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Jennings-Harris: Round 2 Less than two weeks before LSU kicks off its 2015 campaign, LSU coach Les Miles hasn’t named his starting quarterback.

Sophomore Brandon Harris is the favorite, but junior Anthony Jennings’ leadership qualities are keeping him in the mix.

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Sophomore 6’3”, 206 LBS Bossier City, Louisiana 9 games, 1 starts 25/45 passes completed 55.6 career completion percentage 452 yards, 6 TDs, 2 INTs

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LSU President F. King Alexander said the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, which faces a $20 million budget shortfall for the upcoming year, has put higher education in a fiscal dilemma, and reforms need to be considered.

Alexander said the 13 other states who have programs similar to TOPS have got themselves in a “bind,” and Louisiana faces the decision to put higher education funds into TOPS to keep it afloat or into colleges to keep their costs down.

“It’s a vicious cycle, really, that we’re caught up in,” Alexander said.

Jack Hart, assistant executive director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance, announced the TOPS budget deficit at a meeting of the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission on Thursday.

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HOUSING

The Standard has yet to move in all residents, some in hotels

BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ When most students’ classes finish today, they will begin digesting the upcoming semester in the comfort of their own dorm, apartment or home.

But some students who signed leases to live at The Standard at Baton Rouge, a new apartment complex at 740 W. Chimes St., will wait a bit longer to have their own space after move-in dates have been delayed repeatedly.

According to several residents, the initial move-in date was scheduled for Aug. 9, but a week prior, residents were told by building administration move-in dates were delayed six

days to Aug. 15.

Landmark Properties, a national real estate firm, manages and developed The Standard.

President and CEO of Landmark Properties Wes Rogers said the project faced delays a few months into construction because of unsuitable soil conditions, unfavorable weather and a subcontractor who defaulted on the company. Combined, these factors set construction back more than three months.

Rogers said about 80 percent of the residents have moved in, and his construction crew said the last 20 percent of the residents will be able to move in within the next week instead of Sept. 7, as many students were

informed.

“We spent millions of dollars of our own money trying to accelerate construction,” Rogers said. “It’s terrible for the students that we caused delays, and we’re doing everything in our power to try to make it right to them.”

The Standard, which began construction in December 2013, promised residents luxury, like granite countertops and rooftop patios. The floorplans ranged from one to five bedrooms, and an added appeal was the complex’s close proximity to campus, according to The Standard’s website.

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Despite being open to residents, The Standard is still heavily under construction.

The Standard apartment complex is located on the corner of Iowa and West Chimes streets.

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STUDENT LIFE

Community Bound honors Katrina anniversary in NOLA

BY CAITIE BURKES @BurkesTDR Candice Barwick was 10 years old when her school disappeared.

Unfortunately, such largescale vanishing acts were all too common in August 2005, the month Hurricane Katrina demolished Barwick’s alma mater, Arabi Elementary, in just days.

LSU Community Bound, a program dedicated to giving back to the East Baton Rouge Parish public school system, partnered with the St. Bernard Project on Saturday as they reconstructed sites damaged by Katrina and touched up schools in the Baton Rouge area in commemoration of the storm’s 10th anniversary.

The event boasted nearly 900 volunteers — the largest number in Community Bound history.

Volunteers from St. Bernard Parish established the St. Bernard Project following Katrina’s devastation to provide aid to areas ravaged by the storm. Since its establishment in 2005, the project has renovated more than 900 homes over the past decade and helped restore Barwick’s hometown of Chalmette.

Volunteer LSU, the organization that hosts Community Bound, originated as an effort of 40 volunteers to help restore Baton Rouge after Katrina.

Today, its outreach includes 43,000 students and 6,000 school employees.

Community Bound volunteers worked in Baton Rouge on Saturday, while St. Bernard Project volunteers headed to New Orleans.

Barwick was one of the 789 volunteers in Baton Rouge. As subcommittee chair of marketing and communications for Volunteer LSU, Barwick led groups of mostly incoming freshmen to work at Tara High School.

She said she wanted to give back to her college community

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Community Bound volunteers partnered with the St. Bernard Project Saturday to reconstruct sites damaged by Katrina in honor of the storm’s 10th anniversary.

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“They got a new perspeclike volunteers from the St. Bernard Project did when they tive because they’ve never seen what it was really like in helped out her hometown.

“I think it’s our role,” Bar- New Orleans and what people wick said. “We need to give had to go through,” Celestine back. We’re given so much in said. life. It doesn’t take much for us Celestine was one of the to give back and help out.” many Ogden Honors students Though the who worked the bulk of the Comevent. Jonathan munity Bound ‘I think it’s our role. We Earle, dean of group went to need to give back. We’re the Ogden HonBaton Rouge logiven so much in life, it ors College, said cations, about doesn’t take much for us the event is pop110 students and to give back and help out.’ ular with his students. leaders volunteered in New He said freshCANDICE BARWICK, man year of the Orleans.

They prepared seven Volunteer LSU subcommitee chair of honors program marketing and communications is devoted to the u n i n h abitable type of commuhomes for renovations spearheaded by the St. nity service sorely needed in Bernard Project, set to take East Baton Rouge schools. place in various New Orleans “East Baton Rouge Parish locations. is really underfunded,” Earle Kinesiology junior Shyrece said. “A lot of people send their Celestine painted ceilings and kids to private schools, and doors, wiped down walls and [public schools] get worse and dug out grout between tiles for worse.”

Site 7, the site of an uninhabitLSU President F. King Alable home, to prepare it for the exander, who volunteered at final steps of the reconstruc- Tara High, joined Earle in his tion process. efforts.

Celestine said her team of Alexander said Community students, who were in elemen- Bound reflects students’ attitary school when the hurricane tudes toward service. struck the city, gained fresh “It shows the community insight on the atmosphere of what this generation can do,” New Orleans after the storm.

Alexander said.

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Harris makes little headway in LSU quarterback battle

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR The circumstances have changed since August 2014, but the speculation continues a year later as the same two options at quarterback stare LSU coach Les Miles in the face.

Despite his frontrunner status, sophomore Brandon Harris is still battling junior Anthony Jennings for the starting quarterback job with fall camp coming to a close. While Miles downplays the drama of the announcement, he doesn’t appear to be any closer to officially giving either player the nod for the Tigers’ opening game against McNeese State on Sept. 5.

Throughout the summer, the recurring sentiment from the 11th-year coach is significantly improvement by both players.

The only distinction between them is the number of reps Harris has received with the first-team offense in fall practice, which was “half a dozen or so” more than what Jennings received in the team’s Aug. 15 scrimmage, Miles said.

That improvement, though, is tough to quantify.

Miles didn’t distinguish between the two signal callers’ performances in the Tigers’ first scrimmage, mentioning only a 20-for-34 total passing clip. After the second scrimmage on Saturday, Miles shed a little more light on the situation, saying the quarterbacks combined for 250 yards and seven passing touchdowns and one interception.

THE STANDARD, from page 1 But the upsides of living in The Standard are slowly evaporating with each delay the complex encounters, future residents say. “[The Standard management] told us the delay would happen via email right after they closed, so we couldn’t call them about it,” business senior Joseph LaCour said. “Then they started offering us compensation.”

To make up for the delays, Landmark Properties, the development company behind The Standard, offered to place expected residents in hotels and pay them the same amount per day they would be paying to live in the complex.

These hotels, located across the Baton Rouge area, include the Staybridge Suites Baton Rouge Southgate location on Nicholson Drive and Chase Suite Hotel Baton Rouge on Corporate Boulevard. For each day the future residents stay in a hotel, the monetary equivalent of a day’s rent in The Standard will be taken off their September rent.

Some residents have been in hotels for almost two weeks now.

Miles also said Harris completed “probably” 12-of-17 passes and rushed for 16 yards on five carries, but Jennings “probably threw for more touchdowns.”

Other than that, the coach hasn’t gone into any more details of possible differences.

In fact, Miles believes the quarterbacks share more in common than most fans would believe, and he’s open to the possibility for both to play on a situational basis.

“There’s more similarities than there are differences,” Miles said at LSU Media Day. “I would not hesitate to make a call if there was a real advantage to one over the other in a situation. Again, they’re both competing for that first game. Again, they’re very similar.

“I think Brandon is obviously a little bit more explosive, but Anthony is a little bit more veteran.”

Harris steps to the forefront following a forgettable freshman season, during which he appeared in nine games with nine total touchdowns and two interceptions. Though Harris nearly led a 24-point comeback in a loss to Mississippi State and accounted for five scores in a blowout of New Mexico State, he stumbled in his only start of the season against Auburn, completing just 3-of-14 passes before being replaced by Jennings in the second half of a 41-7 loss.

From there, the Bossier City, Louisiana, native played sparingly in only two more games the rest of the season.

His sporadic play was mostly due to a self-acknowledged lack of command for the offense and discomfort under center, which he attempted to rectify this summer with more attention to detail and training sessions with quarterback coach George Whitfield in San Diego. Harris also added more than 20 pounds to his 6-foot-3 frame, an improvement he considers significant.

“That was one thing [strength and conditioning coordinator Tommy Moffitt] and I and [offensive coordinator Cam Cameron] talked about before I left in May and went out to San Diego was to come back in the proper weight,” Harris said. “They asked, and I tried to do [that].”

When Harris returned from the West Coast quarterback school, the door for him to claim the starting job opened even further when Jennings was arrested, and subsequently suspended, for unauthorized entry into a dwelling with a current and former teammate.

Although Jennings missed most of the summer workouts, he was reinstated prior to the start of fall camp. But Miles would not reveal if last season’s primary starter would miss any potential game action.

The Marietta, Georgia, native acknowledged the off-thefield incident was an “immature act,” and said he’s grateful for the opportunity to suit up again for the Tigers.

“You can’t take football, scholarships or LSU for granted,” Jennings said.

“This is

As the 2015 football season approaches, the battle for the quarterback starting position continues. Les Miles has given few details about his pick for the season.

Those who decided to live with friends or family instead of a hotel room are compensated double the per-day rate of those staying in hotels. The Standard is also giving gift cards to future residents as extra consolation.

“I’m staying with my cousin for the two weeks I have to wait,” marketing junior Victoria Rushing said. “I’m not necessarily excited to get up there because there’s not something I can be decorating, and I don’t know where I’m supposed to put my stuff.”

Even with another twoweek delay, there is no guarantee the residents will move in on Sept. 7, and some are asking to break their leases to find a more stable place to live.

Posts from those angered by the setbacks mark the The Standard’s public Facebook page.

But even when residents move in, there is a possibility work may still need to be done to their living area and the rest of the building.

Rushing said a friend moved into The Standard, and his room was still being painted.

“I’m guessing it’s just little bitty things to get done,” Rushing said. “But I’m hearing it could be longer than [Sept. 7]

so we’ll see.”

LaCour also was able to move into his apartment Aug. 15, but he already has observed many reasons why residents wouldn’t be able to live in certain parts of the building, such as incomplete construction. “[When he arrived,] the electricity wasn’t working in the hallways,” LaCour said. “It looked like an upgraded version of a crack house ... but when you go inside the room, everything looks nice.”

LaCour said some of the floors remain unfinished, as well as the two heavily advertised pools, gym, parking garage and clubhouse.

“It’s like we’re paying for the whole product but only getting half of what we paid for,” LaCour said.

When he asked leasing agents to explain the delays, LaCour said The Standard blamed the City of Baton Rouge Department of Public Works without going into detail.

“If you’re building a multimillion dollar property, then you should know to not move a majority of your residents in when the parking garage isn’t even done,” LaCour said. “They can do better. I have faith that they will.”

The Standard has opened its doors to residents but is still heavily under constrution.

Some students have been put up in hotels until their apartments are completed.

something you get once in a lifetime. It was tremendously missed while I was gone, and I obviously know how much it really means to me.”

Unlike other positions where substitutions are more frequent, the quarterback competition draws questions of contention between the two players off the field.

But Jennings and Harris agreed what happens between the white lines is about pushing one another to improve and has

nothing to do with their personal relationship. “We can be friends, and we can also push each other to our limits,” Jennings said. “I think that he is doing the same with me. Every time, we’re correcting each other if we miss a step here or miss a step there.

But also when he throws the perfect pass, I’m right there to cheer him up.

“It’s great to see him getting better each and every practice, and I’m going to let him know that.”

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Middleton Library offers book delivery for faculty, staff

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh

with the LSU Libraries within never leave the library, such as three to four business days of government documents, are the request. not included in the delivery Kelsey said she expects service, Kelsey said. widespread use of the program While there is no curonce classes start because fac- rent plan to expand the serulty and staff requests brought vice for on-campus students, about the service.

Kelsey said she Books 2 Geaux wouldn’t “rule is available while ‘We’re always trying to get anything out,” class is in session, people to use the library but was uncerand borrowers and make their lives easier tain if Middleton can check out up and provide easier access could support to eight books per initiative to books — real books.’ the day through the with so many LSU Libraries onstudents on SIGRID KELSEY, line request form. campus. director of library communications “Just looking at However, effective services there are other we can offer our faculty and library initiatives available to staff, that was a natural one to students. offer since people have asked Funded by the LSU Stufor it,” Kelsey said. dent Technology Fee, the But there is no pickup ser- Gear 2 Geaux program offers vice, Kelsey said, so participat- computing devices such as laping staff will still make the trek tops, iPads and cameras for to Middleton once their books check-out. expire.

The e-textbook initiative Participating faculty and LSU Libraries began last fall staff are subject to the same allows an unlimited numrestrictions as in-person li- ber of students to checkout brary users. Materials that e-textbooks for free.

Students who run into their professors outside the classroom may be seeing less of them in an unexpected place — Middleton Library.

As the new semester gets underway, LSU Libraries is offering a new service to faculty and staff: book delivery to departmental mailboxes.

Sigrid Kelsey, director of library communications and publications, said the initiative is part of LSU Libraries’ continuing effort to make materials easily accessible to the LSU community.

“We’re always trying to get people to use the library and make their lives easier and provide easier access to books, real books,” Kelsey said. “It all goes along with just improving our services.”

Through the Books 2 Geaux program, student workers in Middleton will deliver books to departmental mailboxes for faculty and staff registered

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LSU Libraries is implementing a new service to deliver books directly to University students and faculty.

Though Middleton has been offering e-textbooks for several years, getting the word out to students has become a top priority, not only as a money saving method for students but as a way for the library to keep up

with modern trends.

“For the students, it’s great that you know about our e-textbooks because that’s something that we’ve really been trying to make sure all students know about,” Kelsey said.

BACK TO SCHOOL:

BY SARAH LEBOEUF @sarahleb

What are you wearing on the first day of school?

‘I got this nice new shirt from Plato’s [Closet] ... It’s red. It’s [a] geometric kind of design. It has leather padding on the shoulders. It’s a reddish color, and there’s some kind of green.’

‘I plan on wearing just a plain gray shirt, some distressed jeans with holes in them, and I’m probably going to wear some Air Jordans too, just to stunt a little bit.’

Cathy Ho

Jordan Green

biology junior

marketing sophomore

‘I’m going to wear my practice cheerleading uniform, which is going to be a grey shirt and purple shorts, I think, with my Nike tennis shoes.’

‘Just a T-shirt and some shorts. It’s going to be hot so I want to be real comfortable, so no sweatpants, no jeans.’

Trey’on Carter

Callie Frey

business administration sophomore

kinesiology freshman

‘I’m probably going to wear like shorts and a T-shirt ... probably Converse or some tennis shoes, something casual.’

‘Probably just a nice pair of shorts and a polo shirt.’

Ali Cravinis

Collin Dryoff

biology freshman

chemical engineering graduate student

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Eco-friendly residential hall creates additional campus housing

BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR At first glance, the newly built Cypress Hall, which opened its doors to 330 incoming students on Move-In Day, looks like any other LSU dorm.

The red-tiled roofing and unmarked beige walls are similar to most campus structures. Yet the building hosts a new housing experience for freshmen in the College of Human Sciences and Education. Located next to the Greek Amphitheatre on the north edge of the Enchanted Forest, Cypress Hall is the first residence hall on campus elligible to earn a Leadership

in Energy and Environmental Design certification, according to the LSU Department of Residential Life website.

“It has a lot of sustainable features that our other buildings don’t have,” said Residential Life associate director of communications and development Catherine David.

Amenities include low-flow shower heads and toilets, solar panels, water bottle filling stations, indoor bike racks and self-sustaining thermostats.

Painted with low-toxic paint and constructed partially from recyclable material, Cypress Hall also boasts trenches in the courtyard for rainwater

collection and storm runoff.

David said the rainwater collection will reduce erosion by allowing nearby plants to filter storm waste.

David said a LEED-certified building is not only good for the environment, but is also more cost efficient.

“It is a bit more expensive to build it up front because of the materials and the things that go into it, but in the long term, there will be cost savings with the energy efficiency,” David said.

The environmentallyfriendly features also appeal to some incoming residents.

“I do like the thermostats,”

said kinesiology freshman Cameron Badinger. “They don’t go past 70, so if somebody’s not in their room, they’re not using up too much energy for a cold room that nobody’s in.”

Residents said Cypress Hall fosters a welcoming atmosphere of community.

“I’ve never lived in a dorm before, but it just makes me feel like I’m at home,” said kinesiology freshman Deja Vercher.

Along with classrooms and faculty offices common in all residential colleges, there is a studio classroom for kinesiology courses. Cypress Hall also has outdoor classrooms, study spaces and courtyards.

CYPRESS HALL New residential hall opens doors to students photos by JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ / The Daily Reveille

Though residents already moved in, an official ribbon cutting for Cypress Hall is set for Sept. 17.

Renovations to Evangeline Hall and the construction of Spruce Hall were set to begin over the summer but postponed after bond sales to fund the construction were pulled, David said.

This next stage of construction is now scheduled to begin in summer 2016 as part of a plan to rebuild and renovate the residential halls.

“We’re in a constant cycle of construction and renovation to keep up with the demand,” David said.

low-flow shower heads and toilets solar panels water bottle filling stations indoor bike racks self-sustaining thermostats low-toxic paint trenches to collect rainwater energy-efficient windows outdoor classrooms and study spaces

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Next Man Up Shared mentality drives Tigers’ secondary MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR In most cases, the phrase “next man up” is the epitome of coach speak.

It’s usually a part of the rhetoric used to quell the panic around a key injury or explain away the effect of a suspension.

But throughout the Les Miles era, the Tigers’ defensive backs have used “next man up” as a mantra to continue the tradition of “Defensive Back University” by inspiring players to take advantage of every opportunity, no matter the circumstances.

This season is no different. With three-year starter Jalen Mills sidelined with a lower leg injury, junior safety Rickey Jefferson is being thrust into the starting lineup.

“It’s something I’m not trying to get too excited about,” Jefferson said. “I’m just trying to just do my job the best that I can. I’m blessed to be in this position. I’m sorry about what happened, but I’m looking forward to it.”

The tradition surrounding the “next man up” mentality has roots in one of the most famous secondaries in LSU history – 2011’s squad featuring Morris “Mo” Claiborne and Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu.

Despite being overshadowed by Patrick Peterson in 2010, Claiborne stepped into the national spotlight in 2011. He led the country with 173 interception return yards, while tallying a team-leading six interceptions and tied for the team-lead with 12 passes deflections.

Claiborne, a Shreveport, Louisiana, native, followed in Peterson’s steps by becoming the second Tiger to win the Jim Thorpe Award for the best defensive consecutive back in the nation after Peterson took the honor in 2010.

While Claiborne led the Tigers in picks, Mathieu tied the Tigers’ single-season record for forced fumbles with five and tied Eric Reid for the team-lead in tackles with 76 in 2011.

As a pair, Claiborne and Mathieu were the first corners from the same school to both be named to The Associated Press’ All-America First Team.

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FOOTBALL

LSU No. 14 in opening Associated Press poll Defending champ Ohio State takes the top spot

BY JACOB HAMILTON @jhamilton_TDR The LSU football team opens the 2015 season ranked in the top 15 of the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for the fifthstraight year, the AP released Sunday.

The AP slates LSU as the No. 14 college football team in the nation, its lowest preseason ranking since checking in at No. 21 in 2010. The Tigers started last season at No. 13 in the same poll and finished unranked after losing to Notre Dame, 31-28, in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to collegepolltracker.com, LSU was slated as high as No. 2 nationally by one voter, while another left the Tigers off their ballot entirely.

The Tigers are one of eight Southeastern Conference teams in the top 25 and are the fourth-ranked team in the conference behind No. 3 Alabama, No. 6 Auburn and No. 9 Georgia.

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New look defensive line expects same old success

BY JACOB HAMILTON @jhamilton_TDR The LSU football team’s defensive line is different from the last season’s front line — the No. 1 defense in the Southeastern Conference.

Sophomore defensive tackle Davon Godchaux and junior DT Christian LaCouture are slated to return as starters at the tackle positions for the second-straight season, while junior defensive ends Tashawn Bower and Lewis Neal man the edges.

Bower and Neal are tasked with replacing Danielle Hunter and Jermauria Rasco. Hunter, who skipped his senior season to enter the NFL draft, and Rasco combined for 144 tackles, 20.5 tackles for a loss and 5.5 sacks during the 2014 campaign.

Although the defensive line has just 23 career starts among them, Bower said a lack of

experience isn’t a problem. Every starting defensive lineman has played in at least 19 games in his career, and LSU coach Les Miles said there is no lack of talent at the position.

“The interior guys are tough to block. LaCouture and Godchaux are horses,” Miles said. “Our guys want in that backfield. There’s an immediate pass rush that’s taking place.”

But a personnel change isn’t the only new part of LSU’s defensive line.

The Tigers underwent a schematic change over the offseason after Miles hired defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and eccentric defensive line coach Ed Orgeron to replace John Chavis and Brick Haley.

Bower said the new names brought a new culture to help the defensive line — and the entire defense in general — improve on last year’s defensive rating.

“We emphasize effort, tackling and turnovers,” Steele said. “If you do those three things, you’re going have a chance. We emphasize it every day. We start the meeting with it every day. We have a video with the turnovers from the day before. We’re teaching a turnover circuit every day in practice that teaches different elements of turnovers.”

Godchaux, who recorded 42 tackles during his freshman season, echoed Bower’s statement and said the Tiger defensive line will have a breakthrough season after its sack numbers decreased each of the last three seasons, from 39 in 2011 to 19 last season.

The Tigers have a talented depth on the line, which will help them have fresh legs on the field at all times.

Miles said sophomore

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New LSU defensive coordinator Kevin Steele was introduced to the media on Jan. 14 in the Moran Family Center for Athletics Administration.

Steele optimistic for first season with Tigers New defensive coordinator focusing on turnovers

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR The last time first-year LSU defensive coordinator Kevin Steele held the same position in college football, it was a tumultuous three-year period.

Sandwiched between two stints at Alabama, Steele led a Clemson defense that ranked 46th, 18th and 100th in total defense, respectively, from 2009-11.

The high point came in 2010 when his defense led the Atlantic Coast Conference in points allowed. But after accumulating 21 interceptions — tying the team for fifth in the nation in 2009 — Steele’s defenses never achieved more than 15 in his final two years.

In that period, Clemson’s sack numbers decreased each year, and it never recovered more than nine fumbles in a season.

While those numbers might be alarming for fans in Baton Rouge, what Steele inherits this season is something he lacked at Clemson — an experienced defense, which finished atop its conference last season.

The Tigers have yet to play a meaningful snap, but the new coordinator can already see what separates this defense from others he’s led.

“This is a very fast group of guys,” Steele said at LSU Media Day. “They’re extremely competitive. You just got to open the door of the cage, and they’ll go hunt. You don’t have to get them riled up or tell them a story. All you have to do is snap it, and they’ll go play.”

Though LSU led the conference in total defense in 2014,

Steele has placed an emphasis on creating turnovers, an area the Tigers struggled with the last two years under former defensive coordinator John Chavis. LSU notched just 20 turnovers last season, which was only one more than the amount in 2013 but 13 less takeaways than in 2012.

Creating turnovers is something Steele goes over every day with his defense, starting meetings with film of turnovers from the previous day of practice and then running drills designed to teach different ways to steal the ball. But the mindset is the key, Steele said.

“You increase turnovers by getting them and just being ball hawks,” Steele said. “It’s a mentality. We emphasize effort, tackling and turnovers.

If you do those three things, you’re going to have a chance.”

Steele also is tasked with finding ways to create more sacks. LSU recorded just 19 sacks in 2014, which tied for 103rd in the nation and 13th in the Southeastern Conference.

With the increased use of up-tempo offenses, Steele acknowledged getting to the quarterback becomes more difficult when the ball is released quickly, and statistics can be misleading if pass rushers are creating havoc.

Forcing a tough throw, altering the quarterback’s vision and swatting the ball at the line of scrimmage are all aspects that are equally important in creating a pass rush, Steele said.

“If it’s catch, snap and throw, it’s hard to get a sack,” Steele said. “There’s a lot of that in this league now. “... You got to be fair in judging [statistics]. We’ve evaluated more on drop-back pass ... and then the pressure on the passer in those situations.”

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Monday, August 24, 2015 NEXT, from page 7 “I like [Claiborne’s] ball skills, how he tracks the ball in midair on deep routes or slant,” said sophomore defensive back Ed Paris. “I like how Patrick Peterson covers when he’s in man-to-man positions. I like how Tyrann just flies all around when a running back is holding the ball and just strips it out.”

Although Claiborne and Mathieu stepping up after Peterson left for the NFL in 2011 reflects the “next man up” mentality, then-freshman Mills’ response when Mathieu was dismissed from the team in August 2012 represents how the unit embraces adversity.

When he first stepped onto campus, Mills said he didn’t expect to start with Mathieu slated as the starting nickel back heading into the season.

But Mathieu was dismissed, and Mills was the next man up.

“It was hard,” Mills said. “The deal was Tyrann [was] the starting nickel at first. Then the deal happened with him, and then they moved me into that starting job. Those were some big shoes to fill, of course. Around that time, guys accepted me, and I accepted that role.”

Mills responded by recording 57 tackles, five pass break up and seven passes defended in 13 starts during 2012. Mills was named to the Freshman AllAmerica First Team team by Sporting News.

In true “next man up” fashion, it is Mills who is now

being replaced after starting every game during his first three seasons.

“It was tough,” said sophomore safety Jamal Adams.

“We’re going to bounce back.

[Mills is] going to be right in the mix with us in mid-season or whenever he comes back.

You know the next man up.

That’s how it’s always been at LSU.” Although Mills is the only senior starter in the secondary, the Tigers have plenty of experience on the back end with Adams and junior defensive back

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Tre’Davious White, who have played in a combined 39 games with 26 starts.

With Jefferson taking over Mills’ safety spot, Adams is tasked with becoming the vocal leader in the secondary.

“I took on a little bit more [of a] role of being vocal [in the first practice after Mills’ injury],” Adams said. “When Jalen was here, he was helping that side, and I was focusing on that one. When I was out there in the second practice, I was trying to be more vocal to the whole entire secondary and defense.”

page 11 D-LINE, from page 7 defensive tackles Greg Gilmore and Frank Herron will be key cogs in the trenches off the bench, and he lauded freshman defensive ends Arden Key and Isaiah Washington’s talents, saying the pair will “stay in a close-to-the-field position” on gameday to frequently relieve Bower and Neal. “[Arden] is going to make a great impact, he just has to keep coming along,” Bower said. “He’s doing so well learning the playbook and really learning how to do well at his position in college. Same

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LSU sophomore defensive back Tre’Davious White (16) congratulates sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson (29) following an interception against Florida last season.

thing with Isaiah Washington. We have a lot of guys who are stepping up and are going to be on that sideline role just like Arden.”

Godchaux said bringing the LSU defensive line back to prominence is a large order, but he is looking forward to it.

“A lot of people have been saying DBU — we have great DBs and we have great linebackers — but our defensive line is the core,” Bower said. “We are going to have that mentality that the defensive line is where it all starts and that’s what people are going to talk about first.”

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Native Louisianian and recruiting specialist Ed Ergeron joined the Tigers as the program’s new defensive coordinator in January.

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Students should comply with underage drinking laws SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist Hundreds of Greek men will storm Tigerland’s various bars tonight for boy’s bid day. Crowded with people ranging in age and social cliques each night, Tigerland serves as one of the most dangerous parts of LSU culture.

The neighborhood is plagued with many issues like wandering bar-hoppers coupled with the threat of dangerous drivers. The most irritating part of the entire environment is the majority of the present issues could be combated by one simple idea: Make it harder for minors to purchase alcohol.

It’s illegal for anyone under 21 to drink if not in a private residence with a parent, guard-

ian or spouse. The lack of adults and the flirtatious mannerisms of Tigerland bargoers indicate none of these requirements are met within the confines of Tigerland. Even though underage consumption of alcohol is illegal, it appears to be one of the most laxly enforced laws in Louisiana.

Fake IDs and making friends with those of age help the majority of minors at Tigerland bypass these laws.

But combating these issues is not as difficult as it was in past years. There’s a free iPhone and Android app that can detect an ID’s validity through the phone’s camera. If bouncers added this weapon to their arsenal of brawn, they would be better prepared to fight this formidable form of forgery.

Increasing the number of cops stationed around Tigerland would also help discourage people from making the decision

to drink in the first place. The fear imposed by officers would help remind teens they are not untouchable and the law applies to everyone.

If people sporadically chose laws to ignore, we would live in chaos. The fantasies of the Hollywood blockbuster ”The Purge” would become our reality. There are inconsistencies with the weight certain laws hold with various people. Polygamy’s acceptance in Utah may seem foreign to the monogamists of Louisiana, but that does not make Utah’s marital law any less real.

The same issue exists with underaged drinking: Even though the law seems ludicrous to Tigerland attendees, that does not make it legal.

I understand we live in a college town, and underaged drinking can’t be stopped altogether.

Drinking will continue to exist in private residences, but at least

minors are a bit safer there. The confines of one’s residence offer sanctuary to the intoxicated and the public. Driving home is not required, and there is less contact with other people.

For the intoxicated, invincibility is a common mentality. Ironically, people are most vulnerable while under the influence. According to a study from the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the amygdala, insula and parahippocampal gyrus are inhibited while under the influence of alcohol.

These parts of the brain are involved in fear and avoidance.

Lack of fear spurs dangerous decision making. Laws prohibiting underaged drinking exist not only to promote the safety of the drinker but also to protect the public.

The brain continues developing rapidly from age 21 to 25, and alcohol can inhibit this growth.

For the most part, underaged drinking leads to irresponsible drinking because people are inconsiderate to the repercussions of alcohol.

If we make it harder to consume alcohol in public, we are consequently protecting the drinkers and the general public. Car crashes are the leading cause of deaths for teens, and approximately 1/4 of these crashes involve alcohol, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If underage drinkers were more knowledgeable about the effects they could have on their environment, they might think twice about drinking irresponsibly. These laws aren’t present to limit fun but rather to limit harm.

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

Hillary: The competent and confident campaigner emerges BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES Columnist Hillary Clinton has a new attitude, and the Democratic presidential candidate is not afraid to show it.

At the recent Iowa Wing Ding dinner, she wowed skeptics at how much fire they saw her spew and at her newfound ability to take herself less seriously, according to a Politico report. In reference to what many are calling “Servergate,” she raved about her new Snapchat account because “those messages disappear all by themselves.”

Most strikingly, she was forceful in her declaration that there should be an end to mass incarceration, and we should all “say loudly and clearly, ‘Yes, black lives matter.’”

Her powerful invocation of that phrase was a double-edged attack. Not only does it show progressive millennials and black voters that she is in tune with the issues they care about, but it also was a subtle dig at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ issues with the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

She further enhanced her credit as the candidate for African-American voters when in

a private meeting with members of Black Lives Matter, she was unapologetic in telling them she believes you cannot change all hearts, instead you must change systems.

This acknowledgement of the daunting task ahead of her­— if she becomes the next president — is welcomed news to those who feel too often white politicians give peace rally platitudes instead of concrete, realistic answers to black voters.

But Clinton has not always been so forthcoming with voters.

In the 2008 primary race, Barack Obama attracted masses to his speeches and rallies while exciting supporters to donate to his campaign in record numbers.

He was successful in his campaigning because voters saw him as transparent.

It’s deja vu. Since Clinton announced her campaign, there are constant news stories about Sanders turning out massive crowds, exciting the Democratic progressive base and consistently nipping at her heels in the polls.

But during the first phase of the primary season, the Clinton camp hasn’t hit the panic button — instead, it ignores Sanders and chooses to attack Republicans.

She targeted her attacks specifically on contenders Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

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This strategy has led to many in the political class wondering if this is the best plan. Her tactics seem to give off a sense of inevitability — that she’ll land in the White House no matter what. This sense of entitlement was a curse to her campaign in 2008, making her team fight too late in the game to counter the upswell of support for Obama.

With the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary quickly approaching, Clinton stepped up her forcefulness at campaign appearances and shed some of the more sober aspects of her campaign.

She and her team are now beginning to open up her personality to the people. As this race continues, her willingness to fight for the

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ordinary people will shine through, and she will gain the respect of non-supporters. Clinton and her team should be confident that her new attitude combined with her résumé will lead to victory.

Garrett Hines is a 21-year-old political science senior from Monroe, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @garrettH_tdr.

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TOPS, from page 1 The commission also passed a measure allowing students to boost their GPAs during the summer.

The meeting took place two months after a tumultuous legislative session for higher education, which faced nearly $600 million in budget cuts.

Under previous rules, students who received a TOPS scholarship could use intersessions and the summer semester to attain the award’s required hours and end the suspension of their TOPS status but not to achieve the GPA standards required to keep their scholarships.

Students who received the award can now use the summer to achieve the TOPS cumulative GPA standards without losing their stipend.

The LSU system accounted for more than $99 million in state TOPS award money in the 2014-15 school year, and nearly 30 percent of students in the LSU system receive TOPS, including a quarter of students at the Baton Rouge campus, according to the commission’s statistics.

Alexander said if scholarships wipe out state funding for institutions, they become irrelevant.

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“A scholarship to nowhere doesn’t get you anything,” Alexander said.

The state appropriation for TOPS is about $265 million this year, while the program’s costs will come close to $285 million.

Hart said the Board of Regents, the Office of Planning and Budget and the legislative fiscal staff were aware of the discrepancy.

Sujuan Boutte, executive director of LOSFA, addressed the cost gaps between award money and student fees for low-income students, reporting community concerns.

“Parents are calling me saying TOPS is not doing what it needs to do,” Boutte said.

One student who lived at home owed a total of $4,000 after a scholarship covered tuition, Boutte said.

Referencing an article by the Institute for College Access and Success, Boutte said costs not related to tuition make up the majority of college costs, and low-income students are more likely to graduate with debt — even with free tuition.

The commission’s meeting agenda detailed the cost gap for LSU students receiving the maximum federal Pell Grant. Students without TOPS need nearly $15,000 in assistance, while those with

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TOPS still need $9,168 after receiving maximum federal awards.

Pell Grants are need-based disbursements to students, which don’t need to be repaid and are capped at $5,775 this school year.

LOSFA Communications Director Gus Wales gave updates on TOPS seminars and financial aid workshops conducted over the summer and attended by hundreds

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of Louisiana students and parents.

The commission’s programs aim to help students and parents navigate the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

and other financial assistance programs.

Boutte reported that 750 Louisiana students incorrectly filled out their FAFSA this year.

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Student Involvement Fair

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LSU Student Union Theater An annual celebration of African American culture designed to welcome and empower all students for the new academic year.

Thursday Night Live: Game night

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LSU Student Union Ballroom

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LSU Free Speech Circle

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