. >> reporter: but many lsu students steer off course. 59% make it to the goal line and graduate. >> for an institution like that to get only six out of ten of them through is insane. >> reporter: katie haycock heads up a research organization that tracks college graduation rates. >> they assume their responsibility ends at letting students in and if students figure out what to do, then they'll succeed, and if they don't, they don't. >> reporter: lsu is hardly alone. graduation rates are equally low at hundreds of other well-known schools, including schools in the pacific ten, the southeastern conference, and the big 12. would you call this a crisis? >> absolutely. >> reporter: dr. sandra mcguire is a vice chancellor in charge of academics at lsu. she says some kids are dropping out for financial and personal reasons. but says, there's a bigger problem. >> they don't have study skills, learning strategies specifically, and unfortunately, so many of them give up when they encounter difficulties. >> institutions that really succeed do that,

lsu draws about 150000 to its home games...a third of whom won't actually go to the match itself... >>jong: have you got tickets for the game today? >>i do but i'm not going >>jong: you're not going? >>i'm going to watch it right here. >>jong: why's that? sounds like madness. >>...because i can keep drinking right here >>jong: you're not allowed to drink inside? >>exactly. they don't sell beer or alcohol inside. >>jong : oh fantastic >>jong: you can have a beer out here as well. >>well you got beer, you got a bathroom, you got a tv, you got it all brother. >>reporter: although it must be said...the tailgaters are perhaps missing something... >>jong: tonight, at full capacity, this stadium is in fact louisiana's 5th biggest city. back in 1988, the crowd got so excited....so excited following a touchdown...jumping up and down...they actually causeda small earthquake which was registered on the university seismograph. it might have happened again tonight... >>reporter: but wherever its being played...football's earning power, well in excess of any other college sport...is far reaching.

nearly every sunday, said in the balcony, and then as the final hymn is sung, i go to the chapel at lsu and sit with my wife did the piano. faith and freedom, i am honored to be invited. let's get to it. i am pro-life, traditional values man. i am the only person thinking of running for president who was elected as a congressman

he was renowned for his love of lsu football, which was as alma mater, we apparently played the trumpet -- i have not heard that before -- and he was fanatical about the roman culture and loved to cook anything roman and would regale us with great meals he had cooked. and was considered a great friend by all, so we are all very sad to see him go, and we hope he is in a better place, and we still miss him terribly. so, wanted to let you know that he had passed on. that is it. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? >> item on the consent calendar. request authorization to advertise for competitive bids for the round house 2 hvac retrofit project. >> so move. >> second. >> any public comment? all in favor? the resolution has been approved. >> item 9a, requests approval of resolution to -- authorizing the port executive director to execute a memorandum of understanding with the comptroller of the city and county of san francisco to reimburse the port for revenue lost due to the hosting of the 34 america's cup and for race- related costs. >> good afternoon. deputy

easy lay up. 42 for the second german out of lsu. golden state. you got a thornton we got one. al thornton with block on samuel. finish at the otheren. 23 for the newest warrior. the dream shake. warriors within 92 minutes to play but the kings slam the door. garcia corner 3. 12 129-119 the kings about prevail to. ice. won stanley cup with chicago year ago. torched by former team mates tonight. if later in the first pinned by 2 defender somehow gets to thornton. from there a blackhawk blitz. 4 straight goal. january thon beats vl him and yanked replacement about fared know better. nicholas with a slapper. chicago scores effective goals in the second period. they pull away to win 6-3. this was the last thing the a's wanted to see in spring training. all star closer bailey hurt again. when you look at the video. it appears to be serious. this is bailey second outing of the spring. facing indian. throw as pitch cringing in pain. coming back from surgery to remain bone chip from the elbo elbow. examined by a specialist to determine just how serious this might be. injury put damper

nearly every sunday, said in the balcony, and then as the final hymn is sung, i go to the chapel at lsu and sit with my wife did the piano. faith and freedom, i am honored to be invited. let's get to it. i am pro-life, traditional values man. i am the only person thinking of running for president who was elected as a congressman and as a governor prep. i helped lead the bull winkles. i worked with or reagan every day. i am proud that we helped turn this great country around. then i ran for governor of louisiana, served four years, beat and admittedly corrupt edwin edwards after he spelle -- span $12 million. we sold airplanes, limos, delayed paychecks, did not replace workers who quit. we forced the oil andchemicals to clean up the air and water. we dropped toxic emissions by 41%. we stopped prevailing wage. we ancred the union but we build on the right to work. we broke teacher tenure by testing teachers, to find out who can teach and we paid them 30% more. if that was not enough to get the attention of the corrupt good old boy network, i changed parties while in office. i blamed presi

so i went to some of our best engineering and petroleum engineering schools in the gulf, lsu, university of houston, texas a&m, university of texas, other schools, to try to recruit some of the best and the brightest engineers who were in school telling them their country needs them working for us, regulating this terribly important industry offshore. and the result of that recruiting tour was a very narrow jobs announcement, narrow many terms of time, was overwhelming. and so that was very rewarding, be curious, how many people were you actually able to hire? because they, the process of actually hiring somebody in today's federal government seems impossible. all those people that tried to get hired, mr. chairman, would you mind my asking, how many did you actually hire? >> well, we brought on 70 new year. are net adds, but -- >> but they're new people. okay, that's good. excuse me for the interruption. >> no, not at all. and in addition to the engineering people we're bringing on, we obviously have a great need for environmental scientists and people with environmental backgrounds. so

defense secretary gates says the lsu hand over control of the however, questions remain about america's long-term exit strategy. disaster in japan. workers get another scare as smoke rises from the crippled nuclear plant and residents are being warned about contaminated drinking water and food. this as the estimated death toll jumps to more than 18,000 "early" this monday morning, march 21st, 2011. >>> and good morning. good morning. welcome to "the early show" here on a monday morning, i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. good to have you with us. >> following two very major stories this morning. first of which the situation in japan. all eyes on that nuclear facility in fukushima once again. this as reports as i mention a few moments ago, smoke emanating from that troubled reactor 3 there. and now reports of radiation levels detected radiation levels in both the food and the water in that safety zone around the nuclear plant right now. we're going to continue to follow this and have an update on the situation there in the coming moments. >> you mentioned two major stories. the other o

nearly every sunday, said in the balcony, and then as the final hymn is sung, i go to the chapel at lsu and sit with my wife did the piano. faith and freedom, i am honored to be invited. let's get to it. i am pro-life, traditional values man. i am the only person thinking of running for president who was elected as a congressman and as a governor prep. i helped lead the bull winkles. i worked with or reagan every day. i am proud that we helped turn this great country around. then i ran for governor of louisiana, served four years, beat and admittedly corrupt edwin edwards after he spelle -- span $12 million. we sold airplanes, limos, delayed paychecks, did not replace workers who quit. we forced the oil and chemicals to clean up the air and water. we dropped toxic emissions by 41%. we stopped prevailing wage. we anchored the unions, but we build on the right to work. we broke teacher tenure by testing teachers, to find out who can teach and we paid them 30% more. if that was not enough to get the attention of the corrupt good old boy network, i changed parties while in office. i blamed

nearly every sunday, said in the balcony, and then as the final hymn is sung, i go to the chapel at lsu and sit with my wife did the piano. faith and freedom, i am honored to be invited. let's get to it. i am pro-life, traditional values man. i am the only person thinking of running for president who was elected as a congressman and as a governor prep. i helped lead the bull winkles. i worked with or reagan every day. i am proud that we helped turn this great country around. then i ran for governor of louisiana, served four years, beat and admittedly corrupt edwin edwards after he spelle -- span $12 million. we sold airplanes, limos, delayed paychecks, did not replace workers who quit. we forced the oil and chemicals to clean up the air and water. we dropped toxic emissions by 41%. we stopped prevailing wage. we anchored the unions, but we build on the right to work. we broke teacher tenure by testing teachers, to find out who can teach and we paid them 30% more. if that was not enough to get the attention of the corrupt good old boy network, i changed parties while in office. i blamed

october and early november to some of our best engineering and petroleum engineering schools in the gulf, lsu, university of houston, texas a&m, university of texas, other schools -- to try to recruit the best and the brightest of the engineers in school. telling them they're country needs them. working for us. regulating is terribly important industry, and the result of that recruiting tour was a narrow jobs announcement -- narrow in terms of time -- was overwhelming, and that was rewarding, and we're bringing people on. we're separately -- we're doing -- >> i would be curious, how many people were you able to hire? because the process of actually hiring somebody in today's federal government seems impossible. would you mind my asking -- >> we brought on 70 new people since june 1 last year. many of those are back phil. >> but they're new people. in addition the engineering people we're bringing on, we obviously have a great need for environmental scientists and people with environmental background. so we're going to be doing the same kind of thing we kind of thing we mid october and novembe

october and early november to some of our best engineering and petroleum engineering schools in the gulf, lsu, university of houston, texas, university of texas, a and m, other schools to recruit some of the best and brightest engineers in school telling them that their country needs them working for us, regulating the terribly important industry offshore, and the result of the recruiting tour was a very narrow jobs announcement, narrow in terms of time. it was overwhelming, and that was rewarding, and we are bringing people on. we're separately -- >> i'd be curious, how many people are you able to hire? the cost of hiring someone in today's federal government seems impossible. all those people that tried to get hired, mr. chairman, can i ask? >> we brought on 70 new people since june 1 of last year. >> a substantial amount. >> many are back filled. i don't want to say they are net adds. >> new people. >> they are new people, exactly right. >> that's good; excuse me for the interruption. >> no, that's fine. there's a great need for environmental scientists and people with environmental backgr