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GHOST

NAKES

University researcher participated in discovery of elusive species in Madagascar

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano

University declares Stay Safe month

With the discovery of a new species, post-doctoral fellow Sara Ruane is helping define the evolutionary patterns of snakes in Madagascar.

In February 2014, Ruane and a team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Université de Mahajanga in Madagascar discovered a new snake species in Madagascar’s Ankarana Reserve. The team named the species Madagascarophis lolo, derived from the Malagasy word for “ghost,” because of the snake’s distinctive pale gray coloring and elusiveness.

On Sept. 1, the team published its findings in “Copeia,” a scientific journal dedicated to the study of fish, amphibians and reptiles. The article detailed lolo’s alternating light and dark grayscale pattern, smaller, gracile body type and genetic relationship to other species in the same family, Ruane said.

Ruane focused largely on the snake’s genetic composition, comparing the ghost snake’s DNA profile to other snakes in the same genus. Lolo’s nearest relative in the Madagascarophis genus was only discovered in the last three years, she said, possibly indicating the snakes are specific to the northeast of the country.

Like many scientific breakthroughs, the ghost snake’s

Throughout September, events are taking place campus-wide, including self-defense classes, information fairs and photoshoots in Free Speech Plaza to promote safety throughout the University.

The University deemed September Stay Safe LSU month as part of the LSU Cares initiative.

LSU Cares is dedicated to the wellbeing of students and promotion of a community that cares about each of its members.

Each week of the month tackles a different theme, and various events take place throughout the week that provide resources to students to help with these safety concerns.

The University’s Stay Safe LSU month is the brainchild of Dean of Students

see SPECIES, page 2

see SAFETY WEEK, page 2

BY CJ CARVER @CWCarver_

RESEARCH

Graduate student researches space ‘bugs’ for MARSLIFE

BY ALLISON BRUHL @albruhl_ Noelle Bryan researches bugs in space.

Bryan, a biological sciences Ph.D. student, has been researching and identifying the bacteria, or “bugs” as she calls them, surviving in the stratosphere as high as 36 kilometers since 2009 as part of the MARSLIFE project.

MARSLIFE is an acronym for Modes of Adaptation, Resistance and Survival for Life Inhabiting a Freeze-dried-radiation-bathed Environment.

“We wanted to go back and be able to do multiple samples and verify with multiple measurements that there are microbes and

things out there and determine if they’re alive — and if they’re alive, who are they and how are they surviving up there,” Bryan said.

She said microbes are captured in a high-altitude balloon and automated mechanical device designed by a team of undergraduate students each year.

The variety of students who participated in the creation of the device ranges from electrical and mechanical engineers to design students.

Bryan has consistently worked with adviser Brent Christner, an adjunct faculty member in the LSU Department of Biological Sciences and research professor at University of Florida, physics and astronomy professor T.

Gregory Guzik and Space Science Research Group researcher Michael Stewart.

NASA’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and the Louisiana Board of Regents funded the project.

Bryan said the project is unique because it is attempting research on bacteria higher in the stratosphere than any other place in the country.

The purpose of sending microorganisms into the stratosphere is to record and discover the ceiling height of altitude these organisms can survive in stressful conditions, as well as to identify

see MARSLIFE, page 8

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University graduate student Noelle Bryan is part of the MARSLIFE project.

MARSLIFE is an acronym for Modes of Adaptation, Resistance and Survival for Life Inhabiting a Freeze-dried-radiation-bathed Environment.

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Something, Say Something” last week, which highlighted LSUPD, Mari Fuentes-Martin and a the month’s other themes include board that included many heads “We’re Committed” week to end of different departments around sexual violence, “Hazing Prevencampus. tion” week to raise awareness of “[Campus Safety Awareness the illegal nature of hazing and Month] is a national initiative “LSU Cares” week to make sure that’s promoted by the Clery Cen- students know where to report ter,” Fuentes-Martin said. “Every things or to go for assistance.

The goal of this month is to year, each campus has to produce a campus safety report, and it’s raise awareness and make sure students know due by Oct. 1.” how accessible reThe Clery Center for Security On sources are, BarCampus is a foundaras said.

“We don’t want tion started by the folks to feel lost,” parents of Jeanne Barras said. “We Clery. In 1986, Clery don’t want stuwas raped and murdered at Lehigh Unidents to feel like KATIE MCGEE BARRAS they don’t know versity, spawning assistant dean of students and who to turn to … the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Cam- associate director of accountability We wanted to get the information pus Security Policy directly to the students.” and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Another goal of the campaign The Clery Act requires colis to ensure safety is practiced leges that take part in federal fiyear round, Fuentes-Martin said. nancial aid programs to retain and Through events like “Take Back inform the U.S. Department of Education of crimes that happen on the Night,” students can continor near their campuses. ue to be aware of and actively Katie McGee Barras, assis- practice safety.

“Take Back the Night” is a tant dean of students and assocandlelight vigil honoring surviciate director of accountability, chaired the board that organized vors of violent crime and rememthe month-long event. bering victims of rape, murder or “It seemed like a very good op- domestic violence in the community. portunity, given everything that “Last week, at [Public] Safety had happened in our community Day, I was with [police officers] in the past year, to really highlight … at the end of the event,” Fuencampus safety,” Barras said.

Along with Fuentes-Martin tes-Martin said. “Two separate and Barras, 16 different partner students came up and said to the offices around campus are helping police officers, ‘We really respect with the initiative. what you do and that you’re here,” Beginning with “See … How do you measure that?”

SAFETY WEEK, from page 1

‘We don’t want students to feel like they don’t know who to turn to.’

SPECIES, from page 1 discovery happened by accident.

The overarching goal of the two-month expedition was to capture and collect DNA samples from about a dozen predetermined rare snake species, Ruane said. After an unsuccessful weeklong mission in Ankarana, heavy continuous rain forced the team to abandon its search and focus its attention on other areas of the country.

Before returning to camp, the team explored an under-surveyed path near the park entrance that traverses an area of sharp limestone “tsingy” rocks, meaning “where you cannot walk barefoot,” in Malagasy, Ruane said.

Malagasy master’s student Bernard Randriamahatantsoa captured the ghost snake while on the path.

At first, the team gave little consideration to the discovery, she said. The Madagascarophis snake family is common in the country, and the discovery didn’t create much initial interest.

It wasn’t until the team conducted further morphological analyses and genetic studies that it realized lolo was considerably different from members of the same genus, Ruane said.

She said lolo’s discovery illustrates Madagascar’s biodiversity and proves the importance of continued study and species surveys.

“The thing that’s most important about it isn’t necessarily the species itself, but that it really illustrates that even among these really common snakes, there’s still this hidden diversity that we

don’t know about,” Ruane said.

“It just goes to show that even in a moderately well-explored area like Ankarana, you don’t know what’s out there.”

Frank Burbrink, the associate curator of amphibians and reptiles for the American Museum of Natural History, said there are 3,500 species of snakes identified worldwide, but it’s possible the true number is closer to double that. Lolo’s discovery is one piece of a much larger, complex evolutionary puzzle, he said.

“There are many, many more snakes to be found,” Burbrink said. “If you think about it in the old record days, this is a top single, but the record is going to be coming out soon.”

Madagascar is a hot bed for biodiversity and speciation, providing scientists a living laboratory for the study of evolution, he said. Many of the species on the island are endemic to Madagascar, including 99 percent of snakes on the island.

The rarity of the island’s species means their identification and conservation is especially important, Burbrink said. Oftentimes scientists don’t know evolutionary gaps exist until the missing links are discovered. When species die out before discovery, it makes it more difficult to trace the evolutionary processes, he said.

Madagascar’s habitats are suffering from deforestation because of the spread of agriculture and the native population’s need for charcoal. Researchers’ continued discovery of new species is critical for conservation, Burbrink said.

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‘A disguised DEFENSE’ ‘Fixing to open the playbook’: Front seven confident 3-4 troubles are subsiding

BY JACOB HAMILTON @jac0b_hamilt0n

Change is far from a foreign concept for the LSU defensive unit.

Hiring Dave Aranda in January marked LSU’s third defensive coordinator in as many years — and with a new coach, always comes a new scheme.

John Chavis, who left for Texas A&M following the 2014 season, ran a 4-3 front. Then, Kevin Steele, who left for Auburn this offseason, replaced him with another pro-style 4-3.

Aranda flipped the script, offering a complex scheme centered around a 3-4 front. Eight months after his hiring and two games into the season, his players still have plenty of kinks to work out.

“We watched the film, and there were a lot of technique things that we got to get better at in the 3-4,” said junior defensive end Davon Godchaux.

“This 3-4 is new to everybody, even [defensive line coach Ed Orgeron], so we got to just keep drilling it every day.”

For the upperclassmen, it’s their third time with a new system and

photo by MICHAEL PALMER / The Daily Reveille

see DEFENSE, page 7

FOOTBALL

2017 LSU, SEC schedule released

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_ Five of LSU’s first seven games will be held in Baton Rouge during the 2017 season.

The Southeastern Conference released the SEC schedules for all teams next season on the SEC Network Tuesday night.

LSU will feature four conference home games and four away during the middle of its season, beginning with the season opener against BYU on Sept. 2 at Houston’s NRG Stadium.

“Houston is a great city with a huge LSU alumni base and NRG Stadium continues to be one of the great venues for football,” LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said in early January of 2015. “We look forward to opening the 2017 season against BYU in Houston in what should be another great start to the football season.”

LSU’s nonconference schedule features the 2017 season opener against the Cougars followed by Chattanooga — which LSU will pay the Mocs a guaranteed $500,000, according to FBSschedules.com — in Tiger

see SCHEDULE, page 4

VOLLEYBALL

LSU looks to keep momentum against Baylor after three victories

BY JOURDAN RILEY @jourdanr_TDR The LSU volleyball team is looking to gain another victory.

On Saturday, the Tigers (54) became tournament champions after competing in the UCF

Classic where they defeated Seattle, UCF and Florida Atlantic in Orlando.

But even after the victory, the Tigers are practicing harder in preparation for their upcoming match against Baylor at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the PMAC.

Junior Khourtni Fears had 15 kills and seven blocking assists against UCF. Junior Gina Tillis had 21 kills and 11 digs.

With strong performances from Fears and Tillis, the

see BAYLOR, page 7

LSU junior outside hitter Gina Tillis (12) digs the ball during the Tigers’ 3-1 loss against Southern Miss on Saturday, Sept. 3. at the PMAC.

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LSU’s 2017 football schedule WHO

WHERE

WHEN

BYU

Houston (NRG stadium)

Sept. 2

Chattanooga

Tiger Stadium

Sept. 9

Mississippi State

Starkville, Mississippi

Sept. 16

Syracuse

Tiger Stadium

Sept. 23

Troy

Tiger Stadium

Sept. 30

Florida

Tiger Stadium

Oct. 7

Auburn

Tiger Stadium

Oct. 14

Ole Miss

Oxford, Mississippi

Oct. 21

Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Nov. 4

Arkansas

Tiger Stadium

Nov. 11

Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Nov. 18

Texas A&M

Tiger Stadium

Nov. 25

SCHEDULE, from page 3

Friday, September 16 11 am - 2 pm LSU Parade Ground #LSUFallFest Hosted by

With generous contributions from LSU Auxiliary Services LSU Dining

Stadium the week before LSU opens SEC play on Sept. 16 at Mississippi State.

LSU will play at home against Syracuse on Sept. 23 and against Troy a week later on Sept. 30.

The Tigers will travel to

Oxford on Oct. 21 and Knoxville on Nov. 18 to play Ole Miss and Tennessee, respectively.

LSU and Alabama will take their respective bye weeks off the week prior to the Nov. 4 duel.

Arkansas, Auburn, Florida and Texas A&M, the last regular season game, will come to Baton Rouge between October and November.

LES MILES vs. SEC WEST:

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Opinion

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Common sense reform needed to prevent ladder-related deaths This letter was submitted in response to the column, “Further regulations needed on path to gun ownership,” which was published in the Sept. 9 edition of The Daily Reveille.

Take some time to imagine this: You’ve been graduated from LSU for some time now; you have your dream life and dream job.

It’s a beautiful mid-October day, the Louisiana downpours have stopped, and there is no chance of rain all week. Your significant other noticed the leaky gutter last week and kindly asked you to go get the ladder and see if you could diagnose the problem. You reluctantly agree, you climb up

the ladder, and in a tragic turn of events, it tips over — and now you’re dead… Sad, right?

Well, little do you know, this is what happens to normal Americans every day. In fact, unintentional fall deaths like the one above are the third most common way by which Americans die annually.

This, of course, only comes after — I’m sure you guessed it — car accidents and unintentional poisonings.

The point I’m trying to make here is that it is clear that we as a people aren’t responsible enough to have ladders, or even stairs above a step.

By initiating a program that would reflect today’s stigma associated with gun reform, we as a nation can drastically reduce the number of

unintentional fall deaths per year.

Common sense ladder & stair laws are a way that compromise can arise for a touchy, not-so-political subject. Through this reform, people who believe that falling is a real danger will feel safe knowing that all ladder & stair owners are capable of using them responsibly, and those who are pro-ladder & stair can use them safely and effectively.

In order to purchase a ladder or have stairs built, the purchaser should have to undergo an extensive background check, multiple training sessions, and several formal exams in order to own and operate these deadly things. Some argue that something so American and essential shouldn’t be

regulated, but people can easily be killed by using these deceitful tools of destruction. It is crucial that owners know the responsibility involved in doing anything that could potentially risk a fall.

By now, if you don’t think unintentional fall deaths aren’t severe, or you have a “It can’t happen to me” mentality, let this figure sink in: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2013 that there were 30,208 unintentional fall deaths in the United States alone. To put that into perspective, the CDCP reported 505 deaths associated with “the accidental discharge of a firearm” and 11,208 deaths associated with “assault (homicide)

by discharge of firearms” also in 2013. So for all of you non-math majors out there, you are roughly sixty times more likely to unintentionally fall and die than you are to be killed by the accidental discharge of a firearm, and three times more likely to unintentionally fall and die than you are to be killed by a firearm.

I realize that this may be a sensitive subject to some, but it needs to be talked about. We need to come together as a nation and push for common sense ladder and stair laws to reduce the number of fall deaths. There must be compromise so those who choose to use ladders or stairs can do so safely and lives can be saved.

Employee benefits, retirement as important as salary in job search JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD @hjcranford Between all the classes, clubs, athletic events and regretful nights in Tigerland, I sometimes forget why I’m in college — to get a job after graduation.

However, unless you’re an overachiever who uses the services at the Olinde Career Center, no one is teaching you what to look for when you start getting those lucrative job offers.

While you may think salary should be the only deciding factor in a job offer, other employee benefits, such as health care and retirement plans, could make a lower- paying job the better offer.

Health care plans have always been the essential piece of employee benefits plans.

With the recent passing of the Affordable Care Act, it’s now

legally required that any company with more than 50 employees substantially pay for the health insurance of those employees.

Most companies must pay at least 50 percent of employee premiums to receive tax credits.

However, according to Zanebenefits.com, employers on average pay 83 percent of premiums for single coverage plans and 72 percent of premiums for family plans.

When comparing company health plans, there are several components to consider, including the type of coverage and how much your copay and deductible will be. The percent of premiums paid by a potential employer will most likely be your deciding factor. For example, the difference between a company paying 50 percent of premiums on a family plan compared to 80 percent could be $10,000.

The second essential part of an employee benefits plan is retirement. These are the 401(k)’s

you might have heard about — or as I like to call them, an adult trigger word which makes me want to never leave college.

Most retirement plans will consist of either a 401(k) or a profit sharing plan. Few companies today offer pensions, and, in reality, you will most likely use a 401(k). Government entities will have different options, including pensions, depending on the office.

If you are going to save for retirement — and you should — then you also need to understand how contributions work.

Companies will contribute to your retirement either through a percentage of your salary or by matching a percentage of your contributions. Comparing retirement benefits is as easy as comparing the percent of money each company will contribute to your retirement plan. The more money your company is willing to give you, the better.

Be sure to consider the

Fringe benefits companies offer: Paid Time Off for Community Service

Student Loan Debt Assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Life Insurance

Free Lunches

Travel Reimbursement

Onsite childcare

Onsite Fitness Areas

vacation, paid leaves and sick/ personal days offered by a company. While you shouldn’t be looking for jobs based on how many days you can be absent, it’s still important to consider. While it’s not likely you will receive tons of job offers with crazy benefits immediately after graduation, it’s still necessary to understand how benefits packages should influence your decisions.

You should see now that it’s possible a benefits package

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could be over $10,000 in value a year in addition to salary. We call this total compensation. As our society continues to move toward blurring the line between work and life, understanding how to assess and compare total compensation packages as opposed to just base salary, will be vital.

Jay is a 22-year-old finance senior from St. Simons Island, Georgia.

Quote of the Day “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 BAYLOR, from page 3 Tigers hope to defeat Baylor strategically.

“We’re excited,” LSU coach Fran Flory said. “It’s a great opportunity for us. Baylor is a quality team [and] has a veteran, Katie Staiger, who takes a ton of swings and is an outstanding player.”

Baylor won its last two matches in three sets each.

DEFENSE, from page 3 playbook. But this time, a handful of Tiger defenseman were tasked with changing positions, and that’s where the increased difficulty lies.

“We work hard to learn everything fast,” said senior defensive end Lewis Neal.

Staiger, standing at 6-foot-1, spearheads the team in kills, with 16 in the Bears’ most recent match against Florida A&M on Friday.

Baylor had 38 kills with 22 errors against the Rattlers.

Flory said the wins encouraged the team to work harder for the upcoming matches, especially against a tough opponent like Baylor.

“We know we’re going to

have to play well, and we’re anxious to redeem ourselves on our home court and show our fans what we’re really about,” Flory said.

Recently, LSU has performed better, setting itself up for a possibly exciting night at the PMAC. Against FAU, LSU had 55 kills and 23 errors. Though LSU played an extra set, the Tigers ultimately won the match, 3-1.

However, LSU’s start to the season wasn’t great. The UCF tournament victory came after a two-tournament losing streak, one of which was on LSU’s new volleyball court.

“Going off of three wins, we’re definitely on a high right now, but we have to realize we can’t back down from it,” Tillis said. “We actually have to work even harder in practice after a win because we can also get

better.”

LSU coach Jill Lytle Wilson said she’s focusing in on the next match.

“They learned a lot about their preparation, or lack of preparation, the last time we were home,” Wilson said.

“We’ve worked really hard to help them understand that — the mental and physical side of preparing to play at home and defending your home court.”

“We’ve had a new coordinator every year, so we have to learn everything, then we get to go out there and execute it to the best of our abilities.

We just keep working hard every day.”

LSU’s defensive line tackled a 34-sack season last year, the most for an LSU de-

fensive unit since 2012, but Wisconsin Badgers.

“I was a little sloppy my was shaken up by Aranda’s first game in the 3-4,” Godnew schematics.

Godchaux, who was a two- chaux said. “I had nine tackles, year starter at defensive tack- but there were a lot of things I le, swapped to nose tackle be- could’ve [done] better. Maybe I fore being forced to defensive would’ve had 12 or 14 tackles.”

Gilmore addend when senior defensive end ed that the line’s Christian LaCoupoor technique reture suffered a sulted in rushing torn ACL. Junior lanes on passing Greg Gilmore plays that a more and sophomore mobile quarterTravonte Valenback could have taken advantage tine are filling of. the void at nose Jacksonv i l le tackle.

LEWIS NEAL State quarterAfter playing Senior defensive end in a 4-3 his whole back Eli Jencareer, Godchaux kins proved said film review from LSU’s him right to the tune of 82 season-opening loss revealed yards during LSU’s victothat the defensive front’s 3-4 ry against the Gamecocks technique was poor against the on Saturday.

LSU’s linebacker corps is also adjusting to the 3-4 after being heavily modified during the offseason. Sophomore Arden Key is now an outside linebacker after playing defensive end last year. Also, senior Duke Riley, a three-year backup outside linebacker, switched to starting inside linebacker.

The biggest learning curve was placed on Key, who transitioned from playing with his hand in the dirt to standing up as a pass rusher. In addition to having a new stance pre-snap, Key has to drop back into coverage for the first time.

As a result, Wisconsin junior tight end Troy Fumagalli continually exploited holes in the middle of LSU’s defense for 100 yards on seven receptions.

But Key said he learned from his mistakes and was in better position when he dropped back against Jacksonville State.

“That’s definitely new for Arden — dropping,” junior safety Jamal Adams said.

“He’s getting used to it. I definitely help him as much as I can if I see something formation-wise, I tell him he can go ahead and push out a little bit further or go inside a little bit.”

A project eight months in the works, Aranda’s 3-4 defense is still in the developmental stages, though Key and Godchaux agree that the front seven is inching closer to perfection after each repetition in practice and snap on game day.

“It’s a disguised defense, and you never know who’s coming or dropping,” Key said. “[Aranda’s] keeping it simple for right now, letting us get used to the 3-4, but I feel like we’re coming together as one, so I feel like he’s [fixing to] open up the playbook and let us have some fun.”

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 STUDENT LIFE

MARSLIFE, from page 1 how they change when brought back down to Earth in the lab, she said.

Bryan hopes to actually send the microorganisms to Mars one day.

“It’s a very challenging environment,” she said.

In the stratosphere, environmental conditions including pressure, temperature and radiation levels, are similar on Mars.

Bryan said microbes are measured using microscopes that count the total number of bacteria cells, as well as dust particles and other items found beyond the atmosphere.

The microbe capture device looks like a simple metal box, but is much more complex.

Bryan said the device has two chambers on each side that open at a target altitude. Inside each chamber, bacteria are caught with small sticky rods. Once the device reaches the desired altitude, it seals and returns

LSU Shield mobile app released

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University graduate student Noelle Bryan researches microbes and their reaction to life on Mars in her project MARSLife. to Earth.

“I think we’ve laid some really important groundwork for hopefully other people to maybe start giving attention to atmospheric microbiology — that maybe there is a reason to look at higher altitudes and maybe not just limit research to the first few kilometers of Earth,” Bryan said.

LSU’s Office of Public Safety kicked off a month of safety beginning with the “See Something Say Something” event outside the Student Union that highlighted safety resources available at the University. One special focus was the LSU Shield mobile app which alerts police suspicious or criminal activity.

The app acts as a resource allowing faculty, staff and students to call or message for help, report crimes or communicate with emergency contacts through a safety beacon if one fails to reach their destination safely.

Shield allows users to contact LSUPD, EMS or the fire department with the click of a screen button. The program began in 2014, and the Office of Public Safety reports that more than 1,000 Shield

slogan “See Something, Say Somedownloads have been made. “[It] is a great tool to expedite thing” can be aided through the requests for emergency assistance app’s iReport function, which aland initiate non-emergency report- lows users to anonymously report ing,” LSUPD spokesperson Lt. Kev- suspicious behavior. According to Scott, the most common reports in Scott said. made through the app so Dialing 911 does not direct- ‘[It] is a great tool to far have been theft and ly call LSUPD. expedite requests for missing items.

Tanner O’Neil, a comThe call must emergency assistance be relayed. The puter engineering sophoand initiate non- more, said LSU Shield is LSU Shield app not only makes emergency reporting.’ the right tool for anyone direct contact during an emergency. If LT. KEVIN SCOTT but also gives he had to choose between LSUPD spokesperson authorities the phoning in a call for help caller’s exact or using iReport, he said he location. would choose the app.

Because of campus WiFi availWith cooperative efforts among LSUPD, LSU Emergency Operability, authorities will know the wireless access point from which ations and Student Government, the message originated, ensuring the LSU Shield app is available for responders will get to the correct a free download through both the building.

Apple App Store and Google Play The University’s preventative store.

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Boy Scouts of America aid Louisiana in post-flood recovery

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter When a devastating and record-breaking flood washed over Louisiana in August, police and the Louisiana National Guard were among those rescuing and assisting state residents. A few weeks later, a different group in uniform joined the relief effort.

The Order of the Arrow, the Boy Scouts of America’s honor society, launched the Southern Region ReliefCorps’ Operation Louisiana Relief within days the disaster.

Registration for the project began Aug. 18 and will continue through Nov. 30.

The scouts were given the task of helping out in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and New Orleans, as well as Jackson, Mississippi.

John Williams, a 19-year-old Mississippi State University student, serves as section chief for Section 1A. He was with the other section chiefs and Southern Region leaders at a regional meeting in Alabama when the flooding began.

“It was really tough because we were watching the reports, watching the water rise and the rain pour in. Everybody took a moment to pray at the church service,” Williams said.

While driving back to his

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The Boy Scouts of America’s honor society launched the Southern Region ReliefCorps’ Operation Louisiana Relief in the days following the record-breaking flood in Louisiana.

Starkville campus, the Lake Charles-native said he heard more reports about the flooding. He sent an email to the other southern region section chiefs.

“Their response was, ‘How can we help?’ or, ‘We’re praying for you,’” Williams said. “The response of everyone wanting to come together and help with this was moving.”

The ReliefCorps has been activated three previous times — in 2011, 2013 and last year. In

2011 and 2013, the ReliefCorps provided aid after Alabama and Oklahoma were hit by tornadoes.

Last year, support went to South Carolina when parts of that state experienced record flooding.

Southern Region chief Jeff Sedlacek, a 20-year-old Appalachian State University student, said he contacted the coordinator from the South Carolina project. The operation there was a good model for the Louisiana disaster because it “raised a significant amount of

money and provided a significant amount of service,” he said.

The ReliefCorps takes a twopronged approach. One side deals with service projects, which usually include local Order of the Arrow lodges and Boy Scout troops helping affected communities.

The other is a fundraising element in which patches are sold and the proceeds donated to the American Red Cross.

Sedlacek said John Williams and Section 1A adviser Frank

Williams are coordinating the service aspect, while Southern Region adviser Andy Chapman is working with the fundraising element.

“My involvement is coordinating everything,” Sedlacek said.

“John, Frank and Andy have spearheaded this since they’re in the local area.”

Chapman, University alumnus, said he had been in contact with leaders as far away as Los Angeles.

Those lodges contributed in a variety of ways, he noted, depending on their distance from the affected area.

“Those who aren’t close by, where it’s not really realistic for them to drive, like Austin, Texas for example, they’re doing a resource drive.”

According to the region’s website, the only requirement for a project is that it must benefit the community and not the BSA or the local council. Sedlacek said the project goes hand in hand with the ideal of scouting’s Order of the Arrow, also referred to as “The Brotherhood of Cheerful Service.”

“It’s going to take such a long time to fix all the homes that were destroyed and to help all the people,” Williams said. “If anybody thinks somebody else is going to take care of it and that they don’t need to do anything, they’re wrong.

There is something everybody can do.”