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Web problemsplague campusPATRICK BOYD

Staff Reporter

Over the weekend, manystudents were alarmed whenthey attempted to get onto theirMoodle and Webmail accountsand could not log in or open thepages.

Due to a certicate prob-lem that Tech uses with thesewebsites or security purposes,students were unable to ac-cess Moodle and Webmail untilMonday.

The certicatesexpired and when-ever they went bad,it wouldnt let anyoneinto the sites, saidRoy Waters, direc-tor o the ComputingCenter. We use SSLcerticates that helpus keep the sites se-cure or students touse.

Since the certi-cate expired over the

weekend, the Comput-ing Center was not able to cor-rect it beore Monday morning.

We just umbled, Waterssaid. We have it renewed now,and it is good to go.

Three weeks ago, there wereproblems with students beingable to log into their Moodleaccounts.

The problem with Moodlethen was that the site hosting usslowed down, Waters said.

The problems with Techsonline services, which manyproessors use as a tool or theirclasses, has hindered manystudents rom completing theirwork.

Moodle and Webmail godown a lot, said Shayla Brady,

a reshman English major. Itseems that they go down rightwhen you need to get on tocheck something.

Brady said she had an as-signment to complete or aclass Monday morning, and shewas not able to access it online

because the server was downor a little while.

It was a timed test andwhen we were nally able to get

back on, I wasnt able to nish

it because I started so late, shesaid. It was really rustrating.

Brady said having Moodleand Webmail would be moreconvenient i there were not asmany problems with them.

It is unny how this is a tech-nological college, and we have

so many problems at timesthough, Brady said.Basil Nwokolo, a junio

chemical engineering major,also gets rustrated with theMoodle outages.

Moodle is really unpredict-able, Nwokolo said.When you want it towork, it doesnt.

Nwokolo usesMoodle to take quiz-zes or some o hisclasses.

My teacher haa quiz the other day,and Moodle wasdown, he said. I al-most missed my quiz.I think Moodle is a

great thing, though.

Many o the prob-lems with the Internet and ac-cess to these sites are not jus

because o the server, Waterssaid.

Part o the slowing dowis with the bandwidth, Waterssaid. Students in dorms thadownload movies and musiccause the Internet to run slow.

Waters said that based owhere you are on campus couldepend on how slow the Inter-net works.

There is a lot o bandwidthsharing in the dorms, he said.I you asked someone wholives in the dorms how theInternet is, they would prob-ably say it is horrible. There isonly so much bandwidth to go

around.Waters said Tech has looke

into getting more bandwidth othe university, but it is very ex-pensive.

We are trying to make ibetter, he said. No matter howmuch bandwidth we would get,it would probably all still geused up.

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Gas leak disrupts students

Rupture causes road closure,

Pearce, Dudley evacuationsJUSTIN FORT

Staff Reporter

Students in Pearce and Dudley residence halls wereorced to evacuate the buildings ater a gas line was rupturedFriday.

The line hit was behind Pearce Hall. Dave Guerin, direc-tor o marketing and public relations, said the line was smalland connected to Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant, located at703 W. Caliornia Ave.

We wanted to make sure no one was in danger, Guerinsaid. It was a smaller line, but we wanted to handle it justas seriously.

Some students did not respond well to being shut out otheir dorm rooms or the better part o a Friday aternoon.

Megan Former, a reshman biology major, said she wasconused when she arrived at her residence hall that ater-noon and did not understand why the buildings were evacu-ated.

I didnt know what was going on, Former said. I dontsmell anything, so I dont think there is a need or this.

Eric Brazzel, public education ocer or the Ruston Fire

Photos by Dacia Idom

TOP: Crews work to repair a ruptured gas line Friday aternoon be-hind Pearce Hall. The leak resulted in students rom both Pearce andDudley halls having to be evacuated.

ABOVE: Crews work to stop the gas leak as Ruston and Tech policedirect trafc around West Caliornia Avenue, which was closed orabout three hours or saety precautions. Ruston Fire Department o-fcials said the gas in the air could have started a fre i cars wereallowed to drive past the leak.

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Buildings transition to green alternatives

AMBER GUYOTTE

Managing Editor

Since riding on sidewalks isillegal and riding in the road isnsae, a bit o a dilemma is

posed or bicyclists trying to getrom one location to another onand around the university.

Techs campus does nothave bicycle lanes on its roads,ut one Speech 300 class proj-

ect set out to prove they are anecessity.

Bryan Babcock, LandonMeyer and Sutton Davisoncomprised the group that putthe project into motion with

directions rom their instruc-tor, Shane Puckett. The proj-ects purpose was to nd andaddress an issue on campusthrough an ironic perormance.The irony being that riding bikeson campus is basically a no-winsituation, since riding on side-

walks is illegal and unsae orpedestrians, and riding in theroad is unsae or cyclists.

The three students and theirclass instructor, among others,rode bicycles down Tech Driveand surrounding campus roadsat dierent times o day Oct.11-12 to prove their point by hold-ing up trac.

Davison, a junior speechcommunication major, said thegroups idea came rom an eventcalled a Critical Mass, which iswhen an enormous amount o

bicyclists ride together in a packso that no cars can pass. Hesaid it is usually held in an at-

tempt to show discontent witha political movement or socialreorm.

We wanted to mimic thisact but on a smaller, less ob-trusive scale to show the irony

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NAOMI ALLISONNews Editor

As students pass by the newly complet-ed Integrated STEM Education ResearchCenter (ISERC), their eyes sweep past itsglass windows, vibrant aquatic plants andground rocks lining its exterior, they otendo not give much thought to the thinking

behind the buildings unique design.But it is not just about design, said Sam

Wallace, director o support and acilityservices. He said many o the buildingseatures are a result o Techs eort to beeco-riendly.

In act, as energy costs continue to soar,going green has become a top priorityor Tech.

Two o the ISERCs most unique quali-ties are its daylight harvesting and rainguards, Wallace said. Rain guards help dis-sipate water and prevent fooding, whiledaylight harvesting uses digital photo sen-sors to capture natural light within a spaceand conserve electricity.

Wallace said in order to incorporatedaylight harvesting into buildings on adaily basis, two shades were placed aboveeach window.

With daylight harvesting, the idea isto use as much natural light and as littlearticial light as possible through windowinstallation, he said. By placing multipleshades on the inside o each room, thelight is able to enter rom the outside, hitthe shade at a certain angle, refect o theceiling and come down as soter light.

Likewise, Wallace said there are alsooccupancy sensors that search or incom-ing light and movement in the room.

When bright light enters, the lightswill turn o , and as the room darkens, thelights will turn on, he said. This helps uti-lize less electricity and keeps usability othe space good.

Wallace said although energy man-agement o buildings has become verysophisticated, however, the comort o oc-cupants and eciency do not always gohand-in-hand.

Wallace said since the incorporation othe lighting retrots and a recent i6 grant,the control system or critical inrastruc-tures around campus has become morecomplex.

Even with many o the older 88 build-ings on campus, the university has con-tinued its eco-riendly transition by taking

these older structures and transormingthem into innovative, green buildingsthat still maintain Techs historical charac-ter.

Wallace also said another importanactor in new building and renovation oolder buildings on campus is adherence tostandards developed by Leadership in En-ergy and Environmental Designs (LEED),an internationally recognized certicatiosystem created by the U.S. Green BuildingCouncil (USGBC) to encourage environ-mental sustainability.

LEED veries and gives awards to eco-riendly buildings whose design, installa-tion and construction meet set standards.

Wallace said although the state did noinitially use LEED or some buildings, imade the attempt to use the system as aoundation or uture plans.

The state o Louisiana did not pur-sue LEED certication when we were idesign o the ISERC, he said. Since weor the state could not participate in LEEDcertication, we did a shadowing o it. Wetried to apply as many lead principles oLEED into the design o other buildings as

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Earnest debut atTech coming soon

New York-based Aquila The-atre Company will perorm Os-car Wildes The Importance oBeing Earnest at 7:30 p.m. Nov.7 in Howard Auditorium, Cen-ter or the Perorming Arts.

Tickets are $10 or adults,$5 or students with a valid ID,$6 or children, $5 or seniorcitizens and $4 or individuals ingroups o 12 or more. Groupsmust call ahead and make res-ervations.

Reservations can be made atthe box ofce located in How-ard or by calling 318-257-3942.

For more inormation con-tact Kenneth Robbins, directoror the School o Perorming

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3-part photographyclass coming Nov. 1

Techs department o con-tinuing education will present athree-session course on begin-ning digital photography.

The objectives or this courseare to get an in-depth look atwhat makes great photographsand how to select the right cam-era and accessories.

This class is open to anyonewith an interest in photography.

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Hawkins will instruct the classin Davison Hall, Room 109,Nov. 1, 8 and 15 rom 6-9 p.m.

The class is $99 or all threesessions.

For more inormation con-tact the department o continu-ing education at 318-257-4433.

Top Dawg Idea Pitchto be held next week

This years Top Dawg IdeaPitch Competition will be heldrom 5-8 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Stu-dent Center, Main Floor.

This years event eatures21 teams presenting 5-minutepitches about their creative andinnovative product or serviceideas to see how proessional

judges rate their concepts.Students can visit each

teams booth and vote or theiravorite ideas. The top IdeaPitch teams will progress to theTop Dawg New Venture Cham-pionship in the spring to com-pete or cash and prizes.

For more inormation con-tact Debbie Inman, coordinatoro entrepreneurial studies, at

318-257-3430 or [email protected].

Winter registrationbegins Monday

Early registration or win-ter quarter will begin at 9 a.m.Monday.

Beore registering, all stu-dents must have their academicadviser sign o on their sched-ule o classes. Any student witha hold on his account must haveit removed beore he are al-lowed to register. A detailed de-scription o each hold is on theBulldog Online Student SystemWeb page under holds.

Registration will be open toall students Nov. 10. Studentscan check on B.O.S.S. to seewhen their registration begins.

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The 2011 Homecoming Court includes (front row, from left) Nick McDonald, Dana Birdwell, Sarah Jo Thomason, Skyler Breaux, Mor-gan Broussard, Molly Catherine Smith, Matt Rich, (second row, from left) Hannah McHalffey, Kewaynethian Riser, (third row) JeffBoudreaux, Abby Hill, Bryan Wally Babcock, (fourth row) Shane Rich and Daniel Dupuy.

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PATRICK BOYD

Staff Reporter

With Homecoming Weekunder way, a new group o 14students was selected to rep-resent the school on TechsHomecoming Court.

The 2011 court consists oBryan Wally Babcock, DanaBirdwell, Je Boudreaux, Sky-

ler Breaux, Morgan Brous-sard, Daniel Dupuy, AbbyHill, Nick McDonald, HannahMcHaley, Matt Rich, ShaneRich, Kewaynethian KiwiRiser, Mollie Catherine Smithand Sarah Jo Thomason.

To be on the HomecomingCourt is a tremendous honor,said Riser, who is also StudentGovernment Association Stu-dent Aairs director. Studentswho are on the court get theopportunity to represent Tech

during one o the most un, butalso important, weeks o the

year.Each recognized campus

organization, spirit group andvarsity sports team has theopportunity to nominate oneemale and one male memberor Homecoming Court.

A screening committee isthen selected to assign points

based on attributes like GPA,campus involvement and com-munity involvement.

The top 20 guys and top20 girls then go through aninterview, Riser said. Pointtotals are calculated rom theinterview and the nominationorm, and the top 12 girls andguys go on the ballot.

He said this is then dwin-dled down to the top sevenmen and women ater studentsvote, and the court is paired by

who came in frst and so orth.The Homecoming king and

queen will be announced atthe pep rally Friday at Joe Ail-let Stadium.

It was a great experienceand also caused me to be alittle nervous, Babcock said.You really want to be on thecourt and want to do the best

you can. Nerves are really go-

ing to show and play a role.Overall, the screening processwent great.

Babcock, a senior speechcommunication major whowas nominated by SGA, servesas senior class president andis a member o Pi Kappa Phiraternity and several other or-ganizations.

It is such an honor to beselected by the student bodyto be selected or Homecom-ing Court this year, Babcock

said. Having students anriends support and encour-agement eels great.

Broussard elt honored in asimilar way.

I eel so honored to havebeen voted to be on the Home-coming Court by ellow Techstudents, said Broussard, a

junior marketing major.Broussard is a member o

Kappa Delta sorority, a studenrecruiter and an orientatiostudent leader.

I was not involved ihomecoming in high school,and never imagined mysel be-ing on the homecoming courin college, she said. I atruly grateul or this wonder-ul opportunity to represenTech.


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I believe... architecture can change the worl

AMIE ROLLAND

Staff Reporter

This is the sixth in a nine-part serieson what different individuals believebased on the collection of essays titledThis I Believe II. The book serves asthe common read for freshman seminarclasses as part of the First-Year Experi-ence program.

How much do we remember about theuildings that helped make some o our

greatest memories?Most o our memories we can associ-

ate with a specic place, but other than thememory, what do we remember about thatuilding?

Damon Caldwell, an assistant proes-sor o architecture, said that people walkin and out o buildings every day, but theymost likely never really notice them. Hesaid he believes architecture has more oan impact on society than people ever no-tice.

I believe architecture has the most po-tential or changing our world or good or illon a daily basis, he said.

Since he was 11 years old, Caldwell saidhe knew he wanted to be an architect, buthe did not realize how important architec-ture was then.

In school, I was introduced to the greatarchitects and saw that great architecturecould be more than simply something tohouse people, he said.

He said buildings are such a part o whowe are that we do not think about them, butwe should.

Architecture is background, and yet itsthe most important thing you deal with on adaily basis, he said. Nobody thinks aboutit.

Caldwell said most people are con-cerned with the bigger issues like the taxrate, who the president is or how manytroops are in another country, but theyshould be more concerned about their en-vironment.

The environment is much more con-structed than it is natural, he said. Weshould live and work in good environments,and the environment we live in is architec-tural.

Caldwell said buildings are not justabout unction. He said a building shouldstand and not leak water, but buildings mustalso touch and inspire people.

I it only serves those basic unctions,then its not really architecture in a sense,he said.

Caldwell said i people believed theworld was ully unctional, then everyonewould live in the same kind o house anddrive the same cars. Basically, he said wewould live in a picture-perect world.

We express ourselves through the de-signed world around us, he said.

I your highest goal is to have a leak-ree building, then Caldwell said you do not

have very high expectations as an architect.I it doesnt touch the soul, then its not

a good building, he said.Caldwell said the work o architects and

designers aects people or hundreds oyears. He said he tries to teach his studentsthe responsibility and privileges o becom-ing an architect, doing the job right, andobserving and studying the world aroundthem.

When you go to places, you look atthem, he said. Dont put your hoodie upwith your ear buds in and orget the worldaround you.

Caldwell takes part in making sure hisstudents get the real picture o buildings bytaking them on trips to various cities.

You cant really get the experience o abuilding by looking at pictures on the Inter-net, he said.

Caldwell said ew people get the privi-lege o building something monumentaland memorable, but he encourages his stu-dents to put orth their best eort into even

their smallest designs.Bring that same eort and thought pro-

cess to the single-amily house or a stripmall, he said.

Like average citizens, Caldwell said hisstudents also oten overlook the signi-cance o architecture.

They too oten ocus on the specicthing theyre doing, but they dont neces-sarily extrapolate that to a larger place inthe world, he said.

Caldwell said students have to take thechallenge and understand that architecturehas a signicant impact on the world.

Architecture is the important orce oreveryday social change and everyday so-cial existence because it is such a huge parto our everyday lives, he said.

Above all the things Caldwell teaches hisstudents, he said he hopes they realize theimportance o experience and seeing the

world. He encourages his students to travelthe world and not settle because they are

young and the time or settling is later.I can serve as an example that there

is no reason why you cant go work or a-mous people in various other countries likeI did, he said.

Caldwell is an alumnus o Tech andupon graduation spent a decade workingor rms throughout the world until he re-turned to Ruston where he has taught orthe past 11 years.

Email comments to [email protected].

Damon Caldwell, an assistant proessor o architecture sits, in his

oce during his oce hours. Caldwell believes architecture can

infuence the world or the better and that more people should pay

attention to it.

Photo by Jessica Van Alstyne

MOLLY BOWMAN

Staff Reporter

Fast ood is a growing indus-try throughout the world and isalso one o the reasons Ameri-cans waistlines are expanding.

According to www.myt.com, there has been a rapid in-crease in the rate o obesity thatcan be linked to the consump-tion o ast ood.

Some Tech students say con-venience is one o the reasonsthey rely on ast ood.

Jason Greer, a junior eco-nomics major, said students turnto ast ood because they havedemanding liestyles.

Were college students, andtime is money, Greer said. Itsreally convenient because welead such busy lives.

Today, Americans spendmore than $110 billion a yearat ast ood restaurants. That is$107 billion more than the na-tion spent in 1972, according towww.supersizeme.com.

Other Tech students said theyrequently eat ast ood becauseo the taste and that they wantto change up their meals romwhat the Tech caeteria oers.

Jared Davidson, a junior ac-counting major, said he eats astood almost every day.

I eat it pretty much any time

Im hungry, he said. It tastesgood.

Jessica Modica, a reshmanpolitical science major, said sheeats ast ood about our times aweek because she wants some-thing new to eat other than thecaeteria.

Its close to campus, and Iget tired oeating thesame thingover and overagain in thecae, she said.

Accordingto Webmd.com, morethan 60percent oA m e r i c a n swere obese oroverweight in2010.

Louis ianahas the thhighest obe-sity rate in thenation. How-ever, it is bet-ter than its neighboring state oMississippi, which has taken No.1 or the sixth year in a row, ac-cording to www.calorielab.com.

Katie Cordaro, a dietitian atLSU Health Sciences Centerin Shreveport, said the obesityepidemic has multiple actors.

She said it is also related todecreased physical activity, in-creased portion sizes and the in-creased availability o ood.

With this large infux ocheap, calorically dense, read-ily available ood, comes the re-sponsibility o parents, schoolsand the government to educate

children onthe properood choices,Cordaro said.

Ac-cording towww.healthy-eatingguide.com, theserving sizeo a ham-

burger, riesand soda hastripled sincethe 1970s.

C o r d a r osaid whenpeople areaced withlarger portionsizes, they

tend to eat more. She said eatinglarger portions leads to obesityand hypertension. She also saidobesity alone can lead to car-diovascular disease and Type 2diabetes.

Fast ood menu items usu-ally contain high amounts o

sodium and potentially harmulpreservatives such as sodiumnitrates, Cordaro said. Botho these additives can lead tohigher incidences o stroke andhypertension.

Greer said he thinks that astood is not as bad or you when

you have it occasionally, but hesaid he still thinks it is not a gooddecision or a meal.

As long as you choose lowercalorie options, it can be OKin moderation, but ast ood asa whole is a terrible decision,Greer said.

Cordaro said ast ood can tinto a healthul liestyle, whichincludes choosing recommend-ed portion sizes o lean meats,ruits, vegetables and wholegrains. Most ast ood places o-er substitutes like baked chips,ruit and salads or items such asrench ries.

All o these oods can bebenecial to health and are avail-able on many ast ood menus,she said.

Although ast ood mayseem like an unhealthy deci-sion, students making good andinormed decisions about menuitems will help their health andwell being in the uture.

Email comments

to [email protected].

Fast food not convenient for students health

As long as you

choose lower calorie

options, it can be OK

in moderation, but ast

ood as a whole is a

terrible decision.

Jason Greerjunior economics major

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FROM THE EDITOR

Time to learn rom immigrantsKELLY BELTON

Editor-in-Chief

nless Texas Gov. RickPerry gets his way with anelectric ence along the

southern U.S. border, its time orthose unaccustomed to Hispanicpeople and culture to open theireyes. Whether they like it or not,the Hispanic population is rapidlygrowing, and even closing ourorders will do little to stop it.

To avoid becoming an evenmore divided nation, we musttake steps now to ensure that wedont lose sight o the goals o ouroreathers. Our neighbors to theNorth oten quarrel with Quebecand its French inuences; the divi-siveness o the issue is something

the U.S. cannot aord.The U.S., as we all learned in

elementary school, is a meltingpot: a unique combination o peo-ple rom around the world. Ameri-can people are not one color, butmany. As children we acceptedthis; as adults the concept is not soclear. Throughout history, though,we have struggled to strike a bal-ance between multiculturalismand national unity. Blacks, Irish,Germans, Asians have all been

victims o discrimination. Now,we see that list expand to includeHispanics.

National Public Radio report-ed Monday that in the last fscal

year, the U.S. deported a record396,000 people. Unortunately,in an attempt to secure the bor-der, we have harmed some o ourown. Mark Lyttle, a man with ahistory o mental illness, was de-ported to Mexico in 2008. He hasno relatives in Mexico and was

born in North Carolina. GeorgeIbarra served as a U.S. Marinein the Gul War and suers romPTSD as a result. He was heldin an Immigration and CustomsEnorcement detention acility ornine months despite his serviceto our country. U.S. ofcials also

ailed to inorm Ibarra that he hada right to citizenship: his motherwas born in Mexico, but both herparents were U.S. citizens.

Another issue, going largelyunaddressed by politicians, iseducation. While many in theU.S. complain about immigrantsnot speaking English, the actremains that the U.S. has no of-cial language. Perhaps we should

be more concerned with citizensnot being able to speak or read

any language, but speaking Span-ish should not be treated as a sin.With U.S. education in decline,we should view our immigrationproblem as an opportunity tolearn.

A Miami elementary schoolhas used what could be a lan-guage barrier to its advantage bycreating a bilingual immersionprogram, according to a TuesdayNPR story. Hal o the day stu-dents are taught in Spanish whilethe other hal o the day is taughtin English. Impressively, Most othe 1,500 students at the schoolare low-income, but their testscores are among the highest inthe city, the article states.

According to the AmericanCouncil on the Teaching o For-

eign Language, learning anotherlanguage at a young ages oersmany benefts, including enhanc-ing mental development, oeringexibility in thinking, improvingones native language skills andincreasing job opportunities.

One thing Perry has gottenright in his presidential race is hisdesire to educate those who havegrown up in the U.S. but may not

be citizens. We cannot deport ev-eryone. I we abandon those who

are here and prohibit them romlearning, we are only hinderingourselves or the uture. And as wesee ACT and SAT scores and highschool graduation rates decline,urther hindrance is not advisable.

The inux o immigrantsopens new opportunities or theU.S. The rush to deport any whoare undocumented has resulted inmistakes that we cannot ignore.Sending anyone with mental ill-ness to a oreign country or hold-ing him or nine months withoutinorming him o their rights is aproblem we must conront. Thischallenges us to look or ways toimprove in a time when we des-perately need improvements, es-pecially in education.

Instead o arguing, lets fnd

ways to make this work, becausethe Mexicans and Central andSouth Americans are here to stay.Weve done it in the past and cando it or our uture. Buena suerte,Estados Unidos. You may need it.

Kelly Belton is a senior journalism andpolitical science major from Houstonwho serves as editor-in-chief for TheTech Talk. Email comments to [email protected].

Last Saturdays LSU ootball game gained moreattention than Louisianas state elections.Without the constant publicity, many potentiavoters would have been oblivious to the act tha

there even was a statewide election.According to the Secretary o States Ofce web-

site, the unofcial fgures rom the election show avoter turnout o less than 36 percent. That means thaonly about one-third o registered voters cast votes oLouisianas state leaders who will serve or the nexour years.

With the voter turnout being its lowest since Louisi-ana switched to the open primary system in 1975, it is

no surprise that Gov. Bobby Jindal along with six otheLouisiana statewide ofcials won their re-election.The Tech Talk sta members are just as guilty as

anyone else in the state who didnt go out and castheir vote at some point on Saturday. While we admithis, we also understand residency difculties when icomes to student voting.

Along with the election or various ofcials, fveamendments were placed on the ballot or the election.Among those amendments, one passed, that, accord-ing to the Public Aairs Research Council o Louisiana,will provide additional unding to the Taylor Opportu-nity Program or Students (TOPS).

Despite the low voter turnout, the amendmenpassed with approximately 671, 988 votes in avor othe bill. Hopeully this change will bring more peopleinto higher education and promote Tech as a university.I the amendment works as it was written on the ballot,its nice to see that the majority voted or somethingthat encourages higher education.

However, its unortunate to see that voter turnou

was low and that this amendment specifcally has a sig-nifcant impact on college students.

It is no surprise to The Tech Talk sta that most citi-zens pay more attention to presidential elections thathey do state or local elections. Sadly, we believe theseelections oten have more direct impacts on citizens.

The unofcial turnout results revealed a total o 5,816 votes or the amendment in Lincoln Parish. Ac-cording to the U.S. Census website, as o 2010 therewas an estimated population o 46,735 in LincolParish. Techs total enrollment or all 2011 is at 11,581. Though not all students may be eligible to votein Lincoln Parish, the votes cast or the amendmenrepresent only 12.4 percent o the parish population.

Why is there more ocus on presidential electionsas opposed to state or local elections? State elected o-fcials are just as important as candidates or president.In act, they may be even more important because otheir proximity and interactions with constituents. Theamendments on Saturdays ballot certainly apply tothose living within the state, especially to residents soclose to a university. With Tech being one o the well-known universities in Louisiana, its students could bedirectly aected by the amendment passed Saturday.

We at The Tech Talk believe students at Tech, aswell as students at other colleges in the state, shoulhave participated in Saturdays election, not only to beinvolved civically, but to embrace an opportunity tomake a change in Louisiana higher education.

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Wild animals should stay wildREBECCA SPENCE

News Editor

orty-nine were shot last weekin Ohio, 50 i you includeTerry Thompson. His home

arm o exotic animals were letloose by Thompson himsel justeore dusk. His plan concluded

with chaos, ear and suicide.Authorities were orced to

shoot 49 o the escaped animalsor saety precautions. The rest othe animals were tranquilized andtransported to the Columbus Zoo.

People admitted that whenstepping onto the grounds o

Thompsons arm and into hishouse, the only emotion theysensed was love. He was not rais-ing these pets or any personalgain other than the pure joy oowning exotic and some endan-gered animals.

Thompson was not practicingphysical animal cruelty with theseanimals; he was taking them in ashis pets. I believe he was perorm-ing a dierent type o animal cru-elty by taking the animals out otheir natural habitats. The bears

and tigers could be running ree intheir natural state as opposed to

being caged up in a zoo.Ater such an incident, it is evi-

dent that individual citizens o theUnited States should not privatelyown wild, exotic animals. It is notsae, neither is it morally right tokeep these animals outside otheir natural habitats.

This incident is massive com-pared to many smaller incidentsthat did not receive the sameamounts o publicity.

For example, in 2009 a am-ily pet Burmese python escapedrom its aquarium and strangled a

2-year-old. Also in 2009, a neigh-bors chimp mauled a woman andmangled her body.

Apparently these types o reakaccidents are more common than

you might believe.Like many Americans, until

recent events, I was clueless thata wild or exotic animal could bepersonally owned or raised as apet.

Eight states do not have anylaws on this matter and 13 otherstates are lenient in enorcement.

I say these states need to takeaction and either set some guide-lines or exotic animal possessionor join the 21 states that enorcea ban on all exotic animal posses-sion. Technically, ofcials can con-fscate exotic animals in Ohio, butit rarely happens because oncethe ofcials take the animal, theyhave nowhere to put it. Ofcialslack the adequate training andood to take care o the animal.

The governor, ater this inci-dent, promised to crack down onthe exotic animal laws because ithas become a larger problem thanhe may have ever imagined.

I laws were stricter in this divi-sion, the horrors in Ohio last weekwould not have taken place. Andneither would some o the smallerincidents regarding exotic pets.

It is or the betterment o thepeople and the animals to notput an owners stamp on wild, un-nameable animals.

This brings me to my nextpoint: there is no way that mostindividuals have the resources ornecessary skills to teach exoticanimals how to behave in society

as domesticated pets.It is irrational to believe that

an elephant saddle is at your localPetSmart, and we all know that aew peanuts is not going to keepthe elephant alive either. Leave theanimals to their natural habitats.

In order or Ohio and the U.S.to move past this crisis and satisyall o the animal rights groups inthe country, laws must be enacted,or they must at least be enorced.An incident like this could happenagain and next time people maynot be so lucky. Only one died thistime rom a sel-inicted wound;imagine more dying due to wild

animal instincts and tendencies.Not only Ohio, but the whole

nation needs to crack down andadvocate reedom or animals.They deserve to live in the habitatthey were created to live in; it isnot only the airest, but the saestoption as well.

Rebecca Spence is a junior journal-ism and speech communication majorfrom Cypress, Texas, who serves asnews editor for The Tech Talk. Emailcomments to [email protected].

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Wearing red and blue with prideSHERELLE BLACK

News Editor

In the midst o Homecom-ing Week, it hit me that therewas something dierent about

the atmosphere surrounding thecampus. It was something thatI was not used to eeling whenon campus nor something that Iwould normally eel when Tech isdiscussed. I elt a eeling o pride,unity, excitement, suspense anda sense o amusement all mixed

together. I began to ponder why Ido not normally eel this way ev-ery other week and what makesHomecoming so special?

The truth is students as awhole are not as spirited as theyneed to be, but are more o abump on a log type o student.This year, I have attended variousentertainment, athletic and aca-demic events hosted by Tech andhave witnessed a lack o supportrom students at most o theseevents. It seems that the only timewe come together as studentsto show school pride is duringHomecoming Week.

Since Homecoming is a weekflled with events that the uni-versity normally does not host, I

believe it is conclusive to say thatis one o the main reasons thatnot everyone school spirit is en-hanced. As students we are morelikely to attend events that arenew and exciting and expected todraw a crowd.

Besides all o the specialevents planned, Homecoming isunique in the act that it is the oneweek that brings back alumni o

dierent statures and rom vari-ous places and unites them withundergraduate and graduate stu-dents and aculty members. Asundergraduate students it can bea moving experience to see wherean education rom Tech can take

you in the corporate world andin your personal lie. Whetherwe realize it or not, alumni playa big role in keeping our moraleand school spirit up throughoutthe year. For example, at most othe games I have attended, thevast majority o the stadium wasflled with alumni. It troubles meto know that without them, the

stadiums would be close to emptyand in dire need o school spirit.

Why is it that we cannot havestrong attendance at universitygames and events and an over-powering sense o school pridethroughout the year instead o

just Homecoming Week?For example, students at Loui-

siana State University can be seenthroughout the year in purple andgold chanting or the school theylove and cherish.

While we are not as big as

schools like LSU, we should havejust as much pride in our schooland be able to broadcast that

year-round. In act, being a small-er school should make it easier orstudents to showcase their spirit

because there are ewer events toattend and better chances to getto know our athletic teams out-side o the game, our proessorson a personal level and other stu-dents at the university.

Now, I have to ask mysel whatcan we do as a university to im-prove our school pride? First, wehave to understand that it is goingto take an eort rom students and

aculty. We must come togetherand plan events that will attractstudents and alumni in a way thatwill keep both entertained andsatisfed. Most importantly, stu-dents must realize that while aca-demics are important, i they donot participate in events outsideo the classroom, they are miss-ing out on the college experience.I everybody comes together andplans events or the campus as awhole, school spirit will increase.

We cannot ault the university

or our lack o school pride, butwe must also blame ourselves orthe lack o motivation to supportour school in every endeavor onwhich we embark. I hope that inthe upcoming months and years,current and uture students willeel that sensation o pride, unity,excitement, suspense and amuse-ment every time Louisiana TechUniversity is mentioned.

Sherelle Black is a junior journalismmajor from Bossier who serves as edi-tor for The Tech Talk. Email commentsto [email protected].

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Cool Beans warms up to businessJUSTIN FORT

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Two new coee shops recently openedwithin two miles o Techs campus.

The more recent, Cool Beans Ca at802 W. Caliornia Ave., opened its doorsOct. 10.

Dustin Rockwell, Cool Beans Ca own-er and operator, said he is not a connoisseuro coee and has little business experience.He said he opened the shop because West

Caliornia Avenue needed a coee shop,and the location was perect.I couldnt exactly open a convenience

store, Rockwell joked.Rockwells rst two weeks at Cool Beans

have been up and down, but he said he ex-pects business to stabilize soon.

There were some tough times, Rock-well said. Once the word gets out, Ill havea lot o oot trac.

As word continues to spread, some Techstudents are getting more excited about thenew coee shop.

Darryl Mixon, a junior environmentalscience major, has already become a regu-lar at Cool Beans.

Its a great spot, Mixon said. Its quiet.I like the coee, and it is reasonably cheap.

Rockwell said he believes Cool Beanslocation is what will give him an edge inselling coee to students.

Ray Holley, a senior sociology major,also agreed and said he walks by the shopon his way to class every day.

Its just convenient, Holley said. Idont even drink coee, and Im seriouslyconsidering going in.

Like most coee shops, Cool Beans o-ers various items that may appeal to ev-eryone. In addition to coee drinks, CoolBeans sells doughnuts, biscuits, cupcakes,sodas and lunch, which Rockwell makesresh each day.

Dan Daily, a senior aviation manage-ment major, said he believes the luncheswill be something unique to Cool Beans.

I think those will give him an advan-tage, Daily said.

Mixon said the same about the bakedgoods Cool Beans oers, such as thedoughnuts that Daylight Doughnuts deliv-ers each morning.

I really like all the resh baked goodsthey have, Mixon said.

Rockwell said he believes the coeeserved will appeal to students or morethan one reason. He said Marley Coeenot only tastes great, but it was created byRohan Marley, the son o legendary reggaesinger Bob Marley, and it goes along withthe atmosphere Rockwell said he is tryingto create at Cool Beans.

It goes well with the reggae theme,Rockwell said. Ive been drinking it orabout a year now.

Another aspect that Rockwell said he be-lieves will attract customers is Cool Beansdrive-through something only Cool Beansand Starbucks Coee have.

LaShontana Gordon, a reshman nurs-ing major, said a drive-through is especially

benecial or Tech students.Youre always on the go, Gordon said.

I youre in a hurry to get to class, then youcan just drive by.

Cool Beans also has many o the thingsstudents typically associate with a coeeshop, like ree Wi-Fi and entertainment,such as parties and poetry readings.

However, even with the luxuries o typi-cal coee shops and unique eatures, is Rus-ton large enough to sustain another coeeshop? Daily said he has his doubts, espe-cially considering Frothy Monkeys recentclosing and the opening o The Black Box.

I think there are too many, Daily said.I think the only reason its a good idea is

because o its great location.


Dustin Rockwell, owner of the newly opened Cool Beans Cafe, mixes a pumpkin spicelatte. The coffee shop opened just a few weeks ago just north of Techs campus.

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Technology, social media change news deliveryMOLLY BOWMAN

Staff Reporter

The eld o journalism hasade the shit rom paper to

echnology changing the wayews reaches its viewers.

A majority o readers noonger rely on newspapers tonorm them o the news butely on online papers and socialedia sites, such as Twitter, or

pdates or news on the happen-ngs o the world.

Val Hoeppner, director oducation at the Diversity Insti-ute in Nashville, oversees mul-

imedia instruction or scholar-ship programs at the institute.oeppner said she thinks theay journalism has shited to

echnology is a positive thing.Journalism is changing

n the act that technology ishanging our delivery method,

she said. The way we used toeliver things is not the samenymore. Journalism changing

s a good thing. We can reachore people than we have ever

een able to reach.Some Tech students like

shley Dehart, a senior historyajor, believe there is no longer

a need or printed newspapersin society.

With all the Internet articlesand applications on cellphones,there really isnt a high demandor newspapers, Dehart said.Its more practical and conve-nient to use these other newsoutlets.

Hoeppner said newspapershave been in a crisis or thepast ve years. By 2025, thereis a possibility there could be nomore print newspapers.

The old model o deliveryisnt going to work, she said.We are having to nd newer

and cheaper ways to deliver thatcontent, and they have been in-vesting heavily online.

Hoeppner also said broad-cast news does not have theaudience that it used to have.She said that news consumerso today want their inormationimmediately and on demand.

They arent going to waittill the evening news at six, shesaid. The market or broadcastnews is typically older. Its notadapting ast enough to the re-alities o the Internet.

Kathleen Pullen, a junior psy-chology major, agrees that she

wants her news immediatelyand at her ngertips.

I use my phone and theInternet because its more con-venient, she said. I get all theacts I need wherever I am.

Hoeppner said newsroomsare changing because the needso the audience have changed.She also believes the biggestproblem or newsrooms isadapting their sta.

There is a lot o talent intraditional newsrooms, shesaid. They can visualize data,write well, and do photographyand video, but they need to be

trained or this new technology.Journalism is going to shit andcontinue to change until theviewers are happy with whatthey are getting.

Teddy Allen, a writer andeditor or the department omarketing and public relationsat Tech, believes one o theadvantages o the local printnewspaper is that there aremore important local storieswritten. With technology asthe dominant provider o news,these stories may decrease.

Little compelling, neigh- borhood stories about your

neighbor across the street, theretired veteran down the road,the teacher o the year Idont think we are going to geta bunch o those anymore, Al-len said.

Although Hoeppner embrac-es the positive things that thenew orms o technology oernews, she also thinks it could al-low anyone to act as a journalistonline, which might not be orthe benet o the readers.

We have to leave it up to thepublic to decide who is a cred-ible journalist, she said. Thepublic is smart enough to gure

that out, but in the end there aremore voices that are heard.Hoeppner said there is a

solid uture or journalism andthat it is allowing a younger de-mographic to interact with thenews rather than just an oldergroup.

Journalism is healthy andit reaches a newer and youngeraudience, she said. Tech-nology is making it appeal to

young people to get involved ata younger age.


Department, said evacuatingthe dorms quickly was a deci-sion that needed to be made.

The two dorms closest tothe rupture denitely shouldhave been evacuated, Braz-zel said. The highest lie haz-ard would be in the dormsand adjacent buildings.

Brazzel said the leak wasdangerous or a number oreasons. Not only is an explo-sion or re more likely, butasphyxiation (suocation) isalso likely and oten unno-ticed i the gas is undetect-able.

Ruston Police Depart-ment closed down a sectiono West Caliornia Avenueor approximately three hoursFriday to minimize the likeli-hood o these accidents.

Natural gas is very fam-mable, and a passing vehicleis a potential ignition source,Brazzel said. I the gas leakis undetected, it could causecatastrophic damage and loss

o lives i it ignites.A similar incident oc-

curred on campus in Apri2010 when workers struck agas line near Davison Hall.However, the line near Davi-son was much larger.

Its very unusual that thishappens, Guerin said. Itsnothing the university takeslightly.

Brazzel said digging anautomatable accidents causeapproximately three to ouresidential gas line ruptureseach month. He said theamount o construction Rus-ton is currently undergoingleaves possibilities or acci-dents like this to occur.

With the upgrades to un-derground utilities on Techscampus and around the citythe likelihood o an incideninvolving a natural gas line in-creases, Brazzel said.


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possible.The system is not going to respond as quickly as an im-

patient person would, he said. Its not the same as i yourecold at your house. You wont be able to instantly turn the aiconditioner on and o. Instead o a rush o air blowing rom thethermostat, there may be a slow, gradual change.

However, many students have not complained.St. Michael Paul Irving, a junior aviation major, said Techs

attempt to go green is a great thing and will help save money ithe economy as well as drive more innovations into the uture.

I eel that energy conservation is good to the extent that idrives changes and advancements in technology, he said. Itsgreat to allow better ways to get power and also makes it morereliable.

Wallace, who has been involved with construction or morethan 14 years, said watching the appearance o buildingschange over time is an enlightening experience.

Its a strange eeling, especially when youve been involvewith it so long, he said. It takes a while to conceive an idea

and then get the unding, designs, bidding and the construction.Its kind o like watching a child grow. You dont see them gorom inant to ull-grown. You watch them go through the pro-cess and then all o a sudden you turn around and say hey, Iremember where we came rom.


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mar Gadhas blood-streakedody was on display in a com-mercial reezer at a shoppingcenter Friday as Libyan authori-ties argued about what to dowith his remains and questionsdeepened over ocial accountso the longtime dictators death.New video emerged o hisviolent, chaotic last moments,showing ghters beating him asthey drag him away.

Nearly every aspect oThursdays killing o Gadhawas mired in conusion, a signo the diculties ahead orLibya. Its new rulers are disor-ganized, its people embitteredand divided. But the ruling Na-tional Transitional Council saidit would declare the countrys

liberation on Saturday, the start-ing point or a timetable thatcalls or a new interim govern-ment within a month and elec-tions within eight months.

The top U.N. rights chieraised concerns that Gadhamay have been shot to deathater being captured alive. Theate o his body seemed tied upin squabbles among Libyas ac-tions, as ghters rom Misrata a city brutally besieged byGadhas orces during the civilwar seemed to claim owner-ship o it, orcing the delay o aplanned burial Friday.

Also muddled was the ate oSei al-Islam Gadha, the onlyGadha son who stayed in Lib-ya and reportedly survived ater

his athers Aug. 21 ouster. It ap-peared Friday that he was still atlarge: some government minis-ters had said he was woundedand in custody in a hospital inthe city o Zlitan, but a militaryocial at the hospital, Hakim al-Kisher, denied he was there.

In Misrata, residents crowd-ed into long lines to get a

chance to view the body oGadha, which was laid out ona mattress on the foor o an

emptied-out vegetable and on-ions reezer at a local shoppingcenter. The body had apparent-ly been stowed in the reezer inan attempt to keep it out o thepublic eye, but once the locationwas known, that intention wasswept away in the overwhelm-ing desire o residents to see theman they so deeply despised.

Men, women and childrenled in to take their picture withthe body. The sites guards hadeven organized separate visit-ing hours or amilies and singlemen.

We want to see the dog,some chanted.

Gadhas 69-year-old bodywas stripped to the waist, historso and arms streaked with

dried blood. Bullet wounds inthe chest, abdomen and let sideo the head were visible.

The bloody siege o Mis-rata over the summer instilleda particularly virulent hatredo Gadha there a hatrednow mixed with pride becausehe was captured and killed byghters rom the city.

New video posted on Face- book showed revolutionaryghters dragging a conused-looking Gadha up the hill totheir vehicles ater his captureand less than an hour beorehe was killed. The young menscream Moammar, you dog!as their ormer leader wipes at

blood covering the let side ohis head, neck and let shoulder.

Gadha gestures to the young men to be patient, andsays Whats going on? ashe wipes resh blood rom histemple and glances at his palm.A young ghter later is showncarrying a boot and screaming,This is Moammars shoe! Thisis Moammars shoe! Victory!Victory!

In Tripoli, joy over Gadhasend spilled into a second day asthousands converged on cen-tral Martyrs Square or Fridayprayers and celebrations. Mendanced and hoisted the coun-trys new red-green-and-blackfag.

Its the start o a new erathat everybody hopes will bringsecurity and reedom, saidTarek Othman, a computerspecialist. I hope democracy isthe path we take so all o theseLibyans who have sacriced willreally eel ree.

He stood with his wie who wore a cap in the revolu-tions colors over her all-en-

compassing black niqab inthe square, which was ormerlyknown as Green Square andwas used by Gadha to stagerallies against the uprising.

Khaled Almslaty, a clothingvendor, said he wished Gadhahad not been killed ater beingcaptured.

But I believe he got what hedeserved because i we prose-cuted him or the smallest o hiscrimes, he would be punished

by death, he said. Now wehope the NTC will acceleratethe ormation o a new govern-ment and ... wont waste time onirrelevant conficts and compet-ing or authority and positions.

Its a tall order ater nearly 42years o rule by one man, who

oten acted according to whimsand tolerated no dissent. Lib- yas new leaders have stressedthe need or reconciliation, butmany actions are eager to havetheir say ater years o repres-sion.

The Western-backed NTC,a collection o ormer rebels,returned exiles, technocratsand Islamists, has always beenunited behind its goal o oust-ing Gadha. Now the groupmust overcome divisions andcompeting sel-interests to re-

build the oil-rich North Aricannation, which was stripped oinstitutions under Gadha.

The NTC said interim leaderMustaa Abdul-Jalil will ormal-ly declare liberation on Saturday

in the eastern city o Benghazi,where the revolution began inmid-February. Prime MinisterMahmoud Jibril has promisedto resign, saying he will not bepart o any new governmentand will instead turn his atten-tion to ghting corruption.

The transitional council hasasked the United Nations to

play a signicant role in help-ing them write a constitution,hold elections and build demo-

cratic institutions, Ian Martin,the U.N. envoy to Libya, said.No one should underes-

timate in this moment o cel-ebration in Libya how great arethe challenges that lie ahead,he said. He also warned o amajor challenge in the uture othose o the ghters who donwish to return to previous civil-ian occupations.

Gadha was killed wherevolutionary ghters over-whelmed him and the last ohis loyalists in his coastal home-town Sirte, the last bastion ohis regime to be captured ateweeks o heavy ghting.

Authorities promised to buryGadha in accordance with Is-lamic traditions calling or quic

interment, but Inormation Min-ister Mahmoud Shammam saithe burial was delayed becauseocials were debating whathe best place is to bury him.

Gadhas amily, most owhom are in Algeria or othenearby Arican nations, issuea statement calling or an inves-tigation into how Gadha ananother o his sons, Muatassim,were killed. In the statement othe pro-Gadha, Syria-baseTV station Al-Rai, they askeor international pressure on theNTC to hand over the bodies othe two men to their tribe.

Gadha was captured aliveand there have been contradic-tory accounts o how and whehe received his atal wounds.

Rupert Colville, a spokesmaor the U.N. High Commissioneor Human Rights, said the im-ages o his last moments werevery disturbing.

More details are needed toascertain whether he was killein some orm o ghting or wasexecuted ater his capture,Colville said.

Gadhafis body displayed in public freezer

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nal days o the U.S. war in Iraq,the outlook or Americas mili-tary entanglements is markedlydierent rom the conusing,convulsive rst days.

Early on Iraq looked, tomany, like one in a string o bigconficts in a war on terror.

That was the view o JohnAbizaid when the now-retiredArmy general led U.S. orces inIraq in 2003-04.

At a U.S. base in northernIraq one day in early 2004, Abi-zaid told soldiers preparing toreturn home that he hoped theywould remain in uniorm andeep building combat experi-

ence.Asked by an Associated

Press reporter why he had

made that pitch, Abizaid said,I think the country is goingto ace more o these (groundwars) in the years ahead.

That was a widely accepted,and oten dreaded, view at thetime.

Now, with the last Americantroops set to depart by yearsend, Iraq seems more likely tosignal an end to such long andenormously costly undertak-ings in the name o preventinganother terrorist attack on U.S.soil at least under the admin-istration o President BarackObama. He opposed the Iraqwar and has declared that thetides o war are receding.

With Obama pledging to endthe U.S. combat role in Aghani-stan within three years, the mili-tarys ocus is turning to places

such as Yemen and Somalia.There, the approach is dier-

ent. Aerial drones, proxy orces

and small teams o U.S. com-mandos are the preerred or-mula or containing the Islamicextremists who would plot ter-rorist attacks against the U.S.

Libya, too, has so ar been acase or limited U.S. military in-tervention.

The U.S. cleared the skyahead o a NATO-led air cam-paign to protect civilians with-out putting any troops on theground.

It took about eight monthsand cost the U.S. about $1.1

billion to achieve the Libyanrebels goal o toppling Col.Moammar Gadha.

The potential or bigger con-ficts persists in places such asPakistan, whose growing arse-

nal o nuclear weapons sets itapart rom other potential hotspots.

Iran is a major worry, too,in light o its suspected driveto build a nuclear bomb and itsproclaimed goal o wiping outIsrael. But a U.S. invasion oIran, on a scale like Iraq, seemshighly unlikely or now.

There are other troublesomesecurity challenges acing theU.S., including in Asia whereChina is expanding its militaryand asserting its infuence.

But the Obama approach not unique, but distinctive incomparison to that o his prede-cessor, George W. Bush is totry to prevent estering security

problems rom growing into ull-blown crises.The U.S. military can play a

role in those cases without be-ing called on to invade and de-pose a government.

Robert Gates captured thisidea in a speech last winter toArmy cadets at the U.S. Mili-tary Academy in which he saidit would be unwise to ever ghtanother war like Iraq or Aghan-istan.

In my opinion, any uturedeense secretary who advisesthe president to again send a

big American land army intoAsia or into the Middle East orArica should have his head ex-amined, as General MacArthurso delicately put it, Gates said.

Even with the Iraq exit insight, the U.S. military is unlikelyto wash its hands o the prob-lems it will leave behind aternearly nine years o ghting.Wars dont end that neatly, and

it is yet to be seen whether U.S.troops take on new missions inIraq in 2012 to keep the countryon track.

Obama is ending the U.S.role in the Iraq war, but thatdoes not necessarily mean thewar itsel is ending.

Al-Qaida in Iraq remains.Ethnic and sectarian tensionspersist.

Chaos could again descendupon the country, testing theresilience o Iraqis who sueredenormously under SaddamHussein and again during theU.S. war.

Even ater the U.S. declaresan end to its presence in Iraqin December, about 157 U.S.

service personnel are expectedto remain, working out o theU.S. Embassy in Baghdad under

Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen.Their job will be to oversee

security assistance to the Iraqi

government, as similar embassycontingents do in many otherPersian Gul countries and be-

yond.About 760 private contrac-

tors working or the State De-partment will help the Iraqiseld new military equipmentpurchased rom the U.S. andgive them initial training on thatequipment. But that is not thedepth and scale o training thatmany U.S. military ocers be-lieve the Iraqis need.

On his fight to Indonesia onFriday, U.S. Deense SecretaryLeon Panetta told reporters thatnegotiations with Iraq on uturetraining possibilities will beginlater.

I such talks are held, they

likely would start either whenPrime Minister Nouri al-Malikivisits Washington in Decemberor ater the end o the year, ac-cording to a senior U.S. deenseocial amiliar with the discus-sions.

The ocer spoke Sunday oncondition anonymity becausethe issue o possible uture U.S.training is highly sensitive.

End of Iraq war may be costly

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The house had, well, a histo-ry. Sounds like the beginningso a B-rated, low budget hor-ror movie, right? ChristopherBohjalians The Night Strangershas the makings o the basis oa Syy Channel wannabe scarymovie in book orm. When Iread the summary I thought Iwas going to have a chill-lledtime reading Bohjalians lat-est work. Unortunately, I waswrong. I didnt even have a tinytingle along my spine.

Rather than being the Hal-loween horror I was expecting,The Night Strangers is a psy-chological drama. Yes, it has aew ghosts, but I spent hal the

book wondering i they werejust a gment o Chip Lintonsimagination, a side eect ohis PTSD. Linton isnt a soldierthough. Hes a pilot who at-tempted to land his plane in alake ater some geese few intothe turbines, causing a fame-

out. Note: I say attempted.Something goes wrong, theplane somersaults, then breaksapart. Thirty-nine die and ninesurvive.

Several months later Chip,his wie Emily, and their10-year-old twins, Garnet andHallie, move to the New Eng-land countryside into a three-story Victorian; a house with a

history. Emily thinks this will bea good move or the amily. Itwill get Chip out o the city areawhere people are constantlyreminding him o his mistake.The move will also give herdaughters a chance to grow upin an area Emily loved visiting inthe summers as a child.

There is mention o a trag-edy in the house, an allegedsuicide o a twin. The previousowners were a little eccentric.The wie, Tansy, hid randomweapons around the house: alarge knie, a small axe and acrowbar. Chip discovers a doorin their basement, a door nailedshut with 39 six-inch carriage

bolts. Cue eerie music, please.I spent most o my time in

the pages trying to gure outwhat was going on. The town isinested with a creepy herbal-ist cult. The cult, whose mem-

bers are identied by a green-house in their backyard and anherbal name like Holly or Lav-ender, wants one o the twinsor some nearious purpose that

is alluded to, but not revealeduntil the last ew chapters.The town knows there is

something wrong with themembers o the cult; no onereally explains this to the Lin-tons. The poor amily quickly

becomes outcast to everyoneexcept the creepy plant ladiesand their husbands. Its like anabusive relationship. The abuser

cuts the abused o rom am-ily and riends and anyone whocould actually help, then theabused has no one but the abus-er. The cult even gives the twinsand Emily new plant names inan eort to brainwash them. Allwhile that is going on, Chip isdealing with three ghosts o hisvery own, all o whom died onhis plane.

Chip has what doctors tellhim are phantom pains. Well,

they certainly come rom phan-toms; each o his pains is thewound each ghost suered inthe crash. He knows when aghost is ready to appear to him

by the start o one or all phan-tom pains. He spends his timein conversation with the ghostswhile renovating the old house.He occasionally plays dolls withAshley, argues with Sandra and

does his best to ignore Ethanspleas to give his daughter aplaymate. Thats right, ghosAshleys ghost daddy wantsChip to kill one o his daughtersto give her a playmate. Chip caeel the anger Ethan has thahis daughter was killed at sucha young age. Its something heunderstands, ather to ather.

Emily can sense somethingis wrong with Chip. She turnsto her new plant lady riendsor help, and they recommena new psychiatrist. This womais one o them and is trying toconvince Emily he needs to beput in a psychiatric hospital. Shedoesnt realize Chips hauntecondition is exasperated by oneo her riends sneaky actions.In act, she doesnt realize anyo her new riends are beingsneaky with her daughters ohusband.

Taking a step back rom mydisappointment that this wasnthe horrorest I thought it wasgoing to be, the book was OK.It wasnt great, but it wasnt ab-solutely terrible. The details othe water crash are unneces-sarily grotesque with mentioo decapitation o passengers.The description o little Ash-leys grotesque torso wound,complete with hanging intes-tines is included or a shock ac-

tor. That and the description oher athers head wound, a pieceo airplane slicing the top o hishead, are examples o a slash-er/horror aspect o the book. I

you had nothing else to read, Isay pick it up. Maybe youll have

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With Halloween rightaround the corner, moviegoersare craving that once a yearscare. So, its no surprise thatParanormal Activity 3 brokethe box-oce record or biggestall opening.

Being a prequel to the previ-ous lms Paranormal Activity3 takes place in 1988. View-ers are now watching the liveso Young Katie and Kristi alongwith their mother Julie and her

boyriend Dennis. Those amil-iar with the saga will recognizethe characters rom the previ-

ous movies.Trouble begins when Kristi begins interacting with imagi-nary riend, Toby. Soon atera series o strange events oc-cur. O course, the best way tocatch anything suspicious is toset up video cameras through-out your house. Unlike the oth-er lms, Paranormal Activity3 portrays the events throughhome videos, which make themovie eel more personable.

The lm has the same basicoutline as the others. The cam-eras catch strange sounds and

subtle movements that give theillusion something is there. Thesubtle occurrences eventually

build up to the intense climaxwhere the victims and culpritsare revealed.

There were some pointsin the lm where it seemedlike it took several minutes oranything to happen. It kept thesuspense high, but it was a littleannoying in the same sense.Several times throughout thelm I hoped that somethingscary would happen just so Iwouldnt have to stare at sleep-ing characters or the next ewminutes.

The eects in this lm have

evolved so much since the rstinstallment. Several scenes arealmost believable. At somepoints it does seem like you arewatching real events and not

just a movie.One great thing about the

lm is the extended story line.Viewers will notice more o aplot in the lm and learn someo the origin o the haunting.Unortunately, by the end othe movie, there are still unan-swered questions. I had hopedor slightly more detail.

For the most part

this movie is a must-see.

Especially or those who ollowthe trilogy, you will be com-pletely satised with the out-come. The writers and direc-tor execute the movie in sucha antastic way that there is noway that anyone can leave thetheater completely unsatised.

One great aspect aboutthis ranchise is throughout allthree movies the story line hasconsistently ollowed the sameamily. Whereas in other moviesequels viewers are usually in-troduced to an entire dierentcharacters that have nothing to

do with the plot o the rst lm.Also, this ranchise has a

way o portraying the illusioo ghosts that may make themembers o the audience ques-

tion whether or not they believein supernatural spirits.I was let down that some

stu shown in the trailer wasnot played in the movie. Partic-ularly the Bloody Mary scenewas not what I anticipated, buit was still chilling. Just be surenot to let the trailer get youhopes up.

Towards the end was whethe movie gave the most scare.Here the entire movie gains aplot. Lets just hope the writersstop and dont continue to adto the trilogy. Though the threemovies are linked the audiencewill still lack a ull understand-ing o why those events haveoccurred. Opinions may vary

but I was generally satise

with the ending.For those who havent I

strongly suggest watching the beore seeing this. All threemovies are all tied together anit wont make sense i you donsee the previous lms.

Paranormal Activity 3 setsthe perect mood or Hallow-een. I youre tired o watchingWes Craven and John Carpen-ter ficks, this movie would beperect to add to your list.

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He said the collective groupo bike riders wore shirts thateatured Bike Lanes? on theack to show people why they

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campus, and as motorists pulled

up behind us, they were able tosee that we wanted to show theimportance o giving cycliststheir own space to legally rideon the road, he said.

Babcock, a senior speechcommunication major, saidthe project ocused on rais-ing awareness that riding bikeson sidewalks is illegal and thathaving bike lanes on the roadswould solve the issue.

Students are breaking the

law in order to ride their bikesthrough campus, he said. Wewant to know why people thinkits OK to break the law whenwe all know that breaking lawsis not right. We thought this is-sue could be something worthlooking into or the uture andcould be benefcial to the stu-dent body along with the acultyand administration.

Meyer, a senior speech com-munication major, said they

wanted to get as many peopleinvolved as possible but ewerthan a dozen participated.

The small number o peo-ple who actually showed upmade the message we weretrying to create more impact-ul, he said. We successullyclogged up trafc with a verysmall number o individuals.

Davison said the group oriders received negative eed-

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around the streets near campus.We were yelled at, cursed

out, received obscene gesturesand called stupid, he said.Even though the initial reac-tions we received were ones orustration, we talked to peoplewho watched the perormancesrom the street, and they saidthey thought what we were do-ing was much-needed and agreat idea.

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