The LSU Board of Supervi-sors welcomed back former Chair-man Ron Anderson at its meeting Thursday. He was fi rst appointed to the Board by Gov. Mike Foster, and Gov. Bobby Jindal announced last week he would reappoint Anderson.

Anderson will fi ll the seat vacat-ed by Board member Louis Lambert, whose term expired in June.

The Board began its meeting by discussing the impact of mid-year budget cuts on the System’s insti-tutions. The University is facing a $10.3 million mid-year budget cut.

In addition to a reduction in state general funds of nearly $29 million, selected programs have been reduced by 5 percent for a total of $107,500.

The Board asked each of its in-stitutions to target areas where funds can be reduced.

The University proposed reduc-ing the amount of funding provided to the Digital Media Center for AVA-TAR.

The Board also approved the

new Tiger Marching Band Hall’s ex-terior design.

The hall is 19,500 square feet, including an indoor rehearsal room, musical instrument storage, uniform storage and dressing rooms and fea-tures practice fi elds on the northeast side of campus.

The new facility will replace the facility adjacent to the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.

The total cost is $10 million with $5 million in self-generated funds from the University.

To a Louisianian, the name Xavier on the LSU men’s basketball team’s schedule probably doesn’t in-spire much enthusiasm.

But as New Orleans Hornets forward and former Musketeer Da-vid West would say, this is Xavier of Ohio (16-2, 5-0), not Xavier Univer-sity of Louisiana. The No. 15 Mus-keteers will be LSU’s fi rst ranked opponent of the season when the two teams square off Saturday at 7 p.m. in the PMAC.

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Blake Oser and his parents handed out carbon monoxide detectors to passerbys Thursday in the Northgate area, hoping to raise awareness and spur preven-tion. They know fi rst hand the dangers of the highly toxic gas.

Sterling Kyle Oser , Blake’s older brother , was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment at 528 E. State St. on Saturday afternoon. Kyle’s death was accidental, caused by a natu-ral gas space heater in a small, unventilated room, according to Sgt. Don Kelly, Baton Rouge Po-lice Department spokesman . Lyric Cox , Kyle’s girlfriend and renter of the apartment , was found with Kyle and is currently in the ICU at West Jefferson Hospital , where she is expected to survive.

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WORLD NEWS

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Military defense attorneys said they were eager for a new chap-ter as President Barack Obama Thursday ordered the closure of the offshore prison here. But many questions remain about how and where to pros-ecute terror suspects once it is shut down. Some involved in America’s attempt to put them on trial say the cases can easily be transferred to fed-eral courts. Others predict cases built on hearsay evidence or confessions obtained through harsh interrogations would collapse or could never be brought to trial.

Jubilation, uncertainty at Gitmo after Obama order

Spanish police confiscate suspected fake DalisMADRID, Spain (AP) — Spanish police said Thursday they had confiscated dozens of suspected fake Dali art-works that were to be put on sale in the southern town of Estepona. A total of 81 pieces were seized, 12 of which might be genuine pieces designed by Salvador Dali and are very similar to pieces listed on Interpol and Spanish police records as having been stolen in Belgium, France and the United States, a police statement says.

NATION, STATE AND CITY BRIEFS

Rally marks Roe v. Wade anniversaryWASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of abortion opponents rallied Thursday on the National Mall to mark the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade amid concerns they could face political setbacks under the new president. The rally and subsequent march to the Supreme Court came two days after the swearing-in of President Barack Obama, which many demonstrators said emphasized their need to become more vocal with their message. Among those attending the rally was Kirk Kramer of Cottage City, Md. Kramer, a Democrat, said he has mixed feel-ings about Obama. He supports the president’s position on Iraq but said he was concerned about statements Obama made during the campaign indicating support for the Freedom of Choice Act, which would overrule many state-level restrictions on access to abortion.

JACQUELYN MARTIN / The Associated PressAbortion opponents gather for a rally on the National Mall in Washington on Thursday before marching to the Supreme Court to mark the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade March for Life.

Obama’s personal win: keeping the BlackBerry

Police: VaTech student knew suspected killer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important person-al victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry. Obama will be the first sitting president to use e-mail, and he has been reluctant to part with his ever-present handheld device. Its use will be limited to keeping in touch with senior staff and personal friends, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Alone and in a new country, graduate student Xin Yang reached out to other students at Virginia Tech when she arrived two weeks ago, trying to establish life on campus. She went to social events with international students and appeared to be making friends, those who met her said. But one of the friendships may have led to her death: Police say she was decapitated with a kitchen knife while having coffee with a Chinese doc-toral student in a campus cafe Wednesday night.

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While many students have been dissatisfi ed with the way Student Government spends their dollars, this semester’s SG election will fi -nally provide an opportunity for stu-dents’ voices to be heard.

As part of a new SG initiative inspired by the actions of universi-ties including Yale, the Senate is now taking suggestions on how best to spend about $5,000 of student fees.

“This is an opportunity for stu-dents to get a say in the funds that al-

ready go to SG and have them spent on something they want,” said Sen. Tyler Martin, College of Business, who sits on the Temporary Student Initiatives Committee overseeing the program.

Students received a broadcast e-mail Jan. 20 asking them to submit project ideas to the SG Senate. Drop boxes will be set up at each of the University colleges today to collect student suggestions and will remain there until Feb. 10.

Sen. Greg Upton, College of Business, said the biggest com-plaints SG receives from students is about how and why student funds are spent.

Student opinions vary on how the money could best be spent. Sug-gestions range from smaller ideas

with more directed investments to larger projects, which could involve the whole campus.

“I would hire more tutors and counselors so students can have an equal opportunity to get aid with their studies and their personal lives,” said Samuel Devall, mathematics sopho-more.

Erica Callihan, communication dis-orders junior, said she would like to see more beautifi cation projects and a greener campus. She also suggested improving the campus parking situa-tion for off-campus students.

Even if they agreed with the new initiative, many other students

were less sure where they would like to see the funds spent.

“I really don’t know where I would spend the money,” said Brit-tany Martin, business management

freshman. “I’m not really sure what the campus could do with $5,000.”

In its e-mail to the students, the SG Senate offered the students direct control over $5,000

from the Senate Contingency Ac-count. The amount was set as a ball-park fi gure.

“The neat thing about this bill is that the number 5,000 does not ap-pear on it at all,” said . “If a great idea were proposed that cost

$7,500, we would consider that, too.”

Student suggestions will be col-lected through Feb. 10, after which SG offi cials will sort through the ideas to weed out those that are un-feasible or impractical. Of those sug-gestions left, only three will be put up for a vote on the ballot in the com-ing spring election.

More than 40 students replied to the broadcast e-mail Tuesday within four hours of it being sent, according to Martin. While some of the ideas did not fall within the scope of the program – such as fi xing the Univer-sity bus system – Martin said any in-put from students is benefi cial.

Each semester, the University’s ROTC passes command of the unit to a new battalion commander based on physical fi tness, academics and leadership skills. This tradition takes place bi-annually, and this semester Meredith Woodward became the fi rst female chosen to be battalion com-mander at the University.

The University’s Army ROTC’s change of command ceremony — in which commanders over each com-pany and the battalion commander pass their titles and responsibilities to the new commanders — took place Thursday.

The students in Army ROTC stood in formation, hands placed be-hind their backs and feet at shoulders

width, waiting for the ceremony to begin. The color guard held the unit fl ag. Then Lt. Col. Philip Pugh , Pres-ton Collich , general studies senior , and Meredith Woodward , biochem-istry senior, entered and took three seats at the front. After both an invo-cation and the national anthem had been presented, Pugh spoke briefl y about both Collich , Woodward and the ROTC program overall.

At the ceremony a fl ag, called the battalion guidon , was passed from Collich, the current battalion commander to Meridith Woodward, incoming commander . This fl ag is always in the unit’s colors and sym-bolizes the unit’s identity . The pass-ing of the fl ag symbolizes the leader-ship and command of the unit being passed from one leader to the next .

Pugh said Woodward excels as a leader and in physical fi tness, point-ing out that she received a perfect score on her physical fi tness test .

Each semester the ROTC has a

change of command ceremony, Pugh said. The commanders are always se-nior cadets, and they run the battal-ion almost completely on their own . The battalion commander is respon-sible for running events for ROTC and attending weekly briefi ngs with Pugh . Some of the events Woodward said she will be responsible for han-dling are Chancellor’s day, the mili-tary ball and FTX, a joint physical training session between all of the region’s ROTC units . Last semester Collich said he helped with events such as salutes, stadium clean-ups, and a ranger challenge team .

The cadets are chosen to be commanders by an evaluation based on 16 different dimensions of leader-ship including communication skills, decision-making skills and their abil-ity to motivate the rest of the unit. The cadet’s GPA and physical fi tness level are both taken into account .

In today’s digital world, stu-dents could potentially gain access to all required course readings without ever spending a penny.

Since the University instituted Moodle as its only course manage-ment system this semester, more professors are posting excerpts and chapters from books, handbooks and other works like articles, poems and online materials.

While posting texts helps stu-dents’ wallets and acts as a handy tool, one problem that arises is copy-right law.

There is an exemption in the copyright law for the limited use of copyrighted material in education, but the distinction between fair use and infringement may be unclear and not easily defi ned.

“Professors have to be aware the rules don’t change signifi cantly just because the material is distrib-uted on Moodle as opposed to the classroom,” said Louis Day, mass communication professor.

The law does not defi ne a spe-cifi c number of words, lines or notes that may be used in a classroom without permission.

“There is no quantitative mea-sure written into the law that cov-ers all works, and it would be hard because there are so many different works out there,” Day said. “The question is if it is fair use and how much you can use.”

Copying parts of copyrighted works, like paragraphs, for educa-tion purposes qualifi es as fair use. But copying an entire chapter may be questionable.

“Copying a couple of pages of a 1,000 page novel is not very sub-stantial,” Day said. “But copying four lines out of a 16 line poem is 25 percent, so that’s a lot.”

Though there is no set measure

of what is legal or not, different orga-nizations produce guidelines on what they believe is legitimate. Congress developed guidelines, but they were never written into the law, Day said.

“My publisher told me that I could not quote more than 50 words from any source,” Day said. “I have no idea where that [number] came from, but if I’m quoting from a 10,000 word piece, 50 words is just a drop in the bucket.”

The rules are vague and moni-toring Moodle would be diffi cult for the University and time consuming for the publishers. Professors must rely on common sense to decide what is fair use and what is infringe-ment, Day said.

Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, Eng-lish professor and Communication across the Curriculum director, re-quires her students to purchase one textbook each semester. But because she can’t fi nd one textbook contain-ing all the information students need, she often posts readings online to

ROTC

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Woodward a leader in fi tness, academics

ROTC welcomes fi rst female battalion commander

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Copyright laws still unclear to some

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Lt. Col. Philip M Pugh Jr. [left], Cadet Meridith Woodward [center] and Cadet Preston Collich [right] stand at attention Thursday at the change of command ceremony. Woodward is the fi rst female battalion commander for the LSU Army ROTC.ROTC, see page 5

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The outcome of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disas-ters that occurred in Louisiana caused offi cials to talk about the unorganized plans of many local and national leaders’ decisions for the coastal community.

The Coastal Protection Res-toration Authority of Louisiana gave emergency and local of-fi cials an opportunity to discuss their experiences, assumptions and initiatives for the coastal communities in Louisiana by hosting a two-day Flood Protec-tion and Ecosystem Restoration Conference that continues today in the Energy, Coast and Envi-

ronment Building in the Dalton J. Woods Auditorium.

“We have had previous pro-grams before, but this conference is targeted toward a broader au-dience,” said John Pine, Director of Disaster Science and Manage-ment.

Since levees are a big part of the Louisiana community, panel members discussed topics includ-ing comprehensive planning for restoring ecosystems, protecting communities, coastal hazards, inland fl ood risks, storm surge modeling and fl ood-protection is-sues.

Some of the panel mem-bers included Alexandra Evans , Transportation, Coastal Protec-tion and Environmental Adviser for Louisiana Recovery Author-ity; Sandra Gunner , Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Community Development of

Louisiana Recovery Authority; Eric Shaw , Community Plan-ner for Louisiana Offi ce of State Planning and Louisiana Recovery Authority and Windell Curole , General Manager of the South Levee District.

Mark Davis , Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Insti-tute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane University said that comprehensive planning is the beginning to a better, safer and stronger coastal community.

“It was not a mistake that people settled here in Louisiana,” Davis said . “We have huge value here and we want to make people more confi dent to stay here.”

The Multiple Lines of De-fense Strategy, which controls fl ood and wetland restoration in coastal Louisiana is one of the plans created before hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Carlton Dufrechou , Direc-tor of Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, said the Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy will not just work along levees as other man-made features are needed.

“Building levees that are high is feasible, but they will not last forever,” Dufrechou said .

Melanie Gall , an assistant professor and sesearcher of the Stephenson Disaster Manage-ment Institute, said in order to re-duce fl ood damage and its impact on individuals in the community, mitigation is needed.

Mitigation is the process of planning, programming, setting policies, coordinating, facilitat-ing, raising awareness, assisting and strengthening.

“One of the biggest ben-efi ts of reducing fl ood damage is building levees,” Gall said . “Many people think that when

you live behind a levee that you are safe. This is a false sense of security”.

The National Flood Insur-ance Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance, Flood Control Act, Emergency Loans and Rural Housing Loans and Grants are some of the fi nancial resources that will support the coastal haz-ards and comprehensive planning initiatives.

Today, the Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Con-ference will cover the structural controls of building levees, plan-ning, maintaining and enhancing the fl ood protection system from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Baton Rouge felt the full wrath of Mother Nature last se-mester as Hurricane Gustav rav-aged Southern Louisiana.

The natural disaster added to a recent increase in severe weather highlighted by hurri-canes including Katrina and Rita. Many experts speculated global warming contributed to these hur-ricanes, but now evidence shows the changing climate causes more hurricanes, thunderstorms and even snow — which University students witnessed on campus for the fi rst time in nearly 30 years during fi nal exams.

Global warming causes more deep convective clouds to form, according to a NASA study re-leased on Dec. 19. Deep convec-tive clouds differ from the aver-age cloud by reaching higher within the atmosphere and in turn leading to more severe weather and rainfall.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab-oratory senior research scientist Hartmut Aumann released these fi ndings during a speech to the American Geophysical Union. His team’s fi ndings showed high cloud formation strongly corre-lates with the average sea surface temperature in tropical oceans. Every degree Centigrade — 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit — increase in surface water temperature causes a 45 percent increase in the fre-quency of high clouds formed, which compose the tightly packed centers of hurricanes.

“Clouds and rain have been the weakest link in climate pre-diction,” Aumann said. “The in-teraction between the daytime warming of the sea surface under clear-sky conditions and increas-es in the formation of low clouds,

high clouds and, ultimately, rain is very complicated. The high clouds in our observations . . . present the greatest diffi culties for current climate models.”

But climatologists will know only the probable amount of high clouds to form. They still cannot guarantee which high clouds be-come hurricanes.

“It’s a chicken-before-the-egg-scenario,” said Barry Keim, Louisiana state climatologist. “We are still not sure if the high clouds cause the hurricanes or the hurri-canes cause the high clouds.”

Regardless of which came fi rst, the warmer waters have cre-ated more severe weather in the past decade than this area nor-mally experiences, according to Aumann’s report.

Even the snowfall arose from global warming’s development of more rain bearing high clouds during the winter months. The

excess high clouds created larger fronts that along with a dip in the Jetsream brought Baton Rouge several inches of snow Dec. 11.

The warm water storms affect Louisiana economically through damaged property, destroyed wetlands and disrupted migration patterns among coastal wildlife, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

“We are currently studying if global warming has effected the migration patterns of ducks, par-ticularly mallards, to Louisiana,” said Frank Rohwer, program leader in Wildlife & Fisheries School of Renewable Resources. “The warmer weather up North allows them to stay longer and feed off grain in the fi elds ... like they prefer.”

The warm water also affects the Louisiana fi shing industry

ENVIRONMENT

By Kimberly BrownContributing Writer

CPRA hosts fi rst conference

NASA: Global warming leads to more hurricanesENVIRONMENT

By Peter HubbsContributing Writer

Studies focus on water temperatures

Planning needed for state’s fl ood protection systems

graphic by Delia LuduHURRICANE, see page 5

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A two-page document known as Act No. 473 is the cause of heated controversy throughout the state.

The State Board of Elemen-tary and Secondary Education ap-proved new rules last Thursday on 2008 legislation allowing science teachers to discuss and challenge controversial issues, including global warming, the origins of life and the Charles Darwin theory of evolution.

The Louisiana Science Edu-cation Act, signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal on June 25 , also gives sci-

ence teachers the green light to bring in outside materials includ-ing textbooks not part of the cur-riculum.

But the idea of teachers chal-lenging evolution and teaching other theories has some groups nervous, such as the American Civil Liberties Union.

“We are very concerned about this law, as a way to sneak religion into the classroom,” said Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjo-rie Esman.

No violations of the First Amendment will occur if teachers follow the guidelines set in the leg-islation, Esman said. But the ACLU is watching for any signs of educa-tors teaching creation, because the act was endorsed by the Louisiana Family Forum, a non-profi t Chris-tian organization.

Louisiana Family Forum helped write the document and en-dorsed the bill before it was brought to the House of Representatives.

“We put the safe-guards in place to say no religion can be ad-vanced,” said Gene Mills, Louisi-ana Family Forum executive direc-tor.

Mills said the act was not meant to advance religion but to use the facts to prove inaccuracies in science.

The State Senate unanimously passed the act, which said the law will not “promote any religious doctrine” or “promote discrimina-tion for or against religion or non-religion.”

In the past, teachers have been afraid to approach the subject, Mills said. Teachers now have con-fi dence to discuss controversial is-

sues in the classroom with the new law.

The supplemented textbooks teachers can bring in the classroom must meet the same standards as other textbooks, Mills said.

Christopher Gregg, biological sciences professor, said it’s det-rimental to science when outside topics are introduced.

The idea of intelligent design is “based on the idea that universe and life is so complex it couldn’t have come together without some designer,” Gregg said. “The prob-lem with that idea is there is no way to test what that is.”

Moshe Cohen, Hillel interim program director, said science and religion are two separate issues that should not be mixed together.

“I don’t think evolution chal-lenges why we are here,” Cohen

said. Steve Pollock, biological sci-

ences professor, said creationism does not belong in science text-books.

“Authentic scientifi c inquiry is based on the things that can be studied and tested.” Pollock said in an e-mail.

Mills said the act will not al-low educators to teach religion in the classroom but instead, have open discussions about evolution and present new discoveries.

The school districts can now decide what materials are allowed in the classroom, he said.

supplement the text.“You have to be careful about

what is fair use for educational pur-poses,” Bridwell-Bowles said. “But if I fi nd one article here and one article there, and it’s relevant to my class-room, then I post it on Moodle.”

Since posting to Moodle is more economical for students, Bridwell-Bowles posts two or three articles a week in addition to scanning in text-book excerpts.

“I’m careful about not scan-ning too much and following those fair use policies,” she said. “I’m not copying more than 10 pages out of a 300 page textbook.”

Bridwell-Bowles said she draws from about 50 different textbooks a semester.

“This is not new for me,” she said. “I’ve been supplementing text-books my whole career.”

But Bridwell-Bowles said if she needed to copy a large section of a textbook, she would require students to purchase it instead.

“I’m actually the editor of a couple of textbooks myself, and I wouldn’t want people copying,” she said. “If they’re going to use a great

deal of what I’ve put together, I’d ap-preciate it if they’d have the students buy it.”

Bridwell-Bowles said a state-ment to faculty about violating copy-rights could be useful when posting to Moodle.

“I think [posting online] is a trend,” Bridwell-Bowles said. “We’re all going in that direction be-cause of cost.”

Rachel Dowty, disaster man-agement professor, said she also uses Moodle to post the course syllabus and readings.

“I prefer to draw materials from a variety of sources,” she said. “It helps consolidate these sources where students can access them.”

Dowty said students used to rely on the library reserves, and students were forced to read course materials professors kept on fi le at the library.

“The reliability of Moodle ac-cess and functionality has been an issue at times, but I still think it beats having to wait in line for library re-serves,” Dowty said.

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ACLU concerned about new measure

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by causing the outbreak of large algal blooms that infect shellfi sh with cholera and creating stormy weather that prevents use of the seas.

The high frequency of hur-ricanes threatens to get worse as global warming increases air temperatures over time, but some experts still believe the problem will subside because the water temperatures follows a different cycle.

“The jump from global warming air temperature change to ocean surface temperature change is too great without more evidence,” Keim said. “The North Atlantic temperature patterns are great proof that the ocean surface temperature does not follow the same pattern as the air tempera-ture at all. However, this study helps point research in the right direction because cloud formation is the wildcard in understanding global climates.”

HURRICANE, from page 4

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida offi cials said a man has confessed to sending a mysterious message through the school’s emer-gency text message system.

UF spokesman Steve Orlando told The Gainesville Sun that the man, a former employee of the uni-versity’s text messaging service, told investigators the message was sent by accident.

Thousands of current and former faculty, staff and students received a text message reading “The monkey got out of the cage” Tuesday night.

Orlando said it does not appear that university data was compro-mised.

Authorities are investigating the incident. The university said offi -cials are working to determine which agency has jurisdiction the case.

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After the cadets’ third year they attend a four-week camp called the Leader Development and Assess-ment course . When Pugh decides the next battalion commander, he takes into account his or her performance at this camp .

“Sometimes students who per-form well at the University don’t do well at the camp,” Pugh said. “Students who exceed both at the University and the camp are usually chosen.”

The change of command cer-emony is an Army tradition that has been practiced since the era of Fred-erick the Great of Prussia .

Woodward , who was executive offi cer of the unit last semester , said this didn’t come as a complete sur-prise to her.

“Basically, it’s my responsibil-ity now to make sure that everything happens smoothly,” Woodward said.

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according to Don Moreau, chief of operations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Offi ce. A normal level is between 0 and 2 percent .

Carbon monoxide is an odor-less, colorless gas created from any burning fuel. When breathed in, carbon monoxide is absorbed by the blood, preventing the body from using oxygen prop-erly. Common symptoms of car-bon monoxide poisoning include headache, seizures, cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 170 people in the U.S. die every year from carbon monox-ide produced by non-automotive

consumer products, like space heaters.

The space heater in Cox’s bedroom, where she and Oser were found, was built into a wall. Cox’s apartment had four space heaters total, but the only one in use on Saturday was in the bed-room, Lee Cox, Lyric’s brother, said.

Barry Mounce, assistant to the Fire Chief, said every win-ter the fi re department deals with several incidents of carbon mon-oxide poisoning.

“If [a space heater] is work-ing properly, it will not produce carbon monoxide,” Mounce said.

If the fl ame in a space heater is not a clear blue color, there is potential for carbon monoxide poisoning to occur, Mounce said.

When burning correctly, space heaters produce carbon di-oxide. When burning incorrectly, a space heater will produce car-bon monoxide. The change be-tween the two can happen quick-ly, Mounce said, so it is important to regularly inspect space heaters and avoid using them in unventi-lated rooms and overnight.

“The No. 1 thing [you] can do is to get a carbon monoxide detector,” Mounce said. “It works like a smoke detector. It will pro-vide you a level of safety — it’s the absolute best thing [you] can do.”

Lee Cox said his sister had installed a carbon monoxide de-tector in the living room area of her apartment. Since her bed-room door was closed, the carbon

monoxide that fi lled her bedroom did not reach the alarm.

A memorial service for Kyle Oser, a Mandeville native, was held in Covington on Monday. His close-knit group of friends and family were in attendance.

“[Kyle] was always cheer-ful,” Blake Oser said. “I couldn’t tell you one person who didn’t like him.”

Oser was a general studies senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He and Cox began dat-ing shortly before she moved to Baton Rouge from New York on Jan. 2. Cox spent last summer in South Africa helping children di-agnosed with AIDS and worked

with AmeriCorps. She plans to major in psychology, Lee Cox said.

Lee Cox said Lyric is under-going treatment in a hyperbaric chamber, slowly restoring oxy-gen to her body.

She suffered a small heart attack on Saturday but is now stable and responsive, though on a ventilator. Lee said the timeline for her recovery is indefi nite, but she has made improvements over the past few days. Lee said they are still not sure to what extent her brain is functioning.

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

AWARENESS, from page 1

LSU’s last home game against a ranked foe was a 47-45 loss Feb. 9 against No. 7 Tennessee. But the Ti-gers’ 2007-2008 season was already over at that point, as the loss to Tennes-see gave LSU a 1-7 record in conference play.

The last time the Tigers played mean-ingful games against ranked teams may have been December 2005 and January 2006 when LSU posted convincing victories against No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 18 Connecticut, respective-ly.

But Saturday’s matchup has fans and faculty alike excited.

“Our team is playing above even what some people expected going in,” said Chancellor Michael Martin. “[LSU coach] Trent [Johnson] has brought them a long way in a short time, and that has people genuinely excited.”

Students have packed the 3,000 allotted seats for the team’s past two home games. Team spokesman Kent Lowe said the PMAC has “less than 1,700” tickets remaining for the game, but “a sellout doesn’t include the student seating.”

“They’re on fi re,” said Justin Alfred, mechanical engineering ju-nior. “If they play defense like they did [Wednesday] night, they might be able to do something ... A loss wouldn’t be devastating, but a win would be outstanding ... I’m coming for the chance that they might win.”

Coming off a 13-18 season and a two-year postseason draught, the Ti-gers face a program that has reached the NCAA tournament seven of the last eight years, including two Elite Eight runs, under coach Sean Miller.

“Obviously there’s a lot of rich tradition with their basketball program,” Johnson said. “This is a basketball team that’s very skilled. They’re good basketball players. They’re very mentally tough. It’s what you expect from a team that’s had a lot of postseason experience.”

Xavier presents a challenge greater than anything LSU (15-3, 3-1) has faced this season. The Mus-keteers are No. 6 in Ratings Percent-age Index, a power ranking. Their strength of schedule is No. 10 na-tionally. LSU’s slate ranks No. 220.

And Xavier’s visit couldn’t come at a better time for LSU. The Tigers are fresh off their third con-secutive conference win, averaging

83 points a game.The team shot an average of

50.2 percent from the fi eld in the poundings of South Carolina, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

“Our execution has been pretty good, and maybe we caught some teams at the right time,” Johnson said. “One of the things with this group early on was that I thought their basketball IQ was a little better than I had heard ... we’ve got six guys

that can pass and catch the ball, and that’s a start.”

As good as the offenses have been, both teams fi eld strong de-

fenses. The Tigers sit at No. 2 in the Southeastern Conference in scoring defense, allowing just 61.1 points per game. Xavier’s ‘D’ ranks No. 3 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, aver-aging 61.9.

Temple said “it’s the perfect time for this game.”

“Any non-conference game, or when you’re playing a top-25 team after December is big,” he said. “Even if we have a slipup it still won’t count against our conference record which is good. This is good just to test us and see who we are.”

XAVIER, from page 1

Contac David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

lsureveille.comLog on to see Trent Johnson talk about the upcoming game.

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LSU senior guard Terry Martin drives past a defender during LSU’s win against Northwestern State. The Tigers face No. 15 Xavier on Saturday in the PMAC.

With the score tied at 36 and less than 20 seconds to play, Mis-sissippi State women’s basketball coach Sharon Fanning wanted the ball in junior guard Armelie Lumanu’s hands.

And with regulation coming to a close, Lumanu delivered, taking a pass from the wing and driving past LSU junior guard Allison Hightower to deliver a game-winning layup as time ex-pired to give Mississippi State a 38-36 win — its fi rst ever win victory Baton Rouge.

“We defi nitely wanted the last shot,” Fanning said. “So we

put it [Lumanu’s] hands on pene-tration . . . She made a big play.”

Lumanu’s basket overshad-owed what was a poor offensive game for both teams.

Mississippi State shot just 28 percent from the fl oor for the game, and LSU had six more turnovers than fi eld goals for the game.

“This may not go down as one of the sharpest games in terms of execution,” Fanning said. “But it would probably have to go down as one of the most exciting.”

Mississippi State took an early 7-6 lead 10 minutes into the game.

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GYMNASTICS

FOOTBALL

Wide receiver Dixon leaves team

BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior Summer Hubbard dismounts the bars in the PMAC on Jan. 16 during the Tigers’ loss to Georgia. The Tigers hit the road to face Kentucky tonight in their fi rst Southeastern Conference road match of the season.

Tigers look to rebound on road

DIXON, see page 11

LSU’s gymnastics team will try to follow up last week’s season high score tonight against Kentucky.

The Tigers (5-1, 0-1) will take on Kentucky (1-1, 0-1) in its fi rst Southeastern Conference road test of the year.

The Tigers posted a total team score of 195.950 in a loss to then-No. 8 Georgia, which far surpassed their previous high of 194.90 three weeks ago at the Cancun Classic.

Despite the season high total, the Tigers’ overall numbers have

been slightly down. Through three events this season, the team average is 195.008. Last season, the team average was 195.975 after three events.

LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said she isn’t worried about the lower numbers and the slow start.

“I think we were a little bit ahead of where we were right now last year because of better kids giv-ing us more consistent performanc-es,” she said. “Once that settles down, we know what those kids are capable of doing.”

Injuries plagued the Tigers, which put more pressure on the team.

They have been without senior Lauren Klein and sophomore Nicole Lyons because of foot and ankle in-juries, respectively.

Breaux said senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson have tried to do too much to make up for the injured gymnasts.

“They are trying to do it all,”

Klein expected back, Franceschelli outBy Sean IsabellaContributing Writer

GYMNASTICS, see page 11

BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

[Above] Mississippi State junior guard/forward Armelie Lumanu puts up the game winning shot against LSU during the Lady Tigers’ 38-36 loss Thursday night in the PMAC. [Left] LSU coach Van Chancellor kneels just before the fi nal shot.

LSU coach Les Miles an-nounced on Thursday wide re-ceiver Ricky Dixon decided to transfer.

Michael Bonnette, LSU sports information director , told The Daily Reveille early Thurs-day afternoon that Dixon had left the program but could not con-fi rm rumors he was transferring.

Miles later confi rmed Dix-on’s decision Thursday afternoon through a news release.

“Coach [Les Miles] con-fi rmed it for me this afternoon that Ricky has decided to leave the program,” Bonnette said.

Larry Dauterive, Dixon’s high school coach at East St. John , told The Advocate on Thursday that Dixon will transfer to Texas Southern.

“I talked to him, and he told me that’s what he’s doing,” Dauterive said. “He said he felt like he was too far down on the depth chart at LSU, and with only two years left, he wanted a chance to get on the fi eld a lot quicker at that level.”

Rodney Bush, Texas South-ern sports information director, said as of Thursday that Dixon had not enrolled at the university.

Bonnette said Dixon cited a lack of playing time as the main reason for leaving.

“He wants to go somewhere that he can play,” Bonnette said.

Dixon played in a total of 15

By Amos MoraleSports Contributor

Bitten at the BuzzerLast-second shot sinks LSU, gives Miss. St. fi rst ever victory in Baton Rouge

BUZZER, see page11

By Casey GisclairChief Sports Writer

‘‘‘We’re going to go into Kentucky with the same attitude as we went into

Georgia.’Ashleigh Clare-Kearney

senior gymnast

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The LSU men’s tennis team begins their fi nal tournament this weekend before the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Kickoff Week-end.

The No. 19 Ti-gers will travel to Auburn for the Au-burn Spring Classic hoping to build on their performance in the Southeastern Conference Coach-es’ Indoor Champi-onships.

LSU men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown said the Au-burn tournament will help the team build momentum on indoor surfaces.

“This tournament is like a part B of last week,” Brown said. “Both these tournaments have been indoors, just helping us with our preparation. We’re looking to build confi dence, that’s the main thing, and get some wins. Now it’s for real, and it counts.”

Brown said senior Michael Venus will not travel with the team to Auburn, after he reached the

semifi nals at the indoor champi-onships.

“[Venus] had so many long matches in the SEC tournament,” Brown said. “If he would have had a tough SEC tournament where he lost early or something, we proba-bly would take him. But he did fi ne, and he got everything he needed out of it. The matches you have to play at No. 1 and No. 2 are hard enough, so we want him to be as fresh as

possible.”Venus, who is

currently No. 2 in the nation, lost as the top seed in the semifi nal round to No. 8-seed Carlos Cueto of Florida. Both sets went to intense tiebreakers, with Cueto winning (7-6 (7), 7-6 (6)) on Monday.

Venus said he was just eager to be on the court again.

“It would have been nice to have won it, obviously, but it didn’t happen,” he said. “It was just im-portant to start playing some match-es again. I hadn’t done that for a while.”

Venus also had success in doubles with freshman Neal Skup-ski. They reached the fi nals of the indoor championships, and Brown said the tandem inspires LSU’s

doubles play.“They play with a lot of en-

ergy,” Brown said. “They’ve been such a spark for us. I can see them really helping us get some momen-tum going and keep up our energy.”

Skupski is the brother of for-mer LSU tennis player Ken Skup-ski, who is now on the professional circuit. Neal Skupski said his own experience at LSU has gone well so far, and the older players have helped him adjust and play to his potential.

“I’ve had a good fall season. And then playing with [Venus], you learn a lot of confi dence and experience,” Neal Skupski said. “My brother told me before I came just to work hard. When I arrived, I didn’t really have any friends. James [Cluskey], John [Tragardh] and Venus — the seniors — helped me learn really well.”

Tragardh is seeing his fi rst ex-tensive action of his LSU career. He advanced to the round of 32 in singles and doubles last weekend.

“It’s been great seeing hard work fi nally pay off and seeing some results come,” Tragardh said. “It’s exciting to be in a team atmo-sphere all the time. It’s what you look forward to when you start col-lege, and it’s a good way to end it.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

Tigers hit road to compete in Auburn Spring Classic

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Senior Colt Gaston returns a shot during the doubles match against Florida last season.

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

No. 2 Venus to rest this weekendBy Rachel WhittakerSports Writer

‘‘‘It’s been great

seeing hard work fi nally pay off and

seeing some results come.’

John Targardhtennis senior

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The LSU men’s and women’s track and field teams are missing some faces from last season, but athletes who have emerged this year have coach Dennis Shaver feeling confident.

LSU will host the Purple Tiger Indoor Track and Field Classic to begin their indoor season Friday at 3 p.m.

“This is a different-looking kind of team, but we have a lot of the same strengths,” Shaver said. “The men’s team will be tougher and very competitive with new ad-ditions.”

One of those new additions to the No. 8 Tigers is North Caro-lina transfer Walter Henning. The sophomore will make his LSU de-but in the weight throw event this weekend, and he said he is excited

to be a part of the LSU track and field team.

“The one thing I’m most excit-ed about is to showcase what we’ve been doing here the past couple of months ... and show the nation what kind of program we have down here,” Henning said. “Last year at North Carolina when I came in and saw the whole LSU team wearing the same stuff and this big crowd of people coming in wearing pur-ple and gold, that really impressed me.”

Shaver said Henning, who also participates in the hammer throw in the outdoor season, will be a valu-able addition to the Tigers’ indoor arsenal.

“He’s going to be a big comple-ment to the team in the field events this year,” Shaver said. “Walter was third in the NCAA Championships in the 35-pound weight throw, so he’s got some experience and is go-ing to help us a lot.”

All-American senior sprinter

Trindon Holliday will be back in action as well, and Shaver said he is considering adding the 200-meter dash to the sprinter’s 60-meter dash regimen.

“Trindon’s role is huge,” Shav-er said. “He would have been the NCAA champion in 60 meters and also the school record holder if [for-mer LSU sprinter] Richard Thomp-son wouldn’t have beaten him. The 200 meters is something we’re go-ing to take a good hard look at as the season progresses with him.”

The Lady Tigers are the reign-ing outdoor national champions, and they come in ranked No. 2 in the coaches’ poll. Shaver said while the team lost much of its experience from last year, including sprinter Kelly Baptiste, the 2008 NCAA 100-meter dash champion, there are athletes to fill in the holes.

Here’s a fun fact: LSU’s track and field season starts this weekend.

Here’s another fun fact: No one cares.

The most successful program in LSU history is also one of the least publicized and least cared about.

It’s kind of sad, but at the same time completely understandable.

The blame lies mostly with the LSU Athlet-ic marketing department.

I ’ v e seen the soc-cer complex c r a m m e d and watched many of the M a r a v i c h M a n i a c s

get free T-shirts. But not once have I gotten a broadcast e-mail about anything going down involving track and field.

The Athletic Department treats them like the red-headed stepchild of the LSU sports family. And it doesn’t make any sense because they’re probably more like the second pret-tiest kid there.

I’m allowed to say things like that because I dated a red head once upon a time — and a lot of people re-ally look down on Ginger kids.

The school does a poor job of publicizing upcoming events and giving students an incentive to go watch them.

Since the priority point system was introduced, no track meets have ever been priority point events.

The only other sports that also haven’t been point events are tennis, golf and swimming and diving.

Guy Gaster, LSU director of marketing, said his organization is working on events to promote out-door track this season and has had promotions in the past where fans were given free admission with tick-et stubs from other sports.

But they currently have noth-ing planned for the indoor meets and haven’t in the past because of space limitations.

The Carl Maddox Field House, where indoor meets are held, has a capacity of 3,000, considerably more than the 1,500 of the LSU Soc-cer Complex or the 1,000 of the old Tiger Park where softball plays. Yet both have had priority point events.

None of these sports have had even near the success of the track and field program, so it’s more un-derstandable for them to not get any publicity. But even that’s not a really good reason.

The introduction of these point events have helped out many of the LSU sports teams.

I’ve noticed more and more people coming to soccer matches, even when the attendance wasn’t worth two points toward getting football tickets for the next season.

Seven of the largest crowds in the complex’s history were from the past two seasons, and in that span, there were only four priority point games.

I know nothing about market-ing, but I really don’t think it’s hard to make up some promotion so the

track and field teams get more face time, especially with the world-class athletes on track and field teams.

The track athlete most students probably know the most is senior Trindon Holliday, and that’s only because he also plays football — not because he can run the 100-meter dash in 10.02 seconds.

Most students haven’t heard of Richard Thompson, and he won a silver medal at the Olympics in the 100-meter dash, which leads me to believe he’s pretty good.

Maybe the general population would have known who Thompson was if LSU had done a better job of publicizing him and his teammates.

Perhaps LSU should get its act together and start letting people know how good of a track program they’ve got going here.

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THE 6th MAN

Johanathan Brooks

Columnist

Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com

TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers begin indoor season at homeBoth LSU teams ranked in Top 10By Rachel WhittakerSports Writer

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

Track gets no love from University

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The last time the LSU swim-ming and diving teams traveled to the Texas A&M Student Rec Cen-ter, many LSU swimmers dropped school record times. Some of those times were disallowed because the pool was measured too short.

“It was kind of a bummer,” said LSU senior Connor Farber.

But the Tigers and Lady Ti-gers were still able to break a few school records.

The teams head back to Col-lege Station, Texas, this weekend

with one thing on their minds — swimming fast.

“I don’t think anyone will be thinking about the pool’s distance,” Farber said.

The No. 18 Tigers defeated the Aggies, 186-114, last season, and the women were defeated by No. 8 Texas A&M’s women’s team, 178-119.

The teams are coming off three straight home victories but are now going on the road to try and con-tinue the momentum they’ve built up at the LSU Natatorium.

LSU swimming coach Adam Schmitt said his team probably benefitted from the home advan-tage, but he thinks the travel can also provide a spark for the team.

“Being in some place new can

give you a little bit of excitement,” Schmitt said.

In addition to excitement about hitting the road, some swimmers are excited about the opportunity to swim at a pool where records were broken.

“It’s a really fast pool,” said junior Lauren Grandy. “We’ve al-ways swam fast there.”

Farber said he doesn’t expect his team to come out sluggish.

“Swimming fast has to do with the way we train,” he said. “So us swimming fast is just a product of our work.”

Breaux said. “They need to relax and enjoy the competition and try and enjoy the performance.”

Clare-Kearney said the slow start will work out in the long run. She said she would rather work out all the little things now and peak at the right time.

“In the past two years ... I’ve been progressively getting better as each meet went on, and I’ve peaked at the end of the season, so I think that’s where I’m definitely aiming at right now,” she said.

The Tigers climbed from No. 14 to No. 11 in the polls, despite last week’s loss.

Breaux said she isn’t too wor-ried about the rankings this early in the season.

“You’re seeing a lot of turn-around, a lot of people dropping low and then jumping and making a tremendous leap just because of one score,” she said. “That’s not really valid yet.”

Clare-Kearney said the team isn’t overlooking tonight’s matchup despite Kentucky’s low season aver-age of 192.53.

“We’re going to go into Ken-tucky with the same attitude as we went into Georgia,” she said.

Clare-Kearney said their two previous road scores have been any-thing but impressive.

“We have to do everything we can to end up with a good road score, so later on down the road, when it’s time for regionals ... we can put our-selves in the best possible situation [for the NCAA tournament],” she said.

KLEIN EXPECTED BACK IN LINEUP

The Tigers are expected to welcome senior Lauren Klein back to the lineup tonight after suffering an ankle injury three weeks ago.

“We’re hoping to at least put her in and do [uneven] bars, and then from there we’ll see where we can go,” Breaux said.

Breaux said Klein’s ankle has improved, and she is about “70 per-cent.”

She said the event they need her most in is the floor exercise, but Klein will have to be full strength in order to compete.

“That will be a while,” Breaux said.

Junior Sabrina Franceschelli has the flu and will not make the trip to Kentucky, according to an LSU news release. Sophomore Staci Schwitkis will likely replace Fran-ceschelli in the lineup tonight.

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games during his LSU career. He caught only one pass last season, on Sept. 13 against North Texas, and one pass his freshman season for 9 yards.

Dixon would not lose a year of eligibility if he transferred to Texas Southern because the school is a Division I-AA — or Football Championship Subdivi-sion — school.

If Dixon transfers to Texas Southern, he would join another Miles recruit — former Okla-homa State quarterback Bobby Reid.

Reid was redshirted during Miles’ last season as Oklahoma State’s head coach and trans-ferred to Texas Southern before the start of last season after los-ing his starting job midseason to rising senior Zac Robinson.

LSU hopes for repeat at A&MSWIMMING AND DIVING

Tigers focus on speed in road meetBy Amos MoraleSports Contributor

The Lady Tigers were unable to crack the Lady Bulldogs’ zone defense throughout the first half and shot just 9-of-28 from the field in the opening half.

“They played a little tandem zone,” said LSU women’s bas-ketball coach Van Chancellor. “It’s something we’ve seen all year. But we just couldn’t make a shot.”

But LSU’s man-to-man de-fense was just as smothering, forcing eight turnovers in the half and containing the Lady Bulldogs to just 25 percent shooting.

But LSU took a 22-17 lead into halftime thanks to rebound-ing and paint scoring.

LSU out-rebounded Missis-sippi State 23-16 in the half and 49-37 for the game.

Freshman forward Ayana Dunning hit the boards for the Lady Tigers and pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds to go with nine points.

The Bulldogs solved LSU’s man-to-man attack in the fist 12 minutes of the second half and used an 17-9 run to take a 32-29 lead with 8:06 to play.

LSU missed 13 of their first

16 shots in the second half.But LSU was able to muster

offense at the foul line, getting into the bonus midway through the second half.

With shots from the field not falling, LSU was to overcome a seven-minute field goal drought thanks to five free-throws to take a 34-33 lead with 2:48 to play.

Mississippi State committed 20 fouls in the game compared to 10 for LSU, which allowed the Lady Tigers to outscore the lady Bulldogs 9-4 at the free-throw line.

LSU freshman forward La-Sondra Barrett broke the field goal drought with a layup to give LSU a 36-33 lead.

But Lady Bulldogs junior guard Alexis Rack tied the game on the next possession, hitting a contested 3-pointer with the shot-clock expiring.

Hightower and Barrett each led LSU in scoring with 10.

The Lady Tigers return to the floor on Sunday when they travel to Lexington to take on Kentucky.

The Lady Wildcats had Thursday off after being defeat-ed, 52-45, by Mississippi State on Sunday.

Sophomore forward Victoria Dunlap and Eleia Roddy lead an interior-oriented Lady Wildcats offense and average a combined 24 points and 17 rebounds per game.

LSU has dominated its matchup with Kentucky in re-cent history. The Lady Tigers have won the past 11 meetings between the two teams, includ-ing two regular season victories and 66-49 win in the Southeast-ern Conference Tournament last season.

Hightower said the Lady Ti-gers focus this weekend will be playing with poise — something the Arlington, Texas native said LSU struggled with against Mis-sissippi State.

“I feel like we were kind of holding back,” she said. “We were being real tentative. We were playing like we didn’t want to make a mistake and we just have to come out of that, because you can’t play basketball and not make a mistake.”

Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com

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OpinionPAGE 12 FRIdAy, JANUARy 23, 2009

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Three inspiring University halls will soon be shaded by stately, yet unnecessary oaks.

The area outside of Dod-son Auditorium will soon host a brand new courtyard, complete with oak trees, a vast lawn area and a money-making scheme to perpetuate future senior class gifts.

Intended as a way for the class of 2009 to “leave their mark” on the University, the pro-posed Dodson courtyard will fea-ture purchasable and engravable bricks, ranging in price from $75 to $100, meant to fund the class of 2010’s future project.

The courtyard raises many concerns, from the source of fund-ing to the absence of a substantial idea to improve — not merely “beautify” — our campus.

First, the courtyard would only be accessible from the park-ing lot connecting Stubbs and Audubon halls to Lockett Hall. An area to relax in such a con-gested space will only intensify the foot and car traffic, creating

many more problems in an al-ready claustrophobia-inducing campus.

The parking garage — a long-awaited yet incomplete vision for decreasing traffic problems — includes moving the African-American Cultural Center and the Women’s Center. Postponed by delays involving Highland and Pentagon dining facilities, the parking garage would also house the University bookstore, freeing up space for other student activi-ties and organizations within the Student Union.

With the Union’s renovation behind schedule — now sched-uled for completion in April 2011, according to a Daily Rev-eille report on Jan. 15 — plans for a parking garage are on hold, further congesting campus.

Second, the University was already aiming to renovate the Dodson courtyard into something more useful than a strip of grass with port-o-potties. When SG came up with the plans for the Class Gift Project, the University

jumped at the chance to pass the buck to the students.

“The University was only looking for funding, and the stu-dents provided a real way to pay

for it,” Den-nis Mitchell, campus land-scape archi-tect, told The Daily Rev-eille.

The fi-nal problem is SG’s lack of interest in

student opinion on how fees are used.

The Dodson courtyard idea was funded by the SG Initiatives Account and the SG Surplus Ac-count.

The Daily Reveille’s Edito-rial Board endorsed the SG Class Gift Project after initial hesi-tance about spending more than $70,000 of student money.

“If SG has to spend $70,000,” the Editorial Board wrote Nov. 18 when the bill passed, “given

the rules that attend student fees earmarked for SG expenses, SG often does have to spend that money or risk losing it — we’re glad the money will be spent on ... something tangible, generous and relevant to students.”

While criticizing the spirit of giving back to the University can be viewed as mean-spirited, the fact remains SG did not give stu-dents the option of spending this surplus money.

SG is remedying this handi-cap, following a cue from the Ivy League.

In a broadcast e-mail sent by the Student Senate Tuesday, SG asked for student opinion on how to spend $5,000 of student fees.

“Out of all of the ideas sub-mitted, the Student Senate Tem-porary Student Initiative Com-mittee will narrow them down and check to see which ideas are feasible. The 3 top ideas will be placed on the Spring Election Ballot, and YOU, the students, will be able to vote on which idea you want your $5,000 spent on,”

according to the e-mail.SG is coming up $65,000

short.Real change to the Univer-

sity cannot occur with this paltry sum. But if a contest was devised to figure out a way to spend a substantial sum of money — like $70,000 — the produced ideas wouldn’t seem like a lazy attempt at leaving a legacy.

Most students are only con-cerned with earning their degrees and leaving the University to join the rest of the working world.

SG could make a counterar-gument, since many in the Senate could claim the body has every right to employ what it feels are the best wishes of the students.

Reality check for SG. The Senate has 14 vacant seats, ac-cording to the SG Web site.

No wonder student opinion is underrepresented.

Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you publicly disgrace the most powerful man in the world by throwing your shoes at him?

A noose necking? A sniper to the skull? Austin Powers’ wrath?

None of the above.According to word out of

the Middle East, you apparently get...

Laid.Virtually everyone has seen

the clips of the enraged Iraqi reporter who rifled his shoes at former President Bush during his farewell news conference in Iraq.

The incident has been widely circulated across global media networks, triggering a slew of Internet games and pop-up ads inspired by the defiant effort.

While Bush spoke, Iraqi re-porter Muntazer Al-Zaidi rose from about 15 feet away and hurled a shoe at the president’s head, shouting in Arabic, “This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!”

Bush deftly dodged both shoes while the journalist contin-ued: “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were

killed in Iraq!”A scrum of reporters quickly

subdued the barefooted journalist, only after his voice was heard.

Even though the size 10 mis-siles may have missed their tar-get, Al-Zaidi struck a chord with the Arab people.

Since the occurrence, Al-Zai-di has achieved global cult status for his defiance. Millions have latched on to their new favorite icon — establishing the barefoot baron as perhaps the most fash-ionable trend in the Middle East since the inception of the turban.

Within hours of the assault, more than 1,000 lawyers offered their services, pro-bono.

At Al-Anbar University, hundreds of students marched out of classes calling for the release of “Muntather Al-Iraqi.” When American infantry tried to stop them by shooting into the air, the students stopped in front of them and began throwing stones — and shoes — at the guardsmen.

In Libya, the daughter of a high-ranking official allegedly awarded Al-Zaidi with a medal of courage for his valiant activism.

A Saudi businessman report-edly offered $10 million for the

shoes.The list goes on and on.But remarkably, this 29-year-

old reporter has evolved into the most eligible bachelor in the eastern hemi-sphere.

A Pales-tinian man, Ahmad Salim Judeh, offered to send one of his daughters off to Iraq to marry Al-Zaidi, according to The Associated Press. His family also volunteered to fund the wedding ceremony, as well as providing a $30,000 dowry to cover Al-Zai-di’s legal defense.

Not to be outdone, an Egyp-tian man, Saad Gumma, is re-portedly extending his daughter’s hand in marriage as well.

The daughter, 20-year-old college student Amal Saad Gum-ma, said she would be “honored” to marry the acclaimed icon.

“I find nothing more valu-able than my daughter to offer to him,” Gumma said. “And I am prepared to provide her with everything needed for marriage.”

Lawyers offering their ser-vices free of charge? Fathers of-fering their daughters’ hands in matrimony? Student disregarding their armed authorities?

Imagine what kind of offers he’d get if he actually hit the president.

Unfortunately, the shoeless assassin will be locked up in a prison until further punitive ac-tion is taken. But if these reports are valid, Al-Zaidi presumably won’t have any problem conjur-ing up conjugal visits for the rest of his stint.

While admiration and pride stir in the international commu-nity, sentiments here in America seem to stem more out of envy than pride, mostly because many people would crave for such an opportunity.

Let’s be honest — who wouldn’t want to take a shot at some of our corrupted politi-cians?

The things most Republicans would do for one hurl at that big, bull’s-eye tumor on Ted Kenne-dy’s skull …

Or liberals would do to fix Dick Cheney’s grinchy face in the crosshairs of their pellet gun.

As they say, what goes around …

But the reality is, instead of condemning Shoeless Joe, we should praise him for showing Islamic extremists there are ways to receive coital contentment out-side the parlous, often disastrous, paradigm of martyrdom.

Don’t turn to immolation when there are plenty of sala-cious sirens here on earth.

Judging from Al-Zaidi’s ex-emplar, you evidently don’t need a roll of dynamite and an explicit virgin barter to get your bone smooched. All you need are some black dress shoes.

Besides, those 72 virgins have all eternity to wait.

So thank you, sincerely, Muntadhir Al-Zaidi, for provid-ing a peaceful exemplar for set-tling civil disputes. I’d be obliged to walk a mile in your projectile shoes any day of the week.

So long as you can find them.

God bless shoe, Mr. Al-Zaidi — enjoy getting laid

SG class project beautifies ignorance of problemsFREEMAN OF SPEECH

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Eric FrEEman Jr. Columnist

Product placement isn’t just about products anymore.

Or is it?Gone are the days of television

advertising Diet Coke and Crest Whitestrips because it has found a bigger and better product — bands.

And they’re not just any bands either.

They’re my bands.Bands I’ve been following for

years. Bands I’ve been telling people to listen to for months. Bands people overlooked because they’ve been too busy watching Britney Spears’ comeback.

It’s not until Victoria’s Secret models strut their stuff in their sheer teddies down the runway to a soul-ful single or “Gossip Girl” blares an obscure blues ballad on its sizzling and sexy season two premiere that people give The Black Keys the time of day.

And it’s not until Michelob Ul-tra plays a year-old hit on its newest commercial that people start raving over the breakout British band The Kooks.

When Lauren Conrad men-tioned going to a Tokyo Police Club concert on an episode of “The Hills,” you know every little pre-teen in America Googled that band on their rhinestone-encrusted iPhones.

An episode of “Desperate Housewives” even featured a Tokyo Police Club song.

Presumably, the majority of those people who started listening to Tokyo Police Club probably didn’t really like them.

The only reason they listened to them is because of their association with popular shows like “Desperate Housewives” and hot celebrities like LC.

And that’s not what these bands intended.

Or so I hope.As the Band-Aid Sapphire from

“Almost Famous” so eloquently put it, “[The new girls] don’t even know what it is to be a fan. You know? To truly love some silly little piece of music or some band so much that it hurts.”

And that’s exactly how I feel.These talented and often under-

rated musicians are becoming popu-lar not because of their craft or even their hard work, but because they have become trendy thanks to tele-vision shows and commercials that are the antithesis of what these bands stand for — their love for music, not money.

When I turn on the televi-sion, surf through the channels and hear the familiar tune of one of my

favorite jams in the background of some tween fluff like “90210” or “One Tree Hill,” I don’t get excited.

I don’t crank up the vol-ume and jump up and down on the couch like some little girl at a Jonas Brothers concert.

I get teed off.

I’m disap-pointed because my favorite band is becoming mainstream.

I’m upset because my favorite band is probably going to change their image and sound.

And I’m irritated people will run up and tell me to listen to this amaz-ing band when I already know every lyric to every song on every album they’ve released.

But then I remember these bands can’t play in garages and hole-in-the-wall bars forever.

And they probably can’t live off Ramen noodles and cheap beer much longer either.

I’m not calling these bands sell-outs, per say.

Because just like us mere mor-tals, they have to pay the bills, too.

Now that Luke Pritchard of The

Kooks is dating Mischa Barton, you know he’s having to shell out some moolah.

And I completely understand that.

Hell, he’s got to get some new material somewhere if he wants to continue getting free Michelob Ultra and keep Miss Rock ‘n’ Roll jetsetter happy.

And you know The Plain White T’s are rolling in the dough with ev-ery “Greek” episode that airs.

So my beef isn’t with the bands falling into the bottomless pit of fame and money because I’m actu-ally proud of them for growing up and moving on with their musical careers.

And it isn’t just with their new groupies that don’t love them like I do, or even remotely like their mu-sic.

It’s the fact that these bands are leaving fans like me behind.

And it’s the fact that they’re changing their unique sound and in-die image that drew me to them in the first place in order to appeal to a larger audience or climb the musical ladder to rock-star status.

It’s as if fans like me aren’t good enough anymore, and that kind of hurts my feelings.

I found these bands first.

I searched long and hard on YouTube.com and paid close atten-tion to my iTunes Genius. I illegally downloaded songs off LimeWire, risked prosecution and faced thou-sands of dollars worth of fines.

Yes, I realize some people may not have the time or money to scope out new bands. I’m sure most people don’t have the patience to either.

And now that I’m writing this column, people won’t have to do re-search at all, which kind of defeats the purpose of my piece.

But oh well.It’s still not fair.Why should people discover

these musical treasures without even digging?

And why should I share with people that are basically unworthy of these gems?

So call me stingy. Call me snob-by. Hell, even call me sensitive.

But I liked to think of these bands as my dirty little secrets. That I was their No. 1 fan.

And now the secret’s out. And I’m certainly not a fan of that.

Contact Drew Belle Zerby at dzerby@lsureveille.com

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OUR VIEW

Students should be aware of simple dangers, hazardsIt’s been five days since Uni-

versity student Sterling Kyle Oser was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment.

The accidental death was caused by a natural gas space heater left on in an unventilated room. Such an event brings to light how easily a tragedy can occur in everyday life.

It’s amazing how something

that seems so trivial as a heater can lead to death. We think it’s impor-tant students recognize the dangers that exist around them, especially dangers that may be commonplace.

Deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning are rare but not uncom-mon. When breathed in, the odor-less, colorless gas is absorbed by the blood, and common symptoms

of poisoning include headaches, sei-zures and respiratory failure.

Carbon monoxide kills about 170 people each year in the U.S., according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Most cases in-volve the use of products like space heaters.

Space heaters, which are not atypical in apartments, should be

used responsibly, especially in small, confined rooms. Despite their effec-tiveness, the danger involved when not monitoring the use of a space heater isn’t always considered as it should be.

Preventive measures are avail-able and necessary. Smoke detec-tors may be more common, but car-bon monoxide detectors are just as

important — if not more.We should not ignore the haz-

ards such simple things can cause. It’s up to everyone to learn the risks and do whatever possible to limit them.

Contact the Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com

The blogs of today have re-placed the journals and diaries of a bygone era. Google ‘Internet blog-ging sites,’ and 20,200,000 different sites pop up. Internet blogging has become a substantially powerful tool for individual expression, not only in America, but throughout the world.

Recently, foreign countries have been facing problems with Internet blogs on Web sites. News about a South Korean blogger and Vietnam-ese blog regulations are filling the media with questions about freedom of expression in cyberspace.

In South Korea, a liberal democ-racy since the 1960s, different regu-lations on speech are implemented. A popular Korean blogger and online guru was arrested recently for his ideas about the financial market.

Known as Minerva, the blog-ger “upset the government with his doomsayer’s forecasts for the

economy and his satirical attacks on President Lee Myung Bak’s poli-cies,” according to the Jan. 11 issue of the International Herald Tribune.

The Chicago Sun-Times re-ported Jan. 10 that the South Korean government arrested him on charges of spreading false information on the Internet with harmful intent, which is a crime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.

Because of the global economic crisis, the South Korean govern-ment has been concerned about negative reports on its economy. The South Korean economy has steadily slumped as exports and consumption rates decline, according to the Jan. 16 article of The Korean Times.

Minerva, for months, has up-loaded more than 100 anonymous postings on Daum communica-tions — the country’s second-largest Web site — predicting numerous

collapses, including the collapse of the U.S. investment bank, Lehman Brothers and the devaluation of the Korean cur-rency, according to the Los Ange-les Times.

Before he was jailed, he pled ‘not guilty,’ explaining his intentions of try-ing to help people suffering because of the global crisis.

Although many of his predic-tions proved false, the government still took legal action because of the negatively affected foreign exchange markets.

Vietnam has also taken legal action to bring more accountabil-ity to individuals in cyberspace. Vietnam approved new regulations

prohibiting bloggers from “discuss-ing subjects the government deems sensitive,” limiting them to writing only “personal issues,” according to a Dec. 25 article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

People’s freedom of expression should be extended to include the In-ternet. When government restricts an individual’s ability to think, the gov-ernment infringes upon that person’s innate right to opinion.

Taking legal action against Min-erva only makes the South Korean government look suspicious to the people — as if they are trying to hide their economic failures. Instead, they should encourage people to commu-nicate and express their ideas freely — whether those ideas concern the economy or the president.

Freedom of expression will allow democratic citizens to be more informed and active in their

government. Protecting people from harm is a duty of the government, but ideas are not harmful — actions are harmful.

Potential harm lies in human actions. Thus, ideas should never be punished.

But Minerva was denied bail on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times. South Korea’s Democratic Party and opposition to the leader accuse the government of “gag-ging the Internet,” according to the International Herald Tribune. The Democratic Party has now lined up prominent lawyers to argue Min-erva’s case.

Minerva’s case will define South Korean freedom of expression on the World Wide Web.

S. Korea questions freedom of expression on WebPERFECT DYSTOPIA

Dini ParayitamColumnist

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ing weight loss. Earn up to $300. Call

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NNEEWW SSTTUUDDYY...... We are looking for people to

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Age 18+ OK 1-800-965-6520 xt127

PPEERRFFEECCTT PPAARRTT TTIIMMEE PPOOSSIITTIIOONN Afternoon

Preschool Teacher needed for child care

center near LSU.2:30-5:30 M-F 225-766-

1159

SSTTUUDDEENNTT WWOORRKK

Local BR company expanding Fast!

*$15.00 Base/appt*

Flexible Schedules

No experience nec

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Conditions Apply

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MM//FF PPEERRSSOONNAALL CCAARREE M/F personal care

attendant for 23 yr.old

male client in White Castle. Needs total

assistance with self help skills. Several

part-timers

needed to work weekday

10/11 hour day shifts. $8.50/hr.

225-545-2779,545-9661,324-1057.

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PPHHOOTTOO EEDDIITTOORR / Secretary in photograph-

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WWEE PPAAYY UUPP TTOO $$7755 per online survey.

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FOR SALE

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FOR RENT

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225.769.5872

DDOOWWNNTTOOWWNN RRIIVVEERRVVIIEEWW CCOONNDDOOSS

Renovated 2 BR/2BA, granite counters,

cypress cabinets. Fresh paint. $1200/mo.

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Don 368-3240

TTOOWWNNHHOOMMEE FFOORR RREENNTT 22 BBeedd RRmm,, 11..55

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225.388.9858

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tile & carpet, granite, paint, wood cabi-

nets! Be the first to live here since remod-

el! —-297 4009

LLIIVVEE CCHHEEAAPP 3br/1ba walk to campus..

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$525-$725 225.766.7224

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900 plus electric, all appliances, pets ok,

on bus route, move in ready

225.937.0298

33BBRR//22BBAA CCOONNDDOO Like New. Free Cable.

Community Pool. Extra Parking. Great

Location at LSU. $1500/mo.

225.202.1148

33BBRR//22..55BBAA 11550000SSQQFFTT $$11111100//MMOONNTTHH

5291 S. Brightside View Drive: On-Site

Manager, Flexible Leasing Terms, Washer &

Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Central A/ C, Near Bus

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has it’s own Bathroom and Walk-In Closet

225.978.7400

FFOORR RREENNTT 3BR 2 BATH UNIVERSITY VIEW

ON EAST BOYD. $1200/MO MOVE IN FEB

504.782.0696

RROOOOMM FFOORR SSUUBBLLEEAASSEE at campus cross-

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4br/2ba, master bedroom, fully furnished,

$475/ month utilities, call Emily

504.495.0765

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HHUUGGEE HHOOUUSSEE FFOORR $$339955 ROOMMATE

WANTED TO SHARE HUGE HOUSE IN NICE

AREA NEAR LEE AND COLLEGE DR.

225.772.2506

HHEEAATTHHEERRSSTTOONNEE TTOOWWNNHHOOUUSSEE 2BR/1.5B

Like new! Bus rt, cvd pkg, FP $1100 + utL

225.405.0842

11 && 22 BBDD RRMM CCOONNDDOO FFRR RREENN JUST OUT-

SIDE THE SOUTH GATES OF LSU. FRIG,

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4264, 4278 595.00 695.00 & 995.00.

323.691.3129

ROOMMATES

$$339955 AALLLL UUTTIILLIITTIIEESS IINNCCLLUUDDEEDD!!!!!! ROOM-

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3BATH-HOUSE WITH MALE. EXCLUSIVE

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YARD-GATED. GREAT FOR ENTERTAINMENT-

LSU.225.772.2506

FFEEMMAALLEE RROOOOMMAATTEE WWAANNTTEEDD Beautiful

house on lake shared with 2 other stu-

dents close to LSU / security, cable,

coverd parking etc.495./ mo 225-933-

7124

RROOOOMMAATTEE NNEEEEDDEEDD

House near Highland $350 504.427.9075

FFEEMM.. RROOOOMMMMAATTEE NNEEEEDDEEDD AASSAAPP for

Spring Semester. $650/mo incl utilities. In

Garden District. See listing on FB.

krento1@lsu.edu

PERSONALS

LLFF11MM

Quietly confident and fun male tired of

gaming alone. Looking for shy guy to play

with, hang out, and maybe date. Let’s take

a chance. Hope you are out there!

lsugaymer@gmail.com

PPAARRLLEEZZ--VVOOUUSS FFRRAANNCCAAIISS?? I am a female

undergraduate seeking “un gentil homme”

who likes to “laissez les bon temps rouler”.

I enjoy cooking, playing the guitar, LSU

athletics, the sciences and French (bien

sûr). Interested? Contact me at:

la_bonnevivante@hotmail.com

LLOOOOKKIINNGG FFOORR AA JJOOUUSSTTIINNGG PPAARRTTNNEERR 16th

century bloke looking for ye olde fair lasses

to show me a 21st century good time. I

need a distressed damsel who shares my

interests of slaying dragons and drinking by

the gourd. No plague victims, please. =)

I’ve just discovered “electronic mail,” so

send all queries to

medievalmark69@gmail.com

FFAALLAA PPOORRTTUUGGUUEESS?? 22 yr old gal looking

to practice her portuguese. Everyone wel-

come! Fica bem contact:beethovens-

feast@gmail.com

II WWAANNTT TTOO BBEE YYOOUURR DDEERRIIVVAATTIIVVEE so I can

lie tangent to your curves. Nerdy ndn chick

seeking an intelligent and attractive conver-

sationalist. Ladies only, please—I’m tired of

natural logs approaching the asymptote.

sheenyinabottle@hotmail.com

LLOOOOKKIINNGG FFOORR MMYY SSOOUULLMMAATTEE I am a

Business Major here at LSU. Looking for

guys ages 45-60. If you are interested

send me an email. c.mumford@yahoo.com

SSEEAARRCCHHIINNGG 44 SSOOUULLMMAATTEE 20yo Asian guy

seeking masculine guy 18-23 to date.

Races open. I’m a sweetheart! tiger-

boy1988@gmail.com

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