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Former LSU tight end dies, death still under investigation staff reports news@lsureveille.com The Ouachita Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed the death of former LSU tight end Tyler Edwards, 26.

The Coroner’s office could not confirm details of Edwards’ death, including the date of his

death, as the case is still under investigation.

Edwards committed to play for the Tigers on Jan. 5, 2008, as one of the top tight end prospects in the nation with a four-star ranking by recruiting service Rivals.com.

LSU Media Relations director Ernie Ballard confirmed Ed-

wards returned to the university this fall to complete his degree.

Prior to fall 2015, Edwards was last enrolled at LSU in Fall 2013.

Edwards was on the football team for five years, from 2008 through the 2012 season, after redshirting for his true freshman season and played in a total of 39 games in his collegiate career,

catching one pass for 10 yards.

Edwards played predominantly as a blocking tight end or Hback in short-yardage situations, according to lsusports.net, before sitting out for his senior season after reportedly being ruled academically ineligible.

Edwards’ brother, Eric Edwards, was also a tight end for

LSU from 2000 to 2003.

According a Facebook post

by David Benefield, visitation is Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Monroe, Louisiana. Another visitation will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at 210 Finks Hideaway Road, Monroe, Louisiana.

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buga nation races, making a defensive back miss near midfield before being corralled at the fouryard line. The 71-yard scamper set up a twoyard scoring plunge from Harris on an option play two plays later, but it was hardly the second-year back’s best run.

Some are only believable through actually viewing. Each run displayed at least one of Fournette’s elite traits.

He flashed his speed on the first long run.

Then, it was his shiftiness and his power on a 40-yard touchdown off the left side, shrugging off an arm tackle and plowing through Auburn senior nickelback Black Countess on his way to the house.

Fournette didn’t just plow through him.

He sought out Countess, slightly turning his 230-pound frame to lower his shoulder at the

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Fournette makes statement with spectacular runs; powers LSU past Auburn, 45-21

When Auburn junior linebacker Johnathan “Rudy” Ford now-infamously claimed, “It shouldn’t be that difficult or that much of a challenge” to stop sophomore running back Leonard Fournette, the budding-superstar tailback made one thing abundantly clear on a sweltering Saturday afternoon at Tiger Stadium: Actions speak louder than words.

Exactly 228 yards and three touchdowns of actions.

“Words are words,” Fournette said. “This game is about playing.”

Topping a career high with 169 rushing yards in the first half alone, Fournette punished the Auburn defense in spectacular fashion, finishing just 22 yards shy of LSU’s

single-game rushing record in a 45-21 home opening win.

Fournette was coy about the pre-game smack talk, saying he laughed when he heard it. He said it motivated his teammates more than him, namely sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris, and he lauded his offensive line off the bat.

But he acknowledged he found Ford after the game, even if it was “all love.”

“During the preparation of this week, everybody [heard] what [Ford] said,” Fournette said. “We took it into consideration. You can’t come into our house and talk crazy and expect to come out with a ‘W.’ Brandon Harris was upset more than me.”

His demolition of the road Tigers began on the first play from scrimmage.

Fournette took the opening handoff from Harris, made one cut and was off to the

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter One of LSU’s most popular student hangout spots may soon have a new security measure in place.

A resolution proposed by Student Government senator Joanie Lyons to appropriate funds for a security camera placed on the LSU Parade Ground was READ INSIDE i ntroduced at the Stu- Students suggest dent Senate’s other areas on first meeting campus they of the se- see a need for mester and security cameras, sent to the page 2 budget and appropriations committee. During the committee’s meeting last week, the bill was pulled, and Lyons is applying for the issue to be picked up by the university’s risk management account.

When first introducing the resolution at the Aug. 26 meeting, Lyons described it as a “finance bill to allocate a maximum of $4,000 and zero cents from the Student Government initiatives account to LSUPD to provide a security camera and power operations to the LSU Parade Ground.”

Lyons said the idea emerged last semester after students expressed the need for an added security measure.

Currently, LSUPD uses a camera outside the Paul M.

LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) rams Auburn sophomore defensive back Tray Matthews on Saturday during the Tigers’ 45-21 victory against Auburn at Tiger Stadium.

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Tuition talks continue with LSU ‘not out of woods’ on budget cuts University seeks funds through philanthropic gifts

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR The LSU Board of Supervisors discussed looming state budget problems at a meeting Sept. 18, addressing drastic changes in how tuition and fees are used to fund schools.

Louisiana faces around an $800 million budget shortage for the upcoming year, after legislators escaped a $1.6 billion shortfall last session, said LSU President F. King Alexander.

Alexander said LSU will aggressively seek fundraising through philanthropic gifts

while state lawmakers battle for funding priorities. During the summer legislative session, higher education received the same amount of funding as the previous fiscal year with patchwork bills to hold the budget together.

“We’re not out of the woods,” Alexander said. “We’ve bought six months of time. We’re the hostage they let go, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be the hostage again.”

LSU has seen a drastic shift in funding during the past few years, said Vice President for Finance and Administration Daniel Layzell.

In 2007, 60 percent of LSU funding came from the state government, and 40 percent came from student tuition and fees. Now, Layzell said,

the roles are reversed, with the state covering 24 percent and students paying the other 76 percent in tuition and fees.

Alexander, who worked with the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on college affordability and state appropriations, said the shift reflects a national trend, with states bowing out of the higher education conversation.

“Tuition and fees are the end result of states getting out of the higher ed business because they can,” Alexander said.

Though LSU is ranked 6th lowest in average tuition and 7th lowest in student debt in the country, Alexander said state funding must increase to offset low tuition.

LSU ranks 44th in public funding, while other schools with low tuition near the top of the list in public funding, Alexander added.

“We’re on the losing side of the dollar on both ends,” Alexander said.

Board member Stephen Perry voiced concerns about raising tuition costs to combat lack of state support.

“We’re transferring state obligations into debt for young people,” Perry said.

The burden of state budget problems will fall on the backs of students and families who will see a rising sticker cost for college if public funding trends continue, Perry said. It would have a

“crushing impact” on the middle class.

Board member Scott Ballard said the state has taken away money from LSU while expecting the school to increase performance and educate effectively.

The power to raise tuition should be transferred to the Board of Supervisors, Ballard said. Currently, raises in tuition require approval by the Legislature, while the Board of Supervisors has the power to raise fees independently.

“The state takes away dollars and still want us to improve,” Ballard said. “We have to at least be average at worst in what we can charge if our task is to give the greatest education.”

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University Lab School system celebrates centennial year

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh LSU students aren’t the only ones attending class under the stately oaks and broad magnolias.

Students in kindergarten through 12th grade studied at LSU through the University Laboratory School for 100 years and gathered to celebrate their centennial in the U-High gymnasium on Friday.

The birthday party was the first event in a year-long celebration. The University Laboratory School Foundation will host homecoming celebrations, alumni tours and a fun run, among other events, throughout the 2015-16 school year.

The school was founded in 1915 in downtown Baton Rouge as Demonstration High School under the direction of what was then the Louisiana State University Teachers College.

In 1925, ULS moved to share space with the University’s College of Education in Peabody Hall and grew from its original enrollment of 64 students to its current enrollment of more than 1,400.

ULS moved to its current home on Dalrymple Drive behind the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1953 and now operates under the LSU College of Human Sciences and Education.

“We have the student teachers that come over here,” said U-High Principal Frank Rusciano. “We have a very close relationship with the college.”

As a lab school system, the elementary and high schools serve to train future teachers pursuing degrees at LSU. It provides observation hours, research opportunities and field experience for education majors before graduation.

For the past 100 years,

teachers at ULS have served two roles: teaching students English and math while also helping LSU students learn how to teach English and math.

The school has a storied history of growth. After finding its permanent home on the main LSU campus, it added an auditorium and gymnasium in 1964.

In 1979, a fire destroyed the elementary school building and a new kindergarten-through-5thgrade wing was added in 1981.

“These people feel so at home on the LSU campus,” Rusciano said. “We are part of the university. We are part of the college.”

Though the lab school operates under the College of Human Sciences and Education, the funding comes from a combination of tuition and state money, Rusciano said.

Many of the students at U-High, which is part of the ULS system, choose LSU after

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Artist Jack Jaubert presented the University Lab School with a mural to celebrate the school’s centennial this year.

graduation, he said.

“The overwhelming majority walk right across the street over there after being here 13 years and go to college there,” Rusciano said.

U-High also boasts many alumni serving in leadership roles across Louisiana and the U.S.

ULS superintendent Wade Smith recognized alumni during Friday’s event including LSU Board of Supervisors member Rolfe McCollister, Louisiana state Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, and former Washington Redskins player and current assistant special teams coach Bradford Banta.

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BY Tia Banerjee @tiabanerjee_TDR The Lemoine Company, which is renovating Patrick F. Taylor Hall, decided to take off the hard hats and power down the cranes Friday to help LSU in a different way.

Twice a year, the staff participates in a type of wellness and service project, Executive Administrative Assistant Christina Mosing said. The company usually does a sporting activity, like a dodgeball tournament, but this year administration decided to help clean up campus this time around.

“Our CEO, Lenny Lemoine, suggested that we do something that was oriented to giving back to the community or to campus,” Mosing said.

security camera, from page 1 Hebert Law Center to investigate issues on the Parade Ground, but it only provides a view of half the area, Lyons said.

“We had been working with LSUPD on a couple of different areas where we needed camera redistribution or where they needed more cameras in general,” Lyons said. “The Parade Ground was an important one for sure.”

According to the LSUPD crime log, three thefts were reported on the Parade Ground this month. All three are listed as inactive, meaning there have been no additional investigative leads or the victim requested the issue not be pursued. Two medical emergencies in the area were also listed on the log.

Human resource freshman Brooke Brignac said she thinks adding a camera is a good idea, and there should probably be more

fournette, from page 1 helpless defensive back.

And it wasn’t the only time when defenders were left on their backs after colliding with the sophomore.

“He did some things today where I said, ‘Wow,’” LSU coach Les Miles said. “He took one of their tackles and threw him into another tackle and still came out in the other end. That was a guy that lacked a little resolve to tackle Leonard. When you have a big back, who can really move his feet, at times it can be very difficult to tackle him.”

LSU was in control heading into halftime, leading 24-0 at the break, but the home Tigers needed to quell the momentum Auburn had after scoring on its opening possession in the third quarter.

Fournette had the answer, again. He showed his balance and strength as he received a pitch near the Auburn 35-yard line and juked one defender, flipped sophomore safety Tray Matthews over his shoulder and evaded a third tackler as he skipped into paydirt

The company split into eight groups, each with a mile long route, beginning at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, to pick up trash.

Some routes ran along the lakes, while others went as far west as Highland Road or to the roundabout on Dalrymple Drive.

Mosing said she estimated the company picked up enough trash to fill approximately 30 bags.

“I think that makes a big difference,” Mosing said.

After speaking with Facility Services, Mosing said the company decided to tie their cleaning project into the Litterati campaign.

The Litterati campaign, a worldwide clean-up initiative, launched at the university in the spring, calling students to take photos of litter before throwing it away, then upload them to the cameras outside of major campus buildings.

Though pre-medical technologies junior Blythe Alley said the exterior of buildings might need more surveillance, some students might see the Parade Ground cameras as an invasion of privacy.

Lyons said the senate would have provided funds for the camera’s purchase, but, due to financial issues, LSUPD would pay to get power to the Parade Ground.

The total cost of the project would be around $10,000, Lyons said.

The bill was pulled because the senate’s initiatives fund is filled every spring semester and is used throughout the year.

With funds starting to run low, Lyons said, the budget committee wanted to see if it could fall under the realm of risk management.

The camera would have drained much of the remaining budget and not allow the senate to help with events around campus. for a 29-yard score.

“I can’t explain that one,” Fournette said. “I was about to jump over him. I thought he was going to come low. Actually, he jumped over me.”

For good measure, he punched in his third touchdown with a leap over the top of the line from one yard out with 4:14 left in the third quarter. From there, his day was done in the LSU backfield, yielding to the other three running backs.

Fournette’s eventual successors took advantage of their opportunities, running for 109 of the team’s 417 total rushing yards, but Fournette’s runs are those that were featured on SportsCenter.

And none of it surprises his teammates.

Sophomore defensive tackle Davon Godchaux speaks about the purple and gold statement maker without hesitation.

“Leonard Fournette is the best running back in the country,” Godchaux said. “I believe that. I see it in practice every day. I see it on the field and off the field each and every day.”

campaign website. Campus Sustainability turned the initiative into a contest, with the top three photo entries displayed in the Union Art Gallery.

More than 200 entries were submitted for the contest, said Assistant Director of Facility Services Tammy Millican.

She said she felt the campaign was successful and that Campus Sustainability plans on launching the initiative again in the spring.

“It did make our students aware of the issue of litter on campus,” Millican said, “and it got them involved in helping us remove litter, which helps campus look more beautiful.”

The Lemoine Company will upload chosen photos of the litter they picked up to the Litterati website, Mosing said.

The photos will be geo-tagged

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Members of the Lemoine Company gather together Friday after picking up trash for their wellness and service project at Lod Cook Alumni Center. to highlight problem areas and the most active Litterati communities, according to the Litterati website.

Ryan Plessala, Lemoine Company project manager and cleanup participant, said it felt good to

give back to the university.

“As a company, we do a lot of work here,” Plessala said. “It means a lot to us to give back to LSU. We try our best to give back to the campus because they give back to us.”

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LSU’s defensive energy returns under Kevin Steele

While sophomore running back Leonard Fournette turned LSU’s 45-21 win against Auburn into a personal highlight reel, the Tigers’ defense put the rest of the country on notice: The swagger is back.

Under the leadership of first-year defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, the energy and fire missing from LSU’s defense in 2014 returned in full force during the first two Southeastern Conference games this season.

Senior linebacker Deion Jones said the team’s turnaround is simple.

“From last year to this year, we play with a little more intensity,” Jones said.

After allowing a combined 1,136 yards in total offense in LSU’s losses against Mississippi State and Auburn last season, the Tigers’ defense dominated both in 2015 with shutdown coverage in the secondary.

see DEFENSE, page 7

What a time to be alive.

LSU rebounded from a lackluster 2014 season with its first win of the 2015 season coming on the road against a Southeastern Conference team led by senior quarterback Dak Prescott, who used the 2014 LSU defense as a whipping post.

But the Tigers took it to another level Saturday against Auburn with a 45-21 victory in a game where the outcome was never in doubt. If Saturday’s game taught me one thing, it’s that LSU is a legitimate championship contender.

After sharing that sophomore defensive tackle Davon Godchaux commented on how talented the Tigers are in the halftime locker room, LSU coach Les Miles danced around questions about his team. But he finally gave in, saying he thinks it is more well-rounded than the 2011 team that made it to the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game and finished the season 13-1.

Minutes later, sophomore running back Leonard Fournette was giddy when speculating what the team can accomplish this year.

Speaking of Fournette, he did a “BUGA” thing. You know, he just ran for a career-high 228 yards,

see CONTENDER, page 11

SOCCER

Tigers net season-high five goals against Marquette

BY C.J. RUCKER @Ruckmatic LSU scored its most goals in a game this season, in a 5-1 victory against Marquette University on Sunday.

Last year, LSU (7-1-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) fell to Marquette (3-3-3, 0-0 Big East), 2-1, but the Tigers made sure to right their wrong this time around.

Marquette struck first in the 13th minute of play when junior forward Ashley Handwork scored her first goal of the season after making a run through the left side of LSU’s defense that culminated with a left-footed finish just inside the right post.

Handwork’s early goal marked the first time this season a team scored against the Tigers

at home on a Sunday. LSU coach Brian Lee said he was happy with how his team responded to the Golden Eagles’ early goal by scoring five of their own to finish the game.

“We stayed calm and focused,” Lee said. “We followed the game plan really well, so at halftime, we were confident that we would be able to salt it [the early goal] away.”

Junior forward Summer Clarke gave LSU an offensive spark early, creating multiple chances on the offensive end.

In the 16th minute, she crossed a ball deep into the box, allowing senior defender Alex Arlitt to head the equalizer from five yards out.

Clarke put the Tigers on the board again with an unassisted goal after slicing her way

through three Marquette defenders on a run that started near midfield. The Canada-native used her speed to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead before halftime.

The Golden Eagles came out of the half looking to find their own equalizer, but the LSU back line held up. The Tigers scored their third goal of the game after Jorian Baucom tactically played a ball through the middle of Marquette’s defense to Clarke. The Golden Eagles’ senior goalkeeper Amanda Engel came out of the box to make an aggressive challenge on Clarke that resulted in her being sent off with a red card.

Baucom took the ensuing penalty kick and netted her ninth goal of the season to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead in the 67th

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LSU junior forward Summer Clarke (4) looks to pass the ball on Sunday during the Tigers’ 5-1 win against the Golden Eagles at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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LSU running back Fournette early Heisman Trophy frontrunner INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist The college football season is young, but there’s a clear frontrunner in the Heisman Trophy race: LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette.

Fournette didn’t get the chance to post gaudy numbers during the opening weekend of the season because the Tigers’ game against McNeese State Univeristy was canceled. Fournette responded by posting enough rushing yards and touchdowns against Mississippi State University and Auburn University to make up for the lost game.

In fact, Fournette has produced more in two games than most running backs in the country have produced in three.

In two games, Fournette has 47 carries for 387 yards and six touchdowns. He’s averaging 8.2 yards per carry against Southeastern Conference foes, not vastly inferior non-conference opponents.

Going back to last season, Fournette has rushed 77 times for 676 yards and nine touchdowns in his last four games, proving the start to this season is anything but an anomaly.

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) carries the ball down the field during the Tigers’ 45-21 victory against Auburn on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

Fournette set his career-high rushing mark against Mississippi State in the season opener, only to eclipse that mark against Auburn on Saturday.

It’s not just the numbers Fournette is posting, it’s the way he’s posting them. Fournette seems to provide highlight reel runs multiple times per game.

He’ll display unbelievable speed and elusiveness on one play, and the next play, he’ll truck some poor defensive back with ease. Sometimes, he combines all the traits he possesses in one spectacular run.

They say Heisman Trophy winners need that one iconic moment, but Fournette will

produce a dozen to choose from before the end of the season if he continues on this pace.

Other running backs have been great this season, but none have wowed quite like Fournette.

United of Georgia’s Nick Chubb, Ohio State University’s Ezekiel Elliott and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook have

been impressive, but their numbers don’t reflect the fact they’ve played one more game than Fournette. Alabama running back Derrick Henry may have one more touchdown than Fournette, but he has fewer rushing yards on more carries in one more game.

USC quarterback Cody Kessler has been impressive, but his team lost to an unranked Stanford team on Saturday. Kessler can’t afford many more losses if he’s hoping to stay in the race.

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin has good production through three games, but he’s yet to play a ranked team. UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen made headlines early in the season, but he was woeful in UCLA’s narrow victory against BYU on Saturday.

College football has many talented players, and Fournette is as talented as any of them. He’s a human highlight reel racking up rushing yards, scoring touchdowns and running over everything in his way, and he’s on a path to run over everything in his way to claiming this season’s Heisman Trophy.

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VICTORY, from page 5

Against Auburn, the LSU secondary’s physical approach disrupted Auburn junior pro-style quarterback Jeremy Johnson’s timing and passing lanes, holding him to only 36 passing yards in the first half.

The success of Steele’s mostly man-to-man scheme stems from talent in the Tigers’ secondary, fueled by the chemistry between three-year starting cornerback Tre’Davious White and freshman cornerback Kevin Toliver II out wide with sophomore safety Jamal Adams and junior safety Rickey Jefferson covering them deep.

For White, Adams’ and Jefferson’s abilities to effectively communicate coverages inspires complete confidence.

“If you take chances, they’re going to have you over the top,” White said. “Those guys do a great job at communicating. That’s the biggest deal with defensive backs is communication, and those guys do a great job at that, so that makes the game that much easier.”

After replacing injured senior safety Jalen Mills during fall camp, Jefferson stepped into Mills’ role and learned to work seamlessly alongside Adams, despite what he called the “different fire” that each brings.

Coming into the season, the success of White, Adams and Jefferson could have been predicted.

For many outside the LSU program, Toliver’s rise to a starter as a freshman is striking, but for

minute. Baucom scored again six minutes later on a through ball from senior midfielder Fernanda Piña for her 10th goal of the season.

Clarke found the net for the second time 40 seconds later after firing a long range shot that beat Marquette’s replacement goalkeeper Sloane Carlson.

LSU made a strategic change to its lineup that led to its 5-1 victory. Arlitt, who usually plays on the back line was moved to midfield to give the Tigers more chances offensively. She said she hadn’t played midfield since high school, so she was apprehensive of the change in position but adjusted well as the game went on.

“As the game got rolling, I got rolling. I got a little more comfortable and started to remember the nature of the position and how to play it,” Arlitt said. “When I’m at midfield, my head constantly has to be on a swivel. I can still communicate, but I can’t do it as much because I don’t see the field as much.”

LSU finished its nonconference schedule undefeated after yesterday’s win. Clarke said the victory also was an important one in accomplishing one of the goals the team set before the season started.

“It was one of our goals to go undefeated in nonconference, so we are just checking things off of our list,” Clarke said. “It was a good team win.”

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LSU sophomore safety Jamal Adams (33) tackles Auburn defensive back Markell Boston (11) during the Tigers’ 45-21 victory against Auburn on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

Toliver’s teammates, his early success reflects his veteran approach to the game.

“It’s a testament of the way he became a student of the game and the way he’s learned the game,” White said. “Starting with last week, he had a great game. He played like a veteran. [Against Auburn], he had a great game, too. In pass coverage, he made it tough for them to pass it in any direction.

Going forward, he has no way to go, but up.”

Against Auburn, the Tigers’ chemistry in the secondary can be summed up in a single play —

Adams’ interception in the second quarter.

On second-and-15, Johnson dropped back from the shotgun and lobbed a pass downfield to senior wide receiver D’haquille Williams.

Recognizing the personnel, Adams faked toward the middle before drifting toward the sideline to help Toliver in coverage.

“I wanted to bait [Johnson],” Adams said. “I saw what personnel they were in, and I knew they were going to try to get the ball to [Williams]. So I showed going to the middle, but I definitely rolled

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Although LSU’s early dominance brings to mind the success of the famous 2011 secondary, the Tigers are determined to continue improving. “[We’re] not that good yet,” Adams said. “We have a lot of work to do. We’re not going to get complacent. We’re going to put our nose down and just keep working.”

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Censoring politically incorrect language will not change reality I KANT EVEN ELI MINOR Columnist In his novel “1984,” George Orwell imagined a future world where speech was largely constrained. He called it “Newspeak,” and it bears a remarkable resemblance to the political correctness we see in America today.

Recently, “South Park” took a jab at political correctness with its latest season opener. The start of the 19th season introduced a new character, PC Principal, a new commander-in-chief for South Park school who wants rid the town of its overwhelmingly prejudiced ways. This includes calling the only student of color “Token” and using the word “retarded.” The objective of the PC Principal is not only to make the students of the school more politically conscious and sensitive, but to change the entire town.

From the outset, political correctness was intended to provide a linguistic safeguard for minority groups and to encourage multiculturalism and diversity. In most cases, this does more prohibiting than accepting.

Political correctness is a form of political violence, not progression. In its most common form, political correctness employs the usage of euphemistic language and places it under attractive headings such as “equality” and “social reform.”

It not only perpetuates social normativity, but creates an even greater distance between the dominant groups and the PC Police. For example, politically correct Nazis are quick to correct the ignorant one who speaks of a “crippled” person instead of a “physically disabled” person.

Whatever you call a person, be it acceptable or unacceptable, does not magically change the conditions they are subjected to. Softening the language does not transform the existential experience of minority groups. They are still treated the same way, looked at a certain way, and there is nothing language can do about this.

In every case, political correctness is either over-sympathetic or hypersensitive. The PC Police’s tendency to over-sympathize with minority groups objectivizes them in the other direction. Political correctness at its core seeks to make the underrepresented the overrepresented.

For example, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states it is illegal for employers to discriminate against criminals because it has a

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“disproportionate” effect on minorities.

In August 2013, government workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, were instructed to avoid the terms “citizen” and “brown bag” as they were deemed potentially offensive.

The problem is this is a fake acceptance. Romanticizing and placing people on pedestals for being “different” is not accepting them. It is acceptable ostracizing.

Observing social formalities is like following any other rule. If your actions are only in compliance with a rule, aren’t you just following social order? Following rules doesn’t imply a true change of heart.

On the other end of the same coin, we have PC police who do not tolerate people who disregard political

correctness. The self-righteous and sensitive are ready to berate those who are insensitive to others and are always on PC patrol. Therefore, intolerance is not tolerated.

The best way to handle intolerance is with tougher skin. The world should not stop every time someone is offended or hurt by someone who doesn’t follow the rules. Instead of spending time trying to enlighten these people, flip them the bird and move on with your life.

People think by changing the language somehow they are changing reality. This is absurd. Language does not constitute reality.

Eli Minor is 19 year-old philosophy junior from New Orleans. He can be reached on Twitter @eliminor_TDR.

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Was Ahmed Mohamed discriminated against?

Yes, Ahmed Mohamed was unfairly treated by teachers and police ENTITLED MILLENIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist People who believe America is a postracial, colorblind haven where #AllLivesMatter need to wake up from their fantasy and face reality.

Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old student from Irving, Texas who made a clock to show to his teacher. School is a place of learning and innovation, and any 14-yearold who can engineer a functioning clock has potential to improve society. His teacher should have been proud of him.

And she probably would have been proud if he was a white student named Cody Sibley, but instead Mohamed is Muslim. Because he’s Muslim, everything he makes is a bomb, and he automatically wants to kill all Americans, at least that’s what some people think.

In addition to his religion, Mohamed is the son of immigrants from Sudan. He’s a black Muslim son of immigrants who lives in Texas. You can’t possibly believe those demographics didn’t have an impact in this situation.

The police argued they would have done the same had it been a white student, and had to consider the safety of others in the school.

The cops almost made a valid point.

Too bad they didn’t actually do anything about the “threat.” No one evacuated the school. The administration didn’t call the bomb squad. Did they call the school board or the superintendent of schools?

No, it didn’t.

The school’s administration is either ill-prepared for imminent threats or doesn’t care about the safety of its students, staff and faculty and just wanted to make an example of a small Muslim teenager. In either case, Irving’s school board needs — at the very least — to reprimand the administration and teacher who called the police.

The police questioned him and, lo and behold, the clock was actually a clock.

“We attempted to question the juvenile about what it was, and he would simply only tell us that it was a clock,” Officer James McLellan, Irving police spokesperson, said.

The police said Ahmed should have elaborated more than, “It was a clock.”

What more do you want him to say?

Should he have taken apart the clock?

Should he have gone into a full description of how he made the clock? It would have gone over their heads anyway. They can’t tell the difference between a circuit board and a clock, so it’s safe to assume

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they couldn’t handle any description beyond, “It’s just a clock.”

It’s not a coincidence that Irving’s mayor, Beth Van Duyne, is an Islamophobic fear-mongerer. In February, she vowed to investigate a “Shariah law court” rumored to open by Irving’s mosque. She thought it might violate basic human rights.

The court she mentioned was designed to settle civil disputes between Muslims for a fee. It wasn’t tied to any mosques, and it wasn’t even in Irving — the “Shariah law court” opened in Dallas.

Duyne used her platform to perpetuate Islamophobia.

That’s interesting. I wonder if she looked into her local Catholic churches to make sure their marriage counselors didn’t violate women’s rights, or maybe she looked into Evangelical Christian churches to make sure they didn’t violate gay people’s civil rights.

She’s defending the school and police’s decision for arresting and suspending Mohamed.

“To the best of my knowledge, they followed protocol for investigating whether this was an attempt to bring a Hoax Bomb to a school campus,” Duyne wrote on her Facebook page.

She’s placing institutional racism as more important than a child’s education.

How classy.

It would be nice if we lived in a post-racial utopia where skin color wasn’t a factor in situations, but we don’t. Law enforcers and those in power treat some groups of people more fairly than others, and it’s no coincidence those people treated fairly are white.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @CodySibley.

No, media has blown Ahmed Mohamed’s clock out of proportion SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist I prefer safety to political correctness any day.

Last Monday, Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade science experiment to school.

Though the invention was a clock, a teacher falsely identified the contraption as a bomb, landing Mohamed in an absurd amount of trouble. People believe his race caused the harsh treatment, but there is no evidence supporting this claim. The school’s security should be rewarded, not reprimanded.

Just because Mohamed is Muslim doesn’t mean he was stereotyped as a terrorist. If a white child brought a ticking briefcase to school, I’m sure there would be suspicious teachers and negative repercussions.

My teachers, like many others, were naive to what a bomb looks like. Teachers have a degree in education — not nuclear physics. Mohamed’s project looks nothing like my alarm clock, so I can understand how a teacher would be skeptical.

The disappointing part of the story is the police’s treatment toward Mohamed.

When asked if he could phone his family, he was denied this privilege, as he was “in the middle of an interrogation.”

When Mohamed’s father reached the police station, he witnessed five police officers surrounding his handcuffed son. Regardless of the charge, I believe this reaction was overkill for someone so young.

Mohamed is a freshman in high school who looks about 120 pounds soaking wet.

The police were clearly using intimidation tactics on a 14-year-old to force a confession.

After all the drama, Mohamed was suspended until Sept. 17 for creating a

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Ahmed Mohamed, 14, listens to a question outside his family’s home in Irving, Texas, Sept. 17. Ahmed was arrested at his school after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb.

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“hoax-bomb.” This also was unnecessary because Mohamed did not cause any reason for alarm over his clock.

The story of Mohamed should not be about a young Muslim teen arrested due to false stereotypes, but rather the proactiveness of the Irving high school police.

We live in a time where the threat of terrorism is very real and can come from a variety of ethnicities. The school’s response should not be scolded because they took the necessary precautions to a bomb threat.

Numerous terrorist threats are directed at the United States every day. There are more instances of terrorism through homegrown extremists than through Jihad since 9/11, according to The New York Times. In fact, twice as many people have died since 9/11 from anti-government fanatics, white supremacists and other nonMuslim extremist groups than Muslim extremists.

I would rather schools overreact in their fight against terrorism than do nothing to remain politically correct.

People should be held to the same standards, regardless of ethnicity. Whether Mohamed was forced to jump through so many hoops due to his race is unknown, as his case is uncommon. If there was a white child who brought an identical clock to his local high school in Texas and was praised, then I may be persuaded. However, such a case does not exist.

The media blew this situation out of proportion because everyone assumed this was racism. Public figures like Hillary Clinton are not helping. Clinton tweeted, “Assumptions and fear don’t keep us safe — they hold us back. Mohamed, stay curious and keep building.”

Assumptions and fear do keep us safe.

Skepticism keeps us on our toes and on the lookout for danger. Clinton is sympathizing with Mohamed to appear personal and caring — an attempt to help her poll numbers for her campaign.

It’s fantastic this incident sparked the importance of creativity amongst today’s youth, but overprotection shouldn’t be scolded. The true crime was the treatment after the clock’s identity was established.

If anyone should be to blame, it should be the police officers.

Scolding safety at the price of political correctness is not the attitude Americans need. This sets a poor example for public safety institutions. If we overlooked individuals as threats of terrorism, the U.S. would be more more susceptible to attack.

Kain Hingle is a 19-year-old psychology sophomore from Mandeville, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @kain_hingle.

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Monday, September 21, 2015 CONTENDER, from page 5 adding three touchdowns and flattening at least 10 Auburn defenders before being pulled with 20 minutes left in the game.

But everyone knew what Fournette was capable of. Just ask former Texas A&M defensive back Howard Matthews, who still wakes up in cold sweats after Fournette put him on his highlight reel last season.

What I’ve been most impressed with the past two weeks is sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris’ ability to manage the game.

The numbers next to his name in the box score haven’t been sexy, but Miles appreciates more than anything the number of turnovers Harris has this season — zero.

For a young quarterback who lost all confidence last year, he looks exceptionally comfortable behind center. He is improving each week, and I think he is good enough to lead this team to the playoffs.

Granted, we haven’t seen Harris in a late-game, pressure situation yet. But wait — we have.

Remember when he replaced Anthony Jennings in the third quarter against Mississippi State, throwing for 140 yards and two touchdowns and almost completing the comeback? That Harris is still there and dying to come out as soon as Miles lets him sling the ball.

Harris will prove his abilities through the next five games, when LSU will trounce Syracuse and other vastly over matched teams.

The Tigers’ next conference game is against South Carolina, which will put up a fight and be a light test simply because it’s SEC vs. SEC, but the Tigers should have no problem putting the Gamecocks

to bed.

LSU will beat Florida and Western Kentucky at home before facing a four-game SEC stand.

First, LSU will play Alabama on the road, followed by Arkansas at home, Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, and Texas A&M at home.

Arkansas is lost with senior running back Jonathan Williams out for the season, and it showed the world by losing to a Lance Moore-less Toledo and Texas Tech at home.

Texas A&M is the only team that might cause trouble in Baton Rouge, but I’m not as high on sophomore quarterback Kyle Allen as some pundits. And let’s face it, there is no chance a game gets rained out and LSU loses a night game at Death Valley in the same season.

The only games I’m concerned about are in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Oxford, Mississippi. But I’m exponentially less scared of

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Alabama after watching it lose to Ole Miss, 43-37, on Saturday.

The Crimson Tide is in the same situation LSU was last year.

Both senior quarterback Jake Coker and sophomore quarterback Cooper Bateman looked suspect against a Rebel defense that doesn’t quite measure up to LSU’s, and junior running back Derrick Henry is a Heisman Trophy candidate, but he can’t beat LSU by himself.

It doesn’t feel right saying Ole Miss is LSU’s biggest threat in the SEC West, but it’s true, and the Rebels proved it by beating Alabama in T-Town on Saturday. The Rebels certainly will want revenge for LSU fans rushing the field on them last season, and their mammoth receivers are the best chance they have. It will be DBU vs. three starting receivers who are at least 6 feet 2 inches tall.

But in his last three games dating back to last season, Fournette has run for more yards each

page 11 game. If that holds true through the Nov. 21 meeting, Fournette will likely gouge the Rebel defense for more than 400 rushing yards.

If the Tigers can make it out of their SEC stand alive, they will have no problem beating whichever cupcake SEC East team they would face in the SEC Championship game, be it Georgia , Missouri or Tennessee.

After that, anything is possible in the playoffs.

I’m not saying LSU will finish the regular season undefeated, win the SEC Championship and go to the playoffs. But I am saying this team is good enough that it’s in the realm of possibility.

But if it turns out I’m dead wrong, season four of The Anthony Davis Show starts Oct. 27.

Jacob Hamilton is a 20-yearold political science junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

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