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Volume 120 · No. 53
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TURNING TIDES
LSU sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) and junior wide receiver Travin Dural (83) walk off the field during the Tigers’ 30-16 loss against The University of Alabama on Saturday at Bryant-DennyStadium. Read more about LSU’s first loss of the season on page 5.
ELECTION
Runoff defined by muddled party lines
BY SAM KARLIN @ samkarlin_TDR With less than two weeks until the Nov. 21 election, party lines are muddled in the Louisiana gubernatorial runoff. Voters in the red state are left with two choices: state Rep. John Bel Edwards, an anti-abortion, pro-gun Democrat endorsed by Republican lieutenant governor and former gubernatorial primary candidate Jay Dardenne, or U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a well-known Republican whose front-runner status eroded following resurfaced personal scandals during his primary campaign. Edwards surpassed Vitter’s statewide name recognition and positioned himself as the leader, gaining nearly 40 percent of the vote in the jungle primary, while Vitter edged out Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle by around 41,000 votes. On election night, both candidates laid the foundation for their nearly JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ / The Daily Reveille
see RUNOFF, page 4
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
LSU Coastal Roots program celebrates 15 years, opens new branch BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 The LSU project-based Coastal Roots program celebrates its Quinceañera with the launch of another Chilean branch of its program in the city of Concepcion. In its 15 years in existence, it has served 52 U.S. schools and three Chilean schools, affecting more than 6,700 students. The new branch will join the existing three — two in Santiago, Chile, and one in the urbane, communal San Pedro de la Paz Concepcion, Chile. Coastal Roots Program Co-Principal Investigator Ed Bush said the program has expanded vastly since its birth in 2000, crossing national borders to promote
environmental stewardship. “Everyone has some sort of environmental problem,” Bush said. “To mitigate those problems, you’re going to have to do it in a dynamic way.” Bush and Program Coordinator Pam Blanchard said they strive for further excellence each year. According to the Coastal Roots website, the program began as an educational outreach project for the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. It originated as a seedling nursery program with six school locations near the state’s coastline. In 2006, it transitioned into the LSU Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Practice in partnership with the LSU AgCenter and the LSU School for Plant, Environmental and
Soil Sciences. The number of associated schools tripled and so did demand for the program. More than 100,000 trees and grass plants later, Coastal Roots integrated itself into the science curriculums at different schools and is available to anyone who is “interested and committed,” Bush said. Bush said he and Blanchard give participating schools program manuals to guide them in their project-based learning. All participating educators meet twice a year — once in the winter and once for a summer workshop — to share new ideas and discoveries. Bush said the meetings, which typically feature guest experts, build a network of
see COASTAL ROOTS, page 4
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Science specialist Mary Legoria explains to students how to properly care for trees Nov. 4 at Westdale Elementary School.