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• Sexual assault numbers remain unchanged since 2014, page 3 • Duo of linebackers add strength to Tigers’ technique, page 5 • Pope’s progressive nature should reconnect Catholic youth, page 9

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University to start minority hire program Awareness University Minority and Non-Minority Employment

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BY CAITIE BURKES @BurkesTDR The Darwinian process associated with hiring at LSU is transitioning this semester from a “survival of the fittest” method to a more all-inclusive technique, giving minority prospects — such as Latinos and African Americans — a fair shot at faculty positions.

LSU Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Richard Koubek recently launched an opportunity hire program to ensure equity

in hiring opportunities for minority faculty applicants.

Koubek is dedicating funds toward promoting hiring minority colleagues at no cost to the hiring of non-minority applicants. The shared cost of the program will be funded by the Office of Academic Affairs in decreasing percentages each year.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said

see HIRING, page 4

Note: Non-minority includes faculty who identify as white (non-Hispanic).

Minority includes faculty who identify as American Indian, Alaska native, Asian, Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, nonresident alien, two or more races and unknown.

Information courtesy of the Office of Budget and Planning’s University Fall Facts.

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This week, Student Government and the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability are drumming up support for their anti-hazing campaign during National Hazing Prevention Week.

Hazing Prevention Week takes place across the country and is typically held in the last week of September, according to HazingPrevention.org.

In the university’s policy statement on hazing, hazing is defined as “any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off campus, by one person alone or acting with others, that subjects a student to an unreasonable risk of physical, mental, emotional or academic harm for reasons related to that student’s status at the University or for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in or maintaining membership in any organization whose members are or include students at the University.”

In April, $5,000 was allocated to fund an anti-hazing campaign on campus, The Daily Reveille previously reported. The money went toward producing a

see HAZING, page 4

LGBT

“First Contact” program mentors LGBT students

BY TRENT PARKER @TrentParker_TDR Conventional campus resources often cannot address the specific challenges faced by LGBT students, many of whom live independently for the first time and may struggle to express who they are.

Spectrum and the Office of Multicultural Affairs work to acclimate LGBT students to LSU with the First Contact peer mentoring program, which held its first training session of the

semester Tuesday.

“First Contact is a mentoring program … directed towards students that have concerns related to their sexual orientation or gender identity,” said psychology senior Nichole Fusilier, First Contact student coordinator.

First Contact works to match LGBT students seeking assistance with volunteer mentors from similar backgrounds who have dealt with similar situations in the past. Once mentors and program participants are

matched, they meet to discuss their situations and develop a course of action.

Mentors are matched with participants based on factors ranging from race to sexual orientation to age.

“I look at the background, and that kind of guides me,” Fusilier said. “If someone comes in [and says] ‘I came from a Catholic school,’ then I try to see if I have a mentor who also went to Catholic school.”

Questions about revealing sexual or gender identity are

raised by participants.

“We usually get a lot of freshmen, and their biggest issue is that they don’t know how to come out, if they’re ready to come out or what steps they should take to come out,” Fusilier said.

Mentors can help the person better understand how his or her friends and family would react to the news and determine the best method for telling them, Fusilier said.

Around 20 students serve

see FIRST CONTACT, page 4

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Creative Writing Senior Destiny Billiot is one of many to make First Contact possible.

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‘It gives Catholics a chance to connect with the Pope ... they [normally] have to go all the way to Rome to see him, and this gives them an opportunity here in the states, which is pretty huge.’

Merchants offer promotions for students using TigerCASH More than 300 locations on and off campus take TigerCASH, according to an LSU Tiger Card Office broadcast email.

Next month, students can get a free Howie Bread from Hungry Howie’s Pizza with purchase.

In November, with a $5 purchase at Sonic, students can get a free mozzarella sticks.

ISDS department to host SCSUG Education Forum The 2015 South Central SAS Users Group Education Forum, which is hosted by the LSU Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences, will be held in the Business Education Complex on Friday, Oct. 30, according to an E. J. Ourso College of Business news release.

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This is the last week for LSU students with a sweet tooth to take advantage of the 20 percent off discount at Chocollage on Jefferson Highway.

As part of LSU Auxiliary Services’s TigerCASH Lagniappe program, a different “Merchant of the Month” will offer promotions to students using TigerCASH at their locations.

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The event’s early registration deadline passed, but special lodging rates for the Cook Hotel at LSU are still available through Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the release. To find more information or to register for the event, visit the South Central SAS Users Group website: http://www.scsug.org/.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 STUDENT LIFE

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Rainbeaux Rush gathers LGBT, LGBT-allied organizations

BY TRENT PARKER @TrentParker_TDR

A dozen LGBT and LGBT-allied groups, ranging from Spectrum to Planned Parenthood tabled and planned future activities Tuesday night at the 2015 Rainbeaux Rush — an event where LGBT students and faculty met with organizations catering to the LGBT community.

“This is basically just a coming together, a welcome back for the LGBTQ community at LSU as well as their allies,” said Noah Bryant Ballard, mass communication junior and past president adviser for Planned Parenthood Generation Action.

Among the off-campus organizations present were the HIV/ AIDS Alliance for Region Two, which offers access to free healthcare and resources to combat the virus’ spread. “Baton Rouge ranks number four [in the U.S.]

for HIV cases and number two for newly diagnosed AIDS cases,” said Jaclyn Martin, a volunteer and outreach coordinator for HAART. Ernesto Finales, Director of the Baton Rouge Wellness Center working with HAART at the event, said many people — including physicians — are unaware of new options available for treatment and sometimes outright prevention of HIV. People at a high risk of contracting HIV can regularly take medications known as PrEP to prevent infection, and post-exposure prophylaxis drugs can stop someone from developing HIV if the patient seeks treatment within 72 hours.

In light of Louisiana’s high HIV/AIDs rate and an ongoing syphilis epidemic, Finales encouraged people to get tested for diseases regularly.

“It’s literally pricking your

finger,” Finales said.

Other off-campus organizations at the Rainbeaux Rush included BR Pride, Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response and PFLAG. Community Engagement Coordinator for STAR and LSU alumna Angela Schifani hoped to raise awareness for the counseling and legal support options offered by the organization for victims of sexual violence.

Victim-blaming remains a major problem, and people need to take the claims of those reporting sexual violence seriously, Schifani said.

“It’s not just a women’s issue,” Schifani said. “We do see a lot of female perpetrators and a lot of male victims, and their voices aren’t heard enough.”

Biology senior Julianne Martin, Spectrum’s Vice President of Administration, said the

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Business freshman Mary Ann Casadaban, industrial engineering freshman Natalie Bailey and education and English freshman Sean Bonvillain work the Feminists in Action booth Tuesday during Rainbeaux Rush in the African American Cultural Center. group looked forward to future cooperation between on and off campus organizations.

“This is kind of a network

opportunity, as well as a chance to just talk and have a nice, good, happy time with everyone,” Martin said.

HEALTH

Association of American Universities releases sexual assault report

BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ In a survey conducted by the Association of American Universities, 27.2 percent of female college seniors said they experienced some sort of nonconsensual sexual contact since starting college. About half of those individuals, said the contact was attempted penetration, penetration or oral sex.

The AAU offered surveys to 779,170 students at 27 universities, and about 19 percent of those individuals — 150,072 students — responded, according to the report.

Rachael Hebert, president and CEO of Baton Rouge Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response, said when statistics involving sexual

assault increase, it’s not the number of assaults that are increasing but the number reported.

“With all of the national media attention, what you have is more survivors feeling confident in the system,” Hebert said.

“What we have now are a lot more prevention tools, especially on college campuses which help identify problematic or harmful situations where sexual assaults might occur.”

The numbers haven’t changed much since 2014. The Daily Reveille reported in August 2014 one in four college women are sexually assaulted and report it, according to Summer Steib, director of the University’s Women’s Center.

LSU’s Student Code of

Conduct, section 10.2 titled Behavioral Misconduct, has two categories which deal with negative sexual activity — sexual harassment and sexual misconduct.

According to Section S, “sexual misconduct” is defined as, “Any sexual act or contact of a sexual nature that occurs, regardless of personal relationship, without the consent of the other person(s), or that occurs when the person(s) is unable to give consent or whose consent is coerced or obtained in a fraudulent manner.”

LSU was not one of the universities surveyed, but fellow Southeastern Conference schools Texas A&M University and University of Florida were included. According to the report, 9.5 percent of UF undergraduates were victims

of nonconsensual penetration and 7 percent at Texas A&M. Hebert said there is hope one day the percentage of people coming forward about sexual assault, rather than those remaining silent, will become the majority — at least until sexual assault is stopped.

“What we can do to get more survivors to come forward is to support them,” Hebert said.

“Facebook has been so detrimental … there will be so many comments about how women lie about rape or it was a date gone bad. A perfect example is the Bill Cosby situation.”

Hebert said male sexual assault is severely under reported.

She said in her experience, most men don’t report their assaults

because they fear being questioned about their sexuality. But, Hebert said coming forward is the first step to getting help.

The LSU Student Health Center introduced the Lighthouse Program in 2004 to assist student survivors of physical and sexual assault. The program provides confidential advice and guidance to victims and their friends.

Lighthouse also offers medical aid and assistance with filing police reports and University judicial reports.

The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, offered by SHC and covered by full-time students’ fee bills, allows students to have a forensic exam on campus where evidence of sexual assault is recovered.

Percent of female undergraduates surveyed at respective higher education institutions who were victims of nonconsensual penetration

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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: 9.5 percent

HARVARD UNIVERSITY: 11.6 percent

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: 5.7 percent

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: 9.6 percent

CORNELL UNIVERSITY: 9.9 percent

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: 10.9 percent

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: 10.9 percent

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: 11.7 percent

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: 12.3 percent

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: 13.2 percent

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: 10.6 percent

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: 12 percent

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: 9 percent

YALE UNIVERSITY: 13.2 percent

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: 13.3 percent

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: 10.1 percent

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: 7 percent

PURDUE UNIVERSITY: 10.6 percent

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (CHAPEL HILL): 12.5 percent

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: 8 percent

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: 11.2 percent

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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: 11.4 percent

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (MADISON): 12.6 percent

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: 12 percent

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BROWN UNIVERSITY: 10.1 percent

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 14.5 percent

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS: 11.9 percent

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page 4 HIRING, from page 1 the opportunity hire pilot program will allow departments to hire two candidates for a job in situations in which both applicants — one of whom happens to be a minority — are equally qualified for the position.

The program would give departments leeway in the decision-making process, Cope said.

“The Faculty Senate is very pleased with the initiative of Provost Koubek in coming up with a program that at once serves the need of social justice and advances the intellectual purposes of the academy,” he said.

As defined by the constraints of the initiative, minorities would include underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, said Office of Diversity Vice Provost Dereck Rovaris.

Koubek’s timing falls in line with another honor directed to LSU involving minority growth.

This month LSU received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award for the fourth year in a row. The honorary distinction reflects the recruitment and retention rates of students and employees, as well as continued leadership support for diversity.

In 2014, LSU employed a total of 136 Asians, 51 African Americans and 46 Hispanics/Latinos as instructional faculty members, compared to the 966 white faculty members hired.

Rovaris said approximately 19 percent of LSU’s faculty comes from underrepresented groups.

He said about 4 percent are African American, and roughly the same percentage applies to Hispanics and Latinos.

He said LSU’s numbers compare to the national average of

FIRST CONTACT, from page 1 as mentors, and the program assists an average of 10 students per semester, Fusilier said. While many are freshmen, the program is open to all students.

Creative writing senior and second-year mentor Destiny Billiot said First Contact provides much-needed outreach to those whose issues are often not well addressed by conventional campus resources, such as individuals who identify as asexual.

“Not many people know what asexuality is or even know that it’s ... an option,” Billiot said. “It’s really hard for other asexuals to come together and find the support they need.”

Billiot said First Contact plays an important role

nearly 6 percent for African American faculty members and slightly less for Latinos.

“We should do better than other states who don’t have as many levels of diversity,” Rovaris said.

The opportunity hire program, though not a “brand new project,” seeks to amend this disparity, he said.

“The last few years [diversity] has improved on our student side, but on our faculty side, we had not made the improvements that we needed,” Rovaris said. “This initiative would give us a chance to at least begin steps in that right direction, bringing new folks to campus.”

He said the concept has been tested at other universities, and LSU started planning the project last year around the time Rovaris joined the Office of Diversity.

Though there is not a firm date for opportunity hires to take effect, Rovaris said it will most likely launch at the start of the spring 2016 semester.

Rovaris said he hopes the program will allow LSU to obtain candidates they may not have otherwise gotten because department heads were forced to choose one applicant over the other.

“I also hope that we can get the whole campus thinking about diversity in new ways ... and excite others outside of the institution to do the same,” Rovaris said.

Cope said the opportunity hire program should be successful because it works in everyone’s favor. “[Faculty Senate] regards [Koubek] as something of a genius for going one step beyond the usual equal opportunities procedures by creating a program that benefits everyone,” Cope said. “It’s past the old feeling of competition for spaces.” in spreading awareness of accepting groups like Spectrum and other resources for LGBT students.

“Sometimes asexuals are uncomfortable going to an LGBT group, because they are not always welcomed in an LGBT space,” Billiot said. “They would probably first look to reach out to see if there is an asexual they can talk to to find out if it is a safe space for them to go.”

Graphic design freshman Monica Olivares, a new mentor, expects the program to be beneficial to both mentors and participants, helping everyone involved learn more about themselves and become more comfortable with their identities.

“I think it’s a really good way to get involved and also help people,” said Olivares.

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Graphic Design Freshman, Monica Olivares and Psychology Senior, Nichole Fusilier are involved in First Contact, the University’s LGBT mentoring program.

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HAZING, from page 1 campaign video, released earlier this year, and creating flyers and advertisements.

Besides the new branch of the LSU website dedicated entirely to hazing awareness and preventions, a hazing hotline was introduced where students can call in and report incidents of hazing, SG President Andrew Mahtook said. Through the system, students can also report incidents online anonymously.

“We’re excited about that, and in the future, we’re excited just to spread this initiative and to do whatever we can to eradicate all forms of hazing on campus,” Mahtook said.

Mahtook said he thinks educating the community on hazing can help prevent instances on campus.

“I think a lot of the importance stems from a lack of knowledge on the subject,” Mahtook said. “One

of the biggest takeaways is educating students, faculty and staff on what exactly hazing is, and how to report signs and prevent it.”

SG senator Alexandra de Gravelle, who co-wrote the bill for campaign funding in April, said it’s important to raise awareness about hazing to change students’ mindset.

“I think it’s been put to the mind of new members that it’s OK because everybody else does it to go through it, and that’s what really irks me about it,” de Gravelle said. “It’s become a social thing that’s just accepted that no one really speaks out against.”

SG Vice President Hannah Knight said one of the goals of the campaign is to let students know that hazing is widespread across campus, not just contained to certain groups on campus.

“Hazing can happen in any campus organization, any type of student group, so I think that’s

something we’re trying to make students aware of,” Knight said.

Student Government hopes to have laptops set up in Free Speech Plaza soon where students can take the anti-hazing pledge, de Gravelle said.

While Student Government and the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability are spearheading this campaign, other campus organizations, such as the Interfraternity Council, are involved.

“This week is great to shed light on an issue that is not only a national issue but a campus issue,” said IFC Vice President of Public Relations Jayce Genco, who previously worked for The Daily Reveille. “IFC is committed to eradicating hazing in our community, and we’re willing to provide the necessary resources and programming to our chapters to ensure that hazing is never a problem in our community. ”

University Rule

PS-108 - Prohibition of Hazing This policy prohibits all forms of hazing, and holds that its practice is antithetical to the principles of LSU and incongruent with the responsibility of student organizations to provide constructive and educational experiences to their members.

State Law

Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:1801 Hazing in any form, or the use of any method of initiation into fraternal organizations in any educational institution supported wholly or in part by public funds, which is likely to cause bodily danger or physical punishment to any student or other person attending any such institution is prohibited.

Sports

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THE MAC AND THE MONEY

Giovinco obvious choice for MLS MVP INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Writer

positions on the Tiger defense.

The Mac, junior Kendell Beckwith, and the Money, senior Deion Jones, established themselves as a speedy and

There might be a month of Major League Soccer matches to go, but just go ahead and give Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco the MVP award.

Teams are still fighting for the Supporters’ Shield and playoff spots, but Giovinco already locked up MLS’ most coveted individual award. From the dazzling free kicks he seems to bury with ease to the elaborate, mazey runs through defenders, he has been the best player in the league by a wide margin.

“The Atomic Ant,” the nickname Giovinco has earned due to his small stature and lightningfast pace, has scored 19 goals and provided 14 assists during Toronto’s campaign. Those numbers are impressive no matter how you look at them.

When you consider Giovinco produced at that level in 28 games, they’re even more impressive.

Giovinco is averaging more than a goal or an assist every game, a staggering statistic. This is the type of thing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi do.

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber has 10 goals and 14 assists this season.

He’s been creative and boasts a

see LINEBACKERS, page 11

see GIOVINCO, page 11

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LSU senior linebacker Deion Jones (45) congratulates junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith (52) after a tackle during the Tigers’ 45-21 victory against Auburn on Sept. 19 in Tiger Stadium.

Linebackers duo a strength in nickel scheme

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR In the middle of the No. 8 LSU football team’s defensive nickel scheme, a pair of ‘M’s’ race sideline to sideline — the Mac and

the Money.

For a team that has given up the third-least amount of rushing yards per game in the Southeastern Conference thus far, the Mac and the Money linebackers might be the two most important

SOCCER

LSU looks forward to SEC schedule after hot start

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR

The LSU Soccer team finished its nonconference schedule unbeaten for the second time in school history and is on the cusp of national relevance. The team is headed into the grit of its schedule with Southeastern Conference play.

Following their three-game winning streak, the Tigers (7-12, 1-1 SEC) are ranked No. 24 in the Soccer America Top 25 poll.

It marks the first time since 2008 the Tigers finished their nonconference slate without a loss and their first national ranking since 2013.

The rest of LSU’s games are all against SEC opponents. The Tigers’ success during their SEC stand will determine if they

make the postseason. The teams with the 10 best records in the league qualify for the SEC tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama, this November, with the winner clinching an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

“I think we’re in a good place,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We’ve played a very tough nonconference schedule, but we also know the [SEC] is the strongest it’s ever been, top to bottom.

Every game is going to be a big challenge.”

LSU scheduled more bigname opponents on its nonconference schedule this season and proved it was up to the challenge.

The Tigers picked up victories over Minnesota, Indiana and Duke, all of whom are ranked in

see SEC, page 11

LSU senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco (11) performs a free kick Sept.

17 during the Tigers’ 4-3 victory against Georgia in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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LSU back line ready to lead Tigers to postseason glory

BY C.J. RUCKER @CJ_TDR An antique expression coaches use in every team sport in the world is a phrase the No. 24 LSU back line has taken to heart: Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.

LSU (7-1-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) allowed 11 goals in its first 10 games this year. At this point last year, the Tigers conceded 14 goals. The last time the Tigers allowed only 11 goals or fewer in their first 10 games of the season, they won the SEC West. The Tigers’ improved defense led them to seven wins through the first half of the season.

LSU switched goalkeepers before the start of the season and is reaping the benefits. Senior goalie Catalina Rubiano stepped in for sophomore Lily Alfeld and provides solid defense for the Tigers. Rubiano earned three clean sheets, and she’s only given up multiple goals in a game twice.

The Tigers’ back line is making the goalie’s job easier this season by stopping wouldbe shots on goal from reaching the keeper. Opponents have only fired 40 shots-on-goal on 112 shot attempts.

Senior defender Alex Arlitt is leading the Tigers’ defense with her experienced and technical play. Arlitt, a fifth-year senior, is the most experienced player on LSU’s defense and started every game she’s appeared in. Rubiano said Arlitt’s presence on defense is important in maintaining stable communication with the back line.

“Communication is vital with a team that has really talented forwards who can run behind you easily,” Rubiano said. “It’s a matter of communicating with each other on who’s going where and who’s taking the mark.”

After Arlitt was assessed a red card during the previous game, LSU coach Brian Lee said his team’s performance against Duke without her gave him the confidence to make a tactical change to the team’s formation when it took on Marquette University on Sunday. Lee moved Arlitt from the back line to midfield to give the Tigers an advantage offensively.

“The Duke game really helped [my confidence] when Arlitt didn’t play,” Lee said.

“I thought Meagan Lee, Alex Thomas and Jordane Carvery really stepped up against

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LSU senior midfielder Alex Arlitt (14) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 5-1 victory against Marquette on Sunday at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

Duke. It gives us the opportunity to mix and match based on the other team’s strengths and weaknesses game to game.”

Arlitt said Megan was one of the players who took the initiative in replacing her as the communicator on the LSU back

line against Marquette.

“Meagan did a really good job communicating,” Arlitt said. “After almost every goal that we scored, I looked back at them and tried to make sure they were staying tuned into the game and Meagan was

the one that was clapping her hands, organizing everything.”

The LSU defense will be tasked with repeating its success in the second half of the season when it takes on some high-powered SEC offenses.

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Tigers to capitalize on upcoming stretch of games

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR The No. 8 LSU football team earned two easy wins against formidable opponents to begin the 2015 season, and the next three weeks seem even more promising for the Tigers.

LSU (2-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) sets sail on a stretch of games against three unranked teams before it plays against the University of Florida and hosts OneRepublic in Baton Rouge on Oct. 17. The upcoming schedule may seem “easy,” but the Tigers don’t care.

“LSU must play like LSU” no matter the competition, said sophomore safety Jamal Adams.

“Every week, [we must have] the same focus,” Adams said. “It doesn’t matter the competition. It doesn’t matter what conference they’re in. We are going to go out there and play like LSU.” First, is Syracuse University at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. The Orange (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which is tied for first in the ACC, suffers from quarterback troubles due to injury and inexperience. Freshman Eric Dungey suffered a concussion in Syracuse’s last game and is likely to be replaced by sophomore Zack Mahoney or sophomore Austin Wilson.

Regardless of Syracuse’s

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs to the goal line on Saturday during LSU’s 45-21 victory against Auburn at Tiger Stadium. troubled quarterback situation causing problems in preparation for the Tigers, the Tigers know the Orange will give its best shot no matter who is under center.

“They are all just another opponent,” said junior tight end Colin Jeter. “We have to take everyone seriously. Every team is going to give us their best, so we have to give them our best.”

Senior linebacker Deion Jones will miss the first half of the Syracuse matchup; he was ejected

for targeting in the second half against Auburn. Jones, the other starting linebacker beside junior Kendell Beckwith, must begin the series of nonconference games on the sideline, while learning from his mistakes.

“I’ve got to be smarter with my hat placement,” Jones said. “Coach [Les Miles] told me that I have to be careful. I just have to accept the consequences and learn from it.”

Next, the Tigers come home from New York to face to Eastern Michigan University at 6 p.m. on

Oct. 3 at Tiger Stadium. LSU is the highest-ranked team on the Eagles’ (1-2, 0-1 Mid-American Conference) schedule, according to the Associated Press Poll released on Sept. 21.

The Eagles will be the first team to take the field at Tiger Stadium after the platform thrusted sophomore Leonard Fournette as the top contender for the Heisman trophy because of his performance against Auburn — 228 yards on 19 carries, three touchdowns and a barrage of

highlight-tape runs, spamming the Internet last Saturday.

Junior left tackle Jerald Hawkins still can’t believe what occurred on Saturday, but he does know he loved blocking for Fournette against Auburn.

“That is one of the greatest feelings,” Hawkins said. “First, you’re blocking, then you look up because you feel the wind run by you, and he’s gone. I ask myself ‘How does he do that?’. It was his own show out there.”

Finally before Florida, the Tigers will head to Columbia, South Carolina, to face the Gamecocks on Oct. 10.

University of South Carolina (1-2, 0-2 SEC) is tied for last place in the SEC East standings beside Vanderbilt University.

The Gamecocks recently lost to Georgia, 20-52, in Athens and 2226 the previous week against the University of Kentucky. LSU will be the second of an all-SEC, sixteam stretch of tough games for South Carolina.

After its journey to the Atlantic seaboard in South Carolina, the Tigers will host Florida (3-0, 1-0 SEC) on Oct. 17. Florida is the last in-conference matchup the Tigers will have to lean on before their game against Alabama on Nov. 7. Sandwiched between the two games is another home tune-up matchup against Western Kentucky on Oct. 24.

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A Modest Proposal Women shouldn’t be ashamed about covering up CONSERVATIVE CAIT CAITLYN ATKINSON Columnist More women need to stop viewing modesty as restraining and shameful.

A Sept. 20 article in the Atlantic titled “Why Women’s Fashion in Washington, D.C. Is So Terrible — and Patriarchal,” argued fashion for women from professional brands like Ann Taylor puts women in a subjective role and communicates vulnerability.

Similarly, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, “We teach girls shame.

Close your legs.

Cover yourself. We make them feel as though being born female, they’re already guilty of something.”

Feminism tells us dressing modestly and covering up our “assets” means we’re weak and ashamed. Modesty should mean women value their bodies.

It’s no secret women are sexualized in the media. Psychology Today reported in the media, “women are three times more likely than men to be dressed in a sexually provocative manner.”

In the media, advertisements and television, women’s bodies are being put on display because it sells.

Yet, women advertise their sexuality in everyday fashion as though it is dignified and empowering. The more respectable option is to say, “No, this body is mine, and you don’t get to see it all.”

Dressing conservatively doesn’t mean women are surrendering to men because it is women taking the power to sexualize them away. It gives men a chance to see women as professional human beings. We are more than cleavage, behinds and tiny waists. A woman’s confidence should come from her accomplishments and beliefs, not from promoting her body.

“When we put on an article of clothing, it is common for the wearer to adopt the characteristics associated with that garment,” stated a Forbes article.

If you wear business casual clothes to class and work, you’ll feel confident and prepared. If you wear sweatpants and an oversized T-shirt, you’ll feel like going to bed. If you wear a short skirt and low-cut shirt, you’ll feel like going out to pick up guys.

It creates vulnerability and insecurity when a body meant to be seen by one other person, a husband, is paraded around for the world to see. Bodies are sacred, private and confidence can’t come from revealing them.

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As much as we hate to consider what other people think of how we look, it matters.

“In the workplace, clothing significantly influences how others perceive you and how they respond toward you,” Darlene Price said in Business Insider.

The same article presented research that appearance — including how you dress — affects people’s perception of your intelligence, financial success, trustworthiness and whether you’re prepared to be promoted. Dressing well, combined with communicating well, will affect how people treat you and your career advancement, whether you like it or not. To go back to the Atlantic article, those women are not communicating subjection or timidity in dressing modestly and professionally.

Instead, they display they value themselves and their careers and want to advance in the workplace. They show respect for the people around them and themselves, and it’s something more women should embrace.

Caitlyn Atkinson is an 18-year-old mass communication sophomore from Pride, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @catkin105.

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Pope urges Catholics to resolve conflicts, forget materialism BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES Columnist Rosaries, Hail Marys and Glory Bes ring high, and it’s not even overtime in the LSU-University of Alabama game.

The Pope arrived in the United States, and Catholics, good and bad, are excited. Pope Francis lit a fire in the belly of Catholicism by speaking to the unifying love found in Christianity, and not to the disunity in discussing social issues.

Francis is a beacon of understanding to those who follow the social gospel interpretation of the Bible. As explained by Francis on a visit to Turkey, the social gospel should lead all “to defend the poor, to end war and heal conflicts and to help young people to see past materialism and to embrace a ‘true humanism.’”

The social gospel was the reason President John F. Kennedy and the Democratic Party held onto the Catholic vote for so long. Until abortion landed into the political sphere, the moral

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Pope Francis talks with President Obama after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday. debate lived inside of heated yet friendly debates on the ride home from Mass.

The situation is different today. Conservatives have latched onto a fissure within the Catholic American community and exploited it for the gain or loss of various other interests.

The Catholic community allowed itself to lose sight of what makes faith a powerful venue to fight for peace and happiness throughout the world. But Francis is helping mend that gap.

Treating another as your brother or sister, whether they’re your enemy, is powerful. The

empathy it takes to view someone else as yourself and care about his or her life as your own is not something anyone will ever fully grasp, but attempting to do so as the faith teaches is vitally important.

For instance, climate change is a contentious issue between Democratic and Republican Catholics. The Pope uses the Bible to help conservative Catholics understand the moral reasoning behind fighting climate change. He said, “We must forcefully reject the notion that our being created in God’s image and given dominion over the Earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures.”

On economic inequality, he reprimanded unfettered capitalism and called on the rich to care and give back to the poor.

The Pope garnered support globally for his views, but there is a split in the U.S. With the growth of the Hispanic community, the Daily Beast notes “American Catholics [have] split into two distinct camps … with relatively conservative, white, non-Hispanic Catholics

on one side and relatively liberal Hispanic Catholics on the other.”

The approval ratings between the two are stark. “Ninety percent of Latino Catholics say [the Pope] is moving the church in the right direction, while 77 percent of white Catholics say he is.” While there is still support for Francis and his teachings, white Catholics do seem to harken for the older, more conservative leadership of his predecessor, Benedict.

Good and bad Catholics alike want to support and honor the teachings of Francis as he strives to increase the relevance and influence of a centuries-old institution.

Many may deride his tweets and selfie game as nothing but PR ploys. Catholics around the world, however, applaud his efforts. In America, and Louisiana especially, we welcome his Holiness with open arms — on the left and right.

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

Today’s music promotes sexual promiscuity, drug addiction SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist Much of today’s music is crude and sends listeners an awful message — “addiction is cool.”

Artists who advocate for drug addiction make these themes more acceptable. The blatant, terrible messages corrupt listeners and chisel away at society’s ethics and intelligence.

Smut had been present in mainstream music since the early ’50s, with the introduction of rock ’n’ roll, which gave rise to sexual themes in music. In fact, the term “rock ’n’ roll” was a double entendre meaning dancing or having sex.

Today’s music is doing what it has done for more than half a century — making money out of filth. The only difference between today’s music and the classics of the 20th century is the obvious message.

There is a subtle difference between Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” and Ying Yang Twins’ “Wait.”

Notice the difference in “She’s my cherry pie. Cool drink of

water such a sweet surprise,” from “Wait til you see my d--k, hey b---h! ... I’m gon beat that p---y up!”

There is a slight difference.

Both songs are referring to sex but relay the message differently.

OG Maco recently ranted about the uniformity of the rap game.

“Rap about drugs and call girls hoes and wear supreme and [vape] and you’ll make it. On my soul,” he said in a tweet.

Maco goes on to say that his hit “U Guessed It” was made satirically and he knew misogynistic rapping accompanied with drug praise was the recipe to success.

Maco also makes a point that little will be accomplished with the “weakness is strength” mentality. Drugs are an addiction, not a creative inspiration. Artists who promote addiction, like Future, are ruining lives by advocating something so dangerous.

“I love Future but I also understand that Future has destroyed countess lives by making it cool to be a drug addict,” Maco said.

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Future’s music advocates for the use of drugs and is misogynistic. a strange attraction, and people continue to respond in a positive manner to current artists’ crude motifs.

The negative themes in today’s music desensitizes the public to serious issues. Rap’s

glorification of drugs and sleazy women justifies the public’s pursuit of these ideals.

Today’s music also introduces various colloquialisms. Slang including “YOLO,” “crunk,” “swag,” among others, is meaningless

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jargon, which is the death of literacy. In a world where subjectverb agreement is nonexistent and you can make a contraction out of anything, hip-hop is the breeding ground of ineptitude.

Regardless of its message, crude music is popular. Questionable messages in music are an ongoing tradition, and the public will continue to eat them up. What you can do is not take everything you hear seriously.

Artists don’t necessarily live life in the fast lane, brushing their teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. Their songs may tell one tale, but their lives tell a completely different one. It is up to the audience to take everything with a grain of salt.

The consumer grants the artist permission to brainwash the population when these messages are funded: Albums are purchased, their music is played on YouTube and their concerts sell out. We are to blame for today’s artists’ success, so we may as well sit back and enjoy the music.

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

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respectable goalscoring total for a midfielder. Feilhaber seems to be behind almost everything good Sporting KC does, but his statistics pale when compared to Giovinco.

Columbus Crew SC forward Kei Kamara is the only man who has scored more goals (21) than Giovinco this season, but he’s been less creative with eight assists. Kamara is lethal when he gets near the goal, but he fails to bring the same excitement Giovinco does.

It feels like every time Toronto plays a game, I’ll scroll through my Twitter feed and see multiple Giovinco highlights. Whether he’s splitting two defenders, pulling off nutmegs or scoring a curling free kick, Giovinco always puts on a show.

Giovinco’s play is not only beautiful, it’s been vital for a team seeking its first ever playoff berth.

Toronto’s porous defense conceded the second highest number of goals in MLS (50), but Giovinco’s contributions are a major reason Toronto sits in 5th place in the Eastern Conference despite a questionable back line.

The top six teams in each conference make the playoffs, so if Giovinco continues to produce,

the NCAA Women’s Soccer RPI top 40, and the victory against Duke was LSU’s first victory over a nationally ranked team since it defeated University of Southern California in 2013.

After a strong showing in the first 10 games, LSU is poised to make its first run to the NCAA tournament since 2011, which also marked the Tigers’ last SEC West title. However, Lee said the quality of SEC soccer is much improved today.

“Right now, we think it’s the deepest in quality [in the nation] for sure,” Lee said. “It’s really balanced. It’s really difficult every game, and each team is going to be ready to play. It’s probably fair to say right now there are six to eight teams with legitimate championship aspirations in the league.”

The Universities of Arkansas and Georgia and Mississippi State University are the only teams in the conference with overall losing records. Although LSU only has one loss, it is seventh in the standings with a 1-1 record in SEC play, and the SEC features eight teams in the RPI top 40.

If LSU’s first two SEC games this season are any indication, the Tigers are in for a wild ride the rest of the season. The Tigers lost in overtime on the road against Alabama and came

LINEBACKERS, from page 5 instinctive force to be reckoned with.

In the nickel defense, which isn’t the Tigers’ base defense, the Mac’s normal responsibility is the area in the true middle of the field and reads the center’s movements to know if it’s a run or pass play. The Money covers a little more ground in both run and pass situations but still has responsibilities depending on the call.

Most knew Beckwith’s capabilities, who stepped into a starting role halfway through last season and finished second on team in total tackles. But after waiting three seasons to command a starting role, Jones hasn’t wasted the opportunity, leading the Tigers with 20 total tackles to combine with Beckwith for 35.

Though they are starting in tandem for the first time, the chemistry is already obvious.

“We kind of know each other’s strengths and know how each other operates out there,” Jones said. “If I miss to call something, he’ll call it, or I’ll call it for him just to make sure. We just kind of make sure everything is together between us.”

Jones has been impressive in the stat column, but he isn’t perfect, making an inexcusable mistake Saturday.

Jones launched his body at Auburn junior quarterback Jeremy Johnson after he let go of a pass late in the fourth quarter, drawing a targeting call that ejected him from the game and suspended him from the first half of this weekend’s matchup at Syracuse.

The New Orleans native said he wouldn’t purposely harm an opposing player, but the play leaves an open space at the

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Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco, center, works the ball around New England Revolution’s Jermaine Jones, right, on Sept. 13 in Toronto.

Toronto could make history by making the MLS Cup Playoffs.

In another season, Feilhaber and Kamara would have a real shot at the MVP award, but it’s just impossible to overlook what Giovinco has done this season.

Giovinco has overshadowed them, despite their impressive statistics.

At 5’4,” Giovinco is almost

always the smallest player on the pitch, but he is normally the guy who makes the biggest effect.

That’s why he should be the 2015 MLS MVP.

Money position for at least the first 30 minutes against the Orangemen (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). But the starting decision, which is likely between senior linebacker Lamar Louis and junior linebacker Duke Riley, is still up in the air.

Because all the linebackers are capable of playing both positions in the nickel, Louis said defensive coordinator Kevin Steele made it known that performance in practice will determine who’s on the field each week, not just against Syracuse.

“It’s kind of like what Ohio State got going on with their

quarterbacks,” Louis said.

“We’re getting the same amount of reps in practice. [Steele] is bringing an NFL-type feel to our defense, and it’s good. It’s a lot more competitive, and it’s bringing good things out of us.”

Whether it’s Louis or Riley, both are comfortable playing with Beckwith, whose infectious personality makes the game even more fun for the linebacker corps, Riley said.

“Kendell [Beckwith] is one of my best friends,” Riley said.

“Being in with him, or whenever I’m in with him, is just like playing next to your brother.”

Jack Woods is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

from behind to defeat Georgia at home in the final minutes in two back-and-forth, high scoring affairs.

The conference opener was a 3-2 Crimson Tide victory, where LSU took the lead toward the end of regulation, despite playing with 10 women, but was eventually outmatched, falling in overtime.

In the game against Georgia, LSU found itself trailing by a goal with less than 25 minutes remaining but came back to win, 4-3, behind senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco’s heroic efforts. Gomez-Junco scored two quick goals, giving the Tigers their first SEC win of the season.

Lee said he believes his team can duplicate its nonconference success and carry its momentum to its SEC schedule and become the league’s best team beginning at 7 p.m. this Friday night when LSU travels to play No. 13 Auburn.

“I think we have a good chance to win the league,” Lee said. “But there are about eight teams that do, too. The gap between the 14 teams will probably be the closest it’s ever been. We feel like if we can prepare ourselves and be ready to go each game, we have a talented group of kids who are committed to the cause, and we can have success against the SEC like our nonconference schedule.”

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