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Beluga messaging app to be phased out

The Parade Ground came alive Thursday Facebook Messenger night as the replaces service University Joshua Bergeron prepares for Contributing Writer Facebook has harpooned the a weekend of Beluga whale.

The social networking giant homecoming fun. acquired Beluga, a group messaging application, in March. And Here’s a look at ever since, Facebook has been slowly phasing out the application. the highlights.

As of today, users of the Be-

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[Above] The Golden Girls perform with Tiger Band, [right] LSU football coach Les Miles cheers after the crowd sang to him for his birthday and [bottom] the 2011 Homecoming court stands on the stage Thursday night for the pep rally on the Parade Ground. Check out a video and photos of the event at lsureveille.com, and tune in to KLSU at 5:20 p.m. for a recap of Homecoming events.

luga messaging application for smartphones will no longer be able to send messages.

Beluga allows users to organize friends’ cellphone numbers into groups known as pods. Users can then send mass messages to those pods whether the members who comprise the pod have a smartphone with the application or not.

Users can still view any old BELUGA, see page 5

WORLD

National Guard troops celebrate LSU win from overseas Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

A lone LSU flag was hoisted into the air in Iraq as a celebration for the Tigers’ win against the Crimson Tide last weekend amid cheers echoing through Baton Rouge and Tuscaloosa.

A Louisiana Army National Guard unit from the Baton Rouge area is currently serving on a military base about 20 miles south of Baghdad and is brimming with Tiger fans, including Staff Sgt. Guy Carlberg.

Carlberg, a Slidell native with friends and family who are “die-hard” Tigers fans, said as soon as the Army National Guard unit stepped onto the Iraqi sands, they were met with a University of Alabama flag flapping in the wind.

Carlberg’s unit works alongside American civilian firefighters who he said became his “great friends” even though they are Alabama fans. Carlberg said he and the other troops had been discussing the game since their arrival in Iraq, and they told the ’Bama fans that once LSU won the game, an LSU flag would replace the Alabama flag.

When game day arrived, the firefighters had premium steaks and lobster flown in from home and started grilling five hours in advance, Carlberg said, though his pre-game was different.

“My squad and I were on patrol for the ‘tailgating’ but made it back in enough time to clean up and watch the game at 3 a.m.,” Carlberg said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “The guys had a projector set up on a drop-down

screen outside with a few chairs and couches. Iraq is cold at night this time of year, but the jumping up and yelling during the game kept us warm.”

About 50 people watched the game, with LSU fans outnumbering the Alabama fans because Carlberg’s whole unit is from Louisiana, he said. His favorite part of the game was relishing in ’Bama’s missed field-goal attempts.

The Crimson Tide fans were good sports, Carlberg joked.

He said it isn’t often that the troops are able to watch sports games.

“It is a rare occasion,” Carlberg wrote. “We made the LSU’Bama game happen. We all sacrificed something somehow to make it work.”

IRAQ, see page 5

photo courtesy of GUY CARLBERG

After a bet on last Saturday’s football game, the winning LSU flag flies over a fire department building in Iraq that is partially manned by Alabama fans.

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INTERNATIONAL Venezuela vows all-out hunt for Nationals’ player Wilson Ramos CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government sent top investigators Thursday to hunt for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, whose abduction has shaken Venezuela’s elite athletes and focused attention on the nation’s sharp rise in kidnappings for ransom.

The 24-year-old player, who had returned to Venezuela after his rookie season, was just outside the front door at his home in the town of Santa Ines on Wednesday night when an SUV approached, armed men got out “and they took him away,” said Ramos’ agent, Gustavo Marcano.

It was the first known kidnapping of a Major League Baseball player in Venezuela, though the relatives of some ballplayers have previously been held captive for ransom.

Police found the kidnappers’ vehicle abandoned in the nearby town of Bejuma on Thursday morning, Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said.

He said anti-kidnapping units led by “the best investigators we have” were dispatched to the area in central Carabobo state.

He vowed to rescue Ramos.

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A black rhinoceros calf born at the Saint Louis Zoo on Jan. 14 stays close to his mother, Kati Rain.

Rhino subspecies are vanishing from the wild, nearly extinct GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a reassessment of the Western Black Rhino led it to declare the species extinct, adding that the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now “possibly extinct” in the wild and the Javan Rhino is “probably extinct” in Vietnam.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Tweets become new spin room race, primary viewers become critics

Essence Fest tickets go on sale for 18th annual music festival

NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday’s Republican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support.

“Perry is done,” tweeted a viewer called PatMcPsu, even while the Texas governor struggled to name the third of three federal agencies he would eliminate as president. Another, called sfiorini, messaged, “Whoa? Seriously, Rick Perry? He can’t even name the agencies he wants to abolish.”

The dollhouse, Hot Wheels and blanket become Toy Hall of Famers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tickets for the 2012 Essence Music Festival are on sale.

Ticket sales start today for the 18th annual festival, which will include empowerment seminars and musical acts July 6-8 at the Morial Convention Center and Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

A lineup has not yet been announced. Previous musical acts for the festival — billed as one of the largest gatherings of black artists in the country — include Mary J. Blige, Chaka Kahn, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Prince.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Is Linus jumping for joy?

The blanket, a plaything and comfort for generations of thumbsuckers like Charlie Brown’s best friend in the “Peanuts” comic strip, landed Thursday in the National Toy Hall of Fame along with Hot Wheels and the dollhouse.

The three take their places at The Strong, a children’s and cultural history museum in upstate New York, alongside 46 other classics ranging from the bicycle, kite and teddy bear to Barbie, Jack-in-theBox and Mr. Potato Head.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Woodlawn Leadership Academy coach faces a misdemeanor simple battery charge after allegedly slapping a student Nov. 1.

The Times reports 35-year-old DeCarlos Holmes was arrested by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Thursday morning.

A 16-year-old Woodlawn student told sheriff’s deputies that Holmes paddled him and another student after finding the two students in the hallway.

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MONEY

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Petition created to protect federal aid Clayton Crockett Staff Writer

Under the ominous shadows of a debt crisis and election year, the Student Aid Alliance, comprising 75 higher education organizations, has begun a petition to protect federal financial aid from cuts that would affect universities across the country.

As of Thursday, the alliance’s petition to guard federal aid for students from Congress’ budget super committee has surpassed 80,000 signatures.

The signatures are coming from students, college presidents, administrators and faculty members nationwide, said Tony Pals, director of communications for one of the alliance’s parent organizations, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

“All of this is focused as the super committee is considering cuts to the federal budget, including possible cuts to Pell Grants,” Pals said.

“At this point, given the current political climate on Capitol Hill, it’s about protecting current funding.”

Pals cited more than $30 billion in federal aid cuts made this year as reason for concern, saying that the current petition process is being undertaken “with a great sense of urgency.” The cuts have come from a number of programs, such as the elimination of year-round Pell Grants and various debt repayment incentives.

According to Amy Marix, associate director in the University’s

Office of Undergraduate Admissions carried by a 2010 Louisiana college and Student Aid, almost $21 million graduate sits at about $25,000. was supplied to University students Approximately 50 percent of in the form of Pell Grants during fis- Louisiana graduates enter the work cal year 2010-11, with another $90 force with college debt, the report million from the federal Stafford states.

Loan Program.

The project’s website lists the During fiscal Louisiana Student Debts average debt of 2010 year 2009-10, more graduates from the than $79 million of State: University as more federal financial as- • Average student debt: $24,548 than $19,000, with sistance was allotted • Proportion of students with debt: about 12 percent of to more than 9,000 48 percent that average consisting of nonfederal students, according Louisiana State University: to the Office of Bud- • Average debt of 2010 graduates: debt. get and Planning.

The statistics $19,242 report the proportion “There’s no • Proportion of students with debt: of 2010 graduates question that further with debt leaving cuts to federal stu- 41 percent Source: The Project on Student Debt the University as 41 dent aid, especially Pell Grants, will make it more dif- percent, with 17 percent of the gradficult for students to afford higher uates having received Pell Grants. education,” Pals said.

Pals said cuts will lead to more Marix mirrored his sentiment, students taking out loans, which saying that the University’s recruit- would contribute to the mounting ing process would likely be hindered national student debt levels.

The debt super committee in because such cuts would render the Congress is on a Nov. 23 deadline to University less accessible.

“We have not had any formal produce a plan, which may or may discussions as to the University’s re- not pose cuts to federal assistance to sponse [to possible cuts],” she said, students.

“We’ve already exceeded our adding that there is more discussion initial expectations,” Pals said of with the election coming up.

The concerns of Pals and the the petition initiative. “Where we go 80,000 names on the alliance’s pe- beyond that will depend largely on tition arrive as the national amount the super committee’s recommendaof student debt increases to record tions.” levels, having already surpassed the national credit-card debt.

According to a report recently Contact Clayton Crockett at released by the Project on Student ccrockett@lsureveille.com Debt, the average amount of debt

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ACTIVISM

Friday, November 11, 2011

Students fight use of sweatshops in making LSU apparel

Paul Braun

Contributing Writer

A small group of University students laid the foundation Thursday for the creation of an LSU affiliate of United Students Against Sweatshops.

National and regional organizers informed students of the role they play in the global supply chain of collegiate apparel.

United Students Against Sweatshops National Organizer Teresa Cheng described her organization’s recent campaign against Nike’s treatment of factory workers in Honduras as a concrete example of USAS meeting its core goals.

USAS groups at the University of Wisconsin and Cornell University, among others, collaborated

with the Workers Rights Consortium and laid-off factory workers to create a “sandwich of pressure” on the administration of their universities, Cheng said. Wisconsin and Cornell USAS groups both succeeded in ending their schools’ product-licensing contracts with Nike, she said.

The University students in attendance Thursday resolved that their first major goal is to motivate the University to re-affiliate with the Workers Rights Consortium, the only independent factory monitor directly accountable to universities.

Micah Elkins, general studies senior, said he heard about USAS and Thursday’s meeting through his sociology class and was motivated to attend by the injustice he saw in the collegiate apparel

ENVIRONMENT

SG plans Homecoming recycling competition Rewards offered for most recycled goods Austen Krantz Contributing Writer

Parade Ground tailgaters have the chance to go green Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. during Student Government’s Recycling Tailgate Competition.

The event will divide the Parade Ground into four colorcoded competing sections, each complete with a number of recycling bins and a dumpster for each section to place its collected recyclables, according to SG Director of Sustainability Mili Reyes.

SG will reward the section with the most collected materials after the competition, Reyes said. Each tailgate can register as part of a Parade Ground section to become eligible for Buffalo Wild Wings footballs and possibly other prizes, she said.

Reyes said participants should use as many recyclable

materials as possible to reduce their total waste. This opportunity to recycle ensures no items used at these tailgates will be squandered as trash.

“The more recyclable items you use, the more you recycle,” she said.

Volunteers will also help facilitate the event and ensure recycled materials from bins are emptied into the dumpsters, Reyes said. These “Recycling Rangers” are comprised of student volunteers interested in teaching others about recycling, said SG Assistant Director of Sustainability Lauren Hull.

Hull said the event’s competitive nature will garner more participation.

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“I have been here a while and been going to games since I was in diapers,” Elkins said. “The amount of LSU gear my family has is ridiculous. Nike makes $18 off of a T-shirt and someone gets paid 10 cents to make it.”

Despite the meeting’s low number of attendees, Cheng was encouraged by the progress made

by University students who did show up. She said in her experience, groups that started in meetings such as Thursday’s were eventually leading 500 person rallies for workers’ rights.

“At the end of the day, you have a lot more power than you think,” Cheng said.

Contact Paul Braun at pbraun@lsureveille.com

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A group of University students gathered Thursday to form an organization to protest the use of sweatshops in the manufacturing of University apparel.

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Friday, November 11, 2011 IRAQ, from page 1

Serving in Iraq has been a fulfilling sacrifice, Carlberg said. His duties have included providing security to dignitaries, high-ranking officials and American civilian police, along with training Iraqi police.

“We have been through a lot here. I am just happy that not a single one of us has been seriously injured or killed,” he wrote.

Carlberg said his experience overseas makes him appreciate what he has at home.

“Being away from my family for an entire year is very hard. It is also hard being away from your own vehicle, dining out, fast food, going to the movies and dressing in civilian clothes,” he wrote. “It is a good experience because we are an all-volunteer military these days and we all believe in what we are doing, and my unit especially is very close, like family.”

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

BELUGA, from page 1

messages they have sent or received until Dec. 15, according to a Beluga news release. After that date, users will no longer be able to access old messages or pods.

Students who use Beluga have expressed concern that phasing out the application will affect communication between their friends, especially in the Greek community.

“I have a Beluga for my sophomore Delta Zeta pledge class,” elementary education sophomore Ansley Simmons said. “We use it to tell members when meetings are happening, when applications for various things are due and other events. Because of this

HONORING THE TROOPS

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LSU Salutes prepares for Veterans Day on the Parade Ground on Thursday.

announcement by Beluga, communication is going to be harder, and we just won’t be on the same page.”

Landscape architecture sophomore John Bland said the Greek community is not the only group that will be affected.

“I have a Beluga group for several groups of friends,” Bland said. “It isn’t a huge deal, just a small hiccup, although communication between my friends is going to be a little harder until we move on to another method of group messaging.”

Facebook’s answer to this communication predicament is its newest creation, Facebook Messenger. It is a stand-alone mobile

app that lets users send messages to friends from their phones, according to Facebook’s Help Center.

Facebook Messenger is integrated with Facebook messages and chats, so users can access all their conversations in the application. Each message sent through Messenger is also saved as part of ongoing conversations on Facebook.

The application can also send messages to a cellphone number and is currently available for Blackberry, iPhone and Android devices.

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

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Sports

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DOUBLEHEADER Tigers work double-time on Saturday as basketball opens season against Nicholls State and football plays Western Kentucky

FOOTBALL

Martin reacts to Spanier’s release

Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

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LSU sophomore guard Chris Bass (4) looks to throw the ball during the second half of the Tigers’ 65-54 victory against Arkansas at the PMAC on Feb. 25, 2010.

Chris Abshire Sports Writer

If the season opener wasn’t motivation enough, the LSU men’s basketball team doesn’t often have payback on the mind when an instate school comes calling in the PMAC. But the Tigers’ opponent this Saturday, Nicholls State, came into the Assembly Center last year and snapped LSU’s 82-game home winning streak against in-state opponents with stunning ease in a

62-53 triumph.

“The big mistake we made was thinking we could come out and take over just because we’re the big school,” said senior forward Storm Warren. “We have to make that happen.”

What this Tigers squad also hopes to make happen is a turnaround season, as LSU has struggled to consecutive 11-20 records and five conference wins in two putrid seasons since capturing a NICHOLLS, see page 10

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LSU senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson looks for a receiver Oct. 22 during LSU’s 45-10 win against Auburn in Tiger Stadium. LSU will play WKU on Saturday.

Michael Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

As many LSU alumni return to campus for Homecoming, so too does the LSU football team after its historic victory against Alabama.

The Tigers will now have to change their focus to the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky in hopes of winning LSU coach Les Miles’ 100th career victory, 71 of which have been with the Tigers.

“We’ve got to be real sharp in this game. We’ve got to look at

a whole lot of film,” sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery said. “We have to be ready for their trades, double tight, triple tight. We’ve just got to be ready for them.”

LSU brings the nation’s longest non-conference regular season winning streak of 36 games into Saturday’s matchup. The Tiger’s last non-conference loss was against Virginia Tech in the 2002 season opener, and Miles has never W. KENTUCKY, see page 10

As controversy about football and higher education administration explodes in Pennsylvania, Chancellor Michael Martin reflected Thursday on his friend and former colleague Graham Spanier’s predicament.

Spanier was fired from his position as Penn State president Wednesday night after it was revealed that he allegedly knew former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing young boys. This also led to the termination of longtime Penn State head football coach, Joe Paterno.

Martin said he’s known Spanier for 25 years. They met at Oregon State University, where Martin served as Faculty Senate president while Spanier was the provost.

“I think he’s deeply hurt for two reasons,” Martin said. “One, he had a stellar career going, and two, there’s been real harm done to a university that he loves. And that may be the bigger pain.”

Martin reminisced on playing racquetball with Spanier three days a week, a fun and competitive time because they were equally lacking in talent, Martin said.

Martin said he and Spanier shared many interests and still exchange e-mails about higher education and athletics programs.

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

FOOTBALL

WKU back can run, catch, throw Rainey ranks 3rd in rushing yards Albert Burford

Sports Contributor

It seems like LSU football never gets an easy week.

While Saturday’s game against Western Kentucky isn’t quite “The Game of the Century,” the Tigers’ defense will have its hands full with another competent running back.

Hilltoppers senior Bobby Rainey ranks third in the country in total rushing with 1,169 yards and will look to continue his

impressive 2011 campaign against LSU. As early as Monday, the LSU defense was preparing for the challenge Rainey presents.

“I saw him on film,” said sophomore defensive lineman Sam Montgomery. “He’s quick, a very powerful back.”

Rainey has dominated the Sun Belt this year, where he leads the conference with 12 touchdowns and 163 all-purpose yards per game.

The 2011 preseason AllAmerican’s strong play has led the Hilltoppers to five straight wins for the first time since Western Kentucky joined the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2009. The

last time the Hilltoppers won five straight games was in 2004.

Rainey said he prepares for LSU the same way he would prepare for any other opponent.

“We’ve just got to continue to do our job and do the things we know how to do,” he said. “We’ve played against SEC teams before, and we didn’t change anything we did practice-wise.”

Running the ball isn’t Rainey’s lone skill. He is one of only seven FBS players with a rushing, receiving and passing touchdown this season.

“He’s extremely shifty and a very capable back,” said LSU RAINEY, see page 9

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Western Kentucky senior running back Bobby Rainey carries the football in a 10-9 win against Florida International on Nov. 5. He has rushed for 1,169 yards this season.

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FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS

Friday, November 11, 2011

CROSS COUNTRY

Oregon upsets Stanford, Gators win Teams attempt to BODY SHOTS

ROB LANDRY Sports columnist “Bamageddon” lived up to its billing with LSU grinding and pounding for a 9-6 victory against the Crimson Tide.

The Tigers’ win helped keep my picks above .500 for the week, but utter disappointments from Arizona State, Ole Miss, Michigan and South Carolina kept my record from being anywhere near stellar.

The losses were especially shocking from the Sun Devils and Wolverines, who don’t have the injury excuse like the Gamecocks or the case of being just plain awful that’s nested in Oxford.

Here’s hoping for some better breaks this week.

NEBRASKA -4 OVER PENN STATE With all the hoopla surrounding Happy Valley this week, there is no way this team can be even remotely focused on football.

And they shouldn’t be.

Some things are more important than winning a football game.

No matter how many times the players say the right things to the media, this is a major distraction and it will show Saturday.

FLORIDA STATE -9 OVER MIAMI Once upon a time, this was the marquee game of the season.

Not so much anymore.

Florida State has been more consistent this season, as the Hurricanes have strung together back-toback wins just once.

OLE MISS +2 OVER LOUISIANA TECH This is a risky pick.

Ole Miss hasn’t shown any reason to have faith in it all season.

But expect Rebels’ lame-duck coach Houston Nutt to pull out all the stops from here on out.

And in this case, he’ll pull out a victory.

VANDERBILT -13 OVER KENTUCKY Kentucky may have scored 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter last week against Ole Miss to snag a 30-13 win, but that won’t happen again this week.

Vanderbilt is still hanging on to hopes of becoming bowl eligible this season, and a win here is much needed.

ARKANSAS -14.5 OVER TENNESSEE The Razorbacks have been as

Jekyll and Hyde of a team as any this season.

Some weeks, like last week against South Carolina, their highly touted offense shows the nation why they deserve a top-10 ranking.

Then there are weeks where Arkansas flirts with disaster, like trailing 17-0 to Ole Miss before rallying for a 29-24 win.

This won’t be a week where Arkansas struggles.

FLORIDA +3.5 OVER SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina was exposed as a pretender by Arkansas last week.

And sophomore quarterback Connor Shaw is questionable to play after suffering a concussion against the Razorbacks.

This sets up perfectly for Florida coach Will Muschamp’s crew to steal a win and clinch bowl eligibility.

ALABAMA -18.5 OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE The Crimson Tide will start slow, suffering from a bit of a hangover from the bloodbath that was their game with LSU. But Mississippi State doesn’t have the defensive depth to slow down Alabama junior running back Trent Richardson for four quarters.

AUBURN +12.5 OVER GEORGIA The Southeastern Conference’s oldest rivalry fires it up again, this time with a double-digit spread.

Georgia has surged lately, winning seven in a row after starting 0-2, but it’s still not that good.

Auburn will not win the game

outright, but it will definitely be able to contain the Bulldogs’ offense enough to stay within two touchdowns.

OREGON +3.5 OVER STANFORD Stanford and senior quarterback Andrew Luck are looking to take a huge step Saturday toward a berth in the BCS Championship game.

But getting past Oregon will be a tough task.

Stanford doesn’t have the sideline-to-sideline speed needed to slow down Oregon’s rushing attack, and it will cost them a shot at the crystal ball as the Ducks pull the upset.

LSU -41.5 OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY The breakdown for this one will be nearly identical to the one for Alabama’s game this week, except LSU is beat up, not down.

The Tigers will undoubtedly be very vanilla, showing as little as possible and getting as many young players live snaps as possible.

But the problem for the Hilltoppers is the Tigers’ young players aren’t a big step down from the veterans.

Last week: 6-4 Overall record: 56-43-1 Rob Landry is a 23-year old mass communication senior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter @RobLandry85.

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qualify for nationals Andrew Chapple Sports Contributor

The men’s and women’s cross country teams will run in potentially their last meet of the season Saturday at the 2011 Division I South Central Regional Championships.

The Lady Tigers run at 10 a.m. and the Tigers run at 11 a.m. in Waco, Texas, on the Cottonwood Creek Golf course with Baylor hosting the meet. All Division I cross country programs from Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas will run in the meet.

“The team as a whole is looking to improve since this is our last meet of the season,” said junior LeighAnn Naccari. “Most of us are hoping to [set a new personal record].”

The top two teams automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., and 13 at-large bids are given to teams that have consistently performed at high levels throughout the season.

“We didn’t do as well in [the Southeastern Conference Championship meet] as we wanted to, so it’s a way to hopefully end the season on a much better performance,” said LSU coach Mark Elliott.

The Tigers finished 10th and the Lady Tigers finished 12th at the SEC Championship meet. “[We want to] improve on our performance from conference,” said senior Cullen Doody.

Doody finished 19th at the SEC Championship and hopes to qualify for nationals as an individual.

“Coach [Elliott] says I have a realistic chance at making nationals,” he said. “Anything can happen on any day, but the way the system is set up, it’s really hard to make it as an individual out of our conference.”

The top five individuals who aren’t on an NCAA qualifying team receive bids to run in the championship meet.

“Being top 20 at SECs, there’s no question that he will be one of the guys competing for those individual spots,” Elliott said. “We have kids like Cullen, Richie [Chautin] and probably Charlene [Lipsey] who have an outside shot at making it as an individual, which would be very rare and great if they do.”

Doody said because there aren’t usually any at-large teams taken from the South Central Region, more runners are competing for those five individual qualifying spots.

“My freshman year, Robert Scribner from Mississippi State got 16th at SECs and qualified for nationals, but there was an at-large team taken out of his region,” Doody said.

Scribner ran in the South Regional while LSU runs in the South Central Regional.

If Doody, Chautin or Lipsey qualify, they’d be the first Tiger or Lady Tiger to earn the distinction since Joseph Simuchimba in 2007.

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Tigers look for payback against Aggies in the NCAAs A&M secured Big 12 title last week Chris Abshire Sports Writer

LSU soccer coach Brian Lee hesitates to use the word “revenge” when talking about the Tigers’ opening-round match in the NCAA Tournament.

But for a handful of seniors who experienced the program’s most painful loss to the Aggies in the second round of the NCAAs in 2009, LSU’s trip to Texas A&M tonight is more than just an opportunity to advance in the tournament.

It’s a chance for redemption.

The 2009 Tiger squad — maybe the best in school history, with a runner-up finish in the Southeastern Conference and a 14-5-5 record — waged a classic duel with the Aggies at the LSU

Soccer Stadium two years ago, freshman forward phenom Kelfalling in penalty kicks, 4-2, after ley Monogue, who has recorded a thrilling defensive battle ended a staggering 45 points with 18 in a 1-1 tie that even two over- goals and nine assists this season, times couldn’t break. claiming the Big 12’s Offensive “I remember that we fought Player and Rookie of the Year really hard, and awards last week.

I feel we de“They have served to win a bunch of fast, that game,” said attacking players senior midfielder who will chalTaryne Boudreau. lenge us near the “Penalty kicks net,” Lee said. are a very weird “That freshman way to determine keeps their press Kellie Murphy a match, so it free-flowing and LSU senior midfielder hurt to lose like allows them to that after how we pass the ball replayed. But it’s prepared us for ally cleanly.” this chance.”

For an LSU defense that has LSU (13-7-1, 8-3 SEC) will been mostly stifling this season have its hands full with another — but erratic of late — the task powerful Texas A&M (15-5-2) of stopping a powerful A&M ofsquad, which earned the No. 3 fense that is averaging nearly four seed in the region and captured goals in its last 10 matches will last week’s Big 12 tournament ti- be amplified without freshman tle by beating three top-10 teams. defensive starter Alex Ramsey.

The Aggies are led by Ramsey drew a red card in

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opponent this season, the HilltopRAINEY, from page 7 pers fell, 14-3, to Kentucky. Durcoach Les Miles. “Those kind of ing that game, Rainey still manplayers have places in every team, aged 107 rushing yards and two and he’s a pretty talented guy.” receptions.

Rainey, who Rainey has is second for the excelled against Hilltoppers in Louisiana schools receptions with so far this year, 30 and receiving leading the Hillyards with 298, toppers in rushsaid his multiing and receptions dimensional skills against the Uniwill give him an versity of Louiadvantage against siana at Monroe. the Tigers.

He also rushed for Les Miles “ G o i n g 214 yards against LSU football coach against a great the University of team like LSU, Louisiana at Lawe want to make them respect the fayette. run and respect me as a player,” Rainey said he’s looking forhe said. “I also can run and pass, ward to playing in the Death Valso they have to play this game like ley environment and won’t be inthey have to play any other game timidated by the crowd. in that conference.”

“I love playing against SEC In Western Kentucky’s teams,” he said. “The atmosphere only other game against an SEC is great, and I just love being

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‘Those kind of players have places in every team, and [Rainey is] a very talented guy.’

around it.”

Montgomery made it clear the Tigers weren’t overlooking Rainey or Western Kentucky.

“It doesn’t matter what school you go to,” he said. “Every team has a great skill set of ballers and talented players. This isn’t one of those teams you can just slip by.”

Last week, Rainey played his sixth -straight game with more than 150 yards from scrimmage.

Rainey’s strong play has found him a spot on the Maxwell, Doak Walker and Paul Hornung awards watch lists.

The Maxwell Award is given to the top college football player in the nation each year, while the Doak Walker Award is earned by the top running back and the Paul Hornung Award is given to the most talented dual-threat player.

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the waning moments of the Tigers’ 3-0 loss to Auburn in the first round of last week’s SEC Tournament, rendering her ineligible for this match.

Senior midfielder Kellie Murphy said the nine days between that deflating defeat and tonight’s match have provided some much-needed refreshment for a drained LSU squad that lost three of its final six matches in decisive fashion.

“We’ve been able to rest a bit,” Murphy said. “Losing those games and not playing as well as we can, it let us know our game wasn’t as tight as it needed to be.

We know we just have to play well, because we’re as good as anybody when we have our best.”

For Boudreau, who has enjoyed a breakout senior season with 12 goals and seven assists, the game plan to playing well against an aggressive A&M squad is simple.

“It’s all down to our passing, moving in our sets and playing with that effort for each other,” she said. “We have to bring a mentality to a road match like this that no one can stop us when we do that.”

Soon, LSU players will have plenty of opportunity for Aggie payback, as Texas A&M joins the SEC next fall.

For now, though, the Tigers hope to erase one of their primary disappointments with a rare second chance.

“I don’t want to have that same feeling, at least not in that situation again,” Boudreau said. “I want to go as far as possible, and A&M is the obstacle for us. We can’t wait for this opportunity.”

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Southeastern Conference title in coach Trent Johnson’s first year at the helm.

LSU is 49-49 in three seasons under Johnson.

Three heralded freshmen in forward Johnny O’Bryant III, point guard Anthony Hickey and guard John Isaac join junior transfer center Justin Hamilton to bolster a squad that returns 76 percent of its scoring from last year.

LSU hopes the Nicholls State game will be a chance to flaunt its newfound depth.

“We want to be extremely fastpaced because we haven’t been able to do that due to depth concerns since I’ve been here,” Johnson said.

Hickey and Hamilton are expected to start at the point guard and

W. KENTUCKY, from page 7

lost a non-conference game in Tiger Stadium, posting a 17-0 record.

Saturday will be the first time Western Kentucky will play LSU and the school’s first time facing the nation’s No. 1-ranked team, but is the second time the Hilltoppers have played in Tiger Stadium.

Western Kentucky defeated New Hampshire, 14-3, in Tiger Stadium to win the 1975 Grantland Rice Bowl and advance to the Division II National Championship Game.

The Hilltoppers started this season with an 0-4 record, but has since won five straight games and moved above .500 for the first time since becoming a bowl eligible

center positions, respectively.

O’Bryant, a 6-foot-10 McDonald’s All-American, is LSU’s most heralded recruit since former lottery pick Anthony Randolph in 2007.

Hickey was Mr. Basketball in the state of Kentucky last year, a consensus four-star recruit as a dynamic defender and slasher and potentially the first Tiger point guard to start from the first tip since Torris Bright in 2000.

LSU won the SEC and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament that year.

The Colonels rode former forward Anatoly Bose’s 28 points, junior guard Fred Hunter ’s timely 3-pointers and a confounding Princeton-style offense to success in last year’s matchup against the Tigers.

Sophomore guard Andre Stringer, the listed starter at shooting team in 2009.

“The guys are coming together and doing it for each other,” Western Kentucky senior running back Bobby Rainey said. “We just came together and started playing for each other.”

Rainey has led the Western Kentucky offense all season with nine touchdowns, averaging 129.89 yards per game.

The nation’s fourth leading rusher in yards per game may run into a wall facing the Tigers’ stingy defense.

LSU’s No. 2-ranked rushing defense held Alabama’s Heisman contender Trent Richardson to 89 yards and no touchdowns.

The Tigers allow an average of 78.78 rushing yards per game,

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guard, said the team’s focus in preparation has been defensive discipline.

“There’s been a lot of stressing the backdoor screens,” Stringer said.

“They run a very patient offense, so we’ll have to be committed to running off the screens and staying active.”

Nicholls lost Bose and two other starters from last year’s .500 Southland Conference squad, and the Colonels are picked to finish last in the conference’s Eastern Division this season.

Hunter and sophomore guard Dantrell Thomas were two of the Colonels’ top four scorers last year and combine with senior Ben Martin to create a relatively dangerous Nicholls backcourt.

“It’s going to be a test, especially for some of our big guys,” said LSU junior forward Eddie Ludwig.

“We know what we’re up against from a defensive look, so we’ve been practicing guarding the perimeter a lot.”

Warren said the Tigers’ likely nine-man rotation has already created a comfort level missing from the thin rosters that characterized his first three seasons.

“Knowing you have someone behind you off the bench that can play as well as you, that’s a big deal,” the senior power forward said.

“Our team could flow well, no matter who we put out there.”

Warren and senior Malcolm White will battle it out with O’Bryant at the power forward spot, with the two seniors each being listed as starting options for the opener.

Johnson said he expects a balanced offensive unit, but singled out sophomore small forward Ralston

Turner — LSU’s top returning scorer — as the primary playmaker.

“Ralston will be our leader from that perspective,” Johnson said. “I know he can be counted on consistently to find the rim and create good looks.”

The game will also mark only the second time the LSU basketball team will play at home on the same day the football team hits the Tiger Stadium turf just across the street.

“The football team has been phenomenal this year, and we’ve got a lot of friends on the team,” Stringer said. “We want to show what we can do, too, with all the excitement around them.”

which is 83.44 yards lower than Western Kentucky’s average.

After the Alabama game, Miles continued to stress the need for continual improvement, even if the opponent doesn’t match up as well physically.

“Every week, Coach [Miles] keeps saying the next game is the most important game,” said sophomore defensive tackle Bennie Logan. “Just because we got a win against Alabama doesn’t mean Western Kentucky is just going to come in and lay down.”

The Western Kentucky defense is led by sophomore linebacker Andrew Jackson, who is tied for 10th in the nation with 13.5 tackles for loss.

Western Kentucky’s Old

Hickory was named a mid-season honorable mention All-American and is the first Hilltopper since 1984 to open the season with four consecutive double-digit tackle games.

One major storyline for LSU will be how Miles decides to use his quarterbacks.

With senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson taking the majority of the snaps against Alabama, the question of how Miles will split time between Jefferson and senior quarterback Jarrett Lee has been a hot topic.

Lee has started each game this season but was benched against Alabama after throwing two interceptions.

Miles said he still plans on using both signal callers.

“We have two quarterbacks who have contributed significantly to the season, and I think that’ll continue,” Miles said. “It will always be about which quarterback gives us the best opportunity of victory.”

The other possible wild card under center could be sophomore quarterback Zach Mettenberger, who hasn’t attempted a pass since playing Northwestern State.

Mettenberger threw for 92 yards and a touchdown against the Demons in LSU’s Sept. 10 home opener.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

SG primarily focused on bettering LSU Student Government President Cody Wells has been catching flack recently concerning his decision to neither sign nor veto the lesbian, gay, bisexual sand transgender history month resolution. The most recent critic is The Daily Reveille’s well-respected columnist, Xerxes A. Wilson.

Wilson lambasts Wells for his apparent irrational decision to not take any action on the resolution.

However, there is a precedent for actively choosing to not sign a bill.

Presidents and governors have done the same thing in the past, issuing a non-signing statement to clarify the situation. However, it is the president’s duty to execute the

legislative branch’s actions.

Therefore, in cases in which the president feels a bill may be constitutionally unsound, he or she must weigh all options and decide to act as an executor while also fulfilling his role as an interpreter.

This letter would not be warranted had Wilson stopped with his concern for President Wells’ actions. Unfortunately, Wilson continued his critique and inconsequentially dragged the entire LSU Student Government organization through the mud.

Wilson writes, “SG is a toothless organization with its stars carrying less name recognition … than the custodians who clean our bathrooms.”

First, I’d like to thank the custodians for their outstanding service and easy-going, approachable attitudes. Having said that, SG is not a talent show in which people try to show off and get ahead. For the most part, SG members are

doing their best to make LSU a better place for current and future students.

Instead of listing every last thing SG has done this year — as I’m sure The Daily Reveille will soon publish its semiannual article reporting which pushcard initiatives our administration has accomplished to date — , I’ll focus on some relatively recent accomplishments from our academic department.

SG has been instrumental in introducing wintersession, creating the student scheduling wait-list system, extending the drop date by 24 hours and decreasing the approved workload during the concentrated study period by half.

Honestly, I don’t believe the majority of students know SG has accomplished these initiatives. With the possible exception of Wells and any of their involved friends, I don’t believe a majority of students could name anyone in SG. I don’t believe

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students really care to discover what we do for them.

The truth is apathy runs rampant in our society. For the most part, people, especially college students, don’t have any idea what the president is up to. Sadly, I don’t have to specify if this is concerning Cody Wells or Barack Obama — it holds true in both cases.

LSU Student Government is here to improve the lives of students on campus in any way we can. We could care less who reads about it in The Reveille or if our names get out there and are sung on high. All we care about is doing our part to ensure LSU’s continuing success.

John Parker Ford Chief of Staff LSU Student Government

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Scum of the Girth

Jokes about Muhammad, like all religious figures, fair game And boom goes the petrol bomb.

French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly in English) recently published a front page caricature of the prophet Muhammad with a caption that read, “100 lashes Parker Cramer if you don’t die of Columnist laughter.”

Consequently, the Charlie Hebdo offices were blown up with a petrol bomb. Petrol, Euro-slang for gasoline, is apparently a cheap and effective way of making a household explosive device, since it took a very short amount of time for some crazy terrorist to put it to use.

Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are extremely offensive to Muslims. Despite this, many French Muslims came out in support of Charlie Hebdo and freedom of the press, citing it as important even if the content is not always sensitive to Muslims. They are asking Muslims not to take the depiction too seriously and calling for peace.

But this isn’t the first time we have seen outcries against broadcasting or publishing depictions of Muhammad. Even “South Park,” depicted Muhammad in a bear suit, caving to the fear of possible backlash if they actually showed the figure without a disguise.

Want to know what makes this situation even better? Charlie Hebdo “has reproduced the image with other caricatures in a special supplement distributed with one of the country’s leading newspapers,” according to Reuters.

This is a classic situation of who is the bigger jackass. On one hand, you have a newspaper that really is just begging to be attacked by printing a Muhammad cartoon. On the other hand, you have some pissed off Muslims who can’t take a joke.

As a member of the press, I think freedom of the press is a pretty good idea. That being said, the press has been known in the past to push the envelope on what is appropriate for print.

In doing this, Charlie Hebdo put the lives of employees and innocent bystanders, who happened to be in the vicinity of the office, at risk. And for what? What did they accomplish by publishing a Muhammad cartoon? Nothing.

That being said, Charlie Hebdo and all newspapers should be able to publish whatever they want without fear of violent retribution from any group, radical Islamists or otherwise.

Learning to take a joke is part of living in Western society. Nothing is sacred here — get used to it. If individuals fought every time someone insulted them, society would not function.

If a newspaper can print caricatures poking fun at Catholic priests,

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then they sure as hell have the right to poke fun at Muhammad.

Whichever individual or group was behind the Charlie Hebdo attack needs to just kick back, down a sixpack and find a pretty lady in need of companionship. There is no better recipe for pacifism.

There is no such thing as a justifiable excuse to kill or attempt to kill others in the name of religion.

I stand behind Charlie Hebdo. Its reprint of a caricature Muhammad after the attack shows defiance in the face of violent

extremism. The newspaper is now obviously aware of the dangers it faces by printing such a depiction, but Charlie Hebdo is fully within its rights to do so.

Any danger the newspaper faces is on its staff, but I would hope other newspapers around the world would follow suit and print stories in the face of adversity or harm.

It all comes back to tolerance.

Tolerance means being able to take a joke and not letting it phase you. Violence is the antithesis of tolerance.

People make fun of Jesus.

People make fun of Scientology.

People make fun of Mormons. And people will continue to make fun of Muhammad. It’s high time to get over it and have a good laugh.

Parker Cramer is a 20-yearold political science junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_pcramer.

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Tobacco-free campus initiative is unrealistic but desirable In the past few decades, smoking, which was once a common habit, has been pushed to the fringes of society.

In 1975, Minnesota became the first state to ban smoking indoors.

The rest of the country began to follow.

Within the next 20 years, most states adopted some sort of smoking ban — some required smoking sections in restaurants, other required all-out bans in public places.

Louisiana has banned smoking from restaurants in past years, but has yet to ban it in bars and casinos.

So far, Nicholls State has been the only university to enact a ban in Louisiana, and Southern University will outlaw tobacco starting in January, according to The Advocate.

Our University has never seen any all-out bans. But last year, the Faculty Senate and Student Government passed a resolution to keep smokers 25 feet away from entrances to buildings.

Though passed, the resolution didn’t appear to do much — just see how many smokers you can count in front of Middleton Library.

But next fall, the rules are

going to be a little more extreme.

Some will find this news comforting.

Others will likely be enraged.

The University will be completely tobacco free in the fall of 2012, according to Judith Sylvester, mass communication professor and chair of the Faculty Senate’s Tobacco-Free Campus Committee.

That’s right — both Student Chris Grillot Government and Faculty Senate Columnist have passed resolutions to make the University a tobacco-free campus next fall.

The ban will include not only cigarettes, but smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes and other types of nicotine substances, Sylvester said.

All tobacco products will be included by the ban in an effort to slow tobacco use among students.

Sylvester said she does not expect a 100-percent success rate the first year the ban is implemented.

“Hopefully, 10 years down the line, realistically we could be smoke

free,” Sylvester said.

To accomplish this tobaccofree goal, Sylvester said she wants to “change the campus culture” so the effort to prevent smoking will be voluntary, not forced.

She wants to implement a social marketing campaign to help change opinions on smoking over time.

According to the committee report, 27 percent of undergraduate students smoke, so the ban is likely to affect many students, but the way the ban would be implemented seems questionable.

I spoke to about 30 smoking students in the Quad on Tuesday.

Most of them seemed shocked that smoking would be totally banned, and nearly all of them said they would still smoke on campus unless there was a strict penalty, similar to the way the University of Arkansas treats offenders.

While a penalty may seem like a good way to get students to stop, Sylvester said her “goal has never been to make it punitive.”

She said she would like to implement a system like the University of Kentucky has where students simply inform their peers who are

smoking to move off campus in the future.

If there really needed to be a penalty to enforce the ban, Sylvester suggested students would have to clean cigarette butts off the ground — just look down wherever you’re walking.

Also, Sylvester said banning smoking on game days will mostly be a challenge, as tailgaters would have to dispose of butts correctly instead of littering. She said the Athletic Department will have to help.

Most people I talked to said no one would walk all the way off campus from the Quad to smoke, instead suggesting designated smoking areas.

The committee is not in favor of smoking areas because they can cost up to $5,000 each and need constant maintenance.

But most of all, the students did not think the ban was realistic.

While it may seem like a huge undertaking to successfully ban tobacco on campus, Sylvester said she thinks it can happen.

“The Quad is the No. 1 target for getting it out,” Sylvester said.

Personally, I don’t think a

holistic ban in one year is realistic. I suggest the committee creates smoking areas and eliminates one each semester for a few years until current students graduate and freshmen enter aware that the campus is becoming tobacco free.

While this new rule may aggravate some students, there’s really nothing to do about it other than accept it.

It is true that there is tons of litter thanks to smokers on campus, and you certainly can’t walk through the Quad without smelling smoke.

Of course people will think they can protest and overcome the ban, but that probably isn’t what’s going to happen. So let’s just go with it. The University will certainly be a healthier and nicer place without tobacco.

Chris Grillot is a 20-year-old English and mass communication junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_cgrillot.

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A BETTER PILL TO SWALLOW

Cosmetic enhancement is a choice, not to be viewed negatively In America, revolving society around the principle of personal liberty is a no-brainer.

Affording people the right to choose the how, when and why of their lives is a luxury that most don’t stop to consider. Certainly, most by-products of a liberal society are desirable. After all, our lives are immeasurably enhanced by the ability to choose our own diets, clothing styles or beliefs.

In fact, it could be argued that the existence of choice is the most integral part of the concept of freedom. But even the seemingly unassailable idea of choice hits the wall when we move away from the metaphysical and focus on the fleshy bits of our selves that we are implored not to change.

Losing weight and gaining muscle are cosmetic practices that usually produce pleasant responses by one’s peers. No doubt, such changes benefit internal health.

But difficulties begin to arise when individuals desire to change attributes that are not readily alterable — nose curvature, ear size or even height.

A 2006 article published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology found that the overall public opinion of those who want or have received plastic surgery is low, as those who undergo cosmetic procedures are considered “materialistic perfectionists.”

Society constantly reinforces the idea that any attempt to modify external appearance is the product of

a sick mind and inadequate protection against body image pressures.

The motives behind such thoughts are nonetheless goodnatured, as such thinking dutifully aims to emphasize the importance of accepting Chris Freyder one’s appearance.

Columnist Cautionary tales of eccentrics such as Michael Jackson and Dennis Avner, the man who systematically became a cat, keep any conversation about plastic surgery sober. These examples can objectively show the horrors frequent, uninhibited cosmetic surgery can produce.

But realistic analysis of the demographics seeking cosmetic surgery shows that the vast majority of recipients possess sound minds.

A study published in the Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons revealed that cosmetic surgery candidates expressed normal levels of satisfaction with their overall appearance. Dissatisfaction with their image was solely concentrated on the feature they expressed the desire to change.

In this sense, producing an atmosphere in which the personal decision to pursue superficial enhancement is harshly rebuked by peer reaction may be just as unhealthy as supporting unrestrained body modification.

Perhaps the most frequently

cited argument against cosmetic enhancement is that it is not medically necessary. A counterpoint that cosmetic enhancement improves health holistically by enhancing body image is also brought to the table.

To truly make a progression in such discourse, both arguments should be dropped.

The idea that a procedure should objectively benefit the physical health of a patient is an antiquated idea and does not coincide with the motivations behind cosmetic augmentations. Patients of cosmetic procedures are looking to improve their quality of life and, in a sense enhance the human experience itself.

That being said, doctors and clinics cannot shirk the responsibility of making sure that patients understand the ramifications of their procedures. Surgeons should also take every necessary step to ensure they are not performing overly dramatic surgeries on mentally unstable patients.

In a way, it’s understandable why society looks at cosmetic enhancement with a disdainful eye.

Going under the knife almost always entails the possibility of failure. But physical enhancement via plastic surgery is only scratching the surface of augmentation.

The administration of human growth hormone to abnormally short children that do not exhibit growth deficiencies has already been shown to be safe and effective.

Also, the infant science of gene

therapy has revealed that the human genome may one day be a toolbox for manipulation.

As we begin releasing the locks on our ability to transform the human body’s features, societal norms will most likely try to limit the pursuit of such treatments. But no matter how foreign the idea of physical enhancement may seem, the virtue of personal choice in these matters

should not be stamped out.

Chris Freyder is a 21-year-old biological sciences senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Cfreyder.

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Pay: $3.50-$7.50 / delivery tips.

Must have cell with unlimited text and internet.

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FEMALE ROOMATE Subleaser needed for 2-bedroom apt at Venue at Northgate. Parking, furniture included. Available immediately. rfont23@lsu.edu 281.386.7440 WANTED! Male spring subleaser for

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Tolerance with sarcasm is highly recommended. Must also be willing to always watch the Jurassic park series at any given time! The ìgodforsaken Nike shortsî are tolerated on my good days. So if you wouldÖ the line forms to the left 2/3RDS LOOKING FOR OTHER 1/3RD Looking for a bookworm redhaired girl who loves eating mintflavored foods and enjoys going on an occasional chinese food trip while pointing out every purple object she sees. She must be an avid Harry Potter fan and can’t refuse any sort of coffee. Watching Saints football with a strong passion on the weekends is a must.

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The Daily Reveille

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Friday, November 11, 2011

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