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Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition

CAIRO (AP) — Relations between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians degenerated to a new low Sunday after riots overnight left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country’s post-revolution transition to de-mocracy.

The attack on the church was the latest sign of assertiveness by an extreme, ultraconservative movement of Muslims known as Salafi s. Salafi s have been blamed for other recent attacks on Chris-tians and others they don’t approve of.Mexico captures suspected drug gang leader

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Äî Federal police have captured a suspected drug gang leader in a central Mexi-can state where relentless violence prompted hundreds of citizens to set off in a days-long protest march that arrived in the capital Sunday.

Jose Zarco Cardenas, 22, had recently begun heading operations in Morelos state for a gang that broke off from the Beltran Leyva cartel following the death of leader Arturo Beltran Leyva in December 2009, the Public Safety Depart-ment said in a statement Sunday.

New York lawmakers eye Bin Laden bounty for 9/11 victims

NEW YORK (AP) — Two con-gressmen from New York City say that up to $50 million in Osama bin Laden bounty money should go to fi rst responders, survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Rewards for Justice Pro-gram established a bounty of $25 million in 2001 to help bring bin Laden to justice. In 2004, Congress passed legislation providing the secretary of state up to $50 million to award for information leading to the capture of bin Laden.Train crashes pulling into New Jersey station, hurting 34

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A com-muter train from New York pulling into the station for its fi nal stop crashed into the bumpers at the end of the tracks Sunday morning, in-juring 34 people and shutting down service indefi nitely.

None of the injuries in the PATH train’s 8:30 a.m. crash were considered life-threatening, though several victims were taken away on stretchers or put in neck braces as a precaution, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer said. The injured‚ Äî, mostly sustained cuts and bruises.

Gov. Bobby Jindal releases birth certifi cate

(AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who was born in Baton Rouge to immigrant parents from India, has released his birth certifi cate.

The Republican made the move Friday, nine days after President Barack Obama released his own long-form birth certifi cate to further prove that he was born in the United States.

Jindal is considered by some observers as a potential candidate in the 2012 presidential race.

His offi ce says they released the document on request, after being asked whether Jindal’s eligibility to run for offi ce would be affected by a “birthright citizenship” bill.

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(AP) — Grambling State Univer-sity broke its contract with football coach Melvin Spears Jr. when it fi red him in late 2006, and owes him $460,500 ‚Äî plus $130,000 for his attorneys, a Louisiana jury decided.

The East Baton Rouge Parish jury, which handed down the ver-dict Friday, rejected Spears’ claim that the university defamed him.

Spears, 51, was named coach at Alcorn State University earlier this year.

Israel remembers fallen soldiers and attack victims

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel came to a standstill Sunday as air raid si-rens sounded across the country for one minute after nightfall to mark the beginning of its annual memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of attacks.

Speaking at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem before rel-atives of fallen soldiers, Israeli Pres-ident Shimon Peres said the recent calls for democratization in the Arab world offered hope for the future, but Israel would remain vigilant.

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Though Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed budget keeps higher education funding on par with last year, swaths of higher education’s proposed state appropriations rely on legislation that would increase appropriations from students’ pocketbooks to fi ll the funding gap.

The measure in Jindal’s legis-lative packet with the most poten-tial cost to students is House Bill 448, which seeks to increase the full-time tuition cap from 12 to 15 hours for undergraduate students.

Students enrolled in 12 or more hours per semester are cur-rently considered “full-time” and pay a fl at rate for any additional hours enrolled.

HB 448, by Rep. Hollis Downs, R-Ruston , would move the fl at-rate cap to 15 hours, result-ing in increased costs for students taking 15 hours. The bill would similarly raise the cap for gradu-ate students and will be covered by students’ TOPS awards.

Under the governor’s pro-posal, University undergraduates would pay $189 more per credit hour for each credit hour taken be-tween 12 and 15 hours. Most class-es constitute three hours, so this would equate to a $567 increase in students’ tuition for a 15-hour course load.

According to Offi ce of Budget and Planning statistics, the number of students enrolled in 15 hours was double the number enrolled in 12 hours last semester.

Jindal’s reasoning for spon-soring such legislation is to stem the increasing number of students who begin with a full course load only to drop classes by the end of the semester, leaving wasted space in classrooms.

But the importance of this leg-islation is also fi nancial, as state

universities will lose a large por-tion of proposed state funding if legislation fails to garner the two-thirds approval of both legislative chambers. The increase would be covered by TOPS.

LSU’s chief fi nancial offi cer, Eric Monday, said the situation could get ugly for higher educa-tion if Jindal’s proposals fail. The University will lose more than $20 million in proposed funding if that increase fails to pass.

“We go from something man-ageable to something damaging,” Monday said. “Nobody will like the choices we have to make.”

Jindal’s budget also seeks to re-index universities’ operational fees. This legislation would result in more modest cost increases for students but would not be covered by TOPS.

These proposed increases come on top of an already legis-latively approved tuition increase of 10 percent for in-state students and 15 percent for out-of-state stu-dents.

If legislation tied to Jindal’s proposed budget fails to pass, the University could see a midyear budget cut in the coming semester.

Aside from bills tied to the proposed budget, legislators will debate other potential tuition in-creases, changes to the TOPS pro-gram and the management of high-er education, among other topics.

Jindal’s proposal is not the only one that would change the tu-ition cap.

House Bill 25 by Rep. Jerome Richard, I-Thibodaux, would re-move the cap for full-time tuition entirely.

This measure would see tu-ition prorated through 18 hours, so students taking 18 hours pay 50 percent more than students taking the minimum of 12.

This is the second year Rich-ard has authored such legislation at the request of Nicholls State

University, located in his district. His bill last year “never saw the light of day,” according to Richard.

“I just happen to believe this is a fair way to raise tuition,” Rich-ard said. “If you take 15 hours, that is what you pay for instead of letting colleges raise tuition carte blanche.”

Perhaps one of the most hotly contested proposals of the session is the merger of the University of New Orleans and Southern Uni-versity-New Orleans.

House Bill 537, by Jim Tuck-er, would merge the two institu-tions and was debated in the House Education Committee for more than six hours May 4 before being passed to the House Appropria-tions Committee.

The funding of students’ TOPS awards will also be debated later in the session. House Bill 390 by Rep. Jane Smith, R-Bossier City, would amend the constitution to dedicate funds to TOPS.

With tuition set to increase for the next fi ve years from the LA GRAD Act, the cost of TOPS is set to skyrocket. HB 390 would cap money from the Millennium Trust Fund and revert gains from the trust fund to TOPS.

The Millennium Trust Fund is funded by Louisiana’s 1998 To-bacco Settlement.

Because Jindal’s budget re-moves general fund money from TOPS to fund other sections of the budget, failure of the bill could re-sult in a shortfall in TOPS funding.

Jindal has reiterated his intent to fund TOPS in any event.

Senate Bill 50 by Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, seeks to cap TOPS awards. As tuition in-creases, this bill would see TOPS awards insuffi cient to cover tuition at many schools.

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Future tuition, management at stake in legislative session

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Student Government worked both in the spotlight and behind the scenes this year to fight Univer-sity budget cuts after Gov. Bobby Jindal’s midyear cut to higher educa-tion.

J Hudson and Dani Borel, for-mer SG president and vice president, were tenacious through the fall se-mester after several failed attempts to discuss higher education with Jindal.

Hudson sparked the chase af-ter the governor by writing “Atten-tion Gov. Jindal,” a letter to a New Hampshire newspaper asking Jindal to prioritize his own state’s problems ahead of traveling the country. The letter incited Hudson’s message to appear in national headlines.

The duo met with state legisla-tors, who agreed with their worries about higher education and held their mysterious “WhatNow LSU” event, where they unveiled Flagship Advo-cates and asked students to write let-ters to their legislators about budget cuts personally affecting them.

When Hudson and Borel tried to deliver the letters, about 450 to-tal, but Jindal was not at the Capitol, and they met with State Treasurer John Kennedy. Days later, Borel and

Hudson joined Chancellor Michael Martin to finally talk to Jindal and articulate three propositions for him.

While Hudson said he was happy Jindal agreed to meet with them, Borel said they didn’t get the far-reaching answers for which they hoped.

“They were very quick to spout facts and statistics and not make it relevant to higher education,” Borel said.

Borel and Hudson contin-ued their efforts during the spring

semester. Early in the semester, both, along with their executive assis-tant John Parker Ford, appeared on LPB’s taping of “Louisiana Public Square,” where Borel and Ford sat on a panel discussing solutions for higher education.

Borel continued to lead Flag-ship Advocates, while Hudson and Ford moved to create EducateLA, a statewide organization to fight against budget cuts.

Behind the scenes, the SG Sen-ate debated controversial legislation

to support the Flagship Coalition, a lobbyist group for the University at the Capitol. SG originally failed the resolution to endorse the Flagship Coalition, as current SG President Cody Wells debated against the reso-lution, criticizing the coalition for lacking a student voice.

The Senate also brimmed with confusion about what exactly the Flagship Coalition advocated as far as increasing tuition and fees, while Wells called fee increases a loophole that allowed for disguised

tuition increases.However, weeks later, Univer-

sity Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Ad-ministrative Services Eric Monday explained the Flagship Coalition’s aims to the Senate and urged SG to endorse the coalition.

The Senate then passed a reso-lution to “urge the Louisiana Legis-lature to adopt the cost-cutting and efficiencies positions of the Flagship Coalition plan to sustain the compet-itiveness of LSU.”

Most recently, the Senate passed an SG economic proposal written by the SG economic advisers with the assistance of the executive staff and Hudson and Borel, which supposedly represents the “stance of the LSU student body.” The proposal addresses constitutional and statu-tory reforms, consolidating boards of higher education, mergers and au-tonomy using the LA GRAD Act 2.0.

While Hudson said he hopes Wells and his administration con-tinue the fight against budget cuts, Wells has repeatedly said “we’re not going to let the focus of our admin-istration be combating budget cuts.”

However, Wells has also said he and Kathleen Bordelon, SG vice president, will be at the Capitol lob-bying for the University during this session.

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Flagship Advocates write to legislatorsAndrea GalloStaff Writer

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Hudson, Borel tenacious amid Jindal’s budget cuts

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J Hudson and Dani Borel, former SG president and vice president, speak with Gov. Bobby Jindal on Nov. 1. in Denham Springs.


The College Row shopping of the North Gate area saw a large number of developments during the 2010-11 school year, and develop-ers say they believe it will continue.

In November, the North Gate Merchants Association closed down the entire block of West Chimes Street from Infirmary Road to High-land Road on a Friday night for its sixth annual North Gate Fest.

The festival offered residents food from Louie’s Cafe and Taco de Paco, a display of local art called “Stabbed in the Art” in front of clothing store Storyville and music from bands He Bleeds Fire-man, Stage Coach Bandits and Twin Killers.

Clarke Cadzow, owner of Highland Coffees and member of the North Gate Merchants Associa-tion, spoke with The Daily Reveille for a story published Nov. 7.

“The reason [North Gate Fest began] originally was just to have a

fun, safe, outdoor event to highlight the character of the neighborhood,” Cadzow said. “We’ve put a lot of time in to make it right.”

The event kicked off with a “fun run” through campus, which was part of the North Gate

Merchants Association’s plan to make the event enjoyable to all ages, Cadzow said.

When students returned to the University after winter break, they may have been surprised to find that the North Gate area had developed even further since they left.

Cadzow said some of the area’s new assets included a PJ’s Coffee, new sidewalks and a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant.

Nick Hingle, a manager at Buf-falo Wild Wings on Highland, said he has seen positive responses from students since the restaurant opened in January.

Hingle said he’s glad the area around the new restaurant is devel-oping so rapidly.

“I remember years ago, there wasn’t much to do here,” he said. “This is definitely a good thing.”

Tiger Lair food court reopens on campus

DINING

LSU Dining adds new restaurantsEmily HerringtonContributing Writer

ENTERTAINMENT

North Gate developed during 2010-11 school yearNew restaurants, sidewalks addedRachel WarrenStaff Writer

This academic year marked the addition of new food venues on campus and the grand re-opening of Tiger Lair on the second floor of the Student Union.

Tiger Lair was closed at the end of the fall 2009 semester, and loca-tions gradually re-opened through-out this semester.

The newly renovated food court now houses Community Coffee, Papa John’s Pizza, Panda Express, Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, Jamba Juice, Chick-fil-A, Quiznos, Bayou Bistreaux and an On-the-Geaux convenience store.

The new Tiger Lair operates similarly to a mall food court — each restaurant is an individual unit, said David Heidke, LSU Dining di-rector.

“In the old configuration, if you opened up one, you basically had to open the whole food court,” Union Director Shirley Plakidas told The Daily Reveille on Feb. 2.

Community Coffee was the first Tiger Lair location to open on Jan. 31, and Chick-fil-A was the final on March 28.

Tiger Lair was projected to open during the fall semester, Plaki-das told The Daily Reveille on Aug. 22.

Heidke said the Tiger Lair in-curs more than 3,000 transactions per day, as compared to the 1,000 transactions per day in November 2009 at the older site.

Heidke said even with heavy Tiger Lair traffic, LSU Dining’s other locations have not experienced much decline in business.

“We think we’ll see that trend continue to increase,” Heidke said. “Opening late in the semester was a challenge because students have al-ready established their lunch habits. We’ll have a new group of freshmen in the fall, so we’ll have the oppor-tunity to set their habits.”

The Magnolia Room on the third floor of the Union opened in October 2010 after fall 2009 clo-sure. The restaurant is open for lunch Monday through Friday.

“I’m really happy about every-thing opening,” said Shelly Baker, fashion merchandising freshman. “It took a long time, but it was worth it. It’s so convenient.”

Chick-N-Grill, a “fast casual” chicken restaurant, was also added Jan. 31 at the former Pierre’s Land-ing food mart across from Patrick Taylor Hall.

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CVS welcomes students back to campus Aug. 19 at the College Row shopping center at North Gate. The area has added many restaurants in the 2010-11 school year.


From student-powered lawsuits to a widespread program evaluation, the Board of Regents has had a busy spring semester.

The Regents started the year by approving a handful of new members to the Board after Gov. Bobby Jindal selected the appointments to the Board in December. The members included Scott Ballard of Covington; Joe Wiley of Gonzales; Chris Gor-man of Shreveport; and Joe Farr of Monroe. Ed Antie of Lafayette was the only re-appointed member.

The appointments, which con-sisted of all white males, resulted in a lawsuit that called the Board’s makeup “unconstitutional.”

The suit was filed by former Congressman Cleo Fields on Feb. 14 on behalf of seven Southern Univer-sity students who said the composi-tion of the Board did not represent the minority populations of the state.

The controversial suit also put a halt on the Regents’ study of higher education in the New Orleans area. The study, which was called for by Jindal in January, evaluated the fea-sibility of merging the University of New Orleans and Southern Universi-ty-New Orleans.

A long-winded court hearing on the matter was held on Feb. 24 and Judge Timothy Kelley of the 19th Judicial District Court denied the in-junction. Fields, along with the stu-dents, were angered over the ruling and filed an appeal weeks later. The appeal was overruled on April 14.

The Regents’ merger study con-tinued after the initial court hearing, and on March 15 the Board recom-mended an alternative merger.

In other action, the Re-gents unanimously approved the

Academic Program Review results, which terminated 109 degree pro-grams statewide. Of the University’s 31 programs under evaluation, four will be terminated and three will be consolidated.

Students currently enrolled in the programs will have the oppor-tunity to complete their degree or transfer to a new curriculum, Karen Denby, Regents associate commis-sioner for Academic Affairs, said April 27.

The programs were identified as “at-risk” because of low graduation and retention rates.

Commissioner of Higher Edu-cation Jim Purcell, who was hired in February, said on April 27 that “higher education has to morph over time.”

After an academic year full of budget wrangling and political positioning, the final fate of high-er education funding will be de-cided during the summer break.

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s execu-tive budget, proposed early this semester, keeps the level of fund-ing for higher education at the same level next year.

University administrators welcomed that news after receiv-

ing wildly varying es-timates of potent ia l ly catastrophic cuts last se-mester.

G o i n g into the fall s e m e s t e r , administra-tors prepared for a hypo-thetical 23 percent cut in state fund-ing. In the first week of classes, the

Jindal administration instructed them to prepare for a 32 percent cut.

Chancellor Michael Martin said at the time such a cut would be “ruinous to future genera-tions.”

While ominous cuts loomed, the fall semester also marked the announcement of a midyear bud-get cut.

Tax revenues were lower than expected in the fall, creating a $108 million state budget gap and forcing the Jindal administra-tion to cut higher education funds partway through the fiscal year.

LSU administrators origi-nally submitted a plan to cut $2.2 million from the University. But the next week, the LSU System decided to spare cuts to research institutions at Pennington Bio-medical Research Center and the LSU AgCenter, passing the bud-get burden to teaching institu-tions — including LSU.

The next Monday, admin-istrators were told the cut had grown from $2.2 million to $5.1 million.

“I am glad that Penning-ton and the AgCenter have been helped,” Executive Vice Chan-cellor and Provost Jack Hamilton said in a news release at the time. “But I am disappointed that this cut is proportionally much higher for the LSU System — and LSU — than for other higher educa-tion institutions in the state. That

is unfair to our students.”In January, at the start of

spring semester, state officials in-dicated budget cuts could be less grave than previously thought. Jindal eventually announced that he planned to keep budget cuts to higher education under 10 per-cent.

Jindal kept that promise upon releasing his executive bud-get. The governor’s proposal pre-vents cuts to higher education by allowing universities to self-gen-erate revenue, mostly by increas-ing tuition and student fees. It also relies on “increased efficien-cies” throughout state govern-ment.

Much of Jindal’s higher ed-ucation budget depends on the Legislature passing certain bills. If those bills fail, the state could face a budget gap leading to fur-ther University cuts.

If the state can’t find all of the anticipated efficiencies, there will be a midyear deficit and an accompanying midyear cut which will likely affect higher education.

The Louisiana Legislature, which began its regular session last week, must tweak and ap-prove Jindal’s budget before it becomes law.

The Legislature will debate the budget and all bills related to higher education throughout the summer. The final state budget must be approved by June 26.

Once the budget is passed, the state managing boards will distribute the money to indi-vidual campuses. Only then will students know the final fate of the University’s budget.

BUDGET CUTS BOARD OF REGENTS

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Larry Tremblay speaks in front of the Planning, Research and Performance Committee on April 27 at the Board of Regents meeting.

Merger brings lawsuit, controversySydni DunnStaff Writer

Matthew AlbrightChief Staff Writer

State legislature to debate during summer

After year of budget gloom, fate of higher ed. still uncertain

‘I am disappointed

that this cut is proportionally much higher for ... LSU than for

other higher education systems.’Jack Hamilton

Executive vice chancellor and provost


Construction of the E.J. Our-so College of Business Education Complex has run smoothly in the past two semesters and should be open for classes in fall 2012, said Tim Rodrigue, assistant director of alumni and external relations for the College of Business.

The 156,000-square-foot complex will consolidate busi-ness classes on campus and put the University’s business pro-gram on the same level as many others in the U.S., Rodrigue told The Daily Reveille on Aug, 24, 2010.

“Right now, our students take classes in maybe 10 differ-ent buildings on campus, so this will get us closer together as a college,” Rodrigue said.

The complex will house all core undergraduate and graduate business classes as well as a com-mons area, 300-seat auditorium, dining areas and a quadrangle.

Emmett David, director of Facility Development, told The Daily Reveille on Aug. 24 that the complex was one of the big-gest construction projects in the University’s history, and, at the

time, construction slated to end December 2011 was ahead of schedule.

C o n s t r u c t i o n costs had not ex-ceeded the $40 mil-lion construction budget as of Janu-ary 2011, David told The Daily Reveille on Jan. 17.

The entire Col-lege of Business will move to the new complex begin-ning March 2012, David said, and the College of Engi-neering will take over Patrick F.

Taylor Hall. Karen Deville, College of

Business se-nior director of advancement, told The Daily Reveille more than $6 million was needed to reach the $30 million goal and match that same amount given by the state govern-ment in a public-private partnership.

“We continue to meet with

donors and tell our story,” Dev-ille said.

Rodrigue said construction is still on schedule as the College of Business continues toward the $30 million goal.

The “Mike the Builder” blog on the College of Business’ website is constantly updated for

anyone interested in construction progress, he said, and has docu-mented recent milestones includ-ing the installation of many glass walls.

Contact Brian Sibille at [email protected]

Brian SibilleContributing Writer

CONSTRUCTION

Complex will consolidate classes

SHAINA HUNTSBERRY / The Daily Reveille

Construction of the E.J. Ourso College of Business Education Complex is on track for completion by fall of 2012. The BEC is funded by both private and state dollars.

‘[The College of Business Education Complex] will get us closer together as a

college.’Tim Rodrigue

assistant director of alumni and external relations

Business Education Complex slated to open fall 2012


Efforts to raise environmen-tal awareness and become a more environmentally friendly campus have increased at the University.

The Daily Reveille reported Jan. 20 that the University aver-aged 122 tons of recycled mate-rial per month in 2010, which was a 400 percent increase from 2005.

The Daily Reveille also not-ed an increase in non-traditional methods of recycling across campus. Denise Scribner, cam-pus sustainability manager with the Office of Sustainability, said workers have been recycling con-crete from construction projects to be re-used in future projects such as road construction.

The Daily Reveille reported Jan. 20 that 367.78 tons of con-crete were recycled in 2010.

“We have a lot of different programs going on all over cam-pus,” Scribner said.

The University is also using cooking oil to make biodiesel fuel that is used in many campus lawnmowers, according to the Jan. 20 issue of The Daily Rev-eille.

The Daily Reveille reported in February that Horticulture 4012 students strive to institute a composting plan on campus.

William Carney, associate professor and head of the W.A. Callegari Environmental Center, told The Daily Reveille on Feb. 25 about the benefits of compost-ing on campus, which include eliminating waste-removal fees and keeping waste on campus in-stead of putting it in landfills.

“Mother Nature already does

it, so why not us, too?” Carney said.

The Daily Reveille reported on April 16 that the seventh an-nual Louisiana Clean Energy Expo was held in the LSU Ener-gy, Coast & Environment Build-ing to promote alternative fuels for transportation.

The event championed the use of emerging alternative fu-els like propane, natural gas and biodiesel.

“We just wanted to see where the technology is and where the future is,” finance senior Michael Canseco said.

The Daily Reveille reported May 2 that the Horticulture 4012 class presented its plans for cam-pus sustainability.

One section’s suggested sus-tainability plan involved com-posting.

Amanda McWhirt, an agron-omy graduate student who helped write the composting plan, said the proposal would take about two years to be approved and an-other year after to be implement-ed on campus.

The Daily Reveille also re-ported May 2 that the class sug-gested a student-run farm, a bike-sharing program and a wildlife habitat as part of its campus sus-tainability presentation.

Elizabeth Jenkins, an agri-cultural economics graduate stu-dent involved with the compost-ing presentation, told The Daily Reveille the University’s annual expenses for waste removal total around $115,000.

She said composting would cost a one-time startup fee of about $52,000 and an annual fee of $77,000.

The University completed this year its highest grossing fundrais-ing campaign to date, exceeding its $750 million goal.

The Forever LSU campaign raised $764 million and, combined with an additional $34 million in state-matching funds, reached a total of $798 million, according to Former Congressman W. Henson Moore, Forever LSU Campaign chairman.

“Money raised through the campaign will be used to fund 794 new scholarships, 429 profes-sorships, 36 endowed chairs and the construction of the Business School Complex and Band Hall,” Moore said.

The campaign, which began in June of 2006, encountered a few rough periods because of the slug-gish economy, according to Moore.

“We encountered some slow donation periods, especially to-ward the beginning,” Moore said.

However, donors rallied to meet and exceed Forever LSU’s fundraising goal.

“One of the things that defines a great university is its ability to successfully fundraise,” said LSU System President John Lombardi.

The campaign funds will go to help students both now and in the future, said Charlie W. Roberts, president and CEO of LSU Alumni Association.

A celebratory block party was held for students, staff, alumni and donors on April 8. The event included speeches from campaign leaders and Miss LSU-USA as well as free food, giveaways and perfor-mances from Tiger Band and the LSU cheerleaders.

Looking forward, Forever LSU shows no signs of slowing down regarding fundraising.

“We are looking to push more of an ongoing campaign to fund more scholarships and professor-ships,” said Sarah Clayton, alumna and co-chair of the campaign in Atlanta.

Moore said he is looking to target a younger group of donors because the University is missing donations from current students and recent graduates.

“Our aspirations are to build a culture of giving among current students,” Moore said.

Campaign exceeds $750M objective

Josh NaquinContributing Writer

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Kevin ThibodeauxContributing Writer

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FOREVER LSU ENVIRONMENT

Fundraiser raised $798 million

Horticulture class proposes composting

University sees increase in ‘green’ initiatives

EMILY SLACK / The Daily Reveille

Natural resource and ecology junior Elizabeth Hingle discusses a proposal for a University composting program at a class presentation on May 2.



The LSU Theatre Department delivered diverse displays of artistic expressions this semester.

“In Between,” a multifaceted physical performance, explored hu-manity through the abstract repre-sentation of daily life told through dance movements performed on aer-ial silks on Jan. 25. The performance embraced the “in between” of real-ity and fantasy, as well as chaos and tranquility.

Ashley Gieg, choreographer and University alumna, said Nicholas Er-ickson, associate theatre professor, brought aerial silks to the University in 2003.

“It’s very rare for a university supporting an aerial silk program, especially in the South,” Gieg said. “The more people hear about aerial silk performances, the bigger it be-comes at LSU.”

William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” launched Swine Palace’s

spring season Feb. 2 and gave au-diences a contemporary look at one of the most famous tragedies in the English language.

The title character, performed by George Judy, head of the Depart-ment of Theatre’s master of fine arts acting program, descends into mad-ness after foolishly dividing his es-tate among two of his three daugh-ters, revealing the tribulations of family relations.

Judy described the play as an incredibly relevant contemporary piece. He said “King Lear” reflects the divisiveness of the current politi-cal scene and complexities of family relationships.

“The show is the most beauti-ful production in terms of setting and costumes,” Judy said. “It’s a play running with veins of humor and ex-citement. It’s not just the dismal side of what tragedy can be — it’s entic-ingly human and passion-filled.

Students explored censor-ship and controversy in small-town America with Pulitzer Prize finalist

playwright Adam Rapp’s thought-provoking play “The Metal Chil-dren,” performed March 24 through April 10 at the Reilly Theatre.

“The play follows young-adult novelist Tobin Falmouth and his emotional journey to overcome the heartbreak of his wife leaving him for another man,” said Joanna Battles, director of “The Metal Chil-dren” and master of fine arts student.

With an attention-grabbing title and culturally relevant theme, “The Electronic Nigger” tackled race and education through an interactive per-formance at the Music and Dramatic Arts’ Studio this February.

The tragicomedy examined the miseducation of African Americans and the subsequent ramifications through the journey of black intel-lectuals who struggle with the effects education places on their racial iden-tity.

Renaldo McClinton, perfor-mance theatre senior, made his di-rectorial debut with “The Electronic Nigger” and said it was an honor

directing a work by Ed Bullins, legendary African-American play-wright, and wanted to do justice to the heavily titled piece.

“The performance represents the constraints of certain ethnic groups who can’t escape being iden-tified by their skin color rather than their education,” McClinton said.

“Outworks 2011” extended an invitation of love through the fes-tival’s seven short plays based on themes of different sexualities in the Music and Dramatic Arts Studio Theatre this March.

“Outworks is an invitation to love. It contains seven short plays that invite the audience to witness a different kind of love from a dif-ferent perspective,” said Sarah Ford, theatre senior. Ford directed “Leave Me Alone,” a piece about two boys struggling with their sexual identities and relationship.

Jeanne LyonsEntertainment Writer

Claire CaillierContributing Writer

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CONSTRUCTION ENTERTAINMENT

African American Club moves to Hatcher

Theatre Department thrills spring audiences

Four months have passed since the ground blessing of the Afri-can American Cultural Center and Women’s Center. The former build-ings have been demolished and the construction plans are underway.

The centers are temporarily re-located to rooms 319, 323 and 325 in Hatcher Hall while the centers’ new, permanent facilities at the bot-tom level of the parking garage are constructed.

Niya Blair, coordinator of Afri-can American Student Affairs, said the temporary center provides her with more office space.

Blair said she is working on informing students where the new location is and encouraging them to utilize the Center’s services. The Center has used Facebook, e-mail and ambassadors to let students know what’s going on.

“The Center is still here, thriv-ing and providing the same resourc-es and services that were provided at the previous location,” Blair said. “By being across campus, we are able to reach a larger demographic of faculty and students.”

Blair told The Daily Reveille on Feb. 8 there are hopes for na-tional projects with the coming of the new center.

“When we have the new center, we hope to host a national confer-ence for the [Association for Black Cultural Centers],” Blair said.

The original African American Cultural Center was established in 1993 and reflects the concept of the Harambee House, which is “coming together,” according to the African American Cultural Center.

The $1.5 million expansion project is underway and will almost double both centers’ square footage, according to a news release.

The new African American Cultural Center will have a multi-purpose room, a conference room, six offices, an open reception and lounge areas, as well as a library and artifacts room, an open outdoor courtyard, a unisex dressing room, a work room and a kitchenette.

The new space is projected to be completed in 2012.

Katrice Albert, vice provost of Equity, Diversity and Community Outreach, told The Daily Reveille on Feb. 8 as the University becomes more modern, updating the centers becomes more necessary.

“Letting go is required,” Albert said. “The time has come for stu-dents to experience a better space.”

SportsMonday, May 9, 2011 page 11

It wasn’t a huge year athleti-cally for LSU. There were moments for certain sports, but not a whole lot of positives have gone down.

That means while some of these moments may have a shining light on them, others are moments the programs would rather not re-member.

10. VOLLEYBALL CAPTURES SEC WEST

LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory’s squad captured their sixth-straight Southeastern Conference Western Division title in the 2010 season.

The volleyball team would be the only team (as of now) to win an SEC West crown in this academic year.

9. BASKETBALL LOSES TO NICHOLLS

LSU’s basketball team fell to Nicholls State, 62-53, on Nov. 16, a loss that was indicative of the 11-21 season that was to come.

But it was more than just a loss. It marked the first time the Ti-gers lost on their home court to an in-state team since Dec. 6, 1988, when LSU lost to Louisiana Tech, 111-109 in overtime.

8. FICO TOSSES PERFECT GAME

For just the third time in pro-gram history, LSU softball had a

My top 10 moments of the 2010-11 school year

MOMENTS, see page 22

An 11-2 finish and victory in the Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M last season were long-forgotten events when the LSU football team began spring practice March 11.

The Tigers have a different look on all sides of the ball and on the coaching staff. Their head man, Les Miles, is back for a seventh sea-son, as is defensive coordinator John Chavis, but offensive coordinator

Steve Kragthorpe and special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey are new to the party.

Fifteen players, including six potential defensive starters, did not play in the National L Club Spring Game on April 9.

The defense next season will be without the services of four for-mer players who were selected in the NFL draft — cornerback Patrick Peterson (No. 5 overall to the Ari-zona Cardinals), linebacker Kelvin Sheppard (third round to the Buf-falo Bills), defensive lineman Drake Nevis (third round to the Indianapo-lis Colts) and defensive lineman Lazarius Levingston (seventh round to the Seattle Seahawks).

Sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery, senior linebacker Kar-nell Hatcher and senior safety Bran-don Taylor all wore green non-con-tact jerseys throughout the spring. Junior defensive tackle Josh Downs and junior defensive end Lavar Ed-wards also did not play in the spring game.

LSU coach Les Miles said he simply did not want to risk any fur-ther complications to injured play-ers.

“We’re a little nicked right now, certainly at the back end of the spring,” Miles said. “The ones that are there have really paid the price

Rachel WhittakerSports Writer

Tigers lose star defenders to draft

FOOTBALL

Changes to staff, roster highlight LSU spring practice

GRANT GUTIERREZ / The Daily Reveille

Former LSU running back Stevan Ridley (34) dodges Texas A&M defenders Jan. 7 during the Tigers’ 41-24 win against the Aggies in the Cotton Bowl.

Oh, we’re halfway there

If the LSU baseball season was a play, it’s just intermission.

The Tigers have only two more South-eastern Conference series remaining and have played 46 of their 56 games in the regular season, but their postseason fate is far from determined.

A hot start and a sweep against then-No. 6 Cal State Fullerton had many believing youth wouldn’t concern the Tigers.

SEC play was another story.LSU struggled to begin conference ac-

tion, getting swept by Florida and losing five of its first six SEC series before sweep-ing Kentucky and losing two out of three

against Alabama.Still, the mediocrity of the SEC West has

the Tigers just four and a half out of first place as no teams have a record over .500 in confer-ence play.

LSU possesses 13 freshmen, including consistent starters in second baseman JaCoby Jones and catcher Ty Ross, and just two se-niors.

Jones was originally pegged as the start-ing third baseman before LSU coach Paul Mainieri decided to switch him to second base with junior Tyler Hanover.

The main location of the youngsters lies in the bullpen and pitching staff.

Freshmen pitchers Kurt McCune and Kevin Gausman are the weekly Friday and Saturday night starters, respectively.

McCune, a former teammate of junior left fielder Trey Watkins at Destrehan, was not even projected to be in the rotation before the season but turned into a consistent week-end starter with a 3.51 ERA.

Gausman leads the Tigers in strikeouts with 62.

Other freshmen pitchers include Kevin Berry, a potential closer who had a 3.00 ERA in 24 innings, and Ryan Eades, who became the typical midweek starter late in the season and who Mainieri said is capable of becoming a weekend starter in upcoming seasons.

One characteristic defining LSU’s season has been its commitment to small ball after former Tiger sluggers Blake Dean and Micah

Rowan KavnerSports Writer

Tigers still have postseason hopes looming after up-and-down regular season start

BLAIR LOCKHART / The Daily Reveille

Sophomore first baseman Mason Katz eyes a throw May 3 during LSU’s 6-2 win against Tulane. Katz and the Tigers lost two out of three this weekend against Alabama.

SCHWEHMMING AROUNDAndy SchwehmSports columnist

BASEBALL, see page 22

SPRING, see page 22


For most students, the arrival of finals week signals the end of the school year and the beginning of a lazy summer break — but not for the LSU track and field teams.

It’s championship time, and they’ve got work to do.

The No. 1 Lady Tigers and the No. 2 Tigers will travel to Athens, Ga., at the conclusion of finals week for the Southeastern Conference championship meet.

The NCAA Championship takes place June 8-11, and a handful of LSU’s national contenders will make the trip to Des Moines, Iowa, to try to claim LSU’s fourth outdoor team championship in the last decade.

“I’m confident that we’re going to have good meets. We’re a con-tender at the SEC meet, and we’re a contender at the NCAA meet,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “If we take care of business on a daily ba-sis I expect both teams to represent LSU very well in those champion-ship meets.”

Shaver said he understands the added stress his athletes experience during finals week, but he conveyed

a message to his teams to ease their stress.

“I told the team yesterday that they need to take care of business to go to the championship meets and do what it is that they had done to get themselves in that position, and they’ll be fine,” Shaver said.

Both the Tigers and the Lady Tigers have been near the top of the national rankings throughout the in-door and outdoor seasons, and both had an athlete claim an indoor title this spring.

Sophomore sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan burst on the scene to claim a title in the 200-meter dash after fin-ishing 13th in the event in her fresh-man season.

Duncan, who was the world’s top-ranked performer in the event be-fore the championship meet, cruised around the track in 22.85 seconds to secure her first collegiate title.

Senior Walter Henning won his third collegiate title at the NCAA in-door meet, winning the weight throw with a mark of 72-8 1/2.

“This season has gone as well as we anticipated it to,” Shaver said. “I’m extremely pleased with the competitive nature of both teams and how they’ve been able to get things done when the pressure was there.”

The LSU men’s basketball team showed minimal improvement dur-ing the 2010-11 season.

The Tigers struggled to win games, claiming only three South-eastern Conference victories, with four freshmen and no seniors on the roster.

LSU finished in the cellar of the SEC for the second-consecutive season with a 3-13 conference record after going 2-14 in the SEC during the 2009-10 campaign.

This season was billed to be a rebuilding year with the addition of a highly-touted recruiting class.

But it seemed more frustrating than fulfilling as the freshmen had a rough time adjusting to the college game.

LSU hit a low Nov. 16 when Nicholls State beat the Tigers, 62-53, snapping an 82-game home winning streak to in-state schools.

The Tigers went on to go 7-6 in their remaining out-of-conference games.

The first two SEC games gave a glimmer of hope to the Maravich Maniacs.

LSU handled Auburn, 62-55, on the road and then Arkansas, 56-53, at home to start the SEC slate with a surprising 2-0 record.

“It sounds a lot better than 0-2,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said after the Arkansas game. “This is short-lived if we don’t play with a sense of urgency and do those things that we talk about — rebounding, defending and taking care of the ball.”

Junior forward Garrett Green came out of nowhere to combine for 28 points and 15 rebounds in the two games.

“We’re all just competing, and we know that it is really hard to win,” Green said after the game. “It feels good to win.”

But the winning ways were short-lived as the Tigers failed to find a “W” in the next 42 days.

LSU lost 10 conference games in a row, including a 38-point loss to Kentucky in Rupp Arena and a 27-point beatdown against Ole Miss in the PMAC.

The Tigers finally snapped their losing streak Feb. 23 when Missis-sippi State came to Baton Rouge and LSU took care of the Bulldogs, 84-82.

The season ended when a sec-ond-half comeback was cut short against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tour-nament, 62-50, drawing to conclu-sion another forgettable season.

The men’s basketball program hasn’t experienced as much futility in a two-year stretch since 1996-98.

The final year of former coach Dale Brown’s 25-season career and the first year of the John Brady era also combined for five SEC wins.

Freshman guard Ralston Turner developed into a leader on the court, averaging a team-high 12.3 points a night, but a foot injury kept him out of five games.

Freshman point guard Andre Stringer was second on the squad with 11.2 points a game, but he com-mitted 82 turnovers and struggled to distribute the ball in clutch situa-tions.

Production decreased from ju-nior forward Storm Warren, going from an average of 11.8 points and 7.2 rebounds a night in 2009-10 to 7.7 points and 5.7 rebounds this past season.

Next season LSU will be with-out sophomore guard Aaron Dotson,

who is transferring to Utah and walk-on point guard Daron Populist, who is pursuing a scholarship.

But the Tigers will welcome freshman center Johnny O’Bryant, guard John Isaac and point guard Anthony Hickey.

Hickey, a Hopkinsville, Ky., na-tive, signed with LSU on May 3.

“Now we have enough play-ers in the program,” Johnson said during his postseason press confer-ence. “There’s not a game we’ll play next year that if we play well, we shouldn’t be able to compete with teams on the road or at home.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL TRACK & FIELD

LSU gears up for finals, championship meets

LSU stumbles through rough season

Team snares two individual titlesLuke JohnsonSports Contributor

Michael LambertSports Writer

Contact Michael Lambert at [email protected]

Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]

BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman forward Matt Derenbecker attempts a jumpshot Feb. 5 during the Tigers’ 58-57 loss against Mississippi State in the PMAC.


Tony Minnis has made a living of getting the most from his play-ers.

Not only has the LSU wom-en’s tennis coach been a mainstay on the court at the University since 1992, but he has groomed one of the school’s most successful aca-demic programs.

Last season wasn’t any dif-ferent, as his team posted a 3.373 team grade point average, the high-est among 16 varsity sports, ac-cording to grade reports obtained by The Daily Reveille from LSU through an open records request.

The numbers are from the 2009-10 season, which is the most recent compiled by the University.

“I’m very hard on them,” Min-nis said. “Obviously you’re here to be an athlete, but more important-ly, you’re here to get a degree.”

While Minnis is a fierce in-structor on the court, he under-stands the rigors of a full-time stu-dent athlete.

“What’s always been great about Tony … if we ask for practice off to study for a test, he’ll give that to us because he knows how hard [school] is to bal-ance,” said senior Kylie Adamek, who is in the pro-cess of applying for medical school.

Besides the women’s tennis team, the gymnas-tics (3.27), softball (3.163), volley-ball (3.105), soccer (3.085), men’s golf (3.039), men’s tennis (3.034), women’s swimming (3.033) and women’s golf (3.023) teams all posted GPAs of more than 3.0.

In fact, eight of the top 10 highest team averages were wom-en’s sports, which correlate with University averages. Women’s sports averaged a 3.06 GPA while the men came in at 2.715.

The University average for

2009-10 was nearly identical. Uni-versity women averaged a 3.022 and the men a 2.797.

Minnis tried to pinpoint why women’s sports historically tend to be higher than men.

“The opportunities are limited for female student athletes to go pro and make a lot of money,” he said. “It’s easier to say when you walk on campus, I’ve got to really focus and get my degree. On the men’s side, they’re more op-portunities.”

Overall, LSU athletics finished with a 2.728 GPA. That figure has been nearly equiv-alent the past de-cade. In 1999-00, the teams com-bined for a 2.719 average.

Near the bot-tom of the list are baseball (2.687), women’s bas-ketball (2.577), men’s basketball (2.477) and football, which had the lowest GPA with a 2.329.

“What we use GPAs for is not so much for a com-parison amongst teams, we look at it more along the lines of where to identity where people need ad-ditional assistance or teams who need to focus more on study habits,” Se-nior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Wom-an Administrator Miriam Segar said.

Sports Infor-mation Director Michael Bonnette and LSU football coach Les Miles didn’t respond to multiple inter-view requests, nor did Executive Director for the Cox Academic Center for Student Athletes Ken Miles.

Meanwhile, LSU men’s bas-ketball coach Trent Johnson, who came to LSU from Stanford, said his team has a long way to go to enhance their grades.

“We’ve had some work to do and demands have been put on our guys,” he said. “Are we where we need to be? By no means we’re not.”

GPAs aren’t the only measure the athletic department looks at.

They also moni-tor the Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Suc-cess Rate.

Johnson said Chris Bass, Storm Warren, Garrett Green and Mal-colm White are all on track to graduate next year, which will make him more proud than any GPA number.

“I stay hard and firm on not the figures, not the stats, but the indi-vidual and mak-ing sure we can do what ever we can to supply him with

the resources so he can graduate and … have a good degree,” John-son said.

The GPAs of baseball, basket-ball and football grades at LSU are on par with national averages.

Smaller sports tend to harbor athletes that play at the collegiate level for their own personal satis-faction, like Minnis described with women athletes, while those play-ing baseball, basketball or football have dreams of playing profession-al where money comes in bundles.

These dreams could be a rea-son GPAs tend to be lower.

Educational upbringing also plays a part.

“It’s not like everyone is com-ing in here with the same standards … there are some that have to work their living tail off just to get C’s and B’s,” Johnson said.

Even so, some things can’t be corrected.

During the past 10 years, base-ball, men’s basketball and football have hovered around a 2.5 GPA. For that matter, every sport has stayed relatively the same.

But Johnson even admitted the numbers nationally for the ma-jor spectator sports are unlikely to change in the future.

“Right now in the sport of football and the sport of basketball, especially basketball, those figures are probably never going to move

up,” he said.

Women’s tennis, football represent academic highs, lowsFemale teams have highest averagesSean IsabellaDeputy Sports Editor

LSU Sports GPAs2009-10

FALL

Men: 2.789

Women: 3.012

Semester Avg: 2.903

SPRING

Men: 2.804

Women: 3.031

Semester Avg: 2.92

YEAR AVERAGES

Men: 2.7965

Women: 3.0215

Total: 2.9115

‘Obviously you’re here to be

an athlete, but more importantly,

you’re here to get a degree.’

Tony MinnisLSU women’s tennis coach

Contact Sean Isabella at [email protected]




The 2010-11 season was without a doubt a memorable one for the LSU women’s basket-ball team. Most of the memories weren’t too pleasant, however.

LSU started the season off on the wrong foot, dropping its first two games of the year.

The Lady Tigers rebounded from their 0-2 start, improving their record to 10-4 to cap off the non-conference slate that featured three top-10 teams, in-cluding No. 1 Connecticut, No. 7 Ohio State and No. 9 UCLA.

It wouldn’t be the last time LSU would have a run in with UCLA.

Heading into the Southeast-ern Conference season, the Lady Tigers were searching for a spark.

“The SEC is a whole differ-ent season,” said freshman guard Jeanne Kenney. “You could have a terrible preseason and then come out with everybody click-ing.”

The conference slate brought another roller coaster of emotion for LSU.

The Lady Tigers trudged through the SEC schedule lack-ing any sort of streak, going 16 games without winning or losing three consecutive contests.

“When the pressure gets on, we can’t get it done. It isn’t just about this or that. We’re strug-gling under pressure to get what we want run,” former LSU coach Van Chancellor said after a Feb. 20 loss at Arkansas. “We have our work cut out for us.”

LSU finished the season with a 19-13 overall record, an 8-8 conference record and vying for a spot in the NCAA tournament.

Fifteen SEC teams have posted exactly a .500 record in league since the conference ex-panded to a 12-game schedule in 1997, and 10 of those teams

made the NCAA tournament.Despite the odds, the Lady

Tigers were left out of the tourna-ment for the first time in 13 years, dating back to 1998.

“I never envisioned we’d be faced with a day like today,” Chancellor said after hearing the news.

The rocky 2011 campaign for Chancellor spelled the end of the road for the Hall of Fame coach.

He stepped down as head coach in mid-March and accept-ed a position in LSU’s athletic administration under the title of “assistant to the athletic director” to finish out his LSU contract.

On April 2, LSU hired for-mer UCLA coach Nikki Caldwell to take the reins as head coach.

Caldwell, who won a nation-al championship as both a player and a coach at Tennessee, com-piled a 72-26 record in her three years at UCLA and was named Pacific-10 Coach of the Year in 2010 after a 25-9 season.

“Nikki is one of the best and brightest coaches in the country, and LSU fans will be proud of the way she will represent this pro-gram,” Vice Chancellor and Di-rector of Athletics Joe Alleva said in a news release. “She has all the qualities to bring our program to national prominence.”

Caldwell began her coach-ing career as an assistant at Vir-ginia in 1999 before returning to her alma mater under legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt in 2003.

During her tenure in Knox-ville, Caldwell helped the Lady Volunteers reach the Final Four five times, including a pair of na-tional titles.

“I never would have pre-sented LSU to my staff if I didn’t think it would be great for all of us,” Caldwell said. “I want this to be my home.”

BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior guard Katherine Graham drives to the basket Jan. 30 in the PMAC during the Lady Tigers’ 47-41 win against the Lady Bulldogs.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Roller coaster season ends with signs of bright future in CaldwellChancellor replaced as head coachMark ClementsSports Contributor

Contact Mark Clements at [email protected]


The 2011 season began with business as usual for the LSU soft-ball team.

LSU coach Yvette Girouard opened her 11th season with LSU, and the Tigers rolled through the ear-ly nonconference schedule, winning 12 of their first 17 games.

The high point of the early sea-son came Feb. 16 against Southeast-ern Louisiana. Sophomore pitcher Rachele Fico threw the third perfect game in program history, striking out seven of the 15 batters she faced.

“Being in this atmosphere, sur-rounded by my teammates, it’s just a great day to be a Tiger,” Fico said after the game. “I love it here. My teammates mean the world to me,

and it amazes me that I was able to accomplish something like that with my teammates behind me.”

But on March 4, the season took a surprising turn. Girouard an-nounced she would retire at the end of the season, leaving most of the players in shock.

“It was a really sad moment,” said junior outfielder Ashley Lan-goni. “It was shocking to us that she was going to be leaving us this year. There were a lot of tears shed.”

The Tigers rallied behind their legendary leader to win all three games following Girouard’s an-nouncement, but the season began slipping away when LSU opened its Southeastern Conference schedule.

LSU dropped five straight games against then-No. 2 Florida and then-No. 1 Georgia. The Tigers continued to struggle, falling to Southern Miss and Kentucky. That skid dropped LSU out of the rank-ings for the first time since 2005.

But the Tigers rebounded to

take two out of three from Kentucky, and they haven’t looked back since.

Since that opening loss to Ken-tucky, the Tigers have won 20 of their last 23 contests. LSU’s only three losses during that period came in a three-game sweep by then-No. 6 Tennessee.

The high point of Girouard’s final season came when the Tigers swept then-No. 1 Alabama, the pro-gram’s first series sweep of a top-ranked opponent. The wild series saw 31 innings and two extra-inning walk-off home runs by junior infield-er Anissa Young.

“That weekend was phenome-nal,” Girouard said. “We had always dreamed of sweeping them, but at that point we weren’t playing well, and they were.”

LSU closed the season on a 12-game winning streak, taking its final 11 SEC games to finish second in the SEC West and clinch a spot in the SEC tournament for the 14th con-secutive season.

Despite the success LSU had this season, the offense struggled to find its stride. The Tigers were un-able to record a hit against Alabama in a 2-0 victory for LSU.

But Fico and junior pitcher Brit-tany Mack fueled LSU with domi-nant pitching efforts. The duo com-bined for a 29-14 record and struck out 322 batters. They also recorded five consecutive shutouts from April 20-27.

But for sophomore catcher Lau-ren Houston, the most critical part of the season is sending out Girouard on a high note.

“All we’re going to try and do is keep playing well and keep playing hard the way we have been,” Hous-ton said. “We’re on a winning streak, so we’re just going to keep playing Tiger softball.”

GYMNASTICS SOFTBALL

Tigers struggle with lack of experience

Tigers reach SEC tourney for 14th time in a row

Contact Hunter Paniagua at [email protected]

Contact Rob Landry at [email protected]

Rob LandrySports Contributor

Hunter PaniaguaSports Contributor

Girouard coaches final season at LSU

Before the season began, the LSU gymnastics team was already facing an uphill battle.

The Tigers were faced with the task of attempting to replace four se-niors from the 2010 squad — includ-ing three time National Champion Susan Jackson.

Then in the team’s first meet of the season, Sam Engle, the team’s lone senior, went down with an ankle injury.

The injury put the Tigers down a solid performer, but most impor-tantly, left the Tigers without their most experienced competitor.

But when LSU’s youngsters, es-pecially the freshmen, were thrown into the fire, they responded by over-achieving on a regular basis.

Freshman Sarie Morrison be-came an early staple of the Tigers’ all-around lineup. She averaged a 38.880 in the all-around for the sea-son and was named to the All-South-eastern Conference Second Team and was named SEC Freshman of the Week once during the season.

Despite struggling in the win/loss column during the season — the Tigers finished 8-15 — the Tigers qualified for the NCAA Regional in Athens, Ga.

In the Athens Regional, LSU finished in third place, so it did not qualify for the NCAA Champion-ships, but redshirt freshman Kaleigh Dickson qualified for the individual championships in the all-around.

“We’ve shown some kinks in the armor this season, and we never got any momentum going tonight,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “We showed our youth and inexperience, but we were as prepared as we could have been. Next year we are going to be a force to be reckoned with.”

The Tigers’ roster will again contain only one senior in 2012, but they will have two returning All-Americans, Dickson and senior Ash-ley Lee.

At the 2011 NCAA Champion-ships, Dickson finished in seventh place and was named a Second Team All-American.

She marks the 10th gymnast in LSU history to garner All-American honors.

“I am as proud of her for the ac-complishment and type of competi-tion she put together as I have been for any athlete we have had,” Breaux said. “The fact she came back from a serious injury, stayed in the process the whole time and never wavered is amazing. She was a leader for us all season long, and I couldn’t be more proud.”


If there’s one thing I’ve learned in four years of journal-ism classes, it’s to question and evaluate every quote, action or explanation.

With that in mind, I’d like to examine the latest show of sup-port for LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva.

On April 15, the LSU Board of Supervisors voted to extend Alleva’s contract three more years through the end of the 2015-2016 athletic year.

Pardon me while I embrace my inner skeptic.

Why? What has he possibly done to merit such an extension?

Based on the timing of the announcement, it’s not a stretch to infer that the extension was a gift-wrapped pat on the back for his hiring of new women’s bas-ketball coach Nikki Caldwell.

Make no mistake, Caldwell is a good basketball coach. She took UCLA from a perennial doormat to NCAA tournament participant in an extremely short span, winning 2010 Pacific-10 Coach of the Year in the process.

However, she’s not an elite coach — which would be fine if she hadn’t gotten elite money.

Caldwell jumped up from $300,000 at UCLA to $700,000 at LSU, more than any coach dur-ing LSU’s run of five consecutive

Final Fours made. She couldn’t even beat the

man she’s replacing. One of the few highlights of LSU’s season was beating UCLA 55-53 in Los Angeles.

Also, her next Sweet 16 ap-pearance will be her first.

What are they going to pay her once she starts winning?

That is, if she wins. Three years ago, Alleva’s

first hire at LSU was a Pac-10 coach who’d recently won coach of the year honors, and his tenure hasn’t exactly been a slam dunk thus far.

For a department that talked about the need for fiscal responsi-bility when introducing new foot-ball parking fees, Caldwell’s con-tract is markedly irresponsible.

And then there’s Alleva’s undying love of the non-revenue sports.

Without a doubt, there have been improvements. The com-plete renovation of the University Club golf course was needed, as was the new outdoor track sur-face. But other than that, it’s been all big sports, all the time.

LSU is the only school in the Southeastern Conference with-out an indoor tennis court. Carl Maddox Fieldhouse doesn’t even have a banked track, and the Na-tatorium is one of the worst ven-ues in the conference.

At least Tiger Stadium is getting new windows. Which reminds me — when are those coming in?

If money and facilities aren’t

your thing, maybe results are. In 2007-08, the year before

Alleva arrived, LSU finished eighth in the Director’s Cup, a

competition that ranks athletic programs based on all sports.

In Alleva’s first year, LSU fell slightly to ninth, but it was

still the school’s best two-year stretch in the history of the com-petition.

Last year, LSU dropped all the way down to 19th.

Time for a comeback? Not so far. In the latest standings for 2010-11, LSU is ranked 26th.

The Tigers could make the postseason in every sport remain-ing, but other than track, it’s hard to imagine any big point totals out there.

But wait until he gets his own players and coaches, right?

I’ve yet to understand how a national-championship winning baseball coach can draw such ire from a message board, but an ath-letic director who has never hired a national champion coach in his entire career is above reproach.

If you aren’t concerned about the direction of the Athletic Department, you’re asking the wrong questions. Or, worse yet, asking none at all.

Alleva’s performance does not merit 3-year contract extension

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LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva discusses student football tickets Jan. 29, 2010, at the Board of Supervisiors meeting.

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There was no question the LSU tennis teams struggled this semester.

The Lady Tigers ended a transition season with an 11-13 record and a loss to Kentucky on April 21 in the Southeastern Conference Championship tour-nament.

The Tigers (11-13, 5-6) also got ousted in the SEC tournament by No. 5 Georgia but will con-tinue into postseason play with a spot in the NCAA Championship tournament. LSU will face Indi-ana on May 13 at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas.

LSU found itself facing a tough sched-ule and a few weeks of bad weather early in the spring. Without the benefit of an indoor tennis facility, the Tigers were forced to move their practices to places like the Country Club of Louisiana.

The Lady Tigers found them-selves in a similar predicament, practicing in airport hangars or wherever they could find a suit-able place.

“It’s been a very, very tough spring as far as weather is con-cerned,” LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis said at the time. “It’s made it tough on our play-ers. ... They’ve had good atti-tudes about it.”

The combination of the weather and schedule took its toll on the Tigers early on. They lost four of five matches during a road

stretch from Feb. 12 to March 6. Three of those losses came to

top-15 teams — No. 4 Ohio State on Feb 12., No. 14 Texas A&M on Feb. 27 and No. 11 Florida on March 4.

The Tigers had one of their best moments of the season in their win against the Aggies. LSU’s No. 14 ranked doubles pair of junior Neal Skupski and senior Sebastian Carlsson defeated the No. 1-ranked duo of Jeff Dadamo and Austin Krajicek, 8-6.

“We fought really hard in doubles, and we would take that effort on the road every time,” LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown said following the match. “[Skup-ski and Carlsson] are going in the right direction, and anytime you beat an opponent of that caliber it’s a big win.”

The Tigers began to find their stride at the end of the road skid with a 5-2 victory against South Carolina. They picked up wins

against No. 22 Ole Miss, No. 16 Michi-gan and No. 18 Au-burn before ending the regular season with a 6-1 victory against Arkansas.

The Lady Tigers started the semes-ter on a three-match losing skid before

getting their first win against Tu-lane on Feb. 16. It wasn’t until a 2-5 loss to Oklahoma State that Minnis forced the team to make some changes.

Minnis placed sophomore Keri Frankenberger and fresh-man Yvette Vlaar together on a doubles team, breaking up the duo of Frankenberger and junior Whitney Wolf.

Wolf and Frankenberger had experienced success in the fall but couldn’t find a win in the spring, prompting Minnis to shuffle the lineup.

The Lady Tigers won five matches in a row following the

change. They got some help late in the season with the addition of junior college transfer Olivia Howlett, who played in the last seven matches of the regular sea-son.

Howlett’s presence ultimate-ly didn’t help an injury-plagued team. The Lady Tigers won two of their last seven matches, end-ing the regular season with a 4-3 loss to No. 19 Arkansas.

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LSU junior tennis player Mark Bowtell competes in a match Feb. 8. The men’s tennis team has earned a spot in the NCAA Championship Tournament.

‘[The weather has] made it tough on

our players.’

Tony MinnisLSU women’s tennis coach


Gibbs jetted to the pros.“It was pretty easy the last

four years,” Mainieri said. “When I started to write out a lineup I al-ways started with the No. 3 hole where I always put Blake Dean’s name.”

The Tigers’ famous “gorilla ball” style has been replaced by bunts and steals, due in large part to LSU’s athleticism, speed and a new style of bat that is supposed to act more like a wooden bat.

LSU already has more sacri-fice bunts this season than in any previous year.

“We don’t have as much home run power, but I think we’ve got a lot more speed this year,” Hanover said.

Junior center fielder Mikie Mahtook seems to be one of the few athletes whose power hasn’t subsided. Mahtook leads LSU and the SEC with 12 home runs this season.

Mainieri said before the season sophomore Mason Katz would get the “first shot” in right field, and so far he has made the most of that opportunity.

After breaking his hand against Auburn, Katz came back a week earlier than anticipated and went 8-for-11 with a home run and five doubles against Ken-tucky. He is hitting .322 this sea-son.

“I worked real hard with my injury doing everything I could do to make sure when I came back my swing would be as good as possible, and it’s paying off,” Katz said. “We have a chance to do something great this season and make a run late.”

The Tigers have lacked con-sistency at first base and left field. Four different players have played left field, with the most starts going to Watkins, while five Tigers have played first base, with the most starts going to sophomore Alex Edward.

LSU is first in runs scored (313) and RBIs (278) among SEC teams for the season but are seventh in runs scored (97) and eighth in RBIs (82) in the confer-ence in SEC games.

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pitcher throw a perfect game.This time around, it was sopho-

more Rachele Fico who threw a 5-inning perfect game with seven strikeouts in a 9-0 victory against Southeastern Louisiana on Feb. 16.

7. RECORDS FALL ON NEW TRACK SURFACE

The new Mondo track surface at Bernie Moore Stadium provided an extra boost to the Tigers at the LSU Relays, as three stadium re-cords fell during the meet.

6. TREPP WINS FIRST SEC IN-DIVIDUAL TITLE SINCE 1997

LSU senior swimmer Jane Trepp set an SEC record en route to winning LSU’s first individual SEC title since 1997.

Trepp shattered the previous SEC record in the 100-yard breast-stroke with a time of 59.29 on Feb. 18 at the SEC Championships.

She later became the only swimmer in LSU history to make three individual “A” finals at the NCAA meet.

5. SOFTBALL SWEEPS ALA-BAMA

In LSU softball coach Yvette Girouard’s last season at the helm of the Tigers, they got what was ar-guably the biggest series sweep in program history.

LSU swept Alabama for the first time since 2004 with a pair of extra-inning victories and a 2-0 shutout to finish off the Crimson Tide.

The series also had a three-game attendance total of 5,931, an LSU record for an SEC weekend series.

4. FOOTBALL TAKES DOWN A&M IN COTTON BOWL

It wasn’t quite the bowl game the Tigers were looking for, but Les Miles’ squad took care of business against Texas A&M in Cowboys

Stadium, defeating the Aggies, 41-24.

Senior wide receiver Terrence Toliver had his biggest game as a Tiger, catching three touchdowns from junior Jordan Jefferson.

The Tiger running backs got in on the action as junior Stevan Ridley and freshman Spencer Ware combined for 207 yards on the ground with each eclipsing the cen-tury mark.

3. BASEBALL SWEEPS FUL-LERTON, TAKES PLUNGE

The Tiger baseball team started off the season with a 16-1 record that included a sweep of then-No. 6 Cal State Fullerton.

Then things got rocky, as the Tigers dropped 16 of their next 24 games.

2. CHANCELLOR STEPS DOWN, CALDWELL HIRED

Shortly after the end of a disap-pointing 19-13 season that had the Lady Tigers fall just short of a bid to the NCAA Tournament, LSU wom-en’s basketball coach Van Chancel-lor stepped down.

Athletic Director Joe Alleva took little time to find a replace-ment, hiring then-UCLA coach Nikki Caldwell to the helm of the program.

1. LES EATS GRASS, BEATS BAMA

It is a moment no LSU fan will forget for a long time.

Les Miles ate grass off the turf in Tiger Stadium, and he beat Ala-bama and former LSU coach Nick Saban, 24-21.

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and improved. Sam Montgomery really could have played some this spring, but why would you? Just let him have another strong summer and be ready to play in the fall.”

Quarterbacks Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee are seniors now, but they will need more than just expe-rience to propel the passing game out of the cellar of the Southeastern Conference next season. Jefferson was a woeful 4-for-14 in the spring game.

Sophomore transfer quarter-back Zach Mettenberger provided a new face in spring practice, and he rifled a 60-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the second half in the spring game.

Miles said during spring prac-tice that there’s still more to do.

“In the back half of the spring, Lee and Mettenberger have contin-ued to press,” Miles said. “Zach is certainly improving in the knowl-edge of his play, and his throws are really good. ... I feel the same way about Lee. Jefferson is a more com-plete quarterback.”

Sophomore running back Spen-cer Ware picked up right where he left off by capping the spring with 94 yards rushing and 50 yards receiv-ing. He immediately went back to baseball after the spring game.

Stevan Ridley was the third

LSU player drafted this past week, as the New England Patriots picked him in the third round.

Offensive lineman Joseph Barksdale went in the fourth round to the Oakland Raiders.

Former LSU wide receiver Ter-rence Toliver went undrafted, as did kicker Josh Jasper.

Juniors Rueben Randle and Russell Shepard will be the veterans in the receiving corps with Toliver’s departure.

McGaughey also has a young group of special teamers to work with. He said several players have a chance to be active in the return game, namely Randle, running back Jakhari Gore, and cornerbacks Ron Brooks, Morris Claiborne and Tyrann Mathieu.

Drew Alleman and Brad Wing are new at kicker and punter, respec-tively.

“Drew has a great temperament, and that’s key to have as a successful field goal kicker,” McGaughey said. “Brad Wing has tremendous talent, a very focused young man. He has the ability to punt in the NFL.”

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LSU coach Les Miles and his players celebrate Jan. 7 after winning the Cotton Bowl.


The LSU golf teams entered the spring with high expectations and even a bit of pressure.

It turns out the hype was deserved, as both the men’s and women’s squads spent the dura-tion of the semester in the top 10 of the polls and in contention at nearly every tournament.

The No. 9 Tigers won four tournaments during the year — the most by any LSU team in one season since the men’s team won four in 1988-89 — and finished inside the top five of all seven spring tournaments against con-sistently stellar competition.

Seniors John Peterson and Andrew Loupe led the way all spring, collecting top-10s and earning impressive individual ac-colades.

Peterson, who is a Ben Ho-gan Award candidate, took run-ner-up at last month’s Southeast-ern Conference Championship, four top-10 finishes in the spring and added an individual title at the Jones Cup Invitational, a prestigious amateur event in Sea Island, Ga.

Loupe finished second in the Bulls Bay Invitational and quali-fied for the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic in New Orleans in April and won the SEC Golfer of the Week Award for his consecutive top-five finishes at the Bulls Bay and LSU Invitationals.

Senior transfer Ken Looper gave the Tigers another top-shelf player, as he’s ranked 61st in the country. Juniors Austin Gutgsell and Sang Yi and freshman An-drew Presley provided LSU with the quality depth necessary for the Tigers’ consistent play.

LSU will compete in NCAA regionals on May 19-21 at a site to be determined, with the top five teams from each regional advancing to the national cham-pionship the following week.

The No. 6 Lady Tigers earned their best SEC Champion-ship finish since 2004, as fresh-man Austin Ernst and senior Me-gan McChrystal spurred the team to a third-place result.

Ernst won her first collegiate tournament at the Central Dis-trict Invitational in February, fin-ished in a tie for ninth at the SEC Championship and was named to the All-SEC second and fresh-man teams, but still struggled at times with inconsistent play and high scores.

The All-American McChrys-tal was ranked No. 1 for much of the spring, placed second at the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in March, posted the second-lowest scoring average in the conference and earned her third-consecutive

All-SEC first team honors.McChrystal grabbed co-

medalist honors at the NCAA Regionals on Saturday in South Bend, Ind., leading the Lady Ti-gers to a second-place finish. With the performance comes a ticket to the NCAA Champion-ships.

McChrystal checked in at two-over-par to tie with UCLA’s Stephanie Kono for top honors. The rest of the team wasn’t far

behind either, with freshman Austin Ernst tying for third and senior Amalie Vall tying for 22nd.

As a team LSU shot an 30-over-par 894, finishing four shots back of UCLA.

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Ten years ago, I was an awk-ward fifth-grader with embarrass-ingly round glasses, feeling like an outcast in Mississippi. At age 11, I encountered a magical place where I fit in — Tiger Stadium.

Around this time, a movie pre-miered paralleling my situation.

The release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001

altered pop cul-ture forever. The on-screen depiction of this imaginary world made anything seem possible, espe-cially for Harry, whose literary life had three

installments left.I already explored Pottermania

last semester for the first half of the “Deathly Hallows” film finale, and I abhor the abused adjective “epic” — but even the trailer for “Part Two,” due July 15, deserves this descriptor.

And it won’t really end there.In December, I visited The

Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando — and almost applied to be a house elf at the magnificently recreated Hogwarts. Stepping into this theme park feels like immersing yourself into the films. Its creators spared no intricate detail.

I will spare you any spoilers, however. Just start preparing for one of the best vacations ever.

Even visitors who aren’t hard-core fans of the phenomenon can appreciate the park (I went with two Muggles), proving the bloody bril-liance of “Harry Potter” isn’t just J.K. Rowling’s novels or their cine-matic equivalents — it’s the massive, timeless subculture they inspired.

Kelly Hotard is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Picayune, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_khotard.

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Next decade will bring gains in civil rights

ROCKING THE CRADLE

Arab Spring culminates in discontentThe 2011 Arab Spring revolu-

tions have been most significant po-litical shifts of the decade, if not our generation.

For years we have awaited such bold action while our leaders shook hands with dictators and did busi-ness with royal criminals. After all, it was not our place — nor in our best interest, for that matter — to intervene.

Ten years ago, we attempted just that in Iraq — to topple a dic-tator and give the people a govern-ment of their own. But as the saying goes, “If you teach a man to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime.” We now see how potent a public acting upon its own volition can be.

A decade ago, we were the

victim of violent religious extrem-ism fresh out of the Middle East, and after years of festering stereotypes

and prejudices the Arab Spring now throws all of the misguid-ed antagonism back in our faces.

Finally, we witness grass-roots discon-tent for the fundamentalists

who target our country and any oth-ers that hope to join the modern era. We have seen the people of Iran pro-testing for an end to theocracy, and we have even seen women, who are

typically shunned from the political sphere in Arab states, itching to stake claims in their reborn countries.

As the battles for freedom per-sist in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco and Zimbabwe, to name a few, we see that the decade ahead is sure to provide more surprises than the last.

Clayton Crockett is a 19-year-old international studies freshman from Lafayette. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ccrockett.

SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE

Few scientific issues in the past 10 years have affected and polarized us as intensely as climate change. A growing scientific con-sensus points to human production

of greenhouse gases as the cause, but many Ameri-cans disagree with climatol-ogists, believ-ing the con-sensus to be less than over-whelming.

In actuality, about 90 percent of climatologists accept man-made climate change, compared to about

half of the general public. Oil com-panies and other businesses reliant on greenhouse gases have been quite effective at convincing politi-cians and the public the scientific consensus is incorrect.

Their success is frustrating but not surprising. Climate change may have started as a scientific is-sue, but as soon as industries real-ized it could affect profits, it was pushed into the political limelight.

As human beings, we gener-ally are not fans of change, and ac-cepting the consensus could oblige us to change everything in our lives from the car we drive to the food we eat.

On the other hand, trusting

the oil companies means we don’t have to change a thing. But it does mean we have to trust the same people responsible for the worst environmental disasters in our na-tion’s history to have our best in-terests at heart.

Andrew Shockey is a 20-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey.

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Harry Potter culture defines a decade

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With the death of Osama bin Laden bringing an unofficial end to the “aughts” decade one week ago, it would be easy to overlook the importance of one social move-ment in the United States during that time frame.

Decades of advocacy led to the Supreme Court decision Law-rence v. Texas in 2003, which declared states’ sodomy laws un-constitutional and invalid. It was a first step for a movement that has struggled to gain traction nation-wide since its initial intensification in the 1960s.

Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex mar-riage in 2004, and Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and New Hamp-shire soon followed. The end of the decade brought the repeal of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, as well as two attempts at the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act.

However, there is still much

progress to be made. Louisiana’s non-discrimination provision for LGBTQ persons was allowed to expire in 2008, and our state, along

with 44 others, still refuses ho-mosexuals the right to marry.

T h o u g h these past 10 years constitute the most prom-inent progress for same-sex equality yet,

the next decade will likely be one in which true strides can be ob-served.

Chris Seemann is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_CSeemann.

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SOUTHERN DISCOURSE

In the first decade of the new millennium, nothing shaped Loui-

siana quite as drastically as Hurricane Ka-trina.

The gov-ernment’s fail-ure to respond to Katrina e m p h a s i z e d the inadequa-cies of those

responsible — former President George Bush, former Gov. Kath-leen Blanco and FEMA director Michael Brown. Not one leader in-volved in the response is currently in office or, for that matter, made it out unscathed.

Damages caused by Katrina reached $81 billion dollars, ac-cording to the National Hurricane Center.

The population in Louisiana decreased by about 100,000 peo-ple, according to a comparison of the 2000 and 2010 censuses. Loui-siana was only one of two states (the other being North Dakota) to decrease in population from

2000 to 2008, according to The Advocate.

In a literal sense, Katrina shaped the coastline – but not for the benefit of the state. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated 217 square miles of land were trans-formed to water by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which put the coastal land loss in 2005 at about 700 percent greater than estimated.

Both literally and figuratively, disasters like Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Rita, oil spills and corrupt politicians have shaped the Sportsman’s Paradise, and if unchecked, they threaten to dam-age our coastlines and cripple our economy permanently.

Macy Linton is a 19-year-old international studies freshman from Memphis, Tenn. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Mlinton.

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PRESS X TO NOT DIE

Nintendo to unveil new console at E3When it comes to technol-

ogy, 10 years is a lifetime.The same timeline also ap-

plies to video games.In the past decade, we’ve

gone through almost two genera-tions of video-game consoles.

Spanning from 2000 with the launch of the PlayStation 2 to 2006 when the Wii was released, the gaming world has seen the release of six home consoles and five handhelds, if we count all versions of the Nintendo DS.

Nintendo has dominated the console wars recently with Wii and DS lineup.

However, Nintendo isn’t just going to sit on top of its gi-ant wad of cash. The house that

Mario built is leading the way into a brand new generation of home consoles.

Not satisfied with the re-cent release of the 3DS, Nin-

tendo plans on unveiling its brand new home console at this year’s Electronic En-t e r t a i n m e n t Expo with a tentative 2012 release.

W h i l e only rumors and speculations are flying around right now, the console seems impressive, and I can’t wait to see what Nintendo

has to bring to this year’s E3 con-ference.

Be sure to continue reading The Daily Reveille this summer as I report all of the new and ex-citing things from Nintendo and everyone else at this year’s E3 expo.

Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

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FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY

War on terror’s impact unknownUndoubtedly, when we look

back on the 10 years between 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden’s ul-timate demise, some things will stick out in the world of politics.

Of all the events, though, one in particu-lar seems to be easily the most important: the d e c l a r a t i o n of the War on Terror.

Dec la red nine days af-ter the tragic events of Sept.

11, 2001, President George W. Bush first used the term “War on Terror” in a joint speech to Congress.

According to Bush, it only begins with al-Qaida, but it will not end until “every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.”

Furthermore, Bush did not seem to be lying when he dis-cussed the lengths we would take to wage this war.

Nearly 10 years later, his claims of “we will direct every resource at our command” cer-tainly seem to ring true.

In the end, though, can we really say this war has made us safer or allowed us to keep the ideals we hold true?

Since 2001, we’ve invaded Iraq, used waterboarding and wiretapped our own citizens— and who knows what else has

been kept from us.Perhaps, when we finally are

able to look back on all the facts, we’ll finally see just how big an event this declaration was.

Maybe then we’ll see just how un-American the lengths we’ve gone to have really been.

Zachary Davis is a 20-year-old history junior from Warsaw, Poland. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_zdavis.

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WALKING ON THIN ICE

Take responsibility for climate changeDecades ago, environmental-

ists were frequently seen simply as tree-huggers or vegan hippies — fringe outcasts worshipping Mother Earth. But with this new decade, it seems like everyone is starting to care about the environ-ment a little bit more.

Apparently, despite the fact that few students actually un-derstand global warming, many people are making an effort to maintain the planet — recycling, avoiding unnecessary waste and reducing carbon dioxide emis-sions.

But many of us are not taking responsibility for climate change. We are still in denial.

Even in the face of

Hurricane Katrina, along with countless other hurricanes and tsunamis around the world that

have left us all shocked and mournful, many still re-fuse to see the connection be-tween excess carbon dioxide emissions and drastic weather changes.

Aside from “natural” disas-ters, we pose a serious threat to ourselves. The Deepwater Hori-zon spill, for example, was one of the largest environmental di-sasters of the decade — not just

because of its overall and lasting damage, but the sheer number of people effected.

You had enough time, nay-sayers. The evidence is over-whelming now — when the ani-mals and the land suffer from our stupid mistakes, so do we.

Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year old pre-veterinary science fresh-man. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Pbhatia.Priyanka Bhatia

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A BETTER PILL TO SWALLOW

Declared finished by 2003, the completion of the Human Ge-nome Project was heralded as one of the greatest victories achieved by the scientific community in the past decade.

Faced with the unprec-edented task of determin-ing all 3.3 bil-lion base-pairs of the human genome, the HGP required the collabora-tion of scien-tists across the world.

The scientific technology and techniques developed through the HGP have reduced what was once a $3 billion undertaking to a somewhat fiscally feasible en-deavor.

As relatively affordable as it has become now, personal ge-nome sequencing is expected to plummet in the upcoming de-cade — a notion that is almost as frightening as it is exciting.

Sooner or later, sequencing

one’s genome will become quite fashionable and commonplace.

The information we have already gleaned from genome sequencing has brought about numerous advances in medicine. In the hands of capable scientists, the treatment of disease has be-come increasingly flexible and less reliant on guesswork.

But what will be done with such information when it is placed into the hands of laypeo-ple or those with vested interests?

Without the direct guidance of those with expertise, there will be many of those who live and die by the information locked away in their genome, for better or worse.

Chris Freyder is a 21-year-old biological sciences junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Cfreyder.

Contact Chris Freyder at [email protected]

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