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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016

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Christopher D’Elia: Dean of the College of the Coast and Environment

Resolution: To enhance the academic experience.

“My New Year’s resolution is to continue to improve the student experience for our students in our newly named college, the College of the Coast and Environment.

“It’s very academic, but personal resolutions go by the wayside. I’ve been doing them for years and it’s hopeless. There are the standard ones to control your caloric intake and to exercise more, and they get tiresome after having reviewed them many times, so I thought something more substantive would be in order.”

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Todd Queen: Dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts Resolution: To read one book each week of the year 2016.

“My New Year’s resolution is inspired

by Dean White. I’ve been reading a book each week for the entire 2016 year. So far, I have read ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ ‘Undaunted Courage’ and ‘Water for Elephants.’”

“I’ve thought a lot about it, and I’ve got one I really want to stand to. I want to be more cheerful and optimistic and less of a grouch this coming year.”

Resolution: To make 2016 the “Year of Research,” push the digital revolution.

“I think resolutions, if you’re mildly serious about them, do help you set priorities. Research ought to be a priority. Personally, it reminds me if there’s a spare weekend, get off your duff and try to learn more about the South.”

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“I’m reading the fun, unexpected ones first. I have strategically added some books that are really short.”

“I actually have two. One is to push even harder to make sure that students and everybody else know that the world has gone digital, and I know that sounds elementary, but it’s interesting … I’d like to find better ways to show folks that we’re really in like the 20th year of the digital revolution. The other one is that we’re going to try to make this the year of research.”

“I don’t set a New Year’s resolution unless I mean it, and this one I mean. I really enjoy this job, and I want people to see that I enjoy it. It’s important to me.”

STUDENT LIFE

“New year, new me” is a catchphrase even university administrators are taking to heart with the start of 2016, except there’s no diet or exercise involved.

Jerry Ceppos: Dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication

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Richard White: Dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business Resolution: To be more positive.

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Damon Andrew: Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Education

Resolution: To improve foreign language skills.

“My New Year’s resolution for 2016 is to continue to improve in my foreign languages, particularly French, Spanish and Korean. With my job as a dean, I interact with a lot of international dignitaries and other universities to set up partnerships for study abroad and other opportunities for our students.”

“I’m probably not as big on new year’s resolutions as other people. I’ll set goals for myself throughout the year. This is just something that happened to coincide around January for me.”

Sights of students self-balancing their way through the Quad to get to class will no longer be commonplace this semester, putting cycling and walking back in business.

A collaboration among the university’s leadership, risk management, safety department and environmental health services departments led to a ban on selfbalancing scooters, commonly known as hoverboards, effective Dec. 30, 2015.

Catherine David, associate director of communications and development for Residential Life, said the department began looking into the safety risks after more than 60 airlines and universities banned the self-balancing scooters and Amazon stopped shipping them.

University officials notified students of the policy change via an email from the Department of Residential Life. According to the email, the ban was put into effect after the electronic devices’ batteries catching fire made national news.

“We have made the decision to prohibit the use, possession or storage of electronic skateboards

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FOOD AND DRINK

Curbside Burgers to begin construction in Mid-City

BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221

2016

Spring

About six years ago, Nick Hufft operated a cramped food trailer outside of Bogie’s in Tigerland. Now, the executive chef of Barcadia has bigger plans for the burgers he sold to his Thursday night bar patrons — enclosing his business in brick and mortar.

Hufft’s business, Curbside

Burgers, is set to begin construction in Mid City, next to Calandro’s Supermarket. The $500,000 project will include both indoor and outdoor seating.

The former LSU marketing student worked the graveyard shift from his food trailer while he was still in school. After learning the ins and outs of the food industry, he said, he collected enough cash to upgrade to a food truck.

Passion is key when it comes to the food business, Hufft said.

“You’re the dishwasher, the cook, the accountant, the mechanic, the plumber and the electrician,” he said.

While navigating the “tricky business” of owning a food truck, Hufft said the ultimate end game was always to open a restaurant.

Though the project has been in the works for about three years, the

dream came true a few weeks ago when he launched the restaurant demo — a basic blueprint of the 2,900 square-foot building.

Hufft said Mid City’s Wednesday Night Roundups — a weekly gathering of several food trucks, music and outdoor seating — inspired him to place his restaurant there. The “pop-up food court,” he

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Curbside Burgers looks to begin construction for a permanent location.

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page 2 CURBSIDE, from page 1 said, showcases the local region’s support of small businesses.

“I would pack that truck to the brim and we would always sell out,” Hufft said. “There’s a lot of energy in Mid City and we wanted to be a part of that.”

Other than the food truck social scene, Curbside Burgers also comprises part of Barcadia’s menu. Since Hufft works as a chef for both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge branches, he includes specials for students, like $6

SCOOTERS, from page 1 including self-balancing boards/ scooters and other similar equipment in all university-managed residence halls, apartments and Greek houses, until safety standards for them have been adequately developed and implemented across all models. We are not willing to risk your safety and your community’s safety,” the email read.

A university broadcast email sent to students Monday reported the devices would be prohibited from all campus buildings.

To date, Nicholls State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and LSU are the only schools to have banned these devices in the state.

“Any time we make a change in our policy, it’s to do what’s in the best interest of our residents and their safety,” she said.

John Borne, deputy chief

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Curbside Classics with fries.

Kellie Heath, Barcadia’s inhouse manager, said the hybrid bar-arcade uses the burgers as an incentive to bring in students.

She said the burgers would continue to be sold at Barcadia, even after the new restaurant opens.

“They’re hand-ground every day, seasoned and cooked to order,” Heath said. “They’re actually really good burgers.”

Hufft said he uses local ingredients, a unique bun recipe and a specific blend of beef as opposed to

the “already ground, 80/20 chuck blend” most other restaurants use. By knowing what goes into his burgers, he is able to serve his meat medium rare, “ice-cold on a platter.”

The Curbside Burgers website boasts “pork belly preserves,” the local vendor’s signature condiment. Smoked pork belly is cut and slow-cooked for hours until it turns into something easily used to top burgers and fries and gives them an “unbelievable bacon taste,” the site reads.

Hufft also runs weekly

information officer of risk and security, clarified that the devices are only banned from on-campus buildings, not from outside areas.

“The ban is really a temporary measure,” Borne said.

“We’re going to reassess it each semester to see the state of the technology … and as it gets better, we’re looking to repeal those things.”

He said the university is “sensitive” to these risk and safety issues because it is the first year LSU has had its own risk program, which affords the university ownership of its own insurance.

No other Louisiana campus procures its own insurance, he said.

Borne said to his knowledge the university has not seen a problem with the self-balancing scooters injuring others on campus.

“We’re trying to find a balance on how to be safe and protect the

resources,” he said. “We’re not trying to ‘helicopter’ students ... everybody’s an adult here.”

David said LSU has not received a large response or backlash from any current or future residents or their parents.

The university will issue consequences for using the selfbalancing scooters in on-campus facilities by following a standard accountability process, which is governed by Residential Life’s policies outlined in the Living on Campus Handbook and one-year housing contract that student residents sign.

Political science junior and hoverboard owner Anna Cahill said she does not think banning the self-balancing scooters is “necessary” because the danger lies in overcharging — not riding — the devices.

“I think it’s unfortunate for people who bought the boards with the intention to use them

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Curbside Burgers took the idea of the traditional hamburger and sought to enhance its quality, founded on the basic principles of fresh ground beef, fresh baked buns and fresh cut fries, he said.

“They’re something very simple that Baton Rouge ... is comfortable with, but we’re elevating that a little bit and I think that’s kind of what separates us from the rest,” he said.

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Self-balancing scooters will be temporarily banned from university buildings. on campus, especially those that live in dorms or other residencies around campus that now have to leave their boards at home,” Cahill said.

The recent ban, however, did not phase LSU men’s basketball forward Ben Simmons, who once owned a hover board.

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Three Tiger gymnasts earn Sophomore Fournette first Tiger to win NCAA rushing title SEC weekly honors after OU win running backs since Ole Miss running back John Dottley last took home the title with 1,312 rushing yards in 1949.

Along with topping the NCAA rushing rankings, Fournette finished the season No. 3 nationally in rushing yards with 1,953, allpurpose yards with 183.83 yards and points per game with 11.5.

The NCAA rushing champion has been determined by average rushing yards per game, instead of net rushing yards, since the 1970 season.

Tigers land at No. 7 in D1Baseball.com preseason poll After landing at No. 7 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper preseason poll last month, the LSU baseball team finds itself in the same position in the D1Baseball.com preseason poll released Tuesday morning.

LSU finished 2015 ranked No. 5

by D1Baseball.com following a 5412 overall record, which included a 1-2 outing in the College World Series.

The Tigers join six other Southeastern Conference schools in D1Baseball.com’s rankings, including No. 1 Florida, No. 3 Vanderbilt and No. 4 Texas A&M.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette capped his record-breaking 2015 campaign by becoming the first Tiger to claim the NCAA rushing title with an average of 162.8 yards per game.

Fournette shattered LSU single-season records with 1,953 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns as he led LSU to a 9-3 overall record.

The New Orleans native’s victory ended the 66-year drought for Southeastern Conference

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LSU travels to College Station, Texas, to take on the Aggies for a three-game series in late March.

But the Tigers will host a threegame series against the Commodores in early April and the Gators to close out the regular season.

The Tigers also host No. 15 Mississippi State for a series in late April and No. 25 Arkansas in early May. No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette, which was ranked No. 6 in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason rankings, will face LSU on March 22 in Metairie, Louisiana for the Wally Pontiff Classic at Zephyr Field.

The No. 1 LSU gymnastics team brought home a trio of Southeastern Conference weekly awards following the Lady Tigers’ upset of former No.1 University of Oklahoma on Saturday, announced the SEC on Tuesday.

Sophomore Myia Hambrick’s 39.450 point all-around performance resulted in her first SEC Gymnast of the Week award. Along with Hambrick, junior Shae Zamardi and freshman Sarah Finnegan were named the SEC Specialist of the Week and Freshman of the Week, respectively.

Hambrick earned her

first all-around title against the Sooners when she tied or set career highs with scores of 9.90 on beam and floor.

Although the home opener marked her first floor routine since an exhibition during her freshman year, Zamardi’s score of 9.925 helped secure LSU’s victory and the No.1 spot in the nation.

After Finnegan tied the team’s highest score on bars with a 9.85, the freshman continued turning heads with a 9.925 on beam - the highest score in an LSU gymnast’s first career beam routine in school history.

Mossville black-and-white photography exhibition opens today in Art Building Studio art senior Emily Green’s photography exhibition of black-and-white prints called Mossville opens today in Gallery 229 in room 229 of the Art Building. The exhibition will remain on display through Jan. 29.

The exhibition focuses on Louisiana’s chemical plants

and the negative effects of petrochemical expansion and pollution on the small town of Mossville, La. It illustrates the factors forcing people to migrate from Mossville and the aftermath.

Gallery 229 remains open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from noon to 5 p.m on weekends.

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KEYS TO VICTORY

Tigers looking for SEC bounce back versus Rebels

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR

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Victor’s tenacity critical to young Tigers’ progression

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR LSU basketball sophomore forward Craig Victor laid on the PMAC floor, grinning as Kentucky senior forward Alex Poythress stood over him looking flustered.

Poythress had just slammed Victor to the floor, eliciting a loose ball foul as Tigers led by 10 early in the second half against the then-No. 9 Wildcats.

Although Poythress was clearly frustrated by the deficit and a whistle at his expense, Victor wasn’t fazed by Poythress’ aggressive foul.

The New Orleans native simply smiled as LSU further gained control of a game it would win,

85-67, on Jan. 5.

As he would confidently say, Victor was just doing his job, which includes being the Tigers’ enforcer.

“I knew I was the toughest guy on the court,” Victor said prior to last weekend’s loss to Florida. “That’s how I feel every time I step out on the court. I know I’m the meanest; I’m going to be the toughest. I really don’t have no worries. I was pulled down by my neck, but I love all that. I love the physicality of the game.”

By all accounts, Victor, who averages 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds, isn’t a dirty or meanspirited player. In fact, he is as charismatic as any player on the team. But he realized he had a

mission to accomplish once he became eligible last month – doing the dirty work that came with bolstering the Tigers’ frontcourt.

With the tenacity he brings on the floor, LSU is 5-2 since Victor joined the lineup after a 4-4 start to the season. Over the course of his life, growing up in the sometimes-perilous Uptown area of the Crescent City and then transferring from Arizona to be closer to family, Victor became the toughest version of himself and, possibly, one of the toughest players in the Southeastern Conference.

“The big thing is he brings a sense of urgency and toughness

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The LSU men’s basketball team arguably had the toughest opening stretch to begin league play of all 14 Southeastern Conference teams.

Beginning with a win in Nashville against Vanderbilt, which was picked to finish second in the SEC, LSU coach Johnny Jones said the Tigers had to dive into conference play at a full sprint instead of a leisurely jog.

Without a break, the Tigers take on Ole Miss at 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the PMAC. After five losses in non-conference play, the Tigers had no room for error in its postseason race, but the win against Vanderbilt set up a home victory against then-No. 9 Kentuckyon Jan. 5.in the PMAC. Despite their boosted momentum, the Tigers fell to 9-6 overall and 2-1 in conference play with a 68-62 road loss to Florida on Jan. 9.

“We would certainly love to be undefeated sitting at 3-0,” Jones said. “But, 2-1 with the schedule that was presented to us — I think we may have had the toughest schedule in the conference with the way we had to start off at Vanderbilt, who was considered to be the second place team in the league, according to preseason, then, Kentucky picked No. 1 in the country in our conference.

I don’t think anyone that played a tougher schedule in those two games and then, going to Florida.”

And the schedule, while not as strenuous as in the beginning of the season the season, will still challenge LSU as it

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Ole Miss then-junior guard Stefan Moody (42) jump shoots the ball on Feb. 28 during the Tigers’ 73-63 victory against Ole Miss in the PMAC. takes on Rebel senior guard and the SEC’s leading scorer Stefan Moody.

“Moody is a very explosive guard,” Jones said. “This year, they are playing him more at [point guard] and starting him off. He has the ball in his hand a lot more. He’s creative, tough off of the balance. He’ll get into the rim and shoot the deep ball, in terms of the three. He’s really dangerous.”

Shooting 41 percent from the field, Moody leads the SEC with 23.9 points per game — 3.3 points ahead of LSU freshman point-forward Ben Simmons.

LSU, though, faces the SEC’s best scorerduring a drop in his production this season.

Against Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia, Moody shot a combined 15-for-35 from the field and 6-for-18 from threepoint territory — his lowest amount of shot attempts in a

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Tigers’new team chemistry results in validity, confidence

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR All it took for LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux to say the team’s 2016 season was “legit” was a season-opening upset win against then No. 1 Oklahoma.

But, the upset couldn’t have transpired without the composition of the nation’s No. 1 overall recruiting class — five stalwart freshman and a sophomore transfer.

The incomers may not have chosen LSU as their new home if not for its new, 30,000-square-foot, multimillion-dollar practice facility -- a new neighbor to the PMAC and Tiger Stadium.

Nonetheless, the new batch of gymnasts, alongside a flurry of talent from last season’s run to the NCAA semifinals in Fort Worth, Texas, are here and have made their presence known and admired as week one of the competition portion of the Tigers season kicked off.

“This team is legit,” Breaux said after then-No. 5 LSU’s 196.950-196.725 win against the Sooners on Saturday.

When asked to elaborate about what makes LSU so established this season, Breaux didn’t hesitate.

“This team is the real deal,” she said. “They have to continue to act maturely in the gym and conduct themselves maturely in the

community and in the classroom.

Everything matters, everything counts. Our level of difficulty is going as high as anybody’s in the country. Be able to have that eye of the tiger, have that focus in the performance when it counts the most.”

Interestingly enough for a team led by seasoned veteran performers, the nation’s top freshmen gymnasts and a coach diving into her 39th season, Breaux’s comments were directed outside of the gym, beyond the sleek mats, mushy foam pits and comforting environment.

She said what makes these Tigers special stretches beyond the new practice facility.

Breaux wasn’t alone in her direction about what makes the team “legit.” Multiple gymnasts concurred.

“It’s been a cohesive effort from all of us just trying to bond and form together,” junior allarounder Ashleigh Gnat said.

“Having that kind of bond with a team really creates depth, relationships and genuine love between a bunch of girls — which is sometimes hard to get … because girls.”

Well, girls can be girls.

On the mat, those gymnasts can’t help but smile, laugh and mimic their teammate’s routines from the sidelines. Their cohe-

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LSU then-sophomore Ashleigh Gnat performs Jan. 9, 2015 during the Tigers’ win 197-193 against Iowa.

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page 4 OLE MISS, from page 3 6-for-18 from three-point territory — his lowest amount of shot attempts in a three-game skid this season.

While in somewhat of a slump, the explosive, rim-attacking guard looks to put on a show Wednesday.

“He gets to the line a lot,” senior guard Keith Hornsby said.

“He’s really good — and I don’t know if it’s necessarily acting — but he’s good at making it seem like you’re fouling more than you actually are. We have to be aware of that. We did a good job on him last year. Hopefully we bring the same strategy to that.”

Moody’s attacking tendencies aren’t scaring the Tigers away from being aggressive on the defensive end, but foul trouble has become a struggle for LSU of late.

With a team total of 26 fouls against Florida, Hornsby and junior guard Tim Quarterman sat down for almost the entirety of the first half after receiving two fouls apiece. Both Simmons and sophomore forward Craig Victor II fouled out of Saturday’s contest, alongside four other Tigers with three or four fouls, respectively.

Tiger players said staying away from foul trouble against

Moody and Ole Miss could decide Wednesday’s result.

“He takes a majority of their shots,” Hornsby said. “He’s really their focal point on offense.

Secondly, he scores and [junior forward Sebastian] Saiz. He’s a big man. The guard play is primarily dominated by Moody, so of course we’re going to focus on him. But, Saiz is really good too.

It should be a fun challenge. Anybody that is on him, no matter what our strategy is.”

Saiz, the Rebels go-to interior defender and post player, is the team’s second-leading scorer, shooting 54.6 percent from the field this season.

Beyond Moody and Saiz’s production, controlling the amount of times Ole Miss gets to the freethrow line is the No. 1 priority for LSU heading into the matchup.

Saiz and Moody have shot 198 of Ole Miss’ 387 freethrow attempts this season.

Moody is shooting an SEC-high 86.5 percent from the freethrow line, and Saiz is at 66.2 percent.

The battle at the free-throw line, in a hostile SEC environment in the PMAC, is headlining Wednesday’s game, which excites Hornsby.

“It should be fun,” he said. “It was last year, and should be this year, too.”

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“The big thing is he brings a sense of urgency and toughness to our team,” said coach Johnny Jones before the Florida game, “which allows our other guys to be confident in a lot of areas.”

Last March, Victor sat in the media room of the LSU practice facility, facing the local media as a whole for the first time as a Tiger. Despite being a fresh face on campus, Victor was relaxed, thoughtful and displayed his moxie.

He had absolutely no doubt that his year away from the meaningful competition, per NCAA transfer rules, would eventually pay off.

“Oh, it’s going to pay off,” Victor said last year. “I’m not worried at all. I’m in the gym every day and the weight room. I don’t like to talk about it much, even when people ask me. I tell them, ‘talk to the strength and conditioning coach or talk to coach [Jones].’

Because the game will speak for itself. I don’t really have to say too much.”

So what was Victor’s job in practice when facing future NBA draft picks Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey?

“Just dominate,” Victor said last year. “Dominate and push

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 them as much I want them to push me.”

The 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward made sure to say the battle between Martin or Mickey in practice, who were on the Purple team while Victor was on the Gold team, didn’t involve trash talk. All Victor was worried about was providing fierce competition since he couldn’t do that in games for the Tigers in 2015.

So when Victor finally got his opportunity to see live action, as the Tigers were in the midst losing four of their last five games, Victor helped spark a 21-point victory against Gardner-Webb on Dec. 16 with 10 points and five rebounds. He did that by doing the “little things,” as he often says.

That’s all the Tigers needed to get back to winning ways, freshman forward Ben Simmons said after the game.

“He brought energy,” Simmons said. “Like he said, he did what he needs to do. He rebounded. He played physical. He posted up. So, he did everything that he needs to do for us.”

Victor’s other job, though, is looking out for Simmons when they’re on the floor together.

“A lot of guys try to go at Ben,” Victor said after the Kentucky game. “But at the same time, I’m out there, and Ben Simmons is well-protected at all times when

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I’m out there. You best believe that he has no worries while he’s out on the court, and he is a tough guy also. So we’re going to go out there, and we’re going to battle every night.”

New Orleans made Victor who he is, but that doesn’t mean he’s begging to head home as much as possible.

Victor, who attended St. Augustine High School before transferring to Findlay Prep in Nevada for his senior year, is as aware of the violence and drug-influence as anybody from the city. So much so, it has pushed him away from a town he is proud to represent.

In fact, he really only goes back for home-cooked meals or emergency situations.

“It’s a battlefield, and it’s not easy to make it out,” Victor said.

“There’s some parents in New Orleans that just want to see their kids make it to 18 – some 15. Fifteen is like the new 18. If you can make it to 18, it’s a blessing. It’s a blessing to be able to live that long in New Orleans and be a young adult.

“Other places, they’re not worried about that. They’re thinking about college and other stuff like that. Down there, it’s just thinking about making it through to the next day.”

As he acknowledges, he’s not the only one who has lost loved ones to the violence that New Orleans has regrettably become known for. He even chose to play youth basketball in the Gentilly area of New Orleans to avoid the things he couldn’t control.

To Victor, now that he’s back home, he has opportunity to inspire those who share his dreams or those who just want to see someone from New Orleans do well. When he returns home, he’s embraced as beacon of hope for those who have seen him grow from near and afar.

The inspiration he provides recently included a fellow St. Augustine Purple Knight.

“I was in [the practice facility] after media one day, and this kid told me, ‘I went to the same high school you went to, man, and I just appreciate what you’re doing for the city,’” Victor said.

“At the same time, that touched me because I know some kids back home would never have this opportunity.”

But on the basketball court, Victor will still be taking his do-your-job approach, which includes being the player no one wants to face.

“I try as much as I can to strike fear in the opponent’s heart,” Victor said. “That’s a part of my game. I don’t necessarily mean to do it. It just happens.”

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LSU made the right decision in banning hoverboards BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES Columnist LSU, along with other universities across the nation, banned the use and presence of selfbalancing scooters, or “hoverboards,” from dorms and buildings on campus this semester.

This was the prudent and right decision. During Winter Break, videos circulated of these machines spontaneously catching fire.

A piece I wrote last semester details how a majority of the hoverboards sold in the United States are built with “weaker motors, not as reliable batteries, gyro boards, and improper motherboard design,” according to Wired.com. I was not surprised, and in fact, felt vindicated when NPR reported low-quality batteries are the key culprits behind self-balancing scooters #CatchingFire.

This battery issue is not trivial, and some regulatory officials

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are questioning whether to pull “hoverboards” off the market entirely.

The Federal Aviation Administration, the United Nations and the North American Transportation Services Association are all

investigating the safety of transporting these second-tier lithium-ion batteries across the skies.

Governmental and safety experts fear self-balancing scooters could combust mid-air if cargo planes get too hot. In essence,

transporting them through the skies could potentially be doing the Islamic State group’s work for them.

Charging these knock offs can lead to problems as well.

Overcharging the substandard batteries in hoverboards can cause spontaneous fires to erupt.

Before #HoverSquad comes for my neck, it is important to note this is not the first time novel modes of transportation have elicited public pushback.

In 2013, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner ground to a halt after two of the model’s lithiumion batteries caught fire, with one fire occurring mid-flight.

Tesla, the premier electric car maker, issued an update to the car’s suspension after two fires occurred. The Economist reported the fires erupted once the lithium battery coverings are damaged by garden-variety road debris.

The manufacturers can and did resolve these issues. Therefore, there’s still hope for people who want their videos to go viral like Mike Tyson’s did on

Christmas Day. First, the companies selling these gizmos must stop overcharging for faulty products.

They need to research and invest in the best batteries and parts to make these devices safe.

Secondly, consumers need to be more wary of who is endorsing and/or selling these products. Don’t buy something just because Kendall Jenner, Soulja Boy or Justin Bieber flaunt one on their Snapchat or Instagram.

Hopping on celebrity endorsed trends is a sure fire way to end up disappointed and quite possibly burned.

Finally, don’t be the guy or gal who sneaks around campus and zooms as they please.

I won’t sympathize with you if your “board” explodes and damages property or injures people, and LSU should make you bear the costs of any damage attributed to your two-wheeler.

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

Governor John Bel Edwards needs to fight for women’s health BEYER’S REMORSE MICHAEL BEYER Columnist Governor John Bel Edwards’ nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals is already stirring controversy for her women’s health advocacy.

On Jan. 5, Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards announced Dr. Rebekah Gee as his nomination for Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary. She was the state Medicaid medical director and taught health policy and health systems’ management at LSU. Edwards needs Gee’s expertise if he plans to expand Medicaid as promised.

Two days later, anti-abortion groups trying to hold health care expansion hostage for low-income women raised concerns about Gee’s “alarming” resume. The Louisiana Family Forum finds her advocacy for women’s health — specifically abortion, emergency contraception and Planned

Parenthood — alarming.

Nothing is more pro-life than seeking to deny healthcare to poor women.

In a state ranked 49th in women’s health according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Gee’s knowledge on women’s health makes her an important part of our new governor’s team.

Edwards should defend Gee instead of cowering to anti-choice groups.

These anti-choice groups are upset because their junk science on abortion isn’t the norm at most medical schools. Most schools use real science, and Gee received her Masters in Public Health from Columbia and her M.D. from Cornell.

Archaic views and expectations of women do not dictate curriculum there.

The response from Edwards’ transition staff is more puzzling than these groups’ backlash. They sent a written statement to The Advocate stating the governor spoke with Gee about her personal stance on abortion and she understands the governor can fire her at

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Edwards’ transition team publicly threatened their own nominee for having the audacity to stand up for a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion.

Social conservatives and the defacto leader of the Louisiana Democratic Party both agree attacking women’s health is good politics, leaving Louisiana women in their crosshairs.

No wonder a 2013 Center for American Progress report analyzed the treatment of women and found Louisiana ranked dead last on the issues of leadership, health and economics. Gee could be the advocate Louisiana women need to reverse these trends. She wouldn’t kowtow to the whims of social conservative groups who believe women should be constrained to 1950’s social expectations.

The anti-choice groups who want to restrict health care at every turn will never be pleased.

Why should the governor dignify these groups with a response? Edwards even scored a 100 percent rating from the Louisiana Right

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Edwards and his wife Donna pray before he takes the oath of office as Louisiana governor at the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 11. to Life from 2012 to 2015 but nope, still not good enough for them.

Gee is an excellent choice for DHH Secretary, even if she is stymied by Edwards’ anti-choice views. Louisiana women deserve better; they deserve health care that’s right for them and their families. State government officials should reflect

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Louisiana women are counting on you to fight these extreme groups, Governor Edwards. Their health depends on it.

Michael Beyer is a 22-year-old political science major from New Orleans, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter at @michbeyer.

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LSU gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux supports her team during the Tigers’ 198.075-196.850 victory against Georgia Feb. 6 in the PMAC. Even as their heads hit their pillows, the team remains together.

“Most of us live together,” sophomore all-arounder and SEC co-Gymnast of the Week Myia Hambrick said. “It’s about four of us to a house. You learn a lot about someone when you live with them.

After practice, we’ll go get dinner and go to someone’s house and hangout or something. Just to kind of get away from gymnastics. We don’t talk about gymnastics too much outside of the gym.”

The Tigers, as dialed-in and focused as any team may come, must continue to brew and develop as a group to remain successful this season, “togetherness” the gymnasts call it.

It’s their team motto.

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In the first meet, the Tigers fulfilled their preseason promise with a win against the nation’s best. The victory bumped them into the No. 1 spot for the seventh time in program history, which the Tigers acknowledge and “hold in reverence,” Breaux said.

LSU completed the victory without its lineup at full throttle, too.

Senior all-arounder Jessica Savona and the “No. 1 freshman in the nation,” Breaux said of Lexie Priessman, were limited on Saturday, respectively, for preseason ankle injuries.

But, the limitation couldn’t cage the Tigers, a smile-worthy note from Zamardi to a pleasing, beginning result of the 2016 season.

“It’s awesome,” Zamardi said with a sigh and smile.

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