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MOLLY BOWMAN
Staff Reporter
Louisianas state electionswill be held Saturday and somestate constitution ballot amend-ments could bring a positivechange or Tech students.
Five state constitutionalamendments are on the bal-lot this election, the frst owhich could impact Tech. Thisamendment would give addi-tional unding to the Taylor Op-portunity Program or Students(TOPS), according to the Pub-lic Aairs Research Council oLouisiana.
I think the biggest concernor a lot o us is the unding ostate universities, Jason Pigg,an associate proessor o politi-cal science said. I think this isone o those areas where theywould like to see more moneydevoted to the schools sincethat is something that will help
the state in the long term.TOPS is a major scholarshipprogram in Louisiana. Current-ly, one-third o all ull-time stu-dents receive scholarships romthe program in Louisiana. Theprogram costs approximately$145 million or this school year,according to the Public AairsResearch Council.
Some students like TreyMire, a reshman chemistry ma-jor, think that it would be a goodthing or Tech.
Hopeully it will make iteasier or people to come here,Mire said. More people at Techisnt a bad thing. Generally, itshould improve everything oreveryone.
According to Public Aairs
Research Council, a majorityo the unding or TOPS nowis rom the states general und,and another portion is romthe investment earnings o the
Election
may alter
TOPS
Downtown parking a concernRegulations cause problems for business owners, patrons
PATRICK BOYD
Staff Reporter
Neil Keen walked out o his newestdowntown business, Black Box, Mon-day aternoon to fnd a parking ticketon his windshield.
Receiving parking tickets is some-thing that Keen has grown accustomedto over the past ew weeks ever since heopened Black Box coee shop.
Keen and other business ownersdowntown are being ticketed daily bythe Ruston Police Department or park-ing in ront o their own businesses,since there is a two-hour parking limit indowntown Ruston.
This also applies to customers whocome to the downtown area to shop, eator study at any o the shops or restau-rants and stay longer than two hours.
It harms my business because ia student wants to do homework andhangout with riends or over two hours,
then they will be ticketed or doing so,Keen said. I know that I am going topay a fne every time I park here, but astudent shouldnt have to. It doesnt pro-mote student business. It is ridiculous.
Parking fnes in downtown Rustonare $5 or every ticket received.
On the ticket envelope that the Rus-ton Police Department places on vehi-cles, it says the citation increases to $10i not paid within 48 hours.
The restrictions are noted on signsplaced throughout the downtown areaand are enorced Monday through Fri-day, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
My workers have to park two blocksaway and walk to work, Keen said.
Many students have gotten tickets orparking outside Black Box as well.
At other coee shops in Ruston,such as Crescent City and Starbucks,
both located near the interstate, there isno timed parking.
To me there is not a parking prob-
lem in downtown Ruston, Keen said.Ruston thinks that i you cannot parkright by the door then there is a prob-lem. What is walking two or three
blocks over to a shop, whenever in a bigcity you would have to walk 10 or 20
blocks?Two weeks ago, Keen posted a Face-
book status on the Black Boxs wall thatshowed his distress with the situation.
Many students and people in theRuston community also voiced rustra-tion with the situation.
Its never made sense to me that asmall town would have the kind o limi-tations that youd expect to fnd in a bigcity, where parking is at a premium,
said John Martin, an assistant proessoro English at Tech. The two-hour lim-its and requent ticketing strikes me asmore o a revenue-raising policy thanany real necessity or shoppers or busi-ness patrons.
Martin said he thinks there is a dis-
connect between the parking restric-tions and the reality o downtown busi-nesses due to their proximity to thecampus.
They should cater to the universitycommunity, he said. The city shoul
be encouraging that kind o extendestay in town, rather than discouraging iwith tickets.
Other business owners in downtowRuston are also rustrated with the park-ing regulations.
Many times it hasnt even beetwo hours, and I have already gotten aticket, said Justin Stoppleworth, owneo Turbo Goat. My idea is that ownersshould at least have a spot to park by
their business since we are paying othese spaces.
Ever since Stoppleworth boughTurbo Goat bike shop two months ago,he has racked up around $30 in parking
Photos by Kyle Kight
SOCA gardengains a fence
Mary Alice Milord, a junior architecture major,Kori Rosenberry and Rita Dielle Narcisse, both ju-nior interior design majors, help fnish a ence orthe South o Caliornia Avenue community gardenSaturday.
Photo by Jessica Van Alstyne
SHERELLE BLACK
News Editor
When growing a garden, frst a seed muste planted. It must then be nurtured and loved
while it grows into a strong, beautiul plant.Techs Community Design Activism Cen-
ter students have planted their own seed, theSouth o Caliornia Avenue community garden,to share with the Ruston community.
CDAC students partnered with members othe Tech chapter o Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori-ty, Inc., on Saturday, to put up a ence surround-ing the garden.
Kevin Singh, director o CDAC and an assis-tant proessor o architecture, said he was gladthat he and his CDAC students could help outan area that needed attention.
We really wanted to bring awareness to
that part o town and ocus on its needs, Singhsaid. We wanted to help the area and haveother residents rom Tech and the communityhelp us in bringing about that change.
The installation o the ence completes thelast steps o physical labor needed or Rustons
Students oer their help in
ongoing community project
Blind fashion to offer achange in perspectiveREINA KEMPT
Staff Reporter
The North Central Chaptero the National Federation othe Blind o Louisiana will takeover the runway as a way toraise money.
The NFB has decided toput on its own ashion showat 6:30 p.m. Saturday at theTrinity Center, located at 1000Woodard Ave. Admission is $5or adults and $1 or children12 and younger.
Blind men and women romRuston, Monroe and southernLouisiana, will take over therunway and model some othe ashions available at lo-cal Ruston boutiques, such asRue 21, La Peche, Rodeo Bou-tique, Pattons Western Wear,
Accents o the East, Beehive,Marthas, The Fashion, TheChildrens Shoppe and Kit-ishians.
Deja Howell, programsmanager at the ProessionalDevelopment and Research In-stitute on Blindness and a NFB
member, said she read about amuch smaller version o this
event and thought it soundedlike an exciting idea. Octoberis Meet the Blind Month, andshe said she thinks there is no
better way or people to meetthe blind than on the runway.She said when people think othe blind, they do not normallypicture them modeling.
One o the big misconcep-tions o blind people is thatthey dont know how to beashionable, Howell said.
Howell said blind peopleare just like everybody else,some are ashionable andsome are not. The idea or theashion show is to express thedierent personalities o themodels through their outfts.
Some models will wear
their own outfts that they puttogether themselves. Otherswill go to one o the storesthat will donate clothes andthe storeowners will describethe designs and colors to themand help them decide on anoutft.
Amber Sherrard, a resh-man nutrition and dietetics
major, will be one o the mod-els walking the runway Satur-day, and she said she is exciteabout the event.
I eel it will be a greanight, Sherrard said. We have
been practicing and gettinourselves together. Everybodyhas been so committed to theshow.
She is one o the modelswith the best vision, so she isa big part in helping the othemodels learn their roles or theshow.
All o the proceeds will goto the Junior Auxiliary o Rus-ton. Junior Auxiliary is a groupo women who desire to makea dierence in their communi-ties by meeting the needs o
the citizens.Howell said she could no
think o a better place or thechapter to donate the money.
We wanted to help some-one else out, Howell said.
> see BLIND page 2> see SOCA page 3
> see PARKING page 3> see ELECTION page 3
Downtown Ruston parking is limited to two hours during the day, disrupting some patrons shopping and eating. Business owners have also complained about beingticketed in ront o the spaces or which they pay.
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Campus
UB hosts Techs GotTalent this Tuesday
Union Board will host its an-nual Homecoming talent showat 7 p.m. Tuesday in the StudentCenter, Main Floor.
The show, Techs Got Talent,will eature 15 student com-petitors perorming a variety oacts. The show is ree and opento the public.
For more inormation con-tact Abby Hill, show committeemember, at 318-560-3342 [email protected].
Spooky un comes toIDEA Place Monday
All students grades K-6
are invited to the Fith AnnualSpooktacular Science eventMonday through Oct. 28 at theIDEA Place Math & ScienceCenter.
Admission is $4 per student,and teacher admission is ree.
This event will include aguided exhibit exploration,planetarium show and space-ship ride, hands-on experiment-ing and more.
Limited space is available orthis event so reservations arerequired. Appointment times orfeld trips can be made by con-tacting the IDEA Place.
For more inormation, con-tact Lindsey Keith-Vincent,museum educator or the IDEAPlace, at 318-257-2866 or
Our Town showsbegin Wednesday
Techs School o PerormingArts will present the play OurTown at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Oct. 29 and Nov. 2-5at the Stone Theatre, HowardCenter or the Perorming Arts.
Thornton Wilders Our
Town portrays the everydaylives o citizens in a typicalAmerican town at the beginningo the 20th century.
Admission is $10 or adults,$6 or children and $5 or seniorcitizens and Tech students witha valid ID.
Reservations can be made atthe box ofce located in How-ard or by calling 318-257-3942.
For more inormation con-tact Kenneth Robbins, directoro the School o PerormingArts, at 318-257-2711 or krob-
Clubs unite to bringThe Walk o Fear
Tech Forestry Club alongwith the Animal Science Cluband the Wildlie Club will pres-
ent The Walk o Fear, a haunt-ed walk through the woods.
The event begins at 8 p.m.Oct. 28-30 at the Tech Arbore-tum located on South Campus.Tickets can be purchased everyThursday and Friday ater noonin Centennial Plaza or $10.
For more inormation con-tact Deuce Eppinette, ForestryClub president, at [email protected].
CTB to host un-flledall estival today
Community Trust Bank willhost a all estival rom 3-6 p.m.
today at the CTB located at 301W. Alabama Avenue.The estival will incude
games, ood, a photo booth,music and pumpkin decorating.The bank will also be takingcanned goods to be donated tothe Methodist Childrens Home.
A drawing or a tailgate kitwill be held. Participants will
be entered once or every threecans donated.
For more inormation callCTB at 318-254-2004.
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JUSTIN FORT
Staff Reporter
Students were surprised tolearn that fve local businesses,were served search warrantsserved on Oct. 6.
RaceWay, 1805 LouisianaHighway 33, and Great Divide,609 S. Monroe Street, alongwith Tech Mart, 801 W. Cali-ornia Ave.; Smokers Paradise,804 W. Caliornia Ave.; and theVienna Street U-Pak-It wereraided and closed earlier thismonth ollowing a our-monthlong investigation and chargedwith illegally selling items, in-cluding synthetic marijuana;
bath salts, which have cocaine-like eects; and credit cardraud, according to the LincolnParish Sheris Ofce.
RaceWay has been a popu-lar choice or students to getgasoline since its reopening.
Katie Payne, a reshman so-ciology major, has purchasedgasoline there since she begandriving three years ago.
The pumps are easy to ac-cess, Payne said. It has the
cheapest gas. Ill probably startgoing to Walmart now.Even though Payne was
surprised to hear RaceWaywas raided, she said she wasnot shocked that it happened.
It was only a matter otime, Payne said. Its not asecret. Ive known people whohave bought stu rom there.
Rebecca Bertrand, a sopho-more marketing major, saidshe elt the same way aboutGreat Divide.
I was recommended not togo there, Bertrand said.
Bertrand said she preersUniversity Ink and believes it isthe best tattoo parlor in town.
They conduct businesson a dierent level, Bertrandsaid. They do things the rightway. They always keep theplace clean, and theyre goingto treat you right. I eel like Ican trust them.
Like most Ruston residents,Tech students were upset tofnd out they may have beenthe victims o credit card raud.
Phillip Ransom, a seniorchemical engineering major,said he has a low tolerance orcompanies engaging in illegalactivity.
I its illegal to sell, they
shouldnt be selling it, Ran-som said. It doesnt reallymake sense.
Tanti Wonzo, a senior medi-cal technology major, said sheis against the selling o anytype o illegal drug, includingsynthetic marijuana.
I dont like it, Wonzo said.Unless there is somethingmedically wrong, I dont ap-prove o it.
Ransom said it isnt just theillegal selling o drugs that an-noys him, but participating inany unethical practices is aturn o or him when consid-
ering local businesses.It discourages me rom pa-
tronizing there in the uture,Ransom said. Ill be morecautious o where I do busi-ness
Wonzo said she eels thesame way and that she woullike to see things done dier-ently in the uture.
I eel like a lot o thingsneed to change, Wonzo said.Its not air or those business-es trying to do the right thing.
Email commentsto [email protected].
Business raids surprise students
Photo by Dacia Idom
RaceWay, located at 1805 Louisiana Highway 33, is no longer open to customers despite its signsNow Open message. The store was raided earlier this month, along with our others, ater a our-month long investigation.
We thought o Junior Auxiliary becausethey are a group who does a lot o dier-ent projects or a lot o dierent peoplethroughout the year.
Blair Walpole, president o the JuniorAuxiliary o Ruston, said she was happy toreceive the phone call to be the benefciaryo the runway event.
We were contacted about being the benefciary o the event and we gladlyaccepted. They asked i we could helppromote the event, Walpole said. Ourmembers are involved in plenty o orga-nizations around Ruston, so it was a goodway to spread the word.
A lot o businesses have come togeth-er to support this event including Wal-greens, which will donate rereshments;The Boardwalk Salon, which will do hair;
and Victoria Smoke Photography will takephotos.
Walpole and Howell said they hope thisis the start o a bond between the two or-ganizations and that the NFB will do moreevents like this in the uture. The mod-els have been preparing or more than amonth and they are ready to show Rustothey can be top models.
Email comments to [email protected].
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I believe...family is more than blood relatives
AMIE ROLLAND
Staff Reporter
This is the fth in a nine-part se-ries on what dierent individuals
believe based on the collection oessays titled This I Believe II. Thebook serves as the common read orreshman seminar classes as part o
the First-Year Experience program.
For Nick Isham, a reshman journal-ism major and starting quarterback orthe Bulldogs, the thing he trusts andelieves in most is something he wasorn into his amily.
In the game o ootball, players areplaced on a team, and that team be-comes a sort o amily or the players.
I believe in amily because theyvealways been there or me, he said.
Good, bad, right or wrong, Ishamsaid his amily is there to support himno matter the circumstances.
When I broke my collar bone ju-nior year in the championship gamep until I signed my letter o intent to
come here (Tech), they have alwayseen there or me, he said.
Coming rom a large, close-knitamily with two brothers, a sister andparents who have been married or
more than 20 years, Isham said heknows he is blessed.
Theyre the reason Im here, hesaid.
Isham is extremely amily-orientedand talks to his amily every day. Hesaid although his parents remain inCaliornia, they are still the biggest in-uences in his lie.
My dad is kind o my role modeland my mom, well, he said. Its hard
to explain because they work together.What keeps Isham together is his
amily, and they are the oundation owho he is.
They taught me how to be a leaderin terms o ootball, he said.
Isham said playing on a team is notalways easy, but it has helped him growas a man and a leader allowing him to
be part o a team.Everyone reacts dierently to di-
erent people and dierent things thatare said, he said.
Being able to communicate withpeople is a huge help on and o thefeld or Isham.
Our amily works kind o like ateam, he said. Were always there oreach other like we are on the feld.
The leadership qualities his amilyhas taught him come in handy as start-
ing quarterback or the Tech Bulldogs.We just communicate, he said.
Its a huge part to say the right thingsto the right people.
Isham said various people react di-erently to dierent people and things,
so being able to communicate withpeople is a huge help on and o thefeld.
Thats something my amily andmy parents have taught me, he said.
With his amily living 2,000 milesaway in Caliornia, Isham said he seeshis amily whenever he can. However,his supportive amily does not let dis-tance keep them rom their continuoussupport o Isham.
My parents have come to everygame so ar, which is pretty inspiringand great o them, he said.
Isham said the rest o his amily has been able to come to only one gameso ar. Many people think ame has notaected Isham and his amily values orwho he was raised to be.
When the seasons over, Im goingto be taking more trips out there, hesaid.
Isham said the leadership skills hehas acquired can help him encouragepeople who do not have a strong amily
background.I try to be there or them, to be
their amily.Family is not always blood-related,
Isham said. He said he has plenty oamily who are not blood-related, butconsiders people as amily because o
how much they have impacted his lie.Seeing people who arent as ortu-
nate as I am in terms o their amily,I just try to be there or them and actas a brother or whatever I can be orthem, he said.
Isham said he is ully aware o howrare a amily like his own is and howlucky he is to come rom a supportive,unbroken amily.
Im extremely ortunate to have
what I have, he said. So, Im thankuevery day or what I have.
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Quarterback Nick Isham, right, hugs teammate Matt Broha, defensive end, dur-
ing a recent home football game. Isham believes family is not limited to those
who are blood relatives and said the Bulldog football team is like a family.
Photo by Tom Morris
tickets a week just by parking inront o his business.
The city o Ruston as acommunity disregards Techstudents as people they needto cater to, he said. It is theyounger people that supportthe city during the nine monthsthey are here or school.
Stoppleworth said that manyo his clients would rather biketo his shop than drive.
I ride my bike whenever I goanywhere in downtown, saidTaylor Cappey, a reshman me-chanical engineering major. Inow a lot o people who have
gotten a lot o tickets--some-times several in one day, whenthey come to Turbo Goat.
Jill Menzina, a requent cus-tomer o The Fashion locatedon Park Avenue, said she thinksthere is a problem with the park-
ing restrictions that make it hardto shop in downtown.
My riend and I came here[The Fashion] to go shopping,and ater we tried clothes onor a while, we decided to goget something to eat at CounterCulture, Menzina said. Whenwe got back to the car, we had aticket. It is just not enough timei you want to go to dierentshops and eat.
Right next door to The Fash-ion, Amy Neal, co-owner oHair Studio, has many custom-ers who come rom out o townto get their hair done at hershop.
Whenever our customersget their hair done and also getit highlighted, it can take overtwo hours, Neal said. It takesaway rom trying to shop beoreor ater they get their hair done
because they know they will geta ticket unless they move theircar.
Neal said that one o hercustomers who came in romNatchitoches was planning onshopping ater she got her hairdone, but then saw she had aticket and let Ruston.
A lot o people think it isme, but I did not make the regu-lations up, said Felicia Brown,RPD parking control ofcer.It is a city ordinace that waspassed beore I even startedthis job.
Brown started working orthe RPD in 1994 and writes thetickets or parking violations.
Regardless i you are anemployer or employee, youhave to move your car, shesaid. They would rather park inront o their business.
Brown said there are severalree parking areas in downtownor people to park.
We are looking at the down-town parking problem, saidKristy Lumpkin, economic de-
velopment administrator or thecity o Ruston. There isnt aperect answer.
Lumpkin, who has been inRuston or the past year and ahal, said this is not a stagnantconversation among businessowners in downtown Ruston.
We have quarterly meetingswith the business owners wherewe discuss these matters, shesaid. I work with the business-es, and I am involved with them,helping when it comes to thingslike this or upcoming events.We want these businesses to behere.
Lumpkin said that throughthe Ruston 21 plan, they areworking with the Tech expan-sion plans to make downtownmore accessible or students.
We are trying to create amore walk-able area or theTech students rom the campusto downtown Ruston, she said.We want them to enjoy their
experience here.In Chapter 8 o the Ruston
21 development comprehensiveplans, there are pictures o Mis-sissippi Avenue currently andthen the planned pictures aterit will be fnished.
Mississippi Avenue will betransormed with more busi-nesses and decorated withtrees.
On the summary o the fnd-ings or Transportation Imple-
mentation, the timeline says thisarea will be targeted to start this
year and be an ongoing process.I I was a student, I woul
set my watch or two hours beore going into a shop or tostudy, Lumpkin said. Then a-ter the time is up, they could gomove their car and then come
back in.
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frst community garden.Last winter quarter, Singh
and his class started designingthe layout or the garden and inthe spring began building theoundation on land purchasedy Temple Baptist Church.
Although Temple BaptistChurch purchased the land orthe garden located at 401 UnionSt., the Lagniappe Ladies pro-vided the CDAC with a $3,000grant to build the ence.
Singh said he is grateul thatthe Lagniappe Ladies providedthem with the opportunity toadd creativity to the garden.
We decided to get the ele-
mentary schools involved sincewe know they do not have a lot
o art projects incorporated intheir curriculum, he said. Also,it helps bring creativity to thegarden and bring momentumor uture projects.
Along with elementaryschools painting the ence,members o AKA have been in-volved with various aspects othe SOCA project by participat-ing in the SOCA 5K walk/runand recently with the paintingand installation o the ence.
Skyler Breaux, president oAKA, said the sorority was im-pressed and intrigued about theplans or the garden and decid-ed to help out.
AKA decided to get involved
in the garden when we heard oall o the eorts being put orth
to make the area better, saidBreaux, a senior early child-hood education major. This isnot Theta Lambdas frst visitand defnitely will not be thelast.
Breaux said she was glad hersorority wanted to give a help-ing hand in improving an areathat was so desperate or help.
The most rewarding part inhelping others is to see peoplesaces o joy and appreciation,she said. Those priceless ex-pressions are the reason I con-tinue to serve.
Elizabeth Kidane, an archi-tecture graduate student andCDAC student, said she is glad
Tech students got involved be-cause Tech is intertwined with
the Ruston community.The community is our back- yard, so we need to recognizeit is there, she said. I believeTech will ourish more as thecommunity grows.
The next upcoming eventplanned by the CDAC or thegarden is the block party sched-uled or Nov. 5 at Mays ChapelChurch.
For the block party, CDACwill give a presentation aboutthe garden and presenr ideasor the upcoming year with thecommunity.
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IN OUR OPINION
4 The Tech Talk October 20, 2011
FROM THE EDITOR
School politics need journalists too
KELLY BELTON
Editor-in-Chief
Though students may not re-alize it, Tech is a microcosmo a real-world city, com-
plete with its own government,politics and problems.
Our Student Government As-sociation is set up and intended tounction like a real, working gov-ernment. And like any such real,working government, it is subjectto the scrutiny o the press, as pro-tected by the First Amendment.
Freedom o speech, reedomo religion, reedom o the press.These reedoms are ones whichAmericans pride themselves on
and rightully so. I have writtenabout the absence o such protec-tions in Mexico, but the truth is noother country enjoys these ree-doms like we do in America.
And even in the U.S., indi-viduals and news organizationsalike have not had the same FirstAmendment protection that exsitstoday. The Alien and Sedit ion Actso 1798 included speech provi-sions that challenged ones right tocriticize the government. Found-ing Fathers Thomas Jeerson andJames Madison undamentally
opposed such laws, arguing theywere unconstitutional under theFirst Amendment. Though thelaws were never challenged incourt, the speech provisions ex-pired in 1801.
But again in 1917, the ederalgovernment implemented the Es-pionage Act and in 1918, anotherSedition Act, which targeted dis-loyal, scurrilous or abusivespeech against the government.With socialist and anarchy upris-ings, this was the governmentssolution to quell any rebellion.
Fortunately, ew o these re-main issues today. Perhaps thisis why I believe so strongly in aree press; as journalists we have
the power to check those wheregovernment-oriented checks ail.Assuming news outlets are notowned or entangled with organi-zations they should be committedto investigating, this is a huge pow-er granted to the people throughthe media.
At Tech each quarter, a por-tion o every students ees goesto SGA, as well as other campus-unded organizations like UnionBoard. I like to think o these eesas a sort o tax students have nochoice but to pay in hopes that
some service is provided in return.Because public monies are
used or these organizations, theirmeetings, budgets and actions arepublic. As the student voice oLouisiana Tech University, it ismy job as a journalist to ensurethat the public remains aware ohow their money is used.
Weekly SGA meetings are rare-ly attended by non-members, butthey are public orums. Just likeany citys council, meetings arepublic and subject to the concernso its constituents. But Im not aool. Much like national voter turn-out, ew people care to cast votesin elections or bother worryingabout SGA at all. This is why The
Tech Talk must take the initiativeand time each week to addressSGAs issues and keep studentsinormed.
Throughout my time on thenewspaper here, I have beenasked by several members o vari-ous groups whether an article will
be positive or negative. The an-swer is simple: I your organiza-tion has done good, an article willreect that; i your organizationhas done something perceived bystudents negatively, the article willreect that. There is no spin or
journalists. We leave that to publicrelations ofcers.
The Tech Talk sta is smalland works tirelessly to producethe newspaper you hold in yourhands. I cant guarantee it willalways be perect. We make mis-takes but always strive to bring theTech community accurate and im-portant inormation, regardless othe opinions o those in positionso power.
As long as I have any say, thisnewspaper will be committed totruth, and this is something politi-cal hopeuls o SGA had better getused to. Any wrath o a studentnewspaper is nothing when com-pared to the investigative powers
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Southern states are flled with ried, buttered anhand dipped ood items and the states embracethis as part o the culture in which they grewup. According to USATODAY.com, Louisiana is
ranked No. 5 in the attest states o America.This trend does not just aect our generation, bu
the generations ater us as well. One in every three chil-dren is obese or overweight. Is it the oods they areraised on or the inability o parents to deny requestsor unhealthy oods?
Regardless, the Food and Drug Administration iscontinuing to work on making nutritious oods and op-tions more desirable to children at a young age. This is
vital or the health o Americans. Many Democrats areapplauding the eorts o pro-nutrition guidelines, whileRepublicans see these guidelines as over the top and ahassle or big government associations and companies.
Despite the dispute, The Tech Talk believes theseguidelines could decrease obesity rates, not only in theSouth, but across the country. Regardless o politicaview, our editorial sta believes that health should bepriority over the concerns o business every time.
Food processers fnd a way to solicit the positives omany non-nutritious oods by marketing. At this poinin time, Americans seem to value taste over nutrition,which means that oods with high amounts o sugar,salt and at reign over the low-at, low-sodium ansugar-ree versions. Marketers want their products tosell, and i advertised in appeal to taste, the items aremore likely to be sold. These marketers are doing thei
job, but i the FDA can put limits on the numbers odisclaimers and at content in items, each company wilhave to market products in an entirely dierent way.This diverse scheme o marketing will lead to an over-
all decrease in the amount o at, salt and sugary itemsthat people buy.
This change must come rom the FDA though, be-cause marketers who are selling large amounts o lownutrition items will continue to do so i it is makingthem money. Only when it becomes illegal will thesethings start to change and the selection in grocerystores slowly become more nutritious and healthy. Thiswill lower obesity rates, something o which Louisianaand the entire South is in dire need.
The more children marketers can reach with nutri-tious items, the ewer obese and overweight childrewe will have. I guidelines are mandated and standardsare raised, maybe people will begin to understand thathe things they put into their bodies are not as nutri-tious or them as advertised on TV.
I Americans do not change their ways soon, oucountry is headed down the path o obesity that wil
be hard to recover rom because o unhealthy habitsand rampant heart disease common in so much o oupopulation.
This problem will take years, maybe even decadesto fx, but every step toward a healthier liestyle is astep in the right direction or Americans.
Hopeully with new guidelines and regulations, theFDA o this generation will be able to leave a legacy onutrition or uture generations.
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROWEasier said than done
MARY TIMMONS
Associate Editor
People can change theirclothes, hair color, bodyimage, and even make an
attempt to reorm the govern-ment. Thats all we need tomake a perect society, right?
Im not the type to bash change.In act, I constantly encourage it. Ienjoy seeing changes in technol-ogy, communication and within
administrations.Change is a necessity, and with-
out it the world would be morechaotic than it already is. We needchange to keep us unctional andup to date.
However, some aspects o thisworld that should be changedwill only work i those in it areprepared and willing to work onchanging themselves as well. Citi-zens are quick to demand govern-ment change, but what i theywere asked to look at themselves?
With the constant desire orchange o the American govern-ment, Im let to wonder i thechange will impact the Americanpeople.
Ater the events that have oc-curred over the last ew months,
Ive come to the conclusion thata government can only change iits people are willing to change aswell.
According to the CNN website,the Sesame Street YouTube ac-count was hacked into and had allo its original videos replaced bypornographic content.
Just imagine logging onto You-Tube so you can show your babysome o your avorite childhoodvideos. Next thing you know, the
both o you are watching a wom-an parade around in a thong.
All the avorite Muppet char-acters were swapped with X-ratedvideos. Really? What type o per-son thinks this is even remotelyunny?
The act that this is absolutelydisgusting doesnt bother me asmuch as the act that this ruinsany amount o trust you can gainrom others.
I you want to put porn onYouTube, open your own account,or better yet, go to a porn website.Dont take a childrens show andabsolutely tarnish it in the mostobnoxious way possible.
Its a sad thing when peoplehave no reasoning behind theiractions. I cant understand why
people would do this simply be-cause they can.
What makes matters evenworse is that there are so manyother things happening in thiscountry that make the SesameStreet situation seem tolerable.
According to the CNN website,Philadelphia landlord Turgut Goz-leveli ound our mentally disabledpeople being held captive in the
basement o an house he rents.The tenants could ace charges
o criminal conspiracy, aggravat-ed assault, kidnapping, criminaltrespassing, unlawul restraint andalse imprisonment.
The alleged victims were oundmalnourished and clueless as towhere they were and where theycame rom.
This type o cruelty is horriy-ing. People who do things like thisto others do not deserve to be parto this society. The thought o thetype o person who could do thisto another individual sickens me.
People cant control the weath-er or time, but they can controlthe way they act. There are a loto things beyond a persons con-trol but that is absolutely no rea-son to commit this type o crime.
Then we have Occupy Wall
Street, a government reormationmovement that has grown overthe last ew weeks.
Even i the governmentchang-es, will the people change? Wecan push or a government tochange; people have been doing itor years, but even i Occupy WallStreet is a success, will it really im-pact the people?
People have the ability to con-trol actions just like they have thehave the ability to control the gov-
ernment. The government, on theother hand, cant constantly con-trol its people.
All o these things just makeme wonder, where should we ob-tain change? Should the changecome rom within our governmentor within our people?
People are constantly seek-ing change within the Americangovernment. Maybe while on thepursuit or a reormed govern-ment we can reorm the Americansociety as well.
Mary Timmons is a senior journalismmajor from Logansport who servesas associate editor for The Tech Talk.Email comments to [email protected].
GUEST COLUMN
Correct and consistent Constitution, please!
J.T. SHIM
Guest Columnist
I believe that there should bea certain level o integrity, acertain level o consistency be-
tween word and action individu-ally, corporately and as a country.
Perect consistency is impossi-ble in a world where people arentperect. However, we can strive tomake progress toward a more per-ect union.
America was ounded with theconcept that all men are createdequal. The Founding Fathers real-ized that we could not both oundthe country and concurrentlyeradicate slavery. They triaged,ounded the republic and inten-tionally let uture generations todeal with reeing blacksand em-powering them with civil rights.
With the exception o prohibi-
tion (which we repealed) and termlimits, constitutional amendmentshave enlarged the ranchise. Nowcitizens are not precluded romvoting merely because they are
black, emale or only 18 years old.In our global society we have
adopted many children born in
other countries. I signed a docu-ment stating that Allison, ouradopted daughter rom China,will have the same rights and re-sponsibilities as our biologicalson, Adam. Only months later didI realize the implications o sucha commitment. We received a let-ter rom the U.S. President GeorgeW. Bush stating that she can nowully participate in our democracy
without adding except or thejob I hold!
A child in utero cannot choosehis or her gender, skin color orcountry o birth. These are immu-
table characteristics.Many recipients o the Con-
gressional Medal o Honor (ournations highest military decora-tion), were oreign born.
Should we acknowledge thatwe have more than one level ocitizenship? I believe not our na-
tional trend is toward a classlesssociety. The 14th Amendmentstates that citizens, whether natu-ralized or natural born, have equalprotection under the law. Thisconstitutional amendment can beconstrued to supersede Article II,Section I, Clause 5 that a U.S.president must be natural born.
I strongly believe that i wecontinue to claim that we are anegalitarian and meritocratic so-ciety, it is time to progress andmake such equal-protection impli-cations clear and pass a constitu-tional amendment eliminating the
natural-born citizen requirement.We explicitly state that religion,
which one can choose, is not a cri-terion or selection to elected o-fce. Wouldnt it be more internal-ly consistent and philosophicallycorrect to have a constitution thatdoes not exclude supposedly
equal citizens rom considerationor president based on somethingthey cannot choose, control norchange?
Author note: J.T. Shim was born ofChinese descent in Washington, D.C.,is married to Bonnie, born in NewYork, and is the proud father of oneson, Adam, age 11, born in Orlando,and one daughter, Allison, age 8,made in China.
Shim is a visiting assistant professorof information systems. Email com-ments to [email protected].
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Fourteen years ago, J.K.Rowling enchanted the world
with her tale o a young boydiscovering his magical pastand enrolling in a school orwitchcrat and wizardry. Today,those o us who grew up withthat young boy and watched hisstory unold can relive the mag-ic in a new and exciting way with the help o the Internet.
Pottermore is the newest lit-erary adventure rom Rowling,author o Harry Potter. How-ever, it is more than a simplereading experience. For the frsttime, readers have the chanceto create a relationship with theworld o Harry Potter based onthe works by Rowling.
Pottermore is a unique ex-perience unlike any other, butno less would be expectedrom this generations J.R.R.Tolkien, author o the Lord othe Rings series. Those luckyone million users who took theMagical Quill Challenge duringthis past summer had the ad-vantage by participating in thebeta testing o the website, andthose who want to experienceit in its entirety can sign up atsome point in October, accord-ing to the Pottermore Insider.
Delving immediately intothe experience, users fndthemselves at the beginningo book No. 1, Harry Potterand the Sorcerers Stone, andeventually make their way toOllivanders or their wand thenthe Great Hall or the Sorting
Ceremony. Without giving toomuch o the experience away,readers will read and scavengetheir way through the frst bookcollecting Galleons, the moneyused in the wizarding world, aswell as many other collectiblesans will recognize rom the se-ries.
However, the experiencewas labeled beta or a reason,and the inant site is not with-out its problems. Having beenone o the lucky ew who were
able to start beta testing onday one, I knew there would becomplications, but I dont thinkthose who headed the websiteplanned or the amount o tra-fc received.
Nearly every day or the frsttwo weeks on Pottermore, a-ter approximately 30 minuteso browsing, the site would go
down or maintenance due tohigh trafc congestion, or amessage would come up say-ing the servers were too busyand users should try again later.While expected or a site basedon a book that has one o thelargest an bases in the world, itseems as though the developersdid not entirely prepare or whatwas about to happen when theymade the site public. This willend up becoming a huge prob-lem or the open exploration
o Pottermore when the site isavailable or all later this month.
Getting to the actual aspectso the site, users cannot maketheir own usernames or ac-count IDs. Ater registering, fverandom names are given to thereader and a decision must bemade based on these names.
Users can add riends in
order to see how many HousePoints they have earned, whattype o wand they received,what all collectibles they haveound and what house they arein, but Pottermore alls shortin terms o riend interac-tion. You cannot speak directlyto others in the magical worldunless it is through the publicorum o the Great Hall or thehouse-specifc orum o theCommon Room.
Though the riends system
is somewhat limited, the abil-ity to earn House Points is agreat way or readers to show-case their own magical talentthrough wizard duels and potionmaking. House Points are givenor a number o reasons, andhouses with the most points winthe House Cup. There is alsoan incentive to be the highest
point earner as the users nameis proudly displayed under theirhouses banner. However, theHouse Point system is probablythe biggest disappointment othe entire website. Making po-tions, while it sounds exciting, istime consuming and extremelyrustrating.
Ater mixing preliminary in-gredients and allowing the po-tion to brew or sometimes sev-eral hours, the user has to addin the fnal ingredients and stir.
Dierent potions vary inthe amount o time a user hasto carry out the set goals, buttake too long and the potion isno good. Also, ater spendingnearly two hours per potion,the reward is fve House Points.Ater a while, its un to watchthem accumulate, but its irri-tating starting rom such a low
number and taking a ew weeksto make a dent in what thoseat the top o the leader boardshave achieved.
I wish I had something goodto say about wizard dueling.Hell, I wish I had anything tosay about wizard dueling. Duel-ing was available or two-threehouse on the frst day betawas opened, but ever sincethat day it has been down ormaintenance. However, earn-ing House Points can also be
achieved by fnding collectiblesin the texts. Finding a coin ocandy here or there can garneone or two points.
Dont get too attached to
Pottermore though. Unless us-ers are obsessive over gettingthe most House Points and carelittle to none about the waitime required to earn them,the experience will be a short-lived one. Pottermore only hasthe frst book available or in-teraction, and there is no ETAon when the next books wil
be available. The second booshould be available sometimeater December 2011, accord-ing to Pottermore Insider, buno concrete inormation has
been given.Perhaps the greatest addi-
tion to the reading experienceis the act that Rowlings noteshave been added to certain pas-sages to give readers a chanceto fnd out where the magiccame rom. Among these newnotes are a number o back-ground stories previously un-known rom the texts.
These background stories,though not generally importanin the original story, gives usersmore inormation on the char-acters that many have allen ilove with over the past decade.
However, those using Potter-more would be insane to thinkthat this is purely an advance-ment or the ans.
Pottermore will be the soleproprietor o Rowlings booksin eBook orm. For the frst timeever, ans will fnally be able topurchase Rowlings books i
orm not strictly ound betweebook sleeves.I you are a Harry Potter an,
register as soon as open regis-tration is available. The experi-ence is worth it to be sorted intoone o the our houses based oquestions ormed by Rowlinghersel, and reliving the booksthat shaped a lot o childhoodsis magical in itsel.
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Millennium Trust. Millennium Trust was estab-lished to collect settlement earnings from litiga-tion between tobacco companies and the state ofLouisiana. With the passage of this amendment,TOPS funding will also come from the tobaccosettlement money in the Millennium Trust.
Pigg said he is concerned about the source offunding for TOPS if this amendment is passed.
I think one of the concerns is how muchmoney will really go into TOPS because of it,he said. Is it going to be additional money or is itessentially going to be replacing money the state
would have put in from other sources? I think itsone of those things that is going to be hard to tellhow it will actually work in practice.
In order for all of this to go into effect, peoplehave to vote on these issues.
There are additional factors that might affectthe voter turnout in the upcoming election.
Its usually pretty low when its not a presi-dential election year when there arent really any-more highly visible state races going on, Piggsaid.
Even though Louisiana traditionally has pret-ty high voter turnout compared to other South-ern states, Im guessing that it will be pretty low
this year.Some students believe it is important to vote
because it is their responsibility as Americans.I am going to vote because its my duty as
a citizen, said Codi Cummings, a freshman ele-mentary education major. Were going to inheritthe world, and we dont want people who donthave a say in the election leading it.
Although it is important to vote, Pigg thinksit is also important that the voter is aware of theissues and that the voter understands what he orshe is voting on.
Pigg said he hopes students will go vote butalso encourages them to read guides to the con-
stitutional amendments before they enter a vot-ing booth.
You cant always trust the language that youread on the amendment to be a good guide towhat it will actually do, Pigg said.
Some Tech students believe that in order tomake an impact, voting is essential. Mire thinksvoting is important in making a dif ference in oupolitical culture.
I feel that if a student wants to affect a changein society then one of the best ways to do that isto vote, Mire said.
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BY AMIE ROLLAND
Staff Reporter
Remember when you were 10 years old andwent on scavenger hunts around your neigh-
borhood collecting random items like plasticorks and rolls o toilet paper?
Now you can relive those childhood dayswith Geocaching the outdoor sport or gameo searching or hidden objects by using GlobalPositioning System coordinates posted on theInternet.
Kelsey Whitlock, a Ruston High world geog-
raphy teacher, said she frst heard o Geocach-ing at a world geography conerence last year.The conerence had a session on how to incor-porate Geocaching into the classroom and getstudents interested in GPS.
Whitlock said the students made their owncaches, hid and recorded the latitude and lon-gitude o the caches location and then turnedin their coordinates to her.
I distributed those the next day and theygot someone elses and had to fnd the othercaches, she said.
Deuce Eppinette, a senior orestry and wild-lie habitat management major, said most othe Geocaching he has participated in has beenthrough his GIS classes. He said he worked ona cache project with his class last spring in alocal park.
During this project I helped set up twocaches or community day at the park, he said.I also set up caches at the park or a studentday in the park.
Eppinette said local Ruston parks have per-manent caches set up or people to go and fnd.I interested, he said he encourages people togive it a shot because it is easy to get started.
All you need is an entry level type GPS unitand some ree sotware that you can downloadto load coordinates, he said.
Matt Hudson, a Tech alumnus, got involvedwith Geocaching a ew years ago with his broth-er. He said they grew up playing in the woods,camping and participated in Boy Scouts mosto their childhood.
The idea o searching or stu using a GPSall over the world was appealing to us, he said.
Hudson said he oten takes riends with himand tries to get them involved because Geo-caching is un and easy or everyone.
Anyone can do it as long as you ollow theguidelines or the game, he said.
In a tech savvy world, an actual GPS is notrequired to fnd caches, because there is anapp or Geocaching on smart phones. How-ever, Hudson said or the best results, it is
benefcial to have a GPS.I youre planning to get the chal-
lenging ones, get a real GPS, he said.
I youre wanting to do just the urban or cityones, you can most likely use your phone to getwhat youre looking or.
Hudson said he enjoys Geocaching becauseit is an adventure.
Most o the ones youll encounter are easy,but when you get into the sticks and mountainslooking or them you can fnd real challengingones, he said.
Every cache, big or small, contains a log totrack who has ound it, Hudson said.
He also said there is trading in Geocach-ing, but one o the guidelines o the game is
that you only take a cache i you replace it withanother item.
I you get lucky, someone will drop osomething you really want, other times its akids cache, he said.
Hudson said the best way to get involved inGeocaching is to go to Geocaching.com andset up an account and read the rules beorestarting.
Its an awesome game, but when peopledont respect the rules it takes the un out oit, he said.
Although Geocaching awards no prize butsatisaction, Whitlock said it is good, whole-some un or kids and adults alike.
I try to tell my kids its wholesome un thatyoure not going to get in trouble and you canjust drive around town, she said.
However, because there is no prize in fndingthe cache, Whitlock said a lot o high schoolstudents and younger people are not interestedin participating.
Whitlock said some o the caches will havehints, and others will not. Whitlock said she andher husband will drive around town looking orcaches.
We like to do the ones with hints becausewe like to fnd them, she said.
Since Geocaching has become so popular,Whitlock said there are easy-to-locate cacheseverywhere.
Its not about the cache, its about thehunt, she said.
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delivers fun for Ruston community
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(Android) - FreeSearch or geocacheson a live map and savethem in your device. It is
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store cache inormation, take photosand instant access to the ofcialgeocaching website.
1. A GPS enabled deviceSmart phones have made GPS pro-
grams easily accessible but any GPS
device can be used or Geocaching.
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Here are a ew coordinatesto get you started.
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load apps. Here are a ew to help
with geocaching ventures.
3. HELPFUL EXTRASHere are some tips that can be
useul when geocaching.
Carry a ashlight.
Buy insect repellent.
Wear comfortable clothesand enclosed shoes.
Bring a friend.
Always remember yourcurrent location.
Put the cache back whenfnished.
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SARAH BROWN
Co-Sports Editor
Ater coming o a bye and success-ul win at Idaho, head coach SonnyDykes and his rested Bulldogs will travelto Utah State to take on the Aggies at 2p.m. Oct. 22.
The Aggies are coming o a 31-21loss at Fresno State.
As the Bulldogs continue in WesternAthletic Conerence play, Dykes and histeam will enter this week prepared totake on the Aggies.
Dykes said the break was good orhis squad, as many injured players re-ceived much needed rest.
Its good to be back, Dykes said.Although I think we enjoyed the breakand needed the break, I was ready toget back to work. It was nice to relax alittle bit.
He said his team has to prepare orUtah State, as they share a 2-4 record
with Tech.Well prepare well, Dykes said.Utah States got a good ootball team.Theyre remarkably similar to us withwhat theyve gone through this season.Theyve played good people; theyre agood ootball team. Theyve got a lot ogood players.
As ar as Bulldog injuries are con-cerned, junior running back Lyle Fitte isout or the year.
Besides Fittes injury, Dykes said all
three o the oensive linemen were inpractice last week.
Senior deensive end Matt Brohasaid he is preparing or Utah State likeevery other week.
You just have to prepare the same
way we did or Idaho and the last cou-ple o games, Broha said.
He said the team used the bye weekas an opportunity to get back to 100percent.
Just getting healthy, Broha said.
The D-line and the rest o the teamhave had some nicks and bruises, andguys just need to get back to 100 per-
cent. This past week denitely helped,having a couple days o and some lightpractices. It helped get guys healthy orthis upcoming week.
It appears the Bulldogs will be ullyrested or Saturdays game, as UtahStates oense has been compared tothat o Mississippi State.
Theyre similar when they bothwant to run the ootball, Dykes said.Theyre both very physical; were go-ing to have to stop the run.
Freshman quarterback Nick Ishamsaid Utah State will be a challenge, butthe Bulldogs must execute i they wantto come out victorious.
They have a lot o athletes and greatcoaching, because theyve switched upthe coaching on the deensive end,Isham said. We just have to prepareand make sure that we are doing what
we know how to do. We just have to beaware o what they are trying to do.
Ater playing at Utah State, the Bull-dogs will return to Ruston to host SanJose State or Homecoming.
Saturdays game can be accessed onthe Gametracker at latechsports.com.
The game will also be available orthe ans to watch on Cox Sports TV andon ESPN3.com.
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8 The Tech Talk October 20, 2011
Bulldogs brace for Aggies
Magicreturnsto TAC
FROM THE SPORTS DESK
FROM THE SPORTS DESKSARAH BROWNwith
ts the smell o resh pop-corn. Its the taste o victo-ry. Its singing the alma ma-
ter with the Band o Pride.Its the Thomas AssemblyCenter ater a basketball gamein which Tech had a victory.
Bulldogs head coach MikeWhite and the Techsters heacoach Teresa Weatherspooknow just what it takes to makethat magic happen.
Last year, the Lady Techsterswere led by senior AdrienneJohnson to the NCAA Tourna-ment in Shreveport, where theyell shy o advancing past therst round to Rutgers.
This year, our strong seniorswill pave the way or the Tech-sters.
Guards Jasmine Bendolph,Whitney Jones and Kiara Youngand orward Shantale Bramble-
Donaldson have been star play-ers or the Techsters in the past.
They will continue to shinetheir nal season as they sporthe white and Columbia blue
jerseys.Along with the our seniors
come ve reshmen Weather-spoon has added to the roster.
Guards Courtney Hayes,Laura Owen and Kanedria An-drews and orwards WhitneyFrazier and Savanna Langstomay be newbies, but under theright leadership o Weather-spoon, they will succeed.
The Western Athletic Con-erence oce and releasepolls Tuesday with the LadyTechsters as a preseason avor-ite.
The coaches poll grantethe Lady Techsters ve o theeight rst place votes, which to-taled at 47 points.
Utah State placed seconwith 40 points and Fresno Statecame in third with 36 points.
For the Bulldogs, the WACCoaches Preseason Poll placethem in last with just 11 points.
The new Bulldog basketbalcoach, who spent the last seve
years as assistant head coach aOle Miss, said he and his teamhave hit the ground running.
White said he isnt worrieabout his teams placement, nois he making promises.
Instead, hes ocusing ocreating a new team ull o a
ast-paced, dribble-drive o-ense and deense that addshigh pressure to the mix.
White also plans to play upthe tempo and make sure hisplayers are conditioned enoughto play powered-up the entiregame.
White will lose just two se-niors at the end o this seaso
guard Trevor Gaskins and or-ward Romario Souza.
The rest o the Bulldog teais young and has much room togrow with seven reshmen.
Guards Raheem Appleby,Alex Carr, Michale Kyser anKenneth Smith and orwardsStojan Gjuroski, Isaiah Masseyand Robby Price make up the
young line o reshmen.
The Bulldogs have a lot ogrowing room, as they prepareor the season opener in theTAC Nov. 6 against Texas A&M- Kingsville.
The Bulldogs will enter intoWestern Athletic Conerenceplay Jan. 7 as they host NewMexico State.
For the Lady Techsters,Weatherspoon is getting heteam ready or the Nov. 1 exhi-
bition game against the Univer-sity o Arkansas-Monticello.
The Techsters will play ouo conerence until Jan. 12when they host Idaho.
Its only a ew more weeksuntil the Bulldog aithul capack out the TAC in a sea o
blue.Until then, all Tech ans ca
do is anticipate Nov. 1 wheboth teams make their debut othe 2011-12 season.
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Photo by Dacia Idom
Senior running back Lyle Fitte makes a play against Hawaii in the Oct. 8 Red Outgame.
REINA KEMPT
Sports Reporter
The Lady Techsters bowling team has beenvoted one o the best in the country this year andplan to prove why in Springeld, Mo., next week.
Bowling has never been considered the big-gest college sport, but or seniors Amy Day andHouston Granger, it is their passion.
This year, the Techsters are ranked 14th in theNCAA, making them the only nationally-rankedsport at Tech.
Due to the lack o an ocial tournament-sized bowling alley, Tech has not been able tohost tournaments at home.
Having that luxury would have the potential toreel in a larger an base and could bring aware-ness to one o Techs unknown sports.
Granger said when she mentions that sheson the bowling team ater being introduced topeople, most o them are unaware Tech has one.
Though the program is small, their reputationmakes up or it.
Day said she believes that though the sport isnot physical, it is highly stressul on the mentalside.
She also said she thinks like a trained athleteat this point and knows what to expect whencompeting.
Bowling is more o a mental game, becauseobviously we dont need to be in top shape liketrack or basketball, Day said. We have to justkeep pushing through, even though we mightmess up one rame. We have to have positivethoughts.
Head coach Shawn Jackson plays a big parton their success.
He is aware that the mental aspect o thegame is most important and stresses that to his
players.Granger described him as nothing less thanawesome.
Hes really supportive o us, Granger said.He helps us a lot.
Granger said she believes the team has devel-oped into better bowlers.
As they go into the Greater Ozark Invite toplay some o the biggest teams in the country,Day ocuses on what she needs to improve onindividually to help her team.
I still need to work on hitting my marks, Daysaid. I want to repeat the same shot every time.Im one o those players who gets very anxious,so I need to calm down and ocus on my targetevery time.
Day and Granger refected on last year andhow the team developed.
Despite ending on a good note last season,they are ready to start o the new season right.
Last season, the team nished with a 20-12record, and Day saw action in seven games and
bowled a 174.9 average.Granger had a great season as well.She saw action in 13 games and bowled a
191.9 average.The team has also snagged Kay Rawls, a
reshman out o Greenwell Springs, who wasnamed an All-American her senior year at Cen-tral High School.
This addition will give the team extra leveragein the upcoming season.
The Techsters have brought out the gunswhen snagging Rawls, and they plan to build onlast years success.
We just want to go to each tournament anddo our best, Granger said. Each year we get
better.The Techsters have already received regoni-
tion rom the NCAA or their accomplishments.These women look to continue their success
in the lanes this season as they travel to Spring-
eld, Mo., to compete.
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Bowling rolls in new season
Photo by Dacia Idom
Sophomore Kayla Ghersini bowls at practice. The Lady
Techster bowling team will compete in the Greater OzarkInvite Oct. 28-30 in Springfeld, Mo.
Basketball bounces into
season with annual bonanzaANNA CLAIRE THOMAS
Co-Sports Editor
The Lady Techster and Bulldog basketballteams will jumpstart their seasons with the an-nual Basketball Bonanza and Halloween Car-nival set to take place at 6 p.m. tonight in theThomas Assembly Center.
The Louisiana Tech Student-Athlete Advi-sory Committee will host the Hal-loween carnival on the concourseor children looking to show o theircostumes among their peers andTech athletes.
This is the 13th year the SAAChas held the carnval.
The Halloween carnival, put on y all Tech student-athletes, is reeto the public and will eature unooths or kids o all ages in atten-
dance.The Bulldog basketball team and the Lady
Techsters will take to the court at 7 p.m., as theywill be introduced to Tech ans or the rst time.
Both teams will participate in an on-court
perormance to give ans a sneak peek o thereworks they are sure to witness once the reg-lar season begins.
The Lady Techsters are sure to be a crowdavorite once again this season.
Tuesday, they were selected to place rst
begin her third season at the helm o the leg-endary Techsters.
She has a young squad this year ater losingour senior leaders rom last year, most notablyorward Adrienne Johnson.
Weatherspoon has added ve reshmen tothe roster or the 2011-12 season.
The Techsters are looking to make theirourth consecutive NCAA Tournament since
Weatherspoon has taken over.As or the Bulldogs, the Michael
White era is set to begin, lookingto improve the team rom their lessthan impressive record last season.
White is rebuilding the Bulldogsrom the bottom up in his inauguralseason in Ruston.
White has spent the last sevenyears as the assistant coach at OleMiss.
Blue Basketball Bonanza T-shirts will behanded out to the rst 300 students through thedoors.
Fans can also register at the door or a $1,000cash prize that will be awarded at the end o the
night.The Tech Hoop Troop, Regal Blues andcheerleaders will perorm throughout the nightsestivities.
Champ and Tech XX are also expected tomake appearances at the estivities or all Tech
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BULLDOG FOOTBALLat Utah State10/22 2 p.m.
LADY TECHSTER
TENNIS
University of West Florida Fall Fling10/21-10/23 All Day
LADY TECHSTER
SOCCER
at Fresno State - 10/21 9 p.m.at San Jose State - 10/23 2 p.m.
LADY TECHSTER
VOLLEYBALL
vs New Mexico State - 10/22 7 p.m.at Idaho - 10/27 9 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRYDemon Invitational10/21 TBA
LADY TECHSTER BOWLING
Greater Ozark Invite
UPCOMING TECH
ATHLETICS