

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38 Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for one 39 Spoof; parody 41 Edgar Allan __ 42 Gull’s cousin 44 Tel Aviv, __ 45 Cheered 47 In what place?

48 49 50 52 53 54 55 59

Inquires TV’s __ Pauley Region News, for short Narrow cut __ up; absorb Actress Daly “Lucy in the __ with Diamonds”

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