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Lady Tigers lose in semifinals of SEC tournament to Vandy, page 5.

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Silvio no longer on TAF Board after steroid ring indictment Contributing Writer

A member of the Tiger Athletic Foundation Board of Directors is no longer serving in his position after University officials discovered his indictment in a nationwide steroid distribution ring.

Colleges likely to see 15% cut

Dr. Jodi Silvio, a 49-year-old pharmacist residing in Fairhope, Ala., faces 62 counts of drug conspiracy, drug distribution, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering connected with his alleged involvement in the Applied Pharmacy Services (APS) compounding pharmacy in Mobile, Ala. He faces a maximum

LSUPD adds shotguns, S.W.A.T-like team to ensure more security on, around campus

Chief Staff Writer

By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer

On Dec. 14, 2007, University students moved cautiously through campus to take their final exams for the fall semester. Though two doctoral students had been slain in execution-style shootings on campus the night before, the University continued normal operations.

The Baton Rouge Police

SAFETY, see page 10

Michael Martin, University chancellor

Criminal Offenses: On Campus • Murder and NonNegligent Manslaughter • Negligent Manslaughter • Sex Offenses- Forcible • Sex Offenses- NonForcible • Robbery • Aggravated Assault • Burglary • Motor Vehicle Theft • Arson

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Department called the doublemurders of doctoral students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam an isolated incident which would not spread to other areas of campus.

The next day, police ramped up patrols around campus and warned students to be alert while finishing exams before semester break.

“I don’t want to turn campus into a ‘Big Brother’ state.

I don’t want a fortress.”

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unsealed Jan. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Silvio allegedly owned 15-25 percent of the pharmacy while acting as a treasurer and fill-in pharmacist.

Silvio and 11 other defendants are charged with distributing the drugs, including testosterone and

‘We’re everywhere’

By Kyle Bove State college leaders were told to expect a budget cut of about $219 million for next fiscal year at meeting with Gov. Bobby Jindal on Friday.

Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen and all four college system presidents met with Jindal and his staff to discuss the budget. Jindal will release his proposed executive budget Friday for the 2009-10 fiscal year beginning July 1. The exact amount of the cut won’t be known until then.

“We have been anticipat- Michael Martin ing a budget re- University chancellor duction for the coming year,” Clausen said in a prepared statement. “We expect to learn the final details of the governor’s budget when it is officially released on [March] 13th.”

Jindal, whose administration ordered a $55 million mid-year reduction in state funding for higher education because of declining state revenue and the national recession, told colleges to prepare for cuts between $212 million and $382 million next fiscal year.

University Chancellor Michael Martin declined to comment on the possible cuts, saying he wanted to discuss the possibilities with LSU System President John Lombardi before “informing or misinforming”

of five years in prison for the drug conspiracy and distribution counts and 20 years maximum for the money laundering counts.

Silvio “personally filled numerous prescriptions and orders for anabolic steroids, including veterinary drugs not approved for human use,” according to a 33-page indictment

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[Top] A camera outside of Stubbs Hall films campus Sunday afternoon. [Bottom right] LSUPD recently received assault rifles and shotguns as part of new campus security measures.

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human growth hormone, to doctors and dealers in states such as Florida, California, Texas and Louisiana.

Some of the drugs were allegedly dispensed to users under the age of 21.

Silvio has donated more than STEROIDS, see page 4

Spring ’10 semester to start a week later

By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer

Students will have an extra week of winter break before the start of spring semester next year, University Registrar Robert Doolos said in a broadcast e-mail sent Friday morning.

As part of the revised academic calendar for the 2009-10 school year, the first class of the spring 2010 semester will be the day after Martin The Facts: Luther King Jr. The spring Day — a week later 2010 semester than when students returned to classes will start the this semester. day after “This will alMartin Luther low administrative King Jr. Day, a units ... the time they require to preweek later than pare for the spring past semesters. semester,” Doolos said in an e-mail.

Spring 2010 intersession will start later because of the change and will be the same length as winter and summer intersessions, according to the e-mail.

Summer 2010 term session B — the shorter session — was changed in the revised calendar to start at the same time as session A. “Beginning session B later than session A had a detrimental impact on enrollment in session B courses,” Doolos said in the e-mail.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be charged with raping a woman who once worked for him and other sex crimes against former female employees, the Justice Ministry said Sunday. The charges stem from a series of complaints filed by four women who worked for Katsav when he was tourism minister in the 1990s and president earlier this decade. They have accused him of crimes including rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel’s top military intelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel’s arch-enemy has achieved independent nuclear capability. At a Cabinet meeting, the chief of military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, did not say Iran already has an atomic bomb, participants said. However, he said, Iran has “crossed the threshold” and has the expertise and materials needed for one. The participants spoke on condition of anonymity because the Cabinet meeting was closed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years of frustration are close to an end for scientists seeking ways to use embryonic stem cells to combat illness and injury. On Monday, President Barack Obama plans to reverse limits imposed

by President George W. Bush on using federal money for research with embryonic stem cells. The long-promised move will allow a rush of research aimed at one day better treating, if not curing, ailments from diabetes to paralysis — research that is has drawn broad support, including from notables like Nancy Reagan, widow of the late Republican President Ronald Reagan, and the late Christopher Reeve. But it stirs intense controversy over whether government crosses a moral line with such research, and opponents promptly denounced the move.

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Theresa Gratsch views nerve cells derived from human embryonic stem cells at the University of Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor.

HBO considering Katrina Napolitano to set meeting drama set in New Orleans over Charity Hospital NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans could soon be the subject of another television series. David Simon, creator of some of television’s most critically acclaimed and relevant work, and HBO are set to begin production this week on the pilot for “Treme,” a drama set three months after Katrina ravaged New Orleans. The network also has ordered 10 scripts to consider as it decides whether to produce the series.

It would be the second post-Katrina series set in New Orleans, following “K-Ville,” which aired in 2007-08.

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RACING

ELECTIONS

Domingue, Claitor set for April 4 run-off

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

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Drivers race dragsters Friday afternoon at the State Capitol Raceway in Port Allen in the Mardi Gras Nationals hosted by the IHRA.

Dragsters compete at IHRA’s Mardi Gras Nationals race State Capitol Raceway hosts event

By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer

“Shake and bake, baby” — because Ricky Bobby had nothing on the dragsters who competed this weekend at the International Hot Rod Association’s Mardi Gras Nationals.

The burning nitromethane fumes and the deafening roar of the cars filled the air, with fans relishing the sights, sounds and smells that haven’t professionally visited Louisiana in 20 years.

The State Capitol Raceway hosted larger than life drag racing crews who flooded the grounds with motor homes, trailers and race cars of all different colors to try to win the individual purse prize as well as team points, which go toward the championship winner at the season’s end.

“Top Fuel is the fastest distance drive vehicle in the world; I like the speed,” said Bruce Litton, 2007 Top Fuel World Champion. “The cars have 8,000 horse power; you get an adrenaline rush.”

Litton has raced since he was 16 years old, and he started racing Top Fuel cars in 1995. Litton’s win as world champion in 2007 was a big accomplishment since his team was recovering from a big crash in 2006, when Litton cracked his skull and broke his nose.

“Winning gave us a satisfactory sense of accomplishment,” Litton said. “It’s a team sport, with eight to nine guys on a team. Being a driver, I get to showcase what they can do.

There’s a lot of work that goes into these cars.”

Litton’s goal for the Mardi Gras Nationals was to win the first race of the year to “set the stage for the season,” and he did just that, taking home the Top Fuel Ironman title with a 4.875 second pass at 284.93 mph.

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“The Top Fuel cars have eight cylinders, and one Top Fuel cylinder produces the same force as a NASCAR car,” said Larry Crum, IHRA media and publicity manager.

The Top Fuel cars are the rock stars of the event, with flames that shoot out from behind and a monstrous roar that makes your skin vibrate.

Before the preliminaries began Friday, the Top Fuel, Pro Modified and Pro Stock cars were torn apart while the crews checked everything under the hood. Fans walked from trailer to trailer meeting their favorite racing stars.

“I like everything — the atmosphere, the people and the cars,” said Walker resident Sarah White. “This is my fourth or fifth racing event.”

White, who lives an hour away from the track, said she grew up racing cars at the State Capitol Raceway.

Harold Laird, a Pro Modified

driver who won the 2007 U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, also grew up near the State Capitol Raceway.

Laird is a Baton Rouge native and is No. 7 in the world for the Pro Modified ranks. He said he is the only professional Pro Modified team owner and rider.

“I picked Pro Modified because it’s the last of the muscle car era,” Laird said. “It relates to the era of the ’50s more than the 2000s. The cars make close to 3,000 horsepower. It’s like being shot out of a canon.”

Crum said the Pro Modified class came out of the Pro Stock class, with the Pro Mod cars being “Pro Stock on steroids.”

Raymond Commisso was the Pro Modified Ironman winner, and Jason Collins took home the Pro Stock Ironman title.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

With one election down and one more to go, the April 4 run-off election will feature Louisiana State Senate District 16 candidates Lee Domingue and Dan Claitor.

Claitor received 38.79 percent of the vote in Saturday’s primary election for the state senate seat, which was left open after Bill Cassidy was elected to U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 4 general election.

Domingue received 34.33 percent of the vote, and Laurinda Calongne received 26.88 percent of the vote.

All three candidates ran on the Republican ticket with Gov. Bobby Jindal endorsing Domingue.

Claitor, lawyer and University alumnus, said his campaign’s “constructive” qualities set him apart from other contenders.

“We’re very pleased that the

voters in District 16 voted for us,” Claitor said. “They trust and know me, so that’s very humbling that we came out first.”

Claitor attributed his lead in Saturday’s primary to his campaign’s efforts to connect with voters.

“We were outspent four or five to one,” Claitor said. “But our message and our presentation resonates with the voters.”

Leonardo Alcivar, Domingue’s campaign manager, said the Domingue campaign will continue to spread its message of “change and reform.”

“In 30 days, Lee Domingue is going to win this race,” Alcivar said.

“We ran a campaign that was validated on the part of voters considering we won round one.”

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CHARITY

Locals run in Race for the Cure Several University groups show support

By Alice Womble Contributing Writer

Lacing up their tennis shoes and stretching their muscles in anticipation, thousands of mothers, daughters, friends and family members approached the starting line, preparing to “Race for the Cure.”

In teams and as individuals, more than 9,000 Baton Rouge residents participated in the one-mile fun run and the five kilometer Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in an effort to promote breast cancer awareness and education.

“This is the biggest race we’ve had in the 13 years since we’ve had it,” said Alicia Chatman, race chair of the Susan G. Komen Baton Rouge affiliate.

Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the race will go toward the Komen foundation in Baton Rouge for education and funding of different programs such as screening and treatment. The other 25 percent will go toward national research, said Melissa Aucoin, Komen Race for the Cure Series manager.

In addition to registration fees and money from sponsors, there was an increase in donations from last year, Chatman said.

“We’ve increased from $31,000 last year to $53,000 as of now,” she said. “But donations will be accepted all week.”

Booths, including the Komen marketplace, sold shirts with “fleurs for the cure” — a fleur de lis designed as a tribute to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure — created

by Stacey Uffman Blanchard.

“I decided to do this in honor of my mother-in-law who had breast cancer,” Blanchard said.

Several University student organizations, including the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity, volunteered in addition to numerous individual volunteers.

The Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity, the first national sponsor of the Race for the Cure’s National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition program, sponsored their philanthropy — the survivor’s tent, serving a variety of refreshments.

The organization also provided “in memory of” and “in celebration of” T-shirts for survivors.

“We want to honor the survivors,” said Meredith Eicher, cochairman of the survivor tent. “We want them to network and meet other survivors because there is commonality among survivors.”

Members of the Eta Kappa chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at the University served not only as volunteers, but as race

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Runners participate in the Race for the Cure Saturday morning on the Old Front Nine.

participants.

“We are remembering one of our charter members who recently died of breast cancer,” said Chastity Johnson, president of the Eta Kappa chapter. “We are here to do what we can to help cure [breast cancer].”

Several of the volunteers participated as a group. Team Yo, a four-

year-old group, started out as a group of six and has grown to more than 31 members.

“It’s a family affair now,” said Pat Yoches, a 12-year cancer survivor.

Contact Alice Womble at awomble@lsureveille.com

CULTURE

LSU, Southern enjoy annual college reunion on campus Event featured free style, fashion show

By Victoria Yu Contributing Writer

Free style and fashion aren’t typically part of the average family reunion.

But LSU and Southern’s Annual College Family Reunion, which took place Saturday on the Parade Grounds, had all that and more.

Attendees could participate in bungee runs, games and artist sketched caricatures.

A dance troupe, Legacy, and a rap group, Da Future, also performed.

“This is an expressive art, which is one way for us to take part [in] the event,” said Emanuel Washington, Legacy dancer and sociology junior.

STEROIDS, from page 1 his lifetime, according to the 2004-2005 LSU Foundation annual report that identified him as a “benefactor” level contributor.

The baseball media guide also identifies Silvio as a member of the Coaches Committee, a group of donors to the baseball program.

Herb Vincent, the athletic department liaison to TAF, said he could not comment on Silvio’s indictment or explain how the athletic department did not previously know about the charges.

Silvio’s name was removed from the TAF Web site late Friday afternoon.

“I can’t comment any further,” Vincent said Friday evening. “We just became aware of this today.”

Collis Temple III, also a TAF Board member, said he only spoke with Silvio briefly during several meetings.

“I’m pretty blown away,” Temple said. “I don’t know him

But the crowd increased considerably when the stroll-off began.

“The stroll-off is between Greeks from Southern and LSU,” said Elyse McFadden, Southern’s activities coordinator and marketing senior. “Whoever wins has bragging rights.”

Participants of the stroll-off must walk with attitude and creativity to win, McFadden said.

LSU came out on top with both winners — the Nu Psi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and the Iota Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

The fashion show was in two parts.

LSU models donned clothing from various designers like Soul Fly and Monsta Ink, while Southern models wore an array of swimwear.

The event, which was the final celebration for Black History Month, was a fun conclusion to the month,

well, but obviously with anyone who is a fellow Board member, you hope he is innocent until proven guilty.”

Board members Robert Hollier and Brian Woodward also said they did not have much interaction with Silvio. Of the 29 members of the Board of Directors, just two were from outside the state, according to the TAF Web site.

“I may have met him once or twice,” Hollier said. “Since he’s from Alabama, he probably seldom came to the meetings anyway.”

Skip Bertman, athletic director emeritus and former baseball coach, said he has no recollection of ever meeting Silvio.

“I don’t know who that is,” Bertman said. “If that is correct, that he donated lots of money, I don’t know anything about that.”

Contact Amy Brittain at abrittain@lsureveille.com

said Cerise Edmonds, Office of Multicultural Affairs coordinator.

“It’s a great opportunity to come together for unity between these institutions of higher learning,” she said. “We can all come out and have a good time.”

Students from both universities said this event was a great way to network and catch up with people.

“I like seeing a lot of people I haven’t seen since last year’s reunion,” said O.T. Griffin, business management senior from Southern.

“It’s good to intermingle our networks.”

Ebony Mitchell, LSU’s Miss Imani and psychology junior, said she thinks the event is a representation of the University’s black community.

“The effort will show how valuable the black community is to campus,” she said. “We are quite a force.”

BUDGET, from page 1 the University community.

“Dr. Lombardi will not be commenting on the budget situation until we have official numbers from the Division of Administration,” said Charles Zewe, System spokesman.

The System released a “budget reduction exercise” Feb. 4, outlining how a worse-case scenario cut would affect the System. About 2,000 LSU System employees would lose their jobs, class offerings would decrease and class sizes would significantly increase, according to the “exercise.”

The University estimates about 8,500 students would leave the University if cuts totaled 30 percent.

Several scholarships would be eliminated, and several academic programs could be restructured or completely eliminated, according to the University’s own “budget reduction exercise.”

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

The Black History Month Committee began planning the event in October, said RaKeema Thomas, entertainment and activities team leader of the Committee and psychology sophomore.

LSU spent about $5,000 on the event.

“Putting the event together wasn’t hard,” said Niya Blair, African America Cultural Center coordinator. “There’s just a lot of different angles and lots of people to contact.”

Next year, McFadden hopes the event will be at Southern. Either way, most attendees feel the event is important to the two universities.

“We’re across town,” said Lorenzo Foster, recent LSU graduate and employee of the Public Policy Research Lab, “And we’re different schools but we’re part of the same community.”

Contact Victoria Yu at vyu@lsureveille.com

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Sports

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009

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Backs against the wall LSU enters SEC tournament on late-season skid

By Jerit Roser • Sports Editor AUBURN, Ala. — NCAA basketball tournament selection committee members usually favor teams that catch fire late in the season — not those limping down the stretch.

No need to tell LSU coach Trent Johnson that.

But Johnson didn’t seem concerned Saturday after the Tigers’ second-straight loss leading into the Southeastern Conference tournament.

“We’ve been getting everybody’s best shot, but we’ve always looked at it and concerned ourselves with ourselves going into games,” Johnson said after his team’s 69-53 loss at Auburn. “We’re concerned with competing at a high level, and I think you saw that tonight.”

Auburn held LSU to a season-low 53 points, and LSU shot only 34 percent from the field in last week’s losses to Auburn and Vanderbilt.

The team entered the Vanderbilt game Wednesday shooting 46 percent on the season, including a slightly higher percentage against SEC opponents — just less than 47 percent — than nonconference opponents.

SKID, see page 11

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LSU senior guard Marcus Thornton is fouled by Auburn junior guard DeWayne Reed on Saturday in LSU’s 69-53 loss in Auburn, Ala.

SCORING OUTPUT* Season Average: 75.0 ppg Average in SEC play: 74.7 ppg Avg. in last two games: 60 ppg

LSU’S OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE AVERAGES FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

SCORING DEFENSE*

FG PERCENTAGE ALLOWED

Season Average: 45.3 percent Average in SEC play: 45.2 percent Avg. in last two games: 34.2 percent

Season average: 64.7 ppg Average in SEC play: 66.9 ppg Avg. in last five games: 72.2 ppg

Season average: 40.6 percent Average in SEC play: 41.1 percent Avg. in last five games: 46.8 percent

*Scoring averages do not include double-overtime victory Feb. 11 at Mississippi State

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU falls to Vandy in SEC tourney

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

LSU looked almost unstoppable in its Southeastern Conference tournament opener Friday against Mississippi State, but the Lady Tigers couldn’t keep pace Saturday against No. 23 Vanderbilt.

LSU (18-10, 10-4 SEC) led Vanderbilt at halftime, but a 21-7 run by the Commodores in the final 8:29 sealed the Lady Tigers’ fate and prevented them from reaching the championship game for the sixth-straight season as they fell, 61-47.

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“We let [Vanderbilt senior forward Christina] Wirth get a wide-open three, and in the last eight minutes they got one offensive rebound after another,” LSU coach Van Chancellor said in a postgame press conference.

Although LSU finished with a higher field goal percentage than Vanderbilt — 38.3 percent to 37.5 percent — the Lady Tigers committed 13 turnovers in the second half, which the Commodores converted into 18 points.

LSU junior guard Allison Hightower’s streak of games scoring in double figures ended at 15 on Saturday. She finished with six TOURNAMENT, see page 11

BASEBALL

Tigers lose first series of ’09 Illini pitching slows LSU offense Sun.

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

Illinois senior pitcher Ben Reeser sat behind home plate Saturday and watched LSU’s offense explode for seven home runs in the Tigers’ 22-10 win.

But Reeser extinguished LSU’s hot offense with his turn on the mound Sunday and pitched 8 2/3 in-

nings and allowed two runs in a 6-2 Fighting Illini series-clinching win.

“I was paying attention to what pitches we were throwing and what they were doing to them,” Reeser said. “One thing I did see is that our guys were not throwing a lot of change-ups, so that was my gameplan today.”

Reeser entered the ninth inning having allowed just three hits.

The Tigers got a pair of runs off the Illinois senior in the final inning, but LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Reeser had his offense off balance

all game.

“He was phenominal,” Mainieri said. “He probably threw 75 percent change-ups, and our guys just never really could make an adjustment to it.”

Illinois struck first for the thirdstraight game and plated two runs in the top of the third inning off LSU sophomore pitcher Austin Ross.

Freshman second baseman Josh Parr led off the inning for the Fighting Illini with an infield single.

PITCHING, see page 11

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Illinois players celebrated their 6-2 victory Sunday afternoon against No. 1 LSU in Alex Box Stadium. The loss Sunday marked the Tigers’ first regular season series loss since LSU played Georgia last April.

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SOFTBALL

LSU takes two of three from Tigers wow record crowd on senior night Kentucky in first SEC series Tigers split games Saturday, win Sunday

By David Helman Sports Writer

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Senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney performs on the vault during LSU’s last home meet on the season Friday against NC State. The Tigers won, 197.150-195.725.

Clare-Kearney posts perfect 10 on vault

By Rob Landry Sports Contributor

The LSU gymnastics team made quick work of NC State Saturday night in the PMAC. The Tigers (12-2, 4-2) jumped out to .325 advantage after the first rotation and never looked back, cruising to a 197.150-195.725 victory against the Wolfpack (11-10, 4-2).

In the first rotation of the night, senior Ashleigh ClareKearney highlighted her final home meet by posting a perfect 10 on the vault.

The perfect score was the first for any Tiger on any apparatus this season and the fifth of Clare-Kearney’s career.

“The 10 was definitely exciting,” Clare-Kearney said. “I’ve been waiting to stick my vault all year, trying and practicing and wondering when it was going to happen. So it was really a good feeling.”

The Tigers as a team scored one point higher than they did last week against Arkansas. Last week the Tigers finished with a team score of 196.150. Saturday they scored a 197.150, marking just the second time this season LSU has scored above 197.

“We didn’t have to count any falls,” said LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux.

Junior Susan Jackson won the all-around title by posting a career high 39.700.

Jackson also posted season highs on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, scoring 9.925, 9.950, 9.925 respectively. Jackson finished the meet

with four individual titles: the all around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. “[She] was rock solid tonight,” Breaux said of Jackson.

“That was a national level performance. That will compete with anyone in the country.”

Jackson still wasn’t completely satisfied with her score.

“I felt good,” Jackson said. “I made some mistakes so it wasn’t really perfect. But I was happy with the end result, and I know that I can still do better.”

Junior Summer Hubbard posted a season high 9.900 on the uneven bars.

The meet marked the second annual Etta James memorial meet, aimed to raise breast cancer awareness through former LSU linebacker and current Dallas Cowboy Bradie James’ Foundation 56.

The LSU Athletic Department said the goal for the meet was to sell 8,000 tickets and raise $50,000 for Foundation 56.

The attendance for the meet was 6,170, falling short of the goal, but it was the second largest home attendance in school history.

The Tigers helped raise $50,171, surpassing the expectations of all, including James.

“Everybody give yourself a round of applause,” James said while speaking to the crowd following the meet. “I never thought we could raise this much money in just the second year.”

The Tigers’ next meet will close out the regular season next Friday when they travel to Centenary.

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

LSU’s softball team only needed five innings to clinch its first Southeastern Conference series win of the season.

The No. 19 Tigers (14-5, 2-1) raced to a 10-2 win Sunday against Kentucky (10-6, 1-2) after splitting a Saturday doubleheader with the Wildcats in heartbreaking fashion.

“We could’ve finished the job last night. We could’ve come out with a win,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “It was a great job by the Tigers [Sunday] with a makeshift lineup.”

Freshman infielder Ashley Langoni sat out Sunday after contributing two hits and three RBI on Saturday.

Freshman shortstop Juliana Santos gave the Tigers a commanding lead after just one inning. LSU loaded the bases on three consecutive base hits, and Santos brought them all home with a hard-hit grand slam to left

field.

“We needed to get on them early,” Santos said. “Instead of having to go back onto the field and having to finish the seven innings, we really wanted to buckle down and finish them in the five innings ... They gave us that opportunity, and we took it.”

An RBI single from freshman third baseman Anissa Young gave LSU a 5-0 lead after just one frame.

“Obviously you’d like to start every game like that,” Girouard said. “It’s very important to set the tone, and we know that we’ve got to score runs.”

At 6-2, it seemed the game was headed for a full seven innings before an LSU rally in the fifth inning sealed the win. The Tigers loaded the bases on an error, a base hit and a walk before junior left fielder Jazz Jackson increased the lead to 7-2 with an RBI single.

Consecutive walks by Kentucky pitcher Amber Matousek gave the Tigers two unearned runs to put LSU within one run of the NCAA softball eight-run rule. A wild pitch with the bases loaded allowed Jackson to score, and the Tigers got an early finish.

“The first series puts a stamp on the whole SEC season,” Jackson said. “It was a big deal to come in and take over early.”

The win came in response to Kentucky’s comeback win on Saturday night. The Tigers led, 5-2, in the game’s final inning, but a three-RBI double from Kentucky second baseman Natalie Smith tied the game.

The Wildcats added another run to start extra innings and LSU could not respond, losing, 6-5, to tie the series, 1-1.

“We were up so high [Saturday],” Jackson said. “And the pitcher that pitched that game started today, so for us to take her out early [on Sunday] showed we had a lot of fight left.”

The Tigers also won the series opener with a big fifth inning.

Junior outfielder Rachel Mitchell and Langoni combined for two hits and three RBIs in the same inning to push past the Wildcats, 3-2, for the team’s first win of SEC play.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

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THEATER

Undergrad playwrights show off at Gallery N

By Lindsay Nunez Entertainment Writer

provides three different programs students can enroll in.

Although private lessons are offered, Gay said the main focus is put on group lessons.

“You really discover yourself musically and as a person when you throw yourself into a situation where you work with others,” Gay said. “You bounce ideas off one another, or you might rub someone the wrong wway, but how you work that out is what I get

The Renegade Shakespeare Company hosted a festival on Friday and Saturday, featuring the compositions of six undergrad playwrights at Gallery N. The festival presented the written works by a host of University theatre students: Tim Rouse II, Jessica Higgins, Peter Brooks Lazar, Christine Baniewicz, Annemarie Stasssi and Ann E. Harris.

‘I got more About three nervous weeks ago the company in- watching structed the my own playwrights to create their own works be 10-minute one- performed acts.

The writ- then I ever ing process took did acting.’ three days, and Jessica Higgins the playwrights theatre student then casted their productions and began rehearsing.

Each one-act practiced individually for two weeks. The acts then came together on Wednesday for a tech rehearsal.

The performance written and directed by Jessica Higgins, “Hooker Heel,” starred Sarah Babin, Lauren Stotts and Justin Huff. The play told the story of an ex-porn star who recently left the business to pursue her dream of becoming the “perfect” mother.

This was Higgins’

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ACTORS, see page 8

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Doug Gay freestyles Sunday in a practice room at Baton Rouge Music Studios. Gay founded the studios in 2006 to provide music lessons for the community.

Baton Rouge Music Studios focuses on structured learning in community setting

By Joshua Chenier Entertainment Writer

The next Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughn and John Frusciante could be honing their music skills at Baton Rouge Music Studios, an institution focused on teaching the future musicians of Baton Rouge.

The studios, located on Bluebonnet Drive, focus not only on teaching the fundamentals of music but also working with other musicians.

Officially registered as a business in 2006, Baton Rouge Music Studios was founded by Doug Gay

and teaches students of all ages.

Gay, a local musician and music education teacher, said he started the institution to provide a structured learning environment to teach the rock genre of music.

“I started teaching music lessons when I first moved to Baton Rouge as a supplemental income,” Gay said. “When I started teaching these kids I figured out that they needed someone to jam with. That’s when I decided to start an institution that could provide that atmosphere.”

Gay said Baton Rouge Music Studios originally started with only

two instructors and students he had built up from his own lessons three years prior.

Gay said the main focus of the studios is on a community-based Log on to see atmosphere.

“Providing a the structure of community envi- Baton Rouge ronment where the Music Studios. teachers are empowering the students, students are empowering other students and parents are happy and are comfortable is something I envision,” Gay said.

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Black Box Theatre blurs lines with ‘DNA Play’ Piece mixes science and dramatic arts

By Jake Clapp

Entertainment Writer

The discovery of the double helix form of DNA was one of the most influential findings of the 20th century, aiding in the development and use of new techniques in biology.

Surrounding this discovery is the story of scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, the men and woman most responsible for the discovery of the structure.

HopKins Black Box Theatre will present this story in a unique mix of science and art in “DNA Play,” running March 11-15, writ-

ten by University biological sciences science-based films and plays have professor Vince LiCata. been produced like “A Beautiful “With ‘DNA Play,’ we’re try- Mind” and “Proof,” which mix draing to cross the line that has been ma with scientific knowledge. drawn between science and the arts,” “Most scientific plays only said Patricia Suchy, mix a few pages communication ‘With ‘DNA Play,’ we of scientific fact studies professor into them — if you and director of the are trying to present as analyze the play,” play. “For so long, LiCata said. “With there has been this much science as we can ‘DNA Play,’ we are division of the two in an entertaining way.’ trying to present as cultures of art and much science as we science that don’t can in an entertainVince LiCata mesh.” ing way.”

These two playwright, biological sciences professor LiCata, a selfcultures and the didescribed scientistvision between them, as Suchy de- artist, has been writing plays for scribed it, has grown over the years, more than 15 years, recently collabomaking it harder for the two to com- rating with playwright Ping Chong municate and be seen together. for 2007’s “Cocktail.”

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photo courtesy of Patricia Suchy

Members of the cast of “DNA Play” rehearse Feb. 25. The play will run March 1115 and attempts to combine science with dramatic arts.

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GAMING

Gamers show skills at local video game tournaments 2-D fighting still popular with players

By Blake LeJeune Entertainment Writer

For more than 20 years, the Street Fighter games have been one of the most-respected and best-selling fighting franchises in gaming history, developing an almost religious fan base in the process.

For long-time gamer and University alumni Kevin Govan, the Street Fighter series was a major part of his adolescence.

“I remember it all started for me with Street Fighter II [: The World Warrior] for the Super Nintendo,” Govan said. “It came out ... when I was about 10 years old, and I just remember I was hooked. Everything about it was amazing. I Ioved how you could pick a bunch of different fighters, and they each had their own special moves.”

Gamers like Govan can test their mettle at Street Fighter through video game tournaments held by game stores like Gameware.

The Gameware on College Drive hosts a different video game tournament every third Friday of each month.

This month’s featured game is the highly anticipated Street Fighter IV, which was released Feb.. 17.

“I haven’t signed up for the Street Fighter tournament, but I have played in past tournaments like Madden, Super Smash Bros. and stuff like that,” Govan said. “Sometimes I do pretty well, and other times I get my ass kicked. It depends on what game.”

Derick Carr, Gameware

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Writing about what he knows, LiCata mixes his two loves, science and theatre, into his work.

To prepare for this incorporation of science, the director and actors researched and studied the history behind the discovery of the double helix to better understand the key figures and how they worked together.

For Casey Miller, who plays nine separate characters in the play, understanding the science and background of ‘DNA Play’ has allowed him to perform better.

“We watched a lot of documentaries to better understand the characters, but having Vince there at rehearsals has allowed us to go straight to a source for the science,” said Miller, communication studies senior. “Vince has helped keep us in check with the authenticity.

After learning all this stuff, at least for me, there is more direction in this

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“I got more nervous watching my own works be performed than I ever did acting,” Higgins said. “I’m proud of them.”

Higgins said once she handed her piece to the actors, it was no longer hers to adjust. She said the actors would add their own mannerisms, which she thought was helpful to the

employee and long-time gamer, to play the new one, because that’s thinks the new Street Fighter will what they grew up playing. They’ve become a staple of the monthly com- been waiting a long time,” Brighton petition. said.

“The most dominant game is Revamped graphics combined Smash Bros. right now, but I think with nostalgic value and an in-depth Street Fighter IV will take over since fighting system were the reasons people are getting tired of Smash and many gamers had their copies premoving on to Street Fighter,” Carr ordered. said.

“We have quite a bit of preorDespite a few ders,” Carr said. slight tweaks over Peter Vesich, ‘I prefer 2-D because the years, the Street government major 3-D fighters’ graphics at Nicholls State Fighter fighting formula has basically hasn’t haven’t come far enough University, stayed the same. participated in tourSo why are yet to be really effective.’ naments, but he made sure to prepeople still flockorder his copy of ing to 2-D fighting Peter Vesich Street Fighter IV. games like Street “I wanted to Fighter after 20 Nicholls State University student make sure I got a years?

“These days, I think people pre- copy,” Vesich said.

Like many long-time video fer 2-D. It depends really because 3-D fighters have a ground advan- game fans, Vesich fell in love with tage, but they don’t have as much Street Fighter II: The World Warrior for SNES and has been hooked ever control jumping wise,” Carr said.

Carr went on to explain how since. the Street Fighter series became so “Me and my bother used to play popular.

Street Fighter II and Street Fighter II “That started when people Turbo all the time,” he said. “I prefer played it in the arcades. It was so 2-D because 3-D fighters’ graphics popular because it was so good, and haven’t come far enough yet to be as it went up, people continuously really effective.” played it on and on. They kept imSo, how is Street Fighter IV difproving it, and people kept follow- ferent from past releases? ing it. I played the first one, but [the “They went back to the paper Street Fighter franchise] didn’t really beats rocks beats scissors formula. get a good name until Street Fighter They got rid of a lot of unnecesII,” he said. sary characters. The graphics look Paul Brighton and Neil Porche, Best Buy employees and Street Fighter fans, think one of the reasons the series is so successful is because of its nostalgic value.

“Everyone who played Street Fighter when they were younger are now grown up, and they are going

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show than any other I’ve been in.”

Directing the play was a challenge for Suchy too. While working on the production, Suchy wanted to retain as much science as she could.

“Having science portrayed accurately is a big challenge. A lot of times science is toned down,” Suchy said. “I had to find ways for the two languages — art and science — to communicate to each other.”

To experiment with the mixture of science and art, the actors use a form of movement known as biomechanics, which involves exaggerated movement and dance to aid the dialogue.

“DNA Play” will start at 7:30 p.m. in the HopKins Black Box Theatre, located in 137 Coates Hall.

Contact Jake Clapp at jclapp@lsureveille.com delivery of the piece.

The Renegade Shakespeare Company is completely student operated. Kellie Anae, assistant artistic director of the company and junior theatre student, said participating in the troupe allows students to explore outside realms of their performing.

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great. They kind of almost have this cel-shaded feel,” Vesich said.

Ever since Street Fighter II entered American homes in 1991, it has become Capcom’s highest-selling game, with millions of copies sold.

Govan summed up Street Fighter’s appeal, and why even today, people participate in video game tournaments.

“It just has unbeatable controls that have been intact over 15 years.

It has awesome characters that you remember from your childhood. It’s a great premise too: who’s the best

fighter?” Govan said.

With video game tournaments being held in local game stores around Baton Rouge, gamers have a chance to see who really is the best fighter, at least locally.

“I expect the new Street Fighter to grab some new fans. Hopefully, if they do their homework, they can go back and play all those old versions of Street Fighter because those are the best,” Govan said.

Contact Blake LeLeune at blejeune@lsureveille.com

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Doug Gay, founder of the Baton Rouge Music Studios, explains the keyboards in the group piano room Sunday.

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excited about.”

Gay said the group instruction program allows the instructor to teach more than one student the same technique at a time and lets these students use the skills in group work.

“When we group these kids together they start to form friendships,” Gay said. “It gives them time to communicate together and form friendships so by the time they are ready to move into the young band program, they already have guys they know and are comfortable to play with.”

The most unique program the studios offers is the young band program. Students are allowed to work with others and form bands following a semester format that uses a syllabus and a clear time line.

Gay said the best part of the young band program is the excitement his students feel after performing for friends and family.

“We put the kids together and give them the opportunities to play,” Gay said. “They get their pats on the back, and everyone who goes to the shows loves it.”

Baton Rouge Music Studios features a diverse group of faculty members all with different styles and musical preferences.

Gay said his experience playing in the Baton Rouge music scene has allowed him to meet numerous musicians and find the ones he thinks would make the best fit with the studios.

“There are a lot of good musicians in this town, some I haven’t met yet,” Gay said. “Sometimes you just know that a certain musician will work well with kids.”

Josh Nee, drummer for the bands We Landed on the Moon and Man Plus Building, is one of the local musicians Gay has recruited to become an instructor at Baton Rouge Music Studios.

Nee said he met Gay through random friends and liked his enthusiastic attitude.

“When I was playing bass more a couple of years ago I played a few gigs with Doug,” Nee said. “I found he was a very likable guy so coming to work with him was an easy decision.”

Nee said he was contacted by Gay to fill in as a sub for an instructor on a few occasions, eventually inheriting his own students.

“It got to a point where I was

subbing more than the teacher was there, so I inherited his students,” Nee said. “I always enjoyed teaching and working with kids, so it was wonderful to get into.”

Nee primarily teaches bass lessons at Baton Rouge Music Studios and said his lessons are broken into two sections.

“I look at it as the first half of the lesson is focused on what I would like to teach and the second half is focused on what the student

would like to learn,” Nee said.

Gay said his lessons follow the same format as Nee’s and he encourages all of his instructors to do the same.

“One thing we don’t sacrifice being an institute is teaching the fundamentals,” Gay said. “We can work on what you want to learn but let me show you some stuff you really need to learn first.”

Nee, who put his education on hold at LSU to pursue music, said

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University students could really benefit from what the studios has to offer.

“The staff who works here has a kind of younger vibe, and some of our instructors are actually students at LSU,” Nee said. “I can’t think of any negative qualities about the studios. Doug runs a good operation because he cares so much about everything.”

Jason Wilson is an instructor at Baton Rouge Music Studios and also a University student.

Wilson, communication studies sophomore, said Gay hired him after being a former student of his in high school.

“When I started here, I was doing more clerical stuff like answering phones and filing papers,” Wilson said. “Eventually I got a call to sub in on a lesson.”

Wilson was eventually hired as an instructor after subbing in for other teachers.

“After a while I got some students of my own and now I’m teaching a class of about 12,” Wilson said.

Wilson said his job as an instructor has fit in great with school.

“I schedule my classes towards the first half of the day, then I get here in the afternoon,” Wilson said.

“It just takes a good balance between work and school.”

Although the studios are a relatively new institution, Gay said he hopes to one day expand the studios into a larger area.

“My vision is to have a community center where young musicians can take lessons in a music friendly environment and hang out with their friends,” Gay said. “I envision just a polished reputation for music education, leadership, empowering the community at large with the gift of music, and providing quality product through our performances.”

Contact Joshua Chenier at jchenier@lsureveille.com

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Finals were concluded without another incident of violence, and the University breathed a sigh of relief when students began their exodus from campus for the winter holiday.

The LSU Police Department spearheaded the investigation, assisted by BRPD, among other agencies. Three suspects have been arrested during the past year, but two were released with all charges dismissed, and the case remains open.

A nationwide trend of campus violence has stirred many universities to rethink their security measures. When University students were personally affected, both the LSUPD and the administration were put in a position to respond.

“I think [campus security] has become somewhat routine, but security is a much different issue than it was 30 years ago when I came into higher education,” said Chancellor Michael Martin. “This is all part of the new world we live in.”

Immediately following the murders in the Edward Gay apartment complex, campus patrols were dramatically increased to ensure no more violence would follow. After the incident proved to be isolated to the single invasion, the University entered a new phase of security.

During the past year, security measures have increased with a more carefully monitored campus and a more powerfully-armed police force.

LSU’S OWN S.W.A.T TEAM Along with increased car, motorcycle and bicycle patrols and plainclothes officers on foot, nine officers are training to take part in what the LSUPD is calling a “highrisk warrants team.” Though they aren’t calling it a S.W.A.T team, LSUPD officers readily admit the elite unit will serve a similar purpose.

Equipped with assault rifles, throat lights, helmets, bullet-proof vests and battering rams, the Warrant Team will be a rapidly deployable unit capable of responding to any incident of campus violence.

The team, which LSUPD expects to be deployable before the beginning of the fall semester, will serve a two-fold purpose — serving warrants to high risk suspects and responding to life-threatening situations on campus.

The process of serving a highrisk warrant could involve home surveillance of suspected criminals, detailed mapping of the house followed by a late-night battering ram and LSUPD infiltration, according to LSUPD Maj. Lawrence Rabalais.

LSUPD detective David Heroman said the unit could also be called out in case of a campus shooting comparable to the April 16, 2007 incident at Virginia Tech,

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which left 32 dead. He said Warrant Team officers would be trained to gear up and move out quickly and efficiently in case of emergency.

CIU FITS IN As the University has become increasingly nervous about who is on campus and at what times, LSUPD has taken important steps to keep track of people on campus.

In January 2008, LSUPD established the Crime Interdiction Unit, a team of five officers who patrol campus in plain clothes. With different shifts on a changing rotation, the CIU quickly became an established part of campus security.

“You may see officers in patrol cars, but at the same time we have plainclothes officers on the streets,” Heroman said. “We’re everywhere.”

Rabalais said the primary purpose of the CIU is to identify suspicious people on campus, especially during the late-night hours. Officers with the CIU are suppose to take a pro-active stance on crime, stopping people where they don’t belong and creating a database of campus visitors.

“The purpose of the CIU is to identify these suspicious persons, and in doing so, we made a lot of

arrests,” Rabalais said.

Since January, the CIU has made 216 arrests, two of which involved weapons and most of which were narcotic-related. By targeting high-crime areas of campus and making hundreds of stops, the unit has the added effect of deterrence.

“It’s hard to measure the effectiveness of this unit, and it may never be known because of the deterrence factor,” said LSUPD Capt.

Russell Rogé.

Though Martin said he was nervous about turning the campus into a fortress, he said he understands the need for plainclothes officers.

“If we have to have some plainclothes officers, I’m going to trust our police force to do it right and to do it well,” Martin said.

‘VANDAL SCREENS,’ CAMERAS RECENTLY INSTALLED The Department of Residential life, concerned with the threat of a second incident in the vicinity of the Edward Gay apartment complex, installed “vandal screens” on each apartment door. The screens, woven with cut-resistant metal fibers, were added to provide residents with at least some level of comfort following the murders, according to Clinton J. High, ResLife communication

manager.

High said while the newer campus residential buildings, like Blake Hall, were also fitted with cut-proof screens, not all of the other buildings have been equipped with them.

The Edward Gay apartment complex was also fitted with a new gated fence and security cameras which are routed back to the Public Safety Building and LSUPD. Security cameras were a continued investment for the University even before violence struck the campus. With more than 70 units spread across campus — and with more to follow — LSUPD detectives are more informed than ever.

“Just having the cameras in an area and having people be aware of them, we hope, would be a deterring factor,” Heroman said. “But, of course, they are also for historical surveillance purposes.”

Only four detectives have access to the security feed, and Heroman said they are not constantly monitored by anyone. Instead, the footage is held for officer review in a data cache for 72 hours before it is erased.

The cameras, which can cost between $500 and $5,000 depending on the model of the unit, are funded by a combination of Univer-

monday, march 9, 2009 sity funds, grants and departmental contributions.

OFFICERS GETTING SHOTGUNS Even average patrol officers will be more heavily armed in the coming months too. When the Louisiana State Police Department purchased new shotguns to arm their troopers, LSUPD bought and refurbished a caseload of them. LSUPD is in the final stage of issuing the weapons to patrol officers. Once the Warrent Team is fully equipped, the average LSUPD patrol car will be fully loaded with high-powered weaponry.

Martin said he was concerned some of the increased security measures would hurt the campus’ openness and sense of community, though he supports the steps LSUPD is taking.

“I don’t want to turn campus into a ‘Big Brother’ state. I don’t want a fortress,” Martin said. “But all these devices, if they can help us intervene or deter crime, then they are important.”

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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 SKID, from page 5 “It would be nice if the ball would have gone down,” Johnson said. “This is the second game in a row — home and on the road — where we had some guys that had some open looks. The ball didn’t go down.”

The Tiger defense has also struggled down the homestretch, allowing an average of more than 72 points per game in their final five regular season contests.

With the exception of a double-overtime victory at Mississippi State, LSU had allowed an average of 65 points per game in SEC play before the recent five-game stretch.

“What’s going on defensively is our rotations aren’t as crisp, our sense of urgency isn’t as crisp as it’s been,” Johnson said. “But that has a lot to do with me as opposed to them ... Obviously I need to do a better job of practice settings getting them more crisp on the defensive end.”

LSU’s season-low performance

TOURNAMENT, from page 5 points on 3-of-9 shooting. SEC Co-Freshman of the Year forward LaSondra Barrett and fellow freshman forward Courtney Jones led LSU with 10 points each.

“They did a really good job on defense,” Hightower said.

“They were playing me box and one, face guarding me the whole time, and playing zone on the rest of the team.”

Jones said Vanderbilt’s defense made it difficult to get the ball to Hightower.

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Saturday closed with Auburn fans chanting “over-rated” at the LSU players.

“I don’t think we were too much worried about that,” said LSU senior guard Marcus Thornton. “We won the SEC ... The players in our locker room fought hard this season, and they got it.”

Johnson credited Vanderbilt and Auburn for the Tigers’ struggles more than his own team’s shortcomings.

“We’ve got the league wrapped up, but don’t tell me we didn’t compete versus Vanderbilt,” he said.

“We competed. We battled this afternoon. The ball didn’t go down for us.”

Much of the postgame talk Saturday centered on whether Auburn, winner of eight of its last nine games, deserved an NCAA tournament berth.

Both Johnson and Auburn coach Jeff Lebo said saying a hot Auburn team with 10 conference wins had no shot at a berth was a slap in the

faces of Auburn and the entire SEC. “They kill the SEC. They kill the SEC West in particular,” Lebo said. “The SEC West was .500 [against the East] last I checked ... I don’t know how they could say the West is a lot worse than the East ...

I don’t know anybody in any of the BCS leagues that have won eight of nine — maybe there are one or two.”

ESPN’s latest editions of Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology and Mark Schlabach’s Bubble Watch listed LSU and Tennessee as the SEC’s only locks for the NCAA tournament.

Lunardi listed South Carolina as the conference’s only other tourney team as one of the last four teams making the Big Dance.

The SEC’s three teams are the least projected to make the NCAA tournament among the BCS conferences.

“Sometimes we did try to get her open, but it was hard,” Jones said. “Sometimes they would switch on the screens, and she wasn’t open. You’re going to have games like that, and we just needed to step up.”

LSU sophomore guard Latear Eason, who was taken to the hospital with a neck injury one night earlier against Mississippi State, started the game and recorded four points, two rebounds, two assists and three turnovers in 23 minutes.

The Lady Tigers overcame

Eason’s injury and Hightower’s slow start Friday night in the quarterfinals against Mississippi State on their way to a 63-58 win.

Hightower made eight of her first nine shots in the second half and finished with a career-high 23 points.

LSU now waits to find out its placement in the NCAA tournament a week from today on Selection Monday.

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and when we did hit, it was right at someone.”

Parr advanced to third base on Illinois put the game out of reach a wild pickoff attempt by Ross and in the eighth inning and scored three scored on an infield hit by senior runs LSU off junior relief pitcher center fielder Joe Bonadonna.

Paul Bertuccini.

The Illini plated a run later in Just a day after Bertuccini the inning on an RBI single by soph- struck out the side in the ninth inomore designated ning to secure Sathitter Casey Mcurday’s win, the Murray.

Metairie native alIllinois pushed lowed the first five its lead to three runs hitters to reach base in the top of the fifth in the eighth inning inning on another to spark the Illinois single by McMurrally. ray, which scored The Tigers’ Ben Reeser Bonadonna — who lost their first game Illinois senior pitcher doubled with two of the season Friouts in the inning. day — and first The fifth inning was the final regular season game since last seainning for Ross who allowed three son’s Georgia series — against Illiruns — two earned — in his third nois, 3-1. outing of the season.

“I don’t think it’s the time to be The three-run lead was plenty changing everything we’re going,” enough for Reeser who allowed just LSU junior Blake Dean said. “If we one hit through the first five innings correct the little things we’re doing — an infield single by sophomore wrong, we’ll be fine.” right fielder Chad Jones.

“He was just keeping the ball low,” said LSU sophomore shortstop Contact Casey Gisclair at DJ LeMahieu. “The wind was blowcgisclair@lsureveille.com ing out, and we still didn’t hit great

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‘Our guys were not throwing a lot of change-ups. So that was my game plan.’

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OUR VIEW

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LSUPD’s new equipment, structures seem unnecessary The LSU Police Department is making some fairly hefty changes to its department, giving officers shotguns and developing a SWAT-like team for campus emergencies.

But some of this new equipment seems a little over the top.

LSUPD recently bought a case

of shotguns to arm its troopers. But guns of that magnitude seem too extravagant. LSUPD told The Daily Reveille that riot situations could spark the need for officers to have shotguns with them.

When is the last time a riot has occurred on campus? And since it’s

safe to label this campus apathetic about many issues, the likelihood of a riot seems very low.

LSUPD’s new “high-risk warrants team,” which is similar to a SWAT team, also seems a bit out of place. But it will only take one campus shooting before people start

blaming police officers for failed execution, so we’ll tone down bashing the SWAT team.

Simply put, there’s always the idea that someone with a gun is more likely to shoot someone who doesn’t have a gun. If you give officers on a college campus increased

power, they will use it eventually.

We’re okay with LSUPD making upgrades to its department. But not all of the added equipment looks necessary in a campus community.

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NIETZSCHE IS DEAD

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is a ‘big fat idiot’ Politics is alluring.

The intricate dance of what some call “the greatest game” attracts us. Sometimes it’s the methods the politically acute use to gain power. Sometimes it’s the issues politicians deal with — the great social, economic and military matters that occupy the residents of the hallowed halls of government.

Whatever it is, we are drawn to those who can speak the language of politics fluently — especially when they use that language to great comedic effect.

Political comedians like the now-ubiquitous Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert routinely draw huge crowds and massive television audiences to their acute observations of politics. Our political system — and the people who run it — brims with opportunities from satire, from gaffes and slip-ups to ridiculous proposals, to those rare, hilarious moments when a politician’s plans go

wildly awry. laughs, not to inform.

Since the days when kings first The same goes for any other stopped beheading dissenters, po- comedian. They may know their malitical satirists have made sometimes terial, and the flaws and inconsistenextravagant livings off pointing out cies they ridicule may be valid. But the everyday absurdity of those in no matter how effectively they tear power. down the politiThe practical benefits of political cal establishment, satirists — besides making us laugh they aren’t neces— are the same as a free press. They sarily qualified to use humor as a vehicle for holding make these types the people who govern us accountof decisions themable, and the laughs they earn along selves. the way make the process accountAsk almost Matthew Albright any able for the everyday citizen. comedian Columnist But the problem arises when who specializes in political satirists earn respectability political humor — Jon Stewart and they don’t deserve. virtually all of their contemporaries It’s a common lament among have outright denied their own remedia critics that such a huge num- spectability as politicians. ber of people — especially young Louis Black, Emmy-winning people — find their only source of political satirist has said, “Me? Do news between The Daily Show and you have any idea how bad a PresiThe Colbert Report. These fake news dent I’d be? Seriously, you wouldn’t shows don’t stand alone by them- have leadership, you’d have a televiselves – they are designed to elicit sion show.”

But it seems the error of mistaking satire and observation for genuinely good ideas about how to run the country has recently been made on a colossal scale.

In the past election cycle, the Senate seat from Minnesota was hotly contested. Incumbent Harry Coleman found himself fighting a desperate battle – against a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.

Al Franken, a political comedian and satirist, and author of observational books such as “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations,” managed to usurp the incumbent in an election so close it was determined in a recount, and was still uncertain as late as January.

It now appears Franken will be Minnesota’s new senator.

Franken could potentially prove to be a brilliant politician, who will write bills that lift us immediately from the current economic crisis.

But so far, his only experience

consists of sitting on the sidelines, pointing out flaws made by other people. He has no experience in navigating the tangled web that is Congress nor does he have any history of making decisions with real, national impacts.

If the people of Minnesota honestly elected Franken based on his proposed policies and his platform, that’s fine.

But if — as it seems is likely the case — Minnesota voters mistook clever humor for political acumen, then the danger of his selection ending in disaster seems frighteningly realistic.

Matthew Albright is a 20-year-old English and political science sophomore from Baton Rouge.

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WALK HARD

Restoration ‘Master Plan’ a must for La. coast After Hurricane Katrina, the state began reassessing its storm preparedness, and a bipartisan effort to better prepare the state for hurricanes emerged.

Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco was ridiculed for the way she handled the preparation for and aftermath of the most devastating storm in U.S. history.

Overlooked in the assessment of Blanco’s handling of the crisis were the policies she implemented in the years after the 2005 storm that current Gov. Bobby Jindal used in preparation for another major storm in 2008.

On Nov. 6, 2005, the state Legislature gathered for an extraordinary session. Gov. Blanco eventually signed Act 8, a bill sponsored by state Sen. Reggie P. Dupre, Jr., and former state Rep. John A. Alario, Jr. This legislation amended portions of Title 49 of Louisiana’s Revised Stat-

utes, creating an agency called the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority housed in the Office of the Governor.

The CPRA was ordered to devise a “master plan” for protecting and restoring the coastal areas of Louisiana.

In April 2007, Louisiana’s Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast was completed and submitted to the Legislature for review by the Blanco administration.

Traditionally, The Department of Transportation and Development addressed the goals of flood and hurricane protection while the objectives of coastal restoration were part of the Department of Natural Resources.

The CPRA was intended to be an Integrated Planning Team combining the resources of the two agencies to develop a “plan for coastal preservation and hurricane protection in a comprehensive manner,”

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said Chris Macaluso, spokesman for the CPRA. “We have learned that levees and wetland restoration projects can no longer be constructed in separate spheres. Instead, flood control and wetland restoration projects must be designed, built, and operated in coordination,” according to the Drew Walker Master Plan.

Instead Columnist of viewing the need to protect against floods and hurricanes as separate from the need to restore and protect coastal ecosystems, the Master Plan understands the necessity of seeing the two as interconnected. By doing so, the plan can address its objectives to “reduce risk to economic assets, restore sustainability to the coastal ecosystem,

maintain a diverse array of habitats for fish and wildlife, and sustain Louisiana’s unique heritage and culture.”

Macaluso said the governor’s administration has made “a strong commitment” to the CPRA’s plan.

Jindal issued an executive order commanding all state agencies to comply with the Master Plan and appropriated $300 million of surplus money to the CPRA last year, according to Macaluso. Another $300 million was announced through a Feb. 13 press release.

But with the state facing a $1 billion shortfall next year, this may be the last surplus money the CPRA sees.

To protect the new agency’s valuables, the CPRA is seeking to become an independent office during the upcoming legislative session.

The Gulf Coast and the industries it supports are vital to Louisi-

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The waters off the Louisiana coast are home to 30 percent of the nation’s oil and gas supply. The coast also helps support the world’s largest port system, Macaluso said.

Coastal restoration and protection are essential aspects of hurricane and flood protection and the economic lifeblood of the state.

The Master Plan is a step in the right direction, but without implementation it’s not of any use.

The Blanco administration commissioned the study, and it’s up to the Jindal administration to make sure it gets acted on.

Drew Walker is a 24-year-old philosophy senior from Walker.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.”

Al Franken American comedian and politician May 21, 1951 — present

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‘Twilight’ is cleverly disguised porn for women In a traditional sense, porn is defined as “something with no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire,” according to the Webster’s dictionary definition.

“Twilight,” the hit vampire series by Stephenie Meyer, is precisely that. The books offer nothing more than female escapism complete with a price tag, sleek dust jacket and a complementary bookmark.

The escapism is expressed via the caricaturized romance between Bella, a teenage girl who bears a suspicious resemblance to series’ author, and Edward, a century-old sparkling vampire who can’t decide whether he wants to kiss Bella or eat her.

Though the series is often labeled ‘pornographic,’ the text is surprisingly devoid of explicit sex.

But Twilight’s brand of porn, otherwise known as “girl porn,” does not rely on graphic material to captivate its female audience. Rather, this special type of porn manifests itself

in the form of emotional binges, excessive romanticizing and interaction with impossibly perfect male characters.

Girl porn has existed for years in the various forms, from the clever and sophisticated Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte novels to the less tactful bodice-rippers by garden-variety romance novelists. Both kinds have had their share of success, though neither has claimed the limelight the way “Twilight” has.

It’s gaudy success has aggravated seasoned novelists. “Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn,” Stephen King told USA Weekend this past February. “[Twilight] is exciting and it’s thrilling and it’s not particularly threatening because it’s not overtly sexual.”

Books like Twilight are nothing more than junk food for the female soul masquerading as literature. King is correct in his accusation that Meyer can’t write worth a darn, given the

books’ amateur structure.

The series devotes a total of 2,443 pages to sappy prose, abused adjectives, nauseatingly detailed descriptions and sub-par dialogue. References to Edward’s “glorious, heavenly, seraphic” beauty tally at a vomit-inducing 165 in the first book, and only increase as the series progresses.

Linnie Leavines As a blogColumnist ger on Twilightsucks.com put it, “Twilight reads as if Meyer had opened a thesaurus, looked up the words ‘sparkle,’ ‘beautiful,’ and ‘breathtaking,’ then proceeded to catalogue every synonym she found.”

Despite being below bird-cageliner standards, the series has somehow managed to generate an obscene amount of revenue. The Twilight

books and movie have earned more than $356 million in profits. That’s not even counting the other three movies, which have yet to be made, or the DVD sales for the first movie, which is scheduled for release later this month.

Sadly, this proves literary skill is not required when marketing to romance-starved women. But to Meyer’s credit, these figures also prove she knows her audience extremely well.

Once mass marketers figure out Meyer’s “Twilight” formula, it’s only a matter of time before entrepreneurs jump on the bandwagon and push fictionalized romance into the uber-mainstream, thereby reaping gross profits by hooking women on emotional binges and ridiculous fantasies.

Romantic escapism is alarmingly addictive, and, as it is with any industry that markets addictive products to needy people, windfall profits

will certainly follow at the expense of the consumer.

It is an insult to female sexuality to be marketed to in such a tasteless way. Additionally, such unashamed marketing will have serious repercussions by giving women unrealistic expectations about men, just as regular porn gives men unrealistic expectations about women.

Ladies, if you still want your emotional fix, then read Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters. They had class at the very least, not to mention readable prose, an actual plot, and a more wholesome grip on reality.

Linnie Leavines is an 18-year-old mass communication freshman from Central City.

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METAIRIE’S FINEST

Who cares if Jimmy Fallon kills late night television?

We often define our lives by what our senses intake.

By choice or coincidence, pop culture shapes our lives in ways we can’t fathom.

Just think of how many people you know who shed tears when Ross ran to that airport and “Friends” came to a close. Or how about Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” serenading the final scenes of the seminal sitcom “Seinfeld.”

That was before the song started being used for every kindergarten, grammar and, in extreme cases, high school graduation ceremonies. For a couple years, that song represented loss and moving on.

Then it was gone.

Poof.

The generations before and after the song didn’t feel the brunt of it at all. It held no special meanings to them, just like Jennifer Aniston is slowly changing from Rachel Green to Brad Pitt’s ex to that woman in “Marley and Me.” Pop culture creates identity, but

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Term ‘weapon’ misused in context

I wish to express a concern toward a reoccurring trend in The Daily Reveille. There have been many articles on the proposed bill allowing concealed firearms on campus. Too often I see the word "weapons.” There is a vast difference between a weapon and a firearm.

The dictionary describes the word "weapon" as "a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage." “Firearm,” however is defined as "a rifle, pistol,

pop culture moves quickly. Once it show for a lot cheaper. moves on, it rarely goes back.

But talent aside, the move seems So for an industry as static and like an obvious one attempting to stagnant as late night talk shows — rope in younger viewers to a market which have primarily featured Jay dominated by older viewers. Because Leno and David Letterman for about of the longevity of “Late Night,” it 17 years — one wonders what a only stands to reachange in to the industry’s core will son his fans were bring. loyal but also fairWell, that change is here. ly consistent. And Jimmy Fallon replaced Connon while O’Brien is O’Brien — who replaced Jay Leno a bridge between — as the host of the “Late Night” on older and younger March 2. viewers, because For those of you unaware of Travis Andrews O’Brien created Columnist Jimmy Fallon’s existence, he’s the his identity purely talent behind such cinematic gold as as a late night talk show host, he was “Taxi,” and he helped destroy Sat- able to appease to older viewers. urday Night Live — the late night And the problem with older fans sketch show that used to have Will is they will die sooner.

Ferrell … yeah, that one — in which One generation out, another one he managed to laugh more than the in. audience and tell fewer jokes than Ghandi.

As may be obvious, I think it’s a bad choice.

They probably could have found a dancing donkey troupe to host the

The move will inevitably fail for a few reasons, the least of which being the fact that Fallon is not, nor will he ever be, funny, which is kind of important for, you know, a comedic talk show.

That aside, the problem is not that Fallon isn’t funny. It’s that our generation tends not to watch late night talk shows.

What late night television needs — if it wants to rope in younger viewers — is not a new “hip” host such as the regal Fallon but a new format and image. This was essentially attempted with Carson Daly a few years back and, while it didn’t fall on its face, it certainly did not change the face of late night television.

Leno, like him or not, is a living legend.

O’Brien, like him or not, has revitalized late night television.

Fallon is the butt of many jokes.

Late night television should just suffer a slow death.

Because as much as our generation is defined by that acoustic Green Day song, it is not defined by late night talk shows.

Maybe this is a recession-forced move. Who knows?

All I know is that jobs at NBC seem pretty easy to come by.

Travis Andrews is a 21-year-old English senior from Metairie.

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or other portable gun." Firearms can be included as weapons, but weapons do not always include firearms.

A firearm is a tool. A concealed firearm is the case where a person's safety is not guaranteed. The firearm however may not be used as a weapon at all.

The bill to carry concealed firearms on campus does not propose carrying weapons on campus at all. In fact, students are already allowed to carry what the Reveille would define as a weapon.

Bryan J. Boltik history sophomore

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