Attention all brajs, homegirls, dry guys, juggahos, rapping wiz- ards and dirty, brown water trash: “Workaholics” is back with a new season, and it’s about to get weird. “Workaholics” is a sitcom that follows the life and times of three slackers who work together at a telemarketing agency and their madcap misadventures. The series has become an instant hit among college crowds. Adam DeVine, one member of the hard-partying trio, recently par- ticipated in a news teleconference with The Daily Reveille and vari- ous other colleges from around the country. He shed some insight on why he believes the show is beloved by co-eds. “The premise of the show is so relatable to people in college because you’re at that point in your life where you’re like about to be a grown-up, and it’s scary as shit because grownuphood sucks,” DeVine said bluntly. “So you’re like, ‘I want to stay like this for- ever. I want to be with my friends. I don’t want to be an adult yet,’ and that’s kind of what the characters on the show have done.” University students, such as Garrett Banta, biochemistry sopho- more, shared why they believe the show has such mass appeal with the college-aged demographic. “They’re just like college kids but with shitty jobs,” Banta said. Jacob Johnson, philosophy Reveille e Daily Thursday, January 17, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 72 www.lsureveille.com CFO, see page 4 WORKAHOLICS, see page 4 photo courtesy of COMEDY CENTRAL The cast of Comedy Central’s “Workaholics”poses on set. Pictured from left to right: Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm. The new season premeired Wednesday. ADMINISTRATION TELEVISION ‘Workaholics’ star discusses fan base, 21st birthdays, Louisiana Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer System changes halt CFO search Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer Students weigh in on gun control dilemma DeVine says show relates to students Arielle Sutton, agriculture business ju- nior, lives in a quaint apartment off campus. In her room, she has a pink vanity chest of draw- ers; green and pink throw pillows; and a Smith and Wesson M&P 22-claiber rifle under her bed. Sutton is a member of the newly formed, unofficial Students for Concealed Carried Weapons club and considers the ownership of her rifle an unalienable right. “Owning a gun is a privilege,” Sutton said. “Everyone should have the right to bear arms, but not everyone can. Some countries don’t allow their citizens to do so.” The shootings in Colora- do in July 2012 and Connecti- cut in December sparked a national debate about firearm laws. President Barack Obama Nic Cotten Staff Writer The search for a permanent University CFO and vice chancel- lor for Finance and Administrative Services will not begin until after the LSU System reorganization is complete in ap- proximately 24 months, admin- istrators say. Eric Mon- day, the Univer- sity’s CFO and vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Ser- vices, left in December to take a job at the University of Kentucky as its executive vice chancellor for finance and administration. Robert Kuhn, who has worked in the University’s Office of Bud- get and Planning as its vice pro- vost and associate vice chancellor, is filling Monday’s position. “This is just an interim po- sition,” Kuhn said. “When they begin looking for a replacement, FOOTBALL: A columnist abhors the Manti Te’o hoax, p. 5 ENTERTAINMENT: Students dress up as video game characters, p. 9 GUNS, see page 15 KUHN ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille Arielle Sutton, agricultural business junior, holds Smith & Wesson’s M&P 15-22 rifle in her bedroom on Monday. sticking to their guns
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Attention all brajs, homegirls, dry guys, juggahos, rapping wiz-ards and dirty, brown water trash: “Workaholics” is back with a new season, and it’s about to get weird.
“Workaholics” is a sitcom that follows the life and times of three slackers who work together at a telemarketing agency and their
madcap misadventures. The series has become an instant hit among college crowds.
Adam DeVine , one member of the hard-partying trio, recently par-ticipated in a news teleconference with The Daily Reveille and vari-ous other colleges from around the country.
He shed some insight on why he believes the show is beloved by co-eds.
“The premise of the show is so relatable to people in college because you’re at that point in your life where you’re like about to be a grown-up, and it’s scary as
shit because grownuphood sucks,” DeVine said bluntly. “So you’re like, ‘I want to stay like this for-ever. I want to be with my friends. I don’t want to be an adult yet,’ and that’s kind of what the characters on the show have done.”
University students, such as Garrett Banta , biochemistry sopho-more , shared why they believe the show has such mass appeal with the college-aged demographic.
“They’re just like college kids but with shitty jobs,” Banta said.
Jacob Johnson , philosophy
Reveille� e Daily
Thursday, January 17, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 72www.lsureveille.com
CFO, see page 4
WORKAHOLICS, see page 4
photo courtesy of COMEDY CENTRAL
The cast of Comedy Central’s “Workaholics”poses on set. Pictured from left to right: Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm. The new season premeired Wednesday.
ADMINISTRATION
TELEVISION
‘Workaholics’ star discusses fan base, 21st birthdays, Louisiana
Taylor SchoenEntertainment Writer
System changes halt CFO searchAlyson GaharanStaff Writer
Students weigh in on gun control dilemma
DeVine says show relates to students
Arielle Sutton, agriculture business ju-nior, lives in a quaint apartment off campus. In her room, she has a pink vanity chest of draw-ers; green and pink throw pillows; and a Smith and Wesson M&P 22-claiber rifl e under her bed.
Sutton is a member of the newly formed, unoffi cial Students for Concealed Carried Weapons club and considers the ownership of her rifl e an unalienable right.
“Owning a gun is a privilege,” Sutton said. “Everyone should have the right to bear arms, but not everyone can. Some countries
don’t allow their citizens to do so.”
The shootings in Colora-do in July 2012 and Connecti-
cut in December sparked a national debate about fi rearm laws. President Barack Obama
Nic CottenStaff Writer
The search for a permanent University CFO and vice chancel-lor for Finance and Administrative
Services will not begin until after the LSU System reorganization is complete in ap-proximately 24 months , admin-istrators say.
Eric Mon-day, the Univer-
sity’s CFO and vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Ser-vices , left in December to take a job at the University of Kentucky as its executive vice chancellor for fi nance and administration .
Robert Kuhn, who has worked in the University’s Offi ce of Bud-get and Planning as its vice pro-vost and associate vice chancellor, is fi lling Monday’s position.
“This is just an interim po-sition,” Kuhn said. “When they begin looking for a replacement,
FOOTBALL: A columnist abhors the Manti Te’o hoax, p. 5
ENTERTAINMENT: Students dress up as video game characters, p. 9
GUNS, see page 15
KUHN
ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille
Arielle Sutton, agricultural business junior, holds Smith & Wesson’s M&P 15-22 ri� e in her bedroom on Monday.
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French troops move north in Mali territory to face radical Islamists
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French soldiers pressed north in Mali terri-tory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, launching a land assault that was to put them in direct combat with al-Qaida-linked fighters “in one to 72 hours,” military officials said.
Their presumed destination was the town of Diabaly, where fleeing residents said Islamist extremists had taken over their homes. They said the militants were melting into the population and moving only in small groups on streets in the mud-walled neighborhoods to avoid being targeted by the French.Two dead, 13 hurt after helicopter crashes into crane in London
LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, send-ing flames and black plumes of smoke into the air. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed and 13 others injured, offi-cials said.
The helicopter crashed just south of the River Thames near the Underground and mainline train station at Vauxhall, and close to the headquarters of spy agency MI6. Police said one person had critical injuries.
New Jersey boardwalk to be rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy destruction
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The boardwalk where generations of families and teens got their first taste of the Jersey Shore is about to be rebuilt following its destruction in Superstorm Sandy.
Seaside Heights on Wednes-day night awarded a $3.6 million contract to have the boardwalk rebuilt in time for Memorial Day weekend.
The walkway, one of the most popular and heavily used at the Jersey Shore, was destroyed in the late October storm, the state’s worst natural disaster. Mississippi governor wants state to resist orders restricting gun rights
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mis-sissippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday that he wants the state to resist any presidential order that might restrict gun rights.
Bryant made the call shortly before President Barack Obama is-sued 23 executive orders designed to curb gun violence.
“I am asking that you imme-diately pass legislation that would make any unconstitutional order by the President illegal to enforce in Mississippi by state or local law enforcement,” Bryant wrote in a letter to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves.
KENTWOOD (AP) — State police say the chief of the Kentwood Po-lice Department has been arrested and booked with malfeasance in office and obstruction of justice.
A state police news re-lease said Gregory Newton surrendered to state detectives Wednesday.
The arrest followed an investi-gation that began last month when state police detectives received a citizen complaint alleging that ap-proximately $2,000 in currency re-covered from a burglary had been misappropriated.
Newton was jailed in Tan-gipahoa Parish with bond set at $50,000.New Orleans activates freeze plan for homeless during cold weather
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With temperatures expected to drop to 35 degrees or below overnight Wednesday and early Thursday, the City of New Orleans has ac-tivated its freeze plan to provide temporary shelter for the homeless.
City officials say persons needing shelter will be accepted at the The Salvation Army, The Oza-nam Inn, The Covenant House and New Orleans Mission.
All shelters are free of charge.
Egypt’s Morsi tries to defuse �ap after calling Zionists ‘pigs’
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Islamist president sought Wednesday to de-fuse Washington’s anger over his remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists “pigs” and “blood-suckers,” telling visiting U.S. sena-tors that his comments were a de-nunciation of Israeli policies.
Mohammed Morsi needs America’s help in repairing a rap-idly sliding economy, and Wash-ington can’t afford to shun a figure who has emerged as a model of an Islamist leader who maintains his country’s ties with Israel.
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French soldiers check a map Wednesday at an undisclosed location as they press northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists.
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NASA, European Space Agency uniting to send spaceship to moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is teaming up with the Eu-ropean Space Agency to get astro-nauts beyond Earth’s orbit.
Europe will provide the pro-pulsion and power compartment for NASA’s new Orion crew capsule, officials said Wednesday. This ser-vice module will be based on Eu-rope’s supply ship used for the In-ternational Space Station.
Orion’s first trip is an un-manned mission in 2017. Any extra parts will be incorporated in the first manned mission of Orion in 2021.
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The African-American Cul-tural Center’s expansion project and move from Hatcher Hall to a new location between the book-store and Women’s Center is ex-pected to be completed by late spring 2013 and will include a li-brary and student lounge.
The decision to expand the AACC has been in talks since it was located in the old Christian Science Education Building. The maximum capacity was about 100 people and proved difficult for holding events, according to the Director at the Office of Multicul-tural Affairs Chaunda Allen.
The opportunity was pre-sented with the University Master Plan. The plan aimed to enhance the University community in terms of a “memorable living and learning environment,” accord-ing to the Master Plan’s website. The current Master Plan was laid out in 2003 and contains enhance-ments for the University stretch-ing 20 years into the future.
Allen said she hopes the new cultural center will revitalize ac-tivities among students and pro-fessors.
“The old Cultural Center was a space student organizations
would use for their own programs and meetings. We hope that will come back,” Allen said. “It was a place where professors would bring their classes for specific lec-tures.”
The new Cultural Center will have its own library, which will enhance the amount and types of books the center offers. Currently, all of the books in the cultural center are connected to Middleton Library.
“The new library will help us expand our collection of African-American books and authors. That will enhance the education,” Allen said.
Coordinator of African-American Student Affairs LaKeitha Poole said having the new center located between the
University bookstore and the Women’s Center will also draw alumni and community members to hold their own events because the new center will have a physi-cal presence it does not currently have in Hatcher Hall.
“We have a space inside of Hatcher Hall, but having the cul-tural center as a building con-nected to the Women’s Center and the bookstore adds presence for alumni and the community,” Poole said. “The community was definitely a part of utilizing the Cultural Center before it was go-ing through this process. We hope it will return to that and expand.”
Two core committees worked alongside Jerry M. Campbell & Associates, the architecture firm, in the design — one for the AACC
and one for the Women’s Center.The firm had a series of meet-
ings between students and staff to determine how to utilize the space, which will include a large multi-purpose meeting space, a small library, office space for the staff and a lounge area where stu-dents can study or relax. There was also a great interest in in-corporating green space to hold events outside, such as Umoja and Juneteenth, according to Allen.
The AACC is the only cul-tural center on a college campus in Louisiana.
Poole said this center is set-ting the standard for the state, and the University’s new center could possibly be a model for other
universities interested in starting their own cultural centers.
As the increasing diversity of the U.S. Senate and House of Rep-resentatives slowly changes the face of American politics, some University students and profes-sors say they hope to see continued progress.
According to the House Press Gallery, 42 African-Americans, 81 women, 35 Hispanics, 11 Asian-Americans and three Native Amer-ican serve in the House of Repre-sentatives. One openly gay, one openly bisexual, one Buddhist, one Hispanic senator and five women began serving in January in the Senate.
Trey Toups, biochemistry and French freshman and tabling chair of the Spectrum activism commit-tee, said he is proud of the prog-ress.
“I think it’s really inspiring. Most LBGT people would say this is really encouraging, and it opens up a broader spectrum of opportu-nity,” Toups said. “It’s amazing to see we have so much diversity compared to what we had before.”
Toups said the legislative branch shows a more open-minded trend in America.
“It shows a cultural shift and
modernization. The mentality of the U.S. as a country is opening up,” Toups said.
Director of the LSU Women’s Center Summer Steib said there is still progress to be made.
“While you’ve seen progress on a national level, women still make up 18 percent of the U.S. congress,” Steib said. “Locally, Louisiana is ranked 50th of women in legislature.”
With about 11 percent of the legislature comprised of women, Louisiana ranks last for its per-centage of female legislators, ac-cording to the Center for American Women and Politics.
“It still hasn’t gotten to the point where census breakdowns are reflected in top levels of con-gress,” Steib said.
The LSU Women’s Center is taking initiatives to remove barri-ers to get women elected and has partnered with Running Start and the American Association of Uni-versity Women to host Elect Her, a program encouraging women in politics and providing them with skills and tools to run campaigns, Steib said.
Wayne Parent, political sci-ence professor, said new legisla-tive members could eventually translate into a greater minority
voter turnout.“Especially in Louisiana, for
groups that have been historically shut out of the system, once there is some reward in politics, peo-ple are more likely to participate again,” Parent said. “If voters see their vote matters, they are more likely to participate.”
He said the electorate repre-sents how many minorities are vot-ing.
“It’s not just older white men anymore,” Parent said.
Steib said diverse elected lead-ers can provide insight for political issues.
“The more perspective you can have on any particular issue, particularly big issues in Congress, it translates to more people being heard. Having a more diverse con-gress is a better picture of what the actual country looks like,” Steib said.
Associate professor of politi-cal science Christopher Kenny said this diversity will not necessarily translate into new policy. There needs to be a willingness to work together or a majority for new poli-cy to come to action, he said.
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Potted plants line the nearly-completed courtyard Wednesday for the new African American Cultural Center. The center will feature new “green space” and a library.
African American Cultural Center to open in Spring
The 32nd Legislative Ses-sion of the Student Government Senate kicked off Wednesday with a formal request to the LSU Board of Supervisors for student involvement on the LSU Transi-tion Advisory Team .
During the first annual meet-ing of this semester, SG senators unanimously approved SGR No. 1 , a resolution requesting student
representation on the LSU Tran-sition Advisory Board .
The LSU Transition Advi-sory Board currently consists of 10 members and, although there are individuals who are close to the University on the board, like Interim System President and Chancellor William Jenkins , there are currently no students on the board.
“There is still a lot that I and many other people don’t know,” said Student Body President Taylor Cox . “That is why we are trying to ensure that our voice is heard by getting that student rep-resentation on the actual Transi-tion Advisory Team committee ,”
he said.Cox said the Transition Advi-
sory Board is reluctant to appoint a student representative because its work is “time sensitive,” he was told, and because students would be more beneficial on the subcommittees.
However, there are no stu-dents represented on the subcom-mittees, according to Cox .
Cox said students are par-ticularly deserving of representa-tion given the increasing depen-dence of the University on their
tuition revenue.“We deserve a seat at the
table,” said Cox , adding that the addition of a student to the board is within Jenkins’ power.
“If he wants it to happen, it would happen.” said Cox .
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freshman , had similar sentiments.“The show works because they
like to get weird, and we like to get weird,” Johnson said.
DeVine , although much smart-er than his character, Adam De-Mamp , has experienced “weird” nights much like his character. For example, his 21st birthday was a dangerous one.
“I just drank with my buddies in my living room. They tried to make me do 21 shots in 21 minutes, which is probably the most danger-ous thing you can do to yourself and your body,” DeVine chuckled. “So, I think I got to like 17 shots in 17 minutes and vomitted my combina-tion of vodka and Lo-Carb Monster
Energy drink that I was chugging.” DeVine also shares interests
with local students due to his love of Louisiana, its customs and its lax drinking laws.
“I love, love Louisiana. It’s probably one of my favorite states. It’s the best,” DeVine gushed. “And your drive-thru daiquiris places — hell yeah!”
He said he would love to come to Mardi Gras , and he mentioned he has a friend who is in charge of overseeing some fl oats. So, keep an eye out for the gang chucking beads next Carnival season.
there will be a national search.”Kuhn said despite how reor-
ganization affects the position, the main responsibilities will remain the same, but the scale on which they are performed might evolve to include more than just the Ba-ton Rouge campus.
“We don’t know what the fi -nal reorganizational structure will look like,” Kuhn said. “How the functions of all the campuses are going to be put together is the question. Can there be one payroll offi ce that handles the payroll for all of those? Those are the kinds of issues that are going to be dis-cussed.”
Kuhn said the position en-compasses so many aspects of campus that he will not have time to learn everything about each de-partment during the time he will hold the offi ce.
“Department heads are the experts. When decisions come, I’m going to consult with them,” Kuhn said. “What I’ve told all of them is they better be on their game because I’m going to have to go to them for their expertise.”
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell said Mon-day’s permanent replacement will not be discussed until “after reor-ganization” because the responsi-bilities of the position may expand
or even change.The process for the LSU Sys-
tem reorganization began recently when the Transition Advisory Team met for the fi rst time Jan. 8 to discuss the procedure and timeline for developing a fi nal concept, which will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for a decision and fi ne-tuning in July.
The Transition Advisory Team expects the reorganization process to conclude within two years, which means the Univer-sity might be without a permanent University CFO and vice chancel-lor for Finance and Administra-tive Services for just as long.
Kuhn said communication is one of the primary responsibilities of the position.
“One of the reasons they asked me to do this is I do have some knowledge and experi-ence in all of those areas,” Kuhn said. “But the only area I’ve worked in is Budget and Plan-ning, which is the budget and institutional research — compil-ing data about the institution. But I’ve worked with these people. I’ve been at LSU 38 years. Hope-fully that’s going to help with the immediate communication.”
Forget “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Django Unchained,” and “Flight” — Manti Te’o and Notre Dame deserve the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. It takes some skill to come up with a narrative as riveting as Te’o’s.
He came back for his senior season, his girlfriend and grandmother died within six hours of each other and he used that great story to crash the Heisman Trophy presen-tation in New York City.
Would Te’o have been mentioned in the same breath with Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones or South Carolina defensive
end Jadeveon Clowney if his background story didn’t make the rest of the country feel sorry for him? No way.
Te’o played for an undefeated team at a school with one of college football’s richest traditions and a Pulitzer fairy tale to boot. Imagine for a second if he had indeed won the Heisman Trophy.
It was probably one hell of a ride for Te’o his last sea-son in South Bend, but he would have rath-er been beaten 1500-0 by Alabama in the championship than have what was revealed on Wednesday come to light.
After Deadspin came out with a re-port of Te’o’s girlfriend being as real as Santa Claus, Notre Dame officials released a statement saying they discovered he re-ceived a call from his girlfriend’s number Dec. 26. They said Te’o was a victim of a
hoax by a girl who “conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia.”
Let me guess, they’re going to release another statement blaming Notre Dame’s
putrid effort in the BCS Na-tional Championship Game on the scandal?
Te’o was supposedly duped by a girl who he had never met — except he had.
Deadspin’s report notes on Nov. 12, 2009, after Stanford’s victory against Notre Dame, Te’o and his supposed girlfriend Lennay Kekua’s, “stares got pleasantly tan-gled,” according to the South Bend Tribune.
He told ESPN in an October interview she was “the most beautiful girl [he had] ever met.” Those phone conversations must
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Tigers fall to South Carolina in OT, 82-73
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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was a primary competitor of LSU linebacker Kevin Minter for defensive awards. Te’o is now caught in a scandal about his personal life.
LSU senior guard Charles Car-mouche dribbled up-court as Mar-quette players raced back to defend the fast break. Carmouche glanced to his right, where junior guard Andre Stringer had pulled up at the wing.
In an instant, Carmouche made the pass to Stringer, who planted his feet and ascended over the out-stretched hand of the defender. A flick of the wrist later, the ball found the net to tie the game at 49 and erase a 21-point deficit.
LSU would end up losing the game, but Stringer would finish with six 3-pointers, 20 points and, even-tually, the title of Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week. Stringer has started every game since the loss to the Golden Eagles and his 48.9 percent on 3-point shots was third best in the Southeastern Conference prior to the South Carolina game.
“I put countless hours in the gym working on my shot, perfect-ing different ways to shoot jumpers,” Stringer said. “It’s been an ongoing experience from high school until now.”
Stringer came to LSU from Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., where he was the all-time leading scorer for the Patriots. He averaged 26 points and nine assists during his high school career and was named Mississippi’s Mr. Bas-ketball in 2009 and 2010.
Former LSU assistant coach Brent Scott recruited Stringer, who felt “right at home” on his official visits.
“Coming here, I felt like the LSU family was a good fam-ily for me,” Stringer said. “…I came on my visit, and it was a nice
surrounding with nice advisers, nice people around this community. It just made me feel good.”
Standing at 5-foot-10, Stringer is always one of the smaller players on the floor. Though Stringer’s com-bination of height and proficiency from the perimeter would likely lim-it him to playing as a pure shooter, Stringer said he’s not afraid to pen-etrate to the basket.
“I’ve been playing all my life with a chip on my shoulder because
I am a smaller guy,” Stringer said. “There have been a lot of naysay-ers in my career, [saying] ‘he’s too small, he [isn’t] big enough to do this or that.’ I kind of used that as my mo-tivation.”
The occasional 3-point burst isn’t the only way Stringer lifts his team. Coach Johnny Jones’ system calls for fast-paced play on both sides of the floor, and Stringer’s feisty defense has translated into 14 steals on the season.
Sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III, whose post presence often warrants double teams that leave shooters open, said know-ing that Stringer can knock down 3-pointers consistently has been helpful to him and the team.
“Andre’s a great shooter, and he’s been giving us a lot of of-fense this year,” O’Bryant said. “…[When] Andre raises up for a shot, I
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LSU junior guard Andre Stringer (10) scores Wednesday over the University of South Carolina’s junior guard Brenton Williams (1) in the Tigers 73-82 overtime loss in the PMAC. Stringer shot 48.9 percent on 3-point shots before the USC game.
Michael Carrera exploded for 21 second-half points off the bench and LSU couldn’t overcome a 22-turnover performance, as it dropped its third consecutive South-eastern Conference game, 82-73 in overtime to South Carolina.
Carrera, who averaged 9.1 points per game heading into the contest, scored 10 of the 13 Game-cock points in overtime, sealing the fate for the Tigers (9-5, 0-3 SEC).
Sophomore guard Anthony Hickey paced the Tigers with 18 points, but was riddled with foul troubles that forced him to sit out much of the second half. Fellow sophomore Johnny O’Bryant III also ran into foul trouble, finishing with just nine points in 23 minutes.
“We were just trying to keep that pace while [Hickey] and John-ny were gone,” said LSU senior guard Charles Carmouche. “As we all know, they’re key parts of our team. It was tough having them on the bench.”
Ahead 69-65 with 2:41 remain-ing, LSU could not keep the Game-cocks (11-5, 1-2 SEC) out of the inside as Carrera netted a layup and junior guard Brenton Williams sunk two free throws to knot the score at 69 late in the contest.
After stingy defense from Car-mouche forced a steal by Hickey, the sophomore passed on a last sec-ond shot opportunity, giving it to O’Bryant, whose 3-pointer was off
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The LSU women’s basketball team heads to Columbia, S.C., to-night with goals of ending its road struggles and upsetting No. 18 South Carolina.
The Lady Tigers (11-6, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) have trouble on the road with a 2-5 record outside of Baton Rouge.
LSU Coach Nikki Caldwell said success on the road is crucial in the SEC, but a win against the Gamecocks would have many ben-efi ts.
“Obviously a win against a very good ranked opponent looks good on your résumé as far as the committee is concerned, but it also would be a great confi dence booster for our group in letting them know they can win on the road,” Caldwell said.
South Carolina (14-3, 2-2 SEC) has a swarming defense, allowing an average of 47 points from SEC op-ponents this season, while LSU has
allowed an average of 65 points. Caldwell said patience, com-
posure and LSU’s multiple offen-sive contributors will help the Lady Tigers attack the defense. In nearly every game, each LSU player who checks into the game scores.
“A positive for us is we’ve had a balanced offensive attack,” Caldwell said. “We gotta make sure that we’re getting the ball to the right people at the right time and allowing our go-tos to do what they do best.”
Freshman guard Danielle Bal-lard has been one of those “go-tos” all season.
With only 17 games and 12 starts under her belt, the Memphis native has already broken into LSU’s top-10 steals for a freshman with 49. The guard is also second in both re-bounding and scoring only behind junior forward Theresa Plaisance with 241 points and 101 rebounds.
Ballard brings an up-tempo transition game to the team with steals and defl ections, but defen-sively, she’s a solid rebounder who Caldwell calls one of the “better
rebounders in the guard position.” The recent success doesn’t sur-
prise Ballard. She said she puts in work during practice, so she expects those results during games. For the rest of the season, Ballard said she wants to be more coachable and only do what is best for the team.
“I feel great going to the re-bounds and getting steals for my teammates,” Caldwell said. “I’m do-ing what I’m supposed to do. Stick defense and win games and doing what my coach asks me to do.”
The three-time SEC Freshman of the Week said she’s proud of the honors, but wants more for herself.
“It’s just an award for the week,” Ballard said. “I’m really try-ing to go far, like Freshman of the Year.”
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LSU looks for rare road win at No. 18 South Carolina
The spectacle of 30 rugged men training in two tiny racquet-ball courts at the University Student Recreation Complex was an unusu-al sight. A pair of female students even mistook the team for an aero-bic fi tness class.
The recent inclement weather has done little to dampen the spirits of the LSU rugby team members as they set their eyes on a successful spring campaign.
The torrential rain of the past several days forced the team to move practices into the racquetball courts at the UREC this week.
As they prepare to take on Loyola and University of Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday at the Sports
and Adventure Complex fi elds, the Tigers were thankful to be out of the
elements for a change.“No one wants to be outside
right now,” said junior fl anker Alex Creede.
And as bad as the weather has been, the team has played under much worse conditions than this before.
“One time, we had a practice when it was below 20 [degrees], two years ago,” said senior fullback Allen Alongi. “And we had a sheet of ice form over our backs. I felt ac-complished because I think pushing those limits in that type of weather makes us a better team altogether.”
After posting a 7-2 record in the fall, the Tigers are looking to make a run at the Southeastern Col-lege Rugby Conference champion-ship.
In the SCRC’s inaugural sea-son in 2011-12, Florida took home the title after defeating the Tigers in
the semi-fi nal 25-17, but LSU has moved past that and is optimistic about the outlook for the spring.
“Compared to the other schools [in the SCRC], we have a great pro-gram,” said senior center Paul Rog-ers. “And compared to the rest of the country, we have a great program.”
They will face stiff compe-tition, most notably from Texas A&M, who won the biggest tourna-ment of the fall, the SCRC Olympic Sevens.
The Tigers will travel to Col-lege Station, Texas to play an exhi-bition against the Aggies on Jan. 26 in a matchup that may be an early-season litmus test for both clubs.
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Senior guard Adrienne Webb (20) drives to the goal Sunday during LSU’s 62-42 victory against Mississippi State in the PMAC. The Lady Tigers hit the road tonight against No. 18 South Carolina. LSU holds a 2-5 record outside of its PMAC home court.
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Jeanne Kenney saw a North Carolina State player barrel-ing toward her. The LSU junior guard braced herself for the pain and took the charge.
“I knew she wasn’t gonna pass it,” Kenney said. “It was one-on-one basically, and I was like, ‘This one’s gonna hurt,’ and I just took it.”
In nearly every game, Ken-ney channels the philosophy of “taking one for the team.” Ken-ney leads the Lady Tigers in charges taken, and although the charges aren’t recorded on stat sheets, she has gotten into the double digits by taking at least one a game.
To Kenney , sacrifi cing her body is worth it. It’s a selfl ess act done for the success and motiva-tion of the Lady Tigers.
“It’s energy plays,” Kenney said. “And we need all the energy we can get.”
Kenney has also tallied 72 assists this season, a statistic that goes unnoticed by many.
LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said Kenney has a high basket-ball IQ and a competitive spirit.
“Jeanne is one of those play-ers who is very unselfi sh — to a fault at times — because we defi -nitely need her to look to score the basketball,” Caldwell said. “But she’s really that player that gets other people involved. She will literally get the ball to the right people at the right time.”
Kenney said she’s been tak-ing charges for years, so she has mastered the art of “learning how to fall” successfully with-out causing herself any bodily harm.
Kenney doesn’t happen to be in the right place at the right time to take these charges. They are planned based on her com-petitors. She said she studies the scouting reports and learns play-ers’ tendencies during the game to know what her opponents do in certain situations.
According to Kenney , play-ers have to be smart about charg-es — a player can’t take every one.
“If you have two fouls, you let that one go, you give up those two points,” Kenney said. “That’s something that’s taken a long time. Old habits die hard.”
As vocal leader, she is usu-ally the loudest player in the are-na during games and practices. Kenney said each player has their own “thing” to make the team come together to be successful.
“You have your all-stars and you have your people in the background,” Kenney said. “I’m comfortable with either way the ball bounces.”
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the mark.“Johnny was going to set a pick
for me and I was going to come off and just create and get to the bas-ket,” Hickey said. “I knew they were going to double [team] me and I kicked it out to Johnny.”
South Carolina ripped off the fi rst four points of the overtime, aided by the 22nd Tiger turnover, and never looked back as it cruised to a 13-4 overtime advantage.
LSU coach Johnny Jones ac-knowledged his team was out-worked in the fi ve-minute overtime as it was out-rebounded 8-1 and went 0-for-6 from 3-point territory.
“Unfortunately for us, [South Carolina] made the tough plays down the stretch,” Jones said. “When you get into overtime, you want to strike fi rst and we didn’t.”
The Tigers once again faced problems against a zone defense as they went cold from the fi eld early in the fi rst half, falling behind by as much as 12 points.
But LSU closed the half on a 9-1 run, highlighted by a Hickey trey from the corner and a layup from freshman guard Malik Morgan to head into the locker room only down a pair, 35-33.
“We’ve got to get better against the zone, period,” Carmouche said. “We’ve got to fi nd a way to be ag-gressive and stop settling.”
Off to its worst SEC start since
2009, the Tigers will need to re-bound quickly for a Saturday road game at Georgia, which also boasts an 0-3 conference record and ranks near the bottom of the SEC in every statistical category.
“It’s important that we un-derstand that we’re supposed to be taking care of our home fl oor,”
Jones said. “We’ve got to bounce back in terms of practicing better … and translating our practice into the game.”
have been intense.Te’o released a statement after
the Deadspin story, going back on how he met his girlfriend.
“This is incredibly embarrass-ing to talk about, but over an ex-tended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online,” Te’o said in the statement. “We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relation-ship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.”
Sorry Manti, but even if I did believe you, have you ever seen the movie “Catfi sh”? The movie where a guy meets the girl of his dreams on Facebook only to fi nd out she’s a middle-aged wom-an? Apparently Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick has.
Swarbrick used “Catfi sh” as a reason he could be sure Te’o wasn’t in some way behind the scandal. Wait, is this real life?
He added insult to injury by saying Te’o was “the perfect mark” for a hoax like this.
Oh really, Jack? Te’o must have had such a huge target on his back when he was a freshman on a 6-6 Notre Dame team.
If the school knew on Dec. 26 that Te’o’s girlfriend never existed, why didn’t we fi nd out until Jan. 16?
Obviously Notre Dame didn’t see Te’o’s soar in popularity coming. It couldn’t have predicted the Fight-ing Irish would go 12-0 in the regu-lar season or that he would become a Heisman Trophy candidate.
But that doesn’t excuse the fact that they have known about this for 22 days and did nothing to let the truth come out.
What makes it tragic for the college football world is that Te’o didn’t win the Lott Trophy, Walter Camp Award and runner-up for the Heisman because he was the best
linebacker in the country. It was because his grandmother and girl-friend died allegedly in the span of six hours and he was forced to play with that burden the entire season.
Guys like Jones and LSU line-backer Kevin Minter had better num-bers than Te’o, but lost out to him because he had a story that made people feel bad for him.
The Fighting Irish were college football’s golden children during the 2012 season because they had do-no-wrong Te’o leading them into battle. So much for that.
I don’t want to harp too much on the guy, because his grandmother did
die and this seems like a white lie that turned into a colos-sal mess. I have no idea what kind of
pressure comes with being a college football superstar.
But some lingering questions still remain. If Kekua really was the love of Te’o’s life, why didn’t he at-tend the funeral? If Notre Dame’s star player was being extorted by someone, why weren’t the authori-ties contacted?
It would have still been a inter-esting story if this happened to an average college football player, but because Manti became such a polar-izing fi gure this season, it even puts Lance Armstrong’s Oprah interview airing today on the backburner.
Something could have been done so that this news wasn’t broken by someone outside the Notre Dame football program or the Te’o family, who was supposedly set to release a story on the situation next week.
I can’t take Notre Dame or Te’o’s weak responses to the Dead-spin story for what they are. And nei-ther should you.
Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.
think it’s going in every time. I kind of get disappointed when he passes up on open shots.”
Stringer expressed the same kind of unwavering belief in his 3-point stroke, as evidenced by his willingness to attempt shots from well behind the arc. But that doesn’t mean Stringer takes every
open jumper.“I have ultimate faith in my
shot, just based off the practice I get in on it, be it after practice or on the off days getting shots in,” Stringer said. “Coach Jones really hasn’t given me a limit [on my shot], but I know what’s good for our team.”
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With a new year upon us, many people make resolutions to better themselves. While most resolutions are related to health and wellness, I created a few style resolutions for the new year in hopes to make 2013 a bit more fashionable.
1. Incorporate more color. So many people limit their
wardrobe to neutral colors. Whether it’s intentional or by chance, I chal-lenge you to take a plunge and wear some bright hues. Once you fi nd the
right color for your skin tone, you’ll look and feel better im-mediately.
To fi nd your skin’s un-dertones, simply look at the veins on the underside of your wrist.
If the veins look purple or blue, that implies a cool undertone. Cool undertones look great with silver, jewel tones and pastels. Conversely, green veins imply a warm undertone. Warm undertones go well with gold, yellow, red and coral.
If you’re having a hard time see-ing your veins, or if you have blue and green veins, you may have neu-tral undertones. In that case, almost all colors will be fl attering.
2. Develop an eye for quality pieces.
Shoes and handbags are worth a splurge every now and then
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SHAMIYAH KELLEYFashion Columnist
Editor’s Note: The last names of the two students featured in this story have been omitted at the request of the students for safety purposes.
To the untrained eye, there is nothing startling about Jenny — she is the typical LSU student, clad in purple and gold, scurrying off toward her next class. Once it’s fi nished, she’s out the door and on her way back to the confi nes of her
residence hall. But when she reappears hours
later, she is no longer Jenny. She has become Juliet Starling, the heroine of the popular video game “Lolli-pop Chainsaw.”
Cosplay, the process of taking a character from a graphic novel or video game and bringing him or her to life through costume and makeup, is a way for fans to creatively display their appreciation for these works.
In recent years, the Cosplay
community has grown from a few appreciative fans to an ex-panding empire, gaining media attention through well-publi-cized events such as Comic-Con.
Jenny, a mass communication sophomore, is known in the world of Cosplay as “Jayte.” Her friend, Rebecca, is a geology freshman
who is known as “ineedsugar.”
They are just two of
many in the University commu-nity who participate in the world of Cosplay.
Choosing a character is the most important task for a Cosplay-er, and it can be especially daunt-ing, Jenny said. Cosplayers choose
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Jenny, cosplayer and mass communication sophomore, wears a cheerleading cos-tume that resembles Juliet Starling from the video game “Lol-lipop Chainsaw” in the Student Union on Sunday.
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Jenny, a mass communication sophomore, is known in the world of Cosplay as “Jayte.” Her friend, Rebecca, is a geology freshman
who is known
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Named for its ragtag band of detectives commissioned to take down the most power-ful gangster in post-WWII Los Ange-les, “Gang-ster Squad” is exactly the movie it’s ex-pected to be.
Produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, the trite period piece has its mer-its.
The costume design is eye-catching in most cases. There are several scenes that make the most of the excessive gunplay with in-teresting visual effects, not to mention the unoriginal but cring-ingly well-done murder scenes.
The plot leaves a little some-thing to be desired. The kitschy dialogue is fraught with the lingo of the late 1940s, and the shoot-out scenes became tiresome after the fi rst hour. If it hadn’t been as well-cast, this noir-ish fi lm could be classifi ed as nothing more than cheesy and uninspired.
In many ways, the cast is what makes the fi lm. Sean Penn is chillingly convincing as sadistic, unrefi ned Mickey Cohen, a Jew-ish retired boxer with a hand in every crooked business in town.
After his brothel is infi l-trated by the respected war hero and LAPD Sgt. John O’Mara — played by an equally appropriate Josh Brolin — Cohen sneers into the face of an ill-fated lackey, “You know what they say: ev-erything good must one day be burned to the ground for the in-surance money.”
The chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, who play a member of the vigilante outfi t and Cohen’s girlfriend, respectively, is undeniable. The pair is unaffected and convinc-ing as a couple. Against the odds, their relationship never comes
across as overbearing or overly dramatic.
The rest of the cast gives it a good shot, settling into their clichéd roles with aplomb. The squad works as a whole because of its strict adherence to the ex-pected roster of members: the impossibly skilled veteran in Robert Patrick, youthful pro-tégé in Michael Peña, the intel-ligence operative in Giovanni Ribisi, the street-wise cop in An-thony Mackie, the reluctant right-hand man in Gosling and the
passionate leader in Brolin.“Gangster Squad” ends up
being exactly the fi lm it set out to be — one that has been done before, but is at least done well.
Grade: B
Samantha Bares is a 19-year-old English sophomore from Erath, La.
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HBO EDITOR’S PICK: “Girls”Arguably the most divisive show of 2012, the second season of “Girls” returned Sunday with re� ned performances from its main cast in an episode that ranks among the serie’s funniest. Lena Dunham is constantly proving herself and exceeding expectation. Her portrayal of Hannah Horvath is starkly bright compared to her character’s self-pity and self-loathing from last season. Hannah is on the precipice of becoming a lovable yet � awed character. While
performances from Allison Williams and the impossibly hilarious Zosia Mamet exceeded last season’s, their story arcs are the only falter of the episode. The characters are in familiar situations and act predictably. But “Girls” is inching closer to shattering its stigma, and this season could be an explosion.
BRIAN SIBILLEEntertainment Editor
Christopher Owens, former Girls frontman, releases his � rst solo effort, showcasing some of his tightest songwriting yet. Many of the songs include playful arrangements that are less guitar-heavy, taking inspiration from 1970s singer-songwriters complete with � ourishes such as � utes, saxophone and harmonica. Highlights like “Here We Go,” “Part of Me” and “Here We Go Again,” while light on substance, are well-constructed and effective pop songs that get the job done without overstaying their welcome. Be sure to
stay away from this release if you aren’t into shamelessly sentimental lyrics — those seem to be Owen’s specialty. One major � aw is the repetition of a single musical theme throughout the album, in every song, which quickly begins to bore. Otherwise, this is a solid release and a promising solo debut. DANIEL CATALANELLO
Fat Possum RecordsChristopher Owens, “Lysandre”
Dropkick Murphys’ new album “SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD” keeps with their traditional Irish-infused punk music. The choruses remain big and bold as ever, and the mix of heavy guitars and traditional Irish instrumentation remains strong. Although it can sound similar to some of their older material, fans of the band and Irish music in general will enjoy this album. The songs “Rose Tattoo” and “Jimmy Col-lins’ Wake” do a fantastic job of keeping with their tradition of music perfect for shouting
with everyone at your favorite pub. One of the album’s � aws is the seemingly out-of-place “The Season’s Upon Us,” but it still sounds solid and � ts the tradition of the band.
Born & Bread RecordsDropkick Murphys, “SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD”
Seven years after his last album, Justin Timberlake has announced his return to music with his new single “Suit & Tie,” featuring Jay-Z. At � rst listen, the song was a bit un-derwhelming, but I blame that on the large amount of hype leading up to the song’s release. This track is fun, upbeat and Justin’s trademark high-pitched, soulful voice takes us back to why we fell in love with him in the � rst place. It’s not surprising that the song was produced by Timbaland, who
has made countless hits with Justin (“Cry Me A River,” “Sexy Back,” just to name a few). Jay-Z as a feature was a nice touch but didn’t really do much for the song. Warning: it will not be easy to get the chorus out of your head.
After what felt like an eternity, the boys of TeleAmeriCorp are back in business. Workaholics set the bar high with its premiere episode “Booger Nights.” To honor their faithful yet pitiful em-ployee, Bill, the of� ce hosts a roast for him. Adam, Blake and Ders are determined to be the funniest among their peers, but discover the group doesn’t share their penchant for fart sounds and cancer jokes. The show reveals self-awareness by acknowl-edging its own gratuitous use
of gross-out humor and controversial topics. It almost seems to question itself. Are we actually funny? Do we rely too heavily on these immature themes? Do we care? The answer is a resounding “no.” Without giving too much away, the rest of the episode involves boogers being eaten, soiled pants and lots of Mike Meyers – and it was so wonderfully weird. Job well done. TAYLOR SCHOEN
Comedy Central“Workaholics”
The CW’s “Sex and The City” prequel “The Carrie Diaries” stars AnnaSophia Robb as 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Set in 1984, teenage Carrie comes to terms with her mother’s death, experi-ences � rst love, � ghts with her rebellious, younger sister and navi-gates high school while avoiding her nemesis, Donna LaDonna. As unfortunate as this sounds, “The Carrie Diaries” isn’t awful. While Robb is an odd choice for the role of Carrie Bradshaw, she man-ages to capture a certain essence
of the character. Freema Agyeman and Matt Letscher deliver solid performances. “The Carrie Diaries” is far more compelling than most teen dramas, but the many clichés in the pilot alone will probably keep it from reaching its predecessor’s cult status. If you’re looking for a new “SATC,” stay away. But if you’ve ever fantasized about living in a John Hughes movie, this might be the show for you. MARIE CHANEY
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FILM REVIEW
Unoriginal ‘Gangster Squad’ a fun, but done-before ride
Josh Brolin [left] plays Sgt. John O’Mara, and Nick Nolte [right] plays Chief Parker in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ drama “Gangster Squad.”
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characters based on emotional con-nection and affordability. They also make their choices to pay homage to specifi c video games or comic books.
Thus, the characterization must be nearly perfect from head to toe. The most integral part of the process is staying true to the characters they work hard to portray, Rebecca said.
“That’s the true spirit of Co-splay,” Rebecca said, “showing what you love.”
The most challenging compo-nent of Cosplay is the creation of the costume, the centerpiece of the art. Most participants are self-taught in crafting and, prior to their introduc-tion into the world of Cosplay, have little to no experience in basic cos-tume skills, such as sewing.
Some Cosplayers, like Jenny, take the creative process a step fur-ther and work to develop footwear suitable for the characters they por-tray. Through hours spent viewing online tutorials and instruction man-uals, Cosplayers are able to duplicate even higher priced items, such as suits of armor.
It’s important to develop these skills because “90 percent of the stuff you can’t buy,” Rebecca said.
Rather than spend hundreds on high-end wigs with human hair, many Cosplayers buy lower-quality wigs made from synthetic fi bers. If the “hair” isn’t the right length or color, Cosplayers can cut, trim and style wigs to suit the characters they are trying to achieve.
“I have more hair in my house than Sally’s does in the storeroom,” Jenny said.
According to Jenny and Rebec-ca, the University is the perfect loca-tion to be a Cosplayer. The pictur-esque campus serves as an excellent backdrop for photoshoots, and the growing Cosplay community allows people like Jenny and Rebecca to make new contacts and friendships.
“Most people just need a little push to get into Cosplay,” Rebecca said.
When asked if she had any ad-vice for prospective Cosplayers, she smiled.
“You can do it — don’t tell yourself you can’t learn.”
because they can last longer than most clothing and transcend seasons. A striking handbag or statement-making shoes can make a whole outfi t look more stylish and well put-together. Save up and treat yourself to a nice leather bag this year or a staple pair of black pumps.
3. Get dressed for class. It’s good practice for the real
world where you have to get up and put on actual clothes every day. It’ll lessen the blow of post-grad reality if you wean your-self off of the Nike shorts and T-shirt uniform now.
I understand the practicality of wearing athletic wear to class. You wake up late, and throwing on what-ever you can fi nd to get to your 7:30 a.m. class on time is completely rea-sonable.
However, take a few days out of each week to wake up 10 to 15 min-utes earlier to avoid that rushed feel-ing, or consider planning your outfi t the night before. You’ll feel more put together and your professors will ap-preciate the gesture.4. Get rid of clothing you no
longer wear. A cluttered closet leads to a
cluttered mind. Anything you aren’t wearing should be donated or sold.
At the start of every season, go through your closet and separate your clothes into three piles. The fi rst pile is clothing you want to keep. That applies to on-trend clothes and timeless pieces. The second pile will be the donate or sell pile. Donate any gently used clothes you don’t wear or haven’t worn for the past six months. Eliminate anything with permanent stains or holes. These will be put in the last pile to throw away.
Once this process is complete, your closet will be easier to navigate, and so
will fi nding something to wear in the morning.
A few slight changes here and there will make 2013 your most fashionable year yet.
Shamiyah Kelley is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Irmo, S.C.
Editor’s Note: All names are pseudonymous. “Mark Hall” didn’t want his family know-ing he was suicidal, and “John April” is actively serving and not allowed to officially make comments to the media.
University junior Mark Hall thinks about killing himself twice a day.
Not long ago, Hall was an ac-tive duty non-commissioned offi-cer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served two tours overseas, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, but in some ways he never fully came home.
“I battle with suicide daily. I don’t find life rewarding any-more. Before my service, I was happy,” Hall said. “I can’t put my finger on it — where the depres-sion comes from. I don’t know why we were over there, I didn’t feel like I was fighting for the flag or for my family. I don’t know why my friends died.”
An old U.S. Army marching cadence rings, “Misery, misery, this Army life is killing me.”
It’s a cadence that, according to the Department of Defense, has proved sadly prophetic.
There were as many as 349 suicides among U.S. military per-sonnel in 2012, the highest num-ber recorded since the Depart-ment of Defense began keeping detailed records in 2001.
The lion’s share of those lost came from my alma mater, the U.S. Army, with 182 self-inflicted fatalities. the U.S. Marine Corps registered 48 suicides, the U.S. Air Force 59 and the U.S. Navy 60.
In recent years, the Depart-ment of Defense and U.S. De-partment of Veterans Affairs
have drastically stepped up their suicide intervention programs. Despite these efforts, the number dead by their own hands contin-ues to rise.
And though not all soldiers suffer from suicidal thoughts, de-pression has become ubiquitous to the military.
“I’ve never experienced sui-cidal thoughts, but a lot of my friends have,” said John April, an LSU sophomore, non-commis-sioned officer and combat veteran currently serving in the Louisiana National Guard.
More soldiers died via sui-cide rather than combat, which claimed 313 in 2012, according to ABC.
“When I first got to Afghani-stan, a veteran told me the most important thing to do as a leader was to look after my squad when we got home,” April said, “He told me I stood to lose more of my guys to depression than to Taliban bullets. He was right.”
Roughly half a battalion — 349 suicides — killed not by hostile gunfire or improvised ex-plosive devices, but by systemic ambivalence.
No, it’s not just institutional neglect, but a sort of grinding apathy perpetrated on a national level.
“I don’t think either war was right,” Hall said. “The people that call us ‘baby killers’ oppose the war for the wrong reasons, and the people who call us heroes support the war for the wrong reasons. They’re the most frustrating, and neither side gets it.”
Though some of the blame can be placed on military leader-ship and the government, some is our own.
We lined up in 2002 and 2003, cheering on our boys and girls as they were shipped off to Iraq and Afghanistan to quench our national thirst for revenge — and then we promptly pushed their trials and tribulations further from the front page.
We demoted our soldiers to the scrolling ticker at the bottom of the 24/7 cable news, overlaid like an afterthought on top of hu-man interest pieces about Silicon Valley philanthropists and celeb-rity gossip.
“It’s hard to talk to people who don’t know, who don’t un-derstand. ... It offends me how re-moved civilians are,” April said.
Now our soldiers have re-turned home to shoulder a double burden — the stress of trying to make a life with skills that don’t translate into an already pressur-ized job market and an experience 99 percent of their peers can’t em-pathize with or comprehend.
“It’s hard to come back from a place where you’re doing some-thing important everyday,” April said, “It’s hard to go from deto-nating roadside bombs to being a cashier at Jiffy-Lube. Reintegra-tion is the hardest part.”
Hall echoed April’s senti-ment.
“I was never depressed when I was over there. It wasn’t until I came home I started wrestling with this darkness,” he said.
To some extent, all of us are to blame.
I spent a brief period of my life in the U.S. Army. I under-went Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C., before being injured and discharged after com-pleting only six months of my three-year enlistment.
I would never claim the title veteran, and I don’t understand
the trauma that comes with seeing the infamous elephant — being shot at, blown up or constantly fearing for my life.
What I know is this: the people I came to know and re-spect during my short stint in uniform represented the brightest and most courageous among us and they shouldn’t have to live in fear.
“It’s gotten worse since I’ve come home. But I still have hope. I still want a family; I still want a fulfilling career,” Hall said. “I’m not going to give up.”
Men like Hall and April were, and remain, the best of who we are and what we believe in
distilled into a few thousand hu-man beings — America, concen-trate.
The fact that this has hap-pened — that this has been al-lowed to happen — should serve as a stark warning to us as a civi-lization.
Our veterans cannot be-come old news; they cannot be forgotten.
Nicholas Pierce is a 23-year-old history senior from Baton Rouge.
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Editorial Policies & Procedures Quote of the Day“I have a very strict gun control policy: If there’s a gun around, I
want to be in control of it.”
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The blue Christmas the nation experienced has brought back an issue that once seemed to be writ-ten off by liberals as a loss on the political battlefield — gun control.
Many analysts said after the 2012 presidential debates and the election that Republicans should move past certain social issues such as abortion and gay rights, similarly to the way Democrats moved on from gun control.
However, through the grievous Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, politicians have refocused their agendas, seeking to amend our na-tion’s gun control laws.
Accompanied by schoolchil-dren, President Barack Obama released his ambitious gun con-trol agenda Wednesday, including more extensive universal back-ground checks, limited magazine sizes and banning armor-piercing bullets.
As a gun owner aware of the psychological effects a gun-in-hand creates, I find it hard to make a strong conservative argument. Firearm possession often develops into an irrational, false sense of entitlement, power and authority. I know this. I understand this.
But I’m afraid I am in the mi-nority of gun owners.
I do not fear, like many do, we will lose our right to bear arms. Such a notion is driven by far-right paranoia and distrust of a govern-ment that is restricted by a demo-cratic process. It has never failed to exchange power from one ruling
regime to the elected predecessor. The problem the U.S. faces is
not controlling the gun. A gun has never committed a crime — it is only the tool. If a person is so in-spired to commit it, he or she will with any tool.
How we determine who is able to own a firearm is what we should further scrutinize.
Extensive background checks and more requirements to prove gun-knowledge in order to pur-chase and carry a gun are fair re-quirements.
Why would I agree as a con-servative?
Because I am confident I will pass all checks and tests.
But this gets hazy when we discuss the differences between rights and privileges.
The Bill of Rights establishes the ability for every citizen to bear arms. However, against my tradi-tional nature, we have to be forth-coming and realize we have pro-gressed past 1789.
When the Bill of Rights was created, it was written for white, educated men who owned prop-erty during a time when the young state had just been under foreign invasion. Furthermore, arms meant black powder muskets — not the sophisticated firearms of today.
So what would give a person the privilege to own a firearm?
Education and knowledge, I suppose.
I don’t mean a college degree. I mean an education on firearms — what a gun is, how to use it, when to use it and what it is capable of. It’s vital to know what a firearm means in terms of danger and what it does not mean in terms of power.
It’s the uneducated person bearing arms who falters to a false
sense of power. Accordingly, there are appro-
priate times and places for guns. A firearm should be utilized for sport and in a case of necessary defense. How drastically, though, would gun crimes be reduced if we were able to remove the gun from the ig-norant and unstable? Fewer people would feel the need to carry a gun for defense.
Maybe civilians should be re-quired to prove they have earned the right to bear arms, allowing for a more trustworthy gun-wheeling population.
Laws banning fully automatic assault rifles are agreeable. It is ex-cessive to give Joe Blow the oppor-tunity to fire 500 rounds a minute.
But the public has been con-fused by the difference between
an assault weapon and an assault rifle. Anti-gun lobbyists fabricated the term “assault weapon” in an attempt to tie the image of semi-automatic but combat-resembling rifles, such as an AR-15 with fully automatic military rifles like the M-16.
A ban on what media describes as an “assault weapon” is entirely driven by the mere style or look of the weapon as being militaristic.
It simply does not matter how guns are styled — they are all ca-pable of achieving the same end.
A ban on militaristic-styled weapons would seem more appro-priate. But this is a literary tech-nicality, and that would achieve nothing because a gun is a gun no matter how it looks.
As gun owners, we should be
more realistic and come to terms with limiting the size of magazines as being fair. Though 30-round magazines are as cool as James Bond, they are unnecessary.
Regardless, knowledge of ci-vility and a sense of morality is the best defense against crime. For this education, the government can only do so much.
The problem is not the gun. The problem is, who can be
trusted with the gun?
Chris Ortte is a 22-year-old politi-cal science senior from Lafayette.
Gov. Bobby Jindal recently an-nounced his plan to eliminate Louisi-ana’s individual and business income tax, replacing it with a mixture of a higher sales tax, a reduction in busi-ness exemptions and other to-be-de-termined options.
There’s no need to worry, though. The good governor has as-sured Louisianians that his plan will be implemented in a “revenue neu-tral manner.”
Opponents of the unfinished plan have been quick to criticize its likely negative aspects. These chal-lengers allege the plan will be a burden on the poor, make it harder for local governments to raise their portion of the sales tax and inspire out-of-state and online shopping for
businesses and individuals.Some of these issues have merit.
Others don’t.At its initial stage, there is no
doubt Jindal’s tax source exchange is potentially tougher on the poor than the current tax structure. However, he has mentioned that food, prescrip-tion drugs and utilities would be ex-empt from the sales tax increase — a good first step that allows the con-sumption of necessities and inspires saving.
The other two primary com-plaints concern local taxation rates and increased out-of-state purchas-ing — they are certainly valid.
A recent story by The Advocate revealed that the 2012 fiscal year tax revenue sources were roughly even. Louisiana raked in roughly $2.9 bil-lion from sales tax and another $2.9 billion from individual and business taxes.
In order to make up for the loss of that $2.9 billion in income taxes, the sales tax would have to rise to
approximately 12 percent. There’s no doubt in my mind a sales tax this extreme would be detrimental to lo-cal governments’ ability to raise their portions of the sales tax for transpor-tation improvements or library sup-port.
And as far as the fear of a rise in out-of-state purchases go, is it really that difficult to imagine that a small business in Lake Charles — a city 30 miles from Texas — would make a $200,000 purchase in Texas instead of in Louisiana to avoid the large, potentially 4 or 5 percent difference in sales tax?
No, of course it isn’t.These issues are definitely prob-
lems for Jindal, but I’m sure his team of pseudo-economic experts can fig-ure their way around them.
But there’s a bigger problem with Jindal’s plan: Revenue neutral-ity.
LSU students know better than anyone how devastating state budget cuts can be, especially when cuts are
forced to come from either higher education or health care each year.
I still blame my decision to opt out of the latter two German courses on those cuts and the resulting deci-mation of half of the foreign lan-guage department.
Consequently, the only German I know came from repeated viewings of “Inglourious Basterds.” Danke, Jindal!
The Jindal administration must alter its plans a bit. First and fore-most, an increase in revenue must result from the plan.
Next, the income tax on individ-uals should be decreased by no more than half of the current 4 percent level on the average resident. There’s no need to keep the business income tax, because Jindal’s main goal with this plan seems to be to attract busi-nesses to the state. Besides, it’s con-tributed only about $380 million to the $2.9 billion mentioned earlier.
Finally, the sales tax increases could — at most — hit the 10
percent mark to leave room for future increases by local governments. There’s also plenty of room for eliminating some of the specific exemptions for businesses that cost our state a fortune every year.
The lack of a business income tax should help to offset the negative effects of axing those exemptions.
Jindal’s current plan relies on simple conservative ideology: Low-er business income tax leads to busi-ness growth, which leads to jobs and prosperity.
That’s not a bad thing, but un-til the governor makes some serious changes to his proposal, it’s not nec-essarily a good thing, either.
John Parker Ford is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Alexandria.
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announced Wednesday federal action to reduce gun violence by closing background check loopholes, ban-ning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, train-ing first responders and school offi-cials for active shooter scenarios and requiring federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations, according to a White House news release.
Sutton said governments that enforce gun control tend to become oppressive.
“When Hitler took office, he registered everyone’s guns,” Sutton said.
Sutton purchased her rifle one year ago for protection, she said, and enjoys shooting it recreationally for practice.
After the shootings in Aurora and Newtown, Sutton said she feels people have the wrong idea about those who are anti-gun control.
“People tend to think we are apathetic to incidences like that, but there is nothing worse for a gun owner,” Sutton said. “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.”
On the other hand, Xander Duchene, computer science junior, said limits should be implemented to potentially decrease the gun problem
in the country.“We have to restrict guns that
are too dangerous, like those with high capacity magazines,” Duchene said. “Stats show the U.S. has more murders by firearms than any other industrialized country.”
Sutton’s gun is considered a modern-day sport rifle. The maga-zine of the rifle holds 25 rounds.
“If the assault-weapons ban were to pass, I would be affected,” Sutton said.
In Baton Rouge, police inves-tigated 67 murders in 2012, 56 of which were committed with a fire-arm. In 2011, there were 64 murders, and 60 used guns. Homicide overall is increasing in Baton Rouge, but the percent of murders with a firearm decreased in the two-year period, ac-cording to Baton Rouge Police De-partment Spokesman Lt. Don Kelly.
“For many years we have had various programs and efforts to seize illegal guns, and for some time have averaged taken [sic] about 100 ille-gal firearms off the streets every sin-gle month,” Kelly said in an email. “With the recent BRAVE and Street Operations initiatives in place, we have been even more aggressive over the past six months and have seized many more guns than usual.”
Kelly said the recent shoot-ing probably led to the increase of legal purchase of guns by citizens,
and although they wished to remain unidentified, two local gun stores reported an increase in gun sales in 2012.
Alexa Ibarguen, art history se-nior, said guns are essential to per-sonal protection.
“As a female, I can’t walk home by myself,” Ibarguen said. “If you know how to use one, you should be
able to have one. In fact, a gun is go-ing to be my graduation present.”
Business sophomore Nick Lin-coln said citizens deserve the right to bear arms, but they should be kept out of the wrong hands.
Sutton said gun owners can make a positive difference.
“Evil will always find a way, even without guns,” Sutton said.
“Good citizens with arms can change things. I’m not sure what the answers are, but there should be more effort for people who have a cry for help.”
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