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Arrest made in LSU bomb threatsee State & Nation, page 4

Southern turns attention to Jackson Statesee Sports, page 6

Change only for yourselfsee Commentary, page 11

Volume 59, Issue 7

Jade SmithThe Southern Digest

See body Types page 3

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i’m sexy and i know it

Finding your body type can be simple, complexThe human body type has been

categorized into three different types, which are called the endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph.

Individuals are classified by his/her own body type, based on the composition of muscle and fat distribution in their body.

Candice Hastings, a junior secondary English education major from Baton

Rouge, does not know what her body type is, but says there is nothing she would change about her body.

Some students believe that eating right is one way to maintain to their body type and stay healthy.

When asked what she does to keep her body like it is, Courtney Young, a sophomore accounting major from White Castle, La. said, “I eat right.” Something that Young loves about her body is her ‘flat stomach’.

Cortney Harris, a senior mass

communication major from Bossier City, La., makes healthy eating choices.

Harris said his most important bodily concern is, “To eat healthy.”

In order to understand the different body types, it may help to know the difference between males and females.

Ever wonder why men’s muscles are usually bigger, wider and stronger than women’s?

According to ‘Individuality in Clothing Selection and Personal Appearance,’ “A man and woman of the same size, height

and physical conditioning would never have equal muscle strength.”

The female muscle is made up of less fibers than male muscle. Women also have a thicker layer of fat around their muscles, because a higher percentage of body fat is necessary for reproductive purposes.

Now for those who are wondering what their body type may be, here is the

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“I am most concerned about everyone making the right choice and everyone going out to vote. We need Obama back in office to get our nation back on track.”

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campus briefsTODAy

Summer has passed and it’s about that time to begin pulling out the winter gear.

This doesn’t mean that you can just lay off your routines.

There’s some great ways to stay in shape in the winter while still enjoying your comfort foods.

First, proportion is key. College students tend to eat what they can, when they can because of busy schedules and budgets. Most of the time, college students do not have time to stop and eat healthy during the day.

For instance, if you have no choice but to go to the student union and eat Burger King, don’t eat all 670 calories of a Whopper. Try cutting that in half, leaving the bacon and the cheese off, and using mustard instead of mayo.

Next, you can slack on working out, but don’t completely stop.

Instead of pushing for them five to six days a week, work out three to four days a week for 45 minutes to an hour and create a playlist that makes you hype to keep you motivated.

Most people hate cardio, but you need to do at least 30 minutes of cardio every time you workout.

Try doing something fun and different everyday like jogging one day, dancing the next day, jumping rope another and so forth. Then, on different days, work out different parts of your body.

For instance, on Monday and Wednesday, work out your upper body and midsection; and on Tuesday and Thursday, work out your lower body.

For upper body, you can do push-ups and pull-ups and for the lower body you can do

squats and lunges. If you hate working out

though, do something exciting that will satisfy upper body, lower body and cardio. There are some great workout DVD programs that will get your heart pumping and are really fun.

Women looking for a moderate workout program should try Zumba. It isn’t too intense, but intense enough for a great workout.

If you are looking for something extreme and exhilarating, try Turbo Fire, which is an extreme kickboxing workout program by Beachbody.

Guys looking for a great workout program should try the P90X and Insanity extreme workout programs, which are very intense and very beneficial.

Lastly, lay off of the chips, candy, cookies and sodas and

pick up the water and protein bars.

There are healthy alternatives to eating junk

food such as choosing baked products instead of fried and gluten-free products instead of things made with wheat.

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Amber Shelby, a junior apparel and merchandising major from Baton Rouge works out in preparation for the next SU jaguar volleyball game.

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break down. Some may be a combination of the three.

An endomorph has round, soft body parts.

According to the book,“Their thighs and upper arms are fleshy. They have an abdomen the sticks out and muscular development that is not prominent. Extreme endomorphs have a percentage of body fat and large, round bodies with short limbs. Overall, they have a larger amount of body fat.”

The second type is the mesomorph. Mesomorphs have a muscular and sturdy frame. They tend to have large chests,

broad shoulders and well-developed arm and leg muscles. Their bodies contain little body fat and the arrangement of muscles the body’s most visible, pronounced feature. This type is also known as an “athletic build”.

Last but not least is the ectomorph. The book cites, “The body of an

ectomorph has lineal muscular development. It is tall and narrow with thin and long limbs. They contain a very small amount body fat and sometimes appear to be underfed. Overweight ectomorphs are presented as puffy or blown up. Gaining extra fat would

make the skeletal frame seem like it disappeared.”

Aspects such as weight and height distribution play a role in causing people to have various body types.

The distribution of weight explains where the body stores fat. Ideally, body mass is evenly distributed from the spine.

Females tend to store more body fat in the thighs and hips, while male body fat is stored in the abdominal area.

Silhouettes of the body vary because of fat distribution.

Among these silhouettes, the most common are wedge, triangle, balanced

and rectangle. A wedge silhouette includes a shoulder

line with that exceeds the hip width. The triangle shape is when hip width

extends beyond the shoulder width. In the balanced appearance the hips

and shoulders are equal with a smaller waist, usually nine to eleven inches smaller than the width of the hips and shoulders.

The rectangle shows little or no waist indention.

Although no two people are exactly the same, all people fit into one or a combination of these body types.

ariana triggSThe Southern Digest

A Thibodaux lawmaker began trying Wednesday to rally support for a special legislative session to revisit budget decisions made in recent months by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration.

Rep. Jerome “Dee” Richard, an independent, sent a letter to House members asking them to call themselves into a special session, a long-shot effort to get the Republican-led chambers to challenge the authority of the GOP governor.

Richard said lawmakers have been improperly left out of Jindal administration budget cut decisions that are shuttering health care facilities and a state prison. Legislators in the areas where facilities have been targeted for closure say they haven’t been included in the decision-making.

“I as a legislator feel like I owe it to my constituents that I need to be more involved in terms of some of the cuts that are being made,” Richard said in an interview. “People are asking questions, ‘Why is this happening?’ And we can’t answer.”

In recent months, Jindal’s health secretary has announced deep cuts to the LSU-run public hospital system that are shrinking services in some regions and the planned shuttering of a state-run psychiatric hospital in St. Tammany Parish, prompted by a drop in federal funding. Local lawmakers have complained they weren’t consulted before the budget slashing.

Late last week, Jindal’s corrections secretary announced plans to close a state prison in Calcasieu Parish as a cost-cutting move. Southwest Louisiana lawmakers said they were given, at most, a few hours’ notice before the public announcement and no

ability to discuss other options.“I believe that we are

witnessing a complete disregard of the legislative branch’s powers by this administration and must address this immediately or we shall find ourselves completely left out of the budget process,” Richard wrote in his letter.

Jindal said he believes his administration has been providing lawmakers enough information about the budget changes.

“I think a special session would simply cost taxpayers dollars that would be better spent on health care and higher education. So, I don’t think there’s a need for a special session,” he said.

Richard’s task to get lawmakers to call their own special session is a difficult one.

The Legislature has called itself into session only once since the modern state constitution was enacted nearly four decades

ago, for the required task of redistricting and with the support of the governor. Both chambers are led by allies of the governor.

House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, said it would be difficult for the Legislature to call itself into session and it would be costly, an estimated $80,000 a day. He didn’t discard the idea outright, saying he would be willing to listen to Richard’s reasoning if he wanted to talk about it.

“Until I’m clear exactly what he’s looking for and what he needs — it was a very broad letter — it’s hard to support unless I had something more specific, and even then I don’t know that I would support a special session,” he said.

Richard’s starting by polling House members, saying if he can get support from 35 out of 105 lawmakers there, he’ll determine whether he can get traction for the idea in the Senate.

Police arrested a Baton Rouge man in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don’t believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently.

William Bouvay Jr., 42, was taken into custody Tuesday night after an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, LSU Police Capt. Cory Lalonde said.

Bouvay was not an LSU student and appeared to have no connection to the campus, Lalonde said. Officials refused to speculate on a motive, saying only that it wasn’t a national security issue.

Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of state police, referred to the phone call as a prank and said the “foolishness of an individual” affected thousands of students, parents and workers who were forced to evacuate.

Similar bomb threats were made last week at college campuses in Texas, North Dakota and Ohio.

“We don’t believe at this point that there is any connection to the bomb threats at other universities,” Lalonde said.

Lalonde said police tracked Bouvay down after determining the 911 call Monday came from a deactivated cellphone that could only make emergency calls. Investigators were able to pinpoint the location of the cell phone Tuesday and

searched homes in the Baton Rouge neighborhood before identifying Bouvay as a suspect, he said.

“Upon questioning, he admitted to making the phone call,” Lalonde said.

The caller claimed multiple bombs would detonate on campus within two hours, but did not say where, authorities said, so bomb-squad officers with explosives-sniffing dogs were called in to search all buildings.

As with the threats made last week at the University of Texas, North Dakota State University and Hiram College, the search failed to turn up explosives.

According to police documents, the caller said, “Yes, I planted three bombs at LSU’s school campus,” and added, “This is not a joke.” Authorities believe he was the only person involved in the Baton Rouge scare.

Bouvay will be charged with communicating false information of a planned bombing and could face other charges, authorities said.

District Attorney Hillar Moore said Bouvay does not have a lawyer yet. Calls to a listing for Bouvay in Baton Rouge rang unanswered.

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said Bouvay was charged with attempted second-degree murder and domestic violence after being accused of choking his ex-wife in December 2008. He entered a guilty plea in exchange for reduced charges

and probation.Court records said his ex-

wife obtained an order of protection against Bouvay that is effective until May 2013. Court documents indicate he has violated the order several times.

Bouvay was also charged with terrorizing and improper phone communication in 2004 when he called an ex-girlfriend who worked at the LSU Department of Continuing Education and Independent Studies and allegedly threatened to kill her. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was convicted or found not guilty in the case.

Bouvay is currently being held at the parish prison in lieu of a $1 million bond.

The university was upbeat before Monday’s threat after LSU rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll with a win over Idaho on Saturday.

Officials believe a majority of the university’s 30,000 students, professors and employees were on campus when the threat was made.

Students were allowed to return to dormitories late Monday night and classes resumed on Tuesday.

In this handout photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, William Bouvay is seen in this booking photo in Baton Rouge.Bouvay is charged with making a bomb threat to LSU, causing a campus wide evacuation this week.

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Sheila V. KumarThe Associated Press

Arrest made in LSU bomb threat

NEW ORLEANS — The bright red open-top double-decker tour buses seen all over New York, London and Paris are coming to New Orleans.

City Sightseeing New Orleans launched the new service Wednesday with an inaugural tour of downtown with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and tourism and hospitality officials. The service, which opens to the general public Thursday, will operate daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Emily Valentino, the company’s general manager, said the buses will offer a new convenient, entertaining and informative way to experience the city with a hop-on and hop-off model that allows visitors to tour sites at their own pace.

Stops include the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, the National World War II Museum, Harrah’s Casino, Mardi Gras World, the Superdome and Basin Street Station, a former train depot that’s been turned into a visitors’ center.

“It’s going to be a full experience unlike anything else currently offered in New Orleans,” said Michael Valentino, a co-owner of the franchise. “It’s a fun transportation mode that we’re going to layer with the personality of local tour guides.”

Bus tours will be narrated live in English by certified tour hosts, but recordings will also be available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese and Chinese. There will also be recordings with Cajun and New Orleans dialects.

The tour buses with an upper deck providing open-air views come with a price: One-day passes are $40 for adults and $30 for children. The company will offer package options with discounted admissions to some attractions, but the cost is still significantly higher than the city’s bus and streetcar service. Buses and streetcars operated by the Regional Transit Authority are $1.25 per person, per ride. RTA also has day passes for $3 a person.

Michael Valentino said he doesn’t view the new venture as being in competition with what the New Orleans tourism industry already offers. He said his service is unique in that it merges a popular mode of transportation with a colorful, guided tour experience.

Double-decker buses coming to N.O.

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HOUSTON — The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to leave Houston early Thursday after giving locals a brief glimpse of what might have been.

Hundreds lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday to see the retired shuttle land before it was to head to California where it will be permanently displayed, a fact that doesn’t sit well with many Houston residents who feel Space City was cheated out of an artifact that should have been theirs to keep.

“I think that it’s the worst thing that they can do, rotten all

the way,” said 84-year-old Mary Weiss, clinging to her walker just before Endeavour landed after flying low over Gulf Coast towns, New Orleans and then downtown Houston and its airports.

Space City, partly made famous by Tom Hanks when he uttered the line “Houston, we have a problem” in the movie “Apollo 13,” has long tied its fortune to a mix of oil and NASA. Astronauts train in the humid, mosquito-ridden city, and many call it home years after they retire. The Johnson Space Center and an adjacent museum hug Galveston Bay.

Houston’s bid for a shuttle was rejected after the White House retired the fleet last summer to

spend more time and money on reaching destinations, such as Mars and asteroids. Instead, Houston got a replica that used to be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center.

“The one we’re getting is a toy. An important toy, but a toy nonetheless,” said Scott Rush, 54, of Crystal Beach, Texas.

Still, people came out in droves Wednesday, waving American flags and toting space shuttle toys, cameras and cellphones.

Back-to-back delays in the ferry flight resulted in one day being cut from the Houston visit. After landing, the Endeavour rolled slowly in front of the cheering crowd. It circled

and preened like a runway model, giving awed spectators an opportunity to take pictures from a variety of angles.

“I want to go on it,” said 3-year-old Joshua Lee as he headed to the landing area with his mother and grandmother.

Joshua’s mother, Jacqueline Lee of Houston, viewed the landing as an educational opportunity.

“I don’t know if he’ll get to see this again,” Lee said.

Around sunrise Thursday, the shuttle was scheduled to leave Houston, riding piggyback on a jumbo jet. It’s booked to stop at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas, before heading to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research

Center, Calif. After spending a night there, the shuttle will head to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday.

In mid-October, Endeavour will be transported down city streets to the California Science Center, its permanent home.

NASA still plays a large role in Houston, and astronaut Clayton Anderson, who lived on the International Space Station from June to November 2007, encouraged people to focus on a new era of space exploration.

“The shuttles are a wonderful legacy, a huge part of Houston, but now it’s time to look to the future,” said Anderson, who lives in the Houston suburb of League City.

NEW YORK — After this, politicians everywhere should surely get the message. Mitt Romney’s secretly recorded remarks at a Florida fundraiser — and the uproar that has followed — reinforce a key reality of the digital media era: the power of viral video to disrupt and potentially alter a high-stakes political contest.

The amateur video of Romney casting 47 percent of Americans as believing they are “victims” who feel entitled to government assistance has burned up the Internet and aired continually on cable television since its release Monday by Mother Jones magazine. It’s thrown his campaign off track in a tight race with President Barack Obama and with less than seven weeks until Election Day.

Mother Jones has not disclosed who recorded the remarks. A spokeswoman said that by Wednesday afternoon, the full video and a series of clips had received 5 million page views on the magazine’s website and 3 million more views on YouTube.

In a presidential race noteworthy for the intensity of its televised advertising — Obama, Romney and their allies are on track to spend about $1.1 billion on campaign commercials this year — the impact of the leaked video has been particularly stark.

While both sides have deployed scores of highly produced ads aimed at swaying a small group of undecided voters in a handful of battleground states, the decidedly low-tech Romney video has done far more than any one commercial

to sway the national political conversation.

There’s no doubt campaigns will continue to rely on TV ads as an important component of their communications strategy. But they also can’t ignore the proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones and amateur videographers eager to capture candidates in unvarnished and potentially revealing situations.

“It’s the democratization of information. One video can offset millions of dollars in campaign ads,” said Darrell West, director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution in Washington. “The Internet is now the great equalizer — videos can go viral and be seen by millions of people for free.”

Amateur videos have played a significant role in international incidents. In Iran, bystanders captured the shooting death of a woman named Neda Agha Soltan during protests against that country’s disputed presidential election in 2009. The video circulated widely online and in social media, becoming one of the enduring symbols of the clash between government forces and pro-democracy activists.

While not shot by amateurs, the trailer for the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims” also showed the powerful combination of moving images and the far-reaching Internet. The film has been linked to an outburst of violent protests in the Middle East and controversy in other parts of the world.

In the U.S. in 2006, Sen. George Allen, R-Va., was captured on video referring to a mixed-race Democratic campaign videographer

as “macaca.” The term is considered a racial slur in some countries, but Allen at the time said he meant no racial intent. Footage of the encounter went viral online, forcing Allen on the defensive in the closing weeks of the campaign. He narrowly lost re-election to Democrat Jim Webb and is now running for the seat again.

Obama, too, has been scorched by amateur recordings. In 2008, at a San Francisco fundraiser, Obama was caught on tape suggesting “bitter” small-town voters “cling to their guns or religion or antipathy toward people who are not like them.” The remarks were recorded by an Obama campaign donor who doubled as a citizen journalist for The Huffington Post. The episode helped reinforce skepticism about Obama among many white working-class voters that polls show persists to this day.

Republicans have tried to turn the tables on Obama since the Romney fundraising video surfaced, pointing to an audio recording from 1998 in which Obama, then an Illinois state senator, seems to endorse income redistribution “at least

to a certain level to make sure everybody’s got a shot.” The Republican National Committee released a Web video using Obama’s comments, and Romney mentioned them at a fundraiser Wednesday, saying Obama “really believes in what I’ll call a government-centered society.”

It was unclear whether that pushback could mitigate any damage done to Romney’s campaign by the “47 percent” video, which reinforced through the candidate’s own words the Obama campaign ads depicting Romney as a rich businessman unconcerned with the middle class.

“He’s reinforcing the stereotype as someone who doesn’t get the plight of ordinary Americans and appears indifferent to them,” the Brookings Institution’s West said. “If you didn’t have the early framing of Romney, the video wouldn’t be so devastating. It’s the one-two punch of the Obama ads and this video that are deadly.”

Several Republican lawmakers have already distanced themselves from Romney’s remarks, and the candidate himself described them as “inelegant” at a hastily convened

news conference just hours after the video surfaced. Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, said Wednesday that Romney had been “obviously inarticulate.”

The emergence of viral video has led some political observers to speculate that campaigns will become even more carefully packaged than ever before and that nervous politicians fearing the presence of a secret camera phone will cease saying anything spontaneous, no matter what the audience.

But Rodell Mollineau, president of the pro-Obama group American Bridge, said candidates who did not try to say different things to different audiences had nothing to fear from secret taping. American Bridge assigns video “trackers” to Republican candidates, hoping to catch them in a potentially damaging unscripted moment.

“You can get a gotcha moment. Those happen. But more than anything you find inconsistencies in people’s rhetoric,” Mollineau said. “Politicians will still try to say one thing to one group of people and one thing to another group of people. It won’t work anymore.”

ramit PluShnicK-maStiThe Associated Press

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters before he makes a speech in Miami Wednesday.

PHOTO By J. PAT CARTER/AP PHOTO

Romney flap points to power of viral video

Beth FouhyThe Associated Press

Endeavour stops in Houston en route to California

When Leonardo da Vinci created the Vitruvian Man it was considered to be the perfect proportion of the human body, and nowadays the athlete is the measurement we all see as the perfect human body.

Achieving that athletic look takes work, and to build muscle takes time and effort on that person’s part.

The athlete and the regular person when building muscle will have different training methods.

Corliss Fingers, Southern University strength and conditioning coach believes in training the sport first and then the athlete, studying the motions and movements of the sport and what exact muscle they’ll use during their respective sport and then design the program based off of those muscle groups and that movement and then from there she trains the actual athlete.

Once those muscle groups have been develop for the athletes respective sport its time to develop the workout plan but not everyone is the same.

“They may have the same exercises but I actually take the time to write the weights in for

every single Southern University athlete. It takes a lot of time, but there’s no two people alike,” Fingers said, “You can have someone who has strength in one area and weaknesses in another area. It isn’t fair to them and their career to train them the exact same, and gives them the same basic weights and just have them do it, it’s not bettering them.”

When strength training there are a vast variety of workouts that can be done to work out specific areas such as Bench press, squats, walking lunges, lat pulls, one-arm rolls, bench dips, and bicep curls.

These are a majority of the exercises that can be done for both the athlete and student to help create that desired body.

“Try to work every large muscle group, 3-4 sets, 8-12 reps and do it at least twice a week,” Fingers said.

Strength training without a proper diet plan would make your hours at the gym pointless.

Fingers recommended a “No whites” diet, by that meaning not eating anything white such as ranch dressing, no blue cheese, potatoes, French fries, mayonnaise, no white bread, no white rice, no white pasta, and no pizza.

Foods that are white and that

may seem white that are acceptable are skim milk, cauliflower, fish and chicken breasts.

“Cake, cookies, pie, donuts, all of that is made out of white flour and sugar so its all off limits,” Fingers said, “Most of society eats them in abundance and that’s what causes the problems, so if you take that out completely for about three or four weeks and then add a few things in moderation such as a baked potatoes with very little on it its not as bad, but you have to get rid of all of it first just to shock your system a little bit.

These tips are not just for the athlete but also for the everyday student who is trying to change the way they look to live a stronger healthier life.

“Strength and conditioning isn’t just for SU athletes everybody can take part in it. I know right now the mini dome may not be the most attractive weight room, but it’s still functional,” Fingers said, “It you are serious about it you can get in there and get a great total body workout done, once the new rec facility opens up it should be crowded everyday. If you take a few minutes in the morning to take care of your body your body will take care of you. 45 minutes a day about 3 times a week just to get a start.

When Dawson Odums was given the job as head coach of the Jaguars seven days ago, the stated conditions were familiar: he was named on an interim basis and would be evaluated by wins and losses.

Odums now facing the music of a (0-2, 0-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) record and away game against Jackson within a week Odums has little room for error.

“When you give great effort, you have a chance. I only require them to do two things: play with great discipline and play with great effort,” Odums said, at his first press conference as interim.

Odums had been interim coach once before at Clark Atlanta in 2004, which was followed by head coach appointment in 2005.

The interim coach has idea of what challenges the team may face in the 2012 season, which including Saturday’s 4 p.m. kickoff against Jackson State (1-2, 1-0 SWAC).

He’s well-seasoned in the talent pool and has assistant coaches to help guide the Jaguars season.

“This football team is moving forward,” Odums

said. “We’re trying to focus the young men at the task at hand at that’s Jackson State. We believe we got a real good football team.”

Right now the blue and gold is preparing for a “black-out” display at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss., where they suffered a 49-45 loss in 2010.

For the Tigers, head coach Rick Comegy named Clayton Moore starting quarterback to lead his offense this weekend, which is first in total offense (396.3 ypg) and fourth in scoring (22.0).

For Comegy, who was proud the Tigers won its first game last weekend over Texas Southern 45-35, told reporters that Moore moved the offense well which sparked the team on its first win of the season.

“We’re in that mood to know what a loss feels like and know what a win feel like,” Comegy said. “It feels real good and you need that to happen in order to make a run for this championship.”

The Jaguars are still alive for its championship run. At 0-2, the defense ranks third in total yards allowed, which allows 61.5 passing yards per game-the fewest in the SWAC.

The defense is led by cornerback Virgil Williams,

one of the most talented cornerbacks in the SWAC.

Williams is second on the team in tackles, but also has become an asset on special teams. Williams returned five punts for 71 yards in the Jaguars 0-6 home debut loss to

Mississippi Valley Thursday. Comegy’s offense, plans to

test the Jaguars secondary. The Tigers are currently first in the conference (285 ypg) and are led by wide-receiver Rico Richardson and quarterback Moore.

Richardson caught eight of Moore’s passes for 235-yards and three touchdowns in JSU’s win over TSU.

“We came out against Valley and they (the defense) played with a lot of energy,” Odums said.

Interim head coach Dawson Odums leads the Southern football team during Tuesday practice. Odums and the jaguars travel to take on rival jackson State Saturday.

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Southern strength and conditioning coach Corliss Fingers working with the jaguars at practice Wednesday. Fingers suggests some exercises for a student or athlete to create the desired ‘athletic’ body.

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CommonAthletic Injuries

HeadEye: According to the American Academy

of Family Physicians, more than 40,000 eye injuries each year in the United States. About 90 percent of sports-related ocular injuries are considered preventable. The most common mechanisms of eye trauma involve blunt, penetrating, and radiation injuries. Blunt trauma accounts for most sports-related eye injuries. Examples of blunt injuries include orbital blowout fracture, orbital and lid contusions, some ways these injuries can be prevented is by wearing eye protection and by team physicians educating team members about proper eye and facial protection and encouraging them to use protective devices.

ShoulderThere are two common injuries that can

occur to the shoulder and those are shoulder dislocation and AC separation better known as shoulder separation. Shoulder dislocation occurs when the head of the humerus completely pops out of the socket. AC separation is a tear of the ligaments between the clavicle and acromion bone, which causes the clavicle (collar bone) to stick up. Most of these are treated without surgery, although rehab is often required before returning to play.

ConcussionsFootball, soccer and volleyball are all

violent games and a football player hitting hit, a soccer player colliding with against a foe, and a volleyball player taking a spike to the face all can cause concussions. Recent studies have shown how severe a concussion can be to an athlete; concussions are caused by a strike to the head, resulting in trauma to the brain. Mild concussions may cause confusion, memory loss and a headache, while a severe concussion may lead to loss of consciousness and extended confusion. Some athletes like former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is someone who suffered a large amount of concussions throughout his career and as a result suffers from memory loss and only has short-term memory.

KneeKnee injuries are extremely common in

athletes, the most common of the knee injuries are torn meniscus, torn medial collateral ligament (MCL), and torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). A torn meniscus happens when the knee is twisting or turning abruptly, while the foot in place and the knee is bent. The MCL occurs after impact to the outside of the knee, causing the MCL to stretch or tear. The MCL attaches to the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shinbone). The ACL can be injured by landing from a jump onto a bent knee then twisting, or landing on a knee that is over-extended.

HeatYes, the heat is a common and serious injury

in sport players can get seriously hurt or even die if not properly hydrated. Three different types of heat injuries are heat cramps, heat exhaustion which can occur when one is depleted of either water or salt, and lastly heat strokes, which can kill people when not properly hydrated and the body reaches a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. When this happens it is essential to call 911 and keep the body as cool as possible until help arrives.

The athletic body is often compared to a machine, its tuned to a certain point to produce at a high level. Sometimes that machine may hit something the wrong way and it breaks or fractures in a way it can’t work at full capacity. That’s the body of the athlete, he or she trains so that they can play at a high level and sometimes when running, hitting or jumping at someone the person can hurt them, and these are some common injuries that can occur.

Nose Nose injuries occur by impact with another

person or an object in sport. Cuts on the nose may bleed a lot even if they are only small. The nose can also become fracture or broken, usually the breakage is caused by impact, which may result from a hit to the face with a ball, someone’s body part such as an elbow or knee. According to Sports Medicine Information, after the nose is broken it becomes misshapen as well as resulting in pain and swelling, a person may also have difficulties with breathing and a black eye. Treatment for a broken nose depends on the complexity of the fracture; a minor fracture will generally heal on its own over a period of time.

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Some Southern University students are anticipating the official release date of the Apple iPhone 5 Friday.

The students are anxious to see the new design and new features that Apple has in store for them.

Randale Scott, a senior accounting and business finance major of Bossier City, La., said he is anxious and anticipating the release of the iPhone 5 this Friday.

“I have already preordered mine. So, it should be here on Friday. I’m going to the Apple Store to get me an Otterbox, a remote charger and a few other things. I’m looking forward to it to be a smaller model, so I’m looking for the Otterbox to be affordable. Also, Apple makes some of the best products. Therefore, I want to be able to have the best in my collection,” said Scott.

Scott said the he also has an Apple computer, their iPad plus their phone. He said that Apple has the best products because of their sales and their customers.

“You pay for what you get,” Scott said. “When you pay for the best, it’s a set price list.”

Scott said that the prices that Apple has set have been the same prices.

“It’s just like if you go to Rose Royce and Bentley, they are not going to go down on the price. It’s a set price,” Scott said. “So, therefore, I don’t mind paying for something that’s going to be durable and that’s going to last and I’ll be able to use it for a long time.”

Evan Cooper, a senior business marketing major of Beaumont, Texas, said that he is also anticipating the release of the new and improved iPhone 5.

“I’ve been looking forward to it for some time now. I’m actually a Verizon Wireless user and I have an Android. Everyone else in my family has an Apple phone, so, I guess, probably, soon around November or December, I’ll get an upgrade and get an iPhone 5,” Cooper said.

Cooper said that he noticed the appearance of the new phone. He said that it has a sleeker look than the iPhone 4 does.

“I’m looking forward to actually having a phone that I could hold in my hand and not be so big.

Cooper said he mainly would like to get an iPhone 5 because of the appearance and the upgraded system and the new

components that goes with it.“The way the phone looks, it’s larger

so you’ll be able to put more applications on your home screen. So, yes, I’m really looking forward to it,” said Cooper.

Cooper said that since his purchase of an iPhone 5 would be an upgrade, he would only have to pay $200 for his phone.

“When it comes to Apple’s prices, you know they won’t come cheap,” said Cooper.

Derrick Sims, a senior business management major of New Orleans, said that he isn’t waiting nor is he anxious about the release of the iPhone 5.

He said that he recently purchased the iPhone 4. “I think people are going to go crazy about it. It’s just a phone and it’s basically going to do the same thing that the iPhone 4 does,” Sims said.

Sims said getting an iPhone 5, the price would be close to $600.

“I have had my phone since the first phone came out. I’ve been having an iPhone for a long time… I’m tired of it. I’m not getting it,” Sims said.

According to apple.com, the company’s website, the iPhone 5’s box will include, the phone with iO6, documentation, Apple EarPods with remote and mic,

one-year limited hardware warranty, lightning to USB cable, 90 days complimentary telephone support and a USB power adapter.

The prices of the iPhone vary depending on the size of storage, the amount of gigabytes. The prices are from $199-$399.

The website also stated that the phone comes in three different storage sizes, which are 16, 32 and 64 gigabytes or GB.

An all-new design of the iPhone 5 includes an eight-megapixel iSight camera. The iPhone 5 is the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever according to the Apple website.

The website also stated that the screen is more vivid and lifelike and more lifelike. It is the same width as the iPhone 4S and it is just as easy to use with one hand.

Wi-Fi is faster also. It is more feasible to browse, download and stream content at a remarkable speed in whatever location. The battery life gives an outstanding use said the website.

Unfortunately, no other information could be released from the Apple Corporate, the Apple Store of the Mall of Louisiana or AT&T store in Towne Center located on Corporate Boulevard.

Southern University faculty and students differed on their opinion of the replacement of the Food Pyramid with the Choose My plate initiative by the federal government. According to the Choose My Plate website this initiative began in 2010 by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The Choose My Plate initiative focuses on splitting plates into four sections, which contain equal servings of fruits, vegetables, grain, protein, and a dairy beverage.

Edith Harris, professor human nutrition thought of the switch as unnecessary.

“I think its just another icon in an attempt to simplify food selection,” Harris said. Harris told of the food pyramid as still good and valid.

Kayla Chenevert, sophomore biology major from Opelousas, La. agreed with Harris in opinion.

“Its not enough and very simple,” Chenevert said. She was not pleased with the ‘my plate’ initiative.

Even though some faculty and students didn’t like the new government initiative, Airen Austin, a sophomore Speech pathology major from Houma, La. thought differently.

“Sure, it’s a great switch,” Austin said.

Although Harris disagreed with the my plate initiative she does follow some of the diet plan

listed in the dietary guidelines for Americans.

“The Dietary guidelines for Americans emphasize fruits, vegetables whole grains, and less red meat,” Harris said.

She spoke of the importance of looking at food labels, and how the amount of meat a person eats in one day should fit in the palm of your hand.

The food labels on for food products usually contain the DRI meaning the Daily Recommended Intake.

Allen Taylor, a senior criminal justice major from Alexandria, La. informed of his diet that he follows.

“I stay away from fast food, and eat more protein fruit, carbohydrates and vegetables,” Taylor said.

Chenvert shared her diet as well.

“I try to eat foods without many calories because its about how much you burn,” Chenevert said.

Austin mentioned her diet plan as not being as strict.

“I don’t follow a specific diet, but I try to stay away from fast food,” Austin said.

Harris viewed the campus cafeteria food as healthy if they follow the food guide pyramid.

“As long as they follow the food guide pyramid it should be healthy,” said Harris.

Chenevert discussed the cafeteria health food as being not mainly present.

“Only if we choose because they don’t put it out to serve it,” Chenevert said.

Austin believed the cafeteria food on campus is not healthy.

“No, its very greasy and fatty,” Austin said.

Taylor described the campus dining as overly priced for the product served.

“They can do better since we are paying $1,500 for on campus dining,” Taylor said.

He said some days they seem to put anything together to serve students.

For information on the Choose

My Plate initiative students can visit their website at www.ChooseMyPlate.gov. If persons would like to visit the official dietary guidelines for America they can visit their website www.DietaryGuidelines.gov.

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My Plate is an initiative created by the federal government concerning the portion size of meats, vegetables, fruits, grains and dairy in meals eaten by men, women and children in the United States. The initiative splits the meal and plate into 4 sections with a designated beverage and was adopted in 2010.

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MILAN — After New York and London, it’s Milan’s turn to have a say as to how women will dress for the spring-summer 2013.

If the first day of previews Wednesday was any indication, next summer will feature a lot of bold color and patterns. While the more structured, usually daytime, looks were in heavier fabrics, evening or playtime came in airier, diaphanous materials like chiffon and tulle.

Milan designers are offering more romantic looks rather than their trademark slinky and sexy. Long and loose pants were paired with ample tunic tops while voluminous long skirts offered a nice sweep.

The accessories — high-heels and bags alike — often replicated patterns in the outfits. Hair styles were long and simple, either tucked up

in a chignon or behind the ears.

Over the next six days, more than 60 of Italy’s top designers, including Gucci, Armani, Versace, Prada, Dolce&Gabbana, Fendi and Ferragamo will present their take on next summer’s well-dressed woman.

———GUCCI“Sophisticated and

essential” is how Gucci designer Frida Giannini described the elegant collection that kicked off Milan Fashion Week.

Based on a simple elongated silhouette with artful cutouts and decorative f lounces, accessorized by skinny high-heeled cage sandals and oversized 1970s costume jewelry, the collection came in bold shades of fuchsia, coral, kiwi green, mustard yellow and electric blue.

Total black or total white underlined the couture feel of the collection, as did the delicate prints reminiscent

of Japanese f loral wallpaper, penthouse pajama pants or the bell sleeves of a simple cocktail sheath.

But Giannini is very much a contemporary designer, and her couture came with an edge. This is seen in the sophisticated ankle straps of the sandals decorated with the logo horse bit, the plexiglass clutch bag and the snakeskin patterns for evening wear.

———FERRETTIDiaphanous, dainty and

above all delicious. The Alberta Ferretti collection for the spring-summer 2013 is sure to be a hit wherever sophisticated maidens gather, from beach clubs to garden parties to summer weddings.

While a mega-screen projected silently moving water, model after model came down the runway wearing gowns so light they looked like a second skin. With their hair gelled back as if they had just come out of the water and many gowns

ending in a delicate train, the models looked like a parade of beautiful mermaids.

The colors of the gowns ranged from pearly white to sea green and Mediterranean blue. Sometimes the light fabric was adorned with shimmering sequins, at others it came in dainty lace. Sheer nude tulle, which allowed the skin to shine through, held the gowns together, creating the mermaid effect.

The overall look was young, demure and very special with every outfit unique.

When asked what inspired the dreamy light look, the Italian designer said she felt the need to “make up for the heavy moment we are all going through.”

———MILA SCHOENMila Schoen dug into the

archives for 1970s graphic prints for next year’s warm weather looks.

The collection at Milan Fashion Week featured zigzag, confetti or gum-wrapper

prints in dreamy pastels or more vibrant pinks, sea-foam green or gold.

Many of the daytime looks were two pieces, allowing for endless combinations and coverage. Cropped tops were shown over belted short skirts that f lair, long-sleeved tunic tops were over super-wide trousers for an elegant, all-covered feel.

Designer Bianca Gervasio played with volume, accenting short skirts with a pair of inverted pleats on each hip for a bubble effect that contrasted with tighter fitting bodices, sometimes off the shoulder or with cap sleeves.

And Gervasio turned the volume way up for evening wear, offering romantic f lowing pleated or tiered skirts that swept along the f loor. The evening color palate was mostly pastels, a soft pink skirt with an ivory off-the-shoulder top, pulled together by a belt accented with crystals.

LONDON —The models have packed up, the temporary runways taken down. London Fashion Week on Tuesday wrapped up five hectic days of women’s wear shows, a whirlwind display of new colors and textures for next spring from big name designers and newcomers alike.

London hosts a more eclectic collection of designers and labels than fashion weeks in New York, Milan and Paris, and the latest crop of spring and summer designs seen this week has been a big mish-mash: Futuristic metallic leathers at Burberry, sweet ‘50s pastels at Temperley, ‘70s disco fever at Jonathan Saunders, and ‘90s minimalism at quite a few other shows.

While there was no overriding theme, there were micro-trends set to make their way to high street stores come spring. All-white and monochrome outfits were seen everywhere, as were pretty confectionery shades of mint and lemon.

Futuristic, shiny materials like plastic or fabrics with a foil-like, iridescent or even holographic sheen were popular, as was the use of sheer, feminine layers in organza, chiffon or mesh.

On Tuesday, things kicked off with ‘70s-inspired florals, wide-leg trousers and mannish suits at luxury label Mulberry, best-

known for its leather handbags. The collection, delivered with a humorous British flair, nodded to several of the season’s popular trends: Sleek trouser suits, all-season leather, metallic jacquard, and head-to-toe ice-cream pastel shades.

Mo d e l - t u r n e d - d e s i g n e r Roksanda Illincic followed with a collection of dresses with simple feminine shapes and minimal detailing, leaving her use of beautiful color combinations and glossy fabrics to do the talking.

Day Five also saw collections by a handful of younger and adventurous designers. Simone Rocha, the daughter of British fashion institution John Rocha, deftly combined schoolgirl innocence and tough attitude, while maverick duo Meadham Kirchoff sent the party home with a spectacularly whimsical show of Marie Antoinette fashion gone mad.

Tuesday’s shows ended a week that saw models and celebrities like Kate Moss and One Direction’s Harry Styles flocking to the catwalks’ front row. Lady Gaga stole the limelight Sunday with a starring turn at milliner Philip Treacy’s comeback show.

The fashion brigade moves on to Milan for more shows that begin Wednesday. Paris Fashion Week begins next Tuesday.

———MULBERRYLuxury brand Mulberry has

ditched most of the playfulness

in its recent seasons, showcasing a spring collection that’s still quirky but definitely grown-up.

Mulberry’s show at London’s swanky Claridge’s hotel was decorated with dozens of garden gnomes and fake geckos crawling on rose bushes - a typically wacky atmosphere of pretty English garden meets exotic creatures.

But appearances were deceptive, and the clothes themselves were more sophisticated than the setting suggested.

Creative director Emma Hill sent models down the catwalk in oversized leather biker jackets and mannish tuxedos in navy, black and white. The 1970s-inspired collection had floral embroidery, floor-length skirts, flower buttons and high-waisted wide legs, updated with metallic jacquard printed with mini-flowers and geckos.

Leather separates and trouser suits balanced flirty pleated skirts. There were muted brown ensembles along with head-to-toe sweet pastels in mint and peach - including pastel-colored shoes and handbags, the brand’s bestselling item.

———ROKSANDA ILLINCICTaking her inspiration from

artists, Roksanda Illincic’s catwalk show had plenty of ensembles for the woman who wants to look stylish without trying too hard. Simple, streamlined shapes like tailored shifts and breezy A-line dresses came in high-impact color combinations that really popped: Tangerine with cobalt, mango, dirty pink or white.

Sometimes all the colors came together on one dress, like a modern abstract painting.

Models cradled oversized satin

clutch bags and wore patent courts with multi-colored block heels.

The show, staged in the Savoy Hotel’s glamorous ballroom, ended with a series of ensembles made in a glossy, laminated organza.

Illincic counts U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Britain’s Kate Middleton among fans of her sleek style. Her show had many of her popular signature elements: Beautiful colors, high-waisted silhouettes, feminine bell sleeves and modest mid-calf or ankle-grazing hemlines.

But this season the designer said she wanted to shake up the elegance with casual wear - like taking an evening dress shape and making it out of T-shirt or jersey materials.

“It gives an element of fun, something unexpected,” she said.

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WASHINGTON — Jerry Wiseman notices it’s harder to turn and check his car’s blind spots at age 69 than it was at 50. So the Illinois man and his wife took a refresher driving course, hunting tips to stay safe behind the wheel for many more years — a good idea considering their state has arguably the nation’s toughest older-driver laws.

More older drivers are on the road than ever before, and an Associated Press review found they face a hodgepodge of state licensing rules that reflect scientific uncertainty and public angst over a growing question: How can we tell if it’s time to give up the keys?

Thirty states plus the District of Columbia have some sort of older-age requirement for driver’s licenses, ranging from more vision testing to making seniors renew their licenses more frequently than younger people. At what age? That’s literally all over the map. Maryland starts eye exams at 40. Shorter license renewals kick in anywhere from age 59 in Georgia to 85 in Texas.

The issue attracted new attention when a 100-year-old driver backed over a group of schoolchildren in Los Angeles late last month. That’s a rarity, but with an imminent surge in senior drivers, the federal government is proposing that all states take steps to address what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls “the real and growing problem of older driver safety.”

Here’s the conundrum: “Birthdays don’t kill. Health conditions do,” said Joseph Coughlin, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, which develops technologies to help older people stay active.

Healthy older drivers aren’t necessarily less safe than younger ones, Coughlin points out. But many older people have health issues that can impair driving, from arthritis to dementia, from slower reflexes to the use of multiple medications. There’s no easy screening tool that licensing authorities can use to spot people with subtle health risks. So some states use birthdays as a proxy for more scrutiny instead.

Senior driving is a more complicated issue than headline-grabbing tragedies might suggest. Older drivers don’t crash as often as younger ones. But they also drive less. About 60 percent of seniors voluntarily cut back, avoiding nighttime driving or interstates or bad weather, said David Eby of the University of Michigan’s Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan.

Measure by miles driven, however, and the crash rate of older drivers begins to climb in the 70s, with a sharper jump at age 80, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Only teens and

20-somethings do worse.That rising risk reflects the

challenge for families as they try to help older loved ones stay safe but still get around for as long as possible, which itself is important for health.

The good news: Fatal crashes involving seniors have dropped over the past decade, perhaps because cars and roads are safer or they’re staying a bit healthier, said the Insurance Institute’s Anne McCartt.

Yet the oldest drivers, those 85 and up, still have the highest rate of deadly crashes per mile, even more than teens. More often than not, they’re the victims, largely because they’re too frail to survive their injuries.

And seniors are about to transform the nation’s roadways. Today, nearly 34 million drivers are 65 or older. By 2030, federal estimates show there will be about 57 million — making up about a quarter of all licensed drivers. The baby boomers in particular are expected to hang onto their licenses longer, and drive more miles, than previous generations.

Specialists say more seniors need to be planning ahead like Jerry Wiseman and his wife Sandy.

“Absolutely we want to be as good drivers as we can possibly be for as long as we can,” said Wiseman, of Schaumburg, Ill.

At an AARP course, Wiseman learned exercises to improve his flexibility for checking those blind spots. He takes extra care with left-hand turns, which become riskier as the ability to judge speed and distance wanes with age. He knows to watch for other changes.

“We’ll be ready when it’s time for one of us to stop,” he said.

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what extra requirements, if any, older adults must meet to keep their driver’s license.

Among the most strict rules: Illinois requires a road test to check driving skills with every license renewal starting at age 75 — and starting at age 81, those renewals are required every two years instead of every four. At 87, Illinois drivers must renew annually.

In Washington, D.C., starting at age 70, drivers must bring a doctor’s certification that they’re still OK to drive every time they renew their license.

New Mexico requires annual renewals at 75.

Geographic variability makes little sense, said Jake Nelson, AAA’s director of traffic safety advocacy and research. “Either I’m safe to drive or I’m not. Where I live shouldn’t matter,” he said.

Yet when Iowa drivers turn 70, they must renew their license every two years instead of every five. Neighboring Missouri lets the 70-year-olds renew every three years instead of every six.

Some states introduce age requirements after high-profile accidents. Massachusetts now requires drivers to start renewing

licenses in person at age 75, with proof of an eye exam. The change came after an 88-year-old driver struck and killed a 4-year-old crossing a suburban Boston street in 2009.

This summer, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a national guideline for older driver safety that, if finalized, would push states to become more consistent. Among the recommendations: Every state needs a program to improve older driver safety; doctors should be protected from lawsuits if they report a possibly unsafe driver; and driver’s licenses should be renewed in person after a certain age, tailored to each state’s crash data.

Still, many states say their main focus should be on inexperienced teen drivers and problems such as texting behind the wheel.

“Teens are risk takers. Our older drivers are risk avoiders,” said Alabama state Rep. Jim McClendon. Alabama drivers renew licenses every four years, with no older age requirements.

New Hampshire last year stopped requiring road tests when 75-year-olds renewed their licenses. The law was repealed after an 86-year-old legislator called it discriminatory.

It’s not the only state worrying about age discrimination.

“You don’t want to go around and say, ‘This person is 85. We’ve got to take them off the road.’ That wouldn’t be fair,” said Assemblyman David Gantt of New York, where licenses last for eight years.

On the other side is the family of a Baltimore college student who died last year after being run over by an 83-year-old driver who turned into his bike lane. Maryland next month begins

issuing licenses that last longer — eight years instead of five — despite an emotional appeal from the mother of Nathan Krasnopoler that that’s too long for the oldest drivers.

“You should be looking at your drivers to be sure they’re able to safely drive. There’s plenty of research that as we age, things do change and we may not be aware of those changes,” said Susan Cohen, who now is urging Maryland officials to study adding some form of competency screening, in addition to the required eye exams, to license renewals.

“Do we have to lose a 20-year-old with an incredible future ahead of him in order to determine that this particular driver shouldn’t be driving?” she asked.

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older drivers, who are less likely than younger ones to be in crashes involving alcohol or speeding. Instead, they have more trouble with intersections, making left turns, and changing lanes or merging, because of gradual declines in vision, reaction times and other abilities, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Scientists are hunting screening tests to check for such things as early warning signs of cognitive problems that might signal who’s more at risk. But such screenings are a long way from the local license office. In a closely watched pilot project, California tried a three-step screening process to detect drivers who might need a road test before getting their licenses renewed — but it didn’t reduce crashes, sending researchers back to the drawing board.

Today, AAA’s Nelson said in-person renewals are “the single most effective thing states can

do to improve safety.”That’s because workers in

the driver’s license office can be trained to look for signs of confusion or trouble walking as people come in — two big clues that they may have trouble behind the wheel — and refer those drivers for a road test or a medical exam to see if there’s really a problem.

Virginia, for example, lets even the oldest drivers hold a license for eight years, but starting at 80 they must renew in person and pass an eye test. California has five-year renewals, and starting at 70 they must be in-person with both a written test and eye check.

Those eye tests can make a difference. In senior-filled Florida, 80-year-olds renew their licenses every six years instead of every eight, with a vision check each time. A study found highway deaths among Florida’s older drivers dropped 17 percent after the vision test was mandated in 2003.

How long between renewals is best? There’s no scientific consensus, but Nelson recommends every four to six years.

Another big key: Programs that make it easy for doctors, police and family members to alert licensing officials to possibly unsafe drivers of any age, so the experts can investigate. But in states that don’t allow confidential reporting, families in particular hesitate in fear of backlash if upset relatives learn who turned them in.

Utah adopted confidential reporting in 2008 “to encourage more people to report problematic drivers without the risk of retaliation or repercussion,” said Chris Caras of Utah’s Department of Public Safety.

lauran neergaarDThe Associated Press

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Older drivers face confusing array of license laws

Sandy and Jerry Wiseman pose in the driveway with one of their two cars, in Schaumburg, Ill. Jerry Wiseman and his wife, Sandy, took refresher driving classes to help them stay safe behind the wheel for many more years. More older drivers are on the road, and they face a hodgepodge of state licensing rules that reflect scientific uncertainty and public angst over a growing question: How can we tell if it’s time to give up the keys?

PHOTO by rex arbOgasT/aP PHOTO

In college every moment can instantly turn into an opportunity.

I know we’ve all heard it several times “first impressions are lasting!”

Impressions start first with your attire.

Are you doing your part and dressing smart?

When I ask this question I don’t mean are you wearing the hottest line of clothes or the “must rock” designer shoes or handbags.

I’m asking are you wearing the appropriate clothing for your body type?

We come in all shapes and sizes, but with these variations come rules.

Yes we have the freedom to wear whatever “floats our boats”, but sometimes the visual can sink the boats of others.

There’s a thin line between creativity and crazy, just like there is a difference between being noticed for something positive and being noticed for something insane.

I’m not here to judge anyone but I am here to inform you of the rules and key tips to make your attire just right!

Before actually dressing your body type, you must determine your vertical measurements.

Vertical measurements include: your full height measurement and

head to hipline/waist measurement. The circumference around your

hips is usually where your body is the fullest, according to sources at stylemakeover.com

Now that you have figured out your measurements we can dress accordingly to category.

If you have short legs and a long torso you have a low waist and hip line. You should use your accessories as in jewelry to bring the attention of the eye towards face and shoulders, layered tops are a plus and medium to high heels will do the trick, do not wear long tops or tapered pants, for they will swallow you.

If you have long legs and a short torso you most likely have a high waist line. Try to use your accessories to bring the eyes attention downward. Light colored

and low rise pants accentuate your legs in a positive matter. Stay away from Pinstripes and short tops.

If you have a balanced body, usually referred to as a ‘coke bottle’ or ‘hourglass’ you should stay away from short tops, high waist, but embrace straight or flared skirts, untucked tops, and same color tops and bottoms.

Lastly Inverted triangle, usually have large bust, broad shoulders, and narrow hips. Consider flowing fabrics, three quarter sleeves, settled skirt print to bring the eyes attentions down ward, also v necklines.

As I stated in the beginning, I am not here to judge or be the fashion police, but I do feel that there are some individuals that should pay a little more attention to their body and embrace the good parts and cover, distract or work on what they consider their problem areas.

We are here to be mysterious creatures, with substance, not a canvas that tells it all at once.

Besides, the weather will be getting cold soon so let’s cover it up, not all of it but just enough, and always remember that first impressions are lasting, and that your body is your temple, show it some love and dress it appropriately!

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lauren JOhnsOn

Do your part and dress smart

There is a piece of all of us that wish we could change something about ourselves. Whether it’s complexion, height, weight, hair or other parts of your physical appearance. It’s important to remember that we are all made differently.

The media is partially to blame when it comes to body image issues.

Many media outlets today promote images of women and men who have flat, ripped stomachs and toned arms and legs.

You see these images over and over again, through ads in magazines, when you watch your favorite shows or movies, and even when you watch commercials on televisions.

Over years, the fashion industry has created the image of the “beautiful girl”, but who is to say who is beautiful?

They only hire the tall, slim and muscular built.

You know the type, the female models with long hair, blue eyes and flawless fair skin, or the thick models with the long weaves, flawless skin, flat stomachs, big hips, breasts and behinds, and lets not forget the tall, muscular men who have “sex appeal”.

No one ever seems to ask, why don’t they hire the average American?

Average Americans usually weigh at least 20 pounds or more than models.

According to ABC News, the average American model fits the criteria for anorexia and a size 6 is plus size!

We as a society need to stand up and be proud of whatever it is that we have and stop letting people dictate to us what beauty and sexiness is.

It’s not good for our mental well being because it will influence us to change something about ourselves that didn’t need to be changed in the first place.

What we don’t realize is the effect that these issues have on our young men and women. Our youth see these images on a daily basis.

They will grow up with this stereotype of what “sexy” and

“beauty” is and technology doesn’t make it better.

How can we expect our youth to be happy and content with their physical appearance if we don’t give them the support they need to feel comfortable?

Honestly, we cannot give them adequate support if we are not comfortable with ourselves first.

Beauty comes in all different shapes, sizes and colors, all with different textures of hair, skin types and more.

The most important part of life is being comfortable with who you are and what you have, but there is a thin line between cocky and confident.

You can have long hair, pretty eyes, flawless skin and a great body, but still be ugly on the inside.

Your character and self-confidence is what will make you beautiful.

The type of person you choose to be and the impact you have on other people’s lives is what makes you truly beautiful.

So if change is what will give you the confidence that you need to be happy and content with your appearance, then change!

Just make sure that you are doing it to satisfy you and NO ONE else.

ariana triggs

Change only to satisfy yourself

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