Before the preseason polls came out and before both Oregon and LSU received top-5 rankings, the anticipation for the season-opening showcase in Arlington, Texas, had already reached a fe-ver pitch.

But as the countdown to game time dwindled, the marquee matchup quickly became more about the players missing the game than the ones suiting up.

No. 4 LSU lost three starters — two for disciplinary reasons and one for injury — days before the opener, and the Tigers have faced a slew of off-fi eld distrac-tions that have tested the team’s resolve.

Senior right guard Will Blackwell said the Tigers have overcome every offseason chal-lenge to focus on the matchup with No. 3 Oregon.

“Before we take the fi eld we always line up behind the end line, and [LSU] Coach [Les] Miles leads us on the fi eld,” Blackwell said. “When we do that, we leave everything that’s not related to the game or prac-tice behind us. Family problems, teammate problems, girlfriend problems, whatever that might

Laura Gentry is bringing a new clip-clopping rhythm to the School of Animal Sciences by starting an equestrian class this fall.

Working with the Baton Rouge Parks and Recreation’s Farr Park Equestrian Center, Gentry is in-structing animal science students

on how to handle horses and their equipment. The students will also learn how to properly ride the hors-es.

Gary Hay, director of the School of Animal Sciences, said the class consists of two hours of lecture and two hours of a hands-on lab each week. The Equestrian Cen-ter provides the horses, equipment and location among other tools nec-essary for riding and working with the horses.

The students are required to pay $500 each to BREC, which totals $25 per hour of lessons. Hay

said this is half of BREC’s normal fee for lessons.

Hay said although the program took more than a year to arrange, Gentry was the driving force, as she owns horses and competes in horse events.

Student interest in this pro-gram is high, Gentry said. Students of all years will learn how to com-municate with horses, move with them and be safe while working with them.

She said the course’s main

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A University department com-prising electrical and computer engineering and computer science will be created within the next two months, Executive Vice Chancel-lor and Provost Jack Hamilton said Thursday.

The new department was rec-ommended by the University’s bud-get committee, on which Hamilton sits, and was approved by Chan-cellor Michael Martin. A “faculty transition committee” comprised of the deans and department chairs will now devise the nuances of the merger and choose a name for the combined department, which will fall under the College of Engineer-ing.

Hamilton said this will strengthen the two programs be-cause they have both lost faculty. Despite the programs being merged, neither of the programs’ curricula

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Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Thursday night due to the tropical depres-sion projected to make landfall in Louisiana, according to The As-sociated Press .

Coastal fl ooding, high surf and rip currents all potentially threaten the Gulf Coast, accord-ing to The Weather Channel.

The National Weather Ser-vice predicts that while the de-pression probably won’t form into a hurricane, the system will probably drop 12 to 15 inches of rain over the next two days . The chance for heavy rain is due to the depression’s slow-moving nature, according to The Weather Channel.

A fl ash fl ood watch is cur-rently in effect for East Baton Rouge Parish, and four inches of rain are expected to fall until

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Libya’s Tripoli Zoo struggles to keep animals alive amidst war

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feed-ing bin, fl ies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor approaches the bars.

This is life in the Tripoli Zoo, which has found itself a casualty of the war to oust Moammar Gadhafi .

Once one of the city’s best-loved family destinations, today it is 110 dusty acres of listless animals and overgrown, sunburned grass.

Study shows Zimbabwe worst city to live in excluding war zones

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A top research group rated Zimba-bwe’s capital as the worst of 140 world cities to live in on Thursday.

The British-based Economist Intelligence Unit said its research-ers excluded cities in Libya, Iraq and other war zones.

Harare, where power and wa-ter outages occur daily, scored a 38 percent “livability rating,” the group said.

The group said the threat of civil unrest and the availability of public health care and public trans-port in Harare were intolerable.

Two Rhode Island teens who visited vampire grave die in crash

EXETER, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Is-land State Police say two girls who visited the grave of a 19th-century teen rumored to have been a vam-pire were killed after their car missed a turn on Purgatory Road and rolled over.

Capt. Darren Delaney says the Warwick teens were leaving Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Exeter on Wednesday night after visiting the 1892 grave of Mercy Brown. He says they decided to drive down the “dark, windy road” because they thought it looked “haunted.”NYC deputy mayor arrested for domestic violence before quitting

NEW YORK (AP) — The deputy mayor with authority over New York City’s police department, fi re department and emergency re-sponse coordination was arrested on a domestic-violence charge shortly before he resigned last month.

Stephen Goldsmith, then-dep-uty mayor for operations, shoved his wife into a kitchen counter, threw a phone hard enough to break it and grabbed her when she threat-ened him and said she was calling police, according to a Washington, D.C., police report.

Belle Chasse man receives 17-year prison sentence in bribery case

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A busi-nessman convicted of bribing two New Orleans city offi cials for mil-lions of dollars in City Hall con-tract work has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.

U.S District Judge Eldon Fal-lon on Thursday ordered 48-year-old Mark St. Pierre, of Belle Chasse, to report to prison by Oct. 14 and begin serving his sentence.

Fallon also ordered St. Pierre to pay a $50,000 fi ne on top of more than $3.2 million he was al-ready ordered to forfeit.

St. Pierre was convicted in May of bribing former city tech-nology chiefs Greg Meffert and Anthony Jones.

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MERAUX (AP) — Valero Energy Corp. agreed Thursday to acquire Murphy Oil Corp.’s refi nery at Me-raux for about $625 million.

The deal includes $325 mil-lion for the refi nery and related assets and $300 million for the refi nery’s current inventory. San Antonio-based Valero said it plans to fund the purchase from available cash and hopes to close the deal in the fourth quarter.

13 people including doctors accused of health care fraud in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thirteen people including three doctors have been indicted for con-spiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a statement Thursday from the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce.

The fi rst indictment accuses Jose Lopez Diaz of charging Medi-care more than half a million dol-lars for services never rendered at a medical center where he never worked.

Also charged is Lopez’s broth-er, Carlos Lopez Diaz, a dentist.

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While some students were busy taking notes in class last se-mester, students in Industrial En-gineering 4599 were working on changing the way airplane mainte-nance is performed.

And they succeeded.University alumni Micah

Shaw, Eric Fontenot and Aaron Yglesias created the Track Vac 2.0, a multi-faceted vacuum, in their prototype design created in the pre-requisite course in fall 2010.

The vacuum was created for Aeroframe, a company that spe-cializes in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of commercial and military aircraft in Lake Charles.

“Eric was in the first class, which helped us because he al-ready had some knowledge about the vacuum and what Aeroframe wanted,” Shaw said.

Aeroframe General Manager Mark Redmond said the Track Vac 2.0 will significantly reduce the manpower needed to clean seat tracks on cargo planes.

“Usually it takes 10 to 12 guys to clean the plane,” Redmond said. “With the vacuum, cleaning the seat tracks will only require a few hours and a single person to check on the vacuum every once in a while.”

But the project is not fully complete, said Gerald Knapp, faculty adviser for the project.

“Aeroframe said that they

wanted some minor changes to the vacuum before the product can be submitted to the Federal Avia-tion Administration for approval,” Knapp said.

These changes will be made during the spring semester in a joint project between the industrial engineering and mechanical engi-neering programs.

The Track Vac 2.0 was funded entirely by Aeroframe. Redmond said Aeroframe will pay the Uni-versity for the design of the vacu-um but will use it strictly in-house, meaning the vacuum will not be sold on the open market to other companies.

The Track Vac 2.0 consists of a 1-inch wide by 1/8-inch thick aluminum frame, brushes to loosen debris that builds up with heavy usage, two vacuum ports, a fluid dispersion tool to clean the tracks and several electronic components.

Shaw said partnerships like

the one with Aeroframe are ben-eficial for the companies as well as students.

“The companies get a quality product, the students can get great experience, and if you do a good job on the project, you might get a job out of it,” Shaw said.

Connecting students with companies like Aeroframe is part of the University’s goal to develop students’ job skills while they’re in school, Knapp said.

“Projects like this give stu-dents good experience for the real world and give them the chance to show their abilities to corporations which could potentially offer them a job from a project like this,” he said.

Success with these projects can breed similar opportunities.

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The phone rings, and Suchi Saxena doesn’t know who will be on the other end when she answers.

It could be a fellow University student or maybe an established b u s i n e s s m a n . Whoever it is, that person dialed her number because he or she is in a crisis, and it is Saxena’s job to help.

The Baton Rouge Crisis In-tervention Center, which provides free counsel-ing services, is looking for more volunteers like Saxena to be part of its 24-hour crisis hotline, The PHONE.

Saxena, a senior, said she was one of many psychology under-graduates who began working with the service to gain experience for her future career.

Practical experience was the goal, but Saxena said it has not been the only benefit of working for The PHONE.

“Working with The PHONE grounds me,” she said, explaining that working with people who are in tougher situations than her is humbling.

Saxena said she never knows what to expect when her shift at the Crisis Center begins. She may get eight calls in two hours or only one call in a day, but every voice on the other end has her fullest attention, she said.

One of the biggest roles of a volunteer is to listen. Many people in crisis want to speak with some-one who will let them air out their problems, Saxena said, and callers appreciate the confidential nature of the service.

The BRCIC is always search-ing for people willing to lend their time and ears to those in need, said Allyson Pardue, training and clini-cal staff member.

Training sessions for PHONE volunteers occur three times a year, and one session begins in Septem-ber, Pardue said.

The training process is an in-tense 60 hours of learning how to listen and help people cope with sensitive, stressful situations, she said. Volunteers leave the class-room to role-play and practice real-life crisis calls.

Sept. 12 is the deadline to con-tact the BRCIC for those interested in training for a service that has a rich history at the University, Par-due said.

The PHONE began in 1970 at the University after six suicides occurred in one year, she said. The deaths had a strong impact on stu-dents, but the University had no

way to handle the large-scale reac-tion from such traumatic events.

The PHONE was initially op-erated by the Student Health Cen-ter but within two years left cam-pus and began serving the Baton Rouge community.

“We’ve been connected to the University for 41 years,” Pardue said.

She said many students may not know that $2 from every fee

bill benefits the BRCIC.

Pardue said the organization is looking for in-dividuals who are in a place to help others and want experience they won’t gain in the classroom.

People like Amanda Morales, University psy-

chology alumna, have taken ad-vantage of the organization to gain experience for her future career.

Morales said she wanted to volunteer because of her major and desire to help people as a profes-sion, but she was apprehensive when applying.

The nerves disappeared after Morales trained and began phone counseling, she said. She now works part-time at The PHONE af-ter three years of volunteering.

“It’s something I strongly be-lieve in,” Morales said. “People can open up to us and won’t be judged. It’s safe and confidential.”

Morales said she encourages anyone interested in helping others to consider volunteering for The PHONE.

Saxena and Morales said the skills they have learned volunteer-ing have improved their own lives.

“Not only are you helping people, but you are learning a lot about yourself,” Morales said.

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focus is to teach students how to work with horses and build a rela-tionship between the students and their assigned horses through com-munication and trust.

A big impact on how a horse responds to someone is how people handle them, Gentry said. Safety, quietness and respect are key, as are “soft hands,” meaning not being rough or jerking the horse. Gentry said the horses move by applying a small amount of pressure to their bodies, and this pressure is released once they move how the rider wants.

She said another thing that im-pacts cooperation with a horse is be-ing in tune with the animal.

“If we know what they’re try-ing to tell us, we can better commu-nicate with them,” Gentry said.

She said the goal of these meth-ods is to make the horse want to do the work and make it seem effort-less.

“We’re trying to get them to be true horsemen, be safe and com-municate with their horses,” Gentry said.

Each student is assigned to a horse for the duration of the class through self evaluations and evalua-tions by the Equestrian Center, said Melissa Wood, the center’s special

facilities manager.She said two instructors help

with the class and assist Gentry in instructing the students.

“We are very excited we were able to join forces with LSU and make this happen,” Wood said.

Aryelle Stafford, animal sci-ences sophomore, said this experi-ence is unique because it takes the students outside of the classroom.

“We’re really lucky that we can actually come out and work with real instructors who love horses,” Stafford said.

Mary Kendrick, also an animal sciences sophomore, said horses have a lot of personality, and their personalities change from day-to-day.

“It’s never going to be the same ride twice,” she said.

Hay said the course, Animal Sciences 2030 or basic horseman-ship, has a prerequisite of Animal Sciences 1011.

It currently has 44 students enrolled. Gentry said she aims to expand this class into several other classes of instruction.

Hay said ANSC 3030, ad-vanced horsemanship, is already in the works. The department is also thinking about constructing an Equine Science and Management curriculum for animal sciences ma-jors.

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VOLUNTEERING

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The PHONE helps BR community

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Monday afternoon, according to Pat Shingleton, weathercaster with WBRZ.

The National Hurricane Cen-ter currently projects the depres-sion will make landfall Saturday afternoon and move across Loui-siana through Monday, eventu-ally making its way into Missis-sippi.

In addition, the entire coastal area between Pascagoula, Miss., and Sabine Pass, Texas, has de-clared a tropical storm warning. A state of emergency has also been declared for Lafourche Par-ish, which could potentially re-ceive up to 18 inches, according to The Associated Press.

EMERGENCY, from page 1

Want to volunteer?• Deadline to sign up is Sept. 12 • Training is extensive, requiring 60 hours • Volunteers learn crisis intervention, active listening and how to identify with callers• Anyone interested should contact the BRCIC at (225) 924-1431

will change, said Richard Koubek, dean of the College of Engineering.

Koubek and Kevin Carman, dean of the College of Science, both said they hope the merger will en-hance the already strong computer science and electrical and computer engineering programs.

“While I don’t necessarily be-lieve that this merger is a good idea, I do believe that it is going to hap-pen,” Carman said.

Carman also said he will invest his full efforts to ensure the fused programs yield “high potential” and looks forward to working with Koubek.

Koubek said the merger’s pur-pose is to take the two programs, which already overlapped, and uni-fy them to create a strong “critical mass.” He pointed to the quality of the faculty from both departments and said the union could be a “pre-miere program.”

Koubek stressed that students

“won’t see a significant change,” aside from computer science pro-fessors moving to Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

Hamilton said since both pro-grams have been affected by budget cuts, the University cannot make good investments in the programs as of now. Consolidating them, Hamil-ton said, will put the University in position to make investments later.

Electrical and computer engi-neering and computer science are both accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technol-ogy, Koubek said.

The University’s computer sci-ence program ranked among the top 30 programs in the country last fall by The National Research Council.

The faculty transition commit-tee must present its plans to Ham-ilton by Nov. 1, and the proposal will then be sent to the LSU System

ENGINEERING, from page 1

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Oregon junior quarterback Dar-ron Thomas could have easily been on the other sideline Saturday night for the Ducks’ showdown with LSU.

Thomas, who grew up in the Houston area, yearned to play for the Tigers, but end-ed up at Oregon af-ter LSU coach Les Miles ’ used a now-infamous word to describe Thomas’ athletic prowess when he was being recruited in 2007.

During Thomas’ recruiting visit to Baton Rouge that fall, Miles mentioned the word “ath-lete” when he spoke to him. This was a problem for the now-6-foot-2, 215-pound redshirt junior , who want-ed to be recognized as a quarterback rather than simply an athlete. The term apparently persuaded Thomas to switch his commitment to Oregon.

Nearly four years later, Thomas will lead the Ducks against his former school of choice in his home state, having proven his ability under center

during a spectacular 2010 season.Thomas was at the heart of a

high-powered Oregon offense that led the nation in scoring and total offense last season. He threw for 2,881 yards

and 30 touchdowns with just nine intercep-tions.

Along with Heis-man fi nalist and junior running back LaMi-chael James , Thomas helped spearhead Or-egon’s quick-tempo spread offense, ac-counting for 486 yards on the ground and fi ve scores while managing the Ducks’ read option

sets.And Thomas doesn’t shy away

from the importance of Saturday’s clash, saying it is a “way bigger game to me, bigger than the national cham-pionship.”

“This is our next upcoming game and this is like the championship,” said the second-year starter on Mon-day. “If we lose this game, it’s a done season.”

LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory knows her group of 16 ath-letes, 11 of them freshmen or sophomores, is excited about its fi rst team trip for a tournament this season. But she wants her team to know the trip to New Mexico isn’t a vacation.

“This is a business trip,” Flory said. “We’re not just taking a fl ight across the country. We’re not going sightseeing.”

Junior outside hitter Madie Jones said the fi rst road trip for the team isn’t always easy.

The two-day New Mexico

State Tournament pits the Tigers against Arkansas-Little Rock , Grambling and New Mexico State.

“It’s a huge adjustment fresh-man year getting used to the trav-eling schedule,” Jones said. “It was really hard for me, so it’s important for the upper-classmen to help them be on top of things.”

The Tigers (3-1) started strong in their fi rst home tournament with three wins, all 3-0 sweeps, be-fore falling to Miami in a fi ve-set match .

While the weekend showcased some of the Tigers’ abilities, it left the door open for improvements

and adjustments.“We did a great job of play-

ing when we didn’t have much pressure,” Flory said. “But we need to sustain and be more consistent throughout the en-tire match when the pressure is on.”

Flory said she was impressed with the offensive play at last week-end’s Tiger Clas-sic.

“We thought we’d be good and be solid in terms of how our middles were,” she said. “But we didn’t know we were go-ing to be that fast and effi cient.”

Jones said the team was quick on offense, but needs to pick up the

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers head to New Mexico St.First away games will test youthAlbert BurfordSports Contributor

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LSU senior middle blocker Michele Williams (23) goes up for the tip against Miami on Aug. 27 in the PMAC. The Tigers fell to the Hurricanes, 3-2, in a � ve-set showdown.TRAVELING, see page 7

‘‘‘This is a business trip. We’re

not just taking a � ight across the

country.’Fran Flory

LSU volleyball coach

Ducking the Rush

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University of Oregon junior quarterback Darron Thomas scrambles to his right against the University of Washington at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 6, 2010. The Ducks will play against the Tigers on Saturday in Dallas.

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‘‘‘This is our next upcoming game,

and this is like the championship.’

Darron ThomasOregon junior quarterback

While every college football fan is boiling over with excite-ment for the beginning of the sea-son, those who like to wager on games may not be quite as giddy.

Apart from a couple mar-quee matchups, the first week of the season usually lends to sev-eral large spreads and few good games.

This year is a bit different, but not by much.

For those that are unfamil-iar with how point spreads work, here’s a quick tutorial.

Games are handicapped by odds makers to level the field for the underdog. The team that is favored will appear with a (-) next to their name and an under-dog will have a (+) next to it, fol-lowed by the amount of points that will be added or subtracted to that team’s final score.

I’m going to take my stab at 10 games from across the country this week and see how I would do if I were laying down money in Las Vegas.

LSU (+4) over OregonWith Jarrett Lee at the helm,

the Tigers’ offense takes on a new look. But that look is a good one.

More emphasis will be placed on the power running game, a strong point with sopho-mores Spencer Ware,Alfred Blue and Michael Ford available. The stringent LSU defense will be quick enough to handle Oregon’s fast-paced attack.

The Tigers will not just cover the spread, but win the game out-right.

Auburn (-23) over Utah State

The defending national champs may be without former star quarterback Cam Newton and former defensive tackle Nick Fairley, but they will still be too

powerful for Utah State.The Tigers will chug along

with running back Michael Dyer powering to a solid season- opening victory.

Florida State (-29) over UL-Monroe

Jimbo Fisher’s squad is be-ing primped and primed for an Atlantic Coast Conference and a potential national title run.

Quarterback E.J. Manuel and the Seminoles’ high-powered offense will cruise by the War-hawks defense en route to an easy victory.

Kent State (+38.5) over Alabama

Alabama will win the game outright, no doubt. But the loss of former quarterback Greg McEl-roy will hamper the Crimson Tide right out of the gate.

Quarterback A.J. McCarron may be ready eventually, but I don’t see Coach Nick Saban let-ting him have full control imme-diately. Expect a heavy dose of running back Trent Richardson and a big win. But also expect Saban to have a little mercy on his alma mater.

Buffalo (+31) over PittsburghPittsburgh will win this

game, but a Dave Wannstedt-coached team will rarely, if ever, win by more than 31 points. This weekend will be no different.

Houston (-2.5) over UCLA

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel needs to have a big season to keep himself off the proverbial hot seat. Unfortunately he will not get off to a great start this year.

Houston quarterback Case Keenum will provide too much offensive firepower for the Bru-ins to handle.

USC (-23.5) over Minnesota

The Trojans are barred again from postseason play, but will still be a force to be reckoned

with, led by junior quarterback Matt Barkley.

Minnesota is led by first-year head coach Jerry Kill and still ap-pears to be in rebuilding mode. There’s not much optimism com-ing from Minneapolis this fall.

Oklahoma (-25) over TulsaThe Sooners come into the

season with the nation’s top bill-ing and will be able to strut their stuff Saturday.

Just a week ago, wide re-ceiver Damaris Johnson, Tulsa’s all-time all-purpose yards leader, was suspended indefinitely after being charged with embezzle-ment.

With their top offensive threat out, the Golden Hurricane will be hard-pressed to score on the vaunted Sooners defense.

Baylor (+3.5) over TCU

Last season’s Cinderella story will come to a quick end in 2011.

Replacing former quarter-back Andy Dalton will be too much for TCU to handle and Baylor quarterback Robert Grif-fin III will cement his Heisman candidacy with a Week One up-set win.

Georgia (+3.5) over Boise State

Upset of the week here.Despite the fact that the

Bulldogs are attempting to re-place former all world receiver A.J. Green, who was drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray has a year of starting games under his belt and is ready to lead his team to its first Southeastern Confer-ence Championship game since 2005.

Rob Landry is a 23-year old mass communication senior from Man-deville. Follow him on Twitter @RobLandry85.

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BODY SHOTSRob LandRySports columnist

Week 1 has more big games than usual, but not many

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Baylor’s Lache Seastruck runs with the football during his first workout on Aug. 24 in Waco, Texas. The running back was granted an unconditional release from the school.

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Boise State’s Kellen Moore passes Sept. 24 against Oregon State during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Boise, Idaho.

The LSU soccer team will play its fourth consecutive road match tonight as it travels to Houston, Texas, to compete against Rice.

The Tigers (1-2) are coming off a dreary weekend after losing to North Carolina State, 1-0, on Aug. 29. Multiple fouls, missed shots, drawn-out weather delays and a yellow card brought the team its second loss.

“The N.C. State match was the best attacking game we’ve played against a good opponent in two years, but we just couldn’t find the net,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We want to keep working on it, cleaning up some things and eventually the goals will flow.”

The Owls are 2-1 this season with wins against TCU, McNeese State and Houston Baptist. Rice is off to its best start since the 2008 season when it started a 2-1

record in three games.Junior defender Amy Beger,

a 2010 First-Team All-Confer-ence USA member, has been a leader on the Owls’ defense and scored a goal to help Rice beat McNeese.

The Tigers have struggled

this season, getting blanked in two of the three games to begin the year.

“It’s all about the youth,” Lee said. “Certainly they’re really tal-ented and very raw. We’ve got to keep it realistic and understand there will be growing pains.”

Freshman forward Alex Cook, sophomore forward Ad-die Eggleston and junior forward Carlie Banks are all competing for consistent playing time.

“They’re competing every day, and eventually we hope a few will emerge as the clear

starters,” Lee said. “They know they have to stay on their toes in every practice or else someone will beat them out.”

Senior goalkeeper Mo Isom and sophomore goalkeeper Me-gan Kinneman have also been competing for a starting job.

Isom entered at half-time against N.C. State after Kinneman allowed the one goal of the game, letting the ball slip through her grasp in the first half.

Lee said his team needs to be better in possession to increase LSU’s scoring opportunities against Rice.

“We’d always like it to be faster, but there’s a progression,” Lee said. “When it comes togeth-er, we’re going to score goals in boatloads.”

Following tonight’s game, LSU travels Tuesday to play the University of Houston. After a five-game road stand, the Tigers will return home Sept. 9 to play undefeated Oregon in the newly renovated LSU Soccer Stadium.

Thomas showed flashes of brilliance in a loss against Au-burn in January’s BCS title game, as he threw for a career-high 363 yards and two touchdowns.

But Auburn’s defense also grabbed two interceptions off Thomas and forced some ques-tionable decisions from the signal caller on several read options.

The traditional criticism against Oregon’s offense in re-cent years has been its inability to run with consistency against stout defensive lines, like Au-burn’s last year or the Ohio State front in the 2010 Rose Bowl.

Thomas said the key to main-taining the Ducks’ offensive suc-cess would come from how well the unit carries out the game plan rather than the group’s renowned preference for snapping the ball quickly.

“We’re obviously going to be up-tempo, but it’s not all about the tempo,” he told media earlier this week. “We have to execute our game more than anything.”

The native Texan said he is looking forward to playing in front of several family members on the big stage at Cowboys Sta-dium.

“I’ve got a lot of friends and family that are going to be there,” he said. “I’m trying to keep the pressure off, but it’s a little pres-sure with a lot of them coming out able to see me really for the first time in college.”

Besides nearly attending LSU, Thomas knows “about 20” players on the Tiger roster from his Houston high school career, including suspended LSU wide receiver Russell Shepard.

“I grew up with their quarter-back, Darron Thomas,” Shepard said last month. “We know of each other, and there’s a lot of links between us and those play-ers. It’s a friendly rivalry.”

Thomas echoed those senti-ments, saying there hasn’t been much trash-talking about the game in the offseason.

“We’ll leave those things to the victor on the field,” he said.

Thomas was also involved

in one of college football’s many offseason scandals. He was asleep in the passenger seat of a car with teammate and star cor-nerback Cliff Harris, who was pulled over for speeding in May. Marijuana was allegedly present in the car, and Harris has been suspended for Saturday’s game.

“When I called him to bring me home from Portland [Ore.], I

got in the car and [Cliff] wasn’t even driving,” Thomas said in August. “I went to sleep and woke up with the police at the window.”

Despite that potential dis-traction, Thomas said he will be ready for the anticipated matchup and draw on his experience in big games after kickoff.

“[Playing in the national

championship] helps a little, but it’s not the same game,” the quar-terback said. “There’ll be some jitters on our stomach, but that’ll be gone after the first play.”

pace as a whole. “We’ve been working on not

just having a fast offense but run-ning to our places really fast and trying to beat the other team in fit level and be ahead of them every step,” she said.

LSU opens with a match against Arkansas-Little Rock at 1:30 p.m. today, followed by a 6 p.m. matchup with Grambling.

“Whether you win or lose, you have to turn around and play the next one,” Jones said. “It’s dif-ficult, but it’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

Flory said both teams are dan-

gerous.“Anytime you have a group

of great athletes, they’re going to have a breakout moment,” she said. “We just have to make sure that it’s not against us.”

The Tigers face host New Mexico State on Saturday at 3 p.m. Flory said playing the Aggies at home will be difficult, but the lo-cation won’t be the only challenge; it took No. 5 Nebraska five sets to finish off the Aggies in its match last weekend.

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LSU travels to play Rice for fourth consecutive road matchYoung offense fights with strong defenseSydney ArmstrongSports Contributor

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LSU freshman forward Kaley Blades (wearing vest) kicks the ball during morning practice Wednesday at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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THOMAS, from page 5

TRAVELING, from page 5

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Welcome to your 2011 Labor Day weekend.

Many students will travel home or go on vacation to celebrate the holiday. Others will take a road trip to Texas to see the Tigers play.

But many will stay in the state to observe Louisiana’s Second Amend-ment Sales Tax Holiday, which abol-ishes all taxes on firearms, ammu-nition, off-road vehicles and other necessary hunting supplies.

Yes, my friends, you heard me correctly. Starting today and ending Sunday, there will be a 9 percent tax

break on all your hunting equipment.The holiday, created in 2009,

is designed to drive Louisiana resi-dents to local sports stores in hopes they will buy guns and hunting gear because of the tax incentive and spur the state’s economy.

The Labor Day redneck jack-pot will “benefit our businesses and Louisiana’s economy,” Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “This is a great oppor-tunity for all hunters and campers to save money on the equipment they need to enjoy Sportsman’s Paradise.”

Although the holiday benefits

hunters, there are three major prob-lems with offering a state and local tax break on firearms.

First, Louisiana was named 2011’s most violent state by the In-stitute for Economics and Peace.

The rating was based upon fac-tors such as the availability of small arms and the number of violent crimes. Louisiana ranked high in both categories.

While it’s true that many fire-arms used in crimes are purchased illegally, most of them are also sto-len — 71 percent to be exact, ac-

cording to the website GunFacts.com.

So is it a good idea to implement a tax incentive, indirectly putting more firearms into the hands of the criminals?

Doesn’t exactly make sense, right?

On another note, the holiday also adds to Loui-siana’s budget deficit.

If you’re somewhat cognizant of the world around you, you know the state — not to mention the University — is in need of some major funding.

Guns, ammo and hunting equipment aren’t cheap. I know my friends and I pay our fair share of taxes on shotgun shells when we shoot skeet every

few weeks. So, think of the revenue lost when the state has a tax-free hol-iday for all of these goods — a tax-free holiday with no single-item spending limit.

Yes, that’s right, there is no spending limit on individual items, and that’s another problem. Theo-retically, a person can spend wads of money on the biggest items he or she wants this weekend, saving 9 percent on taxes.

I find this quite strange since Louisiana’s other two tax holidays — one for hurricane preparedness and one for back-to-school supplies — have single-item spending limits of $1,500 and $2,500, respectively.

While that point may make you feel uneasy, a closer look reveals something I find quite unpalatable.

Only the 4 percent Louisiana state tax — and not the local one — was waived on the back-to-school holiday.

Doesn’t it seem like there’s something wrong when the state gives a bigger break on firearms than on school supplies?

I think so.Do we have competent legisla-

tors who actually think critically be-fore they make decisions?

Probably not.

It’s one thing to promote a sense of outdoorsmanship since Louisiana is the “Sportsman’s Paradise,” but there should be a greater emphasis on education than on hunting.

Overall, a completely tax-free weekend on firearms and hunting equipment just proves the stupidity of our state’s lawmakers.

As a gun owner, I think it’s safe to say a tax break on firearms is sin-cerely unwarranted. The holiday could be put to better use.

Our legislators shouldn’t abuse our tax-free holidays by catering to a fairly narrow demographic of peo-ple. Instead, they should use them to benefit academics and the like.

All it takes is a little critical thinking to figure out the Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is unsound. Too bad our legislators are incapable of that.

If they were capable, I’d go ahead and get a 9 percent tax break on a shiny new Macbook Pro, which I could use for an intelligent purpose. Instead, I guess I’ll just buy myself another rifle.

Chris Grillot is a 20-year-old Eng-lish and mass communication junior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_cgrillot.

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As usual, the Opinion Section of our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments. Check it out today, and let your voice be heard.

In reference to the Reveille ar-ticle, “Netflix users react to price increases on combined stream-ing, DVD service,” readers had this to say:

“You can say what you want about the price increase. th fact is aquiring licenses for movie rights is an expensive invest-ment. Even with the price in-crease, people are getting a great deal on a huge amount of various movies. As Netfilx said, they are not concerned with new releases for streaming, but rely on films that are hard to get being part of their library. I agree, because I have found so many great foreign titles available through Netflix.

So either accept the change or move on.”-Anonymous

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“It’s interesting that it is called a price increase. I have subscribed to 8 discs at a time for years pay-ing almost $56.00 per month. Then when unlimited streaming was added for no additional cost, I had the best of both worlds. Now, Netflix is separating the 2 and my price will actually drop by $4.00 per month if I stay at this level.”-MDunn

“I wouldn’t pay one dollar a month for the way they have set up their Instant webpage. They have made what was a

very enjoyable experience that I may have paid more for into a complete headache. Ive watched fewer movies this month just be-cause I didn’t want to deal with the agravation of their website. I just canceled and switched to Amazon.”-Anonymous

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The head honchos at Big Tobacco recently filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Wash-ington, D.C., against — interest-ingly enough — the federal gov-ernment.

The plaintiffs, led by J.R. Reynolds Tobacco Company, al-lege that the government’s newly revealed, mandatory, graphic (read: grotesque) warning labels on cigarette packages — one of the extensive regulating powers granted the Food and Drug Ad-ministration by the Family Smok-ing Prevention and Tobacco Con-trol Act of 2009 — infringe upon

their constitutional rights.I know what you’re saying

— it’s a patently open-and-shut case, more smokescreen litiga-tion, mere smoke-and-mirrors politics. You’re right. Big To-bacco is blowing smoke, for all intents and purposes.

But I’m breathing it — I’m with the plaintiffs.

I do buy what Big Tobacco’s selling. No — really, I do. Car-tons of it. I don’t smoke like a chimney. I smoke like a burning pile of tires. I’ve smoked more than the Orient Express. I’ve ashed more than Mount Vesuvius.

As a matter of fact, comedian Bill Hicks routinely joked that he wouldn’t just go through two packs of cigarettes each day — he’d go through two lighters. I’m at three — no joke.

Incidentally, Hicks is dead. However, he didn’t die from the adverse effects of cigarette smok-ing. You know, the ones that de-ter me — and the approximately 2,200 new smokers every day, according to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention — from lighting up.

But if you don’t know — if, like many smokers, you haven’t

yet deduced that cigarette smok-ing can kill you — you’re in luck.

“With these new warnings,” Health and Human Services sec-retary Kathleen Sebelius clari-fied, decisively clearing the acrid, smoky air that has choked the American public for far too long, “every person who picks up a pack of ciga-rettes is going to know exactly what risk they’re taking.”

What a relief. It’s about time we were ap-prised of the risks of cigarette smoking. But what exactly are these new warnings? I’m chain-smoking, Secretary Sebe-lius — I’m just dying to know.

“These labels are frank, honest and power-ful depictions of the health risks of smoking and they will help encourage smok-ers to quit, and prevent children from smoking,” Sebelius said.

Which, of course, is exactly what’s printed on cigarette packages now.

Something like this, I believe: “Surgeon Gen-eral’s Warning: Let Your Government Do the Thinking, America. We Know What’s Best for You.”

For me, that’s frank, powerful and honest.

But not for the gov-ernment, which asserts that cigarette packages

ought to exhibit a graphic image of the effects of smoking, that warning labels ought to cover 50 percent of the packaging and that they ought to prominently display the smoking cessation telephone number, 1-800-QUIT-NOW, which “will allow it to be seen at the time it is most relevant to smokers, increasing the likeli-hood that smokers who want to quit will be successful.”

You know, because there’s a lot of digits in that phone num-ber, and it has no discernible pneumonic device. Smokers are forgetful, after all — especially those trying to “quit now.”

What’s more is that the FDA has designed nine such warning labels, presumably to enhance its collectability. Take note, Fleer, Topps, Upper Deck — this is how you ought to market trading cards. There’s a word for what this all amounts to: encroachment.

Another: absurdity.Nevermind the constitution-

ality of the FDA’s newly revealed graphic warning labels. In Big Tobacco v. Big Brother, there’s something bigger at stake. We ought to choose sides carefully, as such, for the fact that we still have just that.

A choice.

Phil Sweeney is a 25-year-old English senior from New Or-leans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_PhilSweeney.

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WALKING ON THIN ICE

Free speech shouldn’t come at such high environmental costI love paper.Let me correct myself: I love

recycling paper. I particularly en-joy the sound of crinkling white page corners being tossed into a large colored bin. But besides that, paper is a horrid waste of space.

Despite my best efforts, pamphlets, brochures and lecture notes are impractical for some-one as unorganized and spatially dysfunctional as me, and they make my room look like a pigsty.

Yet here I am, 15 brochures in hand — none of which I’ll read — provided lovingly by Free Speech Plaza to make me feel like a guilty, unproductive waste of space.

Yes, I would love to join your club and listen to your speech, but if I was actually captivated by your group’s mission, I wouldn’t be rushing by, taking your papers

out of courtesy rather than neces-sity. I would be at your booth in-teracting with your members.

After bearing witness to an hour of the hustle and bustle that is Free Speech Plaza, I came to

the best conclu-sion I could — people love free stuff like mag-nets and cups, but they hate free paper.

The major-ity of the stu-dents I spoke with told me that

of all the material they’re handed in Free Speech Plaza, they only read about 10 percent of it, mean-ing it either gets thrown away immediately or shoved in a book-sack and forgotten forever.

It’s a cold world out there for paper, becoming a pariah to

modern day society. But it’s a far worse existence

with unnecessary amounts of pa-per than it is without it.

As landfills across the world continuously expand and toxic materials are dumped ruthlessly in other countries, the least we can ask of our campus is to stop using paper as a means of sup-posedly maintaining and voicing our First Amendment rights.

In terms of free speech, pa-per isn’t of enough importance to people to make a difference. In the end, it’s just another sad ex-cuse for progress and complete misuse of the pure product.

I love free speech, but words on paper don’t speak to me the way the members of a student or-ganization should.

I need, as many other stu-dents do, a direct interaction to know that this is where I belong.

I don’t see paper as a way to introduce myself to a group. I see it as an obligation or a reading as-signment.

Hannah Paul, pre-veterinary sophomore, said, “I would much rather be handed an item I could actually use, like the people who handed out gum packets with their information on it.”

According to the Environ-mental Protection Agency, paper makes up 28 percent of our coun-try’s solid waste, and we should jump on any opportunity to re-duce that.

Calendars of events and in-spirational sayings may be useful and a great way to get the point across, but in terms of advertis-ing, I would suggest using flashy billboards to attract the attention of busy pedestrians and more ani-mated club members to maintain their interest.

Aside from the mission of the club, people want to know who they will be interacting with when they join.

They want to know they will be surrounded by people with not only similar interests, but open arms and a willingness to share. They want to see the greater pic-ture.

Unfortunately, white or pur-ple, gold or blue, paper is inca-pable of having such an impact, especially when it’s rarely read.

Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine sopho-more from San Jose, Calif. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_PBhatia.

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be, and we vow to focus on the task at hand, and that’s football.”

The task at hand for the Ti-gers will require them to handle the runners-up in last season’s national championship. The Ducks return 13 starters from the team that cruised to the Pac-10 champi-onship in 2010.

“They are very talented,” Miles said. “[Oregon Coach] Chip Kelly has done a mag-nificent job since he has been there. I watched all three of their phases and they have talent at every spot.”

And perhaps Oregon’s most tal-ented players all line up on one side — the offense.

Junior quarter-back Darron Thom-as — a second-team All-Pac-10 selection in 2010 — and junior run-ning back LaMichael James — who finished third in last season’s Heis-man Trophy voting — return to lead a fast-paced Oregon offense that Miles said can run a play every six to eight seconds.

That doesn’t seem to faze soph-omore defensive end Sam Mont-gomery.

“These guys run like track play-ers, but they’re agile like basketball players,” Montgomery said. “They can move very quickly between two yards. I used to play basketball my-self, and all our defensive linemen are athletes. It’s going to be a pretty good battle.”

Since Texas A&M also ran a similar fast-paced offense, LSU be-gan preparing for an up-tempo of-fense before the Cotton Bowl. The Tigers utilized freshmen Jakhari Gore and Jerrard Randall to simu-late James and Thomas during the offseason.

“[Oregon] gets a lot of guys tired, not ready and not set, so they break big plays because people aren’t in their right lanes,” said sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers. “We’ve been running tempo plays faster than they run them to be pre-pared for what they run.”

But despite all the recognition the Oregon offense received, the defense earned respect in its own right. The Ducks finished No. 12 in the nation, allowing just 18.7 points per game.

Despite the loss of junior cor-nerback Cliff Harris, who was sus-pended indefinitely after being cited for speeding while driving with a suspended license, Miles said the Ducks’ unfamiliar defensive scheme will pose some challenges.

“They’re a very talented group,” Miles said. “They have a nice scheme that’s dif-ficult to master in a short week. Thank goodness we have some time.”

Having time has typically paid off for Miles, who holds a 16-2 record in games in which he had more than a week to prepare. But with so many changes to the start-ing lineup, Miles has been forced to adapt.

S o p h o m o r e wide receiver Kad-ron Boone will fill in for Shepard, who

was suspended for an NCAA viola-tion. Senior offensive guard T-Bob Hebert will step in for Josh Dworac-zyk, who could potentially miss the entire season due to injury.

Perhaps the biggest shoes to fill come from Jordan Jefferson, who was suspended after being charged with second-degree battery. Much-maligned senior quarterback Jarrett Lee will return to the field with the confidence of his coach.

“If there is a guy that was bap-tized under fire, that had to come to the field very quickly and that had to learn on the run, that was Jarrett Lee,” Miles said. “He is really look-ing forward to playing full games. He is excited to have the opportunity that he came here to do.”

With the turmoil of the offsea-son behind the team, Montgomery said he’s eager for game day.

“I just can’t wait to get back out there,” Montgomery said. “I’m so anxious. I’m tired of practice.”

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Going to the game?Here are a few travel tips:• Less traffic comes from the south and west sides of Cowboys Stadium.• Officers working the streets can tell you the most direct route to your destination.• Park in areas marked with a black “P” inside a green circle. Vehicles parked elsewhere could be towed.• Officers will enforce the “no refusal” drunk-driving policy on Labor Day weekend.• Lincoln Square, located near the stadium, will charge $40 per vehicle to park and $10 to take a shuttle to Cowboys Stadium. A receipt from a Lincoln Square restaurant gets you free parking.

compiled by JULIANN ALLEN

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