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SOUTHERN SHOOTOUT Battle ‘Between the Hedges’ a defensive struggle until fourth

By Jarred LeBlanc • Sports Contributor

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ATHENS, Ga. — The fourth quarter of Saturday’s game between LSU and Georgia was a back-andforth battle “Between the Hedges” en route to a 2013 LSU victory.

The win maintains LSU’s position at No. 4 in the major top-25 polls behind No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Texas and No. 3 Alabama, who all maintained their positions.

The Tigers (5-0, 3-0) have Log on a chance to get to the top of the rankings next weekend when they to see host No. 1 Florida in Tiger Stadium. a photo LSU arguably got its toughest challenge slideshow from of the season Saturday in a fourth-quarter shootout which netted a combined 27 points Saturday’s — including 21 points in the game’s final game in three minutes.

Athens, Behind 6-0 to start the fourth Ga. quarter, Georgia (3-2, 2-1) struck

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LSU senior running back Charles Scott (32) runs past Georgia sophomore defensive end Justin Houston (42) for a 33-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the fourth quarter Saturday during the Tigers’ 20-13 win against the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.

first in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard bootleg pass from senior quarterback Joe Cox to junior fullback Shaun Chapas less than a minute into the quarter to give the Bulldogs a 7-6 lead.

But the Tigers answered back on an 88-yard drive midway through the quarter. Sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson connected with freshman wide receiver Rueben Randle on third and 10 for a 16-yard gain to keep the drive alive. Randle also caught a 12yard reception later in the drive.

Randle had just one reception all season prior to Saturday’s game.

“That was his first multi-catch night,” coach Les Miles said. “The emergence of a fine, young player.”

Jefferson had a 26-yard scramble to set up a go-ahead touchdown run by senior running back Charles Scott, his first rushing touchdown of the season.

SCRAMBLE, see page 15

Monday, October 5, 2009

ENDOWMENT

$643M raised by Forever LSU

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

With a year and three months to go, the Forever LSU fundraising campaign is just more than $100 million away from reaching its goal of raising $750 million by the end of 2010.

Beverly Major, director of Forever LSU, said as of the last tally June 30, the campaign raised ‘This is $643,611,225.05. a donorAbout $611 million of that was directed given by private campaign. donors, and the rest is made up We invest of $32 million in the in state matched donor’s funds, Major vision.’ said.

The ailing Beverly Major economy is af- Forever LSU director fecting donations, said Victoria King, director of development at the School of Social Work, who works with the LSU Foundation on the Forever LSU campaign.

“There might have been people who had planned to give a larger gift and are having to make a longer gift,” King said. “Instead of pledging for five years, they PLEDGE, see page 15

HEALTH

La. gets grant to fight asthma About 6.3 percent of state with condition

By Steven Powell Contributing Writer

Better treatment is imminent for Louisiana asthmatics, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals a $1.75 million grant for fighting asthma Sept. 29.

The DHH will use the grant money for developing

comprehensive asthma programs and increasing statewide public awareness, said Mark Perry, Louisiana Asthma Management and Prevention acting program manager.

Perry said the overall goals of the project are to develop uniformed diagnosis and treatment methods across the state, increase education and update guidelines and techniques as new treatment becomes available.

“We’ve been doing extensive research for two years,” he said.

“We plan to do what other states have found successful.”

Asthma is the No. 1 national cause for missed school and work, Perry said. He said the department is trying to decrease hospitalization and emergency room visits, which cost the state $42 million in Medicaid’s asthma related coverage in 2007.

“If we put in place the right programs to assist health care providers and educate patients to self-manage their illness, we will see a decrease in hospitalization and emergency room visits – decreasing state costs,” ASTHMA, see page 15

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Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Eight US troops killed in deadliest Afghan assault in more than a year

Obama aide hopes Guantanamo center closing deadline can be met

KABUL (AP) — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House’s national security adviser says the Obama administration is hard at work on fulfilling President Barack Obama’s deadline to shut down the Guantanamo detention center for suspected terrorists.

But James Jones also says that meeting Obama’s deadline to close the facility by Jan. 22 is proving harder than officials first thought.

Jones says it’s clear that Guantanamo must close — because of the symbol it’s come to represent.

Latest typhoon kills 16 in northern Philippines, causes landslides MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Parma caused widespread flooding and landslides that buried at least two families in the Philippines, then hung threateningly off the coast Sunday drenching the country’s north as well as Taiwan.

At least 16 people died when Parma hit the main island of Luzon on Saturday, though the capital, Manila — still awash in floodwaters from a storm barely a week earlier — was spared a new disaster.

Waves of new federal, state fund cuts imperil US nursing homes HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The nation’s nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say.

A Medicare rate adjustment that cuts an estimated $16 billion in nursing home funding over the next 10 years was enacted at week’s end by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — on top of state-level cuts or flat-funding that already had the industry reeling.

Olympics loss forces Chicago to rethink, adjust city plans CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amounts to more than a bruised ego for the nation’s third-largest city.

Officials can no longer trumpet the $13.7 billion citywide economic impact local Olympics organizers estimated would come of games-related jobs, construction, tourism and transportation. They’ll also have no excuse for distraction in a city grappling with a mounting deficit and violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year.

STATE/LOCAL

La. takes New Orleans hospital funding dispute to arbitration panel

First-time unemployment claims drop 5 percent in Louisiana

(AP) — The state on Friday decided to let an arbitration panel settle its dispute over the federal government’s tab for Hurricane Katrina damage to a New Orleans hospital.

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration submitted documents outlining the decision to challenge the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s $150 million offer to cover damage at Charity Hospital.

The state believes it’s due nearly $500 million to replace the hospital.

FEMA said the state did not do enough to protect the building from further decay after the 2005 storm, resulting in the lower offer.

Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis said the Office of Facility and Planning Control has “consistently demonstrated that the hospital was more than 50 percent damaged by Hurricane Katrina, qualifying it for full replacement cost” under the FEMA regulations.

(AP) — First-time claims for unemployment payments dropped just over 5 percent last week in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission said that for the week ending Sept. 26, there were 4,519 newly unemployed filing for benefits. That’s down from the previous week’s total of 4,767.

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Cao, Jindal at odds over rail $300 million federal ‘stimulus’ money (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is at odds with a fellow Louisiana Republican over the governor’s decision not to seek $300 million in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail line between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Like other governors, Jindal had a midnight Friday deadline to submit an application for the money. But Jindal aides said the administration is not applying because of concerns about the project’s ongoing costs.

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POLITICS

Tea party movement crosses political boundaries Potential for new party to emerge

By Nate Monroe Contributing Writer

They hold protests and badger politicians at town hall meetings — and they really like tea parties.

Grassroots conservatives have mobilized their resources and organized hundreds of local protests across the country since Barack Obama’s election last fall, culminating with a several-thousandprotester march in Washington last month.

One political scientist says this movement, sometimes referred to as the “tea party movement,” could have large political ramifications in the future.

“The normal political divisions have shaken a little bit,” said Robert Hogan, a political science professor keeping a close eye on the tea party movement.

Hogan said the movement is part of the electorate’s growing distrust of government, a brand of conservatism especially likely to take hold and grow in Southern states like Louisiana, where even Democratic politicians have a reputation for conservatism on many issues.

What’s notable about the tea party protesters, Hogan said, is their willingness to take on Democrats and Republicans — the party with which many conservative protesters have historically

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Tea party protesters gather at the Louisiana State Capitol on Wednesday, April 15. Robert Hogan, political science professor, says the current political atmosphere, in conjunction with Tea party protest movements, could lead to the rise of a third party.

associated.

A late-September Gallup poll indicates approval ratings of both parties in the U.S. Congress are at record-low levels, 36 percent for Democrats and 27 percent for Republicans.

What’s notable about the poll, Gallup says, is where criticism of the Republican Party comes from.

“Remarkably, an outright majority of Republicans today, 58 percent, say they disapprove of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing,” a Gallup news release stated.

Hogan said conservatives had grown increasingly frustrated with former President George W. Bush’s domestic policies — which

included deficit spending — and Obama’s victory last November was the ultimate tipping point for many of the protesters taking to the streets now.

“We’re willing to take on any party,” said Robin Harris Edwards, former president and current member of the Baton Rouge Tea Party.

“We’re willing to hold anyone responsible for what the people want.”

Hogan said the big unknown question is whether this dissatisfaction with both parties will lead to the rise of a third party. “[Republicans] are leaderless — there’s no spokesperson for the party that sticks out, and there’s now a vacuum there,” Hogan said.

LIBRARY

Playboy microfilms in Middleton Popular magazine has academic uses

By Mary Walker Baus Staff Writer

The University has bunnies in Middleton Library, but they’re not furry.

Middleton has a small collection of Playboy Magazine microfilms in the basement which includes magazines from Playboy’s creation in 1953 to 1991.

“There are a lot of periodicals in microfilm format,” said Stephanie Braunstein, head government document librarian. “For things that don’t get a lot of use, you get the microfilm version.”

Braunstein said she’s never seen anyone use the Playboy Magazine microfilms in her three years at the University.

Jennifer Cargill, dean of Libraries, said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille she did not know the cost of or who originally subscribed for Playboy microfilms.

Cargill said it is not unusual for libraries to have Playboy.

“The magazine is well known for its interviews and articles,”

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‘This isn’t a place someone will go to look at the pictures in Playboy ...’

Stephanie Braunstein

head government document librarian

Cargill said.

Braunstein said some aspects of the Playboy microfilms can be used for academic research, but they should not be used for pleasure.

“A lot of famous people were interviewed in Playboy,” she said.

“They’re useful for academic purposes for that reason. The magazine itself was intended to be a more sophisticated version of a girly magazine ... That was [Playboy chief creative officer and editor in chief Hugh] Hefner’s point ... This isn’t a place someone will go to look at the pictures in Playboy. It’s not that accessible.”

Sarah Becker, sociology assistant professor, said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille that Playboy magazines are used in sociological research. She said sociologist Nancy Berns published an article in

2001 about domestic violence and the way it was discussed in men’s and political magazines, such as Playboy.

“So though people might think it strange that a university has a Playboy collection, scholars, researchers and students who want to keep their finger on the pulse of the nation consuming that magazine en masse might argue otherwise,” Becker said.

Even though the Playboy microfilms are barely used, Ann Smith, communication studies senior, said she is glad Middleton Library has them.

“That’s amazing because sexuality isn’t something we should be afraid of,” Smith said. “Nudity done tastefully, as in old school Playboy, is like art. [Playboy] features amazing writers. Our culture is all about sex ... it makes sense to look at [naked women] and read about politics at the same time.”

Khory Pilley, theater junior, said the University should still subscribe to the publication to spead creativity in research.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

“If you’re a minor party or libertarian candidate, you’re thinking maybe they’ll gravitate to my candidacy.”

Additionally, the economic crisis fits in neatly with historical indicators of third-party successes, Hogan said. Large political shifts have often followed economic or social changes.

Hogan mentioned the populist and progressive movements of the late-19th and 20th centuries and, more recently, Ross Perot’s surprisingly strong candidacy in the 1992 presidential election as parallels to the tea party movement. “[The tea party movement] has a consistency to previous historical patterns that makes you think there

could be something to this,” Hogan said.

Edwards was quick to point out there is much debate within the tea party movement about where to go next.

Some, like her, advocate working with, rather than against, the Republican Party.

“It’s unwise strategically to form all these extra parties and split votes,” she said.

Others disagree with Edwards and prefer looking for ways to branch out from the Republican Party, like forming a third-party.

Edwards said one of the reasons she stepped down as president of the Baton Rouge Tea Party was because of a rumor she was too loyal to the Republican Party for the movement to succeed independently — something she categorically says is untrue.

“I’m just trying to make changes within the party and bring the Republican Party back to being the beacon of conservative values,” she said. “That should be our cause.”

Only time will tell whether this movement will eventually break the current political divisions, Hogan said.

“There is a growing unrest among conservatives, among the electorate in a way we haven’t seen in a long time,” he said. “We are in the midst of something.”

Contact Nate Monroe at nmonroe@lsureveille.com

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TECHNOLOGY

University adds $215K supercomputer to Frey Center Philip purchased with CCT funds

By Lindsey Meaux Contributing Writer

September marked the launch of Philip, the University’s latest $215,000 addition to the supercomputing cluster located in the Frey Computing Services Center.

The cluster, a joint effort between the Center for Computation & Technology and Information Technology Services, is in response to technological advances

in supercomputing and increased user request from researchers in fields like biological sciences, material sciences and mathematics, said CCT public relations manager Kristen Sunde.

The supercomputers are traditionally used for physics, chemistry and engineering research, Sunde said, and they harness the power of several desktop computers.

“As supercomputing is becoming more and more available, you’re starting to see other disciplines that maybe wouldn’t have accessed them before,” Sunde said.

Philip was purchased with

funds from the CCT budget, Sunde said.

Philip will join Tezpur ­— a super computer that came to the University in 2006 and began operations in 2007, Sunde said.

The supercomputing facilities are accessible to faculty, especially research faculty.

Students can request use of Philip if their research is supervised by a faculty member.

Miriam Konkel, biological sciences post-doctoral researcher, said she uses the supercomputing services provided in Frey for her gene analysis research on a weekly basis.

“It’s really, really useful to have a new supercomputer here,” Konkel said. “Without the supercomputers our research would — for the most part — not be possible.”

The need for supercomputing increases for genome comparison purposes as genetics moves into gene analysis, Konkel said.

Randall Hall, chemistry professor, said he has used supercomputing in the past to aid his efforts in computational chemistry research.

While he has not used Philip and has no immediate plans to use it, he said the supercomputer is a

helpful addition to the University.

He said Philip provides more memory than the supercomputers already used by the University.

Technological advances in supercomputing afford an increasing number of fields to utilize it, Sunde said.

“As the machines are becoming more powerful ... it allows them to do things that they frankly wouldn’t be able to do otherwise,” Sunde said. “They need to access a cluster.”

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

TRANSPORTATION

Report shows public transportation use has increased Gas prices named as a likely cause

By Lindsey Meaux Contributing Writer

Louisiana still feels the effects of summer 2008’s dramatic gas price increase in good ways and bad ways — and in ways that help set the state apart from the pack.

Louisiana’s transit ridership rates experienced one of the largest increases at 16 percent during the course of 2008, according to the re-

cently released “Getting On Track” survey by Environment America.

“The high gas prices seemed to move a lot of people over to transit,” said Rob McCulloch, Environment America transportation advocate. “When the gas prices went down ... a lot of people kept with it.”

Survey results indicate New Orleans is primarily responsible for the majority of the increase, while Baton Rouge experienced about a 5 percent increase in transit ridership, McCulloch said.

The growth continued into the first half of 2009 with a 17 percent

paratransit, or vans specifically operable to pick up handicapped or disabled people, increase in Baton Rouge and an 8 percent increase in use of the light rail in New Orleans, McCulloch said.

Environment America expects Louisiana’s rates to continue to increase.

“As we see people come back to New Orleans, and we see their systems getting restored, we think it’s going to be pretty strong,” McCulloch said. “If gas prices go back up, you’re going to see more growth.”

Several factors dictate whether

gas prices will rise or fall including expectations, season, supply and demand, the state economy, the global economy and oil prices, said Dek Terrell, economics professor.

“You always expect gas prices to be a little higher in the summer holding other things constant,” Terrell said. “You don’t really anticipate rises due to seasonal factors in the winter.”

But Terrell said gas prices can also rise because people expect them to rise — because the state of the market always dictates the price.

“If people want more than can

be supplied, there’s a shortage, and the price tends to rise until people want less,” Terrell said.

Gas prices failed to increase in summer 2009 to the extent they did in 2008 because of the global economy, Terrell said.

Oil prices are typically lower whenever the world economy is slower. The price of oil directly influences the price of gas, he said.

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

NATION

Biden, Supreme Court attend a Catholic Mass Cardinal pleas for rights of unborn

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Biden, six members of the Supreme Court

and hundreds of members of the legal community.

Five of the six Roman Catholics on the high court — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito — heard the homily by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo; the sixth, Justice Clarence Thomas, did not attend.

Justice Stephen Breyer, who is Jewish, was there as well.

Speaking at the annual Red

Mass the day before the opening of the Supreme Court term, DiNardo said that people represented by lawyers are “more than clients. ...

In some cases the clients are voiceless for they lack influence; in others they are literally voiceless, not yet with tongues and even without names, and require our most careful attention and radical support.”

As DiNardo spoke, protesters opposed to abortion demonstrated in front of the church.

DiNardo did not elaborate on the rights of the unborn, focusing instead on how the complexity of the law can have a dehumanizing effect on those who practice it.

Increasing specialization within the law is “dizzying” and such formal knowledge “frequently becomes semi-mechanical, even distancing,” DiNardo said at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.

“The law and lawyers are around because justice among human

beings will always be an issue.”

“Even sophisticated knowledgeable human lawyers need reminding, need a divine fire ... both in their personal lives and in their profession itself.”

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NATION

Mentor program helps first-years Obama will take on Upperclassmen aid gay ban later in term younger students

By Olga Kourilova Contributing Writer

Statistically, 21 of this year’s 210 enrolled first-year law students won’t return in 2010, but a new program hopes to alleviate some of the stress faced by new students.

The First-Year Advisory Program, run by the Student Bar Association, Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s student government, pairs first-year law students with upperclassmen in an effort to help them adjust to their new environment beginning this semester.

Until the late ’90s, only half of the law class would return the second year, said LSU Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss. The law school has implemented more selective admissions requirements since then.

Attrition at the LSU Law Center has increased slightly in the last three years, from 10 percent to 14 percent, but it is not far from the 10 percent average of other accredited law schools, Weiss said.

“It’s a figure that I would like to see lower but one that is not, in my opinion, out of line with the norm,” he said.

A student counseling program was welcomed by students and

faculty at a time when financial resources are stretched thin, Weiss said.

Scott Sternberg, third-year law student and SBA executive president, and Sean Corcoran, second-year law student and SBA 2L president, said they wanted to implement a student advisory program upon taking office.

The program aims to assist incoming law students academically and also to help integrate them socially into the law school environment.

They wanted to create a “student-run student-advising program,” Corcoran said. The admissions office may advise students on scheduling, but it’s hard for the administration to create a Frequently Asked Questions page from a student’s perspective, Sternberg said.

While similar programs have existed in the past, Sternberg said they may have been disbanded because they became more social than academic. The program aims to keep a low mentor to mentee ratio. Currently, 140 first-year students and 100 upperclassmen are involved, Corcoran said.

Sternberg and Corcoran matched each pair, taking into account questionnaires answered by incoming students and what they personally knew about each of the mentors.

Mary Amari, first-year law student, said she doesn’t know what her first few weeks would have been like without her student mentor.

Even coming from a legal family, Amari could not anticipate what her first year would be like.

“You just kind of go into law school blind,” she said.

Amari said she received the most help with time management.

Her mentor was also there to reassure her when she became overwhelmed, Amari said.

Ryan French, first-year law student, said he was thankful to be paired with someone successful in law school and who could advise him in academics.

Victoria Viator, third-year law student, said being a mentor in the program has not taken time away from her studies.

Viator and her mentee meet about every other week and communicate through e-mail, she said.

She said she hopes first-year students will have a positive experience and will reciprocate by continuing the program in the future.

Corcoran said most mentors probably volunteered for the program because they wished a similar program existed when they were entering law school.

Editor’s Note: Scott Sternberg is a former editor of The Daily Reveille.

Contact Olga Kourilova at okourilova@lsureveille.com

ing two wars, I do not believe we can afford to discharge any qualified individual who is willing to serve our country,” Reid wrote.

Jones said Obama “has an awful lot on his desk. I know this is an

By The Associated Press issue that he intends to take on at the WASHINGTON (AP) — President appropriate time. And he has already Barack Obama will focus “at the signaled that to the Defense Departright time” on how to overturn the ment. The Defense Department is doing the things it has to do “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on gays serving openly in ‘ I know to prepare, but at the right I’m sure the president the military, his national sethis is an time, will take it on.” curity adviser said Sunday.

As a candidate, Obama “I don’t think it’s go- issue that ing to be — it’s not years, he intends signaled support for repealing the law. but I think it will be teed up To the disappointment appropriately,” James Jones to take on of gay-rights supporters, he said. at the The Democratic-led appropriate has yet to made a move since taking office in January.

Congress is considering time.’

The White House has repealing the 1993 law. Action isn’t expected on the James Jones said it will not stop the military from dismissing gays issue until early next year. national security and lesbians who acknowlSenate Majority Leadadviser edge their sexuality. er Harry Reid, D-Nev., reLast year, 634 members cently wrote Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked to of the military were discharged for share their views and recommenda- being gay, or .045 percent of the tions on the contentious policy. In active-duty U.S. force, according Sept. 24 letters, Reid also asked for to an Aug. 14 congressional rea review of the cases of two U.S. of- port. ficers who were discharged from the Contact The Daily Reveille’s news military because of their sexuality.

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INTERNATIONAL

White House sees progress from talks with Iran

By Steven R. Hurst The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Sunday it sees signs of progress in confronting Iran’s nuclear program while members of Congress endorsed authorizing tougher U.S. economic penalties against the Tehran government.

International inspectors are to visit Iran’s newly disclosed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25.

That announcement Sunday capped a furious week of diplomacy, including Thursday’s session in Geneva where Iran and six world powers resumed nuclear talks.

“The fact that Iran came to the table and seemingly showed some degree of cooperation, I think, is a good thing,” said James Jones, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser.

“But this is not going to be an open-ended process. We want to be satisfied. We, the world community, want to be satisfied within a short period of time,” Jones added. “So it’s not going to be extended discussions that we’re going to have before we draw our conclusions to what their real intent is. But for now, I think things are moving in the right direction.”

Suspicions about Iran’s nuclear intentions have risen steadily along with fears — and some evidence — that Tehran wants to build an atom-

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Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, left, speaks with the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, on Oct. 4 during their joint press conference in Tehran, Iran.

ic bomb and is using what it calls a civilian nuclear energy program as cover. The Iranians are under three sets of U.N. penalties for refusing to stop enriching uranium, a key first step toward building a bomb.

“Our whole approach is predicated on an urgent need to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons capacity,” said Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“Right now we are in a period of intense negotiations. It’s not an infinite period. It’s a very finite period,” she said.

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Rice said that in the best outcome, Iran would not have any nuclear weapons, no longer pose a threat to its neighbors or support terrorism, and treat its people with respect, allowing them to participate peacefully in a democratic process. “That’s the Iran we hope to see.”

Current penalties have failed to change Tehran’s course and have been watered down through efforts

by Russia and China. Those countries, along with the U.S., Britain and France, can block action in the

Security Council.

Rice said the U.S. had three options: to push sanctions through the U.N.; work with European allies to punish Iran; or to take unilateral action in conjunction with the other possible courses of action.

Members of Congress are ready to authorize steps the U.S. can take against Iran, in addition to possible U.N. action.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said the U.S. “cannot allow talking and negotiation to replace strong action if we feel we have to take that

step.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would like Congress to pass measures that would “empower the president and our country to be tough and to put some actions behind words. So let’s have ‘Iran Week’ in the Senate and get something done.”

Lawmakers are talking about trying to block gas and refined petroleum exports to Iran, possibly causing serious disruptions in the lives of ordinary Iranians. Others moves could affect Iran’s financial institutions and impose new trade bans.

Iran is a major oil producer but imports gasoline and refined petroleum products.

Obama has said his administration, in conjunction with Congress, is crafting plans that could target Iran’s energy, financial and telecommunications sectors.

The second-ranking Senate Republican, Arizona’s Jon Kyl, said “putting sticks on the table is exactly the point.” He said the Iranians “never respond to anything except pressure.”

Jones and Kyl were on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rice spoke Casey and Graham were on “Fox News Sunday.”

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers sweep two weekend matches

By Casey Gisclair Deputy Sports Editor

JOHN BAZEMORE / The Associated Press

LSU coach Les Miles, center, celebrates the Tigers’ victory Saturday with running backs coach Larry Porter, left, and junior wide receiver Terrance Toliver, right in Athens, Ga.

Miles’ fiery personality shows after LSU’s 20-13 victory against Georgia

By Robert Stewart Sports Editor

ATHENS, Ga. — Nobody needed to ask Les Miles how he felt after LSU’s 20-13 victory against Georgia on Saturday.

The fifth-year LSU football coach made his emotions known before he even stepped outside LSU’s locker room for his postgame press conference. The speech he gave to his players after the game could be heard through the thick walls of the visiting team’s locker room.

Miles’ voice in his monologue reached a fever pitch in both volume and passion, firing up the more than 100 players he had just led to LSU’s first victory in Sanford

Stadium since 1987. head calmly surveyed Then Miles finally let the people in the room it officially be known how left and right, but his he felt after LSU’s comeface and jaw remained from-behind victory with as tough as ever while Log on to read top sweat pouring out all over stories from the Tigers’ giving out his usual his body. postgame quotes. season so far.

“Our football team — if Miles was about you turn your back on them, as energetic as he’s they’re going to beat you up and steal been as LSU’s coach since his memorable victory,” Miles said. “They like to play. pregame press conference before the 2007 They’re competitive men. They wanted Southeastern Conference Championship the game. I’m so proud of them — I can’t Game, when he vehemently denied rumors tell you.” he would bolt LSU to become Michigan’s The emotion in Miles’ voice nearly new coach. reached a boiling point on several ocMILES, see page 11 casions as he addressed the media. His

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Being on the road is usually a disadvantage in any sport.

But the LSU volleyball team didn’t seem to have any problems with being away this weekend. The Tigers swept a pair of road matches at Alabama and Mississippi State, giving the team a six-match road winning streak.

“This was the first [Southeastern Conference] weekend where I felt we were just as balanced and efficient on Sunday as we were on Friday,” LSU coach Fran Flory said in news release. “That was the goal for the trip, and [senior setter] Sam [Dabbs] did a great job of pointing our team to this match in the locker room.”

LSU (11-4, 5-1) stormed out of the gates and recorded a 25-14, 2514, 25-13 sweep Sunday afternoon against the Bulldogs (4-13, 0-6).

The only set to provide much drama was the third as the two teams split the first 22 points, but LSU won the 14 of the final 16 points to earn the easy victory.

The Tigers hit at a .391 clip for the match and held a 42-21 advantage in kills throughout the match.

Senior outside hitter Marina Skender had a game-high 13 kills for LSU, and senior Brittnee Cooper added nine kills.

“We did an excellent job of exploiting serving zones,” Flory said.

“Jill Wilson, our assistant coach, had a great game plan. That’s something that had to improve if we want to take the next step as a team and play at the highest levels.”

LSU’s defense had one of its strongest performances of the season in the match and held Mississippi State to a season-low 21 kills VOLLEYBALL, see page 11

SOCCER

LSU in first place in SEC standings

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

The No. 17 LSU soccer team sits alone atop the Southeastern Conference after another dominant weekend.

The Tigers (8-2-2, 4-0-0) remained red-hot, shutting out both Alabama and Auburn.

The LSU seniors took care of business against Auburn (5-4-3, 2-2-0) on Sunday in the 2-0 victory.

LSU senior midfielder Malorie Rutledge took six shots, and one of them

found the net.

LSU senior midfielder Melissa Clarke put the finishing touch on the win with a second-half goal from the right side of the penalty area.

Rutledge said she’s excited about the team’s start and has been waiting for her senior season since she came to Baton Rouge.

“It’s something that we’ve worked for the last three years,” Rutledge said.

“We have a veteran squad. We knew that this was going to be our year. Hopefully we can continue this streak.”

LSU also blanked Alabama (5-4-1, 1-1-1) on Friday with a 3-0 win.

The Tigers continued to display their attacking prowess and depth as three different players scored.

Freshman forward Carlie Banks buried the first goal of the night, and LSU took a 1-0 lead into halftime.

Clarke scored the next one after an Alabama defender deflected her shot into the back of the net. She leads the team with seven goals for the season.

CLARKE, see page 11

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Senior midfielders Brittany Lowe, left, and Malorie Rutledge, right, steal the ball from a Memphis junior forward Krista Turner, center, on Aug. 21 at the LSU Soccer Complex.

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NFL

Big-play defense sends Saints past Jets undefeated

By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A vastly improved defense with a penchant for big plays has the New Orleans Saints undefeated through four games for the first time since 1993.

Darren Sharper returned one of his two interceptions of rookie Mark Sanchez a club-record 99 yards for a score, Will Smith forced a fumble in the end zone to produce a second defensive touchdown, and New Orleans handed the New York Jets their first loss, 24-10 on Sunday.

New York (3-1) lost despite stopping the Saints twice on fourth-and-short and holding Drew Brees to 190 yards passing and no touchdowns.

New Orleans’ normally high-powered offense, which entered the game ranked first in the NFL, didn’t score a touchdown until Pierre Thomas barreled in from a yard out with 6:07 left.

One week after rushing for 126 yards and two scores in a victory at Buffalo, Thomas was the Saints’ offensive leader again.

He rushed for 86 yards and caught four short passes for 46 yards.

In his first loss as a pro, the Jets’ Sanchez completed 14 of 27 passes for 138 yards, which still might have been enough if not for

his four turnovers.

Saints cornerback Randall Gay also intercepted Sanchez inside the final two minutes, allowing New Orleans to run out the clock.

While the Jets’ highly regarded defense held Drew Brees and the Saints’ league-leading offense to only three points through the first three quarters, the big plays by New Orleans’ less-heralded defense gave the Saints an early lead.

Sanchez had driven the Jets impressively to the Saints’ 15 early in the second quarter when Sharper anticipated an attempted touchdown pass, picking it off at the 1 and easily running it back for his second long touchdown return of the season to make it 10-0.

Only two weeks earlier, Sharper had a 97-yard interception for a score at Philadelphia.

It was also Sharper’s 10th career interception for a touchdown, leaving him second all-time in that category, two behind retired former Pittsburgh star Rod Woodson.

Only moments after the Jets celebrated a remarkable defensive stand that stopped New Orleans on four plays from within 2 yards of the goal line, Smith sacked Sanchez in the end zone, forcing a fumble that Remi

Ayodele recovered for a touchdown to make it 17-0.

Sanchez may have been to blame for his team’s early deficit, but he wasn’t rattled.

He returned to march New York 60 yards in 14 plays, setting up Jay Feely’s 38-yard field goal to make it 17-3, a score that held until halftime.

New York pulled to 17-10 on Thomas Jones’ 15-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, capping a drive set up by Reggie Bush’s fumble on the Saints 34.

Bryan Thomas’ hard tackle jarred the ball loose from Bush.

The Saints’ defense held from there, however, allowing New Orleans to take control with an 11-play, 74-yard touchdown drive.

The Saints finally converted a fourth-and-1 during the possession, though they did so with Brees’ cadence drawing the Jets offside.

Soon after, Brees drilled a third-down pass to Robert Meachem for a 19-yard gain to the Jets’ 12-yard line and Thomas punched it in a few plays later.

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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) is tripped by New Orleans Saints defensive end Bobby McCray (93) on Sunday night.

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SOFTBALL

LSU dominates three games during fall break Team outscores opponents 22-1

By Casey Gisclair Deputy Sports Editor

The LSU softball team appears to be in mid season form with the start of the season still months away.

Thanks to a four-RBI game from freshman Allison Falcon, LSU defeated Chipola

Community College, 8-0, Sunday afternoon and ended a dominant weekend for the softball team which saw the Tigers outscore its opponents 22-1 in three games.

“There were many good things that came out of this weekend’s action,” said coach Yvette Giroaurd. “We received fine pitching performances and executed perfectly on defensive situations.

Kirsten [Shortridge] and the surprise of the fall, Allison Falcon, had excellent offensive showings.”

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead into the third inning of Sunday’s game when the team exploded for five runs to put the game out of reach.

LSU led off the inning with three-straight singles before Falcon cleared the bases with a double to put the Tigers up, 4-0.

Sophomore catcher Morgan Russell ended the rally a few batters later with an RBI double.

The offensive outburst was a part of a big weekend for LSU’s hitters.

LSU scored eight runs in the first inning of Saturday’s 12-1 win against LSU-Alexandria.

Falcon, junior first baseman Casey Faile, sophomore outfielder Ashley Langoni and freshman catcher Lauren Houston each belted consecutive RBI singles in the inning.

The Tigers also got strong pitching in their second game on Saturday, a 2-0 win against Chipola CC. Shortridge and freshman Rachele Fico combined for 12

strikeouts in a three-hit shutout in the game.

Fico struck out the first six hitters she faced during the final three innings of the game.

The Tigers were also scheduled to play Nicholls State on Sunday, but the game was postponed because of rain. A makeup date has yet to be named.

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MLB

Twins and Tigers headed to one-game playoff

By The Associated Press

The chase for the AL Central championship once again is going to extra innings.

Trying to save their seasons, the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins both won Sunday, leaving them all even for the division lead and forcing a one-game tiebreaker.

They’ll meet Tuesday at 5 p.m. EDT at the Metrodome in what could be the final baseball game at the Homer Hankie haven. Detroit rookie Rick Porcello (14-9) will start against Scott Baker (15-9).

“It’s going to be fun. I’m sure Minnesota is going to be rocking,” Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson said.

This marks the second straight year a tiebreaker will decide the AL Central. Last season, the Twins lost 1-0 at Chicago.

The teams get an extra day off—not for travel, but because Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings host Green Bay on Monday night. Because of that, the logistics could become complicated.

The New York Yankees, holding home-field advantage throughout the postseason, can

choose whether they want to start the playoffs against the TwinsTigers winner on Wednesday or Thursday. The tricky part: The Yankees get one hour after the tiebreaker to announce their decision.

That means a quick turnaround for the AL Central champ if, as expected, New York picks to play Game 1 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday at 6 p.m. EDT. “It’s strange,” Yankees star Alex Rodriguez said. “That’s what great about baseball. Play 162 and you’re going to need one more game. That’s pretty awesome.”

Boston will open at the Los Angeles Angels in the other best-of-five AL matchup, either Wednesday or Thursday.

The National League firstrounders begin Wednesday— wild card Colorado at the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies by day, and Albert Pujols and St. Louis at Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers at night.

Ryan Howard and the East champion Phillies went 4-2 against Troy Tulowitzki and the Rockies. It’s a playoff rematch from 2007, when Colorado streaked into the playoffs and

swept Philadelphia in the first round.

“They were playing so well. I don’t care who they were playing.

Up to that point, no one in the NL could stop them,” Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino recalled.

“They came in and walked right through us in three games.”

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel could pick Cliff Lee, who beat the Rockies shortly after being traded over from Cleveland in July, for Game 1.

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TENNIS

Kantor falls short at Hoosier Classic Skupski, Carlsson travel to Tulsa

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

It wasn’t a busy weekend for the LSU women’s tennis team.

Senior Nicole Kantor was the Tigers’ lone participant at the Intercollegiate Tennis Associations Women’s All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., this weekend. She was eliminated, 7-5, 6-2, in the pre-qualifying round by N.C. State senior Berkeley Brock, who lost her next match.

The pre-qualifying rounds were single elimination, and each player needed to win three matches to advance to the championship round.

A loss is a change of pace for Kantor who took the singles title at her last competition in the Hoosier Classic — her first tournament of the season.

“Nicole fought very hard today but lost to a better player,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis in a news release. “She’s had a great season so far, and I’m really proud of her.”

The men’s tennis team is sending sophomore Neal Skupski and junior Sebastian Carlsson to Tulsa, Okla., for the ITA All-American Qualifier, beginning today. Skupski and Carlsson are in the singles qualifier and the main draw for doubles.

“The All-American is a big tournament,” Skupski said. “Basically the goal here is to get your [individual] ranking up.”

Skupski said he’s still working on getting into shape and preparing for the season ahead.

“I’m working on my serve, varying the speed and direction I’m hitting the ball,” Skupski said.

LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown said the tournament isn’t important for team rankings, but it’s important for individual players to gain confidence.

“Confidence is something you’re always trying to build,” Brown said.

“You don’t have to win all the time, but you need to win some.”

Brown said he knows Skupski and Carlsson are terrific talents and are working diligently on their game every day.

“They both have made jumps in their game,” Brown said. “Everyone’s talking about how well Sebastian’s playing.”

Brown said Skupski can lead by example after a strong freshman season, beginning this weekend.

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JOHN BAZEMORE / The Associated Press

LSU senior running back Charles Scott, center, is mobbed by teammates Saturday including junior wide receiver Terrance Toliver (80) and senior tight end Richard Dickson (18) after scoring the game-winning touchdown in the final minute of the Tigers’ 20-13 victory against Georgia in Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga.

CLARKE, from page 7

Sophomore midfielder Taryne Boudreau converted the final goal on a penalty kick after Rutledge picked up a foul in the box.

No. 8 South Carolina was a perfect 11-0-0 going into Sunday.

But a tie to Mississippi State made LSU the only 4-0 team in SEC play. LSU’s speedy 4-0 start is its best in team history.

“The SEC’s kind of in our hands right now,” Rutledge said.

“If we continue to play well, I believe we’ll come out on top. If we have a slip-up, any team can come and take it from us.”

LSU and sophomore goalkeeper Mo Isom have given up only one goal in four SEC games this season.

VOLLEYBALL, from page 7

and a .000 attack percentage.

The Tigers have now beaten the Bulldogs in seven straight meetings, but Flory is still impressed with Mississippi State first-year coach Jenny Hazelwood.

“Mississippi State is playing extremely hard under their new coach,” Flory said before the match in a news release. “They have a different level of confidence.”

The Tigers began their dominant weekend on Friday in a fourset victory against Alabama (6-10, 4-2).

Senior outside hitter Marina Skender led LSU’s offensive attack against the Crimson Tide and muscled 19 kills.

“Our outside hitters did a tremendous job of putting away out of

“I really can’t take credit for that,” Isom said. “In the Auburn game I think I only made three or four saves. It feels great to be able to do my job when it’s time to, but our defense just caved everything up. The four girls in front of me hardly allowed the other team to shoot on goal.”

LSU coach Brian Lee said the defense is a vital reason for the team’s early success.

“We’re just being very organized and focused,” Lee said.

“The back four is doing a good job of concentrating for the entire 90 minutes.”

The LSU offense has aided Isom and is usually in the opposing team’s end, so Isom has rarely been under duress.

“I really like the pressure besystem balls,” Flory said.

Dabbs had one of her best performances of the season setting up the Tigers’ outside hitters and dished out a match-high 52 assists to put LSU’s outside hitters in a position to record kills.

Junior Angela Bensend recorded 12 kills in the match, and senior Brittnee Cooper and sophomore Michele Williams added nine and seven kills, respectively.

LSU jumped on the Crimson Tide early and won the opening set, 25-11. Alabama evened the match with a second-set win, but LSU stormed back in third and fourth sets to secure the win.

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“I’m going to tell you something — I saw selfless. I saw a difficult victory versus a very quality opponent, yet again on the road,” Miles said.

But Miles wasn’t entirely serious after the game. He also made a few jokes and smiled at times between discussing his team’s performance.

Miles even got so happy after the game he threw his hat into a crowd of LSU fans. “[Defensive coordinator John] Chavis told me, he said, ‘What you do here is when you win, you throw your hat into the crowd,’” Miles said.

“I figured I haven’t been here before, maybe that’s what everybody does.

So I threw my hat in the crowd.”

Not many people picked LSU to win the game, despite its No. 4 ranking in both polls — the Tigers were a two-point underdog to the Bulldogs.

“People bemoan style points and how we finish,” Miles said. “Let me tell you, the most important characteristic of a football team is to find a way to win.”

The fiery personality Miles has become known for trickled down to his players for this game. In the locker room after the game, the players joined Miles in counting up to 20 — the number of points LSU scored in the game — as well as singing “Hey Fightin’ Tigers.”

That celebration could also be heard through the walls of the locker room.

“Any time anybody calls you out or challenges you to a fight, and you go in your house and you fight them, you’re going to be emotional,” ing on me,” Isom said. “I’m never going to complain when the ball’s on the other side of the field, but I do like to make the big saves.”

Lee is content with his team’s play but said there is more to be done.

“It’s a good place to be right now,” Lee said. “There’s a long way to go and the only way to approach it is one game at a time, and we’ve got to get ready to go to Kentucky on Friday.”

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said senior running back Charles Scott, who scored the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

“We showed our true identity tonight down here in Athens.”

Senior linebacker Perry Riley said Miles is the most excited member of the LSU team when it comes to big games.

“He does a great job of getting us ready to play in big games, and his energy feeds off of us, and that’s why we go out there and we play the way we play,” Riley said.

The excitement carried over to the field a bit in the fourth quarter — LSU was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after senior wide receiver Brandon LaFell scored a two-point conversion after Scott’s frenzied final touchdown run.

Miles said he wasn’t quite sure what happened during the series of events.

“We can’t celebrate. We have too much fun at the end of these damn things,” Miles said. “I must look at film to see if we celebrated in excess. I suspect that we celebrated with each other. I hope that’s not illegal.”

LSU doesn’t have a whole lot of time to celebrate its victory with No.

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“We’re going to celebrate it for what it’s worth, but we also know that it’s not done,” Riley said. “We still have a lot more to accomplish this season.”

But Miles may cherish this victory for a while.

“It’s fun to be undefeated at this point in time,” Miles said.

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MONDAY, October 5, 2009

Jindal’s calls for compromise, cooperation much-needed It’s much easier to criticize a policy than it is to change it.

Nobody is learning this maxim better than the Republicans in Congress. Since the Democrats gained overwhelming power on all fronts, the general GOP strategy to regain power has been simple: sling the most mud possible as often as possible, and hope that the opposition looks foolish enough to get the boot.

Hardly any political observer will dispute the fact this strategy is at play in the health care debate.

Like a bad film critic, Republicans shrilly criticize the plan, but do nothing to discuss what is redeeming or what can be done to change it.

Sure, Republican congressmen have proposed a few stop-gap measures, such as tort reform, and the Democrats have made at least a cursory effort to keep these proposals on the table. But these measures are nowhere near sufficient to make any significant progress, and they are largely the product of the more moderate party members who sadly constitute a minority.

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Tiger Stadium has lost its Death Valley mystique I would like to pose a question to LSU football fans: Has Tiger Stadium lost its Death Valley

Essentially, the mainstream conservative strategy is the one Rush Limbaugh and his endless array of imitators have been perfecting for years — wait until a plan is proposed by a perceived public enemy, then trash it. They certainly rarely propose solutions (other, of course, than the obligatory “Cut taxes!”) because such plans would require actually, you know, thinking about the issue itself, rather than a passionate gutreaction hatred for the great evil known as liberalism.

Most Republican congressmen sound suspiciously like drunken football fans booing their own coach as loudly as they boo the opposing team ­— and they evoke the same air of rationality and competency.

The purpose of the opposition isn’t to sit like some kind of deranged parrot on the shoulder of the majority party and criticize their proposed solutions. The purpose of an opposition is to balance, point out flaws and (here’s the kicker) actually propose ways they might be rectified. It would

be arrogant to believe either only Republicans or only Democrats have all of the perfect solutions to an issue as mind-numbingly complex as health care reform.

The sad fact is, it appears the majority of both sides are actually this arrogant. And in Matthew their arrogance, Albright both sides have Opinion Editor stifled input from the Republican side of the aisle that might greatly improve the process and have prevented the creation of the well-constructed legislation this issue demands.

Few people want to see a purely Democratic health-care plan any more than a purely Republican one.

The probable cause for this partisanship — other than unmitigated hubris — is a calculated political move. Republicans hope derailing Democratic efforts to fix health care will ensure them a

quick resurgence when mid-term elections come up next.

This play-from-the-sidelines strategy is a craven attempt to regain political power at the expense of our national well-being.

Somewhat surprisingly, Governor Bobby Jindal has joined the few rational voices of moderation, such as Sen. John McCain, in the quest for compromise.

Jindal, whose strongly held conservative convictions and national aspirations have tended to push him far right on the political scale, has recently started advocating rationality and compromise with Obama and the Democrats, whom he has almost universally criticized.

“I think now is the perfect time to pivot and to say, not only here’s what we’re against, and not only here’s how we’re going to contrast ourselves, but here’s what we’re for,” Jindal said in an interview with Politico last week. He continued to say the Republicans continue on their current course “at our peril and the nation’s peril.”

Jindal could potentially face significant backlash from these statements. If University students haven’t noticed, Obama and “his liberal cronies” are not terribly popular in this state. Additionally, he is speaking truth to the Republican power, which could potentially harm his already dimming presidential prospects.

But maybe Jindal realizes the time for political games has ended.

Maybe he realizes the costs of doing nothing are far greater than the costs of letting Democrats keep their power for the time being.

I hope he does. And I hope against hope the Republican party will come to this same realization before it’s too late.

mystique?

As a season ticket holder for over a dozen years, it’s my opinion that in the last few years we have lost our edge. The overall 12th man effect of the crowd is not meeting the levels I experienced from the mid-point of the Dinardo era through the end of the Saban term and early in the Miles tenure. Maybe the expectations of fans after

two championships in the previous five years have risen to the point that they psychologically don’t feel that they need to be as emotional as previously — when Tiger fans were screaming with prolific volume to emotionally lift the team as the 12th man.

With Florida coming in on Saturday as the No. 1-rated team in college football, now is the

opportunity to re-establish the mystique. The 12th man can assist the 11 on the field and affect the Gators. It’s time to encourage all the folks sitting around you in Tiger Stadium to get off of their hands and let loose with the vocals. The path to a championship in 2009 must be through a process of defeating Florida at least once and maybe twice. On Saturday night 82,000 Tigers can impress the nation again, and it can be known once more that the toughest place to play and win in the country is Death Valley on a Saturday night.

parking didn’t get the memo about fall break. Now, I’m all for LSU having a well-organized system of parking regulation, but this is a bit absurd. It’s safe to say a large percentage of the residential population has left for the long weekend, and the demand for green and blue zone parking is ridiculously low.

Yes, LSU faculty still have work to do, so policing the red and yellow zones makes perfect sense. But if the purpose of parking tickets is to ensure parking for students who need it, when they need it, then giving out parking tickets on a student holiday is more of an annoyance than a need. This, mind you, is coming from someone who is normally content to see illegally parked cars ticketed throughout the school week. So, LSU parking, it’s time for the fall break holiday.

Kick off your boots, and try to relax. In the mean time, I will tell my off-campus friends not to visit me before 4:30 p.m., lest they suffer the consequences.

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I woke up today and walked outside to see what was an alarmingly empty residential parking lot. You know it’s a holiday when those “prime” spots are just ripe for the taking. What was troubling was that I also saw three parking tickets on commuter vehicles, most likely friends of ECA residents who had stayed the night. It seems LSU

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“It is imperative that the members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

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FACTORYHAUS

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With the new fall season lineup, TV is good again Fall has arrived, and with it, a new round of TV shows is upon us.

This season’s lineup looks promising. Whether it’s because of the recession, the past writers’ strike or some other unknown factor, TV this fall is the best it’s been in years.

Some networks have taken big risks, which have paid off in some great new series. Others played it safe by bringing back old shows.

Regardless, TV hasn’t been this entertaining since the Gilded Age of Television.

We always hear about all the great TV shows of the past: I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Dallas, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family. Some people yearn for those days and say television has significantly declined.

But this year network TV is back in full force. This latest round of shows offers a fresh look

on entertainment.

The best new show has to be Fox’s Glee. The story about a high school glee club teacher trying to beat the odds and transform a glee program of a small school in western Ohio has definitely become the standout of the season.

The show is not easily classified. It’s a comedy, drama and musical all rolled into one.

Most shows that are ambiguously defined often fail to blend each category well with the other.

Glee, however, does this effortlessly. Jane Lynch and Stephen Tobolowsky provide much of the comedic value, while the rest of the cast members — specifically Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele — deliver stunningly good music performances.

ABC’s Modern Family is another refreshing show. Revolving around a father and his two children, the show contrasts many of the different family structures

found in a modern America.

Between the father’s marriage to a much younger woman to the son’s gay relationship, the show brings a fresh storyline to network television.

Not only have this season’s new shows been highly enterStephen Schmitz taining, but Columnist past series seem to have improved.

Grey’s Anatomy is back for another season, sans T.R. Knight.

With the new season, the show has become far more interesting.

It has become more grounded and has better developed the plot and characters than the past few seasons.

NBC’s The Office is also back in full force. Led by Steve Carell, the show once again delivers

extraordinarily funny television.

It seems even reality television has stepped up its game. Real Housewives of Atlanta is back on Bravo, and it has proved to be highly entertaining.

The show surrounds five Atlanta women going about their lives, basically backstabbing each other the whole way through.

The show’s standout star is NeNe Leakes, who dominates the rest of the ladies with her attitude and provides some hilarious moments.

Lifetime also brings out the full force of reality TV with Project Runway. Heidi Klum is back with a new set of designers, and the show’s redesign, coupled with a model-centered reality show spinoff, proves to only enhance what was already one of the better reality TV shows.

Finally, Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project is back for a second season. The show, which follows

the hectic career of celeb stylist Rachel Zoe, offers an insider’s look to an industry that dominates the tabloids. It also provides for some great comedic moments, especially when the show highlights Brad Goreski, whose one-liners are some of the best on TV. What all these shows have in common is that they’ve taken a chance. Each one is either completely new or has reinvented itself, and the manifestation of so many shows taking those risks has given American TV viewers a truly great season of television.

Stephen Schmitz is a 19-yearold mass communication sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sschmitz.

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Students should go green for planet, not publicity

By Seth Anthony Colorado State University

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — In Colorado, and in Fort Collins particularly, green is chic, and nowhere is that more obvious than Colorado State University‘s campaign to brand itself the “green university.”

While I firmly believe we should be taking substantial action to help sustain our environment and our planet, some of our university‘s actions in that direction have left me a little jaded, so I thought I‘d offer CSU some helpful pieces of greenrelated advice.

First: Don‘t be so concerned with “green cred,” instead, be concerned about actually being green.

Some projects are better for the university PR department than the environment, and that needs to change.

If a project fosters the ability of CSU researchers to pioneer new renewable technologies or techniques, if it means that waste is diverted from landfills or that energy costs will be lower, it should be a no-brainer. But spending money strictly so that we can brag about how green we are doesn‘t make sense.

One example of this is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. LEED is verification from the U.S. Green Building Council that a building meets certain standards in terms of sustainable design, construction and energy use.

The transit center expansion on the north end of Lory Student Center was certified at the LEED “Gold“ level, as was the Indoor

Practice Facility that CSU‘s Athletics Department opened earlier this month.

However, CSU spent money not only to construct these buildings to a higher standard, but also to get a pat on the back for doing so. Obtaining LEED certification costs thousands of dollars in fees, not counting the staff time and other resources used to complete the applications and related work.

That money that doesn‘t make the campus one iota more sustainable, but it does give bragging rights to administrators. I know which of those I care about more.

Let‘s drop the PR hype around LEED certification and spend the money on actually making our campus greener.

My second piece of advice: Don‘t take credit for “green“ advances for which you are not responsible. A few weeks ago, CSU announced that its carbon emissions were down three percent from the previous year.

Although new green buildings and renovations on campus undoubtedly contributed to this improvement, there‘s no way of knowing for sure how much, especially when CSU staff had to qualify, as they did in a Collegian article, that “the fiscal year‘s relatively benign weather, which caused lower heating and air conditioning use” may have been a major factor.

When you further admit that half of the estimated reduction in emissions comes from decreased airplane travel, it starts to look like budget cutbacks were also a major factor. While university Senior Vice President Tom Gorell bragged

about making progress “especially in these hard economic times,” it looks like CSU is becoming greener not despite the tough economy but as a result of it.

The lesson for the university‘s PR department should be this: When you title a press release “Colorado State University Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions,“ you make it sound an awful lot like the university did something. We shouldn‘t find out in the fine print that this isn‘t necessarily the case.

I could write a whole column on my third piece of advice — it‘s the little things that make a “green

culture“ on campus, not the big things that you boast about in press releases.

It‘s things like getting the restaurants in the student center food court to use biodegradable packaging, like auditing and reducing the copious electricity and water use in research labs, like sealing drafty windows in academic buildings to keep heating and air conditioning costs low.

These and dozens of other small projects would alter not only our environmental impact, but our campus culture, sending a green ripple effect over generations and

across our state and nation.

As a famous frog once told us, it’s not easy being green. There are no shortcuts to preserving the planet or to making our campus more sustainable. And while it‘s fine to tell the world about the good things happening at CSU, publicity should never be the motivating factor behind environmentally-friendly changes on campus.

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may have to stretch that out over six or seven years.”

The campaign was created to raise money to aid the University on four pillars — student support, faculty support, program support and campus infrastructure, Major said.

“This is a donor-directed campaign,” Major said. “We invest in the donor’s vision. The donor identifies what they support and how it’s supported.”

Major said donors decide what part of the University is most important to them, like a scholarship fund or student organization, and donate money to that cause.

Forever LSU works with donors to help them invest in the future of the University, King said.

“This is not just something that will benefit next week,” King said. “Most of the gifts we’re getting will benefit [the University] forever.”

The Forever LSU campaign has faced some obstacles since it began, including several hurricanes and changes in leadership, Major said.

“We’ve seen some significant obstacles and hurdles, but you have to play every minute of the game, and we have,” Major said. “It may be easier to say this at $643 million than at $400 million, but it doesn’t matter what is happening. We’re thinking, ‘What are we going to do for LSU students?’”

Despite potential setbacks, Major said projections are “very high,” and the campaign may exceed its goal.

“LSU has been incredibly successful [with the campaign],” Major said. “To quote [Chancellor] Michael Martin, ‘Winners bet on winners, and Tigers bet on Tigers.’”

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he said.

Perry said the state ranks in the top 25 percent of the nation for asthma deaths. In addition, one in 10 households has at least one child with asthma, he said.

Louisiana had 203,641 self-reported adult asthma cases as of 2007, making up 6.3 percent of the population, according to the CDC. Comparatively, Mississippi had 144,009 cases – 6.6 percent of the population – and Texas had 1,396,996, 8.2 percent of the population.

Louisiana’s high humidity levels, agricultural areas and industrial plants contribute to a poor air quality, making living in the state difficult for asthmatics, Perry said. The Baton Rouge area is also of major concern because of its unique makeup of industrial, urban and agricultural features, he said.

Barry Dellinger, chemistry professor, said one of the main causes of poor air quality nationwide is traffic flow and emissions from idling cars.

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“Since Baton Rouge has poorer roads and traffic flow, the emissions per mile is extremely high, making it difficult to get cleaner air,” he said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have specific regulations for certain chemicals, and finding detailed data on their Web site is difficult because of the random postings of information, Dellinger said.

The Louisiana DHH received the grant because of its recognition by the CDC for its progress in advancing its asthma program – made without funding — the last two years, Perry said.

“We want to create an asthma program that is congruent, precise and comprehensive [statewide] to eliminate the burden of living with asthma in Louisiana,” He said.

“We’ve done so much without funding; it’s exciting to think what we can do with the grant.”

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SCRAMBLE, from page 1

But the Bulldog offense wasn’t ready to quit.

On third down with less than three minutes left in the game, Cox connected on a 46-yard pass to freshman wide receiver Tavarres King to LSU’s 16-yard line.

Sophomore wide receiver A.J. Green out-jumped LSU senior cornerback Chris Hawkins in the corner of the end zone two plays later to put the Bulldogs out in front 1312 with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

But things went downhill for the Bulldogs following Green’s touchdown reception. Green was penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration, forcing the Bulldogs to kickoff from the 15-yard line instead of the 30-yard line.

“It’s just a shame after we did score that the field position got changed so much by the celebration penalty,” said Georgia coach Mark Richt. “We had momentum, and we had a chance to get a stop, but we had to kick from the 15.”

The Bulldogs were penalized for an illegal formation during the kickoff, which gave LSU 5 more yards after senior running back Trindon Holliday’s 40-yard return to Georgia’s 43-yard line.

“He’s always a big piece of the game,” Miles said. “There is a lot of concern when you kick that ball off to him.”

The LSU offense started on Georgia’s 38-yard line with one minute and two seconds left in the game. But Scott didn’t need the full minute. He broke two tackles and burst through a hole on second down for a 33-yard touchdown run to give the Tigers the 18-13 lead.

“He’d been running the ball well all game,” Jefferson said. “I told Coach, let’s give the ball to Charles, and he came through for us.”

Jefferson rolled to his right and connected with senior wide receiver Brandon LaFell in the back of the end zone to score the two-point conversion, which gave the Tigers the 20-13 lead.

Senior linebacker Perry Riley secured a Tiger victory with an interception on the Bulldog 44-yard line.

LSU’s defense dominated the Bulldogs through the first three quarters. Georgia only earned one first down in the first half — a 27yard pass reception by Green with two minutes and seven seconds left in the first quarter.

The Bulldogs finished the half with 31 yards passing and 18 yards rushing on 18 offensive plays.

LSU’s defense held Georgia to 161 total yards before the fourth quarter, including 37 yards rushing.

The Bulldogs only reached the red zone once in the first three quarters, but they were held scoreless after Georgia sophomore kicker Blair Walsh missed a 32-yard attempt — his first miss of the season.

“They were putting up a lot of yards on people and a lot of points on people, and for us to come out here and do what we did to their offense, it was definitely an energy booster and a confidence booster for us,” Riley said.

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