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Volume 128 · No. 6

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SPORTS LSUPD introduces two new explosivedetecting dogs, page 3 Competitive esports to be introduced at UREC, page 5

ENTERTAINMENT Lackluster second half starts could mean trouble for the Tigers, page 10

City Slice owner expands to Northgate area, page 18

OPINION “The University’s new admission standards are well intentioned, but...there is no excuse for justifying an initiative that is doomed to backfire on unintended consequences,” page 24

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COVER STORY

The Magnolia Bowl: History of the LSU-Ole Miss rivalry

BY KENNEDI LANDRY @landryyy14 It doesn’t have earthquakes or burning buildings like LSUAuburn, nor the bitter betrayal of LSU-Alabama, or even the thrilling back-and-forth of LSUFlorida, but the LSU-Ole Miss rivalry is a classic for both teams involved.

The rivalry became known as the Magnolia Bowl in 2008, complete with a trophy, when students from both schools voted because the magnolia is the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi.

LSU and Ole Miss first met in 1894, a 26-6 Rebel victory in Baton Rouge, and after some brief hiatuses in the early part of the 20th century, have played each other every year since 1945. LSU leads the series 61-41-4, and on Saturday the two teams will face off for the 107th time when the Rebels travel to Baton Rouge.

LSU coach Ed Orgeron has a special connection to Oxford, Miss. He was the head coach from 2005-07, when he went 10-25 (3-21 SEC). Regardless of his personal life, Orgeron is determined that this rivalry is not centered on him.

“That was a long time ago,” Orgeron said at his weekly press conference. “Thirteen years ago.

It was a great opportunity for me and my family, but we moved on since and I am glad to be at LSU.” “Geaux to hell, Ole Miss” It is tradition for LSU fans to scream “Go to hell Ole Miss, go to hell,” and signs, buttons and everything in between can be found with the phrase during games and tailgates. Ole Miss fans typically respond in the same fashion: “Go to hell, LSU.” But where did the iconic cheers originate?

The legend goes two ways.

One says that prior to the 1959 matchup between the two teams, LSU coach Paul Dietzel hired a plane to litter the campus with flyers saying “Go to hell, LSU” to motivate his team. Not to be outdone, Ole Miss coach Johnny

Vaught did the same thing to motivate the Rebels with flyers saying “Go to hell, Ole Miss.”

Another version of the story claims that Dietzel and Vaught littered each other’s campuses with the respective flyers instead of their own.

Whichever way the story happened, at kickoff in Baton Rouge, Tiger Stadium was packed with LSU and Ole Miss fans alike screaming “Go to hell!” at each other and has continued to be like that ever since.

Notable games 1959 - Billy Cannon’s Halloween Night Run One of the most notable pictures of LSU’s only Heisman Trophy winner is 89-yard punt return late in the fourth quarter to push the No. 1 Tigers to a 7-3 win over No. 3 Ole Miss. The Rebels drove down the field in an attempt to make a comeback on the following drive, but was stopped just short of the goal line by LSU defensive back Warren Rabb.

The Rebels would avenge their loss few months later in the 1960 Sugar Bowl, the only non-regular season meeting between the two teams. Ole Miss shutout LSU 21-0, dominating the entire game and limiting LSU to just 74 yards of total offense.

1960 - LSU held Ole Miss to a 6-6 tie as the Rebels’ only nonwin of their undefeated season on their way to the 1960 national championship.

1972 - “The Night The Clock Stopped” Down 16-10 with four seconds left on the clock, LSU quarterback Bert Jones failed to complete a pass to receiver Jimmy LeDoux. At the time of the incompletion, there was one second remaining on the clock.

Ole Miss fans in Tiger Stadium believed that the thirdranked LSU was credited with a home-clock advantage.

With that one second, Jones hit running back Brad Davis for an 11-yard touchdown pass to win the game 17-16.

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2003 - The 2003 matchup between LSU and Ole Miss set the record for the largest crowd to ever watch an on-campus football game in Mississippi, and for good reason.

Ole Miss entered the game undefeated in SEC play, while LSU had one loss to SEC East rival Florida. The winner of the game would go on to play in the SEC Championship.

The Tigers were up at halftime, but the Jimbo Fisher-led offense stalled. Quarterback Matt Mauck threw his third interception of the game in the third.

Mauck threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to receiver Devery Henderson in the fourth quarter, but LSU would not gain another first down in the game.

Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning fought hard to bring the Rebels back, leading a nine-play, 76-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. Manning drove his team down the field once again the following drive, but the Ole Miss kicker missed the field goal to keep the score 17-14.

Manning had one last chance to win the game in the final two minutes. On fourth down, Manning’s center stepped back into him, causing him to fall, ending the game.

LSU won 17–14, and went on to win both the SEC Championship in Atlanta and the BCS National Championship.

2013 - An unranked Ole Miss upset No. 6 LSU in Oxford for their first win over the Tigers since 2009. This marked the re-emergence into the national discussion for the first time in decades.

The Rebels jumped out to a 17-0 lead by the end of third quarter behind LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s three interceptions.

Then, LSU’s defense opened up and blocked an Andrew Ritter field goal. Mettenberger would redeem himself, tying the game up at 24 as he hit receiver Jarvis Landry in the endzone.

But Ole Miss would not go down. Quarterback Bo Wallace led a drive to the LSU 24-yard line that allowed Ritter to bounce back. He hit a 41-yard field goal with two seconds left on the clock to give the Rebels a 27-24 win.

2014 - No. 3 Ole Miss came into Death Valley undefeated but fell to No. 24 LSU 10-7 and ended their chances to go the first College Football Playoff.

In true LSU fashion, the Tigers failed to capitalize on numerous opportunities in the first half, including missing a 29-yard field goal, fumbling on the goal line and throwing two interceptions. Ole Miss had the opposite issue, scoring it’s only touchdown late in the first quarter.

Down 7-3 in the fourth quarter, LSU ran the ball 12 straight times between running backs Leonard Fournette and Kenny Hilliard. Quarterback Anthony Jennings then hit tight end Logan Stokes for a 3-yard touch-

down to give LSU a 10-7 lead.

Ole Miss had one final chance to win the game, as Wallace converted on third and fourth down.

With nine seconds left, Ole Miss sent out the kicker for a 42-yard field goal, but the ball was moved back five yards due to a delay of game penalty.

Les Miles called a timeout, and Ole Miss decided against a 47-yard field goal, putting their trust in Wallace. He under threw a pass in the end zone that was intercepted by safety Ronald Martin to cement an LSU win.

2015 - A 38-17 LSU loss marked the third loss in the Tigers’ first three-game losing streak since 1999 and would increase the heat under Les Miles’ coaching seat.

Ole Miss’ offense dominated, led by quarterback Chad Kelly who threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns.

Miles would be fired after the fourth game of the following season.

2016 - After missing two games with an ankle injury, Fournette returned to break the record for rushing yards in a single game in a 38-21 win over Ole Miss.

Fournette had 16 carries for 284 yards and three touchdowns, but it only took him eight carries to hit the magic 253 needed to break the record.

Saturday’s matchup The Rebels will return to Baton Rouge on Sept. 29 to take on No. 5 LSU. LSU leads all time in Baton Rouge 40-24-1.

LSU will have to step up on defense following a poor second-half performance against Louisiana Tech.

Ole Miss has averaged 42 points per game and 523 yards per game.

“This is going to test us,” Orgeron said. “[Quarterback Jordan Ta’amu] is a better drop-back passer than we’ve seen, and these guys are first round draft picks.

So, we’re going to be tested, we’re going to have to mix things up, but it all starts with the pressure up front. We have to get pressure up front.”

Ole Miss has one of the most explosive offenses with the combined power of quarterback Jordan Ta’amu and receivers A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf and DaMarkus Lodge, who are called the “Nasty Wideouts.” Orgeron pointed out Brown and Metcalf are likely to be first round draft picks.

Brown leads the Ole Miss receivers with 26 catches for 381 yards and three touchdowns.

Metcalf totals 18 catches for 368 yards and four touchdowns.

“If you put one guy on [A.J. Brown] then you have trouble with the other guy in D.K. Metcalf, who is just as good,” Orgeron said. “It is hard to double one guy because then you open up a can of worms with the other one. I think last year, we did a great job of covering these guys.”

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG resolution request all SI’s held after 4 p.m.

BY SHERIDAN WALL @ slwall7

LSUPD welcomes ‘ Va p o r Wa k e ’ K - 9 s

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One of the new members of the LSU K-9 team sits for a photo outside the LSU Parking and Transportation building on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

Just in case students needed more comfort in their safety on campus, LSUPD has introduced its two newest K-9s — Jazz and Weeks.

Jazz and Weeks are Labradors known as “Vapor Wake” dogs. Vapor Wake dogs detect explosives and other substances through the atmosphere, even as the target is moving.

The idea of having Vapor Wake K-9s came from the University of Auburn, according to LSUPD Chief of Police Bart Thompson.

“They brought their dogs down during the 2018 Spring Game, and did a demonstration for us,” Thompson said. “Once we realized it could get funded, we went ahead and moved forward.”

The dogs’ first years were spent in a prison in Alabama, being maintained by the inmates.

Being in the prison allowed the dogs to be comfortable walking

around large crowds with loud noises. The inmates also had the opportunity of naming the newest K-9s. Weeks was named after one of the inmates who passed away in prison while the dogs were there.

Thompson said the officers were required to go through a seven-week training program to prepare the dogs for duty.

“During game day, they’ll be around our fans, around [Victory Hill] and in line with the fans waiting to go through the metal detectors,” Thompson said.

“During school days, they’ll be in the [LSU Student] union, classroom buildings [and] the Quad.”

Thompson said Jazz and Weeks love to be petted even though they are constantly working. Vapor Wake dogs sniff the air, so it doesn’t seem like they are searching for explosives, but they are.

“Obviously everything gives off a scent,” Thompson

said. “‘Dope’ dogs scent illegal narcotics, whereas these dogs smell explosives.”

LSUPD currently has four dogs in their K-9 unit — which are all bomb explosive detecting dogs — and they don’t plan on getting more any time soon.

The other two dogs in the K-9 unit are static position dogs.

“We use them to search the locker rooms on game day,” Thompson said. “If you have a suspicious item in the courtyard, that’s what those dogs [would be] called for.”

The entire K-9 unit, which includes training and the K-9 vehicles, is funded by the Claude Pennington Tiger Athletic Foundation and the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation.

Thompson said having two more dogs added to LSUPD is “just another thing LSU and the police department are doing to keep the students, fans, faculty and staff safe.”

University students may not have to choose between class and supplemental instruction sessions thanks to a resolution requesting all SI sessions to start after 4 p.m. on weekdays.

Student senator Timothy Craig authored the resolution after some of his constituents in the College of Engineering approached him about an SI session being held at 2 p.m., a time when most of them were in class, Craig said.

“The issue was resolved on its own, but I thought, in the future, let’s try and do something to help make SI sessions more accessible to students,” Craig said.

The College of Engineering, especially, has curriculum built around SI sessions, and most of these sessions already occur after 4 p.m., Craig said. Even then, Craig said he wanted to guarantee students had access to SI sessions without class conflicts.

“The goal is more access,” Craig said.

After the students approached him, Craig contacted Matthew Mattox, the associate director at the Center for Academic Success, who helped him draft the resolution. Craig and Mattox decided on 4 p.m. as the time when

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ENVIRONMENT

Our nighttime sky(glow): the University’s light pollution problem

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 When French explorers moved up the Mississippi River in 1699 and discovered the famous red pole that gave Baton Rouge its name, stars and other astronomical features illuminated the night sky. Today, University students and locals do not share that same luxury.

Improper lighting, petrochemical plants, commercial development and rapid population growth all contribute to the inability to see the stars in Baton Rouge. This light pollution phenomenon poses problems to

casual University stargazers and astronomical researchers alike.

According to Highland Road Park Observatory Manager Christopher Kersey, street lamps are the main source of light pollution. Many Baton Rouge street lamps have see-through tops which allows light to escape upwards.

“No street lamp should ever have a see-through top,” Kersey said. “That is insane. Automatically, 30 to 40 percent of light is going up even though the street is below.”

Kersey said there are three types of light pollution: glare, light trespass and sky glow. Sky

glow is the most prevalent type of light pollution in Baton Rouge.

Sky glow occurs when unfiltered light from an urban area goes up into the nighttime sky, creating a dome-like cover of light.

In addition to the street lamps, awareness advocates like Kersey point to Tiger Stadium as a major source of light pollution.

The stadium’s lights and LEDlit scoreboard burn bright every night. The lights remain on to prevent moisture accumulation that could potentially damage the entire lighting system.

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LSU Tiger Stadium shines bright on Jan. 22, on LSU campus.

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STUDENT LIFE

LSU theatre program ranked second among public universities

BY SHERIDAN WALL @slwall7 The LSU school of Theatre was ranked second among all the nation’s public universities and 11th out of the top 25 programs in the nation by OnStage blog, according to a University press release.

“The OnStage blog ranking is recognition of the exceptional quality and dedication of our faculty, staff and students,” said Kristin Sosnowsky, chair and associate dean of the LSU School of Theatre in the press release.

OnStage released the ranking on Sept. 6 and features other schools like Fordham University, which ranked first, and the University of South Carolina, which ranked 17th, according to the article, “The Top 25 B.A. Theatre Programs for 2018-19.”

OnStage ranked the schools based on facilities, cost, scholarship opportunities, faculty, admissions, auditions, selectivity, curriculum, postgraduate careers, alumni support and performance opportunities, according to the press release.

The University’s School of Theatre stands out for two reasons: its professional theatre, Swine Palace, and its physical theatre concentration, Sos-

nowsky said. Swine Palace is a non-profit, professional theatre company associated with the University’s School of Theatre.

“Today, the School remains one of a handful of programs in the country with an affiliate Equity theatre, providing our students the opportunity to work alongside leading professionals and giving our patrons access to some of the brightest talent in the country,” the press release said.

Theatre senior Jeremiah Turner said he thinks the physical theatre program especially distinguishes the School of Theatre.

Students can take physical theatre classes, like improvisation, aerial skills and dance and stage movement without concentrating in it specifically. Turner said he took an aerial silks class his sophomore year and continued to take it for three more semesters after.

Sosnowsky said the School of Theatre does not require auditions for admission into the undergraduate program in order to “stay true to the B.A. mission.”

Admission rates to the University’s theatre program have risen steadily over the past six or seven years. This year, admissions, similar to the University as a whole, increased about 30 per-

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LSU Theatre Lab holds a live dress rehearsal for “Woyzeck” on April 9 in the Music and Dramatic Arts building. cent, Sosnowsky said. The majority of students are Louisiana natives. However, the program has also received some attention from students from Texas and other states.

The School of Theatre also brings in guest artists to work with students, typically for about four to six weeks, so students spend almost as much time with them as they do with other faculty, Sosnowsky said.

“That combination of people they’re working with across the board, from other students to faculty and guest artists, along with the types of multiple opportunities we offer to students, makes our program really distinctive,” Sosnowsky said.

Sosnowsky said support from the administration has helped ensure the quality of the program and the performances its students are involved in, especially the performing arts fee on the student fee bill.

“I think the upper administration really appreciates the arts on campus, and they see us as a vital part of the University community,” Sosnowsky said. “I think our programs are well supported here at LSU.” The University’s theatre program allows undergraduate students to explore concentrations in arts administration, design and technology, film, performance, physical theatre and theatre studies.

“Most of our students actually have their hand in all different areas,” Sosnowsky said.

“They perform, they design [and] they do technology. Recently, since we’ve started a film initiative, they cross over into film.”

Turner said he entered the program with a concentration in performance but became interested in sound design while completing his theatre tech class requirement. After his first sound design class, Turner changed his concentration to include both performance and design. “[The School of Theatre]

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LSU Theatre Lab holds a live dress rehearsal for “Woyzeck” on April 9 in the Music and Dramatic Arts building. helps you develop passions that you didn’t know you had,” Turner said. “I developed a deep appreciation for sound design and design as a whole as an aspect of theatre.”

Now, Turner said he’s designing for a main stage production of The Diary of Anne Frank, a unique opportunity since most main stage productions rely on faculty and graduate students. Turner debuted as a sound designer last semester during the production of Woyzeck.

Sosnowsky said the variety of experiences offered by the School of Theatre elevates the quality of the program, allowing students to build their portfolios while creating a tight-knit community.

“The reason all of these different parts work so beautifully is because we are a community,” said Richard Holden, associate professor of acting and directing, in the press release.

“We are a group of artists working with a common goal.”

The School of Theatre also offers master’s and Ph.D. programs.

“I think that community of multiple levels of artists drives [undergraduates] to be better,”

Sosnowsky said. “They have examples that aren’t just faculty related, but they see what can be.”

Post-graduation, Sosnowsky said several students stay in the area to work in the school system, while others move on to the school’s postgraduate programs.

Several students also pursue careers in acting, film, design, directing and technology, moving to places like Chicago, where the University has well-connected alumni.

“There’s a lot of people doing a lot of different things, which I think is a testament to the diverse education,” Sosnowsky said.

“They can go out and try their hand in a lot of different things or stay here and make an impact on the community, which we also appreciate.”

As for Turner, he hopes to pursue a career in stand-up comedy after his involvement in improv classes piqued his interest in the area, he said. He now works with a Baton Rouge-based company, No Show Comedy. He also aspires to work in sound design in addition to stand-up comedy, hopefully merging the two.

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MIKE THE TIGER

Thousands sign petition to end Mike the Tiger tradition

BY MATTHEW BENNETT @mcbennett4 A multi-million dollar, 15,000 square-foot snapshot of a jungle sits between the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and Tiger Stadium. Inside, a Siberian-Bengal tiger, Mike VII, is often visited by children, students and visitors who have never witnessed such a wild, massive creature, much less one just a few feet away.

However, this reality is subject to change at the University.

A petition to make Mike VII the last live mascot at LSU has been signed by almost 90,000 people on Care2, an online petition platform with over 40 million members worldwide. Senior Director of Engagement Rebecca Gerber challenges students to join the effort in ending the live mascot tradition.

“I want to challenge students to think about it like we used to think of SeaWorld,” Gerber said.

“Does that tiger belong there at all? Although it is a cool experience for people and for kids to get to see the tiger, it is not a great experience for the tiger. Even when we give them a good life, that’s not what they’re here on earth to do.

They’re not here to amuse us.”

Mike VII is one of only two

live tiger mascots in the U.S., the other being Tom III at the University of Memphis. The first tiger was brought to the University in 1936 and was named after an athletic trainer, Mike Chambers.

There have been seven tigers on campus since, and when Mike VI died in 2016 from a rare form of cancer, there was much controversy as to whether there would be a Mike VII. Gerber said Care2, along with other organizations, started petitions to propose that Mike VI be the last tiger at the University.

Although a seventh Mike did arrive on campus last year, LSU President F. King Alexander and the administration did listen to feedback, spending nearly $1 million on enhancements to Mike’s habitat and officially ending the practice of bringing him into Tiger Stadium.

Despite these improvements, Gerber said that keeping a live tiger on campus is unnatural and needs to come to an end. She has gained support from thousands.

“We heard from some students that are a little uncomfortable about the fact that LSU is one of the last colleges that still ha a live mascot, and we really wanted to challenge other students to think about it,”

Gerber said. “Does LSU want their legacy to be one of the last college campuses that has a live mascot? Speak up.”

The University has not responded to Care2’s petitions to end the longstanding tradition, and Gerber’s hopes to talk to Alexander about the issue are fading. Gerber said she thinks the only way for this to be the final Mike is for students, faculty and alumni to start making noise about it. Many students still support the tradition of the live mascot, and visit Mike VII daily.

“He lives a life of luxury,” said civil engineering sophomore Katie Mathews. “He’s not suffering in any way. He obviously has fun here too, and we have fun with him. He has a whole team of veterinarians, and it’s not like he’s out here 24/7. He goes inside too. I think the live mascot is LSU’s thing.”

Marketing freshman Casey Godbery said the live tiger gives her an experience that she cannot get anywhere else.

“I see him every morning,” Godbery said. “Every time I walk by, I always come see him. He’s always doing different stuff and playing around. I want him to stay. I think that they take care of him, and people are always in [the

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Mike the Tiger enjoys the cold weather on Jan. 14 in his habitat on LSU campus. habitat] cleaning for him.”

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine has been caring for the live mascots since 1976, during Mike IV’s Mike reign. Mike VII is currently 2 years old, and was donated to the University from a sanctuary in Okeechobee, Florida.

Gerber said she understands the students’ connection to the tiger, but wants people to understand the nature of

orphan.

“I get the argument that a tiger is beautiful, how great it is for him to be at this school that you’re proud of and to see a tiger on campus,” Gerber said. “What we want to ask them to do is to think about how we used to talk about SeaWorld when we would make those same exact arguments — how great it is to see an orca up close, when you really can’t just see an orca in the wild.”

STUDENT LIFE

New intramural sports at UREC extend beyond typical athletes

BY TAYLOR BOURGEOIS @tbourge_ From soccer games in the digital world to drawing a bow like you’re Katniss Everdeen, the LSU UREC offers an intramural sport for everyone’s taste.

The UREC is hoping to reach a wider demographic of students this year as they introduce two new intramural sports this year, along with pushing two sports that started small last year.

“What we’re trying to do [is] cater to a population that may not typically play traditional sports,” said Kelsey Jones, the Intramural Sports Coordinator for the UREC. Introduced in 2017, archery tag features six-on-six action in the typical “get hit and you’re out” principle found in dodgeball.

Teams can hide behind numerous obstacles on the field to take cover from incoming fire. “[It’s] very safe,” Jones said.

“Everyone is wearing helmets that cover the entire face and the end of the arrows are like a marshmallow.”

Another sport introduced last year is key log rolling. A log-shaped flotation device is placed in the water with fins attached to the ends that dictates the speed the log rolls at, while two opponents stand on the log facing opposite directions. Whoever is on the log must maintain their balance. Each player gets a turn standing on the log, and whoever keeps their balance the longest wins.

The most popular new intramural sport this semester is esports.

“Esports is something that’s blown up big time across campus recreation,” Jones said. “We’re staying away from the Fortnitelike games, and we’re really focusing on the sports games.”

The UREC will kick off their esports initiative with a tournament of EA Sports FIFA on Oct. 11. If the turnout is successful, they also plan to host a Madden NFL tournament towards the end of the semester.

Lastly, thanks to the enormous rock-climbing wall installed last year, the UREC is offering bouldering. Considered a league sport, bouldering features an intense five-week competition where teams of four to six players compete for the highest point total. Teams will spend two hours a week climbing, accumulating points based on the difficulty of the climb. At the end, there is one giant competition to see who goes home a champion.

Joining an intramural team, whether one of the new sports or not, can be very beneficial in your college experience.

“The camaraderie of a team, the healthy competition and getting out from studying to use your brain actively are all reasons to participate,” Jones said.

“You guys are here to be students first and we’re always encouraging that, but it’s an opportunity to get away from the books for an hour.”

For students who may not be able to assemble their own team, the UREC offers the abil-

ity to sign up as a free agent and be placed on a team. The UREC wants to make sure everyone who

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ACADEMICS

University unlikely to reintroduce remedial classes

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 With the University’s holistic admissions policy, which trelaxes previous admissions standards, there is a growing potential for the remedial classes to return to the campus that worked so hard to eliminate them.

After decades of offering remedial courses, the University ended its remediation program in 2001. Remedial classes were taken over by Baton Rouge Community College in an agreement signed between the two schools in April 2001. The University’s previous remedial courses offered no-credit mathematics and English classes for students not prepared for the college courses.

Six weeks into the school year with the largest freshman class settled into campus, the debate over their admissions process still rages. The fall 2018 freshmen faced the University’s “holistic admissions” policy which deemphasized standard testing and GPA requirements, opting to focus more on recommendation letters, personal essays and extracurricular activities.

Opponents of the holistic admissions policy, like Louisiana Board of Regents member Richard Lipsey, argue that re-

laxing the University’s admissions requirements will lower standards and eventually lead to the return of remedial courses on campus.

“At LSU, we don’t want to go back to the days of having to teach remediation,” Lipsey said in an interview with The Daily Reveille. “We have a good K-12 system, but it’s not perfect. Kids are coming to college, and they can’t pass high school math or English, then we have a problem.”

The University relaxed its previous admission requirements of a 22 on the ACT and a 3.0 GPA. The holistic admissions policy yielded the largest freshman class in the University’s history with over 5,800 students, a dramatic increase since last year when freshman enrollment fell below 5,000 students for the first time since 2009.

Members of the University’s English and mathematics departments are skeptical that remedial classes will return as a result of the holistic admissions policy.

“There has been a lot of data that argues against those types of classes, and I don’t see them returning,” said Director of the University Writing Program Jimmy Butts.

The record-breaking freshman class filled up current

lower-level English and mathematics courses. Enrollment in Math 1021, 1022 and 1023 is up about 11 percent since last year, according to Department of Mathematics Chair Oliver Dasbach. Dasbach estimated that an additional 290 students are taking mathematics courses this fall, despite the University having less than 200 designated math majors. Dasbach stressed that enrollment levels returned to 2016 levels and that his department was prepared for the larger enrollment.

This fall alone, the University offered over a hundred English 1001 sections, capped at 20 students per section. Roughly 40 percent of incoming freshmen are exempt from taking English 1001 due to ACT scores, dual-enrollment or AP credits, according to Butts. Butts said he does not see the larger freshman class as added pressure on the faculty.

“I have not thought about it as pressure, but we have talked about it as a faculty,” Butts said. “We try to think about being supportive and helpful for the incoming class. We want to be more aware and help our students develop as writers.”

Some colleges, such as the Manship School of Mass Communication, have undertaken additional steps to assist the large

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Classrooms in Allen Hall are empty on March 1. freshman class this semester.

In the Manship School, students with composite ACT scores of 23 and below account for about 40 percent of the incoming freshman population. The number is an increase from 32 percent in 2017, according to Manship School Dean Martin Johnson.

This fall, Manship hired their first SI instructor for Mass Communication 2010, Media Writing. The school planned to hire supplemental instructors long

before the arrival of the Class of 2022 and hopes to expand tutoring opportunities within the residential colleges, Johnson said.

“I want to see us help people achieve the highest level of excellence they can possibly achieve,” Johnson said. “I’m interested in making B students into A students and C students into B students. I want to see a rising tide carrying everybody up in terms of the excellence they can achieve.”

FACULTY

LSU Libraries to increase staff diversity after three year decline

BY RACHEL MIPRO @remroc15 A quiet cultural shift is struggling to take place in the LSU Libraries. After a three- year decline in diversity among Troy H. Middleton Library employees, and a lack in diversity overall, the library wants to change.

The Middleton Library staff has been declining in diversity and employees since 2015.

Though the library actually implemented a diversity committee around three years ago and has been an active member of the Association of College & Research Libraries Diversity Alliance for two years, numbers still have not improved.

This year the library wants more concrete results. Director of Library Communications and Publications, Sigrid Kelsey, said this year’s freshman class being the most diverse was one inspiration for this.

“We want to really try to reverse that trend and increase diversity in both our staff and faculty to match the student population,” Kelsey said. “We have the most diverse [freshman] class. We need to do the same with our employees.”

The library is in the process of hiring a resident with

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Troy H. Middleton Library operates during regular business hours on Aug. 16, 2017. the help of the Association of College & Research Libraries Diversity Alliance, hoping hire someone this year. A subcommittee of the library’s diversity committee has also been reviewing book collections, trying to increase representation and different viewpoints.

“Librarianship in general is not a diverse profession,” Kelsey said. “Eighty percent of librarians are white, so that makes it a little more difficult. That’s where initiatives like this come in.”

The committee has also created a reflection space for stu-

dents. Staff members have gone through diversity training and learned how to recruit more a diverse staff. Many of the library’s faculty have completed safe-space training, and have rainbow stickers on their doors as a sign that they’re available to talk. Kelsey said this focus

on inclusion came from a wider dialogue on the issues at hand.

The LSU Libraries’ diversity and inclusion page addresses past shortcomings and acknowledges that libraries have historically failed to be diverse. When asked about the LSU Libraries’ history and possible failures, Kelsey said there wasn’t anything specific they were addressing.

“I think that just speaks to historical oppression and just the history of segregation and tradition that may have disenfranchised certain underrepresented groups that we’re trying to correct now,” Kelsey said.

The LSU Libraries’ plan to its change focus on three points: hiring more diverse staff members using resources from the Association of College & Research Libraries Diversity Alliance, adding more representation to collections and resourcesandcreatingawelcoming environment for all students.

“I think it’s a problem that we’re not very diverse, but it’s one that I think everyone is committed to changing and working on,” Kelsey said. “I wouldn’t look at it so much that we’re failing, but we’re still trying to do better.”

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 SI SESSIONS, from page 3 out of class. The time restriction only affects SI sessions held on weekdays and not on weekends, Craig said.

Thermodynamics supplemental instructor Ryan Weber said he doesn’t think the resolution is necessary. He said he hasn’t had a time conflict with a session and a class, as he was required to hold all of his sessions after 4 p.m. unless the session was on a Sunday.

“I think it already happens,” Weber said. “They can pass it if they want, but I don’t think anything’s going to change.”

However, as a student, Weber said he’s had SI sessions conflict

LIGHT POLLUTION, from page 3 cities like Baton Rouge.

Light pollution also restricts the University’s astronomical research. “[Light pollution] would certainly affect astronomical research in Baton Rouge but we don’t try to do much here,” said University astronomy professor Geoffrey Clayton. “The Highland Road Park Observatory could be used for research if it were in a better location. That is why professional observatories are usually located on mountains far away from cities.”

Other types of pollution often outshine light pollution in the arena of public discourse, but

with each other. Holding most SI sessions after 4 p.m. on weekdays leaves a narrow time slot. For SI-heavy majors like engineering, multiple SIs might be held at the same time on the same day, Weber said.

Despite this potential conflict, Weber said all supplemental instructors have office hours, so if students have multiple sessions at the same time, they can always visit their instructor during office hours to receive for instruction.

Aside from class time conflicts, Weber said classroom space is also limited before 4 p.m.

Together, Craig and Mattox came up with a list of three in Baton Rouge, groups like the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society aim to raise awareness and push for policies addressing the issue. These efforts include pushing for the replacement of see-through top streetlamps and advocating for more-efficient, lower wattage light bulbs to be used throughout the city.

“We have pretty lights at night, they’re called stars,” Kersey said.

“Baton Rouge’s taxpayers don’t have to pay for those. They come bright and with many different colors. I just don’t believe that people should have to use their vacation time and their gas money to see the Milky Way. A view of the Milky Way is a birthright.”

exceptions that would allow SI sessions to be held before 4 p.m. on school days: a majority class vote to hold the session at an alternate time, lack of space available at that time and pre-specified SI office hours, according to the resolution.

“For example, if there’s an upper level course where the students are all seniors, they might finish class at 11 a.m. and why would you want to have an SI session at 4 p.m.?” Craig said.

“They want to get off campus, so we added that the class can ask to move the session.”

While the resolution was on the floor last week, a representative from the Center for Academic Success spoke about the

page 9 measures they taking to ensure students’ continued access to SI sessions, which Craig said he considers a positive response to his legislation.

“They’re working on making the start times as late as they could, so I think that’s already a good response,” Craig said.

The resolution passed the committee and senate unanimously. Now, the resolution needs signatures from Speaker of the Student Senate Christina Black and SG President Stewart Lockett. Craig said he expects to hear back from them in about a week.

“The goal of SI is to help students be as successful as they can,” Craig said.

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LSU Football aims to carry over first-half performance into the second half leading up to face-off against Ole Miss

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___ LSU has started out on fire in each of its first four games. The offense is averaging almost 10 points in the first quarter this season, and the defense has allowed a total of three points

in the first quarter all season.

The defense’s strong first quarter is no surprise considering the Tigers have only allowed a first quarter touchdown in six games and have shut opponents out in the opening quarter 16 times in the 29 games Dave Aranda has been LSU’s defen-

sive coordinator. If you’re not good at math, those numbers translate to LSU holding the opposition scoreless in the first quarter 55 percent of the time since the start of 2016.

Coach Ed Orgeron has preached constantly about fast starts, and it is starting to show

in the opening third of the 2018 season. LSU raced out to leads in all four games and has only trailed in the first half of games for 91 seconds of game time, which came on the road against Auburn.

Overall, LSU has outscored Miami, Southeastern, Auburn

and Louisiana Tech in the first half 85-24 and outgained them by an average of 84 yards.

Junior quarterback Joe Burrow has looked his best in the first half of games as well. He’s completed 52 percent of his

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OPINION

Ed Orgeron’s success could help him defy Cajun stereotypes CAL’D UP CHRIS CALDARERA

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It’s another sweltering day on the bayou as a lone pirogue navigates through the lazy waters of a meandering bayou.

A stout Cajun man sits aboard the vessel with his eyes fixated on the surface of the algal waters beneath the mossy cypress trees.

The swamp is teeming with crawfish, and our Cajun friend is looking for the perfect spot to lay his homemade trap and turn those mudbugs into next week’s etouffee.

After a few hours on the water, the Cajun fisherman has worked up quite an appetite and decides to take a lunch break. He opens his Thermos and pours two piping hot bowls of gumbo. One for himself and one for his pet alligator accompanying him on his excursion. To complete the meal,

the fisherman whips out his trusty bottle of Tabasco sauce from a holster on his belt, and all is right with the world.

True Louisianans would say that the scene I described is a ridiculous oversimplification of the way of life in the Pelican state.

Maybe many people not native to Louisiana would also say that the pet alligator bit is beyond belief.

However, there are times when I feel as if non-Louisiana natives, including members of the national media, truly believe some of the

popular stereotypes about life in the boot.

Out struts Ed Orgeron, whose Cajun accent and energetic demeanor help many check the boxes of validation to their ill-conceived notions of Louisiana.

Orgeron was born and raised near Bayou Lafourche and was raised by parents who went by the nicknames of Be Be and Co Co. To some outside of the state, Orgeron is the epitome of Louisiana.

Unfortunately, that means some people will think Orgeron

lacks intelligence. After all, Cajuns aren’t typically lauded for their skills in advanced calculus.

For the record, I do not believe that the media attempt to paint Orgeron as a Cajun bumpkin. I think they are genuinely enamored with Orgeron’s gravelly voice and affinity to end every interview with a “Geaux Tigers.”

Fans of other teams in the Southeastern Conference are a different story. There is no doubt

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VOLLEYBALL

Four LSU volleyball players set career highs in SMU tournament

BY MATTISON ALLEN @mattisonlsu It was a big weekend for the Tigers in Dallas.

From Sept. 14-15 LSU traveled to compete in the SMU Doubletree Classic.

LSU won against Abilene Christian and SMU. The team had high expectations that weekend, however those were far exceeded.

During this tournament, LSU had four players to break personal career high records. Sophomore Taylor Bannister had a career high 36 kills against SMU. Junior setter Lindsay Flory made her new career high of 42 assist against Abilene Christian, but then created a new high of 62 assist and 20 digs against SMU. Raigen Cianciulli broke her record coming up with 35 digs. Toni Rodriguez also finished the match with her career high of seven blocks.

The players are quick to give partial credit to their fellow teammates for helping them along the way. Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Bannister said Flory is a big reason for her success and vice versa.

“I think what really helped is when I first got into a flow at the beginning of the set, and then as the game went on there would be at some points. Yes, I would get blocked, but I wouldn’t let it stop me,” Bannister said.

“I just would keep up with the pace and everything and tell Lindsay if the set was off.

I’d tell her what I would prefer.

At some points I did get blocked and it was my fault because my arms were not high enough so I think just constantly communicating with Lindsay is what really helped.”

For some, the records weren’t even in mind during the tournament. Lindsay mentions how she didn’t even know the had broken her personal record until after the game.

“I just put the ball up there for them — they took care of everything. I honestly did nothing more special. They’re all great hitters, and they really just ended plays and played great, can’t take much credit for that.”

LSU coach Fran Flory said how the records are not exactly a shock to her, but she expects it from these talented players. Especially for the girls playing new spots.

“I think that in the positions they are in, they’re playing, they’re going to continue doing that all year. We need then to continue doing that,” coach Flory explains. “We have some players in positions they haven’t played before so their career highs previously haven’t been super high, certainly Taylor is an exception.

The team doesn’t look at these accomplishment as individual goals, but as a team standard. Coach Flory sees greater things in the team’s future and continues to raise the bar as far as their goals go.

As the Tigers prepare for their in conference games, their personal and team goals will help push them even further toward success in the rest of their season. As LSU struggles through the season, leaders like Bannister and Flory will carry the team.

“I think that in the situations that they’re in, i think they have the opportunities to do that and they’re never individual goals, but if they reach those individual goals then our team succeeds, and that’s what happened last weekend.”

LSU opened SEC play with a 2-3 loss to Georgia on Sept. 21.

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LSU sophomore outside hitter and right side hitter Taylor Bannister (7) celebrates a play during the Lady Tigers’ 1-3 loss in the PMAC against Duke on Aug. 31.

MEN’S GOLF

Golf finishes third at Maui Jim

BY JACOB BECK @Jacob_Beck25 The LSU men’s golf team proved they deserve their No. 9 ranking in the nation with a solid performance at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate.

In a 14-team field littered with top 25 teams, including No. 6 Auburn, No. 7 Georgia Tech, No. 13 Clemson and No. 19 Arizona State, the Tigers finished third overall with a three-round score of -23, five shots off winner Georgia Tech.

Senior Luis Gagne played in his first tournament this season following his stint with the Costa Rican national team, and he did not disappoint. Gagne fired a first round 8-under 62 to tie the

school record set by now PGA Tour player Sam Burns. Gagne followed up his first round with two rounds of even par 70 to finish in 6th place with a score of 8-under par on the individual leaderboard.

Senior Nathan Jeansonne had a stellar first round as well, shooting 5-under 65, the second lowest round of his career, followed up by an even par 70 and 1-over 71 to finish in 20th place overall with a score of 4-under par.

Junior Philip Barbaree had a good showing, with two straight rounds of 3-under 67 and a final round of 1-under 69 to finish in 12th place overall with a score of 7-under par.

Barbaree had two eagles in

the tournament, one coming from a 100-yard second shot that he holed on the par 4 third hole.

The Tigers will have two more tournaments in 2018, the David Toms Intercollegiate at University Club Golf Course in Baton Rouge and the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Florida.

The Tigers traditionally dominate the David Toms, having won four straight team titles and seven titles in their last nine appearances. They finished in a tie for seventh in 2017 at the Tavistock Collegiate and will hope to have a better performance this year to finish out the 2018 fall portion of their schedule.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 NUMBERS, from page 10 passes for 496 yards and two touchdowns. In the second half those numbers fall to 235 yards and one touchdown while completing 44 percent of his passes.

“I feel like [for] the last couple of weeks we took our foot off the gas,” Burrow said after the 38-21 win over Louisiana Tech.

“I think we got a little complacent there in the second and third quarters. Started strong, finished strong, but we need to fix that there in the middle.”

The defense hasn’t been fantastic in the second half outside of a strong performance

against Auburn after they had extended their lead to 21-10 halfway through the third quarter.

Against Miami, LSU’s defense gave up three plays of 30-plus yards late in the game and two fourth quarter touchdowns.

The shutout against Southeastern looks great on paper, but the Lions were deep in LSU territory three times in the second half before shooting themselves in the foot with two turnovers and a failed fourth-down conversion.

What bothered Aranda the most, however, was the 330 yards passing and three touchdowns the defense gave up to

Louisiana Tech’s J’Mar Smith, according to Orgeron.

During his luncheon with the media on Monday, Orgeron said he liked Aranda’s demeanor after they reviewed the film and the defensive coordinator “is going to work hard and do better.”

Aranda has a lot on his plate this week. He has to figure out how to stop the Southeastern Conference’s leading passer Jordan Ta’amu, who averages 340 yards passing a game, and Ole Miss’ elite wide receiver duo of AJ Brown and DK Metcalf, who Orgeron said will both be NFL receivers.

page 13 “We played a lot of man coverage against them and covered them pretty good, not great, but pretty good,” said Orgeron of last season’s matchup when LSU’s defense held Brown and Metcalf to a combined five catches for 54 yards. “We are going to have to mix things up because we have some new guys there this year. It all starts with pass rush, though, and we need to do a better job of that.”

The Rebels’ offense averages 42 points and 523 yards per game compared to the 14.8 points and 335 yards LSU’s defense allows per game, and history says the two teams

will meet somewhere in the middle.

LSU has held Ole Miss under 20 only twice (2011, 2014) in the last 10 meetings, and during that same timespan, the Rebels offense has averaged 24.7 points.

“This is going to be a battle for 60 minutes,” Orgeron said.

“There is no way that you can let up against this team. We are going have to have our hands up for the whole game. They are going to make plays as they are a good offense and we are going to have to keep battling for sixty minutes.”

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LSU senior running back Nick Brossette (4) runs the ball during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory over Southeastern on Sept. 8 in Tiger Stadium.

ORGERON, from page 10 in my mind that some fans around the South think Orgeron is a fitting leader for the corn dog kingdom.

Some of the jokes made at Orgeron’s expense, I assume, are in good fun. When an Auburn fan asked Gus Malzahn if he planned on bringing a translator to midfield after the game to help him decipher Orgeron’s speech, I don’t think that was meant to be a serious critique of intelligence.

I imagine that there are also some who think that Orgeron isn’t the sharpest crayon in the box. For anyone belonging to that category,

I think it’s time to set the record straight.

I don’t know Orgeron personally, but I do know that it’s not simply a matter of luck and connections to continually be hired by top-tier collegiate programs and an NFL franchise. He’s coached at USC, Tennessee, Miami, LSU, and the Saints. At some point, you have to know what you’re talking about to stay in the game.

Parents seem to trust Orgeron’s knowledge of the game enough to allow their sons to continue athletic careers with the Cajun coach. Orgeron is a renowned recruiter and has had an excellent

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LSU junior quarterback Joe Burrow (9) hands the ball to LSU senior running back Nick Brossette (4) during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory over Southeastern on Sept. 8 in Tiger Stadium. track record with college prospects since he assumed a recruiting coordinator role with USC in 2001.

Orgeron’s mannerisms may affirm Louisiana stereotypes to people who don’t know the difference between gravy and roux. If a lack of intelligence goes along with those assumptions, I simply won’t buy it.

If LSU continues to defy the odds and surprise the college football world, I have a sneaking suspicion that Orgeron will be taken more seriously than playfully as his tenure with the Tigers continues.

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Student creates original cover art

BY KELLY SWIFT @kellbell237

where everybody feels welcome from students to families, to professionals to anybody that enjoys good pizza. It’s been a great start and we’ve really been happy with the response we’ve gotten.”

Hightower said he is passionate about bringing new and fresh businesses into the North Gate neighborhood. Location was a very important factor when it came to opening City Slice — Chimes Street seemed like a perfect fit for Hightower and his vision.

With the stress of school, many students ignore their natural talents and choose a more secure route. Instead of covering up his talents, Luke Dugas covers art.

Environmental engineering student Luke Dugas is striving to prove the divide between left-brained and right-brained people can be merged through shared skills. Though he is a STEM major, he makes a business for himself by creating album cover designs for up-and-coming musicians.

It all began when Dugas started making mixes of his favorite music on SoundCloud.

He wanted to have a graphic to entice people to listen to his mixes, so he decided to make his own. Once he was in high school and his friends started rapping, he agreed to do their cover art.

Dugas now uses Adobe Photoshop and pays over $25 a month to use it, unlike in the past when he used free editors like Google Drive and Microsoft Paint. Thankfully, Dugas said the money he invested in Photoshop to waste — he has made quite the name for himself in the local music scene and local rappers are willing

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photos by AURIANNA CORDERO

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks With a new coat of paint, City Slice Pints & Pizza is decorating the North Gate area red with a fresh take on a classic family pizza joint.

Stephen Hightower is the managing partner of City Group Hospitality, which includes three City Pork locations, City Pork Catering, and his newest addition, City Slice, located at 124 W Chimes St. Hightower has been involved in the restaurant business for over 22 years, working

as a busboy, waiter, manager and now owner.

“I can’t lead people if I’m not able to have the experience of being able to do their jobs and relate to those experiences,” Hightower said.

City Slice’s menu provides a wide variety of options including subs, salads, wings and over 10 specialty pizzas. There is also a “Build a Pizza” option where customers can create a specialized pizza. Many of the featured pizzas were inspired by Hightower’s personal travels and experiences, he said.

“It came from some different travels around the nation — going to Chicago, New York, up in the Northeast,” Hightower said. “What we’ve done is bring in a little bit of New York Style, a little bit of New Haven — and at the same time I want to create something that can be Baton Rouge Style.”

Hightower said he wanted to create an atmosphere that would draw in not only college students, but also families looking to have a nice meal.

“I think we achieved it,” Hightower said. “I think it’s a place

THEATRE

‘Curious Incident’ showing in Swine Palace throughout Sept. 30

BY AMAYA LYNCH @maya09172 A murder mystery that can only be solved by a 15-year-old boy is brought to the stage with the University’s adaptation of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” marked the beginning of the 2018-19 Swine Palace season. From Sept.

19 to Sept. 30, theatre departments have the chance to showcase its talents in stage design and movement in the this adaptation of Christopher Boone’s murder mystery.

Adapted from a novel of the same name by Mark Haddon, the play is told from the perspective of 15-year-old Christopher, an intelligent boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The audience joins Christopher on his journey to solve the mystery

of his neighbor’s dog’s death that quickly develops into something much larger.

“It is a murder mystery with some real redemption at the end,” director Rick Holden said.

“It’s all from his point of view, so we’re constantly moving through it in the way that his brain works and that’s what we’re trying to do, so hopefully the audience is seeing just what he has to deal with as he goes through the story to solve the mystery as it presents itself to him moment by moment.”

The stage-play was given a simple instruction: “all actors stay on stage unless otherwise instructed,” allowing for an everpresent cast on stage. There are four principle characters and a small ensemble cast that make up the entirety of the play. Christopher, his father Ed, his mother Judy and his mentor Siobhan are all steady characters while the

ensemble cast is always on stage to represent the inner workings of Christopher’s mind.

Christopher initially set out to find the killer of his neighbor’s dog, but what he finds is more than anyone originally imagined. The murder mystery digs deep into the family dynamic surrounding Christopher in a way that may take the audience by surprise.

Music and Dramatic Arts graduate student Andrea Morales said she was in awe of how the play matches up with the seasons’ theme of finding your family.

“I love how there’s this idea that everybody is searching for something without necessarily knowing that they are,” Morales said. “Christopher goes on the search to solve this mystery but finds all these other things. He

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Showing through Sept. 30, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” follows the story of 15-year-old Chrisopher as he solves the murder mystery of a dog.

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ART

Student curates art, personal brand through social media, Etsy

BY MICHELLE GAUCHET @michelleg_0115 Textiles, apparel and merchandising senior Madison Buratt started painting as a way to relax, but with a bit of luck and the help of Instagram, she’s managed to grow her hobby into a business.

Most recently, Buratt’s work was part of the traveling pop-up Pancakes and Booze Art Show in New Orleans on Sept. 15. Her work will also be on display in a Halloween show called “Saturday Spooks” on Oct. 27 in BatonRouge.TheArtsCouncilof Greater Baton Rouge has included her work in its Firehouse Gallery in Downtown Baton Rouge. Outside of the Arts Council, Instagram and Etsy have helped her get connected with the art community and grow her business.

Buratt began selling her art on Etsy when a stranger saw some of her work in the background of an Instagram post and asked to buy one of the pieces. She said the confidence she got from that first sale led to her posting more of her paintings on her Etsy store, which all sold out.

“I was very fortunate —

it was all kind of just spur moment,” Buratt said. “Like, I never took an art class.”

Buratt’s abstract paintings are inspired by whatever she’s feeling at the time. She said she will sometimes listen to music, but mostly paints as a way to work out her own feelings and emotions.

“I find I’m a nervous person, like I don’t know how to relax, so if I have a lot of energy I’ll just sit down and paint,” Buratt said. “I figure out how I feel by looking at what I painted. This is never typically pre-sketched — I just paint and hope for the best.”

This is the first year Buratt has started showing her art in shows and galleries, but she has already had her work shown in three shows since February.

Buratt first submitted some of her work to the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge to start showing her paintings beyond her Etsy store. Her work was first on display at Cane Land Distilling Company for six months.

“I don’t take myself this seriously so I kind of just laugh and go with it,” Buratt said. “I feel like if I had tried I wouldn’t have gotten it.”

In addition to her painting, Buratt is the president of the

courtesy of MADISON BURATT

Madison Buratt, president of the Fashion Association at LSU, began entering her artwork into shows in 2018 Fashion Association at LSU. Buratt has been interested in fashion since she was a kid and would draw along with the challenges on Project Runway.

Before she started the textiles, apparel and merchandising program at the University, she had little sewing experience.

Buratt has a carefully curated personal style, as evidenced by her Instagram

account. Her red, black and white color palette finds its way into her artwork as well as in the projects she designs for her school work. She credits Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang and Vivienne Westwood as her favorite brands and designers.

Since her art has taken off, Buratt plans to continue painting and

pursue art over fashion once she graduates from the University in May 2019.

“I’ve been really lucky with my art, to the point where I can pay my own rent, so I’m hoping it stays,” Buratt said. “I have three art shows coming up and possibly a gallery. I’m hoping I can keep up my social media and market myself through that.”

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

CAFFEINE FIX

If you’re into coffee, teas, lunch and homemade cake balls, Brew Ha-Ha! is the best place for you. Stop by its location on Jefferson Highway, or wait until the shop opens its second location near Perkins Rowe before the end of 2018.

LIGHT HOUSE COFFEE Light House Coffee made its way to Baton Rouge and opened on March 31 on Lee Drive.

Light House Coffee has direct trade with their coffee farmers, which brings coffee beans straight from the coffee belt and into the hands of the shop’s roaster.

HIGHLAND COFFEES Highland Coffees, located at the historic North Gates of LSU, is the perfect place for students to read, visit with friends or work at a laptop while preparing for upcoming schoolwork. Its location near campus makes it convenient for anyone looking for a quick coffee stop before class.

GARDEN DISTRICT COFFEE Roasting all its coffee in-house, Garden District Coffee serves coffee, tea and pastries to accompany its outdoor patio and free WiFi. Located on Perkins Road, GDC is the perfect place to hide away farther off of campus than some of its competitors.

JAVA MAMA The Baton Rouge native coffee shop is the perfect place if you’re babysitting or looking after the children in your life. Java Mama has a supervised play area where children 5 and under can explore, play and socialize. The shop is about to expand to Texas, Florida and the D.C. area.

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The U.S. celebrates National Coffee Day on Sept. 29. Check out the best places around town to get your caffeine fix before a long day at school or work.

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‘Nappily Ever After’ shows beauty of natural hair

BY AMAYA LYNCH @maya09172

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ON MY SKIN

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“On My Skin,” based on the real death of 31 year-old Italian Stefano Cucchi, did exactly what it set out to do.

It drew attention to the last seven days of Cucchi’s life and his journey from a close-to-normal life to the grave.

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Castle Rock is creepy and suspenseful with a great mystery to keep you hooked on every episode. If you’re a Stephen King fan, you’ll love the countless Easter Eggs and references to his other works mixed into this story.

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“Nappily Ever After” is a beautifully predictable ode to natural hair.

The Netflix original debuted Sept. 21, just a month and a half after the streaming service released its trailer.

Sanaa Lathan stars as Violet Jones, a successful advertising executive whose entire life is flipped around when her boyfriend doesn’t give her the engagement ring she is expecting. For her entire life, Violet has been groomed into hating her natural hair in all its kinky glory, and when she’s finally pushed over the edge, it has to go.

The film is clearly intended to tell a story of self-love and appreciation, which it does for the most part, making it truly commendable. The movie is an adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Trisha R. Thomas. The film feeds off the novel to accurately embody the struggle of accepting your natural hair texture from the perspective of a woman of color.

The movie is set up in stages that coincide with the hair phase she’s going through, making it easier to follow both the plot and Violet’s character development. The stages were straight, weave, blonde, bald, new growth and, finally, nappily. It just so happens the most important events to happen in Violet’s life all seem to happen when she starts to change her hair.

It’s a little stereotypical that Violet’s trigger for changing her hair was a breakup. Then again, a breakup is commonly the reason behind women drastically changing their hair.

Hair is sometimes a symbol for what you’re going through on the inside, and that’s exactly what “Nappily Ever After” shows. Violet was always trying to be perfect and hide who she really was by perming and straightening her hair.

When things start to go wrong in her life, things go even worse on her head.

The movie’s only fault is that by the third hair stage, the movie ending becomes extremely predictable. The jour-

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ney to the end is the real reason mom and the world around her why the audience should stick have shaped her opinion on around. Rather than seeing the beauty her whole life because, played out stereotypes of black subconsciously, she associates the perfect women, the audience gets to exwoman with long, perience the ups straight hair. and downs in the Hair is sometimes a symbol To find beauty life of a woman in herself, Viofor what you’re going has to learn making the best through on the inisde. let that there is no of her natural such thing as the beauty. perfect woman.

The best scene The Netflix of the entire movie is when Violet original film is shaves her head. Lathan made certainly something special. this moment her own and didn’t It has romance and makefabricate a single minute of it. overs and a big picture lesson, The producers stripped down but it doesn’t conform to your everything and didn’t skip a everyday plot line. Black moment — you’re with her women now have a movie that from the moment she picks up embraces the beauty of their the clippers all the way to the natural look while still statlast strand of hair falling from ing that how they look is their choice. It’s a story her head.

“Nappily Ever After” does that shows how there’s no a great job at showing the such thing as “the perfect effects that current beau- woman.”

Beauty can be ty stereotypes can have on found in exactly who you are people. You see how Violet’s and who you choose to be.

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sidewalks to screaming car crashes. In the King Krule is a 23-year-old, red-headed, and violent in his language as he pushes fourth line he shouts, “Skunk and onion misanthropic singer-songwriter, guitarist, boundaries in what is usually a clean-cut RATING: 9/10 gravy, as my brain’s potato mash,” displaying producer, and poet hailing from London. His indie scene. his quirky, unusual wit. newest album, “The OOZ,” shows us that “The OOZ” packs an attitude that is “Cadet Limbo” is a heart-dropping numsometimes, life hurts. more sophisticated than Marshall’s previous Host of the Shed Show, Thursdays 11p.m.-1a.m.

(Jazz, Funk, Fusion) The Jazz Cat King Krule is the primary creative outlet work. His sound is mature and developed. ber in which Marshall sings about a woman, of the mysterious Archy Marshall, who has songs are more polished and technically mesmerizing beauty to the After six long years, The Soulive to be made. The first song of the EP,comparing a very her slow, very light Chet Baker-like also released music under his real name, as impressive. The guitar sounds are cleaner deepness of outer space. He repeats, “Has has finally come together to create “King’s March,” does well to bring jazz tune. “Millers Last Stand” has well as Zoo Kid. Marshall has a particularly and less messy, but his temper has stayed it been this long since I’ve had this bond?” something great. The Woodstock the listener back to a 1970s James a western sound and feel to it, but strong and distinctive working-class English the same.

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These words are paired with somber guitar beautiful jazz chords -- a contrast that works and distant keyboard sounds. in his favor. The words he yells are often proFor Fans of: Mount Kimbie, Cosmo Sykes, The second track, “Dum Surfer,” evokes fane or vulgar and shock listeners; however, BADBADNOTGOOD dark and gritty imagery from vomiting on we cling and want more. King Krule is bold

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018 COVER ART, from page 18 to pay for his work.

“I look back on my old stuff and I just see how much I’ve grown as an artist,” Dugas said.

“The industry’s standard for cover art is really low and hopefully in my career I [can] see that change.”

Art in the music industry is only getting more intense as people find more ways to show the world their sound. Now that people can upload music whenever they want through SoundCloud or Spotify, the need for cover artists is through the roof. As music spreads like wildfire, Dugas said he has to work harder than ever to come up with original ideas.

Dugas has created over 50 cover arts for clients, and over the past two months alone he has created over 25 pieces. He said he tries to do two to three pieces

CURIOUS, from page 18 finds out that your parents are human and they mess up and that people make mistakes, and I love that he finds family in unconditional ways.”

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is more than a novel or a play, according to ensemble member Sara Osi Scott. The stage is a physical representation of Christopher’s forever-expanding mind, quite literally giving Christopher’s story a platform.

“The fact is that the book and play were written in a way that can bring awareness to autism spectrum disorders and inform the community,” Scott

PIZZA, from page 18 “We’ve been there now for a month, and there’s tons of walking traffic — it’s still a great place to be,” Hightower said. “If I had to describe the North Gate area, I think it’s a true reflection of Baton Rouge. There are so many diverse people down there that live there and it’s still the heart of what I think goes on.

From the original Raising Cane’s to Chimes to Highland Coffee, there’s so much history there, it’s ridiculous.”

Because of the restaurant’s close proximity to campus, City Slice is able to use all of the sausages and meats made at City

a week and likes to post them on his Instagram account so his work grows in recognition and popularity. He posts his work daily so that he can be featured on one of his favorite Instagram pages, @Coverartmatters. The page features several artists who are just as motivated as Dugas to create and work with local musicians.

Dugas works with many musicians, but he said he prefers to have consistent clients so he can develop a working artistic style and relationship. One of his clients he has worked the most with is Joe Scott, an up-and-coming rapper. Dugas has made all of Scott’s singles covers so far, and they see a working relationship continuing long into the future.

Their most recent collaboration was on Scott’s new songs, “We Litty” and “1717.”

“The relationship that I have

said. “Whether it’s our local LSU Community, our Baton Rouge community and even the world at large, there are individuals that think differently than us and who operate differently than us and can be just as capable. Getting to that final moment is always just so rewarding to stand there and hear him say I can do anything.”

The story finds a way to suck the audience in, and the cast and crew keep them engaged with the constant flow of lights, music and captivating character portrayals. University students and families across Baton Rouge are welcomed to Shaver Theatre to experience the story of how a brilliant boy solves the mystery he set out for and the ones that Pork LSU in addition to the meats used on its own pizzas.

City Slice also offers a wide variety of drinks including wine, draft beer, signature cocktails and Slice Ice, the restaurant’s boozy rendition of Maglione’s Italian Ice. Hightower is excited about the opening of the restaurant and the success it has had so far.

“We’re excited about our opportunity there,” Hightower said. “The beauty of it is that once you find a parking spot, it’s a beautiful place still to walk around and capture the spirit of the LSU community and the North Gate neighborhood.”

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City Slice is open on West Chimes Street on Sept. 24.

with artists is very important to me,” Dugas said. “Just like any business, the relationship has to be beneficial to both sides.”

Dugas said he makes sure the artists he works with know that his art for their music will get them as many clicks as possible, and the artists know that by working with him, other musicians will see his work and want to collaborate with him too.

Though it’s hard to juggle school work and his art, Dugas said he plans on continuing his art work, finishing school and then growing his business. His dream collaboration is with the rapper Future, but what he really wants to do is make artists’ dreams become realities.

“One of the most satisfying moments of my life is knowing that people see my art and that it means something to them,” Dugas said.

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Environmental engineering junior Luke Dugas shows his cover art in Patrick F. Taylor hall on Sept. 14.

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“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is showing through Sept. 30 in Swine Palace life presents to him.

“I’m always a sucker for an [underdog] story,” Holden said.

“This is a kid who overcomes

great odds and whose future’s uncertain. My favorite part is that regardless of how he gets batted down and the things that

he can’t quite understand, he’s trying to figure out the family but he just keeps going forward.

He’s brilliant.”

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NIGHTMARE AT NICHOLSON Don’t let the University fool you — Nicholson Gateway is a hot mess

FRANKLY SPEAKING JUSTIN FRANKLIN @justinifranklin Nicholson Gateway apartments are a true revival of the west end of the University’s campus. The $235 million on-campus housing complex provides amazing proximity to campus, views of Tiger Stadium and convenience no other housing at the University can provide.

Unfortunately, after about a month of living here, the jury is out. If you combine constant disappointment with a worthless $800 meal plan, you’ll have my experience with Nicholson Gateway so far.

Don’t get me wrong, the apartments are nice. The units have modern kitchens, spacious rooms and private bathrooms. But, for every plus there is a problem — exposed wires, construction workers moving all about, the slowest barelyworking elevators on Earth, weird smells and too frequent spider sightings. These are not exactly the amenities I pay

thousands per semester for.

F u r ther more, acc ord i ng to LSU Dining’s Twitter account, none of the restaurants or grocery stores at Nicholson take Paw Points; therefore, no one with a meal plan can use it at any of these on campus locations. For me, that means I wasted $800 on a meal plan that cannot be used at any of places close to me, places I paid a premium to be close to. I find it very hard to believe that any store or restaurant would reject an opportunity to make more money.

Most, if not all, on-campus restaurants take meal plan Paw Points. The University had ample time to make meal plans available in the new complex.

This was clearly not a priority, yet they encourage the purchase of meal plans.

“I don’t think students yet can conceptualize how it’s really going to be like a traditional neighborhood development,” said Associate Director of Communications and Development Catherine David in August.

“You’ll have everything you need right here.”

The unanswered question

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is: when? Matherne’s Market is the only meal source open in the complex and the closest place for food other than The 5 Dining Hall near West Campus Apartments, or the Union — neither being close to Nicholson Gateway at all.

Another issue I know affects a lot of people and their guests is the overbearing key access points. Every time you

have guests, you must retrieve them from the lobby and swipe your Tiger Card at every door, elevator and staircase in the building. This is common among on-campus housing options, but it is very inconvenient in reality.

Frankly speaking, Nicholson Gateway is currently a mess.

Hopefully, a month from now, I will be able to report that all

of the amenities at the complex are up and running, but let’s not hold our breath. Well, actually, we may have to, because even the new drainage system at Nicholson backs up when it rains.

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

Lowered admissions standards doomed to backfire, detrimental to LSU THE MODERATE’S PROPOSAL PATRICK GAGEN @PattyGagen The University’s new “holistic” admission standards are harrowingly reminiscent of the holistic underwriting standards that subsequently encouraged subprime mortgage loans, created a housing bubble, skyrocketed mortgage default rates and triggered a global financial crisis.

Much like the University will deemphasize objective standards in admissions, so too had pre-financial crisis banks deemphasized objective standards, albeit in that instance to determine creditworthiness. In both cases, the justification for lowering standards is to promote diversity and inclusion, which is a laudable goal, but poor policy nonetheless.

While the University’s initiative lacks the gravity and ramification of failed housing policies, there will certainly be a price to pay either through higher attrition rates or compensatory grade inflation. High school GPAs and standardized test scores are objectively good predictors of academic performance in college, and admitting prospective students who

don’t meet the bare minimum of a 22 ACT score or a 3.0 GPA is a disservice to those students who would be more likely to succeed at another state university with lower academic rigor. Prospective students who don’t have the prerequisite academic qualifications to simply turn their academic under performance around in college is a rather cruel justification for taking their tuition money, which is indeed what this initiative is all about.

Although, that isn’t a particularly contentious assertion considering the University’s publicized financial issues resulting from the state government repeatedly slashing higher education funding, in spite of significant public outrage, to plug budget deficits. It’s also not a stretch to assume that because the University needs money, grade inflation is a likely result of the lower admission standards than higher attrition rates because having students drop out is missed revenue.

As if it was not bad enough to have history professors assert that the Civil War was an act of Northern aggression, these lower admission standards will most likely cause the educational quality and rigor of this University to decrease further than it already

has in recent years.

This is all to be expected from University President F. King Alexander, who writes books on financing public schools and thinks little of preserving educational quality. However, that may also explain why Alexander had the audacity to increase student fees amidst a budget shortfall and allocate those funds toward a lazy river instead of decreasing class size, but I’ll reserve delving into that subject for another time. What bothers me most about these new admission standards is how Alexander obfuscates the truth.

Amidst recent criticism, including from members of the Board of Regents, Alexander defiantly defended the University’s new admission policy, doublingdown on his claim that it will not lower standards. Furthermore, in a letter to the editor published in The Advocate, he asserted that because the mean ACT score and the mean GPA for the incoming freshman class stayed the same as last year’s incoming class, the new admission standards had no statistically significant lowering effect on the quality or academic achievement of the incoming class.

The statistical mean is merely an average, and unlike using a standard deviation, one would not be able tell whether a more

academically qualified top percentage of the class offset a lower performing bottom percentage. Moreover, it could take a few more incoming classes for a drop in the mean GPA and ACT scores. It could be that the attrition rate rises or it could be that grade inflation increases.

In other words, there exists a permutation of possible explanations that would assume reasonable doubt to which the certainty of Alexander’s explanation is downright misleading, deceptive and an unabashed obfuscation of truth.

I would otherwise be remiss to jump to an explanation considering the inconclusive evidence if not for the fact that the justifications for policies such as these are nothing new.

We’ve been here before. It triggered a financial crisis and yet, the unlearned lesson persists in the University’s new lower admission standards.

In fact, this year marks a decade since the financial crisis, political hack jobs on the left still propagate the patently false narrative that the deregulation of the financial industry is the sole cause. However, that’s a blatant revisionist history that ignores the government’s housing policies beginning in 1977 with the Community Reinvestment Act. Between the CRA, Fannie

Mae and Freddie Mac, the government encouraged banks to underwrite mortgage-backed securities comprised of increasingly risky mortgage loans to l over-income Americans who just wanted to achieve the American Dream. Not only did regulators fail to curb risky mortgage loans, but also many outright supported banks extending loans to Americans — some of whom didn’t have any reported job or income — with horrible credit histories.

Admitting prospective students into this University without the minimal GPA or ACT score is going to either increase attrition rates or increase grade inflation. It’s a loselose situation when more students drop out or the quality of education decreases.

The University’s new admission standards are well intentioned, but having lived through the 2008 financial crisis, there is no excuse for justifying an initiative that is doomed to backfire on unintended consequences. We can’t let such a valuable lesson go unlearned. Let us not repeat history.

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

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LSU faculty diversity promising, step in right direction OH, NOT AGAIN! KYLE RICHOUX @KyleRichoux Diversity is a powerful thing. America is built on the foundation of people from all colors and creeds coming together to make a home for everyone.

Obviously this spirit of inclusivity wasn’t perfect.

All colors meant all shades of white, and all creeds meant all Western Europeans. Slavery was the norm, and women couldn’t vote.

It’s still not perfect today.

Racial prejudice and sexual harassment still exist. Those in the LGBT community are still targeted by traditionalists.

Perfection is a hard thing to achieve, but it’s important for us to try. As horrible as many people like to say America is these days, we’ve come so far.

Women can vote, black people can mingle with white people and LGBT people aren’t

portrayed as serial rapists.

Politically correct culture may be trying to stamp out our rights, but for the time being, we can still legally say and believe anything we want to.

There’s always more we can do, and change for the future lies with the youth. One of the biggest times for development for youth these days is college.

College is the time for young people to fully pursue and complete their education. But it’s also the place where we live among other people and interact with large amounts of people who are completely different from us for the first time.

As a result, college is also largely about expanding our horizons and learning to be more well-rounded people.

It’s important to understand others and learn to live with one another. To that end, the University does a fine job cultivating diversity.

The University’s teaching staff is 79 percent white. The number is admittedly disproportionately high. Roughly 32

percent of Louisiana’s population is black, but minorities together make up only 15 percent of the University’s staff.

However, this discrepancy doesn’t suggest racial bias on the part of the University. It’s possible white people are more likely to search for jobs in academia or are more likely to look to our specific university for work. Without the proper research, it’s impossible to conclude either way.

Representation is a crucial aspect of inclusivity, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Minorities are called so because they represent a smaller portion of the population. We can’t change the numbers, but we can affect how we treat them.

According to the University’s Campus Climate Report, around one-third of women at the University have been made uncomfortable by behaviors related to gender. The number sits around 50 percent for LGBT people. These rates could certainly be a lot better. But we’re making good progress overall.

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Historically, Louisiana is a traditional culture. Tradition is good in many ways and bad in many others. Unfortunately, some of those traditions are exclusionary of a lot of Regardless, we’re people.

making progress toward a more inclusive future, and it seems we’ll keep up that trend.

Kyle Richoux is a 20-year-old sociology junior from LaPlace, Louisiana

R.A.D. should be a required course for graduation DEAR SOCIETY

JASMINE EDMONSON @Jasmine_twt1 According to the National Sexual Violence Research Center, one in five women are raped in their lifetime. Rape is the most under-reported crime, as numerous victims fear their assailants will seek revenge.

Many of these unwanted encounters occur on university campuses, meaning 27 percent of college women experience some form of sexual assault.

This epidemic has ignited a desire for justice among victims who refuse to stay silent. Powerful movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp have encouraged women to share their sexual assault stories and create organizations to spread awareness.

The University’s Police Department and Student Health Center created Rape Aggression Defense, a self-defense program that provides helpful techniques women can use to protect themselves against sexual violence. The 12-hour course is given each fall and spring semester over three days. Baton Rouge college students pay $25

and the general public pays $45.

The class is given in the Nelson Memorial Building.

On the first day, the assistant director for the University’s Wellness and Health Promotion, Kathy Saichuk, taught how women can be aware of their surroundings and minimize the risk of attack. The next two days are focused on physical defense, as women learn verbal and nonverbal cues to show their assailant they are capable of fighting back.

“What if someone tried to abduct you?” said Saichuk. “You really need to think about what you would do. Constantly play that game with yourself.”

I had the privilege of attending this informative and life-changing program. Four well-trained instructors, which included Saichuk and the University’s police officers, guided us and pushed us out of our comfort zones as we acquired new self-defense skills. The instructors were motivational and taught us how to perform moves with control and confidence. After practicing the technique as a group, we broke up into smaller groups and practiced individually against one of the instructors.

The instructor who resonated with me the most was Lt. Jeffrey

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Lemoine. He has been involved in the program, teaching women skills, for 16 years. His soft eyes turned menacing during physical training and assessment.

This was helpful to me because it made the situation more realistic and prompted me to focus on defending myself and escaping.

“Now, especially with the #MeToo movement, there’s a lot more emphasis on defending yourself from sexual assault and any sexual misappropriation,” Lemoine said.

On the last day, we were put in protective gear along with two male instructors who performed the role of assailants. We were lined up and put in realistic scenarios. The goal was for us to use the new skills learned to escape our attackers. Returning members had more challenging scenarios than new members.

I thought I was going to forget the techniques learned when it was my turn to complete assessment. However, the skills came instinctively. I was able to escape my assailant quickly with the proper moves I practiced during class and at home.

My confidence grew with each scenario I was put in.

At the end of the course, we watched videos of our assessment to allow us to applaud the

techniques we strengthened and acknowledge the techniques we needed to sharpen.

The University should require every girl to take this course before they graduate. The skills learned are beneficial in case of an experience with sexual harassment. The program caused me to have new-found

confidence, make new friends, educate myself on sexual harassment and learn helpful techniques I can use to ward off a potential assailant.

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Legalizing marijuana crucial step for Louisiana economy TO THE MAX MAX NEDANOVICH @maxnedan

By November, the LSU AgCenter expects to have grown the first legal medical marijuana crop in the history of the state. In a very conservative state with historically harsh drug laws, this marijuana crop shows just how far the state has progressed, but also how far it has to go.

In 2015, the Louisiana legislature authorized the AgCenter to begin growing marijuana.

Due to budget cuts and lack of funding, the project did not start until 2017, when GB Sciences, a national marijuana company, provided private funding for the project.

The expansion of medical marijuana is crucial to funding for research. Perhaps if state laws allowed private citizens to have their own pot-growing operations, funding would not be an issue. With an opioid epidemic plaguing the nation, funding for marijuana research and development should be a higher priority.

In other states where medical marijuana is legal, the

benefits are plentiful for everyone in the process. Growers sell marijuana products to dispensaries that provide jobs, and patients conveniently receive their medicine. The state government regulates the process and generates revenue through sales tax. In 2017 alone, Colorado, a state that has legalized recreational marijuana, collected upward of $247 million in taxes and fees revenue from marijuana sales.

Instead of only allowing two places for marijuana to be grown and arresting people with their own marijuana crops, the Louisiana legislature should legalize and regulate marijuana just like alcohol and tobacco.

Many parts of Louisiana are rural areas where farmers could grow their own cannabis and sell it to dispensaries while the government receives money through taxes.

Louisiana has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, partially due to how harshly non-violent marijuana offenses are enforced. If recreational marijuana was legal, the state would see a decrease in crime, all while receiving more money in sales taxes and have more funding for research.

The AgCenter’s medical

marijuana program shows great progress, but GB Sciences will receive 90 percent of sales revenue because they are paying for most of the project’s expenses. The University should prioritize research over profits, but in doing so, it risks the amount of funding it will receive in the future.

The Louisiana legislature added post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of illnesses that qualify patients to receive medical marijuana. The list should add mental health conditions like depression, anxiety and anger issues.

The program will allow pharmacies to sell products that are not smokable, but in liquid droplet form called tinctures. This is perfectly okay as long as the dosages are easy to determine.

But the number of pharmacies selling the tinctures is very limited, thus limiting the patients’ access to medicine.

The University is one of only two places in the state allowed to grow cannabis, and doctors have long lists for people desiring to become marijuana patients. Dr. Victor Chou, a Baton Rouge doctor licensed to prescribe medical marijuana, said he has a waiting list of 300 patients.

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Marijuana sits in an LSU AgCenter warehouse. pursuing medical marijuana primarily for research, but if the program was used for profits, the program would provide more opportunities for expansion in the marijuana field.

Even though medical marijuana use is only legal for a very limited number of patients with specific ailments and illnesses, the research being done at the AgCenter provides critical information on which strains are the most appropriate for

certain conditions.

The Louisiana legislature should consider legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, as it would help raise tax revenues, solve some of the state’s budget issues, promote healthy business and provide access to a substance that is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol.

Max Nedanovich is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Mandeville, Louisiana.

‘The Kissing Booth,’ other teen movies perpetuate damsel in distress narrative ACCORDING TO ASHLON ASHLON LUSK @ashlonrose

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“The Kissing Booth,” “Sierra Burgess is a Loser” and “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” are new Netflix movies, all about a nerdy girl being rescued by a popular boy.

These movies perpetuate the same stereotypes that old Disney movies portray — a damsel in distress needs help and a strong prince comes to save her. They’re all just set in a modern-day setting so young girls think the films are better, but it’s the same story.

The only difference is instead of the prince saving the damsel from evil, the popular boy is saving the girl from her unpopularity.

These girls are not in need of saving. They are all smart, well-rounded girls with their own friends. The popular boy, in some way or another, pops into their lives and tries to fix them.

In “The Kissing Booth,” the male lead gives the protagonist her first kiss and becomes her first boyfriend. In “Sierra Burgess is a Loser,” the hot-but-sensitive jock ends up liking Sierra for who she is, even though she’s deemed undesirable by her classmates.

In “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” the male love interest pretends to be the main character’s boyfriend to make his popu-

lar ex-girlfriend jealous and actually ends up liking his fake girlfriend.

None of these boys are doing the girls any favors by being decent human beings. They don’t deserve a gold medal for liking someone for their personality and not their looks. The bar is so low,it’s on the ground for the boys in these movies. They show a small ounce of compassion and suddenly they’re superheroes to the female leads.

There are so many better things to be than “cool.” The girls in these movies show how fun and interesting they are at the beginning of the movie, and by the end they fit in, but at what cost? They lose friends along the way and their grades drop, but at least they have a hot boyfriend.

Elle, the protagonist in “The Kissing Booth,” only becomes good enough to date when her body develops over the summer and boys start to notice her.

Once she “looks better,” Neah, Elle’s best friend’s brother, wants to be with her and rescue her from her unpopularity. Sierra in “Sierra Burgess is a Loser” is one of the smartest girls in her class, and because she is so caught up with boys and becoming cooler, she forgets one of the biggest assignments of the year.

This type of narrative tells girls they have to find a popular boyfriend or be popular to be happy, and that is just not true.

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The idea of popularity in high school is such a strong presence. Adding these types of movies into teen lives only adds to it.

Girls in high school should feel comfortable with themselves by being more than just popular.

These misguided films also tell girls they can’t be happy alone. Women don’t need a man by their sides to be successful, but that’s not what these movies are portraying. The movie industry has been steering away from the “damsel in distress” narrative, but we’re beginning to move backward, not forward. We should be empowering our young women, not tearing them down and telling them to depend on a man.

Ashlon Lusk is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Houston, Texas.

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Generation Z excelling, undeserving of prior generations’ criticism I SAID WHAT I SAID MAYA STEVENSON @colormemaya Our grandparents are baby boomers. Our parents are Generation X. Our older siblings are likely millennials, sometimes called Generation Y. If you’re an undergraduate right now, you’re probably a member of Generation Z. Often confused with millennials, it’s important to note the cut-off year before you’re mistakenly categorized.

Millennials include anyone born before 1997, and Generation Z includes anyone born after, according to Pew Research Center. Generation Z is often called the post-millennial generation. This is an important distinction to make, as we’re often blamed for generational problems we’re not even apart of.

Like other generations, we are subject to harsh criticism from the ones who came before us. We’re called lazy, technologically-dependent and egotistical - all of which are false. There are many reasons our generation is subject to these stereotypes, all of which are unfair.

William Strauss and Neil Howe, proposed generations, and their behavior are deeply affected by historical events and impor-

tant developments that happen in their formative years.

Older generations often see us as the reason for the problems in the world they’ve created, choosing to condemn us rather than take responsibility.

Generation Z, while still in its early stages, is doing well. Some of the things older generations see as our flaws are the reason we’re doing so well. We’re more socially aware, creative and self-sufficient. This is evident in numerous activities Generation Z participates in.

The technology-dependent members of Generation Z have is rooted in our self-education.

According to a study done by the Illinois CPA Society, 52 percent of Gen Z-ers use YouTube or social media for research assignments, while 33 percent watch lessons online and 20 percent read textbooks on tablets.

Generation Z is hardly lazy.

Our generation is full of go-getters, with many owning their own businesses or planning a successful future for themselves. Many of us have grown up in tougher times and learned from the mistakes of our older counterparts.

“Growing up during the global financial crisis, Gen Z-ers are realistic and mindful of financial issues and future career from a younger age,” said An Hodgson, an income and expendi-

ture manager at Euromonitor International in a Business Insider article.

Generation Z is also a generation of change. We believe in change and don’t mind fighting for it. We grew up in a time of advancement for various minorities and have seen progress on the social justice front.

We were children when the first black president was elected. For some, Barack Obama is the only president they’ve known. The March for Our Lives, which took place on March 24, 2018, had more than 1.2 million participants. The purpose of the march was to advocate for gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The march was put together by those same high schoolers who were going to their classmates’ funerals just a month prior. They took the initiative and fought for the change they wanted to see.

Generation Z isn’t like the generations of the past. We’re more innovative, adaptable and focused on being successful and changing the world around us. To detract from this in an effort to insult or blame us for problems we have not contributed to is not only misguided, but incorrect.

Maya Stevenson is an English and economics sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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