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Tech issues defer final drop date

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LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings (10) glances at the scoreboard Saturday during the Tigers’ 20-13 loss to the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium.

LSU blows late lead to lose fourth straight game to Alabama BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com LSU senior center Elliott Porter did his best to hide his emotions, but he couldn’t help it.

This was his last chance to win a game in Tiger Stadium, his last chance to sing the LSU alma

mater after a home victory, his last chance to beat Alabama.

After being asked how difficult it was to swallow the pill of the No. 14 Tigers’ 20-13 overtime loss to the No. 4 Crimson Tide on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium, Porter bit his bottom lip and looked up before giving his response.

“It’s tough, man,” he said.

“It’s tough.”

Fans of both sides watching the game must have felt a sense of déjà vu. For the second consecutive meeting between LSU (7-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) and Alabama (8-1, 5-1 SEC) in Tiger Stadium, the Tigers seemed poised for an upset victory. And for the second consecutive time,

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Alabama snatched victory from their grasp.

The loss extended LSU’s losing streak to Alabama to four games, marking a bitter end to the heated rivalry for LSU seniors hoping to bookend their careers with wins against the Crimson Tide.

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staff reports news@lsureveille.com In a broadcast email Friday, the University registrar postponed the final drop date to 4:30 p.m. today.

“The deadline has been postponed because the mainframe has not been available today since 4:30 a.m.,” read the email from Robert Doolos, assistant vice chancellor and University registrar.

Early Friday morning, on the designated final date to drop classes, the LSU mainframe computer system shut down, limiting scheduling and payroll access to University students, faculty and staff.

Sheri Thompson, University ​ Information Technology Services communications and planning officer, said an unexpected power outage caused the shutdown, and IBM and University analysts worked throughout Friday morning to get the system back up.

Though the mainframe was updated in June 2012, the power outage was not caused by University ITS, Thompson said.

“Once we get the mainframe up and running, we’ll work with them to assess what needs to be done,” Thompson said. “Right now, our priority is getting it back up.”

Brian Melancon, head of LSU Libraries’ computer systems, said problems with the mainframe computer should not have affected accessibility at Middleton Library.

Music

‘Arias in Motion’ highlights personal connections to music

BY jayce genco jgenco@lsureveille.com Some people’s lives revolve around a single joyful or tragic event. They feel compelled to carry out their passions with the experience forever in the back of their minds.

For people like Shelby Runyan, vocal performance

graduate student and member of Project Opera who performed at the ensemble’s “Arias in Motion” presentation Sunday night, this experience stays in her mind through her performances.

Runyan started her musical career as an instrumentalist, and music has always been her passion. Her father, a trumpet

player and music teacher, fueled her love for music.

“He was just thrilled that I went into music,” Runyan said.

“He’s really where I got my passion and my drive for music.”

Runyan’s father wanted her to be a band director, but after feeling “a little rebellious,” she

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Vocal performance graduate student Chary Williams sings ‘Non mi dir’ on Sunday for Project Opera’s Arias in Motion presentation.

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Kenneth Bae arrived home after years of imprisonment in North Korea, expressing his gratitude to the U.S. government for securing his release and revealing that his time there offered lessons.

“It’s been an amazing two years, I learned a lot, I grew a lot, I lost a lot of weight,” said Bae, a Korean-American missionary with health problems. Asked how he was feeling, he said, “I’m recovering at this time.”

He is one of the last two Americans held captive by the reclusive Communist country to return home. Bae and Matthew Miller landed Saturday night at a Washington state military base after a top U.S. intelligence official secured their release.

Bae, surrounded by family members, spoke briefly to the media after the plane carrying him and Miller landed. He thanked President Barack Obama and the people who supported him and his family. He also thanked the North Korean government for releasing him.

“I just want to say thank you all for supporting me and standing by me,” Bae said. His family

has said he suffers from diabetes, an enlarged heart, liver problems and back pain.

Bae’s family, who live near the sprawling military base south of Seattle, met him when he landed.

His mother hugged him after he got off the plane. Miller stepped off the U.S. government aircraft a short time later and also was greeted with hugs.

U.S. officials said Miller of Bakersfield, California, and Bae of Lynnwood, Washington, flew back with James Clapper, the director of national intelligence.

Clapper was the highest-ranking American to visit Pyongyang in more than a decade.

Their release was the latest twist in the fitful relationship between the Obama administration and the young North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, whose approach to the U.S. has shifted back and forth from defiance to occasional conciliation.

“It’s a wonderful day for them and their families,” Obama said.

“Obviously, we are very grateful for their safe return.”

A senior Obama administration official said the president approved the mission last week and U.S. officials spent the next several days planning the trip.

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Kenneth Bae, who had been held in North Korea since 2012, talks to reporters Saturday after he arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Clapper spent roughly a day on the ground and met with North Korean security officials — but not with Kim, the official said aboard Air Force One as Obama prepared to head to Beijing.

Clapper went with the sole purpose of bringing home the two detainees, although the U.S.

anticipated that other issues of concern to the North would come up during Clapper’s discussions, the official said.

“It was not to pursue any other diplomatic opening,” said the official, who wasn’t authorized to comment by name and demanded anonymity.

Mass. town weighs nation’s 1st tobacco ban THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WESTMINSTER, Mass. — The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent’s Country Store, but maybe not for much longer: All tobacco products could become contraband if local health officials get their way.

This sleepy central Massachusetts town of 7,700 has become an improbable battleground in America’s tobacco wars. On Wednesday, the Board of Health will hear public comment on a proposed regulation that could make Westminster the first municipality in the United States to ban sales of all tobacco products within town lines.

“To my knowledge, it would be the first in the nation to enact a total ban,” said Thomas Carr, director of national policy at the American Lung Association. “We commend the town for doing it.”

Town health agent Elizabeth Swedberg said a ban seemed like a sensible solution to a vexing problem.

“The tobacco companies are really promoting products to hook young people,” she said, pointing to 69-cent bubblegum-flavored cigars, electronic cigarettes and a new form of dissolvable smokeless tobacco that resembles Tic

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Tac candies. “The board was getting frustrated trying to keep up with this.”

Citing a report from the U.S. surgeon general, Swedberg said that if tobacco use continues unabated, 5.6 million American children who are younger than 18 today will die prematurely because of smoking. Change, she said, “has to start somewhere.”

Brian Vincent would rather it not start with his family-owned grocery on Main Street. Tobacco products, he said, make up more than 5 percent of sales.

A quarter of his customers purchase tobacco, Vincent said, and while they’re there, they often pick up a gallon of milk or one of the fresh-baked maple-candied bacon chocolate chip cookies that are displayed by the check-out aisle.

“It’s going to send business five minutes this way or five minutes that way — no one’s going to quit,” said Vincent, who admits to enjoying a cigar himself now and then.

Encouraged by the New England Convenience Store Association, Vincent has been asking customers to sign a petition against the proposal. He has gathered more than 800 signatures so far, and other merchants are on track to deliver hundreds more to town officials this week.

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La. ranked No. 2 in nation for favorable business climates E.J. Ourso College of Business among outstanding schools BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com Louisiana jumped in national business climate rankings from No. 25 to No. 2 in five years, according to Site Selection magazine’s annual report.

As Louisiana ascends the ranks, the E. J. Ourso College of Business also has been recognized nationally as an outstanding business school in The Princeton Review’s “The Best 296 Business Schools.” U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Business No. 79 in its rankings.

The Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, a department within the College of Business, composes a list of the fastest-growing companies owned or led by University graduates known as the LSU 100.

Global Commerce and Services, LLC, was awarded first prize in 2014’s LSU 100 ranking. University alumna and founding CEO and President Joaneane Smith accepted the award on behalf of the firm.

Smith said Global Commerce and Services is an information technology company specializing in system engineering, software development

and cyber security.

Louisiana’s leap in ranking to As a business owner for 14 the growing film industry in years, Smith said she has seen the state. growth in her field but believes According to FBT Film and there is more work to be done.

Entertainment, the state film “I’ve seen other IT busi- industry is growing jobs at a nesses growing, and I see oth- rate of 23 percent per year. ers decreasing in work,” Smith Louisiana has also surpassed said. “I think it’s about how other top production locations you market your company and except Los Angeles and New make sure you create relation- York. ships so people know you’re out Finance professor R. Kelthere and you can get work.” ley Pace said in an email that Smith said she expects Louisiana’s bump in ranking is her business to due to the state expand in the ‘This has been a long-term government’s aceffort and has reversed tions, and busicoming years through network- some of the many negative ness groups and ing techniques. preconceptions held by individuals who She said she have worked to outsiders.’ plans to network highlight the adwith the smallvantages of water R. Kelley pace, business departtransportation, finance professor ments at federal energy prices government agencies and build and incentives in Louisiana. partnerships with those compa“This has been a long-term nies. effort and has reversed some of Her business has done so the many negative preconcepwell, Smith said, because she tions held by outsiders,” Pace lives by a saying a friend once said. told her: “If you want to be History sophomore Kaitlyn successful at something, find McCain and kinesiology senior someone who was successful Susan Bousquet said a growing at it, and ask them how they did business climate will encourit.” age University students to stay Collaborating with others in in Louisiana after graduating, the same business field is vital breaking the trend of students to maintaining a prosperous using TOPS at the University company. Smith said she sur- and then leaving the state in rounds herself with people who search of a job. share her same mindset so they “If there’s more job opencan run ideas by each other and ings because of the business ensure everyone stays on track. growth, I think students will Smith said she attributes stay,” McCain said.

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The last of the escaped cattle wait Sunday outside the Lod Cook Alumni Center hotel for a trailer to return them to the LSU AgCenter barns.

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Professors wary of new amendments BY quint forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com University professors are expressing their concerns for two state constitutional amendments passed in the Nov. 4 midterm elections, fearing they could affect higher education funding.

Of the six constitutional amendments passed on Election Day, Amendment One and Amendment Two take steps to further protect health care funding, leaving less room for flexibility in the state budget.

University public administration professor Roy Heidelberg said higher education is one of the last major budget areas left unprotected in the state.

“Structurally, it definitely does cut off higher education,” Heidelberg said.

Political science professor Robert Hogan said interest groups wield power in the legislature by getting constitutional amendments put on ballots.

“This is the avenue for special interests to have an influence,” Hogan said. “They do it by putting these amendments on there

that sound like you’re being helpful, you’re doing a good thing by voting for them.”

Though Gov. Bobby Jindal announced a $141.5 million proposed increase in state higher education funding in January, LSU has endured more than $40 million in midyear budget cuts since 2008.

Hogan said the constitutional changes do not bode well for the future of higher education funding in the state.

“What that means is they have to cut other things, and higher education is one of the areas that is not nearly as protected as other funds are,” Hogan said. “When tax revenues are down, it increases the likelihood that higher education will be cut in those periods.”

According to the Public Affairs Research Council’s Guide to the 2014 Constitutional Amendments, Amendment One will “give constitutional protection to provisions in the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund and set a baseline compensation rate for nursing homes and certain other healthcare providers that pay a provider fee.”

A vote against the amendment would have left the trust fund without greater constitutional protections. A floor for government money paid to health care services that pay a provider fee would also not be established.

Amendment Two will “allow an assessment on hospitals to draw down more federal Medicaid dollars for the institutions and create a Hospital Stabilization Fund,” according to the PARC guide.

The Hospital Stabilization Fund also will receive special constitutional protections, meaning the governor and legislature cannot use the fund’s money to pay for non-health care programs.

In a blog post, political communication professor Robert Mann called the amendments “ill-conceived” and referred to Amendment One as “a sweetheart deal carved out by legislators for the very powerful and politically connected nursing homes.”

“In other words, a very inflexible state budget, already overloaded with constitutionally protected funds, would become even less flexible,” Mann wrote.

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New master’s degree program blends arts and sciences

BY Carrie Grace Henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com

To some, art and engineering are as different as night and day.

But the University’s new digital media arts and engineering master’s degree could dispel that notion.

Set to begin in January, this two-year program is the first of its kind in Louisiana and one of 44 in the country.

Students enrolled in the course will explore the multifaceted field of video game and interactive design as well as visual effects and animations.

Marc Aubanel, the program’s director, said the DMAE master’s degree came from a push by

Louisiana Economic Development and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber about 10 years ago to attract more digital media companies to the state. Even with a tax credit for eligible enterprises, companies were initially wary of the idea due to a lack of trained workforce.

But with an EA Games facility in the University’s new Digital Media Center and IBM recently breaking ground on a Baton Rouge complex, Aubanel said the tide is changing.

Aubanel comes from an extensive background in video game design and said the industry has already begun to change how people see engineering and art.

“The balance of power is pretty equitable,” he said, “You have to have really compelling looking environments, but you’re interacting with them, so you need programmers.”

Companies are relying more on people who understand aspects of both design and programming, Aubanel said.

“I think people often focus on one,” he said. “But it’s always good to be a musician who can program, an artist who can script.”

While Aubanel expects many applicants from the arts and computer sciences, he also predicts interest from English, mass communication, music and architecture.

Architecture sophomore Frank Alvarez said the technology involved in his degree would fit well with digital design’s needs. He also said links among students, businesses and the University are beneficial for everyone involved.

“I think it’s going to open opportunities for those that want to pursue that kind of area,” Alvarez said. “It’s going to set us apart.”

Biology and geology junior Rachel Gregory said the new degree would distinguish the University.

“More people will want to come here rather than go to [Louisiana] Tech or Tulane,” Gregory said, “It will be something just LSU has.”

The three types of classes

within the program — including project-based, skill development and electives — are designed to prepare students for a wide range of jobs within the field. Often, students will work directly with local companies including EA Games, Gameloft, Pixel Dash Studios and Moonbot Studios.

The degree compares to an MBA in that students are not expected to go on to get a doctoral degree after completion. But Aubanel stressed the importance of this degree in a field where the software is getting more and more complex.

“The state of the tools is getting to the point where complexity is pretty severe,” Aubanel said.

research

Graduate student’s research published in academic journal

BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com

my lack of expertise with new techniques and simply because the project didn’t work,” MumWhen she is not student madisetti said. “I went back teaching or attending class, during my general exam hopUniversity doctoral candi- ing to get something out of it, date Manjula Mummadisetti and that’s when [Dr. Bricker is solving the puzzle of pro- and I] found out the cross-linktein structures to increase ing had worked and that I had knowledge of photosynthesis, enough data to start writing a and her research now can be paper.” read in a nationally acclaimed Bricker, the principle rescientific journal. search investigaMummadisettor, said the probti discovered the ‘Science almost never lem of solving interaction of two oxygen evolution occurs in leaps and protein subunits bounds. [Scientists] stand in photosynthesis that aid in the on the shoulders of giants and determinevolution of oxying how proteins and build forward.’ gen during photowork together synthesis using a has been one technique called he has worked Terry bricker, c r o s s - l i n k i n g . University Moreland Family professor toward solving Cross-linking alfor 30 years. He lows researchers stuck with this to discover the specific bind- research so other scientists ing locations of amino acids be- could understand how the protween proteins. teins interact.

Mummadisetti’s ground“Science almost never ocbreaking finding is the result curs in leaps and bounds,” of years of scientific research Bricker said. “[Scientists] and something her predeces- stand on the shoulders of gisors tried but were unable to ants and build forward. And achieve. often, our success comes from “I tried several other proj- being in the right place at the ects in regards to photosyn- right time because science thesis before this one that just doesn’t advance at a very rapid didn’t work,” Mummadisetti rate.” said. “Then I picked up this Bricker said there have project, which had some pre- been lots of theories within liminary data but had been the last 30 years that he has stalled for some time, and I spent researching these proliked it, so I chose it as my Ph.D teins. Mummadisetti’s finding project.” is important because it gives Mummadisetti said she, too, direct evidence that the two failed when she first began the protein components interact in project in 2013. It was her per- food and oxygen production in severance and mentor Terry plants.

Bricker, University Moreland Mummadisetti said she sacFamily professor, who kept rificed a lot of free time for reher going and led her to this search and teaching. accomplishment.

“There have been days I’ve Mummadisetti said she been in the lab until midnight gained endurance and tech- or later,” she said. nique training for this project Her advice to students infrom a project she conducted in terested in pursuing research 2011 concerning photosynthe- is be prepared for the dedicasis and a different protein. tion and the amount of time it “Still, the beginning phas- requires. If they want results, es of this — my most recent she said, students have to project — was rough due to be motivated.

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University doctoral candidate Manjula Mummadisetti examines samples from her plant proteins and photosynthesis experiment Wednesday in the Life Sciences Building.

The amount of work she put into the protein research earned Mummadisetti the title of principal author on the academic paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal in October.

According to Almetric, a website that calculates the scholarly impact of academic papers, Mummadisetti’s paper is in the 97th percentile — the top 5 percent of all 2,598,218 articles tracked by the site thus far.

Bricker said it is nice having a paper he oversaw gain recognition and publicity in a prestigious journal.

“Publications, in general,

are good, which we see a lot of because our biological sciences department is very strong,” Bricker said. “From the point of view of organizations like the National Research Council, I think this paper definitely increases [the University’s] rank, if you will, as researchers.”

On Oct. 27, Science Daily also featured Mummadisetti’s research.

Mummadisetti said the support and recognition she received isn’t only on a national level.

Lots of professors have congratulated her, and she even received a Ron and Mary Neal Professors Used as Fellowships fellowship, which is given to

two biological sciences students each year.

Mummadisetti said the requirements for the fellowship include outreach, teaching ability, academics and extracurricular activities.

“I think this paper had a major role in me receiving it, though,” she said.

For Mummadisetti, who came from India in 2008 to attend college, it is just the beginning. She said only half of the photosynthesis project is complete, and a post-doctorate and job hunt still lie ahead of her.

“It’s not over,” Mummadisetti said with a chuckle. “I’m just warming up.”

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Tigers’ inexperience choked away the game The cuban cannon tommy romanach Sports Columnist

was a lot of pushing and shoving going on throughout, but to make the call on Alexander in that situation was a difficult decision to make.

“I didn’t see Vadal [Alexander] do anything, honestly.

He got pushed back and fell pretty much onto me,” Jennings said. “So saying that he did something, I don’t really know. I’ll have to watch the film to see, but being in the moment, I think he really didn’t do anything.”

Miles said he’ll have to go

For 58 minutes, the No. 20 LSU football team proved it could compete with No. 4 Alabama, executing a game plan that nearly resulted in a second consecutive win against a top-5 team.

In two minutes, the Tigers showed their fan base that they don’t know how to close out.

The Tigers’ 20-13 loss to Alabama on Saturday dashed any wild hopes of LSU still winning the Southeastern Conference and ended an impressive three-game winning streak.

LSU’s inexperience showed up at the worst possible time, and the Tigers choked the game away.

Youth has been the one constant for LSU, and at some point, fans knew that was going to haunt the team. It happened against LSU’s biggest rival, and the Tigers lost all focus when given a chance to win in the final moments.

Every storyline was written when senior running back T.J. Yeldon fumbled the ball with less than two minutes left.

LSU had dominated time of possession and received a lucky

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[Left] LSU sophomore linebacker Kendell Beckwith (52) attempts to stop Alabama senior quarterback Blake Sims (6) as he runs the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ 20-13 loss against the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium. [Right] LSU freshman wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) reaches out to catch the ball in the end zone as Alabama junior defensive backs Cyrus Jones (5) and Jabriel Washington (23) attempt to intercept the catch.

LSU drops game to Alabama after controversial officiating BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com In recent years, Alabama and LSU have had their share of down-to-the-wire drama, but Saturday’s game may have been the toughest one to swallow for the Tigers.

No. 20 LSU (7-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) had its winning streak snapped by the No. 4 Crimson Tide (8-1, 5-1 SEC) after a late collapse by the Tigers, which seemingly came down to questionable officiating down the stretch.

“It was a tough one,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “I have a bad taste in my mouth from that game.”

The first of what many Tigers believed to be questionable officiating came on the unsportsmanlike penalty called on junior offensive lineman Vadal Alexander. The 15-yard penalty pushed the Tigers back, creating a second-and-long instead of second-and-goal from the 6-yard line.

A field goal gave the Tigers the lead, but the penalty proved costly in the end.

“That penalty changed the

complexion of the game,” Miles said. “If we don’t get the 15‐ yard penalty there, we are on the 5 or 7 [yard line]. We are talking about driving it in for a 7‐pointer. That penalty was at a tremendously pointed time in that game.”

Instead of forcing Alabama to put the ball in the end zone when it began its drive with 0:50 remaining, the Crimson Tide only needed a field goal to bring the game to overtime.

LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings said the game was physical and there

cross country

Robinson’s Olympic career sets blueprint for success BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com Cross country and distance track coach Khadevis Robinson has set out to make his coaching endeavor as successful as his running career.

Robinson doesn’t like to talk about his past success and has tried to make a new name for himself as a coach, but he can use his past experiences in recruitment.

“He tried not to brag too much. He was extremely modest,” said freshman Jack Wilkes.

“He talked about the times he ran and said, ‘It’s pretty fast.’ But that is really fast.”

Robinson won the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 800-meter race as a senior at Texas Christian University and has been on the rise since.

Robinson competed in the

800-meter race at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, after running 1:44.91 in the U.S. Olympics Trials qualifying race.

“It was the most amazing thing that I have ever experienced besides the birth of my children,” Robinson said.

Robinson said the eclecticism between nationalities, languages and the environment led to such a great experience that it’s something he plans to do even now that he’s not competing anymore.

In fact, Robinson coaches professional runners who he hopes will one day make it to the Olympics as well.

Robinson’s journey to his second Olympic berth was more trying than the first and represents the same struggle he faces at LSU. “It was a great experience, and I think it prepared me for whatever my purpose in life is

and the journey it will take me on,” Robinson said.

Robinson ran the fastest leg of all competitors at the Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels, Belgium, in 2006 to help beat a 20-year-old American record in the 4x800-meter relay. Robinson clocked in at 1:43.8, nearly beating his personal best of 1:43.68.

“I don’t like to live on things I did in the past, but that was one of my favorite meets in one of my favorite places,” Robinson said.

“In front of 50,000 people we almost broke the world record, but our anchor leg got caught up at the end. I really wanted [the world record].”

Robinson was the favorite to qualify for the 2008 Olympics at the 2008 U.S. Olympics Trials Men’s 800-meter race in Eugene, Oregon, after winning

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LSU cross country coach Khadevis Robinson has brought Olymic experience and winning attitude to the Tigers in his time in Baton Rouge.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Lady Tigers make strides in final exhibition game Improved communication leads Tigers to blowout

BY morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com Coming out for its last exhibition game Sunday afternoon with the start of the regular season less than a week away, the LSU women’s basketball team’s goal was simple: improvement.

The Lady Tigers were successful in their goal to show clear progress from the first exhibition — a 22-point victory against Loyola-New Orleans last Wednesday — with a decisive 96-35 victory against Mississippi College.

“This game today was really about an LSU team taking some of thing we talked about regarding our last game and trying to be better,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “I felt like we accomplished that in many different areas.”

From the first minute of play, LSU’s defense came out aggressively. Sophomore guard Rina Hill forced the Choctaws’ first turnover with a steal less than 30 seconds into the game.

In the first half, LSU’s defense was smothering, allowing only 20 points.

The Lady Tigers effectively used full-court

pressure to cause three 10second half-court violations in the first half alone.

“We just get the momentum, and once we get past half court, we just stay with it because we can’t get out of it,” said sophomore guard Jasmine Rhodes.

“We are just going to keep working at it, but we are getting better at it.”

LSU’s defensive pressure created opportunities for the Lady Tigers to force turnovers.

In their two exhibition games, the Lady Tigers have averaged 20 steals per game, while their opponents average 35 turnovers a game.

LSU’s defense moved more cohesively as a unit against Mississippi College than it did against Loyola.

“We put a lot of work into it, and I feel like all of that work is paying off,” said freshman forward Stephanie Amichia.

“We’re moving as a unit. It’s not this person moving with someone else staggering to get there.”

The biggest part of LSU’s improvement and effectiveness in the press comes from a focus on communication.

“I’m not going to lie, I’ve been the quiet one,” Amichia said. “I get scared, and I don’t want to speak. But when I do speak up, it makes that much of a difference. As soon as

you realize that individually, everyone buys into it. It showed today because we worked together from communication.”

Offensively, the Lady Tigers were led in scoring by players coming off the bench. Nonstarters outscored the starters by 14 points.

Freshman guard Jenna Deemer, senior guard DaShawn Harden, Rhodes and Amichia all posted double-digit scoring performances coming off the bench.

As a team, LSU shot 58.2 percent from the field. In the first half, the Lady Tigers were

a perfect 3-for-3 from three.

Deemer led the Lady Tigers in 3-point shooting in both exhibitions, hitting a combined 7-of-10 attempts from behind the line.

“Offensively, when you can look at a stat sheet and you shoot a high percentage not only from the field, but you have a balanced attack from all your players contributing in some form or fashion,” Caldwell said.

“This is definitely a step in the right direction.”

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Monday, November 10, 2014 penalty, from page 5 back and look at the play to make a further evaluation of the call made, but from what he was told, it wasn’t Alexander’s fault.

“I was told that it was a personal foul and that was the guy.

I wasn’t told what he did,” Miles said. “I can tell you my team told me that it was not the case, that he did not hit anybody, that he was yanked on. That call was the single most significant piece, minus that drive, in the game.”

As significant as the unsportsmanlike call was, it wasn’t the last questionable encounter the Tigers had with the referees Saturday.

The Tigers saw multiple opportunities for pass interference calls throughout the game that didn’t go their way,

especially in overtime.

LSU elected to go to the air in overtime in hopes of catching the defense off guard, but instead it found highly contested coverage the Tigers believed to be too tight.

On third and 10, Jennings looked for sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural on a post route only to find the Alabama defender swarming in to break up the play. The defender timed the route, but Jennings said he believes the defender got there early.

“He pretty much tackled him before the ball got there,” Jennings said. “That’s a hard call to take when you need that first down.”

It wasn’t called, and on a hopeful heave to the end zone to tie the game on fourth down, a similar situation arose.

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LSU sophomore defensive back Tre’Davious White (16) carries the ball in the Tigers’ 20-13 loss against the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.

robinson, from page 5 three straight outdoor National Championships and was the reigning Indoor Champion.

But he was edged out at the end by Christian Smith, who dove past Robinson at the finish to clock in .06 seconds ahead of him in what later came to be known as the “Oregon Sweep.”

The close loss left Robinson considering retirement, but ultimately bitter and determined to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, England.

“I’m not one that likes to take losses,” Robinson said. “If I didn’t do well, I wouldn’t get any sleep. I didn’t take it well.”

At 35 years old, Robinson qualified for the 2012 Olympics by finishing in second place in 1:44.64 in the men’s 800-meter qualifying race.

Competing against accomplished runners who were nearly half his age, including 23-year-old Kenyan and eventual winner David Rudisha, Robinson said the age difference didn’t affect his mindset going into the 2012 Olympics.

“To perform at that kind of level, you don’t put limits on yourself,” Robinson said. “I looked at it like we are both human, and I put in the hard work so in my mind I’m thinking, ‘I

can compete with those guys.’”

After his second Olympic run, Robinson was left satisfied with his competing career and became an assistant coach at UNLV. He quickly worked his way up the collegiate coaching ranks and landed at LSU after coaching at Ohio State for a season.

Robinson took over an underperforming cross country team and the distance track team at LSU. The runners have bought into his system and believe Robinson has what it takes to bring the program to the top.

“I think [Robinson] will do anything he puts his mind to,” said senior Andria Aguilar. “He is the most driven person I have ever seen in my life. Whether it takes one, five or 10 years, I think he is going to get it done.

I have the most confidence in him.”

Although he is just two years removed from the Olympics, Robinson quickly shot down the idea that he could compete against today’s runners.

“I’m over 20 pounds heavier than I was when I was running,” Robinson said. “I would have to train way more than I do now.”

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“He’s in the middle of the end zone and then got pushed out the back, so I don’t really know how they saw that,” Jennings said.

Dupre said he felt there was some obvious interference on the play, but regardless, the team needs to execute plays better in the passing game.

“The defensive back grabbed my hands. He didn’t hit the ball,” Dupre said. “He was facing me.

Another tough thing to swallow, the referee didn’t make the call.”

Miles was frustrated with the referees when discussing the officiating crew during his postgame press conference, and he wasn’t happy with the way the crew called the game.

“They picked up that [flag] on Travin Dural, they picked that one right up,” Miles said. “They said, ‘No, it was just one arm he had,’ but [the defender] had the other one, too.”

For a team that gave the game its all just to see the Crimson Tide spoil its season yet again, it’s a painful pill to swallow.

“It’s tough, man, it’s tough.

But that’s what we signed up for, right?” said LSU senior center Elliott Porter, who was visibly shaken up. “We signed up for it. [It’s a] tough one, but we have to swallow it.”

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The Tigers lost all composure only a few yards away from a win. It’s what happens to a team led by freshmen and sophomores.

LSU began the meltdown when junior offensive lineman Vadal Alexander pushed a player to warrant a 15-yard penalty.

It doesn’t matter if the push was a penalty or if LSU coach Les Miles thought it was a bad call — it was still a moronic decision by Alexander. Recognize you’re on the cusp of ending the game, and avoid penalties at all costs.

Up three with less than a minute left, LSU needed only an ounce of concentration to keep the score intact. Then sophomore Trent Domingue, the guy whose only job is kickoffs, did the worst thing possible and kicked the ball out of bounds to start the Tide at the 35.

Perhaps the LSU coaching staff suddenly forgot squib kicks existed leading up to that play. Perhaps Domingue, who has played football for only four years, got frightened in the heat of the moment. Whatever it was, it gave the Tide the momentum it needed for the next drive.

Alabama ran the same or similar plays it had run all game on the ensuing drive, but this time, LSU could not stop them. Suddenly, the man-toman coverage that had worked all night was leading to open receivers. After getting pressure all night, the defensive line couldn’t sack Alabama senior quarterback Blake Sims when

the Tide had no timeouts.

Some of the credit goes to Sims for making his best throws of the night, but it was still an appalling job by the defense. If you really are one of the best pass defenses in the country, you’re not going to let an offense blow past you in the dying seconds.

By overtime, Alabama was so comfortable with scoring on LSU’s defense it committed two penalties inside the five to make things interesting before getting a touchdown. With the game in the hands of sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings, one can guess what happened next.

The biggest losers from the Tigers’ collapse are not the fans, but the LSU coaches who outdid Alabama’s coaches all night.

Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron kept the ball from the Tide’s offense as long as possible, and defensive coordinator John Chavis kept players in line even without sophomore cornerback Rashard Robinson.

After the Yeldon fumble, Alabama coach Nick Saban called a timeout and kept his team in check with one message.

“This is where you show you know how to win,” Saban said.

It’s a concept this young LSU team still doesn’t grasp.

It takes tough lessons like Saturday night to make it understandable.

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Fans wave at the LSU Homecoming Parade on Oct. 25. Gameday traffic creates havoc for people trying to drive through campus for non-football events, such as work.

Home game days interfere with other obligations taming of the shirin Shirin chowdhury Columnist Picture this: Two girls drunkenly screaming at each other about something completely nonfootball related; a couple guys shattering bottles on the ground in anger because they lost a game of beer pong; another guy wearing a “Buck Fama” shirt throwing up behind a tree; cars honking at each other; tailgaters leaving trash wherever they please; and the stench of alcohol wafting through the air from the breath of people stumbling around the streets.

Aren’t game days beautiful?

But for some us, Saturdays aren’t about football. This might come as a complete surprise to some people, but not everybody can stop their lives

for a football game.

Even on the weekends, I have responsibilities that can’t be avoided — work being one of them.

For anyone who has a job on or around campus, we know that home game days are definitely not something to look forward to.

On a normal day, getting from home to work takes about 10 minutes. I had work at 6 p.m. on Saturday (an hour before the game started), so I planned ahead and left my apartment at 2:45 p.m. I figured I’d get there early and do some homework.

That didn’t happen, though.

I spent an hour in slowmoving traffic on River Road.

When I tried to turn on Aster Street, it was blocked off just before campus.

I made a detour through an unfamiliar neighborhood, and when I finally reached Highland Road, turning right was blocked off, and I was met by a

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couple of officers angrily telling me to move forward.

I wanted to roll down my window to say I work on Chimes Street or at least ask for directions.

Before I could even start the policeman yelled at the top of his lungs: “GO!” The other policeman was blowing his whistle and pointing so violently that I swear his arm was about to rip off his body.

I could’ve stuck my head out of my car and yelled, “I’m pregnant and in labor,” and they still wouldn’t have given me a shred of their attention or respect.

Not unless I had something important to say about football.

The whole situation was entirely infantile. I understand that you have a whistle, officer, but could you maybe stop blowing it for five damn seconds?

He was acting like a child on Christmas morning who just opened his new present. “Look, ma! Look how loudly I can blow

my whistle!”

We get it. You have a whistle, and because you’re a police officer, you can do whatever you want. You don’t care about the people in their cars who are trying to get to work because it doesn’t concern you.

But it’s truly disappointing that the very same people who supposedly devote their lives to keeping Baton Rouge safe care so little about actually helping us out.

I ended up parking at the Jimmy John’s on Perkins Road and riding my bike to campus without any idea of how I would get back to my car safely later that night.

I was lucky I even had my bike with me.

The environment created by LSU’s home game days is chaotic and jeopardizes everyone’s safety.

It’s my campus too.

I may not go to football games or wear purple and gold

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on Saturdays, but I love my school and it’s a huge part of my life. But if I can’t even get to and from work safely, that’s a huge problem. My life doesn’t revolve around football, and I can’t stop everything to let drunken tailgaters have their fun.

Some people think LSU is all about football. But for those of us who don’t fit into the football culture — ­ and those of us who have obligations on Saturdays — absolutely nothing good comes out of game days.

If anything, a little respect from others — especially police officers — would be appreciated. But if you’re not devoting your Saturday to football, it seems you won’t be receiving very much respect from the people who are.

Shirin Chowdhury is a 20-yearold English junior from Manhattan, Kansas. You can reach her on Twitter @TDR_schowd.

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Monday, November 10, 2014 letter to the editor

Stop sexual assault by treating it as a serious matter In recent months, the subject of sexual assault has found its way into the forefront of national news and media. A topic that has been nearly absent from public discussion for centuries is suddenly sounding alarms across the country, which begs the question, why are we just now noticing?

The truth is that we have created a culture where we do

Opinion not properly comprehend the We’ve allowed each other very nature of sexual assault. to make jokes about sexual Sexual assault is any forced consent, have opinions on the sexual advance without con- length of a girl’s skirt, and sent. We’ve allowed a culture target a person for his or her to permeate “ e a s i n e s s .” our campus We don’t realand our coun- The truth is that we have created ize that those try that a vicsmall coma culture where we do not tim’s availments enable properly comprehend the very ability or this dangernature of sexual assault. consent is an ous culture. implied right The fact of the purof that matter suer and that the responsibil- is that no individual can posity to stop sexual assault lies in sess another’s sexual consent. saying ‘no.’ Our generation was To joke about consent is the taught our entire lives to “just problem. say no” and to remain constantAs a generation, we have ly aware of how our actions put taken on an attitude that does us in danger of sexual assault. not treat sexual assault as the

serious matter it warrants. It does not matter how or why this belief was instilled in us, but it does matter that it has found a very tangible presence on our campus.

Sexual assault and the culture that accepts and excuses it can no longer be tolerated.

This year, the White House launched the It’s On Us Campaign and tapped campuses across the country to create a cultural shift in the way we view sexual violence, and LSU is proud to be one of those campuses.

We’ve spent a long time allowing a culture where students feel unsafe. It’s on us to change that. It’s on all of us,

page 9 as the students who create the environment we live in, to stop allowing that culture and to stop sexual assault.

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Republicans face questions of identity following midterm elections but he means well gordon brillon Opinion Editor For a while now, Democrats have had it easy.

Since 2008, they haven’t had the responsibility of defining their own identity as a party because they’ve had President Obama to do that. His agenda necessarily defined that of the entire party, and though his record and popularity are mixed at best, there haven’t been any real voices of dissent from within the Democratic Party.

The Republicans, in turn, have defined themselves by their opposition to the president.

Everything he has done, proposed, thought of or dreamed about has been ripped apart by Republicans.

Say what you will about how tasteful it is, but it’s a solid strategy. It’s gotten Republicans a majority in both houses of Congress, and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La, looks ready to take Louisiana’s Senate seat simply by associating Sen. Mary Landrieu’s, D-La., name with Obama’s as often as possible.

But while shouting down Obama and his supporters may have been effective when Republicans held just one house and were fighting to gain a majority, they face a problem now that they’ve gained control of the legislative branch: They’ll be expected to legislate.

Without control, it was easy

for Republicans to just throw up their arms and say, “We told you!” every time things went against Obama, but now they’ll be expected to bring their own solutions. For the record, trying to repeal every law Obama ever signed doesn’t count as a solution.

It raises a question of identity for the Republicans.

When everyone’s mouths are frothing with Obama-hate, it can be tough to distinguish between Tea Party Republicans and their more moderate compatriots. But there are differences in ideology, and it’s this divergence that could determine the future of the party’s identity.

So what direction does the party take from here? It’s not enough anymore to simply shut down anything the president

says. At least until the next presidential election, Republicans will be expected to lead — and that means cooperating with the president.

To their credit, GOP leaders — establishment Republicans who will likely take power positions when Congress reconvenes — have already begun on the path of presidential reconciliation. In the past week, they’ve said no to the possibilities of another government shutdown or attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The likeliest possibility is that the rest of the party will fall in line with this slightlymore-moderate approach, but the more-conservative branches of the party will still fight to antagonize the president. If the party

establishment is unable to appease them or get them in line, we may see yet another term of gridlock — though this one will be characterized by party infighting rather than inter-party clashes.

It’s vital that the Republican leadership comes up with a concrete plan to enforce party solidarity if it wants to make the most of Obama’s lame-duck term.

Otherwise, these two years will be just another chapter in a presidential term that will be remembered for change promised and not delivered.

Gordon Brillon is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Lincoln, Rhode Island.

You can reach him on Twitter @TDR_GBrillon.

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LSU cheerleaders watch from the sidelines Saturday during the Tigers’ 20-13 loss to the Crimson Tide.

alabama, from page 1 “Some of those seniors are still sitting in the locker room right now,” said sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings. “Playing in Tiger Stadium is one of the best experiences you’ll ever have. Going out with a loss like this one, it hurts me, and I know it hurts those guys even more because it was their last go-around.”

With 1:13 remaining in a game tied at 10 points, it seemed the Tigers had the game all but won when a fumble by Alabama junior running back T.J. Yeldon — who scored the game-winning touchdown in Tiger Stadium two years ago — gave them the ball at the Crimson Tide 6-yard line.

LSU had dominated the second half up to that point, controlling the ball for more than 24 minutes and outgaining Alabama 150 yards to 40.

When LSU sophomore place kicker Colby Delahoussaye’s field goal split the uprights, giving the Tigers a 13-10 lead with 50 seconds remaining and Alabama out of timeouts, the Tigers looked ready to finally put an end to the losing streak that began with the 2011 BCS National Championship game.

LSU’s defense had stifled Alabama’s offense up to that point in the second half, holding the Crimson Tide to 2.5 yards per play and keeping four of its five drives to three plays or fewer.

“The defense played great tonight,” said freshman wide receiver Malachi Dupre. “We couldn’t have asked for them to play any better.”

But once again, Alabama flipped the script on LSU in Tiger Stadium, earning a combined 80 yards and 10 points between its final drive of regulation and its overtime drive, while the Tigers lost 16 yards in their final two drives of the game.

This resulted in a 20-13 overtime loss that left Tiger fans stunned and LSU coach Les

Miles wondering how a win against Alabama eluded him once more.

“I have a team that played a great game, a tough game, a very physical game and could have expected to finish first in that game,” Miles said. “I have a bad taste in my mouth from that game.”

Miles and the Tigers will have to wait another year for another chance at the Crimson Tide when they travel to Bryant-Denny Stadium with players who have never beaten Alabama. The nature of their losses makes it hard not to wonder what they must do to finally put an end to the losing streak that now seems like a curse.

“It’s tough losing this game in Death Valley — my last game in Death Valley,” Porter said.

“It hurts.”

But LSU doesn’t have time to worry about that now. Contests against an Arkansas squad still searching for its first SEC win in two years and Texas A&M that toppled then-No. 3 Auburn on Saturday are looming.

The loss may have been tough, especially for LSU’s seniors, but they know better than anybody on the team that the season doesn’t revolve around the Alabama game, and Porter said they’re determined to finish their careers on a high note.

“We have strong character in the locker room,” Porter said.

“We’re going to push and push and push, until we can’t push anymore.

That’s the biggest thing. We’re going to keep on fighting.”

FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 10, 2014

THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Up and about 6 Grand __; fourrun baseball hit 10 Coffee 14 Black card 15 Nation in South America 16 Elderly 17 Murders 18 Coral ridge 19 Bookish fellow 20 Church spires 22 Bedspread’s edge, often 24 Vex 25 Butter up 26 Afternoon rest 29 San __, CA 30 Cured salmon 31 Glowing coal fragment 33 Wear away 37 Had bills 39 Felt sick 41 Writer Bellow 42 Herb in spaghetti sauce 44 Lowest point 46 Record speed letters 47 Like bread dipped in gravy 49 Song stanzas 51 Risky but exciting new enterprise 54 Renown 55 __ it; go to extremes 56 Glasses for one eye only 60 Give in 61 “Hold on a minute!”

63 Singer Bonnie 64 Citrus drinks 65 Lounge about 66 Blackboard 67 Not as much 68 Observes 69 __ Fudd; Bugs Bunny’s foe DOWN 1 __ for; requests 2 BBQ rod 3 Story

4 Couch potatoes 5 Brief period to pause & relax 6 Shopper’s fling 7 Pinky & Bruce 8 “You __ My Sunshine” 9 Stifle a sound 10 Maintenance men 11 Representative 12 Brink 13 Deadly snake 21 Peruvian beast of burden 23 In a __; furious 25 Gave a pink slip to 26 Messy person 27 Dubuque, __ 28 Former spouses 29 Postpone 32 Pig out 34 Rowers’ needs 35 Trick; fool 36 Lawn trees 38 Misery 40 Sofa 43 Noisy

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The Daily Reveille

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FALL BALL words by jack chascin photos by emily brauner

On Sunday, the LSU baseball team wrapped up its annual Purple and Gold World Series, where the Gold team swept the series.

The Gold team, led by junior shortstop Alex Bregman and senior Conner Hale, defeated the Purple 6-4, 4-3 and 4-3, respectively, during the three-game span. The series caps off the end of fall practice for the Tigers as they head into strength and conditioning training before departing for the winter.

Monday, November 10, 2014