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Ridin’ Dirty

Regents call to eliminate programs

By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer

ATV-related injuries continue to rise, about 150,000 accidents occur yearly

By Leslie Presnall • Staff Writer Three years ago, Roger Queen was riding an all-terrain vehicle on a curvy mountain road in North Carolina when he lost control and fell over the ledge. He landed on his feet nearly 60 feet below the road, crushing his spinal cord and shattering his spine.

Queen, a Lafayette resident, was paralyzed that summer day and spent 20 more days in the

hospital.

“I’m now a paraplegic due to ATV accidents,” he said. “I barely survived.”

Like Queen, 150,000 people nationwide are sent to the emergency room each year stemming from ATV-related accidents, according to the Consumer Product ATV, see page 6 BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

Trevor Endres, Baton Rouge Community College student, rides his ATV on Thursday in an empty field in Addis. More than 150,000 ATV-related injuries happen each year.

Golden Rules of ATV Safety •Always wear a helmet and other protective gear.

•Never ride on public roads.

•Never ride under the influence.

•ATVs are not toys.

PROGRAMS, see page 5

LSU Law Center ranked No. 75

By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

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The Louisiana Board of Regents approved on Thursday a plan to cut 87 higher education programs with low completion rates.

After reviewing 36 programs in the LSU System, the Board is terminating or consolidating nine.

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[Left] Endres’ ATV sits out in a field in Addis. [Center] Injury-prevention nurse Karen Ahmad shows a family the proper safety equipment for riding ATVs on Thursday at the AgCenter. [Right] Endres performs stunts on his four-wheeler Thursday.

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center jumped 13 places to No. 75 in the 2010 U.S. News Rankings of Best Law Schools in a report released Wednesday.

The Law Center climbed from 88th to 75th — a place law officials RANKING, see page 5

ECONOMICS

Prof: GDP linked to education Staff Writer

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About 30 University students concerned about the impending budget crisis facing the University met Thursday night in the Vieux

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Mocan began his presentation by discussing the potential effects of the 15 percent cuts to state University support, including class size, quality of education and the value of a diploma.

Mocan said while the value of a University diploma may decrease as the University’s rankECONOMY, see page 5

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Student Government Senator Greg Upton (second from left) listens to economics professor Naci Mocan on Thursday about the effects of budget cuts on graduates.

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Carre room of the Student Union to expand their understanding of how the cuts will affect Louisiana as a whole.

Naci Mocan, E. J. Ourso distinguished chair of economics, presented a dissertation to the students on the effects of higher education budget cuts as they pertain to state aspects outside the immediate University.

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq’s deadliest day in more than a year. The toll — at least 31 dead in Baghdad and 47 to the north in Diyala province — follows a series of high-profile attacks this month blamed on Sunni insurgents. The violence highlights potential security gaps as Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead role from U.S. forces in protecting Baghdad and key areas around the capital.

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Indian police end probe of ‘Slumdog’ star dad MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian police said Thursday they would not charge the father of a child star in the hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” and ended their investigation into claims he tried to sell his 9-year-old girl to a reporter posing as a wealthy sheik. Rubina Ali’s estranged mother, Khurshid Monish Dewade, filed a complaint against the girl’s father on Sunday, after the British tabloid News of the World reported that he offered to give Ali up for adoption in exchange for $400,000, police said. The newspaper — owned by News International Ltd., the main British subsidiary of News Corp., which also owns “Slumdog” distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures — said the deal was allegedly offered to one of its reporters. The newspaper issued a statement Thursday saying it stands by its story.

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By Thursday evening, the flames were about 3 miles west of the highway. The blaze scorched about 24 square miles over the past two days and then veered north, heading away from the high-rise hotels that line Myrtle Beach.

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Longs, S.C. resident Swan Cox, carries his neighbor’s dog Thursday to a cage on a truck after residents were told to evacuate the area.

Film producer sentenced Microsoft sales drop amid current recession in La. bribe scheme NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A movie producer who pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a former Louisiana film commissioner for tax breaks was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk also ordered Malcolm Petal, 39, of New Orleans, to pay about $1.3 million in restitution to the state, plus a $15,000 fine.

Petal was chief executive of the Louisiana Institute of Film Technology, or LIFT, when he allegedly used a lawyer, William Bradley, as the middleman for bribe money paid to former state film commissioner Mark Smith.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, while its profit dived 32 percent. The shortfall illustrated the toll the recession has taken on the world’s largest software maker, even though Microsoft remains one of the richest and most profitable companies. In January, Microsoft said it needed to resort to its first mass layoffs, cutting 5,000 jobs, and on Thursday it announced it would do away with merit pay increases for employees in the next fiscal year.

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TRANSPORTATION

University receives four bids on new bus system Three of the bids appear affordable

By Brianna Paciorka Contributing Writer

After receiving four bids Tuesday, the University is one step closer to bringing a new bus system to campus.

Gary Graham, Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation director, said University officials will be looking at the bids to check each one meets the University’s specifications.

“We’ve looked at the bids, but not in detail,” Graham said.

“I’m encouraged that the lowest bidder is going to be qualified.”

Graham said the first two bids are affordable, and the third is “borderline affordable.” But the fourth bid appears to be higher than what the University is willing to pay.

The lowest of the four bids is First Transit, which provides services for the universities of Alabama and Texas, Princeton University, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University. First Transit offered a base fee of about $86 per hour, Graham said.

Capital Area Transit System, the current bus provider for the University, charges the University $83.50 an hour.

“But that doesn’t take into account that CATS cut hours, and we couldn’t raise the fees at the last minute,” Graham said.

CATS didn’t submit a bid for the new bus system, and Graham said he doesn’t anticipate a lapse of service between the end of CATS’ service to the University and the start of the new company’s service.

Graham said he hopes the lowest bid will be chosen by next week.

“There’s a lot of legal issues that need to be involved in this

that requires the state as well to be involved. We hope to have the process started next week,” Graham said.

Once the lowest bid is clarified, the University will start to calculate how much the student parking and transportation fee will be increased. Graham said the bids are probably within the range the students had approved.

“They approved up to $26, but I’m not sure we’ll need to go that route,” Graham said. “But until we actually do all of the calculations, I can’t be sure.”

Anu Charles, pathobiological sciences graduate student, said the current bus system is not reliable and wouldn’t mind paying higher student fees for better service.

“If they’re increasing it a little, then that’s fine,” Charles said.

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STATE

Legislators pre-file more than 1,000 bills for upcoming session Issues include term limits, tuition

By Nate Monroe Contributing Writer

State legislators have their work cut out for them for the next legislative session beginning Monday.

Legislators prefiled hundreds of bills in advance of the session, many of which are sure to draw out old and new debates on the floor.

There are 855 prefiled bills in the House and 320 in the Senate.

The bills range from a host of issues including concealed weapons, term limits, taxes, college tuition and state budget.

TERM LIMITS Rep. Simone Champagne, DJeanerette, prefiled HR84, a bill expanding the three-term limit — which already applies to legislators — to any “state, parish, municipal, ward, district, or other office or position that is filled by election of registered voters of the appropriate voting area.”

Exceptions to the term limit expansion are for “the office of the public elector, delegate to a political party convention, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, or political party office.”

The two-term limit on the governor’s office will remain the same.

Because the expansion is a proposed amendment to the state constitution, it will first need to be passed by a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Legislature before it would then be placed on the ballot during the statewide election Nov. 2, 2010.

“It provides fresh blood in the system,” said political science professor Robert Hogan.

Hogan said term limits became a widely discussed topic in the mid ‘90s, when Republicans running for national office featured it in their “Contract with America” campaign.

But term limits on the congressional level fully materialized and were finally killed when the United States Supreme Court struck it down.

In addition to infusing new faces, Hogan said term limits make it hard for people to keep their power for an extended period of time.

Hogan said, though, that term limits are a mixed bag.

“Perhaps there are lots of good people who are re-elected for a reason,” he said.

In addition to forcing good legislators out, Hogan said another risk is in disrupting “institutional memory” — breaking efficient cycles of continuity in the political process.

FISCAL ISSUES With states around the country facing budget shortfalls and making decisions allocating federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, budget issues are sure to claim much of the Legislature’s time and energy in the next session — dozens of prefiled bills address tax cuts, college costs and budget issues.

Rep. Rosalind Jones, D-Monroe, prefiled HB795, which calls for providing an individual tax credit equal to “the annual average of the amount of college tuition paid” for college graduates who obtain jobs with the Louisiana civil service. The credit will determined by dividing the total tuition the student paid to achieve a degree by the number of years it took to earn it.

Two bills aim to expand eligibility for the Taylor Opportunity Plan for Students, TOPS. Sen. Yvonne Dorsey, D-Baton

Rouge, prefiled SB129, which proposes to expand TOPS eligibility so that any otherwise qualified student who enrolls at an eligible Louisiana college or university as a freshman, transfers to an out-of-state college or university, then re-enrolls to a qualified Louisiana college or university “may use his TOPS award, with appropriate reduction in the time period of award eligibility.”

Rep. Avon Honey submitted HB616, which would allow some students to qualify for the award program based on “student performance” their freshman year.

Gov. Bobby Jindal announced his support for Senate President Joel Chaisson’s, D-Destrehan, SB1 and SB2, which would allow for greater redirections, transfers and reductions from dedicated funds in order to avoid budget deficits.

AN OLD DEBATE Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, filed HB27, authorizing “the carrying of handguns on college, university, or postsecondary vocational-technical school campuses by individuals who possess a concealed handgun permit.”

Wooton promised he would refile the bill after an identical one failed in the 2008 session — though it didn’t fail to stir up debate.

Chancellor Michael Martin told The Daily Reveille on March 4 he was “perplexed” by the bill, and Thursday, the Board of Regents announced their opposition to it.

“I have not figured out how having concealed weapons on campus will in any way improve...the safety of the university,” Martin said.

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Students board the bus Thursday in front of the Journalism building. The University received four bids for a new bus system to be implemented in the fall.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Mall of Louisiana to continue operations despite bankruptcy Parent co. attempts to reduce increasing debt

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

Operations at the Mall of Louisiana will be business as usual despite a recent declaration of bankruptcy.

General Growth Properties, Inc., the owner of 158 shopping centers nationwide including the Mall of Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 Protection on April 16 in an effort to “reduce and restructure” its debt — something David Keating, GGP spokesman, said will not affect business operations.

The GGP-owned shopping malls in Louisiana include the Mall of Louisiana, the Alexandria Mall, Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport, the Oakwood Center in Gretna, Pecanland Mall in Monroe, Pierre Bossier Mall, the Riverlands Shopping Center in LaPlace and the Riverwalk Market Place in New Orleans.

“GGP’s retail centers, office properties and master-planned

communities will be open for business as usual as the company restructures our debt,” Keaton said. “Our properties will continue to operate, our employees will continue to come to work and get paid and shoppers will continue to shop.”

Trenton Grand, a lawyer with the Grand Law Firm specializing in bankruptcy, said Chapter 11 is a specific type of bankruptcy reserved for companies lacking funds to pay their debt. It gives the company the exclusive right to present a plan to pay off debt within 120 days of the declaration. The plan must be approved by the creditors to which the money is owed.

An increasing number of companies nationwide are filing for Chapter 11 because of the frozen credit lines associated with the failure of investment banking firms in New York, Grand said.

Other companies that have filed for Chapter 11 include Circuit City and Linens ‘n Things.

“Basically, imagine 10 people tied together by a rope and the 10th person is a 500-pound man, and he jumps off the side of

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General Growth Properties, the parent company of the Mall of Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy April 16 because of increasing debt. The company owns 158 shopping centers nationwide.

a boat,” Grand said. “It’s going to pull everyone else in, and that’s basically a good way of describing what happened when several of these investment banking firms failed.”

The cause of the bankruptcy declaration is economic reasons rather than a flawed operational

ENTERTAINMENT

Leno hospitalized with illness

By The Associated Press UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Jay Leno checked into a hospital with an undisclosed illness Thursday and canceled the taping of the “Tonight” show, but was doing well and planned to return next week, his publicist and NBC said.

Leno left his office at NBC’s studios about midday and checked himself into a hospital for observation, said his publicist, Dick Guttman. He would not identify what ailed Leno or where he went, but characterized his illness as “mild” and said the comedian continued working throughout the day, making phone calls and writing jokes.

“Jay Leno is doing just fine,” read a statement from NBC spokeswoman Tracy St. Pierre.

“He was kidding around with the hospital staff and running his monologue jokes by the doctors and the nurses. He’s expected back to work on Monday.”

A woman who answered the media line at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, which is near the Burbank studio where Leno tapes “Tonight,” said they had no patient by that name, and referred inquiries to NBC. The network planned to air a rerun, the first time it had to cover for a sick Leno since he took over “Tonight” in 1992, St. Pierre said.

Guests scheduled for Thursday included “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” actor Ryan Reynolds, celebrity animal trainer Jules Sylvester and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

“We wish Jay the speediest of recoveries and hope that our soundcheck this morning didn’t

have anything to do with his illness or the cancellation of the show,” joked Chad Jensen, manager for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

He said most of the guys in the swing band instead were “in the ocean surfing this afternoon.”

It was an unusual lapse for the famously intrepid performer, who routinely fills off-days from his TV show with live appearances on the comedy circuit.

Leno, who turns 59 on Tuesday, will leave the “Tonight” show May 29 after 17 years. But he will continue on NBC, with a Monday-through-Friday program

at 10 p.m., starting in the fall.

The top-rated late-night host’s move to prime time created a stir in the industry, taking the time slot usually reserved by broadcast networks for dramas such as “ER.” And Leno has continued to make news, scoring a coup by booking President Barack Obama as a guest and performing free comedy concerts in the recessionwracked Detroit area.

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model, Keating said.

“Our core business operations remain sound, stable and profitable,” Keating said. “Our operational model is not flawed, and our properties are desirable and performing well — these are not the reasons we commenced these Chapter 11 cases. Rather,

it was the unprecedented distribution in the real estate finance markets and the need to refinance or extend maturing debt.”

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Friday, April 24, 2009 PROGRAMS, from page 1 Currently enrolled students will be able to complete their studies or transfer to another program, said Meg Casper, Board spokeswoman.

Chancellor Michael Martin said the Board’s initiative goes hand-inhand with the University’s recently proposed realignment plan, which would rename and restructure nearly every academic unit on campus.

“If we’ve got some programs that have been in decline, maybe it’s time to recognize that,” Martin said.

“And just because we like them and just because they have always been here, it doesn’t mean we can afford to keep doing it.”

The Board began a review of the “low-completer” programs in January, using data between 2003 and 2008.

“We have pledged to do our part to operate in the most efficient and accountable manner possible for our students and for taxpayers in Louisiana,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen in a news release Wednesday. “This is an important step in assessing our entire higher education enterprise so we can continue to demonstrate that colleges and universities are a wise investment in our state’s future.”

Under the Board’s plan, programs that should be terminated at

ECONOMY, from page 1 ings fall, it is more important to recognize the effects of decreasing the educational value of college attendance.

“It’s not just a diploma but a high quality of education that matters,” Mocan said.

Mocan’s presentation focused on the importance of human capital, which includes all the factors that make labor productive.

Mocan presented graphs which showed the correlation between a nation’s education and its gross domestic product. The graphs showed as education increases, so does GDP, and this importance has grown over time.

Because 85 percent of University undergraduates and 53 percent of University graduate students are from Louisiana, Mocan

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LSU A&M in Baton Rouge include the Master of Agriculture, Master of Arts in linguistics, Doctor of Linguistics and the Post-Master Certificate in library and information science.

The Board also recommended the Master of Science in horticulture, Doctor of Horticulture, Master of Science in fisheries and Doctor of Wildlife and Fisheries Science be terminated and consolidated with other programs, pending a proposal review.

The Master of Arts in art history program should be conditionally maintained, pending review as well.

“During these difficult economic times, the state must invest in programs that have a proven track record of student success,” Board of Regents Chairman Artis Terrell said in the release.

Martin said the University may debate some of the programs the Board has decided to eliminate.

“I don’t believe that [Clausen] and the Regents are going to force us [to terminate] if we have a case,” Martin said.

The Board also voted to support a Louisiana Council of Student Body Presidents resolution opposing House Bill 27, which would legalize the concealed carry of firearms on college campuses.

Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, filed the bill — identical to one he submitted last year — on

March 2. The bill was abandoned on the House floor last year after it fell seven votes shy of the 53 needed to pass.

The bill is intended to enhance safety on college campuses, where firearms aren’t currently allowed, Wooton has said. Only students, faculty and staff with a concealed-carry license would be allowed to have the firearms under the bill.

“While others can express opinions about how safe guns in the hands of students would make us, we must live with the consequences of such opinions,” said Council of Student Body Presidents Chairman Cedric Hampton. “To say the best response to the unfortunate and rare instances of school violence is to place our safety in the hands of college students, rather than trained officers, is equivalent to saying that a Fortune 500 company should be run by a student who has taken first year accounting.”

Martin told The Daily Reveille on March 4 he was “perplexed” by the bill.

“I have not figured out how having concealed weapons on campus will in any way improve ... the safety of a university,” Martin said.

predicated a significant number of them will remain in the state after graduation.

“The bottom line is this— lets not sink the flagship because educating the residents of Louisiana will benefit not only the people but the state as well.”

Mocan also promoted the importance of funding elementary and secondary education in Louisiana.

“There are areas where taxes will reduce the state burden,” Mocan said. “But I am not promoting taking money blindly from somewhere and putting it somewhere else.”

Mocan ended his presentation by telling students it was important for them to speak out to their state representatives so they can help divert the damage from budget cuts.

“I wanted to see what the options are for LSU,” said Rocio Pineda, international trade and finance freshman. “You just try to take advantage of the resources, and do your best to be more productive in the future.”

Student Government Sen. Greg Upton, E.J. Ourso College of Business and chief economic advisor to SG, planned the presentation during his bid for SG president earlier in the semester.

“My main motivation was to have the students understand the budget cuts are bigger than just LSU, so when they talk to the state senate, they’ll have more validity to what they’re saying,” Upton said.

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RANKING, from page 1 said is the highest ranking in LSU Law history.

“This is exciting news,” said Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss in a news release. “The new rankings will spread the word of our progress to a national audience that includes prospective students, law teachers and law firms.”

Weiss said the new ranking confirms the Law Center is on the right path and reinforces the school’s commitment to building a “nationally competitive faculty.”

While it’s hard to pinpoint the specific reasons for the Law Center’s success, Weiss told The Daily Reveille on Thursday higher entering freshmen GPA levels and higher bar passage rates for graduating students are contributing factors. Weiss also mentioned LSAT scores were stable for the year.

The Law Center’s ranking also benefited from U.S. News changing how the scores are computed, Weiss said. All of the Law Center students are now part of the ranking, he said.

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PAGE 5 from both full-time and part-time entering students for the first time this year, according to U.S. News.

One of his main reasons for the Law Center’s success is linked to the newly established Clinical Legal Education Program.

In the House Appropriations Committee meeting Tuesday, Weiss urged the committee to restore much of the proposed budget cuts because of the effect the decrease in funding could have on the clinical program.

“The effect of these cuts will be to stop the growth of the program in its tracks,” Weiss said.

The U.S. News surveyed 184 accredited programs and ranked the top 100 law schools. The rankings are based on a weighted average of 12 measures of quality including LSAT scores, undergraduate GPAs, acceptance rate, bar passage rate and employment rate for graduates.

The Law Center scored a 46 out of a possible 100. The No. 1 law school was Yale University.

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PAGE 6 ATV, from page 1 Safety Commission.

“Everybody is too casual around these things,” said Karen Ahmad, injury-prevention nurse for Our Lady of the Lake and member of the Safety Council of Baton Rouge. “People need to understand what the risk factors are and how you can lower them and still have a good time.”

Since 1985, the estimated number of emergency-room ATVrelated injuries has steadily risen as the popularity and purchase of ATV units increases. There are more than seven million ATVs in use in the U.S. operated by more than 15 million Americans, according to the ATV Safety Institute.

Ahmad began promoting ATV safety a few years ago when Our Lady of the Lake saw an increase in ATV-injury patients.

“The injuries they described were devastating,” she said. “They involved crushed skulls, broken necks and ruptured organs.”

Ahmad said she found ATV safety was a huge issue, especially in Louisiana, where it is a “cultural” problem.

“Everybody has been on them since they were kids, and they think they can handle it,” she said.

“They don’t realize what the risks are or how to lower the risks. Most of these accidents are very predictable and very preventable.”

Ahmad said riding the units on the road is one of the most common abuses because the tires are not road worthy, and there are no turn signals.

Riding double is another factor contributing to fatal and critical injuries, she said.

“People think it’s fine to put two or even three people on these vehicles,” she said. “It basically throws the center of gravity of that vehicle off and makes it easy to flip.”

Among adults, alcohol- and drug-related ATV accidents are common.

“You’ll see that all the time in the rural areas,” she said. “You’ll see somebody going down the road with a couple of children and a beer in one hand.”

Ahmad said the number of injuries could be prevented if more people would take advantage of the complimentary ATV training when purchasing a new unit.

“That training can make a huge difference,” she said. “We have guys here at LSU-Ag who took advantage of the training a year ago, and they were amazed at what they didn’t realize about ATVs. If any of these Ag guys can say that, I know the average guy on the street probably has a very low awareness.”

Joe Richardson, a salesman at Friendly Honda Yamaha on Airline Highway, said each customer is given a free safety kit and video with every ATV purchase.

“We go over [safety issues] with them,” Richardson said.

“You’ve got to wear a helmet, and you’ve got to watch your speed.”

Richardson said Friendly Honda Yamaha sells an assortment of safety gear including helmets, riding suits, chest protectors, gloves and goggles.

No law in Louisiana requires

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a helmet be worn while on an ATV, according to the National Association of OHV Program Managers.

“You shouldn’t consider getting on an ATV without a helmet any more than you would consider getting on the football field at LSU without a helmet,” Ahmad said.

“These vehicles are moving a lot faster than football players, and when you come off [the unit] into a tree, it’s a significant trauma.”

Trevor Endres, a 21-year-old Baton Rouge Community College student and member of LSUATV, has been riding ATVs for nearly 15 years. But he hit a rut and flipped his unit last weekend without wearing a helmet. Luckily, he wasn’t severely injured or hospitalized.

“I’ve been lucky,” Endres said. “I’ve got nine lives, and I’ve never been seriously hurt.”

Despite Endres’ luck, his friend had a fatal accident several years ago when he was only in the seventh grade.

“He hit a ditch and came over the handle bars,” Endres said. “He was by himself.”

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Endres experienced one accident in which his unit flipped over, but his friend caught it before it fell on top of him.

“These units can weigh 500 pounds and could take several adult males to pull it off,” Ahmad said. “[The ATV] could crush the chest, rupture the lungs, and they may bleed to death before you can even get the unit off of them.”

Ahmad recommends a helmet, goggles, over-the-ankle boots and long pants for riding.

Falling off an ATV at 30 miles an hour is the equivalent to falling out of a three-story building, she said.

“That’s not a very high speed for an adult unit,” she said. “If you wouldn’t want to jump off a three-story building without protective gear, you probably ought to consider putting on some protective gear before you get on a four-wheeler.”

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BEGINNING OF THE ENDS Pro Day boasts defensive end Pittman’s stock

By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor

Daily Reveille file photo

Former defensive end Tyson Jackson looks on Sept. 20 during the Tigers’ 26-21 win against Auburn.

Jackson is expected to be the only Tiger picked in the first round of the NFL draft.

One notable LSU player’s name was left off the list of 324 participants for the NFL Scouting Combine two months ago — Kirston Pittman.

Pittman, who had just completed his sixth year of eligibility at LSU last season, took his omission as an insult and churned out a stellar performance almost a month later at LSU’s Pro Day. The 6-foot-2 1/2 inch, 250-pound defensive lineman ran a 4.68 40-yard dash and bench pressed 225 pounds 28 times, to go along with a 30-inch vertical leap — leaving scouts and coaches impressed.

“I knew what Kirston could do,” said LSU senior defensive lineman Charles Alexander. “It was a shame he didn’t get

invited to the combine, but he came out there and showed he should have been there.”

Fellow senior defensive lineman Rahim Alem agreed with Alexander’s statement and said he had faith in his teammate’s ability.

“We were shocked when he didn’t get invited to the combine. He had film, he had the size, the althetic ability,” he said.

NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier said Pittman would have likely gone undrafted without his performance at Pro Day. Detillier now sees Pittman as a seventh-round pick. “[It] meant everything and put him back on the map,” he said. “He really, really tested out well ... and showed a lot of athleticism.”

PITTMAN, see page 9

Team leader Jackson projected first-round pick

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

Former LSU defensive end Tyson Jackson’s teammates said Jackson was more than just a force to be feared on the Tigers’ defensive line.

Jackson, who stands 6-foot-4 and 296 pounds, is called a selfless leader who always wants the best for those around him.

Junior safety Chad Jones said while Jackson doesn’t have the most vocal personality, when he talked, the team was all ears.

“When he spoke, everybody listened because we have that much respect for him,” Jones said. “When you come in here and see a big guy like him, you might be overpowered, but he’ll come up to you

and be easy, talk to you and help you out, so he’s an overall leader. Especially on the field, he’s always in people’s faces — not talking down to them but positive reinforcement.”

Fellow former LSU defensive end Kirston Pittman was Jackson’s roommate the past two years.

Pittman said it was comforting that he and Jackson assumed a dual leadership role to younger players.

“Every Friday night, we’d sit in the hotel room and talk football and help each other relax,” Pittman said. “It’s a real tense atmosphere in Death Valley every Saturday night and going on the road to play SEC opponents. It was great playing with a guy like [Jackson] knowing that all the pressure wasn’t on me. He was over JACKSON, see page 10

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Former defensive end Kirston Pittman readies to tackle Tulane sophomore wide receiver Alan Mitchell Nov. 1 during the Tigers’ 35-10 win. Pittman impressed NFL scouts at LSU Pro Day on March 16.

BASEBALL

Tigers hope lineup change equals weekend success Ochinko to be game-time decision

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

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LSU sophomore DJ LeMahieu tags Southeastern sophomore infielder Josh Cryer out at second base Tuesday during the Tigers’ 6-5 win against the Lions.

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri isn’t afraid to change his starting lineup midseason.

Last season, the third-year Tiger coach replaced then-sophomore Sean Ochinko with thenfreshman Micah Gibbs behind the plate, a move that helped spark a 23-game winning streak and an eventual College World Series run.

This season, Mainieri has made similar changes and has

moved sophomore DJ LeMahieu “Sometimes you worry about from shortstop to second base hurting feelings or how playand has made ers will react, freshman Austin but you’d like to Nola the team’s think that, over new shortstop. the course of time The team has also as a coach, that placed former you’ve proven second baseman yourself to your Ryan Schimpf to players and they left field, where have confidence he spent time as a in the decisions Paul Mainieri freshman. you make.”

LSU baseball coach Through two The Tigers games of the new hope their new experiment, things have been lineup continues to fire on all cylgoing well and the Tigers have inders this weekend when LSU made just one error in their two (30-12, 11-7) hosts Auburn (25midweek wins.

16, 8-10).

“I knew it was the right LINEUP, see page 10 thing to do,” Mainieri said.

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‘You’d like to think ... your players ... have confidence in the decicions you make.’

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THE 6th MAN

Saints need defense, not running backs for success

“With the No. 14 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints select ...”

Please, God, not a running back.

With the draft looming this weekend, rumors abound about who the ‘Aints will select with their first-round pick.

One of the most popular rumors has New Orleans taking former The Ohio State University running back Chris “Beanie” Wells or former bane of LSU’s existence Knowshon Moreno of Georgia in the first round, and both would be terrible choices.

It’s not because these guys are bad players, because they aren’t, but because New Orleans has more pressing needs if they want to have a successful 2009-2010 campaign.

The Saints only have four picks this draft thanks to deals made with other teams in 2008, and they don’t need to spend the best one on a running back.

In February 2008, the Jets

traded linebacker Jonathan Vilma to New Orleans for a conditional fourth-round pick, which has now become a third-round pick because Vilma reached incentives in his contract.

So far, so good on Vilma.

The former Miami Hurricane played in all 16 games for New Orleans and led the team in total tackles with 132.

Last sumJohanathan Brooks Sports Columnist mer, New Orleans traded the second- and fifth-round picks in this year’s draft to the New York Giants for tight end Jeremy Shockey.

The jury is still out on whether or not this was a good pick.

Shockey only played in 12 games because of a sports hernia and grabbed only 50 passes for 483 yards and no scores — both career lows.

SOFTBALL

No. 19 Tigers prepare for Senior Day, SEC finale Hofer to throw first pitch Sunday

By David Helman Sports Writer

Senior pitcher Dani Hofer will throw the first pitch for the No. 19 LSU softball team at Sunday’s Senior Day game against South Carolina.

Then she will return to the dugout — her playing career at LSU finished.

“We can officially say it. She’s going to throw out the first pitch,

and that’s it. She’s done,” said LSU softball coach Yvette Girouard.

It’s a strange turn of events for a player with a 59-16 record, who was named first team AllSoutheastern Conference and SEC tournament Most Valuable Player in 2007, as well as preseason first team All-American in 2008.

“It’s been weird,” Hofer said.

“I feel like I’ve left the player role and taken on a coaching role.

Coach [Girouard] wants me in the bullpen working with the pitchers, giving them whatever advice I can ... It’s been a weird shift of roles, SENIORS, see page 9

The Saints also traded away this year’s sixth-round pick to the Packers last year for a seventhround pick they used to draft former Michigan wide receiver Adrian Arrington.

Oops on that Arrington pick — he spent the season on injured reserve after severely spraining his toe in the team’s first preseason game.

The Saints have a need at running back after cutting my favorite Saint, Deuce McAllister, in the offseason, but they should not be lured into the trap of drafting a bruising running back instead of their greatest need – defensive back.

New Orleans still has Reggie Bush in the backfield – for better or for worse – and Pierre Thomas, too.

Both of these guys can shoulder the load for the Saints if they stay healthy.

Another serviceable running back can also be snagged as an undrafted free agent. There’s always

a ton of those guys out there.

Guys like Priest Holmes and Willie Parker went undrafted and have made themselves household names.

Defense is the pressing need.

The New Orleans defense was awful last year. There’s no other way to say it.

The unit finished No. 23 in total defense and passing defense last season above such great teams as the Lions, Seahawks and Raiders.

At least the coaches realize how bad the defense was and have already made moves to correct this.

In January, the Saints fired former defensive coordinator Gary Gibbs and hired Gregg Williams to take the reins of one of the worst defensive units in the league.

They also signed former Vikings safety Darren Sharper and former Bills cornerback Jabari Greer through free agency, which can only help the squad.

New Orleans can build on the

moves they’ve made by drafting another player to help in the secondary.

Most mock drafts still have Wells’ former teammate Malcolm Jenkins still on the board at the No. 14 pick.

Jenkins is a good cornerback who excelled in the Big 10 and is now considered the best defensive back in this year’s draft class.

If for some reason New Orleans doesn’t want Jenkins, then perhaps they could trade down to a lower pick and save some money by selecting another defensive back.

But the Saints have been known to disappoint, so why should this be any different?

All I know is that if the Saints pass up picking a DB they’ll likely still improve but won’t be a contender once late December rolls around.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 SENIORS, from page 8

but I like it.”

The reason her first pitch Sunday will also be her first and last pitch of the season dates back to 2008, when a wrist injury hampered the end of her junior year and sidelined her for the entire offseason. She was scheduled to return to the active roster in February, but that quickly became an impossibility as Hofer’s wrist never responded to rehab.

“There was always that hope in the back of our minds that she would come back and save the season for us,” said junior pitcher Cody Trahan.

PITTMAN, from page 7

Detillier said Pittman could be a third or fourth defensive end who plays anywhere from eight to 16 plays a game while also contributing on special teams at the next level.

“He’s a technically-sound guy,” he said. “He uses his arms and hands real well, and he’s got good body balance.”

Alexander said Pittman’s strongest attribute is his pass rushing ability.

“He sets up the offensive lineman and baits him and hits him with moves inside and out,” he said. “Whoever takes him is going to have a real special player.”

Pittman’s story generated buzz and is becoming one of the more intriguing stories of this year’s draft.

The Garyville native missed back-to-back seasons in 2005 and 2006 with foot problems and a torn Achilles tendon.

But Pittman proved he was healthy and started all 14 games in 2007 and recorded 68 tackles while leading the Tigers with 13 1/2 tackles for a loss and eight sacks.

The NCAA granted him a sixth year of eligibility last winter, but his numbers slipped in 2008, finishing with only 35 tackles and two and a half sacks.

Pittman could have thrown in the towel after missing consecutive seasons but managed to persevere — something his mother, Emma Pittman, admires.

“It makes me really proud of him pressing through what he had to endure to get to the next level because he’s not a quitter,” she said.

Detillier said while the injury bug Pittman dealt with in college could leave NFL general managers weary, injuries are part of the game and are uncontrollable.

“He’s a high-character guy and that does help out,” he said.

“It shows that he will work himself back if he has an injury.”

One advantage Pittman has during this daunting draft process is his bloodline.

His brother, Thomas, played in the NFL from 2002-05 as a defensive lineman with the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos.

Thomas Pittman said he has told his brother several times not to worry about when he gets picked.

“There’s a lot of first rounders who got paid a lot of money that aren’t even worth what they were picked,” he said. “It’s all about getting into the NFL and staying there.”

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The injury all but finished pitch this year.”

Hofer’s career and left the Mack has an 11-3 record, Tigers’ pitching staff injured and despite a forearm injury. The trio inexperienced. has pitched to a T r a h a n , 24-11 ‘At this point in the combined afflicted with record despite the season, ... you have injuries. a back injury herself, became to get into the groove.

“We’ve just the Tigers’ veteran got to suck it up,” You have to hit your Mack said. “At ace seemingly overnight. practice, we take spots.’ “ T h a t ’s it easy and we get Danni Hofer d e f i n i t e l y treatment a lot, something new but once we get in LSU senior pitcher for me, and I’m the game, we’ve still trying to fit into that role,” just got to suck it up.”

Trahan said. “We’ve all had to do The Tigers (27-14-1, 10-9-1) our part. Brittany Mack’s done a have plenty of work to do before great job coming in as freshman, Hofer’s swan song. and she wasn’t even supposed to LSU is in the midst of a four-

game losing streak. The Tigers have been outscored 20-3 in the past week and were swept by No. 1 Florida and then dropping Wednesday night’s game against McNeese State.

Hofer said one of the most difficult things about not playing has been watching the team struggle through its recent tough stretch.

“It’s very hard,” Hofer said.

“I’m a senior, and I should be out there playing. It’s very hard to keep those feelings, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I just have to help the younger pitchers and help give them the best year I can.”

The Gamecocks (20-19, 5-16)

are last place in the Southeastern Conference and could be a perfect pick-me-up for LSU with just two weeks until postseason play.

“At this point in the season, you really focus on the bullpen,” Hofer said. “You have to get into the groove. You have to hit your spots. You have to go over the video. Every little detail adds up to be big, and that’s probably what we’ll be doing to get ready for the postseason and help out the girls.”

Though defensive line may best suit Kirston Pittman, Thomas Pittman said he could see his younger brother playing outside linebacker in the NFL. “You have to be able to play different positions,” Thomas said.

“That’s the kind that stay in the NFL.” Kirston Pittman is no stranger to playing linebacker. He played outside linebacker his senior year of high school at East St. John in

Pittman’s ability to drop into coverage.

“It’s ironic that where I played him in high school is where they might play him in the pros,” Dauterive said.

Kirston Pittman and his family have remained humble throughout the entire process and are eager for

this weekend.

“I’ve been working hard for a long time for this opportunity,” Kirston Pittman said. “Everything will work itself out.”

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Reserve.

Larry Dauterive, Kirston Pittman’s high school coach, said Kirston Pittman was so versatile and athletic he had no choice but to put him at linebacker.

“If I had to do it over again I probably would have had him with his hand down,” he said.

Dauterive said he spoke with LSU assistant head coach Larry Porter on Monday, and Porter told him NFL teams like Kirston

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for his mother, Denise Bovie. catch fish.”

“She’s been a big influence.

Detillier said Jackson’s there doing his job, and if I did length and run support are two Looking back at everything my my job, we’d give opponents a lot assets teams will like the most mom ever did, she’s always been of trouble.” a hard worker,” Jackson said. about him.

NFL draft analyst Mike Detil“He’s always going to be a “She worked two or three jobs lier said Jackson solid pass rusher, and never complained. She alwill continue to but never a great ways told me whatever is God’s wreak havoc on pass rusher,” call, you have to fulfill that to the opposing offenDetillier said. best of your ability.” sive lines in the Bovie said she had a very “Where he brings NFL. Detillier great strength is close relationship with her son predicts Jackson in run defense, throughout his LSU career, and will be the No. 12 and he’s a good she said his mentor role on the overall pick to the athlete with long team translates to his life at Mike Detillier Denver Broncos arms ... he dis- home.

NFL draft analyst — the highest Ti“Tyson is a very humble rupts the view of a ger taken. child when he’s at home — obequarterback.”

“Denver is rebuilding their Detillier said Jackson made dient, Christian and he loves bedefense, and they need some size the correct decision by not forgo- ing around mom, brother and up front,” Detillier said. “[Jack- ing his senior season and enter- grandma,” Bovie said. “He’s alson’s] greatest value is versatility ing the draft last year because he ways gone to church; stayed out — he can play a 4-3 base defen- would have been “at best a sec- of trouble at home ... I wasn’t just sive end, he can play a 3-4 de- ond-round pick.” a mother; I was a fensive end, and on third downs, sister, a father, evJackson said if you ran a four-man front, he he has visited erything to him.” could play defensive tackle. This Denver, but he Jackson’s oldis the right draft for him.” er brother Marlon still has no idea Detillier said another pos- where he will fall. said his brother sible candidate to select Jackson would be an over“The Saints would be the Green Bay Pack- were my favorite all great pick for ers at No. 9 overall. He said one team growing up, any NFL team.

Chad Jones of the Packers’ needs is a defen- but I don’t mind “There’s nosive end “with some size,” and whatever team I body in the draft LSU junior safety LSU has a tradition of delivering end up at,” Jacklike him, and he high-powered defensive linemen son said. “[Denver] is a great brings a lot to the table,” Marlon in past drafts, including Glenn place — a lot different than Ba- Jackson said. “He has no off-theDorsey, Marquise Hill, Marcus ton Rouge, but a lot of guys on field problems, and he is a student Spears and Anthony “Booger” the team are real friendly. I felt at of the game. My gut feeling tells McFarland. home there, but it’s still unknown me somewhere in the top 10. He’ll “One thing the scouts like is where I’ll end up come Satur- play in the league a long time.”

LSU is a school that has produced day.” a lot of defensive linemen in the Jackson said he does know Contact Rachel Whittaker at NFL recently,” Detillier said. one thing: the first thing he will do “You go back fishing where you in the NFL is buy something nice rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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‘LSU ... has produced a lot of defensive linemen ... You go back fishing where you catch fish.’

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‘When he spoke, everybody listened because we have that much respect for him.’

LINEUP, from page 7

Mainieri said he told LeMahieu he had the option of moving to either third base or second base when Nola was announced as the starting shortstop.

After a workout session Monday, Mainieri was convinced second base was where LeMahieu could best help the Tigers.

“We went out for what was supposed to be a 20-minute workout,” Mainieri said. “But we ended up being out there for an hour, because it seemed like DJ was really enjoying himself, and I told him when we were done that I had just gotten done watching a professional second baseman.”

LeMahieu said the transition has been a smooth one because of the similarities between the positions.

“You have more time [at second base],” he said. “When you get the ball, you don’t have to worry about firing it to the bag.”

LSU’s bats backed up its new defensive alignment in the Tigers’ midweek games — LSU scored 16 runs and hit five home runs against Southeastern Louisiana and Louisiana-Lafayette.

Schimpf and junior outfielder Blake Dean have been scorching for the LSU offense and have combined to go 17-for-40 with five home runs and 13 RBI in the team’s last five games.

LeMahieu said the duo’s hot streak reminds him of the run Dean and former LSU first baseman Matt Clark went on the second half of last season.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 “It inspires everyone when you’re hitting with runners on base,” LeMahieu said. “You want to get up as often as you can to knock them in.”

This weekend, the Tigers may be without their first baseman and cleanup hitter, junior Sean Ochinko, who Mainieri said will be a game-time decision with a hamstring injury.

“It’s just a little minor injury,” Mainieri said. “We’re going to evaluate before the series whether he can play first base, be a DH or be a pinch hitter.”

But pitching was the problem in LSU’s series loss last weekend against Tennessee and the Volunteers scored 19 runs in three games.

Six of those runs were scored off the Tigers’ Sunday starter sophomore Austin Ross.

Mainieri said following Sunday’s game he would consider moving the Shreveport native out of the weekend rotation.

But following a dominant midweek start Wednesday against the Ragin’ Cajuns, Mainieri expects Ross to again be on the mound on Sunday.

“He threw really well,” Mainieri said. “His breaking ball was really good, and he made some great pitches. It was very encouraging how he kept the ball down.”

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OUR VIEW

friday, April 24, 2009

Shell must provide more commitment to Gulf Coast Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John doesn’t mince words.

The Gulf Restoration Network posted a YouTube video April 13 featuring Dr. John, aka Mac Rebennack, endorsing a banner that will fly over the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival aimed at its own sponsor, Shell Oil Company.

The video and banner implore

Shell to “Hear The Music – Fix The Coast You Broke,” taking aim at Shell’s careless destruction of the wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico. The message immediately created a controversy, considering Shell’s sponsorship of Jazz Fest being essential in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina.

At the time, Jazz Fest producer/director Quint Davis said the

festival might be shrunk to one weekend or eliminated altogether without Shell’s sponsorship, which has since been expanded past its original twoyear deal.

“For some reason, Shell and their friends in the industry don’t think they owe anything,” Rebennack says in the video. “Shell acts like it’s their fest now, but we can

let ‘em know we did just fine for decades without their help.”

Rebennack later clarified his position, saying Shell’s sponsorship of Jazz Fest was a good thing for the community, music and culture.

While its sponsorship of Jazz Fest helped keep the event alive, we think Shell must provide more of a commitment to New Orleans as well as Gulf

Coast restoration efforts — especially considering more than 80 percent of Shell’s U.S. oil and gas production comes from the Gulf of Mexico, according to Shell’s Web site.

In the words of Rebennack, “Let’s just keep on, keepin’ on!”

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(BI)PARTISAN VIEW

Using minority references as insults is stupid – not gay Countless forms of bullying have been reported over the years and are disliked, though accepted, parts of life for school-aged youth.

Many have received petty taunts of being “uncool” or “nerdy.” But anti-gay bullying has been all the rage in recent years. Unfortunately, this is because being “gay” is seen as a negative thing.

This may be the result of American machoism. Regardless, being artistic, sensitive and aware of fashion don’t seem to be good attributes for a strapping young man when assessed by his peers.

The government and media frown more upon anti-gay sentiments as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community gains respect and civil rights. But many teens and young adults still use anti-gay slurs — sometimes without realizing it.

The phrase “That’s so gay,” for instance, is used to describe an undesirable person, thing or event.

“That test was gay.”

Certainly the test taken wasn’t attracted to a test of the same sex.

Tests don’t have sexes; they have questions — questions the taker apparently couldn’t answer, thus becoming frustrated to the point of calling an inanimate object “gay.”

Today’s youth use this term and others like it without considering how offensive they may be. Likewise, the phrase has been re-contextualized to where kids who use the term don’t understand its origins.

The same contextualization applies when someone claims an outfit is “ghetto.” They probably aren’t referring to the dress of members of the Jewish community who were forced to live in close, unhealthy quarters before and during World War II.

There can be serious consequences in asserting “That’s so gay,” or any other derogatory slur in everyday conversation. Using gay slurs perpetuates the negative associations of being LGBTQ. Gay teens react differently to the Isabel Blum negative use of a word referring Columnist to them. Some aren’t bothered or brush it off, while others become offended and hurt.

And some LGBTQ teens take the insults to heart and commit acts of violence against themselves or others. Gay teens are at least three times more likely to commit suicide than other youths.

The anti-gay slurs also affect non-gay individuals.

An 11-year-old boy was found dead after hanging himself because of constant taunts of being a fag and queer earlier this month. The boy did not identify himself as gay but liked to do well in school — which wasn’t appreciated by his classmates.

Reprimanding this sort of demeaning language has started in the form of online groups and campaigns.

ThinkB4YouSpeak is an online campaign that advocates against anti-gay bullying. The goal of the campaign is to reduce and prevent the use of homophobic language and create more positive environments for LGBTQ teens by raising awareness and educating school personnel and parents on the issue.

Slurs like “That’s so quadriplegic” or “That’s so autistic” sound silly and blatantly offensive.

“That’s retarded,” “That’s

Jewish,” “That’s gay” and “That’s ghetto” should be too.

Equality is not about particular minorities getting rights they are not afforded. It’s about all people, minorities and majorities, possessing the same rights as one another.

Minority groups should see the necessity of working together. Rights and respect for one group proves the same for other minorities.

The negative use of any subgroup’s name should be abandoned.

A dike is a barrier for holding back water, and a fagot is a bundle of branches bound together to be burned. Think before speaking.

Isabel Blum is a 21-year-old communication disorders junior from New Orleans.

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Our incredulous reaction to Susan Boyle is shameful

For nearly a week now, the world has been fascinated by the rags-toriches story of Susan Boyle, a contestant on “Britain’s Got Talent.”

By means of introduction, the 47-year-old singer, who is described

by Daily Mail columnist Tanya Gold as “small and rather chubby, with a squashed face, unruly teeth and unkempt hair,” declared she lives alone with her cat Pebbles and has never been kissed.

“But that’s just one side of me!”

Boyle added with a saucy hip roll, eliciting titters, eye-rolling and patronizing wolf whistles from the audience. The giggles turned to snorting laughter when Boyle told Simon Cowell her dream was to be as successful as Elaine Paige.

The audience, judging by its ridicule, seemed incredulous that the grumpy Boyle should presume she had a chance on “Britain’s Got Talent.”

Then Boyle sweetly sang the

opening measures of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables, and the audience’s cynicism was swiftly replaced with a teary, screaming standing ovation.

After the song, Amanda Holden, the beautiful token female judge on the show, applauded Boyle. “I’m so thrilled, because I knew that everybody was against you,” Holden said.

This statement is symptomatic of the initial reaction to Boyle.

It’s as if we were observing a foreign creature, exclaiming, “Look at it! It’s frumpy! And it can sing!” in an awestruck, mindless way. That we are so shocked an ugly, unconventional woman possesses such raw talent speaks volumes of our shallowness as a society.

Consider how diminished Boyle’s fame would be if she possessed traditional beauty and came from a glamorous background.

We are so used to seeing shallow

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beauty that Boyle, had she possessed it, would’ve passed unnoticed no matter the caliber of her talent.

In the most cynical sense, one must recognize it is impossible to congratulate Boyle for her fame without paying tribute to Linnie Leavines Columnist her unconventional appearance. This is not to say Boyle is without talent. Anyone who can make Simon Cowell sigh and grin during their performance is obviously doing something right.

But if she were bereft of her plainness, she would be bereft of her fame as well. Therefore, there is a duality buried in the nature of Boyle’s fame, one that simultaneously capitalizes on her beauty and homeliness – a blend of fame and infamy.

So is our fascination with Boyle admirable, or is it embarrassing?

Perhaps it is a bit of both.

The Boyle sensation began in a rush of apologetic embarrassment on our part, the moment we realized we had wrongly judged her. The subsequent fascination was arguably embarrassing as well, for without our disgusting preconceived notions about this woman, the ingredients for the fascination would’ve never existed.

Initially, our entire reason for obsessing over her was based on our recognition of her substandard appearance.

But the meaning of the Boyle sensation has gradually morphed into something different, something significantly more redeeming. Now Boyle is famous not because she is an ugly virgin spinster who happens to sing, but because she has become the personification of the underdog.

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Or, more specifically, Boyle is now the definition of the cliché saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

Though referencing this cliché may seem like trite parroting, sometimes clichés bear repeating, especially considering how often we forget their true meaning.

Given the nature of the example Boyle’s fame has morphed into, we would do well to learn from this cliché. And we would do well to reserve our cynical, shallow judgment.

Meanwhile, as we learn, Susan Boyle will continue to sing – for an undeserving and extraordinarily privileged audience.

Linnie Leavines is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Central City.

Contact Linnie Leavines at lleavines@lsureveille.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We can’t use the eucharist as a time ... to judge a person’s conscience by refusing them communion.”

John Walsh TV show host Dec. 26, 1945 - present

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Jindal should abstain from receiving communion

For years, Catholic politicians have struggled to rectify their political views with their spiritual lives.

But most ignore questions about what political aims Catholic clergy and theologians should have and whether the church should have any political aims to begin with.

Believers who support denial of communion to politicians who support abortion rights tend to suggest that letting those politicians off the hook when it comes to communion contributes to an apathetic societal demeanor to voters’ moral responsibility.

But what about Catholics who supported the Iraq War, even as two popes condemned it? And why not deny communion to “pro-lifers” who have taken part in a divorce or used birth control?

Denying communion based on voting records creates a double standard — a standard that should be applied not just to Catholic politicians on both sides of the aisle but also to Catholic voters.

The ethical dilemma arises as to whether politicians who support capital punishment — including

Gov. Bobby Jindal — should be denied communion.

Some Catholics feel that because support for abortion rights is not in line with Catholic doctrine, it constitutes grounds for the denial of communion.

In the sacrament of communion, Catholics believe Jesus’ body and blood are present in the bread and wine presented by a priest at the altar. Catholics believe this act does not represent a symbol, metaphor or idea. They believe they observe Jesus’ actual presence in the Eucharist.

In explaining why the Eucharist is the climax of Catholic spiritual life, former Pope John Paul II explained in “Theology of the Body” that communion was the spiritual equivalent of sexual climax between married partners.

So communion is a pretty big deal.

The Eucharist can be denied to those a priest considers unworthy because, in the Church’s eyes, to be unfit for communion is to be unfit for family life.

Beliefnet.com, a Christian

news Web site, explained that those who formally cooperate in evil — or those who permit evil to occur, directly or indirectly — are guilty of sin and should not receive communion.

When Big Ben was still a cardinal, he claimed in a letter to the U.S. Daniel Lumetta Conference of Opinion Editor Catholic Bishops that issues like capital punishment and warfare don’t carry the same moral weight as sins like abortion and euthanasia.

Consequently, abortion has priority over all other political issues in the Catholic world.

Using the Eucharist as a tool to influence policy corrupts the sacrament of communion as it manufactures confrontation at the altar of God by using Jesus’ body as a weapon.

If the Eucharist is a reflection of Jesus’ sacrifice for humanity, then Catholics hoping to receive communion should look to emulate

that sacrifice. With no intention of making a sacrifice so that others might live, Catholics should refrain from receiving communion until they are prepared to foster a culture of life at the two extremes of life — birth and death.

Prohibiting abortion and the death penalty are not the best ways to foster that culture. In fact, they’re quite the opposite. Excluding warfare — which creates an entirely new and unrelated set of dilemmas — life cannot be defended by taking life.

Catholics, individually and collectively, must consider how much of their own lives each is willing to sacrifice so that others might live.

As the Catholic News Service made apparent, denying communion because of political views generates the misperception that abortion and capital punishment are exclusively Catholic issues.

Without educating Catholics about Church legislation, Catholics can’t expect others to understand their apparent hypocrisy.

Section 2270 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the

authority on Catholic teaching, explains human life must be protected and respected absolutely from the moment of conception.

In his encyclical “The Gospel of Life,” John Paul II stated that execution is only appropriate in cases of absolute necessity, or “when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society.” He added that steady improvements in the penal system make such cases almost nonexistent.

Catholic priests should not be held responsible for deciding who is worthy of communion — they can’t know each individual member of their flocks. Instead, that burden should shift to participants. The unworthy should refrain from presenting themselves for communion rather than forcing priests to make that decision.

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

Contact Daniel Lumetta at dlumetta@lsureveille.com

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Sen. Gautreaux’s plan to cap TOPS bad for LSU System

In case the reality of a reduced budget for the University hasn’t affected you yet, new legislation proposed by state Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, may do the trick.

One measure that will be up for consideration this legislative session — which convenes today — will be Senate Bill 85.

Under this proposed legislation, awards granted to recipients of the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students would be capped at “an amount determined by the administering agency to equal the tuition charged by the public college or university attended in the state or one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) per semester, whichever is less.”

Changing the current law to conform with Sen. Gautreaux’s proposed legislation would mean a maximum of $3,200 per year for students who qualify to receive TOPS awards. The new bill would not change the amount of awarded stipends for students receiving Performance or Honors awards.

Gautreaux cites concern over the nature of the funding source for the TOPS program to justify his bill.

Under current law, the program has an “open-ended” financial obligation. It provides base tuition coverage for all students who qualify — with no cap.

“The administering agency may seek, accept, and expend funds from any source … for this purpose,” says the current legislation.

Sen. Gautreaux’s concerns over the uncertainty of the state’s requirement to the TOPS program is

justified in light of the budget woes facing Louisiana. But what seems to be a concern over shoring up the state’s budget is nothing more than petty politics.

There are two public universities whose tuition exceeds proposed Drew Walker the $3,200 cap on Columnist TOPS awards – LSU and UNO. Both schools are in the LSU System.

Tuition at LSU totals $3,494 per year while UNO tuition is $3,228.

Last year, the legislature voted to allow LSU to increase tuition by up to 5 percent per year and Chancellor Martin has already announced that tuition will be increased. The gap between the limit on TOPS and the tuition LSU students have to pay will only increase in the coming years, should Gautreaux’s bill pass.

This may send students running from LSU to other state colleges and universities compounding the problems facing the university by a shrinking budget.

This seems to be exactly what Gautreaux wants.

Gautreaux recognizes this cap may keep some students away from LSU, according to The Advocate.

But he doesn’t see this as a problem – students will just go to schools closer to their homes (presumably not in the LSU system).

The increased cost to students at LSU would be $250 to cover the lack of coverage by TOPS. “If someone wants to go to LSU,

they’ll have to pony up,” Gautreaux cavalierly told The Advocate.

Chancellor Martin responded to Gautreaux’s bill by voicing concern over higher-achieving students who may leave the state for better educational opportunities if TOPS doesn’t cover tuition at LSU. At a time when the budget for higher education is being gutted, Gautreaux wants to gut the talent the state has produced through his

proposal that would limit the educational opportunities for those who reach the highest levels of their precollege education.

Instead of playing politics with the opportunities available to future generations, true change needs to be given a look.

If TOPS is becoming too expensive, maybe the academic standards need to be raised. There are too many universities in Louisiana

— some should be consolidated.

Capping TOPS awards — and thus punishing LSU students — is not the answer to the financial woes facing the state.

Drew Walker is a 24-year-old philosophy senior from Walker.

Contact Drew Walker at dwalker@lsureveille.com

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