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Friday, December 6, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 69

Racing Stripes

Tiger Racing team aims to design efficient car despite lack of funding STORY JONATHAN OLIVIER Contributing Writer

Hidden in a warehouse on campus, securely tucked behind a cluster of plain white buildings, a group of mechanically inclined students toil away on a project they describe as “their life.”

Scraps of metal line tables and decorate the floor, along with spare tires, engine parts and countless nuts and bolts, which lay until grimy hands swipe them for assembly.

From freshmen to seniors, the Tiger Racing team devotes countless nights and weekends welding, designing, bolting and constructing a race car from the ground up to compete in the Formula Student Automotive Engineering Collegiate Design Series. The competition is

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held each year in May at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., and is the world’s largest collegiate engineering competition.

“It’s not easy, it gets intense,” said Matthew Richards, mechanical engineering senior and Tiger Racing president. “We sacrifice holidays and even weekends to work.”

But for the roughly 30 Tiger Racing members, part of the LSU Formula SAE Club, they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Team Tiger Racing finished 73 out of 120 teams at the competition last year, arguably its best showing since the team’s inception in the early ’90s. This year, RACE CAR, see page 11

CRIME

Brazil ‘no longer part of program’ Spencer Hutchinson Deputy Sports Editor

Freshman Jeryl Brazil is no longer a member of the LSU football team, Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette said Thursday, after the Baton Rouge Police Department isBRAZIL sued a warrant for the freshman’s arrest earlier Thursday afternoon.

Brazil, 19, is wanted for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, a felony offense, for his involvement in a burglary that occurred Nov. 23 at The Venue apartment complex on West Members of the LSU Formula Student Automotive Engineering Club tweak the Tiger Racing team car Wednesday in the LSU Mechanical Engineering Shop.

BRAZIL, see page 11

TRANSPORTATION

Fee increase needed to maintain current bus service Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer

Without a student fee increase, bus services will be reduced next fall, according to a survey sent out by Student Government on Wednesday.

The purpose of the survey is to evaluate what students are willing to pay for Tiger Trails bus system, but the survey stresses that with no increase in student fees, the amount of service will be reduced, Brendan Copley, SG director of transportation said.

The University’s transportation contract with First Transit expires in July 2014 providing the opportunity for Student Government and the Office of Parking and Transportation Services to reevaluate the system and make changes based on student’s needs.

“We wanted to go back to the students to get a feel for what the sense was of how much stu-

dents are willing to pay and what they wanted to see if it reflects last spring,” said Gary Graham, director of Parking and Transportation services.

The two-minute survey is a follow up to the bus evaluation conducted last spring and asks students to identify how much of a fee increase they would support in exchange for between one and four more buses.

“One of the cool things is that students don’t always get input like this,” Copley said.

The ridership of Tiger Trails has grown by 50 percent since 2009, but the fees have remained unchanged, Copley said.

Based on research from the past five years of the Tiger Trails BUSES, see page 11

Would you pay more for more buses? Vote online at lsureveille.com.

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One of the Tiger Trails buses waits for students Thursday night. The bus system could be improved for next fall, pending a student fee increase.

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INTERNATIONAL Soweto residents mourn, celebrate Mandela’s life, legacy after death JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As the news of Nelson Mandela’s death spread across South Africa, residents of Soweto gathered in the streets near the house where he once lived, singing and dancing to mourn his death and celebrate his colossal life.

The people of South Africa reacted Friday with deep sadness at the loss of a man considered by many to be the father of the nation, while mourners said it was also a time to celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid leader who emerged from prison to become South Africa’s first black president.

Al-Qaida-style attack in Yemen’s capital kills 52, deadliest since 2012 ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Militants stormed the Defense Ministry in the heart of Yemen’s capital Thursday, killing 52 people, including at least seven foreigners, in a suicide car bombing and assault by gunmen. The brazen, al-Qaida-style attack follows a rise in U.S. drone strikes in this key American ally in the Middle East.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Sanaa since May 2012. Such suicide bombings and complex attacks are the hallmarks of al-Qaida.

Nation & World

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South African President Nelson Mandela addresses the 49th United Nations General Assembly session Oct. 3, 1994, five months after being inaugurated.

Pope forms commission to advise on sex abuse in response to criticism VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday responded to complaints that he has largely ignored the clerical sex abuse scandal, agreeing to assemble a panel of experts to advise the Holy See on protecting children from pedophiles and helping abuse victims heal.

Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, announced the creation of the commission Thursday at the conclusion of a meeting between Francis and his eight cardinal advisers helping him govern the church and reform the Vatican bureaucracy.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

1 boy dead in Idaho elementary school bus crash, 4 children injured

Ban on deer-dog hunting in Kisatchie Forrest is upheld by district court

KUNA, Idaho (AP) — A school bus collided with a dump truck Thursday morning at a rural Idaho intersection, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring four other children.

Daniel Robert Cook died of blunt force trauma sustained in the 8 a.m. crash, which happened on a two-lane country road about 20 miles west of Boise, Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said.

The bus was carrying 12 children to Crimson Point Elementary School when the crash occurred in an area of small farms between Nampa and Kuna.

‘Cannibal sandwiches’ sicken more than a dozen Wisconsin residents

Prosecutors face tough choices in NYC derailment caused by drowsy driver

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — The U.S. District Court has upheld the U.S. Forest Service’s ban on hunting deer with dogs in the Kisatchie National Forest in a ruling on Nov. 27.

The ban had been challenged by the Louisiana Sportsmen Alliance, LLC. The Forest Service proposed it in 2009, but the ban was on hold for study and the legal action.

Safety concerns and disputes over land are two of the reasons Kisatchie National Forest — the only public land in Louisiana that allowed dog-deer hunting — sought to ban the sport in the Kisatchie.

NEW YORK (AP) — While the city’s Metro-North Railroad is already getting hit with multimilliondollar civil claims over a deadly commuter train derailment, prosecutors will face tough choices when deciding whether to bring criminal charges against the train’s engineer, who told investigators he nodded or fell into a daze at the controls.

Legal experts say drowsy driving isn’t necessarily a crime, and it can be tough to prosecute drivers who nod off unless there are extra factors at play.

GRETNA, La. (AP) — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has fired a deputy it says admitted to procuring the prescription painkiller hydrocodone for a family member.

Sheriff Newell Normand said Wednesday that 30-year-old Jon-Michael Adam Norris made the admission following a 45-day investigation, which began after supervisors complained Norris repeatedly turned in his reports late.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — “Cannibal sandwiches,” an appetizer featuring raw, lean ground beef served on cocktail bread, may be a Wisconsin tradition, but they are not safe, health officials said, noting that more than a dozen people became ill after consuming them last holiday season.

Health officials confirmed four cases tied to E. coli bacteria and 13 likely cases in people who ate the sandwiches at several gatherings late last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a report issued this week.

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Idaho State Police officers investigate a fatal collision Thursday between a school bus and a dump truck in Kuna, Idaho that killed one student and injured four others.

Deputy fired for procuring drugs for relative after investigation

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CONSTRUCTION

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POLICE

Stadium on track for fall 2014 Writer rides with football season completion LSUPD officer

Multiple shifts keep project on schedule Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer

The next time students gather to scream their lungs out in the student section, they will have more than 5,000 new fans screaming back at them from the newly completed South End Zone of Tiger Stadium.

Over the course of the semester, efficiency and fair weather kept the Tiger Stadium construction on schedule for its completion set for the opening of the fall 2014 football season, said Senior Athletic Director Eddie Nunez.

“We are excited with the progress,” Nunez said. “Everything is always dependent on weather, and anything can happen that is out of our hands.”

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille Even with this football sea- Construction workers continue to work on the south side of Tiger Stadium on Aug. son coming to an end, the con- 27 as part of the Tiger Stadium South Endzone Expansion Project. struction will continue at about construction project. closing in the building. the same pace, Nunez said.

“Our contractors have been “You will see it really com“They are working several shifts which has given use the op- ing to life over the next three to very diligent to make sure that at any openings into the main streets portunity to be where we are to- four months,” Nunez said.

In addition to there are enough personnel to day,” Nunez said. the approximately prohibit anyone from entering the He said the general construction site,” Nunez said. contractors were ‘Everything is always 1,500 Nunez said any opportunity effective in pre- dependent on weather, public seats that will be added by to enter the construction area is paring for game and anything can the South End pushed as far away from any of days on Fridays at expansion, the actual work being done as the site, and they happen that is out of Zone there will also be possible. were back at work our hands.’

The safety precautions taken 3,000 club seats on Sundays. by the contracting company is and 60 suites.

“After the For safety something he hopes to see implefirst couple of Eddie Nunez purposes, the mented in many other projects, games, it really senior athletic director portion of South Nunez said. became limited Stadium Drive how much work they had to stop to prepare for the that runs from South Campus Drive to West Stadium Road games,” Nunez said.

Nunez said at this stage of and in front of the Office Parkthe construction, workers are ing and Transportation Services Contact Gabrielle Braud at pouring a lot more concrete and will remain closed for the magbraud@lsureveille.com making significant progress with jority of the South End Zone

Zach Carline Contributing Writer

Gunfights, helicopters and high speed chases come to mind when thinking of policing, but the men and women of the LSU Police Department face a much more modest type of work.

A shift at LSUPD is 12 hours, so for a night shift, that means officers report in uniform for their shift briefing a little before 7 p.m.

The briefing is a time for the seven officers going on patrol to relay information from one shift to another. After the briefing, the officers grab their patrol bags with their paper work and other necessities for the night and head to their cars, LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said.

Another five officers on overtime are positioned at different areas on campus for added security, but paid for by the different entities such as Greek Life and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

The Daily Reveille rode along with Lalonde to understand what goes in to a night’s work at LSUPD. “The unit is essentially our mobile office,” Lalonde said, meaning they have to make sure they bring everything with them.

Twelve hours is longer than a typical working shift, but the officers must stay alert to keep the campus safe.

Lalonde said not many of the officers fit the donut-eating stereotype, but coffee can be an essential for some officers on the night shift.

The officers spend their twelve hours patrolling campus “looking

for anything out of the ordinary,” he said.

Some officers may creep the parking lots hoping to deter a burglar, others may take to the streets to keep pedestrians safe from speeders, and others may respond to a call to assist a couple of freshman who don’t know how to jump their car.

Lalonde emphasized the officers’ responsibility to serve the University community and keep students safe.

The University is a smaller area than what law enforcement typically serves, which changes the game a bit. Instead of spending most of their time responding to calls, officers have to be more proactive, Lalonde said.

Lalonde said many people may not realize what officers do on a regular basis, because it isn’t all car chases and drug busts.

“The majority of our job is paperwork,” he said, with a DWI typically requiring an average of 90 to 120 minutes of paperwork after the arrest.

Although much of their job involves community policing, Lalonde acknowledged that a situation could change in seconds.

Even during something as routine as a traffic stop officers have to be on full alert.

The car could be stolen, or the driver could be a fugitive, so it is important to approach each situation with care, he said.

Contact Zach Carline at zcarline@lsureveille.com

DECEMBER

EVENT CALENDAR

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013 6:00 PM

Washboard Chaz Blues Trio - The Spotted Cat Music Club Celebration in the Oaks - City Park New Orleans

7:00 PM

New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City - New Orleans Arena Travis Howze - The Funny Bone Comedy Club The Pistol & The Queen - Checkpoint Charlies Playmakers Presents "Broadway Santa" - Reilly Theatre

8:00 PM

Deathtrap - Shadow Box Theatre Pavement - Contemporary Arts Center

9:00 PM

Glen David Andrews - The Three Muses First Friday - Famous Theatre Vagabond Swing - Mud and Water Travis Howze - The Funny Bone Comedy Club

9:30 PM

The Boogie Men - Rock 'N' Bowl Hug Life - Adult Improv Show - La Nuit Comedy Theater

10:30 PM

Stand Up Showcase - La Nuit Comedy Theater The Chee-Weez - Columbia Street Rock N Blues Cafe

11:45 PM

Accessible Comedy - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant

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

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POVERTY

Friday, December 6, 2013

Programs target health in rural, urban Louisiana Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

The residents of Louisiana and Mississippi have the worst health in the United States, according to the United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings.

The states tied for 49th place in health indicators in 2012.

They also rank at the top — Mississippi first and Louisiana second — of Poverty USA’s national list for poverty.

Two programs in Louisiana are targeting poor health profiles: Healthy Communities in West Carroll Parish and HealthyBR in East Baton Rouge Parish. Those parishes, located in nearly opposite ends of the state, may seem completely different. West Carroll Parish is rural, for instance, while East Baton Rouge Parish is urban.

Both parishes, however, exceed the national overall poverty rate of 14 percent. Both have adult obesity rates of 32 percent and a comparable prevalence of diabetes — 11 percent of East Baton Rouge residents and 13 percent in West Carroll.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative is taking a three-part approach to become healthier: HealthyBR, MedBR and the Healthy Innovation Center for Research. Several initiatives fall under HealthyBR, including Fresh Beginnings, a three-year project that strives to increase healthy food access and promote health and fitness education.

Fresh Beginnings grant coordinator Lyndsi Lambert said the project faces a complex combination of problems. Many Baton Rouge citizens are obese, have heart disease and diabetes, and are uninsured. In North and Old South Baton Rouge, where obesity and disease rates are highest in the parish, a number of

residents rely on public transportation and have limited access to healthy foods because there are few nearby grocery stores that stock fresh produce.

On top of that, there is a lack of positive health messages in Baton Rouge, Lambert said, citing an abundance of billboards advertising junk and fast foods in North Baton Rouge. Because there are no policies in Louisiana restricting such ads, one of Fresh Beginnings’ goals is to advocate better health choices to children, she said. Obesity and diabetes can be prevented in children, whereas adults facing those conditions must restructure their lifestyle, Lambert said.

In Louisiana, where eating is part of culture — “we like seafood on seafood,” Lambert noted — and poor diets are found statewide across all socioeconomic strata, people’s food traditions present additional hurdles. A related problem, she said, is that America is a “convenience culture” in which people often eat out.

“If we just start cooking more at home, we can lose weight,” Lambert said. “Not that losing weight is the goal, but being healthier so we [don’t] have to rely on insulin for the rest of our lives.”

Lambert said this is not a “missionary-style situation” and that people in these areas already want to make changes to improve their health. But that is hard to do, she said, if all the dinner options at the corner store “come out of a box.”

East Baton Rouge Parish has seven “food deserts” — low-income pockets more than a mile away from the nearest grocery store. This challenge is being tackled by the Food Access Policy Commission, which launched in February as part of Fresh Beginnings.

About 23 percent of the

parish is food desert, according to Stephanie Broyles, commission member and assistant professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The commission is studying the best ways to develop a business structure that can support more food options in areas of low access.

Broyles said while access to healthy foods does not automatically mean eating healthy, people cannot be expected to make healthy choices without access.

“Once that barrier is removed, then they bear a much larger responsibility for their health and how they respond to messages about the importance of making healthy decisions,” she said.

Broyles said most of the research on food deserts has been done in urban areas, and little is known about the problem in rural areas.

In West Carroll Parish, the Healthy Communities program is plowing that uncharted territory.

Located in Louisiana’s northeastern corner, West Carroll Parish ranks 33rd out of Louisiana’s 64 parishes for health. Just three years ago, however, it ranked ninth.

That decline is one reason West Carroll Parish was selected as the pilot location for Healthy Communities, an initiative that officially launched in October to improve health in rural Louisiana. It is a joint effort of Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the agricultural centers at LSU and Southern University.

Gina Eubanks, Southern University Ag Center vice chancellor for extension and LSU AgCenter associate vice chancellor, said Healthy Communities’ goal is to enhance residents’ health from every angle — eating habits, exercise, healthcare, recreational facilities and food access.

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agents in the parish will focus on demonstrating the importance of being healthy. One objective is making people more aware of health services in the parish. Because rural areas generally have fewer or more limited health services than cities, it is important to get people’s feedback and ensure they suit their needs, Eubanks said.

Educating and engaging residents is also crucial. “Health is very personal,” Eubanks said, meaning people need to both understand how making better lifestyle choices will benefit them and be equipped with practical knowledge.

Healthy Communities may be a “three to six year ordeal where it’s truly going to take chipping away ... to see what makes a difference,” said LSU AgCenter extension agent and Healthy Communities coordinator Monica Stewart. Eating healthy is not an option for many residents, a quarter of whom live in poverty.

With only one gym and one park in the entire parish, there just is not much to do, so many residents lead a sedentary lifestyle, Stewart said.

The parish’s poverty, slowpaced way of life and eating-centered traditions, such as dinner on the grounds at church, form a lifestyle that harbors poor health but that residents are nevertheless reluctant to part with.

The problem is compounded by a lack of new people and ideas.

Stewart said most residents have either never left the parish, or they leave and never come back.

“Your reality of what your surroundings are and what you were taught — eating habits, values, character traits, all that — it’s just what you know,” Stewart said. “Unless you have opportunities or have the ability to get beyond that, that’s just how you think.”

However, residents recognize

they are unhealthy, according to Stewart. She said diabetes and heart attacks have become so commonplace that just about everyone knows someone suffering from bad health.

While the dynamics are not the same in other places, health problems like those in West Carroll Parish are everywhere, and people’s stories can motivate universally.

Stewart believes hearing about someone who was obese and died of a heart attack at age 45 reminds people that it can happen to anyone, anywhere.

Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com

NEWS

ONLINE Learn how the library is ramping up security for finals week.

Get info on a new holiday-themed art exhibit at the LSU art museum.

Read about how more people are going to the food pantry in the Union.

Check out 10 interesting facts on poinsettias.

Learn how the University will help host Dredge Fest Louisiana.

Sports

Friday, December 6, 2013

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WE’RE GOING BOWLING

The only question that remains is where will the Tigers end up?

‘WHAT THEY’RE SAYING’ MIKE GEGENHEIMER Sports Writer

‘WHAT WE’RE SAYING’ JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING Senior Vice President of External Affairs for the Cotton Bowl Michael Konradi said as of Thursday afternoon, no deal between the Cotton and Outback Bowls about swapping teams has been made but didn’t rule out the possibility of a deal being struck following the completion of championship week.

DATE: Jan. 3, 2014 WHAT WE’RE SAYING LOCATION: Arlington, Texas Cotton Bowl is the most realistic landing spot for AFFILIATIONS: Big 12 vs SEC The LSU because of its place in the pecking order and LSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 3-1-1 Tiger fans’ propensity to fill up Jerry World.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

LSU freshman quarterback Anthony Jennings (10) scrambles April 20 during the L-Club Annual Spring Game in Tiger Stadium. Jennings will likely take over for injured senior quarterback Zach Metteberger in the Tigers’ bowl game.

Outback Bowl Director of Communications and Sponsorships Mike Schulze said the Outback Bowl has not been in any “deal” talks with the Cotton Bowl about a possible swap of SEC west and east teams but confirmed LSU is still in consideration for the Outback Bowl.

DATE: Jan. 1, 2014 LOCATION: Tampa Bay, Fla. AFFILIATIONS: SEC vs Big 10 LSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 0-1

DATE: Dec. 31, 2013 LOCATION: Atlanta, Ga. AFFILIATIONS: ACC vs SEC LSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 5-1

WHAT WE’RE SAYING Considering how terrible the reviews were following last season’s trip to Atlanta, I doubt LSU is in any hurry to go back.

WHAT WE’RE SAYING

The Outback Bowl is the second most likely destination, trailing only the Cotton. The Cotton Bowl would need to select South Carolina for LSU to go, but since the Gamecocks have been regulars at the Outback in recent years, that’s not impossible.

DATE: Jan. 1, 2014 LOCATION: Orlando, Fla. AFFILIATIONS: Big 10 vs SEC LSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 1-2

WHAT WE’RE SAYING Even though LSU’s last appearance was unpleasant, it should be happy to accept a berth to the Capital One Bowl. However, it’s unlikely LSU will get selected.

DATE: Jan. 1, 2014 LOCATION: Jacksonville, Fla. AFFILIATIONS: Big 10 vs SEC LSU ALL-TIME RECORD: 1-0

WHAT WE’RE SAYING Based on LSU’s resume, this is the worst possible bowl.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Friday, December 6, 2013

VOLLEYBALL

Drill helps team’s Tigers take on No. 24 Wolverines Matchup kick starts individual defense NCAA tournament Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

LSU forward Theresa Plaisance steps onto the court, eyes pacing, focused on the player she is guarding. But she is all alone with her defender, with no chance to receive help from her teammates.

This is life in the pit, and there is no way out.

“The Pit” drill is one of the focal points to nearly every LSU women’s basketball practice, and is primarily used to improve the team’s defensive skills. The drill has paid off, as LSU’s last three opponents have averaged 25 turnovers per game.

“The pit drill is really no excuses allowed, one-on-one D ... it is just you, your man, and the ball,” Plaisance said. “You just have to dig deep and get three stops to get out.”

The drill consists of one player on defense and three members of the scout team on offense. The ball is rolled out to one of the players on offense, and the defender must get three stops to get out of “The Pit.” The stops must be clean, with no use of fouls or middle drives.

Plaisance said the drill has made the team better at their oneon-one defense and helped the team battle through fatigue in the final moments of games.

Head coach Nikki Caldwell brought the drill to the team after experiencing it as a player for legendary coach Pat Summitt at Tennessee from 1990-1994. During her career, the Lady Volunteers compiled a 118-13 record and won the 1991 National Championship.

Caldwell said the drill was an integral part to her development as a player. “[The drill] was one of the more important drills that I learned because one-on-one defense is so important,” Caldwell said.

“Holding yourself accountable for keeping someone from scoring is a mentality that we all must adopt.”

Caldwell said the drill also teaches the Lady Tigers how to properly rebound and box out their defenders. These skills were displayed in their win versus Indiana State on Tuesday, as the Sycamores failed to grab an offensive rebound in the first half.

As a player enters “The Pit,” teammates stand along the baseline, cheering on the player as she attempts to get a stop. Caldwell said the support each player receives develops good camaraderie with the team.

“Whoever is in the pit, they have full support from everyone else on the sideline,” Plaisance said. “When that player comes out, they’re getting high fives from everyone because we know how hard it is.”

The Lady Tigers became all too familiar with the drill after their 88-67 loss to Louisville on Nov. 14. Caldwell said the team played poorly on defending the dribble drive throughout the game, and thus the team saw the drill every practice the following week.

LSU has held opponents to less than 70 points in every game since the loss to the Cardinals.

Despite the difficulty of the drill, Caldwell said the Lady Tigers have appreciated the drill because of the character it has brought to the team.

“The most important thing is [the drill] has carried over a spirit for the team,” Caldwell said. “I like the fact that our team is along the sideline, cheering them on ...

They’re all about that team at that particular moment.”

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com

Dimitri Skoumpourdis Sports Contributor

The LSU volleyball team will take on No. 24 Michigan on tonight at the Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash., in its first-round matchup of the 2013 NCAA Championship Tournament.

The Tigers (18-12, 8-10 Southeastern Conference) are making their seventh appearance in the tournament in the last nine years but haven’t faced Michigan since a four-set loss in Ann Arbor, Mich. in 1998. LSU sports a 1-2 all-time record against the Wolverines.

Head coach Fran Flory said that her team has worked hard all season to give themselves the opportunity to compete in the NCAA Tournament and they are looking forward to the unpredictability that comes with the tournament.

“When you get to postseason it’s really the start of a new season,” Flory said. “I think this group is going to be driven to win once we get there.”

But simply getting to the tournament is not enough for this year’s squad.

Upon hearing the news of their qualification, the team immediately requested information on Michigan’s style of play to begin preparation, Flory said.

“We weren’t just celebrating the fact that we were in there,” she said. “We were embracing the fact that we’re playing Michigan in the

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LSU junior setter Malorie Pardo (14) sets the ball Nov. 1 during the Tiger’s 3-1 loss to the Florida Gators in the PMAC.

first round.”

This will be most of the athlete’s first taste of postseason action. Senior middle blocker Desiree Elliott and junior defensive specialist Laura Whalen are the only two Tigers who have played in the tournament before.

Junior setter Malorie Pardo said the team paid special attention to achieving this goal and put in extra work since last spring to make sure they would get there.

“It means a lot, this is my first year to go,” Pardo said. “I’m excited to see where this takes us.”

LSU is not planning to change

very much about their style despite facing its first non-SEC opponent since Sept. 21, she said.

“I think we’re at our peak,” Pardo said. “It’s been a roller coaster season, but I think that’s what makes us such a great team.

We’ve been through everything a team can imagine which is going to help us in the tournament.”

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LSU freshman guard Jasmine Rhodes (right) practices a new drill Wednesday at the Basketball Practice Facility.

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Studying abroad proves challenging, rewarding ’Dam, Girl Morgan Searles Columnist AMSTERDAM — I dove straight in to my study abroad experience without much thought or preparation. But with 109 days behind me, it’s becoming clear why this impulsive decision worked out for me but might not suit everyone.

The travel opportunities that come with being stationed in an accessible part of Europe is unquestionably my favorite part of studying abroad. I had saved enough money to shell out for train tickets, airfare, 10-bed hostel rooms and some decent local cuisine. However, the added travel expenses may not fit into everyone’s college budget.

I’ve done a fair bit of my traveling alone, meeting new friends along the way. This can be intimidating to young American students, but there’s no room for shyness or fear of the unknown if you want to get the most out of a good location.

However, I did not predict how much the “study” part of study abroad would get in the way of my freedom.

The classes I’m taking in Amsterdam are electives that aren’t required for my degree. And thank god. I still have to pass with satisfactory marks to receive my TOPS award, but the added pressure of

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Amsterdam hosts hundreds of exchange students from all over. The study abroad experience can lead to adventure and uncertainty.

doing well in classes abroad can seriously hamper the experience.

I’d recommend taking on a minimal course load while abroad.

This restriction could be a major argument for the case to take time off of school to travel. But unlike traditional tourists, my student status allows me to be registered in The Netherlands as a resident.

While tourists are limited in the number of days they are allowed to stay in certain countries, I’m able to remain in Europe for months as a student, moving in and out of

different countries without issue.

All of that movement can be exhausting, but college-aged travelers are better at handling the lack of consistency than older demographics. We are young, we are a little stupid and we don’t care if our transportation leaves at 3 a.m., as long as we get the least expensive seats. Traveling only gets more difficult with age, so the timing is perfect in college to study abroad.

But within these four years of college, when is the best year, or semester, to go abroad?

It has been difficult as a senior for me to leave my friends, ties, networks and jobs for five months.

It would be worse still to fly off as a freshman or sophomore, cutting into an important development, growth and niche-finding period of college life. It’s better to leave later in your college career, knowing there are good friends back home to celebrate your eventual return.

Conversely, studying abroad means making new friends who will lament the final days before

traffickers. These laws allow too many dehumanize sex workers.

If they aren’t looked on as having the same rights as the rest of society then those who prey on women find easy targets in sex workers.

This attitude needs to change we need to see sex workers as people with the same wants and needs and rights as the rest of society.

There is a more important consideration than legalization. Today sex workers and their customers are marginalized and viewed through a distorted lens. They are dehumanized and as a consequence it is too easy to take advantage of or abuse them. We need to recognize they are members of our society with the same wants and needs as everyone. Many if not most add to society in a positive manner, paying taxes, raising families adding to the economy etc.

Prostitution has been around forever and will be with us forever as well. We need to change our approach. Many escorts are in the

business voluntarily and are contributing members of society. They pay taxes raise children and contribute to the economy. Yet they are forced to live outside of society.

They live at risk of robbery assault rape (yes rape) and murder without recourse to protection under the law. This needs to change.

Legalizing will allow escorts the opportunity to contact police when they need to. Right now they can’t because no matter why they call they are subject to arrest. Believe me escorts who are in the business for themselves are as against trafficking as you are.

Legalization will allow escorts to be removed from the criminal element. Just like gambling, and alcohol and other so called vices, when legalized prostitution will be no longer a vehicle of the mob or pimps or gangs.

If you want to learn more about escorts watch the documentary “American Courtesans” This is a movie where sex workers, their

families and even customers have a chance at speaking unscripted about their lives. It is powerful and fascinating and has been shown in film festivals all over the world including the ECU festival in Paris and Women’s International festival in Miami and won awards for best editing and best documentary.

Kristen DiAngelo is also a voice for the rights of all sex workers and has launched The American Courtesans Project www.theac-project.com to bring light and humanity to the world of sex work.

She is giving lectures at Rutgers and San Francisco State later in the year.

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finishing school and leaving this new home. An exchange student’s network bulges with friends, neighbors, study buddies, professors and travel partners from around the world.

These people are invaluable for continued travel through college and after graduation. Someone you sat behind in class for a few weeks will likely offer a spare couch and local expertise for future adventures abroad, if you just put in a some effort to make a good impression and hang on to their contact information.

For me, the stars aligned and the fates decided my study abroad experience would be a good one, but it might just as easily be less successful for someone in a different situation. So while you’re consulting with counselors, filling out applications and browsing brochures, prepare yourself for a few challenging, hyperactive, unpredictable and rewarding months that will test your wallet, your independence and your expectations.

Morgan Searles is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge studying abroad in Amsterdam.

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Quote of the Day “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”

Nelson Mandela revolutionary July 18, 1918 — Dec. 05, 2013

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Revolutionary renaissance, time to be the change Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist This is a call for change, a call for a renaissance of revolutionary principles.

One glance at our current political, economic and social systems, and it’s hard not to gawk at how corrupt our system is.

We all should care about what is happening to our country because we all have to live with the consequences of not acting today.

From NSA surveillance violating your Fourth Amendment rights, to the IRS scandal, to the Justice Department subpoenaing journalists for their sources, to our numerous secret wars, to the wealth gap reaching the highest ever in our history, to Wall Street getting bailed out after wrecking the economy, to the government admitting to assassinating four Americans overseas, to the energy industry polluting indiscriminately and suing the victims and to the reality of a two tier justice system that serves the elite – we have too many major crises to sit on our ass and not do something.

Barack Obama is the worst president in my lifetime because he normalized George W. Bush’s controversial policies and made it acceptable for liberals. How a Nobel Peace Prize winning, liberal

democrat could make assassinations and drone warfare a common spear in foreign policy is beyond me.

Back in 2008, Obama was elected because after two wars and the greatest financial crisis of our time, the American people had enough and voted for change.

Fast forward five years, Obama has extended the wars to include drone and cyber warfare with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Libya and Iran.

On the other hand, instead of pushing for financial reforms that were badly needed, he allowed Wall Street to continue business as usual.

In the case of healthcare, his reform was to mandate health insurance instead of a public option.

Forcing people to buy subsidized health insurance is not socialized universal healthcare.

Another major crisis – highlighted by the Dow Jones recently hitting 16,000 points – is the expanding wealth and income gap.

Currently, the top 1 percent owns 40 percent of the wealth and controls 20 percent of the income. This crisis has gotten worse under Obama with 95 percent of all new income going to the top 1 percent since the financial crisis, according to research from the University of California, Berkeley.

Recently, Congress cut $40 billion from food stamps which 46 million people depend on in order to survive. Sadly, many on food stamps are Wal-Mart and fast food

restaurant employees who are cruelly underpaid.

On top of the health, economic and foreign policy crises, there is also a constitutional crisis.

Since 9/11 Bush, Obama and Congress have passed draconian laws that make civil liberties almost an obsolete concept except for the elite. The Patriot Acts, Military Commissions Act, FISA bill and NDAA 2012 act are all laws that, along with Gitmo and the NSA PRISM program, limit the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth amendments.

The most shocking revelation of Obama is the fact that he authorized the assassination of four Americans overseas. Bush was in the business of capturing and torturing people – now Obama just kills them.

Timothy McVeigh was allowed his rights after he committed what was the greatest terrorist attack in U.S. history in Oklahoma City.

Anwar al-Awlaki was an American citizen who was killed with an antitank missile with no due process for him.

We have to decide as a country that either we believe in civil rights for those we hate, or we don’t believe in them at all.

With all of these violations of civil liberties, wars, economic injustice and government corruption, it is time for revolution.

There was an attempt for revolution recently with Occupy Wall

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The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the NSA tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones everyday overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad.

Street, which encompassed many activist groups concerned about the rightward fascist direction the country has taken.

OWS was the closest thing to a renaissance of revolutionary values and, as expected, the police cracked down and stopped them from growing.

If we give a damn about anything beyond a football game or celebrity gossip, we should turn off the TV and sports and wake up to what is happening to our country.

Instead of just voting for “change” it is time to actually be the change you want to see in the world. We

all should seek out to be part of the greater movement of activists seeking peaceful revolution, because as John F. Kennedy once said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

Joshua Hajiakbarifini is 24-yearold political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.

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

Louisiana higher education shocking, appalling NEUTRAL GROUND Eli A. Haddow Columnist What if I told you that there were colleges in this state that have graduation rates below 5 percent?

Okay, so you probably wouldn’t be that surprised. But what if I also said that, of the roughly 14 four-year public universities, only one had a graduation rate above 50 percent?

You would probably be right in thinking that you attend that university. But LSU is an outlier from Louisiana’s universities in that it graduates 61 percent of students within six years. Louisiana Tech takes a close second place at 46 percent, according to a 2011 study by the non-profit Complete College America.

I mention all of this because the American Association of Colleges and Universities ranked this state first in — wait for it — cuts to higher education funding in the past year. Louisiana cut funding by a cool 17.6 percent, which is almost double the amount that second place winner West Virginia lopped off at 8.9 percent.

This is not to say that there is

a direct correlation between funding and success of the students in the education system. In fact, Governor Bobby Jindal’s office commented that Louisiana outspends 33 other states per capita. This almost makes sense, because we are the 25th most populous state in the union.

So, if we are counting spending per capita, shouldn’t Louisiana be spending more than only 25 states instead of 33? Well, therein lies the problem.

In addition to the four-year universities, the state helps fund more two year colleges than one can count. Most of these institutions go a long way to set their students up to fail.

Our lowest achievers on the two year scale are Delgado Community College and Baton Rouge Community College that total an egregious five percent graduation rate. But granted, these are community colleges.

At the four-year level, Southern University at New Orleans – SUNO – graduates a meager 8 percent of its students in four years while UNO, LSUS and LSUA all come in below 25 percent.

The moral of the story is that our above-average per capita investment is not exactly garnering the returns that the state

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Gail Sutherland, professor and director of religious studies, protests the LSU budget cuts Jan. 19, 2010, at the LSU Memorial Tower.

taxpayers should expect. And while our friends at other universities around the state will probably celebrate the news that we are first in something pertaining to education, at least we can rejoice in the fact that we – or at least 61 percent of us – know better.

So while we are spending more than we should on higher education, LSU still feels the pain when the state lops off another 17

percent of the education budget.

Lord knows what other campuses around the state are starting to look like.

At some point, the legislature and the governor need to become realistic in the number of institutions that we can continue to keep open. There is a lot of money to be saved by either closing or consolidating the smaller and least productive colleges around the state.

We don’t need more colleges to give opportunities to our students. We need effective institutions that are funded well enough to graduate more than 50 percent of their students.

Then, our tax dollars would go a lot further in funding universities that have a chance of giving their students a college education. Because currently the graduation rate for students seeking bachelor’s degrees is an abysmal 43.7 percent.

And before I run out of synonyms for bad, I should mention that the average full-time student takes 5.5 years to graduate a state university.

That’s bad.

But despite all of these dour statistics, at least we can take pride in the fact that from our flagship we can look down upon the veritable sea of mediocrity below us.

It almost explains how the University of Louisiana at Lafayette can screw up their three letter initials.

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

Contact Eli Haddow at ehaddow@lsureveille.com @Haddow_TDR

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Friday, December 6, 2013 the team is designing a new car with hope to make a top-35 finish. Members, however, have seen their fair share of obstacles potentially inhibiting that goal between team-induced budget cuts, a lost title sponsor and mechanical issues.

“Budget cuts are just another challenge,” Richards said. “It doesn’t end; another challenge will come. You have to learn how to overcome them.”

Learning to work through difficulties is something the students have come to accept, especially after the team lost one of its pivotal sponsors this year.

And although it has presented an unexpected challenge to the students, it’s something they have been able to work through.

Current sponsors include BASF, Dow, Royal Purple, Performance Contractors and Baker Hughes among several others.

Brainstorming and collaboration between team members refocused the car’s design and helped them recognize more expensive materials may not be able to be used. For instance, a light, carbon fiber suspension was planned for this year’s car, but the team opted

for steel to cut costs.

Students run every aspect surrounding the building process, as well as clinching sponsors, ordering parts and creating their own budget from funds they acquire. Assistant professor Ingmar Schoegl, formula SAE mandated faculty adviser assigned to Tiger Racing, assistant professor Ingmar Schoegl, lets the students make major decisions, which he said encourages more teamwork and forms a stronger learning process.

“I try not to get too much involved in the nuts and bolts because it’s really their job,” Schoegl said. “I usually try to stay in the background and I am there when they need something.”

This role helps the students learn more than just how to build a race car but also instills principles from economics and business. While racing the car — termed “dynamic events” — is a vital part of the competition, the team’s car is also judged on “static events,” which identify a cost report and business-logic plan.

“We want to focus as much as we can on the static events this year,” said Simon Shirazi, mechanical engineering senior and Tiger Racing co-captain. “[Last

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State Street.

Brazil allegedly entered an apartment at The Venue without authorization and stole $47 from the victim’s wallet while he was sleeping, according to the warrant.

Surveillance footage showed Brazil leaving another Venue apartment belonging to Anthony Hickey, a sophomore point guard on the LSU basketball team, and another unnamed male before the burglary, the warrant said.

Hickey cooperated with police investigation and helped police identify Brazil, according to the warrant. Neither Hickey nor the unnamed male were charged with a crime.

The warrant is Brazil’s third run in with the law this fall, and he is “no longer part of the program,” Bonnette said. LSU coach Les Miles announced Brazil’s indefinite suspension Oct. 24 after the running back was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons Oct. 18 for simple battery and simple criminal damage to property.

In the Oct. 18 incident, Brazil allegedly grabbed a female complainant by the neck, threw her on a sofa and punched a hole in her West Campus Apartment wall after a verbal argument. Bonnette said at no point since his suspension had Brazil been reinstated.

The Loranger native was served another misdemeanor in September when he and another man were cited for fighting in the parking lot of The 5 dining hall.

Brazil appeared in only one game for LSU, rushing for 10 yards on two carries in LSU’s 5617 win against UAB on Sept. 7.

Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Hutch_TDR

system and the results of the bus evaluation conducted last spring, it’s been estimated that a student fee increase of $13 is needed to maintain current levels of bus service.

Currently students pay $66.20 per semester to fund Tiger Trails.

The transportation survey administered to students last spring revealed that 86 percent of those surveyed supported a fee increase in order to improve bus service, and 45 percent of all respondents were in favor of a $35-$44 increase for more service, which would bring the transportation fee to

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year] we did not prepare for them enough.”

The business plan the team comes up with will be critiqued by competition judges who will assess if funds were used efficiently to machine car parts.

Marketing themselves and allocating money when needed can be just as important as designing the right part for the car, said Graham Lewis, mechanical engineering senior and Tiger Racing co-captain.

The team’s marketing efforts have increased this year to not only gain more sponsorship but get word out about the Formula SAE, which is gaining popularity in the state, according to Richards.

NOLA Motorsports — which operates a race track near New Orleans — has played a central role in developing the local racing scene, Richards said. Tiger Racing has developed a relationship with NOLA Motorsports as a sponsor and also as a partner to get more racing talent to Louisiana.

“The talent exists and there is no reason why LSU cannot be one of the top competitors in the competition,” Richards said. “There is a huge amount of

students that want to move into fields like this.”

The University College of Engineering has recently implemented an international automotive minor to welcome that interest. Students take two semester-long classes in Italy in an exchange program with Politecnico di Torino, a leading engineering and architecture institution, and classes applied to the minor at the University include an internal combustion course taught by Schoegl.

Tiger Racing seniors are taking advantage of their last year of involvement with Formula SAE, and the late nights redesigning parts and long days troubleshooting problems has given them a practical understanding of how the business-engineering world works.

“The experience gives you a leg up,” Richards said. “Some companies only hire Formula SAE students.”

Lewis said he experienced firsthand what being a part of Formula SAE can have on potential employers.

“I gave [a potential employer] my résumé and they asked what sort of challenges I had to overcome,” Lewis said. “I had a

nearly $100.

“Based on research of the last five years, we’ve estimated what it might cost to add one bus or add to three busses to some of the busier routes,” Copley said Copley said SG together with the Office of Parking and Transportation Services has looked into decreasing internal costs, but even those options are unable to affect student fees.

Next week Copley said SG should have a good picture of what students would like to do based on their responses to the survey.

The next step is to look at the data, see what students are willing to pay and propose it to the Student

Recommended Fee Committee, University sees an increase or deCopley said. crease in bus transportation by the “Student Government is going Fall 2014 semester. to try to make a decision on how to give the students the most bang for their buck,” Copley said.

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perfect example. I explained the car design and how it differed from last year and what I went through to improve it. They were impressed with the answer.”

Many of Tiger Racing’s members will be spending the Christmas holidays manufacturing parts and testing different aspects that eventually will make its way onto the car’s frame, and Richards said he hopes to have the chassis and suspension completed by the first of the year.

To learn more about team Tiger Racing, visit tigerracing.weebly.com.

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

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21 Michelin product 22 Sworn statements 23 Detroit team 25 Layer of turf 26 Panoramas 28 Assault 31 Expenses 32 Long stories 34 Punch 36 Too 37 Prisoner with no release date 38 Compassion 39 Allen or Gibson 40 Chairs & stools 41 Evening hour 42 Circulatory or respiratory 44 Word in a polite request 45 Faux __; social blunder 46 Warble 47 Of the Far East 50 __-back; easygoing 51 “__-a-dub-dub, three men...”

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9 Tavern drink 10 Fleet of ships 11 Tap the horn 12 Too hasty 13 __ and crafts 19 Alex Haley novel and TV miniseries 21 __ the line; obeys 24 5 __ 15 is 3 25 Celebrity 26 Con game 27 Nat King and Natalie 28 Grows gray 29 Gallant 30 Toys with tails 32 Thailand, once 33 Fore and __ 35 Actress Daly

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