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Volume 119 · No. 130 STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG allocates $5k to fund anti-hazing campaign
BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com
their teammates cheer them on. The two competitors’ helmets are nearly touching as they wait for Miles’ whistle. Each turn doesn’t take very long — a screech of the whistle, a clack of the pads, a brief struggle between the two players and
Only 39 percent of students were introduced to anti-hazing policies when joining teams and organizations, according to the University of Maine’s national study “Hazing in View: College Students at Risk.” Organizations on campus want a higher number. Representatives from Campus Life and the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability asked Student Government Senate to allocate $5,000 to fund an anti-hazing video and campaign at its April 15 meeting. SG Speaker of the Senate Adam Grashoff and SG senator Alexandra de Gravelle authored the finance bill, which passed 100 percent in favor. Campus Life graduate assistant Margaret Vienne and Accountability graduate assistant Reem Al-Juraid said they hope to better inform students about hazing practices and consequences with their campaign.
see DRILL, page 4
see HAZING, page 4
THE BIG CAT AND THE HAT
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LSU sophomore defensive back Ed Paris and LSU sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre participate in the Big Cat drill on April 14 at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.
Miles energizes players through popular drill BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com
Les Miles sports a whistle around his neck and a tightly fitted white cap, staring down at a folded up piece of paper in his left hand. It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and members of the LSU football team are circled around their coach. Two small, orange cones lie on the turf, one on top of a
painted white line and another just inside of it. In a booming voice, Miles calls out two names. “Beckwith, Clapp,” he shouts. “Beckwith, Clapp.” Junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith and redshirt freshman offensive lineman William Clapp jog into the middle of the circle and get down in their stances as
ACADEMICS
Professor electrofishes, samples fish populations with classes BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com
A jolt of electricity sends a minor shock all the way down the Atchafalaya swamp to a trout community. The shock stuns the fish temporarily, and the sting lulls to numbness. Seconds later, the fish continue swimming merrily on their way, unharmed and unfazed. Electrofishing has an extremely low associated stress mortality rate, and it’s considered the most humane fish sampling methodology. Though it was originally practiced in the early 1900s, electrofishing did not be-
come a popular fish collection technique until the ’40s and ’50s, when a record-breaking amount of federal dollars were invested in conservation of resources. Every so often, associate professor of renewable natural resources Mike Kaller rounds up a handful of students, hops on a small barge and explores the aquaculture in the swamps of Louisiana. The students use electrofishing to sample fish populations in hopes of gaining valuable information. “It’s like Christmas — you don’t know what you’re going to get,” Kaller said. Kaller graduated from Lake Superior State University in
Michigan before landing a job with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. During both his time in college and his first job, he became familiar with the practice of electrofishing. He said his opportunities with the method, however, were limited at Lake Superior State. “They only had one electrofishing unit, and they only let their top students use it,” he said. Kaller was one of those top students. After gaining experience with the unit, he utilized his expertise in Wyoming, assessing trout populations in the
see ELECTROFISHING, page 4
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LSU associate professor Mike Kaller talks about some of the equipment he uses on Monday in the Renewable Natural Resources Building.