The Daily Reveille - October 4, 2013

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Tigers shift focus to communication

Jindal, EOC react to tropical storm

Alyson Gaharan News Editor

(4-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) struggled to handle the Bulldogs on both sides of the ball.

The team concurred it wasn’t for a lack of effort — there’s no slacking against an opponent like Georgia.

What they had was failure to communicate.

As Tropical Storm Karen brews in the Gulf, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on Thursday.

The state of emergency will last until Nov. 1, unless it is cancelled sooner.

In spite of Jindal’s announcement, no University activities are cancelled at this point. These and other weather alerts will be posted on the LSU homepage, which students should check regularly, said Emergency Operations Director

PROBLEMS, see page 11

EMERGENCY, see page 4

MARCUS RODRIGUE · Sports Contributor

n the days following the No. 10 LSU f o o t b a l l t e a m ’s first loss of a promising 2013 season, players were upfront about what went wrong against Georgia.

From blown coverage assignments in the secondary to the four sacks given up by the offensive line, the Tigers

HURRICANE

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LSU senior wide receiver Kadron Boone (86) stands with the football Saturday during the Tigers’ 44-41 loss against Georgia in Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. The team plans to improve their communication in Saturday’s game against Mississippi State.

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ENVIRONMENT

Baton Rouge ranked seventh TOP 10 WORST STATES FOR FALL ALLERGIES worst city for fall allergies New Orleans finds No. 11 spot on list Elizabeth Thomas Contributing Writer

Prepare for sniffles and sneezes — fall allergies are here.

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America listed Baton Rouge as the 7th worst city for fall allergies in its Fall Allergy Capitals report.

Down from last year’s rank of 10th, Baton Rouge received a

worse-than-average ranking for both pollen levels and available allergy medications.

The report uses pollen levels, use of over-the-counter and prescription allergy medication and the number of Board Certified allergists to determine the most challenging places to live for fall allergies in the United States.

Timothy Honigman, staff physician at the Student Health Center, said there are several factors contributing to fall allergy problems in Baton Rouge.

First, Honigman said, Baton Rouge’s high level of industry

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pollution plays a part in allergy issues. “[Industry] leads to poor air quality, many times, from pollution that industries emit in the air,” Honigman said.

Baton Rouge isn’t the only Louisiana city featured on the report. New Orleans was ranked the 11th worst city on the list. Honigman said New Orleans received a better ranking than Baton Rouge because it has less green space.

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INTERNATIONAL Ship capsizes off Italy; 114 African migrants die, 200 still missing ROME (AP) — The rickety fishing boat was the third of the night to head toward the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, overloaded with African migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Most never reached shore.

After the boat started taking on water, someone on board set a fire to get the attention of passing ships. The flames spread and panicked passengers surged to one side to avoid the fire. The vessel capsized, and hundreds of men, women and children who didn’t know how to swim were flung into the Mediterranean Sea. University students in Hungary hold naked protest against dress code BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Students and a professor at a university in southern Hungary took off their clothes in class to protest the new dress code introduced by the institution’s president.

Thursday’s protest by around 10 male and female students and their speech instructor at the University of Kaposvar’s arts school was prompted by rules announced this week including a ban on dresses showing too much cleavage, miniskirts, excessive makeup and flip-flops.

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Rescuers lift a body as they reach the port of Lampedusa, Italy, Thursday. At least 114 people died and scores more were missing late Thursday.

Palestinians reclaim settlement land in a rare case on Thursday BURKA, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian farmers reclaimed lands they had lost decades earlier to an Israeli settlement on Thursday, celebrating a rare legal victory their lawyer said illustrates that Israel’s settlement enterprise is reversible.

In the 1970s, Israel had seized several hundred acres from residents of the West Bank village of Burka to build the Israeli settlement of Homesh. The settlement was razed in 2005, in connection with Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip at the time.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Police shoot, kill driver after Capitol Hill chase, no known terrorist link

ULM’s Kappa Sigma fraternity under investigation for alleged hazing

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman with a 1-year-old girl led Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase from the White House past the Capitol Thursday, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at both national landmarks before she was shot to death, police said. The child survived.

“I’m pretty confident this was not an accident,” said Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Still, Capitol Police said there appeared to be no terrorist link. The woman apparently was unarmed.

MONROE (AP) — The Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Louisiana at Monroe has been suspended amid an investigation for hazing.

The alleged hazing reportedly occurred at an Aug. 30 bid day party. Bid days are when a fraternity or sorority selects its new members.

The News-Star reports pledges allegedly were made to drink excessive amounts of alcohol at the party, resulting in alcohol poisoning in at least one pledge.

University officials became aware of the allegations after receiving an anonymous letter detailing the alleged misconduct.

California gives immigrants driver’s licenses, still not federal ID LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver’s licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities.

The licenses, which are expected to become available no later than January 2015, will carry a special designation on the front and a notice stating that the document is not official federal identification and cannot be used to prove eligibility for employment or public benefits.

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Police converge on the scene of a shooting Thursday on Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill near the Supreme Court in Washington.

Stocks fall Thursday on the third day of government shutdown NEW YORK (AP) — Investors sold stocks across the board Thursday as a U.S. government shutdown dragged into its third day and the nation inched closer to a critical deadline to raise its borrowing limit.

Stocks opened lower and fell steadily throughout the morning.

The Dow Jones industrial average slumped nearly 200 points, but later pulled back from its slide.

In a speech, President Barack Obama said there was only one way out of the shutdown: “Congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached.”

Clayton Homes offers home inspired

by Duck Dynasty reality TV show MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clayton Homes is offering a new house inspired by one of the stars of the Duck Dynasty reality show.

Berkshire Hathaway’s home builder says the limited edition design with camouflage wall panels, wood grain linoleum flooring and a built-in gun closet would make an ideal man cave.

Homes says Si Robertson from the hit A&E show is endorsing the 1,280-square-foot home.

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University Alexander pushes lawsuit tuition autonomy similar to Could help school 2001 suit save money Gordon Brillon Staff Writer

LSU has made headlines this year for its drawn-out, expensive struggle with local newspapers. But this is not the first time The Advocate has brought a public records suit against the University for records relating to a search to fill an administrative position.

The Advocate sued the University in 2001, when former head baseball coach Skip Bertman was named athletic director.

The University hired Atlanta-based private search firm Heidrick and Struggles to find candidates for the position vacated by Joe Dean, and refused to turn over documents relating to the search. The University’s legal counsel, led by attorney Phyllis Cancienne, said the documents were not subject to Louisiana public records law because the search was undertaken by a private company.

The case bears many similarities to this year’s lawsuit, when the University refused to make public documents acquired by the private firm J. William Funk and Associates in the search to fill the newly-created position of system president.

The University settled the 2001 case before any legal proceedings could begin, handing over the documents as part of a settlement agreement.

Loretta Mince, who represented the Advocate in both suits, said the University agreed in the 2001 settlement to cooperate with the newspaper in any future public records disputes.

Mince used this part of the agreement as ammunition against the University in the final hearing of this year’s lawsuit last week.

Because the University had previously agreed to work with The Advocate in such a similar case, failure to cooperate in this case was proof of bad faith, Mince said.

District Court Judge Janice Clark agreed with Mince, hitting the University with the maximum penalty allowed by law.

The University produced the documents to Clark in September, though they will not be released to the public until the case has gone through the appeals process.

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com

the state’s particular need for tuition flexibility in the current economic climate.

“There is no other place for our institutions to go for support. There is no state genFernanda Zamudio-Suarez eral fund revenue,” Rasberry Staff Writer said. “The times are really diffiIn the past week, LSU Presi- cult. This isn’t a time for granddent F. King Alexander spoke to standing. The legislative control the Louisiana Board of Regents over this is the only one in the and Faculty Senate prioritizing country. The presumption is they budget autonomy as the most im- know more about higher educaportant issue in higher education. tion than higher education.”

Louisiana is the only state The Baton Rouge Area that has to mandate both the state Chamber announced its support House and Senate for tuition autonoto approve tuition my in higher edu‘There is no other place cation last April. changes.

He said it for our institutions to Adam Knapp, is important for BRAC President the University go for support. There is and CEO, reto separate itself a statement no state general fund leased from monetary supporting autonrevenue.’ constraints of the omy given a lack state. of self-generated “We want funds in higher W. Clinton Rasberry to keep our reeducation.

Board of Regents chairman sources in the “It takes talclassroom.” Alexander said. ent to breed talent, and it is critiAlexander told the Fac- cal for our higher education instiulty Senate that tuition auton- tutions to have the funding and omy could help the school save latitude necessary to attract and money. retain talent among their ranks,” Currently, House Bill 194 by the release stated.

Rep. Walt Leger III, D-District 91, will give “public postsecondary education management boards” the ability to charge tuition and fees that are subject to house final passage.

In March, Board of Regents Chairman W. Clinton Rasberry Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com told The Daily Reveille about

EVENTS $10 Race Night at Rockstar Racing

CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

LSU President F. King Alexander speaks at Breakfast to Business on July 23 in the Business Education Complex.

OCTOBER

EVENT CALENDAR

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013 5:00 PM

Live After Five - North Boulevard Town Square Baton Rouge/Pine Grove Corn Maze - Courville Cornfield Ponderosa Stomp - Rock 'N' Bowl Rick Trolsen - Old Point Bar

5:30 PM

Dana Abbott Band - Cafe Negril

6:00 PM

Kermit Ruffins - Blue Nile Washboard Chaz Blues Trio - The Spotted Cat Music Club Hot Club of New Orleans - D.B.A. CAC's Art for Art's Sake Preview Event Contemporary Arts Center Aurora Nealand's Royal Roses - The Three Muses

7:00 PM

Eric Morel-Ensminger - Cafe Istanbul

7:30 PM

Little Shop of Horrors - Independence Park Theatre 9 to 5: The Musical - Baton Rouge Little Theater Voyager Voyages Out! - Highland Road Park Observatory

8:00 PM

The Chee-Weez - House of Shock Edwin McCain Band - House of Blues New Orleans ComedySportz - La Nuit Comedy Theater Lacee in Concert - Belle of Baton Rouge A Streetcar Named Desire - Mahalia Jackson Theater The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters - Preservation Hall

Take advantage of $10 races on the outdoor track all night! Come be a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor kart facility, Rockstar Racing! www.rockstarracing.net

9:00 PM

Refer a Friend Fridays at MoHair Salon

Greensky Bluegrass - House of Blues New Orleans Glen David Andrews - The Three Muses Delta Badhand - Paragon Casino Resort The Main Squeeze - Blue Nile An Evening with Eric Lindell - One Eyed Jacks Kevin Clark and Barry Foulon - Fritzels Jazz Club John Morgan - The Funny Bone Comedy Club

9:30 PM

Hug Life - Adult Improv Show - La Nuit Comedy Theater The F-Holes - Old Point Bar

Bring a friend in and receive a free “treatment” Grab a friend and head down Burbank to MoHair Salon 9321 Burbank Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70820

10:00 PM

Cottonmouth Kings - The Spotted Cat Music Club MoJEAUX - Texas Club YoJimbo's Bring Your Own Butt Party - Howlin' Wolf The Ever Expanding Elastic Waste Band - D.B.A. Voice of the Wetlands Preview Party - Blue Nile

National Taco Day

10:30 PM

Stand Up Showcase - La Nuit Comedy Theater Flow Tribe - Chelsea's Cafe

11:30 PM

The Soul Rebels - Tipitina's - New Orleans

Come in to enjoy tacos in celebration of National Taco Day. Available at both dining halls www.dineoncampus.com/lsu

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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Friday, October 4, 2013

LIBRARY

Middleton provides phone chargers for rent Late fees enacted to discourage theft

the reference section.

Student Government funded the purchase of the 30 new chargers, according to Plank. Students can check them out for up to two hours, but they are not alMichael Tarver lowed to take the charger out of Contributing Writer the building.

Because there is no concrete Instead of having to stand for long periods of time at a docking way of preventing people from station, University students can stealing the chargers, late and service fees will now check out ‘[The fees] discourage be charged to the phone chargers student, accordfor iPhones and students from not ing to Plank.

Android devices. “[The fees] Elissa Plank, returning the chargers discourage studepartment head because it would be of circulation, dents from not recheaper to just buy a turning the charfeels this convenience will vastly charger rather than be gers because it improve upon would be cheaper the former dock- charged with the fees.’ to just buy a charing method. Prior ger rather than be Elissa Plank to these portable charged with the department head of circulation chargers, students fees,” Plank said. would have to stand and wait at The cost of replacing the a charging station or even leave item can be up to $30, according their belongings to study, Plank to library associate Chad Metz. said.

Each charger comes in a Though the chargers can small bag that has a barcode on only be checked out for a couple the back. This allows the cirhours, it is more efficient than the culation desk to keep track of docking stations, Plank said. Of- how long the charger has been tentimes students would plug in checked out and who is respontheir phones and have to leave the sible for it in that time period.

Also included in the bag is station to go study or find a computer if they did not want to wait a small instructional pamphlet around for their phones to charge, that explains when the charger needs to be returned and how Plank said.

Also, there are only a few much the fees would be if it docking stations in Middleton, wasn’t returned. only one of which is in the reference section on the first floor, Plank said. This presents the posContact Michael Tarver at sibility of there not being enough chargers for the many people in mtarver@lsureveille.com

ALLERGIES, from page 1 it a worse place for fall allergies than colder climates, according to Honigman.

“Without harsh winters, many things bloom year round and we don’t really have cold winters that cause a lot of plants to die,” Honigman said.

He said that ragweed, a plant that blooms around this time of year, releases spores that make it the biggest ‘[Industry] allergen in leads to poor the Baton Rouge area. air quality, Honigmany times, man sugfrom pollution gested that that industries if sympemit in the air.’ toms such as sneezing, Timothy Honigman itchy throat Student Health Center or persisstaff physician tent congestion appear, to start with an over-the-counter medicine such as Claritin or Allegra.

If symptoms continue or get worse, such as fever or a sign of infection, Honigman said to call the Student Health Center and make an appointment.

Contact Elizabeth Thomas at ethomas@lsureveille.com

GRACE STEINHAUSER / The Daily Reveille

[Top] Middleton Library is now supplying a variety of phone chargers that can be checked out and used by University students. [Bottom] A phone charges Thursday at one of Middleton Library’s docking stations. Late and service fees will be used to prevent students from stealing chargers.

TECHNOLOGY

Assistant professor attempts to connect computers, drugs Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

While many students think computer science and biology are different research fields, Michal Brylinski, assistant professor of biological sciences and Center for Computation and Technology faculty member, is proving how they are related. Brylinski, also a trained pharmacist, conducts research into the biological structures of prescription drugs.

He hopes to create a successful simulation for the production of a broad spectrum antibiotic, said Brylinski.

The project came to the University during a collaboration with Pfizer, a large pharmaceutical corporation to develop an antibiotic.

Pfizer terminated the program after deciding it was not likely to be profitable, said Brylinski. Faculty from various university departments are still collaborating to keep the project alive.

“Universities are looking for

cheaper alternatives that speed up the process of uncovering new pharmaceuticals,” said Brylinski.

That’s where computers come in.

“Every supercomputer in the world uses video cards, the same kind that are used for video games,” said Brylinski. “We are trying to use that technology for drug discovery.”

These video cards and graphics processors are different than what is found in the average, individual central processing unit.

Such technology allows multiple simulations to be run at the same time, such as running an internet browser and word processor simultaneously, says Brylinski.

“In the past, computers were really slow and expensive,” said Brylinski. “Now they’re fast and cheap and an integral component of modern research.”

Brylinski said he and his colleagues would like to see more students involved in this project and growing industry.

“People get a high quality education in either computer science or biology,” said Brylinski. “Not both ... The industry is consistently looking for well rounded people.”

Brylinski will present research entitled “Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, and Xbox 360”, a part of the Computational Biology Seminar Series for Undergraduates in the Life Sciences Annex A101 on Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. There will be two more lectures in this series, with dates still to be decided.

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

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EMERGENCY, from page 1

D’ann Morris.

Morris said the EOC Core Committee is monitoring the storm and will be on standby as the storm develops over the next few days.

The National Hurricane Center projects Tropical Storm Karen, which developed over the Yucatan Channel and now has winds of 65 mph, will move to the southeast edge of Louisiana and neighboring states Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

A hurricane watch is currently posted from Grand Isle, La. to Indian Pass, Fla, the NHS announced. A tropical storm watch is in effect for areas west of Grand Isle, including metropolitan New Orleans, Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain.

For now, Morris said the EOC is following standard protocol.

If the tropical storm develops into a hurricane, the University’s PMAC could be used as a shelter for qualified, special needs individuals, Morris said.

The University’s Facility Services team also reviewed hurricane and tropical storm procedures on Thursday.

“We have a hurricane prep document that lists steps for each building, depending on how much time we have to prepare and what the storm’s intensity is,” said Tammy Millican, EOC team member and assistant director of communication and grants for Facility Services.

The meeting, Millican said, also addressed how to handle campus construction projects that could be damaged in the storm.

However, these preparations – including those regarding construction – are nothing new to University authorities and there are procedures in place, Millican said.

Want to drive in a hurricane? Tune in to to Reveille Radio at 91.1 f.m. at 4:20 and 5:20 p.m. to hear about a simulator that can show you what it would be like.

Also, watch a video of the simulator at lsureveille.com.

Contact Alyson Gaharan at news@lsureveille.com

Sports

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The Real Starkvegas

Getting to know the foe

Qatar World Cup not worth human life HUTCHDOWN DANCING

SPENCER HUTCHINSON Deputy Sports Editor

Mississippi State University

team travels to Starkville, Miss., to take on Mississippi State, and if the Tiger defense is as porous as it was against No. 6 Georgia, it will be hearing the cowbells all

“What we don’t know won’t hurt us” — a phrase Americans love to live by these days.

Why should the most influential country on the planet and its citizens care about a tiny Middle Eastern country called Qatar that’s filthy rich with oil money and otherwise fairly unknown?

Because Qatar is currently the home of a slave labor system that is killing one person a day, all in the name of soccer.

In November 2010, Qatar beat four other countries — the United States, Japan, Australia and South Korea — for the right to host the 2022 World Cup. The Rhode Island-sized country, which has never qualified for the tournament it will host, has since embarked on one of the most extensive urban development projects the world has ever seen.

In 2011, British newspaper The Guardian uncovered evidence that proved Qatar corrupted the voting process by paying millions of dollars to representatives of the FIFA executive committee who selected Qatar to host the tournament.

STARKVEGAS, see page 7

QATAR, see page 7

PLAYER TO WATCH

DAK PRESCOTT

QUICK HITS · QUARTERBACK · SOPHOMORE · 6’2”

·709 PASSING YARDS, 215 RUSHING YARDS IN 2013 · 230 LBS.

BULLDOGS’ STATISTICS 2013 STATS PASSING · Dak Prescott: 47-85, 709 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT · Damian Williams: 11-18, 152 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT

RUSHING · Dak Prescott: 215 yards, 37 carries, 5 TD · Ashton Shumpert: 128 yards, 29 carries, 2 TD

photo courtesy of IAN PRESTER / The Reflector

Starkville, Miss., home of the Mississippi State Bulldogs, has the noisiest tradition in the SEC. Bulldog fans ring cowbells in Davis Wade Stadium during pregame, halftime, timeouts and whenever Mississippi State scores.

Cowbells offer obnoxious welcome for the Tigers

Cole Travis

Sports Contributor

LSU senior linebacker Lamin Barrow can still hear the chorus of clanging cowbells in his head, two years after last playing at

Davis Wade Stadium.

Following a 19-6 Thursday night victory during the 2011 season, Barrow walked away unsure if he would ever face that obnoxious noise again.

The No. 10 LSU football

RECEIVING · Jameon Lewis: 248 yards, 12 catches, 2 TD · Robert Johnson: 158 yards, 10 catches, 0 TD

VOLLEYBALL

Tigers to play No. 4 Texas Saturday, plan priorities

TEAM STAT COMPARISON 2012 - 2013 STATS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE MSU: 136 points, 34.0 points per game LSU: 214 points, 42.8 points per game

Flory to square off against her alma mater

Rushing offense MSU: 825 yards, 206.2 yards per game, 13 TD LSU: 961 yards, 192.2 YPG, 14 TD

Passing offense

Mike Gegenheimer

MSU: 1,030 yards, 257.5 YPG, 4 TD LSU: 1,409 yards, 281.8 YPG, 13 TD

Sports Writer

TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE MSU: 59 points, 14.8 points per game LSU: 122 points, 24.4 points per game

Rushing defense MSU: 481 yards, 120.2 YPG, 3 TD LSU: 741 yards, 148.2 YPG, 8 TD

Passing defense MSU: 759 yards, 189.8 YPG, 4 TD LSU: 993 yards, 198.6 YPG, 5 TD COLE TRAVIS / The Daily Reveille

CHARLOTTE WILLCOX / The Daily Reveille

Sophomore setter Malorie Pardo (14) makes a jump set during the Tigers’ game against Georgia on Sept. 27 at the PMAC .

LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory could only watch as her alma mater Texas clinched a national championship last season against Oregon.

Now, the No. 4 Longhorns will stroll into Baton Rouge on Saturday looking to hand the Tigers their second loss in as many games on their own court.

“We had a little break in confidence so we have to play and trust the process and trust our system rather than worrying about wins or losses or successes or

failures,” Flory said. “We have to become a stabilized team. This is what we do and if you try to play above us you have a chance to beat us, but if you play below us we’re going to beat you.”

Flory won a National Championship herself in 1981 while at Texas, where she was also a two-time team captain.

It isn’t often a defending national champion returns almost all of its lineup the next season. But Texas returns 9 of 11 players from the 2012 season that LSU junior outside hitter Helen Boyle called a big and physical team.

Flory said Texas’ high ranking comes as no surprise with return rates like it has this season.

But according to Flory, LSU’s TEXAS GAME, see page 7

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SOCCER

GOLF

Tigers on 4-game undefeated streak

Taylor Curet

Friday, October 4, 2013

First-place Tigers hit Men play host to fifth annual road vs. Ark., Bama home tournament Sports Contributor

Chris Abshire Senior Reporter

If LSU’s place at the top of the Southeastern Conference standings show the Tigers to be the league’s biggest surprise so far, then Arkansas is a close second.

The two teams square off Friday, as LSU (6-3-2, 2-0-1 SEC) puts its status as sole conference leader on the line, facing the Razorbacks (8-3, 1-2) before heading to Alabama on Sunday for its first SEC multi-game road trip of the season.

“I think it’s a little too early to say that we have a swagger,” LSU senior goalkeeper Megan Kinneman said. “We’re happy that we’re in a good spot, but there’s still more work to do. Behind us are six or eight teams tied for second, so I don’t think we’re comfortable yet.”

LSU is coming off a home weekend that featured a draw with a formidable Tennessee squad and a near-disaster salvaged by a 3-2 double-overtime win against Mississippi State.

The Bulldogs scored two goals in the first ten minutes of that Sunday match, the second time in five matches the Tigers allowed such a feat.

Starting strong is the team’s point of emphasis this weekend, even with all three of LSU’s league matches requiring overtime.

“The first five minutes will be huge because that’s been tough for this team,” senior midfielder Addie Eggleston said. “Once we get into the game, we start playing better, so we definitely need better starts.”

With matches on Friday and Sunday for a second consecutive weekend, logic dictates that LSU would want to avoid more overtime periods.

But not necessarily, according to LSU coach Brian Lee. “The longer the game goes on, the higher our chances of winning are,” Lee said. “We’re not wary of overtime. We feel like we’re one of the fitter, stronger, more determined teams in the country. We’ve been clearly the aggressor in overtime the last three games.”

The Razorbacks have traditionally been a sure win for LSU,

CHARLES CHAMPAGNE / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman midfielder Emma Fletcher (8) steals the ball Sunday during the Tiger’s 3-2 victory against Mississippi State.

with the Tigers claiming the last nine games in the series.

They made the SEC Tournament for the first time last year, and second-year coach Colby Hale has guided them to a No. 21 Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) this fall.

“They’re an athletic, hardworking team that’s extremely well coached,” Lee said. “Colby has made huge strides with their program. It’ll be one more tough match in a long line of them.”

The Razorbacks are powered by a potent offense, which has produced at least three goals in four separate games, including a 3-0 shellacking of No. 14 Kentucky last weekend.

For LSU to keep up, they’ll likely need the help of reigning SEC Freshman of the Week Emma Fletcher. Fletcher is already within two assists of LSU’s freshman record with six, and she scored her first career goal in the 1-1 draw against Tennessee last Friday.

Her impact has LSU’s offense brimming with scoring chances despite a lack of eyepopping goal numbers.

“We’re attacking as well or better than we have all season,” Lee said. “As a coach, all you can ask for is the creativity in creating chances. We’re getting that.

At some point, we’re due to break out and bag a bunch of goals.”

October means more than just the beginning of fall for LSU men’s golf.

The Tigers will host their fifth annual David Toms Intercollegiate Tournament at the University Club this weekend.

No. 22 LSU will be joined by 11 other schools including No. 25 Houston as play tees off Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and finishes up Sunday afternoon.

After hosting the 2013 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships Regional in May, the Tigers are excited to play three 18-hole rounds of golf in their only home match of the season.

“I think we’re all looking forward to it,” coach Chuck Winstead said. “We’ve played here recently with the regional just this past spring. It’s always fun to be able to sleep in your own beds, stay at home and we’re looking forward to the weekend.”

Each team will play with a group of five golfers throughout the tournament. The top four single-round scores of those five players count toward the team’s overall score.

LSU will have ten golfers in the event with the players not named to the five-man lineup playing as individuals. Their scores will not count toward the

team’s finish but are still eligible for the individual title.

With several Louisiana natives comprising the LSU team, competing in Baton Rouge gives family and friends the opportunity to watch the Tigers play.

“Nobody gets to really watch golf because we’re never really home and it’s not often that we have a home event,” said junior Curtis Thompson. “... Your friends and whoever you have around here get to come out and finally watch, so we’re very excited to be here.”

As a team, LSU has won the Toms Intercollegiate three out of its four years of existence. Senior Andrew Presley claimed the individual crown in 2012 and senior Smylie Kaufman tied for second.

Having familiarity with the par-72 course gives the Tigers an advantage but doesn’t necessarily provide learning lessons.

Winstead said LSU knows the course so well that missed shots are just the result of lack of execution. On the other hand, playing uncharted courses challenges the golfers skills as well as their strategy.

Nonetheless, the annual tournament is an event the Tigers anticipate each fall, as LSU alumni often make their way to the University Club for the first weekend of October.

The meet is a tradition the

LSU golf program will continue in honor of the University Club course’s co-designer and Tiger great, David Toms.

“When I became the coach here, I tried to look at all the different areas of the program that we could improve upon,” Winstead said. “Clearly our relationship and tie with David Toms is something that this program should always do everything it can do to link itself to David because David is first-class.”

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Corruption within FIFA is old news, and a complete rundown of their unethical acts would take a lifetime. But never before — as far as we know — has FIFA or a country hosting its most important tournament sponsored a crime against humanity like the one currently happening in Qatar.

To complete its 10-year plan to construct nine stadiums and multiple cities from scratch that can accommodate the influx of visitors during the World Cup, Qatar turned to imported foreign construction workers, primarily from Nepal and India.

According to an investigation by The Guardian released last week, these workers arrive almost exclusively from poverty-ridden villages and upon arrival in Qatar, become what can only be described as slaves.

There are substandard living conditions, forced labor, unpaid work, denial of water breaks

despite 120-degree temperatures, and more. Name something despicable that could be forced upon these workers, and you’d be hardpressed to not find it in The Guardian’s report.

According to the report, the working conditions have led to 44 deaths – mostly from cardiac arrest – in the month-long period between June 4 and August 8. There’s still nine years before any soccer team will take the field in Qatar, and if the current death rate continues, as many as 4,000 workers will die.

Almost more sickening than the slave labor itself is the complete ignorance and apathy shown by the American public since The Guardian released its investigation.

If an average of one worker per day was dying on an American construction site, the story would be unavoidable.

The cover of every newspaper and the first story of every broadcast would bombard American eyes with the latest uncovered travesty. Facebook and Twitter

Turner said he hadn’t given much thought to the cowbells, and isn’t game long. concerned about them affecting Starting in 2010, the South- the Tigers’ play. LSU coach Les eastern Conference adjusted its Miles said cowbells may be mixed rule against artificial noisemak- in with blaring music that is played ers to allow the Bulldog faithful to simulate hostile crowds during to ring their beloved instruments the Tiger’s practices in anticipaduring pregame, halftime, time- tion of the trip to Starkville. outs and whenever Mississippi Starkville lays claim to State scores. This marked the first not only the noisiest tradition time in 36 years in the SEC, but the tradition was also boasts the endorsed by the ‘Starkvegas? Man, that most tongue-inSEC. cheek nickname: sounds creepy.’

Although Starkvegas. cowbells are proFormer LSU hibited during baseball coach La’el Collins gameplay, Barrow Skip Bertman junior left tackle said the unique has a history of sound hung in the disdain towards air throughout the Tigers’ last trip Starkville. Bertman once said to Starkville, making for an intimi- Starkville was the Indian word for dating environment. “trailer park” and that he always “I just remember how loud asked for a room without a view they were,” Barrow said. “They whenever he stayed there, accordkept saying before the game that ing to SEC Sports Quotes. they wouldn’t let them bring the While the name is intended cowbells in ... but by the second to jab at the town’s lack of sex aphalf, I swear every fan in the sta- peal, some have come to embrace dium had a cowbell just ringing. it. Adidas featured the name promIt’s something that sticks in your inently in advertisements for the head.”

Bulldog baseball team’s trip to the LSU sophomore guard Trai College World Series in June.

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The Daily Reveille timelines would explode with pleas for a nationwide effort to stop these inhumane acts.

But hey, it’s not American construction workers dying in droves, so why on earth would anyone show any concern? Let’s just turn a blind eye and worry about Miley Cyrus twerking too much instead.

Besides, it’s not like this is a venue for the Super Bowl these workers are building. We’d have a serious problem on our hands if that was the case, but this is just stadiums to host some silly soccer tournament. Let the Europeans worry about that.

It’s only human lives.

Spencer Hutchinson is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from West Monroe.

Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Hutch_TDR “I’ve heard [the Starkvegas] nickname here and there for a while now,” long-time Starkville resident Stacey Colbert said. “Personally, I think it is just a little bit of fun. We don’t have a whole lot of bells and whistles, and that’s OK by me.”

According to the 2010 U.S. census, Starkville is the second smallest city in the SEC with just over 20,000 residents. But despite its tiny population, Mississippi State regularly sells out the 55,000 seats in Davis Wade Stadium, according to the attendance figures posted by the Bulldog athletic department.

LSU junior left tackle La’el Collins said the Tigers will only get a look at the parts of Starkville along the bus route from the hotel to the stadium, and thus don’t have much information about the source of the nickname.

But after hearing it for the first time, Collins was clearly not a fan.

“Starkvegas?” Collins said, “Man, that sounds creepy.”

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page 7 her the right timing and rhythm and tempo, then she can deliver a relatively unknown and young great ball.” squad could potentially play into Flory said she and Pardo met the Tigers’ favor on Saturday. earlier in the week to plan out “The great thing about us is priorities of how to set the ofno one really knows what we’re fense this weekend. The coach’s all about — no one really knows goal is to get the ball in Pardo’s us,” Flory said. “I hands so she can think people are make plays and beginning to take ‘We had a little break help out with notice a little bit in confidence so we right side producand say, ‘LSU is tion against the a little more legit have to play and trust Longhorns. than we thought “We’re just the process and trust they were.’ I think focusing on our teams are a little our system rather than side,” Pardo said. more nervous worrying about wins or “We haven’t against us.” done much of losses or successes A major facanything but trytor in Saturday’s ing to get back to or failures.’ matchup, accordhow we play, trying to Flory, is the ing to keep our Fran Flory play of junior settempo, trying to LSU volleyball coach ter Malorie Pardo. get past that hit Pardo enters and keeping our Saturday as No. 4 in the South- rhythm. We don’t need to prepare eastern Conference in assists so much for that team as we’re with 10.92 per set, good for 568 going to focus on our side.” total assists on the season.

“I think that’s the difference between this year and the past few years,” Flory said. “Malorie is now able to manage every hitter we have. She knows what Contact Mike Gegenheimer at situations they’re successful in, mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; she knows what type of sets to give them — if the pass gives Twitter: @Gegs1313_TDR

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Rape issue highlights cultural & parental problems BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist There is a definite hook-up culture at LSU, but hey, it’s college — that’s to be expected.

What is surprising, and disturbing, is our rape culture.

Until recently, I did not know there was even such a thing.

It was brought to my attention

by Abdellatif Devol, a third year law student at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Devol is being charged with multiple counts of forcible rape and sexual assault after two women came forward saying that he raped them.

You did not misread that — he allegedly raped two women, and this guy is in law school.

But law school or not, I was under the impression that it was common knowledge amongst civilized people that under no circumstances is rape condoned or

just some minor thing.

You just don’t do it. It boggles my mind how this can be lost on so many people.

At the end of the day, people are responsible for their own actions, but those actions and behaviors can be heavily impacted by cultural and parental influences.

Think about it, if a child grows up playing violent video games, listening to music that is demeaning to women, watching violent movies, a 24-hour news cycle that acts as a highlight reel of human cruelty and trashy television where people of both sexes debase themselves in public for the shock value, one can begin to wonder how whole generations are not psychopaths.

Perhaps the only thing staving off a full embrace of this culture of sex and violence is good parenting.

I’m from your stereotypical middle-class family — that’s two parents, still married, one older sister and a dog. Growing up, like any other product of the ’90s, I had a Nintendo 64, watched “Star Wars” and had to endure some god-awful

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music on the radio.

Despite the violence I witnessed on television and movies, and the disrespectful music I heard, it never took hold of me. I turned out to be a fairly nonviolent guy and I make it an effort to try to be as respectful to women as possible.

The reason is that as a kid, I knew with an extraordinarily high degree of certainty, that if I ever displayed the behaviors I witnessed in media and video games, that I could kiss my ass goodbye, literally.

The Sword of Damocles that hung over my head was the ever present threat of the legendary “Elephant Belt”, a weight lifting belt my dad converted for disciplinary purposes. It never had to be used on me or my sister; the very sight of it was enough to make us penitent and contrite.

Along with regular church attendance, time spent outdoors and on schoolwork and a basic instilling of normative morals, my sister and I turned out to be decent human beings.

So often we see and hear about parents buying their kids an Xbox or PlayStation and letting the gaming console do all the parenting, or allowing their young adolescents watch the vitriol on television these days, and then we wonder why they turn out introverted, anti-social or disrespectful.

There is no excuse under the sun for what rapists do. Rapists’ actions are disgusting and they need to be punished accordingly. At the end of the day, we all make our own choices, and they choose to be sub-human. However, we cannot discount the possibility that those choices may be influenced by the world we grew up in or the parenting we received.

Ryan McGehee is a political science, history and international studies junior from Zachary.

Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee

Imagine Baton Rouge in a life void of LSU football GATES OF REASON Mariel Jones Columnist The first light of the morning peeks through my blinds on a crisp fall Saturday. I rise from bed and stretch my muscles as I take my first big breath of the day. I walk over to my window and open the blinds to allow the warm sunlight to saturate my room. My eyes adjust and my body is awake.

I pull on some pants and shuffle to the kitchen. I make myself a bowl of cereal and head to sit in my favorite spot, the recliner in front of the biggest window in the apartment.

I sink into the chair and look upon the street, thankful for the peace of the morning and the calm that will continue throughout the day.

The world I live in is free of college football.

Purple and gold are worn to represent the university rather than the football team. The streets around LSU are quiet and clean, even on Saturdays. On Fridays, the student commuter lots are free to be parked in after 5 p.m. There is no risk of being towed due to the lots being

reserved for RVs and out-of-town tailgaters.

Between bites of my cereal, I remember what life was like growing up in a city where the streets would clog on Friday nights and Saturday mornings and how part of the town would essentially shut down for the popular sport.

I remember riding my bike through the crowds of drunk tailgaters on the way to my old job in the stadium. I treated those biking commutes as a bonus round in a video game, pedaling through a sea of purple and gold attire, dodging beer cans littering the streets and making sure to avoid the gazes of confused onlookers at my lack of festive colored clothing.

My job consisted of serving food to the rich and powerful people of Baton Rouge. I think back on the hundreds of bowls of subpar gumbo I served, wondering how many thousands of dollars the people paid for me and my co-workers to serve them in the air-conditioned suites of the grand structure that was Tiger Stadium, now called the Old Stadium.

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wandering student to sit in or study or sleep, the stadium is now open to the public at any time.

The grass on the field is cut weekly, but there are no longer any white lines to mark the zones of the playing field. The tiger eye has long since faded into nonexistence.

The suites and stadium club where I worked in my youth have

since been transformed into classrooms. Teachers and students can frequently be spotted enjoying the weather in the Old Stadium on any given day, and students use the open grassy area for throwing Frisbees, picnics and lounging.

Since football has ceased to be a part of our city’s culture, the draw for outsiders to come visit Baton

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Rouge has diminished. The feel of the city is calmer, more relaxed. Students now decide to make LSU their school not because there’s a football team but because they like the campus or they’re interested in a certain academic program.

Although the city was in a state of mourning for a time after football was extinguished from the school, people eventually came to see the beauty of a life without football.

The culture of binge drinking while watching huge men throw around a pigskin suddenly didn’t make sense, and the city was able to move forward.

As I finish my bowl of cereal, my mind snaps back to the present. In reality, football exists and is deep-rooted into the culture of Baton Rouge.

But on away game weekends like this one, I imagine myself living in a world where it’s a thing of the past.

Mariel Gates is a 20-year-old mass communications sophomore from Baton Rouge.

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HEAD to HEAD Should body modifications be more socially accepted?

Yes. Modifications express personal understanding No. Body modifications are unnatural, unnecessary THE HIPPIE DICTATOR

ALIX LANDRIAULT Columnist Five days ago, the Hellenic Olympic Committee lit the Olympic torch for the 2014 games. In order for athletes to build up their strength, agility and endurance for these games, there is one thing each must undergo — body modification.

There are very few constants in the human form. I was born 8.2 pounds with a mat of black hair on my head. I am more than ten times that weight now, and have naturally sported blond and brown hair.

Over the span of my life I have had the ability to become a free runner, couch potato, body builder, anorexic, mountain climber and more, but all of these options would be determined by my personal decisions — the will to explore what my body can be.

Piercing, tattooing, scarification, tongue splitting, ear pointing, dermal implanting, gauging and tooth filing lie in this same field of exploration. They are an external projection of how a person perceives themselves. Yet such practices are too often received negatively by the American community.

One may argue perfection of the body for athletic reasons is different than for strictly aesthetic ones, but I beg to differ. While a body builder might be able to crush my skull in, could he win in a back-alley fight against someone who can actually move their limbs? Can a marathon runner out-pace a bullet?

In such instances, the common vision of practicality begins to erode. Likewise, it would be of great surprise to me to find an athlete who dislikes the look of his body’s altered state.

Other alterations that tend to be held in high regard by society are facial cleansing by chemicals, whitening teeth, coloring hair, achieving a “healthy” skin tone and the application of make-up (for women).

Clothing itself could fit in this category, for it is an ever-clinging statement of one’s personal values.

The mindset behind a modification is the true testimony of the alteration’s value, not how “out there” or conforming it is.

Each alteration we make to our bodies is a life badge. They can be symbols of both liveliness and struggle.

They should not be instant symbols of unemployability. I say “instant” symbols because I understand presentation is a significant part of the hiring process.

Unless my business has a heavy metal theme, I would be hard pressed to hire someone covered in wicked skull tattoos, just as I would not hire a guy that slumps over and smells like he has not paid the water bill.

With that in mind, resumés have been seen on people’s skin much longer than they have been on paper. Look up tattoos of the ancient Egyptians and Borneans, or check out the scarification by Africans for a start. Such modifications could

mark a person’s craft, status, bravery or maturity. For the Kanigara tribespeople of the Papua New Guinea, in example, scarification to make your skin look like that of a crocodile showed you had the spirit of the protective reptile, and that you could defend the village. Such a process was truly revealing of a man’s character, for not all survived the process.

While modifications in the general American culture do not hold these inherently understood meanings — and are generally much less taxing — I think this trait makes such things even more applicable to our society, because it lends itself to our values of individualism. They can reveal one’s creativity, mental endurance and willingness to adventure into high-stakes situations; sounds like a corporate boss to me.

Voluntary modifications do not change people into something they are not — they merely reflect how a person wants to present himself to the world. I would like to see the world interpret this presentation in the same light he does. I want to better understand the people I encounter, and be free to live my own non-harmful life as I see fit.

Alix Landriault is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from Natchitoches.

Contact Alix Landriault at alandriault@lsureveille.com; @AlixLandriault

600 WORDS OF SOMMERS

ANNETTE SOMMERS Columnist If I was walking down the street and saw a pack of tooth-sharpened teens, I would assume the cast of Twilight had taken over the city. If I passed a group of kids laughing on the playground with split tongues I would think I was watching descendants of Slytherin act out a Harry Potter performance.

Please save the body modifications for the movies. It’s unnatural and unnecessary.

I like to think I understand the opposition’s obsession with pushing physical limits. I have quite a few piercings and I even have a tattoo. I’ve never given much thought to anything more extreme than those mainly because I wasn’t aware there were common practices of body modification other than that. And let me say off the back that I don’t think any of these things are necessarily wrong or immoral. But there has to be a place to draw the line.

It is becoming more common to see someone with pointed ears or sub-dermal implants around campus. I get it — you want to be different. But when something on someone’s body makes me do a double, or even triple, take it’s gone too far.

Body modification dates pretty far back. There is evidence that types of modification involving face distortion were used as torture methods all around the world.

Yes, I said torture. So why do we think

it’s okay to do these things to ourselves for beauty perks?

It boils down to our social obsession with beauty, if that’s what you call it. We modify our bodies on a small scale all the time. Breast implants, face-lifts and even fake tanning could be considered body modification. Our society is progressing in the direction of superficiality, but I’m hoping there’s a limit to the mutilation.

Our idea of beauty is becoming more distorted than ever, which is pushing people to change the natural state of their bodies in order to gain a sense of attraction or expression.

I don’t want my grandkids to feel like they need to get horn implants in their skull to be accepted. If things ever escalate to that degree our world would consist of multiple Effie Trinkets from “The Hunger Games,” plus a few more piercings. Modification is leading our culture down the wrong road.

Not only are some types of modification ugly and dangerous, they’re also unprofessional. Unless your job is to modify other people, I seriously doubt you would get a reliable career with a split tongue and sewn-in corset back. Tattoos have been around for a while and are still fighting their way into the professional world.

This is not to say that people who participate in body modification are less capable of working in the professional world than others, but it does lessen their chances of being hired in a modest profession.

We all judge people off their presentation, whether we want to admit it or not.

You could argue that body modification is a form of expression, and I would agree. Although I am still figuring out what adding on a tail to your backside is expressing. Are you trying to express the fact that you wish you were an animal?

If you need to express yourself on that level I would have to recommend some kind of mental examination.

News flash — body modification doesn’t give people the impression you’re a rebel soul with an animated personality.

It says, “Hey, I like pain and I like looking like I work for the Ringling Brothers.”

Maybe we should start encouraging children to paint as a form of expression to divert this newly recognized need for individuality. There has to be other suitable forms of expression that don’t involve unnatural alterations and add-ons.

Perhaps our world will inevitably progress towards more extreme body modification practices in the future. All I know is I’m glad I won’t be around to see it.

Annette Sommers is a 18-year-old mass communication sophomore from Dublin, Calif.

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Body modifications are found in many different cultures around the world, but they are not socially accepted in some places.

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I see the bus all the time pass without slowing down for stops. No one is ever on it because no one ever knows where it is. Why should we continue to spend the money to drive a bus around that doesn’t help students?!! Fix the GPS on the bus or take it out of commission!!!

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“I believe we have the best 11 [players] on the field every time,” junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson said. “It’s about the little things and mentally preparing yourself to make every call. As far as ability and talent and hard work, we have that. We just have to get the little technical issues down and we’ll be okay.”

Despite the communication breakdowns last Saturday, the Tigers were clear that on-field conversation must be improved if they hope to get the season back on

page 11 track at Mississippi State (2-2, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday night.

The LSU secondary appeared to be lost at times, giving up two touchdown passes to wide-open receivers. Sophomore cornerback Jalen Collins said the defense had trouble signaling across every level because of Georgia’s fast-paced offensive attack, and his teammates were quick to agree.

“If you turned on the film right now, you could see four or five plays where we weren’t even ready for the snap because of the tempo,” senior linebacker Lamin Barrow said. “It’s something that we have to take in amongst ourselves.”

The need to relay signals may be even more imperative this weekend, as Mississippi State plans to unleash two quarterbacks on the young LSU defense.

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen confirmed senior quarterback Tyler Russell will start the game after missing several weeks because of a concussion he suffered in the Bulldogs’ seasonopening loss to Oklahoma State.

Sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott threw for 709 yards and three touchdowns during Russell’s absence, and he should also play significant minutes against the Tigers.

“I think both of those guys have gotten enough reps to be very productive for their team,” LSU coach Les Miles said. “They use one guy in a set of circumstances and situations, and they use another guy that is, frankly, a pretty good egg in a number of spots. I think it’s an advantage for them.”

Prescott is also Mississippi State’s leading rusher with 229 yards and five touchdowns. At 6-foot-2, 230 pounds, he brings a physical presence to the spread offense, and Johnson said he expects him to run more power plays than draws or read options.

“We’ve just got to punch him in the mouth on the inside,” Johnson said. “We can’t give him the ability to make those plays on

the inside because that’s where they want to go. We need to stay in our technique and stay in our lanes.”

But the Tigers are no strangers to defending a dual-quarterback offense. TCU used sophomore Trevone Boykin and senior Casey Pachall in the season-opener, but LSU held the Horned Frogs to a meager 259 total yards and allowed Boykin only 13 yards rushing.

Though LSU senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger had enough protection to pass for a career-high 372 yards against Georgia, the offensive line also had its fair share of problems last Saturday. Discounting the yards lost on four sacks, the Tiger running backs still rushed for a season-low 110 yards.

Sophomore right guard Trai Turner said the line didn’t have many hand signals in place for the Georgia game, but they have instituted some means of silent communication this week. The offense simulated the anticipated crowd noise by practicing with music blaring this week, according to Turner.

Game plans and adjustments aside, recent history favors the Tigers. LSU owns a 13-game win streak against Mississippi State, and the Bulldogs have only one win in the last 21 matchups. To make matters worse for the Bulldogs, Miles is an astounding 20-1 following a loss at LSU. “After a loss, you see things differently,” junior receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said. “You have to take your level of preparation to a whole new level. [Miles] has done a great job with that. It’s the way he coaches. It’s in a loving way, and it’s in a way where he wants us to get better from it.”

Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com

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