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MAKING IT WORK

ACADEMICS

Dead week coursework reduced to 5 percent

Clayton Crockett Staff Writer

left photos courtesy of LISA MCROBERTS / right photo courtesy of LIFETIME TELEVISION NETWORK

[Top left] Anthony Ryan Auld created these sketches during his time at the University. [Bottom left] Auld poses with models wearing two of his winning garments at the Dallas Career Day Competition in 2010. [Right] Auld and fellow contestant Laura Kathleen work on an outfit during season 9 of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.”

University alumnus competes on popular reality show ‘Project Runway’

Emily Herrington Entertainment Writer

Not everyone can impress fashion icons Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors with his or her style, but each week students can watch University alumnus Anthony Ryan Auld blow them away on Lifetime’s “Project Runway.”

Auld, a 2010 fashion design graduate, is a designer on this season of the fashion design competition show. Four episodes have aired thus far.

Auld is currently competing against 11 other designers, and the latest episode airs tonight at 8 p.m. on Lifetime.

“For me, [being on ‘Project Runway’] was everything I ever imagined,” Auld said. “It’s hectic.

It’s time-consuming. It’s a dream come true.”

Auld said he was ready to compete on “Project Runway,” but he wasn’t prepared for the show’s “grueling” schedule.

“It’s non-stop, back-to-back.

You have to be on your A-game all the time,” he said. “I got no

sleep and had to be prepared for anything.”

Auld said he revamped his portfolio after an unsuccessful attempt to be cast on the eighth season of the show.

He said the taxing audition process included a 30-page application, a panel presentation of his collections and most recent works and the creation of a personal website to serve as a digital portfolio. He said he worked hard to select the strongest pieces that best represented his design style.

For the first challenge of the

CAMPUS LIFE

‘Freedom Summer’ author says democracy is in danger

Clayton Crockett Staff Writer

At the third annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, Bruce Watson, author of “Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy,” urged students to “break barriers” and connect with one another.

“Freedom Summer,” the Hon-

ors College’s required reading this semester, chronicles the tale of summer 1964, when 700 volunteers who descended into the heart of Mississippi to enact change in a racially prejudiced society.

That summer “was pivotal in granting African-Americans the right to vote,” Watson said.

As the title claims, Watson credits Freedom Summer for making America a democracy.

“Ten percent [of the population] really couldn’t vote. How can you call that a democracy?” he said.

When asked what inspired him to write the book, Watson credited meeting “legendary figure” Bob Moses, the “architect of Freedom Summer.”

As “pivotal” as Freedom Summer was for civil rights in America, WATSON, see page 9

season, the designers were faced with the task of creating an outfit using only their pajamas and bed sheet.

Auld’s initial reaction was jubilation over the fact that he’d worn something more than underwear to bed that night, he said. His creative look, designed by dying his neon pajamas, earned him a spot in the top three.

And that hasn’t been his only success on the show thus far — he has placed in the top three in three RUNWAY, see page 23

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope reminded the campus community to be vigilant of compliance with the University’s new dead week policy in a broadcast e-mail Wednesday.

The policy decrees no graded course work assigned during dead week may total more than 5 percent of the course’s semester grade.

This does not include projects that begin prior to dead week or that take place over the course of the semester, the resolution states.

Thomas Rodgers, Student Government director of Academics, says the change was made because “having 10 percent of your grade decided a week before your finals” is not “good for students.”

Any students who notice an assignment in their syllabi which violates this resolution may e-mail SG, he said.

“The earlier we know, the better,” Rodgers said.

The resolution states the previous limit of 10 percent was changed because it didn’t “allow students to focus specifically on their final exams and projects due to the additional amount of work required in their courses.”

Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com

JOBS STEPS DOWN

PAUL SAKUMA / The Associated Press

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Wednesday night he will step down from his position, effective immediately. Former COO Tim Cook will serve as the company’s new head. See page 8 for more information.

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World

Thursday, August 25, 2011

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Hurricane Irene menaces smaller islands of Bahamas

Idaho man pleads not guilty to killing grizzly bear

Judge relieves defense team in Angola 5 court case

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A large and powerful Hurricane Irene was roaring its way Wednesday across the entire Bahamas archipelago, knocking down trees and tearing up roofs and posing the most severe threat to the smallest and least populated islands, officials said.

Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said there have been no major injuries or deaths according to preliminary reports he has been receiving from throughout the widely scattered islands. But he added that they would not know the full extent of damage from the Category 3 storm until it is clear of the country on Friday.

Strong earthquake hits northern Peru near Brazil

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A North Idaho man charged with killing a male grizzly bear that supporters say wandered into his yard where his children were playing has pleaded not guilty in federal court.

Jeremy M. Hill, 33, of Porthill was arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene on a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully taking a federally protected species.

Houston becomes the latest U.S. city to end red-light cameras

ST. FRANCISVILLE (AP) — The judge in the Angola 5 murder case has rescinded an earlier order appointing a New Orleans nonprofit law group to appeal inmate Jeffrey Cameron Clark’s death sentence, but questions remain about which agency would fund the legal battle to save Clark’s life.

Retired Orleans Judge Jerome M. Winsberg granted a motion on June 3 relieving court-appointed trial attorneys Tommy Damico and Joe Lotwick from further responsibility in the case after a jury convicted Clark of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death in May.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A strong but deep earthquake shook a sparsely populated northern jungle region on Wednesday near Brazil’s border. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

The quake had a magnitude of 7.0 and was centered 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of the jungle city of Pucallpa, said Peru’s Geophysical Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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A rebel fighter standing on top of the statue representing “the iron fist.”

U.S. asks United Nations Council to unfreeze Libyan assets UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States asked the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets for the cash-strapped rebels in a move to bypass opposition from South Africa, which has close ties to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

The Obama administration has been trying for more than two weeks to get the Security Council committee that monitors sanctions against Libya to unfreeze the assets, but diplomats said South Africa objected.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston became the latest U.S. city to turn off its red-light traffic cameras on Wednesday, less than a month after Los Angeles did the same, in a move that camera opponents said reflects a gradual nationwide trend to abandon the devices.

But supporters of such programs, including state highway officials and Houston’s own mayor, quickly defended the cameras, claiming they save lives, improve safety and have widespread support, noting that more than 500 municipalities — including New York, Washington and other large cities — still use them.

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Annual job growth up in Louisiana; non-farm jobs on the rise NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Annual job growth in Louisiana picked up in July as the state registered 32,100 more non-farm jobs than a year ago, the state Workforce Commission reported Wednesday.

But a veteran economist who follows Louisiana’s job picture said he had doubts about the overall number because of a change implemented earlier this year in gathering jobs data.

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TECHNOLOGY

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Electric car chargers installed in Hart, CEBA parking lots EVs currently not sold in La. Laura Furr Contributing Writer

Electric cars now have a chance to juice up on campus.

Two new electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations were donated to the University and installed July 6 in the parking lot across from Patrick F. Taylor Hall and the Hart Lot near Kirby-Smith, according to Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation.

Graham said the stations are here to pave the way for future technologies.

“We are trying to get ahead of the curve,” Graham said. “We wanted to have something prepared and ready when electric cars become more popular.”

As of now, there are no electric car users at the University, and EVs are not even sold in the state.

According to Lauren Stuart, coordinator of the Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities Coalition, the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt ­— both of which are electric — will be released in ‘We are Louisiana later this year. trying to get The EV ahead of the charging stacurve. We tions were donated by wanted to Entergy. The have company agreed to something maintain the prepared stations free of and ready charge for five years. when Denise electric cars Scribner, campus sustainbecome ability manmore ager, said the popular. ” donation was a part of a naGary Graham tional initiadirector of the office tive to make travel by elec- of parking, traffic and transportation tric cars possible.

“Nationally, companies are trying to set up a grid so a car can stop along a trip and charge,” Scribner said. “Entergy is trying to help out locally.”

Charging at the stations will be free but restricted to students, faculty and staff.

Scribner said the University had to make charging free or the University would be considered an energy provider, which led to the restrictions on who can use the stations.

Scribner also said she hopes the stations will encourage a more environmentally-conscious campus.

“This is the next step in providing eco-friendly infrastructure,” Scribner said. “We wanted to be leaders in that as we track LSU’s carbon footprint.”

Stuart said the electric vehicles offer many benefits, such

as more affordable fuel expenses.

She said the electricity that powers the cars generally costs about two cents per mile driven.

Until the end of this year, electric vehicle purchasers will be given a $7,500 federal income tax credit.

The cars also have zero tail pipe emissions and use a cleaner burning fuel and energy that primarily comes from

domestic facilities.

“Clean Cities is interested in seeing this type of project be launched so alternative fuels can be available to the everyday person,” Stuart said.

Stuart also organized the Louisiana Clean Energy Expo last April, which sparked interest in placing EV Stations on campus. Representatives from the leading providers of EV charging

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Two electric car chargers are now available on campus, one in the Hart Lot by Kirby-Smith Hall and one in the parking lot across from Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

stations, Verdek and Coulomb, attended the expo. Stuart said the companies were interested in developing infrastructure across the South, and they merged with Entergy on the project.

Future of electric cars: - Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt will be released in Louisiana later this year.

- Electric vehicles offer more affordable fuel expenses. The cars cost about two cents per mile driven.

Contact Laura Furr at lfurr@lsureveille.com

- Currently, LSU has no electric cars.

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BUDGET CUTS

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Administration says tenured faculty layoffs improbable LSU would have to declare exigency

Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

Tenured faculty layoffs have infuriated members of the University of Louisiana System, but University administrators say that’s an unlikely scenario for the LSU System.

The UL System moved tenure from the system level to individual programs last spring and decided universities could terminate programs considered “non-sustainable,” leading to two tenured UL Lafayette professors receiving termination notices.

The LSU System, however, bears a stronger academic contract, making the task of eliminating tenured faculty more difficult.

“The probability is very low,” said Chancellor Michael Martin.

“We have worked very hard to avoid that conversation.”

Kevin Cope, president of the University’s Faculty Senate, said the “nature of the academic contract” is stronger in the LSU System and the University is “wiser and not likely to attempt”

changing that contract because it’s the largest state university and because of the consequences of undoing major research.

It would take a large midyear cut to propel the University into financial exigency in order to lay off tenured faculty, Cope said.

“I believe there could be a midyear cut,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton. “I don’t, at the moment, believe it will be big enough to lay off tenured faculty.”

Cope said the initial damage would not strike tenured faculty, but instead fall on faculty and staff without tenure, pointing to last year when instructors received notices about non-contract renewal.

If such a scenario were to play out, Cope said the University would see undergraduate students affected because instructors generally teach on that level.

Martin and Cope agreed a declaration of financial exigency would hurt the University’s reputation and deteriorate its ability to compete for the best faculty possible. Thus, Martin said it is essential that the University continues to reward its faculty for taking on “larger responsibilities

STUDY

Research shows high potential in freshmen Older students don’t agree with findings Brian Sibille Staff Writer

Freshmen have only had a few days to immerse themselves in college life, but they have already set themselves apart from other graduating classes, according to an Aug. 15 study by Mr Youth, a national marketing firm.

The firm released its findings after surveying approximately 5,000 incoming college freshmen. The study was composed through national surveys, focus groups and video cameras given to teens to document their lives for a short period of time.

The study found the class of 2015 “profoundly different” from college students at other levels. They are more immersed in social media and technology than ever before, the study said, reporting 91 percent publicly check-in online, 75 percent send more than 20 text messages per day and 40 percent login to Facebook more than 10 times per day.

The class of 2015 has the will, social skills and technological tools that set them apart from older college students, said Dillon Guerin, mechanical engineering freshman.

“Many people have told us since middle school that we are the group that will make a difference,” Guerin said.

He said a tighter grasp on technology makes current freshmen

different from older students. The class of 2015 developed along with technology, such as Facebook and smartphones, and mastered it first, Guerin said, Older students may have missed out on technological advances in elementary and high school classrooms as well, he said.

Guerin said he and his peers are entrenched in social media, as the study suggests, and their deep involvement makes them more social than older students he observed on campus.

The study found 67 percent of current freshmen check Facebook from a smartphone, 75 percent upload photos from mobile devices and 52 percent have more than 300 friends on Facebook.

“Our age group has a better way of talking to people,” Guerin said.

“We’re more social.”

But seasoned University students do not share Guerin’s sentiments.

The freshmen girls who went through 2011 fall sorority recruitment are like any other students, said MeKensie Meaux, education junior.

She said she shared similar interests and could relate to many of them.

“We may be different ages, but we are all in the same generation,” Meaux said.

Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com

than they’ve expected.”

July report for pulling a tenured Rewards will hopefully ma- professor from teaching an interialize as salary increases, Mar- troductory course after her class’ tin said. Hamilton midterm grades said this is the were straddling D University’s third and F territory. year without a Robert McKpay raise and said inney, executive it must become officer of the UL the University’s Lafayette Faculty “highest priority.”

Senate, said the “People are layoffs at ULL picking up heavier should be thought loads, and they of as program deserve to be recdiscontinuations ognized,” Martin due to lack of stusaid. dent demand.

Jack Hamilton The UniverMcKinney Executive vice chancellor and sity recently had said when ULL a brush with conreviewed its provost cerns over of tenprograms, sevured faculty when The American eral were re-organized without Association of University Profes- faculty loss. The two areas pinned sors found the University in vio- for closure were the cognitive lation of academic freedom in its science doctoral program and the

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‘I believe there could be a midyear cut. I don’t, at the moment, believe it will be big enough to lay off tenured faculty.’

undergraduate fashion design and merchandising program. He said he knows of two professors from each program who were notified.

McKinney said he knows some professors were offered the possibility to switch to a different ULL program. He said fashion merchandising will now fall under marketing, so fashion merchandising professors can apply to the University’s B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration. “[ULL] really is trying to work on retaining the faculty,” he said.

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

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BOARD OF REGENTS

Board drafts higher ed. master plan Draft to replace ten-year-old plan Josh Naquin Staff Writer

The Louisiana Board of Regents adopted a new master plan for higher education Wednesday, outlining long-term goals for the state’s universities.

The new plan, which will replace a 10-year-old plan, must be submitted to the legislature by Sept. 1.

The 2011 master plan is designed to accomplish a number of goals by 2025, including investing strategically in university research and achieving greater efficiency and accountability in the postsecondary education system.

The plan’s most ambitious and readily measurable goal, however, is educating enough of the state’s adult population to meet the Southern Regional Education Board

average.

“Increased academic attainment is an important issue in our state,” said Larry Tremblay, Regents associate commissioner for Planning and Research.

According to Board of Regents Chairman Bob Levy, students’ dreams shifted from attending college to completing college.

“Today’s economy requires that students not only attend [college], they have to graduate,” Levy said.

The 2001 master plan achieved concrete progress, raising average ACT scores for Louisiana high school students from 19.6 in 2001 to 21.1 in 2011 and increasing the number of first-time freshmen enrolled in two-year or technical institutes from 21 percent in 2000 to 44 percent in 2010.

The 2011 Employment Outlook Report analyzing Louisiana employment data was also released at Wednesday’s meeting. The report compared the average salaries of associates and bachelor’s

degree recipients after 18 months.

The report found the associates degree completers earned, on average, $35,544 more than the bachelor’s completers’ average salary of $32,742.

In other action, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette received conditional approval from the Board for two new academic programs ­— a graduate certificate in non-public schools: administration and a bachelor of science in health service administration.

“The program is viable and necessary,” Regents Vice-Chair Mary Ellen Roy said of the bachelor’s degree. “It is a unique program which would benefit the state.”

The Board closed by swearing in its newest member, Bill Fenstermaker, of Lafayette, and bidding adieu to long-time employee Connie Koury.

Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com

TECHNOLOGY

LSU to digitize old newspapers Josh Bergeron

Contributing Writer

Centuries-old newspapers are journeying to a new frontier — the Internet.

The LSU Libraries Special Collections division recently received a $285,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue a project that has already digitized 100,000 pages of newspaper at the University, according to Athena Jackson, project manager.

The project, called the Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project, will put 100,000 more pages online before the end of this phase, which starts at the end of the fall semester. Jackson didn’t specify when the would finish.

“We applied for the grant in 2009 because LSU houses 99 percent of [Louisiana] newspapers on microfilm,” said Gina Costello, codirector of DNLP. “We knew that we had a very good chance at receiving the endowment.”

DNLP also will use the latest funding to incorporate a focus on newspapers written in French.

“You can’t tell the history of Louisiana without French,” Jackson said.

The new grant also allows DNLP to digitize older newspapers. Jackson said the project previously only included newspapers dating back as far as 1860. The project now includes papers ranging from 1836 to 1922.

The digital copies of the papers can be found on the University’s Special Collections website and can be accessed by the public, Jackson said. The newspapers can be found by searching with a date, parish or title.

An advisory board chooses the newspapers to be digitized based

on several factors. The board’s criteria for which newspapers to include are wide ranging, but call for accurate representation of historical events, among other things.

After being chosen, the papers are then ranked from one to five and if the microfilm reels which house the newspapers are ready to be digitized, they are shipped to HTC Global, a company based in Michigan, according to Costello.

The papers are then converted to a digital format and sent back to the University on external hard drives.

Jackson said she wants educators to know that these papers can be used in various ways in the classroom.

“I have begun early outreach initiatives with the history department and I have also begun reaching out to grades K-12, which I

believe is very important,” Jackson said.

Professors also believe these online newspapers are useful.

“The creativity of the ways in which researchers and teachers use this resource is limited only by the interests and creativity of those who would search and consult its rich contents,” said Alecia Long, associate professor of history, in an email.

“After this project is complete, I hope the papers can be widely used by anyone and everyone,” Jackson said. “I also hope it can help provide a historical record that cannot be captured in history books.”

Contact Josh Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Senate discusses new semester, possible UREC expansion SEC requirements.”

According to Wells, the average SEC recreation center amounts The Student Government Sen- to 10 square feet per student, ate discussed upcoming events for while LSU’s UREC facilities only the semester, including a potential amount to 4 square feet per stuexpansion to the UREC Student dent.

“We want to Recreation Comredefine what recplex and additional reation means on funds from SG campus,” he said. sponsorships, at its “I’m hoping we first meeting of the can bring an outsemester Wednesdoor recreation day. center to campus SG Presiand add some leident Cody Wells Cody Wells sure activity. Maysaid he hopes to be a pool.”

SG president speak with LauWells said he rie Braden, UREC hopes to work out director, about exa compromise with Braden and panding the UREC facilities.

“Our UREC is in need,” he present the option to the students.

“The bill will most likely go to said. “This is not a sealed deal, just the students on a ballot,” he said. a request.”

In addition, SG reported it has Wells said he is asking that the facility expand in a three-year received more sponsorship funds project through a proposed fee in- this year than ever before.

“This year, we’ve raised about crease.

“Many students have no- $94,000,” Wells said. “We will be ticed that our recreation center able to do much more for students is behind,” he said. “Our UREC now.”

Wells said more funds are facility is in need. It should meet Kate Mabry Staff Writer

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‘Many students have noticed that our recreation center is behind.’

TECHNOLOGY

Medical condition causes Jobs to resign

The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The man in the black shirt and jeans who knew people would fall in love with the iPod, iPhone and iPad before they did is stepping back from Apple Inc., which grew into one of the world’s strongest companies as its leader’s health failed him.

Steve Jobs’ resignation Wednesday appears to be the result of an unspecified medical condition for which he took a leave from his post in January. Apple’s chief operating officer, Tim Cook, was quickly named CEO of the company Jobs cofounded in his garage 35 years ago.

In a letter addressed to Apple’s board and the “Apple community,” Jobs said he “always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.”

The company said Jobs gave the board his resignation Wednesday and suggested Cook be named the company’s new leader. Apple said Jobs was elected board chairman and Cook is becoming a member of its board.

Genentech Inc. Chairman Art Levinson, in a statement issued on behalf of Apple’s board, said Jobs’ “extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company.”

He said that Jobs will continue to provide “his unique insights, creativity and inspiration,” and that the board has “complete confidence” that Cook is the right person to re-

place him. “”Tim’s 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance, and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does,” Levinson said Jobs’ health has long been a concern for Apple investors who see him as an oracle of technology. After his announcement, Apple stock quickly fell 5.4 percent in after-hours trading.

Jeff Gamet, managing editor of The Mac Observer online news site focused on Apple, said Jobs’ departure has more sentimental than practical significance, and that he has been telegraphing the change for several years.

“All Apple really has done is made official what they’ve been doing administratively for a while now, which is Tim runs the show and Steve gets to do his part to make sure the products come out to meet the Apple standard,” he said.

“I expect that even though there are a lot of people that right now are sad or scared because Steve is stepping back from the CEO role, that ultimately they’ll be OK,” Gamet said.

But Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research, said Jobs’ maniacal attention to detail is what set Apple apart. He said Apple’s product pipeline might be secure for another few years, but predicted that the company will eventually struggle to come up with market-changing ideas.

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

available to be set aside for Groovin’ on the Grounds, and he has already starting making plans for future events, including a festival in April celebrating Louisiana heritage.

“I’m thinking about having a bicentennial celebration,” Wells said. “I’d like to have a crawfish boil and some zydeco music.”

In other action, SG passed a bill to provide all SG senators

with a clicker.

Funding for the clickers, which amounted to $2,278.45, will come from SG’s surplus account.

“It’s necessary that each seat in the Senate will receive a clicker,” said Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel.

Theo Williams, senator in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, agreed.

“We haven’t seen the surplus

account used much in the past,” he said. “It’s a good expense to go forward with.”

In addition to the updates, SG committee chairs discussed and recruited students to their respective committees.

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

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ICE ICE BABY

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University Students wait in line for free snowballs Wednesday at a Campus Crusade event near Acadian Hall

WATSON, from page 1

Watson stressed that “democracy is in danger” because today’s Americans know neither their country nor their history.

With his mantra “only connect,” Watson urged students to get to know America by “going there” and connecting with people.

“When we connect and break barriers, we change ourselves,” he said.

As a former member of the Peace Corps, Watson understands the value of cultural immersion.

“They did not send their money.

They sent themselves,” he said of the 700 volunteers.

During his presentation, Watson ranted about today’s lack of connection, generally due to the lack of face-to-face communication and the Internet.

“The way that we connect is clearly the greatest change since Freedom Summer,” he said.

He reminded the students that “democracy has always been a conversation,” though today’s democracy “resembles a conversation you may hear on Bourbon Street at 2 a.m.”

The hardest part about writing the book was “conveying the violence without soft-pedaling it,” he said.

In closing, Watson called on students to study things they don’t know, study American history and cross borders both physically and metaphysically.

“I believe in today’s students,” he proclaimed.

Since the book’s release, Watson said he’s been asked over and over whether such a movement could happen today. His response? “Of course it could.”

“Idealism is eternal,” he said.

Biology freshman Desi Stewart said she was “surprised he actually left out some violence.”

Catherine Lowe, French freshman, called Watson’s presentation “incredibly relevant.”

“His rant was spot-on,” she said.

The convocation closed with an opportunity for students to volunteer for a voter registration service project in September titled Every Voice.

Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com

Mariah Postlethwaite / The Daily Reveille

Bruce Watson speaks to students from the University’s Honors College program about his book “Freedom Summer” on Wednesday in the Union Ballroom.

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Sports

Thursday, August 25, 2011

ALTERCATION

Jefferson’s apartment searched by police

BRPD seizes multiple items

What’s in a number?

Staff Reports Baton Rouge police searched senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson’s apartment and obtained DNA from him Wednesday afternoon.

Jefferson and his lawyer Nathan Fisher were present at the time the warrant was executed.

Officers filled the trunk of a police car with bags obtained from his apartment.

“We gathered enough probable cause to obtain a search warrant, so we’re searching his house, looking for certain items to either prove or disprove the allegations against him,” said Sgt. Don Stone.

Jefferson, freshman wide receiver Jarvis Landry, sophomore linebacker Josh Johns and sophomore offensive lineman Chris Davenport were brought in for questioning Tuesday regarding the bar fight that occurred at Shady’s Bar last week.

Stone would not disclose what specific items for which police searched, but a report by WAFB said they were looking for a pair of Jefferson’s tennis shoes.

LSU coach Les Miles said on his weekly radio show Wednesday the investigation has been a great distraction but didn’t comment on specifics of the search.

JEFFERSON, see page 22

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Tradition prompts LSU players to change numbers Scott Branson Sports Contributor

The number a player wears can sometimes mean everything.

For some, like Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, the number is a source of inspiration.

Jones-Drew, who said he always plays with a chip on his shoulder, wears number 32 be-

cause that is the number of teams that passed on him in the 2006 NFL Draft.

For others, the number is in honor of a fellow or former athlete.

Brett Favre, who most recently played for the Minnesota Vikings but is currently retired, wore number 4 because he idolized Bobby Orr of the NHL’s Boston Bruins.

For Chad Ochocinco, the number is a name.

For LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and senior safety Brandon Taylor, the new numbers they will be wearing this season will be honoring tradition and the LSU players who came before them.

The departure of former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson to the NFL leaves a huge void in the

Tigers’ secondary. Mathieu, who wore number 14 for the Tigers last season, said he sees himself as the player to fill that void.

“Pat was like a brother to me.

Me getting his number is me giving back to him,” Mathieu said.

A standout as a freshman in the secondary last season, Mathieu was named Cotton NUMBERS, see page 22

SOCCER

Eggleston, Arlitt spearhead youthful Tiger attack force LSU boasts 18 underclassmen Chris Abshire Sports Writer

Recruiting tends to be one of the most fickle aspects of college athletics. Soccer is not immune from the uncertainty, with LSU coach Brian Lee calling the process of translating a good recruiting class to immediate results “one of the hardest parts of the job.”

Following growing pains from last year’s freshman class during a subpar 8-8-5 season and the addition of eight heralded new

freshmen, the Tigers will largely rely on a young but relatively experienced crop of underclassmen to ascend the national ranks this fall.

Lee’s squad is 18-deep with freshmen and sophomores, and the youth movement is led by sophomore forward Addie Eggleston, who started 20 of 21 games and made the Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team last season.

Eggleston, who often controls possession for LSU while rotating between the midfield and forward spots, set an LSU freshman record with eight assists while also scoring three goals.

But her greatest contributions came in the clutch, as she recorded

five assists on game-winning or game-tying goals in 2010.

Through just two games, the sophomore picked up right where she left off, recording an assist in each of the first two games.

“At the beginning [of this year], I was really nervous to try and prove myself again, but there comes a point when you just come out and play,” Eggleston said.

She also said the sophomores could provide a smooth transition to college for the freshman class.

“It’s been fun so far because I think we’ve got a good group to add to this team.” she said. “With so many young players, I think our SOCCER, see page 22

ZACH BREAUX / The Daily Reveille

Sophomore forward Addie Eggleston finished last season with a team-leading eight assists, setting an LSU freshman record for a single season.

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Offseason can’t end soon enough Jackson dismissed for LSU, other sports programs BODY SHOTS Rob Landry Sports columnist The college football offseason always seems to last, in the immortal words of Sandlot’s Squints, “FOR-EV-ER.” But this summer has put LSU in the biggest pickle it has been in for a long time, and it can’t end soon enough.

This summer started off with a bang when the NCAA levied sanctions against the Tigers for violations committed by former wide receivers coach D.J. McCarthy, who gave improper benefits to former player Akiem Hicks. Even though Hicks never played in a game for the Bayou Bengals, the actions were considered a major violation — the first of Les Miles’ tenure.

Soon after the sanctions came more allegations of improprieties, this time involving rogue recruiting service provider Willie Lyles. LSU admitted to paying Lyles $6,000 for recruiting tapes. Though it’s not a violation in itself, it put LSU in more hot water. Lyles was recently outed as having taken upwards of $25,000 from Oregon for extra help landing recruits.

Though as of now nothing has come of the Lyle’s connection, it gave LSU more negative press.

As if that weren’t enough, later in the summer newly hired offensive coordinator Steve Kragthorpe was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

The diagnosis forced Kragthorpe to resign from his offensive coordinator post before ever coaching a game in Baton Rouge. While Kragthorpe will still be on staff to work with the quarterbacks, his void at coordinator will make for an adjustment period from his style of game calling to new offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa’s.

Then, just days before he was scheduled to be one of the Tigers’ speakers at SEC Media Days, junior wide receiver Russell Shepard’s eligibility came into question due to a potentially illegal housing issue. The issue doesn’t seem to have much depth and appears to be all but settled. Shepard was never ruled ineligible, but he was a hot topic of discussion at SEC media days.

BLAIR LOCKHART / The Daily Reveille

The fate of Jefferson and the LSU football team remains cloudy after bar incident.

And finally, when football seemed just out of our grasp, the Shady’s brawl ensued. Football was so close we could taste it, and it was snatched away, only to be filled with lawyers and police jargon.

But LSU is not the only program looking to survive the ugly storm that was this summer.

Speaking of storms, the Miami Hurricanes are currently sitting in hotter water — no pun intended — with allegations from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro that he gave money, threw parties and hired prostitutes for 72 players over an eight-year span.

The Miami allegations have sparked debate about possibly bringing back the use of the death penalty, under which a program is completely shut down for a set amount of time. Such a penalty has not been used since the Southern Methodist University football team was shut down for the 1987 and 1988 seasons due to out of control boosters.

Ohio State is also licking its wounds after the offseason, having fired head coach Jim Tressel and losing star quarterback Terrelle Pryor because of a tattoo for memorabilia scandal in which the players received free tattoos in return for signing Buckeye football trinkets. Tressel found himself in the dog house because he knew this infraction was occurring before the beginning of the 2010 season and

blatantly ignored it for fear his players would be ruled ineligible for the whole year.

The mind-numbing negative news continued with allegations of Alabama players signing helmets, jerseys, etc., to a local clothing store, West Virginia promoting coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen to head coach despite rampant rumors of his disorderly conduct in a local casino and Oregon players being pulled over in a car driving 118 mph that had the pungent smell of marijuana.

In nine days, these stories will still be of major importance, but they will finally be on the back burner in the minds of most fans.

In nine days we will begin talking more about personnel and dumb coaching decisions.

In nine days, we will finally have football.

Rob Landry is a 23-year-old mass communication senior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter @ RobLandry85.

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

SPORTS BRIEF

from Tennessee Staff Reports

The University of Tennessee officially announced the dismissal of junior safety Janzen Jackson from the football team, coach Derek Dooley announced on Wednesday.

No specific reason was provided, but Jackson spent much of the spring and summer handling unspecified personal problems.

“Our program has devoted a tremendous amount of energy, resources, support and care in an effort to help Janzen manage his personal challenges,” Dooley said in a statement. “I will always be there to help him as a person, but there comes a time when a player’s actions preclude him from the privilege of playing for the University of Tennessee football team. Although I’m disappointed with this outcome, we will never compromise the long-term organizational values and goals we maintain here at Tennessee.”

Jackson, a second-team AllSoutheastern Conference selection in 2010, withdrew from the school in February and did not practice with the team prior to playing in

the Vols’ Music City Bowl appearance in December.

He led the team with five interceptions last season while also recording 69 tackles. Jackson started 22 games in his first two seasons.

A five-star defensive back recruit out of Lake Charles’ Barbe High School in 2009, Jackson signed with Tennessee a day after National Signing Day, spurning his original commitment to LSU. He was part of current USC coach Lane Kiffin’s one and only recruiting class at Tennessee, but Jackson was often the subject of offthe-field issues in his time with the Volunteers.

He was one of three Tennessee players arrested and charged with armed robbery after being accused of armed robbery in November 2009 and suspended from the team. He was cleared two weeks later and reinstated to the team.

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

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FOOTBALL

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SPORTS BRIEF

Embattled Porter back at LSU Ole Miss QB arrested, Lineman gets second opportunity Chris Abshire Sports Writer

Former LSU commitment and subsequent Kentucky transfer Elliott Porter is back on the Tiger roster just nine months after his story put LSU and the Southeastern Conference in a national controversy for grayshirting and oversigning.

Porter, a 6-foot-4, 278-pound Waggaman, La., native, returned from his short stint in Lexington in January, taking a walk-on spot with the Tigers in the spring.

“I realized Kentucky wasn’t for me,” he said. “Purple and gold still runs through my blood, and I wanted to be back close to my family.”

Porter, who played defensive tackle in high school, arrived for fall practice last August as a class of 2010 commitment. LSU coach Les Miles asked him to take a grayshirt — which essentially means waiting a semester for his scholarship to kick in — since LSU had signed too many players in the recruiting class and had no scholarship spots available.

Frustrated, Porter packed up and immediately transferred to Kentucky, where he redshirted in 2010.

“The whole situation was out of my hands,” he said. “I didn’t like it, and I took it as it was and looked at an opportunity somewhere else.”

By last year’s winter break, Porter said he was aching to return to his home state.

But a scathing December “Outside the Lines” piece that aired on ESPN featuring Porter’s situation as a poster boy for SEC oversigning seemingly severed any chance for his return, until he called Miles.

“I got on the phone with Coach Miles, and he said he would love to have me back,” Porter said. “I’m so grateful for a second chance.”

Despite the bitterness Porter felt when he originally exited the

program, he said there are now no hard feelings.

“I believe it was a good choice to come back,” he said.

“Leaving here, it was a mistake the way it went down. But things happen for a reason. I can’t go back in time and change them, but I have no regrets. And there has been no resentment from anyone. Me and Coach Miles have a great relationship.”

Senior offensive guard Will Blackwell said he has seen a renewed passion from Porter in the past eight months.

“I feel like he wants to play a little more,” Blackwell said.

“Maybe it didn’t mean as much to him back then. But we’re excited to have him, and he’s got a lot of potential.”

Since rejoining the team, Porter has worked with the offensive line, backing up established veterans P.J. Lonergan and T-Bob Hebert at center and learning from recently promoted offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa.

Porter is technically in his redshirt freshman year. He said he has no expectations of significant playing time with a seasoned starting line already in place, but he said the move to center has been smooth.

“I had no problems switching, and it was a natural transition to center,” he said. “It’s pretty amazing how well these coaches know what they’re talking about sometimes.”

Following a tumultuous year of transfers, Porter said he is ready to finally settle in with the program and prove himself.

“As long as I keep playing hard, I see myself making the lineup,” he said. “Maybe not this

to sit out first game Staff Reports

SUSAN POAG / The Times-Picayune

Elliot Porter transferred back to LSU last spring after a semester at Kentucky.

year, but next year. I don’t look back, because my future here will be bright. You will hear the name Elliott Porter at LSU for the next several years.

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com

Ole Miss junior quarterback Randall Mackey has been suspended for the team’s season opener against Brigham Young University following his arrest outside of an Oxford bar early Tuesday morning.

Mackey was charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, after a fight outside The Lyric, a music venue and bar, that allegedly included the quarterback hitting a police officer in the lip.

Another Ole Miss football player, Jamal Mosley, was arrested for public drunkenness four days prior to Mackey’s arrest.

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said Mackey will not play in the team’s first game or necessarily receive most of the first-team snaps in practice when he returns to the field.

The Bastrop native seemed to be at the forefront of a tight three-way battle for the starting

quarterback spot with West Virginia transfer Barry Brunetti and JUCO transfer Zack Stoudt before the incident.

Mackey redshirted last season after transferring to Oxford following an Honorable Mention All-American season at East Mississippi Community College in 2009, when he threw for 3,122 yards and 32 touchdowns.

Brunetti spent one year in Morgantown before transferring to Ole Miss to be closer to his ailing mother in Memphis, and now will be the starter when the Rebels host the Cougars on September 3, according to Nutt.

“Barry has been the most consistent and accountable with things, which is why he was named the starter,” Nutt said.

Nutt also said Stoudt will see playing time against BYU. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com

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Entertainment

Thursday, August 25, 2011

RED STICK ROUNDUP

See ya later, gator

Tonight: Electronic TKVR featuring Christoph Andersson (pictured), Swiss Chriss and Deftjams.

Varsity Theatre, 9 p.m. $10.

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University professor incorporates alligator leather in fashion design

File photo

Mayham Brown - Cover band playing music from ’80s to today. Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s on Third Street.

10 p.m. No cover.

Friday: “Auntie Mame” - Play about a boy who grows up living with his eccentric aunt. Baton Rouge Little Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (Continues Sat. at 7:30 and Sun. at 2). $30, including a free cocktail.

Back to School “Shock Hop” - Dance party at Red Star Bar downtown with two alternating DJ sets. 9 p.m. $10 cover.

Saturday: Movies & Music on the Lawn - Silent film “The Strong Man” will be shown as Righteous Buddha performs live score for film. Manship Theatre. 7 p.m. $5, including popcorn.

photos by BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

University assistant professor of human ecology Lisa McRoberts recently received a grant to promote the use of lesser-quality alligator leather in fashion, which is seen in this creation by an undergraduate student in her HUEC 4045 class.

Runway fashion is all about the project. perfection, but Lisa McRoberts “From an ecological standsnaps a bite out of the flawless con- point, we don’t want to waste cept, saying imperfections can also them,” McRoberts said. be embraced on both catwalks and McRoberts said the lowersidewalks. grade skins can be sold as part of McRoberts, University assis- numerous products outside of the tant professor of human ecology, fashion world, such as headboards recently received and computer Meredith Will a $107,000 grant bags. from the Louisiana “You can Contributing Writer Alligator Council work around to promote the incorporation of blemishes, cuts or bullet holes, or lesser-quality alligator leather into you can embrace them,” McRobfashion. erts said.

Grade No. 1 alligator leather is Two of the courses McRoberts 100 percent flawless, but McRob- teaches encourage University stuerts said Grade No. 3 alligator dents to do just that. leather is just as useable, and it’s Along with the grant money, more affordable and easy to come the Louisiana Alligator Council by. also pledged to donate 30 hides to She said Grade No. 3 alliga- McRoberts’ project per year from tor leather is half the quality, and 2010 to 2012. These hides are used it usually comes directly from the in Human Ecology 4045, which is wild. an undergraduate senior-level colAlligators are killed in Loui- lection class, and Human Ecology siana to maintain the ecological 7044, a graduate creativity and balance of the bayou, McRoberts product development class. said. Although the meat is used, McRoberts said the underthe skins are put aside or discarded. graduate class designs clothing, She said her goal is to bring and the graduate class uses the althis product to the public eye. ligator leather in innovative ways The money spent to buy the al- for other products. ligator skins goes back to the LouiKelsey Perry, apparel design siana economy, which McRoberts said was a reason she took on GATOR, see page 21

FILM

Comic book movies saturate summer theaters

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Pet adoption day - PetSmart on Millerville Road, Salon at Seven Oaks on Jefferson Highway and Government Stress participating in Companion Animal Alliance’s pet adoption day. Cute critters need permanent homes.

Cost is $60 to adopt, including spaying/neutering, vaccinations and a health checkup.

Sunday: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers - Famous comedian plays blues and bluegrass with his band.

Manship Theatre. 7 p.m.

See manshiptheatre.org for ticket information.

Local shops see few effects on sales Taylor Balkom Entertainment Writer

Cowboys, gods and WWII superheroes all made the jump from the comic book page to the movie screen this year.

Comics have been part of American culture since the 1930s, and the transition to movies was inevitable.

According to one local comic book shop, the onslaught of movies — including recent entries like “Cowboys and Aliens,” “Thor” and “Captain America” — have been good for the comic business.

“To a certain extent, [comic book movies] bring in people that haven’t read about the characters before, or they bring in old readers that haven’t read in years,” said Derek Davis, manager of Louisiana’s

Double Play on Sherwood Forest Boulevard.

But not everyone is reaping the benefits.

Jeffery Walley, owner of Walley’s Pop Comics on Jefferson Highway, doesn’t think the movies have increased sales much.

“It has [increased] some,” Walley said. “But it’s mostly kept [character] awareness high. There are so many video games, movies and comics that it’s impossible for these characters to die.”

Walley added that movies don’t usually drive young children to read the comic books.

“Kids don’t care about comic books,” Walley said. “I’ve seen parents come in with their kids, and they just aren’t interested in the comic.”

It’s no secret that comic book movies have been immensely successful.

According to iMDB.com,

COMICS, see page 21

BLAIR LOCKHART / The Daily Reveille

Jeffrey Walley, owner of Walley’s Pop Comics on Jefferson Highway, talks about how the abundance of comic book movies has not affected sales at his store.

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Reveille Ranks

David Guetta, “Nothing But The Beat”

JEWELRY

Virgin Records

Following up his super-successful “One Love” album, David Guetta takes the road less traveled and delivers greatness on his new full-length LP “Nothing But The Beat.” With an impressive lineup of collaborators, Guetta recycles dance beats in some songs from fellow DJs, most notably on his collaboration with Afrojack called “Lunar,” which sounds identical to Daft Punk’s “Derezzed.” What Guetta lacks in creativity, he makes up for on other tracks, like his ode to all haters, “Titanium,” featuring singer/songwriter Sia. Other standout collaborations include “I Can Only Imagine” with Chris Brown and Lil’ Wayne, “Wet Reworked” with Snoop Dogg, “Night of Your Life” with Jennifer Hudson and “Turn Me On” with Nicki Minaj. With an album exploding with club jams and fun, bouncy melodies, Guetta escapes the common misstep of disappointing follow-ups.

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KITTU PANNU

“One Day”

Random House Films and Focus Features

“One Day” is not a happy movie. Watching Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) go through 20 years of life, struggling to find who they are and not realizing that they’re perfect for each other, is beyond frustrating. But that’s the great thing about this movie because life is frustrating. People don’t fall in love at first sight. They don’t realize the love of their life is right in front of them. In this way, “One Day” differentiates itself from the multitude of other romance movies out there. There are some hiccups along the way — jumping from on July 15 to another over 20 years can be confusing. Dexter never quite becomes a likeable character.

But the movie makes up for that with its excellent portrayal of human emotion and realistic depiction of life for everyone trying to find themselves — bumpy and difficult, but in the end, worth every minute.

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TAYLOR BALKOM

Jay-Z and Kayne West, “Watch the Throne”

Roc-A-Fella

This collaboration between Kanye West and Jay-Z almost perfectly showcases the two artists’ differences. As clean and technically rigid as Jay-Z’s solo efforts are, West’s are equally unhinged and rough. But on “Watch the Throne,” Jay-Z gets swept up in West’s spontaneity, adapting well outside his comfort zone. West leads the effort with production as grandiose as the rappers’ egos. Jay-Z and West balance egotism and social commentary well. While lead single “Otis” exists only to highlight their extravagant lifestyles, “Murder to Excellence” addresses black-on-black violence. But the album is far from perfect. On certain tracks, both rappers seem complacent with their lyrics, too often settling for cheap rhymes rather than thoughtful observation. West and Jay-Z lack cohesiveness — they appear to be two separate performers rather than a collaborative pair. “Watch the Throne” isn’t a bad album, it’s just far less than one would expect from two of the most dynamic forces in music.

[B+]

JOEY GRONER

“30 Minutes or Less”

Columbia Pictures

“30 Minutes or Less,” starring Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg and rising comedian Aziz Ansari, gets lost among recent vulgar summer comedy fare. The movie provides plenty of laughs, but nothing sets it apart from movies like “Bridesmaids,” “Bad Teacher” and “Horrible Bosses.” The film doesn’t attempt to elicit any emotional reaction to the characters beyond a chuckle or knee slap. The lack of emotional depth is not a disadvantage for the film, but it ensures that it will be lost in the bombardment of summer movies clamoring for box-office success. Viewers looking for nothing more than a few situational jokes about sex, bombs and rock ‘n’ roll will find “30 Minutes or Less” the perfect average comedy intended mostly to entertain on an uneventful Saturday night.

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The Vaccines, “Norgaard”

KEVIN THIBODEAUX Marshall Teller Records

London-based alternative rock band The Vaccines is new to the U.S. — their debut album reached the States in May. The newest single, “Norgaard,”is the perfect combination of ‘70s punk with ‘60s jukebox rock ‘n’ roll. The energetic, quick-paced guitar, along with the vocal stylings of lead singer Justin Young are reminiscent of a British version of Vampire Weekend. And with its upbeat tempo, listeners will find it incredibly hard to sit still while listening. The band’s sound has been described on iTunes as “post-punkrooted commercial rock,” and the group has been compared to The Strokes, The Ramones and Arctic Monkeys. The lyrics hint at Young’s school-boy crush on the song’s muse, Danish model Amanda Norgaard. Anyone who enjoys this single should consider themselves Vaccine-ated.

[A+]

HAYLIE NAVARRE

EDITOR’S PICK: Oh Land, “White Nights” music video Sony Music Entertainment Danish singer-songwriter Nanna Øland Fabricius wears many hats in the video for her new single, “White Nights.” She dances with groups of robots, feathered creatures and people dressed as animals and appears as a ‘50s housewife, ‘30s tap dancer and modern-day ethereal beauty. The intricate hairstyles and costumes accent Fabricius’ natural beauty in the best way possible. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s certainly unique. The song’s upbeat tune and soft-spoken lyrics make it nearly impossible not to smile while listening, and Fabricius’ sweet facial expressions and demeanor go perfectly with the song’s angelic mood. The video gets a few points off for its wacky (and sometimes confusing) content, but all in all, Oh Land definitely hit the mark with this one. The video is a must-see for anyone with an appreciation for the sweeter things in life.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

RACHEL WARREN

University alumna creates line based on reconstructed vintage pieces Weiner’s work seen in Rascal Flatts vid.

Haylie Navarre Entertainment Writer

When Lauren Weiner was bored one day, she decided to take apart an old, broken necklace.

In the process of deconstructing it, she added other objects to it and ended up with a completely new necklace and a new profession — reconstructing vintage jewelry.

The Baton Rouge native and University alumna’s jewelry line, HEAVYmetalbyLW, has since been featured from the catwalk to the silver screen.

She gives credit for her line’s rising popularity to her cousin, Katie Weiner Moessner in Nashville, Tenn. Moessner wore the first necklace Weiner reconstructed to an event in Nashville where it caught the eye of stylist Amber Bowen Lehman.

Lehman’s extensive clientele, especially those in the country music scene, have helped HEAVYmetalbyLW along in its rise to fame.

The second piece of jewelry Weiner reconstructed was featured in a music video by the country duo Steel Magnolia.

This summer, Lauren Alaina, “American Idol” season 10 runnerup, wore a necklace from the line at her Grand Ole Opry debut. Most recently, Natasha Bedingfield wore a HEAVYmetalbyLW bracelet in the Rascal Flatts music video “Easy.”

Weiner likes to gather her supplies from flea markets and hardware stores, collecting bike chains, belts and other relics. The line’s name recognizes her “heavy” aesthetic.

“People tend to associate my style with big and chunky,” said Weiner.

Weiner said many people find “heaviness” attractive, but it can be uncomfortable to wear. She said she tries to make her jewelry look elaborate without all the actual weight.

Weiner said she’s not particularly interested in color and prefers the contrast between gold and silver, which she thinks is timeless.

She said it gives a piece more versatility.

Weiner sometimes gets inspiration for a piece by seeing something another artist made and thinking about how she would have done it differently. She doesn’t sketch out her ideas, but has a vision in her head of what she wants to create and tries to execute it.

Weiner is inspired by things she finds. She said she’s currently using what she describes as gold bone-shaped pieces that she broke off a flea-market necklace. She also recently began using belt buckles, especially paired with watch fragments.

Weiner said when she’s designing a piece of jewelry, she pictures a certain woman and creates a character. She said she’s

BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

LSU alumna Lauren Weiner designed this necklace as part of her line, HEAVYmetalbyLW. Some of her pieces have been worn by celebrities, including Natasha Bedingfield.

created several of these characters, and they all have different styles.

She describes one as being a “ridiculously wealthy, red-headed, overweight woman from Texas,” and said the character would wear pieces Weiner considers more gaudy.

In an attempt to appease the array of characters Weiner has created, she tries to make pieces that would appeal to women with flashy senses of style as well as pieces for women with simpler tastes.

Weiner said a piece she is particularly proud of is a necklace she made for a friend’s wedding rehearsal dinner. To make the necklace, Weiner used items with a special connection to the bride — a chain from her grandmother’s necklace, a button from her father’s wedding tuxedo, her mother’s class

ring, her grandfather’s honorary military medals and her mother’s baby bracelet.

Weiner, who has mainly been running her business out of Tennessee, is in the process of moving back to Baton Rouge, where she intends to work on her business plan.

She said she hasn’t yet mapped out her business’s future.

“It hasn’t really been in my control,” Weiner said, “I just keep making jewelry, and people keep buying it.”

HEAVYmetalbyLW can be found in Baton Rouge at Head Over Heels on Corporate Boulevard and Stella Boutique on Jefferson Highway.

Contact Haylie Navarre at hnavarre@lsureveille.com

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STUDENT ACTIVITY BOARD

SAB to hold third annual Back to School concert tonight

Joey Groner Entertainment Writer

Students can take a load off amid the stress of returning to school with a free concert on the Parade Ground tonight.

The Student Activities Board will host its third annual Back to School Concert, which features funk bands Flow Tribe, Syllable Seven and X-Definition, at 5 p.m.

SAB Music Committee Chair Randall Head said Syllable Seven and X-Definition were chosen based

on his past experiences with them in his own band.

“I’ve known the guys in Syllable Seven for a few years, and I saw X-Definition play with them about a month ago,” Head said. “I really liked their sound and thought they would be a good fit for the event.”

Head said previous years have seen audiences of as many as 700, and that SAB expects to at least match that number this year.

The plan for this year was to treat the event like a festival instead of a concert, but the idea didn’t

come to fruition, Head said.

“We planned to have two stages on each side of the Parade Ground, but our budget and manpower didn’t allow for that,” Head said. “We are looking into expanding it in the coming years.”

New Orleans-based Flow Tribe, whose members describe their style as “backbone cracking music,” look forward to playing at the University.

“We really feel that we’re a part of the Baton Rouge community,” said K.C. O’Rorke, lead singer and

trumpet player for Flow Tribe. “A couple of the guys in our band went to LSU, so we’re excited to rock it out in the 225.”

Syllable Seven, who are known locally for their eclectic music, will take the stage before Flow Tribe.

“You can’t really put two of our songs next to each other and say, ‘Those sound very much alike,’” said Abel Smith, bass player for Syllable Seven. “Every song has its own sound.”

Lead singer Bobby Fields added that Syllable Seven’s members

are looking forward to playing to a mostly new crowd and sharing their energetic spirit.

Head said the Smoothie King and Monster Energy Drink vans will join in to give out free samples to attendees. He said he encourages students to come out for the free event, adding that its rain location is the Union Theatre.

Contact Joey Groner at jgroner@lsureveille.com

TECHNOLOGY

Netflix raises prices on combined streaming, DVD service

Plans will cost $15.98 combined

per month for the combined plans, the statement said. The price increase will not affect the streamingonly plan which will remain the same price.

The news of the price increase Kevin Thibodeaux will cause psychology junior AlexEntertainment Writer andria Rose to change her service Popular movie rental service from getting two DVDs in the mail Netflix announced price increases at a time to only one. to its subscription plans this summer “I’ve been with Netflix forever that will take affect in September and if they’re going to go up on their despite objections from many of its prices, I’m going to switch my plan,” customers.

Rose said.

The company News of the decided to separate price increase was the unlimited onreleased in June, line streaming and and since then the unlimited by-mail price of Netflix DVD plan, which stock has decreased had previously cost by nearly $55 per $9.99 a month, to share, according to more accurately a stock chart on the Alexandrea Rose represent the cost company’s website. psycology junior of providing the It appears services, according competing compato a news release. nies are using the opportunity to try “Netflix members love watch- and steal some of Netflix’s unhappy ing instantly, but we’ve come to rec- customers. ognize there is still a very large conThe Blockbuster website promtinuing demand for DVDs by mail,” inently features an advertisement said Andy Rendich, Netflix Chief that reads, “Goodbye Netflix. Hello Service and Operations Officer, in an Blockbuster.” Blockbuster also isonline statement. “By better reflect- sued a statement offering disgruntled ing the underlying costs and offering Netflix customers a special 30-day our lowest prices ever for unlimited free trial of Blockbuster’s rental DVD, we hope to provide a great plan. value to our current and future DVDBut the changes aren’t upsetting by-mail members.” everyone.

The new individual plans will “I know [the prices] are going each cost $7.99 per month or $15.98 up, but I like it, so I’m going to keep

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‘... if they’re going to go up on their prices, I’m going to switch my plan.”

using it,” said Ashley Hilliard, fashion merchandising senior.

Hilliard, who uses the streaming and DVD plan which will nearly double in September, said the price increases don’t affect her because her parents pay for the subscription.

Some students aren’t even aware of the pricing changes taking place.

When history senior Meghan Foxworth was told about the increase, her initial reaction was anger.

“I’m pissed,” Foxworth said.

But she said she isn’t familiar with other movie rental plans like Blockbuster and is more comfortable with Netflix.

“It’s kind of a monopoly,” Foxworth said.

Foxworth said she uses Redbox, but it sometimes doesn’t have the newest releases or movies she’s looking for.

The price increase won’t affect people like civil engineering junior Zachary Collier, who uses Netflix’s streaming-only plan.

“I already had [the] instant [movie plan], so the price didn’t change,” Collier said.

He said he has tried using Redbox, but it doesn’t always have what he is looking for. Collier said when he wants to find a specific DVD he uses his friend’s Netflix DVD rental plan.

Contact Kevin Thibodeaux at kthibodeaux@lsureveille.com

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Flash-sale websites offer daily discounts Deals pose threat to local boutiques Emily Herrington Entertainment Writer

The economy may be struggling, but it hasn’t deterred students from purchasing their favorite designer brands.

The only difference is how much people pay for brand-name products. Thanks to flash-sale websites, that amount is significantly lower than retail.

Flash-sale websites gain popularity as the world of penny pinchers and fashionistas unite to bring saving money in style.

The flash-sale sites are free and offer designer products to members at discounted prices, usually about 50 to 70 percent off, for a limited period of time.

Popular flash-sale sites include Gilt Groupe, MyHabit, Rue La La, ideeli and HauteLook.

Katie Hammill, marketing communications associate for HauteLook.com, said the trend in flash-sale sites was born out of the recession, and that brand marketing is a major factor in the sites’ success.

HauteLook is a retailer and not a competitor, Hammill said.

Brands are not harmed by the sale of their products at discounted prices, but benefit from the marketing offered and exposure to new audiences.

“Brands knock on our door,” Hammill said. “We have 5.5 million members. That’s a lot of eyes.”

Hammill said HauteLook’s new sales begin at 8 a.m. Pacific time and last for 48 hours, or until the featured merchandise is sold out. She said there are about 20 different daily sales, but that number varies day-to-day.

“It’s like a game to [members].

They go on at 8 a.m. everyday and if they’re not quick enough, it’ll sell out,” Hammill said.

The site earns a profit by partnering with brands and splitting a portion of the sales, Hammill said.

Caroline Boone, manager of nk boutique on Corporate Boulevard, said flash-sale websites

pose a threat to local stores.

“Those sites used to be selling designer clothes from previous seasons, but now they sell items that are in season. That gives products in stores shorter seasons and shelf-life,” Boone said.

Boone said while the sites may be a setback for store owners, they will never replace in-store shopping.

Some people dislike shopping online and desire the customer service and environment provided by a boutique, Boone said. She also cited the ease of returns and absence of shipping hassles as some advantages of shopping in a brickand-mortar store.

Hammill agreed and said flash sales are an alternative, not a replacement, to traditional shopping.

Haley Methvin, early childhood education freshman, said she believes flash-sale sites could potentially replace in-store shopping because of their convenience and bargain prices.

But she said some people still gravitate toward stores because of the social experience shopping provides.

Ashley Ruiz, geography sophomore, said she does not think local stores will ever be replaced by flash sales because stores offer a broader selection, more sales and the opportunity to see the clothing and try it on.

“The urge to shop and buy things is a lot greater in a store than online,” Ruiz said.

She said she imagines local stores will not be heavily affected since the online sales are only offered for a limited time.

Cathy Nguyen, sociology and psychology senior, said online shopping has already begun replacing traditional shopping, like it did with the diminishing book industry.

“If you can save money, why not?” Nguyen said. “Plus it’s more convenient — you don’t have to travel.”

Contact Emily Herrington at eherrington@lsureveille.com

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NIGHTLIFE

The Office hosts Mixtape Series F.A.M.E features DJ Triz-A, live-art battle

at them painting and then buy the art at a really cheap price,” Breaux said.

FAME events used to be held at the Varsity Theatre, but after music shows downtown gained momentum, Breaux wanted to Kittu Pannu give the area a try for the event.

“A series like this will exEntertainment Writer pose downtown patrons to a The Office Bar downtown more cultured bar experience,” will kick off the FAME Mixtape Breaux said. “The Office seemed Series this Friday night with a like the best venue to host this live art showdown on the dance event, since we were so successfloor and Baton Rouge native DJ ful with our last event in May. Triz-A spinning from 10 p.m. to We probably had about 800 people at the party 2 a.m. last time.”

F.A.M.E — Trey Wil“Fashion, Art, Mulard, also known sic and Entertainas DJ Triz-A, ment,” — mixes will open the multiple cultures Mixtape Series. together to give “DJ Triz-A patrons a diverse is such a wellexperience, acknown DJ in the cording to Danny Baton Rouge Breaux, Univerarea, so it made sity MBA candisense to have date and owner of him start us Wildflower Presoff,” Breaux ents. said. “We also Friday’s event have other DJs is the first of six featured in the exposing Baton series, including Rouge residents to Danny Breaux DJ Digital, DJ different variations owner of Wildflower presents Quickie Mart of art, Breaux said. and DJ Jive.”

The live art Those unshow will include artists Mark Fresh, TJ Black, familiar with Triz-A’s style can James Brady and Amber Nicole. pick up his new mixtape for free “It will be like a silent auc- earlier in the evening.

“We’ll be handing out free tion, so you can walk around during the night and take a look CDs to the first 100 patrons [at

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‘[F.A.M.E. Mixtape Series] will expose downtown patrons to a more cultured bar experience...

[The Office] had about 800 people at the party last time.’

The Office],” Breaux said. “DJ Triz-A’s music incorporates both the stuff that people love in Louisiana and that people would hear in clubs all over the world.”

Peyton Eastman, international studies senior, said she thinks the electronic music scene is really catching on now.

“I’m so excited to hear there’s going to be someone playing that type of music here in Baton Rouge,” Eastman said.

“After Dubstep, I’m glad that people are starting to listen to dance music more.”

Dubstep took the music scene by storm this past year and it caught on with many college students, Willard said. But older people tend to stay within their hip-hop roots, so Willard keeps this in mind when he DJs. “I think people are becoming more open-minded to this whole new music after all these major pop songs have been produced by some of the best electronic producers around,” Willard said.

“It’s a whole new sound.”

Contact Kittu Pannu at kpannu@lsureveille.com

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THE BUX STOPS HERE

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Five great fall films coming soon to a theater near you

Summer is an important time for movie studios. Big-budget blockbusters put butts in the seats and dollar bills in the box office — or at least that’s what movie executives hope.

But if you’re like me and thought finding a good new movie this summer was harder than keeping Lindsay Lohan sober, join me in joyous anticipation of the fall movie season, when movies go from mindless action flicks to well-crafted Oscar bait.

Though not every movie slated for release this fall is award worthy, the lineup has its fair share of unique, interesting films just begging to be seen. Here are five that already have me itching to buy my ticket.

1. “50/50” — Sept. 30 Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star in this dramedy about a 27-year-old man who is diagnosed with cancer. It’s a certainly a touchy subject, and one other projects have failed to make resonate with audiences (even Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler struck out with a similar premise in “Funny People”).

But the backstory on “50/50” might make all the difference.

The film is based on Rogen’s experience with a friend who was diagnosed with spinal cancer at 25, and for a dose of authenticity, Rogen had that very friend, Will Reiser, write the script. With its based-in-truth backbone, the film has a good shot of connecting with audiences in a way that will make the scary subject of cancer accessible.

2. “The Ides of March” — Oct. 7 As candidates begin looking ahead to 2012 in full force, the time is right for this political

drama centered around a presidential election. George Clooney co-writes, directs and stars in what looks to be a cerebral journey into the behind-the-scenes tension of a campaign.

The biggest draw of “Ides” is its superstar cast, jam-packed with Oscar winners and Ryan Buxton n o m i n e e s .

With magnetic Associate Managing Editor talent like Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei and Paul Giamatti, there shouldn’t be a dull performance in this gem.

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“My Week with Marilyn” — Nov. 4 Understated beauty Michelle Williams is certainly not the first actress one might consider to play iconic bombshell Marilyn Monroe, but with Williams’s grade-A track record, history is on her side to deliver a stellar performance.

The film chronicles Monroe’s British adventures as she shot “The Prince and the Showgirl” with Laurence Olivier. “Marilyn” also marks the first post-Hermione project for “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson, who plays a wardrobe assistant. This exciting film promises great acting and dazzling period costume design.

The film promises some controversy as it explores Hoover’s private life, including allegations of his closeted homosexuality.

DiCaprio and co-star Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”) reportedly share an on-screen kiss, but screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (“Milk”) is sure to handle the tricky topic with intelligent grace.

4. “J. Edgar” — Nov. 9 Here’s the one I’m most excited about. Expect to see Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars as former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, in the Best Actor race come award season. The Academy loves awarding actors who portray real people, and with three nominations under his belt, DiCaprio is due for Oscar gold.

5. “The Iron Lady” — Dec. 16 Many American actresses would likely be laughed off the casting couch for trying to portray British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but if anyone can do it, it’s cinematic chameleon Meryl Streep.

The film’s teaser trailer, which features Streep as the

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Leonardo DiCaprio portrays former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the upcoming film “J. Edgar,” which premieres in theaters Nov. 9.

spitting image of Thatcher, had me begging for more of her pitchperfect performance. Some British media have been skeptical about the film’s handling of the divisive Thatcher, but stateside the film is

destined to be a critical darling.

Contact Ryan Buxton at rbuxton@lsureveille.com

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GATOR, from page 15

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Jeffrey Walley, owner of Walley’s Pop Comics, arranges comic books Tuesday at the store. Walley thinks there are too many movies based on comic books.

“Maybe they should spread out their production of comic book mov“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” ies,” Smith said. “With them makhas grossed a whopping $347 mil- ing so many right now, it’s going to lion, almost double its estimated make people sick of superheroes. budget. And movies like “The Dark Davis agreed, saying, like any Knight” — which grossed more than Hollywood setup, there are good and $1 billion — make those numbers bad movies. seem trivial.

“For the most Unfortupart, they’ve been nately, that sucgood,” Davis said. “It cess isn’t typiseems like when the cal. creators are involved, “There are the movies end up bettoo many [comic ter — ‘Green Lantern’ book movies],” excluded. It didn’t Walley said. come out well.”

“And they aren’t Walley also thinks Jeffrey Walley all quality movhaving the creators of owner, Walley’s Pop Comics ies. It’s great the comic involved that Hollywood makes the movie bethas started taking notice, but they ter but added that many film scenes keep mining it.” are cut from the final product.

Students are beginning to get “If you keep putting cruddy sick of the movies as well. movies out, people will get tired of Lauren Smith, natural resource them,” Walley said. ecology and management sophomore, said she isn’t tired of the films that follow the books, but dislikes ones that “butcher the plot,” like the Contact Taylor Balkom at X-Men trilogy. tbalkom@lsureveille.com

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‘There are too many [comic book movies]. And they aren’t all quality movies.’

graduate student, said the class helped her think outside the box and find more creative ways to work with a different material.

“It was really neat to work with such a different textile,” Perry said.

McRoberts said she shows her students how to work with alligator leather, instructing them how to sew it and lay it out.

“Anything you can make with leather, you can make with alligator,” McRoberts said.

Kenneth Koonce, dean of the College of Agriculture, said the alligator industry generated more than $32 million last year for Louisiana’s economy.

Chuanlan Liu, assistant professor of human ecology, is currently working with McRoberts to get Grade No. 3 alligator leather more awareness.

Liu said the main purpose of her involvement with the project is to promote the locally produced items.

“We want to bring up the awareness of the available product here in Louisiana,” Liu said.

According to Liu, the largest emerging consumer market now is China. Her goal is to connect with global consumers, as well as send University students and their work to China for Fashion Week.

Bringing Chinese manufacturers to visit local manufacturers and look at the students’ designs is key to achieving recognition, she said.

“The projects are really great

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Lisa McRoberts, who teaches an apparel design course, searches Wednesday through clothes made with alligator hide by undergraduate students in her class.

for getting attention and getting people aware of such potential,” Liu said.

To showcase this potential, McRoberts put together a fashion show last May, “Marsh on the Catwalk,” which featured her students’ alligator leather designs. A similar fashion show is scheduled

for the Thursday before graduation this year.

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page 22 NUMBERS, from page 11 Bowl Defensive MVP and a 2010 Freshman All-American by multiple outlets. He is also one of two sophomores in the nation named to the 2011 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List.

Mathieu asked for the

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Cornerback Tyrann Mathieu now wears Patrick Peterson’s number 7 jersey.

JEFFERSON, from page 11

“It’s a side distraction to a great season that certainly we did not want,” Miles said. “I told our guys, ‘We made our beds, and now it’s time to get it right.’”

Miles said he hasn’t ruled out possible suspensions or expulsions from the team.

“I think there are some possibilities of roster changes,” he said.

The search comes on the heels of a meeting on Tuesday, in which all four players gave their statements to the police. BRPD

SOCCER, from page 11

class can just keep pushing them forward on the practice field, too.”

Chief among the true freshman standouts include midfielder Alex Arlitt, whom Lee tabbed as the most impressive player of the 2011 recruiting class so far.

Arlitt made her presence felt for the Tigers in a 3-0 win against Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday, netting a corner kick for her firstcareer goal and tallying an assist in the Tigers second scoring sequence.

“Alex Arlitt, when you talk about being new to a program, she’s a little different,” Lee said.

“Her consistency is unique because you usually see such an erratic pattern from freshman. But she’s been steady and committed since day one. That’s really gained her the trust of teammates and coaches.”

Despite her hot start, Arlitt said the college game has required some adjustment.

“This is a whole different game,” the Texas native said. “I realized that immediately. It’s a lot faster paced than the club level.

You just have to get a little more accustomed to it every practice.”

Redshirt freshman Kaley

approval of his coaches and those who wore number 7 before him before claiming the number.

“We’re trying to get a tradition started here with the number 7,” Mathieu said.

The tradition following Taylor’s new number 18 is already in place.

Taylor returns this season after suffering a foot injury during the Alabama game last year, which caused him to miss the remaining four games.

Former LSU quarterback Matt Mauck started the tradition after the 2003-04 season by passing his number 18 to former LSU and current San Diego Chargers running back Jacob Hester.

Ironically, Mauck suffered a similar injury to Taylor’s during his sophomore year at LSU. After Hester, the number was worn by tight end Richard Dickson, who passed it to tailback Richard Murphy before last season.

Taylor said he was pulled into the coaches’ office where they asked him if he would wear number 18. The coaches explained the significance of the number and the responsibility that comes with it.

“It represents what it means to be a Tiger,” Taylor said.

Taylor, the first defensive player to have the number passed said Tuesday that the investigation could take an additional seven to 10 days.

Stone said Tuesday that BRPD expects arrests will be made at the conclusion of the investigation with possible charges of second degree battery or simple battery.

LSU is scheduled to open its season against Oregon in Dallas on Sept. 3.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com Blades provided the corner kick that set up Arlitt’s goal, and this season is a comeback campaign of sorts for Blades.

She was poised for a breakout season last year, accounting for two goals and an assist in her first five games last year before suffering a torn ACL that ended her season during her first career start against Virginia Tech in September.

“She’s come back really strong from the injury,” Lee said.

“Sometimes, I feel like kids who go through serious injuries — it gives them a bit of a break. Having that extended rehab allows them to be refreshed and come back stronger. Kaley’s been a good example of that.”

Freshman Alex Cook, who scored LSU’s only goal in a season-opening 3-1 loss at Memphis last Friday, also contributed to a deep forward position.

“In just two or three weeks on campus, her improvements have been miraculous,” Lee said about Cook, who is currently nursing a foot injury. “All of these young players, [Cook] included, have to keep it up for us to be successful.”

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com

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to him, said he was happy to wear Mathieu type of tradition in the it. baseball program,” LSU baseball “It shows that they have a coach Paul Mainieri said. lot of faith in me, on and off the Mainieri said that Mahtook field,” Taylor said. arranged for Katz The tradition to wear his numhas also recently ber 8 in 2012. made its way to “I don’t want the LSU baseball some freshman team. coming in wearMikie Mahing my number. took, a 2011 I want it to mean first-team Allsomething. The Tyrann Mathieu American and number 8 means first-round seleca lot to me,” MahLSU sophomore cornerback tion of the Tampa took said at a Bay Rays, wore press conference number 8 during his time at LSU. following his signing with the The number 8 will be worn by Rays. junior Mason Katz when the LSU “He loves LSU and his team, baseball team takes the field in the I feel like that’s what LSU basespring. ball is all about,” Mahtook said of “I guess we’ve decided to Katz. do a Patrick Peterson, Tyrann “I asked him if he would

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‘We’re trying to get a tradition started here with the number 7.’

Thursday, August 25, 2011 take it [number 8], and he said he would be honored to do it,” Mahtook said.

LSU running backs Spencer Ware and Alfred Blue and cornerback Tharold Simon are also wearing different numbers in their sophomore seasons.

Ware, who ran for 102 yards in last season’s Cotton Bowl, wore number 16 last year but will wear number 11 in 2011. Blue will wear number 4 this season after rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown in the number 24 jersey last year.

Simon, who will be a part of the defensive backfield rotation this year, wore No. 26 last year but will wear No. 24 this season.

Contact Scott Branson at sbranson@lsureveille.com

Thursday, August 25, 2011 RUNWAY, from page 1

of the four aired episodes.

Auld said he “gets tickled” when watching himself on the show and thinks the editing is genius.

“I just laugh at myself,” he said with a Southern twang. “It’s really cool to watch the judges talk about our stuff when we leave the room.”

The show’s time constraints demanded strict deadlines, and Auld said though he tends to flourish under pressure, the limits forced him to evaluate his designs to find shortcuts.

Auld said the designers had to learn to ask themselves, “What can you half-ass? What loopholes could you take?”

Though Auld credits the University with preparing him for such a difficult undertaking, he was originally skeptical about attending LSU because of its small design program and Baton Rouge’s minute fashion industry.

However, he said he “got good vibes” from the University and never looked back after making his decision.

“I figured that if I can make a name for myself in a small town, I can do it anywhere,” Auld said.

He said the University’s curriculum was intensive, but the rigor prepared him for the challenges presented on “Project Runway.”

“I honestly didn’t expect to get what I needed from the program, but I ended up getting so much more,” Auld said. “I really respect what the program does.”

Lisa McRoberts, human ecology assistant professor, taught Auld illustration, draping and synthesis during his junior and senior years and helped him prepare for the competition.

“Soon after I met him, it was obvious to me that he was very talented and had tremendous potential,” McRoberts said. “He can draw beautifully, design creatively and has incredible construction.”

Yvonne Leak, human ecology instructor, taught Auld patternmaking and visual merchandising. She said he “stood out from the get-go.”

“Ryan had good instincts in terms of creative ability, good technical skills and understood pattern-making,” Leak said.

Leak said Auld always worked well under pressure and takes his work “a step beyond.”

While studying at the University, Auld participated in Hemline, an organization for textiles, apparel design and merchandising students. By his junior year, Auld said he was in charge of the group’s fashion show.

Melissa Duong, apparel design junior and member of Hemline, worked backstage at fashion shows with Auld. She said his designs always stood out from the crowd.

“His dresses at Hemline always caught my eye,” Duong said.

“They were beautiful — more detailed and a complete look.”

McRoberts said she is “incredibly proud” of Auld and has been impressed with his composure on the show, citing his positive attitude and modesty.

Despite Auld’s triumphs, the

road to the “Project Runway” catwalk was no cakewalk.

He has coped with colorblindness since he was a child and was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2008. He said he received chemotherapy treatments a year later and still maintained full-time student status.

Auld said his life experiences have changed the way he works

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“I didn’t have time to harp on the crap life gave me. I just had a positive outlook,” Auld said.

“Cancer brought me determination and focus. I wasn’t going to let it stop me.”

Auld’s ultimate goal is to create his own fashion line. He said he wants to use his business minor to help him cater to the majority

page 23 of the population, which can’t afford to wear designer clothes but desire the designer look.

Auld advised current University design students and aspiring “Project Runway” contestants to be prepared for hard work and enter as many competitions as possible.

“I’m a huge fan, and I hope he wins,” Duong said. “He’s giving

[the University] a good name.”

Auld is currently in second place behind fellow contestant Anya Ayoung-Chee for the title of “Project Runway” fan favorite.

Fans can vote for Auld via Twitter by tweeting “#PR9anthonyryan.”

Contact Emily Herrington at eherrington@lsureveille.com

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FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Civilian deaths illustrate how drone tactics must change

Collateral damage.

In war, even today’s age of smart and more precise weapons, it is something that simply cannot be avoided. To guarantee no civilian deaths in any war is simply impossible — even more so in the Middle East, given how the combatants our armed forces are facing continually use civilians to mask their presence.

However, even given all of this, the findings of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit group based in London, are simply inexcusable. According to a recent study they released, American drones have killed anywhere from 2,309 to 2,880 people in covert attacks since 2004.

Of those killed, the study found at least 392, and as many as 783, were civilians. Even worse, however, is the number of civilians believed to be children — at least 168.

If you need more than statistics, there are many stories on the devastation these strikes have done to families.

For instance, one Zachary Davis of the families Columnist the study mentions is Din Mohammed’s, who lived next to a house of alleged insurgents.

When the CIA’s Reaper drones

fired its Hellfire missiles on the insurgents, one missed and hit the Mohammed house. Although six of the supposed insurgents were killed, so too were Din Mohammed’s son, two daughters and his nephew.

Unfortunately, this is only one of many similar stories.

If the report is to be believed, we traded the lives of four innocent kids for those of six supposed fighters. What cannot be counted is how many more people may be spurred to fight the U.S. because of tragedies like this.

The CIA, the department behind these covert attacks, denies these allegations, claiming the study is “faulty and

uncorroborated.” According to the CIA, the number of civilians killed in these attacks is much lower — 50 deaths since 2001.

While it would be nice for the CIA’s numbers to be true, the transparency and credibility of the sources used by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism make it hard to argue against their findings.

Clearly, we need to rethink our tactics involving these drone strikes. As UNICEF said in response to these findings, “Even one child death from drone missiles or suicide bombings is one child death too many.”

Lastly, one more finding from the study is very disheartening: Of the 295 total strikes, 243 of those

were done under President Obama.

For someone whom the right often calls too soft, Obama can be held responsible for continuing a tactic which has led to far too many children’s deaths.

Zachary Davis is a 20-year-old history junior from Warsaw, Poland. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Zdavis

Contact Zachary Davis at zdavis@lsureveille.com

SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE

Grounded space shuttle costs jobs and national identity Two weeks ago The TimesPicayune reported on a visit by the crew of the Atlantis space shuttle to Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The astronauts came to thank the employees who built the external fuel tank used during the final space shuttle mission on July 8.

Post-mission visits have been a happy tradition at Michoud and other government-contracted factories for years, but this most recent visit served as a chilling reminder to hundreds of Michoud workers facing unemployment.

Michoud produced external fuel tanks for the space shuttle since the ‘80s. Employment dwindled at the facility from 5,591 workers in 1983 to about 2,300 employees in 2008. Since the announcement of the end of the shuttle program that year, layoffs ravaged the facility and left less than 500 employed by the shuttle’s final flight last month.

Most of the remaining staff will be leaving the facility over the next few weeks.

Across the country, contracted factories are laying off workers as the conclusion of the space shuttle program spells an end to thousands of jobs and the loss of an important part of our national identity.

President Obama canceled the space shuttle’s successor, the Constellation Program, which hoped to develop a new re-usable spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts into near earth orbit and eventually to the moon and Mars. The president turned over further development of spacecraft to the private sector while American astronauts hitch rides to the International Space

Station with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

While the private sector has the potential to match and even exceed NASA’s achievements in manned space flight, I am still disappointed to see the shuttle grounded. Most university students have never experienced a world without the space shuttle Andrew Shockey Columnist program, which launched Columbia in 1981. NASA has been sending people into space for the last 50 years, since Alan Shepard became the second man in space in 1961.

While NASA astronauts are rightly greeted as heroes back here on earth, I fear private contractors will not inspire the same kind of awe and imagination in the minds of the population. In general, Americans have a great deal of respect for our military and the men and women who serve in it, but we hold a much lower opinion of the military contractors and mercenaries who complete many of the same duties as our armed forces but exist in the private sector.

Most Americans disagree with ending the space shuttle program, a move originating under President Bush and later enacted by President Obama. According to a poll conducted by IBOPE Zogby International, 59 percent of Americans want space shuttle missions to continue while only 33 percent want them to end. The remaining 8 percent were undecided.

Predicting how companies will

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fill the void left by the shuttle program is difficult, but we can only hope they find inexpensive, safe and responsible ways to transport people and cargo into orbit and beyond. Turning over space exploration to the private sector has the potential to reduce cooperation among space agencies and tarnish the image of future astronauts, but we can only hope the people designing, testing and piloting the next generation of spacecraft are as skilled and dedicated as their predecessors.

Companies such as SpaceX and SpaceAdventures are promising a return to the moon and a manned mission to Mars as early as 2020. While NASA may lose some of its grandeur as space travel becomes privatized, those of us who did not grow up to be astronauts may finally get a chance in space for just a few million dollars rather than the tens of millions a trip currently costs.

Hopefully competition in the private sector will eventually drive the cost down so more people will

have a chance to experience the vast expanse of our infinite universe firsthand.

Andrew Shockey is a 20 year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey.

Contact Andrew Shockey at ashockey@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

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Summer internship regulations should be rethought It is a sure sign of growing up when students abandon the summer break’s sweet sunshine to toil in the dimly-lit offices of the professional world.

Another mile marker on the way to adulthood is getting paid for such toil.

But there is an ever-increasing disconnect between these two markers, which could serve as a roadblock to students hurdling toward gainful employment without the steady propulsion of Daddy’s cash.

This disconnect is the morally reprehensible but ever popular unpaid internship.

I spent my harried summer scurrying around the offices of a medium-sized metro newspaper. I worked five days a week, regularly drove the length of the state and diligently completed every task my editor assigned.

At the end of the day, I took home nothing but experience from the affair.

Experience may fill the mind and resume, but it leaves the gas tank and stomach wanting more.

It is troubling now that more and more students will find themselves facing the prospect of working without pay or wading into the

abyss of our current job climate without marketable experience.

This problem is not confined to the journalism industry. In its 2011 report, the National Association of Colleges and Employers found nearly half of the most recent internships held by college seniors were unpaid.

Xerxes Wilson “It’s a growColumnist ing concern,” said Kayla Lato, coordinator of Experiential Education for University Career Services. “They have become more prevalent and more of a trend.”

The concern in my eyes is many students will be priced out of the internship market by either the greed or hardship of companies that now exclusively employ unpaid interns.

So how do billion-dollar companies such as the one that employed me get away with nabbing free labor?

In past years, the National Department of Labor upgraded their relevant laws from opaque to cloudy.

Law stipulates: “The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern.”

What exactly “advantages” means is debatable and too vague to dictate what practices are ethical for the various industries that employ unpaid interns.

Lato said her department polices internships to ensure they follow regulation. But she also agreed there is some murkiness within federal regulations.

This is where the University perhaps unwillingly gets its hands dirty.

In order to circumvent vague labor laws, many companies require interns to receive credit for these unpaid positions. This academic credit is provided by many colleges, making them accessory to this unsavory practice.

But one can hardly blame individual colleges because if they pulled support for unpaid positions, companies could easily milk another school in the highly saturated pool of desperate students.

Instead, much of the blame should be lobbed at the corporate towers that house some slimy executive plotting to exploit students

desperate to get their foot in the door.

But the University is not without blame.

At times I found working for free was demotivating, depressing and feasibly difficult, but the greatest insult was when I received a $1,200 bill for the three credits I received during the summer.

Perhaps if I was utilizing the expertise of the University’s faculty, this bill would be easier to digest.

But I wasn’t.

I was 1,000 miles away, detached from any instructional support from the school, but paying a ransom so the company employing me could have my work for free.

So if working for free doesn’t break the back of disadvantaged students, paying the University for the right to work makes matters even worse.

Lato said numerous schools give credits for internship and aid programs for unpaid interns have been discussed amongst colleges.

It’s simply an oversight that at the very least the practice of charging students for job experience has not been solved.

Might I humbly suggest some solutions to our respectable deans

or Student Government if they want to take up an issue of real student importance. I understand times are hard financially so creating any sort of stipend to support unpaid interns is unlikely.

Perhaps credit could be administered in the fall semester so full time students won’t see any increased cost from credits earned working in summer. Or perhaps students could have the option of receiving only one credit for their summer work to lessen the financial blow for those who have no need for three credits.

Tuition is on a trajectory to continue annually increasing ad nauseum. This problem needs to be solved so future generations have the opportunity to receive this essential employment experience before braving the job market.

Xerxes Wilson is a 22-year-old mass communications major from Lucedale, Miss.

Contact Xerxes Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

TO THE POINT

Obama acts like the only blameless man next to Jesus

For the past two and a half years, President Obama defined himself as the president who blames everyone else. His monstrous list of people to blame has included virtually everyone but himself.

Obama’s blaming spree was in full gear from the get-go, when he blamed former President Bush for the recession. The claim was passable only insomuch as he had been president for two months. But his solution was a massive stimulus, the supposedly beneficial results of which we have yet to see.

After the British Petroleum oil spill last year, Obama’s first response was to blame Bush.

“There’s enough responsibility to go around,” Obama began in a speech just after the spill. “For a decade or more, there’s been a cozy relationship between the oil companies and the federal agency that permits them to drill.”

This year, Obama has blamed everything imaginable for the abysmal economy. He blamed ATMs for putting bank tellers out of jobs and kiosks for causing airport employees to lose their jobs.

Apparently, he does not realize that jobs also had to be created to make ATMs and kiosks.

Later he blamed the Arab Spring for high gas prices, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan for affecting supply chains and again the “extraordinary economic uncertainty in Europe” for our anemic economic growth.

And these are only a few victims of Obama’s blame this

year. Most recently, Obama’s criticisms have revolved around the debt ceiling.

For the lack of cooperation in Congress, Obama blamed the mainstream media and our political system. For the debt disaster as a whole, he blamed Congress.

More specifically, after we lost our AAA credit rating, he blamed Tea Party Republicans.

Not surprisingly, the only event Obama has taken credit for was the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and all he did was give the OK. It would have been one thing if the people and events Obama blamed were the true causes of all the recent disasters we have had, but so many of the culprits were Austin Casey either unrelated Columnist or innocent.

In addition, the Tea Party Republicans in Congress had nothing to do with our downgraded credit rating. The bill passed by Congress was certainly not the one Tea Party Republicans wanted. Also, Republicans control only the House, and not all Republicans are part of the Tea Party.

And now, despite Obama lecturing us that we still have bumps in the road, he still refuses to accept the blame for anything that went wrong with the economy.

On Saturday he blamed Congress — as usual — for “holding the country back.”

Obama blamed everyone else

for the disasters during his presidency because he doesn’t want to admit he was the reason for them.

In 2009, when Obama demanded we approve the stimulus package, he promised us an unemployment rate under 8 percent.

Now it is 9.1 percent.

Obama’s stimulus package was one of the biggest landmarks of his presidency, and he now refuses to acknowledge he was

wrong about the results he promised.

Instead of blaming Bush, Congress, the Tea Party, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Arab Spring and economic uncertainty in Europe for the economic crisis, how about Obama admits that his monstrous stimulus package added trillions of dollars to our debt and at the same time failed to help

our economy?

Austin Casey is a 19-year-old medical physics junior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter at @TDR_Austincasey.

Contact Austin Casey at acasey@lsureveille.com

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Please drop by at B33 Hodges Hall to pick up job application. Must be a fulltime student in good standing to apply.

Part-time Office Clerk/Courier Small law firm located off Highland Road near the entrance to the Country Club of LA is seeking a part-time Office Clerk/ Courier. Must work a minimum of 20-24 hours per week. Position available immediately.

Duties to include, errands, computer work, (Excel, MS Word, WordPerfect), accounting, and other office duties. Fax Resume to (225) 208-1084, or e-mail to katie@ jlaw.net.

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TRAINING BEGINS in 5...4...3.. Your REAL LIFE experience beginsNOW!! If you’ve talked to the the THOUSANDS of recent graduates who still don’t have a job because they didn’t have enough “experience” on their resume, and you want to do something about it, then apply now while you still have time to get that experience while you are still in school!!

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Join our team NOW!! A positive attitude, strong work ethic and a healthy sense of humor are required. (You must also be able to handle making more money than your friends). Training begins August 1st, interviews begin TODAY!! Send your resume to: national@tigers.lsu. edu. Must be a full-time student in good standing.

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If you are an LSU Student in good standing with the university and can dedicate at least 10 hours a week then you should come join our National Award Winning team!

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EXPERIENCED WAITERS NEEDED! Cafe Americain Come Apply 11am-5pm Mon-Fri 225.924.9841 The Royal Standard - warehouse/ delivery staff needed for local furniture store. Shifts Available Mon- Sat 10am6pm and Sun 12-5pm. 2+ weekends per month required. Pre-Employee Background/ Drug Test required. Email trshighland@theroyalstandard.com or apply in person at 16016 Perkins Road 225.751.0009 Dental office with friendly staff & doctor needs dental assistant, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY FT or PT Email resume to resume70806@yahoo.com Parkview Baptist Preschool Preschool Afternoon Teachers needed 3-6pm flex days. no degree required.

Please email your resume to parkviewbps@gmail.com Extended Day Counselors The A. C. Lewis YMCA is now hiring for Extended Day Counselors. Counselors will provide care and supervision of students enrolled in the YMCA Extended Day program. Must be available afternoons Monday-Friday from 3:00pm-6pm.

Pay Rate $7.55-$8.25hr. Please e-mail resume, apply in person, or contact Eddrick Martin if interested. emartin@ ymcabatonrouge.org 225.924.3606 General Helper/Runner The Lee Michaels Corporate Office has an opening for a General Helper/ Runner for our Inventory Department. This is a parttime position requiring at least 20 hours per week (flexible daytime hours ideal for a college student). Responsibilities will include handling the mail, preparing packages for shipment, maintaining the tidiness of the office, and running various errands as needed. The ideal candidate will be very dependable and have reliable transportation. Those interested should email their resume to NatalieH@LMFJ. com or fax it to (225) 368-3674, Attn: Natalie 225.291.9094 *******BARTENDING*******

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AGE 18+ OK 1-800-965-6520 ext127 Students needed to work with children/adults with disabilities. Several positions available; various hours. Great job for Psych, Kinesiology, and COMD majors. Apply: St. John the Baptist Human Services, 622 Shadows Ln, Suite A. 225.216.1199 No Football Tickets??

Drakes Catering is hiring bussers, waiters, bartenders, and experienced kitchen staff to work LSU home game days. Great attitude is a must! Please email drakescatering@hotmail.com for information.

After Care Worker Local private school seeks After Care Workers, 3pm-6pm daily. Please send resumes to brisla@yahoo.com. 225.293.4338 *FOOTBALL* HOME MUST BRING Parking lot attendants for LSU HOME Football Games - $9.00/ hr. Apply at the Parking, Office, Public Safety Bldg.

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N Brightside Park 2 bedroom with study or 3 bedroom available now. Includes water, sewer, garbage. All kitchen appliances plus a washer/dryer are included. Call Lewis Companies 225-766-8802 Walk to LSU/near tennis courts 2br/2b house $750 3br/1b house $750 3br/1b house $775 2br/1b duplexes $550-$650 some have washer/ dryer incl. pets ok mcdaniel properties 225.388.9858 3 BR, 3 bath gated townhome. Near LSU. $1500/mo. 225-752-8842.

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Brightside ñ gated condo - Washer/ dryer. Cable/utilities paid. On LSU bus route. $500/month. Serious inquiries only. Prefer student. No drugs, no pets. Call 985-264-5108 or 225.588.9409 ROOMMATES WANTED 2BR/1BA CONCORD CONDO LESS THAN 10 MIN TO LSU 375/MO, PAY ONLY HALF ELECTRICITY. 225235-0222 Roommate Wanted Female roommate wanted. Leigh’s Cove across from Mike Anderson’s on Lee Drive. Bedroom fully furnished and bathroom. $650/month plus 1/3 of electricity and cable/internet. 6 month or 12 month Lease 985.688.4452

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Roommate Needed! 2 bedroom/1.5 bath condo Close to LSU $600 includes utilities Call for more info: 504.237.2756 Roommate House in Nicholson Lakes Subd. Rent $425+ 1/3 utilities.

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