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Autopsy concludes freshman found dead in Cypress Hall in September died from acute viral meningitis.

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Some LSU professors are offering their students extra credit for attending class in Halloween costumes this week.

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Local makeup artists create unique and intricate special effects makeup looks for Halloween.

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Coroner rules LSU freshman found in Cypress Hall in September died from viral meningitis

BY NICK FREWIN @itsnickfrewin An autopsy of the LSU freshman found dead in her residential hall last month showed she died of acute viral meningitis.

LSU freshman Marakah Dennis was found dead in Cypress Hall on Sept. 17. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office has ruled she died of acute viral meningitis after a completed toxicology report. The body showed no signs of trauma or physical injuries, according to East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark.

Dennis, originally from the Washington D.C.-Maryland area, was 18 years when she died.

According to Nelson Perret, medical director of the Student Health Center, viral meningitis is a rare infection, but has a multitude of possible causes.

“It’s not common, but viral meningitis can be caused by any number of viruses,” Perret said.

“Most of the time, viral meningitis can be caused by viruses that are around us all the time.”

Perret recalled two cases of University students contracting viral meningitis over the last five years.

Viral meningitis is an infection of the meninges, the lining of the brain and spinal cord, and is the most common form of meningitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Perret said average symptoms of viral meningitis include severe headaches, stiff neck and fever.

“Headache, stiff neck and fever almost always get tested for meningitis,” Perret said. “If you have those, there’s a good chance you are going to get a spinal tap to test for meningitis.”

There are six main types of meningitis according to the CDC: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, amebic and non-infectious. While all forms of meningitis present similar symptoms, doctors must determine the specific cause of the disease in order to treat it.

Most people don’t know they have viral meningitis, as they can usually recover without treatment. Viral meningitis is only fatal in severe cases, according to Perret.

Because Dennis contracted viral meningitis, neither the meningococcal ACWY vaccine nor the meningococcal B vaccine would have prevented it, according to CDC Health Communication Specialist Kristen Nordlund.

In 2006, Louisiana law began requiring post-secondary education students to obtain a meningococcal meningitis vaccination, which would protect against a form of bacterial meningitis, in order to enroll at any public or private Louisiana university. At the University, students must receive the meningococcal ACWY vaccine, which satisfies the state requirement.

A meningococcal B vaccine

has been developed since 2006 and covers a strain of bacterial meningitis the ACWY vaccine does not. However, this vaccine is not required for incoming freshmen at the University because the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a committee within the CDC, deemed it unnecessary.

Perret said the Student Health Center recommends students receive the meningococcal B vaccine for increased protection.

“They do consider college students, particularly students who live in dorms, as a high risk group,” Perret said. “Would we recommend meningococcal B for students living in dorms? I would.”

According to the CDC, outbreaks of serogroup B meningococcal disease are increasing on college campuses. The CDC urges college freshmen to receive the meningococcal B vaccine.

The Student Health Center offers the meningitis B vaccine on campus, as well as several other vaccines. The Injection Clinic at the Student Health Center operates from 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. from Mondays through Thursdays and from 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Fridays.

However, Perret encouraged students to go off campus to receive the vaccine due to the high cost.

“I had a nurse with a student on campus check the prices of the meningitis B vaccine, and the insurance would cover only 60% of the cost,” Perret said. “It gets to be a cost issue, what we tell people is to go see your primary care who is in network with your insurance and get the shot there.”

Dennis’ death shocked the University community. Almost immediately after the news about her death was announced on Sept. 17, freshman Teejay Polk organized a community vigil in her honor later that night.

Polk didn’t know Dennis personally, but wanted to honor her life in some way. Many students were moved by the number of people in attendance on such short notice, but Polk said he was more focused on spreading a message of love throughout campus.

“It wasn’t about the number of people that came out. It was simply that I wanted people to know [and] encounter Jesus,” Polk said. “Even though people may be heartbroken or saddened by this issue, we serve a God who loves us, who gives us peace and understanding. That was my only goal for tonight.”

Mechanical engineering freshman Garrick Francis II, who went to high school with Dennis, heard about the prayer vigil through social media and attended to honor her.

“It’s a great tribute to her,” Francis said. “I think it’s something that she would want, to see people come together.”

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LSU Student Government holds “an evening of reflection and remembrance” to honor the loss of three students over the past two weeks at the Greek Amphitheater on Sept. 18.

Two other University students died within two weeks of Dennis’ death.

Freshman Gilgamesh “Gil” Homan died on Sept. 17 after a Sept. 15 skateboarding accident that fractured the back of his skull.

Homan was placed on life support for two days while recipients for his organs were found, according to a Facebook post created by Homan’s father.

Homan’s family created the Gilgamesh Homan Memorial Scholarship Fund in his honor, which will provide financial assistance to a graduate of Lusher High School, Homan’s alma mater, who attends Xavier University of Louisiana for their freshman year, according to Homan’s father’s Facebook post.

Computer science and engineering graduate student FirozUl-Amin was shot and killed in a robbery of a Baton Rouge gas station on Sept. 7.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office arrested Antonio D. Watts, 22, on charges of first-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon and possession of a weapon fol-

lowing Firoz-Ul-Amin’s murder.

Firoz-Ul-Amin planned to return home to Bangladesh in December to marry his fiancee, Nazmin Sultana Smrity. They planned to return to Louisiana after their wedding for Smrity to pursue a master’s degree in library science at the University.

LSU Student Government organized a vigil titled “An Evening of Remembrance and Reflection” on Sept. 18 to honor all three students who died. The event, held in the Greek Amphitheater, featured speeches from several University officials, including President F. King Alexander, and a candlelight reflection. Approximately 150 people were in attendance.

“Three students have already died in the month of September, and I haven’t even taken my first exam,” construction management sophomore Isaiah Imanuel Carter said at the vigil. “This honestly hit home more than any exam I’ll ever take.”

Residential Life was unable to assist The Reveille with this story due to privacy concerns.

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LEGENDS OF ALLEN HALL ‘It started here in Allen Hall’: LSU boasts rich literary history

BY GUNNAR VIATOR @wviato1 Although it is seldom discussed outside of English classes, in the first half of the 20th century LSU boasted an impressive group of literary figures among its faculty and student body.

Three-time Pulitzer winnner Robert Penn Warren was chief among them as a professor and founder/editor of LSU’s highly-acclaimed literary magazine, The Southern Review.

In 2012, English instructor Nolde Alexius and former English professor Judy Kahn wrote The Southern Review’s “Best of LSU Fiction” to pay homage to the University’s literary legends.

The edition is partly biographical and partly an anthology of stories by the most prolific writers to attend, teach or edit in some capacity here at the University, including Warren.

“We whittled a huge list down to 20 people and presented LSU’s literary history. “We started with Robert Penn Warren and then covered his most successful graduate students, among others,” Alexius said.

In the 1930s, Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long heavily increased funding for higher education, partly in an attempt to bolster his name and chances for a presidential bid. The funding helped attract Warren to the University in 1933. By 1935, he founded The Southern Review

with Cleanth Brooks.

The Southern Review was renowned across the country for its publications, Alexius said.

“It was the first to publish Eudora Wealty (who later won a Pulitzer in fiction for “The Optimist’s Daughter”), and led to F. Scott Fitzgerald (“The Great Gatsby,” “This Side of Paradise”) referring to Baton Rouge as ‘the Athens of the nation.’”

Time Magazine also labeled The Southern Review as “superior to any other journal in the English language.”

Warren’s prestige attracted young talent that would go on to make big names for themselves in the literary scene. Robert Lowell (“For the Union Dead,” “Lord Weary’s Castle”) and Peter Taylor (“A Summons to Memphis”) both attended the University to study with Warren and went on to win Pulitzers.

Lowell’s wife, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jean Stafford, also attended the University, where she worked for The Southern Review. However, she saw far less interaction with Warren than her male peers and was relegated to copy-editing in the basement of Allen Hall.

“But, all at once, you had all the bright stars of American literature all together here in Allen Hall,” Alexius said.

Aside from a prolific journal and a supergroup of literary heavyweights, Alexius said Warren and his colleagues

allowed for the University to become home to the inception of modern English pedagogy that would come to be known as New Criticism. New Criticism involves looking at literature in terms of its form, or structure.

“When you’re choosing classes at LSU you get to decide between a gen-ed course based on fiction, poetry or drama,” Alexius said. “That wouldn’t be the case if they hadn’t developed the idea of teaching by looking at a piece of literature through its

form. That’s a lasting impact, and it started here in Allen Hall.”

Warren stayed at the University for nine years, until 1942, leaving for the University of Minnesota after his salary and funding for the The Southern Review became issues. Three years after his departure he wrote his most enduring work, “All the King’s Men,” which borrowed heavily from his observations of Huey P. Long during his time in Baton Rouge.

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The murals are found within Allen Hall on Field House Drive, located inside the LSU Quad on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Students in costume offered extra credit

BY JULIA-CLAIRE EVANS @juliaclaire1026 If you see students in costume around campus this week, don’t be spooked--it might be for extra credit.

Several professors in various departments at the University are offering extra credit to students who dress up in Halloween costumes this week.

Biological sciences graduate student Gabriela Ayad, a teaching assistant for Biology Laboratory for Science Majors I, offered 3% extra credit for students who wore any Halloween costume, but 5% for students who wore Halloween costumes that had to do with something they learned about in the biology lab.

Ayad offered extra credit because she considers Halloween the most important time of the year.

“It is the pinnacle of absolute, unnecessary excess and fantasy, an excitement and horror of course,” Ayad said. “It’s always been my favorite holiday and it’s always been something I try to infuse into every element of my life. This was a great opportunity to make the lab fun.”

Ayad offered more extra credit if her students came dressed as something they had

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LSU students weigh in on overcrowded Tiger Trails buses

BY GUNNAR VIATOR @wviato1 For many University students, overcrowded transit is an ongoing problem, especially in the Purple and Gold buses.

The Purple and Gold buses, part of LSU’s Tiger Trails transit system, mostly service Greek Life students who live in the houses along West Lakeshore Drive.

The buses circle around most of campus, looping near Lockett Hall on Field House Drive.

Mass communication sophomore Richard Haydel said he had negative experiences with the Purple and Gold buses, especially during bad weather.

“I am beyond disappointed at the bus service on campus, especially since many people use them as primary sources of transportation,” Haydel said.

“Just today it was pouring raining and the bus was so over-

crowded I couldn’t get on. I had to walk to class soaked.”

Criminology sophomore Elizabeth Perot said her experience depended on the time of the day.

“There have been one or two times this year where I couldn’t get on,” Perot said, “But it’s mostly around 10:30 classes, especially when people try to get on at the last-minute stops to make it to campus right when classes start.”

Kinesiology freshman Emma Haught said she only uses the buses in the late afternoons, but she’s never had trouble getting on.

“I only take it when I go to the UREC around 5 p.m., and it’s never crowded at that time,” Haught said.

According to Executive Director of Facility and Property Oversight Tammy Millican, the Tiger Trails service is taking measures to improve by reviewing ridership information

and making adjustments in the routes.

Millican said the service was trying to incorporate feedback from the transportation survey sent out to students, faculty and staff last semester.

“We just started working with

a consultant to review all bus routes to ensure that buses arrive and depart in a timely manner, stops are located in the correct places and that there is not overcrowded or underutilized buses on the routes,” Millican said.

Besides

overcrowding, the Tiger Trails transit app, TransLoc Rider, isn’t always reliable.

“I rarely have trouble with the bus app, but sometimes the time is off,” construction man-

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An LSU Tiger Trails bus waits for students to board at Lockett Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4.

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Alabama student who called bomb threat pleads not guilty

BY KATHERINE MANUEL @kmanuel_2 A University of Alabama freshman faces up to 20 years in prison after allegedly phoning in a fake bomb threat to Tiger Stadium during the LSU-Florida game on Oct. 12.

Connor Bruce Croll, 19, was charged on Oct. 18 with communicating false information of a planned bombing on school property, a felony offense, by the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office, according to The Advocate.

According to East Baton Rouge Parish booking records, a call came to the Baton Rouge Police Department’s non-emergency line during the game that said “there is a bomb in the stadium.” Detectives traced the call to Croll’s phone and discovered he was a student at the University of Alabama.

Croll, of Crozet, Virginia, was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond on Oct. 13.

TIGER TRAILS, from page 3 agement freshman Ellie Ward said. “Today the app said it was 50% full, and it was packed. Like you couldn’t move. Everyone was sitting, and everywhere to stand was taken up.”

Millican said her office has not received any complaints about the app this semester, and bus wait times are hard to predict.

“We try to get it down to as much of an exact science as we can time-wise,” Millican said.

“So much of it is dependent on the number of riders that day, what traffic is like, the weather conditions, all of that can affect it.”

Some students, especially freshmen, are also confused about how to use the app in general. Mass communication

ESPN announced the LSUFlorida game was the most watched college football game on the network in nearly two years, with an average of 6.45 million viewers. There were over 102,000 fans in Tiger Stadium that night.

Officials contacted the University of Alabama Police Department, and Croll was arrested, according to the Advocate. Police said Croll confessed, saying he called the threat in to try to stop the game because his friend was about to lose a bet.

In a statement about the incident, Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard said LSUPD and University officials, as well as federal and local law enforcement on location, have protocol in place to respond to perceived threats at Tiger Stadium and across campus.

“In this case, protocol was followed efficiently and effectively to quickly ascertain the source of the threat,” Ballard said via email. “That proto-

col includes an immediate sweep of the stadium and a multiagency investigation, which led to the suspect being identified within minutes and arrested soon thereafter.”

The statement said LSU appreciates the cooperation of all agencies and the University of Alabama in the incident.

“There is nothing more important than the safety and wellbeing of the public on campus,” Ballard said.

Croll waived extradition to Baton Rouge, meaning he allowed himself to be taken into custody in Louisiana, where charges are pending against him, according to Kalb. On Oct. 16, Croll was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a $100,000 bond.

Croll pleaded not guilty to District Judge Fred Crifasi, and he will appear in court again on Jan. 8, according to The Advocate.

This is not the first fake bomb threat the University has received in recent years.

Last December, Evan Reagan James was arrested by LSUPD after sending a false bomb threat to the University. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison later that day on charges of communicating of false information of planned bombing on school property, at schoolsponsored function or in a firearm-free zone.

freshman Anna Snellgrove said she had trouble understanding which routes the buses took.

“I don’t ride the bus often,” Snellgrove said. “I downloaded the app and tried to figure it out, but I got confused. I couldn’t map anything out. I couldn’t figure out where the buses were going.”

Millican said it may just take a while for freshmen to get used to the new facilities around the University’s campus.

“I think there’s a learning curve,” Millican said. “I think when freshmen get here, they have to learn all the systems on campus, whether that be the way the transit system works or the way dining works. It’s just a learning curve.”

Richard Haydel was formerly an entertainment reporter for The Reveille.

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and makes the three hours more enjoyable,” Madere said.

Instructor of record and communication studies graduate student Laura Carper teaches Interpersonal Communication, and also offered her students a small amount of extra credit for dressing up.

Carper said she got the idea from one of her students who said their history professor was offering extra credit for wearing a costume.

Her class is learning about family communication, so Carper found a way to tie trick-or-treating as a child into this discussion.

“I was already planning on

learned about in the lab to encourage them to become more interested in the lab.

She said some students dressed as cows since they had used cows’ blood in a lab, one student came as a spectrometer, a measuring tool they had used in the lab, and one student came as a leaf.

Freshman biological sciences pre-dental freshman Kylie Madere dressed as the spectrometer.

“I think the teacher offered the extra credit because it allows students to have fun with bio lab during the week of Halloween,

The University was notified of a bomb threat early in the morning on Dec. 14, and LSUPD began working to determine the credibility of the threat and identify the person responsible.

The University determined the threat was not credible, but still performed a sweep of campus using K-9 units as a precaution.

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LSU Tiger Stadium lights up the field on Monday, Sept. 23. dressing up for Halloween myself, as an instructor,” Carper said. “What better way to encourage identity and involvement within the classroom?”

Carper said the bonus given to her students wearing Halloween costumes will be .25% of a bonus point, and she will be dressing as Princess Leia for the occasion.

Mass communication freshman Caroline Haynes, a student in Carper’s class, said she isn’t dressing up because it’s such a small bonus, but other students in her class are.

“I think our professor does it to make people excited to come to class,” Haynes said.

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Two LSU students walk away from an LSU Tiger Trails Bus at Lockett Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4.

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Biological sciences pre-dental freshman Kylie Madere dresses as a spectrometer to recieve extra credit in her biology class on Oct. 30.

ENTERTAINMENT MAKEUP SHAKEUP Local makeup artists show their special FX skills

BY ENJANAE’ TAYLOR @_queenet_ FX artists Baylee McInerney and Ingrid Victoria create ghoulishly glam makeup looks perfect for Halloween.

McInerney is a 24-yearold nursing student attending Nunez Community College.

The New Orleans native got her professional makeup license at the Voodoo Makeup & About Face Makeup School.

There she learned about sanitation and how to work with different facial structures.

The artist specializes in everything from bridal to special effects makeup. She has worked various events including New Orleans Fashion Week and LA Fashion Magazine Fashion Show in Los Angeles.

“Once I did like a band and then I went there and made them all into like vampires and they performed at an after show of Voodoo so that was cool,” McInerney said. “I did that and then I also did a bunch of girls and they all dressed up as different ‘Beetlejuice’ characters,” Victoria, also a New Orleans native, has worked with costumes and makeup for as long as she can remember.

The 32-year-old started with costume design first and used to sew costumes for people and alter clothing. The artist still sews and makes costumes, but after getting makeup clients during Halloween she discovered she enjoyed doing more intricate looks.

“In college when I was making my own costumes, I also did my own makeup, but

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wanted her makeup to stand out and now she’s created her own line of lashes that help do exactly that.

“They’ve come a long way” Victoria said. “we’ve been

Theatre Baton Rouge’s next production, as the title suggests, is filled with a lot of love and murder, as well as a lot of currents students and alum of the University.

Jenny Ballard, the director of “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder,” graduated in 2013 with a master’s degree in fine arts. The show’s assistant director, 27-year-old alumna Haley Schroeck, graduated in 2014, and the show’s assistant stage manager, 20-year-old Lauren Hingle, is a current student at the University.

Jonathan Thomas, 21-yearold biological engineering senior with a music minor, plays the lead character Montague “Monty” D’Ysquith Navarro.

This is just a small portion of the students and alumni that are a part of this production. This is one of the biggest tech shows Theatre Baton Rouge has ever produced, with fast set changes and many costumes and props.

There is an 11-person cast, but Albert Nolan plays every single member of the D’Ysquith family.

“It was learning how to interact differently with each one of [Nolan’s] characters because if I interacted the same way it

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I started getting really good at fantasy makeup and that’s where my passion lies with fantasy, avant garde looks, really out the box artistic stuff,” Victoria said. “I love pushing the boundaries,” Victoria also has lashes

called Chimera Lashes which she designs herself.

Textile designing and 3D design work already came naturally to Victoria. The extravagant lashes she creates first came as a last-minute option at a photo shoot. The artist

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Been Dead artistry fuses eerie elements with unique designs

BY ALEXANDRIA DUQUE @AlexInTheMedia Baton Rouge artist, Been Dead, specializes in woodworking, photography, relief prints, illustrations and clothing that combine macabre and earthy elements. The owner, an avid lover of skateboarding, conveys his passions through his artwork by using old skateboard deck in his woodwork.

William Manning was born and raised in Baton Rouge before joining the Army and traveling the world. Throughout his life, skateboarding and tattoo artistry had always played a big role in his life and in shaping his passion.

After hanging up his army

coat in 2012, Manning shed his previous life and became Been Dead. Art was his way of expressing himself and a healthy way of dealing with anxiety, PTSD and stress. Beginning with just wood carvings and relief prints, his brand grew into a multitude of different products.

“Artistry is an outlet for me,” Been Dead said. “It helps keep me focused on something when I’m not skateboarding.”

Been Dead isn’t your traditional artist. He creates eerie skeletal work that is inspired by skateboard culture and tattoo artistry. Skulls, daggers and scorpions are only some of the few themes often displayed in his work. Not only is his artwork unique and awe inspiring,

but each piece of art also holds a deeper appreciation to it.

Been Dead recovers almost all of his materials: re-purposing wood, road kill, clothing and dead bugs. Yes, bugs— more specifically cicadas and cicada killers. He has also incorporated skulls from dead dogs that had been left on the side of the road as a centerpiece for his framework. To some it may seem morbid, but to Been Dead it is his way of honoring and highlighting death through art.

“I draw my inspiration from the people around me,” Been Dead said. “All of my friends are artists, so they are who I draw my inspiration from.”

Been Dead’s newest ad-

dition to his collection is his clothing line. Most of his apparel is resourced from secondhand stores and designed with handmade print reliefs. One of his most popular pieces is his coffin shelves. The shelves are built into a frame that is in the shape of a coffin. Each custom shelf can range anywhere from two to seven feet in size.

Been Dead can design just about any illustration or wood carving that you can think of.

He also can be found at local art markets and shows such as BrickYard South’s Yard Art. For product questions or custom designs, you can follow Been Dead’s work on Instagram @BeenDead.Brand where his collection can be viewed.

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Artist Been Dead displays his art on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, off of West Parker Blvd.

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page 6 FX ARTIST, from page 5 doing it for three years and they’re in more than a dozen stores here. We’re slowly moving across the nation. They’re in a hand full of stores in New York, Austin and Detroit right now. We’re about to go to Atlanta for the IMATS makeup convention next month, so we’re slowing expanding and it’s fun.”

FX makeup is something many people wish to do for Halloween or just for fun, but don’t know where to start. McInerney advised to keep practicing even if your looks don’t turn out the way you planned, as well as practice on others.

“Also, take pictures of all of your work from the beginning so you can see how much you can grow as an artist,” McInerney said. “That was one thing

THEATRE, from page 5 would be boring and monotonous because you’ve seen me kill him eight times, so learning that was such a fun challenge to get through,” Thomas said.

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” was the most nominated show of the 2014 Broadway season. Navarro, driven by love and revenge, chooses to murder those in front of him in the line of succession for the D’Ysquith family fortune.

that I was really glad that I did so I can look back now and see how far I’ve come with it.”

Victoria advised using reputable brands for FX looks, she also recommended using Ben Nye to do looks with easy prosthetics and a ripped-up skin effect.

“That and look up YouTube videos,” Victoria said. “I’m a visual learner and that’s kind of how I started so there’s a lot of information on YouTube,” McInerney’s business has boomed recently. She likes how it gives her the flexibility to still be in nursing school while doing what she loves.

McInerney finds it rewarding to be her own boss and help others feel better about themselves.

“That’s what I love the most about being a makeup art-

ist,” McInerney said. “after I’m done them looking in the mirror and just seeing the huge smile on their face and just seeing their confidence boost immediately,” McInerney said.

She loves that she can do anything with FX makeup and experiment while having fun during Halloween.

“FX makeup is really cool to be able to step outside of your comfort zone, the norm and reality of everything that’s go going on in the world and just kind of take a break and have fun,” McInerney said. “I get to take out my bottle fake blood, liquid latex, and scar wax and just create whatever I want, however I want,” McInerney said. “It’s my favorite time of year and I hope people can look at my work and get in the Halloween spirit as well.”

Victoria also loves how makeup allows her to be creative and express herself through her art.

“You could do a natural beauty look, you could do glam and then you could get crazy and do a ripped-up skin effect and go full out fantasy, which that’s the stuff I love of course,” Victoria said. “Knowing that makeup knows no bounds I think is really why I gravitated toward it, it’s just very transformative and however you feel inside, your face is the canvas you can kind of just make yourself up however you want to feel and then totally feel it from the inside out.”

Both of these artists can do natural, glam and FX looks and are available to book appointments.

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Schroeck makes a lot of the magic happen on and off stage as the assistant director. she described the show as hilarious and impressive.

“It’s such an interesting mix of a classic and modern feel,” Schroeck said. “You watch these 11 actors running around transforming into tons of people, using different accents, you’ll be truly blown away.”

To prepare for this role, Thomas attended voice lessons to practice his technique. He

also worked trained to perfect Navarro’s British accent. This was just a part of his efforts to become this chilling character.

“I’ve also had to change my posture and how I walk just because it’s set in the Edwardian Era in Britain,” Thomas said.

Theatre Baton Rouge will be having a special ASL performance Nov. 10, with The Louisiana School for the Deaf being one of the groups community partners.

“Outreach is very important

to us,” Ballard said. “Our ASL performances are a great example of this. We include ASL performance dates in all early and active promotional materials.”

The show runs from Nov. 1-17, but there will also be a special performance on Halloween night.

The Halloween show is pay what you can, so it will be a great way for the audience to support the show while providing donations. Normal show times are 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

with tickets being $20 for students and $31 for general admission.

“I’ve been looking forward to opening for months now, and I can’t believe it’s almost here.

Hingle said. “The whole cast and production team have put so much work into this show, and I can’t wait for you all to get to see the wonderful product of our efforts,” If you want to keep spooky season going, go out and see this cast perform a killer show.

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It’s really not worth arguing that this movie is good by traditional metrics, but it leaves a scar deeper than any traditional horror movie I’ve seen. It’s so creatively gruesome that it leaves me both worried for and afraid of the writer. I don’t want to watch it again, but I know I will. And I’ll be just as uncomfortable as I was the first time I saw it.

Masie O’Toole @masieotoole

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE Netflix

Mike Flanagan’s direction is so sure-handed and every frame is bleeding with horrifying imagery that begs to be rewatched, studied and analyzed.

Jump scares come few and far between — the real fear comes from a sense of dread and heart-sinking sadness that builds and builds until its incredibly explosive and emotional climax that left me sobbing on my couch.

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This psychological horror movie won’t scare you for a quick 15 seconds, but it will settle with you for maybe a week. I kept thinking about the movie after I saw it, and that’s when I knew that this was the greatest horror movie I’ve ever seen. If you’re sick of the same horror movies being made every year about a possessed doll or remakes of old ones, then Ari Aster is the director to keep a look out on.

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THE ABC’S OF DEATH Various Directors

The ABC’s of Death is by far one of the most entertaining and gruesome horror films I have ever sat through. Although it is confusing and exaggerates almost every scene, there is something quite intriguing about the masterminds that are able to produce such unpredictable content. While watching the movie you’ll experience feelings of confusion, disgust and oddly enough- fascination.

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‘Carrie’ continues to be a must watch film for Halloween

BY ENJANAE’ TAYLOR @_queenet_

When discussing must-see Halloween films, it’s a crime not to mention the iconic thriller “Carrie.”

Of course, I’m referring to the 1976 adaptation of the Stephen King novel. I don’t even want to get into the 2013 movie, let’s just stick to discussing the tragedy of the character, not the tragedy of trying to remake a classic.

The original star-studded cast featured scream queen Sissy Spacek, who owned the role of Carrie White, and John Travolta, who played trashy Billy Nolan.

William Katt played the dreamy Tommy Ross, Amy Irving played sweet Sue Snell and Piper Laurie played Carrie’s crazy mother Margaret White.

Carrie White is known as Creepy Carrie in her school and neighborhood. She’s picked on by students and even teachers for being different. Due to her mother’s need to push her beliefs on Carrie, she never was able to feel like a real teenager.

Margaret didn’t want her to become a woman because women sin, which she felt she had done when she had Carrie.

Pushing her regret and blame

on her daughter, Margaret would lock Carrie in a dark room and force her to pray for forgiveness for things she didn’t know she was doing wrong.

Carrie’s gym teacher, Miss Desjardin (Betty Buckley) was one of the few people who were nice to her. After mean girl Chris Hargensen (Nancy Allen) bullied Carrie, Miss Desjardin punished them with a week’s worth of detention. If they missed, they would not be allowed to go to their senior prom, the event of the year.

Sue then gets the idea of having Tommy go to the prom with Carrie instead of herself.

Tommy, Margaret and Miss Desjardin all saw this as a bad idea, and boy were they right.

Ignoring all signs and using her newfound telekinesis powers to take control of her life, Carrie said yes to Tommy.

Chris, not happy about this, decided to get pay back by getting Billy to help pour pig’s blood on Carrie at the prom when she falsely wins prom queen.

This has to be one of the most iconic scenes in film history.

You will never forget seeing it for the first time and imaging how Carrie felt as her first time feeling like a real teenager is

ruined as everyone laughs at her.

It’s hard to imagine someone having as much hatred for someone as Chris did for Carrie, to go out of her way to do something like that to someone else.

Carrie gets back at everyone by burning down prom and murdering Chris and Billy. Later, Carrie’s house also burns down with her mother inside. Both of them end up dead. Sue is the only survivor of the night and we finally see the classic final scene of her going to the grave that said, “Carrie White burns in Hell” and then seeing and feeling Carrie’s bloody hand grab her.

This movie has more tragedy than horror, showing the nightmare of high school and how devilish some people are. Carrie wasn’t the true villain of this film . It’s scary to think how far someone can be pushed to their limits and do scary things with or without powers.

Ultimately, this is one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations and a must-watch every spooky season. It also brought me one of my favorite musicals and both get better every year.

If you’re looking for a movie to watch before the season is over watch “Carrie,” it will be a night you’ll never forget.

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SPORTS GOLDEN AGE OF LA FOOTBALL Column: It’s a great time to be a football fan in Louisiana

MYLES KUSS @KussMyles Louisiana football fans can finally catch their collective breaths as the mighty LSU Tigers (8-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) and the New Orleans Saints (7-1, 1-0 NFC

South) have off weeks to prepare for two huge upcoming matchups.

Start with the Tigers. They are having a campaign LSU has not experienced in some time with an emerging superstar in freshman defensive back Derek Stingley and Heisman favorite senior quarterback Joe Burrow.

Stingley leads the defense in interceptions and showed the abil-

ity to tackle when asked. Both aspects are crucial as junior defensive back Grant Delpit is having a down year by his standards, and senior defensive end Rashard Lawrence struggles to stay healthy.

With all this being said, two names have stepped up alongside Stingley to make this defense feared: junior linebacker Jacob Phillips and junior defensive back

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JaCoby Stevens.

Philips leads the linebacking core for the Tigers. He also leads the team in tackles and seems to always be around the ball.

As for Stevens, he has been on another level. He is second on the team in tackles and was voted SEC Defensive Player of the Week for

The NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.”

The nation’s largest governing body for college sports and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to profit — something they have fought against doing for years — while still maintaining rules regarding amateurism. The NCAA Board of Governors, meeting at Emory University in Atlanta, directed each of the NCAA’s three divisions to create the necessary new rules immediately and have them in place no later than January 2021.

Board chair Michael Drake, the president of Ohio State University, said the NCAA must embrace change and modernize “to provide the best possible experience for college athletes.”

But such changes will come with limitations, he said.

“The board is emphasizing that change must be consistent with the values of college sports and higher education and not turn student-athletes into employees of institutions,” Drake told The Associated Press.

A group of NCAA administrators has been exploring since May the ways in which athletes could be allowed to receive compensation for the use of their names, images and likenesses. The working group, led

see GOLDEN AGE, page 10

see NCAA, page 10

BASKETBALL

Will Wade excited about LSU basketball’s versatility

BY ANTHONY MOCKLIN @anthony_mocklin LSU basketball coach Will Wade addressed the media Monday afternoon about expectations for his team as the season rapidly approaches. He also highlighted the increase in season ticket sales, which is among the highest it has been in nearly two decades.

Attacking The Rim LSU’s two tallest players last year, forwards Naz Reid and Kavell Bigby-Williams, are both in the NBA. While the Tigers may not have as much of a paint presence this season, Wade emphasized the court spacing the team will have, which can leave

the lane wide open for driving to the basket.

“We were fourth in the country in percentage of shots at the rim last year,” Wade said. “We’ve got to be able to drive it in there and finish and hopefully continue to draw fouls.”

Wade feels any of LSU’s starters can lead the team in scoring on any given night. LSU will rely on sophomore Javonte Smart and senior Skylar Mays to lead the backcourt. Having sophomore Darius Days on the wing and big men who can play away from the basket should give Smart and Mays plenty of space to operate on both the perimeter and in the paint.

Trendon Watford’s Versatility

Freshman forward Trendon Watford shined during the team’s trip to Spain. He led the Tigers in scoring, averaging almost 16 points per game. Wade had nothing but praise for Watford, who could become a pivotal part of LSU’s offense this season.

“I think Trendon’s somebody that’s very versatile,” Wade said.

“He can lead us in a lot of different categories just because he’s such a versatile player for us.”

At 6’9”, Watford is the tallest player on the team along with sophomore forward Courtese Cooper and junior center Deshawn Thomas. However, Wade

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LSU basketball coach Will Wade holds a press conference in the PMAC on Oct. 28.

page 10 GOLDEN AGE, from page 9 the second consecutive week.

Even with these two stepping up, the defense needs to improve.

LSU is allowing a pedestrian 316 yards per game this season under Dave Aranda. That is good for 27th in the country. Not bad by most standards, but out of line with the usual Aranda mantra.

One cause could be the intense schedule LSU has played thus far, which includes games against top 10 opponents like Texas, Auburn, and Florida.

Aranda would also agree having an explosive offense allows the defense to be riskier. LSU’s defense is talented, and will use this much needed bye to prepare for the upcoming goliath.

As for the offense, what can you not say?

According to Caesar Sportsbook, Joe Burrow started the year at 200-1 odds to win the Heisman trophy. Now he stands as the favorite at even odds.

This did not come without ex-

Thursday, October 31, 2019 ecution and grit.

Burrow broke the LSU record for the most passing touchdowns in a season against Mississippi State in week seven, and looks to create a record that will never be reached.

He leads the nation’s secondbest passing offense that throws for over 370 yards a game and is third in yards per attempt with over 10.

He could not accomplish these momentous achievements without athletes on the outside; and LSU happens to have three: sophomore Ja’Marr Chase, junior Justin Jefferson and Terrace Marshall.

LSU is one of two teams in the country with three players with at least 300 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns. Burrow can sling the rock into tight spaces, but these three know how to go up and get it.

The only other team that can currently boast that stat happens to be the Tigers’ next opponent: the Alabama Crimson Tide.

LSU is rolling, and fans should

use this time to relax and celebrate as coach Ed Orgeron prepares for the toughest game of his life in a tough, hostile environment.

According to Orgeron, “Joe’s a competitor,” and the Tigers will have to use every ounce of it in two weeks.

As for the Saints, the messiah returned and seemed to not miss a beat.

Beside a couple of ugly deep throws, quarterback Drew Brees looked like the first ballot hall of famer New Orleans grew to love.

He ended his day against the Arizona Cardinals with 373 yards and three touchdowns to go with a 79% completion percentage.

Not too shabby for the first player in NFL history with 75,000 passing yards, but he could not do it alone.

During his five-game absence, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went 5-0 and passed for over a thousand yards, with every one of them seeming to go to star wide receiver Michael Thomas. Thomas is on pace to catch the most balls

this season.

Yet, the biggest one to step up on offense, especially in the past two weeks, is running back Latavius Murray. He has shown that he was a feature back once and can do it again.

In the past two games, Murray rushed for 221 yards and gained another 86 in the air.

No running back Alvin Kamara, no problem.

In addition to the offense not skipping a beat, the defense is playing like they are the best in the league.

They rank sixth in yards allowed per game, ninth in points per game and second in rushing yards per game.

It has been 34 total games since the defense has allowed an individual 100-yard rusher.

The best part is, you can name any starter and not find a glaring weakness.

Big names like defensive end Cameron Jordan has eight sacks, linebacker Demario Davis leads the team in tackles with 42 and

safety Marcus Williams leads the team with two interceptions.

The lesser names like defensive back Eli Apple is having his best year as a Saint, and defensive lineman Trey Hendrickson has three sacks to his credit.

Every name on the defense could get their own praise, and they will be the reason that the Saints stay title contenders.

The only weakness seems to be the absence of a wide receiver two, but, if offensive linemen Ryan Ramczyk, Erik McCoy and Terror Armstead keep giving Brees time, it might not be an issue at all.

In the words of Jeff Duncan, “It’s entirely possible that the best team in college football and the best team in pro football are both playing in the state of Louisiana right now.”

It’s not just possible, it’s happening right now and fans should enjoy the bye week to examine the golden age for football in Louisiana as both juggernauts look to take home trophies by winter.

NCAA, from page 9

BASKETBALL, from page 9

by Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman, presented a status report Tuesday to the university presidents who make up the Board of Governors.

Smith and Ackerman’s group laid out principles and guidelines, endorsed by the board, to be followed as NCAA members go about crafting new rules and tweaking existing ones, including: Some college sports leaders fear allowing athletes to earn outside income could open the door to corruption.

“One of the most distinctive things about college sports is this whole recruitment process,” NCAA President Mark Emmert told the AP. “The whole notion of trying to maintain as fair a playing field as you can is really central to all this.

And using sponsorship arrangements, in one way or another, as recruiting inducements is something everybody is deeply concerned about.”

said Watford could fill in for Smart at point guard if needed.

“He can really play anywhere on the court,” Wade said. “We could bring him in and he’d bring the ball up the court and get us started. It’s like having a Swiss Army knife.”

Season Ticket Sales Following its Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament last season, the LSU basketball team has put the nation, as well as its fans, on notice. The team was ranked No. 22 in the AP preseason poll.

“We’re just under 7300 season tickets sold right now, which would be the most since Shaq was here,” Wade said.

“We’re very appreciative of all the fans who purchase season tickets. We’re very excited about the interest level in the program and the excitement of our fans thus far.”

There is no doubt the PMAC will be roaring next weekend, as LSU hosts the Bowling Green Falcons for their first game of the season on Nov. 8.

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LSU senior quarterback Joe Burrow (9) hands the ball off to LSU junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) during the Tigers’ 23-20 victory over Auburn on Oct. 26 in Tiger Stadium.

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Burrow’s butt would not have aired if he was a woman SINCERELY, SHELBY SHELBY BORDES @shelbybordes If you tuned into the LSU vs.

Mississippi State game, you’ve probably seen or heard about Joe Burrow’s butt.

CBS showed the play in which a Mississippi State player accidentally pulled down Burrows pants in an attempt to sack the quarterback. I think that action warrants an apology from the network.

The Advocate published an article stating the same thing — CBS should apologize. The article stated that the same action would not have been taken if the athlete were a woman; and I agree.

If it were a woman and she had an accident like Burrow’s during a game, there would be no way the same play would be shown as many times as Burrow’s was.

What I do not understand is the response received for the slip up during the play. I saw numerous pictures of Burrow’s butt on my Instagram the next morning, I was surprised to see most of the accounts doing so belonged to women.

If it were male students and male LSU football fans posting a photo of a woman’s butt in the same manner, it would be a problem.

The stigma shouldn’t be different between male and female athletes. Above that, the media shouldn’t have the power to maintain the stigma by creating a meme out of it. Actions regarding male and female athletes should not be different. We can’t treat one gender differently from the other.

People need to understand that objectifying someone is never right, no matter their gender. I understand this was a small case and not serious in scope. No mat-

ter, athletes or anyone in the public eye should not be treated in a similar way.

It is not just the fact that the play was shown. It was the amount of replays, post and video shares on multiple social media accounts making the play more of a spectacle than it had to be.

I think the network should apologize to Burrow out of respect for showing an intimate part of the quarterback’s body to a massive audience. CBS should not be able to get away with doing this to someone just because it was male player.

I do commend Burrow for laughing at himself and the many photos regarding the accident.

He was able to take it in stride and feed into the joke surrounding him and the situation. I don’t think I could have done the same.

Shelby Bordes is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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LSU senior quarterback Joe Burrow (9) prepares to throw the ball during the Tigers game against Auburn on Oct. 26, at Tiger Stadium.

TOPS is a great, but flawed scholarship for LA students GOOFIN’ AROUND WITH GRANT GRANT WILKINSON @GrantTWilkinson The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) is one of Louisiana’s crowning achievements. The scholarship has afforded countless students to have the ability to achieve higher education. Recently, we have had the security of this scholarship threatened. This scholarship is flawed, but it’s something we can polish to serve as an example for other states and the federal government.

TOPS as we know it today, came about in 1997 when Gov. Mike Foster signed ACT 1375 and ACT 287. The laws changed how the previous Taylor Plan would be given out.

The newly renovated program lifted the income cap and changed the core curriculum from 17.5 to 16.5 units. The program would undergo changes but this is when the scholarship we see to day started to have its footing.

The program came under threat in 2016 when our deficit and debt spiraled out of

control. It wasn’t until Gov. John Bel Edwards was able to get the situation under control and actual create a surplus in our state.

As the scholarship stands today, it covers about 22.7% of the cost of attendance. This makes a sizable dent in the cost but leaves more to be accounted for. Most students are forced to pay the remaining cost through loans or personal finance. This leads to debt build up within our generation; with the student debt total toppling $1.5 trillion it leaves thousands scared of what the economic impact might be.

As students, we are incredibly lucky to have TOPS to help us with the cost of attendance.

Louisiana is one of the few states that offers a program of this magnitude. The execution of the plan is not up to par with what it could accomplish.

It is estimated that 16.2% loose their TOPS award during the first year of college. This is lost money that is could be spent to cover students who are attentive to their GPA. The solution I propose is that everyone be required to pay for their first year of college, through their own wealth or loans. Once you have retained the GPA

required to get TOPS your next three years will be paid for, as long as you maintain that GPA. After you graduate, you will get a check mailed to you as reimbursement of your first year. This insures that the people who are receiving this scholarship understand the course load and drive

it takes to keep it up, while safeguarding against wasting tax dollars on students who will go on to lose TOPS. TOPS is one of the reasons this article got written today, and why a lot of us have the ability to attend LSU. TOPS is a reason why many students in Louisiana decide

to say here. It is so beneficial, but it can be so much more. It needs to be something we know is not going to go away and is safeguarded for generations to come.

Grant Wilkinson is a 20-yearold computer science junior from Vinton, Louisiana.

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