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PHOLE LABOR State inmates currently provide 28,000 hours of unpaid janitorial services to LSU through an inmate labor program established in 1997.

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NEWS

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Student Government starts “On the Fleaux” initiative that provides free menstrual products around campus.

SPORTS

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Tua Tagovailoa injury bad for college football and fans, but Nick Saban should not be blamed for unfortunate event.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Middleton Guide to Finals Week: LSU students weigh in on which floor of Middleton is their personal favorite for studying.

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LSU professor speaks out against University’s prison inmate labor practices

BY ANNA JONES @annajoneses LSU has been using prison inmate labor for decades, although many students may not have ever spotted the well-hidden janitorial staff.

The inmates work in secluded areas and mainly on the weekends, according to Director of Facility & Property Oversight Tammy Millican, “We’re very careful not to put them in the more populated areas of campus,” Millican said.

The University started the inmate labor support program in 1997 to supply labor resources for the campus at minimal cost, while also providing job skills for the inmates selected to participate.

“One of the missions of LSU is service to the community. So we look at that as a way we would be able to help them out,” Millican said.

She also attributed the program to major budget cuts made around the time.

There is an average of 28,000 hours per year of inmate labor provides to the University’s main campus. The University has a contract with the Dixon Correctional Institute, a Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections facility in Jackson, to pay the correctional officers and provide meals for both correctional officers and inmates. Inmates themselves are unpaid. The state saved $1,068,000 for every 100 prisoners that completed the program.

Political Communication Assistant Professor Nathan Kalmoe thinks a few hours of fresh air and lunch at McDonald’s isn’t a fair trade for inmates who provide the labor.

“There are several problems that need to be addressed with the program,” Kalmoe said. “If they are doing work, they should be paid for that work.”

Another problem with the University’s contract with the Dixon Correctional Institute, Kalmoe said, is that Louisiana still ranks second in global incarceration rates. Louisiana was first, until it was surpassed by Oklahoma in 2018. Kalmoe said Louisiana’s criminal justice system disproportionately targets black residents as opposed to white residents.

Kalmoe made his views known by responding to a September tweet by artist and activist Bree Newsome Bass that said, “Slavery never ended. They turned the plantations into prisons. Never forget.”

“Predominantly white universities like LSU are among those using that coerced labor,” Kalmoe tweeted. “I’ve seen prisoners working on campus all week in 95+ degree heat. For a school struggling to embody the diversity of Louisiana, one step should be to abolish slavery on campus.”

He tagged University President F. King Alexander in the

tweet, and later tweeted that Alexander had unfollowed him.

Inmates on the University’s campus perform janitorial work, such as cleaning up grounds after game days, while being supervised by correctional officers and working alongside LSU Facility Services staff.

Inmates who participate in the program are chosen by the corrections department and are always non-violent offenders, according to Millican.

“We’ve been doing this since 1997. We’ve never had a discipline issue,” Millican said. “It is a privilege for them to come here, and they see it as such.”

African Americans constitute an overwhelming majority in Louisiana’s prison system (66%), although they only make up 32% of the state’s population. Additionally, 90% of those serving life without parole sentences for nonviolent crimes are black, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

“You see this especially in low-level crimes,” Kalmoe said.

“Studies in Baton Rouge find even though white and black rates of drug use are similar, neighborhoods with a large portion of black residents have higher incarceration rates, greater arrest rates and harsher punishments.”

Drug use varies little across zip codes in Baton Rouge, according to a study conducted by Together Baton Rouge. However, rates of police enforcement for drug possession vary dramatically among neighborhoods.

High-enforcement areas are 90% black and have five times as many arrests for drug possession than low-enforcement areas. The median household income for high-enforcement area residents is $26,762.

Low-enforcement areas are 63% white, and have a median household income of $53,636. An estimated 8.3% of low-enforcement area residents are drug users, as opposed to 7.6% of their high-enforcement counterparts, according to the study.

Kalmoe, who referred to inmate-labor practices as a “loophole for the 13th Amendment,” said he would prefer to see the state save money by lowering incarceration rates than by using inmates to do work on behalf of the state.

He also said it is a detriment to the University’s efforts to attract diverse freshman classes, something the University has recently prided itself on.

In September, the LSU Media Center reported the University had broken the record for its largest and most diverse freshman class for the second year in a row.

The diversity of this year’s freshman class increased by more than 7%, according to the Media Center.

“LSU has a history of racial exclusion that the University’s trying to fix,” Kalmoe said. “It’s difficult to attract a student body

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The University started the inmate labor program in 1997 to supply labor resources for the campus at minimal costs. that reflects racial diversity when you have prisoners on our campus that are disproportionately black working on campus for no pay.”

Louisiana is one of a handful of states that relies on prison labor to maintain government buildings. The program was expanded in March 2018, but some state lawmakers opposed it.

“We’re doing something that I think is morally out of place,” Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge said in a March 2018 Times-Picayune article. “Some inmates that work full time while incarcerated don’t have enough money to get an apartment when released from prison.”

State prisoners hold a variety of jobs in the Governor’s Mansion and the State Capitol, as well as other government facilities. In-

mates can opt to be paid four to 70 cents an hour or work to earn credit toward their release.

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards supported the program’s expansion, which allowed prisoners to do work outside of custodial jobs.

Kalmoe said he did not know if Alexander had a say in whether prisoners worked on campus, but he hopes Alexander will use his influence to end the controversial practice.

“I know he has a better chance of influencing the governor and the legislature to make changes than I do,” Kalmoe said. “I hope he’ll use his leadership position to work for change, not just on campus but also statewide.”

Nick Frewin contributed to this report.

In Monday’s issue of the Reveille, University alumna Rachel Shoun is referred to a as a journalism major. Shoun majored in library and information studies. The Reveille regrets this error and it has since been corrected online at lsureveille.com

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NEWS Naquin sentenced Former LSU student Matthew Naquin to serve two and a half years

BY KATHERINE MANUEL @kmanuel_2 Former University student and Phi Delta Theta fraternity member Matthew Naquin was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday in the September 2017 hazing death of freshman fraternity pledge Max Gruver.

Louisiana District Judge Beau Higginbotham suspended all but two and a half years of Naquin’s sentence. Naquin must also complete 1,000 hours of community service, serve three years of probation upon release and pay a $1,000 fine.

A jury found Naquin guilty of negligent homicide in July.

In opening statements Wednesday morning, the Gruver family asked that Naquin be sentenced to five years in prison.

“Let us not forget Matthew Naquin has everything to do with Max’s death,” Rae Ann Gruver, Max’s mother, said.

Former University students and Phi Delta Theta members Ryan Isto, Sean-Paul Gott and Patrick Forde were arrested in October 2017 along with Naquin for hazing charges and for the death of Gruver during a hazing ritual known as “Bible Study.”

Gruver, 18, along with other pledges, was forced to take “pulls” of 190-proof liquor if he gave incorrect answers about the fraternity or could not recite the Greek alphabet.

Gruver died Sept. 14, 2017, the morning after “Bible Study” from acute alcohol intoxication with aspiration. His alcohol level was .495, more than six times the legal driving limit. An autopsy also detected THC, a chemical found in marijuana, in his system.

Max’s father, Stephen Gruver,

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The courtroom was silent when Naquin took the stand to make a statement. Naquin began by describing a dream he had recently about a cave and a river.

He said that this process has been “quite a journey.” Naquin then told the story of how he first met Gruver.

“While it is true that Max’s bid

Baby, it’s cold outside. And inside, if you are a student living in Annie Boyd Hall.

Within the last week, multiple rooms in Annie Boyd Hall lost heat. The majority of the building is not affected, but students without heat are forced to stay in rooms as low as 60 degrees with no details on when it will be fixed or what happened.

Residential Life Communications and Development Associate Director Catherine David said only two rooms were reported to have heating issues.

One room reported thermostat and heat concerns last Thursday, and one reported issues last Friday, according to David.

However, according to political communications freshman Taylor Landry, there are at least five rooms without heat.

Landry has been living in a 62-degree room for the past week. She texted her RA but has not heard anything back. According to Landry, the only way to get the heat in her room fixed is to put in a work order, but when one student tried, no one was at the desk to record it.

“We are all wearing tons of sweatshirts and socks, but overall it’s hard to study and concentrate when it’s freezing in the rooms,” Landry said.

Mass communication freshman Anna Thibodeaux also

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Police investigate the death of an LSU student on Sept. 14, 2017, at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. described the hazing Max endured in detail. He said his son was “defenseless” and clearly had too much alcohol the night of his death, “but it wasn’t enough for Matthew.”

“The tragedy haunts us everyday and will until we die,” Stephen Gruver said.

Stephen Gruver said if Naquin was not at the hazing ritual called “Bible Study” that night, Max

would still be alive. He said that Naquin singled out his son.

“Matthew Naquin took our son’s life. That’s our pain. That’s our sentence,” Stephen Gruver said.

Prosecutor Morgan Johnson detailed Naquin’s actions and asked for his imprisonment. She said Naquin has never taken responsibility for his role in Gruver’s death.

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SG to provide 6,000 free feminine hygiene products

BY PERLA RODRIGUEZ @perlajasminee Student Government passed a bill last week to finance 10 feminine hygiene product dispensers along with 6,000 feminine hygiene products. The dispensers, purchased from the company Aunt Flow, will be placed in various buildings around campus.

The SG bill, titled On the Fleaux, functions as an extension of the Period Project, a previous initiative that also offered free feminine hygiene products. The bill was written by SG sens. Alaysia Johnson and Revathi Menon.

“I want women to have access to these products because menstruation is a completely natural

process that every woman goes through, and we have to treat it that way,” Menon said. “My colleagues and I knew Student Government had the money to fund these dispensers for the Women’s Center, and so it was our responsibility to take these on.”

In partnership with the LSU Women’s Center, On the Fleaux will provide women and non-binary people with access to free, high-quality menstruation products. SG is deciding which oncampus locations need dispensers most. Johnson said feminine hygiene products are not given out as resources on campus.

“Walking around campus, particularly in Free Speech [Alley], people are giving out so

many different resources. When it comes to sex education and hygiene, things like condoms, stickers, even HIV [awareness] lip balm is given out, but not pads and tampons,” Johnson said. “The fact of the matter is that feminine hygiene products are viewed and advertised as a luxury. They’re taxed like a luxury and women are often shamed for even needing them.”

Menon said each dispenser will hold up to 50 pads and 100 tampons and will be equipped with a delayed dispensing mechanism to prevent over-consumption. After getting a pad or tampon from a dispenser, there will be a 30-second delay until the next one is dispensed.

The dispensers will cost $2,000, while the products will cost $3,000 for 3,000 pads and 3,000 tampons. Not only will the feminine products be free for students, they will also be sustainable and organic.

Menon said On the Fleaux is meant to help female students feel more confident on campus and help with unexpected periods.

“This was really important for me personally because I’ve had experiences where I’ve been surprised by my cycle and wasn’t able to access any products,” Menon said. “I’ve had to rely on the kindness of random women to provide me with products that are considered a luxury item when

they’re a necessity.”

Johnson said dispensers might not be limited to female bathrooms so non-binary students using male bathrooms could also access the products. The senators were careful to use inclusive language when writing the bill, trying to reach everyone who has periods but does not necessarily identify as female.

According to Johnson and Menon, they had to overcome some obstacles to pass the bill, including explaining the importance of the initiative to senators who didn’t need the products.

“It’s interesting to me that people who don’t have a vagina

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page 4 NAQUIN, from page 3 had made me uncomfortable, he eventually grew on me,” Naquin said.

Naquin said hazing is a more complex, psychological issue than most people see. He compared it to bullying on the playground and asked Higginbotham to look past the surface level of this issue.

“What happened on that terrible night was not the normal Matthew Naquin,” said defense attorney John McLindon said.

McLindon said that he speaks to high school students and parents about the effects of hazing and excessive drinking. He said he wants to bring Naquin with him so that students can hear his story. McLindon said that he thinks this case would have an impact on warning students about the effects of hazing.

Higginbotham said he believes this case of hazing had everything to do with power.

“Do I believe hazing will ever end?” Higginbotham asked. “No, I do not. So we have to look at how to prevent it.”

Higginbotham said this is a “no-win situation” for both parties. He pointed out that only a few people heard all of the evidence from the case.

Higginbotham said prior to today’s statements, he had an idea of the sentence he was going to assign to Naquin. After hearing

Naquin’s statment, however, that changed.

“Today was your opportunity to express what you learned and you didn’t do that,” Higginbotham said to Naquin.

During each year of his parole, Naquin will also have to speak at three separate high schools to warn about the effects of hazing.

After the sentencing, Rae Ann Gruver said that it is clear that Naquin takes no accountability in the death of Max Gruver, and thus should not speak about hazing.

“We have a life sentence, a life without our son,” Stephen Gruver said.

As a result of Gruver’s death, Phi Delta Theta was banned from LSU until at least 2033.

The Max Gruver Act was signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2018 and applies to fraternities, sororities, athletic groups and student organizations. The act addresses criminal hazing, making it a punishable offense with a fine up to $10,000 and up to five years in prison.

A grand jury charged Naquin with negligent homicide and hazing in March, and Forde, Isto and Gott on charges of hazing. Isto and Gott were given a sentence of 30 days in July with a fine up to $100 under the law in place during the 2017 Gruver hazing.

Isto, Forde and Gott testified as prosecution witnesses during Naquin’s trial.

HEATING, from page 3 lost heat last week, but had the heating fixed. After she realized there was an issue, she went to Evangeline Hall to submit a work order. The next day, a maintenance worker was sent to her room to fix the heating.

While it broke again two hours after the maintenance worker left, he came back the following day to retry and it has worked ever since, according to

HYGIENE, from page 3 tend to be the ones making decisions on behalf of those that do,” Johnson said. “It’s time for men to stick up for women and give us the support and resources to succeed. This initiative is the perfect way for them to do so.”

Menon said that others were also concerned about the bill not being relevant to all students. She said there were arguments that money and effort should be focused on issues that affected all students, like infrastructure.

“While I agree that infrastructure is a huge issue at LSU, that problem is completely separate from the issue of a lack of menstrual products and has nothing to do with how relevant our bill was to the student body,” Menon said. “Even if you aren’t a woman, everyone has a woman they care about in their life, and that is rea-

Thibodeaux.

“It wasn’t the best feeling walking into a really cold room when it was 30 degrees outside,” Thibodeaux said.

Not all rooms in the hall were affected, and the common areas still have heat. Some students are unaware of the heating issues, like business freshman Calvin Gaiennie, who still has heat in his room and did not know that some students were experiencing problems.

History freshman Chloe Pelegrin has working heat in her room but heard about the heating failures. Pelegrin has not noticed a big difference throughout the residential hall but feels sympathetic for those without heat. She is not sure why her heater survived and others did not.

“Honestly, I don’t know.

Two people on the same floor as me have broken heaters,” Pelegrin said.

son enough to care.”

Johnson said the bill will ease financial burdens caused by periods and should be prioritized.

“In a period where our reproductive rights are being attacked,

it’s important that women have a voice, support and resources on campus,” Johnson said. “With this program, our girls never have to choose between buying food, textbooks or tampons.”

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The LSU Women’s Center provides feminine products as part of their “Period Project” in Troy H. Middleton Library on Aug. 31, 2018.

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SPORTS INADEQUATE DEFENSE

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BY JACOB BECK @Jacob_Beck25 Thirty-eight points, 614 total yards of offense, 402 rushing yards with an average of 9.1 yards per carry, 8.6 yards per play and 26 first downs.

Those were football offensive statistics for Ole Miss (4-7, 2-5 Southeastern Conference) in its 57-38 loss to No. 1 LSU (10-0, 6-0 SEC). Nov. 16. The 614 yards is the most yards a LSU defense has allowed since 2001.

“I was embarrassed for the LSU defense,” junior safety Jacoby Stevens said. “Defensive wise. We didn’t put out a great representation of how we practice and how we play.” “(Ole Miss) did a good job of showing us different looks and we didn’t do a good job of adjusting,” senior defensive end Rashard Lawrence said. “... we haven’t played up to our standard yet, we haven’t played a four-quarter game yet.”

While LSU’s offense has garnered immense praise for the turnaround its made compared to recent seasons, perhaps even more surprising has been defense’s performance, which had become a known commodity over the past decade. The defense has given up 25 points or more in five games this season. Two of those games were against Vanderbilt and the aforementioned Ole Miss.

Vanderbilt, ranked 126th in total offense, scored 38 points

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LSU junior safety JaCoby Stevens (3) tackles Florida senior running back Lamical Perine (2) on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, during the Tigers’ 42-28 victory against the Gators in Tiger Stadium. against the Tigers, the most points the commodores have tailed in a game this season. The way in which the defense has struggled has been hard to pinpoint, but there may be a few hints as to why it’s happening.

The defense lost key starters from last season in linebacker Devin White, cornerback Greedy

Williams and safety John Battle, but they also supplemented those losses with the addition of freshman cornerback Derek Stingley, the emergence of junior linebackers Patrick Queen and Jacob Phillips and Stevens at safety. The talent isn’t the issue, as Stevens noted.

“If we were a bunch of scrubs, if we didn’t have the talent that we

have, it would be different, but we do.” Stevens said.

Junior safety Todd Phillips went down with a season-ending injury in the Tigers’ third game against Northwestern State. This led to All-American junior safety Grant Delpit has played a more

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The Alabama Crimson Tide have been the premier college football program for as long as Nick Saban has stood on the sideline at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

With his defensive mind and ruthless coaching style, Saban has willed his talented teams past their limits.

He gathers five-star athletes with ease and turns them into NFL-ready players within two years.

Now he is facing backlash for possibly ruining the Tide’s chances at reaching the College Football Playoff.

Quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa dropped back against Mississippi State on Saturday, as he has done countless times in his career, and looked for an opening.

His initial reads yielded nothing. As he rolled to his left with 3:03 left in the second quarter in a 35-7 game,

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Wade signs 5-star guard; Chase, Jefferson named semifinalists

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___ LSU football and men’s basketball both won games this weekend, and the good news didn’t stop there for either program.

The early signing period opened for basketball, and LSU coach Will Wade made the most of it, signing three recruits in the class of 2020 so far.

The biggest news for Wade came on Monday when five-star guard Cam Thomas signed his National Letter of Intent with LSU. Thomas is the No. 25 overall player in the country and the No. 6 ranked shooting guard in the class of 2020, according to 247sports.com.

Thomas prepped at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, which is a highly elite boarding school for athletes. Many NBA players attended Oak Hill in recent years, such as Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, and Ty Lawson.

“He’s the best scorer I’ve seen some out of high school or AAU

since I’ve been coaching,” Wade said. “He’s as prolific a scorer I’ve ever seen. He’s a tremendous kid, with a tremendous family.

“We’re very excited about Cam. We locked in on him because we needed a prolific scorer, and he’s that in spades.”

It’s a promising sign for Wade who is still recovering from hits to his reputation during the FBI investigation into college basketball. Wade was the subject of multiple Yahoo! Sports articles in the spring, including one report that said Wade made “a strong-ass offer” to a recruit believed to be current LSU sophomore guard Javonte Smart.

Thomas joins Naz Reid and two current LSU players, sophomore forward Emmitt Williams and freshman forward Trendon Watford, as the four five-star players Wade has signed since arriving in March 2017.

Ja’Marr Chase wins SEC Player of the Week, named a Biletnikoff semifinalist along with

Justin Jefferson Sophomore wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase’s outstanding performance against Ole Miss didn’t go unnoticed. Chase hauled in eight receptions for 227 yards and three touchdowns in LSU’s 58-37 win in Oxford.

For his efforts, the Southeastern Conference named him the SEC Offensive Player of the Week.

On the season, Chase leads the SEC in receiving yards (1,116) and touchdowns (13), which is also a LSU single-season record. The totals are fourth and second in nation, respectively.

Junior wide receiver Justin Jefferson isn’t far behind Chase in either category. Jefferson has 1,010 yards and 11 touchdowns on 71 catches. He ranks in the top 10 nationally in all three categories.

The duo joined Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry as the only LSU receivers to post 1,000 receiving yards in the same season.

On Monday, Chase and Jefferson were named semifinalists for

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LSU coach Will Wade celebrates after the Tigers 82-80 victory over Tennesse on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. the Fred Biletnikoff Award, an annual award given to the best wide receiver in college football.

Josh Reed is only LSU player

to win the award. Reed set multiple LSU records in 2001 when he caught 94 passes, 1,740 yards and seven touchdowns.

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LSU overcomes slow start on offense to roll past UMBC 77-50

BY ANTHONY MOCKLIN @Anthony_Mocklin The LSU basketball Team hosted undefeated UMBC on Tuesday night, defeating them 77-50. The Tigers improve to 3-1 on the season heading into the Jamaica Classic this weekend.

LSU started slow offensively, failing to reach double figures for the first nine minutes of the game. The Tigers began to heat up with a 15-1 run, taking a 2517 lead with five minutes left in the first half. LSU extended its lead to 16 following a scoring outburst to close out the first half 39-23.

Senior guard Skylar Mays and junior guard Charles Manning Jr. led the Tigers in the first half, each scoring nine points.

Manning came off the bench and provided the offensive spark LSU needed to boost its offense in the first half.

LSU was able to keep turnovers to a minimum, committing just six in the first half. This has become a point of emphasis for the Tigers, as the team led the nation in turnovers per game heading into Tuesday’s matchup. LSU’s improvement in that area showed, making the most of its offensive opportunities to jump out to a 21-point lead halfway through the second half.

The Tigers did not look back,

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INJURY, from page 5 everything changed.

No one was open, and he threw the ball away as two Mississippi State defenders clung to him, causing him to fall awkwardly on his side.

The Alabama sideline held its collective breath but it was for naught.

Tagovailoa carted off the field, and in the place of his usually smiling face, was one of blood and agony.

Alabama went on to win 387, but the damage was done.

Doctors diagnosed Tagovailoa with a dislocated and fractured hip and Alabama fans with a broken spirit.

As much as I love to see Tide fans in pain, his injury hurt the Southeastern Conference and every level of football.

Tagovailoa’s character and play elevate everyone around him. He has never said an unkind word about anyone publicly, and that is enough for anyone to wish the best for him.

Sure, he is also a machine that has done nothing but perform at the highest level for the majority of his career, but his character exceeds that tenfold.

This injury could ruin most

extending their lead to 31 with just under three minutes to play.

With such a large lead, LSU gave its younger players valuable minutes. Freshman guard James Bishop provided nine points and four assists off the bench.

Sophomore forward Courteese Cooper added four points and five rebounds.

Manning led the Tigers in scoring with a career-high 16 points while shooting 75% from the field. He added three rebounds and recorded a steal.

“Staying in attack mode, trying to get to the rim, and finding my spots is the key,” Manning said. “Getting to my spots and making those shots allowed me to help my team. Adjusting to the new role off the bench isn’t really a big deal to me as long as I’m helping my team win.”

Sophomore forward Darius Days had another big game, recording his second-straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Freshamn forward Trendon Watford chipped in 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.

“Everyone got going tonight,” Days said. “We were able to move the ball and find the open man. It was simple, but we make it more difficult with the turnovers like the last few games.”

Lawrence and junior defensive tackle Glen Logan both suffered injuries in the second game of the season against Texas, forcing defensive coordinator Dave Aranda of that. The projected first overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft faces adversity from multiple NFL general managers for being injury-prone.

Even worse, will this injury hurt his unique spirit?

At least the latter can be put to rest as a video has surfaced of Tagovailoa playing the ukulele in his hospital bed with that same smile on his face.

The only question remains is that of his play. Reports have come out saying that his surgery was successful and he could start throwing in the spring.

Successful surgeries do not always yield the best results, but the news is encouraging for the young star.

Every football fan across America should want Tagovailoa to play. He raises the ability of every player on for either side to compete at their best — an attribute that does not come around often.

The question of Tagovailoa playing in a game that was inhand is irrelevant as multiple teams have kept their starters in games and have faced no consequences.

Saban did not want one of the best players in the country to get injured, but he was not practicing the “two-minute

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LSU junior guard Charles Manning Jr. (11) catches an alley-oop pass during the Tigers’ 77-50 victory over UMBC on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in the PMAC. Although LSU would finish with 15 turnovers, it is their lowest total in any game this season.

“I thought we made progress,” Wade said. “We handled the ball a little bit better. We are not where we need to be, but we

are not where we were either.”

The Tigers travel to Montego Bay this weekend for the Jamaica Classic. They are set to take on No. 15 Utah State and Rhode Island.

“It’s like a dream watching them play offense,” Wade said of

Utah State. “The way they move the ball, the way they cut, the way they share the ball - they always find the open man. They’re a team that can go to the Final Four. They’re that good. It’s going to be a big test for us on a neutral court.”

to shuffle the defensive line.

But even with the injuries and departures from last season, the struggles have been more than anyone could’ve expected. Coach

Ed Orgeron put the defensive struggles on himself, but Stevens knows it’s up to him and his teammates to be better. “...At some point, we’re going to

have to make the plays regardless of the calls, regardless of the situation,” Stevens said “We’re the players out there on the field and we’re going to have to make that play.”

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Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) is carted off the field after getting injured in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) drill” either. No competent head coach begins pulling starters before halftime, no matter the disparity between teams.

Whatever the reason Saban had to keep Tagovailoa in,

whether it was to see how his ankle would hold up or any of the reasons above, it doesn’t matter.

With that being said, Saban should face little backlash for wanting to secure a win

a week after a loss. Instead, the focus should be on how to move on from Tagovailoa and lose another important game against LSU, possibly in Atlanta, Phoenix or even New Orleans.

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TV SHOW

END OF THE F***ING WORLD

Netflix

Season two kicks off with new character Bonnie (Naomi Ackie) whose abusive and controlling mother caused her to have antisocial personality disorder and unhealthy attachments.

The show is definitely good with such quirky and cynical characters. However, season two is lackluster compared to season one.

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FKA Twigs isn’t like other artists today. Her music sounds like it’s from another world that the audience is transported into. She was able to put her raw emotions in her most beautiful album. A phoenix rising from the ashes is how I would describe this album

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MOVIE

CHARLIE’S ANGELS

Columbia Pictures

“Charlie’s Angels” is a tried and tested formula.

It has everything an audience could want— powerful women, espionage and just the right amount of campy comedy. It’s a fool-proof system, and Elizabeth Banks’ take gives it even more shine. It’s a story jam-packed with a powerful female cast featuring Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott and an even more powerful script.

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GAMING

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Infinity Ward

“Modern Warfare” is a fun game that recalls what makes the original titles in the series so successful. The campaign is terrific, the gunplay smooth and fast, and graphics and sound top notch.

This series is heading in the right direction, but a much more balanced series of maps is going to be required for the series to return to all of its former glory.

Charles Jones @saxycj

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“Dollface” is quirky, navigates difficulties of female friendships

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime The surreal milleneal pink show navigates the difficulties of friendships, especially amongst women.

Jules (Kat Dennings) gets dumped by her boyfriend of five years Jeremy (Connor Hines).

Realizing her life revolved around Jeremy while they were dating, Jules decides to rekindle her friendships with PR executive Madison Maxwell (Brenda Song) and party girl Stella Cole (Shay Mitchell).

In rekindling these relationships, the clueless Jules must navigate the intricate female friendships with the help of her overactive imagination while rediscovering their importance. Jules must also balance her work as web designer for wellness company Woom and her coworkers Izzy “Alison” Levine (Esther Povitsky), Alison B. (Brianne Howey), Alison S. (Vella Lovell) and Woom CEO Celeste (Malin Akerman).

I didn’t know what kind of show this was going to be. I was confused when Jules got on the imaginary cat bus full of heartbroken women driven by also imaginary cat lady (Beth Grant), who offers Jules guidance every time she’s confronted with a situation she doesn’t know how to handle, like attending Madison’s PR event even though she’s an introverted, sweatshirt-wearing homebody. The solution is usually the opposite of what Jules wants to do.

While I love an ensemble cast of powerful women, the show does classify each into a stereotypical sub-category. Jules is the mom friend, Madison is the boss lady, Stella is the party animal and Izzy is the stray weirdo adopted into the group. While this is potentially problematic from a feminist aspect, it makes it easier to add different perspectives to the conundrum that is friendship.

Despite that Jules ditched both Madison and Stella for Jeremy when they began dating, they welcome her back into the fold after she shows she genuinely wants to renew the friendships.

Madison defends Jules when Jeremy steps in, prompting Jules to finally stand up for herself and tell Jeremy she hates it when he calls her “dollface.”

The show does a great job of putting the characters in peculiar situations such as Joey Lawrence’s “death” party and on a boat to Alaska, forcing the women to deal with secrets between friends, social anxiety, feelings of inadequacy, work issues, asking for a raise, friend type casting, changing one’s image and other problems in sometimes realistic, sometimes ridiculous ways.

Woom is a running gag. The company parodies wellness company “Goop,” which offers quasi-holistic, allegedly natural, preposterously overpriced and absurd health products, recipes, lifestyle advice and a query of other products and services.

The company is widely consid-

ered a scam and is headed by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, whom the out-of-touch-with-reality Celeste seems modeled after.

The moral of the show – and what makes it so great – is that it emphasizes the importance of women maintaining their friendships with other women and standing up for each other.

Even Jeremy’s sister, Ramona (Shelley Hennig), maintains her friendship with Jules and insists she still wants her to be her bridesmaid despite the breakup.

It’s a difficult world we live in and it’s even more complicated if you’re a woman. Despite the stereotypical characters, women in the show generally support, help and uplift each other, which is significant because women are usually portrayed as unkind or indifferent towards each other.

It’s friends that are there when one needs help, advice and support no matter what.

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ENTERTAINMENT FINALS ARE COMING

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The Middleton Guide to surviving finals week BEN CAPLAN / The Reveille

BY ALEXANDRIA DUQUE @AlexInTheMedia With dead week and finals on the horizon, finding the perfect study space is the last thing you’d want to worry about. Fortunately, Middleton Library implements creative environments and solutions designed to make students feel more at ease during this stressful time.

Along with the multitude of upcoming events starting dead week, Middleton offers an array of study areas for all personality types and preferences. In order to find your perfect space, you must take into consideration that

noise levels, common areas and temperature are all contingent on which floor you’re on.

The first floor of Middleton has the heaviest flow of traffic and the temperature is most often determined by the weather for that day. On the first floor you will find the Research and Instruction Services desk where you can find liaisons for different subjects, research help and government documents.

The ITS help desk handles almost all print, technological and internet inquires. The Center for Academic Success and CC’s Coffee are also located on the first

floor of the library. It’s the perfect study environment for students that like a busy, coffee shop-like ambiance.

“The first floor is the best floor for studying because you can find spots that are quiet, but you don’t have to not talk,” said chemical engineering junior Amanda Keene. “Whereas if you go upstairs you can probably get a study room, but that’s only if you book it in time.”

The second floor is similar to the first in that it is not a strictly quiet area. Although it is also a group-study floor, volume levels are considerably lower than the

first floor due to less flow of traffic.

According to Custodian Supervisor, Mr. Chris, it is the best floor in terms of temperature because it is a perfect balance between cool air conditioning flow and heat from the sunlight. On the second floor, you can check out laptops, chargers, umbrellas, textbooks and markets all at the Access Service Desk. The Carter Music Resource Center provides vinyls, recordings and sheet music for students.

“The second floor is my favorite because it’s somewhat quiet, but you can still talk, and it

also is a good temperature,” said chemical engineering sophomore Luke Ieyoub.

The third and fourth floor share many similarities in terms of temperature and noise levels.

Both floors are for quiet, independent studying but offer group study rooms you can reserve. Although both floors share the same air conditioning system, the third floor tends to be warmer due to the heavier flow of traffic. On the third floor you will find the Math Lab and IT’S Print desk.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Annual White Light Night held on Nov. 22 on Government Street

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime ‘Twas the month before Christmas when all through the town, celebrations are happening from dusk till dawn. It’s November, and that means it’s time for another White Light Night.

Held annually each November in the Mid City Art & Cultural District, White Light Night is a musicfilled, multi-location celebration of local artists and Mid-City eateries. Starting at the new Electric Depot, attendees can prance down Government St. to the wide array of stores, restaurants, bars, art venues and merchant booths while enjoying live music and good food.

Catch up with Sweet Society, Boru, City Roots, Red Stick Social, Blue Corn and live music inside Electric Depot. Further down and across Government street, there’ll be more live music at The Pink Elephant Antiques and Pelican To Mars between Lavinia street and S Eugene street Across S Eugene street, DJ Swamp Boogie

will liven up the Mid City Maker’s Market filled with vendors ready to share their craft with Baton Rouge, some for the first time.

“I’m excited,” Amanda Proctor of Amanda Proctor Ceramics said.

“I’ve heard that it’s a big party.

Everybody walks up and down the street, buying art and having a good time. It’s right around the end of November so people are starting to think about Christmas.

I’m still taking orders for my pet portal mugs.”

Proctor, who just moved to Ba-

ton Rouge from Georgia, will be a first-time vendor at White Light Night inside the Mid City Maker’s Market. If the chilly weather’s got your lips blue, warm up with a coffee from beloved French Truck Coffee across Arlington avenue or cross Government street to cozy up with a woolly from local brand Woolly Threads at the corner of Government street and Bedford drive.

Cross Bedford drive for a drink at Radio Bar and vintage goodness from Time Warp boutique or walk further down Government street for more live music at Rocca Pizzeria, Calandro’s Supermarket and Curbside Burgers. Refuel with appetizers from Soji and Mestizo, and grab a cold one at the new Mid City Beer Garden.

White Light Night spans three miles of Government street, so wear comfortable walking shoes and use the free trolley available.

There will be marked shuttle stops for the trolley, and attend-

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WHITE, from page 9 ees can flag down the driver at safe intersections and let them know if they’d like to get off before a marked stop. Bring friends and get to know the historic dis-

MIDDLETON, from page 9 trict while doing some shopping, eating and enjoying.

“We are excited to actually be a part of White Light Night, and we are one of the major

sponsors,” Red Stick Social Director of Sales Ellie Puryear said.

“We are going to have drink specials, some happy hour specials with food. We are going to have

some artists set up outside in tents. So, we’re partnering with the Electric Depot for White Light Night and we’re really, really excited about it.”

the third floor because it’s relatively tranquil, and there’s always plenty of spaces available,” history freshman Phillip Lanier said.

The fourth floor is mostly for intense study, which means it has the least amount of traffic flow.

This also means that it is the coldest and quietest floor in Middleton. Although both the third and fourth floor are typically the coldest floors, direct sunlight during the day causes temperatures to fluctuate between day and night.

“I the quietness of the fourth floor, and I feel like you can really study best here,” ISDS sophomore Tamrah Offlee said. “It’s always pretty cold up here, but it keeps you awake.”

Whether or not you decide to make Middleton your study destination, there will be plenty of events designed to take the ‘dead’ out of dead week. Beginning Dec. 3 through 13, the relaxation room on the second floor will be open for all students to relax and unwind after hours of studying.

Student Government and the library are partnering for a night of 1,000 donuts On Dec. 8.

Pet therapy will be offered Monday and Thursday of exam week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more event information or questions visit the events page at Lib.LSU. edu for all dead week and final information.

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USING TIGERCASH ON AND OFF CAMPUS

BY CAROLINE HEBERT @sister_carols

Since the early ‘90s, TigerCASH has been distributed to students and faculty as a debit card system here at Louisiana State University. With the swipe of your Tiger Card, you can make purchases at specific locations on and off campus.

Many off campus vendors are right around the University and even offer “TigerCASH Lagniappe.”

This bonus can consist of upgrading your drink size or even a percent off your total just for using TigerCASH.

RESTAURANTS: Lee Drive • Domino’s • Albasha Express • Fuzzy’s Taco Shop • Our Mom’s Restaurant and Bar • Raising Cane’s • Tropical Smoothie Café • Mr. Ronnie’s Famous Donuts Perkins Road • Bruger Smith • The Jambalaya Shoppe • Ruby Slipper Brightside Drive • Ingas Subs & Salads • Prince Donuts & Geaux Boba

COFFEE SHOPS: Burbank Drive • Izzo’s Illegal Burrito • Lit Pizza • Mellow Mushroom • Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar North Gate • Chipotle • Five Guys • Jack in the Box • Pita Pit • Raising Cane’s • Smoothie King • Ingas Subs & Salads • Insomnia Cookies • Louie’s Café Bluebonnet Boulevard • La Madeleine’s

Nicholson Drive • Frutta Bowls • The Simply Greek • McDonalds • Pluckers Wings Bar East Boyd Avenue • Sonic Nicholson Gateway • Wendy’s GROCERY STORES: • Matherne’s Market on Gateway Center Lane • Winn Dixie on Burbank Drive

• Starbucks Coffee on Nicholson Drive • Highland Coffee on Highland Road • CC’s Coffee House on Amber Drive & all Campus Locations: LSU Student Union, Middleton Library and Law School HEALTH CARE: • CVS Pharmacy on Highland Rd • Express Care • Urgent Care Clinic in Nicholson Gateway • Apartments

APPAREL: • Tiger People Clothiers on Burbank Drive • Private Stock Sneakers & Apparel on Highland Road BEAUTY: • Bengal Beach Tanning on Burbank Drive GAS STATIONS: • Circle K on Nicholson Drive

OPINION

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Tenure should encourage academic freedom not complacency WRITING UNDER STATELY OAKS CORY KOCH @kochcory A tenured professor deserves respect and job protection but not at the expense of students and their collegues Tenured status is an important part of a professor’s career.

Academic tenure is achieved by reaching certain criteria depending on the academic institution.

LSU awards tenure to a professor after “a rigorous, careful process of examination and deliberation.” According to University policy statement PS-36-T the criteria for evaluating job performance include scholarship, teaching and service. Tenured professors are respected members of the University and go through a rigorous process to achieve their status.

The concept of tenure is important as is protects professors and prevents them from being fired without cause or extenuating circumstances. Tenure allows professors to have more freedom in their academic work without fear of repercussions from overreaching administrators. Tenure protects academic freedom, which is better for

society as a whole, but tenure does not always lead to increased academic performance from professors.

Tenure was designed as a protection to allow academic freedom, but this same protection can foster apathy and lower quality work. Uninspired professors can plague departments by coasting through semesters without contributing to scholarship or the academic acumen of the institution.

Students often feel the brunt of the pain inflicted by lackadaisical professors. If a tenured professor is a horrendous instructor that doesn’t feel the need to convey the information, then the students are worse off from it.

Tenured professors help define the University, but not all are carrying their weight. I believe there should be a review process to prod tenured professors into action. I would never advocate for the removal of academic tenure because a professor has slowed down in their work, but there should be a way for students’ voices to be heard.

The University has semester evaluations for students to fill out regarding instructors, but these evaluations hardly factor into the University’s decision making. Faculty and students

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deserve the right to hold tenured professors accountable.

There needs to be a space created where student and faculty complaints against tenured professors, regarding their effort could be heard and acknowledged. A reward system

for active tenured professors could be a great way to incentivize effort and passion Professors are the backbone of the University and they hold back the entire institution when they aren’t performing at their best. Academic tenure is meant

to protect professors so they can achieve more in the classroom not, so they can coast to retirement.

Cory Koch is a 20-year-old political science junior from Alexandria, Louisiana.

Democratic candidates claim to be morally virtuous YOUR BEST BRETT BRETT LANDRY @bmlandry One of the most apparent issues with modern dialogue is that people often claim some form of moral virtue without having the experience to show they can live up to such a standard. In other words, if morals were currency, too many people would be writing bad checks.

It’s worth pondering how many times one has heard someone subscribe to some form of moral virtue. One common virtue claimed is pacifism. However, one can not claim to be a true pacifist until they are faced with a situation where their virtues are tested.

There are people who claim to be a pacifist, but have never been in a situation that would

entail the possibility of having to resort to violence to resolve a situation. Because of the lack of experience that would test someone’s adherence to nonviolence, there isn’t much actual value is that of the moral claim. The person who lives through adversity, faces unresolvable issues and knows when violence is actually just can truly claim to be a pacifist.

Pacifism is just one of the many claims made in modern politics by thought leaders, politicians and figureheads across the mainstream narrative. This issue is unlikely to be resolved until the public starts demanding those who claim some moral virtue show their work as to how they embody what they profess.

There are few candidates on the Democratic stage who can actually live up to what they are saying, which is pathetic as the 2020 Democratic Platform is pretty

scattered. Senator Bernie Sanders is fully and unapologetically a socialist ,while living a lifestyle that represents the failure of the socialist system. Sanders has lived off of taxpayer dollars for nearly 40 years without creating a single job or passing no significant legislation. He tells the rich that they are bad for engaging in mutually beneficial trades that made them rich. Sanders is the head of a socialist regime, he owns multiple mansions while condemning other people with mansions. “Feel the Bern,” he lives up to what he claims.

The list of the Democrats who make moral claims but only show contrary evidence of living up to those standards are numerous.

Chief among those Democrats is Senator Elizabeth Warren. Warren flips her rhetoric and plans during public appearances more than a high diver flips before the splash.

In one interview, Warren claimed

to be a “capitalist to the bone,” but then proceeds to state plans to impose a 2% wealth tax. This is a tax, not on sales or money as it is moving, but on someone’s net worth. Then the next minute, Warren is claiming that she wants 40% of a company’s employees elected by the board of a corporation, including deciding wages. In other words, without ever having created a single job or running a business, Warren wants to tell private business owners how to run their own businesses.

The remainder of the Democrats in the race, and there are a lot of them, also cannot live up to their own hype, but cannot all fit into one article. However, a few flaws can be pointed out in a rapid fire succession.

Kamala Harris claims to be pro-marijana after banking on a lucrative career as a prosecutor putting people in jail for marijuana-related charges, all while

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admittedly smoking weed in her car.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is a complete hypocrite on the Ukraine scandal, even if Trump is found guilty of a quidpro-quo, Biden also used his status as vice president to Obama to get his under-qualified son, Hunter Biden, a high paying job on an oil and gas board of directors.

The issue has nothing to do with individuals subscribing to high-moral virtue. Rather it comes down to people trying to socially and economically advance by claiming things that they cannot live up to. Pacifists sometimes have to fight, while they do not look for violence, they are no pushovers. Otherwise, they are likely lying about what they claim about themselves.

Brett Landry is a 20-year-old mass communication senior from Bourg, Louisiana.

Quote of the Week “The purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved ”

Kurt Vonnegut author 1922 — 200

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Letter to the editor: Don’t get caught up in stress of holiday season

BY STEPHEN GRAY UNIVERSITY STUDENT The energy on our campus is palpable. LSU defeated Alabama in football for the first time since 2011. Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner, before we know it, we will be tipping back our eggnog to celebrate another semester completed and watching the Tigers embark on their maiden voyage into the College Football Playoff.

Between prepping for epic tailgates, buying presents for family and pulling out our fat pants in preparation for turkey and dressing, we can get caught up in the hustle and bustle and forget to take care of ourselves.

We all need to take a moment to

breathe.

While exciting, this time of year can be a major source of stress in our lives and it is important for us to invest in self-care and wellness. It is vital to know what resources are available to let off steam. Many students don’t know about the mental health infrastructure on our campus.

We pay money every semester to fund the services the Mental Health Center provides. It is a travesty many students don’t even know the Mental Health Center exists. Can you imagine paying every semester for a phone that you never touch?

The staff at the Student Health Center are constantly thinking of ways to reach students where they are and increase the num-

ber of students who use their resources. They conduct an extensive presentation for incoming freshmen during orientation in which they explain warning signs of stress and provide information about the resources that they provide to help with mental health issues.

Recently, the Student Health Center partnered with a company called MindWise that provides an online screening tool. This tool is a brief survey that students can take to see if they are showing any signs of mental health issues.

The online survey is anonymous and does not require personal information from the respondent, but the staff of the mental health center is given analytics to see trends of mental health issues

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on campus. This tool is available through the Student Health Center’s website.

When I started at LSU, one of the first things that I did was download the LSU iPhone app.

Over the last four years, I have relied heavily on the accessibility of Moodle, MyLSU and other services available on the app. I would not know how to make my way around campus without the campus map on the app.

I recently saw the app added a new tab specifically for new students. This has a resources tab for new students including: common University terminology, important places, and tips from previous freshmen. While these are all helpful, what stood out to me was the additional resources drop-

down menu that is completely empty.

The LSU app should also use this tab to let students know about the resources of the Mental Health Center, including a link to the MindWise screening. This would not be difficult for LSU IT to implement. It would increase the availability and accessibility to a resource that is severely needed, especially at this time of year.

So, as you prepare for the holiday season, remember to take some time for yourself and remember that there are students on campus that may need the most help during this time of year. Join me in my crusade to get the word out about why mental health matters.

”A reliance on mystical remedies only leads to further harm.”

Letter to the editor: Sad day for LSU; time to look forward

BY VICTORIA MCFADDEN UNIVERSITY STUDENT

Today is a very sad day at LSU. It is a sad day for Matthew Naquin and his family, and it is a day to remember the loss of Max Gruver.

Some are celebrating the fiveyear maximum prison sentence of Naquin (with three years probation) and 1,000 hours of community service work. They feel like it is a step toward ending hazing.

I do not disagree with this, but I think Naquin’s sentence only addresses part of the problem.

I agree with awareness education aimed at students. It is imperative students learn binge drinking is incredibly dangerous and alcohol is not a joke. It is not lesser than drugs, something you can just sleep off. It can kill. Students must also feel empowered to change a situation and save a

life.

I wish, however, we were spending as much time dealing with the fact that Gruver was not the only young man who p articipated in the risky behavior that night or on any given night for that matter.

I wish we were investing just as much time in understanding the psychological differences in students who refuse to join a Greek organization simply because there is a possibility they may be forced into a hazing situation and students who allow themselves to be humiliated, physically and emotionally attacked and brought to the brink of death by excessive alcohol consumption, etc.

This is indeed a sad day. I hope we can look at this problem from every angle that could keep it from happening again.

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