After an Ad Hoc Commit-tee report, a Student Government report and 10 months of debate, the University’s Faculty Senate voted 26-14-4 in favor of a plus-minus grading scale Tuesday dur-ing its monthly meeting .

Introduced into the Faculty Senate in November 2011, the resolution calls for a grading

system that would change the way students’ grade point aver-ages are calculated. For example, a student that receives a B plus would receive a 3.3 instead of a 3.0.

Despite its passage, a few more steps are necessary before the grading scale may be imple-mented. The resolution now heads to the Offi ce of Academic Affairs , according to T. Gilmour Reeve , vice provost for Aca-demic Programs, Planning and Review .

“Now that the bill has passed, we will consider all of the stakeholders before making a

decision,” Reeve said. “There is another level of review before it is offi cially implemented.”

Don Chance , fi nance profes-sor and the resolution’s author , said the grading scale could be implemented in two years, but Registrar Robert Doolos estimat-ed that current students “prob-ably won’t see the new grading scale before they graduate.”

Chance opened the discus-sion during the meeting by giv-ing an overview of the bill before addressing criticism.

“The grading scale is more

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The Baton Rouge Police De-partment is investigating an alleged kidnapping and rape that occurred near Brightside Drive and Nichol-son Drive around 2 p.m . Monday.

The victim, a 20- year-old woman , said she was approached by a white male in the parking lot of an apartment complex, according to a BRPD news release.

She said the man put an object to her back, and she believed it was a gun. He then forced her inside a van parked nearby, drove to a wood-ed area, raped her and then drove her back to the apartment complex and let her go, the release read.

The man was described as be-ing a white male, 30 to 35 years old with bushy hair and a brown mus-tache. He wore a blue work jump-suit and a baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to called the BRPD’s Sex Crimes Division at 225-389-3853 or Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867 .

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[Left] La. Gov. Bobby Jindal announces a $100 million University partnership with the state to expand Patrick F. Taylor Hall at a news conference in Taylor Hall on Tuesday. [Above, right] Renderings show the future Patrick F. Taylor Hall expansions.

The University’s largest building — the College of Engi-neering’s Patrick F. Taylor Hall — will be expanded and renovated

by fall 2016 , Gov. Bobby Jindal announced in a news conference Tuesday .

The renovations will be fund-ed by a $100 million public and private partnership — $50 million from state funds and $50 million

from private and other funding sources through the University.

So far, the college has raised $8 million for the project, Jindal said.

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Patrick F. Taylor Hall to be expanded by 2016Chris Grillot Staff Writer Staff Reports

The Alabama fan who exposed himself and assaulted an LSU fan in a New Orleans fast food restau-rant after the 2012 BCS National Championship game pled guilty to obscenity charges Tuesday.

Brian H. Downing, of Smith Station, Ala., agreed to plead guilty the morning he was supposed to appear in court for charges that carried heavy prison sentences, in-cluding 10 years in jail for sexual battery, according to reports.

Downing now faces up to two years in prison, but will not be re-quired to register as a sex offender since the sexual battery charge was dropped.

The video that went viral after the Crimson Tide dominated the Tigers shows Downing pulling out his genitals and thrusting against a passed-out man in LSU attire.

Downing was initially arrested 10 days after the Jan. 19 incident.

His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 29 .

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Free cof�ns given out as political swag to death-stricken Honduran poor

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In some countries political campaigns give out bumper stick-ers and yard signs. In others, they offer free lunches and supermar-ket debit cards. In Honduras, one of Latin America’s poorest coun-tries and also its most dangerous, candidates dole out another type of political swag: coffins for the destitute.

Charities organized by politi-cians scour poor neighborhoods in search of families of murder victims who cannot afford funeral services or even a simple casket.Police: Two American Samoa jailers release inmates to buy beer and food

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Two corrections officers at American Samoa’s only jail are sus-pected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs.

Officers Fiti Aina and Rocky Tua were charged this week with aiding the escape of a prisoner, per-mitting escape and public servant ac-ceding to corruption.

A police search at Territorial Correctional Facility in July turned up beer in an inmate’s cell. While trying to find out how it got there, po-lice learned the officers sent inmates unsupervised to a nearby store.

Dog survives 11-mile ride in car’s grille from Mass. to R.I., mildly hurt

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Authori-ties say a dog survived an 11-mile ride from Massachusetts to Rhode Island at speeds as high as 50 mph after it was hit by a sedan and be-came wedged into the grille.

East Providence Animal Con-trol supervisor William Muggle says the female poodle mix ran in front of the car in Taunton on Sept. 20. The driver slammed on the brakes but didn’t see the dog and continued driving.

It wasn’t until the driver reached East Providence, R.I., that another motorist pointed out the dog.McQueary �les defamation suit after child molestation accusation

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A for-mer Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former as-sistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on cam-pus in 2001 and testified at his sex abuse trial this summer, sued the uni-versity on Tuesday for what he says is defamation and misrepresentation.

Mike McQueary’s whistle-blower lawsuit claims his treatment by the university since Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges in November has caused him distress, anxiety, humiliation and embarrassment.

MONROE (AP) — A former teacher at a private school sus-pected of calling in bomb threats to three Ouachita Parish schools — including the one he worked at — faces a second bond hearing Wednesday.

State District Judge Fred Amman denied bail Monday for David Reyna, but set another hearing for 10 a.m. Wednes-day. Reyna’s formal arraign-ment, where he will be officially charged, has been set for Nov. 12. Reyna, 30, was arrested Friday.

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GRETNA (AP) — A Gretna couple has been arrested and booked with pandering for allegedly turning their home into a brothel.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Bethin Benites-Miranda, and her boy-friend, 27-year-old Juan Gonzalez, are accused of arranging prosti-tution dates with a third woman who was also arrested following an undercover investigation by the sheriff’s Vice Squad.

Conditions of mentally ill in Ghana gain human rights group’s attention

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Men-tally ill patients suffer from severe abuse at psychiatric hospitals and so-called healing centers in Ghana, with many chained to trees and even denied water, a human rights group said Tuesday.

Some 1,000 residents live in squalid, overcrowded quarters in Ghana’s three psychiatric hospi-tals, according to Human Rights Watch. Patients face physical and verbal abuse, and some are given electroshock therapy without their consent, said the group’s report.

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TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A Utah public high school principal has apologized to dozens of teens who were turned away from their home-coming dance because their dresses were deemed too short, in what par-ents and students called a “home-coming spirit massacre.”

Stansbury High principal Kendall Topham held four assem-blies Monday, telling students the school’s dress code policy was too vague to be properly enforced and vowing to hold a free dance to make up for Saturday’s dress debacle.

LSU School of Veterinary Medicine employees Douglas Simpson, 62, and Oscar Johnson, 56, were arrested for felony theft after stealing dog food from the vet school.

The LSU Police Department was notifi ed Sept. 19 that $600 worth of dog food was missing from the vet school, said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde .

After checking security cam-eras in the area, offi cers identifi ed Simpson , of 8935 Orleans Drive , and Johnson, of 2110 E. Azaleas Ave . in Baker , as the culprits.

Both men admitted to taking the dog food when offi cers spoke with them Sept. 26 .

They were arrested, charged with felony theft and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison .

LSU employee arrested for simple battery after pushing another woman

University staff member Kimberly James , 25 , was arrest-ed Sept. 25 for pushing another woman at The 5 the night before.

Around 10 p.m. on Sept. 24 , LSUPD offi cers were dispatched to The 5 for reports of a confron-tation, Lalonde said.

Offi cers spoke with a woman who said James argued with her and pushed her. James was not able to be located at the time.

Offi cers met with James on Sept. 25 and arrested her.

James , of 5612 Robertson Ave. , was issued a misdemeanor summons.

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Vet school employees arrested for stealing $600 worth of dog food

Student arrested for DWI trying to drive past a road closed by LSUPD

LSUPD offi cers blocked an intersection near Kirby Smith Hall and Hart Lot after the Tow-son game Sept. 29 to allow Tiger Band to march from Tiger Sta-dium to the Band Hall.

General business senior Kris-ten Siekmann, 21, went through the intersection anyway, Lalonde said.

Offi cers stopped her vehicle and observed signs of intoxica-tion.

She was arrested for DWI and submitted to a chemical test for intoxication, blowing a .248 percent blood alcohol content.

Siekmann , of 201 Lassal-le Drive in River Ridge, was charged with DWI, disobeying police offi cers and driving with-out a license. She was booked in EBR Parish Prison .

Student arrested for stealing an expensive bike near Kirby Smith Hall

Mechanical engineering stu-dent John A. Romero, 18 , was ar-rested for stealing a Specialized -brand bicycle valued at $1,200 .

On Sept. 25 , LSUPD offi cers responded to a report of a miss-ing bicycle at Kirby Smith Hall around 6:30 p.m., Lalonde said.

Offi cers were not able to lo-cate the bike, but after assessing camera footage, offi cers identi-fi ed Romero .

On Sept. 26 , offi cers contact-ed Romero and arrested him for bike theft.

Romero, of 15617 Memorial Drive in Houston , was booked in EBR Parish Prison.

Non-student arrested for throwing charcoal at pedestrian in passing

LSUPD offi cers arrested Tanner Joshua Crosby , 18 , on Sept. 26 for throwing charcoal from his car at a pedestrian.

Offi cers were dispatched around 8:20 p.m . to South Cam-pus Drive near Highland Road , Lalonde said. The victim told of-fi cers he was struck in the head by charcoal after someone in the car threw it at him. He gave of-fi cers a description and license plate number of the offender’s car.

Offi cers later located the car. Crosby , the driver, admitted to throwing the charcoal.

Crosby , of 2118 Brittany Drive in Port Allen , was arrested and charged with aggravated bat-tery. He was booked in EBR Par-ish Prison.

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Vet school employee arrested for terrorizing after threats made at work

Vet school employee Dejiang Feng , 42, was arrested Sept. 28 for threatening to buy a gun and shooting another person at work.

LSUPD offi cers were no-tifi ed by other vet school em-ployees that Feng had made the threats earlier in the day.

Offi cers located Feng at his home at 7522 Shrewsbury Ave. , and he admitted to making the threats.

He was arrested and booked in EBR Parish Prison.

Two suspicious juveniles arrested for carrying weapons in a school zone

LSUPD offi cers saw two ju-veniles — 15 and 16 years old — looking into vehicles in the Hart Lot around 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 .

They stopped the boys and searched them, discovering each was carrying a small-caliber handgun, Lalonde said.

The boys were arrested, charged with illegally carrying a weapon and violating a fi rearm-free zone and were booked in EBR Detention Center .

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Downtown Baton Rouge’s North Boulevard Town Square re-cently clenched the Downtown Merit Award for public spaces at the annual International Downtown Association Conference in Minne-apolis.

Davis Rhorer, Downtown De-velopment District executive direc-tor and International Downtown Association board member, said a space like the North Boulevard Town Square, located at the center of Baton Rouge’s Arts and Enter-tainment District, is necessary when developing a city’s downtown area.

Rhorer said Town Square is a venue for public activities in the heart of Baton Rouge. It’s a place where Baton Rouge residents can enjoy activities such as free Zumba or yoga lessons, dog walks or live entertainment.

“What we find is that the 20-to-30-year-olds love the loft living kind of concept, and they come downtown,” Rhorer said. “So I want to create great urban spaces for them to enjoy.”

The Town Square was one of 22 entries in the public space cat-egory, which recognizes capital improvements that enhanced the urban design, physical function or

economic viability of downtown and the surrounding community. Baton Rouge’s Town Square was crowned as winner for its viability as a common space where people can experience South Louisiana’s culture.

“Downtown Development’s project received the IDA Merit Award for delivering excellence in downtown management,” said David Downey, IDA president and CEO, in a news release. “Each year, the IDA Awards jury recog-nizes organizations that utilize best practices in our industry. The North Boulevard Town Square is a shin-ing example of excellent downtown management that delivers real re-sults.”

More than 550 downtown or-ganizations are part of the Inter-national Downtown Association, making it a “great resource” to learn

about the current trends in down-town development, Rhorer said.

The North Boulevard Town Square has won seven awards for planning and public spaces from organizations such as the American Society of Landscape Architects and the U.S. Conference for May-ors.

The most recent award is the Town Square’s second from the IDA for planning at the 2012 con-ference. Rhorer said these awards create local, but maybe more im-portantly, national attention for the city.

“We were very excited to win in the public spaces category,” Rhorer said. “It certainly puts us on the map nationally.”

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Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series of col-umns on junior defensive end Sam Montgomery . Today, a re-minder by Montgomery that be-hind the veil of glory, collegiate athletes are just like us.

Of all the savage LSU foot-ball Tigers, junior defensive end

Sam Montgomery is arguably the most intimidating.

M o n t g o m e r y catalyzes a vicious cycle: the super-hero strength gener-ated by his shredded frame terrorizes of-

fensive tackles, who are then de-moralized by incessant taunting

and screaming sack celebrations. Rush, sack, repeat.

Much like with his beloved microwaved pork chops, Mont-gomery’s hunger for quarterbacks is insatiable. You’re well-warned not to walk behind Montgomery on campus this week, as just the thought of Florida’s generous of-fensive line has a saliva slick trail-ing him, one that could send you careening Mario Kart-style to the concrete pavement.

Because he’s known for that on-fi eld ferocity, you’d be sur-prised if you pulled up beside him.

“I talk to more random people and they’re just so shocked at how humble I am and how much I take the time to get to know them,” Montgomery said. “I tell them all simply, ‘What you guys don’t understand is, if you take away this football, I’m no different than you.’”

On Tuesday, fellow Reveille Sports Writer Chandler Rome

quoted LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer as saying, “… being here [at LSU] as a student-athlete is a lot different than being here as a general student.”

And he’s right.Those hulking footballers and

slender swimmers? Their coveted bodies are sculpted by world-class strength coaches and dietitians provided by the athletic depart-ment. You can always pick them out, decked in free purple and gold Nike swag every day.

In the ill-natured culture of collegiate football, to which I con-cede I am a contributor, the ath-letes are glorifi ed by fans and me-dia as if they were professionals.

All of that makes it easy to forget student-athletes are just that — they’re students who also hap-pen to be athletes. We defi ne them by these games they play, a fallacy for which Montgomery supplies

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Smith rises to the occasion

Montgomery reinforces that athletes are students too

Tyler NunezSports Contributor

Sporting the Scruff

She may have come from humble beginnings, but LSU freshman defensive specialist Haley Smith has had a journey fi t for Hollywood.

“Haley has been an amaz-ing story,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “I call her our Rudy.”

Despite limited playing time this season, Smith has fl ourished recently, racking up 59 digs over 18 sets.

But Smith’s journey to suc-cess had a less than spectacular start.

The Meraux, La., native came to LSU hoping to make the team as a walk-on, but Flory did not have a spot for her.

Though disappointed, Smith was not discouraged.

“It was disappointing at fi rst, but I eventually came to my sens-es,” Smith said. “I knew that I would get the opportunity, and I

SMITH, see page 7

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Junior defensive end Sam Montgomery gazes upward between plays during LSU’s 38-22 win against Towson on Saturday.

Tigers prepare to take on Georgia

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Five games is too short of a career for a nose-tickler as infa-mous as junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s.

LSU fans either mourned or rejoiced Monday as news spread that Mettenberger had shaved his mustache.

He sported the often criti-cized facial hair for the Tigers’ fi rst fi ve games, but said Monday

it was time for a change.“I thought I was going to

keep the mustache all year, but obviously our offense wasn’t clicking, and being a little super-stitious, hopefully this changes it all,” Mettenberger said.

The mustache had taken on a persona of its own in recent weeks, garnering both positive and negative attention.

Junior linebacker Kevin Minter said he was shocked when he fi rst heard the news of the

shave, calling the notorious mus-tached look the best facial hair on the team.

But a sign at the Highland Road Smoothie King read, “Mett - the 80’s want their dirty stache look back.”

Mettenberger claims the sign had nothing to do with the sudden disappearance.

But even with the loss of Mettenberger’s mustache, LSU still displays a wide array of fa-cial hair options for Tiger fans’

viewing pleasure.Clean-cut or disheveled,

thick or scraggly, the Tigers showcase the whole spectrum of facial hair each Saturday.

Sophomore defensive tackle Anthony Johnson said the Tigers display the best facial hair in the country.

If the LSU football team gave an award for best beard, Johnson would have to be

Spencer HutchinsonSports Contributor

Multiple Tigers claim to have the best facial hair

FACIAL HAIR, see page 7

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[Left] Junior running back Spencer Ware sings the Alma Mater on Saturday while sporting a goatee. [Middle] Junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger speaks with the press after the game Saturday while donning a mustache. [Right] Junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan sings the Alma Mater on Saturday while sporting a mustache and beard.

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LSU senior defensive end Lavar Edwards is having a breakout season again.

Edwards emerged in 2010 after Sam Montgomery’s season-ending knee injury . Edwards started seven games, had a 29-yard fumble return for a touchdown, and added 4.0 tack-les for a loss of 23 yards, 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble .

Limited to one start, Edwards didn’t make near as big of an impact last season.

Now Edwards fi nds himself in a similar playmaking position as his sophomore year.

Five games into his senior season, Edwards is also on track to quickly pass his career number of sacks, tackles for loss and game starts. A more focused Edwards credits his breakout to this being his

senior year at LSU.“I’m trying to work as hard as I

can and do whatever I need to do to help my team to stand out,” Edwards said.

Being motivated is nothing new for the defensive line. Members of the line said they were more focused this year not only because they want to “win that game we didn’t win last year,” but because motivation is in-stilled in their characters.

“Everyone on the d-line is hungry,” said senior defensive end Chancey Aghayere . “Everyone wants to do great things for the team.”

Edwards’ 1.5 sacks in LSU’s game against Towson ignited the nonchalant Tiger defense. The team’s defense woke up after Ed-wards’ sacks, but Edwards said he just did what he was taught to do.

“I just beat the tackle around the edge and got to the quarterback,” Edwards said.

While Edwards is proud of his individual improvements this season, he said there are major mistakes that have been made, including missed tackles and the defense allowing the most points scored on it since the 2011 season opener .

“We just missed a lot of tackles — that’s what really hurt us,” Ed-wards said. “I missed a couple. When you miss tackles, they get yards that they shouldn’t get.”

Though the team is 5-0 , Ed-wards said there are aspects of the team that need improvement.

“A victory is a victory and we understand that,” Edwards said. “We just know what we gotta do and we gotta get better.”

The LSU football team had a culture shock last year.

It was neither the out-of-confer-ence gauntlet the Tigers faced nor the road trips to Dallas, Morgantown or Tuscaloosa.

Instead, it was the lack of Mc-Griddles.

The sweet and savory breakfast treat that most players indulged in, which comes in at a hefty 560 calo-ries, would no longer be a breakfast staple under Jamie Mascari .

The former LSU cheerleader who took the reins as the LSU Co-ordinator of Sports Nutrition full time last December coordinates ev-ery meal for the Tiger football team

while working closely with every other sport on campus.

“I just saw the need of how nu-trition plays a big part in success,” Mascari said. “Ever since I was an undergrad here, I knew this is what I wanted to do.”

Originally working on a vol-unteer basis, Mascari initially met resistance from some athletes and coaches — something she blames on simple misinterpretation.

“I think when they heard the word dietitian, they thought of a di-etitian for purely weight loss,” Mas-cari said. “They didn’t realize I’m a sports dietitian and I know what elite athletes need to fuel their bodies.”

Mascari works closely with food service dietitian Briggitte Mos-ley and The 5 dining hall to create

“training table” meals at night for the football team, aptly named as it has become a part of the team’s training regimen.

She then assigns all available foods a color, with red representing higher calorie, higher fat selections, yellow being medium, restricted por-tion foods and green being the best foods to eat.

Even with the color codes, Mas-cari said she never restricts student-athletes from eating what they want, only giving them one fair warning.

“If you want Cane’s, go for it,” Mascari said. “But let’s not make it a fi ve-night-a-week kind of deal.”

When any Tiger teams hit the road, Mascari still plans every meal, right down to the post-game meal before getting on the bus to return to

Baton Rouge.Mascari said she checks each

restaurant menu where teams plan to stop, crossing out menu items that wouldn’t benefi t the athletes and highlighting those she deems worthy.

“Pretty much all the restau-rants that our teams are eating from or ordering from have good vari-ety,” Mascari said. “And of course something that’s good to eat before a game.”

With Southeastern Conference rival Florida looming in the Swamp, senior offensive guard Josh Dworac-zyk said fl uids will be the key for he and his teammates to perform at a high level, citing numerous cramps as painful reminders.

Dworaczyk also mentioned the importance of a protein-packed

pre-game meal that always helps him in tough environments.

“If you eat too much right be-fore the game it won’t help you,” Dworaczyk said. “You won’t get into your system fast enough to help you.”

Working without a staff, Mas-cari said her job is sometimes over-whelming to do alone, but still con-siders it her dream.

“Food, especially living in the South, is enjoyable,” Mascari said. “We want to show them their food can be enjoyable.”

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Senior defensive end � ashing big-play ability Bria TurnerSports Contributor

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LSU senior defensive end Lavar Edwards (89) sacks Washington junior quarterback Keith Price (17) on Sept. 8 during the Tigers’ 41-3 victory against the Huskies.

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considered a front-runner.“I’ve got the best facial

hair on the team,” Johnson said. “They call me baby Rick Ross. I’ve been after [my beard] since I was 12 years old.”

Johnson said he has never mustered enough courage to cut his whiskers because he is super-stitious about the possible con-nection between them and his play on the fi eld.

In addition to himself,

Johnson said junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan and junior fullback J.C. Copeland most consistently brandish top-notch bristles.

After losing his No. 1 choice for best facial hair, Minter, who sports a goatee of his own, cast his vote for Logan’s beard.

“He’s had his forever,” Mint-er said. “Mine grows in spots. I wish mine would grow like that.”

Logan said defi nitively that his whiskers are by far the thick-est, fullest and all-around best

on the team.Logan added that he appreci-

ates Johnson’s effort, but he said neither Johnson’s nor any other LSU player’s facial hair will ever compare to his own.

Senior center P.J. Lonergan, whom Johnson said deserves honorable mention for his facial hair, admitted he’s not as com-mitted to the upkeep of his beard.

Lonergan noted that he prob-ably needed to trim and tighten his, but refuted Logan’s claim to the fullest bristles, boasting

his own beard as the clear-cut favorite.

Though the ultimate winner of best facial hair is probably subject to personal taste, one thing is for sure — it makes them stand out.

“I couldn’t get rid of my beard now,” Logan said. “I’ve built this image with the beard, so to shave it off would make it a lot different for me.”

But image isn’t the only thing the players are striv-ing for by doing their best

lumberjack impression.Johnson said his bristles

serve an important dual purpose.“It’s getting close to the win-

ter time, and women like scruffy guys, so you have to have the big beard to keep them warm,” Johnson said.

just had to make the best of it.”Smith put her hopes on the

line last spring when she decided to make another attempt to join the team as a walk-on.

She was almost cut again, but Flory decided to add her to the team conditionally, giv-ing her two weeks to prove herself.

And prove her-self she did. By the time preseason prac-tice rolled around, Smith had earned a signifi cant role as a Tiger.

“It really does show how deter-mined she is to be a great player,” said senior defen-sive specialist Meghan Mannari. “Now we all look up to her be-cause she works so hard all the time and does everything she can to make this team better.”

Smith considered her addi-tion to the team to be a dream come true.

“This is one of the big-gest accomplishments I’ve ever achieved in my life,” Smith said. “I’m just thankful that I’ve had the opportunity and the people I have to support me.”

But Smith’s story doesn’t end there.

A strong work ethic and a knack for taking full advan-tage of opportunities has Smith seemingly overachieving this season.

After a high ankle sprain forced Mannari to sit out for three weekends, Smith was given a signifi cant increase in playing time.

Smith proved to be a capable replacement. Her performances in matches against Kentucky and Missouri earned her the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week award.

“Her success is a tribute to her athleticism and more a tribute to her tenacity and her drive as an athlete,” Flory said.

With Mannari expected to re-turn soon, Smith is likely to see a decrease in playing time. But that doesn’t conern her too much, as she said she wants her role to be that which gives the Tigers the best opportunity to win.

Smith and the Tigers will look to bounce back from Sun-day’s loss to Arkansas tonight at 6 p.m., when they take on Georgia in a match scheduled to broadcast on ESPNU.

LSU goes into the match searching for consistency. It has won back-to-back games only once this season and has gone .500 in its last fi ve games.

Georgia comes into Baton Rouge with an 8-6 overall record. The Bulldogs have struggled in road games this season, going 1-4 in games away from Athens, Ga.

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the perfect remedial reminder.When he kicks it with other

students, which he said is always a good time, Montgomery “hates” talking about the sport that con-sumes so much of his time. He’d like to be asked how his day, rath-er than football, is going. When not at practice or on the sidelines, he’s not even a fan of athletics.

“There’s so much more to life,” Montgomery said.

And after he indulges his inner monster, you can fi nd him shaking hands and signing autographs for those he warmly considers peers.

“It’s really building a fam-ily bond. It makes me feel closer when I play, like I’m actually playing for the people instead of just playing for the fans.”

So if you see Montgomery in the halls or classes you share and seek to strike up a conversation before Saturday’s matchup with the Gators, don’t hesitate. He, like all LSU athletes, is just like us.

Just make sure to approach from the front.

Alex Cassara is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans.

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At least two voices will be miss-ing from Wednesday’s presidential debate.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson are the two strongest third party contenders in the presidential race, but they’re being blocked from participating in the debates by a pri-vate commission largely influenced by Republicans and Democrats.

The Commission on Presiden-tial Debates (CPD) is a nonprofit corporation that has sponsored every presidential and vice presidential de-bate since 1988.

It stepped in to replace the League of Women Voters (LWV) after the LWV withdrew its sponsor-ship of the debates when candidates George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis secretly drafted a “memo-randum of understanding” dictating debate terms.

Founded by then-Republican

National Committee Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf and then-Demo-cratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk, Jr., in 1987, the CPD has allowed the major parties to manage presidential debates for the last 24 years.

Its seeming collusion with Re-publican and Democratic interests has put third parties at a disadvan-tage.

“It’s Republicans and Demo-crats that have no interest whatso-ever in seeing a third party on stage,” Johnson said before taking the stage in the Union Theater last Friday.

The CPD’s rule that candidates must reach 15 percent in national polls creates a type of self-fulfilling prophecy. By denying third parties access to the debates, third party can-didates, who already receive scant media coverage, are blocked from reaching out to voters on a national stage.

“Do you hear my name five times every time Obama are Romney are mentioned 100 times?” Johnson asked the Union Theater audience.

One only needs to revisit Ross Perot’s 1992 campaign as an inde-pendent to see what the national spotlight can do for a third party campaign.

Before the presidential debates, Perot was polling at around 7 per-cent, similar to Johnson’s polling to-day of around 6 percent. After Perot was granted access to the debates, he soared to 35 percent in the polls and ended up gaining 19 percent of the

vote, according to Gallup.No third party candidate has

been allowed in the presidential de-bates since.

But that hasn’t stopped third party candidates from trying.

Johnson recently sued the CPD, claiming the commission violates anti-trust laws and alleging it con-spires to block third parties from the debates. Stein will be marching with demonstrators in Denver on Wednes-day to protest the CPD’s exclusion of third party candidates in an event called Occupy the Debates.

Other organizations are also be-ginning to call out the CPD.

Two sponsors, multinational corporation Philips Electronics and women’s organization Young Wom-en’s Christian Association, have al-ready pulled support from debates over Johnson’s absence.

Eighteen other pro-democracy groups, from Rock the Vote to Fair-ness and Accuracy in Reporting, have called on the CPD to make public the debate contract negotiated between the Obama and Romney campaigns.

Third parties already have dif-ficulties just getting on the ballots in most states. Creating more barriers, even when candidates are on enough ballots to theoretically gain an elec-toral majority, limits the choices available for voters.

Right now, 46 percent of Ameri-cans believe a third party is need-ed — a number admittedly down from 55 percent late last year —

according to a Gallup poll released in September. A Washington Times and JZ Analytics poll released earlier this year similarly found that 40 per-cent of Americans did not feel their views were represented by either major party.

This large group of Americans is forced to choose between the less-er of two evils every four years be-cause of the disadvantages placed on third parties by our electoral system.

By excluding these candidates, we are sacrificing the chance to hear dissenting opinions on the underly-ing assumptions and policies shared by the major party candidates.

These are the debates for

presidency of the United States.They should be open, and they

should be inclusive.A broad conversation is needed

in this country in order to maintain healthy, functioning democracy.

David Scheuermann is a 20-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner.

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“So, you’re suggesting that ter-rorism in the form of Islamic jihad cannot be discussed because it would inflame Muslims, who would then go on a killing spree? If we can discuss the ‘terrorism’ of Menachem Begin in the 1940’s, why can we not point

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“‘I can’t think of a more perfect example of shouting fire in a crowd-ed movie theater than calling anyone who stands against Israel a savage.’

The quote above, as well as the premise of this entire article, is ludi-crous. The author, like so many in-tellectually impaired individuals, has flipped reality on is head and trans-ferred blame from Muslims who rampage through the streets destroy-ing property and killing people to those who advocate positions Mus-lims claim force them to do it.

Knowingly or not the author, our government, and the various and sundry lunatics who transfer guilt from Muslims who engage in

criminal and/or violent behavior are teaching people the way to get the government and others to do what you want is through violence (which is how Islam spread during Muham-mad’s time and ever since).”- Jarrad Winter

In response to Tesalon Felicien’s column, “Drug take-back day and Gas for Guns necessary for Baton Rouge,” readers had this to say:

“I have to politely disagree with your opinion here. These gun buy backs and drug take backs seem good in theory, but what criminal will willingly turn in a firearm or drug for $50-$100 when they can make 4 or 5 times that amount on the streets? The programs that do this simply rip people off. I am not advocating

letting bad people take drugs or have illegal firearms, but usually it is the elderly that turns in these things that they don’t need without knowing the true value, especially firearms. For example, a WWII firearm that is worth thousands of dollars will be “bought back” at a price of $50-$200. All of us wish that criminals would willingly give up their illegal firearms and illegal drugs, but it just isn’t going to happen.”- Bapple

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We all thought the days of Prohibition were over, but in East Baton Rouge Parish, sentiments of a long-abolished Puritanical law continue to linger – at least on Sun-days.

Alison Gary, councilwoman for District 11 and LSU alumna, will introduce an amendment to-night at the East Baton Rouge Par-ish Metro Council to remove cur-rent restrictions on the Sunday sale of alcohol at restaurants, bars and grocery stores, which continue to cause headaches for business own-ers and drinkers alike.

According to the outdated or-dinance, grocery stores may not sell alcohol before 11 a.m. on the Sab-bath, and in order for restaurants to sell alcohol after 11 a.m., 50 per-cent of their gross monthly revenue must be derived from food sales, not alcohol. While local bars are allowed to remain open during spe-cial events – such as Super Bowl Sunday – they are forced to shut their doors on ordinary Sundays.

The amendment, if passed, would allow Sunday to be like any other day of the week in terms of alcohol sales.

Until then, stock up your li-quor closet and be prepared to en-joy your early Sunday morning mi-mosas and Bloody Marys at home.

But to be serious, these restric-tions do much more. They hurt our local businesses and limit the free-dom of business owners.

Gary agreed.

“I think it’s important to re-move the Sunday restrictions in order to allow residents of the par-ish and businesses in the parish to make their own decisions,” she said. “I do not think it is the role of government to put these types of restrictions on businesses and resi-dents.”

Conversely, Council-woman Tara Wicker said she would oppose the amendment, which she thinks will negatively affect urban neighborhoods.

“My larger issue is what im-pact that has on those urban areas that are already suffering from on oversaturation of alcohol outlets,” Wicker told The Advocate. “The fear is that the more we lessen the restrictions, the more the avail-ability there is, it causes adverse effects.”

But availability of alcohol does not always correlate with crime in other areas of the parish, including the area near Gary’s residence.

“In my part of town, on

Jefferson Highway near Corporate Boulevard, I counted about 20 al-cohol outlets – bars, restaurants, re-tailers,” Gary said. “We do not have a crime problem. The bottom line for me is that it is not government’s job to babysit us, save us from our-selves, or make decisions for us.”

If people want to drink, they will find a way to do it. Even if that means stocking up the day before or stopping by a nearby grocery store or restaurant – after 11 a.m., of course.

The time restriction at 11 a.m. may be the silliest detail of the or-dinance.

Aside from morning church processions, Sunday is just another day of the week. Are we attempting to assure all members of the con-gregation arrive to church sober?

Regardless of the history of the ordinance, the restrictions remain outdated in our day.

Fort Lauderdale saw a similar transformation in 2011 when the mayor signed an ordinance allow-ing businesses, which were pro-hibited from selling alcohol before noon, to begin serving alcohol at 7 a.m., according to the Sun Sentinel.

But Fort Lauderdale wasn’t alone. Only months later, 105 out of 127 Georgia communities voted to abolish a century-old law banning the sale of alcohol on Sunday.

Now that the ever-growing trend to end restrictions on Sunday alcohol sales has reached Baton Rouge, residents should contact metro council members and voice their opinions on the issue.

As the W.C. Fields joke goes, “Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.” But in our case, we were forced to stampede into the grocery stores at 11 a.m. to pick up refreshments for the first three noon Saints games.

Kate Mabry is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans.

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South Louisiana greatly differs from the South at largeTHE TRADITIONALISTCHRIS ORTTEColumnist

Contact Chris Ortte at cortte@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_chrisortte

The South is a place of contra-diction and irony, a place that is con-sidered the “others” by the rest of the country.

It’s a place inhabited by people who don’t understand the Union and looked down upon by people who just can’t seem to understand them.

The phrase “Deep South” is in itself a sort of contradiction, finding more resonance in areas like north-ern Alabama and Tennessee. What characterizes the South hardly walks the line with what characterizes the deeper territories of South Louisiana.

Broad aspects serve the obvious differences within these Southeast areas: weather, geography, immigra-tion patterns and religion. They all vary just enough to have significant consequences on the ways of life. In short, though, the cultures are two

different rural lifestyles. Cotton is more suitable for the

drier areas, with more moderate temperatures and tougher soil, while sugar cane and rice are thirstier crops. These agrarian penchants dic-tated the demographics to inhabit the lands.

Immigration patterns and the religions they brought had the great-est effect. Southerners hail from the Protestant areas of Ireland and Scotland, as South Louisianians are French-Catholics.

A prevalent dissimilarity cre-ated by the religious differences lies within a culture we all enjoy — the drinking culture.

But the dissimilarity lies more in the acceptance of drinking rather than the habit. The Deep South is seen as a prominent drinking cul-ture, but its Presbyterian and Baptist faiths tend to be less forgiving.

The French-Catholic influence in Louisiana has commonly ap-proached spirits with more open bel-lies, with many people finding them-selves confessing Saturday’s sins

on Friday afternoon.The South that we are inclined

to envision is that of the plantation hierarchy and what has been deemed by late historian Grady McWhiney, as “cracker” culture.

Its uniqueness is composed of characteristics — like porch-conver-sation, drinking, gambling and vio-lence — that are seen romantically by its writers but distastefully by its observers. This culture derives itself from Celtic heritage of the Scottish and Irish farmers, and it’s where the strong, stubborn pride was born.

In contrast, South Louisiana is not dotted with plantations like the Delta or the Black Belt, and the lais-sez-faire attitude of Louisiana down-plays much of the stubborn South-ern pride that is the instigator of the South’s violent inclinations.

Southern pride descends direct-ly from the Civil War and its result. A vinegary emotion still remains with much of the South. However, the Civil War grudge never really reso-nated with South Louisiana laissez-faire hearts. The stars and bars aren’t

so extensive in Cajun country. Another take on something

small but treasured throughout the Southeast is found in the kitchen. South Louisiana men are the promi-nent cooks of the household.

I don’t mean to discredit any la-dies; my mother can cook with the best of them. But it’s my brother and I that inherited the trait — not my sisters.

It is common that the man in a South Louisiana household is the chief cook. Since wild game has been such a traditional ingredient, the way it should be cooked — long and slow — affected much of how and who was going to cook.

South Louisianians stop eating to do what they must, rather than stop what they must in order to eat.

People must consider that with the progression of society and tech-nology, opportunities have arisen giving them chances to move about the region spreading more deep southern values and habits through-out the Southeast. Many Southern sentiments have become overarching

trends and do find themselves well suited for the contemporary people of Southern Louisiana.

However, South Louisiana sen-timents and traditions don’t seem to stray far from the area because they are so strange to the surrounding South – even to North Louisiana, which is widely considered a strong representation of the South.

As the South can relate to the nation but the nation cannot relate to the South, South Louisiana can relate to the South but the South cannot re-late to South Louisiana.

South Louisiana is an entity all in its own.

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accurate in terms of grading how well students understand the mate-rial,” Chance said. “The best part is that it provides students with more opportunities.”

Some senators questioned if the grading scale would cause stu-dents to go on academic probation because of the added divisions.

“Currently if a student gets a

C minus, it is a 2.0,” said biology Professor William Stickle. “With this system, would a student that gets a C minus go on academic pro-bation because a C minus is a 1.7?”

Chemistry Professor Linda Al-len also expressed her confusion about the bill.

“I don’t know about this resolu-tion; there are just too many shades of gray,” Allen said .

Chance dismissed criticism,

instead saying professors could change the grading scale to fi t their classes.

Senators also raised questions about the cost of implementation, but Doolos said the greatest cost will not be noticeable.

“I am concerned that you don’t really understand the human cost of implementing the grading scale,” Doolos said. “Departments are go-ing to have to take time to look and

decide if they want to change their requirements.”

Senators aren’t the only ones opposed to the resolution. Student Government members have been vocal in their opposition — releas-ing their own report to counter the Ad Hoc Committee report by the Faculty Senate — but they aren’t done yet. Thomas Rodgers , Stu-dent Government’s director of Aca-demic Affairs , said he plans to stay

in touch with Academic Affairs as they evaluate the resolution.

“The important thing is to make sure they know our stance,” Rod-gers said. “There wasn’t a single student on the Ad Hoc Committee. We feel that we haven’t had enough input in the process.”

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EXPANSION, from page 1

GRADING, from page 1

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Architectural design for the building is slated to start in Decem-ber . Construction should start in fall 2014 , and the building should be fi nished in fall 2016 .

The building is “in need of re-pair,” Jindal said, and he called the project a “win-win” for students and the economy.

He added that engineering and computer science are growing fi elds across the country, and the college will have to increase graduates by 150 to 200 per year to meet Louisi-ana’s demands.

“Together, we are witness to Louisiana’s latest engineering revo-lution,” said College of Engineer-ing Dean Richard Koubek.

Koubek boasted the college’s success, citing that 95 percent of engineering graduates at the Uni-versity found jobs last year.

The College of Engineering graduates about 560 students a year, Jindal said.

Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jen-kins said the renovated building is a “truly transformational event in LSU’s history.”

“We have to focus on our strengths as we invest in the engi-neering college,” he said.

Jenkins called the partnership “crucial,” adding that the Univer-sity has become co-dependent.

“In order to fund small capital projects, the University now has to look toward public-private partner-ships,” said Lee Griffi n, CEO and president of the LSU Foundation, at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

Petroleum engineering senior Joseph D’Aquin said renovations to the building will be good for stu-dents, especially in his concentra-tion.

“The petroleum department is very small, so an expansion could help us have more tools to work with and learn with,” he said .

He added that some parts of the building seem old and need repairs.

The University entered a simi-lar relationship with the state to construct the Business Education Complex, which opened this semes-ter. That agreement promised $30 million in funding from the state if the University could match it.

The opening transitioned the E.J. Ourso College of Business out of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, allowing engineering to take over the entire building.

Watch a video of Tuesday’s news conference

at lsureveille.com.

The Daily Reveillepage 12 Wednesday, October 3, 2012