Daily Reveille — February 6, 2009

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NEWS Fourth annual speed dating event to be held Tuesday, page 4.

CHANGE OF HEART Janzen Jackson decommits from LSU, signs with Tennessee, page 7.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Ultimate Worship Students brave elements to mix sports, religion

By Nate Monroe

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Contributing Writer

As the temperature dropped into the low 30s and the wind whipped up Wednesday evening, a group of 11 men met on the field in front of the Natatorium — two braved shorts, while most wore sweatpants and sweatshirts.

With a dedication usually reserved for polar bear clubs and professional sports, they divided in two teams and started playing FRISBEE, see page 6

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[Center] David Elston tosses a flying disc to Mike Donahue on Wednesday evening. [Left] Jarrod Fabacher, Donahue and Drew Kearney gather for a discussion between games in front of the LSU Natatorium.

[Right] Jordan Gleason, David Elston and Matthew Barkes enjoy their weekly game of frisbee. The Bible group is part of a community group of “The Refuge,” a campus ministry.

MEDIA

FACULTY

CBS correspondent recalls Professor owns collection of more than 780 pocket protectors experiences in Middle East Staff Writer

Index

John Pojman epitomizes the classic chemistry professor — wearing a button-up shirt, slacks and a blazer, complete with a colorful bow-tie and “Nerd Pride”

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His affinity began about 10 years ago when he received his first pocket protector as a gift from the American Chemical Society.

“I thought it was cool,” he said. “I hadn’t seen one in a while. I got a few of them and wore one to class and gave them

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Broadcasts

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By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

The orange light flashed across the Afghanistan sky in the camp where he stood, and Randall Pinkston thought he was going to die.

“I thought ‘Oh my God, I’m out of here’,” said Pinkston, CBS news correspondent, as he described his near death experience to a University crowd of about

100 students Thursday night.

The former White House correspondent and three-time Emmy award-winning journalist told a group of students and faculty in the Journalism Building about his experiences in Baghdad, Tora Bora and Jalalabad at the front lines of the War on Terror. He also talked about the importance of good reporting.

REPORTING, see page 6

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009

US Navy watches as Somali pirates nab $3.2 million

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As U.S. Navy ships looked on, Somali pirates sped away Thursday with $3.2 million in ransom after releasing an arms-laden Ukrainian freighter — ending a four-month standoff that focused world attention on piracy off Somalia’s lawless coast. The Navy said it couldn’t seize the bandits for fear of endangering 147 other seamen still held hostage on other hijacked ships. So, within sight of two nearby U.S. warships, the pirates counted the cash — air-dropped by parachute — then took off in motorboats, pirate Aden Abdi Omar said, speaking to The Associated Press by satellite phone after arriving in the central Somali town of Harardhere.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying humanitarian supplies from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip and towed the vessel into port Thursday, foiling a new attempt by international activists to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory. It was the first time Israeli forces seized an aid ship, after the navy let some boats in and turned others around. The interception was condemned by Lebanon and Syria, adding to regional tensions in the wake of last month’s devastating Israeli offensive against the Islamic militants of Hamas who control Gaza. Talks in Egypt to cement a long-term cease-fire in Gaza ran into obstacles Thursday. A Hamas delegation left Cairo without agreeing to a truce deal.

NATION, STATE AND CITY BRIEFS

USA Swimming suspends Phelps for 3 months TODAY

friday, february 6, 2009 bcm dinner & tnt worship Every Thursday night. Dinner (free) at 7:15pm.

TNT Worship Service at 8:00pm. The BCM is at the corner of Highland & Chimes. All LSU students invited! lsubcm.org send a valentine’s shout-out The Daily Reveille is printing Valentine messages on Friday Feb. 13 log on to www.lsureveille.com and click on the link to print your form. Deadline to place you shout-out is Feb. 11 at noon. Prices start at $5.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months

by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. The sport’s national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period, effective Thursday. “This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero,” the federation said in a statement.

“Michael has voluntarily accepted this reprimand and has committed to earn back our trust.”

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Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is hugged by children in September after sharing his Olympic experience during a visit to the Boys and Girls Club of Burbank, in Burbank, Calif.

Army reports alarming Summitt gets 1,000th spike in suicides this Jan. win of coaching career WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is investigating an unexplained and stunning spike in suicides in January.

The count is likely to surpass the number of combat deaths reported last month by all branches of the armed forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the fight against terrorism. “In January, we lost more soldiers to suicide than to al-Qaida,” said Paul Rieckhoff, director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He urged “bold and immediate action” by the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In this season of lowered expectations for Tennessee, Pat Summitt still reached unprecedented heights: 1,000 victories. Summitt became the first Division I basketball coach — man or woman — to win 1,000 career games Thursday night as her 12th-ranked Lady Vols beat Georgia 73-43. It was their second chance in four days at giving their coach her latest and one of her greatest milestones. The Lady Vols (17-4), have seven freshmen on the roster.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Campus Crime Briefs MAN ARRESTED FOR STOLEN FIREARM, XANAX A man not affiliated with the University was arrested Jan. 29 at about 9:30 p.m. for illegal possession of a stolen firearm, among other charges, said Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman.

LSUPD officers were patrolling the Nicholson Drive area when they noticed a vehicle driving slow. The driver appeared to be looking into parking lots and was driving without a license plate. Officers stopped the car and questioned the driver, Jonathan D. Harris of 6621 Cedar Grove Drive, Baton Rouge.

Harris, 20, kept putting hands in his pockets during questioning and appeared nervous, Rogé said. Officers searched Harris and found a zip-lock bag filled with 21 Xanax pills. Harris didn’t have a prescription for the pills and, when questioned, admitted he paid five dollars a piece for them.

Harris then gave the officers written consent to search his vehicle, the officers found a Glock .40-caliber handgun. During the investigation, officers discovered the gun had been stolen during a vehicle burglary.

Harris was arrested and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of possession of Schedule IV drugs, illegal possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm in the presence of narcotics.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA A University student was arrested Jan. 28 at about 9 p.m. for simple possession of marijuana.

Christopher P. Howard, of 16087 Hwy 431, Prairieville, was stopped by LSUPD officers at the intersection of Dalrymple Drive and Highland Drive for driving without a headlight, Rogé said.

Officers noticed Howard was ner-

vous and asked him if he had a the car. Although Lacey eventuproblem. ally found the paper work for the Howard told officers he was vehicle, he had no insurance, and scared because there “may” be officers smelled marijuana when some marijuana inside his ve- searching his vehicle, Rogé said. hicle.

Howard Lacey said then gave written he had some consent for the marijuana that he officers to search purchased in his his car. During the glove compartLog on to see an search, Howard ment.

Officers interactive map of told officers there found about 29.5 campus crime briefs. was a good chance grams of marithe marijuana was juana in Lacey’s in his book-bag, glove compartRogé said. ment, Rogé said.

Officers found 5.6 grams of Lacey was booked in East marijuana in a cellophane bag in Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Howard’s book-bag. charges of possession of marijuaHoward was issued a misde- na with intent to distribute, drivmeanor summons for simple pos- ing with no proof of insurance and session of marijuana and a traffic driving without a license plate. violation before being released.

MAN ARRESTED FOR MAN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA MARIJUANA A man not affiliated with the A man not affiliated with the University was arrested for simUniversity was arrested Jan. 28 ple possession of marijuana Jan. at about 1 a.m. for possession of 28 at about 1 a.m. marijuana with intent to distribJoel C. Smith, 17, of 5534 ute, among other charges.

Houston Drive, Baton Rouge, Briton K. Lacey, 27, of 7004 was observed walking down RaGovernment St, Baton Rouge, phael Semmes Road by LSUPD was driving without a license plate officers. As the officers passed when LSUPD officers stopped him, Smith turned around and him on Nicholson Drive. walked the other direction. OffiLacey told officers he recent- cers stopped Smith to ask what he ly bought the vehicle and had no was doing. papers or proof of insurance in After the officers patted

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Smith was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA Two men not affiliated with the University were arrested for possession of marijuana after LSUPD officers made a traffic stop at Dalrymple Drive and Highland Drive at about midnight on Jan. 29.

Justin E. Scherer, 19, of 5 Dogwood Lane, Covington, was driving and Curtis R. Doescher, 19, of 75255 River Road, Covington, was in the passenger’s seat.

Officers found a small amount of marijuana — .8 grams — in the vehicle and a smoking device in Doescher’s pocket.

Scherer was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana while Doescher was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, Rogé said.

They were both issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

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ECONOMY

Girl Scout cookies come in smaller boxes this year

few less cookies than ask people to start paying more.”

Cookies are sold for $3.50 a box. The amount of cookies per box depends on the type of cookBy Nichole Oden ie. Addy said the price of Girl Staff Writer Scout cookies hasn’t increased in Everyone is dealing with the 15 years, and they don’t plan on struggling economy, and even increasing in coming years.

Girl Scouts have been forced Addy said decreasing the to make some changes to their size of the boxes won’t help them cookies because save any money of the rising costs because ingrediof ingredients and ent prices rose. It transportation. will just make it To keep from possible for them increasing the not to raise the price of a box price. of cookies, Girl Addy said Scouts of the USA there were sevdecided to make eral variables that boxes of Thin forced them into Mints, Do-Si-Dos this situation.

Marianne Addy and Trefoils about “The cost of one ounce lighter Louisiana East Girl Scouts’ vice baking a cookie president of communication and boxes of Tagtoday is signifialongs and Samocantly higher than as about half an ounce smaller, it was even a year ago,” Addy said Marianne Addy, Louisiana said.

East Girl Scout’s vice president Transportation costs for of communication. But this size shipping and delivering the cookdifference means only about two ies increased 30 to 40 percent in cookies less per box. Also, the the past year. The cost of flour size of Lemon Chalet Creams increased 30 percent, and the cost was reduced rather than putting of cocoa increased 20 to 30 perless in a box. cent.

Addy said the Girl Scouts Addy believes even though were forced to face a tough deci- the economy is down, Girl Scout sion this year. They either needed cookie sales shouldn’t suffer in to raise the price per box, or they Louisiana. needed to put less cookies in a “After Katrina, when people box. were rebuilding homes and deal“The economy is uncertain ing with their losses, they still everywhere,” Addy said. “We came out to support Girl Scouts,” felt that it was better to make a Addy said. “Sales still did very

Economy putting a strain on sales

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‘The cost of baking a cookie today is significantly higher than it was even a year ago.’

well that year.”

David Bennet, mass communication freshman, said he will still buy cookies, and he thinks other people will, too.

“They’re still so good and I doubt anyone will really notice the few cookies missing,” Bennet said.

Addy agrees. She has seen the boxes and said she couldn’t

even tell any of them were any smaller.

Two of Girl Scouts most popular cookies have peanut butter in them, but Addy said neither of the bakers they work with have received peanut butter from the supplier involved with the peanut butter warning.

Girl Scouts start open sales of cookies March 6 and

continue until March 22 with a short break for Mardi Gras. This year, Girl Scouts do not plan to sell anywhere on campus, but they will be selling cookies in front of grocery stores nearby.

Contact Nichole Oden at noden@lsureveille.com

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009

NATION

Obama takes first flight as pres. on Air Force One Trip on 747 lasted only 37 minutes

By The Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Suffice to say, President Barack Obama likes his new ride.

Before taking off on Air Force One on Thursday for his first trip as president, Obama came to the back to the plane where the traveling press corps sits to show off his “spiffy jacket” — an Air Force crew launch jacket with his name stitched on the breast.

“What do you think about this spiffy ride? It’s not bad,” the president said to reporters.

The massive blue-and-white, specially outfitted 747 makes a statement wherever it goes.

Obama said he had been a guest on the plane with former President George W. Bush — though on which of the two in the Air Force’s presidential fleet he could not recall. He also had flown on one of the smaller jets in the fleet from Chicago to Washington in the days before his inauguration. But it wasn’t called Air Force One then — the moniker is used only when the president is on board.

Obama was clearly impressed finally to have the full experience.

The helicopter ride from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base also got the nod.

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‘What do you think about this spiffy ride? It’s not bad.’

Barack Obama U.S. president

“Very smooth, very impressive,” Obama said, adding that the view is “spectacular.”

“You go right over the Washington Monument and then you kind of curve in along the Capitol,” he remarked.

The flight from Washington to Williamsburg, where Obama was attending a retreat of House Democrats, was only 37 minutes.

The purpose of his maiden journey outside Washington was to push his economic rescue package through Congress, a telling choice for a president who took office at a time of deep economic uncertainty.

“He’s saying that he’s willing to go anywhere and talk to anybody in order to get a recovery and reinvestment plan that moves this economy forward,” press secretary Robert Gibbs said.

On departing from the South Lawn, Obama broke from tradition as he boarded Marine One, the presidential helicopter. He seemed to stun the Marine standing at attention by reaching out to shake his hand. The Marine

RELATIONSHIPS

Speed dating event to be hosted in Union

Event boasts high success rate in past

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

Those looking for love on Valentine’s Day have an extra chance to find a significant other this week — the University Student Activities Board Pop Fusion Committee is hosting a speed dating event Tuesday.

Two sessions of the fourth annual speed dating event will be held Tuesday, one at 6 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m., in the Student Union’s Magnolia Room.

Each session lasts an hour and enables students to spend about three minutes with between 10 and 12 potential mates according to Mallory Trochesset, assistant director of Campus Life, who said the event has boasted a high success rate in past years.

“With so many people in one room ... you’re going to meet someone you connect with,” Trochesset said. “It’s probably that it’s an outlet for students to meet students they wouldn’t otherwise come into contact with.”

Each student will be required to fill in an information sheet

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‘With so many people in one room ... you’re going to meet someone you connect with.’

Mallory Trochesset

assistant director of Campus Life

before the session begins, and they will be assigned numbers for anonymity, Trochesset said. After the session, students will turn in paperwork with the numbers of people who sparked an interest.

Students will be contacted with their potential matches within 72 hours of the event according to Trochesset.

Each session will be able to accommodate 76 students, Trochesset said. The event will have two sessions for the first time because of popular demand.

“Last year we had a lot of attendants, and we actually had to turn people away,” Trochesset said. “We increased the number of sessions this year to two. Last year, they exceeded 70.”

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

obliged, shaking the president’s hand before returning to a steady salute.

Then at Andrews, Obama climbed the stairs and headed straight on the plane, with no wave to observers below as is traditional.

As for other recent presidents, George W. Bush’s first flight as president may sound familiar.

Two weeks after his swearing-in, and following the bitter 2000 recount battle, he went to a resort near Pittsburgh to talk to skeptical Democratic lawmakers. The subject was his tax cuts.

For Bill Clinton, the first flight was to Detroit for a televised town hall meeting, a format seized on during the 1992 campaign. Calling on the first questioner, Clinton said: “I suspect this is going to be about, well, ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’”

In 1989, Bush’s father, a former Navy pilot, took his first Air Force One trip as president to the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia.

Long before his son’s notorious “Mission Accomplished” speech, Bush spoke on an aircraft carrier — about wasteful military spending.

Ronald Reagan, the oldest man to assume the presidency at 69, took a more leisurely approach. His first outof-town trip was by helicopter to a restful weekend at Camp David in

EVAN VUCCI / The Associated Press

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One on Thursday for the first time as president at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Maryland. His maiden Air Force One trip was to California — and a restful weekend at his ranch in the Santa Ynez mountains.

Presidents invariably reveal their personality on board.

The garrulous Clinton would restlessly roam the jet, chatting with aides and reporters or sitting down to play hearts. The younger

Bush usually stayed put up front and hardly ever saw the press compartment; aides had warned him offhand remarks there could cause trouble.

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NATION

Teen accused of sex assaults in scam

By The Associated Press

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, center, flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, speaks to reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

NATION

Senate works to cut from stimulus

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate moderates worked to cut tens of billions of dollars from economic stimulus legislation Thursday in hopes of clearing the way for passage as the government spit out grim new jobless figures and President Barack Obama warned of more bad news ahead.

With partisan tensions rising, a Republican alternative with higher tax cuts and far less spending than the administration favors was defeated on a pure party-line vote, 57-40. Other GOP attempts to make significant changes in the bill appeared doomed, as well.

“The time for talk is over. The time for action is now,” declared Obama as the Senate plodded through a fourth day of debate on the legislation. He implored lawmakers in both parties to “rise to this moment.”

Obama added he would “love to see additional improvements” in the bill, a gesture to the moderates from both parties who were at work trying to trim the $920 billion price tag.

Increasingly, the events that mattered most were not the long roll calls on the Senate floor, but the private conversations in which the White House and Democratic leaders sought — either with the support of a large group of centrist lawmakers or without them — to clear the bill at the heart of the president’s recovery program.

“As I have explained to people in that group, they cannot hold the president of the United States hostage,” said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “If they think they’re going to rewrite this bill and Barack Obama is going to walk away from what he is trying to do for the American people, they’ve got another thought coming.”

Republicans countered that neither the president nor Democratic congressional leaders have been willing to seek common ground on the first major bill of

the new administration.

“We’re not having meaningful negotiations. ... It’s a bad way to start,” said Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who was Obama’s opponent in last fall’s presidential campaign.

In an Associated Press interview, he said Obama “gave the Democrats the leeway to basically shut out Republicans starting with the House and now here in the Senate, and I don’t think that’s good.”

McCain’s penchant for working across party lines has irritated fellow Republicans in the past, but he was not taking part in bipartisan talks on trimming the stimulus bill.

Instead, he advanced an alternative that highlighted the differences between the two political parties.

It carried a price tag of $421 billion, less than half the White House-backed measure. The majority of that was in the form of a one-year cut in the payroll tax and reductions in the two lowest income tax brackets.

The proposal also included provisions to help the battered housing industry, including the $15,000 tax credit for home buyers that passed separately on Wednesday.

Nearly 20 senators from both parties met twice during the day and reviewed a list of possible cuts totaling nearly $80 billion.

They included elimination of at least $40 billion in aid to the states, which have budget crises of their own, as well as $1.4 billion ticketed for the National Science Foundation.

There was no sign the group of self-appointed compromisers had agreed to support the reductions, but even if they had the numbers were far short of what some were looking for.

“The president made a strong case for a proposal that would be in the neighborhood of $800 billion,” said Sen. Susan Collins, RMaine, who met with Obama at the White House on Wednesday.

The legislation is a blend of federal spending and tax cuts that supporters say can create or preserve at least 3 million jobs. They cite the tax cuts for lower-income workers, as well as more money for jobless benefits, worker training, food stamps, health care, education and public works projects such as highways and mass transit.

Critics contend the bill is bloated with spending for items that won’t create jobs, such as smoking prevention programs or efforts to combat a future pandemic flu outbreak.

And while polls show Obama is popular and the public supports recovery legislation, Republicans have maneuvered in the past several days to identify and ridicule relatively small items in the bill.

Whatever the public relations battle, Republicans have tried without success so far to reduce spending in the measure and were ready with additional attempts during the day.

The legislation is a key early test for Obama, who has been in office just two weeks and has made economic recovery his top priority.

His warnings have become increasingly dire, and in remarks to employees at the Department of Energy, he said, “Today, we learned that last week the number of new unemployment claims jumped — jumped to 626,000.

Tomorrow, we’re expecting another dismal jobs report on top of the 2.6 million jobs that we lost last year. We’ve lost 500,000 jobs each month for the last two months.”

The new jobless claims were reported by the Labor Department, and the total was the highest since October 1982, when the economy was in a steep recession.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — An 18-yearold male student is accused of posing as a girl on Facebook, tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him naked photos of themselves and then blackmailing some for sex acts.

“The kind of manipulation that occurred here is really sinister in my estimation,” Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel said Wednesday.

The students go to New Berlin Eisenhower High School in New Berlin, which is in Waukesha County about 15 miles west of Milwaukee.

Anthony Stancl, of New Berlin, was charged Wednesday with five counts of child enticement, two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child, two counts of third-degree sexual assault, possession of child pornography, repeated sexual assault of the same child, and making a bomb threat.

Stancl’s attorney, Craig Kuhary, said Stancl plans to plead not guilty to the charges and hopes to reach a plea agreement with the district attorney “It’s too early in the case for me to make a statement, other than

the fact at some point we are going to go into events that had taken place earlier that might have had some impact on what he did here,” he said. He wouldn’t go into specifics.

The incidents allegedly happened from spring 2007 through November, when officers questioned Stancl about a bomb threat he allegedly sent to teachers and wrote about on a school’s bathroom wall. It resulted in the closing of New Berlin Eisenhower Middle and High School.

According to the criminal complaint, Stancl first contacted the students through the social networking site Facebook, pretending to be a girl named Kayla or Emily.

The boys reported that they were tricked into sending nude photos or videos of themselves, the complaint said.

Thirty-one victims were identified and interviewed and more than half said the girl with whom they thought they were communicating tried to get them to meet with a male friend to let him perform sex acts on them.

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to students. It was fun.”

Pojman searches online and bids on ebay.com for authentic pocket protectors. But many people have donated them over the years.

“I try to make sure it goes well with the outfit,” he said.

“I like the one especially from NASA because I used to research with NASA.” The average pocket protector costs him about $3 or $4 dollars, he said. But the pocket protector with the NASA logo cost him $75.

Pojman’s collection ranges from pocket protectors with a Little Debbie logo to Soft Bluebonnet Margarine and Purina Milk to Wrigley’s Gum and San Giorgio Macaroni, Inc. “That’s the only thing I collect,” he said. “They don’t take up much space, and they survived Hurricane Katrina because they’re water proof.”

Pojman said originally the

REPORTING, from page 1

Pinkston was a foreign corespondent in Afghanistan when the war was raging in 2001. He told his audience he reported when Osama bin Laden was last spotted leaving his camp and later found out it was possibly the last time anyone reported seeing him.

Pinkston said he was in a

FRISBEE, from page 1

Ultimate Frisbee.

The two teams shared lighthearted banter — a missed pass to an end zone prompted one player to scream out and punch the dirt.

But for these Ultimate Frisbee devotees, it was just another day of Bible study.

The Bible study is a “community group” of The Refuge, a campus ministry. Mike Donahue, construction management junior, said he and his friends held Bible studies in their homes until they decided last semester to move out to the field and throw in some Ultimate Frisbee.

The idea came to them, Donahue said, because they were “a bunch of guys who like sports.”

“Frisbee builds relationships, and it’s a fun thing to do,” said David Elston, English sophomore.

“It helps you get something out of Bible study you wouldn’t get if you were alone.”

The group meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and plays Ultimate Frisbee for about 45 minutes before sitting in a circle on the patchy, cleat-marked field to discuss a chapter in the Bible.

With Donahue leading, the group parsed verse and word, searching for meaning and bouncing ideas off one another.

“We start a new chapter each week,” Donahue said.

The group studied John 3 on Wednesday — the story of Jesus explaining to Nicodemus what it means to be born again.

Elston earned some laughs when he offered a comparison between God, Jesus and an ant pile.

Elston, Refuge member, said he has been part of the Ultimate Fris-

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pocket protectors seemed practical and were a handy way to keep his pens together. But now, he said he proudly wears pocket protectors to make a point that it’s OK to like science and technology. He said he was born a nerd and will die a nerd.

“My other major hobby is carp fishing and studying the aquatic salamanders of Louisiana,” Pojman said. “I don’t consider those nerdy but some might.”

Pojman, who has been at the University since August, said many of his students are puzzled but amused by his array of pocket protectors.

“Students generally haven’t heard of them,” he said. “They don’t have a negative stereotype because it’s been so long since they were common. That idea of an engineer with a pocket protector, many pencils and a crew cut is way before their time.”

Pocket protectors are an “American contribution to fashion” and are still manufactured in the U.S., he said. But the popular-

ity plummeted in the ’80s as they became commonly associated with nerds.

Pojman said he often gives them as prizes in class for students who correctly answer a question.

“There’s no negative stereotype because there’s no stereotype at all,” he said.

Pojman started the Web site pocketprotectors.info to display his collection. More than 100 people visit the site weekly, he said.

“I didn’t have a way to keep track of all them, so I started scanning them all in,” he said. “When I got over 100, I started having trouble remembering which ones I had, so I put them online.”

Recently, a GQ Style magazine representative in London contacted Pojman. He lent them about 30 pocket protectors for a photo shoot, which will be displayed in March’s issue.

dangerous place, but the experience was worth it to inform the public about the truth.

“I walking around Osama bin Laden’s camp,” Pinkston said. “[Later I realized] it was certainly possible the camp could have been booby trapped.”

But Pinkston didn’t have an easy start getting into the broadcast journalism scene. He said he grew up in Jackson, Miss. where

the only two TV stations didn’t employ minorities.

The only minority working at one of the stations was the janitor, Pinkston said. But after the FCC began to pressure the stations, they began to recruit minorities.

Raimy Living, Association of Black Communicators president, said Pinkston was an inspiration to everyone and was honored to have him speak, especially dur-

ing black history month.

“What is important is diversity,” Pinkston said explaining he has fought for all kinds of diversity in his writing.

He charged his audience to always be truthful and in writing to focus on the safety and wellbeing of the nation.

“If you can look around and say I made someone’s life better ... that wouldn’t be a bad legacy

to leave behind,” he said.

The Association of Black Communicators sponsored Pinkston’s visit, and the Manship School of Mass Communications funded his trip.

bee community for a few months and found it while he was searching for people “that didn’t focus on drinking or smoking pot.”

Ultimate Frisbee is a sport with two opposing teams that try to advance a flying disc into an end zone by passing it between team members — dropping the flying disc or failing to complete a pass results in a turn over.

Drew Kearney, undeclared freshman and Refuge member, said he learned about the group through his friends who were involved with the group.

But Donahue said the group encourages anyone to go out and

join, member or not, and people are free to leave before the Bible study.

“We’ll love when you are here. We don’t want to put the pressure on.”

As for the near-freezing temperature, the players seemed unfazed.

“We might even play skins verses shirts tonight,” Donahue joked.

Donahue said they play Ultimate Frisbee before Bible study to relieve stress and to warm up their bodies — especially on a cold night like Wednesday. But Kearney said it wasn’t the first time the group braved the elements, recalling another cold Wednesday when “steam

was coming off our heads.”

Elston added he has no problems playing in the cold, heat or rain. “[Ultimate Frisbee] breaks up the ice a little bit,” Kearney said about playing with new people.

Donahue said he always enjoyed playing sports, but it wasn’t until college when he started playing Ultimate Frisbee.

“It’s not like football,” Donahue said.

John Robinson, business freshman, said the group is a great way to stay active at a time in college when, sometimes, getting exercise is difficult.

Ultimate Frisbee is an open sport, Donahue said, “that guys and girls can play.”

Despite the openness, Donahue said the group has difficulty getting girls out to play, and the cold doesn’t help.

But even among just guys, Donahue said, the competition is only light-hearted, and they care most about getting out and having fun.

“It’s really refreshing, and I enjoy the fellowship,” Kearney said.

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Chemistry professor Dr. John Pojman proudly displays his “Nerd Pride” pocket protector Wednesday in Chopin Hall. Pojman owns over 780 pocket protectors.

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Senior Special Morris scores career high in Lady Tigers’ 68-53 win

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

JASON BORDELON / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior forward Kristen Morris [center] and freshman forward LaSondra Barrett go for a rebound Thursday.

LSU senior forward Kristen Morris earned her second start Thursday night in what coach Van Chancellor called the team’s “best offensive game this year.”

Morris used the opportunity to continue her breakout play for the Lady Tigers, scoring 20 points en route to LSU’s 68-53 victory, its second against Arkansas this season.

“I couldn’t be happier for Kristen Morris. She was just unbelievable,” Chancellor said. “The offense kept clicking and running what we wanted to run.”

Morris also had five defensive rebounds, which she said has been a key aspect of her game.

“I try to focus first on defense,” Morris said. “I don’t go out there thinking about how many points I’m going to score. I just want to make sure I can guard whoever they need me to guard and rebound the ball.

That’s what we need most.”

LSU began the game with a 9-0 run in the first 1:24 behind five points from sophomore guard Latear Eason, who scored a career-high 16 points in her ninth start of the season.

“We wanted to come out with a lot of energy and play this game MORRIS, see page 11

JASON BORDELON / The Daily Reveille

Morris blocks Arkansas sophomore guard Whitney Jones’ shot Thursday in the Lady Tigers’ 68-53 win over the Lady’Backs.

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THE 6th MAN

Signing Day gets too much attention Remember that one time when it was a good idea to base your feelings and emotions on the decisions of some high schoolers with a bunch of hats?

Yeah, me neither.

I just don’t care that much about recruiting.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s important and everything, JOHANATHAN but I just don’t list it among BROOKS “ImporSports Columnist my tant things that matter from day to day.”

But I’m obviously in the minority among college football fans.

People are completely flipping out over what some 18-yearold kids with above average athletic skills are going to be doing with the next 3-5 years of their lives.

Let it go.

This whole recruiting hype has gotten out of control, and it’s invading my personal life.

When I walked into work Wednesday morning, it was a madhouse.

Three or four computers SIGNING DAY, see page 11

RECRUITING

Jackson decommits from LSU, signs with Tenn.

Fans worry about Orgeron recruiting

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

Following the completion of last season, LSU football coach Les Miles reached out to current Tennessee defensive line coach Ed Orgeron in hopes of luring him to the Tigers’ coaching staff.

One of Miles’ primary reasons for contacting Orgeron was because of his ability to recruit in his home state of Louisiana.

Orgeron flexed his recruiting muscles Thursday when five-star defensive back Janzen Jackson decommited from LSU and signed a national letter of intent with Tennessee.

“I actually told them that Tennessee was where I wanted to be when I visited up there,” he said following his announcement. “But

it’s hard to leave home with all your Halfback Joe McKnight was family and friends.” also regarded by many as the top Jackson said being a cornerback high school player in 2007 when he in Monte Kiffin’s famous “Tampa- committed to USC. Two” defense, which showcases corBut through two years, McKnerbacks, was also a deciding factor night’s electric game has yet to take in his decision. hold as the Trojans’ “Monte Kiffin back has only 1,200 was the difference,” rushing yards and he said. “He invented five rushing touchLog on to hear sports downs. his own defense and writer David has been so good for But despite the Helman and columnist so long ... That was Johanathan Brooks lack of success of debate the hype just too much to pass McKnight and Persurrounding recruiting. rilloux, some fans up.”

Jackson is one of are worried about three Louisiana five-star players who Orgeron’s possible impact in Louiwill be playing college football next siana. season for schools other than LSU. Cord Cole, communication Senior quarterback Ryan Per- studies junior, said Orgeron will be a rilloux committed to LSU as the nuisance to LSU’s recruiting efforts nation’s No. 1 high school player in as long as he’s with the Volunteers.

2004. But after several off-field inci“Coach O has done a very good dents, Perrilloux was dismissed from job of that over the last few years,” the team prior to last season and has since transferred to Jacksonville State.

JACKSON, see page 9

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Barbe High School senior cornerback Janzen Jackson catches the ball for an interception. Jackson signed a national letter of intent Thursday for the University of Tennessee after decommitting from LSU.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tigers look to avenge only conference loss of season Crimson Tide visits PMAC on Sunday

By David Helman Sports Writer

LSU coaches are getting their fill of Alabama this week.

LSU football coach Les Miles went toe-to-toe with ‘Bama for the nation’s top recruiting class Wednesday, and the LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson will have his second go at the Crimson Tide (13-9, 3-5) on Sunday with a six-game conference winning streak on the line.

Johnson’s first visit to Tuscaloosa, Ala., was the first and only conference loss for LSU (18-4, 6-1) so far this season.

“Alabama quite frankly really handled us physically the first time out, and that was without Ronald Steele who at the time was injured,” Johnson said.

Sophomore guard Senario Hillman took over for Steele against the Tigers. Hillman shot 44 percent from the field for 24 points in the Tide’s 66-59 win against LSU on Jan. 11.

“We need to continue to get better, and we have to match their physicality on the glass,” Johnson said.

“We have to find a way to contain Hillman.”

STATE STILL IN SECOND Mississippi State (15-7, 5-2) has managed to hold onto second in the Southeastern Conference Western Division since the Tigers knocked them from first Jan. 21. The Bulldogs put the conference on notice Tuesday with a resounding 66-57 road win against Kentucky (16-7, 5-3).

They will have to hold serve against Arkansas (13-7, 1-6) on Saturday to maintain their position. The Bulldogs defeated the Razorbacks, 70-56, on Jan. 10 to open SEC play.

“We played awful well against [Arkansas] the first time. I don’t know if we can play that well again,” said Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury. “We’ve probably gained a little experience since then, we’ve had a couple of road wins since then ... but if you beat somebody once, and you think it’s going to be easy the next time you’re in for a disappointing loss.”

LOST LUSTER Kentucky vs. Florida was the premier rivalry in SEC basketball in recent years. The Gators and Wildcats fought for conference titles and tournament seedings, and the two programs have accounted for the conference’s past four national titles.

Tuesday marks the first edition of the rivalry this season, but it won’t

be quite as juicy as 2005, when No. 24 Florida took down No. 5 Kentucky in front of a raucous crowd in Gainesville, Fla. Florida (19-4, 6-2) has two losses in the past five games, including a 16-point loss at Tennessee.

“It’s been a long several weeks for our team,” said Florida coach Billy Donovan. “We’ve got a little bit of time to hopefully heal up our bumps and bruises and try to get our guys rejuvinated and mentally fresh.”

Kentucky (16-7, 5-3) raced to five-straight wins to start SEC play.

But the Wildcats have dropped three games in the past 10 days, two of those at historic Rupp Arena, to bring them back to Earth.

“We obviously have many things we need to work on,” said Kentucky coach Billy Gillespie. “We had things when we were 5-0, and when you lose they come to light in a hurry.”

The game will be on ESPN at 8 p.m. The Wildcats will try to buck a disturbing trend, as their four home losses on the year give them more losses at Rupp than in opposing venues.

Kentucky’s all-time record at Rupp Arena is 425-58.

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GYMNASTICS

LSU falls to No. 11 in rankings Tigers face No. 8 Florida tonight

By Rob Landry Sports Contributor

The LSU gymnastics team’s stay in the top 10 was a short one.

The Tigers fell one spot in the national rankings to No. 11 after posting its lowest score in Southeastern Conference play in a 196.575-195.300 loss to Auburn on Jan. 30.

LSU faces No. 8 Florida tonight in the PMAC, the third time in four weeks the Tigers will face a top-10 opponent.

LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said the team is not getting beat by other teams, but instead is beating itself.

“We are a better team than this,” Breaux said. “We did not and have not yet competed to what we feel like is our potential.”

Junior Susan Jackson said Breaux let the team know she was not pleased with their performance but also said it was not because of a lack of preparation.

“She told us she was disappointed,” said Jackson. “She knew that we were ready, and we just didn’t do well.”

The Gators come into the meet with a 3-1 record, posting wins against Oklahoma, Auburn, and Kentucky. Their lone defeat came to Arkansas on Jan. 23.

Florida’s lofty ranking and impressive record has not changed the Tigers’ mentality entering tonight’s contest.

‘We did not and have not yet competed to what we feel like is our potential.’

D-D Breaux LSU gymnastics coach

“I don’t think we really look at rankings,” said senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney. “We just have to go out there every time we compete and get the highest score we

can for our regional qualifying score.”

Clare-Kearney and Jackson tied for second in the all-around against Auburn by each posting a score of 39.500 despite the team’s loss.

Jackson won the individual title on the uneven bars by posting a 9.900 and tied for the title on the balance beam with a 9.875. ClareKearney won the title on the floor exercise, scoring a 9.925.

One particular area of the GYMNASTICS, see page 9

JOHN CURRY / The Associated Press

Georgia’s Travis Leslie, right, goes up for a shot over LSU’s Delwan Graham during the Tigers’ 80-62 win at Georgia on Wednesday. LSU hosts Alabama on Sunday.

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TENNIS

LSU to play home openers this weekend Lady Tigers move up a spot in rankings

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

The LSU men’s and women’s tennis teams will play their first home matches of the season this weekend after both teams played two matches on the road in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Kickoff Weekend.

The Lady Tigers (3-1) return home from Los Angeles to face SMU at 3 p.m. Friday at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. SMU is 6-0 this season.

LSU jumped up one spot in the ITA standings to No. 23 after defeating DePaul and losing to No. 3 UCLA. “I thought we did a really good job, especially playing back to back,” said women’s tennis coach Tony Minnis. “I was really pleased with … the way we took care of [DePaul] and the way we battled against UCLA.” LSU senior Megan Falcon is ranked No. 5 in the nation, and she improved her record to 16-4 with a singles win last Saturday against DePaul. Her career record is 81-14.

Daily Reveille file photo

Senior Megan Falcon returns a serve during a doubles match against Arkansas.

Falcon and her partner, Mykala Hedberg, are ranked No. 17 nationally.

Falcon and doubles partner Mykala Hedberg are ranked No. 17 nationally, and Hedberg said the two seniors want to “make everything count” in their final season.

“Megan and I have been playing a lot of matches together, and we really understand each other on the court,” Hedberg said.

“Having confidence up and down the lineup with her, we can go out and trust all our doubles teams

to take care of business on their courts just as we’ll do for them.”

The Tigers will play their home opener Saturday in the third match of their dual season.

No. 16 LSU will face No. 17 Rice at 1 p.m., and men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown said the Owls will be a formidable opponent.

“Rice has been in the top 25 several years now,” Brown said.

“They are a very dangerous team; they have wins already this year

against TCU and Miami. They are very tough at the top, and their No. 5 guy is ranked No. 60.

We’ve got to be ready for a difficult match and expect it to come down to the wire just like our last two matches.”

Junior Michael Venus said Rice junior Bruno Rosa and senior Christoph Muller are players to especially watch for, and the Tigers will have to be at their best to respond to their attack at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.

Venus and his freshman doubles partner Neal Skupski beat two teams ranked in the top 10 nationally last weekend against Texas Tech and Tulsa. Skupski said the team is excited to play at home and to have LSU fans cheering for them.

“Our first match at home will bring a few nerves,” the freshman said. “But hopefully the crowd will be behind us unlike at Tulsa, where it got pretty rough.”

GYMNASTICS, from page 8 Auburn meet that concerned coaches and players was the poor performance on the vault. LSU posted a 49.150 on the vault, their lowest in three conference meets. LSU assistant coach Bob Moore said he was unsure what went wrong. “[The poor vault performance] was one of those situations that defies explanation,” said Moore. “I never saw it coming.”

The Tigers have added pressure in practice and have become more detail oriented in an attempt to rebound from the performance at Auburn.

“This week we’ve tried to do different things, like more pressure sets and making sure that everything is perfect,” Jackson said.

To help bolster both their ranking and qualifying score, the Tigers are aiming to post a score of 197, a number they are yet to reach this season. Jackson said scoring a 197 is an attainable goal.

“We are definitely capable of hitting it,” said Jackson. “Like D-D says, if Ashleigh and I hit at the end of lineups, given the fact that if the people at the top of the lineups hit, then yeah, we can go 197.”

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JACKSON, from page 7 he said. “And it does worry me a little bit. Most of his big-time recruits at Ole Miss always seemed to be guys out of [Louisiana]. But I’m confident in coach Miles and the rest of the staff to be able to keep most of the big time guys in [Louisiana].”

Despite losing Jackson, Cole had high praise for the players the Tigers did sign.

“It was one of ... the best in the history of LSU,” he said. “I’m just interested in seeing how roles are defined for Shepard and Randle.

Coach Crowton — I can guarantee you — is licking his chops to get started.”

Cole Robin, political science alumnus, was also pleased with the Tigers’ signing class and said the team did a great job despite having several new coaches on the staff next season.

“I think we did a great job considering we had a down season and all the staff changes,” he said. “But we’re able to get a great group of young men that will help our team.”

Robin said he acknowledges the team’s high recruiting ranking nationally, but said the true value of this class will not be determined until the players see the field.

“Jacob Hester was a two-star guy, and Perrilloux was five, so I don’t think that makes any difference,” he said. “Alabama’s signed guys in the past few seasons who will not qualify to make it on campus, and those guys still count in the rankings, so it doesn’t mean a whole lot.”

Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com

Pluckers wing bar Friday and Saturday: $4 Crown, Jack, Grey Goose.

If you don’t like our wings, we’ll give you the bird.

BRAD PUCKETT / The Associated Press

Barbe High School senior Janzen Jackson commits to the Univeristy of Tennessee on Thursday in Lake Charles. Jackson changed his verbal commitment from LSU by signing with the Volunteers.

Mellow Mushroom pizza Bakers Live Music: Align Bar is now open for business.

Bogie’s Beer $2.25 til 10 The Sue Johansons 2/7 Fred’s Bar Open bar from 8-10 FREE call brands like Crown, Jack, Grey Goose, & Fire Bombs!

Free Lonnecks!

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SIGNING DAY, from page 7 were on various recruiting sites, ESPN2 was on the TV, ESPNU was streaming on another desktop and one writer was running around like a chicken with his head cut off.

And don’t even get me started on how weird I think it is for a few thousand middle-aged men to sit around drinking and watching kids sign papers. Do they not have anything better to do with their Wednesday afternoons?

IHOP has all-you-can-eat pancakes for a limited time again.

That’s definitely something that interests me more than college football in February.

Before that, I had to field questions about defensive lineman Darrington Sentimore’s true intentions on Facebook chat.

I didn’t even know who this kid was until someone messaged me, and I still don’t care.

I have better things to worry about — like my next meal.

The timing just isn’t right for me to care about college football this early.

We’re in the middle of a pretty interesting college basketball season that might see LSU’s men team running away with the Southeastern Conference title — even though I still have my doubts.

The baseball team just held its first practice in the new Alex Box Stadium. Their season starts in two and a half weeks, and they’re going to start No. 1 or No. 2 in the country.

KITA WRIGHT / The Associated Press

Bastrop High School wide receiver Rueben Randle was one of several recruits to sign a letter of intent Wednesday with LSU. Randle was the No. 1 rated receiver on on several recruiting Web sites.

The softball team’s season started Thursday, too, and they move into their swank new abode next week.

Also, there’s a pretty intense season of “24” going on.

Jack Bauer and that cute redhead are way more interesting than whatever is going on at the River Center.

Caring about recruiting this early is just impractical because there’s so much that can happen in the next few years.

A few of these kids will be

superstars in the future — probably wide receiver Rueben Randle and quarterback Russell Shepard to name a few.

Some of them will be solid contributors for the Tigers but won’t amount to much in the long run.

And someone could be like Ryan Perrilloux — a counterfeit.

Someone could be good for a few seasons on the field — possibly even winning LSU an SEC Championship Game — but spend most of his time off the

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field messing around, allegedly calling waiters “Osama” and getting into fights at the Varsity.

You know, living the dream.

There’s just so much that could go wrong for me to invest time and energy into it.

Also, this whole recruiting thing is such an inexact science.

Former LSU running back Jacob Hester was a two-star recruit coming out of high school, according to Rivals.com, and he turned out to be one of the key players on LSU’s 2007 national title team.

On the other hand, wide receiver Jared Mitchell was the No. 10 receiver in the nation when he committed to LSU but didn’t contribute very much on the football field before realizing his true calling was to play for LSU’s baseball team — and he is a fine player on the diamond.

So it just seems excessive to me for more than 8,000 members to be on Tigerdroppings.com, about 10 of my Facebook friends to have National Signing Day related statuses and that one writer to be running around all morning.

These kids might be busts anyway.

Call me in August to talk about football. I have better things to do right now.

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MORRIS, from page 7 for 40 minutes,” Eason said. “Sometimes we have a tough time closing out a game.”

Eason went 5-for-8 from the field with three steals.

“She played 36 minutes and didn’t turn the ball over against a good pressure Arkansas defense,” Chancellor said. “Her game was more than solid tonight.”

Arkansas freshman guard Ciera Ricketts began the scoring for the Lady Razorbacks, and fellow freshman Lyndsay Harris followed with a 3-pointer to cut LSU’s lead to 11-5 with 16:11 left in the half.

There were six ties and four lead changes in the first half, which ended in a 35-32 LSU lead.

Graham played 28 minutes and scored 6 points in her first start since suffering a knee injury Jan. 14.

Morris gave LSU its biggest lead of the night, 63-47, on two free throws with just more than five minutes remaining.

Ricketts led Arkansas with 11 points in 36 minutes.

Chancellor said the Lady Tigers’ next game Sunday against Mississippi State will be an important rematch, as LSU lost the teams’ first matchup on a heartbreaking buzzer beater.

“It will be a pivotal game,” Chancellor said. “That first meeting has been hard for me to get over. It’s a game our kids are looking forward to playing. I know I am.”

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Memorial Day as holiday would honor military tradition The University’s faculty, staff and students may have to adjust their holiday calendars with the recent proposal of Faculty Senate Resolution 08-16 — “Establishment of Memorial Day as a Holiday for LSU Faculty, Staff, and Students.”

The resolution is sponsored by Senator Edward Laws of the School of the Coast and Environment. Laws is proposing the University honor

Memorial Day by closing the University and giving the faculty, staff and students the day off.

The military tradition of our University runs deep — the University was originally founded as a military academy. And we believe making Memorial Day an official University holiday would help to honor that historic tradition.

If the resolution is approved

and officials adopt the proposal, the University would be following in the footsteps of several of its peers.

The universities of Florida, Georgia, Texas and Arkansas are just a few of the schools in the South where Memorial Day is an official holiday.

And the holiday falls during a time when the campus is all but barren, so why not take one day to honor those who served in the military?

For this to happen, the University must sacrifice one of its 14 official holidays, but why not just have 15?

Laws proposed giving up a day during winter break. But having the seven-day break during Christmas and New Year’s gives the staff and faculty a break between ending the previous semester and beginning the new one. And as insignificant as one day may sound, during a busy travel

time like Christmas, one day is a lot.

The significance of Memorial Day and its meaning is sometimes underestimated, but it certainly shouldn’t be a time faculty and staff should have to work.

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WALK HARD

Geithner nomination shows disconnect with public With a new administration taking up office space in the White House, the Senate has had its hands full carrying out one of its constitutionally mandated responsibilities.

The Constitution requires the president “shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ... all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for.”

Typically the Senate accommodates the president by approving his nominees. But this has not been the case for President Obama’s nominees.

His nominees have been maligned by troubles that would normally spell disaster for a typical citizen.

Timothy Geithner was nominated as Secretary of the Treasury.

When he went before the Finance Committee, he was forced to apologize for what he called “careless mistakes” that ended up totaling $34,000 in back taxes and interest.

Because he worked for the International Monetary Fund, his taxes for Social Security and Medicare were not taken out of his paychecks.

He was responsible for paying his own taxes.

He failed to pay those taxes and was forced to hand over $16,732 in back taxes and interest for 2003 and 2004 following a 2006 audit by the Internal Revenue Service, according to a Jan. 13 report from CNN. Because the statute of limitations had run out, the IRS was prevented from investigating him for his tax evasion for 2001and 2002.

Geithner eventually paid his

taxes for these years — but not until Obama had already nominated him for a cabinet position, according to the CNN article.

That Geithner was even nominated is infuriating.

If a citizen of this country who worked Drew Walker a typical job was found to Columnist be withholding taxes, there would be serious consequences.

Take the case of a senior civil service attorney serving at the Louisiana Department of Revenue for many years.

It was discovered he was not filing state income tax returns. He

resigned his office under pressure.

Geithner’s behavior is indicative of a disconnect between the political elite and the common man.

When a presidential appointee creates an issue that can be used to cast doubt upon the judgment of the president, it’s time for him to resign.

He is the head of the Treasury Department, one of the bureaus housed within the treasury is the IRS — the taxing agency of the federal government.

“He’s dedicated his career to our country and served with honor, intelligence, and distinction. That service should not be tarnished by honest mistakes, which, upon learning of them, he quickly addressed,” said Obama’s Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in a press release Jan. 13.

The problem is Geithner didn’t

address the oversight quickly. Yes, he made restitution for the years he was audited, but it took him an additional three years after his audit to pay his taxes for 2001 and 2002.

His defense is shaky as well. We are being asked to accept a Treasury Secretary who apparently can’t understand the tax code.

If the Treasury Secretary has difficulty understanding what is required of him by the tax code, perhaps an overhaul of the code is appropriate.

Geithner has already shown his distaste for paying income taxes.

He should let the American people off the hook.

Contact Drew Walker at dwalker@lsureveille.com

PERFECT DYSTOPIA

Government should intervene in excessive births The innate nature of women in society to nurture has decreased and has been replaced by a more competitive attitude.

Many women no longer wish for a house with a white picket fence, three beautiful children and a minivan with leather interior. They have clearly abdicated their thrones in the kitchen and have usurped the jobs bringing home some more bacon.

In such a society, women have realized the monetary benefits of giving birth. Yes, it has become a money-making scheme promising riches after just nine months of hard labor.

People must realize the blatantly obvious sexism and unethical issues of the aforementioned scheme and help to nip it in the bud.

Octuplets born in California to single mother Nadya Suleman is seeking $2 million from media tycoons including Oprah Winfrey

and Diane Sawyer to help pay for the cost of raising her children, The [UK] Times Online reported Feb. 1.

It was revealed later that she had six other kids. This time, though, she only wanted “a girl,” reported the Los Angeles Times. She received in vitro fertilization from doctors who conveniently implanted eight embryos assuming she could not fertilize all of them.

Fourteen kids are now under the wing a single mother goose. Considering the first six children must have already caused a strain in the family budget, many have since questioned the financial soundness of Suleman’s actions.

Suleman is an unemployed student supported by her financially burdened parents according to a Feb. 2 article from CBS News. Suleman reportedly wants to become a TV childcare expert to earn money.

But why would anyone like

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KYLE WHITFIELD TYLER BATISTE GERRI SAX DANIEL LUMETTA MATTHEW ALBRIGHT TRAVIS ANDREWS ERIC FREEMAN JR.

Editor Managing Editor, Content Managing Editor, External Media Opinion Editor Columnist Columnist Columnist

Suleman qualify for the position of a childcare expert? A childcare expert should be a responsible adult and citizen, not a woman obsessed with having many children despite her financial problems.

If people allow Suleman to earn even a Dini Parayitam single dollar off Columnist media interest for her babies, then they are choosing to condone the abhorrent actions of a woman giving birth and hoping to obtain money from it.

Technological and medical help also support this immoral practice.

A background check of the individual’s financial history and condition should be mandated by doctors.

Only those who can afford multiple children should be allowed to

receive IVF. Despite the medical autonomy guaranteed to patients in the U.S., abortion rights advocates argue the necessity of doctors saving a person from self-harm. Having eight children is not an easy matter. Although the babies are all well along with the mother, such actions should not be encouraged.

In countries like Germany and Italy, only two embryos are legally implanted when a woman receives an IVF to prevent such dangerous decisions from ever occurring, reported CNN in a Jan. 30 article.

The U.S. medical field ought to follow such precautions and check who they allow to become pregnant.

Contrary to women, some pious fathers are moving back to their instinctual days of wanting to reproduce more children despite inability to afford the action.

Former Jewish rabbi, Philip

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Sharp, has recently fathered his eleventh child with his seventh wife in Britain on Jan. 20, according to the Daily Express.

Even though he struggles to pay for all the cubs and claims 800 pounds a month in child benefits, he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

Government ought to regulate such individuals to protect them and their potential offspring. Society ought to encourage legal action and mandatory regulations from healthcare professionals to prevent such cases from occurring. People ought to stop women from reaping profit from the system simply by producing excess children and men from reproducing more children than they can afford.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping a human face — forever.”

George Orwell British author June 25, 1903 - Jan. 21, 1950

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Submit to the Googlezon early before it’s too late Welcome to the voluntary “Nineteen Eighty-Four.”

George Orwell’s epic novel, published June 1949, gave Americans an early look at the potential scope of government surveillance and power.

Sixty years later, we haven’t gotten very far from previously far-fetched ideas.

In the novel, the “Ministry of Love” actually tortured people.

Today, we have “enhanced interrogation techniques” at the prison formerly known as Guantanamo Bay. Orwell inspired his own language, known as “Newspeak,” described as “the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year.”

Today, merchandise is a thing of the past while our terrible economy slows our “merch” consumption.

In the novel, we learned “Big Brother is watching you.”

Today, we have the Googlezon.

In a nine-minute flash movie, “EPIC 2014” produced a world where Google — with its incredible search algorithms and seemingly limitless storage space — and Amazon — featuring user recommendations based on previous page views and purchases — combine to form Googlezon,

the last word in technology, media and social networking.

The Museum of Media History, creators of “EPIC 2014,” presented its picture for how the Fourth Estate — the press — would be toppled by participatory journalism, with unlimited help from the Internet industry, according to CNet.com.

We can already see the effects of participatory journalism.

For a time, the only footage being released from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai came from uploaded cell phone videos posted on CNN’s interactive feature “iReport.”

Googlezon meets its final battle against The New York Times, whose case makes it all the way to the Supreme Court, where the justices rule in favor of Googlezon.

This clears the way for Googlezon to produce “EPIC” — which stands for “Evolving Personalized Information Construct” — paying users to contribute information they know, much like Wikipedia, into a central grid for the purpose of creating news tailored specifically for individuals, without any help from journalists.

Our fears about Big Brother are coming to fruition — only now it’s all of our faults.

Last Wednesday, Google released Google Latitude, which allows mobile phone users to share their location with their contacts.

Working under the Google Maps umbrella, Latitude uses Google’s technology to Eric Freeman Jr. judge a user’s Columnist location not just by GPS sat- ellite, but by proximity to mobile phone towers and wireless networks, according to CNN Feb. 4.

It isn’t quite installing chips into people’s heads and tracing their every move, but it’s the next best thing, especially in an age where everyone and their grandmother has a cell phone.

My own grandmother, thankfully, has not upgraded from her home phone, though it is cordless.

In addition to Google Latitude, a rumor previously held only in the blogosphere is sprouting into an awful reality.

GDrive, still unannounced by Google, is presumably a service enabling users to access their PCs from any Internet connection.

Some tech news sites are calling it “the most anticipated Google

product so far,” according to Fox News on Jan. 26.

GDrive would shift away from normal operating systems in favor of “cloud computing,” where storage and processing is done in data centers, essentially making hard drives obsolete in terms of storage.

GDrive remains a rumor from the official mouth of Google, yet its plans are in the works. Brian Ussery, a blogger and director at SEO Technology at Search Discovery Inc., searched the code within a Google page and found the word “GDrive” within the computer code, according to Computer World.

While much of the buzz about GDrive is positive, many worry about the front it presents to the desktop computer and much bigger privacy issues involving the cloud capable of storing virtually all of our personal information.

“It’s clearly where we’re all headed,” said John Byrne, a senior analyst at Technology Business Research. “More and more of the services and features we’re used to getting on our PCs and systems will come from the cloud.”

I, for one, fear the cloud, but I have no alternative but to submit.

As students struggle about

whether they should deactivate their Facebook accounts, the debate increasingly becomes a moot point as our social networks, search engines and online supermarkets become more entangled and integrated.

What works for Google and Facebook — their unlimited potential in terms of content and convenience — is exactly what will bring all of us down. Our complacency following the ease of all our friends, news and hobbies organized into one all-access grid will breed a new generation of blind acceptance.

This is understandable considering the current state of cable news, where a non-story can be overblown and dramatized with enough sensationalism that it captures our interests and eventually dumbs down our culture.

We have two options: Break free from the spell of convenience, or submit to the Googlezon.

Even President Obama couldn’t give up his BlackBerry.

I guess we’re all Screwgled.

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Computer, Internet junkies define current decade We may not have a particular genre of music, fashion trend or catchphrase that defines this decade, but we have the Internet — trump card.

After debasing our decade for its lack of originality last week, a student sent me an e-mail informing me that I failed to mention the key aspect of this decade — the ultimate trend and idea that defines it: the Internet.

And he was dead on.

We are the “children of the Internet,” according to history professor and American Pop Culture instructor Charles Shindo.

“I believe access to the amount and kind of information available on the Internet has affected young people in ways, for both good and bad, that have yet to emerge,” he said.

This is also dead on.

The Internet is no longer a pastime. It’s an addiction.

It’s omniscient and omnipotent. It has basically become — well, you can fill in the blank — and has replaced our nightly Bible readings with celebrity gossip blogs.

It keeps us up to date on everything from the president to

Perez. It lets our friends and government know our whereabouts.

Without the Internet, millions of people would never find their soulmate, their significant other or a cybersex partner.

And without Wikipedia, I don’t know where we would be.

And I honestly don’t want to know.

We don’t have to go to Blockbuster to pick up a movie. We don’t even have to use Redbox because nobody wants to pay $1 to rent a movie when you can get one for free on a streaming video Web site.

There’s no point in purchasing CDs anymore because we have iTunes and LimeWire. We can get music instantly and usually gratis.

With the Internet, people no longer have to pretend they’re lost in bookstores as they peruse the self-help aisle. People no longer have to lie to the salesclerk at novelty stores by claiming that “appendage” ring and edible thong are for their bestie’s bachelorette party because Web sites like Amazon.com can ship those to you shame- and hassle-free and usually at a discounted price.

We can even order take-out

on some restaurants’ Web sites.

Before we know it, the Internet will be able to simulate images of warm, greasy Rotisserie chicken and cheap beer to curb our cravings, just like Drew Belle Zerby in Neverland.

Columnist And then we won’t even have to worry about diet and exercise.

What a wonderful life.

But the Internet has a dark side.

“While [the Internet] has its obvious benefits, it also has its detriments, mainly in the process of finding information,” Shindo said. “The Internet has made it possible for anyone to present information without any vetting of that information.

“It also allows opinion to be presented alongside, and often masquerading as, fact or an authoritative source,” he said. The danger to public discourse is the blurring of the line between fact and opinion.”

But citing incorrect

information in a term paper is the least of our problems.

Just about any creature with opposable thumbs can hack into people’s bank accounts and retrieve social security numbers with the click of a button.

With our growing dependence on the Internet, we risk the possibility of becoming “Hoverchair people,” better known as the boneless blobs in “WALL·E” that move via electronic chairs as they simultaneously surf the Web and consume liquid “cupcakes in a cup.”

Computers control these people’s thoughts and actions, or lack thereof.

When the computer advises, “Try blue, it’s the new red,” the computer automatically renders the Hoverchair people’s outfit a new color.

Sure, being wheeled around while sitting back and surfing the Web 24/7 without ever having to leave your chair may sound appealing.

But think about this: If you can’t get up from your chair, then you probably can’t get something else up.

Now I bet that’ll change your

mind.

All this may seem far-fetched, but in reality, how different are we from these Hoverchair people?

We sit and stare at our computer screens and play on the Internet for hours at a time.

If a pop-up encourages us to buy the latest style or try the newest diet pill that may or may not destroy our vital organs, we usually obey.

And thanks to the iPhone, we can now walk around like antisocial robots while ironically dillydallying on social networking Web sites like Facebook.

We obviously are nearing 700 years from now a little quicker than the makers of “WALL·E” predicted.

So maybe it’s time for us to admit our addiction to the Internet and start chewing some Nicoretteinspired gum, because by the looks of it, we are on the fast track into transforming into lackadaisical tubs of lard whose thoughts, actions and bowel movements are controlled by a computer.

Contact Drew Belle Zerby at dzerby@lsureveille.com

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