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ASBESTOS ABATEMENT Several campus buildings, including Middleton Library, have asbestos in need of removal.

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Kelvin Jones’ first year as director of the LSU marching band is all about hard work and forming relationships.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Shaq returns to Baton Rouge as DJ Diesel to perform a rave-like concert at Fred’s Bar in Tigerland.

SPORTS

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LSU wins SEC West and clinches spot in SEC Championship game against Georgia in Atlanta on Dec. 7.

OPINION

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“Our society is more divisive... and the rise of social media, video games and mobile phones has played a part in that.”

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Asbestos on campus: what needs fixing in Woodin, Middleton and the Engineer Quad

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BY ANNA JONES & RACHEL MIPRO @annajoneses & @remcroc15 Several buildings on LSU’s campus have asbestos-contaminated areas, according to Facility Services’ deferred maintenance list.

The list details the University’s maintenance projects, which totaled $616 million as of Sept. 13.

Woodin Hall needs $125,000 to replace asbestos flooring and hallways. The Engineer Quad Steam Tunnel needs 50 feet of asbestos abatement, costing $200,000.

Troy H. Middleton Library needs $400,000 to replace asbestos flooring on the first floor by the stacks. In total, the University has over $725,000 worth of asbestos removal scheduled, although none of these repairs take immediate priority on the maintenance list.

The concern with asbestos is the fibers becoming airborne and people unknowingly breathing them in, said mesothelioma.com health writer Colin Ruggerio.

“Asbestos fibers are invisible, so it’s hard to know if you’re being exposed,” Ruggerio said.

Asbestos is a naturally-occurring mineral that has been commercially used for insulation, ceiling and floor tiles, fireproofing and pipes, among other things, since the late 1800s. Because of its durability and fire-resistance, asbestos became a popular, inexpensive building material.

When asbestos-containing material is disturbed in some way, asbestos fibers may be released into the air, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Fibers can irritate lung tissue, causing scarring and damage.

Long-term exposure to asbestos can result in respiratory, cardiac and abdominal illnesses, including lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned new uses of asbestos in 1989, but by that time, many buildings were built with asbestos on the University’s campus.

“People didn’t know,” Ruggerio said. “They thought it [asbestos] was this miracle building material.”

Michael Hooks, director of the LSU Office of Environmental Health and Safety, also an accredited trainer, inspector and supervisor of asbestos abatement projects through the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, said it was likely that many University buildings contain what was once considered the “miracle fiber.”

“We have three hundred plus buildings on campus,” Hooks said. “Any building built before 1980 probably has some type of asbestos in it because it was a commonly used building component. In just about every type of building material you could think of, flooring tile, ceiling tile, plaster, pipe insulation, countertops, roofing, just anything.”

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Before being banned in the U.S., asbestos was commonly used as a building material because of its low cost and insulating qualities. If asbestos fibers become airborne, they can cause health issues such as cancer in humans.

Hooks stressed asbestos is not inherently dangerous until the fibers are disturbed. Material that’s harder to damage, like flooring, wouldn’t be an issue until cut into, sanded, broken or disturbed in any way.

“If I had a roof leak and the material got wet, a ceiling tile could fall down,” Hooks said. “If that ceiling tile had asbestos in it, that could be a problem. If I had a floor tile with asbestos in it, and I had to pick it up, that could be an issue. So it really depends on the material, but typically it’s not easy to dislodge the asbestos.”

Because problems with asbestos surface normally during building updates, the University must complete an asbestos check before any work on campus can be done, Hooks said. Any asbestos present in the building must be removed before renovations begin, usually completed by thirdparty contractors.

According to Hooks, the contractors build a containment unit around the affected area, put the area under negative pressure so the asbestos contamination doesn’t spread, filter the air via a machine and then have workers enter the space.

The added time and expense of asbestos removal is one factor that impedes University building renovations, especially in the older and more decrepit spaces, Hooks said.

“We would love to see all the buildings be in the best condition they can be in. When we have to renovate or update buildings, the

asbestos just comes along with that project,” Hooks said. “Unfortunately it makes it more expensive, so it makes it more of a budget issue.”

As long as the asbestos-containing flooring in Middleton and Woodin remain undisturbed, there are no immediate issues present. The Engineer Quad Steam Tunnel may be a more pressing concern, since it needs “500 ft of asbestos abatement,” according to the deferred maintenance list.

Asbestos abatement involves the containment or removal of asbestos fibers, preventing them from becoming airborne and contaminating the surrounding areas.

While asbestos fibers do present an immediate concern, Ruggerio said it would be best for the University to wait until the summer to begin the abatement process. Students, faculty and staff could be at risk if they are on campus during the abatement.

“When schools end up doing it during the school year and the team isn’t properly trained, the team could end up botching the project,” Ruggerio said. “I would do it when as few people are on campus as possible.”

Although Facility Services is working to remove asbestos from campus, some students aren’t concerned about the issue at all.

Civil engineering sophomore Jared Kitto said he didn’t know what asbestos was and wasn’t aware it was on the University’s campus.

Experimental music and digital media Ph.D student Tate Car-

son said he wasn’t very concerned about asbestos on campus.

“I am not aware of it, but if you think about it, it’s probably all over the place,” Carson said.

“I guess I could be worried about it. They should probably be doing something about it.”

Director of Capital Project Management and Development Paul Favaloro said prioritizing maintenance needs is a collaborative process. Team members plan the list years in advance and adjust it when unforeseen needs arise.

Associate Vice President of Planning, Design and Construction Roger Husser said immediate needs such as air conditioning repairs always take priority over projects already listed.

“A lot of times things happen and that’s what we have to go to and repair,” Husser said. “When it comes to things like air conditioning repairs, the priority is the one that actually quit. Then it becomes an emergency.”

Favaloro cited cost as another reason for the asbestos projects’ low placement on the maintenance list. Removing asbestos properly can be an expensive, time-consuming project.

Ruggerio said any amount of exposure is dangerous, but asbestos abatement workers are at the highest risk.

“I wouldn’t say it’s extremely urgent, but it would take priority over window replacements,” Ruggerio said. “I would try to do it as soon as possible. This summer would be great.”

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Band director adjusts to new role, forms relationships with students

BY REBECCA HERIN @RebeccaHerin When the Louisiana State University Marching Band plays the iconic first four notes of the LSU “Pregame” before a football game, the crowd goes wild, but Kelvin Jones wants audiences to know the band is so much more than those four notes.

After working with the 325-member Golden Band from Tigerland for seven years, Jones was promoted to the director of bands this year. He is now responsible for the marching band, color guard and Golden Girls, as well as the pep-band, symphonic winds ensemble and undergraduate and graduate band courses.

Jones’ time with the band started when he was a member of the LSU marching band as an undergraduate student at the University. After graduation, Jones returned to the band as a graduate assistant. Jones said his hardworking philosophy comes from his grandfather.

“As my grandfather told me, who was also a band director, ‘those who are good are going to work hard,’” Jones said. “‘You’re going to spend a lot of time in the morning and a lot of time after rehearsal trying to get it done right. For those who are mediocre or bad, they won’t.’”

Jones’ handwork pays off dur-

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LSU home to state’s largest press

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mance in the Band Hall after the game ends.

Despite the busyness of Saturdays in Death Valley, Jones said he never feels stressed on gamedays.

“Gamedays are the least

The largest press in the state of Louisiana is right here on LSU’s campus.

The LSU Press is known for Pulitzer Prizes and publishing books from around the world, including John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.”

LSU Press Director Alisa Plant said the goal is to publish works of scholarly, intellectual and creative merit.

Plant said the Press publishes books for both scholars and general readers.

“We want to promote the achievements of the state and the region and to educate people about our history and our culture,” Plant said.

The Press publishes books on the history and culture of the South and Louisiana.

“We are, on one hand, LSU press,” Plant said, “but we also promote the brand of LSU to the world.”

One of the most recent books published by the Press was “Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana” by Thomas Aiello.

The book helped fuel the

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LSU band director Kelvin Jones walks down Victory Hill on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. ing Saturday gamedays. Jones starts with morning band rehearsal and warm-ups in the Greek Amphitheater. The band then marches down Victory Hill and performs in front of, then inside, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Once Jones and the band

march into Tiger Stadium, they perform for several hours. Following the pre-game performance featuring the “Pregame” song, the band plays stand-tunes throughout the game and performs during halftime. Jones’ Saturdays finally end with a review of the night’s halftime perfor-

STUDENT LIFE

LSU organizations provide tenth annual holiday shuttle bus breaks. A $55 charge this service is uploaded to students’ fee bills after registering.

Student Government AssisDon’t have a fortune to spend on airport transportation and tant Director of Transportation parking during the holiday breaks? Emily Otken said the program Student Government, Parking and was established to take the burden of airport Transportation transportation Services and Important dates off out-of-state the LSU Famstudents who ily Association Thanksgiving Break: may not have have you covLeaving Nov. 26-27 a vehicle on ered.

Returning Dec. 1 campus.

These orga“The holinizations look Winter Break: day shuttle is forward to Leaving Dec. 13-15 an opportunity providing stuReturning Jan. 12 for out-of-state dents with safe Registration ends Dec. 8 at students, esand affordable pecially those 11:59 p.m. transportation without a veto the Louis Armstrong New Orleans Interna- hicle on campus, to be transporttional Airport for the tenth year ed to and from the New Orleans this holiday season through their airport in an efficient and fiscally affordable manner,” Otken said.

Holiday Shuttle Program.

Manager of Parent and FamThe shuttle program allows students the opportunity to be ily Programs Lindsay McCrory transported to and from the New said the program has proven sucOrleans airport via shuttle buses cessful in the last decade, as they for both Thanksgiving and winter have increased the number of ridBY ANA BLOCK @anablock_4

ers each year.

“Last year it grew dramatically,” McCrory said. “For Thanksgiving two years ago, we had about 70 riders between the two days, then last year we went up to 130. Right now we have 186.”

As the lines and wait times at the newly renovated airport have been a source of frustration for travelers this year, the program provides departure times from campus every four hours and advises students to schedule a time at least three hours before their flight.

“We recommend that students board the shuttle with their flight time and security at the airport accounted for so they do not miss their flight,” Otken said.

Shuttles run as early as 4 a.m. for departure to the airport and as late as 10 p.m. for return to campus. In case of delay in return flights, students may board the next available shuttle, which they can track through the Trans-

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LSU student speaks about positive hit and run experience

BY PERLA RODRIGUEZ @perlajasminee The LSU Crime Logs show the University has a large number of hit and runs reported to LSUPD every week. According to the October 2019 Crime Log, at least 23 hit-and-runs occurred in October alone.

Hit and runs happen every day, especially at highly populated universities such as LSU, according to Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard.

“It isn’t unique to LSU, but in any setting such as a large university that has a lot of vehicle traffic, there will unfortunately be vehicle accidents,” Ballard said.

Ballard said the University asks students, staff and visitors to stay alert for pedestrians and other vehicles and to follow the speed limits when traveling in both parking lots and on the road. He also mentioned that if someone is involved in an accident, it is required by law that

BAND, from page 3 stressful days I ever have,” Jones said. “By that point, either we got it or we don’t.”

Jones said the only times he feels stressed are moments leading up to Saturday game days when the band practices less than usual due to inclement weather.

One person helping ease Jones’ stress is music performance junior and 2019-2020 LSU Marching Band Drum Major Taylor Brownfield, who works closely with Jones.

“He’s somewhat like a father figure because we have done so much together, and he has helped me within this position,” Brownfield said. “He’s also given me pointers about music in general because I am a music performance major.”

PRESS, from page 3 debate about Louisiana’s nonunanimous jury verdict law, Plant said.

“In the end,” Plant said, “it goes before the citizens of Louisiana, they change the law, and now that is illegal. Books we publish help change laws. That is something I am very proud of.”

The process through which books get published is lengthy.

First, authors send a proposal to the acquiring editors at the Press. If the proposal looks good, the acquiring editors ask to see an entire manuscript.

The manuscripts get sent to anonymous readers who evaluate them for quality and write a report.

The reviewed manuscripts get sent back to the authors, who tell the Press what changes they will make and send back a revised manuscript.

“Ideally, the reader will say

they report it to the police.

While most hit and run stories usually result in unfortunate results and two unhappy parties, that’s not always the case.

Biological sciences junior Aniko Nowakowski was involved in a hit and run which led to her connecting with her current boyfriend, Matthew Miller, a student at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University in Baton Rouge.

According to Nowakowski, she was on campus for a meeting during spring break. She was short on time and was hurrying to make it to work after the meeting.

“I was in a rush to get to work afterwards, and as I was leaving the parking lot, I accidentally hit a parked car. I didn’t realize it at the time, so I just drove off like normal,” Nowakowski said.

“A couple days later, I get an email from LSUPD telling me I was a suspect in a hit and run accident. I was so shocked and scared that I’d get sued. I was

thinking ‘This is the worst thing to happen. Why me?’”

However, Nowakowski was neither sued nor faced any consequences. She later found out she knew the owner of the car she accidentally hit.

“I later found out the driver of the car was a sweet girl who was involved with the same campus ministry group as me,” Nowakowski said. “Turns out, I had worked on a retreat and done some service projects around the community with her brother.”

Nowakowski said the unfortunate hit and run accident led to a wonderful relationship.

“Through this car mishap, I was able to reconnect with her brother and now we are happily dating. Thank God for my bad driving because it led to an awesome relationship,” Nowakowski said.

While Nowakowski’s story ended with a happy ending, students should always be vigilant while driving on campus.

Biological sciences junior Aniko Nowakowski smiles next to her boyfriend, Matthew Miller, who she met after a hit-and-run incident on LSU’s campus.

Brownfield’s duties as drum major include leading the band performances and rehearsals, facilitating auditions and trips and serving as a liaison between the marching band management and band members. Through it all, he has noticed Jones is a “very personal person.” Brownfield said Jones had learned all 325 band members’ names after a weeklong band camp over the summer. Jones said his motivation for forming more personal connections with students is more than just a matter of politeness.

“It’s more or less my philosophy,” Jones said. “Yes, I’m a conductor and a music educator but you deal with people first. Before I can correct a student, I need to know about that person first.”

Brownfield attests to Jones’ memorizing of band members’

names, saying that because Jones knows each member personally, he is able to encourage them and energize them in ways he otherwise could not.

Forming connections with each band member is especially important to Jones because the marching band is a group of hardworking, diverse people.

“We work with music majors, but music majors make up less than 25% of the band,” Jones said. “I get to be around extremely smart students. The highest number [of band members] percentage wise are engineering and science majors. We are one of the only organizations on campus that has a student from every college.”

Jones said there are only a handful of downsides to his job.

He said it’s frustrating to keep Ti-

ger Stadium a family-friendly environment when students makeup lyrics for certain songs the band plays in the stands.

“The students have spent all this time working on the tune, and then they [fans] start singing ridiculous things and we can’t do it anymore,” Jones said.

Jones also wishes he could change the 325 member-cap for the marching band. The band is capped because of the seating availability in Tiger Stadium, costs for buses and meals and the $1000 stipend each student receives. Jones said turning students away breaks his heart, but the band program tries to open its doors to others by allowing non-Tiger Band members to join Bengal Brass, the LSU pep-band that plays during smaller sporting events.

the manuscript is ready for publication,” Plant said.

The projects then get submitted to the Press committee, made up of various LSU faculty members, and they approve the final product.

From the time the final manuscript arrives at the Press to when it is printed, the process can take up to a year.

The Press has won numerous awards, including four Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1981 for the “A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole.

The other three were in 1986, 1997 and 2006 for various poetry.

The Press was founded in 1935 and will turn 85 years old next year. They publish about 70-80 books every year.

“We are producing peer-reviewed scholarship,” Plant said.

“It is fact-based and unbiased.

I think what we do has never been more important.”

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Because of these challenges, Jones believes aspiring band directors should adopt the virtue of patience.

“If I could say patience infinity times I would,” Jones said.

“You’re dealing with kids and parents, and you’re going to need patience in developing relationships, community and the program. It takes time.”

“LSU Tiger Band is never going to change what we do,” Jones said. “But how you can put your influence to hopefully improve the program is what matters.”

Jones hopes fans recognize the Golden Band from Tigerland shows up to every game to perform for the fans and team they love so much.

“There’s a whole lot that goes into, ‘Oh, I hear four notes,’” Jones said.

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Recently published books sit in the LSU Press office in Johnston Hall.

Loc app.

The TransLoc app allows students to see exactly how far away the shuttle is at any given time so that they may plan accordingly.

Because of the recent success with this program, the hosting organizations are exploring other options to potentially provide a transportation service for other University breaks, said McCrory.

For Thanksgiving break, transportation from the University to the airport will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27, with return to campus on Sunday, Dec. 1. Online registration for this shuttle has now closed, but on-site registration is still available.

For winter break, transportation from the University to the airport will take place on Friday, Dec. 13, through Sunday, Dec. 15, with return on Sunday, Jan. 12.

Online registration is open until Sunday, Dec. 8, at 11:59 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT SHAQ IS BACK

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Shaq returned to LSU for rave-like concert at Fred’s Bar in Tigerland

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime There was glitter, freshly squeezed orange juice and music that slapped.

On the beautiful, unseasonably warm Friday, Fred’s in Tigerland opened its doors at sundown at 6 p.m. on Nov. 22. Gold balloons spelled out “Shaq Loves Fred’s” under an arch of purple and green globes and other purple and gold ones spread out across the tent. One thousand free Papa John’s pizzas waited inside for hungry people to devour them.

The atmosphere was chill until around 9 p.m. Fred’s employees ran around the premises in uniform candy cane-striped shirts ensuring everything went smoothly while Fred the Moose danced around the patio and got a drink at the bar. Attendees wore colorful sunglasses, glitter and rave attire. People filled the venue through the hours as they settled in for the live entertainment.

DJ CMIX, a staple act in the University community, started the show with pumped-up tunes, followed by DJ Diesel’s team of musical acts. One of the acts traveled

to Baton Rouge from Los Angeles. Another announced that LSU stood for “Love Shaq University” that night before playing the LSU song. Performing Halsey’s “Without Me” and Kanye’s “All Of The Lights” among others, the acts

kept the crowd dancing.

“Fred’s is my safe haven,” said LSU marketing junior and Fred’s employee Emily Rose.

Shaquille O’Neal a.k.a. DJ Diesel came on the stage around 11:30 p.m. wearing a comfort-

able white wife beater and what looked like sweatpants to delight the crowd with his self-described style of EDM, hip hop and dubstep mash up. The crowd let lose to the icon’s set. Unknown to some, the beloved former LSU

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Balloons in Fred’s Bar in Tigerland in preparation for Shaquille O’Neal’s visit on Friday, Nov. 22.

basketball player and NBA legend has released four hip hop albums and he performs regularly as DJ Diesel.

The show was hosted by BeatGig and College Weekly alongside Acacia and Delta Chi Fraternities.

There was a barricaded VIP area with a separate entrance and private bar encompassing the entire front of the stage and part of the left side for Acacia and Delta Chi members and their guests. The general admission area stood behind the VIP area.

“We have been planning out this event since early in the summer,” LSU Delta Chi president Taylor Stirling said. “There is a lot of behind the scenes work that most people won’t see, from picking the date and venue to negotiating with artists and booking agencies. We partnered with Acacia to help share some of the costs.”

If the free pizza, great memories, drinks, hours of dancing and crazy good music played by O’Neal himself wasn’t enough to commemorate the night, the first 4,000 customers received a souvenir koozie of the event. Furthermore, there were 20,000 souvenir cups for guests to take home at the end of the night.

FASHION

Graphic design student turns passion into profitable business

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime From the Chi O tiger to the “laissez les band play neck” buttons, Graphic design junior Nina Jalenak’s creations can be spotted all across campus.

The rising graphic designer created the Dance Marathon’s “Battle of the Bars” design that has become a sigil for the event.

The artwork incorporates all the logo fonts of Tigerland bars to spell out the name of the event, a design featured in the event shirts which can be seen regularly on students who purchased one. Dance Marathon executives contacted Jalenak through mutual connections due to her reputation.

Jalenak’s wearable creations feature funky block fonts in colorful schemes and a matching digital drawing such as a tiger, a corndog or an abstract or print background. Her prints, in turn, are chaotic collages that integrate words and images into an ultimately-cohesive, simultaneously contemporary and retro work of art. She describes her design aesthetic as energetic, colorful, funky, lively and empowering.

Knowing she’d always been

artistic, Jalenak wanted to study something that would combine her passion for creating art with a degree that would teach her useful, marketable skills that could translate and be applied in different fields. She chose graphic design due to its prevalence in the business world and the growing need for graphic designers across all fields.

“I’m from Baton Rouge so I’ve always seen girls in sororities and other girls wearing buttons and I was like ‘oh, that’s so cute. It would be really cute if someone in graphic design made it and did more fun stuff,’” Jalenak said. “My first button was the corndog button because it’s like a derogatory term to call an LSU fan a corndog so we reclaimed it and then it’s more fun and it’s kind of like an inside joke for the school.”

Jalenak started designing buttons as an LSU freshman. As a member of Chi Omega Sorority, Jalenak had the opportunity to share her buttons and designs with her sorority sisters. As they gained popularity, Jalenak expanded her market to be more inclusive of the general public.

Now, her buttons are worn by many students on gameday and she serves as Chi Omega’s T-Shirt

Chair.

“I haven’t designed any merch for other sororities yet!,” Jalenak said. “I enjoy working with and meeting new people so I would love to collaborate with other sororities in the future.”

Jalenak sells her work exclusively through Instagram where customers message her for commissions and at pop up shop events. She has participated in pop up philanthropy events for Chi Omega, Delta Zeta and Phi Mu. Most recently, Jalenak was a vendor inside Square 46, the complex which houses White Star Market, for White Light Night on Nov. 22.

“It was different because I’ve been doing pop up shops with my friend Grace,” Jalenak said.

“Her Instagram’s @stuffgracemade and then mine’s @nina.jal.

But we’ve been doing sales together at sorority philanthropy events so all the sorority girls love our stuff and other people come too. White Light was different because it was more adults, but it was still really cool and I’m glad we did it.”

With Christmas right around the corner, Jalenak’s designs are sure to liven up the bottoms of many Christmas trees.

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Graphic design student Nina Jalenak’s most recognizable designs include Dance Marathon’s “Battle of the Bands” logo and Chi O tiger sweatshirts.

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RACING STRIPES Monday, November 25, 2019

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LSU’s racing team exhibits their car at the Sports Car Club of America Autocross.

The 2019 car, Julia, rests in the workshop on Oct. 15 in the Engineering Annex Building.

The LSU TigerRacing 2019 car, Julia, gets ready for autocross on Sept. 22 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center.

LSU mechanical engineering senior Branson Leonard gets ready to take the 2019 car out on the track on Sept. 22 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center.

LSU mechanical engineering senior Branson Leonard races the 2019 car around the autocross on Sept. 22 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center.

LSU mechanical engineering sophomore Gavin Sheng works in the workshop on Oct. 15 in the Engineering Annex Building.

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LSU defeats Arkansas 56-20, to play Georgia in SEC Championship

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___ No. 1 LSU opened as 43.5-point favorites against Arkansas, making the Tigers the largest favorite in Southeastern Conference history since 1980. LSU failed to cover, but the Tigers (11-0, 7-0 SEC) won 56-20, clinching the SEC Western Division for ninth time in school history and the first time since 2011.

With the win LSU will play SEC Eastern Division champions Georgia (10-1, 7-1 SEC) in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 7 in Atlanta.

LSU is 4-1 in the SEC Championship Game, defeating Tennessee in 2001 and 2007 and Georgia in 2003 and 2011. LSU’s lone loss came at the hands of Georgia in 2005.

While fans would think LSU would be excited about clinching the division, there was little enthusiasm from the locker room. A massive trophy given to the winner of LSU and Arkansas, The Golden Boot, was left out on the field by LSU after its win.

“There’s was not going to be too much of a celebration to beat Arkansas,” said LSU coach Ed Orgeron. “They haven’t beaten anybody in a long time. We were supposed to win that football game, and it’s on to Texas A&M. “There’s a mindset of this football team. We have a goal. The goal next week is to beat Texas A&M. That’s going to be one at a time. We know where we want to go, but we

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Burrow moved into third all-time on the school’s passing yards list (6,908) and cracked 4,000 yards this season, becoming the fourth

LSU’s trip to Jamaica was highlighted by ups and downs.

The Tigers led No. 15 Utah State (6-0) by 19 points at halftime but let the lead slip away, falling 80-78 in regulation on Friday.

LSU (4-2) bounced back with a 96-83 win over Rhode Island (4-2) on Sunday. Sophomore forward Emmitt Williams led all players with 27 points against the Rams. Williams shot 12-of17 and collected nine rebounds.

The 27 points were a careerhigh for the former five-star recruit. Sophomore forward Darius Days and freshman forward Trendon Watford also chipped in 16 points each.

The Tigers limited turnovers against Rhode Island, only giving the ball up 11 times after being near the top of the nation in turnovers per game (20.5) entering the Jamaica Classic.

LSU led the Rams 43-39 at the end of the first half with Williams and Days combining for 25 points. The strong start carried over to the second half, and LSU pulled away behind Williams’ 14 points and senior guard Skylar Mays’ 12 points in the final 20 minutes.

While the win over Rhode

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The LSU Tigers face off against the Arkansas Razorbacks during the Tiger’s game against the Razorbacks on Nov. 23 in Tiger Stadium. don’t talk about it. There’ll be time to celebrate, that won’t be now.”

LSU led the Razorbacks 7-6 halfway through the second quarter, but the Tigers rattled off 49 straight points, starting with a 2-yard touch-

down run by freshman running back Tyrion Davis-Price with 7:48 remaining in the second quarter.

The offensive avalanche led to a night of benchmark performances for LSU. Senior quarterback Joe

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Edwards-Helaire most recent to crack 1,000 rushing yards

BY RECE BEAUGH @Recebeaugh For much of the season, Joe Burrow and the LSU passing attack has captivated the nation and tested the capabilities of scoreboards across the Southeastern Conference.

But for the last few weeks, the Tiger’s offense has won games not only through the air, but on the ground. This was just as evident Saturday night when junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire cut through the Arkansas defense like a hot knife through butter.

Edwards-Helaire finished with six carries for 188 yards, three rushing touchdowns also seven receptions for 65 yards in No. 1 LSU’s (11-0, 7-0 SEC) 56-20 win over Arkansas (2-9, 0-7 SEC).

The junior’s longest rush of the night was an 89-yard touch-

down run with 2:46 left in the third quarter to put LSU up 496. His two other rushing touchdowns were a 27-yard run and a 26-yard run, respectively.

When asked about his 89yard touchdown run, EdwardsHelaire said “the defense parted like the Red Sea.” The junior did the rest, out racing three Razorback defenders.

“I hope that was fast enough for everybody,” Edwards-Helaire joked.

Although the performance was impressive, it was overshadowed by a bigger milestone set during the game.

Edwards-Helaire surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark on the season.

He is the 21st 1,000-yard rusher in LSU football program history.

He was not the only LSU player to make history on Saturday. Senior quarterback Joe

Burrow also broke the 4,000yard passing mark for the season.

LSU is the first team in SEC history to have a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers in a single season.

Edwards-Helaire has been on quite the tear over the past three games. He rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns at Alabama, including the score that ultimately sealed the victory for the Tigers. He added 172 yards and one touchdown against Ole Miss last week in addition to his stats Saturday night versus Arkansas.

He has also been a threat in the receiving game, racking up 20 receptions for 164 yards and one touchdown over the past three games, including Saturday.

“He’s on fire”, said LSU coach Ed Orgeron, who added coming

into the year, he did not think Edwards-Helaire would reach the 1,000-yard rushing mark.

Burrow also spoke highly of

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LSU junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) sprints for the endzone during the Tiger’s 56-20 victory against the Razorbacks on Nov. 23 in Tiger Stadium.

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“I knew from the moment I got here Clyde was a special player and was going to have a lot of success,” Burrow said.

“I knew that this offensive unit was perfect from him.”

The team is not the only people taking notice of the running back’s notable performances

though. Earlier, this week, Edwards-Helaire was named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker award. This award is given annually to the nation’s best college football running back.

The junior running back looks to continue his on-field dominance when LSU takes on Texas A&M (7-4, 4-3 SEC) next Saturday at 6 p.m. in Tiger Stadium.

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LSU junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) runs the ball for a touchdown against Arkansas in Death Valley on Nov. 23.

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Burrow ended the night 23of-28 passing for 327 yards and three touchdowns. He has 4,014 yards passing and 41 touchdown passes and an added 79 rushes for 239 yards and three touchdowns through 11 games this season.

Junior tight end Thaddeus Moss set the record for catches in a season by a LSU tight end with 36, breaking a record set by Malcolm Scott in 1981 and Mitch Andrews in 1985.

Junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire may have had the biggest night. He rushed six times for 188 yards with three touchdowns and caught seven passes for 65 yards. He became the 21st LSU running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.

He also helped LSU become the first SEC school with a 4,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers.

Edwards-Helaire had touchdown runs of 27, 26 and 89 yards.

Elsewhere offensively, sophomore Ja’Marr Chase led LSU in receiving with six catches for 144 yards and

two touchdowns.

The Tigers finished with 612 total yards of offense compared to Arkansas’ 304 yards of offense.

Defensively, junior safety JaCoby Stevens finished with three sacks, which makes him LSU’s leader in that category this season with five total. Junior linebacker Jacob Phillips led all players with 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles-forloss.

LSU closes out the regular season on Nov. 30 against Texas A&M (7-4, 4-3 SEC) in Tiger Stadium. Last season the Aggies defeated LSU 7472 in seven overtimes, tying a college football record for the longest game in history.

The win was Texas A&M’s first win over LSU since 1994 and its first win over the Tigers since joining the SEC in 2012. The officials made multiple highly-debated calls that extended the game and prevented LSU from winning. The Tigers haven’t forgotten.

Orgeron said “it’s going to be on” when the Aggies visit Tiger Stadium, and that he will never forget what happened in College Station last season.

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Utah State. LSU led 44-30 and only committed five turnovers in the first half.

The lead climbed to 54-35 after a Mays’ three-pointer with 16:32 remaining in the second half. Utah State went on a 20 to eight run, cutting LSU’s lead to five, but the Tigers punched back with a run of its own to extend its lead back to 69-57 with less than eight minutes

to go.

LSU failed to finish off Utah State and let an early marquee win slip through its fingers.

The Tigers return to Baton Rouge for a four-game home stand against Missouri State (Nov. 29), UNO (Dec. 3), Northwestern State (Dec. 8) and East Tennessee State (Dec. 18) before traveling to Los Angeles for a game against USC on Dec. 21.

Island is a nice one for the Tigers, the main takeaway from the weekend will be the second half collapse against Utah State.

LSU coach Will Wade said Utah State could find itself in the Final Four, calling the Aggies a top-10 team before the Jamaica Classic. Utah State reached the NCAA tournament as an eight seed last season and returned leading scorer Sam Merrill.

Merrill was too much for the Tigers to handle down the stretch, scoring 17 points in the second half and the game-winning three-point shot with less than a minute to go. Mays tried to match Merrill and scored 18 of LSU’s final 26 points.

Mays finished with 30 points, a career-high, and joins former Tigers Tremont Waters (36-Jan. 20, 2019) and Duop Reath (31Jan. 20, 2018) as recent players to hit that mark.

Despite Mays’ offensive output, LSU turned the ball over 11 times in the second half against

LSU basketball coach Will Wade holds a press conference in the PMAC on Oct. 28.

“That’s over,” Orgeron said.

“There was nothing we could do at the end of the game. We felt helpless, but there’s something we can do about it this week.”

Burrow, who carried the ball

29 times for 100 yards and three touchdowns and required multiple IVs immediately after the sevenovertime thriller, seemed more than eager to get another shot at Texas A&M.

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When asked why he was so excited for the game, Burrow calmly dodged the question and took a sip of water before answering with a smirk on his face.

“Chance to go 12-0.”

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Terrace Marshall (6), Ja’Marr Chase (2) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) celebrate a touchdown in the Tigers’ 5620 win over Arkansas on Nov. 23 at Tiger Stadium.

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Opinion: Put down your phones and go to a meeting WRITING UNDER STATELY OAKS CORY KOCH @kochcory Technology is changing the way we do things and not always for the better.

The introduction of television, computers, and mobile phones into every day life has revolutionized the way we connect with one another. Speaking with a neighbor has been replaced with scrolling on a feed. Speeches in free speech alley have become lengthy posts on facebook. The world has changed and some ways of life are left behind.

Social capital, a term coined

by Harvard University’s Robert Putnam in his book “Bowling Alone,” describes the value members in communities and social networks gain. Putnam researched over 500,000 respondents and found the introduction of television contributed to a decline in social capital as a whole.

People are less likely to be members of social organizations, participate in community service work, meet with friends, sign

petitions or socialize with family.

The introduction of social media and cell phones has only worsened this phenomenon.

Concerts and music festivals are the perfect places to witness this.

A sea of phone screens dots the crowds at concerts as recording the moment becomes more important than living in it. We are disconnecting with the people around us the more we connect with those online.

Technology’s impact is not limited to our social well-being as it negatively affects our health as well.

Cell phones and video games are often criticized for their adverse health effects. Excessive use can cause problems relating to posture and eye health. The Vision Council conducted a study showing the harmful effects of screens on our eyes. The overuse of video games can cause arthritis, carpal tunnel, and muscle or joint problems.

Mobile phones have far worse potential health concerns. Recent studies from the National Cancer Institute have even shown a concern that cell phones and radiofrequency radiation may cause

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Cell phone use continues to rise as organizations, businesses, and services digitize. cancer. Such a dramatic discovery must be viewed with caution but the issue is frightening nonetheless. Keeping a cautious outlook on technology is essential as the world continues to progress.

Our world is rapidly changing and adapting to a more technologically advanced future. Our society needs to ensure we stay

in touch with our communities and the things that make us human. Social interactions are the glue that holds polite society together.

Our society is more divisive than it has been in a long time and the rise of social media, video games and mobile phones has played a part in that. Check-in

with your neighbor and go attend an organization’s meeting.

Interacting with those around you and staying off your phone won’t just improve your health, it’ll improve our society.

Cory Koch is a 20-year-old political science junior from Alexandria, Louisiana.

High School Musical: The Series better than expected SINCERELY SHELBY SHELBY BORDES @shelbybordes The new Disney+ streaming service, along with having many movies and TV shows we all know and love, features Disney+ originals like “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.”

I saw advertisements and clips from the show before its release and rolled my eyes at the thought of another teen drama series as a reboot of the original movie “High School Musical.” When I signed up for Disney+, I have to admit I was curious as to how cringey the show would be. So I watched the first two episodes.

I was pleasantly surprised. I judged it based on other shows and movies with young actors being the center of an unentertaining, forcibly relatable storyline. Most of which I’ve found come from the Netflix original category and star Noah Centineo.

“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” is much different. I applaud what they’ve done with the series so far, bring that it’s not a reboot of the original, as I suspected.

They’ve set the story 13 years after “High School Musical” was filmed and the teenagers in the show are aware the movie was filmed on their campus.

The students do not treat the film like it actually happened, they know it was just a movie. I think this was the perfect way to do it.

It would have been hard to live up to the original hype of “High School Musical” if the main characters of the show were treating Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez like they were actual alumni of East High.

The show reminds me of “Glee”. The characters are aware of the cameras around them. Each character has their own interviews with the camera throughout the show giving it a reality show feel, even though it is not.

The characters, while young and in high school, have re-

latable lives. It doesn’t make their lives seem so far-fetched as teen drama shows sometimes do. It uses irony and humor as an undertone to address the struggles teenagers face in the show. Some of the characters are dramatic but that’s how some teenagers are today when it comes to their problems.

I also appreciate the show’s diversity and progressive characters. It has characters of different races and sexual orientations. While some shows today have such characters, “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” doesn’t make it a big deal. The show is able to have these characters without making it their main personality trait.

I am glad Disney finally made an entertaining show for me and the younger generation to enjoy. It doesn’t come from Disney Channel, which makes it better because in my opinion even children find Disney Channel shows today unappealing.

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In addition to the High School Musical series, Disney has added the original trilogy to their new streaming service.

I’ve watched “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” because I thought I wouldn’t be able to get through it.

However, I found myself hooked, quickly grabbing the remote to watch the next episode.

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I will say for a Disney show, it is quite entertaining and I look forward to the rest of the series.

Shelby Bordes is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Letter to the editor: Caring is solution to Tigerland crime SKIP DESCANT UNIVERSITY ALUMNI A couple of points. When I was a student at LSU in the early 1990s, this neighborhood was dumpy. Sadly, it has not improved. It seems to be a lot of cheaply built housing, way past its expiration. Not enough lighting. Not enough crosswalks. Not enough anything.

And as for bars like Fred’s, all they have ever cared about is raking in cash from drunk college students. Their connection to the community has always been zero.

They don’t want to be part of a solution, and the city should have the spine to call them what they are: part of the problem.

I’m not sure what it will take to turn this neighborhood around. Probably a combination of approaches. But most of all, a whole lot of caring...

Self-care should go deeper than a face mask SINCERELY SHELBY SHELBY BORDES @shelbybordes In a recent episode of “How To Get Away With Murder”, I saw two main characters wanting to get away from the drama in their lives and do some “selfcare.” The next scene shows them laying on a couch with face masks on.

Although the average person’s life is not as complicated as those in a television show, everyone warrants self care. The issue is, self care is about more than putting on a face mask.

“Self-Care” is a term used by major corporations to capitalize on a person’s stress. By selling face masks, bath bombs and wine while throwing signs saying “self-care” on them just to sell them.

Every television show, movie or advertisement shows women and men “curing” their bad day with retail therapy or drinking herbal tea. Self care should involve much more than relaxing on the surface.

People today should be educated on the steps that can be taken in order to make sure they are mentally stable. Mental

health has become a major component in our society and we should have more resources to monitor our mental health.

Living in Miller Hall on campus freshman year, during midterms and finals there would be different activities branded things like “self-care nights” which included making stress balls, drinking tea and eating pizza. These activities might help in the short term but the long term is more important.

Middleton Library is another place on campus that partakes in these stress reducing activities during midterms and finals. I understand every student needs relief in stressful times, but what about all the other times?

I think a “self-care night” should entail the ability to talk to a professional who can give students tips on how to cope in stressful situations.

The point is that many people suffer with mental health issues and do not even know they are suffering. By self-care, it should mean putting yourself first and making sure you are mentally stable.

The media should stop romanticizing the idea of self care and show the reality. They should stop telling people to eat

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a nice meal or buy the expensive clothing and instead urge people to talk to someone when they don’t feel like themselves.

Our generation is getting more involved with mental health issues but it’s not enough.

We should remove the negative

stigma behind getting help. The idea is to stress the importance of talking to someone to better yourself.

Shelby Bordes is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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