Former NFL player Michael Clayton will return to the place he credits with making him the man he is today to sign his fi rst self-published book at the Uni-versity’s bookstore.

Clayton, who grew up in Baton Rouge, played football for Christian Life Academy and went on to play for LSU before beginning his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Giants.

His book, “Chasing My Rookie Year,” details the chal-lenges, achievements and divine interventions in his life as an

NFL and even a United Football League (UFL) player.

“The people of Louisiana and my supporters here are the reason why I am the man that I am today,” Clayton said.

He said it’s an honor to be welcomed back to campus and to be shown so much love more than 10 years after graduation.

The former NFL player’s in-spiration for his book came from his belief that the best teaching point is helping others learn from his mistakes.

He said he always wanted to write a book because he knew he was on this journey for a great reason; but not knowing how he would end it postponed any writing.

“I never had the ending, so it was just a thought until God took me on a spiritual jour-ney,” Clayton said. “It was life

changing for me, and he gave me an ending: winning a Super Bowl with the New York Giants.”

Leading up to writing the book, Clayton said there was a defi nitive turning point in his life, which he attributes to his godmother. he said she has al-ways been his liaison to God.

“She called me one day af-ter my rookie year crying, and she said to me, ‘Michael you are about to go through hell. You’re going to go through the fi re,’” he recalled. “She warned me about the fi re, but she also warned me, ‘Find your purpose in life, stick close to God and he will see you through.’”

Clayton said he spent seven years in a fi re stoked by ridicule and media attention.

“I knew God wasn’t going

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Celebration for MLK kicks off MondayMichael TarverContributing Writer

The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the National Pan-Hel-lenic Council have collaborated on a weeklong celebration including speeches, a candlelight vigil and a day of service to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mass communication junior and President of NPHC Domi-nique McShan is one of the people responsible for planning the can-dlelight vigil, and he expressed his excitement for the events taking place from Jan. 20 to 24.

The newly completed African American Cultural Center will be utilized for the fi rst time for a re-ception after the vigil, and it will serve as a physical representation of the University’s support of the events.

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Former Tiger football player holds book signing in BRSigning will be at campus bookstoreAlexis RebennackContributing Writer

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Former LSU football player Michael Clayton will hold a book signing event tonight at the University bookstore for his � rst self-published book.BOOK SIGNING, see page 11

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Signs on black tents warn of dangerous asbestos being removed from the tunnels underneath LSU’s campus. Facility Services associate executive director Dave Maharrey said the traces of asbestos released from the vent are too small to cause any harm to students. MLK, see page 11

F acility Services began the pro-cess of cleaning asbestos from the steam tunnels under the Stu-

dent Union last week. While the as-bestos, which had insulated the pipes in the underground tunnel, isn’t harm-ful to students passing above, Dave Maharrey, associate executive direc-tor of Facility Services, said removing the asbestos will make repairs easier.

Maharrey said the task will last three weeks and aims to “increase effi ciency and save energy.” Once the project is complete, repairing the pipes will require far fewer resources in the form of protective gear, he said. Maharrey said current repairs are te-dious because of the required protec-tion against hazardous materials.

Maharrey explained the asbes-tos in the tunnels has become friable, meaning it has deteriorated into par-ticles small enough to implant them-selves into the recesses of people’s throats and lungs if inhaled. Ma-harrey said asbestos in this form is carcinogenic.

Vincent Wilson, School of the Coast and Environment undergradu-ate programs director, said mesothe-lioma, a severe cancer, is the signature disease caused by asbestos.

“The problem with asbestos is the

ASBESTOS, see page 11

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University cleans tunnels of asbestosO� cials found traces of asbestos too small to be harmful for students

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Vatican comes under sharp criticism for sex abuse scandal

GENEVA (AP) — After decades of accusations that its culture of secrecy contributed to priest sex abuse, the Vatican was forced for the fi rst time Thursday to defend its record in public and at length.

In a stuffy U.N. conference room before an obscure human rights committee, the Holy See was interrogated for eight hours about the scale of abuse and what it was doing to prevent it.

The Vatican was compelled to appear before the committee as a signatory to the U.N. Convention for the Rights of the Child.UN warns against delayed action on rising threat of global warming

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts are warning that the level of global warming gases is rising rapidly, and delaying action will reduce options for dealing with the worst impacts of climate change.

The fi ndings were in the fi nal draft of a report by the Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N.-sponsored body that pro-vides the scientifi c basis for cli-mate negotiations.

The report says that global warming will continue to increase unless countries shift quickly to clean energy and cut emissions.

Newtown Sandy Hook gunman apparently called radio in 2011

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The man who carried out the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre apparently called a radio station a year earlier to discuss the 2009 mauling of a Connecticut woman by a chimpanzee.

The caller believed to be Adam Lanza speaks softly on a show on the University of Oregon’s campus radio station and blames “civiliza-tion” for the animal’s attack.

The 20-year-old man killed 20 children and six adults at the school in Newtown on Dec. 14, 2012.

Congress again cuts funding for horse slaughterhouse inspections

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Congress has again cut funding for inspections at horse slaughter-houses, the latest blow to efforts to resume horse slaughter in the U.S.

Congress on Thursday passed a $1.1 trillion budget bill that pro-hibits the Department of Agricul-ture from spending money for in-spectors at equine facilities.

The last domestic horse slaughterhouses closed in 2007, a year after Congress fi rst cut fund-ing for the inspections.

Animal protection groups ap-plaud the vote.

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PRAGUE (AP) — Czech investiga-tors have discovered explosives at the Palestinian Embassy complex in Prague where a possibly booby-trapped safe killed the ambassador on Jan. 1, police said Thursday.

Police found 12 illegal weapons following the explosion that killed Ambassador Jamal al-Jamal, but this is the fi rst time that authorities said explosives also were found in the new complex that includes the em-bassy and the ambassador’s home.

It remains unclear what caused the safe to explode.

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Google develops contact lens that can monitor glucose levels in tears

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google unveiled Thursday a contact lens that monitors glucose levels in tears, a potential reprieve for millions of diabetics who have to jab their fi ngers to draw their own blood as many as 10 times a day.

The prototype, which Google says will take at least fi ve years to reach consumers, is one of several medical devices being designed by companies to make glucose moni-toring for diabetic patients more convenient and less invasive.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — How do you slice a birthday cake for elephants?

You don’t — the elephant honoree gets an entire cake.

At least, that’s what the Audu-bon Zoo did Thursday for Panya’s 50th birthday.

The Asian elephant got one complete chocolate cake. The zoo’s other Asian elephant, 41-year-old Jean, got another.

Other presents included pumpkins and melons.

Both pachyderms wore giant party hats.

Panya came to the zoo in 1980. Jean, has been there since 1978.Judge jails Orleans Parish DA spokesman over gag order

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state trial judge has jailed the spokesman for Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro.

The Times-Picayune reports that Judge Frank Marullo ordered Christopher Bowman jailed for speaking to the press about a de-cades-old murder case in violation of a gag order.

Records show Bowman was booked at 3 p.m. Thursday after-noon.

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South Louisiana is known across the world for its diverse ecosystem of wetlands, bayous and the delta of the Mississippi River. Such a unique environ-ment comes with its fair share of challenges.

DredgeFest Louisiana, a weeklong symposium explor-ing the ramifications of human manipulation of sediment in the south Louisiana environment, was held at the University this week.

The University played host to various workshops to raise awareness of the issues of disap-pearing wetlands and the poten-tial solutions being developed by scientists across the nation.

Bradley Cantrell, associ-ate professor and director of the School of Landscape Architec-ture, said Louisiana was chosen as the site for DredgeFest be-cause of its unique geography, and his department was eager to take part in the event.

“All dredging means is taking dirt from the river and moving it somewhere else,” Cantrell said. “This event is to raise awareness to a greater potential good we can do with moving the earth around.”

Cantrell said events of the week focused on ways to use dredged materials to help rebuild disappearing land in south Loui-siana.

“Because the Mississippi River is being held in place by all these levees, it is not distributing sediment to the land surrounding the river and is causing erosion on a large scale,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell said solutions ranged from small-scale systems that alter the flow of sediment in the river to larger projects which would alter the design of levees

to make them more friendly to the surrounding environment.

Brett Milligan, professor of landscape architecture at Univer-sity of California-Davis, is one of the founders of the Dredge Research Collaborative, the main organization responsible for DredgeFest.

Milligan said hosting the event in Louisiana is special be-cause sedimentary issues seem to be on the minds of its residents more than in other places.

“The Mississippi River is a massive watershed and drains a large portion of the United States,” Milligan said. “All that sediment is carried down here and has helped shape the culture and environment.”

Milligan said there has been a shift in thinking in regards to using dredged materials, and that is where the DRC is trying to make a difference.

“People have realized that

dredged sediment is a resource that we can actually use to save the environment rather than just a mound of useless dirt,” Milligan said.

Milligan said as much as humans have altered the envi-ronment negatively, we have the potential to make it right.

“DredgeFest is designed to help us be more aware of the changes humans have made and to bring together the people who know how to solve these problems,” Milligan said. “We can work more intelligently and better affect the environment around us; that is what we’re all about.”

Over winter break, the UREC set the tone for renovations to come, progressing on expansion plans that had been unveiled last year.

Projects to be completed involve expanding the River Road sports fields to include four softball fields and eight multipurpose fields, adding more than 300 two-hour parking spaces and replacing tennis courts to the north end of the UREC and the 150,000 square foot expansion, according to

UREC director Laurie Braden’s construction report.

Three projects should be completed this semester.

Weather permitting, the park-ing expansion and tennis court con-struction should be complete by the middle of this semester, according to Braden’s construction report.

Braden said she is excited for students to be able to access the new courts and the UREC with the additional two-hour parking.

The new sports fields will be ready for use in summer 2014, Braden said.

Students will be able to enjoy pieces of the project as the total construction progresses, and they will begin to see returns on their investments, she said.

Around spring break, the

UREC larger-scale expansion will take place, and the total expansion will be completed in 2016.

The main UREC entrance will move to the south side of the build-ing, and the climbing gym will be taken off temporarily. The change will start around spring break, Braden said in the construction re-port.

“Our students are going to have the most cutting edge college recreation facility in the country,” Braden said.

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Three UREC projects to finish this semester

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Construction workers continue to update the UREC fields Thursday afternoon.

DredgeFest explores methods to save the wetlandsWilliam MorrisContributing Writer

Construction to be completed in stagesFernanda Zamudio-SuarezSenior Reporter

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A new church near campus, Progression Church, held its first service Sunday with 77 people in attendance. The church invites the millennial generation to take a sim-ple approach to religion.

The Sunday service proved a positive start for the church, said Lead Pastor Brian Crain. The church advertised its opening by sending fliers to the Baton Rouge community and posting on its Facebook page. The service also attracted some passersby near cam-pus, Crain said.

Progression Church, exempli-fying its name, started when six families moved to Baton Rouge to start the new church with a spe-cial focus and emphasis on “pro-gressing” toward being like Jesus Christ, Crain said. While the target demographic is people born be-tween 1980 and 2000, the church encourages all people to join, Crain said.

The normal Sunday service consists of three parts. The begin-ning to a normal Sunday is a gen-eral service including song and music, followed by preaching or “responding to the word.” The ser-vice ends with an opportunity to give to the church.

The church is funded par-tially by the Louisiana Baptist Convention, other churches and

out-of-pocket funds from the lead-ers of the church.

Being primarily modeled after a Baptist church service, Progres-sion maintains many of the same ideals, Crain said. The difference between Progression and many others churches is the simple ap-proach of evolving into a Christ-like figure.

“We want to come across as real and genuine,” Crain said. “Wherever you are in your faith journey, we have a place for you.”

Crain said the leaders of Pro-gression conducted a significant amount of research prior to start-ing the church to ensure a success-ful following. Being close to the University seemed to be a logical choice to reach the target audience, Crain said.

Crain said while many church-es across the country have not ac-cepted people from different walks of life, Progression does not dis-criminate against anyone.

“Just because we don’t agree, doesn’t mean we won’t love you,” Crain said.

As well as conducting weekly services, Progression posts videos of its sermons on its website with bible readings displayed across the screen.

The LSU Foundation’s pro-posed building will be the first to be erected for the University’s Nicholson Gateway Project.

LSU Foundation director of Communications and Donor Rela-tions Sara Crow said the proposed two-story building is part of a broader strategy to increase dona-tions to the University, especially those to the endowment.

The LSU Foundation attracts and manages charitable donations to the University. The foundation’s office is currently located on West Lakeshore Drive.

The Nicholson Gateway Proj-ect will be a mixed-use center located on the last undeveloped tract of land on the University’s campus across from Tiger Stadi-um, as previously reported by The Daily Reveille.

Crow said although more do-nations to the LSU Foundation are non-endowed, “endowed dona-tions are better because they pro-vide perpetual aid.”

Crow explained that “99 per-cent of donations are donor di-rected,” meaning most of the time, donors will specify where their money will go. The new building, she said, will be financed through nondonor-directed donations

Because the building will be financed through nondonor-direct-ed donations, the money will not be taken from money allotted for scholarships, Crow said.

The LSU Foundation’s web-site details the strategic plan that will direct its efforts: invest in peo-ple, redesign organization and op-erations, strengthen cross-campus collaboration and execute large-scale fundraising efforts. Crow said the new building will help achieve all four priorities. Cur-rently, the LSU Foundation staff is scattered at four different places around campus, making it hard-er to coordinate fundraising ef-forts, Crow said. She said the new

building will help efforts on the back end, like IRS compliance, in addition to front-end efforts like at-tracting new donors.

The building’s proximity to Tiger Stadium and the prominence that comes with its location is a fo-cal point for the LSU Foundation, Crow said.

She said peer organizations to the LSU Foundation at the Uni-versity of Florida and Texas A&M University have fundraising build-ings across from their respective football stadiums and attribute some of their success to the promi-nence the location gives them.

Crow pointed out these peers have much larger endowments than the LSU Foundation and hopes it can achieve the same kind of success. She said the LSU Foun-dation considers them a model in that regard.

The LSU Foundation is ex-pected to break ground this sum-mer with completion projected for 2016.

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The Nicholson Gateway, a 28-acre site located across from Tiger Stadium, will feature mixed-use retail housing, a student residential district and retail space, according to the project’s executive summary.

Part of Nicholson Gateway ProjectJames richardsStaff Writer

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New church focuses on simple approachSocial media plays important roleMichael tarverContributing Writer

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The LSU swimming and div-ing team is set to take on Texas A&M on Saturday in what will be a senior day meet for both squads.

LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer said that senior day is his favorite dual meet of the year as it allows LSU to send off ath-letes who have represented the program well.

Geyer also noted the impor-tance of overcoming the emotion that senior day can bring and put-ting out a good performance.

Texas A&M is ranked No. 2 in the country on the women’s side, and the squad includes Cammile Adams , who competed

in the 2012 Olympics.“[Texas] A&M is a top 5 pro-

gram in the country on the wom-en’s side, and on the men’s side they have a strong senior class. ... It’s going to be a heck of a dual meet on that side,” Geyer said.

The LSU men are coming off a 185-112 win against SMU , while the women joined in on the victory against Oklahoma Baptist on Jan. 11 .

Senior diver Sean McKinney was a huge part of both of those victories, earning him Southeast-ern Conference Male Diver of the Week honors.

“I think it’s very deserving for Sean,” said LSU diving coach Doug Shaffer in a press release. “He’s broken the record two times this year so it’s a show of

his improvement. We came off a grueling schedule. He deserved it another time this year, but he has continued to persevere and even-tually it came around. I’m proud of him for continuing to push and try to reach his goals.”

McKinney broke the school record on the 3-meter with a score of 425.70 against Okla-homa Baptist . This is the second time this season that McKinney has broken the record. In the meet against SMU, McKinney fi nished second on the 1-meter with a score of 349.35 and third on the 3-meter with a 360.23 .

However, both the women ‘s and men’s squads are going into Saturday’s matchup at less than

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Can’t Touch This

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) stares down a referee Jan. 4 following a call during the Tigers’ 74-70 loss to the University of Rhode Island Rams in the PMAC.

After stepping off the court at the conclusion of each game, LSU junior guard Anthony Hickey expects a call from his father, Anthony Hickey Sr.

“He don’t ever tell me the good things,” Hickey joked. “[He] always tells me what I do bad on defense.”

Specifi cally, Hickey Sr. chides his son’s propensity to use his hands while defending, a more critical mistake now that the

NCAA rule changes regarding fouls are in place.Referees began a crackdown on handchecks and outlined

a more rigid interpretation of the block-charge rule this season, resulting in early season games plagued by numerous whistles.

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Players, coaches adjust to new rules

SWIMMING AND DIVING

LSU faces A&M on senior dayJack ChascinSports Contributor

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LSU diver Sean McKinney is one of 13 graduating seniors competing in their last home meet on Saturday.SENIOR DAY, see page 7

Sunday’s games could end in upsets

This is the fi rst time in re-cent memory the two conference championship games have come down to the four best teams in the league.

There are only two days of football games left, but with these matchups, the season is primed to go out with a bang. So sit back and enjoy it while it lasts.

My apologies in advance for costing the teams I picked a trip to the Super Bowl.

All of the attention leading up to this game has focused on the matchup between quarter-backs Peyton Manning and Tom Brady .

It’s not a surprise, of course,

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LSU will look to brush off whatever frost remains from a chilly winter break and start its season out hot in a doubleheader Sunday at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium .

The No. 66 Lady Tigers play host to Nicholls State at noon followed by Southern Univer-sity . The events mark the season-opening match-es for all three schools.

Coach Julia Sell ’s squad has been practicing on campus since the fi rst week of January , giving LSU added time to prepare for the spring slate.

“[Tuesday ] was the fi rst day where I felt like they were start-ing to get sick of practicing and knew it’s time to play,” Sell said.

Perhaps benefi ting the most from the early practice start was freshman Joana Vale Costa , who joined the Lady Tigers this spring.

The Lisbon, Portugal, native

joins three other freshmen on the team — Skylar Holloway, Gabri-elle Otero and Abigail Owens . Separating Costa from the latter is that Sunday will be her debut in the purple and gold.

But Sell noticed another sep-aration about Costa from the mo-ment she recruited her — Costa ’s attitude and pride.

“She had a tiger on her phone,” Sell said. “She had it on her Facebook page. She’s almost more prideful of LSU right now than our kids that have been here a while. That says a lot.”

Whatever nerves Costa or the other freshmen feel Sunday will

be a constructive thing, Sell said. Playing in front of family and friends is a new pressure Sell prefers the Lady Tigers ex-perience on their home court be-fore traveling on

the road, she said.Ending with a 9-16 record

last spring , improvement is LSU’s chief goal going into the season. Two of the Lady Tigers’ wins last year came against Nich-olls and Southern .

And with a program-best No. 14 recruiting class introduced to Baton Rouge last summer, the greatest problem remaining for

Sell is deciding which players get to see the court.

“We have a lot of depth this year and our chemistry is so good,” Sell said. “I told the girls that the hardest thing for me to do this year will be to do the lineup.”

With a potential total of 12 singles and six doubles matches being played on Sunday , Sell and her coaching staff are able to

evaluate different doubles pairs and give other Lady Tigers play-ing opportunities.

“I love it, the girls love it,” Sell said. “They’re going to get two good matches in right off the bat.”

No matter where the LSU gymnastics team competes, the focus for every gymnast is stay-ing in “the purple zone.”

LSU coach D-D Breaux coined the term and urges her gymnasts to be aware of the pur-ple zone — a metaphor for being focused on one’s own routine. The No. 2 Tigers (1-0) may need to heed Breaux’s advice when they travel to Stegeman Colise-um in Athens, Ga., tonight for a meet with No. 9 Georgia (0-2) at 6:30 p.m.

Junior Lloimincia Hall said

the concept of the purple zone helps her and her teammates fo-cus on what they can control and block out what their competitors are doing.

Tonight also marks the fi rst time LSU associate head coach Jay Clark returns to coach a competition in Athens , where he coached the Gym Dogs for 20 seasons. Clark spent his fi nal four years at Georgia as head coach , and he produced 64 All-Americans and seven NCAA bars champions during his time in Athens .

“I recruited those kids over there, and I have a lot of relation-ships and friends that are still in the town,” Clark said. “I spent 27 years of my life in Athens , so it’s a place that has a lot of great memories. But the reality is that my focus is with this team and what we’re trying to do.”

LSU jumped to No. 2, its highest ranking since 2005 , after posting a 197.200 against Cen-tenary last Friday night . The Ti-gers’ performance earned them the highest season-opening score in program history .

“It was a tremendous be-ginning,” Breaux said. “People have been throwing stats at me ever since the competition, but the most important factor is we showed a lot of consistency and a lot of depth in our lineup.”

LSU displayed its depth with

11 different gymnasts competing against Centenary . The Tigers go in to the meet against Georgia ranked second on vault with a 49.425 , third on fl oor and beam with a 49.400 and a 49.250, re-spectively , and 10th on bars with a 49.125 .

Junior Rheagan Courville climbed to No. 1 in the all-around rankings following her 39.600 against Centenary . Courville tied with fellow junior Jessie Jordan for the top spot on balance beam with a 9.925 , and Courville’s 9.950 on fl oor earned her the No. 2 spot in the country .

Jordan claimed No. 3 in the all-around thanks to her career-high 39.500 last Friday . Senior Sarie Morrison received South-eastern Conference Event Spe-cialist of the Week for her identi-cal 9.925’s on vault and uneven bars .

“There’s always room for improvement,” Courville said. “We come in the gym every day with an intention to focus on little things, and that’s what we plan to do. If we get a half-tenth better on everything we do, it’ll all add up.”

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GYMNASTICS

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LSU junior all-arounder Jessie Jordan jumps between uneven bars Jan. 10 during the Tigers’ 197.2-181.275 victory against Centenary in the PMAC.

Marcus RodrigueSports Contributor

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LSU (10-5, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) wasn’t immune from the carnage, as it was whistled for 29 fouls in its season-opening 92-90 loss at UMass.

But since that foul-happy opener, the Tigers said they have settled in to the new rules.

“I think we kind of get a feel of what’s really a foul and what’s not,” said senior guard Andre Stringer. “We just have to move our feet and play angles better than we have in the past.”

Stringer said the team was introduced to the new rules in preseason scrimmages in Hous-ton and Baton Rouge, and after the initial shock wore off, it was time to adjust.

The Tiger coaches in-structed the guards to practice with towels tied around their waist to put more emphasis on

defending by moving their feet, which Hickey said was a helpful teaching tool.

For the frontcourt, though, the adjustment took some time.

The new block-charge clari-fication states a “defensive player is not permitted to move into the path of an offen-sive player once he has started his upward motion with the ball to at-tempt a field goal or pass.”

And if the defensive play-er isn’t in legal guarding position at the time of the pass or shot, it’s a defensive block-ing foul. The previous rule stated the defender must take legal guarding position

by the time the offensive player lifted off the floor.

Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy said Tuesday he hasn’t seen consistency with the new rules. His Aggies — which sit tied with Florida atop the SEC standings — ranked 24th in the NCAA for fouls, averaging 16.7

fouls per game as a team.

“I still think it’s a work in progress,” Ken-nedy said. “The block-charge call has been one area that’s supposed to have been cleaned up. The majority of them were going to be blocks [and] it would be real dif-

ficult to call a charge under the new rules and I haven’t seen that

consistently called.”Kennedy and LSU coach

Johnny Jones agreed that consis-tency is attainable and will come with time, as both referees and players adjust to the new rules.

For now, Hickey said he will continue to heed the advice of his father.

On occasion.“[My dad] tells me I’m hold-

ing them a little bit too much, if [the opponent’s] back is against me, I am touching them a little too much,” Hickey said. “It is a foul, and they will call it.”

“But I do it so fast and sneaky.”

full strength.“Our big obstacle this week

is to get healthy,” Geyer said. “We’ve lost a few people already this week, and it seems that a bug is going around so I just hope we got a full roster come Saturday.”

All eyes are on the SEC Championships as the team heads into the second semester, and Geyer said any meet this semester helps the team swim a little faster.

“If we stay on focus and do what we need to do, it should be a great meet and the results will take care of itself,” Geyer said.

The Saturday senior day meet begins at 1 p.m. in the Natatorium.

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‘‘I think we kind of get a feel of what’s really a foul and what’s not. We just have to move our feet and plays angles

better than we have in the past.’

Andre Stringersenior guard

SENIOR DAY, from page 5FOULS, from page 5

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as the two future Hall-of-Famers’ rivalry has been one of the de-fining storylines of the NFL for more than a decade, and Sunday will be the fourth and potentially final time these two legends meet in the playoffs.

But who wins the AFC will be decided by more than quarterback play.

Manning and Brady are both fantastic. Manning’s numbers dwarf Brady’s in part because he has far superior firepower around him, but Brady’s postseason suc-cess nearly makes the matchup a wash.

It’s never as easy to throw the football in the playoffs as it is in the regular season, and New England will win this game be-cause it is better in the two areas that always show up in January — running game and defense.

Led by the combination of running backs LeGarrette Blount and Stevan Ridley, the Patriots’ ground game has been on fire lately. The duo combined for six touchdowns and more than 200 yards as the Patriots ran over the Colts on Saturday.

That breakout has taken the pressure off Brady and gives New England a big advantage if the wind begins to howl on Sun-day.

Neither defense is healthy or playing particularly well, but the Patriots have been forcing more turnovers of late. A late turnover

could be the difference as New England runs the ball to keep it away from a frustrated Manning.

From the head coaches down through the players and fans, these two teams hate one anoth-er, and the rivalry is growing as quickly as any across the league.

Every time the 49ers meet the Seahawks, it’s a defen-sive war from start to finish, so don’t expect Sunday to be any different.

Seattle and San Francisco are mirror images of each other. They boast the league’s two most talented and physical defenses at all three levels, while relying heavily on power running games to help out dynamic young quar-terbacks.

The game should be close throughout because the teams are so familiar. With the defenses and running games being exceptional on both sides, the game will be won by the quarterback that can make plays down the field late in a close game.

For my money, that’s Colin Kaepernick.

San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh has turned his quarter-back loose in postseason games

and Kaepernick has rewarded him. He played well against an elite Carolina defense Sunday and made plays with his legs late to defeat Green Bay the week be-fore that.

Throw in the dramatic come-back he led against Atlanta in last season’s NFC Champion-ship Game, and Kaepernick has an impressive postseason résumé for a young quarterback. He’s struggled in both career starts at Seattle, but the return of receiver Michael Crabtree to complement playoff-machine Anquan Boldin will help.

His counterpart, Seattle quar-terback Russell Wilson, struggled to throw the ball against the Saints. He completed just nine passes in the game and couldn’t make plays late to put the game out of reach.

In the end, Harbaugh is more comfortable asking Kaepernick to win the game than Pete Car-roll is relying on Wilson. San Francisco will play to win while Seattle plays not to lose, and that will be the difference.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning hands the ball off in the second quarter of an NFL AFC division playoff football game Sunday in Denver.

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SAN FRANcIScO vS. SEAttLE

Getting your first car is something you’ll always remem-ber. My first ride came in on a trailer, the engine didn’t start and it was 41-years-old. When I took the keys in my hand, my dad told me that I now had a responsibil-ity.

The LSU community is all-too familiar with the risks that come with driving, especially while distracted. However, of all the safety education offered to the public, none really mention the duty of a driver to understand his or her vehicle.

My dad’s statement to me was my introduction to automo-tive work and my obligations as a driver. Some students may not have had the in-depth experi-ences I’ve had, but that’s no ex-cuse. All drivers, young and old, should have a respect for the ma-chine. It’s a simple understanding of the beast and its habitat.

You don’t need to know what the ideal lift of a camshaft is for a 426 Hemi to be a conscientious and alert driver. Instead, knowing when your brakes are weak and which street has prevalent jay-walkers could make all the differ-ence. I believe this acknowledge-ment would assist in minimizing distracted driver-related acci-dents.

It’s easy to forget the dangers and responsibilities of getting behind the wheel with technol-ogy increasing and creating the

illusion that the car is driving you. Imagine a vehicle as an un-loaded handgun sitting idle. It’s nothing more than a few metal components, as is a car parked in your garage.

The pistol becomes danger-ous when it gets loaded. Each time you start your engine, your vehicle also becomes “loaded” and a weapon capable of killing. A responsible person handles a gun—loaded or not—diligently and with care. I don’t text while I’m staring down the sights of my .38 Smith and Wesson or go to the firing range after a few beers, nor should you text looking down at your phone in your Honda Civic after leaving the bar.

Distraction.gov, the official U.S. site for distracted driving, found 11 percent of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fa-tal crashes were distracted at the time of the crash. This may seem like a small percentage, but it’s this age group that makes up a significant portion of a college community.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver.

The CDC notes three main types of driving distractions. The first is visual, which is taking your eyes off the road. The sec-ond is manual, taking your hands off the wheel. The third is cogni-tive, or taking your mind off of driving.

My old ’67 was sold, but each car that came after was another project and responsibil-ity. An understanding grew with my passion for mechanics. My

driving reflects this. Of the two accidents I’ve been in, both in-volved distracted drivers. One was drinking a soda and the other was changing radio stations. If more drivers had basic knowl-edge of automobiles rather than the stereo and that the oil even-tually needs changing, then traf-fic injuries and fatalities would decrease. People should get to know their cars.

My hope is that the possibil-ity of injuring or killing yourself and others in a vehicle because of distractions is enough. In Louisi-ana, not only is it illegal to text

and drive, but it could also cost you $175. A first offense DWI will get you at maximum of six months in jail, $1000 in fines plus court and attorney fees and driv-ing privileges suspended.

Even more frightening, the current Louisiana statute for ve-hicular homicide states those charged “shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars ... And shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than five years ...At least three years of the sentence of impris-onment shall be imposed without benefit of probation, parole, or

suspension of sentence.”Mario Andretti, a retired

world champion race car driver, said, “You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Justin Stafford is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Walker.

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Studies have shown that distracted driving, even if just checking a text message, drastically increases the risk of an accident.

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In response to Jana King’s column “Opinion: Disrespect for bodily autonomy a societal flaw,” readers had this to say:

“Miss King,I read your article on body

autonomy and wondered to my-self if you recognize the hypoc-risy of your opinion. You started off your piece with the story of

Marlise Munoz. This part of the story is about a family suing a hos-pital that is keeping a family mem-ber, who is in a persistent vegeta-tive state, on life-support against their wishes. You then throw out the term "bodily autonomy". Fur-ther down in the article, you imply how terrible parents are for violat-ing the "bodily autonomy" of their infant males through circumcision. Do you see the hypocrisy yet? The family of Miss Munoz is respon-sible for her welfare just as the par-ents of a newborn are responsible for his. In both cases, the person in question can't make a decision for themselves. In both cases, the care-takers are doing what they think is best for their loved one. Yet, in the case of the infant the caretakers are wrong? When I make my son take

a bath, is that violating his "bodily autonomy"? Parents are charged with taking care of their children the best they can and do so in a manner that is consistent with their own upbringing. When my daugh-ter was 14, I violated her "bodily autonomy" by telling her that she could not get her tongue pierced until she was at least 16. Sue me. I'm her parent not her best friend. When you have your own kids someday, you will realize that you decide (through your action or in-action) what happens to your child. You will understand that they have only the "bodily autonomy" that you give them.” -RLAndrews

In response to Megan Dunbar’s column, “Opinion: Alexander’s

travels potentially harmful to University,” readers had this to say:

“We have reason to be alarmed, because Gov. Bobby Jindal gives us daily headaches with his out-of-touch policymaking and official statements about trivial issues like A&E’s personnel decisions....

come on Megan your better thanh this! You may not like Our Gov, but this is out of line..daily headaches? Also still love to see the argumnet from you as to why LSU should have among the lowest tu-tions of ANY comparable Univ? So Bobby wanted to raise tution, but you (and many of your classmates) do not want to pay more..how about we raise tution to the "average" of all our peir colleges so we can all

pay our fair share..or do you just want the taxpayers to pay more?” -victoria

In response to James Moran’s col-umn, “Opinion: Hill’s departure is costly, but not surprising,” readers had this to say:

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We are all environmentalists. Sparing a select few, all of

us desire to live in a world of clean air, clear water and uncon-taminated food. But as the need for energy constantly grows, our methods for extracting and trans-porting that energy must evolve as well.

Although nearly everyone agrees we need an efficient, safe and economically sound method for producing electricity, our so-ciety is polarized by how to reach that end. However, the solution stares us in the face and has been awaiting the spotlight for almost a century.

Nuclear fission, despite its potential for unparalleled pro-duction, continues to suffer abuse from Hollywood, the media and, most importantly, the general public.

The nearby River Bend nuclear power plant is awaiting licensing for a new unit reactor, which could make the job mar-ket much more appealing for us. Engineers, computer scientists, biologists and even journalists could see openings in their fields

and an opportunity to put their degrees to work.

While its opponents ap-peal primarily to emotions to justify their position, they typi-cally avoid the facts surround-ing fission and fail to address the current methods of extracting energy.

Last Thursday, a chemi-cal leak at a West Virginia coal-processing plant left more than 300,000 residents with a water supply contaminated with approximately 7,500 gal-lons of crude MCHM, a chemi-cal used in washing coal. Despite the rational alternative that is nuclear power, mainstream media continues to paint the in-dustry with an apocalyptic brush while refusing to address the ad-vantages it presents.

Fission differs fundamen-tally from other energy sources because it yields power from splitting atoms rather than burn-ing chemicals; consequently, nuclear reactors produce zero carbon emissions.

Adding to its appeal, fission can vastly expand job opportunities for LSU graduates who may be less than optimistic about the current economy. But when anyone mentions radiation, all hell breaks loose.

With biased news reports and videos of Homer Simpson

aimlessly trying to operate a nuclear plant, it’s no wonder so many resent such a simple so-lution to our energy demands. You hear that a spill of radioac-tive waste can decimate a whole city, when in fact no deaths or serious illnesses have been di-rectly attributed to fission in America’s history.

In fact, for nuclear power to reach the threatening levels of coal burning, University of Pittsburgh professor Bernard Co-hen estimates that there would need to be 25 reactor meltdowns per year. Since there hasn’t been a single complete meltdown in America’s history, I highly doubt we’ll come anywhere close to 25 per year.

Retreating to Cabo during spring break will flood your body with more radiation than you’ll ever receive from a nuclear plant, but I don’t see anyoneprotesting vacations. Extracting, containing and transporting en-ergy is innately a dangerous and difficult task, but it is a nec-essary one. Transitioning to an economy that embraces nuclear fission will not just affect corpo-rations, it will improve the lives of each and every one of us.

Oil and gasoline demands will drop, as will their prices. With tuition and fees increas-ing each passing year, we would

much rather have the extra funds to cover those costs than spend-ing hundreds of dollars filling up our vehicles.

This will happen only if we, the consumers, demand a change in our energy policy; indeed, we possess that power. As we endeavor to meet the increasing demands of this grow-ing world, we must embrace the

solution that has been sitting in front of us for decades.

Andrew Stolzle is a 20-year-old mechanical engineering junior from Baton Rouge.

By now, most Americans are fed up with the gridlock in Washing-ton. Between the partisan and per-sonal differences, it seems Congress and the Obama administration just cannot cooperate, even going as far as to cut veterans’ pensions to hash out a budget passed Wednesday.

In response to what many in the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill call an “obstinate,” Republi-can-controlled House of Represen-tatives, President Barack Obama has threatened to take executive ac-tion, bypassing Congress altogether.

His exact words were, “...we are not just going to be waiting for a legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help that they need.”

That’s something akin to what an autocrat would say.

He also went on the record stat-ing, “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions … and I’ve got a phone that allows me to convene Americans from every walk of life.”

That may sound good to some,

but there’s just one tiny hang-up: the Constitution. In our system of checks and balances, the president can only enforce the laws that Con-gress passes; he cannot summarily legislate with executive orders.

Obama would do well to give some thought before plunging him-self into a potential legal scandal; however, this is not the first time the president has come into some seri-ous constitutional trouble.

Most recently, the Supreme Court decided to take on the case of Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, where a lower court ruled the president’s actions unconstitutional.

Basically, the Senate was not in recess, but it did not have a quo-rum of senators needed to confirm the appointments, so the president went ahead and appointed three new members.

While the president does have the constitutional authority to make temporary appointments while the Senate is in recess, opponents of the appointments argue this was not the case, and the trio of appointments would probably not have made it past confirmation.

In addition, thanks to the leaks of former National Security Agen-cy contractor Edward Snowden, there is growing concern over the

agency’s violation of nearly every Americans’ Fourth and potentially Third Amendment rights. The argu-ment for the latter is that the NSA’s constant surveillance of cellular metadata and the tracking of phone locations is actually a governmental presence in our homes.

The outrage is so severe, there has actually been a lawsuit spear-headed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Paul is actively encouraging ev-ery American to sign on to the suit.

To top it all off, just a few months ago, there was a grave con-cern that the president would take military action and intervene in the Syrian Civil War. While argu-ing that the president had the right to take action without congressio-nal authorization, Obama relented thanks to a sharp outcry from both Congress and the American people.

Obstinate Congress or not, the president has no right to try to legis-late from the Oval Office. He should also remember the GOP has control of the House directly because of the actions taken in his first two years as president. The American people wanted a full stop on his agenda af-ter he rammed through the Afford-able Care Act with his Democratic supermajority.

It is disturbing that a president who ran on transparency and good governance would take and then

threaten more action far outside his constitutional brief. Any actions made by executive order affecting anything other than the administra-tion itself should always be seen as a violation of the Consti-tution.

You would think a for-mer constitutional law profes-sor would have a better grasp of the extent of his powers as president.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old po-litical science, history and interna-tional studies senior from Zachary.

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ATLAS HAS SHRUGGEDAndrew StolzleColumnist

Steve Helber / The Associated Press

Workers inspect an area Monday in Charleston, W. Va. Chemicals leaked into the Elk River around a Freedom Industries storage facility.

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BRACE YOURSELFryAn McGeheeColumnist

President Obama exceeding his constitutional powers

Nuclear fission needs to be utilized for energy

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President Barack Obama speaks Thursday in Washington in the South Court Auditorium.

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affairs, said the reception is a way for people to utilize the newly ren-ovated space and raise awareness of its presence on campus.

Purcell said he hopes the events will help to inform Univer-sity students that the facility is for everyone to use, not just African American students.

McShan said more planning went into this year’s events, such as sit downs with the council, ad-vertising in the Student Union and Residential Life televisions, and organizers started working on the program earlier to ensure a sub-stantial turnout.

Cross-cultural affairs coordi-nator Krystie Nguyen said a food drive throughout the week was also included in this year’s celebration, with fi ve days of donations going to the LSU Food Pantry during a special presentation.

Civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw will bring the week to a close as the 2014 MLK Commem-orative keynote speaker. Crenshaw is the executive director of the Af-rican American Policy Forum as

well as a law professor at UCLA and Columbia Law Schools, and some of her work has been used in the drafting of the South African constitution.

McShan said bringing in peo-ple with such vast experience and history supporting civil rights em-phasizes the events the University is conducting.

McShan and Purcell agreed that the almost weeklong celebra-tion is unique to the University, whereas many universities just have a day off. Purcell recalled that when he was an undergraduate, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was simply a day off from class.

The week will start with a day of service. Close to 200 volunteers will gather to do community work and have “a day on not a day off” according to the OMA.

“[Martin Luther King Jr.’s] message has transcended even af-ter his death,” Purcell said. “He was a servant and the day of ser-vice follows his example.”

MLK, from page 1

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size of the fi bers it releases. It re-acts with our cellular material in a way that is not totally understood,” Wilson said.

He said the risk of illness re-sulting from asbestos depends on the dose. Any amount of asbestos fi bers coming out of the vent would be insignifi cant, causing little to no harm, Wilson said.

“Students aren’t in real

danger,” Wilson concluded. Gill Industries, a business

specializing in asbestos cleanup, was contracted for the job, which involves clearing steam pipes of asbestos that originally insulated them, Maharrey said. The asbestos will be replaced with new, safe in-sulation, he added.

Students say the asbestos tent covering the vent, which usually spews forth a considerable amount of steam on the Parade Ground, has

them looking twice. Psychology freshman Madi-

son Lusco said she trusts the Uni-versity to keep students safe from any environmental hazards.

“Offi cials would never allow anything like this to reach a point where students could be hurt,” Lusco said.

ASBESTOS, from page 1

to leave me,” he said. “I wanted to get back to the glory of the numbers and the touchdowns and I wanted people to love me again. Experienc-ing the fi re was the turning point.”

Clayton said his book highlights

what he had to do to fi nd his purpose in life and encourages readers to let obstacles propel them.

“Football ends one day, and football was my comfort zone. That million dollar paycheck was my sta-bility, but once I began to be obedi-ent to that call to be a vessel, I had

a joy that no national championship could ever give,” he said. BOOK SIGNING, from page 1

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RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

Black tents and warning signs covered tunnels being cleaned of traces of asbestos Thursday on campus.

MLK DAY CELEBRATION EVENTSJAN. 20

DAY OF SERVICE · 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL · 6 p.m. · Memorial Tower

JAN. 23PERFORMING ARTS NIGHT · 6 p.m. · Memorial Tower

JAN. 24COMMEMORATIVE SPEAKER · 3 p.m. · Lod Cook Alumni Center

Last season, the LSU women’s basketball team struggled on the road, losing its fi rst four South-eastern Conference road games of the season. But with a new season comes a new team, and that team seems to have little fear away from Baton Rouge.

LSU (14-3, 3-1 SEC) set a new school record with 13 3-pointers and improved to 2-0 in conference road games as it defeat-ed Missouri 87-68 Thursday night in Colombia, Mo.

The win, which was the fi fth in the last six games for LSU, kept the team near the top of the SEC standings. It is LSU’s largest mar-gin of victory over an SEC oppo-nent since a Feb. 28, 2013, game against Alabama.

Senior guard Jeanne Ken-ney led LSU with a career-high 30 points, shooting 6-of-9 from behind the arc. It’s the fi rst time a Lady Tiger scored 30 points since Allison Hightower scored 31 in 2010.

The fi rst half saw a barrage of 3-pointers by both teams, with

18 made in the fi rst 20 minutes of play. Both teams shot better from behind the arc than they did inside it in the fi rst half.

Mizzou (13-5, 2-3 SEC) got off to a hot start, scoring its fi rst 15 points of the game through fi ve 3-pointers and taking an early 10-point lead. But LSU used long-range shooting to take its fi rst lead of the game with 8:22 left in the fi rst half.

While LSU continued its of-fensive prowess in the second half, Missouri struggled to keep it close as the game went on. The key was an improvement in LSU perimeter defense, as Missouri made nine less 3-pointers in the second half than the fi rst.

A 9-2 run gave LSU its fi rst double-digit lead with 8:36 left in the second half, and LSU never looked back from there.

LSU also received a tremen-dous scoring performance from its bench, getting 28 points from non-starters. Sophomore guard Anne Pedersen led all bench play-ers, scoring a career-high 13 points along with three rebounds.

The Lady Tigers continue play Sunday afternoon when they take on Vanderbilt (15-3, 4-1 SEC) at Memorial Gymnasium in Nash-ville, Tenn., at 1 p.m.

Vanderbilt comes into the game winning 12 of its last 13

games, including a seven-game home winning streak.

Senior guards Christina Fog-gie and Jasmine Lister lead the team, averaging more than 16 points per game.

Foggie and Lister help form a high-powered offense that averag-es 79.3 points per game and shoots 48 percent from the fi eld.

Vanderbilt continued its win-ning ways Thursday, as it came back in the second half to defeat Ole Miss 80-74 in Oxford, Miss. Foggie and Lister were the main catalysts again, as the two com-bined for 45 points.

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LSU senior guard Jeanne Kenney (5) dribbles down the court Jan. 9 during the Tigers’ 48-52 loss to Texas A&M in the PMAC. She scored a career-high 30 points during LSU’s 87-68 win against Missouri in Columbia, Mo.

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