Today in Print - November 17, 2010

Adviser killed in car crash wasn’t wearing a seat belt, p. 3 Study: Students using Twitter for class get better grades, p. 6

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TRANSPORTATION

LSU to charge for gameday parking

Costs to alleviate budget cuts’ effects Grace Montgomery Contributing Writer

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Students throw fake money in the air Tuesday as part of a flash mob in the Quad to raise awareness about LSU’s budget crisis. Read more about the protest on page 3.

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

In response to recent budget cuts, tailgaters will be charged for parking in most ‘We’re lots west of Highland Road trying to beginning with service fans the 2011 LSU and football season.

Lots on preserve Highland Road tailgating and in the Tow[by er Drive area will be subject charging to the change, parking along with the Levee Lot on fees].’

River Road and Herb Vincent the Hayfield Lot senior associate on Gourrier Avathletic director enue. Parking in a lot on the Old Front Nine golf course will also incur a charge.

PARKING, see page 15

Study ranks BR both best and worst place to live in La. Louisiana ranks fourth lowest in US Grace Montgomery Contributing Writer

Baton Rouge ranks as one of the best and worst places to live in Louisiana, according to a recent study by the American Human Development Project.

The study ranked areas of southern East Baton Rouge parish and West Baton Rouge parish as the best area and north Baton Rouge and parts of the downtown area as the worst.

The study was based the

findings on the American Human Johnson, broker at local real estate Development Index, which studies agency Beau Box Inc. the “health, knowledge and stan“Driving down the street, you dard of living,” according to the can tell where the good places to American Hulive are,” Johnson man Developsaid. ment Project But while there website. are many developing The index areas in West Baton rates areas usRouge parish, the ing a scale from required commute one to 10 based could be a deterrent on these factors. to living in the area, Jordan Johnson The southern Johnson said.

Beau Box Inc. broker area of East BaNorth Baton ton Rouge and Rouge and the downWest Baton Rouge ranked 5.73 on town area ranked 2.51 on the index. the scale.

The downtown area could The results are somewhat unLIVING, see page 15 surprising, according to Jordan

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‘Driving down the street, you can tell where the good places to live are.’

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010

53 killed in China apartment fire, four unlicensed welders suspected

Muslims torch Christian homes in southern Egypt over affair rumors

California woman becomes first transgender trial judge in the nation

Forensic testing of oil rig blowout preventer malfunction begins

SHANGHAI (AP) — Police detained unlicensed welders Tuesday on suspicion of starting a fire that engulfed an apartment building in China’s business capital. At least 53 people were killed as public anger grew over the government’s handling of the disaster.

A preliminary investigation showed four welders improperly operated their equipment, sparking Monday’s blaze, the city government said on its website. Police investigating the disaster said eight people had been detained but did not identify them.

Shanghai’s fire chief said the fire started on the 10th floor and spread quickly to scaffolding and nylon nets covering the 28-story building. The inferno sent black smoke billowing across the city’s skyline.

In addition to 53 fatalities, the city government said Tuesday more than 70 other people had been rushed to hospitals.

CAIRO (AP) — Muslims set fire overnight to at least 10 houses belonging to Coptic Christians in a village in southern Egypt over rumors that a Christian resident had an affair with a Muslim girl, security officials said Tuesday.

The officials said security forces sealed off the village of al-Nawahid in Qena province to prevent violence from spreading to neighboring towns. They said several people were arrested.

Attacks began after locals spotted a young Copt and a Muslim girl together inside the village cemetery, the officials said. They added that both were put under police custody as authorities investigated.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

The village was calm by nightfall, after religious leaders from both communities appealed to their followers to end the confrontation.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 49-year-old California patent lawyer has been elected as the nation’s first openly transgender trial judge.

Alameda County officials say Victoria Kolakowski beat prosecutor John Creighton 51 to 48 percent — a margin of nearly 10,000 votes — in the Nov. 2 election to fill the vacancy in California’s Superior Court.

Kolakowski had been leading since election night, but outstanding absentee and provisional ballots made the race too close to call until Monday.

The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund has said she is the first openly transgender trial court judge in the country.

Kolakowski has spent the past three years as an administrative law judge settling energy contract and environmental compliance disputes for the California Public Utilities Commission. She underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1991.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Testing started Tuesday on a key piece of evidence in the investigation of what led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, federal investigators said.

The device, known as a blowout preventer, is a 300-ton steel contraption that sits at the wellhead of exploratory wells and is supposed to lock in place to prevent a spill in the case of an explosion.

The device is designed to snuff a blowout by squeezing rubber seals tightly around the pipes with up to 1 million pounds of force. If the seals fail, the blowout preventer deploys a last line of defense: a set of rams that can slice right through the pipes and cap the blowout.

Investigators testing the device that was used with BP’s Macondo well will try to determine why it didn’t stop the flow of oil to the sea.

The device was raised from the seafloor Sept. 4 and taken to a NASA facility in New Orleans. Testing had

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Firefighters spray a building Monday in Shanghai. At least 53 people have been killed and 70 are wounded.

Welders are suspected of starting the fire.

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3-year-old boy shot, killed Tuesday in New Orleans; suspect arrested NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the death of a 3-year-old boy.

Police say Tyrone Brown was booked Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder and is being held in the parish jail.

The child, Brashaun Blue, and his mother lived with Brown in New Orleans’ Algiers community. Blue was discovered wounded Tuesday morning on the floor in the home.

Police say the boy was pronounced dead about an hour later at a hospital.

Officials are trying to determine who owned a semiautomatic pistol found near the boy’s body.

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The federal Joint Investigation Team says a Norwegian company has been chosen to lead the forensic testing.

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BUDGET CUTS

FACULTY

Adviser in Students protest cuts through ‘Money War’ mob spreads fatal crash Flash awareness in new way not wearing seat belt Rachel Warren Staff Writer

More details have been released concerning the car accident that killed E.J. Ourso College of Business Undergraduate Adviser Victoria Archangel.

The accident occurred Monday at 9 a.m. and involved three vehicles, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police.

Archangel was driving a 2003 Ford Expedition east on I-10 at mileVICTORIA post 149 and ARCHANGEL rear-ended a Adviser 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck. The truck ran onto the shoulder, and Archangel’s SUV veered left off the road and across the median.

The SUV drifted into traffic on the other side of the interstate and was struck on the driver’s side by a flatbed truck.

The news release says Archangel was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead on the scene by the West Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office.

The driver of the flatbed truck that struck Archangel’s SUV was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital with minor to moderate injuries. The driver of the pickup truck she rear-ended was uninjured.

The news release said samples of Archangel’s blood, as well as the driver of the flatbed’s, were collected at the scene, but troopers do not suspect that alcohol or drugs played any role in the crash.

The driver of the pickup truck submitted to a Breathalyzer test, which showed no detectable signs of alcohol in his system.

Archangel, 32, is survived by her husband and four stepchildren, as well as her University colleagues and students.

“It’s a tremendous loss,” said Timothy Rodrigue, assistant director of alumni and external relations in the E.J. Ourso College of Business.

No funeral arrangements for Archangel have been announced.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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sity. The money, which had Gov. Bobby Jindal’s face printed on it, sported phrases like “the Flagship is sinking” and “Where’s the money going?”

The participants chanted these Sydni Dunn same phrases as they threw the bills Staff Writer in the air, and the “state officials” Money went flying Tuesday in stuffed the cash in their pockets. the Quad as students tossed nearly “I think it got the message 30,000 pieces of fake cash during out,” said Jasmine Jackson, genthe University’s first “Tiger Flash eral studies senior and member of Mob: Money War.” the class. “[The budget crisis] is The flash mob was organized important, and it affects all of us, by graduate student Ariel Gratch’s not just some.”

Communication Studies 3041 Sociology sophomore Sharlyn “performance in everyday life” Claxton, a participant in the flash class and was designed to protest mob who isn’t part of Gratch’s the budget cuts in class, said students a new and unique will see the money way. and ask what it is Gratch was about. out of town for the Mandella event, but the stuagreed and said dents carried on. she hopes students “We wanted keep the money to do something and embrace the with a strong rhemessage. torical message The Joint about how budget Legislative ComJasmine Jackson cuts are affecting mittee on the general studies senior LSU,” said Capri Budget will meet Mandella, psychology and com- Nov. 19 at the State Capitol. Communication studies senior and missioner of Administration Paul member of the class. “We had a Rainwater will present informabunch of ideas, but this was our tion to the committee concerning favorite one.” midyear budget reductions, and the Students from the class “fiscal status statement” and “fivedressed in suits and handed out year base-line budget” will be disfake money before the event, pulling the dollars from an LSU Bookstore bag.

Mandella said the students in suits represented state officials, and the bags signified the Univer-

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‘I think it got the message out. [The budget crisis] is important, and it affects all of us, not just some.’

cussed, according to the meeting agenda.

“Some of the bills said to go to the legislative [budget] meeting on [Nov. 19],” Mandella said of the fake money. “We want to get as many people as we can involved so we can see a change in the budget.”

Mandella said the event was a class-wide effort, and each student had a specific role in making it a success.

“Many of us are seniors. We don’t want to leave the University

and see it sink,” Mandella said.

“This is our way of leaving the University in a better way.”

Besides the flash mob event, Mandella said the class sent 150 envelopes filled with letters and the fake dollar bills to the Legislature.

“We don’t know where the money is going, and we want to know now,” Mandella said.

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

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RESEARCH

Studies say Baton Rouge resists recession, will see job growth Region hit less hard by down economy Frederick Holl Staff Writer

Students looking for work during school breaks or when they graduate may want to stay just where they are.

While other cities around the country are just now beginning to recover from the recession, Baton Rouge is among the best-performing metro areas in the country, according to several reports.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s 2011 economic forecast predicts Baton Rouge will see a job growth between 0.9 and 2.0 percent, according to a news release.

BRAC, in collaboration with the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, also recently conducted a survey of local business owners that shows remarkable signs of optimism in the country’s difficult economic

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climate.

Of the survey respondents, 46 percent believe the region will experience moderate to rapid growth in 2011, and 70 percent believe their company will experience at least moderate growth in the coming year.

In terms of jobs, 43 percent of the survey participants think their

business will increase employment in 2011.

The Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.based research center, has consistently ranked Baton Rouge among its top 20 strongest-performing metro areas during the recession.

Charles D’Agostino, executive

admitted they were having a verbal dispute, Tabor said.

Witz said he lied to get police there faster, Tabor said. Witz was issued a misdemeanor summons.

Talluto was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Two teens arrested for possession, intent to distribute marijuana LSU Police Department officers arrested two male teens unaffiliated with the University on Nov. 7 for possession with intent to distribute drugs.

Officers patrolling the visitor’s center parking lot on Dalrymple Drive and Highland Road saw two men in a dark vehicle acting suspiciously, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.

Officers found Schedule III drugs in the lap of Aaron Wright, 17, of 4225 Baywell St., Tabor said.

Police searched the vehicle and found 12 bags of marijuana in the car, weighing 16.6 grams, and another six bags, weighing 7.7 grams, on Wright’s person, Tabor said.

Officers arrested Wright for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and Schedule III drugs, and the other passenger, Spencer Thomas, 19, of 966 Highway 77, West Maringouin, for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, Tabor said.

Wright and Thomas were booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Tabor said.

Student arrested for filing false police report, issued misdemeanor Officers arrested a University student for criminal mischief Nov. 7.

Officers received a phone call around 4 p.m. from Jacob Witz, 19, of 5526 Grand Lake St., Bellaire, Texas, saying he was looking for his girlfriend because he feared she was going to commit suicide, Tabor said.

After locating Witz in his dorm room, Witz admitted to making the incident up, Tabor said. Witz’s girlfriend was also in the dorm room, and they both

Man arrested for resisting officer, disturbing peace, public intimidation Officers arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on Nov. 9 for disturbing the peace, resisting an officer and public intimidation.

Officers patrolling Lakeshore Drive near the UREC Student Recreation Complex saw John Talluto, 53, of 940 Stanford Ave., Apt. 321, standing near the complex, Tabor said, adding that when police tried to approach him, Talluto began issuing vulgar comments.

Talluto then balled up his fists and threatened the officers while trying to resist being placed in handcuffs, Tabor said.

Student arrested for tearing down exit sign in Herget Hall Officers arrested a University student Nov. 11 for simple criminal damage to property.

Officers reported to Herget Hall in response to an exit sign being pulled off the wall, Tabor said. A witness said she had heard the sign being pulled off the wall and identified William Roach, 19, of 7402 West Rim Drive, Austin, Texas, Tabor said.

Officers found Roach in his room, and he admitted to knocking the sign off the wall, Tabor said.

Roach was issued a misdemeanor summons.

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

director of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, a small business incubator run by the University, said while Baton Rouge has done well in the recession, there is a lot of room for improvement.

“Baton Rouge has really fared well — in fact much, much better than a lot of the other communities,”

D’Agostino said. “With all the innovation going on at the University and in the community, the small business sector is doing relatively well.”

Some painful events from the city’s recent past may have helped its future, D’Agostino said.

“We’re still spending dollars from the Katrina, Rita and Gustav storms and the oil spill ... so that’s kind of carried us through some of the bad times,” D’Agostino said.

D’Agostino said the city has several key things to focus on if it wants to get its economy moving forward strongly.

“We’ve got to get the construction industry moving again. We’ve got to do something about keeping the University students here upon graduation,” D’Agostino said. “But with us doing better than some of the other communities, I think certainly there may be more job opportunities here.”

Contact Frederick Holl at fholl@lsureveille.com

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FACULTY

Video of professor appears on blog

Footage stirs up controversy online Rachel Warren Staff Writer

A video featuring a University professor uploaded on YouTube on Nov. 8 and on conservative blog “The Hayride” two days later is stirring up controversy online.

The video, which features astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer leading a discussion in his Astronomy 1101 class, includes typed quotes from Schaefer and commentary from students.

The video shows Schaefer arguing with students who believe nothing should be done to fight global warming and challenging their ideas.

Students in the class were asked to sit in different areas of the room depending on their stances on the issue. Stances ranged from doing

nothing to eliminating SUVs to eliminating engines altogether.

The video has garnered several negative comments on “The Hayride” from people questioning whether Schaefer’s discussions or class topics were appropriate.

One student can be heard in the video saying, “I think this is an opportunity for our teacher to openly mock us. That’s about it.”

But Schaefer said that’s not how the discussion went at all.

He said the video was edited to make it seem that he was singling out certain students in the class.

He said he intentionally chose to discuss something so controversial to engage his students and encourage them to form opinions.

“I’m a teacher,” Schaefer said.

“I’m supposed to make them think.”

Schaefer said he challenged each student’s idea and didn’t discriminate based on political or social opinion.

“Someone on the other extreme

could have edited it the other way,” he said.

Schaefer said he didn’t stray from science in his lecture and didn’t try to offer any political or social solutions to the problems associated with global warming.

“I wasn’t trying to pretend to put forth any answers,” he said. “I was merely trying to make everyone think. I have no better answers than anyone else.”

Schaefer said he didn’t lecture about anything that isn’t true.

“The science is incredibly wellknown,” he said. “Scientists all agree on it.”

Schaefer said people on both sides of the issue are trying to dodge it by posting videos like that of his lecture and trying to place blame.

“People are trying to ‘twerk’ things around,” Schaefer said. “What really matters is what’s going on up there.”

Schaefer said the class had previously been learning about the

ENVIRONMENT

Two LSU students selected to attend UN climate convention Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

Two University students have been selected to represent Louisiana at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 10.

Matt Wyatt, natural resource conservation junior, and Katherine Boy Skipsey, mass communication junior, were nominated by the former president of the University’s Environmental Conservation Organization, or ECO, and selected to attend the conference after a series of interviews.

The Sierra Student Coalition, the student-run branch of the national environmental organization, will send 18 members from across the U.S. to join about 2,000 youth from around the world in an effort to “pressure political leadership to adopt a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate treaty,” according to an Oct. 3 news release.

As the only two delegates from Louisiana, Skipsey said the pair hopes to bring the perspective of the state to others.

“We will bring Louisiana’s examples of human-made disasters and the consequences of heavy dependence on dirty sources of energy,” Skipsey said. “We want to talk about global warming’s economical and social impacts in Louisiana.”

Wyatt said they will share a “special narrative” of what Louisiana has seen and how the state has been affected.

“It is a conversation that is happening but is not including enough voices for Louisiana,” Wyatt said.

“We want to reach out to as many people as possible and see that negotiations actually happen.”

Wyatt said it is important to show leaders that youth from around

the world are coming together to make a difference.

“I hope to show leaders we are united, and they should follow the example,” Wyatt said. “I hope to gain a sense of solidarity with other nations and youth.”

Wyatt said a conference for the

youth to unite will be held a few days before UNFCCC begins. He said the gathering will give youth the opportunity to come together and formalize a plan of action.

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

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Astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer discusses the required text for his class Aug. 23 in Lockett Hall. A video of Schaefer leading a class discussion was featured in a blog.

temperatures of planets in the solar system and he thought segueing into the topic of global warming was the natural next step.

“For planetary astronomers, which is what I am, it’s very central to understand the temperature of planets,” he said.

Schaefer said the science of global warming has been taught for more than 30 years. He said he has

been discussing this specific topic with his class at the University for years and also lectured on it when he taught at Yale University.

Schaefer said the response to his lecture will not deter him from discussing global warming in the future.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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PHILANTHROPY

SOCIAL MEDIA

University Study shows Twitter participates can improve grades in veterans Website used as an educational tool program Group transitions soldiers to business Frederick Holl Staff Writer

A new program at the University will help take veterans from the battlefield to the business sector.

The University recently received funding to become the seventh institution in Syracuse University’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities.

The program, which will be run through the E.J. Ourso College of Business Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, gives physically and mentally wounded veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom a free crash course on entering the business world.

“It’s a 14-month program,” said Jill Roshto, Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute director of development. “They do a month-long online education component before they will come to LSU for a nineUniversities day, very intenparticipating sive program.”

Once the in program program is com• Syracuse plete, staff and instructors stay in University contact with vet• Purdue erans for an addiUniversity tional 12 months, • University of although Roshto California – Los said she has heard the relationship Angeles usually lasts much •Florida State longer.

University Instructors • Texas A&M donate their time to the “100-perUniversity cent privately • University of funded” program, Connecticut Roshto said.

Other universities participating in the program are Syracuse University, Purdue University, the University of California – Los Angeles, Florida State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Connecticut, according to the program’s website.

“It’s a great match for LSU because we have a very strong military tradition,” Roshto said.

According to the website, The EBVD is designed around two central elements: a “focused, practical training in the tools and skills of new venture creation and growth, reflecting issues unique to disability and public benefits programs” and “the establishment of a support structure for graduates of the program.”

The program is slated to begin at LSU in February 2012.

Contact Frederick Holl at fholl@lsureveille.com

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than in class.

The students were required to post and reply to tweets from their classmates, read online articles and participate in discussions to do well in the class.

Rachel Warren The study’s authors found that Staff Writer students participating in the TwitA recent study used social net- ter class earned significantly higher working website Twitter as part of GPAs than those in the normal class. college courses to show that technolThis is the first study done to ogy and social media increase the prove that social media, when used amount of student engagement in a as an educational tool, can improve class and improve grades. students’ grades and increase inThe November study, which volvement in classes, according will be printed to the Journal of in the Journal of Computer Assisted Computer Assisted Learning.

Learning, says it Kristin Alonso, was done to prove nursing junior, said that Twitter can be she doesn’t use used well as an edTwitter but would ucational tool. be interested in parThe study, ticipating in such a done at an undisprogram if the Uniclosed school, reversity adopted it. searched the effect Alonso said James Yarborough the use of Twitter she tends to learn marketing junior for educationally more in classes that relevant purposes has on student en- discuss topics instead of ones that gagement and grades. only consist of lectures.

Students in four sections of a “The best classes are always one-credit, first-year seminar course discussion classes,” she said. for pre-health professional majors Alonso also said she thinks parwere asked to create Twitter ac- ticipating in the class would be easy counts and follow one another on the because the Internet is so accessible. site. They were also asked to follow Adrien Amyx, biology junior, an account set up specifically for the said she agrees with Alonso. study.

“That would be pretty neat,” she Three other sections followed said. “Everyone’s on Facebook anythe course curriculum as previously way.” outlined without using a social netJames Yarborough, marketing working site. junior, said he thought he would find Because the class only met for the class too time-consuming. one hour each week, students used “I usually get all my informaTwitter pages to continue class dis- tion from Moodle and my e-mail,” cussions and receive reminders for Yarborough said. “I don’t want to due dates and dates of exams. have to check Twitter, too.”

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‘I usually get all my information from Moodle and my e-mail. I don’t want to have to check Twitter, too.’

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Sports

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU faces off against No. 7 Ohio State at 7 Ryan Ginn Sports Contributor

and freshman guard Andre Stringer were the only two Tigers with playing time not to commit a turnover Tuesday night.

“When you have 18 turnovers and you can spread them around, you’re not going to beat a lot of people,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson.

Stringer had 14 points and

For the first time since Seimone Augustus arrived on campus, the LSU women’s basketball team began a season without an unquestioned leader in the mold of Augustus, Sylvia Fowles or Allison Hightower.

LSU coach Van Chancellor cycled through all 13 current players Sunday in a season-opening loss at Northwestern, trying to find the right combination.

“Anytime you don’t know who your first team is, that means you ain’t got one,” Chancellor said.

“We’re going to find us a first team here before long.”

Chancellor would do well to find that team sooner than later, as LSU (0-1) welcomes No. 7 Ohio State to the PMAC tonight.

The Buckeyes (2-0) will be without junior point guard Sammy Prahalis, who is serving the final game of a three-game suspension for an unspecified secondary NCAA violation. Her absence has done little to dispel Chancellor’s concerns about his team’s inadequacies.

“Their backup point guard, [Ohio State coach] Jim Foster told me she was the second-best point guard in the country, so who cares?”

Chancellor said. “All you have to

NICHOLLS, see page 11

BUCKEYES, see page 11

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LSU freshman forward Matt Derenbecker dribbles past Nicholls State’s Anatoly Bose on Tuesday during the Tigers’ 62-53 loss to the Colonels in the PMAC.

Early Disappointment LSU falls to Nicholls State, 62-53, in Tigers’ first in-state loss since 1988

Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

LSU junior forward Storm Warren’s dunk to put the Tigers up, 2-0, could only be described as a red herring.

Nicholls State snapped the LSU men’s basketball team’s 82-game home winning streak against Louisiana schools as the Colonels (1-1) defeated the Tigers

(1-1) for the first time ever, 62-53, at the PMAC on Tuesday night.

“It was a good thing we got this one out of the way early,” said sophomore guard Aaron Dotson.

LSU couldn’t hold onto the ball, committing 18 turnovers to the Colonels’ eight. Nicholls State also had nine more steals than LSU. Dotson led the Tigers with four turnovers, and eight Tigers

turned the ball over at least once in the game.

“We rushed our passes,” Dotson said. “I know I rushed a few passes. I could have been more patient and waited for my guy to get open.”

The Tigers had trouble handling the ball from the start, trailing, 6-0, in turnovers to begin the game.

Junior forward Garrett Green

FOOTBALL

LSU improves offense in fourth quarter Rallying helps Tigers earn No. 5 BCS spot Sean Isabella Sports Writer

It only took one game into the 2010 season for LSU junior running back Stevan Ridley to realize the LSU football team had no business returning to its old ways of 2009.

The Tigers had the lead going into the fourth quarter in 11 of 13 games in 2009 but escaped with only a 9-4 record. LSU was a team on a mission for the 2010 season because of its inability to close out games.

LSU’s new motto, simple yet elegant, was to finish.

But following a near-catastrophic loss to North Carolina on

Sept. 4, Ridley stood composed and issued his team a challenge to “break that trend” of not closing out games.

So far, the mission statement and Ridley’s challenge has lived to the billing. LSU has outscored opponents, 83-50, in the fourth quarter and is a perfect 7-0 when entering the fourth quarter with a lead. “[LSU] coach [Les] Miles has told us we have to finish,” Ridley said Monday. “That’s the key word to the season.”

Miles, though, couldn’t give a specific reason as to why the team has been so successful late in games this season.

“We are maybe getting on track,” he said. “Maybe the coaches are getting a good look at what is needed, and maybe our players are fresher and look forward to finishing the game.”

The latter can be traced

back to last summer with the involvement of strength and conditioning coordinator Tommy Moffit.

The Tigers spent countless hours conditioning and training during the dog days of summer, which is standard for a college football team. But Moffit took it a step further — albeit a little step.

After their conditioning, the players would huddle up to break it down, only to receive a surprise from the 11th-year strength coach.

“We’d have like 25 up-downs, and we’d be like ‘What is this for?’ and he said ‘This is to finish, this is the overtime,’ and so we put a key focus on finishing everything,” Ridley said.

The 2009 season was just a minor blip on LSU and Miles’ radar in terms of closing out games.

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LSU junior running back Stevan Ridley breaks a tackle Saturday during LSU’s 51-0 win against Louisiana-Monroe. Ridley ran for 67 yards and two touchdowns.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Webb’s athletic aspirations stem from father’s influence Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

Marcus Webb remembers holding his young daughter Adrienne on his knee and watching basketball games when she told him she had a dream.

She wanted to play basketball herself one day.

The WNBA did not exist at the time — league play did not begin until 1997 — but Adrienne and her father started training feverishly.

The sophomore guard stepped into the starting lineup in the LSU women’s basketball team’s seasonopening loss at Northwestern on Sunday, and her father remains her biggest fan — but also her biggest critic.

“I coached her AAU summer teams, and we played every day regardless of whether she had practice or not,” he said. “At night it was individual improvement time.

That’s how she got where she is now.”

Adrienne Webb started in LSU’s exhibition game against Delta State on Nov. 8, scoring 11 points. She led the team in scoring with 17 points against Northwestern, tying her career high, including 15 in the second half. She also shot 3-of-7 from 3-point range.

That was a bright spot in LSU’s shooting performance, which was abysmal in the first half at 9-of-36 — or 25 percent.

“It didn’t start out that well; I was off,” Webb said. “But I kept

getting open, and we kept trying to find the open person and trying to knock down those shots.”

Adrienne’s father said her shooting abilities make her valuable to the LSU offense, but he said her defense needs the most work.

“I tell her this every sinAdrienne Webb LSU sophomore guard gle day — she used to be an incredible defensive player,” Marcus Webb said. “In high school she was such a prolific scorer that her coach didn’t want to wear her out on the defensive end. ... She would always be defending the worst

offensive player so she could rest on defense and give her team 20-30 points a game.”

To refine her defense, Marcus Webb always made sure he and Adrienne had a gym to use after school. They would also work on her endurance by doing laps around the court, suicides, squats or weight lifting with the Webbs’ 600 pounds of dumbbells.

As a result, Adrienne’s strength is one of her weapons.

“She’s always been the strongest and fastest and most competitive in that way, even though she’s the shyest,” Marcus Webb said.

“That’s just Adrienne. Because they’re playing the transition game this year, up and down the court, you’ll see some of what [former

LSU guard] Allison Hightower gave last year, as long as Adrienne can start to play better defense.”

LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor described Adrienne as a “fun-loving person” off the court.

Despite her shy, reserved personality, Chancellor said Adrienne has the potential to be a differencemaker for the Lady Tigers.

“Adrienne Webb has been a heck of a player here,” Chancellor said. “She’s gained confidence in shooting the ball. What she’s done all fall, from day one, she’s been one of our best players.”

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Ole Miss game rivalry still important to many students Rob Landry Sports Contributor

Louisiana and Mississippi share a border, but there is no love lost between the two states when gridiron supremacy is on the line.

LSU and Ole Miss began playing football in 1894 and have played each other every year since 1945.

The Tigers take a 55-39-4 series lead into Saturday’s matchup.

The rivalry, which has seen a number of memorable games, still gets the fans riled up.

“A lot of my boys go to Ole Miss, and a bunch of them are going to be in town, so this is a big game,” said Jordan McGuire, business administration sophomore.

“It’s about bragging rights — total bragging rights game.”

Topping the list is the 1959 game, a game that is arguably tops in LSU football history.

The Tigers entered the game as the defending national champions and ranked No. 1 in the country, and the Rebels were No. 3.

The Rebels led, 3-0, in the fourth quarter when LSU running back Billy Cannon fielded a punt at the LSU 11-yard line and broke free, scampering 89 yards for a touchdown and a 7-3 LSU victory.

Next, is a game dubbed “the night the clock stopped.” In 1972, No. 6 LSU trailed Ole Miss, 16-10, with four seconds to play. Following an incomplete pass — which is rumored to have taken quite a bit of time — the clock still read one second. LSU quarterback Bert Jones connected with his running back Brad Davis for a touchdown as

time expired. With the extra point, LSU took home a 17-16 victory.

Soon after the game, a sign appeared at the Louisiana-Mississippi border saying, “You are now entering Louisiana. Set your clocks back four seconds.”

The 2003 game was quite possibly the most anticipated matchup between the two teams since that epic 1959 showdown. LSU was No. 3 in the country, and Ole Miss was No. 15.

Ole Miss was undefeated in Southeastern Conference play and was one win away from clinching its first trip to the SEC Championship Game. LSU led, 17-14, with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

Ole Miss had a fourth-and-10 situation when quarterback Eli Manning attempted to drop back to pass and was tripped by his own offensive lineman. LSU won

the game and eventually the national championship.

Then there was the “Mississippi Meltdown” of 2009. LSU completed a 40-yard pass to the Ole Miss 6-yard line with one second remaining. LSU had no timeouts, and mass confusion ensued on the sideline. LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson looked for a sign from the sideline — which never came — and time expired with Ole Miss clinging to a 25-23 victory.

“We’ve lost the past two times to Ole Miss, so a win this weekend would be great for the program,” said Kevin Copus, petroleum engineering junior .

The win would also mean a second consecutive senior class at LSU would win its final home game.

“I’ve been here for five years, and I came here and got real attached,” said LSU senior running

back Richard Murphy. “These guys are like my brothers, so there will be a lot of emotions on Saturday.”

One off-the-field issue that is sure to arise Saturday is the recent fiasco surrounding the Ole Miss mascot. Recently, the school decided to pull its historical mascot Colonel Reb from the field and replace him with the Rebel Black Bear.

The bear was chosen over a handful of other options that included a landshark, a Rebel steamboat captain, a couple named “Hotty” and “Toddy” and even the

mythical “Star Wars” creature Admiral Ackbar.

There was a strong response from LSU students for Ole Miss to keep Colonel Reb, but LSU junior offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert had a different view.

“I’m kind of a sci-fi geek myself, so I thought the Admiral Ackbar would have been pretty cool,” Hebert said. “But I guess they couldn’t really get it done.”

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SCHWEHMMING AROUND

SEC won’t One-loss Hornets still exceed expectations suspend Fairley for late hit Staff Reports

Auburn junior defensive tackle Nick Fairley will not be suspended for the Tigers’ season finale against No. 11 Alabama, the Southeastern Conference announced Tuesday.

Fairley garnered attention following No. 2 Auburn’s 4931 win against Georgia this past weekend for multiple questionable hits on Georgia freshman quarterback Aaron Murray.

The league reviewed the tape and did not find cause to suspend Fairley, and he will be eligible when the Tigers face No. 11 Alabama in the teams’ Iron Bowl rivalry Nov. 26.

One particular third quarter play saw Fairley lower his head and spear Murray from behind well after Murray had released a pass. Fairley was flagged with a personal foul for roughing the passer.

“We’re handling the matter internally with the institution,” SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom told the Birmingham News.

The SEC set a precedent for post-game disciplinary action earlier this season. The league suspended South Carolina senior linebacker Rodney Paulk for the first half of the Gamecocks’ game against Vanderbilt for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Kentucky junior wide receiver Randall Cobb.

The SEC also suspended Mississippi State freshman linebacker Chris Hughes for the Bulldogs’ entire game against Kentucky after a flagrant foul on Alabama-Birmingham senior wide receiver Frantrell Forrest.

Fairley has grown into Auburn’s defensive stalwart this season, while junior quarterback Cam Newton has made a push for Heisman Trophy consideration on offense.

Fairley has earned SEC Player of the Week honors four times this season.

He has tallied 47 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and an interception, securing his place on watch lists for several postseason awards.

Against LSU on Oct. 23, the Mobile, Ala., native and CopiahLincoln Junior College transfer was a constant problem for the LSU offensive line. He finished the game, a 24-17 win for Auburn, with six total tackles, including 3.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks.

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Well, those pesky Dallas Mavericks put an end to what was a perfect 8-0 start by the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.

So that means whatever fans had jumped on the Beewagon are now probably off again because they forgot this isn’t football and you can’t have an undefeated season.

They had Andy Schwehm to lose at some Sports Columnist point, but I just wish it wasn’t against Dallas.

It’s OK. They’ve got a rematch in the Hive tonight, and the Hornets will take this one.

That loss is the one low point in what has so far been an amazing season for the Bees.

First off, the team appears to have bought into coach Monty Williams’ “beefence”-first mantra.

The Hornets have yet to give up 100 points to an opponent, ranking second in the league in points per game allowed (90.7).

It’s refreshing to see a Hornets team, or any NBA team, actually care about defense.

That defense is making up for what, if anything, is lacking on offense.

Monday night against the Mavs, the Hornets went away from what was working best, and that was when Chris Paul was moving in and out of the lane, causing havoc. Instead, they started to jack up way too many threes, and it just didn’t

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New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul (3) drives past the Dallas Mavericks Jason Kidd (2) Monday during the first half of Dallas’ 98-95 win against the Hornets.

happen in the end.

They fell apart when the pressure was there, but as I’ve said before, that’s going to happen at times. This is a young squad, and they’re going to make mistakes.

Outside of that, the young newcomers have been great for the Hornets. Players like Willie Green, Jason Smith and Jerryd Bayless have all been awesome off the bench.

They allow players like Paul and center Emeka Okafor to have

to only average 33.7 and 29.9 minutes per game, respectively.

The lack of minutes early in the season will be key later this season when every minute of rest will count.

But the young’uns aren’t the only ones making an impact this season.

Veteran Peja Stojakovic, who was on the inactive list for the first few games of the season, has taken to his new bench role without a problem.

In just four games, Stojakovic is getting those three giant Peja heads running around 2.3 times per game in just 14.5 minutes per game. His player efficiency rating is 26.0, second on the team to only Paul.

It’s always great to see a healthy Stojakovic lighting it up again from 3-land like he did back in his younger days, shooting nearly 53 percent from beyond the arc. If he can keep it up, the Hornets will have one of the best benches in the league.

The best news of all is that the past three teams to be the last team to lose its first game of the season (Celtics, Lakers, Celtics, respectively) have all made it to the NBA Finals.

It’s a long shot for the Hornets to get there, even with how good they have looked so far. But it would be something to see.

Nobody picked the Hornets to make the playoffs this season, or if they did it was as the eighth seed (that’s where I put them).

Let’s face it. They were terrible last year.

Now they look like one of the best teams in the league early in the season.

Wouldn’t it be nice if they can mirror the Saints all the way to the championship?

Andy Schwehm is a 21-year-old English and psychology senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ASchwehm.

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MLB

Phillies’ Halladay unanimously wins NL Cy Young Award 2010 marks second win for pitcher The Associated Press The Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay added another victory to an almost perfect season Tuesday, unanimously winning the NL Cy Young Award and becoming the fifth pitcher to earn the honor in both leagues.

“It’s by far the most fun I’ve ever had playing this game,” he said on a conference call from Mexico, where he was golfing with Phillies teammate Mike Sweeney, Cardinals star Chris Carpenter and pitcher Chris Young.

“It was everything I hoped it would be,” Halladay said.

In a year highlighted by great pitching, he became the only one ever to throw a perfect game and no-hitter in the same season.

Halladay was an easy choice after going 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and 219 strikeouts. He led the league in wins and topped the majors in innings (250 2/3), shutouts (4) and complete games (9).

Halladay Roy Halladay received all winner, NL Cy 32 first-place Young Award votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Adam Wainwright of St. Louis was second, and Ubaldo Jimenez of Colorado was third. San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum, who won the past two NL Cy Youngs, finished 11th.

“It’s surprising,” Halladay said. “There could have been a lot of cases made, strong cases.”

This year’s AL Cy Young Award winner will be announced Thursday.

Acquired from Toronto last December, Halladay quickly adjusted to a new league and added to the 2003 AL Cy Young he won with the Blue Jays.

Halladay threw a perfect game at Florida on May 29, then tossed a no-hitter against Cincinnati in his postseason debut.

Voting for the award ended after the regular season. Three days later, Halladay completely overmatched the Reds, the tophitting team in the NL, in their playoff opener.

Halladay split a pair of matchups with Lincecum in the NL championship series. The Giants won in six games, blunting the Phillies’ bid to reach the World Series for the third straight year.

“We fell short,” he said. “That part is definitely tough.”

Halladay’s seven-year gap between Cy Youngs ties the

‘It’s by far the most fun I’ve ever had playing this game. ... It was everything I hoped it would be.’

longest in history, matching Tom Glavine.

“To be able to do it again after so long,” he said, “means a lot to me.”

Halladay joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Gaylord Perry as pitchers to earn the award in both leagues.

He credited catcher Carlos Ruiz, pitcher Jamie Moyer, pitching coach Rich Dubee and others for making his transition to the Phillies and the NL a smooth one.

“I was definitely worried about going to a new team,” he said, adding he wondered: “How different are the leagues going to be?”

His assessment of the NL: “More of a strategic game.”

Halladay became the 13th pitcher to unanimously win the NL Cy Young and the 16th multiple winner, a list headed by Clemens’ seven and Johnson’s five.

Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux each won four times.

The Cy Young started in 1956. Through the 1966 season, there was just one selection from both leagues.

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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 has done to help establish its No. 5 BCS ranking. LSU notched lastSince Miles arrived in Baton second wins against Tennessee and Rouge in 2005, he is 48-5 when Florida in consecutive weeks. LSU now has 16 comeback or overtime leading after the third quarter. wins with Miles at Many of the the helm. players, including “It shows that Ridley, took it to whenever we’re in heart to not allow the fourth quarter, a repeat of 2009. it’s really time to LSU currently strap up and make has a tradition sure we get this where after the victory,” said juthird quarter clock nior quarterback reads zero, the Jordan Jefferson. whole team holds With three up both hands Jordan Jefferson games left to play, with four fingers LSU junior quarterback the 83 points the to signify the final Tigers have scored quarter.

“We kind of took it upon our- in the fourth quarter already surselves and said why not be us and passes last year’s 82. let us be the team that rallies in the fourth quarter and finishes strong,” said LSU junior left guard Josh Contact Sean Isabella at Dworaczyk. sisabella@lsureveille.com Rallying is exactly what LSU

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‘It shows that whenever we’re in the fourth quarter, it’s really time to strap up and make sure we get this victory.’

violent,” Johnson said.

LSU junior forward Malcolm three assists but shot only 4-of-13 White, who played 31 minutes Friday, notched only 10 minutes from the field.

Freshman forward Matt of playing time Tuesday after Derenbecker also added 14 points committing two fouls by the 16:53 and went 3-of-7 from 3-point mark in the first half.

He finished with two points, range. He played 28 minutes after playing only six against North- two rebounds and three turnovers.

“He’s got to continue to work western State on Friday.

The Tigers shot 37.2 percent on catching the ball with two hands, having a from the field and feel for where he’s 33.3 percent from at around the post, 3-point range. understanding LSU led, 25the angles and go 21, at the half, but from there,” Johnthe Colonels outson said. scored the Tigers, Nicholls State 41-28, in the secsenior forward ond half. Nicholls Aaron Dotson Anatoly Bose, State led, 42-40, LSU sophomore guard who was named with 6:29 left bethe “best player fore closing the door on the Tigers with a 9-2 run. no one knows about” by SI.com’s “We came out kind of flat, Andy Glockner, scored 28 points and they were prepared to be on in 35 minutes for the Colonels.

Bose recorded his 30th career top of our plays,” Warren said.

“They countered just about every 20-point game Nov. 12 in a loss to Houston. first option we had.”

“He’s to me what college The Colonels didn’t have a player over 6-foot-6 but still had basketball is about,” Johnson two more points in the paint and said. “He’s a guy that’s not overly three more offensive rebounds strong, he’s not big, he’s not physthan the Tigers. Seven of LSU’s ical, he’s not overly athletic, but active players are listed at 6-foot- he knows how to play this game.”

Dotson said the Tigers need 6 or taller.

Warren was the only Tiger to figure out their issues quickly active on the glass, finishing with as they play Thursday against 14 rebounds and eight points. No Tennessee-Martin.

“We have one day to go over other Tiger had more than six rethe team we play on Thursday, so bounds.

LSU was also outrebounded, we’ve got to bounce back right 36-33, on Friday by Northwestern away,” he said.

State, which had 15 more offensive rebounds than the Tigers.

“There’s got to be a serious commitment to defending, reContact Rowan Kavner at bounding, taking care of the ball rkavner@lsureveille.com and being very physical and very

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do on that team is throw the ball to the Big ’Un and get out of the way.”

“Big ’Un,” in this case, is Ohio State All-American senior forward Jantel Lavender. Lavender is averaging more than 30 points and 10 rebounds through two games, both of which came against NCAA tournament teams from last season.

“She’s like Coca-Cola,” Chancellor said. “She’s the real thing.

This young lady will be the second pick in the WNBA draft. We’ve struggled with big kids. We’ve struggled since Sylvia [Fowles] left. There’s no sense in saying we haven’t because we have.”

Foster was similarly effusive when discussing Lavender, who was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday following her dominant weekend.

page 11 “She’s a big, strong post player with a good touch and good sense of how to play,” Foster said. “Her and [Ohio senior forward] Sarah Schulze, our two frontcourt players, have 21 assists in the two games we’ve played. So they’re helping with the ball movement with Prahalis not being here.”

Particularly worrisome for LSU are the struggles of junior forward LaSondra Barrett, whom many considered the heir apparent to Hightower as the team centerpiece.

Barrett, who will be called upon to help stop Lavender, was held to 3-of-14 shooting against Northwestern and 5-of-14 shooting in a preseason exhibition.

Slowing down Lavender remains the team’s top priority.

“We know she plays a lot of minutes, and we’re just going to try

to run as much as we can because we have mobile post players,” Barrett said.

While this game is just the sixth time the two teams have faced off, Chancellor and Foster have a long history that dates back to the ’80s, when Chancellor coached Ole Miss and Foster was at Vanderbilt.

Foster holds a 5-3 edge in the head-to-head matchup against Chancellor and has gone 12-5 against LSU during the course of his career.

“Sue Gunter was a very good friend of mine, and Van Chancellor is a very good friend of mine,” Foster said. “Just coming into their gym is something I’ve always looked forward to.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Hudson, Borel put students first I was not at all surprised to see an article criticizing SG President J Hudson and SG Vice President Dani Borel in Tuesday’s edition (“Have Hudson and Borel put students first?”). This article is indicative of the paper’s overall negative demeanor when writing about Hudson and Borel’s administration.

The article discusses campaign promises Hudson and Borel have yet to accomplish;

however, the article fails to take into account that Hudson and Borel still have the entire spring semester to finish accomplishing their goals. Considering that almost one-third of their promises have been fulfilled, and that another third are in progress, Hudson and Borel are clearly making great strides in accomplishing their promised goals.

In addition, while the article does quickly note Hudson and Borel’s fight against budget cuts, it fails to acknowledge the amount of work this will take, as well as how important this fight actually is. Putting students first is more than just doing what was

written on a push card; it also means ensuring that LSU retains its flagship status and remains a top tier university, something that cannot happen if Hudson and Borel do not fight against budget cuts.

This article also goes to show the negativity towards Hudson and Borel that has been displayed

by The Daily Reveille throughout the semester. It seems that nothing Hudson and Borel do is good enough for our school newspaper. I find it contradictory that the same newspaper that continues to print “The Jindal Count” also chooses to blast Hudson and Borel, who have actually been

doing something about budget cuts.

Considering that Hudson and Borel have been continuously fighting against budget cuts, all while still accomplishing other goals, the answer to the article’s question is obvious: yes, Hudson and Borel have done nothing but put students first.

Kevin Garner electrical engineering senior

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

Would the governor put pressure on the Legislature for constitutional amendments to protect higher education and allow for more “across the board” cuts?

CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

Christopher Hitchens matters: in defense of a modern prophet He has been called every name in the book by his dissenters, including “drink-sodden exTrotskyist popinjay” — over the top, perhaps.

He is both revered and feared by all who take to the stage to do battle with his scarily fast wit and seemingly endless list of crippling retortions.

He is Christopher Hitchens — the closest thing our world currently has to a prophet.

Hitchens is a widely syndicated columnist and is perhaps most known for his public debates with leading theologians and — among other superpowers — the Catholic Church.

And though many have boldly taken on Hitchens, they have each been given a firm Hitch-slap and defeated just as quickly.

In his book “God Is Not Great,” he makes the case for “antitheism,” which takes atheism Andrew a step further. Robertson Rather than Opinion editor simply rejecting the notion of a God or gods, Hitchens defines “anti-theism” as opposition to the belief in supernatural powers — a position that

makes Bill Maher’s film “Religulous” look tame.

Hitchens is many things, and yes, even a modern prophet — but let me explain.

Prophets, in the biblical sense, were characterized primarily by their contrarian and polemic social stances, as well as the ability to see things others could not in a situation.

He may be a secular prophet, but Hitchens is a prophet nonetheless.

And much like the prophets of old, Hitchens does something few popular writers can: He shapes culture.

With his polemic words and

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poetic discourses he exposes and illuminates that which we all fear: our finitude and shortcomings as a postcolonial society.

Whether it’s a stern judgment toward corrupt religious leaders, a brave jab at Islamic fundamentalism or an all-out tirade against the latest and greatest political fad, the man does it all.

Sadly, our secular seer is not doing so well these days.

In June it was reported that Hitchens had undergone treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer — the first formidable foe he has faced.

The prognosis doesn’t look good, and even Hitchens, now a mere shadow of his former handsomely striking self, recognizes he’ll be a “very lucky person” if he lives five more years.

He has always imbibed the potent potables — namely Johnnie Walker whiskey, a friend we both know too well perhaps — and smoked like a chimney.

As Guy Raz put it in an NPR article, “Hitchens is known for his love of cigarettes and alcohol — and his prodigious literary output.”

We all have our vices, and it matters not whether Hitchens’ “sins” were the cause of his current condition.

We’re going to be a lesser species when he departs.

Before Hitchens’ body fails his monolithic mind, he will take to the podium and attempt to dish out one final Hitch-slap to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Toronto on Nov. 26, a mere nine days away.

The debate’s topic will be “Is religion a force for peace or

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conflict in the modern world?”

It will be viewable on munkdebates.com for a small fee.

If this debate goes anything like the previous “God debates” Hitchens has participated in, it should be an entertaining spectacle.

He has gone toe to toe with prominent author and Christian apologist Dinesh D’Souza, theological giant William Lane Craig and Rabbi extraordinaire Shmuley Boteach — each of which ended in a similar defeat for his opponents.

And these are the properly educated opponents Hitchens has decimated.

For a look at sheer domination, check out the complete undoing of the pseudo-theologian Al Sharpton or the BBC-broadcasted debate on whether the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world.

It seems there’s a certain “Hitchens’ Law” in place when he takes to the stage. The man can’t lose — and hasn’t yet.

Death may indeed be the only able-bodied opponent for our present-day prophet.

Observe him while he’s still around. The world will be a darker place when he’s gone.

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 “The truth is more important than the facts.”

Frank Lloyd Wright American architect June 8, 1867 — April 9, 1959

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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010

THE BOTTOM LINE

Opinion

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Census skews important research, time to start over Uncle Sam likes to stop by every 10 years to ask a few questions for a little thing we call the Census.

You’ve probably heard of it.

It’s required under U.S. constitutional law, and its results are used to determine congressional seats, electoral votes and funding for government spending (except for higher education, of course).

The details are listed under Title 13 of the United States Code, and under that very same Title is the infamous Section 9.

This little bit of legal protection makes sure the government doesn’t require you to answer how much you make, then tell all your friends — and anyone with access to the Internet.

Normally, the methods the government uses to keep findings confidential have little effect on research.

Occasionally, things get messy.

In this case, a study done by three researchers at The National Bureau of Economic Research found

some serious problems with Uncle Sam’s math.

The method the researchers used was actually ridiculously simple. They took data from a public use micro-sample, or PUMS, available from ipums.org and compared it with other data released by the government. In theory, they should yield similar population counts.

I’ll bet you can already see where this is goDevin Graham ing.

Columnist Most of the values were close, but once you hit the 65-and-older generation, things get wacky. The difference between the two population counts varied by as much as 15 percent in some cases.

This means information used in debates about things like Social Security and health care has serious flaws that need to be addressed.

Yes, we have to virtually start from the beginning. Our data, what many of these decisions are based on, is just plain wrong.

If you’re curious how our government could faux pas so badly — how something like this could happen — let me explain.

To protect us little guys, the powers that be take all our information and play around with it a bit — not totally unlike how kids squish Play-Doh. Essentially, they use several simple methods.

First, they hide some information. This method is useful in situations where there are small sample sizes. It’s as if we lived in a village with only 100 citizens, and only two of us were older than 70. It would be terribly easy to use public census data to find out their income.

Second, they add noise. They take the number and professionally fudge ’em a little. Obviously, they (try to) keep the values close to the

originals — we see how that’s working out.

Third and fourth are data swapping and synthetic data. Data swapping is just what it sounds like. If you and I have similar information, they take some liberty and swap our information around. One would hope that, after many, many swaps, the statistical information will be similar while still protecting our confidentiality.

With synthetic data, the government literally makes up data. That’s right — they make it up.

I won’t go into this too much, but imagine if you and I were about to set sail across the Atlantic with a “synthetic” map. How would you feel if I gave your airline pilot a “synthetic” route to the Bahamas?

How can we justify guiding missiles with real data, but government policy, our health, with “synthetic” data?

So, it’s a catch-22. If we don’t scramble the information enough, we break the law and reveal

personal information to the world.

If we scramble it too much, the data becomes useless — and downright misleading.

I’m not sure what the solution is. We’re in a legal bind now where it would be impossible for anyone to get access to the unfiltered information, the same information we need to make policy decisions.

After all the swaps, scrambles and made-up numbers, the government has succeeded — we’re totally safe from the census, because, especially at certain ages, it doesn’t even reflect reality.

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

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BURNS AFTER READING

‘Unschooling’ provides an alternative form of education

If there’s one thing all of the 19th century history classes I’ve taken at the University have taught me, it’s that living in the 21st century is a luxury no one should take for granted.

Imagine trying to explain abolition, Darwinian evolution and separation of church and state to the average 19th-century person without being carted off to the gallows or burned at the stake for heresy. If that’s not hard enough, try traveling back to the 19th century and explaining the complexities of “electronic mail,” Skype and 3-D porn.

In the last century, our generation has been fortunate enough to enjoy thousands of new ideas and innovations that have pushed the limits of man’s imagination and raised society’s standard of living to previously unimaginable heights.

Yet despite all the mindblowing progress and technological and social advance we’ve seen, there’s one important area in modern society that remains largely the same as it was in the days before electricity, the cotton gin and the combustion engine.

Education.

If you traveled back in time and visited a traditional 19th-century school, you’d most likely find a small classroom, about 20 to 30 desks, a blackboard and a teacher droning on and on at the front of the room.

Now fast forward to the modern era and visit a traditional schoolroom.

What will you find? Essentially the same thing you would have 150 years ago — a classroom, about 20 to 30 desks, a teacher droning on and on at the front of

the room and a blackboard.

This lack of progress is pretty disturbing — especially considering the emphasis our nation allegedly puts on advancing education.

In an era that has seen innovations like the spaceship, the Diaper Genie and the iPad, you’d think we’d at least be able to create a more creative and inScott Burns spiring way to educate children.

Columnist Luckily, the mind-numbing monotony of our current model of primary education has inspired many parents to search for new alternatives to education.

One of the most controversial new educational methods that has sprung up recently is the idea of “unschooling.”

“Unschooling” is an educational philosophy rooted in the belief that the best way to teach children is not through a rigid “one size fits all” educational system, but through enabling students to choose what subjects and learning methods best fit their individual skill set.

“Unschooling is allowing your child as much freedom to explore and learn from the world as you can comfortably bear as a parent,” wrote Pat Farenga, one of the leading proponents of “unschooling,” in his blog.

Though unschooling shares many traits with homeschooling and other alternative educational paradigms, unschoolers argue there are some elements that make it unique. Most notably, unschooled students do not follow

an assigned curriculum. Instead, children are allowed and encouraged to set the agenda and pace using their parents and communities as resources.

The idea of “unschooling” children might sound radical to skeptics. However, if we’re going to make progress in the educational arena, we need to be willing to throw aside outmoded practices and adapt to new models of education that place an emphasis on student autonomy.

For decades, students have

been subjected to an outmoded model of education that restrains individual thought and expression.

The best way educators can motivate children to learn is through self-motivation, not stale classes and mind-numbing monotony.

In the end, education should revolve around an individual’s pursuit of knowledge, not a topdown bureaucratic hierarchy.

Besides, if we can get students more involved in their

education, we won’t have to worry about renegades like Ferris Bueller constantly skipping classes and inciting chaos all over the city.

Scott Burns is a 20-year-old economics and history senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sburns.

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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 PARKING, from page 1

“We chose the area because they’re closest to the stadium,” said Herb Vincent, senior associate athletic director and associate vice chancellor for University Relations.

“These are the free areas that can be controlled on the interior of campus.”

Gameday parking permits will cost $40 per game on Highland Road and Tower Drive and $20 per game for the Levee, Hayfield and Old Front Nine lots.

Access to the lots will be on a first-come, first-served and gameto-game basis, Vincent said.

“People who parked in these lots in the past can continue to do so,” Vincent said.

Various locations will be open to purchase permits for the Highland Road and Tower Drive lots on Friday night, according to an Athletic department news release.

Sales for permits for all lots will begin at 5 a.m. on game days,

LIVING, from page 1

rank low because there are still few places to live, Johnson said, though they are increasing.

A person living in the highestranking areas “can expect to live, on average, nearly half a decade longer” and earn twice as much, according to the study.

Louisiana’s total score was 4.07. Only West Virginia, Arkansas and Mississippi ranked below Louisiana.

Connecticut earned the highest state ranking on the index at 6.30.

The American Human Development Index is described as a “composite measure of well being and opportunity,” according to the AHDP website.

Developers studied life expectancy at birth, educational degree attainment, school enrollment and median earnings of all areas surveyed.

To calculate life expectancy, researchers used mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics, according to the AHDP website.

Access to knowledge and median earnings used data from the American Community Survey and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com

according to the release.

The new charges are an attempt to offset the impact of budget cuts on the Athletic Department. Revenue gained from the permits will go toward creating more restroom facilities and to combat the rising cost of post-gameday cleanup, according to the release.

“With the growth of tailgating, it takes more to clean up lots, and we’ve gotten requests for more bathrooms,” Vincent said. “We’re

trying to service fans and preserve tailgating.”

Vincent said the Athletic Department has been studying ways to increase revenue for some time, especially since the department has taken on $1.4 million additional expenses from the University, including the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes.

These new expenses are a direct result of budget cuts, Vincent said.

page 15 Vincent said the Athletic Department strived to preserve the fans who regularly tailgate in the area by making the spaces available on a game-to-game basis instead of reserving spaces for the season, where other parties could buy the spots.

“We understand people like to party and tailgate with friends and family,” Vincent said. “We created a structure that they can continue to do so.”

Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com

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