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“Yeah, that part bothered me a little bit. They think we had a choice of avoiding this game when there’s a hurricane ... A lot of us had family in places where the hurricane was hitting. It kind of bothered us a little bit, but we had to let it go.”

SAFETY NICK WASHINGTON

“Obviously, they don’t know me, they don’t know the Florida Gators, they don’t know our players.

Dodging the game? Wow.” FLORIDA COACH JIM MCELWAIN

“U can call it what you want but I’m here to tell you I’m not scared to play against anybody lol” CORNERBACK QUINCY WILSON @DC_WILSON954

“LSU VS UF needs to be reschedule I don’t care if we play in somebody back yard.”

DEFENSIVE END ARDEN KEY @ARDENKEY49

“Idc where we play em at they gotta see us period..”

SAFETY RICKEY JEFFERSON @SELF_MADE8_

The Tigers were ready to beat the brakes off UF! This team is so resilient. Now what am I going to do? CHS, hunt and St A fair I guess! #LSU

LSU STRENGTH COACH TOMMY MOFFITT

@TOMMYMOFFITT

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ENTERTAINMENT Nineteen seniors to be honored Saturday prior to kickoff, page 3 Men’s hoops focusing on stopping highpowered North Florida offense, page 4

Learn how to support local, black-owned businesses on Black Friday, page 8

University professor explains confusion following surprising 2016 election results, page 5

‘Being Present’ comes to a close this week at HopKins Black Box Theater, page 8

New app, Reach Out, aims to help students respond to sexual assault, page 5

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Friday, November 18, 2016

FOOTBALL

After postponement. LSU-Florida set for noon showdown

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_

Delayed by the incoming threat of Hurricane Matthew from its previously scheduled date of Oct. 8, No. 16 LSU and No. 23 Florida’s face off — formalized through less than cordial negotiations with the Southeastern Conference

league office — will finally take place at noon on Saturday.

And now, in Game 10, both teams have much more to lose.

The Tigers (6-3, 4-2 SEC) have a chance to solidify the SEC’s seat in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 by winning their remaining two games — beginning with the Gators (7-2, 5-2 SEC)

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Saturday.

The Gators have an opportunity to propel themselves to the SEC Championship on Dec. 3 against top-ranked, undefeated Alabama.

“We know about their record,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said Monday. “We know what they have on the line. It’s not about them. It’s going to be

MELISSA SMITH / Independent Florida Alligator

[LEFT] LSU junior quarterback Danny Etling (16) warming up before the game during Tigers’ 38-21 victory against Ole Miss on Oct. 22 at Tiger Stadium. [RIGHT] Florida quarterback Austin Appleby attempts a pass on Nov. 12.

about us.”

To make Saturday’s crossdivision kickoff even juicier: both teams will trot out quarterbacks from, originally, the same school — the “Purdue Bowl” as it’s being monikered. And Florida and LSU’s quarterbacks have stayed friends since.

“I’ll probably send him a text here tonight, early in the week, just wish him luck, wish him the best,” Gator quarterback Austin Appleby said Monday to reporters in Gainesville.

“He’s done the same for me all season.”

As Purdue transfers swapping to lead their respective teams, LSU’s Danny Etling and Florida’s Appleby will start for their respective schools.

“That is kind of bizarre, isn’t it?” Florida coach Jim McElwain said. “They’re both playing. Their guy, you know, I’m not going there. That’s pretty cool, I guess.”

Although the two gunslingers may be buddies, oh boy, do these two teams dislike each other.

Amid the re-negotiations to delay the game from Oct. 8 to Saturday, Florida was rumored to be “scared” to play LSU. “Obviously, they don’t know me,” McElwain said after the rumors surfaced more than a month ago. “They don’t know the Florida Gators, they don’t know our players. Dodging the game? Wow.” “Yeah, that part bothered me a little bit,” Florida safety Nick Washington said earlier this week. “They think we had a choice of avoiding this game when there’s a hurricane. Not just me but a lot of my teammates, a lot of us had family in places where the hurricane was hitting. It kind of bothered us a little bit, but we had to let it go.”

To better LSU’s chances of bumping the Gators off track toward the SEC Championship, Florida is guaranteed to be without six starters, including defensive back Marcus Maye (broken arm), who was the receiver of a punch-like stiff arm from junior tailback Leonard Fournette in LSU’s 35-28 win versus the then-No. 8 Gators last season.

Three other Gator starters — defensive lineman CeCe Jefferson, offensive linemen Tyler Jordan and David Sharpe — are game-time decisions for Saturday’s noon kickoff.

Orgeron said Leonard Fournette — in possibly his last home game at Tiger Stadium — still had a sore ankle on Monday. After coming up gimpy toward the end of LSU’s win against Arkansas, the Tigers’ junior, draft-eligible tailback is good to go on Saturday, Orgeron said Thursday in a post-practice news conference.

“He should be fine,” the coach said. “I think he’s going to be fine.”

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HOW IT HAPPENED: NINETEEN SENIORS LSU-FLORIDA POSTPONED TO BE HONORED AT FROM OCT. 8 TO NOV. 19 SENIOR DAY COMPILED BY JOSH THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_

COMPILED BY JOSH THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_

MONDAY OCT. 3

TUESDAY, OCT. 4

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency for Florida.

Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm, is projected to hit Florida’s eastern seaboard.

“Hurricane Matthew is a life-threatening category four hurricane and we must all take it seriously,” Scott said.

“If Hurricane Matthew directly impacts Florida, there could be massive destruction which we haven’t seen since Hurricane Andrew devastated Miami-Dade County in 1992.”

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5

THURSDAY, OCT. 6

The University of Florida cancels Friday classes. Florida officials release statement saying the LSU vs. Florida game will not be moved out of Gainesville and is still scheduled for an 11 a.m. kickoff on Saturday, Oct. 8. The final decision on the game is made Thursday, Oct. 6 by noon.

Hurricane Matthew is downgraded to a Category 3 storm. The deadline for decision passes at noon, and at 2:50 p.m., former Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley announces the decision to postpone the game with no rescheduled date set. The University of Florida cancels classes after 3 p.m.

LSU athletic director Joe Alleva holds a press conference to address the postponement, and tells the media LSU offered to play on Sunday in Gainesville or have the game moved to Baton Rouge on Monday.

JOHN BALLIS (SNP)

KENDELL BECKWITH (LB)

TASHAWN BOWER (DE)

HUNTER BURNS (LB)

TRAVIN DURAL (WR)

Transfer from Kentucky, scheduled to graduate in December

3-year starter, No. 2 in SEC in tackles, scheduled to graduate in spring

2-year starter on offensive line, scheduled to graduate in spring

Starter, scheduled to graduate in spring

Scheduled to graduate in spring

3-year starter, graduated December of 2015

3-year starter, scheduled to graduate in December

FRIDAY, OCT. 7 Hurricane Matthew is downgraded to a category 2 storm and barrels through Florida, resulting in four deaths and causing $4-6 billion in damage.

JORDAN HARPER (DE)

RICKEY JEFFERSON (DB)

COLIN JETER (TE)

CHRISTIAN LACOUTURE (DE) MONDAY, OCT. 10

LSU and Florida agree to reschedule and play on Nov. 19. Both teams buyout the contracts of their regularly scheduled opponents (South Alabama for LSU, Presbyterian for Florida).

JOSH BOUTTE (OG)

COLBY DELAHOUSSAYE (PK)

“I want our fans to know that LSU made every attempt to try and play this game. We offered to fly in there Sunday morning. Play the game and fly back Sunday night,” Alleva said.

THURSDAY, OCT. 13

A total of 19 LSU seniors will be honored during the pre-game ceremony Saturday before the Tigers face Florida at noon. In the group of seniors, 14 players have started at least one game during their career at LSU. The senior presentation will start 26 minutes prior to kickoff at 11:34 a.m. when the teams leave the field.

This year’s senior class has won 33 games, including nine versus top 25 teams, and will have played in a bowl game each year.

Four members of LSU’s senior class have earned their degrees with another eight scheduled to receive their diploma in December. The remainder of the class is on pace to graduate by the conclusion of the spring semester.

Unannounced, Alleva appears at head coach Ed Orgeron’s weekly press conference and addresses rumors of LSU cancelling it’s home game on Nov. 19 against South Alabama to play in Gainesville instead.

“We’re going to have a home game Nov. 19 … Our fans and this city deserves a home game,” Alleva said.

Graduated May of 2016

2-year starter, scheduled to graduate in spring

2-year starter, graduating in December, 2-time SEC Academic Honor Roll

2-year starter, graduated in August of 2016

LEWIS NEAL (DE)

2-year starter, graduating in December, SEC D-lineman of week twice

ETHAN POCIC (C)

3-year starter, graduating in December, 5-time SEC O-lineman of week

DUKE RILEY (LB)

Starter, second on team in tackles, scheduled to graduate in spring

MARCUS ROBERTS (NT)

DESEAN SMITH (TE)

BRANDON SURTAIN (DB)

Graduated May of 2016, awarded scholarship in August

Starter, 13 career receptions, 1 TD, scheduled to graduate in spring

Scheduled to graduate in spring, extremely gifted painter

SATURDAY NOV. 19 MONDAY, NOV. 7 SEC announces LSU-Florida game at Tiger Stadium will kickoff at noon.

No. 16 LSU vs. No. 23 Florida.

DWAYNE THOMAS (DB)

TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE (CB)

2-year starter, graduating in December

4-year starter, graduating in December, All-SEC, SEC Player of Week

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Friday, November 18, 2016

Fournette reflects on season, career before possible last game in Tiger Stadium

BY JOSH THORNTON | @JoshuaThornton_ Leonard Fournette has a multi-million dollar decision to make.

The junior running back is eligible to enter the 2017 NFL Draft and could be playing his last game at Tiger Stadium on Saturday when the Tigers host No. 23 Florida at noon.

To some, the decision to leave college should be easy to make, especially when Fournette is projected to be selected near the top 10 of the NFL Draft.

The two $10 million insurance policies Fournette’s family has taken out to protect the dashing junior tailback from injury prior to the Draft may make the decision even easier: leave for the NFL. But deciding isn’t as easy as it seems, Fournette said.

“It’s a hard decision,” he said. “I love college. I love everything that it comes with.”

One decision Fournette did make was to play his junior season, regardless of possible injury — which isn’t exactly how the season has transpired, as the New Orleans native missed three games with a lingering high and low ankle sprain.

Although still suffering through a sore ankle, Fournette is good to go for Saturday, LSU coach Ed Orgeron said.

Making that choice to bypass his junior season and wait for the Draft could’ve been an easy one, but Fournette didn’t want to leave his teammates hanging.

“I could’ve sat out, but that’s not me,” Fournette said. “At the end of the day, I believe any athlete and any competitor loves to compete no matter what the circumstance is. I would never jump ship on those guys in there.”

Fournette described the 2016 season as the most “difficult” of his college career.

The national championship he coveted is no longer in reach, and the coach who recruited him and signed him to a scholarship is no longer here.

Despite all the obstacles Fournette has faced this season, he was named a Doak Walker semifinalist, an honor given to the

nation’s best running back. He can also break multiple LSU rushing records and a scenario could present itself allowing the Tigers to play in a bowl game — potentially the Sugar Bowl in Fournette’s home town, New Orleans.

“That’s just my character,” Fournette said about the adversity he’s faced this season. “That’s just how I was raised, how I was brought up. Despite your back being against the wall, you never give up. What are you going to do when your back is against the wall?”

To his teammates, Fournette is a leader who was able to set the tone with his style of play.

“Leonard’s been a great player on and off the field,” senior center Ethan Pocic said.

“Great teammate and great leader in terms of pushing each other from workouts and practice. On the field, he kind of explains himself. Y’all see him set the tone when he runs people over.”

Some schools across the country are honoring draft-eligible juniors during senior day, such as Clemson, which will hold a ceremony for players Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, Mike Williams and Artavis Scott.

While Fournette is not expected to be honored, LSU sophomore defensive end Arden Key said he thinks he should be.

“He’s done a lot of [good] for this program and this school outside of football,” Key said. “I really think he should be honored come senior night.”

Prior to Saturday, Fournette is fourth on LSU’s all-time rushing yards list, and seven rushing touchdowns away from breaking Kevin Faulk’s record.

Looking back on his career, Fournette said he’s had a lot of memorable runs, but he still can’t believe his run against Auburn defensive back Rudy Ford.

“I would say the Auburn game,” Fournette said. “Still to this day sometimes I can’t believe that.”

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Tigers seeking third-straight win vs. North Florida Friday

BY SETH NIEMAN @seth_nieman LSU hasn’t forgotten those 108 points.

On Dec. 2, LSU defeated a sharpshooting, up-tempo North Florida team 119-108. Those same fast-paced attributes are expected to return to the PMAC tonight at 7 p.m.

“Last year they came in on our floor and put on one of the better offensive team performances that I’ve had an opportunity to witness,” coach Johnny Jones said. “They had several of those players back from last year’s team.”

Junior forward Aaron Epps also remembers a few characteristics of the Ospreys’ style of play from last year’s game.

“They can shoot and they can run,” Epps said. “We’re going to have to really focus.”

Friday will be North Florida’s

second round against an Southeastern Conference team this year as the Ospreys lost 83-66 to another SEC opponent Auburn in their season opener on Nov. 11.

Much like last year, sophomore Antonio Blakeney remembered the high-speed Osprey offense on Thursday.

“I remember that they don’t like to get deep into their shot clock,” Blakeney said. “They come down and swing it a few times, and they’re going to take the first good look that they get.”

In front of North Florida’s ramped up offense is Dallas Moore, a pro-level talent, sophomore guard, Brandon Sampson said. Moore is averaging 18 points through three games and is shooting 36 percent from the 3-point line. Moore dropped 31 points in North Florida’s game against LSU last season.

“We know that he’s a very good

and crafty point guard,” Jones said. “I’m hopeful that we’re so much better on the defensive end of the floor that it doesn’t take the type of effort from one of our offensive players to put that type of game together.”

“He’s capable of getting 30 points almost any night,” Sampson said. “We’re really going to have to focus in on him and not let him get going too early.”

Adversely, Blakeney leads the Tigers in scoring, averaging 18 points through the first two games. The sophomore guard scored 26 points and shot 3 for 3 from beyond the arc against Southern Miss on Tuesday.

To defend the Ospreys’ highspeed attack, Jones said the return of Craig Victor to LSU’s lineup is not far off, yet unlikely for Friday.

“He’ll be back soon,” Jones said. “He’ll probably miss this game, and we’re hopeful he’ll be

in uniform when we travel.”

North Florida proved to be a challenge for the Tigers last season, if not for a career-high 43 points from NBA Draft’s No. 1 pick Ben Simmons.

LSU defeated North Florida 119-108 last season behind the career showing from Simmons.

However, North Florida went into halftime with a 56-48 lead over the Tigers, forcing LSU to fight from behind in the second half.

North Florida has made a postseason tournament for backto-back seasons. North Florida made the NCAA Tournament in the 2014-15 season as a No. 16 seed and also picked up a bid to the NIT Tournament last season where they fell 97-68 to Florida.

“I’m hopeful that we’re so much better on the defensive end of the floor that it doesn’t take the type of effort from one of our offensive players to put that type of game together.”

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LSU then-sophomore forward Aaron Epps (21) goes over North Florida senior forward Demarcus Daniels (32) during the Tigers’ 119-108 win against the North Florida Ospreys on Dec. 2 in the PMAC.

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What happened?

University professor tries to make sense of the 2016 election result

BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker

2016 Presidential Election Results Donald Trump Hillary Clinton 232 Electoral Votes 306 47.73 Popular Vote Percentage 46.71 States Carried 30 + ME-02* 20 + DC *Donald Trump won Maine’s second congressional district

More than a week after the 2016 presidential election, voters have had a variety of reactions: happiness, anger, fear, shock and — most of all — confusion.

The University’s Public Policy Research Lab operates under the Manship School of Mass Communication’s Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. PPRL Director and mass communication assistant professor Michael Henderson researches public opinion and polling.

Henderson said the main problems with election polling originated from the interpretation of the polls and discrepancies within individual state polls, especially within battleground states.

The average polling error is about two points. National polls estimated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by 3.5 to 4 points.

She actually won by two points.

Polling error is the difference in what the polls indicate and what actually happens. Henderson said this error was exacerbated by the structure of how the Electoral College works.

“The reason I think people were so surprised actually has to do with extrapolating away with the national polls themselves,” he said. “To put it in perspective, the national poll error of about two points is not that different from the national poll error four years ago.”

In 2012, polls overestimated support for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by two points. The

overvalue wasn’t a deal breaker though, because the polls still had Romney losing. This year, however, the winner was someone different than predicted.

Henderson said there has been historically large error in state polls — more than two times the amount of national polls. When the margin of difference is expected to be extremely close in swing states at less than two points, bigger problems arose when those polls were off by five or six points.

In terms of a mathematical explanation, pollsters still don’t know why the estimates were so off.

Henderson said the notion of the shy Trump voter could have contributed to polling misconceptions. The concept is based on social desirability bias, a theory positing people don’t outwardly admitting their support of Trump because they see it as being socially undesirable.

This theory also includes the idea that more undecided voters were actually pro-Trump than were originally thought.

In addition, polls overestimated Democratic voter turnout while underestimating turnout among Trump voters. In the week and a half leading up to the election, polls missed a late trend toward Trump which could be responsible for tipping the election in his favor in battleground states.

“I think there’s also an inadequate respect for uncertainty,” Henderson said. “Polls have error … and we

see ELECTION, page 12

LSU-IIC awarded federal grant

BY JADE BUTLER @jadeyybug7

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Authority awarded the LSU Industrial Innovation Center, or LSU-IIC, a grant to support technological advances in the chemical manufacturing industry, according to a Wednesday news release.

More than 215 colleges, nonprofit organizations and e nt r e pr e ne u r s h i p - fo c u s e d organizations applied, and the University was one of 35 organizations to receive the grant.

In the release, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker congratulated the grant recipients, stating it’s the agency’s job to support these organizations.

“As America’s Innovation Agency, the Commerce Department has a key role to play in supporting the visionaries and job creators of tomorrow. Congratulations to today’s awardees who will make U.S. communities, businesses and the workforce more globally competitive,” Pritzker said in the release.

Louisiana has been deemed the “chemical corridor” because of the hundreds of chemical manufacturing facilities and refineries in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles.

The state is one of 24 manufacturing communities belonging to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership” initiative. The University was awarded $498,624 by the Regional Innovation Strategies, or RIS, program to

see GRANTS, page 12 TECHNOLOGY

New Reach Out app aims to combat sexual assault

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano The power to combat sexual assault is in your hands — literally.

A new app, Reach Out - College Edition, is providing students across the country with the resources needed to effectively respond to sexual assaults on their campuses. The app includes a personalized page for each university, including

information about confidential support services, medical care and legal action on or near campus.

Zach Csillag, 24, a graduate of Elon University, said he and three friends developed the idea for the app shortly after graduating from college in 2014. While discussing campus safety and sexual assault one night, Csillag and his friends — Jack Zandi, 24; Bill Sadik-Khan, 24; and Racquel Giner, 24 —

realized there was a critical gap in student awareness.

The partners decided to design an extensive and userfriendly app to empower students by educating them about the importance of Title IX and available resources. Though many students receive some sexual assault training in college, many disregard the information or soon forget it, Csillag said.

He and his partners decided

sexual assault resources needed to be more flexible for students.

With an app, students can access the information on their own terms. The accessibility makes the information less intimidating for many students, he said.

Once the initial idea was developed, the partners began researching Title IX policies and visited roughly 20 colleges and universities to present their ideas to students. The results were overwhelmingly positive,

he said.

It took nearly 18 months to ensure the app served students well and provided the most extensive information possible, Csillag said. The app first launched in June, and is partnered with 97 universities in 36 states.

The more the app develops, the more passionate the partners become, Csillag said.

see REACH OUT, page 12

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ALL NATURAL Black Artist Initiative hosts natural hair forum, showcase

THEATER

Black Box play explores social media age Grad student directs experimental production

BY ALLIE COBB @alliecobbler

The campus organization — Black Artist Initiative — had its first event of the semester on Thursday.

The event, “Don’t Touch My Hair,” took place in the African American Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.

The event consisted of a

Nowadays, it’s nearly impossible not to have relationships through social media.

Second-year performance studies graduate student Naomi Bennett explores this idea in her play, “Being Present,” which debuted Wednesday and will conclude tonight.

The play looks at how relationships and platonic intimacy are built over various social media platforms. In fact, the show’s only two actors have never met. Gabrielle Vigueira is here in Baton Rouge as a University student, and Jason Jedrusiak lives in the Boston area.

During the first three weeks of rehearsals, the two communicated via Slack, a text-based chatroom. After those initial three weeks, they exchanged photos and began rehearsing via Skype. Jedrusiak performed via Skype and was projected on stage, allowing the duo to be shown together, but not physically.

The bulk of “Being

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BY RAYKAEL MORRIS @Raykael_Morris As the African American natural hair movement grows in popularity across the country, one University organization decided to ride the wave to increase its own popularity.

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Local black-owned businesses offer Black Friday deals Residents aim to support black business community

BY JAKEYLA CHAVIS @theeyoungqueen Following countless acts of police brutality during the last few years, many black people decided to stop protesting and start boycotting. Black Friday is the most popular time of year for Americans to get their Christmas shopping done, so why not continue this boycott when it counts the most?

Here are a few local black businesses where you can spend your dollars on Black Friday.

SAVE A LOT GROCERY STORE – 12200 PLANK ROAD Start shopping for Christmas dinner at Save A Lot grocery store. Franchisee and former New Orleans Saint

cornerback Tyrone Legget opened the store in 2015, hoping to give back to the North Baton Rouge community that raised him.

Because North Baton Rouge’s population is predominately black, having a black-owned grocery store nearby could help bring revenue into an area of the city that is typically forgotten. It is also a great way for residents to keep money within the black community.

Save A Lot offers everything other grocery stores do, including coupons, but its website save-a-lot.com also offers recipe ideas. So while you’re shopping for groceries for Christmas dinner, you can also shop around for some holiday

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A local black-owned business, Brown & Brown Custom Clothiers offers custom men’s clothing and shoes and tailoring services on Thursday at 5454 Government St. Baton Rouge.

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Friday, November 18, 2016 welcome,” he said.

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The event “Natural hair had six panelists TYTON CHARLES for African Ameriwho answered cans can be totally Black Artist Initiative vice president attendees’ quesdifferent from tions throughpeople of different out the night. nationalities, so it’s important Questions ranged from generic to have these conversations,” hair maintenance to cultural he said. appropriation.

The organization named its Panelist and organization event after Solange Knowles’ adviser Derrick Lathan said newly released song. growing his hair has helped Since its formation three him gain respect from the years ago, the Black Art- opposite sex. ist Initiative has fostered Theatre junior and Black the goal of giving minor- Artist Initiative member Tori ity artists a safe place to display Briggs said the forum is personal their artwork. for her because she recently cut Charles said the organization her hair in order for it to be natuwelcomes all forms of art and ral, and people are now reacting is geared toward helping stu- differently to her hair as a result. dents discover ways to express “It’s important to teach girls themselves and their talents. that it is okay to wear your natu“Whatever your fix is, ral hair,” she said. “This is who whatever your talent is, you are you are.”

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EYE AM KEMET SHOP – 12097 OLD HAMMOND HWY, SUITE D4 For all of your pro-black and afro-centric clothing needs, the Eye Am Kemet Shop is the place to go. With a variety of dashikis and dashiki-print clothing, such as skirts and jumpsuits, this shop is all about paying homage to the motherland.

According to reviews on the shop’s Facebook page, the owners are involved in the black community and also give back to other black-owned businesses.

Aside from African-inspired apparel, the shop also sells natural oils, shea butter, black soap, jewelry and more. It’s open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m.—7 p.m.

BROWN AND BROWN CUSTOM CLOTHIERS – 5454 Government Street Looking for a church suit for your Christmas service? Brown and Brown has you covered, literally. As the only nearby blackowned business on this list, Brown and Brown specializes in custom-made suits, ties, slacks and more.

Along with offering custommade clothing at a fair price, Brown and Brown also gives back to the community, particularly the University community.

Every year, the business offers its signature suits to the male participants in the University’s Mr. and Miss Imani Scholarship Pageant for free.

OCCASIONS UNLIMITED - 2160 MAIN STREET, BAKER, LOUISIANA Looking to throw an

awesome holiday party or birthday extravaganza? Occasions Unlimited offers a 4,300-square-foot facility, perfect for all party planning needs. This black family-owned business is approximately seven miles away from Baton Rouge.

Other services the business offers include a house DJ for four hours, on-site professional staff and tables and chairs complete with sashes and centerpieces.

Aside from keeping black dollars in the black community, shopping at black-owned businesses on Black Friday will save you from waiting in long lines and fighting over who gets the last mini skirt from Macy’s.

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“Being Present” was performed in the Hopkins Black Box Theater, a not-for-profit experimental theatre and classroom.

BEING PRESENT, from page 8 Present” was developed from the crew’s personal narratives and experiences, which were brought out during rehearsal.

The storyline delves into the experiences of the actors and the relationships they’ve created through social media spanning several years.

“It’s me saying, ‘This is my vision,’ but it filters through so many other people and creates something that I could never create by myself,” Bennett said.

Bennett’s work focuses on heavy themes, such as cancer and murder, but approaches it in a way that fosters community, health and safety. She focuses on devised theatre and social action but has dabbled in clowning and InterPlay — a style of theatre dance emphasizing stories people hold in their bodies

through muscle memory.

“Being Present” is part of HopKins Black Box, a notfor-profit experimental theatre and classroom managed by the Performance Studies area within the Department of Communication Studies.

“This is our research laboratory,” Bennett said. “We do what’s called ‘embodied research’ with real-life bodies. We have ingrained performances of gender, culture ... and look at it in different ways through creating, devising, experimenting in Black Box.” Long-distance collaborations and performances have been done for several decades.

This performance style is an inexpensive way to keep theatre ensembles together.

“The amount of support from everyone in the department and my former colleagues

and community speaks to the level of collaboration and connections,” Bennett said. “For people to be able to transcend time-zones and space and … for so many people to be so generous makes me feel really good about doing this type of work.

That’s what it’s about.”

As director, Bennett said her goal was to take what everyone else gave and sculpt it into something wonderful.

“The thrill a lot of people get from performing, I get from being able to shape a performance, guide actors and create a piece of art that can have an effect on so many people,” Bennett said.

“Being Present” can be seen at 7:30 p.m. tonight at HopKins Black Box Theatre, located in 137 Coates Hall. The performance is free, but donations are accepted at the door.

Seating is limited.

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Trump used charm, persuasion to exploit vulnerable Americans ALL’S NAIR IN LOVE AND WAR ANJANA NAIR @anjanaaanair What I’ve realized about the world’s authoritarian regimes is that they base their platforms on hope. They find the most vulnerable, malleable minds and appeal to them. And when they get into office, they exploit them in the name of the greater good.

Now, it may be hard to imagine Hitler or Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte as geniuses, but they are — in an unconventional sense. They manipulated thousands of people into bending to their will by the power of their words.

In 1988, Oprah Winfrey did an interview with now President-elect Donald Trump and asked him if he’d ever run for president. His response: “I think I’d win. I’ll tell you what: I wouldn’t go in to lose.”

A CNN report details 24 theories explaining why Trump won the election. The list includes factors such as low voter turnout, Democrats not pushing Bernie Sanders and social media influence. Personally, I think that over the years, Trump’s business experience honed his linguistic skills, allowing him to persuade any target group.

To liberals, his apparent screw ups were calculated steps toward the desired voter base that would get him elected.

Trump knew what group of people would get him to the White House. He had an advantage because even Democrats didn’t want to vote for Hillary Clinton. He didn’t need the support of his own party.

On the outside, it appeared he wasn’t taking the election seriously, which was frustrating for Democrats. It made Clinton push harder and become more aggressive, revealing her worst side.

The white, working class and white, uneducated populations were the two demographics that got Trump elected. It’s truly astonishing that there are so many uneducated voters in this country — enough to get a president elected. Of course those aren’t the only groups that voted for Trump, but they made up

the majority of his voter base.

Those are the most easily manipulated minds in this country, and while there is much to be said about how that represents America, there is also much to be said about how Clinton overlooked these people and Trump didn’t.

Clinton was hard-working, dedicated and qualified to be president. Trump was charismatic and charming, with money to seal the deal. In the end, Americans preferred to be charmed by greatness and dreams of a white America and rather than be educated on the realities of domestic and foreign relations. Even Trump — who used to be a Clinton-loving, abortion-permitting, marijuana legalization advocate — knows these kinds of progressive policies aren’t what white Americans want to hear when they see their beloved police officers being threatened on the street.

Trump was a genius in his tactical strategy, attacking at a time when tensions between white and black Americans were at their peak.

On election night, I — like

many others — was devastated and shocked. But we shouldn’t have been. Trump’s genius exploitation the American people shows that he’s a lot smarter than we give him credit for. In that, there is some hope that he may use his evil powers for good.

Anjana Nair is an 18-year-old international studies sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Jonathan Shi, the University’s Art E. Favre Endowed Chair in Industrial Construction, explained center’s plan to innovate the industry in the release.

“Our proposed innovation approach is to work with our industrial partners including plant operators and industrial contractors. The LSU-IIC will work with them to identify their technological needs and then match them up with an innovator to develop the technology,” Shi said in the release. “We are so excited that the EDA is providing us with this wonderful opportunity to implement our

Friday, November 18, 2016 plan over the next three years.”

The LSU-IIC aims to influence existing industrial partnerships established through the Louisiana Chemical Manufacturing Initiative. The LCMI is made up of more than 90 local partners, including government organizations, higher education institutions, foundation entities, non profits and other community organizations from various chemical manufacturing industries in Louisiana. It will also apply and increase innovative resources available at the LSU Innovation Park and Louisiana Business and Technology Center.

Charles D’Agostino, executive director of LSU Innovation Park and co-investigator

of the application, explained how the grant will help enhance the program.

“This grant will allow LSU to develop mechanisms to capitalize on the interactions with private sector engineering and other industrial sectors,” D’Agostino said in the release.

“It will foster technological advancements in mature industries that will stimulate productivity and economic impact. The end result will employ new creative thoughts to game-changing technologies that benefit society.”

RIS grants are split into two categories: the i6 Challenge Investments and the Seed Fund Support, or SFS, Investments.

ELECTION, from page 5 sometimes ignore those other potential sources for error, which is a little ridiculous because we know from past elections it’s not unusual for polls to miss by two or three points.”

Henderson said the election results shouldn’t have taken voters by surprise because — in a close election — missing by two to four points is not unheard of. The tighter the race, the more difficult it is to make an accurate prediction.

“I think it would be a mistake to say that ‘Well, the polls were ridiculously wrong because they were saying it was going to be a Clinton landslide — not the last couple of weeks they weren’t,” Henderson said.

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A new sexual assault resource app, Reach Out- College Edition, is being used help connect students on campuses to their university’s sexual assault services.

There’s also the theory that the public didn’t pay enough attention to polls because of their own emotional investment in the election results, also known as motivated reasoning.

“A good share of voters, parties aside, don’t like to hear information that doesn’t confirm what they want to see happen,” he said.

As the polling trend was moving toward a close election, voters should have been more realistic about the possibility of error and Clinton’s chances.

“In those last few days, we all should have been like, ‘This thing’s narrowing, and now we’re looking at a race where we could be within a not unusual polling error, and then it could go the other way,’” Henderson said.

President-elect Donald Trump won 306 out of a possible 538 electoral votes.

extends far beyond that, Csillag said. The app is just as impor“Over time it’s developed tant for administrators, who can into a labor of love and some- use it to connect with the needs thing we’re really passionate of their students. about,” Csillag said. “It’s satisfyCsillag said the administraing to be able to be on this jour- tors they’ve met during this projney and to be creect are passionate ating something about finding the that we hope will “It’s satisfying to best methods to make a differreach their stuence.” be able to be on this dents. Using back The app inend software, the journey and to be app will allow cludes a number of features, m i n ist rators creating something ad most notably a to easily edit the ‘start here’ functhat we hope will app’s categories tion that proand provide the vides students make a difference.” most up-to-date with step-by-step information for procedures for students, he said.

ZACH CSILLAG responding to a Another imApp developer portant feature sexual assault. is the prevention Options include information on preserving and education function, which evidence, getting medical at- takes users to a page with infortention and contacting trained mation on sexual health, sexual advocates. assault facts and bystander inHaving response informa- tervention strategies. Changing tion consolidated in one place campus culture is just as imporcan help ease some of the survi- tant as responding to assaults, vor’s stress, Csillag said. Even if Csillag said. a survivor isn’t ready to report “Eventually, it’d be great if the crime, having the knowl- the app didn’t need to be used for edge when and if they are ready support,” he said. “If it became is crucial. used primarily as an education Though sections of the app tool, that would mean we’re are tailored specifically to sex- doing a good job at changing ual assault survivors, its use the culture.”

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