The Daily Reveille — June 11, 2009

NEWS New bus system connects the University and downtown, page 3.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES COVERAGE Fans travel to Omaha with the Tigers, page 7. See lsureveille.com for complete coverage of the Tigers’ journey in Omaha.

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La. health care industry prepares for EBR deep cuts along with higher education confirms HEALTH

Cuts to Medicaid proposed by bill would result in about 4,000 layoffs statewide

16 swine flu cases

By Kyle Bove Senior Writer

By Robert Stewart Contributing Writer

Health care and higher education are both looking at steep budget reductions next fiscal year.

And just as Chancellor Michael Martin and LSU System President John Lombardi have spoken up about the effects a $219 million funding reduction would have on public colleges, universities and the state in general, health care officials are spreading the word about the cuts House Bill 1 dealt them. “[The effects] would stretch through-

out the entire state, very similar to what is being thought about in higher education,” said John Matessino, president of the Louisiana Hospital Association. “There would be layoffs all over.”

HB 1, the state’s $28 billion state spending proposal, has hospitals taking a $200 million cut in reimbursements they receive for providing care to the state’s poor through the Medicaid health HEALTH CARE, see page 11

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East Baton Rouge Parish has confirmed 16 cases of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, since the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals began tracking the virus statewide in April, according René Milligan, director of the Bureau of Media and Communications for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.

But that number may be misleading.

Frank Welch, medical director for pandemic preparedness at the DHH Office of Public Health, said it is likely there are more than 16 cases in the parish because the disease’s effects has been mild.

“We stopped asking doctors and laboratories to submit those tests about a month ago,” Welch said. “There were probably many, many more than that of people who were just mildly ill and stayed home. So that 16 just SWINE FLU, see page 11

HEALTH

Study shows freshmen more prone to Chlamydia University educates freshman on STDs

By Natalie Roy Contributing Writer

While incoming freshmen prepare for the transition into college, worries about apartment décor and class schedules are the norm.

But according to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of Chlamydia among freshmen should be at the top of students’ list of concerns.

College freshmen under the age of 20 are more likely to contract Chlamydia than their older peers, according to a study by

Adelbert James, PhD, from Emory University, The study, which tested a group of 789 students from 10 different colleges in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, found that Chlamydia prevalence in all students was 9.7 percent, while the prevalence among the 263 freshmen was 13 percent.

“The fact that [Chlamydia] is bacterial is going to make it more prevalent,” said Hope McPhatter, Wellness Education Coordinator.

“Bacterial infections, in general, are easier to contract because … they can be easily cured. People take less precautions.”

While the University’s Student Health Center cannot accurately track the exact number of

University students tested positive for Chlamydia, the trend among students who get tested at the Health Center seems to correlate with the study.

Out of the 2,097 students tested at the Health Center in 2008, 1.4 percent — or 29 people — tested positive for Gonorrhea, while a significantly higher amount, 6.8 percent — or 143 students — tested positive for Chlamydia.

“Chlamydia is definitely one of the most common STDs, especially around a college campus,” said McPhatter.

But just because the STD is common does not mean it’s harmless, McPhatter said. Chlamydia, STDS, see page 6

photo courtesy of Hope McPhatter

Orientation leaders put on a skit last year during freshman orientation to inform them about sexual health and the dangers of STDs.

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INTERNATIONAL

WHO gets ready to declare swine flu pandemic GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is gearing up to declare a swine flu pandemic, a move that could trigger both the large-scale production of vaccines and questions about why the step was delayed for weeks as the virus continued to spread. On Wednesday, WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan quizzed eight countries with large swine flu outbreaks to see if a pandemic, or global epidemic, should be declared. After Chan’s teleconference, the agency announced that an emergency meeting with its flu experts would be held Thursday. Since swine flu first emerged in Mexico and the United States in April, it has spread to 74 countries around the globe. On Wednesday, WHO reported 27,737 cases including 141 deaths. Most cases are mild and require no treatment. The world is in phase 5 of WHO’s pandemic alert scale, meaning a global

outbreak is imminent. Moving to phase 6, the highest level, means a pandemic has begun. If that declaration is made, it will push drugmakers to fast-track production of a swine flu vaccine. Chan says she personally believes that a pandemic is under way, but was seeking clear proof that swine flu is spreading rapidly from person to person outside the Americas before declaring a global epidemic. “Once I get indisputable evidence I will make the announcement,” she told reporters Tuesday.

It would be the first flu pandemic in 41 years, since the Hong Kong flu of 1968. At GlaxoSmithKline PLC, spokesman Stephen Rea said the company was already working with a key ingredient of the swine flu vaccine to see how quickly doses could be produced. Other major pharmaceuticals like Sanofi Pasteur have also been working on a swine flu vaccine since WHO gave them a “seed stock” of the virus last month created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rea said it could take up to six months before large amounts of a swine flu vaccine are available. At the moment, GlaxoSmithKline is still making regular flu vaccine, which it expects to be completed by July.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Shooter at Pakistan appeals for public support Holocaust museum fatally wounds guard on Taliban ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials moved swiftly Wednesday to use the suicide bombing of a luxury hotel in their campaign to build public support for military offensives against the Taliban, saying the country is at war. Past offensives against Islamist militants have resulted in backlashes as many Pakistanis concluded the only way to end the bloodshed and destruction was for the weak central government to strike a deal with the extremists — which it did as recently as this past spring in the Swat Valley, only to have an emboldened Taliban violate the agreement by seizing an adjacent district. “This is a war, but the people of this country will not bow to the cowardly acts of terrorists.

People are now seeing the real face of those who have been exploiting them in the name of Islam,” North West Frontier Province senior minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour Bilour told reporters.

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New Orleans mayor released from quarantine

WASHINGTON (AP) — An elderly white supremacist stepped inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, opened fire with a rifle and fatally wounded a security guard before being shot by other officers. The assailant was hospitalized in critical condition, leaving behind a sprawling investigation by federal and local law enforcement and expressions of shock from the Israeli government and a prominent Muslim organization. Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the gunman was “engaged by security guards immediately after entering the door” with a rifle. Law enforcement officials said James Von Brunn, 88, a white supremacist, was under investigation in the shooting, and a second official said the elderly man’s car was found near the museum and tested for explosives. Museum officials identified the dead guard as Stephen T. Johns, a six-year veteran of the facility.

Hear baseball beat writer Andy Schwehm talk about the Tigers’ chances in the CWS.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been released from quarantine in China. A spokeswoman says that the mayor is on a plane headed for Australia. Nagin, his wife, and one of his guards had been quarantined since Sunday, after a passenger on their flight from New Jersey showed flu-like symptoms.

Nagin spokeswoman Ceeon (SAYon) Quiett said Wednesday morning that Nagin has been released and was planning to fulfill the second leg of an overseas trip.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin during an interview Dec. 23. Nagin was just released from quarantine in China after showing symptoms of swine flu.

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TRANSPORTATION

Graduate students see New bus line connects LSU provost about possible University with downtown Three new systems changes to school Dean outsted at end of spring semester

By Joy Lukachick Contributing Writer

David Constant was appointed interim dean of the graduate school at the end of the spring semester after William Worger was ousted from his position.

Worger who was dean for

only eight months told The Daily Reveille in May that he was surprised by the University’s actions and that the departure was not his decision.

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget declined to comment on Worger and only replied “circumstances” when asked about the sudden change in leadership.

After the quiet dismissal by DISMISSAL, see page 11

put in place Aug. 1

By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer

Students, faculty and staff who live downtown, in the Garden District or in the Perkins Road and Stanford Avenue area will have a new way to get to the University beginning August 1.

The Downtown Development District held a commission meeting at Tuesday at the Old

Governor’s Mansion to discuss possible developments in the downtown area, such as the new downtown bus line, strengthening the arts and entertainment district, landscape beautifications and a continuation of the levee bike path from Laurel Street to North Street.

“We are thrilled to death,” said Davis Rhorer, executive director of the DDD, about the new bus line. “There are a lot of students, faculty and staff who live downtown.”

Gary Graham, director of University Parking, Traffic and

Transportation, introduced the new bus line to a group of 50 or 60 Baton Rouge residents at the meeting.

Graham said a study run last spring by an independent transportation consultant found an increase of faculty and students living downtown, who wanted bus service.

“This is based on what students want and what students are willing to pay for,” Graham said. “Things evolve, and we shift routes to meet the changing SERVICE, see page 11

TECHNOLOGY

Switch to digital broadcasting to happen Friday Experts: 1.3 million viewers unprepared

By Steven Powell Contributing Writer

A clearer picture is imminent for television viewers using an antenna to receive public broadcast TV signals.

Television stations nationwide will discontinue analog broadcasting Friday morning to broadcast only digital transmissions, by mandate of the Digital Television Transition and Public

Safety Act of 2005.

“The switch to digital broadcasting has been going on for over two decades,” said Mark Wigfield, FCC spokesman. “Digital is much more advanced.”

Wigfield said digital broadcasting uses the electromagnetic spectrum more efficiently — freeing up airways for first responders and mobile units — and broadcasts in high-definition and surround sound.

With the transition, viewers with analog television sets have three options: Buy a digital converter box, buy a digital TV or subscribe to a cable or satellite

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Mike’s Audio on Airline Highway offers the digital conversion box, below the TV. The antenna that goes with the conversion box is pictured to the left.

doesn’t agree with the transition. service.

“I think it should be a perThe government is offering up to two coupons per household, sonal choice to receive analog redeemable for two $40 digital or digital,” she said. “It’s a lot of trouble for me to have to go the converter boxes.

Bart Forbes, Nation Tele- extra mile to receive television, communications and Information especially as a college student.”

Kennerson said she plans to Administration spokesman, said buy a new TV, coupons are availbecause buying able until July 31, a converter box or until supplies is “more trouble last. than it’s worth.”

According to Mike’s Audio the NTIA, more in Baton Rouge than 59 million has sold more coupons have than 1,200 conbeen requested verter boxes. and more than 30 Jasmine Kennerson “In the beginmillion have been biological sciences senior ning, we saw a lot redeemed. of government Wigfield said the transition was initially funded vouchers,” said Mike Rusk, preswith $490 million from the na- ident of Mike’s Audio. “But some tional budget, but $650 million people just pay for the converter was allotted for the transition by boxes out of pocket.”

Many low-income housethe American Recovery and Reholds cannot afford new TVs investment Act of 2009.

Forbes said the government so they are relying on converter is auctioning off the free space on boxes to watch television, Rusk the electromagnetic spectrum to repay the $490 million from the national budget.

The FCC received $65 million, but requested another $9.5 million to help fund the call center, Wigfield said.

The original deadline for the switch, Feb. 17, was pushed back

by President Barack Obama to June 12 because of a high number of unprepared households.

About 5.8 million households were unprepared for the transition as of Feb. 1, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings. The number was cut to 3.1 million, or 2.7 percent of households, by June 3.

“We’ve certainly cut the number in half since December,” Wigfield said. “We’re slowly getting better.”

According to Nielsen, New Orleans ranks 36th out of 59 metered markets for unprepared households, with 1.95 percent of the households still unprepared.

Jasmine Kennerson, biological science senior, said she

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‘It’s a lot of trouble for me to go the extra mile to receive television, especially as a college student.’

said.

Rusk said digital converter boxes are still popular with customers buying digital TVs. “We’ll watch TV on cable or satellite [at home], but we might go to the hunting camp,” he said.

“People still have working TVs at hunting camps or other places that still work and they don’t want to throw away.”

Cindy Wu, environmental management senior, said she is well informed of the transition but will not be affected because Cox Cable is provided by her apartment.

“There are ads everywhere,” she said. “If I didn’t have cable, I think I would buy a new TV. If you have an older analog TV, it’s probably time to buy a new one anyway.”

Contact Steven Powell at spowell@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

GREEK AFFAIRS

Sorority houses closed for repairs System still fixing Gustav damages

By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer

University Greek life has a large presence during the fall and spring semesters, but during the summers, independents rule the campus.

Because of the small number of Greeks returning for summer sessions, all sorority houses and some fraternity houses are closed during the summer months.

“It’s more of an individual choice,” said Angela Guillory, director of Greek Life. “Every Greek house is owned by a house corporation, a group of elected leaders of the organization’s alumni. They are charged with the leadership of a particular fraternity or sorority.”

Guillory said both major and minor repairs are made to the houses during the summer while no one lives in them.

This can include structural repairs, new carpets, plumbing, painting and new furniture.

“From a cost perspective, it’s not lucrative to have the power on

for the number of students here for summer school,” Guillory said.

“Sorority houses sleep 55 to 60 girls, and you’ll never have that many students in summer school.

[The Greek organizations] are not saving money by closing the house in the summer, they are making a choice not to lose money.”

Cathy Stephens, House Corporation president of Kappa Delta, said this summer is the only chance the sorority has to repair its bathrooms and the damage done by Gustav, as well as reseal and paint the house.

She said the KD house will be resealed because of minor damage caused by water blown from the University lakes during Gustav that seeped through the stucco walls of the house. Overall, Stephens said the house fared well during the storm.

Guillory said it is a common trend across the nation to close sorority houses and keep some fraternity houses open during the summer and added some fraternity houses can stay open for the summer because the fraternity houses are staffed differently than the sorority houses.

For example, the sorority houses have a kitchen staff serving three meals a day, and some fraternity

houses do not have that staff.

Paul Favaloro, Office of Facility Resources director, said Facility Services only does repairs for the Greek houses upon requests from them.

“If they need us, they’ll call us,” Favaloro said. “Other than that, they typically contact maintenance repairs themselves.”

Favaloro said Facility Services maintains the public areas around the houses and some of the Greek lawns.

The house corporation of each Greek organization is in charge of scheduling the summer repairs.

“We run the house, and the chapter rents it from us,” Stephens said. “We are all KD’s. We’re all older women who go back and help out. We do this just as volunteers.

We take care of anything to do with the house.”

Stephens said the cost of these repairs varies from year to year because some repairs are more expensive than others.

“It’s a large task to keep these houses running,” Stephens said. “You can’t let these houses go for years at a time because the upkeep would be terrible.”

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Dumpsters filled with sheet rock, metal rebar, wood and a wheel barrow sit behind the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house June 1.

Some Greek members take summer classes and have to find a place to live for the summer. Melissa Gandolfi, Kappa Delta president, said she subleased a room in someone’s house last summer when the KD house was closed. She said sublets are easy for Greek students to find,

and many people post availabilities in the house before spring semester ends and the summer sessions begin.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

HEALTH

GroupX classes begin at UREC for the summer Courses available for free to members

By Jennifer Raines Contributing Writer

GroupX classes at the University Recreation Center started again Monday, attracting students, faculty and staff who have decided to stick around for the summer.

The classes’ turnouts in previous summers have been smaller than in the fall and spring semesters.

“Obviously, it’s a lot less crowded here in the summer, mainly because most of the people that

come to our classes are students,” said Amy Kokemor, Healthy Lifestyles interim coordinator. “But we still have an adequate turnout to where each class is maybe not maxed out.”

Kokemor said the later sessions are busier because students who are usually in school are working 8 a.m to 5 p.m. jobs in the summer.

Students in particular are more interested in the “mind and body” classes, such as Yoga and Pilates, she said. Faculty and staff, on the other hand, participate more in the specialty courses, which require a fee and adhere to a separate schedule.

Another class well-liked by

UREC members is the 30/20/10 class, which involves 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, 20 minutes of resistance training and 10 minutes of flexibility activity.

“In 30/20/10, there is strength training, and it’ll encompass either using your own body weights, to using a stability ball, to using dumbbells to using body bars,” Kokemor said. “It’s a wide range of types depending on the instructor.”

Since the GroupX classes became free to UREC members, the number of patrons has gone up drastically, Kokemor said. They have even had to turn away 100 to 200 members per month from the classes, due to full capacity.

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Students at the UREC punch and kick at the opening of the “Kick and Sculpt” GroupX class provided by the UREC. GroupX classes, free to UREC members, started again Monday for the summer semester.

In addition to the GroupX classes held at the UREC, several online classes are offered through the UREC’s Web site. These classes are free to anyone who visits the site. Kokemor said the classes have been viewed by users in other states, and even from users in other

countries.

The UREC will also begin offering several new classes in the fall.

Contact Jennifer Raines at jraines@lsureveille.com

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TECHNOLOGY

Residential halls Wi-Fi installation on schedule All dorms to have wireless by fall

By Steven Powell Contributing Writer

Charlton Wilson is often frustrated with the walk to the downstairs commons area for Internet.

“You can’t check Facebook or e-mail in your room,” said the incoming mass communication freshman. “You have to go downstairs to the commons area to get Internet, which can be a hassle. It’s harder to stay in touch with people.”

Wilson said he is staying in East Laville during the Summer as part of the Summer Opportunities program.

Steve Waller, director of Residential Life, said wireless Internet installation in University dorms is on track to be completed by the start

of the fall semester after installation began late last fall.

Three dorms — South Hall, West Hall and Broussard Hall — already have functioning wireless internet, and all other residence halls are currently in progress.

Waller said the project will cost $250,000, but the project is funded with money from ResLife bank accounts and reserves, not student fees or rent.

However, Waller said money is needed for equipment maintenance and Internet service, though this money will come from discontinuing dorm room phone lines, since most students prefer cell phones to land lines.

“At first we considered a 1 percent increase in rent,” he said.

“But then we decided discontinuing phone lines as a trade off.”

Waller said residents have the option of setting up a phone line in the dorms for an additional fee.

pointment at the Student Health Center, the “Ask Mike” page loif left untreated, can cause pelvic cated on the Wellness Education inflammatory disease and sterility Department’s Web site is a good in women. way for “the scared freshman” to “The younger the woman is is ask anonymous questions about definitely a factor,” said McPhatter sexual health, said McPhatter.

“A younger girl’s [cervical cells] Also, starting in fall 2009, are immature, mystudentbody. making her more com, which has susceptible to STD an alcohol course contraction. That’s every freshman another reason must complete, why a freshman is will be adding an more likely to conSTD module to the tract Chlamydia.”

Web site in order This boom of to help students Chlamydial infecobtain vital sexual tion among young health information, Laura Rachal adults has promptMcPhatter said. former SHA president ed universities “It’s very imnationwide to educate college stu- portant for us to try to teach those dents about sexual health. healthy sexual behaviors early,” Aside from the Health Center McPhatter said. “Because what and Wellness Education Depart- you do now shapes what you do as ment, the University is reaching an adult.” out to students early through freshmen orientation presentations and Contact Natalie Roy at student organizations like Student nroy@lsureveille.com Health Advocates, which McPhatter advises.

“I found, from going into the dorms and doing presentations on STDs, that a lot of freshmen just weren’t presented with … anything considering sexual health,” said Laura Rachal, University aluma former SHA president. “Freshmen are more likely to try new things. And though safer decisions can elude anyone … from my experience in the residence halls, it’s always the freshmen who are uninformed.”

The Health Center, along with SHA, now use freshmen orientation as an opportunity to inform incoming and more unaware students about the importance of sexual health through skits and presentations, Rachal said.

“Even if [freshmen] think they know all about STDs, believe me, there’s a lot more out there to know,” Rachal said. “The SHA club itself is helpful because … sometimes it’s easier to talk to one of your friends or peers about [sexual health.]”

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STDS, from page 1

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‘From my experience in the residence halls, it’s always the freshmen who are uninformed.’

Sheri Thompson, IT communications and planning officer, said other University wireless transmitters require regular maintenance and have a full-time staff for upkeep.

“There is always work that needs to be done,” she said. “We had several issues this year. They need to be maintained by full-time professionals.”

Thompson said the wireless routers are 802.11b and 802.11g transmitters, which use a 2.4 GHz ISM radio band.

Qugiong Hehe, economics graduate student, said she lives in

Nicholson Apartments, which already has wireless Internet.

“Having wireless in more convenient,” she said. “Ethernet cords can be a problem.”

Though most residential halls are empty during the summer, a few, such as East Campus Apartments and East Laville, are still functioning. Waller said students living in these halls will be notified in advance of the installation.

“Hopefully we’ll only have to install transmitters in the halls and breezeways, without entering the rooms,” he said. “Though some may

require installation in each room.”

Waller said older dorms with thicker walls will require a transmitter in each room, though some of the newer buildings will require fewer access points.

Wilson said he plans to stay in McVoy Hall in the fall. He said he is looking forward to having wireless Internet because it will be “much easier.”

Contact Steven Powell at spowell@lsureveille.com

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Sports

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009

Hello, Old Friend

Mainieri to face former Notre Dame assistant coach O’Connor in first round match

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BASEBALL

Six Tigers, two in-state prospects get drafted

By Jerit Roser Editor

photo courtesy of Virginia media relations

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LSU coach Paul Mainieri [left] and Virginia coach Brian O’Connor [middle] will meet for the first time as opposing head coaches. O’Connor was an assistant under Mainieri for nine years at Notre Dame.

By Andy Schwehm Contributing Writer

LSU coach Paul Mainieri has been in the college baseball business a long time – since 1976 to be exact.

As one would imagine, Mainieri has a lot of friends in the business. It just so happens that his closest friend is Brian O’Connor, the sixth-year head coach at Virginia, LSU’s opening round opponent in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday night in the College World Series.

Mainieri hired O’Connor at the ripe age of 23. He was born in Omaha and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, right across the Missouri River from Rosenblatt Stadium, and he attended the College World Series every year as a child since he was four years old.

O’Connor was a year removed from his playing days at Creighton University — where he helped lead the Bluejays to an

improbable 1991 hometown run to the College World Series — when Mainieri hired him.

After assisting Mainieri for nine years at Notre Dame, he was hired by Virginia when then-coach Dennis Womack retired after the 2003 season.

“What I learned as a coach, I have learned from Paul Mainieri,” O’Connor said. “That’s the professional side of it. The personal side of it is, he’s one of my best friends. Paul and I talk three, four times a week during the season and a couple times a week in the offseason.”

Mainieri said he text messaged O’Connor immediately after the Cavilers defeated Ole Miss to advance to Omaha.

“I had some profound words for him — ‘Who ya pitching?’” Mainieri laughed.

“Then I put, ‘P.S. I love you, I’m proud of you and I’m happy for you ... But VIRGINIA, see page 10

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LSU sophomore Anthony Ranaudo grimaces April 17 after throwing a ball during LSU’s 18-3 victory against Tennessee.

Ranaudo will start game one in Omaha for LSU.

“I had some profound words for him - ‘Who ya pitching?’ Then I put, ‘P.S. I love you, I’m proud of you ... But remember I taught you everything you know - but not everything I know.’”

Paul Mainieri, LSU baseball coach

While the entire LSU baseball team leaves for the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., six Tigers took a step out the University’s proverbial door Tuesday and Wednesday — albeit a passive step.

Two high school prospects took the same step before even enrolling.

One senior, four juniors, a sophomore and two LSU commitments were drafted in the first two days of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft which consisted of the first 30 rounds of the 50-round event.

“It’s nice to get it out of the way,” said junior left fielder and infielder Ryan Schimpf. “Now we can go take care of a national championship.

Schimpf was the fourth Tiger to go off the draft board when the Toronto Blue Jays selected him in the fifth round at pick No. 160.

Junior outfielder Jared Mitchell headlined the group of draftees, as the Chicago White Sox chose him Tuesday in the first round at No. 23.

Sophomore infielder DJ LeMahieu was also selected Tuesday in the second round at No. 79 overall by the Chicago Cubs, where former LSU infielders Mike Theriot and Ryan Fontenot already play.

Theriot called LeMahieu on Wednesday, Mainieri said, but LeMahieu’s girlfriend did not believe it was Theriot and hung up.

Senior pitcher Louis Coleman, junior designated hitter Blake Dean, junior first baseman and catcher Sean Ochinko and pitching prospects Brody Colvin and Zach DRAFT, see page 9

BASEBALL

Fans flock to Omaha for CWS Tiger faithful make yearly trip to Neb.

By David Helman Contributing Writer

Not many people would consider the Great Plains the premier summer destination.

But LSU students and fans will forsake beaches, mountains and foreign lands this weekend for Omaha, Neb., and the No. 1 LSU baseball team’s 15th trip to the College World Series.

“If I take a vacation, it’s to go to Omaha,” said Jim Burke, an LSU

lsureveille.com Log on to see what fans’ plans are for Omaha. alumnus. “If I don’t go to Omaha, I don’t take a vacation.”

Burke and his son, Clint, are two of many LSU fans who started making the trip during the Tigers’ run of seven College World Series trips during the 1990s.

“I started going in 1997, right after Warren Morris’ home run in 1996,” Burke said. “I wished I had

gone the year before — I came close but didn’t, and it’s just a heck of an experience.”

The tradition of trekking to Omaha dates back further for many.

Chris Guillot, an alumnus and the team’s unofficial cheerleader at every game, started going to the College World Series in 1989.

“I called my brother and told him I wanted to go to Omaha, and he said ‘You must be on crack,’” Guillot said. “But if you think love is hard to describe, that’s baseball.

It’s my passion.”

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Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko (left), senior pitcher Nolan Cain (middle) and freshman third baseman Tyler Hanover (right) celebrate with the Tiger faithful on top of the third base dugout shortly after LSU clinched a trip to Omaha, Neb.

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Several Tigers, Lady Tigers advance at NCAAs Holliday sets personal best in 100m prelims Staff Reports LSU senior sprinter Trindon Holliday entered this season’s NCAA Outdoor Championships as a favorite to take home the 100meter dash title.

And in Wednesday’s preliminaries, he didn’t disappoint.

The Zachary native ran a personal-best 10.00-second preliminary, improving his personal best of 10.02-seconds.

Holliday led a streak of Tigers who qualified in the preliminary rounds, including sophomore Walter Henning who took first place in the hammer throw.

Henning qualified with a throw of 69.81 meters, almost a meter longer than second-place Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech (68.89).

Sophomore Brittani Carter also tied for first-place in the women’s high jump preliminary, matching the 1.77-meter jump by BYU freshman Ada Robinson.

Ten other individuals and two relay teams had qualified for the next round of their events at press time.

The LSU women’s and men’s 4x100-meters relay teams finished second and fourth, respectively, with Texas A&M’s teams taking first in each race.

Junior Samantha Henry, sophomore Kenyanna Wilson and senior Monique Cabral all qualified in the women’s 100-meter run.

Three Lady Tigers also qualified in the 800-meter race as juniors LaTavia Thomas and Kayann Thompson and sophomore Brittany Hall finished seventh,

11th and 17th, respectively.

Sophomore Richard Jones finished ninth and qualified in the men’s 800 meter, and freshman Robert Simmons finished fifth and qualified in the men’s 400meter dash.

Senior Jeremy Hicks finished ninth in the men’s long jump and qualified for the next round. Junior

Will Coppage finished 13th in the event, one spot shy of qualifying.

Ten preliminaries’ results were still unavailable at press time.

Wednesday’s qualifiers will move on to semifinal and final events held today, Friday and Saturday.

Today’s events begin at 10:30

a.m. with the preliminary round of the women’s discus throw.

The final of the men’s 4x400meter relay will be the last event to conclude. The race is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Saturday.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 DRAFT, from page 7 Von Rosenberg joined Schimpf as Wednesday draftees.

Coleman was the first of the day when the Kansas City Royals drafted him in the fifth round, No. 152 overall.

The Minnesota Twins selected Dean in the 10th round, No. 312 overall, and the Toronto Blue Jays took Ochinko at No. 340 overall in the 11th round.

Colvin, a prospect from St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, was taken by the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh round and said in an interview Wednesday night that he would still go to LSU because he was not taken in the first three rounds.

Von Rosenburg, a Zachary native, was taken in the sixth round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

FANS, from page 7 Guillot has gone to Omaha every year since — regardless of whether the Tigers make the trip — making friends with residents, bar owners, umpires and Major League Baseball scouts along the way.

“Basically it’s a home away from home,” he said. “When my son was born, I got boxes of chocolates from Omaha.”

As Guillot and any seasoned veteran can attest, LSU fans are welcomed as World Series royalty upon arrival in Omaha.

“When you get to Omaha in purple and gold, they welcome you like a king,” Guillot said. “They

Ryan Schimpf

‘It’s nice to get it out of the way. Now we can go take care of a national championship.’

LSU left fielder

“If Zach or Brody had gone earlier, we would have lost them probably,” Mainieri said. “But the fact that they went in the sixth and seventh rounds, respectively, means they still have a good chance of going to school.”

The final 20 rounds of the draft will take place today.

Any major league team to draft an underclassman will have until August 15 to sign them to a contract. roll the red carpet out because they know we bring style, excitement and we don’t just watch the game, we make the game.”

The LSU fanbase has earned quite a following during the past two decades in Nebraska. Some Omaha residents and establishments have chosen the Tigers as their favorite team when the Nebraska Cornhuskers don’t make the tournament.

Karen Barrett, owner of Barrett’s Barleycorn Pub and Grill in Omaha, has seen her share of purple and gold since “adopting” LSU as her bar’s team in 1991.

“My sister met some LSU fans at a hotel and brought them down

Mitchell’s selection made him the first Tiger to be drafted in the first round since the Blue Jays took Aaron Hill at No. 13 overall in 2003.

Mainieri said Monday that Coleman’s decision to come back for a senior season after being selected by the Washington Nationals in the 14th round of last year’s draft could help some of this year’s underclassmen make the decision to stay.

“If our juniors get drafted and it’s financially to their benefit and they’re comfortable with the opportunity that they’re getting, then they should sign,” Mainieri said. “But if they’re not, they can look at Louis as a classic example of a kid that came back for his senior year and it’s paid off for him.”

Contact Jerit Roser at jroser@lsureveille.com here, and now it’s just kind of intermingled,” she said. “[LSU fans] like to party, and they like to eat.

So basically they like to do all the things we like.”

One of Barrett’s managers even went as far as to marry a Tiger fan and move to Baton Rouge.

The bar, situated “about 10 minutes” from the World Series’ home in Rosenblatt Stadium, is adorned year round with LSU banners and flags sent from Louisiana.

“Over the years people just send me stuff,” Barrett said. “They call me to let me know how the team’s doing, if it looks like they’re going to make it [to Omaha] ... I was literally just in my basement

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LSU junior right fielder Jared Mitchell bats during the Tigers’ 19-3 victory March 3 against UNO in Alex Box Stadium. Mitchell was taken Tuesday in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the White Sox .

digging out more LSU stuff to hang up.”

Sadly, many LSU fans won’t get to see Barrett’s banners, or any of Omaha for that matter. A trip to the College World Series spans 972 miles, and 11 days if your team wins the national championship or a minimum of four if it’s eliminated early.

“If my boss would give me time off, I’d go,” said Beau Leibner, a Baton Rouge native. “With the format the way it is now, you need about two weeks off to do it.”

LSU students run into similar road blocks, even if they can find the time to slip away.

“I’m leaving Friday, but we’re

sleeping in a tent because we’re broke ... I guess we’ll get a fan,” said Eric Bastoe, business sophomore. “But even then, we’re only going for the weekend. We can’t afford to stay up there for 10 or 11 days.”

To Guillot, these are all minor details. LSU is going to Omaha, and the Tiger faithful will follow.

“I graduated in engineering from LSU. I’ve faced harder problems than getting off to go to Omaha,” Guillot said. “Life’s too short.

Go.” Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

PAGE 10 VIRGINIA, from page 7 remember, I taught you everything you know — but not everything I know.’”

Apparently, O’Connor took in everything he learned from Mainieri, as he boasts the type of balance Mainieri loves in a ballclub — speed, power and pitching.

The Cavaliers (48-13-1) are ranked No. 5 in the nation in hits (728), No. 6 in triples (27), No. 13 in stolen bases (116) and boast a team batting average of .327.

However, those stolen bases don’t worry LSU’s pitchers.

Freshman closer Matty Ott said the Tigers can’t fear their opponents.

“Sometimes, they have to fear us,” Ott said. “You have to have the same mindset no matter who you are playing.”

Virginia’s pitching staff isn’t too shabby either, as it’s ranked among the nation’s elite as No. 3 in the nation with a 3.14 ERA and No. 2 with 7.75 hits allowed per nine innings.

The Cavaliers probable first game starter, freshman southpaw Danny Hultzen (9-1), is tops on the team among regular starters with a 2.09 ERA, 86 innings pitched and 95 strikeouts.

The adage this season says LSU can’t hit left-handed pitching, which is why opponents have started 30 lefties against the Tigers, compared to 20 last season.

While the saying is somewhat true — LSU is batting .299 against southpaws with a 17-13 record and .325 against righties with a 35-14 record — the Tigers went 3-for-4 against Rice’s best southpaw, freshman Taylor Wall, in Friday night’s 12-9 victory against Rice.

LSU sophomore catcher Micah Gibbs said that outing against Wall was a confidence boost, as he is tired of hearing the naysayers talk about LSU’s lack of production against left-handed pitching.

“It gives us an edge where we want to shut up the critics,” the Pflugerville, Texas, native

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‘Last year, we were just happy to be there.

This year, we have the experience that will help us a lot.’

DJ LeMahieu

LSU second baseman

said. “But at the same time, we have faced them all year, so we have been practicing.”

The Tigers do have one major advantage against Virginia — the “been there, done that” factor.

This is the first trip to Omaha for the Cavaliers, while LSU was there last year and 13 times before that.

“Last year, we were just happy to be there,” said LSU sophomore second baseman DJ LeMahieu. “This year, we have the experience that will help us a lot.”

Daily Reveille file photo

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

The Tigers celebrate with LSU sophomore catcher Micah Gibbs after his seventh inning home run April 25 during the Tigers’ 7-6 win against Auburn. LSU plays Virginia at 6:00 p.m. Saturday night in the first round of the College World Series.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009 HEALTH CARE, from page 1

insurance program. The funding reduction is to help make up for an expected $1.3 billion state revenue shortfall for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

The cuts to Medicaid would result in about 4,000 layoffs statewide, according to data collected by the Louisiana Hospital Association.

The Baton Rouge area would suffer 564 layoffs if the $200 million cut goes through, and Baton Rouge General alone would have to endure a $6.1 million reduction in their Medicaid reimbursement.

But last week, the State Senate Finance Committee restored 75 percent of the Medicaid cuts, which leaves health care with $90 million in major reductions to deal with, said Michelle Clement, spokeswoman for the Louisiana Hospital Association.

The 75 percent restored would still leave Louisiana facing about 2,000 layoffs, though.

“HB 1 will now go to the full House for concurrence, and the bill will most likely end up in Conference Committee,” Clement said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “The House could strip away everything the Senate put back in or they can restore the cuts 100 percent ... We will have to wait and see.”

Matessino said Senate Bills 1 and 2 could help health care and higher education the most.

Backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, the bills would make it easier for the state to balance the budget using certain dedicated funds without having to dip so deeply into health care and higher education’s budgets.

The state constitution currently leaves health care and higher education the most vulnerable during financial downturns because most other funds are not susceptible to cuts. The bills would allow the state to dip into those dedicated funds up to 10 percent, instead of the current 5.

“That’s something that’s got to happen,” Matessino said. “We have to take the pressure off higher education and health care.”

Matessino said Medicaid is already under-reimbursed, with Louisiana hospitals only receiving 83 cents for every dollar they use for Medicaid. He said a funding cut as large as $200 million would drop hospitals down to their 1988 level of reimbursement.

Many health care leaders have expressed the importance of Louisiana hospitals to the state’s economic development.

The health care industry employs the largest amount of people in the state, said Paul Salles, chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans at a State Capitol news conference in late May. He said the health care industry is important to economic development and has a $7.8 billion payroll and more than 250,000 employees.

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

SERVICE, from page 3

demand.”

Graham said students will pay for this new bus system as part of the transportation fee. He said the new bus line will cost between $350,000 and $400,000 for the school year.

“A lot of the attraction to live in places like Tigerland and on Brightside is because there is a bus route,” said Chris Boesen, chemical engineering junior.

Boesen, who is currently trying to move residences, said he would use the downtown bus if he ends up there.

Graham said CATS, the local bus line that covers most of the University routes, did not bid on the new service, so the University hired First Transit. Graham hopes the new service will bring improvement. “[First Transit] is going to have technological amenities, like GPS locators,” Graham said.

He said students will be able to use their iPhones or laptops to locate their bus on its route. He also said the new bus line will have an identifiable University logo, which they have not made yet.

At the meeting, Rhorer presented the idea to Graham of the downtown bus service being available for Baton Rouge residents in addition to University students, faculty and staff. He also wanted the bus line to be able to bring residents to campus for special events, such as football games. He said Baton Rouge residents wouldn’t mind paying a fee to use the bus and avoid parking on campus during game days.

“It’s important to make a strong link between downtown and LSU,” Rhorer said.

The new First Transit bus lines will run between the new areas and campus from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning August 1.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

DISMISSAL, from page 3

the University, a group of graduate students began to protest the Provost’s decision.

A group of eight graduate students met with Merget on Tuesday and presented a list of ideas to improve the graduate school, said Kip Britton graduate student and Worger’s former assistant. The students did not ask about Worger, he said.

“We were careful not to mention Bill by name,” Britton said.

Charisma Edwards, engineering doctoral candidate, said the group was advised not to talk about Worger but instead take a different approach.

“We developed a list of questions that needed improvement,” Edwards said. “Things that started under [Worger’s] tenure.”

She said the meeting went well because the Provost was receptive to their improvements.

The meeting was centered around the idea that the graduate school needs to have a studentcentered focus, Britton said.

“Because the graduate school is so removed from students, [they] have very little sense of community,” Britton said.

Another issue the students found alarming was a travel

SWINE FLU, from page 1

represents the tip of the iceberg.”

East Baton Rouge parish has the second most cases in Louisiana. Lafayette Parish leads the state with 60 cases, while Plaquemines is third with 13.

The confirmed number of swine flu cases in Louisiana is 134, according to the DHH. Welch expects the H1N1 virus to travel to the Southern hemisphere for its winter season.

“It’s a relatively mild disease, even though it’s a new variant of the flu,” he said. “Unless it goes away completely, we probably expect that this swine flu will return to us next fall — hopefully as a similarly mild disease as it has been so far.”

Welch also said students should worry about the H1N1

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awards fee that all students must amount of international students pay but few benefit from, Ed- in the graduate program. wards said. A big problem is how Constant, who was appointed difficult it is for graduate students interim dean until a new dean is to get funding, she said. appointed, said he is not in comThe Provost’s response to munication with Worger but is the students requests was “These seeking help from the graduate things can all be staff during the done,” Britton transition of leadsaid. ership.

But no one Constant said asked at the meetWednesday he has ing and no one four major goals at the University for the graduate has given reasons school, which inwhy Worger was clude more develreleased from his opment, diversity, position. dissemination and When the accountability.

Kip Britton group of students In the engigraduate student initially protested neering departthe University’s decision, a peti- ment graduate program, the intertion suggested his departure was national ratio of students is about linked to his stance on diversity 80 percent, and all other races at the graduate school. The pe- only account for 20 percent Contition no longer exists, but the stant said. Diversity needs to be a students have the same opinion, priority in that program, he said.

Britton said.

Constant said some efforts Merget described Worger have been made in the past to inas a “superb scholar” who she crease diversity, but he plans to would like to see continue his increase that amount. long standing tenure in the history department.

When Worger was hired in September, one of the first things he mentioned for his plans at the Contact Joy Lukachick at University was increasing the jlukachick@lsureveille.com

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‘Because the graduate school is so removed from students, [they] have very little sense of community.’

virus as much as they would any typical flu.

“No student wants to get the flu before a test or before exams or something like that. And then secondly, no student wants to spread the flu to someone who might be really, really sick or need to get to the hospital,” Welch said.

“I would really recommend anyone getting a regular flu shot when that comes out in the fall, and if there is a flu shot for the swine flu to also get that. And then those basic prevention messages of wash your hands, cover your cough, if you’re sick stay at home and stay away from sick people.”

No deaths have occurred in Louisiana because of swine flu.

There have been 27 confirmed deaths nationally from the H1N1 virus, according to the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site.

Welch said he wants people to worry about the basic flu virus every year because of the number of people it kills annually.

“Most people don’t realize that seasonal flu kills 34,000 Americans every single year,” Welch said. “I would treat this like the seasonal flu and take the steps to either prevent it or vaccinate yourself from it just as you would the seasonal flu.”

Contact Robert Stewart at rstewart@lsureveille.com

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OUR VIEW

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Health care facing cuts as harmful as higher education Anyone at the University is aware that higher education is about to suffer some major setbacks.

The massive budget cuts facing our state’s universities are starting to making headlines, and system representatives are justifiably raising plenty of noise about the negative effects the cuts will have on the state.

While the cuts to higher education certainly deserve the press, another area is being equally slashed, yet attracts far less attention — the

state’s already struggling health care system.

The Legislature’s proposed budget would reduce funding for Medicaid reimbursement payments by about $200 million. That, to put it lightly, is a lot of money.

Sometimes such huge figures seem too abstract to mean much, so here’s some perspective: If the cuts are this deep, Baton Rouge General estimates a $6.1 million loss. State EMS estimates a $3.6 million loss.

It doesn’t take a policy genius to figure out that these kind of numbers are going to severely hamper health care providers’ ability to care for the state — especially the poor.

And Louisiana’s health care system isn’t exactly a gem as it is.

It’s understandable that cuts are necessary in the current economy, but health care — like higher education — is getting unfairly slammed.

The Legislature’s highest priority should be finding a way to fix the

system, so that cuts can be distributed evenly and important services like health care won’t have to be so harshly gutted.

These grim numbers only serve to reinforce the importance of Senate Bills 1 and 2, which would alleviate some of the pressure on health care and higher education by raising the amount that can be cut from other government departments from 5 percent to 10 percent. This would mean less money lost for health care

and universities — and a much more even distribution of funds.

It doesn’t appear the budget woes we face are going away soon, so it’s imperative that the Legislature fix the system — or we might find our health care system crippled by disproportionate cuts and unable to provide its vital services to the state.

Contact the Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com

METAIRIE’S FINEST

‘Come down to the library, we’ll have a wild time’ “No, no smoking in bars now, and soon, no drinking and no talking!”

That’s a line from comedian Eddie Izzard’s “Dressed to Kill” standup, concerning the smoking ban in California. He adds, “In the future, everyone’s going to say, ‘Come down to the library, we’ll have a wild time shall we?’”

While this might be funnier in his stand-up than in this column, it was becoming closer and closer to being a reality here in Louisiana.

Bravo to our Louisiana House of Representatives for preventing this absurdity.

For those who haven’t been paying attention for the past two years, smoking was banned in Louisiana restaurants in 2007. The law had some stipulations, though — the most important being the definition of a restaurant.

The bill defined restaurants as establishments that make more than 50 percent of sales from food sales.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines restaurants as “a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased.

I guess dictionaries aren’t the greatest place to look for definitions,

though.

As it usually goes, the government decides what words mean and how things work, but this particular definition created bitterness between bar and restaurant owners. Many restaurant owners, especially those that could be considered “bars” in our vernacular, didn’t find the law fair.

Many bars were fine with it because they were still allowed to sell food so long as it maxed out at 49 percent of total sales.

House Bill 844 by Representative Gary L. Smith, Jr. (D-Norco), University graduate, sought to broaden the already controversial smoking ban. If passed, smoking would be outlawed in bars and — as amended in the House Health and Welfare Committee — gambling establishments.

“Supporters of the measure said it was a public health measure designed to protect patrons and workers in bars and casinos from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, and would create a level playing field between restaurants, bars and casinos,” an article in the Times-Picayune read.

But the reason seemed to be much more about a painful oversight

in the original bill that created such a confusing and arbitrary definition of a restaurant.

Not to minimize it into a random example, but think of a dinner and a couple of drinks at The Chimes — get a bowl of gumbo for $7.50 and a couple Abita Ambers for around $4 each, and you’ve been to a bar ... right?

Granted, not everyone drinks.

Granted, not everyone would order this. Granted, this might be a puerile and capricious example, but it highlights the problem with the original law.

Rep. Smith put it best when he said, “I’m Travis Andrews here today with a bill that’s goColumnist ing to bring some equality to restaurant owners.”

The bill was destroyed in the House last week in a 29 - 71 vote against the measure passing.

The last bit of legislation attempting this same idea, essentially, was Senator Robe Marionneaux Jr. (D-Livonia)’s Senate Bill 186 that planned to ban smoking in bars that

sold food at all while allowing it in bars and casinos that didn’t.

Yesterday, this bill was voted down by the House Health and Welfare Committee, 11-6.

Many feel the hazardous effects from second-hand smoke should be, and fairly easily can be, snuffed by banning smoking in public places.

Twenty-five states have already passed complete bans on indoor smoking in public places.

In many instances, this makes sense. Though restaurants always had “smoking sections,” the invisible lines separating it from the rest of the tables wasn’t much of a barrier to protect the non-smoking patrons.

Of course, restaurants are privatelyowned entities, and the ban wasn’t just for soup kitchens, so the argument of government control is another powerful one.

But bars seem like a different story. A bar is a place created around vices, essentially. Rock music, alcohol, sexuality and cigarettes are quick associations for the word “bar.” Of course, this doesn’t cover all bars or maybe even the majority of them, but the fact remains that people think of these things when they think of bars.

They are sanctuaries to do things that might seem inappropriate elsewhere — I mean, shit, imagine a guy downing a few shots of Jack chased with a couple High Lifes, dragging on a Marlboro Light and grinding to bad rap in a Home Depot or an Olive Garden. While these things may not be good, and while not everyone takes part in these things, that is where a bar makes its money.

It sure isn’t on pool.

(Sidenote: when Googling the words “Is smoking,” auto-complete wants to add on “weed a sin.” This has nothing to do with this column, save for letting you know one of my many secret research methods. Plus it’s kinda funny.)

The basic argument is if you don’t want a smoky atmosphere, don’t go to a bar. As Izzard puts it, “... soon no drinking and no talking.

Be careful.”

Of course, hanging out in a library actually sounds pretty cool.

Travis Andrews is a 21-year-old English senior from Metairie.

Contact Travis Andrews at tandrews@lsureveille.com

SNAPSHOT

Enjoy some of LSU’s lesser-known attractions What’s the most terrifying animal you can think of? A lion? A tiger? A bear?

No. It’s the geese found around the LSU lakes (oh my).

Even with this cleverly diguised predator lurking close by, you should try to find time to visit the Baton Rouge Beach. The beach is a small expanse of sand between University Lake and Stanford Avenue.

The whole area was redone nicely last year, and hanging out there provides a nice alternative to watching TV and movies in the afternoon.

At this point in the summer, many of

us are itching to find something different to do with our extra time and — as our parents told us when we were younger — it wouldn’t hurt us to go play outside.

While students often run or bike around the lakes, the Baton Rouge Beach is less frequented. It’s a good place read a book in the shade, set up an impromptu game of volleyball or have a picnic. But if you’re going to bring food, watch out for those sneaky geese.

Across the lake are three buildings most students have driven by many times on Lakeshore Drive, but

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have rarely visited.

The Lod Cook Alumni Center houses the LSU Alumni Association and the LSU Foundation and a room dedicated to Lod Cook, an alum who contributed to the University and various charities.

Cook has letters Ellen Zielinski from the White Managing Editor House and pictures with at least five presidents and various celebrities. Not bad.

Directly behind the Alumni Center, the Cook Hotel is used by traveling teams, parents of students and anyone else who may want to stay on campus. The suites are quite nice, and several famous alums own suites, including Shaquille O’Neal.

Speaking of Shaq, have you seen his enormous shoes? You can find one in the Andonie Museum.

Also, the museum has every piece of sports memoribilia you could ever want to see. Every sport is represented with pictures, jerseys, tickets and balls.

Displays are dedicated to the

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‘03 and ‘07 national championship seasons, and you can watch the same video they show visiting football. It’s got highlights of every great moment from the past couple of seasons and gave me goosebumps as I remembered the intensity of the games.

It also made me do some quick calculations: 86 days until football season.

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BCS or government control, fans, take your pick On May 1, Congressman Joe Barton, R-Texas., spearheaded a congressional hearing to assess the validity of college football’s Bowl Championship Series.

Barton’s solution for the “socialistic” system, oddly enough, involves passing legislation that would prevent the BCS victor from being legitimately recognized as national champions.

Most college fans acknowledge that a playoff system would work far better than the BCS. But thanks to historical precedent, we can reasonably assume what sort of change would inevitably occur if the government decided to intervene.

First off, postseason competition would be completely eliminated.

Rather than creating a playoff system to determine a national champion, the government would simply appoint a champion — say, USC — based entirely on protecting special interest.

Of course, if a certain disfavored team seemed to enjoy “too much” success by the government’s standards, regulators would assemble and subsidize a team of NFL superstars to defeat them, thus eliminating the team from postseason contention.

Another notable difference would take place in the way games

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New technology taking things too far — and creepy For years, video game companies have been trying to get new people into gaming. It wasn’t enough that millions of kids and adolescents were playing games, companies wanted more.

Finally in 2006, Nintendo released their Wii console, which focuses on simple experiences and motion-based controls — and they struck gold. Millions of parents, grandparents and people who would have otherwise never played a video game now own the little white box.

Naturally Nintendo’s competitors would want in on this market, and industry insiders have been patiently speculating that both Sony and Microsoft would launch a similar device. Well it finally happened — and it’s actually one of the creepiest things I’ve seen in a long time.

Last week at the 2009 Electronics Entertainment Expo, the Microsoft Corporation tipped their hat into the motion-controlled video games market with Project Natal.

Natal itself is a seriously advance piece of tech. It’s essentially a fancy camera that sits beneath your TV and is able to detect and track not just human motion, but also distinct body parts and even

are officiated.

Since the current officiating system involves a certain level of human error, hundreds of government-appointed referees would be assigned to oversee each game. Many of these officials, however, would not be required to have any sporting expertise or prior experience.

To compensate for the new officials’ intellectual inadequacy, the central NCAA regulators would simply print off thousands of pages of new rules each season to keep spectators in the dark.

Of course, since human bias would become increasingly problematic under this revised system, fans would be given the option to elect new officials every season, thus creating the illusion of fairness and free choice. Fans would not, however, be allowed to reduce the number of officials nor the scope of their power in any fashion.

Another effect would be that minority scholarships would be awarded to underprivileged Caucasian athletes through affirmative action legislation. Such delegation, however, would discourage elite athletes from playing football.

Ticket sales would also be controlled by the government. No pri-

vate entity would be allowed to sell tickets. Instead, tickets would be made a public good equally accessible to everybody through higher taxes. However, only the richest and politically connected fans would be able to attain tickets under this auction system, thus eliminating the promised equality.

As a result, “spread-the-wealth” schemes would eventually cause all fans to suffer.

The poorer fans that previously sat in the upper deck would be thrown out of the stadium, and good seats would be reserved for Scott Burns government emColumnist ployees and their protected corporate cohorts.

In an effort to enhance the game’s atmosphere, student sections, much like the stock market, would be overcrowded with drunken idiots. Eventually the bleachers would collapse once the section’s massive seating inflation became too heavy to maintain.

After the fact, the government will insist the disaster was the fault of the “greedy” entreprenuers who built

recognize your voice.

Early tech demos for the hardware were about what you would expect — a tennis game where you hit the ball with your hand, a racing game where you steer by holding up your hands.

Those demos — while clearly not market-ready by any stretch of the imagination — did their job and not much more than what was expected.

But it doesn’t end there.

Alongside of the Natal tech demos was video game designer — and notorious braggart — Peter Molyneaux’s “Milo.”

Milo is a small boy that a user interacts with via the Natal box.

He responds to gestures, spoken words and voice intonations.

Though the tech demo at the show was a little incomplete — various news outlets confirmed that the software did not work as they said it did and a stage hand was controlling some of the action via a controller behind the scenes — it was still an amazingly creepy piece of software.

Milo is essentially a little boy trapped inside of your TV, and you get to interact with him and talk to him as though he were a real boy.

For the first time in my life, a video game creeped me out.

As self-professed video game nerd, I have spent countless hours and money interacting with digital media. At no point during that time have I wanted to interact directly and personally with an animated character.

Furthermore this demo brings

us one step closer to the theory of the Uncanny Valley, which states that as computer technology grows closer to human interaction, the less people are to accept it.

Popular media outlets had a field day with the tech and talked extensively about the possible implications from such advancements, but they never asked any hard questions about the tech.

It’s one thing to sit and see a demo on TV millions of miles away, but it’s something else entirely to have a computer-generated child ask if you are sad because of your voice inflection.

I shudder a little bit just thinking about it.

In the end, Molyneaux is wellknown in the video game industry for breaking promises and overhyping software. But even if Milo is half as expressive as his creator claims to be, what does it — or I guess, he — mean for the future of computer-generated graphics and characters?

Will Milo wind up in the same bin as those “real dolls” made of hair and latex, or will he be the first step towards an interactive computer that is able to greet you like an old friend?

While I want to see how it all plays out on the grand stage, I have no interest in owning a computer-generated child — my dogs creeps me out enough as it is.

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the bleachers and resolve to build an improved section out of toothpicks and duct tape.

Also, if the score of a game were ever to get out of hand and fans started to leave early, the central scorekeeping regulator could artificially stimulate the losing teams score by creating points out of thin air, promising that he would remove the inflated score once order was restored.

To protect the environment, hybrid ambulances would be sent out in the case of a serious player injury.

Unfortunately, because the government can’t find anyone willing to drive the vehicle, the injured athlete would probably never receive necessary medical attention.

Hours later, Universal Health Care Agents, unable to afford top rate medical supplies, would be sent to amputate the injured body part.

An exorbitant fee would, of course, be charged for the government’s substandard service.

Under the new system, Division-II teams who refuse to operate under the government’s standards would be considered “hostile” and require preemptive action to ensure the “integrity of the game” be maintained.

Abortion doctor’s death a lesson in lack of perpective The abortion debate is perhaps the most hotly contested contemporary issue in our nation.

Supporters of both sides cling to their arguments with a white-hot zeal few other topics can match.

The reason is simple — abortion is literally a question of life or death. Anti-abortion advocates firmly believe that abortion is murder — thus their passions are understandable.

What is not understandable is when the passion to prevent what they perceive to be murder leads them to commit murder themselves.

Dr. George Tiller, one of the few remaining late-term abortion doctors in the nation, was gunned down in his church last Sunday, another tragic casualty of the ideological warfare over the abortion issue.

The fact Tiller was gunned down in his church, where he was an usher, is a sad irony that has escaped few — and is another reminder that the debate is far more complex than some would make it out to be.

Although police have not yet confirmed that the killing was motivated by Tiller’s profession, it has re-kindled the abortion discussion across the media spectrum.

Finally, as a sort of Social Security system, every fan would be asked to pay an extra $10 at the gate under the pretense that when they “retire” from their seats, their money would be returned. Unfortunately, the government would use the collected funds to finance their lagging concession stand industry. Eventually the elaborate ponzi scheme will become obvious, but only the fans who stayed until the end of the game would be harmed by it.

So what do you get if the federal government controls college football? Basically, you get the most ineffective and unsustainable system humanly imaginable for the highest possible cost. It doesn’t really matter whether Red State University or Blue State University “win,” because in the end everyone realizes that the entire system is inherently corrupt.

So basically, you get your ordinary government-run entity.

Scott Burns is a political science and business sophomore from Baton Rouge.

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Although pundits nationwide are dissecting the implications of the shooting, there is one major lesson that we, as a nation, must learn.

Whatever a person’s view on the abortion debate is, it is imperative that that view be kept in perspective. If someone believes abortion is murder, that is certainly acceptable — but it is not acceptable to commit murder over that conviction, no matter how strongly it is held.

Let’s consider — if abortion is murder, then doctors who perform abortions are murderers, and thus are evil, right?

Wrong.

Doctors who perform abortions aren’t evil. They do not believe abortion is murder, and they are as entitled to that opinion as anti-abortion advocates are to theirs.

If someone murders an abortion doctor, they are not killing someone because they have killed others — they are killing them because they have a difference in opinion.

Dr. Tiller’s murderer — if his motives are what they appear to be — is a vigilante that suffers from a lethal lack of perspective. As a nation, we can and must learn from this tragedy and learn to maintain that perspective — so that the debate can be raised in a civilized manner No life should have to be ended to protect a definition of life.

Matthew Albright Daily Reveille columnist

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