Today in Print - February 28, 2011

Longer break: Thanksgiving could be extended to a week, p. 3

School of Music: Audit finds more than $100,000 in inconsistencies, p. 5

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BR Mardi Gras season kicks off Kate Mabry Contributing Writer

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Various scenes from Friday night’s Krewe of Artemis and Saturday afternoon’s Krewe Mystique de la Capitale parades usher in Baton Rouge’s Mardi Gras season.

UPDATE

Student assaulted near Parade Ground Police still searching for assailant Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

Police are still searching for the assailant in Saturday morning’s attack near the Parade Ground.

An 18-year-old female student was attacked at about 3:30 a.m. on the sidewalk between the Parade Ground and Highland Road, said LSU Police Department Spokesman Det. Kevin Scott.

Scott said the student was hit from behind by the suspect before being pushed to the ground and struck again. After the scuffle, the attacker escaped between the Paul M. Hebert Law Center building and the Faculty Club.

The victim was treated with

minor wounds on the scene.

The motive for the attack is unknown, Scott said. There is no indication the attack was sexual, and the suspect didn’t take any of the victim’s belongings. Scott said the victim was in good spirits.

The victim described the attacker as a white man in his 20s with short, balding hair. At the time of the attack, he was wearing a black and white shirt, dark pants and glasses.

Scott said the assailant had no weapon but is still considered dangerous. An emergency text message urging students to avoid the area was sent around 6 a.m.

Another message was sent around 7:20 a.m. warning that the suspect was still at large. The latest University update, sent at about 9:30 a.m., said officers performed a “complete and comprehensive search” of the area, but the suspect still hasn’t been caught.

LSUPD and the Baton Rouge Police Department searched the buildings in the vicinity of the Parade Ground following the attack and increased patrols throughout the weekend.

Students should report any suspicious activity to police immediately, Scott said.

This is the second violent attack on campus this school year.

In October, another female student was attacked outside the Quad after refusing to give her cell phone to a man unaffiliated with the University.

Police arrested the Quad attacker, who was charged with attempted murder and robbery.

LSUPD can be reached at 225-578-3231.

Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

Downtown Baton Rouge celebrated the Mardi Gras season this weekend with its Krewe of Artemis on Friday and the Krewe Mystique de la Capitale and Krewe of Orion on Saturday.

The Krewe Mystique de la Capitale, the oldest parading krewe in Baton Rouge, celebrated 34 years of parading downtown while the Krewe of Orion celebrated its 12th year. In addition, David Faustino, an actor famous for his role in “Married... with Children,” was the grand marshal at the Krewe Mystique.

Cheryl Bourg, the 2011 Queen of Artemis and pharmacist at the University’s Student Health Center, said she has been involved in the Krewe of Artemis since its birth 10 years ago.

Bourg said she was excited to be given the title of Queen of Artemis this year.

“It’s a huge honor,” she said.

“I had wanted to be queen years ago, but it just didn’t work out.”

The founder and captain of the krewe, Joanne Harvey, grew up in the New Orleans area and wanted the parade to be similar to a traditional New Orleans parade where the krewes were generally all men CARNIVAL, see page 8

CULTURAL CELEBRATION

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Members of the Yang Guang Dance Troupe perform “Beautiful Long Hair,” an ethnic folk dance of the Zhuang people, on Saturday at the belated Chinese New Year celebration in the Student Union Theatre.

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Nation & World

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Libya rebels gear up for fight against forces loyal to Gadhafi

Rallies at Wis. Capitol support fight against anti-union bill

Prosecutors say New Orleans teen charged with 4 December slayings

ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by military defectors who control the city closest to the capital of Tripoli prepared Sunday to repel an expected offensive by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi surrounding Zawiya.

Two prominent U.S. Senators said Washington should recognize and arm a provisional government in rebel-held areas of eastern Libya and impose a no-fly zone over the area — enforced by U.S. warplanes — to stop attacks by the regime.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Protesters are turning out nationwide to support teachers, firefighters and other public workers holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against legislation aimed at weakening unions.

Union supporters organized rallies from New York to Los Angeles in a show of solidarity Saturday as the protest in Madison entered its 12th day and attracted more than 70,000 people, the largest crowd yet.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A teenager, already jailed in an assault case, has been indicted in four slayings in New Orleans last December. The Times-Picayune reports the indictment was made public Friday and includes three slayings that occurred on one night in the St. Roch area.

The 16-year-old has already been indicted on attempted murder and aggravated burglary charges in the assault of a woman on Dec. 23, 2010, in New Orleans.

Prosecutors say a state grand jury handed up a 19-count indictment against the youth after an extensive investigation.

North Korea threatens to enlarge arsenal, attack South Korea, US SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and “mercilessly” attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared for joint military drills which the North considers a rehearsal for invasion.

North Korea routinely issues threats over the annual joint military drills, but its latest warning could rekindle tensions that rose sharply after two recent deadly incidents blamed on the North.

North Korea called the South Korea-U.S. drills, which begin Monday, a “dangerous military scheme.”

HUSSEIN MALLA / The Associated Press

Rebel gunmen — who don’t support Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi — celebrate the freedom of the Libyan city of Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday.

Arab League boss Amr Moussa to run for president in Egypt this year CAIRO (AP) — Arab League chief Amr Moussa, a popular career diplomat, said Sunday he plans to run in Egypt’s presidential election expected later this year.

Moussa, a former foreign minister, declared his candidacy a day after a constitutional reform panel appointed by the country’s new military rulers recommended farreaching reforms that relaxed eligibility rules governing who can run for president.

Soldier impersonators target women in web scams LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scamsters are targeting women on Facebook in what’s becoming an all-too-common ruse: They steal photos of soldiers to set up profiles, profess their love and devotion in sappy messages — and then ask their victims to cut a check.

Army Sgt. James Hursey, 26, discharged and sent home from war in Iraq to nurse a back injury, found a page with his photos on Facebook — on a profile that wasn’t his.

It was fake, set up by someone claiming to be an active-duty soldier looking for love.

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Historic one-room school house struck from national register BURNSIDE (AP) — The National Park Service has removed a oneroom schoolhouse that was among Louisiana’s first Roman Catholic schools for black children from the National Register of Historic Places. The St. Joseph’s School building in Ascension Parish was “delisted” in June on the recommendation of state historic preservation officials and at the request of the building’s owner, Al Robert, state and federal officials said.

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HOLIDAYS

CELTIC RHYTHMS

University officials consider extending Thanksgiving break Faculty Senate to vote March 15 Celeste Ansley Staff Writer

University faculty and staff are discussing the possibility of making Thanksgiving break a weeklong holiday before the Faculty Senate votes on the resolution March 15.

The resolution states the basis for making the break a week long are provisions for faculty members with school-age children who face child care issues, faculty members seeing low attendance by students during those days and students’ alleged disinterest in the days leading up to the holiday.

“Anytime I have a break, I’m not compelled to go to class at all,” said Jasper Cook, computer engineering freshman.

Garrett Klotz, electrical engineering freshman, said since other schools have a week off it makes sense for the University to also have the full week.

“We had a week off in high school in Slidell. It’s hard going to only having those two days off,” Klotz said.

Kevin Cope, Faculty Senate president, said it has been discussed that most students travel home for the holiday, and it’s not always easy to fly during that time of the year, but the issue may be exaggerated.

“The reality is that 85 percent of LSU students come from three parishes within Louisiana, so the story of students needing to make air connections is a little bit extenuated,” Cope said.

However, Cope said if the University wants to increase its national prominence, it may have to consider travel time as an issue.

The fall 2011 semester starts Monday, Aug. 22, but if this resolution passes and is approved by the Provost, the fall semester could start earlier — on Wednesday, Aug. 17.

University Registrar Robert Doolos said the semester would have to start on a Wednesday to meet the required 42 Monday, Wednesday and Friday class periods.

7:20 a.m., 8:20 a.m.

Noon, 3:20 p.m.

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Garrett Klotz electrical engineering freshman

‘We had a week off in high school ... It’s hard going to only having those two days off.’

“The real question is, can we make it a week long?” Doolos said of Thanksgiving break.

Doolos said the change would affect Residential Life, Greek Affairs, Orientation and other University departments and events.

He said starting the semester earlier will cause backward planning for finishing orientations, getting fee bills paid before the pay purge date and a number of other events that must take place before the fall semester starts.

The University tried starting the semester in the middle of the week about 10 years ago, Doolos said.

Doolos said there are a number of mainframe computer programs that must run the weekend before classes begin, and when the University tried to start in the middle of the week, the programs couldn’t finish running overnight and created problems on the first day. The problems included the class lists not being upto-date and students being unable to add or drop classes.

Doolos said with new technology formed during the last 10 years, the programs might be able to run over night.

Cope said students’ and faculty members’ summer activities, like internships and research projects, should be considered in the decision.

To make up the potential days lost, Faculty Senate also considered taking away fall break.

Ana Siqueiros, visual arts senior, said fall break is a much needed break.

“Fall break is really important for students to have time to relax,”

Ana Siqueiros

‘Fall break is really important for students to have time to relax.’

visual arts senior

Jasper Cook computer engineering freshman

‘Anytime I have a break, I’m not compelled to go to class at all.’

Siqueiros said.

Doolos said fall break isn’t an option for replacing the missing days because the half day on the Wednesday of Thanksgiving break counts toward the number of required class days.

“If we were to not have fall break, we would still be lacking one Monday-Wednesday class,” Doolos said.

Cope said it would also be difficult to place the days at the end of the semester because it would delay graduation ceremonies.

Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com

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A bagpipe player performs Saturday at “Shamrocks and Champagne,” a fundraiser held by the Irish Club of Baton Rouge at The Office Bar.

Monday, February 28

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GREEK LIFE

Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

POLITICS

Louisiana to lose congressional seat in redisctricting Retreat promotes leadership, bonding Matthew Albright

Staff Writer

Claire Caillier Contributing Writer

One hundred and forty fraternity and sorority members representing 38 Greek organizations returned to Baton Rouge on Sunday with new knowledge of and appreciation for Greek life after participating in EMPOWER Weekend.

EMPOWER is a leadership retreat camp hosted by the University Greek Board of Directors, held this year at Camp Istrouma in Greenwell Springs. First-year Greek students are encouraged to participate in the annual event.

Maxwell Derrickson, biology freshman and Phi Delta Theta member, said he learned leadership skills.

“I will take the skills I learned and make Greek life stronger on [the] LSU campus,” Derrickson said.

The event educates participants on the various Greek councils and promotes bonding between chapters, according to a GBOD news release.

Laine Culotta, elementary education freshman and Zeta Tau Alpha member, said she didn’t know much about Greek councils or other chapters before attending EMPOWER. Culotta said the weekend taught her more about Greek life.

“I got to see the differences and similarities between all the fraternities and sororities. I got to see what all brings us together — we are all Greek,” Culotta said.

The guest speaker for this year’s event was Lori Hart from CAMPUSPEAK, a company that provides speakers to higher education institutions. Hart’s speech “Making Greek Great” focused on how to make the best out of the Greek experience and encouraged students to raise their expectations for Greek life, according to a news release.

Chris Sellers, political science senior and public relations director for GBOD, said Hart’s speech was one of the key moments of the event.

“Dr. Lori Hart’s speech brought the event to a new level,” said Sellers. “She was very relatable to everyone.”

Marcus Alexander, political science and sociology senior and Phi Beta Sigma member, said the experience was exciting and exhilarating.

“I made new friends with great conversations, and I hope to bring that back here to break the barriers between the councils,” Alexander said.

Contact Claire Caillier at ccaillier@lsureveille.com

Before legislators begin battling over the budget in this year’s session, they will first fight to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

Redistricting is the highly politicized process of drawing the lines that divide the state’s congressional districts to reflect changes in population.

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census reveals population trends across the country. Some states’ populations grow more quickly than others.

That affects how many representatives the state can send to the U.S. House of Representatives, the house of Congress in which states are represented based on population sizes.

Census figures show Louisiana’s population grew by only 1.4 percent over the past decade, putting it among the slowest-growing states. Meanwhile, other states’ populations exploded — Texas, for example, grew by 21 percent, adding as many new residents as Louisiana’s total population.

As a result, Louisiana’s delegation in the House is shrinking from seven representatives to six, meaning the State Legislature has to remove one congressional district, spreading its area and population out to the others.

Bob Mann, University political communications professor and former communications director for Gov. Kathleen Blanco, says the lost seat means this year’s redistricting process will be more of a fight than usual.

“In a perfect world where we weren’t losing a seat, this wouldn’t be that contentious,” he said. “The [representatives] would just tell the legislature, ‘Hey look — this is what everybody wants.’ And the legislature would do it.”

But because the state is losing a seat, one of the representatives will lose his seat.

“The way these districts are drawn could make or break some of these guys’ political careers,” Mann said. “So you’re going to see [these representatives] playing bigtime politics in the legislature.”

Mann predicted Rep. Jeff Landry, a Republican representing District 3, is one of the most vulnerable, because he is the newest and one of the least funded. He said Landry would likely have to battle Rep. Charles Boustany, the Republican from District 7.

The legislature must also redistrict its own boundaries to

account for population shifts within the state. Ten-year Census figures show Baton Rouge growing while New Orleans declines, for example, a trend most analysts attribute to Hurricane Katrina.

Mann says the legislative redistricting is usually more contentious because legislators have an active stake in the resulting maps.

Accusations of gerrymandering — a political tactic where legislators use redistricting to bolster their own political prospects — are common.

State redistricting could also lead to power shifts in state politics. Baton Rouge’s increased population, for example, will likely translate into increased political clout, which Mann said might benefit the University.

“Assuming these people are a little more sympathetic to LSU, it may very well help us out in the long term,” he said.

The legislature will address redistricting in a special session starting March 20. That session must end by April 13, giving legislators an unusually short time to address the issue.

The process starts in the House and Senate Governmental Affairs committees, which have scheduled joint meetings allowing public input into the process, according to the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. Those committees will alter the current maps with the census data and input from the public and other legislators.

Those maps must be approved by both the House and the Senate.

Since redistricting maps are technically laws, the governor can veto those maps if he deems them inappropriate.

Finally, the U.S. Justice Department must approve the maps to make sure they are in line with the Voting Rights Act. Once approved, the districts are officially changed for the next election — in this case, November of this year.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

Louisiana’s Congressional Districts

Numbers reflect new districts

Source: Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana graphic by CAITLYN CONDON / The Daily Reveille

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University owes about MDA College Council broadcasts $100,000 after School Philadelphia Philharmonic Show is partially of Music audits MDA fundraiser Emergency Management Agency and the state Office of Risk Management.

Kaptain said the extent of repair work is also unclear although the full cost was paid.

Xerxes A. Wilson Snook ordered repairs conStaff Writer ducted by an outside vendor for The University may have to re- 130 pianos — but the school had a pay more than $100,000 in federal maximum of only 102 pianos such funds tied to piano repairs ordered repairs could have been applied to, by the School of according to the Music following internal audit.

Hurricane Gustav.

“We are not The findings sure what, if any, of internal and work was done,” legislative audits Kaptain said. detail several fiBoth legislanancial incontive and internal sistencies taking audits suggest the place within the University may Laurence Kaptain School of Music have to repay School of Music dean from 2007 to 2009. $111,608 in fedThe audits eral funds. reviewed piano-related purchases Snook also purchased $25,732 within the School of Music from in piano parts using capital outlay July 2007 to January 2010 and funds after the Office of Facility found the school ordered repairs Planning and Control had disapfor more pianos than it had and proved such use, according to the violated state purchasing policies, audits. Payment for the parts was among other issues. made — the school never received The findings center on the in- the funds although the transaction volvement of former University was labeled complete. piano technician Bradley Snook, The audits also found Snook whom the audit said redirected made alterations to a University University funds to himself, con- grand piano necessitating a further ducted personal business on Uni- $11,500 in repairs. versity property without approval Kaptain admitted the oversight and made costly alterations to one was lax during this period and said of the University’s most expensive the college has since hired a more pianos, along with other record- qualified business manager. keeping violations.

Snook resigned from the University after investigations began and has been reported to the Baton Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at Rouge District Attorney’s office, xwilson@lsureveille.com according to School of Music Dean Laurence Kaptain.

Kaptain became dean in July 2009, and in January 2010 was approached by an out-of-town vendor who claimed a school bid was rigged. For purchases exceeding $25,000, the University must request formal sealed bids from five potential vendors, as per state rules.

“That was the first tip,” Kaptain said.

The most expensive issue uncovered by the audit centers around repairs to University pianos following Hurricane Gustav.

A legislative report on the same issue found Snook redirected funds paid for the repairs to himself.

The report said Snook had an outside vendor contract with the University to complete repairs.

Then Snook did much of the work himself by subcontracting with the vendor.

The University paid $105,074 for the repairs, of which $85,292 Snook received, the legislative audit found.

Since repairs were contracted for damage caused by Hurricane Gustav, the University was reimbursed the cost by the Federal

Inconsistencies found in repair costs

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‘We are not sure what, if any, work was done.’

Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

Violins whined, drums thumped and piano keys sang Saturday evening in Dodson Auditorium when the Music and Dramatic Arts College Council hosted a live broadcast of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Though the turnout was slim, those in attendance did more than watch the broadcast — they participated, joining audience members’ applause displayed on screen who were actually more than 1,000 miles away.

“We got a decent turnout,” said Carly Zimmerman, MDA College Council president. “We’re learning from this.”

Attendees paid $5, which partially went toward a fundraiser for MDA. Half the proceeds went to SpectiCast, the company that broadcasts the orchestra, and the other half went to MDA, though its members insist the broadcasting was more of an exposure opportunity than a fundraiser.

“We’re really doing it as more of a service,” said Matt Murray, MDA College Council member at large.

Council members said the broadcast was a test run for the future when they hope to do something like this again, possibly for free, which they think may increase turnout.

Zimmerman said SpectiCast charges a minimum to broadcast the orchestra, but the college council will try to negotiate.

“Something like this is to

transmit an appreciation for mu- lasted about two hours and insic,” said Collin Barry, MDA cluded music composed by Pyotr College Council Tchaikovsky, the treasurer.

“It’s Russian composer important for evof several ballets eryone to have an including “The appreciation for Nutcracker,” and music.”

James MacMillan, The college modern Scottish council members classical composalso said it’s imer.

Collin Barry portant for them The MDA colto keep pressing MDA College Council treasurer lege council will the worth of music put the proceeds amid the budget from the broadcast cuts looming over the school. toward its upcoming events, inAs a result of the cuts, the cluding its “Mystery Dinner Theschool hasn’t being able to attract ater” on April 2. as much out-of-state talent because of the lack of scholarships now awarded, some members say.

“A large percent of our school is out of state, and a large percent is Contact Andrea Gallo at on scholarship,” Barry said. agallo@lsureveille.com The philharmonic broadcast

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‘It’s important for everyone to have an appreciation for music.’

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

ENVIRONMENT

Professor researches methods to reduce highway pollution “Even if you have diesel oil spills, it will decompose that,” she said.

Hassan explained her team is testing the compound on two roads on campus — Aster Street and the Rachel Warren section of road that runs between Staff Writer the Student Union and the Parade Marwa Hassan thinks it’s time Ground. to clear the air.

She said the roads were sprayed Hassan is a construction man- with the compound Dec. 20, and the agement and industrial engineering team has been monitoring conditions assistant professor who’s been work- since spraying. ing on that very issue for more than Hassan said it’s important to test two years. both streets because they’re made of Hassan said her research is cen- different materials — Aster Street is tered on titanium dioxide, a com- covered with asphalt, and the road pound found in everyday things like near the Union is concrete. paint, sunscreen She said the and food coloring. team placed two She said it’s speed bumps on been discovered the road in front of that titanium dioxthe Union to cover ide is photocatalytequipment that ic, meaning it takes helps them monitor energy from the sun pollutants on the and speeds up the road. decomposition of A rubber hose pollutants. on the ground keeps Hassan said track of the amount Marwa Hassan her research began of traffic on the construction management with one specific street. and industrial engineering question: “Can we The team create photocatastores equipment in assistant professor lytic pavements?” a small trailer that She said much time and money is moved back and forth from the are spent trying to defend the planet Union to Aster Street. against vehicle emissions, and this Heather Dylla, construction technology could aid in the fight. management and industrial engi“The defense mechanism is the neering doctoral student and a memroad itself,” Hassan said. ber of Hassan’s team, said she visits Hassan said if the compound the trailer frequently to monitor the proves to be effective and efficient, study’s progress. she’d like to see it used on high-trafDylla explained everything in fic roads in the area. the trailer is an important part of She said it would likely be used the team’s research, including the in high-traffic areas. And Hassan weather station on its roof. said the compound may correct other “We can tell if the reaction is problems on the road. dependant on humidity,” she said.

Hassan’s study tests road composition

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‘[The study could be] used in the future as a method for controlling air pollution in urban areas.’

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Heather Dylla, construction management and industrial engineering doctoral student, explains the instruments used to measure pollutants on LSU’s campus.

A bucket on the roof collects rainwater and indicates if there is too much water accumulating on the ground.

“It needs water to work, but too much can reduce the number of pollutants adhering to the pavement,” she said.

Dylla said it’s important to place equipment that monitors pollution at ground level, accessing the proper air conditions.

But the speed bumps the team put in place in front of the Union have been problematic because of the amount of traffic the road sees, she said.

“Facility Services has to come out here and nail these back down

daily,” she said.

Hassan said she plans to monitor the two sites for a year and will decide where to go from there.

She said the study, which is being funded through the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency, will cost approximately $75,000 to conduct, not including the cost of materials and equipment.

“I could see it being used in the future as a method for controlling air pollution in urban areas,” Hassan said.

Jullian Scarborough, psychology junior, said she believes anything environmentally friendly is worth supporting.

“It’ll help our children in the long run,” she said.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

Monday, Feb. 28, 2011

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Law students volunteer around BR SBA hosts ‘Paws for a Cause’ event Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer

University law students gathered around the Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s outdoor pavilion Friday to drink beer and deservedly relax after a long day spent volunteering around the city.

Out of the more than 500 students enrolled in the law school, about 200 participated in the first Paws for a Cause event, where students spent time volunteering in DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille various ways at places like Good- Jennifer Hull, third-year LSU Law School student, organizes clothes Friday at will, the Baton Rouge Food Bank, Goodwill on College Drive during the first Paws for a Cause event.

Villa Del Rey Elementary School and Capital Area Family Violence threw away expired food, as well wanted to come back, we could as sorted donated foods based on just walk in the door. We don’t Intervention Center.

The event was hosted by the their containers, like boxes or cans. even have to make an appointMacke said ment,” Brouillette said.

Law Center’s StuMarshall Perkins, a first-year the volunteer work dent Bar Associaat the Food Bank law student who worked at the tion. was rewarding food bank, said the event was adSean Corcobecause no one vertised extensively, and he had ran president of is hired to do the heard about it from e-mails sent to SBA, said he work and it is left the student body by Corcoran. looked at other law “I thought [the event] was up to volunteers. schools for ideas Macke also great. Everyone was kind of on for service events.

Marshall Perkins said it was good the same page — just ready to do Corcoran said knowing the do- whatever. I didn’t hear any comPaws for a Cause first-year law student nated food was go- plaints,” Perkins said. was inspired by Summer Swanson, volunteer ing to families and a similar event coordinator for Capital Area Famput on by the University of North schools that need it.

Maryanna Broussard and Em- ily Violence Intervention Center, Carolina’s law students. Of UNC’s roughly 780 law students, how- ily Brouillette, second-year law said she had worked with law stuever, Corcoran said only about 100 students, said their time spent dents before, and they approached volunteering at Villa Del Rey El- her for volunteer opportunities. were involved.

Swanson said the volunteers, Graham Ryan, the executive ementary School involved reading vice president of SBA, said com- to children and emphasizing the who painted and potted plants at the center, did a fantastic job. pared with UNC’s student-volun- importance of literacy.

“I really enjoyed interacting teer ratio, the number of student volunteers Paws for a Cause at- with the kids and seeing their entracted was an improvement and a thusiasm,” Broussard said.

Brouillette said the experience bragging point.

William Macke, a first-year left a positive mark on her, and she Contact Kevin Thibodeaux at law student who volunteered at wants to go back.

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Visiting professor discusses population, climate change Brian Sibille Contributing Writer

The human population is steadily growing, said Jean-Marc Zaninetti, visiting geography professor from the University of Orleans, France, but increasing pressure on the earth’s resources will coincide.

Zaninetti explained the consequences of a rapidly growing population Friday at a University forum called “Why Malthus Was Probably Right,” in reference to controversial philosopher Thomas Malthus who suggested increasing population would negatively affect global society.

United Nations statistics show a population boom occurred in the 1950s, he said, and continuing growth has been exponential since. Zaninetti said the

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or all women. In this case, the Krewe of Artemis is an all-female parade, Bourg said.

“Mardi Gras is for all people,” Bourg said. “As long as it’s good, clean fun, it’s all just a party in my opinion.”

The Krewe of Artemis continues to be the first and only allfemale krewe in Baton Rouge. This year, the krewe included 17 New Orleans-style floats, three of which are “mega-floats” with 45 riders, Bourg said.

The krewe was also accompanied by 16 marching bands, including Port Allen and Walker high schools, and 15 entertainment groups, including the Roller Derby Girls, a Marine Corps Hummer and a Coast Guard boat, Bourg said.

“The Roller Derby Girls are very sweet and a hoot to be around,” Bourg said. “The Marines are also great to work with.”

Jeremy London, an actor who has appeared in “Party of Five,” “7th Heaven” and “Mallrats,” was the grand marshal at Friday’s parade, Bourg said.

“We were very excited to have Jeremy as our grand marshal, and it’s always great to have a star come out from Hollywood and join in the fun,” Bourg said.

Krewe members who contacted his agents said London was excited and ready to free his schedule to participate in the parade, Bourg said.

She said she doesn’t find Baton Rouge parades are different from parades elsewhere in the state.

“All krewes have their own distinct and unique flavor,” Bourg said. “Some are more traditional while others are very unique. It

U.N. expects the world’s population to peak in the latter half of the 21st century.

Zaninetti said there are two options for dealing with increasing population — adaptation or de-growth.

Adaptation would be humanity’s wisest choice, he said, but it may be difficult due to the strain a larger population would put on the planet’s resources.

He said the earth’s other option in coping with higher population, de-growth, isn’t favorable, but a forced decrease in population may occur if humanity is unwilling to adapt.

Stephen Beckage, geography graduate student, said Zaninetti’s data was convincing.

“If you listened to everything that he had to say, it’d be difficult to argue with him,” he said. just depends.”

Candice Myers, sociology graduate student, said she loves the Krewe of Artemis.

“I came to this exact parade last year,” Myers said. “It’s just a great parade.”

Josh Minyard, Myers’ boyfriend, said he enjoys Baton Rouge parades because of their proximity to his home.

“Most Baton Rouge parades are more family orientated,” Minyard said. “The day parades in New Orleans are pretty similar, but all the good stuff happens at night parades in the city.”

Walker resident Monica Miceliand and her daughter Jessica said they’ve been to parades in Metairie and Lafayette in addition to Baton Rouge.

“You don’t really see much alcohol,” Miceliand said about Baton Rouge parades. “I think they’re safer, and you don’t have to worry as much.”

Naicheng “Jason” Gu, accounting graduate student, said the Krewe of Artemis was his first Mardi Gras parade, and he was excited to see the procession unfold.

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

Adam McLain, biological sciences graduate student, said Zaninetti provided statistical proof for many of the theories McClain has read, and he said he agrees disastrous problems could arise if

individuals are not more cautious about environmental resources.

Human-made climate change is a potentially fatal problem, and more people on Earth will cause more harmful green house gas emissions, Zaninetti said.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Women’s team wins SEC title

g n i p e e w S p e Ke LSU bests Holy Cross in three weekend contests Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

The No. 20 LSU baseball team is not just winning games. It’s pulverizing opponents.

The Tigers completed their second-straight weekend sweep of the season after dominating Holy Cross, 15-4, on Sunday, marking their fourth-straight game scoring at least 10 runs.

Freshman second baseman JaCoby Jones smacked an RBI single through the right side of the infield in the second inning to stretch LSU’s lead to 3-0.

Jones, the No. 9 hitter in the lineup, is batting .571 in 2011 after going 6-for-8 this weekend, including a 4-for-4 night Friday.

“You can see why I was so excited about that kid,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

The scoring started early in the second inning. A deep fly ball off the bat of sophomore first baseman Alex Edward carried off the wall and brought in two runs.

“The wind definitely helped,” Edward said. “I was thinking [sacrifice] fly.”

Edward raised his season average from .250 to .375 after going 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs. Junior center fielder Mikie Mahtook smashed his team-leading fifth home run of the season in the third inning on a towering tworun shot to left field to increase LSU’s lead, 5-0.

LSU (7-0) took advantage of three Holy Cross (0-3) throwing errors in the fourth inning, including two by the pitcher on consecutive sacrifice bunts, to score two runs.

“That pitcher, who’s not normally the best athlete out there on defense, has to make a really good play,” Mainieri said. “It’s not surprising to me to see the guy throw a ball away.”

Senior pitcher Ben Alsup (2-0) gave up two runs in six innings of work. He worked his way out of trouble in the sixth inning when he induced a fly out to center field with two outs and the bases loaded.

The fifth inning was the only inning Alsup retired the Crusaders in order.

“I fell behind counts and walked a couple guys,” Alsup said. “But I kept fighting. It’s imperative to get that next guy and get out of the inning with as minimal damage as possible.”

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[Top] Junior shortstop Austin Nola catches a grounder Sunday during the Tigers’ 15-4 victory against Holy Cross.

[Bottom] Freshman pitcher Kevin Gausman throws Friday during the Tigers’ 12-3 win against the Crusaders.

Men place No. 3, excel individually Chris Abshire Sports Contributor

Victories in jumping events and the 800-meter run Saturday sparked the No. 2 LSU women’s track and field team to a Southeastern Conference championship at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Arkansas this past weekend.

While sprinting events have been the Lady Tigers’ strength throughout the season, secondand third-place finishes from senior Brittany Hall and sophomore Charlene Lipsey in the 800-meter run Sunday gave LSU 14 key points and late separation for a 135-118 margin against runnerup Arkansas. “[The points] came at a critical time ... before the 200 meters, and those two events really helped the women put the meet out of reach,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver.

LSU jumpers kicked off the scoring in a big way Saturday, accounting for 29 points. Freshman Jen Clayton took the long jump title and senior Brittani Carter won her second-straight SEC high jump championship.

The Lady Tigers excelled in the 60-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash, claiming 18 points and a sweep of the top two spots in each event.

In the hurdles, freshman Jasmin Stowers edged senior Tenaya Jones with an NCAA-qualifying time of 8.12 seconds while CHAMPIONSHIP, see page 15

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Vanderbilt rolls past LSU, 90-69 Second-half failure leads to Tigers’ loss Michael Lambert Sports Writer

LSU, barring a surprise run in the Southeastern Conference tournament, won’t be part of March Madness in a few weeks.

But six Southeastern Conference teams will likely make the NCAA tournament, including Vanderbilt, LSU’s most recent foe, and Georgia, the team’s next opponent.

ESPN’s update by Joe Lunardi

on Friday listed Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama as tournament competitors.

LSU’s 90-69 loss to No. 18 Vanderbilt (21-7, 9-5) on Saturday kept the Commodores a game ahead of Kentucky and Georgia for a firstround bye in the SEC tournament.

Lunardi lists Vanderbilt as a projected No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament.

The Tigers (11-18, 3-11) had the Commodores on the ropes after the first 20 minutes. Junior forward Storm Warren and freshman guard Ralston Turner put on a show for a sparse PMAC crowd in the first half, combining to score 32 of the Tigers’

43 first-half points.

“Ralston is our best player,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.”

With his team up, 43-41, at the half, Johnson said he was still worried in the locker room.

“I told the kids, ‘If we don’t defend, we’re going to struggle to win this game,’” Johnson said. “We had our best half offensively versus a ranked team. The law of averages is going to catch up.”

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LSU junior guard Chris Bass drives to the basket during the Tigers’ 90-69 loss Saturday at the PMAC. LSU held Vanderbilt back at halftime, 43-41.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers fall to No. 4 Volunteers in season finale Mark Clements Sports Contributor

Saving the best for last isn’t always the best strategy.

The LSU women’s basketball team (18-12, 8-8) faced its toughest opponent of the season Sunday in the regular season finale, falling 8060 to No. 4 Tennessee (28-2, 16-0).

“We did everything you can humanly do, we just caught a Tennessee team playing well. I’m proud of our kids,” said LSU coach Van Chancellor in a postgame radio interview.

Tennessee came out of the gates firing in the first half, hitting 17 of its first 25 shots and held a 24-point lead.

The Lady Volunteers finished the first half shooting 56.7 percent from the field for 44 points against the Lady Tiger’s seventh-ranked defense.

“They pulled up and shot jump shots I’ve never seen them make,” Chancellor said. “They just drilled the ball and they were hot early.”

The Tigers cut the halftime lead down to 13, ending the first half on an 11-0 run.

But Tennessee’s hot hand

proved too much as the Lady Vols finished the game shooting 44.8 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from beyond the arc.

LSU ended its streak of eight consecutive games holding its opponent to 55 points or less. Tennessee’s 80 points marks the highest output from an opponent since No. 1 Connecticut dropped 81 on LSU on Nov. 28.

“They have not shot the ball that well all year,” Chancellor said.

“We just couldn’t find an answer for them. But I can’t say enough good things about our team.”

One of those good things was a surprise performance from junior forward Courtney Jones, who finished the contest with a game-high 21 points to go along with 12 rebounds.

Jones’ outing marks her second double-double of the season and the highest rebounding performance of her career.

“She was ungodly defending, ungodly scoring … she was just doing it all,” Chancellor said. “I thought she played as well as she can play tonight.”

Also leading the way for the Lady Tigers was sophomore guard

Adrienne Webb — who finished with 17 points — and junior forward LaSondra Barrett, who had 15.

The win for Tennessee makes it the first team in the league to post a 16-0 regular season since the conference schedule expanded last year, and the first team to complete a perfect SEC season since LSU did it with a 14-0 mark in 2007.

The Lady Vols have won 19 consecutive games and clinched a 15th Southeastern Conference regular season title.

Despite the loss, LSU finished the regular season above the .500 mark for the 15th-straight season and earned a sixth seed in the SEC Tournament.

The Lady Tigers get a three day break before facing Alabama on Thursday night in Nashville, Tenn.

“We’re going to put all we have into that first game,” Chancellor said. “We’re going to go after it 100 percent.”

LSU defeated the Crimson Tide, 72-43, in their last meeting earlier this season.

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Swimmers record two season-best marks during Last Chance Meet Albert Burford Sports Contributor

The LSU men’s swimmers recorded two season-best marks and broke one LSU record during the weekend at the Last Chance Meet to improve their chances of qualifying for NCAA Championships.

The 200-yard medley relay team earned an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:26.14, which was nearly a half-second improvement from last weekend’s Southeastern Conference Championships.

The relay team, which included seniors James Meyers, Hannes Heyl and Eric Zeller as well as sophomore Andrei Tuomola, was only .14 seconds off the school record in the event.

“It’s going to be tight,” said LSU swimming coach David

Geyer of the relay’s chances of qualifying for Nationals. “They will probably be last in or first out.”

The 200-yard freestyle relay, consisting of Tuomola, Heyl, Zeller and freshman Michael Saco, clocked an NCAA ‘B’ cut with a time of 1:19.11.

Sophomore Craig Hamilton finished with an NCAA ‘B’ cut and an LSU-record time of 15:02.64 in the 1650-yard, or mile, freestyle.

Not all of this weekend’s swimming and diving action occurred in the water.

Eight LSU swimmers and divers earned SEC honors this weekend after earning fifth place at last week’s SEC Championships.

Five swimmers and divers were named to the All-SEC teams while three freshmen earned spots

on the SEC All-Freshman Team.

Senior Jane Trepp, the first LSU swimmer to earn an individual title at SEC Championships since 1997, earned Women’s First Team All-SEC honors.

Junior Samantha Goates and sophomores Amanda Kendall, Rebecca St. Germain and Jana Ruimerman earned spots on the Women’s All-SEC Second Team.

“We have the fastest and strongest conference in the country,” Geyer said. “So to have people on the All-SEC team is great.”

Lady Tigers Cari Blalock and Torrey Bussey won Women’s SEC All-Freshman Team honors, while diver Daniel Helm earned a place on the Men’s All-Freshman Team.

Contact Albert Burford at aburford@lsureveille.com

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LSU junior forward LaSondra Barrett looks to pass as Tennessee’s Taber Spani defends during the first half on Sunday, in Knoxville, Tenn. The Lady Tigers lost 80-60.

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SOFTBALL

Tigers take two, drop two at Classic LSU falls to two ranked opponents

Hunter Paniagua Sports Contributor

Teams with national rankings next to their names appear to be a difficult obstacle to overcome for the No. 20 LSU softball team.

LSU (12-5) fell to No. 3 Arizona and No. 14 California but defeated Fordham and Cal Poly at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. The Tigers are 0-3 against ranked opponents this season.

“Our team is struggling defensively and offensively,” freshman third baseman Tammy Wray said.

“But we’re staying on the small DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille things and hoping we can clean LSU junior Juliana Santos (2) takes a swing Feb. 13 at the Tiger Classic ourselves up and come out how we against LA Tech. The Tigers beat the Lady Techsters 10-2. should.”

LSU coach Yvette Girouard RBI in the seventh inning to propel “I thought we played really said injuries keep holding back the LSU’s comeback victory yesterday well against Arizona,” Girouard Tigers from reaching their poten- against Cal Poly in its final game of said. “We had some opportunities tial. to score. I thought we gave them as the tournament.

Senior third baseman Jes“Going into this tournament, good a game as anyone out here.” sica Mouse and senior outfielder we obviously started off rough,” LSU bounced back from their Ashley Applegate Wray said. “But loss Saturday to Cal with a 6-2 remain out of the that was definitely defeat of Fordham in which Young, lineup, and junior something that we Wray and junior outfielder Ashley first baseman Anneeded for our- Langoni belted back-to-back-toissa Young strugselves and as a back homeruns. gled with cramps “I was very concerned about confidence boostall weekend. that game being an overlooked er.”

“I feel like we The LSU de- game,” Girouard said. “But we hit could have a really fense had trouble three home runs back to back and special team if we keeping zeroes we survived that one.”

Yvette Girouard had all the parts to out of the error LSU softball coach the puzzle,” Gircolumn. The Tiouard said. “We gers combined for get one back, and 12 errors on the we lose somebody else. It’s been weekend, including five in an 11-3 Contact Hunter Paniagua at pretty frustrating. We’re surviving loss to Cal. hpaniagua@lsureveille.com right now, period.”

“It’s not like the balls are going Girouard said she doesn’t through anybody’s legs,” Girouard know when she can expect Mouse said. “It’s just a lack of communiand Applegate to be able to return cation with some inexperience and to the lineup. people being juggled around and “I was hoping [they would not making plays.” be back] by now, and they’re not The Tigers opened the tournain our lineup yet,” Girouard said. ment Friday with a 4-1 loss to Ari“I’m pretty concerned.” zona.

Mouse’s injury has given The Wildcats tagged junior Wray a spot in the starting lineup pitcher Brittany Mack for four runs where she has found success at the in 1 1/3 innings, but sophomore plate. pitcher Rachele Fico’s nine strikeWray totaled seven RBIs this out performance in relief gave Girweekend, including a game-tying ouard a positive spin on the defeat.

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BASEBALL

Weekend starters perform well against Holy Cross in sweep Andy Schwehm Sports Columnist

In a way, a baseball fan has to feel bad for Holy Cross, who walked into Alex Box Stadium for its opening weekend against an LSU team that was tearing the cover off the ball in its first four games of the season.

The Crusaders did what they could, scoring a few runs here and there. But it was all LSU from Friday night to Sunday afternoon.

NOTABLE Senior pitcher Ben Alsup made his second start of the season, but this one was not under the bright lights on a Friday night.

Alsup threw six innings Sunday, giving up one earned run on five hits while walking three and striking out one on a couple of extra days’ rest.

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri elected to give freshman Kevin Gausman his first Friday night start, allowing him to experience the pressure of opening a series.

Gausman fared well, giving up three earned runs in six innings while striking out seven and walking three on 92 pitches.

Kurt McCune one-upped his fellow freshman on Saturday,

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Pitcher Kurt McCune winds up for a pitch in Saturday’s 14-3 win against Holy Cross in Alex Box Stadium. McCune earned a win for his performance on Saturday.

giving up just one earned run in six innings to go along with three strikeouts while throwing 79 pitches.

On the offensive side of the ball, it was freshman second baseman JaCoby Jones who led the Tigers during the weekend, batting a scorching .750 with

four RBIs and four runs scored.

His backup, second baseman junior Mike Lowery, has also gotten off to a fast start this year, batting 2-for-2 Sunday to up his average to .833 on the year. He has only failed to reach base once in his six at bats this season.

For those keeping track,

LSU’s two second basemen have combined to hit 17-for-26.

But it wasn’t all pretty for LSU’s offense. Junior centerfielder Mikie Mahtook, who started off the season on a rampage, cooled off a little during the weekend, going 3-for-11.

Other streaks that stayed alive during the weekend were the hitting streaks of sophomore right fielder Mason Katz and sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes, who have hit safely in all seven games this season.

LINEUP CHANGES Mainieri elected to start junior catcher Jordy Snikeris on Sunday for the second time this season over freshman Ty Ross.

Ross has been struggling at the plate at the start of this season, and he went 2-for-8 in the first two games of the series with three RBIs, including a 1-for-5 performance on Saturday.

Snikeris didn’t fare much better, going 1-for-3, but he did manage to score two runs.

It isn’t uncommon for a coach to give a catcher rest every few games.

QUOTABLE Mainieri on Alsup’s outing and early-inning struggles: “We’d like to see him have a few more one, two, three innings so the coach’s stomach can have a break.”

Mainieri on Lowery’s fast start: “If he keeps going up there and having at bats like [he is], he’s going to find himself with some more playing time.”

Alsup on the difference between pitching on Friday night and Sunday afternoon: “Day and night.”

Alsup’s non-sarcastic remark on the difference between pitching on a Friday night and Sunday afternoon: “On Friday, basically you have the whole day to think about the game that night and what you are going to do. On Sunday, you wake up in the morning, and you just come to the field.”

STREAKS With their 15-4 victory Sunday, the Tigers have now scored 10 or more runs in four consecutive games. The last time an LSU team did that was back in 2009, when they scored at least 10 runs in six straight games.

Prior to 2009, it was back in 2003 that the Tigers accomplished four straight games with at least 10 runs.

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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GYMNASTICS

Tigers fall to Kentucky with lowest score of season Rob Landry Sports Contributor

Just when it appeared the LSU gymnastics team had hit its groove, it took a huge step backward.

The Tigers (2-8, 0-5) were forced to count two falls on the balance beam and one on the uneven bars en route to a 195.575-192.950 loss Friday night to Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. The score was their lowest of the season.

“The kids never were able to pick it up tonight,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux in a news release. “We made mistakes all over the place.

We have to find success in the practice gym and then bring it into the competition arena.”

LSU’s score was its lowest since the 2000 season when it scored a 192.600 in the first meet of that season.

Things went awry for LSU from the get-go.

The Tigers started the night on bars, where LSU scored a 48.575 after two falls forced them to count a 9.325 on the event.

LSU got things back on track temporarily in the second rotation with a 48.925 on the vault.

Junior Ashley Lee led the way on vault with a 9.85, and the lowest score the Tigers counted

was a 9.70.

At the midway point in the meet, LSU trailed Kentucky, 97.925-97.500.

But that was as close as the meet would be.

The third rotation wasn’t disastrous for the Tigers, but they were unable to pick up any ground on the Wildcats. LSU went 48.650 on the floor exercise while Kentucky was putting up the same score on the balance beam.

But the final rotation was when things fell apart for the Tigers.

Three Tigers fell off the beam, forcing them to count an 8.85 and an 8.925. LSU’s team score of 46.800 on the beam is its lowest on any event this season.

Friday night marked the fifth time in program history the Tigers have lost to the Wildcats.

Freshman Sarie Morrison had her streak of consecutive allaround titles snapped at three on Friday. She did claim the vault title, though, which is her 11th individual title of the season.

Kentucky senior Phylicia Reshard took home the all-around title. The Wildcats won four of the five individual titles on the evening.

“Our girls are disappointed.

They are not happy with what they

GOLF

LSU earns third place at invitational

Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor

Both LSU golf teams are in the hunt after strong showings Sunday morning.

The No. 7 Tigers, competing in the John Hayt Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., fired a 4-under-par 284, good enough for third place behind TCU and Auburn, who each shot 282.

Senior All-American John Peterson posted the lowest individual round of the day, shooting a 67 to lead LSU. Peterson made four birdies and a bogie on the back nine for a 33.

Fellow senior Ken Looper joined Peterson under par with a 70.

Freshman Andrew Presley finished his round at 1-over-par 73, and senior Andrew Loupe shot a pair of 37s to shoot 2-over par.

LSU finished last season’s invitational in second place.

Play resumes this morning.

The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday.

In the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, LSU senior Megan McChrystal and junior Jacqueline Hedwall shot matching 69s at English Turn Golf Club to pace the No. 4 Lady Tigers. LSU finished day one in third place, three shots behind host Tulane.

Eleven of the nation’s top 25 teams, and 24 of the country’s top 50 players are in action in New Orleans.

McChrystal, the nation’s No. 1 player, made five birdies and a pair of bogies. Hedwall made four birdies and an eagle to go with three bogies.

Junior Tessa Teachman posted a respectable 1-over-par round after making a quadruple bogie on the par-5 15th hole.

Freshman Austin Ernst, who shot a final round 69 en route to her first win as a Tiger last weekend, shot 80 on day one.

Round two of the three-day event begins at 8 a.m. Monday.

Contact Hunt Palmer at hpalmer@lsureveille.com

did,” Breaux said. “We have to be patient and understand that we have to turn this thing around and turn it around fast.”

The Tigers still have three

more meets — two on the road — in which they will attempt to boost their Regional Qualifying Score for NCAA Tournament seeding.

Next up for LSU is its home

finale against New Hampshire.

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

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TENNIS

Lady Tigers defeat Xavier, 6-0, break losing streak

Coats beat Melissa DeLoach 6-3, 6-1.

Things didn’t go as well for the LSU men’s tennis team (35), who fell 6-1 to No. 14 Texas A&M (8-3).

Katherine Terrell LSU sophomore Olivier BorSports Contributor sos and senior Julien Gauthier The LSU women’s tennis lost to Colin Hoover and Alberto team received a confidence boost Bautista, 8-4, to begin doubles on Sunday with a win against play. The Tigers No. 14 duo Xavier of New Orleans. of Neal Skupski and Sebastian The Lady Tigers (2-5) broke Carlsson tied it up, 1-1, with a their two-match losing streak win over the No. 1 ranked team against the Gold Nuggets (2-5), of Jeff Dadmo and Austin Krajidispatching them 6-0 at W.T. cek.

“Dub” Robinson Stadium.

But LSU junior Tom Knights LSU coach Tony Minnis said and sophomore Roger Anderson the team rebounded nicely from a lost 9-8 (7-3) Texas A&M’s Ju5-2 loss against Oklahoma State nior Ore and Alexey Grigorov for on Saturday. the deciding point.

“It feels good The Tito get a win,” gers’ only win Minnis said. “We in singles play have played a came from No. hard schedule 88 Skupski, who up to this point. defeated No. 29 I think the girls Krajicek in three needed that for sets (7-5, 6-7, 10confidence.”

5).

Tony Minnis X a v i e r LSU men’s LSU womens’ tennis coach played only five coach Jeff Brown players and was said he was forced to forfeit a singles match pleased with the effort in doubles to freshman Ariel Morton. It also and felt particularly proud of foreited a doubles match to fresh- Skupski and Carlsson, who won man Alexus Coats and freshman their eighth match in a row.

Hayley Everett. LSU won both “It came down to a tieof its matches to win the doubles breaker. We would probably take point. that most of the time, playing on LSU sophomore Keri Fran- the road against a good team,” kenberger and freshman Yvette Brown said. “[Skupski and CarlsVlarr defeated Xavier’s Carmen son] have been playing well.

Nelson and Amber Brown 8-0, They found a way to win against while senior Kylie Adamek and the best team in the nation.”

Morton defeated the sibling team The Tigers and Lady Tigers of Melissa DeLoach and Nicole will both begin Southeastern DeLoach, 8-1.

Conference play against Florida “I think we weren’t too hap- on Friday. The Lady Tigers will py with the result, and we really host the Lady Gators at Robinson wanted to jump on these guys,” Stadium, while the Tigers will said Frankenberger. “We just re- play on the road in Gainesville. ally wanted to get that win because [Saturday] was so tough.”

Frankenberger also defeated Contact Katherine Terrell at Nelson 6-1, 6-0 for her first sinkterrell@lsureveille.com gles win of the season. She received redemption for a 6-4, 7-6 loss to Oklahoma State’s C.C. Sardinha on Saturday.

“It definitely is a confidence booster,” Frankenberger said.

“I’ve had a slow start to the season and getting a win definitely felt good.”

Minnis used the match against Xavier to give some freshmen their first playing time of the season. Everett and Coats both received their first wins of the spring.

Everett defeated Xavier’s Ashley McGill 6-0, 6-0, while

Men fall to No. 14 Texas A&M, 6-1

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LSU sophomore Kaitlin Burns returns a shot against Oklahoma State University. The Lady Tigers lost, 5-2, to the Cowgirls.

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 SWEEPS, from page 9

While the Crusaders’ three errors in the fourth inning only led to two runs, fielding issues cost Holy Cross dearly Saturday.

LSU held a slim 3-2 advantage before scoring seven unearned runs with two outs in the third inning, catapulting the Tigers to a 14-3 win.

The inning could have ended before any damage was done. With the Tigers on first and second base, junior shortstop Austin Nola hit a line drive to Holy Cross freshman second baseman Andrew Barry.

The ball popped out of Barry’s glove. He then threw wide to first base for one of his three errors of the day, which loaded the bases.

Edward later walked to bring in the first run of the inning, marking the second-straight game the Crusaders walked in a run.

LSU stretched the lead to 5-2 on a wild pitch before freshman catcher Ty Ross added two more runs on a blooper to left field.

Jones made it 9-2 with a tworun home run, and sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes added an RBI double after junior left fielder Trey Watkins was hit by a pitch.

“That is a good quality [in] a team,” Mainieri said. “When the other team makes a mistake ... pounce on it and ... smell the blood in the water like a ravenous shark.”

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second-half points while the Tigers failed, shooting 8-for-32 from the field in the final 20 minutes.

“The story of this game is the defensive end,” Turner said. “Regardless of what we shot in the second half, Coach Johnson said that defense is what was going to win this game for us. That’s what lost it.”

A five-minute stretch in the second half allowed Vanderbilt to pull away with a 31-point win.

Sophomore guard Aaron Dotson hit a 3-pointer with six minutes left in the game, but LSU would not find the basket again until the 1:05 mark when Dotson put in a layup.

“The only disappointing thing for me was there was a six-minute part where I thought we stopped competing, and we got those glass looks on our faces because we didn’t make shots,” Johnson said.

While the Tigers were cold from the field, the Commodores were firing on all cylinders en route to a

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LSU junior infielder Tyler Hanover slides home Saturday despite Holy Cross catcher Steve Tkowski’s (33) effort during the Tigers’ 14-3 win in Alex Box Stadium.

Freshman pitcher Kurt McCune (2-0) threw four scoreless innings after surrendering a two-run home run in the top of the second.

After giving up the home run, McCune struck out the next batter and induced a fly out to Nola to end the second inning.

“That reminded me of [former pitcher] Louis Coleman,” Mainieri said. “That’s what Coleman used to do: He’d give up a home run and strike the next batter out.”

LSU’s middle infield was the story Friday night as Jones and Nola combined for six hits and four RBIs in LSU’s 12-3 victory.

Freshman pitcher Kevin Gausman (1-0) gave up three runs, including a two-run home run, struck out seven and walked three Crusaders.

“I’m just getting used to the atmosphere that’s here on Friday nights,” Gausman said. “It’s pretty crazy.”

49-point second half.

Vanderbilt knocked down four 3-pointers in a span of 2:41 in the second half to help the team reach the 90-point pinnacle, the most points LSU has allowed all season.

“We became the aggressor,” said Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings. “I talk so much about the team that’s the aggressor is the team that has the advantage. We made shots, and we made shot three there in a little spurt.”

Warren, who has made strides since recovering from an Achilles injury, posted a career-high 24 points Saturday, but other players were held to quiet outings.

Freshman forward Matt Derenbecker was silenced with zero points and junior forward Malcolm White managed one point off a free throw.

“This team is only as good as all 10 or 11 of them who are playing,” Johnson said. “There are some guys you couldn’t find today.”

The Bulldogs, the Tigers’ next opponent Wednesday in Athens, Ga.,

are also fighting for their postseason lives.

Georgia is in contention for a bye in the SEC East and are currently a projected 12th seed in the NCAA tournament, according to Lunardi.

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sophomore All-American Kimberlyn Duncan topped junior Semoy Hackett in the 200 meters.

Overall, LSU had four event winners and six runner-up finishers.

For the men’s squad, the meet was a blend of fantastic individual performances and mixed team results.

The No. 2 Tigers finished third, behind Arkansas and runaway winner Florida.

Senior Walter Henning continued his record-setting season with a third-straight conference title in weight throw, while junior Michael Lauro captured second.

Sprinters junior Horatio Williams and senior Gabriel Mvumvure combined for third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash.

The pole vault was also a bright spot for the Tigers, as junior Marcus McGehee’s second place finish and two other topfive results accounted for 17 team points.

Despite the seemingly disappointing finish, Shaver said the men’s team placed where he expected, adding that he wouldn’t be surprised if they finished higher at the NCAA Championships in March.

“We’re a much better NCAA Championship team than SEC Championship team because of the nature of the SEC meet and its focus on distance events and extended depth,” Shaver said.

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SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE

Obama limits scope of conscience clauses

On Feb. 18, the Obama Administration repealed significant portions of an executive order signed by former President George W. Bush, which dramatically broadened existing protections for doctors and nurses who refused to perform controversial procedures, based solely on religious or moral grounds.

Laws and orders similar to Bush’s “conscience clause” have been on the books since abortion first became legal in the U.S. in the 1970s. Historically, doctors and nurses retained the right to refuse performing an abortion or sterilization, but no other medical personnel were given this right, and it was only applicable for those two procedures.

On Jan. 20, 2009, the last day of his presidency, George W. Bush enacted a set of controversial modifications to existing conscience laws, which extended new protections to any medical personnel unwilling to perform any duties at odds with their religious or moral convictions.

The Bush Administration’s vague wording tacitly sanctioned medical vigilantism, allowing not just doctors and nurses, but also pharmacists, medical technicians, receptionists and even janitors to abstain from any duty for any moral or religious reason. Critics argue, under Bush’s provisions, a pharmacist could refuse to sell birth control and doctors could be permitted to refuse care to homosexual patients due to their religious beliefs.

President Obama expressed his intent to revise the conscience clause in the early days of his presidency, but delayed any action until after a consensus was reached by the Department of Health and Human Services. After soliciting input on the issue from the public, the department reviewed more than 300,000 comments and decided to modify Bush’s provisions rather than repeal them completely.

Bush’s changes weren’t all bad, as they improved enforcement of existing conscience laws. Despite the existence of conscience laws, before 2009 there was a lack of official protocol for enforcement of these regulations and there were no official channels through which doctors or nurses could appeal a perceived infringement of their rights.

Obama elected to retain Bush’s provisions for enforcement, but

opted to restrict refusal rights to doctors and nurses opposed to abortion or sterilization.

There are dozens of reported cases of pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control or sell the morning after pill due to their religious beliefs. Personally, I don’t understand how a pharmacist who believes abortion is murder can rationalize refusing to sell a woman birth control or Plan B. If a woman is refused birth control either before having sex or after birth control failure and she does become pregnant, there is at least a chance she will Andrew Shockey abort her pregnancy later.

Columnist Even if a pharmacist believes human life begins at conception, birth control and Plan B do not terminate pregnancies — they prevent them from ever occurring. Refusing to provide a woman with birth control will drastically increase the chances of her getting pregnant, and like it or not, increase the chances of her having an abortion.

Refusing to sell Plan B is especially questionable since the drug has a brief window of effectiveness.

If terminating a pregnancy is tantamount to killing a human being, then “pro life” pharmacists should be all for preventing pregnancy from the beginning if there is any chance it will end with an abortion.

I understand many Christians oppose birth control despite shaky biblical justifications, but how can the sin of using birth control outweigh the sin of committing murder?

While President Obama continues to infuriate conservatives and alienate liberals, this is one case where I believe his administration made the right call. Protect doctors from what they believe is murder and force pharmacists to do their jobs.

SHOW ALL COMMENTS As usual, the Opinion Section of our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments. Check it out today, and let your voice be heard.

Regarding Chris Grillot’s column, “A firsthand look at Tigerland’s discriminatory dress codes,” readers had this to say: “Are you saying being called a ‘GDI’ is derogatory in some way? I usually take being independent from a ‘friend buying money pit’as a compliment. To each his own.”

-Anonymous

“All of the Bars in Tigerland are private establishments which means they can do what they want. This means they can have a dress code if they want. They are not trying to keep any type of people out, they are just trying to make the look nice while they drink in there bar. If you want to go to the bar you must follow there rules. Really, every guy has at least one polo just wear it. You do not have to like it but if you want to get in the door you have to wear it. And, if you don’t like that then just don’t go. There are other bars that don’t have dress codes they are just not in Tigerland.”

-Anonymous “Why does the reveille take so

many shots at greeks? Im in a fraternity and it occasionally bothers me, because of how unmerited it is.

The amount of anti-greek sentiment found amongst the non-greeks far exceeds any sort of ‘gdi hate’ perpetuated by greeks. If you read up just a bit, you would see the great deal of good these organizations do for LSU and its campus. These kind of articles do a great deal more harm than any dress code found at a bar in tigerland.”

-Anonymous “You speak the truth once again Mr. Grillot. I too, have a dream. I have a dream that one day our Tigerland bars may accept people not based on color or dress-code, but on merit of beer-pong skill and dance.

I have a dream that our fellow girlfriends, whether dating in Greek society or not, be allowed to drink in the same bar, dance on the same floor, and throw-up in the same trash can as their Greek brethren’s girlfriends. I have a dream that one day we may be equal, and therefore have the privilege of frequenting every equally trashy bar that Tigerland has to offer us. I tell you this, I have a dream.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Flagship Advocates seek to make positive difference The Flagship Advocates are seeking members to help us fight for our premier university. The focus of our flagship aspiration? To optimize our distinguished university through elaborate discussion and reinforced advocation at the state capitol. In our most recent meeting, we discussed the budget crisis of Louisiana and conceivable reforms for her educational system.

We plan to visit legislators across the state on behalf of LSU. This is a glorious opportunity for students to participate in our flagship agenda and intensify an organization that seeks to make a difference; we welcome any new potential member to join. If you are interested, please e-mail flagshipadvocates@ gmail.com.

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Quote of the Day “Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.”

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Going green is a great way to put money back in your pocket College life, for most of us, is all about living it up on a low budget. We hit up the bars on days we can get free drinks, and we avoid eating out on occasion because it’s just too pricey. Frugality is the essence of our livelihood, but it should also extend to where we live.

Let’s face it, residence halls and even off campus apartments aren’t anywhere near as cheap as we would like them to be. Living in one of the most expensive residence halls on campus, I can feel my money practically burning away every semester.

But what if I told you there’s a way to reduce your rent — not only on campus but off campus, as well?

It’s called living green.

And no, it’s not just a cheesy eco-friendly, hippie thing. It has its economic perks, too. According to Residential Life’s

Communication Manager Jay High, if each of us did one little thing to lessen the amount of energy we use, it could significantly impact the rent we pay on campus.

For each residence hall, there’s an allotted budget that comes in partially from the residents themselves, and when the utility bills increase, Priyanka Bhatia the cost of living does, too. In Columnist essence, every dollar spent on utility bills is one less dollar spent on residential hallsponsored events or one less dollar in our pockets.

It sounds a lot like we’re ripping ourselves off.

Thankfully, Catherine David, ResLife Communications Coordinator, has a way to help us stop this

madness.

For the past two years she’s organized a campus competition known as Unplugged during the month of March, which was based on a global ad agency, Saatchi and Saatchi’s “Do One Thing” campaign.

Unplugged is meant to show students that if everyone made one small change, it could have a great impact.

Whether it’s taking the stairs instead of the elevator or just taking shorter showers, Unplugged is a competition meant to utilize the idea that little changes make a huge difference.

And it’s been working.

LSU residential halls like McVoy, Blake and Broussard utilize brand new, energy-efficient systems where various lighting, heating and water utilities have been replaced, and energy savings from students is easier than ever.

But it gets better — High says the upcoming building plans will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified, which means our residential halls will be recognized as leading, eco-friendly buildings.

With more sustainable building and more energy savings campus-wide, there’s hope yet, not only for lower rent but for a more positive lifestyle.

All it takes is a little effort.

According to “Bright Hub,” a website featuring articles on sustainability, leaving computer monitors on overnight, or not having them on energy saving modes wastes 9 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. Whether global warming is real, such an excessive amount of carbon dioxide couldn’t possibly be healthy for the environment.

Turning off the computer, is one of the easiest things we could

do — and the fact that it could save such an extravagantly large amount of gas is something we need to realize.

If the campus, with 17 residence halls, can manage to make such a dramatic change, then why on earth can’t each of our 30,000 students?

For the school, it could take millions of dollars, but for each of us, switching to a greener lifestyle is as easy as turning off your monitors and turning on your thinking cap.

Just do it.

Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year old pre-veterinary medicine major with a minor in environmental management systems. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Pbhatia.

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American legislation denies citizenship and defies logic Alicia Adcox The Blue Banner

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (UWIRE) — We are not all Americans, at least not according to some Republicans.

Legislation proposed last month by Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and David Vitter of Louisiana aims to close what they call the birthright citizenship loophole. The 14th Amend-

ment established the birthright citizenship and states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”

This amendment means children born in the United States, no matter the citizenship status of their parents, are considered American citizens.

But Paul and Vitter hope to

change that.

In an article Vitter published through CNN, he wrote, “I believe the policy of birthright citizenship is incompatible with both the text and the legislative history of the 14th Amendment, which is why I recently introduced legislation so that a person born in the United States to illegal immigrants does not automatically gain citizenship unless at least one parent is a legal citizen, a lawful permanent

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resident (green card holder) or an active member of the Armed Forces.”

According to a study published by the Pew Hispanic Center, 8 percent of U.S. births in 2008 were to unauthorized immigrants.

The study also stated in 2009 about 4 million U.S.-born children under the age of 18 residing in the U.S. had unauthorized immigrant parents.

And now, these children’s futures are in jeopardy.

If the legislation passes, then children born in America to unauthorized parents will no longer be considered Americans.

They will be forced to go through the long process of obtaining green cards or becoming naturalized citizens.

If not, they risk being deported to their parents’ native country.

These children, who were born in America and formerly considered part of an American society, will be displaced. If they do not belong in America, where do they belong?

Certainly not in a foreign country where they have no allegiance, and which they have possibly never even visited.

Alongside Vitter’s article on CNN, Rep. Michael Honda of California, a Democrat who opposes this legislation, published another.

Honda wrote, “Denying citizenship to persons born in the United States who do not meet this new Republican interpretation could produce tens of thousands of people with undeterminated nationality each year and lead to a bureaucratic nightmare.”

He also wrote that according to a study by UCLA professor Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, deportation plans of America’s undocumented

immigrants would cost the U.S. $2.6 trillion during the next 10 years, while embracing comprehensive immigration reform would add $1.5 trillion.

Closing the birthright citizenship loophole would obviously not be the most cost-effective solution to America’s immigrant population.

If closing this loophole could be so detrimental to America’s already struggling economy, why are Republicans pushing to make it happen?

This issue raises ethical concerns, not just financial concerns.

What would happen to the millions of people born on U.S. soil to unauthorized immigrant parents if they no longer belonged anywhere? This fight is not over yet. This legislation still has to pass votes in both the Congress and Senate.

Democrats who oppose this solution will have their opportunity to make sure it does not pass the vote, but America cannot rely on them alone.

All Americans need to make their stand.

The government cannot be allowed to tell children born in this country that they are not Americans.

Write letters to state representatives, sign a petition or start a protest if that’s what it takes to stop the government from denying a person their right to call themselves American.

America may have a problem with the rising numbers of illegal immigrants, but redefining the 14th Amendment is not the solution.

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