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HEALTH Binge drinking increases in U.S.; University sees decrease, page 3.

NEWS The 2009 legislative session ends tonight at 6 p.m., page 3.

DRAFT DAYS

Former LSU players realizing hoop dreams; Hornets narrow down draft board, page 5.

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LSU defeats Texas in game three, 11-4, to bring home 6th national title OMAHA, Neb. — Entering the College World Series, LSU was portrayed as the most consistent, dominating team in the postseason. Texas was seen as the team of destiny, the same title LSU held last season heading into Omaha.

Well, there’s one problem with destiny, as the Tigers found out last year: it can be fickle.

After a lackluster performance in their cheering out “L-S-U” and “Geaux Tigers” 5-1 loss to Texas on Tuesday night, the Ti- as the Tigers captured their sixth national gers came out firing early and held on late championship. en route to an 11-4 victory, “We’ve been so conBy Andy Schwehm improving their record to sistent all year,” said LSU 15-1 after a loss. sophomore catcher Micah Contributing Writer The win sent the team Gibbs. “We knew that we into a dog pile full of tears of joy and got would be able to come back [from the the thousands of LSU fans in attendance loss], and that’s exactly what we did to-

day.”

This is the second time LSU has won the Southeastern Conference regular season title, the SEC tournament title and the national title in the same year. The only other LSU team to do so was the 1993 squad. The Tigers are also 6-0 in winnerBASEBALL, see page 7

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INTERNATIONAL

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Soccer upset: Wandering S.C. gov United States beats admits to straying in Spain 2-0 Argentina BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The world will surely take notice of this. The U.S. soccer team is in the final of the Confederations Cup, beating mighty Spain 2-0. Even more stunning, the Americans were on the verge of elimination and ready to head home last weekend before a reversal of fortune. On Wednesday, goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey led to an upset of the planet’s top-ranked team. Call it a miracle on grass — maybe not the World Cup, but still an American soccer echo of the U.S. hockey team’s upset of the Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. By winning, the maligned United States advanced to its first men’s FIFA final since starting play in 1916. Altidore scored in the 27th minute and Dempsey added a goal in the 74th as the Americans became the first team to defeat Spain since Romania in November 2006. “It goes to show what hard work and commitment to each other can bring,”said U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party post, but was silent on whether he would resign.“I’ve been unfaithful to my wife,” he said in a news conference in which the 49-year-old governor ruminated on God’s law, moral absolutes and following one’s heart. He said he spent the last five days “crying in Argentina.” Sanford, who in recent months had been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012, said he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association. By leaving the country without formally transferring power, critics said he neglected his gubernatorial authority and put the state at risk. It wasn’t clear how his staff could reach him in an emergency. At least one state

lawmaker called for his resignation.

As a congressman, Sanford voted in favor of three of four articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, citing the need for “moral legitimacy.” The affair is now over, Sanford said, describing the woman who lives in Argentina as a “dear, dear friend” who he has known for about eight years and been romantically involved with for about a year.

He said he has seen her three times since the affair began, and his wife found out about it five months ago. A newspaper published steamy e-mails between Sanford and the woman. He did not identify her. “What I did was wrong. Period,” he said. His family did not attend the news conference, and his wife Jenny Sanford said she asked the governor to leave and stop speaking to her two weeks ago. The governor said he wants to reconcile, and his wife’s statement said her husband has earned a chance to resurrect their marriage. “This trial separation was agreed to with the goal of ultimately strengthening our marriage,” she said. Sanford denied instructing his staff to cover up his affair, but acknowledged that he told them he thought he would be hiking on the Appalachian Trail and never corrected that impression after leaving for South America.

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STATE/LOCAL

Iowa coach who helped launch NFL careers is slain

La. Senate OKs bill on governor’s records

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — A high school coach who helped launch several professional football careers was gunned down by a former player Wednesday morning in front of students taking part in an offseason workout, authorities said.

Mark Becker, who was supposed to have been taken to a hospital psychiatric ward after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase Saturday night, unloaded several rounds into Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas and was arrested at a nearby home soon afterward, said Kevin Winker, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Winker said he couldn’t discuss what Becker’s motive for the slaying might have been, or what Becker might have been up to in the days leading up to the shooting. “Motive is one of those things we’re looking into,” Winker said. School was not in session, and Becker did not threaten any of the students in the room, he said.

(AP) — A bill that opens some but not all of the governor’s records to public scrutiny won final legislative passage in the Senate Monday after weeks of debate and negotiations in which Gov. Bobby Jindal’s allies deflected efforts to make his schedule public or preserve his documents for the archives. The bill will keep out of the public eye any governor’s office documents related to the “deliberative process” or intra-office communications among his top staffers. And it puts budgetary advice that state departments submit to the governor off-limits for six months. Jindal pushed the bill as an alternative to others aimed at lifting a decades-old exemption the governor’s office has enjoyed from the state open records law. The Senate voted 28-8 to approve the bill that already passed the House. The Senate debate was short but it was dominated by the bill’s most vehement opponent, Jindal’s fellow Republican, Sen. Robert Adley of Benton.

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HEALTH

Binge drinking rises nationally, decreases at University East Baton Rouge DWI numbers up

By Steven Powell Contributing Writer

The University’s Wellness Education Department is seeing the results it wanted from its alcohol education programs, despite a national increase in binge drinking.

Alcohol related deaths among college students rose from 1,440 in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005, while binge drinking increased from 42 percent to 45 percent, according to a June 15 news release by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. In addition, the number of students admitting to driving drunk is up from 26.5 percent to 29 percent.

Binge drinking is defined by the NIAAA as having five or more drinks in one sitting.

But despite a national increase in binge drinking, University statistics are heading in the opposite direction.

According to a 2009 Alcohol and Drug survey by the CORE Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., 48.8 percent

of LSU students reported binge drinking within two weeks of the survey, down from 49.7 percent in 2007. Also, 10.5 percent of LSU students said they did not consume alcohol last year, up from 9.6 percent in 2007.

“Although it’s not a huge drop, we are seeing a drop, which is exciting for us,” said Kathy Saichuk, Wellness Education Department coordinator. “Even a 2 or 3 percent drop is important.”

Saichuk said the University educates students on alcohol use through presentations and interactions with student organizations.

Despite the apparent decrease in student drinking, she said the harmful consequences of binge drinking, such as lower grades, missing class and drunk driving, have increased.

Doug Cain, State Police public affairs unit supervisor, said alcohol-related traffic accidents among college students has increased in recent years and are a serious concern for the state police.

“We’ve begun to do presentations and are continuing our outreach,” he said. “Once we stop you on the side of the road, it’s too late to ask [us] questions.”

Though they haven’t seen the desired results, Cain said the de-

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Ashley Vitrano and Kayla Schultz drink in apartment their Oct. 16. Binge drinking has decreased at the University despite a national increase, according to a 2009 Alcohol and Drug survey by the CORE Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill.

partment will continue to educate students and build relationships.

Four years ago, the University implemented the “My Student Body” online education program to educate incoming freshmen about alcohol use and its consequences.

“We’re hoping My Student Body has been a factor in decreasing binge drinking,” Saichuk said.

Saichuk said the University

experienced several tragedies the year before starting the program, causing the Wellness Education Department to take aggressive action.

“We need to change the attitude of colleges across the nation,” she said. “This is not an acceptable college tradition. We need to get away from being big party schools.”

According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, drivers ages 20-24 received 20 DWI’s in 2006, but the number dropped to 15 in 2008. Through almost six months in 2009, the same age group has already received nine DWI’s.

Ralph Hingson, director of DRINKING, see page 7

LEGISLATURE

LEGISLATURE

Session ends today Grad student tuition bill passes Red-light camera, cell phone bills fail

By Joy Lukachick Contributing Writer

The 2009 Louisiana Legislative session winds down today after heated debates.

RED-LIGHT CAMERA BILL Red-light cameras will continue to catch Louisiana motorists after a bill to ban the equipment was voted down in a House committee early in the Legislative session.

Rep. Cedric Richmond and Jeffery Arnold’s bill failed, 9-7, in the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works on May 18.

After Richmond, D-New Orleans, and Arnold, D-New Orleans, presented their bill that would have banned the state from using red-light cameras to patrol drivers’ running a red light, and arguments continued for two hours from both sides.

“This is truly a money grab,” Richmond said to the committee.

“If you really want to decrease those accidents you could increase the yellow light.”

Arnold told the committee that citizens aren’t given a due process to fight the tickets. After receiving a ticket, the driver must go before a hearing officer but cannot appeal the ticket unless a lawsuit is filed.

“You are guilty until proven innocent,” Arnold said.

Rep. Jack Montoucet, D-Crowely, said he was opposed to the bill

because he believed the red light cameras were effective for helping drivers to run less red lights.

“It’s made me aware of my driving habits,” Montoucet said.

A Lafayette city-parish councilman argued the red-light cameras never were a “money grab” in his city. He said the program was working in Lafayette to enforce traffic safety.

But the bill never made it out of the committee for debate.

CELL PHONE BILL A Senate committee killed a bill that would have banned motorists from using handheld cell phones when driving.

Rep. Austin Badon’s cell phone ban was stopped again. The bill also failed in last year’s session.

Badon, D-New Orleans, told the Louisiana House in the floor debate in May more than 4,000 motor accidents in the state were related to handheld cell phones.

Law enforcers have said cell phones are the No. 1 problem on highways, Badon said. Five states have previously banned using handheld devices.

“We have the technology to fix this problem,” Badon said.

If passed, a violator would be fined $100 for a first offense and cited for a moving violation.

House Bill 146 passed through the House on May 27, 57-41, but did not make it out the Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee on June 18.

SESSION, see page 7

Budget talks persist on session’s last day

By Kyle Bove Senior Writer

The Legislature gave final passage to a bill on Wednesday that allows state graduate schools to raise tuition by up to $30 dollars per credit hour.

House Bill 872, supported by the University, is now on its way to Gov. Bobby Jindal for final approval after gaining a 91-5 vote in the Louisiana House.

The bill, by Rep. Hollis Downs, R-Ruston, means a fulltime graduate student taking 9 hours per semester could see a $540 hike in tuition starting July 1.

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine tuition would increase by $1,500 a year if the bill goes through, and LSU’s master’s of business administration program by up to $2,000 a year.

Dentistry and law school programs are not included in the bill.

The 2009 legislative session ends today at 6 p.m., and lawmakers are trying to decide the best way to fill the gaps in the state’s $28.7 billion spending budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that begins July 1.

Higher education and health care are each facing cuts of about $200 million, and the House and Senate have different methods of

restoring funds to the state’s public colleges and universities.

The House has authored legislation for a tax amnesty program that would generate $150 million and is willing to pull $86 million from the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, or “rainy day fund.”

The Senate wants to draw more than $200 million from the rainy day fund.

The House rejected the Senate’s changes to House Bill 720, the tax amnesty program legisla-

tion, on Wednesday, sending it to a conference committee where a compromise will be discussed.

While the session officially ends at 6 p.m., a special session could be called if lawmakers can’t reach a compromise about the rainy day fund.

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Thornton, Johnson poised to represent LSU in the NBA; Hornets looking at some of nation’s top collegiate players as potential draft choices

By David Helman Contributing Writer

The 2009 NBA Draft is so close, and yet still so far away.

Scores of NBA hopefuls are on the verge of learning their professional destination after more than two months of waiting, but in a draft where only the No. 1 pick is a certainty, many players — including former LSU guard Marcus Thornton — could be waiting long into Thursday night.

“What we’re hearing right now is that he could fall anywhere between 19 and 30,” said LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson.

“There’s a lot of phone calls from coaches and general managers.”

It’s a foregone conclusion that the Los Angeles Clippers will select Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin to start the night, but just about anything else is possible after the 2009 Naismith Award winner goes off the board.

Aran Smith, NBADraft.net draft analyst, said the decisions of teams like Memphis and Oklahoma City with early selections could determine if Thornton winds up as a mid-first or late-second round pick.

“He has a real shot to be a first-rounder,” Smith said. “There are a lot of teams moving to get into the first round. It’s even possible a DRAFT, see page 6

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Coaches hope players heading overseas isn’t new trend Jennings blazed trail across the Atlantic

By Jerit Roser Editor

Brandon Jennings was born in Los Angeles and finished his high school career in Mouth of Wilson, Va. He committed to Arizona, one of the country’s most prestigious college basketball programs. And when NBA Commissioner David Stern calls his name at tonight’s 2009 NBA Draft, Stern will say Jennings is from Italy.

But the 6-foot-2-inch point guard’s impact could stretch further than just the cities of the team that

drafts him and his major stops along the way.

Jennings, Scout.com’s No. 1 prospect for the 2008 recruiting class, failed Arizona’s entrance exam and decided to play professionally in Europe until he met the NBA’s draft requirements of being 19 years old and a year removed from high school.

And other high school prospects are already starting to follow the trail he blazed across the Atlantic Ocean.

“I don’t think it’s good. It’s not for everybody. You can’t get caught up in Brandon Jennings,” said LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson. “At the end of the day, the bottom line for me is always going to be their education. But there are exceptions to the rules. Is Brandon Jennings one?

You know, I don’t know.”

San Diego High School’s Jeremy Tyler is perhaps an even bigger story — and not just because of his 6-foot-11-inch height.

Tyler decided in late April to try his own hand at professional basketball overseas after just his junior season, passing up his senior season at San Diego High and a scholarship offer to Louisville.

“He’s already made that decision — him and his family — and that’s exactly what he wants to do at this particular time,” San Diego High basketball coach Kenny Roy told The Daily Reveille. “It’s an uphill battle and one heck of a challenge for him, but Jeremy’s the type of kid that he’ll meet that challenge OVERSEAS, see page 6

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[Left to right] Oak Hill Academy assistant coach Brett Carey, Brandon Jennings, Oak Hill assistant coach Bryan Meagher and Oak Hill head coach Steve Smith take a graduation photograph with Jennings’ 2008 Naismith Player of the Year award.

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and go past the expectations of it.”

Roy said Tyler has contract offers from teams in several countries, including Italy, Spain, Israel, China and Portugal. He also said that he doesn’t expect anything Jennings or Tyler do or have done to “necessarily cause a trend, but then again, it might.”

“There’s not many kids on the high school as gifted as [Tyler],” Roy said. “I think it’s a case-by-case scenario with each individual kid and what they want to do. I don’t think a kid’s going to make the decision if they don’t think they’re ready.”

Todd Foster coaches three players at Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge currently rated as some of Louisiana’s top prospects by Scout. com for the 2010 recruiting class.

Foster said his biggest concern regarding young basketball players making drastic moves, including going overseas or leaving college early, is that many players may be listening to poor advice.

“Money is one of the driving forces behind it, no doubt about it,” Foster said. “But the thing that happens in basketball ... is you get influences. Who all those people are, I don’t know.”

Foster and Johnson both said expecting every player to do a certain thing, whether going to college or staying in college, might not be fair because of different individual cases.

“If you have a kid from an impoverished family, obviously that weighs more on that kid,” Foster said. “I can’t sit here and say I know what that feels like. I can’t sit here and judge a man if I haven’t walked in those shoes. If that kid has to provide for his family, then I can’t fault a kid for doing that.”

Foster added that any minimum age requirement the NBA utilizes will always have its positives and negatives.

“We live in a society where the money is so big at the professional levels, to me now it’s a treadmill that once you get on, you’re stuck because it’s all about money,” he said.

“Even if you say, ‘OK, you’ve got to be in college two years,’ now you might have more kids go to Europe.

You can make the rule, but it seems like every time there’s a rule made, there’s a way around that rule.”

Johnson said it’s too early to judge the current requirement and that for now he will continue to recruit the best players and try to focus on their education as well as his team’s Academic Progress Rate once they come to LSU. An athletic program’s Academic Progress Rate measures its ability to keep athletes in school and graduate. A low APR can result in penalties against the program, including a loss of future scholarships.

“You want to get the best possible players,” Johnson said. “For us, we’re always going to try to recruit the best possible players because you never know who’s a oneand-done. Recruiting puts kids in a situation where they all think they’re one-and-done.”

Former Arkansas guard Patrick Beverley has taken his own trip through Europe in hopes of hearing his named called in tonight’s draft.

Beverley headed for the Ukraine after being suspended at Arkansas for the 2008-09 season for cheating on a class paper.

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While the Ukraine might not have been in Beverley’s plans before his suspension, Johnson said convincing players to stay in school can often be a challenge.

He added that their continued education will not only benefit them individually, but also the program as a whole.

“We can’t afford to take or recruit or sign anybody that isn’t going to be here for two or three years — and if he is for only two or one, he’s got to come back and finish school because the [Academic Progress Rate] is going to affect us,” Johnson said. “It’s going to affect us really bad here in the next couple years in terms of scholarships and in terms of opportunities for the postseason.”

Former LSU basketball player Anthony Randolph left the Tigers after his freshman season in 20082009 and was drafted by the Golden State Warriors, who some experts are projecting to take Jennings tonight.

Johnson said Randolph is back at school this summer taking classes, which could help keep his team’s APR up and avoid penalties.

“One of the first things I want to do when I see [former Tiger] Tyrus [Thomas] is nag him about going to school,” Johnson said. “Even the guys who may never need their education in their mind, they have to understand that ... them coming back to school could help other guys.”

Foster just hopes kids leaving high school or college will seek advice from the correct sources, and he’s still interested to see how far Jennings’ and Tyler’s decisions will reach other young players.

“We need more parental involvement, and we need more sound decision making,” Foster said. “The money’s OK. There’s nothing wrong with wanting the money, but you need to really consider who’s giving you this advice. But it’s kind of hard for me to argue with that when you see Brandon Jennings go Thursday night in the top 10.”

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team with no first round picks could really like him and try to move up.”

Whether or not that happens is a mystery not even Johnson can solve.

“There’s a lot of stuff up in the air right now,” he said. “My job is just to keep the guys grounded and remind them these NBA teams won’t expose their hands. These teams are looking at them new just like I was last year. They want character references. They want to know about these kids.”

Thornton isn’t the only Tiger with something to gain (or lose) from the draft drama. Former Tiger center Chris Johnson is poised right on the fringe of the draft’s second round, with NBADraft.net listing him as the draft’s final pick to the Miami Heat.

“He hasn’t quite solidified a spot yet,” Smith said. “A lot of teams are looking at him at the perimeter but it just isn’t a sure thing.

I’d say his chances of getting drafted are at 50-50 or maybe lower.”

HORNETS SEEK LATE STEAL While Thornton and Johnson look for an NBA home, the New Orleans Hornets hope to bolster their roster after a disappointing exit from the NBA playoffs.

Many fans and publications expect the Hornets to make a front court addition after center Tyson Chandler finished the playoffs with a 3.8 points per game average following a botched trade to Oklahoma City.

Mock drafts from Sports Illustrated suggest the Hornets could select North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough with their No. 21 pick, while others suggest Pittsburgh center DeJuan Blair.

Another possibility is to add backcourt depth from the strong point guard class. Names such as Pittsburgh forward Sam Young, Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague and Virginia Commonwealth University guard Eric Maynor have been suggested as possible backups to the Hornets’ starters.

“In a weak draft like this, you probably won’t find an NBA starter with the 21st pick,” Smith said.

“They could go with a two guard, or a big guy like Blair. This is also a strong point guard class, and New

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Former Virginia Commonwealth guard Eric Maynor is one of several players projected as a possible first-round pick for the New Orleans Hornets in tonight’s draft.

Orleans could really use a backup for Chris Paul.”

Smith thinks the Hornets would be best served with Maynor learning the point guard position behind Paul.

“With a weaker draft, you don’t need a starter. You can afford to fill some holes,” Smith said. “Someone like Maynor would be a very good backup or even a possible starter.

He’d also be a valuable trade asset, and he’s learning his position from Chris Paul. So it’s a really good situation.”

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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009 DRINKING, from page 3

Epidemiology and prevention research for the NIAAA, said driving while intoxicated and binge drinking are more prevalent in the 21-24 year-old age group than the 18-20 age group — a statistic he attributes to the higher legal drinking age.

Studies during the ‘70s and ‘80s found a direct correlation between a lowered drinking age and an increase in alcohol-related traffic incidents among the age group affected by the lower age limit, Hingson said. He said when the drinking age was raised, alcoholrelated traffic accidents among the affected age group decreased.

Brittany Melvin, University alumna, said she isn’t a binge drinker, but will have a drink about three or four times a week.

“I can have a beer or a glass of wine, and it doesn’t affect me studying,” she said. “School comes first; I won’t drink if I have a test or something important like that.”

Though the percentage of student drinking is on the rise, not all students follow the trend.

“I don’t drink because it just

doesn’t interest me,” said Ashley Thomas, biology senior.

Thomas said she has friends that occasionally drink, but her group of friends aren’t partiers or binge drinkers.

Gary Gintner, counseling program coordinator, said binge drinking is popular among college students because of the fresh independence, ample opportunities for drinking and alcohol’s inexpensiveness. He said drinking has also become heavily associated with college life.

“Most students drink, but binge drinking contributes to most of the problems,” he said. “The University has made an impact through education, but it is still a campus problem.”

Saichuk said preventing binge drinking requires making changes on a higher level than just individual students.

“This is a community-based issue,” she said. “If you change the environment, it will help bring about changes in the individuals.”

Contact Steven Powell at spowell@lsureveille.com

second to take a 4-0 lead, LSU right-hander Anthony Ranaudo take-all national championship blew up in a 43-pitch third ingames. ning, giving up two runs.

This national championship The Jackson, N.J., native is the first for LSU coach Paul gave up two more runs in the Mainieri, but the second for his fifth inning on Texas right fielder immediate family. His father, Kevin Keyes’ two-run home run Demie Mainieri, is a legendary to left-center field in the middle junior college coach who won a of the Texas student section. It national championship in 1964. was the first multi-run home run “I told my dad that all I was for the Longhorns in the champithinking about during that ninth onship series and the second in inning was him and my mom,” the series for Keyes.

Mainieri said. “The Mainieri Then LSU blew the barn family has been door open with a without a national five-run sixth to championship for take a 9-4 lead on 45 years, and it two hits and two was about time to Log on to see hit-by-pitches, as win one.”

Texas used three photos from the Texas felt the Tigers’ win. pitchers in the inwrath of the basening. ball gods, as PresThat allowed ton Clark and Travis Tucker were senior Louis Coleman to close both in tears during the postgame the game and get his 300th career press conference. Even Texas strikeout in the process. coach Augie Garrido was nearly “It couldn’t have felt any betcrying.

“I don’t think we lost this tournament,” Garrido said. “I think they won it.”

The Tigers seemed to have shaken off Tuesday’s loss early in the game, as junior right fielder Jared Mitchell, the tournament MVP, blasted a three-run home run around the right-field foul pole in the first inning. It was set up when junior designated hitter Blake Dean was hit by pitch and junior first baseman Sean Ochinko singled in his first at bat in the cleanup spot in the tournament.

Ochinko finished 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored. Mainieri said he inserted Ochinko into the cleanup spot to add a powerful right-handed batter between left handers Blake Dean and Jared Mitchell.

“I told him right before lunch he was going to get the start,” Mainieri said. “He told me he wasn’t going to let me down, and he didn’t.”

But after another run in the

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SESSION, from page 3 NATURAL GAS BILL A bill providing tax incentives for Louisiana residents using or selling natural gas vehicles is waiting for Governor Bobby Jindal’s approval or veto.

Rep. Jane Smith and Sen. Nick Gautreaux’s bill will provide tax credits for citizens purchasing or converting vehicles to using natural resources or installing equipment to pump natural gas if signed by the governor.

Smith told The Daily Reveille at the beginning of the session the bill aims to create incentives and encourages people to begin making the transition to cleaner fuel. “[We] cannot let this opportunity pass us by,” Smith said. “We’re going to be doing a great service to the state and to America.”

The bill passed through the House, 84-12, on June 4 and was unanimously passed in the Senate.

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‘I don’t think we lost this tournament. I think they won it.’

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ter,” Coleman said.

And then the celebration began throughout Rosenblatt Stadium.

But Mainieri wanted a little more than just a trophy.

“Hey, Joe, I’m putting you on the spot,” Mainieri said to LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva during the press conference. “Are we getting a new Intimidator with a new number on it?”

“Oh yeah,” Alleva replied.

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Students should be more aware of safety when drunk College students have as much a reputation for partying as just about any other group — not that there’s anything wrong with that.

But as hard as it may be to remember when intoxicated, University students need to be stay safe — especially when they’ve already willingly put themselves in a state of heightened vulnerability.

Binge drinking (drinking five or more drinks in one sitting) is down

from 49.7 percent of LSU students to 48.8, according to a 2009 CORE Alcohol and Drug survey by the CORE Institute at Southern Illinois University.

But no matter how small or large a percentage of students partake in binge drinking, the percentage of students who binge drink or even drink at all need to make sure to stay as safe as possible when they know they will be drinking.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is on pace to issue more than 18 DWIs in 2009 to drivers ages 20-24 after issuing only 15 in 2008.

Drinking three or four drinks in a sitting and then driving is just as dangerous as — if not more dangerous than — binge drinking, and drinking and driving could also hurt someone else.

Walking home drunk isn’t much

safer for drunk students because it leaves them open to criminals hoping to prey on vulnerable victims.

And students can find ways to do plenty of other dangerous things whether they have more or fewer than five drinks.

While drinking less would obviously be safer than drinking in excess, not everyone is going to make that choice.

For those who choose to drink

at all, the important thing is thinking ahead about rides and building the level of maturity and responsibility to know their own limit and make the safest choices possible during their heightened vulnerability.

So whether you’re drinking two or drinking five, know your limits and play it safe.

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Twitter takes over world, helping some, hurting others

I was one of those note-passing kids in my earlier school years.

I admit it. Whether it was a match of tic-tac-toe or the much more exciting game of dots or just some random bit of info I found funny or interesting, note passing prevailed in those years.

It was nice. All that mattered was how small you could fold the paper. There were no restrictions, no rules. Loose-leaf gave ultimate freedom, whether folded into paper airplanes, footballs or simply balled up. It could be wide-ruled or collegeruled (we apparently write smaller with age). Didn’t matter.

But those days are gone. Well, probably not. But the electronic form of note swapping — Twitter — seems to be taking over the world.

This great week in Omaha has been Tweeted — yeah, it’s a verb now — as has the revolution in Iran, Shaq’s thoughts on becoming an underwear model and, oh, anything else on the planet. CNN begs its viewers to keep up with its Tweet, and a Google search of Twitter (imagine telling your grandparents that phrase) returns “about 600,000,000”

results.

Umm. Wow? Twitter is essentially a miniblog that allows users to post 140 characters at a time as often as they like. It is often likened to the Facebook status feature, and it’s used for a variety of things and sparked a variety of opinions.

For example, Slate Magazine’s John Dickerson thinks it is exactly what the Republican Party needs, and he actually might be right. As he says, “for Republicans, there’s an added benefit to Twitter: If they can make their case in 140 characters, they’re probably on the road to solving their message problem.”

Unfortunately, politicians are still wary of the immediate ability to vent and therefore project unseemly emotions to the world. Take Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, one of Dickerson’s examples of Twitter’s problem. He recently Tweeted “Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a ‘hammer’ u think evrything is NAIL I’m no NAIL.” And while this may be a valid point, this certainly was not the most valid,

mature or, most importantly, professional way to present a political opinion.

Newt Gingrich has also been guilty of offering short, embarrassing opinions on Twitter, namely calling Sonia Sotomayor racist.

Again, these men’s points may be valid, but Twitter is probably not the place to remove vowels from your message and of- Travis Andrews fer immediate Columnist feelings to the world. This is, after all, the same device Shaq uses to give away basketball tickets.

Politicians aren’t the only ones with Twitter woes. The University of Tennesee’s football coach Lane Kiffin violated NCAA recruiting rules by naming an uncommitted player on his Twitter, according to Deadspin.

Then there’s also the problem of whether these accounts are who they claim to be. St. Louis

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter for emotional distress when someone pretended to be him.

All this, of course, amid the sea of pointlessly minute details of teenager and college students’ lives.

Then, out of nowhere, the Web site seems to have become the sounding board of the revolts in Iran.

And it’s not just a media circus, as it might seem at first glance. In fact, “Thousands of users have colored their avatars — the pictures that go next to their user names — green to show support for the Iranian opposition party candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi,” according to the Chicago Tribune.

So what is Twitter’s purpose? Is it to start revolutions, gain votes or just for John Mayer and Perez Hilton to squabble? I imagine it’s a little bit of everything.

It’s a strangely powerful tool that has become one of the media’s favorite sources — I won’t pretend like this is the death of journalism or the English language, but come on.

It’s getting ridiculous.

The most important thing to realize is information, feelings, stories

and anecdotes can now be offered to millions of people without having to be hired by a newspaper or a television station. All that’s needed is 30 seconds and 140 characters, and you can wreck your life or at least create a news story. But who knows where it will land when the excitement wears off.

All I do know is the days of note passing will soon be as outdated as 8-tracks. Especially if One Laptop per Child, a company attempting to spread laptops among both affluent and poverty-stricken children, gets its way.

Soon, grammar school kids with their shiny new laptops will be Tweeting “Does Susie like Bobby? (little kids’ names all end in a hard “e”), circle one of the following: A) Yes B) No C) Maybe.”

But those poor kids won’t be able to circle anything.

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

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SNAPSHOT

You can make friends at LSU in a lot of weird ways For my Snapshot column last week, I had a chance to write about some outdoor study environments.

But to be honest, I’m not much of a studier — not sure if I should say that in the school paper with a couple semesters left to survive, but I guess it’s out there now.

But while not every student is a scholar, no man is an island.

And I do enjoy partaking in a good bit of socializing when I have the time, and there are, were and will be plenty of places to meet new people on campus when you might think it’s a little early on a Tuesday to be

hitting the bars — not that I think such a time exists.

I said “are, were and will be” because one of my old favorites, the Memorial Oak Grove behind the Union, is currently fenced off for Union construction.

My friend and I used to like to sit back on the benches in the Grove and make sure to have our conversations get as unusual as possible as large groups passed between classes and dorms.

After doing that for a while, we got a few, “Hey, weren’t you the guys talking about sleeping with your

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parents,” remarks when we’d do more common things in other social settings. In other words, conversation started.

Friends made.

Let’s move on.

Another of our pastimes involved us driving around the Jerit Roser lakes at the same Editor speed as any randomly chosen runner while playing “Chariots of Fire,” the Olympic theme song, as

loud as we could.

I’m still not sure if this was comical, inspirational or just annoying to the runners, but for some reason it was hilarious to us.

This might be kind of a weird or tricky use for the lakes, so you might want to just stick to walking or running around them for exercise.

But if you do the Olympic thing, make sure you’re clearly visible from your car — you might earn a few more interesting conversations later on.

And finally and most obviously, the Quad. You can bring the “atten-

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tion-grabbing conversation” tactic from the Oak Grove here or you can just approach people with more normal tactics.

Either way, it’s all gold. Just remember education is important, but no man is an island — so lower your draw bridges and make some friends, because not all the learning comes from your books.

Jerit Roser is a 23-year-old journalism major from New Orleans.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Playing baseball is not real life.

It’s a fantasy world... It’s a dream come true.”

Dale Murphy Former Major Leauge Baseball player March 12, 1956 — Present

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What’s so funny about peace, love and torture?

It’s hard to turn on your TV these days without hearing something about torture.

In the past month, the media obsession with torture has increased rapidly with the controversial comments from figures like Nancy Pelosi, Sean Hannity, Jessie Ventura and Mancow.

The result of this controversy has been the transformation of a serious moral debate on human suffering into a wild circus of propaganda and cheap entertainment.

Unfortunately, many Americans have allowed themselves to get sucked into the mindless battle over “what defines torture” rather than logically considering the objective immorality of violent coercion.

Aside from the present collapse of the American mercantilist system and the colossal debt the U.S. government has tossed atop its imperial grave, one of the most telling signs that the “terrorists” are winning is the fact that a nation that prides itself on law and ethics has fallen into the destructive realm of subjective morality.

Once we’ve set aside the media’s distorted presentation, however, the issue of torture should be viewed as a debate over moral principle, not subjective definition.

But even if some dismiss the argument for morality, under our constitutional republic, it’s not a matter of what individuals define as torture. It’s a matter of what the law defines as illegal.

In 2002, the Bush administration authorized the CIA to use the now infamous “10 techniques” of enhanced interrogation. In 2005, however, the administration withdrew the authorization, recognizing it to be either counterproductive or, perhaps, downright illegal.

Yet, in June 2007, the administration reauthorized the “10 techniques,” despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that stated the terms of the Geneva Convention applied to all foreign detainees.

As evidenced by these events, “enhanced interrogation” might escape the definitional debate, but it cannot escape constitutional law.

The founding fathers made it clear that America is a nation of laws, not man.

As logic would suggest, any nation built on law that doesn’t uphold the integrity of that law has absolutely no moral authority. That is precisely why, from a legal perspective, it isn’t an issue of “what defines torture.” It’s an issue of principle.

So not only is torture immoral

— it’s illegal. No matter how you slice it, “enhanced interrogation” doesn’t pass the test of objectivity.

Despite the overwhelming legal evidence condemning such enhanced interrogation techniques, there are still those who defend torture on the grounds that Scott Burns America repColumnist resents “good” and terrorism “evil.”

Of course, hardly anyone hesitates in saying terrorism is despicable, just like any other group that uses violent intimidation to achieve its ends.

But if illegitimate forms of violent coercion are evil, we must then recognize that a legitimized form of violent coercion would pose a far greater threat to our individual liberties.

And since governments — the U.S., for example — admittedly claim the right to initiate force as their highest moral authority by way of the social contract, we’d most certainly have to regard our own government as, itself, being an “evil” entity.

So making the whimsical

argument of “good vs. evil” doesn’t hold water either, it would seem.

Nor would the argument from selfdefense, as Islamic terrorists would have the greatest incentive to protect themselves from monopolized forms of legitimized violence. Especially the ones with hundreds of military bases plotted across their “holy land.”

The inevitable result of the argument from self-defense is that we wind up torturing the very people who use self-defense while simultaneously condoning torture as a legitimate form of self-defense.

Only in an upside-down world would this sort of irrationality make sense.

The only certainty of violence is that it will usher in a never-ending vicious circle of violence.

Using torture to prevent violence is like pouring gasoline on your roof to prevent future house fires, or hiring a prostitute to help screw your way back to virginity.

The only rational solution, then, is to recognize that violence never ultimately solves anything.

Besides, forfeiting our principles for safety only distracts us from the underlying root of the problem: Imperialism.

The sad truth is that, though many Americans see torture as

being wrong, we’re all subjected to the consequences of our nation’s corrupted policy.

That’s precisely why we should hold those responsible for reinstating torture accountable.

President Obama has already said he does not intend to compromise our values for our security.

Now is the time to put those words into action.

But the problem doesn’t end there. Americans, as a society, must recognize the real lesson: voluntarily paying money to violent organizations for protection is no different than submitting yourself to the mafia.

And when dealing with mafia, expecting anything but violence is absurd.

The problem with government isn’t just its right to take power, but also its unrestrained power to take rights.

Scott Burns is a 20-year-old political science and business major from Baton Rouge.

Contact Scott Burns at sburns@lsureveille.com

MY OPINION

Go to Omaha for the CWS; it’s worth every minute OMAHA, Neb. — If you told me Arizona State to all of LSU’s two weeks ago to name one place games, college baseball doesn’t get in the nation where I would like to much better than it did at Rosenvacation at a specific time of year, I blatt. would say probably have said CaliOh, and the stadium was more fornia in the summertime or Las than breath-taking, by the way.

Vegas anytime.

But the Not anymore. great part about Omaha, Neb., during the Colthe trip was that lege World Series is the place to baseball wasn’t be. the only thing If you haven’t been, then go going on in — or geaux, whichever you would Omaha. Apparprefer. Even if it takes 16 hours one ently, as I found way and seven states to get there, Andy Schwehm out, Omaha is a as it did for me, it’s worth it.

Contributing Writer pretty big city Doesn’t matter if LSU is with a lot going here or not, it is still a great time on all year. (although I’m sure having experiDuring the two weeks the Colenced it with the Tiger faithful and lege World Series is in town, the talking to Omaha natives that it is city basically turns itself into its much better with the Tigers and own world as different parts of the their fans here). city turn into hot spots for fans of You really can’t beat watching each of the eight teams. It’s their top-notch baseball every day, get- version of Mardi Gras, only it runs ting free press box food (chicken longer. fried chicken, spaghetti, lasagna And the people around the city and Mexican just to name a few) are just wonderful. They always and meeting Erin Andrews. want to know which team you are Oh, wait. Sorry. Not everyone in town rooting for (to which, of enjoys those last two. course, I would be objective and But anyone can get into the reply, “I’m here for great baseMecca of college baseball — ball.”)

Rosenblatt Stadium — and watch But while the people’s hospisome great competition. tality reminded me a lot of back From the 13-inning thriller be- home, there was one thing that retween Arkansas and Virginia to the minded me far too much of home last-second Texas heroics against that I wasn’t expecting — the

weather.

I realize it reached nearly 100 degrees in Baton Rouge, but it got into the low 90s frequently in Omaha and the surrounding areas.

The first few days were beautiful — I mean, absolutely gorgeous weather. Then, as LSU coach Paul Mainieri put it, “We got spoiled, and it turned hot.”

But I can’t complain too much.

The city itself was way bigger than I ever imagined, and it’s expanding thanks to the new stadium being built to host the College World Series. Downtown Omaha reminds me of a mix between Memphis and Baltimore with a bit of that New Orleans spice in their Old Market area, which contains tons of unique shops and damn good food.

And the food — well, let’s just say it’s some of the best I’ve ever had.

We went to a few different restaurants, including LSU hotspot Barrett’s Barleycorn Pub & Grill, where the cheese fries were delicious. But none stuck out more than the one we decided to splurge on with our small journalist salary — The Drover’s Restaurant.

This place had the best steak I have had in quite some time.

And steak comes from cows, and cows are animals, and animals

are at the zoo, and the zoo in Omaha is one of the best in the nation.

So while “gorilla ball” was the talk of the tournament for LSU, seeing the gorillas was the talk of the team after its 2-0 start, as the Tigers got to go to the zoo. Naturally, we decided to join them and see what it was all about, and I must say, it was well worth it.

It was so big with so many animals, I pondered how Noah fit all of those animals on his ark. And it is going to get even bigger in a few years as it will take over the spot now occupied by Rosenblatt when

the new stadium is completed in time for the 2011 tournament.

The zoo even had nutria, just like back home in New Orleans.

And while I am happy to get back close to home, this is by far the best time I have ever had on a vacation. And I don’t think it has all even set in yet.

Too bad I have two weeks of schoolwork to catch up on. Anyone want to help me with biology lab?

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Daily Reveille reporter Andy Schwehm interviews ESPN reporter Erin Andrews June 16 in Omaha, Neb., during the College World Series.

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2bed/2 bath - $1,200 2bed/2.5 bath - $1,300 3bed/3.5 bath - $1,650 See our website for more details! www. deanflores.com Dean Flores Real Estate 9191 Siegen Lane Ste 4-B Baton Rouge, LA 70810 225.767.2227

1BR UNF WALK TO LSU Les Petites Apts 3313 Iowa St w/stove, fridge, central A/C 9275495 225.766.0679

Services

HOUSE FOR RENT 2 BR 2 BA off College Dr. $1000 deposit. $1000/mth for 12 mth lease 225.928.1035 HOUSE 3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 1368 Harwich,2 miles from stadium, washer dryer, covered carport, refrigerator, $1300 504.957.4387 3 BED/3 BATH ON BRIGHTSIDE $1650/ Month, Free Maid Service!

2405 Brightside on LSU Bus Route Arlington Trace Condos Parking for 3 & All Appliances Included hollisleech@yahoo.com 310.989.4453 GATED FAMILY COMPOUND: 12 MIN AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST: 4 br/3.5b Country Home in a gated family compound on a working sugar cane plantation. Central H/A, ceiling fans through-out, satellite dish, W/D, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher and disposal included. Open front porch and back brick patio. Some furnishings provided at no extra cost, if needed. $2,000/month (225) 753-4304, 5056161 225.753.4304

4BR/3BA, $1500/MO, 1750SF, HIGHLAND CREEK NEAR LSU, 985-705-5634 OR 5635 2 BR / 1 Bath Located in quiet, charming 4-plex 5 min. to LSU. Huge rooms, high ceilings, wood flrs, central a/ h. All apppl. incld. dishwasher & washer/ dryer. Semester Lease Terms.

No Pets! $700 w/ $350 deposit.

225.928.2864 2BR - 4119 BURBANK Available soon. www.lsubr.com for pictures and floor plan.

445-0039. $650. No pets.

WALK TO LSU 1 and 2 BR FLATS and TH, pool, laundry center. University View Apartments on West Parker. Call Hannah 767-2678. NO PETS. WALK TO CAMPUS 1Br, 2Br, and Townhomes. Starting as low as $400.00. www. lsuwestchimesplace.com 225.346.4789 1 BR ON BURBANK -FROM $475 www. lsubr.com for pictures/ floorplan. 4065, 4243, 4118 Burbank. $300 deposit. No pets, not even visiting. Leave a message.

978-1649 RENT BRIGHTSIDE ESTATES CONDO 3 br./2 bath 1st Floor 3 car parking near pool & volleyball courts on LSU Bus route (225)266-9063 1 BR APT. WALK TO LS U ! ON SITE MGR 769-7757 / 978-3123 / 767-4128 N ROOMMATE NEEDED!!!

Female roommate needed. Partially fur-

Roommate Wanted nished 2100 sq. ft. condo. 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. 504.722.1372 ROOMMATE NEEDED Seeking roommate for 2BR/2.5B condo in Lake Beau Pre’.

Only $550 plus utilities!

Gated Community featuring luxury pool/ jacuzzi, game room, tennis courts, media

Thursday, June 25, 2009 room, gym, and only 2 miles from LSU. Email bbrow22@gmail.com for more details Roommate Needed Male grad seeking roommate to share 2BR/2.5B Lake Beau Pre Condo Only $575 INCLUDING UTILITIES!!

Gated, Pool, Gym, Tennis Court 225.247.0567 Roommate needed for 3br house Looking into getting awesome house on Harwich (near Brightside). Need third roommate for rent. $450/ month, $433 if

by July 1st. Contact Igor: 225.773.0577 HOUSE OFF HIGHLAND RD. Female needs two female roomates for 0910 year. New house, built last year.

Fabulous 3BR house off Highland, less than 1 mile from campus. Your own BR and Full Bath! $450/ mo each.

Call Jim Talbot (225) 927-2114

Personals

Still seeking sugramama Sexy 22yo s/w/m looking for an attractive, adventurous cougar 25-42 years old. Do not be shy! I will make your dreams come true.

Tell me about yourself when you take me out for lunch! brokeinbr@gmail.com hey! You always seem to be walking to your car as I am walking to class. Last week you actually waved at me (I think it was at me!).

This has been going on for quite a few weeks, but we both get “surprised” looks on our faces every time we see each other.

Say “Hey!” next time we pass. looking for my match to fill the little opening in the jumbeled sock drawer of my heart. White female who is into snake charming, chainsaws & sealing envelopes with hot wax. Seeking male companion with high ACT score, high cheekbones and high self esteem. No Weirdos PLEASE! allthegoodonesweretaken666@yahoo.com LSU Guy Looking for love in all the wrong places.

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

Tigerlovin22@gmail.com girl needed for laundry and creation of tasty ice cream treats hungrymandirtylaundry@yahoo.com Seeking charitable, outdoor loving individual. Must love animals and the occasional hiking or camping trip. Drop me a message at HighpointingForAmerica.org SEARCHING 4 SOULMATE 20yo Asian guy seeking masculine guy 18-23 to date.

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

Miscellaneous cavalier king charles spaniel 2 boys (tri’s)sweet 10 weeks 985.542.5050

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