With the LSU football sea-son opener against Oregon just 10 days away, the investigation into the incident at Shady’s Bar last Friday could come down to the wire.

Sgt. Don Stone , Baton Rouge Polics Department spokesman, said the investigation could last up to 7 to 10 more days and was FRQÀ�GHQW�WKH�LQYHVWLJDWLRQ�ZRXOG�lead to an arrest.

“We have physical evidence. We have people that have been beaten, and we have a medical re-port,” Stone said. “If the evidence supports the allegations made against these four individuals – the football players – or anyone else that may come up, someone

will be charged.”The four LSU players con-

nected with the incident met with investigators Tuesday morning, but none were arrested, according to BRPD.

Senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson, freshman wide receiver Jarvis Landry , sophomore line-backer Josh Johns and sophomore offensive lineman Chris Daven-port all met with police downtown, received their Miranda rights and gave statements about the

altercation. Stone said up to 12 addition-

al witnesses, including more LSU football players, will be asked to speak with investigators soon.

“The four football players were there providing us with some additional information and additional persons to talk to,” Stone said. “Some of those are LSU football players.”

BRPD Chief of Police De-wayne White said the department has received contradicting stories

between the two parties, which has slowed the process.

´:H� KDYH� FRQÁ�LFWLQJ� VWDWH�ments that support one version over the version of the LSU play-ers,” White said. “What we don’t have is a version of an objective third party that has absolutely no ties to either party involved in this incident.”

BRPD obtained security-camera footage from a business

When journalist Carl Corbin died in New Orleans on Friday at the age of 96 , he didn’t just leave be-hind family and friends — he left a legacy.

In 1934 , Corbin and six other Reveille staff members and supporters were immersed in controversy when the paper planned to publish a letter scrutinizing then-Senator Huey P. Long .

Although the letter in question didn’t mention Long by name and was never published, Long worked to censor The Reveille to ensure the paper would never publish a dissent-ing opinion of him.

Three members of the staff re-signed from the paper rather than RSHUDWH�XQGHU�D�V\VWHP�ZKLFK�VWLÁ�HG�their free speech. They were ex-pelled, along with four other journal-

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Music: Ukuleles gain popularity in Baton Rouge and on campus, p. 6

Th e DailyFootball: Montgomery, Taylor back on their feet, p. 11

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Volume 116, Issue 3

Library: Middleton extends weekend hours, p. 3

INCIDENT, see page 9

PARTY, see page 9 CORBIN, see page 8

Mark ClementsSports Writer

Josh NaquinStaff Writer

LSU ranked the No. 13 party school in the nation by the Princeton Review

Corbin, others challenged Long

Stone: Investigation will lead to arrest

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the pollsThe Princeton Review annually lists

the Top 20 Party Schools in the U.S., and this year, LSU regained its party-school status when it was ranked No. 13 after three years off the list.

The Princeton Review said its rank-ings come from surveying over 122,000 students at more than 370 colleges around the country based on alcohol and drug usage, hours of studying daily and the popularity of Greek life.

This year, Ohio University in Ath-ens was ranked No. 1 on the list with the University of Geor-gia and University of Mississippi in Oxford following close be-hind.

In 2009, Penn-sylvania State Uni-versity reached No. 1 while the University of Georgia stepped up to take its place in 2010.

Although LSU has remained off the Princeton Review’s list since 2007, the University held the

title of Top Party School in 2000.Many students at LSU are glad to

hear that the University is back on the list.

Ashley McCay , psychology sopho-more , said she doesn’t believe LSU’s ranking on the list proves negative for the University’s reputation.

“I think No. 13 is about right,” Mc-Cay said.

Philip Bernard , undeclared fresh-man , said he thought the University should be ranked higher.

Kate MabryStaff Writer

What makes a topparty school?

Ohio University, the No. 1 party school, has since the ‘70s made a tradition of “rowdy Halloween bashes” that attract at last 20,000 to downtown Athens,

Shindigs

City lifeNo. 5 school, University of California, located in scenic Santa Barbara is a mere 40 miles from beaches dubbed “a surfer’s paradise.”

TailgatingUniversity of Georgia and Ole Miss, No. 2 and 3, respectively, both boast tailgating and prominent Greek Life as reasons to party.

photo illustration by CHRISTOPHER LEH / The Daily Reveille

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“LSU is probably one of the biggest party schools,” he said.

Jarrod Schwieger , business junior , said he thinks the Uni-versity has an average amount of partying.

“I feel like nowadays the par-tying is nowhere near what it used to be in ’90s,” he said. “With all the academic requirements now, students have to buckle down, and there’s less partying.”

But some students worry the ranking will scare away seri-ous students who are looking into the University.

´,� GHÀ�QLWHO\�think the ranking can be bad for LSU’s reputa-tion,” said Nata-sha Garcia , Eng-lish senior . “It can put off students, particularly those focused on aca-demics.”

Cody Verdin , nutrition

sophomore , agrees.“I would think that LSU

would be higher on the list, but regardless, it’s still not good for their reputation,” he said. “Stu-dents should be focusing on aca-demics, not booze.”

Regardless of some students disillusionment with the Univer-sity’s party school status, other schools have proved that they can party harder.

Elyse Jensen , biology junior at Ole Miss , said Baton Rouge has a larger choice of bars, but the bars are spread out around town. Be-cause Oxford is a small town, she said the local bars are in the same general area.

Jensen attri-butes Ole Miss’ popularity to its dedicated fans.

“ F o o t b a l l games are a big

deal,” she said. “There’s a strong loyalty to the school. It’s tradi-tion for family and friends to go

back every year.”Andrew Coxon , chemical

engineering sophomore , said he has attended parties at the Uni-versity of Texas in Austin , which was ranked No. 10 this year.

“Here, students go to house parties more, but in Austin , most people go to bars,” he said. “Their 6th Street is a lot like Ti-gerland here.”

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´0,3V�DUH�GHÀ�QLWHO\�PRUH�RI�a concern in Austin than here,” he said.

Tara Rayers , English and sociology junior , said she feels Tulane University , which was ranked No. 19 in 2009, offers more comfortable hangout spots than those in Baton Rouge .

“It’s a much more relaxed environment,” she said. “Most of the popular college bars are close to campus and are accessible to students without cars.”

Rayers said she thinks Tu-lane is also a great party school since the bars in New Orleans stay open later.

near Shady’s , but told reporters it did not capture the event on tape. White declined to elaborate on what the footage showed.

White said the injuries to one victim included three broken vertebrae, and another suffered contusions on the head, nose and both his left and right hand.

White dispelled the rumor that the incident stemmed from a racial slur.

LSU football coach Les Miles said the team will continue to aid police in the investigation.

“We certainly want to do jus-tice to any ongoing investigation and make sure our team under-stands the severity of the issue,” Miles said. “I think there is a lot of work that they need to do and a number of people they need

to interview.”Miles also said if he had

´IXQGDPHQWDOO\� GHÀ�QHGµ� LQIRU�mation on the issue, he would enforce his own punishments on players.

Nathan Fisher, an attorney representing the four players, said the questioning lasted be-tween two and three hours , and called the meeting “congenial.”

“Everybody was courteous. We’re going to continue talking to SHRSOH�DQG�À�QG�HYLGHQFH�µ�)LVKHU��said. “We’ll be glad to share that with the city police. We’re not holding back anything.”

Th e Daily ReveilleWednesday, August 24, 2011

INCIDENT, from page 1

Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com

PARTY, from page 1

‘‘‘With all the academic

requirements [at LSU] now, students

have to buckle down, and there’s

less partying.’Jarrod Schwieger

business junior

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