OPINION: America should support the women, not the breasts, p. 13
FOOTBALL: Tigers win on the ground, not through the air, p. 5
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LSU junior defensive end Jermauria Rasco (59) celebrates after a play Saturday during the Tigers’ 17-6 victory against Florida in Tiger Stadium. The LSU defensive unit kept an opposing team below 10 points for the first time this season.
Defensive unit dominates Gators in Tigers’ 17-6 victory
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POLITICS
Supreme Court justice visits BR Kylie Shae Keyser Contributing Writer
The Washington gridlock, life on the U.S. Supreme Court and “Duck Dynasty” were just a few topics Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia touched on during his speech Friday at the Governor’s Mansion. Scalia served as keynote speaker at the first meeting of the Baton Rouge Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. Scalia spoke about his experience on the Supreme Court bench for the past 27 years, and some of his opinions of the U.S. political system. “What has made the United States different is the structure the framers gave us,” Scalia said. Scalia continued to explain why the U.S. political system is different from other countries and why
TREY LABAT · Sports Contributor
o, that’s what a Southeastern Conference game is supposed to look like. While the matchup was expected to be all about LSU’s (6-1, 3-1 SEC) high-powered offense and Florida’s conference-leading defense, the Tigers’ defense stole the show in a 17-6 victory against the Gators (4-2, 1-1 SEC). “When you look at how we played today,
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everyone bought into each other and [defensive coordinator John Chavis] put us in the right positions to make plays,” said junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson. “Everybody just played unselfishly. We played as one unit.” After allowing a combined 91 points in the three previous games, the oncevaunted Tiger defense DEFENSE, see page 15
SCALIA, see page 4
EDUCATION
School gardens help teach children variety of subjects Olivia McClure Contributing Writer
Getting children to understand where their food comes from is important and along the way, that lesson can also teach them about science, history and just about anything else. October is National Farm to School Month as designated by a 2010 U.S. House of Representatives resolution recognizing “farm to school” efforts such as school gardens as effective strategies for teaching students about the importance of agriculture and improving child nutrition. Kiki Fontenot, an assistant professor specializing in home, school and community gardens with the LSU AgCenter, said although school gardens have been common since World War I-era victory gardens, they recently resurged in popularity because of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, which promotes gardening as a way
for students to learn about food and get physical activity. School gardens expose and often introduce children to agriculture, which is important because many people grow up in cities and are unaware of all the ways agriculture affects life. “You might not see a tractor go by or know that cotton grows on a plant and then that becomes your shirt,” Fontenot said. “When you ask students about food, I don’t think they think much past the grocery store — like where did it come from to get to that point.” The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden is home to a children’s garden that is a popular field trip destination as well as a model for teachers interested in starting a school garden of their own. Fontenot said many people think about gardens only in terms of teaching photosynthesis and weather, but almost any subject taught in the classroom can be taken outside.
Many of the plants in the children’s garden are grown in shaped beds — triangles, squares and even rhombuses — and old tires that are painted in bright colors. Fontenot said students can practice math by finding the volume of beds or the circumference of tires. They can learn about history with vegetables that pioneers used as dyes, or read stories such as “Jack and the Beanstalk” while planting beans. None of the plants in the garden at Burden are sprayed with insecticides or fungicides, so children can learn about predators by seeing beneficial insects in action — plus, they can safely eat crops such as broccoli, cabbage, artichokes and blackberries. Children are more likely to eat foods they grow, so teachers can incorporate cooking into the garden. AgCenter extension agents work with about 230 schools in Louisiana FARM EDUCATION, see page 15
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The Children’s Garden at LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden teaches Baton Rouge children the value of gardening. The center also uses the gardens to teach the students about agriculture and good nutrition habits.