Today in Print - October 1, 2010

New form of synthetic marijuana avoids bans by changing ingredients, p. 3

Reveille Students audition for “LSU’s Got Talent” fundraiser and talent show, p. 5

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Imperfect Tenn.

Tigers search for passing game life, Vols seek all-around improvement Ryan Ginn Sports Contributor

No. 12 LSU may be college football’s most maligned team that has yet to lose a game.

But the smattering of boos heard during last week’s win against West Virginia pales in comparison to Tennessee coach Derek Dooley’s assessment of the Volunteers (2-2, 0-1).

“I’m not sure there’s anything we don’t need improvement on,” he said. “We’ve really not been good at anything — running, throwing, stopping the run, stopping the throws — so we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

The matchup between the two teams Saturday will serve as a reunion of sorts for Dooley, who won a national championship with LSU

ELECTION

Lt. gov. race tops Saturday ballot Matthew Albright Staff Writer

TENNESSEE, see page 7

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[Above] Junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson throws a pass Sept. 25 during LSU’s 20-14 win against West Virginia. [Right] Tennessee’s Anthony Anderson defends Sept. 25 as UAB wide receiver Mike Jones catches a touchdown pass. The Tigers kick off against Tennessee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Voters will take to the polls Saturday to choose a lieutenant governor and vote on a number of other races and proposals.

The most significant choice will be among the eight candidates for the office of lieutenant governor. Scott Angelle, who occupies the position now, decided not to run for re-election.

Five Republicans are vying for the position: Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, Lafayette-area country musician Sammy Kershaw, Baton Rouge-area physician Melanie McKnight and state Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere.

Three Democrats are also running for the position: former Caddo Parish Police Juror Jim Crowley from Shreveport, New Orleans-area lawyer Caroline Fayard — who received an endorsement from former President Bill Clinton — and state Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City.

Dardenne has been favored to win the race, with a healthy lead in most polls and more campaign cash than his opponents.

ELECTION, see page 7

BUDGET CUTS

Fired ‘foreign language 14’ confront Chancellor Martin Martin claims he’s to blame for layoffs Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

Members of the “foreign language 14” grilled Chancellor Michael Martin on Thursday about the process leading to the elimination of four foreign languages.

The foreign language 14 is the self-dubbed name of the University instructors who will no longer have jobs as of Jan. 21, 2011.

The 14 have appealed to College of Arts and Sciences Interim

Dean Gaines Foster, Vice Provost committee appointed by campus for Academic Affairs Jane Cassidy administrators. However, Martin and now Marsaid he doesn’t think tin. They have it changes curriculum now formed because the Univera resolution sity still offers other challenging the foreign languages.

U n i v e r s i t y ’s After securing a authority to meeting with Martin, change curricuthe 14 have barked la and are lookup the highest acaMichael Martin ing for Faculty demic tree possible. chancellor Senate support.

Eight of the 14 The resoattended the Thurslution says the Board of Super- day meeting and questioned how visors delegates its authority to the decision to fire the 14 mid“establish curricula” exclusively school year was made. to the Faculty Senate and not to LANGUAGES, see page 7 any campus administrator or any

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‘The recommendation [to fire the 14] came to me, and I’m responsible for it.’

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Chancellor Michael Martin speaks Thursday in a conference with the “foreign language 14,” the foreign language instructors who received termination notices.

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Nation & World

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INTERNATIONAL 16 inmates killed, 35 injured in prison gang riot in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan official says a riot involving rival gangs inside a prison has killed 16 inmates and injured 35.

Chief prisons official Consuelo Cerrada says authorities peacefully retook control of the prison after the violence.

Ecuador in a state of siege after police riots hospitalize president QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Hundreds of police angry over a law that would cut their benefits plunged the small South American nation of Ecuador into chaos Thursday, roughing up and teargassing the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.

Incensed officers shoved President Rafael Correa around, pelted him with water and doused him in tear gas when he tried to speak at a police barracks in the capital.

Correa, 47, was hospitalized after being nearly asphyxiated by the tear gas.

The government declared a state of siege, putting the military in charge of public order, suspending civil liberties and allowing soldiers to carry out searches without a warrant.

Mexico officials: Mayor killed in $6,000 hit over land dispute MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Two men were arrested for killing a small-town Mexican mayor for $6,000 in a land dispute, prosecutors said Thursday.

Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Alejandro Garza y Garza ruled out the involvement of drug gangs that have been blamed for the assassination of many other mayors in Mexico.

Prisciliano Rodriguez, mayor of Doctor Gonzalez, was gunned down Sept. 23 along with an aide. He was the fourth mayor killed in northeastern Mexico in a month.

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Supporters of Ecuador President Rafael Correa protest against rebellious police Thursday outside the hospital where Correa is recovering after being nearly asphyxiated by tear gas.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Ex-dean charged with forced labor after making students do chores

NOAA says sediment on Gulf floor not visibly oiled, contrary to reports

NEW YORK (AP) — One St. John’s University student was ordered to make meals at a veteran administrator’s home. Another withdrew cash that was delivered to the same official at a casino. A third had to answer personal e-mails — or else be kicked out of school.

The allegations in a federal complaint unsealed Thursday were the latest in a widening scandal involving Cecilia Chang, the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies and vice president for international relations.

A judge jailed Chang on Thursday on forced labor charges, alleging she threatened to withdraw scholarships from students unless they did her personal chores. A bail hearing was set for Friday in federal court in Brooklyn.

Before losing her job in June after 30 years at the school, Chang traveled worldwide as one of its top fundraisers.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists said Thursday they had found no visible oil on the sea floor around the damaged Gulf well that spewed some 206 million gallons of oil. Other scientists say they found a layer of oil on the sea floor.

“At this point, we haven’t seen any oiled sediments,” said Janet Baran, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coordinating efforts to find what oil is left in the Gulf of Mexico. “All the sediments we have taken have no visible oil on them.”

Baran said crews have taken about 114 sediment samples in waters more than 3 miles offshore, including areas around the site of the BP PLC well.

NOAA’s findings are in contrast to those of University of Georgia researcher Samantha Joye, who reported earlier this

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans police officers were charged Thursday with lying under oath about the shooting death of a man outside the city’s convention center in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, the latest case generated by a broad Justice Department probe of the police department.

Officers Ronald Mitchell and Ray Jones were patrolling the area where thousands had sought refuge and were later stranded when resident Danny Brumfield tried to flag the police down, according to the indictment. Brumfield either jumped on the car’s hood or was struck by the vehicle, according to the indictment, and Mitchell shot Brumfield.

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DRUGS

New form of synthetic marijuana sold in stores despite ban Products labeled ‘aromatic potpourri’ Sarah Eddington Staff Writer

A new form of synthetic marijuana has made its way onto store shelves despite an August law that banned previous forms of the drug.

House Bill 173, authored by Rep. Ricky Templet, R-Gretna, made it a crime to possess, sell or manufacture the synthetic drug commonly referred to as herbal incense.

But manufacturers have found a loophole in the legislation, resulting in new packs of herbal incense and now, more commonly, “aromatic potpourri.”

The legislation banned particular chemicals and substances found in the previous synthetic marijuana, but the new products use different sets of chemicals that offer the same results, said Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Jefferson, one of the bill’s sponsors.

Henry said HB 173 combined several authors of legislation from across the state that dealt with the same issue, and it focused primarily on chemicals.

“We need to find a better mechanism to deal with this. We can’t keep picking chemicals,” he said. “We are currently working with the National Conference of State Legislatures to see what other states are doing to address the problem.”

Aromatic potpourri, which typically costs about $20 for a 3-gram package, can be found at head shops and local convenience stores, including the Jubilee Food Store at the Valero gas station on College Drive, with names like “Nola Diamond,” “Purple Flake” and “Voodoo Remix.”

Zachary Robin, psychology sophomore, said he smoked the original herbal incense when it was legal.

“I’m strongly against drugs, but I was always curious about the incense,” Robin said. “Once you get into the habit of it, it consumes you. I only casually did it with two of my friends, but then all of a sudden we wanted to do it all the time.”

Robin said he doubted anyone would ever actually use the product as real incense.

“The people I bought it from never asked me what I was going to do with it. They already knew,” he said. “Plus, none of it smelled good anyway.”

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Not long after incense was outlawed, aromatic potpourri became available, Robin said.

“The same day incense became illegal, [potpourri] hit the streets. It’s basically the same stuff with different names,” he said. “I tried it once, and in my opinion it’s stronger than the old incense.”

But Robin said he doesn’t touch the stuff anymore.

“The old ones were so bad for your health. People used to get brain tumors from smoking it,” he said. “I can only imagine what this new stuff is going

to do.”

“Once you can start testing Henry said the main problem for it, at least you can track it,” he with these synthetic drugs is that said. “We’ll find a way.” you can’t test Even if aromatic for them. potpourri becomes “You can illegal, Robin said get as high as it won’t be the end a kite and be of these particular completely products. impaired with“They’ll just out anything make a new one,” showing up on he said. “Unless they Zachary Robin a drug test,” he make marijuana lepsychology sophomore said. gal, [manufacturers] Henry said are going to keep legislators are currently working making this stuff.” on a way to test for the chemicals.

Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSU

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‘The same day incense became illegal, [potpourri] hit the streets.’

Police Department spokesman, said he was unaware of the new potpourri, but LSUPD’s stance remains the same.

“We will treat it the same as anything else,” Tabor said. “If that particular substance is not against the law but people are using it [to get high], they’ll be referred to the Dean of Students.”

Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com

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PHILANTHROPY

Class project consults for local businesses free of charge Program provides students experience Rachel Warren Contributing Writer

Tiger Business Services, a group of consulting teams that are part of a University class project, is helping one local barbershop make the cut.

K. Mark Weaver, Thomas H. Daigre Endowed Chair of Business Administration and instructor of Management 4100, said he began the project when he started working at the University four years ago.

Weaver said students in the class are put into groups and assigned to local businesses. They work with the businesses to develop business plans, improve and create websites, and introduce them to social media like Facebook and Twitter.

This year, one of the businesses is Hill Top Barbershop, located

a new customer base. on East Washington Street.

He said he doesn’t have any Darian Cain, a Baton Rouge resident, worked at the shop for 13 qualms about receiving help from students. years before buying it a year ago.

“I’ll take any advice I can get,” Cain said he discovered Tiger Business Services when he applied Cain said.

Matthew Leblanc, business for a grant and the woman who assisted him with his application told management senior, is one of four students in the group him about it. assigned to Cain’s “I feel shop. blessed,” Cain Leblanc said said. “I’m so Cain is planning to grateful.” create a Facebook Cain said page for the shop his goal is to once he improves its make the shop physical appearance. better for cusK. Mark Weaver Leblanc said he tomers and employees and Thomas H. Daigre Endowed Chair of has enjoyed working Business Administration, with Cain. to draw in new “His excitement clients. management instructor makes me excited,” We a v e r said he wants the barbershop to Leblanc said.

He’s not alone. become more of a community reBusiness management senior source for its surrounding area.

Cain said he hopes working Tyinna Jones said she’s eager to with students on this project will see the result of all the team’s hard make his business more attractive work.

“I just want to see it done,” to University students and give him

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‘We want people that are interested in getting our help.’

CONTESTS

Open auditions held for talent show Winners receive gift cards, passes Rachel Warren Contributing Writer

Students displayed an array of talents Thursday at the open auditions held this week for a talent show called “LSU’s Got Talent.”

Business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi is hosting the first annual event in November, and members judged the auditions Thursday night and will continue tonight.

Mass communication freshman Jonathan Sciortino’s talent was one he said he kept hidden for some time — playing The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on the ukulele.

Sciortino said he has been playing the ukulele for two years and his audition was the first time he’d ever played in front of a group of people.

He said he chose to audition because he was ready to show people his skills.

Marcus Toussaint, mechanical engineering junior, showed off his dancing skills.

Toussaint said he didn’t prepare a routine for his audition but planned to show the judges a bit of everything he can do. He said he’d plan some choreography if he were asked to be in the show.

Toussaint said after his audition he wished he’d prepared more.

“I was just freestyling up there,” he said.

Toussaint said he has been dancing for eight or nine years and has taken classes in modern dance, jazz and, his favorite, hip-hop.

Toussaint also performed Greek step dancing for the judges, something he does often with his

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Mechanical engineering junior Marcus Toussaint dances Thursday night in the Student Union’s Cotillion Ballroom at the open auditions for “LSU’s Got Talent.”

fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma.

“I use dance to express myself,” Toussaint said. “I’m here to have fun.”

Erin Landry, marketing senior and president of Alpha Kappa Psi, said the fraternity wanted to hold the talent show to get the community involved in something on campus.

Landry said she hopes more student organizations will join the fraternity next year for the event.

“We really just want to make it bigger and better every year,” Landry said.

Landry said she was contacted by about 15 people wanting to schedule auditions and hopes to see several walk-ins at the audition tonight.

The official talent show, which will be held Nov. 5 in the auditorium of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, is a fundraising event for the fraternity.

Landry said the fraternity’s goal is to sell more than 800

tickets.

Landry said the first-place winner will win a performance during halftime at the LSU basketball game against the University of Houston on Nov. 30.

The winner will also receive a $100 gift card and 12 passes to Tiki Tubing.

Second- and third-place winners will receive a $75 gift card and eight passes and a $50 gift card and four passes, respectively.

Landry also said the fraternity plans to have bands and performances as exhibition acts throughout the show.

She said local band State Street Survivors will play, which she hopes will help attract an audience.

The last auditions for the show will be tonight from 6 to 8. Landry said the judges will cast the show

by Wednesday.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

Jones said.

Weaver said his class works primarily with commercial ventures in the fall and mostly non-profit social enterprises in the spring.

Weaver said Tiger Business Services doesn’t usually advertise and receives most of its clients through referrals.

“They’re typically small and mid-size businesses that aren’t supported by some other unit at LSU,” he said.

Weaver said most businesses he has worked with have been receptive to students’ advice.

“We want people that are interested in getting our help,”

Weaver said.

Other businesses working with Tiger Business Services include a photography company, a coffee shop and SCORE, an organization of retired business counselors who volunteer their services to fledgling businesses.

Weaver said SCORE has had difficulty attracting counselors to join the organization and was looking for a way to advertise itself better.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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TRENDS

Bayou Beard Association held first meeting Monday Club provides haven for facial hair fans Ferris W. McDaniel Entertainment Writer

With “No Shave November” approaching, an organization has sprung up to provide a haven for beard, mustache and other facial hair enthusiasts.

The Bayou Beard Association held its first meeting with 17 charter members Monday at local bar Port Royal after founder Kevin Martin came up with the idea to gather beard lovers in Baton Rouge.

“I’ve seen a lot of people with beards in this part of Louisiana,” Martin said. “Why not bring everyone together and have our own group?”

The idea for the club originated when Martin began investigating organizations, clubs and competitions that revolved around facial hair,

Brandon Dixon French and geology junior

‘I really suck at shaving and if I don’t have... facial hair I look like a fool.’

particularly beards, and discovered the World Beard Championship, he said.

“I found this beard culture and started contacting people,” Martin said.

Ryan Olson, forestry graduate student and one of the founding members of the club, sports a beard and said everyone had a good time at the association’s first meeting.

“We voted on our organization’s name and discussed the types of activities our group should participate in,” he said.

People don’t have to have

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communication disorders freshman

‘I think that too much facial hair is dirty, but a little scruff is fine.’

a beard to join the club — anybody who supports or appreciates growing facial hair is welcome to join the club and help promote facial hair, Martin said.

The association’s main objective is fun, but Martin also wants the club to participate in competitions, hold events and try to diminish negative views of beards, he said.

“I’d like to do some good things for charity,” Martin said.

Martin said the club plans on building a bowling team for the Komen Bowl for the Cure on Oct. 10 and would like to participate in a

Craig Chandler geography junior

‘I never participate in ‘No Shave November’ because my facial hair looks awful.’

beard competition or event within the upcoming year and donate some of the proceeds to charity.

The Beard and Mustache Competition in Austin, Texas, is an event the club would like to attend next year, Olson said.

Brandon Dixon, French and geology junior who also has a beard, said he would consider joining the club and participating in events.

“I’m always up for any sort of charitable event,” he said.

Martin said he wants the University to be a big part of the club and will have an event for No Shave

November, a popular tradition among college students, which includes not shaving facial hair during the entire month of November.

The club will meet again Oct. 25 at Port Royal and will meet at least once a month, Martin said.

Martin plans on reaching out to the New Orleans and Lafayette areas to expand the club.

The Bayou Beard Association has a Facebook page and urges anyone who understands or appreciates the growing of facial hair to get involved in the club.

Martin said growing a beard is a lifestyle choice — it’s about fellowship and a common bond.

“I think every person is unique in their facial hair,” Martin said.

“Some people grow mammoth beards. Some people grow mustaches. I think your facial hair reflects some of your personality.”

Contact Ferris W. McDaniel at fmcdaniel@lsureveille.com

FACULTY

University English professor brings New Orleans flavor to poetry class Osbey’s works are in literary journals Grace Montgomery Contributing Writer

Brenda Osbey’s office is peaceful. Natural sunlight is the only illumination in the room, and photographs of friends and family accent a wall lined with books.

These objects describe Osbey’s deep connection to writing, relationships and her Southern heritage.

Osbey, a University English professor, has been publishing poems since she was 19. Her early works were published in the “Callaloo” and “Obsidian” literary journals, and she has written four books of poems, including “All Saints: New and Selected Poems,” published by LSU Press.

Osbey also served as Poet Laureate of Louisiana from 2005 to 2007.

Osbey came to the University “on the heels of Katrina,” she said. She teaches poetry and a senior class in the African and African American Studies program as a professional-in-residence in the English Department.

“I enjoy it — the feeling one is at an institution and part of a big community,” Osbey said.

Though she teaches at the University, Osbey is rooted in her hometown New Orleans, as she has been for much of her life.

“I am a New Orleanian,” Osbey said. “To me, New Orleans is the source of what I do and think.”

Osbey’s connection to New

Orleans also permeates into her classes.

“She definitely brings it back to New Orleans,” said Paul Stumpe, English sophomore.

“Her roots show in class.”

Osbey recently spoke at the Poetry Society of America’s “Remembering Katrina” event on Aug. 29. Poets were selected for their connections to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.

While New Orleans is crucial to Osbey’s development as a writer, she said New Orleans also greatly impacts her work and life.

Osbey began writing as a child. She describes it as a “natural development” while growing up in an artistic family. Her two aunts and grandmother sang opera, and her mother was also a singer.

Osbey said whether they were parents, teachers or other family members, mentors constantly provided her support as she honed her skills.

“I would learn later that was not the norm,” Osbey said.

Her essay, “Writing Home,” examines the role of family in her career.

Osbey completed her bachelor’s degree at Dillard University and her master’s degree at the University of Kentucky.

Osbey said she enjoys writing both poetry and prose, though she has been publishing poetry longer.

“They are closely related,” Osbey said. “The two forms are almost symbiotic.”

The process of writing poetry and prose differs to Osbey, however. Poems begin with a “snatch of conversation” or a series of words or images, Osbey said.

“There is something about essays that gives the appearance of effortlessness,” Osbey said.

“It is like sewing when you don’t want the seams to show.”

But each work is different and the subject matter often determines the form, Osbey said.

Osbey said she also enjoys the opportunity to teach students about writing poetry or prose.

“Teaching is surprising,” Osbey said. “If you’re lucky, you see students go from complete disinterest to fully embracing writing.”

While students are typically more open to prose, both prose and poetry classes can promote engagement in the study of writing and literature.

“Literature enforces a love of the intellect,” Osbey said. “It shows what is possible.”

Osbey’s own love of literature shows in her classes, Stump said.

“She understands the material well, and she always knows the allusions and backgrounds to stories,” Stump said.

Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com

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University English professor Brenda Obsey talks of her childhood in New Orleans on Wednesday afternoon in her office in Allen Hall. Osbey has had her poems published.

Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 ELECTION, from page 1

The lieutenant governor is next in line for the governor’s post should the governor resign or be incapacitated, according to the state constitution.

The lieutenant governor also oversees the state’s tourism industry, museum coordination, advertising campaigns and other activities for attracting visitors to the state.

Other statewide proposals include a constitutional amendment to move legislative sessions in evennumbered years to the second Monday in March and in odd-numbered years to the second Monday in April.

That would sync the state’s legislative business with most state legislatures nationwide.

Another amendment would exempt all employees in the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness from classified civil service.

The bill would mean employees

TENNESSEE, from page 1

as an assistant in 2003, as well as for LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis, who helped Tennessee to the 1998 BCS National Championship.

But the only reunion LSU (4-0, 2-0) is interested in seeing is Jordan Jefferson with the end zone. The junior quarterback has gone three straight games without a passing touchdown and was held to fewer than 100 passing yards in all three contests.

“I think we’re very close,” Jefferson said of the offense. “It’s going to come sooner or later, and once it does, we’re just going to stick with it and go.”

Facing the UT secondary may be the perfect situation for Jefferson to find his rhythm. Tennessee went defense-optional against AlabamaBirmingham, giving up 429 passing yards in a double-overtime victory.

That will come as welcome news to a team with the fifth-worst passing offense in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivison. Three of the four teams that ranked worse than the Tigers run the triple option offense, resulting in far fewer passing attempts.

“It’s very encouraging,” said LSU coach Les Miles of the Vols’ struggles. “I would look forward to hopefully attacking an opponent in a like fashion.”

While the play calling may include more downfield passes, those calling for LSU to abandon the option will have to wait.

“Like or dislike, we’re still going to run the option,” said junior running back Stevan Ridley. “When times get rough, people like to point their finger and blame, but that’s not us at all. We’re going to continue doing what we’ve been doing.”

Ridley has carried much of the load for the offense this season, averaging 5.8 yards per carry and notching two 100-yard games.

His emergence represents a solid improvement for the running game from last season, when LSU only had one 100-yard rushing performance.

The offensive package may also include LSU wunderkind Patrick Peterson, who has already added special teams to his IV-inducing workload.

“Patrick Peterson has gotten some snaps [with the offense],” Miles said Wednesday. “Frankly, I

of GOHSEP would not work under the State Civil Service. Proponents argue civil service protections for hiring employees could hinder the office during emergencies. Opponents argue removing those protections gives the governor more power and might politicize the office.

Locally, the ballot includes a proposed $3.5-mil, 12-year property tax increase that would almost double funding to the city’s cashstrapped Capital Area Transit System. CATS administrators say the increased funding would allow for a complete revamp of the system.

CATS administrators say citizens would see more frequent stops and more routes by CATS buses, including possible routes to the Mall of Louisiana and down Nicholson Drive.

Voters throughout East Baton Rouge Parish will also select a school board member from their district Saturday. Zachary voters will choose a new mayor, chief of police

The Daily Reveille Major Proposals on Ballot:

• Lieutenant governor • School board members • Property tax to fund transit system • Amendment to move legislative session in sync with others nationally • Amendment to move the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Prepardness outside the State Civil Service

and metro council.

In other parishes, voters will choose judges, mayors, chiefs of police and state legislators. The 3rd District will select a U.S. representative.

Turnout for the election is expected to be low, especially given the 2:30 p.m. LSU home football game.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

don’t know when he would be ready, The Tennessee offensive line, but there is some thought process by contrast, has given up more sacks there.” than any other SEC school.

In the meantime, Peterson is foBut for LSU’s defensive linecusing on the defense’s goal of shut- men, it will still be business as usual. ting opponents down. With a first“We’re going to treat everybody year starter in junior quarterback the same,” said senior defensive Matt Simms tackle Lazarius Levunder center for ingston. “This is still Tennessee, the SEC football. They’re LSU secondary scholarship guys as may not have well, so we’ve got to the same work be really prepared.” rate as past The Tigers will games. also have to come The Volprepared for their first Derek Dooley unteers’ offense home afternoon game Tennessee football coach is 119th out of since 2008. Despite 120 FBS teams having a 55-15 record in third-down conversions. The Vols at LSU, Les Miles is 6-8 in 2:30 p.m. have converted less than 20 percent kickoffs during the past five seasons. of their third-down opportunities on The poor record in day games the season. won’t affect the way the team ap“Those guys definitely want proaches Saturday’s matchup, Miles to run the football first and pass said. second,” Peterson said. “We’ve “There is no way I’m going to got to come out here and start fast be anywhere but excited and findlike we’ve been doing the last four ing positives at 2:30,” he said. “That weeks.” time will get us done, and hopefully Avoiding Peterson and com- in the right fashion.” pany means facing a stout defensive line. The Tigers piled up 10 sacks in their first two games and Contact Ryan Ginn at lead the Southeastern Conference in rginn@lsureveille.com run defense.

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After what Greek, Latin, German and classical studies instructor Johanna Sandrock called “finger-pointing” between Foster and Martin, she said she was disappointed in the message the University is sending the world that “foreign languages are expendable.”

Martin said a group pulled together by the provost made the cut recommendation to him, which he approved.

“The recommendation came to me, and I’m responsible for it,” Martin said. “So it’s a group of one recommended by a very serious and a very thoughtful and a very sensitive group.”

Foster said eliminating the 14 was his decision. After he was handed a reduction of $700,000 to trim within his college, he eliminated programs with the fewest numbers of students.

Russian instructor Jean Rutherford said the cuts should have been made on a student per instructor basis, not students per program. Rutherford is the only Russian teacher, so her firing

results in the termination of an entire language.

German instructor Angelika Roy questioned why foreign languages were cut as opposed to other academic areas.

“If we eliminate engineering, we’re no longer land grant,” Martin said. “If we eliminate coastal sciences, we’re no longer sea grant.”

Martin said virtually all cuts have been exhausted from areas other than the University core.

He said while several foreign languages were the first to go, they won’t be the last academic programs cut.

“Depending on the circumstances, the deans have made hard choices. I stand by those choices,” Martin said. “We can’t invent solutions that don’t exist.”

Sandrock said after the meeting she still was not satisfied.

“To me there really is no responsibility,” Sandrock said. “We really need to know who is making this decision.”

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com

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La. native Janzen Jackson returns to LSU nearly two years after recruiting debacle Sean Isabella Sports Writer

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Tennessee sophomore safety Janzen Jackson (15) breaks up a pass intended for a UAB wide receiver Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn., during the Volunteers’ 32-29 win. LSU hosts the Volunteers on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

This weekend’s LSU-Tennessee game is littered with homecomings.

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, a former LSU assistant under Nick Saban, returns to Tiger Stadium for the first time in Volunteer orange, while LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis, Tennessee’s former long-time defensive coordinator, will don purple and gold for the first time against his former team.

But one player has slipped under the radar.

It has taken nearly two years, but Tennessee sophomore safety Janzen Jackson, who played high school football in Lafayette and Lake Charles, will make his long-awaited — and overdue — first appearance in Death Valley.

“He was running around all day [Tuesday] like a little kid,” said Tennessee sophomore cornerback Prentiss Waggner. “I know he’s pretty excited about this weekend.”

Just don’t expect LSU fans to return the favor.

Once upon a time, Jackson committed to LSU on Feb. 23, 2008, as a five-star recruit and one of the prized pieces of LSU’s class.

He held his pledge for almost a year before throwing a curveball when he signed with Tennessee the day after National Signing Day. Message board bandwidths nearly crashed as LSU fans were in disarray.

“I can remember he put the Tennessee hat on at Barbe [High School in Lake Charles], and the room just got silent. There were even a couple boos,” said Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest. com. “That was probably one of the oddest recruitments of a kid in terms of how it played out that I really remember.”

Jackson visited Tennessee toward the end of the recruiting period in 2009 and was blown away by then-Volunteer coach Lane Kiffin and his father, then-defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, not to mention an opportunity to immediately start as a freshman.

“Monte Kiffin was the difference,” Jackson said following his decision. “He invented his own defense and has been so good for so long ... That was just too much to pass up.”

The Kiffins lived up to their end of the bargain as Jackson worked his way into the starting lineup JACKSON, see page 15

FOOTBALL

Former safety Jones to be honored Saturday Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

Former LSU safety Chad Jones will be honored Saturday for his achievements at LSU during the Tigers’ game against Tennessee.

Jones, one of only two players in college history with a BCS national title and a baseball national title, said he will join his family and loved ones on the field after the first quarter.

“Going out there in front of the whole team, the whole crowd, and standing in front of all the teammates, I think that’ll be a bigtime thing for me,” Jones said.

LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said the presentation will be a recap of Jones’ LSU career.

“We’re going to show a video,” Bonnette said. “He’s going to be on the field with his family, and he’ll watch the game from up in the press box.”

Jones led the Tigers with three interceptions his junior season before declaring for the NFL draft.

He was selected in the third round by the New York Giants before seriously injuring his left leg June 25 in a car accident in New Orleans.

Jones said he has been in rehab in New Orleans since getting released from a New York hospital JONES, see page 15

VOLLEYBALL

Tigers travel to face No. 2 Florida LSU faces South Carolina on Sunday Mark Clements Sports Contributor

The LSU volleyball team began the 2010 season in record-setting fashion, winning 13 straight matches to mark the best start in program history.

The road to perfection gets tougher this weekend as the No. 16 Tigers (13-0, 4-0) travel to Gainesville, Fla. to take on the No. 2 ranked Florida Gators (101, 3-0) Friday night.

LSU also faces South Caro- Florida’s 18-year stint of being lina (3-10, 0-3) Sunday in Colum- top dog. LSU’s 3-0 sweep of the bia, S.C., for the Gators last seafinal match of the son snapped a weekend.

26-match losing Senior setter streak to Florida Brittney Johnson dating back to the said the perfect re1991 season. cord isn’t getting Florida’s lone to the team’s head. loss this season “It feels good came against No. [to be unbeaten],” 4 Penn State. In Brittney Johnson Johnson said. the Tigers’ biggest “It’s always good test this season, LSU senior setter to be undefeated, LSU coach Fran but it’s not going to stop us from Flory said the key to victory lies working hard.” in ball control.

LSU’s 2009 Southeastern VOLLEYBALL, see page 15 Conference championship ended

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LSU senior setter Brittney Johnson (12) sets the ball for junior middle blocker Michele Williams (23) Sept. 10 during the Tigers’ 3-0 win against North Carolina.

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SOCCER

Tigers send 8 players Tigers to host SEC home opener LSU will take on to Rice Invitational Alabama, Auburn in Athens, Ga., but coach Brown was content with the trip.

“It was fine. All we had left was a little doubles match,” he said. “It was a tough draw. There were probably 15 guys there that Hunt Palmer will be seeded in the top 50, so Sports Contributor it was nice to see us compete out The LSU men’s tennis team there, especially Borsos.” will face off with four schools Weather permitting, the Rice from the Lone Star State this Invitational begins Friday and weekend in the Rice Invitational wraps up Tuesday. at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium at Two members of the womRice University. en’s team will continue fall LSU The Tigers will be joined on play this weekend at the Interthe courts by host Rice Univer- collegiate Tennis Association sity, Texas, the All-American Univerisity of Championships Texas-Arlington Pre-Qualifying in and Texas A&MPacific Palisades, Corpus Christi.

Calif.

Junior LSU men’s coach Whitney Wolf and Jeff Brown said sophomore Keri he expects a comFrankenberger petitive and busy begin play in the Jeff Brown weekend for his pre-qualifying LSU men’s tennis coach players. rounds Saturday.

“This is a If the two can strong tournament, one of the advance, they’ll attempt to qualstrongest we’ll play,” Brown said. ify for the All-American Cham“Texas is deep. Rice has a strong pionships on Monday through team. The good thing about this Wednesday. Tournament play betournament is that we’ll get three gins Thursday, Oct. 7. doubles matches and three singles matches regardless, so that’s six Contact Hunt Palmer at matches for everyone.” hpalmer@lsureveille.com Eight Tigers will make the trip to Houston. Senior Cody Loup and sophomore standout Olivier Borsos will compete for the third time this season. Sophomores Roger Anderson, James Turbervill and Stefan Szacinski, juniors Mark Bowtell and Tom Knights and senior defending bracket A champion Julien Gauthier will make their 2010 debut this weekend.

Each team will seed their players one through eight for the weekend, creating four brackets.

All players ranked one and two compose the first bracket. The three and four seeds will play in bracket two, continuing through bracket four.

Bowtell and Szacinski will represent LSU in the first bracket.

Borsos, the most successful Tiger through two weeks, is seeded sixth. Borsos is 4-2 in his first six matches of the fall and has caught his coach’s eye.

“We’ve certainly seen [Borsos’] play pick up since last year,” Brown said.

The Tigers participated in a rain-shortened Southern Intercollegiate Tournament last weekend

Lady Tigers send 2 to California

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‘This is a strong tournament, one of the strongest we’ll play.’

Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

The LSU soccer team will do something this weekend it’s not accustomed to.

For the first time this season, the Tigers play both weekend opponents at home, as they welcome Alabama (7-2, 2-0) and Auburn (7-3, 1-1) to Baton Rouge for their Southeastern Conference homeopening weekend.

“They’re both going to be top40 teams in the RPI when it comes out next week, so it’s two quality opponents,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. The Tigers (3-5-2, 0-1-1) have played only three of their 10 games at home this season and are 3-0 in those games.

“We just haven’t played that many home games yet,” Lee said.

“We’ll see how it affects us.”

LSU is undefeated against Alabama and Auburn the last two seasons, but the Tigers haven’t won consecutive games yet this season.

Lee said LSU has an opportunity to take grasp of its division with home wins this weekend.

“It’s two big games in the race for the SEC West,” Lee said.

“You’ve got to win your home games.”

Junior goalie Mo Isom said this year.” starting a streak at home against Lee said fans will get rowdy the Tigers’ first SEC West oppo- any time Alabama plays LSU, and nents of the season wouldn’t be a he expects a tough environment for bad place to start. the Crimson Tide this weekend.

“It’s extremely hard for us to “Friday nights tend to be pretlose at home simty electric around ply because of the here,” he said. fan environment,” Freshman Isom said. “It’s goalkeeper Megan going to be nice Kinneman and to be settled in and Isom have rotated sleep in our own weekend games beds the night bethe last three fore.” weekends, and The Tigers Lee said he hasn’t play the Crimdecided who will Mo Isom son Tide on Fristart against AlaLSU junior goalkeeper day. Alabama has bama or Auburn. won four straight LSU plays games, including Auburn at 1 p.m. victories against SEC opponents on Sunday. Isom said both teams Ole Miss and Mississippi State. have a similar style of attack and Alabama coach Todd Bramble formations. is in his third season in Tusca“Auburn’s always just a riloosa, Ala. Bramble immediately valry that’s been there,” Isom said. made a difference for the Crimson “They’re a quality team.”

Tide in his first season, making it Lee said his freshman-laden to the SEC tournament for the first team is growing accustomed to time since 2004. each other on the field at the right “I know they have a good time of the year shortly into the coach that they’ve had over there SEC season. for a few years now,” Isom said. “I “Roles are being established,” think they’re finally getting into a Lee said. “People are kind of playrhythm.” ing their way into certain posiIsom said she expects it to be tions. We’re finally starting to a “pretty even battle” Friday night settle a little bit.” against Alabama.

“They’re a team you could sort of overlook before, but this Contact Rowan Kavner at season not so much,” Isom said.

“They are a pretty powerful team rkavner@lsureveille.com

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SCHWEMMING AROUND

There’s another undefeated team on campus, so pay attention Sometimes, inexperience is the best experience.

Just think about back in the day when you were young. You would make a mistake, and you wouldn’t think twice about it as long as nobody yelled at you. The older you got, though, the more mistakes bothered you.

The same concept applies to any team. Take a look at the LSU football team’s young defense, and you can see where its youth has been in revolt against opposing offenses.

Well there’s another undefeated team on campus whose inexperience has been more of a positive than a detriment — LSU’s volleyball team. But you probably didn’t notice that because you were too busy complaining about the football team’s offense.

They are playing some of the most kickass volleyball I’ve seen in the three years I’ve covered them. That’s saying a lot considering how successful they were last year (making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling in five sets to Texas A&M).

The No. 16 Tigers are 13-0, much to the surprise of their head coach Fran Flory. On top of that, they have done it in a fashionable style, dropping a mere seven sets in their 13 matches.

To be undefeated at this point in the season is impressive no

matter who you play. But Flory’s squad hasn’t necessarily had a cakewalk so far this season.

LSU has defeated Rice, TCU and Pacific just to name a few.

Oh, and the Tigers walked into Texas A&M and swept the Aggies.

That’s nothing to take lightly — No. 13 Texas fell to A&M on Sept.

16 in College Station, Texas.

This weekend will be the Andy Schwehm Sports Columnist Tigers’ biggest challenge as they go to Gainesville, Fla., to face the No. 2 Gators.

LSU impressively swept past Florida last year en route to bringing a halt to Florida’s 18 straight Southeastern Conference titles. If you don’t think Florida is looking for a little revenge, then think again.

But the thing about this LSU team is it’s a whole different set of Tigers from last year, so don’t expect them to think too much about last year’s team.

This year’s team doesn’t have the name recognition around the country that last year’s team had. There is no more Brittnee Cooper for every coach to game plan around (or simply try to contain the amount of hurt she could put on you). There is no more Sam Dabbs or Marina Skender or

Lauren DeGirolamo on this team.

Instead, it’s a team that has put together the most impressive start in program history. The group is often compared to the 1991 squad, which just so happens to be the last time the Tigers went to the Final Four.

The key word in that last sentence: group. Or as junior libero Lauren Waclawczyk calls it, “team-ness.”

“We are so good at empowering the people next to us,” she said Tuesday after a spirited practice. “It’s not about me. It’s about the team. Our whole team is the star.”

That unity has shown, as the Tigers are up in kills-per-set, assists-per-set and digs-per-set from last year, three of the four major statistical categories in volleyball.

At just the two practices I’ve been to this year, along with two matches, I can tell there is a different air about this team.

This year’s group is young and fast, and they like to have fun. Flory went as far as calling her team “goofy.” Sometimes that looseness off the court translates to great play on it.

“This is a team that has to have not a light-hearted approach, but a less serious approach than teams I’ve had in the past,” Flory said. “We don’t know if we make a mistake at the wrong time what that costs, and we just bounce

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LSU freshman middle blocker Desiree Elliott (4) and sophomore outside hitter Madie Jones (6) celebrate Sept. 10 after winning a point during the Tigers’ game against North Carolina. LSU beat the Tar Heels, 3-0, and remains undefeated this season.

right back.”

So long as it can continue to use its youth to its advantage, this team can continue to win. The Tigers have been impressive so far, and I fully expect that to continue.

This weekend will tell a lot about what the Tigers are capable

of. But whenever they come back to campus next weekend, remember to pay attention to that other undefeated team on campus.

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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SOCCER

Freshman goalkeeper Kinneman challenges Isom for playing time three weekends.

“It’s definitely a fight every practice, and I think the switching off has worked well,” Isom said.

Isom said the lack of comRowan Kavner petition in years past allowed her Sports Writer to be complacent at times. She Freshman goalkeeper Megan said practicing and training with Kinneman is doing something no Kinneman has made her a better other Tiger could do the last two goalie. years.

“That nervousness and drive She is challenging junior due to the competition has imgoalkeeper Mo Isom, who set proved my game to where I feel single-season LSU records for like I’m the best goalkeeper I’ve wins (15), shutouts (12) and ever been right now,” Isom said. goals against average (.72) last The relationship seems to be year, for playing time. mutually beneficial. Kinneman Kinneman said Isom’s leadwas ranked as the ership and veterNo. 9 goalkeeper an presence have in the country been valuable as coming into Bashe grows accuston Rouge, and tomed to college she hasn’t dissoccer. appointed. The “Mo is aweMissouri City, some,” Kinneman Texas, native has said. “I’ve been Mo Isom allowed only two training with her, LSU junior goalkeeper goals in three and she’s helped games and has stopped more than me become so much better. We 90 percent of opponents’ shots on just push each other.” goal.

Isom said she and Kinneman She is providing a goalie bat- provide balance for the Tigers. tle Isom wasn’t accustomed to in She said she is better against her previous two seasons at LSU. teams that prefer to cross the ball Former Tiger goalie Hannah and Kinneman is better against Linzay made only two appear- quicker teams. ances last year as Isom enjoyed “I think we’re both solid her record-breaking season. Isom keepers across the board,” Isom played every minute in goal dur- said. “But she’s excellent at cering her freshman season in 2008. tain things that I’m weaker at, and Kinneman has only started I’m excellent at certain things she three games to Isom’s seven, but may be weaker at.”

LSU coach Brian Lee has been Lee said how the two pracrotating the two goalies the last tice and how they perform in

Rookie has started three games so far

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LSU goalkeeper Mo Isom (0) kicks the ball away from Mississippi State midfielder Ashley Hood (17) in the Tigers’ 4-0 victory against the Bulldogs on Oct. 18, 2009, at the LSU Soccer Complex. Isom has rotated with freshman Megan Kinneman in goal this season.

games will determine the goalies’ playing time in the near future.

The intense competition on the field hasn’t created bad tempers between the goalies off the field.

“What I’ve done for her she’s equally done back for me,” Isom said. “We have incredible chemistry, and we get along great which is a huge factor.”

Kinneman, who is 1-1-1 this

season after games against Tennessee, Illinois and LouisianaLafayette, said she didn’t expect to play her freshman season.

Lee said in the preseason he had planned to redshirt Kinneman this season.

“I thought that was the plan at the beginning, so I just came in and wanted to work as hard as I could and push Mo as much as I could,” Kinneman said.

Isom said Kinneman performed well in her first few starts.

“I feel total confidence when she steps into the game,” Isom said. “She’s just a great player overall on the team.”

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FOOTBALL

LSU forced to look beyond Louisiana for potential quarterbacks La. only produced 2 3-star QBs this year Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

Every summer, the best high school and college quarterbacks in the country flock to the Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, La., to learn the ins and outs of playing under center.

This summer, college signal callers like Stanford’s Andrew Luck and Boise State’s Kellen Moore helped host the camp led

by Louisiana legends Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning.

Even LSU junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson made the trek to Thibodaux.

But almost all the top-level college gunslingers at the prestigious camp were from out of state, representing a recent trend in Louisiana.

Lately the fertile recruiting soil of the Bayou State has come up dry at the most important position on the field — quarterback.

Louisiana has two Scout.com three-star quarterbacks in the 2011 recruiting crop compared to Texas, which has two four-star and 10 three-star gunslingers, and California with three four-star and six three-star quarterbacks.

Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision, said the lack of highprofile quarterbacks coming out of Louisiana high schools has affected LSU. “Louisiana just hasn’t produced them,” Nadeau said. “It’s not a recipe for disaster, but it makes LSU’s quarterback

situation worse.”

Louisiana high schools have only produced six Scout threestar signal callers, no four-star quarterbacks and one five-star quarterback, former LSU and East St. John passer Ryan Perrilloux, since 2004.

“I can’t remember a drought this long,” said Rivals.com recruiting analyst Mike Scarborough. “Louisiana has never gone this long without a marquee quarterback.”

There have been seven Louisiana Scout three-through-fivestar quarterbacks (one for every 641,428 people) compared to 89 Texas three-through-fivestar quarterbacks (one for every 278,426 people) in the eight-year span.

“It’s extremely easy [for LSU to recruit in-state players],” Scarborough said. “High school quarterbacks from Louisiana who grew up wearing an LSU bib in the crib are easy to recruit. When you go out of state, that’s a different story.”

Nadeau said one reason the state isn’t developing collegelevel quarterbacks is the trend of moving toward run-first offenses focused on the option instead of

spread and pro-style formations.

“A lot of programs are going to play a certain type of offense because of the athletes they have,” Nadeau said. “They play more of a read-option type of offense because it’s hard to defend.”

Louisiana high schools aren’t using a prototypical drop-back quarterback as often as other states, according to Nadeau.

“You haven’t had the pure quarterback come through Louisiana,” Nadeau said. “You have to go elsewhere to go get them.”

Only four native Louisiana quarterbacks have started for LSU since 2000 — Josh Booty, Marcus Randall, Jefferson and Perrilloux.

Alabama native JaMarcus Russell and Matt Flynn from Tyler, Texas, panned out well for LSU, but the last three quarterbacks to sign with the Tigers have gone different routes.

Mississippi native Chris Garrett left the program this past summer, and Scout five-star dualthreat quarterback Russell Shepard from Houston, Texas, moved to wide receiver.

Two-sport athlete Zach Lee was the lone quarterback from the 2010 class, and he opted to

play baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“Things that you didn’t think would happen, happened,” Nadeau said. “If you would have those guys, you wouldn’t be in the position you are right now.”

LSU passed on in-state Scout three-star quarterbacks Zach Oliver and Dak Prescott for 2011.

The Tigers did nab Athens, Ala., quarterback Stephen Rivers on Aug. 6, but they are still seeking another passer.

“They want to hit a home run here at the end,” said Shea Dixon, managing editor for Tigersportsdigest.com. “LSU’s in a situation

that they need to get a bigger, more ready name.”

Junior college quarterback Zach Mettenberger will be in Baton Rouge on Nov. 20 for the Ole Miss game. The former Georgia gunslinger, who also has offers from Arizona, Cincinnati and Troy, will also visit Texas A&M. Scout three-star quarterbacks Cleveland, Ohio, native Cardale Jones and Jacoby Brissett from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., are also on LSU’s radar.

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com

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Janzen has matured off the field since we got here,” said Dooley, after the first game. But every- who took over for Lane Kiffin on Jan. 15. “He’s made a lot of progthing went downhill from there.

Jackson and two other Ten- ress as a man and a lot of progress nessee players were arrested last as a player, and I’m very proud for November for attempted armed him.”

Jackson is one of the few robbery outside a convenience bright spots on Tennessee’s destore near the Tennessee campus. fense, which is alHe was suslowing 27 points pended for a toper game so far. tal of 12 days He is tied for and missed three fourth on the team games, including with 19 tackles one the week beand tied for secfore his arrest afond in passes broter violating team ken up. rules before Lane Jackson has a Kiffin reinstated chance to feast on him. He enjoyed an LSU offense a fairly producthat currently tive season with ranks 115th in 37 tackles and an passing yards per interception. game, but the posUnfortunately Jimmy Shaver for Jackson, the Barbe High School football coach sibility of receiving a cool recepdamage had already been done. National and lo- tion of boos Saturday is high.

“I’m sure there are some cal media made a mockery of the situation. The three players and a people that aren’t happy about his fourth companion fled the scene decision, but that’s something that in a Toyota Prius, and police later he had to do for him, his family found hooded jackets a pellet gun and his life,” Shaver said. in the car and said at least one of the players was wearing Tennessee apparel.

Contact Sean Isabella at “It was a shock to us,” said Barbe coach Jimmy Shaver, Jacksisabella@lsureveille.com son’s old high school coach. “I hope that the one mistake he did make doesn’t follow him around.

I hope people can forgive and forget. He has too many good things to dwell on one negative incident.”

The two other players, thenfreshmen Nu’Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards, were booted off the team, while Jackson was spared because his charges were eventually dropped.

Then, in another unexpected turn of events, the Kiffins bolted west to USC, leaving Jackson without the two people who influenced him to come to Tennessee.

Jackson has since turned over a new leaf with the help of Dooley.

“I’m also pleased with how

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LSU junior middle blocker Michele Williams serves the ball Sept. 10 in the PMAC during LSU’s game against North Carolina. The Tigers face No. 2 Florida on Friday.

Johnson said even with the momentum this season, the team “We’re going to have to con- needs to not let up and keep pushtrol the ball better than they con- ing harder. Freshman middle blocker Desiree trol it, and we’re Elliott agreed, going to have to saying the team’s do a great job dework ethic won’t fending,” Flory let the Tigers slow said. “I think our down. offense works if “We’ve come we can control the into practice ball and control working hard evthe first contact.

Mary Wise ery day,” Elliott The question is, Florida volleyball coach said. “We need how do we reto make sure we spond against a team that is a little more physical have a good attitude and make sure we keep our pace fast and coming at us?”

Flory also said the team has play our game at all times.” gained confidence from its hot start.

“The team feels like when Contact Mark Clements at they step onto the court that they can win every match,” Flory said. mclements@lsureveille.com “They’ve done a great job of focusing on the little things first. We don’t walk out trying to win the match. We walk out trying to win the first contact. There’s a progression to it … and at the end if we take all the right small steps, then we end up with a win.”

LSU leads the SEC in four of seven statistical categories, including hitting percentage, assists and kills. The seniors are leading the way for the Tigers this season.

Johnson has dished out an SEC-leading 10.8 assists per set, and senior outside hitter Angela Bensend tops the conference with 4.56 kills per set.

Florida leads the conference in both blocks and service aces.

Florida coach Mary Wise said there was a buzz of excitement around her team for the match and spoke highly of LSU’s program.

“To get them Friday night should be really exciting,” Wise said. “They’re a very wellcoached, very talented team that really competes. They are a hardnosed, gritty group of players that really plays hard. Our team has great respect for LSU and their program.”

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at the end of July. He expects the crowd to have an impact on him after what he has been through in recent months.

“It’ll definitely motivate me to just want to keep going to my rehab and doing the things I need to do to get back on the ‘I ... had a field,” he said. great time Jones said playing he loved playing football both sports. with his broth- It was one er, former defensive end Ra- of the best him Alem, and times of my couldn’t have life.’ asked for a betChad Jones ter experience in his three sea- former LSU safety sons at LSU. “I made some good friends, learned a lot and had a great time playing both sports,” Jones said.

“It was one of the best times of my life.”

He said Saturday’s game will be his second of the season after attending LSU’s home opener against Mississippi State on Sept.

18.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Student defends voting and taking political action Contrary to what The Daily Reveille’s opinion section will tell you, voting does matter. And you should care.

In his recent opinion section, Scott Burns said that if we don’t like what’s going on in Washington, we should not vote this November.

Yep. You read that right.

The situation is just too far gone, Burns said.

Let’s pretend Burns is right.

Let’s assume, for the heck of it, that all of Washington is corrupt.

What would we do if all the people, all the policies, all the channels of communication and the entire system is riddled with ineptitude and sleaze?

Let’s suspend reason for a moment and forget how improbable and cynical that sounds.

I’m asking a legitimate question here.

In that sort of sordid political landscape, we would have three options.

1. Not do anything — on the basis that it wouldn’t matter anyway.

2. Move out of the country — hey, beats having to deal with the system, right?

3. Get off your derriere and do something about the madness — too logical.

Sure, not doing anything is an option. But it’s also an easy out. If you don’t like what you see in the world around you, what good will twiddling your thumbs do?

Really, anyone can complain.

Anyone can write off politics as just another “silly little game.”

And who hasn’t heard that Washington is out of touch or out of control? I mean, really. We could at least be more imaginative in our criticism.

In all seriousness, it’s not that I necessarily disagree with any of the premises made. In many respects, government has lost its way. It feels like every day we hear about another politician entangling himself in some scandal – whether it be taking bribes, passing time with prostitutes or my absolute favorite, “going hiking.”

Burns said, “Your silence this November may just be the loudest statement you ever make.” Really? Because something tells me the corrupt folks up in Washington aren’t going to hear that.

I am neither blind to the

corruption nor am I condoning it.

I, on the other hand, won’t stand for it. But I won’t sit on the sidelines either.

I am going to vote, because it’s proactive and productive.

Aly Neel Mass communication senior

Why I choose to defend higher education at LSU I choose to join Proud Students and defend our flagship University from the oncoming devastating funding cuts because, quite frankly, I love LSU. This school has been good to me. It has provided me with a plethora of scholarships like the Chancellor’s Alumni, TAF Study Abroad and, most recently, the Ernest L. Hill Memorial Scholarship, which have allowed me to be a student first and foremost.

It has allowed me to do interesting research with my mentor, Prof. D.G. Homberger, broadened my horizons and experiences through two study abroad trips, and it has provided me with a high-quality education that has already proven itself outside the ivory tower.

My education from LSU has allowed me to compete and be accepted via the Early Decision Program into medical school, a prestige bestowed on only a handful of total accepted students at each medical school. I would not have been able to accomplish that which I have without the efforts inside and outside the classrooms of the great faculty at the University and the multi-faceted experiences offered here.

I believe what we have at LSU works, and I would like it to be here for my younger colleagues and friends. I would like them to enjoy the same quality of education as I have and be able to go above and beyond what I have accomplished.

I consider myself an understanding person, and, indeed, I have been able to understand and rationalize the cuts the school has experienced up to now. After all, we are in a recession, so it makes sense that we should have to “tighten our belt” a bit, perhaps limiting printing and other services, as some departments have done, or freezing hiring. These cuts, however, largely did not affect the academic core of the university.

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What is being proposed now, in contrast, will drastically reshape the identity of the university, literally causing entire departments and programs to disappear.

While a picture speaks a thousand words, I believe a few specific examples will suffice to give a taste of the difficult times ahead if actions are not taken. I am a double degree candidate for biochemistry, which is in the department of Biological Sciences, and German, which is in the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

These two departments, verily, are like a tale of two cities, but the effects on both have nevertheless inspired me to take action.

Let me begin with the program in the more dire straits, which is German. Twenty years ago, this was a proud, PhD-granting program with more than a score of graduate students. Over the years it, along with most of the other foreign language programs, has been cut and allowed to atrophy to the point of only having two tenured faculty, one visiting professor and a group of dedicated instructors.

It is this last group, who proportionally do a majority of the teaching in the program, which will feel the cuts. Both the instructors in the program will be terminated at the end of this semester.

Thus the German program, which

as it is can barely sustain the undergraduate degree, will certainly be unable to be a degree-granting program in the future. In fact, it is not entirely certain if I, a senior, will be able to complete my degree in German this year due to the dearth of classes offered next semester.

My other department, one might think, is doing just fine. After all, isn’t it a “safe” department that “has its own money?” Indeed, just a visceral look at the department gives the impression that it will be able ride out the storm, but on closer inspection the frayed ends begin to show.

First of all, while the department has largely been able to avoid layoffs, it also has allowed some important classes to be canceled.

A particularly painful example of this is the elimination of Histology, which has the reputation of being one of the best preparatory undergraduate classes for medical school, especially the first year.

Another effect that someone unfamiliar with this department might not catch is the toxic environment beginning to form among the faculty. Keep in mind that our department has quite a few brilliant and nationally recognized researchers, who represent our University well and are an invaluable addition to it. Their loyalty,

Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 however, is not to the school per se but to their research, which is becoming increasingly harder to do in the current atmosphere. In “salon” conversation one hears that many are contemplating leaving, and some have already decided to leave. A part of our University’s reputation will leave with them.

These cuts, therefore, have begun to cut so deep that I can no longer accept them or their consequences to the University that I love. Just as LSU has provided me with so much, I now choose to give back to the University and join the fight to help save its academic core.

I urge all students, first, to inquire. I found out the situation in my programs by asking around, speaking with faculty and staying informed. If you find that you, too, cannot reconcile the your continued silence with the future of your program, I urge you to join us, Proud Students, in defending the quality of our education at LSU, both for us and those that come after.

Mateusz A. Tapucha Biochemistry and German senior Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com

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Homosexuality should not be considered criminal Mike Munzenrider University of Minnesota

(UWIRE) — The Montana GOP and the Ugandan Parliament aren’t usually known for seeing eye-to-eye on many policy ideas, but there is at least one instance where their priorities are shockingly in line: They would both make homosexuality a crime.

The situation in Uganda has been on the radar for almost a year. The Ugandan “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” was introduced last October by a member of its parliament, David Bahati.

Due to wide-ranging international pressure, the bill’s more draconian measures have been blunted, but it would still call for the execution of gays and lesbians who had sex while HIV positive, or who practiced homosexual acts more than once. The bill

has yet to go to vote.

The Montanan side of the story came to light a little more than a week ago. The Associated Press reported that, in June, the Montana GOP adopted a party platform that included this statement: “We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal.” The plank itself is a vestigial part of policy left over from 1997, when the state Supreme Court overturned a law that had made homosexual acts illegal. It’s both amazing and troubling that the policy has persisted for so long.

As with any embarrassing revelation, members of the Montana GOP are split. Some are reacting with incredulous surprise, like Republican state Sen. John Brueggeman, who said, “I looked at that and said, ‘You’ve got to

be kidding me.’” He continued, “Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn’t be in the Republican Party.”

On the other side, some Montana Republicans are tacitly backing the plan, yet with hedged answers all the same. “There had been at the time, and still is, a substantial portion of Republican legislators that believe it is more important for the Legislature to make the law instead of the Supreme Court,” said Montana GOP Executive Director Bowen Greenwood.

If only there were two Brueggemans out there for every Greenwood. While Brueggeman unflinchingly calls an unjust measure exactly what it is, he continues on to explain how

intellectually dishonest it is, in light of other Republican values.

On the other hand, Greenwood seems to want to cover his ears and yell, ‘Activist judges!’ all the while propping up the abhorrent idea.

It’s telling that the plank remained a part of the platform for 13 years. Greenwood states that no one has taken action to remove it, and in fact, it has never come up for discussion.

Legally speaking, the measure is a moot point. Constitutional specialist Jack Tuholske states that due to the previously mentioned Supreme Court ruling, “[It’s against] the fundamental law of the land and the Legislature can’t override the Constitution. It might express their view, but as far as a legal reality, it’s a hollow view and can’t come to pass.”

As of right now, the plank is still a part of the official platform.

While it does not advocate for the same cruelty that the Ugandan bill does, in essence, both statements mean the same thing: Homosexuals are second-class citizens.

The Ugandan bill has faltered, while the Montana GOP continues to support an unsupportable idea. Contact them at www.mtgop.org/contact.aspx and let them know what you think.

Read more at http://www.mndaily.com/2010/09/28/legislatingsexuality

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‘Bears 2 Tigers’ insults LSU’s hardworking student body While mere talks of a union between LSU and Baton Rouge Community College were upsetting, LSU Chancellor Michael Martin disregarded LSU students’ dignity Tuesday by signing the “Bears 2 Tigers” academic partnership further linking the two schools.

This cleverly titled partnership will allow BRCC students to transfer more easily to the University than in the past.

Along with engineering, the alliance extends simpler transfers in business, science or humanities and social sciences curricula.

Martin approved this collaboration, feeling that students get the “same ... educational challenges” at both schools, and he also has told The Daily Reveille that comChris Grillot munity college Columnist classes were not “watered-down” versions of the University’s classes.

From my personal experience, community college classes do not require anywhere near the amount of studying and thinking as the University’s classes. But my knowledge came through my summer classes I took at Delgado Community College in New Orleans. So I decided to question BRCC transfer students on how they felt about the academic demand between the two institutions.

Lauren Godfrey, interior design sophomore, said BRCC offered a much easier alternative to LSU and did not feel BRCC offered the same “educational challenges” that Martin claimed it did.

“BRCC was like high school. ... They went through material very slowly,” Godfrey said.

“LSU is faster and doesn’t baby you.”

She even went on to say that BRCC teachers would check homework every day.

When I asked her if she thought a partnership was a good thing, Godfrey had mixed emotions. “[Community college] helps if you don’t do well in high school ... but I don’t think the people that go [to BRCC] can handle LSU,” she said. “Students are [at BRCC] for a reason.”

Paul Park, agricultural business sophomore, had similar feelings.

“LSU is much harder ... I basically did nothing [at BRCC] and got a 3.0 [GPA],” Park said.

Though he said BRCC is not on par with the University’s standards, he did say BRCC is good for giving students a second chance. He’s much prouder to be a Tiger than a Bear.

“The status of being at LSU is better than at BRCC,” Park said.

It seems even students who have attended BRCC agree it does not give students challenges equivalent to those at LSU. Graduating from high school, I know I was proud to attend a university with admission requirements that extended past a $7 fee and submission of my high school transcript (or GED) — BRCC’s basic admission requirements. I tried hard in high school and made good grades to get where I am.

Moreover, most of the University’s students worked hard to get admitted — separating themselves from those who chose not

to work as hard.

This partnership essentially makes putting forth effort in high school a thing of the past. Why try so hard in high school when you can attend BRCC without even an ACT score, then take advantage of “Bears 2 Tigers” alliance? The alliance is giving future students a reason to slack off in high school, knowing that “Bears 2 Tigers” can make admissions easier.

With that said, shouldn’t the University reward students who tried hard throughout their academic careers? I think most

would agree, but instead the partnership gives the same opportunities to students who did poorly but can make an A in a community college class — not a tough feat.

Again, most of LSU’s students made respectable grades before making the choice to attend the University and not a community college. The choice we made on where to continue education says a lot about how we feel about community colleges. We should not want to be on the same level with BRCC — it’s insulting.

But way to go. Our higher-ups have accomplished two things: insulting the student body and basically adding another institution to our empire — BRCC. Chris Grillot is a 19-year-old mass communication and English sophomore from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Cgrillot.

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