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News: State officials ramp up flood security, p. 4 Wednesday, May 4, 2011 • Volume 115, Issue 136

Students to march to Capitol today for higher ed rally Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

Despite the cancellation of Tuesday’s “Rally for Higher Education,” students are scheduled to storm the Capitol today from noon to 2 p.m.

Bradley Wood, biology and philosophy senior, said “Rally Day at the Capitol” is not limited to higher education.

Wood, founder of the campus organization ProudStudents, said the rally will be hosted by Better Choices for a Better Louisiana, a group that

seeks “to improve the quality of life in our state and invest in Louisiana’s future.” He said BCBL serves as an umbrella for various public programs. The group invited all member organizations to gather at the Capitol to “urge lawmakers to adopt a budget that includes new revenues.”

According to BCBL, an approach based on cutting education, human services and health may have negative long-term consequences.

Wood said though he encourages students to participate in the initiative, he does not expect a huge student turnout because of finals.

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Alabama native Dustin Williams helped his family to safety by following online news.

Twister hits Alabama natives far from home Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

Dustin Williams’ eyes were fixed on his computer screen as he watched tornadoes rip through the state he calls home.

And though he was miles away from the storm’s path, his heart was with his family.

Williams is one of several students at LSU originally from Alabama, devastated by tornadoes that tore through the state a week ago.

Williams, a Hispanic studies graduate student, said he watched and tracked footage of the storm from Baton Rouge and relayed information to his family in Alabama.

“They lost power — no Internet, no news,” he said. “I would call them and tell them to run and get into the closet.”

He recounted conversations throughout the day, noting a call with his best friend.

“He literally started screaming, ‘The sky is green and I see the funnel cloud’ and hung up,” Williams said. “I freaked out in front of Hodges Hall.”

Williams frantically texted his friend until he responded 45 minutes later. He said this type of delay in conversation became a pattern because of bombarded cellular networks and destroyed towers.

Stressed and worried, Williams canceled the rest of his plans for the day and went home to watch the coverage.

“I felt so helpless,” Williams said. “I was a nervous wreck, and I still am.”

Williams said as he remotely witnessed the storm, he felt part of the disaster.

“I was watching and thinking, ‘This is our home. It’s where we grew up, and now it’s gone,’” Williams said.

Alabama native Hallie Luckianow, communication disorders senior, said she felt helpless as she watched live coverage.

“When you’re two states away, what do you do?” she asked.

AWAY FROM HOME, see page 6

“I think people who will attend will be those who have participated in the past and know what’s going on,” Wood said.

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

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A car sits amid massive tornado damage in the Carter’s Gin community of Huntsville, Ala., on Monday.

University groups send aid, school supplies Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

Though it’s been a week since a string of devastating tornadoes swept through the South, a whirlwind of relief efforts are just beginning. And the University is on board, according to Claire Biggs, mass communication senior.

Biggs is the organizer of a campus-wide relief effort to collect backpacks and supplies for University of Alabama students and citizens of Tuscaloosa, Ala. “I [am collecting] backpacks because people are graduating soon,” Biggs said.

The campaign began this week, and Biggs said she has received an influx of supplies and support within just a few days.

“I had very few connections in Alabama, but within the past 12 hours I’ve made tons,” she said.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Supply drives: Claire Biggs, clairembiggs@gmail.com Caroline Gladney, cwgladney@crimson.ua.edu • American Red Cross Blood Donation: Designate for Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Money Donation: UA Acts of Kindness fund bit.ly/uaactsofkindness • Volunteer opportunities: ua.edu/tornadorelief

Biggs, who set up a Facebook page for the drive, said she is asking people to donate backpacks or tote bags filled with items.

She said she is collecting everything from toothbrushes to bug spray.

“When you hear ‘people need help,’ you think of money,” Biggs said. “But you don’t need to spend any money to help. Just donate things you have.”

Biggs said she plans to bring collected supplies to Alabama.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

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Gaza demonstrators condemn Osama bin Laden’s death in rallies

W.Va. man accused of killing neighbor’s goat while high on salts

Ray Nagin will release memoir in June titled “Katrina’s Secrets”

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some two dozen Palestinians gathered in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to pay tribute to slain al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

About 25 people holding pictures and posters of bin Laden rallied outside a Gaza City university.

The crowd included al-Qaida sympathizers as well as students who said they opposed bin Laden’s ideology but were angry at the U.S. for killing him and consider him a martyr.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man found wearing women’s underwear and standing over a goat’s carcass told police he was high on bath salts.

Mark L. Thompson of Alum Creek was arrested at his home Monday. A criminal complaint charges the 19-year-old with cruelty to animals. Sheriff’s Deputy J.S. Shackelford says witnesses reported Thompson standing near a neighbor’s pygmy goat in a bedroom. He was wearing a bra and panties. The goat had at least one stab wound.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Nagin, the mayor when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, is releasing his storm memoir in June.

He sent an e-mail and Twitter notes Tuesday about the book, titled “Katrina’s Secrets: Storms after the Storm.”

“Book release June 8. Year to complete. Discovered lot of truth missing from K experience,” his tweet read. “Our story is provacative (sic) & inspirational. Hidden secrets are finally revealed.”

Mayor Bloomberg: Obama will be in NYC for 9/11 anniversary

Legislature proposes $89 million standstill budget for next fiscal year

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in New York City at the formal opening of the national memorial to the nearly 3,000 people who died in the terrorist attacks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.

“I certainly think it’s terribly important for him to come on 9/11/11. And he will be there. At least the staff has told me that he will come,” Bloomberg said at an unrelated City Hall news conference. “I think it’s perfectly appropriate for him to come.”

(AP) — Even as cuts have been levied on departments across state government, Louisiana’s legislative leaders are proposing a standstill budget for the House, Senate and other legislative agencies next year.

An $89 million legislative budget was proposed Tuesday for the 2011-12 fiscal year that begins July 1, about the same amount allocated last year, before a round of midyear cuts and after several years of slashing to health services and education programs in other agencies.

Scientologists say Russia lifts ban on the organization’s publications MOSCOW (AP) — The Church of Scientology says Russian authorities have lifted a ban on some of its publications.

A statement on the website of the organization’s Russian branch says 29 books and lectures by the movement’s founder L. Ron Hubbard were banned in late April after a court in the Siberian city of Surgut found them “extremist.”

Ministry officials refused immediate comment, but an online list of extremist literature did not mention Scientology materials Tuesday evening.

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A Palestinian carries a picture Tuesday of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden as he and others march during a rally in Gaza City.

UN experts: World population to reach 10.1 billion by 2100 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The number of the world’s people is expected to grow from nearly 6.9 billion currently to 9.3 billion by 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100, U.N. population experts said Tuesday.

The projections are used by the U.N. and its many agencies to devise and fund programs for world problems. The U.N. said in a report on world trends released Tuesday that global population is expected to officially hit 6.9 billion on July 1 and 7 billion on Oct. 31.

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ECONOMY

Local businesses see increase in sales during graduation season Seniors reflect on ideal grad gifts

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Kate Mabry Contributing Writer

With graduation approaching, seniors are ready to put down their books and celebrate while many of their family members and friends search for the perfect graduation gifts in local Baton Rouge shops — some of which see spikes in sales during grad season.

Sheliah Landry, clerk at Gayle’s Hallmark Shop on Hooper Road, said sales at the shop increase dramatically around graduation time.

The shop sells graduation gifts including autograph hounds, coffee mugs, picture frames and tassel holders. Themed gifts for nurses, doctors and teachers are also available at the store, Landry said.

“We have a whole host of appropriate graduation gifts,” Landry said.

Brandon White, sales associate at Things Remembered on Bluebonnet Boulevard, said he believes Things Remembered is the perfect place to buy graduation gifts because their items are more unique and personal than most other stores.

Customers can request to have special memos engraved on their purchases as well as the student’s name and graduation date.

“A lot of times, we also engrave the school name and incorporate the school colors,” White said.

Gifts at Things Remembered include personalized ink pens, water globes, padfolios and USB key chains.

White said he recommends buying the leather zipper padfolio, which can hold pens, business cards and a cellphone, for graduating business seniors.

With high school and college graduations approaching this spring, White said business at Things Remembered has increased.

“We see a lot of students coming into the store at this time of year,” he said.

While Gambino’s Bakery on Goodwood Boulevard is wellknown for its elaborate and delicious baked goods, the store also sells specialized graduation cakes.

Jaclyn Lacaze, assistant manager at Gambino’s, said customers

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Rafael Cuevas, renewable natural resources grad student, helps an elementary school student handle crawfish Tuesday during AgMagic, an event featuring divisions of Louisiana agriculture. See more photos at lsureveille.com.

can bring photos to the store and have their ideas incorporated into the cake.

“Each cake varies from person to person,” Lacaze said. “Some of the most unique ideas include images of gowns and hats.”

Nia Scaffidi, marketing senior, said she hopes to receive money when she graduates in May in addition to a trip to Europe from her parents.

“I’ve always wanted to go, and I figure this is my last chance because I’ll officially be in the real world after graduation,” Scaffidi said. “I’d also love it if jobs could be given out as gifts at graduation because it’s a lot harder to find one than I thought.”

David Bray, mechanical engineering senior, said his parents

have paid most of his tuition while at the University, and he believes that was the best gift he could have received.

“Other than that, I might have a dinner with my family to celebrate,” Bray said. “If I were going to be unrealistic, a job, car or trip to Paris for a month would probably top my list.”

Elizabeth Berry, sociology senior, said she hopes her parents will help her with a down payment on a new car after graduation.

“I’d really like to have a new car, and it would really help me out,” Berry said.

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CRIME BRIEFS University student arrested during Kappa Alpha’s Old South event A 21-year-old student was forcefully removed from a bus April 30 and arrested for resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by intoxication.

LSU Police Department officers were called to four charter buses on East Campus Drive near the Paul M. Hebert Law Center around 7 p.m. when a bus driver refused to allow Lyons Walsh, of 4000 Lake Beau Pre #120, to attend the trip to a plantation, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.

Tabor said the bus driver complained Walsh was being belligerent and aggressive. Walsh refused to get off the bus, so LSUPD had to forcefully remove him.

Walsh was uncooperative and refused to provide information during booking.

Walsh was eventually booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Tabor said.

Man receives DWI after driving wrong way down one-way street LSUPD arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on April 29 for DWI after he was pulled over for driving the wrong way down East Fraternity Circle.

LSUPD stopped Gerald Domingue, 20, of 71174 Ketch Place in Abita Springs, around 2 a.m. and administered field sobriety tests, Tabor said.

Tabor said Domingue was then transported to the LSUPD office, where he refused to take a breathalyzer test.

Domingue was booked in EBR Parish Prison.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

RIVER CRISIS

Planned student protest State officials increase fizzles Tues. at Capitol flood protection efforts Matthew Albright Chief Staff Writer

Plans for a protest on the steps of the State Capitol fizzled Tuesday amid chilly, drizzly weather.

The protest, planned by student activist group EducateLA, was supposed to bring students to the Capitol’s steps as legislators consider several bills that will impact the University.

Two buses were scheduled to take students from the Student Union to the Capitol. The first bus went empty, and the second bus brought a single student, finance senior Stephanie Brewer.

“I was expecting to see a lot of people out here,” Brewer said.

“When I got on the bus, I figured everybody else must have driven. I guess I was wrong.”

The Facebook group for the event had 170 students marked “attending,” with 251 marked “maybe attending.”

Many students posted on the group’s wall, saying class or exams would prevent them from attending.

EducateLA spokesman John Parker Ford told The Daily Reveille on Monday that he hoped to see between 500 and 1,000 students attend.

The group had hoped students from other schools in South Louisiana would show up at the rally, but none did.

J Hudson, EducateLA president, said the day was not wasted despite the lack of student attendance. He

said about 10 EducateLA representatives entered the Capitol, talked to legislators and voiced student concerns.

“We wanted to make sure legislators saw that students were interested in the legislation they were considering and make sure they heard students’ voices,” Hudson said.

EducateLA had purchased 2,000 pounds of crawfish to be doled out at the Capitol, according to the Facebook group.

Hudson said the group brought the food back to campus, where it was distributed — along with EducateLA’s message — at various locations throughout campus, including Greek houses and churches. The crawfish and buses were paid for by Jim Bernhard of the Shaw Group.

EducateLA has four main goals: limit state appropriation cuts to higher education to less than 10 percent, prioritize higher education within the state, require a clear funding formula from the Board of Regents that will not change yearly and reduce bureaucracy costs in higher education.

Another unrelated protest, titled “Rally at the Capitol: Protect Higher Education,” is scheduled for the Capitol steps today.

That group’s Facebook page showed 100 students marked “attending” and 311 marked “maybe attending” at press time.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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State and city officials are ramping up efforts to prepare for about a month of possible flooding as the Mississippi River continues to swell.

The river threatens to exceed the historic highs reached in 1927, when collapsed levees caused widespread flooding.

State officials say levees have been rebuilt higher and stronger since then.

The river’s tributaries have been dumping more than twice their normal volume into the Mississippi for days. Increased rainfall in the Ohio River Valley exacerbated the problem, Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a news conference Tuesday.

Jindal said prisoners would be evacuated from Angola State Penitentiary in stages as the river rises.

New data shows peak flow reaching 47.5 feet. Flood stage in Baton Rouge — the level when the river overtops banks without levees — is 35 feet.

Jindal has put multiple state agencies on alert, including the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, the Louisiana National Guard, State Police, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Coastal Restoration & Management, Department of Children and Family Services and the

Department of Health & Hospitals.

Jindal said the state is considering opening long-unused spillways to drain water.

Jindal said millions of sandbags and thousands of shelter spaces have been made available.

The projected crest, or maximum height, is projected to hit Baton Rouge around May 21.

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden said in a news conference Tuesday that the city government is monitoring levees throughout the parish and will stack sandbags in the lowest areas.

He called the rising tide an “issue of the utmost importance.” He also said “we are not at the stage of pushing the panic button.”

Holden said the only potentially catastrophic threat was levees breaching, a possibility he said was unlikely. He said the city government is monitoring levees throughout the parish and will stack sandbags in the lowest areas.

Vehicle traffic along levees is closed for the foreseeable future, Holden said.

Flooding upriver has forced the Corps of Engineers to blow holes in levees to reduce pressure.

At some points the river was measured at 61.7 feet and rising.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

WEATHER

RIVER CRISIS

Hurricanes Miss. river blast eases pose risk threat in Ill. town to 1.8 M coastal homes The Associated Press

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones, according to a report released Tuesday.

The report by CoreLogic, a private real estate data firm, focused on the potential impact of storm surge, which is the indirect damage from water and flying debris triggered by strong winds.

Roughly two-thirds of the homes cited in the report are located outside Federal Emergency Management Agency flood zones.

Storm surge can cause extensive damage when seawater breaks through structures and carries debris with it. That’s what happened in New Orleans in 2005, when storm surge from Hurricane Katrina broke the levee system and flooded most of the city and surrounding parishes.

The homes most at risk are concentrated in Virginia Beach, Va., New Orleans, Tampa, Long Island, N.Y., and Miami. The report examined the exposure of a single home to storm surge in 10 U.S. metro areas. It used computerized models, which generated the probability of a hurricane hitting a particular area, residential density rates, elevation, levees and barriers and water depths along those coastal areas.

The report also looked at the damage caused by a storm’s direct impact. Florida and Texas are the states most vulnerable to a direct hit. Corpus Christi, Galveston and Houston and Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach and Tampa were cited as facing the greatest risk in those states.

The areas potentially most affected by a Category 5 hurricane, the highest category storm with wind gusts of at least 156 mph, include the waterside resort city of League City, Texas, near Houston; the Palmetto and Perrine sections of south Miami, near Biscayne Bay; and the Tampa suburb of Port Richey.

Over the past decade, eight Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The last one to hit was Hurricane Felix in September 2007, which left more than $700 million in damage and killed 133 people, mostly in Nicaragua.

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WYATT, Mo. (AP) — The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland Tuesday, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the Mississippi River.

But the blast near Cairo, Ill., did nothing to ease the risk of more trouble downstream, where the mighty river is expected to rise to its highest levels since the 1920s in some parts of Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

“We’re making a lot of unfortunate history here in Mississippi in April and May,” said Jeff Rent, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

“We had the historic tornados, and now this could be a historic event.”

The Army Corps of Engineers was considering making similar use of other “floodways” — enormous basins surrounded by giant levees that can be opened to divert floodwaters.

A staccato series of explosions lit up the night sky Monday over the Mississippi with orange flashes and opened a massive hole in the Birds Point levee. A wall of water up to 15 feet high swiftly filled corn, soybean and wheat fields in southeast Missouri.

Upstream at Cairo, which sits precariously at the confluence of the swollen Mississippi and Ohio rivers, preliminary readings suggested the explosion worked.

But across the river, clearing skies gave a heartbreaking view of the inundation triggered by the demolition. The torrent swamped an estimated 200 square miles, washing away crop prospects for this year and damaging or destroying as many as 100 homes.

A group of 25 farmers sued

the federal government Tuesday, arguing that their land had been taken without adequate compensation.

At a spot along the Birds Point levee, 56-year-old Ray Presson looked through binoculars to see just how high the water stood at his 101-year-old home and the 2,400 acres he farms around it.

Presson is staying with a cousin in nearby Charleston, and he’s not sure when, or if, he’ll get to go home.

“It could be La. three weeks. It could officials be two months,” he brace for said. “The governnot giving abnormal ment’s us any kind of timerise in table.”

Miss River, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack p. 4 said farmers who had crop insurance will be eligible for government reimbursements if their land was flooded.

Other forms of help will be available for livestock producers and tree farmers under the same programs designed for natural disasters. People who lost homes may also be eligible for rural housing loans.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who stood behind the state’s failed legal fight to stop the destruction of the levee , said state leaders would do everything “within our power to make sure the levee is rebuilt and those fields, the most fertile fields in the heartland, are put back in production.”

By blowing the levee, the corps hoped to reduce the river level at Cairo and ease pressure on the floodwall protecting the town.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Mississippi had receded to 60.2 feet and continued to fall, a day after a record crest.

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Lindsey Legros, mass communication sophomore, adds toppings to her pancakes Tuesday night at The 5 during the Chancellor’s Pancake Breakfast. See more of the breakfast photos at lsureveille.com.

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Biggs is also working with Student Government, Volunteer LSU, Greek Life and the Residence Hall Association to set up donation sites around campus.

SG President Cody Wells said the groups, which met Tuesday morning, want to create donation sites in every Greek house and residence hall.

Wells said the group is also trying to organize a blood drive through the American Red Cross and a donation through the “Acts of Kindness” fund.

Wells said though nothing is approved yet, the group should have final notice by 10 a.m. today.

If approved, Wells said relief information will be broadcast to all students.

“As a fellow member of the Southeastern Conference, we owe it to our friends and peer students to help them,” Wells said.

Chancellor Michael Martin also said the University stands ready to offer assistance to those affected.

“The thoughts and prayers of the entire LSU community are with all those seriously affected by the devastating storms that swept across the Southeast,” Martin said in a statement. “We are hoping for a speedy recovery for those harmed and for the communities impacted.”

But relief efforts expand beyond the University’s campus.

Twenty-five firefighters from the Baton Rouge area went to Alabama on Tuesday to help search ravaged communities near Tuscaloosa for people who are still missing, according to a Mayor’s Office news release.

The firefighters will be joined by others from around the state in response to a request for assistance from Alabama officials on Sunday, the release says.

Baton Rouge native Caroline Gladney, a finance senior at the University of Alabama, has returned to Baton Rouge to collect donations.

Gladney, who was in Tuscaloosa during the storm, will be traveling back and forth between Baton Rouge and Alabama transporting supplies.

“I’m asking for anything and everything,” Gladney said. “These people have nothing.”

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

Luckianow said one day she was on the site and was shocked Luckianow, who is from to find a photograph of a girl she Homewood, a suburb of Birming- went to high school with.

“I didn’t think I would actuham, said areas around her home have been declared disaster zones. ally see anyone I knew,” she said.

“Towns were wiped off the “I can’t even describe how I felt.”

Williams said though he has map,” Luckianow said. “Everything didn’t happen in Tuscaloo- not been able to identify any of the people photographed, he has sa.”

Luckianow said she is for- helped determine the location of tunate her family and home sur- where some pictures were taken.

“It gives you vived. She said chills to see peothe tornado ple’s diplomas turned north beand yearbooks,” fore reaching her he said. city.

Luckianow “But desaid lives were bris was falling literally thrown from the sky,” across the state. she said. “A TusDustin Williams She said many caloosa license have plate was found Hispanic studies graduate student people nothing. in Homewood.

And the state won’t repair itYou’ve heard the expression ‘the self anytime soon, Williams said. sky is falling’ — it really was.”

The duo encouraged all stuWilliams’ family also survived the storm, but he said many dents to become involved in the were not as lucky. He said his relief effort.

“Yes, LSU is Alabama’s city’s newspaper was flooded with [Southeastern Conference] rival,” obituaries days after.

“It didn’t hit me until I saw Luckianow said. “We need to put the obituaries,” he said. “There that aside and come together.”

Luckianow said the storm is were 10 in one day and 41 in the the worst she has seen. newspaper for the town near us.”

“Everyone seems to have Williams said it was haunting to see the individuals’ names and moved on,” she said, citing news the belongings of Alabama citi- of the royal wedding and the death of Osama bin Laden. “Alabama zens online.

A Facebook page has been has put a pause button on life.”

Williams agreed, saying he dedicated to posting photographs of found items and documents in told Alabama neighbors who rehopes that people will be able to main without power about the terrorist leader’s death. identify them, Luckianow said.

“I called my friend and asked Luckianow and Williams said they have been viewing the site her if she wanted to listen to [President Barack] Obama’s address,” and trying to identify objects.

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‘It didn’t hit me until I saw the obituaries. ... There were 10 in one day.’

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 he said. “She gathered neighbors together, and they listened to it through my Baton Rouge TV.” Williams said providing updates and researching relief efforts is his way of helping because he cannot physically comfort friends.

“I urge people to do all they

can to help,” he said. “Even if you’re far away, you can still have an impact.”

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

Sports

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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Friendly Confines

Former Tiger track star Jones still training at LSU Chris Abshire Sports Contributor

After nine years at LSU, not much has changed about former Lady Tiger track star Lori “Lolo” Jones.

Despite her status as a two-time world champion and Olympic qualifier, Jones still laces up her sneakers six days a week and gets ready for her daily workout routine at the LSU track facilities.

It is this consistency and familiarity that explains why Jones chose to remain in Baton Rouge even with her burgeoning professional track career.

“Every year that I’ve been [at LSU], I’ve either run my personal best time or kept it the same, which is a unique level of consistency for a track and field athlete,” Jones said. “Most [athletes] will have a down year.”

While Jones is one of the best women’s track and field hurdlers in the world, she hasn’t followed sponsor money or track norms, deciding instead to stay around the program she competed for from 2002 to 2005 and won three national championships with.

“I have professional friends who won national championships at their schools and have been kicked off the tracks or charged a fee to use the facilities when they tried to use them after they graduated,” Jones said. “[LSU] has been nothing but welcoming and supportive to me, which is rare.”

The Des Moines, Iowa, native works out with the current Tiger team six days a week for two to four hours a day, training on the hurdles and lifting weights in preparation for the Olympic games next year in London.

Jones has won two of the last three world championships in the 60-meter hurdles and holds the worldrecord time in the event. But many fans best remember Jones from her stumble into the last hurdle while she led the 100-meter hurdles and her subsequent emotional anguish in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She ultimately finished seventh.

Jones said she uses the finish as motivation for her training.

“I use any failure as motivation for me,” Jones said. “The first time I tried out for the Olympics [in 2004], I didn’t even qualify for the national finals, but JONES, see page 11

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Anthony Hickey signs with Tigers

Michael Lambert Sports Writer

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Former Lady Tiger hurdler Lolo Jones trains Tuesday in the Carl Maddox Field House. Despite graduating, the 2008 Olympian still uses the LSU facilities as she prepares for next year’s Olympic games.

The backcourt of the LSU men’s basketball team added a new member Tuesday afternoon.

Scout.com three-star point guard Anthony Hickey signed a letter of intent to play at LSU during a press conference in his high school gym, joining sophomore Andre Stringer and senior Chris Bass on the point guard depth chart.

The 5-foot-10-inch, 160-pound recruit also considered South Carolina, Butler, Western Kentucky and Dayton.

“We are very fortunate to be able to obtain a player of this cali- ANTHONY HICKEY LSU basketball ber late in the signee recruiting period,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said in a news release. “He definitely helps us become a much better basketball team.”

The Hopkinsville, Ky., native — winner of Kentucky’s 2011 Mr. Basketball — led his Christian County High School team to a state championship with a 17-point performance in the title game against Rowan County High School.

Hickey, who was mainly recruited by LSU assistant coach HICKEY, see page 11

BASEBALL

LSU trounces Tulane, extends win streak to five games

Mahtook cranks another home run Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

Tulane waved goodbye early Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU freshman starter Ryan Eades pitched a career-long six innings and received a four-run cushion after two innings as the LSU baseball team (29-17) silenced the Green Wave, 6-2.

Eades allowed one run on just two hits to lead LSU to its first fivegame winning streak since Southeastern Conference play began.

“I just try to go out there and

throw strikes,” Eades said. “At times Eades said. “I’d rather give up a hit tonight I wasn’t able to do that, but than walk somebody.”

I have a great defense behind me, Tulane put a runner on third and they were able base with two outs to make some good in the second inplays when they ning, as well, and needed to.”

Eades avoided It wasn’t all damage again by smooth sailing for forcing a groundthe Slidell native in out to LSU freshthe top of the first man second baseinning, as Tulane man JaCoby Jones.

Ryan Eades (26-19) smacked Tulane freshLSU freshman pitcher a leadoff single on man pitcher Wade the first pitch of the Konvicka forced game and put men on the corners. two quick outs to start the bottom Eades, who walked a batter of the first inning before LSU juin three of the first four innings, nior center fielder Mikie Mahtook worked out of the jam by inducing a smacked a towering fly ball to left flyout to left field.

TULANE, see page 11 “I hate walking anybody,”

‘I hate walking anybody. I’d rather give up a hit than walk somebody.’

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LSU sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes recovers after stealing third base Tuesday in the Tigers’ 6-2 win against Tulane. Rhymes went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

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TENNIS

Tigers to face Indiana in NCAA tournament first round Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

The LSU men’s tennis team is back in the NCAA tournament after a one-year absence.

The NCAA announced on Tuesday the field of 64 teams in the Division I Men’s Tennis Championship. No. 34-ranked LSU (11-13) will face No. 26 Indiana (23-7) in the first round May 13 in

College Station, Texas.

LSU coach Jeff Brown said LSU-Indiana is a matchup worth watching.

“I’ve followed their results, and they’ve had a great year, one of the best in school history,” Brown said.

“They are somewhat similar to us in the types of wins and types of losses they’ve had.”

LSU is one of nine Southeastern Conference teams in the NCAA

tournament. If LSU beats Indiana, the Tigers will face the winner of host Texas A&M, the No. 9-ranked team, and Alcorn State.

LSU and Indiana have faced off only five times. Brown said LSU’s most recent match against Indiana was a pivotal one in the 1999 regular season, his second year as LSU coach, when the Tigers lost to the Hoosiers, 4-3.

“We had a bunch of injuries, and

GYMNASTICS

Garcia comes from line of athletes Parents and brother fled from Cuba Rob Landry Sports Contributor

To achieve something special, sacrifices always have to be made along the way.

LSU rising junior gymnast Janelle Garcia has sacrificed more than most in pursuit of her dreams.

When Garcia was in eighth grade, she and her mother, Marizel, moved away from her father Miguel, older brother Lester, and sister Yesenia, in Miami to Orlando, Fla., so Janelle could train at Orlando Metro Gymnastics .

But her sacrifice seems miniscule in comparison to what her father did 29 years ago.

A Cuban native, Miguel played professional baseball in the Cuban National League from 1972 to 1976.

He spent four seasons with Las Villas and one season for Granjero de Camaguey.

But 29 years ago, Miguel fled Ranchuelo, Cuba, for Miami, leaving behind Marizel and 2-year-old Lester. Soon after Miguel settled in Miami, Marizel and Lester fled to Honduras where they were reunited with Miguel and moved permanently to Miami.

The entire family was athletic, playing either softball or baseball – except Janelle.

“I didn’t have the coordination [to play baseball or softball],” Janelle said. “That’s how I picked up gymnastics. I was their cheerleader on the side doing my own thing, flipping around and playing on the monkey bars.”

Once Janelle reached the age where colleges started to come calling, she was immediately drawn to LSU. “My first questionnaire I ever got from college was from LSU,”

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Rising junior gymnast Janelle Garcia performs on the floor in the Etta James Memorial meet against Georgia at the PMAC on Feb. 18.

Janelle said. “They were always the first ones that stayed in touch with me.”

LSU’s persistence meant the most to Janelle when she fell victim to injuries during her junior year.

Some schools lost interest in her, but LSU kept pursuing.

“The gym she comes from is very demanding, and the amount of time she was spending in the gym — it was very obvious that this was an overuse injury,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “She was still very highly recruited throughout the process. I think we stayed in the process, and she came where she wanted to go to school.”

Janelle committed to LSU before she even set foot on campus in Baton Rouge.

Since joining the Tigers, Janelle has competed in all four events, posting career highs of 9.75 on the vault, 9.70 on uneven bars, 9.725 on balance beam and 9.80 on the floor exercise.

Now that Janelle is one of the more experienced members of the squad, she will have to help lone senior Ashley Lee carry the load of leading the team.

“D-D gave us the example that

there’s one person leading but we’re all behind her, pushing her forward,” Janelle said. “So if she falls back we’re right there to catch her. We’re a team. One person leads and sets an example, but if we don’t follow through and have that team mentality then it’s not going to happen.”

Janelle said she likes to take the approach of taking teammates oneon-one for meetings instead of trying to be overly vocal in front of the whole team.

“With Sarie [Morrison], every time before she’d go on bars, we’d have a one-on-one,” Janelle said. “I won’t lead in front of everyone just to show it, but by really having close ties with the girls.”

But it is Janelle’s flair on the floor that is most attractive to Breaux.

“She looks good out on the floor.

She catches your eye,” Breaux said.

“She’s got that little sparkle, that little look, that thing that when you see a gymnast out on the floor that you kind of pick her out as the one you like. [Former gymnast] Summer Hubbard had it, and Janelle’s got it.”

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they weren’t highly ranked,” Brown said. “I remember that match being a crossroads in our season. Later on we got our guys back and made it to the Final Four that year.”

Last year was the first time in Brown’s 13 seasons that LSU did not receive an NCAA tournament berth.

LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan said the team is thrilled to make it back to the NCAA tournament in 2011.

“It was tough to miss it last year. it’s something we’ve grown to expect,” Bryan said. “This last week we’ve really pushed the guys, doing a lot of running and conditioning.

Hopefully we can peak at the right time.”

LSU will depart for College Station on May 11.

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Breaking down Tigers’ chances to take the SEC West All teams carry losing SEC records Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

The postseason usually doesn’t await for a team that loses five of its first six conference series.

The LSU baseball team (2817, 7-14) endured those defeats yet still finds itself in contention for the Southeastern Conference and NCAA tournaments due to mediocre records tattered across the SEC Western Division.

“I know it’s not the standard around LSU, but it is what it is,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

“We’re where we are right now, and we’re trying to salvage something out of the season.”

Every team in the SEC West sits below the .500 mark in conference play, with Alabama and Arkansas in a tie for first place with 10-11 records.

One of the main reasons for this conundrum is the sheer dominance atop the SEC Eastern Division.

South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Florida — all ranked in the top five nationally in the Baseball America poll — each boast 17-4 records in the SEC. Georgia, the SEC East’s fourthplace team, has a three-game lead on the leaders of the SEC West.

The difference between the first and last place teams in the SEC

West is three games, while the SEC this weekend against Alabama, East’s best and worst are separated which runs into South Carolina in by 13 games. its regular season finale.

“It’s not unreasonable that 15Arkansas faces a daunting 15 or 16-14, or it might schedule with the Gators even be 14-16 wins the and Gamecocks still on SEC West division,” Mainieri said. its tab, and Ole Miss also remaining “You never know.” sees South Carolina beschedules: fore season’s end.

The mediocre and inferior play in the SEC West LSU Mainieri said he sat allows a team like LSU to down with the Tigers on Alabama make a late run, and it may Monday and mapped out be primed to do just that Tennessee the SEC schedule and with its upcoming sched- Miss St. what they thought would ule. happen in each series.

Alabama LSU swept Kentucky “I don’t think it’s unthis past weekend and plays LSU reasonable, and neither Alabama, Tennessee and Auburn did our players, to predict Mississippi State to cap (2)South Carolina that a team like Ole Miss the SEC season — none of could go 4-8 over their which have winning con- Miss St. last 12 games based on ference records and which Tennessee the schedule they’re playpossess a combined 23-40 Ole Miss ing,” he said. “We felt the conference record. same way about Arkansas, LSU “Nobody’s solidiand we felt the same way Arkansas fied their spot in the SEC about Alabama, and we West,” said junior center (5)Florida thought Mississippi State fielder Mikie Mahtook. “If (2)South Carolina might be 5-7 or something we keep doing our job on Ole Miss like that.” the field and playing hard Auburn Mainieri said after and getting wins, things he talked it out with the will take care of them- Georgia Tigers, he could see their Alabama selves.” emotions rising prior to LSU has already faced Tennessee the Kentucky series.

No. 5 Florida and No. 4 Ole Miss “All of a sudden the Vanderbilt and won’t have kids started sitting up in to battle No. 2 South Caro- (2)South Carolina their chairs and nodding Miss St. lina this season. their heads and smiles The rest of the SEC Arkansas started coming on their West doesn’t have it so faces,” Mainieri said. easy.

Junior third baseman The Tigers can make up ground Tyler Hanover, who went 3-for-3

SOFTBALL

Tigers rained out against SLU Matchup canceled for a second time Hunter Paniagua Spots Contributor

Mother Nature just doesn’t want No. 21 LSU to play Southeastern Louisiana.

For the second time this season, rainy conditions prevented the teams from concluding their season series. The two teams were scheduled to play March 29, but rain forced them to postpone the game

until May 3.

But inclement weather again kept the teams from meeting.

“It’s just not good conditions,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard.

“We’ve driven over there once already for nothing, so we just made the decision to cancel the game.”

Girouard said the game will not be made up.

“There’s just no other time [to make it up] with the season almost over and finals coming up,” Girouard said.

LSU and Southeastern met Feb. 16 at Tiger Park – a 9-0 victory for the Tigers. Sophomore pitcher

Rachele Fico threw the program’s third perfect game, striking out seven of the 15 batters she faced.

The Tigers have won nine straight games and 20 of their last 23 dating back to March 19. LSU will play its final series of the regular season this weekend when they host South Carolina for a threegame series.

Sports Contributor David Helman contributed to this report.

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against Nicholls State last week in a game after Mainieri called together a team meeting amongst the veterans, said the Tigers unquestionably have the talent to

make a late run.

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SPORTS BRIEFS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Baseball Nikki Caldwell finalizes to play in new coaching staff Tuscaloosa Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

Staff Reports Despite a number of devastating tornadoes in Alabama last week, the series between the LSU baseball team and Alabama will still take place in Tuscaloosa.

The series begins Friday night at 6:30, though as of Tuesday, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The only change in time for the series is Saturday’s game, which will now begin at 3 p.m. The series finale is set for 1 p.m.

MVUMVURE, STOWERS TAKE HOME SEC HONORS Senior sprinter Gabriel Mvumvure and freshman Jasmin Stowers were rewarded with more than a medal for their efforts at the Penn Relays.

Mvumvure nabbed Southeastern Conference Male Runner of the Week, while Stowers notched SEC Freshman of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.

Mvumvure won three event titles at the Relays, notably anchoring both the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams. Both relay teams won their respective events.

The 4x100 relay might have been the Tigers’ best outing. In a field littered with six top-10 teams, LSU posted a blazing 38.77 second-time, more than one second better than its competition.

Mvumvure also became the second Tiger to win the Penn Relays 100-meter dash title, crossing the finish line with a time of 10.33 seconds.

Stowers raced past foes in the women’s 100-meter hurdles at the Relays, running the event in 13.16 seconds. Stowers became the seventh Lady Tiger in the history of the Penn Relays to win the event.

MACK WINS LSWA PITCHER OF THE WEEK AGAIN LSU junior pitcher Brittany Mack was voted the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday, marking the sixth time she has won the award this season.

Mack won three games and picked up a save last week to improve her record to 16-5. She leads the team in ERA (1.78), innings (149.2) and strikeouts (169).

Mack won all three games in LSU’s sweep of Mississippi State last weekend, tallying 31 strikeouts in two starts. She picked up her third win in relief, firing 3 2/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts.

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Newly-hired LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell has finalized her coaching staff with the Lady Tigers one month after being formally introduced as LSU’s new coach.

Caldwell brought all three of her assistant coaches from UCLA to Baton Rouge — Tasha Butts, Tony Perotti and Stacie Terry.

Caldwell coached the Bruins for the past three seasons.

Caldwell said her fellow coaches are a great fit for the Lady Tigers.

“I have the utmost confidence in them that they will help develop our student-athletes into not only great basketball players, but tremendous people,” Caldwell said Monday. “They have a vast amount of in-game coaching and recruiting experience, great work ethics and a love for the game.”

Caldwell said the whole coaching staff will work with her on the recruiting trail.

“I have an unbelievable staff because I’ve got three great assistant coaches who can recruit,” Caldwell said in a news release.

“They are extremely excited and honored to be a part of the LSU family.”

UCLA graduate Jon Silver will take over as director of basketball operations, and Angel Elderkin— former assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Virginia — will be director of video operations.

Butts, Perotti and Terry replace former LSU associate head coach Bob Starkey and assistants Joni Crenshaw and Travis Mays.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 HICKEY, from page 7

Donny Guerinoni, averaged 18 points, four assists and four steals per game during his senior campaign.

Derek Ponamsky, recruiting analyst for BayouBengalsInsider. com, said Hickey will compete with Stringer for the starting role.

“For what they are looking for in a point guard to run this offense, [Hickey’s] skill set is much better than Stringer’s,” Ponamsky said.

Brian Eldridge, Kentucky Preps publisher for Scout.com, said Hickey will contribute more than points to the Tigers.

“He’ll get his teammates involved,” Eldridge said. “He could only score five points, but he’ll impact the game. He rebounds the ball well for his size.”

Hickey is the third member of Johnson’s 2011 recruiting class.

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field, which barely cleared the fence despite the wind breezing toward right field.

“I knew I hit it really, really well. I just didn’t think it was going to get out,” Mahtook said. “I knew it was either going to be caught off the wall or over the fence.”

The Tigers quadrupled their run total an inning later.

Sophomore right fielder Alex Edward and junior shortstop Austin Nola both walked to start the second inning. Sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes then brought in Edward with an RBI single to right field on a hit-and-run to stretch LSU’s lead to 2-0.

Freshman catcher Ty Ross tacked on another run in the next atbat with a safety squeeze down the first base line. After a Jones walk and a double steal, junior left fielder Trey Watkins shot a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field to score Rhymes and give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

“It feels good getting back to playing the ball we know we’re used to,” Rhymes said.

Rhymes went 2-for-3 in the game, helping LSU chase Konvicka out of the game after two innings.

The freshman walked three batters and gave up two hits without throwing a strikeout.

Junior third baseman Tyler Hanover tallied the Tigers’ fifth run in the fourth inning on a throwing error. Tulane junior catcher Jeremy Shaffer put the Green Wave on the board in the sixth inning with a solo home run off Eades for Tulane’s second hit of the night.

“It was cold, windy, and that wind was blowing in from the North,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I didn’t expect to see any home runs tonight, and there ended up being two.”

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Shaver said Jones’ presence as a part-time volunteer is an uncomI fought hard to make it four years mon advantage for the LSU track later, and that’s the same way I’m program. approaching my training for [the “Having such a successful and 2012 games].” quality person, not just athlete, who Jones said she wouldn’t be really earned all of their success around LSU anymore if it weren’t around the program on a daily bafor head coach Dennis Shaver. sis is a great example for my team,” “Our relaShaver said. “They tionship is a little get to see her work weird because we ethic and learn do get contentious from the trials she sometimes, but at has faced.” the end of the day Jones is about it’s built around rea year away from spect,” Jones said. the final qualifying Shaver said for the 2012 LonDennis Shaver the contentious but don Olympics and LSU track and field coach close dynamic is said she can’t wait “unique” but also to possibly reprejust the nature of high stakes ath- sent her country and school again. letics.

“When I’m running out there “Any time you have someone with the ‘USA’ on my jersey, I’m with the competitiveness [Lolo] running for my country, but I will brings to their sport at an elite ath- also be repping LSU and this proletic level, there are going to be gram as a proud alumnus,” Jones some intense emotional moments,” said.

Shaver said. “But, I have a tremendous amount of respect for Lolo, Contact Chris Abshire at and she is very much like a daughter to me and my family.” cabshire@lsureveille.com

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‘[Jones] is very much like a daughter to me and my family.’

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SHOW ALL COMMENTS As usual, our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments.

Check it out today, and let your voice be heard.

American flag being cut down and burned in the middle of campus only a couple of hours before classes start.”

-Anonymous

Regarding the article, “American flag over Parade Ground burned,” readers had this to say:

“The racism on campus at LSU makes me ashamed of my alma mater. I can't believe some of the comments posted on this story.

I hope that administrators are reading these comments and thinking about what they can do to change the ideology of some students who readily blame foreigners for this without cause. A lot of people in this country do not look like you and instead of placing blame on things that you don't know, it would be better for all involved to get to know others who may not be within your own comfort zone.”

-Anonymous

“What is the camera that is at the end of the sidewalk in front of the law school being used for?

Should this not have captured some of this?

For such a large University, why are we not utilizing some of this technology our state pays so much for?”

-Bioengineering student “Pointing fingers won’t get people anywhere.”

-Anonymous “LSUPD is not doing their job if they fail to notice a giant

“religion is not the point. It was a flag being burned. just another printed flag, like the millions of

others out there. yes, it represents our country and yes it is an offense to burn one, but isnt there much worse crimes out there. i think it would be interesting to know the reason someone felt so strongly as to come up with the courage to do this. and i use the word courage, because americans , especially in the south, can be so close minded and ignorent. the way we- the USAslam other countries and disrespect them is just the same as what this person has done to all you people who are offended by it. so whos to say their so wrong and we are so perfect. maybe its because of our corrupt and backwards ways that led them to feel so strongly as to want to do this.”

-Anonymous “Whoever did it should be expelled ASAP.” -Layton “I’ve read a lot of comments

about this on different sites and for the most part people are pretty upset and want the person who did this to be punished accordingly.

Those that are crying it’s freedom of speech are out of their minds.

The real issue here is not that they burned a US flag, its that they chose to vandalize and burn a flag flying over a memorial that has the names of every single LSU alum that gave their life in the name of freedom since WWII. They then ran away leaving the charred remains on the steps of this great monument dedicated to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice so that they can live in this great country. It makes me sick to know that there are people this ignorant and inconsiderate out there.”

-Rob “I agree with Rob. I think it's safe to say pretty much everyone wants these individuals to be caught and brought to justice for

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 what they did. It does not matter their race, religion or political preferences, if you are living in the United States of America you need to respect our flag. It is by no small price that we are able to have our freedom and hang our flag.

Thousands of men and women have sacrificed their lives so that we wouldn't have to. Burning the American flag is the equivalent of spitting in their faces. We would no more take that sitting down than we are with this situation. The people that did this are not just pathetic individuals, they make me ashamed to be of the same species as them. And Amanda I think it's also safe to say you've lost your privilege of sharing your opinions.

So next time you feel like sharing, just don't.”

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THE BOTTOM LINE

Low-priced vodka companies use ‘ultra-premium’ label Colorless, odorless, tasteless.

That’s how the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines vodka.

Ask a premium vodka company like IDOL, Stoli Elit or Tru Organic, however, and you’ll get a totally different answer.

One interesting ad for Absolut, which sells in the neighborhood of $25 per bottle, opens with catchy fantasy-synth music, people looking up toward the sky, intermittently watching a manned space mission on TV. As the music builds, the moon turns into a giant disco ball, and all the citizens of Earth start partying like it’s 1999.

You’d swear this stuff was some kind of psychedelic drug, or at least a stimulus check.

Alas, it’s just vodka. Even if it is “in an Absolut world,” vodkas are filtered primarily with charcoal.

So literally by definition, there is little difference between the bourgeoisie brands and what the local winos sip on at work.

And therein lies the big secret. My palate is not sensitive enough to the finer subtleties of vodka to tell if the water in my drink comes freshly packed from glaciers, across frozen tundras and hand filtered by an elderly Russian woman.

But maybe it’s just me.

According to the Gin and Vodka Association, the first known distillery operated in 12th century Russia. Poland claims to have

started the process several hundred years earlier, but as the GVA points out, they used wine, so it would be more appropriate to call their product crude brandy.

Since then, vodka has remained much the same. After the indusDevin Graham trial revolution, Opinion Editor companies hopped on the money train and pumped out alcohol fast enough to satisfy both fraternities and Lindsey Lohan alike — no small feat.

Nearly every market has its upper-class niche. Cars, drinks and dining are among the most popular, but even fitness has its celebrity trainers now.

It’s not unusual to see “premium” vodkas emerge in the last few decades.

What’s interesting about the vodka market, though, is that in an effort to combat the recession blues of the late 2000s, countless drinks like Svedka, Zirkova and Imperial Exclusive have been branded as “premium” or “super-premium,” despite their under-$20 price tag.

The new way to make money with alcohol is to brand it as a premium drink but charge generic prices. The thin margin, often only a few dollars per bottle, is compensated for by the volume of sales.

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Restaurants are some of the largest buyers of these reducedprice premiums, because top-shelf drinks can be made for significantly less, saving the business thousands. Here’s the kicker: No one can tell the difference.

“If you can put ‘ultra-premium’ on your label and sell it at a

low price point, you’re going to be well off,” Agata Kaczanowska, a beverage analyst for IBISWorld, said in an interview with Bloomberg.

Vodka is moving to cheaper prices, my friends. I don’t always buy vodka, but when I do, I don’t pay $50 a bottle.

Please drink responsibly.

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ROCKING THE CRADLE

Column about sexy clothes absurd Palestinian unity Any time someone writes an article where children and sexuality intersect, there’s sure to be fireworks.

ESPN columnist LZ Granderson is the latest to stir up this virtual hornets’ nest. He has used his platform on ESPN to discuss various social issues as they relate to sports and recently moved into a position as a CNN contributor, writing on a variety of topics.

A few weeks ago, Granderson stumbled into the realm of absurdity with a column posted on CNN.com entitled “Parents, don’t dress your girls like tramps.”

Granderson began the column by describing a person he’d seen at the airport.

“Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo Derek in the movie ‘10’ (or for the younger set, Christina Aguilera during her ‘Xtina’ phase),” Granderson recounted. “Her lips were pink and shiny from the gloss, and her earrings dangled playfully from her lobes.”

A little innocent airport ogling transposed into purple-prose-infused erotic literature never hurt anyone, but the big reveal was more than a little disconcerting.

“Yeah, that 8-year-old girl was something to see alright. ... I hope her parents are proud.”

Many questions arise from such a revelation, but Granderson uses this oddball anecdote to discuss the trend of retailers offering “sexier” clothing for younger audiences.

He questions the motives and judgment of parents who buy this apparel for their children, using

the en vogue distinction between parent as friend and parent as parent to illustrate what he considers bad parenting.

Though it is an uncomfortable topic to broach, children in the Chris Seemann United States Columnist today probably know more about sexuality than some of their parents could ever hope to teach them. Whether this is a problem or not is up for debate, but Granderson’s declaration that so-called “sexier” apparel for young girls is synonymous with a prostitute’s ensemble is borderline offensive.

Granderson “didn’t realize there’s been an ongoing stampede of 10-year-old girls driving to the mall with their tiny fists full of cash demanding sexier apparel,” which there obviously has not, but he glosses over the fact that many girls are beginning puberty at the age of 10 or 11. This is not an anomaly but rather close to the norm.

That’s not to say Granderson’s concerns are completely unfounded. If there is one constant among 10-year-old girls, it’s a lack of cultivated taste in clothing and essentially everything else. Parents should have a hand in the clothing their young children wear, simply because some children wear the most absurd thing they can find if given their own choice.

That being said, to refer to push-up bras and thongs as a pros-

titute’s clothing creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Shaming women of any age for wearing these types of clothing stigmatizes the women themselves, and applying these labels to young girls can be harmful.

As for the sexualization of young children in America, Granderson cites some undesirable effects, like increased instances of eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression. However, does early sexualization really result from this clothing, or is the clothing a side effect of the increasing pressure to measure up?

Luckily, this recent increase in sexy clothing is not accounting for increases in all undesirable statistics. Teen pregnancy in America has decreased to its lowest point in two decades, according to CNN. Perhaps Granderson had good intentions when this column was bouncing around his head, but manufacturing the problem of just-too-sexy clothing detracts from many of the real problems young adolescents face.

Or maybe Granderson doesn’t realize that no type of clothing can truly sexualize the proverbial 8-year-old at the airport. Only we can.

Chris Seemann is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_CSeemann.

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marred by Hamas, Fatah’s bad motives As governments continue to fall in the Arab world, particular countries find adjustments must be made to maintain stability in a volatile era.

The most recent influential adjustment to be made is the Palestinian unity deal announced by rivaling factions Hamas, which controls the Gaza strip, and Fatah, which controls the West Bank and is the officially recognized government of Palestine.

While protests have persisted in Gaza for a consolidation of the Palestinian government, the motives behind the recent progression leave many skeptical. Given the situation both Hamas and Fatah currently find themselves in, a deal like the one recently procured speaks volumes about the ebb and flow of influence underway in the Middle East.

Simply put, both Hamas and Fatah are desperate. Hamas, an Islamic terrorist organization, is based in and supported by Syria, and Syria’s protests are getting worse each day. Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, commanded Syrian troops to violently overthrow the protests, leaving hundreds dead.

The situation in Syria is beginning to head downhill, however, as European Union members and the U.S. install sanctions against the government under fire. With Syria’s future in doubt, Hamas had nowhere else to go but to Fatah — out of a desperate need for a crutch.

Fatah seems to see a particular intrigue in Hamas’ concession to unity: If Israel refuses to negotiate with Palestine but is also at ends with Hamas, perhaps unity with Hamas could convince Israel to reenter talks more willingly. Basically, Fatah is engaged in blackmail, for if Israel will not face the Palestinian state in negotiations, Fatah will be forced to bargain with Israel’s enemy.

As would be expected, Israel is nervous to say the least. It has already begun lobbying the U.S. to diminish the aid it sends to Palestine, which in and of itself poses serious problems to American diplomacy.

The U.S. government has made very clear its refusal to negotiate with Hamas — or any terrorist organizations, for that matter. Hamas has killed many innocent people in its fight against Israel, most recently firing an antitank missile at an Israeli school bus in early April.

After having worked so diligently to bring Palestinian and Israeli negotiations to a successful end, one wonders how America

will respond when Fatah takes matters into its own hands and joins forces with a terrorist organization.

T h a n k f u l l y, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has made clear our reClayton Crockett fusal to work Columnist with any government involving Hamas until the organization has renounced its violent tactics and recognized the state of Israel.

Egypt’s renewed role in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations only adds to this diplomatic smorgasbord. Like Hamas, the weaker Egypt seeks to maintain influence, and it has done so by brokering the Palestinian unity deal itself. The implications, once again, are massive. Egypt has shown favoritism to Israel for years, which in turn fostered animosity to the Jewish state among the Egyptian people.

Now that the former Egyptian regime is out, the new government seeks a more level-headed approach to its position in the region, namely in regards to its support for Israel.

While the motives are each understandable in their own rights, these recent concessions made are detrimental to political integrity. In attempts to win Israel’s attention, the secular Fatah turns to a religious terrorist organization. Facing a waning influence and support structure, Hamas resorts to diplomacy as a last-ditch effort to retain relevance.

The enemy of one’s enemy is not a friend, especially in Middle Eastern politics. Unity in Palestine is indeed important, but the faulty logic and conniving motives are far too obvious for this deal to go far. Even the people of Gaza who protested for unity scarcely trust the deal.

Faith in the deal depends solely on the concessions Hamas is willing to make upon approaching the new government. Given its reasons for entering the deal, I highly doubt Hamas grasps the magnitude of its actions.

Clayton Crockett is a 19-year-old international studies freshman from Lafayette. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ccrockett.

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