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CRIME

Library thefts spike during midterms, � nals weeksA walk through Troy H. Mid-

dleton Library during midterms or fi nals week reveals a sea of students sprawled out with notebooks and laptops.

But when students get up to use the restroom or grab a snack, many often leave what can add up to thou-sands of dollars’ worth of electronics unattended.

And that is precisely when thieves make a move, said LSU Po-lice Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde .

Students leaving belongings unattended accounts for anywhere from four to seven thefts during ev-ery midterms week and four to eight during every fi nals week, according to LSUPD crime statistics dating back to fall 2010 .

“It’s concentrated to where stu-dents are studying,” Lalonde said. “Most of the time, it happens when they’re taking a break.”

It doesn’t matter whether the students are gone for one minute or 30 minutes — the thefts are “crimes of opportunity,” Lalonde said.

The most frequently stolen items are laptops, purses, cell phones, wal-lets and tablets, he said.

To avoid these types of thefts, Lalonde said students should take their belongings with them if they have to get up for any period of time or leave them guarded by a trustwor-thy friend.

He said students should be wary of asking a stranger studying around them to watch their things because the person may not be dependable or may be distracted.

Accounting freshman Taylor Robertson said she often leaves her

MacBook unattended, though she sometimes asks another student to watch her things.

“As I come here more, I ask less,” she said.

Ben Rau , sociology senior , said he feels that he can trust other stu-dents with his belongings more dur-ing the day than at night.

“I fi nd that most people leave each other’s stuff alone,” he said. “If I’m here at night, I’ll ask someone to watch it.”

Fortunately, there are ways to avoid these crimes and help police recover stolen goods.

Lalonde said students with smartphones should install appli-cations such as Find My iPhone or Where’s My Droid , which allow us-ers to pinpoint the location of their phones via GPS.

Chris GrillotStaff Writer

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FOOTBALL

Tigers’ bowl options unclearChris AbshireSports Writer

When media members returned to the press box after LSU’s 21-17 loss to Alabama , two items greeted them: a Chick-fi l-A Bowl pamphlet and a Capital One Bowl fl ier.

It was a stark reminder of LSU’s suddenly recalibrated bowl hopes, which remain in limbo as the Tigers jockey with fi ve other Southeastern Conference schools for two likely spots in a prestigious BCS game.

“That game mostly took us out of championship mode, but now the goal is to stamp that BCS tag on our season,” said senior offensive line-man Josh Dworaczyk .

The task won’t be easy.The SEC champion is guaran-

teed a BCS bid, and barring an all-time stunner in the Iron Bowl , LSU is out of that running.

Alabama’s loss to Texas A&M last Saturday kept LSU’s faint con-ference title aspirations intact, but it

BOWL, see page 19

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LSU’s Native American Student Association sponsored a powwow Wednes-day in Free Speech Plaza. Coushatta-Kiowa tribe member Jocelyn Ahshap-anek, 3, [above] dances in the Grand Entry and Coushatta tribe member Leland Thompson [right] performs the chicken dance for the crowd.View a video at lsureveille.com, and read more about the event on page 4.

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FOOTBALL: Ole Miss quarterback was a junior college star, p. 5

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Rat kill in Galapagos Islands targets 180 million to preserve other species

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The unique bird and reptile species that make the Galapagos Islands a trea-sure for scientists and tourists must be preserved, Ecuadorean authori-ties say — and that means the rats must die, hundreds of millions of them.

A helicopter is to begin drop-ping nearly 22 tons of poison bait on an island Thursday, launching the second phase of a campaign to clear out by 2020 non-native rodents from the archipelago that helped inspire Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.France goes after fatty snacks with ‘Nutella tax’ despite outcry

PARIS (AP) — First the French government went after the rich. Now it has it in for Nutella.

Despite an outcry in support of the beloved chocolate and hazelnut spread, the Senate passed a mea-sure Wednesday that would triple the tax on palm and some other vegetable oils in the hope of cut-ting down on obesity.

The “Nutella tax” would affect any foods made with those oils. The measure is part of a bigger bill on financing the national health care system and aims to push manufac-turers to use healthier alternatives.

Scientists identify new gene that triples risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists have identified a new gene variant that seems to strongly raise the risk for Alzheim-er’s disease, giving a fresh target for research into treatments for the mind-robbing disorder.

The problem gene is not com-mon — less than 1 percent of peo-ple are thought to have it — but it roughly triples the chances of developing Alzheimer’s compared to people with the normal version of the gene. It also seems to harm memory and thinking in older peo-ple without dementia.Lawyers surrender recordings in ongoing Waf�e House CEO suit

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Lawyers turned over recordings Wednesday of Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers Jr. engaging in sexual acts that were made by a woman who alleges the executive forced her to engage in such acts to keep her job.

Cobb County Superior Court Judge G. Grant Brantley signed a preliminary order barring the dis-tribution of those recordings while legal proceedings are ongoing. His initial decision will be replaced by a more lengthy order governing who may access the recordings and un-der what circumstances. Brantley has scheduled a March 25 hearing.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trum-pet-maker Jason Harrelson said he’s donating one of the best trum-pets he’s ever made to benefit a festival honoring the artist who sparked his passion for the instru-ment — Louis Armstrong.

Harrelson’s specially made brass “Satchmo” trumpet has a fleur-de-lis mouthpiece and tran-scription of the musical score for Armstrong’s trumpet solo in the song, “A Kiss to Build a Dream On.” It also has a tuning slide mounted with a small replica of an iconic New Orleans water meter cover.

The trumpet is set to hit the auction block Saturday.New Orleans-based Coast Guard unit returns home from Cuba

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans based U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism team is scheduled to return home Wednesday evening from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

During the deployment, the members of the unit were respon-sible for securing the port and wa-terways around the base.

The team conducted more than 4,400 hours of continuous patrols.

Power back in Santiago de Cuba three weeks after Hurricane Sandy

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authori-ties say power has been almost completely restored in the eastern city of Santiago nearly three weeks after Hurricane Sandy.

A report in Communist Party newspaper Granma says the lights are back on for 99.8 percent of cus-tomers in the city and 47 percent in outlying areas.

Santiago took a near-direct hit from Sandy on Oct. 25. The storm killed 11 people on the island, dam-aged more than 200,000 homes and caused significant crop losses.

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A helicopter test-carries a container that will hold poisonous bait to kill rats on the Galapagos Islands, over Baltra Island.

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(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s ad-ministration sent formal notifica-tion Wednesday to federal officials that Louisiana won’t create its own health insurance market as pro-vided by the national health care overhaul.

Health and Hospitals Sec-retary Bruce Greenstein mailed a seven-page letter telling the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that Louisiana will leave it to the federal gov-ernment to run the state’s health insurance exchange.

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Starting this spring , incoming freshmen will not receive a printed 2013 general catalog when they ar-rive on campus for orientation.

Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Planning and Review T. Gilmour Reeve said the idea for an online-only gen-eral catalog has been in the works for several years, and it’s now near completion.

He said the Offi ce of the Uni-versity Registrar coordinated the idea and has se-lected a vendor for the website. On Nov. 9 , the offi ce hosted a session for faculty and advisers to look at examples of the new catalog.

University Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said al-though he is a fan of printed mate-rial, having the catalog only online will save the University money.

“Nevertheless, there’s no missing the point that the produc-tion of a printed catalog was an expensive enterprise,” Cope said.

Cope said having an online-only catalog means students will

never have to pay for one if they lose theirs. Another benefi t of hav-ing the catalog available online is that it can be updated frequently.

“In a general way, the elec-tronic media is much more fl exible and responsive,” Cope said.

Reeve said in the past, depart-ments would re-ceive printed cop-ies and would have to pen in changes, which would later be typed up for the new catalog .

The catalog was printed on poor-quality paper , but the website will now offer il-lustrations and links for students to click, Cope said.

Cope said the general catalog will be available for the public to view, meaning future students will have the opportunity to read up on the University’s course offerings before deciding to enroll. This will increase both enrollment and re-cruitment .

Accounting sophomore Mi-chaela Jones said she’s a “fan of the tangible aspect” and prefers be-ing able to physically fl ip through the book.

“Having a hard copy made it easier to plan classes or even learn about the different classes,” she said.

Cope said students will probably respond favorably to

accessing the catalog online.“In my own class, I have not

seen a student pick up a piece of paper in the last two years, so I think they prefer electronic me-dia,” Cope said.

Jones said there are benefi ts to having the gener-al catalog online, but it shouldn’t replace the print-ed copy .

Reeve said the current cata-log can be found online as a PDF, and it has some links embedded in it.

“It’s not nearly as interactive or dynamic as the [new] online catalog will be,” he said.

Jones said she will continue using her hard copy of the catalog, but will also use the online version so she can have it on her screen and in her hands .

Reeve said advisers will have the ability to print pages for stu-dents if they request it .

Many other Louisiana univer-sities are already using an online catalog, he said.

“We’re getting in the game, and we’re a little bit behind,” Reeve said.

ACADEMICS

University to not print general catalog beginning in spring

Shannon RobertsContributing Writer

Online version to o� er cost bene� ts

Contact Shannon Roberts at sroberts@lsureveille.com

T. GILMOUR REEVE

‘... I have not seen a student pick up a piece of paper in the last two

years, so I think they prefer electronic media.’

Kevin CopeFaculty Senate president

Manship School of Mass Communication, 1 Full Seat Bradley Williams

University Center for Advising and Counseling, 1 Full Seat Kevin Muehleman

University Center for FreshmanYear, 4 Full Seats Taylor Stewart Alexande DeBlieux Kayleigh Buvens Brian Rees

Senate runoff election resultsSTUDENT GOVERNMENT

(AP) — The federal govern-ment has dropped an indictment against a man accused of mak-ing a false bomb threat at LSU, which sparked a more than 12-hour evacuation of the Baton Rouge campus in September.

U.S. Attorney Donald J. Ca-zayoux Jr. announced Wednes-day the dismissal of the indict-ment against 42-year-old William Bouvay Jr., of Baton Rouge, who still faces a state charge of com-munications of false information

of a planned bombing on school property. Cazayoux says a suc-cessful state prosecution would result in a considerably higher sentence, thus the federal charge was dropped.

The state intends to charge Bouvay as a habitual offender. If convicted, he could get a manda-tory minimum of 13 years, four months and a maximum sentence of 40 years.

The federal charge carried a 10 year sentence.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Read about Wednesday’s Student Government meeting at lsureveille.com.

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BriefFederal government dismisses case involving bomb threat at LSU

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center this month received the largest institutional gift in its his-tory, a $250,000 endowed profes-sorship.

Preis & Roy, PLC law firm of Lafayette, New Orleans and Houston, made the investment toward the director of Advocacy and Professional Practice.

The gift will pay part of professor Jeffrey Brooks’ salary, said Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss. The money the law school would have spent on his salary will now go to support the cen-ter’s 27 Trial Advocacy and Moot Court teams and externship pro-grams, where students can work for credit.

“[Advocacy and Professional Practice] is the program that large numbers of our students look to, to prepare them for the real world of making appellate arguments and trying cases,” Weiss said. “We’ve had a long tradition here of being successful at most com-petitions.”

Weiss said the donation will help support students’ programs, which will essentially prepare them for their careers.

“These [programs] help our

students hit the ground running when they graduate,” he said. “The income from the endow-ment is used to support the activi-ties of the professor or the school program.”

Weiss said the Law Center especially appreciates this dona-tion because it came from a firm and not a single donor.

“We are particularly grateful to the Preis & Roy firm because they stepped up to the plate,” he said. “They made an institutional gift at a point in time when we are very anxious to receive insti-tutional gifts.”

Edwin Preis is a 1972 gradu-ate of the LSU Law Center and Lane Roy is a Tulane Univer-sity Law School alumnus. Of the firm’s 53 attorneys, 24 lawyers are LSU Law Center graduates.

“[Roy] said that although he was a graduate of Tulane Law School… he had no hesitation about making this gift because he feels very strongly that no law school in Louisiana has a greater impact in Louisiana than LSU Law,” Weiss said.

Dancers dressed in tradition-al, colorful regalia transformed Free Speech Plaza into a powwow Wednesday afternoon as they shared their Native American culture with the University community who stopped to watch the spectacle.

“It’s shared by everybody,” said Tyler Greymountain, member of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation located in Utah. Greymountain shared the chants, drum beats and stories associated with each dance.

“It doesn’t pertain to one cer-tain tribe — it’s shared amongst all the Indian people, and I think all the tribes have their own ceremony stuff that they keep to themselves, but powwow is pretty much for every-body.”

Sponsored by the Native Ameri-can Student Association, or NASA, 11 dancers performed their Grand Entry and demonstrated four dance styles twice in approximately two hours.

Greymountain said most of the dancers were from the Coushatta

tribe of Louisiana, including digital art junior Skye Byrd, vice president of NASA.

Oglala Tribe and NASA mem-ber Jaclyn Wagers, mass commu-nication freshman, performed in a Jingle Dress with three other women. The story behind the dress is that a medicine man was visited by a spirit in his dreams who told him to make a dress with 365 cones to represent each dayear in order to heal his ailing granddaughter.

More than 40 students watched the first round of demonstrations, and a small gathering was present for the second instance. Some students, like computer science senior Jacob Diaz, stayed to watch both.

Diaz heard about the dances a week before and decided to watch the performance. He said the per-formances were “rhythmic,” and he was impressed with their dedication to the details of their regalia.

“I respect any kind of dedica-tion, really,” Diaz said, “Just looking at the Jingle Dress, I don’t know how long that took.”

NASA is inviting dancers to perform the Gourd Dance at 12 p.m. April 13 at the LSU Natatorium

Field. Admission is free, and Grey-mountain expressed his willingness to attend, should NASA invite him.

“Powwows happen nationwide here in the U.S. and Canada. Every weekend, you have something dur-ing the weekdays,” Greymountain said, “It’s big, but down here in the South, it’s not so much as big as what it would be up North or out West.”

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SportsThursday, November 15, 2012 page 5

Bo KnowsThe golden locks may be

gone, but his confidence still burns bright.

Ole Miss redshirt sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace has built a bit of an image for himself in the Southeastern Conference. He was the Rebels’ blonde, long-haired passer who entered the pro-gram and injected life into an offense that was looking for answers.

He’s still all of these things –– minus the hair length.

“The hair got in the way a bit, so I felt like it was time to cut it,” Wallace said. “I don’t really have any superstition with it. Actually, the team has more superstition with it than I do.”

It wasn’t just his physical appearance that made Wallace a household name in Oxford, Miss. The fact that he has led the Reb-els to five victories is a story all in itself.

Many projected Ole Miss to finish last in the SEC West, with some writers throwing out re-cord predictions that totaled three wins. Some analysts even called the Rebels a one-win squad.

The preseason roster had its share of battles heading into the

2012 campaign, but the quarter-back spot garnered the most at-tention.

Wallace and teammate Barry Brunetti battled for the starting job, but Wallace nabbed the spot.

After being named the start-ing quarterback in August, Wallace had to lead a program that was 2-10 in 2011 into a new era.

“I’ve had to adjust to the speed of the game,” Wallace said. “This is my first year playing in the SEC, and obviously it’s a lot faster than what I played against

last year [in junior college]. Having to play these big teams like Texas and Alabama made it tough at first.”

Wallace came out firing in his first game against

Central Arkansas, completing 20-of-24 passes for 264 yards and two scores.

He saved his best perfor-mances for Texas A&M and Vanderbilt, as he passed for a combined 708 yards and two scores.

Looking back, Wallace wasn’t a player who many Divi-sion I scouts had on their watch lists despite his impressive num-bers at Giles County High School in Pulaski, Tenn.

“During his junior year, we basically had no receivers, and he and his running back both had over 1,000 yards rushing,”

Alleman fixing issues in season

FOOTBALL

Take three steps back and two to the left.

Eye the ball, plant, kick, then follow through.

Every time LSU senior kick-er Drew Alleman takes the field to kick a field goal, that’s the rou-tine.

But seven times this season, it wasn’t that easy.

Alleman has missed seven field goals this season after only missing two kicks last season.

His most recent miss — a 45-yard attempt in the Tigers’ 21-17 loss to Alabama — was a matter of inches, Alleman said.

His last step to the left wasn’t wide enough, and it forced him to pull the ball wide left.

Alleman said his person-al kicking coach, Chris Shaw from Kick Nation in Dallas, Texas, was watching on televi-sion, recognized the misstep and immediately knew Alleman was going to miss the kick.

Spencer HutchinsonSports Contributor

ALLEMAN, see page 10WALLACE, see page 10

Playing among a crop of youthful, inexperienced team-mates, LSU senior guard Charles Carmouche possesses quiet intan-gibles that extend far beyond just dribbling and passing.

The 6-foot-4 New Orleans na-tive has navigated his way from the University of New Orleans to the University of Memphis and back home to Louisiana to don the purple and gold for a fifth and fi-nal season of eligibility — all the while bringing the winning mental-ity LSU coach Johnny Jones saw in him as he courted Carmouche for his final season.

“I’ve actually had the

opportunity to win and play in the NCAA Tournament,” Carmouche said. “I’m trying to help everybody not do the wrong things I did as a younger player and to better the team as a whole.”

After graduat-ing from McMain High School in New Orleans, Car-mouche starred at UNO for two sea-sons, punctuated by his 2009-10 campaign where he averaged 12.6 points and a team high 4.8 rebounds per game.

The Privateer basketball program then elected to drop down to Division III, prompting Carmouche to transfer to Memphis, where he was eligi-ble to play immediately for coach Josh Pastner.

Carmouche excelled right off making 28 starts and averaging 8.8 points in four postseason games before being plagued by knee ten-donitis and sitting out most of his senior season.

Due to the in-jury, Carmouche was granted a red-shirt season from the NCAA. Car-mouche qualified for a fifth year of eligibility and re-turned home in what he called the perfect situation.

“ G o i n g through the re-cruiting process as

a high schooler and doing it over again, people don’t know that’s huge hoopla,” Carmouche said. “I was ready to get acquainted with

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Carmouche follows a winding road to LSU

CATHERINE THRELKELD / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior guard Charles Carmouche (0) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 77-63 win against UC-Santa Barbara in the PMAC.

Chandler RomeSports Writer

CARMOUCHE, see page 10

BRUCE NEWMAN / The Associated Press

Mississippi quarterback Bo Wallace (14) is chased by Vanderbilt defensive back Andre Hal (23) on Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

Lawrence BarrecaSports Contributor

Former JUCO star leads Ole Miss

‘His work ethic and how he played the game

was o the charts.’ David O’Connor

Giles County High School coach

Minor mistakes led to missed kicks

Journeyman cracks starting lineup

‘I’m trying to help everyone not to do the wrong things I did as a younger player and to better the team as a

whole.’ Charles Carmouche

LSU senior guard

Ten students are the back-bone of LSU’s women’s basket-ball team.

The student managers play a behind-the-scenes role with an ultimate goal of contributing to the success of the Lady Tigers. They’re in charge of setting up and operating practices, prepar-ing equipment, keeping game stats, doing laundry and partici-pating in practice if passers or re-bounders are needed, among any other miscellaneous tasks that arise.

The job is not easy though, they unanimously agreed.

“People say ‘Oh you’re the water girl?’ No, it’s so much more than that,” said sports administra-tion sophomore Teejay Jones .

The managers arrive an hour before practice and games and usually stay an hour after the basketball game ends. For early games, the man-agers sleep in the locker room the night before to ensure everyone is focused and ready to work the next morning.

Following a bad game, an unsatisfi ed player called sports studies senior and manager Kaliegh Lussier at 11 p.m. to help work on her shot for a few hours. Lussier said that is part of a manager’s job, which helps the players and coaches do their jobs.

“You’re trying to alleviate all the stress off so the coaches can coach, the players can play and you think of anything else so they can do their job to the best of their ability,” Lussier said. “You don’t want to have them worry about anything. … As a manager, the number one thing is you have to think 10 steps ahead of 20 oth-er people.”

After each game, Jones gets a copy of the game fi lm, breaks it down and picks out every high-light for a two-minute motiva-tional fi lm to pump up the players before game time.

Most of the managers come from basketball backgrounds or just love the sport, but each man-ager works with the program to improve his or her chances at a successful career. Lussier , who played two years of college bas-ketball, wants to be a basketball coach. Working under LSU coach Nikki Caldwell and managing the team is putting her one step in that direction.

“To be great, you have to be around greatness, so that’s how I’m going to instill myself with that greatness is to just be around it,” Lussier said. “Coach Nikki is one of the best role models you can have on and off the court.”

Graduate student and manager Darian Riley , who plans to coach in the future, receives learning experience daily by working with the team and con-siders his job the experience of a lifetime.

“I get experience being un-der coach Nikki Caldwell, who was under Pat Summitt,” Riley said. “Everything I see every day, I’m learning from what I see, so when I leave here I’ll be able to move on to the next level and be a coach myself.”

After either a year of being a manager or when dedication to the program is proven, the team will put a manager on scholar-ship. The new managers aren’t told about this specifi c perk early on as an effort to show individ-ual motives of working with the team.

“We don’t tell the new man-agers this at fi rst because we want to see, Are you here for the gear and the scholarships, or are you here because you want to be a Lady Tiger?” Lussier said.

When people see the man-agers on the sidelines at the

games, they are not dressed as if they are head-ing to practice or games — they wear their fi nest attire. Caldwell and her staff are training the man-agers for the real world. While the

managers are working, they are networking and want to be as professional as possible because of their desire to have careers in sports.

“We’re meeting with boost-ers, we’re meeting with possible job opportunities,” Lussier said. “You don’t want to be in khakis and a polo or sweats when you’re meeting someone for possible job opportunities.”

Manager and account-ing junior Chrystal Cantrelle

said LSU’s managers are the best-dressed managers in the Southeastern Conference.

Spending so much time with the team can be a struggle for the managers as students, and some have outside jobs. Time manage-ment skills are tested the most during road trips.

“When you’re on the road, you’re missing class just like the players are missing class, but you don’t have their tutors,” Lussier said. “So you have to learn how to do that and keep everything on track.”

Manager and sports com-merce senior Jasmine Green said though the work is tiresome, she has no complaints and appreci-ates her role at the end of the day.

“We’re kind of like the back-bone of the team,” Green said. “Everything fl ows through us. If we didn’t do it, who would?”

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Team managers contribute to Lady Tigers’ success

Bria TurnerSports Contributor

photos by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Managers for the Lady Tiger basketball team, sports administration sophomore Teejay Jones [above left] and sports administration juniors Elizabeth Nuckolls [above right] and Caroline Nuckolls [top], help run practice Nov. 14 in the LSU Basketball Practice Facility.

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Students put in hours behind scenes

‘Coach Nikki is one of the best role models you

can have on and o� the court.’ Kaliegh Lussierteam manager and

sports studies senior

NEW YORK (AP) — David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets won baseball’s Cy Young awards on Wednesday.

Price barely beat out 2011 winner Justin Verlander for the American League prize in one of the closest votes ever. Dickey was an easy choice for the NL honor in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The 38-year-old Dickey be-came the fi rst knuckleball pitcher to win the Cy Young Award, an achievement mentors such as Hall of Famer Phil Niekro are quite proud of.

“I am not a self-made man by any stretch of the imagination,” Dickey said on MLB Network. “This is a victory for all of us.”

Runner-up two years ago, Price was the pick this time by the slimmest of margins. He received 14 of 28 fi rst-place votes and fi n-ished with 153 points to 149 for Verlander, chosen fi rst on 13 bal-lots.

Other than a 1969 tie between Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain, it was the tightest race in the his-tory of the AL award.

Rays closer Fernando Rodney got the other fi rst-place vote and came in fi fth.

“It means a lot,” Price said. “It’s something that I’ll always have. It’s something that they can’t take away from me.”

Price went 20-5 to tie Jered Weaver for the American League lead in victories and winning per-centage. The 27-year-old lefty had the lowest ERA at 2.56 and fi n-ished sixth in strikeouts with 205.

Verlander, also the league MVP a year ago, followed that up by going 17-8 with a 2.64 ERA and pitching the Detroit Tigers to the World Series. He led the ma-jors in strikeouts (239), innings (238 1-3) and complete games (six).

Price tossed 211 innings in 31 starts, while Verlander made 33. One factor that might have swung some votes, however: Price faced stiffer competition in the rugged AL East than Verlander did in the AL Central.

“I guess it’s a blessing and a curse at the same time,” Price said. “There’s not an easy out in the lineups every game. It feels like a postseason game.”

Weaver came in third with 70 points, but was listed second on a pair of ballots. The right-hander threw a no-hitter and had a 2.81 ERA in his fi rst 20-win season but missed time with injuries and to-taled only 188 2-3 innings for the Los Angeles Angels.

The top pick in the 2007 ama-teur draft out of Vanderbilt, Price reached the majors the following year and has made three straight All-Star teams.

Despite going 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA in 2010, he fi nished a distant second in Cy Young voting to Felix Hernandez, who won only 13 games for last-place Seattle but dominated most other statistical categories that year.

Verlander was trying to be-come the fi rst AL pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Youngs since Boston’s Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000. San Francisco right-hander Tim Lincecum did it in the National League in 2008-09.

Dickey garnered 27 of 32 fi rst-place votes and easily outdis-tanced 2011 winner Clayton Ker-shaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Gio Gonzalez of Washington fi n-ished third.

Dickey joined Dwight Gooden (1985) and three-time winner Tom Seaver as the only Mets pitchers to win the award.

The right-hander was the club’s fi rst 20-game winner since Frank Viola in 1990. And perhaps most impressive, Dickey did it during a season when the fourth-place Mets fi nished 74-88.

“It just feels good all over,” he said.

The LSU swimming and div-ing teams open three days of com-petition today at the Cougar Clas-sic Invitational in Houston in a setting that will prepare the squads for events later in the season.

Today through Saturday , 13 women’s squads and four men’s teams will compete in a morning preliminary round, followed by fi -nals in the evening. Southeastern Conference foes Texas A&M and Arkansas will also be represented.

The meet will serve as a tune-up for SEC and NCAA champion-ships , which have a similar format to the Cougar Classic.

“I think it’s ideal,” said LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer . “The getting up early, longer pre-lims sessions, come back and try to swim faster at night — this is what we need to prepare for the rest season to give our team a good feel of what the conference lineup is like.”

The similarities between the Cougar Classic and LSU’s later competitions don’t end in the pool, however. Geyer said as many as 360 athletes will be in the pools each morning warming up for the day’s events.

“When we get to conference time, it will be about 400 athletes in the water, so it matches that re-ally well,” Geyer said. “On the women’s side with 13 different teams there, you have two very capable SEC teams with Arkan-sas and Texas A&M there. You throw in the mix a program like Wyoming that will come down from elevation and naturally get some rest just from being closer to sea level.”

In preparation for the three-day invitational, Geyer said the swimming teams focused this week on staying energized and healthy, as to not wear down as the weekend goes on.

The diving competition will include the 1-meter springboard, the 3-meter springboard and for the fi rst time this season, platform events.

“We’ve trained really well on platform,” said LSU diving coach Doug Shaffer . “This is our fi rst opportunity to get up and do the dives we’ve been doing on a regu-lar basis but also do the dives that

are new on our list.”Shaffer said the divers will

face a new challenge in that they may have to wait as long as 30 minutes in between dives, whereas in a dual-meet scenario, the time between dives is much shorter.

“The experience of diving prelim, fi nal, prelim, fi nal, pre-lim, fi nal for three days in a row is invaluable when we’re looking to prepare for SEC champion-ships and NCAAs down the road,” Shaffer said.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

LSU women’s and men’s squads travel to three-day competition

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LSU freshman Grant Grenfell swims the men’s 200-yard backstroke during the swim meet against Alabama on Nov. 2.

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And then there were none.Texas A&M’s upset of No. 1

Alabama last weekend leaves the Southeastern Conference with no undefeated teams.

I won’t sugarcoat it, this week of SEC football is a snooz-er. Mississippi State hosting Ar-kansas is the league’s best match-up? Woof.

1. Georgia (9-1) Who’s that com-

ing down the track? A mean machine in red

and black is the new No. 1 in my power rankings.

The Dawgs are playing their best football at the right time. Ju-nior quarterback Aaron Murray and the Georgia offense is click-ing on all cylinders and the de-fense has only allowed 19 points in its last three games.Last Week: 2 (Beat Auburn 38-0)

2. LSU (8-2) LSU at No. 2

this week exempli-fi es what my power

rankings are all about.Records and scores don’t

matter. It’s all about who is playing the best from week to week.

LSU used its close loss to Alabama as motivation to prove what a quality team it is. Whatever bowl the Tigers end up in, I wouldn’t want to play them.Last Week: 3 (Beat Mississippi

State 37-17)

3. Alabama (9-1) LSU got Ala-

bama drunk, but Texas A&M got to take it home.

Johnny Football was too much for the Alabama defense exposed a week before in Ti-ger Stadium . But something tells me they’re now out of the national championship picture just yet.Last Week: 1 (Lost to Texas A&M 29-24)

4. South Carolina (8-2) I was impressed

with the Gamecocks’ effort against Arkansas on Saturday in their fi rst

game since losing junior running back Marcus Lattimore .

This is still a dangerous football team moving forward. Unfortunately, they’ll probably destroy a totally overmatched opponent in the Chick-fi l-A Bowl .Last Week: 5 (Beat

Arkansas 38-20)

5. Texas A&M (8-2) So who said Texas

A&M isn’t ready to compete with the big

boys in the SEC ? That would be me.

Johnny Football proved me wrong as he scorched the Ala-bama defense for 345 total yards and two touchdowns. I wouldn’t be surprised with the Aggies’ re-cent surge and Manziel’s popu-larity if Texas A&M doesn’t get picked for a BCS at-large bowl.Last Week: 6 (Beat Alabama 29-24)

6. Florida (9-1) The Ragin’ Ca-

juns were a punt away from taking the

Gators to overtime. Then Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy blocked it and Jelani Jenkins re-turned it for a touchdown allow-ing the Gators to escape with a victory.

That being said, Florida is in a rut. If it continues the sloppy

play against a quality opponent, it won’t be as lucky as last week.Last Week: 4 (Beat Louisiana-Lafayette 27-20)

7. Vanderbilt (6-4) And the winner of

the “Battle for Bowl Eligibility” is the Commodores .

With a favorable schedule the rest of the way, Vandy could win eight games. If that happens, say bye-bye to coach James Franklin .Last Week: 9 (Beat Ole Miss 27-26)

8. Mississippi State (7-3) Remember when

Mississippi State was undefeated and No. 11 in the country? It seems

like forever ago.Now the Bulldogs must try

to regroup as Arkansas comes to town this weekend. They haven’t scored more than 20 points since Oct. 20 .Last Week: 7 (Lost to LSU 37-17)

9. Ole Miss (5-5) Ole Miss has

to be kicking it-self for allowing a

chance to become bowl eligible slip away at home against Vandy .

Don’t expect that sixth win to come against LSU . Better luck in the Egg Bowl .Last Week: 8 (Lost to Vander-bilt 27-26)

10. Missouri (5-5) It took four over-

times for Mizzou to put away Tennessee ?

The Tigers must really be bad.Last Week: 11 (Beat Tennessee 51-48)

11. Arkansas (4-6) R e g a r d i n g

applications for the Arkansas head

football coach, please send résu-mé and references to...Last Week: 10 (Lost to South Carolina 38-20)

12. Tennessee (4-6) To add insult to

the pathetic excuse of a season Tennessee has had, quarterback Tyler

Bray told the media this week, “I get paid to win football games.”

Apparently not that much.Last Week: 12 (Lost to Missouri 51-48)

13. Kentucky (1-9) The only reason

the Wildcats aren’t No. 14 again this week is because they

scored as many points as Auburn . Except Kentucky had the week off.Last Week: 14 (bye)

14. Auburn (2-8) Apparently coach

Gene Chizik told vis-iting recruits he and his staff aren’t going

anywhere. He meant they’re not leaving town before they fi nd new jobs, right?Last Week: 13 (Lost to Georgia 38-0)

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.

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Southeastern Conference Power Rankings: Week 10MIC’D UPMICAH BEDARDSports Columnist

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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) celebrates Saturday with wide receiver Kenric McNeal (5) and defensive back Dustin Harris (22) after the Aggies defeated top-ranked Alabama 29-24 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 30 points, Omer Asik added 15 points and 12 rebounds, and the Hous-ton Rockets held off the New Orleans Hornets 100-96 on Wednesday night.

Harden went 10 for 20 from the field but only 1 of 7 from 3-point range. He reached 30 points for the third time in seven games with the Rockets.

Greivis Vasquez scored a career-high 24 for the Hornets, despite hurt-ing his left ankle in the third quarter and briefly leaving the game. Anthony Davis had only eight points on 2-for-7 shooting.

The Rockets built a 21-point lead in the first half, but the Hornets played better defense in the second to close the gap.

Chandler Parsons sank a pivotal 3-pointer and fadeaway jumper late to help Houston win for the second time in five home games.

The Rockets took the floor while first-round draft pick Royce White remained absent from the team. The 6-foot-8 White called the team “in-consistent” in its efforts to help him cope with his anxiety disorder and fear of flying, and he sent out a series of often critical tweets throughout the day.

The team has said nothing pub-licly beyond a statement that said White was “unavailable” and that it would support him going forward.

After a slow start, the Rockets hardly seemed distracted.

Reserves Marcus Morris and Toney Douglas both hit a pair of 3s early in the second quarter as the Rockets surged to a 47-38 lead. Hous-ton started 7 for 10 from the field overall in the quarter. Morris stayed on the floor when the starters returned, and scored on consecutive drives to stretch the lead to 52-40.

Morris just beat the halftime buzzer with another 3 to put the Rock-ets up 64-45. After hitting his first four shots, Vasquez didn’t take a shot in the second quarter. Davis, coming off a 23-point, 11-rebound effort against Charlotte, had only one field goal and four points in the first half.

New Orleans defended the pe-rimeter better in the third quarter and trimmed the deficit to six. Vasquez, fourth in the NBA in assists coming into the game, twisted his left ankle on a drive late in the third quarter, came out of the game and limped to the locker room.

Houston led 85-76 after three quarters, despite going 7 for 18 from the field and hitting only two 3s in the third.

The Rockets gave away four turnovers in the first 4 minutes of the final quarter. Vasquez returned and guarded Harden, who swished a jumper from the top of the key for a 95-88 lead with just over 4 minutes to go.

The 6-foot-9 Al-Farouq Aminu switched to guard Harden after that, and Harden passed to Parsons for a 3-pointer with 3:27 remaining,

restoring Houston’s double-digit lead.Vasquez then sank a pair of 3s to

fuel a quick 8-0 Hornets run that cut the gap to 98-96 with less than 2 min-utes to play. Parsons just beat the shot clock with a fadeaway jumper to put Houston up by four.

Harden bit on Vasquez’s head fake, landed awkwardly and was whistled for a non-shooting foul. Aminu missed a hurried 3-pointer,

but Patrick Patterson couldn’t corral the rebound and the ball went out of bounds. Vasquez missed a corner 3 at the buzzer, his only miss in four at-tempts from long range.

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RUNNING

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A popular 10-kilometer race in New Orleans has a new sponsor and a new course.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl will be the new chief sponsor of the Crescent City Classic race, which celebrates its 35th anni-versary next year.

The Sugar Bowl replaces The Times-Picayune as the title sponsor.

Race organizers said Mon-day that the 2013 race also will have a new starting point down-town in front of the Superdome instead of at Jackson Square in the French Quarter.

Next year’s race is sched-uled for March 30.

Eric Stuart, the Cres-cent City Classic’s race director, said the beginning of the race will incorporate a wave start with timing corrals on Poydras in front of the Superdome. It will still run through the Quarter and finish at City Park and Tad Gormley Stadium.

“You will run through the Quarter instead of starting in the Quarter,” Stuart said. “With a more organized start, people who want to run will be able to run, and walkers will be able to walk.”

A two-day health expo will move to the Hyatt Regency, near the Superdome. The Hyatt will also be the host hotel for the event.

With the addition of the Crescent City Classic, the Sugar Bowl will now sponsor 25 satel-lite events in addition to the an-nual football game.

“The Sugar Bowl Committee is pleased to be in the position to support the Crescent City Clas-sic and its long-standing history of success,” said Sugar Bowl President Jack Laborde. “The bowl’s support will help race planners build on that success and at the same time help us meet our objectives of driving tourism via sporting events.”

Crescent City race gets new sponsor

NBA

Harden scores 30, Rockets beat Hornets

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Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin, left, goes to the basket followed by New Orleans Hornets’ Robin Lopez (15) in the �rst half of Wednesday night’s game in Houston.

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my new family, new team and new city and get ready to play again.”

LSU junior forward Sha-von Coleman got a taste of Car-mouche’s leadership from his fi rst moments on campus, when the team gathered on its own for some recreational games before offi cial practice began.

“When we were playing pick-up, he’d always tell people what we would mess up on and what we were doing good,” Coleman said. “That stuck out because some peo-ple didn’t have that type of leader-ship last year.”

That leadership coupled with veteran instincts on the court has propelled the journeyman into Jones’ starting lineup at wing for the Tigers’ fi rst two regular sea-son games — bludgeonings of UC Santa Barbara and McNeese.

Carmouche said adjusting to three different head coaches and their respective schemes has been relatively seamless, with Jones , Pastner and former UNO coach Joe Pasternack sharing the same

mindset in coaching their teams.“The philosophies from all

three of my coaches are different, but they all had the same mentali-ty,” Carmouche said. “Defense has always been a big part of my game, so I was always able to fi t right in.”

While he wouldn’t divulge which coach he would prefer to play for out of those three, Car-mouche said Jones’ past as a player makes him relatable to the team, understanding what his players go through each day on and off the fl oor.

Jones told Carmouche during his recruitment he knew he could provide a leadership spark his team would need to survive his fi rst sea-son.

Just don’t expect the well-traveled guard to vocalize it.

“I think he wants me to be more vocal, but I tend to try to lead by example,” Carmouche said. “I don’t want to do too much talking.”

“What happens when you cram yourself like that is you plant too deep past the ball, then your hips get ahead of you, and you can’t follow through all the way up the kick,” Shaw said.

Shaw, a former kicker for the University of Louisiana-Lafay-ette, said he and Alleman have been working together since Al-leman’s sophomore year in high school.

Despite the fact Shaw lives in Dallas, the pair talks con-stantly on the phone throughout the season to discuss Alleman’s progress.

“For Drew, the biggest thing for him is to focus on the little things,” Shaw said. “Sometimes when you’re making 12, 13, 14 or 15 fi eld goals in a row, you forget the little things.”

Alleman said he was forget-ting those little things until last week’s 31-17 win against Mis-sissippi State, when he went three for three on fi eld goal at-tempts, ending a three-game streak with at least one missed

fi eld goal. “All last week, I made sure I

got out wide enough, and I made sure I sat on my plant, and that helped me hit a better ball,” Al-leman said.

LSU sophomore punter Brad Wing, who is Alleman’s place-holder, said one reason for Alle-man’s inconsistency, as well as his own, is the new footballs be-ing used this season.

The NCAA allows kick-ers to use footballs on kickoffs, punts and place kicks that are different from the regular game balls as long as they meet certain requirements that are checked by offi cials prior to the start of games.

The balls the pair used last season are no longer being made, so they were forced to switch to a new ball. A different football may not sound signifi cant, but it can change a number of vari-

ables in a punt or a place kick, Wing said.

“It’s a little different ball; it fl ies different,” Alleman said. “It’s something we had to get used to, but then again, we’re not going to blame it on something like a ball.”

Saturday’s game against Ole Miss will be Alleman’s last game in Tiger Stadium, and Alleman said it will be important for him to fi nish his last home game in an LSU uniform without a miss.

“I’m not going to say I’m perfect,” Alleman said. “I don’t think anybody is perfect, but it’s getting better. I really focused last week big time, and it’s some-thing I have to do for the rest of the year and for the future.”

said David O’Connor , Wallace’s coach at Giles County . “As a sophomore, he threw for almost 2,000 yards. When I couldn’t get anybody to recruit him, I thought to myself, ‘I must be the craziest guy in the world.’”

Giles County’s coach saw Wallace’s potential early on in his career.

“I saw the intangibles,” O’Connor said. “His work ethic and how he played the game was off the charts. I’ve never seen anyone like him. No one has ever

had the same physical attributes that he has.”

Wallace found himself at Ar-kansas State after his senior sea-son, only to leave a year later for the JUCO ranks at East Missis-sippi Community College , where he led the Lions to a National Ju-nior College Athletic Association championship .

He also set the NJCAA sin-gle-season record for most pass-ing yards (4,604) , total offensive yards (4,810) and most touch-downs thrown (53).

It wasn’t long before Ole Miss offered the JUCO star

a scholarship. Wallace draws motivation

from his SEC opponents. His rival schools overlooked him in high school, and he still hasn’t for-gotten.

“Coming out of high school, I wasn’t really looked at by any-body in the SEC , so I’m always playing with a chip on my shoulder,” Wallace said. “I always have something to prove when I go out there.”

Now Wallace prepares to march into Tiger Stadium , where more than 92,000 fans intend to make the Ole Miss passer feel as

uncomfortable as possible during the four-quarter affair.

But Wallace said he doesn’t feel intimidated.

“I don’t re-ally ever go into a game nervous,”

Wallace said. “You don’t get many opportunities to play in big-time environments like this, so

you take it all in pregame, realize how special it is, and then once the ball is kicked off, you go back to playing football.”

Wallace knows a hungry LSU defense will be waiting for him in Baton Rouge this weekend, and he has one goal in mind.

“I’m going out and trying to win a football game and get this team bowl-eligible,” Wallace said. “That’s the main thing on my mind right now.”

WALLACE, from page 5

CARMOUCHE, from page 5 ALLEMAN, from page 5

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‘I’m going out and trying to win a football game and get this team

bowl-eligible.’ Bo Wallace

Ole Miss sophomore quarterback

The University Block and Bridle Club’s 75th annual ro-deo has all the usual features — bulls, cowboys, calf-roping, fun and games. However, this year’s rodeo will have an unexpected guest — Matthew McConaughey .

During the rodeo, students have the chance to be extras in the independent feature fi lm “Dallas Buyers Club.”

The fi lm stars Matthew Mc-Conaughey and Jennifer Garner , and it’s directed by Jean-Marc Vallée , who has directed numer-ous French fi lms and a few televi-sion series.

Jeanmarie Murphy , publicist

for “Dallas Buyers Club,” said the movie is a biopic that cen-ters on McConaughey’s charac-ter, Ron Woodroof , who leads a hard-partying lifestyle and must deal with the consequences of his ways.

“‘The Dallas Buyers Club’ is based on a true story, set in 1985 , about a man who is an AIDS patient in the days when no one quite knew what that was,” Mur-phy explained. “In his despera-tion to keep himself alive and a lack of FDA-approved drugs, he goes south of the border and smuggles drugs from Mexico to treat himself and other patients.”

Murphy said McCo-naughey’s character is a bull rider who gives up his career when his

health begins to deteriorate. Filmmakers will be present

during the rodeo Friday . They will be fi lming the shots of the crowd for the movie as well as stuntmen riding steers.

“This Friday , there will be second units. Second unit is ba-sically stunt work. Matthew McConaughey will be in atten-dance, but he’s not going to be in character or working. It will be the stuntmen doing the work, and they’re doing scenes where they’re actually riding the bulls,” Murphy said.

Those interested in being extras should attend the rodeo Friday. The fi lmmakers ask that

EntertainmentThursday, November 15, 2012 page 11

At Your Leisure

FILM

Taylor SchoenEntertainment Writer

RODEO, see page 15TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Parker Coliseum will host the Block and Bridle Club Rodeo today and Friday.

University rodeo to be featured in McConaughey � lm

photos by BRIANNA PACIROKA and RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

[Left] French junior Alaina Dugas dangles Nov. 1 in an aerial silks class. [Middle] LSU leisure class instructor Stephen Blades (left) and English freshman Tyler Rau (right) practice their long sword techniques Nov. 6 in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse. [Right] Kinesiology and nutrition senior Suzanna Raspa performs Nov. 1 in an aerial silks class.

Aerial silks, long sword fencing are among the most eccentric leisure classes

Few teachers encourage stu-dents to swing from the ceiling and spar with their peers, but University leisure instructors do so on a daily basis.

From long sword fencing to sushi making, University lei-sure classes cater to a variety of unique hobbies with more than 100 classes offered each semes-ter.

Kara LeBlanc, administra-tive coordinator for the leisure

program, attributes the diverse class selection to invested in-structors. While the leisure offi ce actively seeks new class topics, she said the most popular propos-als are from instructors.

Elise Duran, professional aerialist and circus performer, pitched a proposal to revive an Aerial Silks class, a performance-based activity where students use suspended fabrics to contort their bodies into various positions midair.

While the activity may look beautiful, Duran said suspending

in the air is a strength-building workout. She said the class is challenging but rewarding, as it allows students to steadily prog-ress.

“It shows what you can do when you really set your mind to it,” she said.

There are no requirements for joining leisure classes, but Duran said students who can hold their own body weight benefi t the most from the sessions.

Most of all, Duran said she

David JonesEntertainment Writer

LEISURE, see page 15

At Your LeisureAt Your Leisure

[Left] French junior Alaina Dugas dangles Nov. 1 in an aerial silks class. [Middle] LSU leisure class instructor Stephen Blades (left) and English freshman Tyler Rau (right) practice their long sword techniques Nov. 6 in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse. [Right] Kinesiology and nutrition senior Suzanna Raspa performs Nov. 1 in an aerial silks class.

Aerial silks, long sword fencing are among the most

Few teachers encourage stu-dents to swing from the ceiling and spar with their peers, but University leisure instructors do so on a daily basis.

From long sword fencing to sushi making, University lei-sure classes cater to a variety of unique hobbies with more than 100 classes offered each semes-ter.

Kara LeBlanc, administra-tive coordinator for the leisure

David JonesEntertainment Writer

Before Baton Rouge can ig-nite with the bright, illuminating colors of Christmas, one event seeks to cut the inaugural ribbon for the local holiday season.

The 15th annual White Light Night, a traditional gathering at the businesses on Government Street, is one of two art hops presented by the Mid City Mer-chants each year.

Hosted consistently on the Friday before Thanksgiving, the Nov. 16 event will feature 51 white-Christmas-light-adorned shops and stores in the Mid City area. Five shuttles will transport attendees to the different loca-tions throughout the evening.

The merchants range from Sally’s Circa 1857 to Ragusa’s Automotive to Piggly Wiggly, each fi lled with local art and many of the artists themselves, who will be available for meet and greet and discussion of the work on display.

Live music will also be of-fered at 22 loca-tions, and seven restaurants will open their doors to serve the mass-es. Many more will provide free refreshments.

When White Light Night fi rst began, it included eight businesses and saw a couple hundred locals in attendance.

But Liz Walker, Arts District Chairman for the Mid City Mer-chants, said an estimated 15,000 people will be in attendance this year, a number that grows with every event.

Walker also owns Eliza-bethan Gallery on Jefferson

Highway. She said her business sees about 2,000 people come through during the four-hour pe-riod, and many return the next day.

“The whole idea is to bring people into Mid City so they can see what they have to offer,” Walker said. “We have maybe eight new businesses to the area that use this as open house and introduction to the public. It re-ally serves as an introduction or r e i n t r o d u c t i o n if people might have seen a busi-ness many years ago.”

H a v i n g chaired White Light Night for nearly 15 years, Walker said it takes about six months to plan. However, she said the night has become such a staple event in Baton Rouge that it nearly runs itself.

Walker emphasized the eco-nomic impact the single night has on the city, bringing people in from all over the state and be-

yond. Brian Ed-

wards, general manager for Bistro Byronz on Government Street, said the restaurant has participated in the night as long as he’s been em-ployed there — at least four years.

He said the restaurant has

seen as much as a 50 percent increase in customers on White Light Night, and this year there will be local musicians and artists set up in the café area outside.

“This is one of the things we can hang our hat on,” he said. “We can say ‘Yes, here’s some-thing worth traveling for.’”

Sally’s Circa 1857 on Gov-ernment Street, a store full of an-tiques and original art, becomes a hub of activity as the courtyard and nearby shops fi ll with pa-trons.

Manager Christopher Polk said the store gets at least 2,000 to 3,000 people circulating.

Polk plays in Speak Easy, a seven-piece band that will be per-forming original and cover music at Circa. He said Yvette Marie’s Café will serve free food and 15-foot sculptures by featured artist Joseph Jilbert will be present.

“It’s defi nite-ly a big haven for those who look for that unique

eclectic area,” Polk said. “When people come here, they always want to fi nd that art scene, that live, happening music scene. This has brought a lot of attention to art in this area.”

Walker said attendees would have to put on a Superman cape to make it to all of the businesses in one night, with crowds gather-ing to get in and out, though she stressed the walkability and secu-rity of the night. She said police will be helping people to cross Government Street.

She said the biggest chang-es people will notice from year to year are the different trends emerging in the art world, illus-trating the latest in everything from painting to interior design.

“If you’re new to the city, new students or people coming to Baton Rouge for the fi rst time, this is very eye-opening,” she said. “There is fun stuff to do in Baton Rouge.”

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HDTAEDITOR’S PICK: How to Destroy Angels, “An Omen”Experimentation distinguishes Trent Reznor from other formerly well-known musicians with the release of “An Omen,” the � rst EP from How to Destroy Angels. The album features layers of synths and instrumentation, harmonies and the vocals of Reznor’s wife, Mariqueen Maandig, among others. The music is dreamy, puls-ing, whispered and strange, but an underlying structure threading throughout the collection keeps things from going too far, pulling

climactic buildups back to earth with a sudden quiet. Some tracks become unsettling, but “Ice Age” beauti-fully showcases Maandig’s vocal talent, sweetly pacing with plunky notes and a barely-noticeable ringing sound that varies in pitch. “An Omen” will surely lead to anticipation for the band’s � rst full length album.

MORGAN SEARLESEntertainment Editor

When a game franchise releases new installments every year, it reaches a point at which changes must be made. Past “Call of Duty ” games have been mired in mediocrity. Luckily, “Black Ops II ” developer Treyarch saw the need for innovation and changed accordingly. Small changes include the ability to customize weap-ons before beginning missions. But it’s the bigger changes, such as the new Strike Force missions, that are most impressive. The game’s campaign is easily the best of the series, helped only by

the Strike Force missions that can affect the game’s ending. However, it seems that Treyarch focused mainly on revamping the campaign, as innovations to the multi-player component are few and far between. Still, the system is as fun, fast-paced and exciting as it’s always been. “Black Ops II ” stands as one of the series’ most impressive outings yet. JOEY GRONER

Treyarch“Call of Duty: Black Ops II”

“King Animal” kicks off with “Been Away Too Long,” an appropriately named song considering Soundgarden’s last studio album arrived in 1996. And if this record proves anything, it’s that the group has been away too long. Sound-garden is still here in all of its heavy, grunge-tinged glory. Invigorated with distorted riffs and explosive drumming that climb up and leap out from the intro, the album kicks off with conventional grungy metal,

but eventually eases itself into the alternative experimenta-tion character of Soundgarden . And of course, there’s Chris Cornell , whose voice still hits a similar intensity as it did in the ’90s. “King Animal” doesn’t present anything groundbreaking for Soundgarden , but it reintroduces the band in a way that implies progress rather than deterioration. AUSTEN KRANTZ

Republic RecordsSoundgarden, “King Animal”

No more cowbells, no more Kidz Bop production, no more half-assed � llers. One Direction has made an album actually worthy of its status as biggest boy band in the world. “Take Me Home” is an acceptance of One Direction’s place as heir to the British inva-sion throne, from Queen’s drums in “Rock Me” to Take That’s campy ’90s sound in “I Would.” The album boasts some catchy bubble gum pop-rock songs like “Kiss You” and “Heart Attack,” either of which could match “What Makes You Beautiful” in popularity and

actually deserve it. The only times “Take Me Home” � ops hard are in “Little Things” and “Over Again,” a pair of cringe-worthy acoustic ballads fans are better off skipping. With stronger material and room for creative input of their own, One Direction proves it’s not all tight pants and ques-tionable hair, but a vocal powerhouse with a charmed touch for pop music. KACI YODER

Syco RecordsOne Direction, “Take Me Home”

With the failure of 2010’s “Bionic” looming over her head, Christina Aguilera had a lot to prove with her seventh studio album, “Lotus.” A thudding intro sets a promising tone as the singer’s powerhouse vocals mesh perfectly, with a newer techno-centric sound. But the upbeat, synth-heavy beats burn out quickly when Aguilera’s singing proves too powerful for some lighthearted tracks. Even as the album careens between solid hits and vexing misses,

Aguilera appears to be in her element, crooning sexually dominant lyrics about female empowerment and shooing haters. The most poignant moments come through slower gems, such as “Blank Page,” showcasing a more vulnerable side to the multifaceted pop singer. Not as original as “Back to Basics” or disastrous as “Bionic,” the singer’s latest effort is simply average. DAVID JONES

RCA RecordChristina Aguilera, “Lotus”

Canadian duo Crystal Castles has cultivated sophisticated sound mechanics with “III .” The backbone of CC’s third studio release is a nuanced layering of synths and ambient noise. Alice Glass’ indistinct mutterings and de� ant screams can be heard as always, guiding the music’s pathos. The tone of the album feels darker than the two prior, somber yet aggressive. “Sad Eyes ,” “Plague ” and other song titles prepare listeners for a grave survey of lo-� lament. CC’s

choice of album photo, a Yemeni mother consoling her grown son after he was exposed to tear gas at a street demonstration, is as raw as the music it is paired with. Ironically, the best album track is titled “Affection ” and features an enchanting echo pattern that frames the song’s progression like a pursuit. “III ” is not the kind of album one loves at � rst listen, but further plays are advised. JOSH NAQUIN

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White Light Night rings in holidays Friday’s event to host food, music, artMorgan SearlesEntertainment Editor

WHITE LIGHT NIGHT EVENT:

Where: Mid City Art and Design District

When: Friday, Nov. 16, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Cost: Free refreshments and shuttles available

‘When people come here, they always want to

nd that art scene, that live happening music

scene. � is has brought a lot of attention to art

in this area.’Christopher Polk

manager of Sally’s Circa 1857

Contact Morgan Searles at entertainment@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_entertainment

Fur accents are making a comeback this season.

This bold trend has fashionistas all over the world channeling their inner Rachel Zoe . Some people may hesitate to try this trend for fear of looking too gaudy or for social rea-sons, but don’t fear the fur.

Whether your style is simple and classic or fl ashy and over the top, anyone can rock this trend. For those with a more understated style, jack-ets with fur trim can work this trend without overdoing it.

Keep an eye out for accessories. A purse with a splash of fur makes for a unique piece that adds interest to an otherwise simple outfi t.

For a full-on diva look, I sug-gest a fur vest. The warm Louisiana climate may not be cold enough for a full fur coat, so the fur vest is a happy medium. Pair it with a simple button-down with sleeves that hit just below

the shoulders. Keep the accessories understated to keep from looking too overdone.

Have fun with this trend and experiment with different textures and colors. Finding guilt-free faux fur is pretty easy, as almost every lifestyle brand is now carrying some variation of faux fur. If you want to go the real fur route, high-end stores and boutiques carry them as well. Vintage stores and thrift shops some-times carry fur jackets at a highly discounted price.

My favorite way to wear fur is with a faux fur vest cinched at the waist with a skinny belt to reduce the bulk. But no matter how you wear this trend, I suggest everyone incor-porate it into her wardrobe to add some luxe to her look.

Shamiyah Kelley is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Irmo, S.C.

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Beer, burgers, bluegrass and cancer services — an unlikely combination.

Baton Rouge’s own Tin Roof Brewing Company will celebrate its second anniversary Friday night with an all-ages event on its own turf. The brewery is hosting a roundup of local food trucks and serving beer, with proceeds ben-efiting Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge.

Just a mile down Nicholson Drive from the North Gates of LSU, Tin Roof Brewing Compa-ny has its roots planted in the lo-cal scene. From the tanks labeled by names of Louisiana rivers and lakes to tin tackers stamped with the words “geaux local,” Tin Roof’s investment in its hometown is clear the moment one steps through the front doors.

N a t u r a l l y , the brewery has chosen to com-memorate its an-niversary with a homegrown party. According to Tin Roof’s advertis-ing director John Peak, Tin Roof deliberately planned the event for the Friday before the Ole Miss game as a nod to founders Charles Caldwell and William McGehee.

“There is a fun dynamic in the brewery,” Peak said. “Wil-liam went to LSU, Charles went to Ole Miss, so having it right be-fore the Ole Miss game really fits our brand. The rivalry speaks for itself.”

Tin Roof has collaborated with two other local organiza-tions, Cancer Services of Great-er Baton Rouge and the Baton Rouge Mobile Food Vendors Association, to put on the event. Though it may seem like a strange combination, spokesman for

Mobile Food Vendors Association John Snow said the event came together naturally.

“It’s been so seamless how everything’s come together, be-cause we all understand what one another’s about, and it’s easy to come together over something that makes sense,” Snow said.

The groups’ col-laboration goes be-yond just planning an event together. While Tin Roof will be sell-ing its own drafts to raise money for Cancer Services, lo-cal food trucks will incorporate Tin Roof beer into a new item on the menu created in honor of the brewery’s anniver-sary.

“All of our food truck chefs are exactly that — they’re chefs,” Snow said, who also owns the popular Taco de Paco truck.

“They’re going to come up with unique and new items and options that incorporate Tin Roof into their dishes, and I think they’re gonna blow some minds.”

Connie Bou-dreaux, the orga-nization’s adver-

tising associate, said she wants to show University students that even if money is tight, they can contribute to the cause in their own way.

“We’re a completely local organization, so partnering with other local business really means a lot to us, because we know what it’s like to be kind of the under-dog,” Boudreaux said.

Boudreaux, Snow and Peak all said they hope the event will help boost awareness of all three

local organizations. “Most people drive up and

down Nicholson, and they have no idea that this is even back here,” Snow said of the brewery. “You have no idea, and then you walk in here, and it’s like, ‘Wow,

I had no idea that this was going on in Ba-ton Rouge.’”

For some Uni-versity students, an event like this may be a change from the usual routine. Peak said he’s frustrated with the idea that nothing ever happens in Baton Rouge, one

he thinks makes many students feel stuck in a rut and leads them to move out of town after gradu-ation.

“Cool stuff is happening that they need to know about,” Peak said. “You can go out to another bar and have your everyday, run-of-the-mill Friday night experi-ence, or you could come out to Tin Roof and have some food trucks having a cook-off, and it benefits a good cause.”

Peak said he hopes an event of this scale will serve as a spring-board for more activity in his part of Baton Rouge and even start an annual tradition.

“We don’t want it to be a one-time thing,” Peak said. “We want it to get bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger every year.”

In addition to food and beer, the Tin Roof anniversary party will also feature live music by lo-cal bluegrass band The Ramblin’ Letters. The event will take place on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Tin Roof Brewing Company’s lo-cation on Wyoming Street.

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Tin Roof Brewing Company will celebrate its second anniversary with a roundup of local food trucks Friday. Proceeds will bene�t Cancer Services.

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Tin Roof Brewing Company celebrates second anniversary

Kaci YoderEntertainment Writer

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Tin Roof anniversary celebration:

When: 5 p.m., FridayWhere: Tin Roof Brewery, 1624 Wyoming St.What: A bene�t for Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge

Proceeds bene�t Cancer Services

‘We’re a completely local organization, so partnering with other local businesses really

means a lot to us.’ Connie Boudreaux

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wants her students to have fun. Even if everyone fails at com-pleting a new trick, she said she feels students can still enjoy the overall experience.

Alexis Richmond, biology senior, said the adrenaline rush of twirling above the room eas-ily outweighs the diffi culty of the class. She said she plans to con-tinue honing her skills after the class is over, as she aspires to one day reach the caliber of perfor-mance of her teacher.

“She makes me want to join the circus,” Richmond joked.

Richmond said the class also evoked her creative abilities since she was able to express herself in a way she hadn’t done before.

Eric Wiggins, digital media analyst at Information Technolo-gies Services, sought to provide a similar venue of expression when he contacted the leisure offi ce to create a historic long sword fenc-ing class.

Wiggins noticed a hole in the leisure program’s martial arts and fencing itinerary, which lacked

classes involving historical European martial arts or HEMA. After immersing himself in the HEMA community, Wiggins said he felt the subject would be ben-efi cial to many students.

“The story I usually hear is, ‘Yeah, I’ve been interested in swords and knives ever since I was a kid, but I never knew this existed,’” he said.

Most of Wiggins’ students are met with a stark realization upon entering his class — real-life fencing is nothing like it has been depicted in movies. The lessons in the class range from learning the proper fencing posi-tions and guards stances to long sword history.

When sparring, students use plastic replicas, similar in weight and balance to steel swords, to ensure safety in the beginning classes. As experience level in-creases, steel swords are more likely to be used.

Wiggins said most of his stu-dents advance quickly and are knowledgeable of the craft af-ter only six weeks of class. This could be attributed to many of

his students’ previous experience with swords, like 53-year-old long sword student Wade McMa-nus.

While McManus said he has a particular affi nity for Viking swords, he jumped at the chance to take a long sword fencing class. He said the class presented an opportunity for him to fur-ther explore his sword-collecting hobby.

McManus said it was an in-formative and challenging expe-rience. He said his younger but knowledgeable teacher was a pleasure to interact with.

“It was hard to keep up with his exuberance,” he said. “He really liked it. It was fun to see someone with an attitude like his.”

Leisure classes vary in length, usually between one and 10 class sessions. Class price range for students is about $50 to $75.

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audience members avoid wear-ing logos and to sport their best Western attire to help create a Texas rodeo vibe.

Emily Shields , animal sci-ence senior and assistant rodeo manager , explained there are two rodeos. Thursday night is the student rodeo, in which only students may participate in the show. The Friday night rodeo is an open rodeo, meaning anyone is invited to ride.

Shields said she hopes the rodeo will garner more attendees than the rodeo’s usual turnout.

“We’re hoping it will publi-cize us more because we would

always love to do our job where you’re passionate and you love it,” Shields said. “The people that come are people that have been coming forever, so it’s a tradition for them. We really want to reach out to the LSU community be-cause our student turnout hasn’t been as strong the past couple of years.”

Shields said the usual rodeo attendance is about 200 to 300 people. This year they’re hoping for anywhere up to 8,000 rodeo-goers.

Shields said the rodeo will be benefi ting Brave Heart- Children in Need, Inc. The organization offers foster children a sense of home by giving them toys and

items that they can call their own. She said there will be a do-

nation box at the rodeo to collect toys for the children, and some of the proceeds of the ticket sales will also be going to the charity.

Shields said the rodeo will feature bull-riding, calf-roping and calf-sorting. She said the ro-deo also features humorous ac-tivities like goat dressing. Goat dressing involves teams compet-ing to clothe a goat the quickest.

The rodeos both begin at 7 p.m. and the cost of admission is $5 .

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In response to Nicholas Pierce's column, "Should Puerto Rico be the 51st state, yes":

I was stopped today by a girl from the LSU Reveille.

She asked me what my opinion was about the issue of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state of the Unit-ed States of America. I really did not know what to say because there are so many other topics our country is

facing, the last one I expected to be asked about was this one.

My original answer was that I really did not mind, because the U.S. government has been taking care of Puerto Rico for some time now. Through military protection and for-eign assistance. We might as well make them a state so they can con-tribute and pay their share of taxes.

She walked away and I contin-ued to sit there in the quad and think about it. The more i thought about it, the more my opinion became clear.

Our country is in an extreme amount of debt from war, interna-tional intervention, contributions to the UN, foreign assistance, and even welfare. Puerto Rico has a large population under poverty and I think that if they were added as a state they would only require more govern-ment assistance. I feel at this point

the only way a new state should be added is if they can contribute to the overall country. I do not think Puerto Rico could accomplish this and I do not even think it should be some-thing to be even considered.

It seems like a lot of the major issues facing this country are being suppressed by the media in light of more big government friendly issues. I would for once like to be asked my opinion on the Fast and Furious and Benghazi attack cover ups. There has been a lot more me-dia coverage of how General Pe-traeus is having an affair then other more important issues. -Stephen Schmidt, mechanical engi-neering junior

In response to Aaron Friedman's column, "Colorado pipe dream is still a dream":

Wow Mr. Friedman I cannot and don't believe the article you have written is genuinley your opin-ion.You have beyond biased opin-ions in this article that leak like a syringe from the start and I would love to be the first to politely explain why . First of all John Hickenlooper was one of the founders of the origi-nal Wynkoop Brewing Company brewpub in Colorado and has been lobbying against weed for his own economic profit - http://sportsillus-trated.cnn.com/2007/writers/rick_reilly/10/23/reilly1029/index.html.

He IS a mass drug dealer be-hind the Coors name and defacing his competition. There is no evi-dence of a single death attributed to marijuana and your introductory paragraph started with you chok-ing on beer. I'm not buying this

Friedman. Alcohol is attributed to over 40,000 deaths per year not to mention other crimes such as abuse and indecency.

I don't smoke and I have been sober for almost 2 years because of my wife and Jesus Christ. As for my wife she is epileptic and is required to be on prescription seizure meds taken every 12 hours. Me? I am manic depressive and also take anti-seizure every night. Her along with Cancer patients and AIDS victims are ABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE thanks to marijuana but I live in VA and she is stuck with the lob-byist pharmaceutical artificial drugs like me that harm our livers like your choke inducing alcohol. -foodmaster900

Last week’s elections revealed a startling truth about Louisiana voters: We like our Congressmen. We like our guns. But we don’t care too much about our civil lib-erties.

Every congressman re-elected last week voted in September to reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, a law which allowed the government to conduct dragnet surveillance over Americans’ elec-tronic communications and granted telecommunications companies immunity from lawsuits involving this surveillance.

These men — our representa-tives — decided the government should be allowed to monitor your emails, phone calls and text mes-sages without a warrant.

And we rewarded them by voting them back into office.

In fact, when it comes to the most prominent technology-related bills, our representatives — and by extension ourselves — seem out of touch.

Three of our congressmen, with the exceptions of Rep. Cedric Richmond from District 2 and Rep. John Fleming of District 4, voted for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this summer — a bill that would have allowed private companies to share their users’ personal communica-tions with federal agencies, by-passing existing privacy laws.

CISPA was opposed by major Internet innovators including Tim

Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser.

Rep. Steve Scalise of District 1 even co-sponsored the infamous Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which was especially painful for me considering he’s my represen-tative and a fellow computer sci-ence major from LSU. Scalise did withdraw his sponsorship once pressured by vocal opponents.

This paints the picture of a state that’s behind the times tech-nologically.

CISPA and SOPA were lam-basted by several online communi-ties such as Reddit when they were introduced, and FISA has its own

share of hate from those most in tune with today’s technology.

Many of us geeks don’t like laws that fundamentally alter the Internet, and we don’t like know-ing our communications can be easily monitored. We are acutely aware of the growing prevalence of Internet technologies and what the implications of these laws are for an increasingly digital society. Just look at how common smartphones are becoming.

Yet, our opinions in these re-gards are inconsequential, which is surprising, considering if we continue to take our state’s voting record into account. Us geeks are precisely who we’re trying to lure to the state.

Amendment 8 from last week’s ballot was designed to give a tax exemption to certain non-manufacturing businesses. Eligible businesses include such geek-filled industries as data services centers, research and development opera-tions and digital media or software development, according to the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR).

However, it’s possible many of these businesses won’t be enticed by the possibility of property tax exemptions given our populace’s positions on policies that affect the digital realm.

Still, this inconsistency isn’t even the most striking information to take from the election results.

Not only do our representa-tives’ voting records demonstrate a disregard for our civil liberties and digital rights, it also reveals fundamental contradictions in the mindset of our state and maybe even the conservative ideology that dominates it.

We don’t think the govern-ment can run a massive rehaul of our health care structure, but we do think it can run a massive surveil-lance regime.

We voted to protect our Sec-ond Amendment right to bear arms with the strictest scrutiny last week, but we don’t even bat an eye when the Fourth Amendment is stripped of all relevancy by bills approved by our very own politicians.

Louisiana needs to be consis-tent.

If we are going to hold the Bill of Rights and our Founding Fa-thers on a pedestal, then we need to ensure all of those rights are protected.

If we are going to attempt to lure in new industries, then we can-not vote for those who side with policies antagonistic to their prin-ciples.

It’s time we stop re-elect-ing politicians who vote against our interests.

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

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Rep. Steve Scalise was photographed Oct. 14 during a hearing by the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

Although 1992 — the same year that the first women were elected into the Senate — is remembered as the “Year of the Woman,” many will agree that 2012 shared a similar tune.

The results of the presidential election showed that 55 percent of women voted for President Barack Obama, which significantly contrib-uted to the president’s win, accord-ing to CNN exit polls.

While men continue to hold the majority of Senate seats, 20 women are now seated in the chamber fol-lowing the election.

Although women comprise 51 percent of the population in the U.S., they continue to be vastly underrep-resented in the legislature.

In January, Debbie Walsh, di-rector of the Center for American Women and Politics, said women held only 17 percent of congres-sional seats, 12 percent of gover-norships and 17 percent of big-city mayorships.

But on the bright side, those percentages have slightly increased this election run with the success of a few female candidates.

Some recent female victories include Mass. Democrat Elizabeth Warren over incumbent Scott Brown and Missouri Democrat Claire Mc-Caskill over the infamous U.S. Rep. Todd Akin.

Akin’s loss was a win for wom-en across the country. His comments on “legitimate rape” portrayed his ignorance and thoughtlessness on a serious issue.

I’m uncertain of the legitimacy of the “War on Women,” which is described as the legislative and rhe-torical attacks on women’s rights. But we can only hope an equal repre-sentation of women in politics would likely squash any further claims of such a war.

The push to promote more fe-male involvement in politics has even entered into the local spheres

of government.Earlier this year, District 15 Sen.

Sharon Weston Broome en-couraged women to find their place in politics in an online seminar called “Don’t Get Mad, Get Elected.”

Like Broome, many women are frustrated with unsolved issues in their community — whether they’re crime or education — and along with former Missouri state legisla-tor Emmy McClelland, Broome told the group of women that personally representing their community is the best way to bring about the change they seek.

“It is important that women

have a voice at the table when im-portant decisions are made about our state’s and our nation’s future,” Broome said during the seminar. “It is important that women realize they can run for elected office, win and make a difference. This is particular-ly important in state legislatures with term limits where more and more seats are up for grabs.”

Ladies, don’t bother sending emails and writing letters to unre-sponsive politicians. I can’t begin to describe the frustration I feel when I receive a pre-written mass letter from the office of <insert name of politician here> that simply thanks

me for sending my letter.Some will say that’s the game of

politics. But I’m convinced more can be done, and equal representation of women in politics is the answer.

Walsh agrees.“Women are able to work to-

gether across party lines,” she said. “Women usually run when there is a problem that needs to be solved. Men run to be someone; women run to do something.”

Walsh, who followed women’s participation in politics for more than 40 years, said progress contin-ues to be slow.

While a few women with big

names, such as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and House Minor-ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, have made headway in politics, equal represen-tation for women remains to be only a hope for the future — hopefully a future in our lifetime.

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

If any good has come from the troubling tale of former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus and his sordid affair with his 40-year-old biogra-pher, it is a lesson in exercising cau-tion in what one writes in emails.

While covering one’s tracks is not the moral that should be taken away from the media frenzy that has followed the “Petrayal” incident that has likely caused much grief to mul-tiple families, it is a side note that should be heeded.

The tip-off of the scandal has been identified as an email sent

from a Tampa woman to the FBI. The depth of the scandal can be seen in the “harassing emails” that Paula Broadwell, Petraeus’ alleged mistress, sent to the Tampa woman, who Broadwell supposedly sus-pected was growing closer to Pe-traeus. The details of the scandal are all found in “intimate messages” within Petraeus’ private Gmail ac-count — even though he report-edly used a dropbox-like system that allowed Broadwell to see the emails as drafts instead of actually transmitting them, in hopes of evad-ing the ability to retrieve them. The Washington Post reported the tactic to be similar to tricks terrorists use

when communicating in fear of es-pionage.

But the one thing that even the director of an agency that prides it-self on secrecy cannot escape is the shield of privacy that the Internet — and public records laws — whisk away from all. This brief window into his personal email account could provide valuable information into other matters of national security and even allow hackers to access more classified information — a reason he was ultimately asked to resign.

But particularly in the state of Florida, where all government em-ployees — including university em-ployees — are, in the interest of open

government and transparency, sub-ject to having their email searched, it is imperative one consider the merit of what is being put in written and electronic communication.

While the convenience of such communication has replaced note-passing and workplace whispering with emails to the person sitting next to you about the awful third person at a meeting or emails about non-work-related activities, email communica-tion doesn’t offer much protection to those who are afraid of their dirty laundry being accessible to all.

Even after deleting one brows-ing history, if one is logged into a Google account, any search is saved

in the history and could potentially be accessible to all.

While the majority of people will never be swept into a media maelstrom and could likely safely get away with workplace wanton-ness, the importance of watching what one allows the Internet to know should not be forgotten.

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and their magnetic freshman quarter-back Johnny Manziel are now the Ti-gers’ prime competition for a Sugar , Fiesta or Rose Bowl berth.

With Alabama , South Carolina and Georgia also ranked in the BCS top 10 and utter chaos likely neces-sary for LSU to secure a BCS slot, other post-New Year’s bowls have taken notice.

“We’re always interested in LSU,” said Cotton Bowl vice presi-dent of communications Charlie Fiss , who attended the LSU-South Carolina game last month. “Right now, there’s not enough dust settled for any offi cial talks to be under way. Other bowls pick ahead of us, but you hope for a team of [LSU’s] cali-ber to still be available.”

Dallas would be a familiar des-tination for the Tigers , who played at Cowboys Stadium twice in eight months last year. LSU will also open the 2013 season there against TCU in the Cowboys Classic .

The Capital One Bowl has sent representatives to every LSU game since the beginning of October and traditionally includes the most

attractive SEC team that doesn’t crash the BCS party.

“We have a strong relationship with LSU, but I don’t want to mis-characterize the process,” said Greg Creese , the Florida Citrus Sports director of communications . “We speak with schools throughout the year, but there are no invites until things are certain. Our membership casts ballots in two weeks that we don’t even open until Selection Sun-day [on Dec. 2 ].”

LSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Herb Vincent called any bowl projections “premature,” say-ing the week after the Arkansas game is “prime time” for offi cial decisions.

“There is no rhyme or reason or consistency to the process,” Vincent said. “Right now, it’s just bowl repre-sentatives making themselves visible at our games. ... Not much can be locked in until the SEC Champion-ship .”

With six-win Vanderbilt cur-rently the next available bowl-eligi-ble league team after the SEC’s Su-per Six , Atlanta’s Chick-fi l-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve fi gures to be LSU’s worst-case scenario.

All of this is assuming the Tigers win out, which play-ers say is getting lost in the bowl

discussion shuffl e.“What’s at stake right now is

Ole Miss and getting the win this week to keep goals in sight,” said senior defensive tackle Josh Downs . “That’s my mindset right now, and I think the team’s is pretty close to that.”

That doesn’t mean preferences are absent among players. Redshirt senior defensive end Lavar Edwards cited all three of the aforementioned non-BCS bowls as his favorite bowl experiences during his career, though he ultimately preferred the Capital One Bowl .

Senior wide receiver Russell Shepard admitted players can’t al-ways maintain that tunnel vision and will often try to pin down their holi-day destination.

“We’re only human, so of course we’re gonna talk about it,” he said. “You hear stuff from the Fiesta or even the Rose to the Cotton Bowl . This team has made the BCS our fo-cal point — we feel like that’s the elite level, how you defi ne yourself as the best.”

Other programs like Hidden al-low users to locate their MacBook ’s location and use the iSight camera can take pictures of the thief.

Though these programs can al-low students to locate their electron-ics, students shouldn’t take matters

into their own hands.“They need to notify police,”

Lalonde said. “You could wind up putting yourself in a very dangerous situation.”

Other than taking responsibility for their own belongings, students can help mitigate the problem by re-porting any suspicious activity they

see to LSUPD .“Some people do it more than

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