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ternity and got involved. We were becoming much closer, and we had a lot in common.

“That’s another reason it hit me harder.”

Last month marked the oneyear anniversary of Christopher’s death at 22 years old. On Aug. 27, 2013, he drove home

University instructors caught a break at the Sept. 12 LSU Board of Supervisors meeting, when LSU President F. King Alexander announced a new plan to quell instructors’ concerns about job security.

Three-year contracts are now available to instructors who have been with the University for six years and receive positive annual evaluations. Instructors previously were able to sign on for only one year at a time.

“They are absolutely essential and invaluable to this University, especially those that have been so loyal,” Alexander said of the University’s instructors.

Instructors at the University have had a turbulent history with employment stability, receiving termination letters during the 2008 budget crisis warning they may not have their jobs at the end of the year.

Jane Cassidy, vice provost for Human Resources and Facilities Management, said there are three types of faculty at the University:

Raising Cane’s holding fundraiser today to benefit Christopher M. Broussard Memorial Scholarship fund

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plate of Coffee Call beignet fingers sits untouched while a steaming mug of hot chocolate cools. A chair, once occupied

by Christopher Broussard, sits vacant on an early Sunday morning, his mother Lisa seated beside it.

Her husband, Mike, usually joins her, unless he’s on the

golf course after an LSU football game, as he was this Sunday. Mike and Christopher often played together, participating in an annual father-son tournament every Father’s Day weekend.

The trio would often meet at the Baton Rouge beignet spot for a quick lunch or a respite from their busy schedules. As an employee at Exerfit Family Fitness,

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Christopher picked his mother’s brain on her methods of working with children. Lisa, a physical education teacher in the Catholic school system for the last 15 years, would happily oblige.

“I never thought my son would enjoy working with kids like I do,” Lisa said. “When he got to LSU, he just blossomed, especially once he joined a fra-

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‘UREC on the Geaux’ takes fitness classes to the Parade Ground

BY JAZMINE FOXWORTH jfoxworth@lsureveille.com The UREC is getting students to work out, inside or outside, with the UREC on the Geaux program.

Several students lined up Thursday on the Parade Ground to take advantage of free T-shirts, snacks, water bottles, exercise bands and games provided by the UREC. The weekly events aim to introduce students to the UREC’s programs and services.

UREC equipment on the Parade Ground was a Student Government initiative proposed by the Experience LSU campaign during the spring 2014 SG elec-

tions. This is the first semester the UREC is providing these services.

The events will occur weekly on the Parade Ground or the Residential College Complex lawn until November. The activities are available to all students, and to participate, they must swipe their TigerCard and sign in, just like at the UREC. Wendy Windsor, associate director of programs and outreach for the UREC, said she was inspired to create this program to make the UREC’s services more available to students.

“We had a vision of bringing our services to the students,” said Windsor.

Kendra Bayne, assistant director of marketing and promotions for the UREC, also said it was important they connected with students on campus.

“It’s really an opportunity for the UREC to reach the students where they are,” said Bayne.

International business sophomore Michael Nguyen said the best part of the program is its location.

“Instead of being away from campus at the UREC, it’s on the Parade Grounds where everyone is, which is cool,” said Nguyen.

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UREC on the Geaux participants perform yoga stretches Wednesday on the Parade Ground.

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School districts to benefit from surplus program THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — School police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of M16 rifles.

At least 26 school districts have participated in the Pentagon’s surplus program, which is not new but has come under scrutiny after police responded to protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last month with tear gas, armored military trucks and riot gear.

Now, amid that increased criticism, several school districts say they’ll give some of the equipment back. Nearly two dozen education and civil liberties groups sent a letter earlier this week to the Pentagon and the Justice and Education departments urging a stop to transfers of military weapons to school police.

The Los Angeles Unified School District — the nation’s secondlargest school district covering 710 square miles and enrolling more than 900,000 students — said it would it would remove three grenade launchers it had acquired under the program in 2001 because they “are not essential lifesaving items within the scope, duties and mission” of the district’s police force.

But the district plans to keep the 60 M16s and a military vehicle — known as an MRA — used in Iraq and Afghanistan that was

built to withstand mine blasts.

District police Chief Steve Zipperman told The Associated Press that the M16s are used for training, and the MRAP, which is parked off campus in a lot, was acquired because the district could not afford to buy armored vehicles that might be used to protect officers and help students in a school shooting.

“That vehicle is used in very extraordinary circumstances involving a life-saving situation for an armed threat,” Zipperman said.

“Quite frankly, I hope we never have to deploy it.”

Los Angeles school board member Steve Zimmer said the board was told of the specific equipment the district had received only after the protests last month in Ferguson. He said the district will likely let go of the MRAP. “I think that we’re going to end up for both public relations purposes and because I don’t think we really, really need it, we’ll probably end up giving that actual vehicle to another jurisdiction,” Zimmer said.

Law enforcement agencies around the country equipped themselves during learner budget years by turning to the Pentagon program, which the Defense Department has viewed as a way to get rid of gear it no longer needs.

Since the Columbine school shooting in 1999, school districts increasingly participated.

Federal records show schools in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, Texas and Utah

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In response to police tactics after a white policeman fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, the White House said it would conduct a review of the Pentagon surplus program, and Congress also plans hearings on it.

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said while there’s a role for surplus equipment, especially defensive gear, going to local police departments, “it’s difficult to see

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San Diego Unified School District is painting its MRAP white and hoping to use the Red Cross symbol on it to assuage community worries, said Ursula Kroemer, a district spokeswoman. The MRAP has been stripped of all weapon mounts and turrets and will be outfitted with medical supplies and teddy bears for use in emergencies to evacuate students and staff, she said. Adding: “This thing is a bulletproof safe haven on wheels.”

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BEIRUT — Gunmen crossed the border from Syria into Lebanon and captured a Lebanese soldier on Wednesday in the first such kidnapping since an incursion last month raised fears of growing spillover from Syria’s deadly civil war.

Kamal al-Hujairi was captured while visiting his parents’ farm on the outskirts of the town of Arsal when he was snatched by gunmen, a Lebanese military official said.

He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations. The state-run National News Agency confirmed the incident and said the militants also stole several cows from the farm.

It was the first kidnapping along the border since Aug. 2, when Islamic militants crossed into Lebanon and captured more than 20 soldiers and police.

At least eight of the men are being held by the Syrian al-Qaida affiliate, the Nusra Front. Others are being detained by the extremist Islamic State group, which has beheaded two. The killings outraged

Lebanon and sparked days of violence against Syrian refugees in the country.

The Islamic State group, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq, has also beheaded two Americans and a British citizen in recent weeks.

Since last month’s capture, Lebanese troops have clashed with jihadist fighters in the border area near Arsal. The military official said the troops opened fire on Wednesday on a motorcycle that did not stop at a checkpoint in Arsal, leaving one wounded.

Lebanon is negotiating for the men’s release through mediation by officials from Qatar. The Nusra Front is demanding the release of accused Islamic militants from Lebanese detention. They are also demanding that the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group stop fighting in Syria alongside the forces of President Bashar Assad.

On Sunday, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam traveled to the Qatari capital of Doha and held talks with senior officials there. Qatar is a major backer of Syrian rebel groups.

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University graduates create grocery delivery service

BY James richards jrichards@lsureveille.com The dawn of the Internet age has far reaching changes in every aspect of our life, from transportation to communication. Donning their dayglow-green company shirts, University graduates Peru Sharma and Ben Bartage are looking to bring the Internet to something as old as humans themselves — food.

Indie Plate is a grocery delivery service created by Sharma and Bartage to bring local food to people who don’t have the time to grocery shop. The two are the company’s only fulltime employees, with Bartage’s brother, Paul, working as operations manager part time while he finishes his master’s degree in business administration at the University.

Sharma, who emigrated from India, said he loved going to the farmer’s market for the quality and freshness but didn’t always make it to the Saturday morning market.

“We started off essentially as a personal shopper for the farmer’s market,” Sharma said.

Bartage said they recognized the need for fresh products throughout the week and began to expand their reach beyond the

farmer’s market.

“There’s a lot of local chefs, local food-makers who didn’t have channels to sell their products beyond something like Etsy,” Sharma said.

Nur’s Kitchen, a Covington business offering traditional Turkish mediterranean food like hummus and tabouli salad, is one of the many producers Indie Plate sources from.

Locally sourced milk is one of their biggest sellers, Bartage said. He said it’s interesting to see the demand for whole milk with all the other offerings in grocery stores, like almond or soy milk.

Indie Plate brings back the milk man from the 1950s, and this time, he has a GPS to deliver.

Paul said there’s no way their business model could’ve worked 10 to 15 years ago with the lack of technology, like Google Maps.

Their services are unique to Baton Rouge, Sharma said. Good Eggs in New Orleans has a similar model, and Instacart operates in major cities like New York and San Francisco.

The novelty of the business model has brought issues with food regulations.

“We have a business model the law hasn’t taken account of,” Bartage said.

Luckily, Ben graduated with a JD-MBA from LSU and worked in a law firm for a few years.

Sharma said he’s been instrumental in navigating the regulations, and they haven’t had any hindrances to their growth from regulations.

The established system of food transport and refrigeration brings costs in every category, from economic to health-based to environmental, Bartage said.

However, Indie Plate has a much smaller carbon footprint than traditional grocery stores.

One person driving to deliver groceries to nine people is better than 10 people driving to the grocery store and back home, Bartage said.

Health concerns are also important to the founders. In a blog post on the Indie Plate site, dietician Daphne Olivier said local food is fresher, meaning it is less likely to have cultured bacteria like E. coli on its way to the table.

One of the challenges of delivering food to doorsteps is trusting other people to pick good products. Sharma, who studied agricultural supply chain management at the University, said Indie Plate has software that helps them keep track of

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Founders of Indie Plate, Ben Bartage (left) and Peru Sharma (right), deliver locally produced food to consumers. front-end operations like customer preferences and backend software to coordinate with producers.

“Food is very personal,” Sharma said. “People like to touch what they’re getting and are very picky.”

Sharma and Bartage have high expectations for their business. They think in 10 years, they’ll have traditional grocery stores fighting to keep up with

them. The only way they’ll succeed is by focusing first on customer service and changing perceptions about grocery delivery, they said.

Sharma said there’s a perception that services like Indie Plate are niche and expensive. To combat that, they’ve started using a tactic traditional stores have used for years — sales. Sharma said it’s hard to turn down 25-cent squash.

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College of Agriculture offers dual enrollment at La. high schools BY lauren guillot lguillot@lsureveille.com The College of Agriculture is offering a dual enrollment course at two Louisiana high schools, Walker High School in Livingston Parish and Abbeville High School in Vermilion Parish, to prepare high school students for college courses.

The dual enrollment program is a part of the University’s College Readiness program and already provides math dual enrollment courses at high schools around Louisiana. The program allows students to earn college credit and experience college level-based courses.

The University is an agricultural and mechanical college, so the dual enrollment program helps the college fulfil it’s outreach goals.

Leslie Blanchard, assistant dean of the College of Agriculture, said the program is a good tool for students to prepare for their entry level courses at the University.

“What the students experience in the program is a true Louisiana State University course,” Blanchard said. “Our goal in our College Readiness program is exactly what it says — college readiness.”

Blanchard said the course will also be used as a recruiting tool to encourage students to enroll at the University and to major in agriculture. The course provides credit

for Renewable Natural Resources 1001 and is the first dual enrollment course offered by the College of Agriculture.

The course is among the first of its kind as an agricultural dual enrollment course designed for students who plan to continue to a four-year university.

“Traditionally, courses offered through [agricultural education] dual enrollment at the high school level are industrial or vocational in nature,” Blanchard said. “We are, to our knowledge, the only four-year degree granting institution with a college of agriculture, a land grant university, that’s offering this.”

Danielle Newsom, the agriculture dual enrollment teacher for Abbeville High School, said the four students in her class are learning how to be proactive by studying for college-level courses.

“It is a lot of moving from an activity-based classroom to a lecture-based classroom where the kids are a lot more responsible for reading and taking the notes and understanding the notes before they come to class,” Newsom said, “because there’s just not that time like in a high school classroom where the teacher spends so much time explaining every little topic. But I did spend some time trying to help them learn how to study and, as we go through, explaining to them what they can expect when they are in a true college classroom.”

Newsom teaches the course at the LSU AgCenter Vermilion Parish extension office after school, two days a week, instead of during school hours.

“I think it’s starting to teach them a lot more responsibility because it’s something extra that they’re having to do,” Newsom said.

Kelly Becnel, dual enrollment teacher at Walker High School, said her students are adapting well to learning material at the college level.

“It’s been neat to watch the kids apply what they learned to different situations,” Becnel said, “and a lot of times they end up having more conversation than I do. Last week I asked them, ‘How can we reduce our ecological footprint?’ and they came up with ideas that I hadn’t even thought of.”

Layni Leblanc, a junior at Walker High School, said the course is different from her other high school courses.

“I definitely think I have to apply myself a little more in this class with studying and making sure I’m ready for the test,” Leblanc said.

The dual enrollment teachers took a condensed RNR 1001 course last summer at the University with professors William Kelso and Reagan Errera. Newsom and Becnel had to pass all of the quizzes and tests with a 90 percent to teach the class.

Madie Easley, a senior at Walker High School, said the course

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was beneficial in more ways than just preparing for college courses.

“I wanted to take these classes so that I’ll have the credit before I get there, and it’s cheaper, so my parents will be saving money in the long run, as well,” Easley said.

Erin Mackey, an animal science and technology senior, said the course could help freshmen succeed in their first-year courses.

“It could be very beneficial to learn how to study before you come to college, especially if you didn’t learn to study in high school,” Mackey said. “Especially for those weed-out classes.”

Blanchard said the College of Agriculture plans on expanding the dual enrollment program.

The teachers will return to the University in October for another condensed course to prepare them to teach Agriculture 1005, Science and Society, at their schools in the spring.

“After the pilot is finished,” Blanchard said, “and we analyze the data, see what went right, what went wrong, what we can do to improve, how can we fix it, how can we make it better, we’re going to invite [agriculture] teachers across the state, so anyone who wants to participate and become certified to teach dual enrollment will have the opportunity to come to LSU for a week in the summer, a week per course, to go through the same process. Hopefully we’ll get a statewide reach.”

page 4 urec, from page 1 UREC throughout the semester, including vinyasa flow, yoga for relaxation and kanjam.

“It was a combination of providing our services and being able to share what all the UREC can offer,” said Windsor.

Each week, the program will provide students with different activities and classes. The events will feature volleyball, a climbing wall, GroupX classes and yoga.

Windsor also said the UREC plans to have a s’mores clinic and free snowballs at future events to generate student interest.

For several students, including industrial engineering sophomore Tess Ellender, the change in scenery is what appeals to them.

“I think that it’s really nice that we’ll have a chance to do stuff outside,” Ellender said. “For the GroupX classes, we’re always in the same studio every week, so it’s nice to be able to do the stuff outside.”

Ellender said as the weather cools, it will be nice to participate in the outdoor activities.

The program is only scheduled for this semester, but if successful, it will continue, Windsor said.

contracts, from page 1 tenured faculty, tenure-track faculty and instructors.

“The instructors on our campus are relatively low paid,” she said. “Some of them have been here for 30 or 40 years.”

Cassidy said the plan was developed after 25 faculty members from across campus met with her, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell and representatives from Human Resource Management to discuss their concerns.

“Some of these people had been here longer than the tenure-track faculty, but they had no job security,” Cassidy said. “Every year they could be let go.”

Cassidy said the University looked at peer institutions to get a better perspective on faculty contracts and found they offered longer-term arrangements for those who had proven themselves as instructors.

University instructors will be judged on the annual reviews all employees must undergo, Cassidy said.

“If they get good evaluations every year from their department chair and their dean, they can be recommended to go on to threeyear contracts,” Cassidy said.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope supports the University’s new proposal and said instructors had been distracted by the insecurity they experienced under the previous short-term contracts.

“This is one of the occasions where I can give high compliments to the University for having made a significant step forward and also to having treated professional staff humanely and in a way appropriate for their credentials and contributions,” Cope said. “We certainly expect that this won’t be the last installment, because instructor salaries still lag behind those around the nation.”

environment

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Recycling grant to aid lakes clean-up program

BY malori bezet mbezet@lsureveille.com

Runners, cyclists and other visitors to the University lakes will have more recycling opportunities, because the University Office of Sustainability now has $10,000 to improve the lakes.

Sarah Temple, manager of Campus Sustainability, said the money would help the University reach the campus’s recycling goal of 50 percent this year.

“This funding provides an opportunity to ensure our LSU lake ecosystem is kept healthy and beautiful,” Temple said.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful, an organization promoting anti-littering movements, offers “Healthy Communities” grants, which are available to different state entities. Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful and The University Lakes Improvement and Preservation Association wrote letters to help the University secure the grant, said Assistant Director of Facility Services Tammy Millican.

The Office of Sustainability will use the grant to fund lake clean-up days by purchasing 50-gallon recycling bins to place around the lake and clean-up kits containing safety vests, gloves and litter grabbers for volunteers, Temple said.

“The planned lake clean-up days, along with the addition of recycling bins around the lakes, are directly tied to LSU’s overall commitment to sustainability, pollution prevention and public outreach,” Temple said. “We also look forward to a continued, productive partnership with Keep Louisiana Beautiful.”

Millican said the University plans to work with Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful, TULIPA, and the University Laboratory School

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A recycling bin sits near University lakes on Tuesday. The University recently received $10,000 to place more bins in the area. on the lake clean-up projects, but it lacks University student support.

“We only have a certain number of employees to maintain the campus, so any time we can get groups to help us, that helps ensure the campus is as clean as it can be,” Millican said.

Temple said student participation will increase the University’s recycling rate and help divert materials from landfills, which lowers greenhouse gas emissions.

Facility Services won the grant in 2012 and used the funds to form a group, called Recycling Tigers, to help with recycling on game days, Millican said. She said the group handed out recycling bins and bags, and it educated people on the importance of recycling at tailgates and in homes.

Temple said she saw a need for

more recycling bins around the lakes when the application period for the 2014 grant opened.

“We would really like to have a recycling bin at least where there is a trash can, if not more than that,” Temple said. “We want to ensure that when litter is picked up, if it is recyclable litter, that it is able to be recycled.”

Millican said the office expects use of the lakeside area to increase if the Baton Rouge Area Foundation decides to dredge and deepen the lakes in its upcoming master plan, and if more people use the lakes, they will be harder to keep clean. The office wants to put preliminary measures in place so the lakes don’t become trashed, said Millican.

The Daily Reveille reported in July that the SWA Group would be the firm creating a master plan for

the lakes. SWA Group president and University alumnus Kinder Baumgardner said in a presentation that the lakes could be improved by dredging, trail circuits, beaches, a boat-house cafe and a science eco-trail.

Temple said the reason for maintaining the area is as ecological as it is visual, because the lakes provide a migratory path for birds and are a distinct ecosystem.

Millican said the lake clean-up days would involve both the Baton Rouge community and University volunteers. The University owns four of the lakes in the six-lake system, while Baton Rouge owns the other two.

Fred Fellner, assistant director of Landscape Services, said the University has about 35 employees maintaining the 700 total acres on campus.

student life

The Standard apartments come to Northgate Leasing office now accepting applications BY brittany clark bclark@lsureveille.com With a rooftop pool and a view of Tiger Stadium, The Standard at Baton Rouge will begin leasing in fall 2015 on the corner of West Chimes Street and Aster Street.

Landmark Properties purchased the land adjacent to LSU in December 2013 and began construction following the purchase.

Landmark Properties CEO Wes Rogers said it was difficult to acquire land so close to the University, and the company had to get approval from 12 different landowners before the sale could be finalized.

Rogers said it took a year to assemble the property because it was the only tract of land not in a historical district.

With competing off-campus housing options like The Woodlands of Baton Rouge, The Cottages of Baton Rouge and U Club Cottages, The Standard will not be entering a new market for luxury housing.

“The Standard will have a rooftop pool along with a rooftop viewing lounge,” Rogers said. “It is 100 feet in the air, and you will be able to see inside of Tiger Stadium.”

The University’s West Campus Apartments will have The Standard as neighbors. Both apartment complexes are walking distance to University athletic arenas like the PMAC and Tiger Stadium.

Catherine David, associate director for Residential Life communications and development, said the department analyzes market demand to stay competitive with off-campus options. She said East and West Campus Apartments have had waitlists for two years, so they

are not worried about losing student interest.

On-campus housing rates start at $3,725 per semester, or about $745 monthly. David said the rent prices have not risen in three years and include all utilities, which appeals to students because they don’t have to deal with additional bills.

Rogers said the rates for The Standard will begin at roughly $600, though official price lists will not be released until Sept.

26.

“Based on market analysis, I feel we are charging good value rates to students,” Rogers said.

Political science sophomore Ivy Perkins is a resident at The Woodlands of Baton Rouge. She said she prefers to live off campus because of the amenities offered and the space she has from her roommates.

“I think The Standard at Baton Rouge apartments will be really nice, but I wouldn’t want to live on the north side of

campus,” Perkins said.

Kinesiology sophomore Remi Hatten said she enjoys living in WCA because of the oncampus amenities and secluded location.

WCA has in-house staff and 24-hour resident assistance. David said students decide to live on campus because of amenities like the UREC. “We provide academiclength contracts of nine months, which other off-campus housing doesn’t,” David said. “We serve students’ interests first and deal directly with LSU, and that’s what we are confident about.”

David said she realizes offcampus housing is appealing because University housing can’t accommodate most of the University’s students.

The Standard is now accepting applications online because of high requests from students.

The leasing office officially opens its doors Sept. 26, during Family Weekend.

Sports

Thursday, September 18, 2014

pairing of leaders

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Prescott an example for Jennings and Harris THE CUBAN CANNON tommy romanach Sports Columnist

Tigers look to Jolly, Taylor for experience and guidance

Sophomore and freshman quarterbacks Anthony Jennings and Brandon Harris were not brought to LSU to manage games.

Both quarterbacks are still in the developing stages, but LSU head coach Les Miles and other coaches are aiming for an end result. They want a quarterback who’s accurate in the pocket, runs the system and can make plays running the ball.

There is a player who fits all those descriptions currently putting up huge numbers this season.

In fact, he plays in Tiger Stadium this Saturday.

Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott is a dark-horse Heisman candidate and could be the best quarterback in the school’s history by the end of the season.

The Haughton, Louisiana, native is imposing and quick on his feet, a combination that leaves most defenses clueless.

Jennings and Harris are also dual-threat quarterbacks and can learn a great deal from Prescott.

He was not always the player he is now; Prescott needed maturity and help to reach this point.

Prescott’s success is partially because of coach Dan Mullen’s system, the same system Mullen ran with Tim Tebow at Florida.

Prescott can make the power runs

BY Brian Pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com Golf is an individual sport. The result of your round comes from nature and your own play.

But college golf is just as team oriented as it is individual. Just like any other team sport, a leader is key to long-term success.

The LSU men’s golf team is fortunate enough to have not one leader, but two in seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor.

In Jolly’s four years with the Tigers, he has played 105 rounds, averaging just over 72 strokes per round. He’s won two events — this week’s Golfweek Conference Challenge and the 2012 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate.

In 36 career events, he’s finished in the top 10 one-third of the time.

Taylor is a decorated collegiate golfer himself, though he’s only been a member of LSU’s team since the 2013-2014 season. He won five individual tournament championships while at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

While with the Sharks, Taylor guided the team to a Division II national championship and a Sunshine State Conference team championship.

Individually, Taylor was named the Division II Collegiate Player of the Year his freshman season, awarded back-to-back SSC Player of the Year awards and won both the SSC individual championship and Division II Southeast Regional individual championship.

LSU coach Chuck Winstead said all their success makes it simple to choose the two to be leaders.

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courtesy of STEVE FRANZ / LSU Sports Information

Ben Taylor (top) and Stewart Jolly (bottom) have become leaders for the Tigers during their careers.

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football

Hawkins continues to persevere two years after father’s death

BY Jack Chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com Jerald Hawkins was on a roll.

He was newly enrolled at LSU and prepared to start his stint as a Tiger after a successful high school career. He was ranked a unanimous top-20 offensive tackle in Louisiana coming out of high school. His career was taking off, and he was making strides fast.

But that all changed on Sept.

3, 2012, when his father, Warren, died of a heart attack, after ongoing heart issues.

“I felt like it was a nightmare,” Jerald said. “It didn’t feel real. I talked to him a few hours right before practice, and then after practice he was gone. It was tremendously hard.”

The death of Jerald’s father took a huge toll. Warren was

Jerald’s biggest inspiration growing up. Jerald said his dad was a coach both on and off the field, always keeping his head straight and pushing him to be a better player and person.

“He always pushed me,” Jerald said. “He always kept me going.

He told me to just keep pushing, and you’ll eventually be better than these guys. Just keep pushing and don’t let them get to you that much. As long as you keep pushing and keep your mind straight, you only can beat you.”

Those words have stuck in Jerald’s mind ever since his father passed away.

“He always told me to be strong,” Jerald said. “He used to always tell me if I’m not here tomorrow just take care of my mother.

That’s what kept replaying in my head and I just took it to heart and

did what he always told me to do.”

It was easier said than done for Jerald, but he was able to persevere, thanks to a tight-knit offensive line unit.

Jerald said his teammates played a big part in his life, helping pick him up when he was down and keeping him out of slumps during his redshirt freshman season.

Senior center Elliott Porter was on the team when Jerald’s father died, and he, senior offensive tackle La’el Collins and former LSU guard Trai Turner were all there for Jerald when he needed it most.

“We were his crutch,” Porter said. “We were there for him. We said, ‘Lean on me man, just lean on me. We’re going to fight through this together.’ And that’s what

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LSU sophomore offensive tackle Jerald Hawkins (65) and sophomore cornerback Dwayne Thomas (13) emerge from the locker room Sep. 13 before the Tigers’ victory against ULM.

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Tigers’ Arlitt anticipating return after ankle injury BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com LSU senior midfielder Alex Arlitt has never been one to let pain slow her down.

From the moment she first stepped onto the pitch in a Tiger uniform, Arlitt’s thirst for competition and victory has been enough to overcome the relentless grind of the college soccer season.

But everything changed for the durable Arlitt on Aug. 29, during an early-season contest against Northwestern State.

With the Tigers leading 3-1 minutes before the end of the first half, Arlitt chased down a ball near the corner, took a wrong step and went down to the ground, where she stayed for several minutes before being helped to the locker room.

She didn’t know what to make of it at first.

“I’m so used to falling down and just getting back up to play, so I didn’t know immediately how serious [the injury] was,” Arlitt said. “I thought it was just going to be a quick thing where you tape up the ankle and get back in a week like it normally is. But for whatever reason, it hasn’t gone that way so far.”

Arlitt’s untimely left ankle injury has sidelined her for six of LSU’s eight games this season, and it’s still unclear when she’ll return to the Tigers’ lineup.

Sitting back and watching her younger teammates battle through a tough schedule from the sideline wasn’t the way she envisioned her final season at LSU to play out.

“I was definitely frustrated,” Arlitt said. “This was not exactly what I had in mind when I pictured my senior season, having to sit out a few weeks. But that’s the card you’re dealt, and you just have to do the best with what you’ve got. I’m just going to keep doing everything I can to not get stressed and get back as soon as I can.”

Being inactive has been an ironic twist for the All-Southeastern Conference performer. Prior to that August night against the Lady Demons, Arlitt was as steady a presence as any for LSU soccer coach Brian Lee, having started in each of the 65 games for the Tigers before turning her ankle.

Lee said it was tough seeing his senior leader sidelined with an injury after her tireless preparation in the offseason.

“She put in a great summer of work and was as motivated as any senior I’ve ever coached,” Lee said. “She’s done all the right things to prepare herself for a big senior year, so I feel bad she’s missed this many games already, but hopefully, she’ll be back on the field soon.”

But Arlitt said she has spent more of her time focusing on her younger teammates rather than her injury status.

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LSU senior midfielder Alex Arlitt (14) falls injured Aug. 29 during the Tigers’ 6-2 victory against Northwestern State in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

“It’s tough just watching the games, but I’m trying not to think about that,” Arlitt said. “I’m just trying to affect the team as much as I can from the sideline and still help them out from the bench. That’s why I’ve enjoyed traveling so much, because I can be there. Even if I’m not playing, I can be there.”

In the beginning, it was a tough transition for the young squad without its lone senior on the field. After starting the season with consecutive victories, LSU dropped two of the first three games without Arlitt

in the lineup.

But the Tigers bounced back and have gone unbeaten in two of the last three matches, including a 4-3 defeat of BYU on Sept. 11 for the squad’s first road victory of the season.

“There are tons of other people and other leaders on the team that have stepped up,” Arlitt said. “It was a good win for us at BYU, especially on the road. But we have to make sure we’re staying consistent and figuring out a way to keep winning games.”

It’s still uncertain whether Arlitt will be ready for Friday’s SEC opener against Missouri, but she said she’s going to attempt to play.

Whenever she does make her return, she’s sure it’ll feel quite different from before.

“I’m probably going to be more amped up in the game I come back than just another game,” Arlitt said. “I usually get pretty amped up for games, but I feel like this might be different because I’ve never sat out before. So whenever I finally do get back, I might just go crazy.”

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Traditional pregame chant motivates LSU defensive backs BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com The LSU secondary appears under the tunnel, surrounding the coaching staff in a circle as the players begin to sway back and forth. Their voices get louder and louder until they’re chanting at the top of their lungs.

They punctuate the chant with a resounding “Boom!” before they break the huddle and rush onto the field, beginning pregame warmups to the roar of the crowd.

It’s the chant the LSU secondary shouts before every game, and it’s a tradition for the unit that started in 2011, when the Tigers went to the BCS National Championship Game.

“It was something that was here before I got here,” said junior safety Jalen Mills. “They actually said they made it the national championship year.

It’s just a tradition that we have with the captains of the secondary talking to everybody else, just kind of getting you ready.”

The LSU football team’s secondary has been known throughout the years for their lockdown play and numerous AllAmericans, which earned the school the title “Defensive Back

University.”

So far in 2014, the Tigers have held opponents to a total of 283 passing yards over three games, with opponents averaging a mere 94.3 yards per game.

While DBU is one of the team’s most prized monikers, there’s more that comes with the name than just extraordinary secondary play. Mills said it left behind a tradition of both unity and excellence, which is brought to light by the chant the unit yells out each week.

“It’s just trying to get you to over-excel,” Mills said. “To just really have your mind like, ‘Nobody is going to catch the ball on me.’ And I mean, if something does happen, we’re a unit. That’s why we make that circle. Everybody in that circle, we play for us and we play for the team.”

Mills said he believes the chant was started by former LSU defensive backs Tyrann Mathieu and Brandon Taylor.

Ever since Mills was a recruit in high school, he has been attracted to the loud and exuberant chant.

“I always saw it coming to the games and stuff. I was like, ‘Man, what are they saying in there?’”

Mills said. “So when I first got in it, I was like, ‘Oh, OK, this is what I’ve been missing,’ and now I’m

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LSU sophomore defensive back Rashard Robinson (21) and his teammates line up in front of LSU head coach Les Miles on Sept. 6 during the Tigers’ 56-0 win against Sam Houston State in Tiger Stadium. just happy to be a part of this.”

The chant is so important to the defensive backs and their rich tradition that they keep the words a secret among themselves, unwilling to share what is said in that huddle to anyone outside of the group out of respect

for the DBU tradition.

“I can’t tell you what the chant is,” said sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White. “It’s a team thing, so we try to keep that in house.”

While both Mills and White won’t share the contents of the

chant, they both agree it hypes them up every time they step on the field.

“It gets me fired up every time,” Mills said. “There has not been a time that I don’t do it, or I was in it, that it didn’t get me fired up.”

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BY Tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com

The LSU volleyball team and the rest of Southeastern Conference volleyball will receive a significant bump in national exposure in 2014 thanks to the recent introduction of ESPN’s SEC Network.

All but four of the Tigers’ 18 conference games this season will be featured on ESPNU, the SEC Network or online via the SEC Network Plus.

“Everyone’s excited, especially our family that can’t make it [to a game], they can watch it on TV,” said LSU freshman outside hitter Gina Tillis.

LSU coach Fran Flory said she hopes the increase in exposure will reach far more than just family members with a connection to a player

STAFF Reports sports@lsureveille.com LSU basketball will have five games in its upcoming season added to the Southeastern Conference television network, according to an LSU news release.

The games against UMass, Sam Houston, Charleston, Southern Miss and Savannah State all will air on the SEC Network while the exhibition game against Morehouse, the regular season opener against GardnerWebb and the Nov. 29 game against McNeese State will be shown on the SEC Network as well as WatchESPN.com.

Start times for LSU’s SEC schedule were announced, with the Jan. 24 tilt against Vanderbilt airing at 5 p.m. on ESPNU, and the Mississippi State game on the SEC Network at 1 p.m. Jan. 31. The away game against Tennessee will air at 3 p.m. oFeb. 14, and a rematch of last year’s defeat against Ole Miss on Feb. 28 will air on Fox Sports Network.

The final home game of the season against Tennessee will air at 6 p.m. on the SEC Network.

The only nonconference game yet to receive a tip time is the Dec. 18 game at University of Alabama at Birmingham, while the only nonconference game awaiting a tip time is Arkansas on March 7, which will be televised on either ESPN or ESPN 2.

on the court. ist Haley Smith echoed her Aside from introducing coach, saying the fact that SEC volleyball to a completely the network shows excusively new market, Flory said she SEC games can do little but thinks the SEC Network could help the conference. be the first step in making col“It’s a great opportunity lege volleyball for the SEC a more mainto have bet‘Television exposure is the ter recruits,” stream sport. “ Telev i sion key to growing a sport. We Smith said. exposure is the all understand where we “The SEC is key to growing are, and we’re hopeful and very competia sport,” Flory but in thankful that when we do tive, said. “We all unvolleyball the get our chance, we take Big Ten and derstand where advantage of it. we are, and other conferwe’re just hopeence kind of ful and thankful take over. But Fran Flory, that when we do being able to LSU volleyball coach get our chance, see it on TV we take advanand wanting tage of it.” to be on TV as Flory said a recruit will she also hopes the new net- help put the SEC on top.” work will make the conferSmith said it will also give ence more attractive to po- the Tigers extra opportunities tential recruits and show the to scout opponents outside of nation how just how competi- the film they study at practice. tive SEC volleyball is.

“It’s a big advantage,” Junior defensive special- Smith said. “Not only will we

get film from other teams, but now we can be sitting at home and watch a game on TV and take notes while it’s happening.”

LSU will make its national television debut this season at 8 p.m. next Wednesday when it opens conference play against No. 15 Kentucky in the PMAC on ESPNU. SEC Network Plus will then broadcast LSU’s next contest at Alabama on Sept. 28 before the Tigers return home Oct. 3 for their first appearance on the SEC Network’s primary feed against No. 7 Florida.

“We’re excited to be on the first night of SEC vs. SEC competition and be one of the premiere matches,” Flory said.

“We’re honored that we’re part of it, and we’ll certainly try to do our best to represent what SEC volleyball is about.”

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Porter said he admires the unit’s love for one another, and Jerald’s ability to overcome the difficult time.

“Jerald has been through a lot,” Porter said. “Jerald has pushed through it, and we’ve been there for him just like we’ve been there for each other. Everybody is a crutch for everybody, especially on the offensive line. We hold each other up in down times, and we hold each other up in high times.

That’s just how we are.”

Jerald said he loves his teammates for the support they gave

leaders, from page 5 “It’s easier to listen to a guy who is posting good scores,” said Winstead.

But it’s not just their success that makes these two great motivators.

“I think you genuinely can tell whether someone actually wants the team to play well or they’re just focused on themselves,” Winstead said. “Those guys both want to play well individually but they genuinely want the team to play well, and that’s not something you can fake.”

Winstead said the drive for the team to succeed comes from the two players’ pasts.

Taylor, a native of England, played in numerous team golf events in Europe — including the 2013 Palmer Cup, an annual Ryder Cup-style collegiate tournament.

Taylor said his experiences in Europe have let him see just about every scenario of team golf. “[Playing in Europe] has allowed me to bond with many different characteristics and many different personalities within a team,” Taylor said. “I’ve learned what works best and what causes weakness within a team … I have experience in my different team environments which is why I love college golf so much — because it’s a team.”

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him through tough times.

Jerald is now back where he left off before his father passed away two years ago. He’s a secondyear starter for the Tigers and earned Athlon Sports Freshman All-America Second Team honors in 2013. Although Warren is no longer with him, Jerald said he knows his father is never far behind.

“Good play or bad play, I know he’s there,” Jerald said. “If I mess up, I always know like, ‘Come on, you’re good, let’s just take it play by play.’ He’s always inspiration in my head.”

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR. credits former LSU golfer Sang Yi with showing him how to be a role model.

“I’ve learned a lot since I got to college,” Jolly said. “When I was a freshman, Sang Yi was a senior, and he couldn’t have been a better leader for the team. I learned a lot from him.”

Winstead said he expects these two seniors to be more vocal this year than in years past.

But it is more about what you do than what you say, according to Jolly.

“I think you’ve got to lead by example,” Jolly said. “I’m a hard worker, and I want the younger guys to know that this what you’ve got to do to get better.”

Taylor said he understands being a newcomer after transferring to LSU only one year ago. He hopes to use his experience of being a younger player last season to better serve the young players of this year’s team.

Taylor has no doubts that he and Jolly can live up to their role thanks to their past experience and successes.

“People are looking at [Jolly] and I as players to set the example and be role models,” Taylor said. “I had that last year, looking up to some of the guys being a newcomer. It’s something that’s very important. You always need some type of direction or someone to look up to and point you in that direction.”

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Mullen’s offense is simple but efficient: Run various forms of the option to keep the defense honest, then start passing. Prescott’s frame makes him a lot like Colin Kaepernick, tall enough to break tackles and make throws but fast enough to burst through running lanes.

Both Jennings and Harris are smaller than Prescott, but they also run a different system with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron that I think will benefit them more. Both quarterbacks know how to scramble, but they need to learn to stay in the pocket more to avoid injuries. Cameron’s system provides that.

Jennings and Harris shouldn’t leave their running ways, they should pull it back a bit. It is a

Thursday, September 18, 2014 weapon that should be used sparingly so it remains effective, something I think Prescott learned last season.

I remember watching Prescott in the LSU-MSU game last season, and there were glimpses of potential but not what we see now. He was still sharing time with thensenior Tyler Russell and ran too often as LSU’s defense figured out the Bulldog’s scheme after the third quarter.

Prescott began his transformation late last season, getting a comeback win against rival Ole Miss and leading the Bulldogs to a bowl win. He started to take a leadership role in the off-season and began emphasizing more on his passing game.

Mullen praised Prescott at 2014 Southeastern Conference Media Days, detailing his drive to make his team better.

“He [Prescott] is a tremendous worker,” Mullen said. “He shows

up every day, wants to out work everybody, whether it’s in the weight room, conditioning, watching film, out at practice. He wants to be the first one out on the field, the last one to leave. He has that unbelievable work ethic.”

I don’t think Jennings or Harris have reached that point with this team because of their age, but they could get there. Jennings and Harris have young, skilled position players who can grow and mature with them, and they have each other to battle for the starting position.

After the game Saturday, Jennings and Harris should find Prescott and thank him. There is a way for LSU’s quarterbacks to grow, and Prescott is an example they should follow.

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

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Combatting ‘fast fashion’ can be difficult THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer

created works that embody their views of resilience and its place in the world.

Brumfield graduated from LSU in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. More than two months ago, as he began working on pieces for the “Lineage” show, he said he was attacked in the St. Roch neighborhood in New Orleans by a

The biggest goal in fashion today is staying current.

It’s why people will stand in line for hours on Black Friday to get the perfect wardrobe for cheap prices, why college students will buy an outfit for a single event or festival and never wear it again, or why a graphic Tshirt is only relevant the first day it’s worn.

But fashionistas and fashionistos may be approaching the way they buy clothes in all the wrong ways.

“Fast fashion” is a term referring to the general tactic most big-name retailers take where they push out material day after day for cheap prices, and they do it by the boatload.

Shannon Whitehead, sustainable fashion writer and founder of Factory45, an accelerator program that gives designers and makers the resources to start sustainable businesses in the U.S., said almost all majors retail stores use this method in one way or another.

Factory45 is a six-monthlong online program divided into three two-month modules to help designers start their own careers in fashion.

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The opening reception will be at 6 p.m. tonight. It is free and open to the public.

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Former LSU graduates have come together to create an exhibit focused around resiliency. The exhibit opens tonight at the Glassell Gallery in downtown Baton Rouge.

University graduates return to encourage current students

BY JOSHUA JACKSON jjackson@lsureveille.com After graduation, art majors face a mountain of fear and uncertainty. They express themselves through the medium they know best, but that same passion may not put food on the table.

To calm the nerves of current art students and prove there is success in art, two University art

graduates have teamed up with the Glassell Gallery for an art exhibit called “Lineage.”

K. Malia Krolak, director of the Glassell Gallery, tries to hold a “Lineage” event every three years to inspire new batches of art students. The event asks University graduates to create pieces of art and speak to current University students about their struggles and successes in the art world.

“It’s difficult to succeed as an artist, so we bring back graduates that prove being an artist can be a rewarding experience,” Krolak said.

For every installment, “Lineage” revolves around a certain theme — this year’s pieces focus on the word “resilience.”

Krolak said she believes artists and former students Christopher Brumfield and Raina Benoit have

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Local musician Dax Riggs opens up about his new sound

BY TYLER FONTENOT tfontenot@lsureveille.com Dax Riggs, a musician from Houma, Louisiana, achieved national fame with sludge metal band Acid Bath in the ’90s. After departing Acid Bath, Riggs played with psychedelic swamp rock band Agents of Oblivion and indie rock outfit Deadboy & the Elephants. Since 2007, Riggs has been releasing music under his own name. The Daily Reveille sat down with Dax Riggs to talk about his sound and the upcoming show.

The Daily Reveille: Your last album, “Say Goodnight to the World,” was released more than four years ago. Have you been working on any new music lately?

Dax Riggs: I have! After “Say Goodnight to the World,” I moved from Austin, Texas, back to Louisiana. I started working with more tape machines and tape echo rather than digital sound. I’ve been working with quite a bit of Moog synthesizer and funk guitar stuff mixed with an acoustic folk vibe. I’m interested in creating things that are really tied to my spirit. My favorite part of music is reaIly trying to cultivate a dream into a song. It’s like tending to a tree, growing fruit until it’s ready to fall off of the tree.

of old singer/songwriter stuff, like Jerry Jeff Walker, Shirley Collins and John Jacob Niles. I picked up Niles’ book called, “The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles,” which is a collection of songs that he learned from people while hiking around the Appalachian Mountains. So, I’ve been getting into a lot of that kind of stuff. I’ve been playing with a lot of ancient songs, a bunch of ballads that are so old that nobody knows who wrote them. They’ve just been passed around and passed down through generations.

TDR: Nice. What have you been listening to and how is it influencing what you’ve been writing?

TDR: You said you’ve been working with Moogs and funk guitar.

What kind of stuff inspired you to do that?

Riggs: I’ve been listening to a lot

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McGraw’s new album average at best ‘Sundown Heaven Town’ just another country album THE REAL MEG RYAN MEG RYAN Entertainment Writer Tim McGraw has been a part of the country music scene long enough to know what he’s doing.

That being said, his newest album “Sundown Heaven Town,” has some good hits, but for the most part, it’s just another average country album.

Recently, the crossover country genre has been producing what feels like the same song over and over again. Most of the time, one song can’t be differentiated from another.

While this creates continuity on the record, too much similarity can make an album boring and repetitive.

The single “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s” with Faith Hill is one of the record’s high points, and it’s more than just a hit that will fade out. I can easily see it transitioning into a country classic.

“I’m Feelin’ You” is another song worth a listen. This song breaks away from the current typical country song and has a more upbeat, dance-y sound, with more layers than the usual guitar-laden country tune.

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and a good addition to the mostly monotone album.

McGraw’s record also has a good combination between slow and fast songs. The back and forth keeps the overall similar songs from becoming too boring.

Even though the album is nothing too special, it does the job it’s supposed to do. The record provides a new collection of feel-good country music that can be played in the car, at a tailgate or just relaxing

at home. While McGraw could have done more and attempted to break out of the monotone country song curse, his album is still listenable.

Country fans will be pleased, while those who tolerate country will continue to do just that.

Those who hate it won’t have their opinions changed. In the end, “Sundown Heaven Town” is mediocre at best.

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FAST FASHION, from page 9 program was created to aid entrepreneurs in all the areas Whitehead struggled when starting her first company.

Whitehead and her co-founder launched their company {r}evolution apparel and their piece, the Versalette, a piece of clothing that can be worn in more than 15 different ways. “[Factory45] is my personal way of combatting fast fashion,” Whitehead said.

Whitehead’s article titled “5 Truths the Fast Fashion Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know” was recently published by the Huffington Post, and it unveils some of the dirty details about some “fast fashion giants” like H&M, Zara and Forever 21.

In her story, Whitehead said the sales and discounts common in these types of store are often evidence of fast fashion. Therefore, shoppers who think they are getting great deals on designer apparel are really just buying cheaply made clothes designed to fall apart after even one use.

Whitehead said there is a simple way to combat this tactic: consume less or be skeptical when buying new clothes. This can be difficult because it’s a change in consumer behavior that means shopping less.

There are, however, solutions to fast fashion, and the easiest is to thrift shop, Whitehead said.

Companies like Etsy and Urban Renewal, the vintage section of Urban Outfitters’ inventory, provide other options in finding distinct options without buying the cheap and trending.

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Shannon Whitehead is the founder of Factory45, a program that gives designers the resources to start sustainable businesses. secondhand shop,” Whitehead said.

A market of online thrifting is becoming more and more prevalent as well, Whitehead said. For example, online consignment outlets like thredUP and Bib + Tuck are platforms that provide better options in the realm of secondhand shopping, she said.

Whitehead said the key to attracting thrift shoppers is an atmosphere that makes consumers feel like they are buying something new, and this is where some consignment shops are lacking.

The second thing people can do to combat fast fashion is stay aware of local designers promoting their brands and buy from them, she said. This sometimes alleviates the risks of buying cheaply made items only designed to last a week in circulation.

People who fall into the cycle of fast fashion are generally less distinctive and usually bland, blending in with the sea of people trying to look cool on a week-toweek basis.

The whole point of fast fashion is to make buyers think they are getting something exclusive and trendy. In reality, they are just filling their closet with generic, cheap cloth instead of clothes that make an impression.

Shoppers should slow down and think about their clothing choices and how they will represent their personalities and styles.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

dozenteenagers.Brumfieldsaidthe police ignored his claims until he made a Facebook post that went viral, garnering news attention.

“I made a whole new show after that incident,” Brumfield said.

“My resilience is about being vulnerable and reflective and turning it into art.”

Benoit and Krolak discussed holding a show for Benoit’s work, but the Glassell Gallery was booked so far in advance that they couldn’t find a time to display her pieces. When Krolak decided to hold another “Lineage,” she thought Benoit and Brumfield’s work would go well together.

The event is focused on inspiring current art students to hold onto their aspirations, but

RIGGS, from page 9 Riggs: Well, I’ve also been listening to a lot of Turkish freakout psychedelic stuff and North African ’70s psych rock. There’s this Zambian band from the ’70s called the Ngozi Family that I’ve been really into. Really groovy stuff.

TDR: So when do you think you’ll be releasing an album?

Riggs: Definitely some time within the next year. I’m thinking of doing two albums: one of completely original material and one of my renditions of old songs.

Krolak said she promises “Lineage” will influence everyone who sees it. “‘Lineage’ is an idea that has been going on for a millennia,” Krolak said. “People share ideas and work together to pass their knowledge.”

Krolak said she wants to use tonight’s opening reception to break the assumption many have about the art world. She said people assume galleries are “stuffy” or “formal,” but the Glassell Gallery is inclusive and designed to provoke an emotion.

“The show represents the lineage of LSU artists and how students can connect to these professionals who were once in their shoes,” Krolak said.

You can reach Joshua Jackson on Twitter @Joshua_Jackson_.

TDR: Do you think there’s any chance you’ll be collaborating with any of your old bandmates or anyone else in the near future?

Riggs: I’m definitely up for it.

I collaborate with people a lot these days. On some songs on my albums, I don’t play guitar at all.

Dax Riggs with Cody Bonnette will play at the Spanish Moon today at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12.

You can reach Tyler Fontenot on Twitter @TylerFontenot83.

FASHION

Andi Eaton writes city style book, ‘New Orleans Style’

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

New Orleans is a melting pot of culture, overflowing with different styles throughout the years. The city is a reservoir of history. And now, from past to present, the story of its fashion can all be found in one place.

Andi Eaton is the author of “New Orleans Style,” the first in a series of city style books published by History Press.

Eaton is a creator, designer and curator. She’s the founder of NOLA Fashion Week, which is now being rebranded as Southern Design Week. She also writes her own blog, Oui We. And on top of it all, she is the designer behind the clothing line Hazel & Florange.

Eaton said History Press approached her about the first novel, and she immediately started writing. Except for some images and research pieces, she primarily wrote the book in a two-month period during a summer trip to Spain.

For someone normally juggling multiple projects, focusing on one project was a

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change for Eaton.

While Eaton still had to check up on her team and businesses in Louisiana, she took the focused time to research

and refine the manuscript.

“I had to put myself through school,” Eaton said.

The novel begins at the founding of the city and

follows time to today’s street style. Eaton said she studied New Orleans- based books, movies and blogs to help bring together all the style elements of the city.

Eaton said New Orleans is known for its fashion, so there was plenty to work with when creating the novel. The book breaks down the styles of the different cultures during the founding of the city to the city’s several neighborhoods, and how each section has a contrasting flair. One would be the French Quarter with its distinct European influence.

Eaton also discusses the history of the “original fashion destinations,” the giant retailers and department stores who made their mark and influenced what the city’s consumers purchased.

In the novel, New Orleans’ hot climate also gets mentioned, discussing the fabrics and silhouettes that are best for the semi-tropical climate.

Eaton said she’s heard the city described as being southern but having a Haitian influence because of its tropical climate. She said she thinks this has greatly influenced the

clothing in New Orleans from the patterns to the colors to the fabrics.

And, of course, Eaton couldn’t forget festival season. The styles of Mardi Gras, with its elaborate costumes and jewelry, and the jazz era, with flapper dresses and spiffy suits, are also incorporated into the novel’s history of fashion.

While Eaton is not a New Orleans native, she “fell in love with the city” quickly after working there and has shown that in her numerous projects she’s dedicated to New Orleans. “[New Orleans is] a melting pot of all of these different cultures… [it’s a] city that has its own distinct flair,” Eaton said.

Currently, “New Orleans Style” can only be ordered online. The book’s release party on Oct. 1 will be at The Hotel Modern’s Bellocq hosted by Garden District Book Shop. In October, the book can be purchased in regional bookstores, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

You can reach Meg Ryan on Twitter @The_MegRyan.

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Global What?

“As a student, I feel that this is a waste of funds. We know exactly who SG is. The problem is not with recognition, it’s with action. Student Government should be more focused on finding out what students’ concerns are and how they can fix them. I don’t want my school’s government to be as ineffective and disconnected as the state government appears to be.”

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THE AMAZING CYNIC

RYAN MONK Columnist After years of saying the planet is heating up, scientists are going back on their words.

“Yeah, we’re really not sure what happened,” said one world-renowned geologist who chose to be referred to as Dr. Temperate. “We stepped into the lab the other day and realized that we had a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between the upward and downward directions. Our bad.”

This came off as a bit strange, so we took the time to speak to another scientist from the same lab who chose the less original moniker, Dr. Anonymous.

“See, the issue was in the reading of the thermometers,” Anonymous said.

They had been forgetting about the X factor, an arbitrary number that can be added to or subtracted from any temperature reading.

“To put it in terms even a Neanderthal like you could understand,” Anonymous said. “The popular

belief has been wrong the entire time. Earth is cooling down, at an alarmingly rapid rate.”

That was when we really started to get skeptical of our sources’ claims.

We interviewed a third scientist who recently had been fired from the lab. He also wished to remain anonymous, but he didn’t seem to understand the concept of a pseudonym. He just kept repeating my own last name.

“Yeah, I came in to work after a week long vacation and saw a sign hanging across the front entrance that said, ‘Global warming? More like global warming!’” said Dr. Monk.

“I think at that point they were so delusional they thought that was a pun.”

Monk had been studying the average temperatures at certain times of the year in different areas around the globe. He found clear increasing tendencies over the last few decades in many regions.

When he returned, he found five of his coworkers profusely sweating over a few data plots he had compiled. They were annotated with words like “poop,” “loser” and “boring.”

“They said the temperature outside was absolute zero,” Monk said.

“When I pulled up a weather app on

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my phone to prove them wrong, they once again called me a nerd and said I was fired.”

Monk believes that his coworkers were driven senile by a combination of global warming and failed air conditioning. In their new dehydrated, overheated delirium, they began second-guessing their abilities to read temperatures and other basic data, so they decided to move in to the lab to resolve the problem. From there, everything snowballed (pun very much intended).

If professionals as qualified as those quoted in this “article” can be so severely misled in regard to the issue of global warming, so can the average person. Think twice before you regurgitate what you hear from television or your grandparents. There’s a good chance you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Disregard the news reports, the Facebook statuses and BuzzFeed articles about the top 12.37 ways to take selfies once the world freezes over. If it feels like it’s gotten hotter since last year, it probably has.

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 ‘The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.’

Neil deGrasse Tyson astrophysicist October 5, 1958 — present

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Hollywood takes creative liberties when it comes to race BLUE COLLAR SCHOLAR

tion, I don’t see why a black Human Torch is a big deal.

The comic world is made up of characters and critters JUSTIN STAFFORD from all walks of life and Columnist universes.

This isn’t the first (or last) It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a time a Marvel character has Korean Superman! undergone a “racelift” for film.

Well, maybe not this time.

Hollywood going around But in the upcoming 2015 and changing up the race reboot of Marvel’s Fantastic of characters here and Four, the Human Torch will there simply because it can be black. This little switcheroo isn’t beneficial for minorities. has got comic lovers’ capes all I’m sure it’s under the guise in a wad. of political correctness and Fox released the names such. of the actors that would Racelifts are not always portray the heroes earlier a bad thing, but sometimes, this year. I was excited to there’s just no need to do this. hear that former “House of Black actor Michael Clarke Cards” star Kate Mara would Duncan portrayed Kingpin, a be playing Sue Storm (aka white villain, in “Daredevil” the Invisible Woman). Like and did a swell job. many others, though, I was In fact, Marvel changed shocked to learn that Michael the race of S.H.I.E.L.D. head B. Jordan would be playing honcho Nick Fury from white her brother, the Human to black in the books before Torch.

Samuel L. Jackson played him At first, I in “The Avengfelt as if I were ers” films. being swindled Hollywood changing up A black Huout of a piece the race of characters man Torch isn’t of my child- here and there simply the end of the hood. It seemed because it can isn’t world. That is, b l a s p h e m o u s beneficial for minorities. unless he can’t to change such defeat Dr. an iconic charDoom. Race is acter for the not very imsake of political correctness. portant or strongly connectI cried out to the God of ed to the character. Johnny Thunder for an explanation.

Storm has just always been For the last 50 years, white. That’s all.

Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Johnny Storm is a white Woman, the Human Torch character by default. In the and the Thing have been, for ’60s, most superheroes were the most part, light skinned. created white without any The Thing is an exception — he thought behind it. There’s is orange and made of rock, but no significant backstory he was Caucasian before the that mandates the Human mutation.

Torch’s ethnicity. He just After serious contempla- happened to be a typical

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Actor Michael B. Jordan poses May 16, 2013, at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival in France. Jordan, 27, was cast as Johnny Storm, or the Human Torch, in the upcoming ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot after starring in films like ‘Fruitvale Station’ and ‘That Awkward Moment.’ white guy who is genetically altered in space, allowing his entire body to ignite.

I’m not sure how this whole white sister and black brother thing will play out though. I mean, in modern America, it’s not uncommon to have siblings of varying races. This could work. Some interesting storylines have been added into recent comic book hero films. I’ll trust the team with this one.

If the Torch is going to be black, then let him be the

best “hot head” that has ever been on screen. You can’t tell what race the Human Torch is once he says, “flame on,” anyway.

Fans shouldn’t take things like this too much to heart.

It isn’t like they’ve turned Captain America into a communist. When it comes to changes like this, an open mind is the best super power there is.

However, if Jordan’s performance is not on fire, and it causes the film to

fizzle out, take this as a lesson, movie makers. Cast the best actor for the role, not the most poltically correct.

Make a decent live action Black Panther movie if “diversity” is what Hollywood wants.

contact per se, but it is still complimentary in your attractiveness, style, or nature. When a person checks you out it is conveying that they like something about you.

Chances are you will not figure out what they like because it’s just a harmless glance and won’t be anything more.

However, a study was conducted in Germany to give society a better idea of what men and women look at when ‘checking out’ another person.

The article “Gender Differences for Specific Body Regions When Looking at Men and Women” in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (2008) says that men and women look at the opposite sexes face the most out of every other body part and up to five times more often.

This means unless you want to wear a

ski mask in the ninety degree heat, get used to having a face scan.

The next thing looked at the most was the shoulders and legs which definitely wouldn’t be my guess for a runner up.

The journal also says that it is in a person’s biological DNA to choose a mate suitable for their genes. This strategy of avoiding the bad genes helps us evolve into stronger humans.

Men and women are naturally attracted to a specific waist to hip ratio, voice, scent, and walk.

This is not saying the vast population is only attracted to one thing. It means that every individual is attracting to a specific voice, scent, or walk depending on their DNA. Therefore when we are checking a person out we are not only seeing if we agree with their char-

acteristics or find them attractive, we are deciding if our genes agree with them.

So even if you do not like getting gawked at, science says that you cannot deny your classmates and even yourself a good ‘check out.’

If someone is looking at you it is a form of flattery, they — and their genes — agree with your looks or demeanor.

Checking out others is acceptable, natural and should be embraced. If I woke up in the morning and got my feathers all flocked and ready to go I’d love a compliment like that, but just a ‘check out’ no creepy “gawking.”

Justin Stafford is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Walker, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @j_w_stafford.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In reference to the head-to-head “Is it all right to ‘check out’ other people in public?”

It is a scientific fact that some animals “show themselves off” to find a mate. Peacocks display their feathers in order to obtain a peahen, butterflies use colors to attract another butterfly, so why would it be any different for humans?

Yes, it is all right for people to ‘check out’ each other in public. It is a form of a compliment that is biologically embedded in human DNA

and, unless it is taken to extremes, should be taken lightly. I don’t believe that the guy whose glance slipped down from my face is going to act on what he just revealed, and I can’t pretend that I am innocent of any lingering eyes.

When people check each other out it is out of admiration, they are not trying to make one’s safety feel threatened. According to the 2013 article “The Power of eye contact may just be a myth,” in The Vancouver Sun a study has shown that people who make eye contact are more likely to agree with the person they are looking at. This means that when people are checking you out they agree with you.

Granted, having experiences of being the looker and the looked upon, most of the time it isn’t eye

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Thursday, September 18, 2014 broussard, from page 1 from Bogie’s Bar, flipping his truck into a bayou on Highway 30 in St. Gabriel and succumbing to multiple blunt force trauma.

The two days that surrounded the search for Christopher remain stark for Lisa. She replays the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” hypotheticals, remembering the last time she saw her son alive on a Sunday night after he returned home from fraternity rush.

Lisa was up early on Monday, so she never saw him leave for school.

As the pair often did, they exchanged text messages Monday afternoon. Christopher went to the LSU Bookstore to start designing the senior ring he was set to receive three months later, so the pair discussed payment options and Christopher’s plans for a night at Rotolo’s.

Lisa left the front porch light on for him to return that night, but it was never turned off. Her text messages and phone calls Monday night and throughout Tuesday went unanswered.

When Christopher didn’t show up for his shift at Exerfit, Lisa immediately knew something was awry.

“When your child is missing, the first thing you do is start wondering,” Lisa said. “Then you start praying. I mean praying hard.”

They checked local hospitals and prisons before filing a missing persons report. Mike and Lisa spent that sleepless Tuesday

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night crying together on their couch, while their now-27-yearold daughter Michelle circulated word to Christopher’s friends that he was missing.

Those friends organized a rally at Bogie’s the next afternoon, and a helicopter was summoned to check the route Christopher drove home. A caravan followed, including Lisa and Mike. The helicopter began to hover near the bayou in Geismar. Lisa instantly knew it was Christopher.

“We ran across the road, and [the authorities] wouldn’t let us anywhere near it,” Lisa said. “I never got to see him. As a mother, I never got the chance to tell my son goodbye. I wanted to have that chance.”

Lisa described every day since as “an eternity.”

After a three-week leave, she threw herself back into her work at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, where she was welcomed back with a banner and cards from her students.

She avoids Casa Maria Mexican Restaurant because it was one of Christopher’s favorites.

The same goes for boiled crabs or crawfish, if she can even eat at all.

She was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in December, discovered partly because of her drastic weight loss. After a successful surgery to remove her tumor in January, doctors discovered a tumor on Mike’s adrenal gland that required a specialized surgery at the Mayo Clinic.

Mike said he and Lisa are in remission and “on the upswing.”

“That’s been nothing, though, compared to losing Christopher,” Lisa said. “I consider having cancer a bump in the road that never existed.”

Mike continues to golf, but without his playing partner. He always takes an alternate route to the LSU Golf Course from the family home because the easiest route passes by the bayou where

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“It’s nothing that you can ever prepare for, to lose a child,” Mike said. “It’s just one day at a time.

Christopher’s with us in every single moment of every day. You just have to try to manage that as best you can.”

In the days after Christopher’s death, the support was overwhelming.

The University paid Christopher’s student loans, refunded his student football tickets and, at his parents’ request, donated those tickets to another student. At a public memorial service, it presented the Broussards with an encased LSU flag that flew on the Parade Ground in his memory.

Since his death, Christopher has been awarded a posthumous bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University, and a memorial scholarship was created in his name, which Lisa hopes to one day turn into an endowment.

To make those hopes a reality, the family must raise at least $40,000 — a feat that starts today with fundraisers at Raising Cane’s restaurants on Perkins Road, Lee Drive and State Street.

If patrons mention Christopher’s name, 15 percent of each purchase from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. is put directly into the scholarship fund.

“LSU was so important to Christopher. He loved everything about it,” Mike said. “This is an opportunity for us to give something back to LSU and, at the same time, continue Christopher’s legacy.”

A year later, Lisa remembers the changes she noticed in Christopher. A shy, reserved high schooler developed into an outgoing, charitable collegian.

A founding father of the University’s chapter of the Theta Chi fraternity, Lisa said Christopher wondered if he would get special recognition as a founder if the chapter bought a house on campus.

page 15 Mike remembers his mischievousness and goofy sense of humor. Aside from playing golf, he said he tries his best to embrace Christopher’s favorite things and internalize any grief.

One year later, the Broussards are still grieving. Lisa said her worst moments come in her alone time, which occur more and more frequently. She said she isn’t ready to seek counseling, though she acknowledges

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she’ll need it at one point. Some have suggested support groups, but Lisa is skeptical.

For now, she sticks to a routine.

“I have literally cried every day since he passed,” Lisa said.

“Your mind works 24/7 when something like this happens. You think of something you should have done, could have done, why couldn’t this have happened. It’s just non-stop.”

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Saturday 9/20 open at 9 am

Serving gameday steaks from 11 till $3 coors light till kickoff

Watch the game with all your friends at Fred’s and Afterwards celebrate the victory with The Phunk Around Gang

Don’t drink and drive.