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PETA PROTESTS PETA ranks LSU among the “worse” schools for animals, specifically critical of animal testing.

“Vet School purchased dogs from unlicensed vendors”

“$33 million in federal funding for animal testing”

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Students in Tuesday-Thursday classes spend one more week in class than students in Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Cultured Guru seeks to promote education about probiotic health and the importance of living healthy.

SPORTS

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire had his first 100yard rushing game against Vanderbilt but is more focused on team results.

OPINION

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Same fight, different year: PETA condemns LSU’s use of animal testing, criticizes specific researcher

BY MARIA MARSH @mariarose22 PETA ranked LSU “worse” in its “Failed Tests: Campus Cruelty Report,” an interactive report that categorizes universities around the country as “bad,” “worse” or “worst” for animals depending on each school’s use of animal testing.

According to PETA, the University received $66 million from the National Institute of Health last year, half of which is estimated to have been used in experiments involving animals.

The University has not violated federal regulations in any of its experiments involving animals, according to Vice President of Research and Economic Development Samuel J. Bentley.

“LSU is designated as a ‘R-1: Doctoral university – very high research activity’ in the Carnegie Higher Education Classification, which means that LSU researchers adhere to all federal guidelines and university policies that promote integrity in research,” Bentley said.

PETA Vice President Alka said, “Saying that the University is in compliance with the law really means nothing.”

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine’s purchase of live dogs last year from Companion Animal Alliance, an unlicensed breeder or exhibitor, also contributed to the University’s overall “worse” rating, according to a PETA statement.

In March, PETA accused the vet school of purchasing at least 70 live dogs from CAA in 2018 and failing to maintain acquisition and disposition records for those dogs. According to PETA, the vet school’s purchases and

lack of records gave rise to 140 separate violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The vet school denied these accusations. According to Communications Manager Ginger Guttner, the vet school uses euthanized animals from animal shelters for teaching purposes but doesn’t violate the Animal Welfare Act in doing so.

“The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine obtains euthanized animals from animal shelters; the cadavers are used to train veterinary students, whose life work is dedicated to serving and saving animals,” Guttner said in a statement. “In some cases, live animals are brought to the veterinary school for euthanasia. In all of these cases, the animals were already scheduled for euthanasia.”

PETA said the University conducts experiments that are of little to no scientific value and specifically named a new faculty member that PETA has long criticized for her research.

Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Christine Lattin caught PETA’s attention when they discovered she had been placing trapping nets near bird feeders to study how stressful environments affect house sparrows. According to PETA, she punched holes into their legs, blasted loud music in their ears and placed them into a cart to shake them.

Lattin began researching stress responses in animals last year. She conducts research through various forms of experimentation, mostly psychological, on house sparrows -- an invasive bird species.

PETA’s statement said Lattin “wounded their legs, frightened them by rattling their cages, re-

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Companion Animal Alliance’s new shelter location is found on 2550 Gourrier Ave. Baton Rouge on Jan. 8.

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Assistant professor Christine Lattin stands inside the Life Sciences Building on Aug. 28, 2018. strained them in cloth bags for 30 minutes at a time, fed them crude oil and subjected them to injections that damaged their adrenal glands,” and killed the birds following these procedures.

“If you want to study stress, unfortunately, the only way to do that is to induce stress,” Lattin said.

Lattin studied how stress can evolve from a factor that drives an animal to survive to a factor that can cause harmful effects while at Yale University, where she completed her postdoctoral research.

Bagging, or placing an animal in a bag for 30 minute increments, is a technique that has been used by scientists for decades. According to Lattin, it does not physically harm the bird, but does induce short-term stress and causes a robust increase of the hormones involved in stress.

As a graduate student, Lattin and her colleagues researched the negative effects of prolonged exposure to stress hormones through tapping on birds’ cages with a stick or playing a radio for 30 minutes at a time. These actions induce short-term stress, but do not physically harm the birds, Lattin said.

Lattin also worked on an experiment shortly after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She conducted experiments where one group of birds was given crude oil in their food, not enough to make the food undesirable to the animal. The birds did not show any changes in behavior. She found that the oil stunted the birds’ adrenal glands’ ability to produce stress hormones.

Researchers were able to use Lattin’s findings as evidence that oil in the Gulf was the reason for marine life washing up dead on the shore.

“If you want to hold oil companies accountable for the oil that they spill, we have to have scientific evidence for these kinds of claims,” Lattin said.

All animal testing completed at the University follows all national and institutional guidelines, according to LSU Director of Media Relations Ernie Ballard.

“LSU, like all institutions that conduct animal studies in the U.S., has an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, or IACUC,” Ballard said. “LSU’s committee has 11 members that include veterinarians, scientists and a nonscientist member of the public.”

This committee’s job is to review all proposed animal studies to make certain the use of animals is appropriate and steps are taken to ensure the best animal treatment possible.

However, PETA contends that national standards are not strict enough to fully ensure the animal’s well-being.

According to Chandna, the IACUC is the animals’ “last hope” and it fails to ensure the safety of animals because animals are still dying for “awful and meaningless” research. This campaign against Lattin’s work is not harmful to Lattin in any way, Chandna said.

However, Lattin said PETA has been “harassing” her and demonizing her work since her time at Yale. She said there have been protestors outside of her home; when she moved to Louisiana, PETA sent a letter to residents around her home saying her work was awful and meaningless.

Lattin said she regularly reminds those in the lab that the lives of the animals being used do matter, and there is a reason that they are doing what they are doing. Lattin also said she has worked on research to help decrease the need for live animal testing.

“The research that I do is about stress in wildlife to try to help wildlife,” Lattin said emphasizing the word “help.” “A lot of the work I do has direct conservation importance.”

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Tuesday-Thursday classes have extra week of class time every semester

BY JULIA-CLAIRE EVANS @juliaclaire1026 When signing up for TuesdayThursday classes, you might just be signing up for an extra week of school that semester.

Classes which meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays are 80 minutes each, adding up to 160 minutes a week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes meet for 50 minutes per class period, totaling to 150 minutes a week. This means Tuesday-Thursday classes meet for ten extra minutes each week.

By multiplying the 160 minutes spent in Tuesday-Thursday classes per week by the 15 weeks in a semester, students spend in Tuesday-Thursday classes each semester totals to 2,400 minutes. On the other hand, multiplying the 150 minutes spent in Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes each week by the 15 weeks in one semester totals to 2,250 minutes over the semester.

Based on these calculations, students spend an additional 150 minutes in Tuesday-Thursday classes each semester. This essentially totals to an additional week of Monday-Wednesday-

Friday classes.

“I feel enlightened,” petroleum engineering sophomore Misha Gunaldo said. “I didn’t know this information. I figured it out last week.”

Gunaldo said the length of Tuesday-Thursday classes should be reduced by ten minutes to make the time spent in those classes equal to the time spent in Monday-WednesdayFriday classes.

Political science and religious studies sophmore Grace Ahrens agreed.

“This explains why I’m so overwhelmed with school,” Ahrens said.

Clay Benton, the senior associate registrar in the Office of the University Registrar, said the University’s academic calendar is set up that way because there has to be a minimum of 2,100 minutes of total semester class time for a three-hour course.

Holidays also affect the ways the calendar is organized, Benton said.

“Depending on how the holidays fall on some semesters, you’re going to get an extra Tuesday-Thursday [class] or M o n d a y -We d n e s d a y - F r i d a y

[class],” Benton said.

For example, Benton said students only miss Thursday and Friday classes during Thanksgiving break every year, which affects the total amount of time that class is in session that semester.

Gunaldo said this information will only affect the students who choose to enroll in classes that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“I feel like most people won’t take Tuesday-Thursday classes,” Gunaldo said. “A whole 10 minutes [of additional class time per week] makes a big difference in whether I go to class or not. At the same time, I feel like people won’t care because they only have to go to class two times a week rather than three.

I think it just depends on your personal preference.”

Students bring up this fact periodically, but not as often as they used to because the University’s academic calendars have been pretty stationary, Benton said.

“You will actually have slightly more time in the classroom for a Tuesday-Thursday class for this fall semester, but in another semester, it could shift and flow,”

Benton said.

Things like web-based courses and class cancellations due to weather delays are also taken into consideration when making the academic calendar, according to Benton.

“It’s really hard just depending on how the semester plays out, to get it exact,” Benton said.

Ahrens said the Office of the University Registrar should tell students that their Tuesday-Thursday classes might be longer.

Gunaldo said students should get compensated for these 10 extra minutes they are spending in the classroom each week.

“If you’re in class for an extra week, then you should get a few more hours than what you were getting originally from that class,” Gunaldo said.

Benton said it’s important to remember the University has a required 2,100 hour minimum for courses that award students three credit hours.

The Registrar’s office has already published the Spring 2020 calendar, and is working on the 2020-2021 academic calendar.

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Plus-minus scale doesn’t affect GPA

BY ANA BLOCK @anablock_4 The University implemented a plus-minus grading system in 2015 to more accurately student performance. However, numbers show the grading scale has had little to no impact on overall student GPA during the four years it’s been used.

Under the plus-minus system, the A, B, C or D letter grades include the suffix plus (+) or minus (-) to further distinguish student performances on assessments, according to the Office of the University Registrar’s website.

E.J. Ourso College of Business Professor Don Chance suggested the scale to give professors the opportunity to reward students who rank higher within the 10-point ranges assigned to each letter grade.

Chance said the majority of large universities in the U.S. adopted this scale years ahead of LSU. “We often get accused at this University and in the state of being behind the times, so I figured

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College of Business Dean reflects on life, June retirement

BY RAYMOND CONSTANTINO @r_dog_3 Busting drug-smugglers with the U.S. Coast Guard and managing the E.J. Ourso College of Business do not exactly go together, but Dean Richard White Jr. accomplished both.

Before overseeing the College of Business at the University, White served as a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard. He helped seize over 50 tons of drugs off the coast of South America.

“The weather is just as dangerous as the drug-smugglers,” White said.

White was also captain of an icebreaker ship. During his sailing years, White sailed to the South Pole and back using a sextant, a marine navigation instrument, before modern GPS was available.

“Looking back on it, it’s ‘did I do that?’ It’s challenging,” White said of the job, “but it’s extremely rewarding,” White said.

White has traveled all over the world, and listed numerous

countries he has visited for work or pleasure.

“I’ve really seen a lot of changes,” White said. “Venezuela was one of the finest places I’ve ever visited. Now that’s not the case.”

In addition to commanding ships, White has also worked for the CIA, the U.S. Department of State and the White House as a special assistant writing speeches for presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

White didn’t learn any conspiracy theories during his time at the CIA, but did say the U.S. government is not as smart as people might think.

“You’ve got a lot of conspiracy theorists out there, the Oliver Stone kind of movies,” White said. “The Tom Cruise kind of thing, all the technology where you know everything that’s happening everywhere, we’re not that good. Neither is the opposition.”

While at the Department of State, he found himself in Moscow during the Cold War. He was there to help negotiate the border of Alaska and Siberia. The disputed land was

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E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Richard D. White, Jr.’s book “Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long” was selected as the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s One Book, One Community spring read. valuable for oil, fishing and defense purposes.

“It was a pretty sad place to tell you the truth,” White said.

“Communism doesn’t work.

You couldn’t get anything done.

No one had any incentive to wait on you in a store; the system just did not work.”

White also has a love for

academia. After the Coast Guard, he earned his Ph.D. in public administration and eventually be-

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it’s time to catch up,” Chance said.

Some professors were uneasy about the idea at first, and were concerned that it would be harder for students to get into graduate school with the plusminus grading system in place, according to Chance. Despite these concerns, the Faculty Senate approved the change, with 65% majority in favor of implementing the scale.

While some students worry that the scale could hurt their GPA, the LSU Freshmen Profile provided

by Matthew Lee, vice provost for Academic Programs and Support Services, shows there has been little to no change in mean cumulative GPA. According to the report, in fall 2014, the year before the scale was implemented, the mean cumulative GPA for freshmen was 2.96. The following year, the GPA remained the same.

“It [means cumulative GPA] hasn’t changed enough to get excited about,” Lee said.

One of the most significant changes has been the amount of students awarded the University Medal, which is awarded to the undergraduate student or students graduating with the highest GPA. With the ability to earn more than a 4.0 GPA under the new grading scale, there was a

came a tenure-track professor at the University.

Growing up in Williamsburg, Virginia, and seeing presidents visit the city as a child, instilled in him a love for history, White said. So much so that he has written three biographies: on President Theodore Roosevelt, former Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long and early 1900s performer and political commentator Will Rogers.

White described the bookwriting process as a “marathon.”

He spends about a year researching, followed by a year of writing and more research, then a final year of editing.

“I edit so that you would turn the page and see that next thing,” White said. “I put a lot of work into transition, into getting the right word at the right time.”

White said he drew on all his different life experiences in his role as dean of the business college.

“You put those skills there together with the leadership skills that I had as captain of a ship, and there’s not a day that goes by in this job that I don’t fall back on that wealth of experience in all my careers,” White said.

But at 74-years-old, White said he feels his time as dean should

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An LSU student uses a scantron in Campbell B. Hodges Hall. significant increase in recipients. According to the University’s commencement website, 43 medals were awarded in the spring of 2015. In spring 2019, over 150 were awarded.

Communication studies sophomore Marigny Lanaux said she has mixed feelings about the scale.

“I’m indifferent about it because on one hand if I get a B+ then it’s higher than someone’s B-, but if I get an A-, I wish it counted as an A,” Lanaux said.

Another concern with the scale is that high-performing students feel more pressure to do well when it is possible to get a grade higher than an A. Lee said while he does not like the idea that students might feel

more pressured, he thinks students can handle it.

“Our students are just super strong to begin with, so it may put some pressure on them, and I hate that,” Lee said. “But they’re responding to it and they’re doing quite well. And remember, our grading system has not just an A and an A-, but an A+, so there are students who are getting over 4.0s.”

Business sophomore Lilli Kearns said the additional pressure associated with the plus-minus grading scale motivates her.

“I like it. I think it works well and makes me want to do better but I think honestly either way an A is an A. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s a plus or not,” Kearns said.

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come to an end, as he will retire in June. White wants to return to writing, spending time with his family and traveling with his wife while they are still healthy.

“I’ve accomplished so much here, it’s time to let somebody else move the College forward,” White said.

Reflecting on the many changes in the world throughout his life, White feels optimistic for society’s future, and said he has seen a lot of progress in the way human beings treat each other.

White encourages students to travel and experience other cultures to help diversify their worldview.

“I want them to have a thirst for knowledge, always trying to get close to the truth, but you’re never there,” White said.

“And to do that means really opening your eyes traveling, getting internships, getting foreign study.”

White has enjoyed being dean, helping set business students up for success and expanding the College of Business, but said he is ready to leave it behind.

“I’ve really felt good after [deciding to retire],” White said.

“When I retired from the Coast Guard, I didn’t look over my shoulder, and I don’t expect to do so with this job. There are challenges ahead and some great times ahead.”

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CULTURALLY COUTURE Okoye Couture specializes in handmade, cultural clay accessories

BY ALEXANDRIA DUQUE @AlexInTheMedia Okoye Couture is a Baton Rouge line of handmade clay art and textile jewelry inspired by African culture and textiles.

Morgan Udoh, designer and owner of Okoye Couture, began using polymer clay and her artistic talents to design handmade clay art pieces last year.

Inspired by some of the most beautiful aspects of Africa, each piece holds a cultural context that can be worn.

After opening a fashion line full of elaborate and unique clothing options, Udoh wanted something that was not only meaningful to her but was also fully handmade, and thus, Okoye Couture was born.

“I never recreate my patterns because each piece is a literal piece of art,” Udoh said about her jewelry.

Udoh began with making beaded cuffs and later expanded her collection to earrings, necklaces and bracelets. It wasn’t until earlier this year that she got a handle on her concept and found a way to make her art come alive.

Udoh used her African ancestry to merge two of her passions—genealogy and art. Not only did she want to make jewelry as a creative outlet but also give meaning to it. Each clay slab is inspired by a specific tribe, culture or country in Africa. It’s Udoh’s way of making the continent come alive and reviving old, forgotten cultures.

“I feel like I am doing what I’m supposed to be doing,” Udoh said. “By highlighting cultures and countries on the continent I’m giving people more context to the beauty of Africa.”

Each premade design sells for $15. Custom order jewelry is

around $20 or more depending on style and quality. Okoye Couture makes earrings for everyone, including hypoallergenic and non-pierced ears.

Most earrings or necklaces can take about 24 hours to create, while larger works can take anywhere from a week to a month. Customers can create custom jewelry by choosing a base style and colors, then Udoh will make the jewelry come to life. Not only is her artwork elegant and detailed, but it’s something you can’t find in any boutique.

Whether you need a game day inspired look or an everyday neutral pair of earrings, Okoye Couture has a style for every occasion. To view the full Okoye Couture collection visit @okoyecouture on Instagram or Facebook. Jewelry can be purchased and shipped when bought online.

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FOOD & DRINK

Cultured Guru promotes probiotic health, education natural world.”

Fenley used her scientific knowledge to write about evCultured Guru is bringing erything from how to make sauprobiotic health and education erkraut to why the Great Salt to the people of Baton Rouge, Lake turns pink. Chachere used his media and business strategy and doing it deliciously.

Microbiologist Kaitlynn education and love for photogFenley and photographer and raphy to provide the visuals.

The original purpose of the marketer Jon Chachere used their individual skills to cre- blog was to educate the public ate Cultured Guru, a probiotic about microbiology, especially in terms of diet. food brand built “I had always To many, the idea on promoting the benefits of living dreamed of working of “living foods” is intimidating, foods. What began as a passion for myself and doing but behind the project evolved my own thing so I initial shock there are a whole host into a full time job. Now Cul- was literally looking of health bentured Guru prodfor any ecxuse to efits. They both on breakucts are being jump in and start a focused ing down that sold in over 30 stigma— Fenley start-up.” locations. through scientifFenley and JON CHACHERE ic evidence, and Chachere began their foray Cultured Guru co-owner Chachere through images. into the business “It’s kind of world after gradlike he was showuating from LSU. The pair lacked the fulfillment ing people a macro version of a they needed from their 9 to 5 microscopic world,” Fenley said.

The pair began teaching jobs, so they decided to start a classes and sharing recipes blog.

“When we graduated from about how to ferment vegetaLSU, we wanted an outlet for bles, and after some serious our passions because we weren’t glowing reviews, they decided exactly finding that in our day to start bottling their creations. jobs,” Fenley said. “He wanted Fenley returned home from to do something with photogra- school one day and threw the phy, and I wanted to do some- idea out. Chachere immediately thing with microbiology and the agreed.

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“I had always dreamed of working for myself and doing my own thing so I was literally looking for any excuse to jump in and start a start-up,” Chachere said, “So [Fenley] came home and it was just like music to my ears.”

The partners now work together to run every step of the process, all the way from sourcing local vegetables to hand-delivering their products to stores.

They even developed their own methods of fermentation— which are top secret, of course.

Currently, the pair produce kimchi, sauerkraut and pickles year-round, as well as limited edition products. Up next is their Bonfire Sauerkraut, a wintry mix of Cajun spices and smoked onions inspired by the Christmas bonfires of Fenley’s hometown in St. James Parish.

To grab a jar, head to Southside Produce, Karma Collective, Tessier Gourmet or one of the six southern Louisiana Whole Foods Markets. Orders can also be placed online, and limited edition products can even be pre-ordered to guarantee you’ll catch them before they sell out.

To stay updated on new releases and restocks, follow @cultured.guru on Instagram, and to learn more about the science behind their products and how to make your own, check out their blog at www.cultured.guru.

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Micro-biologist, Co-owner Kaitlynn Fenley and Photographer, Co-owner Jon Chachere discuss their business, Cultured Guru, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at French Truck Coffee.

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FREEWATER WEEKEND

FREEWATER and Winter Circle Productions host their inaugural FREEWATER Block Party, uniting both New Orleans’ local hip-hop and EDM communities at Mardi Gras World.

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Edwards-Helaire more focused on winning, hunting than solo statistics

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___ When LSU’s junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire isn’t making defenders miss tackles or picking up key blocks in pass protection on the football field, he spends his time hunting in Louisiana’s marshes.

Edwards-Helaire wasn’t able to go dove hunting, the season of which lasts from Sept. 7 to Sept. 15 before reopening in October, so there was no way he was going to miss the opening weekend of teal season – duck hunting for those who don’t know.

The only problem – teal season opened on Sept. 14, the same day as LSU’s 65-14 win over Northwestern State.

The solution: Drive to Venice, Louisiana, aptly named “The End of the World,” immediately after the game.

Edwards-Helaire said he went home, changed and grabbed his already packed bags before hitting the road to Venice, which sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River where the River meets the Gulf of Mexico.

“We drove to Venice, twoand-a-half-hours,” said Edwards-Helaire, who was fresh

off rushing for 50 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. “[I] Slept 30 minutes and was right back hunting, and I stayed up the whole day. I was good, but that’s something I’m always ready for especially growing up hunting and what not. It’s just second nature.”

The Baton Rouge native said his group hit the sevenman limit of 42 ducks before heading home.

But while Edwards-Helaire was isolated in Venice, people 150 miles northwest in Baton Rouge were trying to figure what was wrong with LSU’s running game. The passing game excelled and shattered records, but the run game as a whole failed to crack four yards per carry in LSU’s first three games.

Even though Edwards-Helaire was having individual success, rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries against Texas and averaging 4.9 yards per carry through LSU’s first three games, he didn’t crack 100 yards in any of LSU’s first three games.

It was the first time since 2009 LSU went without a 100-yard rusher in its first three games.

Then came Vanderbilt.

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LSU drops in AP, Coaches AP Top 10

No. 1 Alabama No. 2 Clemson No. 3 Georgia No. 4 Ohio State No. 5 LSU No. 6 Oklahoma No. 7 Auburn No. 8 Wisconsin No. 9 Notre Dame No. 10 Florida

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LSU junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) celebrates after a touchdown during the Tigers’ 65-14 victory over Northwestern State on Sept. 14, at Tiger Stadium.

Edwards-Helaire rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown, and LSU totaled 181 yards on 36 carries, a 5.0 average per carry.

“We need a 100-yard rusher – this is LSU,” said LSU head

coach Ed Orgeron, calling the win over Vanderbilt a jumping off point for the rushing attack.

“We need to run the football, we need to be more balanced.

There are going to be a couple

LSU enjoyed its early bye week, but the pollsters didn’t reward them for the weekend off.

Ohio State’s 48-7 win over Nebraska was enough for the Buckeyes to jump LSU in both polls, knocking the Tigers to No. 5 in the AP poll and No. 6 in the Coaches poll.

The Tigers (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) spent the week-

see AP POLL, page 10

SWIMMING & DIVING

Differences between swimming, diving extensive, complex

BY ELIZABETH CUI @lizzie_cui From bouncing and spinning to sprinting and panting. There are many differences in the sports of swimming and diving.

The LSU swim and dive team are split into thirds. There are divers, sprint swimmers and distance swimmers.

The differences between swimmers and divers are like night and day. The only similarity between the sports is the fact that they both involve a pool.

One of the most notable differences is the height. Swimmers are typically very tall, to cover as much distance as they can per stroke. Divers are shorter so they can create small positions in the air to increase rotation and create minimal splash upon entry.

Swimming is predominantly cardiovascularly-based, whereas diving is more skill and strength based. Swimmers’ results are determined by time, whereas diving is subjective and results are determined via scoring.

“I would say the main differ-

ence is the mentality during competition,” junior Dakota Hurbis said. “With diving it’s often better to come into a competition more calm and relaxed so you’re able to apply extra focus and emphasis on some of the small details of your dives. Whereas, swimming, you have more of an opportunity to get as pumped up as you can and just race as hard as possible.”

Divers and swimmers practice at different times and have very different training regimens. Divers train on the land with a series of exercises and skill based work just as much as they do in the water. Swimmers train both on land and in water, but the majority of their workouts are in the water, working on stroke technique and speed.

“I believe Divers are in better shape physically and mentally,” said senior Lexi Daniels. “I feel like you really have to have your mind right when you are about to jump off the 10 meter.”

Less obvious to non-swimmers are the differences between sprinters and distance swimmers.

“Sprinters have more fast twitch muscle reaction, that’s their strength,” said swim coach Caroline Maxwell. “Distance swimmers, their fast twitch muscles don’t fire as fast, so their strength is being able to exert a more aerobic base for a longer period of time.”

There are almost just as many differences between sprinters and distance swimmers as there are between divers and swimmers.

Sprinters and distance swimmers are separated into groups during practices.

The sprinters focus on power and use tools such as power racks, buckets, shoots and socks, to optimize speed in a short period of time. Their main goal is to swim as fast as they can from the outset.

They also tend to breathe less during their races, especially shorter races such as the 50 freestyle, where there are no breaths at all.

“I think we don’t choose who we want to be,” sophomore Katarina Milutinovich said. “As a child, I tried to swim different distances to see what I am capable of. And eventually, I realized that I am

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LSU sophomore Lexi Daniels swims the 1650-yard freestyle event during the Tigers victory in the LSU Natatorium on Jan. 12. better at short distances, because I can develop the speed but my endurance doesn’t allow me to hold it at longer distances.”

The distance swimmers focus on tactics and precision over a long time period. Their goal is to, like a sprinter, complete the race as fast as possible. However, with longer races, sprinting from the outset does not produce fast

times, it causes tired swimmers that end up slowing down.

Coaches work with their respective athletes to determine what works best for them and play to their individual strengths across sprint, distance and diving.

“One of my strengths is persistentcy because I have to be able to keep going even if I am tired,” Daniels said. “I need to power through.”

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SOCCER

LSU falls 2-0 to Texas A&M despite efforts from Sydney Lau

BY NATASHA MALONE @malone_natasha Texas A&M’s offense came out to a quick start in a 2-0 win, putting the pressure on LSU’s defense as soon the match started and kept the pressure on throughout the whole soccer match on Sunday.

The Aggies (8-1-2, 2-2-0 Southeastern Conference) dominated possession of the ball during the entire match, totaling 29 shots, 20 coming in the second half and seven corner kicks keeping LSU’s defense on their heels.

“Having to deal with the constant pressure all game was hard on our defense,” said freshman goalkeeper Sydney Lau. “We had to play out of the back and play it safe.”

Texas A&M had multiple opportunities to take a lead in the first half as the Aggies hit the crossbar a total of three times.

The Aggies were finally able to break-through and get the ball in the back of the net in the 66th minute after a goal by forward Ally Watt.

Texas A&M then added to their lead in the 72nd minute with a goal by Macie Kolb.

RUNNING BACK, from page 9 times where we are going to have to run the football, and we need to make improvement in that area.”

For Edwards-Helaire the focus had been on winning games, not rushing for 100 yards. He said the achievement was “pretty cool,” but it wasn’t groundbreaking for LSU. It’s something he knew they could accomplish.

“Everybody can have their opinions on it,” Edwards-Helaire said. “People who always like seeing LSU run up and down the field as far running the ball – they probably got a little excited as far as a 100-yard game. Everybody’s goal now, especially on this team, is to win.”

Part of the reason for LSU’s lower numbers rushing the ball was the switch in the offense.

Edwards-Helaire said pretty

“The defense played really well,” said coach Debbie Hensley.

“The two goals really came down to simple individual breakdowns where we gave them easy chances on goal.”

The Tigers (2-6-2, 0-1-1 SEC) had a first-time starter in goal for them in Lau, who is from Melbourne, Florida. Lau was under pressure all game from the Aggie offense.

“It was really exciting and it got my adrenaline pumping,” Lau said. “It wasn’t the results we wanted, but we are improving every day.”

The Tigers did not have many opportunities to equalize this match, due to the lack of possession and offensive production.

Both of LSU’s biggest opportunities came from counter attacks after a breakdown in the Texas A&M defense, and the Tigers were only able to generate three shots during the match.

LSU’s playmakers, senior midfielder Marlena Cutura and freshman midfielder Maddie Moreau were both held without a shot.

“Maddie is always playing different positions during the year,” much everything LSU runs is a run-pass option, and the Tigers weren’t sure what the results were going to be until they began playing live games.

The win against Vanderbilt and the addition of sophomore offensive lineman Ed Ingram returning to the team has given LSU even more confidence. After the offensive line struggled in 2018, senior quarterback Joe Burrow called the group the most improved on the team this summer, and Edwards-Helaire feels they’re the best offensive line in the Southeastern Conference.

“If those guys feel that way, and know they are, then everybody else around us feels that way,” Edwards-Helaire said.

“It’s a great group of guys to be around. They always help me up off the ground, help Joe up off the ground. In any situation they’re always there. My goal is

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The LSU Tiger Women’s Soccer team huddles together before the second half on Sept. 22, during the Tigers’ 0-1 loss against JMU at the LSU Soccer Complex. said Hensley. “I would like to see Cutura get more open looks on frame. She had fantastic range

from outside the box.”

This is the Tigers seventh time being shutout this season.

LSU will return to action when it travels to Auburn on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m.

AP POLL, from page 9

ALYSSA BERRY / The Reveille

LSU sophomore running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (22) runs the ball during the Tigers’ 27-19 loss against the University of Florida in Sept.

2018 in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. to make them look good if everybody else is doing their job.”

And if the offensive line keeps making Edwards-Helaire

look good, maybe he’ll take them on the two-and-a-halfhour trip to the end of the world to hunt some ducks.

end recovering from a slew of injuries ahead of a grueling October and November schedule. LSU returns to Tiger Stadium against Utah State and star quarterback Jordan Love on Saturday. Love has struggled to match last season’s numbers, but the Aggies are 3-1, with the lone loss coming against Wake Forest on a last-second field goal.

Then LSU begins the toughest stretch on the schedule. The Tigers welcome No. 10 Florida (5-0, 2-0), travel to Starkville to square off against Mississippi State (3-2, 1-1) before playing No. 7 Auburn (5-0, 2-0) in Tiger Stadium, a place Auburn hasn’t won since 1999.

After the three-game stretch, LSU has a bye week before its biggest game of the season against new No. 1 Alabama (5-0, 2-0), who jumped Clemson after it struggled with North Carolina.

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The electoral college: How Greek Life proves its necessity YOUR BEST BRETT BRETT LANDRY @bmlandry3 A trending discussion in politics is the abolishment of the electoral college; however, a look into presidential elections without an electoral college highlight the electoral importance.

If the electoral college is abolished, it will upset the foundations of the American Republic.

The U.S. will find its elections pandering only to the wealthy, densely populated areas of the nation. The Greek population at the University during the Student Government presidential elections foreshadows what would happen without the electoral college.

The Greek Life houses during elections reveal a phenomenon peculiar only to Greek side of campus, student body president support signs. Last year, different

houses displayed “Elevate” and “All In” banners, which showed support for the two major executive campaign tickets. Most other parts of campus, excluding possibly the Student Union, would be hard-pressed to find any campaign materials.

The reasoning behind this is simple: Greek students are the only group of active students who are gathered in such a small area on campus. If a student government candidate wants to have a successful election, all they need to do is pander to Greek Life. Is the issue obvious yet?

This simple and predictable election strategy leaves many students voiceless on campus.

The University’s Greek Life only makes up 22% of the student body, meaning at most, 78% of the campus is not heard during an election. The Greek body itself is mostly white, full-time undergraduate students without children to feed or families to support. It’s misleading to say they

represent the full scope of the student body.

There should be a way to equalize the votes across campus. The handful of single parents putting themselves through school wouldn’t be drowned out by loyal sorority sisters and fraternity brothers supporting their friends running for student body president.

If we would all turn to our U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2.

The electoral college solves the problem of minorities not having a voice in an election. The majority of people in the U.S. are consolidated into a handful of cities, and they all generally vote the same way.

Blue collar workers and small business owners in the heartland of the U.S. generally have different political views. They need the electoral college to prevent their voices from being drowned out by more populated areas like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

Louisiana, as with most states, would be irrelevant in an election without the electoral college.

Coastal erosion, the needs of the oil-based economy, our public schools and our civil liberties are subject to the voting base in California, New York and Illinois.

The electoral college helps Louisiana, as with all smaller and poorer states, to have its residents’ voices equalized to the U.S. powerhouses, as to ensure an equal voting opportunity.

The U.S. has a few choices.

The first is a new system of voter representation that is more fair than the current electoral college. This seems unlikely because in the 230 years of the U. S. Constitution, such a system has yet to be made. The next is that the U.S. keep the electoral college, while urging greater voter participation.

The last option is the U.S. can abolish the electoral college, and our president can be decided on the complexities and honesty of

a college student body president election.

Choose wisely, America.

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

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LSU hosts election night coverage in the Holliday Forum in the Journalism building Nov. 6, 2018.

Rape victims should be excluded from anti-abortion laws DEAR SOCIETY JASMINE EDMONSON @edmonsonjasmine The candidates running for governor of Louisiana disagreed on almost every question asked, but they stood in solidarity with anti-abortion laws at the Gubernatorial debate Sept. 19.

I respect their stance on abortion, but I wholeheartedly denounce their belief that an abortion shouldn’t be given to women who conceived through rape.

This denouncement doesn’t stem from my beliefs as an intersectional feminist. Rather, their agreement on this issue is simply evil.

The candidates are Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and Republican Businessman Eddie Rispone.

My views on certain questions the moderator asked contradicted each candidate’s answer at least once. However, within the three minutes all candidates condoned not excluding rape vic-

tims from anti-abortion laws, my respect completely dissipated for all three.

Gov. Edwards wasn’t silent about his stance on abortion.

Earlier this year, he signed an abortion-ban law which does not have an exception for rape victims.

This strict law, named the “heartbeat” bill, mirrors abortion-ban laws legislators from other red states passed.

The “Heartbeat” bill hinders women from getting an abortion if an OB-GYN sonographer detects the heartbeat of a fetus.

Legislators don’t take into consideration that most fetus’ hearts start beating at six weeks old.

This is too early for women to consider they might be pregnant.

I wasn’t surprised by overly conservative Democrat Gov. Edwards’ answer because his law emboldened his stance. I hoped Abraham and Rispone would abandon their conservative views and sympathize with the countless women whose bodies are seen as meals, readily-available to feast upon by men who crave dominance.

In these situations, the

rapist receives pleasure and pride. The pregnant victim’s dignity and self-worth disappears.

She must tend to her rapist’s trophy, the baby, or send it into the broken U.S. foster care system.

Many rape victims who live in red states are experiencing this.

Each governor’s signature that passes this law is signing away the natural rights of victims who must carry their rapist’s baby for nine months, and be reminded legislators don’t think women’s rights matter in our state.

This debate caused me to fear for the futures of rape victims who are impregnated by a rapist. Should residents accept they will continue to have no control over their bodies for the next four years? Would the candidates reconsider if their daughter or niece has a similar, devastating fate?

The candidates’ endorsement to regressive anti-abortion laws implies they’re investing more in the future of a fetus than the mother. These children will learn their biological mother conceived them through rape.

This won’t be the case for all of

them. Some may never find out, but the mother will always know.

When she sees or thinks about her child, her rapist comes to mind as well.

Allowing a rape victim to get an abortion not only means she doesn’t have to be physically reminded of her traumatic experience, but she will be saving the rapist’s baby from most likely having a troubled life as a foster child.

There are 4,000 Louisiana children in the foster care system, and 140 children currently waiting to be adopted, according to AdoptUSKids’ website.

The main reason the process is slow for a child to find a home is because fostering is unpaid.

Some adults who open their homes to foster children may not have sufficient income to thoroughly care for all children housed.

This causes some foster parents to place children back in the system, and they might bounce around from home to home until they are legal. Most non-foster 18-year-olds are able to support themselves because they still receive help from their guardians.

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Those who were once foster children don’t have that advantage.

Senate Bill 109 is supposed to extend the legal age from 18-years-old to 21-years-old for those in the foster care system.

They must be full-time employees, be involved in job training or be in school to stay in the system. Exceptions will be made for individuals who are unable to work or attend school because of medical problems.

This proposed bill may improve the foster care system, but it will not fix it. It’s going to take excessive funds, time and intense dedication.

Louisiana women, whether they are for or against abortion, should be furious all candidates refuse to make an exception for victims who are raped.

Whoever becomes the next Louisiana governor must be challenged by residents to exclude rape victims from abortion-ban laws, and give them the right to an abortion.

Jasmine Edmonson is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Denham Springs, Louisiana.

Quote of the Week “We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”

Anne Frank Diarist 1929 — 1945

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Mission trips essentially modern-day religious colonialism GABBING WITH GABBY GABRIELLE MARTINEZ @gobbymatinez Picture it’s the 15th century, and a Spaniard is coming to the New World for the rumored riches to be found in “India.” However, he instead uses the purpose of spreading his religion as a coverup for his less-than-spiritual intentions. Once he arrives, he takes out his iPhone and takes a selfie with an indigenous child, only to post it on his Instagram with the caption “so humbled <3.”

For a long time, we’ve seen third world countries become marked by white people as prime places to go and “save,” or as I would consider it, “conquer.” This ego of entitlement isn’t too far gone with our past. However, it carries on into modern missionary work overseas today.

I am not trying to diminish the concept of volunteering altogether. Charities and ethics groups fight every day to bring positive change across the world.

Unfortunately, they still fall victim to the bad wrap given by a few rotten apples.

What exactly do “voluntourists” want out of these experiences?

Among the most honest of the well-meaning answers, “wanting or needing to be humbled,” would stand out as number one.

This mentality, intentional or not, is selfish. This experience shouldn’t be about you in any way, shape or form. Instead, it should be about the effects on the people you’re helping.

If your intent is solely to find your own humility or gratefulness, why travel to a different country when you can see poverty first hand in the U.S.?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 estimates, 12.3% of U.S. citizens live in poverty.

Even worse, the poverty rate in Louisiana is 7.3% higher than the national average. Nearly one in five residents of the state lives in poverty.

You can help people who are less fortunate than you by volunteering at local soup kitchens, homeless shelters and food banks. This notion of needing to go overseas to get this type of experience creates an “otherness” of the people there. This disconnects and distances the volunteer from the humanity of those being

helped.

Maybe you are aware that this experience isn’t about you at all, and you do want to make a difference in someone’s life thousands of miles away.

You go overseas and spend your time building schools and homes while learning about the stories and lifestyles of those you’re helping. There is no doubt that the people you came in contact with were mentally affected by your generosity. However, a structure built by a college student, who more than likely has never built anything more than Ikea furniture, isn’t what this community needs.

In Teju Cole’s 2012 piece, “The White-Savior Industrial Complex,” he said “those who are being helped ought to be consulted over the matters that concern them.”

A nicely built school isn’t going to defeat poverty, save a failing government or overcome the lack of law and order. What these third-world countries really need is activism for social changes, government reformation and the installation of democracy.

You may have built a beautiful school, but the community has no teachers or even a system of

ensuring that the children show up to class. This doesn’t even guarantee the admittance of women into the community’s schools.

Volunteers can begin by staying at home and making a difference. Any citizen can play a role in voting in elections and protesting for Uncle Sam to use his leading-country power for good.

People on mission trips have the motive of evangelizing people who didn’t ask to be

evangelized. This is essentially religious colonialism.

Before you go on that mission trip across the globe, take into consideration your reasoning. At least make sure your exploitation of the less fortunate isn’t with the intent to gain social media engagement or to add to a future job resume.

Gabrielle Martinez is an 18-yearold mass communication freshman from Gonzales, Louisiana.

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