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Obama puts focus on economy EBR’s ‘We will move forward together, or not at all — for the challenges we face are bigger than party and bigger than politics.’

DEGREES, see page 11

President also names education, green energy as priorities in State of the Union President Barack Obama pleaded for political unity to face the nation’s continued economic crisis in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

“We will move forward together, or not at all — for the challenges we face are bigger than party and bigger than politics,” Obama said.

Obama mentioned the shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle

Staff Writer

UNION, see page 11

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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. The speech highlighted the economy as a main focus.

Giffords, D-Ariz., in critical condition.

“Amid all the noise and passions and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater — something more consequential than party or political preference,” he said.

The speech is Obama’s first in front of a Congress with significantly more Republicans than Democrats. The party took control of the House of Representatives and slimmed the Democratic majority in the Senate in the

Rachel Warren

November elections.

Obama’s speech focused almost entirely on the economy.

“The economy is growing again,” he said.

“But we have never measured progress by yardsticks alone. We measure progress by the success of our people.”

While the president was quick to point out encouraging economic indicators — including a recovering stock market and recovering cor-

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education rate beats US average When it comes to the number of bachelor’s degrees in a parish or county, East Baton Rouge Parish is ahead of the national curve.

In East Baton Rouge, more than 32 percent of adults have a bachelor’s degree, a figure higher than the national average of 27.5 percent and Louisiana’s average of 20.6 percent, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Chronicle published an interactive online map Jan. 23, based on information from 1940 to 2009 census reports, showing the percentages of adults who possess bachelor’s degrees in each county or parish across the country. The map allows users to view information for specific sexes, races and income levels.

Of the 32.1 percent of adults with bachelor’s degrees in East Baton Rouge, about 41 percent are white, 18.8 percent are black, 26.5 percent are Hispanic and 51.2 percent are Asian.

East Baton Rouge Parish has

president of the United States

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DEGREES

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Borel, Hudson to appear on LPB Program focuses on cuts; airs at 7 p.m.

Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

Student Government members will appear on LPB tonight at 7 p.m. after taking part in a panel discussion regarding budget cuts to higher education.

SG Vice President Dani Borel, Executive Assistant John Ford and Manship School of Mass Communication Sen. Zac Lemoine voiced their concerns about budget cuts to the University and to the state as a whole at the taping of this month’s

“Louisiana Public Square.”

The SG representatives were members of an audience composed of Baton Rouge residents, students from other schools and professors.

A panel including Gov. Bobby Jindal’s policy director Stephen Waguespack; State Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans; Board of Regents consultant Thomas Layzell and Flagship Coalition cochairman Sean Reilly answered audience questions and explained their visions for funding higher education.

When the topic of increasing tuition surfaced, Borel spoke up.

“I think raising tuition is important if we want to be competitive nationally,” Borel said. “If it

bettered my institution, I’d be willing to do it.”

Another solution numerous audience members proposed was consolidating under-performing four-year universities into twoyear and community colleges. Ford talked to the panel about LSU-Alexandria’s low six-year graduation rate.

“Is there anything we can do to change the funding for schools like this?” Ford asked.

In response, Layzell said the Board of Regents is starting a “massive” review of low-performing programs for Jindal, evidenced

by Jindal’s recent announcement LPB, see page 11

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Student Government Vice President Dani Borel, center, prepares to be filmed Tuesday for Louisiana Public Square on the Louisiana Public Broadcasting channel.

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Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Egyptians denouce President Mubarak, clash with riot police

Grand jury indicts 20 in alleged Mexican gun smuggle ring

Man, woman accused of setting fire at Lutcher High stadium

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Tuesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule.

Two protesters and a police officer were killed in nationwide demonstrations inspired by Tunisia’s uprising, which also demanded a solution to Egypt’s grinding poverty. Riots will likely fuel growing dissent in a presidential election year.

PHOENIX (AP) — Twenty people face federal firearms charges for participating in a ring that bought more than 700 guns to be smuggled into Mexico for use by a drug cartel, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

The charges target two suspected leaders of the ring and “straw buyers” who authorities say were recruited to buy guns on behalf of smugglers.

Most of the guns identified in the indictment were sold by one gun store in suburban Glendale.

Conn. funeral operator gets 8 months for stealing from clients

LUTCHER (AP) — A 21-year-old man an 18-year-old woman are in jail tonight, accused of setting fire to the Lutcher High School football stadium.

The stadium burned November 15th. St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin tells WAFB-TV that Adam Lambert faces a charge of arson while Lindsey Matherne was booked with accessory to simple arson.

Martin says Lambert was already in jail on drug charges when he confessed to setting the fire.

Chile’s President Pinera: ‘I won’t give up risky sports’ SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s president says he’s not about to change his ways just because some think he should play it safe.

Sebastian Pinera says he doesn’t intend to give up his passion for sports such as skydiving, scuba diving, mountain climbing and river rafting.

He promises to be responsible, but says “one can’t change his way of being.”

The president has also been criticized for making an emergency helicopter landing while running low on fuel on his way to a family getaway.

NASSER NASSER / The Associated Press

Police use a water cannon against protesters during a demonstration in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday.

UN chief pitches $7.4 billion in emergency aid in 2011 GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. chief is asking nations to be as generous as possible to deliver $7.4 billion in emergency aid this year to 50 million people grappling with conflict and disaster in 28 nations.

Secretary-General Ban Kimoon told diplomats Tuesday at U.N. headquarters in Geneva that aid is needed despite financial pressure on national budgets. He praised donors like the European Commission, the United States and Sweden that announced their intentions early so the U.N. could plan relief efforts.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut funeral home director was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for stealing from people, including his dead clients whose homes were raided for money and other valuables.

Kevin Riley, who ran a funeral home in the small town of Coventry, was also ordered to give up his professional licenses and scolded for preying on vulnerable people.

“You, Mr. Riley, yourself have to agree you lost your way. You took advantage of that position of trust,” Hartford Superior Court Judge David Gold said.

State gained 26,300 non-farm jobs in 2010 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana added 26,300 non-farm jobs in 2010 as it continued to plow through a slow economic recovery, state labor officials said Tuesday.

The state still had 42,200 fewer jobs last month, on a nonseasonally adjusted basis, than in December 2008 — three months after the national economic meltdown began.

The state shed an overall 900 jobs from November to December, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported.

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TRANSPORTATION

Study ranks Baton Rouge traffic worst Commuters wasted 37 hours last year Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

A traffic report has labeled congestion in Baton Rouge as the worst in the nation among cities with comparable population.

Baton Rouge commuters were delayed an average of 37 hours last year because of traffic congestion, according to the report.

The report derived the average annual delay per commuter by dividing the extra travel time during the year by the number of people who commute in vehicles in the area. The report compares Baton Rouge within a group of “medium sized areas” characterized by having a population between 500,000 and 1 million people.

The 2010 Urban Mobility Report was published by the Texas Transportation Institute based at Texas A&M. The report studied 439 urban areas across the country.

Nationwide, the study found that after the best year this decade for commuters, 2008, traffic problems worsened nationally in 2009.

“After two years of slight declines in overall traffic congestion — attributable to the economic

downturn and high fuel prices — leading indicators suggest that as the economy rebounds, traffic problems are doing the same,” the study said. “While 2008 was the best year for commuters in at least a decade, the problem again began to grow in 2009.”

Baton Rouge peak time commuters — those who travel between 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. — wasted an average of $1,030 in fuel because of traffic delays, according to the study.

That is more than double the average for the 33 areas with similar population and still above the $808 national average including the most heavily congested areas such as Chicago, New York and Atlanta. The total cost nationwide for the delays tops $24 billion.

Although most statistics for Baton Rouge were worse than average, the city’s statistics remained stable in total delay per auto commuter and actually improved by $50 dollars in cost to peak auto commuter.

New Orleans fared better in its group of comparable cities with populations between 1 and 3 million. Commuters in the Crescent City spent an average of 31 hours in traffic delays, according to the report. This is on par with the average for its population.

The report also says New Orleans commuters wasted $772 in gasoline last year, $46 above the

average for comparable cities.

Chicago was ranked as the nation’s worst for commuters with 70 hours of delays annually. Washington, D.C., was on par with Chicago as the nation’s worst for hours delayed, and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area came in third with 40 hours of delay per year.

The statistics for money spent on delays mirror the top two cities for delays with $1,738 in cost of congestion per commuter in Chicago.

Baton Rouge is currently undertaking a six-year “Green Light Plan” to improve its roads. As part of the project near campus, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden cut the ribbon on a $2.4 million widening of the Perkins Road-South Acadian Thruway intersection last semester.

Students echoed the results of the study when describing their commutes to campus each day.

“They need more lanes, period,” said Courtney Dupuy, history and anthropology junior. “You have many people that are not from the state passing through, and there is an accident every time it rains.”

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CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS 3 Baton Rouge high school students arrested for trespassing LSU Police Department officers arrested three Baton Rouge high school students Jan. 19 for criminal trespassing.

Officers were alerted to trespassing at Huey P. Long Fieldhouse around 8 p.m. and discovered the trio climbing through a hole in the fence on the second level of the building, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.

Tabor said Chelsey Meyer, 18, of 15936 Hoganville Ave.; Austin Arceneaux, 17, of 13358 Wenham Ave.; and Danny Jones, 17, of 3464 Joanne Drive, were commanded to climb down before they were transported to the LSUPD office for further processing.

All three subjects were issued misdemeanor summonses and banned from the University’s campus with the exception of visiting for official business before being released, Tabor said.

LSU student arrested for disobeying red light, registered 0.155 BAC LSUPD arrested a University student Jan. 21 for disobeying a red light at the intersection of West Parker Boulevard and Highland Road.

Tabor said officers were patrolling the area at 12:20 a.m. when they saw Andres Rovira, 19, of 2 Candle Pine Place in The Woodlands, Texas, run the traffic light.

When the officer approached Rovira, his breath and body smelled moderately of alcohol and he was asked to take a field sobriety test.

After failing three tests, Rovira was arrested and taken to the LSUPD office where he registered a 0.155 blood alcohol content.

Rovira was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

2 men unaffiliated with LSU arrested for intent to distribute marijuana LSUPD arrested two men unaffiliated with the University on Jan. 21 for the intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a synthetic cannabinoid near the UREC Student Recreation Complex.

Tabor said LSUPD officials

were patrolling the area of West Lakeshore at Minnie Fisk Drive at 1 a.m. when they saw a vehicle driving in the wrong lane. During a routine traffic stop, the officer contacted driver Terrance Patrick, 22, of 5013 Stearn St., and front passenger Darius Harrison, 21, of 5160 Cadillac St. The officer called in back-up after noting “suspicious movement” from the two passengers in the back seat.

The officers searched the vehicle with permission and discovered a marijuana cigarette in plain view.

The cigarette contained a synthetic substance called “Mojo,” Tabor said.

LSUPD dogs on the scene also detected a brown paper bag filled with nine individually wrapped bags of marijuana, totaling 18 grams, Tabor said.

Patrick and Harrison were charged with possession, intent to distribute and improper lane usage.

The pair was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Tabor said.

University student arrested for DWI, no headlights LSUPD arrested a University student for DWI on Jan. 21 in the parking lot on East Fraternity Lane.

David Atchison, 19, of 1611 Tabor Lake Walk in Lexington, Ky., was pulled over at 2:30 a.m. for not using his headlights, and officers saw the student was intoxicated.

Tabor said the patrolling officer could smell alcohol on Atchison’s breath and body and observed numerous signs of intoxication, such as unsteady balance and swaying.

The officer conducted a field sobriety test, but Atchison refused to take two other part of the test after failing the horizontal gaze test.

The subject also refused to take a breathalyzer test at the LSUPD office, Tabor said.

Atchison was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

LBTC client to design soldier suits Rachel Warren Staff Writer

ExposureWear Inc., a client of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center within the E.J. Ourso College of Business, has been awarded a $1 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop one cool project.

The company has been chosen to develop a prototype of an Army Climatic Suit, which will keep soldiers cool during combat overseas.

Joe Lamendola, vice president of ExposureWear, said the company has been a client of the LBTC since 2006, and the incubator has been instrumental in its achievements.

“There’s no question that the organization provides a much-needed resource,” Lamendola said.

Ritchie Priddy, president of ExposureWear, agreed.

“They’ve helped us so much,” Priddy said. “Whether it’s words of encouragement or them saying, ‘This is how you do it.’”

Priddy said the development of an Army Climatic Suit is necessary because the current options are all restricting and inefficient.

“Overheating in combat has long been a problem,” Priddy said.

“We knew that was a big issue.”

Soldiers currently use suits that circulate chilled water to keep them cool — a system that isn’t always adequate, Priddy said.

“If the system fails, you’re just carrying around dead weight,” he said. “And once you leave the base, you can’t take it off without putting yourself at risk.”

The ExposureWear suit will be designed so soldiers can remove it quickly if necessary, and the company will produce it in various shapes to accommodate soldiers’ needs,

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Noon, 3:20 p.m.

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Priddy said.

The suits will use air instead of chilled water to regulate soldiers’ temperatures, which makes them lighter and easier to wear, he said.

He said the suits will include a feature that also allows them to heat soldiers in colder climates.

Austin Stukins, interior design sophomore, has served in Iraq and said he believes the suits will be a great tool for soldiers if designed correctly.

“I hate the idea of wearing something else in addition to all my gear, but if it works, it’s worth it,” he said.

Stukins said during his time in Iraq, he was subjected to extreme heat while wearing 80 to 100 pounds of gear. He said he and other soldiers were encouraged to drink at least a gallon of water each day to stay hydrated.

“It’s not necessarily just a comfort,” Stukins said. “It’s a safety thing, too.”

Roy Keller, director of the Louisiana Technology Transfer

Office, said he’s excited the company was awarded the contract because it means the LBTC has done its job.

“It really shows the value of the system we have here,” Keller said.

Keller said the incubator helps companies to develop business and marketing plans. It also offers them resources like mentors, speakers and business connections.

Lamendola said ExposureWear is only one of several companies that received contracts from the Army to develop a suit prototype. The company chosen will receive a contract to continue development of the suit.

“A vast majority of them will never make it,” he said. “Some will be used in pieces.”

Lamendola said the company has been developing its patent-pending suit for three months, and once it’s completed, the company will send it to the Army.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

Sports

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

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TRACK & FIELD

Stadium resurfacing, repairs near completion

Weather conditions delay construction Luke Johnson Sports Contributor

In the college football coaching carousel, changes in latitude equal changes in attitude.

Making coaching chan­ges, especially in the heart of recruiting season, could make or break a school’s signing class.

Despite losing former offensive coordinator Gary Crowton and gaining former Louisville and Tulsa coach Steve Kragthorpe, this is not the case for the Tigers, said Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest.com.

“Losing Crowton is not a huge issue because he really wasn’t that active of a recruiter,” Dixon said. “I think [Kragthorpe] will talk to the new guys, but nothing in terms of having to convince guys to stay.”

Despite recent weather conditions that have put construction on hold, LSU’s outdoor track and field facility is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.

Bernie Moore Track Stadium received its first all-weather surface in 1969. Current construction is the third major renovation the track has undergone since 1987.

Students parking near the track have seen renovations bloom since July of last year, and according to Senior Associate Athletic Director Eddie Nunez, construction on the track is 95 percent complete.

In the initial plans, renovations were set to be complete by the end of January, but construction is now set to be finished in mid-February.

“The last two things that we have to do are weather dependent,” Nunez said.

The weather has held up construction on the finishing touches of the facility. The throwing area and the striping on the track are the only things left to complete.

“We’ll get it done before the conclusion of the indoor track season so the athletes will have an opportunity to train,” Nunez said.

To observers, the throwing area is the obvious missing link to the facility’s completion. The area the field athletes use to throw javelins, shot put and hammers has been transformed into a mud pit by the showers Baton Rouge saw early in the week.

KRAGTHORPE, see page 7

STADIUM, see page 7

In with the New

Kragthorpe hiring not expected to shake recruiting Mark Clements Sports Contributor

[Top] PAT MCDONOGH, [Bottom] MICHAEL CLEVENGER / The Louisville Courier-Journal

[Top] Former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe speaks at a news conference Nov. 16, 2009.

[Bottom] Kragthorpe challenges a call in the Cardinals’ 35-21 loss to West Virginia on Nov. 22, 2008.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Warren and Turner still benched Volunteers continue without coach Pearl Michael Lambert Sports Writer

The other end of Wednesday night’s postgame handshake may be a little looser for LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson.

Instead of aggressive Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, who claims to bench 285 pounds, Johnson will face interim coach Tony Jones.

Jones will continue to lead in

Pearl’s place Wednesday as the Tigers (10-9, 2-2) take on the Volunteers at 7 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena.

Pearl is in his fifth game of an eight-game Southeastern Conference suspension for violating NCAA rules and misleading investigators.

But Tennessee is not the only team missing a main component.

The Tigers have been without Ralston Turner for four games with a stress reaction in his foot, but the freshman guard was able to participate in parts of practice Monday.

Turner is out of his walking boot, while junior forward Storm

Warren is back in one thanks to a lingering Achilles injury.

“We’ve got a lot of boots,” Johnson laughed.

Johnson said Turner likely won’t play until Saturday’s game against Alabama.

Warren is questionable for the Tennessee game after scoring six points Saturday in 12 minutes of play against Ole Miss.

“He’s taken a step back,” Johnson said. “If Storm can go Wednesday more effectively than how he went Saturday, we’ll put him out TENNESSEE, see page 7

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LSU junior forward Malcolm White dribbles past Ole Miss sophomore forward Reginald Buckner during the Tigers’ 51-78 loss Saturday against Ole Miss in the PMAC.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Webb emerges as ‘3-ball machine’ Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

There’s no doubt where LSU sophomore guard Adrienne Webb has found her niche this season ­— in 3-point land.

Webb showed signs of brilliance from beyond the arc as a freshman, finishing second to former guard Allison Hightower in 3-point shooting at 30.2 percent (26-of-86) in 30 games with no starts. This season, she has started all 21 games and made 55 of her 135 attempts from 3-point range (40.7 percent).

Her impressive performances have not gone unnoticed by LSU coach Van Chancellor. Chancellor said Webb is a bona fide “3-ball machine” and recognized her with a pat on the back at practice Tuesday.

“I don’t believe I’ve ever had a player who’s improved as much as Adrienne Webb has improved since last year,” Chancellor said. “It’s just been unbelievable. I’m really pleased for her; she’s such a sweet person. She went all summer and really worked, which gives you confidence.”

Webb, who has reached double figures 17 times this season, said she is not surprised by her production.

She leads LSU in scoring (13.8 points per game), field goals made (4.8), field goal attempts (11.4), 3-point field goals (2.6) and 3-point attempts (6.4).

“The coaches expect a lot from us,” Webb said. “They expect us to work hard in the offseason, and that’s what I did.”

Freshman guard Jeanne Kenney has also come alive on the court.

Kenney has played in every game and is No. 4 on the team in scoring with 6.6 points per game.

Kenney is No. 2 behind Webb in 3-point field goals with 27 (1.3 per game) and 3-point attempts with 82 (3.9). “[Webb] and Kenney are what they are because they’ve shot a lot of shots,” Chancellor said. “It’s about practice in the offseason.”

LSU FINISHES SEASON WITH ROAD TRIP The Lady Tigers have won two straight games to begin their fourgame homestand and will complete the stretch with games against Arkansas on Thursday and Georgia on Sunday.

But LSU will end the regular season with five of seven games on the road, so Chancellor has not

hyped up the home games.

“I’m more worried about how we’re playing, and we’re playing better,” Chancellor said. “It’s nice to play at home; we had a great crowd here Sunday afternoon. An enthusiastic crowd can make a world of difference, but if you go to depending on that, it’s not good for you when you have to go on the road.”

EASON’S RETURN UNITES LADY TIGERS LSU senior point guard Latear Eason did not light up the scoreboard in her return Thursday against Ole Miss after a concussion Jan. 6, only scoring two points. But she had four assists, and Chancellor said her presence is invaluable for the team in the heart of the SEC season.

“She’s given us organization and glue,” Chancellor said. “[Eason] has every intangible you can have.

She inspires the coaches and teammates. They really believe in her.”

Webb agreed: “Having [Eason] back on the court pumps us up to be our best.”

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LSU sophomore guard Adrienne Webb (10) maneuvers past Ohio State defenders Nov. 17 in the Tigers’ 59-55 loss to the Buckeyes. Webb leads LSU in scoring.

RANKINGS

Men’s track and field moves up to No. 1 Staff Reports The LSU men’s track and field team is the new No. 1 team in the country, the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Tuesday.

The Tigers began the season ranked No. 2, but moved up after several standout performances last weekend against Texas A&M. Junior thrower Walter Henning, the reigning national champion in both the indoor weight throw and the outdoor hammer throw, posted the country’s longest throw in his first competition of the season with a throw of 72 feet, 3 3/4 inches.

Henning also won the shot put at the meet, an event he rarely competed in last season.

Two other Tigers have the NCAA’s best performance in their events this season.

In the season opener, senior jumper Zedric Thomas nabbed the top spot in the long jump — 26 feet, 3 3/4 inches — and junior college transfer Horatio Williams completed the 60-meter dash in 6.61 seconds.

The LSU track and field teams travel to Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday

to compete in the Arkansas Invitational.

The Lady Tigers did not move up in the women’s poll as they held on to their No. 3 ranking.

opponents, four of which are against programs ranked in the top seven.

The season begins Feb. 18 at the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic in Houston.

SOFTBALL CRACKS PRESEASON TOP 25 POLLS The LSU softball team earned a pair of top 25 rankings Tuesday when the preseason national polls were announced.

The Lady Tigers garnered a No. 16 ranking in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll and a No. 19 ranking in the USA Today/NFCA poll.

“First off, to be chosen among the nation’s elite softball programs to start the season is something we don’t take for granted,” coach Yvette Girouard said in a news release. “We also know at the same time that there are four [Southeastern Conference] teams in front of us and a lot of hard work ahead of us if we want to reach our goals.”

UCLA is the No. 1 ranked team in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, followed by Arizona, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida.

LSU has 15 contests scheduled for the spring against top-25

SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAM MOVES UP To go along with the track and field and softball team, the LSU men’s swimming and diving squad moved up one spot to No. 21 in the latest TYR/College Swimming Coaches Association of America rankings.

LSU (6-5) had a close loss last

Saturday to then-No. 20 Texas A&M. The match against the Aggies was the last of the dual meet season as the Tigers travel Feb. 11 to Gainesville, Fla. for the SEC Championships.

The LSU women’s team (10-4) failed to move up from No. 21 after a 162-120 loss to then-No. 8 Texas A&M. The Lady Tigers have their final dual meet this Friday against Houston, Rice and Tulane.

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Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 being held up by winter weather.

The temperature needs to be high enough outside for the striping to properly adhere to the track.

The largest part of the project was the resurfacing of the track.

LSU runners will now compete on a Mondo track surface, which is the same surface Olympians compete on.

The last nine summer Olympic games have been held on a

Mondo surface. According to the Mondo website, 230 world records have been set on Mondo surfaces, including five at the 2008 summer games.

you start a season or league as opposed to how you sustain,” there first as well as [junior for- Johnson said. ward] Malcolm [White].”

The Tigers still sit tied for The Tigers are reeling from second with Alabama in the SEC two consecutive routs from Ken- West. tucky, 82-44, and Ole Miss, 78“We can still turn it around 51, which lowthis year,” said ered expectations freshman guard back down to Matt Derenbecker. earth after a 2-0 “We’re 2-2 in the conference start.

SEC, which isn’t a LSU thought horrible record to it had a shot to be at.” gain its third conFour teams in ference victory the SEC East have Trent Johnson against the then- LSU men’s basketball coach recorded at least 14 winless Rebels. wins, but no SEC “We came West squads have into the game thinking we could reached the 14-win pinnacle. win,” said freshman point guard Tennessee is tied for last Andre Stringer. “We knew they place in the East with a .500 conwere a good team, but it could ference record. have been a good win for us.”

“Tennessee is without quesAll is not lost for LSU, how- tion a very good basketball team, ever. probably as talented a team in “Don’t get caught up in how this league,” Johnson said. “You

don’t beat Villanova and Pittsburgh and Georgia on the road without being very talented and skilled.”

Pearl, who was allowed to coach through the Volunteers’ non-conference schedule, returned for Tennessee’s 72-61 loss against Connecticut on Saturday.

“For me, it was good to get back, and it was fun to be in the game for awhile,” Pearl said in a news release. “It was fun to have some affect on the game.”

The sixth-year coach can practice with the team, but he is not allowed to participate in team activities on days of SEC games until Tennessee’s matchup with Kentucky on Feb. 8.

Rivers, Dixon said the Tigers were looking for someone to take quarterRivals.com recruiting analyst back play to the next level.

“I think [Kragthorpe] will be Mike Scarborough also called Crowton’s exit a “non-factor” with recruits able to work hands-on with them in and said he believes the Kragthorpe terms of the day-to-day grind,” Dixhire could have some immediate on said. “Hopefully, over these next couple years you’ll positive impacts. see ... some ac“I think evtual year-to-year or erybody on offense week-to-week deis going to be exvelopment of these cited about a fresh quarterbacks.” start,” Scarborough While he’s not said. “Who knows typically known as which guy is going a recruiter, Kragto flourish under thorpe jumped on Kragthorpe? … I the opportunity to think it’s going to Shea Dixon introduce himself be good for all the managing editor, to his future weapoffensive players.” ons.

One of KragTigerSportsDigest.com “I had the thorpe’s most valuable characteristics is his experience honor to talk to Coach K for about 15 at both the college and NFL level as minutes last Thursday, and he seems like a great guy and I can’t wait to a quarterbacks coach.

The former Louisville and Tulsa get him in,” said five-star wide rehead coach spent four years as a QB ceiver recruit Jarvis Landry.

Landry, who worried some Ticoach at three different colleges as well as two seasons in the NFL as ger fans earlier in the year with his quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo public critique of the LSU offense, said he’s happy with the hire and Bills.

Kragthrope coached former voiced his admiration for Kragthorpe Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe to as a quarterback developer.

“I definitely see him bringing 4,359 yards in 2002 — good for second in the NFL that season — along balance to the LSU offense, and you’re going to see a big change in with 24 touchdowns.

“From a recruiting standpoint, the quarterback production,” said at least with quarterbacks, you can the Lutcher native. “He’s one of the advertise that you’ve got someone greatest quarterback coaches … so with some NFL experience and col- you really can see the passing effilege experience that now will be ciency in the quarterback play go up working hands-on with you,” Dixon a little bit.”

Kragthorpe hasn’t finished maksaid.

LSU quarterbacks combined ing the rounds yet, though. Threefor 2,023 yards passing this season, star wide receiver commit Alonzo ranking 102nd in the nation and last Lewis said he hasn’t heard from the new offensive coordinator. in the Southeastern Conference.

“I talked to some coaches [TuesWith highly touted quarterback recruit Zach Mettenberger, along day], but we didn’t talk about that,” with three-star prospect Stephen Lewis said.

Undoubtedly, Tiger fans will look for drastic improvement in the passing game by the time the season opener against Oregon on Sept. 3 rolls around.

With all eyes on the offense, Dixon said Kragthorpe’s first season in purple and gold could set the bar for future LSU recruits.

“I definitely think recruits look at LSU’s offense the past couple years and see that it has struggled,” Dixon said. “If they can make a run and get a lot better in terms of offensive production then they’ll look at Kragthorpe as someone they enjoy playing under.”

Overall, Landry said he believes Miles made the right hire.

“A few years from now a lot of people are going to say he was the right man for the job,” Landry said.

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“The throwing area has been held up recently by the rainy conditions,” Nunez said. “We still have to grade it out and level it out to get it to the correct height.

After we do that we can lay down the sod.”

The striping on the track will be the last renovation. As with the throwing area, construction is

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‘Don’t get caught up in how you start a season or league.’

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‘Recruits look at LSU’s offense the past couple years and see that it has struggled.’

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CAMPUS-RESIDENT ALIEN

Opinion

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

Prejudice is a matter of personal ignorance — fight yours Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, cochairwoman of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and first Muslim to be a cabinet minister, said last week during a speech at the University of Leicester that “Islamophobia has now passed the dinner-table test.”

This idea Marcelo Vieira Columnist is not new, but the expression Warsi used defines a pernicious characteristic of prejudice in Western society. It embeds itself in daily life and entails a false, noxious attitude toward certain groups.

Yes, the rank smell of prejudice still stinks in common places everywhere, but don’t feel bad. I say “everywhere” meaning prejudice is a worldwide social device for avoiding “the others,” so it is not an American privilege.

But I do feel bad, and it’s not because I suffered prejudice recently, or because my status as an international student makes me avoidable — or exotic, for that matter. It’s because I have also committed prejudice.

Forgive me, for I have sinned.

I realize now I was biased toward Americans, and the payback happens when I go back to Brazil, where I get evil eyes from friends and acquaintances.

I sold out. I joined the cattle run that is U.S. academia, and after a couple of years I am acquiring detestable “American habits,” so they say.

God knows what that means.

There are always two sides of prejudice. And let me tell you, they are both ignorant and shortminded.

Bias is a mechanism of thought that is hard to control. When biased considerations take over language and become criteria, all kinds of misjudgments and consequences

can occur.

I would bore you (and myself) if I started to talk about the annoyingly insistent types of prejudice we know so well — those related to race, social class, religion, nationality, political view, color of shoes and so on.

If I want to bury any interest you have in finishing this column, I would start vomiting statistics showing how years of segregation and ignorance were built and still endure b(i)as on the notion that different is bad.

So, to paraphrase something my fellow columnists have been saying frequently in these pages, I will be blunt: Prejudice starts with you and I. For example, I know in Brazil people generally are much more relaxed about schedules — or should I say Brazilians are less responsible when it comes to getting to places and appointments on time. It’s a cultural thing, for better or worse.

But if I say: “He’s Brazilian, so he’ll be late,” I’m using nationality as a criteria for judgment of behavior.

It would be the same if I said: “She’s not going to hug you, she’s American.” Although Americans are less physical in first contacts than in Latin cultures, saying that would imply I think all Americans act alike in such a situation, which is ignorant, to say the least.

There are many other subtle types of communication that are instant generators of prejudice.

I recently watched a video on the New York Times’ website called “Brazilian tradition of eating ants,” which shows a small town in Brazil where people eat a specific species of ant. That’s exotic, I guess. But how misleading is the title of the video?

Because this reporter found this little town in Brazil with an unusual eating habit, I’m now waiting for the next encounter with someone who will ask: “So, you

eat ants in Brazil, huh?”

Of course, different people and different regions of the planet have diverse culture and habits, but defining and judging actions or behaviors based on those differences is a disease very much present in the daily life of our fragile society.

Fighting prejudice is not easy, but unlike some decades ago, it doesn’t require big revolutions and civil rights movements anymore.

We just need to battle our own ignorance.

Marcelo Vieira is a 33-year-old jazz cello graduate student from Brazil. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_MVieira.

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VIEW FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL

Dan Rather: American journalism could be in trouble Leigh Giangreco American University The Eagle

WASHINGTON, D.C. (U-WIRE)Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather is worried about the future of his profession.

The increasingly biased media will threaten the nation, Rather said at a speech at American University on Jan. 24.

“A free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” he said.

Rather believes today’s correspondents give more lip service and less facts to support their stories, saying commentators like Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews do not perform valuable services and present rhetoric as truth.

“There’s a difference in meaning between ‘the press’ and ‘the media,’” Rather said.

“I still prefer to say ‘the press,’ where news in concerned. It refers to news that has this constitutional mission at its core content,” he said. “Some of [the media] are informative, some of it even looks and sounds like news, but the underlying impetus of the media is to generate profit.”

After Rather left CBS news, he believes CBS Chief Executive

Les Moonves tried “sleazing up” the program, and ratings plummeted as a result.

“We can’t let journalism sacrifice itself on the altar of entertainment,” Rather said.

Students asked Rather if the recent Wikileaks controversy counts as legitimate journalism.

Rather said he was sure foreign intelligence agencies were not surprised by what came out of the leaks, but raw data cannot be confused with real reporting.

But the New York Times and The Guardian should be commended for sifting through the information and confirming what was true, he said.

Despite the “corporatization, politization and trivialization of the news,” Rather encouraged aspiring reporters to keep going.

“What I would say to young journalists is dither not, worry not, learn how to do it, you’ll find a way,” he said. “Writing is the bedrock of the craft, learn to write, commit yourself to a lifetime of ever improving as a writer. You have to have a passion to do it.”

But Rather also said reporting isn’t always that simple.

“If you’re going to be a journalist worthy of the name,

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you’d better take the attitude ‘if you’re looking for a friend, then get a dog.’ There’s always going to be someone trying to bring you down,” he said. “But if you have

a passion for doing, if you burn with a white, hot flame for doing it, that doesn’t matter as much as what you see as your mission in life which is getting to as close to

the truth as you can.”

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CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

Opinion

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The end of the world is drawing near ... once again

Sell the house and quit your job — Jesus is coming back!

I know you’re thinking, “Haven’t I heard this countless times before?”

But wait, this time it’s different. I’m super-duper serious.

Harold Camping, a civil engineer by trade and president of the conservative Christian group “Family Radio,” invented a shoddy biblical numbers game to prove, without a doubt, that good ole’ JC is mounting up his white horse in the near future and heading our way.

And I mean real soon — May 21, to be exact.

That’s right folks, commencement is May 20, and the apocalypse will occur the next day.

While 2012 had previously been the accepted year of humanity’s unavoidable doom, it seems some eager beavers just couldn’t wait.

Camping’s eschatological pronouncement has put in a fast

lane to the apocalypse.

Of course, this isn’t the first time someone has tried to set a date for man’s demise.

I suppose the first attempt came from Jesus himself, as reported in Mark 9 and Matthew 16.

Next would most certainly Andrew be Paul, who based his entire Robertson Columnist ministry on the imminent return of the risen Lord.

Following their examples, many Christians have been obsessed with mankind’s destruction.

Notable in these countless failed predictors are Pope Innocent III, founder of the Mormon faith Joseph Smith, Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen White and the innumerable failed dates published in the Jehovah’s Wit-

ness publication, “The Watchtower.”

But Camping’s prophecy is based on “sound” biblical calculations, which also consider Earth to be 13,000 years old.

Using some funky math, he dates Jesus’ crucifixion to April 1, 33 CE, tosses in some Bible Code nonsense and, eureka — now we know for sure when to expect the return of the Jewish cosmic zombie.

All joking aside, I can’t help but wonder how this charlatan has received so much media attention.

This is actually not Camping’s first rodeo. He previously asserted the end of the world would occur on Sept. 6, 1994.

His followers gathered and held open their Bibles toward the heavens but to no raptured avail.

One would think deceiving people and giving them false hope would damage their prophesying credibility and cause some questioning the next time they cry

“wolf.”

Not so in the Christian faith.

But, to provide some criticism of Camping’s claim, one only needs to understand where he’s getting his misinformation.

The basis for his prediction is a calculation made using numeric values ascribed to Hebrew letters.

This is much like Michael Drosnin’s best-seller, “The Bible Code,” which makes a complete mockery of biblical scholarship and fails to realize the fallacy of claiming the Bible is “unchanged.”

So, Camping has deciphered a nonexistent code in a book that has been redacted and changed throughout history, and he has no scholastic biblical education — not terribly surprising.

Meanwhile, droves of ignorant followers are devouring his prediction and spreading the word to the masses without ever questioning his credibility or motive.

Most importantly, it seems

nobody has grasped the insanity of the claim itself. Camping proclaims the world is going to end and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Only about 3 percent of humanity will be rescued from the literal doomsday scenario, and everyone else is just plain screwed.

As for me, I’ve beaten the apocalyptic horse for far too long.

If society wants to make famous those who only desire to see it burn and destroyed, then perhaps the time has indeed come for all things to be made new.

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus — any day now.

Andrew Robertson is a 24-year-old English writing and culture senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Arobertson.

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Majority of companies offering cash for gold are scams In the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion of businesses and websites offering to take your unused jewelry off your hands.

Presumably, we all have a stockpile of gold bullion sitting in our garages, and the only thing holding us back from fast cars and women is slipping all that old, dirty and useless gold Devin Graham between a fold- Opinion Editor ed sheet of thin paper and mailing it to a stranger.

Similarly, there are innumerable companies offering to help you invest in gold.

Both are nearly always scams.

And there are several problems with this whole setup.

First of all, the hook. Companies claim that because of inflationary pressures, the price of gold is being driven through the roof. So, you should invest in gold because the price is going up.

And that’s true. Inflation is a natural process, and it’s just something we have to account for when we go to put money away.

Keeping gold, or commodities like it, can help to circumvent the loss of your investment value.

I want you to stop and think about what they’re saying for a second. Money, they claim, is worthless, and the value of gold is going through roof. So, send us your money and we’ll give you gold, the good stuff.

Only minutes later, you see commercial offering to send you

cash for your gold.

If all were well in our world, the two companies would do business with each other and we’d never have to get involved.

Clearly something is up.

Now, if they really thought gold was more valuable than cash, why would they want cash?

Like the television scams selling (by their claim) ultra-valuable collectible coins, if they really thought Buffalo coins or blocks of gold were more valuable than cash, they’d never consider selling them to you. Never.

If this weren’t enough, and this will be our second point for those of you counting, it is extremely irresponsible to send precious metals unsecured through the mail to a stranger.

They can, for example, receive the watch, necklace or ring, melt it down and sell it, and claim they never received it. In place of your new fortune, you may receive a letter claiming your item was “lost in postage,” with no hope of retribution or justice.

Services like the U.S. Postal Service’s Delivery Confirmation provide some protection against these kinds of scams because they require someone to sign for the delivery, giving you proof the valuables were indeed delivered.

It’s important to remember these people run a business, and they’re out to make as much money as possible. How much money they make is directly related to how much they pay you for gold, so there’s a very strong incentive for them to pay out as little as possible.

Markets like this one take

advantage of what economists call asymmetrical information.

All that fancy, econ-noise jargon means is that someone in the deal doesn’t know as much as the other guy, which is probably you.

The used car market was the same way for a long time until the proliferation of the Internet and sites showing the fair market value of vehicles opened up all the same information to buyers and sellers going into the dealership.

Unfortunately, few people

know the fair market value of gold and are thus extremely susceptible to being taken advantage of.

There is a right way to sell your valuables, and if you do decide to sell your gold, bring the items to a respectable dealer, compare prices, consider sites like eBay and do not, by any means, send anything valuable without taking advantage of services like Delivery Confirmation.

By the way, I have a bundle

of grapes that will soon be worth 100 times their current price.

Send me some money now, and I’ll pass a few your way.

Devin Graham is a 21-year-old business management senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dgraham.

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Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 DEGREES, from page 1

earned one of the highest percentages in the state, along with St. Tammany and Lincoln Parishes, with 30.1 percent and 31.2 percent, respectively.

These, along with Orleans and Lafayette Parishes, are the only parishes in Louisiana above or on par with the national average.

In 1940, about 8 percent of adults in East Baton Rouge Parish had degrees compared to 4.6 percent in the nation.

Since then, the percentage in East Baton Rouge has continued to climb and has consistently been above the national average.

Jonathan Fayard, finance sophomore, said he thinks more East Baton Rouge Parish residents have bachelor’s degrees because it’s where the University is located.

He said students decide to stay and get jobs in Baton Rouge after graduation.

“Everybody kind of sticks around,” Fayard said.

Fayard said the state average should be higher, especially because of the amount of aid available to prospective students. Fayard said he’s able to attend the University because of TOPS and without it, he may not have been able to get a degree. And he said he believes other Louisiana residents may be in the same situation.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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about exploring a merger between the University of New Orleans and Southern University-New Orleans.

Lemoine agreed with Ford, saying that Louisiana ranks in the top 10 states in the country for higher education spending because the state is funding 14 schools.

“That’s more schools than there are in the [Southeastern

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porate profits — he made clear the economic crisis is not finished.

“The steps we’ve taken over the last two years may have broken the back of this recession — but to win the future, we’ll need to take on challenges that have been decades in the making,” Obama cautioned.

Obama focused largely on making the country more competitive against international rivalry.

“At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else,” he said.

The president argued making the country competitive in the global economy requires investment in new technologies, especially “green” energy.

“This is our generation’s Sputnik moment,” he said, referring to the Soviet Union’s early lead over America in the space race. “In a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal.”

Channeling President John F. Kennedy, Obama called for the country to be 80 percent reliable on clean energy by 2035.

To do that, he called for the

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Conference],” Lemoine said.

The audience and panel also examined solutions for funding higher education like increasing taxes, reducing TOPS funding and reinstating the Stelly Tax Plan.

Waguespack relayed “good news” to the audience when asked why it was necessary to cut higher education funding instead of a different budget component.

“Funding for higher education

has only decreased 4 percent over the last three years,” he said.

Reilly stressed that the Flagship Coalition is not only meant to lobby for the University.

“There are things LSU can do to save money to be a pilot for other universities,” he said. “If LSU takes less from the general fund, there will be more money for the other universities.”

The program also features a

brief video of significant events regarding budget cuts to higher education, and SG President J Hudson is spotlighted.

“I feel good about where the budget’s going to be at the end of the day,” Waguespack said.

country to “become the first country to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.” He also urged Congress to “eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies.”

Obama argued that education reform is essential to rebuilding the economy.

“If we want to win the future — if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas — then we also have to win the race to educate our kids,” he said.

Obama touted several of his administration’s education programs, especially his Race to the Top program. He also called on parents to take more personal responsibility for their students.

Obama paid special attention to higher education.

“To compete, higher education must be within reach of every American,” he said.

He reiterated his previous commitment to make the U.S. the country with the highest proportion of college graduates.

In terms of actual higher education policy, Obama called for Congress to make permanent the administration’s $10,000 tuition tax credit.

He also asked Congress to consider removing impediments for children of undocumented immigrants to obtain higher education.

The “DREAM Act,” which would have removed those impediments, failed in the last weeks of the last Congress.

The president also reiterated his commitments to revamp the country’s infrastructure — providing high-speed rail access to 80 percent of Americans — and to double the country’s exports by 2014.

He also acknowledged the effort by congressional Republicans to repeal the controversial health care reform he signed last year.

“Instead of refighting the battles of the last two years, let’s fix what needs fixing and move forward,” he said.

Obama focused on reducing the country’s ballooning deficit, announcing a five-year spending freeze for all non-defense, non-discretionary spending.

In the Republican response to the speech, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Chairman of the House Budget Committee, applauded Obama for focusing on the economy, but criticized him and the Democratic

Party for increasing spending in the stimulus bill and health care law.

“We believe the days of business-as-usual must end,” he said.

“Borrowing has to end. Spending cuts have to come first.”

Republicans have proposed deep federal budget cuts, saying Obama’s proposed spending freeze is insufficient, according to news reports.

Images from the Congressional crowd contrasted starkly with previous States of the Union, as senators and representatives chose to sit together.

In previous speeches, the crowd — and the applause — was starkly divided along partisan lines.

Bob Mann, University political communication professor who teaches political rhetoric, said Obama’s speech was skillfully vague.

“It was a well-done speech thematically,” he said. “He obviously didn’t want to get into the weeds on specific policy issues.”

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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The Daily Reveille

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011