The Daily Reveille 11-29-2016

Volume 122 · No. 63

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

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Ed Orgeron’s second coaching staff move comes on his second day as LSU’s official head coach.

Sunday, Orgeron and LSU parted ways with special teams coordinator Bradley Dale Peveto. Monday, Orgeron retained LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, who some call “The Professor.” Aranda agreed to a three-year contract, as first reported by ESPN.com.

The contract between Aranda and LSU has yet to become official, multiple reports said.

Aranda’s contract will include the new title of associate head coach, a raise and an extension to his contract, according to the reports. In January, Aranda signed a three-year deal for $1.2 million a year with the school.

In LSU’s first 10 games, Aranda, 40, and LSU’s defense allowed 11 touchdowns, which was the lowest in the nation at the time, far surpassing expectations for the Tigers’ defense.

On Saturday during Orgeron’s introductory news

The Center for Academic Success is here to ease the minds of overwhelmed students with its bi-annual Prep for Finals event.

Prep For Finals is a 30 minute workshop where students can get tips and study aids to help them prepare for finals. This semester, the event was held Nov. 15 and 28 in the basement of Coates Hall.

Students received calendars to plan out their finals week schedule and handouts with helpful study tips.

During the session, Pam Ball, Center for Academic Success learning strategies program manage , presented a powerpoint reviewing how to plan for finals.

Ball explained why the Center for Academic Success hosts Prep for Finals.

“We know that a lot of students, especially first year — but believe me second, third and forth year students — start experiencing a lot of stress and uncertainty heading into final week.” Ball said.

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Society of American Foresters at LSU is holding their annual Christmas Tree sale on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 at the LSU Renewable Natural Resources Building.

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DISHING IT OUT Students recount political table talk over Thanksgiving break COMPILED BY DAVID BEERMAN | @debeermans

Edward Ott construction management sophomore

‘I know how people have very different views around here than I do, so I don’t even talk politics. ... That’s honestly why I won’t speak about politics at Thanksgiving dinner because my grandfather thinks a whole lot differently than I do, so it’d just be better to not hear about it.’

Sarah Perkins anthropology sophomore

‘We had a Friendsgiving thing a couple days before Thanksgiving, and a lot of our family friends are not people sharing our political views, and we’re very close to them and we love them. ... It wasn’t even awkward, either.’

Michael Smith sports administration senior

‘A lot of mixed opinions. You know, Trump versus Hillary. But we kept it not too extreme.

Just enjoy it. ...

Everyone just loves each other, you know. If there are different opinions, we just respect that, we don’t look at anyone differently.’

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STUDENT LIFE

Christmas tree sale on campus ends today LeBlanc said.

Along with serving as a teaching facility, the Lee MemoOne University organization rial Forest in Washington Paris helping the community get ish is home to several research projects. into the holiday spirit.

One research project works The Society of American Foresters Student Chap- with sustainable silviculture — ter at LSU has been selling the practice of controlling the Christmas trees on campus establishment, growth, comfor more than 50 years. This position, health and quality of year’s sale began Monday forests — and soil productivity and continues today from 4-8 to determine if any negative effects come from conventional p.m.

The organization is set up harvest on new growth compared with trees behind the Renewable Natural “The club goes to Lee previously on the Resources Build- Memorial Forest, an site.

The trees sold ing on Highland Road at LSU research station, are Leyland Cypress and CaroNicholson Drive to harvest and wrap lina Sapphire.

Extension. species are Mason LeBall of the trees for Both locally grown lanc, president and freshly cut of the Society of delivery.” from Lee MemoAmerican Forestrial Forest. Trees ers at LSU, said MASON LEBLANC the annual sale is president of the Society of American will be replaced with new seedthe club’s biggest Foresters at LSU lings at the Lee fundraiser.

Memorial Forest.

“The club Trees cost $7 per foot, and the goes to Lee Memorial Forest, an LSU research sta- Society of American Foresters tion, to harvest and wrap all accepts payment only in cash of the trees for delivery,” or check.

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EXTENSION, from page 1 conference, LSU and the coach felt confident they could retain the defensive coordinator.

“I think the world of Dave Aranda, and it’s our full intent to keep him here,” LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said.

Have any teams reached out to Aranda?

“Not to my knowledge,” Alleva said.

Orgeron spoke to Aranda on Saturday morning prior to the official announcement of Orgeron’s promotion.

“I feel confident that Dave’s going to be with us,” Orgeron said. “I had a great conversation with him this morning. ...

But, knowing that you have one of the best, people are going to come after him. We understand that.”

Orgeron added: “My plan is to take my time and assemble the best staff in America. We have some great coaches on our staff right now, led by Dave

FINALS, from page 1 A technique Ball recommends using is the study cycle, a five-part cycle that breaks down what you should do before, during and after learning a new topic in class. She also went over focused study sessions, offering a step-by-step list on how to properly study during study sessions.

Ball also gave her opinion on what she feels are good steps for preparing for finals.

“Get organized, plan out your time so you know what is coming, and make use of the focused study session,” Ball said.

Thirty-two students attended the Nov. 28 workshop, most of them freshman.

Marketing freshman Marley Evans said she is nervous for her economics final and wanted to get additional help from the University.

“This is our first round of finals as freshmen, and I thought I knew what to expect from my teachers,” Evans said. “I wanted to see if there was help from the school.”

Aranda. He is the best coordinator in football. We plan on him being with us. I spoke with him this morning. We’re happy that Dave is an LSU Tiger, I promise you that.”

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Associate head coach and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda instructs players on Oct. 11 during practice.

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Stress students may feel during finals may cause them to engage in unhealthy study habits like cramming before an exam or staying up all night to study.

The students that attended the Prep for Finals workshop learned helpful study tips for their upcoming finals and also experienced some of the services that the Center for Academic Success provides.

Theater performance sophomore Keiera Williams came to seek advice on her biology final and learned a helpful new tip that she can use in the future.

“The thing that stuck with me is you can make an appointment [with Center for Academic Success] so they can help you study,” she said.

The Center for Academic Success aims to help freshman in the transition from high school to college by providing personalized study strategies, tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, workshops and online resources. Their services are also available to all students.

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Sports

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BOWL PROJECTIONS

CBSSPORTS

247SPORTS

Outback Bowl LSU vs. Nebraska

LIKELY

Outback Bowl LSU vs. Iowa

Citrus Bowl LSU vs. Virginia Tech

BOWL bound

CITRUS BOWL The Southeastern Conference’s secondbest team not in the CFP earns a Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl bid to face a Big 10 or ACC opponent. LSU needs Alabama to beat Florida in the SEC Championship, which would send the Gators tumbling below Auburn and possibly LSU in the Citrus Bowl reps’ minds. Florida losing its final game — albeit in the conference championship — could book LSU’s ticket to Orlando because a team coming off a loss is less desirable than one that won its final game.

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OUTBACK BOWL

POSSIBLE

If Florida loses on Saturday but Citrus Bowl reps still prefer Florida over LSU — considering they would have the same record and Florida won the head-to-head matchup — LSU would likely wind up in the Outback Bowl again. This game is on Jan. 2 in Tampa with a Big 10 and SEC team facing off.

SBNATION

NOT LIKELY

SUGAR BOWL With Alabama likely going to the College Football Playoff, the Sugar Bowl committee will select the next-highest ranked SEC team in the final College Football Playoff rankings. When the latest College Football Playoff rankings came out, LSU was not ranked, while Auburn and Florida were ranked ahead of the Tigers. LSU would have to be ranked higher than those two teams when the rankings come out tonight.

LIBERTY BOWL If the Citrus or Outback Bowl reps decide to pick another SEC team, the Liberty Bowl would be a logical choice because of distance. Memphis is only a five-hour drive from Baton Rouge, which would be an easier trip for LSU fans to make. LSU would be slated to play a team from the Big 12.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU looks to redeem last season’s loss against Houston

BY SETH NIEMAN @seth_nieman LSU remembers the 105-98 loss it suffered to Houston last season.

This year, LSU (4-2) hopes for a different result as it hosts Houston (5-0) in the PMAC tonight at 8 p.m.

“We’re excited to be back home, and we’re looking forward to a really great challenge and opportunity against a tough Houston Cougars basketball team,” coach

Johnny Jones said. “They have several players from a team that we had a high scoring overtime affair with last year on the road.

They will certainly bring a very talented and experienced team in here on tomorrow evening.”

LSU returns home after finishing 1-2 at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in Nassau, Bahamas last week. The Tigers opened the tournament with a 82-47 loss to Wichita State, defeated Old Dominion 66-60 then fell to VCU 85-74 on

the final day of the tournament.

“We’re hopeful that the trip we just came off of, playing three games against some stiff and tough competition, will benefit this team as the season continues to progress,” Jones said. “I think it’s helped as a measuring stick, and we look forward to building from it.”

“We got a lot of experience down there,” LSU forward Duop

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LSU sophomore guard Antonio Blakeney (2) shoots a free throw during the Tigers’ 78-61 win against the University of Mississippi on Nov. 15 in the PMAC. MICHAEL PALMER /

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BEST and WORST

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moments of 2016: ENTERTAINMENT EDITION

2016 was filled with some of the decade’s greatest highs and lows. In the areas of music, comedy, film, art and social media, the entertainment world was rocked with shocking news throughout the year. Here are my picks for some of 2016’s best and worst moments in entertainment.

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BEST 2016 CHALLENGES The Water Bottle Flip Challenge began in May of 2016 when Mike Senatore, a high school student from North Carolina, flipped a water bottle at his school’s talent show. From then on, high school students around the nation began adding on more complicated aspects, such as flipping the water bottle from on top of a house.

According to mic.com, a group of high school students from Jackson, Mississippi started the Mannequin Challenge, and from there it blew up to become one of the biggest social media crazes since the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. One of the students spoke with reporters from Inverse about the creation of the challenge. Originally, it was a prank posted on Twitter with the caption #mannequinchallenge, and it quickly went viral. The objective of the challenge is to pose like a mannequin as someone records a video done to the song “Black Beatles” by rap duo Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane. The University even got in on the challenge a few times including the “accidental” Mannequin Challenge after our defeat against Florida.

The U Name It Challenge came shortly after the Mannequin Challenge when legendary gospel singer Shirley Caesar’s song, “Hold my Mule” was remixed. Many people used it as a way to celebrate the coming of Thanksgiving. The objective is to dance on beat to the remixed song. Caesar wasted no time in capitalizing on her newfound social media fame, and is selling items etched with popular lyrics from the song such as “I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes.”

AWESOME MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES 2016 was a year of great movies and documentaries, ranging from action to comedy to children’s movies.

“Zootopia” and “Finding Dory” were among some of the top children's movies to come out this year. They were filled with great life lessons from which both children and adults can benefit.

“Zootopia” even had many underlying messages about discrimination.

The Marvel and DC Universe went headto-head again, this time through the movies “Deadpool” and “Suicide Squad.” Both movies received much praise from comic book fans and critics alike.

The documentary “13th” has been widely regarded as a must watch film. With its historical accuracy, investigative tactics and play on the 2016 presidential election, the documentary was not only informative but an interesting and entertaining watch.

THE QUEEN SLAYS AGAIN The year was full of great things in music. Chance the Rapper dropped his third

mixtape “Coloring Book,” which launched his highly regarded Magnificent Coloring World Tour. Frank Ocean finally dropped not one, but two long-anticipated albums, and of course, Beyoncé dropped her visual album “Lemonade” in April.

“Lemonade” was a tribute to women, specifically black women, going through tough times in their relationships. It also included songs like "Freedom" and "Formation," which were unapologetically black and received much criticism from the mass media. This didn’t stop Queen Bey, as she went on her Formation World Tour which generated over $123 million dollars, according to Billboard Magazine.

WORST BYE BYE VINE Former popular social media app Vine was pronounced dead as its founders decided to discontinue the short-form video app in October.

With the rise of Snapchat and Instagram videos, Vine quickly began to die out among young users. Popular Vine stars began abandoning Vine to use Instagram’s longer video times, and their fans quickly followed.

CELEBRITY MENTAL BREAKDOWNS We tend to laugh at the breakdowns of celebrities, such as Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, and this year was no exception.

With constant memes and videos teasing celebrities like Katt Williams, Orlando Brown and Kanye West, we still tend to have a pretty sick sense of humor, but many people are now beginning to see that what is happening to these celebrities is actually pretty sad.

Whether it’s drugs or stress, many of the people we make fun of may have mental health issues. Kanye West was reportedly hospitalized recently due to stress and exhaustion, according to the Washington Post. Some celebrities have even tried to commit suicide or have a severe case of depression, such as Kid Cudi and Kehlani.

THE DEATH OF A LEGEND It seems like all of our music icons are taking their place in the big music concert in the sky. First Michael Jackson, then Whitney Houston, and in 2016, pop and funk singer-songwriter Prince, were all taken away from us and seemingly in similar ways — overdose.

The late singer passed away in April due to fentanyl overdose, and it completely shook the music world. His death garnered various dedications from celebrities such as Beyoncé and different music awards throughout the year. Prince’s legacy and beautiful music will continue to live on.

Opinion

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Violent attacks on college campuses defile sanctity of higher education

while one victim is in critical condition, the rest seem to be RYLED UP fine from what reports say.

While there is no known moRYAN THAXTON tive, the implications are clear. @ryanthax College campuses are obvious Monday morning, news targets along with shopping broke of a shooter on Ohio malls and movie theaters for State University’s campus. mass attacks. But unlike these Eventually it was confirmed other areas, college campuses that the attacker used only his are places where people come car and a butcher knife to at- together from all backgrounds tack students, creating a scene to engage with one another in of mass hysteria before being a variety of ways. It’s a place shot by police that were quick for people to “grow up” and to respond. get accustom to living in the Pictures on social media real world. of students barricading classIt is impossible for a campus rooms and watching events attack to feel random the way unfold live from their dorm an attack may seem in other windows held the nation in sus- venues because each college pense as information trickled campus is a specific community. out.

These Attackers target schools beadvances in “The loss of any young cause they are social media seeking have helped life is a tragedy, but a often the attention warn and prepare students violent loss of life in an of their peers during times and want to environment meant to have the most of emergency they never devastatimpact suspected to foster and enhance those ing happen and very lives feels not just on them.

College is a in some ways help protect tragic, but impious.” micro-culture of America. against them.

People of all But still, every time news breaks, we different kinds and creeds are look around and think what working, learning and living would happen if a shooting hap- together. Students are in purpened in our own city. Where suit of something greater than would you hide? Who might themselves, reaching concepts you lose? that will further the human race A college campus is sup- or working to achieve a better posed to be one of the most life from whence they came. treasured spaces on American The loss of any young life is soil. Those entering and leav- a tragedy, but a violent loss of ing college view their position life in an environment meant as a time of growth and new to foster and enhance those beginnings. A threat to a col- very lives feels not just tragic, lege campus is a direct threat but impious. This is not just a to our youth, our future and our violent outburst but an affront freedom of knowledge. to a system of self-liberation Thankfully, at the time of through education. publication, there have been no reported deaths other than that Ryan Thaxton is a 20-yearof the attacker himself. Classes old sophomore from Monroe, were canceled for the day and, Louisiana.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016 HOUSTON, from page 3 Reath said of the trip. “It was good to redeem ourselves the next day [against Old Dominion], and it felt good just to be able to play the next day. We learned from each team that we need to get better.”

Houston enters tonight’s game undefeated, led by junior guard Rob Gray Jr., who is averaging 18.8 points per game this season for Houston.

Gray Jr. came off of the bench last season for Houston against LSU and dropped 31 points on a

10-of-19 shooting performance from the field.

“He’s doing well again this year, so we’re going to have to find a way to contain him,”said sophomore guard Antonio Blakeney.

Junior forward Craig Victor and sophomore guard Jalyn Patterson were both absent for LSU last year against Houston — Victor for academic reasons, and Patterson due to a leg injury.

“We were down some of our weapons and went into a very tough battle,” Jones said. “A lot of

things were against us, including being on the road, but I thought our guys continued to fight pretty hard, and we’ll have that type of challenge again tomorrow.”

Victor made his first appearance on the court for LSU this season in the Bahamas. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 5.7 points and four rebounds for LSU in the three games.

“We’re really excited to have Craig back in uniform with the team,” Jones said. “He’ll have a chance to possibly be more productive for us tomorrow.”

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Celebration begins at 4:30 pm in The Club at Union Square.

Join LSU for a spectacularly fun night of holiday entertainment for LSU students, faculty, staff, families, and community members. Celebrate the spirit of the season with this seven-hour, festival lineup of activities on November 29. LSU Parking & Transportation Services will provide free parking in the parking garage beginning at 4 p.m. For more information visit: www.lsu.edu/holiday.

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[TOP] LSU sophomore guard Antonio Blakeney (2) guards Southern Miss sophomore guard D’Angelo Richardson (1) during the Tigers’ 61-78 win against the University of Mississippi on Nov. 15 in the PMAC. [BOTTOM] LSU then-sophomore forward Craig Victor II (32) hangs over a Florida defender after dunking the ball during the LSU 96-91 victory against the Florida Gators on Saturday Feb. 27 in the PMAC.

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FOOD AND DRINK

Healthy, inexpensive coffee alternatives can boost energy during finals

BY CYNTHEA CORFAH @lacedincyn With finals week around the corner, most students plan on drinking coffee and other energy drinks to stay awake for their studies. Here are some healthy alternatives to help boost your energy.

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR After only a couple of tablespoons of this tart, golden brown liquid, energy levels are sure to climb. Mix two tablespoons of raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar with two cups

of water for a cheap and easy energy drink. To improve the taste, you can add honey, fruit juice or sugar.

Organic, raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar can be purchased at grocery stores such as Wal-Mart and Whole Foods for as low as $3.

CHIA SEEDS Small, bead-like and nutrient-filled, Chia seeds are a quick way to sprinkle energy into your drink or food. Ripe Chia seeds are black or white and have a neutral taste. Chia seeds can be consumed raw or

incorporated into baked goods.

Add a tablespoon or more to pancakes, cereal, smoothies, water, muffins, oatmeal or a salad for a quick energy boost along with a variety of additional benefits.

GREEN TEA Cheaper and healthier than coffee, green tea is a natural and herbal way to get caffeinated. In addition to boosting energy, green tea enhances cardiovascular health, lowers cholesterol and protects skin.

This versatile beverage can be consumed hot or iced.

Students can use lemon, honey or sugar for sweetener. Students can purchase packs of green tea at Wal-Mart for under $3 or can buy a cup of brewed tea from Barnes & Noble Cafe, CC’s Coffeehouse or Highland Coffees.

PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL For a coffee alternative that doesn’t require consumption, rub a drop of peppermint essential oil under your nose, on the back of the neck and shoulders, or inhale before and during your studies for a boost of energy.

Peppermint essential oil both raises energy levels and encourages mental clarity.

WATER One of the cheapest ways to boost energy levels is to drink multiple glasses of water a day.

Dehydration leads to exhaustion, which can make it harder to stay awake. Start your day with a glass of water for an energy boost that doesn’t involve jitters, calories or lots of money.

For flavor, add sliced lemons or limes. Add a teaspoon of Chia seeds for additional energy.

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Chia seeds [left], green tea [middle] and apple cider vinegar [right] are healthy alternatives to coffee and sugary energy drinks.