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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Catherine Threlkeld

Matthew Albright Gov. Bobby Jindal took a step toward acknowledging student concerns about higher education late Tuesday afternoon with a post on his Facebook page asking for student input.

“To Louisiana College Students: Our government is spending more than we can afford, and I believe our universities are delivering less value than you deserve. Click below to join the discussion,” the post said.

The post asks students for feedback on how the state is currently funding higher education.

“I am happy to hear your thoughts on that,” the post said. “But I would ask that you would also take the time to think more deeply about your college experience and share with me your thoughts on how we can save money and improve your educational experience.”

The post comes one day after Student Government President J Hudson made national headlines for his a letter to newspapers in states Jindal has visited in the past two weeks.

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De Jarion “DJ” Neely, finance freshman, performs “Dougie in my Snuggie” on Monday in the Business Residential College. Neely is one of multiple University students whose videos have gained viral popularity.

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University students becoming viral sensations on YouTube Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

Popular Internet videos featured on sites like YouTube have dominated the online social scene for years and have spotlighted a variety of artists — including some University students.

Among other campus-related viral hits, students may remember a spring finals week favorite titled “LSU lil finals week BOUNCE.” Two student rappers,

international studies junior Myles Laroux and general studies senior Logan Baudean, recorded the video sensation as a joke among friends.

“We had been circling around a video from Monster with Da Fade,” Baudean said. “He raps about random stuff like roast beef and red beans and rice, so we decided to do one about finals.”

Laroux said he and Baudean sent it to fewer than 10 friends on Facebook. Those friends tagged their friends, and the domino effect

rippled to nearly 19,000 people.

“At one point I walked into the library and counted 17 people watching it on their computers,” he said. “The same day I got 20-something friend requests and was a thread on TigerDroppings.com.”

The duo later saw a Facebook fan page dedicated to their video and had the title added to UrbanDictionary.com. YouTube later contacted them about posting VIRAL, see page 15

A student broadsided a First Transit bus carrying 10 students Tuesday morning.

The student, driving a Mazda Tribute SUV, was at the traffic light on Burbank Drive turning onto Nicholson Drive, said LSU Police Department Det. Jason Bettencourtt. She drove forward into the driver’s side of the bus, and her car was pushed into the grassy ditch alongside Nicholson.

Bettencourtt said the student was on her cell phone and did not see the bus.

He said no one was hurt.

First Transit General Manager William Waters said the bus will be placed in a body shop on Wednesday. It will cost $5,000 to $6,000 to repair.

Waters said First Transit will take care of the bus first, then file a claim to have the student’s insurance pay for the damage.

Waters said there have been four crashes involving buses since last April, but this crash caused the most damage.

“I’m just glad nobody was hurt,” he said.

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com

FOOTBALL

Auburn to be LSU’s toughest test yet

QB Newton emerging as Heisman candidate Luke Johnson Sports Contributor

The recent history between LSU and Auburn has been anything but bland.

Dating back to the 2004 season, five of the six games between Auburn and LSU have been decided in the final 60 seconds, with LSU emerging victorious in three of the five contests.

The battle between LSU and Auburn this season promises to be just as full of intrigue. Both

undefeated, No. 6 LSU and No. 4 Auburn will be vying for Southeastern Conference Western Division supremacy.

“This year, I think it’s as big as ever,” said junior running back Stevan Ridley. “We’re both top10. We’re both undefeated. [This game is] going to decide the West, so there’s a lot of pressure riding on this game.”

LSU is 7-0 for the first time since 1973, though the way it has gotten to that record has left something to be desired from some national media pundits.

Some of that doubt could be erased if LSU emerges victorious from the top-10 clash.

“They are undefeated, and there is great history between the two schools,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “It always seems to come down to a very close and competitive game.”

From 2004 to 2008, LSU and Auburn were separated by only nine points total on the scoreboard.

Three games were decided by touchdown passes that all occurred with less than 1:16 on the clock, one was decided by an overtime field goal, and in 2006, former LSU receiver Craig Davis was tackled on the Auburn 4-yard line as time expired.

AUBURN, see page 15

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Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton eyes the end zone on his second touchdown run Oct. 9 during Auburn’s 37-34 win against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

French strikes: Gas stations run short, students clash with police

Israeli military bans soldiers from using social media sites on base

Military recruiters told to accept gay openly gay applicants

Groups oppose Governor Jindal administration’s Medicaid plan

La. oyster harvesters task force seeks to cancel 2010-11 season

PARIS (AP) — Airlines flying into France were ordered to slash schedules — and to bring enough fuel for the trip out. Gas stations ran short or dry, while truckers jammed highway traffic Monday by driving at a snail’s pace, a tactic known in French as “operation escargot.”

Strikes over the government’s plans to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 disrupted daily life and a wide swath of industry — from oil refining to travel to shipping — as protesters fought a proposal they say tampers with the near-sacred French social contract.

Teens joined in the protests, with at least 261 high schools blocked or disrupted Monday. Some turned violent, and 290 youths were arrested, the Interior Ministry said.

Students set cars and tires on fire, toppled a telephone booth and hurled debris at police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, as well as in Lyon, France, and elsewhere.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military is banning soldiers from using social media sites while on base in an attempt to prevent security leaks and embarrassing videos from going viral.

Lt. Col. Gadi Abudi said Tuesday that the idea was to prevent sensitive information from reaching its “enemies.”

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

At least two service members discharged for being gay began the process to re-enlist after the Pentagon’s Tuesday announcement.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in California who overturned the 17year policy last week was likely to reject the government’s latest effort to halt her order telling the military to stop enforcing the law. The Justice Department will likely appeal if she does not suspend her order.

The Defense Department has said it would comply with U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips’ order and had frozen any discharge cases.

Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said recruiters had been given top-level guidance to accept applicants who say they are gay.

(AP) — Hospitals, emergency responders, physicians and other medical providers Monday stepped up their opposition to the Jindal administration’s planned restructuring of the state’s Medicaid program.

The Louisiana Ambulance Alliance, Louisiana Hospital Association, Louisiana State Medical Society and other groups announced the organization of the Coalition to Protect Louisiana’s Healthcare to challenge the state’s new health care approach.

At issue is the best way to reduce the state’s Medicaid costs by discouraging the poor and uninsured from making costly emergency room visits for routine health care.

State Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein said changes have to be made to ensure that the health care program is more affordable for the state.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A task force of Louisiana oyster harvesters and dealers wants the state to cancel the 2010-2011 oyster harvesting season scheduled in public oyster waters east of the Mississippi River.

The proposed cancellation of a season currently set to open Nov. 15 would not affect private year-round oyster leases on either side of the river, some of which have been reopening following the Gulf oil spill.

INTERNATIONAL

US soldier in custody after Afghan detainee dies from gunshot wound KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. soldier was taken into custody after an Afghan detainee was found dead in his cell, apparently from a gunshot wound, NATO said in a statement Tuesday night.

The man was found dead in his holding cell in Kandahar province’s Arghandab district Sunday. He was being held at an Afghan government facility under U.S. guard, awaiting transfer to coalition custody.

A youth jumps over a burning garbage bin Tuesday during clashes in Lyon, France. A new round of nationwide strikes and protests kicked off over raising the retirement age to 62.

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Escapee from Livingston Parish Courthouse caught LIVINGSTON (AP) — A prisoner who fled the Livingston Parish Courthouse on Tuesday after being sentenced to five years on drug charges has been captured, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies captured Dennis Ray Caruso Jr., 23, about two hours after he fled, said Perry Rushing, chief of operations for the sheriff’s office.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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CONSTRUCTION

New complex to go up on Ben Hur Woodlands to be ready by Aug. 2012 Matthew Albright Staff Writer

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Chancellor Michael Martin joins students Monday to discuss campus issues on one of the Highland-Ben Hur Tiger Trails buses as part of Chats with the Chancellor.

Chancellor discusses microbrewery at Chats Celeste Ansley Staff Writer

Chancellor Michael Martin discussed the possibility of a University-run microbrewery Tuesday while riding on the Tiger Trails transit system during Student Government’s Chats with the Chancellor.

Students also asked Martin about budget cuts as they rode the Tigerland and Highland-Ben Hur bus routes.

Brandon Jones, microbiology senior and College of Science senator, asked Martin about the progress of creating an on-campus microbrewery, an idea Martin has championed in the past.

Martin said the University has received a lot of interest in partnerships with the project, and one of the possible locations for the brewery could be the University-owned land next to Walk-On’s on Burbank Drive.

Martin said he would like to see University-produced beer available at the University Faculty Club, Walk-On’s, The Lod Cook Hotel and Conference Center and the private boxes in Tiger Stadium.

Martin said the interest is in the experience, not the beer.

“This is an experience for students that will pay for itself,” he said.

Martin said he would like to see the brewery run similarly to the Dairy Store, with business students running the store and microbiology students developing the beer.

The name of the beer is up in the air, Martin said. After discovering one of the names he favored, “Tiger Lager,” already existed, Martin has played with names including Panthera, the genus name for tiger, for the beer.

It would cost about $1 million in equipment to start the brewery, but Martin said he doesn’t want to spend any University money on the project.

Martin also talked to bus riders about the midyear budget cut increasing from $2.2 million to $5.1 million.

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LSU System administrators decided that non-teaching units, like the LSU AgCenter and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, couldn’t afford to take as big of a cut, so it was suggested the money come from the University’s budget, Martin said.

Martin said this allocation has not been approved, and students should speak out when the Board of Supervisors meets to make the decision.

Before getting off the bus, one passenger asked Martin if budget cuts would affect University transportation.

“Transportation is self-funded,” Martin responded. “It will be OK.” During the Tiger Trails ride, Martin reminisced about his days leading up to being chancellor of the University with Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, and Brian Nichols, executive director of the Office of Risk Management.

SG handed out T-shirts and snacks to students riding the bus during the event.

Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com

The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for a 320unit student apartment complex on Ben Hur Road at its Monday meeting.

The Woodlands of Baton Rouge is part of a planned 200acre “Master Planned Development” adjacent to The Cottages of Baton Rouge. The Woodlands would stretch from The Cottages to Burbank Drive.

“We’ll start leasing early next fall,” said Mike Swope, a spokesman for Dovetail Companies, the developer.

Swope said students will be able to move into the complex in August 2012.

The development will mirror the Woodlands of Tuscaloosa, a complex for students at the University of Alabama, Swope said.

The Tuscaloosa complex has two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments that cost $620, $585 and $555 a month, respectively.

Swope said the rates and construction in Baton Rouge would be similar.

The development was designed with college students in mind, Swope said.

The design plan for the facility shows a central courtyard with a pool, garden and basketball court surrounded by rows of apartments. Other rows branch out from there.

The plan shows the whole facility surrounded by a line of trees.

The Cottages complex, next door to the planned development, opened this semester.

When The Cottages opened, some real estate analysts predicted it would be the last student

apartment built in the area for some time because of the expiration of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act, which allowed companies to write off 50 percent of the cost of building.

While developers could take advantage of that program, several new buildings popped up near campus, including Sterling Northgate, Campus Crossings at Highland and the Regent Apartments on Millerville Road.

Vacancy rates jumped when the act expired, according to the

2010 Cook Moore Report.

The Zoning Commission also approved three other projects Monday, including an addition to The Greater King David Baptist Church on Blount Road, the 30unit Willowbrook Townhomes at Jefferson Highway and Hoo Shoo Too Road and a new headquarters for the State Police Retirement System.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Hudson tries to unify Louisiana SG presidents on budget cuts Structural differences causing divisions Matthew Albright Staff Writer

Amid a budget cut crisis that faculty and administrators claim has seen a dearth of student involvement, student representatives from throughout the state’s higher education system have yet to put up a significant unified front on the issue.

LSU Student Government President J Hudson said structural issues and differences between schools have so far hamstrung efforts to communicate jointly, though he plans to fix the problem soon.

As SG President, Hudson sits on the Council of Student Body Presidents, which includes the ranking student representatives from the state’s 30 public higher education institutions.

That includes the eight fouryear universities in the LSU System, the four universities in the Southern University System, the eight universities and colleges in the University of Louisiana System and the 10 colleges in the Louisiana Technical and Community College System.

“Past administrations have told me it’s a waste of time,” Hudson said. “We saw an opportunity to do some good there.”

Hudson said the number of people on the council and the differences in the types of

universities they represent have continuity,” he said.

Rasmussen also acknowlcaused divisions that have prevented sending a single message. edged some “natural rivalry be“There’s a huge divide be- tween schools,” but he said the council can still tween the fourdo a lot of good. year institutions “It’s always and the commugood when stunity colleges,” dents get together Hudson said. and talk about the “But the comissues,” Rasmusmunity colleges sen said. are all lumped toRasmussen gether with ours.” pointed to the Hudson said defeat of a bill in community colthe Legislature leges haven’t two years ago that faced as many would have albudget-related islowed concealed sues as the fourfirearms on colyear universities.

J Hudson lege campuses as “The univerLSU SG president evidence of the sities are suffering at a much greater rate,” he council’s effectiveness. said.

There is a precedent for orThe board is scheduled to ganized student government meet during fall break. Hudson involvement in budget cut afsaid he plans to move forward fairs. Six student government without the community colleges’ presidents from schools in the support if necessary.

University of Kansas System “We’re going to get those joined together earlier this month universities to get a single mes- to demand answers from the sage out,” he said. state’s gubernatorial candidates Hudson said he plans to get about higher education. that message out even if it means In a letter signed by the six excluding the community college presidents, University of Kansas representatives.

Student Government President “That might piss them off,” Michael Wade Smith asked the he said. “But it needs to happen.” candidates to support the “KanRobert Rasmussen, faculty sas Commitment,” a $50 million adviser for the LSU System stu- initiative that would restore funddent presidents on the council, ing to the state’s higher education said turnover is an issue. system.

“We’ve been cut more than “One of the problems we have is that the council chang- $100 million over the past three es every year, so there’s no years,” Smith said. “We, as the

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‘There’s a huge divide between the four-year institutions and the community colleges. But the community colleges are all lumped together with ours.’

student body presidents, decided we needed to get involved.”

Smith said those students were connected via the Kansas Board of Regents.

Their meetings include only the six major four-year institutions in the Kansas system — not

including technical colleges.

“Our issues are all similar,” Smith said.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS COMMUNICATION Student helps officers arrest man for felony theft using computer GPS Officers arrested a 17-year-old man unaffiliated with the University on Oct. 11 for felony theft.

A student reported his backpack, containing a computer and books, stolen from Middleton Library, according to Det. Kevin Scott, LSU Police Department spokesman.

Scott said the student activated online tracking software on his stolen laptop, which led officers to the suspect.

Officers arrested Chris Bennett, of 4523 Evangeline St., for felony theft in the amount of $2,135, Scott said.

The majority of the stolen items were recovered, and Bennett was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Scott said.

Students arrested for stealing stop sign and overturning port-o-potty Officers arrested two University students Oct. 15 for theft, criminal trespassing and criminal mischief.

Around 3:45 a.m., officers near Dalrymple Drive and West Lakeshore Drive saw two people holding a stop sign, Scott said.

Officers later discovered the sign had been taken from a construction site east of University High School, where a van window was broken and a port-o-potty was overturned, Scott said.

John Sampognaro, 19, of 4002 Deborah Drive, Monroe, and John Loomis, 20, of 124 Crescent Drive, Ferriday, were issued misdemeanor summonses and released, Scott said.

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University Relations creates LSU survey Student, faculty poll costs nearly $24,000 Rachel Warren Contributing Writer

Students received e-mails last week advising them to be on the lookout for a survey titled “What do you think of LSU?” Holly Cullen, assistant vice chancellor of University Relations, said the survey was sent to around 1,000 people Monday. She said the University plans to send the rest in the next few days.

Cullen said the main purpose of the research is to improve both the general image of the University and recruiting techniques.

“Now, more than ever, we need to know our marketplace,” she said.

Cullen said the surveys are being sent to students, staff, faculty, current and prospective graduate students, donors and alumni.

Cullen said surveys sent via email are frequently used to collect student opinion.

“We’ve done surveys like this in the past,” Cullen said. “This is mainly to update our data.”

Cullen said the survey, conducted by Louisiana-based market research firm SCI Research, cost $23,948.

Cullen said the data collected from a previous survey helped the University bring in the second largest freshman class in history last year.

She said the University is also using the data to aid current students. The survey allows the University to see which programs students use most and which they don’t know about. The University

then knows what programs to advertise, Cullen said.

“We want to know what people know and don’t know,” Cullen said.

University Relations encourages all students to respond so the data will be accurate, Cullen said.

“We want as many people to participate as possible,” she said.

Cullen said money was specifically budgeted to conduct the research, and it will come from an existing research account.

Stephen Champagne, agricultural business senior, said he thinks it’s money well spent.

“It’s a good idea to try to recruit students,” Champagne said.

“It highlights the attributes of the University.”

Champagne said he thinks attracting students from out of state could benefit the University during these financial hard times.

“The more students we can bring from out of state, the better,” he said. “Spread the wealth.”

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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TECHNOLOGY

New guidelines to reduce number of broadcast e-mails

Messages limited by relevance, priority Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

The Office of Academic Affairs has implemented guidelines for broadcast e-mail requests to reduce the number of e-mails sent to students, faculty and staff.

The new rules, according to the GROK Knowledge Base, will limit the system to send only high-priority messages. The guidelines were officially presented Sept. 28, said Stacia

Haynie, vice provost for Academic Affairs.

“The major change is that we did not really have any formal guidelines before,” Haynie said. “One of the things we wanted to do is be able to provide guidance to guidelines.”

The criteria for submitting a request says the content of broadcast e-mails must concern a majority of the targeted campus. Requests are limited to only University entities, and messages must have high importance, according to GROK. The guidelines prohibit requests for events with less than 500 people attending, messages geared toward specific colleges, messages from

ACADEMICS

Law students earn best passage rate on exam Weiss said in a news release.

“Our pass rate using this relative measure also remains the highStudents at the Paul M. Hebert est in the state and is a tremendous Law Center earned the highest pas- credit to our students and faculty,” sage rate on the July 2010 Louisiana Weiss said in the release.

Bar Examination, according to the These results measure all stuCommittee on Bar Admissions for dents who took the bar exam in July the Supreme Court of Louisiana. and does not distinguish between Of the 151 University law stu- first-time and repeat test takers. dents who took the “The statistic that bar exam, 116, or matters is the bar pas76.8 percent, of the Exam passage rates: sage rate of those who students passed, ac- •LSU: 116 of 151 (76.8%) are taking the exam in cording to the re- •Tulane: 82 of 112 (73.2%) July for the first time port.

•Loyola: 147 of 214 (68.7%) relative to the overThe University •Southern: 64 of 116 (55.2%) all passage rate of all traditionally earns •Other: 92 of 168 (54.8%) first-time takers of that first place in pas- •Total: 501 of 761 (65.8%) exam,” Weiss said. sage rates in the “Today’s preliminary state, said Law Cenresults include repeat ter Director of Communications and takers and do not break out results External Relations Karen Soniat. for first -time takers only. It’s only an Since 1989, the University has estimate, but I would expect our relaranked second place in passage rates tive results among first-time takers to only once, in 2004, Soniat said. be somewhat higher than the prelimThe Law Center primarily fo- inary numbers released today.” cuses on how passage rates compare to the overall passage rate of the state Contact Grace Montgomery at because the rates vary from year to year, Law Center Chancellor Jack gmontgomery@lsureveille.com

Grace Montgomery Contributing Writer

individual professors or students, “This sort of electronic commuand advertisements and messages nication can be easily facilitated,” containing attachHaynie said. “We ments. Broadcast [have] seen an ine-mails from orgacrease in requests nizations like Stuto use broadcast edent Government mails.” are limited to one Haynie said per week. the more e-mails If a request is students receive, not acceptable, stuthe less attention dents and faculty they pay to them.

Stacia Haynie have other options “We tried to to broadcast their vice provost for Academic Affairs find balance bemessage like the tween accessibilLSU Calendar, student media out- ity and being sensitive to the need lets, PAWS News and LSU Today, for the University to have access the GROK website said. through broadcast e-mails to convey

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‘We have an appropriate filter so students aren’t receiving dozens of e-mails.’

extremely important messages,” she said.

Haynie said the Office of Academic Affairs receives about three requests daily, which often ties up the server. She said these new guidelines are another way to protect the resource and benefit students.

“Certainly, we preserve mechanisms to convey priority messages to students,” Haynie said. “And then we have an appropriate filter so students aren’t receiving dozens of emails during the day.”

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

TRENCH WARFARE

Sports

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RECRUITING

O-line recruit may commit in November

LSU-Auburn matchup sets stage for 2 of nation’s best linemen: Nevis and Fairley going to be which one of these guys is most disruptive. How are you goSports Contributor ing to block either one?”

Football fans tuning into this Both linemen have each earned weekend’s LSU-Auburn game may the SEC Defensive Lineman of the want to keep an eye on the line of Week award three times this season. scrimmage.

Fairley and Nevis have each tallied at Two of the best defensive line- least 30 tackles and both are among men in all of colthe SEC leaders in lege football will sacks and tackles for be on display loss, statistics which Saturday when Detillier believes have the No. 6 LSU propelled both players Tigers (7-0, 4-0) into “All-American travel to Jordantype performers.”

Hare Stadium in Nevis, a 6-foot-2Auburn, Ala., to inch, 285-pound Marface the No. 5 rero native has been Auburn Tigers the centerpiece of an Mike Detillier (7-0, 4-0) in a LSU defense that leads local NFL draft analyst showdown bethe SEC in total detween undefeatfense, rushing defense, ed Southeastern Conference Western passing defense and first downs alDivision rivals. lowed. He has tallied 38 tackles on LSU senior defensive tackle the season, ranks third in the SEC Drake Nevis and Auburn junior de- with 11.5 tackles for loss and is tied fensive tackle Nick Fairley have with Fairley for second in the confercaused a lot of headaches for oppos- ence with five sacks. ing offenses this season and, at times, LSU coach Les Miles said have been downright unblockable.

Nevis is “having the kind of year In a game surrounded by quar- that would lead to national awards.” terback storylines, whichever inte- Nevis flashed glimpses of brilliance rior lineman can wreak more havoc as a top reserve during 13 games in may ultimately hold the key to vic- 2009, but he has adopted a new attory. titude that has taken his game to an“You can make a case that these other level as a starter. two guys are the best defensive tack“He’s always played with a les in college football right now,” great motor. He realizes that this is said local NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier. “For the winning team, it’s LINEMEN, see page 11

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‘You can make a case that these two guys are the best defensive tackles in college football right now.’

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LSU senior defensive tackle Drake Nevis celebrates after his interception Sept. 18 in the Tigers’ 29-7 win against Mississippi State. Nevis has five sacks in seven games.

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Auburn junior defensive tackle Nick Fairley sacks a Mississippi State quarterback Sept. 9 during Auburn’s 17-14 win against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.

Four-star offensive lineman Greg Robinson will be a Tiger next season.

But whether he will be an LSU Tiger or an Auburn Tiger still remains to be seen.

The 6-foot-5-inch, 285 pound Thibodaux native plans to announce his decision in midNovember but has not specified an exact date. Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest.com, said Robinson may wait and announce his decision at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in January.

Robinson will make an official visit to Auburn this weekend for the matchup between No. 4 Auburn and No. 6 LSU. He has already made two visits to Baton Rouge for the West Virginia and Tennessee games and will make one more Nov. 6 when LSU takes on Alabama.

But even as crunch time approaches for Robinson, Derek Ponamsky, recruiting analyst for Bayou Bengals Insider, said LSU has taken both a hard and soft approach with his recruitment. “[Recruiting coordinator and running backs coach] Frank Wilson has done a fantastic job,” Ponamsky said. “He has allowed Greg the opportunity to see both places and make his decision.

They’re willing to go all the way to the end with him.”

ROBINSON, see page 10

FOOTBALL

Defensive tackle Drake Nevis’ draft stock soars this season Patrick Peterson remains top-10 pick Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

A 6-foot-2-inch, 285-pound monster has been dominating college football from the middle of LSU’s defensive line this season — and he’s hungry for more.

Senior defensive tackle Drake Nevis has feasted on opponents, gorging himself on opposing players to the tune of five sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss, and he’s even chowed down on an interception against Mississippi State.

The Marrero native earned the

nickname “Cookie Monster” when he intercepted Bulldogs quarterback Tyler Russell and LSU coach Les Miles compared the pick to a cookie.

LSU’s version of the fuzzy blue character has increased his NFL analyst stock this season and could be cashing in a large enough check to buy an unlimited amount of snacks.

“Of all the guys I’ve rated, he’s made the biggest run of anyone,” said local NFL draft expert Mike Detillier. “He was a fifth, sixth round pick to start the season.”

Nevis has made a large impact through seven games, ranking second in the Southeastern Conference in sacks and third in tackles for loss.

“He’s been an inconsistent player in the past, riding a roller coaster up and down,” Detillier said.

“He’s rode it this year, but it’s all been up. He’s having an All-American season.”

Detillier said Nevis, who has been honored with three SEC Defensive Player of the Week awards, is projected as a second-round pick in April’s draft.

Middle linebacker Kelvin Sheppard is another Tiger making waves after returning for his senior season.

Sheppard said he couldn’t resist the chance to come back for another year with his teammates.

“It was hard to just leave like that,” Sheppard said. “[I] had so many leaders on the team calling and asking me to come back, it was DRAFT, see page 11

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LSU junior cornerback Patrick Peterson stares intently into the opposing backfield Sept. 18 during the Tigers’ 29-7 win against Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium.

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Andrea Kelly returns for final season with Lady Tigers Kelly’s first start came Jan. 25, 2009, against Kentucky, and she scored 15 points — all from behind the arc — including two 3-pointers in the last six minutes to clinch LSU’s 59-56 win on the road.

Rachel Whittaker LSU women’s basketball asChief Sports Writer sistant coach Joni Crenshaw said LSU women’s basketball se- she can sense a distinct improvenior point guard Andrea Kelly has ment in Kelly’s game since her endured a great degree of adversity injuries, a mark of a mature, dedicated basketball both on and off the player in Crenbasketball court. shaw’s eyes.

From the “She’s back. death of her father She’s quicker and when she was in shooting it better eighth grade to than she was betwo injuries in her fore she was hurt,” second season at Crenshaw said.

LSU in 2009-10, Van Chancellor “She got a sense of Kelly has earned the respect of her LSU women’s basketball coach how much she was needed because we coaches and teammates through her ability to fight didn’t have that 3-point threat last year.” back.

Former LSU guard AlliKelly got a medical redshirt for her senior season after she suf- son Hightower stepped up in the fered a stress fracture in her foot 3-point shooting department last last October that caused her to miss season in Kelly’s absence and led the Lady Tigers with a 39.8 percent the entire season.

But the injuries did not stop shooting performance behind the arc (45-of-113 attempts). there.

But now Hightower is gone to Kelly tore her right ACL in a game of pickup basketball during the WNBA, leaving Kelly as one spring break and had surgery in April to repair the knee.

Now she’s back on the court and going strong, having improved in several aspects during her rehabilitation.

“It was a learning experience getting to observe firsthand from a coach’s standpoint the mistakes and the good things we did,” Kelly said. “I was able to get a better understanding of the game as a student.”

Kelly’s main strength on the court for the Lady Tigers is her 3-point shooting. In the 2008-09 season — her first at LSU after transferring from Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Florida — she converted 34-of-84 shots from beyond the arc.

The 40.5 percent clip ranked as the eighth-highest season total in school history.

“She brings instant offense.

She is a zone buster,” said LSU coach Van Chancellor. “When you have her, you have a great teammate that can shoot. ... We had some lulls last year. Now she gives us that opportunity to score.”

Senior is a 3-point threat on offense

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‘[Andrea Kelly] brings instant offense. She is a zone buster.’

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Senior point guard Andrea Kelly (11) tries to pass the defender in a scrimmage during practice Oct. 17, 2009, in the PMAC.

of four seniors to take the reins, and not just at the 3-point line.

Chancellor said he would describe Kelly as “one of the most likable players on the team,” and junior forward LaSondra Barrett said Kelly’s return will make the team “more exciting to watch.”

Crenshaw highlighted Kelly’s glowing personality as one of her defining characteristics away from basketball.

“You just want to see her succeed because she’s handled all her adversity so well,” Crenshaw said.

“You want the best for her because

she’s got such a good heart, and you can depend on her to do the right thing all the time.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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SMALL SPORTS

Student-athletes have busy fall break Soccer, volleyball to play two games each Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

Student-athletes don’t have the same luxury most students do during fall break.

While the typical student is vacationing or spending time at home with family, the soccer and volleyball teams are preparing for their next opponents.

“It’s kind of like a normal weekend for us,” said LSU soccer coach Brian Lee. The LSU soccer team (6-6-4, 3-2-3) took possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference Western Division last weekend with a 6-2 win against Mississippi State.

Now is no time to rest as LSU battles No. 10 Florida (12-2-2, 6-11) on Thursday. Lee said he’ll see if his LSU squad with 12 freshmen is capable of taking on a top-10 team after gaining momentum last weekend.

Florida crushed LSU last season, 4-0, despite the Tigers boasting a veteran squad with eight seniors.

“We had a mature team last season, and last year we got hammered

by Florida,” Lee said. “So being older and more mature last year didn’t really help us.”

Lee said college students always have a lot going on, so fall break shouldn’t be too much of a distraction.

He said the plan is to practice Tuesday and Wednesday, play Florida on Thursday, practice in Baton Rouge on Friday and fly Saturday to South Carolina in time for LSU’s Sunday matchup against the Gamecocks (12-3-2, 6-1-1).

“This year we play a different way, and we’re a totally different team,” Lee said. “So hopefully we’re getting better through the year and we can pull out a win on Thursday.”

The No. 17 LSU volleyball team (17-2, 8-2) is also going just as hard during fall break.

The Tigers played four matches in eight days starting Oct. 8, and coach Fran Flory said the break will give LSU a much-needed rest.

“We are mentally and physically exhausted,” Flory said. “The schedule dictates what we do, but our team needs this break, and the added rest and the added relief from academic pressure is going to be a positive for us.”

Flory said the normal practice schedule has been slightly altered for the break.

“We typically take Monday off,” she said. “But because we have

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LSU sophomore forward Carlie Banks (27) prepares to kick the ball downfield Oct. 10.

Thursday and Friday with no school, we practiced Monday, we’ll practice Tuesday and Wednesday, and then Thursday we’re using as our second day off this week because we took Sunday off as well.”

Flory said the Tigers will travel Thursday in time to play at Georgia (11-10, 3-7) on Friday and Auburn (15-7, 6-4) on Sunday.

The Tigers won four straight matches before falling, 3-0, to Ole Miss last Friday. Flory said if the Tigers had kept the winning streak rolling, the break may have been a bad thing.

“Anything that breaks a team’s focus or breaks a team’s routine, if the team is in a good flow and a good point in their season, usually is a negative,” Flory said.

Flory said young teams and veteran teams handle fall break differently.

“This year I think it’s going to be positive, because we’re younger and less experienced at handling this,” Flory said. “If you have a

senior team, a team that’s been there and done that, I think it’s actually more difficult because they get out of routine.”

Both student-athletes and students could use the time off, according to Flory.

“The grind is too long,” she said. “I think you need a couple of days to mentally recover.”

Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com

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GOLF

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

TENNIS

LSU defends Toms Tigers, Lady Tigers travel to ITA title with clean sweep Southern Regionals in Alabama Gutgsell captures individual title Cory Boudreaux Sports Contributor

The LSU men’s golf team was seeing double Tuesday at the Country Club of Louisiana.

The No. 9 Tigers swept the individual and team titles at the David Toms Intercollegiate, securing their second win of the fall and the second consecutive win at the Intercollegiate with a two-stroke victory.

Junior Austin Gutgsell earned his first tournament win of the fall season as an individual participant, but LSU didn’t even need his score to defend its tournament title.

Three LSU golfers earned top10 finishes and fueled the Tigers to a 54-hole score of 16-under-par 848 to finish ahead of a 14-team field, which included runner-up and No. 8-ranked Arkansas.

“We had a great week as a team,” LSU golf coach Chuck Winstead said in a news release.

“Playing here at the Country Club of Louisiana in our home event gave us a chance to play 10 guys, which is critical for our program. ...

I’m encouraged with their play one through 10.”

Gutgsell took home the individual championship with three consecutive under-par rounds and a

54-hole score of 10-under-par 206.

Seniors Ken Looper and John Peterson finished in a tie for second place with scores of 6-under 210.

“I just made it easy on myself because I hit a lot of fairways and a lot of greens, and I made the putts when I needed to for momentum,” Gutgsell said. “It felt great to post my number and wait for the other guys to come in.”

Senior Andrew Loupe also managed a top-10 finish, tying for eighth place at 4-under 212.

LSU finished the first round tied for the lead with Arkansas in the team standings after concluding the round with a 5-under-par 283.

But the Tigers took control of the tournament during the second round, building a comfortable lead with a season-low team score 12-under 276.

The Tigers finished the final round with a 1-over 289 score that was good enough to hold off Arkansas, who turned in three consecutive team scores of 4-under or better.

“Certainly, we made it harder on ourselves today relative to the team title, but to have Austin Gutgsell to play the way he did, and have the younger guys play the way they did this week are just some signs of where we are headed,” Winstead said.

Contact Cory Boudreaux at cboudreaux@lsureveille.com

greater than anything else.”

Robinson marks the secRivals.com ranks Robinson ond elite recruit to come out of as the No. 4 offensive tackle in Thibodaux High School in as the 2011 class and the No. 3 over- many years. Last year, wide receiver Trovon Reed all prospect ranked as the No. 7 in the state. wide receiver in the Ponamsky said class of 2010, achis size and cording to Scout. athleticism set com, and ultimately him apart from committed to Auother elite offensive lineburn.

Robinson’s men. current teammate “He has Trey Granier, a linethe potential backer in the class of to be one of 2012, has already reDerek Ponamsky the best offenceived a scholarship Bayou Bengal Insider sive linemen offer from LSU. recruiting analyst in the counPonamsky said try,” Ponamsky playing with former said. “He has a demeanor that high school teammates plays a would lend itself very well to be- significant role in most recruits’ ing a very good run blocker. He decisions.

“When you look at the big has the talent, the footwork and the arm span to be a very good picture, having another guy on your team that you can potentialpass blocker, as well.”

Early playing time has played ly play with is always something a key factor in Robinson’s deci- these guys like to talk about,” sion — something Dixon said Ponamsky said.

LSU would like Robinson to both Auburn and LSU have been able to offer. But LSU’s proxim- join a recruiting class that ESPN ity to home may tip the scale in currently ranks No. 6 in the nation. Ponamsky said some of the the Bayou Bengals’ favor.

“The family environment Tigers’ commitments recognize is going to be big,” Dixon said. the importance of signing Rob“LSU has gotten his mom, dad inson and have done their part in and grandparents in their corner. bringing him to Baton Rouge.

“When you look at the They’d like for Greg to stay near them so they can watch him play. players that LSU has in this class The value of family is oftentimes and the leaders that these guys

ROBINSON, from page 7

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‘[Greg Robinson] has the potential to be one of the best offensive linemen in the country.’

Skupski ranked No. 31 nationally Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor

Both LSU tennis teams travel to Alabama this weekend for the Intercollegiate ‘[The All- Tennis AssoSouthAmerican ciation ern Regional Tournament Tournament.

The men was] a take the court chance Friday in Tusfor Neal caloosa, Ala., [Skupski] to on the Univerof Alaget started.’ sity bama’s varsity courts, while Jeff Brown the women LSU men’s tennis will play in coach Birmingham.

Junior Neal Skupski, fresh off a disappointing 0-2 performance at the ITA All-American Tournament, will play for just the second time this season. “[The All-American Tournament] turned out to be just a chance for Neal to get started,” said LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown. “We were hoping for better results. It was kind of a wake-up call to get his work level up.”

Skupski, ranked No. 31 nationally, is the projected No. 3 seed in the field, which are, they work just as hard as the coaching staff at making sure this is the best class possible,” Ponamsky said.

Should Robinson choose LSU, he would join La’el Collins, the No. 4 overall recruit according to Rivals.com, on an offensive line that Dixon believes could be one of the best in the country.

“The anticipation is if you get both of those guys in, and eventually they’re going to anchor your line for potentially three or maybe four years,” Dixon said.

Contact Hunter Paniagua at hpaniagua@lsureveille.com

includes schools from Louisiana, will be a good one.”

Mississippi and Alabama.

Coach Tony Minnis’ womAuburn’s en’s squad will Tim Puetz and look to continue Ole Miss’ Marthe strong play that cel Thiemann, produced three both of whom Sunday wins, all by hail from freshmen, in NorthGermany, enter western’s Wildcat the weekend Fall Invitational on seeded No. Oct. 10.

Jeff Brown 1 and No. 2, Yvette Vlaar, LSU men’s tennis coach respectively.

Ariel Morton and Eight Hayley Everett all Tigers will compete in the single notched victories on the tournaelimination field. ment’s final day.

Joining Skupski are senior Both Southern Regionals run Sebastian Carlsson, juniors Mark Bowtell and Tom Knights, and Contact Hunt Palmer at sophomores Stefan Szacinski, Olhpalmer@lsureveille.com ivier Borsos, James Turbervill and Roger Anderson.

All eight Tigers will compete in the doubles draw, led by Carlsson and Skupski. The duo reached the semifinals of the consolation bracket in the All-American Tournament in Tulsa, Okla., in their first tournament of the season.

The bracket champions earn a spot in the National Intercollegiate Tournament in Flushing, N.Y., the site of the U.S. Open.

“It’s a challenging event,” Brown said. “Any win you get through Monday.

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‘[The ITA] is a challenging event.

Any win you get will be a good one.’

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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 LINEMEN, from page 7

the back end of a very good career, and he wants to make every game count,” Miles said. “To me, his approach is what is making him a better player.”

Detillier said Nevis “has probably helped himself out as much as anyone” in terms of draft stock as a result of the senior’s ability to make a big play on any given down.

“You’ve seen him consistently make one big play after the other.

That’s part of being an upper-echelon player,” Detillier said.

DRAFT, from page 7

kind of hard to tell them no.”

The Stone Mountain, Ga., native’s choice seemed to work out, as his 66 total tackles ranks second in the SEC. “He’s probably a second- or third-round guy, but a lot is going to depend on the combine,” said Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision. “If he puts some good numbers up, that could elevate him a bit.”

The most talked about LSU defender, junior cornerback Patrick Peterson, is still a top-10 pick, according to Detillier.

“He’s the best cover cornerback in college football,” Detillier said.

“He’s the type of guy that if you are in need for a cornerback, you would look at him in the top five, but he’s no doubt a top-10 pick.”

Peterson also averages 28.2 yards per kickoff return and 21.1 yards per punt return, which is the best in the SEC. Detillier and Nadeau said the cornerback’s cramping issues shouldn’t hinder his stock come draft day.

Senior wide receiver Terrence Toliver doesn’t have the high ratings of Peterson, but Nadeau said the Hempstead, Texas, native has value at the next level.

“He was a first-round guy for a while, and he kind of dropped,” Nadeau said. “Because of his size and potential, he’s probably looking at the second or third round.”

The 6-foot-5-inch, 203-pound wide receiver has recorded 286 yards and two touchdowns this season. His best performance came in an 111-yard, two-touchdown outing against Florida.

“He can giddy-up down field,” Detillier said. “He has the ability to step out of a tackle and make something happen in the open field.”

Nadeau said senior left tackle Joseph Barksdale should be drafted around the fourth round.

“He’s the kind of guy that playing the SEC is going to help him,” Nadeau said.

Senior kicker Josh Jasper may even hear his name called come April, Detillier said.

“He’ll be more of a late round pick, sixth or seventh round,” Detillier said. “He’s also a good pooch punter.”

Jasper has been 13-for-16 on field goal attempts this season with a successful fake field goal and fake punt.

“I trust him to kick a field goal more than I do [New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley],” Detillier said.

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com

Fairley has also attracted the attention of NFL scouts and postseason award voters.

A 6-foot-5-inch, 298-pound junior college transfer from Mobile, Ala., Fairley ranks fifth nationally with an SEC-leading 13.5 tackles for loss to go along with his five sacks.

Like Nevis, Fairley earned his starting role after appearing in 13

games as a reserve in 2009 and has made the most of his opportunities in the starting lineup. He serves as a catalyst for an Auburn defense that ranks among the top five in the SEC in rushing defense, sacks and third down defense.

Kentucky coach Joker Phillips said Fairley “has been as disruptive as anybody in the league this year,”

page 11 and compared him to Tracy Rocker, a three-time All-American at Auburn and the 1988 Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award winner, who currently serves as Auburn’s defensive line coach.

Rocker said the comparison isn’t fair.

Detillier said Rocker’s influence has shown in Fairley’s improved

technique and his arsenal of pass rushing moves.

“Fairley’s been a guy who’s been so disruptive, you spend a lot of time coming up with something to tie him up, just to slow him down,” Detillier said.

Contact Cory Boudreaux at cboudreaux@lsureveille.com

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OUR VIEW

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Jindal not all to blame, contact your legislators In the past weeks, The Daily Reveille has taken steps to criticize Gov. Bobby Jindal’s silence on the higher education financial crisis.

While Jindal deserves a major share of the responsibility for the peril, so do your local legislators.

Jindal does draft the state’s budget and approves the final version of it, but the Legislature is the governing body that has the power to set in motion a constitutional amendment that would allow for more acrossthe-board cuts.

And it hasn’t done so yet.

Us pointing out the Legislature’s lack of effort to help higher education isn’t enough. So we’re going to help you make legislators realize how important higher education is.

As you head out for a much-anticipated fall break, the budget crisis

is probably the furthest thing from your mind.

So to make it easy for you, we’ve included list of contact information for a few prominent members of the State Legislature, as well as most of the Baton Rouge representatives — phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Jindal’s official Facebook page put out a post Tuesday asking students about their thoughts on higher education. That’s a start — but it’s nowhere near enough of a response.

Fall break is a time for you to relax, but don’t forget about higher education’s plight in this state.

There’s no escaping it.

Send as many e-mails and angry phone calls to legislators as possible.

They won’t listen to you otherwise, and every little bit counts.

SENATE • Sen. Ben Nevers, Chair of the Senate Education Committee: neversb@legis. state.la.us, (225)342-2040 • Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, President Pro Tempore: lasen15@legis.state. la.us, (225)342-2040 • Sen. Joel T. Chaisson II, Senate President: websen@legis.state.la.us, (985)764-9911 • Sen. Dan Claitor: claitord@legis. state.la.us, (225)342-2040 • Sen. Yvonne Dorsey: dorseyy@legis. state.la.us, (225)342-2040 HOUSE • Rep. Austin Badon, Chair of the House Education Committee: larep100@legis.state.la.us, (504)2437783 • Rep. Regina Barrow: larep029@ legis.state.la.us, (225)362-5837

• Rep. Stephen F. Carter: carters@ legis.state.la.us, (225)362-5305 • Rep. Franklin J. Foil: foilf@legis. state.la.us, (225)342-6777 • Rep. Hunter Greene: larep066@legis. state.la.us, (225)362-5900 • Rep. Dalton Honoré: honored@legis. state.la.us, (225)771-5674 • Rep. Michael Jackson: larep061@ legis.state.la.us, (225)342-0774 • Rep. Erich E. Ponti: pontie@legis. state.la.us, (225)362-5301 • Rep. Clifton R. Richardson: richardc@legis.state.la.us (225)261-5739 • Rep. Patricia Haynes Smith: smithp@ legis.state.la.us, (225)342-7106

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The Jindal Count Days Bobby Jindal has ignored our concerns:

8 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?

CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

We’ve had enough of ‘budget cuts’ and enough of gov. apathy

Until recently, I had never paid much attention to politicians.

Elitists spending loads of money and drawing enough attention to get elected, then representing only themselves and their respective “parties” — there are infinitely more important things in life.

But this apathy toward our elected “leaders,” both on campus and statewide, came into question when I learned of our own Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plight of indifference with regard to our campus.

He has ignored us time and again, aside from a post on his official Facebook page Tuesday asking students about higher education — and we all know that post didn’t come directly from him. In all likelihood, it came from one of his press handlers.

Jindal’s recent acts of disenfranchisement with higher education came under fire in the media Monday, as LSU Student Government President J Hudson’s letter to the editor featured in The Keene Sentinel, a New Hampshire newspaper, went viral.

CNN, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and The Washington Examiner all gave the letter attention — and those are just the major outlets. This spark from Hudson could trigger an all-out political forest fire for Jindal on the national level, especially if he tries to run for higher office in the future.

We should all give credit to Hudson. His letter got Jindal’s

attention — something no one else has yet been able to accomplish.

But before we put away the life rafts and call the rescue mission for the flagship a success, let’s take a look at what has actually been accomplished here.

Simply put, not much.

Our legislators remain deaf to our SOS-like cries of “save our Andrew Robertson flagship,” The Opinion Editor Daily Reveille’s Jindal Count currently reads “day 8,” and the midyear cut projections keep growing.

Might I suggest we fly the University flag upside down as a symbol of distress. Maybe Texas or Mississippi will heed our pleas for help.

Better yet, how about we declare, “All hands on deck!” as we brace ourselves for the impact of a crippling cut to our futures.

“Enough!” I say.

No more nautical metaphors, and no more tolerance of careless politicians.

So a letter from our SG president got national attention, and in return the governor’s press secretary, Kyle Plotkin, responded with an all-too-politically apathetic statement having nothing to do with Hudson’s concerns.

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Nothing has actually changed.

We’re still the victims of the political game, and we’re not even being allowed to play a hand.

I’m reminded of the Oct. 4 Faculty Senate meeting when two prominent local leaders — Chancellor Michael Martin and Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge — took to the microphone like ventriloquist dummies with god-knows-whose hands up their asses as they dished out the same political rhetoric we’ve grown all too weary of.

University administration has said repeatedly to look to state government officials for answers.

News flash: Our government leaders don’t care about us, and their failure to act thus far only solidifies fears of their apathy toward higher education.

The Governor’s Office advised Monday that budget cuts should come from “administrative overhead, not teaching and research,” according to a statement from Plotkin.

If our administration knew of this advice in past months, this would amount to the exact opposite of what they have done thus far.

With so many instructors now potentially on the chopping block, “administrative overhead” sounds like code for “attack all programs and eliminate all employees you can without cutting back on administrative expenses” — if Plotkin’s statement is indeed accurate.

This would be actually be in

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line with LSU System President John Lombardi’s answer to UNO freshman Paul Greagoff’s question, “Would you be willing to take a pay cut to save professors?”

The answer from the $600,000 drain on the University’s budget: You guessed it — more political prancing around the question without actually answering anything.

Students have grown weary of the run-around game.

Incompetent politicians: The

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gloves are off.

Weary students: Unite or die.

Andrew Robertson is a 23-year-old English writing and culture senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Arobertson.

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Quote of the Day “We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th U.S. president Oct. 14, 1890 — March 28, 1969

The Daily Reveille

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

LSU deserves more money than other La. universities Why won’t the Reveille, the LSU administration, professors or Student Government ask the most obvious and important question when it comes to higher education funds in Louisiana? Why are so many dollars going to failing universities around the state with what generally amount to duplicate programs available at LSU and La. Tech, the two most successful at graduations?

Opinion Why are $8.4 million going to run LSU-Alexandria where the graduation rate for four-year programs in six years is 12 percent? UNO gets $56 million and graduates 24 percent in six years. The two-year associates degree school, LSU-Eunice, gets $5.2 million and graduates 6 percent of students in three years!

To list a few more of our higher education dollar incinerators, here are the names followed by the sixyear grad rate for four-year programs: SUNO 13 percent, Nicholls 32 percent, McNeese 35 percent, UL Monroe 32 percent, Southeastern 30 percent, Southern 31 percent. These six schools have an annual budget of $175.8 million. Are these really

places of learning and success worthy of this much money?

Six-year graduation rates and funding at these five most successful schools: La. Tech graduates 55 percent using $41.3 million, Grambling 38 percent with $27.1 million, ULL 43 percent with $52.3 million, Northwestern State 37 percent with $31.8 million and LSU 65 percent with $216 million. I would support the notion that these five schools deserve more funding at the expense or even closing of a few of the, shall we say, less successful “universities.” To be fair, admission standards play a large part in graduation rates, but if a school determines to have low or no admission standards,

should students who are prepared to succeed suffer? Every time a Louisiana college student drops out, taxpayers have just wasted $5,000+ on each year they attended school. Louisiana wastes upwards of $100 million every year just on freshman who don’t make it to year two.

Louisiana must set up a system of six to eight four-year universities with admission standards that offer unique areas of study which are fully funded. Students who are not prepared for admission should be directed to the technical and community college system, where — if they are driven — they can become prepared for success in a four-year university or a trade.

page 13 LSU is the flagship university of this state and should be funded first. Other successful universities should also come to the trough of funding along with LSU. Schools that exist so parents can say their child is going to college next year, even though there is no chance of succeeding while providing jobs for political cronies, must go by the wayside.

John Roberts Taxpayers Union of Louisiana

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Students should be more active in breast cancer awareness Why does it seem like every time you open the pages of The Daily Reveille, one of us is writing something about Facebook?

The answer is easy. As college students, Facebook is the main cause of distraction for me, you and everyone else.

It always humors me to see the increase of status updates and the amount of friends online during midterms — like last week — and during finals week.

If you’ve been on Facebook recently, you may have noticed certain girls updating statuses about where they “like it.” So-and-so likes it on the couch, someone else likes it in the car and maybe another person likes in on the counter.

If you’re like me, you read these status updates and feel slightly confused because some of the girls posting these are not the type to share this sort of information with

the world.

Because my mind usually lives in the gutter, and I’m the type of person who likes to turn everything into a “that’s what she said” joke, I decided to use my amazing detective skills to figure out why Adam Arinder people were Columnist sharing “where they liked it” with everyone on Facebook.

Come to find out, these seemingly promiscuous status updates are thanks to breast cancer awareness month.

Some girl (or dirty-minded guy) decided it would be cute to say on Facebook where she likes to place her purse or handbag. However, stating “it” in such a vague way

originally caused confusion and dirty thoughts to cross those naïve of the gag.

This trend is similar to last year’s breast cancer “awareness” status updates of girls simply stating a color on their wall. This, of course, was supposed to be the color of the bra they were wearing, which was somehow supposed to help raise awareness for breast cancer.

To a certain degree, these childish gags did make me aware of the cause simply because curiosity got the best of me, and I had to figure out why these updates were flooding my news feed.

However, if people honestly think they’re truly raising awareness and fighting a cause simply by typing a few words into a social network, they’re wrong.

Now, by no means am I opposed to breast cancer awareness month or raising money for the

cause. Like many other full-blooded men, I’m a fan of what God has blessed women with — a big pair of brains and beauty, of course.

But instead of posting vague, double entendres hoping to get a rise out of the perverted guys you’re friends with on Facebook, find a way to get proactive with your involvement.

There are plenty of fundraising events, charity events and walks to get involved with around campus, as well as the city, that will help promote the cause.

For example, take a look at the NFL. It’s not every day you see huge, burly manly men run around for three hours on national television outfitted in pink.

Besides being decked out in the usually feminine color, the NFL plans to auction off the apparel worn by coaches and players, the commemorative coin and game

balls used with all proceeds benefitting the American Cancer Society and team charities, according to the NFL’s website.

Facebook friends, take note — follow the example of the NFL. Not the deviant, underage girl-molesting, dog-fighting, thighshooting examples coming from the NFL, but the noble cause examples from the NFL. Actions speak louder than words — unless, of course, the main place you like it is in the bedroom.

That’s what she said.

Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

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“It was cool, but it kind of distracted me from finals,” Baudean said. “If I went to the library, people stared at me.”

The hype around the video lasted throughout the week, peaking during a live performance following the Flash Rave in Middleton Library.

“It was four days after the video released,” Baudean said. “There were people that knew it better than us.”

Baudean and Laroux said they never imagined their video would grow to the size it did.

“We just wanted to do something funny for our friends,” Baudean said. “But it was cool that people liked it and had fun watching it during finals.”

Laroux agreed, saying people still remember the video and recognize them around campus.

“As a student at a huge university, everyone wants to leave and have a legacy,” he said. “We can tell the grandkids one day that we had a video that half the student population saw.”

A similar feeling is shared among a group of freshman students who have recently gone viral with “Dougie in my Snuggie.”

The video — a parody of Cali Swag District’s song “Teach Me How To Dougie” — was recorded during Labor Day weekend and has since gained more than 12,000 hits on YouTube.

The Dougie group consists of accounting freshman Jermaine Mathis, economics freshman Korbin Law, international trade and finance freshman Rachel Sadberry and finance freshman De Jarion “DJ” Neely.

Neely, the mastermind behind the video and owner of the famous

LSU Snuggie used in the video, said the group was bored one weekend and decided to turn an idea into reality. The lyrics were written late Saturday night, and the video was recorded via iPhone on Sunday.

“We did it 12 times on Sunday,” Neely laughed. “It took us 12 times to get it right.”

After the final attempt, the group uploaded the video to Facebook.

Much like Laroux and Baudean, the group members simply tagged friends. Before they knew it, the video had expanded via their Facebook friend lists. After seeing the popularity on Facebook, they decided to create a YouTube account and post it.

“But we didn’t expect 11,000 views in three weeks,” Sadberry said. “It’s crazy.”

From students to professors and employers, the Dougie crew has been bombarded with responses.

“We even performed it on Campus Transit,” Neely said.

Mathis said he has enjoyed the recognition and said many students have asked if they could join or help with the next video.

“Videos like this are cool because you can show that you really have fun in school,” Mathis added.

Both video teams said they never expected something so small to grow to such magnitude, which is the mentality behind most viral videos.

While these videos are harmless, Brian Voss, vice chancellor of Information Technology and CIO, said students must be aware of the risks they are taking when posting material online.

“We must be more aware today that anything we say, record or do where it can be observed as fair game or spread via the Internet,” Voss said.

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

touchdowns in his last two games against Arkansas and Kentucky.

The 2010 version of the Auburn Auburn averaged 51 points in the Tigers presents a different problem wins. for LSU from previous Auburn The Auburn offense is averteams. Junior quarterback Cameron aging 40.7 points per game on the Newton has entrenched himself in season, which leads the SEC and Heisman Trophy consideration with is good for sixth in the nation. Auhis all-around play this season. burn’s 481 yards of offense per Newton leads the SEC and is game is also tops in the SEC. second in the NCAA in quarterback But the only SEC defense on rating with a mark Auburn’s early of 180.5 and is also schedule that is in tied for the secondthe top half of the most touchdown conference in yards passes in the SEC allowed has been with 13.

Mississippi State But Newton — and the Bullhas really hurt opdogs held Auburn posing defenses to its lowest point with his legs. Newtotal of the season Stevan Ridley ton leads the SEC in a 17-14 game. with 860 rushing The game LSU junior running back yards — 174 more will pit the SEC’s than Ridley, the conference’s sec- top-ranked offense against its topond leading rusher. Newton also ranked defense. LSU’s defense is leads the conference with 12 rush- third in the nation in yards allowed ing touchdowns. at 242 per game, while only giving “He runs hard. He gives a up 14 points per game. blow like a fullback,” Miles said “We’re winning ball games about Newton. “He’s elusive like right now. We’ve just got to keep a tailback, and he has a great touch the train rolling and just keep being on the ball. As capable as he is confident,” said junior quarterback running, he’s also that capable Jarrett Lee. “We’ve got to keep our throwing. Legitimately, he’s a defense off the field and keep them Heisman contender.” fresh because we have confidence Newton tallied seven rushing

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‘[This game is] going to decide the West, so there’s a lot of pressure riding on this game.’

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Lee’s resurgence at the quarterback position is good news for the Tigers. Lee’s last-second touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell in his freshman year of 2008 marked LSU’s first victory at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium in 10 years.

Lee is now the main ingredient in a two-quarterback system that has recharged a Tiger offense that was stagnant in the first five games of the season.

LSU will need the quarterbacks to thrive against Auburn.

Auburn’s run defense is ranked third in the SEC, but its pass defense is ranked near the bottom of the NCAA at 108th.

Sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard said the LSU offense needs to take advantage of its opportunities.

“They’re going to bend, but they won’t break. We have to be the first team that breaks them,” Shepard said. “We have to go out and make plays and make things happen on the perimeter. We’ve got to be able to make plays with the ball in our hands.”

Contact Luke Johnson at ljohnson@lsureveille.com

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