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Keenan Mitchell stepped onto Tech’scampus with an ambition to mold himsel into someone who would live or commu-nity service, strive or academic excellenceand, most importantly, enhance the student

body at Tech. Mitchell decided the best wayto do this was to join one o the raternitiesat Tech, Kappa Alpha Psi raternity.

Now Mitchell said he is wor-ried that he may not be able toulll his aspirations, due to theenorcement o a rule that jeop-ardizes the existence his raternityand other minority Greeks o be-ing eliminated rom Tech’s cam-

pus.In order to be ocially recog-nized as a student organizationon Tech’s campus, organizationsmust comply with a rule that re-quires them to maintain 10 mem-

bers at all times.Sam Speed, assistant dean o

student lie/judicial aairs, said he believes the rule originated about 30 yearsago as a way to dene organizations and seewhich ones qualiy or recognition on Tech’scampus.

Until recently, some organizations have been able to bypass the rule without muchresponse rom the administration.

“Those who were relaxed on the ruleshouldn’t have been,” Speed said. “The vicepresident o student aairs didn’t know thiswas happening, as ar as those who didn’thave 10 members being allowed to have ull

recognition.”Now that the rule is being enorced,

Mitchell, secretary o Kappa Alpha Psi ra-ternity, said he would like to see an amend-

ment made to the rule that takes into consid-eration the dierences between the NationalPan-Hellenic Council Greeks, which is histor-ically black, and the rest o the organizations.

“The rule needs to change especially orNPHC, since we are more selective and weare incorporated nationally, which means wehave our own bylaws,” said Mitchell, a seniorpolitical science and history major. “Thereare certain bylaws in the constitution that

basically address the minimum requiremento how many members you needto have to be active, and that’s whatshould be required o us at the uni-versity.”

For Greeks, there are three di-erent groups that govern the manydiverse raternities and sororities.

The National Panhellenic Con-erence governs 26 women so-rorities, the Interraternity Councilpresides over collegiate men’s ra-ternities and the National Pan-Hel-lenic Council oversees the nine his-torically Arican-American Greeksororities and raternities.

Tech has six o the nine sorori-ties and raternities included in the NPHC:Alpha Phi Alpha raternity, Alpha KappaAlpha sorority, Delta Sigma Theta sorority,Kappa Alpha Psi raternity, Omega Psi Phiraternity and Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

Speed said although not all six NPHCGreeks have 10 members, he is working withthem to accomplish this goal.

“To my knowledge, all o the NPHCGreeks except Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gam-ma Rho and Iota Phi Theta are recognizedor being assisted by the university to become

ully recognized,” he said.Mitchell, president o NPHC at Tech, said

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MINORITYorganizations in jeopardy?

Members of black Greek sororities and fraternities show their signs. Some question a rule that requires clubs to have 10 members to have complete campus support.

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Burglaries presentsecurity questionsPATRICK BOYD

Staff Reporter

Tech Police are lookingat new security measures orHarper Hall ater a male intrud-er was spotted in a dorm roomNov. 2.

Approximately 2 a.m. Nov. 2,two residents o Harper Hall onthe seventh foor awoke to an

nidentied black man goingthrough their belongings in theirroom, according to the policereport.

The two students yelled athim and he ran out, closing thedoor behind him.

The students had proppedtheir door open beore going toed to let air circulate through

the room, which allowed theman to gain entry into the room.

Tech Police were notied o the situation immediately, but

by the time they arrived andchecked the premises, the manhad disappeared.

“There are several possi- bilities as to how he could havegotten into the dorm,” said BillDavis, Tech assistant chie o police. “Someone could havelet the door accidentally openwhen going in, or he could haveslipped in the door beore it

closed.”The next morning when thestudents woke up, they realizedthat several o their personalvaluables, like driver’s licensesand credit cards, were missing.

The intruder was describedas being 5’6’’-5’8’’ in height, athin build and between 18-20

years o age.The incident prompted resi-

dential lie and Tech police toevaluate the ob system, a key-like computerized system that

unlocks residence hall doors.“Housing is in the process o

placing another ob entrance inHarper Hall, and we are lookingat the handicapped door, sincethe door stays open or longerthan the others,” Davis said.“We will also be placing videocameras that will be recordingthe lobby and ront door.”

The next night between 2-3

a.m., a man gained entrance tothe Student Center, damagedthe ATM machine and priedopen some o the cash regis-ters at Chik-l-A, according tosecurity cameras in the StudentCenter.

The man did not get anymoney because it is taken outo the registers at closing.

The man caught on camerawas similar in the description to

Critical Mass unites cyclistsJUSTIN FORTStaff Reporter

Forty bikers stood in theparking lot o Lincoln ParishLibrary to show their discontentover the lack o support andlack o recognition or the bik-ing community.

Citizens o Ruston gatheredat 3 p.m. Nov. 3 or CriticalMass, an event where cyclistsexpressed their concerns totheir city’s general populationand public ocials.

“It was a eeler event,” saidJustin Stoppleworth, owner o Turbo Goat. “It wasn’t meant to

change the world.”Stoppleworth and other lo-

cal cyclists decided to host theevent ater our bikers were hitwithin the last month in andaround Ruston. The last cy-clist hit, 17-year-old Seth ColeHanchey, is still in an intensivecare unit in Baton Rouge.

Stoppleworth said he knewit was time to organize an eventater a cyclist was critically in-

jured in mid-aternoon. He saidmore people should recognizecyclists’ rights to be on the road.

“They’re supposed to be onthe road,” Stoppleworth said.“They have a right, and there

are laws that allow them toride.”

Timothy Cormier, an avidcyclist, agreed with Stopple-worth and helped publicize theevent.

“I care about the cyclingcommunity in Ruston,” Cormiersaid. “The world o cycling is aniche in the community wherestrong bonds can be ormed just

because two people are into bikes.”

Stoppleworth said it is the re-sponsibility o the biking com-munity to try to minimize therisks o cycling. However, healso said the general public hasto be aware and show concernor those who ride on the road.

“We have to push or advo-cacy,” Stoppleworth said. “Hal the people see us as pests. Noone is going to do it or us.”

Stoppleworth and Cormiersaid the bike ride was held toraise awareness and to see howmany community riders wouldparticipate.

“The purpose was to haveun with other people who havethe same passion in lie,” Corm-ier said. “It is an event in thespirit o un. It is not a protestlike many people think it is.”

Ater seeing approximately75 people riding in the event,Cormier and Stoppleworthsaid they plan to organize moreevents like it and perhaps be-come more aggressive.

“We didn’t want to cause anyproblems with this ride,” Stop-

Photo by Kyle Kight

Bike riders came from all over Lincoln Parish to participate in theCritical Mass bike ride. The ride started at Lincoln Parish Library,

ent through downtown Ruston and concluded at Hide-Away Park.

10-member rule bars some clubs

from campus funding, accessibility

Audiball, I-Chair impress judges at annual Top Dawg Idea PitchREINA KEMPT

Staff Reporter

Tech’s Top Dawg Idea Pitch doesnot usually receive ideas that createdevices or the disabled, but not onlywere our such ideas submitted, buttwo took the top prizes – Audiball andI-Chair.

The Top Dawg Idea Pitch is an an-nual event where students can comep with creative and innovative ideas

and pitch them to judges as i theywere businessmen. Top Dawg direc-tor Debbie Inman, coordinator o en-trepreneurial studies, said this year’sevent was a success although therewere many great ideas. Limbs without

Limits is another project intended tohelp the disabled also caught the judg-es’ attention.

Though these ideas won over the judges, Spray-on Wound Healingcaught the attention o the audience.This group won $100 or receiving themost Bulldog Bucks rom the student

body.The Center or Rehabilitation En-

gineering, Science and Technology(CREST) has given some engineeringgroups ideas on how to help the dis-abled. Audiball, specically, receivedtheir idea rom CREST’s blind/lowvision program, dedicated to assistindividuals with visual impairments inmeeting their goals.

CREST program manager Joel Fer-nandes said there is a device or blindathletes to use already, but he wouldlike a better one to possibly create hisown sport or the blind. Thus, the Audi-

ball was born.Audiball is a baseball-like ball with

the technology made or the visuallyimpaired to be able to participate insports.

Sierra Irwin, a senior mechanicalengineering major, said the way thiswould work is the ball would send outsound waves that would notiy all play-ers where the ball is located using theirsense o hearing instead o their senseo sight.

Irwin said when her Audiball group

received the idea rom CREST and theLouisiana Center or the Blind, theywere excited to be a part o it.

Irwin said they will go on to the TopDawg New Venture Championship(NVC) with her as one o their veter-ans. This will be her second year head-ing into the championship, but she saidit will hopeully not be a repeat o last

year.“The rst time (NVC) we presented

on stage with PowerPoints, but thistime we actually have to talk directlyto judges and not a crowd o students,”Irwin said.

She said her group is looking or-ward to the challenge.

Kristi Lumpkin, Idea Pitch judge and

Ruston economic development admin-istrator, said this was her rst year as a

judge, and she was really happy to bea part o it.

“I didn’t know exactly what to ex-pect, but they all exceeded my expec-tations,” Lumpkin said. “They were alreally great.”

The winners have the opportunityto advance to the NVC in the spring.The NVC is an annual event where stu-dents compete or prize money baseon their ideas and plans or their con-cepts.

J.T. Shim, Top Dawg judge and as-sistant proessor o computer inorma-

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Miss Tech crownedat tonight’s pageant

Sixteen students will be com-peting or the crown in the MissTech Pageant at 7 p.m. today inHoward Auditorium, Center orthe Perorming Arts.

The contestants will partici-pate in events such as eveningwear, onstage interview, swim-wear and a talent.

Entertainment will be pro-vided between categories aswell as during the fnal judgingo the competition.

Admission is $3 at the door,programs are $2 and People’sChoice votes are $1.

For more inormation con-tact Chelsea Davenport, com-mittee head o the Miss TechPageant, at 318-257-4237 [email protected].

Jazz Lunch Concertscheduled or Friday

Tech Jazz Ensemble will hostits Fall Quarter Jazz Lunch Con-cert rom 12:30-1:30 p.m. Fridayin the Student Center, MainFloor.

The concert is ree and opento the public. The ensembleconsists o students rom Tech,ut the band will also present

guest artists Mark Michell onass guitar and Scott Smith on

the trumpet.For more inormation con-

tact Lawrence Gibbs, directoro Tech Jazz Ensemble, at 318-

257-5472 or [email protected].

ROTC to host 5K runor Veteran’s Day

Tech’s Air Force ROTC willhost a Veteran’s Day 5k run/walk at 8 a.m. Sunday at LincolnParish Park.

To register, go to www.sportspectrumusa.com and

search the calendar. Early reg-istration is $15, plus an onlineregistration ee, or $25 the dayo the race.

All proceeds rom the race

will be donated to the DisabledAmerican Veterans Trust tosupport the men and womenwho have returned rom servingin the military.

For more inormation con-tact Matthew Small, detach-ment 305 cadet vice wing com-mander, at 318-458-8092 [email protected].

Winter quarter purgedate approaches

Students who have not paidull tuition or confrmed theirschedule or winter quarter ontheir Bulldog Online StudentSystem will be purged rom allclasses at 5 p.m. Nov. 18.

Students must have a zero ornegative balance and no holdson their account to prevent be-ing purged. Ater a zero or nega-tive balance appears, studentsmust confrm their schedules orthey will be purged.

I students are unable to pay by Nov. 18, the comptroller’s o-fce oers payment plans thatmust be arranged by Nov. 18 inorder to confrm their schedule.

For more inormation con-tact Lisa Cole, university comp-troller, at 318-257-4325 [email protected].

Transer students’

eedback neededTech’s Recruitment and Re-

tention Council is seeking trans-er students willing to partici-pate in ocus groups Dec. 7-8.

Transer student eedbackwill aid the council or utureplanning.

For more inormation con-tact Linda Grifn, dean o stu-dent development, at 318-257-2445 or [email protected].

Redbox raises rental pricesSteani Paul, a juniorpsychology major,searches a Redboxkiosk or a movie orher Psychology 418class at the Redboxlocated outside the Walgreens at 108 W.

Caliornia Avenue.Redbox, amous orits $1 a day movie andgame rentals, recentlyincreased its prices to$1.20 or each day DVDsare out. Game andBlu-Ray rental pricesremain unchanged at$1.50 and $2, respec-tively. Coinstar, ownero Redbox, raisedrental service pricesjust a ew months aterNetfix raised its pricesand subsequently lost800,000 customers.Photo by Kyle Kight

the intruder at Harper Hall.“We are not ruling out that the two are related,”

Davis said. “Some other businesses in Ruston hasome burglaries as well that night.”

Ater looking at the security tapes rom the bur-glary, the police report described the intruder as a

black male wearing a light colored hooded sweat-shirt over a Tech blue coat, tan or khaki pants, anwhite tennis shoes.

Throughout the ootage, the man would alter-nate having his hood on.

“There was a unction going on in the StudenCenter that night, so a door was probably not shuall the way,” said Davis as to how the man got into

the Student Center.Davis said Tech police are still looking into boththe Harper Hall and Student Center incidents.

“Tech police and our student workers are al-ways checking buildings and keeping an eye out oany instances such as these,” he said. “I a studenleaves their dorm, they need to make sure the dooshuts and locks behind them to prevent these kindso problems. I emales in the residence halls don’escort the person that comes in with them back out,then they can have ree access to whatever theywant.”

Email comments to [email protected].

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Tech News Services

Louisiana Tech’s student-runnewspaper, The Tech Talk, has re-ceived top honors nationally or itsonline edition.

The Tech Talk Online receivedthe Associated Collegiate PressPacemaker Award, the organiza-tion’s highest award. The newspa-per’s online edition was one o fveonline papers chosen in the News-paper 10,001-20,000 enrollmentcategory. Overall, more than 250

online newspapers were considered.“This Pacemaker award or TechTalk online is particularly importantor us because we have put so mucheort into improving our digitalpresence over the last two years,”said Reginald Owens, chair o the

journalism department.“This award will certainly give

us the incentive to do more and geteven better online.”

According to ACP, Pacemakerrecipients were chosen based oncontent and coverage, breaking

news, site design, interactivity, richmedia and writing/editing. Proes-sional judges rom the Center orInvestigative Reporting selected thefnalists.

Online Pacemaker winners wereannounced at the ACP/ CollegeMedia Advisers National CollegeMedia Convention in Orlando, Fla.,on Oct. 29.

Owens added that the journalismstudents and aculty have receivedmore than 60 awards in the pastschool year.

“I am proud o what our studentshave produced online,” he said.“They are doing an excellent jobo keeping up with the new digitaltechnology and incorporating it intoour student media. We recognizethat students are going online moreand more to get inormation andwe are trying to cater to that. The2010-2011 school year has been a

banner year or the journalism de-partment’s media. All o our studentmedia have received top awards orexcellence.”

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This is the eighth in a nine-part series onwhat different individuals “believe” based onthe collection of essays titled This I Believe II.The book serves as the common read for fresh-man seminar classes as part of the First-Year Experience program.

From student to proessor to president, DanReneau, a longtime member o the Tech am-ily, was shaped by Louisiana Tech and is nowworking to leave a positive legacy that will shapeTech’s uture generations.

In the past 25 years as president o LouisianaTech University, Reneau has made numerousdecisions that have turned the institution into amodel university.

Reneau said he believes in many things thatcan tie together one central belie he nds crucialto decision making as the president o a univer-

sity.“Being in a leadership position like I am andhave been privileged to be in, I believe there hasto be a rmness in decision making,” he said.

Reneau said he has made many dicult deci-sions concerning selective admissions, graduateprograms and research and development. He saidwhen he became president, the ocus was on stu-dent enrollment, but he believes in quality overquantity.

“I thought having students at Louisiana Techwho wanted to be at Louisiana Tech, and want-ed to get a higher education was the importantthing,” he said.

Enrollment dropped ater moving to a se-lective admissions process, but Reneau said itworked and Tech now has the best student bodyin the history o the university. This year’s resh-man class is the largest since 2006 and the reten-tion rate is up three percent.

“I have great aith in the youth o this univer-sity,” he said. “You read so much about every gen-eration saying the next generation is going downthe hole, but I don’t believe that.”

Reneau said integrity, character and persever-ance combined lead to success. He said it is veryeasy to give up when you hit a bump in the road,

but i you persevere you can succeed.“There have been many times when it’s been

completely black, and I couldn’t see my way outo something, but I gured i I just hung in thereI’d nd a little light to see which way to go,” hesaid.

Reneau said a person’s integrity is determined by his honesty and how he portrays himsel.

“Sometimes the right thing is not always thepublic opinion but in your own heart and mind,”he said. “Like Shakespeare said, ‘To thine ownsel be true.’”

Reneau also said he believes in airness, empa-thy and the allibility o mankind. He said he triesto be air in his decision-making and show com-passion to the students and people around him.

“I know I make mistakes and so do others,”he said. “I they are serious about it, I believe in

second chances.”Lastly, Reneau said he believes every mind is

waiting to be developed. He said he treasures ed-ucation, and without the educational system, hedoes not know where he would have wound up.

“I believe so strongly in the process o educa-tion, particularly higher education and develop-ing a person’s mind to teach them not necessarilywhat to think, but how to think,” he said.

Through education, Reneau said people couldnot only make a dierence in their own lives, butalso in the lives o the people around them. Hesaid throughout his lietime he has worked withmany important people. All o them have helped

shape him, yet Reneau said he makes sure to stickto his own judgment.

“At all times, there’s something inside o youthat tells you what is right and what is wrong, and

you have to have your own little chart to go by,”he said.

Reneau said to do everything with pride, al-ways have a purpose and show you are passion-ate.

Reneau said he is extremely proud o Techwhere he has ound a purpose and a passion to-ward the student body. He also said he is pleasedwith Tech’s research and development and get-

ting into the top tier o U.S & World News Re-port’s best colleges list earlier this all.

Although Tech went through deep budgecuts last year, construction never ceased. Reneaupoints to additions to Maxie Lambright Intramu-ral Center and Tech Pointe as evidence o Tech’ssuccess.

“I think the whole world is open to LouisianaTech and where it can go,” he said. “I think un-questionably Louisiana Tech has emerged as atype o fagship school or North Louisiana.”


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Tech President Dan Reneau has served the university as president for 25 years. He believes that it’simportant to be rm when making big decisions such as his to decision move to selective admission.

the administration should realize NPHC Greeks have more rulesand regulations and time constraints when it comes to their intakeprocesses versus non-NPHC Greeks.

“All o the black Greeks have dierent intake processes, but theyare alike in some ways,” he said. “For instance, every member whocomes through has to be approved by not only the local chapter,ut by nationals, too. We also have to pay a large amount o money

in a small amount o time and abide by the national bylaws andconstitution when it comes to selecting each person.”

Mitchell said that being governed on a national level sometimesadds to the struggle o having a large number o new members.

“Nationals play a huge role in our processes because they essen-tially have the power to deny or accept a potential candidate thatmay have put us at the 10-member mark,” he said.

He also said typically the intake process or NPHC Greeks rang-es anywhere rom three months to more than six months, which iswhy the university should have a rule that incorporates the nationalrules.

Speed said he has taken these actors into consideration but be-lieves that the selectivity NPHC Greeks show when voting on pro-spective members hinders them rom having a signicant amount

o new members.“I think most o the Greeks could have 10 members and main-

tain 10 i they didn’t overlook or surpass prospects who meet theirqualications,” he said.

Mitchell said having the right to vote on candidates and be-ing able to deny them is what makes NPHC Greeks a special andnique part o the Greek system.

“We have the right to be exclusive,” he said. “It’s really up to us tosay who we want and how many we want. You can’t just let anyonein because then our organizations wouldn’t be exclusive anymore,and those who qualiy might not necessarily t the ideal o a manor woman o that particular sorority and raternity.”

Speed said organizations should be able to ulll their missionswhile increasing membership.

“Organizations exist or a purpose. That purpose should be car-ried out with both the support and resources o the university,” hesaid. “The organization should be able to carry out its purpose,while sustaining its membership or the uture.”

Speed said although he does not know what the “magical num-er” should be or the requirement, he does know that organizations

need to have at least 10 members to be able to urther leadershipamongst members.

“A student organization is not a group o people getting togetherto talk and hang out,” he said. “One o the reasons an organiza-tion exists is to oster leadership. I they don’t have at least vemembers, then they don’t have enough members or an executivecouncil according to ‘Robert’s Rule o Order.’ And i you do havejust ve members, the question is, who are you leading?”

Mitchell said while Speed is working with them, he does not un-derstand why he is so adamant about having 10 members.

“When you think about our organizations and when we wereounded, it shows that you can accomplish a lot with less then 10

members,” he said. “The Alphas (Alpha Phi Alpha) had seven, theSigmas (Phi Beta Sigma) had our, and the SGRhos (Sigma GammaRho) had seven, and they were able to unction and have guidelines,

and start organizations that have lasted approximately 100 years.So not only were they able to be productive where they started, butthey were also able to branch out and charter other chapters.”

Organizations that do not qualiy or ull recognition lose someprivileges that could be vital or survival to some minority organiza-tions, such as not being able to get grants and rent large acilitieslike Memorial Gym.

Speed said even without this rule, organizations would still nd itharder to be able to get unding through grants.

“Funds will be scrutinized anyway,” he said. “Anytime you gothrough high budget cuts, you start to look at where you can cu

back on money.”

Other students involved in minority organizations outside o NPHC, like Dustin Vessel, president o Black Student Union, arealso concerned about the longevity o their organizations.

There are currently 11,581 students enrolled at Tech with 23percent o the population considered the minori ty, which includesall races other than Caucasian. O that 23 percent, 14 percent isArican-American students.

Vessel said he understands why the rule is being enorced, buwould like to see an amendment made.

“Rules have to be set in place, but exceptions have to be madewhen clearly the odds are against us,” Vessel, a senior communica-tion design major, said. “At this university, which is a PWI (predomi-nately white institution) it’s 10 times easier or Caucasians to get 10members. I don’t want to justiy it, but I can’t ignore that we are theminority. It’s hard or me to believe the administration doesn’t seethis. We barely have 10 blacks inside o the classroom. How cathey expect us to have 10 outside?”

However, Vessel said just because they are the minority does nonecessarily mean that blacks should use that as an excuse.

“We don’t want Arican-Americans to get the mindset that wecan’t achieve this and we are destined or less, but I do want the

administration to realize what they are asking o us, in some senseis unrealistic,” he said.

Speed said he does not think organizations will die o based othis rule, but that organizations will continue to grow because o it.

“It is my thought that each o the organizations will rise to thestandard that has been given,” he said. “Although I have extremecondence that this can occur, ultimately, it is up to each organiza-tion to provide the necessary ramework to be successul.”

Mitchell said hopeully something will be done about this rule because he said he believes it would be detrimental to the growth o this campus, i just one o the NPHC Greeks were to be eliminaterom Tech.

“From a minority point o view, we are seen as leaders on cam-pus,” he said. “We rely on each other to help support one another’seorts and visions to enhance the student body and the commu-nity. Together we provide a networking experience not just amongs

black Greeks but white Greeks and various other organizations,too.”

Vessel said with so much history behind these organizations, iis important that they continue to be on campus, so that Arican-Americans can continue to grow together. “We have to have thaoutlet to be able to connect and interact with each other,” he said.

It is important to Vessel that minority organizations continue tothrive, because he said he believes they play a vital part in students’ability to learn and develop within their culture.

“There are many cultural dierences between blacks and otheraces, and we have to explore those amongst each other beore wego out and explore those dierences with the world,” he said. “Weneed to know who we are, why we are and most importantly under-stand what kind o impact we can make.”


Photo by Dacia Idom

Students ash their sorority and fraternity signs. Some membersof black organizations have expressed concerns with Tech’s10-member rule, which inhibits small groups from gaining access to campus funding and facilities.

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IN OUR OPINION


FROM THE EDITOR

Goodbye is bittersweet

KELLY BELTON

Editor-in-Chief

year and a hal ago, Iwalked into The Tech Talknewsroom like a scared

puppy. I didn’t know anyone onthe sta and had a tough-talkingeditorial sta to which I had toanswer. Taking 12 hours, I didn’trealize how time-consuming TheTech Talk would be.

Now, as I prepare to step downas editor-in-chie, it could not bemore evident how this newspaperhas become my baby.

Reporting orces journal-ists to come out o their shells.As a reshman who didn’t know

many people at Tech, I learnedquickly that it’s best to just throwyoursel out there. People don’tknow you; there’s nothing to lose.That spring quarter I met manyriendly aces on my beat at TheTech Talk rom the International

Student Oce and College o Business. I mingled with Tea“Partiers” and counter protestersat a Tax Day Tea Party rally. Theproessors at the Institute or Mi-cromanuacturing were even gra-cious enough to give me a tour o otherwise private laboratories.

I like to think I learned a lotthat quarter. But since then, mygrowth has been exponential.Once I joined the editorial sta,the Keeny Hall basement becamea home. As I learned to edit, in-teract with peers in a proessionalenvironment and continue writ-ing, the 1970s-style soas in ourlab became an eating, nappingand homework spot or me.

Perhaps more importantly, Ihave grown to love the people Iwork with. O course there are

bumps in the road and we areall still learning, but I have been

blessed to learn rom and hope-ully teach a tight-knit group o

journalism students. Putting thisnewspaper out has not always

been easy, but there is denitelya sense o pride in knowing stu-dents have the power to make adierence.

As I remember last all, theStudent Government Associa-tion’s Wagon Project comes tomind. Though the matter seemedtrivial to some, others, even somein SGA, had concerns about thecost o the wagon. The TechTalk published an article explain-ing the item and the controversyit caused at an SGA meeting.Though I’m sure SGA membersmay not like me or it, The TechTalk helped ensure that the wag-

on would not be overly expensive.This quarter we published astory about downtown parking. Inthe past week, the story has runin The Ruston Daily Leader andappeared in broadcast on KNOEMonroe. While the city o Ruston

has yet to make any changes, theproblem has gained the publicitynecessary or reorm.

With that said, I hope to re-main involved with The TechTalk. I don’t think I could sim-ply abandon something I haveworked so long and hard on. Still,I have come to the apex o mycollege journalism career. It’s bit-tersweet.

In the spirit o Thanksgiving,though, I am grateul or the in-credible opportunities The TechTalk has opened or me. For thesereasons, I can condently say

you’ll be seeing me. I don’t knowwhen, where or how yet, but Ihope to continue what I started

here – and take it wherever I can.

Kelly Belton is a senior journalism and political sciencemajor from Hous- ton who serves as editor-in-chief for The Tech Talk. Email comments to [email protected].

With many Americans still acing economicissues, the poverty level is consistently ris-ing, bringing the number o poor to an altime high.

New census data shows that 1 in 15 people in Amer-ica rank among the poorest poor, with poverty spread-ing wildly across metropolitan areas.

An article by the Associated Press states that abou20.5 million Americans, or 6.7 percent o the U.S. pop-ulation, make up the poorest poor, dened as those a50 percent or less o the ocial poverty level. Thoseliving in deep poverty represent nearly hal o the 46.2million people scraping by below the poverty line. I

2010, the poorest poor meant an income o $5,570 oless or an individual and $11,157 or a amily o our.

That 6.7 percent share is the highest in the 35 yearsthat the Census Bureau has maintained such records,surpassing previous highs in 2009 and 1993 o just ove6 percent. This record shows that more Americans o dierent races, social statures and job status are beingaected by the economy.

In the article, Robert Mott, a proessor o eco-nomics at Johns Hopkins University, said poverty hasgotten so bad that there are not many Americans le who are not witnessing changes because o it.

“There now really is no unaected group, excepmaybe the very top income earners,” said Mott. “Re-cessions are supposed to be temporary, and when it’sover, everything returns to where it was beore. But theworry now is that the downturn — which will end even-tually — will have long-lasting eects on amilies wholose jobs, become worse o and can’t recover.”

It is the opinion o The Tech Talk that poverty wilcontinue to increase in the near uture due to unem-

ployment, housing issues and a lack o stability in theeconomy. With unemployment rates persistently high,many citizens cannot get ahead and have been orceto sell their homes and move into poor suburbs another less desirable places.

According to the article by Associated Press, neighborhoods with poverty rates o at least 40 percent arestretching over broader areas, increasing in suburbs atwice the rate o cities.

The increase in this rate means we can expect tosee more o the white, middle-class high school ancollege graduates rather than seeing mostly low in-come blacks, single mothers and oreigners who areseeking a better lie.

Having more people living in high-poverty neighborhoods is denitely a bad thing or the citizens livingthere. Living in these neighborhoods limits access togood schools, hospitals and government services.

As a nation we like to pride ourselves on helpingother nations in times o need, but we always see

to all short when it comes to helping ourselves. We believe that the government needs to take the time toimprove our unemployment rates, housing and nationadebt beore stepping outside our nation to help others.

We can only hope that the economy will stabilize ithe near uture and reduce the rate o poverty and thaAmericans will come together to uplit those in povertyand lessen some o their economic hardship.

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CONSIDER THE FOLLOWINGOWS lacks structure to expand

REBECCA SPENCE

News Editor

n Sept. 17, the streets o Lower Manhattan resem-

bled the setup o Bonna-roo or Coachella music estivals.Despite the cultured people andtents packed in tightly to establisha sense o community, these peo-ple were not preparing to listen toFlorence and the Machine.

Occupy Wall Street began itscampaign that day with a march,and the movement has donenothing but fourish. It has spreadto more than 100 cities across theUnited States and is taking col-lege communities by storm.

The point o this protest is toraise awareness about anti-capi-talist ideals and corporate greed.The protesters believe that themiddle class is shrinking becauseo income inequality. As the mid-dle class shrinks, the number o educated or able-but-jobless peo-ple increases. Many o the pro-testers have posted on blog sites

with a picture o themselves andthe campaign’s slogan, “We arethe 99%,” with a personal expla-nation o why being part o the99 percent is so horriying.

According to the Bureau o Labor Statistics, the national un-employment rate last month roseto 9.8 percent rom 9.6 percentthe previous month. Some o these college graduates are work-ing but in low-paying jobs that

they are overqualied or. Thelack o jobs is discouraging, notonly or college graduates, butor students deciding i collegeis going to be worth the time andmoney i a stable job will possiblynot come out o their hard work.

These protesters are try-ing to give accounts as to whythe economy is not working ormany Americans. Accordingto its website, OWS is trying to“ght back against the corrosivepower o major banks and mul-tinational corporations over thedemocratic process and the roleo Wall Street in creating an eco-

nomic collapse that has causedthe greatest recession in genera-tions.”

I understand its goals and I un-derstand the reasoning or thesegoals. What I do not understandis the number o people who haveno idea why they are sleeping ina tent in Lower Manhattan. Inter-view ater interview, critics o themovement are given momentum

because the number o reeload-

ers that seem to be occupying amajority o the campaigns.I am not so sure there is any-

thing educated protesters can doabout these people just along orthe Woodstock experience, but itwould be benecial or their cre-dentials within the media.

The biggest question to me isi this movement will continue topick up momentum or i it willslowly die out because it lacksleadership, discipline and no setlegislative goals.

It has given a topic or discus-sion or presidential candidates,and the media has jumped all over

the specics o ollowing the pro-tests. The movement is denitelyin motion, but I am not sure howlong it will take or protesters tomove o the street and try to geton with their lives or or the gov-ernment to do something aboutthe current economic crisis.

According to the OWS web-site, “The U.S. has an importantrole to play in the solution, but wecan no longer aord to let corpo-

rate greed and corrupt politics setthe policies o our nation.”I believe i the movement or-

ganizes and denes its legislativegoals, it could attract more seri-ous attention to lawmakers andcitizens who are not just youngstudents or graduates. The key isto get other generations involvedin the movement.

Rebecca Spence is a junior journalism and speech communication major from Cypress, Texas, who serves as news editor for The Tech Talk. Email comments to [email protected].

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Eects o Initiative 26 avoided

NAOMI ALLISON

News Editor

On Tuesday night, dramacame to an end as a major-ity o Mississippians voted

against Initiative 26, a controver-sial ballot iniative created to le-gally protect the rights o unbornchildren in Mississippi.

Although the text o theamendment appeared simple, ithad many underlying implicationsthat were complex.

It challenged the perceptionso where the boundary is betweenlie and death, by dening “per-sonhood as “every human beingrom the moment o ertilization,

cloning or the unctional equiva-lent thereo.”According to Yes on 26’s act

sheet on its ocial website, Ini-ative 26 intendeded to stop theabortion industry in Mississippi,as well as economic incentives be-hind cloning. It said it would notban in-vitro ertilization, preventdoctors rom saving a mother’slie during complicated pregnan-cies, make miscarriages a criminaloense or outlaw normal contra-ceptives such as the pill.

Other instances such as rape,incest or the use o drugs such asRU486 would be prohibited.

Though many questioned theamendment’s exact meaning, Yeson 26’s website said, “Personhoodis a constitutional denition thatestablishes a principle. It doesnot attempt to set the policy andprocedure or every situation.Personhood establishes that boththe mother and baby must be pro-tected.”

Beore its rejection, the amend-ment received a variety o re-sponses throughout Mississippi.

Terri Herring, the national di-rector or the Pro-Lie Americanetwork, said the amendment’spurpose was to give people theopportunity to say that there are

better alternatives to abortion and

to make national conversation.“In Mississippi, we have theopportunity to lead the way ona social justice issue,” she said.“We may have been behind oncivil rights, but we can be aheadon human rights, and that’s whatpersonhood is really all about.”

“We will establish a culture o lie,” said Dr. Freda Bush, a Yes on26 spokeswoman. “This is a cul-tural war rom the womb to thetomb and we will be back.”

Opponents o the measuresaid that voting “yes” could havedistatrous consequences.

At Jackson State University, a

group o college students sported black shirts with, “Get out o herVagina,” in bright pink letters.

The Mississippi Nurses Asso-ciation’s House o Delegates alsodisagreed with the campaign andsaid the amendment would havemultiple consequences i passed.

“Some pregnancies, i car-ried to term, pose lie threateningdangers to the mother,” it said.“Initiative 26 will orce women torisk their lives or leave the state toseek medical care.”

“We have named this the lawo unintended consequences,”said Paul Seago, a Jackson-baseddoctor who specializes in gyneco-logic oncology. “It would negative-

ly impact the delivery o medicinein Mississippi.”Regardless o the results and

anyone’s stance on abortion, I eelthat it is imperative that many un-derstand the potential side eectsthe amendment would have had.

Iniative 26 could have led to anationwide debate about women’srights, abortion and the landmarkRoe v. Wade case.

In the 1973 case, Justice PotterStewart said, ““Abortion is inher-ently dierent rom other medi-cal procedures because no otherprocedure involves the purposeultermination o a potential lie. I

it were established that an unbornetus is a person, you would havean impossible case here.”

The amendment could havechanged the course o medicalresearch, caused a dramatic in-crease in pregnancies, increasedhealth care costs and made wom-en more conscious o their deci-sion to have intimate relationshipswith their partners.

Though abortion is a contro-versial and moral issue that manypreer not to discuss – even duringgossip hour at the coee shop – itseems the concept is unlikely todisappear soon.

With other states placing theoption on their ballot in 2012, the

issue might countinue to garnermore attention than expected.At the end o the day, I am not

God. I am not in the position to judge someone else’s lie – espe-cially when I am perectly imper-ect and have not walked a mile intheir shoes. I can only pray thatI am never placed in a situationwhere I have to contemplate anabortion. It would break my heart.

Naomi Allison is a junior journalism major from West Lake who serves as news editor for The Tech Talk. Email comments to [email protected].

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JUSTIN FORTSta Reporter

Classical music composerAaron Copland once said stop-ping the ow o music would belike stopping time itsel.

KLPI senior disc jockeyKaitlyn Carroll is applying Co-pland’s idea, not only by in-creasing the ow in Ruston, butmaking it more diverse.

Carroll plays a dierent typeo music each week during hershow.

“It’s a show that highlightsdierent genres rom dierentareas o the world,” Carrollsaid. “I’m very exible and opento something dierent.”

Carroll said she would like“Terminal E” to be a mediumor everyone in Ruston to hearnew music.

“The purpose is to exposepeople to dierent music,” Car-roll said. “I think there is a lot o

value in being able to learn andexperience something you’re

not amiliar with.”Some students concede that

variety is a good thing.“People have a lot o dier-

ent tastes,” said Austin Brasher,a reshman mechanical engi-neering major. “I think stations

should play dierent music.”In small towns like Ruston,

many people’s musical tastesare not represented. O the 23radio stations within 30 mileso Ruston, nine are religiousand seven are oldies/country,taking up nearly 70 percent o radio channels in proximity.

Carroll has played six dier-ent musical styles on “TerminalE, including Irish/Celtic punkrock and KPOP, pop music romSouth Korea.

Her next show will eaturepopular music in Ruston. Car-roll said she is trying to inte-grate more Asian music so shecan appeal to Tech’s interna-tional students; there are more

than 650 international studentsrom 70 di erent countries.

“I eel like they’re more athome by giving them a voice,”Carroll said. “They have moreinsight into their culture.”

Taylor Michelle, a resh-man accounting major, said hewould be lost i he was not able

to hear music he grew up with.“I would probably die,” Mi-

chelle said. “I’d be wonderingwhy everyone was singing thissong and why haven’t I everheard it?”

Carroll said she wants “Ter-minal E” to help students gainan understanding o other cul-tures and their music.

“It’s important to respectother types o music,” Carrollsaid. “It gives you a better ap-preciation or what you like.”

Brasher said he has no in-terest in listening to any musicother than what he likes, whichis country.

“I like what I like,” Brashersaid. “I don’t care or it [other

music] so I wouldn’t listen to it.”“Terminal E” airs every Sun-

day rom 10 a.m. to midnight.The show’s Facebook page,Terminal E: 89.1 KLPI SpecialtyShow has a list o each week’s

show and upcoming events.Carroll said the playlist will

continue to grow and encour-ages everyone to make requestsor show and song ideas by call-ing KLPI at 318-257-3689.

“We kind o have somethingor everybody,” Carroll said.

“No matter what, at least onelittle part o the show will ap-peal to everyone.”


MOLLY BOWMANSta Reporter

President Barack Obama has un-veiled a new student loan plan that canpotentially lit some o the fnancialpressure o Tech students’ shoulders.

The new plan stipulates that maxi-mum required payments on studentloans will be reduced rom 15 percento discretionary income to 10 percentin order to reduce monthly paymentsor borrowers, according to MSNBC.com.

Roger Vick, director o student f-nancial aid, said this will really onlyeneft students taking out substan-

tially high loans.“It will give some people with high

orrowing levels some benefts, butyou have to remember there are a loto details that those fgures don’t tellyou,” Vick said. “You’ve got to be ontime and pay your loans regularly, andyou can’t have been in deault,” he said.

Anna Brewer,a sophomore pre-nursing major, saidsome students needto reconsider goingstraight to collegeater high school.

“It’s not the timeor all students to goto college becauseo the economicsituation, especiallyi you are going toschool and don’tknow what your ma-

jor will be,” she said.“Unless you can

aord it, you are ac-quiring a lot o debtand wasting moneyon what you are un-certain about. Stu-dents should workand save money to go to school whenthey are certain o their uture.”

By the end o the year, outstand-ing student loans arepredicted to reach$1 trillion, accordingto CBSNEWS.com.

Vick said someo the reasons orthis high fgure are

because many stu-dents borrow moneyto go to a schoolo their choice, notnecessarily to get aneducation.

“There are manyways to go to schoolthat can minimizecosts,” Vick said.“I you live near acommunity college,that’s a great startor students begin-

ning college that are not going to getscholarships. Their classes cost less

to attend, and it would make a lot o sense.”

In the past year, tuition costs haveincreased more than 8 percent at our-

year public universities, according toMSNBC.com.

Vick said 3,197 Tech students tookout loans this all.

“Costs o operating a universityhave gone up over the years,” Vicksaid. “It’s not just that everybody isgetting a big raise. It’s because utilitycosts go up, construction costs go upand maintenance costs go up. I thinkTech has done an admirable job o keeping their costs down.”

Some Tech students like KeshaJean-Batiste, a sophomore merchan-dising and consumer studies major,said she believes loans are a goodthing or students, but can bring themunexpected debt.

“In a way, it’s benefcial becausesometimes students don’t always havethe money to go to school,” she said.

“Loans allow you to not have to payor it all at once so students are ableto go to school. I was able to use loans

but didn’t realize how much debt that Iencountered.”

Student loans are the second larg-est source o household debt, accord-ing to MSNBC.com.

In order to succeed in paying o loans in a timelier manner, Vick saistudents need to lower their livinstandards.

“When students are in school, ishould be a liestyle choice,” he said.“They should be keeping their coststo a minimum as a student insteao borrowing to try to maintain a lie-style that they had at home with theiparents. Inconvenient and uncomort-able at times it may be, but it certainlysaves you rom a lot o borrowing ithe end.”


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Kaitlyn Carroll, a senior dic jockey at Tech’s KLPI, plays international music on her weekly show“Terminal E.” She said she thinks offering a variety of music is good for Ruston residents and helpsinternational students feel at home.

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Tech’s School o the Per-orming Arts hosted the 43rd

annual Louisiana Composers’Consortium Concert in theRecital Hall o Howard Cen-ter or the Perorming Arts onSunday.

Faculty and students romTech, University o Louisi-ana at Monroe and LouisianaSchool or Math, Science andthe Arts came to perorm inthis concert.

Joe L. Alexander, an associ-ate proessor o music at Tech,said the students have enjoyedworking on the pieces or thisconcert all quarter.

“We just love doing it; we re-ally do,” he said. “The groupslike to perorm, and they geta chance to show o. Plus,rom a student ensemble per-spective, you work or a wholequarter on something, and it’sno un just to play in a recital.They get a chance to play inront o the general public,which is always more un.”

Alexander has been a mem-er o the Louisiana Compos-

ers’ Consortium since 2002.His music has been perormedthroughout the United States

as well as Ecuador and Ger-many.

His composition “MarchThough Time” premiered this year at Tech’s Octubaest at

the end o October. “MarchThrough Time” was the open-ing number at the concert inthe Recital Hall.

Corey Green, a sophomoreinterior design major, said heloves coming to the music per-ormances at Tech.

“I always come to supportthe arts,” Green said. “I lovemusic so much.”

Alexander said one o therequirements o being a member o the consortium is tohost a recital at least once a year. He said he doesn’t knowexactly what the content o each recital will be every year.

“It’s completely up to theindividual people and whatthey bring,” he said. “Most o the time I have no idea whatthe pieces will be like. It’s parto the un. Also, it makes or aninteresting program trying tofgure out what would be goodollowing what.”

Valerie Lott, a reshmanmusic major, said she enjoyedthe student compositions. Thestudent compositions included“Winter Mellowy Night,” by

Tiany Woda and three duetsor the trombone and tuba byJosh Mattison.

“I think it’s cool to see theworks my peers produced,”

Lott said.Green said his avorite piece

o the concert was Woda’s“Winter Mellowy Night.”

“It reminded me o a kid ina certain way,” he said. “I couldpicture mysel in the snow. Itpainted a nice picture.”

Alexander said the concerthad a wide variety o piecesperormed at the concert – notwo pieces were the same.

“The program varied widelyrom a compositional style tovery conservative pieces,” hesaid. “You got a wide gamutrom a compositional stand-point. None o the pieces wereeven remotely similar to eachother by looking at what the in-dividual composers did.”

Some Tech students likeGreen ound the “Wood Cuts”perormance by Mel Mobleyintriguing. This perormanceincluded the cutting o paperwith a pair o scissors to createa unique composition. Greensaid he enjoyed it, and it gavehim inspiration to create hisown piece.

“I told mysel I was going

to compose a piece using thelight switch and a staple ma-chine ater seeing that peror-mance.”

Alexander said that or ev-ery recital, they try to playwhat hasn’t been recentlyplayed and then try to bringone brand new piece into the

program. Al Benner’s “Chaos”premiered at this concert. Itwas perormed on the piano byWesley Ducote rom the Loui-siana School or Math, Scienceand the Arts.

Lott said music is importantin lie, and it weaves people acommon thread.

“I think it’s something tha brings a lot o us together,” shesaid. “You don’t have to nec-essarily like the same kind o music, but most everyone en- joys music in general.”

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Reed and Metallica albumails to meet expectationsMARY TIMMONS

Associate Editor

Usually when two dierentmusicians combine their talents,they are capable o producinga unique sound that others canenjoy. Unortunately or Metal-lica and Lou Reed, that is notthe case.

Ater frst hearing about thealbum, “Lulu,” I was rather ex-cited. Metallica has produced

numerous Grammy-winning hitssince the early 90s. Then thereis Lou Reed who has had muchsuccess as a solo musician andwith The Velvet Underground.

With the collaboration o two renowned rock legends,how can this album not be asuccess? It wasn’t until I heardthe frst track that my excite-ment slowly dwindled down tonon-existent.

I you can make it through“Brandenburg Gate” withoutwanting to change to the nextsong, more power to you. Sadlyeven ater the frst track there isnot much to look orward to.

The tracks “The View” and

“Iced Honey” are not com-pletely atrocious, but they’re notexactly great either. I the albumwas not flled with songs thatare longer than seven minutes,I might have been able to orcemysel to enjoy it more.

Just when you think it’s over,there is an entire second partto the album. Listeners shouldnot get too excited about parttwo due to the act that there isone song that will take about 20minutes o your time.

It works out well though,

students can listen to the entiretrack “Junior Dad” while at-tempting to fnd a parking placewhere you won’t be ticketed. Itwouldn’t be so bad i the trackhad a decent chorus.

By the end o the song, allI wanted to do was pull the vo-calist up out o his “hal drown-ing” sorrows and ask him whatthe hell “sunny, a monkey thento monkey” actually means.The only point I actually gainedrom this track is that this is inact “the greatest disappoint-ment.”

This is honestly one o theworst collaborations I have everheard. These rock legends work

better separately. Next time,leave the collaborations to art-ists who know how to work withone other.

I you want to give the album a chance, be orewarnedabout the time you will neverget back and the $15 that youcould have spent paying o aparking ticket.

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ith a loved one now, so try to be patient. He moves let andyou move right. You move let and she moves right. Each timeyou bump into each other. Let the other person make the frstmove.

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yet something always seems to stand in the way o the plan.Instead o trying to sidestep your way into the picture, take a

direct approach. I you don’t try, you’re just as bad o as iyou’d tried and ailed. Go or it.

LeoJul 23 - Aug 22You may eel the urge to put your loved one on a pedestal today.You want to see him or her as the perect mate or you. You’rewilling to go to great lengths to bring this person pleasure.You’re wearing your rose-colored glasses, so very little willconvince you o anything but the act that things are perectand beautiul.

VirgoAug 23 - Sep 22Romance isn’t going perectly or you. Things may be a bitunclear in this realm. Events may crop up today that will makeit hard or you to ignore the issue any longer. Communicationis key to helping you sort through the eelings associated withthese issues. Don’t be too judgmental in your approach.

LibraSep 23 - Oct 22Love and romance are most certainly in the cards today. Playthe hand you’re dealt and you should come away rom the tablevictorious. There’s some transormation that may take placeregarding issues o the heart. Don’t compromise yoursel inany way. Settle or nothing but the best. This is a day to shine.

ScorpioOct 23 - Nov 21Issues regarding romance could be a big part o the picturetoday. The scales could tip either way in terms o your successat this game. The decision is up to you. You’re probably better

o keeping things light and entertaining. Reveal the scope oyour passionate and powerul emotions on another day

SagittariusNov 22 - Dec 21Matters o the heart are in your avor today. You should prepareor a day ull o social activities and good conversation. Yourcreative spirit may also be heightened. You can’t go wrongpicking the right item in a clothing store or ea market. Yourtaste or the elegant is impeccable, so eel ree to indulge.

CapricornDec 22 - Jan 19You might ocus on romance today, but it’s possible that you’rehaving problems fguring out a way to express your eelings.There’s power inuencing the scene, and certainly no short-age o passion. You might fnd that there’s a bit o superfcialityto the situation that makes it hard to commit with all o yourenergy.

AquariusJan 20 - Feb 18When it comes to issues regarding romance, don’t hold backtoday. Things are working in your avor. You shouldn’t hesitateto act orceully and confdently. Show others that you’re seri-ous. Don’t back down as things heat up even more. This is asign that things are progressing in your avor and you shouldn’tmistake this intensity or anything but true passion.

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tion systems, said some of theideas were well thought out, butit makes him wonder what he willsee presented at the NVC.

“It makes me ask the obviousquestion—if this is so obvious,why hasn’t it been done?” Shimsaid. “Is anyone already doing it?”

He also said students have fo-cused great effort on their ideas,

but he believes students should beable to address their ideas objec-tively from the larger perspectiveof the marketplace.

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sponsor helpful business planningseminars in the months before thechampionship.

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>TOP DAWG from pg. 1

pleworth said. “We just made a 5-mile loop.Our next ride should have about 200 peo-ple.”

Cormier said participating in a large ridewith a common purpose is a special experi-ence that can really spark change.

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being hit by a car and being able to look over your shoulder and see a line of riders side- by-side taking up two blocks,” Cormier said.

Stoppleworth and other cyclists are cur-rently looking into fundraisers that wouldallow them to put up cautionary signs ordesignate biking lanes.

“If you can make your presence known,then people will get your point,” Stopple-worth said.

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C E N S O R E D

Retroactive bill threatensuser-generated contentMARY TIMMONS & TAYLOR STEPHENS

Associate Editor & Contributing Editor

eore LimeWire, beore KaZaa, beoreNapster, beore the Internet even be-came a way to mingle with strangers

across the globe, there was no threat tocopyrights or trademarks online. Therewas barely a need to worry about wheth-er or not the Internet would become anuncontrollable orce.

However, the Internet has become anentity that can’t be stopped. No amounto protection will prevent inormation o

any kind rom going online.In September, the Protect IP Act came orward as a

retroactive means or the govern-ment to prevent the illegal distri-

bution o copyrighted content, ac-cording to DemandProgress.org.

David Segal, executive direc-tor or Demand Progress, said in acolumn in The Oregonian that theU.S. attorney general will have allthe power when deciding whichwebsites meet the criteria or IP

ban.

“It aims to permanently changeour digital landscape,” Segal said.“That’s why we’re calling it what itis: The Internet Blacklist Bill.”

Though not an immediate ac-tion, Demand Progress states thatthe bill could allow censorship o the Internet as a whole, blockingall sites that employ user-generat-ed content to stay aoat – such asYouTube, Tumblr and Twitter.

Caroline Koper, a sophomore biomedical engineering major,said it a contradiction or our gov-ernment to push or other nations to remain open onthe Internet, while the U.S. seems to be aiming to dothe opposite this own country.

“The Senate rationalizes it by saying that the cen-sorship will prevent criminal activity, but censoring theInternet isn’t going to make the nation anymore securethan it already is,” Koper said.

She said the simple introduction o this bill is shock-ing to her.

“I’m at a loss or words,” she said. “I don’t under-stand their reasoning or wanting this.”

The Protect IP Act is largely supported by members o the U.S. Congress. However, Oregon Sen. RonWyden has outwardly opposed the Internet BlacklistBill and has put a hold on bill, blocking it rom passagethis session.

“The Internet represents the shipping lane o the21st century,” Wyden said in a statement. “It is increas-ingly in America’s economic interest to ensure that theInternet is a viable means or American innovation,commerce and the advancement o our ideals thatempower people around the world.”

In the statement, Wyden also said the Protect IP Actpresents itsel as a threat to our economic uture and toour international objectives.

However, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who present-

ed the bill to the U.S. Senate, said in the introduction o the bill that it is merely a way to protect the rights o companies and their copyrighted material.

“[It’s a measure to] protect the investment Ameri-can companies make in developing brands and creat-ing content,” Leahy said. “[It will also] protect the jobsassociated with those investments.”

Some, like Segal, aren’t convinced that the InternetBlacklist Bill is all too great.“More than 400,000 Americans have urged their

lawmakers to oppose the bill,” Segal said in his column.“But ultimately, we are depending on lawmakers, likeSen. Wyden to make the fnal decisions and deend ourrights.”

Even with a decent percentage o Americans in op-position, senators like Leahy remain convinced that the

bill is in the best interest o everyone.Koper said she doesn’t un-

derstand why more people don’tknow about this bill, and the actthat they don’t is enough to ques-tion it.

“I think it’s outrageous that thepublic is unaware o this situa-tion,” she said. “It seems like it’s

been kept under the radar.”Taylor Holton, a reshman psy-

chology major, said the American

government has tried a number o times in the past to create a sorto censorship or the Internet, buteach time a new bill or act is in-troduced, it is almost immediatelyshot down.

“I’m not worried because ithasn’t worked so ar, but there’salways the chance that it maygo through,” Holton said. “I thisgoes through, it will be a disgraceto democracy.”

Despite the lack o attention bymany Americans, the bill has cap-

tured the attention o larger names.Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist and

inventor o the World Wide Web, said on Demand-Progress.org that the inability to recognize what theInternet truly is about is where the lack o heed orreedom o speech originates.

“We all use the web now or all kinds o parts o ourlives, some trivial, some critical to our lie as part o asocial world,” Berners-Lee said. “In the spirit o going

back to Magna Carta, we require a principle that: Noperson or organization shall be deprived o their abilityto connect to others at will without due process o law,with the presumption o innocence until ound guilty.Neither governments nor corporations should be al-lowed to use disconnection rom the Internet as a wayo arbitrarily urthering their own aims.”

Whether or not the inventor o the World Wide Webcan say enough to protect the use o user-generated-content-based websites remains unknown, but witha larger portion o Americans – and others – takingnote o the Protect IP Act, the question o whetheror not this bill will be supported or long is sure to beanswered.

Email comments to

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facts:The

The bill itsel: Bill S. 3840, the Combating Online In-

fringement and Counterfeits Act (CO-

ICA) otherwise known as the Internet

Blacklist Bill

COICA’s purpose: The attorney general can add Internet

domain names to the blacklist with a

court order.

Saety benefts: The bill would provide security from

legal liability as well as reducing copy-

right infringements on the web.

Enorcement: If any party served with an order by

the attorney general fails to comply, a

lawsuit against the party could be led.

“The Senate rationalized it

by saying that the censor-

ship will prevent criminal

activity, but censoringthe Internet isn’t going to

make the nation anymore

secure than it already is.”

CAROLINE KOPFLER

sophomore biomedicalengineering major

Those in avor: Supporters of the COICA include the

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Motion

Picture Association of America, Screen

Actors Guild and Viacom.

Those opposed: Politicians Ron Wyden and David Segal

are among those who don’t want the

bill to pass.

Websites in danger: Any website containing copyrighted

material could be blocked. Sites such

as YouTube, Twitter and Tumblr would

be at risk.

Eects on society: With the ability to block websites, this

bill could have an enormous impact on

popular sites and material users post

and share.

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Dawgs just

inches rom

being bowl

eligible

FROM THE SPORTS DESK

FROM THE SPORTS DESKANNA CLAIRE THOMAS with

The Bulldog ootball teahave been inches rogreatness all season long.

Whether it be a two-point heartbreaker on the roato Southern Miss or a stunning

blown lead to a now undeeateHouston squad at home, Techhas had its air share o ups andowns during its 2011 cam-paign.

Tech ans were starting towonder i their team was on theverge o being diagnosed with

bipolar disorder.But something strange hap-

pened between all the turmoiand heartbreak that comes dur-ing a rebuilding year.

Tech put together a team, de-spite detrimental injuries to thei

key oensive guys, that learnehow to win in the most dire situ-ations.

And not only have theylearned how to win, but theyhave become something no onecould have ever expected thistime two months ago: road war-riors.

The Bulldogs have won oustraight games, turning a disma1-4 record into an above .5005-4 record with a real possibil-ity o becoming bowl eligible byseason’s end.

The Bulldogs have run roone extreme to the other i2011 as they have squeaked ouclose victories just when theyneeded them the most.

Tech also put the rest o theconerence on high alert atedemolishing Western AthleticConerence oe Fresno State oFresno’s home tur to take a gi-ant leap orward in the coner-ence standings.

The remaining three gameshave the Bulldogs in a promis-ing position to be a serious con-tender or not only a bowl game,

but also a WAC championship.With a winable game on the

road against a struggling SECopponent in the Ole Miss Reb-els and two more conerencegames let on the schedule, in-cluding a game at Nevada, Techseems poised to nish the sea-son o stronger than ever.

It is likely the Nov. 26 home

game against New Mexico Stateat the Joe will be the key victorythis team needs to get over thehump and head to its rst bowgame since 2008, when thehead coach Derek Dooley lethe ’Dogs to the IndependenceBowl title in Shreveport.

Anna Claire Thomas is a senio journalism major from Monroe wh serves as co-sports editor. Emai comments to [email protected].

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BASKETBALL

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UPCOMING ATHLETICS

SARAH BROWN

Co-Sports Editor

Ater deeating Fresno State 41-21 inthe annual “Battle o the Bone” game,the Bulldogs will hit the road to play OleMiss at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Ole Miss is coming o o a 30-13loss at Kentucky and currently stands2-7, while the Bulldogs are on a our-game winning streak and are seekingtheir th straight win. Tech currentlystands 5-4, and the Bulldogs will beowl eligible i they win Saturday night.

The University o Mississippi Ath-letics Director Pete Boone announcedMonday that this is the nal season orhead coach Houston Nutt.

Head coach Sonny Dykes gave Nutta lot o credit or his coaching through-out the years.

“He has obviously been a very suc-cessul head coach and has won at a loto dierent places through his career,”Dykes said. “You hate to see it happenduring the season.”

Dykes said his team would ocus onwinning Saturday’s game and nothingelse.

“All we can control is what happensto us,” Dykes said. “We don’t care abouttheir situation, and we just have to takecare o business on our end and get ourguys ready to play. This game is goingto excite our players, because anytimeyou go on the road to ace an SEC team,it is exciting. We want to see how westack up against a Southeastern Coner-ence team, and our guys will be readyto play.”

Senior linebacker Adrien Cole saidhe expects Ole Miss to be a challengeater the recent coaching changes.

“I see a team that looks to bounce back ater the recent release o their

head coach,” Cole said. “I think the play-ers are going to come hard this weekand try to make a statement. We areactually a good team coming out herepreparing, and I don’t expect anything

less than a hard ought battle.”Dykes said the Bulldogs’ road suc-

cess is based on getting out and makingplays happen.

“We have seven road games, and wehave to embrace it,” Dykes said. “Ourguys decided early on that it doesn’thelp sitting around talking about longplane rides, and that it just matters to goout and play the game. It is a rst classoperation, staying in good hotels, eatinggood meals and treating the players theright way. It helps with their mentalitythat we do it that way. I kind o like it,and our players do too.”

Dykes said condence and gettingcomortable has helped junior quarter-

back Colby Cameron with his recentsuccess.

“I talked to Terry Bradshaw a coupleo weeks ago, and Terry told me thatthe best thing that happened to him wasthat he got the job and didn’t play welland got pulled and watched the gamerom the sideline,” Dykes said. “Whenhe got a chance to watch the game romthe sideline, it made him a better quar-terback. He was able to see how theother guy handled things. I think Colbylearned rom watching Nick (Isham),and I think Nick is benetting now romwatching Colby. I do think that there isa lot o knowledge and experience thatcan be gained rom sitting back andwatching the other guy.”

Saturday’s game will be shown onCox Sports Television and live stats will

be available via Gametracker located onlatechsports.com.


ANNA CLAIRE THOMAS

Co-Sports Editor

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters are poised to startthe 2011-12 season o with much success when they takeon Missouri State at 7 p.m. Friday in the Thomas AssemblyCenter in what is sure to be a must-see meeting or Tech ans.

The Lady Techsters wrapped up preseason play Tuesdayas they successully handled Delta State 61-48 in their lastexhibition beore taking to the court or the rst time this allin a regular season match-up.

The Techsters are looking to pick up where they let o last season ater notching a 24-8 overall record in 2010-11and earning its 27th NCAA tournament berth in the pro-gram’s history.

Tech is looking or a productive season out o their upper-classmen ater losing a xture on the team in All-AmericanAdrienne Johnson and three other key senior leaders.

The Lady Techsters are sure to bring plenty o experienceto the court in 2011-12 as they are returning ve seniors tothe court in guards Jasmine Bendolph, Whitney Jones, KiaraYoung and Angie Felton and also orward Shantale Bramble-Donaldson.

To go along with ve seniors on her squad, head coachTeresa Weatherspoon has added a handul o resh aces,with our reshmen added to the roster.

Missouri State, a team out o the Missouri Valley Coner-ence, will roll into Ruston coming o one o its most pro-ductive seasons that saw the Lady Bears go 24-11 last year.

Tech ans unable to attend can catch all the action onGametracker on latechsports.com while subscribers can seethe game streamed live on LATech All-Access.

The game will also be broadcasts on the radio on ESPN97.7 FM or Tech ans wanting to keep track o all the action.

All Lady Techster ans new and old are encouraged toattend the matchup and watch as Tech looks to deend their

home court.


MEDIA RELATIONS

Louisiana Tech

With a possible bowl berth on theline, Louisiana Tech will be hostingNew Mexico State in its nal regular

season game o the year on Saturday,Nov. 26 at 3 p.m. at Joe Aillet Stadium.Although the game will be played

during the Thanksgiving break, Loui-siana Tech students are encouragedto return to campus or the importantWestern Athletic Conerence contestwhich could determine the leaguechampionship and the Bulldogs post-season plans.

A number o promotions areplanned exclusively or Tech studentsor the game, including a ree pig roastin the DawgPound (Hideaway Park)starting at noon as ree ood will beserved while supplies lasts.

In addition to the ood, Tech Athlet-ics will also provide a live band or en-tertainment in the DawgPound as well.

Free items will also be given awaythroughout the game to Tech students

in attendance.The residence halls on campus will

also be opened starting at noon on thatSaturday.

’Dogs plan to run past ChoctawsREINA KEMPT

Sports Reporter

The men’s basketball team is preparing or itsrst regular season game against the MississippiCollege Choctaws and their game plan is to runthem o the court, literally.

The two teams will ace o at 3 p.m. Sunday atthe Thomas Assembly Center.

With a new coach comes a new style o play;head coach Michael White has built this youngteam around running.

Ater surviving a scare last week in an exhibitiongame against Texas A&M-Kingsville, the Bulldogsare looking to regroup and prepare themselves orthe next match.

Lonnie Smith, a sophomore guard, said it washard to adapt to White’s new style o play aterspending most o last year getting comortableplaying the way ormer head coach Kerry Ruppwanted.

“I spent a lot o time last year getting used toRupp’s style but this year it is completely dierent,”Smith said. “It is very challenging to adapt.”

Smith has ocused his summer around prepar-ing or a new season. Pick-up games and strenu-ous weight liting have played a major part o himgetting better ater getting his rst taste o college

basketball last year.He said most o the teams they have playedagainst in the past were not running teams. TheBulldogs want to use that to their advantage. Thelast time Smith could recall running so much was inhigh school when running was a key actor in bas-ketball games.

“There were no WAC teams playing ast,” Smithsaid. “We want to take that to our advantage.”

Smith says White’s main oensive ocus is justrunning the foor and everyone playing their game.They have no specic go-to player. Smith said he

believes that is why White recruited so many quick young men.

Freshmen like Raheem Appleby and KennethSmith has proven to be two o the quickest guys onthe squad.

J.L. Lewis, a junior center/orward, said thoughthey plan to run, White’s overall ocus is deense.Being deensive-minded is a mindset that is dier-ent than what Smith and Lewis were built aroundlast season.

Both Lewis and Smith said they completely un-derstand and buy into what White has been teach-ing them. Lewis added that he believes Tech answill be shocked with their progress once the seasonis underway.

“We are really underestimated but I think theans are going to be shocked this year,” Lewis said.“We have really been working hard.”

Though Mississippi College is a Division IIIschool, it has proven to be quite the competitoragainst bigger name programs. Last season it camewithin three points o upsetting the University o New Orleans.

With a challenging schedule ahead, Lewis saidthey look to take the season one game at a time.“Every game leads to the next one,” Lewis said.

“Everything just goes together, preparing or thisgame is just like preparing or the next and or Ar-kansas.”

These opening games ew games will be a testto see where the program stands and the Bulldogsare condent that their team is more prepared thananyone expected.


Promotionsset or Tech

students or

NMSU game

Techsters set for season debut

Junior wide receiver Quinton Patton is met by his teammates after catching oneof his two touchdowns against Fresno State. The Bulldogs will travel to play OleMiss at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

Photo by Dalton Runberg

Freshman guard Kenneth Smith is one of many under-classmen on the team this season. The Bulldogs tip off at3 p.m. Sunday in the TAC against Mississippi College.

Photo by Kyle Kight

Senior guard Jasmine Bendolph runs the court in an ex-

hibition game. The season kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday in the Thomas Assembly Center as the Techsters take onMissouri State.

Photo courtesy of Media Relations

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