Today in Print - September 3, 2010

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Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

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LSU junior cornerback Patrick Peterson charges up the crowd Sept. 19 during the Tigers’ home game against Louisiana-Lafayette. The Tigers will take on North Carolina on Saturday in Atlanta.

Lights, Camera, ACCtion No. 21 Tigers take on No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday in third-annual Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game for SEC-ACC bragging rights, p. 7

OIL SPILL

FACULTY

Platform explodes off ‘Vast majority’ of instructors La. coast; crew rescued will keep jobs in the spring Staff and Wire Reports An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.

The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long and 100 feet wide had begun to spread from the site of the blast, about 200 miles west of the source of BP’s massive spill. But hours later, Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said crews were unable to find any spill.

The company that owns the platform, Houston-based Mariner

Energy, did not know what caused the explosion.

“I found out today this thing is certainly not in the same situation as Deepwater Horizon,” said Coastal Studies Institute Director Gregory Stone.

Stone followed the explosion Thursday through media reports.

He said the best news was 13 people survived with no deaths, and despite being a production platform, it wasn’t pulling oil from the subsurface because it was shut down before the accident.

Stone said there are no indications oil is leaking into the water column, and the rig is in about 150 EXPLOSION, see page 11

Unknown number of contracts will expire Matthew Albright Staff Writer

Most of the 236 instructors who received notices of non-renewal last semester will keep their jobs at least into the spring, said Eric Monday, vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Services.

“The vast majority will see their notices of non-renewal extended,” Monday said.

The University employs roughly 400 instructors or

non-tenure-track faculty. Of those, 236 are paid solely with state dollars. Because the state has drastically cut its funding to the University, those 236 have received notices of non-renewal.

Monday said Thursday that the extension lasts until Aug. 14, 2011.

Monday said the specific number and names of instructors have yet to be determined because the department heads and Human Resource Management are still “working out the details.”

Although most instructors will be able to keep their jobs for at least another semester, some instructor contracts will expire at the end of the semester.

Emily Batinski, chair of the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, told The Daily Reveille earlier this week that 14 full-time foreign language instructors and one part-time instructor — all of them among the 236 — would not have their contracts renewed at the end of the this semester.

Those cuts represent the total elimination of the Japanese, Swahili, Portuguese and Russian programs, as well as cuts to the faculty of Italian, German and classical language programs.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release from fur farms

Coroner: Alcohol injection during heart surgery killed baby

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.

In an online statement, the Animal Liberation Front says it set the animals free last week near the towns of Kastoria and Siatista, in the heart of Greece’s fur industry.

Roadside bomb in Columbia kills 5 police officers, injures 4

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio coroner says a 7-month-old boy whose heart was being operated on was flushed with alcohol instead of saline and died.

Hamilton County Coroner O’dell Owens says Tressel Meinardi of Richmond, Ind., died Aug. 21 at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center. Owens says the boy’s family has been told and that there’s “no question a mistake was made.”

Illinois defense attorney accused in prison drug-smuggling case

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities say five police officers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb in an area where leftist rebels are active.

National police operations director Gen. Orlando Paez says 17 police were riding in a truck when the bomb exploded Wednesday evening in the southern town of Doncello.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — An FBI agent says an Illinois defense attorney faces federal charges after he tried to smuggle a heroin-filled condom into an Indiana federal prison and claims to have done it repeatedly, exploiting greater privacy privileges lawyers are afforded in the lockups.

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Haute, Ind., charged Robert Drew on Tuesday with attempting to provide a prohibited object three days earlier to an inmate at the federal prison there. He remained jailed Thursday in Vigo County, Ind., on $100,000 bond.

Drew, 68, of Marion, Ill., had been under suspicion and was being surveilled by federal agents who, acting on a tip, directed police to stop the attorney’s car as he pulled onto the Indiana prison’s grounds for a scheduled visit with an unidentified inmate.

Searchers of Drew’s black Mercedes found marijuana Drew claimed was for his own use, as well as a heroin-filled, duct-taped condom the attorney pulled out from inside the front of his pants, FBI agent Jacob Overton wrote in an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.

Drew claimed he was unaware of what the condom contained, though he acknowledged they he knew it was contraband outlawed in the prison, Overton wrote.

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

STATE/LOCAL

Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed, permanent soon NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.

The cap was removed as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath.

The government wants to replace the failed blowout preventer first to deal with any pressure that is caused when a relief well BP has been drilling intersects the blownout well.

Toledo Bend board considers dam drawdown for repairs MANY, La. (AP) — The board that runs the Toledo Bend dam and reservoir is talking about whether to draw the reservoir down for repairs on the dam.

The Times reports that, if it’s

approved at Friday’s meeting, the drawdown would begin after the Labor Day weekend.

Engineers learned several weeks ago that a cavern has eroded behind vertical cracks in the soil cement section of the dam near the power house.

Sabine River Authority Executive Director Jim Pratt says there’s no immediate risk, but the repairs are needed.

Dardenne keeps fundraising lead in lieutenant governor’s race (AP) — Secretary of State Jay Dardenne has the fundraising edge over his opponents in the lieutenant governor’s race, with a month to go before the Oct. 2 election.

New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard has outpaced Dardenne in fundraising in the latest reporting period and has plunged her own money into the race.

Dardenne, a Republican, reported Thursday having more than $747,000 in his campaign account.

Fayard, a Democrat, reported having $445,500 on hand.

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Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

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SAFETY

Suspicious person arrests increase from July to August

are more bikes, students, vehicles, everything.”

Only three suspicious cases were reported at the beginning of last semester.

Many of these people have preSarah Eddington viously been banned from campus, Staff Writer Tabor said.

“There are some people we ban Students may notice an increase in the number of suspicious persons for the first time, but we do see those loitering near campus as the fall repeat offenders that tend to come,” Tabor said. “We have our regulars, semester begins.

Twelve cases of suspicious per- like with any police department.”

Tabor said officers will ban a sons on campus were reported in August, which is the highest month- suspicious person who has no legitimate reason for ly rate this year, being on campus, according to LSU Police Department NUMBER OF REPORTED is acting in a suspiSUSPICIOUS PERSONS ON cious manner and crime reports. may have a crimi“When there CAMPUS, 2010 nal record. are people on cam3 May 11 “The people pus, we tend to see Jan. 2 June 6 we tend to ban are a little spike,” said Feb. people that come Sgt. Blake Tabor, March 4 July 9 on campus to LSUPD spokes8 Aug. 12 victimize students, man. “We attribute April whether that be by that to the fact that there’s more people on cam- asking or begging for money, stealpus. When semesters begin, there ing bicycles, committing vehicle

Vagrancy rising on campus this fall

burglary or whatever their intent is,” Tabor said. “Most people here are not typically banned for any type of violent crime.”

Tabor said some of these repeat offenders have been banned as many as 10 times.

“When you have those people who continuously break that same law, there has to be a point when the summons is no longer efficient,” he said.

Severe repeat offenders are booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a case-by-case basis, Tabor said.

“When we see the same faces over and over again, those are the ones we start arresting,” he said.

“We’ve really started doing that over the past three years, and it seems like it’s been paying dividends. We’ve seen a decrease in our regulars.”

Tabor said most cases are found on the north side of campus near Chimes Street, Aster Street, behind the Music and Dramatic Arts building and outside Pleasant Hall because those areas have a lot of

More troopers patrolling Labor Day LSP to enforce ‘No Refusal Weekend’ Sarah Eddington Staff Writer

Louisiana State Police is ensuring the state will have safer roadways this Labor Day weekend, according to an LSP news release.

The state will see an increased number of troopers on patrol in addition to local law enforcement officers.

“During holidays, we see an increase in travel [and] traffic volume, which can lead to an increase in crashes,” the news release said.

“Motorists need to remain attentive to their surroundings, exercise patience, extend respect and courtesy to other motorists and avoid [and] limit distractions inside the vehicle.”

An increased number of DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols

will be established this weekend, according to the release. It will also be a “No Refusal Weekend” — meaning it will be more difficult for a person who appears intoxicated to refuse an intoxication test.

According to the program, if anyone refuses a breathalyzer test, the trooper can obtain a search warrant from a judge allowing the trooper to obtain the breath test. If the suspect still refuses to take the test, the trooper can have blood drawn from the person for toxicology tests.

The release said officers will focus primarily on interstate and federal highways, but state and parish roadways will also have a strong officer presence.

Police officers will target

aggressive drivers, impaired drivers and drivers not abiding by seat belt laws.

But conditions on campus won’t be affected, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSU Police Department spokesman.

“It’s going to be business as usual for us,” Tabor said.

Tabor said the University doesn’t require the same amount of policing during Labor Day weekend.

“Students tend to leave campus,” he said. “We don’t see a large influx of people coming through campus.”

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Michael Robert, political science sophomore, said he is typically approached by panhandlers between The Chimes Restaurant and the Shell gas station on Highland.

“They usually tell me a detailed story about how they’ve run out of gas and need a few bucks to fill up,” Robert said. “But when you hear multiple people telling you the same story, it’s kind of hard to believe.”

Tabor said most incidents occur in areas neighboring campus.

“Sometimes they get brave and try to come to campus and ask people for money, but the majority

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of the time they don’t,” Tabor said.

Tabor said culprits range in age from 13 to 50 and come from various locations around the city, including West Baton Rouge and Denham Springs.

“There’s no rhyme or reason to where they come from,” he said.

Tabor said it’s important for students to report any suspicious person on campus.

“If you don’t report it, we don’t know what’s going on,” he said.

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Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

FOOTBALL

Louisiana needs wins from Tigers, Saints after rough summer Guin: Spill a damper to state morale Nicholas Persac Contributing Writer

The summer-long oil disaster, coupled with memories of Hurricane Katrina on its fifth anniversary, left Louisianans emotionally drained, impacting the state’s morale and psyche.

But with the New Orleans Saints defending a Super Bowl title and the LSU Tigers kicking off the season Saturday, University athletes, professors and administrators are confident in the power of athletics, particularly football, to help pull the state through an emotionally rough patch.

“The oil spill is having a really insidious effect on the state and on South Louisiana,” said Cecile Guin, director of the Office of Social Service and Research Development in the School of Social Work. “When you have that kind of tension in a community and you can have a [successful] Saints or LSU [season] ... it can change how people wake up and see the day.”

Lamin Barrow, a redshirt freshman linebacker from Marrero, said seeing LSU play after Hurricane Katrina when he was a displaced high school freshman helped motivate him to “step back on the field.”

“You can kind of take everybody’s minds off things for a minute and give people a thing to look forward to,” Barrow said.

Chancellor Michael Martin said football has an impact on the state’s morale, and winning not only brings national visibility and generates money but also brings excitement across the state.

Barrow’s teammate, Joseph Barksdale, an offensive tackle from Detroit, compared this season’s importance for Louisiana to when the Detroit Pistons won the 2004 NBA Finals.

“It was like the city was back again [from economic hardships],” Barksdale said. “It’s definitely big for the state and surrounding community to have a good team to watch ... We play for Louisiana as well as for ourselves.”

James Honeycutt, communication studies professor, and Shawn Keaton, a doctoral student specializing in sports identity and communication, said athletics can affect how people deal with everyday life.

“Both the Saints and LSU will help people deal with this oil disaster,” Honeycutt said. “If LSU beats North Carolina [on Saturday], you’ll see more people on campus wearing LSU paraphernalia on Monday and Tuesday.”

Keaton said people use athletics as part of their identities, and certain factors induce emotional responses from fans.

“There is a very strong sense of identity here [at LSU] that isn’t really felt elsewhere,” Keaton said. “[LSU] is a cultural symbol for the state and for the region.”

Keaton cited New York sports teams helping that city move forward after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and said the 1980 Olympic hockey match, when the U.S. beat the Soviet Union during the Cold

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War, gave Americans hope during a difficult time.

Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor for University Relations and senior associate athletic director, said the Athletic Department “plans to recognize the oil spill situation during the Mississippi State game,” but plans aren’t finalized.

Vincent said the department will not raise funds during football games for oil spill recovery efforts, nor will TV advertisements for the University during games feature the school’s involvement with spill response.

LSU football coach Les Miles visited Pelican and Scofield Islands in early June with Gov. Bobby Jindal and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.

“The community largely believes athletics has a responsibility to give back to the community,” Keaton said of Miles’ trip. “[Such efforts] show the symbolism of ‘one for all and all for one,’ [and] says LSU is one of the ‘us’ in the coastal parishes.”

Miles saw oil damage firsthand, toured a bird rescue center and talked with local residents and workers.

“We take very serious the community service aspect of being an LSU football player,” said Michael Bonnette, LSU sports information director. “Coach Miles knows he’s more to Louisiana than just a coach, and he went down there to show that ... LSU football appreciates those guys.”

Charles D’Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, has studied how sports affect economic development and quality of life.

He said winning games in football, baseball and basketball “have a major impact on the psyche of the fans and the community.”

“Athletics certainly does give a forum to speak out publicly about the recovery,” D’Agostino said.

“Sports can be an attention getter, and you can zing this message in there.”

D’Agostino emphasized the economic importance of LSU football not just in Baton Rouge but also across the state where

restaurants make money during games and wins spur additional spending.

Athletic events “bring normality back” to the shattered lives of people in Louisiana, which “can be a scary place to live right now,” Guin said. She worries about the “significant, long-term impacts” of the spill on Louisianans’ mental health.

“A losing season would just be another depressant,” Guin said.

“People pin a lot of their hopes and dreams on how the team does.”

Bonnette said LSU can help bind north and south Louisiana, something he witnessed after Katrina, because there is a “true love for LSU that covers every parish in Louisiana.”

“This football season, if we finish better than the fourth-in-theWest projection and make a major bowl, the people of coastal Louisiana will forget for a minute about the spill to scream and holler on Saturday night,” D’Agostino said.

Contact Nicholas Persac at npersac@lsureveille.com

Sports

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

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SCHWEHMMING AROUND

Miles gives team pregame speech

Yates Under Pressure

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Former basketball star turned Tar Heel quarterback to start despite competition from freshman Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

North Carolina senior quarterback T.J. Yates may have been the biggest question mark for the Tar Heels heading into the 2010 season.

That was before an ongoing NCAA investigation and a possi-

bility of multiple subsequent suspensions. But Yates still remains a question among the Tar Heels’ other lingering issues.

The Marietta, Ga., native ranks among North Carolina’s career top two in passing yards (5,959), touchdowns (39), completions (513), attempts (855) and completion percentage (60). But

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his touchdown-to-interception ratio is nearly equal, throwing 39 touchdowns and 37 interceptions in three seasons.

“I’ve definitely got a lot to prove to this team and North Carolina fans that I can be the guy to take this team to the next level,” Yates said.

Yates has faced competition

from freshman quarterback Bryn Renner, but North Carolina coach Butch Davis said Yates still has the job.

“T.J. Yates is going to be the starting quarterback for the game,” Davis said. “I think he’s had a good training camp.”

YATES, see page 6

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With the LSU-North Carolina game coming this Saturday, here’s what I think a Les Miles pregame speech would sound like. (Note: lines with stars around them are actual Miles quotes) Les Miles: Men. I can tell you some good news today on the home front.

Manny Miles has learned to hit a slider. This is big news, as certainly the want has al- Andy Schwehm ways been there Sports Columnist to be able to hit one, but the execution was lacking.

Uh, but back to what we have at hand. Today, we enter a new season. A new year to, uh, start off strong and finish weak, as certainly we are capable of doing. But in order to win, we have to compete, and we have to compete at a high level. Remember, **the measure of this season will not be made on what we’ve done, but what we’re about to do.** As I’m sure you are all well aware of, my ass is on fire. In fact, Mr. Alleva sent me a tweet today.

You know what that tweet said?

Gary Crowton: Wait, you mean like that Tweety Bird?

LM: Well, certainly Tweety is a great character. Very capable of running an offense. But I’m talking about Twitter, Gary, the social MILES, see page 6

SOCCER

Tigers battle ACC foes Wake Forest, Virginia Tech Lee stresses importance of non-conference games Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

The No. 23 LSU soccer team travels to WinstonSalem, N.C., this weekend to face No. 16 Wake Forest and Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference/ Southeastern Conference Challenge.

The Tigers (1-1) are fresh off a road loss to Memphis, and LSU coach Brian Lee said he hopes his group of 12 freshmen have learned something as they prepare for road games against the Demon Deacons (3-1) and the Hokies (2-2).

“Some of the young kids didn’t realize the competitiveness of college soccer, especially on the road, until the Memphis game,” Lee said. “They were probably shocked at the level of intensity that it requires and that there’s no time to rest or no time to have a mental break during the game.”

The Demon Deacons boast freshman forward

Rachel Nuzzolese, who scored a goal in each of Wake Forest’s first three games.

LSU senior forward and midfielder Courtney Alexander said the Tigers will look to patch up mistakes made in the Memphis game against the speedy Demon Deacons.

“I think Wake Forest will be a really good test because they have some really strong forwards to pressure our back line and make sure we’re ready for [Southeastern Conference] play,” Alexander said.

Lee had nothing but praise for LSU’s ACC adversaries. He said the ACC is hands down the best women’s soccer conference in the country and will provide fierce competition.

“Wake and Virginia Tech are both established teams that are going to be in the NCAA tournament at the end of the year, so it’s really an opportunity for us to get some good wins that will hopefully get us in the NCAA tournament [later on],” Lee said.

Though the NCAA tournament is barely a glint at the end of the schedule, LSU is already thinking about it before SEC play. The games the Tigers play now SOCCER, see page 6

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LSU junior Mo Isom (0) punts the ball downfield in the Tigers’ 8-0 win against South Alabama on Aug. 22.

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page 6 back late in that season I was real rusty. I didn’t really have my feet However, Davis hasn’t ruled under me. I kind of came back out the possibility of playing two maybe a little too early and didn’t quarterbacks against LSU. play too well at the end of the “It’s one of those decisions stretch of the season.” that certainly will come up during But injuries are nothing new to the course of the ball game,” Davis Yates, who had an offseason shoulsaid. der surgery the year before that. He Yates, who started the last said he took that time to learn the three seasons for North Carolina, offense and teach it to teammates. didn’t take the conventional route “I’ve been through my share to Chapel Hill. He was almost nev- of the injuries, but there’s always er a football player before college. something you can do while you’re Yates had hurt to kind of help concentrated on you get better,” basketball in high Yates said. school, averagDuring those ing 18 points, six first two seasons, rebounds and six Yates had the luxassists per game. ury of throwing to He said he decided former Tar Heel to play football and current New Lamin Barrow his senior year to York Giants wide LSU freshman linebacker have fun with his receiver Hakeem friends.

Nicks. But Yates “I went out there and some- didn’t have his favorite target last how got recruited by a coach that season, and he tossed 14 touchused to be here,” Yates said. “He downs and 15 interceptions. was watching some linebackers on LSU plans to pressure the vetthe other team, and I happened to eran quarterback in hopes of forchave a really good game that game. ing more turnovers.

They called me that next week and “From what we can see, he’s offered me, and I accepted right more of a pocket quarterback,” away.” said junior defensive end Ken AdDavis became UNC’s coach ams. “He’s going to try to sit in in 2006 during Yates’ true fresh- the pocket. We are going to try to man season. Yates said he knew he get in so he doesn’t have all day to needed to seize the job after Davis throw.” took over for former coach John Freshman linebacker Lamin Bunting.

Barrow said he doesn’t want to put “When new coaches come in, too much emphasis on one player, everybody has a clean slate,” Yates but after watching film he thinks said. “I saw that as an opportunity the LSU defense can get tremento kind of take advantage and just dous pressure on Yates. try to improve myself to be good “He’s a very good quarterenough to play out there.” back, but when he’s pressured — if In his redshirt freshman sea- we put some pressure on him — son in 2007, Yater threw for 2,655 we can be able to break him down yards, completing 59 percent of his mentally a little bit,” Barrow said. passes with 14 touchdowns and 18 “That’s our plan.” interceptions.

The following year, Yates threw 11 touchdowns and only four interceptions but had his season cut short by injury. He said the offense was rolling before he suffered a fractured ankle.

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‘If we put some pressure on him, we can break him down mentally.’

SOCCER, from page 5

will affect their eventual placement if they make the tournament.

“Non-conference games are just as important as SEC games these days, because to get an NCAA tournament at-large [bid] you have to have a good non-conference schedule, which we do,” Alexander said. “But we actually have to pull out some wins.”

Lee said playing on the road against ACC teams early in the season gives his young players adequate experience and a chance to grow before the SEC season.

Freshman forward Kaley Blades said she is excited to see the atmosphere during Friday’s match against Wake Forest.

“We’re expecting it to be a tough game,” Blades said. “We know we have to get a win this weekend to get a good place in the NCAA tournament. It’s definitely a big weekend.”

The Tigers are trying to right the ship. LSU started the season on a tremendous note with an 8-0 win against South Alabama but fell for the second year in a row to

Memphis, 1-0, in what Lee called an eye-opener for his largely inexperienced team.

LSU’s opponents don’t have clean sheets either. Wake Forest has won three of its last four, but Virginia Tech dropped its last two matches to No. 7 Texas A&M and Long Beach State.

“For mental psyche obviously we need to bounce back from

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MILES, from page 5

media network.

Now, Mr. Alleva twitted.

Patrick Peterson: Tweeted, coach.

LM: Certainly. He tweeted, **Les, win or hit I-10. Lol C U 2nite. Don’t mess up.** I’m not exactly sure what that means, but it seems bad. **For all the right reasons, we encourage to be a great team, encourage playing four quarters of quality football and encourage to improve.** Seeing how **summers generally are productive,** I feel I have truly instilled that lesson in this team. Now, during the offseason we have learned a lot, not only as a team but as a coaching staff.

Certainly we have learned the difference between calling a timeout and a want to call a timeout.

We also finally learned exactly what a Tar Heel is. Now, when we signed the contract to play these Heels, **there was great interest there as soon as that interest was mutual.** But we had no idea what a Tar Heel was. So in honor of these new “Super Conferences,” we got together a team “Super Committee” composed of Patrick Peterson, Jordan Jefferson, Terrence Toliver and Josh Jasper.

Now, Toliver had a hand that caused him to drop out of this committee. So we were left with the other three.

We chose these competitors because they all have first and last names that start with the same letter, and our capable coaching staff felt that is the best way to choose such a committee. Now, PP, tell them what you have found.

PP: Well, Coach, first we Googled whether or not I could beat a Tar Heel in a race. Apparently, it’s not an actual animal. No results came up. So we resorted to Wikipedia. It’s just a nickname for a person from North Carolina. So we decided that since Patrick Peterson is greater than anyone from North Carolina, there is no way I would lose to a Tar Heel in a battle.

Once again, I win.

Memphis,” Alexander said. “We’re a better team than that. We know how to work hard. We just need to put that to the game and play for 90 minutes straight.”

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LM: Great job, PP. Now, while that nickname is just about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, **I can tell you that we’ve always wanted to honor our best opponents with our greatest effort, and certainly that’s the intent this week.** But here’s what is more important.

Tonight, we need to finish first in the contest. **We’d like to win, and certainly that’s what we will pursue.** While certainly second is a good place to finish, and there

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may be a want to finish there tonight, we need to win this one for Papa Miles.

Now let’s go out there and beat those Tweety Heels. I mean, Tar Heels. Damn it, Gary, now you have me thinking about that adorable little cartoon character.

GC: Yeah, when all else fails, blame it on me.

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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Tigers to open season Saturday against North Carolina at Ga. Dome Rob Landry Sports Contributor

The Georgia Dome has been a dome away from home in recent history for the LSU football team.

The No. 21 Tigers are 7-1 all time in the Georgia Dome, claiming victories against Clemson, Georgia, Miami and twice beating Tennessee and Georgia Tech.

History will be on LSU’s side Saturday when the Tigers take on the No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels in the third-annual Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.

The chance to open the season in the Georgia Dome is one LSU coach Les Miles relishes.

“We really enjoy [this opportunity to play in Atlanta],” Miles said.

“A number of our guys are from Georgia. They look forward to going back there. We’ve played a bowl game there, and the [Southeastern Conference] Championship game there, and now the opportunity to start the season in Atlanta — it’s just what we want.”

Miles said playing in a dome is something his team will be aptly prepared for.

“The good news is we have a nice indoor facility,” Miles said.

“The difference in lighting [between indoors and outdoors] is something we look at. It’s a very similar field to our indoor facility. We’re very comfortable in that place, and I look forward to going back.”

The Tigers have won their previous six games against Atlantic Coast Conference foes and have not lost to an ACC school since a 1983 loss to Florida State. Since then the Tigers have lost to both Miami and Virginia Tech, but neither team was a member of the ACC when the game was played.

The Tar Heels began the fall boasting one of the most intimidating defenses in the country, led by star defensive tackle Marvin Austin.

But on July 15, it became public the NCAA had launched an investigation on the North Carolina football program on allegations of improper contact by a player with an agent.

Austin was one of the names that surfaced.

Soon after, news began to leak of a possible academic scandal in Chapel Hill, N.C., with football players having papers written for them by a tutor — who also happened to be a nanny for North Carolina football

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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis fields questions from reporters Thursday before practice at Navy Field in Chapel Hill, N.C.

coach Butch Davis.

The NCAA had not made a ruling as of Thursday on the eligibility of any of the players in question, leading to the possibility that as many as 16 Tar Heels may be suspended for the game, according to reports.

Austin was suspended indefinitely Wednesday by Davis for “violation of team rules,” which Davis said had nothing to do with the investigation.

Despite the dark storm clouds swirling around the Carolina program, Davis is still fired up about taking on the Tigers.

“When the game was announced over a year ago, everybody was excited about it, and I think they still are,” Davis said in a teleconference.

“It’s an opportunity to play against a program that’s had great success and has history and tradition.”

Davis also said the Tigers will be a stiff test for his team.

“They’re a very good school that’s won two national championships in the previous 10 years,” Davis said. “Watching their film, they’ve got a lot of talented, gifted

athletes, some kids that are very explosive. They present a challenge to any football team, and certainly we’ve been working hard in preparation for this ball game.”

LSU redshirt freshman defensive end Sam Montgomery said even though the matter is out of his control, he hopes to see North Carolina at full strength.

“Whoever steps on the field, may the best man win,” Montgomery said. “I wish the best for North Carolina, and I hope all their players will be there to play on Saturday. But whoever steps out on the field, that’s who we have to play.”

Miles — who is 5-0 in season openers at LSU — knows the importance of starting a season off well.

“We have to start the season fast,” Miles said. “It’s going to be a great game for this team to open up in the Georgia Dome on national television. They’re a young team that has a great attitude and youthful enthusiasm. We’re coming into the season with ambition and want.”

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

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CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

Opinion

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

Dark days for La. seem like they’re only getting worse There’s always some sort of disaster ready to ravage our great state. But even in the midst of this year’s calamities, things were starting to look up — if only briefly.

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil leak — that oily horseman of the apocalypse — was recently capped, and the most recent hurricane brewing in the Atlantic Ocean is heading away from us — though I’m sure we’ll catch the next one.

And, for the first time since I can remember, the sun was starting to emerge over our downtrodden domicile.

Gov. Bobby Jindal asked for the oil moratorium to be lifted, and things were looking up.

But, oh no! It’s happening all over again!

Vermillion Oil Rig 380, a Mariner Energy Andrew Robertson platform loOpinion Editor cated about 100 miles away from Vermillion Bay, exploded Thursday.

For a while, we thought oil was spilling from this platform,

but the Coast Guard backed off its initial report Thursday, saying there was never an oil leak in the first place.

But still, the fact that the rig even exploded can make our hearts sink like the Deepwater Horizon rig did months ago.

We can surely expect more talks of a moratorium in the near future and for a much longer term. No big surprise there — except it was only yesterday that Mariner bused 5,000 of its own employees to Houston to speak out against the moratorium already in place.

Surely, this will not help

their cause — or our nation’s dependence on oil.

Heaven forbid we place our energy needs in the hands of greener based initiatives. Imagine it — the utilization of renewable energy in our daily lives.

Crazy, I know.

But, as far as Louisiana is immediately concerned, this is but another addition to an already lengthy list of disasters we’ve recently encountered.

Our name has become synonymous with turmoil.

Whether it’s hurricane winds, a California-like state budget crisis or extra crude on our shores,

it’s what we do best.

All we can hope for this time is more of the federal and oil company funding we’ve come to know and love to aid us in this, our perpetual hour of need.

Andrew Robertson is a 23-yearold English writing and culture senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Arobertson.

Contact Andrew Robertson at arobertson@lsureveille.com

THE BOTTOM LINE

LSU’s tuition cost has decreased in light of inflation When you take the last several years of tuition prices and account for changes in U.S. inflation, tuition has actually decreased, rather than increased, half the time.

Let me explain. Inflation is, at it’s most basic, when money loses value. So, a hamburger may cost $1 this year and $1.20 next year. That’s inflation.

Inflation is usually calculated using what’s called the Consumer Price Index. The higher the prices of goods become, the higher the index increases. That’s what we’ll be using to see if the University is taking more than it should to keep up with the everchanging face of the dollar.

Look at my beautiful little chart to the right. The striped line represents the nominal price for your tuition. That’s what actually shows up on your fee bill. It’s the number that’s been going up an average of $143.55 in the last four school years. It’s the number everyone’s mad about.

Now I want you to think about buying a cup of coffee.

Let’s say each day represents a school year for the University.

Monday, our first year, will be LSU’s 2006 year, and the price will be $2.03. Tuesday, the same coffee will cost about $2.08, then $2.19 Wednesday, a little cheaper at $2.16 Thursday and $2.18 on good ol’ Friday.

Those numbers aren’t arbitrary; it’s a version of the CPI

(divided by 100 — for the nerds), and matches how the prices of goods have changed in the last few years. It’s the exact same product, just at changing prices.

This is important. The real price of the coffee hasn’t changed at all, just the nominal price — what you’re actually putting in the barista’s hand.

So, we can throw those Devin Graham numbers onto LSU’s 2006 Columnist tuition prices and see what it looks like matching inflation.

The spotted line is the 2006 LSU tuition price if it didn’t really change.

Essentially, we’re going to compare everything with 2006 dollars. So, when we convert the changing tuition to 2006 dollars, we get the solid line.

The second graph is what we’re really looking for — is the University taking more than is fair? Is it just making necessary increases in tuition to account for increases in the costs of goods, or are they taking a little more?

The graph starts at zero because that’s the 2006 tuition — our baseline, if you will. For the next two years, the University took $63.48 and $117.06 under the cost of inflation, in real dollars per student per semester.

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That’s awfully kind.

Most of our problems with the University’s budget have been in the last couple years.

Compared to the 2006 cost, after inflation is accounted for we’re understandably paying more than the 2006 price of tuition in real dollars.

While I don’t think it’s intentional, but rather a by-product of

compensation for funds that will be missing soon, the numbers seem to suggest the University has charged us less in the last few years than it could have and increased our fees only when it needed.

If only we could stay on this trend. Now that would be something.

Instead, my beloved chart

will probably look like the Gulf of Mexico’s oil content in the next decade.

Devin Graham is a 21-year-old business management senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Contact Devin Graham at dgraham@lsureveille.com

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Quote of the Day

“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”

Ronald Reagan

40th president of the U.S. Jan. 3, 1967 — Jan. 7, 1975

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EAT LESS, LEARN MORE

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Speaking during class necessitates disciplinary measures Regardless of your classification, age or major, the classroom is not the place for conversation. And general education classes typically aren’t especially thrilling, but this source of boredom shouldn’t be a vehicle for disrespect and annoyance.

While sitting in Dodson Auditorium during a class for a general education credit, a student near me was saying, “Oh my god, I hate it when teachers do that. This is a waste of my time.” At this point in time I had no idea what my teacher had done to so annoyingly waste our time.

No, I wasn’t fast asleep or deep into a game of Angry Birds, and regardless of my apathy toward the subject, I was actually trying to pay attention during this particular class.

I, like every student I know, want an “A” in the class, and I would rather pay attention than teach myself all of

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Burns’ column stupid; ‘Godzilla’ a Japanese problem On Wednesday, columnist Scott Burns made an incomprehensibly stupid and insensitive remark regarding “Godzilla.”

He wrote: “For sure, China has a fair share of problems: a totalitarian system of government, binding censorship, heavy pollution, an aging population, Godzilla and an inexplicable surplus of KFCs.” Mr. Burns seems to get a sick sexual arousal out of distorting the facts and creating his own fictional world.

Allow me to straighten things out. Godzilla is not — I repeat — NOT! a nagging problem for the Chinese. To insist so is absolutely inane.

Godzilla is, in fact, a constant threat to the people of Japan. He first arrived to the island in the early 1940s, destroying nearly everything in his path and ruining countless lives. After a series of battles with nemeses like “Mothra” and the threeheaded dragon from Mars, Godzilla disappeared from the global stage.

His current location is unknown, but most scientists believe he is still alive and still very much dangerous.

To be fair, Mr. Burns is not the only person to get the facts so massively wrong. Modern media has done more than its fair share to distort the true history of Godzilla. The beast was first depicted in the 1954 film “Godzilla.” Ever since, the real history of Godzilla has been shrouded in secrecy. Yet his legacy for chaos and destruction lives on in Japan.

If you look closely enough, you can still see the fear in their eyes.

Mr. Burns should consider researching the true history of Godzilla

the material.

I intended to devote my attention to my instructor’s seemingly never-ending lecture. Instead, this “classmate” pried my attention from the lecture and put it squarely on her extremely pointless conversation.

Everyone can and should agree, she and her chatty friend were unbelievably rude.

Matt Lousteau It took a Columnist tremendous amount of selfcontrol for me to contain the expletive phrases I had chosen for them, but I held back. Instead, I reverted to emphatically leaning forward to stare at the two as they carried on their conversations.

Maybe I was wrong for choosing the politeness of silence, but I view my absence from the Dean of Students’ office as a strong indication that I made the right choice.

Frankly, there are several parties at fault here, but one in particular holds nearly all of the blame — clearly, everyone else is at fault too. We are all obviously illogical for expecting University students to be quiet in class, and no one should have been angry at anyone for merely carrying on a pleasant conversation (words of immense sarcasm).

Maybe they could have been quiet. Maybe the professor could relent from clicker quizzes that measure “participation,” and by “participation,” I mean one’s ability to ask his or her neighbor for the answer.

One other interesting aspect of their chatter: the pair violated the LSU Code of Student Conduct.

Our resident blabbering buffoons committed two cases of misconduct, in accordance with the Code — one academic and one nonacademic. Their incessant chatter was an exhibition of disruption as described in section 8.2 of the Code.

Disruption is basically disturbing any type of formal instruction, and I’m fairly certain anyone within 15 feet of our talkative tools was disturbed.

Because of the instructor’s strong will to have participation, the pair is also guilty of collusion (“Speaking to another person in a testing environment without the consent of the person proctoring the exam/test/quiz/assignment”), according to section 8.1 of the Code.

They clearly violated the Code, so they deserve discipline. It might only be an essay about talking in class at worst, but it’s one more essay

than they had before they annoyed their classmates. I’d say it’s fair.

If you’re in class, be quiet!

Even if your academic apathy was trumped by the professor’s insisting upon having clicker questions to force your attendance, no one wants to hear your voice while they’re listening to a lecture that our tax dollars and unnecessarily inflated tuition paid for.

Otherwise, I might snap your picture with my iPhone and visit the Dean of Students to exact my revenge.

before he goes off making more of his poorly researched, incendiary remarks. It is entirely insensitive to the poor people of Japan who have suffered so much.

already nervous about the things that they will experience in a college setting. And then I read the “Hole Lotta Love” article on the FRONT page of the Reveille just two weeks into their first semester of college!

I can only imagine the panic and worry over whether LSU is the right place for her young adult to attend college.

I am not that mother, but I am absolutely appalled, shocked and disgusted about your entire article: the name, picture insinuation and that it was FRONT page NEWS!!

I would like to know WHY this was worthy of the front page, WHY was it even worthy of being printed, WHY would you include websites

that would list certain “tips and tricks” for hooking up in different locations, WHY list wheel chair accessible places, WHY give the names of buildings, places and times that are best for such activity, WHY quote someone who says they got lots of action and never got caught and WHY be specific about how to initiate such activity when in a stall?!!!

IF this is truly a matter that the University and University police do not condone, then WHY would the Reveille allow such an article to be printed in the first place!

If this situation needs to be addressed, I could understand that the article would be printed as more of a warning than an information piece

for those who entertain in such behavior.

I understand that my issues with this article will likely go unnoticed by you and those at the Reveille, but in the future why not focus on the real “news” of the University such as budget cuts, people losing their jobs and security, programs being cut and even — if you look really hard — you might find GOOD “news” to report!!!

Felipe Fuentes mass communication freshman

Glory holes not worthy of front page status Let’s assume I am the mother of a freshman boy or girl who is

Matt Lousteau is a 21-year-old mechanical engineering senior from LaPlace. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_mlousteau.

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to 200 feet of water, as opposed to more than 5,000 feet deep like the BP explosion on April 20.

“In terms of environmental damage, if it has occurred, it seems that it is very minor,” Stone said. “If anything happens at all, it’ll be ruptured pipes and so forth that can be taken care of quickly and easily.”

Stone predicted this explosion will further damage the Louisiana economy as the national perception shifts further against the offshore oil and gas industry.

“With two offshore accidents in four months, it begs the question, ‘What’s going on there with the technology?’” Stone said. “It’s not going to do the oil industry at large any good.”

Mariner officials said there were seven active production wells on the platform, and they were shut down shortly before the

fire broke out.

Gov. Bobby Jindal said the company told him the fire began in 100 barrels of light oil condensate, but officials did not know yet what sparked the flames.

The Coast Guard said Mariner Energy reported the oil sheen.

In a public statement, the company said an initial flyover did not show any oil.

Photos from the scene showed at least five ships floating near the platform. Three of them were shooting great plumes of water onto the machinery. Light smoke could be seen drifting across the deep blue waters of the Gulf.

By late afternoon, the fire on the platform was out.

The platform is in about 340 feet of water and about 100 miles south of Louisiana’s Vermilion Bay. Its location is considered shallow water, much less than the roughly 5,000 feet where BP’s well spewed oil and gas for three

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Responding to any oil spill in shallow water would be much easier than in deep water, where crews depend on remotely operated vehicles to access equipment on the sea floor.

A Homeland Security update obtained by The Associated Press said the platform was producing 58,800 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration has “response assets ready for deployment should we receive reports of pollution in the water.”

All 13 of the platform’s crew members were rescued from the water. They were found huddled together in life jackets.

The captain of the boat that rescued the platform crew said his vessel was 25 miles away when it

received a distress call Thursday morning from the platform.

The Crystal Clear, a 110-foot boat, was in the Gulf doing routine maintenance work on oil rigs and platforms. When Capt. Dan Shaw arrived at the scene of the blast, the workers were holding hands in the water, where they had been for two hours. They were thirsty and tired.

“We gave them soda and water, anything they wanted to drink,” Shaw said. “They were just glad to be on board with us.”

Shaw said the blast was so sudden that the crew did not have time to get into lifeboats. They did not mention what might have caused the blast.

Writer Nicholas Persac contributed to this report.

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

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