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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

CRIME

Drug arrests rise on campus

By Kyle Bove Senior Staff Writer

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Michael Smallpage, agricultural business junior, mixes a popular drink — Red Bull and vodka — while bartending at Fred’s Bar in Tigerland on Monday night.

Energy drinks prevelant among University students

By Sarah Lawson Contributing Writer

Matthew McKeever has gulped down a Red Bull every day for nearly four years.

The biological sciences senior said he started drinking energy drinks his first semester of college. He keeps a “fridge pack” of 12 chilled Red Bulls at home for when he needs a boost.

McKeever is just one of many consumers contributing to the $5.7 billion energy drink industry targeted at 18 to 35 year olds, according to a 2007 college consumption survey published in Nutrition Journal.

Since Red Bull entered the U.S. energy drink market in 1997, the industry has expanded globally, according to Reportbuyer.com, a British market-research Web site. U.S. consumers drank 990 million liters of energy drinks in 2006, according to the site. A report this year by the Canadian government showed there are 210 brands of energy drinks in North America alone.

Brandi Milioto, human ecology instructor,

said in an e-mail large energy drinks containing double the usual 30 grams of sugar equal about 14 teaspoons of refined sugar, or 240 calories. She said consuming a 16-oz. energy drink a day could result in a half-pound weight gain per week.

Common ingredients in energy drinks include high amounts of sugar and caffeine, taurine, guarana, ginseng and occasionally ephedra.

Charles Kaufman, Baton Rouge neurologist, said the caffeine and sugar in energy drinks behave like diuretics and dehydrate the body, meaning they should not be relied on during exercise.

DRINKS, see page 11

Drug arrests have risen on campus while reported burglary offenses have declined, according to the University’s 2009 Annual Security Report released Monday.

This year’s report gives an overview of campus arrests, offenses and safety guidelines between 2006 and 2008.

“We’re trending downward in general areas,” said Maj. Helen Haire, LSU Police Department spokeswoman. “It speaks well of our campus.”

Reported on-campus burglaries decreased from 119 in 2007 to 99 in 2008. And reported aggravated assaults have decreased from 10 in 2006 to six in 2007 to four in 2008, according to the data.

Although those numbers have decreased, drug arrests jumped from 36 in 2007 to 98 in 2008.

Haire said LSUPD’s Crime Interdiction Unit, a small group of investigators responsible for patrolling campus for suspicious activity, is part of the reason for the spike.

She said CIU officers are stopping more people and investigating more suspicious activity on campus, leading to more arrests.

Haire also said more students are calling LSPUPD to report possible drug offenses.

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

FOOTBALL

Students capitalize on traveling time

By David Helman Sports Writer

LSU football fans couldn’t ask for a better day to start their fall break.

This year’s four-day vacation coincides with the LSU football team’s most daunting road game before the bye week, a 600-mile trip to Athens, Ga., to face the Georgia Bulldogs.

For many of the 1,500 students making the drive, this week’s vacation eases the strain of traveling more than 1,000 miles before school resumes Monday.

“Thursday afternoon, we’re going up a great party town,” said Bridget Cloud, there, and we’re going to go out, then we’re mass communication senior. “It kind of going to tailgate and have a long weekend,” gives us more time, and we can prepare said Jennie Schmidt, comfor it better because we have munication disorders senior.

Thursday to get our stuff Schmidt’s attitude is together.”

Not making the trip? reflected by many traveling Athens’ proximity to Watch the game on Tiger fans, who normally Atlanta is another reason CBS in Baton Rouge. have just Friday and Sunday for excitement among stuKick off is at 2:30 p.m. to travel across the South to dents making the trip. With reach road games. a large amount of hotel “We’re driving up at 6 rooms and attractions availa.m. Friday morning, so we’ll have more time to hopefully enjoy Athens because it’s ATHENS, see page 11

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Fans fill Sanford Stadium on Sept. 16, 2006 in Athens, Ga.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Flood kills 246 in Philippines; survivors seek aid

NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty, kept in jail

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flood victims trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines on Tuesday, as the death toll rose to 246 from water that inundated the homes of nearly 2 million people. Tropical Storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding to the Southeast Asian country in four decades.

NEW YORK (AP) — An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to planning a New York City terrorist attack with bombs made from beauty-supply chemicals — an alleged plot authorities say was helped by at least three accomplices whose whereabouts and level of involvement haven’t been revealed.

“The conspiracy here is international in scope,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Knox told a federal judge in Brooklyn. Najibullah Zazi never spoke and showed no emotion as his lawyer entered the plea.

Nuclear chief: Iran built nuclear site sheilded from air attack TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran’s nuclear chief said Tuesday the country’s new uranium enrichment site was built for maximum protection from aerial attack: carved into a mountain and near a military compound of the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Iran’s revelation that it covertly built a second uranium enrichment plant has raised concerns that other secret nuclear sites might exist as well.

Tufts University bans students from sex with roommate present MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Sex in a Tufts University dorm is fine. Sex in a Tufts dorm with your roommate present? That’s a no-no.

This semester, the school has a new policy banning sexual activity while a roommate is in the same

room. A Tufts spokeswoman said the school issued the new rule after a dozen or so complaints in the past three years. The school maintains the new policy is about respect and consideration, not about regulating students’ behavior. Officials hope the policy will get roommates talking about the issue of space with each other.

Obama’s 2016 Olympic pitch draws complaints from GOP NEW YORK (AP) — President Obama’s decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago’s chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for Obama’s hometown allies and evidence the president has blurred his priorities.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele denounced the visit on a conference call with reporters Tuesday. Steele said it was a distraction from more pressing issues such as health care.

STATE/LOCAL

Kennedy pushes to rebuild Big Charity hospital

Official: Higher education formula unfair to Southern University

(AP) — State Treasurer John Kennedy pushed Tuesday for a renovated public hospital in New Orleans, rather than construction of a new replacement facility, saying it would be cheaper to gut and rebuild Charity Hospital.

The recommendation — opposed by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration — will be offered to the Commission on Streamlining Government, a state panel looking at ways to cut Louisiana’s budget.

Jindal’s administration and LSU, which runs the public hospital, plan to build a new $1.2 billion public teaching and research facility rather than renovate Big Charity, which was flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

Kennedy sided with preservationists seeking to renovate the historic landmark, saying the renovation could save the state hundreds of millions of dollars.

(AP) — A member of the panel looking at ways to revamp Louisiana’s public college systems questioned the state university budgeting formula, suggesting it may be shortchanging Southern University. Colleges received budget cuts this year partially based on a performance-based formula that uses certain benchmarks rather than just student enrollment.

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Louisiana awarded $907,000 in technology grant (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department has awarded just more than $907,000 to Louisiana to make technology upgrades to improve the operation and security of unemployment insurance systems. The funds will be used for projects designed to improve services for both unemployment insurance claimants and employers. The labor department awarded $164.5 million to 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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POLITICS

Student feeds G-20 protestors Riot police present difficulties

By Adam Duvernay Senior Staff Writer

Aaron Smith had trouble traveling around Pittsburgh last week.

While trying to reach a protest in front of the Steel Workers’ Union, Smith had to rely on riot police to move through traffic.

Smith said once the police let him pass, he pulled his Nissan Frontier into an illegal spot and set up a makeshift guerilla food stop to feed protestors.

Smith, studio art senior, went to Pittsburgh with “Everybody’s Kitchen,” an all-vegan mobile food station that supplied thousands of people protesting the Group of 20 summit last week.

Everybody’s Kitchen usually operates for the benefit of the homeless but also responds to disaster situations.

Though Smith said their activities were peaceful, he said they were hassled by police like many others during the summit.

Smith took time to march in one of the protests Friday. He said though he was there to deliver food to protestors, something was inherently political in his endeavors.

“Vegan is strictly tied to anticapitalism because it’s rejecting the agribusiness,” Smith said.

Pittsburgh streets overflowed with demonstrators and police Sept.

24 through Sept. 26, with smaller demonstrations on the days leading to the summit.

The protest groups came from a wide range of backgrounds, but each arrived in force to demonstrate against the meeting of 20 of the world’s most important economic powers.

The group represents around 85 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product and around 90 percent of the world’s market exchange rate, according to the G-20 organization.

The organization includes 19 of the world’s most influential developed or developing powers and the European Union.

The demonstrators varied in protest messages, from Green Peace activists and several anarchist groups to the anti-capitalist Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project.

“Everyone who was there was against this meeting of world elites trying to get more money for themselves,” Smith said. “There is a whole group of people who won’t stand for this lack of representation.”

To protect the city, the Secret Service took control of the city’s security during the summit. Because Pittsburgh normally has fewer than 900 officers, 67 police departments from across the nation were dispatched to patrol the city.

According to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 191 people were arrested between Sept. 23 and Sept.

25.

At least 12 planned demonstrations were held peacefully and without arrests, according to the PBP. But dozens of unplanned protests

sparked conflict with the riot police, who formed lines of plastic shields around some of the town’s most important streets and buildings.

The arrests were made when protestors refused to disperse after numerous orders, according to Diane Richard, public information officer for PBP. Many of these conflicts ended with pepper spray. The Pittsburgh police also resorted to firing beanbag rounds from riot shotguns and using a truck mounted Long-Rang-Acoustic Device, a sound weapon used to pacify crowds.

Smith said by the time he arrived Sept. 20, the police were already making things difficult for Everybody’s Kitchen.

Smith said at least 20 police vehicles surrounded the kitchen-bus that night and demanded to search

the bus and 18-person crew. He said they were accused of terrorist activities, concealing biological weapons and housing prisoners.

“It was just a way to show the powers-that-be can suppress any mass of people,” Smith said.

Smith, who drove his own vehicle around the city while handing out food, said his group was able to feed a few hundred people during the first few days. He said his job became more difficult when the police tried to break up unplanned protests with pepper spray.

Smith said Everybody’s Kitchen was able to feed about 3,000 people Friday.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

photo courtesy of AARON SMITH

Everybody’s Kitchen workers serve vegan food to G-20 protestors in Pittsburgh during their demonstrations last week.

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Campus Crime Briefs STUDENT ACCUSED OF STEALING COMPUTER Brysan Bennette, a 19-yearold student of 2654 Adams Ave., was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Sept. 29 around 10:40 a.m. for a felony theft more than $500.

According to Sgt. Antoine Busby, LSU Police Department, Bennette stole a backpack with a Dell laptop after taking an exam in the basement of Himes Hall on Sept. 23.

The theft was reported to LSUPD around 4 p.m. on Sept.

23.

Busby said Bennette was caught taking the bag on video.

On Sept. 29, LSUPD contacted Bennette in his home.

Busby said Bennette said he took the computer by mistake, but said the student didn’t have an excuse for not returning it to the lab.

Busby said Bennette said he had returned to the lab and asked if a computer had been reported missing. Busby said Bennette told LSUPD no theft had been reported.

Busby said after a search of Bennette’s residence, the laptop was found and returned to its owner.

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EDUCATION

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

TECHNOLOGY

Banned books create awareness LSU’s emergency Middleton exhibits text messages tested censored works

By Lindsey Meaux Contributing Writer

The annual Banned Books Week kicked off Saturday in libraries across the nation, including Middleton Library, where the week-long celebration will spark a month-long exhibit on intellectual freedom.

Peggy Chalaron, associate librarian, said Middleton observes Banned Books Week each year because it is critical to celebrate freedom from censorship, particularly as a college library.

“Being on a college campus is a time to explore new ideas and oftentimes people don’t think about the fact that in some places, materials are censored,” Chalaron said. “We want to call attention to the fact that there are still attempts at censorship.”

The exhibit will run through Oct. 26 in the Education Resources room of Middleton.

Chalaron first experienced censorship in the ’50s when her local librarian tried to restrict her access to certain books because she was a teenager. She said she was required to present a signed note from her mother to access the books.

Angela Maycock, the assistant director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association, said Banned Books Week started as an awareness campaign in 1982 — before growing to a nationwide celebration.

As part of Banned Books Week, the ALA highlights specific books challenged throughout the year, Maycock said. In most cases, books are not banned — they are challenged, meaning the challenger does not think other people should even have the option of reading the challenged book, she said.

Among the most frequently challenged books of 2008 include: “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book about two male penguins; the “His Dark Materials” trilogy, including “The Golden Compass,” “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spy Glass;” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the “Gossip Girl” series.

“That tends to sort of jolt people and say ‘Really? Someone wanted to ban that book?’”

Maycock said. “It’s very easy for us to sit back and assume that this is 2009, and this is America and nobody tries to ban books. As a matter of fact, they do.”

The majority of questioned books are challenged by parents requesting schools remove the

books from an elementary school library, Chalaron said.

“The message of banned books is not that all books have to be available to everyone,” Chalaron said. “It’s a message of choice so that people have the opportunity to look at the materials and decide for themselves whether its appropriate or not appropriate.”

Michael Taylor, assistant curator of books at the Hill Memorial Library, organized an exhibit entitled Louisiana and the Freedom of the Press in conjunction with Banned Books Week in 2008. It traced the origins of censorship attempts, as well as attempts in Louisiana’s history.

Taylor said the practice of placing the printer’s name at the bottom of the title page on books has roots similar to those of banned books.

“Originally, printers were required to put that there, so [the government] would know who to hunt down if there was a problem,” Taylor said.

If the phrase “published by authority” follows the printer’s name, Taylor said the words are indicative the book was published with authority from the government.

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

Trial system had 95 percent success rate

By Lindsey Meaux Contributing Writer

Cell phones vibrated, chimed and rang across the University around 9 a.m. Tuesday as Information Technology Services sent a trial emergency text message.

The text — “This is a test of the LSU Emergency Text Messaging System. No emergency exists. This is a test.” — was sent to 30,901 members of the University with about 95 percent delivery success rate, according to John Borne, technology advisor to the vice chancellor for information technology.

Borne said he expects the number to drop to close to 92.8 percent, which was the success rate in spring 2009. Final numbers will be available this morning.

The message was sent through the University’s emergency text message service provider, FirstCall.

“It looks like we’re on almost the exact same curve as we were in the spring,” Borne said.

“The goal is to get it to 100 percent.”

Subscribers who changed phone numbers, service providers or plans since subscribing to the service kept the text messages from having a 100 percent success rate, Borne said. Other factors include if cell phones are turned on when the message is sent and if subscribers paid cell phone bills.

FirstCall successfully distributed the more than 30,000 text messages within 12 minutes of ITS sending the message, Borne said. After FirstCall sends the messages, reception time depends on cellular carriers.

ITS typically picks the date of emergency text message tests between 30 and 60 days before the actual test date, Borne said.

“We only do one [test] per semester,” Borne said. “We don’t want to get people comfortable with the idea of getting messages from the [Emergency Operations Center].”

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

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Sports

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

0-3 SINCE ’03

LSU hopeful for win Saturday despite Georgia’s three consecutive wins

By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor

The LSU football team has had a lot of success since 2003.

The Tigers have won two national championships, two Southeastern Conference championships, three SEC West championships and have earned five bowl victories.

But the Tigers have not had much success when facing this weekend’s opponent — Georgia (3-1, 2-0), who LSU plays Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. LSU (4-0, 2-0) has lost its last three matchups against Georgia and hasn’t beaten the Bulldogs since the Tigers’ 3413 victory in the 2003 SEC Championship game.

LSU coach Les Miles has beaten every team in the SEC at least once since he came to LSU in 2005 except Georgia.

“They are a very talented team,” Miles said when asked about never beating Georgia. “They’re a team that has been very successful in this conference.”

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The Tigers come into Saturday’s game with a No. 4 ranking reminiscent of the same ranking LSU had last season when the then-undefeated Tigers rolled into Gainesville to take on Florida.

LSU lost the game, 51-21, to a Florida team that was trying to climb back up through the rankings several weeks after losing to Ole Miss.

Similarly, Georgia enters Saturday’s game with one loss after stumbling in its opener against No. 14 Oklahoma State, 24-10.

The Bulldogs average 30.75 points per game and have the fourth-best passing offense in the SEC, averaging 245 passing yards per game.

LSU senior defensive tackle Al Woods said the Tiger defense will go into Athens with a never-quit attitude against Georgia’s potent offense.

“I don’t care whether we’re up by 40 or down by 40,” Woods said. “LSU’s defense is always going to fight until the last snap of the ball in the fourth quarter.”

Georgia’s senior quarterback Joe Cox has the second most passing yards (980) and touchdown passes (9) in the FIGHT, see page 7

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Georgia junior linebacker Darryl Gamble (50) tackles LSU senior running back Trindon Holliday (8) on Oct. 25 during the Tigers’ 52-38 loss in Baton Rouge.

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SOCCER

Tigers to travel to Alabama, Auburn

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

The No. 20 LSU soccer team isn’t letting last weekend’s phenomenal performance overshadow its ultimate goal.

“The rankings don’t matter at all,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We’ve got one focus — we’re trying to win the [Southeastern Conference].”

LSU travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on Alabama (5-3-3, 1-0-0) on Friday and to Auburn, Ala., on Sunday to battle Auburn (4-3-3, 1-1-0) .

After a spectacular 6-0 victory against then-undefeated Georgia and a 5-1 win against Tennessee, the Tigers (6-2-2, 2-0-0) understand they can’t be pompous to maintain success.

“After big wins, we can’t get a big head,” said senior forward Rachel Yepez. “We have to focus one game at a time and forget about the last one.”

Lee said in order to be successful, the team can’t overlook any opponent.

“Our entire focus is on Alabama on Friday night, and Saturday morning, we’ll turn our focus to Auburn,” Lee said.

Sophomore defender Allysha Chapman and senior midfielder Melissa Clarke have been slowed by injury, but Lee said they will be able to play this weekend.

Alabama hasn’t played an SEC game after last weekend’s matches against Mississippi State and Ole Miss were postponed because of rain. The Crimson Tide made up the game against Mississippi State last night defeating the Bulldogs 1-0.

Auburn beat Mississippi State, FOCUS, see page 7

VOLLEYBALL

Team to battle Ala., Miss. on road during fall break

By Rob Landry Sports Contributor

With fall break beginning at the end of the day, most students will be leaving campus with plans of rest and relaxation.

But the LSU volleyball team has other plans.

The Tigers (9-4, 3-1) will go on the road this weekend for two Southeastern Conference matches against Alabama (5-9, 3-1) on Friday and Mississippi State (4-11, 0-4) on Sunday.

But even with an important

match against SEC West co-leader Alabama looming, LSU coach Fran Flory said her team will not push aside its academic duties during fall break.

“Fall break is fall break, but if you don’t do anything during fall break, you are really scrambling,” Flory said. “So we’re going to use this opportunity to get ahead instead of just taking it off.”

LSU’s Friday match against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., will be televised regionally by Fox Sports South.

The Crimson Tide, led by

reigning SEC Freshman of the Week Kelsey Anderson, are hoping to rebound from a 3-0 loss at No. 5 Florida last weekend.

Following Sunday’s match, Alabama coach Judy Green said the Crimson Tide need to improve their defense before LSU comes to town.

On Sunday, LSU will have to dig deep for motivation against a Mississippi State squad that is winless in SEC play.

But the Tigers are not MOTIVATION, see page 7

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LSU junior outside hitter Angela Bensend (5) hits the ball over the net Sept. 20 past Kentucky sophomore middle blocker Becky Pavan (22) during the Tigers’ 3-0 loss.

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TENNIS

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

MEN’S GOLF

Kantor to represent Tigers head to Tampa for tourney placed 10th in LSU in tournament Tigers previous competition Senior needs six wins to advance

By Sean Isabella Sports Contribtuor

Nicole Kantor knows she has Shaquille O’Neal-sized shoes to fill.

The LSU women’s tennis team lost former All-American Megan Falcon and senior Mykala Hedberg last May, leaving Kantor, a senior from St. Louis, as the most experienced player on the Lady Tigers’ roster.

After capturing the Flight 1 singles title Sunday at the Hoosier Classic, Kantor heads west this weekend to compete in the pre-qualifiers of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Kantor is the only LSU player competing in the tournament this weekend, which starts Saturday.

The prequalifiers will conclude Sunday, with the qualifying round running Oct. 6-7, and the main draw set to begin Oct. 11.

“Obviously, they are really big shoes to fill ... and I’m going to do my best to try and replace them,” said Kantor, who entered this year with a 61-46 career record.

Kantor spent most of last year behind Falcon and Hedberg in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots in the Lady Tigers’ singles lineup, but she knocked off three No. 1 players en route to her first singles title of the year last weekend.

“I’ve been really pleased with what she’s done so far,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis. “She should gain a lot of confidence [from last weekend].”

Kantor will have her hands full this weekend and will have to win six matches to advance to the main draw.

The pre-qualifying round has 64 players, with eight advancing to the qualifying round of 64.

Eight members of the qualifying round will join 24 at-large selections for a shot at the ITA All-American championship.

“It’s a lot of matches, and it’s all really tough,” Kantor said. “Everyone there is really good.”

Minnis said this weekend will be a great opportunity for Kantor to spread her name in to the tennis world.

“Every win is going to be against a ranked player, so if she can somehow manage to win a few

matches, it will help her to establish her ranking,” he said.

Kantor agreed establishing a ranking during the fall is one of her main goals.

“That would be a huge confidence booster going into the spring being ranked,” she said.

While Kantor’s recent success has her in line to be the heir apparent to Falcon and Hedberg in terms of being LSU’s top player, Minnis has been impressed with her role off the court.

“Starting out like she did, she set a great example,” Minnis said.

“I’ve been really proud of her.”

Kantor said she has also tried to help the Lady Tigers’ three newcomers — freshmen Kaitlin Burns, Ebie Wilson and Keri Frankenberger — develop as players.

“I’ve shown them to compete at your hardest and find ways to win even if your not at your ‘A’ game,” Kantor said.

Her guidance has seemingly rubbed off on at least one freshman, as Wilson captured her first collegiate singles championship, winning the Flight 3 title at the Hoosier Classic.

Kantor said she hopes to use the tournament as a way to fine-tune her game against quality opponents.

“Something I’m hoping to do ... is [to play] how I feel comfortable playing,” she said. “Getting the ball deep and attacking anytime I can.”

Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com

By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor

A week after traveling across the country, the LSU men’s golf team will receive a couple extra days of rest because of fall break before competing in its second tournament this season.

The Tigers will be tackling the 7,236 yard, par 72 Old Memorial Golf Club in Tampa, Fla. for the Gary Koch Invitational on Oct. 3 and 4.

The Tigers will compete against 14 other teams in the Gary Koch Invitational, including Southeastern Conference foes Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, and Ole Miss.

The tournament is named after Baton Rouge native Gary Koch who was a three-time first-team All-American at Florida. Koch now works as a tower reporter for NBC’s golf broadcasts.

The Tigers placed 10th of 15 schools competing in the Ping/

Golfweek Invitational in Bremerton, Wash. last weekend. Oklahoma State ran away with the tournament, beating second-place Washington by 22 strokes, and 10th-place LSU by 46 strokes.

The top three golfers for the tournament were on Oklahoma State’s team.

Things were looking good for LSU after the first 36 holes. The Tigers were in a tie for third place with a 16-over par score of 592.

The team couldn’t put it all together for the final 18 holes however, putting up a final round score of 28-over 316.

Junior Andrew Loupe put together the only round below par for the Tigers when he shot a 2-under 70 in the second round.

Loupe had the second lowest individual score after the first two rounds, but shot a 7-over 79 to finish the tournament at 6-over 222, good enough for a tie for 12th place.

The Baton Rouge native’s strong play was an extension to his sophomore season when he had three Top 10 and six Top 20 finishes for the Tigers.

Junior John Peterson also got off to a solid start to his season and remained consistent throughout the entire tournament, posting scores of 75,75, and 74. Peterson finished the tournament at 8-over 224, putting him in a tie for 23rd place.

Senior Brent Blaum and sophomores Sang Yi and Josh Jones rounded out the scoring efforts for the Tigers. Yi, Blaum and Jones shot respective scores of 233, 235 and 239.

Immediately following this event, the Tigers will return home and take part in the Squire Creek Intercollegiate in Ruston.

Contact Luke Johnson at ljohnson@lsureveille.com

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 MOTIVATION, from page 5

overlooking the Bulldogs, despite being favored to win the match.

“We can’t think about people’s records before we go into it,” said LSU junior outside hitter Angela Bensend. “We have to play hard no matter what, so we have to go in mentally prepared and just get focused.”

Sunday’s match has been designated Mississippi State’s “Dig Pink” match, which will promote breast cancer awareness programs and research efforts.

“Just about everyone has been touched by this disease in one way or another,” said Mississippi State coach Jenny Hazelwood in a news release. “We’re proud to be able to do our part as a team and join this national effort by the Side-Out Foundation.”

Mississippi State is coming off a weekend where it fell to Florida and South Carolina. Hazelwood said despite the losses, she was pleased with many aspects of her team’s performance.

“A lot of the things that we’ve been working on — our blocking, our passing and our serving —

are beginning to come around for us, and we’re starting to develop some consistency in our execution,” Hazelwood said.

FLORY FIGHTS AGAINST BREAST CANCER Flory joined Mike the Tiger at the University Student Recreational Complex on Tuesday to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which aim to raise awareness, increase knowledge and raise money for breast cancer research.

The ceremony featured K.C. White, dean of students and interim vice chancellor for Student Life. White is undergoing final treatments of chemotherapy for breast cancer. White will lead a 1-mile “Victory Walk” at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 16.

To participate in the walk, individuals must donate a minimum of $10. The donation will include a ticket to the LSU-Arkansas volleyball match on Oct. 16.

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Mississippi State — more yards FIGHT, from page 5 than any other team has allowed against Washington and MissisSEC. “We know they are going to sippi State.

LSU has had trouble movtry to come out there and air out the ball and try to get the running ing the ball offensively and only game started,” said LSU sopho- had 30 yards rushing last week more safety Brandon Taylor. against Mississippi State. The Tigers rank last in “We’ve got to be the SEC in total mentally focused offense, averagand stop all the ing 310 yards per big plays.” game.

Georgia soph“What usuomore wide really happens ceiver A.J. Green when you don’t has been on the do well in a parreceiving end of Al Woods ticular area where 25 of Cox’s passLSU senior defensive tackle you have history, es and leads the you aren’t going SEC in receptions per game (6.25), receiving yards to say let’s bail out on it,” Richt per game (107) and total receiv- said. “You’re going to say let’s get back to the basics and do it ing yards (428).

But Georgia coach Mark better than we did and establish Richt thinks LSU’s secondary has our ability to run the ball.”

But even though Georgia’s the size and talent to slow down defense has given up 355.75 his team’s passing offense.

“We’re not going up against some small corners that wouldn’t have a chance against the jump ball situations that A.J. has been winning all along,” Richt said.

“I’m sure by scheme and just by pure athleticism and size they will match up better than anybody we’ve played.”

Despite being No. 2 in the SEC with seven passes intercepted, LSU’s pass defense has given up 198.75 passing yards per game, third worst in the SEC. The Tiger defense gave up 321 passing yards to Washington and 223 passing yards to

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‘LSU’s defense is always going to fight until the last snap of the ball.’

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5-1, and suffered a double overtime 3-2 loss to Ole Miss last weekend.

Lee said at this point it’s impossible to determine whether Alabama or Auburn offers the toughest matchup.

“Every SEC game is such a difference,” Lee said. “They’re all their own entity in terms of how they play and formations and systems and playing philosophies. They’re both difficult. It’s just how we handle the challenge that day.”

Lee said playing on the road in the SEC is tougher because the fan support surpasses that of other conferences.

“Specifically in the SEC, there’s a big home field advantage for everybody,” Lee said. “In other conferences [such as] the Pac-10 and ACC, it’s probably not the same.”

Yepez said despite fans traveling well, there is nothing like having a home field advantage.

“We actually have a lot of fans at away games,” Yepez said. “It’s most of our parents, obviously. But I think the home crowd really gets us going and makes us a lot more excited.”

Yepez said LSU has struggled yards per game, Miles said he’s not going to underestimate the Bulldog defense.

“I think their defense is going to be very difficult for us to move against and certainly one that we will have to focus on,” Miles said.

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on the road in years past, and the Tigers are looking to reverse misfortune.

Last season the Tigers had a 2-2-1 record in SEC road games.

“We had a great first weekend, so we know what we’re capable of, and we just have to continue to do that,” Yepez said.

Lee said when going on the road the team’s abundance of senior experience should be beneficial.

“They’ve been to the venues and the towns,” Lee said. “Hopefully they’ve got more of a comfort level, and they know what to expect.”

Yepez said she has been

impressed with the freshmen’s ability to play big roles on the team but knows it’s a new experience for them.

“It’s important for [the seniors] to step up and lead by example,” she said.

Yepez said the Tigers will be unstoppable if they play with the intensity they did last weekend.

“We have to keep our style of play no matter what field we’re on,” she said.

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Students should be aware of caffeine’s side effects

Coffee has long been a staple pick-me-up — energy in a drinkable form. But increasingly, companies have been marketing caffeine in high doses in a variety of forms.

After the introduction of Red Bull to the U.S. market in 1997, the energy drink market has grown at an incredible rate.

One of the most lucrative markets has been college students.

Popular not only in aiding all-night

study sessions, the power-packed drinks have also fed night-long party sessions.

However, people generally don’t know the full effects of caffeine. Ingesting too much caffeine can cause a wide range of negative symptoms including insomnia, irregular heartbeat, muscle tremors, headaches and anxiety (among others), according to the Mayo Clinic.

Despite these fairly serious

side effects, energy drinks are not subject to the same FDA standards as drinks like Coke.

Instead, energy drinks skirt regulation by using a somewhat obscure federal law to be treated as herbal supplements. And while warning labels are required for caffeine pills such as NoDoz, drinks with high concentrations of caffeine are not.

One study directed at college

students found 29 percent of users experienced weekly “jolt and crash episodes,” 22 percent reported having headaches, and 19 percent had heart palpitations from consuming energy drinks.

Students need to be aware of the very negative effects of ingesting too much caffeine. In order to avoid negative side effects, the Mayo Clinic recommends consuming no more than about 200 to 300

mg of caffeine a day (or about two cups of coffee).

While caffeine in small doses may help some stay sharp (and Jagerbombs are delicious), in excess, they will negatively impact your health as a whole.

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THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE

Organic food enthusiasts need to re-evaluate eating goals Dear Organic Food Enthusiast, We need to talk.

There’s a lot to admire about you. You’re progressive, high-spirited and unafraid to live your philosophy. You see a problem, search for a solution and do your tiny part to fix it.

Your idealism is as beautiful as it is warranted — I don’t want to destroy it.

I’m just concerned. At the moment, your idealism is being squandered on — may I use the word? — an unsustainable ideal. I’m fighting to save your soul from the demons of cynicism and nihilism.

I’m writing this letter because I’m concerned. This organic food business isn’t all you’ve idealized it to be. Organic food isn’t healthier, might be bad for the environment and is almost certainly bad for the world’s poor.

Your idealism deserves better.

Let’s start with the most important issue — organic food and your health.

The Food Standards Agency — a department of the British

government — recently commissioned a study on the health benefits of organic food.

Of the 162 included studies, only 55 noticed a difference between organic and non-organic food — but nothing of any health consequence.

The BBC article describing the meta-study was titled “Organic ‘has no health benefits,’” but that might be an exaggeration. The FSA’s study looked only at nutrient levels, not antioxidant and pesticide levels.

But “there is no evidence that residues of pesticides and herbicides at the low doses found in foods increase the risk of cancer,” according to the American Cancer Society.

Pesticides and herbicides aren’t doing harm. The molds, fungi and bugs they fight off will.

So stop going to Whole Foods and use the saved money on cheap, antioxidant-laden Wal-Mart fruit.

Give ‘dem apples a good wash under the sink, and you’ll be golden.

Delicious.

There might be exceptions, but the majority of the scientific literature says there’s little to no benefit

to organic food.

But health probably isn’t the only reason you shop at the Whole Paycheck Store. You eat organic because you think it’s better for the environment.

It’s true pesticides may have some negative effects on nature, but organic farming can have far Daniel Morgan worse effects.

Organic Columnist farming means ignoring decades of efficiencyincreasing technological advances.

Organic farming has a 20 percent lower crop yield than modern methods, according to a report published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

If the entire world were to revert to organic farming, the earth would sustain only 4 billion humans, according to Norman Borlaug.

As you may know, there are more than 6.7 billion mouths to feed, and that number is expected to

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increase to 9 billion by 2040.

Organic farming would result in billions of deaths, and that’s even after massive deforestation creates more farmland.

Organic food will always be a privilege of the privileged. On a massive scale, it would be an economic and humanitarian disaster.

You may not have heard of the recently deceased Norman Borlaug, but he’s arguably the greatest human ever to live. He won the Nobel Peace Prize, fathered the “Green Revolution,” and — most importantly — prevented as many as 1 billion deaths through his development of high-yield wheat.

That’s worth repeating. He kept one billion people from starving to death. That’s billion with a “b.”

This makes Mother Teresa look like the self-important do-nothing she is — happy blasphemy day.

If we’re going to prevent more starvation in the future — and deforest less of the world in the process — we need to use the most efficient farming technology available.

We need more heroes like

Borlaug.

Wasting land so the wealthiest can feel more connected to the earth doesn’t help the poorest or the earth.

If you’d like, you could even donate your savings to third-world charities and really do some good.

Or you could just keep it. Your money is your own, and you don’t have to waste any on feel-good products.

Buy the tastiest, healthiest, cheapest food you can find, and feel good about it.

Best wishes, Daniel Morgan P.S. Take a look at the nutritional info for Vitamin Water. It has more sugar than vitamins.

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side-by-side with locals.

LSU volunteering shows that our hospitality extends beyond our famous tailgates.

I am proud of LSU organizations like Volunteer LSU, Greek Life and the lesser known groups like Scotch Guard and Silver Wings, which provide us with a way to contribute to our society.

LSU students should be proud of volunteers

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ERIC FREEMAN JR.

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MARK MACMURDO

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I think LSU’s service to Baton Rouge does more than put us on the “nice” list. It makes us a great college to attend.

Volunteering adds to your life experience. In the case of Habitat for Humanity, you learn about building a house. In the case of mission trips, you experience a different culture while working

Daniel is a 21-year-old economics senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dmorgan.

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Diane Ford marketing senior

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“I don’t try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world ... as it allows our ... senses to appreciate it.”

Albert Einstein German physicist Mar. 14, 1879 — April 18, 1955

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Atheists often hard to distinguish from Christians

Atheists can be more narrowminded than the religious zealots they persecute.

No one is narrow-minded for not believing in God, but approaching the concept with childlike cynicism is narrow.

Many University students are familiar with the occasional evangelists along Free Speech Alley. The soothsayers shake their Bibles and yell about the end times.

Maybe their children are in tow – handing out pamphlets – barely of literate age but with backs strong enough to wear a life-sized sign. Sometimes the kids even swing the sword, trying their hand at preaching to show Dad what they’ve learned.

What’s wrong with this picture – besides the obvious?

The crowd of students that surrounds them.

Some students, atheists included, simply cannot resist the urge to patronize these holyrollers with an audience and

argument.

This is particularly poisonous to the atheist who already suffers from an inability to differentiate between God and religion.

So while some atheists get kicks by pointing out the unlikelihood of an old man spending decades building a ship to carry all the world’s creatures, they are limiting their definition of God to religious descriptions.

One might say, “There can’t be a God, I mean have you READ the Bible?”

These atheists are basing Godless convictions on only the religious theodicies they reject.

Paying any sort of mind to Biblethumpers only reinforces their stagnant beliefs, promoting complacency.

Despite its rhetorical achievement and comedic value, George Carlin’s rant on “the mysterious man in the sky,” which he says is about “religion,” subtly persuades listeners to single out God instead of religion.

Ghandi was right to suggest many Christians are “unlike” their Christ, but how is that God’s fault? How is that any faith’s s c r i p t u r e ’s fault?

If an atheist does not follow the Christian doctrine, can he more easily justify being Jack Johnson judgmental? If Columnist so, he’s being a hypocrite every time he makes it his personal crusade to gaslight the fire-and-brimstone missionaries.

This concept applies in other contexts, too. If Kanye West’s publicity stunt at the VMAs was so heinous, why did we empower him so much with our Facebook status opinions and polls of him?

To be edgy and hip, that’s why – not because we thought he’d actually hear it. West wins.

America runs on a sim-

ple, binary political system. A cynic may find it a watered-down control mechanism, tailored for 6-year-olds. Does this mean all the thousands of other political parties around the world are wrong? Does it disprove the viability of even having a political system?

Absolutely not.

So, not just on campus, but in life: Instead of gravitating toward these irrational bear traps like a baby to jingling car keys, resist the urge to pat yourself on the back.

We get it — people dance like idiots in mega-churches, some ministers squander donations on hookers and just maybe the Earth is older than a few thousand years.

Feel better now? It’s perfectly fine to be atheist, but don’t wait for a burning bush to be satisfied.

You’d have better luck teaching trigonometry to your dog.

We all operate within a given poetic dimension. An atheist as-

tronomer finds it in the Technicolor cosmos – how perfect the formulas are. A theist like myself – in the purpose-driven pace of my wandering path. That’s my God. For some students, you can see it in the freeze-frame after the toast and before the shot. The point is, there’s a lot of beautiful common ground if we’d just be a little more civil.

Because they are only my opinions, you can preface all the above arguments with “I believe” for logical soundness.

But as the simple act of living imposes our dogma upon the world, how much progress was ever found without those two words?

Jack Johnson is a 23-year-old mass communication junior from Fort Worth, Texas. Follow him on Contact Jack Johnson at jjohnson@lsureveille.com

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My attempts to end my relationship with Facebook

By Christopher Hook Daily Kent Stater

KENT, Ohio (UWIRE) – This summer, I canceled my Facebook.

Yep, I clicked “deactivate account,” and I was free! Free from status updates letting me know my ex-girlfriend from ninth grade was eating a tuna sandwich. Free from invites to groups called “Girls that wear Ugg boots are responsible for the spread of STDs.” Free from annoying quizzes telling me which Final Fantasy VII character I would be.

Facebook had become a distraction. I could literally spend all day looking at friends’ pictures, taking quizzes, sending gifts, playing Scrabbulous, commenting on posted links, commenting on friends’ comments, commenting on comments made about other comments, etc. Instead of taking occasional breaks from writing school papers to check my page, it was the other way around. My self-control was nonexistent. I browsed for an hour or more. Like a heroin addict, I knew what I was doing was destroying me but was unable to stop.

I also slowly began to feel a social isolation from my fellow living, breathing humans.

My mother, who has a Facebook, said to me one day, “Wow, you have 600 friends!” Sheepishly, I had to tell her, “Yeah, but Mom, that includes the kid who sat next to me in freshman history and my 12-year-old brother’s friend who has a crush on me.” So I had

plenty of acquaintances. But what of friends?

And so, Mark Zuckerberg be damned, I quit, like Odysseus strapping himself to the ship’s mast to avoid the temptations of the Sirens. I went into detox, removing Facebook from my bookmarks bar, sent texts to my friends with my revelation and even blocked the page on my Internet browser.

Immediately after, I felt uplifted, like a man who’d found God. I found peace, began to live less cluttered and, most importantly, began to put more stake in my relationships. My thought was, when the veil is removed, when we no longer have a custom-made page to present to others how we want to come off, the focus returns to genuine experience, genuine relationships. I had definitely lost this in the age of Facebook and Twitter, Blackberry and iPhone.

As time went on, I began to have doubts, not about what constitutes a well-lived life, but about how realistic it is as a college student in today’s world not to have a Facebook. Plus, Facebook hooks me up with people I would have no idea how to find otherwise, including my old best friend who moved to Texas in fourth grade. I can invite, all at once, old friends from a past study abroad experience for a reunion party at my house. I can easily gather volunteers for an October canned food drive.

I re-entered my relationship with Facebook, but only after

making a serious pact with myself. I would only use the social networking platform for, well, social networking. I would do my best to avoid time wasters like quizzes and reading incessant status updates. And I would take

time for my real friends, the ones with blood and hearts and lungs and not profile pictures and Mafia Wars rankings.

It is still possible to live in 2009, enjoy the beauty of living and have a Facebook page. We

just have to work a little harder on it.

Now, back to my Scrabbulous game.

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Judy Myhand, human nutrition and food instructor, said guarana is simply a caffeine-like substance twice as strong as coffee beans. She said problems arise with taurine, an amino acid that has been associated with higher risks of stroke, because it raises blood pressure.

But Kaufman said caffeine, sugar and ephedra, which all raise heart rates, are more harmful.

Milioto said as intake surpasses about 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine a day, negative effects can take hold of the body. These include nervousness, increased heart rate, high blood pressure and insomnia.

“A student could get themselves caught in a vicious cycle of not being able to sleep at night, waking up for class tired, consuming one or more energy drinks to get through the day, and then at night it all starts over,” Milioto said.

McKeever said he orders Jager-

bombs and Vodka Red Bulls when he goes out with friends.

Myhand said mixing alcohol with energy drinks is especially dangerous. Alcohol is a depressant, she said, and when the senses become depressed and sluggish, the body is issuing a warning that too much alcohol has been consumed. Energy drinks, which are stimulants, mask those messages causing students to overdrink.

“You get drunk faster,” she said.

“It’ll speed things on into your system.”

Milioto said mixing energy supplements with alcohol also means mixing the diuretic nature of the energy drink’s caffeine with the dehydrating effect of alcohol.

But Kaufman said when mixed with alcohol, energy drinks are safe when used in moderation.

“Anything can be abused,” he said. “It’s not directly harmful if you use it in moderation.”

Myhand said energy drinks are

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Despite a petition by scientists last year to the Food and Drug Administration, energy drink manufacturers are not required to announce amounts of energizing components on drink packaging.

“These drinks are just a way to make money,” Myhand said.

A cup of coffee or tea serves the same stimulant function, she said.

For energy emergencies, Milioto suggests non-herbal tea or coffee with low-fat milk because coffee contains antioxidants.

Milioto said the key to keeping up energy while maintaining health is limiting the number of spikes and drops in blood sugar.

Contact Sarah Lawson at slawson@lsureveille.com

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able, many LSU fans will likely stop off in Georgia’s state capital before continuing to the game.

Lee Daquanno, communication studies senior, and several friends are staying in the Atlanta metro area, though work constraints will keep them from taking full advantage of it.

“I kind of wanted to go to downtown Atlanta,” Daquanno said.

“I wanted to hit up the aquarium and the Coca-Cola museum — just something to change the scenery.”

Other students have managed to schedule very elaborate vacations for themselves while waiting for kickoff.

Alyssa Winter, elementary grades education junior, is leaving Thursday to go whitewater rafting with 15 friends on the Oconee River.

“We wanted to go to Six Flags [in Atlanta], but it’s closed during the day on Friday,” Winter said. “We’re sleeping in Athens [on] Thursday night, then we’re driving about three hours on Friday to get to the river.

I went once when I was a kid, but it’s the first time for pretty much all of us.”

Winter said the extra days off give students a better chance to make the most of the trip.

“It’s pretty much perfect timing,” she said. “Without fall break we wouldn’t have had time to go whitewater rafting. We went to Georgia last year just for a weekend, and it was too short for a nine-hour drive.”

Chelsey Laborde, mass communication senior, said the combination of fall break and Athens makes the Georgia road trip one of the year’s most appealing travels.

“We won’t be rushed on Friday, and we’ll get there early,” Laborde said. “And it’s a 2 o’clock game, so we’ll be able to be there and have a little bit of tailgating time.”

And even if the Tigers’ road trip doesn’t go so well, the students who go with them seem determined to get their vacation’s worth.

“I’m going to enjoy Athens to its fullest,” Cloud said.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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