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Hit-and-run driver in police custodyPATRICK BOYD

Staff Reporter

A 22-year-old Tech studentwas charged with hit-and-rundriving Friday in the case wherea emale student was hit in acampus pedestrian crosswalk.

Brittain Travis White, a ju-nior electrical engineeringmajor, told police that he was

involved in the incident that oc-cured about 7:20 p.m. Oct. 26in the crosswalk near MitchellHall.

As she was crossing the roadto go to the Unity Step Show,part o the Homecoming Weekestivities, she was sideswiped

by a car, police said.A Tech police ocer saw the

accident and rendered aid tothe student while White let thescene, police said.

The student suered several broken ribs and a puncturedlung, and she is now recoveringin a Shreveport hospital.

Police have not released thevictims name.

Tech Police sent out notica-tions Thursday describing thesuspected vehicle, a 1996 or 97Mazda Millenia, to law enorce-ment in surrounding cities aswell as to students.

White turned himsel in toTech police about 2 a.m. Friday.

According to the police re-port, White said he was goingto the step show in his 1999Mazda Millenia and was run-ning late to pick up a riend.

As he came through TechDrive driving south, he noticed

something out o the corner ohis eye and swerved.

White did not think he hitanyone and continued on hisway to pick up his riend, ac-cording to the police report.

He attended the step show,and it was there that he learneda girl had been hit in the cross-walk.

Clearly this was an acci-dent, said Tech Police ChieRandal Hermes. The decisionhe made at the time was not the

best, but he did the right thing

by turning himsel in.A hit-and-run oense, which

has several dierent levels, is aelony and has charges o up to$5,000 and 10 years in prison.

Since White let the scene a-ter hitting the student, the crimewas elevated rom a trac o-ense to a criminal oense, Techpolice said.

White was taken to the Rus-ton Detention Center where heis being held.

These kinds o things hap-pen, Hermes said.

Drivers have to be verycareul on these streets whethey are encountering pedestri-ans.

Hermes said pedestriansshould never assume that a cais going to stop, even i crossingat designated crosswalk.

Make some indication withthe driver o the car to makesure that they are going to stop

beore crossing the road.

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Dawgs unite for Homecoming

PATRICK BOYD

Staff Reporter

From dippin dots and dunking boothsin Centennial Plaza to a win over the SanJose State University Spartans, schoolpride was in the air at Tech during Home-coming Week.

With a ull roster o events, BetweenGods and Men, the Best Will Win Home-

coming Week, put on by the Student Gov-ernment Association, brought students onTechs campus together or all the estivi-ties.

Homecoming Week was great thisyear, said Tashashama Nard, student ac-tivities director or SGA. We had a lot oparticipation rom the sororities, raterni-ties and non-Greek organizations.

Nard also said new events such as theblock party and stroll o were successesas well.

We had a lot o part icipation this year because we broke the prize money into

three dierent categories: sorority, rater-nity and non-Greek, she said. This gavemore organizations a chance to win themoney.

To kick o the week on Sunday, stu-dents participated in Paint the Town,where they went around to businesses toadvertise or Homecoming and show sup-port or the ootball team.

Other highlights o the week includedTuesday evenings Techs Got Talentshow in which students showcased theirsinging, dancing, poetry and piano playingabilities.

All the perormances were great, saidAbby Hill, a junior speech pathology

Photo by Dacia Idom

Preston Strickland, a senior sociology major, marches with Techs Band of Pride around Joe Aillet Stadium, leading the football teamthrough a sea of red and blue tailgating activities before Saturdays Homecoming Game against San Jose State University.

MOLLY BOWMAN

Staff Reporter

Techs 2010 Lagniappe stahas been eatured as one o the

best yearbook stas o 2010in the 25th edition o BalourYearbooks 2011 Yearbook-Yearbook.

The 2010 yearbook on theRISE rose to the top in rank-ing and was recognized or ele-ments such as layout, cover de-sign, photos and theme.

Mary Brown, adviser or the2010 Lagniappe sta, said theyhave been recognized in thepast but not this highly.

The Lagniappe has beenhonored by Taylor/BalourPublishing or many years run-ning, but we were very excitedto be in the top ve percentilethis particular year, Brown said.

Some Tech students likeJared Harper, a senior mechani-cal engineering major, said thisaward reiterates what they al-ready knew about Techs year-

book.I know they have great pho-

tography, strong article writing,great presentation and struc-ture, Harper said.

The award is only just rep-resentation or what I alreadyknew.

Brown said this high achieve-ment or the 2010 sta is be-cause o the editor-in-chie andsports editor or the 2010 book,Kevin Allen.

He was completely dedi-cated to his sta and to theTech and Ruston communities,

Brown said. He deserves mucho the credit or the success othe book as well as the theme.

Brown said she thinks the

act that the book was not reallycomplex was what made it soappealing to readers.

I think the simplicity o thedesign and all black and whitephotos made this book a clas-sic, Brown said. We had astrong sta that worked bothindividually and together tomake this a cohesive producor Tech students.

Browns job was to work withthe students and make sure the

book fowed together well anappealed to all readers.

My role as adviser was tohelp the students make eachsection o the book work iunison with the others and toproduce a product or all Techstudents, she said.

One that hopeully tells thestory o that particular yeavery well.

Anamaria Torres, editor-in-chie or the 2011 Lagniappe,said they are looking to revampthe yearbook this year.

The Lagniappe last yeaturned out really well becausewe did a really simple cover an

just a simple book, Torres said.This year we are going try togo really big and make it dier-ent by giving it more o a maga-zine eel.

Although this years stais going to be making somechanges or this yearbook, theyalso want to keep some thingsthe same.

We want to keep the sim-plicity and how everyone likesthe opening black and white,Torres said. We want to be re-

membered or those things.Torres said this years sta is

2010 Lagniappegets top award

Scars sanded away in student art project

Photo by Jessica Van Alstyne

AMIE ROLLAND

Staff Reporter

No one wants to sleep witha at girl.

You are what you eat.Thunder thighs.These scarring words and

phrases can be ound carved

into a brand new table thatstands alone behind the F. JayTaylor Visual Arts Building.

Ashley Feagin, a third-yearphotography graduate student,has made her most recent idea,Devour: Daily Consumptionand Restoration Project, opento the public. Devour began

Oct. 18 and will continue or 30days.

Each day Feagin meets stu-dents, and they have luncharound the table where theycarve words and discuss theirimpact. Lunch dates or eachweek are posted on the proj-ects Facebook page.

For the past couple oweeks, Feagin said she has seena variety o people o all shapesand sizes rom all over campuscome to check out her project.

Feagin said she chose thisproject because she wanted todo something physical whilestill touching on personal issues.

I decided to do a pieceabout the emotional scarringthat happens through words,specically about weight and

your physicality, she said.Students carve hurtul phras-

es into the table, and at the endo each week Feagin said shewill sand down the table to try

to remove the words. She saidshe spent hours sanding downthe table ater the rst week,and some were so deeplycarved that they could not beerased.

Still knowing that thosewords will be there is almostsymbolic o how you can over-

come stu, but it still weighsheavy on you, she said.

Matt Knopps, a rst-year stu-dio art graduate student, saidhe stopped by or lunch to seewhat the project was all about.He said more interactive eventsshould take place on campussimilar to Feagins project.

It adds to community in-volvement, he said. I reallylike this kind o stu that can

bring the student body togetherin a project.

Knopps said he was interest-ed in how unique the table

Ashley Feagin, a photography graduate student, made this table foher Devour project. The project encourages students to eat lunchwith Feagin and carve something about how food affects theilives into the table, which Feagin then sands away.

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I believe...success stems from originality

AMIE ROLLAND

Staff Reporter

This is the seventh in a nine-partseries on what different individualsbelieve based on the collection ofessays titled This I Believe II. Thebook serves as the common read forreshman seminar classes as part of

the First-Year Experience program.

Conormists might be labeled asollowers who stick to the majority andlose their individual identity.

The noncompliant, however, strayrom the norm, express their individu-ality and succeed in their own ways.

I believe in people and individualsability to make a positive impact, saidSam Speed, assistant dean o studentlie.

Speed said in the educational pro-cess, he watches students grow anddevelop on a daily basis. He also said

he too oten sees students trying to fta particular mold instead o makingtheir own way.

They want to run themselvesthrough a copy machine and becomewhat someone else is instead o beingan original, he said.

Speed emphasized the importanceo people recognizing their own tal-ents, strengths and interests ratherthan conorming to someone elses.

Know you and embrace who youare in that path in lie, he said. Themore you do that, the more youll beulflling lies purposes.

Speed views ailure as lacking origi-nality, while some people think ailurecomes with individuality. Regardlesso the publics opinion, Speed said aperson has contributed to society by

fnding his individual purpose. Speedsaid it is crucial or people to realize itis acceptable to be di erent.

I think that is the part o lie we ailto embrace, he said.

Speed said he notices the conven-

tionality among students, which moti-vates him to come to work every dayto help students fnd their own inter-ests.

You see untapped potential, andall youre doing is shaking that poten-

tial and giving it room to breathe andcome out, he said.

Speed said although expressingonesel is important, it is also compel-ling to be creative and think beyondthe boundaries. He said he is already

teaching his 13-year-old daughter tothink outside o the box. At one point,he said his daughter wanted to be adoctor and soon ater she changed hemind and decided she wanted to owa dance studio.

I asked her why she couldnt haveboth, he said.

Speed said he asked his daughtewhy she could not have a clinic where

dance was the antidote or someonesillness. He said your dreams do nohave to be limited to one achievement.

Stop thinking inside o a box ancreate something thats or you, hesaid. Dont just look at whats outhere; create something thats biggethan whats out there.

Speed said having kids and learningto direct them toward the right pathmade him realize that there is a lomore to lie than material possessions.

I want them to be happy, satisfeand have a purpose in lie, he said.

Speed said he has known a lot opeople who thought they ound thingsthat made them happy but were notruly satisfed.

He said it is unrealistic or students,especially reshmen, to come to col-

lege knowing exactly what they wanto do in lie.Thats really what its about, no

fnding that exact thing but going ouand searching or it, he said.

Speed said the world is so caughup in the success and advancement othe next best invention that we over-look the people around us.

What about building better peopleand helping someone else out? heasked.

Speed said people get too absorbein doing rather than living, and theyorget what they are trying to become.

Were not human doers, he said.Were human beings.

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Photo by Dacia Idom

Sam Speed, assistant dean o student lie, believes individuals fnd success by being original. Since Speed works withstudents, he said many students eel the need to mimic successul people around them, but he suggests students tap intotheir own potential to create something beyond the norm by which they are surrounded.

was when decorated with so many dierent words, new and old.He said the words gave the table character, especially ater beingsanded down.

It was just negative comments beore it was sanded, he said.Now you look at it and think wow, I like the way this looks becauseits not perectly sanded down.

A sign explaining the project clings to the wall beside the tableletting people know it is OK to inscribe on the table. Knopps saidpeople should be aware that the table is being damaged or a rea-son.

Put it together as a cohesive thing, and it becomes more thanvandalism, he said.

Laila Al-Agha, a senior graphic design major, said she has vis-ited the table numerous times and said she likes to enjoy more thanthe visual aspect o the project.

When I carved mine, I did it in a nice handwriting, she said.Its part o this piece, but I also want to make it aesthetically pleas-ing, she said.

Al-Agha said she is not modest about writing on the table buthas noticed some students hunched over carving, choosing to bealone. She said she has been spreading the word about the projectin hopes that more people will participate.

Even i they dont participate, they should come see whats go-ing on, she said.

Feagin said this project is a dierent type o art. She said it ispublic art, and she has never seen anything done like it since shehas been a student.

I kind o eel like an artist now, especially since Im tapping onsuch personal issues, she said. I eel like art is most successulwhen it is so personal that it becomes universal.

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IN OUR OPINION

4 The Tech Talk November 3, 2011

FROM THE EDITOR

Real drug war goes unnoticed

KELLY BELTON

Editor-in-Chief

sk your doctor or themagical pill that willmake all o your aches

and pains disappear!TV ads or prescription medi-

cines essentially suggest this iyoure eeling down in one way oranother, just ask your doctor, andhell provide a simple solution.

What he and drug companieswont tell you is that many pre-scription drugs are more danger-ous than scheduled narcotics.

The Centers or Disease Con-trol and Prevention released g-res Tuesday that suggest FDA-

approved medicines are morepowerul than most realize.More people die in America

every year rom prescription drugabuse than die rom heroin andcocaine combined, reads thelead o a Fox News article aboutthe subject.

This rate is our times what itwas a decade ago. Coincidentally(or perhaps not), the number oprescriptions or powerul painkill-

ers has also increased ourold.Just a ew weeks ago, the CDC

released other astounding num- bers: the use o antidepressantdrugs has skyrocketed 400 per-cent since 1988. An estimated 25percent o women ages 40 to 59take antidepressants, and 11 per-cent o Americans over the age o12 took them between 2005 and2008.

Though I have no doubt thatsome people seriously need an-tidepressants and other prescrip-tion meds, many U.S. doctorshave become drug dealers in theprocess. Its not hard to nd oneo these pill mills in which yousimply tell the doctor what drugs

you want and get a prescription.All you have to do is pay or it.The problem with this epidem-

ic is that American society tells usits all OK. Popping pills is ne ithe FDA approved it, right?

Granted, getting a prescriptiondoes not mean you have to get ad-dicted. But many o these drugsare addictive even when taken asprescribed.

While thousands are dying

each year due to legal drug use,U.S. Attorney General Eric Holdercontinues to uel the so-calleddrug war to our south by provid-ing Mexico with guns and thencracking down on a completelynatural medicine here. Accord-ing to CBS, documents show thatHolder was brieed on the Fastand Furious operation in May2010. The now-notorious govern-ment activity was intended to bea sting operation to catch armssmugglers beore guns cross the

border into Mexico. Instead, ourgovernment allowed guns into thecartel-ridden country, and at leastone U.S. ocial was killed by thevery guns that were never sup-

posed to leave the U.S.Holder has also committed theederal government to crackingdown on medical marijuana dis-pensaries and has maintained itsscheduling status that basically as-serts that weed is as dangerous asheroin. However, numerous stud-ies have shown that the naturalplant is not dangerous, and mari-

juana has never killed anyone.These continue to go ignored by

our government.The actions o Holder and in-

ormation rom the CDC point toone thing: a hypocritical stanceand conusion on an actual drugwar. I U.S. ocials really wantviolence in Mexico to stop (orat least dramatically decrease),theres a simple solution: eliminatethe black market under which thecartels and smugglers operate.I U.S. ocials really care aboutAmericans health, legal drugswould be a bigger concern thanthey appear to be now.

But as President BarackObama demands the FDA pro-duce more drugs or us to con-sume, its quite clear that the gov-

ernment would rather eed us itssynthetic pills than conront thereal drug war.

How else will drug companiesmake their money?

Kelly Belton is a senior journalism andpolitical science major from Houstonwho serves as editor-in-chief for TheTech Talk. Email comments to belton.kelly@gmail.com.

On April 22, 2010, more than 205 milliogallons o oil spilled rom BPs Deep-water Horizon rig, causing an explo-sion that killed 11 people and create

an insumermountable amount o damage alongthe coastline and in the Gul.

However, 554 days ater the incident, BP has retureto the Gul o Mexico.

The company has received its rst permit to resumedrilling in the Gul since last years oil spill.

The Obama administration approved BPs plan todrill up to our or ve exploratory wells arther awayrom the coast, in the Kaskida Field about 250 miles

southwest o New Orleans.Overall, the companys outlook has been positive.The company said in a news release, We are

pleased to have received a permit to drill . BP charac-terized the decision as another milestone in our steadyreturn to saely drilling in the Gul o Mexico.

Also, the U.S. governments Bureau o Saety anEnvironmental Enorcement said the BP project hamet enhanced saety requirements and standards es-tablished ollowing the tragedy in the Gul last year.

BP has met all o the enhanced saety require-ments that we have implemented and applied consis-tently over the past year, Michael R. Bromwich, thedirector o the Bureau o Saety and EnvironmentaEnorcement, said. In addition, BP has adhered to vol-untary standards that go beyond the agencys regula-tory requirements.

However, despite BPs move orward, the oil spildistaster has remained a burden or the company.

BP, along with Transocean, the rig operator, anHalliburton, the cement contractor, received saety an

environmental citations rom the Interior Department.Not only could the 15 separate violations orce thecompanies to pay $45.7 million, but they could bothace potential criminal charges as well.

In addition Edward J. Markey, the senior Democraon the House Natural Resources Committee, disagreewith the situation.

Comprehensive saety legislation hasnt passeCongress, and BP hasnt paid the nes they owe otheir spill, yet BP is being given back the keys to drill ithe gul, he said.

BPs problems were not only in the U.S., but abroaas well.

In Russia, tensions between the TNK-BP joint ven-ture led to the departure Maxim Barsky, the Russiadeputy chie executive and heir apparent to the chieexecutive, Mikhail Fridman. This was the cause o acorporate shake-up rom BPs plans to establish a part-nership with another Russian company, Rosnet, earliethis year.

Overall, the Tech Talk sta is a bit skepticao BP being allowed to resume drilling withithe Gul o Mexico so soon.

The sta believes the company should havetaken more precautions to prevent last years oispill. We hope BP takes the initiative to ensurethe saety o the environnment, animals, coast-lines in the Gul and its own workers in the u-ture.

BP return to

Gul drillingis too soon

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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

Seven billion and counting

MARY TIMMONS

Associate Editor

The 2011 Halloween season

brought candy, costumesand an increase in the

earths population.On Monday, as estimated by

the United Nations, the Earthspopulation reached and surpasseda population o 7 billion.

According to the U.N. website, y 2043 the human populationcould rise to 9 billion. In 1998, thepopulation had just reached 6 bil-

lion and has grown rapidly since.Will this moment dene historyor humanity?

Many question whether or notsociety is getting too big and en-dangering the well-being o thisplanet. As soon as the news o thepopulation increase came to light,the Internet fooded with articlesand blogs on what this means orthe human race and how to pre-vent the population increase.

Many people believe human-

itys chances o long-time sur-vival are low, the argument beingthat earths resources are limited,making it unable to sustain humanpopulation orever. The earths re-sources were limited long beoreour population reached 7 billion.

While some believe the Earth islimited, others nd it to be a boun-tiul place that can provide or anynumber o people. I Earth hadeverything we needed and enoughto go around, maybe wars wouldhave turned out dierently.

Scientists have known or a

long time that the Earths re-sources were going to be limited.Maybe this should have been omore concern beore the popula-tion reached 7 billion.

Regardless o what anyone be-lieves and thinks about this worldand what it can and cannot pro-vide or its people, Im let to won-der why it all even matters? Hon-estly, there is only one sure way toprevent population increase.

So, unless everyone in the

world just stops having babies, theoption to decrease population ispretty much out o the question.

Society can slow down popula-tion increase by regulating preg-nancy, but who wants to be toldthey can only have x number okids?

We wont know or sure whatwill happen to humanity, so all wecan do is guess and see where thatleads us. What does this popula-tion increase mean or human sur-vival?

As o right now the world is

still thriving even with its popula-tion constantly on the rise. I wouldsay its nothing to worry about atthe moment.

All things will eventually cometo an end, even people. Maybe thisis just the beginning o our end.

Im not trying to spark conspir-acy theories or doomsday predic-tions, Im only writing about howludicrous it is that we are making a

big deal about the earths popula-tion now. Im also conused as to

why 7 billion is such a signicantnumber.

Why didnt the world makea big deal when the populationpassed 6 billion? It just seemssomewhat ridiculous that thisnumber was headline news onseveral websites. Is there any ex-act number o people that theworld can hold?

Whether individuals shouldworry about it in the uture is allup to them.

Personally, Im going to acceptthe act that all things eventually

come to an end.Im going to continue to livemy lie until I cant anymore with-out the worry o what is goingto happen i there are too manypeople in the world.

Mary Timmons is a senior journalismmajor from Logansport who servesas associate editor for The Tech Talk.Email comments to mnt005@latech.edu.

THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT

America: Land o the semi-ree

TAYLOR STEPHENS

Contributing Editor

The online reedom youhold near and dear could

be at stake. A new Internetprotection bill could protect youmore than you might want.

Last week, the U.S. House oRepresentatives released a newversion o the Personal Inorma-tion Protection Act (PIPA) thatcould potentially censor websitessuch as YouTube and Twitter.

According to Demand-

Progress.org, under what DemandProgress is deeming the InternetBlacklist Bill, the U.S. Departmento Justice would orce search en-gines, browsers and service pro-viders to block users access towebsites that have been accusedo copyright inringement with-out a day in court.

Basically, PIPA will orce manywebsite owners to be respon-sible or content posted on theirdomain, which is bad news orwebsites that post user-generatedcontent like YouTube and Twitter.

I see this bill as the govern-

ments way o realizing the Inter-net should have had regulationswhen its popularity rst startedrising.

However, now that the Internetis such a vast area o inormation,restricting what can and cant beallowed by Americans to view isnext to impossible.

The government runs therisk o starting a constitutionalwar with proponents o the FirstAmendment.

O course, the Twitter andYouTube dangers are merely a

scare tactic at the moment, but ithis bill gains momentum, thereis a very real possibility that thecensorship o the Internet couldreach ar beyond copyright in-ringement.

This bill is intended to preventwebsites rom other countries thatallow the posting o pirated mate-rial or material that inringes uponcopyright laws, but that doesntmean that it has to stop there.Give the government an inch, andtheyll take a mile.

Lets be honest, this is the In-ternet eras version o McCarthy-

ism. Since the attorney generalcould be given ree reign to blockwebsites rom American comput-ers that he deems inringing uponcopyright laws, he could play

judge, jury and executioner orall home Internet connections inAmerica.

Similarly, during the 1940s and50s, then U.S. Senator JosephMcCarthy started a movementduring the Second Red Scare tocensor the threats o communismrom American soil.

During this time, thousands o

Americans lost their jobs or wereimprisoned just or being suspect-ed o supporting communism.Generally, people targeted weregovernment employees or enter-tainment personalities, but evenpeople who owned small businessin down-home America were tar-geted.

Though the PIPA most likelywill not be that extreme in prac-tice, the act that one elected o-cial controls the content an entirenation can view is not what theConstitution promises.

Whats more, a letter that was

jointly sent to the members oCongress rom the Computer &Communications Industry As-sociation (CCIA), the ConsumerElectronics Association (CEA)and NetCoalition says that the or-ganizations would preer to have achance to review the bill as pro-essionals beore it is voted on bygovernment ocials.

Regardless o whether or not aproessional agrees with what the

bill proposes, the potential o thebill gives too much power to oneperson.

The Internet has become toostrong a orce to just snu out thislate in the game. Whether or notthere should be stricter regula-tions remains to be seen, but giv-ing power to one elected ocial isdenitely not the answer.

Wheres Edward R. Murrowwhen you need him?

Taylor Stephens is a senior journal-ism major from Bossier who serves ascontributing editor for The Tech Talk.Email comments to tds026@latech.edu.

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NAOMI ALLISON

News Editor

What would it eel like to bea 25-year-old living with can-cer? Or experience segrega-tion on a daily basis?

Oten, comedy mixed witha harsh dose o personal expe-

riences and reality, seem to bea reoccurring theme in movies.

Yet, what makes The Helpand 50/50 so powerul, isthat they manage to sharplycapture real-lie experiencesand create riveting, colorulplots that make light o dark,disturbing and even controver-sial topics.

In The Help, director TateTaylor explores racial tensions

between Arican-Americansand whites during the civilrights era. Set during the 1960sin Jackson, Miss., he illustrateshow at vicious height o theJim Crow laws, blacks andwhites co-existed on a daily

basis. He reveals that the seg-regation between both raceswasnt just a constant state odenial, but a grand illusion.

When Skeeter, an aspiringauthor, decides to write a bookdescribing Arican-Americanmaids perspectives on thewealthy Southern amilies theywork or, her ideology, riend-ships and community beginto all apart. However, despite

the discouragement o others,Skeeter continues to pursueher book. She collaborateswith her best riends house-keeper (Ailbeen), and eventu-ally causes more women tocome orward to share theirstories. Not only does her per-spective on lie change, but shematures as well.

In 50/50, Adam Lerner isa successul writer at a publicradio station in Seattle, whoselie comes to a crashing haltwhen an oncologist revealshe has spinal cancer. Consid-ering his young age, beautiulgirlriend, and healthy liestyle,Adam has a dicult time ac-cepting his new reality. Yet withno other options, he decidesto conront his ate. He starts

chemotherapy and begins toght or his lie. He breaks thenews to his parents, riendsand Rachel, who all supporhim, but deal with it in dier-ent ways. For example, Rachedecides to break up with him.

To escape reality, Adalater begins seeing Katie, an at-

tractive doctoral student, whohelps with the physical anpsychological side eects ochemotherapy. Eventually, astime passes, Adams vitality,health and innocence begin toade. He matures and comesto terms with his lie and ill-ness. He begins to appreci-ate what he has, and realizesthat he took his ormer lie ogranted.

One ascinating concepthroughout both lms is thaall o the characters undergocrises that cause them to ques-tion society and the worlaround them, refect aboutheir own lives, and exploretheir relationships with others.By conronting the white el-ephant in the room and acingtheir deepest ears, they gaimore insight. In return, audi-ences are able to grab a sliceo wisdom beore nishing uptheir popcorn and leaving themovie theater.

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Depp lm only mildly unnyREBECCA SPENCENews Editor

Based on the Hunter S.Thompson novel, The RumDiary starring Johnny Depp,was a hangover that neverseemed to go away.

The box oce gave the lma 5.9 out o 10, which I believeis just a tad generous. Person-ally, I would give it just 5 out o10 stars.

This is the second lm basedon a Hunter S. Thompson bookthat Depp has starred in andhas been able to give tribute tohis late riend and condant.

The lm takes place in Puer-to Rico in the late-Eisenhowerera in which, Depp plays PaulKemp, an unpublished novel-ist who has moved rom NewYork to Puerto Rico to escapethe hustle and bustle o thecity. Hired by Richard Jenkinswho plays E.J. Lotterman, theeditor-in-chie o the San JuanStar, because he was the onlyapplicant. Lotterman expectsKemp to bring spark and reinto the chaotic, careless news-room as the new horoscopewriter. Kemp soon nds out thatPuerto Rico in 1960 is cominginto an extravagant real estateoom. Ater being conronted

y Sanderson, played by AaronEckhart, a ormer San Juan Starwriter suspiciously turned mil-lionaire, Kemp has a chance to

get in on the action. He soon

nds himsel in a mess that noteven he can comprehend withculture clashing and Chenault,Sandersons anc played byAmber Heard. Kemp nds him-sel debating between using hiswords to help or to harm Sand-erson and his group o Ameri-can entrepreneurs.

Having skimmed overThompsons book, this lmcaptures the essence o hisrambling and extended expla-nations o events. This actorsometimes can be a little te-dious and boring because themovie seemed like it was go-ing to end at various points yetcontinued.

The acting in the movie is

almost on point, especially or

Depp. This probably is a re-sult o Depp and Thompsonsriendship in the later years oThompsons lie. He was ableto emulate many o the man-nerisms that I would have ex-pected Thompson to displaywhen he was alive. He is veryconvincing as a new journal-ist, as are the other memberso the drunken sta o the SanJose Star.

The scenery in this movie is beautiul; the colors o almostevery scene jump out at you indetail. Beaches and the localsprovide or a splash o culture.Everything about the sceneryand cinematography enticesthe viewer to watch and envi-sion themselves in Puerto Ricocirca 1960.

My main problem with thislm is the amount o predict-ability. Even without havingread the novel, it is easy to pre-dict what is going to happennext.

I also despise the randomdrug-tripping scenes. I under-stand this was Thompson weare talking about here, but this

book was written in his pre-hallucination and pre-alcohol-ic days. The lm shows thatThompson began and showedinterest in narcotics, but I thinkthe scenes pertaining to thislm added a little bit too muchto the already obvious alcoholictendencies o Kemp in Puerto

Rico. The movie is titled The

Rum Diary, and obviously al-cohol plays a big role.

Because o this, I eel as iThe Rum Diary was mildlyunny and very entertaining,

especially rom a journalism

standpoint. For all o the regu-lar people out there, it may be apeek into the world o Thomp-sons gonzo journalism stylesand a mildly entertaining fick

to watch over the weekend, i

not or the story line, but or theacting skills displayed speci-cally by Depp and Heard.

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Florence and the Machinesdebut album Lungs gainedpopularity in the U.S. a year a-ter its original release in 2008.Will Ceremonials ollow thesame path?

United Kingdom native andlead singer Florence Welch hasproven that she can break intothe American music industrywith The Dog Days are Over.

Florences newest album,Ceremonials was releasedTuesday and hopeully be-comes equally as successul asits predecessor.

The single rom her rst al-um has been perormed on

numerous television shows andnominated or many awards.There is no doubt in my mindthat her musical talent will con-tinue to grow and thrive.

The new Florence album,like Lungs, builds its tones ostrong beats and amazing vo-cal talents. Shake It Out, thealbums rst single, is denitelynot one to miss.

Though some o the beatsand tones are similar to DogDays, be sure to listen to it allthe way through to gain a ull

appreciation or her style omusic.

One o the best things aboutCeremonials is the way Welchand her ellow band membershave worked and made their in-die style o music stand out justas much as Florences vocals.

A variety o instrumentaltalent can be heard by the endo the rst track. Drums, pianosand strong choir backup vocalsmake the album reminiscent oher rst.

Despite being similar, I enjoyFlorences style o music and itis great to have new material toenjoy.

One thing I nd intriguingabout the artist is her ability to

stay with the same genre with-out selling hersel short. Hervoice is too amazing to be over-powered by the typical Ameri-can pop genre.

Listeners o Florence knewshe was talented rom the be-ginning. With this album, I thinkshe is really using her talent toexpress hersel.

With no restraints, Im sureCeremonials will attract theattention o anyone who listensto current hits.

Its not the perect album, but it does come close. Dontget me wrong, I still enjoy manyo the songs rom Lungs, buther newest material can reallycaptivate me.

Florence and the Machinehas presented the listener withwell-written songs that radiatethe ears. I eel that by the endo 2011 Ceremonials will beamong the most popular and

most listened to albums o theyear.I youre the type o listener

who enjoys indie music witha European twist, you shouldmost denitely give the albuma chance.

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British High Court rules againstWikiLeaks founder in extradition appeal caseAssociated Press

LONDON WikiLeaksounder Julian Assange onWednesday lost his appealagainst extradition to Swedento answer sex crime allegations,ut may now take his protracted

ght to Britains highest court.British High Court Judges

John Thomas and Duncan

Ousely rejected Assangesclaims that it was unair andunlawul to send him to Scandi-navia to be questioned over thealleged rape o one woman andthe molestation o another inStockholm last year.

The 40-year-old has deniedwrongdoing, and insists thecase is politically motivated bythose opposed to the work o

his secret-spilling organization.Ater the judgment, Assange

lawyer Mark Summers said hecould not say whether or not hisclient planned to attempt an ap-peal to Britains Supreme Court.His legal team has 14 days todecide whether or not they planto keep ghting the extradition.

Wearing a gray suit, Assangefipped through pile o docu-

ments and shook hands withsupporters as he appeared incourt to hear the verdict.

The court said that, or thetime being, Assange would re-main held on bail, under virtualhouse arrest at a supporterslavish country estate.

In their ruling, the appeals judges rejected arguments putorward by Assanges legal

team who said the decisionby Swedish prosecutors to seekAssanges extradition was dis-proportionate.

In any event, this is selevidently not a case relatingto a trivial oense, but to seri-ous sexual oenses, the judgessaid.

Assange would not takequestions as he let the court-

room, but supporters indicatethat his prospects appeare

bleak.Assange has said the sexua

encounters were consensuaand his lawyer Ben Emmersohad previously argued that theallegations would not be con-sidered crimes in England aargument dismissed by the ap-peals judges.

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Homecoming 2011Homecoming 2011Homecoming 2011major and talent show committee head. I really enjoyed thestudent body coming together and showing their Bulldawg spiritall week.

Wednesday night, there was a step show in memorial gym.The step show was great, said Alexis Brokenberry, a soph-

omore business management/entrepreneurship major. Eachshow was very entertaining rom beginning to end.

Brokenberry participated with Alpha Kappa Alpha in the stepshow.

This was my frst year as a greek so it will always be a mem-orable year or me.

Friday night, at the pep rally or the big game on Saturday,Shane Rich and Morgan Broussard were announced as the2011-12 Homecoming King and Queen.

I was shocked when I heard my name called out as thequeen, said Broussard, a junior marketing major. I elt hon-ored to even be on the court, and never expected this outcome.

Broussard is involved in Kappa Delta Sorority, OrientationStudent Leaders, Circle K, and many other organizations.

I am truly grateul or the opportunity to represent Tech asqueen, she said. Homecoming was such a great experience,and one o the best parts o the week was seeing all the studentsand alumnis Tech pride at all the events.

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>HOMECOMING from pg. 1

Morgan Broussard and Shane Rich, the 2011 homecoming queen and king, stand on the eld ater being introduced. In addition tothe winner, the 2011 court included: Nick McDonald, Dana Birdwell, Sarah Jo Thomason, Skyler Breaux, Molly Catherine Smith,Matt Rich, Hannah McHaley, Kewaynethian Riser, Je Boudreaux, Abby Hill, Bryan Wally Babcock and Daniel Dupuy.

Above: Tech students pack the foor o Memorial Gym last Thursday during the NeedtoBreathe concert. The band wrapped up thenight with an acoustic set, singing without any instruments or microphones.

Dierent letters do not separate the sisters o Kappa Delta and those o the Theta Lambda Chapter o Alpha Kappa Alpha asthey strut together at the Homecoming Unity Step Show. Severalraternities and sororities united Oct. 26 or a night ull o solesstomping the stage.

Lexie Kennedy,Callie Watts

and Taylor Fritzrepresent AlphaChi Omega dur-

ing the Organiza-tional Cook-O.Students tasted

ood, rangingrom lamb to Oreoballs, as dierent

Greek and non-Greek organiza-

tions put theircooking, grilling

and baking skillsto work.

Chance Meyers, a junior mechanical engi-neering major, represents Acacia raternitywith style as he withstands hours o physi-cal and psychological torture in a suit. Thecompetition continued until one personshands were the only ones let on the clocktower.

Caroline Doughty, a sophomore general studies major, turns theTech seal into a s tage as she dances to music played by the discjockey during the Organizational Cook-O in Centennial Plaza.

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SARAH BROWN

Co-Sports Editor

Ater a 38-28 victory over the San Jose State Spar-tans, the Bulldogs are seeking to advance their three-

game winning streak against the Fresno State Bulldogsat 9:30 p.m. Saturday.Head coach Sonny Dykes and his Bulldogs hope

to get a victory against a 3-5 Fresno State team thatis placed third in Western Athletic Conerence stand-ings.

Dykes Bulldogs are tied or second with Hawaii,standing 3-1 apiece in WAC play. Nevada is rst in theWAC with a 3-0 record.

Although Fresno State stands 2-1 in conerenceplay, Saturdays battle will be a true test as to whichBulldog is ercer.

Fresno State is coming o a bye week, and prior tothat, a tough loss at Nevada.

This matchup has head coach Sonny Dykes and hissquad ready to secure their ourth straight win.

You want to play signicant games in Novem-

ber, Dykes said. Here we are in November withour games let against quality teams. The outcomeo these games will be meaningul, and you want toget to a point where every game played in Novem-

ber means something. Moving on to Fresno, peoplelook at their 3-5, but they have played really good oot-

ball teams in Ole Miss, Nebraska, Cal, Nevada, etcTheyve lost close games to quality opponents and arereally improving as a program. They are playing much

better now than they were earlier in the season, espe-cially oensively.

Dykes is also aware o Fresnos tough deense and

special teams.It starts with their ront seven, Dykes said. The

D-line is one o the better ronts well ace. They are big guys inside and their linebackers are extremelyactive. They have a really good punt returner and

blocked a lot o eld goals, so they do a lot o goodthings on special teams as well. This will be a chal-lenging game or us, but one that we are excited about.Its nice to win three in a row, and we are starting tocome together as a ootball team.

Dykes said as ar as his deense is concerned, hedoesnt have to tell them much beore the game to getthem prepared or what they need to do.

They know our ormula: play well and play hard,Dykes said. Expect something good to happen, andmake good things happen. Thats exactly what theyvedone, and its a tribute to their character. Weve playedsome o the best oenses in college ootball early onand gave up some touchdowns, but the guys kept be-lieving in their technique and the coaching sta . Theycontinued to work hard and do things the right way,and it paid o. We cannot lose our edge. Sometimes,

you go out and play well a couple o weeks in a rowand lose yoursel. We have to be a mature team andnot lose our edge.

Junior deensive back Chad Boyd said the Bulldogs

main ocus is taking one game at a time.We make sure to only worry about the game com-

ing up, Boyd said. Thats what our mentality hasbeen the last couple o weeks and it has paid o orus. We have a tough test this weekend, against a greatteam, so we have to come out playing our best andhopeully we get a win.

Despite the act the last three games against Fresnohave resulted in losses, Boyd said Tech has looked be-

yond that.We think about it, and it gives us a prediction o

how this game might be, just knowing the skill set otheir team, Boyd said. We are very similar in terms osize and speed, so it probably is going to come downto who wants it more and we just have to execute.

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Footballseasonturnssweet

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

FROM THE SPORTS DESKSARAH BROWNwith

Sports TalkDogs set for Battle of the Bone

simple change to the

roster might havechanged Techs ootballseason rom sour tosweet.

Ater leaving the Oct. 22game at Utah State at the endo the third quarter due to aclavicle injury, reshman quar-terback Nick Isham was re-placed by junior quarterbackColby Cameron.

Perhaps that was the trueturning point o the season.

When it seemed like therewasnt any hope or the Bull-dogs and bowl eligibilityseemed as distant as 2020, theBulldogs stepped it up andchanged their momentum.

Tech opened its season witha heartbreaking loss at South-

ern Miss, ollowed by a 48-42overtime win against CentralArkansas.

The Bulldogs then ell toHouston, Mississippi State andWestern Athletic Conerenceoe Hawaii.

Ater the brutal 44-26 beat-ing the Warriors placed onTech, there was suddenly a mo-mentum shit or Dykes Dogs.

The Bulldogs aced Idahowith a 1-4 record with manyclaiming Tech was the best 1-4team in college ootball.

Though several ans wereskeptical o such a thing, some-thing was sparked within theBulldogs.

Tech beat the Idaho Vandalsat their Homecoming gamewith a stunning 24-11 win.

The Bulldogs then contin-ued in WAC play on the road,acing o at Utah State.

Cameron replaced Ishamat the end o the third quarterin the matchup against the Ag-gies.

The Bulldogs pulled out astellar 24-17 win in Utah beorecoming home to deeat the SanJose State Spartans 38-28 atTechs Homecoming game.

Although the Bulldogs havea tough road ahead with threemore conerence games andone Southeastern Conerencematchup at Ole Miss, Techans can rest assured that bowldreams arent so ar out o

reach.Tech just needs to win sixgames to reach bowl eligibility,and the Bulldogs have a airlygood chance at achieving it thenext ew weeks.

With the guidance o a moremature quarterback such asCameron who appears morepoised and prepared, the Bull-dogs might just be bowl bound.

Sarah is a senior journalism majorfrom Madisonville. Email com-ments to sdb035@latech.edu.

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Senior running back Lennon Creer attempts to score a touchdown or the Bulldogs. Saturdays game at FresnoState will be shown on at 9:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.

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Bulldogs brace for upcoming seasonREINA KEMPT

Sports Reporter

Despite a tough season last year thatonly saw 12 wins, the Bulldogs basket-ball team plans to start resh as theyopen this season against Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Tech will ace o against the Javeli-nas at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Thomas As-sembly Center.

Although it is just an exhibition game,Bulldog ans will become aware o whathead coach Mike White and his squadis made o.

Tech has gone through some major

changes in preparation to start anew.They have a sea o new aces thatincludes head coach Michael White, as-sistant coach Isaac Brown, Director oBasketball Operations Justin Argenal,seven reshmen and one senior transer.

There are only two seniors on thesquad

White said he does not want to ocuson the past; the uture o this team isbright.

He also said that this is the hardest-working team he has ever coached.

Our older guys need to lead, andour younger players need to adjust tothe college level, White said. Regard-less o age, they will be ready to pro-duce at the Division I level.

When looking at how young his teamis, White said he knows it will take timeto build.

He said he looks or the youngerplayers to grow more mentally and getstronger physically as the season pro-

gresses.Sophomore point guard Kenyon Mc-

Neail said he likes the challenge o play-

ing or an underdog team.The Western Athletic Conerence

preseason polls put the Bulldogs in last

place.I like being underestimated, Mc-

Neail said. It will make us look so much

better when we come out on top.McNeail said he understands that

even though he is still an underclass-

man, he will be one o the main leaderson the foor.

My teammates make it easy orme, McNeail said. They put so muchaith in me. I take the experience romlast year I tell the younger guys to juststep up and play. Dont worry aboutmaking mistakes.

Junior guard/orward Brandon Gib-son has been struck with injuries in thepast but looks orward to a very produc-tive season.

He broke his ankle beore the seasonstarted in the 2008-09 season.

The injury caused Gibson to take amedical redshirt.

Ater getting well, he tore his ACLin the conerence opener against BoiseState last year, which ended his season.

He said he has been training veryhard to prevent urther injuries so hecan be able to help the team out.

As one o the older members or theBulldogs, Gibson will be a big contribu-tor to the team this season.

My knee is getting stronger, Gibsonsaid. I have been doing a lot o therapyand stretching. It has been 10 monthssince my injury, and I eel l ike Im ready.

Gibson said he knows o the doubtagainst him because o his past injuries.

He sees that as motivation to play hisbest.

The Bulldogs are nothing less thanprepared to become better as a team.

They look to prove all o the doubt-ers wrong this season with White at the

helm.

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Photo by Dacia Idom

Head coach Mike White and his squad are well underway in practice. The Bull-dogs will open their season in an exhibition game against Texas A&M-Kingsvilleat 3 p.m. Sunday in the TAC.

ANNA CLAIRE THOMAS

Co-Sports Editor

The Louisiana Tech womens soccer teamhas nished their season o in heartbreakingashion ater alling to Hawaii 1-0 in overtime

Sunday.The game wrapped up a season ull o short-

comings and near misses or the Lady Tech-sters as they said arewell to seven seniors whohelped build the program rom the bottom up.

Seniors Rachel King, Scotti Culton, Cat Bu-chanan, Brittany Conbargar, Olivia Lukas-ewich, Amy Quintana and Chelsea White cameto Tech as head coach Kevin Sherrys rst re-cruiting class and paved the way or uture Tech-sters to thrive under his direction and guidance.

The Techsters are losing their most produc-tive players in Lukasewich, King and Culton.

Lukasewich and Culton led the team in goalsand assists respectively while King leaves Techas the all-time leading goal scorer.

While this season has not been their beststatistically, considering where the program waswhen they started as reshmen, these seniorshelped build a team that Tech could be proud o.

These seven seniors were instrumental in thesuccess o the Lady Techsters soccer team orthe past ew seasons, leading them to their bestseason in school history in 2010 and their rstWAC Tournament berth last season, which washeld in Ruston.

At i hi th ith ll

season where they will have ve seniors lead-ing the team with hopes o another successul

Seniors end soccer season at

home, fall to Rainbow Wahine

Photo by Dacia Idom

Senior deender Scotti Culton makes a playagainst Hawaii Oct. 30. The match-up was thefnal game or the Techster seniors.

Photo courtesy of Media Relations

The Lady Techsters huddle around the Tech emblem ater theirperormance at the Basketball Bonanza in the Thomas Assem-bly Center Oct. 27.

ANNA CLAIRE THOMAS

Co-Sports Editor

The Lady Techster basketball squad will take to the court orthe last time this preseason in their nal tune-up as they takeon Delta State at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Thomas Assembly Centereore starting their 2011-12 campaign.

Ater deeating Arkansas-Monticello 79-52 Nov. 1, the Tech-sters are eager to return to the court.

The Techsters will kick o the regular season against Mis-souri State at 7 p.m. Nov. 11, as they begin their quest or theirseco d co sec ti e Weste Athletic Co e e ce title

Lady Techsters to finishpreseason exhibition play

BULLDOG FOOTBALLat Fresno State11/5 9:30 p.m.

BULLDOG BASEBALL

Fall World Series11/4 6 p.m.11/5 1 p.m.

TECHSTER BASKETBALL

vs. Delta State (EX)11/08 7 p.m.

BULLDOG BASKETBALL

vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville 11/6 3 p.m.

TECHSTER BOWLING

Southern ClassicBaton Rouge, La.

11/4-6 All Day

TECHSTER VOLLEYBALL

vs. Nevada11/03 7 p.m.

UPCOMING ATHLETICS