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The Baton Rouge Police De-partment released an incident report Thursday regarding the Shady’s Bar altercation last Friday, confi rming senior quarterback Jordan Jeffer-son and sophomore linebacker Josh
Johns’ involvement.According to the report, An-
drew Lowery, 21, advised offi cials that several suspects he believed to be LSU football players pulled a man out of a truck and beat him.
Lowery said he intervened and managed to pull the man away from the crowd.
Lowery said he was then punched and kicked several times by the crowd, and he believed Jefferson and Johns were among the attackers.
“Lowery’s face was swollen
and had several bruises,” the report stated. “Lowery also had blood on his shirt.”
However, two Shady’s Bar em-ployees told the Associated Press their versions of the fi ght, which dif-fer from the police report.
Shady’s Bar general manager John Peak and door manager Jordan Neldare said they saw Lowery throw the fi rst punch in the brawl.
“That’s one thing we do know,” Peak told the AP.
Both bar employees also told the
AP that Lowery was asked to leave the bar at 1:30 a.m. after he appeared to be harassing a woman. Contrary to the incident report, Neldare said Lowery was already involved in the fi ght before the truck pulled up, min-utes after Lowery left the bar.
An unnamed witness who claimed to have observed the entire altercation told BRPD she “for cer-tain” observed Jefferson kick Low-ery in the face, according to the po-lice report.
Neldare said he saw Jefferson at
one point “standing by himself and looking upset while the fi ght was still taking place.”
The unnamed witness advised offi cials that approximately 10 sus-pects attacked the driver of the car and re-affi rmed Johns’ involvement as well.
She said approximately fi ve more suspects joined the attack on Lowery. She said she believed they were all football players because she
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FOOTBALL
ALTERCATION
ALTERCATION, see page 5
Shepard ineligible for season opener
The NCAA ruled junior wide receiver Russell Shepard ineligible Thursday for LSU’s season opener Sept. 3 against Oregon.
Shepard violated NCAA By-law 32.1.4 by discussing an NCAA inquiry with a teammate who was scheduled to meet with an NCAA representative.
“Russell Shepard has run afoul of some NCAA regulations,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “The things that were done there were inno-cent. They were issues of protocol. They’re serious enough to warrant him being ruled not eligible. We’ll seek reinstatement and hope that goes well.”
No timeline has been given for the reinstatement process, but Shepard can continue to practice with the team.
Shepard was the subject of a compliance issue in July when his housing situation roused the inter-est of NCAA investigators. Shepard lived in an off-campus apartment with an Athletic Department student worker, who was his girlfriend and paid for a month of rent.
Miles said the suspension does not stem from that investigation, and Shepard did nothing wrong in that aspect.
Hunter PaniaguaSports Writer
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Mark ClementsSports Writer
Employee: Victim threw � rst punch
Conf licting reports surface on Shady’s bar brawl
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Sri Lanka president proposes to lift wartime emergency laws
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president announced plans Thursday to end wartime emergency laws that have curbed civil and political liberties for the past 30 years.
The country has been under intense international pressure to sweep away the draconian mea-sures now that more than two years have passed since the gov-ernment’s victory in its bitter civil war against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.
African Union pledges $380 million for famine aid in Horn of Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders pledged nearly $380 million to help famine-hit families in the Horn of Africa during a donor conference held Thursday.
The African Development Bank announced in a statement a donation of $300 million for long-term development in the Horn of Africa, to be spent by 2013. Af-rican nations also pledged $28.8 million in food donations dur-ing the conference, held at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital.
Philadelphia school bus driver to see one to two years for fatal crash
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A sub-urban Philadelphia man once at the center of a national debate on cell-phones and driving will spend one to two years behind bars for his second fatal crash, which occurred as he drove a loaded school bus.
Police say Frederick Poust III hadn’t slept for 24 hours when he rolled through 10 stops signs and plowed into a car near a school, killing the car’s passenger.
Poust was using a cellphone in 1999 when he caused a crash that killed a toddler. Hurricane Irene continues on path, � xing aim on East Coast
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A mon-strous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday, threatening 65 million people along a shore-hugging path from North Carolina to New Eng-land. One of the nation’s top experts called it his “nightmare” scenario.
The Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph — the threshold for a major hurricane — would be the strongest to strike the East Coast in seven years. The head of the Fed-eral Emergency Management Agen-cy said damages could exceed most previous storms.
After � ve years, the Jena 6 move on
JENA (AP) — One wants to be a lawyer. One, a soldier. Another, a sports agent. Some don’t care to talk about their future or that part of their past – fi ve years ago, when they faced up to 40 years in prison in the beating of a white classmate, an episode that sparked the biggest civil rights demonstration the nation had seen in years.
The “Jena Six” are ready to move on. So is the young man who was beaten. So is the town of Jena.
“This is a nice little town, it’s re-ally like Mayberry,” said Jena mayor Murphy McMillin. “We were never portrayed accurately during all that. But now we’re past it and focused on the future.”
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Entergy Corporation agrees to improve worker reporting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Entergy Corp. has reached an agreement with federal regulators to improve its system through which workers at its nuclear power generating plants can report safety concerns.
The Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission said Thursday that the agreement was reached through a mediator following a 2009 com-plaint from an employee at Enter-gy’s River Bend station at St. Fran-cisville, La.
Chile’s nationwide protest against centralized government continues
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Tens of thousands of Chileans marched peacefully Thursday demanding profound changes in the country’s heavily centralized and privatized form of government, while smaller groups broke away to fi ght with police.
Union members, students, government workers and center-left opposition parties took part in the fi nal day of a nationwide two-day strike. Police estimated crowds at just 50,000.
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A protester kicks a tear gas canister during clashes with police Aug. 25 during the second day of a national strike in Santiago, Chile.
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As the University Student Recreation Complex nears its 20th anniversary, it received a facelift over the summer.
Interior and exterior renova-tions have been made to the build-ing, including a reconfi guration of the front desk, the addition of new eco-friendly water fountains and a redesign of the pool deck.
According to Brad Wilson, UREC associate director of opera-tions and project m a n a g e m e n t , both projects be-gan June 21 and were completed this week.
The last bit of work taking place is landscap-ing, which Scott Belanger, UREC assistant director of marketing, said is expected to be completed by Monday.
Wilson said the exterior en-trance had not been touched since the building’s opening in 1992. Now, the barriers from the old de-sign have been removed. Wilson said this makes the entrance more inviting from every angle.
Wilson also said the exterior project reconfi gured the staff park-ing lot, created a service parking lot to decrease cars by the entrance and added parking to the “X” lot and residential lot across the street. The project also modifi ed the pool deck to be more spacious.
Wilson said the interior was renovated in 2005, but changes still needed to be made to have “front line operations contained in one space.”
The UREC’s old design used three different spaces for front desk operations, which are now includ-ed in one central desk. Wilson said the new design will provide better customer service and ease interac-tion. He said it used to take several students to run the front desks, but
the new design will “cut cost of staffi ng needs.”
The new water fountains, placed in high traffi c areas, can be used with any standard water bottle. An electric sensor dispenses water into the bottle and a ticker in-dicates how many disposable water bottles have been saved.
“We wanted to incorporate sustainability into our services,” Wilson said. “We’re excited about those and hope they catch on.”
Wilson said funding for the projects came strictly out of the UREC Student Recreation Com-plex pocket. He said the UREC SRC is a self-generated depart-ment, meaning their money comes from student fees and what the fa-
cility generates.“No state mon-
ey was involved,” Wilson said.
Wilson said there were stored operational reserves and this summer was the most ad-vantageous time for the project because construction costs
were low.“We got more bang for our
buck,” Wilson said.Wilson said the interior proj-
ect will come in under budget of $95,000.
“We anticipate saving $1,000-$1,500,” Wilson said in an e-mail.
Wilson said the exterior proj-ect to date has not exceeded its
budget of $319,000. However, there will be unknown costs for beautifi cation and last-minute de-tailing.
For the fi rst time in its history, the UREC scheduled outdoor ac-tivities while the facility closed for maintenance.
“It went well for the fi rst time,” said Lacee Breeden, UREC coordi-nator for healthy lifestyles. “There were around 30 participants.”
Classes included zumba, boot camp class, walk-run circuit around the lake and beach body blast.
“We are moving forward,” Breeden said. “It’s a trend we hope to continue.”
Wilson said he hopes the im-provements and changes will en-courage students to continually visit the facility.
“It is a small step in getting us to where we want to be,” Wilson said. “We want to be the type of place LSU needs.”
Business fi nance freshman Wesley McCord said the new de-sign is more convenient.
“It’s an all-around better set-ting,” McCord said.
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Facility undergoes � rst update since 1992 to be more inviting
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Jeremy Lee, chemical engineering senior, � lls up his water bottle using the new Eco-Friendly water fountain located in the UREC on Thursday.
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The UREC’s exterior was renovated during the summer. Landscaping should be complete this week around the new facility.
‘‘‘It is a small step in getting us to where
we want to be.’Brad Wilson
UREC associate director ofoperations and project management
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Mike DeLazzer, founder of GetAMovie Inc., the business that developed the Redbox kiosk, told a crowd of young entrepreneurs Thursday they would all have one thing in common during their ca-reers — failure.
During his talk in the Cotillion Ballroom, DeLazzer told students not to be discouraged by those who say their business aspirations are doomed.
“Pay no attention to these peo-ple,” DeLazzer said.
DeLazzer’s speech was cen-tered on the theme of never giving up, regardless of circumstances. Nearly every businessman goes bankrupt at some point, DeLazzer said, including himself. Before he found success, he once was $85,000 in debt.
“You are going to fail,” DeLa-zzer said. “If I fail, if I fall down, I will get right back up and start something else.”
DeLazzer recalled a time in 2004 when the third-generation Redbox machine was being pre-sented to potential investors. When Redbox’s moment came, the ma-chine refused to work correctly, so DeLazzer had 24 hours to get the machine working properly.
“A feeling of hope and utter re-lief came over me in an instant, like I have never felt before,” DeLazz-er said. “And then a wave of total fear.”
Over the next 24 hours, DeLa-zzer and his team tried to fix all of the drivers that made the machine function. Using a webcam, they showed the drivers to their soft-ware engineers in India. In North
Carolina, 10 programmers watched the drivers perform their functions. Throughout the night, they worked tirelessly to repair the machine, he said.
Finishing in the nick of time, DeLazzer and his team performed in 24 hours a process that would normally take two weeks. When the time came, the machine worked correctly, DeLazzer said.
Today, Redbox has 35,000 lo-cations in 50 states.
The Stephenson Entrepreneur Institute, an independent organiza-tion in the E.J. Ourso College of Business, hosted DeLazzer’s talk. Jill Roshto, co-director of the pro-gram, said the Institute hopes to give business students the chance to network with successful business-people.
“We want to be the hub of en-trepreneurship education at LSU,” Roshto said.
SEI gives students an opportu-nity to network with business pro-fessionals, participate in internships and attend speeches by successful business leaders, Roshto said.
Kenny Nguyen, business junior and CEO and partner of Big Fish
presentations, said it’s important for young entrepreneurs to start early.
“Be hungry,” Nguyen said.DeLazzer said he didn’t have
an organization like SEI to help him when he first started in the world of business.
“I was totally in the wilder-ness,” DeLazzer said. “It was all trial and error, and there were no
connections.”But DeLazzer said starting a
business career in college has its ad-vantages. He said because students have very little money to start with, they don’t have too far to fall if their business fails.
Mark Goodson, founder of Me and My Dad Books, a company that specializes in personalized chil-dren’s books, said bringing success-ful business leaders to speak about their experiences is invaluable.
“When I graduated from LSU in ‘95, there was not a huge focus [on entrepreneurship], where today it’s a huge focus,” said Goodson.
DeLazzer warned students that entrepreneurship is riddled with sleepless nights and long hours, but the end result is “a life so richly lived.”
“You only lose when you stop trying,” he said.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUSINESS
SEI hosts talk for LSU studentsJonathan SciortinoContributing Writer
Money would come from Flagship Fund
When the University was short on money this summer, its admin-istrators looked to its superiors, the LSU System Board of Supervisors to pull them from the deep waters of budget cuts.
Today, the University will find out if its request has been granted.
According to an Aug. 18 news release, Chancellor Michael Mar-tin requested $9.8 million from the System to offset budget cuts that would otherwise “cause irreparable harm to the Flagship.” Thus, the System negotiated an LSU System Flagship and Excellence Fund that could channel $7.9 million in one-time funds to the University this year. The LSU System Board of Supervisors will vote on that pro-posal at today’s meeting.
Martin said he appealed to the System to “refill the budget they needed to fill.” Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton likened the situation to the University administrators ask-ing their “parents” — the Board of Supervisors — for help to fill their $441 million operating budget.
Hamilton said he was hopeful the System would help out.
The news release states Sys-tem self-generated funds and inter-est earnings comprise $4 million of the Flagship Fund. Additionally, the System will request $3.9 mil-lion in the next legislative session’s Supplemental Appropriations Bill.
“We are grateful to the Board of Supervisors and the System president for their decision to cre-ate a Flagship Fund,” Martin said in his Aug. 5 operational budget narrative. “The commitment of $7.9 million in financial support avoided significant cuts in LSU’s academic and support units, which would have placed limitations on teaching, research and service pro-ductivity and decreased opportu-nities for student involvement in research.”
Though the $7.9 million is labeled as a one-time fund for the University, the release says should funds become available, LSU Sys-tem President John Lombardi will allocate them in manners that “re-ward performance at individual LSU campuses.”
The Board of Supervisors meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the LSU System Office, located at 3810 West Lakeshore Drive.
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Redbox founder Mike DeLazzer speaks with aspiring entrepreneurs Thursday night in the Cotillion Ballroom. He emphasized perseverance.
Redbox founder encourages entrepreneurs System to vote on $7.9M for University
Andrea GalloStaff Writer
recognized some from the team and others donned official LSU football shirts.
Lowery and the female witness were the only two interviewed in the police report.
The Daily Reveille obtained a copy of a restraining order filed by Lowery’s ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Siadous.
The Advocate reported Siadous claimed Lowery had cornered her at a bar earlier on the night of the al-tercation, yelled at her and hit her friend.
The restraining order states Lowery must remain at least 100
yards from Siadous, and can not abuse, stalk, follow, threaten or con-tact her. It was filed Aug. 24 and re-mains in effect until a court date set for Sept. 21.
BRPD spokesman Sgt. Don Stone also dispelled rumors that sur-faced Thursday saying Jefferson was being arrested.
“Jefferson has not been arrest-ed,” Stone said. “There’s no warrant for an arrest.”
This comes a day after police searched Jefferson’s off-campus apartment, seizing 49 pairs of shoes.
This hoopla comes with the No. 4 Tigers set to take on No. 3 Oregon at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in just more than a week.
“Through time, I think you’ll find that this thing will play out ef-fectively,” Miles said. “It’s really the same group of men that work hard and want to represent LSU extremely well and that are facing some issues that are not described at the start of every season. I think you’ll find that these guys will handle that. It will be a piece of time that will mark them and make them stronger. I would ex-pect that we’ll have leadership here that will understand some very spe-cific lessons that were learned.”
The LSU Athletic Department and the College of Music and Dra-matic Arts are looking for individ-uals who don’t just bleed purple and gold, but also red, white and blue.
They will co-host auditions Saturday to select musicians to perform the national anthem at University sporting events, ex-cluding football games.
Auditions are open to any University student, faculty or staff member and the general public be-tween 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in room 115 of the School of Music Recital Hall.
Ronette King Boshea, CMDA marketing and communications coordinator, said she thinks the chance to sing the anthem at a
University event would be “great exposure for any performer.”
King Boshea said the three-person judging panel will consist of a faculty member from CMDA, a music student and a representa-tive from the Ath-letic Department. She said the panel will choose a solo-ist or ensemble for several University sporting events.
Both vocal and instrumental performances will be allowed, but vocalists must per-form a capella unless they are ac-companied by instrumentalists.
Jennifer Seidel was a high school student when she was se-lected as part of a three-person ensemble at last year’s auditions. Seidel said her favorite part of the experience was performing for University volleyball fans and see-ing herself on the big screen.
Seidel said her audition
experience was organized and simple. She encouraged those au-ditioning this year to “know your music and have fun.”
Daniel Nunes, marketing co-ordinator for the Athletic Depart-ment, said he ex-pects a turnout of at least 50 per-formers based on his experiences in the past few years. He said the office has no quota for the number of per-formers to be se-
lected, but will make that decision based on turnout.
Nunes said performers will be contacted by phone or e-mail with the results and will likely have the chance to perform at more than one event.
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LGBTQ
University Athletics and CMDA to hold national anthem auditions Saturday
Business Partners in Pride aims to create inclusive BR community
ALTERCATION, from page 1
A local group aims to unite LGBTQ businesses to establish new supports and long-lasting connections. The group, Business Partners in Pride, holds monthly networking socials to promote and support these businesses in the community.
The group seeks “to contrib-ute to the economic prosperity and social progress of the Greater Ba-ton Rouge LGBTQ community,” according to the group’s mission statement.
The program kicked off with the first social in June, and the most recent event was Aug. 20 at
Monjuni’s Café on Highland Road. The next social is scheduled for Sept. 17 at Arzi’s, also on Highland Road.
“We want to build a commu-nity-based organization that is non-discriminatory and inclusive,” said Cheryl Doub, co-founder of BPP and LSU alumna.
The University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs LGBTQ Proj-ect Coordinator and BPP member Bruce Parker said the group wants to improve the social climate of Baton Rouge. Parker said BPP hopes to prevent discrimination and start a city ordinance to fight against hate in the community.
Mathematics sophomore and Spectrum liaison for BPP Spencer Roby strongly supports the month-ly socials.
“As a student, I hear many complaints from my peers about homophobia at work and they
don’t feel safe,” Roby said. “This is an obvious problem.”
Roby said the socials will al-low students to connect with each other in a friendly environment and establish connections to benefit them when entering the workforce in the future.
The group is currently part-nered with the Capital City Alli-ance, a local LGBTQ organization. CCA helped to launch BPP and promote its events.
BPP plans to incorporate and detach from CCA. The group is in the process of creating a board of directors to structure the company, said Kevin Serrin, CCA chairman.
Serrin said CCA will continue to work closely with BBP in its fu-ture endeavors.
Contact Lauren Duhon at [email protected]
LSU’s Spectrum joins in socialsLauren DuhonContributing Writer
Contact Catherine Parsiola at [email protected]
Catherine ParsiolaContributing Writer
All community members welcome
Interested in auditioning?Contact:
The Athletics Marketing Office at (225) 578-6884 or [email protected]
orRonette King Boshea at
(225) 578-3825 [email protected]
Contact Mark Clements at [email protected]
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When LSU signed 23 players into the 2011 class on National Signing Day, LSU coach Les Miles expected each of those ath-letes to suit up in the fall.
That changed Tuesday when the NCAA didn’t clear signees Mickey Johnson and Alonzo Lewis.
“Those two guys were guys that certainly we have predicted to qualify that frankly fell short of what they need to get qualifi ed,” Miles said.
Lewis, a wide receiver, has
said he will enroll in a junior col-lege to earn his eligibility, but Johnson, a defensive tackle, will take a different path.
A l t h o u g h Johnson still holds hope the NCAA will qualify him in time for fall — they offered him no timetable on when, or if, they will grant him eli-gibility — he has begun prepara-tion for the worst-case scenario. For Johnson, that means returning to his high school, St. Paul’s, to take classes to boost his GPA and en-rolling at LSU in January.
Johnson plans to grayshirt in
2011, meaning his scholarship will count toward the class of 2012. He said the time off shouldn’t be
a problem.“It will be
a fresh start,” Johnson said. “I don’t feel like I’ll be missing any-thing.”
Johnson, a consensus four-star recruit, found out of his ineligi-bility last week. He said counsel-ors at St. Paul’s warned him of the
possibility.“I have nobody to blame but
myself,” Johnson said. “I should
SportsFriday, August 26, 2011 page 7
ATHLETIC DEPT. FOOTBALL
RECRUITING
Miles’ new contract could mean pay raise
DA pursues suspects in WCA gun altercation
Johnson hopes to enroll in January
photo courtesy of JOEY MICHEL
LSU signee and former St. Paul’s defensive tackle Mickey Johnson (99) prepares to tackle a Fontainebleau ballcarrier on Nov. 5, 2009.
Signee to retake classes at St. Paul’s
Sophomore inherits Peterson’s jersey, hype for new season
Hunter PaniaguaSports WriterMark Clements
Sports Writer
Hunter PaniaguaSports Writer
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MICKEY JOHNSON, see page 10
Mathieu Moves Up
File photo
LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu pumps up the student section Sept. 25, 2010, during the Tigers’ 21-14 victory against West Virginia at Tiger Stadium.
Albert BurfordSports Contributor
SPOTLIGHT, see page 10
Last season, LSU’s No. 7 was a star cornerback and punt returner . He racked up defensive accolades and showed off highlight-reel-worthy feats of ath-leticism left and right during the 2010 season.
This year, the player donning the No. 7 jersey will once again try to make the big plays happen on defense as well as in the return game. That player used to be Patrick Peterson , but after being drafted fi fth over-all by the Arizona Cardinals , sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu is now the man behind No. 7.
If his freshman year was any indication of what the fu-ture holds, Mathieu could soon follow in Peterson’s huge foot-steps.
Mathieu ended an impres-sive freshman campaign with a bang, earning Most Valuable Defensive Player honors in the Tigers’ 41-24 Cotton Bowl vic-tory over Texas A&M on Jan. 7 . In the game, he had two forced fumbles, one fum-ble recovery, seven tackles and even notched a sack .
“If you look at the season he had as a true fresh-man, and when you look at the number of tackles, the number of interceptions and the number of pass-es broken up, Tyrann Mathieu was at the top of the chart,” said defensive coordinator John Chavis .
The hype didn’t die during the offseason, ei-ther. Mathieu was one of only three sophomores in the nation to be named to the 2011 Chuck Bednarik Award Watchlist, an award given to the best defen-sive player in the country each season.
Last season’s Bednarik Award winner? Peter-son.
While Mathieu is already receiving national publicity before the season starts, he remains un-fazed by the pressure.
“I never really was in the spotlight,” he said. “The guys standing next to me take a lot of the pressure off of me.”
‘I never really was in the spotlight.
The guys standing
next to me take a lot of the pressure
off of me.’Tyrann Mathieu
LSU sophomore cornerback
East Baton Rouge District At-torney Hillar Moore III told The Advocate on Thursday that he will pursue charges against two men ac-cused of holding LSU defensive end Sam Montgomery and sophomore quarterback Zach Mettenberger at gunpoint June 5.
Montgomery and Marcus Ad-ams, 22, engaged in a physical alter-cation in a parking lot outside West Campus Apartments, according to the incident report. The report further states Adams wrestled Montgom-ery to the ground, and when Mont-gomery stood up, Robert Davis, 31, pointed a handgun at Montgomery, who pleaded for his life.
Mettenberger tried to intervene when Adams, a University student, pulled out his gun, according to the report. Davis and Adams then drove away and were later arrested by an offi cer responding to shots fi red.
“We made the arrests that eve-ning, and basically it’s in the [dis-trict attorney’s] hands at this point,” said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.
LSU coach Les Miles said Thursday that he investigated the in-cident thoroughly.
“Certainly our guys were vic-tims in that issue,” Miles said.
‘‘‘I have nobody to blame but myself. I should have gotten my grades better
while I was in high school.’Mickey Johnson
LSU signee
An amendment to LSU coach Les Miles’ contract will be present-ed for approval today by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor for University Relations and senior associate athletics direc-tor, said the amendment is the fi nal-ization of the contract Miles agreed to in principle in January .
The amendment would give Miles a bonus for reaching post-season play, including playing in or winning Southeastern Conference championship games, bowl games and BCS bowl games.
“The change in the contract involves the potential for him to earn more for postseason compe-tition,” Vincent said. “All of those things come with various fi nancial rewards as well as a new structure.”
Vincent said the amendment would not increase Miles’ base compensation of $3.751 million per year, but would give him the poten-tial to earn more by winning more.
The amendment would give Miles additional compensation for football players’ academic achieve-ments, and includes a change in the buyout clause of the seventh-year coach.
When LSU soccer coach Brian Lee looks out at the newly reno-vated LSU Soccer Stadium , he sees the venue’s drastic upgrades as a reward for the program’s continued ascent in his seven seasons as the Tigers’ coach.
“I always think you don’t want anything you don’t deserve in life,” Lee said. “Truthfully, when I got here, we were playing in a bit of a bandbox, but we also had a bad team.”
With a new second level of seating added — capacity is now 2,197 , more than double the previ-ous facility’s mark — and a spar-kling new brick structure, LSU’s home fi eld is now on par with the program’s recent on-fi eld achieve-ments, which include three South-eastern Conference Western Divi-sion championships and NCAA tournament appearances since 2007 .
According to Ronnie Halibur-ton, LSU’s associate athletics direc-tor for athletic facility management , the stadium’s budget was set at $1.6 million, with funding provided by the Tiger Athletic Foundation via a fundraising campaign.
“This is now one of the top sta-diums out there,” Haliburton said. “A local fi rm sat down with us and Coach [Lee] and looked at what fi t our needs and decor at LSU. We weren’t exploring the country try-ing to match other schools or sta-diums.”
The renovations began in March , and the work hit several snags, including a rainy summer and May’s rising water levels in the Mississippi River , located just a quarter mile from the stadium.
“There’s always major chal-lenges when you have a tight bud-get and tight timeline,” Haliburton said. “When the river was high, we couldn’t excavate because of our proximity to the river. But Buquet and LeBlanc contractors, as well as Holden Architects, did a masterful job in getting everything shuffl ed around and keeping the project on time.”
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Open wide.Thousands of Tiger fans will
be shoveling in the cuisine of Sat-urdays at the 10th Annual Taste of Tiger Tailgating , which be-gins Saturday. This massive tail-gate party will be held at the Baton Rouge River Cen-ter from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. , where mu-sic, food, drinks and Louisiana State University merchandise will delight LSU en-thusiasts of all ages.
“It’s really just a big festival,” said Hali Burns of Guaranty Broadcast-ing Company, which puts on the event . “A big tailgate party.”
Last year’s edition drew around 4,000 Tiger fans to the River Center, and this year’s looks to match that mark.
“Basically, it’s a party at-mosphere,” said Dave Dunaway, production director for Guaranty
Broadcasting . “It’s like going to a three-hour LSU party.”
When it began in 2001 , the PMAC was its home. In its debut, the event held only 25 sponsorship booths and produced a turnout of less than 1,000 people . The event quickly grew in popularity and had to be relocated to the Baton Rouge River Center to accommo-date the growing pack of hungry Tiger fans.
This year, more than 100 or-ganizations will hold sponsorship
booths, from car dealerships to mil-itary branches to nonprofi t organi-zations and more. Raising Cane’s , The Chimes , Co-peland’s and Walk-On’s headline a slew of Louisiana -based restaurants that will be show-casing their foods,
and Japanese restaurant Ichiban will be presenting its sushi to the food testers. A special appearance by Stealing Angels , a country band from Nashville, will provide Saturday’s entertainment .
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Taste of Tiger Tailgating returns
EVENT
Local restaurants to serve La. foods
‘‘‘It’s like going to a three-hour LSU
party.’
Dave Dunawayproduction director for Guaranty
Broadcasting Company
SOCCER
Renovated stadium to debut in Sept. 9 home opening
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More seating, press box added
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The LSU Soccer Stadium’s recent renovations included the additions of a new press box, a permanent concession stand and a second level of seating.
Work is not complete on the project just yet, with some minor cleanup and railing installations still in progress, but Haliburton said the project will be done in time for LSU’s home debut Sept. 9 against Oregon , and labeled the work “95 percent done.”
Lee said three or four matches had to be rescheduled to be on the road early this season due to the delays, including the season opener against Memphis on Aug. 19.
A state-of-the-art press box, additional and redone restrooms and a permanent concession stand are some of the other amenities of the renovated structure.
Admission to every home game in the new stadium is free this season as part of the “Geaux Free ” promotion, and Lee said he expects attendance to be an important fac-tor in the Tigers’ new home envi-ronment.
“We think we have the hardest home advantage in the conference and one of the best in the country,” Lee said. “We’re always hoping for a sellout, especially with a beautiful new stadium, and these players will entertain you with a good product.”
With new walkways, the brick facade and the seating’s close prox-imity to the fi eld, Lee said the reno-vations will provide a more aesthet-ically pleasing experience for fans.
No changes were made to the playing fi eld itself, but Halibur-ton said extra drainage was added
around the sidelines.Haliburton , a former LSU
football player in the 1980s, said he sees the new stadium from a player’s perspective as a boon for soccer recruiting.
“When you’re being recruited and you walk on a campus and see a venue like the [LSU] Soccer Stadium or Alex Box [Stadium] , it makes you say, ‘Hey, I can do some work in here,’” the former tight end said. “It’s an honor for an athlete to play in these great stadiums.”
While Monday marked the offi cial start of the school year at LSU, today marks the start of the on-campus sports year.
The LSU volleyball team will be the fi rst University squad com-peting in a regular season on campus this semester as the Tigers open up their season against Alcorn State at noon .
The game is part of the Tiger Classic, a two-day tournament lasting through Saturday night in which LSU will play four games.
The Tigers have won 11 straight opening weekends since 2000 , but senior middle blocker Michele Williams said the team is focusing on playing their style rather than getting wins.
“We don’t always have to be at our best at the very beginning,” she said. “We want to win, but right
now we’re focusing on how to get a fl ow, how to go fast and how to work with everyone.”
After the Alcorn State match-up, the Tigers will face UL-Lafay-ette at 7 p.m. On Saturday, LSU will battle Jacksonville State at 11 a.m. and Miami at 7 p.m.
Williams said the team is used to playing multiple games in a day, as they’ve all done it during their club careers and two-a-day prac-tices.
LSU coach Fran Flory made a different point, saying the rigorous schedule will be a training tool.
“The weekend is designed to al-low us some suc-cess, but also to challenge us to be at a level where we can compete na-tionally and com-
pete in our conference,” Flory said. “The teams here are very solid teams, but if we play well, we have a chance to be successful against them.”
After the team’s Purple vs. Gold scrimmage last Saturday, Flory said the Tigers were rusty. She said the team has been work-ing on fi nding its rhythm during practice this week.
“We’re not going to be totally consistent,” she said. “We have young players, but every day this week, we got a little better. The comfort level and confi dence is coming.”
Flory said she wasn’t going to shy away from rotating multiple players into the lineup this week-end.
“We’re going to start a dif-ferent lineup in both matches to-morrow,” she said. “We’ll make determinations on what happens Saturday based on who plays well Friday.”
Williams said she expects sophomore middle blocker and fel-low 2011 All-Southeastern Confer-ence Preseason Team selection De-siree Elliott to pick up where she left off last season.
Elliott and Williams combined to send home 600 kills last sea-son. Elliott earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors and was a First Team All-SEC selection last sea-son while registering a .337 hitting percentage in SEC play, which was fi rst among SEC freshmen.
� e Daily ReveilleFriday, August 26, 2011 page 9
VOLLEYBALL
Tigers play home opener today
SPORTS BRIEFS
Albert BurfordSports Contributor
Former LSU golfer John Peterson advanced to the Sweet 16 at the U.S. Amateur Champi-onship with a pair of 1-up wins at Erin Hills Golf Club in Erin, Wisc.
Peterson faced Todd Baek in the Round of 64 and trailed by a hole after 14 holes, when the fi rst round of play was suspended Wednesday night due to dark-ness. Baek took a two-hole lead after 15 holes when play resumed Thursday before Peterson made a late charge and tied Baek on the 18th hole, shooting a par, while
Baek bogied. Both golfers parred the next
three extra holes to remain all square. Baek bogied the fourth extra hole, while Peterson shot par to win the match.
Peterson moved to the Round of 32 against Stephan Jae-gar. Neither golfer held on to a lead of more than one hole, and the match was tied on 11 of the 18 holes.
Peterson birdied the par-5 fi rst hole to take an early lead be-fore Jaegar birdied the next two holes to go ahead. Peterson then birdied the fourth hole to square the match, and the former LSU
standout never trailed the rest of the way.
With the match square, Pe-terson birdied the 15th hole to re-gain the lead. Jaegar squared the match again with a birdie on the 17th hole, before Peterson sealed the win with a birdie on the 18th hole.
Peterson will face Max Buckley on Friday at 7:50 a.m.
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Madi Mahaffey (9) spikes the ball as Michele Williams (23) and Helen Boyle (8) go up for a block during a scrimmage Saturday in the PMAC.
LSU to host weekend games
Staff Reports
Peterson moves to top 16 in tourney
‘‘‘We want to win, but right now we’re focusing on how to
get a � ow.’Michele Williams
LSU senior middle blocker
Mathieu plays in a unique po-sition as part of a defensive back-fi eld with at least three players capable of holding starting posi-tions. Mathieu found his niche as the nickelback in the nickel forma-tion last season. The nickel forma-tion allows the defense to play fi ve cornerbacks, which works for Chavis’ talented backfi eld. Chavis said the Tigers will look to line up in the nickel formation more often this season.
“He gives us a suddenness and a playmaker in that position,” said coach Les Miles . “Few of-fenses are ready for his quick-ness.”
Sophomore defensive back Tharold Simon and junior cor-nerback Morris Claiborne will accompany Mathieu in getting plenty of time in the defensive backfi eld. Mathieu said the com-petition keeps him fresh and that he, Simon , Claiborne or senior Ron Brooks could all step in and
perform well at cornerback.“[Chavis] wants all his best
players on the fi eld and a lot of speed on the fi eld,” Simon said. “When we play [the nickel] we’ve got a lot of speed on the
fi eld and our best players on the fi eld.”
M a t h i e u ’ s spot in the nickel may be exactly what helps him be a playmaker, as it allows him to showcase his abil-ity to recognize opportunities for big plays.
“I don’t know if there is a more
sudden player in college football than him,” Miles said. “The plays you just didn’t think you could make, he’s fi nding ways mentally to make them. That’s the differ-ence in him.”
Unlike the 6-foot-1 Peter-son , the 5-foot-9 Mathieu doesn’t have height on his side. Chavis said his height doesn’t get in the way of his success on the fi eld.
“He’s plenty big enough,” Chavis said. “Certainly he has the ability to play the ball with his ball skills and his leaping ability.
We have all the confi dence in the world [in him].”
The focus for Mathieu dur-ing his spring and fall has been exactly that — his focus.
“We just have been trying to make sure we keep the same in-tensity and keep everything roll-ing,” he said.
Mathieu said he is looking forward to the fi rst game of the season against Oregon’s speedy offense, which has been known to catch even the quickest de-fenses off guard.
“We looked back on a lot of their games last year and [in] most of those big plays, teams were out of place,” he said. “They didn’t have their cleats on the ground and they weren’t ready.”
have gotten my grades better while I was in high school.”
Johnson said he has continued to train to main-tain his playing shape, working with a personal trainer at Athletic Republic in Cov-ington .
“I’m just pre-paring myself at home, working out, getting in shape,” Johnson said. “I’m pretty much preparing myself for the worst. My goal is to get in better shape and arrive in January.”
Johnson has received support from fellow 2011 signees Trai Turner, Odell Beckham Jr., and La’El Collins through Facebook messages. Johnson said he hasn’t communicated with Miles about his eligibility, and both are wait-ing to hear from the NCAA.
“I think Mickey Johnson can qualify in the fall,” Miles said. “I think we’re still working through those considerations that the
school would pro-vide that would allow him to qual-ify.”
G o i n g through this pro-cess, Johnson has earned an ap-preciation for his education.
“I’m going to work hard,” Johnson said. “I’m going to stay at home most of the time and just
study. I’m going to try and get my schoolwork done so I can have fun later.”
And for Johnson, having fun means returning to the football fi eld, which he hopes will happen sooner rather than later.
� e Daily Reveillepage 10 Friday, August 26, 2011
SPOTLIGHT, from page 7
MICKEY JOHNSON, from page 7
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LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu celebrates after making a play Jan. 7, 2011, during the Tigers’ 41-24 victory against Texas A&M at the Cotton Bowl.
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‘‘‘I’m pretty much preparing myself for the worst. My goal is to get in better shape and arrive
in January.’Mickey Johnson
LSU signee
‘‘‘We just have been trying to make sure we keep the same intensity and keep everything rolling.’
Tyrann MathieuLSU sophomore cornerback
The Daily Reveille page 11Friday, August 26, 2011
In news shocking the tech world (and especially yours truly), Apple CEO and turtleneck aficiona-do Steve Jobs officially resigned as head of the electronic conglomerate.
“I have al-ways said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expec-tations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know,” Jobs says in his resignation letter. “Unfortu-nately, that day has come.”
Anyone who knows me is well aware of my disdain for Apple and Jobs, and it would seem like this news would do nothing but put a smile on my face and give me the opportunity to tear him apart in a column.
But that isn’t the case — in fact, it’s the exact opposite.
I can do nothing but tip my hat to Ol’ Steve. The man is a true leg-end in the tech industry.
Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976.
After unveiling the Apple I and
Apple II computers, Jobs butted heads enough times with then-CEO John Sculley that Jobs left Apple to form a new company, Next Com-puter.
Jobs and Next acquired anima-tion studio Pixar in 1986 and even-tually sold it to Disney, making Jobs Disney’s largest individual share-holder.
Apple acquired Next Computer in 1997, returning Jobs to his origi-nal company as CEO, the position he’s held since he officially turned in his resignation letter Wednesday.
Then, in 2001, Jobs changed not only the tech industry, but also the music industry when Apple unveiled the iPod — which has sold 297 million units worldwide as of December 2010.
Of course, we all know that af-ter the iPod came iteration after it-eration of the iMac and MacBook, along with the introduction of the iPhone and iPad.
Unfortunately, this journey to domination hasn’t been a smooth ride for Jobs.
In 2004, he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which eventually led to his liver transplant two years ago.
Jobs has also taken multiple leaves of absence, including one at the beginning of this year, to focus on his health.
But don’t fret, Apple fans. Un-cle Steve isn’t gone for good.
As stated in his resignation let-ter, Jobs will remain Chairman of the Board, director and Apple em-ployee.
He also suggested company COO Tim Cook as his successor, which has been approved and taken
effect.While I still think Jobs is a giant
douche, there’s no arguing the suc-cess he’s had with his company.
After saving Apple from near bankruptcy in the 1990s, the com-pany has become a symbol everyone wants to be a part of.
Stepping into a classroom (es-pecially a freshman-heavy class), the room is illuminated by glowing Apples. Walking around in the Quad brings the sight of people jamming
out on their iPods — myself includ-ed.
Everyone wants one — it’s be-come the cool thing to have.
He’s made the term “iPod” syn-onymous with any and all portable digital music devices. People don’t go into a store to buy an MP3 player — they go in to buy an iPod.
And while I don’t like the way Jobs hyperbolizes his products on stage and makes multiple year-old features seem like the newest thing, it clearly works and has everyone wanting his gadgets.
Whether I (or anyone else in the world) like it or not, there’s no ar-guing the fact that Jobs is a brilliant businessman and an even better ad-vertiser, selling one overpriced piece of electronics at a time.
This week marks the end of an era.
Goodbye, Steve. iMiss you al-ready.
Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.
As usual, the Opinion Section of our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments. Check it out to-day, and let your voice be heard.
In reference to Austin Casey’s col-umn, “It’s time for the American ‘poor’ to share the same sacrifice,” readers had this to say:
“For two weeks I stayed with a family in Costa Rica who had no air conditioning, no hot water, no washer or dryer, and the roof of the house was raised above the walls so that air could circulate in and out. And yet they washed all my clothes, gave me meals every day and never complained about it. This little an-ecdote is a real beaut. You know so much about the lives of poor people based on your 2 week vacation to a developing nation?”
-Anonymous
“Only the elimination of all conservative Christians will allow all Americans to be free and the world to no longer have to live in fear of the U.S.A.’s imperialist, ter-rorist holy war. The conservative ideology has never helped mankind in any way, it has not only never
helped mankind in anyway, it has oppressed, murdered, raped and killed all those in it’s way to gain power. History shows us this. Fact shows us this.
James Madison, the ‘Father of the U.S. Constitution,’ along with many founders of this country, re-gardless of their religious or non-religious affiliations, knew keeping politics and religion separate not only preserves each, but helps them flourish: ‘The number, the industry, and the morality of the Priesthood and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the to-tal separation of the Church and the State.’”
-Anonymous
“Austin, It’s good that every-one is talking about paying their fair share in taxes. I’m not sure about your logic. How is having 47% of Americans not pay taxes related to the poor paying their fair share? Are you saying we should get rid of standard deductions of $5,800 for unmarried taxpayers or married taxpayers filing separately, $11,600 for married taxpayers filing jointly, and $8,500 for taxpayers filing as head of household. Or do you feel that having the marginal tax rate
for a married couple with a taxable income of less than $17,000 not be 10% ($17,000 x 10% = $1,700), but be the same as a married couple with a taxable income of $220,000 be 33%. ($220,000 x 33% = $72,600). Or, have everyone pay the same rate, say 20%. Even if we made the poor pay 100% in taxes, we would not be able to generate enough rev-enue. Let everyone know what you had in mind?”
-Anonymous
“Great article. We need more to think like you before our country ends up like the rest of the commu-nist world. You liberals types need to talk to your grandpas and great-grandpas about how they fought to keep you free. If not you’d all be speaking German. Read your his-tory and try to learn from it. Keep informing the uninformed, Aus-tin. Maybe you’ll eventually get through to the morons before it’s too late.”
-Concerned
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Recycled school supplies are exploding in popularity on our Nike-shorted, sorority-infested campus, but — surprise, surprise — it isn’t all it’s cut out to be. Even though recycling should be a good thing, consumers are using the purchase of recycled goods to soothe their environmental guilt.
From recycled notebook pa-per to eco-friendly pencils, there are simply too many options tak-ing their toll on not only eager stu-dents and their shrinking wallets, but also the environment.
It all started in 2004, when BIC — yes, the pen and razor and everything else company — used their mass quantities of cash to conduct environmental studies. They vowed towards a more mini-malistic approach of only using what’s necessary.
But said minimalistic ap-proach wasn’t the only one worth noticing. Land’s End, also known as the Business Outfitters, began a strikingly green initiative in 2009.
They told the press via their web-site that not only were they going to use products that come from sustainable foresting, but they were going to make sure their employees began leading greener lifestyles as well.
By creating an employee cy-cling initiative and supplying their workers with a cleaner form of transpor-tation as well as creating campus garden facili-ties, Land’s End set an end to the hypocritical institutions that shove green sup-plies down the eager throats of youngsters.
But despite all of the talk and the prizes, the worry to many con-sumers around the globe may not be that we aren’t creating enough recycled materials, but that we’re creating too many.
Countries like China recycle excessively compared to the Unit-ed States. It’s essential not only for their environment but also for their survival with so many peo-ple being supported on such little land.
Yet, by pooling many of our resources to make “new” products and define new brand names, the demand could potentially exceed the supply. Now we’re using all of our recycled aluminum cans to produce more paper for this “new” brand when it could be used to recreate more Dr. Pepper cans.
The issue then becomes who will take control of the recycled material in our country.
It’ll be the corporation with the most eco-friendly dough, I’m sure.
And while I get that hum-mingbird heart beat everytime I see the word “recycled” on a note-book or a pack of pens, I worry it’s simply an invisible cloak covering up a far more serious problem.
With an increasing amount of brands coming out with back-packs made out of 100 percent re-cycled material or phones such as the Samsung Replenish — which can be charged using a small solar panel — this craze should be per-fect for the eco crowd.
It’s not all it’s cut out to be.The trend is like Diet Coke
for a fat person — it seems like a healthier alternative, but, in the end, it has so much fluff it’s just as likely to end in turmoil and diabe-tes as the original choice.
We see these brands as an easy fix to the bigger issue — our lack of conservation and gen-eral unadulterated, stubborn-as-a-mule laziness.
Instead of recycling those 10 water bottles we just used, now we’re going to throw them away and opt for buying 10 recycled notebooks instead.
It’s this mentality – the thought that it all evens out in the end – that leads to a lack of prog-
ress. And until we decide to make
a genuine effort, we’ll forever be stuck thinking sustainability is no longer our problem but those of a large corporation already seeking a solution.
So be it. Buy the recycled copy paper distributed by Staples. Go ahead and write to your heart’s content with a pencil made of re-cycled newspaper.
But use your “new” toys as a tool to implement into your daily life rather than a bench on which to rest your chubby values.
Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine sopho-more from San Jose, Calif. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_PBhatia.
We’re back to school again, kicking off the fall semester. There are plenty of the same re-petitive things to start looking for-ward to — classes, studying, foot-ball games, tailgating and binge drinking.
This semester also comes with a little lagniappe, arriving in the form of 233 new state laws, which took effect Aug. 15. For the most part, the laws aren’t exactly notewor-thy, but some stand out — in good, bad and funny ways.
Here are the few bad high-lights.
According to The Times-Picayune, traffic tickets in New Orleans will cost up to $20 more — just another reason to be more livid when pulled over by a member of the nation’s most corrupt police department.
Also, a former six-month res-idency requirement before some-one can receive a concealed hand-gun permit is now gone, allowing anyone who moves into the state to apply for the permit thanks to House Bill 489. For some reason, this law just sounds like bad news considering Louisiana is the most violent state in the country.
On the flip side, many posi-tive laws were passed.
First, a person convicted of a repeat offense of a crime against nature will not have to register as a sex offender unless the person solicited is younger than 17. So if you’re into less conventional sex, it doesn’t make you a sex
offender. It just makes you weird.House Bill 636 requires abor-
tion clinics to display information about abortion alternatives and to inform patients that the father of the child must provide monetary support. I hope this law will ap-pease those of both sides of the abortion argument in some way.
Two new laws will also help out nonviolent criminals, keep-ing many out of prison. House Bill 415 will offer “administrative sanctions” instead of jail time to nonviolent offenders who violate parole. Also, House Bill 416 will allow nonviolent offenders to be eligible for parole after serving 25 percent of their sentence instead of 33 percent. We’re in a budget crisis, and it costs a significant amount of money to incarcerate people — let’s save it for the ones who really deserve it.
Another two laws touched on illegal immigration.
House Bill 342 will require contractors working on public works to verify the legal status of all their workers in attempt to bar illegal immigrants from working on public projects. House Bill 646 requires all employers to verify that each worker is in the state legally and imposes stiff fines on violators. While both of these laws are certainly controversial, one can only hope they will help free up many jobs previously held by illegal immigrants.
And finally, here are some funny, strange and out-there laws.
House Bill 55 will bar reg-istered sex offenders who have been convicted of indecent behav-ior with a juvenile from access to Facebook and other social media
sites. First-time offenders can receive a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years in jail. It sounds like a good idea, but I have no idea how they’re going to control this — thus, I’m still telling my 12-year-old sister to avoid Facebook like an ultra-deadly mortal sin.
Another law will allow car dealers to sells cars with front-seat passenger DVD screens so the passenger can watch mov-ies. Maybe it’s just me, but I can imagine I would be leaning across the console to watch, assuming I had this feature in my car.
And lastly, if you’re a craw-fish farmer or pond owner, feel
free to fire at will at the cute little otters and muskrats from your boat without a kill limit thanks to House Bill 64. Also, with the pas-sage of House Bill 294, feel free to trap and kill feral hogs at any time with your choice of firearm — just give the police 24-hour no-tice before you open fire.
And now my favorite — House Bill 169 now gives Loui-siana residents the right to kill those damned nutria and similar “outlaw quadrupeds” with their favorite suppressed firearm.
Overall, these new laws prob-ably won’t affect the majority, but they may cause subtle, positive
change in the state, and if nothing else, it’s good to know our politi-cians are focusing on what’s im-portant — sodomy and wild hogs.
Chris Grillot is a 20-year-old English and mass communication junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_CGrillot.
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