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HEALTH

H1N1 flu safety measures intensify

By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

FROM ‘HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE’

Beatles extend to wider range of generations

By Sarah Eddington Contributing Writer

The Beatles’ legacy has spanned “Across the Universe” — or at least across the ages.

With the release of the digitally remastered Beatles catalog and the Beatles-themed “Rock Band” video game, 9/9/09 marked a revolutionary day in Beatles history.

Beatle fans have waited more than 20 years for the remastered versions of the Beatles catalog. The band’s music was transferred to CD in 1987, and experts said

the songs lost quality during the switch. Engineers spent four years cleaning up the recordings with new technology and vintage equipment to ensure each song sounded like it did when it was first released.

The new albums’ features include original artwork, expanded booklets and rare photos. For a limited time, the CDs will be embedded with documentary films about each album. The CDs are available in stereo or mono box sets or individual albums.

The release of “The Beatles: Rock Band” was timed to coincide with the remastered catalog’s release.

“Rock Band” creators worked closely with The Beatles and their estates for more than two years to make sure all the details LEGENDS, see page 19

photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and MTV GAMES

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[Top] An in-game image of The Fab Four from the newly released “The Beatles: Rock Band.” [Bottom] Dutchtown High School student Chris Buser walks out of Best Buy with the video game in hand after its midnight release.

The approach of the annual flu season coupled with the lingering H1N1 pandemic has mobilized efforts in East Baton Rouge Parish to prepare for what officials expect to be a frantic season.

East Baton Rouge Parish government offices stepped up pandemic preparedness plans to ensure the governing bodies and the city itself can continue to operate even at the height of the influenza outbreak.

After a White House advisory panel reported in August more than 90,000 people could die and 1.8 million people could be hospitalized from the pandemic, state and local governments began preparing for the worst.

JoAnne Moreau, director of Homeland Security for East Baton Rouge Parish and the mayor’s office of emergency preparedness, said her office’s role is planning for pandemics, not prevention.

“We’re working with the area on how to maintain the most critical services with a minimal workforce,” Moreau said.

Moreau said Homeland Security in Baton Rouge is preparing the government and other agencies in the area to operate with as little as 40 percent of their workforce.

Under a pandemic situation, employees would work from home and on collective projects to keep the virus isolated.

H1N1, see page 19

FOOTBALL

Stickers to promote clean chant

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

Tiger football returns to Death Valley this Saturday, bringing with it the ongoing controversy over the “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant.

Student Government will distribute stickers reading “Oh-Wee-Oh Tigers” outside the stadium leading

up to kickoff Saturday.

Tiger Band drum major Rob Dowie said Tiger Band played the chant during the game at Washington on Saturday without noticing any problems.

“The band will continue playing the chant as part of our touchdown sequence as long as the unsportsmanlike chant isn’t heard,” Dowie

said. “As soon as the ‘You Suck’ is noticeable, the band will permanently remove ‘Oh-Wee-Oh.’” SG purchased about 2,000 stickers and began distributing them Wednesday in Free Speech Alley.

The stickers cost $181 and were purchased with programming funds, CHANT, see page 15

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LSU fans cheer during the Tigers’ game Nov. 17 against Ole Miss.

The “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant will be played Saturday during the game against Vanderbilt, “as long as the unsportsmanlike chant isn’t heard,” according to drum major Rob Dowie.

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World NATIONAL

Grenada provides cheap homes to hurricane victims

Police raid ends hijacking in Mexico, one arrested

Obama heckled by GOP during speech: ‘You lie!’

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (AP) — Grenada has sold some 100 Venezuelan-built houses at a deep discount to people left homeless by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the island’s leader said Wednesday. More than 800 people applied to purchase one of the homes.

The government selected mostly single mothers who were renting or living with relatives, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas said.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed. The Bible-carrying hijacker used a juice can he said was a bomb to hold the 103 passengers and crew on the tarmac for more than an hour. Masked police stormed the aircraft with their guns drawn and escorted several handcuffed men away without firing a shot. Police later said there was only one hijacker. Jose Flores, 44, told investigators he hijacked Aeromexico Flight 576 after a divine revelation, according to Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna. Flores said Wednesday’s date — 9-9-09 — is the satanic number 666 turned upside down.

Flores, speaking to reporters after he was detained, said he took control of the aircraft with “a juice can with some little lights I attached.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A South Carolina Republican lawmaker shouted “You lie” at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress on Wednesday. The congressman later apologized for his “lack of civility.” In his speech in the House chamber, Obama was telling lawmakers that the Democratic plans for health care overhaul do not cover illegal immigrants. “The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally,” Obama said.

“You lie!” Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted from his seat.

ICC Prosecutor eyeing war crimes in Afghanistan UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Luis Moreno Ocampo said he is also conducting preliminary inquiries on possible war crimes in Georgia, Colombia, Kenya, Ivory Coast, and by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Vegas weddings abound as numbers align on 9-9-09 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two years after Las Vegas chapels hit the wedding date jackpot with lucky sevens, it’s all eyes on the nines for 9-9-09.

Wedding officials in Sin City and elsewhere staged a marathon set of nuptials and vow renewals on

Wednesday during what was anticipated to be of the busiest days of the year. The New York City Clerk’s office said 200 couples had wed by midday at its marriage bureau — about four times the Wednesday average. Nine couples in Hollywood spent 99 cents each to get married at a 99 Cents Only store on Sunset Boulevard.

Space shuttle Discovery and crew aim for Tuesday landing CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts aimed for a Thursday evening landing to wrap up their successful space station delivery mission, but late summer storms threatened to keep them up an extra day or two. Mission Control said Wednesday that “the weather will pose a challenge” for bringing Discovery home. The forecast called for a chance of thunderstorms. Conditions were expected to worsen Friday and remain poor Saturday.

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STATE/LOCAL $250K checks given to kin of killed Louisiana soldiers (AP) — Checks for $250,000 have been delivered to five families of Louisiana National Guard soldiers who died while on active duty.

National Guard Maj. Michael Kazmierzak said Wednesday that the checks were delivered as part of a law that compensates such families, though only if the death occurred while on active duty after 2007.

ACLU sues Louisiana district over single-sex classes LAFAYETTE (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit that accuses a Louisiana school district of illegally segregating male and female students. ACLU lawyers filed the federal suit Tuesday against the Vermilion Parish School District on behalf of an unnamed parent whose two daughters were placed in single-sex classes at Rene A. Rost Middle School.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG asked about Groovin’ headliner Ponchos distributed at first Straight Talk

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

The afternoon rain couldn’t stop Student Government members in Free Speech Alley from handing out a barrage of free scantrons and ponchos at Straight Talk with Student Government on Wednesday.

In the past, students would ask SG members about pressing University issues at Straight Talk. Although SG members did answer questions from students throughout the twohour event, SG members spent more time attempting to engage the students and ask them what they see as

lsureveille.com Log on to see the discussions from Straight Talk. the important issues, said SG Vice President Martina Scheuermann.

Hayes Barber, chemical engineering junior, asked Scheuermann about the likelihood of getting indie rock band MGMT to perform at Groovin’ on the Grounds.

“I have been to Groovin’, and it is usually pretty good,” Barber said.

“But [MGMT] is kind of a genre we haven’t seen. It tends to be either rap, country or rock. We haven’t seen a lot of indie stuff, so it would be really fun for them to come be-

cause they are a college-centric band anyways.”

Barber said Scheuermann explained the process involved with getting a particular artist to come the University.

“I know it’s a complicated process,” Barber said. “They said they are interested and looking into it, but they want to do a survey and see what everyone is interested in.”

Other students were concerned about issues with biking on campus.

“I have noticed we have had our bike racks taken away in front of the library,” said Joshua Blaylock, French junior. “It’s really difficult to find parking in the Quad. I end up usually parking on poles and stuff. I was just wondering if we were going to get those [racks] back or what.”

Blaylock said members of SG

POLITICS

Vote record key for ’10 election

By Nate Monroe Contributing Writer

Two heavyweight contenders are now in the 2010 Senate race.

Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, announced Aug. 27 he will challenge incumbent Republican Sen. David Vitter in 2010 — a challenge many political observers characterize as an uphill battle for the Democrat, considering the lopsided defeat President Barack Obama suffered in Louisiana in the 2008 Presidential Election.

Melancon’s announcement came after weeks of criticism by state Republicans and Vitter.

The Republicans’ attack has been two-pronged — first, by questioning why Melancon has held no health care town hall meetings during the Congressional recess.

“Charlie Melancon has not held a single town hall meeting,” said Aaron Baer, spokesman for the Louisiana Republican Party, nearly a week before Melancon announced his Senatorial bid. “Instead, he has spent the August recess ducking his constituents’ questions about a taxpayer-funded junket last New Year’s Eve and his vote against an amendment to stop government-run health care.”

The second line of criticism characterizes Melancon as a loyal Obama supporter.

“Charlie Melancon voted in lock-step with President Obama on other disastrous spending initiatives that will raise taxes, double our ELECTION, see page 15

REP. CHARLIE MELANCON

AGAINST FOR FOR FOR FOR

SEN. DAVID VITTER

CONGRESSIONAL BILLS Military Commissions Act

FOR

Gives president discretion to decide which interrogation techniques are permissible

National Volunteer Expansion Program Establishes national community service organizations and projects, et al.

Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants

Increases Pell Grant amounts and relaxes payment methods on student loans

AGAINST AGAINST

Same-Sex Marriage Resolution Amended Constitution to specify U.S. marriages consist of a union between a man and woman

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Multi-billion dollar stimulus package; provided funding for national programs

FOR

AGAINST

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J. Hudson, SG director of student affairs, right, discusses the benefits of ponchos to a student Wednesday at Straight Talk with Student Government in Free Speech Alley.

were not able to directly answer his question regarding the bike racks, but told him SG is working to promote bicycle awareness on campus through the SG Web site.

SG members also passed out

free scantrons and bluebooks along with Tiger Trails trail mix — a small bag of trail mix used to promote the new bus system on campus.

MGMT, see page 15

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Health center sick notes in works Moodle 2.0 to be launched in spring

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

SG is working on a system for sick notes at the Student Health Center, according to Student Government Director of Academics Jonathan Hunter Walker.

Walker addressed the SG Senate at its third meeting on Wednesday night.

“The Student Health Center has determined that giving out sick notes doesn’t fall in its operating jurisdiction,” Walker said. “The Health Center’s stance has been making sure students’ health concerns are taken care, not in-class issues.”

Walker said SG is working to have a productive system in place by the end of the semester in which University offices would receive a student’s sick note and then distribute the notice to the student’s professors.

“Considering H1N1 going around, there is no reason to delay this,” Walker said. “It is really an oversight to leave students to fend for themselves in this matter.”

Walker also announced Moo-

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‘The Health Center’s stance has been making sure students’ health concerns are taken care.’

Jonathan Hunter Walker SG director of academics

dle 2.0 will be launched in time for next semester. Walker said the upgraded version of Moodle will incorporate new features and close gaps in Moodle’s current services.

Among the new features Walker said are being considered for the new version is Mobile Moodle which would allow students to access Moodle from cell phones. Moodle developers are working on a consolidated grade book which would allow students to view grades from all of their classes at one time.

Moodle 2.0 will also allow students to continue accessing Moodle while the site undergoes regularly scheduled updates, Walker said.

Walker also announced he, along with other SG officials, would meet with Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget next week to discuss im-

plementation of a new dead week policy, a new class withdrawal policy and the issue of University professors basing students’ grades on how much students uses Moodle.

“Instructors can see how many times a student logs into Moodle and how many times they have opened a document,” Walker said. “Some teachers are basing students’ participation and grades on how much a student uses Moodle. Speaking personally as a student and as the director of academics, this is a terrible idea that could have disastrous consequences by relying on misleading and unverifiable indicators.”

Walker also reported a pilot programming for a campus textbook rental service is in its preliminary research stage.

SG Director of Athletics Melissa Hart announced additional bag check lines for the Florida and Auburn football games. Hart also announced a new trophy for the Magnolia Bowl will be unveiled in the coming weeks. Hart said both LSU’s and Ole Miss’s athletic departments did not like the old trophy, so they decided to change it.

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IN THE AYER

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / The Associated Press

Republican House members wave copies of their health care bill Wednesday as President Obama delivers a speech about his health care reforms to a joint session of Congress.

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On the Offensive

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FOOTBALL

2010 season opener up in air

By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

MARK HUMPHREY/ The Associated Press

Vanderbilt redshirt sophomore quarterback Larry Smith fumbles the ball into the end zone as he is hit by Western Carolina linebacker Adrian McLeod, left, and safety Chris Collins, right, on Sept. 5. Western Carolina recovered the ball for a touchback. The Tigers face the Commodores Saturday at 6 p.m. in Tiger Stadium.

Commodores score 45 points in season opener, look to rebound in 2009

By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

The Vanderbilt football team thrashed Western Carolina’s defense for 45 points in its season opener Saturday.

But Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson said the

Commodores will need to kick their offense into an even higher gear to have a chance to beat LSU on Saturday, their first Southeastern Conference contest of the season. Vanderbilt implemented a no-huddle offense against Western Carolina and amassed 620 total yards, more than double its average yardage of 236 against SEC foes in 2008.

Vanderbilt’s Offensive Stats Conference Games Points per game: Passing Offense (yds): Rushing Offense (yds):

18 121.0 114.88

Non-conference Games 25.5 126.25 184.75

“We have most of the playbook in, and we’re not afraid to call it,” Johnson said. “Hopefully our signaling system will be good enough that we can get the calls in. Not huddling, hopefully we won’t have too many situations where we’re running down and don’t have enough time left on the clock.”

Vanderbilt struggled with offensive production throughout last season, particularly against conference teams, averaging seven fewer points scored than in games against non-conference opponents.

The Commodores also showed a stark contrast in their rushing performance in conference and non-conference games in 2008. Vanderbilt OFFENSE, see page 14

The LSU football team’s schedule for 2010 is still a little unclear.

LSU coach Les Miles said the Tigers will play North Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game next season, according to a report by The Advocate.

But sports information director Michael Bonnette told The Daily Reveille in an e-mail late Wednesday that no official announcement has been made.

“We haven’t made any official announcement about our season opener next year,” Bonnette said in the e-mail. “We hope to announce something by the end of the week.”

Miles said competition still remains at some spots in the lineup as LSU’s Southeastern Conference opener against Vanderbilt on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium draws near.

“There’s less competition as we get into the season, but I’d have to say in the secondary there’s still competition going on,” Miles said.

“I don’t see it happening at many positions. It appears to me to pretty fine with a couple of exceptions.”

One of the spots Miles cited was strong safety. Senior Danny McCray and sophomore Brandon Taylor both played the position against Washington.

“Brandon Taylor missed some time that cost him some MILES, see page 14

FOOTBALL

‘Eastbound and Down’ star is passionate about Tigers Mixon trying to attend three games for 2010

By Chris Branch Sports Contributor

Her accent is as sweet as a slice of chocolate meringue pie and as delicate as silk. To hear her speak, one would think she was cut out of the pages of “Southern Living.”

But from the same woman comes a surprising fervor for football.

Katy Mixon has LSU football in her DNA. Her father, Fred Mixon, and her grandfather, Neil Mixon, both played football on Saturdays in Death Valley. She said her father

played defensive back for Charles McClendon from 1964-66. Neil Mixon played running back in 193133.

Katy Mixon is now a rising star in Hollywood. After breaking out as the psychotic, pregnant wife of a cage fighter in the 2008 film “Four Christmases,” Mixon landed the role of April on HBO’s hit show “Eastbound and Down.”

Her latest appearance comes in the comedy “All About Steve” starring Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, in which she plays Bullock’s fashion-challenged friend Elizabeth.

The movie was released Sept. 4.

Her cinematic success has had its negative effects as well. She now resides in Los Angeles, a mere 1,600 miles away from the electricity of

Tiger Stadium.

She was busy filming “Eastbound and Down” last fall, making a trip to Baton Rouge an impossibility, only strengthening her withdrawals.

But fortunately, the football gods colluded to spare her the heartache of another season without LSU football — filming for season two of the show does not begin until early 2010.

“I got a little time,” she said.

“I’m going to try and make it there [Baton Rouge] for three games.”

Katy Mixon was indoctrinated to LSU football early in her life, although the exact timing of her introduction is debatable.

“Honey, I went to my very first MIXON, see page 14

CHRIS PIZZELLO / The Associated Press

“All About Steve” cast members, from left, DJ Qualls, Bradley Cooper, Katy Mixon, Sandra Bullock and Thomas Haden Church pose together at the premiere Aug. 26. Mixon’s father and grandfather both played LSU football, and she is a self-proclaimed Tiger fan.

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AROUND THE SEC

S. Carolina vs. Georgia to highlight week-two matchups Miss. State faces road test in Auburn

By Andy Schwehm Sports Writer

The Southeastern Conference held its ground even after a crazy college football week last weekend.

But the SEC went 11-1 this weekend with only No. 21 Georgia losing to No. 5 Oklahoma State, 24-10, on the road.

Then-No. 3 Oklahoma stumbled to then-No. 21 BYU, two Atlantic Coast Conference schools fell to non-BCS schools and a show of unsportsmanship was displayed during a weekend when sportsmanship was supposed to be encouraged.

The Bulldogs will have a chance at redemption at home this weekend against SEC East foe South Carolina.

“Our guys are anxious to get back onto the field after a week one loss,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a teleconference.

“Knowing that conference play is here has certainly got our team’s attention.”

The Gamecocks are coming off a 7-3 defensive slugfest victory against rival N.C. State.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said his team is ready for another defensive battle this week against the Bulldogs. Neither team scored more than 18 points in their last four head-tohead meetings.

“There is usually pretty good defense in these games,” Spurrier said. “For whatever reason, our defense plays Georgia tough ...

And there aren’t any turnovers in these games, so the teams have to drive all the way down the field.”

AUBURN VS. MISSISSIPPI Auburn travels to Mississippi State this weekend for the teams’ first SEC matchups of the season.

But for Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen and Auburn coach Gene Chizik, it’s their first SEC game as head coaches of their respective teams.

“This is what you work for — the excitement of playing an SEC game,” Mullen said. “Auburn is certainly a much, much improved team, as they showed last week.”

Mississippi State is coming into the matchup off a 45-7 victory against Jackson State, while Auburn heads into the matchup coming off a 37-17 victory against Louisiana Tech.

VOLS GET BRUINS Tennessee’s offense exploded Saturday afternoon against Western Kentucky to the tune of nearly 700 yards, while the Vols’ defense played the role of roadblock, holding its opponent to less than 100 yards.

That performance had coach Lane Kiffin beaming about his team’s possibilities this week as they prepare to face UCLA in a Pac-10 versus SEC showdown in Volunteer country.

Specifically, Kiffin was happy with the play of senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton, who completed 21-of-28 for 233 yards with five touchdowns and a pair of interceptions.

“He got off to a shaky start with that interception,” Kiffin said. “But then he followed that up with a great [end of the game].”

But Kiffin knows Crompton and his offense will face a challenge in the Bruins.

“This is a very physical team, and they are much improved from

last season,” Kiffin said.

SABAN WANTS MORE Even after a 34-24 victory against then-No.7 Virginia Tech last weekend, Alabama coach Nick Saban said he wants to see improvement from his team this week.

“It’s always been said you make the most improvement from the first to the second week,” Saban said. “We have a few guys fighting the flu, which makes it hard to get some continuity.”

Alabama may not have to worry too much about a challenge this week, as they will face Florida International in Tuscaloosa, Ala. But Saban said his team will not overlook its opponent.

“They have some fire power in their offense, and they have been improving every season,” Saban said.

FLORIDA GETS CAKEWALK After a 62-3 victory against Charleston Southern, Florida

GERRY BROOME / The Associated Press

South Carolina freshman cornerback Stephon Gilmore, left, breaks up a pass intended for North Carolina State junior wide receiver Jarvis Williams on Sept. 3 in Raleigh, N.C. South Carolina won, 7-3.

will get a bit of a tougher challenge this week against the men of Troy.

But these men of Troy aren’t from the University of Southern California. They are from Troy University.

The Gators’ matchup against the Trojans allows Florida to have another tune-up match before their highly anticipated game against Tennessee next Saturday.

“I was pleased with our performance last week,” said Florida coach Urban Meyer. “I look forward to seeing a very talented Troy team coming into our stadium.”

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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BASKETBALL

Derenbecker seeking state title before joining Tigers High school senior to suit up in 2010

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

LSU freshman forward Eddie Ludwig and Tiger commitment Matt Derenbecker lit up the gym of Metairie Park Country Day School together, leading the Cajuns to the 1A State Championship in 2009.

Since then the duo has separated for a year before a possible reunion under the bright lights of the PMAC. Ludwig signed with LSU on Feb. 18, while Derenbecker, a high school senior, committed to the Tigers on July 16. The 6-foot-7-inch, 185-pound recruit joins Scout.com three-star forward Jalen Courtney as the only recruits in LSU’s 2010 class.

Ludwig and Derenbecker

are the second and third players to commit to a Division-I school during Country Day coach Mike McGuire’s 12-year tenure.

Derenbecker, the reigning Gatorade Boys Player of the Year and first-team Class 1A All-State selection, played for Class 5A Ponchatoula before transferring to Country Day before his junior season, during which he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.

Derenbecker will seek another state championship without Ludwig.

“He was the missing piece to beat Christian Life for the state title,” McGuire said. “His role is going to change without Eddie. He’s going to have to go down and rebound more.”

McGuire said the Scout.com four-star recruit can play any position for Country Day, but he envisions him as a two or three guard in college.

“That’s why [LSU] coach Trent Johnson loved him,” McGuire said.

“He can definitely play a few different spots in college.”

Johnson was a major reason Derenbecker chose LSU instead of Stanford, the team Johnson led before joining the Tigers in 2008.

“Stanford would have been a good opportunity for me, but LSU was where my heart was,” Derenbecker said. “I really liked coach Johnson and the coaching staff.”

The short drive from Metairie also convinced him to deny offers from schools like Alabama, Georgetown and Ole Miss.

“I wanted my family to be able to see me play,” Derenbecker said.

“I wanted to come back and visit my family.”

Derenbecker, the No. 19-ranked small forward by Scout.com, will have an easy time adjusting to college basketball because of his AAU experience.

“Most people say you’ve got to go to a big school to play for a Division-I program, but that’s just

not true,” McGuire said. “It’s not always about the high school that you’re at as long as you are able to play with the high level of competition with AAU. He gets to play with the top 12 kids in the state.”

Derenbecker said he wants to take advantage of his senior campaign before suiting up for the Tigers.

“I’m really trying to increase my explosiveness off the dribble,” Derenbecker said. “I know there are going to be a lot of funky defenses thrown at me without Eddie, so I want to be able handle whatever they throw at me.”

Derenbecker was also recruited for his shooting and ball handling.

“He can shoot with anybody in the country,” McGuire said. “He’s also really smart with a great basketball IQ.” Derenbecker’s family pedigree helped form his basketball skills.

His father, John, also led Country Day to a state title in 1977 and went

on to play for Centenary and Vanderbilt.

McGuire sees Derenbecker as an impact player for the Tigers in the years to come.

“He’s going to compete for a spot,” McGuire said. “If he’s not starting, he’ll be in the top rotation.”

Derenbecker may even get a chance to reunite with his wingman from high school.

“From what coach Johnson said, it’s a great possibility of us starting together,” Derenbecker said. “That would be awesome.”

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com

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NFL

Lions coach hopes new defense will baffle Saints Plan for N.O. not same as preseason

By The Associated Press ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz knows that his patchwork defense will face a massive challenge Sunday against the high-powered New Orleans Saints.

Schwartz, though, thinks that the very nature of Detroit’s newlook defense will present a challenge to Saints quarterback Drew Brees.

“He’s not going to know what we are going to do, and I think that gives us an advantage,” Schwartz said. “There’s not tape from last year on this group, and what we did in the preseason is not what we are going to do at the Superdome.

He’s not going to be sure what he’s going to be seeing, and that will help us.”

Not only have the Lions replaced most of last season’s defensive starters, they will also be using a multi-formation system developed by new defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham.

“We were pretty vanilla in the preseason — we played a lot of cover two and a little bit of man — but we’re going to be bringing the whole package on Sunday,” linebacker Julian Peterson said. “We don’t want to let him get comfortable and feel like he can be prepared for what we’re going to do.”

Of course, Detroit’s defensive overhaul was made out of necessity. Last year’s 0-16 record happened, in great part, because of one of the worst defenses in NFL history. Detroit allowed 517 points, the second-most in league history, and its secondary only intercepted one pass.

Only one defensive back from last year’s roster, Kalvin Pearson, will be playing against New Orleans and his major contributions come on special teams.

Schwartz realizes the defense will face the ultimate test right out of the box.

“Drew Brees is one of the best players in the National Football League,” he said. “He’s mobile and he’s very accurate — that’s how he threw for over 5,000 yards and 34 touchdowns last year, and why they were the top-ranked offense in the league. They didn’t run the ball all that well, but they didn’t have to because he was so good.”

One of Detroit’s new defensive backs, cornerback Phillip Buchanon, thinks that Brees’ patience is his biggest virtue.

“He scans the field really well, and he loves his checkdowns,” Buchanon said. “He’ll take five or six yards against you over and over, and then he’ll hit one over the top on you. That’s what we’ve got to keep him from doing.”

Schwartz has also added to other parts of the defense, picking up players like Peterson, Larry Foote and Grady Jackson. Foote said it will take every one of them to stop Brees.

“What he does so well is to find the weak link in your defense,” said Foote, who joined his hometown team after winning his second Super Bowl with Pittsburgh. “The key is that everyone has to do their jobs, and we have to dictate what he does. We can’t let him dictate things and just react or he’ll beat us.”

Jason Hanson kicked field goals at practice after missing the final three preseason games

following knee surgery. His status is still unclear for the Saints game.

“At this point, I expect that he’ll be able to kick field goals, but we’ll have to see how he feels after doing some kickoffs today,” Schwartz said. “If we need to, we’ll bring in someone later this week to handle kickoffs.”

Schwartz said that he doesn’t feel any extra pressure to win a game early in the season to snap Detroit’s 17-game losing streak.

“We’re not worried about what happened last year or in 2007.

When I got this job, I called every player on the roster, and I never mentioned last year. I feel an obligation to our fans to try to win every game, but that would be true no matter what happened last season.”

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Detroit’s Chris Roberson intercepts a pass intended for Buffalo Bills’ Roscoe Parrish during the first half of the preseason NFL football game Sept. 3.

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Entertainment

Relaxing

LITERATURE

Alumni publish children’s book

Remedies Students use Eastern methods like acupuncture, yoga to get rid of stress

By Lindsey Nunez Entertainment Writer

Classes, homework and tests are a few of the typical day-to-day activities plaguing the minds of college students and creating high stress levels.

But when Tylenol does not suffice and energy drinks fail, students try new techniques to cope with stress. Some are incorporating Eastern world ‘Stress is meditations, exerone of the cise and treatments to relieve stress most and ease pains.

Some stucommon dents develop uncomplaints healthy habits like our consuming large students amounts of alcohol, caffeine, nicohave.’ tine and fatty foods Amy Granger to cope with stress, wellness education said Amy Granger, wellness education coordinator coordinator at the Student Health Center.

But some students are taking healthier steps to relieve stress with Eastern relaxation remedies like yoga, meditative exercise and acupuncture, a therapeutic pain relief using needles.

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Log on to see a student receiving acupuncture and cupping.

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Acupuncturist Kenneth Chow uses a method called cupping on photography senior Brad Penny on Wednesday at Chow Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Cupping is a procedure where hot cups are applied to the back, creating suction.

Polly Ester and Rapunzel Rose, the main characters of “Journey to Fantasiaplasia,” “dream the same dream” and play together in their imaginations.

Two University alumni and a Mississippi State College for Women alumna wrote, illustrated and published the children’s book in May 2009.

“Journey to Fantasiaplasia” is the first book in the series about the characters.

Christine Belaire, University alumna with an education degree and co-author of “Journey to Fantasiaplasia,” said the book encourages children to explore creativity and imagination.

“It helps them take everyday objects and turn them into fantasy,” Belaire said. “Kids need to pretend again. What we see kids doing is only half the story. What they are doing in their minds is the beauty of childhood.”

2009 University alumnus Alonzo Felix illustrated the book and said he was drawn to the project because of the interaction between reality and fantasy.

“Journey to Fantasiaplasia” is still a grassroots movement, according to Felix.

“Every kid we’ve shown it to has absolutely loved it. They really seem to like the full-page, full-color illustrations with lots of details,” Felix said.

Children aren’t the only people who will enjoy the book, Felix said. Adults will also find it entertaining and interesting.

“I think the books help adults BOOK, see page 13

ART

Students express creativity on wall New blackboard offers chance to share ideas

By Emily Slack Entertainment Writer

Math equations, aliens, zombies and bearded men are never found in the same place — until now.

They all appeared Wednesday on the blackboard wall in the atrium of the Design Building.

University students can now express

creativity on the new art The blackboard was wall — a large chalkadded when the gallery in board where anyone can the atrium was closed this draw or write ideas for summer. The college addLog on to see photos ed the blackboard along the public to see. of pictures and designs with benches for students “The blackboard wall on the art wall. in the atrium of the Deto observe the wall. sign Building is the Col“I think it’s cool to lege of Art and Design’s have something that’s dyanalog chat room,” David Cronrath, dean namic and changes day to day on camof the College of Art and Design, said in pus,” said Scott Beckstrom, geography an e-mail. “When you have creative stu- senior. dents like in our college, it is our job to University students often stop by give them as many ways as possible to ART WALL, see page 13 express their talents and ideas.”

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Maggie Boggs, interior design, painting and drawing junior examines the art wall Wednesday in the Design Building.

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ACTIVITIES

Students spend time producing independent films Balancing shoots, class can be tricky

By Ben Bourgeois Entertainment Writer

While many students can’t wait to make it through the week to relax or catch an LSU football game, others spend their weekend producing independent films.

Students still manage to write, direct and produce their own films despite going to school full-time and often having other jobs and hobbies. And a typical college student’s budget usually forces them to do it without many of the resources of conventional filmmaking.

Josh Carley, mass communication senior, has been producing films since he was in high school and has done three feature films.

“I have two jobs, and I take 15 [class] hours,” he said. “A lot of time when you’re a full-time student, you want to go about filming on a weekend, but there’s football games.”

Having a limited amount of time requires him to have everything completely planned when it comes time to actually shoot the film, Carley said.

“Whenever we went to film, we already had a shot list and a story board,” he said. “We filmed

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Travis Williams, general studies senior and student filmmaker, discusses making a student film on Tuesday Sept. 9.

well over 20 hours in one weekend — everybody was there and ready to go.”

Carley produces most of his films with his own equipment and with help from his friends, he said.

Because he has no actual budget, he was forced to produce special effects with some unconventional means, like using Hula-hoops and different lighting to simulate a full moon.

“Out of my pocket on [the film I finished filming over the summer] ‘Carolina,’ we bought a pack of cigarettes, the Hula-hoops and some paper,” he said. “It was maybe $30 out of my pocket.”

But Carley considers having a small budget and improvising to be a challenge, he said.

“I can make a decent film with basically nothing as far as good equipment,” he said. “So when I potentially get some good equipment, I’ll be able to rock and roll.”

Travis Williams, general studies senior and student filmmaker, said producing a film during school requires a great amount of commitment.

“There are people who pick away at their film for over a year, but if you want to make a feature, you have to treat it like a full-time job,” he said. “You’re managing

actors who all have jobs and school too.”

Williams and his production company, Hedges Pictures, completed four full-length features during the nine years they’ve been together, he said. He said it requires a group effort to produce so many films on a small budget.

“It’s a very family-like atmosphere,” he said. “When you’re a student you need a good team of people around you excited to do it.”

Williams said one of the toughest parts of filmmaking is actually getting it screened in front of people.

“If you get a film out, which is a miracle in itself, it’s hard to get it screened in front of people,” he said. “The Outhouse Film Festival [on campus] caters specifically to Louisiana filmmakers and LSU students, so it’s a blessing.”

Williams said he has tried to participate in Outhouse every year since he has been involved with them.

“I’ve been working without Outhouse for roughly seven years, and every year we try to have either a short or a feature film to use and participate,” he said. “Outhouse is student-run, and having it around after 11 years is nothing short of phenomenal.”

Garich Girvoir, mass communication senior, is president of the

Outhouse Film Festival. Outhouse is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and screens independent films every year in the spring.

Girvoir is also filmmaker and is glad to have the festival to screen local films.

“Not everyone’s going to have a huge budget with local films,” he said. “I’ve seen films that’ll be the greatest looking film you’ve ever seen, but the content is horrible.

Then you’ll see a local guy who might not have the best camera or boom mikes, but it’s entertaining.”

Outhouse is also easy for student filmmakers to get involved in because it is much cheaper to enter than other festivals, Girvoir said.

“When you think of students, you think they don’t have a lot of money,” he said. “But for Outhouse, it’s only $10 to $15 to submit a film depending on the length. It’s local, so it’s easy to get involved.”

Carley said even though filming takes up most of his free time, it is a very rewarding hobby.

“It’s very hard, time-consuming and there’s a lot of stress, but it really is a blessing,” he said. “I’m grateful for the passion I have to do it and the people to help me — it’s definitely worth it.”

Contact Ben Bourgeois at bbourgeois@lsureveille.com

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Reveille Ranks

MUSIC MOVIES BOOKS TELEVISION

All About Steve Fox 2000 Pictures

Phish

Yo La Tengo

Jemp Records

Matador

Joy

Popular Songs

“All About Steve” was supposed to be a witty chick flick about an eccentric crossword puzzle writer stalking a blind date for love, but this film falls flat. Mary becomes convinced Steve is her soulmate and follows the TV news cameraman across the country, but she was too quirky to even be considered comedic. After their recent performances in “The Proposal” and “The Hangover,” audiences expected more out of Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, but they were severely disappointed by the boring, desperately unfunny film. This movie is easily the lowest hole in Bullock’s career.

Phish comes back to the music scene after a four-year absence with its newest album “Joy.” The 25-year-old touring phenomenon is sure to please its huge and devoted fanbase with this gem of an album. Phish sticks to its breezy country-rock sound it’s well known for, especially in tracks like “Joy,” “Sugar Shack” and “Kill Devil Falls.”

But “Joy” isn’t just easylistening track. Trey Anastasio, guitarist and vocalist, is credited with writing most of the tracks, some of which deal with his drug addiction during the band’s absence.

“Time Turns Elastic” and “Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan” are highlights.

In a time when band popularity lasts only a few short months, Yo La Tengo has managed to stay relevant for 25 years. Releasing its 12th studio album “Popular Songs” the band proves yet again why so many bands try to emulate its sound. Yo La Tengo stays true and produces a varied list of songs that shifts from trippy, shoe-gaze space rock to more lighthearted pop tunes. The great vocals and daring music of “Popular Songs” prove Yo La Tengo won’t fade away any time soon.

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Gamer

Extract

Boys Like Girls

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Miramax Films

Love Drunk Sony

“Gamer” lies where reality meets fantasy. Gerard Butler plays Kable, a death row inmate who is controlled during war games by a teenager.

This review would mention more of the story’s plot if there were anymore to it.

However, after five minutes of character building, the movie contains nothing but random explosions, lacerations and other acts of violence.

Great acting was wasted on an awful plot. Even if viewers are only looking for intense action scenes, most of this movie’s violence is jumbled and seizure-inducing.

In his first major release since the God-awful “Idiocracy,” director and producer Mike Judge is back with an office comedy about the hazards of running a small business. Great performances from Ben Affleck and Gene Simmons of all people keep this movie going despite a somewhat uneven and slow plot. Judge always has a knack for creating great characters, and this is no exception. Great jokes about very believable office situations are accompanied by an awesome delivery from the actors. Although it’s not as funny as Judge’s cult classic “Office Space,” “Extract” is a great social satire featuring an dynamic cast.

Boys Like Girls’ sophomore effort, “Love Drunk,” shows it is at the forefront of the alternative pop genre after significant success with its self-titled 2007 debut.

While the newest serving of high-energy songs about love and heartbreak will keep you dancing and singing, the album will not stand out in your mind for long. Tracks like the catchy and fierce “Shot Heard ’Round The World” and the title-cut “Love Drunk” set themselves apart, but the rest of the album sounds generic and nothing different from the plethora of alternative pop bands out there today.

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RELAXATION, from page 9

overwhelmed three to four times a school year.

“Stress is one of the common complaints our students have,” Granger said.

People carry stress in different ways, but many people carry stress in a physical form, she said. This can lead to body aches, nausea or other physical ailments.

Kenneth Chow, a local acupuncturist on Florida Boulevard, has performed acupuncture on students to reduce test-taking anxiety.

He also uses acupuncture to help people with ailments from headaches and arthritis to infertility and digestive problems.

During acupuncture, needles of varying lengths and widths are pricked into the skin at designated acupuncture points. There are more than 360 points on the body, all of which cause different effects. Needles inserted into the hands are penetrated 1 to 2 centimeters, while needles inserted in the back can go as deep as 2 to 3 inches, Chow said.

Chow said Western medications are good for emergencies, but do not fix the problem. They only reduce side effects. But Chinese doctors look for the root of the problem.

Everyone is surrounded by a field of energy, according to traditional Chinese medicine. When energy — or qi — is blocked, a lack of ease occurs in the body.

A bad diet, sleep deprivation, excessive emotions, injuries and environmental toxins all contribute to disturbances in energy, Chow said.

Chinese diagnostic work finds the source of the disturbance. Factors, including the position of the headache and the type of pain, are both used to determine which acupuncture points should be stimulated, Chow said.

“The process is individualized,” Chow said. “Different symptoms call for different treatment.”

The needles unblock qi and return the body to homeostasis when the correct points are located. The needles stimulate the brain to release and restore neurotransmitters. These send out natural anti-inflammatory endorphins which result in a reduction in pain signals, he said. The only side effect of acupuncture is slight bruising.

Chow has experienced a steady increase in clientele since he first began practicing acupuncture in 2000, he said.

Acupuncture typically costs $85 to $95 per session. Chow recommends eight to 12 biweekly sessions for chronic pain.

Brad Penny, photography sophomore, experienced acupuncture and cupping Wednesday. Cupping is an Eastern procedure where hot cups are applied to the back to create a suctioning effect.

“It was awesome,” Penny said. “After the session I felt very relaxed and collected.”

Yoga is another relaxation and exercise practice originating from the Eastern world that students have incorporated into their lives.

“After yoga you always feel refreshed, energized and relaxed,” said Emily Beasley Phillips, University yoga instructor.

This meditative exercise, de-

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Acupuncturist Kenneth Chow performs acupuncture on Brad Penny, photography sophomore, Wednesday afternoon.

rived from India, is performed to relieve stress, build strength and increase flexibility. Yoga is composed of a series of poses, asanas, which target different parts of the body. Some poses are restorative, while others are used for meditation or strengthening, Phillips

said.

Yoga’s emphasis on meditation prompts participants to release of their thoughts and concentrate on breathing — not the stress and obligations of day-to-day life, she said.

Taking time out of their day

to practice yoga, gives students a chance to escape from the world, Phillips said.

“Yoga keeps me spiritually and physically well, while helping me deal with stress,” Penny said.

The University Recreational Complex offers multiple yoga

classes for students. The Group X classes include gentle yoga, power yoga and piyo — a pilates and yoga combination. The UREC also offers a specialty yoga class for athletes and a specialty yogafree relaxation class.

Each class permits 40 students.

“These are some of our most popular classes,” said Amy Kokemor, UREC Interim Coordinator of Healthy Lifestyles. “They always fill up.”

Power yoga and yoga for athletes concentrates on muscular strength and endurance, while gentle yoga and yoga-free relaxation are calming and concentrate on flexibility, balance and posture, she said.

All types of yoga help students deal with the daily stresses of life by the incorporation of controlled breathing, Kokemor said.

This increases the flow of oxygen and blood to the brain.

The University also offers elective yoga for class credit.

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“She makes my story characters come to life through verse,” get in touch with their inner child Belaire said. and get the child in touch with Though the process has been their inner adult,” Felix said. long, Belaire said it was always Belaire said she has always an entertaining one. been interested in children’s “It was never work,” Belaire books. Even as an adult, before said. “We’ve enjoyed every secshe had children ond. Who can say of her own, she that about their collected chilwork?” dren’s books.

Polly Ester “I had this and Rapunzel idea for a kid’s Rose, the main book and I created characters of the the characters and book, were instarted writing the spired by children Christina Belaire storyline while around Belaire, University alumna I was pregnant both today and in with my daughter, her childhood. and she is five-and-a-half now,” “The inspiration for the name Belaire said.

Rapunzel Rose is a combination Though she had a story idea, of the beloved fairy tale and the she did not know what to do with name of our Boston Terrier, Rose it, she said.

Hilton,” Holdiness said on the When Belaire was a doctoral publisher’s Web site. “Polly Esstudent at Mississippi State Uni- ther is a derivative of the popular versity with Sacky Holdiness, the material my mom, Polly, sold at book’s co-author, she decided to The Fabric Center, a cloth store send the story idea to Holdiness, she owned in Waynesboro, Miswho put verse to the story. sissippi, back in the ’50s and

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‘It was never work.

We’ve enjoyed every second. Who can say that about work?’

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the blackboard between classes to write and draw or to observe other students’ contributions to the wall, said Lauryn Pontoppidan, communication disorders junior.

“People can comment on each other’s comments — it’s sort of like Facebook in chalk,” said Rod Parker, interim director of the School of Art. The blackboard has not been officially promoted by the College of Art and Design, and remains a word-of-mouth trend, said Beckstrom.

“I like to come here and think about the people who made the contributions to the wall — what they were thinking,” Beckstrom said.

The wall is cleaned every Thursday, so new art can be added each week. University students contribute anything from inspirational quotes to cartoons and detailed drawings.

“I like to come [to the blackboard] throughout the day and see what people have done,” said Pontoppidan.

The wall offers students a chance to communicate through a medium that isn’t on a computer or cell phone, said Parker.

“It gives everyone a chance to start a mini revolution,” said Tom Sofranko, associate dean of the College of Art and Design.

Studio art professors use the art wall as a teaching tool as well.

“It has a functional use,” Parker said. “It’s a place where faculty can sit with students and discuss an issue and use the board as a teaching wall.”

So far, University students have respected the privilege of writing on the wall, it has remained free of offensive images and language, Parker said.

“I’m really impressed that no one has written profanities – it’s kind of refreshing,” said Erika Letten, fine arts sophomore.

Contact Emily Slack at eslack@lsureveille.com

’60s.”

The second book, “Halloween Haunting,” is in the illustration phase and the third book, “Colorado Caper,” is in the writing phase.

Caitlin Krieger, clinical laboratory science junior, said she would be interested in reading the book to her 2-year-old son.

“Finding fun ways to inspire creativity and imagination is important at his age,” Krieger said.

“I would recommend the book to friends because the illustrations are a delightful way to send young children into the fantastic depths of dreamland.”

The authors and illustrator will be participating in the Louisiana Book Festival on October 17, where they will have copies of the book on sale.

Contact Catie Vogels at cvogels@lsureveille.com

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accumulated 185 yards rushing per game against teams outside the SEC compared to 115 against conference teams.

But this season Vanderbilt boasts the true freshman duo of running backs Zac Stacy and Warren Norman. Stacy rushed for 133 yards against Western Carolina, and Norman added 105 as they became the first Vanderbilt teammates to each rush for more than 100 yards in a game since 2002.

In the passing game, Vanderbilt sophomore quarterback Larry Smith is at the heart of the no-huddle scheme. Although the Commodores’ difference in passing yardage in conference and non-conference games last season was not as severe — an average of 126 yards per game in non-conference games compared to 121 in the SEC — their passing offense ranked No. 112 in the country and last in the SEC. Johnson said he is grateful Smith is familiar with this season’s playbook, which he said enables the

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game at Tiger Stadium when I was 2 years old,” she said.

Fred Mixon told a different account.

“Katy first went to a game when she was 8 months old,” he said. “We had to haggle with the lady at the ticket office to let her in without a ticket.”

By both accounts, her passion for LSU football is unrivaled. She said there’s “nothing like Tiger Stadium.”

“There’s nothing like when the band comes marching down, when the team comes in,” Katy Mixon said. “It’s a phenomenal time. As a little girl, I grew up in it.”

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learning process to move faster.

“Larry’s a smart kid,” Johnson said. “The backs and receivers are all looking at the same signals, so they don’t need to hear Larry. He will verbally give a code to the offensive linemen to let them know what the play is. That’s probably going to be the biggest challenge — getting that verbal command to the offensive linemen.”

LSU coach Les Miles said the LSU defense has become accustomed to the no-huddle offense because the offense has run the scheme in camp before.

“The logistics of no-huddle are hard to simulate in practice,” Miles said. “[Opponents] can change the tempo. The good news is the coaches have a comfortable way to get the defensive snaps called. There’s a comfort being on the field and ready for that.”

LSU last faced Vanderbilt in 2005, Les Miles’ first season in Baton Rouge. LSU beat the Commodores, 34-6, in Nashville as Vanderbilt finished with just 138 total offensive yards, including 26 rushing yards on

25 carries. Vanderbilt was No. 1 in the SEC and No. 19 in the country in passing offense in 2005 with current Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler at the helm.

“We were sort of a one-player offense with Cutler,” Johnson said.

“Hopefully we’ve got more players on our team who can stick with this kind of competition.”

LSU senior linebacker Perry Riley said the Tiger defense is not concerned with Vanderbilt’s rank of No. 117 of 119 Division-I Football Bowl Subdivision teams in total offense last season.

“Last year’s rankings don’t have anything to do with this year,” Riley said. “Washington’s offense was ranked near the bottom last year, and they played their tails off last weekend. I’m sure they had a good offseason and worked to improve their numbers on the offensive side of the ball. We’re definitely going in thinking it’s going to be a dogfight.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

preparation,” Miles said. “But Taylor may get the nod.”

The LSU defense allowed 478 total yards to Washington to open the season. The Vanderbilt running game racked up close to that number in its season opener with 433 total rushing yards, behind the 100-plus-yard efforts of true freshmen Zac Stacy and Warren Norman.

“They’re both very dangerous runners,” Miles said. “They do a great job by scheme, giving them the ball where you can hardly gang up on them. You have to be able to defeat a block and make a tackle on these guys.”

Miles said the 2009 Vanderbilt team displays distinct differences from the Commodores squad Miles faced in 2005, his first season at LSU. “They’re much better,” Miles said. “They had a pocket passer then in Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler who is still playing in the NFL. They have some

She grew up as one of seven children. The family lived in enemy territory — Pensacola, Fla., within 300 miles of both the University of Florida and Florida State University.

“It’s funny being from Pensacola,” she said. “Everybody thinks I’m either going for FSU or the Gators.

I’m a Tiger girl.”

Neither the southern belle nor her siblings ever attended any classes under the stately oaks in Baton Rouge. Katy Mixon graduated from the prestigious film school at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

But the school on her degree has not fazed her passion for LSU football.

“As a dad, it means a lot,” Fred Mixon said. “She’s got that purple

and gold in her blood.”

Unfortunately for Katy Mixon, no one on the show likes football, or sports in general.

“They’re just really not into it,” she said. “I adore me some sports. I love basketball, I love baseball, but I’m a major college football girl.”

Katy Mixon’s fancy for the pigskin first appeared on SI.com as Stewart Mandel’s “Mailbag Crush,” a distinction given to an attractive, football-savvy actress each season.

She was a perfect fit.

She told Mandel she was excited for LSU’s new-look defense under new defensive coordinator John Chavis. After watching Jake Locker and Washington shred the Tiger defense for 478 total yards in LSU’s 31-23 win, she still has faith in the unit.

“To be honest with you, I think we underestimated them a little bit,” she said. “I think it’s going to take a hot second for them to get in a

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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 differences in their personnel, and they run a no-huddle [offense].”

LSU sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson had a career night against Washington in his third start for the Tigers. Miles said Jefferson has not shown any extra nerves in the week before the team’s first SEC contest.

“I don’t see him getting real excited,” Miles said. “He wants to make great plays. I feel his emotion more when something doesn’t work right. He expects more of himself.”

In the week’s preparation for kickoff against Vanderbilt, Miles said no players experienced any flu-like symptoms with the prevalence of the H1N1 virus on the LSU campus.

“There were a couple of guys the week before we played the opener at Washington [who were sick],” Miles said. “But this has been a flu-free week.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com groove.”

Katy Mixon, ever the optimist, said an uninspiring performance in Seattle did not damper her expectations for the 2009 campaign.

“I think they’re a great team,” she said. “We’re going to play Vanderbilt on the 12th, and I’m fired up.

I think it’s a great team this year.”

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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 ELECTION, from page 3

national debt in five years and triple it in 10,” reads a statement on Charliemelanconforsenate.com, a Web site launched by Vitter’s campaign to criticize the Democrat.

Melancon defends his record by characterizing himself as a conservative Democrat — a blue dog — and arguing it means he can relate to a majority of Louisianians better.

“Yes, I’m a Democrat, but the majority of people in Louisiana are Democrats,” Melancon said at during his Senate bid announcement. “They’re conservative Democrats; I’m a conservative Democrat. They’re pro-life; I’m pro-life.

They’re pro-gun; I’m pro-gun. I’m an avid hunter and fisherman.”

Melancon has voted 91.2 percent of the time with the Democratic Party in the current Congress, according to the Washington Post’s Congressional Votes database. This

MGMT, from page 3

“They see the Tiger Trails trail mix and students will come up and ask different questions about the buses like why the routes have changed and what are some things that we plan on improving,” said SG President Stuart Watkins. “A lot of students don’t know we are getting

CHANT, from page 1

said SG Executive Director of Athletics Melissa Hart.

“Chanting profanities gives a bad name to LSU,” Hart said. “We want to keep our image clean as a top-tier university and show that we are friendly in public, and we know how to act. Even though people use profanity, we don’t want the whole section saying, ‘You suck.’”

Tiger Band will practice the chant with the student section between 20 and 50 minutes before kickoff Saturday, Dowie said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille.

The chant was subject to controversy since Tiger Band discontinued it after the student section created its own rendition of the chant involving the words “you suck” and a shortened version of South Carolina’s

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percentage is similar to other conservative Democrats in the House, and the percentage is comprised of more than 600 votes.

He supported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in early 2009, a massive new spending bill aimed at boosting the sagging economy, which also drew the ire of the Republican Party. He has tended to support the Democratic Party’s positions on many budget issues. But as a conservative Democrat, he supports efforts to decrease the federal deficit and create deficit-neutral legislation, like supporting the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009.

And Melancon has voted against the majority opinion of his Democratic colleagues on many high-profile issues.

In 2005, Melancon bucked his party and voted for the controversial bill that gave federal courts jurisdiction in the Terri Schiavo case.

He also went against the

Democratic grain when he supported a proposed constitutional amendment to ban desecrating the American flag, and he supported another proposed amendment that would have restricted marriage to one man and one woman.

He, like Vitter, also voted for stricter immigration laws, supporting the heavily Republican-sponsored Secure Fence Act of 2006.

Vitter has voted with the Republican Party 92.1 percent of the time during the current Congress — a percentage comprised from more than 250 votes.

Like Melancon, Vitter supported a constitutional amendment defining marriage and banning flag desecration.

Vitter voted against the 2009 stimulus package because of “wasteful spending that did nothing to stimulate our economy.”

Both candidates are pro-life, and both have not, so far, supported

the brand-new buses after the beginning of the year. We are not staying with the white buses we have now.

We are going to have larger buses with doors on the back.”

SG also gave away rain ponchos from their surplus of more than 27,000 ponchos purchased by the Robertson-Bates administration, Scheuermann said.

The ponchos were purchased last year as a part of a sponsorship agreement, said former SG president Colorado Robertson.

mascot — The Gamecocks — during the football game against South Carolina in 2007.

“I’m so used to it being ‘OhWee-Oh, you suck’ from my freshman year,” said Desmond Green, agricultural business junior. “Once you do something so many times, it sticks with you. It was kind of weird when they brought it back with ‘Tigers’ at the end, but I can understand the University and band trying to keep the image of the school respectable.”

Former SG President Colorado Robertson partnered with Tiger Band and University administrators to get the chant back on a trial basis for the Alabama game last season.

The chant was played at each home game since the Tigers welcomed Nick Saban and Alabama last season.

“According to SEC rules, neither the band nor the cheerleaders are allowed to lead or participate in unsportsmanlike cheers,” Dowie said.

“It doesn’t really matter to us what the fans cheer, as long as the band isn’t leading or contributing to it. I am optimistic it will work out.”

Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

the Democratic-led health care reform efforts.

Despite Melancon’s relatively conservative voting record, most expect a tough race to unseat a Republican — even one who was once embattled by a prostitution scandal like Vitter.

“If the election were held this fall, [Melancon’s] campaign might

PAGE 15 already seem doomed,” wrote John Maginnis, a pundit and columnist on Louisiana politics, on his blog Aug. 28. “But the political landscape could change a lot in a year.”

Contact Nate Monroe at nmonroe@lsureveille.com

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OUR VIEW

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Student section should eliminate obscenity from chants With the first home game in Tiger Stadium looming on the horizon, students all over campus are starting to get excited. We’re just two days away from the traditions that make Saturday nights some of the best times to be had at the University.

Unfortunately, one of those traditions is on probation — the nowinfamous “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant.

This ritual, which customarily occurs during the long and energetic touchdown celebration, is a crowd favorite — which, given the staggering number of excellent cheers on game day, is saying quite a lot.

It’s also recently acquired a controversial reputation, since the student section began attaching “you suck” to the end. After a particularly

obscene rendition during last year’s contest with the South Carolina Gamecocks, Tiger Band refused to play the song, and the chant died.

The student section proved last year they were willing to tone down the taunting during the Alabama game. But the chant is still essentially on probation — as soon as students resume tacking “you suck” to

the end of the chant, Tiger Band will once again cut the music — permanently.

We encourage the student section to keep the obscenity out of the cheer. The band and the University are only trying to prevent damage to our school’s reputation, and we can’t allow ourselves to ruin those efforts in the heat of the moment.

Besides, we’re talking about Death Valley here ­— the student section hardly needs to be obscene to be an intimidating force on the field.

Keep it classy, students. The “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant is too much fun to lose.

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Humanities, social science majors not inferior

“This class is useless.” “I seriously don’t care about this class – I’m never going to have to use it!”

How often do you hear something along those lines while you sit in your general education, humanity or social science class?

It’s a common sentiment – why should an engineering major, for example, have to sit through hours of humanities and social sciences, when none of the material in that field is immediately relevant to their chosen vocation?

Why should they have to take such a “useless” class?

To some college students who have chosen to study a “practical” field — computer science, engineering, biology, etc. — the humanities are just that — useless classes. Political science is just an annoyance to dispose of, mandated by the administration and taught by old, useless academics in tweed coats.

And of course anyone who decides to actually choose such a major is simply not smart enough for a “real major.”

As a mass communication major with multiple friends from more “practical disciplines,” it’s a sentiment I hear a lot – and I’m tired of it.

First of all, most critics of such majors claim, for example, a political science major is “easy.” Their evidence is usually an easy A in whatever general education-level class they are forced to take to graduate.

As a former political science major, I agree that POLI 1000 is easy. But then again, so is MATH 1000 – so easy you can pass out of it with even a mediocre math score on the ACT. The entry-level humanities are designed to be easy, because they give basic, general information to students who aren’t going on to

specialize in that information.

Try an advanced course – I guarantee it will be more difficult.

The second myth about humanities majors is answers are easily faked. As opposed to math or engineering classes, where the right answer is static (usually a number), humanities majors often cannot anMatthew swer a question albright with a single Opinion Editor statistic or figure – sometimes, a “right answer” doesn’t necessarily exist at all.

Just because there’s no one answer absolutely doesn’t mean coming up with an acceptable response is easy.

In fact, were I arrogant enough to attempt to argue that, say, a mass

communication major such as myself were somehow superior to, say, a biology major, I could easily say merely memorizing answers is far easier than coming up with a logical response based on a wealth of information.

But I’m not that arrogant.

The simple truth is a math or engineering major uses an entirely different set of skills, processes and techniques than a sociology or history major. Different majors operate on a different, but important, planes.

We need political communication majors to keep our government running smoothly and political scientists to analyze what goes wrong when it doesn’t. We need history majors to help us learn from the past so we don’t keep making the same stupid mistakes. We need foreign language majors because, well, we need to talk to people who speak

other languages. And we need all these things just as much as we need engineers, doctors, and architects.

So, to all you smug future engineers, architects and doctors, who refer to your disciplines as “real majors,” I think I speak for my fellow mass communication, political science, history, and all the other poor undervalued humanities majors on this campus when I say we’re tired of it.

Who knows? Maybe we’ll have a revolution or something.

Just don’t expect us to have very well-designed weapons.

Matthew Albright is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.

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Easy Streets more useful than columnist allows In response to Scott Burns’ article [Wednesday] about traffic problems, I think the columnist fails to realize that Easy Streets was about more than campus parking. I used to make deliveries for the AV department, and waiting in traffic meant professors had to start their classes late because they could not get the AV equipment they needed on time.

Likewise, other departments that are critical to the function of LSU, such as facility services, need to get where they are going on time. Easy Streets has made this campus run much more efficiently. cartoon courtesy of KING FEATURES SYNDICATE

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The Internet is the world’s largest library. It’s just that all the books are on the floor.”

John Allen Paulos

American mathematician and author July 4, 1945 — present

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How to get a free MIT education without applying If the current economic state has you questioning whether paying tuition to our beloved University is worth it, you may want to consider exploring another route. One of the most prestigious institutions in the country will now let you sit in on its lectures without paying a cent. And the best part: There’s no application process, no SAT to take and no recommendation letters to fill out.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s “OpenCourseWare” program is a broad effort by the university to help further worldwide education. Instead of keeping its doors closed — allowing in only brainiacs who can shell out the $37,782 per year in tuition and fees — MIT is using the Internet to give the general public access to their courses. The best part of the program is the courses, which provide their lectures through archived video in addition to the lecture notes, assignments, and tests

given to students.

Whether you’re a stay-athome mom looking to brush up on quantum mechanics or a confused college student looking for clarification on the causes of the American Revolution, the opportunities this program has created are gamechanging.

But before you drop out of this school, you should be aware of one important fact — not one MIT diploma will ever be awarded to a student through this program, no matter how many lectures they have watched or how much information they have absorbed. While users can be provided with homework and test answers, none will be graded. MIT recognized early on that allowing credit would decrease the value of an MIT education and ultimately affect the university’s prestige.

And, of course, there’s the limitation of social interaction. Users will never get a one-on-one with

professors or experience the atmosphere of the classroom or campus — all of which are central to the “educational experience.” This is the same problem institutions like the University of Phoenix have to contend with. While the Internet certainly changes the way uniMark Macmurdo versities comColumnist municate and will bring new possibilities, radical change will ultimately be limited.

There are too many components of a college education which cannot be downloaded.

Still, the concept has been recognized for its importance in an increasingly “flat” world. MIT’s initial program has led to the creation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium — an organization with close to 200 participating universities

from 32 countries (including Afghanistan), all adopting the “open source” approach to education by making their materials available to the public.

The United States surprisingly makes up a relatively small portion of the participants with just 22 universities. And it’s not limited to Ivy League schools with big endowments — the universities range in prestige from Johns Hopkins to Dixie State College of Utah.

Unfortunately, LSU is not currently participating.

While LSU may not be able to contribute a lot in the field of “Organic Optoelectronics” (MIT course number 6.973), the beauty of this consortium is the diversity it provides. If LSU were to participate, it could bring Cajun French to students in Quebec. Chinese engineers trying to understand how to control the Yellow River could be exposed to our excellent Coastal Management Department.

LSU should embrace this new movement for open education by joining the OpenCourseWare Consortium and providing to the world the classes in which it holds a comparative advantage. The benefits are clear — greater exposure for LSU and promotion of Louisiana culture through course offerings like Louisiana political history.

But bigger than all of this, LSU will show that it is committed to enhancing education both domestically and abroad — leveling the playing field by increasing access to higher education.

Mark Macmurdo is a 22-yearold history and economics senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter@TDR_mmacmurdo.

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The House of Mouse just got a lot more crowded

It’s time to dust off that old pair of Mickey Mouse ears you have buried in your closet because the Disney universe just got a whole lot bigger.

Last Monday, The Walt Disney Co. acquired Marvel Entertainment for — everybody together in their best Dr. Evil impressions — $4 billion. This acquisition is the biggest since the family-friendly conglomerate bought Pixar Studios for $7.4 Billion in 2006.

This move was huge for Disney — the company now owns the rights to all of Marvel characters, about 5,000 total superheroes. Move over, Mickey.

Wolverine and Spider-Man are coming through.

Marvel can benefit from this developing acquisition as well.

Although Marvel’s movie rights are all but locked up for the next few years with other companies, Disney has the clout to take almost anything in the future and, with proper marketing and air time, make it the next great sensation, i.e. the Jonas Brothers.

However, the exact opposite may happen as well.

With movie reboots featuring heroes such as Iron Man and The Hulk, Marvel had big plans down the line for cinema-goers.

With future releases of movies containing heroes Thor and Captain America, as well as a sequel to the 2007 “Iron Man” movie, Marvel was leading up to release a film about “earth’s mightiest heroes,” superhero group The Avengers, to Hollywood.

While heroes such as Hulk and Iron Man are two of the more

popular Marvel stars, those movies were not cheap to make and ultimately put Marvel in the red with the banks.

The upcoming Thor movie has an estimated budget of $100-150 million. Disney might see such a high price tag for a movie centered on a small niche auAdam Arinder dience and deColumnist cide not to go through with the project possibly killing all hopes for an Avengers movie as well.

Although some of your favorite Marvel characters may not make it to the big screen, possibilities are high on running into Captain America or the Fantastic Four on your next trip to Walt Disney World.

I have a strong feeling in the next few years, the Disney parks will become flooded with Marvel-themed rides and attractions similar to all the DC characters you see when you go to a Six Flags Amusement Park.

Take that, Universal Studios!

Another mash-up I’m really looking forward to when this purchase is finalized is a Pixar/ Marvel film. From “Toy Story” to the recent tear-jerker “Up,” everything Pixar has created has turned to gold.

Why not take some of Disney’s new characters for a spin?

Disney is also making a move to capture more of the young male audience it has lost

during the past few years. Lately it seems Disney has been catering to the young girl audience, with shows and merchandise coming largely from Hannah Montana and, again, the Jonas Brothers.

I don’t know what young boy didn’t enjoy seeing Miley Cyrus grind on that pole at the Teen Choice Awards, but I digress.

Overall, I see this merger

benefitting both companies.

Although Marvel fan boys are probably crying out in agony, I don’t think Disney would go and change the Marvel universe. That would not be a wise business decision on their part. The Marvel universe is just too popular.

All we can do is see how all this pans out during the next year or two and hope Wolverine

doesn’t tear Goofy’s head off in the process.

Adam Arinder is a 19-year-old electrical engineering major from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 H1N1, from page 1

Moreau advised state employees to follow the health and wellness guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions. The guidelines include simple measures for individual protection, including sneezing into sleeves and washing hands frequently.

She said employees who show flu symptoms are asked to isolate themselves at home for a full week and not to return to work until after 24 hours of being fever free.

Moreau said there is no mechanism in place to track the number of state employees who have contracted the H1N1 virus.

To test the state’s ability to respond to an emergency pandemic situation, the Office of Public Health will provide free seasonal flu vaccines in individual clinics on certain days in October.

Free inoculations will be available in Baton Rouge on Oct. 25 between 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Bon Carre Business Center at 7173 Florida Blvd.

Dr. Frank Welch, medical director for pandemic preparedness for Louisiana, said the free inoculations are less about providing vaccines to the public and more about testing the department’s ability to conduct mass inoculations during a crisis situation.

Welch also said it was highly unlikely the H1N1 vaccine will be available in large enough quantities to perform mass inoculations any time soon.

Though the H1N1 vaccine won’t be distributed until at least November, Welch said people between the ages of 6 months and 24 years will be in one of the first priority groups for the vaccine.

While school-aged children tend to fare well through this milder flu strain, Welch said students’ close, daily contact with other people has spread the virus at an alarming rate.

According to a report from the Department of Health and Hospitals, 67 percent of the state’s H1N1 victims have been schoolaged children. Only 1 percent are 65 or older.

Baton Rouge is located in Louisiana Public Health Region 2, one of the most active areas of the state pertaining to the H1N1 virus.

Health officials cannot pinpoint the reason for the large number of outbreaks in the area, but some credit it to the large number of interacting social groups combined with random flare-ups.

“It’s a lot like a roller coaster ride,” Welch said. “Once it starts up, it’s very hard to stop it.”

Though the state confirmed at least 700 cases of H1N1, the CDC stopped counting individual cases in the spring and estimates the actual number could be closer to 40,000 cases.

That number includes Taylor Brian, a Denham High School senior who died Sept. 5 from pneumonia, which arose as a complication of the H1N1 virus.

Brian was the fourth fatality in the state related to the virus.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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were accurate, according to the “Rock Band” Web site.

The game follows the career of the world-renowned band by working through their songs and legendary performances chronologically.

Special features include rare conversations held in the recording studios, as well as never-before-seen photos.

The game bundle includes custombuilt models of the instruments the band actually played.

John Loupe, biology senior, and Amber Guidry, biology freshman, were at the front of the line for the midnight release of the game at Best Buy. Loupe said he was most excited about playing to songs to which he has listened for years.

Guidry, who has been a Beatles fan her whole life, said she was excited about the game’s special features.

She was also eager to make more of a connection with her favorite band.

“I just absolutely love The Beatles,” she said.

Guidry is not alone.

The Beatles currently outrank other bands in terms of overall popularity and recognition, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

Among people ages 16-29, 81 percent said they liked The Beatles, 11 percent said they disliked The Beatles and only 4 percent said they had never heard of them.

The Beatles ranked higher than other bands tested in that age group.

To put things in perspective, Madonna, who still produces music, ranked in the bottom four bands tested. Sixty percent of people tested said they liked Madonna, 31 percent said they disliked her and 2 percent said they had never heard of her.

Charles Shindo, associate professor of history, said rediscovering old music has been a pattern throughout history. The Beatles attracted a large demographic in the ’60s, and the reasons they were originally popular still apply today.

“The music is so accessible,”

Shindo said. “There’s not much that’s not appealing to people.”

Shindo said the band had such a wide variety including something for just about everybody.

Anne Rupley, biology junior, said she still likes listening to The Beatles because their songs were revolutionary.

“Every CD sounded different,” Rupley said. “Their albums had all these noises you would never have thought to put into music.”

David Smyth, music theory professor and coordinator, said the music’s sustained popularity is clear with older generations as well as younger ones, which he attributes to the band’s talent.

“The Beatles were terrific musicians, very talented performers and brilliant songwriters,” Smyth said.

“That’s a combination that’s hard to beat, and they were constantly reinventing themselves.”

Shindo said people remained interested in The Beatles because their style progressed very rapidly.

“People don’t get tired of them very quickly because they can go from songs like ‘She Loves You’ to ones that are more musically, lyrically and artistically complicated,” Shindo said. “You can grow up with them.”

Bradley Sanchez, a theater senior who saw Paul McCartney perform in New York City this summer, said the music transcends.

“The revival is because they are entering an iconic level,” Sanchez said. “But ultimately, it’s because of the music.”

Movies like “Across the Universe,” Cirque du Soliel performances, Beatles cover bands, VH1 documentaries and even Beatles-themed American Idol episodes continue to expose modern audiences to the band from every angle.

Shindo said new outlets make musical revivals much easier today.

“There are just so many more ways to access the music now,” Shindo said.

The new “Rock Band” and the

digitally remastered catalog will open the band up to a fresh demographic, Smyth said.

“If there are young people who haven’t heard The Beatles, this would spread their songs like crazy to a potentially very large new audience,” Smyth said.

Even Paul McCartney agrees.

“For me, the most interesting thing is that it will introduce the Beatles music to people who might never have heard it because they game all the time, they don’t listen to the radio, and they haven’t got much of a record collection,” McCartney told New Musical Express magazine.

Even with the utilization of all these technologies, iTunes is one frontier that The Beatles haven’t entered. Despite rumors Apple Records were going to make an announcement changing its position because the catalog has been remastered, the band’s record label said the songs will not be released on the download service.

Rupley said “The Beatles: Rock Band” will broaden people’s horizons musically and open the

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“A lot of music that’s popular today really sucks and lacks talent,” Rupley said. “It’s good to see that a band that was popular for a reason is still around.”

Sanchez said games like Rock Band are keeping the band alive.

“I see this as a positive thing,” Sanchez said. “If you can gain a new audience with music, it can only be for the better.”

And experts say the Fab Four is here to stay.

“Right now, you can’t ignore them,” Sanchez said. “They’ve done so much for rock ’n’ roll, they will at least be put in history books.”

Shindo said it’s possible their legacy may wane because it won’t have its same nostalgia.

“There’s always that possibility that people will find something in their music that keeps them relevant, he said.”

Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com

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