Today in Print - October 14, 2010

SG working to expand University wireless to Greek housing, p. 3

Reveille Scary, fun Halloween activities abound in Baton Rouge area, p. 9

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Volume 115, Issue 38

Light in the Dark

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Student directs homeless shelter, uses past to light way for others

Johnny Carriere leaves his Opelousas home each Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. to make it to his first class.

Most students would not attempt the lengthy commute, but Carriere knows the destination is worth the journey.

After years of struggling with drug addiction and abandoning his education twice, Carriere, construction management senior, finally found the road to redemption that led him to directing a homeless shelter.

Carriere began his education at the University in fall 2000. Like most first-year students, he enjoyed the perks of being away at college — the friendships, the fun and the freedom.

But the lax atmosphere soon led Carriere in the wrong direction.

“I got [to LSU], and everything was great for three semesters,” he said. “But after the third semester, I started doing drugs and had a party lifestyle.”

Carriere began selling prescription pain pills, which eventually got him hooked.

“I was addicted to Xanax, cocaine and marijuana,” he said. “Dealing shifted to me becoming an addict, and soon I was selling just to get high.”

Addiction consumed Carriere by the end of his sophomore year, and he stopped going to class. He Johnny Carriere moved back to his hometown of Opelousas in an atconstruction management senior tempt to get clean.

‘I see guys that struggle, come to me broken, and now they have purpose.’

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Construction management senior Johnny Carriere, left, talks with Opelousas Lighthouse Mission resident Clifton “Pops” Bedney on Wednesday. Carriere has directed the center for two years.

POLITICS

YAL organization petitioning to get Ron Paul to speak at LSU Kate Mabry Contributing Writer

Student organization Young Americans for Liberty is currently working on a petition that would allow U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate, to speak at the University.

“We currently have 200 of the 1,000 signatures we need in order

to showcase LSU’s enthusiasm towards Ron Paul’s visit,” said Kyle Aycock, political science senior and state director for YAL. “There’s no real deadline, but we want to receive all 1,000 signatures as soon as possible.”

The University of Indiana organized a similar petition, and Paul is scheduled to speak there Oct. 25, Aycock said.

YAL, a relatively new organization at LSU, has become more active in the past few months and has been echoing its messages from Free Speech Plaza.

ACADEMICS

Language classes decrease for spring Contributing Writer

Staff Writer

Group protested Che Guevara T-shirts

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Grace Montgomery

Sydni Dunn

REDEMPTION, see page 15

Four LSU starters have family histories in college football, p. 5

“YAL is a nationwide organization with prospects to educate students on the ideas of liberty and the U.S. Constitution, which we believe is the reason we are a successful nation today,” said Gregory Huete, ISDS junior and president of the LSU YAL. YAL hopes to expand student interest in politics by inviting Paul to speak at the University, Huete said.

In addition to the petition for Paul, YAL held “No Che Day” YAL, see page 15

As students plan their schedules with the newly released spring 2011 semester course offerings, they may notice changes to class sizes and availability.

The most noticeable changes are in foreign language sections, where many departments are offering fewer courses or none at all.

No courses in Portuguese, Japanese or Swahili will be offered this spring.

Emily Batinski, chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, said there is hope for the languages to be restored to campus, but no one is sure when.

“Some people are hopeful for the possibility of Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili’s return to campus,” Batinski said. “But given the current news about future budget cuts, no one has been able to address this more concretely.”

Other languages will offer a smaller variety of classes.

“There will be far fewer classical studies courses in translation that also carry ‘gen ed’ credit,” COURSES, see page 15

RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

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Chilean miner Omar Reygadas Rojas, kneeling in green, embraces his son Wednesday after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile. Thirty-three miners were rescued after being trapped underground for more than two months. Read more about the rescue on page 2.

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INTERNATIONAL Beheadings, killings plague Tijuana amid festival

They’re all out: 33 miners raised safely in Chile

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A rash of decapitations and other gruesome killings have hit Tijuana since Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited the border city last week and called it a success in his drug war.

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night — a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that riveted the world. No one has ever been trapped so long and survived.

Luis Urzua ascended smoothly through 2,000 feet of rock, completing a 22½-hour rescue operation that unfolded with remarkable speed and flawless execution.

Before a jubilant crowd of about 2,000 people, he became the 33rd miner to be rescued.

“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. “The 70 days that we fought so hard were not in vain. We had strength, we had spirit, we wanted to fight, we wanted to fight for our families, and that was the greatest thing.”

Nepal teen to earn Guiness World Record as world’s shortest man POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal is a little man facing a big day.

On Thursday — his 18th birthday — assuming his measurements read the expected 25.8 inches (just under 66 centimeters), he will officially be named the world’s shortest man.

His family has been campaigning for years to get Thapa the crown, but earlier requests to the Guinness World Records people were rejected because of the possibility he might grow. Up to now he was certified as the shortest male teenager.

Nepal’s Khagendra Thapa Magar walks out from his home wearing a suit in Pokhara, some 124 miles from Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Magar is only 22 inches tall.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Closing arguments wrap up Pa. hate crime case, fatal beating SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Two young men were filled with alcohol and testosterone — and, as prosecutors charge, ethnic hatred — when they took part in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant two years ago.

Now it’s up to a jury to decide whether they are guilty of a federal hate crime.

Army Corps worker accused in Iraq contract bribes

Gulf moratorium is over but drilling has to wait for new rules

Tulane wins 3-2 ruling in women’s college revival suit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day after the end of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling, the Gulf oil industry was a mix of furious activity and tortured waiting around.

Companies that are helping the industry meet new regulations are scrambling to keep up with increased business while oil-rig workers must remain idle until the new requirements are met.

Industry officials fear that’s the way things will be for months to come.

The Obama administration lifted its moratorium on deepwater drilling six weeks earlier than expected. But a combination of bureaucratic and technological hurdles means it will be months before most of the two dozen rigs idled by the moratorium resume drilling.

“There’s a big difference between lifting the moratorium and getting back to work,” said Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sharply split appeal court rules that Tulane University does not have any legal requirement to resurrect its women’s college.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled 3-2 on Wednesday that Josephine Newcomb’s final will was an unconditional gift to the university.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a construction company seeking contracts for projects in Iraq worth millions of dollars, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

John Alfy Salama Markus, also known as John Salama, made an initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon, where U.S. Magistrate Mark Falk ordered him released on $500,000 bond secured by property.

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N.O. high school football player dies after collapsing at practice NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 16-year-old student at Carver High School in New Orleans has died after collapsing during football practice.

Recovery School District spokesman Ken Jones said Wednesday that the student, Dontrell Claiborne, died Tuesday at Tulane Medical Center. Claiborne was a defensive tackle on the team.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Wait persists for Child Care Center Parents face delays for openings Kate Mabry Contributing Writer

Some University students with children are waiting months to be accepted into the LSU Child Care Center without knowing when their children may be admitted because of high demand and low availability.

When filling out the center’s application, parents indicate their affiliation with the University, and students, staff and faculty have first priority, said Michelle DeMeulenaere, director of the LSU Child Care Center. The applications are then date-stamped in the order they are received.

Though students have first priority, many still cannot get their children into the day care center in a timely manner.

Hillary Vigier, accounting sophomore, said her daughter has been on the waiting list since June.

“LSU’s day care is honestly the best day care you’re going to find

Thursday OCTober 14 photo courtesy of the LSU Child Care Center

An employee leads an activity with children at the LSU Child Care Center. Some parents face long waits for their children’s placement at the center.

in Baton Rouge,” Vigier said. “[My daughter] is now at a day care that is way overpriced and totally out of the way of school.”

Rankings on the waiting list are kept private because it’s difficult to define rankings with children of different ages, DeMeulenaere said.

If a spot for an infant were to open up, the center would not be able to fill the position with a 3-year-old next on the list. Instead, the center would look for

the first infant matching the age of the class, DeMeulenaere said.

“As openings occur throughout the year, we choose the child at the top of the list belonging to a student, staff or faculty member that will fit best in that particular classroom,” DeMeulenaere said.

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

Pluckers Wing Bar Mon.: $14.99 All You Can Eat Wings and $3 Pluckers Lemonades Tues.: Kids Eat Free, $3 Mexican Beers and Margaritas Wed: Trivia at 8 pm, $4.50 Mother Plucker Mugs of Bud and Miller Thurs: $15.99 All You Can Eat Wings, $4.50 Mother Plucker Mugs of Bud Light and Miller Lite, $5.50 Patron Margaritas Sun: $3 Pluckers Specialty Shots

GREEK LIFE

SG raises funds to expand Wi-Fi Kayla Dubos Contributing Writer

Expansion of University WiFi to all Greek houses is set to cost $750,000, according to Student Government President J Hudson.

This would be a one-time cost followed by $23,000 for each house annually.

Hudson said getting Wi-Fi into Greek housing on campus has been in the works for some time.

“We presented this initiative at the beginning of our campaign,” Hudson said. “We have been working with [Greek Life Director] Angela Guillory and [Greek Life Associate Director] Jonathan Sanders since early last summer to make this happen.”

Hudson said the University cannot use state funds to finance the project.

“Since the University only

owns the land and not the houses, we have to get private donations for funding,” Hudson said.

And it’s not feasible to ask the University to fund such a small project with budget cuts buzzing through the University, Hudson said.

Hudson said SG will turn to prestigious Greek alumni for donations.

“As a Greek member, we are taught to give back to our chapter,” he said. “We are hoping that alums see this initiative as beneficial to the community.”

Hudson believes the University should expand wireless Internet

to the Greek houses because Tiger Trails, the University bus system, runs past the privately owned Greek houses.

Hudson said SG hopes to resolve the problems and obtain all the funding for the Greek house Wi-Fi by the end of the upcoming spring semester.

“I want this to happen during my term,” he said. “If it doesn’t happen, I will make sure that fundraising continues, and this initiative pulls through.”

Contact Kayla Dubos at kdubos@lsureveille.com

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ARTS

English doctoral candidate writes largest Dracula sourcebook Compilation has more than 700 titles Sarah Eddington Staff Writer

John Browning has been watching monsters on the big screen since he was a toddler, and now he’s writing about them.

Browning, an English doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant, is expecting his new book, “Dracula in Visual Media,” to be released in mid-November. The book will serve as a Dracula-themed encyclopedia and will be the largest and most comprehensive Dracula sourcebook to date, according to Browning.

“We attempted to catalog every film, documentary, animation, video game, adult feature, television series or episode in which Dracula has appeared from all over the world,” he said. “We’ve got films from every single continent except Antarctica.”

While other vampire source books exist, Browning said none are as extensive as his.

“There were a few books that

had attempted to do something similar, but they only got as far as 200 titles,” he said. “We have more than 700.”

Browning’s sourcebook also includes nearly 1,000 comic books and stage adaptations featuring the world’s most famous vampire.

Browning said the idea came from his co-author, Caroline Picart, who had previously published Frankenstein and Holocaust sourcebooks.

“I’m a big Dracula and vampire buff, and I always thought it would be cool to do similar work with Dracula films,” Browning said.

Browning said he didn’t realize how large the project was going to be in the beginning.

“We first contracted the book in 2005, and we had to extend the contract for three years,” he said. “A lot of similar works have catalogued just the domestic crop of films with Dracula or were very Anglo-centric in their scope. In other words, they focused on all the major American and British films, while this book tried to go for everything.”

Much like an encyclopedia, the entries are sectioned by category and listed alphabetically, Browning said.

Entries are also listed chronologically in the back of the book, with entries ranging from 1921 to 2010.

“It’s a very research-friendly tool,” he said. “Anyone interested in media history or particularly cultural studies can use this book for that.”

Browning said much can be learned about a culture through its depiction of Dracula.

“If you want to look at what a culture thinks is bad or immoral, just go look at their horror or vampire films. It’s basically a political billboard for how we construct deviance,” he said. “You can trace what’s going with a particular culture and see how that deviance has changed over time.”

Browning said the depiction of vampires has changed over time.

“The Dracula from the ’30s is not nearly the same as the Dracula we see now,” he said. “Dracula has become more and more sexually appealing since the 1930s, and it’s especially common to see studios go for attractive actors.”

Browning said today’s vampires are headed in a more liberal and progressive direction than in previous years, and it has become common for vampires to

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senate hopes to change parking meter service time to 4:30 p.m.

SG to approach Office of Parking Celeste Ansley Staff Writer

Student Government Senate passed legislation in support of changing the University’s parking meter service time.

The legislation requests the parking meters’ service time to stop at 4:30 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.

The authors of the bill, Sen. Johnae Jefcoat, University Center for Academic Success, and Sen. Andree Ardoin, University Center for Freshman Year, said the change will make the parking meters more aligned with the zoned parking lots.

The authors also said they are planning to propose the idea to the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation and wanted the legislation as extra support.

Senate also unanimously passed legislation to send a letter of appreciation to the Athletic Department thanking them for their contributions to the University.

The Athletic Department donated about $2.3 million to the University for the 2009-10 fiscal year, according to the legislation.

The money is allocated to landscaping projects, classroom renovations, parking lot construction and repair, the construction of the new College of Business complex and the Chancellor’s

Excellence Fund.

The Athletic Department also donates $8.5 million to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid for student-athletes’ scholarships, said Sen. Aimee Simon, UCFY. The Athletic Department

provides $4.2 million for University administrative fees from all campus auxiliaries, according to the bill.

Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com

be considered the good guys, particularly in the popular “Twilight” series. “‘Twilight’ has a way of convincing people that it’s OK to be a vampire and drink blood as long as you marry the person before you drink their blood,” he said.

Browning said vampire trends are nothing new, and they actually become more popular during economic downturns.

“Studios know that when money’s getting low they can turn to horror films, and they’re going to make money,” he said. “People need outlets, and vampires give that to them.”

But Browning said the difference today is most of the leading vampires aren’t the bad guys.

“Usually people turn to vampire films because they want a Dracula character to hate and vent at, but [today] all the vampires aren’t dying by the end of the film,” he said. “So that’s what’s strange. We are more or less venting on people who would be killing the vampires or maybe this other side of society that is even

worse than the vampires.”

Browning, who teaches a class on monster theory and has worked on other published works about monsters and horror, said his interest in monstrosity sparked from his childhood.

“My parents were all about letting my brothers and me watch horror films when we were little,” he said. “A lot of kids growing up talk about how they saw their first horror film when they were like 17 or 18, but mine was when I was like 4.”

But Browning said his passion for the world’s most notorious vampire came from the 1992 film “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”

“Dracula was pretty low in popularity, but when that film came out he jumped back up. In fact, we’re still riding the spike from the after effects of that film,” he said. “I always liked horror films, and I kind of liked Dracula. But after that film came out, I loved him.”

Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com

Sports

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Family Ties

FOOTBALL

Jefferson to start Saturday Randle to play despite broken finger Sean Isabella Sports Writer

Two game-winning drives in the past two weeks won’t win over LSU football coach Les Miles for the starting gig.

Miles said Wednesday that junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson will start Saturday against McNeese State, while junior quarterback Jarrett Lee will be relegated to the same duties he has seen in the previous two weeks.

Lee led LSU to victory on the final drives against both Tennessee and Florida in his first significant action of the season. In those games, he threw for a combined 25-for-34 for 309 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

The two-quarterback system Miles implemented has been effective so far, as the team is 2-0, although Lee had better numbers in those games.

But the ability for Jefferson and Lee to get a feel for the game from the sideline has taken pressure off each of them, allowing for better execution when their numbers are called.

“There’s a point in time where there is a nice time to take a pause and get some information, and they’re using that,” Miles said. “I think both would prefer to be on the field, but I think with the necessity that one would watch, they are both making the best of it.”

Miles also said sophomore wide receiver Rueben Randle, who

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Ruffin Rodrigue Jr.

Chase Clement

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Multiple LSU players continue legacies established by college football bloodlines Sophomore tight end Chase Clement had a career game Saturday night during LSU’s exciting 33-29 win against Florida.

The converted defensive end picked up his first reception as a Tiger on a 21-yard, first-quarter catch from junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson.

Clement also created the most crucial block of the night when he smashed Florida redshirt freshman linebacker Jelani Jenkins and opened up a cruising lane for LSU senior

MILES, see page 8

kicker Josh Jasper on the Tigers’ fake couldn’t wait to come talk to us and field goal in the fourth quarter. hug us and tell us how thankful he But the highwas that we came.” light of his night Clement is one Michael Lambert may have come afof 11 Tigers extendSports Contributor ter the game clock ing the legacy of struck zero. family members by playing college “We went to the game and were football. looking for Chase after the game, but The 261-pound, 6-foot-5-inch, we couldn’t find him,” said Ruffin tight end has four uncles who have Rodrigue Sr., Clement’s uncle and donned purple and gold, including former LSU offensive lineman from Rodrigue’s son, Ruffin Rodrigue Jr., 1962-64. “We found him on the team and the late Eric Andolsek, an Allbus and knocked on the window. He American offensive lineman and

team captain during LSU’s 1986 and 1987 seasons.

“I’ve heard so many stories about him,” Clement said about Andolsek.

Andolsek, a member of Athlon Sports’ All-Time LSU team, died in 1992 when he was struck by a truck while working on his yard in Thibodaux.

“I heard he dominated everybody on the field,” Clement said.

LEGACIES, see page 8

former player photos courtesy of LSU SPORTS INFORMATION and THE TIMES-PICAYUNE; current player photos Daily Reveille file photos and GRANT GUTIERREZ / The Daily Reveille

BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY

Trent Johnson building new team in third season at LSU Chancellor discusses loss of Hightower Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior guard Katherine Graham answers questions Wednesday at LSU’s basketball media day. Graham is expected to emerge as a leader on the court this season.

LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson made it clear at Wednesday’s media day he is ready to put last season behind him.

The Tigers had an abysmal 2-14 Southeastern Conference record in 2009-10, one year after making the second round of the NCAA tournament.

“The bottom line is we lost a level of respect,” Johnson said. “We

lost a level of confidence.”

Johnson said he sees something different with this year’s group.

“We’re in a situation right now where these guys and us as a coaching staff feel really good about us fighting our way back to respectability,” he said.

Johnson said junior forward Malcolm White, who sat out last season after transferring from Ole Miss, is the one guy he feels “really good about” putting on the court.

White shot 50 percent and averaged 7.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game his sophomore season for the Rebels.

Junior forward Storm Warren, who averaged 11.8 points and 7.2

rebounds per game last season, said he battles against White every practice.

“I love going up against him every day because he’s just like me,” Warren said. “He’s never going to quit.”

Freshman Ralston Turner and sophomore Aaron Dotson are competing at shooting guard. Dotson, who averaged 3.2 points per game, said he feels healthy now after knee problems hindered his play last season.

“A lot of my game coming into LSU was based off slashing, getting to the hole and creating fouls, and MEDIA DAY, see page 8

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers down Razorbacks in 4 sets Elliot racks up 11 kills in victory Mark Clements Sports Contributor

When thrust into the national spotlight, the LSU volleyball team did not choke, but rather seized the moment.

The Lady Tigers clawed their way to an ugly victory Wednesday night, defeating Arkansas (9-10, 3-5) in four sets (25-17, 17-25, 25-13, 2517) in front of a packed house in the PMAC and for ESPNU’s cameras.

“We’re excited about the win, but we’re not very excited with the level that we played on tonight,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “It was a very uncharacteristic night for us.

We were very high error in many, many areas, and we didn’t attack the

ball very well. But a win is a win, could do that for us,” said sophoand we’re certainly happy with that.” more outside hitter Madie Jones. “I With the win, LSU improved really think she stepped up, and we its record to 17-1 needed her tonight on the season and so she did really 8-1 in Southeastern good.”

Conference play.

Another posiWhile Flory tive note for the Tiwas not pleased gers was their abilwith the play of the ity to get the ball team, she did comback in their hands. pliment freshman LSU managed to middle blocker Deside out over 70 persiree Elliott’s percent in the match, formance. but could not seem Elliott notched to capitalize on the 11 kills and eight opportunities. blocks in the match, “I think that Fran Flory both career highs was the biggest LSU volleyball coach for the young star. frustration,” Flory “Tonight we said. “We were able really needed one or two players to side out, but we could not create to really make a steady course for anything in transition with our ofus and someone we could ride off fense. After the step forward that we of, and I’m really glad that [Elliott] took this past weekend defensively, I

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‘We were very high error in many, many areas, and we didn’t attack the ball very well. But a win is a win, and we’re certainly happy with that.’

AROUND THE SEC

Ala.-Auburn highlights week 7 Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor

Week six in the Southeastern Conference belonged to the underdog.

LSU traveled to Gainesville, Fla., and upset the Florida Gators, and No. 19 South Carolina shocked No. 1 Alabama to grab the SEC East lead. Kentucky attempted to get in on the act, but a last-second field goal by Auburn thwarted the Wildcats’ upset bid.

All eyes will be on Auburn, Ala., this weekend for a showdown between two SEC West rivals.

QB DUEL ON THE PLAINS The conference leaders in total offense are set to go at it Saturday on the plains of Auburn.

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett and Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton rank Nos. 1 and 2 in the league in total offense at 344.8 and 301.7 yards per game, respectively.

Mallett has thrown for 1,748 yards, 306 more than anyone in the league.

Newton ranks fifth in the league in passing at 189.7 yards per game but leads the conference in rushing, averaging 112 yards per contest.

“I don’t think there’s any question that he’s one of the top players in the conference,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said of Newton. “The way they utilize him, it’s very difficult to defend.”

MULLEN RETURNS TO FLA. Saturday marks the return of Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen to Gainesville. Mullen spent four years as Florida’s offensive coordinator under Meyer.

“When the scouting report comes on and the Gator head is on it, it all kind of hits you because it used to be on everything I did for four years of my life,” Mullen said.

The two teams met in Starkville, Miss., last season. Top-ranked Florida knocked off the outmanned Bulldogs, 29-19. Meyer acknowledged that playing Mullen presents some

problems for his team.

“He’s got a good handle of what we try to do,” Meyer said. “A lot of our signals we’ve changed. We’ve addressed that more than last year.”

BUMPS AND BRUISES Several key players around the SEC continue to battle injuries at the halfway point of the season.

Alabama junior receiver Julio Jones practiced Tuesday but did not catch any footballs. The SEC’s No. 3 pass catcher has a broken hand.

Saban said Wednesday the swelling is gone, and Jones now has the use of his hand.

Meyer said Florida’s Jeffrey Demps would practice Wednesday and Thursday and is “probable” for Saturday’s game. The junior running back did not play against LSU on Saturday because of an ailing foot.

Suspended Gator running back Chris Rainey returned to the team Monday, but Meyer did not comment on the junior’s status for Saturday’s game.

Kentucky senior running back Derrick Locke is doubtful for Saturday’s game against South Carolina, according to Kentucky coach Joker Phillips. Locke does not have full motion or feeling in his right arm because of nerve problems.

LSU sophomore wide receiver Rueben Randle will play Saturday after breaking a finger in practice the Monday after the Tigers’ win against Tennessee.

Contact Hunt Palmer at hpalmer@lsureveille.com

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LSU senior setter Brittney Johnson (12) and junior middle blocker Michele Williams (23) jump to block a hit during the Tigers’ 3-1 victory against Arkansas.

think we took a big step back today.”

However ugly the match was, Jones said she was happy to walk away victorious playing on a national level.

“It was a lot of fun,” she said.

“There’s all those external things you try not to let bother you during the game, but it was a good

atmosphere.”

The Tigers have a quick turnaround as they face the Ole Miss Rebels Friday night in Oxford, Miss.

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Three freshmen could see significant playing time Kenny, Plaisance have chemistry

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‘If you sign three starters in a class, it’s going to be a heck of a class.’

Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

LSU women’s basketball freshmen Jeanne Kenney and Theresa Plaisance have a long history on the court.

Kenney, a guard from St. Michael the Archangel High School in Baton Rouge, and Plaisance, a post player from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, are two of the Lady Tigers’ three freshmen on the 2010 roster, and they have a friendly competition from their battle in the 2009 Class 4A title game in which Kenney’s alma mater was victorious.

The pair also teamed up in AAU basketball from as early as 10 years old, and now they are reunited at LSU. “There’s always competition going, even if it’s racing to the car,” Plaisance said at LSU’s media day Wednesday. “And playing with each other for so long, we know each other’s playing styles.

On the court it’s not really verbal, we just ... feed off each other.”

The 5-foot-8-inch Kenney said she and Plaisance complement each other on the court because shooting is one of her strong suits, and passing is a strength of Plaisance, who stands at 6 feet, 5 inches.

Both girls finished their high school careers ranked in the top 40 by ESPN’s HoopGurlz.com — Kenney at No. 31 and Plaisance at

rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game zone in high school, so man-toas a senior at LeFlore High School. man defense will be different for LSU assistant her.” coach Joni CrenWhen asked shaw said defense how he would rate is an aspect of the the 2010 freshman game the freshmen class, Chancelneed to focus on, lor paused before especially since saying he sees defensive perforpotential for them mance is a tradeto start down the mark of the Lady road.

Van Chancellor Tigers.

“If you sign LSU women’s basketball coach LSU was No. three starters in a 5 in the country class, it’s going in scoring defense this past sea- to be a heck of a class,” Chancelson, No. 1 in 2007-08 and No. 8 in lor said. “Now when that comes, 2008-09.

I don’t know, but I don’t have any “Theresa needs to get stronger; doubt they’re good enough.” as big as she is, she needs to get in the weight room,” Crenshaw said.

“You’ll be able to see next year a difference in her ability to hold Contact Rachel Whittaker at people off. ... Same with Shanece and Jeanne. Jeanne played mostly rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor discusses the upcoming season at media day Wednesday. The Lady Tigers may start three freshmen this year.

No. 40. Plaisance was also ranked the No. 3 post player in the country

by HoopGurlz.com.

“Coming over here has really been a blessing to have someone who knows me a lot,” Kenney said.

“We’ll make eye contact on one thing, she knows I’m going backdoor, and she’ll give me a good pass. ... I know when she’s going to turn, and she just has post speed.”

Plaisance has been surrounded by basketball her whole life.

Her mother, DoBee, is entering her third season as the women’s basketball coach at Nicholls State and spent 13 years at the helm at Loyola.

Theresa said her mother has been a tremendous influence in her life, but she did not want to have her mother as her coach. LSU squares off at Nicholls State on Nov. 30.

“She’s a coach on and off the court,” Theresa said, “She always has something extra to tell me that maybe another coach didn’t see.

She’s the reason I’m playing college ball. I wanted to stay close to home, but [Nicholls State] was a little bit too close.”

LSU coach Van Chancellor is thrilled with the freshman class the Lady Tigers feature this season.

He said a pleasant surprise has been Shanece McKinney, a 6-foot4 native of Mobile, Ala., whose specialty is on the defensive glass.

“We needed a rebounder, and [McKinney] can really, really rebound the basketball,” Chancellor said.

McKinney injured her knee and missed eight games of her senior season but still earned the Class 5A Player of the Year Award after averaging 18 points, 14

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“My dad was really excited be“I just came here and am trying to cause his dad played college footfollow the same course he did.” ball,” Jasper said. “My dad hurt his Four current knee, and he wasn’t LSU starters have able to play footbloodlines tied ball so he was real to former college happy I got the football players — chance.” sophomore center P.J. followed P.J. Lonergan, juin the footsteps of nior offensive linehis dad, Pat Lonerman T-Bob Hebert, gan, who lettered Jasper and Clement. on LSU’s offensive Jasper also line in 1978, and honors the legacy his uncle, who also of a late family suited up for the TiP.J. Lonergan member every Satgers.

LSU sophomore center urday.

“It helps havThe kicker’s ing somebody who grandfather, Bill Jasper, was a center will watch the game and give his for Tennessee’s national champion- honest opinion and know you can ship team in 1951, and the Mem- trust their opinion because they have phis, Tenn., native said being a col- done it before,” P.J. said. lege football player has made his Pat said his perspective of

football has changed since playing in Tiger Stadium 32 years ago.

“I’m glad LSU’s winning,” Pat Lonergan said. “But as I get older, I find myself more interested in if he gets up after the play.”

P.J. and Hebert have often battled for the center position since 2009, and they share another connection by having dads with football histories.

T-Bob said Bobby Hebert, a former quarterback for Northwestern State University and the New Orleans Saints from 1983 to 1992, was hesitant to usher his son into the game.

“He never really pushed football on me,” T-Bob said. “I had to beg him to play when I was 9, but he ended up being on the coaching staff of my little league team.”

T-Bob may have followed the “Cajun Cannon” to football, but his 6-foot-3-inch, 280-pound frame led

another blocking tool during run situations, as well as another viable passing option behind starting tight end Deangelo Peterson.

Joseph started the first three games while Peterson was out with an ankle injury and had five catches for 51 yards.

Sophomore Chase Clement will likely come up on the short end of the stick with Joseph returning.

Clement, a former defensive lineman, caught the first pass of his career against Florida last week.

Freshman running back Alfred

Blue will be a game-time decision after suffering an injury in last week’s game against Florida.

“We’re not certain he will play in this one,” Miles said.

Blue has played in all six games and has 70 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown and also has been a key member of the special teams unit, recording three tackles so far.

three players — our best defender, our best scorer and our best player to beat the press,” Chancellor said.

The Lady Tigers finished 9-7 in the SEC and 21-10 overall last year, making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Chancellor said junior forward LaSondra Barrett and senior guard Katherine Graham need to anchor the team in Hightower’s stead.

Graham led the Lady Tigers with 3.5 assists per game last season, and Barrett led LSU with 6.6 rebounds per game.

Chancellor said he can already see a difference in Barrett’s work ethic.

“She had a tendency the first two years to practice a while and coast a while,” Chancellor said.

“She’s cut out the coasting.”

With Hightower gone, Graham will most likely have to guard the opposition’s best perimeter player and provide more offense.

“I definitely think I need to be a little more offensive-minded, a little bit more aggressive as far as trying to muster up some points,” Graham said.

Chancellor said all 13 active players, including three freshmen, will have a role and a chance to start.

“We usually by now have put

together a five,” Chancellor said.

“We have not come close.”

Excitement brewed about freshman guard Jeanne Kenney, whose 3-point shooting will stretch opposing defenses, according to Graham.

“She can just flat out shoot,” Graham said.

The Lady Tigers play Connecticut and Tennessee on the road, and Chancellor said the home opener against Ohio State is the toughest he has ever had in coaching.

“If you want to call yourself an elite program, you’ve got to play great competition,” he said.

LEGACIES, from page 5

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‘It helps having somebody who will ... give his honest opinion and know you can trust their opinion because they have done it before.’

MILES, from page 5

has a broken finger on his left hand, is expected to start Saturday.

Randle injured his finger in practice after the Tennessee game.

“It’s not serious in any way,” Miles said. “It’s just limiting his reps, and when it comes to the game he’ll be ready to play.”

Junior tight end Mitch Joseph is also expected to return to action this weekend after missing the last two games with a knee problem.

Joseph’s addition gives LSU

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not being able to jump was a huge part of me not being successful last year,” Dotson said.

He said all four freshmen have something to offer, but 5-foot-9 freshman guard Andre Stringer especially surprised him.

“Coming in, I didn’t know how he was going to be because he was so small,” Dotson said. “But he’s really good. He has a really good shot and a really good change of pace.”

Johnson said it’s currently a point guard-by-committee system with Stringer, junior Chris Bass and sophomore walk-on Daron Populist.

LSU lost last season’s leading scorer Tasmin Mitchell, who averaged 16.8 points per game in his senior campaign. Johnson said there are multiple players this season who could score between nine and 12 points per game but nobody capable of scoring like Mitchell at this point.

CHANCELLOR DISCUSSES LOSS OF HIGHTOWER LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor also addressed the media Wednesday about the loss of guard Allison Hightower, the Lady Tigers’ leading scorer last season.

“When I think about losing Hightower, I think about losing

Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 him to choose a different position than his legendary dad and younger brother, who plays quarterback for a high school football team in Atlanta.

“Something in the gene pool got a little switched up,” T-Bob said, laughing. “I got the big-man genes.”

For junior cornerback Ron Brooks, looking at his picture in the LSU media guide reminds him of his dad.

Anthony Brooks was a wide receiver for Texas A&M Commerce and the Chicago Bears during the early 1990s.

“He used to bring home the media guides,” Ron said. “They had his picture in there. I used to imagine

myself one day getting into a media guide like that.”

The future looks bright for LSU players continuing the family tradition.

LSU’s 2010 recruiting class brought in five players with college football ties, mostly notably freshman tight end Travis Dickson.

Travis’ brother, Richard, was the starting tight end for LSU from 2008 to 2009, and his dad and grandfather also played football in the Southeastern Conference.

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com

Entertainment

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

TRICK OR TREAT

Halloween by the Numbers • 931 million pounds

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An actor at The 13th Gate’s haunted cemetery frightens visitors last fall.

Halloween activities available in Baton Rouge as scary holiday nears Ferris W. McDaniel Entertainment Writer

With October in full swing and Halloween just around the corner, festive stores, activities and attractions are becoming available for fans of the spooky holiday.

One of the biggest Halloween attractions in Baton Rouge, The 13th Gate, began providing frights Sept. 23 and will continue every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night until Oct. 31.

“The 13th Gate is a 40,000-square-foot haunted attraction,” said Dwayne Sanburn, The 13th Gate owner and designer.

The 13th Gate is recognized nationally each year by magazines like Haunt World and Haunted Attraction as one of the top haunted attractions in the country because

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of its movie-quality sets, Sanburn said.

“We’ve been in the top three or four for the past four years now,” he said. “We made No. 1 twice.”

A walk through The 13th Gate takes about 30 to 40 minutes and is filled with movie-quality sets, professional and University actors and professional makeup artists, Sanburn said.

Stephanie Cronan, French and international business freshman, is the table victim of Leatherface in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre room.

Cronan said seeing everything behind the scenes like the costumes and makeup is her favorite part of the job.

“There’s so many aspects of the job that people don’t realize,” Cronan said.

Sanburn said workers start

of pumpkins were produced in 2009.

• 36 million is the estimated number of trick or treaters in 2009.

• Americans consumed 24.3 pounds of candy per capita in 2009.

• 111.3 million occupied housing units across the nation in 2009 — all potential stops for trick or treaters.

designing and constructing new sets each year in November and work year round to change about a third of the haunted house.

Each new set added to the attraction costs about $75,000 to $80,000 to construct, and about $250,000 is spent each year to update the entire attraction, Sanburn said.

“Coming next year for our 10-year anniversary, we’re opening a whole new attraction called The 13th Gate Necropolis,” he said.

The new attraction will be located across the street from The 13th Gate and is a 25,000-square-foot replica of a New Orleans style cemetery, Sanburn said.

Another haunted attraction for frightseekers is the House of Shock in New Orleans.

THEATER

Source: U.S. Census Bureau “The House of Shock is one of the most intense haunted attractions in the country,” said owner Ross Karpelman. “We are an over-the-top, theatrical haunted house.”

The House of Shock is different from most haunted houses with features like a live stage show filled with fire, live actors and stunts, live bands, sideshow freak acts and a bar, Karpelman said.

A less-frightening form of these haunted houses is available at the haunted hike at Bluebonnet Swamp.

The hike, which takes place Oct. 15, 22 and 29 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and features a nighttime walk full of creatures and candy, is designed for the younger crowd as an alternative to haunted houses, according to HALLOWEEN, see page 10

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Dinner event celebrates food, culture ‘Cinema for the Ears’ features ‘sonic art’ Andrew Price

Entertainment Writer

How does one bring together a room full of people who have never met before, whose varying ages span generations and have little in common?

Simple — feed them.

Peggy Sweeny-McDonald and her business partner Jay Basist took things a step further and created a unique dinner theater event called “Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde ...” where local personalities share their stories with an audience in the form of short monologues over a hot meal and a cup of coffee.

The show, which premiered in Baton Rouge in May, combines theater, culture and cuisine into what Basist calls “reality theater” because the performers share real stories.

The cast is an ever-changing mix of people. Chefs, entrepreneurs STORIES, see page 10

Chris Abshire Entertainment Writer

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Advocate columnist Smiley Anders entertains the crowd Sunday at Ralph & Kacoo’s during “Meanwhile, Back at Cafe Du Monde ...” where performers tell stories about food.

Music is usually created by instruments designed to artificially manufacture rhythms and pitches.

But on Monday night, a group of local composers will provide an alternative version to a normal concert experience with “Cinema for the Ears.”

The concert will be hosted by the LSU School of Music in association with the AVATAR — Arts, Visualization Advanced Technologies and Research — initiative in digital media and will feature several compositions best described as electroacoustic and experimental “sonic art.”

While the term cinema can conjure up ideas of a theatrical

performance or large-screen productions, “Cinema for the Ears” focuses on the ability of sound to create visual images, according to Stephen David Beck, director of the LSU electroacoustic project and one of the concert’s featured composers.

“It’s cinematic in that there’s always a narrative to each of these pieces but also in the sense that it is very colorful and imaginative to the ears in the same way that cinema is to the eyes,” Beck said.

Jesse Allison, a composer and professor in the School of Music, said the compositions are designed to make the audience visualize images through the sounds around them.

“You think of a series of moving images, and [‘Cinema for the CONCERT, see page 10

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Ears’] creates sort of a sonic version of what you would normally pick up with your eyes,” Allison said.

The basis of each composer’s piece are the natural sounds that exist all over the earth. The composers take sounds from everyday activities and record, edit and play them as if they were musical instruments, according to Beck.

“In the process of recording, we use the most advanced computer software in place for digital media and music,” Beck said. “While some of it can be found in a normal recording studio, other programs are very experimental pieces of equipment from research centers around the country.”

While the composers use software like Pro Tools or Apple’s Logic Studio, Beck noted that most of the software is much more specialized and specific to the idea of electroacoustic music.

“ProTools or Logic — we use

STORIES, from page 9

and students have all taken the stage.

Sweeny-McDonald first thought of the idea for the event after hearing a story from a friend about a Thanksgiving dinner mishap.

The story was so funny that Sweeny-McDonald insisted her friend share the story with other mutual friends. She noticed that when the story was shared it often prompted others to share stories, all centered on food.

That observation sparked an idea for a monologue show celebrating food, but instead of a traditional theater event, Sweeny-McDonald wanted her show to feel as conversational and comfortable as she felt during the conversations that prompted the idea.

Even the show’s title reflects the theme of comfortable conversation.

“Cafe Du Monde is a metaphor for that place you always go to,” Sweeny-McDonald said. “It’s about that place and that story that you always go back to.”

Sweeny-McDonald approached Basist about creating the event under their company, Superstar Events-LA, and together they started working on getting the idea off the ground.

“At first we got a cool reception because people didn’t know what to think of it,” Basist said. “But the

those, but we also use some techniques that aren’t available to the average person,” Beck said. “This helps us create music outside of the normal context and on a completely different, experimental level.”

To capture the experimental sound each composer creates, a different stereo setup is needed to truly immerse the audience in the performance.

Enter the Immersive Computercontrolled Audio Sound Theatre — a 27-channel, state-of-the-art, surround-sound system.

ICAST’s capabilities far exceed typical movie theater sound quality by allowing the composer to control exactly where each sound is coming from and how the audience will hear it, Allison said.

“That’s such a unique ability to be able to control the sounds so precisely, and it creates quite an intense atmosphere — like being inside an instrument,” Allison said.

Before each composition, the composer has the opportunity to

explain the narrative that inspired or informed the piece.

“A lot of this style of music is so new, and we find that when people have an idea of what they’re listening to, it prepares them to be actively listening for what the composers were going for,” Beck said.

Beck said the audience ultimately gets a “completely unique sonic experience.”

“They will hear an entirely different way of thinking about music — as more than just a collection of tones, pitches and rhythms, but how all the sounds around us has a musical context,” Beck said.

“Cinema for the Ears” will be held Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Manship Theatre, located in the Shaw Center downtown. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com

more people we talked to, the more occasions. people were interested.”

Ducote heard about “MeanSince the show’s premiere, it while, Back at Cafe Du Monde ...” has been performed in New Or- from a friend who performed at an leans, Los Angeles, earlier show, and Shreveport and LaSweeny-McDonald ‘Everyone eats, and asked him to perfayette.

Sweeny-Mcafter discoveveryone has their form Donald is also takering he authored a ing “Meanwhile, own little stories. And food blog.

Back at Cafe Du “I enjoy getMonde ...” beyond it’s fun to ... see them ting up there and the stage with relating to your story.’ telling my story,” plans for a coffee Ducote said. “What table book and a I try to do through Hannah Blomquist TV pilot. my food blog is tell mass communication junior Basist said stories related to the coffee table book will combine food, and this gives me a chance to a printed version of a performer’s verbalize my story instead writing it monologue with a photo montage down.” of the performer. The book may also Several University students are include favorite recipes from each on the list of frequent performers at featured performer. the show.

The TV show will travel to difMass communication junior ferent locations and feature local Hannah Blomquist has performed personalities speaking in their own her monologue “Oh the Places We food havens, and the pilot episode Go” for four shows. will feature Kleinpeter Dairy owner Blomquist said the show’s intiJeff Kleinpeter, local food blogger mate atmosphere is what keeps her Jay Ducote and others, according to coming back as a performer.

Sweeny-McDonald.

“You’re very involved with The headliners change for each the audience,” she said. “Everyone show, and Raising Cane’s owner eats, and everyone has their own Todd Graves, Louisiana Radio Net- little stories. And it’s fun to be able work general manager Jim Engster to interact with people and see them and many other local celebrities relating to your story.” have performed.

Ducote, University alumnus Contact Andrew Price at and author of the food blog Bite aprice@lsureveille.com and Booze, has performed on three

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the Bluebonnet Swamp website.

A less frightening Halloween hot spot, Haints, Haunts and Halloween: A Country Fair, is being hosted by the LSU Rural Life Museum on Oct. 31, according to the LSU Media Center. The afternoon will consist of trick or treating and activities of an old-fashioned Halloween country fair.

Another spooky event, The Baton Rouge Zombie Crawl, is a gathering of zombie participants that travel around the city donating canned goods. It will take place Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.

And popular haunted corn mazes like the AgMaizing Corn Maze offer more Halloween adventures around Baton Rouge.

AgMaizing Corn Maze is located in Port Allen and has the word “LOST” cut into the corn field. Daphne Kissner, chief operating officer at AgMaizing Corn Maze, said this is the first year this corn maze is open.

The new corn maze opened Sept. 17 and will operate every weekend through November from 5 to 10 p.m. on Fridays, noon to

10 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Part of the maze will be filled with frightful actors every weekend from 7 to 10 p.m., Kissner said.

Directions and more information about the corn maze can be found at www.agmaizing.com.

Kissner said growing and constructing the corn maze is a relatively easy process and involves planting the corn using the grid method, which means it is planted in horizontal and vertical rows to thicken the corn.

The corn is grown on site, and the paths are cut using a weed eater when the corn is about 1 foot tall.

Along with the corn maze, there will be a haunted hayride, plenty of concessions and picnic tables for people to have a treecovered lunch.

“It’s just a very nice country setting,” Kissner said.

Contact Ferris W. McDaniel at fmcdaniel@lsureveille.com

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MUSIC * MOVIES * BOOKS * TELEVISION

Die Antwoord

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Sun Airway

The Internet has a bizarre taste in music. When South Africa’s Die Antwoord went viral on YouTube, it looked like nothing more than a bad joke.

But it’s Die Antwoord who’s having the last laugh. Its debut album “$O$” is nothing short of auditory schizophrenia. It’s full of jaw-dropping verses in both English and Afrikaans, but they’re about ninjas and who knows what else. The group calls its sound “zef style,” which celebrates out-dated musical genres. “$O$” is either a genius album or the worst thing ever recorded — but it’s a whole lot of fun.

“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is one of the most underrated films out right now. The plot follows the trials and tribulations of a depressive teenager played

by Keir Gilchrist, who voluntarily commits himself to a psychiatric ward. Emma Roberts proves she is one of the actresses to be on the lookout for. Zach Galifianakis is hilarious as a supporting character who teaches Gilchrist how to appreciate life. With its realistic and gritty portrayal of teenage life, the film succeeds in shedding light on the teen psyche.

Dead Oceans

ANDREW PRICE

KITTU PANNU

CATHRYN CORE

Sufjan Stevens

KT Tunstall

Kings of Leon

Asthmatic Kitty

Virgin Records

Sony

“The Age of Adz,” pronounced “odds,” is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length album in five years.

The opening track, “Futile Devices,” seems like typical Stevens with enchanting vocals and string instruments, but the next song, “Too Much,” unveils the beginning of an electronically heavy piece. The album includes copious loops and repetition of electronic sounds, which may displease fans, accompanied by backing orchestral music. The simpler era of Stevens making songs with just his voice, a banjo, some verses and a chorus may have expired, but fans shouldn’t begrudge Stevens — it’s just a new age.

Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall proves on her new album, “Tiger Suit,” she deserves more attention than average radio pop. Tunstall’s third studio album satisfies everything fans of her gritty but powerful vocals and mixed-genre sound could ask for. The layered chants and thumping bass drum beats that leap from the first track, “Uummannaq Song,” can be difficult to leave behind. However, once past this initial attraction, listeners can latch on to wellmade tracks like “Push That Knot Away.” Tunstall continues to impress with her lyrical skills and talented voice.

After 2008’s smash success “Only By The Night” Kings of Leon return with an album heavy on mid-tempo, high-volume pseudo anthems. Nothing here is as immediate as “Sex on Fire,” and there is no anthem that reaches the heights of “Use Somebody.”

While this is a major drawback, KOL does benefit at times from following stranger lyrical content and indulging lead singer Caleb Followill’s distinct vocal mannerisms. The band plays to its Southern roots, but bombastic stabs at atmosphere (see: U2) and moody melodrama on tracks like “The End” and “Pyro” leave the album feeling dry and uninspired.

FERRIS W. MCDANIEL

MORGAN SEARLES

CHRIS ABSHIRE

$0$

Interscope Records

Focus Features

Nocturne of Exploded Chandelier Sun Airway’s melodiously delicious debut album, “Nocturne of Exploded Chandelier,” out Oct. 26, takes listeners on an out-ofbody journey through the band’s delightfully diverse sounds. It leaves those who happen to make it back to planet Earth after one go-round through the tracks hungry for more. The album covers a spectrum of sounds ranging from electronic beats to ambient and indie grooves bound to take any listener to another level of musical comprehension. The album is a success that melds music and the quest for stylistic cohesion through experimentation.

[A] [A+] [A]

The Age of Adz

Tiger Suit

Come Around Sundown

[A] [A] [B-]

Editor’s Pick

Elton John and Leon Russel

The Union Decca Records

[B]

Elton John and Leon Russell team up for an alluring meeting of the minds, voices and pianos for an album-length jam session on “The Union.” Rollicking with blues and soaked in gospel influences, “Union” finds the pair musically rejuvenated by one another. The music isn’t groundbreaking and occasionally borders on sappy, but standouts like “Hey Ahab” and “Gone to Shiloh” prove the pair is still worthy of their legendary status.

RYAN BUXTON

Entertainment Editor

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OUR VIEW

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Jindal administration ignoring student concerns The Jindal

LSU students: Your governor is ignoring you.

Gov. Bobby Jindal may say he values your input, but the actions of Jindal and his press team prove those words are hollow.

We could be wrong, of course — but we wouldn’t know it. For the past year, the governor’s press office has routinely ignored The Daily Reveille’s requests for information, communication or cooperation — we’ve received nothing but run-arounds and static.

We’ve e-mailed his press secretaries but haven’t been afforded the courtesy of a response.

We’ve been told to our faces we’d be added to his press list but never saw it come to fruition.

Jindal’s Executive Council, Stephen Waguespack, met with Student Government President J Hudson and

Vice President Dani Borel on Tuesday. During that meeting, Borel says Waguespack didn’t understand the allocation of educational funding.

Waguespack also defended the administration’s support of LSU, citing capital outlay money it has sent to the campus. That money may buy expensive new buildings, but these buildings will be empty if we don’t have the faculty to fill them.

We’d love to give you a firsthand account of this meeting, but our reporter was barred from attending.

These answers — like the governor’s past chatter — are a political smokescreen thrown up to dismiss the issue. And they certainly don’t come close to answering the burning questions about LSU’s future we’ve been trying to ask for months.

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden has addressed our

questions. State Sen. Dan Claitor has addressed our questions. Even U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has addressed our questions.

Why won’t Jindal?

The cynical answer is obvious: Students don’t vote. Why should his office deal with students when they have no real political reason to do so?

This might very well be the same reason higher education is facing potentially catastrophic cuts while other parts of the budget can’t get cut at all.

We’re not mad because of some petty personal pride. We’re not just mad we can’t get access as journalists.

We’re mad because we — all of us at LSU and in Louisiana higher education institutions — can’t get answers as students and as citizens.

To students who care about their educational future, to students who

want their leaders to answer for the decisions that might soon ruin that future: Keep watching this page. Today we start counting the number of days before the Governor’s Office initiates real, substantive contact. We will mark each day until Jindal or one of his representatives comes out of their fourth-floor ivory tower and finally acknowledges the cries of higher education.

Today certainly doesn’t mark the first time we’ve tried to contact the Governor’s Office. That day is long past.

Today simply marks the day we got tired of being ignored.

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

Count

Days Bobby Jindal has ignored our concerns:

2

Will higher education hold any priority with the administration in the coming budget crisis?

Would the governor support a constitutional amendment to protect higher education and allow for more “across the board” cuts?

What message would the Governor’s Office have for students, faculty and administrators faced with this crisis?

SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE LOST

Jindal earns ‘A’ for effort while Louisiana’s economy fails As midterms descend upon the University like a crow to the carrion, students are beginning to show serious signs of stress.

The tension is palpable everywhere on campus. Strange classmates previously unseen in class are arriving in droves to salvage their hampered GPAs, and beer-drinking bar hounds are turning to coffee and slaving away their midnights at the library.

But just a few blocks north of campus, the state’s most prominent official is, as per usual, not on the same page with his constituents.

In fact, Gov. Bobby Jindal has already received his grades for his

term in office, and while the rest of us sweat it out for another week, Jindal looks out at the Mississippi River from his office with a calm smile.

In case you missed it, Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the conservative Cato Institute, published his “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2010” last week.

Each governor, with the five shortest-tenured excepted, was graded on his or her “fiscal performance from a limited government perspective.” The governors who scored highest were “those who have supported the largest tax and spending

cuts” between 2008 and 2010.

Of those assessed, Jindal placed second and was one of four to receive an A. The only other governors to receive A’s were Mark Sanford (RS.C.), Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).

Yet something strikes me about this report — aside from how completely trivial and biased it is.

Fiscal policy should not be graded by means of simple tax reduction and budget cutting criteria.

It’s like dating a girl with nice lips even though she has no teeth.

You’re acknowledging an important facet but missing the bigger picture.

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Overlooking important bases of judgment for governing can come back to bite you.

Let’s look at it in context. Sanford graded out with the highest score because of his knack for lowering taxes as well as attempts to implement legal limits for state budgets.

But this columnist wonders if Sanford was thinking about his spending policy Cody Worsham when he used pubColumnist lic money to visit a South American mistress in 2008.

Ad hominem attacks aside, however relevant they may be, it’s not like South Carolina is some booming haven for businesses.

Sanford presides over the 44thranked economy in the country, according to a recent report by “The Atlantic,” yet receives top scores for his governing policies on finance.

Perhaps because Louisiana is the next worse economy, Jindal fails to capture top honors. Manchin isn’t doing much better in West Virginia, whose economy ranks 38th in the nation.

Only Pawlenty seems a reasonable selection, as Minnesota is the fifth-best economy in the country, due in great part to the government’s use of funds from the recovery bill to restore 200,000 jobs lost during the recession.

Meanwhile, Jindal spurned $98

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million from the stimulus act last year — a sum which state education officials wouldn’t mind getting a piece of these days.

But consider this: Jindal is receiving high marks from Cato, an unabashed conservative policy group.

While the state suffers in a slumping economy, Jindal grades high with conservative think-tanks because of his limited-government approach.

So while the state suffers, the governor’s reputation is only enhanced.

With this in mind, I’m forced to ask the questions many have considered but have not voiced publically.

Where do Jindal’s loyalties lie?

Is he making decisions based not on what’s best for his political career rather than what’s best for the state?

As he looks out from his office in the Capitol, is he seeing the trouble in which his state is mired?

Or is he imagining what it would be like to look out of his office one day and see not the Mississippi River, but the Potomac instead?

I’m not sure — I just hope the questions on my midterms will be easier to answer.

Cody Worsham is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_Cworsham.

Contact Cody Worsham at cworsham@lsureveille.com

Quote of the Day “War would end if the dead could return.”

Stanley Baldwin British politician Aug. 3, 1867 — Dec. 14, 1947

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In vitro wins Nobel, but that doesn’t make it right Robert G. Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 4 for the development of human in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF. Edwards overcame immense technical challenges and with the help of his now deceased partner Patrick Steptoe, the pair saw their work come to life with the birth of the first in vitro baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.

In the decades since its discovery, IVF has become an accepted treatment for infertility and has been responsible for about 4 million births worldwide.

However, in the years following Louise Brown’s birth, critics decried IVF as “playing God.” Similar criticisms have been leveled against several advances in biology and medicine in the past few decades, including genetic engineering and cloning. As a biological engineering major, I am obviously not swayed by these arguments, but I ironically find myself

opposing IVF after considering a In the modern world, a Social viewpoint many believe to be at Darwinist view would not only disodds with God — Darwinism. approve of IVF, but also of treating Before continuing, I should a genetic disorclear up the difference between der like cystic fiDarwinism and social Darwinism brosis because in because many people confuse the nature, infertile two. people do not reDarwinism is the theory of produce and cysnatural selection and basically says tic fibrosis suforganisms that outcompete their ferers die young. neighbors are more likely to sur- Andrew Shockey A Darwinian vive and pass their genes on than view doesn’t deColumnist their inferior counterparts. This termine whether natural process rewards genetic someone should live or die, but traits that encourage successful it does tell us what will happen reproduction and survival while if damaged genes are passed on. removing disadvantageous traits According to a Darwinian, CF pafrom a species’ gene pool. Darwin- tients should receive any treatment ism is a scientific theory, not an available to improve their quality ideology. of life, but they should not reproOn the other hand, social Dar- duce because they could inflict winism is a 19th century ideology their disease on their children. based on the phrase “survival of With regards to IVF, many the fittest,” which was used to jus- causes of infertility are genetic. tify the subjugation of “inferior” IVF is used to treat only the most races and the demonization of the severe cases of infertility, but it poor in capitalist societies. is possible that IVF children will

inherit their parent’s infertility if it is hereditary.

The most important distinction between a disease like CF and infertility is that infertile couples have a perfectly good, non-medical option to “cure” their affliction: adoption. Most couples with the kind of disposable income to pay for IVF would be approved for adoption in a second, and most couples denied for adoption shouldn’t be having IVF anyway.

Although fertility clinics usually advertise IVF at a cost of between $9,000 and $15,000, the combined costs of procedures, complications and lost productivity can significantly increase the total cost. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, a single pregnancy through IVF can cost from $66,667 to $114,286, depending on how many cycles of treatment are required before success and the incidence of complications.

Even though I oppose the

use of IVF in treating infertility, I believe Edwards unquestionably deserves this award. In the end it’s hard to argue with a discovery responsible for the creation of millions of lives and the development of dozens of scientific tools and procedures modern scientists rely on to make the world a better place.

The Darwinian urge to see our genes passed on is to blame for a world where parents saddle their children with potential infertility and pay more than $100,000 just to know their kids really are a part of the family.

Andrew Shockey is a 20-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey.

Contact Andrew Shockey at ashockey@lsureveille.com

EAT LESS, LEARN MORE

What University students should learn from Koi incident A University student was arrested around midnight Saturday for DWI and failure to maintain control of her vehicle, according to Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman.

McKneely’s statement fails to capture the fullness of the mayhem unleashed by the student on Koi Sushi restaurant, when she hit nine cars and a building — none

of which were moving.

Darren Deng, Koi Sushi manager, said witnesses saw Annie Wallace back up her vehicle at full speed, hitting four cars. She then proceeded to drive forward into five more cars, Deng said. One of the five cars she hit going forward was a truck, and she did so with enough force to drive it into Koi and generate a roughly 5-foot hole in the exterior wall.

I won’t continue to mock this freshman’s misfortune because I know nothing of her mental state when she chose to drink nearly twice the legal limit for 21-yearolds and nearly seven times the legal limit for minors like herself.

For all we know, she had a nasty breakup, a death in the family or some other traumatic experience.

Regardless of her mental state, her disastrous night likely

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could have been prevented. A BAC of .137 percent like she had is extremely high, especially for an 18-year-old.

Based on the average height and weight for an 18-year-old girl, it would take a little more than four drinks during the course Matt Lousteau of one hour to Columnist reach her level of intoxication, and if she was drinking longer, she would have to drink more to maintain that level. Assuming she wasn’t drinking alone, she was probably in one of two situations, which I would guess the majority of University students commonly find themselves.

She was either drinking at her own place or a friend’s place, or she was drinking at a restaurant or bar. Both are illegal, barring the possibility that she was drinking in private with her parents.

I’m not naïve, and I don’t think students should never drink no matter what the circumstances; that would make me a hypocrite.

But seriously, use your head about it.

First of all, if you’re going to drink, don’t drive. Wallace is a shining example of why you shouldn’t. Also, police officers don’t just pull over people who have put holes in walls with their cars.

If you think a DWI isn’t enough of a deterrent, then consider your status as a student at the University. According to the Office of Student Advocacy and

Accountability, the most severe sanction for a DWI is expulsion as well as restitution for any damages you may cause.

That’s right — in case you didn’t know, your actions outside of school can affect your future in school.

Secondly, drinking at public establishments while under age is not a good idea — even if you know the bartender. You’re one police officer’s ID check from a minor in possession and getting your bartending friend in tons of legal and financial trouble.

Thirdly, don’t let your friends drive drunk. Wallace should not have been able to get to her car. If she were drunk enough to “floor it” in reverse and then forward while taking out nine cars, she had to be noticeably drunk. If she were with friends, they should have restrained her. If she were at a bar, the bartender or waitress shouldn’t have served her. Either way, someone should have called a cab.

With a little bit of common sense, Wallace, her friends or her waiter/bartender could have prevented this whole situation. Students should use this as a prime example of what not to do.

Matt Lousteau is a 21-year-old mechanical engineering senior from LaPlace. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mlousteau.

Contact Matt Lousteau at mlousteau@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 REDEMPTION, from page 1

“I was clean for five or six months, but I was miserable,” he said. “I still wanted to use but knew I couldn’t.”

Carriere returned to the University with a new attitude in 2004, but history repeated itself. After two semesters, he flunked out.

“It got to [a] point where the place I was staying at on Government Street didn’t have electricity or gas,” he explained. “I can remember being at my house crying out in pain, hurting.”

Two weeks later, Carriere enrolled at a rehabilitation center in Mississippi, from which he graduated in 2007, and has been clean for more than three years.

Determined to make a better life for himself, Carriere began volunteering in his community by tutoring children and working at the local homeless shelter.

Little did he know, this shelter — the Opelousas Lighthouse Mission — would become his career.

OLM is a non-profit organization and 23-bed housing facility that provides emergency and transitional shelter for men.

Being the center’s director for the last two years has been more than a job to Carriere, and nothing can keep him away — not even his education, which is 62 miles away.

“The last four semesters I have commuted because I have so much invested and tied up in the work that I do,” he said.

Carriere said the mission strives to help the men become selfsufficient. He commended the work ethic of the residents and the respect they show him.

“There are some as young as 18 and some as old as 80,” he said. “All from different backgrounds and different paths of life — it’s like a big gumbo.”

Clifton “Pops” Bedney is one of the 22 men at the shelter. The 71-year-old Hurricane Katrina evacuee has been at the shelter for about one year and has developed a friendship with Carriere.

“He’s my ace in the hole, there,” he joked. “He is a sweet boy, and I admire Johnny to the highest.”

Carriere said the affection is mutual.

“You think you’re doing this work and you’re going to help these guys out, and yeah, you do help them, but the most rewarding thing is that it comes back — they are actually helping me out,” Carriere said. “They changed what I originally thought about homelessness and taught me how to love.”

Carriere said he uses his past to relate to the men and as a testimony of hope.

“I see guys that struggle, come to me broken, and now they have purpose,” he said. “I get to see the transformation in their life, just like I got to experience it in my life.”

Carriere will graduate this year with a degree in construction management, but he plans to continue working at OLM for as long as he can.

“It’s been amazing how my life has been restored,” he said, smiling.

“This has given me so much more than I ever lost.”

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

COURSES, from page 1

Batinski said.

Italian 1001 and German 1001 classes will not be offered in the spring, meaning students will be unable to begin their sequences next semester.

“Next fall, we will offer the first course and not the second, meaning students will be unable to move as readily through their sequences,” Batinski said.

Students pursuing minors in certain languages will also be affected as fewer upper level language courses will be offered.

“Italian will also be affected because they won’t be able to offer some upper division classes,” Batinski said. “They will offer some, but they will be cut back.”

Course offerings in all departments vary each semester for a number reasons, according to University Registrar Robert Doolos.

YAL, from page 1

Friday and protested T-shirts featuring the face of Che Guevara, a Marxist revolutionary who played a major role in the Cuban Revolution.

“On Friday, we were out protesting and educating our fellow students about Che Guevara,” Huete said. “He is often greatly admired by students on campuses around the nation yet is a polar opposite to the ideas of personal freedom and liberty.”

However, some students remain skeptical about holding such a protest.

YAL has the right to protest, but students have the right to wear whatever they want, said Laura Rider, math graduate student.

Lex Muery, English senior, said Guevara had heroic ideas

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“It could be budgetary restrictions, faculty availability or any variety of reasons,” Doolos said.

“Adjustments are made every semester.”

Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com accompanied by atrocious consequences. Many people forget he was an intellectual who originally strived to better the situation of the working class people, he said.

“I think it’s more un-American to deny someone their First Amendment rights and tell them what they can and cannot wear than to simply wear a T-shirt with the man’s face on it,” Muery said.

In response, Huete later said the point of “No Che Day” was not an attempt to ban the shirt but to raise awareness.

“It’s up to students to decide whether they want to wear a shirt with the face of a mass murderer on it,” Huete said.

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

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