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TalkNumber 23He turned his head just as the deer

ran into the window.

I looked across the street, right infront of the biomed building and it was

jumping around the fountain park areaand then it took off toward the aviation

building, and hit the window. It lookedlike it broke its neck and it was lying onthe ground kicking for 30 seconds to aminute before it stopped, said RobHarris, a senior chemical engineeringmajor.

Approximately 1:15p.m. May 5, adoe ran full force in to a glass panel onthe side of Davison Hall and Harriswas one of many witnesses.

We saw a maintenance truck andwe flagged him down and told himwhat we saw, Harris said.

The Ruston Animal Control serv-ices and Tech Police were called totake care of the doe that was foundlying dead on the pavement; bloodsplattered around it and its tonguehanging out.

It was taken away in the back of atruck by Officer Folmer of Ruston An-imal Control services in the back of histruck, with the help of Tech Police andtwo students.

The remains were scrubbed awayby a Tech maintenance team beforeOfficer Folmer pulled out of the park-ing lot with the deer.

Although a deer smashing into theside of a building in the middle of cam-pus may seem odd, James Dickson, aprofessor of wildlife habitat manage-ment, forestry and graduate studies

says he is not surprised it happened.They have done quite well in sub-

urban situations, he said. There aredeer populations right around here, inany wood lot during the day and thenthey forage at night.

Dickson said that without huntingpressures in suburban areas, the deerare more subject to look for the artifi-cially fertilized and nutrient-filled plants

in yards around suburban areas. Theyare attracted to the roadside, wherewithout shade, plants can get plenty ofnutrients that deer look for.

Deer are far more habitat flexiblethan we ever thought, he said.

The deer population not only inRuston, but in the entire South has

been increasing because of the lack ofpopulation control mechanisms Dick-

son said.Food supply is the variable of this,

they either can find food in their naturahabitats away from people and subur-

ban areas, or they cannot, and deehave to account for this.

But when the population in suburban areas increases, the number ofdeer sightings and accidents occur.Dickson said this increases the numbeof vehicular deer accidents.

They are the most dangerous ani-mal in the South. More people arekilled in deer collisions than any otheanimal in the south, he said. Thereare more than a hundred deer in thiscivil area that are involved in vehiculacollisions every year.

Dickson explained, although it isclear, glass is a substance that is harto see or recognize from a deers vision.Many other animals, such as birds, seetheir reflection in the glass and simplythink it is another animal, it does nooccur to them that it is a solid sub-stance.

They run into glass plate windowsand doors, they dont recognize it as a

barrier, it is not like trees or rocks oanything like that, Dickson said.

As for why this particular doe wasfrolicking in the fields near DavisoHall, Dickson said it is an unusual bureasonable occurrence for youngedeer. Although he did not see the deer,he imagines that it was probably still iits maturing stages.

Immature deer are much more vul-nerable, he said. They are just likecrazy teenage boys, out running arouncrazy wild.

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Deer runs into window, diesRebecca Spence

STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Rebecca Spence

A doe ran full force into the glass panel on the side of Davison Hall

May 5. The deer did not die instantly. It was taken away by Animal

Control that afternoon.

When freshmen, who are nowseniors, walked the candlelit pathfrom Howard Auditorium for thePerforming Arts to the Lady ofthe Mist four years ago after thefirst academic convocation, theycarried a symbolic medallion todeposit into the Ladys fountain,with the promise that it would bereturned to them when theywalked across the stage duringgraduation.

Stacy Gilbert, director of co-

curricular programs and disabilityservices, Linda Griffin, dean ofstudent development in the divi-sion of student affairs haveworked with members of admin-istration to make this promisecome true.

That first fall of 2007 we toldthose freshmen that when theygraduate in four years they wouldreceive a medallion, Gilbert said.So this is the first spring that wewill be giving those back to thestudents.

Academic convocation was pi-oneered with the First Year Expe-rience program that began atTech during fall 2007 as well. Ac-cording to the First-Year Experi-ence mission statement theprogram was created, to supportand advance efforts to improveacademic and co-curricular re-sources into and through the first-

year student's higher educationexperience.

During this process, adminis-tration had been searching for ahome to the medallion ceremonyand decided the freshman aca-demic convocation was the rightceremony for the part. It would bean event for everyone, regardlessof college, could come togetheras the new members of Tech.

It struck us that there wasntany one event where all freshmenwere welcomed, Gilbert said.

To begin the ceremony, incom-ing freshmen are handed amedallion before the one-hour

convocation, which includesalumni, student and administra-tive speakers, and are expected tohold on to it throughout the serv-ice. Freshmen are then usheredout on the candlelit, alumni-linedpath leading to the Lady of theMist, which is surrounded by thedeans of each college. The fresh-men are then asked to deposittheir medallion into the fountain.It is promised to them that theywill get one back when they grad-uate.

We kind of want to wet theappetite of the student, Griffinsaid. They get to hold themedallion for that hour with thepromise that one day, they willhave them forever.

The medallions will be handed

back to each graduating senior,regardless of attendance at thefreshmen convocation. Afterwalking across the stage and re-ceiving a diploma, no matter whatthe circumstance, each graduatewill be awarded a medallion.

It is a significant icon that willremind them of their time atTech, Griffin said. Also, to re-mind them that the tenets are theguiding principles for the rest oftheir lives, not just during theirtime at Tech.

The medallions have a pictureof the Lady of the Mist on thefront and the Tenets of Tech onthe back, with the graduation yearunderneath. This is different fromthe original design the freshmanwere issued in 2007, which hadCentennial Plaza on the front in-stead of the Lady of the Mist.

Gilbert and Griffin both believethat the Lady of the Mist has be-come more of a symbol of Techand the story behind her open

Rebecca Spence

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Six months after closing, thefamiliar smells of pork chops,

black-eyed peas and fresh sweettea that filled the Bluelight Caffor 50 years have returned to Rus-ton.

The Bluelight, which was at902 Arlington St. for the last 30

years, has been a favorite placefor Tech students to grab lunch.Generous portions, low costs anda relaxed environment drawmany students to the caf everyday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lindsay Chandler, a seniorspeech pathology major, has beengoing to the Bluelight for years.

The food is amazing, shesaid. Its one of the only restau-rants in Ruston that really serveshome-cooked meals.

Bluelights owner, 47-year-oldNina Venzant, said that is the rea-son for her success.

You cant get that just any-where, Venzant said of a tradi-tional, home-cooked meal. Ithink they like eating at a placelike home.

Her statement was verifiedwhen the restaurant reopened at500 S. Monroe St. April 19 and all20 tables were filled within 10minutes.

I didnt anticipate it to be that

big, Venzant said. I was so ex-cited.

She has worked at the Blue-light for almost 15 years. She saidmany of the customers refer to

her as Mrs. Bluelight. After ac-quiring the restaurant and a newplace to rent, the title has beengiven back to her.

I missed my customers, Ven-zant said. I make so many newfriends here.

Bluelight has been one of thecoolest hot spots in Ruston sinceit opened. In a 2003 article fromthe Ruston Daily Leader, eating atthe Bluelight Caf was No. 23 ona list of 50 things that every stu-dent should do before leavingTech.

Its an experience, Chandlersaid. The whole restaurant is re-laxed. You walk in, write out your

own menu and then wait. Thatsit.

Every meal at the caf costs$10. Customers choose a meat,three vegetables, bread and theirchoice of drink.

You get way more than yourmoneys worth, Chandler said.Ive never been able to finish awhole plate. Everything tastesgreat!

Moving to a new, more desir-able location allows more stu-dents to experience what theBluelight offers. The restaurant ismore convenient for students. Awalk to the caf is no longer thanmost students walk to their cars.

Casey Quarles, a sophomorephysics education major, ate atthe Bluelight Caf for the firsttime May 3 and agreed withChandler.

At first it looks really expen-sive at $9.95, Quarles said, butwhen you get the plate and see

how generous the portions are,its a great deal for a homey-typemeal.

Venzant said she loves seeingthe students come in and eat andknows a few of them on a per-sonal level. She said she has along and special relationship withTech, not just its students.

When [F. Jay] Taylor and hiswife found out that I was going toreopen, (Mrs. Taylor) came by tohelp me clean and organize therestaurant, she said. I was sotouched.

Venzant said the restauranthas been busy every day since ithas reopened and she has every

intention of keeping the restau-rant open for good.

I like what Im doing, shesaid. I take pride in what I do. Mycooking can make someone feel

better. Thats a great feeling.The feeling has spread over

the last 50 years. Venzant said shefeeds a lot of students whose par-ents she fed earlier.

Its like the Lays chip chal-lenge: bet you cant eat just one.Almost everyone is a returningcustomer.

I definitely plan on goingback, Quarles said. I loved it.

Venzant said she would like tokeep the caf as a family businessforever. She also said the commu-nity has blessed her in a numberof ways.

Customers are just the best,she said. Im happy here andtheyre happy Im here.


Bluelight Cafe in Ruston againJustin Fort

STAFF REPORTER

Most students couldnever imagine a nightgone awry with friends,

but the evening ofApril 24 would be oneGrace Moore wouldnever forget.

A group of us wereall hanging out in myfriends dorm and oneof our other friendstold us he had some ofthe legal weed, shesaid. None of us knewhow entirely horrible itwas for you, so wewent outside andsmoked some of it.

The so-called fakeweed was actually asubstance known asK2, a compound origi-nally created in themid-1990s, accordingto a FoxNews articlefrom last year.

John W. Huffman, a

chemist at ClemsonUniversity, created K2while studyingcannaboid receptors.The recipe somehowleaked, even making itsway into East Asiawhere it was sold as aplant growth stimulant.

According to theFoxNews article, K2has an affinity for thecannaboid brain recep-tor thats about 10times greater thanTHC, meaning onecan smoke far less K2to get just as high.

Moore, a freshman journalism major, saidthe high comes swiftly

with serious unfavor-able effects on some.

Literally within aminute, two of myfriends we tripping outlike crazy, she said. Ithought they were hav-ing seizures, which isvery likely because it is

a common side effect.Unsure of what to

do, Moore said she andfive other students atthe scene began caringfor the two girls, whowish to remain anony-mous, having adversereactions to the drug.She said they appearedto have no bodily con-trol and were vomiting

uncontrollably.Eventually Mooreand the others wereable to get one of thesick students inside tolie down where shecame to after a while.However, the other girlseemed to be makingno progress.

She was as pale asa piece of paper, withno control of her body,and she could hardlyspeak, Moore said. Itwas terrifying.

Afraid of getting introuble, Moore said thegroup hesitated to callfor help, but once theyrealized she was barely

responding, someonemade the call to 911.Instead of having agood time with friendson a Friday night,Moore rode in an am-

bulance to the hospital.

Tech sees firstfake cannabis

overdose

She was as pale as a piece

of paper, with no control of

her body, and she could

hardly speak. It wasterrifying.

Grace Moorefreshman journalism major

Kelly Belton

FEATURES EDITOR

Photo by Jessica Wethington

Ruston residents enjoy a home-cooked meal at Blue Light Cafe. The cafe was around for 50 > see DRUG page 6

How did Union Board go the extra mile to try to make

this Spring Fling/Concert unforgettable? Turn to Page

7 to read about the Show at the Joe event.

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Book buyback allowsstudentsto pocket cashStudents will be able to sell

back used textbooks for extracash before summer break from7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday or 7:45 a.m.to 5 p.m. Friday at Barnes &Noble Louisiana Tech.

This of fer applies regardlessof where or when the textbookswere bought, as long as a Techstudent ID is presented at thetime of the sellback.

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To find out if your textbook isbeing used next quarter visitwww.latech.bncollege.com orwww.mybookvalue.com.

For more information con-tact the bookstore at 318-257-3066.

Fitness challengepostponed until fall

HAVOC strength and en-durance challenge has beenpostponed until fall quarter2011.

The challenge will consist ofthree-person teams that are ei-ther all male or all female.

The challenge will consist of40 deadlift repetitions (men:135 lbs; women: 95 lbs), one laparound Hideaway Park track,25 burpees and a 100-yard raftpaddle in Lake Reneau.

Cost will be $15 per team.Gifts, prizes and a free mem-

bership to the Maxie LambrightIntramural Center for fall quar-ter will be given to each partic-ipant.

For more information con-tact Jeff Nugent, fitness andwellness graduate assistant, at318-257-4634 or [email protected].

BARC asks studentsto aid in tornado reliefBARC is collecting relief

items throughout the remainderof the quarter to be sent toTuscaloosa, Ala., following thetornadoes that hit the town andthe University of Alabama.

Donations needed include toi-letries, clothes, tools and money.

Donations can be left at WylyTower of Learning, Room 202,the Ruston Parks and RecreationOffice located at 605 JamesStreet or Howard Auditorium,Center for the Performing Arts,Room 200.

It is also asked that clothingdonations be separated by gen-der and size.

For more information contactCristy Martin, academic supportcoordinator and adviser, at 318-257-4730 or [email protected].

Wesley hosts themedend-of-the-year party

Wesley River Queen will bepresented as the end-of-the-yearparty from 6-9 p.m. May 13 atthe Wesley Foundation.

The event, which will com-memorate the foundations ac-complishments, will feature awatermelon seed-spitting con-test, mustache booth, danceparty, pig roast, photo stand,poker tournament and an anec-dotal award ceremony.

Guests will also be treated toa dinner consisting of pig roast,potatoes, rolls, peach cobblerand salad along with roastedpig.

Students must purchase a $5ticket to attend.

For more information con-tact Andy Shows, Wesley intern,at 318-255-3112 or [email protected] or the Wesley at318-255-3112.

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More than 450 students wereable to land in between Indiaand China and gain a refreshingperspective on Nepals cultureas the Namaste Nepal Associa-tion presented its seventh an-nual Nepal Night May 7 in theStudent Center, Second Floor.

The event, which wasthemed "Naturally Nepal, Onceis Not Enough," commemo-rated Nepals largest tourism

year and highlighted its rich cul-ture through songs, instrumen-tal performances, skits,traditional dances with burningcandles, and a diverse fashionshow featuring intricately col-ored saris, bangles, weddingdresses and a daura suruwal, amale garment consisting of apleated tunic.

The night began at a rapidpace as Sanjog Bikram K.C., a

junior biomedical engineeringmajor, and Arun Bhandari, asenior computer science major,performed a modern hip-hopdance to Matlav Chaina.

Nepals culture was high-lighted as guests read bright red,

blue and white pamphlets thatrevealed more than 12 factsabout Nepal and asked theirtable hosts questions about thecountry, while watching Nepali

students perform Rasham, aflirty love song.Many found their taste buds

experiencing flavors they hadnever encountered before asthey tasted traditional Nepalesecuisine, such as Basmati, a but-ter flavored rice; ChickenChoyla, a traditional Newaridish; mixed vegetable curry withpotatoes, cauliflower and greenpeas; Dal fried, lentils combined

with butter; Aloo ko Achar, aspicy potato and carrot salad;and a fruit salad, a dessert com-posed of creamy yogurt, grapesand chunks of apples.

Nathan Lapp, a junior com-puter science major, said he de-cided to attend Nepal Night

because he enjoyed tastingmomo, meat dumplings, at theInternational Food Day andwanted to see more of Nepalsrich culture.

I know a few Nepali stu-dents, and they wanted me tosee part of their culture, hesaid.

Lapp also said he might visitNepal in the future because theirpamphlet and their presentationmentioned that Nepal has eightof the 14 tallest peaks in theworld.

If I ever have the urge toclimb a mountain, I would visitNepal, he said.

Lapp also said overall theevent exceeded his expecta-tions.

I would like to thank theNepali students for putting theevent on, he said. I had a funevening.

Amrit Awal, a junior journal-ism major, said he enjoyed at-tending Nepal Night because itmade him feel proud about hiscountry.

It made me feel proud to bea Nepali, he said. I was happy

that I got a chance see othersfrom the community performand watch American students

become interested in my cul-ture.

Toward the end of the night,Parajuli asked Emily LaFleur,2010-11 Student GovernmentAssociation president, to say afew words.

Events such as Nepal Night,which are sponsored and put on

Submitted photos

Nepal Nsight brought otherwise unseen culture to Techs Student Center May 7. Colorful

Nepal comes to RustonNaomi Allison

STAFF REPORTER

by international students, present aunique cultural experience to themudane American way of life, shesaid, not only to students at Tech

but the community of Ruston aswell.

LaFleur also said it was importantfor others to become openmindedabout international events.

I might not get the opportunityto travel to Nepal, she said. Itsawesome that I can get a glimpse, ataste and musical sample of Nepalthat I might not get to experience inmy lifetime. Events of this kindshould be embraced. I feel sad forthose who didnt go because they arenot aware of what theyre missingout on.


DAIRY CLOSURE CAUSES ANIMAL AUCTION

Photo by Kyle Kight

The closure of Tech Dairy led to the inevitable auction of livestock. The dairy closure will ensue June 30 due

to lack of funds needed to fix a number of machines on which the dairy relied upon.

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Hacking was the name ofthe game as cyber security stu-

dents battled it out May 6 atCyber Storm 2011.After spending the quarter

learning the ins and outs ofcyber security, students put theirnowledge to the test in this

Star Wars-themed event.Jean Gourd, an assistant pro-

fessor in computer science, saidCyber Storm was an event stu-dents have been working onsince the beginning of the quar-ter.

The students have beenworking the entire quarter learn-ing how to set up and operatethe equipment, servers and net-works, as well as securing it allalong the way, Gourd said.Now, theyre trying to defendthat while trying to attack their

opponents.Students furiously hacked foreight hours, though Gourd saidthe event has the potential tolast much longer with all of thework that goes into attackingand securing a network.

The majority of the studentswere split into two main teams,the Jedis and the Sith. Bothteams earned points by suc-cessfully hacking the opposingteam as well as keeping theirown network secure.

However, four smaller groupsissued additional challenges andobstacles for both teams alongthe way.

The administration, the

Force, issued additional chal-lenges and questions through-out the day to give opportunitiesfor extra points. There were alsotwo teams, the Dark Side andthe Ewoks, whose only goal was

to take both competing teams.Del Jackson, a graduate stu-dent in computational analysisand modeling, was part of oneof the teams trying to takedown both sides.

My teams job was to causewhatever chaos we could,Jackson said. We were meantto represent the Internet and allof the problems they can pres-ent.

He said problems on the In-ternet are ones people shouldalways acknowledge because ofhow detrimental they can be tocyber security.

Secure networks can still behacked if the proper steps arenot taken, Jackson said. Itsimportant that students cover

themselves to make sure theystay secure.The 4th smaller group, the

Light Side stayed busy learninghow to use the tool sets andlooking at the network. Gourdsaid this team was given a senseof security while they workedduring the Cyber Storm.

The Light Side is not al-lowed to attack, but theyre alsonot allowed to be attacked, hesaid. They feel safe.

With the added opposition,Gourd said the Jedis and Sithspent the day hacking using dif-ferent tools, some they wrotethemselves, in order to achievecertain effects.

For example, if theyre try-ing to take down a machine,they might flood the networkwith as much traffic as possiblein an attempt to prevent themfrom getting anything out, get-

ting anything done and then ef-fectively taking them down, hesaid. Theyre not physicallydown, but their network has gotso much information that effec-tively theyre down.

In addition to the cyber se-curity students day of hacking,students in Gourds senior cap-stone class presented their sen-ior projects during Cyber Storm.The students were given the op-portunity to show off the proj-ects, which consisted of thedesign and implementation ofthe infrastructure that made theevent possible.

Despite all of the fun sur-rounding the event, Gourd saidthe event was still to be takenseriously by students.

Essentially, this is the finalexam for the course, he said.As fun as it is, its supposed toteach the idea that you as an in-dividual actually are a weaklingif youre not aware of cyber se-curity.

He said cyber security is im-portant not only for ones ownsafety but others as well.

Your laptop can cause a lotof problems and have an effecton other people, so you need to

be aware, Gourd said. That iswhats important. Thats why wedo this.


Students fight through

cyber security matchZach Beaird

STAFF REPORTER


omputer science students divided into teams May 6 in the Student Center, Main Floor,o fight hackers as well as become hackers for their Cyber Storm simulation.

Speech class makes progress

for handicapped students

Every spring an organiza-tional communications class,Speech 431, takes part in a proj-ect to help better the university.

This years project, AccessTech, is focused on makingTech more accessible for hand-icapped students.

Ashley Pennington, a seniorspeech major in the class, saidthe whole class was behind thisyears project.

Theres so much stuff thatneeds to be done, she said.They (Disabilitys Office) donthave the funds for everything.

Access Techs goal was toraise $5,000 to upgrade the uni-versity. Pennington said thethree things they wanted to addincluded an automatic door tohe College of Education deans

office, a curb cut where handi-capped students can ride ontothe curb and a program fordyslexic students.

In an effort to raise the funds,Access Tech held two eventslast week: a wheelchair basket-

ball tournament and a movienight in Tolliver Hall.

Clint Carlisle, the newlyelected Student GovernmentAssociation president and pres-ident of Pi Kappa Phi, said hestrongly supports the goals ofAccess Tech. Pi Kappa Phi,which sponsors Push America,a philanthropic organizationdedicated to raising awarenessfor people with disabilities,sponsored the movie night May2 in Tolliver Hall to help raisefunds and assist Access Tech inreaching its $5,000 goal.

Access Tech is doing a lotof great things for our university,and I was honored to help themout, Carlisle said. The goals ofAccess Tech hold a specialplace in my heart.

He said he attributes the lackof accessibility to Techs age. Aschool founded more than 100

years ago would not necessarilyhave or want to comply withcertain standards for marginal-ized people.

Louisiana Tech is an oldercampus, and we are definitely

behind the times in manyareas, he said.

Tech and its Disability Officehave been making strides to-ward becoming more accessiblefor handicapped students. Al-though still behind, the additionof automatic doors and rampshelp to update the school.

Their hard work and dedi-cation is priceless, Carlisle saidof the eight students in BryanTownsends Speech 431 class.

Access Tech raised approxi-mately $3,000, which gave themonly enough money to improveone of the three things theywere aiming to. Pennington saidthe class has not decided whichthey plan on doing, but any ofthem would be a great additionto the university.

We have a long way to go,but with organizations like Ac-cess Tech, we will hopefully befully compliant with all accessi-

bility requirements in the nearfuture, Carlisle said.

It is a truly remarkable thingwhen a group of students workfor something bigger than them-selves.


Justin Fort

STAFF REPORTER

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Newscasters and journalistsnow share the responsibility ofreporting news with everydaycitizens as a result of techno-logical advances.

Social media websites likeFacebook and Twitter allow in-

dividuals to disperse informa-tion to people around the worldimmediately, and news outletsare joining in the phenomenonwith programs like CNNs iRe-port and FOX News uReport.

A. Nazir Atassi, an assistantprofessor of history, said theusage of technology like socialwebsites, satellites and cellphones have helped show po-lice brutality, display informa-tion and break censorship.

You can see a real advancealmost instantaneously, Atassisaid. In the case of Egypt,Facebook was used to organizedemonstrations, but they didnot invent the idea. The Irani-ans used Twitter for elections.

He was one of the experts,along with Juan Cole, a profes-sor of history and director forSouth Asian Studies at the Uni-versity of Michigan, and Je-remy Mhire, an assistantprofessor of political science,for the roundtable discussionMay 4. The panel discussion ti-tled Technological Changeand Social Unrest in the Mid-dle East was part of TechsShaping the 21st Century se-ries.

Atassi also said technology

is helpful in breaking the fearbarrier and allowing individualsto instruct others preparing fordemonstrations, but it is not theonly way to address political is-sues.

Dont think you can organ-ize a revolution through Face-

book, Atassi said. You needadult supervision.

He said video postings have

been critical in making newseasier for people to relate sincepersonal stories are being told.

The smart phone is themost incredible tool, Atassisaid.

He then told a story about aSyrian who used his phone torecord a riot but was shot anddied in front of the camera. Hesaid someone uploaded thevideo to the Internet, and peo-ple were able to watch.

[Videos] have addeddrama because you can watchthe killing, Atassi said. Youfeel the anger that is fueled bythe blood.

Austin Hunter, a junior fi-nance major, said he supportedthe notion that phones are ef-fective in recording events.

With smart phones, wedont get the news that isprocessed through govern-ment-regulated news network-ing, he said. We get thingsfrom the individuals them-selves, which is usually morereliable in the sense of events.

Hunter said the existence ofsocial sites is important to con-nect people from differentplaces.

Our way of thinking is a lot

different than the Middle Eastsway of thinking, but the inter-action of social media is some-thing we can identify with, hesaid. It connects us. Its unify-ing, and it makes us feel theirplight.

During the panel discussion,Mhire elaborated on the ideaof news outlets misrepresent-ing certain aspects concerning

social media.My suspicion is that the

role social media is playing isbeing vastly overplayed by thepeople in the West, he said.

Mhire also said the Westhas a habit of putting modern-ization and democratization to-gether.

The language of rights isnot American; its English, hesaid. Rights are natural. It pro-ceeds by education, not withthe barrel of a gun. It has to beremembered because it can beforgotten.

Although many successeshave been achieved in the Mid-dle East, social media has not

been the only source used for

progression.Cole said he recently part-

nered with professors fromCairo University-Egypt totranslate Thomas Jeffersonswritings into Arabic.

You can make a revolutionwithout social media, Colesaid. Its not bad to have; its atool. It doesnt make thingshappen by itself.


Board discusses technologyDacia Idom

STAFF REPORTER

Photo by Dacia IdomJeremy Mhire, assistant professor of political science, A. Nazir Atassi, assistant pro-fessor of history, and Juan Cole, professor of history and director of South Asianstudies at the University of Michigan, share their views in a Q&A segment. StephenWebre, history department head, served as the moderator for the event.

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The economy is failing. Allaround us, people are los-ing their jobs. But, the real

question is: Do you want fitted orflat sheets when you go to a hotelin California?

According to a FOX News ar-ticle, the bill will regulate whattype of sheets can be used onhotel mattresses across the state.

Wait, what?OK, I read that right. They are

seriously wasting taxpayer moneytalking about an issue thats noteven an issue.

It gets better.The bill could cost between

$30 million and $50 million ifpassed.

In the article, Leigh Shelton,spokesperson for a Californiaunion that represents hospitalityworkers, said this will help lowerinjuries on the job.

Just by using fitted sheets youcould cut the number of lifts inhalf, and we think that would go along way in preventing worker in-

jury, Shelton said.

The bill also calls for the use

of long-handled tools like mopsand dusters to keep workers offtheir hands and knees whencleaning bathroom floors.

I really had no clue about theplight of the hotel worker, but ap-parently the hotel workers unionconducted a study that showedthe injury rate among hotelhousekeepers was higher thanthat of most service workers.

This just in, the California Leg-islature will also prohibit menfrom wearing those ridiculousplaid golf pants.

Also, they are considering abill to ban the distribution of toi-let paper that is anything less thanfour-ply. According to a study I

just made up, there are more toi-let paper injuries every year due

to weak toilet paper than thereare injuries with thick toilet paper.

If California isnt workingovertime being outrageouslypolitcally correct, its idioticallywasting time and money on billslike this.

This also sheds light on who isin the pocket of the union in thesunshine state. The state has a

multi-billion dollar deficit, yet

they are concerned about sheetsthat will yield another $30+ mil-lion. It is drowning in debt, and itsirresponsible leaders just keeppouring in more.

If I were in the California hotel business, I would pack up andmove to another state. Nothinggood comes from over regulatingand killing the freedom of marketsupply and demand.

I know I sound harsh, but Cal-ifornia has worked very hard toearn this reputation. Read thewarning label on almost any item

you buy. Chances are you will seea mandated statement that reads,This product contains [chemi-cal], which is known to the stateof California to cause [disease].Hmm, I think Ill take the safety

of my economy over the politicalcorrectness of the liberal left anyday.

The thing that stumps me iswhere the money from theFlorida Rail redistribution thatObama sanctioned for Californiawent.

Whats worse is Hollywoodused to be a huge bailout for Cal-

ifornia, but filming has become

scarce on the West Coast due toso many states not taxing on film-ing, which makes it a lot easier fordirectors and producers to pocketthat money and shove it into anoffshore account.

OK, lets be fair. Californiacould be leading the nation withthis bill. This could change theway we view hotels. I have towonder, has there been an envi-ronmental impact study done? Isit better to have less material andmore elastic and threads from afitted sheet or a flat sheet? Whathappens to the land fills when allthose flats are tossed out? Is theresome Chinese textile companylobbying for this? These are theimportant questions that should

be answered before making a

change that could potentiallychange the way the nation sleepsin hotels.

Taylor Stephens is a senior jour-nalism and English major fromBossier City who serves as editor forThe Tech Talk. Email comments [email protected].


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Fitted or flat: Why does it matter?

In Our Opinion

People should be allowed access to their personal in-formation that companies have collected via the In-ternet because it involves their own lives.

According to The New York Times, companies elec-tronically gather data about people, their dislikes, likes andshopping habits in order to make more money by makingitem suggestions for consumers to purchase according tothe information obtained about them. This collection anddistribution of information raises some privacy concerns.

For example, cell phone providers know who you call,Internet search engines can almost always finish yourthoughts for you and advertisements pop up on yourFacebook wall because of certain items you have shownan interest in via the social media website. Your cell phonemight also know where you have been if it has a GPS orchecked in app like an iPhone.

Senators John Kerry and John McCain have proposedthe Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 in anattempt to address these privacy concerns because theprotection of peoples privacy is important.

However, the proposed bill may or may not include theright for people to access their personal data.

If companies collect information about their con-

sumers in an electronic manner, then the consumersshould be provided access to that data to use for their own

benefit. After all, it does involve them, and the companiesget to utilize the information for their benefit.

The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011includes the right to security and accountability; the rightto notice, consent, access and correct information; andthe right to data minimization, constraints on distributionand data integrity.

According to www.kerry.senate.gov, this bi ll of rightswas introduced to establish a baseline code of conductfor how personally identifiable information and informa-tion that can uniquely identify an individual or networkeddevice are used, stored and distributed.

The website also said that this legislation would go along way to increasing consumer trust in the market andgenerating additional activity as a result as well as pro-tecting people from unscrupulous actors in the market bycreating a set of basic rights to which all Americans areentitled.

The Tech Talk editorial staff is split on the decision of

whether or not companies should be allowed to accesspeoples personal data. The staff is also divided on if peo-ple should have access to their information or if it should

be available at all for fear of breach of security or privacyby others.

Whether or not the companies say the information isprotected, it could still be intercepted by hackers in cyberspace, since there is a potential threat of hackers in mostcases that involve security and private information.

While the staff may not be surprised that companieshave access to our personal information with all of thetechnology of the cur rent times, it can still be a little un-settling that the personal information is out there andthat we do not know how much is actually out there forothers to see or access.

The staff believes it could be an invasion of privacyand that the consumers should have the ability to beaware that the companies have their information. Thestaff also believes that consumers should have the optionof deciding whether or not the companies should be al-lowed to utilize their information.

The situation really comes down to how far people arewilling to let companies into their personal lives.

Privacy concerns raised

After a week since the deathof the worlds most-wantedterrorist, peoples doubts

have started to emerge aboutwhether or not Osama bin Ladenis actually dead.

I guess copious amounts ofnews coverage and PresidentObamas impromptu address tothe nation is not enough to squashcontroversy along with conspiracytheories.

Since the events on May 1, nu-merous citizens have demanded

that President Obama release thephotos taken of bin Laden on thenight of his death.

As if his death alone isntenough, people are asking for pic-tures, but for what reason, to gawkat?

Obama has made it clear thathe does not plan to release im-ages anytime soon.

"It is very important for us tomake sure that very graphic pho-tos of somebody that was shot inthe head are not floating aroundas an incitement to additional vi-olence or as a propaganda tool,Obama said on 60 Minutes in aninterview. That's not who we are.

We don't trot this stuff out as tro-phies. The fact of the matter isthis was somebody who was de-serving of the justice that he re-ceived, and I think Americans andpeople around the world are gladthat he is gone. But we don't needto spike the football."

Antagonizing a group as dan-gerous as al-Qaeda can cause amajor threat to our nations secu-rity.

Despite that fact, some seemto believe that showing a picturewill fix all speculation about binLadens death.

Some may claim to want proof

of bin Ladens death while othersare in need of closure from theevents the took place on 9/11until now.

As open and understanding asI try to be, I cant push myself towant something exposed thatmay anger bin Ladens supporters.

Members of al-Qaeda alreadyhold a grudge against Americansfor no legitimate reason; lets doour best not to give them a rea-son.

Society is already so eager toexpose these photos and con-firmed hoaxes of bin Ladensdeath photos could be found be-fore details of his death surfaced.

Less than 24 hours after hisdeath, photo-shopped images of

bin Ladens face and fake video ofhis death were scattered acrossthe Internet

Im not sure what the obses-sion is with seeing a corpse, but itis literally disgusting to think thatsome just think this mans death issomething that can be edited andplayed around with.

There are others, like SarahPalin, who want the pictures topose as a warning to enemies ofAmerica.

"Show photo as warning toothers seeking America's destruc-

tion. No pussyfooting around, nopoliticking, no drama; it's part ofthe mission," Palin wrote on herTwitter account.

I wouldnt expect this actionfrom a political figure who should

be worried about our nations se-curity more than anything else.

I honestly dont think its the best idea to entice a group ofMuslim extremists who supporteda man killed by the American gov-ernment.

Bin Laden was more than justa bad person. He was a bad per-son with a lot of power and sup-port within the Middle East, doesit really seem plausible to gloat

about his death.Others, like Jon Stewart, feel

that exposing the photos will giveothers a sense of enlightenmenton the realities of war.

We can only make decisionsabout war if we see what war ac-tually is and not as a video gamewhere bodies quickly disappearleaving behind a shiny gold coin.Stewart said.

At least Stewarts claims aremore logical and show somesense compared to Palins igno-rant tweet.

I hope people think thoroughlyof what they wish to gain from

seeing a picture of someonescorpse.The truth is that seeing a pic-

ture wont change the way youfeel, it wont make others fearAmerica and it will never give usreal insight on a war.

At this point a photo is just an-other thing to constantly remindus of someone we feared for 10

years.

Mary Timmons is a junior jour-nalism major from Logansport whoserves as co-entertainment editor forThe Tech Talk. Email comments [email protected].

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Bin Ladens picture causes conspiracy theories

As a child, I was trained toclose my ears when AlGore opened his mouth. I

could not risk being corrupted bythe man who invented the Inter-net and worse, spews the lies ofglobal warming. Global warmingis just something scientists tell usto scare us into not abusing ourenvironment what a load ofcrap!

But this week, I venturedacross a CNN article (I know, Ishould probably stay away fromthat liberal bias) titled 10 naturalwonders to see before they dis-appear. Now, perhaps this is all a

scam, but according to the arti-cle, if warming continues, theGreat Barrier Reef will be

bleached by 2030; glaciers in theSwiss Alps, on Mt. Kilimanjaro,and in Glacier National Park willdisappear in under 40 years; andArctic ice melt will leave theNorth Pole bare and polar bearsextinct.

Among some of the endan-gered wonders are the Dead Sea,

the Everglades and Madagascar.Interestingly, the Everglades isthe only U.S. site in danger. Be-cause of this, I have a hard timegrasping why any of this pertainsto me as an American. If so-called global warming is onlygoing to destroy places in partsof the world I dont care about,what does it matter?

Then I turned my thinking capon.

Some scientists prefer theterm climate change to globalwarming; this is probably an eas-ier term to deal with since therewere massive blizzards in Okla-homa this past winter. All I heardacross the South was, If globalwarming is real, why am I freez-

ing?I am inclined to agree with

these people. How on Earthcould something 6 billion peopledo possibly affect our world andweather patterns?

Michael Mann, director of thePenn State Earth System ScienceCenter, explained it to the Chris-tian Science Monitor in a Feb. 2article.

Apparently, North America

isn't going to get so warm thatsnow disappears, he said, andwhen cold air hits extra-moist air,snowfalls are likely to get larger.

A couple of weeks ago,though, fatal tornadoes sweptacross the South. The string ofstorms proved to be the seconddeadliest on record. According toan April 29 USA Today article,Two separate studies in 2007 re-ported that global warming could

bring a dramatic increase in thefrequency of weather conditionsthat feed severe thunderstormsand tornadoes by the end of the21st century.

In fact, these storms are pre-dicted to get bigger and stronger.

Well, OK, liberal media. You

may have convinced me thatsomething fishy is going on in theworld, but you cant pin it on me.I havent done anything exceptdrive my car every day, drink outof plastic bottles fairly regularlyand guzzle electricity like itll begone tomorrow. I may just be oneperson, but if the other 6 billionpeople in the world are doing this,too, we may very well bescrewed.

Last years Shaping the 21stCentury lecture series focused onstability and sustainability duringglobalization. One video shownwas called State of the Planetand offered some terribly insight-ful information. The National Ge-ographic documentary wastelling: Arctic temperatures arerising at two times the global rateand because of our vast popula-tion, it is estimated by 2025,Africa will only have the re-sources to feed one-fourth of itspopulation.

Though I would love to remainstubborn on this issue, I cannotdeny that our presence is impact-ing the world. The resultingchange may be catastrophic in

the end, or maybe well adapt. Idont know, and I doubt that any-one knows for sure. I do know,however, that I want to see theSwiss Alps. I better get there fast.

Kelly Belton is a junior journal-ism and political science major fromHouston who serves as features edi-tor for The Tech Talk. Email com-ments to [email protected].

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With the spirit of the end ofthe world in mind, producersSony Entertainment releasedMotorstorm: Apocalypse, thethird venture in the action-packed Motorstorm racing se-ries, May 3.

Developed by Evolution Stu-dios Ltd., Apocalypse breaksnew ground within the franchiseon multiple levels, first and fore-most by featuring an actual storyto the single-player Festivalmode. Where the first gamespremise, a celebration of adren-aline-fueled off road racing, waseasy enough to accept, the se-quel Pacific Rift did little to dis-tinguish itself outside of a newlocale and a couple of new vehi-cle classes.

This new outing offers threedifferent stories depending onthe difficulty, from rookie Mashto pro Tyler and the grizzled-but-golden hearted veteran Big Dog.Presented in the form of motion

comics, each story explores thetwo-day festival from wildly dif-ferent angles, giving reason anddepth to a free-for-all held in acity in the process of beingshaken apart by an earthquake.While the scenes go a tad overthe top at times, they do well topush a characters motivation forracing and demonstrate key les-

brevity.The races are as intense as

ever with the addition of new ve-hicle classes, such as the super-mini, the chopper, the supercar,and the superbike, ensuring theslightest blink or look away willmore than likely result in catas-trophe.

The setting itself plays a largepart in the white-knuckle, pulse-pounding races. For players who

thought it was hard enough tojuggle 15 aggressive competitorswith a camera smeared by mudand water, Evolution threw inroads that split apart withoutwarning and skyscrapers that im-plode and topple into the streetonly yards ahead, filling thecourse with potentially race-killing debris Another big feature

tion to any of the vehicles; from bumpers and windows to bikeforks and paint jobs, every partcan be reworked or swapped out.Also, the vehicles can be furtheraccentuated with perks, not un-like those in Call of Duty. Tiregrip can be increased or, in theevent of an eminent explosivewreck, a shockwave can beadded to take out opponents.

However, the desire to up-grade reveals a major downsidewith Apocalypse: upgrades canonly be achieved via online mul-tiplayer matches, meaning littlereward for the effort of the gru-eling Festival races. Perks, partsand even drivers are kept off lim-its to players who do not partici-pate, creating a big step downfrom what I had hoped. Also, thedesign of some races causethem to be ungodly difficult onthe first few playthroughs, requir-ing an intimate knowledge oftracks for success.

While the emphasis of onlinemultiplayer holds the game backsome, there is still fun to be hadin the Festival as well as the chal-lenges of the free-play Wreck-

creation, which does host offlinesplitscreen for up to four players.New additions, more intensechallenges and a decent, up-tempo soundtrack help make an-other solid mark forMotorstorm and keep fanscoming back for more.

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The creative team behind comedic hitsClerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Backelaunched their popular SModcast network

onday to create the SModcast Internetadio station.

The SModcast network, according to a re-ease, originally began simply as SModcast,reated by writer/director Kevin Smith (bestnown for portraying the character of Silentob in his View Askew film series) and pro-ucer Scott Mosier in early 2007. Since its in-eption, the project developed into a fulletwork, hosting Tell Em Steve-Dave, Jaynd Silent Bob Get Old and Plus One,mong other programs.

In a telephone interview, Jason Mewes,miths frequent collaborator known for his

oul-mouthed degenerate character Jay, saidhe idea to relaunch the network began as arainchild of Smiths.

Wed been doing this weekly podcast anded throw it on the network, and we startedideotaping them also, he said. The morend more we were doing it, the more we were

ike People were asking to hear it before the

week was up, and people were asking to seevideo. Kevin thought now that they have thetechnology to stream stuff, we could do aradio show where its live.

Mewes said the entire SModcast networklineup, including Babble-On, Tell EmSteve-Dave and the original SModcast, areconfirmed or expected to be on the sched-ule. S.I.R. will also feature new programs cre-ated specifically for the station, such asSMornings with Kev and Jen, Smithsmorning show with his wife, Jen Schwalbach,and Jay and Silent Bob Get Jobs, a two-hour midday live show recorded at the JonLovtiz Podcast Theater.

Were going to interview people, talkabout whats what, and maybe doing a thingcalled Mewes News, he said. MewesNews wouldnt be so much about currentevents, like whats going on with Osama, butitd be about things Im into, like a new comic

book, or new comic book movie or gadgets;Im really into electronics and gadgets.

In the release, Kevin Smith said creatingpodcasts took him back to his earliest yearsas a filmmaker with its ability to enable all lev-els of people to share ideas.

"Podcasting is what indie film was to mein the early 90s," Smith said. "The power to

broadcast's now in everybody's hands. Pod-casts democratize talk radio, allowing anyonea platform and everyone a voice. With S.I.R.,we're just taking that notion and running withit."

For the launch, mobile provider Stitcherwas chosen as the official app partner forS.I.R. for its SmartRadio app.

They have the live stream and they havean app for phones, so you can listen to it andget it right there where youre mobile,Mewes said. We want you to be in your caron the way to work or coming back and beable to hear it. They seem to have the tech-nology we need to stream, so it fits togetherwell.

Beyond S.I.R., Mewes said he and Smithare arranging a tour and Smith is developinga new movie called Hit Somebody.

Things daily have been coming up andIm really excited, he said. Were looking atmaybe doing shows monthly in Vegas orCanada. Were looking into all these differentthings because things have been going so welland moving; and me personally, Im very psy-ched and very happy. Its really really awe-some.

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Reggae Fools return to Ruston bar

Stiff Necked Fools come

back to 3docs Brewhouse at10 p.m. Saturday for reggae-filled concert.

The Shreveport-based band put on a phenomenalshow during their last per-formance in Ruston and have

been eager to come back.The Fools have been play-

ing together for two years andplay a mixture of their ownworks combined with coversfrom others. What started outas a simple side project paidoff with persistant practice.

SNF has been known toplay songs by musicians suchas Bob Marley, SlightlyStoopid, Sublime and Rebelu-tion.

After the loss of their

founder, Dan Sanchez, theband has worked together topick up the pieces and pro-vide their fans with their orig-inal mixes of BayouReggae.

Ryan Viser, trumpet playerfor SNF, said that he had anawesome time at the bandslast performance in Ruston.

We call our brand ofmusic Bayou Reggae, Visersaid. We definitely have thatsound that Reggae is knownfor, but weve put a uniqueLouisiana-style twist on it thatmakes it really different.

Viser plays alongside sax-ophone player, Stefan Poole,guitar player, John Bundric,

bass player, Gregg Pitts anddrummer, John Hoffman.

All members put their own

original intramental tweaks

and vocals into their music.With the bands funkyfresh take on eggae, the Foolshave started to leave theimark on the north Louisianamusic scene.

Recently, the band hasgained popularity by openingup for other well-known musi-cians such as Rebirth BrassBand, Cowboy Mouth anBonerama.

During their last perform-ance in Ruston, the bandshorn players were front ancenter enticing the audience,encouraging them to danceand come on stage. Severatimes Poole and Brundric

both jumped off stage tdance and sing with their fans.

Hoffman, who also pro-vides vocals for SNF, said heenjoyed the Ruston crowd lastime they played, and he islooking forward to coming

back.You just never know wha

were going to do, Hoffmasaid. The amount of taleneach member brings makesthe possibilities endless.

SNF offers a innovativestyle to the reggae genre thais too good to pass up. Theyare definitely a band the stu-dents of Tech can relate to osome level.

Tickets for the show are $5and can be purchased at thedoor.

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March 21 April 19Just because your emotions are reserved or somber today

doesn't mean you shouldn't share them with others, Aries.

ork through difculties by processing your feelings and

unning them by someone close. Keep your interaction

imited to just one person at a time so you don't get over-

hadowed by a third party who wants to get their opinio n

n at the same time.

Tauruspr 20 - May 20

You may need to jump to many different people and situ-

ations today, Taurus, yet something is holding you back.

Listen to this inner voice that's asking you to be conser-

ative at this time. You have many more profound things

o say when you lter your thoughts through a large fun-

nel. Be open and accepting of many things, but only allow

a limited outow.

Gemini

May 21 - Jun 20

You feel like you have a stone strapped to your back, Gem-

ini. The farther you walk with this load, the slower you

go, and the more hunched over you will be by the timeyou reach your destination. Unloaded the stone from your

pack. Realize that this break in your journey will help you

make much better time in the long run and save you from

a great deal of physical strain.

Cancer

un 21 - Jul 22

Feel free to break ties with certain people now, Cancer. You

ay be overextending your emotional bank account by

nvesting too much of yourself in others' lives. You may not

ven realize how much this sort of action taxes you until

ou rid yourself of unnecessary baggage. Make phone

calls shorter and time in the bathtub longer.

Leo

Jul 23 - Aug 22

Less is more should be your motto for today, Leo. The more

you cut back in certain areas of your life, the more room you

open up to bring in new and exciting things. Go ahead and

say no to people, and don't feel badly about it. Take care of

yourself and your needs as much as you take care of the

needs of the people around you.

Virgo

Aug 23 - Sep 22

You may be asked to slow down today, Virgo. Whether this

comes in the form of a spe eding ticket or a scrape on the

knee when you trip, you must listen to this message. The

key for you now isn't to get too emotional as a result of

this slowdown. Know that it's for your own good. Don't

complain about it - just do it.

Libra

Sep 23 - Oct 22

Share your skills today, Libra. You will nd that as you en-

gage in the role of teacher, you learn more than if you just

hold onto your knowledge without sharing it. You will bechallenged in ways you didn't even think possible. Per-

haps you will be forced to do a little research when ques-

tions arise that you don't know how to answer.

Scorpio

Oct 23 - Nov 21

Don't underestimate the power of other people today,

Scorpio. They may seem ighty and scatterbrained on the

outside, but underneath you will nd that they have a

great deal of wisdom to share. It might take some prob-

ing on your part to draw this wisdom out, but once you

do, the outpouring of information will richly reward you.

Sagittarius

Nov 22 - Dec 21

Remember that there's a benevolent force out there that

loves you, Sagittarius. No matter what, there's always a

shoulder to cry on, even if it isn't a tangible one. Even in

your darkest moments, you're never alone. Let this knowl-

edge carry you through the da y. Feel free to share it with

others who seem like they could use a lift.

Capricorn

Dec 22 - Jan 19

Don't hesitate to say the obvious today, Capricorn, even

if it sounds corny. Many times people hesitate to say what

they really feel because they think it's obvious to every-

one. The truth of the matter is that most people aren't

mind readers and probably aren't picking up on the sub-

tle signals that you send out. Help them by speaking

frankly.

Aquarius

Jan 20 - Feb 18

ook to older gures for advice today, Aquarius. Seek coun-

sel with a parent or grandparent on issues you feel

strongly about. Relationships with older people are likely

to go especially well, and you will nd you can breakthrough barriers that may have existed between you and

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She had an abnormallyhigh heart rate, another com-mon side effect of K2, shesaid. The nurse told us theyget calls every single weekendabout this stuff; people dieusing it. We had no idea.

After receiving intravenousfluids, the drug made its wayout of the victims body.

According to the Tech po-lice report, the incident was of-ficially labeled an overdose, thefirst in Tech history.

From time to time, we getcalls for students who are in-

toxicated and have to be takento the hospital for possible al-cohol poisoning, said TechPolice Chief Randal Hermessaid. This is the first time, tomy knowledge, that somethinglike this has happened.

Though an earlier versionof K2 was outlawed inLouisiana along with otherdrugs marketed as bath salts inJanuary, Moore said the sub-stance was revamped and canstill be purchased legally.

In Moores May 2 blogentry, she recalled the event,Though I dont have a TVshow, a microphone, or a giant

billboard, I do have a blog andthis is my PSA pertaining tothis deadly drug known as K2.

She said partaking in thedrug was not worth its hor ren-dous consequences.

There are better ways tokill your body. Or, you could dosomething fun for a change.Go to the movies, grab somesushi, have a pajama party,she said. The next time youtake care of a dying friend,stop and ask yourself, Was itworth it?

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arms is the reason the medal-lions are returned to graduatesin the first place.

Her arms represent hersaying you are welcome, al-ways, Griffin said. In the uni-versity seminar booklet it sayssomething along the lines ofwelcomes new students and

bids farewell to those leaving.Mallory Smith, senior inte-

rior design major, remembers

depositing her medallion in theLady of the Mist as a freshman,and all the hopes she had forher future.

When I put the medallionin the Lady of the Mist, it sym-

bolized my commitment to myeducation while at Tech, she

said. It was the beginning ofmy growth as a person and italso meant that Tech was alsocommitted to me as a student.

Smith said the medallion isan immediate reminder of thetime she has spent at Tech. It issomething graduates can carrywith them wherever their futuretakes them.

The medallion is a physicalobject that students can keep toremind themselves of the val-ues that Louisiana Tech has

taught them, she said.Gilbert and Griffin said over-all there has been a very posi-tive response to the medallionsfrom faculty members, alumniand students.

Students who have gradu-ated early and have emailed us

about their medallions, Griffinsaid.

Their hope is that the tradi-tion will continue and it will besomething that students lookforward to throughout their

years at Tech. They are work-ing on convocation for graduatestudents as well to incorporatethem into this symbolic cere-mony.

Its a symbol of the invest-ment they made in themselvesand in Louisiana Tech and what

Louisiana Tech meant to themduring their time here, Gilbertsaid. It is symbolic of their fu-ture and that investment theymade in themselves.


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More Talk


Photo by Donny Crowe

Photos by Dacia Idom

Above: Union Board sells plates full of boiled crawfish, corn and pota-

toes during this years Spring Fling, which was combined to include the

Spring Concert.

Right: Lead

singer Benjy

Davis sings as

students listen

both on the field

and in the stands

at this years

Spring Concert.

Above: Alana LumYork, a junior mechanical engineering major, battles

the clock as she tries to maintain balance on the mechanical bull. The

bucking station was a part of Union Board's Spring Fling and Spring Con-

cert 2011.

High pitched screams, laughter and thearoma of hot jambalaya and crawfish filled theair as Elizabeth Bridges walked into the Joe Ail-let Stadium.

Bridges, a freshman interior design major,had no idea what to expect May 5 when she at-tended Union Boards Show at the Joe: SpringFling.

It sounded like fun,she said. When UB wasadvertising, they keptmentioning the rides andthe human slingshot, andthat really caught myeye.

UB offered a plethoraof rides and games forstudents with attractionssuch as the human ejec-tion seat, bungee trampo-line, bumper cars, rockclimbing and others thatprovided entertainment.

Bridges said she enjoyed many of the rides,

but one particularly gaveher a thrill.

I believe the biggestthing that most peopleliked, including myself, was the human slingshotride, Bridges said. It was amazing and hilari-ous at the same time. You will hear grown menscream like little girls while waiting in line. Peo-ples faces show shock and then relief after rid-ing it. It was nothing like a rollercoaster, but thesensation of believing you were about to hit theground was so cool.

For $10 students could enter Spring Fling atthe Joe and get a crawfish plate, which somestudents like Bridges said was a little too much.

I thought the prices were a little high sincethe shirt was an extra f ive bucks, but I cant com-plain, she said. There has to be a way to payfor fun.

DeMarcus Jacobs, a freshman mechanicalengineering major, said he thought the priceswere reasonable considering everything thatwas included.

They had jambalaya, tons of crawfish, fun-

nel cakes and snow cones, he said. I was sur-prised at how much crawfish they had on theplate, along with corn and good potatoes.

Along with the rides and games, UB also of-fered students the chance to do arts and crafts.

Bridges said it was perfect timing to do artsand crafts with a special holiday right around thecorner.

I made a craft that was two hands together

that formed a heart shape, which I gave to mymom for Mothers Day, she said.Christopher Rayner, Spring Fling committee

chairman, said he was ec-static to see people ex-cited about Spring Fling,especially since it almostdid not happen this year.

With all of the budgetcuts that happened this

year, the administrationwanted us to find a way tohave fun in an inexpensiveand efficient way, saidRayner, a senior human re-sources major. So tolessen the cost we com-

bined our spring concertwith spring fling.

Rayner said althoughhe felt Spring Fling was a

success, he would love tosee more student partici-pation.

I felt this event had thepotential to be one of the best events that Techstudents had ever seen, but it just didnt getthere, he said. Maybe it was because we didntgive it enough publicity or students had otherengagements.

Bridges said she enjoyed herself so much,and she will definitely be back to attend the nextSpring Fling.

Next year I hope to see more extreme rides,more sweets such as cookies and cake andshooting games like target or paintball, she said.

Although Spring Fling may have not hadeverything Bridges wanted, she said she was justas happy to be getting to spend time in a differ-ent environment.

It was a great way to get away from studyingand the dorms and hang out with people newand old.


Sherelle Black

STAFF REPORTER

I believe the biggest thing that most people

liked was the human slingshot ride. It was

amazing and hilarious at the same time. You

will hear grown men scream like little girls

while waiting in line..

Elizabeth Bridgesfreshman interior design major

Show at the Joe

provides fun forcommunity

Below: Students stand on the hill and in the end zone to hear

The Benjy Davis Project perform. The concert was hosted by

Union Board and ended the 2011 Spring Fling festivities with abang.

Left: Madison

Wall, a senior

biology major,

and Jack Ram-

stad, a junior el-

ementary

education

major, hold on

as they prepare

to be launched

into the air like

a slingshot ride,

known as an

ejection seat.

The ride was

one of the most

popular stationsat the event as

students waited

for their chance

to experience a

twist on gravity.

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After a series split against No. 19ranked Fresno State, the Diamond Dogsare heading into thelast few games ofthe regular seasonwith momentum ontheir side.

The Bulldogscurrently stand 9-

11 in Western Ath-letic Conferenceplay heading intoan off weekend be-fore traveling forthe last series ofthe regular season.

Tech will wrap-up WAC play with afour-game series onthe road against theHornets of Sacra-mento State, start-ing May 20 beforetraveling to Mesa,Ariz., to compete inthe WAC Tourna-ment May 25-29.

The Bulldogsseem to have hit their stride as of late ina stretch of 11 home games that found

them in the win column in the majority ofthose games thus far.In their last series against Fresno State,

the Bulldogs took two games from the for-mer national champions in a series wherepitching and defense pulled the serieseven on the final game on Sunday

offensively, being led by junior outfielderKyle Roliard, who is hitting .335 and jun-ior third baseman Mark Threlkeld with a.324 batting average and 36 runs battedin.

On the mound for the Dawgs, juniorpitcher Mike Jeffer-son, who has ateam leadingearned run averageof 3.33 and is com-ing off a completegame against the

nationally rankedFresno State Bull-dogs, where heclinched the seriessplit for Si-moneauxs boys.

S a c r a m e n t oState comes intothe series last placein the WAC stand-ings and three spots behind the fourthplace Bulldogs.

The four-gameseries begins May20-22 at John SmithField in Sacra-mento, Calif.

Bulldog fans cancatch all the action from the SacramentoState series on the LA Tech Sports Net-

work on ESPN 97.7 FM.Gametracker will also be available onlatechsports.com for Tech fans to followthe Diamond Dogs in their final regularseason matchup in the 2011 season be-fore they head to the WAC Tournament.


Sports Talk

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

SARAH BROWN

Anna Claire Thomas

CO-SPORTS EDITOR

THE JOYSAND PAINSOF 2010-11

techsters spy championship

New bats hit home

Diamond Dogs seeksweep over Hornets Golf barely misses podium,places in WAC Tournament


Sophomore infielder Michelle Jones makes a play for the Techsters,as they prepare to compete in the WAC Tournament.

he 2010-11 season forTech sports has been

one of joys, heart-breaks and everythingin between.

Head Coach Teresa Weather-spoon led the Lady Techsters toone of the best seasons of thecentury; football fans saw SonnyDykes take the helm for the firsttime as the head coach of a col-lege team; and Bulldog basket-ball fans witnessed the firing ofKerry Rupp and the quick re-placement of Mike White takingthe coaching position.

The Bulldog baseball teamtriumphed over No. 19 FresnoState this past weekend, as theymanaged to split the series in thefinal home WAC series of theseason.

The golf team competed last

weekend in Idaho for the WACChampionships, and they cameout with their best record yet inTechs 10-year affiliation in theconference.

The Techsters tennis teamhad their best season in years,overcoming WAC foes and re-ceiving the No. 7 seed in theWAC Tournament.

The 2011-12 season has highexpectations.

With the football team mak-ing frequent trips to Mississippi,Tech fans will have the opportu-nity to travel and show their truesupport to the football program.

Dykes plans on strategizing astronger team that will allow lesspoints and execute on the field.

For the Bulldog golf team

whose season ended last week,Head Coach Jeff Parks and hissquad have their eyes on nextseason.

As this school year comes toa close and a new one begins inSeptember, Joe Aillet Stadiumwill once again roar with fans onSaturdays, the Thomas Assem-bly Center will be a sea of redand blue when basketball rollsaround and all eyes will be onWeatherspoon and her LadyTechsters to see where she willtake them next season.

Sarah Brown is a junior journalismmajor from Madisonville. Emailcomments to [email protected].

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The golf team ended its season infull swing, as they placed fourth at theWestern Athletic Conference Cham-pionships in Henderson, Nev.

Juniors Sam Forgan and JonathanBale shot under par in the final round,allowing the team to record its bestfinish in 10 years since joining theWAC.

The Bulldogs tied with Idaho infourth place, after Forgan shot a two-under par 70 with Bales one-under-par 71.

The finish was an improvementfrom last years placement at fifth.

The last time the Bulldogs placedfifth prior to 2010 was in 2005.

Head Coach Jeff Parks said histeam didnt do their best perform-ance in the tournament, but theyplan on improving their game nextyear.

Im pleased with the success weshowed during the year, but we knowwe are looking for even more, Parkssaid. We will readjust our goals andset them even higher.

He said the team has already settheir sights on the 2011-12 season.

We will look for more wins as we

set our sights on next year, he said.We will lose Clinton [Shepard],which will hurt, but we have guyswho will step up. We have four guysreturning who have experienced theWAC Championships this year. Im

it d b t h t did thi

ture starting next year.Forgan recorded five birdies and

three bogies while shooting a two-under-par 34 the first nine holes andan even par the final nine.

Bale recorded five birdies, two bo-geys and a double bogey, and he waseven on the back nine and one under

th f t

spots above his ninth place finish lastyear, and had a three-round total of

five-over-par 221 (73-78-71).Senior Clint Shepard and fresh-man Jack Lempke tied for 22nd,while junior Cody Santone tied for26th to bring the 2011 season to aclose.

Sarah Brown

CO-SPORTS EDITOR

The Lady Techsters softball team wontwo of three games this past weekend,clinching the final spot in the WesternAthletic Conference tournament.

On Friday, the Techsters swept thedoubleheader in Logan, Utah, beatingUtah State 13-6 in the first game and 7-1in the second.

Saturday it was different story, whenthe Aggies jumped out to a 10-3 lead, butthat did not discourage the Techsters.

They were all over the Aggies in the5th inning, scoring seven runs tying thegame.

After two scoreless innings, the gamewas sent into extra innings, where theTechsters ultimately fell 11-10 in the finalgame of the series.

The successful series was enough topush the Techsters into sixth place in theWAC, qualifying them for the conference

tournament in Fresno, which began May11.

The Techsters faced off against theNo. 3 seeded and host team Fresno Statelast night at 7 p.m.

The last time the Techsters faced offagainst the Bulldogs of Fresno State, theyfell all three games, losing two of themby close margins.

The series took place in Ruston.The WAC tournament will end Satur-

day at 5 p.m. with the championshipgame.

The double-elimination tournamentconsists of New Mexico State, BoiseState, Fresno State, Hawaii, Utah Stateand the Techsters, in order by seed.

Due to print constraints, check ourTwitter account for updated tournamentresults for the Lady Techsters at twit-ter.com/techtalksports.


Hayden Haynes

SPORTS REPORTER

Photo courtesy of Media Relations

Freshman Jack Lempke takes a shot for the Bulldog golf team.

The team tied fourth place with Idaho at the WAC Champi-

onships held in Henderson, Nev.


Freshman shortstop Ryan Gebhardt

makes a play against Fresno State in

last weekends series.

Last year, all that anyone heardwas the sound of the ball leaving thebarrel of the bat.

This year, that sound has becomea thing of the past since Techs baseball team is experiencing a poweroutage.

The new metal bats must meet astandard the Ball-Bat Coefficientof Restitution (BBCOR) and aresupposed to react more closely towood bats, decreasing the velocity ofthe ball from the bat.

One benefit from the new stan-dard is the safety of pitchers fromgetting hit with line drives.

The second is that the speed ofthe game resembles that of a MajorLeague Baseball game.

Fewer home runs and weakerground balls result in quicker innings.

The change that has been madeto the bats has knocked out thecheap home runs that are associ-ated with college baseball.

This means a ball hit off thehands or the end of the bat result ina home run.

At the beginning of WAC play lastyear, Tech had 40 home runs; but thisyear, they on ly saw 10.

Of his nine years here, HeadCoach Wade Simoneaux said he hasnever seen this many zeros in boxscores.

Batting averages and powernumbers are all down from last year,Simoneaux said. Power hitters willstill get an occasional homer, butthey need to be more gap-to-gap andline drive hitters.

The focus is on squaring balls up,hitting the sweet spot on the bat andhaving good consistent mechanics.

The player focuses more on basehits and hitting the ball hard.

There is little doubt that Techspitchers are taking advantage of thechanges.

Junior pitcher Mike Jefferson saidhe likes the new BBCOR standard.

It gives the pitchers more confi-dence when they are throwing, Jef-ferson said. If I throw a pitch that Ididnt like, it is a lot more likely to bean out now as opposed to being ahit.

Before the new batsmade their appearance,pitchers had to be moreselective with whatpitches they threw andwhen they threw them.

This is because allbatters in the lineup hadthe potential to hit ahome run.

The new bat has al-lowed pitchers to get away with mis-take pitches with batters in the lowerspots of the lineup.

Pitchers still have to be selectivewith what pitches they throw to thepower hitters, but they are still get-ting away with mistake pitches thatthey would not have in previousyears.

Jefferson said the new bats allowhim to decifer between the best hit-ters to pitch to.

The bats really show who thepower hitters are, Jefferson said.Now, I can really focus on pitchingto the hard hitters and figuring outwhat pitches will deceive them.

Veteran junior third basemanMark Threlkeld is leading the teamwith a .324 batting average and tied

for the team lead in home runs.His 188 at bats have resulted in 61

hits.The opening night of the WAC

Conference marked his 100th con-secutive start and gives the team areason to look up to him as a trueleader.

The margin for error has de-creased for hitters, Threlkeld said.Balls that are hit off the wall thisyear would have been home runs last year, but there are no excuses you

can make, because youstill have to hit the ball toget on base and scoreruns.

The sweet spot isdrastically smaller on theBBCOR bats.

Many of the cheaphome runs are elimi-nated

The bats also allowthe hitters primary focus to hit theball square and on line.

Since the ball has to be hit squareon, it is important to hit the ball con-sistently.

There has been a much greaterfocus on consistent hitting mechan-ics since the switch was made.

Because the sweet spot i s smaller,a more consistent swing will result insolid contact.

When the old bats were used, thefocus was just hitting the ball.

The new bats allow the ball to behit on the bat,which is more impor-tant.

Over the course of this season,more reserved and controlled swingswill be observed where in the past, itwas just swing for contact.

The small ball has become muchmore important with the watereddown bats, meaning more bunts, hitand runs and sacrifice flies.

This is because the long ball is hitless often than in previous years.

Run production has to be a mainfocus, and this leads to less selfish at-bats by players.

Theres a lot more unselfish at bats, Threlkeld said. Hitters reallyfocus on trying to get runs in as op-posed to getting a hit because thereare a lot less runs scored.

Games are a lot closer and runshave diminished because there arefewer home runs hit.

If a runner is on third with lessthan two outs, the hitter has to focuson hitting a ground ball to short orsecond to get that run in.

A selfish at-bat would result in aplayer swinging for the fence and hit-ting a pop up.

This unity results in a strongerteam and the amount of respecteach player has toward one another.

Some of Techs players think thatthe appeal to the game will be lostwithout the high numbers in the boxscores.

Although they are still leery of theBBCOR bats, the change has beenmade, and there is no use in com-plaining.

Every NCAA team has had tomake the adaptation, Simoneauxsaid. Weve done many drill s to helpmake the transition easier. Althoughwere not seeing the power numbersthat have been seen in the past, allwe can do is work harder.


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