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Medical school proposed for Baton Rouge

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BY Savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com

BY tyler fontenot tfontenot@lsureveille.com

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is proposing a fouryear medical school and diabetes and obesity center in Baton Rouge, hiring consulting firm Perkins+Will Global to prepare a master plan with four key components to improve health care in the Baton Rouge area.

In this project, BRAF hopes to change the health care market by adding more options.

Beverly Moore, director of civic leadership initiatives for BRAF, said they plan to build a diabetes and obesity center as a flagship institution. Moore said the center will help identify the Baton Rouge health district as a world-class health provider.

Moore also said BRAF plans to add a four-year medical school that differs from other state schools.

The medical school will offer interdisciplinary joint degree

From the outside, Sockit Studio looks like every other red brick building in the warehouse district of northeast Baton Rouge.

On the inside, however, is a professional audio recording studio that offers University students a chance to get high-quality recordings of their music at comparatively low costs.

In 2000, studio owner and engineer Devon Kirkpatrick converted the building from a warehouse to a bona fide studio, where musicians from around the city and world come to record their material.

After graduating from Full Sail University in 1994, Kirkpatrick got his start in the music recording industry first at Unique Studios, and then at Sony Studios in New York City.

“When I first started working at Sony, I was like a kid in a candy

store,” Kirkpatrick said. “All of the equipment I had access to was just mind-boggling. Previously, I had been handing out completed tracks to major label artists on cassette tapes, so when I saw the guys at Sony using software like Protools to do multi-track recording with such flexibility, I was blown away.”

Thus, Kirkpatrick was part of the first wave of recording engineers to master the use of recording software rather than tape machines.

Sockit has played host to musicians working in a variety of genres, including local bluesman Tom Carver and gospel groups like The Williams Brothers.

Ester Dean’s tracks for the film “Pitch Perfect 2” were also recorded in Sockit Studio.

These days, however, much of what comes out of Sockit Studio is hip-hop and rap.

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Sockit Studio

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The studio is located at 10379 Mammoth Ave. in Baton Rouge.

A studio session costs $30 to $50 per hour.

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New Orleans rapper Harrison Prehn performs a track Sunday in one of the two recording rooms offered at Sockit Studio.

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President F. King Alexander’s contract extended to 2019 BY quint forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com

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President F. King Alexander listens Friday to Steven Goldsmith’s report to the Board of Supervisors about making parking more efficient at the administration building.

A year after a controversial hiring process and a new consolidation of administrative powers, LSU’s Board of Supervisors extended University President F. King Alexander’s contract to 2019 at their Friday, Sept. 12 meeting.

Alexander’s salary will remain at $600,000 per fiscal year.

Following Alexander’s presidential address, board members heaped praises on their 2013 hire.

“You impress me every day.

We’re just so lucky to have you,” said board member Chester “Lee” Mallett.

Outgoing board chairman Robert Yarborough quoted lyrics to an Eagles song when asking Alexander to continue at the University.

“You can check out, but we’d rather you didn’t,” Yarborough said.

Newly appointed Chairwoman Ann Duplessis also jumped in on the commendations and said the board had “found a gem” in Alexander.

LSU’s Board of Supervisors, selected by Gov. Bobby Jindal, hired Alexander on March 27, 2013.

At the meeting, Alexander gave a presentation to the board detailing the University’s current rankings in a variety of fields, such as graduation rates and graduate student loan defaults.

Compared to 45 other flagship schools, Alexander said the University had the 29th highest first-year retention rate and the 19th highest starting salaries

for graduates.

Alexander also said the University placed 42nd on the amount of funds spent on students, and stressed the idea of LSU as a university with low inputs and high outputs.

Alexander’s data followed rankings from earlier this month

by U.S. News and World Report, which named LSU 63rd overall among public universities in the nation.

Alexander questioned how accurately U.S. News and World Report reflected the status of LSU. “[The organization’s rankings are] kind of like having a preseason football ranking,” Alexander said. “No matter what happens throughout the season, the ranking stays the same.”

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Nation & World

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Upcoming independence vote opens generation gap THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GLASGOW, Scotland — Across Scotland, dinner table talk is heating up as families argue over how to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum. A generation gap has opened up, with younger voters more inclined to back independence and their elders tending to say they want to remain in the United Kingdom.

Support for the status quo is strongest among the over60s, who worry about the consequences that breaking free would have on pensions, health care and savings; the pro-independence movement is largely being driven by under-40s.

Neck-and-neck in the polls, the rival campaigns have called on core supporters to make a last ditch attempt to swing the vote by making the debate a family affair.

The young have been urged to visit parents and grandparents to explain why they should support separation. The ‘No’ camp has launched a counteroffensive by asking seniors to win young hearts and minds with their wisdom.

“I was so proud of my grandpa when he told me he was

voting ‘Yes’ that I burst into tears,” said 23-year-old Miriam Brett, a campaigner for Generation Yes. “A ‘Yes’ vote means so much to my generation. We want to let all our grandparents know that their future is secure in our hands, and with a ‘Yes’ we can build a better future for ourselves and for our children.”

The ‘No’ camp is trailing in every age group except the over-60s. Polls indicate more than 63 percent of that age group is expected to vote in favor of the union. As older people are more likely to be on the electoral roll, there has been a huge drive to get younger people engaged in the Yes campaign.

Interest in the referendum is sky high. A total of 4,285,323 people, or 97 percent of the voting-age population, have registered to vote in the referendum.

That’s an increase of 300,000 compared to registration figures in 2012.

The turnout for Thursday’s ballot could exceed 85 percent, compared to the just over 50 percent who voted in the last Scottish Parliament elections in 2011, and the 63.8 percent who turned out for the 2010 UK election.

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Six-month-old Caitlin Tierney chews a ‘YES’ banner on Tuesday and is held by her mother Emma Connell as Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond meets with Scots.

Among the electorate are 124,000 16- and 17-year-olds who will be voting for the first time. Many of these new voters are expected to support independence. But conventional wisdom holds that older voters are more likely to actually cast their ballots, a factor that could help the Better Together campaign.

First Minister Alex Salmond described the Generation Yes campaign as “inspired” and said young voters now have a great excuse to pop around their grandparents’ house for a traditional Sunday lunch.

The Better Together camp says older voters have a wealth of experience to impart on younger ones.

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New SheTaxi app locates female taxi drivers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Sometimes a woman can be hard to find — if you’re looking for one behind the wheel of a taxi in New York City.

Less than 3 percent of the city’s 115,000 licensed taxi, livery and limousine drivers are women, and that can be a problem for women who are reluctant to get into a cab alone with a male driver because of safety concerns or religious and social mores.

A new app called SheTaxi locates taxis with a woman behind the wheel in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island. It launched Monday and will go live on Tuesday.

The drivers wear pink scarves to be easily identified.

“Why don’t we have female drivers exclusively for female riders? It would be nice to have that choice,” the app’s creator, Stella Mateo, told The Associated Press before the official launch. Her husband, Fernando Mateo, is founder of the industry group New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.

SheTaxi, called SheRides in New York City, has been two years in the making. It will be available for the iPhone initially, and an Android version is in the works. There also are plans

to expand to other cities.

Passengers pay their fare through the app using a credit or debit card. The drivers are independent contractors, and 100 women have signed up as drivers so far, Mateo said at a news conference Monday.

Taxi and Limousine Commission regulations say for-hire car services are prohibited from refusing customers. Mateo said female drivers registered with her app are free to pick up anyone they want; the app merely helps women who are looking for female drivers.

The city’s Human Rights Commissioner, Patricia Gatling, said the agency is reminding car service companies that denying service based on gender is illegal under city law.

Such requests are common among some religious communities, like among some Orthodox Jews and conservative Muslims, where social and cultural standards emphasize men and women staying in separate spheres.

“It’s sometimes a little difficult to keep up with the demands,” said Richard Tinel, assistant administrator at Brooklyn Radio Dispatch, which has about 10 women driving.

“We lose a lot of calls because we don’t have enough.”

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Louisiana Craft Brewers Week highlights state beers BY annie ourso Manship News Service During the second annual Louisiana Craft Brewers Week, Sept.

22-28, the state’s breweries will work with their distributors and retailers to host events, debut specialty beers and allow the public to meet the owners and brewers.

Last year, the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild and the Beer Industry League of Louisiana persuaded the Legislature to pass a resolution establishing an official Louisiana Craft Brewers Week in September.

“It was created in appreciation of craft brewers and to draw attention to their work,” said Conrad Rolling, executive director of the Guild.

Since the inaugural event last September, four new breweries have sprouted — ­­ 40 Arpent Brewing in Arabi, Gnarly Barley Brewing in Hammond and both Great Raft Brewing and Red River Brewing in Shreveport — bringing the state total to 11.

Because most breweries are concentrated in southern Louisiana, Rolling said, the two Shreveport breweries are the first to appear in the northern half of the state.

“It’s such an expanding industry and an industry that a lot of people aren’t particularly aware of,” Rolling said. “In the last few years, we’ve seen a ton of growth in Louisiana, and it has been extraordinarily successful.”

Craft brewing in Louisiana began in 1986 with the opening of the Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs.

It took nearly two decades before others popped up — Covington Brewing in 2005, New Orleans-based NOLA Brewing in 2008, Broussard-based Parish Brewing in 2009, Arnaudville-based Bayou Teche Brewing in 2009, Baton Rougebased Tin Roof Brewing in 2010 and Mandeville-based Chafunkta Brewing in 2011.

The seven veteran breweries, along with the new Gnarly Barley and 40 Arpent Brewing, will appear at the Louisiana Brewers Bash, a first-time event for Louisiana Craft Brewers Week, hosted by Bite and Booze at The Irish House in New Orleans on Sept. 24.

Brewers Bash will feature specialty beers from the nine breweries, Irish pub food and a chance for guests to meet brewery owners and staff.

According to the national Beer Institute in 2012, Louisiana ranked 11th in beer consumption per capita, but the national Brewers Association states that Louisiana ranks second to last in breweries per capita.

“We’re high in production, statistically, but the number and variety of breweries is still quite low,” Rolling said.

Great Raft Brewing president Andrew Nations, who opened his company in October 2013, said brewing in Shreveport was challenging but ultimately successful.

“This last year has been hectic, crazy busy, but our hometown here in Shreveport has been unbelievably supportive,” Nations said. “We’re expanding a lot faster than we thought.”

Events that Great Raft has planned for Louisiana Craft Brewers Week include Husk, Hull and Rind: a beer, wine and cheese tasting event, which will be held at the brewery Sept. 23 and again at Nonna restaurant in Monroe Sept. 24.

The brewery will also launch a new India Pale Lager — At Arm’s Length — Sept. 24 at Twisted Root Burger Co. in Shreveport and Sept. 25 at Great Raft Brewing. “[Craft Brewers Week] is a great opportunity for brewers around the state,” Nations said.

“We’re growing and making a name for our state.”

The state’s breweries also have individual events scheduled to celebrate Louisiana Craft Brewers Week.

NOLA Brewing, for instance, has events planned at restaurants in Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Covington and New Orleans. At the end of the week, NOLA wraps up with a tour and “Pour Decisions” on Sept. 26 at the NOLA Tap Room, where the taps will be swapped for 18 new specialty beers.

Meanwhile, in Acadiana, Bayou Teche Brewing will introduce two specialty beers, Teche Hombres and Mango Albino, at the Greenroom in downtown Lafayette on Sept. 23.

“We’re in Louisiana, and we’re brewing beer for people in Louisiana,” said Stephanie Knott of Bayou Teche Brewing. “Craft Brewers Week gets people excited about our breweries here.

This year is even better than last.

Even our distributors are getting involved. The entire week is a Louisiana craft beer takeover.”

Academics

E.J. Ourso College of Business holds Jumping Into Business week

BY Jayce Genco jgenco@lsureveille.com In a bill sponsored by Student Government Senator and finance junior Andrew Mahtook, Student Government allocated $3,000 out of its initiatives account to give to the E.J. Ourso College of Business for the second annual Jumping Into Business week, which Business College Council president Michael Grieshaber said cost $9,000 total.

Mahtook said the Student Government Senate took the money out of its initiatives account because the event falls under the guidelines of which the account funds can be used. The account had around $46,000 before the legislation was written.

Student organizations can receive money from Student Government by applying for funding.

Mahtook said the initiatives account is used as a “startup

account” to encourage student organizations’ own individual initiatives, but the account isn’t used often.

The College of Business sought $2,000 from three corporate sponsors, like the consulting firm Deloitte, but more funds were needed by the Business College Council.

Mahtook said Grieshaber approached him and asked for monetary assistance from Student Government.

“It comes down to students approaching us,” Mahtook said.

Grieshaber said having the Student Government funds “helps a great deal” because the event would have been on a smaller scale without the funds.

“We wouldn’t have funds for such a big event,” Grieshaber said.

Mahtook said the funds for Jumping Into Business week will help student organizations at-

tract students within the College of Business.

“It’s going directly to business students for the benefit of getting real-world business guidance,” Mahtook said.

The College of Business and Business College Council along with business fraternities, Alpha Kappa Psi and Pi Sigma Epsilon, are co-sponsoring the event, which aims to get more students involved in the College of Business’ student organizations.

The College of Business currently has about 20 student organizations, and each is trying to attract business college students.

Mahtook said the event is for students to “get face time with student organizations.”

Part of Jumping Into Business week will be a canned food drive among all 20 student organizations. The cans will be donated to the LSU Food Pantry.

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Miss America: more to worry about than red cup THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The new Miss America says there are more important things for people to worry about than her little red cup.

That was the message Monday from Kira Kazantsev, of New York, as some social media users panned her use of a plastic cup during the talent portion of Sunday night’s pageant finale in Atlantic City.

Kazantsev told The Associated Press she realizes everything she does now will be scrutinized and commented on. But she says she performed Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” while tapping a cup on the floor because that’s what she wanted to do, regardless of what anyone else might think.

“There are so many more important issues in this world that people should be worried about than my plastic cup,” she said Monday morning after taking the traditional dip in the Atlantic City surf the morning after winning the crown. “However, as Miss America, everything I do is scrutinized and I understand that. That’s part of the job.

“I hope people understand that’s just part of who I am, and I wanted to present myself that way I wanted to,” she said.

Her pageant causes include eliminating sexual assaults in the military and preventing domestic violence. The

Hofstra University graduate plans to attend law school with the $50,000 scholarship she won in the pageant.

Kazantsev said her talent portion was inspired by the 2012 movie “Pitch Perfect,” in which Anna Kendrick’s character auditions for an a cappella group by performing rhythmically with a cup.

Bathed in midmorning sunshine Monday on the Atlantic City beach, Kazantsev filmed a number of video promos in which she asked fans to follow her on sites including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Yet those sites continued to send forth disapproval from many users over her choice of material for the talent portion, with many users deriding it as lightweight and silly.

Some social media users were even more virulently critical of last year’s winner, Nina Davuluri, the first Indian-American to win the crown, directing racist taunts at her.

Kazantsev is not particularly concerned with the online reaction to her own performance.

“It’s unconventional; and sometimes people aren’t as open to change as some would like,” she said. “It’s just something different, and I hope people take it as a positive. If they can appreciate that and be happy with what I did, then that’s all I can ask.”

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LSU ranks top tier on the U.S. News & World Report

BY Deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

The University tied for 129th in the top tier in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual best colleges list, matching places with Arizona State University, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Kentucky and the University of Utah.

Last year’s ranking put the University at 135th.

The flagship campus of the LSU System came in behind nine of the 13 other Southeastern Conference universities. It beat out Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi and the University of Arkansas.

U.S. News & World Report, a publisher of news and rankings, completes its annual college ranking by comparing the freshman retention rates, six-year graduation rates, number of classes with fewer than 20 students and students’ SAT/ACT scores. It groups schools into categories: National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges and Regional Universities and Regional Colleges.

The U.S. News & World Report placed the University in the Na-

tional Universities category. According to their website, the University’s categorization is a result of its full range degrees and research opportunities because it grants a majority of its degrees in the arts and sciences.

LSU President F. King Alexander said Friday that while the University’s ranking pleased him, the measures that indicate real value in a university are absent from the U.S. News & World Report’s methodology. He is an advocate for college affordability and availability.

Alexander is a supporter of a different kind of rating system, and worked on the development of the White House College Scorecard released in 2013.

The White House College Scorecard was launched in February 2013, but some of the data it uses dates back as far as the 20102011 school year.

According to its website, the White House College Scorecard takes into account graduates’ career earnings, loan defaults and indebtedness — a college’s affordability. However, U.S. News & World Report measures an institution’s over-

all quality as a measure in its rankings of universities, according to its website.

The White House College Scorecard rates schools merits instead of ranking them. The Daily Reveille compiled the Scorecard’s data of all the colleges and schools in Louisiana and ranked them in February after the Scorecard’s release.

In The Daily Reveille’s findings, the University is the top in the state based on graduation rate, student loan default rates and overall cost per student to attend.

On the U.S. News & World Report rankings, Tulane University came in at 54 — higher than every SEC school except Vanderbilt University and the University of Florida. Princeton University, another private institution, weighed in at number one.

Earlier this year, Alexander said these high rank of private institutions are a part of the “Northeastern Mentality,” a thought pattern where people believe higher cost, exclusivity and higher average SAT/ACT scores are synonymous with higher quality.

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Flores MBA Program offers engineering and business dual degree BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com The College of Engineering and the E.J. Ourso College of Business announced last Thursday that they will offer a dual degree program beginning in fall 2015.

The combined degree program will grant students a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and a master’s degree in business administration, according to a University news release.

Dana Hart, interim director of the University’s Flores MBA Program, said he and the College of Business are looking forward to this new offering.

He said having the program will add “intellectual richness” to the University, making its students more competitive post-graduation.

“Undoubtedly, the presence of a program like this will make our students more marketable and competitive because they will have the balance of two degrees,” Hart said.

The opportunity will most directly benefit students pursuing an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering after graduation, Hart said. Those enrolled in the program, however, still will face the challenge of gaining experience through

internships, he said. works,” Smith said.

Installment of the program Hart agreed, adding that he has been in the works for expects the program to ensome time, even before Hart hance enrollment numbers in was named interim director in full-time students and heighten March. the quality of students entering “Dr. Craig Harvey with the the college.

College of Engineering was “We’re going to see an ina big advocate for this,” Hart flux of high-achieving students said. “He was a very eloquent come through these doors tryexponent of the cause, as with ing to get their MBA while finDean Richard White.” ishing their undergraduate deThe program, Hart said, is gree,” Hart said. a “natural footprint” for the Smith also said all new University, and though it is students will be able to reap the not a new idea, it will set the benefits of experience at internUniversity ships through apart from ‘...the presence of a program connections others and made at the like this will make our encourage Flores MBA students more marketable more interde- and competitive because they Program. partmental The dual will have the balance of two degree partnerships prodegrees.’ on campus. gram will not “We’re gojust cater to dana hart ing to see lots industrial enof synergies interim director, LSU Flores MBA Program gineers, Hart through this said. program that “This proconnect colleges and better en- gram has the potential to serve gage faculty,” Hart said. the entire engineering enterMBA candidate Melanie prise, though it does fit nicely Smith said the program gives with the industrial engineerstudents a better understand- ing concentration,” Hart said. ing of both the business and “In the future, it may even engineering world, especially promote other dual degrees given the type of jobs offered like at Harvard, who already in Louisiana, like those with oil offers MBA, MED and MPA and gas companies. opportunities.”

“You have a better underThis, however, is not yet an standing of how the world effort underway, Hart said.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Did LSU’s national ranking matter when you chose to go here?

‘No, I’m from here.

I knew LSU was awesome.’

Paul Davis

Precious Orji

English sophomore

chemical engineering

Rachel Anderson psychology senior

‘It mattered to me because I’m not from here.

I wanted to go to a well-known school.’

‘The school ranking was important to me because I’m an international student.’

‘Not particularly. I had family that went to school here.’

Drew Chesne accounting junior

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Houma language uncovered via song BY kelsey bordelon kbordelon@lsureveille.com When two members of the United Houma Nation discovered an old recording of a song in the native Houma language, linguists and anthropologists alike were given a tip of the iceberg that is uncovering and understanding the century-old language.

The Houma people, a Native American tribe recognized by the state of Louisiana, includes 17,000 tribal citizens and has been recorded as existing since 1682.

They have no federally recognized land and are scattered among six parishes in southern Louisiana, yet their native language is being reconstructed through musical artifacts in an effort to preserve and unify their culture for generations to come.

Researchers have used the song to document the endangered language.

Hali Dardar, a research assistant and University alumna, worked with locals and professionals, like Elisabeth Oliver, an alumni professor in the English department, to revitalize the Houma culture. She worked with Colleen Billiot, a St. Bernard Parish native whose great-grandmother hummed the verses in the recording and began the Houma Language Revitalization Project.

The goal is to use the “alligator song” to piece together the native language and use grammatical structures to teach it.

The learning of the language will facilitate participation in the Houma culture and reflect the Houma history.

The language is an integral part of the Houma culture that Dardar said she hopes, once learned by the present Houma people, will live on through the community in years to come.

“Right now, what’s needed in the community is a language project, and that’s what we’re trying to fulfill,“ Dardar said.

“This isn’t a school-run project.

It doesn’t end with the terms of a grant — it’s a project that continues as it’s developed in the community.”

And the community is responding.

Houma native and English senior Rowan Whitehurst said Dardar and Billiot’s work inspires her to learn more about her hometown’s culture.

“It gives me a lot more respect for Houma and makes me want to learn more about what was there prior to what is there now,” Whitehurst said. “Houma is a big town.

Not many people know about it, and they should know more than just it’s where Swamp People was filmed.”

Sports

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

THE STREAK Mississippi State enters this Saturday’s game with a 14-year losing streak against LSU compiled by TYLER NUNEZ • tnunez@lsureveille.com The last time the LSU football team lost to Mississippi State, Fight Club sat at No. 3 in the box office after spending a week at the top spot, “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas began what would be a 12week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and the world waited for the Y2K bug to cause global chaos.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the new millennium arrived without a hitch, and they have failed to beat the Tigers since.

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Statistics during the streak: Saturday will be the first time LSU and Mississippi State meet undefeated this deep (3 games) into the season since 1919.

In the last 14 years, the Tigers scored 26 more points on average each game than the Bulldogs.

LSU has won the last 14 games in the series by an average of 25.8 points, while out-gaining Mississippi State by almost 120 yards per contest and forcing more than twice as many turnovers than it has committed.

The 14-game streak represents the longest in the history of the rivalry. Saturday will mark the 108th meeting in the series, which dates back to 1896 and the Tigers currently lead 71-33-3.

LSU averaged 120 more yards per game than Mississippi State in its 14-year winning streak against the Bulldogs.

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[Left] Domanick Davis, former LSU running back, weaves through Bulldog defenders Sept. 28, 2002, during the Tigers’ 31-13 victory in Tiger Stadium. [Right] LSU running back Jeremy Hill (33), then a sophomore, makes a run while warding off opposing players trying to tackle him on Oct. 5, 2013, during the Tigers’ 59-26 victory against Mississippi State in Davis Wade Stadium.

Fans must be wary when idolizing athletes There’s a line between admiration and worship THE CUBAN CANNON tommy romanach Sports Columnist I use the number 28 in almost everything I’m associated with. It’s in my passwords, it’s in my Gmail account and it’s even in my Twitter handle. The number helps define me.

The number is a reference to Adrian Peterson, one of the best running backs in the NFL and my favorite athlete. He is a player I’ve always admired and

defended since he joined my favorite team.

He’s also a person I’ve never met in my life.

Fans of athletes need to be aware at all times that they don’t know the people they cheer for and can’t put them on pedestals. It’s the hard fact many dealt with last week, as controversy seemed to arise in nearly every sport with multiple athletes or owners.

One day, the Ray Rice video leaked. The next day, Atlanta Hawks’ management became racist. Another day, Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis failed a drug test. And on another, Peterson was indicted for hitting his son.

Not knowing what these

players are capable of doesn’t mean we have to stop cheering for them. Until they show us otherwise, an athlete should be judged as we judge any other person — innocent until proven guilty.

The problem is the line many fans cross — a line between admiring players and worshiping them — a line I’ll admit I’ve crossed before.

Fans buy players’ jerseys and make them their Facebook cover photos. When allegations surface about that player, fans react in different ways — sometimes disbelief, sometimes regret and sometimes denial.

Few things have baffled me

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Tom Gannam / The Associated Press

The Vikings benched Adrian Peterson for Sunday’s game after his attorney said he had been indicted by a Texas grand jury on a charge of child abuse.

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Football

Freshman RB Williams makes name at new position BY michael haarala mhaarala@lsureveille.com After not seeing any time in LSU’s 28-24 win against Wisconsin, freshman running back Darrel Williams has made a mark at an unnatural position.

Lined up as a fullback, Williams has run for 102 yards on 21 attempts and taken the ball in for three touchdowns. Williams broke free for a 22-yard touchdown run against the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

He has started to turn heads, and senior fullback Connor Neighbors has seen a variety of good things from the young back.

“When he comes in, it could be a critical situation,” Neighbors said. “When you have to get the first down, he knows how critical his reps are and that how he plays determines how the drives go. That has really impressed me.”

Although Williams is tied with senior running back Kenny Hilliard with three rushing touchdowns, Neighbors says Williams isn’t letting the success get to his head.

“He’s a really humble guy, and he hasn’t said one word to us about how many touchdowns he’s had,” Neighbors said. “He’s already got three, and I have zero, and he hasn’t rubbed it in my face yet. He’s just an all around great guy and great athlete.”

Offensive line looks to get past first-half struggles LSU’s offensive line, said to be one of the most experienced

and talented front lines in the Southeastern Conference, has struggled during the first half of games so far this season.

“We go in and make adjustments,” said junior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander. “We make different changes, and we want to improve off of the first half — that’s the biggest thing. Just do it better.”

In both the Wisconsin and ULM games, the offensive line got off to slow starts, making early mistakes and incorrect blocks. After halftime in each game, however, LSU’s offensive line improved.

“I think the biggest halftime change was just focusing in on our technique,” Alexander said. “And focusing in on our combination blocks, and I think that we did that well.”

In the first quarter of the ULM game, the Tigers only managed to pick up 35 yards on the ground on 14 attempts.

Other than Darrell Williams’ 22-yard touchdown dash in the second quarter, LSU’s running game remained relatively quiet. After the offensive line went in the locker room at halftime and retooled, their performance turned around quickly.

With their first SEC game against Mississippi State on Saturday, the offensive line hopes to be prepared right out of the gate instead of turning on in the second half.

“We all have things to improve on,” Alexander said.

“As veterans, we know what we need to get better at.

Me, [senior] La’el [Collins], [junior] Hoko [Fanaika],

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Freshman running back Darrel Williams (34) runs for a touchdown Sept. 13 in the Tigers’ 31-0 victory against the ULM Warhawks. [senior] Evan [Washington], we all know that we need to improve this week coming into a divisional opponent.“ Duke Riley shines in his first start Sophomore linebacker Duke Riley made the most of the first start of his LSU career. Riley led the stingy Tigers defense with eight tackles and looked comfortable in the

31-0 shutout.

“It was a blessing to get out there and show everybody what I’m made of,” Riley said.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life. As a kid, all I wanted to do was play for the Tigers and start for the Tigers.”

As a freshman, Riley played in all 13 games but registered only seven tackles throughout the season. So far this season,

Riley has racked up 10 total tackles and is an example of the depth LSU coach Les Miles is looking for at the linebacker position.

“He knows what he’s doing,” Miles said. “He’s comfortable in the position, and he’s talented. I think you could see him taking more snaps.”

You can reach Michael Haarala on Twitter @haarala_TDR.

Miles eager to begin Southeastern Conference schedule

BY Will cotchery II wcotchery@lsureveille.com After two straight shutout wins, LSU football coach Les Miles said at his weekly news conference that the Tigers are ready to begin their conference schedule LSU (3-0) opens its Southeastern Conference play against Mississippi State (3-0) on Saturday. Among Miles’ chief concerns in the game is junior quarterback Dak Prescott, who has accounted for 72 total points this season. Prescott has nine passing touchdowns, two rushing scores and a receiving touchdown.

Miles explained the challenges Prescott will present for the defense and how LSU can negate the big-play ability of the scrambling quarterback. “[Prescott is] strong. [He’s] a guy that stands back in the pocket, knows what he’s looking at, makes the throws and has the ability to pull it down,” Miles said. “He runs with strength. He carves through the ground very

quickly, and when you go to tackle him, you better hit him hard.

You better take him off his feet because he’s just a big, physical kid.”

LSU’s 8 points allowed per game ranks No. 2 nationally.

With the defense playing at a high level, Miles said the amount of playing time for underclassmen has been valuable not only for gaining experience, but also conserving starters.

Offensively, when informed about LSU’s current three-toone run-to-pass ratio, Miles explained the team strives for balance on the offensive end.

“I think we’re fortunate to have the ability to do both,” said Miles. “We choose to be balanced when we can and when we should, and should we take the lead or should the run become more important, then we will certainly press that advantage.”

Miles will face off against Mississippi State for the 10th time during his tenure as LSU’s coach. Although he is undefeated against the Bulldogs, Miles said he doesn’t take this Western

Division game for granted, calling the Bulldogs a talented team with solid players at multiple positions on both sides of the ball.

Miles said he expects a more energetic stadium for this game not only because this is the opening SEC contest, but also because both teams enter Saturday night with unblemished records.

“A team that prides itself on improving, recognizing the need to by seeing opponents’ film, you look at Mississippi State, they call to you play [your] best,” Miles said. “We’re going to have to earn the victory, and we recognize that.”

When asked about the five SEC West teams ranked in the top 10 in the latest polls, Miles discussed the competitiveness the division perennially exercises and how fortunate he is to be a part of it. “[In the West], you will play the best. Honestly, if you came to LSU, that’s why you came here, because you wanted to play the best,” said Miles. “If you enjoy competition, you enjoy this division. The competition is great.”

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LSU football head coach Les Miles addresses the press Monday at his weekly Lunch with Les news conference.

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Saints fans shouldn’t panic yet LOCKS OF JUSTICE

MARCUS RODRIGUE Deputy Sports Editor

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LSU freshman defensive end Sione Teuhema runs after a ULM player Sept. 13, during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory against the Warhawks in Tiger Stadium.

Freshman Teuhema shines in early action BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com The departure of longtime Texas football coach Mack Brown presented major programs with an opportunity to strengthen their recruiting classes leading up to National Signing Day on Feb. 5.

Two of Texas’ prized recruits, Sione and Maea Teuhema, reopened their recruitment after Brown’s resignation, causing a flurry of recruiting activity.

LSU took advantage of the situation by bringing in Sione and Maea for official visits.

Despite their verbal commitments to Texas and Brown in May 2013, the brothers decided to decommit from Texas after their visit to Baton Rouge.

On Signing Day, the Teuhema brothers signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Tigers.

“We wanted to leave Texas so we decided to make an official visit,” Sione said. “We hung out with [senior right guard Hoko Fanaika] and decided to come to LSU.” The addition of Maea strengthened the recruiting class of 2015, and Sione gave the Tigers the speed rushing defensive end they were looking for in the class of 2014 after losing out on five-star prospect Lorenzo Carter.

Maea is a five-star recruit and rated the No. 4 offensive lineman in the nation by recruiting service 247sports.

According to Sports BlogNation, he is 6-foot-5-inches tall and weighs a stout 340 pounds, though he has exceptional mobility for someone his size. His combination of size and mobility allows him to move defensive linemen and open big holes for the running game, while functioning as a formidable pass blocker as well.

While Tiger fans will have to wait a year to see Maea in an LSU uniform, Sione can be seen wearing No. 58 this season.

The three-star U.S. Army All-American compiled 96 tackles, including 19 tackles for a loss and 10 sacks as an outside linebacker during his senior year at Keller High School. Despite having experience at defensive end and outside linebacker, Sione pl exclusivelyn plays as a pass rushing defensive end for the the Tigers.

Maea may seem like the big catch, but Sione is making his own mark in Baton Rouge early in the season for the Tigers. “[Sione] is a guy that has a motor that doesn’t stop. He gives his all at practice each and every day,” said sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White. “I feel like he can be a big contributor for us.”

Sione showcased his abilities for the first time as a Tiger against Sam Houston State, using his signature speed rush to beat the left tackle to get into the backfield and record his first career sack.

On the ensuing drive, Sione froze the tackle with a fake to the inside and beat him back to the outside to garner his second sack of the game.

“That’s a big play that he made,” White said. “He will do more of that.”

Sione finished the game with four tackles and two sacks, adding one tackle against UL-Monroe.

With Southeastern Conference play just around the corner and a surplus of talent at defensive end, Sione said he’s not worried about a lack of play time.

“I’m just out here practicing and trying to move up on the depth chart,” Sione said.

Everyone get your panic buttons ready.

The New Orleans Saints lost their first two games of the season, so all hope of making the playoffs is undoubtedly lost because it’s safe and reasonable to make predictions an eighth of the way through the schedule.

I mean, there’s no way the Saints can work their way up the standings during the next 14 games, especially in a division that’s not as good as it looks on paper, right?

Yes, I’ve seen the statistic — only 23 of the last 198 teams that started 0-2 qualified for the playoffs. Talking heads and disgruntled fans are throwing the number around as if it’s a signed and sealed death warrant, but it’s not as bad as it sounds.

Nearly 12 percent of those NFL clubs that started 0-2 made the postseason, or about one of every nine teams. Those odds aren’t staggering, and I’d argue the Saints are one of the best teams to ever open with two losses.

Just look at the way New Orleans lost its first two games.

Sure, the Saints fell to inferior teams in some of the most infuriating ways imaginable, but they lost those games by a combined five points.

Simply put, New Orleans is a fumble and a blown coverage away from an undefeated start.

We all know the Falcons weren’t going to keep the Saints out of the end zone in overtime and Cleveland kicker Billy Cundiff is physically incapable of hitting a field goal 50 yards or longer.

Those were fundamental, fixable mistakes that don’t happen often in the first place. New Orleans receiver Marques Colston

fumbles once every 61 receptions, and professional secondaries — no matter how awful the Saints’ has been so far — rarely leave receivers as wide open as the Browns’ Andrew Hawkins was on the play that set up Cundiff’s short game-winner.

Speaking of New Orleans’ secondary, it’s time for people to realize that last season was a statistical anomaly.

The Saints posted the second-best pass defense in 2013, making defensive coordinator Rob Ryan one of the most heavily praised coaches in the league despite the bad-to-mediocre units he engineered in Cleveland and Dallas before landing in New Orleans.

Ryan employed exotic packages and blitz schemes last season, but offensive coordinators apparently figured him out during the offseason. His hypedup multiple-safety sets have worked wonders for the Saints so far — they’re last in passing defense after getting torched by the Falcons and Browns.

Turns out it’s more important for your defensive backs to cover receivers than provide big hits.

But that’s my only qualm with New Orleans. The Saints

still have quarterback Drew Brees and an embarrassment of riches at the skill positions.

They’re still coached by playcalling wizard Sean Payton, and the newfound rushing attack will make the offense even more dynamic.

There are only a handful of teams that can outscore New Orleans, so it’s up to the defense to provide adequate support for its high-powered offense. But the defense has to get its act together now before the Saints’ slim chance of clinching homefield advantage throughout the playoffs slips away.

New Orleans struggles on the road, but hosting Minnesota in the Superdome this weekend might be just what it needs to get on the right track. It’ll either be that or an upset by the Vikings that proves the Saints are more pretenders than contenders.

If that happens, only then will you have my permission to push the panic button.

Marcus Rodrigue is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from Thibodaux, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @rodrigue_TDR.

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Cleveland Browns running back Terrance West (28) runs past New Orleans Saints free safety Jairus Byrd (31) for a touchdown in the third quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in Cleveland.

page 8 fans, from page 5 more than watching Ravens fans wearing Rice’s jersey before a game Thursday and defending the running back. Men and women who had watched the video still felt enough of a connection with Rice to support him.

These people had watched Rice for so many Sundays, they started to believe they knew him.

Not all of the actions by athletes were equally severe, and some of players can easily be defended or forgiven. I’ll make it clear that I’m not referring to the Atlanta Hawks organization or Rice.

Davis failed a drug test, but it was for Adderall, a supplement less enhancing than what many players have been caught for. Davis said he used the drug last year with a therapeutic exemption, but he didn’t have

The Daily Reveille the exemption when he used it this year.

My roommate, the biggest Baltimore sports fan I know, has forgiven Davis and understands he made a mistake.

At the same time, he has to watch the Rice video knowing he cheered for that guy for six years. That sticks with a person.

Peterson was indicted for punishing his child with a switch, an action still practiced

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 by many parents in this country. I’d never hit my child and I find it wrong, but I recognize that it’s something deep-seeded in many as the way to handle a noisy or misbehaving child.

Nevertheless, I’ll be changing my Twitter handle later this week. I will eventually get over what Peterson did, but I’m taking the lesson I learned with me. I can’t go around praising guys like Peterson and ingrain them into my life.

Sports fans everywhere need to stop painting athletes as heroes and start recognizing them as people.

People can be heroes, they can be racists and they can be criminals.

As a fan, you just don’t know.

Tommy Romanach is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Dallas, Texas. You can reach him on Twitter @troman_28.

football

LSU rallies for dominant showings after slow start

BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com

The first 32 minutes and 36 seconds of the LSU football team’s season were less than stellar.

The Tigers found themselves in a 17-point hole early in the second half of their season opener against Wisconsin after giving up 248 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries.

LSU also struggled on offense, gaining a mere 16 yards on 15 rushes and — aside from an 80yard touchdown pass — earning 56 yards of total offense.

“We didn’t focus on the little things as well as we should have against Wisconsin,” said senior offensive guard Evan Washington. “We really focused on the little things because the little things make us great.”

Whatever little things the Tigers adjusted turned into big results, as they held the Badgers to 37 yards of total offense while storming back with 21 unanswered points to pull off the come-from-behind victory.

“In the second half, it kind of clicked,” said junior linebacker Deion Jones. “We needed to step it up. We could have been playing a lot better, and that’s what we did.”

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And that was just the beginning.

In the 147 minutes and 24 seconds since falling behind against the Badgers, LSU’s defense has not surrendered a point, earning back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1941 and holding its opponents to an average of 1.4 yards per rush attempt in the process.

In more than four times the amount of time and twice the carries it took for the Tigers to give up 248 rushing yards against Wisconsin, LSU has held its opponents to 86 yards on 63 rush attempts.

“We’re playing dominant football at times in all three phases,” said LSU coach Les Miles.

“For example, the defense allowed just six first

downs and 93 total yards on the day [against Louisiana-Monroe].

In the last 30 possessions, they have not allowed a point.”

The Tigers’ offense also found its rhythm in the second half against Wisconsin, posting 229 yards of total offense in the victory and another combined 956 yards against Sam Houston State and ULM. “Offensively, since falling behind to Wisconsin, 24-7, we’ve outscored opponents 108-0,” Miles said. “There are some very positive directions there, and I think our team is improving.”

A large portion of LSU’s success has come on the ground, where the Tigers have carried the ball for 663 yards on 142 rushes since halftime of the Advocare

Texas Kickoff.

LSU sophomore defensive tackle Christian LaCouture said LSU’s defense can attribute at least some of its success to being faced with stopping the Tigers’ deep stable running backs.

“It definitely gets us ready week in and week out,” LaCouture said.

It’s one thing to have this success against nonconference opponents, but the real test for the Tigers will come in a tumultuous Southeastern Conference schedule. Five of seven teams in the SEC West

currently sit in the national top 10.

LSU will get its first taste of conference play this weekend against a Mississippi State squad with a high-powered offense and a defense that has held opponents to 80 rushing yards per game.

“We’re playing dominant football right now,” LaCouture said. “We want to make sure we continue that into our first week against a big time SEC opponent.”

You can reach Tyler Nunez on Twitter @Nunez_TDR.

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LSU sophomore linebacker Duke Riley tackles ULM player Sept. 13 during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory against the Warhawks in Tiger Stadium.

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LSU senior linebacker D.J. Welter (31) brings down a ULM ball-carrier Sept. 13 during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory against the Warhawks in Tiger Stadium.

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Meta Exchange offers a variety of used, name-brand clothes, shoes, purses and accesories on a college student’s budget.

Thrifting gives students an inexpensive way to expand their closets THE REAL MEG RYAN MEG RYAN Entertainment Writer Thrifting can seem overwhelming, but a day of digging can conclude with a shopping bag full of treasured finds.

Secondhand shopping is an option for students to add to their wardrobes without breaking the bank. While shoppers can drop $100 on one item in a generic retail store, the same amount can buy multiple items in a thrift store.

Throughout the multitude of clothing racks, jewelry displays and accessory shelves, items like a jeweled dress, a Michael Kors purse or a vintage blouse can be discovered.

Michael Dolan, owner of Meta Exchange on Bluebonnet Boulevard, said he primarily sees University students in his store.

“It’s good for students to come here and shop,” Dolan said.

Meta Exchange, which has been open for two and a half years, allows customers to buy and sell clothing

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University student composer pens original musical

BY Logan Keen lkeen@lsureveille.com University student Curran Latas has a lot on his plate.

When he isn’t performing for Theatre Baton Rouge, LSU Mainstage or the Musical Theatre Club at LSU, he spends his time composing music.

This summer, the product of his free time came to fruition when he helped write an original musical with former fellow University student Michael Braud.

Latas, a 19-year-old theatre performance sophomore, penned the music for the show, entitled “1000 Words.”

Braud, who graduated in spring 2013

with a bachelor’s degree in biology, contributed the book and lyrics. The story, described by Latas as a “piece on equality,” attempts to describe the shift in American ideology regarding the treatment of gay people from the 1920s to the 1940s, centered around one pair of lovers and the schism of World War II. “At first, I wasn’t super passionate about the story, but once we got the ball rolling, it was really fun,” Latas said.

Latas said the songs were pop-influenced and followed a similar structure.

“There isn’t really one show I want to compare the music to. It’s basically

contemporary musical theatre,” Latas said.

“People always ask me, ‘What was your favorite song?’ and I can never answer. I mean, I love all of them,” Latas said the piece took him and Braud, who he met in their shared musical theatre class, about four months from start to finish and described the experience as “a very collaborative effort” throughout.

“He’d say, ‘Oh, this is how the character is feeling right now,’” Latas said of Braud’s input. “I’d go into a practice room and just start playing, and then I’d send the recording to him

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LSU theatre performance sophomore Curran Latas works on a composition for the musical ‘1000 Words.’

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‘Murse’ mentality limits style, cripples male creativity THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK

school bag from high school with one of the straps slightly torn?

Unfortunately, the stigma attached to men’s totes prevents many from carrying more fashionable bags.

The word “murse” is, obviously, a play on the word “purse” and therefore feminizes the accessory.

The slang word has also been applied to male nurses — ­ as though being a nurse is somehow only meant for women. This sexist attitude can relate to many areas and fashion tends to always be one of them.

Size also seems to factor into accessory fashion. For instance, a man can carry an over-the-shoulder bag, but it has to be clearly bigger than a purse, or men and women can wear the same style of watch, but the men’s watch has to have a wider face.

While more and more men seem to be identifying as “metrosexual,” there is still a gender gap in fashion. The murse epitomizes this gap.

Men need to take fashion risks and incorporating a stylish tote or messenger bag is an easy way to do it.

A messenger bag can make a casual outfit look classier and formal attire, like a three-piece suit, look even more established.

Pairing shoes, a watch or tie with a fashionable satchel can add another level of style to an ensemble.

Though a traditional messenger bag may not be for everyone and may even be too expensive, the same idea can be applied to backpacks. The cotton canvas-style backpack is a zealous alternative to a mesh sports bag.

In the end, murses not only allow men to stay fashionable — they help to shape the

MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer The male handbag or satchel, commonly referred to as the “murse,” has been a laughing stock in our society for some time.

Even popular films like “The Hangover” have made it the butt of a joke.

But men should be free to wear fashionable bags the same way women do. I’m not saying men should start carrying Coach purses everywhere, but they shouldn’t have to resort to middle schooler-style JanSport backpacks to carry their belongings.

The ever-popular messenger bag, usually worn by the journalistic or academic community, is a common example of men attempting to combat the murse mentality.

Celebrities like John Mayer, Terrence Howard, Steven Tyler and even Kanye West have been spotted wearing a large tote or murse.

This bag, while usually meant to contain laptops and business documents, essentially is a mixture between a woman’s handbag and a briefcase.

Men who carry messenger bags tend to look more stylish and professional than those with clunky, rolling briefcases or mesh, see-through backpacks.

Rich leather and brass buckles are more aesthetically pleasing than tough polyester and dark plastic zippers.

Would you rather walk into a job interview with a handmade, antique leather murse or your old

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Men should consider purchasing satchels [above] instead of backpacks for a more fashionable style. Canvasstyle backpacks [right] are another contemporary alternative to men’s basic backpacks. impressions we make on people in day-to-day life.

Michael Tarver is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana.

You can reach Michael on Twitter @Michael_T16.

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Rising LSU-themed art studio on a mission to increase popularity

BY Joshua jackson jjackson@lsureveille.com There are many LSU-themed artists scattered across the state, but St. Tammany Parish Police Department Lieutenant Randy Caminita and his company, Geaux Dat Studios, quickly are becoming the most desired artists in the Boot.

Geaux Dat Studios began in 2008 as a hobby for Caminita and his wife, Rebecca. The couple needed a logo for their company, so they began playing with the idea of placing a tiger eye inside a Louisiana outline.

After realizing their love for the New Orleans Saints was just as strong as their love for LSU, the two incorporated a fleur-de-lis into the design, finalizing their logo.

“Geaux Dat was a result of combining the popular phrases of the Saints and the Tigers,” Caminita said. “It captures everything I’m a fan of and our customers.”

Caminita taught himself how to draw and paint, calling it a process of “trial and error.” After years of creating art for his own pleasure, he decided the next step in his

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The Geaux Dat logo is a blend of a tiger eye for LSU and the New Orlean Saints’ fleur-de-lis. artistic adventure was to create pieces for other people.

During an art event in 2007,

Caminita and his wife found one artist whose officially licensed LSU art was being sold to

the public.

He inquired about how the artist went about acquiring an official license and found himself directed to a website where he could apply for his own LSU trademark license.

After a lengthy process of meeting quotas, paying insurance and fulfilling other specific requirements, Caminita received his license in time for the 2008 season.

In six years, Geaux Dat Studios has grown from a group of acrylicbased works into a much broader spectrum of art.

The company also dove into the digital world with digital printing onto canvases or photo paper.

Geaux Dat prints using a process known as sublimation to transfer dyes onto a garment or piece of aluminum under high amounts of heat and pressure through a heat press.

Works from Geaux Dat currently sit in the LSU Athletic Office, LSU Chancellor F. King Alexander’s office, the “LeRoy Neiman: Action!” exhibit in the LSU Museum of Art and the home of former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson.

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Lydia Loveless returns to One Eyed Jacks

BY Gerald Ducote gducote@lsureveille.com The state of Ohio is responsible for a large tract of popular American music. From pop-punk to garage rock, the Buckeye State has produced numerous sons and daughters of music, including DEVO, The Cramps and Jessica Lea Mayfield.

In recent years, another name has been added to this long list.

Lydia Loveless, born Lydia Ankrom, has put herself and her city, Coshocton, Ohio, on the map with her own distinctive take on alt-country. Loveless sings with country heart while playing with alt-rock attack.

“There were a lot of bands in Columbus that influenced me,” Loveless said. “Probably the main one was this band called The Feelers. It was a funk band that we’d go see all the time. They really

thrifting, from page 9 and accessories.

Dolan said Meta Exchange offers cash on the spot for accepted items to resell in their store. The store primarily is looking for popular brands like Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Michael Kors and Ray Ban. This business plan allows customers to turn in clothes they no longer want, receive cash and purchase new items to refill their closet.

“The majority of our successful sellers are LSU students,” Dolan said.

Dolan said students who sell are successful because they own what other students want to buy.

influenced me and inspired me.”

In support of her latest album, “Somewhere Else,” Loveless has taken to the road, touring up and down the U.S. to bring fans her signature slicked-back, barnstorming compositions. Her next stop is New Orleans’ One Eyed Jacks.

This is not Loveless’ first time in Louisiana, having played the location several times in the past.

“I really like New Orleans,” Loveless said. “I just like that everyone seems to be pretty cheerful there at shows. It’s definitely a place that’s nice to walk around the city. I’ll have a lot more time off this time to actually get to do some cool stuff. And the food is awesome.”

Before releasing “Somewhere Else” in February, Loveless scrapped an album’s worth of material, chalking it up to “spring cleaning.”

“I think I just needed to be

more honest. I think, possibly, I was holding back lyrically and trying to do something different too hard,” Loveless said, making comparisons between “Somewhere Else” and the abandoned work.

On “Somewhere Else,” Loveless addresses topics of personal interest. One of the tracks is titled “Verlaine Shot Rimbaud,” which references French poet Paul Verlaine’s attempted murder of fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud. The mention plays off of Loveless’ fascination with history and poetry.

“I was just reading a lot of Verlaine at the time,” Loveless said.

“I really relate to his desperate insanity and Catholic guilt. I just was kind of mumbling something that would rhyme. That ended up being something that amused me.

I just love that story of [Rimbaud] being shot in the hand and it didn’t really ultimately do anything that dramatic.”

Loveless sees “Somewhere Else” as an indication of her growth as an artist. Since releasing her first album, “The Only Man,” in 2010 at the age of 20, she has steadily put out work both independently and with Ke$ha and Elvis Costello.

“I started writing songs when I was 15, so my album was written when I was like, 17,” Loveless said.

“I was still trying to figure out who I was so right now; I’m just kind of getting started on the right track.

It’s kind of hard to stumble along and try to find yourself while releasing albums. I feel like this is actually me and I have of a grasp on what I’m doing.”

Lydia Loveless will be headlining tonight at One Eyed Jacks.

Doors are scheduled to open at 9 p.m.

He said one student customer came in to browse and found a Michael Kors wallet she’d been eyeing at the mall. She paid a much lower price at Meta Exchange than she would have paid at the retail store, all thanks to a seller who no longer wanted it.

While Meta Exchange primarily focuses on stocking newer merchandise, the store does house a vintage section. A floral blazer, a midi-skirt and a mustard-colored cropped blouse are just a few of the things that were recently on the vintage clothing rack.

Meta Exchange’s selection of mall brands, designer brands and vintage pieces gives

customers a taste of everything.

Shoppers can find something that works for their personal taste and leave the store pleased with their purchases.

The Purple Cow is another thrift store option for students looking for a mix of new and vintage merchandise.

The store’s location on Jones Creek Road has been in Baton Rouge for 10 years, but The Purple Cow recently expanded to a second store on Perkins Road.

Assistant manager Brittany Henderson said the Perkins Road location has been open for nearly two months and has had its fair share of student shoppers. Henderson said the store

offers a 10 percent discount to college students.

Unlike Meta Exchange, Henderson said The Purple Cow is like Goodwill, where they accept all donations from customers and offer a “mix of everything.”

However sellers receive no cash back for their new purchases.

Most clothing items running between $1 and $10 with designer pieces normally not surpassing $24, so nearly everything is affordable for most students’ budgets. Customers can fill their closets with clothing and accessories but can also find things for their apartment or dorm in one shopping trip.

While thrifting involves

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.

“We never expected that we would grow into one of the most sought after LSU artists in the state,” Caminita said.

Currently, Geaux Dat is heavily involved with the LSU Alumni Association and its chapter events.

The company is also looking into out-of-state events to bring LSU art to alumni who can’t travel back to Baton Rouge.

Caminita said the current goal of Geaux Dat is to become the studio everyone refers to when speaking about LSU or Saints-themed art.

“I’m a true fan of both of the teams we make art about,” Caminita said. “My love for those teams and what I do is fully expressed in our pieces, and it’ll continue to be that way.”

Geaux Dat Studio’s art can be purchased in Baton Rouge at Co-op Bookstore, Denicola’s Tiger Den, Tiger Central, LLC and House of Orleans in the Mall of Louisiana.

You can reach Joshua Jackson on Twitter @joshua_jackson.

1000 words, from page 9 and he’d give me feedback. He’d be thinking of the music when he wrote the book, and I’d be thinking about the story when I wrote the music.”

A full-staged reading of the work, open to the public, was held in LSU’s Studio Theater on July 13.

“Everything was sung, everything was read aloud, so that was fun,” Latas said.

The show already has a director, but Latas will remain close to the show as assistant musical director, accompanying on piano and attending most rehearsals.

“It’ll be tough sometimes,” he said, taking his hands off the wheel and leaving things, at least for the most part, to the production team.

Production will soon be ramping up for the stage, as performances at Theatre Baton Rouge are slated for January 2015, with auditions to be held in November.

You can reach Logan Keen on Twitter @LoganKeen_TDR

scouring through racks, the purchases are usually much more reasonably priced and one-ofa-kind as opposed to shopping at the mall or a boutique. At the multiple thrift store options around campus, students can pull unwanted items out of their closet and then fill the gaps with inexpensive secondhand options.

It’s like shopping a friend’s closet, except no one is begging for you to give it back.

Meg Ryan is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

You can reach her on Twitter @The _MegRyan.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Justin Stafford’s column, “Students must question, scrutinize the material they’re learning,” user evosbu1 commented: “As I pointed out last week, Humanities professors are exclusively liberal and this monopoly on their institution’s power allows them to propagandize, slander and coerce without reser ve. They do not educate but rather reconstruct lily-white sentiments for the sake of the Obama party-line, or augment the preexisting animosity of non-whites. So liberal professors end up doing amusing things in class, like in the case of Reem Meshal for example, jiving up (very white) students about ‘radicalism’ and then doing a bait-and-switch with Jeremiah Wright’s ‘Black Liberation Theology’, which is nothing more than Afro-Nazism. Everyone was presumably enthusiastic because the students don’t read anything besides what their professors give them. It was a class on Christianity/Judaism/Islam.

Strangely, we ended up watching a video about David Duke in that class. I wonder why? But this isn’t just a power-play. The intellectual currents over the last 100 years have convincingly shown us that truth is interpretation simply, and that therefore there is no external truth beyond our existence. These arguments were initially and still are the most profound in the German form of Hegel/Nietzsche/ Heidegger, and which were later trivialized by Parisian liberals with Foucault and Derrida. The problem now is not reintroducing intellectual impartiality, since it doesn’t exist, but whose side you are on.”

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Test Time

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Let the frantic erasing commence!

THE AMAZING CYNIC RYAN MONK Columnist As the fourth week of classes begins, most of us are finally realizing how much we had forgotten over the summer. But if you guys are anything like me, you haven’t managed to actually relearn much of it, let alone absorb new material.

Currently, my brain is functioning like a cylinder full of water after you pull its bottom face out.

Sure I can keep pumping new knowledge in there, but it’s only replacing all that’s been lost out of the bottom. And I have a good feeling that most of the time I’m only refilling it at about half the rate it’s draining.

Nevertheless, it’s about that time to have those levels measured — here comes the first round of tests!

All that time we’ve spent running around campus, developing carpal tunnel syndrome taking notes and employing agent-like stealth to keep those awful chairs from squeaking. None of that matters. It all comes down to those 50 (or 80, for Tuesday-Thursday classes) minutes.

It’s easy to remain delusional through regular school operations — “Oh, I don’t need to work on those

example problems,” you think. “I understood everything perfectly when the professor explained it. I am totally competent and in no way absolutely screwed. Two weeks is a long time from now!”

And then you arise from the two-week haze, not sure where you are. You’re dripping sweat by the gallon onto a stack of papers. The text is written in a foreign language, and this isn’t a foreign language class.

You look around to check if you’re in the right room. That snarky know-it-all who’s a year below you but in all your classes shoots you a thumbs up and a condescending smile. Yep, it’s all over.

You look up at the clock. There is no clock. You look down at your watch. You remember you stopped it at a certain time as an inside joke with your best friend who happened to fail out of your major a year ago. Could have really used you right now, buddy.

“10 minutes left!”

Well, you’ve managed to rewrite the one equation the professor put on the board at the beginning of the exam. You stare at it for nine more minutes as if by some voodoo magic it’s going to rearrange itself into an answer. Then you turn the test in a minute early to make everyone think you knew what you were doing. You trip down the stairs and wake up in the hospital.

Most of us know this scenario all too well. Semester after semester,

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we vow to keep ourselves out of it. And semester after semester, we fail to do so.

But there’s still hope, and this is where I think it lies — we, as students, need to come to terms with the fact that almost all of us are total morons.

We like to walk around as if we’ve already mastered our subjects of study. We like to pretend to be better than everyone around us.

In reality, we don’t know anything.

It is only once we admit how pathetic we are that we can start to work on fixing it. Maybe you didn’t understand that homework as well as you assured your friends you did. Maybe it wasn’t a fluke that you failed that last quiz. Maybe you never really did understand anything from the prerequisite for your hardest course. I don’t think I need to quote Alcoholics Anonymous to tell you what the first step is.

Make the leap of humbling yourself, try your best to catch up and then maybe when the tests come back you won’t have to sneak out the room before anyone asks you how you did.

Ryan Monk is a 21-year-old chemical engineering senior from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @RyanMonkTDR.

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Quote of the Day ‘There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.’

Mohandas Gandhi Indian leader 1869-1948

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Louisiana cuisine reflects socioeconomic effect on food culture OFF WITH HER HEAD JANA KING Columnist The University’s campus is home to many popular fast food restaurants, attracting students with low prices and quick service. Money and time are two important factors to consider when choosing somewhere to eat lunch. We rarely think about the history behind our food when we’re standing in line at the Student Union or in dining halls.

Each day in the Union you’ll find po’boys being served in the French Quarter Cafe. Ask any of the people in line what they’re going to order and you’ll hear about the flavorful combination of

seafood and gravy that Louisiana cuisine is known for.

The po’boy sandwich was a product of the fourmonth streetcar strike in 1929. Two streetcar-conductors - t u r ne d -rest au rateu rs served meat scraps and gravy on stale bread to their former coworkers for free.

When they saw another man walking up to the building for a free meal, they would call, “Here comes another poor boy.” The name was quickly shortened to po’boy, thanks to the Louisiana dialect.

If we take a look at our state’s history, we can see how the lower class has affected Louisiana food culture. They were the ones who inspired the meals we now drop a pretty penny to recreate with fresh ingredients. They’re also the ones in the kitchens of the

higher-end restaurants in New Orleans.

And across the country, food critics are turning from the food they’re consuming to the food in the refrigerator and shopping carts of those workers who are receiving food stamps. These are hot topics for those who have never had to feed a family on the national average of $133 a month, or scrounged for healthier options in the many food deserts in our country.

In 2012, a Fox News anchor compared their situation to a diet plan. When asked by cohost Stuart Varney if she could make $133 stretch for a month of food, Andrea Tantaros responded, “I should try it because do you know how fabulous I’d look?”

Tantaros may have thought she was making a harmless joke, playing the woman whose

only food concern is how it affects her figure, but food stamp users can’t afford to joke about their health.

In many cases, they can’t even afford to think it.

While it may be easy for someone of financial stability to stroll around the produce section at the grocery store, those on food stamps don’t have the luxury. They’re in the canned food aisles, trying to figure out how to buy food for a family of four on a minimal budget. Vegetables rot, bread molds and milk goes sour. But canned vegetables, crackers and peanut butter?

Those can last a lifetime.

Unfortunately, they can also stretch the waistline with their high sodium content and fats. But we don’t consider that when we peep into the shopping cart ahead of us at the grocery store. Instead,

we scoff at the unhealthy and poor individual in line ahead of us.

It’s time we stop looking at the poor as some sort of vermin or unfortunate circumstance.

There are and have always been people who can’t afford to eat well. There was no way for the creators of the po’boy to know that their efforts to help the hungry would result in the most popular sandwich in Louisiana.

Perhaps if we start dreaming up new ways to battle the hunger problem instead of just wrinkling our brows at a budget sheet, we could end up with new delicious Louisiana cuisine.

Jana King is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

You can reach her on Twitter @jking_TDR.

Ray Rice scandal sparks ‘#WhyIStayed’ conversations SAY IT LOUD

TAYLOR SIMIEN Columnist The recent Ray Rice scandal has sparked much debate. Unless you live under a rock, you probably know what I’m referring to: the video of Rice knocking out his then-fiancée, now-wife Janay Palmer. In it, we can see domestic violence at its worst.

I have gathered a few things from this video. 1. Any man who puts his hands on a woman isn’t a real man. 2. As a woman, you shouldn’t pick up your hands to hit your significant other. Not only is it wrong, but he may just hit you back. 3. Nobody should hit anyone. Just keep your hands to yourself.

Aside from Rice knocking out Palmer, what really shocked me was even after Rice hit her, she still stuck by his side and eventually married him. At first, I was very judgmental. I thought she was dumb for staying with him and even dumber for saying she regretted the role she played in the ordeal on national television.

Then I came across a video of a Good Morning America segment with Robin Roberts, Dr. Phil McGraw and Beverly Gooden, the creator of the hashtag #WhyIStayed.

About a week ago, Gooden took to Twitter, explaining why she stayed in her abusive relationship for so long. Some of her tweets read, “I tried to leave the

house once after an abusive episode, and he blocked me. He slept in front of the door that entire night. #WhyIStayed.” and, “I stayed because I was halfway across the country, isolated from my friends and family. And there was no one to help me. #WhyIStayed.”

The hashtag went viral and sparked a much-needed debate about domestic violence and separation assault, which is more common than we may think.

According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, one in four women and one in seven men aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. On average, it takes seven attempts for the victim to leave the abuser.

Most people who haven’t experienced any form of domestic violence would say if you’re in that situation, you should just leave.

But that’s easier said than done.

During the GMA segment, Dr. Phil added, “People are starting to understand what Beverly’s talking about here because the truth is that separation assault is a phenomenon that occurs when you attempt to leave the abuser, and even the two or three weeks after. There are more fatal injuries and serious injuries during that time than any other.”

While talking to the women in my life who have been physically and emotionally abused, they said they stayed because they were financially dependent and isolated. Also,

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Janay Rice, left, looks on as her husband, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, speaks to the media May 23 during a news conference in Owings Mills, Md. Janay Rice recently released a statement via her Instagram account blaming the media and the public for the “pain” caused by Ray Rice’s NFL suspension and release from the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 8. when you invest so many years into one person, it’s hard to pick up and leave because you love them so much.

“I loved him, I believed in him, I believed what he said when he said that he wouldn’t do it again, I trusted him, I was afraid of him,” Gooden said in the interview.

Although I have seen firsthand how a man can change for the better, that doesn’t necessarily heal all the emotional wounds of

domestic violence. But for the relationships that don’t get better, sometimes staying is the only option a woman may have.

Although the public will never know exactly what goes on privately in the Rice household, it is important for us to consider Palmer’s position instead of pointing a finger.

Ray Rice isn’t the only man in the world who has committed an act of domestic

violence, and his wife is not the only woman who has chosen to stay. But from this incident, we can learn not to judge a person’s decisions because you never know exactly what they are going through.

Taylor Simien is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Lafayette, Louisiana.

You can reach her on Twitter @TSimien_TDR.

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Please call Brandon @ 225.229.4554 to set up interview. _____________________________ Part-time customer service reps needed for Welsh’s Cleaners 5454 bluebonnet blvd @ I10 Great for students and flexible schedules. For more information

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014 medical, from page 1 programs. University students will be able to earn a medical degree and Ph.D. in engineering as a part of the same program.

“We really do think that Baton Rouge possesses the unique resources that would allow us to have a four-year medical school that is different than the other medical schools that are in Louisiana,” Moore said.

Moore said there are plans to train doctors in telemedicine — where doctors can treat patients over the phone.

Telemedicine allows for doctors to treat patients who live in rural communities. Louisiana has a high demand for this program as rural communities are located a considerable distance from health care providers.

Moore said there may be more

than one university partnered with the medical school, but no decisions have been made.

“We certainly want to utilize the resources at LSU,” Moore said.

Biological sciences sophomore Tyriana Griffin, who plans to attend medical school, said many students go into college planning to attend medical school but give up on the idea a few years into their undergraduate studies.

Griffin said she believes students will be more likely to attend medical school if it is closer to the University’s campus. She also mentioned the inconvenience when University medical administrators visit campus from New Orleans.

“If there was a medical school in Baton Rouge, it would be a lot easier to get all the advice and necessary counseling we need

The Daily Reveille to fill prerequisites to get into medical school,” Griffin said.

BRAF is making recommendations for new streets and ways to improve existing ones, including plans for jogging and bike paths as well as walking trails.

“There is obviously a link between physical activity and creating a healthier population here in Baton Rouge,” Moore said.

Moore said BRAF plans to increase collaboration among medical facilities in the event of a major natural disaster.

Health care institutions have improved their emergency facilities in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but Moore said these institutions should enhance their facilities further.

“Most of this will take several years to come to full implementation, assuming we move pretty quickly,” Moore said.

studio, from page 1 “All of the local rappers have come through here,” Kirkpatrick said. “I recorded a bunch of tracks for Kevin Gates and Mystikal’s 2001 album, ‘Tarantula.’”

Students and lesser known musicians also are welcome to come in to Sockit Studio to record their tracks.

Lately, the studio has been recording a new generation of local musicians, like producer and rapper Harrison “Max” Prehn.

“The staff at Sockit treat my artistic vision with respect and integrity. Their experience and facilities provide a comfortable environment for creative process,” Prehn said. “You can always trust that they’ll make it sound even better than it did when you imagined it.”

Indie jazz-rock group The Fence Climbers also recently recorded its self-titled album at Sockit. All members of the band are students or graduates of the LSU School of Music.

“If I ever have a particular sound in mind, I just describe it to Devon, and he always finds a way to make my vision come to fruition,” said Fence Climbers keyboardist and vocalist Daniel Bartage.

Despite his experience with recording software, Kirkpatrick still recognizes the appeal of analog sound. Sockit gives artists the option to use the new Endless Analog brand CLASP interface.

CLASP stands for Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor. It integrates real analogue tape recording into a digital audio interface signal and workflow. In short, it gives classic analog sound with modern sound editing flexibility.

“It gives you that classic analog saturation,” Kirkpatrick said, “and we’re one of the only studios in the state to offer it.”

Besides the CLASP interface, Sockit offers all the expected recording studio entities, like a full mixing board, quality monitor speakers and hardware interfaces.

The studio also features inbooth monitor screens to mirror the mixing board monitor screen, so that artists can see what’s being done to their tracks as they record.

page 15 contract, from page 1 In his address, Alexander announced the Journey to College initiative — a program providing online resources for parents long before their children go to college.

At www.journeytocollege. org, parents can find information on higher education institutions across the state, as well as

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specialized checklists for each grade of high school.

“We want more to enroll in LSU, but we want them to be college-ready when they graduate high school,” Alexander said.

“Believe me, parents yearn for this information. We have an obligation to go to them.”

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Devon Kirkpatrick, engineer and owner of Sockit Studio, founded the Baton Rouge recording studio in 1999.

To anyone who wants to come in to record, Kirkpatrick said, “Just make sure you do your homework first. Know what you want to do in your studio time. If you’re a rapper, come in with a

track. If you’re a band, have your songs well rehearsed.”

You can reach Tyler Fontenot on Twitter @TylerFontenot83.

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More financial aid eligibility will raise graduation rates Dear Editor, I want to address an important issue with The Higher Education Act of 1965. It has to do with who qualifies for financial aid.

According to Section 480, an independent student is defined by one or more of the following circumstances: 24 years of age or older, an orphan or ward of the court until the age of 18, a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or currently serving on active duty (for other than training), a graduate or professional student, married or has legal dependents other than a spouse.

In my opinion, this definition should include a student who does not receive any financial support from their parents or guardians.

If a student lives away from their parent(s), pays their bills with their own money, and does not rely on their parents for financial help, why does the government presume their parents have the duty and capacity to provide significant support?

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University of Oregon graduates make their way through campus June 17, 2013, to the preceding graduation ceremonies in Eugene, Ore. Many parents can barely afford to support themselves and their dependent children, much less their adult college student(s).

What is baffling and unfair is the disparate treatment of various classes of students.

Why should I only be considered “independent” the moment I get married, have a dependent (usually a child), or enlist?

There seems to be a perverse incentive to get married, pregnant or join the military at a

time when students should be focused on studying and completing their degree.

It seems to me that once a student reaches the age of majority and is considered an adult, then eligibility for financial aid should be based on that alone. I have all the rights and responsibilities of an adult (except the right to possess or consume alcohol if I’m under 21), but for financial aid purposes, I am still a child reliant on my parents until age 24. This arbitrary age seems designed solely to limit government expenditure for financial aid, since most students will have completed college by then! That decision seems penny-wise and pound-foolish to me.

Whatever additional cost the government might incur in expanding financial aid eligibility, would surely be outweighed by the prospect of more welleducated students with college degrees who are more self-supporting, less likely to ever need public assistance, less likely to land in prison and more likely

to be successful, tax-paying citizens leading the country into the future.

Public Agenda released a report called, “With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them” stating that most dropouts leave college because they have trouble going to school while working to support themselves. The study also shows that 6 in 10 college dropouts received no financial support from their parents.

How has the government failed to recognize this correlation?

Bottom line, an operation to help disadvantaged students attend college, conducted a study in 2012 confirming financial hardship had a significant, negative impact on college graduation rates. Therefore, more financial aid eligibility would expand access to college for children of financially strapped parents and raise the graduation rates.

Sincerely,

Catie Brinson, interdisciplinary studies sophomore

Other countries’ healthcare systems just as flawed as the U.S. Dear Editor, With all the turmoil over Obamacare over the past few years, I have heard a lot of discussions about what America could be and what America should be.

The majority of these discussions focus on healthcare and public transportation and inevitably involved comparing the United States of America to a country in the European Union.

The point these discussions would make is what was offered in the EU was better than what we were getting in the states.

I, do admit, this was often the

conclusion I came up with, but my opinions haves since changed.

This past summer, I travelled to Europe and got a taste of the EU for myself, and the conclusion that everything is relative in life has once again been confirmed.

While Americans sit at home and complain of what America should be like they fail to realize that the things they so want for their country are just as flawed as the system we have now.

As I talked to locals on the streets of London, I found they had distaste for their medical system. Their com-

plaints boiled down to that their system was great for emergencies but for long-term health issues, this system only offered more levels of bureaucracy. The joke that British people have bad teeth was only reconfirmed with their complaints for the failure of a dental health system in their country.

Once we got off the streets, we traveled around London on their famous Underground. The system was vast and would take you anywhere in the city and was truly unlike anything found in the United States.

New York and D.C. have similar systems but nothing like as vast as the Underground. United States citizens have wanted cheap public transportation like this for years and the reason we have not got it is simple. America is vast. It is not only vast, but it is also very spread out. The cities that have these transportation systems are tightly compacted metropolises.

The truth is, it would cost more to provide these systems than it would actually be worth.

Upon landing back in the States, I had this sense of contentment in that I knew I truly lived

in the best country in the world.

It also left me with a sense of worry, that our politicians are so out of touch with the world they did not come to the same conclusion as me.

The EU might have unique ideas, but it is nothing the United States really needs. This is America the beautiful, it always has been and always will be, so stop trying to fix something that is not broken.

Cameron Bennett, film and media arts junior

Racial profiling still heavily exists in today’s society

I am here writing to you, editor, because I feel there is a topic that needs to be addressed. I am sure you are aware of the Michael Brown incident in Ferguson, M., and Travyon Martin in Sanford, Fla. My issue I see that needs some light to be shed on is racial profiling. I truly believe that racial profiling still exists heavily in society today and of more recent times there have been more incidents involving this injustice.

Racial profiling as most know it today is, when law enforcement targets and questions someone for their origin, race, or ethnicity. As we have seen, this happened in Sanford, Florida with Travyon Martin and most recently Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. I personally believed and according to some of the evidence

that has been presented that the murderers’ shootings were not justified and that racial profiling occurred without a doubt.

In the Trayvon Martin case, the young man was only approached because he had on a hoodie and “seemed suspicious.” Does anyone have the right to deem someone “suspicious” because of a certain type of clothing they wear?

Apparently George Zimmerman thought he had the right to judge the innocent 18-year-old based off his clothing.

Same goes for Michael Brown. He was just casually walking on a neighborhood street, and law enforcement took it upon themselves to continually threaten him and his friend to get off the street. It seems as if Darren Wilson was not giving up harassing these

young men until they obeyed HIS demands. I am certain Darren Wilson could have been elsewhere patrolling, but decided to harass two young black men in the midst of a town that is torn between white and blacks.

In the long run, I am just trying to point out that racial profiling is bigger and more controversial than ever before and we as citizens, as a society, needs to make this issue alert to everyone and try to put an end to this form of discrimination.

As a society we need to move past indifferences and judgments and come together as a united group of citizens.

Elizabeth Borda, communication studies junior

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Police arrest a protester after he refused to leave the area of a protest Sept. 10 aimed at shutting down Interstate 70 in Berkeley, Mo.