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LITERATURE

Within days of the fi fth an-niversary of Hurricane Katrina , author Dave Eggers came to the University to discuss his book “Zeitoun,” based on the storm.

Eggers talked about “Zeitoun,” a story of heroism and injustice, at the Honors College Convocation on Wednesday night.

Eggers co-wrote the screen-play for the 2009 movie “Where the Wild Things Are” along with

the director of the fi lm, Spike Jonze .

His fi rst book, Pulitzer Prize fi nalist “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” is based on his real-life experience of losing both his parents to cancer in his early 20s and then inheriting the duty of raising his young brother.

“Zeitoun” was chosen as the Honors College’s shared read .

“Zeitoun ” is the story of Ab-dulrahman Zeitoun , a Syrian im-migrant and father of four who chose to wait out the storm to protect his home and contracting business . After the storm passed, he roamed the fl ooded streets in a canoe handing out supplies to help those he could .

Six days after the hurricane, Zeitoun was arrested by a group of six police offi cers and nation-al guardsmen while on his own property, according to British newspaper The Guardian . He was held for almost a month before be-ing released.

As Dave Eggers rose to begin his speech, he was greeted with heavy applause.

“The main thing [the book] is about is personal responsibility, personal courage, personal hero-ism,” he said.

Eggers told how Zeitoun res-cued a woman from her home af-ter the storm. DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille

Former Pulitzer Prize fi nalist Dave Eggers spoke at the Honors Convocation on Wednesday night in the Student Union about his book “Zeitoun.”

University to increase energy effi ciencyRachel WarrenContributing Writer

The state of Louisiana has received about $75 million in the form of an Energy Reduction Grant, with $25 million being set aside for higher education.

Executive Director of the Of-fi ce of Facility and Utility Opera-tions Bobby Pitre said he worked with the University to initiate the process and gave the state a list of projects they thought the money could be used for.

Pitre said the Louisiana De-partment of Natural Resources ap-plied for the grant in March 2009, and the state has secured the money.

The University will soon be awarded the money from the state.

Pitre said Facility Services is planning to complete eight projects around campus that will improve the University’s energy effi ciency and save money.

The most expensive project — which costs about $1 million — will have to do with insulation on pipes that have failed or fallen apart in the utility tunnels that run under-ground across campus, Pitre said.

ENERGY, see page 6

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Construction workers repair a damaged water pipe Wednesday on Nicholson Drive.

Cars bounced roughly Wednes-day as students drove to and from campus on a grainy, unlevel Nichol-son Drive . Student commuters may face construction delays for the next few weeks while workers with the state Department of Transportation and Development make repairs to

Nicholson Drive .The repairs stretch from down-

town to the west stadium parking lot next to Tiger Stadium , into one of the main entrances to campus.

DOTD spokeswoman Lauren Lee said the road was supposed to be fi nished before school started, but “weather and other unforeseen circumstances” delayed the work.

Lee said the work should be

completed Sept. 15 before the fi rst LSU home football game against Mississippi State.

“That’s a pretty hard date,” Lee said, indicating the construction will be fi nished on time.

Work is being done outside peak traffi c periods — weekdays from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and on week-ends from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday . Workers will close off

lanes to make the repairs while work is being done.

Even when the lanes are open, commuters are encountering prob-lems making it through. Workers are milling and overlaying the road, meaning they are stripping and re-placing the asphalt. The road is still unfi nished, causing traffi c delays as

Nicholson Drive construction projects hindering student commuters, causing headachesMatthew AlbrightStaff Writer

NICHOLSON, see page 6

ADAM VACCARELLA / The Daily Reveille

Traffi c congests Nicholson Drive on Wednesday as construction projects continue.

Author Dave Eggers speaks at Honors Convocation‘Zeitoun’ chosen as shared readParker CramerContributing Writer

EGGERS, see page 6

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Drug cartel suspected in massacre of 72 migrants

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A wound-ed migrant stumbled into a mili-tary checkpoint and led marines to a gruesome scene, what may be the biggest massacre so far in Mexico’s bloody drug war: a room strewn with the bodies of 72 fel-low travelers, some piled on top of each other, just 100 miles from their goal, the U.S. border.

The 58 men and 14 women were killed by the Zetas gang, the migrant told investigators Wednes-day. The gang, started by former Mexican army special forces sol-diers, is known to extort money from migrants who pass through its territory.116 elephant tusks seized in Congo after crash

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Po-lice in northeastern Congo have seized 116 elephant tusks and ar-rested two men following a truck crash.

Col. Sylvain Tshikez said Wednesday that the ivory was found inside jerry cans that tum-bled off a truck involved in a crash.

The discovery took place near the town of Kisangani in the north-eastern Orientale province follow-ing the accident. The owner of the vehicle was seriously injured but was also expected to face charges.

Man shot in head felt bullet only 4 years later

BERLIN (AP) — A 35-year-old man who walked around for fi ve years with a bullet lodged in the back of his head says he knew something was there but only went to doctors after he started getting headaches.

Robert Chojecki was partying on New Years Eve fi ve years ago when he was hit with the .22-caliber bullet. Doctors removed it this week from between his skin and skull.

The Polish-born Chojecki said Wednesday he thought he’d been hit by fi reworks, but later forgot about it.

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Offi ce and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

The speech will mark only the second address Obama has made from the Oval Offi ce. He fi rst spoke to the nation on June 15 about the Gulf oil spill.

Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A man who prosecutors say shook his infant daughter so hard that she suffered massive brain injuries because her cries interrupted his video game has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

At the sentencing Wednesday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Greco said Gerardo Espinosa con-demned the girl to a life of misery, unable to see or hear and with lim-ited mobility.

Four apply for La. higher ed com-missioner job

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Four candidates have applied so far to be Louisiana’s new higher education commissioner, but the Board of Regents hasn’t yet worked out a salary range for the job with lawmakers, who must ap-prove the amount.

The board, which governs public higher education in Louisi-ana, hopes to select a national fi rm by mid-September to conduct the search.

Members of the board sug-gested Wednesday that they should discuss with lawmakers how much they could pay a new commission-er, after the Legislature enacted a new requirement that the commis-sioner’s salary package must get their approval.

“We need to determine early on what our budget can afford and then go out and fi nd the best and brightest in that range,” said Re-gent Joseph Wiley of Baton Rouge.

Tropical Storm Earl forms in the open Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the open Atlan-tic Ocean, but the system is far from land.

Earl has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and is expected to become a hurricane by Friday.Saints sign new linebacker Asiodu, release Evans

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Sean Pay-ton says poor kick and punt coverage had nothing to do with the release of former special teams captain and veteran linebacker Troy Evans.

Evans was one of fi ve players cut Tuesday night, and by Wednes-day, second-year linebacker K.C. Asiodu was added to the roster.

While Asiodu does not expect to replace Evans’ leadership role on special teams, he fi gures his best shot to win a roster spot with the de-fending Super Bowl champions is to shine on kick coverage.

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HEALTH

University reassures students that eggs are safe to eat

University students are safe from dangers associated with the egg recall from two Iowa egg farms, according to LSU Dining.

Wright County Egg Farms and Hillandale Farms announced a voluntary egg recall for salmonella contamination earlier this month. The recall caused many Americans to take a cautious step away from eggs.

“None of the eggs that have been recalled for salmonella con-tamination have touched cam-pus, let alone the company we receive our food from,” said David Heidke, director of LSU Dining and Con-cessions.

Heidke said LSU Dining uses shell eggs that are “cage free,” which is a more humane way to harvest eggs. Cage-free shell eggs come from chickens not contained

in a coop.The eggs that have been af-

fected by and are under recall are caged eggs.

Heidke said LSU Dining uses liquid pasteurized egg whites along with cage free shell eggs. The pas-teurization process makes eggs much more food safe.

“The amount of outbreaks that have occurred over the past year has been more than normal. It has grown almost four times worse,” Heidke said.

Theresia Lavergne, associate professor for the School of Animal Sciences, said the recall on eggs produced by the Iowa farms had al-ready been in place by the time any

of the eggs reached Louisiana.

“Since the re-call, Louisiana has had no cases of ill-ness,” Lavergne said.

Lavergne also said although some recalled eggs made it to Louisiana re-tailers, they were pulled from the shelves immediate-

ly. In most cases, the eggs did not reach the shelves at all.

The University has repeatedly stated the contamination has not af-fected Louisiana or LSU.

“Less than 1 percent of all eggs produced are under recall — so the likelihood of what is about one in every 20,000,” Lavergne said.

Lavergne said salmonella is killed when cooked properly, and people should cook eggs complete-ly with no liquid in the yoke and the white without run.

Any perishable food item should be cooked and prepared properly. All food should be kept in a clean environment to keep bacteria away from the food and preventing foodborne illnesses, Lavergne said.

The Food and Drug Associa-tion announced a regulation that will cut down a large number of all foodborne illnesses and deaths that would be caused by salmonella-contaminated eggs. This new regu-lation will require new cautionary procedures in the poultry houses as well as during travel and refrigera-tion.

Heidke believed it had been far too long since the FDA made improvements to its rules and regu-lations.

“It is their responsibility to prevent these types of outbreaks from happening,” Heidke said.

SHAINA HUNTSBERRY / The Daily Reveille

A box of safe-to-eat eggs sent to LSU Dining sits on a shelf. Eggs from two Iowa egg farms were recently recalled but have been deemed healthy.

Info on the outbreak•The outbreak originated in Iowa•The recall announced by Wright County Egg Farms and Hillandale Farms was voluntary•The amount of eggs recalled is less than 1 percent•The egg farms have been in full cooperation with the FDA since the outbreak occurred

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Recall causes panic throughout La.Kayla DuBosContributing Writer

The Daily Reveillepage 4 Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

Student Government Senate opened its fall semester with a resolution clarifying its stance on community college.

SG Senate also discussed its summer activities, what it hope to achieve this semester and passed one resolution.

After a recent opinion col-umn in The Daily Reveille, the SG Senate passed a resolution stating the University and SG do not share the opinion of the col-umn. The column suggested com-munity college is an alternative to studying.

SG External Affairs Commit-tee Chairman David Jones said the Baton Rouge Community Col-lege SG President contacted LSU SG President J Hudson to inform him the column was being talked about on BRCC campus, escalat-ing into something negative be-tween BRCC and the University.

“When I heard that, I collabo-rated with a few senators and the SG president to try to create a res-olution, something we can put in their hands, to assure them that the stance of SG and the administra-tion of LSU is different from The Daily Reveille,” Jones said.

Jones said community col-leges play a particular role in the scheme of higher education in the state.

“We see the importance of all educational institutions, especial-ly during the times of budget cuts and the educational crisis we face in Louisiana,” he said.

The resolution will be signed by Hudson, Speaker of the Sen-ate Brooksie Bonvillain, Director of Executive Affairs Kenn Barnes and Jones before being passed along to community colleges.

“The LSU [Daily] Reveille is an independent student publica-tion, and we understand that they have right to free speech,” Jones said. “We are just trying to re-ally distinguish between Student Government and the administra-tion and what is the difference be-tween us and an opinion column in The Reveille.”

In addition to passing the resolution, SG Senate discussed multiple initiatives it hopes to ac-complish this semester.

Extending library hours, mak-ing Tiger Band into an art credit and helping the Student Health Center put student health records online are a few ideas the commit-tee of academics plan to work to achieve.

Marcus Alexander, Services and Development chairman, said

he wants his committee to do a sign walk, which will consist of the committee walking around campus to make sure parking la-bels for faculty and students are not misleading.

Alexander also said the com-mittee would like to try to make more parking available to students on game days.

In these eco-conscious days, the average person is concerned about saving money and energy, and design professionals are con-stantly looking for profi cient and innovative ways to go green.

The University’s Continuing Education Department is currently collaborating with Everblue Train-ing Institute to create green design courses. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Associate course is designed to teach professionals a “basic knowl-edge of green design, constructions and operations,” according to an Aug. 8 news release.

The course will be divided into two sessions. The fi rst will take place in September in New Orleans , and the second will take place in December at the LSU AgCenter’s LaHouse on the southwest edge of campus.

LaHouse was built with an energy effi cient design in 2008 and is located on Gourrier Avenue between Nicholson Drive and

River Road .LEED is the most notable envi-

ronmental design and green build-ing certifi cation in the U.S., ac-cording to the news release, and the exam preparation course is open for continuing education credit.

“The LEED Green Associate is the leading standard for environ-mentally sustainable building and provides the foundational knowl-edge for those interested in green construction,” said Vince Difran-cesco , program manager of Build-ing Performance Institute , in the news release. “Individuals obtain-ing this title gain a competitive edge in today’s job market, even with no prior experience in green construc-tion.”

Federal and state governments have been trying to establish more energy effi cient homes and busi-nesses, and more professionals will have the knowledge and training to save additional energy with the

LEED Green Associate course .“This specifi c course is aimed

toward working professionals in the Gulf coast area,” said Melissa Staf-ford , program coordinator of the Continuing Education Department . “The majority of participants are ar-chitects , interior designers and en-gineers , but we also hope to further expand to other professions.”

The course includes classroom training as well as fi eld training, in which participants are taught to use professional tools like natural gas detectors , carbon monoxide testers and manometers .

After successfully complet-ing the course, participants take the LEED Green Associate exam, which is managed by the Green Building Certifi cation Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council .

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senate clarifi es stance on community college at fi rst fall meeting

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Reveille column sparked resolution Celeste AnsleyStaff Writer ‘‘

‘We are just trying to really distinguish between ... us and an opinion column

in The Reveille.’David Jones

SG External Affairs Committe Chairman

The Daily Reveille page 5Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

It’s that time of year again.With hurricane season stretch-

ing from June 1 until Nov. 30, pet-owning University students and fac-ulty should prepare plans further in advance in case of a hurricane.

Now that Tropical Storm Earl is forming in the Atlantic Ocean, some students have begun to prepare for the worst-case scenario, and the Uni-versity’s vet school said it’s ready to face any challenge thrown its way.

In a July 23 news release, the School of Veterinary Medicine listed a number of important tips for pet owners in the case of an evacuation. The release said pets should never be left behind — the safest place for animals is with their owners.

Supplying pets with proofs of vaccinations and some sort of identification, such as a microchip

or a simple identification tag, is essential. If a pet takes medication, owners should pack at least two weeks’ worth in case the return home is delayed.

Some hotels relax on their no-pet policies in times of crisis, but pet owners should call in advance to check that pets are allowed. If not, research and make plans to send pets to nearby veterinary hospitals and boarding kennels.

The University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital on Skip Bertman Drive remains open 24 hours every-day in rain, shine or even in the case of a disaster.

The University’s School of Vet-erinary Medicine, in partnership with the American Kennel Club: Com-panion Animal Recovery, developed a mobile response unit shortly after Hurricane Katrina to assist small ani-mals left behind or abandoned after any natural disaster.

“We saw some pets with in-juries from the storm, such as cuts from debris and other animal bites, among others,” Steven Winkler, hos-pital director of the Vet School, said in a University Veterinary Medicine pamphlet on “Preparing for and Re-sponding to Hurricane Gustav.”

During the aftermath of Hurri-cane Gustav, the Vet School’s Vet-erinary Teaching Hospital cared for more than 100 pets. In addition to pets, the SVM’s Wildlife Hospital treated several baby squirrels and birds.

The University was the first to use the new mobile response unit because of build-up of condensation on the hospital floor after Hurricane Gustav. Thanks to the mobile unit, surgeries were performed inside the air-conditioned trailer, Guttner said.

“Our facility, staff and students showed tremendous dedication to our collective programs in the

days following the storm,” Peter F. Haynes, dean of the Vet School, said in the Vet School pamphlet. “Fac-ing the challenges they each dealt with outside of the School as well as the less than ideal work environ-ment within the School following Hurricane Gustav makes their com-

mitment to our programs even more impressive.”

After surveys, mock-ups and consultations, an official wayfinding system for the University’s campus has been adopted and is beginning installation.

In the next four to five months, the new signs will be seen around campus.

Boston-based Sasaki Associ-ates, Inc. designed the signs, said Jason Soileau, assistant director of Facility Development.

The new signs will be placed near the Student Union, Student Health Center, dining halls and park-ing lots, Soileau said.

The objectives of the wayfind-ing system are to honor the LSU tra-dition; capture the cultural character

of Baton Rouge; evoke the spirited attitude of both students and fans; reinforce the LSU brand; clearly inform, direct and orient; and cre-ate a safer, more user-friendly envi-ronment, according to the Campus Wayfinding Signage Guidelines.

In an August 2009 survey, 76

percent of respondents said they ei-ther agreed or strongly agreed the signs are appropriate for the cam-pus. Seventy-two percent reported they agreed the signs showcase the LSU spirit, and 84 percent agreed the signs clearly inform the user.

Soileau said some are question-

ing why the University is imple-menting new signs when the budget is being slashed, but he said that idea is unfounded.

A common misconception im-plies the University is paying for the signs, but the project is actu-ally funded by University Auxiliary Services revenue, Soileau said. The money is not related to the Univer-sity’s appropriated funds, he said.

The signs are a result of an amalgamation of ideals unique to the University such as historic build-ings, the duality of academics and athletics, tradition and pride, accord-ing to the Campus Wayfinding Sig-nage Guidelines. The result is a sign that has strong lines, pure geometry, rich yet simple detailing and a twist of modern meets classic.

Another set of themes classic to the University’s ambiance — such as soft tones of stucco, bronze and tile roofs — was considered in the design plans, along with the iconic purple and gold color scheme.

Several alternatives are being explored to have the illuminated letters “LSU” on campus. The sign would have a programmable LED matrix, which would allow graphics and images to move around the sign, according to the Campus Wayfind-ing Signage Guidelines.

The signs have already been commissioned, but Soileau said plans for additional signs are up in the air until the project is opened to bids by construction companies.

The signs are awarded based on a bidding process; therefore, there are no time tables for completion nor can costs be projected for the signs.

“If it takes us 10 years, so be it,” Soileau said.

Upon completion, the signs will provide a “drastic change to the face of the campus,” Soileau said.

TRANSPORTATION

Newly designed signs to appear throughout campusWayfinding system adopted this yearAndrew CavazosContributing Writer

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DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille

New signs have been placed on campus to help students find their way. More signs will come in the next four to five months, according to Facility Development.

VET SCHOOL

Pet owners should prepare early for hurricane seasonKate MabryContributing Writer

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

The Daily Reveillepage 6 Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010

students slow down to counteract the jolts on the road.

The problems were compound-ed Wednesday morning when the right southbound lane was closed in front of Nicholson Apartments while workers repaired a water main. The closure affected about 200 feet of the road.

“I haven’t heard any major complaints,” said Gary Graham , di-rector of the Offi ce of Parking, Traf-fi c and Transportation.

Graham said the water main repairs caused relatively minor problems because most traffi c onto campus comes northbound. He said his offi ce has been in contact with DOTD, and he hopes the Sept. 15

completion date will prove correct.Students leaving campus

Wednesday afternoon said the work has been an inconvenience to their commutes.

Kristina Linch , agricultural business senior, said she was rear-ended as drivers slowed down for the construction.

“Last night, I couldn’t leave my apartment,” said Dan Eshleman , accounting graduate student . “I didn’t really have to go to the store, but still, it was a problem.”

Other students took the work in stride.

“I mean, it slowed me down a little bit, but not enough to be a big problem,” said Jarrod Honeycutt, psychology senior .

Honeycutt said he makes sure

to leave early so traffi c delays don’t make him late.

Work was recently fi nished on the intersection of South Acadian Thruway and Per-kins Road , where Acadian becomes Stanford Avenue — the intersection was re-paved, and six turning lanes were added. May-or-President Kip Holden will par-ticipate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on that project today, which is a part of his offi ce’s “Green Light Plan.”

“With students returning to fall classes at LSU this week, we are seeing a dramatic difference in how

smoothly traffi c is fl owing through this area that was very congested.” Holden said in a news release Tues-day. “This is a signifi cant improve-

ment for commut-ers as well as the neighborhoods and businesses near this intersection.”

The intersec-tion’s makeover is the 12th complet-ed project in the Green Light Plan, which is aimed at easing congestion

at strategic locations throughout East Baton Rouge Parish.

Ongoing construction on Brightside Drive , which the Green Light Plan website says is 85

percent complete, will make the road three lanes and will add side-walks and bike paths. The project is behind schedule, according to the same website.

The Green Light Plan also includes additional work on the Nicholson -Brightside intersection. That project is currently still in the design phase.

Completed work as part of the plan includes an expansion of Bur-bank Drive , fi nished in late April. That project was expressly designed to ease traffi c fl ow onto campus.

NICHOLSON, from page 1

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“We’ll have to redo about 6,000 feet of heating and chilling lines in the tunnels,” Pitre said. “Right now we’re wasting a lot of heat.”

Pitre said the revamped in-sulation will save the University about $400,000 to $450,000 per year and will produce 3,300 fewer metric tons of carbon di-oxide per year.

A second proj-ect will also be done on the tunnels to repair the steam traps underground.

Pitre said as steam travels through the tunnels, some condenses and is caught by a steam trap. The broken steam traps allow steam to escape, which costs the University money.

That project will cost about $360,000 to complete and will save the University about $250,000 to $300,000 per year.

Several types of lighting around campus will also be re-placed.

Pitre said older, ineffi cient light bulbs in classrooms will be replaced with T8 fl uorescent bulbs that use less electricity.

“Of course, we replace light

bulbs with these when they burn out, but this will allow us to do hun-dreds at one time,” Pitre said.

About half of the exterior lights on campus will also be re-placed with LED or induction fl uo-rescent bulbs lit by radio waves. Pitre said the current bulbs typical-

ly last about three years, and the new ones will last up to 12 years, saving energy and mainte-nance costs.

Pitre said the exterior lighting will cost about $860,000 to re-place and will save the University about $60,000 per year.

Interior will cost about $490,000 to replace and will save about $120,000 per year, he said.

Five buildings on campus — the Energy, Coast and Environment building, the Cox Auditorium, Pat-rick F. Taylor Hall, Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex and the Life Sciences Annex — will also be evaluated to determine how energy can best be used.

Pitre said buildings that were constructed years ago are now used for different purposes and are inad-equately heated and cooled.

It will cost about $800,000 to redo the heating and cooling in

those buildings and will save the University about $150,000 per year.

Moriah Graham, international studies freshman, said the projects on campus are a good idea.

“Campus is so big, [and] little things can really make a big differ-ence,” Graham said.

Pitre said he doesn’t expect the projects to cause any signifi -cant problems for students walking around campus except the re-insu-lation of some of the pipes that run underground beneath parking lots.

He said Facility Services will work with the Offi ce of Parking, Traffi c and Transportation to mini-mize any inconvenience to stu-dents.

Pitre said he is unsure of when the University will begin the proj-ects but is confi dent they will meet the completion deadline of April 2010.

ENERGY, from page 1

•The Energy Reduction Grant, worth $75 million, was awarded to the state.•$25 million is allocated to higher education.•Eight projects are expected to be ongoing by 2011.•University must meet a completion deadline of April 2012 in order to receive the money.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

‘‘‘Last night, I couldn’t leave my

apartment.’

Dan Eshlemanaccounting graduate student

“Only because he was listen-ing was he able to hear this cry for help. He was convinced God put him there for a reason. This was his moment. If not for [him], this woman would have died,” Eggers said.

Eggers wanted to conceal the identities of the Zeitoun family in his book by using fi ctional names in order to protect them from any potential threat . According to Eg-gers , however, Zeitoun said it was “his story, his name, his family, his city,” and he did not want his identity concealed.

Eggers described Zeitoun as a man who “sees every place he goes as a place he could help.”

“By the time [Zeitoun] was in a cell in a maximum security pris-on there are very few people who would be open to the possibil-ity that he may not belong there,” Eggers said.

Eggers concluded the night

by stressing the importance of continuously improving upon the justice system in the U.S. so men like Zeitoun are not wrongfully imprisoned. It is estimated that at least 11,000 people are currently being wrongfully imprisoned in the United States, Eggers said.

EGGERS, from page 1

Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com

OXNARD, Calif. — True Tigers will always bleed purple and gold.

They may now be wearing the Dallas Cowboys’ blue and silver, but linebacker Bradie James , defensive end Marcus Spears and safety Danny McCray still have LSU imprinted in their DNA.

“I’ll never forget it,” said James, who is currently in Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, Calif. “Every Sat-urday night we had a chance to win every game. There was nothing like it. The atmosphere was always elec-tric. Some of the best times of my life were in Baton Rouge .”

James’ current playing fi eld – the newly-built, billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium envisioned by owner Jerry Jones – has awed its

spectators. But it’s still no Tiger Sta-dium for James , where the roaring crowd never subsided in numbers or pitch until the clock struck zero.

“It’s not even close,” James said. “Jerry’s World’s just big. We’ve got to go out there and win to make them cheer.”

James said Cowboys Stadium is as good as it gets in the NFL, but he distinctly remembers his favorite college stadium. He said his time in Baton Rouge prepared him for life in the NFL.

“Everybody loves Saturday night at Death Valley,” James said. “There’s still nothing like it.”

James remembers not only the experience, but also his former team-mates. He said he keeps in touch with former Tigers he played with from 1999-2002, including former linebacker Trev Faulk , who he said

is still one of his best friends. He also stayed close with former LSU defensive end Kenderick Allen and New York Giants cornerback Corey Webster .

The Cowboys linebacker is still involved with the Baton Rouge com-munity and Tiger football. He said he tries to return as often as possible, usually two or three times a year.

“My wife is pregnant now, so hopefully I’ve done enough to get my kids to make sure they go to LSU,” James said.

Former LSU defensive end Spears agreed there’s something about Death Valley professional football can’t touch.

“It’s a different atmosphere,” Spears said. “I think college football is a little bit more wild than pros.

Being the cornerback forced to play opposite of Patrick Peterson is no easy task.

The LSU coaching staff needed to fi nd a Robin to Peterson’s Batman . They may have found the answer with sophomore Morris Claiborne .

“We feel very confi dent that he’s talented enough .… he’s shown us that in practice,” said defensive co-ordinator John Chavis . “He’s shown that he can be a lockdown corner and that he can handle the pressure of be-ing on the fi eld.”

Claiborne got the opportunity to learn from the best last season — he was a backup to Peterson at corner-back.

Using the situation to his full

advantage, Claiborne said he has been soaking up as much knowledge as he can from the All-American .

“I have learned a lot on and off the fi eld [from Peterson ],” Claiborne said. “I try to pattern my game after him. He’s one of the best corners in the league, and I’m trying to be just like him.”

As a backup last season, Clai-borne played in seven games and recorded seven tackles.

Peterson said he has taken Clai-borne under his wing and is teaching the young athlete everything he can in order for him to succeed.

“I taught him everything I know, and every time I come up with some-thing new or do something different he also gets that fi rst-hand teaching, too,” Peterson said. “I’m telling him to stay patient. It’s a critical game out

there, and it’s tough.”But Claiborne wasn’t always a

natural cornerback.Coming out of high school,

‘Mo’ was recruited as an athlete , playing quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back at Fair Park High School in Shreveport.

Claiborne said he initially pre-ferred wide receiver but accepted playing cornerback with open arms.

“When I fi rst came in, I pre-ferred wide receiver because that’s all that I knew,” he said. “But once I got here and got to working with the defense and working with the older players … they really changed my mind.”

The 6-foot, 177-pound Shreveport native said the decision

Patrick Peterson. The name alone sends a shiver down quarter-backs’ spines.

Just ask Alabama senior quar-terback Greg McElroy, who nearly threw the game away to Peterson in the waning minutes of the Crimson Tide’s matchup against the Tigers last season.

Or ask former Mississippi State quarterback Tyson Lee, whose fi rst-quarter interception to Peterson went the other way for six points in last year’s contest.

Peterson is one of only six de-fensive players on the preseason Walter Camp Award watch list, pre-sented to college football’s best play-er. He is also on the watch lists for

the Bednarik Award, the Jim Thorpe Award, the Lott Trophy and the Na-gurski Trophy.

Teams fear him. Opponents loathe him. The shutdown corner-back held Crimson Tide receiver Julio Jones to only three receptions. Jones’ 73-yard score against LSU in 2009 came after Peterson left the game with cramps.

Peterson said the confi dence he exudes is the most important part of his game. He enters every game knowing he is better than the guy he’s guarding.

“You must have swag,” Peter-son said. “If you ask any great cor-nerback, swagger is the No. 1 thing on that list.”

His father, Patrick Peterson Sr., said Peterson always tended to be better than his adversaries.

“When he played football for the little league, he was 6 on the 7-year-old team,” his father said. “He played with that team that whole year until the other team got upset he was scoring too much, and he wasn’t supposed to be on the team.”

The fi ve-star recruit from Pom-pano Beach, Fla., always dreamed of being a Miami Hurricane. The campus was only a 30-minute drive away. But there was something about Baton Rouge even the swagger at “The U” couldn’t touch.

The fi rst time he heard about LSU was when the Tigers destroyed the Hurricanes in the 2005 Chick-Fil-A Bowl, 40-3, recording the most lopsided score in the bowl’s history.

It wasn’t long before Peterson

SportsThursday, Aug. 26, 2010 page 7

Cornerstones

Peterson takes on cornerback, returner positions in junior yearRowan KavnerSports Writer

Tigers turn to Claiborne to fi ll vacant cornerback positionMark ClementsSports Contributor

Former Tigers playing in pros don’t forget alma materNFL

GREGORY BULL / The Associated Press

Dallas Cowboys safety Danny McCray tackles San Diego Chargers’ Gary Banks on a punt return Saturday in San Diego. McCray is a former LSU safety.

Rowan KavnerSports Writer

PETERSON, see page 10

CLAIBORNE, see page 10

COWBOYS, see page 10

Cornerstones‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘You must have swag. If you ask any cornerback,

swagger is the No. 1 thing on that list.’

Patrick PetersonLSU junior cornerback, returner

Daily Reveille fi le photo

‘‘‘‘‘[Morris Claiborne has] shown that he can ... handle the

pressure of being on the fi eld.’John Chavis

LSU defensive coordinator

ZACH BREAUX / The Daily Reveille

[Top] LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson takes a break Aug. 30, 2008, during the Tigers’ 41-13 win against Appalachian State. [Bottom] LSU sophomore cornerback Morris Claiborne enjoys a humorous moment during practice Monday.

When the LSU offense takes the field for the first time this year, senior tackle Joseph Barksdale will line up in a new spot, arguably the most im-portant in football — left tackle.

The position, glorified for its importance in guarding the quarter-back’s blind side, has been occupied by only two players at LSU during the past eight years.

For Barksdale, who spent his previous three seasons at right tackle, the move is a minor one compared to other changes he has experienced since wrapping up his All-America high school career at Cass Tech High School in Detroit.

“I’m so used to being on the far right side of the plays, [but] as far as technique and everything, it wasn’t that difficult to switch,” he said.

Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton complimented Barksdale on the ease of the transition, calling him as “solid as can be on the left side as he was on the right side.”

It hasn’t always been that easy.Just the move to Louisiana

was difficult enough. Barksdale, the first scholarship football play-er from Michigan in LSU history, quickly found himself undone by the

Louisiana weather.“The summers are brutal,” he

said. “The hardest thing, other than being 20-something hours away from home, is the heat. I’m still not used to it.”

He also endured a position change in order to see the field earlier.

Barksdale arrived at LSU as a five-star defensive tackle, Parade All-American and top-five recruit in the country at his position.

He never saw so much as a snap from the defensive side of the ball, going from pursuing quarterbacks to protecting them. His freshman sea-son was spent learning the ropes as backup to right tackle Carnell Stew-art during the Tigers’ 2007 national

championship run.The move paid off when he

earned the starting job in 2008 as a sophomore and never looked back.

During the past two seasons, he started all 26 games at right tackle and led the offense in snaps from scrim-mage in both 2008 and 2009. Further cementing his iron-man status was a near-perfect 2009 season in which he played every snap in 12 of 13 games, sitting out only seven plays all year.

LSU coach Les Miles expects the latest switch to pay even bigger dividends.

“We do the Big Cat drill, a drill where we go one-on-one, and Joe Barksdale had a dominant outing against some very good defensive

ends recently,” Miles said. “I think he is going to be a postseason awards guy.”

Now the veteran member of a young offensive line, Barksdale doesn’t plan on changing anything as he eases into a leadership role.

“Since I’ve been here I’ve tried to lead by example, and it’s been working for me,” he said. “I’ll prob-ably step up and say something if something needs to be said, but be-sides that I’m going to do what I do.”

Perhaps he knows better than most the trouble that words can cause.

In December 2009, a mini-controversy erupted when a post appeared on Barksdale’s Twitter ac-count, saying “Not gonna be able to

make it home for Christmas. This is just another reason why goin to LSU was the biggest mistake of my life.”

Barksdale immediately denied writing the message, claiming it was posted during practice as a practical joke played by friends who logged into his account.

He insisted he’s enjoyed his time as LSU and that he and his teammates on this offensive line are closer than ever.

“We’re definitely coming to-gether,” he said. “We hang around each other a lot more than we did last year, just as far as enjoying each other’s company, having the same interests and expounding on those interests.”

The unit Miles hailed before last season as potentially the best of-fensive line in his time at LSU came up well short of that lofty boast, pro-ducing only two individual 100-yard rushing performances (both against in-state opponents) and allowing a conference-worst 37 sacks.

For Barksdale, the criticism he’s faced is just another chance to get better.

“Pressure makes diamonds,” he said. “At the end of the day, pressure is what you make of it. I just call it people having high expectations. I’m not going to let the team down.”

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FOOTBALL

Senior Joseph Barksdale embraces move to left tackleVerteran to lead young offensive lineRyan GinnSports Contributor

Contact Ryan Ginn at rginn@lsureveille.com

Daily Reveille file photo

LSU tackle Joseph Barksdale, left, lines up against Mississippi State defensive lineman Sean Ferguson on Sept. 26, 2009 in Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss. Barksdale will switch from right to left tackle this season.

The LSU volleyball team’s path to defend its Southeastern Conference title is shaping up to be an intriguing one.

The Tigers graduated four se-niors, three of which started all 32 matches and 116 sets from last sea-son.

Along with star middle blocker Lauren DeGirolamo, the Tiger front line lost All-Americans in fellow middle blocker Brittnee Cooper and outside hitter Marina Skender.

Cooper led the SEC in both blocks and hitting percentage last sea-son, earning SEC Player of the Year honors. Skender finished her LSU ca-reer with 1,481 kills and was a three-time All-SEC athlete.

LSU coach Fran Flory said while the girls are irreplaceable, the incom-ing freshman class provides a pos-sible solution.

“You can’t just replace [those se-niors], and you certainly can’t replace what they meant to this program,”

Flory said. “But this is a real special class. I think this is going to be a class that is going to be significant in the history of our program.”

Flory will turn to three seniors to anchor the team this season — outside hitter Angela Bensend, setter/right side Brittney Johnson and outside hit-ter/middle blocker Tania Schatow.

Flory said Bensend has stepped up and developed into a stabilizing force for the Tiger offense this off-season.

The Plano, Texas, native played in 29 matches last year, including 22 starts to end the season. As one of only five upperclassmen on the team, Bensend has established herself as one of the leaders of the young team both on and off the court.

“I’ve watched the older players growing up, and now I’m trying to lead by example and follow in their footsteps,” Bensend said. “I’ve al-ways tried to step up and be vocal on the court, and I’ve always tried to talk all during practice to try to help the team out.”

The team welcomes six new freshmen to the roster, the most since 2006. Flory said each newcomer will play a significant role on the team this year.

“I have a lot of respect for our

upperclassmen because they have welcomed the young kids in with open arms,” Flory said. “They know they’re important to us. This team has formed very quickly together, and you have to attribute that to the up-perclassmen.”

With four seniors departed and six new faces on the court, Flory said the team will look to establish a new identity while keeping the same goals in mind.

“We can reinvent ourselves and we can create a new opportunity and that’s what we’re trying to do with our young kids,” Flory said.

Joining Bensend on the front line is 6-foot-4 Schatow. The Frasier, Mich., native will see action as both outsider hitter and middle blocker this season.

Flory said the combination of those two, plus sophomore Maddie Jones, will leave no holes in the Tiger offense.

“We shouldn’t have a spot that we’re weak in,” Flory said. “We should be able to run every zone on the net fast and high. Our offense has potential to be great because we have

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The Daily Reveille printed in an Aug. 24 article an incorrect descrip-tion of the Tiger Stadium windows that will be installed this year.

The 430 new windows will not be purple and gold in color.

“There is a rendering that shows purple and gold accent lighting in the archways at the top of the stadium ... but the windows will not be colored purple and gold,” Herb Vincent, LSU associate vice chancellor for University relations and senior associate athletic director, said in an email.

The $3.6 million project aims

to increase the LSU landmark’s aesthetic appeal and protect the in-terior of the stadium from moisture.

The money for the project will be privately raised, according to LSU Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Joe Alleva, by selling each

window for $2,000. Seventy-five windows on the north side of the sta-dium have already been sold.

LSU to rely on young players this yearTigers have mostfreshman since 2006Mark ClementsSports Contributor

RENOVATIONS

VOLLEYBALL

New windows coming to stadiumExterior to belighted, not paintedRachel WhittakerChief Sports Writer

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

photo courtesy of LSU SPORTS INFORMATION

A rendering of Tiger Stadium shows purple and gold accent lighting in the stadium’s archways, giving its new windows a bright glow.

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com

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to come to LSU was fairly easy as it has been a lifelong goal.

“[Coming to LSU] has been a long-time dream,” Claiborne said. “Everybody from my high school that went big, they went to LSU.”

One of the players Claiborne is referring to is former Tiger defensive back Ronnie Prude , who spent two seasons in the NFL with the Balti-more Ravens.

A Fair Park High School star and LSU standout, Prude provided the model on which Claiborne based

his cornerback style.Whomever Claiborne may have

learned the trade from, it seems to be paying off. Peterson said he has seen drastic advances in the young cor-ner’s play over the past year.

“Morris is so confi dent within himself, and he’s so smart,” Peterson said. “He’s willing to learn … that’s the best thing I like about him. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Chavis said nothing but good things about Claiborne and his abili-ties. And after 21 years of coach-ing in the Southeastern Confer-ence, Chavis has seen his fair share

of corners.“He’s a guy we feel very com-

fortable with at the other corner that gives us an opportunity to do some things a little different,” Chavis said. “He’s a guy that’s growing, he’s a guy that’s an excellent talent, and we’re really excited about him.”

A true athlete, Claiborne is also high up on the depth chart as a kick returner and said he has been work-ing with the special teams unit daily.

“I’m looking forward to getting back there and returning some kicks. … That’ll be nice,” Claiborne said. “Hopefully I’ll get my shot.”

Peterson is currently the front-runner to return kicks and punts, with Claiborne listed as one of the top backups.

Wherever Claiborne will play on the fi eld this year, Peterson said one thing is for sure — he’ll be ready.

“He’s getting ready,” Peterson

said. “I kid you not, I will have Mor-ris on top of the mountain when the season starts.”

became a Tiger and the consensus fi ve-star high school recruit hit the ground running. He has 93 tackles and three interceptions in two sea-sons, and he is listed as the best de-fender and fourth-best overall player in the Southeastern Conference for the 2010 season by ESPN.

Peterson, a cousin of NFL play-ers Bryant and Walter McFadden, said he looks up to former Cowboys cornerback and returner Deion Sand-ers. He said he admired the respect quarterbacks gave Sanders and want-ed to achieve the same reverence.

He’s already caught the eye of one NFL star.

“He’s one of the best players that’s been on the team,” said former LSU and current Cowboys lineback-er Bradie James. “He’s defi nitely one of the best corners I’ve seen at LSU.”

As a junior, Peterson is already a leader in the secondary, prepping

sophomore cornerback Morris Clai-borne, who will start opposite Peter-son.

“He hasn’t played in an SEC game, but I kid you not, I will have Morris at the top of the mountain when that season starts,” Peterson said.

Peterson even teaches players who came to LSU before him. He said he relishes any opportunity to assist his teammates.

“He knows so much about the game even though he’s younger than me,” said senior cornerback Ron Brooks. “I take things that I see him do, and I go and talk to him if I need advice on playing a technique.”

Peterson said he’s up to 222 pounds, roughly 10 pounds heavier than last season. But somehow, the physical specimen said he’s gotten quicker.

“This is the best condition I’ve been in since playing football,” Peterson said. “I feel so fast. I feel

like paper. I feel so light on my feet.”His duties will also include re-

turning punts and kicks this season, which he also did in high school. LSU coach Les Miles said Peterson could potentially be the most excit-ing returner LSU has ever had.

But Peterson hasn’t forgotten about his role at cornerback. He is out for revenge after Penn State wide receiver Derek Moye got behind him for a 37-yard score in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. Peterson said he be-gan his offseason workouts a week and a half after the game.

He wasn’t going to let his team down again.

“I hold myself accountable for that play,” Peterson said. “After that play and that game, I just took it to another level.”

It’s a lot more fanfare because you have 30,000 students on campus. It’s a little different, but I really have no qualms about playing in Jerry’s World.”

Spears , who fi nished his career at LSU in 2004, said he enjoyed join-ing a professional team with another Tiger.

“Bradie’s a great player,” Spears said. “I think everybody knows that and to have that familiarity when you come in, it’s an advantage to kind of get ahead.”

Former LSU safety McCray is fi ghting for a roster spot on the Cowboys, and he may have secured it with an unbelievable special teams performance against the San Diego Chargers in the preseason.

The stat book credited McCray with three special teams tackles, but he also recovered a fumble and drew

a block in the back on a punt, pin-ning the Chargers inside their own 10-yard line. He previously recorded an interception in the Cowboys’ Hall of Fame game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

“All LSU guys always root for those guys, especially McCray ,” James said. “He’s been doing really good on spe-cial teams. He’s been making plays, and that’s what you’ve got to do.”

McCray doesn’t forget about his past teammates either. He said after joining the Cowboys, he talked to former linebacker Perry Riley, and his former teammates at LSU are still “like one big family.”

The two other former Tigers

on the Cowboys welcomed McCray with open arms when he came to Dallas. McCray said he knows LSU players will always stick together.

“When I got here, Bradie pulled me to the side, said he was going to let me take it in, see how much I picked up on my own, then he’d help me out from then on,” McCray said.

It wasn’t long be-fore Spears followed suit.

“Everybody with that purple and gold

blood kind of watches out for each other and tries to cheer those guys on when they’re making the league,” Spears said.

CLAIBORNE, from page 7

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com

PETERSON, from page 7

Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com

‘‘‘Everybody with that

purple and gold blood kind of watches out

for each other.’Marcus Spears

Former LSU defensive end

COWBOYS, from page 7

Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com

Under-the-radar open mic nights all over Baton Rouge are calling out to students for a cheap way to have fun and showcase local talent.

The Baton Rouge area is teem-ing with open mic nights and live music deals, many of go unnoticed by University students.

From juke joints to Irish pubs, gospel to rock ‘n’ roll, the buffet of genres and haunts available makes it easier than ever to customize a night out.

Teddy’s Juke Joint off Old Sce-nic Highway hosts The Dixie Rose Acoustic Circle and Open Mic . It be-gins with a performance by musician Dixie Rose , then the fl oor opens to all blues, jazz, country/western and folk musicians ready to showcase their

talent. The event kicks off every

Wednesday at 7 p.m. and invites seasoned musicians as well as rook-ies “looking to learn how to play an instrument,” said Lloyd Johnson Jr. , owner of Teddy’s Juke Joint.

“Dixie, she’ll teach them how to tune a guitar, play a couple of chords and say, ‘Take this and come back next week. We’ll see what you can do with it,’” Johnson said. “After a cou-ple of times, they’ll come in and play four or fi ve songs. Music is one thing you just never stop learning.”

Johnson said the event is a great way to get musicians used to interact-ing with each other.

“They get to express their ideas, learn some things they didn’t know or weren’t aware of, or just pick up

During the fi rst week of the semester, students expect to hear the usual clatter of construction and freshman voices asking for direc-tions to class. But those near the Pa-rade Ground tonight will treat their ears to the sounds of an indie rock show courtesy of the University’s Student Activity Board .

SAB’s Back to School Bash will kick off tonight at 7 and will feature performances by indie artists GIV-ERS and Wolves, Where?

“Live music brings large groups of people to campus,” said SAB Mu-sic Committee Chair Tiffany Michel . “Whether it’s indie music or an Afri-can drum circle, you’re going to at-tract a very diverse group of people on campus, and that’s what we’re all about. ”

Michel and other SAB mem-bers created an online poll during preparations for the event, allowing students to vote on favorite genres and choose the artists headlining the show. But the bands chosen for the event weren’t on the original survey, which included bands like Some-thing Corporate, Cross Canadian Ragweed and RJD2.

Michel cited both budget issues as well as schedule confl icts with the artists as major factors in the com-mittee’s decision to book bands that were not on the survey.

EntertainmentThursday, Aug. 26, 2010 page 11

While Patrick Dempsey may have come and gone from Baton Rouge after fi lming in the city this summer, the Red Stick won’t be short on star power or major fi lm produc-tions this fall.

“Battleship ,” one of Holly-wood’s most anticipated productions, will begin fi lming in October at the Celtic Media Centre in Baton Rouge . The fi lm, which is based on the fa-mous board game, will be directed by Peter Berg — director of “Friday Night Lights ” and “Hancock ” — and feature Rihanna , Alexander Skars-gard and Tom Arnold in starring roles.

Meanwhile, the two-part fourth

installment of the “Twilight ” series, “Breaking Dawn ,” is still in the plan-ning phase of pre-production. The exact time splits for fi lming between Baton Rouge and Vancouver has not yet been determined.

Baton Rouge continues to be an attractive location for many produc-tion companies thanks to the 30 per-cent tax credit — part of the Louisi-ana Motion Picture Tax Incentive Act of 2002 — given to any production company whose local expenditures total more than $300,000.

“[The tax credit] is an extremely aggressive incentive package, and it sets our market apart in landing the biggest productions,” said Amy Mitchell-Smith , executive director of the Baton Rouge Film Commission .

While New Orleans has tradi-tionally been the Louisiana city of choice for fi lmmakers, the Raleigh

Chris AbshireEntertainment Writer

Fall brings ‘Twilight,’ ‘Battleship’ to BR

MOVIES

Major productions call Baton Rouge home for f ilming

FILMS, see page 15

Indie rock show comes to campus today

MUSIC

Andrew PriceEntertainment Writer

CONCERT, see page 15OPEN MIC, see page 15

The event kicks off every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and invites seasoned musicians as well as rook-ies “looking to learn how to play an instrument,” said Lloyd Johnson Jr. ,

“Dixie, she’ll teach them how to tune a guitar, play a couple of chords and say, ‘Take this and come back next week. We’ll see what you can do with it,’” Johnson said. “After a cou-ple of times, they’ll come in and play four or fi ve songs. Music is one thing

Johnson said the event is a great way to get musicians used to interact-

“They get to express their ideas,

the MicBaton Rouge area hangouts offer lively

blues, gospel open mic nightsCathryn CoreEntertainment Writer

See lsureveille.com for our picks for Sunday’s Emmy Awards.

photos by ZACH BREAUX and BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

[Top] Colin Hoy, guest saxophone player for local zydefunk band Red-Headed Step Child, performs Aug. 17 at Phil Brady’s. [Bottom] Musician Dixie Rose performs The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends” Aug. 18 at Teddy’s Juke Joint in Zachary.

graphic by MATTHEW JACOBS / The Daily Reveille

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In celebration of the Univer-sity’s sesquicentennial, the LSU Mu-seum of Art is exhibiting the work of former University professor Caroline Durieux.

Bringing together various pieces from Durieux’s artistic career, the retrospective exhibit, called “Caro-line Durieux: A Radioactive Wit,” showcases her work in paintings, sketches, lithographs, colored cliché verre prints and radioactive electron prints.

Laden with satirical humor and exceptional craftsmanship, Durieux’s art captures her environment and contributes innovative techniques to the printmaking medium, said Natalie Mault, assistant curator at the LSU Museum of Art.

Mault said the resulting work is playful, intriguing and thought-provoking.

“Many of the subjects she de-picts are humorous, but not all of them,” Mault said. “Some are of war or the atomic bomb, but viewers don’t feel anxious. They are done in a mocking way, and although made de-cades ago, we still recognize aspects of society in them today.”

Mault said showcasing the work of a former University professor is in keeping with the museum’s dedica-tion to University-related art.

“We’ve been looking forward to this exhibit since we moved away from LSU to the downtown area,” she said. “This kind of event is a

great way to tie in all things LSU.”As a celebration of the 150th

anniversary of the University, “A Radioactive Wit” is just one of many events honoring the milestone year.

The University and the LSU Museum of Art have made great ef-forts to highlight the positive effects of the University on the Baton Rouge community, said Aaron Looney, edi-tor at University Relations.

Looney said the sesquicenten-nial aims to celebrate the impact the University has made through re-search, education, athletics and art, with each one showcasing a different aspect of community involvement.

“Art tells a story — different artifacts have history and a story be-hind them,” Looney said. “These sto-ries are part of the LSU history and

how it has gotten where it is today.” Mault said she expects Du-

rieux’s groundbreaking work in printmaking to bring strong atten-dance and interest to the exhibit from both students and the community.

University art professor Kim-berly Arp said Durieux’s advance-ments were milestones in printmak-ing techniques.

“In terms of the history in print-making here at LSU, if anything has a lot to do with the sesquicentennial and the history, it is this idea of her using radio elements to do artwork,” Arp said.

Arp also expects Durieux’s ex-perimental combination of art and science to intrigue students who visit the exhibit.

“Anything that pushes the enve-lope or widens the scope of possibil-ity, young folks are interested in it,” he said.

“Caroline Durieux: A Radioac-tive Wit” is on display from Aug. 22 to Nov. 2.

In addition to its eclectic collection of art, the LSU Museum of Art has a new relic to celebrate — a prestigious accreditation.

The museum was awarded accreditation from the American Association of Museums , a feat only 5 percent of museums boasted, according to Thomas Livesay , direc-tor of LSU Museum of Art .

Livesay called the accreditation “a mark of excellence that refl ects on the community.”

The accreditation process for the LSU Museum of Art started in 2007 . The museum staff gathered information on all facets of the museum, including various galleries, programs, facilities and its executive department. Livesay said the accred-itation process is entirely voluntary.

The AAM’s review of the LSU Museum of Art described it as “one of the leading university art muse-ums in the country and, as such, a leading asset to the University, the extended community and the state of Louisiana.”

“The accreditation process is a thorough, all-encompassing study where everything is scrutinized,” said Dewey Blanton, AAM media relations director.

The AAM originated in 1906 and has since become the larg-est service organization for muse-ums in America , Blanton said . The AAM works with different kinds of museums ranging from art to zoos.

Blanton said museums seek accreditation as “a good housekeep-ing technique,” which puts it among “a prestigious and highly selective group of museums.”

Of about 17,500 museums in the U.S. , only 775 are accredited, Blanton said.

Livesay said the accreditation will attract more students and bring the LSU Museum of Art to the fore-front of University activities. He said the museum is a connection from the University to the rest of the Baton Rouge community.

“The LSU Museum of Art seems like a very cool place,” said Zachary Davis, biological sciences freshman. “Now that it’s been ac-credited I defi nitely want to check it out.”

Livesay said the accreditation tells the public the LSU Museum of Art is a high-quality organization.

“While the accreditation means a lot for the Museum of Art, it means even more to the public we serve,” Livesay said.

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LSU Museum of Art gains accreditation

Morgan SearlesEntertainment Writer

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Former professors’ art displayed

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Tommy Nuagle, math education sophomore, observes “LSU Night” on April 30.

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RanksReveille

Arcade FireThe SuburbsMerge Records

Iron MaidenThe Final FrontierEMI Records

Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” is a metaphoric march down memory lane in the sheltered and conventional suburbs. The piano-led title track fools the listener into thinking this trip through the suburbs will be nonchalant, but as the album progresses, it proves to be dark and sometimes sad. It illustrates the existential crisis of modern man that is stuck in a mediocre life that was once full of potential. This extensive album of 16 songs leaves the listener exhausted, a bit down and yet somewhat hopeful. “The Sub-urbs” is an impressive album fi lled with metaphorical lyrics and moving instrumentals.

They say all good things must come to an end, and the release of “The Final Frontier,” Iron Maiden’s 15th studio album, is the end of 35 years of face-melting metal. The album suffers from poor song structure, often abandoning melody in favor of spacey arrangements so poorly done it’s hard to believe they were done by a Grammy-nominated band . Perhaps it’s time to establish an age limit for metal and kindly inform Iron Maiden that the world would like to remember them for their 14 good albums and not this geriatric disc of disap-pointment masquerading as a real album.

Talented singer-songwriter Ray Lamontagne’s new album “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” has managed to hit the music scene without making much of a splash on listeners. Lamontagne’s at-tempt to break out of his mel-low, easy-listening melodies and dive, along with his band The Pariah Dogs, into a more bluegrass-infl uenced sound is successful, but the music doesn’t do much to stir the soul like his previous work. All in all, “God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise” is simply all right.

Mike Posner31 Minutes to TakeoffJ-Records

KlaxonsSurfi ng the VoidPolydor Records

Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldBig Talk Films

Fresh out of college, Mike Pos-ner is breaking into the music scene with his debut album, “31 Minutes to Takeoff.” The catchy single “Cooler than Me” snuck through mainstream radio waves and caught the attention of curious listeners. With a triple-threat combina-tion of singing, songwriting and producing, Posner has the potential to gather a loyal fan base. The album blends trendy synthesized sounds and pleas-ingly raspy vocals to create a laid-back feel. Unfortunately, the lyrics are trite, and the themes come off as petty or vindictive. With experience and a more mature approach, Posner could have a successful career ahead of him.

“Surfi ng the Void ,” the second album from the U.K.’s Klaxons , feels like a companion piece to “Congratulations ,” the sophomore record from MGMT . Like MGMT , the Klaxons indulge in a prog-rock heavy sound, and the songs often lack clear hooks or direction as a result. The band has traded in the sharp, angular sound of its debut, “Myths of the Near Future ,” for a denser, psychedelic feel. Guitars compete with each other for heavier riffs throughout the record, leading to moments of thrilling sound barrages and bloated riffi ng. Ultimately, it’s a strange turn for a band with a compelling sound.

Filled with action sequences and comic book cinema-tography, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is an epic movie based on the graphic novel “Scott Pilgrim.” Michael Cera out-performes his usual teen angst roles, which makes the movie a pleasant surprise. Cera has the support of a great cast, including Kieran Culkin , who steals the show with his one-liners and general behavior with other characters. With allusions to pop culture throughout the movie, viewers can escape to this parallel universe in which Cera’s acting is actually up to par.

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MUSIC * MOVIES * BOOKS * TELEVISION

Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t RiseRCA Records

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“Unfortunately, we were not able to get any of the big-name art-ists that we had originally posted on the poll,” Michel said. “Instead, we took the genre that had the most votes and began looking for a band that has the indie-folk rock sound that students voted for.”

Lafayette-based GIVERS added the Back to School Bash to their al-ready long list of scheduled shows for their upcoming tour, which in-cludes a stop at Austin City Limits music festival in October.

Despite their demanding tour schedule, GIVERS guitarist Taylor Guarisco said the band brings the same energy and excitement with them on stage for every show, and though the long tours often leave them feeling over worked, none of them are too tired to stop the music.

“We are all still very excited about playing music on the road,” Guarisco said. “It’s an amazing thing for us to realize.”

Wolves, Where?, which is also known for passionate stage perfor-mances, will take the stage before GIVERS. The band is grateful for the opportunity to open, said guitar-ist Kyle Anderson.

Kyle and his brother Kody An-derson, also a guitarist in the band, attend college in Texas and have decided to miss school to play the show.

“My brother and I are missing some class and driving nine hours to play the show,” Kyle Anderson said. “We are super excited about playing Thursday night.”

a guitar and start messin’ around with it,” he said.

Phil Brady’s on Government Street holds two open mic nights a week. The first, a no-cover event, features stand-up comedy between musical sets.

“Every Tuesday, there’s a com-edy show that starts around 9 [p.m.] Then, Ryan Patterson and the boys play for about 30 minutes. And then they’ll start bringing up people ready to play,” he said. “Rock people, bring your whole band out.”

Phil Brady’s Tuesday nights are meant for “young musicians to get their feet wet,” Hall said.

“Tuesdays are for new bands used to practicing in a living room or garage wondering, ‘Where can we go to get on a stage?’” he said. “We are offering a place for them to bring their friends and bring their bands. We have the sound. We have the stage. Bring your guitars.”

But the bar’s Thursday night blues jam is what really brings in the crowd, Hall said.

“We’ve got a world famous blues jam on Thursdays that’s been going on for 26 years,” he said. “For a $5 cover charge, you’ll see up to 30 different musicians.”

Hall said the great thing about Phil Brady’s blues jam is anyone can light up the stage.

“Anyone can get on stage as long as they got the lungs and the guts to get out there. You just gotta play blues and blues only,” he said.

Open mic nights are a great way for new bands to debut, said Ryan Patterson, lead singer and guitarist of the local zydefunk band Red-Headed Step Child.

“I started out when I was 10 or 12, and now I’m 21 and hosting Tues-

day nights at Phil Brady’s,” he said.Gabby Loubiere, University

alumna and owner of local coffee shop Brew Ha-Ha on Jefferson High-way, is spicing up the music scene with an open mic gospel night.

“I don’t know anyone else who’s got this going on,” Loubiere said.

Since the gospel night’s launch, the coffee shop has been booming, Loubiere said. Anyone can walk in the coffee shop and sign up to per-form.

“It’s powerful. You just get goose bumps,” she said. “A little 6-year-old boy got up with the drums last week, and it was just unbelievable.”

For all pop and hip-hop lovers, DJ’s Club Elite on Tom Drive has an open mic that focuses on more popu-lar music.

“Since it’s a club, you’ll hear the same things you’d hear at Fred’s, Reggie’s, Mike’s ... But I’ll play basi-cally anything and everything,” said James Merritt, disc jockey of the event. “We don’t discriminate. They can come in and sing a classical song if they want.”

Open mic nights are an excel-lent opportunity for local talent “to be heard,” Merritt said.

“That’s how I got signed,” he said. “I did a party and then three days later, I got signed to a label.”

Every Friday, DJ’s Club Elite of-fers free drinks until 10 p.m., then the open mic begins.

Patrick McGannon, landscape architecture senior, said he enjoys the atmosphere of open mic nights.

“It’s cool just to see people get up from the crowd and grab a mic,” he said. “Those strangers are all of a sudden way cooler when they’re up on stage.”

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Studios at the Celtic Centre, which is the largest purpose-built soundstage in the state, has allowed Baton Rouge to be more viable for studio shooting.

“The growth of [Celtic Media Centre], we’ve found, has directly cor-related with our ability to land these massive studio-size productions like ‘Battleship,’” Mitchell-Smith said.

An increase in movies filming in the city has also meant a major boost for the local economy.

Production companies contrib-uted a local direct spend of $72 mil-lion for 26 films and TV productions in 2009, according to the BRFC. The local direct spend reflects any expen-ditures on a local level.

“Those numbers indicate a major surge for a market of Baton Rouge’s size,” Mitchell-Smith said. “But we only expect those numbers to grow for this year, and the big fall productions are certainly a major part of those projections.”

“Battleship” and “Breaking Dawn” may be the two largest films coming to town, but they certainly aren’t the only ones.

“Transit,” an independent film starring Jim Caviezel — star of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” — has been filming in Baton Rouge for the better part of August and even required the closure portions of River Road last week.

“The Courier,” which stars Jef-frey Dean Morgan of “Watchmen”

and “Grey’s Anatomy,” began film-ing in New Orleans and Baton Rouge last week.

“The Big Valley,” a remake of the hit 1960s TV Western, has begun filming and will be shooting in town throughout the fall.

“It’s clear that this fall is going to be one of our busiest times yet for film production in the city,” Mitch-ell-Smith said. “The fact that two of the largest and most exciting current films are both going to be filming here is making waves around town and throughout the industry.”

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CONCERT, from page 11

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The construction of a new parking garage on campus con-stitutes a major statement about LSU’s priorities (“Parking ga-rage, bookstore to begin con-struction this year,” 8/24/10). At a time when the university has been under financial siege for two years, when entire academic and research programs are be-ing eliminated, and positions are being cut, $25 million can be found for a new parking garage. Programs such as the Louisiana Geological Survey, which plays a critical role in the science and economy of the state, are slated for elimination but could be funded for a fraction of what the garage will cost. The loss of a cluster of historic buildings that will be razed to make way for the garage is considered not worthy of discussion.

A Reveille article of July 16

of last year made the interesting points that the garage is not cur-rently needed because of a literal lack of available parking spaces, and that a primary motivation be-hind its construction is that LSU lags behind other universites who have multiple parking garages. That is a benchmark apparently more important than maintaining programs like the Louisiana Geo-logical Survey.

Apparently no one is sup-posed to be watching, such as the legislature. But of course, they are. The message this sends to an inexperienced and skeptical legislature hardly seems the right one. Why should they take the defenders of academic and scien-tific capacity at the university se-riously, when the administration doesn’t?

J.D. Daigledirector of the School of the Coast and Environmental Special Programs

THE BOTTOM LINE

The LSU Police Department, as real deal police, can take every-thing you have.

Actually, that’s not totally true. Any law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over you can take your belongings — not just LSUPD and not just if you’ve committed a crime.

Let’s look at a brief example. Police can exercise what’s called criminal asset forfeiture. That’s where the cops come in your apart-ment or car and catch you smoking marijuana. You get arrested, you lose the pot and pipe.

I have absolutely no problem with this at all. It’s all justified.

However, there’s also civil asset forfeiture, and that’s where things get sticky. Let’s say you get caught with a joint in your car. Well, it’s perfectly reasonable to take your supplies, because taking devices used in crimes — guns, knives, etc. — can be part of keeping us safe.

Let’s say, however, that you got caught, and the officer decided he wanted your car, too. Yep, he can have it. Welcome to civil asset for-feiture. To make things more inter-esting, you actually don’t have to be convicted of the crime for the police to take your car, house and personal belongings. A lower level of proof is required for civil asset forfeiture than for a crime where you might end up in jail.

In our example, the officer could say you used the money from selling pot to buy the car. He may have so little evidence he cannot possibly convict you for the crime, but as long as they can say it was likely the car was purchased with drug money, they get it.

Again, you lose the car, which was allegedly purchased us-ing funds from a crime of which you were found innocent. In case you think something like this just doesn’t happen here on American soil, you don’t know how wrong you are.

In fact — and here’s why this happens so often — many states like Louisiana allow up to 80 per-cent of the money made from the sale of forfeited goods to go to the police.

Do you see the problem? We call this a huge conflict of interest.

It’s the same reason why I can’t take out fire insurance on your house. It’s a conflict of interest because it gives me a huge incentive to have a surprise bonfire on your

back porch.So, if you told a child, “I’ll

give you $10 and a cup of ice cream every time you find a spelling mis-take,” how many mistakes do you think he’ll see? Well, it turns out

it’s usually a whole lot more than are actually there.

A recent study done by criminologis t John Worrall, after polling 770 police managers and executives,

showed 40 percent of police depart-ments admitted civil asset forfeiture was “necessary as a budget supple-ment.”

This means, my friends, nearly half of police managers admitted they need to take civil assets to pad the budget — new cars, equipment or sometimes just to keep a good man on payroll.

The problem is far beyond the scope of one article, but it will have

to suffice to say there are officers out there looking for quick cash, just like the rest of us, and it essen-tially amounts to legalized theft.

As a final note, I would like to say I have a world of respect for officers and their families. I have several close, personal friends I’ve grown to know and love over the years who are dedicated officers, and I couldn’t be more proud of the work they do. However, what’s right is right, and taking the proper-ty of people found innocent in court is not.

As Voltaire, the 18th century French satirist, philosopher and writer once said, “It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”

This is a serious 10 to 30 years, guys. Can I get some backup?

Devin Graham is a 21-year-old business management senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dgraham.

LSUPD can take all your possessions

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Do you ever find yourself lost on campus?

Do you ever feel the urge to watch videos or read stories about how great LSU is?

Do you like to push buttons linking you to LSUsports.net?

Well, if you’ve answered “yes” to any of the following ques-tions, you’re in luck — there’s an app for that.

You have no idea how sick I am of that damn phrase.

Earlier this month, the Univer-sity threw its hat into the ring of more than 225,000 and launched the “LSU Mobile” iPhone app.

Unfortunately for people who would like a phone that still functions if held in the left hand, the app is only available on the iPhone, with a BlackBerry version coming “within the next few weeks.” Cur-rently, there is no definite version for the Android platform.

As a Droid owner I feel dis-criminated against.

Sure, the iPhone may be more popular, but Android was the best selling OS among smart phones in a recent NPD Group announce-ment.

Android is blowing up — get on that, LSU developers.

The free, on-the-go purple and gold app launched Aug. 16, was sponsored by University Auxiliary Services and cost $40,000 to create, according to the Aug. 23 edition of The Daily Reveille.

Fortunately, I also own an iPod Touch, so I was able to download and play with the app. However, what I found was disappointingly lacking.

The app in its current stage has

four icons to tap: athletics, maps, videos and news.

Because the iPhone is exclu-sive to AT&T and LSU Athlet-ics has a partnership with Verizon Wireless, Verizon has withheld any iPhone applications from having LSU sports content.

Instead, tapping the athletics icon does nothing but bring you to LSUsports.net — a simple book-mark could do the same thing.

Second comes the map icon. The one and only useful feature so far on the application, the maps section has a full map of the Uni-versity’s campus with users able to see their current location and search for other locations around campus.

Unfortunatley, there is no way to devise any type of trail or route to get around campus — just to wander around in the general direction of your destination.

While a huge map could defi-nitely be helpful to students new to the University, it seems a shal-low attempt at possibly something deeper.

Finally, I can group the remain-ing two sections into one summary.

Both the videos and news icons bring the user to a list of PR-friendly videos and articles, which help shed a good light on the University.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against the University trying to make itself look good to others — I’ve always loved LSU — but I don’t understand why the news icon doesn’t even mention the school’s on-campus newspaper.

Maybe they don’t want to see some loudmouth columnist bashing their $40,000 baby.

Speaking of $40,000 babies, isn’t the University going through some serious budget cuts? It’s all

I hear about in the newsroom and all over campus, so it would seem like $40,000 could go toward something more useful.

The Uni-versity defi-

nitely took a big technological step with the release of the iPhone app. But a good idea done with only half

the effort ends up a bad idea.Sure, money could have been

a restraint, but why not wait for available funding and release and app that blows every other college’s out of the water?

I’m looking for some type of Moodle integration, teacher and class reviews, student feedback, merge in TigerTrails routes, inter-nal maps of buildings — because finding some classrooms is difficult — I could go on forever.

This idea has all kinds of po-tential, but right now it seems like a neglected idea and wasted resources among a difficult time in

the University’s history.Take your time, app develop-

ers, and get it right. Blow everyone out of the water with it to show how great the University really is.

And quit ignoring Android users for God’s sake!

Adam Arinder is a 20-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twit-ter @TDR_aarinder.

Researchers from the Univer-sity of Sydney recently released a major breakthrough in Alzheim-er’s research. The team created a compound that prevents two Al-zheimer’s proteins from combin-ing.

Alzheimer’s is the most com-mon cause of dementia. Early symptoms include memory fail-ures and depression, while in the later stages of the disease patients experience drastic personality changes as well as difficulty with basic motor functions such as walking and swallowing.

Although there is no single accepted theory for the cause of Alzheimer’s, deposits of frag-mented and twisted proteins called plaques and tangles are usually found in the brains of Alzheim-er’s sufferers. The researchers at Sydney have discovered a new interaction between the two sets of proteins and created a therapy that alters the protein, Tau, which is responsible for creating the tangles. Successful modification

of Tau also prevents other proteins from fragmenting and creating the disease-causing plaques.

Even the best modern Al-zheimer’s medications and thera-

pies only hope to slow the progression of the disease and manage some of its more severe symp-toms. This new research has a chance of completely

revolutionizing the way the dis-ease is treated. Instead of focusing on the symptoms, the new treat-ment targets the underlying causes of the disease and stops neural degeneration at its source.

Researchers genetically modi-fied a group of mice to ensure they would develop Alzheimer’s and injected them with drugs designed to prevent the development of the pair of harmful proteins. Incred-ibly, none of the mice treated with

the new drug developed Alzheim-er’s.

I was especially glad to hear about this ground-breaking re-search because I’ve had personal experience with Alzheimer’s and its terrible effects.

My grandfather had Alzheim-er’s, and once he could barely rec-ognize his own wife of more than 50 years, we had to move him to a nursing home. I can barely de-scribe the sense of soul-crushing depression that permeates severe Alzheimer’s wards.

Patients wander the halls aim-lessly, passing their visiting loved ones without recognizing them and forgetting where they were going before they reach their destination.

The disease completely de-stroyed my grandfather’s person-ality, emotions and relationships. My family and I would visit him when we were in town for holidays and other family gatherings, but we always felt completely help-less. We hoped that somehow our presence would help him, and at

the very least, sustain my grand-mother as she underwent this un-imaginably difficult ordeal.

In our youth-centered, con-sumer-driven society, Alzheimer’s doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. Almost by definition, the disease affects the elderly. Un-fortunately, too many of us would prefer to ignore seniors, but many people change their tune when thinking about their own aging loved ones or even themselves.

Most college students have parents or grandparents that are approaching their 60s or 70s, a crucial time when many symptoms of Alzheimer’s reveal themselves. According to the Alzheimer’s As-sociation, one in eight Americans older than 65 have the disease. Currently, 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and the number of cases is projected to double in the next 40 years.

While many other leading causes of death have seen signifi-cant declines during the last de-cade, Alzheimer’s related fatalities

have only increased. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, from 2000 to 2006, there was a 46 percent increase in Alzheimer’s fatalities while deaths due to heart disease, stroke and breast cancer all decreased.

Of course, any new drug is still years away from drug store shelves because it has to be modi-fied for use in humans and pass Food and Drug Administration regulations and clinical trials. But Lars Ittner and the rest of his team still deserve our congratula-tions and thanks for the important strides they have made ridding our world of this terrible disease.

Andrew Shockey is a 19-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Aschockey.

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PRESCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED Small learning center near LSU needs nurturing part time

teacher who loves to work with young children 2:30 - 5:30 M-F. 225.766.1159

PHOTO EDITOR HELP NEEDED Photo studio needs part time help w photo editing & offi ce tasks. Approx 10-20 hrs/wk. Flex hrs. Email

resume to danielle@braydanielle.com. No calls please.

MAKE EXTRA CASH At College Typing Ads for Companies! Work PT/FT. Earn $100s Weekly!

www.bit.ly/LSUDataWork

KENNEL TECHNICIAN needed for busy veterinary offi ce. Weekend shift work.

225.756.0204

STUDENT WORKERS NEEDEDfor vocational counseling co. fax resume to toll

free 1-309-405-1532

PART TIME IT WORK Work around school schedule possible. Experience and profes-

sional appearance required. Send resume to resume@tcbns.com

GREAT OFFICE JOB OPPORTUNITY Environmen-tal Consulting and Engineering fi rm seeking

student profi cient in excel and word to answer phones, fi le, and perform light offi ce work. 15-20 hours/ week during the hours of 8:00 am until 12 noon. Competitive salary. Located on Jefferson Hwy. off Highland Rd. Will consider all majors. Great opportunity for accounting

or engineering student. E-mail resume to humanresources@compliance-sg.com or fax to

(225) 754-0406.

TUTOR NEEDEDTutor 7th grader in our home in CCLA. Prefer an education major or recent ed. major grad. Math especially. For Monday and Thursday.

225.752.8302 or 225.202.2712

P/T STUDENT WORK with local apparel com-pany / retail website. Customer service, order processing. Pay based on experience and skill

level. E-mail resumes to Jobs@varsityvests.com VarsityVests.com / FanTheFire.com

CHILD CARE WORKER NEEDED Sundays, 8:30am - 12:30pm; 4pm-7pm. Working with

infants thru age 5. Experience preferred. $8.50/hour. Contact michael@fccbrla.org

225.926.4175

MAXWELL’S MARKET Now hiring cashiers, serv-ers, and kitchen postions for part time shifts. Flexible schedules. Please apply in person at

7620 Corporate Blvd or 6241 Perkins Rd.

BRIDAL RETAIL SALESNow hiring p/t employees for weekend hours.

Sales experience preferred, but not necessary. Must be able to work Saturdays and Sundays. Email resume to bridalboutiquebr@gmail.com

TENNIS INSTRUCTOR NEEDED for established tennis program. Experience preferred, but will

train with little prior experience. Mon -Thur afternoons, some weekends, 6 to 8 hrs/wk.

Please call only. 225.803.3361

DELIVERY DRIVER NEEDED at busy denture lab. Neat, good driving record & drug screen

reqd. PT. 225.201.0880

STUDENT WORK!$16.00 Starting Pay!Customer Sales/ Svc.

Flexible PT/ FT, No Exp Necc.Conditions Apply- Call NOW!

225-237-3002

VETRINARY CLINIC Seeking part time help. General duties including kennel, helping vet

and assisting in surgery.Apply 1302 Perkins Rd 225.381.9661

EARN $1000-$3200 A month to drive our brand new cars with ads placed on them. www.

AdCarDriver.com

ACTORS, MODELS, MAKEUP ARTISTSwanted for THE 13TH GATE Haunted House. No Exp. needed. Good Pay. Flexible Hours. Apply in Person at 832 St. Philip St. downtown BR. Sep-tember 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th. 9am-5pm jamie@

midnightproduction.com 225-921-8006

AFTERNOON CHILDCARE TUES/THURS Need dependable loving student to pick up two small boys from nursery school in Baton Rouge and

care for them until we are home from work. We live in Pelican Point. (Gonzales). Hrs 3:30-5:30.

$10/ hr 504.236.5311

INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE Looking for an intern to assist with fi nancial & tax related projects. Computer/ General Offi ce Skills/ Strong MS Offi ce & Excel Skills Email resume to: jobs@

advantous.com

MAKE EXTRA CASH At College Typing Ads for Companies! Work PT/FT. Earn $100s Weekly!

www.bit.ly/MissDataWork

SPANISH SPEAKER NEEDEDHome Servicing LLC is looking for a part time student worker fl uent in Spanish to assist us

with our Spanish-only clients. Pay is $12/ hour plus bonuses. Hours are fl exible. Please send

resume to careers@hsllc.net.

RETAIL SALESWanted, out going, energetic sales associate. Must be mature and self motivated. Apply in person. I Love Shoes, 7729 Jefferson Hwy.

225.767.9043

PRE-DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS needed to assist Hygienist M, W, F mornings. No

experience necessary. Please fax resume to 296-0218 or email to tsav45@gmail.com

225.296.5980

STUDENTPAYOUTS. COMPaid Survey Takers Needed In Baton Rogue.

100% Free To Join! Click On Surveys.

$$$$12/HOUR$$$$Home Servicing LLC is looking for a part time performing loans collector. Hours are 3pm to

8pm Monday through Thursday. Pay is $12 per hour plus bonuses. Please send resumes to

careers@hsllc.net.

BABYSITTER NEEDED!Babysitter for 2 children (9 & 11). Trustworthy,

dependable & fun-loving. Need references. 225.753.0763

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Dean’s Offi ce has an opening for a sophomore or junior student worker beginning Monday, August 30th. All

majors are welcome to apply. Applicants must be able to work 11:30-1:30 M-F. Job includes

offi ce duties. Submit letter of application, resume and list of references to Martha A.

Cedotal, Sr. Assistant Dean, 351 Hatcher Hall. 225.578.4001

SALES REPS NEEDED to sell cellcontrol; our accurate, secure and dependable solution for distracted driving caused by cellular phones

and other mobile devices to businesses throughout the US and Canada. Hourly + Com-

mission 225.215.0079

NOW HIRING $8/HOUR Hosts/ Hostesses needed in Club/ Suites in Tiger Stadium for all 7 home games, 8 hours each game, $8/

hour. Contact scintern@lsu.edu, http:// www.tfaforms.com/152997 or 225.578.4735

TJ RIBS ACADIAN Now hiring servers. Must have 1 year exp. Apply Mon-Fri between 2-4 PM

PARRAIN’S SEAFOOD Now hiring all front of the house positions. Apply in person Mon-Fri

between 2:00 and 5:00 225.381.9922

VW BEETLE TURBO S 2003 dark grey 6 spd new tires loaded fast 334.663.4936

1 BR / 1 BA CONDO, Gated Complex, Ample Parking, Sparkling Pool, on LSU Bus Route

(Brightside). $63,000. 337.937.5585

MATTRESS MART TWIN SETS $127.00FULL SETS $157.00

QUEEN SETS $187.00QUEEN EURO TOPS $254.00 FULL PILLOW TOPS $267.00

BED FRAMES FROM $30.00 225.272.4850

’03 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER SPORT Leather

Tow PackageExcellent Condition

83,000 Miles 225.772.1680

TIGER MANOR CONDOMINIUMS. UNITS READY FOR FALL and SPRING 2010-2011!! Reserve now! Brand new 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units

for sale starting at $124,900. Ask about our Guaranteed Buy-Back Program!! 3000

July St. 225-346-5055 www.tigermanor.com Location. Location. Location... Start Living.

225.383.0143

4 BEDROOM HOUSE Great Location - Close to Campus -4 Bedroom/2 Bath

Ceramic Tile fl oors -Large Rooms-$1600 - Avail-able Immediately Call 318.573.5102

CONDO ON LSU BUS ROUTE 3 bdrms, 2 baths, $1500/mo, 504-400-1904 or 504.250.3799

BRICK 5BR3BA 3MIN. LSU NEW KIT. APPL., W/D, INT&CABLE READY, 225.241.4679

L S U Walk to Campus -pool- 2BR all appls. inc w/ d $695 1BR $495 Studio inc ul’s $445.

2BR near BRCC $595. 766-5511

APTS TO RENT 3030 congress blvd(offPerkins, multiple fl ats and

townhouses recentlyrenovated, no pets, 1 month rent, 1 month

security, maxpro 268-0801(Mon-Fri)

1726 BRIGHTSIDE MANOR Beautiful 2br on Bus Rt. washer/dryer, fenced patio, wat/sew

pd. $850 Move in special 588-3070

LARGE 1-BR (650 sq ft) $500 and 2-br (1170 sq ft) $700 in small quiet complex ideal for se-rious students. Walk, cycle or take the LSU bus to school, shopping. On-site manager, reserved parking, video surveillence security. 757-8175.

Apply online at http://riverroadapartments.tripod.com

SPECIALS NOW AVAILABLE Arlington Trace, Summer Grove &

Lake Beau Pre Townhomes! 2 & 3 Bedroom Floorplans

Gated Communities, Clubhouse with Work Out Room, Pool & Gaming Areas

Dean Flores Real Estate 225.767.2227

1 BED ROOM AVAILABLE NOW $475. 4065 Burbank. $300 Deposit. Near Walk-Ons www.

lsubr.com for pics and fl oorplans. No Pets. One year lease.

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Tiger Manor CondoMiniuMs. uniTs readY For Fall 2010 and spring 2011!! reserve now!

Brand new 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available. re-serve your unit today! Walk to class! 3000 July

st. 225-346-5055. www.tigermanor.comLocation. Location. Location... start Living.

225.383.0143

$1500 3B/3B Condo near Lsu. gaTed, PooL, W/d, in CourTneY PLaCe CondoMiniuMs. no PeTs PLease. 225.362.2559

noT Too LaTe! 3br/2ba gated, on Lsu bus route, pool, assigned parking. 1/2 1st month

free. $1400/mo 318.447.2622

one BedrooM doWnToWn Beauregard Town with W/d $695 plus utilities (approx $200).

kelly@stuartconnolly.com225.241.6014

3 BedrooM 1 BaTh - $1100/MonTh 875 as-ter st. Walk to Lsu. Washer dryer dishwasher.

Central aC, all hardwood floors. Pets oK. Fenced in backyard. Call for an appointment to

see. 225.205.0390

1-2 Br aPTs near Lsu, $500-$600, water, sewage, hot water included. Call Wang

225.278.6621, 225.278.6622

Beau Chene Condos 2Br 2BaTh WiTh Wood FLoors and aLL aPPLianCes $950 w/s pd

588-3070 or 955-6480

highLand road house 3 br 2 ba available aug 1st $1099.00 225.769.1079

2- BedrooM L.s.u. Bus rouTe 2-bedroom townhouse, fully furnished 1 and 1/2 baths

at 1722 brightside $950.00 per mo. $600.00 dep. 1 yr. lease -296-4006 or 504-495-1733

504.296.4006

CanTerBurY square aPTs 1 and 2 bedrooms

$455-$545 noW Leasing

graduate and part-time students 3003 river road 225.343.2466

BrighTside ParK ToWnhoMes Large 2Br 2.5 BaTh W/ d, PooL, PeTs oK, 1737 s.

BrighTside VieW. $800 955-6480/588-3070 southlandpropertiesinc.com

Tiger Manor renTaL $525/mo3 bdrm apt., 1 room available, 2 roomates,

seniors 1-accounting, 1-engineering. excellent accomodations. Walk to campus. Call doug-

337-316-1647, or 337-234-019 337.234.0196

1,2,3 Br Condos in BrighTside / sharLo $650-$1000. 955-6480

southlandpropertiesinc.com

highLand road house 3br/2ba $1099/mo. 225.769.1079

2 To 3 bdrm/1b wood floors w/d lawn service walking distance to Lsu 504.451.0818

near Lsu Carlotta/ ivanhoe $385-$505 588-3039

PerFeCT sTudio aPT on Capital heights near acadian. Fully enclosed with privacy gate.

Washer/ dryer, refrigerator included. some furniture can remain. $600/ mth. stephanie

stalter (225) 573-1951. (225) 298-1250

Lsu TigerLand 1-2 Br, Th & Flats, Pool, W/s Paid, $450 - $650/mo. 225.615.8521

FeMaLe rooMaTe needed to share 3Br/2Bath condo, on Lsu bus route,

$500+utilities/mo. Call heather 337.780.9159 or 225.767.8830

rooMMaTe needed WesThaVen suBd-CoM-Mon house area, on Bus rTe,6Mi FroM

Lsu $375+ uTiL sPLT- BreauXair@CoX. neT 504.738.5671

rooM in good house. W&d, alarm, etc. no lease needed. $395. util, cable TV and internet

include. $250 dep. 225.921.1209

rooMMaTe needed for 2 bedroom townhome. grad student preferred. room includes private

full bathroom. Living area is fully furnished. Private covered parking. $400/month and half

of utilities. 225.603.8824

rooMaTe To share CondoMale roommate to share 2Br/2BTh furnished condo-Brightside estates-w/grad student. W/d,

CBL/ uTiL/inTerneT paid. $500/ month. Prefer student. no pets. dober_mann@msn.

com 225.588.9409

FeM. grad sTudenTs 4bedrm/2ba house, common area furnished, nicholson Lakes

$400.+util. 504.717.5188

sPaCious rooM aVaiLaBLeroom available in 2 bedroom heatherstone

townhouse. 2.5 bath, furnished living, dining, and kitchen. $595/month plus utilities. email

sshira3@tigers.lsu.edu for more info.

ConTriVed FeMaLe seeKs male dirtbag for viewings of Pauly shore’s 1993 classic film son

in Law. cwill2@lsu.edu

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