Today in Print - September 20, 2010

Emergency texts meet 98 percent success during Dalrymple standoff, p. 3

Reveille Chancellor Martin receives ‘Men Who Champion Women’ award, p. 6

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Volume 115, Issue 20

Engineering Dept. chair Aravena dies Friday

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Julian Tate Contributing Writer

Jorge Aravena, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, died Friday, according Tammy Abshire, associate director of development and communications in the department.

Abshire declined to comment on the cause of death, only saying it was JORGE ARAVENA unexpected.

Dept. of Electrical Aravena and Computer died at Our Engineering chair Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

“I was very saddened to hear that Dr. Aravena passed away so sudden,” electrical and computer engineering alumnus Sal Bernadas said.

Aravena, 65, was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 1984, interim chair of the ECE department from June 2008 to June 2010 and chair of the ECE department from July 2010 until his death.

“He positively affected the ARAVENA, see page 15

Volleyball team ‘defends the zero’ in perfect campaign, p. 7 Monday, Sept. 20, 2010

PHILANTHROPY

Donation fund set up for Gotham

Julian Tate

Contributing Writer

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LSU senior defensive tackle Drake Nevis (92) celebrates with his teammates Saturday during the Tigers’ 29-7 win against the Bulldogs.

Field of Gold

Tigers defeat Bulldogs, 29-7, with interceptions, Jasper’s kicks

Rob Landry Sports Contributor

King Midas may have the golden touch, but LSU senior kicker Josh Jasper has the golden foot.

Jasper dominated the scoreboard with a schoolrecord five field goals while leading No. 15 LSU (3-0, 2-0) to a 29-7 victory against Mississippi State (1-2, 0-2) in front of 92,538 fans in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.

The Memphis, Tenn., native accounted for more than half of the Tigers’ offensive output by tallying 17 of the team’s 29 points.

“This showed me that the coaches are confident in me,” Jasper said. “Going out there and kicking KICKS, see page 15

A donation fund has been created in memory of former University graduate student Joseph Gotham, according to the president of the LSU Indian Student Association.

Gotham, a native of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, was pursuing a master’s degree in computer science from the University when he drowned in a Mississippi canoeing accident Sept. 4.

The ISA is asking for donations for Gotham’s funeral, JOSEPH GOTHAM said ISA presi- deceased LSU dent Narender grad student Kumar.

“At the student level, we cannot do anything because we don’t have time or money to go to Mississippi, take care of his body and go to his funeral in India,” Kumar said.

Two weeks after his death, Gotham’s parents in India still don’t understand the process of retrieving their son’s body, Kumar said.

“They don’t know what proDONATIONS, see page 15

ENROLLMENT

Freshman class increases by 14 percent from last year

Overall enrollment grows by 3 percent Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

Despite budget cuts threatening the University’s degree programs, this year’s freshman class is the second largest in the last 10 years.

According to the Office of Budget and Planning, the new freshman class has 5,481 students, an increase of 14 percent from last fall.

Continuing undergraduate

students decreased by 1 percent, falling from 16,845 to 16,739.

The increase in freshman enrollment came after a record increase in applications. Compared to 16,001 applications as of July 8, 2009, there were 18,292 applications this summer, according to University Director of Media Relations Ernie Ballard.

“I hope it sends a message to policy makers in this state that we have a contract with these students,” said Chancellor Michael Martin. “The flagship university in Louisiana promised them a world-class education.”

Overall University enrollment, including undergraduate,

graduate and professional students, rose from 27,992 in 2009 to 28,771 in 2010, a 3 percent increase.

Diversity has also increased among these newly admitted students. Admitted Hispanic students increased 31.4 percent, African-American students increased 45.8 percent and Asian students increased 11.9 percent.

Out-of-state admissions increased 34 percent, and in-state and transfer admissions increased 10 percent.

“I think that’s a good sign because what that’s an indication ENROLLMENT, see page 15

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Nation & World

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INTERNATIONAL Big waves pound Bermuda as Hurricane Igor approaches HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Big waves are pounding Bermuda’s beaches while islanders rush to board up windows, fill sandbags and stock up on water, food and other supplies before Hurricane Igor’s expected arrival late Sunday.

In Mexico, people are cleaning up from flooding and wind damage caused by the now dissipated Hurricane Karl. Officials said Saturday that at least seven people were killed after the storm came ashore the previous day.

Igor weakened overnight and was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, and had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph at 5 a.m.

EDT Sunday. The hurricane was starting to bring strong winds and rain to the Atlantic island, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

With the storm expected to pass over or very close to Bermuda late Sunday or early Monday,

officials warned that its pounding rains and driving winds could be deadly.

“This storm will be a long and punishing one,” Public Safety Minister David Burch said.

Bodies of 6 abducted police found slain in Mexican state this weekend ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The bodies of six kidnapped police officers, most of them dismembered, were found Sunday in a ravine in the Mexican state of Guerrero, oficials said, bringing the death toll from a mass abduction of policemen to eight.

Fernando Monreal Leyva, director of State Investigative Police, said one survivor of the massacre was located in this coastal state known for beach resorts that has become a drug cartel battleground.

Two other bodies were found on Saturday, accounting for all nine officers who disappeared Friday after going to identify a body in the community of El Revelado, located about 165 miles south of Mexico City.

Waves crash onto the beach at John Smith’s Bay in Smith’s Parish as Hurricane Igor approaches in Bermuda, Saturday, Sept.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Montana Republican policy: Make homosexuality illegal

Blown-out BP well finally killed at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.

The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a longheld position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.

The fact that it’s still the official party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party’s own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasperated some GOP members.

“I looked at that and said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” state Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, said last week. “Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn’t be in the Republican Party.”

(AP) – The well is dead. Finally.

A permanent cement plug sealed BP’s well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government’s point man on the disaster, said Sunday BP’s well “is effectively dead” and posed no further threat to the Gulf. Allen said a pressure test to ensure the cement plug would hold was completed at 5:54 a.m. CDT. The gusher was contained in mid-July after a temporary cap was successfully fitted atop the well.

Mud and cement were later pushed down through the top of the well, allowing the cap to be removed.

But the well could not be declared dead until a relief well was drilled so the ruptured well could be

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Pastorek: Inspector general to oversee $1.88B FEMA grant (AP) — Louisiana Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek says an inspector general will be appointed to monitor the spending of $1.8 billion in federal funding awarded for a citywide school construction project.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency grant was awarded last month shortly before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Pastorek said the inspector general will be an employee of the Recovery School District’s construction division and will be picked by RSD Superintendent Paul Vallas, according to a report in The TimesPicayune.

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sealed from the bottom, ensuring it never causes a problem again. The relief well intersected the blown-out well Thursday, and crews started pumping in the cement on Friday.

The April 20 blast killed 11 workers, and 206 million gallons of oil spewed.

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TECHNOLOGY

Emergency text messages sent with 98 percent success rate quickly, Morris said.

Accurate information is the most important factor, Morris said.

“We are going to use the system when we feel it is appropriate,” she said. “We don’t want emergency text messages to become what broadcast e-mails have become — where the majority of students don’t read them.”

Rhodes said police should be less stringent about the text messages.

“I don’t care if there is a real threat or not — I want to know about it,” he said. “We as individuals are responsible for our own decisions. I want to be able to make that decision.”

Alert sent to more than 33,000 phones Sarah Eddington Staff Writer

The University sent out two emergency text messages Sept. 9 warning the campus community about an armed suspect on Dalrymple Drive with a 98 percent success rate, according to University IT officials.

The first message gave the man’s location and cautioned people to stay out of the area.

Within the hour, a second mesMARTIN MCCALLISTER / The Daily Reveille sage gave the all-clear as the suspect was taken into custody.

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s officers prepare for a standoff Sept. 9 with an armed suspect north of campus. More than The messages were sent to 33,000 people were notified of the standoff through the University’s emergency text message system. more than 33,000 people, said John Borne, Chief IT Security often, Tabor said it might pro- the LSUPD Chief of Police and had the necessary amount information regardD’Ann Morris, interim director of and Policy officer and member of duce a “cry-wolf” effect.

Contact Sarah Eddington at ing the incident, so the “It takes the importance of the EOC. the Emergency Operations Cen“It’s very systematic, so we process was executed fairly away,” he said. “When we send seddington@lsureveille.com ter Core Committee.

Borne said the first message a message, we need them to un- don’t waste time,” Morris said.

“It’s systematic, was received in less than a min- derstand we need not bureaucratic.” ute, and the majority were re- an immediate reRhodes said sponse and there ceived in less than 10 minutes. the two-person These messages were reas- is a presence of approval policy suring to one student who wit- danger.” is irresponsible in Tabor said nessed the incident last spring situations that rewhen a student drove his car into no text message quire immediate would have been the Quad. action.

Joe Rhodes, communica- necessary for the D’Ann Morris “There is no tion studies graduate instructor, Dalrymple standsaid he saw the entire event last off if police offi- interim director, Emergency Operations reason for two people to have to semester and felt police should cers had contactCenter deliberate over ed the armed man have sent out a text message. that,” he said. “That is a huge “All the students I talked to and if he had cooperated.

“Upon locating the suspect’s waste of time.” seemed to agree that the system Morris said about two minfailed that day,” Rhodes said. vehicle, the subject became ag“The response time was slow, gressive,” Tabor said. “It became utes passed from the time it took apparent it was a Calcasieu law enforcement ofand a text mespotentially vola- ficials to contact LSUPD about sage should have the suspect until the text message tile situation.” been sent out.”

Tabor said was approved and sent out.

But Rhodes All parties involved the policy hasn’t said he was changed since the pleased with how infamous Quad the University incident. handled the situ“The situaation two weeks Joe Rhodes tion in the Quad ago.

“I feel more communication studies graduate was a very unique incident,” he said. informed, like my instructor “Information was safety is in my never relayed to us that there was own hands,” he said.

According to Sgt. Blake any potential student harm. We Pluckers Wing Bar Tabor, LSU Police Department had no reason to believe he was Mon.: $14.99 All You Can Eat Wings and $3 Pluckers Lemonades spokesman, the criteria for send- trying to hurt anyone.”

Tues.: Kids Eat Free, $3 Mexican Beers and Margaritas Before a text message can be ing out an emergency text mesWed: Trivia at 8 pm, $4.50 Mother Plucker Mugs of Bud and Miller released, it must be approved by sage are selective.

Thurs: $15.99 All You Can Eat Wings, $4.50 Mother Plucker Mugs “We send emergency text of Bud Light and Miller Lite, $5.50 Patron Margaritas messages when we need an imSun: $3 Pluckers Specialty Shots mediate response from students,

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‘I don’t care if it’s a real threat or not — I want to know about it.’

staff and faculty,” Tabor said.

Tabor said incidents that pose danger to the campus community, including natural disasters, are reasons to release a text message.

“The last thing we want to do is send out a text for every single thing that happens,” he said.

If messages are sent too

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TECHNOLOGY

Landline, TV use on decline in US University habits follow trends Kittu Pannu Entertainment Writer

Landline telephones and TV sets may soon become mementos of a better economic period, according to a recent survey’s findings.

The number of Americans who believe landlines and TV sets are necessities for daily life is decreasing, according to a study by Pew Research Center.

The survey asked Americans what items they believe are necessities and luxuries in life. Only 62 percent of people say landline telephones are a necessity, which dropped from 68 percent last year.

The same holds true for TV sets, with 42 percent of people saying TV sets are necessary for daily life, down from 52 percent last year.

Many students, including nutrition junior Stacey Shubert, are not surprised by this trend.

“I was even thinking about canceling my cable because of [its lack of necessity],” Shubert said. “We want everything instantly, and we can go online to get it.”

Other students believe portability is to blame.

“It doesn’t surprise me that landlines aren’t a necessity because cell phones are more affordable, more used, and you can take them everywhere with you,” said Suchita Saxena, psychology junior.

University students don’t need TV sets anymore, said Pavica Sheldon, a research assistant in the Department of Social Work who recently completed a thesis on social media and its significance.

“Because of laptops, you can watch football games, videos and listen to music at the same time,” Sheldon said. “The difference is that TV is a family medium. You can watch

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something by yourself using a laptop, but with friends you need a TV.” The Internet makes TV shows more accessible, Saxena said.

“Shows are on sites like Hulu now,” Saxena said. “I can catch them when I miss them on TV.” Applications like Skype and Google Voice are better alternatives than landline phones, Saxena said.

“Skype was useful when my boyfriend and I were overseas,” Saxena said. “We could see and talk to each other since neither of us had phones.”

Students can save money on long distance calls using Skype, Sheldon said.

“I know international students who talk with their parents using Skype because it is free,” Sheldon said. “It won’t decline overall usage of cell phones, but you can use it to speak with people who don’t live close and you haven’t seen in a long time.”

Viewing landlines and TV sets as a luxury seems to be a growing sentiment among younger Americans, according to the Pew Center’s study.

“Fewer than half of 18- to 29-year-old survey respondents consider the landline phone a necessity of life,” the study reported. “Fewer

than three in 10 say the same about the television set.”

University students have agreed with this statement in the past, Jay High, communications manager for the Department of Residential Life, said in an e-mail.

“We learned that over 95 percent of students did not use the landline telephone service in their room because they used their own mobile phone,” High said. “The decision was made to implement the [removal of phone lines from residence halls].”

ResLife used the extra money it saved by discontinuing the phone service to install wireless Internet throughout residence halls, High said.

“A cost-analysis confirmed that the wireless installation could be completed with the money saved,” High said.

But the future is not totally dark for landlines and TV sets, Sheldon said.

“Cell phone usage will be more individual,” Sheldon said. “But we will need to have [landline] numbers for commercial businesses.”

Contact Kittu Pannu at kpannu@lsureveille.com

GULF COAST

Oil spill keeps LSU researchers busy Funding, long-term issues remain a focus Nicholas Persac Contributing Writer

Five months after the accident, University researchers continue to secure funding and conduct experiments concerning the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. “[We don’t know] the chronic and long-term impacts of this spill, and we are doing research to understand,” said Kim de Mutsert, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.

De Mutsert is studying the effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on brown shrimp growth and mortality in Louisiana estuaries. She spoke with three other University researchers Friday during the second

lecture of the School of the Coast and Environment’s weekly fall seminar series.

De Mutsert said brown shrimp are particularly vulnerable to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, created during oil spills.

When the April 20 blowout occurred, de Mutsert said these shrimp were drifting offshore as part of a spawning cycle.

Crystal Johnson, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, discussed her research on the ability of natural bacteria in marine fisheries to adapt to environmental changes, like the presence of oil. Johnson said she is investigating how a certain pathogenicity island, or “lagniappe gene,” has helped bacteria adapt to changes before and after the BP accident.

Christopher Green, assistant professor of aquaculture at the Aquaculture Research Station in the LSU AgCenter, said he is researching the

effects of dispersants such as COEXIT, which was used after the recent blowout, on Gulf killifish.

Green said he uses varying salinities and other factors coupled with increases of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, or DSS, to test the impact of the compound on Gulf killifish at three ages.

Bill Stickle, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, said he is researching the impact of the oil leak on eastern oysters and is working to secure additional funding.

The SCE fall seminar series continues Sept. 24 at 11:30 a.m. in the Dalton Woods Auditorium with Robert Carney’s presentation, “Deepwater Benthic Ecology in a Naturally and Otherwise Oiled Marginal Basin.”

Contact Nicholas Persac at npersac@lsureveille.com

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RESLIFE

Approval processes delay new residence halls’ construction East Laville slated to open fall 2012 Meredith Will Contributing Writer

Technicalities in the process for building and renovating dormitories could put a hold on various projects, perpetuating a lack of housing for students, said Residential Life Director Steve Waller.

Waller said East Laville is going to be finished in fall 2012, and Residential College North is scheduled to be finished in fall 2015 because of technicalities.

Residential College North was packaged with the business and engineering dorms but had to be set aside because the project was too expensive to be completed at one time.

The five-year process for building new dorms or renovating existing dorms is lengthy because of the steps to get the buildings approved, and that will force an increasing number of students to look for housing elsewhere while the department waits, Waller said.

If a project costs more than $500,000 and ResLife does not have the money, state law requires the plans to go through the fiveyear capital outlay process for approval.

The first step of the approval process is submitting the plans for

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Construction began in East Laville dorms this summer. The dorms are scheduled to reopen for the fall 2012 semester.

the next legislative session, which is always in May, Waller said.

They are then given to the Board of Supervisors, which takes two to three months to approve the plans.

After they have been approved, the plans go to the Board of Regents, which keeps information of how much square footage is used for what, Waller said.

The plans then go through the Facility Planning and Control division of the state Department of Administration and are submitted to the state Legislature after, Waller said. The Legislature either chooses to approve or deny the plans.

“This process takes over a

year, and then we look for an architect to design the building,” Waller said.

The architect district representatives that make up the Architect Selection Board take about three months to find architects and vote. The University has one vote, Facility Planning and Control has two and each of the representatives in the Architect Selection Board have one vote.

Two months are spent making the contract, and one and a half to two years are spent designing the building, Waller said. Three to four months before construction bids, the University goes to the state system to sell bonds to

receive bond commission, which helps to pay for the new building.

After ResLife accepts a bid, construction begins and lasts from 14 to 16 months, Waller said. The complete process totals around five years.

West Laville had to go through this five-year process and about $50 million was spent on its renovations, Waller said.

“The approval levels [for construction funding] are too small to be effective. ... They hamper timely construction because of the requirement for oversight,” Waller said. “I think it should be at least $1 million, but that’s a legislative decision.”

To combat this, ResLife can use an Act 959, a two-year process that can bypass approval from the state Legislature and go to the Joint Legislative Committee if the project costs between $500,000 and $5 million, Waller said.

Small capital projects less than $500,000 in cost do not require legislative approval and only take four months to go through the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Regents.

Small capital projects are the most completed on campus. Recent small capital projects include renovations of the bathrooms in Jackson Hall, newly painted walls in Annie Boyd Hall and a new roof on West Laville Hall is coming soon, Waller said.

ResLife also sets aside 10 percent of the money paid per year by students who live in the dorms, which amounts to $3 million, Waller said.

Waller said he has a “four pillars” policy for spending the designated $3 million on small renovations and improvements to dorms. The pillars are infrastructure, upgrades and improvements, furniture, and safety and security.

“I like to call it a ‘big elephant,’” Waller said. “We have to nibble off one piece at a time.”

Contact Meredith Will at mwill@lsureveille.com

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AWARDS

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ECONOMY

Chancellor Retail sales indicate slow economic rebound businesses Shopping Trends as of August 2010: honored for Local ‘The economy can largely unaffected be bad, and we get people shopping supporting [online].’ women Sarah Eddington Staff Writer

University strives for gender equality Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

Chancellor Michael Martin received the “Men Who Champion Women” award at the Louisiana Women’s Conference on Friday.

The award is given to individuals who have taken a leadership role to ensure women are included at all levels of their organization, according to a news release from ‘As a man University Reand as a lations.

Martin has chancellor, made it one of missions [Michael his as chancellor Martin] is to see that inclusion occurs empowering throughout the University by and assuring wominspiring.’ en are involved at all levels of Patricia Beste the decisionproformer Staff Senate making cess, the news president release said.

“Chancellor Michael Martin is very deserving of this honor given by the National Diversity Council,” Katrice Albert, vice provost for Equity, Diversity and Community Outreach, said in the release. “I am proud to know that he realizes that in order for LSU to maintain its national prominence, we must create a campus climate that is a magnet for top talent, where cultural inclusion is the rule and where women are full participants in the decisionmaking process.”

The University has made a point to create equal opportunities for women in the past.

Former Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget established the University Council on Women to advise about concerns affecting women at the University.

“Since his arrival on campus, I have worked closely with him on a multitude of issues through Staff Senate, numerous committees, work groups and individual situations,” former Staff Senate president Patricia Beste said in the release. “As a man and as a chancellor, he is empowering and inspiring.”

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com

While people are still showing signs of caution when it comes to spending money on retail, local businesses are finding their sales unaffected.

Consumers spent slightly more this August than they did at the same time last year, but overall, spending has been slow to rebound from the recession, according to a news release from MasterCard Advisors.

Data was generated using MasterCard’s SpendingPulse — an economic report that tracks retail and service sales nationwide based on collective MasterCard sales activity combined with estimates for other payment forms, including cash and check.

Clothing in particular took a notable hit in retail.

Compared to August 2009, sales on women’s and men’s clothing dropped this August with men’s clothing sales falling 1.9 percent and women’s clothing falling 2.7 percent.

Leah Messer, manager of local clothing and accessory boutique Merci Beaucoup, said last month’s retail revenue for her store wasn’t lower than usual.

“We had a lot of success with back-to-school shopping and people coming in to buy sorority stuff,” Messer said.

Messer said people frequently buy smaller items over larger, more expensive ones.

“People are more willing to buy things like jewelry than bigger purchases like a whole new outfit,” she said. “Little gifting items also do better.”

Messer said shoppers are looking for reasonable prices.

“We’re successful because we are money conscious,” she said. “People don’t want to feel like they’re spending too much.”

Charlotte Cox, manager of local T-shirt store Storyville, said in-store sales have been consistent in the last year.

“In the South, we haven’t really felt the full effects of the economy quite yet,” Cox said.

“But people are more reluctant to spend money on higher-end clothing.”

Robyn Haney, biological sciences junior, said she tries to shop responsibly.

“I usually wait for sales,” she said. “Or I’ll use gift cards for the pricier things.”

Online sales rose 7.2 percent from last year, representing a consistent increase in the past 13 months.

Jessica Hebert, sociology freshman, said she does all of her shopping online.

“It’s faster, easier and almost always cheaper,” Hebert said. “I also get e-mail alerts when my favorite stores are having sales, so that helps.”

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Jared Loftus

• Sales on men’s clothing: down 1.9 percent since August 2009 • Sales on women’s clothing: down 2.7 percent since August 2009 • Online sales rose 7.2 percent since August 2009

owner of TigerDistrict.com

Jared Loftus, owner of TigerDistrict.com, an online-only LSU apparel store, said his business hasn’t been affected by the economy.

“Our success is more related to the football team,” Loftus said.

“The economy can be great, and people may not be buying stuff, or the economy can be bad, and

we get people shopping here.”

Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com

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Teamwork,

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SCHWEHMMING AROUND

Tigers earn a defensive Mississippi State win

touchdowns and turnovers

Interceptions lead Tigers to a 29-7 win When it rains, it pours, and said. “I just took a deep breath the interceptions poured in for the afterward, and I had to put that beLSU defense Saturday night. hind me and go get out and work After two weeks of intercep- hard and try to get another one.” tion-less football, the LSU defense LSU also forced two fumbles took all its picking problems out on but couldn’t recover either one.

Mississippi State in The five intercepMark Clements a 29-7 win marked tions mark the mostly by the Tiger most for a Tiger Sports Contributor defense’s prowess. defense since The Tiger defensive line came LSU reeled in six INTs to open up with five interceptions. Junior up the 2007 season at Mississippi cornerback Patrick Peterson and State. sophomore cornerback Morris The LSU defense that’s Claiborne had two picks each. Se- been on a sack binge in recent nior defensive tackle Drake Nevis weeks, racking up 10 in the first added a fifth - the first of his career. two games, tacked on one more Claiborne said the multiple Saturday to its total. turnovers were a weight lifted The Tiger secondary credited from the team’s shoulders.

“It felt awesome,” Claiborne TURNOVERS, see page 11

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Sophomore cornerback Morris Claiborne (17), senior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard (11) and senior defensive tackle Drake Nevis celebrate during LSU’s win Saturday.

SHAINA HUNTSBERRY / The Daily Reveille

Redshirt freshman defensive end Sam Montgomery and junior defensive end Ken Adams rush the Mississippi State offensive line in LSU’s 29-7 win Saturday.

I don’t know what was put in the Tigers’ end zone before LSU and Mississippi State kicked off, but whatever it was, it worked.

LSU seemed repulsed by the thought of a touchdown in the first half. It stayed as far away from the north and south ends of the field as possible.

Not that senior kicker Josh Jasper minded. He had a field (goal) day, scoring 17 of LSU’s 29 points.

I can tell you what kept the Bulldogs out of the land of six points: defensive coordinator John Chavis.

I don’t know ANDY SCHWEHM if I have ever Sports Columnist been more impressed with LSU’s defense since I’ve been on campus. The players are young, and they fly to the ball faster than any team I’ve watched this season. They have a knack for making the right plays at the right time.

The defense surrendered 268 total yards (116 in the air and 152 on the ground). But that didn’t matter. It only surrendered an early third quarter touchdown, and that was it.

This LSU defense, which looks like the Saints’ defense from last year, was what won LSU two national championships in the 2000s.

They may give up some yards, but they get the timely turnovers that make the total yards statistics completely worthless. They put numbers up in the statistics columns DEFENSE, see page 11

VOLLEYBALL

Lady Tigers remain undefeated Team starts 11-0 for first time since 1991 Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

The LSU volleyball team defended the zero last weekend.

The Tigers and their perfect 2010 campaign stayed alive as Southeastern Conference foes Auburn and Georgia fell victim to LSU in the PMAC. No. 19 LSU (11-0, 2-0) beat the Bulldogs, 3-0, on Sunday to keep a goose egg in the loss

column.

“We have this thing called ‘defend the zero,’” said senior setter Brittney Johnson. “We’re enjoying being undefeated. We came into the season trying to be the best that we could be.”

The Tigers held the upper hand for the majority of the three sets against Georgia.

LSU out-blocked the Bulldogs, 10-5, and recorded 53 digs.

“We were in system almost every ball,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “Very few balls did we not get in front of the attack line and create something. We need to continue that for sure.”

Senior outside hitter Angela Bensend led the team with 14 kills and 15 points.

“Our offense is working really well, and we’re creating [opportunities],” Flory said. “We were able to do some good things within our offense.”

Georgia (8-5, 0-2) held its biggest lead, 16-13, in the third set.

But the Tigers roared back with key blocks, a kill by senior outside hitter Tania Schatow and a match-winning kill by junior middle blocker Michele Williams VOLLEYBALL, see page 11

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Senior outside hitter Angela Bensend serves to Auburn on Friday during the 3-1 LSU victory in the PMAC. LSU beat Auburn and Georgia this weekend.

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SOCCER

LSU outlasts McNeese State, 2-0 Tigers fall late to Illinois on Friday Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

There are almost twice as many freshmen as juniors and seniors combined on the LSU soccer team, but the upperclassmen were the ones who stood out Sunday afternoon.

The veterans jump started the Tigers in the second half after a slow start to beat McNeese State, 2-0, in a priority point game at the LSU Soccer Complex.

“I didn’t think we were great by any stretch,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. After a scoreless first half, the Tigers (3-4-1) outlasted and outworked the exhausted Cowgirls (2-7) in the second half.

“We just attacked with a little more urgency in the second half,” Lee said. “In the first half we were contesting the ball in their end, but there was no real dynamic, ‘Hey, we’ve got to score.’”

Senior forward Courtney Alexander buried a left-footed goal in the box on a cross from freshman forward Addie Eggleston to put the Tigers up, 1-0. Alexander had multiple scoring opportunities in the first half before finding

the net in the 54th minute. the Cowgirls all game, said her “Eventually getting the first energy level is contagious. goal was really big,” Lee said.

“I bring the energy level up Alexander, who has played with my tackles and my runs, defender and forward this season, and people feed off your energy,” said she needs to work on her Chapman said. shooting if she’s going to be used Lee said Martineau’s comin attack more often. She finished posure was crucial after she got with five shots, including two on around the goalie. goal.

“She’s been putting herself “It’s definitely a different in great spots against everybody mental mindset to come in and and just not finishing off the switch the offensive mode on deal,” Lee said. from the defensive mode,” AlexLSU junior goalie Mo Isom ander said. “It’ll take a little get- shut out the Cowgirls without ting used to.” blocking a single shot. McNeese Less than 20 minutes after State’s only solid opportunity Alexander’s goal, junior de- came with 25 minutes remaining fender Allysha on a corner kick, Chapman passed but the Cowgirls a through ball couldn’t convert. half the length of “McNeese the field to junior did a really good midfielder Natalie job of slowing the Martineau, who game down and beat her defender trying to shorten and went around the game,” Lee the goalkeeper for said. “At halftime, the final score. certainly that goal “Mart just was achieved.” sprinted and made Sophomore a really nice run, forward Carlie Courtney Alexander like half the field Banks notched LSU senior forward to get across,” seven shots, inChapman said. “I cluding four on knew if I played it to her straight goal, but they were all turned through she’d be on a break- aside. The Tigers outshot the away.”

Cowgirls, 23-3.

Chapman, who pestered LSU didn’t have the same

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TENNIS

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LSU senior forward Courtney Alexander (6) chases after the ball during the Tigers’ 2-0 victory Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Alexander scored a goal in the win.

fortune on Friday night at Illinois, falling, 1-0, after a late penalty kick score from the Fighting Illini.

Illinois senior defender Krystin Miller scored after an Illinois player was taken down in the box in the 84th minute.

LSU freshman goalie Megan Kinneman recorded her second career start in the game, saving eight shots. Kinneman is battling for playing time with Isom, the Tigers’ primary goalie who set LSU records for wins (15) and shutouts (12) last season.

“If Megan keeps the same direction going in practice that she has now, then for the foreseeable future I think they’ll be splitting games,” Lee said.

Illinois (7-1) held an 18-8 shot advantage against the Tigers in the game.

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Tigers fall in Louisiana-Lafayette Invitational Sophomore Olivier Borsos loses in finals Erin Henley Sports Contributor

Members of the LSU men’s tennis team were unable to win it all in the University of LouisianaLafayette Invitational this past weekend, but coach Jeff Brown was pleased with the results.

“We only took four of our players; we wanted to give them an opportunity to get started with that advantage, ‘With as and I think they hard,” hot as it worked Brown said. was today “Olivier [Borcertainly it took a lot sos] had a good out of both event for himof them.’ self playing in four matches and getting into Jeff Brown the finals. We LSU tennis coach got what we wanted out of the event.”

Borsos, senior Cody Loup and juniors Jordan Girdley and David Roberts started the fall 2010 season at Cajun Courts in Lafayette.

Borsos, participating in the flight A bracket, won three of the four singles matches in which he competed in. He started the first day with a pair of wins against

Till Heilshorn of Ouachita Baptist and Ted Nilsson of ULL, winning the matches 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, respectively. The win against Nilsson clinched Borsos a spot in the semifinals.

The tournament continued the next day with Borsos matched up against Tulane’s Adam Bernstein, who had defeated Roberts the previous day. Unlike Roberts, Borso was able to overcome Bernstein in two consecutive sets, winning 6-0, 7-6 (4) and earning him a place in the flight A final.

Borsos was the only one of his teammates to make it to the finals in singles. Loup and Roberts lost in the first round of the tournament in the flight A singles bracket, and Girdley lost in the second round in the flight B bracket.

Day three marked the end of Borsos’ run as he lost to Yanick Mandl of ULL in the final. Borsos won the first set, which lasted a lengthy two hours but was unable to win the next two sets, ultimately losing 7-6, 1-6, 0-6. Brown said the length of the match had an effect on Borsos’ performance.

“With as hot as it was today it took a lot out of both of them,” Brown said. “It was more the other guy’s style of play to grind it out like that. Olivier doesn’t play that long of matches that frequently, and he had a couple of those during the tournament so I think that kind of wore on him a

bit.”

Singles was not the only discipline in which the Tigers had success. Roberts and Girdley made it to the finals in flight B doubles but ultimately lost to Lamar’s Carlos Valdenbro and Diego Snyder, 9-8 (10-8).

The Tigers compete next in the Southern Intercollegiates in Athens, Ga., Sept. 24 to 27.

Brown said he’s expecting another breakthrough.

“We’re just looking for something out of each event, and Olivier was certainly the highlight out of this last week,” Brown said. “So next weekend in Georgia I think we’re going to take the same four guys. We’re looking for somebody to have another run to the finals or at least get a lot of work in.”

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Monday, Sept. 20, 2010

CROSS COUNTRY

LSU runners place second to Miss. State on Saturday of academic issues.

Four consecutive Mississippi State runners followed Chautin, which helped the Bulldogs claim the men’s title with 41 points to LSU’s 62.

Ryan Ginn “Not just winning the race, Sports Contributor but actually running a very good The LSU cross country time on that course is a testament teams opened their seasons with to the commitment [Chautin] a pair of secondmade since last place finishes year in terms of at the Bulldog getting better as a Invitational in runner,” said LSU Starkville, Miss., coach Mark Elon Saturday. liott.

The Tigers The Tigers were led by sealso received nior Richard strong perforChautin, who mances from secrossed the line in nior Tim Landry, 24 minutes, 41.13 who completed seconds to finish the course in a cafirst. reer-best 26 minIt was the Tiutes, 1.56 seconds gers’ first individto finish eighth.

Mark Elliott ual title since JoJunior Cullen LSU cross country coach seph Simuchimba Doody, LSU’s top defeated the finisher in every field in the 2008 race in 2009, finLSU Invitational. The race also ished 10th overall. marked a return to competition Junior Laura Carleton earned for Chautin, who didn’t compete a fourth-place finish as the Lady in 2009 after redshirting because Tigers also finished second to

Times improve since last season

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‘... Running a very good time on that course is a testament to the commitment [Richard Chautin] made since last year.’

Mississippi State.

Her time of 18 minutes, 44.10 seconds was nearly a minute faster than her best time of 2009, when she finished 22nd at the LSU Invitational.

“It’s not far-fetched to know that we were going to be better this year with the women’s team,” Elliott said. “Cross country is not traditionally Laura’s strong suit, but she does compete well at it.”

The Lady Tigers also received a boost from transfer sophomores Brea and Dakota Goodman, who finished sixth and seventh overall.

Both teams will return to action next week when they host the LSU Invitational.

The teams finished third and fourth in the 2009 LSU Invitational, but Elliott said he’ll be looking at the times more than the results.

“You hope to see a bit more improvement than the week before,” he said. “Whatever situation we’ll face, we’ll just try to have our best effort on that day.”

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FOOTBALL

Tigers remain at 12, 15 in week 3 polls Staff Reports The third weekend of the college football season didn’t bring about any major changes for the LSU football team.

The Tigers (3-0, 2-0) remained entrenched at No. 12 in Sunday’s USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll and No. 15 in the Associated Press poll after defeating Mississippi State, 29-7, on Saturday night.

LSU’s defense led the way against the Bulldogs (1-2, 0-2) with five interceptions, while senior kicker Josh Jasper set a school record with five field goals.

The Tigers jumped four spots in last week’s rankings by virtue of several major upsets across the college football landscape. This week was not so eventful, as No. 18 Iowa was the only team to drop out of the top 10, falling from No. 9 after a 34-27 loss to now-No. 14 Arizona.

The last time Arizona was ranked so high during the regular season was 1998, when the Wildcats finished the year No. 4 in the country.

No. 6 Nebraska and No. 10 Arkansas both surged into the upper echelon of this week’s polls after impressive performances Saturday.

The Cornhuskers pounded Washington into submission, 5621, with a 383-yard team rushing performance, helping them to the AP’s No. 6 ranking and the No.

8 spot in the USA Today coaches poll.

The Razorbacks pulled out a thrilling 31-24 victory against Georgia at Sanford Stadium, with junior quarterback Ryan Mallett completing 21 of 33 passes for 380 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning strike with 15 seconds remaining.

The Southeastern Conference featured four other ranked teams in addition to LSU and Arkansas.

Alabama secured its hold on the top spot in both polls after dismantling Duke, 62-13.

Florida starts the week ranked No. 8 by the coaches and No. 9 by the AP after outlasting Tennessee, 31-17, on the road.

No. 12 South Carolina

dismantled Furman, 38-19. The Gamecocks face the conference’s final ranked squad, No. 17 Auburn, in Auburn this weekend.

Michigan State joined the rankings for the first time this season at No. 25 after downing Notre Dame, 34-31, on a fake field goal touchdown in overtime.

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio suffered a minor heart attack after the thrilling win. He is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery to put a stent in a blocked blood vessel.

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ATHLETES FOR THE CURE

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Sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard gives the LSU-Vanderbilt game ball to Bishop Mikaelian, who is diagnosed with a low grade cancerous tumor on her brain stem, strep throat and pneumonia, on Saturday, Sept. 18 in Tiger Stadium.

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Monday, Sept. 20, 2010

NFL

Well-rested Saints look to get on roll Heisman Trophy won while with Southern California. The NCAA punished USC after concluding that SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Bush and his family took money New Orleans Saints are going from and gifts from sports agents while a prime-time season opener to kick Bush played for the Trojans.

Bush’s energy is focused on the off the NFL season to a second straight game in the national spot- 49ers.

“They’re going to be tough,” light.

Quarterback Drew Brees he said. “It’s at their field, home doesn’t mind all the early season field advantage. The crowd’s going to be behind them, hype surrounding and anybody who the defending Suknows Mike Sinper Bowl champigletary knows how ons. They’ve had fierce of a competiplenty of time to tor he was.” prepare for MonThe Saints day night’s matchsure would appear up at San Francisco to have the upper following their Drew Brees hand against San Sept. 9 win against the Minnesota Vi- New Orleans Saints quarterback Francisco. They’re already clicking. kings, a rematch of last season’s NFC championship They’ve won the last five matchups with the Niners, who will try to get game.

“Every game is a huge game, back on track following a dismal especially when you’re going from 31-6 season-opening loss at Seattle a Thursday night prime-time game and a week of questions about their to a Monday night prime-time offense. Quarterback Alex Smith had problems getting the plays into game,” Brees said.

Running back Reggie Bush his ear on time before the headset makes his first appearance for the cut off with 15 seconds on the clock.

Those issues drew criticism of Saints since giving back his 2005 Janie McCauley

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‘Every game is a huge game.’

second-year 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye, who stood up Thursday and took the blame for what happened while also defending himself and his NFL coaching career stretching more than three decades.

The Niners didn’t score a touchdown against Seattle and couldn’t score in the second half. They made the very penalties and mental errors that cost them so many times on the road last season, when San Francisco dropped six straight away from the Bay Area and five in a row by a combined 19 points.

New Orleans isn’t too concerned with the 49ers’ early season drama.

“I don’t know what’s going on there in that organization, but I know in our organization everything is good,” Saints running back Pierre Thomas said. “We can’t take this team for granted.”

Brees, Bush and the Saints seem far ahead of the 49ers at this stage.

Brees completed 27 of 36 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown against the Vikings, hitting nine different receivers. That could cause problems for San Francisco’s some-

Bears pass Cowboys, 27-20 Jaime Aron The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jay Cutler can’t lose. Tony Romo can’t win.

Cutler threw three touchdown passes and Romo wasn’t able to respond, lifting the Chicago Bears to a 27-20 victory Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.

The Bears come away 2-0 for the first time since their Super Bowl season in 2006.

Dallas fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2001, when Quincy Carter took over for the retired Troy Aikman at quarterback. Cowboys loyalists will remember the 1993 season starting 0-2 and ending with a Super Bowl championship, but that club got Emmitt Smith back from a contract holdout to start its rally. This club can only look forward to tumult as owner Jerry Jones isn’t likely to

tolerate such a sloppy start to a season he expected to end in the Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium.

Led by linebackers DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer, the Cowboys came out ready to take control with their defense. Cutler went to the sideline after his third drive screaming, “Can’t we block anybody?” Offensive coordinator Mike Martz did, with Cutler throwing for touchdowns on his next two drives. The Bears were up 20-14 at halftime and never trailed again.

Dallas wasted chance after chance.

Romo got to the 10-yardline on the opening drive of the second half but had to settle for a field goal.

Midway through the fourth quarter, another drive ended with a field goal try that would’ve tied it at 20, but David Buehler badly missed to the left from 44 yards.

Cutler answered with his third

touchdown pass, then Romo quickly got the Cowboys moving again only to see Roy Williams fumble fighting for yards after a catch.

Buehler ended up hitting a 48-yarder with 1:17 left, but the Bears caught his onside kick and drained the clock.

Cutler was 21 of 29 for 277 yards. He ended up getting sacked only once, despite losing left tackle Chris Williams to a hamstring injury in the first quarter. He didn’t have any interceptions, and had a knack for making plays at the right time.

Romo was 34 of 51 for 374 yards and a touchdown. He had two interceptions, both bouncing off usually sure-handed receivers. He also had more off-target throws than usual.

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New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas (23) scores the game winning touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings during the season opening NFL game in New Orleans on Thursday, Sept. 9. The Saints won, 14-9.

times overly aggressive secondary.

Winning 14-9 against Minnesota, New Orleans scored its fewest points in a victory since coach Sean Payton took over in 2006. The Saints began the game with Brees leading a five-play, 77-yard touchdown drive in the opening two minutes.

“He’s very efficient. He pretty much knows where he’s going with

the ball,” 49ers cornerback Nate Clements said of Brees.

The Saints will try to begin 2-0 in consecutive seasons for the first time in franchise history.

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Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 DEFENSE, from page 7

that matter — turnovers won and interceptions.

The interception column was certainly full for LSU’s defense Saturday night. If I had a buck for every interception LSU got, I would have almost been able to buy one of those obnoxiously overpriced Papa John’s pizzas.

Alas, LSU only had five interceptions, not the seven I needed.

Those interceptions can’t be credited to junior Patrick Peterson (who had two), sophomore Morris Claiborne (who also had two) and senior Drake Nevis alone (although his one-handed, behind-his-head interception was pretty impressive.)

The defensive line and linebacking corps aggressively faced Mississippi State quarterbacks Chris Relf and Tyler Russell, forcing errant throws.

Chavis is bringing the pressure on opposing quarterbacks, just like he did last year. But this year, the Tigers are getting to the quarterback and forcing turnovers.

Those interceptions led to some offensive output. Well, more like special teams output. But the point is the same: four of LSU’s five interceptions led to 16 of the Tigers’ 29 points.

LSU’s defense last season lacked those timely turnovers, which was part of the reason for their failure.

If they can continue to play at the level they have played the past two weeks, then LSU can compete against anyone, even with a mediocre offense.

Oh, and on a completely different note, kudos to the student section for also being amazing. I’d venture to say that around 95 percent of y’all wore gold, and it looked wonderful.

As far as the rest of the stadium goes, y’all need some work. It was fairly gold, but there was too much purple and other colors sprinkled throughout.

If you watched the Arizona home game on the tube after the LSU game, you would have seen how amazing a unifying color can look.

Someone got a bunch of shirts made, the team wore all red and it looked outstanding.

Next year, LSU needs to pull an all gold uniform for the game. And someone needs to step up and get a mass production of gold shirts made for the game.

Here’s looking at you, Tiger Athletic Foundation donors.

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

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2007.

Mississippi State coach Dan the interceptions to the constant Mullen said the blame falls on the entire team, including himself. pressure by the defensive line.

“A lot of “It was hard people have rework and a very sponsibility on good scheme by those turnovers,” [defensive coorMullen said. “I dinator John Chado, certainly the vis],” said senior quarterbacks do, linebacker Kelvin the offensive line Sheppard.

“We and receivers all were getting to the do. You have got quarterback, and to take care of the he had to either football.” release it or get it.

LSU held You saw the end Patrick Peterson Mississippi State result.” junior cornerback to 268 total yards Two intercepof offense, with tions came against Bulldog starter Chris Relf. The 116 of them through the air. Bulljunior quarterback left the game dog junior offensive lineman early in the third quarter after a 13- Quentin Saulsberry also credited the turnovers to the Tiger blitz. yard scramble.

“It comes down to turnovers,” Peterson said defensive backs coach Ron Cooper moved him to Saulsberry said. “There were a lot the left side of the field — Mis- of mistakes on the offense and a sissippi State’s strong side — to lot of protection errors. We didn’t present more big play opportuni- make the plays as an offense.”

LSU had a total of 13 interties. The preseason All-American said he strategically baited Relf ceptions all last season, includinto testing him on his first inter- ing a three-pick game against the Bulldogs in Starkville. More than ception.

“I knew that the quarterback a third of the way to last year’s had a pretty strong arm, but I knew mark, sophomore wide receiver that ball wasn’t going to outrun Russell Shepard said the stingy me,” Peterson joked. “I used my defense takes pressure off the ofspeed and ball-hawking skills to fense.

“Our defense came out and did get back up under the ball.”

Freshman quarterback Tyler a nice job of getting us great field Russell threw the final trio of inter- position and creating turnovers,” ceptions and replaced Relf in the Shepard said. “Drake Nevis, Kelsecond half. Russell led the Bull- vin Sheppard and Patrick Peterson dogs to a touchdown drive his first are doing a great job leading the series in the game, completing his defense, as well as this team. They make it easy on our part.” first two passes.

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‘I knew that the quarterback had a pretty strong arm, but I knew that ball wasn’t going to outrun me.’

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to take the final set, 25-21.

“We came out strong and no matter what, when we go back into the locker room after two games, we act like its the third game,” said sophomore defensive specialist Sam Delahoussaye. “We never really stop the intensity.”

Johnson contributed with 37 of the team’s 43 assists. LSU entered the weekend already leading the SEC in assists.

This season has been LSU’s hottest start since 1991 when the Tigers began 12-0 and finished with a 35-2 record and a Final Four appearance.

“We’re not trying to be undefeated, but it’s nice to have a zero at the end of it,” Delahoussaye said.

Flory was an assistant coach for the Tigers in 1991.

“You can’t really compare [the teams],” Flory said. “It was a completely different style of play.

That team had a bunch of offensive weapons. This team is a defensive-minded team, and we’re

going to play defense and keep the ball in play long enough.”

The 13th-year coach said the veterans on the team have been crucial to the hot start.

“It speaks volumes of their preparation from January of last year to today,” Flory said. “It also speaks volumes of the upperclassmen and the way they welcomed the young kids.”

LSU started its SEC slate off on a good note Friday night against Auburn.

LSU took the match, 3-1, as Angela Bensend tied a careerbest with 22 kills.

Bensend’s kills and 18 digs notched the Plano, Texas, native her fourth double-double of the season.

Flory said her team exceeded expectations during the weekend’s two conference wins.

“We’re a little better than I thought we were [going to be],” Flory said.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Foreign languages are essential to a flagship university A front page article of Sept. 3 in The Daily Reveille ran under the title: “‘Vast majority’ of instructors will keep jobs in the spring.”

While I’m happy for the instructors who’ve been retained, I’m dismayed by the fact that the only instructors laid off were from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Regardless of the need for budget cuts, their firing is a sad commentary on the utter lack of support for foreign languages in the state.

As for why foreign languages have long been targeted for cuts, low enrollment has often been cited. If critics of foreign languages were honest with themselves they’d have to admit that subjects like Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Swahili, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Italian and German will never win the competition for students against larger programs such as English, math and chemistry. But isn’t a university precisely the place for students interested in these languages?

Remember, the University is neither the “flagship technical college” nor the “flagship community college” — both of which serve a valuable need in Louisiana. LSU is supposed to be the “flagship university” in Louisiana, and if it truly hopes to be that to the citizens of the state and beyond in more than name only, then it should insist on foreign languages having a place.

A second reason for traditionally targeting foreign languages is the misconception that a majority of students regard the foreign language requirement as merely a hurdle to overcome on their way to a degree.

First of all, this argument insults students by failing to give them credit for seeing the value of studying a foreign language within a broad liberal arts curriculum.

Second, in my 40 years of teaching German here at the University, I’ve come to know countless students who initially took German merely to fulfill their foreign language requirement, only to discover that 1) they enjoyed it, 2) they were good at it, and 3) they learned things about themselves and others they would not have discovered elsewhere.

Many of these students went

on to participate in summer programs in Germany or in academic year abroad programs with lifechanging benefits that would have been difficult to obtain if not for their study of a foreign language.

I know my colleagues in the other foreign languages all have similar stories to tell.

Finally, even assuming for a moment that some students view the foreign language requirement as an obstacle to overcome, what of those students who genuinely wish to study Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Arabic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew or German – isn’t a university precisely the place these students have a right to expect that? If not a university, especially the state’s supposed flagship university, then where?

A final comment: In 2007 when German steel manufacturer ThyssenKrupp was considering building a multimillion dollar plant in Louisiana, then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco had someone from her office contact me to translate a brief welcoming statement to dignitaries from ThyssenKrupp whom she eagerly anticipated arriving in Baton Rouge to announce their decision to locate in Louisiana. The statement read in part: “Louisiana welcomes ThyssenKrupp into our family.” Unfortunately, Blanco never got the chance to try out the German version I’d sent her office.

ThyssenKrupp located in Mobile, Ala. I’m not so naïve as to think the state’s lack of support for German and most other foreign languages was the deciding factor, but it’s interesting to note that when foreign companies look to invest billions of dollars, creating countless jobs in the South, it’s rarely, if ever, Louisiana that’s chosen: BMW has assembly plants in Spartanburg, S.C.; Mercedes in Vance, Ala.; Honda in Lincoln, Ala.; Nissan in Smyma, Tenn. and Canton, Miss.; KIA is in West Point, Ga. Clearly, there are significant economic factors at work as well.

And yet, I sense that our state’s long history of fostering such an inhospitable climate for foreign languages figures into the mix.

The responsibility and blame for that rests squarely on the shoulders of our Board of Supervisors, our legislators, and our governor.

International relations rely on foreign languages Some decades ago, President John F. Kennedy stood proudly in front of the Berlin Wall and announced, “Ich bin ein Berliner.”

Most likely, neither President Kennedy nor his speech writer had any idea that the little word “ein” changed the meaning of what he intended to express. Luckily for the U.S., the Germans loved President Kennedy!

On March 6, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow a gift which was to represent the Obama Administration’s desire to “reset” Russian/American relations.

According to ABC News, the following transpired: Sec. of State Hillary Clinton handed Foreign Minister Lavrow a red button which what she believed read ‘reset’ in Russian.

(Ask your Russian instructor what “peregruzka” means or plug it into your translator, whichever you prefer. Caution: your translator may spit out what is not appropriate in context!) Luckily again for the U.S., the Russian foreign minister graciously averted this most embarrassing situation with humor.

Last week, President Obama announced he wants to use X amount of dollars to stimulate the economy by building roads, a high-speed rail system and develop clean energy. Wonderful idea, you may think. Let’s just hope we have enough people in the

business world who speak the necessary languages in order to successfully undertake this adventure. Why? Ask yourself – Who is the leader in high speed railroads? I’ll give you a hint – this language will no longer be taught at the University as of January 2011. Who leads in clean energy? In recycling, etc? Why would you/we need to know their language? Does not everyone speak English? But, oh my, so much gets lost in translation, even from English to English.

Just this year, an office at the University was working on a multimillion-dollar center grant for LSU. Unfortunately, no one in that office could translate an audit letter. Fortunately for the University, the German department is still breathing and someone in that department and another native speaker could tackle the task.

Do you want to stimulate your brain cells? Is that not why you attend a university? Scientists recommend, among other things, the study of a foreign language. Do you want to improve your own English language skills? Want to think critically, analytically or logically? Take a foreign language or two!

A final word of caution: Next time you moan because you must conjugate verbs, rejoice – you are doing something for your brain cells.

Next time you want to cheer that your language requirements have been reduced or worse are non-existent, go home and weep or at least ask, why?

Mazal tov if you still believe that studying a foreign language is a frill.

Angelika A Roy German instructor

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Budget cuts outweigh value of artistic pieces Dear Editor, Reading Thursday’s paper I found it interesting that beneath the article about the eminent $62 million budget cuts we are facing, there was a story about an $8 million picture book of birds in the Hill Library. Really? The fact that these two articles were directly next to each other is comical.

We are in danger of losing half of our colleges, 50 degree programs, 700 faculty and staff, and so on and so on. The very essence of our University is at stake, countless numbers of professors, students, and staff are facing potentially lifechanging decisions in the near future, and yet we can afford to keep a book worth $8 million on hand?

The number of jobs and programs that could be saved by auctioning this book far outweighs the artistic value of it.

If the University had a Monet, Picasso or Mona Lisa herself I would expect them to auction it.

It’s a simple concept – people over material.

Sure, auctioning the book won’t solve the budget crisis, but if we can’t afford to provide a quality education anymore then we certainly can’t afford this book.

Millie Calzada English junior

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FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY

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US interventionism policies cause more harm than good The withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq is only the latest example of the United States’ interventionism, which is the process of taking it upon ourselves to get involved in other countries’ problems.

It is also the latest example of the U.S. creating more of a problem than the one meant to be fixed, this time at the cost of more than 4,000 American lives.

Looking back at the last century, one can see several different instances of the U.S. intervening in other countries’ affairs under the guise of national defense.

Whether it be wars between countries like Iraq and Iran, other countries’ civil wars like Korea, Vietnam and Russia, or simply our involvement in post-war affairs, it usually leaves us worse for the wear.

Additionally, do we really want to sacrifice our men and women for nothing?

Let’s begin with Iraq. Most of you should know this is not the first time we have met the

country in battle. In early 1991, we lost 294 military personnel while getting Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

This is the same Iraq we decided to help during its war with Iran in the mid-1980s. However, it seems the good ol’ Red, White and Blue isn’t too picky, because Iran also received arms from us in the same conflict.

It’s a good Zachary Davis thing our relaColumnist tionship with Iran is so peachy now — right?

Don’t let this fool you, though; the Middle East isn’t the only place we have tried to improve. Europe and Asia have also been under America’s loving care, which is most evident in the recent resurfacing of problems in North and South Korea.

As tension between these countries slowly starts to rise,

we really have to ask ourselves if intervening in their civil war did the world any good. Was losing 36,000 American lives really worth holding the faux-Communist North Korea back under the policy of containment?

Speaking of the blunder that was the containment policy, who could forget about Vietnam?

America invaded Vietnam as an attempt to curb the spread of Soviet Communism, and we lost more than 58,000 members of the military in this failed endeavor.

While I admire these Americans for their brave sacrifices, it seems pretty evident these were unnecessary, as Vietnam being a singleparty socialist state has not ended the world.

While I do not understand the communist scare at all, I do know its spread was perceived as a danger to the U.S., much like some countries are seen today.

However, the only real risk many of these “threats to national defense” pose is the possibility of our country’s intervention.

Our involvement in how post-World War I Europe worked (specifically President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points) was one of the reasons why World War II was inevitable.

Of Wilson’s Fourteen Points, one of the most interesting was his belief that Russia should have been able to develop politically however it wanted. Judging by our involvement in the Russian Civil War, however, he must have meant they could do so as long as it was to our liking.

One of the reasons fanatical groups hate us is we are perceived as an imperialist force, invading other countries to make them behave the way we see fit. Looking at our history, can we really blame anyone for looking at us like this?

What we need to do as a country is stop believing it is our right or responsibility to step into the affairs of other countries, whether it is through direct military might or the backing of sides with equipment.

In the last century, it has only

proven itself to be a policy which comes back to bite us in the ass.

This is not to say America shouldn’t respond to legitimate attacks. Should we, or any of our allies, come under attack by another nation, of course we should respond in kind. If we continue to go along with these changing policies of intervention, we will only serve to antagonize the rest of the world and cause more Americans to sacrifice their lives unnecessarily.

We need to realize the world is not ours to force our will upon, and the harder we try to, the harder the rest of the world will push back.

Zachary Davis is a 19-year-old history sophomore from Warsaw, Poland. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_zdavis.

Contact Zachary Davis at zdavis@lsureveille.com

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Can’t find a job? Don’t impulsively Teach for America Egu Ramanathan The Daily Texan

Austin, Texas – Entrance into the “real world” is daunting for anyone, especially for those without job prospects. With employment particularly difficult to come by, Teach For America presents a promising alternative for new graduates.

In 1990, Princeton University alumna Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America. With ambitious goals in mind, Kopp established a two-year program for recent college graduates to teach at urban, low-income public schools scattered across the nation. Because the program does not require participants to have degrees in education or the subject they teach, TFA is an option for a wide range of educated young people.

But, depending on your commitment to teaching, TFA might not be the job for you.

A college degree and an impressive GPA do not a capable teacher make, and being inspired

by Hilary Swank’s character in “Freedom Writers” is not enough to ignite a genuine desire to educate. At the risk of sounding like a broken record from the Obama campaign, you must have the drive for change if you plan on entering this program.

Unfortunately, not all TFA teachers seem to have this drive.

The program has a 50-percent turnover rate after two years, and an 80-percent turnover rate after three years, according to a study

by University of Texas education

professor Julian Vasquez Heilig and California State University’s Su Jin Jez. These findings imply TFA workers’ commitment to teaching is fleeting at best and self-serving at worst. While TFA hopes its teachers will make a lasting impact on their school system, an alarming percentage of the program’s members complete the required two years and essentially abandon ship for either grad school in unrelated fields, or to pursue a different career path altogether.

To be sure, TFA can open doors for those who care deeply about bridging the achievement gap that has plagued the U.S. public education system for decades.

The statistics are undeniable.

America, one of the world’s most powerful nations, lags behind a majority of the developed world in its public school students’ math and reading aptitude. Texas public school students rank 49th in verbal and math SAT scores and have the 36th-lowest high school graduation rate.

It is distressing that participating in a program with such noble goals is so difficult. TFA now accepts fewer than 20 percent of applicants, and a recent article in The New York Times compares TFA acceptance rates to those of Ivy League colleges. Perhaps for those genuinely interested in improving American public education, however, the stiffened competition for acceptance into TFA is a blessing in disguise.

With so much talk about

TFA’s selectivity, the University of Texas still has an impressive showing. Eighty students from the UT class of 2010 will begin teaching in the fall, and the program ranks UT No. 1 among large colleges for our student contribution to the program. Such a strong representation in the program is beneficial for Longhorns with a genuine interest in working to-

ward TFA’s goal.

Kopp once said, “In order to have a real impact, you have to influence the consciousness of the country. You will have to influence the priorities of a generation.” As TFA’s target audience, we must ask ourselves where our priorities lie. Do we want a moving 24-month experience before pursuing a completely unrelated

career, or do we want to work beyond the two-year commitment toward improving a flawed system? If our generation and its ever-increasing cynicism fails to follow up on our idealism, who will?

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cess is going on here to get the body back. They don’t know the documental things, the expenses — they just want their son’s body at any cost,” Kumar said.

The Telugu Association of North America, an organization that helps integrate the Telugu-speaking people of India to North American life, is handling the arrangements for Gotham’s body for free, Kumar said.

Handling Gotham’s body will cost about $8,000, Kumar said.

“We would like to extend our help for this cause,” the LSU ISA said in an e-mail to its members.

“Every little bit will go a long way

towards ensuring that his body reaches his parents.”

TANA and Gotham’s parents are not asking for contributions, but Kumar feels it’s the University’s duty to assist Gotham’s family.

“This association is here to help Indian students, and so we will do that,” Kumar said.

Donations are coming from various sources, Kumar said.

“Some students and faculty [have donated], some from the University of [Louisiana at] Lafayette, but the majority is coming from students and faculty,” Kumar said.

The raised funds are going to the Telugu Association of North America, who has direct contact with Gotham’s family,

KICKS, from page 1

The Daily Reveille Kumar explained.

TANA will decide whether the money is needed for the funeral, Kumar said. If it is not, the money will be sent to Gotham’s family.

Students and faculty with Campus Federal accounts can donate to the “Indian Student Association” through a phone transfer. Alternatively, walk-ins may drop a check or deposit in the name of the “Indian Student Association” with a comment or note reading “Joseph Funeral.”

The LSU ISA will accept donations until the end of the month.

Contact Julian Tate at jtate@lsureveille.com

the same kick the same way every time and just trying to kick it straight and long, that’s what I do.”

Jasper’s first field goal of the game gave the Tigers a 3-0 advantage with 9:38 remaining in the first quarter. They never looked back from there.

Even though LSU dominated the first half stats — it had the ball nearly four minutes more than Mississippi State and an average starting field position of its own 44-yard line — it could not muster a touchdown but went into the locker room with a 12-0 lead.

The inability to cross the goal line is something LSU coach Les Miles wants to change.

“We’d like to finish with sevens,” Miles said. “In the first half, four possessions down in the red zone, we kick threes; we’d like to have sevens. If you have sevens there, it makes the score much difLYNDSI LEWIS / The Daily Reveille ferent.”

LSU junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson makes a drive to the end zone Saturday The Bulldogs opened the sec- during the Tigers’ 29-7 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Tiger Stadium. ond half with a sense of new life, Peterson, a preseason Allusing a 13-play, 81-yard drive statistical output.

“As a leader on this team and American, was glad the Bulldogs to make the score 12-7. They were able to score even after ju- a quarterback, I don’t really fol- tried to test him and joked about nior quarterback Chris Relf was low my yards,” Jefferson said. postseason awards.

“I’m happy they threw it my knocked out of the game early in “I’m here to win games. If you sit the drive. Redshirt freshman Tyler there and follow by yards, you’re way so I can get some more opportunities and better chance Russell replaced Relf and went a selfish player.”

LSU junior running back to maybe win the Jim Thorpe 2-of-2 on the drive for 36 yards Stevan Ridley tacked on another award,” Peterson said. and rushed for nine yards.

Two other Tigers earned the But the shift in momentum touchdown with 1:23 remaining in the third quarter to give the Tigers first interceptions of their careers. was temporary.

Sophomore cornerback Morris After Mississippi State senior some cushion with a 26-7 lead.

Jasper capped the scoring Claiborne picked off two passes, kicker Sean Brauchle’s kickoff went out of bounds, LSU’s of- with his record-breaking 21-yard and senior defensive tackle Drake field goal early in the fourth quar- Nevis pulled down one. fense finally awoke.

The five interceptions are the Junior quarterback Jordan ter.

“I didn’t realize most for an LSU team in a game Jefferson meit until halftime that since it picked off six against Misthodically led I was close to doing sissippi State in 2007. the offense 60 The win for the Tigers was that,” Jasper said. “I yards on seven was really hoping I’d the 11th straight time they have plays, capped get to kick the fifth beaten the Bulldogs and stretched by his 16-yard one in the second their winning streak in the month scramble for half. I got to do it, of September to 16 games. a touchdown, LSU has started 3-0 for the and I got my name in that gave LSU fourth straight season, and Miles the [record] book.” a 19-7 edge.

Though LSU’s likes the direction in which this “I just offense gained just year’s squad is headed. followed my “I like the idea that our team 264 total yards, its seam,” Jefferdefense didn’t give it is continually improving,” Miles son said. “Once much more room to said. “It’s a steady process that is I saw the end Les Miles continuing play after play, down work with. zone, I felt LSU football coach The Tigers’ de- after down, practice after practice, there was no fense ball hawked game after game. That’s what I stopping me. I all night, baiting the need to see, and that’s what our just got in there Bulldogs into throwing five inter- football team needs to do. If they as quick as possible.” continue to do that, there’s a good Jefferson completed 10 of ceptions.

LSU junior cornerback Pat- football team in there.”

16 passes and threw for 97 yards, failing to reach 100 yards for the rick Peterson snagged two of the interceptions, including the team’s second consecutive week.

Contact Rob Landry at Jefferson, though, is un- first of the season in the second rlandry@lsureveille.com interested in his own personal quarter.

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‘In the first half, four possessions down in the red zone, we kick threes. ... If you have sevens there, it makes the score much different.’

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of is people outside the state are still recognizing the value and quality of an education at LSU,” said Robert Kuhn, associate vice chancellor for finance and administrative services in the Office of Budget and Planning. “People are still willing to send their children to get an education here.”

Kuhn said there have been significant increases in the library science and social work graduate programs among the individual colleges.

“Library science, which is one that’s been mentioned of being possibly closed, had a 13 percent increase in enrollment,” Kuhn said. “Even with publicity

ARAVENA, from page 1

lives of many students who have graduated with graduate degrees in our department,” said Pratul Ajmera, electrical and computer engineering professor.

Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst East on 11000 Florida Blvd. Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is open to

that’s come out, why are there more students enrolling in that?”

The University’s financial aid budget increased from $35.4 million last year to $51.4 million this year to accommodate the increase in students who meet the requirements for financial aid, Kuhn said.

The average ACT score of the 2010 freshman class is 25.5, higher than the Louisiana high school graduate rate of 20, Kuhn said.

“Just the average student at LSU is significantly above the state average,” Kuhn said.

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com the public.

Students and faculty will also come together Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in room 1119 of Patrick F. Taylor Hall to reflect on Aravena’s contributions to the University community.

Contact Julian Tate at jtate@lsureveille.com

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