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University, BREC, city seek funding to prevent LSU Lakes from disappearing

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

For Jason Buddendorff, the time he spends running around the LSU Lakes not only keeps him in shape but also takes him home.

The three-to-four day a week

routine is akin to home for the mass communication freshman, who called the lakes “peaceful.”

The murky waters bordering the edge of the University provides a recreational locale for the Baton LAKES, see page 8

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[Bottom illustration] The University lake is serene Tuesday afternoon as seen from Cresent at University Lake Condominiums on Stanford Avenue. [Top left, top right] Bikers ride around the LSU Lakes Tuesday.

WEATHER

ADMINISTRATION

University officials preparing new budget

Monetary damages from storms unclear

By Kyle Bove EMMETT BROWN / The Daily Reveille

With hurricanes Katrina and Gustav and the storm that shook the campus March 26, University officials can now consider themselves well-versed in the protocol for disasters.

The bout of inclement weather that ravaged the University and the surrounding areas Thursday left about a dozen buildings damaged, trees down throughout campus and scattered power outages. But

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Facility Services Director Paul Favaloro said monetary damages from the storm have not yet been determined.

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No matter which way it’s cut, the nearly $50 million budget reduction expected for next fiscal year will severely damage Louisiana’s flagship university, Chancellor Michael Martin emphasized Tuesday.

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its budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year in preparation for the House Appropriations Committee meeting on April 21. The tentative budget will be submitted to the LSU System for review later this week.

Last week, the Board of Regents allocated the anticipated $219 million cut to higher education state funding to each of the four university systems. According to the Board, the LSU System is set to take a cut of about $102 million if Gov. Bobby BUDGET, see page 8

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in the world” with an attack on Washington or even the White House. The FBI, however, said he had made similar threats previously and there was no indication of anything imminent.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, promised to seek “full peace” with the Arab and Muslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waiting to hear: “Palestinian state.” The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray himself as a pragmatist, telling a packed parliament that Israel does not want to rule the Palestinians. “Under the permanent status agreement, the Palestinians will have all the authority to rule themselves,” Netanyahu said in comments that appeared to hark back to a decades-old notion that peace could be achieved through limited Palestinian autonomy.

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LONDON (AP) — President Barack Obama embarked on his Europe trip Tuesday, with a hefty economic and national security agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. The president and first lady Michelle Obama arrived in London Tuesday night local time. First up for the president was a summit of the world’s economic powers to address the global financial meltdown. Obama planned to meet with leaders of Britain, Russia and China — major players in the U.S. financial system. He also scheduled meetings with leaders of India and South Korea while in London. During his eight-day, five-country trip, Obama is scheduled to meet with European leaders who split with the United States over the war in Iraq.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they walk down the steps from Air Force One Tuesday at Stansted Airport.

Obama administration names hurricane chief

Lawmaker proposes tax holiday for gun sales

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Obama adminstration has named a new federal coordinator for Gulf Coast rebuilding. The appointment of Janet L. Woodka was announced Tuesday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Woodka’s resume includes serving as legislative affairs director for two previous federal coordinators and as legislative director to Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. A news release from Homeland Security said Woodka would report directly to Napolitano and have a direct line of communication to the White House.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

In the March 30 article “Show features global animal works,” The Daily Reveille misidentified Gretchen Morgan. Her correct title is Vet School Alumni and Public Programs Coordinator.

The Vet School’s founding dean, Dr. Everett Besch, developed the Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art. Besch ask Sue Loubiere, retired Vet School librarian, to first coordinate the show, which is open to the public.

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(AP) — A New Orleans area lawmaker is proposing a state “sales tax holiday” for gun purchases one weekend each year. Rep. Cameron Henry, a Republican from Jefferson, is calling his bill the “Second Amendment Recognition Act.” Lawmakers will consider the idea in the regular legislative session that begins April 27.

There are no formal projections yet on what Henry’s bill could cost the state in lost tax sales revenue. The proposed sales tax holiday for guns would be annually on the Friday through Sunday after Thanksgiving.

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SAFETY

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TRANSPORTATION

Public Works to install more red light cameras Department working to get permits from the state

By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

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The LSU Safety Committee, which includes representatives from the Student Health Center and LSUPD, hosted a Smart and Safe Spring Break Festival on Tuesday afternoon in Free Speech Alley.

Organization promotes safe spring break, offers tips Committee hands out items in Free Speech Alley

By Victoria Yu Contributing Writer

Frisbees, massage oil and playing cards aren’t items normally associated with personal safety.

But the LSU Safety Committee passed out these items and more in Free Speech Alley on Tuesday at the Smart and Safe Spring Break Festival.

With phrases like “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving” printed onto the Frisbees and the lavender massage oil as part of an

abstinence goodie bag complete with a blow pop, the event spread safety messages to students.

“Safety is a necessity,” said Dustin Harless, chemistry junior. “It’s weird how people have to think about it.”

Michelle Spielman, Office of Communications and University Relations marketing strategist, said several University departments have hosted a safety day in the fall or spring for the past three years.

“We thought we’d do it in conjunction with spring break to put the bug in students’ heads to have a good time but also to be smart and safe,” said Maj. Helen Haire, LSU Police SPRING BREAK, see page 4

Red light cameras are set to be installed at four more intersections in East Baton Rouge Parish, and the city hopes to have them mobile in a month.

The Department of Public Works Traffic Engineering division is working to get permits from the state to install the red light cameras at four more intersections — Scenic Highway at Blount Road, O’Neal Lane at Interstate 12, Airline Highway at Florline Boulevard and Sherwood Forest Boulevard at Airline Highway.

The red light cameras are timed to capture a picture and video of drivers running red lights at intersections where the devices are installed.

Traffic Engineer Sarah Paul Edel said

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several cameras will be installed at each intersection if the state approves the permits. The process will take two weeks to build and two weeks to mobilize.

“These locations have been decided on for months,” Edel said. “It’s based on crashes.”

Crash reports show the intersections have a high volume of traffic, and the new red light CAMERAS, see page 4

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009

NATION

Three charged in NYC college student’s drinking death

By Ben Dobbin The Associated Press

GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) — Three members of a banned fraternity were charged with criminally negligent homicide Tuesday for organizing a wild night of drinking that left a college sophomore dead of alcohol poisoning.

Arman Partamian, 19, a biology major from Queens, was found lying face-down on a mattress March 1 at a house run by an off-campus club known as the Orange Knights, or Pigs. Police said he had been drinking heavily for three days to gain membership in the club, located near the State University of New York at Geneseo in western New York.

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camera areas were chosen similarly to the other intersections in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Currently, 24 cameras are installed at 15 intersections, according to the traffic engineering division.

The city cannot issue the private company to install the new cameras until the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development approves the locations, which are state owned, Edel said.

The department hired American Traffic Solutions to install the cameras, and the cameras don’t cost the city anything to run.

The city must send a report to DOTD proving the intersection meets set criteria. The criteria includes a high volume of traffic, a functioning intersection with properly painted stripes, visible areas for

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Department special services commander.

Kathryn Saichuk, Wellness Education coordinator, said though safety isn’t necessarily more of an issue during spring ‘Regardless break, some stumay party of where dents more than usual you go or and participate in drinkwhat you high-risk ing behaviors.

“Basically, do ... take if they are in the care of party mode there yourself.’ will be too much alcohol or other Kathryn Saichuk drugs consumed Wellness Education in too little time, resulting in toxic coordinator alcohol levels in the body,” Saichuk said.

Harless said he enjoyed drinking, but he plans ahead.

“I have a sleeping bag in my trunk,” he said. “Or if my friends drink, I’ll be designated driver.”

However, excessive drinking and all the risks coming with it, such as alcohol poisoning, unprotected sex and embarrassing photos, aren’t the only issues of which the Safety Committee warned students to be aware.

“Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the world,” said Brian Ainsworth, assistant vice president of business development for Campus Federal.

Ainsworth said he has seen a lot

Toxicology tests showed Par- ton County prosecutor Thomas Motamian had a blood-alcohol level as ran said. high as 0.55 percent, nearly seven “We’ve learned that many of times the legal limit for driving. the off-campus fraternities have been Fellow stuoperating illegal dents Alex Stucki, drinking venues,” 20, and Daniel Moran said. “They Wech, 21, were call them ‘open parcharged along with ties.’ The students Devin McClain, 21, come, show their with hazing, unlawstudent ID, pay $5 fully dealing with a and get a cup and child and criminally then drink without Thomas Moran negligent homicide limitation.

— a felony that car“I’m going to Livingston County prosecutor ries a sentence of up do everything I can to four years in prison. They encour- to stop every one of those parties. If I aged and directed Partamian to drink have to start charging the fraternities to such excess that he died as a direct with tax fraud, I’ll do that.” result of alcohol poisoning, LivingsThe three pleaded not guilty at

an arraignment Tuesday after being indicted by a grand jury. They were all released without bail. McClain lives in nearby Mount Morris and Wech is from Buffalo.

Stucki, of Rochester, also was charged with tampering with physical evidence. He is accused of removing and hiding a fraternity jersey from Partamian’s body. He found him dead in an upstairs bedroom the morning after a Saturday drinking session that lasted for almost 12 hours, authorities said.

Stucki’s lawyer, Lawrence Andolina, declined to discuss the case except to say that Partamian’s death “is a real tragedy, and we certainly express our deep remorse” to his family. Calls to the other defense

attorneys were not immediately returned.

Investigators say Partamian was drinking heavily for two days at the club and another location in the village where some club members live.

He resumed drinking beer, champagne and vodka the afternoon of Feb. 28 and was helped to bed late at night after he passed out, they said.

The fraternity was banished from campus in 1996 after two students were hospitalized for drinking.

Nearly 5,600 students are enrolled at the school in Geneseo, 35 miles south of Rochester.

the cameras and signs notifying incoming traffic of the cameras’ locations, Edel said. “[The state] wants to have more control over the way the cameras operate,” Edel said.

The total number of citations issued in East Baton Rouge Parish was 27,742 from February 2008 to February 2009. The first red light camera was installed at Sherwood Forest Boulevard at Coursey Boulevard last February, and though 27 citations were issued during the first month, the camera was taken down in November 2008 after construction began at the intersection.

“The evidence that we’re seeing is [the] number of citations issued is starting to even out and staying equal from month to month,” Edel said.

Edel said the numbers evening out shows the red light cameras are

working to at least cut down on the number of drivers who run the red lights.

College Drive at Interstate 10 had 358 citations issued in October 2008, and the numbers decreased to 284 by February 2009. The Nicholson Drive at Burbank Drive intersection shows 106 drivers were issued citations in October 2008, and the number decreased to 23 citations issued by February 2009.

But the Traffic Engineering division does not know if the red light cameras have reduced the amount of traffic accidents at these designated intersections.

Edel said she will begin collecting information on crash reports next month, but the report won’t be released until early fall.

The red light cameras were also installed to help with police enforcement at the intersections, according

to the Traffic Engineering division.

But L’Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman, told The Daily Reveille in February that the red light cameras haven’t freed up any officers on shift.

“Hopefully, it makes a difference in driving habits,” McKneely said.

of young people use PIN numbers that are the same or similar to their credit card number.

“You need to separate your PIN number from your card,” he said.

Other information available for students included brochures on sun and travel safety and body modification.

“If you’re going to a foreign country, be aware of what their rules

are,” Haire said.

Saichuk recommended keeping a “clear head” to avoid harm and promote responsible choices.

“Regardless of where you go or what you do during the days off from classes, take care of yourself,” she said.

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‘I’m going to do everything I can to stop every one of those parties.’

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EASTER

Church’s Passion Play moves crowd Final show will be tonight at 7 p.m.

By The Associated Press

By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer

Students of Christ the King Catholic Student Center performed the annual Passion Play Tuesday night, fulfilling the audience of about 65 people with a greater appreciation and understanding of the sacrifice Jesus made for Christians just in time for Easter.

James “Trey” Metrejean III played Jesus Christ, and amid the harsh whipping, the carrying of the cross and finally, the crucifixion, Metrejean may have suffered a little himself.

“We think our Jesus broke his toe,” said Jamie Felarise, codirector and history senior.

The Passion Play begins with Jesus’ conception and follows his life until the end. The Passion refers to Jesus’ final hours of suffering before, during and after his crucifixion.

John David Matherne, electrical engineering sophomore who played a roman soldier in the play, said that during the scene where the soldiers torture Jesus, they may have accidentally hit him with the whip a few times.

It was also during that scene that audience members with young children had to leave because of the raw brutality of The Passion, including the fine details of Jesus’ bloody wounds, a crown of thorns and a giant cross on which Jesus hung.

“I come every year. It’s very inspiring,” said Matthew Breaux, accounting graduate student. “It’s great to remember the season. It’s a good time for reflection — a time to refocus and to prepare for Easter and Holy Week.”

Felarise and fellow director, Jade Funck, kinesiology junior, were chosen to direct the Passion Play this year, and their style of auditioning is nothing of the ordinary.

“There are no auditions,” Funck said. “We mostly pray about it and ask people who would be interested in it. That’s how we decide. We don’t turn anyone away from participating

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Abby Quitzau, psychology major, holds James “Trey” Metrejean III, sociology junior, while portraying Mary and Jesus during Christ the King’s Passion Play in the church Tuesday evening.

in it.”

The cast this year included 56 students, three vocalists, three musicians, a lighting technician and three costume designers.

Felarise and Funck have worked on the play since Halloween, and rehearsals began in January.

“It went very well, better than we ever expected,” said Funck. “I didn’t think I could do it at first, but as practice when on, everything came together. We’ve formed stronger friendships and bonds through this experience.”

Amy Soileau, Christ the King director of stewardship and development, said the Passion

Play has been a Christ the King tradition for at least seven years.

“LSU has nearly 10,000 selfidentified Catholic students,” Soileau said. “Right now, we’re in the season of Lent, the 40 days of preparation before Easter. For Catholics, this is a time for fasting, prayer and giving.”

The last performance of Christ the King’s Passion Play is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Student Center.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is rejecting another slice of Louisiana’s share of the federal stimulus money, dollars related to health care services.

Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine notified legislative leaders this week that the administration isn’t planning to tap into stimulus dollars for expansion of a Medicaid program and for uninsured health care.

It’s the second time the Jindal administration has announced it intends to turn down part of the stimulus money. Jindal created a controversy earlier this year when he said he is refusing $98 million in unemployment money from the stimulus package.

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CIVIL SUIT

Lawsuit vs. Daily Reveille dismissed

By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer

Nineteenth Judicial District Court Judge Todd Hernandez dismissed former University student Terrance Patrick Esfeller’s February lawsuit against the University Board of Supervisors and the managing staff of The Daily Reveille on Tuesday.

Hernandez dismissed the case because Esfeller was unable to prove comments posted on lsureveille.com caused permanent damage to him and his reputation. The judge also ruled The Daily Rev‘It’s the eille was not renature of the sponsible for the posted World Wide remarks on its Web site, Web that’s according to the the problem; C o m m u n i c a tions Decency it’s not The Act. Both parties Reveille’s were required to problem.’ pay their own atJames Shelledy torney fees, and director of Student Esfeller will not Media be allowed to refile the same case. Esfeller’s only option to pursue the case is an appeal of the judge’s decision.

Esfeller said he was content with the judge’s interpretation of the Communications Decency Act but doesn’t think it was the ethical choice. He said he will likely file another lawsuit within 30 days directed against the person responsible for anonymously posting the comments he finds offensive.

“There will be a lawsuit filed, that’s for sure,” Esfeller said. “We’re going to get to the bottom of this, and they will be held criminally responsible.”

Esfeller also said he will not hesitate to file another lawsuit if he found more objectionable content online.

Kyle Whitfield, editor of The Daily Reveille, said he is relieved the case is through and said he was always confident the Communications Decency Act was in the newspaper’s favor.

“We’re much more aware now of how powerful commenting on our Web site can be,” Whitfield said.

“The new policy we have in place to police commenting on our Web site is powerful enough so things like this shouldn’t happen again.”

James Shelledy, director of Student Media, said other newspapers in the country are going through similar lawsuits. He said the anonymous nature of the Internet makes this a difficult problem to solve.

“It’s the nature of the World Wide Web that’s the problem; it’s not The Reveille’s problem,” Shelledy said.

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severity of their damage, accord- permanent solutions.

“Going through the Univering to Favaloro.

Along with the buildings “They’re all given the same sity System, we have to get an identified as damaged on the day priority with respect to repairs architect, and we have to get a of the storm, the Poultry Science depending on damage,” Favaloro contractor involved, so it’s a more building and fencing surround- said. “Our goal is to protect state lengthy process,” Nunez said. ing the University Nunez said the facilities property. WhichStudent Recreever is at risk the needing the most attention are ation Complex most, we jump in the football indoor practice fatennis courts are to repair or pro- cility and the LSU Soccer Comalso damaged, plex. tect.” said Kristine The bleachers in the LSU Among the Calongne, Uniacademic facili- Soccer Complex blew completely versity spokesties that sustained over, and about 35 percent of the woman. damages, Faval- roof at the football indoor pracPaul Favaloro The day of oro said the new tice facility was ripped off.

Facility Services director the storm, FacilAlex Box Stadium and TiChemical Engiity Development neering Building ger Park did not sustain as much Director Emmett David identi- requires the most immediate at- damage from Thursday morning’s fied the Life Sciences Building, tention. storm. Last weekend’s baseball the Audubon Sugar Institute “Chemical engineering series against Ole Miss went on building, the Energy, Coast & sustained major roof damage,” as scheduled, but a weekend softEnvironment Building, the Dal- Favaloro ball doubleheader said. rymple Building, 459 Commons, “The risk of more was canceled Highland Dining Hall, the new water Thursday. entering Chemical Engineering Building, the building from Nunez said the Military Science and Aero- another storm is outfield fences space Studies Building, the LSU possible. We’re at both stadiums System Building and the chancel- still making temand a light pole in lor’s residence as buildings that porary repairs to right field of Alex sustained damage.

Box Stadium are that roof.”

Paul Favaloro Favaloro said there were retemporarily fixed The UniverFacility Services director ports of broken windows, fallen sity is requesting through repair eftrees, debris and leaky roofs state assistance forts by the LSU throughout the campus. to repair the new Chemical En- System to enable baseball and The scope of necessary re- gineering Building, Favaloro softball to continue playing. pairs must be determined before said.

“We are hoping to have them a monetary value can be attached Eddie Nunez, associate ath- permanently fixed — 100 percent to the amount of the damages, letic director of operations and which Favaloro said might be development, said selecting an later in the week. architect could potentially take University restoration crews more than a year. At this point, began working to secure the cam- there is no exact number on the pus around 2:30 a.m. the morning cost of repairing athletics facilithe storm passed, Favaloro said. ties, he said.

David said the day of the “People are throwing out storm that having just experi- different numbers, but we don’t enced damages from Hurricane have a definite,” he said. “All we Gustav, Facility Services is “very know is they are getting a number well seasoned on how to secure right now to mitigate and tempoour facilities.” rarily fix each facility, and that’s The football indoor practice what we’re hoping to get within facility, the Aerospace Stud- the next couple of weeks.” ies Building, the Life Sciences Nunez said the process of figBuilding and the new Chemi- uring out timelines and cost valcal Engineering Building were ues to mend damages is “lengthy” among the buildings that had to and often “frustrating.” be immediately covered by tarps, He said the first step for Favaloro said. the Athletic Department is to Whether athletic or aca- go through the LSU System to demic, the buildings on campus discuss getting facilities temwill be repaired depending on the porarily fixed before instituting

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‘Whether it be trees, buildings ... whatever the storm was, it certainly left its trail.’

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‘Whichever is at risk the most, we jump in to repair or protect.’

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009 — within the next week or two,” Nunez said. “The cost we’re dealing with there is not going to be the extent of fixing the whole roof at the football operations center.

It’s not that it’s a very difficult task, but it just takes time.”

Nunez said it is discouraging to see such new facilities experience damage so soon.

“It’s extremely frustrating.

It’s the last thing you want to see — a facility you just completed to have to go back and touch it up,” Nunez said. “It’s unfortunate, but the greatest thing is we will have the contractors out there ... who bend over backward to help clean up.”

While the University attempts to rectify the damages left

by Thursday morning’s storm, only speculation can be made for what the storm actually was.

“Whatever it was that came through here left a trail,” Favaloro said. “You’ll see a trail that this storm left. Whether it be tress, buildings or what. Whatever the storm was, it certainly left its trail.”

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BUSINESS

Stores, companies offer deals for using student ID cards Some special offers not advertised

By Brianna Paciorka Contributing Writer

Student identification cards are being used for more than just purchasing school supplies.

Carrying around a student ID can now help cash-strapped students save an extra buck or two at local businesses.

Some discounts might not be advertised — in which case students may have to ask about an offer — but many businesses do openly offer their discounts to students.

Among the businesses offering discounts are CiCi’s Pizza on Corporate Boulevard and the Jiffy Lube on Perkins Road. CiCi’s Pizza offers an all-you-can-eatand-drink college special for $6 on Mondays while Jiffy Lube offers a 15 percent discount.

Students can satisfy their sweet tooth while going easy on their wallet Tuesday nights at Hershey Ice Cream on Lee Drive. The ice cream parlor offers a 25 percent

discount for any purchase with a valid student ID — something many students take advantage of, said employee Chelsea Comeaux.

“We usually do get busier on Tuesday nights,” Comeaux said.

Every Wednesday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. is College Night at Metro Bowl on Airline Highway.

Students can bowl for $5 an hour per lane with a valid ID. Circle Bowl on Florida Boulevard also offers a discount to students with ID cards. They charge only $2.50 per game.

Student discounts are also available at local movie theaters.

The United Artists Citiplace Theater on Citiplace Drive charges $7.75 for a student ticket, a dollar less than the general admission price. The Cinemark movie theater at Perkins Rowe charges students $7 a ticket, a discount of $1.50.

A student ID can also gain free admission to the LSU Museum of Art, as well as a 10 percent discount for select performances at the Manship Theatre. Both are located in the Shaw Center in downtown Baton Rouge.

But the discounts don’t stop at the local level.

With a student e-mail address

and ID, students can get discounts on travel fares through travel brokers like STA Travel and Student Universe.

Students can also save up to 10 percent on computers from Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Sony through student discounts offered by each company.

Signing up for student discount programs also has many benefits. Membership for Student Advantage, the nation’s largest student discount program, costs $20 a year.

Members receive discounts to companies such as Target.com, Barnes & Noble, Foot Locker, Office Depot and more.

Students who don’t want to splurge on a membership card can look to StudentBistro.com, which offers free student discount information.

Heather Olano, general studies senior, said she uses her student ID to get discounts on things such as movie tickets.

“It’s not much, but it helps,” Olano said.

Contact Brianna Paciorka at bpaciorka@lsureveille.com

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Campus Crime Briefs UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED AFTER DAMAGING PROPERTY A University student was arrested for simple criminal damage to property and disturbing the peace by intoxication on March 26 at about 10:30 p.m.

Witnesses approached Henry A. Butler, 23, of 3 Fernwood Street, Gretna, after they saw him throw chairs at windows in the activity room of Broussard Hall.

After he cursed at them and appeared intoxicated, the witnesses notified LSUPD, Rogé said.

When officers arrived, they found Butler in the room, surrounded by broken glass and wood pieces from chairs.

Butler was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. He caused about $2,000 worth of damage, Rogé said.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DWI A University student was arrested for driving while intoxicated, being a minor in possession of alcohol and driving with an open container of alcohol at about 2

a.m. on March 28. An off-duty officer saw Brandon E. Luse, 20, of 215 Lake Village Drive, West Monroe, hit a car parked near the Delta Chi fraternity house and leave the scene.

The officer called LSUPD, and Luse was stopped at the intersection of Highland Road and Nicholson Extension, said LSUPD spokesman Russell Rogé. When Luse got out of the car, officers noticed an open can of beer on the center console of the vehicle.

After failing field sobriety tests, Luse was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Rogé said.

Luse was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

The owner of the parked car, who knows Luse, did not press charges, Rogé said.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA A University student was arrested on March 23 at about 9:30 p.m. for possession of drug paraphernalia.

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The University, along with the city and the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, is seeking funding to prevent the “LSU Lakes” — which have an average depth of 2.65 feet — from becoming increasingly shallow.

“The lakes are very shallow,” Soileau said. “If you do nothing to the water, then it’s going to end up reverting back to a swamp.

And who wants to recreate near a swamp?”

The lakes, which originated from Cypress Tupelo Swamp, first became a part of the University’s culture in the 1930s when the swamps were created under the Works Progress Administration, Soileau said.

Faye Phillips, associate dean of libraries, said the swamps initially bordering campus were drained to help rid the area of mosquitoes and to aid in the overall beautification of the campus.

“It’s part of the overall landscaping of the campus to make it beautiful,” Phillips said. “[The lakes aimed to] beautify it and also to control the mosquitoes and make sure there weren’t swampy areas.”

The project of deepening the lakes would cost more than $20 million and take several years to complete, according to Soileau.

The ideal remedy for the swamp — and the one the University, BREC and the city are seeking — would see the lakes deepen by mechanical methods, Soileau said.

BUDGET, from page 1 Jindal’s proposed state spending budget is approved by the Legislature, whose session starts April 27.

That cut would mean about a $45 million reduction for the System’s main campus in Baton Rouge.

System President John Lombardi declined an interview request.

Martin said drafting a realistic budget is tricky.

“Right now, we’re trying to determine the degree of specificity that sends the message of how serious this could be, while trying not to do unnecessary harm to the institution’s reputation, to the livelihoods and comfort level of the very good people who work here,” Martin said.

Martin said LSU System officials discussed with him their policy for enforcing furloughs — temporary, unpaid leaves of absence — and layoffs for professional and civil service staff. He said it is mathematically impossible to try and balance the budget “on the back of the staff.”

“This is bigger than just the notion that $50 million can be squeezed out of the people easiest, in a legalistic sense, to let go,” Martin said.

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The soil from the bottom of the lake would be used to create a “linear park” of recreation lands surrounding the lakes. Trickle tubes would be placed in the depths of the lake to filter out sediments and phosphorus.

The solution created by mechanical digging would be a permanent one. The lakes would no longer need attention every 20 years, and the option is the most monetarily conservative because it doesn’t involve the hauling of dirt, according to Soileau.

The lakes were last deepened in the 1980s, Soileau said.

The most quickly disappearing lake is Campus Lake, located between South Stadium Drive and Miller and Herget halls, Soileau said.

Soileau said there are plans to put a pedestrian bridge linking residential parking along South Stadium Drive to the residential halls on the opposite side of Campus Lake.

Under the same plans, the east side of the lake would be “pristine” water while the west side would be a wetland setting.

RECREATION Laws of bicycle traffic dictate bicyclists must follow the same laws as vehicle traffic, said Mike Richard, Baton Rouge Police Department patrolman.

Bicyclists are required to move with the flow of traffic and are also required to stop at all red lights. While Richard said it’s rarely enforced, police officers can write red-light tickets to cyclists.

“No one actually enforces it, but it can be written,” Richard said.

“The same traffic laws apply.”

For pedestrians, Richard said the only laws dictating pedestrian traffic is they are allowed only in

crosswalks. Pedestrians are not required to walk on a certain side of the road when using designated walkways.

But Richard recommended pedestrians, bikers and motorists exercise caution navigating the portion of Dalrymple Drive between the lakes.

“They’ve got a lot of curves,” Richard said. “A [motorist] might not see a bicyclist coming up real quick.”

Butler Murrell, operations director of the Bicycle Shop on Highland Road and local bicyclist, said pedestrians should move against the flow of traffic while cyclists should move with the flow of traffic.

Most problems between cyclists and pedestrians occur because the walkers are distracted, according to Murrell.

“If there are complaints, it’s typically because someone is not following the rules,” Murrell said. “[Pedestrians are] either having conversations, or they have headphones on and they can’t hear us coming.”

Rachelle Graham, University alumna, uses the sidewalk areas surrounding the lakes for recreational purposes about five times per week. While she said she has not had any life-threatening experiences, she has witnessed a few close calls.

“There are cars going through the neighborhood, and sometimes they’re dodging people,” Graham said. “Nothing life threatening, but [it] could’ve been had they not reacted as fast as they did. It’s just a beautiful place to walk and run and to ride your bike.”

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Kevin J. Shudes, 19, of 3475 North Claiborne Street, Sulphur, was arrested after officers found several smoking pipes, a rolling machine, a grinder and finger scales in his room in McVoy Hall, Rogé said.

Officers responded to a complaint about marijuana smoke coming from Shudes’ room, and Shudes told officers he smoked marijuana in the room earlier, Rogé said. During the search, officers also found several marijuana and mushroom horticulture books. They also found several empty plastic bags that appeared to have once contained marijuana and six jars of suspected mushroom growth.

Shudes told officers he intended to use the mushrooms as hallucinogenics, but they hadn’t fully grown yet, Rogé said.

Shudes signed a statement saying the objects belonged to him.

Shudes’ roommate said he was not aware of the mushrooms.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR

wednesday, april 1, 2009 SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A University student was arrested for simple possession of marijuana on March 23 at about 9 a.m.

Officers arrived at Beauregard Hall after receiving a complaint about the smell of burned marijuana coming from a room.

Officers found the room where the smell came from and asked the resident, Hubert R. Hancock IV, 18, of 4702 Park Drive, Metairie, for consent to search the room, Rogé said.

Hancock gave consent, and when officers asked Hancock if he had any marijuana in the room, he retrieved a plastic bag with about 26 grams of marijuana from a cabinet.

Hancock was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009

FOOTBALL

Jones likely to return to baseball Friday

the cake’

DB Brooks making transition to safety

Clare-Kearney looks to win first national championship in final season as Tiger

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

LSU junior safety Chad Jones said he is planning to return to the LSU baseball team for its weekend series with Georgia after three weeks of spring football practice, he said.

He will play baseball fulltime at the conclusion of ‘... My body spring practice is a little in mid April.

Jones is an sore, and outfielder for I haven’t the baseball been doing team, and he has played in throwing 10 games with too much eight starts this or doing season and toenough taled a .355 batting aver- hitting ...’ age. He has Chad Jones been with the junior safety, football team outfielder since spring practice began March 12.

“The plan is for me to go back to baseball on Friday,” Jones said. “I don’t know because my body is a little sore, and I haven’t been doing throwing too much or doing enough hitting to just hop in the SEC. I guess it might be a little bit hard because SEC pitching is so tough.”

Jones also said the football coaches have talked to him about

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By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor

photos by BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

Senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney performs on various apparatuses throughout the Tigers’ season. Clare-Kearney is the most decorated gymnast in LSU’s history.

LSU senior Ashleigh ClareKearney is the most decorated gymnast in LSU history.

She has won the most individual titles (110) of any gymnast to walk through coach D-D Breaux’s gym during her 32 years at LSU. She has accumulated more honors through her four seasons — including 2008 Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year — than she could count on two “you can’t see me” hand waves.

But there’s one title that has eluded her since she stepped foot on campus in 2005 — a national championship.

CHAMPIONSHIP, see page 18

JONES, see page 19

SOFTBALL

No. 18 LSU travels to Southern Miss.

Mitchell out of action for tonight’s game

By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor

EMMETT BROWN / The Daily Reveille

Junior pitcher Cody Trahan delivers a pitch March 18 in the first game of a doubleheader against Alabama.

The No. 18 LSU softball team will be shorthanded when it visits Southern Miss today after junior outfielder Rachel Mitchell sprained her ankle Monday during practice.

“We’re doing a base running drill, and she trips over the base,” LSU coach Yvette Girouard said Tuesday. “I think she sprained her ankle pretty good. I don’t know if she’ll be available for tomorrow night, and I’m

praying that she’ll be healthy for the week- some time off.” end.”

The Tigers (21-7, 8-3) took control of Mitchell is coming off the Southeastern Conferher best week of the season ence Western Division after she produced six hits, during their time off after 11 RBI, three doubles and Arkansas lost two games a home run in the Tigers’ to Ole Miss. sweep of No. 5 Alabama “We’re in first place and Mississippi State. She in the West right now, so earned Louisville Slugger/ sometimes it’s good not NFCA National Player of to play because everyYvette Girouard the Week honors. body was beating up on LSU softball coach Monday’s practice each other,” Girouard said. followed the Tigers’ first “But that is the SEC right scheduled weekend off of the season. now.”

“You can see that the rest did them all Junior outfielder Kirsten Shortridge good,” Girouard said. “They understand SHORTRIDGE, see page 19 now that the only way to feel better is to get

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‘I’m praying that [Mitchell] will be healthy for the weekend.’

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RECRUITING

Top prospect visits campus to watch spring practice Reed, Seastrunk hope to play together

By Tyler Harvey Sports Contributor

Thibodaux High School athlete Trovon Reed has received scholarship offers from nearly every top program in the country.

The 6-foot, 175-pound playmaker made a trip to LSU last weekend to watch the Tigers’ spring practice with several other recruits, including his cousin, Lache Seastrunk.

Reed is rated as a five-star recruit and the No. 19 overall player in the country by Scout.com. Seastrunk is ranked as a five-star running back and No. 7 overall in the nation.

Reed said he and Seastrunk are eager to play together in college, suggesting the two players may come as a possible package deal.

Reed said while on campus, he

BASEBALL

Rain postpones game with Tulane

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

The LSU baseball team’s scheduled game against Tulane was pushed back 24 hours to tonight at 6 p.m., with rain showers forecast throughout the New Orleans area Tuesday night.

But LSU took advantage of sunny skies in the Baton Rouge area Tuesday afternoon and got in a two-hour practice to put in final preparations for the Green Wave.

“We decided to try to beat the rain, but it never did rain,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We were anxious to play Tulane, but we got a little practice in to help us get ready to go for [tonight].”

Tuesday’s game was the fourth game to be affected by rain this season.

LSU faced rain delays in two of its three games against Kentucky two weekends ago. The team also had a 58-minute rain delay during its 10-9 loss against Louisiana-Lafayette on March 11.

LSU freshman Chris Matulis will still start tonight against the Green Wave. The Lake Worth, Fla., native is unbeaten on the season with a 4-0 record and a 2.51 ERA in five appearances.

Mainieri said his innings will be limited Wednesday because he plans to use Matulis for this weekend’s series against Georgia.

“We’re not going to be able RAIN OUT, see page 12

watched parts of spring practice and talked to the coaches before having to go to a track meet, “I was talking to the coaches, hanging out with Russell Shepard, Trindon Holliday, Seastrunk, Charles Scott, Richard Murphy and a lot of those guys,” Reed said.

Reed said LSU, which extended one of its first 2010 offers to the rising junior, is recruiting him as a wide receiver though he also plays running back and quarterback for his high school team.

“He’s primarily our quarterback,” said Thibodaux coach Dennis Lorio. “However, at various times last year, he played running back. He ended up being our leading rusher with an 8.2 [yards per carry] average.

He was also our leading receiver and our leading passer.”

Lorio said Reed reminds him of former Tiger and long-time NFL player Eddie Kennison.

“I get probably 10-20 pieces of mail every day for him,” Lorio said.

“He compares favorably with the top guys. He’s got a number of scholarship offers from virtually every major college you can think of.”

Lorio said Reed is driven to show he’s the best at national camps.

“He’s really a quiet, reserved kid, but he’s very competitive,” Lorio said. “He’s been to a bunch of camps and got MVP at the Alabama camp last summer. He’s been invited to the Under Armour Bowl and the Army All-American Bowl. He’s pretty much gotten offers from anywhere you’d want to go to, but he’s still going to camps to compete.”

While Reed has plenty of offers to choose from, he said he has no leader for his services.

“I’ll probably commit at an AllStar game,” Reed said. “If I [can’t decide], I’ll just wait it out because I don’t want to make the wrong decision.”

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Thibodaux High School wide receiver Trovon Reed, center, carries the ball down the field in Thibodaux’s 70-14 win against Central Lafourche High School.

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Tigers content with sixth place Freshman standout not in lineup

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

The wind died down slightly on the third and final day of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, S.C. So did the play of the No. 23 LSU men’s golf team.

Despite finishing under par, the Tigers came in sixth place (1-under 851) Tuesday.

LSU ended the first day tied for third place and followed that performance with a second-place finish after two days.

But the Tigers couldn’t close it out, as they were the only team finishing in the top six to shoot over par on the final day (3-over 287).

“I’m not all that worried about the sixth-place finish,” said LSU men’s coach Chuck Winstead. “It’s the Hootie. It’s not the national championship.”

LSU sophomore John Peterson finished third on the player leaderboard after shooting an 8-under 205 through 54 holes. He was in second place on the individual leaderboard after two days of competition and shot under par all three rounds.

Peterson finished nine strokes ahead of any other LSU golfer and was the only Tiger to shoot under par.

“John Peterson obviously played very well ... He’s continued to play solid all spring,” Winstead said.

LSU sophomore Andrew Loupe entered the final day tied for ninth but finished tied for 19th, shooting a 1-over 214.

“It’s good to see John playing well ... We need [Loupe] to come around into shape,” Winstead said. “Those two guys are

RAIN OUT, from page 10 to let him pitch as long as we’d have wanted to,” Mainieri said.

“Now we’re going to have to shut him down at some point.”

Mainieri said the delay might also have other implications on the series against Georgia.

LSU is scheduled to leave for Athens early Thursday morning, and LSU’s third-year coach said the team might be fatigued from its flight after having a late night in New Orleans tomorrow.

“We have to leave early Thursday morning,” Mainieri said. “So it might be a little bit more tiring, but that’s not a big deal. I don’t think one way or the other today’s delay affects anything dramatically.”

The Tigers have won six of their past seven games, including taking two of three games against then-No. 11 Ole Miss last weekend.

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definitely our leaders on our team, the spring,” Winstead said. and when you add Sang [Yi] in Yi has three top-10 finishes on there, he’s a third. We need to find the year, most recently at LSU’s a couple more guys to step up be- last tournament where he finished tween now and the tied in fourth at postseason.”

2-under 214.

Unranked Au- ‘I’m not all that worried No. 14 South gusta State shot a Carolina, No. 18 about the sixth-place Central Florida 17-under 835 to win the tournaNo. 16 NC finish ... It’s not the and ment eight strokes State finished ahead of second national championship.’ third, fourth and place No. 45 Virfifth, respectively.

Chuck Winstead ginia (9-under “It was a good LSU men’s golf coach 843). tournament for us Augusta State, to play. The greens led by individual champion Janne are very similar to the conference Kaske, was on top after each day championship, which we’ll be at of competition. in a few weeks,” Winstead said.

LSU was without freshman The 2009 Southeastern Constandout Yi, who received his U.S. ference Championships take place citizenship Monday.

April 17-19 at St. Simons Island, “It’s probably not a bad idea Ga. for Sang to have an off week, given the fact that he’s a freshman and Contact Rowan Kavner at probably not used to playing the number of tournaments we play in rkavner@lsureveille.com

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NFL

NY Giant Plaxico Burress’ gun case adjourned until June

By Samuel Maull The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A gun possession case against New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was adjourned Tuesday until June unless he reaches a plea agreement with prosecutors to resolve the matter sooner.

Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh with an unlicensed gun he’d stuffed into his waistband at a Manhattan nightclub last year.

The star receiver, wearing a gray suit and a light blue shirt, arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court in the company of his wife and his attorney, Benjamin Brafman.

Both sides agreed to adjourn the case to June 15 following a brief hearing before Judge Michael Yavinsky. Burress’ bail was continued.

Prosecutor John Wolfstaetter told the judge the prosecution was continuing its investigation.

After the hearing, Brafman told reporters he had reached no plea agreement with prosecutors and said discussions were continuing. If the two sides agree, they will not necessarily wait for the scheduled court date, he said.

“If the case needs to be advanced to an earlier date, it will be ...We are continuing to work our respective investigations. Stay tuned,” he said.

Asked whether Burress would play for the Giants this year, Brafman said, “It’s not my decision. It’s the Giants’ decision and Plaxico’s decision. It’s not a legal decision; it’s a sports decision.

“I assume a lot will depend on how, when and if this case is resolved and June 15th is the next day we are back unless there is a reason to come back earlier.”

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the case said Monday that Burress’ attorneys and prosecutors remain at odds over the terms of a plea deal, with the District Attorney’s office pushing for a stiffer punishment than what defense lawyers believe Burress deserves.

Burress is charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a felony carrying a minimum prison sentence of 3½ years upon conviction.

A plea deal that includes jail time, depending on the length of the sentence, could have a bearing on whether Burress is able to play football next season.

Statistics show more than eight out of 10 people arrested in the city last year on the same charge Burress faces received reduced charges, though some plea deals included jail time.

Only about 14 percent of the people charged last year with the same charge Burress faces were ultimately convicted of it, said John Caher, a spokesman for the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Of the 1,248 people in New York City initially arrested on second-degree criminal weapons possession in 2008, 184 were convicted of the charge. About half were convicted of a misdemeanor or violation, and the remaining convictions were usually lesser felonies with some jail time.

Prosecutors, in offering

reduced charges in gun possession cases, consider past criminal history, arrest circumstances and the reason for having the weapon.

The 31-year-old wide receiver, who caught the winning touchdown pass in the Giants’ 2008 Super Bowl victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots, has no criminal record. The gun he was carrying had a Florida license that only recently expired; it wasn’t licensed in New York.

Burress has not spoken publicly about why he was carrying a gun, but some have speculated it was for safety reasons after teammate Steve Smith was robbed at gunpoint three days before the incident.

Former prosecutor Randy M. Mastro, a deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, said Burress’ case was going to be “a close call.”

“He’s got a pretty compelling story to tell,” Mastro said. “But, at the same time, there’s been a tremendous public outcry, particularly by some politicians, about this

famous figure having a weapon.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has waged a long campaign against illegal guns, has publicly castigated Burress for carrying the .40-caliber weapon. And there was talk of a cover-up by the Giants and the NFL after the Nov. 28 incident at the Latin Quarter after it took police nearly 12 hours to figure out Burress had shot himself and was hospitalized; the player turned himself in three days later.

Bloomberg’s office on Monday said the mayor will leave it to prosecutors to decide how to handle the case.

Burress’ Giants teammates have been supportive about his return. The Giants lost four of their final five games after Burress was suspended, fined and placed on the non-football injury list, meaning he also could not appear in the playoffs.

LOUIS LANZANO / The Associated Press

New York Giant Plaxico Burress and his attorney Benjamin Brafman walk out of Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday.

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SOCCER

Tigers head into final leg of spring season Saturday Sophomore keeper growing as leader

By David Helman Sports Writer

The LSU soccer team has an extended spring break ahead.

While students head to beaches and bars around the Gulf Coast, the Tigers (3-0-1) finish their spring season in College Station, Texas, and Orange Beach, Ala. LSU heads into the final stretch of the spring season Saturday with a doubleheader against BYU and Texas A&M before traveling to face Auburn on April 18.

“It’s been very productive so far,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We’ve had a very good start, but playing teams at the level of Texas A&M and BYU back-to-back will be really, really tough.”

Lee probably hopes the last leg of the schedule goes as well as the first. The spring opened with a 3-0 win against Oklahoma State, which finished the 2008 season ranked No. 13 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of

America.

“That first game was against a really tough team, and we just came out and cleaned up,” said sophomore goalkeeper Mo Isom.

Isom is back in the goal for the Tigers after a breakout freshman season. She has allowed just one goal through the spring season and said she’s growing into her role as a team leader.

“Getting the first season under my belt was huge,” she said.

“I just feel so much more confident not only in goal, but off the field with the girls.”

Saturday’s matchup with BYU will be an interesting reprise for both Isom and the Tigers.

LSU pounded the Cougars, 4-1, on the first day of classes last semester, highlighted by Isom’s 100-yard goal from inside her own goalkeeper’s box.

“It will be interesting to face that goalkeeper again,” Isom said.

“That goal really boosted my confidence and helped me at the beginning of the year ... BYU will probably take the field wanting to destroy us.”

The Tigers went through March with a 1-1 tie against Mississippi State, a 1-0 win against

Southern Miss and a 3-0 pasting of Southeastern Louisiana.

LSU will welcome three high-profile transfers to the active roster when the fall season starts, but two of the three are unavailable this spring.

Sophomore midfielder Tayrne Boudreau returned from the 2008 FIFA U-20 World Cup, bringing sophomore defender Allysha Chapman with her from the Canadian national team.

The Tigers will also debut senior forward Courtney Alexander, the 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year who transferred to LSU last spring.

Only Chapman is eligible to play this spring, but Lee said there are plenty of other contributors.

“Spring has been great for kids who didn’t play big roles during the fall season,” Lee said.

“The spring roster is never going to be too heavy, and it’s a great time to take stock in where we are ... We’re very excited for the fall.”

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LSU junior midfielder Melissa Clarke tries to dribble past a defender in the Tigers’ 2-1 home win against Kentucky last season.

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BASKETBALL

Calipari to leave Memphis for UK job

By Will Graves The Associated Press

MAGGIE BOWLES / The Daily Reveille

Gymnastics coach D-D Breaux encourages senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney on March 7 during the Etta James Memorial Meet.

CHAMPIONSHIP, from page 9

The Manchester, Conn., native views that elusive national championship as the “icing on the cake.”

“I’m very blessed with all the accolades I’ve won, but a national championship would seal the deal,” Clare-Kearney said. “I would love to get one, whether it be team or individual. But if I don’t, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.”

Clare-Kearney said she won’t think less of her career if it ends without one — at least, not too much less.

“To say that if I didn’t win one, my career would mean less, to me, in my eyes I would think I was missing something,” she said. “But ... all my fans, teammates and coaches, they would think that my career has been wonderful, and there are a lot of people who would love to have the career I’ve had.”

The three-time first-team AllSEC selection will have to take care of business at this weekend’s NCAA Central Regional to get her shot at the national championship.

One thing Clare-Kearney will have to do to help her team win the regional is staying on the beam. She has fallen the last three times she competed on the apparatus.

“We’ve done a lot of video work and a lot of watching it when it’s good and not talking about it when it’s bad,” Breaux said. “Hopefully, we can bridge that gap and get past this because she’s an excellent beam worker, and this should not be a problem with her.”

Clare-Kearney said the falls were all on the same pass in her routine and have all been mental mistakes because of her overthinking her routine.

“Subconsciously, at the meet I’m thinking, ‘I can’t fall this time because I fell last time,’” she said.

“The last thing I hear is, ‘Fall.’ And that seems to be what is happening.”

But the senior has taken care of business on the other three apparatuses so far this season.

Clare-Kearney is ranked No. 1 nationally on the floor with a 9.945 regional qualifying score, No. 4 in the vault (9.930), No. 5 on the bars (9.910) and No. 3 in the all-around

(39.515).

All of these rankings come despite Clare-Kearney suffering minor ankle injuries in the middle of the season.

“She’s a tenacious competitor,” Breaux said. “She has a tremendous amount of love for LSU and for the team and for what she does. She always puts the team ahead of what she would like to do and what her goals are.”

After five outstanding years as a Tiger — including a medical redshirt in 2006 because of an ankle injury — Clare-Kearney said her body is ready to call it quits, but she isn’t.

“I’m sure I’ll cry at nationals,” she said. “But it hasn’t hit me yet.”

Clare-Kearney does have plans for after her final meets as a Tiger.

The two-time All-American has been on both the Academic AllAmerican team and the SEC Honor Roll and holds a 4.00 GPA in graduate school, majoring in kinesiology with a sports management concentration.

She’s also leaving a lasting mark on the community, as she was named to the SEC Community Service team for the second-straight

year.

She is the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which encourages the importance of student-athletes participating in community service. “[Community service] shows your appreciation and how blessed you are, and that’s important,” she said. “To go out in the community and give back to people who are a little less fortunate than we are is amazing, and they really appreciate it, no matter how small it may seem to us.”

One thing is for sure — ClareKearney won’t be forgotten anytime soon by those who have competed with her Friday nights in the PMAC. “She’s a big part of this team, and she always has been,” said LSU junior Sabrina Franceschelli. “She’s one of the best in the country. She’s really consistent because she’s always that 9.9 score we can count on.”

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Calipari agreed Tuesday to leave Memphis and the dominant program he built and take on the challenge— and riches—of returning Kentucky to college basketball glory.

Calipari will receive an eightyear, $31.65 million deal plus incentives, according to the university, making him the highest-paid coach in college basketball. The school also will pay Memphis a $200,000 buyout.

ESPN.com, citing an unidentified source, reported that the deal was worth $35 million, including a $2.5 million signing bonus.

The 50-year-old Calipari has a career record of 445-140 in 17 seasons. He chose to leave Memphis after nine seasons of success, including a record of 137-14 over the past four years.

He spent the day considering

the Wildcats’ lucrative offer and calling former Kentucky coaches, including Joe B. Hall.

Hall said the informal chat centered on what it takes to survive one of college basketball’s most prestigious and most scrutinized jobs. Kentucky fired Billy Gillispie last Friday after two disappointing seasons.

The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., first reported the hiring.

Tigers walk-on Preston Laird said Calipari met with the team Tuesday afternoon, first as a group and then with individual players.

The freshman guard described the meeting as very quiet, “Nobody really said anything.”

“He started off by telling us it was the hardest day of his life,” Laird said.

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at wide receiver.

“I don’t know what the chances are,” he said. “It wasn’t a sit-down conference about it, and only time will tell. It’s a great thought, but the coaches haven’t done it yet.”

BROOKS SEEING TIME AT SAFETY LSU sophomore Ron Brooks mainly saw action on special teams as a redshirt freshman last season, but now he is getting the chance to make a splash at defensive back.

Brooks collected two interceptions at free safety in the team’s scrimmage Saturday, which he said was his first time taking live snaps at safety.

Brooks said he prefers playing safety to playing cornerback.

“I like playing free safety.

I feel comfortable having more freedom to play the ball,” he said.

“As a corner, you really don’t have as much freedom to play the quarterback, but at free safety, you have the ability to come down in the run or go back in the pass or sit there in the zone.”

SHORTRIDGE, from page 9

has a team best 39 hits and 15 stolen bases and also posts an on-base percentage of .441 and a batting average of .386.

The Golden Eagles (18-16, 7-5) are anchored by junior outfielder Megan Hill, who was named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week on March 17, after recording a .538 batting average and producing nine RBI on two doubles and a home run.

LSU defeated Southern Miss, 3-1, on Feb. 25, in Baton Rouge and held Hill hitless with three strikeouts.

“We were pretty successful the first time we played her and handled her,” Girouard said. “Hopefully, we’ll attack her the same way, and hopefully, the same outcomes will result.”

LSU junior pitcher Cody Trahan earned her second victory of the season against the Golden Eagles and allowed only one hit in five innings while striking out eight batters.

Trahan and freshman Brittany Mack lead the team in the circle, posting a combined 14-3 record.

The game in Hattiesburg will be the Tigers’ sixth consecutive road game after winning four of five on the road last week, including two come-from-behind wins against Mississippi State.

“The Mississippi State series came down to some innings with us coming back,” Girouard said. “It shows the last time we played that the team never gives up.”

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Because he has seen time at season, including him playing a safety and cornerback this spring, greater role at fullback.

Brooks said he has several sourcScott said he played his most es of advice on defense. extensive time at fullback last “Jai [Eugene] and Chris season against South Carolina.

[Hawkins] help He said the forme out with my mation with him technique at corat fullback and nerback,” Brooks Keiland Williams said. “And Chad and Richard Mur[Jones] and Danphy at running ny [McCray] help back often conme out with my fused opposing technique at safedefenses. ty, so I can go to “When we anybody for techlined up like that, Ron Brooks nique help.” the defense didn’t sophomore defensive back Jones said know what was he sees potential coming at them,” for Brooks to become a starter at Scott said. “They didn’t know if safety. we were going to dive, lead block “I always thought Brooks the linebackers or throw it out to would play safety better than cor- Keiland.” ner,” Jones said. “He’s fast and This season, Scott said he can cover a lot of field, and he will perform whatever role nechas great vision and ball skills. essary to score points and conHe could develop into a No. tribute.

1-caliber guy.”

“We have a different team, and it will have something difSCOTT READY TO PLAY ferent, whether it’s me jumping TAILBACK OR FULLBACK back and forth from fullback Senior running back Charles to tailback, I really don’t care,” Scott said the backfield could Scott said. “At this point, when have a few different looks this we get in the huddle, we give

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‘I like playing free safety. I feel comfortable having more freedom to play the ball.’

each other a wink and say, ‘Let’s go, baby,’ and we know who’s going to make a play. We’re like brothers.”

Two new faces in the backfield are out of spring practice with injuries — sophomore tailback Stevan Ridley and junior fullback Richard Dugas.

Scott said losing Ridley and Dugas would hurt the scheme of the running game, but he said the team has to keep going.

“Stevan was big, and he was

PAGE 19 really making a push to get some carries next season,” Scott said.

“Dugas was doing great at fullback. He was an offensive guard, which is not really that different ... His technique was fine because he was used to blocking. He looked like he was going to be the starting fullback next fall.”

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Tell President Lombardi what you think about budget cuts Chancellor Michael Martin told The Daily Reveille on Tuesday that the University has drafted more than nine different scenarios to deal with the $45 million budget cut this campus is staring down.

Last week, the Board of Regents passed a performance-based funding formula that should have

some benefits for the University.

But just to clarify, here we’re referring back to budget cuts — not funding.

The LSU System has shown no signs of backing off its proposal that orders virtual across-the-board cuts, meaning the University takes the largest financial hit among all

institutions the LSU System. Nothing has changed, and we still think cutting across the board is outrageously unfair, especially to a flagship institution like this campus.

So what’s the next step?

More pressure on the LSU System.

We thought some of you might

be interested in letting System President John Lombardi know how you feel about the proposed budgetcut methodology. If you despise it as much as we do, feel free to let Lombardi know.

Lombardi’s office is in the System Building on 3810 West Lakeshore Drive. He can be reached at

(225) 578-2111, and his e-mail address is lombardi@lsu.edu, according to the LSU directory.

The more voices, the better.

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BURNS AFTER READING

Missouri thought police confirm: I’m a terrorist

It’s official: I, Scott Burns, am a terrorist.

Don’t take my word for it. Just ask the Missouri Department of Public Safety.

In a report issued in February, Missouri authorities determined virtually any civilian who displays a rational defiance to governmental power abuse could potentially be a domestic terrorist, according to the Missouri Information and Analysis Center (MIAC).

The report intended to identify possible leaders of the underground “militia movement.”

“Militia members most commonly associate with third party political groups. It is not uncommon for militia members to display Constitutional Party, Campaign for Liberty, or Libertarian material. These members are usually supporters of former presidential candidates: Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr,” according to the opening of the MIAC report.

All these groups have chapters at the University.

Moreover, I’ve been involved with each group to some degree, making me the terrorist trifecta — a perfect storm of mutiny, dissatisfaction and insurrection.

But don’t expect me to get rid of my Ron Paul bumper sticker anytime soon.

The report began receiving media attention after rumors leaked on the Alex Jones Show on March 11.

The Associated Press later confirmed the document’s existence, which explicitly placed third party followers at the same threat level as domestic terrorists.

What’s alarming about the report is how it targets ordinary citizens with virtually no substantial evidence.

The report continues: “Members of the militia movement often subscribe to the ideology of other right-wing extremist movements such as Christian identity and

sovereign citizens.”

“Right wing extremists and militia leaders continuously exploit current world events in order to increase participation in their movements. Due to Scott Burns the current economic and poColumnist litical situation, a lush environment for militia activity has been created.”

In a section entitled, “You are the enemy,” the report says the “militia” has a tendency to worry about the organization of a National World Order, which would consolidate all the affluent world empires into one totalitarian authority.

Conspirators also fear the possible formation of a North American Union, which would combine Mexico, Canada and America under a common rule of law, potentially

erase border controls and create a uniform currency known as the AMERO. The report also warns about the potential threat waged by those who oppose the Federal Reserve System, encouraging officers to watch for any anti-nationalist tendencies.

Despite pressure, Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon initially refused to renounce the report, claiming authorities should be able to designate potential threats without interference to keep ordinary citizens safe.

Protecting civilians is respectable, but security shouldn’t come at the expense of free speech. Authorities must ensure their reports are driven by truth, not speculation.

Citizens can’t trust a government that ignores individual freedom.

Nixon’s administration eventually reversed its position following massive public outcry. On March 24, John Britt, director of

the Missouri Department of Public Safety, wrote a letter to Paul, Baldwin and Barr formally apologizing for the “regrettable information” included in the report.

If Nixon wants to keep his state safe from potential threats, he should start by admonishing those responsible for filing such an inaccurate report.

Freedom of speech is a staple of our republic. Missouri security advisers have the right to keep their citizens safe, but they shouldn’t use that power to distort truth and suppress dissenting views.

Government is intended to give citizens a voice, not take it away.

Scott Burns is a 19-year-old political science and business sophomore from Baton Rouge.

Contact Scott Burns at sburns@lsureveille.com

NIETZSCHE IS DEAD

Debaptism an insult, not defense of religious rights

For many Christians, baptism is one of the most sacred ceremonies in which a person can participate.

Baptism is a symbol of a person’s acceptance of the faith, a way of publicly affirming their beliefs.

But for some, it’s a mark of shame — a mark they want to erase from history.

England’s National Secular Society is doing everything in its power to help its formerly faithful members do just that.

Atheist John Hunt is a pioneer in an emerging movement toward “debaptism” — a formal rejection of the creeds of baptism.

Hunt, a member of the NSS, has petitioned the local clergy of the Church of England to officially remove his name from their baptismal records.

Apparently Hunt, who broke his faith as a teenager, wants to remove any trace of affiliation he might have with an organization preaching what

he now believes to be superstition.

The Church has so far refused to comply.

“You can’t remove from the record something that actually happened,” the Right Reverend Nick Baines, Bishop of Croydon said, according to the BBC. “Whether we agree whether it should have happened or not is a different matter.”

In Baines’ view, whatever his current beliefs about God are, Hunt can’t pretend his baptism never happened.

Hunt’s petition is a part of the NSS’s attempt at convincing the Church of England to develop an official procedure for annulling baptisms. So far, such a procedure has not been devised.

In response to the Church’s hesitance, the NSS has begun issuing documents called “Certificates of Debaptism.”

The documents are deliberately constructed as satire of Church

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ceremonies, and the ceremonies intentionally look homemade and use faux ceremonial language.

Hunt’s certificate reads “I, John Geoffrey Hunt, having been subjected to the rite of Christian baptism in infancy ... hereby pubMatthew licly revoke any Albright implications of Columnist that rite. I reject all its creeds and other such superstitions in particular the perfidious belief that any baby needs to be cleansed of original sin.”

The certificate is largely a tongue-in-cheek jab at the formalities of the Church — in fact, the Society’s president Terry Sanderson suggested that it be displayed in the bathroom.

The document is available

online, and has been downloaded more than 60,000 times, according to Sanderson.

The Society’s movement to annul baptisms seems juvenile.

The Church’s argument is sound — whether Hunt likes it or not, he was baptized, even if he was too young to understand. The church records are historical documents, so the names should not be removed.

A baptism does not denote membership in the Church. It’s a profession of belief, and, as Hunt is well aware, beliefs can and do change throughout a person’s life.

By maintaining records of his baptism, the Church is certainly not claiming any affiliation or power over him.

Besides, if the NSS really thinks Christian beliefs are so absurd and false, there’s no reason for them to attach any significance to the ceremonies those beliefs entail.

But, on the other hand, baptism

is a sacred, important ritual to those who have kept the faith — atheists have no reason to care about baptisms as Christians do.

The “debaptism” effort represents a certain breed of militant, confrontational atheism more concerned with vehemently disassociating themselves from Christianity than maintaining actual religious freedom.

If Hunt wants to distance himself from his former religious affiliations, that right is certainly his. But digging into the obscure archives of a church in an effort to remove all traces of his past only serves to insult the faith in which he was raised.

Matthew Albright is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Baton Rouge.

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A black guy, a Mexican and an Arab walk into a bar

Comedian Katt Williams, speaking of then-Sen. Barack Obama, got me thinking about whether racial humor is an oxymoron: “…If you was ever gonna vote for a nigga, this is the nigga to vote for,” Williams said to eager applause.

Whether racial humor is simply sanctioned racism and whether it should be acceptable to laugh at racism — even if it’s just a joke — are questions that don’t have easy answers.

There’s also no easy answer as to why the academic community has been hesitant to study the effects of this kind of behavior.

James Brown, local comic, said when it comes to racial humor, perception of status matters more than race. Because white males are generally perceived as the power base of society, race is inconsequential when minorities make racial jokes.

Stand-up comedian and former Daily Reveille columnist Ryan Sands said racist jokes made in private are more offensive than those made in public. With no one of the opposite race to gauge whether they approve of specific humor, racism becomes more dangerous.

“If it’s all whites [in the audience], it feels more like a Klan meeting,” Sands said.

In explaining Dave Chappelle’s departure from the comedy world, Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post said it sometimes made Chappelle uncomfortable when white people laughed at his jokes. Thus, he realized some of his material wasn’t funny but racist.

Robinson also noted some whites can take certain racial jokes about blacks as proof of certain assumptions, which can often perpetuate prejudice.

But that’s the risk Chappelle runs by deliberately narrowing his audience to the black community.

If he aims a personal discussion at a public audience, that commentary becomes worthy of public dialogue.

The disconnect arises Daniel Lumetta when considerOpinion Editor ing what’s more important — the speaker or the content. Because in some circumstances, the level of tolerance for racial humor shifts with the speaker but not necessarily with race.

In an interview with The New York Times, Larry Wilmore — The Daily Show’s “resident black correspondent” — explained speakers can’t blend serious commentary with offensive material without causing confusion.

The reason comedians get away with racial humor is because they introduce their commentary while playing a role. Wilmore said delivery matters — it would be unacceptable to present racial jesting as one’s own views.

The New York Times article also cautioned about the aftermath effect, which can make or break the case for acceptability. Racial humorists can deflect critics by pursuing comedic persistence instead of customarily apologizing.

The folks at Peacetrain.org claim racist jokes exacerbate discrimination by perpetuating stereotypes. Racism, they claim, would more quickly evaporate if it weren’t encouraged by racial humor.

But Sands and Brown disagreed with the Peace Train.

“Humor alleviates violence,” Sands said. “No one ever watched ‘Chappelle’s Show’ and committed a hate crime without prior inclination to do so.”

“Comedy is meant to entertain,” Brown said. “It’s not meant to be taken seriously.”

The solution is not to censor others but to let them display their own views — whether ignorant and incendiary or comedic and purposedriven — so their intentions aren’t disguised.

While it isn’t fair to relieve comics of responsibility for influencing

prejudices, it also isn’t fair to look at humor as a cause of racism.

By publicly acknowledging stereotypes, racial humor can force people to confront some semblance of how others perceive the world.

Stereotypes exist for a reason and can’t be overcome without general recognition.

Psychologists suggest humor helps people through tough situations.

Likewise, racial humor may help individuals deal with race, but, sadly, societal consensus as to the role of racial humor today is years away.

Fortunately, no one can set a standard for healthy dialogue or acceptable humor without being arbitrary or prudish.

Anyone with a clear-cut answer to these questions likely ignored many relevant details.

Daniel Lumetta is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Metairie.

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Child labor, sweatshops bring growth, prosperity When the government intervenes in the economy, it creates perverse incentives and misdirects resources.

But some economic regulations unquestionably improved the standard of living — including prohibitions on child labor.

Happy April Fool’s Day. In truth, laws against child labor lead to far worse conditions for the children they claim to protect.

No respectable parents want their progeny to toil in the workforce during their formative years.

But for the majority of humanity’s 100,000-year existence, this was a luxury none could afford. By 1800, 95 percent of Americans still had to work in agriculture, according to Cox and Alm’s “Myths of Rich and Poor: Why We’re Better Off Than We Think.”

At these family farms, child labor was necessary for survival.

It’s easy to shed motherly tears for the working conditions of the

Industrial Revolution factories in Britain and America, but it’s important to remember these workers chose to move to the cities because they were the safest, best-paying jobs the economy offered.

In fact, writers of the day commended factory owners for providing jobs for women and children.

As free-market economist Murray Rothbard wrote, “This praise was not due to their being inhuman monsters; it was due to the fact that, before such labor was available, and in those regions where such labor was not available, the women and children were living and suffering in infinitely worse conditions. Women, children, immigrants, after all, were not driven to the factories with whips; they went voluntarily and gladly.”

Regulations prohibiting child labor do not save children from the mines. They force them to choose between starvation and the black

market. The only benefactors are factory workers who face less competition. This is why unions — not genuinely concerned citizens — led the fight to outlaw non-farm child labor.

Child labor regulations also have adverse Daniel Morgan effects on the Columnist macro-level.

For people to own more things, more things must be created. This requires an increase in productivity — the amount created per worker.

The easiest way for this to happen is through an increase in capital goods — goods used for the production of other goods rather than as ends in themselves.

On the consumption side, poor countries lack the resources to buy the luxuries we enjoy.

But from the production side,

they lack the ability to create enough things for prices to be bid under the budget of less-affluent workers.

With savings come investment and vast increases in productivity.

Only after going through this transition can poor countries develop the ability to become rich countries.

In America, this happened between 1860 and 1890 when the “second Industrial Revolution” vastly decreased the average workweek, and real earnings increased by roughly 60 percent, according to “History of the American Economy.”

From this logically necessary framework, discussions on child labor take a sharp turn to the right of standard assumptions. Safe working conditions and what we would consider “fair” wages are expensive.

They can only be afforded after massive growths in the capital

stock. In America, Britain, South Korea, Hong Kong and much of what we now consider the first world, that capital stock was accumulated through a relatively laissez-faire economy.

Child labor and sweat shops are not aesthetically pleasing, but they are better than the alternatives. Without them, the necessary growth in the capital stock is even more Herculean.

The progress that allows citizens to enjoy childhood comes not from legislation at the top, but from hard work at the bottom.

Prosperity only comes from sweat and savings.

And that’s no joke.

Daniel Morgan is a 21-yearold economics junior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Daniel Morgan at dmorgan@lsureveille.com

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Age 18+ OK 1-800-965-6520 xt127 GREAT HOURS! GREAT PAY! Texas

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009 Roadhouse is currently hiring servers and hosts. Make money at a fun restaurant!

Come by 10360 N. Mall Dr, M-T, between 2 and 4 pm for an interview. Hope to see you soon! 225.293.0144 FOR SALE HONDA SILVERWING MOTORCYCLE 2003 Honda - 600 cc scooter - 12,000 miles, 65 mpg-$4900 985.209.0288 TIGER MANOR CONDOMINIUMS. U N I T S R E A D Y F O R S P R I N G & F ALL 2009!!

Brand new 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units for s a l e s t a r ting at $124,900. Ask about our Guaranteed Buy -Back Program!! 3000 July St. 225-346-5055 www.tigermanor.com Location. Location.

Location... Star t Living.

NICE BL ACK LEATHER Loveseat-$200, Great for Living Room 504.638.1555 WHY RENT! 1400 sq ft home 5 miles from campus. 3bdrm, 2bath. Fireplace.

New roof. Appliances included. $139,900. Don”t miss out on this great deal! 225.757.7455 G ATES AT BR I GHT SIDE 2BR/2BA All appliances Incl. Bus route. $177,500, call Daniel 225.328.5076 FOR RENT S T O R E Y OUR S T U F F Student Special - Get 1st Month FREE. Climate Control of LA Self Storage.

3147 College Dr. just past the RR tracks.

Enter thru College Creek Shopping Center.

Various sizes, covered loading, video recorded surveillance and alarms, 24/7 access. 24/7 service with our Insomniac machine (rent a unit, make a payment, buy a lock) - very cool.

We Love Students.

We also have Budget Rent-a-Car and Rent-a-Truck.

225.927-8070 CONDO FOR RENT 3 bdr 2 baths BRIGHTSIDE APT.#1204 900 Dean Lee Dr. Baton Rouge La. Gated, Pool, Sand BB, Res.park $1500.00 per Mth 504-382-8655 504.382.8655 HOUSE FOR RENT newer 3/2ba house on lake in Nicholson Lakes sub all amenities LSU area must see 1500/ mo 225-9333477 225.751.4212 $605 APT. TO SUBLEASE!! At Sterling Northgate starting MAY. Contact me at asmi157@tigers.lsu.edu.

2 BR CONDO FOR RENT Two story, two bedroom town house near LSU @ Perkins Rd overpass. Gated Community. Washer, dryer and refrigerator are included. $950 per month, water and sewerage included.

Available now.

NO PETS. NO SMOKING! Please leave message for more info @ 225.253.0274 SAFE LOC. NEAR L SU 1BR, 1BA, ALL UTILS., CBL+WIFI INCL. BUS RT. $925/ mo +dep. BRYAN 225.235.3607 PRE-LEASING FOR SUMMER & FALL LSU Tigerland: Studio,1 & 2 Bdr. wood floors, pool, & laundry $465-$695 225-766-7224 TIGER MANOR CONDOMINIUMS. U N I T S R E A D Y F O R S P R I N G & F ALL 2009! Brand new 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available.

R e s e r v e y o u r u n i t t o d a y ! Wa l k t o c l a s s !

3000 July St. 225-346-5055. www . t i g e r manor.com Location. Location. Location... Star t Living.

WALK TO L SU One BR $425 881 Violet.

McDaniel Prop. 225.388.9858 SUMMER GROVE CONDOS Reserve your unit now for Summer/Fall

’09.

2bed/2 bath - $1,200 2bed/2.5 bath - $1,300 3bed/3.5 bath - $1,650 See our website for more details! www.deanflores.com Dean Flores Real Estate 9191 Siegen Lane Ste 4-B Baton Rouge, LA 70810 225.767.2227 FOR RENT 3br/2bth $350/mth 5 min to LSU 281.216.2532 CHARMING 3BR/1BA HOUSE in beautiful Garden District. Walking distance to LSU lakes. Wood floors, alarm system.

1625/mo. Available June 1st. Call Johnny 225-931-2878

Single guy looking for a fine honey to get lost taking a roadtrip, i have no clue how to read a map, so come get lost with me...cloupe2@lsu.edu D E N I M D A N D E S I R E S D ATE Looking for a girl who’s not scared of a little denim. I’ll be at Reggie’s in my jean jacket and dark denims on the stage, sippin on a cranberry vodka.

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337.274.2979

PERSONALS

L SU GUY Looking for love in all the wrong places.

Finally decided to put this up here. I’m 22 going to graduate next May. I need a sweet girl who is content being herself. I like movies, going out to dinner, traveling, and of course LSU Football.

Tigerlovin22@gmail.com

I F R AT HARD ALL DAY AND NIGHT One thing a frat cant get me is love. Unless Love is a passed out sorority chick, i’ll take that too BTW. Come frat hard with me (polo shirt included)...ffazio1@lsu.edu

*TIRED OF BEING HEAR T BROKEN* Smart, shy, Independant LSU Junior girl looking to hang out with a nice, smart, sensible, cute guy for friendship or possibly dating. damselindistress86@gmail.com

LOOKING TO SCORE?!?!

Fun, smart, cute blonde babe about to graduate... Looking for involved, soccerplaying male grad-student... Only wanting a quick fling before I move away in the Fall! Come play with me! anchorchelsea@gmail.com

SEEKING CHARITABLE, outdoor loving individual. Must love animals and the occasional hiking or camping trip. Drop me a message at HighpointingForAmerica.org

APT. FOR RENT Tigerland - Country Club II 2 BR $650/month 225.761.7222

I NEED A FRECKLY REDHEAD GIRL I am in love with redheads and their freckles, and I just can’t seem to find any; it’s a problem! I have a great sense of humor, and I’m pretty intelligent and caring. So if there are any freckled redhead girls out there who like to meet a muscular Italian guy, email me at TheGoon6@hotmail.com LIKE TO GET LOS T ON ROADTRIPS?

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Races open. I’m a sweetheart! tigerboy1988@gmail.com

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