As students return to campus with weight gained from the holi-days, the University Student Recre-ation Complex will likely be full of activity. But a popular exercise op-tion remains unavailable this semes-ter — basketball.

Nearly fi ve months after UREC basketball courts were closed be-cause of damages from Hurricane Gustav , they have yet to be repaired

and are looking at completion in the fall.

The buckled gym fl oors expose the bare concrete below, and, al-though the progress is visible, ques-

tions have still risen about exactly when development will take place.

“That process is in progress right now,” said Tricia Milford-Hoyt , University Recreation assis-

tant director of marketing and mem-bership. “We expect [the courts] to be reopened sometime in the fall of 2009.”

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On top of hard-hitting eco-nomic times and budget cuts, the University is suddenly liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes owed to the Louisi-ana Department of Revenue.

The Uni-versity owes three years in meal plan sales taxes adding up to $724,000, stemming from payment con-fusion since August 1988 .

“It’s one of those things that slipped through the cracks,” said Donna Torres, associate vice chancellor for Ac-counting and Financial Services .

For years, meal plans in edu-cation and medical facilities were exempt from state sales tax. But University offi cials were unaware when the Legislature suspended the exemption, Torres said.

“One section provides the exemption, and then another sec-tion negates it,” she said. “But it was suspended from August 1988 through June 2009 , so we should have charged the sales tax.”

The Department of Revenue sent a ruling to the LSU System’s offi ce advising the University to charge a 4 percent sales tax on meal plans through June 30. But only a 1 percent sales tax will ex-ist starting July 1.

“We received a letter that [the revenue department] will allow us

In the short time between se-mesters, the portable toilets have been removed and the ground has been torn up in the courtyard behind Dodson Auditorium.

The early stages of construc-

tion are in preparation for a major University landscaping endeavor that’s part of Student Government’s goal to give graduating seniors the chance to leave a permanent mark on campus.

Less than three months after the spending bill was approved by the SG Senate, ground has been bro-ken and the concrete slab has been poured over the site of the 2009 Class Gift project. On Monday, bricks were laid atop the concrete

slab to form a 6-foot-wide walkway around the courtyard.

“This is a typical construc-tion project, which means it will be ugly before it is pretty,” said Dennis Mitchell, campus landscape archi-tect.

SG and Mitchell have been vo-cal about their intentions to incor-porate students into the landscap-ing and designing of the Dodson

Meal plan prices rise about $37 this semester

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By Natalie RoyContributing Writer

UREC courts expected to open this fall

Students get chance to make impression

Renovations currently in design process

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Construction workers lay bricks Monday afternoon behind Dodson Auditorium as part of Student Govern-ment’s class gift project.

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WORLD NEWS

BAGHDAD (AP) — Vice President-elect Joe Biden conferred Monday with Iraqi leaders after a trip to Afghanistan, cap-ping a tour of U.S. battlefronts on a day when police reported bombings killed 10 people in Baghdad.The four attacks were a reminder that ma-jor violence may still return, complicating the incoming administration’s plans to draw down troops in Iraq and focus more attention on Afghanistan. Biden, a frequent visitor to Iraq as a member of the Senate Foreign Re-lations Committee, met with President Jalal Talabani, Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh.

Biden meets Iraqi leaders; bombings kill 10

Poland: Workers find WWII mass grave of GermansWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Construction workers in north-ern Poland have unearthed a World War II-era mass grave containing what are believed to be the bodies of 1,800 Ger-man men, women and children who disappeared during the Soviet Army’s march to Berlin. Poles digging at the site of a planned luxury hotel in Malbork — which was called Marienburg and was part of Germany during the war — ex-cavated a bomb crater at the foot of the city’s famous 13th century Teutonic Knights fortress, authorities said Monday.

NATION, STATE AND CITY BRIEFS

Senate Democrats expect to seat BurrisWASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to put the scandal-taint-ed standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama’s Sen-ate successor on Monday and said they expect to swear in the new Illinois senator soon. “He is now the senator-designate from Illinois and, as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a senator-elect,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said in a joint statement. The two senators said they anticipate that Burris, a former Illinois attorney general appointed to the post by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be seated this week barring objec-tions from Republicans. While a victory for Burris, the move is a major reversal for Senate Democrats.

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Bush defends Katrina response by administration

Bush agrees to Obama entreaty for bailout funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush is defending the government’s record in responding to Hurricane Katrina, even while admitting once more that some things could have been done differ-ently. At his last formal news conference, Bush at one point said: “Don’t tell me the federal response was slow when there was 30,000 people pulled off roofs” not long after the hurricane passed over the Gulf Coast. He said it was “a devastating storm” and that hard work remains to restore New Orleans.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting at Barack Obama’s be-hest, President George W. Bush on Monday asked Con-gress for the final $350 billion in the financial bailout fund, effectively ceding economic reins to the president-elect in an extraordinary display of transition teamwork. Obama also sharply criticized Bush’s handling of the money and promised radical changes. Bush’s move sets the stage for Obama to get swift access to the $350 bil-lion and the opportunity to overhaul the much-criticized rescue package after taking office next Tuesday.

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TRANSPORTATION

New crosswalks completed for start of classesFirst phase to cost about $88,000By Joy LukachickStaff Writer

Four crosswalks identi-fied as problematic last fall were scrapped and rebuilt during the winter break.

Dennis Mitchell, campus landscape architect, said it’s “a little scary” to do construction during a break because it’s hard to communicate with different de-partments. He said, however, the construction has gone smoothly and should have been completed for the first day of class.

The four construction loca-tions include South Stadium Drive at West Stadium Drive, North Stadium Drive at West Stadium Drive, Dalrymple Drive at Infir-mary Drive and South Campus Drive near the Laville residence halls.

More visibility is one key

reason the University began its project to reconstruct crosswalks on campus.

Mitchell said after research-ing the problem, the departments decided a change in material on the pavement would cause ve-hicles to slow down. Lamp posts will be installed on both sides of the crosswalks in the next month, Mitchell said.

This construction project is the first phase the Offices of De-velopment and Parking, Traffic and Transportation have planned for the crosswalks on campus.

“As funding becomes avail-able, [we] will work out the next stage,” Mitchell said. “All the crosswalks should be consistent.”

Mitchell said the project costs approximately $20,000 per crosswalk, and the Office of De-velopment is under its budget of $88,000 for the construction of the first four crosswalks.

Gary Graham, Parking, Traf-fic and Transportation director, said they are working on a study

to make recommendations for im-proving bike routes, traffic flow and pedestrian safety.

The draft report should be ready in the next three weeks, Graham said.

Kevin Cope, Faculty Sen-ate president, said the Senate has been discussing improvements for crosswalks because they are con-cerned with pedestrian safety.

The LSU Police Department reported 23 pedestrian accidents from vehicles on campus between 2003 and 2008.

Eight of the accidents oc-curred in a crosswalk, and the most common areas were on Dal-rymple Drive and Highland Road.

LSU spokesman Capt. Rus-sell Rogé said he doesn’t know of any reported pedestrian accidents after Oct. 15, when a University student was hit by a vehicle on Nicholson Extension.

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Workers began crosswalk construction near Tiger Stadium on Jan 5. The four crosswalks designated as problematic were expected to be completed Monday.

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ALUMNI

Law Center alumna named first female chief justice of LouisianaBy Kristen HigdonContributing Writer

A Paul M. Hebert Law Center alumna will take the reigns of the Louisiana Supreme Court today as its first female chief justice.

The induction ceremony for Catherine Kimball was held Mon-day at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Supreme Court Building in New Orleans. A reception followed on the Supreme Court lawn, and the event is open to the public.

Kimball graduated from the Law Center in 1970 with a juris doctorate degree, a doctoral law degree obtained after completing three years of law study. She said her experience in law school pre-pared her for what would become a history-making career.

“At LSU law school, they give you the good fundamentals of law, but more importantly, they teach you how to think and analyze, which is very beneficial in this field,” Kimball said.

Kimball served as a trial judge for 10 years before becoming the first female elected to the Louisi-ana Supreme Court. She has served on the Supreme Court for 16 years, a feat which qualified her for chief justice after winning an October district election with 65 percent of the vote.

Joseph Cheney Jr., Law Cen-ter vice chancellor of academic af-fairs, described Kimball’s opinions as very textbook-oriented.

“She explains the background of all of her decisions so people know why and how she came to it,” Cheney said. “She is very ac-tive in judicial reform and improv-ing the juvenile justice system in Louisiana, and I feel those efforts

will contribute a lot to the admin-istration.”

Kimball was a visiting profes-sor at the Law Center’s 2008 sum-mer program.

“Justice Kimball possessed both the judicial skills and the ad-ministrative acumen to be a great chief justice,” said Jack Weiss, Law Center chancellor. “Perhaps above all, she is a thoroughly de-cent, down-to-earth person who will never forget the impact of her work on the lives of real people.”

Kimball was inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame in 2006, and she is an honorary mem-ber of the Louisiana chapter of the

prestigious legal society The Order of the Coif.

Guest speakers at the induction will include Sen. Mary Landrieu; Jimmy Faircloth, executive coun-sel to Gov. Bobby Jindal; Elizabeth Foote, president of the Louisiana State Bar Association; and Judith Kaye, Louisiana’s chief judge.

“The law is constantly chang-ing,” Kimball said. “However, the values that were instilled within me at LSU Law School have not changed.”

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Brother Jed lectures students on the first day of class about his views on gay marriage, promiscuity and circumcision in Free Speech Plaza.

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Craig Loston has been at-tached to both Texas A&M and Clemson during his high school career, but now the fi ve-star safe-ty prospect seems fi rmly commit-ted to LSU.

Loston was rumored to be a strong LSU lean, especially af-ter his cousin, LSU quarterback commit Russell Shepard, stated numerous times that Loston would end up at LSU even before Loston de-committed from Clem-son following Tommy Bowden’s fi ring.

Even Loston’s coach at Eisenhower High School, Ray Evans, told ESPN that Loston would be at LSU.

But now it’s offi cial — sort of. Although players can’t sign letters of intent until Feb. 4, Los-ton fi nally announced his deci-sion to play at LSU during the Under Armour Skills Challenge on Jan. 2.

Evans said his team will miss the presence of Loston on and off the football fi eld.

“Craig has started for us the past four years since he was a

Even with 15 games in the books, there’s still much to learn about this season’s LSU men’s basketball team.

First-year coach Trent John-son has guided LSU to a 12-3 record, just one win shy of last season’s total. The Tigers have a 64-52 win against Washington State (9-6) to their credit, but that doesn’t tell the entire story.

LSU has been a bit of a mys-tery to understand since the fall semester ended.

The victory against Wash-ington State stands out as a high point, but the upset was

sandwiched between a three-point win against McNeese State (4-8) and an 81-79 squeaker against Louisiana-Lafay-ette (5-9).

The Tigers took their second loss, 91-61, at Utah (10-5) to cap off the non-con-ference schedule.

“We’re 12-2. You can talk about our schedule, but I’ve always felt that in college basketball there’s so much par-ity you need to be ready to play,” Johnson said Thursday. “We have to continue to improve our game and have a short-term memory if things don’t go well for us.”

The Tigers’ fi rst conference game, a 65-59 loss Sunday to Ala-

bama, didn’t do much to clear up the ambiguity.

The Crimson Tide led through-out the physical contest, allowing LSU to come with-in one basket but never tie or lead. The game marked the fi rst time LSU out-rebounded an opponent with a winning record.

“This perfor-mance, this ex-

ecution in terms of our ability to compete was a lot different than Salt Lake City,” Johnson said in a

LSU freshman forward Ayana Dunning lives for basketball.

But her ability to dominate the hardwood came to a temporary halt last summer when she underwent knee surgery.

“I saw a young lady going through something she had never ever been faced with,” said LSU wom-en’s basketball assistant coach Travis Mays. “She’s never had to deal with a major injury . . . she was always used to being able to count on her body and go out and play no matter what.”

Basketball is a family tradition for the Dunnings. Her father, Alfred Dunning, played basketball in col-lege and semi-pro, and Ayana Dunning said he has been her biggest infl uence before and after her sur-gery.

Alfred Dunning saw how diffi cult it was for his daughter to come to grips with her injury.

“She was always used to [playing] a lot of min-utes in high school,” he said. “She always looked forward to challenges, but she ended up feeling like a nobody when she got to college.”

Her mother, Charlotte Dunning, said it was dif-fi cult to convince Ayana that recovering from her surgery would make her grow stronger.

“It occurred to me that her whole identity was wrapped up in being a ball player,” Charlotte Dun-ning said. “She had been playing since fourth grade, and she’d been on everybody’s radar since about sev-enth grade. So her whole self-concept was that of a basketball player.”

The Columbus, Ohio, native started all 77 games in her four years at Eastmoor Academy and set school

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RECRUITING

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LSU freshman forward Ayana Dunning attempts a shot against an Alabama defender on Sunday in the PMAC. Dunning has overcome an offseason knee injury to average 6.1 points and 4.4 rebounds this season. DUNNING, see page 7 LOSTON, see page 7

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Members of LSU’s men’s basketball team walk down the court during the Tigers’ 62-59 win Dec. 22 against McNeese State. LSU is one win shy of last season’s win total but has lost all three of its road games this season.

Record doesn’t reveal true storyMEN’S BASKETBALL

Loston rated No. 1 safety in nationBy Tyler HarveySports Contributor

Freshman forward’s return already impacting teamBy Rachel WhittakerSports Writer

Tigers winless on road this seasonBy David HelmanSports Writer

Top safety appears headed to Tigers

On the Rebound

“She’s coming back, and I’m really pleased for her.”Van Chancellor, LSU women’s basketball coach

‘‘‘We have to

continue to improve our game and have

a short-term memory if things

don’t go well for us.’Trent Johnson

LSU men’s basketball coach

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Fresh off a disappointing 8-5 season, one which LSU began ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25, Tiger football fans are ready for a change.

LSU coach Les Miles officially introduced John Chavis as the team’s new defensive coordinator last Mon-day. Chavis spent the past 20 seasons at Tennessee, 14 of those as defen-sive coordinator for former coach Phillip Fulmer.

The position became vacant after co-defensive coordinators Bradley Dale Peveto and Doug Mal-lory announced they would be leav-ing LSU. Peveto accepted the head coaching job at Northwestern State, and Mallory accepted a job to be-come New Mexico’s new defensive

coordinator.Chavis is no stranger to pro-

ducing great defenses. Tennessee allowed only 263.5 yards per game in 2008 — tied for No. 3 in the na-tion — despite the Volunteers’ sub-par season.

LSU’s defense under Peveto and Mallory was below par, finish-ing ninth in the SEC in yards allowed per game.

Fans have been happy with Miles’ decision to shake things up.

Carlos Almeida, graduate stu-dent, said he’s excited to see some-one new and experienced come in to try and improve the defense.

“A fresh start can only lead to good things,” he said.

Jimmy Graham, petroleum en-gineering sophomore, said he likes Chavis’ familiarity with the South-eastern Conference.

“I am happy for a change,” he said. “We’ll see if it makes a differ-ence. Getting a guy from the SEC should help us.”

He said Chavis will have enor-mous pressure on him next year because leading a high-profile SEC defense like LSU’s demands high expectations.

Many fans showed great dis-pleasure in the previous co-defensive coordinators.

Brian Leblanc, kinesiology ju-nior, didn’t like the idea of co-coor-dinators because opinions and strate-gies can easily clash.

“Obviously it didn’t work out too well,” Leblanc said.

At least one student thought the blame shouldn’t be entirely on Peve-to and Mallory. Micah Bedard, mass communication freshman, said a lack of talent ultimately hurt the defense.

“The defense was young,” he said. “That’s what killed us in a lot of games. Considering the talent, they didn’t do a bad job. The better talent you have, the easier it is to coach.”

Miles also announced Wednes-day that Ron Cooper would join his staff as the new defensive backs

coach. Cooper had been an assistant at South Carolina since 2004.

He served as safeties coach last season and was responsible for a sec-ondary that produced the country’s No. 2 pass defense.

Fans are curious to see how the new staff will perform next year.

Bedard thinks the defense will be fine, despite graduating several players and potentially losing junior defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois to the NFL draft.

“A lot of guys are returning so there will be no short of talent,” he said.

He said Cooper can play a ma-jor role in developing young corner-backs Jai Eugene and Patrick Peter-son.

Chavis and Cooper’s contracts have yet to be released. Chavis is expected to make around $500,000 per year, according to ESPN. Cooper is expected to make $300,000 per year, according to The State in South Carolina.

With these recent hirings, some fans think LSU is overpaying to get back in the national spotlight.

“Most people won’t consider it too much, but personally I think it’s too much,” Leblanc said. “Fans here are willing to give whatever to get back in the national championship.”

With all the money being tossed around, fans will be looking for a much better season next year.

“I expect to go back to a game, like the Sugar Bowl or Fiesta Bowl, not some small bowl like this year,” said Chris Julien, biological sciences senior.

Not all Tiger fans are upset with the spending, saying sometimes change comes with a price tag.

“I don’t think they are overpay-ing,” Almeida said. “The SEC is the leader in the country in spending money. You have to spend money to make money.”

FOOTBALL

Students feel fresh start is neededBy Sean IsabellaSports Contributer

Defensive coaching changes excite Tiger fans

Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Da-vid Lee scored 24 points, and the New York Knicks ended a three-game losing streak with a 101-95 victory against the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.

Quentin Richardson and Al Harrington each hit 3-pointers inside the final 1:14 to ensure the Knicks withstood a Hornets rally that trimmed a 14-point lead to three late in the game.

Harrington finished with 20 points, while Wilson Chandler scored 19 points, hitting a jumper with 2:07 left and a driving layup soon after to help keep the Hor-nets at bay.

David West had 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets but was 6-of-20 from the field. Chris Paul added 23 points for New Orleans.

The Knicks, looking to avoid an 0-4 road trip, led most of the game because of the continued assertive play of Lee, who had a dunk, a fast-break layup and a 17-foot jump shot during an 8-2 spurt that gave the Knicks a 59-47 lead midway through the third quarter.

New Orleans trimmed the Knicks’ lead to 69-63 by the end of three quarters when Hornets coach Byron Scott made the un-usual move of keeping Paul in the game instead of giving him his normal rest at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Still, the Knicks pulled away again as reserves Harrington and Nate Robinson each hit 3s dur-ing an 8-0 run, giving the Knicks a 77-63 lead with 10 minutes to go.

The Hornets began to climb back into the game with an 8-1 run on Antonio Daniels’ 3, West’s putback and Paul’s 3, which cut New York’s lead to 82-77 with

6:05 to go.Two minutes later, Rasual

Butler added another 3 and a re-verse layup on a fast-break pass from Paul, cutting it to 86-82 with 3:46 left. After Wilson Chandler’s layup put the Knicks ahead 91-85, Peja Stojakovic’s 3 trimmed it to 91-88 with 1:29 left.

That’s when Richardson, who had nine points, answered with his big 3. New Orleans got within three points once more on Butler’s 3-pointer with 45 sec-onds left, but Harrington drilled his 3-pointer with 27 seconds left.

Chris Duhon, who grew up in the New Orleans suburb of Slidell, scored 10 points and his 3 in the second quarter wound up being the basket that put New York in the lead to stay.

Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 12 rebounds for New Orleans, which hadn’t lost to New York since before Paul turned pro. Butler finished with 18 points, but the Hornets had an off night shooting, finishing at 38.4 percent while New York shot 43.8 percent.

New York began to pull away when reserve Tim Thomas hit his first four shots, including a 3 and a dunk cutting through the lane, to put the Knicks ahead 37-31 in the second quarter.

West started 3-of-10 from the field and Stojakovic missed his first five shots, going 2-of-9 for the half. New Orleans also went 1-of-9 on 3-pointers in the first two periods.

Lee had 10 points in the first half, while Harrington’s free throws late in the second period

helped New York take a 47-40 lead at halftime.

NBA

Knicks withstand Hornets’ rally, 101-95

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

By Brett MartelThe Associated Press

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scoring and rebound records, with 1,358 points and 1,009 boards in her career. She was also named a 2008 McDonald’s All-American and the Central District Player of the Year on her way to being high-ly recruited across the country.

Mays noticed Dunning’s lack of confi dence after her surgery, but with time, he said she began heal-ing both physically and mentally, and she gradually regained the talent Mays saw while on the recruiting trail in Ohio.

“I was actu-ally recruiting a young lady who was playing with Ayana named Jan-tel Lavender, who is now the start-ing center at Ohio State,” Mays said. “I saw [Dunning’s] size, her footwork and how good her hands were. I was extremely excited about being able to recruit Jantel, but then the coach told me he thought Ayana could possibly be better than Jantel, so at that point I got extremely excited.”

In her fi rst season as a Lady Tiger, Dunning has played in nine games, including her fi rst career start in LSU’s 76-63 loss Jan. 3 to Connecticut. In a career-high 34 minutes, she led the team with 12 points and nine rebounds.

She is shooting 54 percent from the fi eld and averages 6.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor said a big difference he sees in Dunning af-ter her surgery is her weight loss — she dropped eight pounds in six days during Christmas break — but he said her increased play-ing time helps reveal her outstand-ing performance.

“She’s lost a ton of weight ... that’s really where it’s at,” Chan-cellor said following LSU’s 64-50 win against Nebraska on Jan. 1. “She’s gotten in shape. We fi nally

got enough prac-tice time to get her some condi-tioning.”

Dunning is known to her teammates as Ya-Ya, a nickname she said her broth-er gave her when he was 1-year old.

“He couldn’t say my name, so he just started

calling me ‘Ya-Ya,’” she said. “It became a family nickname, and everybody just caught on.”

Sophomore guard Katherine Graham described Dunning as a cool and down-to-earth team-mate.

“She’s very mild-mannered and quiet, and she likes to joke,” Graham said. “She’s very, very, very funny, the jokester of the team. She gets her jokes in quietly. You always have to watch her and see what she’s saying.”

After the Lady Tigers’ New Year’s Day win against Nebraska, Chancellor praised Dunning’s ef-forts. She scored 11 points in the

game.“I told her today she’d come

from seventh post all the way up to the top of the heap,” he said. “And somebody said, ‘Coach, I didn’t think we had but six posts.’ And I said, ‘She was seventh because she was that far down and out of shape.’ She’s come back, and I’m really pleased for her.”

freshman, started every game,” Evans said. “The great thing about him is he’s not a selfi sh kid. He’s a good teammate. He gives it ev-erything. He’s a great, great kid, and we’re going to miss him.”

Loston followed up his com-mitment to LSU with an impres-sive performance at the Under Armour All-American game in Orlando, Fla., for the White Team , where he made hit after hit and almost made a one-handed, highlight reel interception.

“That’s the kind of plays the kid has been making every year that he’s played,” Evans said. “With Craig, the bigger the game, the better he’s going to play. He can elevate his game.”

Loston even made a crushing hit on his cousin and future team-mate, who was quarterbacking the Black Team. Shepard joked about the incident.

“Everybody talked to me about that,” Shepard said laugh-ing. “But that’s just the game. I realize I’m nothing to anybody until after the game. That’s just part of football.”

Shepard had plenty of good things to say about his future Ti-ger teammate, describing his play as physical and always around the ball.

“Actually, we call him ‘The Hawk,’” Shepard said.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 195-pound

safety is rated as the top safety in the country by Rivals.com. He is ranked as the No. 23 player in the nation.

“We call him ‘Poppa,’ but people we play against call him ‘The Hawk,’” Evans said. “You can bet that opposing receivers know they better watch out for that kid. We see it all the time — big hits even at practice, one handed interceptions. He’s just that kid.”

Evans recounted how last season Loston made several game-winning plays from inter-ceptions to fumble recoveries.

“He’s meant a lot to this pro-gram over the last four years be-cause he played on offense and defense,” Evans said. “Y’all got a good one coming your way.”

postgame radio interview. “We’ve got to keep that in the forefront ... if we take care of [the ball], we’ll get the chance to execute on of-fense.”

Winning opponents have been few and far between for LSU until the start of conference play.

The Tigers’ strength of sched-ule is ranked No. 310, while their Ratings Percentage Index is ranked No. 118. LSU had played just two teams with an RPI of 100 or better — Texas A&M and Utah — and both of those games were double-digit losses.

“If those teams are healthy, those will be postseason teams in my opinion,” Johnson said. “I’ve seen us play well in spurts, and I’ve seen us play bad in spurts. Those things are being addressed,

and it’s up to us to improve.”The team’s statistics do check

out, despite the unimpressive schedule. Even with the games against Utah and Alabama, LSU ranks No. 3 in the Southeastern Con-ference in scoring defense, No. 4 in scoring margin and No. 2 in re-bounding defense.

The Tigers also rank in the top half of the confer-ence in scoring offense, fi eld goal percentage and turnover margin.

The next few games could be crucial in determining whether the numbers hold up.

The average RPI ranking of LSU’s fi rst 15 opponents is

226. By comparison, the average RPI ranking of LSU’s next fi ve opponents is 56.6. Alabama was projected by many to win the SEC

Western Division before the season began, and the Tigers played to a close fi nish in a road environment.

Next up is South Carolina, the conference’s No. 2 scoring of-fense and No. 1 team in 3-point fi eld goal percent-

age. The Gamecocks defeated then-No. 20 Baylor on the road Jan. 2, grabbing a statement vic-tory missing from LSU’s resume.

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‘‘‘She always looked

forward to challenges, but she

ended up feeling like a nobody when she got to college.’

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‘‘‘If those teams

are healthy, those will be postseason

teams in my opinion.’

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courtyard.“We’re looking for a way for

students to find a cost effective way to put time and effort into a lasting impression on campus,” said Shan-non Bates, SG vice president.

During the landscaping phase, the class of 2009 will be given the opportunity to work alongside the University by planting and design-ing the courtyard during several work-service days.

“With it being my last semester, I want to take advantage of plans for seniors and leave my mark on cam-pus,” said Andrea Sciarillo, mass communication senior.

In November 2008, the SG Senate approved a bill allocating $70,363 from the SG initiatives ac-count to pay for the Dodson project. Though the funds are being spent on a single project, SG’s class gift program is designed to be self-sus-taining, as each project will gener-ate funds for the following year’s project.

Students from the graduat-ing class of 2009 will soon be able to purchase engraved bricks in the courtyard for $75 apiece. SG has set a goal of selling 2,000 bricks which would generate $96,000 for the class of 2010.

SG expects to put together a group of University juniors to decide how the future funds will be spent, but it’s still in the planning phase.

“We want it to be a personal project for 2010,” Bates said. “From landscaping to replacing windows on campus, it’s really whatever they decide.”

While the Dodson project’s pathway should be installed and the landscaping completed before May graduation ceremonies, it may take

a full year before all of the bricks are named. To save the cost of digging up the bricks for engraving, named pavers will be inserted inside of the bricks as donations are made.

Bricks will be sold and named in increments of about 400 bricks.

Though the project is still in its first phases, Facility Services antici-pates completing the sanctuary a full month in advance.

“Most projects like this at LSU take years to get done, but I think Facility Services has helped us out a lot to get something constructed within the first three months,” said SG President Colorado Robertson.

The Dodson project has pro-

gressed quickly because, while there has been significant input from students and SG, the design for the Dodson courtyard was approved by the University more than two years before the program was proposed.

When SG approached the Uni-versity with an idea for funding a class project, officials jumped on the opportunity to revamp the Dodson courtyard.

“The University was only look-ing for funding, and the students provided a real way to pay for it,” said Mitchell.

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The process Milford-Hoyt referred to is controlled by the state of Louisiana. Because the damage to the courts is an insurance claim, repairs lie in the state’s hands, which means it must go through an intri-cate and lengthy process, Milford-Hoyt said.

UREC’s architect, who was as-signed in November, has been work-ing to prepare a list of what needs repairing to bring to the state. Once the list is complete, there will be a review process, then a bid process, then a contract process. At this point, construction will begin.

“It’s going to take some time,”

said Michael Giles, Jr., University Recreation associate director of op-erations and project management. “Unfortunately, right now we’re still just in the architectural phase of the design of what needs to take place. We’re looking at mid-June before construction actually even begins.”

The state-appointed architec-tural firm provided a general time-line, indicating that court construc-tion should be completed by Oct. 12, 2009. But Giles said University Recreation cannot promise anything more specific than “fall 2009.”

In the meantime, outdoor “bas-ketball courts” have been set up to accommodate displaced indoor bas-ketball users. The temporary courts

are relined tennis courts with basket-ball hoops.

Although some University stu-dents don’t mind the outdoor accom-modations, others, like John Borner, business management junior, have stopped playing basketball alto-gether.

“I don’t like the outdoor courts,” Borner said. “It doesn’t feel like I’m playing real basketball like in the gym.”

Administrators said they want the courts to be up just as badly as UREC members do.

“We would have friends of stu-dents that would drive in and pay the $10 guest fee just to play [indoor] basketball at LSU ... right now we

don’t have that,” Milford-Hoyt said. But administrators remain op-

timistic about the construction’s completion.

“Our goal is to, obviously, push this project as early into fall as pos-sible,” Giles said. “We want it as close to school starting ... as we can get.”

to not begin collecting the tax un-til the spring of 2009,” Torres said. “LSU was ready to charge the tax in the fall 2008 semester.”

But the revenue department rescinded its letter Nov. 25, mak-ing the University liable for three years of back taxes. The Univer-sity will draw money from its agenda fund and the sales tax was included in students’ spring fee bills, Torres said. The tax will cost students an average $37 more for meal plans this semester.

But other universities state-wide are facing the same prob-lem.

Wayne Theriot, associate vice chancellor for Administrative Ser-vices at the University of Louisi-ana at Lafayette, said the financial responsibility could fall on the universities’ food providers.

“We’re not the ones provid-ing the service,” he said. “The contractor will have to charge the students for that sales tax.”

But Torres said the Univer-sity’s food provider, Chartwells, is not responsible for the sales tax since they do not bill the students.

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Teresa A. Summers, described by Laura Lindsay as “the epitome of a faculty member at LSU in ev-ery way,” died in Baton Rouge on Saturday at age 60, according to a news release from the LSU System Office.

Summers, retired LSU System assistant vice president for Academic Affairs and human ecology profes-sor, died after a 38-year battle with

cancer according to the release.“She was an incredible col-

league and a dear friend that had a huge impact on many facets of the University,” said Lindsay, mass communi-cation professor and former pro-vost. “She cared deeply about her students.”

S u m m e r s was an expert in apparel merchan-dising, development of marketing techniques and Internet promotional strategies, according to the release.

In 2001 she was named Louisiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation.

She retired in May after a 33-year career at the University.

William Jenkins, System presi-dent emeritus, said Summers spent the majority of her career at the University before moving on to the System.

“[She was] an absolutely superb professor,” Jenkins said. “She loved her students, and she was admired by her colleagues ... She was a con-sumate professional in every way.”

Summers worked in close con-junction with the Board of Regents to ensure all campuses in the System

had representation in the Regents during her tenure at the System, ac-cording to the release,

Summers served as division head of textiles, apparel design and merchandising in human ecology de-partment for seven years beginning in 1994.

“She’s going to be sorely missed at LSU,” Jenkins said. “She’s going to be missed, and I’m just sorry that she dealt with such a devastating dis-ease for the amount of time [that she did].”

By Lindsey MeauxStaff Writer

Called ‘epitome of a faculty member’

OBITUARY

Retired professor dies of cancer at age 60

Teresa Summers

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There’s no question the world has looked at us differently during the past few years. Although we gained a great deal of sympathy af-ter 9/11, America’s image has been damaged by numerous headlines — including the invasion of Iraq and the president who led us there.

With President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration coming in a few days, it’s almost certain the world’s perception of America will change due to his popularity abroad.

It’s happening already.A BBC pre-election poll found

half of the international respondents said Obama’s election would posi-tively change their perception of the United States.

His election alone has been her-alded as a step in the right direction, and much more will undoubtedly unfold — positively or negatively — in the first months of his presi-dency.

While approval of U.S. leader-ship is quite healthy in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international Gallup poll (although barely higher than the other major countries which provide aid), the rest of the world gives the U.S. a lukewarm — if not chilly — affirmation.

Not surprisingly, the Middle East and North Africa give the low-est approval of U.S. leadership with 17 percent approving. Particularly concerning, Europeans came in a close second with only 22 percent approving.

Popularity shouldn’t be the lit-mus test for American policy, but it seems clear that if we want to suc-ceed in an increasingly globalized world, we’ll need to be concerned with what other countries think about us.

Closer relations with foreign countries isn’t just an ideological goal. Closer ties should have real benefits — from trade to national security.

This sentiment is shared by a resounding majority of Americans. According to a British government poll, 90 percent of surveyed Ameri-cans desire closer relations with Europe. The poll also shows most European countries desire closer re-lations with the U.S., but there is one exception — France.

According to the poll, 53 per-cent of French citizens said they op-pose closer relations with the U.S.

This seems logical given the perceived tension that has risen be-

tween the two countries over the past few years.

There are the standard tes-timonials of American tour-ists’ encounters with snooty and insulting Pari-sians.

When our country failed to gain the uni-lateral support of Europe to

invade Iraq, it was the French who spearheaded the push for diplomacy. Their “betrayal” led to an infamous and utterly childish act of Congress — to rename the cafeteria’s fried po-tato snacks “freedom fries.”

Bill O’Reilly, an adherent of the anti-French persuasion, launched his trivial “boycott France” campaign — calling on all red-blooded Ameri-cans to drop the brie and break the bottles of Bordeaux.

While he probably sold some coffee mugs off his Web site, a rela-tively small number of Americans actually bought in to the movement.

Even though O’Reilly’s follow-ers remained on the fringe of soci-ety, it’s an example of the ubiquity

of anti-French sentiment in popular culture. Most seem to agree that France truly is worthy of contempt without being able to put a finger on exactly why it is.

In fact, France has been the U.S.’ single longest standing ally. The foundations of America were made possible by France’s support of our revolution through military aid, which would ultimately bank-rupt their coffers.

The Statue of Liberty — per-haps the single greatest symbol of America — was a gift from the French.

The distrust toward France is exceeded only by its image as a weak, lazy and — in particular — socialist country.

While it’s true the French have always resisted the 35-hour work-week and have a healthy dose of government mandated vacation time, the French are also leaders of technology.

France gets most of its energy through a well-developed nuclear infrastructure and boasts a highly advanced train system.

For whatever reason, our long-standing relationship with this Euro-pean power doesn’t seem to reflect

reality. There is no telling how much of this rocky relationship is based on actual differences or how much is just a pop culture creation.

I hope to find out the answers as I study abroad this semester in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Travel offers a unique opportu-nity to witness cultures and societies firsthand. Rather than rely on “what we’ve heard” and the mass media, the sum of our personal experiences with foreign cultures and societies are what should determine our rela-tionship with countries.

Travel enables us to not only gauge the perception of foreigners, but to have a positive impact by de-veloping and influencing it.

There seems to be a lot of mo-mentum supporting a restoration of the United States’ traditional repu-tation as a leader and model to fol-low. I hope to not only witness this resurgence, but to contribute to it firsthand.

It’s an exciting time to be an American abroad.

In one of the most clichéd ex-changes in popular culture, Uncle Ben tells Peter Parker (Spiderman), “With great power comes great re-sponsibility.”

This credo is used frequently in precautionary newspaper col-umns across the country so often the words become meaningless. Now we smile at the sentiment and move on, chuckling to ourselves that someone still thought it original and clever to use Stan Lee’s most famous phrase as a warning to a cold and careless society.

But sometimes the simplest and most clichéd expression is also the truest and most overlooked.

About two years ago, six black teenagers were arrested and charged for beating a fellow white student in Jena. One of the six black teens, Mychal Bell, was charged as an adult even though he was 17 years old while the white student who had provoked the attack was tried as a juvenile.

This sparked a national media sensation, accusing the Jena justice system of racism.

From University students

taking a bus trip to protest the charg-es facing the Jena 6 to John Mellen-camp writing a song called “Jena” to newspaper articles reaching as far as Britain’s BBC, these six teenagers became unwilling celebrities.

After months of constant media coverage, Bell’s charges were re-duced. He spent 18 months in a ju-venile facility instead of the 22 years he could have faced in an adult cor-rectional facility.

A few weeks ago, Bell was ar-rested for allegedly shoplifting $370 worth of clothing from a department store. A few days after his arrest, Bell attempted suicide.

The reason he indicated, accord-ing to CNN as explained by both his mother and grandmother, was “‘he did not feel like he could live any-more’ because of media coverage of the shoplifting allegations.”

With great power comes great responsibility, right?

Bell and the other five that compose the Jena Six became me-dia tools to promote a cause that was much bigger than any of them. They were mere teenagers who had messed up—they became the face of

victimization.And what 17-year-old wants to

be the face of victimization?In attempt-

ing to save Bell’s “normal” life, he was almost giv-en a guarantee from the world that he would not be able to live a “normal” life again. Some-where between the unrequested support and the seething hatred Bell received from both sides of the debate, everyone forgot Bell is just a 17-year-old.

He is not a martyr.And recent events seem to sug-

gest he never wanted to be one.Media are everywhere.Information can reach from Jena

to Britain in about a second now, and no one is sure how to handle such power. And no one seems to care much.

What makes the situation so tricky is the fact that everyone was wrong about it.

Bell shouldn’t have been

threatened.Bell shouldn’t have committed

a crime.The media should have treated

him as a 17-year-old.So should have the justice sys-

tem in Jena.But the situation was a golden

opportunity to highlight the racial problems that still exist in America, and everyone jumped on that band-wagon. Of course the story was newsworthy, but at some point Bell became a mere tool for the media.

The biggest problem still re-mains the most obvious one — no one seemed to care about Bell after his sentence was reduced.

While he was being used as the poster child for racial discrimination, everyone cared about poor Bell. But the second the charges were fixed, everyone left.

The story left the headlines. The protesters left Jena. And everyone left Bell, who left his correctional fa-cility apparently not corrected.

He went back to committing crimes, and — this time — when he was caught, the headlines were mini-mal while his repercussions were

much worse.No one ever cared about Bell.But pretending they did made

the story more readable.It is often said the reason bullies

and criminals do what they do is be-cause they are unhappy and insecure. It can be argued both ways, but it is a reasonable assumption that a teen-ager isn’t going to steal nearly $400 worth of clothing from a mall if he’s a thoroughly happy kid.

But no one cared enough to stay behind and see if Bell was secure and stable enough to live a normal life af-ter such an abnormal incident.

If someone had, no one would know that person’s name. Immedi-ate fame, television cameras and headlines don’t spring from helping a troubled teenager.

Everyone left Jena, and every-one left Bell.

The power was gone, so the re-sponsibility was ignored.

And Bell seems to be left terri-fied the power will one day return.

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EdITOrIAL POLICIEs & PrOCEdurEs QuOTE OF THE dAy“The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make

the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they

control the minds of the masses.”Malcolm X

American civil rights activistMay 19, 1925 — Feb. 21, 1965

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CORVALLIS, Ore. (U-Wire) —I am not going to BS you all here. It is hard to keep those New Year’s resolutions. While I am no expert at advice or keeping the goals I set, I do have some things that might assist you on your journey to ... well, whatever it is you’re striving for.

1. Weight loss So you want to drop some of

those pounds you collected over years of eating cheap food and only working out your fingertips by playing Madden? Here are a few ideas I have that may help you.

Binge eating is always a fa-vored tactic amongst my group of

friends. DANCE. Do what I do

whenever I get a chance: Break it down like Shakira. If you try hard enough, your hips won’t lie either.

Start counting calories. 2. Filling up your savings accounts

This is a problem that most Americans are experiencing right now. But lucky you, I have the an-swer to your financial problems.

Sell yourself ... I mean ... em-power yourself as the true sexual beast that you are. 3. Getting into a relationship

This one happens to be my forte. For guys, your goal is to look big. So, for the first five weeks of school just do pec exercises and eat only red meat. I recommend the cheap burgers at WinCo; 20

burgers for two dollars is a hell of a deal if you still haven’t figured out your financial problems.

Now, some love advice for the ladies. This all depends on what kind of guy you are going for, but for the sake of this advice, assume we are talking about your average Joe. Your main goal is to trick him into loving you. We may try to portray ourselves as strong, confident individuals, but inside we are just small boys excited by bright colors and soft things.4. Finding the right religion for you

Too late, you read too much of this already.5. Quit Drinking/Smoking

Cigarettes have become a hassle now that they are no longer allowed indoors. Easy solution. Start using smokeless tobacco.

You can still get your nicotine rush, and do it inside the bar.6. Becoming more social

If you are ready to exit your cave of video games and porn and join us all in the real world, there are a few things you will need to know.

First off, you will need to wear two collared shirts. Make sure you pop one collar an leave the other one down, this way you will seem like you have been vain for so long that one collar has bowed down to show its respect.

Next is a good amount of cologne. Be careful because too much can keep people from en-joying your company. It is more often than not acceptable to be using cologne to cover up your true man smell, so don’t shower for a while (three to 12 days) and

hose your private areas down with a generous portion of Axe body spray. Now you are ready to hit the clubs and turn heads with your brand new swagger.

I hope by now you all have realized that everything in here is a facetious story imagined in minutes, all while not considering the consequences of what I was writing. I hope I have not ruined my writing career with this one, and implore you once again to not follow through with any of these options. Should you follow this advice, do not be surprised when you find that even your own re-flection will avoid eye contact.

During the past 10 months, Congress has dealt its fair share of “get out of jail free” cards to a slew of failing industries.

So who’s standing next in line trying to take advantage of the government’s capricious fe-tish for doling out money they don’t have?

Porn.In what many view as an ap-

parent publicity stunt, adult enter-tainment moguls Larry Flynt and Joe Francis stated last week that they will be traveling to Washing-ton, D.C., to seek a financial bail-out from the U.S. government. The desired capital to be earned from the concession, according to

sources, would put the package somewhere around $5 billion.

In an interview with TMZ, Francis, CEO of the Girls Gone Wild franchise, as-serted the pro-posal was not a publicity stunt.

“Well, it seems as if the g o v e r n m e n t has changed its policy and now its just hand-ing out money,” Francis said. “We have a $13 billion industry that is very in need of correcting, so I’ll be happy to take their money.”

Both Francis and Flynt main-tain they are very serious about the issue, and they’ve got the lob-byist support to prove it. They also confirmed they will embark to Capital Hill in a fuel efficient Toyota Prius, hoping to avoid the mistake auto executives made by flying personal jets to their con-gressional hearings.

Though the venereal industry hasn’t suffered any cataclysmic dysfunction yet, Francis insists the protection would be greatly beneficial in helping to erect the limp sector.

After months of congres-sional unrestraint in cranking out appropriated funds with very

little oversight or logic, the porn industry might have landed itself a legitimate case.

Sadly enough, their principles aren’t that far fetched.

In a statement issued this past week, Hustler baron Larry Flynt demanded, “It’s time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. America can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.”

The truth is, if the same logic applies to all industries, why not?

If you’re going to kill free market economics by subsidizing failing organizations and imple-menting socialistic standards, who is exempt?

The answer, analytically speaking, is nebulous.

Only one thing can be certain at this point — the days of con-gressional restraint and fiscal re-sponsibility in this country seem to be over.

So will Congress stock block the porn industry, or will they bend over backwards and insert more pork into the sagging sec-tor?

At this point, I wouldn’t put it past them.

In January 2002, then-Paki-stani President Pervez Musharraf pledged he would not allow ter-rorists to operate from Pakistani soil. Leaders have changed since then, but no actions have been taken by Pakistan to stop terror-ism budding in its villages.

“Come, kill and die after a killing spree. By this one will be-come famous and will also make Allah proud,” Ajmal Amir con-fessed his ideology to the Indian police after being arrested for in-volvement in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

Trained by the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba of Pakistan, 24 other men were taught to believe the same deadly ideal and then unleashed upon the financial cap-ital of India to do their work.

After several days, Amir was the only live captive and con-fessed his allegiance to Pakistan. Indian authorities reported the

evidence to the Pakistan officials who resumed conducting their own investigation.

Pakistan, after weeks, refused any association with the terror-ists, claiming in Times of India, a national Indian newspaper, “no record of Amir as a Pakistani citizen.” But Thursday, Times of India detailed Pakistan’s prime minister referring to Amir as a Pakistani citizen.

Indian Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh accused Pakistan’s “official agencies” for supporting the militants who attacked Mum-bai, according to Times of India.

“There is enough evidence to show that, given the sophistica-tion and military precision of the attack, it must have had the sup-port of some official agencies in Pakistan,” Singh announced.

Such harsh criticism has not yet been made by India against Pakistan. But following these

accusations, the world awaits In-dia’s actions.

If some of Pakistan’s agencies are involved in the terrorist at-tacks — as the a c c u s a t i o n s presume — India ought to wage war.

It may seem austere to advocate war between these

two nuclear-powered countries, but it is the only way Pakistan will solve its terrorist dilemma.

Even if Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wanted to uphold Musharraf’s promise to eradicate terrorism, he does not have the capacity to do so.

Pakistan’s army consists of the Inter-Services Intelligence, which has supported the Taliban in Afghanistan and other terrorist

militants groups across its soil. This agency of Pakistan, which is supposed to be under the presi-dent’s control, does not always abide by government rules.

In December, analysts report-ed in Bloomberg that “the Mum-bai assault was carried out to pro-vide an opportunity for the army to reassert itself as the ultimate power in Pakistan, and to sideline the elected Government.”

Thus, India cannot diplomat-ically solve the problem. Pakistan cannot implement counter-terror-ism actions without its army. In-dia must use its own army to do what Pakistan’s government is unable to do.

History reveals that diplo-matic methods — although of-ten favored — will not solve the problem between these arch ri-vals.

The animosity between these nations has its roots in religion

and history and is epitomized by the long-running conflict over the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

As long as these differences exist, peaceful negotiations will always be temporary.

India ought to wage war and end terrorism in Pakistan.

But with the global econom-ic crisis slowing growth in both India and Pakistan, neither can afford a military clash. Leaders are obligated to create more tem-porary peaceful negotiations.

In the event of a war, it re-mains to be seen whether the U.S. would stay loyal to its ally Pakistan or support the largest democracy India as the oldest de-mocracy.

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EEXXTTEENNDDEEDD DDAAYY CCOOUUNNSSEELLOORR:: The A. C.

Lewis YMCA is now hiring for (Extended

Day) Before and After School Care

Counselors. Monday-Friday after-noons

from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Pay Rate $7.25.

Please e-mail resume, apply in person,

or contact Eddrick Martin if interested.

225.924.3606.

EEXXTTEENNDDEEDD DDAAYY AARREEAA SSUUPPEERRVVIISSOORR The

Before and After School Care Area

Supervisor will be responsible for daily

visits to various area school sites. The

supervisor will also assist other coun-

selors and provide care and supervision

of students enrolled in the YMCA extend-

ed day program. Must be available

evenings Monday-Friday from 3pm-7pm.

Pay Rate $8.00-$9.00/ hr. Please e-mail

resume, apply in person, or contact

Eddrick Martin if interested.

emartin@ymcabatonrouge.org

225.924.3606

CCIITTAADDEELL BBRROOAADDCCAASSTTIINNGG is seeking a

Program Director for WCDV Baton Rouge.

AC Sunny 103-3 is looking the for the all

purpose PD. Can you program, do

music, on-air, promotions, web and be

Station Ambassador? Get MP3 and

Resume to hr.batonrouge@citcomm.com

ASAP. Citadel Broadcasting is an Equal

Opportunity Employer. AA. Females /

Minorities encouraged to apply.

PP//TT VVEETTEERRIINNAARRYY AASSSSIISSTTAANNTT

Armstrong Veterinary Hospital

Flexible hours, great job while in

school!Call 225-756-5193

PPAARRTT--TTIIMMEE NNAANNNNYY Mon-Thurs. 8:30-

2:00; Off Highland and I-10; Great Pay.

225.252.3946

VVAARRSSIITTYY TTHHEEAATTRREE

The Varsity Theatre is looking for security

staff. Flexible scheduling available.

Great school job.

Email chris@varsitytheatre.com,

brent@varsitytheatre.com or stop by

The Chimes on Highland to fill out

an application. 225.383.7018

NNUURRSSEERRYY SSTTAAFFFF -- YYMMCCAA KKIIDDSS ZZOONNEE

Great opportunity! Flex schedules, 20

hrs per week, afternoon/evenings 4:00-

8:30 pm and 1 Sat. a month. Must be

age 18, child care experience and a pas-

sion for caring for children. FREE mem-

bership. Apply in person: Paula G.

Manship YMCA, 8100 YMCA Plaza Blvd.,

Baton Rouge, LA (225) 767-9622.

PPAARRRRAAIINN’’SS SSEEAAFFOOOODD RREESSTTAAUURRAANNTT

Now Hiring Waitstaff

Apply in Person

Mon - Fri

3225 Perkins Road

225-381-9922

PPAARRRRAAIINN’’SS SSEEAAFFOOOODD RREESSTTAAUURRAANNTT

Now Hiring Line Cooks

Apply in Person

Mon - Fri

3225 Perkins Road

225-381-9922

SSTTRROONNGG RREELLIIAABBLLEE MMAALLEE needed to

Check-In Inventory at Interiors/ Gift

Store, Hang Mirrors, Move Furniture;

$8/hr FlexHrs.15-20 hrs/ wk. Call 754-

7400

EEAARRNN EEXXTTRRAA MMOONNEEYY Students needed

ASAP

Earn up to $150 per day being a mys-

tery shopper

No Experience Required

Call 1-800-722-4791

PPAARRKKVVIIEEWW BBAAPPTTIISSTT PPRREESSCCHHOOOOLL

Preschool Teachers needed 3-6 p.m. flex

days. 225.293.9447

WWOORRKK AATT NNEEWW AALLEEXX BBOOXX SSUUIITTEESS!!

Hosts/hostesses needed to work 2009

baseball games at new Alex Box

Stadium

$7.50/hour.

578-8617

PPEERRFFEECCTT PPAARRTT TTIIMMEE PPOOSSIITTIIOONN

Afternoon Preschool Teacher needed for

child care center near LSU.2:30-5:30 M-

F 225-766-1159

PPBBRRCC SSTTUUDDYY:: The purpose of this study

is to determine how your body weight

today impacts your health in the future.

Participants (age 18-40 years) will be

placed on a higher calorie meal plan for

8 weeks. All meals will be provided to

you at no cost. Call today 763.3000

PPHHOOTTOOGGRRAAPPHHEERRSS NNEEEEDDEEDD Love to take

pictures? Work at Party Pics! Come fill

out an application at 7342 Highland Rd.

225.767.2789

FFLLOORRAALL DDEESSIIGGNNEERR((11))//DDRRIIVVEERR((11)) posi-

tions available for 1 floral designer and

1 delivery driver. Salary BOE. Must be

able to work full days. Part time ok. call

Steven @ 225-928-3801 225.928.3801

FFRROONNTT DDEESSKK CCOOOORRDDIINNAATTOORR Hiring

Full/Part-Time Front Desk Coordinator -

Must have great people skills and office

experience a plus. Please call (225)

769-4100.

SSTTOOMMAASS FFUURRNNIITTUURREE We are in need of

a PT office clerk to work Tues, Thurs, Sat.

Primary responsibilities include data

entry, daily balancing, electronic filing,

etc... Please apply in person at:

12550 Perkins Road

225-819-9202

AALLOOHHAA!! Looking for energetic and fun

leaders to join our Ohana at Maui Wowi

Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies. Flexible

part time positions open. Apply by

email. Geauxsmoothies@gmail.com 225-

287-2413 225.335.4984

DDOONN’’TT MMIISSSS TTHHIISS OOPPPPOORRTTUUNNIITTYY!!

Now hiring for all positions at the follow-

ing locations:

JEFFERSON 7615 Jefferson Hwy Baton

Rouge 70809

PERKINS ROWE 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Baton Rouge 70810

“Flexible schedules & Benefits for Full

Time Associates”

Please apply in person during regular

restaurant hours.

Equal Opportunity Employer

DDEENNTTAALL OOFFFFIICCEE PP//TT dental

assistant/receptionist needed for

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Great

opportunity for those interested in med-

ical/dental field. Please fax resume to

225.766.2122

DDEENNTTAALL LLAABB AASSSSIISSTTAANNTT Part-time posi-

tion available with flexible hours; 20

hours per week; sterilization, inventory

and other related duties; uniforms pro-

vided; $7.50/hr.; fax resume 293-3218.

225.292.8121

GGYYMMNNAASSTTIICCSS//TTUUMMBBLLIINNGG IINNSSTTRRUUCCTTOORR

C. G.’s Gymnastics Inc. is searching for

knowledgeable, reliable, & committed

staff. 225.275.5597

GGAALLLLEERRYY AATTTTEENNDDAANNTTSS LSU Museum of

Art, Shaw Center. $8/ hr. Monitor gal-

leries; answer visitor questions. 3 ?- & 4-

hour shifts; min. 7 hrs/ week. Tues. -

Sat., Sun. afternoons. Contact: Fran

Huber, fhuber@lsu.edu,

225.389.7214

EESSLL TTEEAACCHHEERRSS//AAIIDDEESS NNEEEEDDEEDD Mon.

Tues. & Wed. evenings. Teachers earn

$13-15/ hr. Aides $7.50-10.00/ hr.

email resume to mstaub@ccdiobr.org

AANNIIMMAALL HHEEAALLTTHH CCLLIINNIICC

NOW HIRING FOR FT/PT VETERINARY

TECHNICIANS WITH A FLEXIBLE SCHED-

ULE. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON

WHO IS A QUICK LEARNER AND SELF

MOTIVATED. PLEASE COME BY TO FILL

OUT AN APPLICATION. 225.924.1353

UURRGGEENNTT--LLIIFFEE DDRRAAWWIINNGG MMOODDEELL

$12/ hr needed for spring semester on

MW, 12:30-3:30. Substitute models

needed for various time slots. Full-time

students only apply at 123 Art Bldg.

EECCGG TTEECCHHNNIICCIIAANN Attn Medical

Students:: part time positions in local

hospitals, after hours, weekend shifts,

occasional overnight on weekends.

Energetic, mature, responsible please.

Extensive training, then $9.00 hr. Apply

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at 12133 Industriplex Blvd., Baton

Rouge or fax 225/751-3284.

OOFFFFIICCEE HHEELLPP WWAANNTTEEDD Small

accting/consulting firm needs detail ori-

ented part-time help. Light acctg,

errands, filing, etc. - must have car.

Flexible hrs & days starting 1/09. Near

LSU email lala6658@aol.com

LLIIFFEEGGUUAARRDDSS && SSWWIIMM IINNSSTTRRUUCCTTOORRSS

WANTED ASAP! Certified Lifeguards and

Swim Instructors. Great opportunity! Flex

schedules. Apply in person to: Paula G.

Manship YMCA, 8100 YMCA Plaza Blvd.,

Baton Rouge, LA 70810. (225) 767-

9622 ask for Anthony

GGRREEYYSSTTOONNEE GGOOLLFF &&CCOOUUNNTTRRYY CCLLUUBB is

now accepting NEW applications for bar-

tenders, servers, cooks, and beverage

cart attendants. Please call Diane

Newman 225.667.674

RREECCOORRDDIINNGG SSTTUUDDIIOO OOFFFFIICCEE HHEELLPP Must

be able to work Mon, Wed, Fri. 4hr each

day. Hours are flexible around class

schedule. For more information contact

Sockit Studio 225-216-0167

PPIICCKK UUPP//DDEELLIIVVEERRYY DDRRIIVVEERR Needed -

Busy Dental Laboratory has position

available. Must be neat in appearance

and have clean driving record. Drug

screening required. 225.201.0880

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BBAABBYYSSIITTTTEERR NNEEEEDDEEDD Babysitter needed

for children ages 3&5. Hours T, Th 1:30-

6:30. Reliable transportation needed.

$10/hr. E-mail availability and resume to

lchoate@lsu.edu

SSUUBBWWAAYY 4250 Burbank, next to Izzos.

Fast, fun, friendly. No late nights. Day

shifts available. Eat Fresh!

HHAABBLLAASS EESSPPAANNOOLL YY IINNGGLLEESS?? Family

near LSU looking for Spanish speaker to

help with light housework 1 day/week

(2hrs.) and sitting on Saturdays 6-9 pm.

Must have car. Please call to apply

225.405.8300

!!BBAARRTTEENNDDIINNGG!! Up to $300/Day. No

Experience Necessary. Training Provided.

Age 18+ OK 1-800-965-6520 xt127

GGRRAAPPHHIICC DDEESSIIGGNN LPCA is seeking a

Graphic Design student intern to design

and produce materials to promote

Louisiana’s Health Centers.

225.927.7662

TTEEAACCHHEERRSS NNEEEEDDEEDD Fist Baptist Church

PDO

3yr. room Days T&Th hr. 9-2pm/ Also

PRN postions.

call 225.767.4080

TTJJ RRIIBBSS -- AACCAADDIIAANN

IS CURRENTLY SEEKING SERVERS, BAR-

TENDERS, & HOSTS.

APPLY IN PERSON AT 2324 S. ACADIAN

THRUWAY, BATON ROUGE, LA.

**EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER**

WWEE PPAAYY UUPP TTOO $$7755 per online survey.

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FOR SALE

FFOORR SSAALLEE ’’9944 44RRUUNNNNEERR SSRR55 -- Great

Off-Road vehicle potential! White, V6,

4WD, 5-speed manual, 217K odo.

$1800 or best offer 225-328-6116 for

more information

CCLLEEAARR UUMMBBRREELLLLAA ““RRaarree””,, ““11996600’’ss””

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wwwwww.. MMyyCClleeaarrUUmmbbrreellllaa..ccoomm

TTIIGGEERR MMAANNOORR CCOONNDDOOMMIINNIIUUMMSS.. UUNNIITTSS

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QQUUEEEENN PPIILLLLOOWWTTOOPP MMAATTTTRREESSSS Brand

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in plastic $150. 225-924-5336

CCHHEERRRRYY BBEEDD WWIITTHH MMAATTTTRREESSSS SSEETT

Both NEW in boxes with warranty $395

225.924.5336

FOR RENT

LLSSUU:: TTIIGGEERRLLAANNDD TOTALLY REMODELED

Studio, 1br, & 2br wood floors, wtr/ swg

paid, pool, laundry, Quiet. *Students

Move In By 12/20/08 & Receive

$100.00 off 1st month rent $465-$700

225-766-7224

FFAANNTTAASSTTIICC TTIIGGEERRLLAANNDD RREEMMOODDEELL Since

Gustav Everything new! Sheetrock, paint,

carpet, tile, tubs, sinks, cabinets, gran-

ite! Avail 1/1/09. Highly screened-

responsible students only. Ref.req’d.

1BR $600, 2BR $850. Email inquiry to

julie.tatum@verizonbusiness.com.

22BBRR TTOOWWNNHHOOUUSSEE sharlo area. W/D,

covered parking, courtyard, new carpet.

225.648.3115

11 BBRR OONN BBUURRBBAANNKK -- RREENNTT $$552255

Available February 1st. or sooner. The

Willows Apartments. www.lsubr.com for

pictures/ floorplan. 4243 Burbank.

$300 deposit. No pets, not even visiting.

Leave a message. 978-1649

AAPPAARRTTMMEENNTT FFOORR RREENNTT Sublease

3br/3ba apt with two females. $489/

mth includes cable/ internet/ water.

Gated/ on bus route 318.974.0977

FFEEMMAALLEESS NNEEEEDD RROOOOMMMMAATTEE!!

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month! Available immediately! Call now!

318.729.2886

FFEEMMAALLEESS NNEEEEDD RROOOOMMMMAATTEE for

3bd/2ba house in Nicholson Lakes LSU

$495 +1/3util 225-933-3477

FFOORR RREENNTT

Garage Apt $550/mo with $550

deposit. 4746 Perkins Road Call 287-

1193 mon-fri 8-5.

33BBRR//22BBAA CCOONNDDOO Like New. Free Cable.

Community Pool. Extra Parking. Great

Location at LSU. $1650/mo.

225.202.1148

11 BBRR 11BBAA E. State $400 rent $400 dep

225-766-6555

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FFOORR RREENNTT:: 22BBRR,, 22..55BBAA

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11 && 22 BBDD RRMM CCOONNDDOO FFRR RREENN JUST

OUTSIDE THE SOUTH GATES OF LSU.

FRIG, WSHR/ DRYR, MICRO, STOVE,

DECK. 4264, 4278 595.00 695.00 &

995.00. 323.691.3129

11--BBEEDD AAPPTT.. in Tigerland near LSU

$450/month. Hot water included. W/D

in complex. Call Wang. 225.278.6622

ROOMMATES

RROOOOMMMMAATTEE WWAANNTTEEDD TTOO Roommate

wanted to share 3 BR, 2 BA. house

with 2 males. Close to LSU. $350. mo.

Call

225-907-3456 or 985-209-7349.

985.688.2757

MMAALLEE GGRRAADD

Needs roommate to share 2 bedroom,

2.5 bath Lake Beau Pre Townhouse min-

utes from class. Gated, Workout Room,

Pool, Tennis Court $625 ALL UTILITIES

UNCLUDED! Grad or Vet student pre-

ferred. 225.247.0567

$$339955 AALLLL UUTTIILLIITTIIEESS IINNCCLLUUDDEEDD!!!!!!

ROOMMATES-WANTED TO SHARE HUGE-

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SIVE AREA-CONGRESS-PERKINS. HIGH-

SPEED-NET-CABLE-ALARM-WASHER-

DRYER-LARGE-YARD-GATED. GREAT FOR

ENTERTAINMENT-LSU.225.772.2506

RROOOOMMMMAATTEE WWAANNTTEEDD MM//FF Vacant room

in nicely furnished 3Bdr Condo. The

Gates at Brightside. Includes pool, bal-

cony, w/d, on bus route. All

utilities/cable/internet included. $600

mo. 401.575.8627

PERSONALS

CCOOFFFFEEEE FFOORR TTHHEE NNEEWW YYEEAARR?? Single,

outgoing, very attractive, brown Creole

LSU Senior gal looking to date interra-

cially a mature, outgoing, nice looking

male student or Grad/ or non student

(26-38) for coffee, museum dates,

enjoyment of the Arts. If interested email

me Selena_millieux@yahoo.com..

II WWAANNTT TTOO BBEE YYOOUURR DDEERRIIVVAATTIIVVEE so I

can lie tangent to your curves. Nerdy

ndn chick seeking an intelligent and

attractive conversationalist. Ladies only,

please—I’m tired of natural logs

approaching the asymptote. sheenyin-

abottle@hotmail.com

SSUUMMMMAA CCUUMM LLAAUUDDEE male student

seeking hot sorority blonde to take me

out for a good night on the town. I’ll

even help you study!! Contact me at:

summacumlaude09@yahoo.com

OOMMGG II AAMM SSOO DDEESSPPEERRAATTEE!!

Just kidding...?

Ok seriously tho, I’m a single brown

female (lol) looking for someone hilari-

ous but very down-to-earth and classy in

the streets. Freak in the sheets not nec-

essary. I’m mainly looking for a cuddle

buddy for this cold weather. Ladies only

please! sheenyinabottle@hotmail.com

LLOOOOKKIINNGG FFOORR MMYY SSOOUULLMMAATTEE I am a

Business Major here at LSU. Looking for

guys ages 45-60. If you are interested

send me an email.

c.mumford@yahoo.com

SSEEAARRCCHHIINNGG 44 SSOOUULLMMAATTEE 20yo Asian

guy seeking masculine guy 18-23 to

date. Races open. I’m a sweetheart!

tigerboy1988@gmail.com

MISCELLANEOUS

LLOOCCAALL BBAANNDD?? Have shows soon and

need professional quality sound? Look

no further and call today with your time/

date. Rates start at $30/ hr.

225.614.6445

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