The LSU football team picked up a victory against Vanderbilt on Saturday night, but it may have lost a player for the season in the process.

LSU junior running back Rich-ard Murphy will have an MRI on his knee this week after sustaining an in-jury in Saturday night’s 23-9 victory against Vanderbilt.

Murphy left the game favoring his right knee early in the second half, and sports information director Michael Bonnette said the extent of his injury is unknown.

“We don’t know how serious it is,” Bonnette said. “He has not under-gone an MRI yet. We’ll know some-thing in the next couple of days.”

The Times-Picayune reported Murphy is done for the season, but Bonnette did not elaborate on the ex-

tent of Murphy’s injury.LSU coach Les Miles said af-

ter the game he was “sad to have a young, quality back” like Murphy hurt.

“I’m saddened that Murphy will probably not make the next game and maybe the next game,” Miles said.

Heavy rain in the second quarter didn’t seem to faze either team.

“It made it a little slippery out there, and the ball got a little slip-

pery,” said Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson . “Both teams fumbled it a bit, but it was no big deal.”

While the Tigers (2-0, 1-0) made a few offensive errors against a tough Vanderbilt defense, the Tigers themselves had a strong defensive showing as they defeated the Com-modores, 23-9 .

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Louisiana is known for its heat and humid-ity, but rarely do those features attract visitors.

But basking in the heat and avoiding the snow are some of the reasons Kelly Wilson and

Annie Gullickson chose to come to LSU on the National Student Exchange program.

Wilson , criminal justice junior, and Gul-lickson , psychology junior, said they could not afford to go on an international exchange pro-gram, so they chose NSE to experience a differ-ent culture . They both pay tuition at their home university but pay for meal plans and housing at LSU .

“One of the reasons NSE was founded was to provide opportunities for students who couldn’t afford study abroad programs but

still provide a study away experience for them where they can meet new people, see new plac-es and take new courses,” said Betty Worley , NSE president.

NATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGEWorley said NSE was founded in 1968 ,

and it has placed more than 94,000 students in the 183 participating schools since then. She said NSE places around 2,100 students annu-

More than 3,300 students took the opportunity to help “name that space” by voting Sept. 8 to 11 on a new name for the temporarily named Live Oak Lounge in the Student Union .

The space’s current name — Live Oak Lounge — was a tempo-rary name chosen for the Union’s renovation plans, said Shirley Plaki-das, Union director .

“The campaign was created to create interest in the space and give students a sense of ownership of the space,” Plakidas said.

Students voted online through their PAWS accounts .

The permanent name for the Live Oak Lounge will be revealed at a formal presentation during an opening celebration for the space Sept. 23, Plakidas said .

Students had a choice between three names — Live Oak Lounge, Ti-ger Terminal and Tiger Connection . The Union Board chose the three names from more than 150 names submitted by students throughout the summer, Plakidas said .

“We excluded any names that were attached to individuals ... be-cause that gets into the University policy about naming buildings, place and things after people,” Plakidas said.

University policy mandates portions of a building can be named after a living person in honor of spe-cifi c contributions made to the Uni-versity, but the living person may not be a public offi ce holder, a candidate

‘Name That Space’ campaign ends

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The White House said Saturday that internation-al talks with Iran should focus on the country’s nuclear program, a topic Tehran had ruled off limits until its foreign minister opened the door.“We’re not talking for talking’s sake,” presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “This may not have been a topic they wanted to be brought up, but I can assure you it’s a topic that we’ll bring up.”“The Iranians have a responsibility to the international community to walk away from their illicit nuclear weap-ons program,” Gibbs added. “That’s what the focus from our side will be in these talks, and that’s our goal.”

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seek-ing to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive for congressional passage of his chief domestic priority.“I will not accept the status quo. Not this time. Not now,” the presi-dent told an estimated 15,000 people during a rally that had every feel of a campaign event, right down to chants of “Fired up, ready to go!” and “Yes, we can!”Days after urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to come together, an invigorated Obama said his plan incorporates ideas from those on both sides and he prom-ised to continue to seek common ground.“If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen. My door is always open,” the president said.But he warned that he wouldn’t waste time with people who have

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decided “that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it.” He also said he wouldn’t stand by while special interests “use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are.”

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A stand-ing-room crowd heard a California company’s proposal for a sports complex at the shuttered Six Flags amusement park site. There’s also in-tense interest in a Baton Rouge com-pany’s idea for a theme park bearing the Nickelodeon brand.The Six Flags site, once heralded as a tourist attraction and catalyst for economic development, has sat un-tended for four years. New Orleans residents and public offi cials alike are eager for redevelopment.But the theme park industry is suf-fering in the economic downturn. And enthusiastic proponents of the proposals put forward by Big League Dreams for a sports com-plex and Southern Star Amusement for a theme park have failed to note that both Jazzland and Six Flags did badly there.“It’s a very diffi cult market in which to operate a theme park. I say that based on the history and not just a

gut feeling,” said Dennis Speigel, president of International Theme Park Services, a Cincinnati fi rm.Speigel studied the park as both Jaz-zland and Six Flags.“It was an ill-conceived concept in the wrong location and it just should not have been built,” he said. “It’s just one of those things you ought to bury it and let it go.”

KABUL (AP) — A battle in western Afghanistan that included airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban militants after an insurgent ambush left three U.S. troops dead, an Afghan offi cial said Sunday.The hours-long battle took place Saturday in the western province of Farah after a complex attack killed three Americans and seven Afghan troops, said Afghan army spokesman Maj. Abdul Basir Ghori.The insurgent ambush involved two roadside bombs, gunfi re and rocket-propelled grenades, Capt. Elizabeth Mathias, a U.S. military spokes-woman, said Sunday. Mathias con-fi rmed that fi ghting in the west con-tinued for six to eight hours after the ambush, but could not provide any casualty fi gures.“The combined ISAF and Afghan force was receiving signifi cant small-arms, RPG and indirect fi re through-out that time frame,” she said, refer-ring to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

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Pluckers Wing Bar manager Ryan Kase said 400 coupons for fried pickles have been redeemed — mostly by students — since the beginning of August, and about 200 of those are from coupon books around campus.

Developing technology could also aid students searching for deals in the future. AJ Berkeley, president of Abita Springs-based TruSM, Inc., is working to create commercial applications for Near Field Communication, a wireless communication technology that

uses radio frequency to transmit data from an information tag to a receiver, like a cell phone with an NFC card.

Among its many applica-tions is the ability to pick up sale or coupon information. He said students can hold up their cell phones to products as they walk down store aisles and pick up any sale or coupon offers on those products.

He said students can redeem the coupons from their phone and pay with the device using a debit

or credit card. But for now, students are tak-

ing their own approaches to pen-ny-pinching.

“I try to ride my bike more and cook at home,” said Benja-min Haas, communication studies graduate student.

He said he uses coupons and reuses plastic containers from product packaging for storage.

Michael Suire, Plato’s Closet manager in Lafayette, helped at the Siegen Lane location Friday. About half the store’s customers are college students, and he said every garment students bring in good condition can be traded for cash or put toward merchandise.

“We sell things for a third of retail, so it definitely helps for [students’] pockets,” Suire said.

Stephen Salzer, 20-year-old Baton Rouge resident, shopped at the store Friday.

“Every time I clean out my closet, I come here,” he said. “Per-sonally, I think it’s better [than the mall]. Cheap clothes — I mean you can’t beat cheap clothes.”

Some use coupons, some sell their clothes and some show up at friends’ houses in time for dinner.

However they do it, students are finding ways to stretch their dollars on food, transportation and clothes during the recession this semester.

Nearly 90 percent of Ameri-cans and 97 percent of primary shoppers use coupons when shop-ping for everyday items, accord-ing to estimates from a survey last fall by the Promotion Marketing Association’s Coupon Council.

Savings to-taled about $2.6 billion from coupons used on pack-aged goods, and those who spent 10 min-utes or less gathering cou-pons per week saved $7 on groceries, ac-cording to the PMA.

A study by Scarborough Research last year found while most shoppers get coupons from Sunday news-papers, 11 percent of households use the Internet for coupons — an 83 percent increase from 2005. All methods of coupon use have also increased, according to the study.

John Michael Lockhart, pub-lisher of Tiger Coupons and other local publications, said there is a strong upward trend in coupon re-trieval on the new Internet coupon site, according to site hits.

Claudia Campbell, Planet Coupon owner, said her circula-tion has decreased from nearly 40,000 books to 30,000 this se-mester because of the recession. But advertisers are satisfied with the number of coupons redeemed at their businesses, she said.

Qdoba Mexican Grill man-ager Ernie Fontenot said about half the sales at the Burbank loca-tion are attached to coupon use by students.

“We get so many of those,” he said. “I’m just floored by the amount of coupons they use here.”

Karley Vargas, biology fresh-man, said she doesn’t use coupons because they take too much time to clip.

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People love to see black and white but hate to see grey, ac-cording to Darek Jackson.

Jackson, political science senior, speaks from experience as the only white member of the University’s chapter of Iota Phi Theta.

Iota Phi Theta became a fra-ternity in the National Panhel-lenic Council in 1963, according to the fraternity’s Web site. There are other chapters at Southern University, Dillard University, University of Louisiana at Mon-roe, Grambling State University and McNeese State University.

Jackson became interested in Iota Phi Theta after meeting a member in an African-American history class in the spring of 2007 after he transferred to LSU from Northwestern University in fall 2006. He did research on the fra-ternity and contacted members.

“I had a bad couple of run-ins with predominantly white Greek organizations at Northwestern,” he said.

Iota Phi Theta seemed like the perfect fit, he said.

“Iota is based on being your-self and being unique,” he said.

Jackson said he pledged at Southern University, one of the largest historically black colleges in the nation, despite never at-tending the school.

“It was a harder process [at Southern],” he said. “You’re go-ing to get messed with, but that’s the process of becoming a mem-ber.”

Jackson said he was shunned by the white community after be-coming a member of the frater-nity.

“Stereotypes for people are a shorthand version of a way to live your life,” he said.

But Jackson is treated no dif-ferently within his fraternity, he said

“If race is an issue, it’s defi-nitely from outsiders of the fra-ternity looking in,” he said. “I’m just as much a brother as anybody else.”

Jackson became the only member of his fraternity at LSU after his brothers graduated. There are only 20 Iotas in Baton Rouge, he said.

Race is an issue when trying to promote his fraternity, Jackson said.

“This is a historically black Greek organization that the only member at this school happens to be white,” he said.

Jackson’s dedication to his fraternity can be seen by the brand of his fraternity letters on his calf.

“[The brand shows] our level of intensity for our fraternity is that great,” he said. “I’m going to be that forever. I can’t regrow skin.”

The letters were burned into his skin with a coat hanger after he was initiated.

“It hurt 10 times less than a tattoo, but it was 10 times worse when it healed,” he said.

Jackson isn’t the only frater-nity member who doesn’t fit the mold. Fred Jones, theatre perfor-mance senior, is a black member of Phi Delta Theta, which is con-sidered a white fraternity.

“Phi Delta Theta is nation-ally mainly white,” Jones said. “But everybody in our fraternity is open to people of all kinds of races.”

Jones said many fraternities on campus are racist.

“I don’t know what fraterni-ty, but they have an annual barbe-cue where they dress in confeder-ate outfits,” he said. “There’s just racism in Louisiana, period.”

Jones said Jackson’s color in his fraternity is a step toward di-versity in Greek life.

“Now that [Jackson] is in a black fraternity, there will be another white guy out there that

wants to join,” he said. “A lot of people are scared to be the first.”

Dexter Vaughn, communi-cation disorders freshman, said Jackson’s place in Iota Phi Theta will help students accept racial differences.

“I think it’s time that we break down the barriers,” Vaughn said. “It’s a diverse world, so we all have to deal.”

James Dunegan, computer science freshman, said students should view fraternities as organi-zations and not as racial groups.

“A Baptist doesn’t go to a Catholic church,” Dunegan said. “It’s groups of common interest not necessarily a racial battle.”

But it will be difficult for Jackson to promote his fraternity because it will bring people out of their comfort zone, Dunegan said.

“[Jackson] is making a big step for everybody,” Jones said.

But Jackson has a pessimis-tic view of human nature when it comes to racism.

“Iota is based on being your-self and being unique,” Jackson said. “I hope people realize that. If they don’t, I’ll hold it down un-til I graduate.”

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Louisiana newspaper pages from as early as 1860 will appear in a place their original journalists never knew would exist — the In-ternet.

LSU Libraries is teaming with the Library of Congress on a proj-ect called Chronicling America. With funding from a two-year Na-tional Endowment for the Human-ities grant, the University’s Hill Memorial Library will add Louisi-ana to the list of 22 states working to digitize historic newspaper pag-

es, which will be viewable on the Library of Congress Web site.

N e w s -papers span-ning 1860 to 1923 will be digitized, said Elaine Smyth, head of special collections for LSU Libraries. Smyth said the

period ends in 1923 because of copyright laws, and the time inter-val published will move forward each year as copyrights expire.

The time period also has his-torical significance, said Gina Costello, co-director of the proj-ect.

“This time in Louisiana his-tory was very challenging and brought many economic and so-cial changes,” Costello said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “After Reconstruction and the de-cline of cash crops, the lumbering industry flourished in Louisiana in the 1880s. Oil and natural gas were discovered at the turn of the century, which brought new rev-enue and jobs to the state.”

Smyth said the first step in the process is determining the news-paper titles to be digitized, which will be decided by an advisory board.

“[On the board] are K-12 teachers, history professors from around the country and archivists and librarians from around the state,” Smyth said. “We want to pick titles that have lots of histori-cal reporting and are rich in con-tent.”

Once the titles have been de-termined, the complicated digiti-zation process begins.

“Reels of microfilmed news-papers are digitized using a roll film scanner,” Costello said. “The scanner is capable of scanning en-tire reels of film in a few minutes, and the images are then edited us-ing special software.”

The grant provides funds for the library to hire an outside ven-dor to complete the digitalization because of the complexities of the process. Smyth said the library is preparing to take bids and select a vendor.

One reason the process is so painstaking is because of the anal-ysis required on the newspaper text, Smyth said.

“We have to do optical char-acter recognition so people can keyword search for content,” Smyth said. “It won’t be com-pletely accurate because the old typefaces aren’t exactly like mod-ern typefaces. But as of now, there are no indexes, so this will be a big improvement.”

Smyth said the pages should be on the Library of Congress Web site in nine months to one year. If the project is successful, LSU Libraries can then apply for a two-year extension on the grant to expand the time frame of digitized newspapers.

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Gabe Harrell, digital services associate with LSU Libraries’ Special Collections division, uses an overhead digital scanner to capture the image of a full-sized newsprint page. The project is a result of a two-year grant from the National Endowment for Humanities.

‘It is really a complex process to get these things up, and we are at the very beginning.’

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WASHINGTON — One apology is enough, a digging-in-his heels Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday, challeng-ing Democratic leaders who want him to say on the House floor that he’s sorry for yelling “You lie!” during President Barack Obama’s

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health care speech to Congress.The leadership plans to pro-

pose a resolution of disapproval this week if the South Carolina Republican doesn’t publicly apolo-gize to Congress. Such a measure would put lawmakers on the record as condemning those two words, uttered during last Wednesday’s prime-time speech, that have be-come a fundraising boon for the defiant Wilson and his Democratic challenger.

Wilson said a resolution

would show that Democrats simply wanted to play politics and divert attention from a health care over-haul that is lagging in Congress.

“I am not going to apologize again. I apologized to the presi-dent on Wednesday night. I was advised then that, ‘Thank you, now let’s get on to a civil discussion of the issues,’” Wilson said. “I’ve apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, by the vice president, who I know. I am not apologizing again.”

Wilson spoke with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel after the outburst that drew imme-diate rebuke from lawmakers, in-cluding some fellow Republicans.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he wanted to “see this matter end.”

“Joe’s a good man. He made a mistake,” Graham said. “Don’t give up on fighting health care. But what he said was inappropri-ate. This needs to come to the end for the good of Joe, South Carolina and the country. I’ll leave it up to his good counsel as to what to do next.”

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the shouting was inappropri-ate.

“Well, there’s a time and a place for everything, and that was not the time or the place for that kind of comment,” he said. “This is not the time to be demonizing

anybody, calling anybody names on either side. This is a time to try to work together to solve a practi-cal problem. And we stand ready to do that if the president will meet us halfway.”

The White House sought to dodge what has become a fiercely partisan reaction and an illustration of the fervor surrounding Obama’s agenda.

“Look, I’m going to let the House figure out how to deal with that,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “The president accepts, as I said, Joe Wilson’s apology.”

Obama, in an interview to air Sunday night on CBS’ “60 Min-utes,” described what he said was “a coarsening of our political dia-logue” where “the loudest, shrillest voices get the most attention” in a nonstop news cycle.

Democratic leaders decided on Thursday they would move forward with a resolution of disapproval unless Wilson — a conservative who won a 2001 special election to earn a seat in Congress — make a public apology for shouting af-ter Obama said illegal immigrants would not be eligible for low-cost health care.

The Democratic proposals on health explicitly prohibit spend-ing any federal money to help il-legal immigrants get health care. Still, Republicans say there aren’t

sufficient citizenship verification requirements to ensure illegal immigrants are excluded.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Minne-sota Republican who might seek the White House in 2012, said Wil-son’s concern is valid.

“Even if you have language that says illegal immigrants will not be a part of this program, un-less you have the enforcement mechanism in place, it doesn’t mean much,” Pawlenty said. “In Minnesota, we have laws that say illegal immigrants won’t get many services, but unless somebody actually checks — guess what — they show up and they get the ser-vices.”

A spokesman for House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio said it’s time to move on.

Wilson said he allowed emo-tions to get away from him and compared his outburst to the out-bursts that dominated coverage of August’s town hall meetings, when members of Congress were on the receiving end of screaming and shouting over the health care pro-posals.

But he added, “I will not be muzzled. I’m going to be speaking on behalf of the American people, but I will be doing it very civilly.”

LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson presented alumnus and NBA star Shaquille O’Neal with an award Saturday during the football game against Vanderbilt for being part of LSU’s All-Century team.

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The LSU soccer team didn’t suffer so much as a hiccup in a pair of weekend washout wins against Oklahoma and Lou-isiana-Lafayette.

“We took another step in our

progress,” said LSU coach Brian Lee . “We created quality chances from the get-go, and a bunch of kids got in off the bench

and made good contributions.”LSU (4-1-1) got the quick start it

wanted Sunday against the winless Ragin’ Cajuns (0-6-1) , as senior midfi elder Malo-rie Rutledge found the back of the net twice in the fi rst half for her second and third goals of the season in a 4-0 rout.

“I don’t want to jinx anything, but it’s fi nally coming back to me after hav-ing knee surgery in the spring,” Rutledge said.

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LSU senior midfi elder Malorie Rutledge, right, tackles an Oklahoma defender Friday during the Tigers’ 4-0 shutout win.

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The LSU volleyball team re-covered from a loss Friday night to sweep two matches Saturday .

The fi rst match Saturday came against the Long Beach State 49ers .

LSU (6-3) started sluggishly, losing the fi rst set to the 49ers (5-2), but the Tigers rallied to win the next three sets and take the match, 3-1 .

“I’m very proud of the people that we substituted into the lineup after the fi rst set,” LSU coach Fran Flory said.

Senior mid-dle blocker Britt-nee Cooper led the team with 21 kills and fi nished the match with a .447 hitting per-centage.

Senior out-side hitter Ma-rina Skender and senior setter Sam Dabbs tacked on double digit kills with 10 apiece.

The Tigers’ fi nal match of the weekend marked their best perfor-mance of the weekend, as LSU swept UNO (4-5), 3-0.

“We got into a great rhythm and took a big step today,” Flory said. “We were able to get some players experience and quality reps in situa-tions that will help us down the road in [Southeastern Conference] play.”

Cooper again led the Tigers in kills with 14 . She also fi nished the match with a .542 hitting percentage, the fi fth time in six matches with a hitting percentage of more than .400 .

Skender again tallied double-digit kills with 10 .

RHYTHM, see page 10

‘We got into a great

rhythm and took a big step

[this weekend].’

Fran FloryLSU volleyball coach

The LSU football team’s 23-9 victory Saturday night against Vanderbilt wasn’t graceful by any means.

“I didn’t say this is the prettiest win I’ve ever seen,” said LSU coach Les Miles . “There were no style points with this one. That’s a fact.”

Sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson didn’t have career-best stats in his fi rst start in Tiger Stadium. He didn’t even have his best

stats of the season after two games, complet-ing 20 of 29 attempts for 138 yards in LSU’s victory.

But in his fourth career start, Jefferson , along with the rest of the offense, did just enough to manage the game without making too many mistakes.

“He gets out of trouble with his feet, and he gets out of trouble with his eyes and throws it away,” Miles said. “If he keeps making qual-ity decisions like that, he’s going to be a really fi ne quarterback for quite some time.”

Jefferson said the Vanderbilt defense kept

sagging in coverage and wasn’t allowing him to throw any balls deep, which opened up the short-range game. Jefferson had 20 comple-tions but only averaged 6.9 yards per comple-tion.

“There weren’t a lot of yards but a lot of receptions, and he was very effi cient throwing it,” Miles said.

Although he threw for 172 yards and three touchdowns against Washington in the season opener, Jefferson said he’s learning

OH, (NOT) SO PRETTYKRISTEN M’LISSA ROWLETT / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson (9) runs the ball Saturday while senior running back Charles Scott (32) blocks for him during the Tigers’ 23-9 win against Vanderbilt.

Jefferson’s short yardage passing effi cient in ‘no-style’ win against VanderbiltBy Jarred LeBlancSports Contributor

JEFFERSON’SNUMBERS

69

138

10

109

Completion percentage against Vanderbilt, an 11.1 percentage point increase

from last week.

Passer rating against the Commodores, almost 80

points less than against the Huskies.

Passing yards from Saturday’s game, 34 yards

short of Jefferson’s 172 yards last week.

Rushing yards against Vanderbilt’s defense, 30

yards shy of his mark against Washington.

JEFFERSON, see page 11

‘‘‘It was a good game

overall. We’ve still got room to improve.’

Brian LeeLSU soccer coach

SOCCER, see page 10

By David HelmanSports Writer

THE DAILY REVEILLEPAGE 8 MondAy, SEPtEMbEr 14, 2009

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees summed up his record-tying per-formance by harping on “the ones that got away.”

If he can do better than this, look out.

Brees tied a Saints’ single-game record with six touchdown passes and threw for 358 yards as the New Orleans Saints beat De-troit 45-27 Sunday to extend the Lions’ regular-season losing streak to 18 games.

“I had a lot of opportunities out there. A lot of guys made some big plays in this game. Unfortu-nately you always think about the ones that got away,” said Brees, who shares a franchise mark set by Billy Kilmer in 1969. “There

was probably one or two more that we left out there. That’s what keeps you coming back.”

Two of Brees’ touch-down passes went to Jeremy Shockey, who hadn’t scored since being traded from the New York Gi-

ants to New Orleans last season.“It’s good to get that aster-

isk off my name that I haven’t ever scored a touchdown” with the Saints, Shockey said. “Being around a guy like Drew makes it so easy out there because he works so hard. If I get there at 6:10, he’s there at 6:05. He’s that kind of a guy.”

Mike Bell led New Orleans’ running game with a career-high 143 yards, carrying the ball with power, speed and elusiveness, and getting a standing ovation from the Louisiana Superdome crowd when he trotted off the field late in the fourth quarter.

Matthew Stafford’s first start had its ups and downs. The 2009 top overall draft choice was 16 of 37 for 205 yards with three inter-ceptions, two by safety Darren Sharper, the other by linebacker Scott Shanle.

“It was tough. Playing from behind is never easy,” Stafford said. “Some of those balls I was throw-ing, I was just trying to get rid of it and not take a sack. ... I’m fine. I’ve thrown three picks in a game before. Obviously, I don’t like to lose. I wish I could play better, but I’ve got to learn from it.”

Stafford led two touchdown drives, capping one with his first NFL score on a short keeper. Lions safety Louis Delmas also returned a fumble for a 65-yard touchdown, which made it 38-27 late in the third quarter.

The Lions had some highlights of their own and stayed in the game until the fourth quarter, offering hope they may eventually win be-fore reaching Tampa Bay’s record

of 26 straight losses.At times, however, they also

made mistakes symptomatic of a team with a long losing streak. A few plays after Aaron Brown’s 87-yard kickoff return, Daniel Loper was called for a false start on a first-and-goal from the 1 late in the third quarter and the Lions wound up with only a field goal.

Soon after, Brees’ pass to De-very Henderson deep down the middle went for a 58-yard score, putting New Orleans up 38-20.

Stafford’s longest comple-tion went to Calvin Johnson, who slipped Malcolm Jenkins’ tackle on a crossing route and scampered 64 yards to the Saints 3. That set up Stafford’s TD.

That was nothing compared to the passing exhibition put on by Brees, who last season became only the second quarterback in NFL history to surpass 5,000 yards passing.

Brees completed his first three passes for 49 yards, includ-ing a 26-yarder to Reggie Bush and a 9-yard TD to Marques Col-ston. Brees’ other TDs went for 39

yards to Robert Meachem, 1 and 15 yards to Shockey, and 13 yards to fullback Heath Evans.

New Detroit coach Jim Schwartz didn’t let his defense

escape blame, however.“Good gracious. What

wouldn’t disappoint me? Points allowed, third-down defense, red zone defense, rushing,” he said. “There’s no silver lining in that performance.”

Bush returned for the Saints after missing three preseason games and had 55 yards receiving and 14 yards rushing. He fumbled two punts, recovering one himself and turning the other over. He also had a 4-yard TD run called back by a holding penalty.

The Lions could not have opened the game much worse. New Orleans first two drives start-ed near midfield and the Saints led 14-0 before six minutes elapsed on Brees’ TD passes to Colston and Meachem.

FOOTBALL

Brees sharp as Saints extend Lions’ losing streak, 45-27Shockey, Bell also perform on pointBy The Associated Press

BILL FEIG / The Associated Press

Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith (34) reaches for the ball as Saints line-backer Jonathan Vilma (51) defends during Sunday’s NFL game in New Orleans.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com

‘I don’t like to lose. I wish I

could play better, but

I’ve gotto learn from it.’

Matthew StaffordLions quarterback

THE DAILY REVEILLE PAGE 9MondAy, SEPtEMbEr 14, 2009

LSU junior men’s tennis player Julien Gauthier capped off a strong weekend showing and captured the Flight A singles championship at the Rice Invitational in Houston.

Gauthier knocked off South-ern Methodist’s Artem Baradach in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (4), to give the Tigers a singles title in their first tournament of the fall.

The Repentigny, Canada, na-tive, who spent most of last year at the No. 4 singles spot, beat SMU’s Bryan Griffin in straight sets, 7-5, 6-0, on Friday and then squeaked by Rice’s Isamu Tachibana, 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6) Saturday to advance to the championship.

Freshman newcomer Stefan Szacinski lost in the Flight B finals, spoiling a chance to secure his first title in his first collegiate tourna-ment appearance.

Szacinski advanced to the fi-nals with a 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (13-11) victory against Rice’s Oscar Po-dlewski on Saturday, but ran out of gas in the finals.

The Tigers’ other competi-tor in Flight A singles, sophomore Mark Bowtell, lost his opening

round match Friday against Tu-lane’s Shayne Wali, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (10-6).

The duo of Bowtell and Szacinski were denied a shot at the Flight A doubles title after suffer-ing an 8-4 loss to Tachibana and Podlewski.

WOLF IMPRESSES AT SEC CLASSIC

LSU sophomore Whitney Wolf, who finished with a medio-cre 15-19 singles record last year, opened up the season with a strong performance at the Southeastern Conference Fall Classic in Nash-ville, Tenn.

Wolf won two of her three sin-gles matches and teamed up with freshman Keri Frankenberger to sweep their doubles matches Fri-day and Saturday.

The Pride native closed out her impressive weekend with a straight set victory against Ole Miss junior Laura Van de Stroet, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

“Whitney Wolf showed that she made some improvements over the summer; however, we still have a lot of work to do and a long year ahead of us,” said LSU assistant coach Lisa Jackson in a news re-lease.

Wolf’s only hiccup of the weekend came Friday when she dropped a straight-set, 7-6 (3), 6-4, decision to Alabama’s Alexa Guarachi.

Frankenberger and fellow freshman Kaitlin Burns enjoyed equally successful weekends in their first career collegiate matches, with each winning two singles matches.

Frankenberger ended the weekend on a high note with a thrilling three set, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2 victory against South Carolina’s Rita Maisak.

Jackson said she was im-pressed the way the three freshmen dealt with certain situations.

“I felt like the freshman really stepped up under pressure at the SEC tournament,” she said.

The third freshman of the group, Ebie Wilson, was the lone Lady Tiger who didn’t have the weekend she hoped.

After falling to host Vander-bilt’s Heather Steinbauer in a close three-set match Friday, Wilson lost her next two singles matches in straight sets.

The Lady Tigers have a week-end off before traveling to both Bloomington, Ind., for the Hoosier Classic, and Houston for the Rice Invitational on Sept. 25.

“We’re excited to get back to practice and get ready for our next tournament,” Jackson said.

TENNIS

Wolf also performs well in HoustonBy Sean IsabellaSports Contributor

Gauthier captures singles title at Rice Invitational

ERIN ARLEDGE / The Daily Reveille

Sophomore duo Sebastian Carlsson and Julien Gauthier, pictured, gained an early lead for LSU by winning their match against Arkansas Razorbacks Taylor King and Matt Walters during Super Tiger Weekend on April 19.

Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com

THE DAILY REVEILLEPAGE 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Freshman forward Reyna Lubin scored her fi rst goal of the young season after 62 minutes, and sophomore midfi elder Taryne Bou-dreau secured the beating with an 83rd-minute score.

“We’ve been struggling a lot in the fi rst half of games, so the goal was to come out hard in the fi rst half and keep it going for 90 min-utes,” Rutledge said. “We struggled a little bit early, but we got it going in the second half.”

The Tigers raced to another easy win Friday night in a 4-0 drub-bing of the Sooners (4-1-2) . Senior forward Rachel Yepez put LSU on the board after just six minutes with a strike from inside the 18-yard box.

“It was a good game overall,” Lee said following Friday’s game. “We’ve still got room to improve, especially in the fi nal third, if you’re being clinical about things. But it was a good night.”

Senior midfi elder Melissa Clarke continued her recent run of good play, scoring on a converted penalty kick after 38 minutes be-fore putting the game out of reach on a long run for a goal in the 65th minute.

“It just keeps getting better and better. I couldn’t ask for much more,” Clarke said. “I’m way more mature as a soccer player. I’m learn-ing from my mistakes and capitaliz-ing on my chances a lot better.”

Clarke helped secure the fi nal margin with fi ve minutes to play, as she slotted an open pass to fresh-man forward Natalie Ieyoub for her fi rst career goal.

“When I started to make my run and was dribbling, the defender committed, so [Ieyoub] was wide open,” Clarke said. “Our freshmen are just as reliable as the seniors on this team so I can always count on them, no matter who it is, to put it away.”

With the wins, the Tigers now turn toward the Duke Nike Classic in Durham, N.C., next weekend. LSU will face No. 1 North Carolina on Friday before playing Duke on Saturday.

The Tar Heels have breezed through the early part of the season with a 7-2 win against No. 5 UCLA,

a 6-0 beating of No. 7 Notre Dame and a 2-0 win against No. 14 Texas A&M.

“We’ve got to have a good week of practice,” Lee said. “North Carolina is a 19-time national champion with a roster of some of the most talented players in the na-tion. We’ve got to be completely committed and sharp. If you make mental mistakes, Chapel Hill will

make you pay.”Lee said the tournament will

serve as the team’s measuring stick entering Southeastern Conference play, which begins Sept. 25 against No. 25 Georgia .

The Tigers now move on to be-gin SEC play next weekend when Tennessee comes to the PMAC on Friday and Kentucky comes to town Sunday .

“Tennessee and Kentucky is one of the toughest two-match weekends, and we’re fortunate to start SEC play at home,” Flory said. “We haven’t been able to win on Friday night this season, and I challenge the team to come out and take care of business.”

TIGERS FALL TO WAVE Before this weekend’s Allstate

Sugar Bowl Classic, Flory said she expected her Tigers to face a com-pletely different Tulane team from the one they defeated a week earlier.

She was exactly right.On September 5 , LSU took

down Tulane in three sets. But Fri-day , the Green Wave (3-3) beat the Tigers at Fogleman Arena in New Orleans .

“You have to credit Tulane because they played with great heart

and desire after dropping their Con-ference USA championship banner from last year,” Flory said after the Tulane match. “We didn’t have any-body willing to step up and carry us to a win tonight.”

Tulane was led by senior out-side hitter Ksenija Vlaskovic and sophomore outside hitter Visnja Djurdjevic , who combined for 35 of

Tulane’s 52 kills.The Tigers had three players fi n-

ish the match with double-digit kills. Skender led the team with a season-high 16 kills. Cooper had 12 , and sophomore middle blocker Michele Williams tacked on 10 .

Tulane coach Sinisa Momic said even though his team was not consis-tent, its ability to stick together led it to victory.

“Our passing was up and down. It wasn’t steady. [Our setting] was up and down, wasn’t really steady at all. But we played as a team and that is what pulled us through at the end,” Momic said.

RHYTHM, from page 7

‘‘‘We were able to get

some players experience and quality reps.’

Fran FloryLSU volleyball coach

Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com

MEGAN J. WILLIAMS / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior middle blocker Brittnee Cooper spikes the ball Sept. 4 against Nebraska. The Tigers lost Friday to Tulane, but defeated Long Beach State and UNO on Saturday.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

SOCCER, from page 7

MEGAN J. WILLIAMS / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior midfi elder Melissa Clarke fi ghts for the ball Friday night against an Oklahoma defender during the Tigers’ 4-0 shutout win against the Sooners.

THE DAILY REVEILLE PAGE 11MondAy, SEPtEMbEr 14, 2009

how to command the offense better. “I thought I did a good job of

reading Vanderbilt’s defense and progressing the game plan as much as I could,” Jefferson said.

Jefferson kept the Commodores on their heels and distributed the ball to six different receivers.

“He throws the ball real good, and his receivers always seem to get open,” said Vanderbilt sophomore cornerback Casey Hayward.

The LSU sophomore quarter-back was sacked three times by the Vanderbilt defense after only getting sacked once in Washington. Jefferson was forced to leave the game for the second week in a row after he was hit behind the line-of-scrimmage in the beginning of the second quarter.

But the injury didn’t keep him out for long, and Jefferson trotted back onto the field after sophomore quarterback Jarrett Lee completed a 10-yard pass for a first down to se-nior running back Charles Scott to keep the drive alive.

“I felt like today’s game plan did not require him to take the pounding like he took at Washington,” Miles said.

Scott and his offensive team-mates helped Jefferson manage the offense Saturday night.

Senior wide receiver R.J. Jack-son had a career night for the Tigers. Jackson led all receivers with 55 yards receiving on six catches and had the game’s longest play from scrimmage when he cradled in a 30-yard pass from Jefferson in the sec-ond quarter.

Prior to Saturday’s game, Jack-son only had one reception for a 1-yard loss in his LSU career.

“R.J. Jackson and those style of men, when they get to their se-nior year and are playing their best football, that’s when we need them,” Miles said.

Senior running back Keiland Williams danced around defenders for 72 yards and two touchdowns to give Jefferson the ground support that he needed.

“He made some great cuts,” Miles said. “That was, in my opinion, the style of running back that Keiland Williams can be —

very elusive, explosive and tough to tackle.”

The highly anticipated unveil-ing of freshman quarterback Russell Shepard was no disappointment, as Shepard entered the game at quarter-back and ran the ball three times for 27 yards.

“We had heard we might see some stallion or wildcat formations with him, and he’s pretty fast,” said Vanderbilt senior defensive end Broderick Stewart. “When he gets on the edge he makes plays with his feet, and that’s what they recruited him for.”

Junior running back Richard Murphy went down early in the third quarter grasping his knee after he was hit head on by a Vanderbilt de-fender following a 7-yard reception.

LSU sports information direc-tor Michael Bonnette told The Daily Reveille on Sunday that Murphy will have an MRI some time this week. Bonnette did not specify the extent of the injury. Murphy is expected to be out for the season, according to The Times-Picayune.

Contact Jarred LeBlanc at jleblanc@lsureveille.com

KRISTEN M’LISSA ROWLETT / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson (9) runs the ball Saturday while Vanderbilt defenders chase him during the Tigers’ 23-9 win against the Commodores.

JEFFERSON, from page 7

OpinionPAGE 12 MondAy, SEPtEMbEr 14, 2009

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EdItorIAL PoLICIES & ProCEdUrES QUotE oF tHE dAy

“The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.”

Franklin D. Rooseveltformer U.S. president

Jan. 30, 1882 — April 12, 1945

Editorial Board

THE DAILY REVEILLE

NICHOLAS PERSACJERIT ROSER

MATTHEW ALBRIGHTELLEN ZIELINSKI

ERIC FREEMAN JR.MARK MACMURDO

EditorManaging Editor, ContentOpinion EditorProduction EditorColumnistColumnist

Louisiana is known for many things — heat, good food, LSU football and having alligators in our backyards. While some of these are blessings, others may start to feel like curses after a particularly long semester.

Studying abroad may seem like the best way to solve this problem, but let’s face it — we’re in college and the state of the economy doesn’t

help our empty pockets.But don’t let that stop you. In-

stead of studying in another country, explore this one.

The National Student Exchange gives you the option to travel to al-most any other state for a semester, although most students enjoy their stay enough to stick around for an entire school year, according to Betty Worley, NSE president.

Other cities have a lot to offer that you can’t get in Louisiana — like beaches, mountains and snow.

There are also benefits to get-ting an education at other places. Imagine you’re studying something at the University that isn’t directly related to your desired profession — another school may have specialized classes not offered by LSU that can count toward your degree.

And think of all the people you’ll meet. While the University does provide many opportunities to meet people from other places, a large percentage of students are from Louisiana and southern states. But if you travel to say, California or Michigan, you’ll likely meet a whole group of people who have different traditions and values.

Many people from Louisiana

are born and raised here and have no desire to leave. But if you go some-where else for a semester or two, you will probably appreciate our culture a lot more when you get back.

And who knows, you may end up having a little fun.

OUR VIEW

Traveling can be enriching even in the United States

Contact the Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com

NIETZSCHE IS DEAD

Wilson’s outburst an inappropriate distraction“You lie!”It’s the simplest of sentences

— but the impact of two words can sometimes have colossal repercus-sions.

Especially when those words are said on national TV — in a joint session of the United States Congress — and they’re yelled at the president of the United States.

Yet those are exactly the two words yelled by Representative Joe Wilson, D-S.C., during President Ba-rack Obama’s highly publicized and highly viewed speech to Congress addressing the issue of health care.

The speech brings to a head all the tension in the debate about the is-sue, which has caused a deep, bitter divide across the nation. The rhetoric on both sides of the issue in the last few months has been strong, with Democrats claiming Republicans are inhibiting inevitable progress and Republicans accusing Democrats of socialism and running America into the ground.

The discussion about health

care — if it can be called a discus-sion — has been staggeringly uncivil and unabashedly partisan. It’s also been shrouded in a constant cloak of disinformation and unclarity, par-tially through hare-brained attacks from detractors and partially through muddled communication by its sup-porters.

The simple fact is, there has been a bewilderingly large number of pro-posed plans and solutions regarding health care. Even legislators have no concrete plan to discuss — let alone the average citizen on a couch.

Obama’s address to Congress was meant to do things: put forward a unified, debatable plan that could be discussed with clarity and attempt to attain at least an agreement for civil discourse.

By my estimation, the speech would have fulfilled those goals suc-cessfully — but the speech (and any-body’s opinion of it) has been made irrelevant.

All by two words.Coverage of the speech was

dominated by Wilson’s outburst. Pictures of his angry face replaced Obama’s more composed counte-nance, while his two words garnered more discussion than Obama’s entire oration.

W i l s o n ’ s remarks were inappropriate. It isn’t inappropri-ate that he dis-agrees with the president, and it isn’t even that he yelled out of order — al-though that yell certainly shows

a certain lack of restraint. What’s really inappropriate is

what he said. And that’s not just my opinion — it’s an actual congressio-nal rule.

According to Section 370 of the House Rules and Manual, no con-gressman can call a speaker a liar. Violation results in the offender los-ing his speaking privileges.

There’s a reason such a rule exists — calling the president a liar does nothing to help. Instead of a contribution to the debate and an honest criticism of the president’s proposal, it is an insult to his charac-ter and accusation of deceit.

Sadly, there are indications p Wilson’s “remarks” will assure him re-election in his strongly conserva-tive district, despite his immediate and heartfelt apology to Obama’s office — even though the Demo-cratic Party received huge donations overnight. While a second’s lapse of judgement shouldn’t doom anyone’s political career — or contribute thou-sands of dollars to the opposing cause — it says a lot about how screwed up our system is that it might guarantee him another term.

That said, the real crime be-hind Wilson’s outburst isn’t that it detracted from debate in Congress — it’s that it detracted from debate nationwide.

Instead of analysis of Obama’s speech and the plan laid out in it,

news coverage focused on analyzing Wilson’s hastily shouted two words. Instead of discussing whether the federal government can pay for the bill the way Obama claims it can, we’re discussing whether or not he actually lied. And instead of dis-cussing whether it’s appropriate for government to interfere in industry, we’re discussing whether it’s appro-priate for a congressman to call the president a liar.

In every way Joe Wilson shouldn’t be discussed he is. And the health care issue is still be-ing discussed in exactly the way it shouldn’t.

Matthew Albright is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

BEST AND WITTIEST

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The dire necessity to have il-legal aliens counted in the United States Census cannot be stressed enough. The founding fathers of this nation in both the Constitution and the Federalist Papers demanded that all “inhabitants” of the United States be counted in the census, specifically avoiding the term “citi-zen.” The founding fathers agreed that the allocation of representa-tives in the House should be based upon population, not upon the le-gality of one’s citizenship.

The very action of defining one’s existence based solely upon

one’s citizenship is not only in-credibly dangerous, but it is also a threat to democracy. We, as a na-tion, by denying illegal aliens ac-curate representation in Congress, would be belittling them to non-existence. Even the signers of the Constitution acknowledged that a slave was both property to be bought and sold and three-fifths of a member of the general popula-tion. To deny illegal aliens accurate representation in Congress in 2009 would equal to giving them fewer rights than the United States gave slaves in 1787.

As much as Mr. Shull would like to believe voting American taxpayers are somehow the only ones entitled to all of the benefits of government, he is mistaken. The way in which someone comes to live in America is less important than the fact that he/she indeed

does live in America and is there-fore an “inhabitant of the United States”, as the founding fathers so accurately phrased it. Who then, are the voting, American taxpayers to strip away the rights of the most underrepresented, disenfranchised minority living in this country?

Accepting the fact that illegal aliens make up a significant por-tion of our population may be a difficult pill for some to swallow, but it is a truth that can no longer be avoided. We must acknowledge that illegal immigrants exist in the places where they exist, and we must provide for their needs not as Americans providing for crimi-nals, but as Americans providing for Americans.

John Marks psychology, political science junior

Illegal aliens should be counted

in the census

Matthew albright

Opinion Editor

DURHAM, N.C. (U-Wire) — A polar bear swims in open water on a desperate quest for food. Unless it finds land and food soon, it will certainly die. It finds land, and comes upon a colony of walrus.

Walrus are bigger than polar bears’ typical prey, and they have tusks. Big tusks. But times are desperate, so the polar bear must attack.

In a struggle to abscond with one of the pups in the colony, a walrus tusk pierces the polar bear. The bear dies, the audience cries. I whisper to myself “damn you global warming, damn you,” as a single tear falls from my eye.

I have just recounted to you a most tragic moment from the movie “Earth,” a nature film that takes much of its footage from the BBC series “Planet Earth.” I would now like to draw your at-tention to a similarly tragic scene from campus job recruiting, a tradition that has provided Duke students with work after gradua-tion for years.

A student walks into the Bryan Center on the campus of Duke University on a desperate quest for a job. Unless he finds a job soon, his parents will cer-tainly cut off his credit card. He finds a potential employer, but in an industry that the student finds questionable, perhaps for moral reasons or simple prefer-ence. But times are desperate, so the student must apply. He gets an offer, but the offer is a figura-tive walrus tusk that stabs into his conscience. The student’s morals are compromised and his dreams of his “dream job” are lost. You

whisper to yourself, “damn you economic meltdown, damn you,” as a single tear falls from your eye.

Seniors at Duke and around the country are under a tremen-dous amount of pressure to find work. To say that the prospect of no income, no health insur-ance, a seemingly useless degree, loans that aren’t going to pay themselves off and an AeroBed in their parents’ basement is wor-risome would be a gross under-statement.

“Xanax-requiring” is a far better adjective to describe the feeling. This is not what Sarah Peters, tour guide, biology ma-jor and intramural tennis player promised us five years ago.

Like a frat party with too many guys and too few girls, the job market is competitive. Those in competition are willing to do anything to win. Padding resumes? Sure, being on the or-ganization’s listserv makes me an active member. Kissing ass? You don’t want to know how far I am willing to go.

Once the resumes are padded and the asses kissed, a job is fi-nally in sight. But the job market is barren, and those who look for shelter are willing to work any-where to survive.

Selling death bonds? Oh yes sir, I will personally see to it that our human commodity dies as quickly as possible to maxi-mize profits. Part-time secretarial work? I’ll take it, at least I will have time to work on that novel. Selling assault weapons? You betcha, this gun could re-endan-ger the buffalo before you can say “well-regulated militia.”

The clock is ticking, and it is not the time to be picky in our job

search. We may find ourselves pursuing work in fields that we in better times could have shunned. We may, God forgive us, have to pursue a job in investment bank-ing or similar fields, like seal clubbing.

Moral dilemmas aside, we may simply have to lower our standards to consider industries outside of our interest, jobs rath-er than careers or work for which

we feel overqualified.It may upset us, especially

when we could not help but think that Duke would launch us to our dream jobs, but alas, here we are.

We can try to stay true to our beliefs and find a job that excites us, but that is not necessarily an option in this climate. We can hope that this environment be-comes hospitable again, but like

the polar bear attacking a walrus, we cannot always do as we wish in desperate times.

Well, at least we have our health (until we can no longer be covered under our parents’ insur-ance). Damn you 2010 gradua-tion, damn you.

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FACTORYHAUS

Let’s face it: the vast major-ity of college students decide to attend college to obtain a decent-ly paying job after school.

Yes, some are here for more noble reasons — maybe to better themselves or gain new experi-ences — and others are here for more questionable ones — to find that future husband or wife.

No matter our reasons, we’re the lucky ones.

Roughly 37.5 million people in this country live in poverty, slightly more than the entire pop-ulation of California.

Furthermore, roughly 34 million Americans receive food stamps, or about 11 percent of the population.

As college students, we should feel thankful we, while probably not yet wealthy, have the opportunity to escape pov-erty.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case here on campus. Like much of America, we prejudge those who are on welfare or who use food stamps.

To be honest, I don’t believe I know anyone who is using food stamps or has ever used food stamps. I am from The Wood-lands, an upper-middle class sub-urb of Houston.

It was a bit of a culture shock when I came to Baton Rouge and, for the first time, I heard little quips about people less for-tunate.

I was in class a few weeks ago and overheard a peer joke to a friend “What’s the differ-ence between a Republican and a Democrat? Republicans get up and go to work in the morning, while Democrats get up and go to the welfare office.”

The common misconcep-

tion is people that take welfare or those on food stamps are lazy, don’t work and, at least in the South, are probably black.

The ra-cial overtones here are hard to miss. Peo-ple will often tell me I don’t understand be-cause I am not from here and because black people else-

where are different.I’d beg to differ. I think the

difference is in the views and at-titudes of white people. Where I come from, not only is racism considered entirely abhorrent, it is also extremely trashy.

The facts, reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States Department of Agriculture

and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, may come as a surprise to some.

For instance, 47.6 percent of people on food stamps have jobs, while only 18 percent of those people on food stamps also take welfare and do not work.

On that note, 41 percent of participants are white, the highest percentage of any ethnic group.

In 2008, $39 billion was spent on food stamps, a decent amount of money.

Yet, I would rather spend that $39 billion on food stamps than the $110 billion spent in Iraq. The money spent on food stamps doesn’t simply disappear. That money goes directly back into the economy.

It in itself is an economic stimulus. It goes to grocers, farm-ers, distributors and marketers.

We can count ourselves for-

tunate we don’t have to rely on food stamps. As someone who spends $150 a week on food, I doubt I could live off a mere $28 a week on food.

I would be forced to give up La Carreta, Chelsea’s, and Tsu-nami and the social value I place on going to restaurants.

Instead of passing judgment, we should be respectful of those less fortunate. I don’t know if it makes me a weaker person, but I am pretty sure there is no way in hell I could live below the pov-erty line.

I physically couldn’t do it.

Stephen Schmitz is a 19-year-old mass communication sopho-more from The Woodlands, TX.

People under poverty level deserve respect, too

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ally. Delaware and North Dakota do not participate in NSE, but some schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada do.

Worley said the high cost of international study abroad, the lack of self-confidence and risk-taking in some students and the lack of com-patibility between international pro-grams and certain U.S. programs are three main reasons students choose NSE.

“We decided to come [to the University] because it’s a much big-ger school,” Gullickson said. “The sports here are so much better than [University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire]. [LSU] has a school spirit that a lot of schools don’t have. We heard the parties were good. We wanted to go far away but stay in the U.S.”

Dawn Humble, NSE coordina-tor at Academic Programs Abroad, said the most popular NSE destina-tions for outgoing LSU students are Hawaii and California. During the last six years, 85 LSU students trav-eled to Hawaii, and 72 LSU students

traveled to California on NSE pro-grams.

“I accepted about 40 students for this academic year so far and will continue to accept until mid-October,” Humble said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille.

Humble said between 15 and 20 percent of NSE students decide to transfer to the LSU after their stay.

Humble said most NSE schools offer students the option of either paying their home university’s tu-ition or paying in-state tuition at the exchange school. Housing and meal plan costs vary between universities. The application fee for NSE is $238, and there is a per-semester concur-rent enrollment fee of $100.

Humble said some senior col-leges have a 30-hour residency re-quirement, which may prevent stu-dents from participating in NSE their senior year.

NORTH VS. SOUTHSimon Andrys, graphic design

junior, said he may transfer to LSU after his year-long exchange this year. Andrys attends Minnesota State

University – Moorhead.“I’ve lived in Minnesota my

whole life, and I was sick of the cold,” Andrys said.

Andrys’ mother and grandmoth-er were born in Louisiana, which is part of the reason he chose LSU for his exchange.

“The food was definitely a de-ciding factor,” he said. “I guess you could say I’m going back to my roots.”

Gullickson and Wilson said they enjoyed eating jambalaya and gumbo. Andrys said he is glad to get authentic Cajun food every day.

Food isn’t the only difference between the North and the South. Andrys said the way students dress here differs greatly from the way stu-dents dress in Minnesota.

“Everybody’s wearing loafers, polo’s and khakis,” he said. “Back where I’m from, it’s jeans, a skater T-shirt and a hoodie. It’s hard for me to adjust.”

Gullickson said fitting in has been her and Wilson’s biggest chal-lenge so far.

“I have a hard time meet-ing girls,” Gullickson said. “I meet guys. Our goal is to find girls [as friends].”

NSE AWAY FROM LSUTaylor Duncan, biological sci-

ences senior, studied at the Univer-sity of Kentucky in Lexington in fall 2008 as part of NSE.

“I have grown up in Louisiana,” Duncan said. “I’ve been on LSU’s

campus for a long time, so I really wanted to go some place different. I chose NSE because it was easier to do than the international exchange.”

Duncan’s main reason for choosing Kentucky was his love of rock climbing. He said rock climb-ing gave him a way to meet other students, and he had no trouble fit-ting in.

“If you do your normal extracur-ricular activities at your NSE school, you can make friends who have the same interests,” Duncan said.

Duncan said he enjoyed his time at the University of Kentucky so much that he applied to go to medi-cal school there.

EXPERIENCING THE CULTUREWilson, who went to the College

World Series in Omaha this summer, said the LSU baseball fans were the most intense there.

Gullickson said she didn’t bring a winter coat with her because there won’t be snow or a below zero-wind chill.

Andrys, Wilson and Gullickson are staying the full academic year. All three said they plan to experi-ence New Orleans, Mardi Gras and a southern-style spring break holiday in addition to all things LSU.

for public office or a past or present member of the LSU Board of Super-visors with two years of service.

Though many of the names sub-mitted contained the word “tiger” in it, Plakidas said one of the more unique names submitted was the Loup-Garou Lounge.

“It’s based on a Cajun folk tale — I had never heard of that until then,” Plakidas said. “According to the person who submitted that, a loup-garou is a mythical creature in

Louisiana ... some people in the area talk of the loup-garou to children as we might talk of the boogeyman.”

Garrett Dupre, chemical engi-neering freshman, said he took part in the campaign because he wanted to see the space receive a decent name. Dupre said he voted for Live Oak Lounge.

“It’s so much classier,” Dupre said.

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ed them two spots in both the Associ-ated Press and USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 polls to No. 9 and No. 7, re-spectively.

Following a botched snap on an LSU punt that caused a safety in the third quarter, the Commodores (1-1, 0-1) drove the ball into LSU territory, but sophomore safety Brandon Tay-lor intercepted a pass by Vanderbilt sophomore quarterback Larry Smith that would have netted Vanderbilt a first down and possibly more.

“That hurt.” Smith said. “We had a lot of momentum after the safety. We had good field position, and we just couldn’t capitalize. It hurt. That changed the whole ball game. If we score there, it’s tied up.”

The Tigers’ defense, which gave up 478 total yards against Washing-ton, held the Commodores to just 210 total yards.

“We just got after them the whole game,” said LSU senior line-backer Harry Coleman, who led the Tigers with 10 tackles. “Last week people said we were looking tired on D, so we got our conditioning this week, we did some tackling drills.”

Freshman quarterback Russell Shepard saw his first game action this season when he checked in for a run in the first quarter and was taken down hard by Vanderbilt senior cor-nerback Myron Lewis 13 yards later.

Shepard moved to receiver for the next play and was drilled by Van-derbilt sophomore linebacker Chris Marve and fumbled after an 8-yard reception.

“We have to get him some more touches and some more experience,” Miles said.

The Tigers put the first points on the brand new scoreboard with a 6-yard touchdown run by senior run-ning back Keiland Williams 2:21 to go in the first quarter to cap an eight-play, 69-yard drive.

Williams finished with 72 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 car-ries.

Junior kicker Josh Jasper put the Tigers on the board again in the sec-ond quarter with a 32-yard field goal, for a 10-0 LSU lead.

Vanderbilt’s first points came with 7:20 left in the first half when Smith crossed the plane from six yards out.

Jasper split the uprights from 22 yards out later in the quarter to put LSU up, 13-7.

The field goal was set up by a few big catches from senior wide re-ceiver R.J. Jackson. Jackson caught five passes in the game after pulling in one during his Tiger career.

“It was a career night for R.J. Jackson,” Miles said.

Williams essentially sealed the victory for the Tigers with a 14-yard run with a little more six minutes to go in the game, setting the score at 23-9.

Miles said he was pleased with the defensive progress.

“Our guys are starting to come and understand what this defense is expecting of them and what [defen-sive coordinator John] Chavis and Miles and LSU expects of them,” Miles said. ”There’s still some grow-ing there.”

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