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Deep backfield rotation leads LSU offense

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR For most coaches, one quality running back is a godsend, but not for LSU coach Les Miles.

Behind the hard-nosed style of Charles Scott and the explosiveness of Jeremy Hill, the Tigers’ backfield has always stabled a plethora of talent during the Les Miles era.

And 2015 is no different with LSU’s version of the “Four Horsemen” — sophomore Leonard Fournette, sophomore Darrel Williams, freshman Nick Brossette and freshman Derrius Guice — powering past Tigers’ opponents’ week in and week out.

“It doesn’t matter who’s in the backfield,” said junior offensive tackle Jerald Hawkins.

“All of them are at threat. We love that as a offensive line.

It doesn’t matter who we are blocking for. We just know whoever is back there — they will

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Sophomores Darrel Williams (34) and Leonard Fournette (7) and freshmen Nick Brossette (4) and Derrius Guice (5) make up the Tigers’ stellar backfield rotation.

see HORSEMEN, page 11

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Grad students propose designs for former hospital site

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter If all goes to plan, the land that housed the Earl K. Long hospital for more than 40 years could be re-designed based on the ideas of two LSU students.

Landscape architecture graduate students Xian Li and Ziding Liu each designed a plan for the newly vacant Earl K. Long hospital site on Airline Highway in north Baton Rouge. The students presented their designs to area politicians and citizens at a meeting Sept. 10.

The hospital was closed in 2013 after LSU decided not to build a replacement for the outdated facility.

When the students presented their plans earlier this month, the community members in

attendance took a survey about which aspects they liked or disliked. Once that information is compiled, both students will work together on one final plan.

The students got involved after state Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, contacted the university, said Diane Jones Allen, a landscape architecture instructor at LSU. Because the hospital was part of the LSU system, Broome wanted to ensure the project was a community-effort.

Allen said all the work will be pro-bono, free, until the community’s plan is complete and the steering committee hires a professional designer.

The students’ work doesn’t take away from the professionals, but instead helps stimulate the

see ARCHITECTURE, page 11

Landscape architecture students Xian Li and Ziding Liu’s plans to redevelop the former Earl K. Long hospital site includes water features as well as retail and residential space.

art courtesy of XIAN LI

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Board of Regents approves new graduate program, discusses budget

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin The Board of Regents unanimously approved a graduate certificate program at LSU in climatology and climate change at its monthly meeting Thursday.

The program will aim to provide a ready workforce to combat climate change’s projected effects on Louisiana’s coast.

Currently, LSU students who want to study climatology must major in geography with a concentration in climatology. “[The program] will focus on a topic relevant to the state of Louisiana because climate change might affect hurricane activity,” said Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs Jeannine Kahn.

Kahn said the rising sea levels brought on by climate change are expected to influence coastal communities, and low-lying New Orleans is a specific area of concern for climatologists.

Later in the meeting, the Board of Regents Finance Committee addressed shortfalls in the state budget and its effects on higher education.

The total higher education budget in Louisiana, at $2.6 billion,

draws 50 percent of its funds from tuition, fees and revenue from universities, said Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Administration Barbara Goodson.

Goodson said tuition and fees have increased and state support has decreased over the past eight years, while Chairman Roy Martin said he hopes state budget woes bypass higher education.

“There is a looming budget shortfall that we all have to face,” Martin said.

He added that lawmakers projected oil prices at $62 per barrel for the current year, but they currently sit at $45, adding to the state deficit.

Associate Commissioner for Sponsored Programs Administration Carrie Robison said budget shortages would likely cause a decrease in the Board of Regents Support Fund income.

The Support Fund backs research programs, such as Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars, as well as graduate fellowships, endowed chairs for professors and endowed scholarships for students.

“The state treasury is indicating we’ll see far lower budget levels than we’ve seen recently,” Robison said.

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CRIME BRIEFS

Woman arrested for theft at The Club Tyquincia Haney, 20, was arrested for stealing $180 from the backpack of a co-worker at The Club at LSU Union Square, formerly the Faculty Club, LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said.

LSUPD contacted Haney on

Sept. 17, the day after speaking with the victim. Haney admitted to taking the money from the backpack, Lalonde said.

Haney was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons.

Man arrested for cyberstalking Police responded to a complaint of threatening text messages from a resident of Broussard Hall around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 21.

The victim told police he had received numerous threatening text messages and an anonymous note slipped under his door threatening bodily harm.

The man told police he

believed the suspect was Brandt Tycer, 19.

Upon speaking to Tycer, police said he admitted to sending the threatening texts because the victim was in a relationship with Tycer’s ex-girlfriend, Lalonde said.

Tycer was arrested for cyberstalking and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Gameday fight results in arrests Two people were arrested Saturday around 4 p.m. when LSUPD responded to reports of a fight near the intersection of Nicholson and Burbank Drives.

Kyle Jason Mercier, 22, and Chelsea Fortmayer, 18, were arrested for simple battery, simple criminal damage and disturbing the peace by public intoxication, Lalonde said.

According to witnesses, Fortmayer punched a woman in the face after a verbal argument escalated, breaking her

sunglasses, Lalonde said.

Witnesses said Mercier punched another woman in the face and damaged her cell phone while she was trying to break up the fight.

Mercier, who was charged with the felony crime of criminal damage because the price of the phone was worth more than $500, was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Fortmayer was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons.

Police arrest man relating to outstanding warrants During employee background checks at Drakes Catering, which works Tiger Stadium on gamedays, identified two oustanding warrants for Frederick Hamilton, Jr., 42.

Drakes Catering notified

LSUPD, who located Hamilton at Tiger Stadium on Sept. 17 and subsequently arrested him for outstanding failure to appear and contempt of child support warrants.

Hamilton was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Woman arrested after ejection from game An “angry and aggressive” woman was arrested for belligerence after being ejected from Saturday’s football game, according to the arrest report.

After being ejected, attendees must provide identifying information to the athletic department before exiting the stadium.

Amy Frechette, 21, who was unhappy with her ejection, tried to cut in line and disobeyed direct orders from officers while they tried to get her information as she left the stadium, police said.

Frechette was arrested for remaining after being forbidden and issued a misdemeanor summons.

STUDENT LIFE

Tech Qualled recruits, trains veterans for sales jobs STAFF REPORTS @lsureveille

For job-seeking veterans at campuses across the country, the transition from soldier to civilian is becoming easier because of corporations such as Tech Qualled in Fort Worth, Texas.

Established in April, Tech Qualled is a company that aims to recruit and train military veterans who have earned their bachelor’s degrees for high-paying sales roles in corporate America.

Co-founder of Tech Qualled Nick Breedlove said any enlisted person who has used their Post9/11 GI Bill to attend a school such

as LSU and is actively seeking a white-collar job is able to apply for Tech Qualled’s services.

Breedlove said the program’s application process involves one phone interview and two behavioral video interviews before a selection board determines an applicant’s entry. Roughly 20 percent of applicants reach the selection board, he said.

Since the beginning of its outreach strategy in August, Tech Qualled has reached more than 20 college campuses in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, and, Breedlove said, one of the student applicants was an LSU MBA graduate.

Adam Jennings, LSU’s Veteran and Military Student Services coordinator, said career field integration is a large part of VMSS’ efforts because of the number of older students who are enlisted as military veterans.

“Things that may be fairly simple for others who graduated high school, attended college and had the assistance of a guidance counselor are more difficult for those coming from a military structure,” Jennings said. “It takes some getting used to the civilian structure.”

“What’s unique about our program is that we’re doing pure

entrepreneurship — we’re trying to meet an unmet need,” Breedlove said. “Our program opens up doors to talented, motivated, intelligent, well-spoken veterans that want a job in a meritocracy that they themselves would not otherwise be able to open.”

Breedlove, a former active duty naval pilot and recent Harvard Business School graduate, said the idea for Tech Qualled came from veterans Jim and Karen Sherriff, who both had a desire to give veteran leaders the opportunity to integrate into the “limiting, lucrative” business technology world.

“I thought it would be a tough

transition because I left my comfort zone and everything I had ever known, but it really wasn’t — it was very smooth,” Breedlove said.

Breedlove said Tech Qualled works with companies that generate billions of dollars worth of revenue — all of which look for veterans with the kind of 10-week training program Tech Qualled provides.

“There are two things military vets need to start leaning on a year out of school, and that’s have a realistic expectation of your salary and never underestimate the value of your network,” Breedlove said.

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Tech Qualled recruits and trains veterans with degrees to work sales jobs in corporate America.

5:30 PM 6:30 PM

NOLA Horror Film Fest - Rare Form Nola

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Future and Friends Freebandz Music Fest - Baton Rouge River Center Arena

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Future Freebandz Music Fest - Baton Rouge River Center Arena

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Bingo Players - Republic New Orleans

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Professor’s curriculum features field trips, fish studies

STAFF REPORTS @lsureveille To students in biological science professor Prosanta Chakrabarty’s ichthyology class, exotic fish and daily field trips aren’t unusual.

In fact, they are the core of Chakrabarty’s curriculum.

Chakrabarty, curator of ichthyology for the LSU Museum of Natural Science — which is housed in the Louisiana Museum of Natural History — said students spend a handful of his class periods at freshwater sites throughout Louisiana, like the Lake Pontchartrain and Mississippi River drainages. There, they get hands-on experience collecting and identifying fish, something many naturalists and natural historians do

for a living.

“There’s something special about ichthyology, and it is one of those classes that I hope everyone remembers forever,” Chakrabarty said. “When my students think about LSU, it’s not important to me that they remembered the genus and species of a certain fish — it’s about the experience.”

Few universities across the nation offer students the opportunity to study specialized biology subjects, such as ichthyology or ornithology, at the undergraduate level, Chakrabarty said. Even fewer have natural history museums, such as those at LSU, Harvard and University of California, Berkeley.

Chakrabarty, who originally intended on becoming a zoologist, has been teaching

ichthyology and evolution at LSU for seven years, alternating the two courses each year.

During his time at the university, Chakrabarty has taken students to several local water habitats to collect fish. The first weekend of October, he will take students to Cocodrie, Louisiana, for the first time.

Funding for Chakrabarty’s field trips comes from the university’s biology department.

Chakrabarty said students do not pay for any of the trips, which roughly cost $30 per student.

Biological sciences senior Alyssa Chauviere said her favorite part of Chakrabarty’s class is collecting fish in the field because it better prepares her for exams in which she has

to identify fish.

“You get to get in the water and really embrace the whole experience,” Chauviere said. “It’s so much fun, and I gain a better understanding of the diversity of fish that way.”

Chakrabarty said he wishes more students could be enrolled in his class, but transportation restrictions and the seven hour Monday class period do not allow for that.

Aside from conducting field studies and learning fish identification, Chakrabarty teaches his students how to collect DNA samples and hosts lab dissections of fish such as lampreys, hagfish and sharks.

“I expect my students not to just look at fish in jars, but to understand what a fish curator

does and collects,” Chakrabarty said.

Students’ studies do not only occur in places such as Cocodrie and the river delta, but also in the basement of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, which houses a tank of roughly 500,000 fish.

Chakrabarty said the tank, which will soon move to the LSU Museum of Natural Science in Foster Hall, holds fish from his recent trips outside of Louisiana.

“The things we do are pretty rare, great opportunities where someone can really learn to be a master naturalist,” Chakrabarty said. “They get to see a glimpse of what [natural historians] do, and that’s what I love.”

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Students collect and identify fish on a typical field trip that is part of biological science professor Prosanta Chakrabarty’s ichthyology class.

Sports

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LSU sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris (6) throws the ball before the start of the LSU’ 45-21 victory against Auburn on Sept. 19 at Tiger Stadium.

No. 24 LSU prepares for Auburn match

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR

AIR RAID LSU plans to utilize passing game against Syracuse

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR In its last game, the No. 8 LSU football team rode to victory on the back of sophomore running back Leonard Fournette. This Saturday, LSU coach Les Miles said he expects a new mode of transportation

for the Tigers to gain their third win this season — the passing game.

LSU (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) will face Syracuse University at 11 a.m. in the Carrier Dome for the rubber match between the universities.

Last time around, in the 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl in Tampa, Florida, No. 17 Syracuse toppled No. 16 LSU

see SYRACUSE, page 7

The No. 24 LSU soccer team will look for its fourth consecutive win as it travels to play No. 13 Auburn University at 7 p.m. tonight at the Auburn Soccer Complex.

After dropping their Southeastern Conference opener against Alabama, the Tigers (7-1-2, 1-1 SEC) reeled off three wins in a row and climbed back into the national rankings for the first time since 2013.

LSU defeated Marquette University, the University of Georgia and then-No.15 ranked Duke University all at the LSU Soccer Stadium to bounce back from its only loss this season.

As the Tigers head back on the road, all of their remaining games this season are against opposing SEC foes.

“We feel like we are as prepared as we can be to move forward this season,” said LSU coach Brian Lee in a news release. “We’re looking forward to a great game between two ranked teams that should help shape the way the SEC table looks at the end of the season.”

Auburn (8-1, 1-1 SEC) heads into the game with some momentum of its own, making this game a critical conference matchup for both teams. The home Tigers have been unbeatable at their home stadium this season, posting a 5-0 record at the Auburn Soccer Complex and outscoring opposing teams 11-1.

Auburn has also enjoyed

see SOCCER, page 7 VOLLEYBALL

After rocky start, Tigers still have hope for rest of season

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR

After a five-set thriller last night, the LSU volleyball team anticipates its next match against South Carolina at 1 p.m. on Sunday in the PMAC. The Tigers (4-8, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) have traveled on a rocky road the first half of the season, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

“At the beginning of the year we were kind of very rough,” said freshman middle blocker Brittany Welsh. “We didn’t

know exactly what we wanted SEC matchup. to do. As the games keep going, “I’m expected them to be we are finding ready to play,” new ways to prog- ‘The goal of this team is Welsh said. “It’s goto improve each week. ing to be tough comress.”

Welsh said she So far in the last three petition, so that’s looks forward to or four weeks, we have good for us and will SEC play because help us progress as improved.’ it will further the we keep moving on FRAN FLORY team’s developthis season.”

LSU volleyball coach ment.

LSU coach Fran Up next is Flory relayed a South Carolina (7-6, 0-0 SEC). more descriptive preview for Welsh said she expects the Sunday’s match.

Gamecocks will be ready to “They have some very, very play, but so will the Tigers, which will make for a good see VOLLEYBALL, page 7

LSU senior middle blocker Emily Ehrle (2) hits the ball during the Tigers’ 3-2 defeat against Arkansas on Wednesday in the PMAC.

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Tigers to defend Golfweek Conference Challenge crown

BY MARC STEVENS @Marc_TDR The No. 8 LSU men’s golf team looks to defend its crown at the 54-hole Golfweek Conference Challenge today at 9 a.m.

The Tigers will travel to Burlington, Iowa, as the Southeastern Conference representative in the challenge for the third straight year and will be paired with 2014 runner up Southern Methodist University and Big 10 representative the Universtiy of Iowa.

In 2013, the Tigers placed fifth overall but bounced back last season, winning by an impressive 11-stroke margin over SMU. The Tigers also managed a 25-stroke lead over third place Iowa with the help of the tournament’s overall winner, former LSU All-American Stewart Jolly.

LSU coach Chuck Winstead said the team is preparing for the upcoming tournament and wants to win, but the primary focus is improving the team, not on the competition.

“We’re getting started working on our prep for [the GCC],” Winstead said. “What we try to do everyday is have fun and get better. If you are having fun and you’re out there working hard to get better, you can’t really beat that.”

LSU placed fourth as a team

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Two LSU golfers plan how to putt Oct. 4, 2014 during the David Toms Intercollegiate at University Club golf field. at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic, the Tigers’ debut tournament that ended Sept. 13. But the LSU lineup features multiple changes from the opening event.

Senior Zach Wright, junior Eric Ricard and freshman Sam Burns are the Tigers returning to the lineup after the first tournament, while sophomore Blake Caldwell and freshman

Luis Gagne are being dropped in favor of junior Rhyne Jones and freshman Nathan Jeansonne.

Caldwell finished the CCCC tied for 19th, his best performance as a Tiger, and Gagne placed 45th in his collegiate debut.

Both Jones and Jeansonne are seeing their first action of 2015, and GCC will be just the

second tournament Jones plays for the Tigers after transferring to LSU from the University of Nevada last season.

Wright started the 2015 season with eight career top-10 finishes, tying for fourth overall at the CCCC, which included a career-low 6-under in the final round.

Ricard finished as the GCC

runner-up in 2014 to Jolly. The performance remains his best in 17 tournament appearances as a Tiger and led to a sophomore season that culminated with him being recognized as a 2015 PING Honorable Mention All-American.

Burn’s collegiate career got off to a hot start as he secured a top-20 finish in his first action as a Tiger. The Shreveport, Louisiana, native’s debut tournament was highlighted by a first round 69.

Jeansonne, a high school teammate of Burns, also was a top-10 recruit nationally and came into LSU alongside Burns and Gagne to elevate LSU to a No.1 recruiting class.

The GCC’s 15-team field will represent 15 different conferences including American Athletic Conference representative SMU and tournament host Iowa.

LSU is the heavy favorite for the event as the lone team ranked in the top 50.

The Tigers entered the season No. 2 in the preseason polls but are No. 8 in Golfweek’s latest rankings updated Monday.

The SEC representative won the GCC three of four last seasons, with Arkansas winning in 2011, Missouri in 2012 and LSU in 2014. The Tigers’ fifth place finish in 2013 is the lone exception.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 WOMEN’S TENNIS

Lady Tigers prepare for upcoming tournaments

BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR The LSU women’s tennis team will split for the weekend, sending two players to the Charleston Women’s Pro Tennis 10K in Charleston, South Carolina, and the remaining five to the Wildcat Invitational at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

The two tournaments mark the start of LSU’s fall season, and while players say they are ready to compete, getting used to mass play is the main objective.

“For our girls going to Northwestern, it’s about getting plenty of matches,” said co-head coach Michael Sell. “The more matches they get, the better they will become. We will then study those matches when we return to Baton Rouge and go to work on different things.”

For the chosen Charleston pair, junior Joana Vale Costa and freshman Jessica Golovin, it’s also about seeing the professional game, improving their Women`s Tennis Association professional rankings and gaining experience, Sell said.

The players heading to Evanston will compete against players from the University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University, Michigan State University, Drake University, Ball State University, University of Pittsburgh, Northwestern University and Eastern Michigan University, but unlike other tournaments, the team doesn’t know any of the opposing players’ names yet.

“I kind of like it that way,” said senior Ella Taylor. “Sometimes, you can get caught up looking at players and try to analyze them, but now it forces me to focus on myself more than worrying about my opponents.”

Mass play remains the biggest challenge for players in both Evanston and Charleston, Sell said. Taylor is one of players who played tournaments during the

SOCCER, from page 5 recent success against its Tiger counterparts. Auburn has won the last five games in the series with the last LSU victory coming in 2010.

This game is a tough test for LSU, but the team has battled adversity all season, senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco said. Junco said the Tigers can’t be phased if they go behind early, and it’s important they battle for 90 minutes, even if things don’t go their way from the start of the game and the Auburn crowd gets riled up.

“We are a team that doesn’t give up easily,” Junco said.

“Like on Sunday [against Marquette], if we go down 1-0, our game plan won’t change, and we’ll score five goals on you. That’s the mentality the

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Senior Ella Taylor practices for the Wildcat Invitational, which will be held this weekend in Evanston, Illinois. summer and said she feels ready for what’s to come.

“I played a really good tournament this summer and ended up playing 20 matches in a week, but I felt great because you get into a swing of it,” Taylor said. “By the end of the week, I was so used to playing that my confidence grew a lot, and I feel I’m still in that competitive mindset. I put in all the work, now we have to see how it goes in a more pressured situation in a match.”

For most players, the fall season is a warm-up to find their place and prepare both physically and mentally for the spring, but with the ITA All-American Championship coming up, the tournaments are part of preparing to meet the program’s high expectations.

“Whether they win the tournaments or win a few matches, it’s relevant based on how they go out and play,” Sell said. “If they understand their game style and how to get out of difficult situations on the court, it’s a success.

Obviously, we hope that they win, but it’s more important that they take the right steps to get there.” seniors have brought. We know game by game, we can do great things.”

Junco, the SEC’s assist leader, hopes to ride the momentum from her last few games. She was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday and was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s National Team of the Week.

Junior forward Summer Clarke and sophomore forward Jorian Baucom enter the game as the NCAA’s leading scoring combination for two forwards.

Baucom has scored 10 times to lead the SEC and rank second in the NCAA in goals scored, while Clarke has netted seven goals.

The Auburn game will be the front end of a pivotal SEC road trip as LSU travels to play Ole Miss on Sunday night.

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be the main ingredient to offensive success for the Tigers 23-10. this season, but Miles said he After the matchup, the Ti- expects sophomore quartergers ended their 1988 season back Brandon Harris to take at 8-4 and Syracuse at 10-2. center-stage this weekend.

“We will throw the ball [on In their first meeting in 1964, LSU defeated the Orange 13-10 Saturday],” Miles said, who is 39-0 against in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. in New ‘This weekend will be the n o n c o n f e r Orleans. opportunity to establish ence opponents Fast forward LSU. “This the balance we have been at 51 years, and it’s weekend will be looking for. I wouldn’t be the opportunity 2015. surprised if we threw the to establish the Fournette, who carried for 228 ball more than we rush it balance we have yards on 19 carbeen looking in this game.’ ried and fell into for. I wouldn’t LES MILES the end zone on be surprised if LSU football coach three of those we threw the runs, led LSU to ball more than its 45-21 victory we rush it in this game.” against Auburn last Saturday.

Offensive balance hasn’t It was a performance many will remember, and junior left been LSU’s forte thus far, but tackle Jerald Hawkins said he Miles said he wants to take advantage of the Orangemen’s still can’t believe it happened.

“Blocking for him and see- porous secondary. In its first ing it happen on the field, then three games, Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 looking back at it I just ask Atlantic Coast Conference) almyself, ‘How did he do it?’” lowed 863 passing yards, averHawkins said. “It was unbeliev- aging 287.7 yards allowed per able. He put on his own show game. out there.”

As of now, LSU has called The sophomore Heisman three times as many rushing atTrophy candidate seems to tempts than passing attempts,

95-31. The Tigers’ passing game was overlooked to begin the season, so Harris could settle down in his new starting position. Miles said his settled quarterback is soon to be given more free reign to LSU’s passing offense, beginning on Saturday.

“We have four great running backs,” said junior tight end Colin Jeter. “They make the safeties come down to respect the run, which then opens up the passing windows for us. It opens up the field for the passing game.”

Miles predicts Syracuse will pack multiple defenders along the line of scrimmage to stop the Tigers ground game, giving them opportunities to throw the ball more than usual.

Harris has thrown merely 31 passes to nine different targets this season for 145 yards and one touchdown, but don’t expect the same Tiger offense Saturday.

“It’s good to see the ball get spreading around,” Jeter said.

“Brandon does a good job of that. He’s not afraid to throw it to any guy. As long as you have his respect, he’s not afraid to throw you the ball.”

figure out how we work the best together and how each person talented players,” Flory said. can add to that. Everyone needs “They have had some struggles to have the same focus and the at the setting position just like same goal.” we have. Their offense is a little Team-wide chemistry and less physical and a little more rhythm is forthcoming as the shot selection. We Tigers continue are going to have ‘We need to figure out to face tough into run a more balconference comhow we work the best anced defensive petition. together and how each system and be Flory acprepared to be person can add to that. knowledges the Everyone needs to have struggles and admobile.”

It will be a the same focus and the versities the Tidifferent defengers have faced same goal.’ sive game plan so far and has than the Tigers set a goal for her KELLY QUINN have executed team this season. sophomore defensive specialist this season. But “We have a sophomore defenreally good persive specialist Kelly Quinn said spective of where we are,” Floshe focuses more on her team’s ry said. “We’ve had to overcome chemistry than the opponent. adversity. Each week we make “We are trying to focus on improvements in different arhow we work the best together,” eas. We are beginning to reap Quinn said. “Our main goal is the benefits of that. to have a rhythm. We need to “The goal of this team is to

improve each week. So far in the last three or four weeks, we have improved.”

On Wednesday night, LSU lost in five sets to Arkansas (112, 1-0 SEC) in a contested, twohour, 47-minute battle, showing vast progression from LSU offensively and defensively.

Quinn said the Tigers played well, yet there are still improvements to be made.

“It was great competition,” Quinn said. “It was a good start for SEC play, but it didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to.

We did do some good things, so that’s a good place to start for SEC play.”

Flory said this season would be a huge success if her team finishes as one of the top-six SEC finishers, with a chance to be one of the top three teams in the conference.

“We have a great chance to beat a lot of teams in the SEC,” Flory said.

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LSU junior forward Summer Clarke (4) celebrates as she scores a goal during the Tigers’ 5-1 win at the LSU Soccer Stadium on Sept. 20.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) joins host Stephen Colbert on the set of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on Tuesday in New York.

Presidential candidates use comedy to connect with audiences the cerulean conciliator justin dicharia Chief Columnist On Sept. 26, 1960, Richard Nixon lost the White House in the first televised presidential debate in United States history.

His pale, sickly appearance turned voters toward young John F. Kennedy, and the Nixon-Kennedy debate changed the strategies of presidential campaigns from there on out.

When Bill Clinton pulled out the saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s late night show and George W. Bush read a top 10 list for David Letterman, late night show appearances became a requirement to become president.

President Barack Obama has owned the utilization of comedic media to push policies and increase approval ratings during the past seven years. With appearances on “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report,” slow jams with Jimmy Fallon and interviews with BuzzFeed and Zach Galifianakis, Obama created an expectation for future presidents — communicate with young people.

In a slapstick-style skit reminiscent of his political campaign, Donald Trump and Jimmy Fallon goofed around about Trump’s surprising popularity and immense wealth.

Hillary Clinton joked about her email scandal with Fallon, and Jeb Bush made fun of Trump’s ridiculous debate answers with Stephen Colbert.

These candidates sacrifice professionalism and superiority for humanization. They saw what happened to Mitt Romney, and it scared them. But while their efforts are mired in an attempt to tap into younger generations, appearances on late night television may successfully reinvest moderates within the American political system.

When the Internet and cable entered mainstream American media in the ’90s and ’00s, moderates stopped watching broadcast television, which included nightly news, and started watching entertainment and sports programs. Princeton University professor Markus Prior said in his book “Post-Broadcast Democracy: How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Plarizes Elections” that political interest didn’t wane in the ’90s — exposure to the news did. As a result,

political participation dropped when moderates stopped watching the news.

However, these entertainment junkies who spend time watching late night television, trending YouTube videos and BuzzFeed shorts aren’t a lost cause for election day turnout.

Moderates just need more exposure to news, and with pundits like Colbert at the helm of “The Late Show”, this is possible.

In less than a month, Colbert interviewed Jeb Bush, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Trump. For the sake of politics, Colbert is more valuable to moderate voters than Fallon. Colbert is an intelligent political pundit who used satire for years on “The Colbert Report” to point out flaws in conservative views.

Colbert asks the tough questions in one-on-one situations journalists only dream about.

He pushed Cruz on the senator’s stance on gay marriage.

He pointed out Trump’s ludicrous immigration policy and egged Biden to reveal whether Obama’s number two had presidential hopes.

Both Colbert and Fallon, who interviewed Trump, Clinton and Carly Fiorina, maintain middle-aged and young adult

viewing audiences. According to the University of Connecticut’s Roper Center, 19 percent of the young adult population (18 to 29-year-olds) and 27 percent of the middle-aged population (30 to 44-year-olds) voted in the 2012 election.

Colbert and Fallon have strong holds on those age groups through their social media outreach and cable broadcasting.

Colbert’s interview with Biden has two million views on YouTube. Fallon’s skit with Trump has five million.

Skits, jokes and laughs along the campaign trail changed the political game.

More Americans are exposed to politics than any election cycle since 2000. Political night talk show appearances can bring moderates back into politics with hosts like Colbert continuing their news focused comedy routines. If moderate voter turnout increases, moderate politicians can win elections, and the political polarization of today’s American political culture may finally see its sunset.

Justin DiCharia is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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Thomas the Tank Engine is on a permanent Mardi Gras break Burnt to a crisp Garrett Hines Columnist Gov. Bobby Jindal’s inability to comprehend or calculate simple math is baffling. Maybe he needs a lesson or two under Common Core.

During the height of the recession, the Obama administration decided to jumpstart the economy, offering states money to pay for various infrastructure projects. CBS News noted Jindal had access to $4 billion that never had to be paid back, with “$538,575,876 for infrastructure spending.” The White House predicted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 would create “50,000 jobs in the state.”

Jindal turned down the entire share of Louisiana’s stimulus money. Washington Times reported, “He said accepting the money would have required a change in state law and, after federal money runs out in three years, would have led to

a $12 million increase in taxes on his state’s businesses to keep funding the benefit.”

One of the projects not funded because of Jindal’s pandering to Grover Norquist and his cronies was a commuter rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

This rail line would travel at 79 mph, make two trips per day and take about an hour and half.

By 2016, an expected $6.9 billion will be spent by tourists in New Orleans.

If the rail line is built, these tourists will be able to travel between seven different parts of the super region with the route passing through downtown Baton Rouge, suburban Baton Rouge near Essen Lane, Gonzales, LaPlace, Kenner, Jefferson Parish off Airline Drive and ending at the Amtrak station near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

All facts and figures were derived from the Baton Rouge-New Orleans Intercity Rail Feasibility Study.

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune noted this project would have received $300 million from

the federal government. The project, deemed too expensive

by Jindal, would have cost $150 million to $200 million after the credits from the federal government. After the initial costs, “another $18 million in subsidies a year [would have been required] to operate” the rail system.

After Jindal turned down this proposal, the Legislature created the Louisiana Super Region Rail Authority to retool the proposal and come up with a plan Republican voters would approve of. The Authority devised a new plan able to cut the cost, according to Metro Magazine “to a more digestible $6.7 million a year.”

Nothing has happened on this front since the retooling.

Jindal never made the project a part of his legislative agenda during previous sessions and left the issue to dangle over the head of the next governor. And it’s a shame because it would be a massive benefit to the state.

According to NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, a high-speed passenger rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans would allow 50,000 fewer people

to have to drive in between both cities every day, lessening the environmental impression of those commutes.

Seventy-five thousand new jobs are expected along this corridor by 2022, many of them highly skilled. Moreover, The Advocate noted projections estimate “more than $20 billion in development and expansion projects over the next several years” will occur in this region.

This creates a situation where out-of-state applicants will flood the state, put down roots in new communities outside of the Baton Rouge or New Orleans congestion and build their careers in this state.

Having a modern passenger rail system shows new workers Louisiana is committed to making these people’s lives as enjoyable, productive and safe as possible.

The next governor needs to understand how important these jobs and this super region are to the future of a prosperous, sure-footed and forward thinking Louisiana. This issue needs discussion in upcoming debates

and all the candidates should have a clear answer on their plans to take advantage of the $300 million dollars still available to this state.

Garrett Hines is a 21-yearold political science senior from Monroe, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @garrettH_TDR.

The Baton Rouge to New Orleans rail corridor is 78.7 miles long.

Initially, two daily round trips will travel at speeds of up to 79 mph.

The total estimated capital costs is $262,400,000.

The total population of the parishes served by the proposed rail is close to 1.4 million people.

Hollywood needs more oversight to combat rape culture Entitled Millennial COdy sibley Columnist Hollywood’s rape culture is as alive today as it was when Bill Cosby allegedly drugged and raped countless women.

Ke$ha, the 28-year-old pop icon, filed a lawsuit against her producer, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, last year. She accused him of physically and verbally assaulting her for almost a decade.

She said Gottwald drugged her, raped her and held her career hostage after she confronted him.

Ke$ha pushed for a court injunction to allow her to work with other producers and record labels.

She’s stuck in a contract with her accused rapist, and she said she doesn’t want to work with him anymore.

“I know I cannot work with Dr. Luke,” Ke$ha said in an affidavit. “I physically cannot. I don’t feel safe in any way. He has threatened me many times. ‘Three strikes and you’re out,’ he told me.”

Gottwald and his team decided to take the classic victim-blaming approach.

“If Ke$ha now regrets her career being mired in legal proceedings, it’s entirely her making,” a spokesperson for Gottwald said.

In other words, they’re punishing Ke$ha for speaking out against rape and assault. She can have her safety or her career, but she can’t have both.

Sony, the company housing Gottwald’s record label, chose to play the rape apologist role in this situation. The company claimed to have no part in this situation and said it was simply “caught in the crossfire.”

Sony might be caught in the crossfire, but that doesn’t erase the company’s duty to protect its singers. Ke$ha has made money for them, and she sang music they wrote even when she wanted to sing her own songs instead.

This problem is a glimpse of the larger problems within Hollywood and its rape culture. In 2013, Emilia Clarke refused to do any more nude scenes for “Game of Thrones.” She said she wanted to be known for her acting skills and not her breasts.

Kate Beckinsale is another example. Her director forced her to do a nude scene for a movie.

He wouldn’t budge even after she begged him, so she peed in her director’s thermos as revenge. Long

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story short, this woman is my new idol.

I’m personally all for nudity.

I find it to be an empowering way to reclaim your body when society usually tells you to cover up, but body sovereignty is more important. While the women previously mentioned didn’t go through the physical abuse Ke$ha endured,

I’m sure they’re scarred for life.

I can’t imagine someone forcing me to take off my clothes or to sleep with them for a job. Then again, I’m also male and will probably never have to deal with that situation because society doesn’t sexualize me the same way it sexualizes women.

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about Ke$ha as a performer, nobody should have to choose between unemployment and working in an uncomfortable environment.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Opelousas, Louisiana.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 possible Heisman Trophy run, the rest of the Tigers’ running handle their business as long as backs upheld the notion that we open up holes for them.” the Tigers have more than one Since Miles took over the back who can carve up the program in 2005, the Tigers opposing defense.

Williams continued his role have subscribed to the runningback-by-committee strategy, as a change of pace back to utilizing their depth at the po- Fournette and tallied 41 yards sition no matter the capabilities on eight carries against Auburn after recording 45 yards of their lead back.

The three most productive against Mississippi State.

The youth in the Tigers’ backs under Miles before Fournette — Stevan Ridley in 2010 backfield has catapulted WilScott in 2008 and Hill in 2013 liams and Fournette into — averaged only 17.6 carries leadership roles after graduper game. ation of Terrence Magee and During his First-Team All- Kenny Hilliard.

From his Southeastern Conference sea- ‘It doesn’t matter who’s in first carry in the son in 2010, Rid- the backfield. All of them third quarter ley scored a rushare at threat. We love against Auburn, ing touchdown in powerful that as a offensive line. It Guice’s 10 of LSU’s 13 running style games, includ- doesn’t matter who we are justified the hype ing a career-best blocking for. We just know s u r r o u n d i n g three-touchdown whoever is back there his recruiting, performa nce 9.2 — they will handle their averaging against Auburn yards per carry business as long as we and tallying two on Oct. 23, 2010, on his way to tal- open up holes for them.’ runs longer than lying 1,147 yards 10 yards in only JERALD HAWKINS on the season. six touches. junior offensive tackle After becom“Guice never ing the first LSU gets tackled,” running back to open a season said senior offensive tackle with four consecutive 100- Vadal Alexander. “It takes five yard games since Charles Al- guys to tackle him.” exander in 1978, Scott posted Brossette also made his 1,147 rushing yards and came debut as a Tiger against Auone touchdown short of break- burn, notching 13 yards on the ing the LSU program single- ground on four carries. season rushing touchdown Carrying on the Tigers’ trarecord with 18 in the 2008 dition of running back depth, season.

Guice and Brossette are ready Along with recording the to contribute during their second-most rushing yards freshmen season. during a single season in LSU “Nick and Derrius have history with 1,401, Hill aver- done a great job learning the aged a program record 6.9 offense,” Clapp said. “We reyards per carry, translating to ally don’t miss a beat when 116.8 yards per game on 16.9 any freshman comes in because they all prepare the right carries per game.

Following his record-setting way. They’ve all worked their freshman season, Fournette tails off in fall camp, so we came into the 2015 season as really like they way they’ve one of the unquestioned top been playing.” backs in the country, threatening to disrupt the balance of the Tigers’ traditional workload at running back.

Through two games this season, Fournette’s numbers are more impressive than former Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon’s were in 2014, when he led the NCAA with 184.8 yards on 24.5 rushes per game. Fournette currently leads the nation with 193.5 yards per game and is tied for the NCAA lead with 18 points per game.

Fournette’s numbers this season are threatening all-time school records, as he came just 22 yards short of breaking Alley Broussard’s LSU single-game rushing record set in 2004 with only 19 carries against Auburn.

“After one of his runs when the dude tried to tackle him high and Leonard just ran right through him, I ran up to the sideline and just looked at all the guys,” said freshman offensive lineman William Clapp. “I just said, ‘That kid is a freak.’’

While Fournette’s performance against Auburn garnered national attention and a

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Landscape architecture students Xian Li and Ziding Liu each designed a plan to redevelop the former Earl K. Long hospital site on Airline Highway in north Baton Rouge.

ARCHITECTURE, from page 1 product, she said The community responded well to the plans and is eager for the work to begin, Allen said, but the actual construction is still far off.

Liu and Li also attended a meeting in March where community members said what they would and would not like to see in the site. Many citizens wanted to see day care facilities and family restaurants, but did not want buildings such as check-cashing businesses or prisons.

The committee over the project will hire a designer who will receive the recommendations. The designer may completely change the plan, Allen said, but they still will provide a clear example of what the community wants.

“Instead of just telling the developer, the community

says, ‘Here is our plan,’” Al- driveways leading into the len said. “This is a really good surrounding residential area process.” and onto Airline Highway.

The two designs featured Allen said it was important many similar aspects, such as for the community to feel restaurants, retail locations and like the site was connected open space. Liu’s plan shows to them.

The work is done in their a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market or a farmers’ market, free time, Allen said, but the while Li’s incorporates some students said the experience residential space. has given them a better idea of Allen said the general con- how to incorporate the commusensus was that the community nity’s needs into a design. wanted a mixed-use lot, which “In school we get comments has both retail and service lo- from our professor and our cations, because there aren’t classmates, but this time we many retail locations in the get the ideas from the residents area. She said Perkins Rowe there,” Li said. “When it’s finwas mentioned frequently ished, you have to listen to their during the meetings. feedback, so you have a better Both plans FOR alsoRELEASE have idea for next time.”

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