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2 shot in Tigerland, investigation still ongoing

BY Fernanda zamudio-suarez fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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Senior running back Terrance Magee (18) runs for a gain in the Tigers’ 31-0 win against ULM on Saturday. Read the full story on page 5.

Gunshots were heard in Tigerland before 3 a.m. Sunday morning as the Baton Rouge Police Department responded to calls about a shooting at 4445 Alvin Dark Ave., behind Reggie’s Bar. Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Don Coppola Jr. said the investigation is still ongoing. The two victims, a 23-year-old male and 20-year-old male, were sent to hospitals with non-lifethreatening injuries.

The victims were shot in the leg and the abdomen, Coppola said.

A verbal altercation was the motive for the shooting, Coppola said, and there are no suspects at the time.

BRPD is working the investigation. The story will be updated as more information is received.

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Asbestos projects continue in Quad BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com The two asbestos abatement tents in the Quad are preventing the release of airborne asbestos particles.

University Facility Services is replacing the insulation in the steam tunnels under campus — steam tunnels originally insulated with asbestos.

According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission website, asbestos can cause lung cancer when inhaled in high doses.

The University tunnel system moves steam to heat buildings.

Steam tunnels also contain the chilled water line, transporting cool water to the building and warm water to the cogeneration plant.

Dave Maharrey, associate executive director of facility and

utility operations, said when the asbestos abatement is complete, utility workers will be able to repair the tunnels without the use of special equipment. Regulations require utility workers to wear protective equipment because of the threat of deteriorating asbestos.

“The workers that are working on it are qualified, trained and licensed,” Maharrey said.

The abatement tents are also used as entry points for workers.

Maharrey said Facility Services uses negative air machines in the tunnels as an extra form of precaution. These machines capture the contaminated air, ensuring no asbestos particles are released on campus.

Although Maharrey ensures there is no need for concern, graduate student Abigail Smithson admits the situation is worrisome.

Smithson compared this asbestos work to the issues surrounding the Studio Arts Building.

“I know there were also some issues in the Studio Art Building last year before I was a student with some asbestos problems and ventilations issues with some of the rooms we’re using chemistry in,” Smithson said.

Biology freshman Erica Madison and Smithson agreed Facility Services seems to be taking proper precautions by placing the abatement tents over the vents.

Madison said the tents block the entryway in the Quad.

Smithson said she has never noticed the tent, but it appears to be blocking the flow of student traffic after giving it a second look.

Maharrey could not give a

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An asbestos abatement tent, used to prevent exposure to airborne asbestos particles, stands Sunday in the Quad. University Facility Services is replacing the insulation in the steam tunnels under campus.

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Nation & World

Monday, September 15, 2014

Merkel leads Berlin rally against anti-Semitism THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel led a rally against anti-Semitism in Berlin on Sunday, telling several thousand people that Jewish life is part of Germany’s identity and she wants to ensure that Jews feel safe here.

Germany’s Jewish community organized the rally at the capital’s Brandenburg Gate after tensions over the Gaza conflict spilled over into demonstrations in Europe that saw anti-Jewish slogans and violence.

President Joachim Gauck joined ministers and Germany’s top Protestant and Catholic clerics at the event along with Muslim community leaders.

Jewish leader Dieter Graumann said the summer saw “the worst anti-Semitic slogans on German streets for many, many decades.”

“We won’t let ourselves be intimidated,” he said. “But we would have liked a bit more empathy in the last few weeks. Many of us still come from Holocaust families ... how do you think we feel when we hear on German streets today, ‘Jews to the gas?’”

Merkel said it is “verging on a miracle that well above 100,000

Jews live in Germany today,” seven decades after the Nazi Holocaust. After the end of World War II, only around 15,000 remained in Germany.

“It is a monstrous scandal that people in Germany today are being abused if they are somehow recognizable as Jews or if they stand up for the state of Israel,” she said. “I will not accept that and we will not accept that.”

Merkel said it pains her to hear of young Jewish parents asking whether they can raise their children in Germany or older people asking whether it was right to stay.

“We are making unmistakably clear with this rally that Jewish life belongs to us — it is part of our identity and culture,” she said.

“We want Jews to feel safe in Germany,” Merkel said. “They should feel that this country is our common home, in which they like all people who live here have a good future.”

The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, pointed to the danger from Islamic extremist and other anti-Semitic propaganda.

“Let us not allow this group of agitators to tear down 70 years of good work,” he said.

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Chevron draining natural gas after worker death THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — A contractor was killed and two others were injured Saturday during maintenance on a Chevron natural gas pipeline off the Louisiana coast, authorities said.

The contractor, whose name was not immediately released, was among four maintenance workers on the platform when the accident occurred about 11:10 a.m. Saturday, said Gareth Johnstone, a spokesman for Chevron Pipe Line Co. He said the two other workers were taken to a hospital for what are expected to be minor injuries.

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Ann Duplessis replaces Yarborough as chairwoman BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

The Board of Supervisors is making student enrollment a priority as it outlined recruitment plans in terms of current enrollment at its meeting on Friday.

LSU President F. King Alexander said in August the number of students enrolled is critical because of the revenues brought to the University by their tuition.

Out-of-state student enrollment is an even bigger priority for the University, as those students bring larger revenues.

Official enrollment numbers will be released today as a part of the 14th Day Enrollment Statistics compiled at the start of every

semester. At the meeting, Alexander said enrollment was up at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where enrollment has decreased over the last several years.

Student retention and enrollment are aligned, Alexander said, adding it’s easiest to recruit students at the University.

The Board of Supervisors met for the first time under its new chairwoman, Ann Duplessis.

Duplessis replaced former chairman Bobby Yarborough. She formerly served as the Louisiana State Senator for District 2.

She was sworn in Friday along with new Chariman-elect Raymond Lasseigne, who will take over after Duplessis’ term ends.

“I’m very honored to have

been selected by this great group of men,” Duplessis said.

She is the only female member of the board, which is made up of 15 appointees of Gov. Bobby Jindal and one student member.

Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Jim McCrery was sworn in Friday as the newest member of the Board of Supervisors. McCrery, an alumnus of the Law Center, said he has always been a fan of LSU and is honored to be a board member.

“I told several of my former [colleagues] back in Washington I was back in politics,” McCrery said jokingly.

McCrery left Congress in 2009 after serving for more than

two decades.

The board approved the operating budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year and the extension of Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva’s contract.

Alleva’s contract was extended for an additional 3 years, and he makes $725,000 a year, according to the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.

Alleva spent 30 years at Duke University before coming to Louisiana. He said he plans to stay at the University until retirement.

LSU System researchers also received help from the Board to turn their research into reality.

The Board received a report on the Leveraging Innovation For

Technology Transfer Fund from its Academic and Student Affairs, Achievement and Distinction Committee.

The LIFT Fund gives researchers small grants to help innovative ideas developed at institutions in the LSU System enter the marketplace, where they can turn a profit and be used by the public.

Stephen Perry, chairman of the committee, said the LSU System took a dysfunctional program and made it work. Since LIFT’s start, the program has received 15 grants.

Perry said the fund keeps the board from having to approve every license before things enter the workplace.

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Baton Rouge has highest West Nile infection rate in the state Abatement center, hospitals taking extra precautions BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com Baton Rouge has the highest West Nile Virus infection rate in the state, a distinction that does not surprise Randy Vaeth, assistant director of East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control. “[East Baton Rouge Parish]

and Caddo Parish have just about always led the state in infection rates and virus presence,” Vaeth said.

He said the virus needs three things to be successful: mosquito vectors, avian host species and proximity to homes — all of which Baton Rouge has.

“Mosquitoes that are the primary vector for this virus are urban mosquitoes — ‘peridomestics’ is what we call them — and they breathe highly organic water,” Vaeth said. “Lucky for

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Stephanie Fonville of the Wichita Falls, Texas/Wichita County Public Health District examines mosquito samples under a microscope on Aug. 28 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

us, East Baton Rouge has lots of septic ditches with the highly organic materials that these mosquitoes require.”

Abatement center research shows mosquito and virus presence starts in late June or July.

Vaeth said viral case numbers peak in August.

In 2013, no human viral cases were reported to the abatement center. This year, however, the center expects to see five per every 1,000 city residents.

Dr. Victor Chow, a physician at Lake After Hours in Denham Springs, said he sees an average of one West Nile Virus-related case each week during the summer.

“The virus is actually one of the main causes of fever in the summertime,” Chow said.

“Symptoms of West Nile are quite flu-like, with the exception of cough and congestion.”

Vaeth said the best way to prevent the disease, and bites in general, is to repair screens and windows, eliminate standing water around residential housing and wear long sleeves.

“That’s probably not what you want to hear, especially in the summertime, but it’s your best bet,” Vaeth said.

Besides spraying repellent on a nightly basis, a main goal of the abatement center is to educate the population, Vaeth said. The center uses the media, health fairs and back-to-school events at local high schools to achieve this, he said.

Assistant Director of University Facility Services Tammy Millican said the University, not just the abatement center, is trying to eliminate primary transmitters to combat the spread of the virus.

“The first thing we do is try to keep the drainage ditches clean,” Millican said. “We make sure there’s no water build-up because mosquitoes, as you know, love water.”

In addition, Facility Services sprays repellent throughout the year upon request.

“We do our best to tackle all areas — residence halls, Alex Box Stadium, Innovation Park, the Child Care Center — and it’s actually our landscaping department, and sometimes the abatement center, who does all this for us,” Millican said.

Chow said he sees a number of cases in University students each year, especially at the Lake After Hours location on Highland Road and Lee Drive, which is why EBRPMARC works to take care of the University.

“We’ve got traps on Lee Drive, Nicholson and River Road past Brightside, where we’ve determined the virus is active,” Vaeth said. “Those mosquitoes have actually tested positive for West Nile, but the activity has thus far stopped.”

Chow said there is no specific treatment for the virus.

“We can’t just give you a shot or pill and make it go away,” Chow said. “But luckily, only one to two percent of all patients have severe complications or symptoms from the virus and actually die.”

Both Vaeth and Chow said the parish is doing well despite its distinction of having the highest infection rate. The virus is not epidemic, they said, because of the extensive measures many have taken to prevent it.

“We’ve seen the numbers go down tremendously since all this gained fire in 2002,” Vaeth said, “but it looks like we’re going to continue having a mosquito and virus presence here in Baton Rouge.”

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EVENT CALENDAR

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 3:00 PM

EnvironMentors - Energy, Coast & Environment Building

5:00 PM

Bayou Manchac Cleanup Registration Deadline - LSU Student Union

5:30 PM 7:45 PM

Zumba N Bands Class - Robicheaux Recreation Center Tango Group Class - KG Rhythm Inc.

8:00 PM

Bluegrass Pickin Party - Hi Ho Lounge-LA Charmaine Nevill and Friends - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Walter Retlaw Live - Sugar Cane Festival Building

9:00 PM

South Jones - Banks Street Bar & Grill Janky Karaoke - Artmosphere

10:00 PM

Charmaine Nevill and Friends - Snug Harbor-New Orleans The Panorama Jazz Band - Gasa Gasa

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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Architecture students win second place at survey competition

BY Megan gallo mgallo@lsureveille.com

Architecture students won second place in the 2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize for their documentation on Fort Pike.

They are now a part of the more than 2,000 students from 68 colleges and universities to participate in the competition according to the College of Art and Design’s website.

The project team is comprised of students from many

different disciplines and levels, including undergraduate architecture students and graduate students from all design disciplines and a graduate photography student, according to a news release.

Because of their second place finish in the Peterson Prize Competition, the team’s work will be on display in the Library of Congress, as well as winning $2,500.

Fort Pike, which faces coastal erosion, is located on

the south side of the Rigolets in Orleans Parish between Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne. It recently came to fame on the HBO series True Detective.

The Peterson Prize is an annual competition open to undergraduate and graduate students and presents a total of $7,500 to first, second and third place winners. The program’s documentation constitutes the nation’s largest archive of historic architectural, engineering and landscape

documentation.

The competition is presented by Historic American Building Survey, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and the American Institute of Architects. The program’s goal is to raise awareness about historic buildings and add to the HABS collection of measured drawings in the Library of Congress.

The student team, led by architecture professor Ursula Emery McClure, was part of a recording historic structures

course. However, the project continued beyond the end of the semester into summer.

McClure along with team leaders Lindsay Boley and graduate student James Canles garnered a grant, which partially funded the project.

According to the design website the end product contained photographs, written historical and descriptive data, copies of measures and interpretive drawings and field records.

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LSU Architecture students won second place the Peterson Prize Competition for their documentation of Fort Pike, located between Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne.

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Freetown settlement receives historic landmark designation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. JAMES — As a child, Shandria Smith would listen to the stories her great-aunt told about growing up in a community founded by former slaves.

By the time she was 12, Smith was writing down the things her great-aunt told her and trying to learn as much as she could about the Freetown settlement, founded in 1872 in St. James Parish.

Almost 20 years later, Smith used what she learned as a child to make sure the settlement wouldn’t be forgotten.

This spring, the lieutenant governor’s office designated the community — which survives as two single-lane, residential streets in the community of St. James — as a historic landmark.

“It means a lot,” Smith said.

“It’s the first historic marker site established by people of color along the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.”

Residents, St. James Par-

ish officials and a handful of descendants of Freetown’s founders gathered recently for the unveiling of a state highway marker on the levee side of Louisiana Highway 18 along the west bank of the Mississippi River.

The marker lists the names of the former slaves and others of African-American descent who, after the Civil War, bought and cultivated land that had once been part of the LandryPedesclaux Plantation.

It took five years of research by Smith to earn the Freetown site its historic designation.

“They have to have documentation on everything, and they have to be primary sources as well,” said Smith, 35, an event planner and St. James Library Board member who spent much of her spare time in recent years gathering documentation from local and state archives.

Smith said her great-aunt, Florestine Adams, who died at the age of 100 in March, “often expressed the importance

in knowing my family’s history and genealogy, leaving a legacy for the next generation. I thought, what better way than to accept the torch she passed and make her vision a reality.”

The land that became Freetown 142 years ago was once part of the Landry-Pedesclaux sugar plantation, owned by a woman who in the years after the Civil War struggled financially, Smith said.

In 1871, the plantation was seized, divided and sold at a sheriff’s sale to four different parties, she said.

One of those buyers was a lawyer who, in turn, had his own financial difficulties, Smith said.

“He went and found former slaves and free persons of color [interested in purchasing land] and in the fall of 1872 sold the majority of the property” to them, she said.

Freetown in the years afterward produced many firsts in St. James Parish, including the parish’s first black sheriff, constable, lawyer, state represen-

tative and female school board member, Smith said.

There are other communities in Louisiana established by former slaves that also took the name Freetown, Smith said. One is in St. Charles Parish, and another is in Jefferson Parish.

The Freetown settlement in St. James is the first to receive a historic landmark designation, she said.

Smith’s father, Irving Smith, said he also grew up hearing stories about the founders of Freetown.

“They were family people, coming together as neighbors and friends,” he said. “They made gardens, and everybody shared their gardens. They reached out and helped each other. They didn’t have that much.”

Freetown Hall, a simple structure built in the 1900s, still served as a community meeting place.

Since 1908, the hall has been home to the Rising Sun Benevolent Association, which was established to “help the

sick and bury the dead,” said Milton Cayette, president of the organization, which continues to help families with funeral costs.

“We are the group that is still alive from the founding of Freetown,” Cayette said.

The historical marker stands across from Freetown and Communie streets, the lanes that were once home to the former slaves who became property owners.

Katherine Dennis was at the unveiling. Her grandparents, Sedonia and Elfere Mitchell, were among Freetown’s founders.

Elfere Mitchell, a master carpenter, helped build the Freetown Hall, Dennis said.

The process of securing the historic recognition for Freetown “has been a spiritual journey,” Smith said.

“I hope the settlement of Freetown’s historic marker ignites community dialogue, empowerment and a sense of pride for our culture, history and heritage,” she said.

Sports

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First half struggles lead to 1-0 loss

BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com

LSU coach Les Miles said the Warhawks (2-1, 1-0 Sun Belt) ran many “unorthodox” defensive fronts to confuse his team, leading to the early game struggles. But sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings said the Tigers just stuck to the game plan.

“We continued doing what we do best,

The LSU soccer team kicked off its four-game road swing on Sept. 11 with perhaps its most impressive performance of the season, but the Tigers couldn’t carry that momentum into Sunday’s match against No. 25 Duke.

After defeating BYU 4-3 in a back-and-forth contest last Thursday, LSU (4-3-1) couldn’t find any room in the attack against the Blue Devils’ (4-4) smothering back line and fell to Duke 1-0 on Sunday at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

The loss dropped the Tigers to 1-2 on the road this season and 0-11 all-time against the Blue Devils.

“We’ve got such a young team with six freshmen starting up the spine of the team, right up the middle, and Duke kind of got us on our heels in the first 15 minutes,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “Once we settled down in the second half, we had our chances to equalize.”

From the opening kickoff, Duke put constant pressure on LSU’s young back line in the attack and kept freshman goalkeeper Lily Alfeld busy throughout the match. The Blue Devils fired off 27 shots with 10 on target, which were the most the Tigers have allowed this season and the most since a 3-2 loss against Texas A&M on Oct. 31, 2013.

Despite Duke’s abundance of shots, Alfeld held her own in

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LSU’s four running backs power Tigers to victory BY brian pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com After going three and out on its first two possessions, the No. 8 LSU football team turned to its running game to power its way through University of Louisiana-Monroe leading the way to a 31-0 victory Saturday.

At the end of the first quarter, the Tigers

(3-0, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) rushed the ball for 35 yards on 14 carries for an average of 2.5 yards per carry.

But LSU’s running attack dominated the game from the second quarter on, rushing 38 times for 184 yards with four total touchdowns from senior Kenny Hilliard and freshmen Darrel Williams and Leonard Fournette.

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Defense turns in second straight shutout in rout over Warhawks BY morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com The No. 8 LSU football team made history in Tiger Stadium on Saturday — from historic home win No. 400 to a record attendance of more than 101,000 to a defensive feat not seen in Baton Rouge since Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency.

For the first time since 1941, the Tigers (3-0) posted consecutive home shutouts, as they blanked University of LouisianaMonroe 31-0.

Coming into their matchup with LSU the Warhawks (2-1) offense averaged 443 yards of offense per game, which included 156.5 yards on the ground and 286.5 yards in the air.

But ULM managed only 93 total yards against the Tigers, gaining 16 rushing yards and 77

passing yards.

The last time LSU’s defense held an opponent to less than 20 yards rushing was in its 2011 matchup against Northwestern State, in which the Tigers allowed -4 yards on the ground.

LSU held ULM to less than 100 yards passing, marking the second game this season it has done so. LSU’s defense allowed less than three yards per attempt against Wisconsin and ULM. Another key part of the defense’s success was getting off the field on third downs. The Tigers are second in the Southeastern Conference and tied for 10th in the nation in defensive third-down conversion percentage, allowing a conversation rate of only .256.

“As a defense, we pride ourselves on getting off of the field on third downs,” said junior safe-

ty Jalen Mills. “We have a lot of situations in practice where we do third-and-two, third-and-five, third-and-seven and third-andlong. That is the time in practice when we turn the intensity up a little more than where it already is.”

The Tigers lead the nation in team defensive passing efficiency, putting pressure on offenses at every level. The combined work of the defensive line and the secondary against ULM exemplified how effectively the team works together.

“I think by us playing the coverages right and how we are playing, it makes the d-line’s job way easier because now you have coverage sacks,” Mills said.

“Then you might get where the D-line is getting pressure and we

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LSU junior safety Jalen Mills tackles a ULM player Saturday during the Tigers’ 31-0 shutout against the Warhawks.

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LSU can succeed by relying on defense THE CUBAN CANNON tommy romanach Sports Writer LSU is not here to dazzle you.

The Tigers only care about winning football games.

The Tigers’ 31-0 win against University of LouisianaMonroe was ugly in every sense.

Two completions went for more than 20 yards, and a fullback was the leading scorer. The days of Jarvis Landry, Odell Beckham Jr. and Zach Mettenberger are gone, making way for a grind-itout style of play.

I wouldn’t have it any other way, and you shouldn’t either.

Nobody is saying this defense is the real thing yet because little should be taken away from two paycheck wins. But relying on a great defense is just as good as relying a great offense, and I think LSU is on the right track.

LSU’s secondary was its usual self, clamping down on anything deep and swarming around the ball. Sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson and sophomore

cornerbacks Tre’Davious White and Dwayne Thomas all had at least four tackles. Meanwhile, the opposing quarterback was held under 150 passing yards for the third straight week.

ULM quarterback Pete Thomas actually completed more than half of his passes — they just didn’t go anywhere. LSU let Thomas complete anything he wanted for five-yard bursts, but it made sure the Warhawks didn’t hurt them deep.

It may have taken Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen’s mysterious Melvin Gordon omission in week one, but the defensive line and linebackers are on the right path. LSU junior defensive end Danielle Hunter has gotten better every week, and the youth at defensive tackle has gained ample experience.

LSU stopping the run on first down plays into the strength of the defense. Third-and-long situations lead to big plays by the secondary, and that leads to a more cautious and predictable offensive scheme.

The most important thing to take away from the last two blowouts is the depth of the defense.

I didn’t think sophomore linebacker Duke Riley would do anything significant this season, yet there he was Saturday, starting and leading LSU in tackles.

Injuries are a part of the game, so relying on your starting 11 too heavily is dangerous.

Credit Les Miles for giving players like Riley a chance in games LSU is undoubtedly winning.

Now those backups will be alert and able if the guy in front of them goes down.

Fans are always scared of change, so going from a quickstrike offense with a porous defense last season to a run-based offense with a shut-down defense can be scary.

A pass-first offense overwhelms opponents by scoring quick touchdowns, but a defense who constantly forces three-andouts can be just as demoralizing.

LSU’s defense didn’t just disrupt the Warhawks’ rhythm Saturday, it made playing the game unpleasant. Pete Thomas looked beaten after the game, fearful and ready to go back to the Sun Belt.

Any questions left about the defense will be answered next week when Mississippi State junior quarterback Dak Prescott comes to town. Prescott’s versatility was in full force in a win against South Alabama on Saturday, tallying a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown.

Mississippi State’s defense is atrocious, so Jennings and LSU’s arsenal of running backs will provide a decent amount of points. Getting big stops, creating turnovers and helping control time of possession will be key.

If it does stop Prescott, it’s going to be ugly. That’s something LSU fans are going to have to get used to.

Monday, September 15, 2014 cycling

Brothers help put LSU cycling on the map

BY Jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com LSU football wasn’t the only team to win in Texas on Aug. 30.

While everyone’s attention was focused on the Tigers’ comeback win against Wisconsin at NRG Stadium, LSU’s cycling team was making its own run at glory.

The cycling team competed at the South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference’s Camp Eagle Classic in Rocksprings, Texas.

The LSU team, consisting of three brothers — senior Sullivan, junior Logan, and freshman Braeden Van Way — competed in the first event of a five-part series against other schools, including Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Baylor.

The Van Way clan, comprising six boys in all, started out racing motorcycles.

“We were home schooled, so we are the closest friends that we have,” Sullivan said. “We are always racing.”

After years of racing motorcycles and riding bikes to scope out the track before races, they decided to gravitate toward racing bicycles as well.

“It is just something different

than motorcycle racing,” Logan said. “We did that for 15 years.

Bicycling is similar but different enough to keep us interested in both.”

The two-day event consisted of three different mountain bike races: team relay, Super D and cross country. The scores from the three races were combined to determine the winner.

The three-part race concluded with Braeden taking the title in his inaugural race as a Tiger.

“It was surprising, actually, considering it was the biggest race I’ve ever been in,” Braeden said. “Also, it was pretty cool beating my two older brothers.”

The eldest brother, Sullivan, finished the race as the runner-up.

“It was great, especially considering it was LSU’s first time at a mountain bike race,” Sullivan said. “Not to mention coming in first and second place at a mountain bike race.”

Logan said he experienced two flat tires and a broken bike chain, which all but eliminated him from contention.

The Van Ways will compete in the remaining four rounds of the five-part series in the coming weeks.

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Monday, September 15, 2014 loss, from page 5 goal and had the best game of her eight-game LSU career. The New Zealand native posted a careerhigh nine saves against the Blue Devils, breaking her previous high of six. Alfeld has 27 saves in her last four games.

“In the first half, when everyone’s at the same pressure, it’s easy for the goalkeepers to stay in the game,” Lee said. “But in the second half, when the game was against our back a little more, [Alfeld] did really well cutting out crosses, and she had one key stop on a breakaway.”

However, Alfeld couldn’t completely shut out Duke in the first 45 minutes. With a little more than five minutes remaining in the opening half, Blue Devils senior midfielder Katy Colas broke the stalemate when she snuck the ball past Alfeld from just inside the area that gave the Duke a 1-0

into the break.

On the other side of the pitch, the Tigers failed to give Alfeld any support in the attack in the first 45 minutes. At the break, LSU had only two shots against Duke junior goalkeeper Ali Kershner with none on target.

The Tigers picked things up on offense in the second half, but Colas’ goal proved to be all the Blue Devils needed come away with a victory.

LSU freshman striker Jorian Baucom fired the Tigers’ first shot on goal in the 57th minute of the contest off a through pass from sophomore defender Megan Lee. But Duke freshman goalkeeper EJ Proctor ensured the ball didn’t find its way into the net with her first of two saves on the afternoon.

LSU junior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco’s shot in the 85th minute was the Tigers’ last opportunity for the equalizer. After briefly exiting the match to get

The Daily Reveille checked out by the training staff, Gomez-Junco, who led LSU with three shots, fired a ball from distance that Proctor once again prevented from going in.

The Tigers had only eight shots on the afternoon, less than a third of Duke’s output.

“Coming out of the back, Duke was able to press us pretty well,” Brian Lee said. “We just weren’t connecting passes to get forward.

We kept playing laterally. But when we did get the ball forward on possessions, we were dangerous. We just turned the ball over too much.”

LSU will continue its fourgame road stretch when it opens its Southeastern Conference schedule with a match against SEC opponent Missouri at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Walton Stadium.

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LSU junior midfielder Maria Fernanda Piña (7) crosses the ball during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory against Nicholls on Sept. 2 in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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The defense’s shutout was highlighted by the talent-ridden secondary.

“With [sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White] and [sophomore cornerback] Rashard Robinson and really a number of guys that can step on the field and play, it allows you to sink guys into coverage and feel like their receivers are gone,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “Now, you blitz and bring an extra guy, you don’t feel as vulnerable.”

The talent is so deep within the unit that starters are rotated

out every few series to get other players on the field.

“It is something that we practice and it is just what it is,” White said. “I’m okay with it because I know with those guys out there the same plays will be made.”

With the addition of freshman safety Jamal Adams and freshman cornerback Ed Paris, the depth within the secondary gives defensive coordinator John Chavis options to give players rest, especially against up-tempo offensives. “[The depth] helps out tremendously,” White said. “Anytime you have that much depth in

the defensive backfield, it helps out because with up-tempo teams we were playing guys get gassed and those guys earned their spots on the team and their playing time. They put in so much work over the summer, especially [Jamal Adams and Ed Paris] learning the coverages and becoming comfortable with the schemes.”

The defense continued to get pressure on the quarterback, allowing the secondary to play more for takeaways. Despite their success this season, the Tigers enter conference play against next week Mississippi State, which will be LSU’s first test against a proven offense.

page 7 offense, from page 5 and that is running the ball,” Jennings said. “That obviously wore them out in the second [half].”

Fournette was the game’s leading rusher, carrying 10 times for 52 yards and a touchdown. Hilliard contributed 50 yards and a score of his own while fellow senior Terrence Magee added 43 yards.

But freshman Darrel Williams stole the show, scoring two touchdowns on seven carries. “[Williams] has really stepped up,” said sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural.

“He works hard every day in practice, and it is showing on the field. He is building his confidence every game.”

Hilliard said, the running back by committee approach has been a key to wearing down opposing defenses.

“It is tradition to keep fresh legs on the field and a rotation of backs going in there,” Hilliard said. “It is something we will continue so everyone can stay fresh ... It’s a great advantage to have a lot of backs to get in there and try to pound teams.”

Williams and Hilliard scored their touchdowns on dive plays as fullbacks, and Jennings said having running backs line up at fullback can only make the Tigers more dynamic on offense.

Jennings said, Williams and Hilliard are not the only two who have practiced at the fullback position.

“Everybody in the backfield is interchangeable,” Jennings said. “Any of those guys can play fullback. Any of those guys can play running back.”

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Tre’Davious White said any defense tasked with defending the Tigers’ running backs is going to have a hard time with two of them on the field at once.

“Any time you have that much talent in the backfield, it’s tough for any defense,” White said. “It could be the top defense in the nation. When you’re that versatile in the backfield it makes it tough for anybody [to defend].”

The LSU offensive line that paved the way for the running backs got senior center Elliott Porter back as the starting center.

Porter showed signs of rust when he and Jennings got their legs tangled up, resulting in a two-yard loss. But Hilliard said it was great to have Porter back on the field.

“We missed him,” Hilliard said. “It feels like we really didn’t miss a beat. He came out there and did what we needed him to do to get us a win.”

Sophomore Ethan Pocic started the first two games while Porter sat out, but Pocic did not play against ULM. Miles said Pocic could have played, but the coaching staff did not feel it was necessary to push him back onto the field after an injury last week.

Next week, the Tigers get their first taste of SEC play when Mississippi State comes to Baton Rouge. With the offensive line back at full strength and the running game hitting its stride, Jennings said the offense will be ready to take on the Bulldogs. “[We’re going to] give those guys the respect that they deserve,” Jennings said. “But we’re going to be confident going into this game.”

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Big Booty Banter Body parts should not be declared trendy

OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDNEYROSE REYNEN Columnist It’s officially butt season.

With Nicki Minaj’s poetic ode to her own voluptuous behind topping the charts and Butt Selfie Queen of Instagram Jen Selter scoring a photoshoot in Vanity Fair, butts are having a moment.

Vogue attempted to legitimize this trend in an online article published early last week entitled, “We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty.”

The magazine, which is notorious for using mostly white, adolescent, 90-pound models and photoshopping anyone who doesn’t resemble a flat board into oblivion is now trying to capitalize on the butt trend.

Yeah, you read that right.

My first problem is I’m not even sure about the logic behind having a “trendy” body part. Will legs go out of style soon? Are we all going to be pressured by fashion magazine to hack off our limbs in an attempt to be stylish?

Acting as if butts only recently came in to style is a huge error as well. Sir Mix-ALot’s “Baby Got Back,” which is heavily sampled in Minaj’s

butt banger, is over 20 years old. Kim Kardashian and her backside have been famous for almost a decade. Since when were butts a brand new trend?

This article shows how removed Vogue is from reality. Declaring a body part to be trendy is a slap in the face to those who had larger butts before Vogue told them they were now acceptable.

Vogue, like many other beauty and fashion magazines, is undeniably white-centric. It values white bodies, and the traits that normally come with white bodies, as the most beautiful and worthy of inclusion in their magazine. So why are they just now deciding that butts are praiseworthy and not just Photoshop-worthy?

As Jezebel writer Kara Brown summed it up, “Black women — and most women of color — are invisible to Vogue until it is in their financial interest to pay attention.”

Large butts have been praised by black and Latino cultures for years, while mainstream white culture has been telling women what exercises to do to get rid of a too-big booty.

But now that it has become popular for non-black women to be recognized for their rear ends — think Iggy Azalea, and the ubiquitous Kardashian clan — Vogue can now talk about large butts being a desirable trait.

The article clearly fol-

lows in the current trend of “Columbusing,” which is when white people claim to have discovered something that had already existed in non-white communities and cultures.

A glaring example of this is when the author celebrates Miley Cyrus for starting “the...bootification of pop music.” Yes, the same Miley Cyrus who continually uses actual black women with actual big booties in her performances and treats them like objects is

being praised for practically inventing butts.

I’m not the only one angry about this. Soon after the article was published, Twitter users responded with #VogueArticles of their own.

One tweet read, “How Paula Deen Invented Soul Food #VogueArticles.”

Another read, “How Macklemore Made Rap Cool Again: The Rise of the Socially Conscious Rapper.”

Next month, Vogue will still include booty-less models in

their magazine and continue to otherwise discourage anyone from thinking a big butt is an attractive characteristic.

Right now, however, they will exploit a trait normally associated with black women when it is profitable and attention-grabbing for them.

generations of cats from being born only to end up on the streets or in shelters.

Re-abandoning homeless cats on the streets is no answer at all and sentences many cats to slow, painful deaths. PETA’s caseworkers routinely handle cases involving “outdoor cats” who have been poisoned, shot, mutilated, tortured, set afire, skinned alive, or killed in other cruel ways, often by people who didn’t want the cats on their property. Last July, a cat who was allowed to roam untended outdoors in Baton Rouge was found dismembered in a

neighbor’s yard.

As columnist Justin Stafford points out, cats allowed outdoors take a severe toll on vulnerable wildlife populations. They also pose a health risk to humans. A study published in Zoonoses and Public Health found that “freeroaming cats account for the most cases of human rabies exposure among domestic animals and account for approximately 1/3 of rabies postexposure prophylaxis treatments in humans in the United States.”

Dumping cats back on the streets does nothing to re-

duce the homeless cat population and encourages citizens to abandon their cats on the streets instead of taking them to shelters. Phoenix College in Arizona recently ended its trap-neuter-reabandon program after eight years because “[i]nstead of stabilizing the population, it has doubled, creating an unhealthy situation for cats and the community.”

The proposed program to re-abandon cats outdoors is also in direct conflict with Louisiana Criminal Law, R.S. Title 14, which forbids animal abandonment and requires

the owners of cats and other animals to provide their animal companions with humane and adequate care.

The only humane way to end animal homelessness is by working to prevent the problem in the first place. Legalizing cat abandonment will only increase animal deaths and suffering. To learn more, visit www.PETA.org.

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SidneyRose Reynen is a 19-year-old film and media arts and art history sophomore from New Orleans.

You can reach her on Twitter @SidneyRose_TDR.

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We must prevent cat homelessness with action There may not be an easy answer to the Baton Rouge area’s cat overpopulation crisis, but there is a simple solution: prevention (“Opinion: No easy answer on cat overpopulation,” 9/9).

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Students must question, scrutinize the material they’re learning BLUE COLLAR SCHOLAR justin stafford Columnist Albert Einstein once said, “Few are those that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”

His words are about the rarity of independent thought, but in a society of students who take every word of a teacher as truth, the growth from independent thinking is even more limited.

Last week, a teacher at a public school in Washington handed her sixth-graders a Venn diagram. The overlapping circles that are used to compare and contrast things. In this case, the students were to find the differences and similarities of Adolf Hitler and former President George W. Bush.

This is not an “apples to apples” comparison — it’s a ballpoint pen to a kumquat.

It’s also a false analogy or comparison. The two are not related subjects that can be respectively compared.

Although, this fallacy is committed in a lot of classrooms.

Since entering college, I’ve seen the same bias come from LSU professors. I am certain that in many high schools, students experience it too.

Shoveling of personal political and cultural belief down the throats of students is not education.

An education should consist of professors giving students the facts on a particular subject — so their pupils may utilize that information, expand upon it and generate their own thoughts or opinions toward the subject.

Inserting personal bias into the curriculum — this includes cheeky comments about politicians — is inappropriate and counters the actual purpose of education.

Merriam-Webster’s definition of the word “education” provides insight on just what a learned individual should be able to do. The dictionary defines the word as “the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process.”

To be educated is to grow intellectually. A crucial factor

in being informed is the ability to apply concepts and personal insights to support one’s ideas.

Independent thought is a vital factor in being an intellectual.

If you’re attending a university, you carry the noble title and, often, the burden of being an intellectual.

The world’s greatest contributions came from independent thinkers. They didn’t simply regurgitate what they were taught. They questioned it, explored it and, sometimes, rewrote what was once believed to be factual.

However, constantly questioning and having open inquiry in the education system can be faulty too. The Association of American Colleges & Universities published an article on bias in undergraduate education explaining the importance and possible trouble with open inquiry.

According to the AAC&U, “It is important to protect the academic freedom of students who wish to challenge the prevailing views.”

However, AAC&U notes it’s important to recognize the challenge of higher education is not

merely to encourage open inquiry. The challenge for education is to build character that is open and flexible, intellectually and deliberatively, but decisive and committed when it is time to act.

A possible solution is that educators promote the value of open-minded inquiry by requiring students to take different sides on an issue to bring an amount of sympathy to a position that the student doesn’t usually hold. Knowing both sides being argued is key to properly defending your own belief and developing independent thought.

Students should know when and what subjects to be inquisitive of. The Socratic method isn’t always the best route. Socrates was a mighty questioner of political and religious thought in ancient Greece, but his constant questioning earned him a death sentence.

You might not face death, but you can kill your own intellectual integrity and come off as annoying.

Students should not fear confronting their professors and questioning what they are being taught, if it is a matter that

deserves a response.

Ancient Greece is full of examples, Aristotle was one of Plato’s most impressive and prized students, but Aristotle disagreed with a large portion of Plato’s teachings.

Teachers that don’t show their students how to think and only tell them what to think should raise questions regarding the educator’s integrity and ability to perform such an important job.

Students should still approach educators with scholarly respect. There is always something to be learned from someone else.

Again, the best thinkers did not settle with all generic textbook information or blindly assume truth in their teacher’s words. They were careful to not make a fool of themselves either. They examined, analyzed and scrutinized certain issues with adequate support just as we should do as young scholars.

Justin Stafford is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from Walker, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @j_w_stafford.

La. needs representatives who care for our best interests BRACE YOURSELF Ryan mcgehee Columnist The race for Louisiana’s 6th District Congressional seat is giving new meaning to the phrase “jungle primary.”

There are a total of 13 competitors in the race; nine Republicans, one Libertarian, and three Democrats, including everyone’s favorite former governor and convicted felon, Edwin Edwards.

Considering that there are no former Klan leaders in the race, there’s no reason to vote for the crook this time around.

There’s an understanding that American politics have become a laughing stock mired with corruption, shady back-room deals and representatives with little to no understanding of the word “ethics.”

This has created a nationwide cynicism towards our political system, and has spawned movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Movement. There is also an increasing desire for Congressional term limits, as to put an end to the reign of career politicians, which are often seen as one of the main problems in our republic.

There are few politicians who represent the increasingly corrupt nature of our government more than Edwin Edwards.

After serving four terms as governor of Louisiana, which is far too long for any one person to be in power, Edwards was found guilty on 17 of the counts for which he was indicted, including racketeering, extortion and fraud.

Some people say he was a decent governor, but from the sound of it, he would have made a great Al Capone opposite Kevin Costner in “The Untouchables.”

Now, I can see why voting for Edwards could be an attractive option. The name recognition alone would put the 6th District on the map. I can already see Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert putting sets together lampooning the district. There would also be considerable nostalgia for anyone born before 1973 in seeing the Cajun Prince’s name back on the ballot.

Working for the Paul Dietzel campaign, I was actually able to meet the former governor recently on campus, and was unsurprised to see that he still had the charm that he is so renowned for.

He’s also the only viable candidate the Democrats have at their disposal. Now, I know all the focus is on Mary Landrieu struggling to stay in power, but the fact that the Democrats could not find someone without a criminal record that could poll over 30 percent is just pathetic. A particular letter behind someone’s name is not a good enough reason to vote for them. The same

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Edwin Edwards poses with a student at LSU’s College Democrats table during the Student Involvement Fair on Sept. 3. was true of David Duke, who defeated Buddy Roemer to face Edwards in the 1991 gubernatorial runoff.

Then again, maybe Democrats know there is no way Edwards will ever hold this congressional seat. After all, it is one of the most conservative districts out of all 435 in the United States. Maybe the goal is to use Edwards’ name recognition to get Democrats out to the polls,

so they can attempt to boost Landrieu over the top. Questions about her residency and use of taxpayer funds for campaignrelated travel are beginning to catch up with her.

Regardless, I cannot think of one good, valid reason to vote for Edwards. With the state our country is in, we need a representative that will look out for the best interests of the district, not one with a history of look-

ing out for the best interests of his pocket book and those of his friends. We can use the election on Nov. 4 to completely reject the politics of the past.

Seriously, don’t vote for the crook. It’s far too important.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old political science and history major from Zachary, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @JRyanMcGehee.

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“I don’t think we have a set timeline to be done,” Maharrey said. “We are just kind of doing it in pieces.”

He said he believes there are two tents on campus now, but could not tell how many more there will be in the future.

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The Board of Supervisors meets Friday in the University Administration Building. The board recently approved a system-wide operating budget of $1.1 billion for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, which is 7 percent less than for 2013-2014.

BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com As the University pools together various resources, the 2014-2015 operating budget shows the LSU System is dependent on tuition, said Vice President for Finance and Administration Dan Layzell.

The LSU Board of Supervisors approved the budget for this fiscal year on Friday, totaling more than $1.1 billion, down about 7 percent from last year.

The largest piece of revenues for the system comes from students. Layzell said the trend of having tuition as the largest revenue source is a growing pattern in higher education in last several years.

Layzell said the University needs tuition dollars for students to keep going.

He said the University’s largest portion of expenditures is faculty and staff salaries and wages.

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The WISE Fund, signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal in June, is part of an effort to align higher education with the state economy by matching higher education funding to high-demand jobs.

The funding will be distributed to University programs based on WISE Fund implementation plans created in the last several months. However, they must obtain approval from the Board of Regents before using the funds.

State funding this year decreased because of the privatization of several LSU hospitals.

The LSU System transferred management of hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe to private foundations last year.

The budget also included a

three percent pay raise for University faculty and staff as a follow-up to last year’s four percent raises.

LSU President F. King Alexander said the national average of salary increase for university faculty is two percent, but he would love to be able to continue raising salaries with the momentum from the past two years.

Alexander said before last year’s pay raises, the University’s faculty were earning about 13 percent less than their peers.

Since the raises, faculty are now about 11 percent behind.

The University was behind other similar schools in funding and faculty salaries, but it has lower student indebtedness and higher career earnings. Alexander said the University is “doing more with less.”

“We’re being aggressive about it right now,” Maharrey said.

This project was delayed last spring when asbestos particles contaminated muddy water in the tunnels. Facility Services cleaned the tunnel completely, prolonging the project.

Maharrey said they have not encountered this problem in the steam tunnels under the Quad.

“The Union tunnels were more compromised,” Maharrey said.

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Browns beat Saints for first home opener victory in 10 years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — Brian Hoyer took the Browns down the field and to something they haven’t had in 10 years — a win in the home opener.

Hoyer directed an 85-yard drive to set up Billy Cundiff’s 29yard field goal with three seconds left, giving Cleveland a 26-24 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

Cundiff’s kick helped the Browns (1-1) snap a nine-game losing streak in home openers and gave rookie coach Mike Pettine his first NFL win. Johnny Manziel made a perfunctory NFL debut for a handful of plays but had no impact.

Hoyer was marvelous in the clutch, moving the Browns from their own 4 to the New Orleans 11 in 2:43, and Cundiff took it from there. Hoyer completed several big passes on the drive, including one on fourth down and a 28-yarder to Andrew Hawkins with 13 seconds to go.

The Saints (0-2) rallied from a 13-point deficit to take the lead on Mark Ingram’s 1-yard TD run with 12:12 left.

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes to tight end Jimmy Graham and moved past Hall of

Famer John Elway into fourth place on the NFL’s career passing list.

Down 24-23, Hoyer took over in the shadow of his own end zone. Missing suspended wide receiver Josh Gordon and without injured Pro Bowl tight end Jordan Cameron and running back Ben Tate, Hoyer marched the Browns down the field.

He completed two passes on third down and kept the drive alive by firing a 10-yard strike over the middle to tight end Gary Barnidge on fourth down. With 15 seconds remaining, Hawkins somehow got behind New Orleans defense and Hoyer lobbed him the ball down to the Cleveland 11.

Out came Cundiff, who drilled his kick to the delight of Browns fans, who seconds earlier feared they would witness another heart-breaker.

Hoyer went 8 of 11 for 77 yards on the last drive and finished 24 of 40 for 204 yards and a TD. He came off the field for a few plays as Manziel handed the ball off twice and had one incompletion.

Safety Tashaun Gipson returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown for the Browns, who lost their season opener in Pittsburgh last week.

After a terrible start, Brees

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Cleveland Browns running back Terrance West (28) runs the ball Sunday in the Browns’ 26-24 victory against the New Orleans Saints in Cleveland. got into a groove and had the Saints in position to bounce back from a tough overtime loss last week in Atlanta. But New Orleans defense couldn’t stop the Browns late and coordinator Rob Ryan and coach Sean Payton had a heated discussion on the sideline in the fourth quarter.

It was a milestone day for

Brees, who jumped Hall of Famer John Elway into fourth place in career yardage. Brees went by Elway on a six-yard completion in the second quarter to Graham, who didn’t make his first catch until deep into the second quarter.

Brees went 27 of 40 for 237 yards. Graham had 10 catches for 118 yards.

Browns rookie running back Terrance West scored on a 9-yard to give the Browns a 23-17 lead in the third. West took an inside handoff, made a couple of cuts and scampered into the end zone in front of the Dawg Pound before performing a little dance.

West and rookie Isaiah Crowell combined for 48 yards on nine carries during the drive.

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