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Big East is no breeze LSU, West Virginia to square off for first time in history

Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

photos by JEFF GENTNER and MICHAEL SWITZER / The Associated Press

[Top left] West Virginia running back Tavon Austin runs Sept. 4 during the Mountaineers’ 31-0 win against Coastal Carolina in Morgantown, W.Va. [Bottom left] Quarterback Geno Smith rolls out to pass. [Right] Running back Noel Devine breaks a tackle Sept. 10 during WVU’s 24-21 win against Marshall in Huntington, W.Va.

BUDGET CUTS

Efforts for higher education thwarted Matthew Albright Staff Writer

As the University struggles to absorb continued cuts in state funding, faculty and administrators are looking to the state government for leadership — and maybe a break.

But Baton Rouge-area legislators say their efforts to stick up for the University have so far been largely thwarted by politics and parliamentary procedure, and some say they won’t apologize for budget decreases at all.

State Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, complained that some legislators view the University as a regional interest.

As the Legislature struggles to decide where to cut back, Claitor said some legislators don’t view

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students or others connected with the University as their constituents.

“One of my colleagues said ‘I don’t have no LSU back where I’m from,’” Claitor said. “It thought it was rather short-sighted.”

Claitor said while he has many students and professors in his district, the University shouldn’t be considered his personal priority.

“These guys who want to see LSU as my project or [Rep. Steve Carter’s] project are insane,” he said.

“LSU helps the whole state.”

Claitor said most of the real work in the Legislature gets done in committees.

“Once that stuff gets out on the floor, it’s mostly decided,” he said.

Claitor said as an interim member of the Senate Finance Committee, he has a voice in some

of the discussions of the budget but can only vote when the Legislature is in session because he isn’t a “full member.”

Carter, who sits on the House Education Committee, said the legislative hurdles necessary to ease pressure on the University have so far proved difficult to overcome.

“A while back, the Legislature revised the constitution. They made it so all these special interests got their interests protected,” he said.

Many programs have constitutional budgetary protections during times of budget cuts — protections higher education and health care lack and are thus cut disproportionately when financial times get tough.

“To be honest with you, it’s very LEGISLATORS, see page 11

The Big East conference doesn’t get enough credit when it comes to the caliber of its football teams.

At least that’s West Virginia coach Bill Stewart’s opinion.

The No. 22 Mountaineers (3-0) will have a chance to silence critics in a matchup Saturday against No. 15 LSU (3-0) at 8 p.m. in Tiger Stadium.

It is the two teams’ first-ever meeting on the gridiron.

“This is a big week for us for notoriety,” Stewart said. “I guess it’s the basketball image, but ... all I see is how bad [the Big East teams fare] after week one.”

The Big East is not irrelevant, as some college football aficionados might think. The conference is 16-6 in bowl games since 2006, when its teams went undefeated in bowl appearances at 5-0.

Last season the eight Big East teams finished 36-10 in out-of-conference play, a winning clip of 78 percent.

That number is not far behind the Southeastern Conference, whose 12 teams finished 49-11, a winning percentage of 82 percent, in out-of-conference games.

LSU is certainly not taking West Virginia lightly, as the MOUNTAINEERS, see page 4

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ADMINISTRATION

AAUP requests salary reductions Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

The University chapter of the American Association of University Professors discussed Thursday a resolution to reduce the pay of University administrators.

The resolution, authored by mathematics professor Charles Delzell, requested a 20-percent reduction of the pay packages of the University’s chancellor, provost, vice chancellors, associate and assistant vice chancellor, vice provosts and deans.

“If a 20 percent cut is not sufficient to prevent the termination of the affected faculty members, then those faculty members should still not be terminated until ... all LSU faculty have been furloughed across the board by up to 10 percent,” the resolution said.

University AAUP President Brooks Ellwood criticized the administration’s role in delegating the budget cuts among the departments.

He said Chancellor Michael Martin is abrogating his responsibilities and RESOLUTION, see page 11

SOULFUL CELEBRATION

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The African Student Organization performs Thursday night at Harambeé in the Cotillion Ballroom. Harambeé gives students a glimpse of African American student life at LSU. See a gallery of Harambeé photos on lsureveille.com.

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INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Venezuelans to elect 165 members of National Assembly on Sunday

Texas sues Feds over $830M in education aid

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez held their final rallies on Thursday ahead of legislative elections that both of Venezuela’s political camps view as a critical test. Venezuelans on Sunday will elect 165 members of the National Assembly, which has been almost entirely pro-Chavez since opposition parties boycotted the last vote in 2005 citing concerns about possible irregularities.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking to overturn the federal agency’s rejection of the state’s application for more than $830 million in aid that has been tied up in political wrangling. A state-specific provision inserted into a federal law by a Democratic Texas congressman requires that Republican Gov. Rick Perry promise Texas will maintain certain education spending levels through 2013 in order to get the funds.

Peru thieves nab mayor’s late father’s skull before elections LIMA, Peru (AP) — Foes of a small-town mayor in Peru said they have dug up the skull of his late father and won’t give it back unless he drops out of next month’s election. Police in San Cristobal said unknown thieves unearthed the remains of Juan Vizcarra Quispe, who died in 1978.

Nicaragua diplomatic official found dead in NYC apartment NEW YORK (AP) — A Nicaraguan diplomat was found dead Thursday with his throat slashed in his blood-spattered apartment and a knife by his side, hours before he was to attend the United Nations General Assembly’s annual

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A supporter of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez dressed in a devil costume, symbolizing the U.S., poses for a picture Thursday at a campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela.

meeting, officials said.

Cesar Mercado, 34, who had worked at the Nicaraguan consulate as acting consul general, was found at 10:35 a.m. in his apartment in the Bronx by the driver who came to pick him up to attend the meeting, police said. The driver found the door ajar and Mercado’s body lying just inside, police said.

Pakistani sentenced to 86 years for firing at US troops NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S.trained Pakistani scientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. agents and military officers in Afghanistan was sentenced Thursday to 86 years in prison after she delivered a message of peace and forgave the judge. During a three-hour hearing in federal court in Manhattan, Aafia Siddiqui claimed she had evidence Israel was behind the Sept.

11, 2001, terror attacks and warned more plots were in the works. She also tried to dispel rumors she was tortured while in New York.

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STATE/LOCAL

Some still left out of recovery aid 5 years after Rita

4 groups apply for final riverboat casino license in La.

CAMERON (AP) — First Baptist Church in this southwestern Louisiana town is finally celebrating its reopening, five years after the community was nearly obliterated by one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history: Hurricane Rita.

It took that long for the church’s members to raise money to repair the double dose of damage from Rita and then from Hurricane Ike in 2008.

On Saturday, they will sing a theme song they adopted in Rita’s aftermath, “Standing on the Promises.”

Like the church, some coastal communities in Rita’s path have faced a slow recovery — and many people have been left behind.

In Louisiana and Texas border towns like Cameron, the people who survived Rita sometimes feel as though their suffering became an afterthought in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana gambling regulators received four applications Thursday for the state’s 15th and final riverboat casino license, with three companies wanting to locate in the Texas-oriented market of Lake Charles and the fourth proposing a boat near New Orleans.

Murder suspect shoots self after standoff, still in critical condition LULING (AP) — St. Charles Parish sheriff’s Capt. Patrick Yoes says a 52-year-old Luling man remains in critical condition, a day after a six-hour standoff ended with an apparent suicide attempt.

Sheriff Greg Champagne says Gary Farrell called Wednesday to tell deputies he had killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a hospital. Deputies soon found her body. An autopsy will decide what killed Ginger Mongrue of Luling.

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FASHION

Business senior finds calling in shoes

Frederick Holl Staff Writer

A lot of people wander through life waiting for their purpose to find them.

Martin Roth went out and grabbed his.

Roth, international trade and finance senior, went from loose plans to go to law school to becoming an entrepreneur and the self-titled “vice president of just about everything,” of Feelgoodz, a company that makes flip-flops.

The New Orleans-based Feelgoodz is a sandal company with a twist. The shoes, according to Roth, are made of compressed all-natural rubber from Thailand, an idea owner Kyle Berner got on a trip in December 2007.

All of Feelgoodz flip-flops are made for a fair wage in Thailand and are biodegradable within five years, Roth said.

Roth said Feelgoodz works with UniquEco, a company that provides people in poverty in other countries with jobs recycling old, worn-out flip-flops and making them into little statues, handbags and bowls.

“If we’re making money, why not give back?” Roth said.

Roth got involved in 2009, when he saw an article about Feelgoodz and Berner on NOLA.com.

He did something he said was totally out of character for him — he got involved.

“I just e-mailed and asked if there was anything I could do to help,” Roth said.

Before long, Roth was on a trip across the Southwest, promoting Feelgoodz in Whole Foods stores, which had just picked up the shoes for a trial run, Roth said.

“I was studying to go to law school, and all of a sudden, I’m in the nitty gritty of this experience with the founder of the company,” Roth said.

Roth said he found himself, still a college student, going to meetings with important people and trying to help get a company off the ground.

“I don’t want to sound cheesy, but it’s like following your dream,” Roth said.

Now Feelgoodz flip-flops are sold seasonally “in over 120 Whole Foods stores as far as Portland, Ore., and about 70 mom-and-pop stores nationwide,” as well as online, Roth said.

While the product has

expanded its availability, consumers are not likely to see Feelgoodz billboards or television commercials any time soon, Roth said.

Because of a limited marketing budget, Feelgoodz has to focus mainly on social networking and word-of-mouth, which Roth called “guerrilla marketing.”

“That’s what we rely on. We know we have a superior product, and people will go out and tell their friends about it,” Roth said.

As someone who was never sure what he wanted to do and found it, Roth has advice for other students.

“If you don’t want to work a nine-to-five, don’t,” Roth said.

“Find something you’re passionate about and take a leap. After that leap, everything will fall into place.”

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Martin Roth, international trade and finance senior, sits with a pair of Feelgoodz flip flops Thursday. Roth is the vice president of Feelgoodz.

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Resolution counters UL System Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

The LSU System Council of Faculty Advisors, including the University’s Faculty Senate, is speaking out against the actions of the University of Louisiana System, according to a resolution adopted Monday. “[The University of Louisiana system] has been attempting to rewrite contracts of academic personnel, sometimes in draconian ways,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.

The system, which is comprised

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Mountaineers bring their unique version of the spread offense to Baton Rouge.

LSU senior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard said West Virginia’s offense will be tough to handle, and the challenge will be a test of LSU’s mental and physical repertoire.

“They run the hurry-up, the nohuddle spread,” Sheppard said. “We basically have to take control of the line of scrimmage and bottle up the ball in between our gaps. ... Playing against a team like them this early in the season is going to be good for us.”

One of West Virginia’s premier players is senior running back Noel Devine, who spurned the NFL draft to return for a final season.

Devine has rushed for 3,735 yards and 26 total touchdowns in

of schools like the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana Tech University, is attempting to reduce the notice that tenured faculty must be given for canceled programs from one year to 90 days, Cope said.

This, among other allegedly improper actions, has captured the attention of the state, resulting in the Council’s first resolution that comments on issues within another system.

Cope said one major concern was this type of practice might seep into other systems.

“[The Council] thought we needed to take a firm stand that those practices were not appropriate for a higher education institutional system,” Cope said. “This resolution is a way of putting the higher education management board on notice.”

The officially adopted document is the first step of action, but Cope noted that “in Louisiana, anything can happen tomorrow.”

his career.

“There’s some get-along in [Devine’s] frame,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “He’s a dangerous runner, elusive, and his stop and start is very good. He was a tremendous back coming out of high school, and I wish I’d had greater success in pursuing him.”

Devine is a small running back at 5 feet 8 inches and 180 pounds, similar to former LSU running back Trindon Holliday (5-foot-5 and 166 pounds), who was a weapon for LSU on offense and special teams.

The Mountaineers are No. 3 in the Big East and No. 43 in the country in rushing offense with 179 yards per game. The LSU defense is No. 2 in the SEC in rushing defense and No. 16 in the nation, allowing 80 yards on the ground per game.

LSU junior safety Brandon Taylor said Devine will be a focal

point of the West Virginia offense that LSU will have to contain. “[Devine] is probably the best running back we’ll see until Alabama,” Taylor said. “He has good vision ... and he’s hard to tackle, so we have to wrap him up and get a lot of people to the ball.”

Sheppard called Devine “explosive” and said the reigning FirstTeam All-Big East player is a touchdown threat if he gets a seam to run through.

“I’ve watched him over his entire career in college, and I never thought we’d be playing West Virginia,” Sheppard said. “He’s an amazing running back. Now it’s our time to face him.”

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Mountain Man

VOLLEYBALL

LSU puts undefeated season on the line Rob Landry Sports Contributor

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West Virginia sophomore quarterback Geno Smith celebrates a 24-21 overtime win Sept. 10 against in-state rival Marshall during a game in Huntington, W.Va.

Mountaineers quarterback Geno Smith leads team in his breakout year Luke Johnson Sports Contributor

West Virginia sophomore quarterback Geno Smith has already enjoyed his coming out party this season.

In just his second game as a starter, Smith directed the then-No. 23 Mountaineers to two 96-plus yard drives in the fourth quarter to steal a victory away from Marshall. “[Smith]’s developed a lot,” said WVU sophomore running back Tavon Austin. “He had to wait his turn just like I did. He’s finally getting to show

what he has.”

After putting up pedestrian numbers and only managing to put six points on the board through three quarters, Smith caught fire.

In the final two drives of regulation — a 96-yard drive and a 98-yard drive — Smith completed 14 of 17 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown and carried the ball four times for 34 yards.

With 12 seconds remaining in regulation, Smith lofted a 5-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Will Johnson. Smith then capped off his impressive fourth quarter with a game-tying,

two-point conversion to senior receiver Jock Sanders. West Virginia won the game in overtime.

“It was a huge confidence booster for myself and my teammates,” Smith said of the win. “I think it really showed us that if we stick together we can really pull off anything, and it also gave us confidence in one another.”

The 6-foot-3-inch quarterback could add another impressive mark to his résumé if he manages to pull off a victory on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.

BREAKOUT, see page 6

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The No. 17 LSU volleyball team (11-0, 2-0) is just one win away from matching the 12-0 start of the 1991 squad — the last LSU team to reach the Final Four.

This current group of Tigers has won with a different style than the ’91 squad. The 2010 version plays with a stout defense and a solid cohesiveness.

“The team in ’91 was a very offensive team that was very athletic with a lot of great individual players,” said LSU assistant coach Steve Loeswick. “This year’s team has won a bunch of matches because we play well as a team, and we play real strong defense and have been attacking at a pretty high percentage.”

Despite the fast start and impressive stats, the Tigers will face stiff competition this weekend facing Alabama and Mississippi on the road.

A surprise star for the Tigers has been the emergence of freshman middle blocker Desiree Elliott. She racked up 16 kills and logged eight blocks last weekend en route to being named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week.

“It’s a really big honor, but I know I couldn’t have done it without my teammates backing me up,” Elliott said. “I just want to work hard for them, and whatever I get is because of my teammates and my coaches.”

Elliott’s competitive attitude has caught the eye of at least one of the Tigers’ team captains — VOLLEYBALL, see page 6

BASKETBALL

Practice facility has grand opening Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

Facilities make a difference.

The grand opening of the LSU basketball practice facility Thursday accentuated this notion, as the cutting-edge facility was finally unveiled after more than two years of construction.

The groundbreaking for the $14 million facility took place July 1, 2008, and it encompasses 58,960 square feet. It is equipped with two new practice gyms — one for the men’s team and one for the women’s team — each spanning 11,324

square feet with two portable goals and four overhead retractable goals.

Former LSU basketball player Durand “Rudy” Macklin was awestruck by the facility. He said having a state-of-the-art place to play is a fabulous incentive for the basketball teams to perform well.

“Oh my goodness, I’d probably have trouble going to class,” said Macklin, who played at LSU from 1976 to 1981. “It’s overwhelming.

Now the pressure goes up a notch.”

LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor called the facility “a gift sent from heaven,” in that it enables the team to arrange practice

without worrying about when the men’s team wants to practice.

“It’s not anything but a great advantage and a tremendous addition to the Lady Tiger program,” Chancellor said. “Let me give you an example of how valuable it is — [junior guard] Destini Hughes is a pre-veterinary [major]. We’ve been practicing from 12:30 to 2:45 every day, but she has to take a class until 1:30 on Monday, Wednesday and OPENING, see page 6

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LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor, Athletic Director Joe Alleva, men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson and Chancellor Michael Martin are joined Thursday by others during the grand opening of the PMAC basketball practice facility.

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Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 in everything except aces and blocking percentage. junior libero Lauren WaclawcThe Crimson Tide (8-3, 0-1) zyk. has won seven of its last eight “She came in from preseason matches, including four in a row knowing she wanted to make a to start the season at home. difference, and Mississippi now she’s makState (8-4, 0-1) is ing a difference,” also undefeated at Waclawczyk said. home on the year “She wasn’t OK but has struggled with not playas of late, losing ing. She wanted four of its last playing time. She five. worked hard to “Both teams get it, and now are much imshe’s getting it proved from last Steve Loeswick and making a difyear, and going LSU assistant volleyball coach on the road is alference.”

The Tigers ways tough in are topping the charts in nearly the SEC,” Loeswick said. “Both every conference statistical cat- teams have a couple of younger egory, ranking in the top two players that are putting up some

VOLLEYBALL, from page 5

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‘This year’s team has won a bunch of matches because we play well as a team.’

BREAKOUT, from page 5

If Smith is concerned about starting his first game in such a hostile environment, he’s not showing it.

“I haven’t really been faced with the challenges a Tiger Stadium throws at you,” Smith said. “I think we’ll have to make a couple adjustments here and there, but I think we’ll be fine with them.”

Smith leads a non-traditional West Virginia attack that has historically relied on the run to power its offense. But with Smith at the helm, the team’s passing game has taken off.

Dating back to the 2003 season, West Virginia hasn’t ranked higher than 90th in the country in passing yards and has been at or near the bottom of the Big East rankings in passing yards as well.

Three games into the 2010 season, West Virginia is tied with the nation’s 23rd-best passing attack — tops in the Big East.

Smith has accumulated 800 passing yards and seven touchdowns while completing 70.3 percent of his passes.

“We are just taking what the defense gives us,” Smith said.

“Teams are stacking the box because we have [senior running back] Noel Devine, and he’s a

OPENING, from page 5

Friday. Now we can practice at 2 without having a major problem.”

Other features include a men’s locker room, coaches’ locker room, team lounge and training room, and the lobby showcases team graphics and trophy cases.

On the second level of the facility, a pre-function room connects to the PMAC concourse.

LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson said the new facility and amenities are huge benefits to the program.

“I speak from the players’ perspective that it gives us an opportunity to compete with the best,” Johnson said. “We’re going to make sure we do our best to be worthy to be in this facility. The bottom line is the work you put in. It’s all about substance.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

pretty good numbers. But we’re going to keep the focus on us and making sure we take care of things on our side of the court and also preparing for some of the things they’re going to do.”

Waclawczyk said she is excited for taking the first conference road trip of the season because the Tigers know they’re going to be challenged every night.

“We have a target on our back,” Waclawczyk said. “Everyone wants to try to take our undefeated season away, and everyone is just looking to beat us. It has always been like that. Everyone plays their best game against us.”

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

great runner, and it’s given us the “In high school, Peterson offensive ability to throw the ball was a local legend, you could a little bit more. The defenses say,” Smith said. “I mean, he was have been giving us the opportu- one of the top guys in the nation. nity to change a little bit.”

Even then looking at him he had Smith has a tough test in an great size and speed. You knew LSU defense that is coming off he’d do good. Obviously, he’s a five-interception performance proven that.” against MissisSmith’s athsippi State and leticism has given boasts all-world defenses fits this cornerback Patyear, as evidenced rick Peterson as by his 20- and 17the cornerstone of yard scrambles in its secondary. the fourth quarter West Virginia of the Marshall coach Bill Stewgame. LSU coach art said Smith Les Miles is eager must know where for the challenges Geno Smith Peterson is on the presented by the West Virginia field at all times. quarterback.

“Our quarter“Smith is sophomore quarterback backs, they know very accurate. where [Peterson] is,” Stewart The things he throws, he throws said. “You better know where extremely well,” Miles said. “He [Peterson] is. He’s a shutdown also has the ability to move his guy. When you look up and you feet and be athletic. Any time you say, ‘Wow, how many balls [did] line up against a quarterback who these guys catch?’ Well, they has had success like he’s had, didn’t catch very many. Why? we’re very respectful of how he Well, because Peterson’s cover- would attack our defense.” ing him.”

This won’t be Smith’s first showdown against Peterson, though. The Miramar, Fla., native played high school footContact Luke Johnson at ball against Peterson. ljohnson@lsureveille.com

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SOCCER

LSU faces UGA, Tennessee on road Ryan Ginn Sports Contributor

Through the course of a nonconference road schedule that left them with four losses in five games, members of the LSU soccer team insisted the tough slate would prepare them for Southeastern Conference play, and now they’ll get a chance to prove it.

LSU, winners of the past three SEC West (3-4-1) titles, will open up SEC play on the road against No. 19 Georgia (5-2-1) on Friday and Tennessee (3-5) on Sunday.

The Bulldogs will be the sixth consecutive ranked opponent the Tigers have faced on the road this season.

“The Georgia/Tennessee road trip is probably the toughest one we’ll have,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “Given the nature of our schedule, this is as tough as it gets in the SEC.” The Tigers figure to have a much bigger challenge on their

hands than last season, when LSU opened conference play with a 6-0 romp against Georgia before blowing out Tennessee, 5-1. Such an offensive display seems especially unlikely for a team that has scored multiple goals in only two of eight matches, both at home.

“I’m sure Tennessee and Georgia haven’t forgotten [last season’s defeats], so it’s not going to help us this year,” Lee said.

While the Tigers boast arguably the nation’s toughest non-conference schedule, the Bulldogs haven’t exactly feasted on cupcakes. Georgia held its own against No. 2 Stanford on the road, ultimately falling in overtime, and earned a tie against No. 9 Santa Clara.

LSU’s streak of road games against top-25 opponents will mercifully end Sunday against unranked Tennessee. But that doesn’t mean the Tigers will look past the Lady Vols, a team they’ve never beaten on the road.

Sunday matches have proved somewhat troublesome for LSU this season. The Tigers struggled to a loss against Virginia Tech and underwhelmed in wins versus McNeese State and Louisiana-Lafayette.

“SEC Sunday road games, regardless of opponent, are probably as tough as it gets,” Lee said.

The offense is still struggling to find the back of the net but has been bailed out recently by an improving defense, highlighted by battling goalkeepers. After saying in the preseason that he would likely use a redshirt on freshman goalkeeper Megan Kinneman, Lee started her against both Louisiana-Lafayette and Illinois. “[Both goalkeepers are] doing quite well,” he said. “It’s really been a benefit to have them pushing each other.”

Contact Ryan Ginn at rginn@lsureveille.com

TENNIS

LSU to play in oldest fall tourney Lady Tigers head to Hoosier Classic Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor

Four LSU men’s tennis players will compete this weekend in the nation’s oldest fall tournament in Athens, Ga. Fresh off winning three matches, sophomore Olivier Borsos leads the Tigers into the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the University of Georgia’s campus, beginning Friday.

Borsos advanced to the A bracket final of the season opening ULL Invitational in Lafayette last weekend before being ousted

in three sets by Louisiana-Lafayette’s Yanick Mandl. Borsos won the first set in a tiebreak but eventually succumbed to the combination of the heat and Mandl’s play, dropping the final two sets 6-1, 6-0.

“The first set took two hours,” said LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown.

“He probably ran out of gas more than anything.”

Joining Borsos in Athens are senior Cody Loup and juniors Jordan Girdley and David Roberts, the same group that competed in Lafayette a week ago. Girdley won his first round match before falling in a three set marathon match against Lamar’s Marton Harath 6-7, 7-6, 3-6.

Brown expects improvement across the board this weekend.

This year marks the 43rd

playing of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships. The field of 36 is the largest in tournament history.

The LSU women’s tennis team will also travel to the Hoosier Classic at Indiana University’s Tennis Center this weekend.

The tournament starts Friday at 9:30 a.m. and ends Sunday.

“The Hoosier Classic is always a good tournament for us,” LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis said in a news release. “This is the first action for Kaitlin and Kylie, and Ebie and Alexus both played well at the SEC Coaches’ Classic a few weeks ago, so we are excited about this competition.”

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OUR VIEW

Friday, Sept. 24, 2010

Family, friends, football are all that matter on Saturdays in BR

It seems like there aren’t a lot of things to celebrate at the University these days.

With impending budget cuts threatening the academic sanctity of this institution, the outlook feels bleak. Professors and instructors are being let go, programs are being eliminated and students are left to wonder if their degrees will mean anything — or if their programs will even be there in the next year.

But in this time of crisis, it’s important to remember what really matters — those close to you at this University.

Take this time to enjoy the friends you will make at LSU,

as well as the memories you will share for the years to come.

And we suggest you do so every Saturday of this football season, especially this weekend.

This University has one of the most unique tailgating atmospheres in all of college football.

Nowhere else will you find RVs and tents set up the Thursday before a Saturday game, nowhere else will you find alligator and jambalaya as tailgate staples, nowhere else will you see fans as fearsome as ours.

All the passion surrounding football in Baton Rouge boils down to this: While academics are the core of any university, football

allows this University to shine on a national stage, as it has done for years.

Administrators are saying on what seems a daily basis that this University will be a shell of its former self if these devastating budget cuts materialize. These admonitions may sound like a broken record, and while we are encouraging you to let loose this Saturday, don’t lose sight of what lies ahead for LSU. The University will always be here. It has too much importance for this state and too many proud alumni to let it die. But it could possibly be an unrecognizable version of itself in the near future,

even within the next year.

However, we can assure you this: Barring any major catastrophes, the tradition that is LSU football, especially at Tiger Stadium, will never change. As our alma mater faces a dark road of budget shortfalls and program cuts, school spirit among the Tiger faithful is more important than ever.

For five days in each week for the next year or two, all of us should have our minds focused on what will happen to this University and the students that not only attend it now, but will come in the following years.

But for every Saturday this

fall, each of us should deck ourselves in purple and gold and take the chance to drink in the atmosphere that is tailgating, and remember what is most important to this region: family, friends and football.

Celebrate this weekend, and every weekend the Tigers play at home this season, because those Louisiana Saturday Nights will be short but sweet for certain this year.

And make sure you rest up every Sunday so you can prepare to do it all over again the next week.

those students who do graduate are paying, along with the state, 42 percent more than the expected cost of completing a four-year degree. Again, LSU and Louisiana Tech have better records: 4.6 years for the time to degree, or 20 percent less than the state average.

For those who fail to earn a degree in six years — an amazing two out of three entering freshman students, given a 37 percent six-year graduation rate — the student and the state both pay the cost of attendance, but no valuable credentials are produced. There must be in Louisiana tens of thousands of residents with significant student debt with insufficient earning capacity to pay the debt.

Large sums of state and federal money go into supporting institutions and students. In addition, students and their families use savings and borrow large sums to pay the cost of their effort to obtain a meaningful college degree.

One would think public institutions would do their very best to produce graduates who have the credentials required to earn a living and enrich society in general.

That is not the case in Louisiana.

Most Louisiana institutions want enrollment and institutional classification because that equates to funding and economic influence.

Students that are not even close to being prepared for attendance in a four-year institution are recruited and encouraged to attend. If they borrow money and fail, they cannot take bankruptcy and it is unlikely they can pay off a sizeable loan working part time for minimum wage. Graduates tend to be mobile, and those who fail tend to be locked into state boundaries.

People wonder why the Legislature is unhappy with higher education. The various higher education boards have allowed our current problems to develop in the past 30 years. Instead of following the lead of progressive states like Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia, Louisiana has spent large sums of money per postsec-

ondary student but has failed to produce the occupational credentials needed by a strong economy.

In view of the circumstances, parents should insist on knowing in advance the likelihood that a student with grades and test scores similar to those of their child will graduate in a reasonable period of time at each

institution. It is not where students start but rather where they end up that count. Parents and students can get help at: www.nces.ed.gov/ collegenavigator

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Parents should know the value of kids’ education When most families purchase a house, an automobile or some other expensive item, they are usually very cautious. They try to get the very best value for their money. When it comes to selecting a university, families need accurate information and expert assistance; yet, most just assume they will get value for their money: their student will graduate in a reasonable time and move on to a good job. For public institutions in Louisiana, that is not a good assumption. The total cost of attendance for students living on campus can be as high as $20,000 per year, but a student’s chance of graduating from a public institution in Louisiana with a meaningful degree is among the lowest, if not the lowest, in the nation. According to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, the average four-year graduation rate of the 14 four-year universities in Louisiana is only 11.2 percent. The average four-year graduation rate of the 15 fouryear institutions in Virginia is four times that for Louisiana schools, or 44.3 percent. LSU and Louisiana Tech have four-year graduation rates significantly better at 26 percent.

While the graduation rate in Louisiana is low, the average time required to earn a bachelors’ degree in our 14 universities is a high 5.7 years. This means that

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Riverside Towing’s shady business operation uncovered “Riverside stole my car,” was the statement Andrew Fuselier, civil engineering sophomore, woke me with early one Friday morning. “Can you bring me to get my truck?”

Unfortunately for me, I had to make the drive down River Road to the car prison we know as Riverside Towing Inc. But what I thought would be a quick trip quickly turned into a nightmare.

We arrived, money in hand, ready to pick up his truck. As we entered the run-down lot, the lady running the establishment told us Fuselier’s parents must come pick up the vehicle because his dad was listed as the owner on the insurance.

She told us an e-mail from his father would suffice, so we left, only to return minutes later with an e-mail sent to Fuselier’s cell phone. It was apparently no good — it needed to be printed out.

Finally, after producing a printed e-mail and paying more than $154 in cash — they don’t take credit cards or checks, and they don’t give change — we retrieved the truck.

Before that day, I had heard Riverside was a sad excuse for a business (the main office is essentially a shack) and had pretty shady practices, but I never quite believed it until I experienced it.

So I started asking around and discovered I wasn’t the only one who found the company a little strange.

Ally Mendoza, civil engineering sophomore, said Riverside moved her car to tow others.

“My car was in a legal parking space [in Arlington Trace], but Riverside moved my car behind other residents’ spots to tow cars by mine,” she said. “They didn’t move it back, and in the morning the residents I was blocking keyed my car.”

Mendoza said her car was

parked in the overflow lot, and when she met with the complex’s supervisor, the supervisor said Riverside is not supposed to tow from the overflow lot.

Mendoza also said she has seen a Riverside employee damage a truck at University Crescent on Burbank. “[A Riverside employee Chris Grillot was] moving cars to get to Columnist others, and when the driver went to lower a truck, sparks flew up as it hit the ground ... and the [Riverside] driver ran out and tried to pretend that nothing had happened,” Mendoza said.

There’s a Facebook group called “Make Riverside Towing Pay,” where unfortunate souls complain of the alleged ills the company has caused them.

Most comments claim, “[Riverside] stole my car.” But some comments read “I got towed in a guest spot,” and “I have personally witnessed [Riverside] damage more than one car ... because they were working in such a hurry.” Others say the employees were more than just rude when trying to get their cars back — they told people asking questions “to get to the back of the f&^%$#@ line.”

So after reading this, I went down to the Riverside office to find out just why everyone is so livid about the company.

I questioned the “rude” employee — who turned out to be the manager — whom everyone seems to comment about on Facebook, and she gave me answers to the many reasons of why we hate Riverside. She wished to remain unnamed because of the reputation of the company.

She told me all fees that Riverside charges are set by

the Louisiana Public Service Commission — Riverside does not have the pleasure of setting the absurd prices we claim they charge. Another thing I was told was the lack of change comes from the fact they immediately deposit all transactions into a safe, and no employees have access to it.

She also said all their practices are honest and legal — they have contracts with apartment complexes, they video tape each car before towing and they are allowed to tow you if you do not have your parking pass in the right place. Lastly, she said the police make them require a letter from the car’s owner before you can drive it off the lot.

Riverside claims to be an honest business, but most people who have dealt with them say otherwise. And their shady actions have led to an outright hate towards them as seen in the Facebook group’s picture, which says “Grand Theft Auto Baton Rouge Presented by Riverside Towing.”

And until something drastic happens, Riverside is here to stay. But there are a few things we can do to annoy them in the meantime.

The first can occur after your car has been stolen from a complex that uses parking stickers.

Borrow a friend’s sticker, go to Riverside and ask to get something out of your car and place the sticker in the appropriate

place. Tell Riverside about the sticker, and you’ll get your car back and $100 in compensation.

And the second — well, it’ll never happen. But if we park in the correct places for long enough, they’ll go out of business.

Chris Grillot is a 19-year-old mass communication and English sophomore from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_Cgrillot.

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Warning: You might not be eating food as vegan as you think Becky Radolf The Daily Campus

STORRS, Conn. (UWIRE) — Making the switch to being a vegan — someone who does not consume or use any products that contain animal products — is undoubtedly a huge lifestyle change and an admirable one at that.

Walking by those big tubs of ice cream, leaving the gooey cheese off your sandwich and skipping the omelet bar line can be difficult, and making the change takes some extreme dedication.

Even all these measures may not be enough. Animal products are lurking in the most obscure

places, sneaking their way into your foods, your beauty products and your clothing, even when you thought you had escaped them completely.

Ever heard of the Amino acid L-cysteine? Me neither, but it’s creeping into your baked goods.

It’s a product derived from animal hair and feathers, and it can be found in the ingredient lists of bread and crackers. Breads enriched with whey protein or omega-3 fatty acids also don’t fall into the vegan-friendly category because whey is a milk product and omega-3’s can contain fish oil. Scan your bread labels carefully for these ingredients, but

chances are a bread with a laundry list of chemicals shouldn’t be entering your stomach anyway.

One of the most ambiguous categories of food where you would never expect to find animal products (with the exception of milk chocolate) is candy.

Marshmallows and Jell-O both contain gelatin, a product made from animal bones. Any foods or candies containing lard (pie crusts, many fried frozen foods, cookies, candy and everything else dangerously delicious) are a no-no. Lard is pig fat, and that’s definitely not vegan.

Even some food coloring can slip onto the prohibited list.

Red food coloring is generally made from cochineal. If being vegan doesn’t deter you from eating this, learning what cochineal actually is will. Ready? It’s a parasite native to South America and Mexico. Yes, it is made from insects, which should be a food group strictly confined to “Fear Factor.”

Hidden animal products don’t just creep into what you eat — they can be around your house, too. First, any product that doesn’t have a label that says something along the lines of, “This product was not tested on animals,” most likely was. Many soap products are made with

sodium tallowate, which is just a fancy name for animal fat.

If you’re ever not sure of an ingredient in a product or a food, it never hurts to do a quick Google search before you buy anything. Do your homework if you commit yourself to the lifestyle of eliminating animal products from your life. Being a vegan isn’t about depriving yourself of everything you once loved but rather exploring new options and choices that suit you and your new lifestyle, too.

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dumping them on department chairs.

“He’s done it badly,” Ellwood said. “It’s not worth the money he’s earning.”

The AAUP members and visiting faculty debated the resolutions’ specifics, including how to resolve the case of the “Foreign Language 14.”

The 14 are those professors who will be released as of January 2011, eliminating programs in Japanese, Russian, Portuguese and Swahili and reducing program capabilities in Italian, German and the classics.

The AAUP will not vote on or pass the resolution until further conferring takes place.

After the resolution is passed, Faculty Senate member Dominque Homberger said she would present it to the Faculty Senate. Even if the Senate does not pass the resolution, she said coverage in the media would still help the AAUP’s cause.

Ellwood also had updates on the investigation into Homberger and former University professor Ivor van Heerden’s cases, which the national AAUP looked into in late August.

He said the cases are ongoing, and he hopes to see results soon.

Ellwood said there has been virtually no response from the administration on the AAUP’s investigation, and the faculty are seeking an apology.

“Basically we felt it was impacting our teaching functions here at LSU because it created a cloud that suggested that if a faculty who is a tenured faculty member does not bend to the wishes of administrative groups or if they do not assign grades that they think are proper, they shouldn’t be allowed to teach in a classroom,” Ellwood said.

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tough to effect change,” Carter said.

“Everyone has their own special interest groups.”

Carter said Baton Rouge-area legislators tried to form an exploratory committee to consider a constitutional convention. That convention would have attempted to revamp the constitution so higher education would bear a fairer share of budget cuts. That motion failed in the Senate.

Carter said raising taxes to better fund higher education is also virtually impossible.

“The governor has said ‘no new taxes,’” Carter said. “Even if we

could pass a tax, it would just get vetoed.”

One legislator who agrees that taxes shouldn’t be raised is Rep. Hunter Greene, R-Baton Rouge.

Greene is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees state tax policy.

“We’re not going to increase taxes,” Greene said. “We don’t have a revenue problem — we have a spending problem.”

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