The Daily Reveille - January 31, 2013

The American Association of University Professors sent a letter this week to University offi cials to express its concerns about the lack of faculty involvement in the system reorganization and the merging of the presidential and chancellor posi-tions.

University faculty members contacted the AAUP , which then is-sued a formal complaint challenging the LSU Board of Supervisors’ in-sistence that the merger process has been “fair and inclusive,” along with the Board’s restructuring approach.

“We strongly disagree with the general implications of the let-ter concerning the reorganization process and presidential search,” said Interim System President and

A recent spike in biking tickets on campus is attributed to an increase in pedestrian accidents, according to reports from the LSU Police Department.

In 2012, LSUPD reported 613 traffi c crashes, 27 of which were bike or pedestrian-relat-ed accidents, said LSUPD Spokes-man Capt. Cory Lalonde. Of the 27 accidents, 16 took place in the fall

semester, Lalonde said.Lalonde said LSUPD stepped up

enforcement in November 2012 and handed out 51 traffi c violations to cyclists be-tween then and Monday.

After the increase in traffi c ci-tations, LSUPD reported one traffi c accident with bikers or pedestrians

Five years with a stable salary — or job — is a long time in college football.

LSU coach Les Miles may no longer be part of that rare breed.

The LSU System Board of Supervisors will vote on

an amendment to Miles ’ contract Friday, giving the coach his fi rst raise since early 2008 when he was months removed from a BCS National Champion-ship .

The proposal pushes Miles’ annual salary from $3.75 million per year to $4.3 million and would make him the fourth -highest paid coach in college foot-ball.

He’ll be the fi fth col-lege coach to boast a

$4 million -plus salary.New contract talks sur-

faced following Arkansas ’ brief fl irtation with Miles for its coaching vacancy back in November , and an LSU news release said the amendment was agreed upon in principle in Decem-ber .

It’s hardly a surprise that another Southeastern Conference school had any-thing to do with bolstering

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tigers hold off No. 17 Missouri, p. 7

MUSIC: The Shoobies put new spin on familiar songs, p. 11

Miles’ expected new salary among sport’s highest

AAUP letter censures LSU

Chris AbshireSenior Investigative Reporter

McKenzie WomackStaff Writer

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LSU coach Les Miles is up for a raise at Friday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

Annual Coaching Salaries: 1. Nick Saban, Alabama - $5.62 million2. Mack Brown, Texas - $5.35 million3. Bob Stoops , Oklahoma - $4.55 million 4. Les Miles , LSU - $4.3 million 5. Urban Meyer, Ohio State - $4.3 million in

2012 (because of one-time relocation fee), $4 million currently for 2013 , but contract could be redone.

6. Kirk Ferentz , Iowa - $3.84 million7. Steve Spurrier , South Carolina - $3.59 million

Gene Chizik , Auburn - (Fired ) $ 3.58 millionChip Kelly , Oregon (Left for NFL) $3.5 million

8. Gary Patterson , TCU - $3.47 million9. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State - $3.28 million10. Bret Bielema , Arkansas - $3.2 million

Proposed wage ranks fourth

Spike in cyclist ticketing a response to pedestrian accidents

CONTRACT, see page 6

AAUP, see page 6

CYCLING, see page 6

Cyclists Cited

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In the Jan. 30 article “Volunteer service opportunity available during spring break,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly spelled an-thropology junior Kaylah Williams’ name as “Kayluh Williams.” We regret the error.

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Explosives cause blast at Zimbabwean tribal sorcerer’s house, six left dead

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Po-lice in Zimbabwe said Wednesday they found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer’s house where a mas-sive blast killed six people and dam-aged 12 nearby buildings.

Police official Charity Charam-ba said the sorcerer and assistants, one of them a former police officer, were suspected of trying to extract a compound of mercury sometimes used in the manufacturing of explo-sive materials.

The dead sorcerer was iden-tified as 24-year-old Speakmore Mandere.Israel launches rare airstrike on Syria, targets incoming weapon shipments

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, foreign officials and Syr-ian state TV said Wednesday, amid fears President Bashar Assad’s regime could provide powerful weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.

Regional security officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit a shipment of weapons bound for Hezbollah, Lebanon’s most powerful military force and a sworn enemy of the Jewish state.

Ala. gunman kills bus driver, kidnaps 6-year-old hostage, in long standoff

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law of-ficers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authori-ties said.

SWAT teams took up positions around the gunman’s rural property and police negotiators tried to win the kindergartner’s safe release.

Sheriff Wally Olsen said the man shot the bus driver when he refused to hand over the 6-year-old child.Recent study sees prostate cancer treatment side effects, sexual issues

(AP) — A new study shows how important it is for men to care-fully consider treatments for ear-ly-stage prostate cancer. Fifteen years after surgery or radiation treatment, nearly all of the older men in the study had some prob-lems having sex.

About one-fifth had blad-der or bowel trouble, researchers found.

The study doesn’t compare these men — who were 70 to 89 at the end of the study — to others who did not treat their cancers or to older men without the disease.

TALLULAH (AP) — The bodies of 2 men and a woman who had been missing since Jan. 7 were found Wednesday in a car pulled out of the Tensas River in north-eastern Louisiana, state police said.

Eddie Cobb Jr., 68, Ella Wil-liams, 52, and Cobb’s nephew Brady Brown, 49, apparently drowned after their 2006 Dodge Stratus ran off the road, said Lt. Julie Lewis, a state police spokes-woman.

The vehicle apparently went down the I-20 median for about a quarter-mile before going into the river near a bridge, she said.Zimmerman’s defense lawyers aim to

delay trial, renew donations request

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attor-neys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shoot-ing Trayvon Martin to death asked for more time to prepare his case Wednesday, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence.

Zimmerman’s lead attorney, Mark O’Mara, renewed his request for donations to Zimmerman’s legal defense, which he said could cost up to $1 million.

Spokesman Shawn Vincent said Zimmerman’s attorneys want his second-degree murder trial to be moved from June to November.

Brazil nightclub owner blames country for �re; expresses grief over incident

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire Jan. 27 deflected blame to “the whole country,” as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Attorney Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, “re-gretted having ever been born” be-cause of his grief over the fire, but still blamed Sunday’s tragedy on “a succession of errors made by the whole country.”

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Zimbabwean police attend to the scene of an explosion in Chitungwiza on Jan. 22. The explosion occurred Jan. 21, causing extensive damage and killing six people.

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LSU junior guard Andre Stringer (10) high-�ves a fan after the Tigers’ victory Wednesday.Submit your photo of the day to [email protected].

GOP lawmakers seek to �ght new gun limits in opposition campaign

(AP) — Republican state lawmak-ers are launching a counteroffen-sive to federal efforts to put new limits on guns, setting up a state-wide opposition campaign and pro-posing to ban enforcement of any new restrictions on semi-automatic firearms.

Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Boss-ier City, recently announced an ef-fort called “Defend Louisiana” that he said is designed to defend gun ownership rights in Louisiana.

Similar bills are being talked about in other states.

MICKEY WELSH / The Associated Press

Armed men come down the hill from the direction of the Dale County hostage scene Wednesday. Forces were in an overnight standoff with the gunman.

Police �nd car in Tensas River, bodies of three missing since Jan. 7

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As the University moves toward reorganization, students on the Stu-dent Experience subcommittee of the Transition Advisory Team expressed an eagerness to represent the voices of the LSU System from a variety of perspectives.

Medical student and Student Government President at LSU Health Sciences New Orleans Ren-ford Cindass said this committee was developed to look into areas such as student opportunities, recruitment, enrollment efforts and fi nancial aid.

“I plan on doing things elec-tronically and sending surveys out to the student body. I really want to see what students would like to get out of this reorganization,” Cindass said.

Sanjay Juneja , medical student at LSU Health Sciences Shreveport, said one of his main concerns is the future of LSUHS-S.

“We had a lot of wish-wash last year if we were still going to be a medical school, and we want answers,” Juneja said. “My biggest goal is to really articulate how much our medical school really appreciates the opportunity to get our education through LSU. We offer a lot to LSU and want to be a strong part of the

system in the future.” Former student-athlete and

communication disorders senior Janelle Garcia said she was unaware of the nomination until one of her friends congratulated her.

“With athletics, I’ve had no op-portunity to get involved, and now I have the chance. It’s an honor, and I want to see what I can do to do my part,” Garcia said.

She added that she wants to see how the reorganization changes will apply to athletes, given that some-times student policy and athletics policy do not coincide.

James Sudduth , LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center student and Stu-dent Bar Association executive vice-president, said he is glad the admin-istration fi nally saw the importance of having students involved.

He said he can address the com-mittee from various perspectives.

“I can speak to the committee as an LSU undergrad and a graduate student in the law program, ” Sud-duth said. “As a law student, I have learned to think like a lawyer, so I can bring a legal perspective to look-ing at and analyzing problems.”

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The University held its fi rst Science Café at Chelsea’s Café on Tuesday night, a monthly event that will highlight a wide variety of scientifi c research done at the University in a casual set-ting.

Science Café offers students the opportunity to hear free pre-sentations on scientifi c research as well as free food. The event takes place at 5 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month at Chel-sea’s Café.

The fi rst gathering featured assistant professor and curator of ichthyology Prosanta Chakrab-arty , who explained some of the research he has conducted re-garding his discovery of a new species of fi sh in Louisiana.

Chakrabarty described his discovery of the Louisiana Pan-cake Batfi sh, a fi nding that made the International Institute for Species Exploration’s Top 10 New Species of 2011. Chakrab-arty also discussed his travels to the Gulf of Mexico, the shores of Taiwan and the caves of Mada-gascar in search of new species.

“I think scientists need to communicate with the public in events like this because most of the public doesn’t have access to most of the scientifi c literature

that is out there,” Chakrabarty said. “Having these public events means you can talk directly to the public to explain your work and hopefully make it less daunting.”

Although Science Café is new to the University, it’s not an entirely new idea, according to Ashley Berthelot , director of Re-search Communications .

“The idea of a science café has been around for a pretty long time,” Berthelot said. It origi-nated in Europe and eventually made its way here to the States, she said.

Berthelot said the Science Café fi lls a void in today’s expo-sure.

“The average person doesn’t get exposed to science anymore,” she said . “Many newspapers don’t have science sections any-more,” which makes these type of events even more necessary, she said.

Berthelot also stressed that science ca n be interesting and engaging.

“Not all research is lab work — it’s fun, it’s exciting and it’s adventurous,” Berthelot said. “We want to make the sciences approachable and interesting.”

Sara Keinig , human sciences and education graduate student who attended the event, said she is excited about any event with a goal to communicate science.

“A lot of researchers have a hard time communicating what they are studying,” Keinig said . “I love an event that is all about communicating science.”

Keinig said she will probably be back every month.

“There’s free food, and I get to learn about new and interest-ing things,” she said.

Erik Vinson , criminology se-nior , said he came to the event to learn more about the research be-ing done at the University.

“You always hear about all the research here at the Univer-sity, but you don’t always hear exactly what they’re doing,” Vin-son said. “This is a nice event to hear what type of research is be-ing done at our university.”

Vinson said he is looking forward to next month’s Science Café because the event will focus on criminology.

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Science Café highlights researchStudents plan to help LSU System

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Students, faculty discuss � ndings

On most Thursday nights in the Student Union, a group of stu-dents gathers in front of Einstein Bros Bagels and talks about bring-ing guns to school.

This is the Students for Con-cealed Carry club , and though the University does not recognize them, they are affi liated with a na-tional organization, according to sociology senior and club presi-dent Philip Egusquiva .

The club hopes to work with the regional and national chapters to raise awareness about a recent state amendment that guarded the Second Amendment in Louisiana, and the group hopes to eventually remove the “gun-free zone” from LSU’s campus, Egusquiva said.

“There is literally a line on the edge of campus I cannot cross with a gun or I’m a felon,” Egusquiva said. “I’m the same law-abiding citizen with a gun across the street and on campus.”

Egusquiva said the national organization has a “holster pro-test” once a year, in which the club will participate in, where students carry an empty holster on their person during a day in April.

Brian Apple, electrical engi-neering senior and club member, said people might be against them because they do not understand what this club is asking for.

“We are asking for the op-tion to bring a licensed gun on campus,” Apple said. “We are not forcing a gun into every student’s hands.”

Apple said it takes a lot of work to get a concealed carry permit, including thorough back-ground checks and an age require-ment of 21.

Mechanical engineering se-nior Grant Brumfi eld said state police “pulled my medical records and took my fi ngerprints, along with more of the extensive screen-ing to have my concealed carry license.”

Apple and Brumfi eld are get-ting certifi cation to be instructors for those trying to get licenses to carry a concealed weapon, Apple said.

Egusquiva said other schools in the country that allow licensed guns on campus, including the University of Colorado at Boulder, are safer than gun-free campuses.

“Campuses who allow con-cealed carry have had zero crimes with fi rearms or suicides,” Egus-quiva said. “You are more likely to die from a hammer or drowning in a pool than being shot.”

Egusquiva said the group’s meetings consist of working to

increase awareness on social me-dia, but without an adviser, it can-not have offi cial club meetings or events.

“We use time in meetings to fi nd an adviser,” Egusquiva said. “But everyone either didn’t want to help or didn’t have time to.”

Andrea Mathis, communica-tion studies junior , said the cam-pus has no need for students with guns.

“Why do you need that?” Mathis said. “I don’t understand why they need guns on campus. Do they feel that unsafe?”

Elementary education sopho-more Courtney Braud said she

wants to stay protected but is wor-ried about who would be carrying the guns.

“I’m not comfortable with some random student carrying around a gun,” Braud said. “But if something were to happen, a stu-dent with a gun could help us.”

Egusquiva said he hopes people realize the club members are trying to make the campus a safer place.

“There is zero correlation be-tween crime and guns,” Egusquiva said. “We go to school where if someone wanted to do something, we have signs up that say we can’t do anything about it.”

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An artist complex adjacent to the Baton Rouge art shop Circa 1857 is scheduled to be built this year to offer local artists an economical place to live and work.

Danny McGlynn and local art-ist Dennis Hargroder co-own Circa 1857 and worked together to de-velop the new complex located on Government Street , an area the pair said will be an art hub for Baton Rouge .

McGlynn said the complex is anticipated to be three stories, have approximately 30 living spaces and contain 5,000 to 6,000 square feet of retail.

The complex will also have work spaces for artists, said Har-groder , and working in such close proximity with one another will al-low them to collaborate on works.

“They can get inspiration from each other and [have] cooperative shows,” he said.

The co-owners said purpose of the complex is to serve primarily as an artist community, but those who aren’t artists will also be allowed to live there.

“It will be to provide living, workspace and inspiration for artists and to establish Government Street as an arts street or district,” McGlynn said. “There will be a preference for artists, but not a requirement.”

Rates have not been fi nalized at this time, but McGlynn said the rooms will be “subject to affordable rates” calculated from funding received from sources.

McGlynn said some of the rooms will be rent restricted but not all of them.

“It’s incentivized to help artists who are early in their careers and

need a place to live and work and to try to make it economical for them to live there,” Hargroder said.

Shelby Hemelt , graphic design junior , said Baton Rouge has needed something like this for a while.

“I’m aware of those types of facilities in other states,” she said. “[It’s] key in order to bring artists here.”

Other cities with successful art scenes usually contain artists living complexes, Hemelt said, which serve as a place for various

artists to generate ideas.Photography junior David

Gibbs said the anticipated low cost of the complex’s rooms would help

aspiring artists.“That’s less

money on rent, more money on art

supplies and making art,” he said.Funding for the project is a

combination of private sources and new market tax credits from the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Au-thority .

Circa 1857 was granted the credits from the RDA but lost them

because of a deadline, McGlynn said.

“We hope that RDA will re-ceive new credits in early March, that we can apply and be awarded somewhere within a month or two,” McGlynn said.

If the tax credits are available, the project may begin around Au-gust he said, but starting in 2013 is the goal.

Art community planned next to Circa 1857 art shop

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Design intends to meet artists’ needs

Students seek gun rights advocacy Nic CottenStaff Writer

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A new art community is scheduled to be built in 2013 next to the Circa 1857 art shop. The complex is intended to help transform the Government Street area into a local art hub.

With 95 percent in favor, the Student Government Senate voted Wednesday to amend its bylaws al-lowing an update to its website to no longer include voting records.

With the passage of the bill, site visitors will no longer be able to see each senator’s vote correspond-ing with each piece of legislation on the legislative branch website. In-stead, they will now see a percent-age of the vote.

Update procedures for each facet of the website have also been changed from monthly to quarterly updates.

The resolution states SG’s website will include general infor-mation, announcements and current editions of SG’s Constitution, By-laws and Election Code.

According to the resolution, each branch’s website must contain certain information.

All elected officials, staff mem-bers or appointees specific to the branch in which they serve, along with their classification and college, must be listed on the website, ac-cording to the resolution.

The resolution states that an email address for each elected or appointed official and office hours, if that official is required to hold them, must be posted as well. A link to each respective branch and the general SG website must also be posted.

SG’s website will be divided into five separate branches: legis-lative, executive and judicial and newly added sections for college councils and the election board.

The added college councils section will include an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of expenditures and an electronic copy of the college council constitution.

The election board’s website, also new, will include a notice of upcoming elections and dates rele-vant to SG elections, a notice when constitutional amendments are be-ing considered and an electronic copy of all election board returns, complaints and judgments.

The executive branch’s web-site must include an electronic copy of the executive charter, an electronic copy of quarterly break-down of expenditures and an elec-tronic copy of communications, which include news releases and

policy statements.The bill mandates the legisla-

tive branch’s website include an electronic copy of each piece of leg-islation filed with the Senate office, an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of expenditures and a

vote percentage corresponding with each piece of legislation.

The judicial branch’s web-site will feature an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of ex-penditures and an electronic copy of all judicial documents, which

include opinions, injunctions and complaints.

Louisiana’s Poverty Point National Monument is in the run-ning to be listed alongside the likes of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt as a World Heritage Site, largely thanks to the work of Louisiana archaeologist Diana Greenlee.

If chosen, the monumental earthwork site near Epps, La., would be the first site in Louisi-ana and the second in the south-eastern United States to be added to the list.

Greenlee said Poverty Point is estimated to be at least 3,100 years old. Five mounds, six con-centric urban ridges and a large interior plaza comprise the site, which Greenlee said was built by ancient hunter-gatherers.

Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said Poverty Point’s selection as a World Heritage Site would be “an incredible boost to northeast Louisiana” from both an eco-nomic and tourism standpoint.

University history professor Alecia Long said Poverty Point’s age, size and complexity contrib-ute to its significance.

Greenlee said Poverty Point is significant because, prior to its discovery, archaeologists did not believe anyone other than farmers could build such a massive earthwork.

“There’s no other site like it in the world,” Greenlee said. “It’s pretty special.”

Greenlee has been employed by the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the Louisiana Divi-sion of Archaeol-ogy as a Poverty Point station ar-chaeologist since 2006. She said as a new employ-ee, one of her assigned tasks was researching the steps for having Poverty Point named a World Heritage Site.

The United Nations Edu-cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, com-piles the World Heritage List, which contains sites ranging from the Taj Mahal to the Grand Canyon.

According to the UNESCO website, countries must sign the World Heritage Convention “pledging to protect their natu-ral and cultural heritage” before submitting nominations.

After signing on, Greenlee said each country decides which of its own sites are international-

ly significant and places them on the Tentative List.

Greenlee said she discovered the U.S. National Park Service, the agency responsi-ble for compiling the U.S. Tentative

List, was accepting applications for a new list not long after she began working at Poverty Point. The most recent list before then

had been compiled in the 1970s, Greenlee said.

After submitting an applica-tion in 2007, Greenlee said Pov-erty Point workers learned of their Tentative List placement in 2008.

In summer 2011, the World Heritage Committee moved Pov-erty Point from the Tentative List to the official nomination process. From then until Dec. 2011, Poverty Point workers pre-pared the nomination file, which Greenlee said includes formal documentation with discussion of the site’s significance, history,

management and issues that may threaten its integrity.

Greenlee said the next step in the nomination process will occur in June or July, when mem-bers of the International Council on Monuments and Sites will formally evaluate the site. In 2014, the World Heritage Com-mittee will decide whether to of-ficially add Poverty Point to the World Heritage List or to defer its decision.

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Site would be �rst in Louisiana addedErin HebertContributing Writer

‘�ere’s no other site like it in the world. It’s

pretty special.’ Diana Greenlee

Poverty Point station archaeologist

Contact Erin Hebert at [email protected]

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During the Student Government meeting to amend bylaws Wednesday, Speaker of the Senate Meredith Westbrook swears in Zachary Fitzpatrick (left) for the College of Science and Austin Matthews (right) for the College of Mass Communication.

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Poverty Point nominated as World Heritage Site

since November, Lalonde said.Stop sign violations accounted

for 30 of the 51 cyclist citations, Lalonde said.

Noah Baldridge, English ju-nior, was issued a $152 ticket on his bike while riding across a cross-walk.

“I saw a guy on a bike hit an SUV during spring testing, but since then I have witnessed no ac-cidents,” Baldridge said. “There are some individuals who ride like idiots, but a cyclist is responsible for his or her actions. It would be wrong to villainize every bike rider for the poor decisions of the few.”

Landscape architecture junior

Greg Dahlke said he believes the police are just handing out tickets and not trying to enforce the law.

“I got pulled over for turning at a yellow light,” Dahlke said. “The cop said it would be my fault if I got hit. And my friend got a ticket for riding a bike across a pe-destrian crosswalk. People don’t want to ride bikes anymore — they are worried about getting tickets.”

Tammy Millican, director of communications for LSU Campus Sustainability, said her offi ce is working closely with LSUPD and Parking, Traffi c and Transportation to enforce bike safety rules.

“We do know that the number of bicyclists on campus is steadily increasing, and that’s a positive

for LSU and the environment,” Millican said in an email.

Lalonde said bikers should obey the same traffi c laws as cars, including traffi c signals and stop-ping at pedestrian crosswalks.

LSUPD has more information about biker and pedestrian laws on its website, the LSUPD Facebook page and through broadcast emails, Lalonde said.

top-fl ight coaching salaries.In 2012 , the SEC had eight

of the top 25 coaching salaries in the NCAA. One of those coach-es, Auburn’s Gene Chizik , was fi red in November .

Arkansas eventually hired Bret Bielema for $3.2 million an-nually, immediately placing him among the top 10 highest paid coaches.

But Miles ultimately won’t be judged against Bielema , South Carolina ’s Steve Spurrier — who makes $3.59 million a year — or even Georgia’s Mark Richt and his $2.93 million annual salary.

Miles’ anticipated salary is unquestionably elite, with top-fl ight bonus opportunities and a well-compensated staff already in place.

His competition bears names like Nick Saban , Bob Stoops , Mack Brown and Urban Meyer , Miles’ fellow top-fi ve fi scal foes.

With three -straight 10-win seasons, two conference titles, two national championship ap-pearances and a seemingly per-manent spot in the top 10 , Miles compares favorably.

Miles’ new wage would jump that of Meyer, who took a year off after resigning from Florida before leading Ohio State to an undefeated 2012 campaign that was limited by probation and a bowl ban.

Personal health problems, player discipline issues and a fi ve-loss 2010 campaign marred Meyer’s fi nal few seasons

at Florida .Brown is only 22-16 at Texas

in the last three years and hasn’t led the Longhorns to a presti-gious bowl game since 2009 . Texas missed postseason play completely in 2010 .

Stoops’ Oklahoma teams haven’t fi nished with fewer loss-es than LSU since 2008 , and he is 1-5 in BCS Bowls since 2003 .

Saban is the Goliath in the game — both monetarily and on the fi eld — with three national titles at Alabama in four seasons and four years of one regular sea-son loss or fewer since 2008 .

Miles has fared better than most against Saban , posting a 3-4 record versus his LSU predeces-sor.

Meanwhile, Miles has more SEC wins since 2005 (47 ) than any coach and an overall winning percentage of 80.1 (85-21 ).

One way Miles could earn his new salary would be by fi lling his résumé’s only glaring hole in comparison to those top-fi ve peers: lead his team to an unde-feated season.

Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins . “LSU faculty members have been included in those processes, continue to be included and will continue to play a vital role as the reorganization process unfolds over the next 18 to 24 months.”

The letter was also copied to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , which is the agency responsible for the University’s ac-creditation.

According to the letter, faculty complained they were denied an op-portunity to participate in the discus-sion that led to the Association of Governing Boards’ recommendation to consolidate the two positions.

“The whole process started in large part due to the feedback that was generated by faculty and staff,” said Board of Supervisors member and Presidential Search Committee Chairman Blake Chatelain in re-sponse to the letter. “Problems that were identifi ed in large part by fac-ulty and staff is what led the Board to fi gure out changes. … I’ve had the back of faculty members on that deal.”

Chatelain said some understand the report and like it, but some do not, and the Board has gotten feed-back from both sides.

“The AAUP is a clear and strong signal to any reasonable deci-sion maker that the University is well out-of-step with expectations for a major and comprehensive research University,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.

The AAUP’s Statement on Gov-ernment emphasizes the “shared re-sponsibility of both the faculty and

Board in the search for and selection of a president” and “envisions the faculty’s playing an active role in the decision-making process.”

“It is not to the advantage of the University, students and citizens of Louisiana for the Board to ignore or marginalize the faculty,” said B. Robert Kreiser, associate secretary for the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance for the AAUP. Kreiser signed the AAUP’s letter.

The letter said only one faculty member is involved in the search committee.

According to Chatelain , three faculty members currently serve on the search committee: William Coo-per, professor of history ; Thomas Klei, interim vice chancellor of Re-search and Economic Development ; and Cherie-Ann Nathan, professor, vice-chair and director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Cancer Research at Louisiana State Univer-sity Health Sciences Center, Shreve-port .

Faculty leaders emphasized the importance of a president with a Ph.D. and research experience, but the published job description omit-ted this stipulation, according to the letter.

“The Board understands the de-sires for the faculty and the impor-tance of an academic background, and we take that seriously,” Chat-elain said. “We didn’t want to cast our ad in a way that would discour-age anybody. … We want to do a nationwide search and get the best candidate, and we don’t want to box ourselves in.”

The letter also states the AAUP’s concerns about the faculty’s

“little to no” representation on the subcommittees — aside from the Academic subcommittee — for the Transition Advisory Team.

The Academic subcommittee has seven faculty members, the Fi-nance and Revenue has no faculty members, Technology and Opera-tions has three , Research and Dis-covery has four and the Student Ex-perience has two.

“We are hoping the Board of Supervisors will realize the error of their ways and begin to behave as those who are responsible for a large, public treasure ought to behave,” Cope said.


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THIBODAUX (AP) — A man accused of beheading his dis-abled 7-year-old son and leaving the head in his yard appears to believe that the boy was a robot or a ventriloquist’s dummy, two defense experts have told a judge.

Psychiatrist Sarah DeLand and psychologist Robert Storer told state District Judge John LeBlanc they don’t think Jer-emiah Wright, charged with fi rst-degree murder of Jori Lirette, is faking a delusion, The Daily

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bral palsy and little speech, was killed Aug. 14, 2011.

His mother, Jesslyn Lirette, said she will comment after LeB-lanc decides.

Wright seems to understand the legal proceedings and the charges against him, but the de-lusion has persisted in the 18 months since he was arrested and will hinder his ability to assist his attorneys, they testifi ed.

Both said Wright thinks his son was actually a government

social experiment. DeLand quot-ed Wright as telling her, “I don’t believe they can do anything to me because it wasn’t a real per-son. His skull was made of plas-tic. He had foam in him.”

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As each previous South-eastern Conference game came to pass, LSU seemed to follow a familiar script: start out in a hole, switch to a full-court press and claw back just close enough to sniff victory before having it snatched away.

The Tigers (11-7, 2-5 SEC) had no such issues Wednesday, not even needing their trademark press as they raced out to a 17-6 lead in the opening minutes and held on for a 73-70 upset of No. 17 Missouri in the PMAC.

LSU looked nothing like the 1-5 team that entered the contest, as its lead swelled to as much as 16 using a bevy of jumpers from guards Andre Stringer and An-thony Hickey to erase any wor-ries about a bad start.

“Before the game, we hud-dled up and said we ain’t had our fi rst come-out punch,” Hickey said. “We haven’t had our best game yet. We were able to just work as a team and get the lead up in the fi rst half.”

Going into the locker room up 39-26, LSU coach Johnny Jones realized his team needed to be wary of nationally ranked Mis-souri (15-5, 4-3 SEC), knowing

the visiting Tigers had fi ght left in them.

He didn’t need to voice it, though.

“It was encouraging to hear our guys talk about ‘We need to play like we’re 13 down and not 13 up,’” Jones said. “They had a real good understanding of where we were, so I didn’t need to tell them how we needed to play.”

If they understood, the Ti-gers didn’t seem to heed their own advice early in the second half as Missouri quickly whittled the 13-point lead down to four within the fi rst, highlighted by eight straight points from junior guard Phil Pressey.

Pressey, who was named the preseason SEC Player of the Year, dazzled off the dribble all evening to the tune of a game-high 25 points, all the while be-ing harassed by Hickey on every Missouri possession.

Hickey answered his coun-terpart as he reeled off seven straight points out of a time-out, including a 3-pointer that stretched the lead back to nine and sent the 8,804 purple and gold-clad fans into a frenzy.

“I just talked to my team and said we were going to take

They fl y through the air with the greatest ease only to come crashing back down to earth.

LSU gymnasts attest that those graceful acrobatics that gymnasts are so famous for are, more times than not, accompanied with reverberating pain and injury.

“If I had to put a number on it, I’d say 75 percent of the girls are com-peting with some sort of injury or pain every time they compete,” said LSU graduate assistant athletic trainer Matt Gregg . “There’s a high risk to it and a high skill as well.”

According to Gregg, almost

every member of the team will see him at one point during the week for some kind of treatment.

Many of the injuries are de-generative, stemming from years of constant wear and tear on joints and bones, primarily in the legs and feet.

As Gregg pointed out, most of the gymnasts have been doing this since they were old enough to do a cart-wheel, and that grind on their bodies carries over into their college careers.

“We always push through pain,” said LSU junior Kaleigh Dickson . “That’s what we’ve been taught since we were six starting this sport. We do have those little aches and pains, but what’s greater is our love for the sport.”

LSU junior Sarie Morrison has battled injury throughout her time as a Tiger, missing the majority of the 2012 season after needing surgery to remove a lesion, or tissue abnormality, in her left foot.

After her early injury, Morrison was still able to compete on the un-even bars while aspiring to return to the vault for the NCAA championship meet at the end of the season.

“Everyone kept telling me, ‘You’re never going to be able to vault or do fl oor again because you’ve had so many ankle injuries,’” Morrison said. “I thought ‘No, I’m going to prove them wrong, and I’m going to

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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) out-rebounds Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers (21) on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 73-70 victory against Mizzou in the PMAC.

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Senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan (left) and sophomore sprinter Aaron Ernest (right) practice at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium on Wednesday. Ernest says he likes being in the shadow of Duncan, a Bowerman Award winner and nine-time All-American.

Sophomore enjoys running in senior star’s shadow

For an athlete, competing in someone else’s shadow can be tir-ing, and with the history LSU track and fi eld has, there are a lot of shadows for athletes to dodge.

Currently, no track athlete casts a bigger shadow than senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan. The Bowerman Award Winner, nine-time All-American and fi ve-time NCAA Champion’s tendency to hog every collegiate track and fi eld award available leaves little room

for LSU’s other runners to grab any limelight.

Even sophomore sprinter Aaron Ernest, who is quickly es-tablishing himself as one of the country’s best, can go unnoticed when sitting on the same roster as one of the greatest sprinters in LSU’s history.

But he’s not complaining.“I kind of like being under her

shadow because I can stay under the radar,” Ernest said. “Everyone knows when they come to an LSU track meet that Kimberlyn Duncan is going to be there, so I can just

keep fl ying under the radar. That’s fi ne with me.”

Ernest and Duncan both run the 200-meter, 100-meter and 60-meter sprints, and though Er-nest doesn’t quite have the trophy case that Duncan boasts, he is qui-etly building a formidable résumé of his own.

In his freshman season, Er-nest earned three All-America Honors and an NCAA Champion-ship as a member of the 4x100 re-lay team, which puts him right on

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When LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb is at her best, she leaves her opponents feel-ing much like victims of the arachnid trap that so appropri-ately sounds like her surname: helpless.

Webb has made quite the impact in her four years at LSU, during which she has only sat out two games . In 115 career games , Webb has aver-aged just under 10 points and more than three rebounds per game and earning a total of 88 as-sists, 62 steals and 24 blocks .

But Webb’s contribution to LSU transcends the stat sheet.

“[Webb] is trying to be a leader for this team,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell . “She is trying to do what we ask of her both offensively and defensive-ly.”

She is a primary source of motivation for her fellow Lady Tigers, especially when she is hot from beyond the arc, where she is successful in more than a third of her attempts.

“When she is in sync, the rest of the team feeds off of her,” Caldwell said. “She brings a lot of energy to us.”

Webb had a wake-up call early in Southeastern Conference play this season in LSU’s match against Arkansas when she failed to get on the scoreboard for the fi rst time since her freshman sea-son .

In an attempt to help Webb bounce back from the perfor-mance, Caldwell suggested she make 400 shots outside of prac-tice before LSU’s next game against Mississippi State .

“I set a goal for myself to get in the gym and set shots up for myself,” Webb said after the game. “... I just wanted to be more productive for my team and make us better.”

The extra practice worked. Webb poured in a career-high 28 points against the Bulldogs and didn’t look back, scoring in double digits in every game since .

With her notable career as a Lady Tiger quickly coming to an end, Webb reminisced about her time at LSU, citing last season’s victory against then-No. 6 Ken-tucky in the PMAC as her favor-ite memory.

With just eight games re-maining in the regular season, she has put all of her focus on one objective: getting her team to the NCAA Tournament .

This could be somewhat of a lofty goal. ESPN’s latest project-ed bracket has the Lady Tigers on the bubble as one of the fi rst four teams on the outside looking in.

Webb is determined to fi nish the season on her terms.

“[Being a senior] is extra motivation to the NCAA Tour-nament ,” Webb said. “We want to fi nish the season strong, play well in the SEC Tournament and

hopefully get a good seed so we can play here.”

Graduation is just beyond the horizon, but Webb has no in-tention of hang-ing up her sneak-ers. Instead, she intends on fi nding a new home where she can continue to play her favorite

game.“I want to go overseas and

continue playing,” Webb said. “I hope to fi nd a team so I can keep the sport that I have loved play-ing since I was a kid.”


LSU seeks � rst SEC road win at Auburn

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LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb (10) looks for an opening Sunday during the 54-51 victory against the Vanderbilt Commodores in the PMAC.

Webb focuses on postseason goals

The LSU women’s basketball team heads to Auburn on Thursday looking to improve its standing in the Southeastern Conference with an uncommon road win.

The Lady Tigers (12-8, 3-4 SEC) have lost all four of their away SEC games, but LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said better rebound-ing and stronger defense can help LSU win this game outside of Ba-ton Rouge.

“If we can make the conscious effort to defend harder and be tougher on the board, then things will fall our way,” Caldwell said. “Hopefully we get tired of losing on the road enough that we make that an important part of our game plan.”

Junior forward Theresa Plai-sance continues to lead the Lady Ti-gers with averages of 18 points and eight rebounds . Senior guard Adri-enne Webb and sophomore guard Danielle Ballard follow Plaisance with 13 points per game a piece , with Ballard adding clips of six re-bounds and three steals .

Sophomore guard Hasina Muhammad leads Auburn (13-7, 2-5 SEC) in scoring, averaging 16 points per game , and blocks, tally-ing 26 total this season.

Caldwell said the team not only needs to disrupt Muhammad’s game but keep turnovers to a minimum, limit putback opportunities and re-main competitive during the game.

“One thing that this group has got to understand [is] that it is a 40-minute basketball game,” Caldwell said. “If we can ever wrap our mentality to play 40 minutes of LSU basketball, we’ll come out with a victory.”

Caldwell said the team runs out of that “little push” toward the end of the game, which she credits to the young bench with only three veteran players.

At the end of the games when the Lady Tigers are only down by four, Caldwell said LSU is still in the game. But Caldwell said small mistakes like missed rebounds usu-ally cost LSU the victory.

“Those are the plays that we cannot continue to give people be-cause they’re capitalizing on it,” Caldwell said.

In regards to LSU’s postseason prospects, Caldwell said the team is “below the bubble” in wins, but also that success is attainable.

“We’ve got a chance still,” Caldwell said. “They can play with some of the best teams in the coun-try, they just have to believe now that they can beat them.”

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whatever they were going to give us,” Hickey said. “We were able to get great open shots.”

As the Tigers each traded buck-ets, Missouri broke off a mini-run that cut the LSU lead down to three with just more than three minutes to go going into the fi nal media time-out.

Out of the timeout, a Pressey jumper brought Missouri back to

within three. Then the Dallas native made perhaps his only mistake of the evening, hacking Stringer as he bur-ied a 3-pointer from the wing.

Stringer would sink the free throw to give the Tigers a seven-point cushion and momentum squarely on their bench.

“It was a great confi dence builder for our team,” Stringer said. “I saw Pressey coming behind me so I just followed through. Luckily, he fouled me.”

The veteran Missouri squad didn’t stay down, reeling off fi ve straight points to pull within a bucket with 1:06 to go. After Stringer sunk two foul shots and Missouri guard Earnest Ross buried a 3-pointer, the two-point game got a jolt of energy.

LSU sophomore forward John-ny O’Bryant III got behind the ensu-ing inbounds play for a wide open lay-up to lock up LSU’s fate – which added three more free throws down the stretch to seal the upset.

“[Jones] told me to go long,” O’Bryant said. “I saw the [defender] wasn’t ready for it so I just took off.”

O’Bryant fi nished with his fourth straight double-double, pour-ing in 14 points and grabbing 11 boards while shutting down Mis-souri forward Alex Oriakhi, who fi n-ished with only one point.

After his fi rst signature win at the helm of his alma mater, Jones could only look to the future after running over to the packed LSU

student section to thank them for the support.

“It was emotional, not only for myself but for the players,” Jones said. “Hopefully, we did what we needed to do tonight to bring them back out there on a consistent basis.”

Duncan’s pace. “I know what it’s like because

that was me at one point,” Duncan said. “Everyone else was getting theirs, and I was just in the back be-ing happy for them. I know that’s how he is, but he’ll get his time.”

All-time great runners like Dun-can are commonplace at LSU, and Ernest said he uses the legacy of other runners who came before him as a benchmark.

Ernest said former Tiger greats such as Richard Thompson, Trindon Holliday and Xavier Carter inspire him to cement his name in LSU lore the same way they did — a feat that Duncan said is well within Ernest’s grasp.

“He’s a great athlete,” Duncan said. “He’s focused when he has to be. He goes out there and gets the work done. I’m looking forward to when I’m gone and coming back and seeing what he will do.”

Ernest’s history as a top-tier football player gives him the confi -dence to become one of the runners who breaks school and national re-cords the way Duncan has, according to LSU coach Dennis Shaver .

In high school, Ernest received several Division I scholarships to play football, which left Shaver and other track coaches around the coun-try wondering if the New Orleans na-tive would even run track in college.

But Ernest committed himself as a track-only athlete and accepted a scholarship offer from LSU during his senior year in high school.

Shaver said he would have never attempted to compare Ernest to Duncan in the beginning of Er-nest’s career at LSU, as he struggled through his fi rst indoor season while adjusting to the weight-lifting and training regimen.

Now the two star sprinters’ similarities are evident, Shaver said, with one exception.

“I don’t think Kim had the same level of confi dence at that stage of her career as Aaron has as a sopho-more,” Shaver said.

Even though Ernest and Dun-can practice at separate times, run against different opponents and will probably never race each other, that doesn’t mean a little friendly compe-tition and smack talk isn’t warranted.

Keeping Duncan humble about her accomplishments isn’t hard, but Ernest likes to do his part by play-fully reminding her every now and then that he’s not impressed.

“Every day I’ll tell her she’s not even good,” Ernest said. “I always mess with her like, ‘You’re really nothing. You only won 19-straight 200s. Anyone can do that,’ but it’s all in good fun.”

But Ernest doesn’t downplay Duncan’s excellence. He said she is welcome to share her knowledge whenever she wants.

“I would love to learn tips from a two-time national champion, but she’s keeping all the secrets to her-self,” Ernest said.

The LSU women’s lacrosse club is back in business thanks to the relentless efforts of its student leaders.

After disbanding in 2010 due to lack of student interest, the club’s future looked bleak. That was when international relations and political science senior Kylee Rader , current club president , de-cided to take action.

“I saw that [Florida] had a team, so I thought, ‘Why can’t LSU?’” Rader said.

Rader contacted former club president Mary Condo to fi nd out the steps to getting the club active again. That got her in contact with University Recreation Sports club coordinator Zach Wood .

Working closely with Wood and Condo , Rader began the pro-cess of resurrecting the women’s lacrosse club , which began by registering as a student organiza-tion in the Offi ce of Student Life .

The team then had to operate independently from the Universi-ty Student Recreational Complex for a year before being allowed to

reapply to become a sanctioned sports club. This presented some challenges to the rebuilding ef-fort.

“We almost had to start from scratch. [Many] of the girls had never played before,” Rader said. “Getting fi eld time was tough. We had to fi ght with Quidditch [occasionally].”

Even after the Lady Tigers were reinstated as an offi cial club sport in fall 2011 , there were more obstacles to overcome.

The club was unable to fi nd a coach until March , forcing Rader to take a player-coach role, some-thing she does not advise anyone to attempt.

“Being a player-coach is not easy,” Rader said. “Some of the girls would struggle listening, probably because I wasn’t much older than them.”

Despite all of those hardships, the Lady Tigers fi nished their fi rst season with a 3-4-2 record in the Texas Women’s Lacrosse League , one position out of the playoffs .

That fi nish was achieved often while playing a man down or with no substitutions.

By working through the rough times of that fi rst year, the Lady Tigers laid the organiza-tional and personal groundwork

for many seasons to come.

“We have a lot of freshmen,” Rader said. “They all have very sound fundamen-tals. … They will take care of [LSU Lacrosse ] after

I’m gone.”The Lady Tigers will begin

their pursuit of a playoff berth this weekend, traveling to Hous-ton to face Rice and traditional powerhouse Texas A&M in their fi rst matches of the season.

“The talent, teamwork and work ethic are there,” said bio-logical chemistry junior Dru Cowan . “All we have to do is put it together.”


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come back and do the events that I love to do or I wouldn’t have gone through all that to begin with.’”

Fortunately for Morrison , she was able to return to the vault, but during preparation for the meet, she shattered the navicular bone in the same foot. However, that didn’t stop her, as Morrison competed through the pain.

“I was competing in nationals on vault in so much pain,” Morrison said. “I thought in the back of my mind, ‘What if I’m never able to do vault again? At least I’ll be able to do this one last time.’”

To battle the pain, gymnasts rely on a series of tailored treat-ments that range from the traditional ice and Advil regimen to the more modern technique of dry needle physical therapy.

“[Dry needles are] almost like acupuncture with the needles stick-ing through, but it works off of trig-ger points in the muscles,” Gregg said. “[The physical therapist] will try to fi nd the trigger points in the muscle and dry needle them to get the spasm to relax. That helps a lot when we have girls with chronic stuff.”

Gregg works with LSU coach D-D Breaux constantly throughout the season with weekly injury re-ports that help to create workouts that won’t interfere with rehabilita-tion.

“We always err on the side of what our trainers are telling us,” Breaux said. “Of course, as coaches we push and we push and we try to get as much as we can out of our student-athletes, but gymnastics is an everyday pounding. It’s a contact sport.”

Breaux and her staff routinely stress the importance of what she calls “prehabbing.”

According to Gregg , if the team has a meet on Friday, the Tigers will be back on the mats in full practice by Sunday, therefore injury turnover needs to be as quick as possible.

The team members maintain their bodies with a strict regimen of cardio, conditioning, cold baths and overall up keeping of their health.

“The biggest thing is to try and get them coming in the next day feel-ing as good as possible so they can perform well in [the practice gym] and then on Friday,” Gregg said.

One of the more controversial treatments for today’s athletes, LSU gymnasts included, is the cortisone injection.

Cortisone is a chemical natu-rally created in the body, but when injected straight into ligaments, it reduces infl ammation, thus reducing pain.

One of the side effects of corti-sone injections is a possible thinning or damaging of joint ligaments later in life if used too many times during a short period of time, leaving the decision of accepting the shot to the gymnasts themselves.

“It sounds bad, but I kind of live in the present and I don’t worry about the effects of it,” said Dick-son , who has utilized the treatment. “It makes me feel good at the time and it makes me able to compete and that’s what I love to do.”


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On the corner of South Sher-wood Forest Boulevard and West Bricksome Avenue in an easy-to-miss suite sits an almost unusual sight — Louisiana’s Double Play , the last remaining comic book shop in Baton Rouge.

For about 20 years, the shop

has been under the ownership of Robert Broussard . In those years, it has become the go-to location in Baton Rouge for anyone interested in reading comics and collect-ing cards for games such as “Mag-ic: The Gathering .”

While the store may sell items such as comic book issues, graphic novels and card packs, there are more valuable items hung from the walls: an assortment of Silver Age comics. The Silver Age of comics

ran from 1956 to the early 1970s and introduced many of the classic

heroes of today such as Spider-Man , the X-Men , the Avengers and the Justice League , as well

as updated or new versions of Su-perman , Batman , Flash and Green Lantern .

The issues at Louisiana’s Double Play are valuable collec-tors’ items and include issues of

On a typical night at the bar, people might expect to hear a Bruce Springsteen cover or an old Michael Jackson song. But when The Shoobies are playing, a remix of “Tighten Up” by The Black Keys can be heard blaring from the speakers.

The Shoobies , made up of University mass communication

junior Winston Triolo , electrical engineering senior Patrick Her-nandez , account-ing senior Andrew Pancamo and his-tory senior Eric Guidry, formed in the spring of 2012 and started playing shows in late August.

Hernandez , Guidry and Pan-camo were in different bands

when they started playing music together. It wasn’t until open mic

night at Mellow Mushroom that they found Triolo , who would even-tually sing for The Shoobies .

While The Shoobies are in the process of

writing their own material, they currently play covers at their

shows, which are typically in Tigerland bars . According to Tri-olo , their sound “brings a new ex-perience to the typical bar-goer.”

The key difference between The Shoobies and usual cover bands is the band’s setlist. Stick-ing to ’90s and 2000s alt-rock, the band commonly plays se-lections from The Black Keys , The Strokes , The Red Hot Chili

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Student poet to slam for Angelou

Maya Angelou may know why the caged bird sings, but to-night she’s also why the college student slams.

Mic with Maya, a free poetry slam hosted by the Student Ac-tivities Board, will give stu-dents a shot to meet and per-form for re-nowned author and poet Maya Angelou.

Students will step up to the microphone and deliver their own words with rhythm and rhyme in hopes of winning a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The winner of the competition will take the stage again Feb. 19 and perform his or her poem at the Universi-ty’s A Night with Maya Angelou event.

According to human resourc-es education junior and SAB chair of Trending Topics Melanie McKoin, Mic with Maya offers students a chance to stand up and be heard by more than just their peers.

“The chance that you get to

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Mass communication junior Winston Triolo, vocalist and guitarist for The Shoobies, sings along with the crowd Saturday at The House in Tigerland.

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Instead of blue dogs, a piano painted by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue will come to the Univer-sity on Friday night for the School of Music’s Concert Spectacular, which aims to raise money for the school.

The event includes perfor-mances from multiple ensembles within the school, as well as an appearance by the Rodrigue Stein-way , a grand piano painted by Ro-drigue .

The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. this Friday in the Union The-ater. Proceeds will go toward sup-porting the School of Music scholarship fund drive , as well as efforts to offset losses from budget cuts.

The school is not alone in raising funds and offsetting losses. Rodrigue , known to some as “the blue dog guy,” has collaborated with the School of Music to do just that.

The Steinway piano, which was originally donated by Hall Piano Company of Metairie to the School of Music , was given to the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts to be painted by Rodrigue

in his iconic style.The product of the School of

Music’s collaboration with Ro-drigue will be on full display Fri-day night, with LSU faculty pianist Willis Delony playing an original arrangement of the classic “Tiger Rag.”

Rodrigue’s son Jacques Ro-drigue , executive director of the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts and an LSU graduate, said the painted piano is a great way to benefi t the school and will help to raise awareness for supporting the arts.

After the piano’s Union The-ater debut Friday, it will tour the country for two years before being

auctioned off to raise funds for the School of Music and the George Rodrigue Foundation.

“Art, in general, satisfi es an emotional and spiritual instinct that we all share,” said

percussionist junior Scott Graves. “I believe universities should do whatever they can to preserve the fi ne arts.”

Graves is playing Friday with the LSU Wind Ensemble and Sym-phony Orchestra.

“Concert Spectacular gives all the departments in the School of Music and Dramatic Arts a chance

to showcase what they do for a couple minutes in a sort of run-on performance,” he said.

The concert is to be presented in a “no-pause-no-applause for-mat” which promises to make for a lively event.

The featured ensembles in the concert will be playing every-thing from jazz and classical mu-sic to experimental music. These ensembles include the LSU Sym-phony Orchestra, the A Cappella Choir, Schola Cantorum, the LSU Jazz Ensemble, Hamiruge, the LSU Percussion Ensemble and the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana.


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Frenchkiss/InfectiousEDITOR’S PICK: Local Natives, “Hummingbird”Local Natives’ � rst record, “Gorilla Manor,” earned a devoted fan following in the U.S. and UK, and critics were crazy about it. But “Hummingbird,” the L.A. quartet’s sophomore effort, is not “Gorilla Manor Pt. 2.” “Hummingbird” incorporates elements the Natives are known for — lush harmony and insane hooks — but the sound is older and tried. These 11 songs are dark. That’s probably the result of losing a band member and, for vocalist and keyboardist Kelcey

Ayer, a mom. This only intensi� ed the group’s gift for layering strong emotion on every track. There’s broke-ness and uncertainy, like on the magni� cent “Colombia,” but tracks like “Black Spot” build into bliss that hint at redemption and acceptance. Loyal fans, give it a chance and be appreciative of Local Natives’ evolution.

BRIAN SIBILLEEntertainment Editor

I’d like to congratulate the sadistic minds at Lifetime for creating “Project Runway: Teams.” Instead of fending for themselves, the 16 competing designers are forced to work together in teams to create cohesive looks for every challenge. At � rst I was horri� ed, thinking that the drama would take center stage over the clothing. Shockingly, most of the designers put their differences aside and worked together peacefully to make decent collections. Who knows how long that will last? The few clunkers in each collection were

hilariously bad, particularly Stanley Hudson’s poorly � tted Catwoman-meets-Studio 54 jumpsuit. Matthew Arthur’s adorable collared blouse and full skirt was my favorite of the looks. In the end, Team “Keeping it Real” managed to defeat “The Dream Team.” “Project Runway: Teams” might be worth the watch, if only to hear the wisdom of Tim Gunn. MARIE CHANEY

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“No Fairy Tale,” Lisa Loeb’s latest album in a line of eight stretching back to 1994’s “Purple Tape,” falls � at. Loeb seems to be grasping for a connection to the youth of today with two songs on the album written by Canadian rock duo Tegan & Sara . One of them, “The Worst,” has more of an acoustic feel, so it is more tolerable than the try-hard bubblegum pop of the rest of the album. This may be coming from someone who only identi-� es with Loeb’s No. 1 single “Stay” from

1994 , but she is losing her touch. What came off as charmingly naive nearly two decades ago now seems immature and arti� cial. Loeb will draw a larger audience from children with this album than 2011’s “Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs,” an album actually made to accompany a children’s book.

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For seven albums, Tegan and Sara have established themselves as indie darlings with acoustic tunes and a cult lesbian following. “Heartthrob” is a combo breaker that brings in pop producers and synth beats to transform Tegan and Sara’s sound from mixtape for your feminist queer lit club to Robyn meets The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Some purists may consider “Heartthrob” a classic case of a popular indie act selling out to become mainstream, but Tegan and Sara have done the opposite of playing it safe with this makeover.

The departure from their typical vibe is a de� nite risk, and it pays off. Despite a few moments that feel a bit derivative (as so many synthpop efforts are prone to), their talent for writing poignant songs about relationship angst re-mains strong under all the gloss and glitz, and lead single “Closer” promises to stick in the listener’s head. “Heartthrob” is nervy, refreshing, catchy and even radio-friendly. KACI YODER

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Longtime fans of New York-based The Strokes , close your ears: “One Way Trigger,” the debut single from their upcoming album “Comedown Machine,” is unlike anything the band has done be-fore. Lead singer Julian Casablancas doesn’t sound like the guy who sang “Is This It” in 2001 . Instead, he dons a Matt Bellamy -esque falsetto for most of the song, while his lower voice is re-served for parts of chorus. Even stranger is the ska-style synth-pop melody that pushes the song along

at a quick pace. While these stark differences may sound like negatives, they aren’t — “One Way Trigger” is a blast to listen to. The high-pitched verses and upbeat tempo pair for one fun track. Sure, the lyrics are non-sense, but it’s nothing on Vampire Weekend’s level of absurdity. While this isn’t the single fans were hoping for, The Strokes are � nally done with their old sound, and that isn’t a bad thing. TAYLOR BALKOM

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I don’t even know where to start with “Movie 43. ” It’s practically nothing but the most disgusting humor imagin-able with an all-star cast ranging from actors like Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry to Snooki . However, the cast does not redeem everything else about the movie. The basic premise is that Dennis Quaid is a screenwriter pitching a movie to a studio executive. There may be a few laughs, but the � nal sketch that runs

after the credits is just so disgusting and repulsive you forget almost everything you just watched. In retrospect, the one part that stands out is when Kate Bosworth questions Richard Gere’s business practices. If only some company executive did the same thing to “Movie 43”’s writers.

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Concert Spectacular:When: 7:30 p.m. FridayWhere: Union TheaterCost: $30, $15 students

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Painted in the style Rodrigue is known for, the Rodrigue Steinway piano will be featured in the School of Music’s Concert Spectacular this Friday evening.

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FridayWhat: Rebuilding Together: Kick Off to Rebuild According to its website, “In February 2013, we will mobilize hundreds of volunteers, past and present NFL members and play-ers, community leaders, well-known national celebrities, and local and national sponsors to complete renovations on homes in the Algiers neighborhood of McClendonville.”When: 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Where: McClendoville neigh-borhood , How much: Free

What: VH1’s Best Super Bowl Concert Ever Feat. Train When: 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Where: The Sugar Mill How much: Free , but tickets are limited

SaturdayWhat: Player Networking Event According to its website, this NFL-sanctioned event is the only Super Bowl event designed ex-clusively to support active and former players’ transition from the game. When: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Sheraton Hotel, New Or-leans How much: Free, but re-quest must be approved at www.pneinfo.com

What: VH1’s Best Super Bowl

Concert Ever feat. Journey and Rascal Flatts When: 9 p.m. until midnight Where: The Sugar Mill How much: Free, but tickets are limited

SundayWhat: Game Day Fan Plaza When: 1 p.m. until TBD Where: Champions Square How much: Free for Super Bowl ticketholders

All Weekend Events:What: NFL Experience , games

and attractions When: Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 , times varyWhere: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center How much: $20-25 What: Verizon Super Bowl Bou-levard , concert series When: Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 , times varyWhere: Woldenberg Park How much: Free

History re-

peats itself, and fashion is no exception.

W h e n the fl air at the waist silhou-ette known as peplum hit the runway in fall 2012, it cre-

ated a wave of nostalgia for the 1940s fi lm stars who originated the peplum trend. This blast from the past has already transcended beyond the fall 2012 season and into spring 2013. There’s no doubt in my mind that peplum is here to stay for seasons to come.

The beauty of the peplum trend is that it’s universally fl at-tering to every body type. Pep-lum adds instant curves to a thin fi gure, and plus-size fashion bloggers have raved about how the peplum silhouette hides that little extra pudge in the stomach area with no need for shapewear.

Sadly, there aren’t many stu-dents around campus wearing this fl attering silhouette. How-ever, there are many ways to in-corporate the peplum trend into

your wardrobe.For a chic daytime look,

pair a bright-colored peplum top with a pair of coated denim or try chinos on a hotter day with some loafers. Add a bold statement necklace and throw your hair in a topknot for an effortless look.

A peplum dress with a plung-ing neckline is perfect for a night out on the town. Step into a pair of sky-high heels and apply a deep rouge lipstick to channel a daring, ultra-feminine look.

Urban Outfi tters has a few peplum tops in a myriad of col-ors for only $34 each. Check out Boohoo.com for a whole slew of peplum items. It has everything from peplum skirts to peplum pants. Its items are a bit on the pricey side, but defi nitely worth the investment.

Next time you’re out shop-ping, consider picking up an item with a peplum silhouette. You won’t regret it.

Shamiyah Kelley is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Irmo, S.C.


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meet Dr. Maya Angelou makes this poetry slam completely dif-ferent than any other poetry slam that has been hosted at LSU,” McKoin said. “Not every day do you get to go around saying, ‘I wrote a poem and now I get to meet Dr. Maya Angelou.’”

The event will showcase more than classical poetry. In-formation systems sophomore Na’Kia Ricks speaks her mind through rap, using a wide range of personal experiences to put her own spin on Angelou-inspired themes like self-esteem, black history, family or violence.

“I write about what’s actually going on,” Ricks said. “Whether it’s in my life or the next person’s life, I’m writing about it. Wheth-er I’m spending this money or not making money at all, I’m writing about it. Whether I’m in the club or getting stopped by the police, I’m writing about it. I don’t dis-criminate when it comes down to topics.”

For performers like Ricks, any poetry slam is a chance to channel the same tenacity and power that made Angelou fa-mous.

“Usually before a perfor-mance, I’m backstage getting

ready to bring an attitude into the microphone. I’m listening to other people’s music, making phone calls, trying to get hype, bouncing around, just so that I can bring that same energy,” Ricks said. “And to see the looks on people’s faces once I’m done or to personally know I’ve done a good job, is my favorite thing.”

This connection between the performers and the audience could make Mic with Maya a memorable evening even for those who don’t take on the chal-lenge. McKoin encouraged all students to attend, even if they’ve never written a verse.

“If you are there just to watch the event, that’s OK too,” McK-oin said. “I hope that you get a sense of who Dr. Maya Angelou is through our poetry slam, and I hope you come to understand her greatness by the words of your peers.”

Mic with Maya will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in the Live Oak Lounge of the Student Union.

Contact Kaci Yoder at [email protected]

MAYA, from page 11

Peppers and Jimi Hendrix . Some of their greatest crowd-pleasers are “Steady As She Goes” by The Ra-conteurs and “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand .

“The strength of our band is our setlist,” Hernandez said.

According to the band, play-ing covers forces them to pay much more attention to detail and, throughout their time as a band, the members have evolved the overall show. Instead of play-ing outright covers, The Shoobies usually improvise during their shows, changing the sound of the songs they play to fi t their overall mood.

“We can’t listen to the origi-nal versions of a lot of the songs

we play,” Guidry said. “We’re just trying to fi nd our own sound,” Pancamo added.

What also sets The Shoobies apart from oth-er bands is that each member belongs to a different fra-ternity, which allows their

fanbase to grow faster.“It brings a lot of people to-

gether,” Triolo said. The Shoobies will be dis-

playing their alt-rock fusions to-night at Fred’s and Friday night at JL’s .

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“The Amazing Spider-Man,” “The Avengers,” “Batman” and “Super-man.” These issues are for sale as well as the variant covers of dif-ferent newer series ranging from “Amazing Spider-Man #700” to “Avengers vs. X-Men,” to “Justice League” and hard-to-fi nd issues of “The Walking Dead.”

While Louisiana’s Double Play is currently the only comic store in Baton Rouge, it was not always that way. According to manager James Gaspard , between the years of 2007 and 2012, other stores gradually went out of business. For the staff of the store, going out of business was never something that seemed like a possibility.

“We kept confi dent on know-ing how to operate properly,” Gas-pard said. “Everything’s different in a comic book market. The main thing is customer service in addi-tion to everything else.”

For most of its history, custom-er service is something the store has prided itself on.

“A lot of the times, a lot of the complaints with the other stores were with comics in stock,” Gas-pard said. “They said they would order something a customer want-ed, but when a customer went back to go check on it, it wasn’t ordered or they forgot to order it or they didn’t order the right thing.”

Dedicated customers come to Baton Rouge from other parts of

the state just to visit the store.“We have people who drive

from Hammond , Prairieville, Gon-zales, ” Gaspard said. “Before I worked here, I used to come out from White Castle to come here.”

Since the store has a large group of devoted customers, it has one day set aside when it organizes events as part of the national event known as Free Comic Book Day . The event is held on the fi rst Sat-urday in May , which is May 4 this year , and gives publishers a chance to bring in new readers with dif-ferent special releases, all avail-able for free. While different stores carry different issues, Louisiana’s Double Play said that they will be carrying the “Star Wars” release from Dark Horse Comics. Not much is known about the release, but it promises new material.

Recently, the comic book industry has been trying to

borrow a page from other industries such as the music, fi lm and news industries and incorporate digital into the medium. DC Comics , Mar-vel Comics and Dark Horse Comics have launched apps that allow read-ers to carry their libraries with them on their phones and tablets.

But the push to digital has not affected Louisiana’s Double Play, according to Gaspard .

“Comic book people are al-ways going to buy comics,” Gas-pard said. “There’s something about having that physical copy in your hands as opposed to sitting there moving your fi nger on a tablet or your phone swiping from page to page to page.”

COMIC BOOKS, from page 11


Books, playing cards, action � gures, and other items � ll the counter and walls of Louisiana’s Double Play, the only comic book shop in Baton Rouge, on Tuesday.


Shop manager James Gaspard stands Tuesday inside of Louisiana’s Double Play, Baton Rouge’s only comic book store.

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Read about the popularity of black attire at the SAG Awards.

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Are you living with a lethal pussy?

Cats — yes, cats — could be the most killer species in the Unit-ed States.

Cats are estimated to kill be-tween 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds an-nually in the United States, accord-ing to Nature Communications. The feisty felines are also respon-sible for an estimated seven to 20 billion mammal deaths annually.

To sum it up, cats kill 18 times China’s population in animals ev-ery year.

I’ve known about the dangers of cats for quite some time now. A kitten moved into my apartment al-most 10 months ago and has yet to pay rent, let alone utilities, which we agreed to split evenly.

His name is James and he weighs 13 pounds. He is all black, except for a faint white patch on his belly, which he had done last week at the salon. He’s going for the Mitt Romney touch of grey, for pizzazz reasons.

His favorite thing to do is bite. Some cats like to snuggle, oth-ers like to eat. James likes both of those things, but not as much as killing.

If he were human, he’d be in the Manson family.

I also suspect his tail may have Parkinson’s, because even if he’s sleeping, his tail is twitching all over the place. This phenomenon spawned one of his many nick-names, Michael James Fox.

I thought he was going to be a great cat. But if I had to pick one word to describe him, it would be “gangster.”

Normally, if a cat bites you and you pop it on the head and tell it no, it won’t do it again. But James, being so damn gangster, goes tit for tat. If I pop him, he bites back twice as hard — which created another nickname, Evander Holyjames.

So what do I have to say about cats killing billions of animals each year and decimating American wildlife? The bastards are just get-ting started.

I started being suspicious of James a few months after he moved in. He’d be gone all night, dressed entirely in black, adhering to Jay-Z’s principles. I warned him about street life and the dangers of “the game,” but he just didn’t listen.

I began to notice lye burns on his legs, and he was always cut up and bruised. I wondered if he was being abused by his ex-wife, Roxy, from whom he is estranged.

Turns out James up and joined a fight club. I only discovered this after I found Brad Pitt in my

kitchen, peeing in my soup. James thought it was hilarious.

Don’t be deceived by their soft purrs and seemingly nonchalant at-titudes toward life. Nobody’s that laid back — use your heads.

They’re pushing downers and they’re up to something.

I think they mean to kill us all. James keeps talking about gather-ing recruits and taking off to rural Afghanistan for training and “purr-ification,” as if I know what that’s about.

Cats are sophisticated. They poop where they’re supposed to and wipe their own rectums. Sounds a lot like us, don’t you think?

So don’t give your cat a silly name like Mittens or Stinky, when it’s actually more of a Bernard or Socrates. Respect its intelligence.

They’ve been watching us for centuries, learning our habits, vic-es, what gets us all hot and both-ered. They sit quietly in the shad-ows, or sometimes by the window, where the sun shines through.

Revenge is a dish best served cold — like tuna.

Parker Cramer is a 21-year-old political science senior from Houston.

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Keep sexual predators off my Facebook, Indiana

Facebook is a creepy place.You can look through picture

galleries of people you’ve never met, check where everyone you know is at all times, and do it all without anyone ever knowing about it.

But we’re not satisfied with all that, are we? We just keep find-ing new ways to put ourselves out there, because surely someone, somewhere, cares.

So how can we possibly make Facebook a little bit more unsettling for everyone? We could use it to give all our private

information and shopping habits to multinational corporations. But we’ve already been doing that for years. We need a gamechanger to really hit Peak Creep.

Luckily for us, we have the state of Indiana. A U.S. court of appeals in Indiana recently struck down a 2008 law banning sex offenders from using social net-working sites, saying it violated the principles of free speech.

Usually, this is the kind of thing I’m all about — preserving free speech, helping the rehabilita-tion of convicted criminals.

But sometimes, I just get the feeling that these judges get so wrapped up in taking the Consti-tution literally that common sense gets left behind.

Do we need convicted rap-ists and child molesters trawling

through Twitter and Facebook’s oceans of free information? People, especially children, are not well-informed enough to do what’s necessary to keep their pages private.

A U.S. District Court judge even said last June that social net-works create a “virtual playground for sexual predators to lurk.”

The Indiana court just opened the gates to the playground, told the supervisors to go on break and painted a big red and white target under the playground slide.

Now of course, there are dif-ferent classes of sexual offenders. On the one hand, you have your public urinators and high school kids convicted of statutory rape for having sex with other high school kids. But then you have people like the guy court — ordered to

knock on my door last week – a 25-year-old who had been carry-ing on a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old.

The problem is the law does not differentiate between the two. When Johnny the sexter and Man-fred the rapist are lumped into the same category, there’s an obvious disconnect between the law and reality.

Why not enact a law splitting sex offenders into two classes with different restrictions?

We already have laws in place that restrict the activity of sex of-fenders, so that’s not the issue. And there have been cases where courts have ruled that other interests of the government take priority over the preservation of free speech. It wouldn’t be hard to convince the courts that, in the cases of rapists

and child predators, protecting po-tential victims takes precedence.

The irony is that the plaintiff of the Indiana case is the exact kind of person you don’t want on Facebook – he served three years in an Indiana penitentiary for ex-ploitation of a minor.

I get the feeling we’ll see this case taken to a higher court, so the decision could well be reversed.

Until then, steer clear of inbox messages offering candy and win-dowless van rides.

Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I.

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The 0.44-pound runt kitten Cheddar sits in a 16-ounce coffee mug. Cats are estimated to kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds annually in the United States.

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BUT HE MEANS WELLGORDON BRILLONColumnist

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SCUM OF THE GIRTHPARKER CRAMERChief Columnist

Sex trafficking, fraud, forced human labor and murder.

Linda Ann Weston — the wom-an charged with committing these acts and the ringleader of a group that caged four mentally disabled adults in a small, damp and dark Philadel-phia boiler room — is a monster.

I will not pretend this is contro-versial. However, there is controver-sy to be found.

At the end of Weston’s long list of charges is the accusation of a hate crime — the first ever levied for crimes against mentally handicapped persons.

Although I doubt it will be dif-ficult to prove this is a hate crime under its current definition, I still do not fully agree with the existence of such charges.

LSU Law professor Ken Levy provided great insight about the na-ture of hate crime legislation.

Levy said Congress defines

a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant’s conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or preju-dice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orienta-tion of another individual or group of individuals.”

This definition differs depend-ing on the statute, he said. Some statutes protect groups not included in Congress’s definition, while other statutes do not protect groups that are.

Weston, for instance, is accused of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Pre-vention Act, which criminalizes vio-lence motivated by discrimination against the disabled.

My first major objection, and perhaps the most controversial as-pect of hate crimes, is that it gives added legal importance to the moti-vation for a crime.

Levy explained that psychological states like jealousy may be the motivation for a crime, but they must be “funneled” into the legal category of mens rea, the men-tal aspect that does not alone consti-tute a crime.

“With hate crimes,” he said, “there is no such ‘funneling.’ In this way, hate crimes uniquely elevate the purely psychological motivation… to the level of a legal category com-parable to the other… mens reas.”

But why? By punishing the motivation,

hate crime legislation doesn’t just identify the crime as worse, but, de-spite itself, insinuates the victim’s life is somehow more valuable.

To a grieving mother or father, the murdered child’s life had immea-surable value — regardless of race, religion or the murderer’s motive.

I understand that certain groups, like the mentally disabled, are more in need of our compassion and pro-tection. Well, what about other vul-nerable and neglected groups?

What about women, who are victimized daily?

Even though gender is included in Congress’s definition of a hate crime, and some would argue the Violence Against Women Act is

“hate crime” legislation, the Hate Crime Statistics Act does not include crimes against women.

What about children, perhaps society’s most vulnerable?

It seems like severe penalties for crimes against children already safeguard them, making hate crime protection unnecessary. When look-ing at specifics, though, this isn’t al-ways true.

The Denver Post reported those found guilty of child abuse resulting in death in Denver between 2007 and 2011 received 25 percent shorter prison sentences than those convict-ed of second-degree murder for kill-ing adults.

There are some quasi-convinc-ing arguments for hate crime legisla-tion, though.

Hate crimes — even when targeting individuals — can be perceived as threats against entire communities, which may increase tension, leading to more violence.

Despite this, I would argue that murders always affect entire com-munities in some manner. Also, in what cases are the tensions likely to be raised and between whom?

Is a hate crime going to pit two races against each other? Two religions or nationalities? Or men against women? Disabled vs. able-bodied people? Straights vs. gays? The elderly vs. the young or middle-aged?

Though I’d like to see harsh penalties for Weston or anyone who commits what we define as a hate crime, the statutes themselves are too inconsistent or unjustly value or devalue lives when they seek to pun-ish criminals.

Linda Weston may have re-newed my belief in monsters, but I still cannot fully believe in the integ-rity of hate crime legislation.

Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old Spanish senior from Destrehan.

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FRIEDPHILOSOPHYAARON FRIEDMANColumnist

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This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Linda Weston. A grand jury in Phila-delphia alleges that Weston con�ned several disabled adults in subhuman conditions in a scheme to steal their Social Security bene�ts, and that two people died as a result.

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person who needs to be explained. Why do you let the government lead you around on a leash, believing everything they say is Gospel. Why don’t you think for yourself and question things that are suspicious,

especially this Gene guys testimony, someone who has a pile of stuffed animals in case a couple of school kids happen by?”-WJOinfo

“Parker Cramer is typical of the intellectually lazy know-it-all claque that believes everything his govern-ment tells him. Anyone who doesn’t believe everything his government tells him is a lunatic.

Parker probably wouldn’t know who E. Howard Hunt is, and would never do any research to learn about his deathbed confession of who killed JFK and why:

http://rense.com/general76/hunt.htm

Worse of all, Parker attacks academic freedom by firing off ad hominem attacks on Professor

Tracy without even addressing Tra-cy’s questions.

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It’s time to truly worry about the youth of America when guys like Parker are too intellectually lazy to ponder the discrepancies, and instead attacks the messenger with snarky, fourth-grade level journalism.

Parker, you’ll have a great fu-ture as a blogger of celebrity gossip or a government shill when they start taking Americans to FEMA camps under the NDAA.”-USObjector

“Wow, what a poorly written article. If you’re going have an opin-ion, could you at least have some facts to back up your opinion instead

of making references to Elmo? If you had actually done some research there are quite a few things that don’t line up with Sandy Hook. The RIP Facebook pages being posted days before the massacre? The medical examiner declaring the weapon used was a rifle when the rifle was found in the trunk? A photo of Emily Parker with Obama when she was suppos-edly dead? FEMA just so happened to be training 20 minutes away on Children Disasters? Oh, and lets not forget there was absolutely no foot-age and only one photo of the entire scandal. There are plenty of reasons to question it, you may not want to, but you could write a better article if you’re going to do so.”-Tigah

In response to the article “‘Facial

Expressions’: Facial hair trend growing in Louisiana,” readers had this to say:

“Very nice. Thanks for support-ing the beard & facial hair! - Louisi-ana Beard & Facial Hair Assn.”-louisianabeard

“THIS is news? Maybe in the Ambush... ugh.”-Louis Cannon

“Great article Rebecca! Thanks again.”-Russ Andre

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