The Daily Reveille - October 7, 2009

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Risky Business Should Tebow play in Saturday’s game? See page 7.

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flu GREEN REPORT CARD Swine vaccine HEALTH

University receives slightly lower overall grade for 2010 environmental ranking Climate Change Transportation: and Energy: C A

Green Building: D

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By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

son said.

A small student green fee of just one or two dollars would help the University move closer to total sustainability, Peterson said. The money could be used for things like double-sided printers in the library and other “green” efforts.

“To be serious about sustainability, LSU is going to have to invest money, I hope the [administration] is going to do that soon,” Peterson said.

The University bombed in other areas of the report card, such SUSTAINABILITY, see page 15

VACCINE, see page 15

Food and Recycling: B

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Administration: B

Health care providers will be provided with the single-most effective weapon to fight the spread of H1N1 virus today after months of rampant attacks on the state’s population.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals expects the initial batch of 26,000 H1N1 vaccines to be delivered directly to health care providers today.

The original estimation Log for distribution on for complete was mid-Octo- coverage ber, but the fed- of the eral government H1N1 coverage started pushing on campus. out early batches of the vaccine Monday in other states.

Health care providers were given the initial doses because of their exposure to the virus and their capacity to spread the disease to the sick.

Rene Milligan, director of communications for the DHH, said this initial round of vaccines in Louisiana will target school-aged children.

Children will be inoculated first because studies show they are the population that spreads the virus most quickly to at-risk groups,

Endowment Student Involvement: B Transparency: C Investment Priorities: C

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By Kyle Bove Senior Staff Writer

The University received an average grade of “C” on the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card today, despite hiring a sustainability manager, directing excess funds from student fees toward expanding the recycling program and implementing a new bus system.

The Sustainable Endowments Institution complies the Report Card every year and measures how “green” college campuses are based on criteria like climate change efforts and investment priorities.

It’s down from a slightly better “C+” last year, but the University did improve in several areas, including student involvement, which jumped from a “C” in 2009 to a “B” for 2010.

“I’m certainly impressed with the strides LSU has made in the past years in terms of sustainability,” said Katie Peterson, president of the University’s Environmental Conservation Organization. “At the same time, we have leaps that we can make, as demonstrated by our grade of ‘C.’” Students voted in an April survey to direct excess funds from

student fees toward expanding the recycling program. Student Government is working on bringing a farmers’ market to campus, and students reduced energy consumption by an average of 18 percent during the UNPLUG Energy Challenge last semester — all reason sfor the better grade, according to the Report Card.

Peterson said while it’s great student involvement is up, the University needs to give more if it truly wants to improve its sustainability.

“LSU touts sustainability as one of their [top] issues, but there’s almost no money to fund it,” Peter-

FOOTBALL

Gators’ cell phone numbers distributed

By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor

LSU fans are considered some of the rowdiest in college football.

The die-hard Tiger supporters are known for turning Tiger Stadium into one of the loudest places in college football.

When LSU fans get boisterous and try to intimidate opposing fans, players and coaches with thundering “Tiger Bait” chants, Tiger Stadium turns into one of the most feared places in college football.

In the few days leading up to this weekend’s football game between No. 4 LSU and No. 1 Florida, some LSU fans Log on to see have acquired the phone what students numbers of Florida coach texted Florida Urban Meyer and senior players. wide receiver Riley Cooper and have made numerous phone calls and sent numerous texts trying to intimidate the Florida team.

“I think it’s unavoidable,” said Drew Baynham, finance sophomore. “Because

of the whole rivalry, of course you’re going to have people looking for ways to get to the other team.”

Most fans received Meyer and Cooper’s numbers via text from friends, but some fans got the information from online sources like the online message board TigerDroppings. com and LSU’s official Facebook page.

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Florida senior wide receiver Riley Cooper’s cell phone number has been passed around by LSU students along with coach Urban Meyer’s and senior quarterback Tim Tebow’s numbers.

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Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Prime Rwanda genocide suspect captured in Uganda

D.C. councilman introduces bill to allow same-sex marriage

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A top suspect wanted for orchestrating the killings of thousands of people in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide — including children, hospital patients, priests and even an elderly and revered African queen — has been captured, police said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples would be allowed to marry in the nation’s capital under a bill introduced Tuesday by a District of Columbia councilman.

The bill was almost certain to pass and had been expected for some time. But whether it becomes law is more complicated because Congress gets to review D.C. legislation before it takes effect.

At least one Republican congressman has said he will work to have the bill defeated if it passes the D.C. council.

Somali minister for defense gets kidnapped in Uganda MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped Somalia’s state minister for defense Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital, a Somali government spokesman said.

Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siad was abducted as he walked out of a mosque in Kampala, Somali government spokesman Sheik Abdirisaq Qeylow said.

“We are investigating,” Qeylow told the AP. “All we know so far is that he was taken away.”

Fire evacuations lifted for S.Calif. mountain town WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people ordered to flee their homes because of a 7,000-acre wildfire near a Southern California mountain town were allowed to return Tuesday as cool, calm weather aided fire crews,

authorities said.

Evacuation orders for 2,000 homes and 4,000 to 6,000 people in and around Wrightwood northeast of Los Angeles were lifted at noon, although the order remained for a canyon where the fire burned one home over the weekend.

Only a few homes were in that area.

Obama offers no firm signals on troop increases WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama on Tuesday ruled out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he did not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war zone — either the 40,000 his top commander wants or a smaller buildup, according to several officials.

House and Senate leaders of both parties emerged from a nearly 90-minute conversation with Obama with praise for his candor and interest in listening.

STATE/LOCAL

Floating house capable of riding New Orleans’ floods

$101 million computer upgrade in Louisiana disputed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation.

Called the FLOAT House, the unique home aims to answer the challenge posed by the Big Easy’s flood risk, starkly illustrated by the rising waters of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

“I wanted to float it down the Mississippi River to New Orleans,” architect Thom Mayne said with a chuckle while in New Orleans for Tuesday’s event. Instead, the home was shipped in pieces from Los Angeles, where it had been constructed on UCLA’s campus.

The dwelling was designed

by Morphosis Architects under the direction of Mayne, a professor at UCLA. Mayne said it’s the first of its kind to be permitted in the U.S.

(AP) — A $101 million upgrade to state computer systems became a flashpoint Tuesday in the debate on how to cut government costs, with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top budget adviser saying the contract could save millions and Treasurer John Kennedy calling it a waste. Nearly $50 million has been spent on the upgrade effort so far.

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The complaint by the federal Labor Department alleged discrimination in the rejection of 1,148 minority applicants for the position of barista at CC’s Coffee stores.

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ADMINISTRATION

Potential ‘flagship fee’ discussed Martin urges LSU to be more accessible

Campus Crime Briefs FRATERNITY MEMBER INVOLVED IN HIT AND RUN A 21-year-old University student was arrested Sept. 30 at about 1:30 p.m. for a hit and run.

LSU Police Department officers received a call late Sept. 29 about a hit and run near East Campus Apartments, said LSUPD spokesman Capt.

Russell Rogé said. When officers arrived, the person whose car was hit told the officers his or her car was struck near the fraternity houses.

Rogé said the victim of the crash followed the car to ECA, where he or she confronted the driver, Sean Hanlon, of 18306 Manchac Place, Prairieville.

The victim suspected Hanlon was intoxicated, and when they told him they were going to call the police, he drove away, Rogé said.

The victim got the driver’s license plate number, and LSUPD began a search for the vehicle, which was registered to a non-student in Prairieville.

On Sept. 30, LSUPD received several anonymous tips about Hanlon’s identity, Rogé said. At about

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

Chancellor Michael Martin stressed the importance of assimilating the University into the community Tuesday at a forum on “Money and the Many Futures of LSU.” The forum, sponsored by the Faculty Senate, is meant to bring students, faculty and other members of the University community together with the chancellor to discuss important topics. Tuesday’s issue was financial.

“We have a sober and serious topic,” said Kevin Cope, Faculty Senate president. “We will talk about not only the budget but the monetary concerns of the University in general.”

Martin explained translating the University’s accomplishments into terms understandable and important to people who aren’t in academics is important in the quest to keep funding coming to the University.

“People know why they want to widen I-10, ‘This is the because it’s in their life every flagship, day,” Martin and you said. “We don’t a product cannot sail have as simple as a the fleet highway.”

Martin said without people outside one.’ the University’s community Michael Martin need to feel as if the University Chancellor is benefiting them and the environment in Baton Rouge.

“People view [the University] as a place with gates, like we are an elite group of academics that only speak to one another,” Martin said. “But the public has to appreciate the stuff that is important to the texture we’re creating [in the community].”

But no matter how successful the community assimilation is, Martin said the ailing economy cannot be forgotten as a factor regarding funding.

“We are living in the toughest economic times since the ’30s in the 47th worst state in the nation,” Martin said.

To combat that, Martin mentioned a potential five-dollar-per-semester “flagship fee,” which would give the University the “latitude to raise revenue.”

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Chancellor Michael Martin speaks with faculty and students at the “Money and the Many Futures of LSU” forum sponsored by Faculty Senate.

“If the legislature can’t protect the flagship from further [financial] damage, they must give us the capacity to replace state dollars with dollars from students,” Martin said.

Martin said he and LSU System President John Lombardi agree attention must be paid to the quality of the education students receive at the University, and compensation for that education should be appropriate for a flagship school.

“Our students are smart enough to understand that you have to pay for quality,” Martin said. “If quality is compromised, their education loses value. This is the flagship, and you cannot sail the fleet without one.”

Martin also discussed goals for increasing the University’s

population of graduate students.

“About 17 percent of our student body is graduate students,” he said. “That ought to be 22 or 23 percent for a flagship University.”

A flagship fee would give the University more opportunities to offer incentives for potential graduate students, such as better housing, Martin said.

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11 a.m., an officer stationed himself outside Hanlon’s fraternity, Theta Xi, where his car was parked.

When the officer made several calls to the fraternity house and never got an answer, LSUPD towed Hanlon’s car, which had damage that matched up with the victim’s veLog on to hicle.

At about read the 1:30 p.m. that full story day, Hanlon ar- and view rived at LSUPD the crime map. to get his car.

Rogé said he told officers he was distracted before the crash by the person in his passenger seat who was sick, Rogé said.

Hanlon denied being intoxicated and was issued a misdemeanor summons for a hit and run, Rogé said.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009

ADVOCACY

Abortion survivor travels to outlaw the practice

By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

Gianna Jessen couldn’t move and was barely alive when she was born in a Los Angeles abortion clinic early one morning in 1977.

She managed to live through an 18-hour saline salt abortion, a process designed to terminate her life seven months into her mother’s pregnancy.

She was taken to a local hospital and survived inside an incubator, though doctors believed she wouldn’t make it through the day.

This experience didn’t leave her unscarred. She lives with cerebral palsy.

Jessen has made a life traveling the world to promote pro-life issues and to encourage both citizens and politicians to outlaw one of the world’s most controversial medical practices.

She spoke to a crowd of about 120 University students and Baton

Rouge residents in the Dodson Auditorium on Tuesday.

She flew into town just hours before but was cheery and laughing despite her fatigue.

“If you have a healthy love for yourself, you cannot help but shine,” Jessen said. “Since my life was nearly snuffed out in its beginning, I live with a lot of passion.”

Jessen came to Baton Rouge to speak to both St. Michael the Archangel high school and the University chapter of Students for Life this week.

“She puts a face to the issue,” said Annette Denton, philosophy sophomore. “People talk about a fetus, but you can see her now as a person.”

Jessen refers to her condition a a “gift from God.” She said she doesn’t want to be thought of as a victim.

“I believe a victim mentality leads to tyranny because you’re constantly relying on people to do things for you,” Jessen said.

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Gianna Jessen, abortion survivor and activist, speaks to University students and Baton Rouge residents about her efforts to outlaw abortion.

Jessen has made an effort to avoid such a mentality throughout her life. An outspoken and unashamed conservative, Jessen spoke openly about the need take pride in individual strength.

Though she learned to walk at the age of 3, and even then only with a walker and leg braces, Jessen takes

CHANCELLOR

Students concerned about tuition Chats are indicative of student worries

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

Chancellor Michael Martin explained tuition increases may be necessary in the future along with discussing Northgate safety at Chats with the Chancellor on Tuesday.

Student Government accompanied Martin in Free Speech Alley to answer passing students’ questions.

“I think it is a good thing. I want students to feel as though they have the right to inquire of the administration what is up,” Martin said. “I think it is important that we see the University as more as colleagues than as sort of a hierarchy.”

About six students approached Martin during the hour-long session asking various questions mainly involving student tuition and fees.

“In a practical sense, I do believe if we take another budget cut even approaching the one we took last year, we are going to have to turn to students to say, ‘We are either going to have to expect you to contribute more or the quality of your education will decline,’” Martin said.

Martin said he wasn’t approached by many students, but the event is still a useful indicator of

student concerns. them something instead of giving “It’s good to know these things them money.”

— I wouldn’t hear them otherMartin meets regularly with wise,” Martin said. “I presume that the Northgate Merchants Associathose five or six [stution, and he said dents] at least have a they have taken sense of what another steps to have the 50, 60 or 70 [students] area better light are thinking, so I feel the area. Martin like I get the flavor of said he would what is going on.” confer with the Eric Landry, Merchants Asmass communicasociation and Michael Martin tion sophomore, apLSU Police DeUniversity Chancellor proached Martin with partment about concerns about safety how to better in the Northgate area. ensure the safety of students in the “There are always people out area. there asking for money,” Landry said. “I don’t mind people asking for stuff, but really doesn’t seem safe, especially when they get mad Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at at you when you offer to just buy xwilson@lsureveille.com

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“It’s good to know these things — I wouldn’t hear them otherwise.”

pride in her completion of two marathons.

She said her first marathon in 2005 taught her it was OK to come in last place. Jessen ran for more than seven hours despite her limp.

She ran her second one in the 2006 London Marathon where she met Tony Blair, former prime

minister of the United Kingdom.

It wasn’t her first encounter with a political figure, nor would it be her last.

Jessen spoke before the United States Congress twice on abortion issues. She also spoke to the Australian Parliament before a crucial vote on abortion.

She said meeting former President George W. Bush changed her life.

“You must have the strength of character to be hated for what you believe,” Jessen said. “That is the true test.”

Jessen said she learned to embrace her gift after years of wishing her life had been different. She said she attributes her change in attitude to her sense of humor and her Christian faith.

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AGCENTER

Agritourism to incorporate entertainment and education Farmers share their agrarian experience

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

Louisiana farmers hoping to boost their income now have a new opportunity with the help of the LSU AgCenter.

The AgCenter is educating farmers and promoting agritourism, a business venture on a “working farm, ranch or agricultural enterprise” that combines education and entertainment, often through school field trips, according to the AgCenter’s Web site.

“It can be people going on a field trip to a farm, to a rice plantation to find out how rice is grown or to see how they harvest crawfish,” said Dora Ann Hatch, community rural development agent and extension agritourism coordinator for the AgCenter.

Hatch said agritourism is being promoted to coincide with an “agritourism limited liability law”, which aims to help famers.

“That law states that the Loui-

siana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will make the rules and regulations for agritourism, and the LSU AgCenter will develop a plan of operation,” Hatch said.

The law creates extra protection for farmers in the event they are sued for something that occurs in their agritourism business.

“We suggest that all farmers have liability insurance,” Hatch said.

“What the law does is add another layer of protection in the event that you are sued. It’s just like a little insurance policy on top of your

insurance.”

Dr. Paul Coreil, vice chancellor and director the AgCenter extension service, said agritourism is beneficial to farmers who can supplement their income and visitors.

“People take items they see in a grocery store for granted,” Coreil said. “They may never have seen a cow being milked or the cotton crop that becomes blue jeans. They see these in the market, and now they can see the stewardship that goes into the products on the ground, in the trees and from animals.”

Farmers who engage in agritourism can also use resources like employees to a fuller extent, Hatch said. “[Farmers] may have seasonal workers, and it’s hard to maintain them through the whole year,” Hatch said. “They can retrain those people and use them in their agritourism operation.”

Farmers can also benefit by selling products like ice cream, strawberries or sweet potatoes to people who visit their farm, Coreil said.

Agritourism’s main focus is to

bring younger generations closer to agriculture, which they have been removed from because of the small percentage of the population that produces food, he said.

“We have created a population that is really disconnected from where our food comes from,” he said. “Just like people like to go to Disney World or Epcot, they want to come and see the agricultural experience.”

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IN THE DANGER ZONE TEBOW IN ’09

Games played: 4 Passing accuracy: 64.7 percent Passing yards: 643 yards Passing touchdowns: 6 Passing efficiency: 170.31 Net rushing yards: 271 yards Rushing touchdowns: 5

BRANTLEY IN ’09

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[Top] Florida senior quartback Tim Tebow after a win Sept. 19 against Tennessee. [Bottom] Tebow lay motionless after a hard sack Sept. 26 against Kentucky.

After concussion, Tebow to see limited practice as LSU-Florida game looms

By David Helman The question burns as brightly and persistently as the lights in Tiger Stadium.

Since the moment the LSU football team finished up its 20-13 win against Georgia last

Cardinals will win World Series

October has arrived in all its glory. That means it’s time for the leaves to change colors, Michael Jackson to come back from the dead on Halloween night and, best of all, postseason baseball to hit full swing.

It took an extra game between the Tigers and the Twins to finally get us here, but that game was only an appetizer of what could shape up to be a very exciting MLB playoffs.

Let’s start with the National League, where the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies ANDY SCHWEHM will face the Sports Writer Colorado Rockies and the St. Louis Cardinals will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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MY OPINION

Saturday, it has been the hot topic among Tiger fans, Florida fanatics, the national media and everyone in between.

Will Tim Tebow play Saturday night in Death Valley?

“I’ve been asked a lot, especially by the people who matter to me, my family and

the team,” Florida coach Urban Meyer said Monday. “The people that need to know, know that he’s doing good. But you’re right, that’s a big question nationally.”

It’s been roughly 11 days TEBOW, see page 10

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Expect both these series to go four or five games. The NL was very strong up top this season, and the hunt for the wild card came down to the final week of the season with the Rockies barely beating out the Braves, who made a strong September push.

With that said, it will be the Phillies in four games and the Cardinals in five.

The Phillies have so much offensive power, led by Ryan Howard’s 45 regular season homers and Shane Victorino’s .292 batting average. Oh, and let’s not forget their pitching staff is just as good, if not better with veteran Cliff Lee on the mound, as last year’s championship team.

The Rockies slumped a little bit at the end of the season and limped PREDICTIONS, see page 9

FOOTBALL

Students frustrated with wait times to enter stadium Officials urge fans to arrive earlier

By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor

The Golden Band from Tiger Land’s pregame festivities are an important tradition at LSU football games — traditions some students have missed this season while waiting in line to enter Tiger Stadium.

Instead of watching the band, students found themselves stuck in

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‘We definitely would love to get [the students] in before the game starts.’

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a hot and crowded ticket line during pregrame festivities and even through part of the first quarter during the first two home games this season.

Eddie Nunez, associate athletic director for operations and project development, said the problem has been worse this season than in past seasons because students have been arriving later to get in line.

“If you stand and watch the student gate, you have that initial group of students that are all there early,” Nunez said. “They come once the gates open. The situation that we’re having is that not all of them come when the gates open.”

The student gates are open 15 LINE, see page 9

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University students wait in line Sept. 19 at gates 6 and 7 to enter Tiger Stadium before the Tigers’ game against Louisiana-Lafayette.

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FOOTBALL

Allen extends LSU-West Monroe connection into next season

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

Three LSU football players know what it feels like to play for the Rebels — not Ole Miss but rather the Rebels of West Monroe High School.

Sophomore offensive lineman Will Blackwell, freshman linebacker Barkevious Mingo and freshman cornerback Tyler Glynn came to LSU from West Monroe — tied with John Ehret for the most from any high school on the Tigers’ 2009 roster.

The 189-mile pipeline from West Monroe to Baton Rouge will continue in 2010 when Scout.com four-star defensive end Jordan Allen joins the Tigers.

Allen, the Scout No. 10 defensive end in the nation and Class 5A All-State selection, committed to LSU coach Les Miles on July 18. He had offers from many schools, such as Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Nebraska.

But Allen said there was no

reason to leave the Pelican State.

“As soon as I got my LSU offer, that’s all I cared about,” Allen said.

“It’s the best college for me.”

Allen recorded 70 tackles, nine sacks and seven forced fumbles his junior season as West Monroe finished runnerup to Destrehan in Class 5A. The Rebels are 5-0 in 2009 and No. 20 in the USA Today SuLog on per 25. to stay “I just want up to to win the state date with championship,” recruiting Allen said. “I’m news. going to do what it takes to take my team to the Superdome.”

West Monroe and LSU each have two championships this decade.

The Rebels also took four titles in the 1990s. Sonny Shipp, Louisiana recruiting analyst for Scout, said the 6-foot-6-inch, 250-pound defensive end is one of the gems of the 2010 recruiting class.

“He is one of the better guys there,” Shipp said. “He’s got good feet, nice size and a large

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Four-star DE may play offensive tackle

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West Monroe defensive end Jordan Allen (99) brings down an Airline running back in the Rebels’ 63-14 win on Oct. 13, 2008, at Rebel Stadium in West Monroe.

wingspan.”

Allen is one of four defensive linemen in LSU’s 2010 class, but Shipp said Allen may move to offensive line.

“His coach at West Monroe feels he may be best at offensive tackle,” Shipp said. “The LSU coaches will have to get him on campus and see where he can best help the team.”

Allen said his aggressive nature is best suited for the defensive line.

“If they want me to change, I’m not going to say no,” Allen said.

“But I’m going to work my [butt] off to stay at defensive end.”

Allen started as a sophomore for the Rebels and is striving to play as early as he can for the Tigers.

“I feel confident in myself,” Allen said. “It might take a couple of summers to become a player that can play on Saturdays, but I’m determined to play.”

Allen said the gameday atmosphere of Fridays at West Monroe is comparable to Saturdays at LSU. “West Monroe is a small-sized LSU,” Allen said. “LSU has a bigger stadium, but it’s not that big of a difference. There are a lot of similarities.”

Rebel Stadium holds 82,200 fewer fans than Tigers Stadium, but the atmosphere comes close to feeling like a college game, according to USA Today. Rebel Stadium was named as one of the 10 great places to watch a high school football game

by USA Today in 2001.

“Normally, every person that is a West Monroe fan is an LSU fan,” Allen said.

The connection between the Rebels and Tigers has been present for years, said Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision.

“Fans in that area grew up supporting LSU,” Nadeau said. “It has been a pipeline that has continued through the years.”

Former Tigers Bradie James and Andrew Whitworth call West Monroe home, as well as Heisman Trophy runner-up and former LSU coach Jerry Stovall.

“When West Monroe players see other West Monroe players playing for LSU — they want to go there,” Shipp said.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Teams hit three-week break before stretch run Chile Pepper Invitational Oct. 17

By Jonathan Schexnayder Sports Contributor

In a sport which requires competitors to be in constant motion, the LSU cross country teams find their season at a screeching halt.

The Tigers and Lady Tigers are amid a three-week break in the schedule after posting their best finishes of the season at the LSU Invitational on Sept. 26 — third and fourth, respectively.

The teams travel to

Fayetteville, Ark., on Oct. 17 for the Chile Pepper Invitational before heading to the Southeastern Conference Championships on Oct. 31.

LSU sophomore Cullen Doody said the runners are spending a lot of time during the break training in preparation for the stretch run at the end of the season.

“When you race a lot, it breaks up your training,” he said. “So you just rest up and put the training in to get ready for the big meets at the end of the year.”

Doody paced the Tigers in their two previous meets of the season, finishing No. 44 at the Crimson Classic and No. 16 at the LSU Invitational.

Sophomore Lady Tiger Jenna Henssler was blunt about her approach to these three weeks.

“A lot of training,” she said.

“I’m going to put a lot of two-adays in.”

LSU isn’t the only SEC school out of action this weekend. The No. 3-ranked Alabama men take a break in action until Oct. 17 after winning the Bill Dellinger Invitational last weekend against the likes of thenNo. 1 Oregon and No. 8 Portland.

Chile Pepper host No. 25 Arkansas also takes this weekend off before competing against LSU and other schools.

“That’s my favorite cross country course outside of our home

course,” said LSU coach Mark Elliott of the Chile Pepper Invitational. “The competition is the best you’ll face, so you will really know what kind of team you have.”

Elliott said the break in competition gives the runners time to recover from any nagging injuries.

It also allows senior Katie Hamel a chance to get over an illness that caused her to miss the LSU invitational, he said.

The 2009 schedule is no different from previous years, which consists of five regular season meets.

This year, however, the Tigers dropped a meet when the season

opener was rained out.

“We had a perfect schedule that includes Texas A&M,” Elliott said.

“But because that meet got canceled, it kind of puts you one meet down.”

Elliott said he didn’t want to find another meet to fill the schedule because the break was planned from the outset of the season.

“You can’t race every weekend,” Doody said. “It takes a toll on your body.”

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Wednesday, october 7, 2009 LINE, from page 7

minutes before any other gate in the stadium, giving the students two hours and 45 minutes to get in the stadium before kickoff.

The problem this season is the students aren’t taking advantage of that time, Nunez said.

“I know they’re outside wanting to enjoy themselves and trying to take in as much of the tailgating opportunity as possible,” Nunez said. “What ends up occurring is that they all come basically right at the last minute.”

Nunez said the Athletic Department is going to try new ways to get the lines moving faster by adding more lines and bag checkers. He said they have been working with Student Government to get the word out to come to the games early.

Melissa Hart, SG director of athletics, said Student Government has been using word of mouth to get students to come earlier. Plans are in place to use Facebook and Twitter to reach a bigger audience if the problem continues.

“If students want to see pregame, which is 15 minutes before kickoff, then they need to be there about an hour before,” Hart said.

“They should just enjoy their time with the band playing music and watching the team warm up.”

Hart said students should also know what items can’t be brought in the stadium before they get in line.

She said backpacks, umbrellas, purses larger than a sheet of paper, ice chests, food and drinks are all

prohibited, “Someone in front of me brought their umbrella to the ULL game,” Hart said. “They made them throw it away. That took a while because they were trying to fight about it. If students just don’t argue with the officials and listen to them, it would make the line go smoother.”

Hart said it would also help if students didn’t bring bags, but instead just brought their Tiger Card, ticket and money.

Benjamin Hartman, civil engineering sophomore, said the bag check line was huge and not moving at all when he stood in line for both games.

“I didn’t have my bag checked, so I went right through,” Hartman said. “I was in there in maybe 15 seconds.”

Brannin Petit, general business freshman said she went through the bag check line for the LouisianaLafayette game and waited about 30 minutes in line.

“The other line was moving pretty fast compared to the bag check line,” Petit said.

Nunez said the last thing the Athletic Department wants is for students to be stuck outside during a game.

“We definitely would love to get them in there before the game starts,” Nunez said. “We feel that the atmosphere is much better when they get inside early. They provide such an impact on our players.”

Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com

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into the postseason thanks to the Braves’ faltering at the end. Colorado is a good team, but it just doesn’t have the offense to match up with these Phillies.

In the other matchup, the Cardinals will take the Dodgers to five and beat them in Los Angeles to reach the National League Championship series.

I can’t say this anymore vehemently than I have already have — I can’t stand Manny Ramirez. He is bad for the game, and he is bad for his team. I hope he just goes far, far away.

Los Angeles crawled into the postseason losing six of their last nine games with a divisional title on the line. That is not impressive at all.

The Cardinals will then turn around and defeat the Phillies in the NLCS thanks to Albert Pujols blasting a 450-foot shot in game seven to win it for St. Louis.

AMERICAN LEAGUE The AL is a bit trickier for me, especially in the matchup between an East Coast and a West Coast team — the Los Angeles Angels against the Boston Red Sox. My gut instinct tells me to go with the under-the-radar Angels in five, but that other part of me says take the Sox. I’ll go with my gut and say the Angels in five. At one time this season, the Angels had nine players (yes, that’s right) hitting .300 or better. That’s insane. With that kind of fire power on offense, who needs

pitching? The Red Sox haven’t impressed me very much this season, as they have fallen victim to lackluster pitching.

The Angels will face the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, as New York will take down a tired Twins team, coming off a one-game playoff victory against the Tigers.

It will be the Yankees to make it to the World Series in six games against the Angels.

Derek Jeter is itching to get back into the World Series, while ARod is still looking for his first ring.

Those two, along with offseason acquisitions Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia, will carry the team to the postseason.

Plus, don’t forget about the best closer of all time, Mariano Rivera, who will help bring the Yankees to the promised land.

PAGE 9 WORLD SERIES I said it at the All-Star break, and I’ll say it again: The Cardinals will beat the Yankees in six games.

Here’s what it boils down to — St. Louis has a two-headed pitching monster.

Adam Wainwright with 212 strikeouts and Chris Carpenter with a 2.24 ERA are both Cy Young candidates, and they won’t let this team down come World Series time. Each will start two games if needed to take care of business against a powerful Yankees team.

Those are my predictions. Take ‘em or leave ‘em. Just know this — at All-Star break, I picked seven of the eight playoffs teams. Not too shabby.

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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since Florida’s all-world quarterback ricocheted off his own lineman’s knee while taking a brutal sack in a 41-7 win against Kentucky.

Details have been few and far between ever since, but it’s widely considered he sustained a Grade II concussion, which has been reported to give the former Heisman Trophy winner confusion, post-traumatic amnesia but no loss of consciousness.

“Generally speaking, if this is his first Grade II concussion, doctors are going to be evaluating his mental status on a day-to-day basis,” said Dr. Benjamin Phalin, a psychology resident at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in Gainesville, Fla. Guidelines by the American Academy of Neurology state a player can return to action after one week of asymptomatic behavior.

“If in fact it was a Grade II, the guidelines provided are conservative enough to allow for a return to play,” Phalin said. “The guidelines try to balance between the welfare of the player and being too conservative.”

Meyer said Tebow wasn’t showing any symptoms of a concussion Monday, and the Gators’ star returned to practice in a limited role Tuesday, furthering speculation he could take the field against the Tigers.

“He didn’t go full, and it was obviously non-contact,” Meyer said after Tuesday’s practice. “I’d say he did probably 80 percent of practice. He did well.”

It might not be that cut and dry, however. Phalin said people who have suffered concussions are much more likely to sustain a second one, and there is also the issue of Second Impact Syndrome.

Phalin described the syndrome, sometimes referred to as SIS, as a sudden swelling in the brain if a person suffers a second concussion before the symptoms of the first subside.

Dr. L. Allen Proctor of The NeuroMedical Center Clinic in Baton Rouge said Tebow runs a small risk of coma or permanent brain damage if he takes a big hit too soon after returning.

“When you get right down to it, [Florida] has to worry about protecting his health,” Proctor said. “He has a lot more riding on this than just one game.”

Proctor based his concerns for SIS mainly on the possibility of Tebow suffering a Grade III concussion, as it looked as though he may have lost consciousness briefly after taking the hit.

“That sort of thing [SIS] has been seen with a return to play

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after a shorter period of time,” Phalin said. “But the risk of that is reduced if he hasn’t shown symptoms for a week.”

Even if the Gators’ signal caller is cleared for action, opinions vary on the question of whether Tebow should play.

“You can’t go into Death Valley shorthanded if you can help it,” said Mike McCall, staff

sports writer for The Independent Florida Alligator, Florida’s student newspaper. “If it’s iffy at all, it’s not worth the risk. But if he can play, he plays.”

Tebow also brings a wealth of experience to what should be an electric atmosphere in Tiger Stadium. His backup, redshirt sophomore John Brantley, has yet to start a game in a Florida

uniform.

The issue is a tough one for fellow football players, who often play through injuries.

“If it was an ankle or an arm, but a concussion ... That’s pretty serious,” said LSU senior defensive end Rahim Alem. “He’s got a future to look out for, but I’m pretty sure he wants to play in this one.”

Wednesday, october 7, 2009 Alem said he’d prefer Tebow to start if it’s possible.

Meyer said discussions about Tebow’s status and availability will continue into the week, according to The Alligator.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

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NIETZSCHE IS DEAD

Wednesday, october 7, 2009

College football serves as our region’s public religion Religion has been talked about a lot on campus lately.

In the wake of Blasphemy Day last week, students all over campus are talking about the benefits and drawbacks of faith. And much of the time, the drawbacks are getting a lot of play.

Religion gets a bad rap sometimes, especially in institutions of higher learning. It’s hard to avoid the harsh reality the name of God has been used for terrible atrocities. Those who claim to work for a higher power often work for far less noble causes, and religion is often misused as a smokescreen to obscure scientific and social progress.

Again, ignoring the fact stupid and horrible things have been and continue to be done in the name of religions would be naive. But that doesn’t mean the concept needs to be immediately discarded.

Instead, religion should be viewed in a different light, so we can better appreciate the equally tremendous good it can do. The best way to do that is to use a metaphor, a practice well-established by almost every world religion.

In this case, we’ll use the metaphor of college football.

After even a cursory examination of this undeniably powerful influence on our regional culture, the parallels become obvious.

Like most organized religions, the greater faith is fragmented into individual denominations, each swearing allegiance to similar but distinct incarnations of the same basic concept. Each faith puts together massive communal efforts to construct its sanctuaries in homage to its team — massive structures of breathtaking scale, rivaling great cathedrals that serve a similar purpose.

Just like any religion, every

team has fans of varying intensity.

There are fair-weather fans, who stay with the team during the good times, come only to the big games, come late, sit at the back and get impatient if the game goes over the allotted time.

Then there are Matthew Albright the zealots, the Opinion Editor hard-core fans who can quote statistics, player numbers and formations like chapters and verses, who whip themselves into an ecstatic, almost worshipful fervor every weekend — without fail.

On the surface it seems ridiculous a public love for 11 men and their prowess in a game should approach something as serious as religion. But football means far more than the game we pay to see.

Just like religion, it gives us something to be passionate about.

When the average student sits through weeks of classes, cramming his brain and poring over books, there is something unspeakably wonderful about the release of yelling your voice out with reckless abandon.

But more importantly, it gives us a sense of community. There are few more powerful experiences then rising to your feet and adding your voice to the almost 100,000 people screaming all around you, as the band takes the field and the teeming purple, gold and white river flows out of the gates and sweeps across the field.

For my money, there’s something beautiful about our public religion. And there’s no better representation than LSU. We have the greatest hymns, even though our best is only four notes long. Our anthems shake our

cathedral, and our celebrations shake the earth.

When Florida comes to town this Saturday, when the lights wash over a seething mass of fans and the streets fill with revelers, when the eyes of the nation turn to us, it will be the highest of holy days for our congregation. Let us gather again in our great open-air cathedral, join our voices again in thundering hymns and come together to worship under the Louisiana sky.

Amen — and Geaux Tigers.

Matthew Albright is a 20-year-old mass communication major from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.

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Outdated explanations for circumcision don’t cut it America’s culture is more civilized than most in history, but it’s still downright barbaric.

Males — assuming you’re a statistic in the national trend — when you were born, your parents wrapped you in a warm embrace, kissed you on the forehead and welcomed you into the world.

Then they lopped off the top of your cock.

Full disclosure — like the majority of my peers, my soldier was welcomed with a painful buzz cut.

I’m not bitter — I’m perplexed.

The most commonly performed surgery in America is the deliberate mutilation of genitalia. By my estimates, a doctor in America pulls his scalpel through the penis of a screaming, non-anesthetized infant every four and a half minutes.

Ask why, and you’ll be thrown into a quagmire of post hoc rationalizations.

Modern circumcision proponents say the practice is justified because of potential hygiene and health benefits.

Sure, it’s easier to wash the tent-pole when the fabric is out of the way, but this seems like a shaky foundation for painful surgery.

It’s inconvenient to have to wash behind babies’ earlobes, but I don’t think circumcision advocates support cutting them off.

And besides, what boy wouldn’t

want an extra excuse to scrub his penis?

And while it is true uncircumcised males can more easily contract HIV and some other STDs through small tears in the foreskin, a condom is still a necessary precaution whenever there’s a chance Daniel Morgan of contraction.

Columnist Circumcision is just a barbaric redundancy — an unsightly bit of cultural scar tissue.

Don’t take my word for it. The American Medical Association says, “Virtually all current policy statements from specialty societies and medical organizations do not recommend routine neonatal circumcision.”

Circumcision was supported in the past by an entirely different set of rationalizations.

For Abraham, it was a sign of his commitment to God. For some of his spiritual successors, it was a way to avoid sin.

Christian stalwarts like Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Dr. Sylvester Graham advocated circumcision as a way to decrease masturbation.

Graham and his cohorts believed bland food would cut down

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on un-Christian “carnal desires.”

The U.S. Army used corn flakes suppositories to test his theory.

It didn’t work.

They also believed removing the foreskin — and its thousands of pleasurable nerve endings — would strip young boys of the urge to pleasure themselves.

Don’t take my word for it.

As Kellogg himself wrote, “A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision ... The operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic, as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind.”

As you may have noticed, it didn’t work either.

But — like corn flakes and graham crackers — circumcision was remarketed as a health choice, and it’s still sold to this day.

Kellogg and Graham’s futile attempts to stop masturbation are weird, but arguably they aren’t as weird as what is currently done with male foreskins.

Some companies — like the Oprah Winfrey-promoted SkinMedica — turn infant foreskins into wrinkle-fighting creams.

Foreskin facials are weird.

There’s not much to say about that.

Other common justifications for the non-elective surgery include

a desire to have sons look like their fathers and a wish to conform to America’s status quo.

Preparing children for fatherson cock-comparing conventions doesn’t seem like an argument worth confronting, but there might be something to say for conforming to America’s status quo.

Though uncircumcised penises are the norm across most of the nonAfrican foreign world, many Americans only like what they are used to.

We live in a society that puts a lot of value on conformity and blending in with the crowd. Many might choose a culture-friendly penis instead of a penis with more nerve endings. I think they should have a right to make that choice.

Most would think it’s wrong for parents to give their child a piercing

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before he reaches the age of reason.

Parents making another cosmetic choice — circumcision — should be all the more reviled.

But maybe I’m just making a big deal about this because I’m jealous.

Four thousand years ago, some shepherd ordered his family to cut up their dicks, and people are still trying to find reasons to do it today.

No matter what I do, I’ll never wield that kind of influence.

Daniel Morgan is a 21-year-old economics senior from Baton Rouge.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.”

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University should do more to promote biking My bike is sitting near President Lombardi’s office right now.

It’s parked there almost every day — tangled with all the other bikes outside the Rec. But I’m sure the president won’t notice it. After all, she’s no Greased Lightning. Just your average 1994 Mongoose five-speed mountain bike with a rusted rear brake pad and cracked reflector.

Chances are something else will catch his eye — like the gas guzzling H2 or the seductive new BMW Z3 parked in the South Stadium lot. Commuter lots are just teeming with expensive sports cars these days, Lombardi said. It’s a prime reason why he told the Baton Rouge Rotary Club he supports raising tuition.

Oh, I can picture the rotary club reminiscing now.

“Today’s college rascal just doesn’t have to put up with the 13-mile hike through the snow anymore,” they’ll grumble, puffing their old clay pipes austerely.

Looking around, it’s hard to

refute his point. Everyone despises the spoiled college kid stereotype.

Especially spoiled college kids.

But there’s something significant Lombardi’s missing. And it’s sitting right outside his office — shackled next to 50 others bicycles.

In a way, this dilapidated bike represents the average student Lombardi overlooks.

For every BMW or Mercedes on the lot, there are 50 rusted bikes lassoed around a tree trunk or tied around some temporary fencing.

Sure, they might not be as flashy and refined as the slick new convertibles parked outside the CEBA lot. Neither are their stingy navigators.

But we’re the bikers. And we represent the ever-increasing cyclist movement taking over thousands of college campuses across the globe.

You’ve probably seen us swarming around campus. Chances are you dodged one of us today on your way to class. Or perhaps you

dislodged one of us from our fine chariots after making some spastic sidestep into our path.

Don’t worry. We don’t take it personally. It’s not easy being the most discriminated minority on campus. We Scott Burns knew exactly what we were Columnist getting ourselves into as soon as the training wheels came off.

But finally, colleges across America are realizing the benefits of promoting biking on campus.

Schools, like the University of New England in Maine and Ripon College in Wisconsin, are giving complimentary bikes to freshmen who leave their cars at home.

Some schools have even implemented free bike sharing or rental programs which allow multiple students to rent bikes and return them at different locations around

campus. Others partnered with local bike stores to supply students with bikes at discounted rates.

So far, these programs have been a raving success.

There are many reasons why University administrators should make our campus more bikerfriendly — the most obvious being it’d improve commuter parking.

But there are also many reasons students should jump on the bike bandwagon.

First off, biking is cheap and efficient. There’s no gas involved and no pricey insurance needed.

Secondly, it saves time — which is especially important on large campuses like ours. Lastly, it’s a good way to exercise and burn off the Freshman 15.

And if the whole “Geaux Green” environmental movement gives you a Jolly Green Giant hard-on, consider biking your hot new fetish.

Of course, biking is only a small example of the various ways our University can cut back while

trying to move forward.

But considering the enormous budgetary constraints our University is currently undergoing, it’d at least be a step in the right direction.

To endure these cutbacks, our administrators need to search for more innovative ways to enhance our campus and encourage costscutting alternatives.

Who knows? Perhaps we won’t have to consider brash proposals — like raising tuition — once we think outside the box.

Until then, I hope President Lombardi has a big trunk — because I’m putting my bike in it.

Scott Burns is a 20-year-old business and history junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sburns.

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Pres. Obama to decide fate of Afghan war this week

By Matthew Christ University of Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (U-WIRE) — Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell met with President Obama in the Oval Office mid-September to discuss the looming question of what to do about Afghanistan. While no one can be certain of what the two discussed, questions from the socalled Powell Doctrine probably floated around the room.

The Powell Doctrine is a series of questions that must be answered affirmatively before taking any massive military action against another country. Like most sane people, Powell believed questions such as, “Do we have a viable exit strategy?” and “Does the country actually pose a threat to the United States?” were important when considering whether or not to go to war. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1990, Powell made sure these questions were answered affirmatively in the run up to the Gulf War — a successful war.

Unfortunately, these questions were seemingly not considered in the run up to the Iraq War in 2003 — a failed war.

Yet these questions have never really applied to Afghanistan. The Afghanistan War, after all, was always deemed the “good war,” the war that was the child of necessity, as compared to the Iraq War, a war that was the illegitimate child of the Bush administration’s White House

and Department of Defense.

Al-Qaida attacked us at home, so we turned around and attacked them at home, driving both them and the Taliban out of their Afghan safe haven and away from the seat of power. Then, for whichever reason history will ultimately record, we turned our sights to Iraq.

What happened in Afghanistan when we turned our attention away? For one, the Taliban has come back with a vengeance and a thirst for control of Kabul. al-Qaida has popped back up along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and has set its sights on Islamabad. Finally, our efforts in establishing a successful democratic government in the country have been doubted with the recent presidential election fraud, most likely perpetrated by Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-friendly president.

Obama, in the midst of an incredible debate about what role the federal government should play in its citizens’ lives, now wants to focus the national attention on the Afghanistan war front, and whether or not to adopt Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s recommendation to send an additional 40,000 troops to the perilous region.

McChrystal’s route isn’t the only option for Obama’s consideration. Vice President Joe Biden has also offered up a strategy to scale back the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan and focus more on clearing out the al-Qaida

horde there as well as in Pakistan by using teams of elite special forces.

This week, Obama will face his most important decision yet as commander in chief. If he decides to follow McChrystal’s recommendation, Obama will signal to the world that he intends to follow former President George W. Bush’s precept of rooting out

all evildoers from the world, a grossly unrealistic and dangerous approach to foreign policy that could lead us from the deserts of Somalia to the lush valleys of North Korea, to every other despot’s cave.

If he decides to follow Biden’s recommendation, Obama will signal to the world a return to a U.S. pragmatism that focuses

on those who do us harm, rather than the list of those who wish to do us harm.

For that list is a mile long with a steep body count as its footnote.

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Wednesday, october 7, 2009 VACCINE, from page 1

Milligan said.

He also said children younger than 10 years old will also require two doses of the vaccine, and the state has opted to help them get the first one early. He said the vaccine is not safe for children under 6 months old.

Private pediatric health care providers will likely be the first recipients of the vaccine packages, Milligan said.

Christine Sullivan, nurse manager for the Student Health Center, said the clinic registered online Oct. 1 to be a distributor of the vaccine.

Sullivan said the Health Center hasn’t heard any news about who

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LSU new media coordinator Trace Purvis said he was forced to delete numerous posts on LSU’s Facebook page which were from fans trying to distribute Meyer and Cooper’s numbers.

“There were 15 to 20 posts,”

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will be distributed the vaccines first or when they will arrive on campus.

“It would be very helpful for us to know when we would be able to provide the vaccines for our health care providers and our student population,” Sullivan said. “We’re just waiting to be told when we should order and how.”

Students still come to the Health Center with flu symptoms, but the numbers have been declining recently, Sullivan said. The trend for panic has also dropped off as students realize the virus is only as potent as the seasonal flu, she said.

Milligan said the distribution of the H1N1 vaccine will not likely interfere with the normal flow of seasonal flu shots.

The state government recently enacted the “Fight the Flu” campaign aimed at keeping Louisiana residents educated about the seasonal flu.

The goal is to keep the weight off health care service providers when the seasonal flu season begins to overlap with the H1N1 pandemic, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

The campaign includes $20 million in funds from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and DHH immunization programs and $390,792 from the Recovery Act for statewide vaccinations.

Milligan said five separate manufactures are producing the vaccine in various forms including injections with preservatives and nasal sprays.

The first vaccines will be Live Attenuated Intranasal Vaccines, a nasal spray form of the vaccine. It will deliver a weakened, but still living, strain of the virus to initiate immunity. The injections, which contain dead strains of the virus, are generally recommended for pregnant women and children under the age of 2, Milligan said.

He said some people may develop flu symptoms from the vaccine, but many never develop any symptoms.

Tens of thousands more H1N1 vaccines should arrive in Louisiana in multiple forms as early as next week in addition to the initial packages, Milligan said. Anyone who wants an inoculation should be able

to get it by the end of January, he said.

Milligan said the vaccine itself will not cost anything, but clinics may charge for administration and record keeping. The cost should be close to that of seasonal flu shots­ — around $25.

The federal government requires each state to keep records of vaccinations. Recipients would have to register with the state before being inoculated.

There have been 14 confirmed H1N1-related deaths in Louisiana.

Purvis said. “The names that were posted were Urban Meyer and Riley Cooper. There was one posting that indicated it was [senior quarterback] Tim Tebow’s number.”

Purvis said most of the fans were calling the numbers and saying Florida was going to lose. But there were some comments which

were more vicious.

“There were a few posts that were a little questionable and wishing injury, specifically to Tebow and his concussion,” Purvis said.

A similar incident happened in 2007 when Florida came to Baton Rouge to play LSU. Tebow’s number got out to LSU students, and he received numerous phone calls before the game. Tebow retaliated during the game by giving the student section a phone call gesture after he scored a touchdown in the north end zone.

The phone calls and texts may seem innocent, but LSU law professor William Corbett said there could potentially be legal repercussions.

“If they wanted to file a law suit against somebody, they would probably sue for invasion of privacy or intentional infliction of emotional distress,” Corbett said.

“If they were making threats, they might be able to sue for an assault.”

But Corbett said it’s highly unlikely Meyer and Cooper could win any lawsuits they filed against LSU students for the phone calls and texts.

Despite the continuous distribution of the numbers, not all LSU fans think the phone calls and texts are an effective method of intimidation.

John Boudreaux, mechanical engineering sophomore, said

sending threatening messages and phone calls makes LSU’s fan base look bad. He said he is tired of getting the same texts with Meyer’s and Cooper’s numbers.

“I’ve gotten the text two or three times already — the whole same chain text,” Boudreaux said.

“I’m just kind of annoyed by it.”

Other fans think it’s just more motivation for Meyer and his players.

“I think it has a negative effect towards LSU,” said Josh Rhodes, mechanical engineering sophomore. “Now it’s pin-up material.

It’s a motivator.”

make its shareholder voting records public, according to the Report Card data. And while the LSU Foundation made a list of endowment holdings available to the public by request in 2009, it’s limiting that access to only trustees and senior administrators for 2010, pulling the grade down.

Jason Soileau, assistant director of Facility Development, said the University has no control over the LSU Foundation and is working with the Foundation to improve the University’s transparency grade.

But he said the LSU Foundation has made sustainability one of its priorities recently.

In September, the LSU Foundation launched the Green Tiger Project — an effort to beautify campus and promote environmental sustainability.

Soileau said the Report Card is a useful tool for the University.

“It’s one of the many bench markers in sustainability,” he said.

“It helps us from year to year to figure out what areas we need to focus on.”

The area also improved in the transportation category, which jumped from a “B” in 2009 to an “A” for 2010, the University’s highest grade on the Report Card.

The University’s new bus system, Easy Streets and ECO’s abandoned bike auction all raised the grade to an “A,” according to the Report Card data.

SG added a sustainability director to its executive staff last spring to act as a liaison between students and the University’s sustainability manager, the Campus Committee for Sustainability and ECO. The director position is mentioned positively in the 2010 Report Card.

“We have a lot more students involved on campus,” said Cas Smith, SG director of sustainability.

Smith said he is working on composting efforts this semester and said he is hopeful student engagement will continue into next year and beyond.

The only other Louisiana schools on the 2010 Report Card list are Tulane University and Loyola University, which made a “B” and “C-,” respectively.

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as endowment transparency, which went from a “B” in 2009 to an “F” for 2010.

The endowment transparency section measures public access to endowment information and shareholder voting records, which are key to fostering a constructive dialogue about opportunities for clean energy investment, according to the Sustainable Endowments Institution’s Web site.

The LSU Foundation doesn’t

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

Contact Jarred LeBlanc at jleblanc@lsureveille.com

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

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