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Saliesh, a hypnotist, performed

at Tech for a
second time at
a Union Board
event. Saliesh
has won many
awards, including one from
MTV Europe
naming him the
best hypnotist
on the planet.

Tech alum
opens for
Girls star
CODY SEXTON
Managing Editor

did not think it would work or that I could be

hypnotized.
Guillory said she was not too convinced before the show, but now definitely believes hypnotism is a real thing.
Katie Hopkins said she was just as dazzled
by the performance sitting in the audience.
I definitely think it was real, Hopkins, a
junior psychology major, said. These people
were doing absolutely ridiculous things that
they would never do in real life, especially up
on a stage.
Hopkins said overall the show was entertaining and worth the time.
Ive actually tried to be hypnotized before
and it didnt work, said hypnosis volunteer
Tom Stringer, a junior finance major.

Not many people can

say after leaving their
small town
life to make
a name for
themselves
in the big
city
that
they are met
with success.
H o w e v e r,
BOYD
Louisiana
Tech alumnus Patrick
Boyd got his big break
early on.
Boyd, who graduated
from Tech in 2012 with
degrees in journalism
and English, will open for
writer, actor and producer
Lena Dunham on the Chicago stop of her book tour.
The show will be part of
the Chicago Humanities
Festival Monday at Northwestern University.
Boyd said he first he applied just for a chance to
see the show.
I applied because the
tickets were sold out, he
said. My dad was the one
who encouraged me to apply.
Dunham,
popularly
known for her Golden
Globe-winning
show
Girls, held a call for local
talent to open for her while
promoting her new book
Not That Kind of Girl on
an 11-city book tour. Out
of nearly 600 submissions
Dunham screened herself,
Boyd was one of seven
chosen. He will open her
show with a 10-minute
stand-up comedy routine.

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Named the worlds best hypnotist by MTV

Europe, Saleish brought his magic back to Louisiana Tech for the second time in three years.
Union Board held the event on Sept. 23 in
the Centennial Plaza.
Im here to see what all the hype is about,
said Dylan Thompson, a sophomore electrical
engineering major. Thompson had never seen a
hypnotist show before.
Sixteen people from the audience volunteered themselves to take part in the show.
Although a few were not cast under hypnosis, most were instantly put to sleep. Those
hypnotized believed at times they were astronauts, were watching television shows, thinking
Saleish was naked, that they were playing an in-

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strument in a band and various other situations.

Saleish said hypnosis is much more common
in daily life than most people realize. Athletes
getting in the zone, when a student is deep into
studying for a test or when someone drives to a
place and cant exactly remember getting there
all these things are forms of self-hypnosis.
After the event was finished, Thompson said
he was not entirely pleased.
Im very skeptical about the whole thing,
he said. I feel like some volunteers just went
with the bandwagon and pretended, but overall
it was very entertaining.
Jackie Guillory, a freshman business management major, volunteered to be hypnotized
and said she believes it was 100 percent real.
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couldnt control anything, Guillory, a freshman
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2 The Tech Talk October 2, 2014

Career Day provides opportunity

IAN EDWARDS
Staff Reporter

gineering and was ready to just get through in

four years,
said Davis, who heads the process departAs various fields of work become more and more
ment at Exxon Mobils Beaumont Refinery.
competitive, students may find every extra opportuI did not plan on doing any internships or
nity to introduce themselves to potential employers
co-ops until I actually came to a Career Day and
matters.
saw that I might not be competitive enough for
Louisiana Techs Career Center hosted more than
my field. So I delayed my graduation, got a co100 companies from around the country for their anop and that helped me tremendously.
nual Career Day on Sept. 25, giving students a chance
Some companies even had current Tech stuto get a head start on the competition.
dents representing them.
This years event saw a substantial increase in atSenior Ernie Diaz, a sustainable supply chain
tendees said Jennie Flynn-McKevitt, coordinator of
management major currently working for Enemployer relations and recruitment services for the
terprise Car Rental, said working while still in
Career Center.
school is tough, yet rewarding.
When we ended our early registration on WednesThere are times when the sheer amount of
day, we had close to 1,100 student attendees lined up,
things I have to do can be stressful, Diaz said.
Flynn-McKevitt said. This is probably the biggest CaI never wake up regretful, though. I wake up
reer Day weve ever held.
wanting to go to work and get my job done to
Flynn-McKevitt said Career Day is a valuable tool
the best of my ability. Theres a friendly side to
for students to take advantage of.
Enterprise, and I love that.
Its an integral part of an effective internship or job
Diaz said Tech and the Career Center greatly
search, she said. Students get the chance to network
prepared him for his position at Enterprise.
Photo by Jaclyn Perry
with various employers in their target industries and Taylor Michaels (left) and Melanie Slack (second left), senior marketing maPrior to this, my only job experience was
build relationships for the future.
jors, discuss internships with Brian King, a manager at Buckle, and Shay Rob- with taking care of sick baby manatees, and that
Sophomore Sterling Balzer, a chemical engineer- inson, a Tech student and Buckle employee.
wasnt going to really help me with selling cars
ing major, said he felt like he succeeded in getting his
he said. Techs professors are the greatest in the
name out there.
world, and they helped me get the knowledge
Many of the companies in attendance had Tech alumni and confidence I needed to ace the interview. So, Tech stuI knew I wanted to drop by some of the bigger
companies in my field like Citgo and Chevron, Balzer said. in their ranks.It was at one of Techs jobs fairs as a student dents, be proud and know that not every hero wears a cape.
However, I spent some time with some of the smaller com- when ExxonMobil recruiter Regina Davis began to take her
panies like Jacobs, and they were great, too. Overall, I feel career seriously.
Email comments to
When I was enrolled at Tech, I majored in chemical en- ije001@latech.edu.
like I accomplished a lot today.

Tech police could get

military weapons

CATHERINE BURKE
Staff Reporter

armed and more so now because school

shootings are more common, she said.
I feel that the campus is currently not
The federal government has equipped prepared enough for a school shooting or
Northwestern State University and Uni- similar event and I would definitely feel
versity of Louisiana at Monroe with 12 safer if campus police officers were better
fully automatic M16 assualt rifles through armed.
the Louisiana Federal Property Surplus
Walter said she also believes people
program, according to a list published ear- who would want to harm students or faclier this week in the Chronicle of Higher ulty on campus would be less likely to do
Education.
so if our on-campus police officers were
Some students are concerned that equipped with M16 assault rifles.
Louisiana Tech may be next.
Brayden Decker, a senior professional
Cole Mills is absolutly against campus aviation major, said there is a distinct difpolice having weapons of that caliber.
ference in being in the military and being
I do not think college campus cops a police officer meaning a difference in
face situations or criminals that call for weapons.
such weapons, said Mills, a junior animal
The military designs its weapons to kill
science major.
because thats their job, he said. A police
I dont know the qualificaofficer takes an oath to protect
tions of being a college policeand serve. They need nothing
man, but I personally do not
more than a pistol to do that. If
think most of the campus poit gets down to a situation where
lice are qualified or trained to
more support is needed, call in
use M16 assault rifles.
the SWAT team. Thats their job,
Mills said if campus policenot campus policemen.
men took training sessions
Decker said it would be more
and measures were taken to
of a risk management situation
securely store the guns, then it
bringing such weapons on camcould be safe, but he said he
pus.
still does not think it is necesLauren Fuller, a senior elesary or safe to have them on
mentary
education major, said if
HERMES
campus.
the need arises, she agrees with
Tech Police Chief Randal
giving military guns to campus
Hermes said he is not opposed to hav- policemen.
ing military guns on campus and said he
It does make me feel safer knowing
agrees with why these schools acquired that if something were to happen, Tech is
such weapons.
prepared, she said.
If you have to engage a guy with a
Walter said that she hopes nothing sefirearm and he is actively shooting 50 rious enough to call for the use of these
yards away, you would much rather have weapons happens, but the world is rapidly
a rifle than a handgun, he said. I think changing and threats are becoming more
that should the situation arise, having the common, so schools need to be prepared
additional firepower may be important.
for anything.
Anna Walter, a sophomore nutrition
major, said she agreed with Hermes.
Email comments to
On-campus policemen should be well cjb066@latech.edu.

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Tech teams win cash for ideas

BRENNEN LEGE
Staff Reporter

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Alchemy Geopolymer Solutions Chief Operating Officer Neil King, left, and Carlos Montes, right, pose with their first-place prize
at the inaugural Louisiana Startup Prize Competition.

ing ideas but, it just wasnt

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can be changed once you

find an idea that can have
impact.

the arts.

Texas

fashion.

Montes. Civil engineering is

the slowest changing field in
technology because people
arent willing to risk trying
out new materials. Even a
field like civil engineering

Texas

music. culture.

cluding heat-and-corrosionresistant flooring, piping and

bricks.
I think the message here
is that there is nothing that
cannot be changed, said

Louisiana
LouisianaAve.
Ave.

food-processing industry,
Vinnakota said. Eventually this instrument would
Two teams from Loui- end up in a food processsiana Tech were selected ing company. When they do
to compete in the first-ever quality control like testing
Louisiana Startup Prize for pathogens, they would
Competition and won first use our technique which
and third place Sunday.
would save companies cost
The competition allowed and time.
teams to pitch business
Kopparthy said the
models to investors for a teams method involves
chance to win $25,000 cash mixing food particles with
and $25,000 worth of ser- a solution then placed on
vices, which included office microchips to detect one to
space and acfive pathogens
counting to help
in a span of 40
grow their busi- Sometimes
minutes, comness.
its not always pared to existing
Winning
methods
that
third place from the best or the
detect just one
Tech was Patho most interestin a span of five
Radar, a group ing concept,
to 48 hours.
started in 2012
We wish
that has devel- but the most
maybe in the
oped a process mature
future, everyone
for
detecting
might have one
multiple patho- CARLOS MONTES in their home,
gens at once in civil engineering
Kopparthy said.
food products. research associate
That would be
The groups
cool.
members, VaCarlos Monrun Kopparthy,
tes, a civil engia graduate stuneering research
dent in biomedical engineer- associate at Tech, is part of
ing, and Rajkumar Vinna- the first place winning team,
kota, a graduate student in Alchemy Geopolymer Soluengineering (applied phys- tions, which produces what
ics), said although they only he calls a geopolymer prodcame in third, a few investors uct, or a type of concrete
are eager to partner with made of 100 percent waste
them for future use of their from coal energy plants.
product.
Sometimes its not alIt might be very useful to ways the best or most intersupply to the processing in- esting concept, but the most
dustries because of current mature, Montes said. Ive
drawbacks in the way other been in competitions before
companies test goods for the and Ive had really interest-

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JOHN SADLER
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olitical season is here again.

Louisianans will go to the
polls in November to decide
whom to send to the U.S. House and
the Senate, and to a myriad of local
offices, and the campaign ads are
back in full force.
The most incredulous ad, by far,
belongs to Vance McAllister, the representative from the 5th district.
The ad stressed McAllisters family values and Christian beliefs. It
almost feels as if he is trying to distract people from something.
Oh. Thats right.
McAllister was caught on a security camera in his office last year
kissing a longtime employee, who
was married. The employee was
subsequently fired.
It says something about the state
of Louisiana politics when a man
can push a family values platform
after engaging in an affair, and trick
people into believing him. The ad,

and other less-than-savory actions in

our state, has brought the hypocrisy
and corruption of Louisiana political
life to national attention.
David Vitter, currently the junior
U.S. Senator from Louisiana, was
found in 2007 on a list of phone records from a company being prosecuted for prostitution. He admitted
his sin, and begged forgiveness.
Vitter has run as a Christian candidate poised against same-sex marriage and abortion.
Prostitutes are fine, though. Louisiana voters have a notoriously short
memory.
In that vein, Edwin Edwards, the
former governor of Louisiana, is in
the race for the 6th U.S. District Representative.
Edwards spent 10 years in prison
for racketeering, extortion and money laundering.
At the end of this years legislative session, a small, quiet add-on
to a bill granted $300,000 more in
retirement benefits to only two policeman, one the head of the state

police.
Bruce Greenstein, the former director of the states Department of
Health and Hospitals, was recently
indicted on charges that he pocketed
money to give a Medicaid contract
to his former employer.
Lest you think I am picking on
Republicans, current Sen. Mary
Landrieu, a Democrat, recently returned $33,727.02 that she used for
personal political travel. She had
billed it as work expenses.
Democrat Ray Nagin, the former
mayor of New Orleans, was recently
indicted on 21 charges entailing various money laundering and corruption schemes.
People outside of the state might
ask why do Louisianans keep voting
in these corrupt officials? Simple.
We do not have anyone else to
vote for.
John Sadler is a junior journalism and
English major from Extension who serves
as editor for The Tech Talk. Email comments to jts040@latech.edu.

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CODY SEXTON
Managing Editor

f my many flaws, my tendency to argue with people

online is my greatest. It is safe
to say I spend more time coming up
with a well-crafted retort to some argument than I do a clever Facebook
status. While I am well aware this is
a problem, some things found on the
Internet, I feel, need, my immediate
two cents.
Recently,
President
Barack
Obama was videotaped exiting a
plane and upon being welcomed by
two saluting Marines, the president
returned the salute with a Styrofoam
cup in the same hand.
Cue the Internet uproar.
The presidents latte salute was
met with howls from conservatives
and some prior-service members
calling him disrespectful. Democrats
swiftly responded with photos of former President George W. Bush saluting while holding a dog. As a member of the United States Air Force
Reserve, my advice is this: Get the
hell over it.
First, the salute is a sign of re-

spect rendered by military personnel

to officers of a higher rank. It is done
when in uniform and when wearing a
cover (military cap). The president is
a civilian who is under no obligation
to salute military personnel, unlike
the Marines in question, whose job it
is to salute the commander-in-chief.
If anything, people should be saying
Obama does not need to be saluting.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
a Republican and a retired five-star
general, did not salute because he
was a civilian at the time of his presidency and knew it was not proper
protocol. Presidents saluting only became popular because Reagan liked
doing it.
Now, civilians I understand not
being well-versed in military protocol. What I cannot understand is why
those with prior military knowledge
are getting on to Obama for what
they call an improper saluting instead
of him doing it in the first place. I
do understand his need to salute because the alternative is people complaining about him not doing it at all.
As a Reservist, I am often looked
down on because I decided to forgo a
life of active duty in the pursuit of an

education. While I might be a Weekend Warrior at least I know how to

properly criticize an ill-executed salute by someone who should not be
doing it in the first place.
However, the bigger issue here
is not an improperly executed salute, but the exploitation of military
personnel as an excuse to criticize
Obama. It is more offensive that people are pretending to care about the
military more than they actually do
just because they, for whatever reason, do not like the president.
As Americans, people have the
right to hate any politician they
please. However, it helps to have a
good reason and that includes being
upset about the right thing. Otherwise, they will find themselves being served some hard facts online by
someone like me who has way too
much time on his hands.
Also, for the record, the president
prefers tea and it was most likely chai.
Cody Sexton is a senior journalism major
from Seattle who serves as features editor for The Tech Talk. Email comments to
cls068@latech.edu.

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Time to step out of the comfort zone

Ellie Moslander

Associate Multimedia Editor

ets face it, there is a lot going

on around the world. At times it
seems as if the world is turning
into a chaotic mess. Right now could
be referred to as one of those times.
The other day I overheard some students discussing these current events
in a joking manner, particularly focusing on the crisis with IS (the Islamic
State group).
While there are many in my generation who are quite aware of what is
going on and want to make a change,
it seems as if the majority of the time
we are all too wrapped up in our own
little world. I am guilty of this as well.
We focus so much on what is going
on in the closest proximity to us.
Even though America is now involved and continuing to send airstrikes on Syria, it seems as if this
does not concern American society
as much as it should. Is it because

many of the recent wars we have

been involved in have not occurred
on American soil? Even so, these
wars still involve Americans and others around the globe. As Americans
we tend to live in a comfort zone
where we are concerned and scared
for those suffering now, but because
we are able to relax on the couch at
the end of the day, we are not as concerned about helping.
Our lives really are extremely different from those who wake up every
day wondering if they will survive the
day. We are able to drive five minutes
away to the nearest drive-thru, while
others are starving with no way to
find food. I am not saying we should
be bitter or feel bad for being able to
do these things, but we need to realize others are not as fortunate.
Of course, if a war occurred within the United States, citizens would be
concerned more, affected more and
involved more. We should care about
these issues going on around the

world because it is a serious thing, for

those living there, and for Americans
now because of President Barack
Obamas decision to fight the IS.
Terrorism is a very real thing.
America has been a victim to it as
well as the countries in which IS is
active. Whether it is right or wrong
for America to be involved, this is
still an issue going on today, and it
is only getting worse. There are hundreds of people suffering gruesome
deaths at the hands of IS. Maybe it
is because we hear these terrorist
groups often threatening to kill, so we
tend to shrug it off and accept what
is happening, without caring that it
actually could. We need to be more
concerned about what is occurring
around the world.

Ellie Moslander is a junior journalism

major from Albuquerque, New Mexico
who serves as associate multimedia
editor for the Tech Talk. Email comments to emo012@latech.edu.

Students
vote on
voting
As elections near, local politicians
are lobbying for votes by going door-todoor campaigning in an attempt to secure the votes of Ruston citizens.
The population of Ruston is about
21,000 residents, and the enrollment
at Louisiana Tech is around 11,000
students. During the nine months of
the year Tech students live in Ruston,
the population of the city increases by
almost 50 percent. As a politician in a
university town, it is understandable you
would try to obtain the vote of the upand-coming generation.
Should students from other cities who have moved to a college town
mettle in the political affairs of their
temporary home? Some feel it is important students be mindful of those who
are permanent residents of the city.
Students who do not intend to become
permanent residents of Ruston upon
graduation may want to keep their political views silent when it comes to local
elections because their votes may affect
the outcome of an election in a way permanent residents would be opposed.
Some say it is asinine not to have a
vested interest in the local issues of your
college community. Off-campus housing
and zoning restrictions, taxes, transportation and personal safety issues all affect your quality of life as a student.
If you call your new city home, regardless of how long you may or may
not live there, you are entitled to vote in
that city.
But what if you have no interest in local politics? Should students be required
or expected to vote? Some feel the beliefs of students will be more liberal or,
potentially, more conservative than that
of the community in which they temporarily reside. In that case, it could create
controversy if a highly-favored official
were to lose a race because college students favored his competitor.
Certainly, many students will drive
to their hometowns to participate in local elections; especially if they plan to
return to the city they grew up in upon
graduation. Choosing to stay involved in
hometown elections is certainly the prerogative of the student. However, most
undergraduate students will call Ruston
home for nine to 12 months of the year,
often for four years. This means students
are no more transient than the average
American family, which typically moves
once every four years, according to the
U.S. Census Bureau.
Some believe it is the job of the student to ensure politicians are aware of
students needs so local officials can address them. Politicians know which demographics turn out to vote, and they
are more likely to support initiatives
popular among groups with the highest
voter turnout. In order for students to
make their needs known, they must turn
out in greater numbers than traditionally
seen.
Whether students choose to vote in
their college community or not, most will
agree the most important thing for them
to do is vote somewhere. Many students
do not believe their vote matters, but
that is simply not the case. Many local
elections end in ties with winners being
determined by a coin toss. Students taking the initiative to vote can help prevent
elections from being left to chance and
allows the voice of the student body to
be heard.

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October 2, 2013 The Tech Talk 5

The Hunts are returning to Ruston

KAILEE COURTS
Staff Reporter
After playing Tech Fest
last May, The Hunts will be
returning to Ruston for their
Life
Was
Simple tour.
F r o m
Chesapeake,
Virginia, The
Hunts
are
an indie-folk
band consisting of seven brothers and
sisters whose ages range
from 16 to 24.
These siblings have been
playing together since they
were young and judging by
their harmonies, you can tell.
The Hunts started learning to play musical instruments at a young age.
You can see them playing
guitar, violin, mandolin, piano, ukele, banjo and drums.
The Hunts released their
debut EP, Life Was Simple,
in August.
The EP has three songs
and just like the title says,
they are about times when
life was simple.
The first song Make This
Leap, is the single and can
also be found on their fulllength album, We Were

Cherrytree Records/Interscope

Life Was Simple

The Hunts
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Young.
Make This Leap is the
most upbeat song on the EP.
It sounds like it can be
about falling in love at a
young age and not knowing
how to make things work.
The song mentions how
it is much easier to fall in
love when you are younger
and do not have to worry.
With the lyrics about
memories from when they
were younger, this song has
a positive vibe.
Lifting the Sea is the
EPs second song.
From the very beginning,
listeners feel an island-like
vibe with only a ukulele pla-

yin during the songs intro.

We are all from the same
world and the sea sees us
all the same.
This song is about their
time in Haiti, and talks about
how even though they are
different from the people in
Haiti, they still have similarities.
This song has a slower,
more relaxed pace because
of the island-like vibe compared to the first song.
The last song on the EP is
Remember Us.This song is
much slower than the other
two on the EP.
The lyrics suggest they
are talking about when they
were younger and things
were much simpler.
As the song progresses,
there is a shift from talking
about childhood memories
to a time when they grew up
and grew apart.
It is a song about remembering their childhood when
they did not have many worries or obligations.
Overall, the EP did not
disappoint.
It stays true to the title,
meaning each song has
some sort of simple meaning
The harmonies through-

The Maze Runner fans run

from the library to the theater
CODY SEXTON
Managing Editor
As an avid reader, I hate
seeing films based on bestselling novels with changes
so drastic
to the plot
the film is
almost an
entirely different story.
This is
not one of
those times.
Wes Balls adaptation
of the post-apocalyptic
science-fiction novel of the
same name differs so drastically from its novel counterpart it was actually worth
finishing.
What the book lacked in
a fast-paced, action-packed
plot, the film compensated
for in full. Unlike other films
when entire plot points
were removed entirely (like
HALF of Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire)
the absence of some of the
storys unnecessary focal
points, was welcome. Like
the main characters being
psychic.
Like
most
popular
young-adult novels, The
Maze Runner is set in a
post-apocalyptic
future
where the world has gone to
hell and there is little social
order. It is reminiscent of
The Lord of the Flies as it
is centered around a group
of boys who, in the absence
of any other authority figures, govern themselves.
The film opens as the
book does with the storys

Theatrical release poster

The Maze Runner

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protagonist Thomas (Dylan

OBrien) being lifted into a
grassy, wooded area called
the Glade in a rusty elevator. The Glade is centered
in an enormous maze with
four openings on each wall
that allow designated maze
runners (hence the title)
to explore the surroundings during daylight hours.
At night the walls close to
protect the Gladers from
deadly creatures known
as Grievers that prowl the
maze at night.
Upon Thomas arrival
to the Glade, he is greeted
by dozens of other teenage
boys who have all arrived
in the same elevator, one
a month for the past three
years.
Thomas has no memory
of his life before waking up
in the elevator as all the
boys before him. While all
those before Thomas accept their fate as residents

of the Glade with little hope

of escaping, Thomas questions their reason for being
there and who put them
there in the first place.
Not long after his arrival,
things begin to change like
thearrival of the first girl,
Teresa (Kaya Scodelario),
the sudden round-the-clock
opening of the mazes exits
and increased hostility of
the Grievers.
Thomas
eventually
comes up with a plan for
him and his fellow Gladers
to escape the maze once
and for all.
One of the films standout features was it was visually stimulating. From the
Glade to the mazes interior, the special effects were
commendable.
The monstrous Grievers
were also well-designed,
but it was so difficult to figure out what they looked
like with the details provided by the book, it would be
hard to argue their authenticity. The creatures were
genuinely scary with their
spider-like movements and
slug-like bodies.
The films acting exceeds the expectations of
those who have come to
expect little from novel-tofilm adaptations.
While some aspects
differ from the book it is
nothing so drastic as to
disappoint fans. The Maze
Runner is a rarity in its
field.

Email comments to
cls068@latech.edu.

Photo courtesy of The Hunts website

The Hunts will return to Ruston on Oct. 11 at The Depot First Baptist .
out the EP can make even
the best artist jealous.
Even with the different
instrument changes, there is
still a folk feeling throughout
the whole EP.
I fell in love with The
Hunts when they played
Tech Fest last May and I was
excited to hear their new
music.

The way they sound recorded is the same way they

sound live.
The Hunts write their
own music making it more
personal.
Each sibling adds something different to the group.
The Hunts will be returning to Ruston at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 11.

They will be playing at

The Depot First Baptist
Church Ruston.
Tickets are $10 and available at The Depot, FBC-Ruston office or online through
The Depots Facebook page.

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kec029@latech.edu.

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October 2, 2014 The Tech Talk 7

BIKING:acultureofcommaraderie
BRENNEN LEGE
Staff Reporter

10 bikers now which doesnt seem like much to some people but here in Ruston
extreme sports is just not heard of at all.
The first year here it was probably every other day Guidry said he and his friends
Small in numbers, lacking unity and paths to ride on, a
would get stopped by police in the plaza for doing tricks on the stairs or doing tricks
legitimate bicycling community seems to remain lost in the
anywhere. Over the past year he said they have been a bit more relaxed toward bikers.
bustle of college life at Louisiana Tech.
There have been a number of times Ive hit my head, a number of times Ive ripped
Through organized cycling groups and attempts to legitimy shin open, a number of times I messed up both my ankles and shoulders, Guidry said.
mize extreme sports at the university, Justin Stoppleworth is
Cant stop though, if you love it, keep going with it.
working to grow the group he belongs to.
Jessica Chicola may not be as extreme a cyclist as Stoppleworth or Guidry,
Stoppleworth, owner of Turbo Goat in Rusbut takes it just as seriously.
We could become
ton, uses his bike shop as a hub for cyclists and
Ive had it in my family, my mom is a big cyclist, said Chicola, a junior
other extreme sports in Ruston.
a reason why people chemical engineering major. I started biking because my friends kept encourRight now the majority of our clientele is
come to Tech ... Com- aging me to.
actually the 35-55 year-old demographic here
Chicola said she made many friends because of Bike Night, but would like
maraderie, thats it.
in town, Stoppleworth said. We are trying to
to see the weekly crowd expand even more through advertising and social
Get people riding out media.
target more of the college crowd and get more
kids from Tech to check out the shop.
Come out and make friends, Chicola said. If you like riding, find other
here to show mutual
To do this, Stoppleworth started a weekly
people
with your same interests. Thats what Bike Night is about.
interest in a sport.
organized group-cycling session called LA
Huge issues facing the cyclist community are their run-ins with authoriTech Bike Night, where anyone can ride toties.
JUSTIN STOPPLEWORTH
gether through campus every Thursday at 8
Assistant Chief of Tech Police William T. Davis, wants cyclists to know
owner of Turbo Goat
p.m. Stoppleworth hopes that bike night sees an
that safety and regulations come first, and he encourages the growing
increase of participants in the future so that the
community to keep laws in mind as they ride in town.
sub-community of cyclists in Ruston can bond.
The problem comes when people are riding their bicycles on the
Its nothing too strenuous; we usually ride
sidewalks or across pedestrian sidewalks, Davis said. By law, cyanywhere from ten to twenty miles slowly, talking back and
clists are directed to ride on the road like a motor vehicle.
forth, Stoppleworth said. We could become a reason why
Davis said he was personally familiar with bicycling regulations after spendpeople come to Tech, too, because there is a culture here
ing several years serving on a bike patrol for Ruston police and has instructed
beyond the mentality of I have to play football or baseball or
other police in a mountain bike instructors course.
nothing. Commaraderie, thats it. Get people riding out here
He said he was mainly concerned with cyclists intermingling with peto show mutual interest in a sport.
destrians and weaving in and out of traffic and sidewalks. He said he
Berton Guidry, the junior graphic design major, has been an wishes for cyclists on campus to register their bicycles with the trafavid cyclist in Ruston since his freshman year in 2012 got into
fic office to help regulate ownership and retrieve stolen bicycles.
biking in high school when a lifelong friend lent him a bike to
With the right amount of growing interest, coupled with
use.
the cooperation to adhere to regulation, the biking comWhenever I got here, no one had really seen bikmunity can become a true tour de force of Ruston.
ing here, but its slowly expanding over the past
Email comments to
two years, Guidry said. Ive seen the
bsl008@latech.edu.
BMX scene grow a little bit. We
probably have, like,

James Park (left), a senior social studies secondary education/history major, Burton Guidry
(middle), a junior graphic design major, and Taylor Cappe (right), a senior civil engineering
major, take a break from riding their bikes in front of the Thomas Assembly Center.

Photos by Brian Blakely

Taylor Cappe (here and left), a senior civil engineering

major, performs BMX tricks in Centennial Plaza.

Burton Guidry (here and right middle), a junior graphic

design major, performs tricks in front of Wyly Tower.

Leslie Jessica Chicola, a junior chemical engineering major, rides her bike through Centennial Plaza.

8 The Tech Talk October 2, 2014

World
W&NBRIEFS
WORLDNEWS
Explosions kill 17,
10 were children
DAMASCUS (AP) A
Syrian official says 17 people, including 10 children,
have been killed in twin
explosions near a school in
the central city of Homs.
The explosions took
place as children were leaving school at the end of
classes on Wednesday in a
neighborhood dominated
by minority Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect that President Bashar Assad also belongs to.
It was the deadliest strike
to hit the government-controlled area in months.
The official, who is from
the Homs governorate, also
says that at least 56 people
were wounded in the blasts.
He spoke on condition
of anonymity because he
wasnt authorized to speak
to the media.

NATO chief seeks

Russian relations
BRUSSELS (AP) NATOs new chief is calling on
Russia to comply with international law, but says theres
now a chance for improved
relations between Moscow
and the West.
Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime
minister, told reporters he
personally sees no contradiction between a strong
NATO and the quest for better relations with Russia.
He spoke at a news conference on his first day as
NATOs top civilian leader.

USNEWS
First case of Ebola
in US diagnosed
DALLAS (AP) The
first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. has been
confirmed in a man who
recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas, sending chills
through the areas West
African community whose
leaders urged caution to
prevent spreading the virus.
The unidentified man
was critically ill and has
been in isolation at Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital since Sunday, federal
health officials said Tuesday. They would not reveal
his nationality or age.

Wiz Khalifas wife

files for divorce
LOS ANGELES (AP)
Model Amber Rose is ending her yearlong marriage
to rapper Wiz Khalifa.
Rose filed for divorce on
Tuesday in Los Angeles,
citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking custody of their 20-month old
son and spousal support as
laid out in the former couples prenuptial agreement.

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Nation

Cancer researcher sentenced 10 years

ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON (AP) A jury on
Monday sentenced a Texas cancer researcher to 10 years in prison
after she was convicted of poisoning her colleague, who was also
her lover, by lacing his coffee with
a sweet-tasting chemical found in
antifreeze.
Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo,
43, a breast cancer doctor based
at Houstons famed Texas Medical
Center, had been involved in a sexual relationship with her fellow researcher, Dr. George Blumenschein.
Prosecutors said the affair turned
into a fatal attraction and she poisoned him with ethylene glycol after
Blumenschein spurned her in favor
of Evette Toney, his longtime live-in
girlfriend with whom he was trying
to start a family. Blumenschein survived the 2013 poisoning.
A jury on Friday convicted Gonzalez-Angulo, who is originally from
Colombia, of aggravated assault.
While prosecutors had asked jurors to sentence her to at least 30
years in prison, they said they were
pleased with the jurys decision. Defense attorneys had asked for probation.
Prosecutor Justin Keiter said the
prison sentence sent a message that
whether you are a doctor or anybody else, you will not be treated
any differently if convicted of a
crime.
It doesnt matter who you are. It
matters what you do, he said.
Defense attorney Derek Holling-

AP Photo

Friends and family of Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo react after Gonzalez-Angulo was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the 248th State District
Court Monday.
sworth said he was disappointed
with the sentence. Gonzalez-Angulo did not have any visible reaction
after the sentence was announced.
Hollingsworth said she was incredibly upset and emotional when he
spoke with her after she had been
taken into custody.
Hollingsworth said he anticipates that as a result of her conviction, Gonzalez-Angulo will lose her
medical license.
The medical world has lost a
shining star today, he said.
Defense attorneys had hoped
that Gonzalez-Angulos work treat-

Doctors talk
birth control
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) Teen
girls who have sex should
use IUDs or hormonal implants long-acting birth
control methods that are
effective, safe and easy to
use, the nations most influential pediatricians group
recommends.
In an updated policy, the
American Academy of Pediatrics says condoms also
should be used every time
teens have sex, to protect
against sexually transmitted diseases that other
forms of birth control dont
provide.
Condoms are the most
common birth control
choice, but with typical use
theyre among the least effective methods at preventing pregnancy. Both longacting methods are nearly
100 percent effective, with
lower failure rates than
birth control pills, patches
and injections, the academy says.
IUDs and hormonal
implants cost more, usually hundreds of dollars,
because inserting them involves a medical procedure
typically done in doctors
offices. But theyre less expensive in the long run than
over-the-counter condoms
or prescription birth control
pills, said Dr. Mary Ott, an
adolescent medicine specialist and associate pediatrics professor at Indiana
University. She is the policy
statements lead author,
Teens have to remember

to use pills and condoms

consistently. By contrast,
IUDs typically work for
three to 10 years after insertion, while implants typically last three years. The new
guidance was published
Monday in Pediatrics.
The policy emphasizes
that abstinence is 100 percent effective at preventing
pregnancy and sexually
transmitted diseases and
says pediatricians should
encourage teens to delay sexual activity until
they are ready. But since
many teens dont heed
that advice, the policy also
says pediatricians need to
provide birth control guidance.
IUDs, intrauterine devices, are small, T-shaped devices containing hormones
or copper that are inserted
into the womb to prevent
pregnancy. Hormone-containing birth control implants are matchstick-size
plastic rods placed under
the skin of the upper arm.
All methods of hormonal birth control are
safer than pregnancy, Ott
said. These include pills,
patches and injections.
For the first time, the
new policy addresses obese
teens because pediatricians are seeing increasing
numbers of patients whose
excess weight may affect
birth control effectiveness,
Ott said. For example, hormonal patches may be less
effective in girls weighing
more than 198 pounds, the
policy says.

ing patients and as a cancer researcher would have swayed jurors

to keep her out of prison.
She saved my life and the lives
of so many other people, Silvia
Pubchara, one of Gonzalez-Angulos former patients, said after the
sentence was announced. It was
heartbreaking for me to see her
placed in custody and taken to jail.
She doesnt deserve it.
Gonzalez-Angulo will have to
serve at least five years before being
eligible for parole. Keiter said Gonzalez-Angulo has no one to blame
but herself.

Our society ... should be more

angry at her for taking herself away
from all those (patients) who she
could have done amazing things
for, the prosecutor said.
Blumenschein and his girlfriend,
who were in the courtroom when
the sentence was announced, left the
courthouse without speaking to reporters. Last week, Blumenschein testified that his life span was shortened
by the poisoning as he now has only
40 percent of his kidney function.
The trial, which began Sept. 15,
was filled with plot twists that could
have come from a soap opera, including prosecutors saying that
Gonzalez-Angulo lied about being
attacked outside her home in an effort to get Blumenschein to leave his
girlfriend. Prosecutors also said Blumenschein secretly recorded calls
in which he tried to get GonzalezAngulo to confess to poisoning him.
Blumenschein told jurors that he
became sick on Jan. 27, 2013, not
long after he and Gonzalez-Angulo
had been intimate, and that he immediately suspected his lover of
spiking his coffee. Witnesses testified that Gonzalez-Angulo had access to ethylene glycol at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center where she and Blumenschein worked.
Gonzalez-Angulos attorneys had
argued during the trial that other
people, including Toney, might have
been responsible for the poisoning,
an allegation that Toney denied.
Toney says she and Blumenschein
are working on their relationship.

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Distractions
WEEKLYHOROSCOPE
www.horoscopes.com.net

Aries
March 21 April 19
Dont be surprised to see your co-workers acting a
bit silly today, Aries. There is no getting around the
high spirits that permeate the office environment.
Its almost impossible to get any work done with
todays planetary atmosphere. Rather than cracking
the whip and trying to increase productivity, why not
join in? Lighten up a little.
Taurus
Apr 20 - May 20
Lifes been a real social whirl lately, Taurus. You may
feel a bit overwhelmed by all the people and parties.
Its fun to see everyone, but a bit daunting to renew
ties with old friends and try to remember the names
of new ones. Names and faces mingle to the point
where you arent sure of your own name, much less
anyone elses. Take a deep breath, Taurus, youre
doing just fine.
Gemini
May 21 - Jun 20
With all the social events youve attended lately,
Gemini, its likely that youve met some people in
the healing professions. These doctors, nurses, and
technicians could be useful to you later. Be sure
to file their contact information away for future
reference. On another front, expect to receive some
good news concerning your finances.
Cancer
Jun 21 - Jul 22
You may discover an untapped talent today, Cancer.
Perhaps theres a new machine in the office and
youre the only one who can figure out how to use it.
Maybe drafting a simple business proposal makes
you realize how much you enjoy the writing process.
This is a good day for any kind of creative endeavor,
as well as for paperwork of all sorts. Get everything
done so you can enjoy the evening.
Leo
Jul 23 - Aug 22
Circumstances beyond your control may frustrate
your desire to get together with a love partner
today, Leo. Work or family obligations could
interfere. If your partner has to beg off, dont get
upset and start doling out blame. This wont help
and could put your friend on the defensive. Make
arrangements to meet another day. Absence makes
the heart grow fonder!
Virgo
Aug 23 - Sep 22
You should be feeling especially confident today,
Virgo. Youve been working especially hard lately,
and the recognition youve received goes a long way
toward reinforcing your feelings of self-worth. Your
life goals suddenly seem more attainable and youll
pursue them with renewed vigor. Your confidence is

grounded in reality. You will surely succeed.

Libra
Sep 23 - Oct 22
This is a day made for fun and frivolity, Libra, not
one in which youre likely to get many of your
chores done. Try as you might to focus on the task
at hand, there are distractions everywhere you
turn. Your email pals could be sending you jokes
and notes, and your friends could be bugging you
to join them for an outing of some sort. You may as
well give in.
Scorpio
Oct 23 - Nov 21
Youre a person of many talents, and today youre
likely to discover yet another one, Scorpio. The
delivery of a new piece of equipment makes you
feel like youve been given a toy for your sole
enjoyment. But once you get the computer or piece
of machinery up and running, you need to share it
with your co-workers! They will be very impressed
with your technical abilities.
Sagittarius
Nov 22 - Dec 21
You should be looking especially attractive,
Sagittarius. You may have an ethereal, mystical look
about you that attracts attention from strangers. This
wont be lost on your friends, either. You could find
it unsettling, particularly if people get too attentive
or if a love partner gets jealous. Relax and enjoy it
anyway. Needless to say, this is a great day to shop
for clothes!
Capricorn
Dec 22 - Jan 19
Dont let yourself be manipulated by needy friends,
Capricorn. With todays planetary energies, its a
good time to think about setting clear boundaries.
You know which friends are there for you and lift
you up and which ones tend to drain all your time
and energy with the constant need for your immediate attention. Try saying no. You cant fix other
peoples lives for them anyway. Think about it.

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Across
1. Hamlet, for one
5. Endure
9. Drive back
14. Chieftain, usually
in Africa
15. Nastase of tennis
16. Borden bovine
17. Sanction
19. 1980 Dom DeLuise film
20. Tranquility
21. Severe
23. Blast furnace input
25. Greek vowel
26. ___ few rounds
29. Dusk, to Donne
30. Disregard of convention
33. Bit of wisdom
34. Isolate
35. Dress often worn
by Hindu women
38. Thats gotta hurt!
40. Old Pontiacs
41. Proceed in a
leisurely way
44. Make thirsty
47. Lawless
49. Acapulco article
52. Pariss Pont ___ Arts
53. Russian space station
54. Cocktail
56. Sleep disorder
58. Coddle
59. Bahamanian island
62. Wheezy one
64. Brief appearance
65. Biblical pronoun
66. Change the decor
67. Surprise Symphony
composer

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68. Longings
69. Thin stratum

Down
1. Honeybunch
2. Current unit
3. Japan
4. ___ the side of caution
5. Republic in W Africa
6. ___ carte
7. Poses
8. Move unsteadily
9. Chorus
10. Enthusiastic vigor
and liveliness
11. L.A. clock setting
12. Frozen Wasser
13. The Lion
18. ___ Mio
22. Novel ending
24. Spanish river
26. Essence
27. Scandinavian capital city
28. Iowa State city
31. Run away with a lover
32. Upon us
33. Old German helmet
35. Collar fastener
36. Primo
37. Fabled fliers
39. Injury
42. Pasquinade
43. ___ Brockovich
45. Attains
46. PC storage medium
48. Agreement
49. One with a bullet?
50. Iroquois tribe
51. Half.hour funny show
55. Former Russian rulers

Aquarius
Jan 20 - Feb 18
This is a good day for sharing friendship with
pals and co-workers, Aquarius. People will be in a
light, socializing mood and not much in a working
frame of mind. Theres really no use fighting this
energy. Enjoy yourself today and allow yourself to
detach from work issues. You can all get back to the
grindstone later. The work will still be there.

56. Served perfectly

57. 1975 Wimbledon winner
59. Essen exclamation
60. Noise made by a sheep
61. Actress Brenneman
63. X

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Pisces
Feb 19 - Mar 20
Your technical skills take a real leap forward
today, Pisces. It seems all that training youve done
is finally paying off. Your new skills will greatly
increase your efficiency and enhance your marketability. If youve been thinking about applying for
a new position, get your resume ready to send out
when you see an appealing ad. Any move you make
will be for the better.

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This time it did work, Stringer

said. That weird dream feeling I had
on stage is not something you just get
normally.
Stringer said he was definitely hypnotized, but was not too deep into it.
Saleish said he has been traveling
the world and doing shows for about
20 years. I dont work with the conscious not the good or the bad or
the right or the wrong. I work with the
subconscious. Its like the hard drive
of the brain. Saliesh said the average
student goes into a hypnotic state of
mind 112 times a day.
Hypnotism is everywhere, he
said. It is not just some silly trick.
Hypnosis can relax, heal, keep one
focused and help one use the most
powerful part of his or her body the
brain.

Stand-up is an art of its own, he said.

Boyd moved to Chicago shortly after graduating
from Tech to study sketch comedy and improv at
The Second City. He just finished the writing program and his graduation show.
Boyd said he is excited for the chance to open
for someone for whom he is a fan.
Shes kind of my Mother Theresa of comedy,
he said. She fits in to the Woody Allen-Nora Ephron type comedy that I like to see.
Boyd said he is not sure if he will get to meet
Dunham yet, but would not be disappointed because he is still excited for the opportunity.
I have this dream of writing for Girls, He said.
And having like a Batman and Robin relationship
with her, but I wont be disappointed if I dont meet
her.
Opportunity is not the only thing Boyd will be
getting for opening for Dunham. After Gawker
posted an article online criticizing Dunham for not
paying her opening acts, she responded on her
Twitter account in agreement they should be paid.
Some good points were raised and Ive ensured
that all opening acts will be compensated for their

Photo by Brian Blakely

Saliesh performed for a crowd of attendees at Techs Centennial Plaza.

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time, their labor and their talents, Dunham said.

Boyd said he did not necessarily want to be paid
for opening for her.
Some opportunity is compensation enough,
he said. But I an thankful nonetheless.
Boyd said much of what he learned in journalism has helped him with the work he has been doing at The Second City.
Journalism helped me listen to people, understand what they want to hear and then defy their
expectations through writing, he said.
Boyd said journalism helped him learn how to
take criticism both good and bad. He said it helps
when bombing onstage and thinking of considering a career in truck driving.
Not that theres anything wrong with being a
truck driver, he said. Im just not good at merging.
Boyd said he will always be a journalist whether
he is doing stand up, live-Tweeting the latest Shonda Rhimes show or bagging groceries.
Youre always in discussion with people, he
said. Fighting and asking for some kind of change.
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BREAKING THE BAN

NEWS

October 2, 2014 The Tech Talk 11

Students gather to bring attention to Banned Books Week

FREDEDREIA WILLIS
Staff Reporter
While many may want certain
books banned or removed from
schools and libraries, a student group
at Louisiana Tech is reminding all the
reasons to keep them accessible.
This is the fifth year Techs English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta
has celebrated the right to read with
Banned Books Read Out.
The Banned Books Read Out was
held Friday in the Shakespeare Garden in the George T. Madison courtyard.
Sigma Tau Delta President Alana
Crump said the purpose of the week
was to celebrate banned and challenged books.
She also said the event invited
students to stand up for their favorite banned books and not allow the
government to restrict their right to
do so.
This event is important because
people dont realize many of the
books we read today, when they first
came out, were really controversial
and the way people viewed literature
in the past times was different from
how we view it today, Crump said.
Banned Books Week was launched
in 1982 in response to a sudden surge
in the number of challenges to books
in schools, bookstores and libraries.
During the Read Out, students and
faculty members were offered the opportunity to read excerpts from their
favorite banned book.
It is good that the students get the
opportunity to read some texts that
are controversial, so this event is important for them to attend, said Scott
Levin, faculty adviser for Sigma Tau
Delta.
Levin said this type of event challenges the students because they
are often faced with the unexpected
about the books.
Students and teachers drifted in
and out of the event listening to excerpts from books that have been
banned from libraries and schools for
reasons ranging from religious viewpoints to sexual and drug references.
Nancy Andrews said she attended
the event because she was interested
to see how the event would unfold.
Times have definitely changed
when it comes down to a banned
book, said Andrews, a senior health
information management major.
When I was young they used to have
banned book burnings and it seemed
like everyone was banning a book for
crazy reasons.
College of Liberal Arts Dean Donald Kaczvinsky said the event underscores the power of reading for a free,
just and democratic society.
It is governmental, religious and
social institutions that ban books
because they are afraid of what the
books say, Kaczvinsky said. What
and why books get banned is a good
indicator of what the society fears
most. To restrict our reading is to
restrict how and what we think. It is
exactly because the books were or
are banned that students should read
them.

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Photos by Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay

Scott Levin, an assistant professor of literature, is the faculty adviser for Sigma Tau Delta. Levin said the event challenges students expectations about books.

ABOVE; The Banned

Book Read Out was
organized by Sigma
Tau Delta, the English
Honor Society.
LEFT: Dorothy Robbins, right, an English
professor, read The
Bluest Eye, a novel
by Toni Morrison.
Photos by Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay

MIDDLE LEFT: Savannah Woods, a junior sociology major, won first prize for
dramatic reading for her reading of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
MIDDLE RIGHT: Alana Crump, left, a
graduate English student, talks to students assembled for the Read Out.
BOTTOM LEFT: Ernest Rufleth, an English professor, read Lady Chatterlys
Lover by D.H. Lawrence.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Taylor Morgan, a
sophomore political science major,
readThe Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

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12 The Tech Talk October 2 , 2014

Sports Talk
THIS WEEK IN

Tech tennis team aces competition

FROMTHESPORTS DESK

BULLDOG

with Jared King

FOOTBALL

Debacle
in
Dallas

The Louisiana Tech

football team will host the
University of Texas at El
Paso Miners Saturday
night at 6:05 p.m. inside
Joe Aillet Stadium for
Techs annual Red Out
game.The game can be
listened to on Z107.5FM.

Tech leads the series

between the two teams.
(7-2-1)

Photo by Donny J. Crowe

2014 Louisiana Tech tennis team from left to right: Taylor Capannolo, Tarrannum Handa, Jazmin Britos, and Manoela
Chiacchio, Marta Sramkova, Alexandra Starkova, Taly Merker and Haley Ballinger
Overall Record:
(2-3 , 1-0)
Points per game:
30.0
Points allowed per
game:
32.8
Players to watch:
Trent Taylor WR
22 catches, 287 yards
2 touchdowns
Terrell Pinson LB
19 tackles, 2 tackles for
loss, 1 sack, 1 forced
fumble.
Tech defeated UTEP
in El Paso last season,
38-35.

WILL TRAHAN
Staff Reporter

After finishing the

spring with a record of 157, Lady Techsters tennis
head coach Chad Camper
is looking forward to his
first fall season with the
team.
Tech started the season
off with the Solinco Houston Open winning seven
of the last eight matches
of the day.
In another strong outing, The Lady Techsters
performed well in the Rice
Invitational
competing
against Rice University,
McNeese State University,
the University of Texas at
Arlington, the University
of Houston and Southern
Methodist University.
We signed up for a
tough fall schedule so

we can put ourselves up

against ranked opponents and improve in the
process, Camper said.
Building the program and
each player is a lot of hard
work on everyones part
and this and the rest of
the tournaments are just
part of the puzzle to be
the team we need to be by
spring.
During the fall season,
coaches do not want to
pull out every trick in their
bag. Instead, they save
them for when they really
need them.
I do not hold anything back, I just let them
play, Camper said. I
may not be as involved
in the matches right now
as much, because I want
players to develop without
me telling them to. Every
coach has a chest of tricks

Points per game:

31.8
Points allowed per
game:
34.0
Players to watch:
Aaron Jones RB
89 carries, 596 yards
7 touchdowns
Nick Usher DL
15 tackles, 3 tackles for
loss, 1 sack.
UTEP ranks 11th in CUSA in passing offense.

is picking up where it left

off last season.
When you are recruiting you cannot always tell
if they will work hard, but
this group is doing a great
job of that, Camper said.
This weekend the Lady
Techsters will be competing in the Ragin Cajun
Fall Classic in Lafayette
hosted by the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette.
I am expecting some
wins this weekend and
looking forward to putting
some pins in what we have
been putting together in
practice, Camper said.
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Sports Desks Twitter page
at
twitter.com/techtalksports.

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Diamond Dogs return to field

NEWS SERVICES

Overall Record:
(2-2, 0-0)

that we do not want to pull

out unless we have to.
This Lady Techsters
squad does not have any
seniors on it, but that does
not mean it lacks leadership.
This program has
been through a lot and I
think the juniors are stepping up without me having
to tell them, Camper said.
Camper said they are
taking the freshman out
to breakfast and they are
showing them the important things.
It may not always be a
spoken leadership but it is
definitely there, Camper
said. They are showing
what we do here at Tech,
why we do this and why
we have been successful.
Camper said his freshman players are falling
right in line and the team

Nearly four months

after being named the
seventh head baseball
coach at Louisiana
Tech, Greg Goff and
his new-look coaching staff will kick off a
jam-packed fall schedule, which includes 12
scrimmages, a threegame Fall World Series
and an alumni weekend over the course of
44 days.
Tech will held its
first official practice
of the fall on Monday,
Sept. 29, with daily
work that began at approximately 2:45 p.m.
at J.C. Love Field at
Pat Patterson Park. All
Bulldog baseball practices and scrimmages
this fall are open to the
public.
The team had the
opportunity to meet
Goff and his coaching
staff, which includes
Rick McCarty, Jake
Wells and J.D. Hulse,
on Aug. 31 when the

GOFF
Bulldogs
assembled
for the first team meeting prior to Techs fall
quarter
beginning.
Since then, the staff
has conducted individual workouts with the
players in the weeks
prior to the official start
of fall practices.
The coaches and I
have been looking forward to getting

our guys on the field

this fall ever since we
stepped on campus,
and were excited the
time is finally here,
Goff said.
We have started to
get to know our players
a little bit since weve
been here, but now it
is time to get on the
field, get everyone on
the same page and see
what we can do as a
team.
Several scrimmages
will be played throughout the fall season, with
12 total dates set for
Oct. 2-4, 7, 10-11, 14,
17-18, 21, 24 and 27.
Louisiana Tech will
then hold its Scout
Day on the evening of
Tuesday, Oct. 28.
The Bulldogs return
20 players that saw action on the diamond
a season ago, with 19
newcomers currently
on the fall roster. The
roster will be cut down
to 35 players prior to
the start of the 2015
baseball season.

Fall Baseball Schedule

First Team Practice

at J.C. Love Field - 9/29 2
p.m.
Team Scrimmages
Oct. 2
Oct. 14
Oct. 3
Oct. 17
Oct. 4
Oct. 18
Oct. 7
Oct. 21
Oct. 10
Oct. 24
Oct. 11
Oct. 27
Bulldog Family Weekend
October 17 & 18
Scout Day
October 28
Fall World Series

Game 1: Thurs., Nov. 6

Game 2: Fri., Nov. 7
Game 3: Tues., Nov. 11
Alumni Weekend

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1

f there is one team I do

not like, it is the Dallas
Cowboys. If there is one
team I do not like the Saints
to lose to, it is the Cowboys. Americas Team
is my least-favorite NFL
franchise, and I think most
Saints fans will agree losing to the Cowboys stings
more than a typical loss.
The Saints did not just
lose to the Boys in Big
D Sunday night, they got
spanked. Dallas scored 38
points on the Saints defense in a 38-17 creaming
of the black and gold, the
first time Dallas had beaten
the Saints in front of its
home fans since 1991. I
was born in 1991. Perspective.
The Saints fell to 1-3 on
the season with all three
losses coming on the road.
The other two losses were
against the Atlanta Falcons
and the Cleveland Browns
a three-point overtime loss
to the Falcons and a twopoint loss to the Browns.
The Saints defense
looked pedestrian against
the Cowboys allowing 445
total yards of offense including 190 yards rushing
running back DeMarco
Murray accounted for 149
of those yards by himself.
After fielding the worst
defense in NFL history in
2012, the Saints hired former Cowboys defensive
coordinator Rob Ryan to
the same position. In 2013,
Ryan turned the Saints defense around. The Ryan-led
defense ranked fourth in
the NFL in total defense
and second in passing defense.
Skip ahead to 2014 and
you will find the Saints back
at the bottom of most statistical categories in Ryans
second year. The defense
ranks 29th overall, 27th in
points allowed and 31st
in turnovers allowed. The
Saints have not forced a
turnover in the last 15 quarters of play.
Meanwhile, the offense
has turned the ball over
seven times, including three
interceptions thrown by
quarterback Drew Brees.
The secondary has not
tallied an interception yet
this season and the defense
has totaled five sacks.
Ryan was fired after the
Cowboys defense declined
in his second year with the
team. The Saints defense
has rapidly declined in his
second year in New Orleans. Could Ryan be on
the hot seat once again?
Jared King is a senior journalism major from Jena who
serves as sports editor for
The Tech Talk. Email comments to jki008@latech.edu.