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Chelsea’s returns to normal operations

By Lindsey Meaux Senior Staff Writer

ity could have been caused by student illness.

“The numbers were really skewed because this year there were a lot of girls that fell ill [before recruitment ended],” Kauders said.

Twenty students involved with sorority recruitment were diagnosed with “Type A Influenza, suffering from mild to moderate symptoms of the virus,” Herb Vincent, University spokesman, said in an e-mail Saturday, Aug. 15 .

Students looking to blow off steam as the semester heats up will again be able to do so worry free at Chelsea’s Cafe.

The local eatery and popular late-night locale — which was cited for operating as a bar without the proper licensing after a January raid — is back to business since an act clarifying the legal definition of a restaurant was signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal and came into effect this month.

After the Jan. 22 raid, Chelsea’s Owner Dave Remmetter was charged with a $2,000 fine and a one-year suspension of his license unless he met the state’s conditions to rezone or applied for a parish restaurant license, according to Daily Reveille reports.

“The state representatives and the senators felt a big push from this injustice,” Remmetter said. “I just don’t think people liked the idea of the [Louisiana Office of Tobacco and Alcohol Control] coming in and trying to

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Sorority rushees leave a rush party and walk down sorority row Aug. 20. Twenty students involved with sorority recruitment were diagnosed with Type A Influenza.

Sorority pledge classes smaller than in past

By Emily Holden Contributing Writer

Although sorority recruitment numbers barely fluctuated from fall 2008 to fall 2009, the number of women who participated in recruitment and did not join a sorority increased

by about 5 percent.

Angela Guillory, Greek Life director, said 869 students were involved in sorority recruitment this year, but 179 — 21 percent — of those students involved either dropped out or were not invited to join a sorority. Guillory said 140 of the 885 women — 16 percent — involved in recruitment in fall 2008 did not join a sorority.

Madeleine Kauders, Kappa Alpha Theta president, said the difference in the number of potential new members invited to join a soror-

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Watkins, Scheuermann complete summer initiatives Student fees spent on new recycling bins

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

Student Government President Stuart Watkins — now 20 weeks into his presidency — saw the completion of four initiatives on his campaign push card during the summer.

Watkins said he and Student Government Vice President Martina Scheuermann worked at the University almost every day this summer.

“One of the big things we pushed

for in the campaign was doing small things that go a long way,” Watkins said. “We did a good job of covering that base over the summer — getting students things that are going to help them on a day-today basis.”

During the summer, faculty services distributed 976 Log on to see a small, blue recycling tour of the new bins across offices SG offices. and classrooms on campus.

Student Government spent $5,000 in funding from student fees to purchase the bins, Watkins said.

Watkins said money for the recy-

cling bins was the only money spent this summer.

The funds were used to purchase 876 desk-side recycling bins and 100 larger, 23-gallon bins. Andres Harris, University Solid Waste and Recycling manager, said about 50 percent of the University has recycling bins available, and the University currently recycles about 100 tons of material every month.

“A new night bus route for students is something that I am most proud about getting

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SG President Stuart Watkins and Vice President Martina Scheuermann discuss the summer Aug. 21 in the Union.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Pakistan forces accused in Swat killings, police deny involvement

Darfur activists use ads to urge Obama to get tougher on policy

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Nearly three months after Pakistan retook the Swat Valley from the Taliban, bloodied corpses are still turning up on the streets. This time, the victims are suspected militants — and the killers are alleged to be security forces. The army and the police deny the accusations, which the leading Pakistani human rights watchdog says are credible.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Darfur activists upset about President Barack Obama’s Sudan policy are launching a critical advertising campaign that urges him to step up pressure on Khartoum.

The move comes as the Obama administration is preparing to release a delayed review of U.S. policy on Sudan. Activists, who had hoped Obama would focus more than the Bush administration did on Darfur and take a tougher line, say they fear disappointment.

Iraqi police official: Bombs kill at least 11 southeast of Baghdad BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi police official says bombs attached to two minibuses have exploded southeast of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people. The official says 11 also have been wounded in the bombings in the primarily Shiite city of Kut. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the details to the media.

Millions face shrinking Social Security payments next year WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won’t be a cost of living

adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn’t happened since automatic increases were adopted in 1975. By law, Social Security benefits cannot go down. Nevertheless, monthly payments would drop for millions of people in the Medicare prescription drug program because the premiums are scheduled to go up slightly.

Swine flu vaccine recipients may not be protected until Thanksgiving ATLANTA (AP) — It will likely be Thanksgiving before many Americans who get the swine flu vaccine are protected, health officials said Monday. Roughly 50 million doses of vaccine are expected to be available by mid-October. But for those who get initial doses right away, that will only mark the beginning of a vaccination process that will take five or more weeks because most people will need two shots, spaced three weeks apart, and it will take a week or two after the second dose before immunity kicks in.

STATE/LOCAL

Kennedy urges job cuts, higher education management changes

Louisiana Recovery Authority chief says panel should expire July 2010

(AP) — Cut 15,000 state jobs over three years, consolidate higher education management to one central board and pool purchasing and service contracts with Arkansas and Mississippi. Those are among the first recommendations to emerge as the Commission on Streamlining Government looks at ways to trim Louisiana government costs.

The recommendations — all offered by Treasurer John Kennedy, a commission member — were approved Monday by a subcommittee led by Kennedy. The ideas would have to be approved by the full commission before being forwarded to Gov. Bobby Jindal and lawmakers for consideration. The streamlining commission is trying to come up with ideas to cut millions in Louisiana government costs amid years of projected budget shortfalls. It’s unclear when the full 10-member commission will review Kennedy’s suggestions.

(AP) — The Jindal administration won’t be asking to keep the Louisiana Recovery Authority around any longer than its expiration date of July 2010. LRA Executive Director Paul Rainwater says Gov. Bobby Jindal asked him whether the hurricane recovery agency needed to be extended. Rainwater said Monday that he told the governor no, that the LRA should be allowed to expire.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than two dozen Tulane football players are back at practice after coming down with mild flu-like symptoms last week. School spokesman Roger Dunaway said Monday that the 27 players were cleared by a team physician to return to action. The infected players were instructed to remain in their dorm rooms or apartments late last week and were treated there.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

Campus Crime Briefs SIX PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING Five University students and a man unaffiliated with the University were arrested August 20 at about 3:45 a.m. on charges of criminal trespassing and other charges.

The University students arrested were Blake J. Irizarry, 19, of 550 Lee Dr., Baton Rouge; Bianca

G. Day, 19, of 201 Briar Haven Dr., Baton Rouge; Lilly J. Vannappen, 20, of 1324 Harwich Dr., Baton Rouge; Taylor A. Toups, 20, of 4772 Hwy 308, Napoleonville and Julie A. Glover, 22, of 35 Kathleen Dr., Covington.

Robert J. Barker, 21, of 5115 Highland Rd., Baton Rouge, was with the five students.

Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Po-

lice Department spokesman, said an officer saw six people leaving the Natatorium near Nicholson Drive wearing wet clothes.

Rogé said there have been many incidents in the past of people breaking in to use the pool after hours.

When the officer approached the group, Irizarry and Day ran away, while Vannappen, Barker, Toups and Glover ran inside the Natatorium, slamming the door behind them. Toups hid outside, Rogé said.

They were all arrested on charges of criminal trespassing and resisting an officer, while Toups was arrested on charges of criminal trespassing and theft.

Toups had several items in her possession from the Natatorium,

including a Tiger Aquatics backpack and pen, along with several swimming metals, Rogé said.

They were each issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

MAN ARRESTED FOR DWI AFTER ALLEGEDLY DOING “DONUTS” IN A PARKING LOT A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, resisting an officer and careless operation of a motor vehicle Aug. 23 at 1:20 a.m. near Skip Bertman Drive.

Rogé said an officer saw Jonathan Marchbank, 21, of 3003 River Rd. Apt. A-34, Baton Rouge, driving a truck in circles in the gravel parking lot near the LSU Veterinary School.

PAGE 3 The officer stopped Marchbank and noticed he had trouble standing. After Marchbank failed a field sobriety test, the officer tried to arrested him.

Marchbank attempted to run away, but the officer handcuffed him eventually, Rogé said.

The officer brought Marchbank to LSUPD, where he registered a .142 grams/percent on a breath test — over the legal limit.

He was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated, resisting an officer and careless operation of a motor vehicle, and was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com

BUDGET CUTS

Library changes closing hours

By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

Middleton Library recently pushed its closing time for this semester forward from 2 a.m. to midnight.

The two extra hours were added last November, but had to be scaled back this semester because of budget cuts, according to sources in the library staff.

Because additional student workers were required to operate late-night library hours, when the University had to adjust for cuts,

those hours were eliminated.

A library manager, who asked not to be identified on request from his employer, said no student workers were fired due to budget cuts.

Colorado Robertson, former Student Government president who fought for extended hours, said he was disappointed to see the library closing earlier.

“People are using it, and we have to provide them a place to study,” Robertson said. “The library promotes a culture of a top tier university with smarter and smarter students.”

Robertson said he did not know the details of the roll back and said he found out like any other student — by reading one of the signs posted on the walls throughout the library.

Library officials said they expect the library to remain open 24 hours a day during finals week but aren’t hopeful for a return of latenight hours.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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A sign on a Middleton Library door announces changes to its hours of operation.

PROGRAMS

AgCenter partners with La. Department of Corrections Classes conducted to teach social skills

By Olga Kourilova Contributing Writer

Louisiana’s offenders have been put back in the classroom, thanks to a partnership between the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

The program, which has been developing for the last two years, aims to teach offenders the “soft skills” they require when entering the workforce.

Classes the AgCenter offers

include workforce development, financial management, anger management and parenting skills, said AgCenter agent Sheri Fair.

Workforce ethics is similar to the Character Counts program the center conducts at elementary schools, she said.

“It’s based on the same thing we’re teaching children . . . only at an adult’s point of view,” said Fair and AgCenter Extension agent Deborah Cross.

Anger management is a required course for many parolees and probationers, and offering it for free helps them fulfill that requirement, LSU AgCenter Extension agent Monica Olinde said.

The course would usually cost $500, Fair said.

The AgCenter has offered some of these same classes to the public for more than 15 years, Cross said.

“We’ve always had these programs. It’s just a different clientele,” she said.

Classes are offered every other month to allow more people to attend, said Anthony Simone, district administrator for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Division of Probation and Parole in Donaldsonville.

“They may be somewhat hesitant or resentful that they’re being required to go to the class, but

once they see the benefits, they get pretty impressed by it,” Simone said.

While some attendants may not take the classes seriously, Olinde says she hopes they result in behavioral changes.

“We want them to be successful taxpayers,” Fair said.

Evaluations of the classes have been good so far, she said.

There are currently 64,953 probationers and parolees in Louisiana; 99 percent are felons, according the Louisiana Department of Corrections Web site. Most of them are between the ages of 25 to 29.

“We don’t ask what they’ve

done,” Cross said, although some of them volunteer the information.

Cross added she’s never felt threatened during a class session.

The classes the AgCenter offers are aimed at those on parole and probation, Fair said. Parolees, Fair explained, are those men and women who have been incarcerated and were released early on good behavior or other conditions. Probationers were never sent to prison but have to attend certain classes and maintain a clean record in order to stay out, she said.

Contact Olga Kourilova at okouilova@lsureveille.com

CHARITIES

LSU rivals Texas A&M for fans through Facebook Winning school to receive a donation

By Mary Walker Baus Staff Writer

LSU fans are hyped up for the first major rivalry of the semester, but it isn’t about football.

LSU and Texas A&M University are among other top universities battling to win the “100,000 Fans, 100,000 Pennies” promotion, a race among

universities to have the largest Facebook fanbase. BlueFuego, a higher education marketing group, is sponsoring the promotion and will donate one penny for every fan to the first school to reach 100,000 fans.

The winning school will donate the 100,000 pennies toward a scholarship or fund of its choice at the institution, according to BlueFuego’s Web site “The Race to 100K is a way to encourage universities to continue growing their presence on Facebook and build affinity with

their community on the Web,” Brad J. Ward, chief explosion officer for BlueFuego said in a University news release.

Jake Most, mass communication sophomore, said beating Texas A&M is more important to him than the 100,000 pennies.

“I don’t want to lose to Texas A&M in anything,” Most said.

“I’m going to join, and I’m going to tell all my friends to join.”

The rivalry began because of a July 9 study, released by BlueFuego, which examined 1,035 higher education Facebook fan

pages and determined LSU had the largest Facebook fanbase.

The study found LSU became the first school with 50,000 fans on Facebook shortly after the College World Series, according to the news release.

“It’s interesting that [the rivalry] even exists ... that people care to win at something so trivial, but it shows school spirit,” said Colin Ash, business administration junior. “It definitely has a sports fan feel to it.”

Ash said he was a fan on the University’s Facebook fan page

before the rivalry began, and he found out about the rivalry with Texas A&M through a Facebook notification.

The University’s Facebook fan page currently has 77,131 fans, while Texas A&M University has 80,125 fans.

“We’re going to win,” Ash said. “We will get other ways [to promote the fan page], and we’ll come out on top.”

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

Law College of Business Vice Chancellor set Center receives acclaim to retire Dec. 31 prof. dies MBA program Monday ranked 26th in U.S. ACADEMICS

FACULTY

on investment in terms of coming here.”

The Forbes.com bases the rankings on the value of the return on the investment in the program, according to a College of Business news

By Lindsey Meaux release.

Senior Staff Writer The College of Business’ unForbes.com reports released dergraduate program ranked in the early this month ranked the Flores U.S. News & World Report for the MBA Program of the E.J. Ourso last five years, with this year seeing College of Business the 26th best a 17-spot jump from the 2009 edition, according to a public institution college of business in the country, news release. while U.S. News “That comes & World Report from our peers — ranked it 35th in deans and faculty its “America’s Best members of other Colleges” 2010 universities,” Jones edition. said of the prestige The MBA proEli Jones of being ranked in gram was judged College of Business dean the U.S. News & against the other World Report. two-year public Jones, who came to the Uniinstitutions in the nation, and it is something College of Business versity in the summer of 2008, said Dean Eli Jones called “very power- he takes no credit for either of the achievements. ful.”

“I played no role; I had no efThe College of Business didn’t fect,” Jones said. “We were happy to rank in the previous 2007 ranking.

“We’re very excited about our get the results of the survey and getrankings,” Jones told The Daily ting our students to see the value.”

Reveille. “That is very powerful because what that says is that we have alums of our MBA program that are Contact Lindsey Meaux at reporting out that they had a return lmeaux@lsureveille.com

By Mary Walker Baus

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‘We were happy to get ... our students to see the value.’

Staff Writer

Jerry Baudin, vice chancellor for finance and administration services, will retire from the University on Dec. 31, according to a University news release.

“We commend and thank Dr. Baudin, who has given many years of dedicated service to LSU as our university’s chief financial officer and for his contributions as a campus leader,” Chancellor Michael Martin said in the news release. “As a long-standing and valued member of the LSU community, he has made a significant contribution to the development of a great university and for that the LSU family is greatly indebted to him.”

Baudin came to the University in 1967 as a financial analyst with the Office of Institutional Research in the LSU System Office.

Baudin held a number of positions through the years and, in 1987, was promoted to vice chancellor for business affairs and held the position for more than 20 years.

“In 1967, Dr. Jim Firnberg provided me with the opportunity to serve LSU,” Baudin said. “What followed was an experience that I will cherish forever. I’ve worked

for and with some of the finest people that have made LSU what it is today. I’m proud to have been part of the team.”

Baudin is a native of Bordelonville, La., and received his Master of Business Administration in 1971 and his doctoral degree in accounting in 1982 from LSU, according to the release.

Baudin received a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1963 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then Southwestern Louisiana.

Eric Monday, associate vice chancellor for finance and administrative services and interim vice chancellor for student life, said the University will put together a hiring committee soon to find a new vice chancellor.

Martin said Monday will assume the position of interim vice chancellor designee for finance and administrative services beginning Sept. 1, according to the news release.

K.C. White, dean of students, will replace Monday in his interim vice chancellor for student life position starting Sept. 1.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

By Katie Kennedy News Editor

Susan C. Kalinka, Law Center professor, died Monday morning at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital after a brief battle with cancer, according to a Law Center news release.

Kalinka was only recently diagnosed and had been undergoing treatment for a few weeks, the release states, but her condition worsened over the weekend. Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss called Kalinka an “exceptional teacher and scholar of tax law.”

“She inspired dozens of students to seek specialized degrees in tax law and to pursue careers in that field,” Weiss said. “She was passionate about her work and about her students. She will be greatly missed and remembered fondly.”

Funeral arrangements are private, but comments and photos can be submitted to KalinkaCondolences@law.lsu.edu.

Contact Katie Kennedy at kkennedy@lsureveille.com

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STATE

State Rep. proposes bill to block health care reform Amendment could keep La. from penalties

government option to health care.

“Liberal Democrats don’t want people to have a choice,” Talbot said.

“They want to tell people what to do

By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

Uncertainty surrounding proposed health care reforms has many of President Barack Obama’s political opponents seeking ways to curtail the effects of government-run medicine.

A proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana would do just that — shield state residents and businesses from being forced to accept national health care changes.

Article XII, Section 8.2 would prohibit laws which compel persons, employers and health care providers to participate in any health care system.

The amendment’s author, Kirk Talbot, R-River Ridge, said his proposal was designed to preserve personal choice and allow Louisiana residents to refuse to accept a

Kirk Talbot amendment author

‘Democrats don’t want the average joe to be able to choose their own health care; they want to choose it for them’.

and fine them if they don’t.”

The drafting of this amendment puts Louisiana into a group of other states, including Arizona and Florida, which have written similar legislation to disregard mandatory health care reforms.

Arizona’s legislature passed a similar amendment earlier this year and is waiting on a vote from the general public in 2010.

Louisiana would require a favorable 2/3 vote in both the state House of Representatives and the Senate before the amendment would go to a popular vote.

The state’s congress will reconvene on March 29, 2010.

Though the amendment would not keep Louisiana residents from using the government-provided health care plan, it would shield people and employers from the penalties of not meeting the minimal federal level of coverage.

Under Part VIII, subpart A, section 59B of the current health care bill, individuals without the acceptable level of health care coverage will be fined 2.5 percent of the excess of the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income.

Employers who do not meet the established level of health care coverage for their employees would likewise be fined 8 percent of their total payroll.

For some opponents of national health care reform, the problem is a 10th Amendment issue, because

health care is not a power expressly given to the federal government by the constitution.

“In my opinion, health care is not one of those things the federal government has the right to impose on states,” Talbot said.

Texas Governor Rick Perry said in April he would evoke the 10th Amendment if federal health care reforms pass.

Talbot said his Republican colleagues and some conservative Democrats in Louisiana supported his amendment and reacted positively to its message.

Rep. Juan Lafonta, D-New Orleans, said it was to early to block such an important piece of legislation.

“It will adversely impact all the Medicare and Medicaid dollars we get from the federal government, so any funding we have for seniors, for disabled folks, for the elderly, a lot of folks are not going to receive those funds,” Lafonta told WWLTV. Talbot said he understands the need for major health care reform

in the United States, but pointed to failures in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security as reasons to avoid a government solution.

“I don’t have all the answers,” Talbot said. “But, there are a lot of things we can do before we just socialize medicine.”

Talbot said lowering taxes on medical costs and allowing health care providers to compete across state lines were two options.

Though Talbot said he was confident his amendment would pass both the House and the Senate, he said he believed the matter would be taken to federal court.

Talbot said if that happened, he wasn’t sure how his amendment would fair or whether it would survive the judicial process.

“I have no idea how it will do,” Talbot said. “If you ask 10 lawyers, you’ll get 10 different opinions.”

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

NATION

Cash for Clunkers surprisingly popular, temporary fix Car makers forced to confront market

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now comes the hard part for the auto industry — luring customers without big Cash for Clunkers discounts.

The popular government rebates gave auto sales a jolt, but it was only temporary. Now car makers and dealerships are forced once again to confront the worst market in a quarter-century.

While Cash for Clunkers may have proved there are still car buyers out there, it is unlikely the heavy demand will last. In fact, the big rush to car lots this month may have had the unintended effect of stealing sales from this fall and next year.

“I am really worried about this winter,” said J.P. Bishop, president of a dealership chain in central Maryland. “If you didn’t buy now, the only reason you are going to buy over the next three or four months is because your car died.”

Cash for Clunkers, which offered drivers as much as $4,500 off the price of a new, more fuel-efficient car, proved far more popular than anyone imagined. Through Monday, dealers reported selling 625,000 vehicles in just a month with the rebates.

The program was set to come to an end Monday night. The government had set the deadline on estimates that most of the $3 billion set aside for rebates would be used up by then. Analysts initially figured the cash would last as long as November.

Cash for Clunkers had its complications: Congress had to race to approve $2 billion more for the program after the first $1 billion quickly ran out. Dealers complained the

government was slow to reimburse them for deals they made on new sales.

Hours before the Monday night deadline for Cash for Clunkers sales, the government gave dealers an extension, until noon Tuesday, to file the paperwork to get repaid.

The deadline for sales was not affected.

The Transportation Department granted the extension after the Web site set up to handle the claims was temporarily shut down from overload.

For the auto industry, coming off the program could be like a letdown after a sugar high.

Automakers and dealers got a reprieve from a dismal year of plummeting sales, big layoffs and the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler. GM actually added shifts at some plants to meet higher demand.

Cars, trucks and SUVs sold in July at an annual rate of 11.2 million vehicles, the first time this year the figure has crept above 10 million.

That’s still far below the 16 million vehicles sold just two years ago.

While Cash for Clunkers has

helped the auto industry stabilize, it will probably take a full economic recovery to give car and truck sales a lasting rebound.

“There’s still a sizable amount of pent-up demand that’s going to be felt,” said Erich Merkle, president of auto industry Web site autoconomy.com. He said the “baton of Cash for Clunkers” could eventually be passed to a “fundamentally stronger economy.”

Sure signs of that, of course, are a ways off. Unemployment is still high and the housing market still weak, enough to keep people shy about making big-ticket purchases, said Rebecca Lindland, a Global Insight analyst.

“While this Cash for Clunkers program provided a respite for an ailing industry, we are not out of the woods yet and we still have a long road to recovery,” she said.

There also simply isn’t much left for drivers to shop for — especially when it comes to the most popular Cash for Clunkers vehicles, such as the Ford Focus, the Toyota Corolla and some hybrids.

GM, Hyundai, Toyota and Ford have ramped up production of

their more efficient models because of inventory shortfalls, but those vehicles won’t reach dealers for a while.

Automakers are approaching the next few months cautiously.

They are moving to replenish dealer showrooms, but are wary about building too many cars if demand fizzles.

Ford, for example, has said it

will boost production by 33 percent from a year ago during the fourth quarter. But Ford executives say that could change depending on customer demand.

GM spokesman John McDonald said Cash for Clunkers has been “very successful” for GM. He said the company estimates 30 percent AUTO, see page 6

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

WEATHER

Bill’s waves blamed in death of at least two people Hurricane to move into Atlantic

By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Bill moved out into the Atlantic, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm’s powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast.

A 7-year-old girl died in Maine after she, her father and a 12-yearold girl were swept into the water Sunday off Acadia National Park’s Thunder Hole, where tourists often gather to watch waves crash into a crevasse and make a thundering sound while splashing high in the air.

In New Smyrna Beach along the central Florida coast, a 54-yearold swimmer died after he was washed ashore unconscious near rough waves fueled by Bill. The man, Angel Rosa of Orlando, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The system still had tropical-

storm strength winds near 70 mph onto the rocks. early Monday. Its center was about The 7-year-old girl who died 190 miles off the coast of New- and her father are from New York foundland and is moving east- City. The 12-year-old girl who also northeast near 43 mph. Forecasters was swept into the churning, 55-deat the National Hurricane Center gree water is from Belfast, Maine, predicted it would and is not related continue to weaken to them, West said. as it moves from He would not rethe Canadian coast lease their names. in the Atlantic.

A Thunder At Acadia Hole viewing platNational Park, form was closed, about 110 miles and they were northeast of Portamong hundreds Tony Dorsey land, park officials of people watchresident of Goffstown, N.H. said an estimated ing the waves 10,000 people, from nearby rocks. lured by the wild ocean, converged Many people didn’t even move on the park’s loop road trying to when the waves splashed them and get a good view of waves more instead seemed to laugh it off, West than 15 feet high crashing against said. the rocky shore.

James Kaiser of nearby Bar “The problem was there were Harbor was taking photographs thousands and thousands of people when he heard shouts that people to try to keep an eye on,” said Chief had been swept into the water.

Ranger Stuart West.

“I could see two people’s heads The U.S. Coast Guard report- bobbing in the water,” Kaiser said. ed that the waves swept over 20 He said he thought they would be people. West said 11 people were bounced back to shore because the taken to the hospital, mainly for waves were coming in so hard but broken bones after being slammed that instead the current took them

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‘It’s not destroyed a lot, but it’s going to reshape the beach.’

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A bench which previously stood at shoulder height, left, is buried in the sand at Nauset Beach Sunday in Orleans, Mass., after surf caused by Hurricane Bill moved a large amount of sand onto the beach.

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of its sales increase during the period came from customers who didn’t qualify for the government rebates but bought cars anyway.

But McDonald said that no one expects sales to keep going at that rate, and the automaker doesn’t see the need to boost them through sales incentives.

“We think it’s a good stimulus for the economy and a good way to get people interested in buying cars,” he said. “But the idea to increase incentives to make up for this just don’t make sense.”

There are also signs that Cash for Clunkers may have sapped the market for the near future, with buyers taking advantage of the rebates and buying now rather than sticking to plans to replace their cars next year.

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away from shore.

In Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and his family arrived in Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday afternoon for vacation after the storm had passed well to the east.

Several people had to be rescued from the water in Massachusetts, including a couple of kayakers who got stranded in the heavy seas off Plymouth, said Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

He said strong rip tides and beach erosion were the biggest concerns Sunday.

Dozens of people showed up at South Beach on Martha’s Vineyard with their cameras and camcorders to watch the big waves and churning Atlantic.

Tony Dorsey of Goffstown, N.H., has a camp on the Vineyard.

He said the waves came up to the top of the dunes at South Beach during high tide, and included “good-size rollers.

“It overwhelmed the beach,” he said. “It reformed the beach. It’s not destroyed a lot, but it’s going to reshape the beach.”

The storm delayed or halted ferry services from New York to Maine, and kept many beaches closed.

In Montauk, N.Y., swimmers weren’t allowed in the water, but surfers were out riding the waves.

State parks spokesman George

Gorman said almost 2,000 surfers showed up at Montauk on Sunday — the most ever counted there.

They enjoyed waves that reached as high as 16 feet.

The storm delivered steady downpours and high winds as it moved into Canada Sunday night, forcing flight cancellations and temporary road closings along Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast. Bill ripped branches from trees in Halifax and elsewhere, and there was some localized flooding. But no major damage had been reported in the province by late Sunday, according to Craig MacLaughlan, head of Nova Scotia’s Emergency Management Office.

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‘Inhumane’ CIA terror tactics spur criminal probe Obama wants to ‘look forward, not back’

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration launched a criminal investigation Monday into harsh questioning of detainees during President George W. Bush’s war on terrorism, revealing CIA interrogators’ threats to kill one suspect’s children and to force another to watch his mother sexually assaulted.

At the same time, President Barack Obama ordered changes in future interrogations, bringing in other agencies besides the CIA under the direction of the FBI and supervised by his own national security adviser. The administration pledged questioning would be controlled by the Army Field Manual, with strict rules on tactics, and said the White House would keep its hands off the professional investigators doing the work.

Despite the announcement of the criminal probe, several Obama spokesmen declared anew — as the president has repeatedly — that on the subject of detainee interrogation he “wants to look forward, not back” at Bush tactics. They took pains to say decisions on any prosecutions would be up to Attorney General Eric Holder, not the White House.

Monday’s five-year-old report by the CIA’s inspector general, newly declassified and released under a federal court’s orders, described severe tactics used by interrogators on terror suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Seeking information about possible further attacks, interrogators threatened one detainee with a gun and a power drill and tried to frighten another with a mock execution of another prisoner.

Attorney General Holder said he had chosen a veteran prosecutor to determine whether any CIA officers or contractors should face criminal charges for crossing the line on rough but permissible tactics.

Obama has said interrogators would not face charges if they followed legal guidelines, but the report by the CIA’s inspector general said they went too far — even beyond what was authorized under Justice Department legal memos that have since been withdrawn and discredited. The report also suggested some questioners knew they were crossing a line.

“Ten years from now we’re going to be sorry we’re doing this (but) it has to be done,” one unidentified CIA officer was quoted as saying, predicting the questioners would someday have to appear in court to answer for such tactics.

The report concluded the CIA used “unauthorized, improvised, inhumane” practices in questioning “high-value” terror suspects.

Monday’s documents administration went down a “dark represent the largest single release road of excusing torture.”

Investigators credited the of information about the Bush administration’s once-secret sys- detention-and-interrogation program for developtem of capturing ing intelligence terrorism suspects that prevented and interrogating multiple attacks them in overseas against Ameriprisons. cans. One CIA White House operative interofficials said they viewed for the plan to continue report said the the controversial program thwarted practice of rendiunidentified CIA officer al-Qaida plots to tion of suspects to attack the U.S. foreign countries, though they said that in future Embassy in Pakistan, derail trains, cases they would more carefully blow up gas stations and cut the check to make sure such suspects suspension line of a bridge. are not tortured.

“In this regard, there is no In one instance cited in the new documents, Abd al-Nashiri, doubt that the program has been the man accused of being be- effective,” investigators wrote, hind the 2000 USS Cole bomb- backing an argument by former ing, was hooded, handcuffed and Vice President Dick Cheney and threatened with an unloaded gun others that the program saved and a power drill. The unidenti- lives.

But the inspector general said fied interrogator also threatened al-Nashiri’s mother and family, it was unclear whether so-called implying they would be sexually “enhanced interrogation” tactics abused in front of him, according contributed to that success.

Those tactics include waterto the report.

The interrogator denied mak- boarding, a simulated drowning technique that the Obama admining a direct threat.

Another interrogator told al- istration says is torture. Measurleged Sept. 11 mastermind Kha- ing the success of such interrogalid Sheikh Mohammed, “if any- tion is “a more subjective process thing else happens in the United and not without some concern,” States, ‘We’re going to kill your the report said.

The report describes at least children,’” one veteran officer one mock execution, which said in the report.

Death threats violate anti- would also violate U.S. anti-torture laws. torture laws.

To terrify one detainee, interIn another instance, an interrogator pinched the carotid artery rogators pretended to execute the of a detainee until he started to prisoner in a nearby room. A sepass out, then shook him awake. nior officer said it was a transparHe did this three times. The in- ent ruse that yielded no benefit.

As the report was released, terrogator said he had never been taught how to conduct detainee Attorney General Holder appointed prosecutor John Durham questioning.

Top Republican senators said to open a preliminary investigathey were troubled by the deci- tion into the claims of abuse.

Durham is already investision to begin a new investigation, which they said could weaken gating the destruction of CIA interrogation videos and now will U.S. intelligence efforts.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, the examine whether CIA officers Democratic chairman of the or contractors broke laws in the Judiciary Committee, said the handling of suspects.

The administration also revelations showed the Bush

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announced Monday that all U.S. Vineyard in Massachusetts. interrogators will follow the rules Burton said the unit will for detainees laid out by the Army include “all these different eleField Manual. ments under one group” and will The manual, be located at the last updated in FBI headquarters September 2006, in Washington. prohibits forcing The structure detainees to be of the new unit naked, threatenthe White House ing them with is creating would military dogs, be significantly exposing them to broader than unLeon Panetta extreme heat or der the Bush CIA Director cold, conducting administration, mock executions, when the CIA had depriving them of food, water, or the lead and sometimes exclusive medical care, and waterboarding. role in questioning al-Qaida susFormation of the new inter- pects. rogation unit for “high-value” Obama campaigned vigordetainees does not mean the CIA ously against Bush administration is out of the business of question- interrogation practices in his sucing terror suspects, deputy White cessful run for the presidency.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Coroner ruled Michael Jackson’s death homicide Combination of drugs looks to be cause

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide and a combination of drugs was the cause, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.

Forensic tests found the powerful anesthetic propofol acted together with at least two sedatives MICHAEL JACKSON musician to cause Jackson’s death June 25 in his rented Los Angeles mansion, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the findings have not been publicly released.

Dr. Conrad Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist who became Jackson’s personal physician weeks before his death, is the target of a manslaughter investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. A designation of homicide means that Jackson died at the hands of another, but does not necessarily mean a crime was committed.

A search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston includes a detailed account of what Murray told investigators.

According to the document, Murray said he’d been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks with 50 milligrams of propofol every night via an intravenous drip. But he said he feared Jackson was forming an addiction to the anesthetic, which is

TACTICS, from page 7

he didn’t particularly favor prosecuting officials in connection with instances of prisoner abuse.

Burton said Holder “ultimately is going to make the decisions.”

CIA Director Leon Panetta said in an e-mail message to agency employees Monday that he intended “to stand up for those officers who did what their country asked and who followed the legal guidance they were given.

That is the president’s position, too,” he said.

Panetta said some CIA officers have been disciplined for going beyond the methods approved for interrogations by the Bush-era Justice Department. Just one CIA employee — contractor David Passaro— has been prosecuted for detainee abuse.

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normally used in hospitals only, balance.”

Besides the propofol and two and was attempting to wean his patient by lowering the dose to 25 sedatives, the coroner’s toxicolomilligrams and adding the seda- gy report found other substances in Jackson’s system but they were tives lorazepam and midazolam.

That combination succeed- not believed to have been a factor ed in helping Jackson sleep two in the singer’s death, the official told the AP. days prior to his When he death, so the next died, Jackson was day, Murray told skinny but not detectives he cut overly emaciated, off the propofol and his body had — and Jackson bed sores, the offell asleep with ficial said. The just the two sedasinger is believed tives. to have developed Then around Dr. David Zvara bed sores in the 1:30 a.m. on June anesthesia chairman at months following 25, starting with a University of North Carolina at his 2005 acquittal 10-milligram tab Chapel Hill of child molestaof Valium, Murray said he tried a series of drugs tion charges, when he went into instead of propofol to make Jack- seclusion and spent long stretches in bed. son sleep.

Murray has spoken to police The injections included two milligrams of lorazepam around and last week released a video 2 a.m., two milligrams of mida- saying he “told the truth and I zolam around 3 a.m., and repeats have faith the truth will prevail.” of each at 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., Murray did not say anything about the drugs he gave to Jackrespectively. son. Murray’s attorney, Edward But they didn’t work.

Murray told detectives that Chernoff, had no immediate around 10:40 a.m. he gave in to comment but has previously said Jackson’s “repeated demands/re- Murray never administered anyquests” for propofol, which the thing that “should have” killed singer referred to as his “milk.” Jackson.

A call to the coroner’s office He administered 25 milligrams of the white-colored liquid, — a rel- was not returned Monday.

Jackson’s family released a atively small dose — and finally, statement Monday, saying it has Jackson fell asleep.

Murray remained with the se- “full confidence” in the legal dated Jackson for about 10 min- process and the efforts of invesutes, then left for the bathroom. tigators. It concludes: “The famNo more than two minutes later, ily looks forward to the day that he returned — and found Jackson justice can be served.”

The 25 milligrams of propohad stopped breathing.

“There’s no surprise there” fol Murray told police he gave that death could result from such Jackson the day he died “is not a combination, said Dr. David a whopping amount,” said Lee Zvara, anesthesia chairman at the Cantrell, director of the San DiUniversity of North Carolina at ego division of the California Poison Control System.

Chapel Hill.

But by combining propofol “All those drugs act in synergy with each other,” Zvara with a cocktail of the other sedasaid. Adding propofol on top of tives, known as benzodiazepines, all the other sedatives “tipped the it “may have been the trigger that

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‘All those drugs act in synergy with each other.’

pushed him over the edge,” Cant- until their investigation is complete. rell said.

Homicide, or “death at the Cantrell said it’s perplexing that someone would give various hands of another,” is one of sevbenzodiazepines if one was found eral possible findings in a coroner’s death investigation. not to be effective.

The designation does not “This is horrible polypharmacy,” he said, referring to the inter- necessarily mean a crime was action between the various drugs. committed though it is a useful starting point “No one will treat for prosecutors, an insomniac like said Dr. Michael this.”

Baden, the forThe affidavit mer chief medical says Murray told examiner in New investigators he York City and a didn’t order or forensics expert buy any propofol involved in many and had found Lee Cantrell about eight bottles director of San Diego division of high-profile murof it in Jackson’s California Poison Control System der cases.

“It is an easier home, along with prosecution when the medical exnumerous other medications.

But investigators served a aminer calls it a homicide,” said search warrant Aug. 11 at a Las Baden, who is not involved in the Vegas pharmacy and uncovered Jackson investigation. evidence showing Murray legally purchased from the store the propofol he gave Jackson the day he died.

Murray didn’t tell paramedContact The Daily Reveille’s news ics or doctors at UCLA hospital staff at news@lsureveille.com where Jackson was rushed June 25 about any drugs he administered other than lorazepam and flumazenil, according to the affidavit.

The document says it was only during a subsequent interview with Los Angeles Police detectives that Murray gave a more full accounting of the events leading up to the 911 call.

The coroner’s office has not publicly released its autopsy findings, citing a request from police detectives to withhold results

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FOOTBALL

Running backs prepare for season

By Andy Schwehm Sports Writer

RB remains faithful to hometown roots, successful on football field

photos by MAGGIE BOWLES / The Daily Reveille

[Top] LSU senior running back Charles Scott lands in the endzone for a touchdown Saturday, Oct. 25 against Georgia.

[Bottom] Scott scores a touchdown in the third quarter of the 41-13 victory against Appalachian State on Saturday, Aug. 30.

Charles Scott etched his place in LSU year was a breakout season for Scott who lore in 2008 and finished with the fifth- began the season with 10 combined rushhighest rushing total and the second-most ing touchdowns in his first two years at rushing touchdowns in Tiger history.

LSU. But the senior running back’s Scott was named to the 2009 Doak achievements have come not only on the Walker Award watch list for college footfield in Death Valley, ball’s best running back and

By Rachel Whittaker said Shannon Brown, the Maxwell Award watch Chief Sports Writer Scott’s football coach list for the most outstanding at Jonesboro-Hodge college football player.

High School in Jonesboro.

“When Charles started getting his ac“With all the success he’s had and colades and things, he was careful to make all the things coming his way, he’s still sure he mentioned his offensive linemen the same kid I coached in high school,” and his teammates,” Brown said. “He Brown said. “This past year Charles came doesn’t like people saying, ‘Hey Charles, out to the Little League park here and sat you’re on the Doak Walker list,’ but out there for hours signing autographs. where we’re from in a small town, that’s There was a line 100 yards long at the a big deal. And [the accolades] didn’t just field, and he just sat there and spent time happen last year; he’s built himself up far, with all the kids.” and he’s finally getting the recognition.”

Brown said Scott has never lost touch Scott’s mother, Phyllis, said her son with his hometown roots, and he has al- assuming a leadership role in the runways given credit to his teammates for ning game and on the team as a whole is any awards he’s garnered, much like he something his family and friends are acdoes today at LSU. customed to seeing.

Scott had a career year in 2008 “He has such a strong work ethic, with 1,174 rushing yards and 18 touch- so I never had to worry about him not downs on his way to receiving first-team SCOTT, see page 17 All-Southeastern Conference honors. The

Although the LSU football team’s passing game may have some question marks heading into 2009, there is no question who the stud running back will be for LSU: senior Charles Scott.

The Saline native ran for 1,208 yards last season, scoring 18 times on the ground with an average of 90.3 yards-per-game to lead the Tigers’ running game.

The Tigers graduated nobody from a 2008 squad that was No. 4 in the Southeastern Conference with 166.8 rushing yards per game.

“Overall we look good,” Scott said. “We just need to clean up with the little things — a step here, a step there.”

Scott headlines a trio of running backs and will likely again carry the load for LSU this season.

But senior Keiland Williams and junior Richard Murphy will see numerous touches in a backup role for the Tigers if last year is any indication.

Williams is coming off a junior season with two touchdowns and 444 yards on 83 attempts but contributed to the passing game more so than any other back with 11 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown.

LSU coach Les Miles said Williams will have an improved senior season if he can see the hole a little better than he has in the past.

“There are runs where he can get to a place that maybe other running backs can’t, and I ask him to see that,” Miles said. “He’s playing tough. Toughness has never RUNNING BACKS, see page 17

FOOTBALL

Ciron Black works on, off field to prepare for senior season Cap Technologies hires football players

By Rob Landry Sports Contributor

Ciron Black is known by most people around LSU as the 6-foot-5-inch, 325-pound starting offensive tackle for the Tiger football team.

But Cap Technologies President Edward Daigle gets to see a

different side of the massive senior lineman.

Black is a part-time employee of Cap Technologies, where he does odd jobs around the laboratory to aid the workers performing experiments. “[Black] is a very pleasant guy to be around at work,” Daigle said. “He is very polite, very courteous and very aware of the adults around him.”

Daigle said of all Black’s great qualities, he is most impressed with the senior’s level head.

“You don’t meet many college football players with his potential to be a multi-millionaire that aren’t pretentious about it,” Daigle said. “He’s just a nice guy and doesn’t have the big head at all.”

Cap Technologies is one of many companies in the Baton Rouge area considered jobbers.

A company that is a jobber hires LSU football players on a parttime basis during the summer.

BLACK, see page 17

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Ciron Black, LSU senior offensive tackle, receives the Ralph Norwood Performance Award (outstanding performance in spring drills - offense) during the spring awards.

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FOOTBALL

Dickson plans to avenge losses Tight end wants positive senior season

By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor

LSU senior tight end Richard Dickson finished the 2008 season on a high note, catching four receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown in LSU’s 38-3 victory against Georgia Tech in the Chikfil-A Bowl in ‘No one Atlanta on Dec. wants to 31.

Dickleave when son But didn’t feel it didn’t a real sense of end the a c c o m p l i s h ment after the way you team finished want it to.’ the season 8-5.

The Tiger senior felt he Richard Dickson had unfinished LSU tight end business that he could only attend to by coming back to LSU for his senior season.

“The NFL draft was always going to be there,” Dickson said.

“No one wants to leave when it didn’t end the way you want to.”

The Ocean Springs, Miss., native is expected to start at tight end for his fourth consecutive DICKSON, see page 16

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Richard Dickson, senior tight end, runs the ball during the Tigers’ 41-13 victory against Appalachian State on Aug. 30, 2008.

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FOOTBALL

Offensive line returns majority of starters for fall Hebert and Lonergan considered for center

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

The 2009 season will be the final chance for senior tight end Richard Dickson and senior left tackle Ciron Black to impress NFL

scouts and cash in on their success at LSU. Both players already established themselves as two of the best in LSU history, and their senior campaigns can only cement their legacy.

Black started 40 consecutive games in three seasons and played a school-record 1,031 snaps in 2007. Dickson had 10 touchdowns and 69 receptions, tied for first and

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Junior linebacker Jonathan Nixon runs drills at practice Aug. 11.

fourth in LSU history.

Both players see this season as a chance to lead the offensive line.

“For myself, I just want to be a leader for the team as a senior this year,” Black said. “It is always about the team.”

Black could have been a late first or early second round ‘It was draft pick in obvious I 2008, accordneeded to ing to the NFL Advisory Com- come back. mittee, but he decided to re- There’s a turn to the Tilot more gers.

I need to “I had to work on.’ look at the situation because Ciron Black it is my life,” LSU left tackle Black said. “It was obvious I needed to come back. There’s a lot more I need to work on.”

Dickson returns as the leader of the tight end corps and has been named to the John Mackey Award Watch List, presented to the nation’s top tight end.

“I’ll do whatever it takes to help the team,” Dickson said. “As long as we’re winning games, I’ll block every down.”

Even though Dickson is on the verge of breaking many LSU records, he doesn’t pay attention to numbers.

“I don’t know about the records until people tell me I’m about to break them,” Dickson said. “You try not to worry about that. You rather go out there, relax and let things come as they come.”

The Ocean Springs, Miss., native caught 31 passes for 324 yards

and five touchdowns in 2008 and also serves as a solid blocker on running downs.

“He can be physical when need be, and then he can run out for passes and catch,” said offensive coordinator Gary Crowton.

OFFENSIVE LINE, see page 16

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VOLLEYBALL

DeGirolamo returns from knee injury for final year are trying to funnel the ball into your defense. So if the defense gets a dig, then I’m just as happy because I was able to help out our defense.”

DeGirolamo has never been one to gloat about her accomplishments or step into the limelight, according to her teammates and coaches.

Instead, she has been a role model for her teammates.

“She’s never been the type of person that needs attention,” said sophomore libero Lauren Waclawczyk. “She will do any role that you want her to do, especially since we have so many options [at middle blocker] this season. If you asked her to be libero, then she will be fine with that.”

Sophomore outside hitter/ middle blocker Michele Williams said DeGirolamo has never been cocky.

“She’s very humble,” Williams said. “She’s always been

Senior moves up in record books

By Andy Schwehm Sports Writer

It’s been a welcome sight for LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory to see senior middle blocker Lauren DeGirolamo walking around practice with a smile while joking with her teammates.

Just 10 months ago, the last time DeGirolamo donned the purple and gold, things weren’t so happy when the 2008 preseason All-Southeastern Conference selection tore her ACL and MCL during an Oct. 3 match against Ole Miss in the PMAC. Now back in practice in preparation for this Friday’s season-opening match against No. 5 Stanford, the Belleville, Ill., native said she is gearing up to get on the court.

As she sat down to talk about the injury, the senior stared right at the spot on the PMAC floor where the incident occurred.

“I hope I can return to the form I had my first few seasons and contribute to the team,” DeGirolamo said. “You don’t want to go into it thinking you can’t come back full force because when you think that, it will happen. I just want to be out there and healthy.”

DeGirolamo isn’t alone in being ready for her comeback.

Flory and her players are anxiously awaiting the return of the well-respected senior middle blocker.

“I don’t have much more confidence in any other player on this team than I do Lauren,” Flory said. “I would put her in the match in any crucial situation and believe she is going to be successful for us.”

Senior setter Sam Dabbs echoed those sentiments.

“She holds everyone accountable, which we need,” Dabbs said. “Sometimes people can get away with being lackadaisical, and we don’t need that.

She’s like a parent, always making sure you are doing the right thing, and she also holds herself accountable.”

“Granny” — as she is more affectionately known by her teammates because she is the elder stateswoman on the team by 10 days — redshirted her freshman season out of high school.

She has already earned a mathematics degree with a concentration in secondary education and plans to teach high school math and coach volleyball.

A two-sport start out of Belleville West High School, DeGirolamo averaged 21.1 points, 11.2 rebounds, 6.3 steals and 3.5 assists per game in her senior season in basketball, while shining on the volleyball court as well.

It’s no surprise that with such dominance on the hard court.

George DeGirolamo, Lauren’s father, wanted Lauren to continue playing basketball.

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Lauren DeGirolamo, LSU senior middle blocker, volleys the ball during the team’s scrimage Saturday in the PMAC.

“She would take over a game, which is something you can’t really do in volleyball,” said George, who travels to many of Lauren’s games along with his wife Helen. “You can make a big contribution and get a lot of kills and blocks, but in basketball, they really relied on her to do everything.”

But Flory had other ideas.

“She was just a tremendous athlete who had never really developed in volleyball,” Flory said. “[George] was doing a lot of talking about basketball and trying to convince me that she was a better basketball than volleyball player, and I kept saying, ‘I don’t think so. I wouldn’t be [recruiting her] if I bought that.’”

George admits he is happy with the decision Lauren made to play volleyball.

The decision seems to have panned out well for the fifthyear senior, as she has climbed up LSU’s record books in both blocking and attacking in her two plus years starting for the Tigers.

Her .324 career attacking percentage ranks No. 2 in LSU history, while her 1.48 blocks per game is No. 3. In her sophomore season, she recorded 158 block assists, which ranks No. 4 in a single season in LSU history.

“Anytime you go up to attack, you want to be smart and get the ball on the court to get a point for your team,” DeGirolamo said. “With blocking … you

about her team and not just herself.”

That team-first attitude is what Flory said makes DeGirolamo the outstanding player she is and has been for the four-time defending SEC West champion Tigers.

“She truly understands that this team can’t be successful unless we play like a great team,” Flory said. “I have never had one problem with her being selfish …

She understands that she can’t reach the top if the team doesn’t, so she is going to make every effort to make sure her teammates are good around her because ultimately that makes her the best she can be.”

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SOCCER

Talented freshmen may start in highly anticipated season Lubin, Banks lead the newcomers

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

Fresh off an NCAA tournament season, LSU soccer coach Brian Lee believes the Tigers have the perfect mix of veterans and youth to make a run for a Southeastern Conference championship.

Eight seniors, including reigning SEC Offensive Player of the Year Malorie Rutledge, return to welcome 10 freshmen — a few of whom might crack the starting lineup this season.

“Reyna Lubin, Carlie Banks and Catherine Luparello have done well, and they’re fortunate initially that the opportunity might be there,” Lee said. “It comes down to them taking advantage of that opportunity.”

Lubin already caught Lee’s eye in her first season in Baton Rouge.

“Reyna Lubin is a freshman from Louisiana who we hope steps in and immediately contributes as a defensive ball winner,” Lee said. “We feel like we have loads of piano players. We need someone to carry the piano, and that will be Reyna’s job.”

MEGAN WILLIAMS / The Daily Reveille

Charlie Banks, LSU freshman forward, lunges forward to kick the ball Friday, Aug. 14 at the first fall exhibition against Texas.

With all of the incoming freshmen — there are three more freshmen than sophomores and juniors combined — displaying early talent is essential to gain quality playing time.

“We had Catherine Luparello, Reyna Lubin, and Hannah

Linzay come in [the summer],” Rutledge said. “They were able to work out with us and play in our pickup games and get a good head start on all the other freshmen.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Mo Isom graduated high school a

semester early and enrolled at LSU in the spring of 2008 to train before her freshman fall season.

Isom said she realizes how important offseason experience is at the college level for LSU’s newcomers.

“Reyna Lubin came in this summer, and I think [Lee’s] looking at a starting spot or some serious playing time for her,” Isom said. “The strength that she’s already gained in those few months separates her from so many of the other freshmen.”

Luparello and Lubin, both forwards, helped themselves out by coming early. But Isom is impressed with another freshman — Carlie Banks. “[Banks] is going to make a big difference for us,” Isom said.

“She’s fast and she’s quick. She’s little, so you think she could get pushed off the ball, but she’s so slippery no one can even get their hands on her.”

Banks’ 5-foot-3-inch stature may not seem intimidating, but Isom isn’t the only one who sees her making an impact.

“Carlie Banks is technically really sound. She’s really impressed me,” said senior midfielder Melissa Clarke. “She’s a hard worker, she’s a great team player and I really love playing with her.”

It didn’t take long for Banks

to prove her worth. In LSU’s first fall exhibition game against No. 15 Texas, Banks scored the first goal of the game in the Tigers’ 2-1 win.

“It’s been a very eye-opening experience,” Banks said. “Playing for LSU is really an honor.

I’m just really excited to be part of that.”

Rutledge is coming off a spectacular offensive year, but she understands the seniors will need to assist the freshmen if they want to win.

“The incoming freshmen are going to be a little out of their element on their first game,” Rutledge said. “So we kind of just try to calm them down.”

Rutledge predicted the future a little bit — the Tigers looked out of sync across the board in their season-opening 2-0 loss at home to Memphis.

Despite the loss, Lee and his No. 25 Tigers are anticipating one of their best years in the program’s history as they enter the season cracking the preseason national rankings for the first time ever.

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NBA

Miami Heat forward checks into rehab facility

By The Associated Press MIAMI (AP)—Michael Beasley told his personal manager several days ago that he was working out in Houston because it brought “a change of scenery” from Miami and Washington.

What happened next is a mystery, even to those who know Beasley best.

The Miami Heat forward checked into a Houston rehabilitation facility last week and is being treated for various issues, including depression, a person briefed on the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of privacy concerns, and could not say whether the other issues included drug or alcohol treatment.

“Based on what I’m getting right now, there’s a bit of concern,” Bruce Shingler, Beasley’s manager, told The AP in a telephone interview. “I don’t really know what’s going on. I just know his mom is on her way to go see him in Houston. That’s it.

I’m still collecting a lot of information.”

It’s unknown how long Beasley will remain at the facility, or whether he will be available when the Heat open training camp on Sept. 28.

Shingler also said he wasn’t sure how long Beasley has been

in Houston, or specifically why that was his destination.

“From what I know, he was just getting ready for the upcoming season,” Shingler said. “The last time I talked to him, everything was going well. All this rehab and all that, I was totally unaware. It all started as he wanted to go work out in a different place because he wanted to get away.

Now this, I don’t know what’s going on.”

The spiral appears to have started in earnest Friday, when a photo of the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA draft was posted to his Twitter account, in which Beasley displayed a new tattoo across his shoulders. The image also captured what appeared to be a small plastic bag on an adjacent table, the contents of which were unclear.

Beasley was already getting treatment when the photograph— and several comments, including “Feelin like it’s not worth livin!!!!!!! I’m done” and “I feel like the whole world is against me I can’t win for losin”—were posted on the feed.

Beasley’s account has since been closed. Another account he used was shut down July 27.

“What Michael Jr. is going (through) is just a bump on the road we call life,” said a posting Monday on Michael Beasley Sr.’s Twitter feed. “Please pray

BILL KOSTROUN / The Associated Press

Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley posts up during a March 20 NBA game against the New Jersey Nets. Beasley is being treated at a Houston rehabilitation facility for depression-related issues.

for him, he needs it.”

A phone call to Beasley Sr.’s home in Bowie, Md., went unanswered.

Yahoo! Sports first reported Beasley entered a rehab facility.

Beasley finished his rookie season as Miami’s second-leading scorer behind Dwyane Wade, averaging 13.9 points and 5.4

rebounds. He spent much of the year as a reserve, and both Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and team president Pat Riley talked often this summer about utilizing Beasley more this coming season at small forward and power forward.

“Beas, we hope that we’re going to see a lot of him at the 3

spot,” Riley said in a conference call with the team’s beat writers earlier this month.

At times this past season, Beasley’s immaturity was of some concern to teammates. He typically laughed off such criticism, saying he was young and REHAB, see page 16

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acting accordingly.

“The guy’s got a lot of talent,” Wade told The AP during a July conversation on a number of topics, including Beasley’s potential. “I can’t wait to see what he does with it. He’s 20 years old.

I’d love to see it all come together this year.”

OFFENSIVE LINE, from page 11

“He’s one of the best in the league at his position.”

Sophomore tight end Mitch Joseph and redshirt freshman tight end Tyler Edwards will back up Dickson, while sophomore tight end Deangelo Peterson provides depth.

Three of the five offensive lineman are returning in 2009,

DICKSON, from page 10

year, and his teammates, coaches and the rest of the nation anticipate great things from Dickson in the 2009 season.

Dickson was one of two Tigers put on the 2009 preseason coaches’ All-Southeastern Conference First Team. Dickson was also selected to the 2009 John Mackey Award watch list. The John Mackey award is given annually to the top tight end in college football.

Dickson was a second-team All-SEC selection in 2006 and 2008.

But Dickson’s goals aren’t

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Beasley’s second season, much like his first pro year, is off to an ominous start.

Beasley was fined $50,000 by the NBA last September after security officers at the league’s rookie symposium detected the scent of marijuana in a hotel room occupied by Beasley, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur and two women. Chalmers and

Arthur were fined $20,000; Beasley drew the stiffer fine for at first trying to hide his presence from NBA officials.

Beasley told The AP in January that there were times during his first six months as a professional that he felt “everyone was against me” and that many things “get blown out of proportion”— referring specifically to the

rookie symposium incident.

He spent one season at Kansas State before entering the draft, averaging 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds in his lone college year.

“As a rule, I do not comment about the private lives of my student athletes, either current or former,” Kansas State coach Frank Martin said in a statement.

“However, Michael, like every student athlete I’ve coached, will always have my undying support.”

not including Dickson. Black will protect the quarterback’s blindside at left tackle, while sophomore Josh Dworaczyk will take over at left guard for former Tiger Herman Johnson.

Dworaczyk plans to imitate Johnson’s persona even if he can’t live up to Johnson’s size.

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be 360 pounds, but I want to step into that role,” Dworaczyk said. “I was

able to talk to him about the name he had for himself. It was always a positive image, and that’s what I want to bring to that table.”

The starter in the middle of the offensive line is a two-man race between sophomore center T-Bob Hebert and redshirt freshman center P.J. Lonergan.

Hebert, the son of former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, has

more experience than Lonergan.

He played in six games before injuring his knee against South Carolina.

But both centers are still in the running for the starting job.

“We are both focused on being the best we can be for the team, and whoever comes out on top, comes out on top,” Hebert said.

“We are trying to be better than the d-linemen in the [Southeastern

Conference], instead of trying to be better than each other.”

The right side of the offensive line has no turnover from the 2008 season. Senior right guard Lyle Hitt returns after starting 26 games the past two seasons. Junior right tackle Joseph Barksdale will start opposite Black in his third season.

limited to individual awards. He said he wants the Tigers to avenge their losses from the 2008 season and finish the 2009 season on a positive note.

“We don’t want to have another season like last year,” Dickson said. “That was a good season for other teams, but we came to LSU to win more games than that.”

Dickson said he wants to contribute in any way he can to make the team better. He said he wants to be reliable and make big plays.

Big plays are exactly what he’s made thus far at LSU. Dickson is in the top five all-time at

LSU in all three major tight end categories. He is tied with Brad Boyd for the most touchdown receptions by a tight end at LSU (10), fourth in receptions (69) and fifth in yards (795).

“We think those individual records are wonderful, but they are a by-product of the success of the team,” said first-year tight ends coach Don Yanowsky. “If those things happen, it’s because he’s had a bunch of teammates around him that have been productive.”

Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton said having a veteran leader like Dickson on the team with so many skills is important

to his offense.

“You’re looking for those kinds of guys that can run, catch, block and think,” Crowton said.

Crowton said what makes Dickson one of the best tight ends in the league is his versatility at the position.

“He has that temperament where he can be physical when he needs to be,” Crowton said. “He can run out for passes and catch it and make yards after the catch.”

Dickson said breaking all the Tigers’ tight end records would be a “great accomplishment,” especially since former Tiger tight ends like Robert Royal and Keith Zinger are playing in the NFL.

“Breaking the records would be just unbelievable to know that you are up there with some of the guys on that list,” Dickson said.

Dickson finished his junior season second on the team in touchdowns (5) and third on the team in receptions (31) and yards (324). But Yanowsky said Dickson’s talent should really shine through in his senior season.

“I expect, like all great players, that he’s going to have his best year this year,” Yanowsky said.

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Tuesday, august 25, 2009 BLACK, from page 9

Daigle said Black is not the first Tiger football player to work for him. In the past he has employed many notable Tigers, including former defensive tackle Kyle Williams, former wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, former defensive back Mario Stevenson and current senior linebacker Harry Coleman.

Black worked at Cap Technologies since his freshman year at LSU. During his time there, he formed a special bond with Daigle. “[Daigle] is just a really nice guy,” Black said. “He talks to me

RUNNING BACKS, from page 9

been an issue with Keiland. It’s his vision, and making that quick plant and getting north and south.”

Murphy wraps up the trio with 44 carries last season and 202 yards.

“Richard Murphy is probably bigger and stronger than he’s ever been,” Miles said. “He’s more ready to see the field and have opportunities than he’s been in the past, so we’re happy with that.”

In addition to the core group, senior fan favorite Trindon Holliday will likely get a few touches this season, coming off a junior campaign that saw him carry the ball 21 times for 114 yards.

Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton said Holliday wasn’t as effective last season as he was his sophomore season — when he had 53 rushes for 364 yards and two touchdowns — so the coaches have decided to make a change.

“Trindon will be moved to running back, so he will be a more every down type guy at that

SCOTT, from page 9

working hard to achieve something,” Phyllis Scott said. “He actually became the main leader as a running back when he started his junior year of high school.

Before that I always encouraged him to be patient and his time would come.”

With LSU’s 2009 season drawing near, Scott said the Tiger running backs are a “tight-knit group” amid the “friendly competition” in practice.

“It’s a sense of pride we have, and our unit is going to handle our end of the deal,” he said. “I’m not the best running back in every situation in a game. If it calls for Keiland [Williams] or it calls for Richard [Murphy], I’m cheering them on. We’re actually kind of crazy on the sideline.”

At Jonesboro-Hodge, Charles Scott was not just a running back.

In fact, Brown said Scott began as a defensive back and gradually took on roles on both sides of the ball and in kickoff returns.

“His freshman year, he didn’t carry the ball a tremendous amount,” Brown said. “In his senior or junior year, we moved him to linebacker and tailback, two of the more difficult positions to handle, but he did it with ease. He wanted to be out there all the time … His junior year he was primarily our offense.”

Charles Scott also played

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LSU coach Les Miles said Black is a team leader in all aspects of the game.

“The team respects [Black],” Miles said. “He always wants in.

Whether it’s running sprints or a game, he wants to be in.”

Black said he tries to lead the team in any way necessary, both on and off the field.

“I try to do whatever I can to help the guys out, especially the younger guys,” Black said.

“Whether it be getting on somebody to finish a drill or uplifting a younger guy. I try to be with the young guys off the field, too. I’ll

play video games or cards with them anytime to help them adjust.”

After a dominant junior season, the Tyler, Texas native decided to return for his senior season after testing the waters of the NFL draft. “[Coming back to LSU] was not a hard decision for me,” Black said. “I saw that I have a lot more to work on and I was not the player I wanted to be.”

Miles said Black’s biggest strengths as a player are his mobility and strength along with his overall knowledge of the offensive scheme.

Black finished his junior sea-

position rather than being a receiver and coming in at running back,” Crowton said. “That will help him get more big plays, and it gives us the ability to keep him on the field.”

Though the big four will take the majority of the carries, freshmen Drayton Calhoun and Michael Ford may have a chance to make an impact, according to running backs coach Larry Porter.

“In time, they are all going to be really good players,” Porter said. “But again, this is just the beginning of the process in terms of polishing those guys to be players we can count on game in and game out.”

Miles said the running game may help take pressure off the quarterback, whoever that may be.

“Anytime you can count on the running game and count on being able to hand the ball off and get yards, and put yourself in a down and distance that favors both the run and pass, it helps any offense,” Miles said. “Hopefully that running attack will be a very

efficient one and lead us to thirdand-shorts.”

basketball and baseball, ran track and sang in his church’s youth choir in high school. In the midst of his whirlwind of extracurricular activities, Phyllis Scott said her son also excelled academically.

“He’s the kind of student who would come home and do his homework, but I would tease him because he didn’t have very

good study habits,” she said. “He would take a test and pass it no problem, and I said to him, ‘Boy, you’re going to have to learn some study habits if you’re going to get into college.’”

Charles Scott had the chance to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL draft, but Phyllis Scott, an elementary school teacher, said she was very pleased with

son with a second consecutive second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection. He also led the team in knockdowns with 68.

This season, Black has already been selected as a preseason first-team All-SEC member by the SEC coaches and a first-team preseason All-American by Sports Illustrated.

The 23-year-old left tackle started 40 consecutive games for the Tigers and played in 2,654 snaps, the most for any LSU player during the past three seasons.

The three-year letterman joins Andrew Whitworth as the only two Tigers to start at left tackle since the beginning of the 2002

FULLBACKS FIGHT The fullback position has been left open after two-year starter Quinn Johnson’s graduation. Johnson had 14 rushes for 28 yards and three touchdowns last season along with two catches for 33 yards.

Stepping in to fill that role could be sophomore Stevan Ridley, newcomer Dominique Allen — the nation’s fifth-best fullback as rated by Rivals.com — and sophomore James Stampley.

Miles said he likes the depth at the position and added Ridley has made a great leap into his new position.

“Stevan Ridley is so far ahead of projections,” Miles said. “His early practices have been very good. His quickness and cuts and the ability to run hard will certainly develop through camp and will be an ongoing story.”

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

PAGE 17 season. Both linemen started as redshirt freshmen for LSU. As Black begins his senior season at LSU, he has the full support of his boss and co-workers at Cap Technologies.

“I hope he stays healthy and can get to the next level,” Daigle said. “I hope he enjoys the fruits of his labor because he works hard.

We just wish the best for him.”

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

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Richard Murphy, LSU junior running back, runs for a touchdown during the spring game in Tiger Stadium.

her son’s decision to finish college and get his degree.

LSU offensive coordinator Gary Crowton described Charles Scott as a “punishing runner who makes a lot of big plays.” But for Shannon Brown, his character can be recognized further in his interactions with others.

“When he comes home, he talks to the high school kids and

anybody who wants to talk football or otherwise,” Brown said.

“He’s one of those special guys you’ll never forget. They don’t come along often, particularly for a place like this. He’s one of a kind.”

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shut us down.”

Chelsea’s now has a latenight menu including hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches and appetizers, Remmetter said.

“It actually put into the law what had been practiced by restaurants all across the state,” said Tom Weatherly, chief of staff for the Louisiana Restaurant Association. “We weren’t trying to break new ground or create new law here, we were really trying to qualify what has been existing practice.”

Murphy Painter, ATC commissioner, said restaurants are

RUSH, from page 1

“Routine tests for H1N1 virus are no longer being conducted by state and federal agencies,” Vincent said. “However, it is presumed that any Influenza A circulating at this time of the year is the H1N1 virus.”

Panhellenic Council President Kelli Huff would not comment on whether members contracted the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, although she said in an Aug. 15 interview about 20 students visited the Student Health Center with flu-like symptoms.

Brittany Skulski, Kappa Alpha Theta freshman, said many students dropped out of recruitment after becoming sick. She said one potential new member withdrew from the process after contracting influenza in the third round of recruitment.

“I would definitely say it’s more than 20,” Skulski said.

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implemented [with Tiger Trails] this summer,” Watkins said. “It’s something we ran on ... and that is going to be the bus that runs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights.”

Watkins said the night routes were a priority while the contract for the new bus system was being finalized.

Another initiative the executive branch completed this summer was the implementation of snack machines in Middleton Library. Scheuermann said the machines are next to the school supply vending machines and will be operational this week.

Entering football season, Watkins said he and Scheuermann worked closely with the Athletic Department to provide cheaper concessions in Tiger Stadium to students who use Tiger Cash.

Watkins said the exact amount of the discount hasn’t been finalized, but said the discount would be between 5 and 7 percent and would be in place for the first home game against Vanderbilt.

Watkins said he also worked with the Athletic Department to revamp the student tickets section of lsusports.net to make ordering tickets more user-friendly.

“I think we made a lot of headway over the summer,” Watkins said. “We knew if we didn’t get things knocked out or started over the summer that you will not get them done during the school year, so we really hustled to get

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required to sell more food than alcohol on a monthly basis, and the ATC is in the process of determining how those figures will be monitored.

“It still says that the legislative intent is for the main purpose of restaurants is to take uncooked food, prepare it and serve it for food consumption on the premise,” Painter said. “It does allow entertainment, which it did before.”

If a restaurant is not selling more food than alcohol on a monthly basis, they are in violation of the law, Painter said.

Lydia Jackson, Louisiana State senator and author of the

bill, said her goal in writing the bill before the 2009 legislative session was to quantify the longstanding practice in the restaurant business of deriving 50 percent or more of its sales from food.

“It provides a degree of certainty for restaurant owners to operate,” Jackson said. “We expect that a restaurant, the primary purpose of their being is to serve and cook food and the [act] makes that perfectly clear.”

Many restaurants are seeing problems because of the economic downturn, Painter said.

“Most of it has to do at this particular time with the downturn in the economy, and a lot fewer

people are eating out than before,” Painter said. “That’s why laws change or adjust it to reflect those things.”

The LRA began working on the bill in response to a letter issued by the ATC in January that said “legitimate restaurants” could not have drink specials, live performances or cover charges, Weatherly said.

LRA, which represents about 7,500 restaurants, was working to clarify “standard practice” in the restaurant industry. “[Painter] was basically interpreting the law in one direction, and we thought that it should be interpreted in another,”

Weatherly said. “[Painter] said that we would actually have to change the law.”

While Remmetter said business has been normal since the legal issues came to the end, he said the restaurant will definitely benefit from University students returning to Baton Rouge.

“I’ll be glad when the students get back; it is certainly a surge in our business when LSU is back in full swing,” he said.

The Office of Greek Life would not comment on the influenza outbreak.

Guillory said in an Aug. 19 interview with The Daily Reveille that initial recruitment numbers could have been affected by the economy.

“Numbers are down at all SEC schools and probably across the country probably as a result of lower enrollment as well as economic conditions,” Guillory said.

Fees average around $2,500 to $2,700 for first-year students and around $1,300 to $1,500 for upper-classmen, according to the Greek Life Web site. Participating in recruitment costs $250 for on campus students and $125 for off campus students.

Guillory said recruitment numbers have remained between 865 and 899 for the last five years.

Huff said sororities try to accept as many students as possi-

ble. She said each chapter adjusts its new-member class size based on the total number of students participating in recruitment. Guillory said sororities determined the size of their classes based on the number of potential members who signed Preference Agreements on Aug. 16.

J. Ryan Hudson, Intrafraternity Council vice president of recruitment, said IFC has seen no confirmed cases of influenza in men participating in recruitment.

He said potential fraternity members were in close quarters during recruitment but spent less time together than potential sorority members.

Hudson said the fraternity recruitment period was shorter than the week-long sorority recruitment period. Fraternity recruitment began Aug. 20 and ended Aug. 24, he said.

Ashley Landry, Pi Beta Phi freshman, said potential new mem-

bers who contracted the flu were at a disadvantage in the recruitment process.

“It hurt the girls that were rushing because they couldn’t go to the houses anymore,” Landry said.

She said one potential new member received two invitations and eventually a bid even though she missed three days of recruitment after contracting the flu.

Some potential new members were not as fortunate.

Lindsey Smith, Zeta Tau Alpha junior, said several women became sick during recruitment and many of them tested positive for influenza. She said none of the sick students returned to recruitment. Smith said her chapter did not change recruitment activities but took precautions by passing around hand sanitizer.

The influenza outbreak and tough economic times merely add to the stresses potential new mem-

bers experience during recruitment.

Maggie Joyner, biology freshman, said most of the girls worry about the simple aspects of recruitment. As they stand in line nervously waiting to enter the house, they check each other’s hair and pop breath mints, she said.

Kauders said she considers herself laid-back and was not very nervous when she went through recruitment three years ago. She said waiting to receive invitations back can be stressful for some girls, but “where ever you go, it’s for the right reason.”

Kauders said rush week has not changed much since she was a freshman. She said her advisers agree they had similar experiences more than a decade ago.

things checked off and started.

That way, when students get back, we are really ready to work.”

Scheuermann said the next initiative is getting started on negotiating dead week policy. “[With dead week policy,] we want to make it so students can make teachers more accountable,” Scheuermann said.

SG will work in the coming weeks on a pilot program for textbook rentals and implementing medical excuse policy at the Student Health Center for stu-

dents who miss assignments due to some illness.

And SG is beginning its work this semester in new offices in the Student Union.

The new executive branch offices are located on the first floor of the Union at the south entrance of the building.

“It is exciting to be in these new offices because they are right near an entrance,” Scheuermann said. “It is more welcoming and students need that because students need to see where SG is

located, and when they walk in, there is always someone they can talk to here.”

The new legislative offices and new senate chamber is located on the third floor. The third floor offices also feature a common area for students to study.

The cost of the new offices are built in to the Union’s renovation plan.

Students are paying $89 this semester in fees for the Union renovation, Student Union Business Manager Dave Besse said.

The first SG Senate meeting in the new chambers will be Wednesday. During the first meeting, the SG Senate will elect a new Speaker Pro Tempore, as well as electing senators for various committees during the first meeting, said Drew Prestridge, Senator for the College of Arts and Sciences.

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FREEMAN OF SPEECH

Tuesday, august 25, 2009

Budget woes provide fresh excuses for prison labor One should never discuss money, religion or politics in polite company.

However, in discussing the LSU Inmate Labor Program, all three wind together to create a delicate new culture of excuses.

As you’ve probably seen, the University hires inmates — fresh out of the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel and the Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson — to assist the LSU Landscape Services Department in tending to the campus.

This cheap labor is responsible for the bulk of beautification projects across campus, including refurbishing the Parade Ground and creating the Student Government Class Gift Project outside Dodson Auditorium.

How cheap is this labor? Compared to a normal labor force, it costs next to nothing.

Using inmate labor saves the University upwards of $600,000 a year, according to an April 17 Daily Reveille article.

Considering the program was implemented in 1994, the savings now tower past $9 million after 15 years, making savings the primary justification for slave labor at the University.

Most wouldn’t feel comfortable calling inmates “slaves,” but that’s

exactly what they are according to the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

But the University isn’t the only state entity to use this cheap labor force.

In July 2006, The New York Times highlighted the benefits of this program by exploring the example of East Carroll Parish, in which inmates make up more than 10 percent of the population and most of its labor force.

East Carroll Parish, having one of the highest incarceration rates in the state, has seen its free population decrease by 20 percent from 1980 to 2000, while its prison population rose, according to The New York Times.

Inmates aren’t in short supply in Louisiana. One of every 55 Louisiana adults is currently locked up, compared to one in 100 adults incarcerated nationally. With a surplus of inmates, demand for the cheap labor force has skyrocketed.

Predictably, after the slaves were freed by the 13th Amendment, overall prison populations in the Old

South increased dramatically and at a disproportionate rate for AfricanAmericans.

Pretty soon, prison wardens and sheriffs leased their inmates to worried former plantation owners who had just lost their precious commodities — the slaves — and Eric Freeman Jr. needed cheap labor to tend Columnist to their crops and farms, growing the concept of “convict leasing.”

This fact isn’t lost on the citizens who gladly welcome the cheap labor.

“It’s jokingly referred to as ‘rent-a-convict,’” Michael Brewer, a lawyer and former public defender in Alexandria, told the Times. “There’s something offensive about that. It’s almost like a form of slavery.”

Before insinuations are made, it’s important to note that our inmates have a choice. They choose to become part of this program, signing up for many benefits ranging from simply getting outside to getting a reduced sentence. At the same time, “if one of them were to refuse, you can imagine the repercussions,”

according to Brewer.

LSU Landscape Services gladly welcomed the fresh labor.

“We have a dire need to use inmates,” Debbi Coltharp, Landscape Services horticulturalist, told The Daily Reveille. “For the campus, the inmates are providing services that would be neglected because we don’t have enough manpower.”

In defense of inmate labor, Coltharp and local law enforcement routinely cite moral rehabilitation as key to re-entering mainstream society after their release, essentially equating work ethic with atoning for one’s sins.

Provided this win-win situation, inmates are turned into slaves working for the profit of prison wardens, sheriffs and University departments.

The problem with moral rehabilitation, though, is the ineffectiveness of the program, shown best by looking at recidivism rates, or the percentage of inmates re-entering corrections after their initial release.

When the Louisiana Department of Corrections began tracking faith-based recidivism rates, they touted promising numbers. In 1999, 29.8 percent of inmates engaged in faith-based programs were sent back to prison. That number fell to 25.4 percent after two years, while the overall state recidivism rate fell from

49 percent to 34 percent, according to the Department of Corrections’ Web site.

Clearly, faith-based initiatives fail to curb recidivism rates compared to the status quo.

All of our campus inmate workers are non-violent offenders, the majority of which were arrested for drug-related offenses. One need only look at the racial disparity in drugrelated arrests — overwhelmingly disenfranchising African-Americans — to see the problems in our correctional policy.

By pretending inmates need to work and discover the fruits of their labor, the University perpetuates the convict leasing legacy, employing slaves to tend to the gardens and legacy projects.

One wonders whether former SG President Colorado Robertson, who spearheaded the Class Gift project, is comfortable with his own legacy brick sitting in the literal center of the state’s own legacy of slave labor.

Eric Freeman Jr. is a 22-year-old political science senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_efreeman.

Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com

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Enjoy your college years – you’ll never get them back

By Neal DeMuccio Colorado State University

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (U-WIRE) — Dear freshmen, Life is about to get a heck of a lot more awesome. You are going to college! It’s like high school, only great.

I know it’s impossible to not take things for granted, but I feel

compelled to tell you anyway — don’t take this amazing time in your life for granted!

Since I graduated two years ago, I’ve visited many college campuses. Each time, I’ve found myself wanting to run up to random strangers, put my hands on their shoulders, give them a good shaking and ask them loudly, “Do you realize what you have?” But as a matter of

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common courtesy, I have yet to do so.

It is therefore my hope that you know and deeply cherish how lucky you are to be here. If you don’t, I will come up and shake some perspective into you. Anyway, here are some thoughts from this CSU alum.

Explore — you will soon fall in love. Buy an old-school cruiser bike at a garage sale. Meet as many people as possible. The relationships you form now will be more important to you later on than anything you study.

Read some Kurt Vonnegut. Lay in the Quad and look up during fall.

Live in an old college house.

Build a compost pile. Frequent the local breweries as often as possible.

Tube down the local river in the summer. Stay near the school during the summer. You won’t regret it.

As far as school goes, choose to be here. If your parents chose for you, get out now and come back on your terms or you’ll likely get burned out. Give yourself an easy

semester to start with; take easy and interesting classes. Get the partying out of your system.

At the beginning of every semester, register for as many classes as possible and drop the ones you don’t like. Introduce yourself to your professors, and get to know them.

Introduce yourself to your classmates, and get to know them. Only do work that makes you proud.

Use the library and the recreation center every day. Become involved in a club, group or cause that you enjoy. Don’t get too riled up over people who are doing their thing in the plaza.

Take great care of your body and your mind, especially around finals. Remember that except for grad school, grades are mostly a matter of personal pride in college. Use Wikipedia, but don’t cite it. Keep in mind that books and papers are best digested over many consecutive days, not many consecutive hours.

If you’re in danger of graduating, change your major immediately.

And as far as life after school

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goes, anticipate leaving school being really tough. Realize that unless you’re studying engineering or computer science, you are very likely to not have a job offer when you graduate, let alone a high-paying dream job. Plan on people with Bachelor’s degrees being ubiquitous in the job market.

Read the book “How To Win Friends And Influence People.”

Learn how to win people’s confidence. Plan on having to use effort to find satisfying social networks and things that mentally challenge you — they will no longer just drop into your lap.

Stay positive. Stick with your family. Live by your values. Go on crazy adventures. Don’t forget to be awesome.

I’ll close with a favorite quote of mine. A Chinese proverb states, “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”

Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Slavery is being practiced by the

system under the color of law. Slavery 400 years ago, slavery today, it’s the same thing, but with a new name.”

Ruchell Magee

political prisoner March 17, 1939 - present

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Dear White House: Facts are stubborn things In response to what the White House calls health care “disinformation,” it has set up a page with the blaring headline “Facts are Stubborn Things” to encourage citizens to snitch on each other.

Halfway down the page is a call to action with the e-mail flag@ whitehouse.gov, where Americans are requested to send in “fishy” e-mails, or rumors spread via “casual conversation.”

The effect of this snitch line has been far from what the White House probably expected. Far from soothing the masses, this email has enraged the opposition even more, causing them to retaliate by flooding the White House with tongue-in-cheek letters.

One anonymous example sent in clips of President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking about health care reform, along with the most upto-date copy of the actual bill, sarcastically pointing out their

juxtaposition as “disinformation.”

Opponents and proponents of health care reform alike have every reason to be angered by this call to action. There is evidence flag@whitehouse.gov is infringing on the rights of private citizens, given the nature of two statutes that were crafted to regulate the handling of records and the protection of citizen privacy.

These statutes conflict in such a way that the White House’s email address, flag@whitehouse. gov, is patently illegal.

The first statute is the Presidential Records Act, which prohibits the White House from deleting communications unless they are submitted to the Archivist of the United States, who then deletes them after determining they no longer have administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value. Despite the outcry, there is no evidence these e-mails have been submitted to

the current archivist, Adrienne Thomas, for review.

This failure to follow through with purging the e-mails is shocking, especially in light of the Privacy Act of 1974. This statute, formed in response to former President Nixon’s attempt to use federal agenLinnie Leavines cies to illegally investigate Columnist individuals for political purposes, prohibits agencies from keeping records of individuals exercising their free speech rights.

Obviously, a situation has been created that makes keeping track of tattle-tale e-mails an impossibility.

Evidently the administration is in a tight corner. What will they do to resolve this issue legally and

peacefully?

So far, we have been given only two fuzzy answers that blatantly contradict each other. The first explanation came from a flustered Linda Douglass, the communications director of the Office of Health Reform and the featured speaker on the page containing the controversial e-mail.

“We don’t have a list. We’re not keeping any of the sources of information,” Douglass claimed in an interview on CNN. Unfortunately for Douglass, this statement not only violates the terms of the Presidential Records Act, but contradicts the statement made by White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton. Though Burton continually denied the White House was compiling an “enemies list,” he was careful to avoid answering whether the e-mails sent in were recorded. After avoiding this direct question four times, he eventually

slipped and retorted, “Why would we delete [the e-mails]?” thereby indicating, contrary to Douglass’s statement, that the administration does have these e-mails on record.

Which explanation is correct? It’s a troubling question, not only because of the shady legality of this affair, but also because no one is capable of answering a simple yes-or-no question. If a one-word answer is all that is necessary to resolve this problem, then why has a satisfactory explanation yet to emerge?

Careful, White House. Facts are stubborn things.

Linnie Leavines is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Central City. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_lleavines.

Contact Linnie Leavines at lleavines@lsureveille.com

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What would happen if students walked like they drove?

Ted overslept this morning — no big deal — he just had to walk a little faster on the way to class. Making his way through the Quad, he noticed this lunaticgirl in a blue shirt came jogging along.

“Man, that girl is in a hurry,” Ted thought. She was wearing headphones so, distracted, she neither saw nor heard Ted. Without even properly telling him, she walked right across Ted’s path.

She almost touched Ted, for crying out loud.

Incensed, Ted dropped some four-lettered bombs screaming, “COMMUNICATION!” and gesturing like an Italian caricature.

He was so distracted that he ran into someone else. Oh well — not Ted’s fault.

Ted considered following the blue girl to really drive the point home, but he had to get to class.

Ted’s lecture hall had only a single door. A group of kids came pouring out as he approached, keeping him at bay.

“I don’t understand — why is life not fair to me? Why didn’t they just defer to me? I was the one racing to class. I was in the hurry.”

What’s worse, Ted got stuck behind a man in a wheelchair who was slow to get through the door.

Well since this jerk didn’t understand the fact that Ted was late, Ted had two options: leapfrog the guy and risk injury or curse his mother.

OK, now pretend all the

above actually happened.

What would Ted’s outrageous responses teach us about how people react every day … in their cars?

“Have you ever noticed that anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anybody going faster than you Jack Johnson is a maniac?”

George CarColumnist lin famously asked.

It’s well known that like alcohol, bad drivers aren’t very common in college towns, but on the off chance that you DO get cut off, tailgated or worse — get the hell away from them. Lest Dr. Hyde get the best of you.

Road rage in a car is one thing, but you’d feel ridiculous doing it on foot, right?

For a change, maybe try not to dignify their ignorance by ignoring your dignity. It begs the “well if he jumped off a bridge …” question.

Because Ted couldn’t do this, he lost not only the time he thought he had gained by hurrying, but the time he wasted being late in the first place.

If a man is not on schedule or time, perhaps he should sit there and take his licks instead of projecting his neurosis upon the sum of public goodness.

The core issue here is accountability.

If a man’s tardiness is out of his control, he’d be absolved in the end anyway, right?

So further, what might road rage teach Ted about himself outside the gridlock?

Figuratively, there will always be people going faster or slower than you, people who will not tell you they’re coming and

people consumed by their own music. Rest assured, the alternative to this would be boring and easy to forecast.

Ted is, in effect, screaming at one of life’s most redeeming qualities — its unpredictability.

And he’s doing it in vain.

Perhaps tomorrow, Ted could give himself time to chill out, shut

up, do Ted and get to class.

In that order.

Jack Johnson is a 23-year-old mass communications junior from Fort Worth, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_jjohnson.

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225.364.2262 CHARMING VINTAGE 3B2BA COTTAGE newly renov, hrdwd fl thruout, W/D, CA/CH, ofstrt prkng, scurty mntring, yardman, bike to LSU, ap & lease. $990 225.344.1700 LSU Area 3 BR / 1 Bath Newly Renovated with beautiful wood flrs., new tile in kitchen & bath. Comes with all appl. inclds washer/ dryer. Near LSU campus, on LSU busline or walk to class. 1 yr. sem. lease. Lawn care included. Very nice! $975 w/ $500 deposit 225.928.2864 TIGERTOWN 1BRUNF $425 AC stove fridge 9275495/7660579 Need Something Typed? Call or email today!! AandGcomputerservices@cox.net or 225.216.7275 225.216.7275

Roommate Wanted

roommate needed New home located I-12/Millerville ten minutes from LSU. 2 rooms available. Rent @ 550/monthincludes all utilities. 225.278.7638 Roommate Needed Male grad seeking roommate to share 2BR/2.5B Lake Beau Pre Condo Only $575 ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED!!

Gated, Pool, Gym, Tennis Court 225.247.0567 Female Rommate Needed 3 bedroom two bath, third roomate needed. 450 per month plus utilities. courtney place on burbank dr 504.416.4579 ROOMATE NEEDED! 3 grls need 4th roomate house on stanford ave rent $375! 225.244.5303

Personals The cute petite girl in econ 2030 with the red VW Jetta has a secret admirer :) I’m too shy to say hi, but if you are curious to find out who your admirer is email me at dc17h21o4n@yahoo.com LOOKING FOR: Non-fratstar. A guy who really knows how to use his cargo pockets. A man who can describe himself with a cute graphic T. Gelled hair preferred. You can find me onstage at Reggies. Come by and buy me a Jager shot or shoot me an email. missindependent@gmail.com No summer love? Hopeless romantic looking for a cute girl who knows what she wants and likes to be treated well. If your idea of a nice night is a movie on the big screen and a bottle of wine, let me know.

504tigerguy@gmail.com looking for my match to fill the little opening in the jumbeled sock drawer of my heart. White female who is into snake charming, chainsaws & sealing envelopes with hot wax. Seeking male companion with high ACT score, high cheekbones and high self esteem. No Weirdos PLEASE! allthegoodonesweretaken666@yahoo.com SEARCHING 4 SOULMATE 20yo Asian guy seeking masculine guy 18-23 to date.

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

Lost and Found REWARD for LOST CAT Large gray cat w/ orange eyes, missing since Aug. 2nd.

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