Student Government Presi-dent J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel said Tuesday that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s responses to their concerns about higher education were swift but did not answer their questions.

Hudson and Borel met with Chancellor Michael Martin and Jindal at the Governor’s Mansion on Tuesday to bring up students’ questions about the future of the University.

“We had a good meeting to-day, discussing how higher-educa-tion institutions can provide better value for students across Louisiana for the funds we invest in them,” Jindal said in a statement from press secretary Kyle Plotkin.

Borel said while Jindal helped them understand some things they didn’t know about state funding and higher educa-tion, his answers this week were to be expected.

“They were very quick to

spout facts and statistics and not make it relevant to higher edu-

cation,” Borel said Monday.

Hudson said he was happy Jindal agreed to meet with them after all the ef-forts SG has made to talk to him.

Hudson said he and Borel laid out three propositions for the governor to ad-dress — a forum at

the University involving legisla-tors and Jindal to discuss budget cuts, the rationale for the Board of Regents’’ funding formula and a

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David Vitter and Jay Dardenne claimed victory Tuesday in Louisiana’s two highest-profi le midterm elections.

Nationally, Republicans took the House of Repre-sentatives but failed to take the Senate, though not all races had been decided by press time.

Vitter , the incumbent Republican Senator, earned 57 percent of the vote to keep his seat, beating Demo-cratic challenger Charlie Melancon’s 38 percent, ac-cording to unoffi cial numbers from the Secretary of State’s offi ce.

Vitter was favored heavily to win the contest, giv-en his double-digit leads in polls and millions more in campaign cash.

The Senate race was fraught with negative ads.

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Premier Silvio Berlusconi: Better to love beautiful girls than gays

Michigan woman sells handwritten letter by Obama for $7K to pay bills

ROME (AP) — Premier Silvio Ber-lusconi dismissed calls Tuesday to resign over his involvement with an underage Moroccan runaway — and even created a new uproar by claim-ing it was better to love beautiful girls than gays.

His comments sparked outrage from gay rights groups and fueled new calls for him to step down.

DETROIT (AP) — Jennifer Cline said having President Barack Obama think enough about her family’s struggles to send a handwritten letter promising “things will keep getting better” was priceless — until she was offered $7,000 for the letter.

The 28-year-old mother of two from southern Michigan, who has been unemployed since losing her job as a pharmacy technician in 2007, decided selling the memento to a persistent autograph collector was a good way to put a dent in her family’s growing pile of bills.

“I needed to do what’s best for my family,” she said Tuesday, add-ing that she and her 30-year-old hus-band, Jason, remain staunch Obama supporters. “And this was best for my family.”

The couple plans to use about $3,000 to pay down mounting bills, many of which are related to two forms of skin cancer that Jennifer has battled into remission.

10-year-old girl gives birth to baby in Spain; no criminal investigation

MADRID (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an offi cial said Tuesday.

The baby was born last week in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, said Micaela Navarro, the Andalusia re-gion’s social affairs minister.

Navarro told reporters the fa-ther of the baby is also a minor, and both the mother and the baby were

in good health. Her department de-clined to give details, including the sex of the baby, but said authorities do not consider this a case of rape and that no criminal investigation is under way.

Sydney’s premier zoo celebrates birth of fi rst Asian female elephant

SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney’s pre-mier zoo is celebrating the birth of its fi rst female Asian elephant — a 270-pound (120 kilogram) calf that is doing well.

Taronga Zoo director Cameron Kerr said in a statement that the birth Tuesday means that Australia now has a dozen of the endangered animals in zoos in Sydney and Mel-bourne, after initially receiving eight from Thailand in 2006.

The newborn, which has yet to be named, is the third born in the Sydney zoo and the fi rst female.

The zoo says the calf was suck-ling within two hours of birth and walking unassisted within three hours.

Caddo Parish Fire Chief’s Assoc. lifts burn ban after rain

SHREVEPORT (AP) — With the nearly four inches of rain received over the last 24-hours, the Caddo Parish Fire Chief’s Association has decided to lift a burn ban that has been in place for well over a month.

The State Fire Marshal’s offi ce and other parishes will make their decisions later today as to whether to keep a burn ban in place.

The association tells KTBS-TV in Shreveport that the burn ban, which prohibited citizens and con-tractors from any type of outdoor burning, will be lifted immediately in Caddo. Should citizens wish to burn outdoors, they must notify their local fi re departments.

Fire offi cials remind residents to always burn as far away from structures as possible, including homes, buildings and sheds, and to always have a water source avail-able and/or a fi re extinguisher as a precaution.

Bicyclist dies from injuries after hitting an 18-wheeler trailer

LAFAYETTE (AP) — Police said a 48-year-old Lafayette man has died from injuries he received after his bicycle struck an 18-wheeler trailer.

Lafayette police say Carl James Lindon died Monday morning. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. Sunday.

The Advocate reports the driver of the 18-wheeler told police that Lindon’s bicycle rolled into the road-way and collided with his trailer.

Judge convicts Darrow man of manslaughter in a fatal shooting

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Prosecutors tell The Advocate that Judge Robert J. Klees took less than 30 minutes after a two-day bench trial last week to convict 43-year-old Renaldo Claiborne.

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Ten classical musicians got the chance to play in front of a live audience Tuesday evening for a national taping of one of the most popular classical music programs on the radio in the Shaver Theatre — and they were all younger than 18 .

The NPR program, titled “From the Top,” is broadcast on nearly 250 stations nationwide to an audience of more than 700,000 listeners each week.

The show is hosted by Chris-topher O’Riley, international classi-cal pianist and the College of Music and Dramatic Arts’ fi rst James M. Sylar Distinguished Visiting Art-ist . It showcases performances and stories from America’s best pre-college classical musicians.

Nine of the 10 performers were Louisiana natives.

“Our goal is to have at least one [performer who] is local. Some-times it’s more, and very rarely do we come up empty,” said David Balsom , tour producer. “In this case we were fortunate that we had real variety in Louisiana kids. Four out of the fi ve acts are from the state.”

Performances included a cello piece by 15 -year-old Jean Kim from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. , a piano piece by 16 -year-old Jennifer Tu from New Orleans , a soprano perfor-mance by 17 -year-old Jennifer Se-idel of Baton Rouge , a viola piece by Marcus Rose, 17, from Shreve-port and a jazz piece by The Red Hot Brass Band, whose six mem-bers all hail from Louisiana .

“We always knew there was terrifi c music making in Louisiana , so we weren’t particularly surprised [by the large number of locals],” Balsom said. “And, of course, we’d never have a traditional jazz band anywhere else but in Louisiana.”

Seidel said she has been sing-ing for as long as she can remember and used to pretend her Barbie dolls would sing to each other rather than talk.

“I was singing before I was talking,” she said.

Seidel said her vocal coach, University voice professional Terry Patrick-Harris, suggested she sub-mit a tape for the “From the Top” audition.

“We did it for fun,” Seidel said, adding that she never expect-ed to actually make it on the show. “I was just really surprised.”

Laurence Kaptain, dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, said he formed a relationship with the “From the Top” program in 2005 after bringing them to the Schwob School of Music at Colum-bus State University where he was working at the time.

Kaptain said the program was such a hit that he wanted to bring it to LSU.

In December 2009, CMDA formed a collaboration with O’Riley — he will be distinguished here until 2013.

The taping served as part of the appointment, and the program will continue to collaborate with the University for a three- year se-ries of community engagements, partnerships, arts leadership and communication activities.

Kaptain said he hopes to create awareness about the University’s music and performing arts pro-grams.

“It’s a way of making sure they’ll remember LSU,” he said. “I’d like to think I’m doing my part to show that Louisiana really is a great place, and you can succeed here. There’s a lot that gets cast against the shadows in this state.”

Kaptain said it’s also

signifi cant to see so many local mu-sicians in the performance.

“When I hosted the show in Georgia , only two of the perform-ers were from the area,” he said. “This time, it’s nearly the entire lineup.”

Jennifer Hurley-Wales, CEO of “From the Top,” said the focus of the show is on the performers.

“The idea is to celebrate young musicians the way our country cel-ebrates young athletes,” she said. “We want to applaud them for their talent and perseverance and to in-spire people to keep music educa-tion alive.”

The taping concluded with a rousing rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” by The Red Hot Brass Band, during which the entire audience stood up and clapped their hands in unison.

The episode will air nationally the week of Dec. 13.

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Marcus Rose, a 17-year-old from Shreveport, La., performs Tuesday in the Shaver Theatre for “From the Top.” The show showcases young classical music prodigies.

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The University group Proud Students presented the Faculty Sen-ate with a signed “Don’t Sink LSU” banner Tuesday at the monthly Fac-ulty Senate meeting.

Bradley Wood, co-founder of Proud Students and biological sci-ences and philosophy senior, said the group has collected signatures from students, faculty and staff to endorse the message.

“We want to present this ban-ner to the Faculty Senate to make faculty aware that, yes, historically students are apathetic, but that’s not the case this semester or this year,” Wood said. “We are aware of what is going on, what the Faculty Senate is doing and what the governor is or is not doing.”

Wood said Proud Students and everyone who signed the banner do not want to see the University fall. He also endorsed the upcoming “Rally for Higher Education” on Nov. 10 at the Capitol.

“Hopefully, people in the United States will see that Louisi-ana will not stand for cuts to higher education,” he said.

Faculty Senate President Kev-in Cope applauded the efforts of the students and noted the national attention the Oct. 7 jazz funeral for higher education attracted.

“We owe debt to the most ac-tive students for coming up with an idea that managed to focus the eyes of the nation on the unfortunate na-ture here,” Cope said.

In other action, the Senate

heard the second and final reading of Resolution 10-14.1 and 10-14.2, which concerned action to reclaim faculty authority over the curricu-lum and the recent layoffs.

Resolution 10-14.1, which specifically referred to the layoffs of the “foreign language 14,” was unanimously approved, while 10-14.2, a similar but more in-depth document, raised heavy discussion among the senators.

Controversy surrounded the notion of furloughs in 10-14.2, which the Senate deemed “unlike-ly.”

Justin Walsh, College of Art and Design senator, first called attention to the emphasis on fur-loughs, saying, “It’s not our job to

suggest solutions.”Other senators agreed and said

the larger issue is the transparency process in selecting which faculty members will be terminated.

Despite attempts to reword clauses and structure, the resolution was not passed.

The Senate was also presented information from Monty Sullivan, executive vice president of the Lou-isiana Community and Technical College System, on statewide trans-fer programs and the opportunities available.

“In Louisiana we don’t have an effective transfer environment, pe-riod,” Sullivan said. “We have a lot of implementation work today, and I’d like to ask your help in that ef-

fort to help move us forward.”In the President’s Report, Cope

addressed the issue of laptops in class, among other issues.

“There is no insurgent move-ment to require laptops on campus,” he said. “I would like to point out

that faculty members do have the power to control the decor of the classroom.”

The Student Union is expecting the Leisure Arts Studio to reopen in January after it was closed for near-ly four years for renovations.

The space was previously lo-cated on the third floor of the Union, but the architects moved it to the first floor to meet health codes — which the old space did not — and maximize exposure, according to Lynne Maxwell, assistant director of leisure and arts in the Union.

“Our old space had the kilns in the main work room, and that is not a situation you want,” Maxwell said. “It was something that needed to be corrected. The kilns give off fumes that aren’t healthy for people to breathe.”

Now that the new space meets Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines, it is pro-

jected to open for the beginning of the spring semester, said Shirley Plakidas, Union director.

The space was funded en-tirely by self-imposed student fees, Maxwell said. After a vote from

students, Maxwell said a student committee imposed a Union Fee that students paid on their fee bills, Maxwell said.

Plakidas said the space is sup-posed to be a creative outlet for stu-dents.

“We have great expectations for the center. We think it is going to do really well,” Plakidas said.

The new location provides a much-needed increase in space for students to engage in leisure activi-ties, Plakidas said.

“Historically, there has been a lot of interest in jewelry, wood-working and ceramics. The new lo-cation will provide more space for a student to do whatever he or she chooses,” Plakidas said.

One of the most popular re-quests for leisure classes is ceram-ics, Maxwell said.

“We always hear students say they wanted to throw [clay], but couldn’t get in the class,” Maxwell said. “This will be a venue for that.”

In addition to the usual classes offered, the leisure classes will now include hand-building clay, wheel-

throwing clay, jewelry, stained glass and watercolors, Maxwell said.

The average student cost per six-week class is around $150, Maxwell said.

The studio also has new pro-grams including day-time work-shops and short one- or two-hour introductory leisure courses, Max-well said.

These shorter classes are nice afternoon activities for students between classes and can hone cre-ativity without a long-term commit-ment, Maxwell said.

The leisure class registration for the new location opens Dec. 10.

“We are very excited. We have had all of our clay equipment in storage for four years, and we are ready to get that out,” Maxwell said. “It will be an exciting place to explore something you have always wanted to explore.”

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Lynne Maxwell, assistant director of leisure and arts in the Student Union, gives a tour Tuesday of the new Leisure Arts Studio being constructed on the ground floor of the Union.

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The University is preparing to combat ticket scalpers as one of the biggest home football games of the year approaches Saturday.

The LSU Athletic Department is concerned about students and non-students alike trying to sell Alabama tickets for greater than face value, said Hunter Geisman, LSU Ticket Office Coordinator.

The LSU Police Department will have undercover officers patrol-ling campus looking for scalpers on game day, Geisman said.

Geisman said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille that LSU Ath-letics has staff members who “peri-odically check various websites for those students trying to make a profit on their student tickets.”

Craigslist.org has several stu-dent tickets for the Alabama game listed at prices ranging from $1 to $150, while many posts offer a “free” student ticket with the purchase of items such as pens and paperclips.

“I don’t know how people can get that much for them,” said Eliza-beth Bernard, kinesiology junior.

Alex France, kinesiology junior, said he understands the appeal of scalped tickets, but not at expensive

prices.Geisman said another common

gameday infraction is people trying to use student IDs that don’t belong to them to get into Tiger Stadium.

“We are aware of people using other students’ IDs. A good number of people who do this get caught,” Geisman said.

When students are caught us-ing improper identification, they are referred to the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability, which is located on site at the student gate, Geisman said.

Selling a ticket for higher than face value, or scalping, is illegal un-der Louisiana law.

“No person shall resell or offer to resell such admission ticket for an amount in excess of the price printed on the face of the ticket,” according to the Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 4 on Amusements and Sports.

The statute also says a person who scalps tickets may be fined be-tween $100 and $500 and can be im-prisoned for 30 to 90 days.

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Man arrested for carrying burglary tools, resisting arrest and fleeing

Man arrested for attempting to sell magazine subscriptions in the Quad

Anti-abortion protesters arrested for distributing dead-baby photos

Man arrested for threatening to hit woman refusing to speak to him Man refuses breathalyzer, arrested

for DWI and improper lane usage

LSU Police Department officers arrested a 27-year-old man unaffili-ated with the University for carrying burglary tools and resisting arrest Oct. 25.

Emmanuel Muhammad, of 4617 Earl Gros Ave. Apt. 11, was peering into parked cars in a park-ing lot on Nicholson Extension when officers responded to a complaint of a suspicious person, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.

Muhammad fled the area on foot, Tabor said, and police subdued him near the CC’s Coffee House on Burbank Drive.

He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released, Tabor said.

Officers arrested a man and a woman in the Quad, both unaffiliat-ed with the University, for remaining after being forbidden and disturbing the peace by unlawful assembly.

At 10:40 a.m. on Oct. 26, offi-cers responded to a complaint about anti-abortion protesters distributing pamphlets depicting dead babies, Ta-bor said.

Officers told the two to relo-cate to Free Speech Plaza numerous times, but they refused, Tabor said.

Officers arrested Kirstina Garza,

A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested for assault on Oct. 27.

A woman was walking outside the Student Union when Dustin Douglas, 24, of 602 West Arizona Street #11, Holbrook, Ariz., asked if she would speak with him, Tabor said. The woman declined then filled out a survey for two women in the plaza not connected with Douglas.

Douglas became upset and threatened to pour water on the woman and punch her in the face, Tabor said. Officers issued him a misdemeanor summons.

Officers arrested a 25-year-old man unaffiliated with the University on Oct. 28 for remaining after being forbidden.

Officers received complaints of

24, of 6238 Preakness Place in Ran-cho Cucamonga, Calif., and Henry Shaver, 32, of 2800 South Highland Mesa Road in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Garza and Shaver were issued misdemeanor summonses and re-leased, Tabor said.

people trying to sell magazine sub-scriptions in the Quad, Tabor said.

Anil Kermally, of 200 Private Road 8608, Tennessee Colony, Tex-as, who was banned from campus last year, was issued a misdemeanor summons. Another person received a warning, Tabor said.

Officers arrested a 28-year-old man unaffiliated with the University for DWI and improper lane usage Oct. 31.

Police patrolling Highland Road around 2:30 a.m. saw a vehicle cross the white fog line and hit the curb of the sidewalk, Tabor said.

Officers stopped the vehicle, driven by Christian Major, of 2089 Fountain Ave., and conducted a field sobriety test of which Major failed all three aspects and showed signs of intoxication, Tabor said.

Major refused a breathalyzer test and was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Tabor said.

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Pentagon residents have been walking across a parking lot to do their laundry since August and will continue to do so into next semester.

Jay High, ResLife communi-cations manager, said the service building that used to contain the Pentagon’s laundry room has been under construction since the sum-mer.

“It was in need of a little bit of attention,” High said.

High said the original plan was for the building to be completed by the beginning of the semester, but ResLife ran into contracting issues, causing construction delays.

He said construction should be complete by early spring.

High said the service build-ing in the Pentagon also housed the Mini Mart, which was closed be-cause The 5 dining hall includes a convenience store.

High said once construction is complete, the service building will house a laundry facility, a 24-hour front desk, a computer lab and a common room.

“We want to provide residents with a sense of community,” High said.

He said the project will cost $500,000, which will come from student housing fees.

High said Pentagon residents

are currently using the laundry fa-cilities in Broussard Hall and he understands why they may be upset.

“It’s a little inconvenient, but we think it’s worth it,” High said.

Because plans were delayed, the service building was under con-struction when students arrived. No official e-mail was sent to residents notifying them of the construction, High said.

Brent Fontenot, mechanical en-gineering sophomore and Pentagon resident, said he would have appre-ciated an e-mail.

“It’d be nicer to have more ma-chines for all these people,” he said.

Fontenot said he’s tired of shar-ing six washing machines and dry-ers with Broussard residents and the approximately 550 Pentagon residents.

“It really sucks hauling all my clothes over there,” Fontenot said. “The availability of those [ma-chines] is pretty ridiculous.”

Past efforts to improve the area include renovating Broussard, LeJeune and Jackson halls and erecting wrought-iron gates to en-sure residents’ safety, particularly during tailgating, he said.

High said ResLife also hopes to one day remove the small build-ings in the center of the Pentagon and build a gazebo.

“It will just look a little bit nic-er,” High said.

College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek is concerned about corporations no longer recruiting students because of budget cuts, though engineering students receive higher salaries than average.

The average starting salary for University engineering graduates is 6 to 8 percent higher than the nation-al average, according to Koubek.

The University’s top five high-est-earning degrees are petroleum,

chemical, mechanical, electrical and civil engineering, according to a sal-ary survey provided by University Relations. The average for Univer-sity petroleum engineering gradu-ates is $87,214, as opposed to the national average at $83,121.

“The fact companies are paying 6, 7, 8 percent more starting salary — that’s impressive,” Koubek said.

The University has been a source of recruiting for corporations like Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Hal-liburton, who hire students straight from graduation, Koubek said.

“We have to be very creative on how we’re going to deliver [the] ed-ucation of the future,” Koubek said. “You can’t just Band-Aid over it.”

Koubek said the College of En-gineering may have to teach larger class sizes and teach labs differently to protect the integrity of an LSU degree. “We are continually getting questioned about our ability to edu-cate students to the quality we have in the past,” Koubek said.

Besides getting creative, the University needs to diversify its funding, Koubek said.

“[Teaching] takes money, and that [means we need to] diversify streams of support,” Koubek said. “We do look to partner more with companies who are hiring our stu-dents.”

Besides receiving support from alumni, Koubek said the school part-ners with companies. Koubek said

Chevron donated nearly $5 million to the school for faculty support, stu-dent support, renovating labs and for undergraduate scholarships.

“I joke all the new stuff is from philanthropy because of the gener-osity of our donors,” Koubek said.

Catherine ThrelkeldStaff Writer

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Pentagon residents left without laundry facility

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Service building is under construction

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SOCCER

Sixth-seed LSU takes on Tennessee in SEC tournament

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Johnson frustrated following scrimmagesRowan KavnerSports Writer

WADE PAYNE / The Associated Press

Alabama running back Mark Ingram (22) is tackled by Tennessee’s Nick Reveiz (56), Brent Brewer (17) and others Oct. 23 during Alabama’s 41-10 win. LSU is preparing to take on Alabama on Saturday.

The Power’s BackMiles, players looking forward to Alabama’s pro-style running attack

Mississippi State did it. West Virginia ran it. Florida operated it. Auburn perfected it.

The one thing these teams have in common, like many NCAA football teams, is a heavy reliance on the spread offense.

After defending against the spread for a large chunk of its fi rst eight games, the LSU football team fi nally gets a break Sat-urday when Alabama rolls into town.

Alabama, unlike many offenses, runs a traditional pro-style offense that involves basic I-formation and single-back sets, which is music to LSU coach Les Miles’ ears.

“We are looking forward to I-back runs and guys that line up in a position that we are comfortable defending,” Miles said.

Miles isn’t the only one looking for-ward to Alabama’s traditional attack, as

Nothing has come easily this season for the LSU soccer team.

The Tigers (7-8-4, 4-3-3) have endured a goalkeeper battle, con-stantly shuffl ed lineups, a record-setting amount of scoreless draws and growing pains that come with a roster that includes 11 true freshmen .

But all the uncertainties have produced one simple truth: LSU will need three consecutive wins in the Southeastern Conference tourna-ment , which begins today for LSU against Tennessee, to qualify for its fourth straight NCAA tournament .

It has been nearly a calendar year since the Tigers last won three consecutive matches, and LSU has never won the SEC tournament.

LSU lost in the fi nal to South Caro-lina last season .

LSU dropped one spot to the sixth seed in the tournament after Auburn’s win Fri-day cost LSU the SEC West cham-pionship, but now LSU can’t face the top seed, Florida, until the champion-ship match.

“We’ve worked all season to get where we fi nally are now,” said junior midfi elder Kellie Murphy . “It’s been a little bumpy along the way, but we feel confi dent that we can do well in the tourna-ment.”

First up is Tennessee (10-8-1, 7-3-1) , an opponent the Tigers have had relative success against in recent years. The two teams tied, 1-1, in Knoxville, Tenn., earlier this sea-son after junior midfi elder Natalie

Martineau bailed out LSU with a last-gasp equalizer.

There will be no ties this time, as all games must have a winner to keep the tourna-ment going.

Some of those games may come down to penalty shootouts, which has been some-thing of a night-mare for the Tigers recently.

LSU is 0-3 in shootouts since 2008 , with junior goalkeeper Mo Isom taking all three losses.

Isom has since ceded the job to freshman goalkeeper Megan Kinneman , but Kinneman failed to stop either of the penalty kicks she faced in the regular season.

LSU coach Brian Lee is still

Tigers need 3 wins for NCAA berthRyan GinnSports Contributor

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LSU junior midfi elder Natalie Martineau dribbles the ball Friday against Arkansas freshman midfi elder Jessie Givens during the Tigers’ 1-0 win against the Razorbacks.TENNESSEE, see page 11

Sean IsabellaSports Writer

OFFENSE, see page 11

‘‘‘It’s been a little

bumpy along the way, but we feel confi dent that we can do well in the tournament.’

Kellie MurphyLSU junior midfi elder

It’s never good when a coach is “disappointed” after a weekend of scrimmages.

LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson used that word to de-scribe the Tigers’ rebounding and de-fense following scrimmages against Tulane and Southern Miss this past weekend.

“One of the things we wanted to accomplish out of this is fi nding out where we were from an intensity standpoint and physical standpoint, and quite frankly it was disappoint-ing at times,” Johnson said Tuesday at a news conference.

Johnson said the only positive he can take out of the weekend is the issues can be fi xed.

“We charted everything,” he said. “Against Tulane, we had six missed blockouts. Against Southern Miss, we had 17. That’s correctable.”

Johnson said his four freshmen are behind defensively but expects them all to be ready when the season starts Nov. 12 against Northwestern State.

“What’s good about it is they’re not pleased,” he said. “As intense as practice has been and as

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Traditional pro-style offenses and spread-oriented attacks LSU’s

defense has played heading into the Alabama game:

Pro-style:North Carolina, Tennessee

Spread:Auburn, Florida, McNeese State,

Mississippi State, West Virginia, Vanderbilt

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Les Miles and Co. isn’t the only crew on campus trying to re-vamp its offense.

The LSU volleyball team has made changes to its offensive ar-senal as well, using different looks and matchups to throw off oppo-nents and change the tempo of the Tiger attack.

LSU coach Fran Flory said the team needed to find a more natural and comfortable rhythm to work in after losing to Ole Miss two weeks ago.

“We had a little crack in the armor, and we had to get back in the gym and get real specific on our offensive tempo,” Flory said. “We made a few adjustments in how we’re playing and the tempo that we’re playing.”

The biggest change came with the move of 6-foot-4-inch senior Tania Schatow from the outside hitter position to a middle-blocker role to increase her touches.

“We put Tania more in the middle, and I think we’re playing a little bit of a different rotation,” Flory said. “I think that part has added a ton of versatility, and it’s created more opportunities for Ta-nia.”

The adjustments have done just that.

Through the first 16 matches, Schatow attempted nine or more kill attempts just three times. The senior has reached that mark in each of the last four matches and in five of the last seven.

Schatow said the team’s ath-leticism and flexibility is the key to changing the offensive look in the middle of the season.

“Since we’re all great ath-letes, we can run a lot of different things,” Schatow said. “Everyone can play everywhere, so it’s just really nice. It’s a different match-up for them and us too because we’re playing different positions.”

The new offensive rotation has also opened the door for fresh-man middle blocker Desiree El-liott and junior middle blocker Mi-chele Williams to get more swings of their own.

Elliott only reached the dou-ble-digit kill plateau four times in LSU’s first 16 matches. She has surpassed that mark in five of the last seven matches, including a career-high 15-kill showing at Georgia.

“Everybody’s going to try to stop Desi because she’s putting up

the big numbers,” Flory said. “Part of the reason we changed our lineup was to give [senior setter Brittney Johnson] some other op-tions and to take some of the pres-sure off Desi so she doesn’t have to be the one in those rotations.”

Along with relieving Elliott,

Flory said another reason for change was to take some of the pressure off senior outside hitter Angela Bensend, who currently leads the Southeastern Conference in kills per set.

“We don’t want to set [Bensend] 50 times in a three-set match. Nobody can weather that storm,” Flory said. “She carried us for a long time, but you can’t do that for 30 matches in a year.”

While the Tigers’ new offense may pass the eye test, sophomore outside hitter Madie Jones said the team is still adjusting and getting comfortable with the changes.

“It’s really nice because a lot of our players can hit a bunch of different positions, and so it’s kind of like the surprise element when we switch things up,” Jones said. “We definitely have to keep working on it, though, because we’re still not completely com-fortable in it yet, but it’s definitely a fun thing to switch it up.”

LSU has a full week off to perfect its new-look offense be-fore taking on Ole Miss this Sun-day in the PMAC. The Tigers will be out for revenge, as the Rebels are one of only two teams who have delivered losses to LSU this season.

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LSU senior outside hitter Angela Bensend prepares to serve the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 3-0 win against Alabama in the PMAC. LSU has changed its offense.

head: New-look offense powering Tigers through SEC slatesubhead: Senior Schatow moves to middle blockerinches: 16pull quote: “Everybody’s going to try to stop [Desiree Elliott]

because she’s putting up the big numbers,” LSU coach Fran Flory

New offense powering LSU through conference slateTigers chosen for SEC honors

Schatow moves from outside to middle

LSU junior defender Ally-sha Chapman was named to the First-Team All-Southeastern Con-ference on Tuesday, while fresh-man forward Addie Eggleston and freshman goalkeeper Megan Kinneman were named to the SEC All-Freshman team.

This marks the fourth consec-utive year LSU has had a player named First-Team All-SEC. The Tigers have been represented on the All-Freshman team in each of coach Brian Lee’s six seasons with the program.

It is the second All-SEC hon-or for Chapman, who received a spot on the second team as a midfielder in 2009. Her move to left defensive back paid immedi-ate dividends and has resulted in an improved back line that has al-lowed multiple goals in just two of its last 15 games.

Chapman was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week fol-lowing her first game at left back, in which she spearheaded a shut-out of then-No. 10 BYU on the road.

Eggleston opened her LSU career with two goals and three assists in her first game, earning an SEC Freshman of the Week se-lection in the process. She started in 18 of 19 games for a front line that often struggled to find the back of the net, and she finished the season with two goals and seven assists.

Kinneman is the second goal-keeper from LSU to be named to the All-Freshman team, along with junior goalkeeper Mo Isom, whom Kinneman supplanted as the starter midway through the season. The Missouri City, Tex-as, native has allowed just nine goals in 12 games and is on pace to break Isom’s school record for season goals-against average.

Two freshmen and one junior awarded

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LSU senior guard Katherine Graham’s tenure with the wom-en’s basketball team started off with a bang, as the Lady Tigers advanced all the way to the Final Four in the 2007-08 season and fell one point short of a national championship berth.

But the team has not been back to that stage since then, los-ing in the NCAA tournament in the second round in Graham’s sophomore and junior seasons.

With Graham’s senior year getting under way this month, LSU coach Van Chancellor knows her value to the team. Chancellor said Graham has progressed leaps and bounds since her freshman sea-son, which was also Chancellor’s fi rst at LSU.

“It’s been remarkable that Katherine Gra-ham has turned full-cycle,” Chan-cellor said. “I told her, ‘If there’s anything I wish I would have done, I wish I would have red-shirted her, her freshman year.’ I’d love to have her back.”

Graham, a preseason second-team All-Southeastern Confer-ence selection , is the most expe-rienced player on LSU’s roster with 82 career games played and 56 starts, including 40 in a row. She led the Lady Tigers in assists in 2009-10 with 3.5 per game and became the second Lady Tiger to record a triple-double in a game in a triple-overtime loss to Ole Miss in February.

Graham said knowing what a trip to the Final Four tastes like makes her all the more deter-mined to get back in her fi nal sea-son. She and fellow senior guard Latear Eason are the only remain-ing players on the LSU roster from that team.

“I don’t think it spoiled me,” Graham said. “It just made me hungrier and more willing to get better and get my team to the same position I was fortunate enough to get to my freshman year. I got to see what it takes to be a cham-pionship-type program.”

Eason said she and Graham were like sisters as the two fresh-men on the 2007-08 roster. The two were roommates and bonded together as the youngest players.

“We went everywhere to-gether,” Eason said. “If we weren’t together, it would be like, ‘Where’s [Graham] or where’s Latear ?’”

Eason said they occasionally reminisce about that season, es-pecially when former teammates like Sylvia Fowles , Erica White ,

Quianna Chaney or Allison High-tower visit LSU.

But Graham said she and Eason are focused on leading the 2010-11 squad with the season opener on the horizon Nov. 14 against Northwestern .

“I’m not the quickest or most athletic guard,” Graham said. “What I lack in physical ability, I try to make up for mentally. There are a lot of things we can work on as a team — execution offen-sively and defensively, in-bounds plays and other things that come with time ... that help us play well together.”

Chancellor said Graham’s role has evolved with the team in her three previous seasons, and her confi dence has grown as she has received more playing time.

“She came here as a fresh-man as a power forward and small forward and has moved to two-guard and the perimeter,”

Chancellor said. “She’s improved her shot. She’s the most improved defensive player I’ve been around in a long time.”

LSU’s 2007-08 Final Four berth was the fi fth straight in pro-gram history to

that point and Chancellor’s fi rst Final Four appearance as a head coach.

In his fourth season with the Lady Tigers, Chancellor said “ul-timate team players” like Graham will be critical to getting over the second-round hump in the NCAA tournament this season.

“I’d like her to carry me back one more time,” he said.

“Pink-out” games have be-come a familiar sight in the past few years, as sports teams across the nation don pink jerseys to pro-mote breast cancer awareness.

The Lady Ti-ger basketball team has decided to take things a step further than a simple pink game and promote the cause year-round.

LSU has part-nered up with Susan G. Komen’s Baton Rouge affi liate, along with beginning a new service plan called “Operation Impact.” Janet Dewey-Kollen , the affi liate’s director, said the plan is to support awareness and early detection and reach a broader audience than be-fore.

With this new partnership, the Lady Tigers will participate in educational opportunities around the area, said women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor .

The team will also use social media like Facebook to promote the cause. The goal is to reach 100,000 people between now and the an-nual Pink Zone Game, planned for Jan. 30 against Georgia.

Senior guard Katherine Gra-ham said breast cancer awareness is not only an important issue but also a personal one for her and her teammates. Sherie Starkey , wife of associate head coach Bob Starkey , went through treatment for the dis-ease two years ago.

“The journey that Sherie and I began two years ago has been both

diffi cult and inspirational,” Starkey said at a news conference Oct. 28. “Sherie’s battle with breast cancer has enabled us to cross paths with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and we have been moved to become in-volved with them on the personal level as well as creating a partner-ship with our Lady Tiger family.”

Most of the members of the team have friends or family besides Starkey who have been affected by

the disease, Gra-ham said.

“It’s affect-ing a lot of wom-en these days,” Graham said.

Chancel lor said the partner-ship with Susan G. Komen just seemed like the next natural step

for the team, which has held pink games for years.

“They’re a great organiza-tion,” Chancellor said. “It just seemed like the thing to do.”

While Susan G. Komen and the pink games get a lot of atten-tion, Chancellor said his team loves to perform community service even if their efforts go unnoticed.

“We’re very involved in the community,” Chancellor said. “Our team wants to give back.”

The Lady Tigers surprised 90-year-old Elizabeth Stevens last week by showing up at her birth-day party and giving her a jersey. On their days off, they like to visit the Louisiana School for the Deaf and mentor children.

Graham said service is more than just about helping the com-munity — she said it’s fun, too.

“I love the pink games,” Gra-ham said.

Graham said the pink games not only promote a great cause, but the fans also seem to love it. They always seem to come out in full force wearing pink.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rachel WhittakerChief Sports Writer

Guard determined to reach Final Four

Graham enters senior season with big goals

Katherine TerrellSports Contributor

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Annual Pink Zone game will be Jan. 30

LSU partners with Komen for breast cancer awareness campaign

‘‘‘We’re very involved in the community. Our team wants to

give back.’Van Chancellor

LSU women’s basketball coach

‘‘‘What I lack in

physical ability, I try to make up for

mentally.’Katherine Graham

LSU senior guard

Former LSU women’s basket-ball coach Pokey Chatman is now the general manager and head coach of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, the team announced Tuesday.

Chatman got the job after coach-ing Russian team Spartak Moscow Region to a 16-0 Euroleague record and the 2010 Euroleague Champion-ship.

“Pokey knows how to lead,” said Chicago Sky Principle Owner Michael Alter in a news release. “She has demonstrated success at both the professional and college levels. She brings a deep knowledge of basketball combined with an in-tensity and commitment to winning that is among the very best in wom-en’s basketball. Though demanding

and driven, players respond positive-ly to Pokey, and I anticipate that her leadership will help the Sky become a championship team.”

Chatman was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference selection during her playing career at LSU, which lasted from 1987 to 1991. She also served as the Lady Tigers’ head coach from 2004 until 2007, leading the team to two Southeastern Con-ference titles and two Final Four ap-pearances.

Chatman resigned from her position at LSU on March 7, 2007, amid allegations of a sexual rela-tionship between her and a former player.

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UREC

As the calendar turns to No-vember, the leaves and intramural teams are beginning to fall.

After tonight’s quarterfinal action, the Greek A Flag Foot-ball bracket will be down to four teams. ACACIA A will put its per-fect record on the line tonight at 6:30 as they take on Kappa Alpha A.

After a big first round win against Pi Kappa Phi B, Kappa Sigma B looks to take down Pi Kappa Alpha, who advanced to the quarterfinals because of a for-feit by ACACIA Gold last week.

ACACIA Black, another un-defeated squad, takes on Lambda Chi C at 8:30. The nightcap in-volves a pair of 5-1 teams, Sigma Nu A and Sigma Phi Epsilon A.

Only 11 teams remain in the Men’s Open A Flag Football bracket.

Undefeated Heman Woman Hater Club takes the field Wednes-day against an MBA Ballers team that ousted Loose Cannons in convincing fashion last Thursday.

The inaugural futsal season is winding down as well.

The Men’s Greek A bracket is down to eight teams in the quar-terfinals. All eight teams hit the court Wednesday to fight for a semifinal birth.

Sig Ep B and Sigma Nu seem poised for deep runs in the bracket. Sigma Nu posted an im-pressive win in the first round of the playoffs, and Sig Ep B awaits Sigma Chi after a first-round bye.

A dozen teams remain in the Men’s Open A Futsal Champion-ship bracket.

Undefeated Team Kirk high-lights tonight’s action, as it takes on upset-minded LSU Law 1Ls.

In late night action, The Kick 6000s, 4-1, will play Those Guys at 10:15. Those Guys squeaked into the playoffs by clipping Vic-torious Secret by a single goal in the play-in round.

In the Women’s Futsal Cham-pionship bracket, semifinal action gets under way next week.

The Goal Diggers ran the table in the regular season and enter the playoffs as the No. 1 seed. They’ll take on Delta Zeta, who advanced into the semis by defeating Kappa Kappa Gamma 10-0 last weekend.

Hunt PalmerSports Contributor

Fall sport intramural playoffs heating up

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Chatman named GM, coach of Chicago Sky

WNBA

Staff Reports

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San Francisco Giants pitcher and former LSU pitcher Brian Wilson celebrates Monday after recording the final out to defeat the Texas Rangers and win the World Series.

Inaugural futsal season winding down

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nearly every defensive player at Monday’s player interview session agreed it will be a relief to face a familiar offense.

Granted, the LSU defense just got torched by Auburn junior quar-terback Cam New-ton and his accom-plices for a hefty 440 rushing yards.

“It will be a whole lot easier because we won’t have to worry about a guy who can run it and pass it at the same time,” said LSU ju-nior safety Brandon Taylor. “It will be less stressful on the defense.”

The majority of the defensive players agreed they are best suited for the downhill rushing attack that Alabama uses. During games against the likes of Mississippi State, Auburn and Florida, LSU’s defensive linemen — more spe-cifi cally the ends — worried more about containment than anything else to prevent the quarterback from escaping the pocket.

Now it’s all about stopping the run, and getting penetration from the linemen is key to pave the way for the rest of the defense to corral the ball carrier.

“We’re focused more on the running backs and keeping them in and let our backers make a play,” said redshirt freshman defensive end Barkevious Mingo.

Without having to worry about defending a spread offense, LSU can turn its attention to Alabama’s two-headed monster — junior run-ning back and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram as well as sophomore Trent Richardson.

Ingram missed the fi rst two games of the season following mi-nor knee surgery in August but has since accumulated 544 yards and eight touchdowns. His counterpart Richardson has accounted for 606 yards and fi ve touchdowns to spear-

head one of the nation’s most potent rushing attacks.

“Alabama, it’s no secret they are going to line up in the I-back and single back and run the ball down your throat, and if you don’t con-trol the line of scrimmage up front and make tackles, they will do it all

night long,” said senior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard.

Running the ball down op-ponents’ throats is exactly what Alabama does. In eight games, the Crimson Tide are averaging 35 rush-ing attempts per

contest.But they aren’t exactly one-di-

mensional. Alabama also ranks No. 4 in the Southeastern Conference in passing with 253.9 yards per game, meaning if LSU keys too much on the rushing attack, senior quarter-back Greg McElroy will burn the LSU defense through the air.

Even so, Tigers junior cor-nerback Patrick Peterson knows LSU defensive coordinator John

Chavis needs to construct a game plan to defend Alabama’s smash mouth running style.

“It’s going to be fun going against this traditional offense,” Peterson said. “We just got to go as a defense and as a front seven and stop the run fi rst and hopeful-ly make McElroy beat us with his arm.”

Whether LSU thinks it’s easier to defend against Alabama’s offense is irrelevant if it can’t tackle. The defense struggled to bring down the 6-foot-6-inch Newton the entire game, and the Heisman Trophy can-didate even broke fi ve tackles on his way to a 49-yard touchdown run.

The defense was scolded dur-ing the bye week for those missed tackles, taking part in tackling cir-cuits, an eight- station drill usually done in fall camp.

“We really don’t like doing that, so I really think we’re going to get it right this week,” Taylor said.

OFFENSE, from page 7

confi dent in his goalkeeper to help propel the Tigers to a deep run.

“Megan’s been tremendous all year,” he said. “The intelligence and composure to punt the ball out of bounds with 20 seconds left [against Arkansas] is a good example of Me-gan . While everyone else is running around panicked, she punts the ball out of bounds and the game ends.”

Kinneman will have to play composed to compensate for an er-ratic offense that typically leaves the back line with no margin for error. The Tigers have had 14 of 19 match-es decided by one goal or fewer this season, many of which they were on the wrong end.

“We’re struggling scoring. ... It’s either going to be a nil-nil game or a one-nil game,” said senior de-fender Courtney Alexander . “In the SEC , you can’t have huge mental mistakes because the other team will capitalize on it.”

Ultimately, the Tigers may ben-efi t from their grind-it-out style in the postseason.

“We’re going to hang our hat on defending,” Lee said. “If we’re go-ing to hope for shutouts ourselves, it’s going to take one goal to win it, and that’s just the character and na-ture of this team.”

TENNESSEE, from page 7

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much as they’ve been thrown in the fi re, they’ve held up physically as good as anybody.”

LSU played Tulane on Saturday then spent the night in Hattiesburg, Miss., before playing the Golden Eagles on Sunday.

Sophomore forward Eddie Lud-wig said against Tulane each team would have 10 possessions and switch, but the scrimmage against Southern Miss was more like a real game.

Ludwig said the freshmen handled themselves well during the course of the weekend.

“You could tell coming out they weren’t really sure what to expect, but once they got in the fl ow of the game and got under control and started handling the pressure well, that was a positive,” he said.

Ludwig said he was thrilled the Tigers could get on the road and room together before the season to help build team chemistry.

“It gives you a little taste of what it’s like to travel, which we’ll be do-ing in the season, and that’s good for the freshmen,” Ludwig said.

Freshman guard Andre String-er said he had a few jitters playing against another college team for the fi rst time even though there were no fans in attendance.

“The intensity is very high,” Stringer said. “I have a lot of work to

do. It’s going to be a long road, but I’m going to work hard to get there.”

Stringer, who is the all-time leading scorer at Forest Park High School in Mississippi, said he’s com-fortable playing in the half-court set or playing fast paced, but the focus has been on the latter.

“Coach wants us to push the ball this year,” Stringer said. “We’ve been working on being a faster team. We did work on that a little bit in the scrimmages.”

Johnson said junior forward Malcolm White was rusty, but he said that’s expected because White sat out a season after transferring.

“When I say rusty, he was on the court longer than I would have liked,” Johnson said. “Malcolm hasn’t played in a year, and right now he’s moving a little too fast.”

Johnson said junior center Jus-tin Hamilton has been cleared to practice after suffering a concussion, and junior forward Storm Warren should be practicing after shoulder and ankle injuries. Junior forward Dennis Harris is out with a bruised heel.

Harris didn’t play Sunday, and Warren only played four minutes, ac-cording to Johnson.

The Tigers will scrimmage at home Friday.

File photo

LSU junior forward Storm Warren (24) dribbles the ball Jan. 4 during LSU’s 83-60 win against McNeese State. The Tigers’ season begins Nov. 12 against Northwestern State.

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‘‘‘It’s going to be fun going against this

traditional offense.’

Patrick PetersonLSU junior cornerback

This is not even close to the end, but is just the very beginning.

Governor Jindal met with us to discuss the fiscal year 2011-2012 hypothetical cuts.

We asked for him to do three things: host a forum on LSU’s campus that will address the bud-get problems, explain to all Student Government Presidents the ratio-nale behind the Board of Regent’s Formula and provide a ‘Flagship Plan’ for the future of our univer-sity.

While he did say that he would like to come to LSU and speak af-ter they have a clear plan, he did not provide information on the other two factors at this meeting. We look forward to receiving this information from him soon.

Governor Jindal has asked us, as students of the Flagship institu-tion, to stand with him for consti-tutional reform and for a simpler Board of Regents Funding For-mula.

If we stand with him, we would be advocating fewer cuts to and a clear funding process for our institution. These are extremely important goals that all of us need to talk to our legislators about.

We cannot stop here. We need to continue our correspondence with Governor Jindal and our leg-islators so we can stop the hypo-thetical 35 percent budget cut from becoming reality.

Please write letters to your legislators frequently, telling them about your LSU experience and giving them reasons they should not cut our university.

Only if we work together will we be safe from the dele-tion of majors, abandonment of student services and the

devaluation of our future degrees.

J HudsonStudent Government President

Dani BorelStudent Government Vice President

Who do LSU’s student gov-ernment leaders think they are?

Hudson and Borel demand an-swers from the governor of Loui-siana because budgets were cut. The absolute gall in “calling back” the governor is appalling. They are students; their egos may be inflat-ed beyond belief, but they are not as big in this world as their heads seem to be.

In case the “First Couple” of LSU have not noticed, everyone is

going through tough times. People are losing homes; long-standing businesses are falling apart. The least of anyone’s worries are some relatively minor cuts to university departments. We feel the pinch at the law school, but most of us have grown up and stopped whining like spoiled children.

Instead of disrespectfully as-suming the position of the gover-nor’s equal or disciplinarian, per-haps LSU’s student leaders should do something constructive them-selves. Why not propose some ac-tion to re-allocate student activity money to academics so that stu-dents do not lose their majors and professors do not lose their jobs?

Whatever the solution, Hud-son and Borel should take their own advice and do something and not cry out so hubristically about the cuts to their ivory towers.

Edward McAuliffeThird-year law student, LSU Law

Students need to voice opinions

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The Jindal Count

Days Bobby Jindal has ignored our concerns:

21Will higher education hold any

priority with the administration in the coming budget crisis?

Would the governor put pressure on the Legislature for a constitutional

amendment to protect higher education and allow for more

“across the board” cuts?

Students need to stop whining

CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

The New York Times reported Sept. 28 that Americans are “by all measures a deeply religious peo-ple, but they are also deeply igno-rant about religion.”

This seemingly harsh judg-ment came after assessing the re-sults of a poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The group conducted phone interviews with more than 3,400 participants, asking each of them 32 questions about “the Bible, Christianity and other world religions,” according to the New York Times article.

The questions included “Where was Jesus born?”, “What is Ramadan?”, “What religion is the Dalai Lama?” and “Which biblical figure led the exodus from Egypt?”

Those who scored the highest were — wait for it — atheists and agnostics. Just below this group of non-religious know-it-alls were Jews and Mormons.

Unsurprisingly, at the lowest end of the spectrum were hispanic catholics, black protestants, white protestants and white catholics.

The results have been inter-preted by various clergy members as appalling — and for good rea-son. Fifty-three percent of Prot-estants couldn’t recognize Martin Luther as the instigator of the Prot-estant Reformation. This goes right along with the 45 percent of Cath-olics who didn’t know that con-secrated bread and wine become

the literal body and blood of Jesus through transubstantiation during the Eucharist.

Admittedly, they have a right to be upset — most Christians are ignorant not only of other reli-gions, but also of their own faith, as the study indicates.

Atheists topping the religious k n o w l e d g e charts shouldn’t be terribly sur-prising, either. As Dave Silver-man, president of American Atheists, points out, “Atheism is an effect of that knowledge, not a lack of knowledge. I gave a Bible to my daughter. That’s how you make atheists.”

Mr. Silverman is spot on here, I believe — but let me explain why.

It is nearly impossible to tell someone their beliefs are “wrong” once you know enough about them. You still may not agree with them, but once you can see things from their perspective, the notion of “right” and “wrong” become obsolete.

In matters of faith, the worst possible thing is ignorance.

Not understanding another group’s religion as well as your own leads to such atrocities as the Crusades and the Inquisition.

I know from personal experi-ence. When someone only knows what they’ve been taught is “ab-solute” and “truth,” they can eas-ily become convinced of their own closeness to carry on God’s will — which usually involves persecuting or harming those with which they disagree.

My solution: Implement an unbiased world religions class in all public high schools.

I had something similar in my senior year at a local private school — though the basis for the class was to expose why everyone else was wrong.

That class-bred bigotry is to be expected when critical thought is thrown out the window and re-placed with the impossible task of trying to prove one’s own beliefs as fact.

After recently completing a degree in religious studies, here are a few things I learned sitting at the feet of the greatest minds this cam-pus has to offer:

1. Greek and Hebrew classes will bring any grown man to his knees in humility over the com-plexities of the Bible.

2. Buddhism is down-right fascinating.

3. Christianity could learn a great deal from the reform move-ment of Judaism.

4. Religious tolerance is an in-adequate goal compared to under-standing and respect.

So what about the atheists in the study — those who knew more about faith than all other groups of practitioners?

As Silverman pointed out ear-lier, atheism primarily comes as a result of enlightenment. But while atheism is most likely not the an-swer to all the world’s problems, I can’t help but wonder how many atheists would blow up an airplane or kill another in the name of sci-ence, or more importantly, how many could “impose God’s judg-ment” on another religion or cul-ture if they actually understood their opponents’ world view.

Ignorance of another culture,

including their religion, elicits a survivalist response — and it’s one of fear. This fear fades as one learns what they fear the most is usually their own insecurities and shortcomings.

Let us not be scared to admit our darkest fears — and replace them with enlightenment.

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

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THE BOTTOM LINE

‘Gas for Guns’ program has its flaws, but the rationale worksDo you need some extra cash

and have a few illegal guns lying around or know where some are? Then “Gas for Guns” might be for you.

The name of the program might scare off a few people, but it isn’t as spooky as it sounds. In fact, the rationale behind the pro-gram isn’t too bad.

Let me explain.East Baton Rouge Mayor-

President Kip Holden teamed up with Circle K last month to pro-mote the program. Essentially, certain guns are exchanged anon-ymously for gas coupons to Circle K, ranging from $50-$200. Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies had a $40,000 budget to work with, $15,000 of which came from a Circle K donation. The gas cards were used in lieu of cash to pre-vent people from turning in guns to get drug money, or worse, pawn off a couple of their old, beat up pea shooters for a real man’s weapon, like an AK-47.

Four churches joined in on the

fun: Greater Beech Grove Baptist Church, Mount Zion First Baptist, Greater Sixty Aid Baptist Church and Healing Place. If your church did help pick up guns, you may have seen one of the guns’ sights bear an inscription of JN8:12 (short for John 8:12) on them, which is the oh-so-famous, “I am the Light of the World” verse. I must confess, though, I’ve never considered the “light” to be a pos-sible reference to muzzle flash.

Overall, the program went over well and has good intentions. According to the preliminary re-sults issued by District Attorney Hillar Moore III, some 259 guns were exchanged for $26,000 in gas coupons.

However, the program does have its flaws.

First, there’s little in the way

of hard numbers and research to support this feel-good campaign. We don’t really know that crimi-nals aren’t just stealing weapons from neighbors, other criminals, or worse, legitimate business owners who sell these kinds of weapons. Second, the incentives are weak. Gas is useful, but what about food and clothes? The thug bustin’ up in yo’ house for a quick buck probably doesn’t have tons of cash to spare, and he or she could probably use food and good clothes at least as much as some fresh unleaded black gold.

As a matter of fact, Cleve-land’s police department is plan-ning to do a similar program Nov. 6 but is only accepting handguns. Not only do they receive a $50 gas or food card, they will receive two tickets to games for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Lake Eerie Mon-sters.

Not bad, Cleveland. Not bad at all.

Adam Smith, one of the forefathers of modern economic

theory, introduced us to some of the policies our government still uses to try to rein in our wily economy. He famously wrote, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own in-terest.”

Self-interest is a very, very powerful motivator, so I like the rationale of this program and can’t wait to see how it works out — but I still have my reservations.

The Bush administration end-ed a similar program in 2001 that had been started by the Clinton administration in 1999. Of its four reasons for ending the program, three give me serious concerns.

First, they found results of buybacks only minimally efficient at stopping serious crimes. Sec-ond, the kinds of guns turned in were either very old or not func-tioning, which means we’re just wasting money buying gas for people. Third, the program failed to reduce ownership of guns by

criminals, making it ultimately a failure.

I like the effort to make better, more effective programs here in Baton Rouge, and “Gas for Guns” is absolutely a move in the right direction. Using economic mea-sures and providing incentives for citizens absolutely has potential for lowering our dangerously high crime rates, but we need to put our money in places where it’s been shown to be effective.

Great idea, questionable ex-ecution.

By the way, is it just me, or does it seem ironic that a state rav-aged by petroleum is using gas to catch criminals?

Devin Graham is a 21-year-old business management senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twit-ter @TDR_dgraham.

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BURNS AFTER READING

Obama’s Hyp-O-crisy destroys any ‘hope’ of true ‘change’The storyline two years ago

seemed so promising.A declining nation torn apart by

war, partisan politics and economic calamity was in desperate need of a political savior. Barack Obama emerged from the dark, shadowy abyss — a man with an angelic voice and inspiring charisma run-ning on the uplifting messages of “hope” and “change.”

On the election’s eve, Nov. 3, 2008, excitement was at an all-time high. Many Americans were experi-encing what can only be described as an “O-gasm” in anticipation for what was billed as the most monu-mental election in decades.

It was an intriguing election indeed. But as with so many other Hollywood films, this epic tale of a valiant hero riding in to save the day proved to be just another lousy flop.

So what have we learned about President Obama two years after his historical election?

He’s no messiah. He’s just an-other two-faced politician.

But don’t take my word for it. Just compare Obama’s campaign rhetoric with his actions as presi-dent.

During his campaign, candidate Obama vowed to bring “change” to Washington by ushering in a brand new era of transparency.

Yet in less than two years on the job, President Obama has already broken many of his ambitious “eth-ics reform” initiatives by circum-venting his own sanctions against hiring lobbyists and awarding fed-eral contracts to favored lobbyists without competitive bidding.

Far worse than the administra-tion’s loyalty to its political allies — including the billions doled out

to campaign donors and favored special interest groups under the al-leged “stimulus package” were the backroom deals the administration

struck with Big Pharma during the president’s health care over-haul, preventing the government from negotiat-ing lower prices to gain the in-dustry’s support.

And re-member candidate Obama’s defi-ant stance against the Patriot Act? Turns out President Obama quietly signed an extension of three of the act’s most controversial provisions, according to FOX News.

Sadly, the most evident ex-amples of outright hypocrisy can be found in the Obama administration’s continuation of destructive foreign policies that began under the prior administration.

In addition to not honoring its vow to close down Gitmo, the ad-ministration continued perpetuating international war crimes by throw-ing aside laws of war to detain un-tried prisoners indefinitely.

Even harsh Bush administration critics, like author David Lindorff, have been appalled by Obama’s glaring hypocrisy.

“I never thought in my lifetime that I would see a president reach the depth of moral decay and depravity of President George W. Bush, but sad to say, our current president has managed to do it, and what makes it worse, as a former constitutional law professor, he knows better,” Lindorff said.

Ultimately, the only true change

we’ve seen from Obama is his cha-meleon-like ability to morph into whatever forms his special interests groups desire. But the most disap-pointing aspect of the president’s term thus far is his failures to keep many of his most fundamental cam-paign promises.

It’s one thing to be a failure. It’s quite another to be an outright hypo-crite.

The president’s ardent support-ers might’ve been duped by his lofty rhetoric and empty campaign prom-ises, but there’s an important lessons

we can learn from their epic fail: No one person can change Washington.

If Obama — the best and bright-est the progressive movement has to offer — can’t even come close to delivering an ounce of “change” to American politics, no one can.

We’ll never change the nature of our existing political system. But we can stop wasting our time and energies grappling over which cor-rupt blowhard controls the reins and start focusing on real solutions to to-day’s problems.

When you place your hope in

a crooked politician with a cajoling voice and lofty rhetoric only to find out he’s just another slick-talking swindler, you get exactly what you deserve.

Scott Burns is a 21-year-old eco-nomics and history senior from Ba-ton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sburns.

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Melancon repeatedly pointed to Vitter’s involvement with a D.C.-area prostitution ring, while Vit-ter accused Melancon of playing stooge to Pres-ident Barack Obama .

Dardenne , a Republican , won a heated lieutenant gov-ernor’s race with 57 percent of the vote, beating Demo-crat Caroline Fayard’s 43 percent.

“We made a statement about our hope for the future of Loui-siana,” Dardenne said. “Fiscal integrity in government means something in this state, no matter how long you’ve been in a par-ticular job.”

Dardenne is the current Secretary of State and a former leader in the State Legislature. He touted his experience as a pri-mary selling point to voters.

Fayard , a fi rst-time candidate who worked for the White House and Goldman Sachs and who was endorsed by former president Bill Clinton , sold herself as a “new face” on the state’s politi-cal scene.

The special election race for lieutenant governor fi lls the posi-tion vacated by Mitch Landrieu , who left the post to become may-or of New Orleans. Dardenne will face re-election next year.

Landrieu endorsed Fayard in the race.

Louisianians also selected six delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Baton Rouge-area Rep. Bill Cassidy swept into an easy vic-tory over engineer Merritt Mc-Donald, earning 66 percent of the vote.

In New Orleans, Republi-can Anh “Joseph” Cao will give up his seat to Obama -endorsed Democratic challenger Cedric Richmond . Richmond gained 65 percent of the vote to Cao’s 33.

Cao was expected to lose the seat, as the district is reliably Democratic.

In 2008, Cao beat incumbent William Jefferson , who was then facing highly publicized corrup-tion charges.

Voters statewide passed eight of the 10 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.

Offi cial turnout numbers were not available by press time, but initial calculations show 43 percent of registered voters par-ticipated in the Senate race.

EBR voters picked Vitter by 48 percent to Melancon’s 46 per-cent. They picked Dardenne by 56 to Fayard’s 44 percent.

Some students on campus Tuesday afternoon said they didn’t vote in the election. Many are not from Baton Rouge and said they didn’t have the time or money to go home and vote.

“It’s a pretty big inconve-nience,” said Felix Caserta , me-chanical engineering sophomore. “I really wish I could vote.”

Caserta said it wasn’t worth the gas money to go back to New Orleans , his hometown, to vote.

Others, like undecided fresh-man Alex Engelhardt , said they weren’t registered to vote.

“I just haven’t gotten around to it,” he said. “I just don’t know that much about [the election].”

Kaitlin Jar-nagin , marketing sophomore, said she voted absentee in her home state of Washington.

“It’s not a has-sle,” she said. “My mom just mails me the ballot, and I send it back. I don’t even have to leave.”

University pro-fessors have said college students seldom turn out for elections in large numbers.

That low turnout means cam-paigns don’t normally target col-lege voters — neither Vitter nor Melancon had any signifi cant campaign presence on campus.

plan for creating a better fl agship campus.

Hudson said they would give Jindal time to come up with the answers to their concerns and hopefully see him at SG’s sched-uled legislative forum in February.

“[Jindal] is in agreement with our ideas about the [Regents’] funding formula and a constitu-tional amendment,” Borel said.

The constitutional amend-ment Borel is referring to would protect higher education by allow-ing more across-the-board cuts to the state budget.

Jindal said in the statement that he will continue to support re-forms to protect higher education funding in the budget by pushing for constitutional amendments to provide more budget protection for higher education and health care.

“This isn’t a publicity stunt. This isn’t, ‘Hey, let’s get a picture with Jindal,’” Hudson said about the Tuesday meeting. “This is sav-ing higher education and saving LSU.”

Hudson and Borel also de-livered the 700 letters University students wrote to Jindal asking for relief during the next round

of budget cuts. But Hudson said there wasn’t as much of a “wow” factor as they had expected.

“ T h a t ’ s why we need to write 30,000 [letters],” Hud-son said.

M a r t i n said the meet-ing with Jindal was a good conversa t ion for the gov-ernor to hear students’ con-cerns.

“I’m hope-ful this will lead to more conversations to come so that LSU continues to make progress,” Martin said.

Jindal has said repeatedly the state government is not going to reward higher education programs that don’t return in performance.

“It’s not acceptable to have that much waste,” Jindal said Monday about Louisiana’s high dropout rate.

Jindal spelled out some of the “waste” in his Facebook post Oct. 21 responding to concerned Loui-siana students.

“As of this May our six-year

graduation rate was only 38 per-cent — far behind the 53-percent graduation rate for other states in

the southern region,” Jindal said in the post.

In response to claims of massive budget cuts, Jindal said higher educa-tion’s budget has de-creased by 4.57 per-cent since 2008, as opposed to a 26-per-cent decrease in the overall state budget.

“LSU’s main campus, in fact, has seen a reduction of 1.5 percent in fund-

ing,” Jindal wrote Oct. 21. But according to Plotkin,

the inclusion of increased tuition under the LA GRAD Act to the University’s budget constitutes an increase.

In a statement Tuesday, Jindal said “LSU’s main campus has ac-tually seen a 0.3-percent increase in funding, including new funds provided through the GRAD Act.”

‘‘‘[Jindal] is in

agreement with our ideas about the

[Regents’] funding formula and a constitutional amendment.’

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RESULTS, from page 1

‘‘‘We made a

statement about our hope for the future

of Louisiana.’Jay Dardenne

current Secretary of State, lieutenant governor-elect

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