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Parks brings opportunity, professionalism to dance

‘I can’t tell them they’ve been wonderful.

They have to feel it for themselves.’

Sandra Parks, assistant professor and head of dance

BY James Richards • jrichards@lsureveille.com

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[Top] Communication studies sophmore Macy Dunne prepares for the Fall Dance Concert at the Reilly Theatre on Nov. 22 and 23. [Bottom] A student participates in the advance technique class Wednesday.

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After rolling her leggings up to her knee, assistant professor and head of dance Sandra Parks looks out at the assembled dancers with a determined smile.

“Yes! Very good!” she yells. “And one and two and three,” Bodies flow across the carpeted floor, weaving a pattern of limbs to the rhythm of the drum set at the back of the room.

The atrium of the Design Building, and later the lobby of the Communication across the Curriculum room, was the scene of Open Dance Night. The free contemporary dance class is just one of Parks’ attempts to grow dance at the University.

The Fall Dance Concert, on Nov. 22 and 23, is going be different than usual said anthropology junior and dance minor Alix Achée. There will be live music for at least one piece, with dancers

moving around and through the musicians on stage.

The whole Theatre department will be involved in the concert, Parks said.

Students and faculty alike will perform a variety of pieces, including modern, contemporary and ballet.

Though she is bringing dance to the University, teaching dance wasn’t Parks’ original plan. After finishing high school in her native Taipei, Taiwan, she moved to New York to dance. To get a work visa so she could dance professionally, she went to NYU’s Tisch School for her bachelor’s degree.

“That’s how I am,” Parks said “I have a goal for myself, for the program and I figure out how to get there.”

After touring internationally with “The King and I” and performing in

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Master plan for LSU lakes moves forward

BY Quint Forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com The Baton Rouge Area Foundation dipped its first toe in the water yesterday as landscape architects Kinder Baumgardner and Jeffrey Carbo began two days of meetings with University leaders and members of city-parish government to determine what changes community members would most like to see in BRAF’s master plan to restore the LSU lakes.

The plan will be finalized in summer 2015.

Baumgardner is the president of SWA Group, the landscape architecture firm selected in July to lead project planning alongside Jeffery Carbo Landscape Architects. Both Baumgardner and Carbo are University graduates.

“What we need to do here is figure out what people really want this lake to be,” Baumgardner said.

Though the Master Plan aims to incorporate citizen suggestions like bike rentals and gateways, the primary objective is the restoration and preservation of the lakes.

The lakes are becoming increasingly shallow due to runoff from the surrounding area, averaging about three feet in depth. According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, healthy lakes average at least five feet in depth.

“They’re trying to revert back to what they were — big cypress swamps,” Baumgardner said.

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NEW YORK — Hundreds gathered Tuesday in a plaza outside the United Nations to protest what they said was Iran’s continued support of terrorism, its poor record on human rights and its deceptive tactics in nuclear negotiations as the country’s president delivered remarks to world leaders.

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle told those gathered in the rain at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza amid tight security that tens of thousands of people have been jailed under Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the Iranian government should be overthrown.

“That should be the stated policy of the United States,” said Bolton, who was the top U.S. diplomat to the United Nations from 2005-2006 under President George W. Bush.

In his wide-ranging speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Rouhani warned that Islamic terrorists were creating chaos in the Mideast to destroy civilization and generate anti-Muslim hatred, saying they wanted to create “a fertile ground for

further intervention of foreign forces in our region.”

He also said a nuclear agreement was possible before the November deadline if the West wants a deal and shows flexibility.

Hasan Alsawaf, a Rhode Island dentist who emigrated from Syria two decades ago, said at the protest that the Iranian regime was responsible for much of the chaos in the Middle East.

“The cycle of horror and terror that started with the Iranian regime to the Syrian regime and ISIS needs to be dismantled,” Alswaf said, using an alternate name for the Islamic State group.

Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and Robert F. Kennedy’s daughter Kerry Kennedy also attended. Wearing yellow ponchos, the protesters chanted, a drum line performed and Iranian pop music played.

Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi was scheduled to deliver a speech via satellite, but bad weather disrupted the link-up. Instead, a speaker read her prepared remarks to the crowd. People chanted the National Council of Resistance

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Law school to offer energy law certificate program this spring

BY Lauren Guillot lguillot@lsureveille.com In the spring of 2015, law students can receive more than a juris doctorate. They can obtain a Graduate Certificate in Energy Law and Policy.

The John P. Laborde Energy Law Center started its new energy law and policy graduate certificate program this semester.

The Energy Law Center, created in 2012, is the first center of its kind in Louisiana and one of few across the nation.

Jack Weiss, chancellor of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, said the certificate program is a giant step forward for the Energy Law Center.

“The program, plus the fact that we’ve essentially expanded the number of courses we’re offering in energy law by, I would say, as much as five times in the last two or three years,” Weiss said. “Those are the most concrete, immediate signs that this program is up and running and growing for the benefit of students.”

The requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Energy Law and Policy include 18 credit hours related to energy law and policy, as well as a research paper and an applied learning experience, like an internship or externship in energy law.

The Laborde Energy Law Advisory Council has plans to create cross enrollment opportunities for students with courses at the

University’s main campus, including courses in engineering, costal and environmental sciences, geology, business and nuclear sciences.

“One of the key goals of the program is to allow law students to develop expertise in related non-law disciplines; engineering, science, economics, business and the like, to make them more valuable in the employment market and more successful over the long term in the energy sector,” Weiss said.

Weiss emphasized these courses would not only benefit energy law students but also graduate students in non-law disciplines.

“I believe really strongly that a student here in engineering is going to add very valuable insights to his engineering work if he or she can come over here and study energy law, or some of our environmental law in various courses that we offer here,” Weiss said.

Taylor Stewart, political science and history junior, said she thinks the program will benefit both students and the state.

“I know that there’s a focus in undergraduate programs on conservation not only on our coast but of resources,” Stewart said. “I think that since Louisiana is such a unique state based on their resources and energy that it would be a fascinating subject to study in law school because of the importance in Louisiana.”

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The Energy Law Center, the first program of its kind in Louisiana, plans to expand its current certificate program. also designed the “Geaux Too” program to allow energy law students to visit and learn about various energy facilities and companies around the state, such as nuclear energy facilities and oil and gas companies.

“We have a chance to get our students out there, to let them see major energy facilities in operation,” Weiss said. “And of course, when they visit they won’t just show up, they will have read

materials in anticipation of the trip and they will be guided at the facility by someone who is an expert in what is taking place there.”

The Advisory Council is also discussing plans to develop an online post-J.D. or master’s program in energy law.

On Sept. 12, the Law Center announced an $800,000 gift from the J. Bennett Johnston Science Foundation, establishing the

J. Bennett Johnston Energy Law Endowment Fund in honor of Senator Johnston. The fund will act as a “challenge fund” where the donor agrees to match gifts made by other private donors.

The challenge fund is a part of the Law Center’s $20 million Energy Law Center fundraising campaign, which has raised about $5 million in private support for the program.

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Board of Regents approves system budget, searches for commissioner

BY Deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

The search for a new Commissioner of Higher Education is coming to a close with three finalists selected for interviews, seven months after former commissioner Jim Purcell resigned.

The finalists, approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents on Thursday, include Robin Capehart, president of West Liberty University; Ray DiPasquale president of the Community College of Rhode Island and Joseph Rallo vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas Tech University.

The Commissioner of Higher Education serves as the lead coordinator for the LSU, University of Louisiana, Southern University and Louisiana Community and Technical College systems, whose 38 institutions have an enrollment of 216,613 students, according to the Board of Regent’s website.

Chairman of the Louisiana Board of Regents Clinton

Rasberry said the finalists will be interviewed by the Board on Oct. 9.

The finalists were chosen by the search committee from a pool of 25 people who expressed interest in the position. The search for a commissioner started four months ago with the hiring of search firm AGB Search.

The new commissioner will start on Jan. 2, 2015.

The Board conducted budget hearings for all of the state’s higher education institutions Wednesday to review the budgets for each institution.

The operating budget of the LSU System is nearly 30 percent larger than the operating budget of the University of Louisiana System, totalling $1.1 billion compared to UL System’s $774 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to the LSU and UL system websites.

Rasberry said the budget hearings went well, the system presidents were thoughtful in their presentations and the systems were doing better this year because

they have the ability to keep tuition dollars.

“It’s evident that there is an increased level of fiscal stability for our systems and we are all grateful for that,” Rasberry said.

Revenue generated by the higher education institutions, primarily through a university’s tuition and fees, make up about 52 percent of the state’s funding for higher education. Federal funding makes up about 4 percent, and state funding about 36 percent, according to a Board of Regent’s news release.

The Board also approved a resolution declaring October Louisiana College Application Month.

According to the news release, about 90 percent of middle school students say they plan to go to college, but the number of applicants are much lower for high school seniors.

The month is an extension of the American College Application Campaign, a national program aimed at increasing the number of high school seniors applying to college, Rasberry said.

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Live After Five - North Boulevard Town Square CHANGE Break Volunteer Application Deadline - LSU Student Union

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Chris LeBlanc Band - Superior Grill Jesus Party - Living Together in Christ International Ministries

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LSU Women's Soccer - LSU Soccer Facilities 2014 Manhattan Short Film Festival - Manship Theatre, Shaw Center for the Arts

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Mary Poppins - Baton Rouge Little Theater The Food Chain - Claude L. Shaver Theatre

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Cory Landry Duo - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's Andy Wells Duo - The Roux House Galactic - Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge

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University uses technology to evaluate athletic injuries BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com

Recent studies have found links between NFL players and the development of diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. Efforts at the University and around the country aim to combine technology and sports to better detect the head injuries that often lead to these problems.

According to Forbes Magazine, a recent study by the Analysis Research and Planning Corporation suggests that about 30 percent of former NFL athletes will develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.

The study also suggests former players have twice the risk, compared to the general population, of developing early onset neurological disorders.

Former NFL athletes commissioned the study as part of their lawsuit against the NFL for allegedly hiding the effects of brain trauma, according to Forbes.

In 2012, PBS Frontline began an investigation of the number of concussions in the NFL and the effects of these injuries on players.

According to PBS Frontline, 306

players suffered a total of 323 concussions in the last two seasons, and more than 150 players are expected to suffer concussions this season.

“I think if anybody had a purely objective test that came out and said yes this person, because they have x or y or whatever, because they have this, they have a concussion, that would be great,” said Andy Barker, University senior associate athletic trainer.

Barker said the athletic department tries to stay on the cutting edge of sports technology.

“We try to have these symptom checklists, and these things that we can kind of go through, you know, as a standard for us so that we do it for everybody,” Barker said. “But every hit is a little different, and like I said, every concussion is a little different.”

Last year, the athletic department began utilizing technology to gather data about gforces, Barker said. The athletic department attached a device to players’ helmets to collect measurements of the g-force when a player is struck during practice

or competition.

Barker said this year, the athletic department partnered with a company to beta test a mouthpiece with a microchip in it to collect similar but more accurate data.

Because the device is in the mouth instead of attached to the helmet, the data will better translate what’s going on in the body.

“So there’s all these algorithms and mathematical equations to where they get this data,” Barker said. “And they can triangulate it to where they know exactly where the hit was, how hard the force was, the g-force, and that’s the kind of data we’re trying to collect now.”

While they are not making any definitive assumptions from the data, Barker said it is helpful in identifying patterns to help improve coaching techniques and injury prevention.

“And once again, you know, everybody is trying to come up with if they got a g-force of 90 g’s, you know, that’s going to create a concussion,” Barker said. “We didn’t really see that, but it was really good information to see how much force was going on.”

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Friday, September 26, 2014 technology

LSU student develops safety app Yank app alerts contacts with ‘yank’ of headphones

BY QUINT FORGEY qforgey@lsureveille.com

Though jogging the University Lakes is a popular pastime among University students, some fear the risks of running alone at night. University doctoral candidate Stuart Adams has developed an app to quell students’ qualms.

During his graduate research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Adams heard news of a woman in the nearby town of Bethesda who had been sexually assaulted while jogging on a local trail.

Running on a treadmill later that night, Adams was moved to prevent further acts of violence through the creation of an app.

“Yank,” available free on the App Store, alerts three selected contacts of an attack after the user yanks a set of headphones out of his or her device. Adams said the emergency pull cord available on all treadmills inspired the design.

Adams said he thinks the app will be useful on the

University’s campus given the amount of students who run the LSU lakes.

“One of the easiest things they could do is pull the cord on their headphones,” Adams said.

“A lot of people are already running with them.”

Adams said users can arm the app before running or leaving work late at night, and disable a false alarm by entering a personalized pin code during a brief countdown.

“It runs in the background,” Adams said. “You don’t have to do anything else after you arm it.”

Adams, who developed Yank with Syracuse University professor Adam Peruta, said he thinks his app is an enhancement on LSUPD’s app, LSU SHIELD, unveiled two weeks ago.

LSU SHIELD users must open the app and select an emergency call button in dangerous situations. Adams said he thinks his design is more intuitive for University students.

“That’s a lot easier than if somebody attacks you to pull out your phone, open the app, press a button,” Adams said. “I don’t know if that’s necessarily feasible in that time frame.”

BY kelsey Bordelon kbordelon@lsureveille.com Tattoo artist Christopher Handford creates anywhere between 14 and 25 tattoos each week.

Though creating tattoos at Black Torch Tattoo is his career, he draws the line on tattooing clients in visible areas to maintain their professionalism.

Because of the way tattoos are viewed in the workplace, Hanford refuses to tattoo a client’s face, hands, neck or fingers unless the client is already covered in ink or is at a stage in life where visible tattoos aren’t detrimental to the clients’ career opportunities.

“We have a lot of girls come in, freshmen in college. They see something cute on Pinterest and want to get a little word tattooed on their finger,” Handford said. “We tell them absolutely not, you don’t even know what career you’re going to choose!”

Handford, whose arms are a canvas of his profession’s work, said the way society views tattoos could even tempt him to stereotype himself with the questionable, unprofessional connotations of numerous, visible tattoos. It depends, though, on the place he’s at and the people he is with because the stigma is “ingrained in our culture so much.”

This stigma stems from the image employers do or do not want to present to their clientele.

Because of this, the tattoo business is cognizant of tattoo placement and artists monitor their

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Tattoo artist Flashy Ken tattoos local bartender Eric Fruity at Perkins Road Parlour. artistic liberties.

Some students dodged the connotations visible tattoos come with in corporate America.

Political science junior, Steven Brailsford has been fascinated with body ink since he was younger and has numerous tattoos on his arms and legs.

“I was a mechanic when I was younger, I was in the Army, and since then I was a manager at an iPhone repair store, and my tattoos haven’t given me trouble,” Brailsford said. “I think the stigma is starting to go away a little bit. I see more and more people with tattoos, so as long as you do your job well and act professional, it doesn’t seem to be an issue.”

The stigma with tattoos in the

workplace insinuates individuals are identified by their appearance rather than what Brailsford thinks should rule — their work ethic and experience.

Brailsford said he sees tattoos becoming more prominent in culture, so perhaps there will be a gradual acceptance of tattoos in the work place.

While the LSU Olinde Career Center website offers video guides to “project a professional image,” it does not specifically address tattoos. In terms of business casual dress it suggests slacks, dress shirt and a sport coat for men and pantsuits or dress pants with a conservative cardigan sweater for women.

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Getting STOPPING THE SPREAD to know Defense focused on shutting down New Mexico State’s spread offense the foe

BY BRIAN PELLERIN • bpellerin@lsureveille.com

When the LSU football team takes the field tomorrow against New Mexico State, the Tigers will have a chance to figure out what went wrong defensively last week.

The Aggies (2-2, 1-0 Sun Belt) run a spread offense, similar to Mississippi State.

The Bulldogs gashed the Tigers (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) running the ball out of multiple receiver sets. With three or more receivers on the field at one time, the Bulldogs totaled over 300 yards rushing, excluding sacks and an errant snap, which resulted in negative 36 yards.

LSU senior middle linebacker D.J. Welter said the spacing the multiple receivers forced the Tigers outside of the tackles leading to problems stopping their rushing attack.

“When they pulled us out of the box, we definitely left a big void in the middle of the field,” Welter said.

Welter said the job of the linebacker, who is forced out of the box, is to communicate his assignment with the secondary and the defensive line.

Once the ball is snapped, he should rotate back between the tackles to help stop the run while the secondary picks up the receiver.

Against the Aggies, the Tigers have a chance to improve that communication before heading into the meat of their SEC schedule. New Mexico State ranks No. 11 in the NCAA in total plays, averaging more than 78 plays per game.

Welter said the coaches have LSU prepared for New Mexico State’s version of the spread offense, but the Tigers’ pride has them the most excited to get back on the field.

“We take that hard anytime any offense comes in here and puts that many yards on us,” Welter said. “[Not allowing many rushing yards is] something that we pride ourselves on every week. We’re going to go out this week and improve on that.”

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NEW MEXICO ST. AGGIES’ STATISTICS 2014 STATS PASSING · Tyler Rogers: 1056 yards, 9 TD, 6 INT, 97 COMP

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· Larry Rose III: 269 yards, 62 carries, 1 TD

RECEIVING · Teldrick Morgan: 464 yards, 31 catches, 4 TD · Joseph Matthews: 195 yards, 17 catches, 3 TD

TEAM STAT COMPARISON 2014 - 2015 STATS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE NM STATE: 121 points, 30.2 points per game LSU: 144 points, 36 points per game

Rushing offense NM STATE: 636 yards, 159 yards per game, 6 TD LSU: 768 yards, 192 YPG, 10 TD

Passing offense NM STATE: 1067 yards, 266.8 YPG, 9 TD LSU: 983 yards, 245.8 YPG, 8 TD

TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE NM: 121 points, 30.8 points per game LSU: 58 points, 14.5 points per game

Rushing defense NM STATE: 1197 yards, 299.2 YPG, 12 TD LSU: 636 yards, 159 YPG, 5 TD

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Tigers looking to end losing streak

Offense aims to fix mistakes against Aggies

It’s about to get physical for the LSU soccer team.

With half the season in the rearview mirror, all that remains for the Tigers is the strenuous Southeastern Conference schedule. The brutality of the games will pick up, the tensions will flare and the stakes will rise. But LSU’s postseason aspirations rest on its ability to meet the physical demands that are bound to characterize each match.

The Tigers (4-5-1, 0-1 SEC) will look to secure their first victory since Sept. 11 when they hit the pitch against the offensive firepower No. 6 Texas A&M (7-1-1, 1-0

Before the final minutes of the No. 17 LSU football team’s upset loss to then-unranked Mississippi State, the Tigers’ offense had only scored 10 points.

Though LSU produced 19 late points, its poor showing through the first three quarters created a hole too deep to climb out of.

The Tigers (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) look to improve on their lackluster offensive performance against New Mexico State (2-2, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.

LSU’s offense focused this week on correcting mistakes at

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com

SEC) at 7 p.m. tonight at LSU Soccer Stadium.

The young LSU club, comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores, was shell-shocked during its first taste of SEC play against Missouri on Sept. 19. LSU fell 3-1 in a match with 19 fouls, countless pushes and shoves and one bloody left cheek for sophomore midfielder Emma Fletcher.

But LSU soccer coach Brian Lee said rough play is commonplace this time of year.

“It put a bad taste in all of our mouths, just the pure physicality and the off-the-ball stuff that you just don’t see in a regular game,” Lee said. “But when you go back

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all levels to improve the consistency of play and create a more cohesive unit.

“This week, it’s about us improving,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “It’s about us looking at the time that we have to make adjustments and make those needed moves that make our football team better.”

The Aggies should prove to be a perfect remedy for the sputtering Tigers’ offense. They come into the weekend giving up an average of 30.2 points per game.

Despite recent scoring woes, the Tigers average 437.8 total yards per game, which includes 192 yards rushing and 245.8

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page 6 STREAK, from page 5 and look at the tape from the SEC games, almost every game you’ll see something that’s a little chippy off the ball or borderline dirty. But it’s just the kids getting a little extra fervor in the SEC.” Tigers’ senior midfielder Alex Arlitt said its up to the team to match the heightened level of intensity in SEC competition.

“Hopefully everyone’s ready to come battle because that’s part of college soccer,” Arlitt said. “You have to know it’s going to get physical at times, and you can’t give up whenever it does get physical. It’s going to be a fight every single time.”

It’s also going to be a fight for the Tigers to slow down the Aggies’ explosive attack, which has a conference-leading 199 shots for 23 goals.

Leading Texas A&M is the senior duo of midfielder Kelley Monogue and forward Shea Groom, the top goal scorers in the SEC. Their 15 combined goals are the most for any pair of teammates in the conference. “[The Aggies] can score goals from anywhere on the field,” Lee said. “They’re especially dangerous on set pieces. Monogue hits a great free kick, and Shea Groom might not be the tallest player on the field, but she’s really good in the air.”

However, Fletcher said the Tigers have their fair share of players who can balance out Texas A&M’s attack.

“They’ve got some key

players that we know of, but we’ve got some good players that can mark them and shut them down,” Fletcher said. “We’ve also got some good attackers as well, so if we can get things ticking in our attack, we’ll be good.”

Fletcher’s comments aren’t far off the mark. Sophomore Summer Clarke and freshman Jorian Baucom, LSU’s starting forwards, are the third-highest scoring tandem in the SEC with a combined 10 goals.

On the defensive end, freshman goalkeeper Lily Alfeld has recently been a force in the goal.

The New Zealand native has 37 saves in the past six games to give her an SEC-leading 45 on the season.

But if LSU is to end its threegame losing streak, freshmen defenders Jordane Carvery and Alexis Urch and midfielder Christyna Pitre will likely be major reasons why. The trio will be responsible for disrupting the Aggies on set pieces and corner kicks, a Texas A&M specialty.

Lee is confident his freshmen will live up to the challenge.

“Those three are very good in the air, but they’re very young,” Lee said. “So to ask them to take on this responsibility is asking a lot of three freshmen, but I think they’re up for it. That’s the reason we recruited Carvery, Pitre and Urch. They know that’s their job to go win those balls for us.”

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Last weekend, the Aggies gave up 432 rushing yards on 52 attempts to in-state rival New Mexico, and LSU has the potential to take full advantage of a defense struggling to stop the run.

However, the Tigers’ running backs are coming off their worst performance of the season.

Freshmen running backs Leonard Fournette and Darrell Williams and seniors Kenny Hilliard and Terrence Magee combined for 76 total yards against Mississippi State. In the first three games, these four running backs averaged a combined 185.67 yards on the ground.

Although some drop-off was expected with the heightened competition in SEC play, the inability of the running backs to get any rhythm going stalled the

SPREAD, from page 5 Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott used his legs to buy time to open up big plays in the passing game. New Mexico State’s quarterback Tyler Rogers isn’t the same runner as Prescott with only 15 carries in the season, but he can still make plays with his feet.

LSU sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White said the Tigers were running zone coverage when Prescott rolled out of the pocket,

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“When you’ve been as dominant as we’ve been the past running the football, you expect guys [to stack the box],” Magee said. “In order to throw the ball, you’ve got to have a ground game. So us establishing our ground game is going to allow us to throw the ball. We have just got to be more effective in doing that.”

The Tigers’ fading rushing attack is not entirely the running backs’ fault — the offensive line has struggled at times to create gaps for them to run through.

“Execution is our key,” said senior center Elliott Porter. “If we execute there’s not much too much to stop us. Our backs are good enough to make the cuts that they need to make and get free like they need to get free.”

The offensive line has surrendered nine sacks through LSU’s first four games, compared to only four sacks in the first four

games of 2013. Six of the 10 sacks allowed by the offensive line came on third downs, effectively stunting drives.

The Tigers converted only two third downs against Mississippi State. Sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings threw for both conversions, which came on passes of 12 yards to sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural and 15 yards to freshman wide receiver Malachi Dupre.

This weekend’s matchup will give the Tigers a chance to improve offensively before they restart SEC play.

“To be honest, each game that we play is important,” Magee said. “We have a specific plan and focus that we want to get better on that week. For us this week, we’ve got a lot of little things that we messed up on last Saturday. We want to clean up and fine tune and get our offense rolling to get off to a good start come this Saturday.”

which allowed for open receivers.

White said the secondary has to focus on the nearest receiver, but in zone it’s not so simple.

“When you’re in man-to-man and there’s a scramble drill, it’s quite easy because you can just lock-on your man and just run with him,” White said. “When we’re in a zone and you’re forced to do a scramble drill, it’s quite tough because you have to grab whoever is in your zone. If two people are in your zone at the same time, then it’s hard to cover two guys at the

same time.”

The Tigers have numerous scrambling quarterbacks left on the schedule, like Auburn’s Nick Marshall.

White said LSU will need to adapt to the mobile quarterbacks starting this weekend to be successful the rest of the way.

“We’re going to see a guy like [Prescott] again,” White said.

“Probably not as big, but he’ll have the same kind of skill set. It’s a learning curve for us and we need to look forward.”

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GIVING IT A SHOT Gun owners responsible for safely, ethically practicing Second Amendment rights

OFF WITH HER HEAD JANA KING Columnist I was a nervous wreck on Tuesday evening when I found myself at Precision Firearm and Indoor Range on Siegen Lane.

I’d agreed to shoot a gun after 20 years of being vehemently anti-weapon.

And I’d been held to my word.

When I put on the noisesilencing earmuffs, I was left with only the sound of my heart beating nervously as I stared at an orange, personshaped figure on paper, 20 feet down the range. My hands were shaking when I turned off the safety and put my finger on the trigger. I found my breath quickening and I tried to steady it — and my hands — before I pulled. The sound of a bullet being pushed out of the barrel and through the air undid all of my work to calm myself.

It’s no secret in my conservative extended family that my mother and I are liberals.

And with a tattoo on my right wrist that reads “I am not a gun,” I have been the subject of many unfortunate and politically-charged jokes at family gatherings over the last year.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the quote from the children’s movie, “The Iron Giant,” it centers around the unlikely friendship between a scrawny young boy and a 20-foot robot made of military weaponry. The little boy teaches the robot that even though he was created to be a weapon, he ultimately gets to decide who he really is.

The movie ends with the Iron Giant shooting off into space to destroy an asteroid before it hits Earth, when he delivers the line that I loved enough to get permanently placed in my skin.

As a child I was klutzy. I had a habit of breaking things, and it wasn’t hard to feel like I was a destructive force. This movie taught me that even though

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Though gun ownership can provide necessary safety, its dangerous potential must be taken into account. humans have the capability to be emotionally, verbally or physically abusive, I had a say in whether or not I was destructive.

Until Tuesday evening, I’d never held a gun, never mind shot one. Being around guns made me uncomfortable, and a lot of that had to do with my unfamiliarity with them. But I always thought that if I never caused trouble, if I never had a gun to point at someone, I would never find myself in a situation where I would need to use one.

That was until I started dating someone who happened to also be a gun owner. I didn’t know this when I met him and I can’t say that it would’ve kept me from continuing to

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see him. He came to own a gun because of realistic feeling of being unsafe while living in Baton Rouge.

But just being in a house that had a gun was scary at first. Say what you will about murder rates versus gun ownership, but repeating statistics doesn’t calm my mind when I’m staring at something that could end my life with the pull of a trigger.

There came a point where I realized in order to triumph my fear of guns I was going to need to confront it head on.

So I agreed to go to a shooting range and learn how to shoot at a target.

The feeling that I got after taking the first shot was a mix of sweaty hands and

after-shock of being so close to such a loud noise. The experience wasn’t something I think I would want to repeat frequently.

I’m definitely not at a place where I want to or feel it necessary to own a gun and I don’t think recreational shooting is in my future. But I do feel a lot safer being somewhere with a gun now that I know how to use it properly.

My family is full of gun owners and veterans. I’m aware that owning a gun doesn’t make you a killer, but it scares me. I admit that my opinion on guns is emotionally charged. And I’ll admit that having a gun in your house can be beneficial.

After all, if my apart-

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ment was broken into, I would call a policeman who carries a gun to protect me.

Granted, I know that person has been trained to use it safely and responsibly. My opinion that gun ownership be regulated in the same way that vehicle registration is regulated didn’t change. I still stand by the idea that we have the right to protect ourselves, but also the responsibility to make sure we do safely.

After all, guns don’t kill people. People kill people.

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

You can reach her on Twitter @jking_TDR.

Quote of the Day ‘God may have made men, but Samuel Colt made them equal.’

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Air Force removes religious reference after controversy OUR LADY OF ANGST

sidneyrose reynen Columnist “...One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

These are words known and memorized by every American citizen, whether they like it or not. From kindergarten on, we instill two radically different ideas into children.

There’s this little thing called separation of church and state, but also “in God we trust.”

And that’s a problem.

Last month, an atheist sergeant in the U.S. Air Force encountered this problem when he was denied reenlistment simply because he refused to utter the phrase “so help me God” in his oath. After causing controversy, the American Humanist Association represented the anonymous airman and told the Air Force that it had until Sept. 19 to change the oath, or it would be sued.

With all other branches of the military deeming “so help me God” as an optional addition to their oaths, the Air Force was pressured to abide by those standards as well and eventually changed it.

As I grew older, I started to have more and more problems with the Pledge of Allegiance and other official oaths that required you to address God. When I was younger, I was mostly just concerned with correctly pronouncing “indivisible” and whether or not I was the loudest person pledging to the flag. Now, however, I realize what a mockery these Godpledging oaths are.

In response to the Air Force

controversy, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association posted an opinion column entitled, “No atheist should be permitted to serve in the U.S. military.”

Great title, terrible opinion.

Obviously agreeing with the Air Force’s initial decision to refuse the sergeant’s reenlistment, Fischer argues that, “Serving in the military is a privilege, not a constitutional right. And it should be reserved for those who have America’s values engraved on their hearts.”

As a country founded on separating religion from government, America is and should be considered a religion-free, God-free nation. Unless there is a god of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, America does not have a god to serve.

Not only is the notion that we are a country “under God” wrong, it is downright hypocritical.

For decades, Americans have shrieked at the thought of the countries in the Middle East declaring themselves Islamic states and using religious texts as guidelines to regulate its citizens. Meanwhile, phrases praising and implying a nationwide worship to God are emblazoned on our money and government buildings.

If we saw footage of Iranian schoolchildren reciting their own pledges to their country and Allah, everyone over at Fox News would have a collective heart attack.

What surprises me most about this story, though, is the airman could have easily just signed the oath with the “so help me God” clause, but he didn’t. Standing up for your beliefs — and constitu-

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Chorus students from Niceville High School, Fla., wait to sing the National Anthem, Sept. 19, during a POW MIA memorial ceremony held at the Air Force Armament Museum near Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach. tional rights — is honorable, and it’s what’s eventually going to make it harder for the government to sneak God into things.

If you’re a religious American, that’s totally fine. Include God in your oaths and pledges

all you want — just stay out of my way in Free Speech Plaza.

But if you’re an atheist, don’t back down. Don’t allow the government to shove God in your life when you don’t want it there and constantly ask,

“What’s God got to do with it?”

SidneyRose Reynen is a 19-year-old film and media arts and art history sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana.

You can reach her on Twitter @sidneyrose_TDR.

Ello offers fresh alternative, not substitution for Facebook BUT HE MEANS WELL gordon brillon Opinion Editor “You are not a product.”

That’s the provocative statement with which new social network Ello finishes the manifesto on its homepage.

Though still in its infancy, the technology press seems convinced that Ello is the right platform at exactly the right time to do some damage to Facebook’s monolithic hold on computer-based social networking.

Let’s step back. You may not have heard of Ello. I hadn’t until yesterday morning, when I noticed a few mentions of it on Twitter, largely from people upset about Facebook’s idiotic “real name” policy, which mar-

ginalizes transgender people and others who wish to use names other than their birth names.

The terrible press for Facebook has been nothing but rosy for Ello, a minimalistic network designed for and populated by creative types, and that bills itself as “simple, beautiful and ad-free.” Ello’s big draw is that it features no ads, mines no data and allows users to register under any anonymous name they wish, using the same “@handle” format as Twitter and Instagram.

But how effective can a social network that is essentially reactionary, a snide retort to Facebook’s data sales and promoted pages, really be?

The answer is, of course, not very. In a profit-driven world, commercial interests will always win out,

but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for Ello’s brash idealism.

Ello sells itself on not selling itself, and that will make it very successful with its target audience. With an extremely minimalist black-and-white look, the site focuses user’s eyes on content, whether it be photography, graphic design or short stories.

It’s a very effective way to deliver pretty pictures, and the site’s literature is hip and self-aware enough to continue to draw the 20-something self-employed artist crowd.

I could see, in a year or two, an Ello account being just as indispensable to Mason jar cocktail mixologists and people who build craft jewelry boxes out of imported North Sea driftwood as a Tumblr page is to 15-yearold girls who, oh my god, adore

“Doctor Who”.

But a Facebook killer? No. The interface (which, as a disclaimer, is constantly under construction) is more conducive to consumption than conversation. It’s much easier to scroll through it without commenting, or at most, leave a one-Emoji reply than to engage in the kind of high-brow criticism and discussion that could really set Ello apart.

That said, the site seems content with its place as a niche avenue for a niche audience. On the frequentlyasked questions page, user “2mth” posted, “We’re not interested in ruling the world.

We think people that are motivated to do things like that have unresolved psychological problems.”

It’s too bad, because we could really use a decent alternative to Facebook. While

LSU is still a weirdly Facebookcentric campus, I’ve heard plenty of people complaining about it recently. The ever-increasing number of ads on the front page is getting ridiculous, especially when targeted ads look suspiciously like whatever you’ve been shopping for online.

At this point, it feels like the only reason to still be on Facebook is because it’s so hard to get out.

While it wouldn’t be impossible for Ello to blow up, it will, unfortunately, take something that affects more people than the “real name policy” to cause an exodus from Facebook.

Gordon Brillon is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Lincoln, Rhode Island.

You can reach him on Twitter @TDR_GBrillon.

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Boston and New York, she taught for an outreach dance program for inner-city schools.

“That’s when I kind of jumped in to teaching,” Parks said “I never thought I would be teaching so soon.”

Parks received her Master’s of Fine Arts from Smith College and taught in many schools around Boston and in Atlanta before a spot opened at the University.

“It was a natural step for me to design my own program,” Parks said When she got to Baton Rouge in 2013, Parks jump-started the program. Molly Russell, English education senior, dance minor and co-president of Dance Ambassadors at LSU, was there during the transitional year.

“She wanted to make a ton of changes,” Russell said.

Initially it was hectic, she said, but it’s turned out well.

“She’s made [the dance program] more professional and given us more opportunities,” Russell said.

Russell and a group of students performed in New York for the NYC Dance Arts Festival last year and are organizing another trip in December.

Parks said performing in front of an audience gives them more of a sense of self-satisfaction than simply learning the routine.

“I can’t tell them they’re wonderful. They have to feel it for themselves,” Parks said.

For now, Parks said she’s staying in Baton Rouge to see where she can take the program.

Her goals for dance at the University are two-fold. First, she wants to serve as many students as possible and build an appreciation of dance and different dance forms.

Parks was baffled by the disconnect between all the dancing she saw at parades and festivals in the state, but the relative lack of professional dance.

Macy Dunne, communication studies sophomore, dance minor and Dance Ambassador, said the biggest goal of the Dance Ambassadors is to get the dance major reestablished. Students also want to add new classes.

“We want to add a hip-hop class” Dunne said, “Something more students might be interested in.”

Flamenco Rouge has also helped bring diversity in the kinds of dances. They are planning to bring University students to Spain to study under a Flamenco master in Seville.

Parks’ other goal is to allow those who want to devote a great deal of time to dance to be able to do so, despite it only being a minor at the University.

“We’ve been lucky to have support from the community,” Parks said.

Organizations like the Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre and Of Moving Colors have given the dance program support to carry on and grow.

Both Parks and students are optimistic about the dance program moving into the future.

A 2008 Army Corps of Engineers report recommended deepening the lakes through dredging, a heavy-duty excavation operation to scoop out mud and sediment from a body of water. BRAF’s upcoming Master Plan will build on the proposals suggested in the report.

Though BRAF, an organization that connects donors to non-profit causes and

spearheads community projects, has raised $750,000 for the Master Plan, no money has yet been raised for its execution.

Mukul Verma, communications director for the Foundation, said part of the planners’ work is to recommend funding sources for implementation.

Open meetings will take place in the winter for the public to pitch its ideas for the Master Plan, and locals currently can give their input at thelakes.mindmixer.com.

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