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Pro-life supporters march to the Capitol on Saturday, marking the 38th anniversary of abortion’s legalization.

About a dozen University students protest pro-life march Kate Mabry Contributing Writer

A protestor expresses his disapproval of La. Sen. David Vitter on Saturday.

While more than 3,000 anti-abortion advocates attended the first Baton Rouge Life March to the Capitol on Saturday morning, a small group of University students with opposing views dedicated themselves to forming a counter protest.

Wanda Kaiser, anthropology freshman, and Nathan Anderson, political science freshman, said they first

noticed the advertisement for the Life March on a billboard while driving on the interstate.

They decided they wanted to voice their opposing views, and Kaiser said she created a Facebook event Jan. 4 to let their friends and family know about the event.

Soon after, Alicia Ridout, liberal arts sophomore

Read opposing columns on abortion, p. 13 PROTEST, see page 15

Pro-choice supporters respond to the pro-life advocates with opposing signs.

MEMORIAL

Service honors memory of retired French professor Frazier died of leukemia in May Brian Sibille Contributing Writer

Pennie Nichols, a friend of Adelaide “Dela” Stuart Frazier, said despite her 10-year struggle with leukemia, Frazier was always willing to help Nichols with the struggles in her life.

“I miss her graceful way of living through, above and in spite of any mess,” Nichols said.

A memorial service was held Saturday afternoon at the French House for Frazier, a retired University French professor who died May 27 from complications of her leukemia.

Many of Frazier’s friends and

colleagues shared memories of her at “She knew the most important the service in the Grand Salon. places to be in Paris,” Bongiorni “I may be a bit biased,” said said.

Frazier’s brother Bill, “but Dela was Frazier was passionate and enthe most beautiful gaging in her teachperson I’ve ever ing, said French known.” studies professor Those who Adelaide Russo. did not know FraFrazier also played zier had leukemia a role in introducwould have never ing business into guessed, Nichols the French prosaid, and she lived gram’s curriculum, Pennie Nichols a joyful and giving Russo said. friend of Adelaide Frazier life despite her disFrazier retired ease. only a year ago, Frazier often traveled to Nichols said, and remained a dediFrance with French studies pro- cated professor while fighting her fessor Kevin Bongiorni, who told disease and enduring painful treatstories at the service of how Fra- ments. zier made the most of her trips to A business scholarship will the country. His stories prompt- be named after Frazier so future ed much laughter from those in FRAZIER, see page 15 attendance.

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‘I miss her graceful way of living through, above and in spite of any mess.’

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Adelaide Russo, French studies professor, speaks Saturday at the memorial service for retired French professor Adelaide Frazier at the French House.

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Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

UN scolds nations for deporting Iraqis back into danger zone

California nonprofits vying to host decomissioned USS Iowa

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board looks to trim travel costs

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency scolded nations Sunday for deporting Iraqis back into danger, delivering his criticism on a day when insurgents rattled the Baghdad area with a series of bombings that killed 10 people.

Antonio Guterres, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, said an estimated 2,000 Iraqis have been fleeing their homeland every month, including a “significant number of Christians.”

An Iraqi policeman stands in front a destroyed a car after a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The USS Iowa supported U.S. forces fighting the Japanese during World War II and helped tankers safely navigate the Persian Gulf in the IranIraq War. Though the ship has long since been out of service, its final battle is still being waged. Two California nonprofits — one in the San Francisco Bay area, the other in Los Angeles — are vying to host the decommissioned ship as a tourist attraction.

The Navy is expected to make a decision within a few months.

Albainian Parliament holds special session to investigate protests

FBI: Woman who raised stolen NY baby held after parole violation

(AP) — The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is discussing ways to cut back on the cost of professional travel.

The Advocate said expense reports showed 167 different trips costing more than $240,000 that 17 different board took since January 2005.

The issue was brought up along with other topics Saturday during an all-day retreat, the first since the 11-member board was sworn into office Jan. 2.

Tarvald Smith, who spent almost $23,000 on 15 trips during a six-year period, suggested that board members have individual budgets.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s parliament held a special session late Sunday to discuss the investigation of the violent opposition protest that the governing Democratic Party called an attempted overthrow of the government.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha said at a Cabinet meeting the parliament would convene “to create an investigative parliamentary commission on the putsch.”

Opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama urged people to come to a peaceful demonstration Friday.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A North Carolina woman who raised a child kidnapped from a New York hospital two decades ago was taken into custody Sunday on a parole violation charge, the FBI said.

Ann Pettway surrendered Sunday morning to the FBI and Bridgeport, Conn., police on a warrant from North Carolina, FBI supervisory special agent William Reiner said.

Pettway, who has family in Bridgeport, was on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement.

Israeli panel clears military and government of wrongdoing in raid JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli panel on Sunday cleared the military and government of any wrongdoing during last year’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound international flotilla, but the finding appeared unlikely to repair damage to Israel’s standing.

Nine pro-Palestinian activists, eight Turkish citizens and a Turkish American, were killed as Israeli commandos boarded one of the ships in the flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, last May 31. The report said the armed defense of Israel’s maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled coastal strip was justified under international law.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a massive narcotics investigation has led to the arrest of dozens of people and put a major dent in the cocaine trade.

Law enforcement said during a news conference at FBI headquarters in New Orleans that as many as 60 people could face charges and 38 were arrested during a sweep Friday.

Most of the arrests were made without incident.

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CAMPUS

University libraries use technology to attract students Social media, texts among new methods Morgan Searles Contributing Writer

The University libraries aren’t full of just stacked books and CC’s coffee.

They’re full of people — librarians and faculty — who are constantly looking for new ways to attract students to the facilities.

These attractions include tech-savvy alternatives to traditional referencing, social media outlets to keep students informed and a mobile website to change the way people access library resources.

Middleton Library opened a service Aug. 23 to answer library-related questions through text messaging.

Messages sent from cell phones go through Google Voice

and are answered by librarians resources and events and to help via computers at the reference students become familiar with desk. the names, faces and accomplishIncoming texts have been ments of librarians, said Sigrid steady since the service started Kelsey, librarian and blogger. in August, with Students read September and the blog and leave November tied for Number of texts received comments showby the library the biggest month ing their interest with 21 texts each, in what the library said assistant lihas to say, Kelsey August: 5 brarian Jenna said.

September: 21 Ryan.

“The stuAs of middents are using October: 15 January, 78 texts all kinds of media November: 21 total have been to communicate December: 11 answered. with each other,” “We’re hopKelsey said. “If ing it’ll pick up,” we fall behind and Ryan said. “The texting service are not keeping up with all the takes so little effort, we consider new ways to communicate, the it worth doing, even though the students won’t see us as being up numbers are small.” to date. I think it’s important to In addition to directly ask- keep up with all the advances.” ing questions by text, students For smart phone users, the are encouraged to follow the libraries developed a mobile University libraries on Twitter, website, released Aug. 5. The Facebook and the libraries’ blog. site can be used to find the availThe blog is used to promote ability of books or computers,

make a reservation, find hours and access mobile databases.

Because it’s a mobile version of the website and not an iPhone app, any phone that has web browsing capabilities can use it, Ryan said.

“I take objection to the stereotype that libraries are old and smelly,” Ryan said. “We’re trying to keep up and be where the patrons are. The more avenues we use to get the word out that we have cool stuff, the better.”

Taylor Parks, psychology

freshman knew the libraries have a Facebook, but not a texting service, Twitter or blog.

“I think it would make it easier and simpler to text instead of asking someone who might not know what’s going on,” Parks said. “It’s convenient, maybe not 100 percent necessary, but a useful tool for students to use.”

Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com

POLITICS

Poll shows Gov. Bobby Jindal has promising re-election prospects 49 percent of voters favor the governor Matthew Albright Staff Writter

A new poll indicates almost half of voters would support Gov. Bobby Jindal for re-election regardless of his opponent, according to news reports.

The telephone poll of 600 likely voters says 49 percent of voters would vote for Jindal, 40 percent would prefer someone else and 11 percent are uncertain.

Market Research Insight conducted the poll on behalf of a group of business leaders.

Jindal performs even better in the poll’s hypothetical election ballot, featuring State Treasurer and fellow Republican John Kennedy and Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans’ Democratic mayor.

The poll indicates Jindal would take 51 percent of the vote, with Landrieu taking 25 percent, Kennedy taking 10 percent and 14 percent undecided.

Neither Kennedy nor Landrieu have indicated they will challenge Jindal.

From whom — or even whether — Jindal will face a challenger for his re-election is a matter of speculation among political observers.

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Although Jindal’s popularity has lagged slightly in the past few months, it remains high at more than 55 percent, according to a poll by Southern Media and Opinion Research.

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GUEST LECTURE

Distinguished economics professor advises freshmen Colleagues, students attend presentation Parker Cramer Contributing Writer

Middlebury College economics professor and author David Colander spoke to LSU students Friday afternoon about the gritty details of the nation’s financial crisis. A group of about 30 to 40 students, professors and teaching assistants heard Colander give a lecture titled “The Policy Dilemma Facing the U.S. Economy.”

Colander wrote the textbooks used by LSU students in Economics 2030.

“I’m here to depress you,” he said. “I mean really depress you.”

Colander prefaced his speech by saying it’s far less likely the current generation of college students will be able to get as good and high-paying jobs as their parents did.

Colander described the 2008 financial crisis as a “heart attack.”

“The good news is the economy didn’t die,” he said. “The bad news is the reason we had the heart attack has not been dealt with, and we are creating the conditions for an even worse heart attack in the future.”

Colander related the econ- they were different from the rest omy to a heart attack patient in of the world, they were more prorecovery. ductive and they deserved a highA heart attack patient needs er standard of living than the rest exercise to get better, Colander of the world, Colander said. said, but Americans force fed Europe, Japan and Korea remoney to the economy without covered, but the U.S. continued to exercising it. be a competitor.

In a nutshell, India and banks gave large China have plenmortgages to tiful low-cost lapeople who could bor and began to not afford them be huge competiby allowing them tors for the U.S. not to pay interest in the 1990s, Colfor several years, ander said. according to C o l a n d e r ’s David Colander Colander. When speech reinforced the people could economics professor and author the idea that not pay back Americans are not the mortgage in a few years, the any different than the rest of the house had to be foreclosed. world, but are most likely lazier.

“We kept living beyond our He said it is ridiculous to believe means and believing that we were America can stay ahead in the different — more productive sim- world economy and have a higher ply because we were the Ameri- standard of living than the rest of can,” read a slide on Colander ’s the world if the nation does not PowerPoint. also work harder than the rest of After World War II, Europe the world. was destroyed and the U.S. was Colander received his Ph.D. the commander in the global from Columbia University and economy because the U.S. was teaching awards from Princeton the global low-cost producer, University. He has authored, coColander said. authored or edited more than 35 “This was a temporary phe- books. nomenon, not a permanent pheContact Parker Cramer at nomenon,” he said. pcramer@lsureveille.com Americans started to believe

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‘I’m here to depress you. I mean really depress you.’

RELIEF

LBTC receives two awards to help companies impacted by hurricanes Money to go to 150 to 300 businessess Rachel Warren Staff Writer

The outlook may get a little sunnier after Feb. 1 for companies negatively impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. That’s when the Louisiana Business and Technology Center will begin working with the companies to improve their business practices after the LBTC earned two awards to ‘It’s tough- help the comer to get panies out.

Charles back in D ’ A g o s t i n o , business if executive diof the you don’t rector LBTC, which have a is part of the E.J. Ourso Colplan.’ lege of Business, said the Charles Office of ComD’Agostino munity DeLBTC executive velopment of director Louisiana approached several organizations and requested proposals for business assistance plans.

Matthew Wiggins, LBTC

counselor, said the LBTC sub- from English to other languages mitted two different proposals — and to teach them to use search one for $265,000 and another for engines popular in other coun$235,000 — to tries, Wiggins be spent in a pesaid.

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“They’re gopanies in Louisiana ing from being Both proposals were among the to being that are really trying passive 15 selected to reactive, to actively to mold and shape the seeking out peoceive the award.

D’Agostino ple in other couneconomy.’ said the money tries,” he said.

Charles D’Agostino will go to 150 to Wiggins said LBTC executive director 300 individual the $235,000 companies.

He award will go to said LBTC officials involved developing business technology with the project will travel across with companies that work with the state to provide businesses alternative energies and digital with plans and assistance. media, among other things.

“We have to travel from “These are the companies in Lake Charles to New Orleans,” Louisiana that are really trying to he said. “Gustav went all the way mold and shape the economy,” he up to Alexandria.” said.

D’Agostino said teams of D’Agostino said counselors counselors visited business sites will also help businesses create to see how they’ve been coping contingency plans to deal with with the aftermath of hurricanes the aftermath of future hurrito choose which businesses will canes. be involved with the project.

“It’s tougher to get back Wiggins said the $265,000 in business if you don’t have a will be used to make local com- plan,” he said. panies more prominent in international markets and increase trade.

Consultants from the UniContact Rachel Warren at versity will work with business rwarren@lsureveille.com owners to translate their websites

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David Colander, distinguished professor of economics at Middlebury College, discusses the current and future state of the economy Friday in Howe-Russell.

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ADMINISTRATION

Foster named Humanities and Social Sciences dean

“My goal all along was to protect the students and faculty and rebuild when the time comes,” he said.

Budget cuts to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Meredith Will have been made by the Budget Contributing Writer Crisis Committee, Foster said.

After 18 months, Gaines The recruitment of graduate Foster has been named dean of students has dropped because of the College of Humanities and budget cuts, and the College of Social Sciences by Executive Humanities and Social Sciences Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack has not made new hires in any Hamilton. positions for two years, Foster The LSU said. Vacant poSystem Board of sitions have been Supervisors will filled by people vote to approve who are not on the appointment the budget. at its next meet“The most ing, which was dramatic cut in scheduled for budget cuts is the January but has cut to languages,” been postponed to Foster said. “This March. is a personal tragGaines Foster Foster, who edy and a tragedy interim dean, was already servto the UniverCollege of Humanities ing as interim sity.” and Social Sciences dean of the colThough he lege, said the postponement will was born in Alexandria, Foster not have an effect on his current grew up in South Carolina and job. attended Wofford College, a “I come in to work every small Christian college of about morning, and it’s just the same 1,500 students. He specialized in thing,” Foster said. “I’m perfect- Southern history. ly happy to be Foster said he became a pro‘He makes interim dean as fessor at LSU on Aug. 18, 1982. as neces- He later became the chair of the it more long sary.”

History Department before bewelcoming F o s t e r coming interim dean.

“I feel fortunate for the years here and said he is most interested in I have spent at LSU,” Foster said. interacts helping stuFoster said he wants to bring with us.’ dents advance, the “small-college” experience to and he also the University through increased Anna McPherson said initiatives personal attention to the students. childhood education should come from the stujunior dents themselves to provide a better college experience.

“What makes this University Contact Meredith Will at great is the faculty and students,” mwill@lsureveille.com Foster said.

Students in the college said Foster’s personable demeanor makes him pleasant to be around.

“He makes it more welcoming here and interacts with us,” said Anna McPherson, childhood education junior.

Bill Demastes, English professor and director of English undergraduate studies, said most of the faculty members appreciate the process Hamilton used to appoint Foster from interim dean to dean.

“He’s a great dean,” Demastes said. “There’s no doubt about it.”

Demastes said an e-mail was broadcast to faculty members in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences asking them to nominate members from the faculty. Two finalists made public presentations, and the faculty gave feedback individually and through a faculty committee.

“Even through these trying times that we’ve experienced, most people remained very happy with the choice,” Demastes said.

Foster said he hopes to keep the academic quality as high as possible even in the face of budget cuts.

Appointment to be finalized in March

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Gaines Foster’s appointment as dean will be finalized when it is put to a vote at the next Board of Supervisors meeting in March.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SEC exchange allows student leaders to share ideas Other schools impress LSU representatives Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

LSU Student Government representatives attended a Southeastern Conference exchange at Mississippi State University this weekend where they listened to speakers, swapped ideas and met SG representatives from other SEC universities.

From LSU, SG members President J Hudson, Vice President Dani Borel, Chief of Staff Phoebe Hathorn, Speaker Pro Tempore Aaron Caffarel, Chief Justice Danielle Rushing, Assistant Director of Academics Thomas Rodgers and Sens. David Jones and Cody Wells attended the conference.

“My expectations were exceeded,” Jones said. “We exchanged ideas, stories, concerns and successes. I believe it’s going drive all of us to keep doing what we’re doing and drive all of us to a higher level.”

Many of the LSU representatives discovered an aspect of another SEC school’s student government that they would like to incorporate at the University.

Hudson would like to to earn them, like winning iPads. implement an He was also imidea from the Unipressed that Kenversity of South tucky’s SG started Carolina where a scholarship enSG members ask dowment. students during Jones was inthe first week of spired by the Misschool what pushsissippi Commiscard initiatives sioner of Higher David Jones they would like to Education, who LSU SG senator see enforced. discussed with SG “It sets a representatives precedent that you want to work how to fight budget cuts at their with students,” Hudson said.

Hudson was also interested in ideas to better utilize Groovin’ on the Grounds funding and ways to raise SG presidents’ and vice presidents’ salaries for the amount of work they put forth.

Hathorn said she enjoyed networking and would like to explore a University of Alabama program where incoming freshmen are matched by their interests to organizations before they arrive at school.

“Knowing that there’s a place for you to fit in right before you get on campus — that’s a great learning initiative,” Hathorn said.

Caffarel was interested in the University of Kentucky’s equivalent to LSU’s Priority Points called “tally cats,” which are used at smaller sporting competitions and social events with incentives

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‘I believe it’s going to drive all of us ... to a higher level.’

photo courtesy of DANI BOREL

Members of Student Government discuss the SG website at this past weekend’s SEC exchange. The exchange allowed the students to explore other student governments.

respective schools.

“He inspired me more than anyone,” Jones said. “I really felt he understood the rigor and challenge that we’re facing with higher education.”

Jones is also hopeful this exchange will inspire SG representatives to advocate LSU in the fight against budget cuts.

“It’s just a feeling that I believe in my heart and mind: We’re going to be OK,” he said. “We’re going to find the ways to make

sure that the flagship is flying and flying high. We’re all working toward the same thing — to protect our universities to create a place where students want to make memories.”

LSU hosted the SG SEC exchange last year, and the University of Arkansas will host it next year.

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

Tiger Feed: Read blogger Ryan Ginn’s take on former LSU track coach Pat Henry’s success at Texas A&M.

Sports

Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

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False Start

FOOTBALL

LSU suffers second blowout in a row after starting 2-0 in SEC play

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aturday’s men’s basketball in historic Rupp Arena. game began with cheers of Losing to Ole Miss was a differ“Geaux to Hell, Ole Miss” from ent story. a relatively full LSU student section.

This scar came at the hands of a It ended with eerie silence and winless SEC West team in front of the empty seats.

1981 and 1986 Final Four teams and Ole Miss (13-7, 1-4) mauled 8,060 fans.

LSU, 78-51, to hand “The last two the Tigers their secgames have been Michael Lambert ond-straight blowout embarrassing,” said Sports Writer Southeastern Conferfreshman guard Matt ence loss of the season.

Derenbecker. “We’ve been dominatThe most recent one has been ed in all aspects of the game.” harder to swallow than the first.

The Tigers roared into conferKentucky gave LSU (10-9, 2-2 ence play with wins against Auburn SEC) its first blemish on the confer- and Arkansas, but since then LSU has ence record Jan. 15, 82-44, but the BLOWOUT, see page 11 Wildcats were a top-25 team playing

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‘The last two games have been embarrassing. We’ve been dominated in all aspects of the game.’

Matt Derenbecker LSU freshman guard

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LSU junior forward Storm Warren attempts a shot against the Ole Miss Rebels during the Tigers’ 78-51 loss Saturday. LSU has suffered two straight blowout losses.

Toliver fails to shine in Shrine game Staff Reports Only two and a half weeks removed from winning the Cotton Bowl Offensive MVP, former LSU wide receiver Terrence Toliver laid a goose egg in his final collegiate game.

Toliver, who hauled in three touchdowns Jan. 7 in the Cotton Bowl, failed to record a catch Saturday in the 86th annual East-West Shrine Game in Orlando, Fla. Toliver’s lack of production, however, wasn’t a factor as the East won without him, 25-8.

But all may not be lost as Toliver flashed signs of his talent during East’s practice sessions.

ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay highlighted Toliver last week during a Shrine game segment as one of the players who proved the most to NFL scouts.

“Terrence Toliver of LSU has had a big week,” said McShay, who projects Toliver as a third-round draft pick. “This week ... he’s really showed he could be a playmaker and get down the field and catch the ball over his head.”

Toliver entered his career at LSU as a freshman with high expectations. The 6-foot-5-inch, 203-pound Toliver was the No. 1 receiver and a five-star prospect out of Hempstead High School in Texas but never quite lived up to the billing.

After being used sparingly TOLIVER, see page 11

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers crush Lady Gators LSU out-rebounds Florida, 41-24 Mark Clements Sports Contributor

Coming off one of its best offensive performances of the season, the LSU women’s basketball team kept its hot hand Sunday afternoon.

The Lady Tigers (14-7, 4-3) came out of the gates firing, hitting 6-of-13 from 3-point range in the first half en route to a 72-58 victory against Florida (12-9, 2-5) in the PMAC. “It’s just finding the open spot,” said sophomore guard Adrienne Webb, who sunk three of her first four treys in the game. “If I’m

open and have a shot, I’m going to take it.”

Webb had 18 points in the game.

And while the Lady Tiger defense led the way in the first half of the season, the offense maintained control of the paint throughout the entire contest in what LSU coach Van Chancellor called “the most dominant rebounding we have seen since I’ve been here, even with Sylvia [Fowles].”

LSU outrebounded Florida 4124 in the game and outscored the Gators 30-10 in the paint.

“They were switching everything and we had a lot of mismatches, so we got the ball inside,” said Chancellor, referring to one the team’s go-to plays that opened up shots down low for the Lady Tigers.

Junior forward LaSondra Barrett was the catalyst for the Lady Tigers with 14 points and 12 rebounds, marking her third doubledouble of the season and eighth in her career.

Barrett, who went down in the second half with a left ankle injury, returned later in the half to complete the performance and was just two assists away from a triple double.

Barrett said despite the dominant stat line, the Gators didn’t go down without a fight.

“At the end of the game, whatever team had the best defense and the most rebounds were going to come out with the win,” said Barrett, who is just seven FLORIDA see page 11

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LSU junior forward LaSondra Barrett (55) attempts a jump shot during the Lady Tigers’ 72-58 win against Florida on Sunday in the PMAC.

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TRACK AND FIELD

SWIMMING AND DIVING

an opportunity to compete against a premier program on the very track we’re going to see again when we do come back for the NCAA Championships,” coach Dennis Shaver said in a news release. “Running on the Chris Abshire bank for the first time was important Sports Contributor for us.”

The LSU track and field team Along with her victory in the ran into an impressive Texas A&M 60-meter, Hackett, the nation’s No. squad in an early-season indoor dual 3-ranked sprinter, also took third meet Saturday between the two pres- place in a tightly contested 200-metigious track powers. ter dash final, losing by just three Despite an outstanding day for one-hundredths of a second to AgTiger senior Walter gie sprinter Jessica Henning, the AgBeard.

Individual titles won gies bested the LSU Saturday at Gilliam Indoor Also winning men’s squad by a individual events Track Stadium: tight 84-75 margin, for the Lady Tigers and junior Semoy were senior BritHackett’s strong Walter Henning, 35-pound weight tany Hall in the 800 sprints couldn’t throw meters, senior Britprevent a 91-67 Semoy Hackett, 60-meter dash tani Carter in the defeat for the LSU Damar Forbes, long jump high jump, senior women’s team.

Melissa Ogbourne LSU and Tex- Barrett Nugent, 60-meter hurdles in the triple jump as A&M both en- Josh Dominguez, pole vault and junior Samia tered the meet with Kyron Blaise, triple jump crown Stokes in the weight high preseason ex- Brittany Hall, 800-meter dash throw. pectations, as the Brittani Carter, high jump On the men’s Tigers enjoyed a Melissa Ogbourne, triple jump side, the field and No. 2 ranking and Samia Stokes, weight throw jumping events the Lady Tigers were bright spots held the No. 3 spot, in a close meet with and vice versa for Texas A&M. the No. 3 Aggies.

Legendary former Tiger coach Henning threw an NCAAPat Henry, who won 27 total nation- leading 72-3 3/4 feet in the weight al championships in his time at LSU, throw, earning him an automatic bid now serves as head coach for the Ag- to March’s Indoor Championship, gies, guiding them to back-to-back where he will defend his national sweeps of the men’s and women’s crown from last season. outdoor national titles in the past two He then continued his impresyears. sive afternoon with a dominant vicFor the Lady Tigers, it was the tory in the shot put just minutes later, sprint events that provided some ear- earning the Tigers five more points. ly season highlights.

Sophomore Damar Forbes Hackett defeated Texas A&M maintained his spectacular early-seaAll-American Jeneba Tarmoh by just son form by winning the long jump 0.03 in the 60-meter dash final heat one week after setting a personalwith a time of 7.24 seconds, match- best mark in the event during last ing her personal best and assuring weekend’s Purple Tiger Invitational.

Hackett an automatic berth at the Other men’s individual winners Indoor Track and Field Champion- included junior All-American Barships. rett Nugent in the 60-meter hurdles, This year’s Indoor Track and senior Josh Dominguez in the pole Field Championships will also be vault and junior Kyron Blaise in the held at the Gilliam Indoor Track Sta- triple jump. dium at Texas A&M in March.

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LSU, as well.

Sophomore Chris Mericas finished with two personal-best times in his backstroke events, one of them coming just behind the first-place Meyers in the 100Albert Burford yard backstroke. Mericas also Sports Contributor won the 200-yard backstroke.

In a highly competitive dual “He’s had a great attitude all meet Saturday, the Texas A&M year, I’m excited for him,” Geyer men’s and women’s swimming said. “He deserved the win.” and diving teams edged out Freshman Torrey Bussey LSU’s squads. finished second The No. in the 200-yard 8 Texas A&M breaststroke women nipped and sophomore the No. 23 Lady Jana RuimerTigers (10-4), man earned third 163-120, while place in the 200the No. 22 LSU yard backstroke, men’s team (6showing promise David Geyer 5) fell to No. 20 for the future of LSU swimming and diving Texas A&M by a the Lady Tigers. co-head coach count of 166-134.

The divers “I knew it would be a tight had a few standout performances battle,” said co-head coach David of their own, with junior Matt Geyer. “It always is with Texas Vieke earning second place in A&M.” the 3-meter competition. The The meet, however, wasn’t score of 388.20 was a career best lacking strong performances by LSU swimmers.

After breaking a pool record in the 50-yard freestyle at the LSU Natatorium last weekend, senior swimmer Jane Trepp finished first in two races for the Lady Tigers.

“Texas A&M has a strong and deep team,” Geyer said.

“I’m proud of how our ladies did against them.”

Trepp won the 50-yard freestyle as well as the 100-yard butterfly.

Senior swimmer Hannes Heyl had an outstanding day to lead the men’s efforts. Heyl recorded a victory in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 20.36 seconds and earned first place in the 100-yard butterfly.

Senior swimmers James Meyers, Lamar Weeks and Clint Hallum all joined Heyl in posting first-place finishes for the Tigers in College Station.

Meyers won the 100-yard backstroke, while Weeks earned first in the 200-yard butterfly, and Hallum won the individual medley.

The young Tigers and Lady Tigers earned points for

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Aggies trounce Tigers LSU falls short to Big 12 powerhouse in early indoor meet Women prepare for Men, women gain individual titles

final meet of season

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‘I knew it would be a tight battle. ... It always is with Texas A&M.’

for Vieke, who came within five points of setting a school record.

In the 1-meter competition, freshman Sean McKinney and sophomore Elle Schmidt led LSU. McKinney finished third for the men, while Schmidt earned fourth for the Lady Tigers.

The LSU men’s team finished its regular season, and now will look ahead to the Southeastern Conference championships, which will be hosted at Florida next month.

“The results have been more consistent,” Geyer said of the team’s preparedness for SEC championships. “We’re in a great spot for the championships.”

The Lady Tigers still have one meet left. They will face Tulane, Rice and Houston in a twoday meet next weekend hosted at the LSU Natatorium.

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GYMNASTICS

Tigers snap 10-meet home winning streak Friday No. 24 LSU falls to No. 1 Florida Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

Consistency.

LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux preached the word throughout the week, but it was No. 1 Florida who had it Friday at No. 24 LSU’s home opening meet.

The Tigers (0-3, 0-2) led after the first rotation but fell behind soon thereafter and couldn’t regain any rhythm, as the Gators (3-0, 2-0) won decisively, 196.425-194.000.

“We gave away a point and a half in immature mistakes and foolish things that should not have taken place,” Breaux said.

The loss snapped LSU’s 10meet home win streak. The Tigers won every home meet last season.

“We’ve got some upperclassmen that right now they’re still trying to find their fitness, they’re still trying to be stronger off the floor, and I can’t explain that,” Breaux said. “It’s kind of frustrating.”

LSU began the night promisingly on vault, posting a

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Freshman Kaleigh Dickson earns a 9.275 during the floor event Friday. She notched a 38.500 all around during the meet, ending the Tigers’ home winning streak.

season-high score of 49.125, and freshman Sarie Morrison posted a career-high individual score of 9.875 in the rotation. Junior Ashley Lee finished with the same score, and each LSU gymnast scored above a 9.700.

The Tigers couldn’t carry the same luck to the uneven bars, posting a season-low 48.100. LSU struggled on bars in its opening

meet against Oregon State, as well, posting a 48.200.

“Tonight on bars we saw extra swings and uncharacteristic things that shouldn’t be happening,” Breaux said.

Two of the Tigers’ first three scores on bars were under 9.500.

Senior Samantha Engle and Morrison rounded out the scores with a respectable 9.725 and 9.800,

FOOTBALL

Miles has long admired Kragthorpe Staff Reports LSU coach Les Miles was familiar with new offensive coordinator Steve Kragthorpe long before Miles interviewed him.

Kragthorpe was the head coach at Tulsa when Miles piloted Oklahoma State.

“I watched ‘I watched him at Tulsa, he threw [Kragthorpe] and the ball so at Tulsa, and stinking well,” told a he threw the Miles group of reball so porters. “I marstinking veled at how good Tulsa well.’ could move the football against Les Miles Oklahoma.

LSU football coach Oklahoma State had less talent than Oklahoma, and Tulsa had less talent than Oklahoma State.”

Miles thinks Kragthorpe will help simplify the thought process of the offense from this past season. It’s no secret LSU’s quarterbacks struggled throughout the season, posting a cumulative 57 percent completion rate and 155.6 yards per game.

“I just felt like [Kraghthorpe] could shortcut some of the elaborate thought process that was going on,” Miles said. “And that would make our guys quicker decision makers.”

MURPHY NOT RETURNING Miles also announced senior running back Richard Murphy

will not attempt to gain a sixth year of eligibility.

Murphy, who played minimally this season, ends his LSU career with 524 rushing yards with two touchdowns. He also caught 29 passes for 214 yards.

Murphy was expected to be the main secondary back behind then junior Stevan Ridley. He was

supplanted by freshmen Michael Ford and Spencer Ware, though.

Murphy was named to the Doak Walker Award watchlist before the season, which honors college football’s top running back.

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respectively.

Morrison’s 9.800 tied for the title in the event. It marked the only event a Tiger shared an individual title.

It was also Engle’s only event after persevering through an ankle injury that kept her out last weekend against Auburn.

“We need [Engle] in three events,” Breaux said. “We need the experience. She’s a senior that’s capable of giving us 9.80s and 9.90s.

We need to see that come around, and I don’t know how long that’s going to take.”

Morrison competed in every rotation and finished with an allaround score of 39.100.

“I tell the kids what I want is a little bit of improvement each week, and Sarie’s done that,” Breaux said. “She works hard at her fitness. She looks good for a very tall gymnast.”

The Tigers lost the lead

after the bars, 98.275-97.225, and couldn’t keep up with the nation’s best team.

LSU didn’t post a single individual score higher than 9.800 after the bars, while the Gators remained consistent with six scores of at least 9.800 in the final two events.

Florida outscored LSU by .575 on the beam and .800 on the floor to seal the win.

Morrison and sophomore Janelle Garcia led the Tigers on beam, each posting a 9.725. A trio of Tigers paced LSU on floor with a 9.725.

A crowd of 3,590 was on hand to witness the defeat.

“We want to come back and please the crowd,” Lee said. “We need to go in the gym and work harder and get better.”

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NFL

Packers win NFC, Steelers take AFC for trip to Super Bowl XLV Pittsburgh holds the most titles with six The Associated Press NFC CHAMPIONSHIP CHICAGO (AP) — It was the 182nd meeting in the league’s most historic rivalry, and the stakes had never been bigger.

Now the Green Bay Packers (13-6) are headed to Dallas. And no matter what happens in the Super Bowl, the Packers and their fans hold ultimate bragging rights over their rivals to the South. The Packers will play the winner of Sunday night’s AFC title game between the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Aaron Rodgers ran for a touchdown. He made a touchdown-saving tackle. And he was better than three Bears quarterbacks in leading Green Bay to the Super Bowl with an ugly-but-beautiful 21-14 victory Sunday against Chicago.

“It’s a dream come true,” Rodgers said. “It’s an incredible feeling. I’m at a loss for words.”

Rodgers kept the Bears’ defense off balance all afternoon, Green Bay punter Tim Masthay kept Devin Hester under wraps and the Packers’ superb defense took care of the rest in knocking the rival Bears out of the playoffs.

All Jay Cutler could do was

watch, having left the game with a knee injury early in the third quarter. And with Cutler sitting, littleknown backup Caleb Hanie actually made it a game.

Chicago’s third-string quarterback rallied the Bears for a touchdown drive to cut the lead to 14-7 after Chester Taylor’s 1-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

Hanie and the Bears had a chance to tie the game after the Bears’ defense finally got a few stops, but Hanie threw a ball straight to Packers defensive lineman B.J. Raji, who lumbered 18 yards into the end zone for a touchdown to give the Packers a 21-7 lead.

Rodgers threw for 244 yards with two interceptions, but his play in the first half put the Bears in a hole as their defense seemed to fall for every play-action fake.

The Bears couldn’t make anything happen with primary backup Todd Collins in for Cutler, and appeared to be headed for a blowout until Hanie took over.

But the Bears were in a hole, and even Hanie’s unlikely rallies couldn’t bring them back.

“Just disappointment,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said. “We got into a hole but the guys fought back.”

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP PITTSBURGH — For the

third time in six seasons, Terrible Towels will twirl at the Super Bowl. The Steelers silenced Rex Ryan’s wild bunch with a fumble return for a touchdown and a goalline stand in a 24-19 victory for the AFC championship Sunday.

Look out Big D, here comes another Big D — in black and gold, and with an unmatched history of carrying off the Lombardi Trophy.

You can bet that the unit led by James Harrison, which shut down the Jets’ comeback in the fourth quarter, will test Aaron Rodgers.

That overwhelming defense set the tone for most of a frigid night at Heinz Field to end the Jets’ stunning postseason run.

The Steelers ended the Jets’ season with a dominant first half for a 24-3 edge. Mendenhall had 95 of his 121 yards and a touchdown.

Roethlisberger has moved on from a four-game suspension at the beginning of the season to take Pittsburgh to its eighth Super Bowl. The Steelers own the most titles at six.

The Steelers are regulars, including titles for the 2005 and 2008 teams, both led by Roethlisberger and a fierce defense sparked by playmaking safety Troy Polamalu.

New York (13-6) failed for the fourth time in the AFC title game since 1969, when the Jets won perhaps the most significant of all

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Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji (90) celebrates with Sam Shields (37) after Raji returned a pick for a touchdown during Green Bay’s 21-14 win in Chicago on Sunday.

Super Bowls. It was a devastating finish, particularly after the Jets beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, then Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on

the road to get to Pittsburgh.

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been outscored 160-95.

“We’re not talented enough to come into league play and just try to rely on our talent and not rely on hustle and out-rebound like we did the first two games,” said Derenbecker, who led the team with 14 points.

The team’s best shooter, freshman guard Ralston Turner, missed his fourth-straight game from a stress reaction in his foot.

LSU Coach Trent Johnson reiterated his plan to air on the side of caution with Turner’s injury, but the Johnson said the guard could return Jan. 29 against Alabama.

LSU’s other injured player, junior forward Storm Warren, saw 12 minutes of playing time but continued to run gingerly on a sensitive right Achilles tendon.

“If you can go, you can go,” Johnson said. “If somebody tells me you can play, play.”

Junior forward Malcolm White spoiled an opportunity to impress his former teammates. White, a member of the Rebels team from 2007 to 2009, scored six points but committed five turnovers.

“It was good seeing those guys again, but we didn’t come out with the win,” White said. “My expectations were to come out with the win.”

The schedule doesn’t ease up for LSU. The Tigers travel to Tennessee for a Wednesday night tipoff against the Volunteers.

LSU started the game 4 of 5 from the 3-point line. Derenbecker drained a three from the right side of the court about a foot behind the

FLORIDA, from page 7

points away from the 1,000 mark.

“It’s just a hunger to want the basketball.”

The Gators put up a fight for most of the first half, but seemed to slowly fizzle in the tail end of the game.

“I’m a little baffled because we came out ready to play, and it’s disappointing,” said Florida coach Amanda Butler. “I thought LSU made big shots and plays to set the tones for the game. You have to give them a lot of credit.”

The Lady Tigers also got a solid showing from senior guard Katherine Graham, who had 11 points and nine rebounds in the contest.

“When I talked to [Chancellor] he said that I need to play hard every possession,” Graham said.

“There are only a few more games

TOLIVER, from page 7

in his first two seasons, Toliver hauled in 53 catches for 735 yards as a junior and was expected to be one of the top receivers in the country in 2010.

“Last year, I did all right,” said a frustrated Toliver in September.

“But my career here hasn’t been like I thought it was going to be.”

Even with the dominating Cotton Bowl performance, Toliver still only had 41 catches for 579 yards and five touchdowns this season.

“You watch him during the season, not always getting the ball consistently in the passing game the way other big time wide

arc and then sunk another from the left side a few possessions later to go up, 10-9.

But the Tigers went on to only make two more 3-pointers the entire game.

“We’ve been scouted well,” said freshman point guard Andre Stringer. “Our perimeter can’t find good open shots so now we have to create our own, and that’s what has been the difference from now and early on in the season.”

The Rebels came out strong in the second half with a 16-4 run, beginning with a jumper by Ole Miss senior guard Chris Warren.

They kept the pressure, outscoring the Tigers, 40-19, in the last 20 minutes.

Warren entered the game as the fourth-leading scorer in the SEC, and he didn’t disappoint, finishing with 18 points. The Orlando, Fla., native helped Ole Miss shoot 70 percent in the second half.

Johnson echoed Derenbecker’s sentiments about hustle and toughness.

“The thing that bothers me is our inability to get the loose balls, being beat 33-19 on the glass,” Johnson said. “There’s a level of frustration there. For me it’s about mental accountability.”

Johnson expressed frustration in the hesitancy of the offense to take risks.

“You can’t be afraid to make a play,” Johnson said. “You can’t be afraid to shoot an open shot when you’re open.”

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com at LSU for me wearing this jersey. Just to go out every play and do what I’ve been doing since I’ve been here.”

LSU continues its four-game homestand with a matchup Thursday night against No. 23 Arkansas before taking on Georgia on Sunday in the annual Pink Game.

“We got two tough games. We have two challenges, two opportunities,” Chancellor said. “Arkansas and Georgia both have great RPIs, and this time of year you need to win some games against RPIs.” Tip-off against Arkansas is set for 7 p.m. in the PMAC. After Sunday’s game, the Lady Tigers hit the road for five of their last seven games.

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com receivers do,” McShay said of why Toliver has gone under the radar.

Toliver’s tall frame should warrant him a look by NFL teams and could prove to be a mid-round steal.

Former offensive tackle Joseph Barksdale also participated in the Shrine game, though for the West squad. Barksdale is expected to be a late-round pick and could switch from the left tackle position he played at LSU to right tackle in the NFL.

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Freshman forward Matt Derenbecker tries to shake off an Ole Miss defender in Saturday’s game against the Ole Miss Rebels.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

God’s justice is more than balanced with his love I read with interest Devin Graham’s Thursday column, in which he accused religion in general and Christianity in particular of racism and prejudice. Citing the historical slaying of Canaanites by the Israelites and Jesus’s analogy comparing Gentiles to dogs, Mr. Graham

asserts that religion encourages an “us-them, tribalistic mentality.”

Look, it’s one thing to say that there are racist, religious people in the world — no one’s going to argue with that. To say that they are racist because they are religious is quite another matter. It would come as a great surprise to the countless religious people who spent their lives combating racism and prejudice: William Wilberforce, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., and Benazir Bhutto, to name a few.

Just as surprising was Mr.

Graham’s example of supposed bigotry: Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s comment that he shares a unique sense of community with fellow Christians. Excuse me? The real question is, who wouldn’t share a unique sense of community with people who hold the same beliefs and values as they do?

Are fraternities and sororities racist because their members share a special bond among themselves? I don’t think so!

God never commanded the Israelites to wipe out other nations because they were not his chosen

people, but rather because those nations were totally perverted with gross immorality, child sacrifice and the like. There was far more going on than people holding different religions. As for the case of the Gentile woman, Jesus did not say Gentiles were dogs. He was making an analogy, not an equality. Mr. Graham left out the fact that Jesus did grant the woman’s request and heal her daughter.

As someone who has read the whole Bible, I can say that God’s justice is more than balanced with His love. Take the story of Naaman

Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 the Syrian, a Gentile general whom God healed of leprosy, at the time an incurable disease. God is so full of love that he gives each person an opportunity to receive forgiveness of their sin through his son Jesus Christ.

Philip Goppelt Civil engineering junior

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WALKING ON THIN ICE

Politics come in second during an environmental crisis It’s been overly publicized, overly discussed and overly criticized but it hasn’t been solved.

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill had everybody talking about the catastrophe that hit the Gulf Coast for a few moments, shaking their fists at an irresponsible overseas company but hardly doing a thing to solve the underlying problem­ — a problem that could be slowly killing not only our coastal ecosystems but its people, as well.

Water pollution was the first issue that came with the spill, but it wasn’t the last. The health of endangered species, and more importantly the safety of the seafood supply, all relied on the proper cleanup of the Gulf Coast.

And while the fault of the initial spill lies with BP, the plans for the cleanup remained heavily on the federal government, and more specifically, Gov. Bobby Jindal.

The U.S. Coast Guard continually asked for locations that Priyanka Bhatia needed to be cleaned up and Columnist relied on our lovely representative to do the deed.

If only they realized sooner that at the heart of every governor is a politician trying more than anything to protect not the state but his own namesake. Reporters claim that

while Jindal often spoke to the Coast Guard in a timely manner, he usually referred them to areas that complained of the spill rather than areas that truly needed it. He was even accused of “showboating,” according to the New York Times.

It’s not surprising, but it’s most certainly not helpful.

Crude oil, like what leaked from the BP oil spill, is extremely toxic to wildlife and is best handled if cleaned up in the first 24 hours. Of course, this miniscule time frame was impossible to come by considering the government hadn’t even heard about the leak until after this window had passed.

As time became more and more critical, Jindal should have thought

of the environment more than his potential voters.

After all, if the livelihood of the land is ultimately damaged beyond the point of no return, no matter how happy the people are now, it will eventually come back to bite them in their butts.

Reports from an Environmental Protection Agency whistleblower have already talked about the Gulf Coast’s seafood being unsafe, and it’s only a matter of time before other people begin to agree.

Ultimately, another decline in seafood sales will only continue the devastating blow of unemployment.­­ It would throw the fishermen back into the ocean of dismay, longing for a time when seafood was not only

BEST AND WITTIEST

safe but when politicians could see the larger picture.

As the state’s most visible representative during the crisis, it was Jindal’s responsibility to look past his own face in the mirror, to what really matters­, the environment.

While his obligations lie largely with his people, they lie even more with the land on which they live — the land on which they’ve built their livelihood.

Parishes may not have fully understood the danger as their people looked over a sea of black, that their land wasn’t the most endangered part of the infected Gulf.

Their complaints to Jindal were valid, as they were only trying to protect their own land — and in the end, themselves.

But because the parishes aren’t the ones able to utilize the booms, their opinions should be better studied by higher legislative power.

Representatives are set to help the state by utilizing their knowledge to the best of their abilities. Either Jindal was experiencing an off couple of months, or he just doesn’t have any ability.

Regardless, Jindal has made it clear that he has yet to understand that with every action comes a consequence.

And while his only feedback right now may be the reward of helping his people, the consequence will come when he finally acknowledges that he hasn’t done any such thing.

Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine major with a minor in environmental management systems. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Pbhatia.

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Quote of the Day “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

Charles Darwin English naturalist Feb. 12, 1809 — April 19, 1882

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Columnists disagree about abortion’s morality The protest against the Life March at the State Capitol on Saturday has once again raised the issue of abortion. With this in mind, two of our columnists debate the legality and morality of the issue.

Macy: First, let me say abortion is not logistically a preventable phenomenon.

Long before the modern era pushed the issue into the public forum, premeditated abortions were Macy Linton conducted in Columnist secret without any medical knowledge. Herbs and violence were the main means to an end, endangering the lives of the women who attempted them.

And yet people still utilized these options. To take away the right to get a safe hospital procedure is to endanger women’s lives and force an entire culture to regress to something almost primitive. That was the past. Does it really need to be the future?

Chris: You say abortion is not preventable and therefore retrogressive to illegalize. I agree to a certain point that abortion can never be eradicated.

Whether something is illegal or not, demand Chris Freyder exists and will Columnist always be met.

However, I feel this argument is used in a lofty sense and does not allow us to realize that the number of abortions needs to be curbed. In saying that abortion is unpreventable, we falsely believe that the number of abortions cannot be reduced as well.

abortion rate, by half obviously not zero, but it has the potential to avert the termination of hundreds of thousands of lives. Do you feel that in the case of rape or a condom breaking, a woman’s pregnancy becomes a punishment if she is not allowed abortion as an option?

Macy: I would say forbidding the abortion would be termed “reckless” rather than “punishing.” By way of rape, an unintended pregnancy can surely be traumatic, and any state that doesn’t recognize that is careless. The hypothetical woman in this situation would have already gone through so much that to force her to go unwillingly through more would be cruel. In the case of a broken condom, the person’s engaging in coitus obviously wasn’t meant to produce, and to bring a child into a world that either doesn’t want it or isn’t prepared for it is cruel, as well.

Chris: No doubt unplanned pregnancy can be traumatic. The act of bearing a child for nine months is physically stressful.

However, to automatically criminalize the unborn child as merely a product of sexual defilement can be considered reckless, as well.

Although you claim that such a child is intrinsically unwanted, measures to place the child in an adoptive family can bring light into a terrible situation.

I do understand that life inside the womb inhabits a gray area that is not universally understood to be human life at all. Laci Peterson’s murder in 2002 probed important questions about the confusion between what is living and not living, as her death was considered a

double homicide. She was almost eight months pregnant.

To my understanding, this confusion provides the framework for the legitimization of abortion in situations where the mother’s health is not in danger. If we are allowed to say that some unborn children are not alive and others are, then the act of abortion becomes merely prevention of life rather than cancellation. I propose that all unborn life is in fact human life, and needs to be afforded legal protection ­— just as a newborn would be protected.

Macy: By traumatic, I meant that rape is more than “physically stressful.” It’s incredibly mentally stressful, as I’m sure you know, and the impact it leaves is often only healed by years of introspection and coming to terms with what happened. As for the adoption proposition, you place too much hope in an imperfect system. The adoption system in the world is undoubtedly flawed.

There is significantly more supply than demand, which is exemplified by the number of children that remain unadopted. This situation is incredibly irresponsible of today’s population, and I hope more people start adopting to rectify this. It’s unethical to bring a child into the world when there are so many without parents.

As for your proposition, I disagree. Abortion should be legal up until the second trimester and into the third trimester in extenuating circumstances (as in health reasons). A fetus, or “unborn life,” as you put it, isn’t subject to pain until at least the 20th week and possibly up until the 24th, which is reason enough for me to believe

abortion up until that point isn’t cruel.

Chris: I never tried to mitigate the significance of rape. I was merely conceding that even without the addition of rape, unplanned pregnancy is hard to deal with. The process of adopting a child — at the moment — is indeed incredibly inefficient. This is actually one of my main points.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released information from a comprehensive study that found only 31 percent of women who begin the process of adoption actually adopt.

The study also explains this low percentage comes from a lack of satisfaction most adoption seekers have with the foster care system. Many children in foster care are either too old or unstable. Reformations are desperately needed to efficiently pair adoptive parents with expecting women who are unable to provide care for their child. Hopefully, this will downsize the number of abortions because of poor financial background.

The problem with trying to pinpoint the exact moment human life begins is using tools that are too subjective. You say aborting a fetus while it can feel pain is cruel.

I could just as easily say aborting a fetus after it gains the ability to hear ­— week 18 ­— is cruel.

Who can really say either one of us is truly wrong? We must abandon such subjective tools in favor of more objective ones.

The magical number in this case is 46. This is the number of chromosomes in the human genome.

When the egg and sperm fuse, a completely new set of genes is

formed, independent of the father’s and mother’s genes. In only this sense can we truly say a new human entity has been formed.

Whether it is the cut of the umbilical cord or the first beat of a heart, generating a universal consensus of what is more or less human is tricky.

Macy: Unfortunately, while I see your point, in the world of the living we can’t always free ourselves from the weight of decision because of moral ambiguity.

Choices must be made eventually, and the legalization of abortion 38 years ago was the right decision.

Abortion can be and often is an ethical decision, and the law protects reproductive rights, women and family.

Chris: We absolutely cannot escape such decisions and questions, and our decision making is limited by our human imperfection. This does not excuse us from seriously examining the issue of abortion and its widespread availability and practice.

Macy Linton is a 19-year-old international studies freshman from Memphis, Tenn. Follow her at @ TDR_Mlinton.

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

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

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Macy: But not to the point of zero. Lofty? Really? No. I think we can both agree that prevention is preferable, that people need to be educated and the stigma against contraception needs to be lifted.

As you already know, the number of abortions in the last 30 years has decreased and now has leveled off, which I think can be attributed to greater awareness of other options. And hopefully the trend will continue, because it is fantastic.

However, prevention doesn’t negate the necessity for abortion.

The procedure remains just as important for situations when using birth control either fails or isn’t applicable, such as in the case of a broken condom or rape.

Chris: Yes, the Centers for Disease Control report that 58 percent of abortions stem from the misguided or inconsistent use of contraceptives. A reduction of the

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and friend to Kaiser and Anderson, joined the effort and agreed to help form the counter protest.

“We wanted to show that there is a pro-choice voice in Louisiana,” Ridout said.

Saturday’s protest was ‘We wanted staged in honor to show of the 38th annithat there versary of abortion’s legalizais a tion. pro-choice The counvoice in ter protest was to begin Louisiana.’ planned across the street Alicia Ridout from the Governor’s Mansion liberal arts and end at the sophomore new Capitol. As of Friday night, at least 50 protesters were predicted to attend, Anderson said.

In all, about 12 people showed at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday to protest the Life March. Many of the counter protesters had been misinformed and arrived at the old Capitol where the pro-lifers had been gathering, Anderson said.

“There were a few hiccups, but it was an important first step for those of us here in Baton Rouge,” Anderson said. “Since it was the first time we ever organized a protest, I’d say it was a job well done.”

While the group protested on the street, Anderson said the majority of marchers remained silent, but some shouted obscenities while passing them.

“We didn’t want to interfere, but we wanted to make our presence known,” Anderson said.

Once the pro-lifers arrived at the Capitol, the counter protestors followed but were quickly met by police, Anderson said.

“We were told the Life March had been given permission to be at the Capitol and that we could not be present on the Capitol grounds,” Anderson said.

Instead, the counter protestors stayed outside the Capitol Annex building, Anderson said.

Anderson said the point of the counter protest was to connect the issue of a woman’s right to choose with other working-class issues.

“We believe that working-class women are the demographic that are hurt the most by restricting access to abortion because it’s working-class women who could not afford to pay for the abortion on their own,” Anderson said. “While wealthy women have the money and resources to receive this medical procedure, Medicaid does not cover abortions.”

Gregory Esteven, a former Southeastern Louisiana University student and Amite resident, was one of a small minority not originally from Baton Rouge who attended the counter protest.

“We saw the counter protest as an opportunity to stand up for women’s rights, and despite the confusion, we felt good about representing the opposing view,” Esteven said. “It was definitely worth the drive.”

Despite the differing views, the Life March received a massive turnout.

The pro-life speakers included Sen. David Vitter, Michelle Durnad of the Tears to Treasures Ministry and Gene Mills of the Louisiana Family Forum. Gov. Bobby Jindal was also invited to speak, but he was unable to make the event, said Benjamin Clapper, executive director for the Louisiana Right to Life.

The point of the Life March is to create a movement to end abortion in Louisiana. The Ultrasound Before Abortion Act, which was passed this past summer, is only one way the pro-life movement has made progress, Clapper said.

“The act saves lives because it empowers women with more critical information about pregnancy and their unborn child,” Clapper said.

“So many women who had abortions and regretted them said if they would have seen the ultrasound, they would have chosen to keep their baby.”

According to Leo Segalla,

page 15 legislative chairman of the Knights of Columbus, the Knights have worked on several pro-life projects, and the St. George and St. Patrick units contributed several ultrasound machines to pregnancy centers in the state.

Marissa Ledet, communication disorders freshman, said she considers herself a strong pro-life supporter and has participated in three recent pro-life marches in Washington, D.C. “You can tell by the size of the group that Louisiana is a pro-life state,” Ledet said.

Ledet and Sean Bramley, music education freshman, said they learned about the Life March from a Facebook event they were invited to

by LARTL. “We’re involved with the Louisiana Right to Life, which keeps us pretty up to date on pro-life events going on in the state,” Bramley said.

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generations of students can learn about her, said French studies instructor JeanXavier Brager.

‘Dela had Brager said many best Frazier helped friends. him get his current position by She was introducing him so much to University staff when a job to so many in the French people.’

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Eric Horent Eric Horent, friend of a friend of Fra- Adelaide Frazier zier, said Frazier’s disease brought out the best in her, and the kindness she showed to his children was her biggest impact on him.

“Dela had many best friends,” Horent said. “She was so much to so many people.”

The service ended when those in attendance filled the room with their singing of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” in memory of Frazier and her favorite sport, baseball.

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