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To LSU legends Kevin Faulk, Charles Alexander and Dalton Hilliard, Leonard Fournette is beyond special:

“This kid is different” Read about Fournette’s path to breaking decades-old LSU records page 3

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LSU Single-Season Records RUSHING YARDS 1977: Charles Alexander, 1866 2015: Leonard Fournette, 1953 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 1977: Charles Alexander, 153.3 2015: Leonard Fournette, 162.8 RUSHING TOUCH DOWNS 2001: LaBrandon Toefield, 19 2015: Leonard Fournette, 22 OVERALL TOUCH DOWNS 2001: LaBrandon Toefield, 19 2015: Leonard Fournette, 23 200-YARD RUSHING GAMES 1977: Charles Alexander, 2 2015: Leonard Fournette, 4 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 1977: Charles Alexander, 10 2015: Leonard Fournette, 10 CONSECUTIVE 200-YARD RUSHING GAMES 2015: Leonard Fournette, 3

LSU Single-Game Records OVERALL TOUCH DOWNS 1977: Carlos Carson vs. Rice, 5 1997: Kevin Faulk vs. Kentucky, 5 2015: Leonard Fournette vs. Texas Tech, 5 courtesy of LSU Sports Information

No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin Lambeau Field Green Bay, Wisconsin KICKOFF: Saturday, 2:36 p.m. photo by EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille

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Friday, September 2, 2016

STUDENT LIFE

LSU Honors College hosts all-female veterans panel

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Petrayris Huertas(left), Kat Hightower, Kayla Kappel and Katherine Simmons(right) participate in a panel of female veterans who spoke to students about their experience in the military on Thursday in the West LaVille library.

BY NATALIE ANDERSON @natalie_mechell The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College hosted an all-female veterans panel in preparation for the arrival of

the author of Soldier Girls, a book about three women and their experiences serving in the military.

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the U.S. Marine Corps for four years working with payroll.

Kat Hightower served as a registered nurse, specializing in critical care, in the U.S. Army for 13 years before retiring as a Major. She is a landscape architect student working toward her third degree.

Hightower had military exposure from family all her life.

While she worked to put herself through school and become a registered nurse, Huertas said the military was her way out of the bad neighborhoods of Chicago and her way to make something of herself.

Katherine Simmons, a chemical engineering junior, said she did not have the money to go to school after graduating high school and did not know what she wanted to do, so she joined the military. She served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence analyst.

Kayla Kappel joined the U.S. Air Force after high school because she wanted to help make a difference and help those fighting for us. She served for six years, four of them full-time, working for Intelligence and then finance. She worked with an Air and Space Operations Center, helping people to and from deployments and with the Embassy overseas, helping people gain citizenship. She is an environmental engineering student.

Each of the veterans faced their own forms of discrimination for being women in the military and had to work even harder to show how serious they were. Huertas described the Marine Corps as the “boys’ club” which was made evident by the men in the corps. Simmons said being surrounded by men in the Army brought

about attention she was not used to.

Working as a nurse, Hightower said about half of the nurses were men.

“It’s really frustrating [that perception] that female Marines or female veterans [have this] persona that they look a certain way or fit a certain criteria,” Huertas said. “We’re all different.”

Huertas said many visits to the Veterans Affairs Hospital were accompanied with assumptions that she was there for her husband, who also serves, rather than herself.

Simmons said her husband is also in the military, so when people ask about her and her spouse, they assume she is only in the military as support for her husband. She described it as a “sore spot for most female veterans.”

Hightower said soldiers appreciated her for what she did as a nurse, but civilians always directed their questions to her husband, who is a West Point graduate.

“Don’t underestimate us,” Kappel said.

All the veterans said one of the biggest adjustments to civilian life is the lack of structure they became accustomed to.

However, their time in the service taught them important leadership skills and a sense of humility, pride and purpose.

They all said they miss the service but are working diligently to obtain their degrees and get back to the real world “making a paycheck.” They said they take pride in being inspirations for women to work hard and pursue a career in the military.

“If a woman can do it, go for it,” Huertas said.

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BY JOSHUA THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_ In 2014, a former St. Augustine staffer told legendary LSU tailback Kevin Faulk that the Tigers had a “special” freshman tailback.

“Our strength coach at the time graduated from St. Aug and he told me about a freshman running back that they had,” Faulk said. “The first time I ever seen him play was in college — amazing.”

Faulk, LSU’s all-time leading rusher with 4,557 career rushing yards, knew now-junior Leonard Fournette’s name before they had even met.

Before seeing him play, Faulk had only known of Fournette through word of mouth.

Then they met.

“When we first met, he didn’t know me, I didn’t know him — we had to feel each other out,” Faulk said. “You can tell from just meeting him that he was a very grounded person.”

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dia outlet in Baton Rouge on Monday, with microphones and cameras echoing his every word, Fournette was asked about the pressure of attempting to top his record-breaking sophomore season.

In the eyes of some, it was arguably the best season for a running back in LSU’s program history.

“Nah,” Fournette said, shaking his head. “No pressure at all.”

Even though the 21-year-old has broken several records, some still remain.

“I haven’t shattered everybody’s records,” he said. “Kevin Faulk has a lot of records here.”

But to Faulk, it’s only a matter of time.

“Records are made to be broken,” Faulk told The Daily Reveille. “Very special people break records. He’s definitely a special individual on the football field and off the football field.”

On Sept. 3, No. 5 LSU will begin its football season with a 1,117-mile trip to Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. And Fournette is at

the forefront of it all.

‘Best running back to put on purple and gold’ On Saturday, Fournette will continue his run toward history.

His superiors are LSU greats Faulk, Dalton Hilliard and Charles Alexander — who are No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on LSU’s career rushing list.

Although Faulk said it isn’t “his job” to rank LSU’s premier tailbacks, he feels it would be an “honor” for his records to be broken.

Hilliard and Alexander haven’t been able to meet Fournette yet, but they echoed the same sentiments as Faulk — Fournette is a well-rounded, grounded, tunnel-visioned tailback eyeing a National Championship.

“The humbleness carries from the young generationally aspect,” Hilliard said. “He’s focused and realized what chance and opportunity he has.”

Hilliard, whose 4,050 career rushing yards are second all-time

for LSU — 1,063 yards ahead of Fournette — lauded the junior’s innate ability to deftly shift and accelerate at 6-foot-1, 235 pounds.

The first time Alexander watched Fournette play, he thought he would be a “solid” back.

But Alexander, like most Tiger fans, came to realize how “special” Fournette could be on Sept. 19, 2015.

Standing in the I-formation, Brandon Harris lobbed Fournette the ball as he trailed J.D. Moore, LSU’s fullback, inside the left tackle on a toss-dive to the left.

Fournette juked, evaded into open space along the sideline as Auburn safety Blake Countess leaped onto Fournette’s back before Fournette bucked him off, trotting into the end zone and thumping the No. 7 on his chest.

Touchdown, LSU. “That’s when I knew this kid was different,” Alexander said.

“He’s going to be something special … He didn’t take one step up from his freshman to his sophomore

year, he took ten steps up.

“He took it to a whole new level.”

After the bruising, defining run, Fournette crushed several of Alexander’s 38 year-old records.

Like last season, 2016 may hold more of the same.

To become the all-time LSU career rushing leader, Fournette only needs to amass 1,570 yards — 383 fewer than 2015’s 12-game campaign — to pass up Hilliard, Alexander (4,035) and Faulk.

That’ll be easy, Hilliard said.

“He’s the best running back to put on purple and gold,” Hilliard said. “He’s not the leading rusher now, but he will [be] soon.”

Fournette on the field, Fournette the father Fournette juggles being a Heisman candidate and a team leader, yet the task that’s most important to him is being a father.

His life changed one year ago with the birth of his daughter

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Drugstore makeup brands need foundations to suit all women MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS @clarkeperkins For decades, it’s been rare that a black woman has been able to find her “perfect” shade in a reasonably priced foundation. The makeup aisles are flooded with shades of olive and ivory.

The more melanin you have, the less options you have.

MAC and Bobbi Brown are two of the few mainstream makeup brands that cater to women of all colors.

This year, MAC is collaborating with Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Taraji P. Henson to create makeup lines in their names. There will even be a tribute collection for Selena Quintanilla.

The brand’s abundance of shades cover most skin

complexions.

However, MAC foundation prices range from $30-$40.

When you can’t afford to cough up that much money, it’s nice to be able to run to the drug store and pick up a cheaper brand of foundation. Yet, many black women don’t have that luxury.

If a dark-skinned woman went into the CVS on Highland Road to buy herself a matching foundation, she’d have a really rough time.

Many drugstore makeup companies seem to think “colored people” are all the same color.

All dark-skinned women are not “mocha” — and, foundation selections should reflect such.

According to Glammonitor, beauty blogger Yvonne once found it impossible to find her perfect shade of Maybelline in a drug store after many attempts.

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I wanted to try all these drugstore foundations that I see other YouTube gurus reviewing and talking about,” Yvonne told Glammonitor. “I wanted to try it out myself because the foundations I had were higher-end so they’re more expensive.”

There are lines that cater

specifically to black women — Fashion Fair, SheaMoisture, black|Up Cosmetics, IMAN Cosmetics and many others. Still, these brands don’t give you the luxury of running to your local drugstore.

And, these companies created to fill the void in the in-

dustry will be used against us. When black women begin to complain about lack of diversity within the industry, the counter argument will be that there are makeup lines exclusively for them, which “isn’t fair”.

The black community should support these black owned businesses, but that’s not the problem. It’s the principle — a white woman should be no more likely to walk into Walgreens and find her perfect shade than a black woman.

Makeup is just another industry where black women are underrepresented. And, another form of institutionalized racism.

Hopefully, the makeup industry will soon become more diversified.

Clarke Perkins is a 20-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rapists should face longer sentences, stricter punishments RYLED UP RYAN THAXTON @ryanthax Despite a rise in awareness of rape culture through movements like Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance and the increase of sexual harassment sensitivity and awareness training at universities like LSU, we need to come together to address the evils of rape through our laws.

With the general public’s awareness of the ways rape can be perpetrated, why do punishers remain ignorant? There is a critical lack of understanding that the punishments, or lack thereof, that we extend in court have repercussions

for future cases and victims.

Often, a prosecutor cannot obtain proper sentence because these cases are difficult to “prove beyond a reasonable doubt.” In fact, it’s extremely rare for law enforcement or prosecutors to press charges after the initial report by the victim — out of 1,000 instances of rape, only 13 get referred to a prosecutor and only seven lead to a felony conviction, according to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network’s criminal justice statistics.

According to a report from the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, college women report instances of rape less than 5 percent of the time.

Now, consider the 5 percent who report instances of rape paired

with the 0.7 percent of convictions.

This suggests that the majority of rapists never see a courtroom, much less a jail cell.

This discourages victims from reporting their assaults to law enforcement. When convictions are so light that rapists like Brock Turner, the Stanford athlete whose trial made national headlines, are out of prison after serving only three months, why would victims want to pursue a deeply emotional trial?

In August, 18-year-old David Becker, convicted of raping two classmates, was sentenced to just two years of probation and will not be registered as a sex offender. One of his victim’s impact statements read: “When I’m not having nightmares of rape, I’m having panic

attacks.”

This lenient punishment prioritizes attackers over the mental stability victims.

Many prosecutors enter plea deals on behalf of victims because the evidence required to prove guilt is simply nonexistent. Unless a rape is reported almost immediately after it takes place, victims have most likely eradicated all biological evidence.

But even having the strength to report rape immediately after it occurs while resisting the urge to shower doesn’t guarantee evidence for an eventual trial. In March 2015, Louisiana had 1,333 untested rape kits, many of them years old, according to a Louisiana State Police Crime Lab Report. This number doesn’t

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Not only are we failing victims by barely punishing their attackers, but we aren’t even fully looking into victims’ claims.

Awareness has risen, and the pressure placed on law enforcement agencies to fully investigate rape claims has risen too. Yet we must take the third and final step: implementing stricter sentencing.

As difficult as it is to get a prosecution in rape cases, you’d think we could at least punish the few rapists who are prosecuted more strongly than we do.

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Friday, September 2, 2016 FOURNETTE, from page 3 Lyric.

“She makes me grind harder by going to class more,” Fournette said. “It’s one of the best experiences for me, especially at my age.”

The responsibilities of fatherhood help with his “decision making,” translating directly to his leadership on the football field.

To senior center Ethan Pocic, Fournette’s wisdom can often go unnoticed.

“He’s incredibly smart,” Pocic said. “That’s something so many people don’t know. Just natural intelligence.”

While he doesn’t feel pressured to upstage his historic 2015 season, Fournette still wants to reach new heights this season.

Fournette’s goal is simply “to be better than last year.”

But being better than last season isn’t about stats or football to Fournette.

By his standards, his past two years as a student-athlete have made him “smarter” and a better “overall leader.”

The success that Fournette achieved the past two seasons at LSU is no surprise to NFL Draft Analyst Mike Detwiler.

Detwiler has had the opportunity to evaluate talent in Louisi-

ana for nearly three decades, and he’s had the pleasure of watching NFL stars including Reggie Wayne, Marshall Faulk and Odell Beckham, while in high school.

However, there are only three players Detwiler would be willing to bet his house, cars, stocks and bonds on to become successful.

Those three players?

Two-time NFL champion Peyton Manning, nine-time pro bowler Ed Reed and Fournette.

Detwiler drew to one similar trait that all “great” players have when speaking of Fournette.

“All great players have one feature,” Detwiler said “They can compartmentalize life. They can

take something, put it on the shelf and move on. Every superstar player has the ability to do that.”

‘Win a championship’ Fournette and junior safety Jamal Adams’ bond grew before they became teammates.

Moments before the top-ranked prospect in Louisiana announced his decision at the Under Armour Game in Tampa, Fournette tipped off Adams that he was committing to LSU. “Ever since then, we’ve been tight,” Fournette said. “Now, being in college and seeing how fast those two years went by, it’s just crazy. Everything [that] we’re

going through right now is what we pictured coming here in our freshman year.”

The personal records and accolades are a bonus, but they aren’t the only thing Fournette envisioned.

Fournette foresaw LSU in the thick of the College Football Playoff discussion.

The last time LSU played for a championship: 2011. The Tigers’ last championship trophy: 2007.

In what could be Fournette’s last season putting on an LSU helmet, his biggest accomplishment would be to bring home a title to Louisiana, he said.

“Nothing less,” Fournette said.

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LSU gears up for three-game set in Tiger Classic beginning today

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

The LSU volleyball team looks to continue its early season success as they host the Tiger Classic Tournament this weekend with a doubleheader on Friday and the closing match on Saturday.

The event will consist of four teams: LSU (2-1), the University of Connecticut (2-0), the University of Virginia (2-1) and the University of Southern Mississippi (3-1).

LSU will play Connecticut at 10 a.m. Friday morning with its second game against Virginia at 7 p.m.. The Tigers will close

the weekend against Southern Miss. at 1 p.m. Saturday night.

“All of our players are healthy for this weekend’s games,” said LSU coach Fran Flory.

Last week, LSU played in the Duke Invitational where they went 2-1, defeating Eastern Kentucky and UNC Greensboro and losing to Duke.

Flory said she believes the teams participating in this weekend’s tournament will resemble the competition LSU will face in the Southeastern Conference.

“The teams in this tournament are a bit bigger and more

physical than what we saw in the Duke Invitational,” she said.

Flory also said that the Tigers took no special preparations and are treating these opponents like they would any other.

LSU’s first opponent features senior outside hitter Jade Strawberry who led the Huskies with 31 kills and 79 attacks last week.

The Tigers respect their opponent, but Flory stressed that the focus is on self-improvement.

“Right now it’s more about us,” she said.

“We’re not keying in on any particular player, we’re trying to improve ourselves before conference play begins,” she said. “We have to keep in mind that this is a team game not an individual one.”

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LSU then-junior Tiara Gibson(6) spikes the ball on Sept. 27 during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory against South Carolina in the PMAC.

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ALUMNI

Two University alumnae awarded for teaching excellence BY @KATIE_GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano President Barack Obama recognized University alumnae Mary Legoria and Linda Messina Aug. 22 as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Legoria and Messina were recognized as Louisiana’s top science educators in primary and secondary education, respectively. Legoria is an elementary science lab teacher at Westdale Heights Academic Magnet and Messina is a high school science teacher at St. Joseph’s Academy, both in Baton Rouge.

Legoria and Messina are among 213 teachers recognized from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Territories and the Department of Defense Education Activity schools, according to a White House news release.

The educators will be honored at a ceremony in Washington D.C. on Sept. 8 and enjoy two days of professional development training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

Messina said she was honored when she was named a state finalist and is still astonished by her recognition at the national

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Mary Legoria, a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, works with students. level. The application process took her nearly eight months, and having the opportunity to reflect on her time as an educator was a reward itself, she said.

“Even had I not won, the great part about it was that I really got to reflect on my teaching and on ways that I could improve my teaching,” Messina said.

Messina originally directed a lab at Methodist Hospital in New Orleans, now New Orleans

East Hospital, before leaving the workforce to raise her children.

In her early 30s, Messina said she made a promise to God she would do something to make a difference.

She was inspired to teach after working with a special needs student named Michael at Magnolia Woods Elementary School as a member of the Junior League of Baton Rouge. Messina said she realized education

could be her pathway to making a difference and began training to become an educator in her early 40s .

Aside from raising her children, she said becoming a teacher is the best thing she has ever done.

While visiting the nation’s capitol is exciting, Messina said she’s most excited about the professional development opportunities the award includes. Being

able to collaborate with high school teachers from around the country and bring new skills back to her students is an incredible opportunity, she said.

Attending with Legoria, a friend and colleague from the University’s Coastal Roots program, is an added bonus.

Pam Blanchard, associate professor of science education and co-director of the University’s Coastal Roots program, said both teachers are incredibly deserving of the honor. Blanchard has worked with Legoria and Messina for a number of years and described them as leaders in their schools and the Coastal Roots program.

“These are ladies that go well beyond what’s required of them for their jobs,” Blanchard said. “They want their students to have a very meaningful relationship with science on many different levels. Coastal Roots is just one of the programs that they bring to their schools.”

Legoria and Messina are trusted confidantes and a sounding board for Coastal Roots initiatives, she said. Both Legoria and Messina, like many teachers in the program, strive to show their students that school extends beyond textbooks and science has applications in everyday life.

ACADEMICS

University College to host interactive ‘INNER HEROES’ workshops

BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker

While choosing a major can be a difficult, often overwhelming process for students, the LSU University College is here to make that decision a little bit easier.

The University College for Freshman Year is holding a collection of workshops titled “INNER HEROES” to help students explore viable career options.

The interactive series will run Sept. 27 through Sept. 29 and Oct. 11 through Oct. 13 in 150 Allen Hall.

The 12 seminars are designed to match students with a suitable major based on personality type, individual evaluations and group discussions.

UCFY academic counselor and coordinator of the program Erin Anthony said INNER HE-

ROES benefits students by first narrowing down a career field, then figuring out which majors can help them get there.

“A good majority of students have said that if nothing else, it gave them some areas to consider,” she said. “It’s our effort to get them thinking about those things and to find some sense of clarity and to begin that discussion.”

INNER HEROES, formerly named “True Colors,” occurs once a semester. UCFY has been organizing the sessions since 2011, Anthony said.

The sessions are modeled after author Carolyn Kalil’s program, “Follow Your INNER HEROES to the Work You Love,” which helps readers match their personalities with careers right for them. While the program

format is uniform, facilitators have the ability to individualize each session.

INNER HEROES incorporates students’ likes and dislikes, what subjects come naturally to them and the environments they thrive in when matching their personality types with careers.

For students who are still unsure of what they want to study, Anthony advises seeking out professionals in fields of interest.

“I would tell those students to first try to remain calm, and just to find out what resources are available on campus and to seek people out,” Anthony said. “If you have an interest in any area, don’t be afraid to make connections and make contact with those different departments and offices on campus.”

INNER HEROES WORKSHOPS Students can register online, by phone at 578-6822 or stop in 150 Allen Hall.

Tuesday, Sept. 27 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 28 – 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 29 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 11 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 12 – 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 13 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m.

INNER HEROES is free and open to University students of all years and fields of study.

“It is an entertaining look at how your personality can impact this exploration. I encourage anyone who is in the early stages of

career exploration to participate in this University College-sponsored workshop,” said UCFY Executive Director R. Paul Ivey in a news release.

Each workshop will last an hour and registration is required.