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The game isn’t “bigger than life,” but No. 3 LSU looks to upset No. 1 Alabama in Death Valley on Saturday, page 2

NEWS

SPORTS Be sure to arrive early before Saturday’s matchup against Alabama, page 3 Students investigate solutions to lower textbook prices, page 4

ENTERTAINMENT This won’t be the first time Breiden Fehoko and Tua Tagovailoa have met on the field, page 8

Rita’s Italian Ice brings northern treat to Baton Rouge, page 16

OPINION “There are countless examples of ‘white card’ implementation, but blackface has got to be the most far-reaching one to date,” page 20

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COVER STORY

LSU hopes to end seven-year losing streak against Bama

BY KENNEDI LANDRY @landryyy14 Joe Burrow isn’t scared. Coach Ed Orgeron says its not bigger than life. It’s nothing his guys can’t handle.

Even though the top-ranked Crimson Tide come into Death Valley on Saturday a 14.5-point favorite, with the potential Heisman-winner at quarterback and one of the greatest coaches of all time on their sideline, LSU sees all games the same.

“I just say it’s just another game for us,” said senior running back Nick Brossette. “This game doesn’t define our season, so we just have to come ready to play.

Obviously they’re a good football team, and they’ll come in here with a lot of intensity. We just have to match it. I think my teammates and everybody else is going to be ready. It’s going to be an exciting game, and I can’t wait for it.”

In his first season as a college starter, Burrow has handled tough Southeastern Conference environments on the road and led the Tigers to upset wins at home, but Orgeron believes he can have his best game against Alabama.

“This is why you work so hard when you’re 12, 13-years-old,” Burrow said. “For opportunities like this. A lot of people don’t have this opportunity and I’m very honored to have it. This is why you play football.

Is this year any different?

Orgeron is not going to kid himself, though. He wants the team to take everything one game at a time, yet he knows what Alabama means to the university and Louisiana as a whole.

Running back coach Tommie Robinson says, “Don’t let the moment be bigger than you.” That’s how this LSU team approaches the situation.

“We’re treating this like any other game,” Brossette said.

“We’ve been playing football our whole lives, so I’m not going to

make it as big as it is. We’re just going to go out there and play our game and have fun playing football.”

Saturday will be the seventh time LSU will face a No. 1 ranked Alabama team, including the last two matchups. But it is the first time LSU and Alabama have both been ranked in the top five since 2012, and despite the 14.5-point spread, LSU believes this game is attainable.

The last seven games, since a 21-0 LSU loss in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, have been a lot of the same: the Tiger defense holding Alabama and keeping it close, only to falter in the fourth quarter and ultimately fall.

The past is not on this team’s mind. Through all of the past struggles against dominant Alabama teams, LSU is focused on this team, this year.

And this year, LSU’s high powered, Dave Aranda-led defense will face one of the most historic offenses led by Alabama’s sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

The Tigers have played every game by adjusting to their opponent — going up-tempo against then-No. 2 Georgia and marching downfield against then-No. 8 Auburn. A solid force for LSU this year has been senior kicker Cole Tracy, who has been perfect on extra points and is 21-of-23 on field goals. With a little help from Tracy, who kicked a game-winner against Auburn and went 5-for-5 against Georgia, the Tigers have been able to grind out wins.

But the offense will need to be firing on all cylinders on Saturday, especially in the red zone.

“We’re not going to be able to settle for field goals next week [against Alabama],” Burrow said.

“They’re the No. 1 scoring offense in the country, Tua is really, really good. They have great receivers, and we’re not going to be able to score 15 points and win the game.”

SEC Network analyst Greg McElroy said Monday that “the only way to beat Alabama is to

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Burrow and the LSU offense will need to be as solid as ever to compete with Alabama in order to do that.

Burrow said LSU is going to have to prepare this week like going to war, and they will. Orgeron has praised the quarterback for his ability to stay calm in any situation, and Burrow knows that will be the most important aspect against Alabama.

“You have to really manage your emotions in a game like this,” Burrow said. “If you don’t, the game kind of gets too big for you.

Then you start not focusing on the game plan and start focusing on what the game means and you try to do too much.”

But for all the hype surrounding the game, and the adjustments that have to be made, the defending national champions will be treated as any other team on Saturday night in Death Valley. “[Orgeron] is trying to keep that same mindset [for every game],” junior linebacker Michael Divinity Jr. said. “We’re going to treat every team the same, no matter what. Alabama is No. 1, we’re No. 4. Numbers don’t matter when it’s Saturday and you’re right next to each other, one-on-one. This is going to be a great game, and we’re not going to make it bigger or smaller than what it is.”

Greatest

rivalry

in

college

football?

Burrow grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio State, where he was a part of a storied rivalry with Michigan.

From that Ohio State-Michigan game, to Florida-Georgia at the “Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” and the Red River Showdown in Texas-Oklahoma, college football is full those stories rivalries.

Though Burrow never started in an Ohio State-Michigan game, he understood what that rivalry meant to the respective states.

And he’s learning what LSU-Al-

abama means here. He has even watched some of the past matchups from this decade.

Whether the Tigers go into Alabama week undefeated, 0-8 or 7-1 as they currently sit, LSUAlabama is the only game on some fans’ minds, “I know for a fact people were telling me about the ‘Bama game two and three weeks ago, before it was even a month and a half away, telling me ‘this is the game we need to look at,’” said sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire. “I’ve just been saying ‘look at the next game,’ and now it’s the next game. It’s an intense week.”

Contrary to Burrow, Baton Rouge natives Brossette and Edwards-Helaire have seen this rivalry and been a part of it for as long as they can remember.

“It’s been intense since before we were born” Edwards-Helaire said. “I remember sitting in my living room and everybody having all their LSU stuff on and my little sister sitting in her crib with all the LSU stuff. It’s always been something that’s been magnified since I can remember. It’s a different vibe to me, since I’m actually on the team now and not spectating and I understand the process behind everything.”

LSU-Alabama may not have even been considered a rivalry until 2007, when former LSU coach Nick Saban returned to Baton Rouge as the coach of the Crimson Tide. Since then, it has become a national spectacle, and Saban holds a 9-3 record over his former team.

ESPN’s College GameDay will be on site for the LSU-Alabama game for the tenth time. It was flexed for the CBS primetime 7 p.m. kickoff for the eighth year in a row. All eyes will be on Baton Rouge come Nov. 3.

“No doubt, [it’s the most historic rivalry in college football],” said Edwards-Helaire. “This is THE game. It’s the Southeastern Conference. It’s LSU versus Alabama. Who doesn’t want to watch this game?”

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News

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FAT STACKS Coaches among highest-paid LSU employees

$618,000 $500,000 $400,000

ED ORGERON

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 Athletic coaches dominate the list of the University’s highest paid employees with nine of the 10 highest budgeted salaries.

In addition to football coach Ed Orgeron’s $500,000 salary, six other assistant football coaches make over $400,000 according to the 2018-2019 University Salary Budget.

Other notable budgeted salaries for athletic person-

WILL WADE nel include basketball coach Will Wade and gymnastics coach D-D Breaux, who both make $400,000. Breaux is the University’s highest paid female employee.

Figures for athletic coaches are incomplete as they do not account for portions of salaries paid through private foundations, grants and other means.

Despite incomplete total salary figures, athletic coaches still remain among the University’s most expensive employees. The provided information shows

$400,000

D-D BREAUX the amount paid directly by the University.

The University increased its faculty raise pool by 3 percent for the second consecutive year in August. The 3 percent increase is an average for University faculty and staff. The actual merit raise amount varies by individual performance reviews and total career output.

Staff and faculty previously received raise pool increases of 4 percent in 2013 and 3 percent in 2014.

The University’s full-time

Student IDs at Alabama game to be strictly enforced

BY TAYLOR BOURGEOIS @tbourge_

instructional faculty earn an average salary of $85,021, which is below the national benchmark of $95,521, according to a 2016 Southern Regional Education Board study.

The LSU Board of Supervisors voted on Oct. 4 to extend Alexander’s contract for an additional five years and increase his salary by 3 percent.

This was Alexander’s first raise since becoming University president in 2013. Alexan-

Students looking to get non-LSU students without a ticket into the football game against Alabama game may not realize the consequences.

LSU Assistant Ticket Manager Garrett Thibodeaux said it is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct to sell a student ID for a football ticket.

“If you get caught on any Saturday doing that, your ID will be confiscated, and you’ll be referred to [the Student Office of Advocacy and Accountability],” Thibodeaux said. “It is not our rule, we just enforce it.”

Fortunately, students have the option to purchase guest tickets for most of the football games this season. Thibodeaux said the office has sold about 500 guest tickets.

“We know we’ll have a certain number not show up, so that allows someone to bring a friend who doesn’t attend LSU into the student section,” Thibodeaux said.

While this can be a great way to give non-LSU students a chance to experience the chaotic and exciting 13,000-people student section, the University does not sell these tickets for the two major games this season:

see SALARIES, page 7

see TICKETS, page 7

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STUDENT LIFE

Skate LSU combines passions for skateboarding, gardening

BY BRITTNEY FORBES @itsbritforbes For students interested in making new friends, skating and gardening, Skate LSU is the organization for you.

Sociology graduate student James Jordan created a “skating and gardening” group for students.

By seeing a fellow skater, it is expected to interact and make plans to skate together, according to Jordan, because skaters are community based.

“As soon as you see someone skating, it’s like, ‘Oh, okay we should be friends’,” Jordan said. “But if they are weird, then they’re just weird.”

Jordan said he knew skating is a good way to make friends.

He was tired of skating by himself, so he drew fliers recruiting

fellow skaters to meet every Friday at LSU Memorial Tower at 5 p.m.

Jordan said he currently has a core group of people who skate, with a GroupMe, so they can “link up” whenever they want during the week.

For the gardening aspect of Skate LSU, Jordan created a group before he started skating in San Francisco known as “Echotree.” Originally the group was based around gardening, but as he started skating, he wanted to incorporate both into one group.

Jordan is currently building greenhouses at Front Yard Bikes and has a gardening program at University Terrace Elementary School. He is teaching kindergarteners and first graders how to plant seeds for organic vegetables, raising them in the

greenhouses, growing them in a farm and getting the food back to the students.

Although Jordan doesn’t plan on constructing greenhouses on campus, he wants University students to go the greenhouses and help him build because he said the University currently has enough greenhouses.

Jordan said he is growing food because the elementary students don’t have access to fresh food. He has a passion for teaching the students how to grow them.

One of the things Jordan and Skate LSU plan on doing in the future is jumping off eight steps with their skateboards.

The group “posts up” somewhere, asking what they want to do and if someone recommends MITCHELL SCAGLIONE / The Daily Reveille

see SKATE LSU, page 7

The LSU skate group prepares to ride down a hill near Patrick F. Taylor Hall on Oct. 26.

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ACADEMICS

History of Time Travel course challenges students’ perceptions

BY TAYLOR BOURGEOIS @tbourge_ “A study of the imagination across time,” reads the syllabus of the History of Time Travel, a new course offered this semester at the University.

Charles P. Manship Professor of History Andrew Burstein has taught numerous general education history classes at the University for nine years and wanted to try something new.

He started the University’s first History of Time Travel class.

“The study of history engages the fantasy of time travel,” Burstein said. “The course is about the human imagination.

It may seem confusing as to how a whole class can be based on a topic that does not seem to have much history, but there is more to it.”

The term “time travel” used in the class may not be what you had in mind. The class studies physical objects such as clocks and watches, and how concepts of time have changed from earlier eras. They will also look at traveling as they debate the differences of time and put themselves in the shoes of their ancestors.

Burstein said there are

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Professor Burstein teaches his history of time travel class on Oct. 30 in Lockett Hall. many different ways to encounter the subject of time travel.

“It does get a little philosophical because we are talking about understanding the human consciousness and the desire and fascination of traveling through time, something

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Professor Andrew Burstein teaches his “History of Time Travel” class with passion and excitement on Oct. 30 in Lockett Hall. so prevalent in science fiction,” Burstein said.

“As a historian, I try to use works of literature and media in history classes where it is relatable to the subject, and it’s really easy to do in a class like this,” Burstein said. He uses many popular sciencefiction films and shows in his class, like “Back to the Future,” “Star Trek” and “Doctor Who.” Burstein said a show he watched as a child, “The Time Tunnel,”

pqued his interest in becoming a history professor.

In addition to science fiction, the class also deals with more human science, psychology and philosophy than an average history class.

“History acknowledges humanity and our subjectivity,” Burstein said. “It’s cultural and emotional history, but it’s not political. I enjoy combining themes from other disciplines with cultural or emotional his-

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tory. There are multiple dimensions, no pun intended, based on what we discuss in the class, that we don’t know what we don’t know.”

Burstein is also a Jefferson scholar and the author of two books, “Madison and Jefferson” and “Lincoln Dreamt He Died.”

Burstein will be teaching the History of Time Travel next semester as well and hopes to get more students to participate in the future.

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STUDENT LIFE

Students seek solutions to lower LSU textbook prices

BY TAYLOR BOURGEOIS @tbourge_

“Textbook Tyranny,” a 12page document created by mass communication seniors Logan Cooney, Emma Espenan, Courtney Reeder and Jordan Riggs, hopes to inform students and administrators of unnecessary, high textbook prices and the strides the University could take to decrease these costs.

Cooney and his team came together in their capstone class with mass communication professor Robert Mann to compile this data for an assignment.

They got the idea after noticing many students were holding two jobs in order to afford their textbooks.

“LSU has fallen behind the curve on alleviating textbook costs,” Cooney said. “We found a number of institutions have implemented successful textbook policies that help students afford textbooks.”

The group gathered enrollment numbers from the General Catalog and gauged new and used textbooks prices from the LSU Barnes & Noble Bookstore’s website. They created a table of more than 40 courses that “serves as a glimpse into textbook prices.”

“We’ve compiled a bunch of different problems we’ve seen with textbooks,” Cooney said. “We show what LSU has done for different textbook resources, and we compare what other schools have done successfully.”

According to their research, if a freshman were to take five classes with the cheapest textbooks, it would still total just short of $500. Now that this information is public, the team is working hard to inform students, hoping to hear their concerns. They also plan to receive feedback from senior colleges, counselors and deans.

While cheaper textbook prices are a unanimous victory for students, these new textbooks will be a harder sell for many professors.

“We think the biggest issue is going to be teachers who have used certain textbooks for 20 years, and they just update to new editions,” Cooney said. “It’s why it’s a matter of pushing these questions to administration and faculty as well. [Our goal] is to get awareness out.”

Cooney understands the concerns teachers would have, but believes it is worthwhile for the students in the long run.

“Making the change will affect teachers and their curriculum,” Cooney said. “But it comes down to pricing, and that affects the students.”

Cooney and his team have found multiple alternatives for buying textbooks. OpenStax is a non-profit initiative from Rice University that offers free, high-quality textbooks to students. It has already been implemented by Ohio State University, Auburn University, University of Georgia and others.

Another option, Cengage, is a subscription service that grants more than 22,000 textbooks. A semester’s worth of textbooks will only cost a student bout $200, a price lower than some single textbooks the University uses now.

Southeastern Louisiana University has taken a completely different route, offering a rental fee of $50 for textbooks for every class.

“These textbooks are of the same quality, but cheaper,” Cooney said.

In order to help further the conversation, they have created a website and are hoping to have an open forum for students, faculty and administration to discuss the University’s issues with textbook prices.

“Having all parties sitting at the table and working out the differences and issues in each group will help [keep the conversation going],” Cooney said.

“As a flagship institution, [the University] should be able to listen to the issues and present their cases.”

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The LSU Barnes & Nobles sits on 2 Union Square on Oct. 30.

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Textbooks sit inside the LSU Barnes & Nobles on Oct. 30.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 SALARIES, from page 3

SKATE LSU, from page 7

der’s salary will increase from $600,000 to $618,000, which remains the University’s highest budgeted salary.

Other administrators receiving noteworthy raises include Vice President for Finance and Administration Dan Layzell and Vice President for Enrollment Management Jose Aviles.

Layzell’s salary increased from $325,000 to $340,000. In just his second year controlling University admissions, Aviles received a raise from $230,000 to $250,000.

Paul M. Herbert Law Center Dean Thomas Galligan earns the highest salary among University deans, at $350,200.

For undergraduate schools, E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Richard White and College of Engineering Dean Judy Wornat lead the way with salaries of $344,535 and $309,000, respectively.

According to the University’s 2018-19 Salary Budget, 19 percent of faculty members collect salaries over $100,000, up 4 percent since 2013. More than 2 percent make over $200,000. Of the 85 faculty members earning over $200,000, 32 percent are athletic department personnel.

LSU Foundation James C. Bolton Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Kevin Smith is the University’s highest-paid instructional faculty member with a salary of $271,179, followed by Ourso Family Distinguished Professor of Information Systems Rudolf Hirschheim, with a salary of $264,863.

Biology Professor Mark Batzer holds the third highest salary of $263,964 followed by Physics and Astronomy Professor Earl Plummer who earns $262,245. The fifth highest paid employee is law professor P. Raymond Lamonica with a salary of $254,167.

The University’s highest paid female instructional faculty member is Boyd Professor of Mathematics Susanne Brenner with a salary of $206,729.

The University’s 2018-19 Salary Budget can be accessed in the Hill Memorial Library.

something—such as jumping off eight stairs—the group will try until they complete the task. “[The students] should definitely come join us with their skateboards,” Jordan said. “I also have an extra skateboard, so someone can hit me up if [they] want to learn.”

Biology freshman Adrian Randle said he is fairly new to skating. When he initially

came to the University, he was unsure if he’d be able to continue skating. “[The group] helped me find some friends, and get really good at skating,” Randle said.

“That’s what I really want—to skate good.”

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page 7 ing and very freeing,” Desobry said. “I imagine skating is today’s calvary.”

Desobry said there are numerous negative connotations associated with skating being mostly intercity kids and or “punk people.”

“I’m very hopeful skateboarding will become an actual activity that people will do to cultivate and get better at,” Desobry said. “It will be seen not as an image but as an activity.”

TICKETS, from page 3 Georgia and Alabama. They expect all students to show up, so they do not sell any extras to non-students.

However, University students can get tickets to these two games if another student transfers his or her ticket online to the other’s ID. As of now, there are no plans to allow ticket transfers to non-LSU students. A Tiger Card is required to complete the transfer.

Student season tickets have been about $84 each for more than 10 years, a beneficial price for both students and the University.

“Football is a premium product here,” Thibodeaux said.

“We’re one of the few schools that does not require a student fee that goes to athletics, so selling football tickets helps with that cost. You’re getting one of the better deals in the country with the price of these tickets.”

While no specific plan has been set, Thibodeaux believes all student tickets could be on phones in the future.

“We would like to explore a mobile option, whether that’s in the next year or the next 10 years,” Thibodeaux said. “That’s a discussion that has to happen internally with other parties across campus. I would personally love to see a mobile option.”

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The LSU skate group prepares to ride down a hill near Patrick F. Taylor Hall on Oct. 26.

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some bragging rights.”

While Fehoko and Tagovailoa may be cordial off the field, there will be no tears shed come Nov. 3 [for Fehoko.]

“When Saturday comes, that’s my enemy and I have got to get after him,” Fehoko said.

That may be easier said than done, as Tagovailoa has quickly become the runaway Heisman favorite after a superb start to his 2018 campaign. In Alabama’s undefeated start, Tagovailoa has thrown for 2,066 yards on 70 percent

It was as if time itself had warped. Minutes felt like hours, and hours felt like days.

My birthday party was at the end of the week, and I was excited about the prospect of becoming a newly minted five-year-old.

At times it seemed as though my four-foot frame was filled with more anticipation and excitement than it could handle, but my patience was eventually rewarded.

The party lived up to the hype.

I received the train set that I had been eyeing in the local Toys “R” Us, and my kindergarten companions and I consumed cake and ice cream to our hearts’ content.

If a better day exists, I haven’t found it yet.

As we grow older, the childlike wonder surrounding birthday parties fades, but our love of parties remains the same. Parties are a great way to unwind at any age, especially when you’re surrounded by good friends. While the philosophy of “the more the merrier” holds true for some gatherings, sometimes the best parties are the ones where close friends are the only ones invited.

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Hawaiian natives Tua Tagovailoa and Breiden Fehoko meet again in LSU-Bama matchup.

BY GLEN WEST @glenwest21 LSU defensive end Breiden Fehoko and Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will meet for the first time on the college stage on Nov. 3, but their relationship goes back many years.

Fehoko and Tagovailoa grew up 11 miles apart on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu and first met when Fehoko was in middle school and Tagovailoa was in grade school.

“I’ve always been a big fan of him, always supported him,” Fehoko said. “We come from a small island,

so you make it out of there and to the big leagues, you can’t help but be proud of him.”

The Fehokos and Tagovailoas are family friends, which Breiden said makes them similar in how they approach life.

The only time they’ve faced each other on the field was Tua’s sophomore year of high school when Fehoko’s team won, but Tagovailoa wasn’t the starter. Tagovailoa would go on to win a state championship when Fehoko was in college.

“I was able to say I got the better of him in high school though,” Fehoko said. “Those are

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LSU analysts provide ‘endless information’ ahead of Alabama matchup

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___ When coach Ed Orgeron realized LSU wasn’t just physically outmatched by Alabama but also in the scouting department, Orgeron pleaded with LSU athletic director Joe Alleva to let him hire more assistants.

Alleva obliged, and Orgeron hired five more analysts this past spring to bring the team’s support staff tally up to 11. Among them were former UL-Lafayette offensive coordinator Jorge Munoz and longtime NFL defensive assistant Kevin Coyle.

“I think that the analysts that we have on our football team, we have so much more prepared this year than all of last year,” said Orgeron during

the week of LSU’s game against Florida. “And [defensive coordinator] Dave Aranda was doing practically all the breakdown work, and now it’s all done on Sunday. Guys are giving more advice, we meet more as a football staff this year than we ever have.

“Guys are in their meeting rooms, offense, defense, special teams. We’re much more organized. I think those things give an effect to a better practice.”

While the analysts aren’t allowed to coach players on the field, they are allowed to help break down film and sit in meetings. Orgeron said at his media luncheon on Oct. 29 that the analysts’ preparation for Alabama began in the summer.

They broke down every game from 2017 and all eight games

this year.

It’s a stark contrast compared to previous years when it appeared Alabama knew exactly what LSU was doing and when the Tigers were doing it.

As it turns out, it wasn’t just appearance. Alabama coach Nick Saban and his staff, which rivals the size of any Fortune 500 company, knew everything about LSU short of the players’ blood types.

Thanks to former Alabama offensive coordinator and current Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin showing Orgeron one of Alabama’s previous scouting reports on LSU the information gap has been reduced between the two teams. The realization of how outmanned

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Tigers look to reach first NCAA Tournament since 2015

BY JACOB BECK @Jacob_Beck25 The LSU Tigers soccer team hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 2015, but that will almost certainly change after the Tigers won their first two games in the Southeastern Conference Tournament against Missouri and No. 12 Tennessee.

The Tigers got an incredible performance from senior utility player Alex Thomas, who scored all three goals against Mizzou on Oct. 28 the third being the most important of them all, as she scored the game-winning penalty kick in double-overtime to send the Tigers to the second round where they faced the second-seed Tennessee.

The Tigers got on the board early against the Volunteers in the second half with a goal from freshman Shannon Cooke, her first of the season, and one of the most important goals of the season.

The score remained 1-0 until nearly the 88th minute when the Volunteers looped a ball over sophomore Lucy Parker, who tried to clear the ball away but missed, and Volunteer senior forward Bunny Shaw

controlled the ball, dribbled into the box and beat senior goalkeeper Caroline Brockmeier to her near post to even the score 1-1.

Two overtimes brought no game-winner, so the game was sent to penalty kicks. The shootout proved to be as dramatic as regular time, with the two teams trading goals in the first two rounds, but junior midfielder Marlena Cutura’s shot was saved in the third round.

The Volunteers went up 3-2, but the Tigers responded with a goal and a save to even it back up 3-3. Both teams scored in round five, and then both saved shots in the sixth, leading to sudden death penalty kicks. Both teams made their shots in the seventh and eighth rounds, but then in the ninth round, Brockmeier came up with a save, giving the Tigers a chance to win with a goal.

Freshman forward Meghan Johnson stepped up to the spot, having only five appearances in the season, but drilled the shot to the top left corner becoming, the unlikeliest of heroes for the Tigers.

The win over Tennessee firmly places LSU in the NCAA Tournament, and another win on Thursday against the winner

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The LSU women’s soccer team huddles up before the Tigers’ 2-0 win over Alabama on Sept. 27, at the LSU soccer complex. of Texas A&M/South Carolina could bring the Tigers into the hosting conversation.

The Tigers RPI currently sits at 33, but after their win over Tennessee, who’s RPI is 8, LSU’s RPI should jump at least three to four spots, vaulting the Tigers into the top 30. The top 32 teams in the nation host

first round games, and it would be hard to leave an LSU team out that would have six top-50 RPI wins if they beat South Carolina/Texas A&M. Needless to say, the Tigers have had an incredible run in the past two months, and after a slow start to the season, it would have been easy to count them

out. Now they control their own destiny as far as the NCAA Tournament is concerned.

The Tigers will play for all of their hosting aspirations on Nov. 1 in the SEC Tournament semi-final against the winner of South Carolina/Texas A&M, with a 6 p.m. start time on the SEC Network.

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page 10 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, from page 8 Since 2014, college football has ended its seasons with an intimate gathering called the College Football Playoff, and only four teams are lucky enough to receive invitations.

Predictably, deciding to limit the attendance of a party that everyone talks about to four teams is going to upset a lot of programs, especially the ones that come close to receiving an invitation.

Many have often fantasized about what a six-team or eightteam playoff would look like, and some extremists have argued in favor of a 16-team playoff. Washington State coach Mike Leach is one such proponent.

“I think the minimum should be 16 teams, but they could easily go more than that,” Leach said in a recent interview. “Everybody from rec league softball on down can figure out how to put together a tournament and yet Division I can’t.”

While Leach’s plea might sound humorously reasonable, there’s a reason rec league softball games aren’t notorious for

ANALYSTS, from page 8 LSU was sprung Orgeron into action, hence the hiring of more analyst in the past year.

Defensively, Orgeron says Aranda has assigned each ana-

having packed bleachers and capacity crowds.

In FBS Division I college football, every game matters. Teams that suffer one loss are on the brink of being eliminated from championship contention, and programs that suffer two losses are usually out of the playoff conversation entirely. Expanding the playoffs would change the calculus of what makes college football so fun to watch.

The more playoff spots there are, the less significant regular season losses become. As an LSU student, I admit that more playoff spots would benefit a Tigers team that will probably finish the 2018 season with at least two losses against top-25 opponents.

However, more playoff spots might also mean that losses like Ohio State’s 29-point defeat at the hands of a 3-3 Purdue team would not matter in the grand scheme of the season.

I’m not sure that is a world college football fans want to create.

The beauty of the current playoff system is that each regular season game is essentially a playoff game, and I believe that’s what gives college football its secret

recipe for success.

Playoff atmospheres in the regular season result in thrilling games, exciting upsets and passionate fan bases that make college football unique from any other athletic association.

Sure, good teams will miss out on a chance to play for a championship, but that’s an expected consequence regardless of how many playoff teams are allowed.

At the end of the year, I truly

believe that most of the teams ranked in the top-10 would be good enough to enter a playoff and win a national championship. However, diluting the significance of losing by expanding the playoffs would make college football as common as rec league softball.

If striving to be common is appealing to you, you’re probably not championship material anyway.

lyst a position group to study and gather as much information as possible on the Tide at those specific spots.

“We know what hurts them,” Orgeron said. “We know what they do well.”

Coyle has been assigned the passing game. The former Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator along with defensive backs coach Corey Raymond and safeties coach Bill Busch, have to stop Heisman-favorite

Tua Tagovailoa and an Alabama offense averaging 54 points per game.

“It’s endless information always coming through,” said sophomore safety Grant Delpit, who is third in the nation

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completion percentage with 25 touchdowns and no interceptions.

The LSU defense currently leads the nation in interceptions at 14 and has one of the best secondaries in the country. The front seven has to be able to apply pressure on Tagovailoa and force rushed throws.

Without junior linebacker Devin White for the first half, that task could be significantly harder, but LSU did discover some depth on the front line that could prove crucial to the Tigers’ success.

Fehoko said he could have played against the Bulldogs on Oct. 20 if needed, but the extra time off has him at full strength ahead of Saturday’s matchup with the Crimson Tide.

In Fehoko’s absence, Tyler Shelvin and Neil Farrell had productive outings which gives LSU some added depth on the defensive line.

“I’m so proud of them and the way they stepped up,” Fehoko said. “Tyler especially, for him to step up this late in the season with guys going down. It’s huge and he played well.” with five interceptions. “Coach Coyle, he’s the first one to get there, last one to leave. Coach Busch and all those guys help really well. Definitely a lot more information.”

The information isn’t filtered out only to the defense.

LSU’s offensive analysts have compiled quite a large scouting report themselves.

Senior running back Nick Brossette said they write up a book for players to look at. He says he picks out key things in relation to players’ tendencies and finishes up his studying in the film room.

The offensive analysts categorize everything the defense does by down and distance, including the tendencies of each player. Brossette described their work as “crazy.”

“They help. They definitely help,” Brossette said. “Having those guys, they break down everything for you. We just have to go out there and execute the game plan.”

LSU’s offense hasn’t executed the game plan to perfection for most games this season nor have they been the most efficient this year, but they have played against three top-15 defenses (Miami-No. 2, Mississippi State-No. 6 and Georgia-No. 14) and averaged 29 points in those three games.

Alabama’s defense is ranked No. 16, but the caveat is the Tigers haven’t scored 20 or more points against the Tide since a 24-21 victory in 2010.

Maybe the added information will help break the scoring trend and LSU’s sevengame losing streak to No. 1 Alabama or maybe the Tide continues to roll and sweeps up the Purple and Gold into a sea of crimson.

But only one thing is for certain — LSU-Alabama is finally here.

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ICE ICE BABY Rita’s Italian Ice brings Baton Rouge a northern treat

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Museum shows new exhibits about Vietnam War, black southern women

BY LYNNE BUNCH @lynnebunch11 In the ‘60s and ‘70s, thousands of Louisianans in uniform entered a world of combat over 9,000 miles away from their home. When the Vietnam War ended, roughly 58,000 Americans were killed, and among those were almost 1,000 of our own. Now, nearly 50 years later, we can remember the fallen through photographs that shows the most intimate parts of the war.

The West Baton Rouge Museum will open on Nov. 3 a new exhibition from the National Archives titled “Picturing Nam: U.S. Military Photography of the Vietnam War.” The exhibit will be open through early January 2019, and will highlight the “collective memory” of the

Vietnam War. The West Baton Rouge Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday at 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. The museum is located at 845 N. Jefferson Ave. in Port Allen.

Military photographers stationed in Vietnam took thousands of photographs to cover every aspect of the conflict — photographs that are now a part of the National Archives. Their assignments sent them everywhere from jungles and swamps to forward bases, hospital ships, rivers and even air bases. The uncensored images give an intimate and ground up view of the war and those who fought it.

“Picturing Nam” is divided into three themes to represent courtesy of WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM

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“Picturing Nam: U.S. Military Photography of the Vietnam War” will open Nov. 3 and close January 2019.

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Voodoo Fest connects music lovers, promotes acceptance

BY KELLY SWIFT @kellbell237

Voodoo Music + Arts Experience can teach us all a lesson on how to accept others and spread love.

I left New Orleans with a different mindset after spending the weekend at Voodoo Festival.

I quickly became desensitized to seeing half-naked people dancing around and, with the the occasional wardrobe mishap, full-on naked people dancing around. People wore outlandish costumes and danced like there was no tomorrow by the end of the festival on Sunday, but it didn’t start out that way.

On the first day of the festival, people were excited but seemed more reserved, and

by Sunday it felt like we were all one big family, which is a different experience from most music festivals. Voodoo was made for people to feel at home and safe with their art and music-loving peers.

When you reach the entrance of the festival, the smell of slowly cooked New Orleans delicacies lure you in. Though the food isn’t necessarily cheap, a lot of people believe it is well worth the money.

Voodoo brings in food trucks from some of New Orleans’ most famous restaurants, such as Blue Oak BBQ, Reginelli’s Pizzeria, Boucherie and The Big Cheezy. The food prices range from about $5 to $20, but a lot of the food options are items you can only get at the festival.

If the food isn’t enough to draw you in, the bands surely will. Voodoo features well known names and musicians that people aren’t listening to but will most likely love. A few of these musicians include The Suffers, a band from Houston, and an up-and-coming DJ known as Kayzo.

The Suffers’ lead singer Kam Franklin sat down with me to discuss her Voodoo experience on Sunday. Franklin and The Suffers pour their blood, sweat and tears into their music to blend a variety of cultures and styles for each song. Franklin said he was thrilled with the gratifying feeling of performing their music in front of such an exuberant and fun crowd.

The Suffers fun R&B style mixes well with Voodoo’s funky atmosphere. The band dressed up as Mario characters for their performance, with Franklin being Princess Peach.

“It was definitely hot up on stage but Voodoo is worth every minute of it,” Franklin said. “Voodoo is one of my favorite festivals because they were one of the first to reach out to us in 2015, so we were happy to come back this year.”

Hayden Capuozzo, better known as Kayzo, sat down with me on Friday to talk about his festival experience.

He DJs all over the world and is getting ready to release his newest single “Wasted

Space” on Hallowknew he would een. love performing The Suffers’ fun R&B “I get a at Voodoo bestyle mixes well with lot of inspirations cause the festivoodoo’s funky vibe. from bands that gives him a The band dressed up as val I grew up listenvenue he can’t ing to when I was Mario characters for their find in many performance...

13 or 14 years other places. old,” Kayzo said.

“It’s like adif“I now get to play ferent world over about 95 percent of my own music here,” Kayzo said, “and the culbut I still incorporate some of ture of New Orleans is so amazthe styles that I loved when ing.”

I was growing up.”

Voodoo has a special way Kayzo performed most of of bringing artists and fans his own music on Friday night together that makes fans feel and looked like he enjoyed the like they are closer to the experience.

He said he artists and vice versa.

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different aspects of the war: landscapes, objects and faces.

The program is designed to bring veterans and their families together with the general public to show appreciation for veterans’ service and sacrifices to protect freedom and the nation’s safety.

“Picturing Nam” is organized by the National Archives and Records Administration, and it is traveled by the National Archives Traveling Exhibits Service (NATES). It is presented in part by the Lawrence F. O’Brien Family, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, AARP and the National Archives Foundation.

If you love history and art, you’ll have a chance to see both topics at the “Picturing Nam” exhibit. However, if you prefer art without the tragedy of war attached to it, the West Baton Rouge Museum has another exhibit for those who love art and culture.

The museum is also currently showing “Malaika Favorite: Washboard City,” which highlights Louisiana folk artist Malaika Favorite and her creative interpretations of history. In her latest series, “Washboard City,” scrubboards are used as a symbol of the hard work, discipline and determination of black women in the south.

The “Washboard City” exhibit is now open and will close in early January 2019. Favorite is a visual artist and writer whose folk art is featured in private, corporate and museum collections across the country.

Favorite is a 1973 master’s of fine arts graduate from the University and received the Michael Crespo Visual Artist Fellowship from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge in 2018.

For more information, call 225-336-2422 ext. 200 or visit www.westbatonrougemuseum. com.

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Finley said she loves to see people taste Rita’s for the first time and see them have a “wow moment” like she did.

She said it’s rewarding to share her experience with so many people.

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Tatyana Davis, said she had dreams of being an ice cream seller since she was 5 years old. She feels at home doing something she has been so passionate about for so many years, she said.

“I’m from Chicago,” Davis said. “I grew up on Italian ice, so I was really familiar with it already so learning how to actually make it was pretty cool.”

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Finley said the most rewarding part of her job is that she gets to share it with her family. Both of her sons as well as other family members are all actively involved in Rita’s.

“I always wanted to do something that I could involve my family, and that has happened,” Finley said. “They’re all involved in some way.”

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BLACKFACE BLUNDER Blackface not excused by nonexistant “white card”

FRANKLY SPEAKING JUSTIN FRANKLIN @justinifranklin NBC decided to axe Megyn Kelly’s morning show in the wake of her ignorant remarks on the practice of blackface.

The blatant expression of racial stimulants and prejudicial practices speak to a wider problem we are seeing in America today − the resurgence of bold racism.

You see, Megyn Kelly is a prime example of a larger problem of white people deciding to play their new idea of a “white card.” In other words, they are trying to justify events, activities and symbols that are overtly racist by means of equating the lack of such events, activities and symbols as oppression to their lives or culture.

There are countless examples of “white card” implementation, but blackface has got to be the most far-reaching one to date.

“But what is racist?” Kelly

asked on her morning show.

“Because you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid that was OK, as long as you were dressing up as, like, a character.”

It is always a wonder to me how the people who invented racism and bigotry do not even know how to define the likes of it.

Blackface dates back to minstrel shows that gained national popularity in the 1830s, and eventually became the symbol of Jim Crow well into the 20th Century. Yet, apparently, between then and 1970, the year Kelly was born, blackface lost its racist origin and became an annual holiday practice.

In an opinion piece published

by NBC, students from Kelly’s high school strongly denounced Kelly’s claim.

“Those comments definitely do not speak to who we are in Bethlehem or at Bethlehem Central High School, from which she graduated in 1988,”

said Students for Peace and Survival at Bethlehem Central High School. “Blackface is not acceptable anywhere in America, and it is not acceptable in our town.

We weren’t alive when Megyn was in high school but, in the recollection of many of our parents who grew up around here, it was not acceptable even in the 1980s town that she knew.”

Another example of a 2018 white card transaction is the use of the N-word. Many white people often play their white card by claiming that since the word is used in popular culture, they have the right to use it. I even had one guy tell me that it was his constitutional right to say the N-word in his favorite Kendrick Lamar song.

The use of the N-word is a racist practice being flipped as “reverse racism” toward white Americans. How dare black people hold whites to a standard of refraining from bigoted language.

Whether it is the confederate monument or the flag debate, whether Black Lives Matter or All Lives Matter, white people

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are quick to play their white card in popular discourse.

Frankly speaking, I am not shocked that a previous Fox News superstar is also a bold racist. As for the use of blackface in modern culture,

I am pleased to inform Ms. Kelly that her “white card” was declined.

Justin Franklin is a 19-year-old political communication sophomore from Memphis, Tennessee.

Voting in midterm elections crucial in political climate I SAID WHAT I SAID

MAYA STEVENSON @colormemaya The U.S. is currently in an extremely fragile place. No matter what side you are on, the hate, death and division surrounding us is cause for concern. If you’re not troubled by our current state, there’s something wrong.

In our present political climate, voting is more important than ever. Unfortunately, our political system is extremely black and white in terms of who will be in authority. It is limited to only two parties, without any room for others to intercede.

Louisiana’s midterm election cycle has several amendments, including an amendment regarding Louisiana’s non-unanimous jury rule, and the office of Secretary of State on the ballot.

I applaud the University and organizations like Geaux Vote for being so proactive in encouraging the student body to vote. No matter how many people were annoyed by the reminders, it was a worthy cause.

Unfortunately, some people still don’t understand what’s at stake, as turnout for midterm elections are dismally low.

Some chose to stand in line for lottery tickets, rather than completing a 10-minute online registration. No matter how much money you might have won, and likely didn’t, the country you belong to is still important.

I understand politics crisis not everyone’s thing. I personally don’t enjoy all of the complexities of it. However, on some level, we should all be involved. Being involved doesn’t mean watching CNN all day, tuning in for every press conference White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gives or even, commenting on social media. Being involved means putting forth an effort in creating the country you’d like to see.

Being involved is especially important when it comes to statewide elections. The amendments on the ballot directly affect us. For example, an amendment to a jury law created during the Jim Crow-era with deeply racist roots is on the 2018 ballot. If voted through, the amendment would require all

felony convictions to receive a unanimous jury decision starting in 2019. Louisiana is one of two states that still allows

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These are the kind of issues that are at stake.

It’s easy to think only presidential elections matter.

But, if the 2016 election taught us anything, it’s that the popular vote doesn’t hold as much weight as so many wished it did. The current president is not in office because of who the citizens of the country voted for on Nov. 8, 2016, but because of who they did or didn’t vote to represent their state before.

This is where midterm elections come in. The electoral college is made up of those who we vote in to represent us. Our representatives are able to decide many things for us, so we must choose wisely.

Refraining from voting is as ignorant as it is irresponsible.

You can’t complain about the condition of our state if you’re too careless to take the actions necessary to change it. It may be easy to ignore our state’s government and make excuses for political inactivity, but the impact of doing so is much harder to ignore.

non-unanimous jury decisions, a practice that began to minimize newly elected black jurors’ impact.

Maya Stevenson is a 19-yearold English and economics sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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SEC’s metal detector mandate unnecessary, poorly timed TO THE MAX

The SEC has turned into an mandate, as the current security protocol at football stadi- authoritarian regime ruling ums efficiently allows the flow over college football with an MAX NEDANOVICH of fans in and out of its gates iron fist. Although it is not the with few problems. Adding University’s fault Tiger Stadi@maxnedan metal detectors will only in- um will have metal detectors, The SEC has mandated that crease the time it takes to enter the timing and implementation all schools use metal detec- the stadium. was decided poorly. tors at all entrances of every Adding to the list of unIt should be up to each indifootball stadium by 2020. The popular mandates, the SEC vidual school to decide whether University will put metal detec- has also suspended junior line- they want to require metal tors at the stubacker Devin detectors at their football stadent section White for the diums or not. This will probentrance for first half of ably be the busiest and most this Saturday’s Standing in line is already the Alabama crowded game of the year, yet game against unpleasant enough, but the game for a the University chooses a huge Alabama. controversial rivalry game to enforce metal SEC’s mandate will turn This is the pen- detectors at the student section football stadiums into airports targeting alty, with no entrances that will no doubt first time the as far as security goes. appeals pro- slow the process of entering the University is cess provid- stadium substantially. putting metal ed. The SEC detectors at the should at least Max Nedanovich is a 21-yearstudent gate, mass communication and now is not the time to start allow for a review of the target- old from Mandeville, experimenting with security ing penalty or allow for a for- junior Louisiana. policies. Why pick the biggest mal appeals process. and most anticipated game of the year to enforce new security measures and slow down the process of entering the stadium?

The new requirements require fans to put their cell $899 or $66 per month phones in bins prior to entering the stadium, similar to the TSA policies at airports.

While safety is a very imBENEFITS TO A MOTORSCOOTER: portant issue, this policy of metal detectors and putting Save money cell phones in bins at every en- 80+ miles per gallon trance is overboard, intrusive and will only delay the amount - $40 parking decal of time it takes to enter the staas opposed to $165 for a car dium.

Standing in line is already Convenient Parking unpleasant enough, but the SEC’s mandate will turn foot- Park right next to class ball stadiums into airports as no more commuter parking lots far as security goes. There is no need for metal detectors and they will only anger fans who will now have to wait in longer lines than previous years. The current security protocol is efficient and does not need to be replaced.

At most games I’ve attended, there were security guards with handheld metal detector wands scanning people randomly, which is much faster than putting phones in bins.

Most people going to the game have cell phones with them, so this mandate will afWhy fect thousands of people wishing to enter the stadium in a walk a mile to timely manner. It gets very hot during day games played class when you in September and October, and forcing people to stand in line can ride? longer might pose health concerns to fans, especially older folks.

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Robust economy gives Americans false sense of security THE MODERATE’S PROPOSAL PATRICK GAGEN @pattygagen Beneath the hood of our humming economy are middle class American households in financial precariousness. Wall Street has recovered since the financial crisis, but Main Street is still struggling to get back on its feet.

When considering the health of our macro-economy, that assertion may seem like a farce, and conservatives may call criticism of the flourishing economy under our “supreme leader” heresy. Although I’d be remiss to not clarify that my contention is what belies a booming economy is a financially ill-prepared American working class.

Statistics support the hypothesis that in the event of an economic downturn, many Americans would be in dire financial straits.

To numb the ire of hardline conservatives, many macro-economic statistics point to a strong economy that any nuanced opinion could not be without. One of the most important measures of the overall health of the economy is GDP growth. Fueled by corporate tax cuts, GDP growth was an astounding 4.2 percent during the second fiscal quarter of 2018.

For reference, the quarterly GDP

growth rate hasn’t been that good since the third quarter of 2014 when it was at 5 percent.

The unemployment rate, unadjusted for structural or underemployment, hit a 49-year low at 3.7 percent in September 2018.

With a labor market as hot as it has been over the past few quarters, American workers have had more choice in where they work.

There’s more opportunity to transition careers without fear of finding a job.

Furthermore, individual taxes have gone down thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Moreover, nonfarm employee wages have been increasing. Since hitting a trough in 2012 at 1.51 percent, nominal wage growth hit nearly a decades long high at 2.92 percent in August. Median household income peaked in 2017 at $61,372, having rebounded substantially since 2010 when it was $49,276.

So, why would I be so pessimistic on economic outlook when macro numbers are so overwhelmingly positive? Is it that I hate to see President Donald Trump succeed?

Of course not, but I wish the president would take a closer look at the financial health of the average American household.

Household debt has skyrocketed to a record high, having eclipsed $133,000 per household and $13.3 trillion total.

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The unemployment rate, unadjusted for structural or underemployment, hit a 49-year low at 3.7 percent in September 2018.

Student loan debt per household has more than doubled in the past decade up $2,900 from October 2007 to October 2017. Total student loan debt has ballooned to an unsustainably high level at over $1.5 trillion total with default rates currently at 10.8 percent.

Experts predict that by 2023, a harrowing nearly 40 percent of borrowers are expected to default on their student loans.

Credit card debt has also risen since 2013. Car loan debt reached $4,520 as of October 2017 from a $2,950 trough in 2010. While households can service debt while the economy is doing well, how well will they be able to pay their mounting bills when the economy experiences a downturn? Only 54 percent of households could cover a $400 emergency bill without selling something or borrowing money. Yikes.

Unfortunately, American house- holds are soon to be put to a test of financial resiliency.

Between the trade war and the Fed raising interest rates, most economists predict that the U.S. financial market will experience a market correction by the end of 2020. Optimistic predictions

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markets have a variety of foreign headwinds facing it, such as China’s slowing economic growth and Italy’s debt crisis.

While tax cuts provided a temporary boost to the overall economy, those effects will eventually wear off amidst unfavorable domestic and foreign market influences. Amidst a decelerating economy, Americans will be in an increasingly precarious financial position.

Interest rates will rise, which will make it harder for American households to service debt levels that are at record highs. The labor market will tighten as companies pull back on employment, possibly leading to layoffs and making it harder to get hired once fired.

Ignorance is bliss. The American public seems almost entranced by macro-economic figures disseminated by agendadriven political actors and pundits, but few see the cliff ahead.

Patrick Gagen is a 21-year-old mass communication and finance senior from Suwanee, Georgia.

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Students’ clothing choices represent freedom of expression SMITT’S TEA JAMES SMITH @itssmitt Style is a means of expression. Therefore, the way we choose to dress is an extension of our freedom of speech.

Should LSU attempt to implement a dress code, they would be impeding on students’ First Amendment rights.

The University is a public institution and the First Amendment prohibits any government body from suppressing free speech.

The “infamous shirtless guy” on campus might have been making a statement about radical personal freedom and not subscribing to societal standards. A young man in one of my classes chooses to wear nail polish. I, oftentimes, wear tie dye and shirts I’ve acquired over my years of festival and concert ventures. We’re expressing ourselves.

Aside from obvious issues of censorship, some students likely can’t afford the professional attire that would likely be required of a university-mandated dress code. Many University students can barely afford the ridicu-

lously overpriced textbooks we have to buy at the beginning of the semester. What makes anyone think that students would be eager to spend hundreds of dollars on business clothing? Many underclassmen might not even enter the professional field when they decide that college isn’t for them. Nothing is wrong with making the personal decision to cease one’s college education.

Of course, as students of a University as prestigious as ours, we should try to hold ourselves to a high standard of how we present ourselves around campus. However, that standard should not be enforced by the University because it could easily be interpreted as an attempt to suppress freedom of expression.

Furthermore, the casual dress we typically see on campus might be a result of students that are already overworked.

They’re already held to a high standard by their professors, their parents and themselves to excel in their coursework. High levels of stress bring a plethora of negative mental, even physical, effects. Why should the University implement a measure that would only add to those stress levels?

Some graduate students are required to dress in business casual attire. This makes sense

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LSU psychology junior Toni Tyson prefers converse for a comfy and vintage look. because those students are obviously pursuing a more esteemed career and will be expected to exhibit the qualities of utmost professionalism.

Many undergraduate students are still unsure of how far they want to take their career of interest. Some undergraduate students might be preparing

for a profession that doesn’t discriminate against casual attire.

A University-sanctioned dress code would intrude upon freedom of expression and the First Amendment rights of students. It would add to the stress levels of already overworked students. Some students might not even be able to afford

nicer, dressier clothing on top of the cost of tuition, fees, housing and books. Lastly, for many students, a dress code won’t help them advance toward their career goals.

James Smith is a 21-year-old mass communications senior from Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

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