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Local barber serves LSU students, athletes

BY KEVIN MINER @KevinMiner_TDR

CUTTIN’ UP photos by ARI ROSS / The Daily Reveille

Dorm Room Kutz, located on Nicholson Drive, has become a staple in the LSU community. More than 3,000 students and more than 100 student-athletes have had their hair cut at Dorm Room Kutz.

Everything about the Dorm Room Kutz barbershop bleeds purple and gold — from owner Jamel Bowser’s customized LSU chair to the LSU athletes’ signatures on the wall.

Bowser is referred to as an “LSU legend,” even though his barbershop Dorm Room Kutz, located on Nicholson Drive, has no affiliation with the university.

Since the shop opened in August 2013, Bowser has cut the hair of more than 3,000 students and more than 100 student-athletes.

“When I started barber school, I was unemployed,” Bowser said. “I was homeless. I didn’t have a car. I was at my lowest point in life, period.”

Bowser moved to Baton Rouge in January 2011 to join his wife, Metadell Bowser, who is currently a nutrition and food sciences sophomore. He began cutting hair for free out of their apartment.

Recognition of his business quickly spread by word of mouth, and before fall 2011, he cut hair for more than 200 clients.

Bowser entered the military following high school and never received a formal college education. Regardless, his shop is a staple in the LSU community.

“Once you get bit by the Tiger, that’s a

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POLITICS

Sec. of State Tom Schedler boasts innovation, experience Ahead of the Oct. 24 election for Secretary of State, the incumbent will claim experiIn an office lined with pic- ence and an open-mind toward tures, souvenirs and memora- technology as advantages when campaigning against bilia from a 31-year his Democratic chalpolitical career, Seclenger, LSU Paul M. retary of State Tom Hebert Law Center Schedler held up his professor Chris Tyson. iPhone and described “I have an opponent it as the pride of his who has never been in last four years in ofELECTIONS 2015: Secretary of State politics and wants the fice. job, and I’m respectful He explained his initiative Geauxvote.com as a of that,” Schedler said. “I think website and mobile app which that’s what’s beautiful about registers people to vote and America is that anyone can gives them mock ballots to run, but I just think this is a job educate them on matters such that requires a little bit more as constitutional amendments, balance and experience.”

Schedler, a Republican, is which he said can be wordy and 65. Having served in the Navy confusing.

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin

in the ’70s he climbed the political ladder, starting in Slidell, Louisiana, in the mid ’80s. He said he amassed a wealth of experience and accomplishments in various government offices for which he served, including 12 years in the state senate and nearly five years as Secretary of State.

Tyson, a political newcomer, is part of a wave of government outsiders finding success in polls nationwide, tapping into voters’ frustration with both parties.

Schedler said he is also frustrated with today’s politics, but thinks the solution is to engage with more voters in Louisiana.

see SCHEDLER, page 4

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Secretary of State Tom Schedler sits at his desk in his office on Archives Avenue on Friday.

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LSU football drops to No. 9 in Associated Press Top 25 poll The LSU football team dropped one spot in the weekly Associated Press Top 25 poll after winning its third game of the season, AP announced Sunday.

LSU (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) started the season No. 14 and jumped as high as No. 8, but the Tigers fell to No. 9 in the nation in the week five poll.

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the University of Georgia, which occupied the No. 7 spot going into the weekend, after trouncing Arizona State University, 4214, while the Tigers pulled out a 34-24 victory against Syracuse University on Saturday.

The Tigers’ close victory Saturday cost them their only first place vote from last week’s poll, but they remain the thirdranked SEC team behind No. 3 Ole Miss and No. 8 Georgia.

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RESEARCH

Ph.D. student assists in pollen analysis for Baby Doe investigation

BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ Though it might seem like a common allergen to some, for geology and geophysics doctoral student Shannon Ferguson, pollen was the key to assisting in identifying the origin of the body of a two-year-old child.

Ferguson interned with the Department of Homeland Security this summer under head palynologist Andrew Laurence. Palynology is the study of plant pollen and spores in both living and fossil forms.

Ferguson was tasked with identifying the origin of confiscated contraband and other items through pollen analysis.

The case of Baby Doe, later identified as Bella Bond, came to Laurence, and he and Ferguson collaborated.

Bond’s body was found washed ashore on Deer Island, a peninsula of Boston.

“When the samples arrived, we had a pair of her leggings, two blankets that she was wrapped in and a little piece of her hair,” Ferguson said.

She was found wrapped in trash bags, which preserved the pollen samples discovered inside. Ferguson and Laurence used special vacuums to remove the pollen from blankets and leggings, studying the pollen grains in search of something that could point investigators to a specific location.

After grains of common pollens, like pine and oak

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Geology doctoral candidate Shannon Ferguson used her expertise in forensic palynology to help locate the missing body of a child this past summer. were found, Ferguson began likely from the northern part of Boston.

Ferexamining slides and identified ‘When the samples arrived, guson then discovered their localized vegetawe had a pair of her tion such as ce- leggings, two blankets that findings were drus, elm, birch she was wrapped in and a correct.

“They just and other types of little piece of her hair.’ arrested the pollen indicative mother and the of the Northern SHANNON FERGUSON boyfriend last region.

Fergugeology and geophysics week,” Ferguson and Laurence doctoral student son said. “They submitted a report concluding the body was believe it was the boyfriend.”

Assisting in locating Bond’s body was a large accomplishment, Ferguson said. She said palynology is a useful study in forensics, but in general sciences as well.

“We use it here in geology for climate … basically paleoreconstruction,” Ferguson said. “In forensics, it can help locate contraband or people of interest.”

Ferguson said her

interest in geology and palynology began in her third grade science class. Her teacher took the class on field trips and explained geology through “fun” methods.

Ferguson attended Georgia Southern University for her undergraduate degree in geology, where an adviser recommended she go to LSU for her postgraduate studies. Ferguson was known at LSU even before she arrived.

“I was with her undergrad adviser on a board,” said geology and geophysics associate professor Sophie Warny. “He told me he had an awesome student who would be great for the master’s program here.”

Warny is now Ferguson’s doctoral adviser.

Working with Ferguson for her master’s and now her doctorate, Warny said Ferguson has been a great help to the department.

“I hate that she may leave,” Warny said. “I hope that she stays as a postdoc. It’s nice to have an experienced person in the lab. She can help me train my younger grad students who are just starting.”

Ferguson said she’s unsure what she’ll do after getting her doctorate but she’s interested in everything pollen-related and she has no intention on changing. She said she’s always wanted to pursue pollen studies from a young age and in order to really do anything with pollen, Ferguson had to acquire at least her master’s degree.

UNIVERSITY

TRIO program renews grant for Student Support Services With the threat of budget cuts for LSU emerging again, a university staple for disabled, low income and first generation students since 1978 will continue to keep its doors open with renewed help from the federal government.

University College’s Student Support Services received a grant from the U.S. Board of Education for more than $1.6 million dollars through the TRIO grant program to fund SSS for an additional five years.

TRIO is a federal program that provides funding for academic support for students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Grant recipients include higher education institutions and public and private agencies among other organizations.

In 1978, SSS was founded to increase the number of disabled students at LSU and to help students who are in need of academic support. The program was a product of former

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty.”

“Back then it was about access,” Director of SSS Debbie Hollier said. “Today, it’s about success. It’s about not just being able to get into college but more about developing careers for students and creating opportunities that allow for an easy transition into a productive career in the work force.”

Counselor Asha Vysa said the refunding of this grant means a lot to her because many students depend on the emotional and academic support they receive from SSS. “This grant is a different grant from the previously received one and the one before that. Of course there are some similarities, but the needs of the students in 1991 are different from the needs of the students in 2015,” Hollier said.

“This grant focuses on the development of non-cognitive development skills.”

LSU alumnus Ricky Richard said in a Media Relations news release the counselors

worked hard to keep him on the right path and helped him identify his goals for the future.

“SSS provides a lot of different service projects, and these have helped me network with other LSU students,” Richards said in the release. “Giving back to the Baton Rouge community and world is the greatest feeling. It’s been an awesome opportunity.”

The Center for Freshman Year and The Center for Advising and Counseling are two other departments in LSU’s University College. UCFY gives academic advice to freshman, and UCAC serves students who have not been accepted into a senior college and have 30 plus hours of credits.

“We just want students to know that we exist, that TRIO exists, and we focus on access and opportunity for students,” Vyas said. “This is not just a job. We genuinely care about our students. Our program comes from a very humanistic and holistic approach; we see them as people not just a students.”

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KUTZ, from page 1 wrap,” Bowser said. “I just love being around LSU. It’s just a feeling you can’t even describe”.

At first, the idea of writing on his barbershop wall didn’t appeal to Bowser, but over time, it became a tradition for LSU athletes.

The first athlete to sign the wall was Jordan Jefferson, an LSU quarterback from 2008 to 2011.

“I always wanted to cut Jordan Jefferson’s hair,” Bowser said.

That was a personal goal of mine.”

Bowser also cut Jordan’s brother’s, junior safety Ricky Jefferson, hair and let him sign the wall, with the intention of leaving the wall untouched after.

But shortly after the Jeffersons signed the wall, former wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. came in to get a haircut and noticed the signatures.

“I didn’t really have time to tell him no,” Bowser said. “You know he runs like a 4.3 [40-yard dash], so he got from the door, to the Sharpie, to the wall pretty quick. After that it was a wrap.”

Having LSU’s biggest stars come through the shop is a distinction not many businesses can claim, but the athletes are no more important than the next customer, Bowser said. When children come in and see LSU athletes, Bowser

SCHEDLER, from page 1 He said he hopes technology will engage a youth electorate in Louisiana that is registered to vote at only around 50 percent, compared to 85 percent of all eligible voters.

“I don’t think I’m an old folky,” Schedler said. “I’ve got a bunch of technology I brought in here, and I believe in it, but I’m very methodical, I don’t just jump off the bridge with something.”

One framed document which hangs on his office wall, titled “Honor Vets … Vote,” reads, “Tom Schedler is voting in honor of John T. Schedler,” his father. Both men served in the Navy, and Tom Schedler started the Honor Vets … Vote program in 2012 after visiting troops in the Middle East.

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LSU basketball guard Keith Hornsby (left) and former power forward Jordan Mickey (right) are customers at Dorm Room Kutz. said it brightens their day.

Bowser also wants everyone who leaves his shop to look good.

“When I cut an athlete, I’m trying to get you what I like to call ‘ESPN fresh,’” Bowser said.

“I don’t like to see my clientele on TV without a cut because I care so much about what I do.”

One of Bowser’s regulars, communication studies senior and LSU basketball guard Keith over there fighting for other countries to give them the right to vote, and they put their finger in ink and have the threat of that finger being removed one day when they leave the voting precinct,” Schedler said. “Yet, in this country we scramble around trying to get people to go exercise their right to vote.”

Schedler said he has a number of program ideas he would like to implement if he is reelected. He would replace expensive voting machines in Louisiana with iPads, which he said are relatively inexpensive and easy to replace.

“Everybody wants the instant gratification, everything quick, this is it,” he said. “[Young people] are used to this technology, and we feel like for the future that’s the way to go with it.”

Hornsby has been going to Dorm Room Kutz since arriving on campus a little over two and a half years ago.

Hornsby said Bowser turns the mundane experience of getting a haircut into something fun.

Bowser even supports Hornsby at his games and meets with him afterward.

“I’m pretty close with him,” Hornsby said. “It’s not [about]

whether I am an athlete or if I’m not.”

Another regular of Bowser’s, former LSU running back Odell Beckham Sr., said he admires how professional Bowser is.

Beckham Sr. got his hair cut at Dorm Room Kutz while his son, Beckham Jr., attended LSU and continues to return to the shop whenever he needs a touch up.

“I definitely respect him for

his craft because he definitely takes pride in it,” Beckham Sr. said.

Bowser, who is the father of two children, stresses the importance of a family atmosphere in his shop.

He said his staff is family-oriented, dedicated and passionate, and they don’t believe in taking days off.

“I got to get up and go work because I’m not where I want to be yet,” Bowser said. “I find time for my family … but it’s still going to be a work day regardless.”

Though Bowser has found a home on Nicholson Drive, he said he would like to open a barbershop in the LSU Student Union and on other SEC campuses. His goal is to open a shop at the University of Florida by 2023, followed by one at Auburn University.

Without the support system of LSU, specifically the class of 2015, there would be no Dorm Room Kutz, Bowser said.

“If Dorm Room Kutz was not here tomorrow, the student body at LSU would feel it,” Bowser said. “Every nationality, every different walk of life, black, white, Hispanic — we have so many different people come in here, but they all have one thing in common — they are coming from LSU.”

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Sports

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LSU sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) celebrates a touchdown catch with senior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander (74) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 34-24 victory against Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Saturday’s win marked the Tigers’ 50th straight nonconference win in the regular season — the longest in the nation.

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NONCONFERENCE, NO PROBLEM LSU extended its nonconference regular season win streak to 50 games after Saturday’s win compiled by JAMES BEWERS • @JamesBewers_TDR Saturday’s 34-24 win against Syracuse University was the Tigers’ 50th straight nonconference win in the regular season — the longest in the nation. The streak dates back to the beginning of the 2002 season, after LSU’s loss to Virginia Tech. LSU coach Les Miles has led the last 40 victories, including all eight wins against ranked opponents.

During the streak, LSU’s largest margin of victory is 56 points, which happened twice, and both were last season.

The Tigers’ smallest margin of victory was a one-point win in overtime against Oregon State in 2004, during which the Beavers missed three extra points. Here are a few more numbers that illustrate LSU’s dominance and the length of their success against non-Southeastern Conference foes:

Since LSU’s last nonconference regular season defeat, which was a 26-8 road loss to Virginia Tech on Sept. 1, 2002: LSU has averaged 41.2 points in nonconference games and given up an average of 11.3 points in those games.

LSU averaged 208.42 rushing yards in nonconference games and given up an average of 86.52 rushing yards in those games.

LSU passed for an average of 217.68 yards in nonconference games and allowed an average of 158.28 in those games.

Against ranked nonconference opponents, LSU averaged 35.6 points per game and allowed 21.9 points per game.

When the regular season streak started against The Citadel on Sept. 7, 2002: The No. 1 song in the United States was “Dilemma” by Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland.

The No. 1 movie in the United States was “Signs,” starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix.

FOOTBALL

Penalties haunt Tigers in 34-24 win against Syracuse

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR The difference between good teams and great teams comes down, not to talent level, but to ability to execute fundamentals.

Despite salvaging a 34-24 victory against Syracuse University on Saturday, the then-No. 8 LSU football team turned into its own enemy, committing penalty after penalty to negate positive plays offensively and overturn key defensive stops.

Through the first three games of the 2015 season, the Tigers (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) are tied for 120th in the nation in penalty yards with 86 yards per game on 9.33 penalties per game, good for 117th in the NCAA. Against Syracuse (3-1, 1-0

Atlantic Coast Conference), LSU posted a season-high 14 penalties for 120 yards, eclipsing the Tigers’ nine penalties for 95 yards against Mississippi State University in its delayed season opener in Starkville, Mississippi, on Sept. 12, 2015.

“We got off to a sputtered start and made some mistakes,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “I’m sure that [the penalties] took off at least 10 points and probably 150 yards. So, I’m frustrated that we are not a little bit better and that haven’t been able to eliminate some of those penalties.

That’s something I take personally.”

Offensively, penalties stalled drives and nullified key plays, including sophomore running back Leonard Fournette’s would-be record-breaking touchdown run in the third quarter.

Despite the youth rotating in at guard with first-year starters – freshman Maea Teuhema, junior Josh Boutte and redshirt freshman William Clapp, returning starters committed three of the Tigers’ four false starts, including senior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander and junior center Ethan Pocic.

With the Tigers driving after sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris’ 19-yard run to Syracuse’s nine yard line, Pocic’s false start penalty halted the drive, which resulted in a field goal after Fournette was stuffed for a six-yard loss and Harris threw two consecutive incompletions.

Although Fournette bailed LSU out of two false starts on its second

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) walks off the field Saturday during the Tigers’ 34-24 victory against Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Fournette had several runs called back due to penalties committed by the Tigers, including an 87-yard touchdown run that would have given LSU a 30-10 lead but was called back because of an illegal formation.

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Cheyenne Wood adds to LSU’s offensive stability

BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR After LSU volleyball’s fouryear starter Malorie Pardo graduated last spring, the setting position carried a big question mark behind it — but sophomore Cheyenne Wood erased it.

The Angier, North Carolina, native came to LSU as defensive specialist, but with the team in desperate need of an experienced setter, Wood adapted and went back to the position she played in high school.

“I thought I was going to play on defense and expected to contribute in every way they wanted, just not in the setting role,” Wood said. “But doing what I can for the team and getting this opportunity has been great. Everyone’s been really helpful with the transition.”

Twelve games into the season, Wood averages 21.6 assists and recently had her first 20-20 match during the Tigers’ victory against the University of New Mexico with 20 assists and 20 digs. One week earlier, she achieved a career-high 39 assists against the University of Miami.

“Cheyenne is very athletic,” said LSU coach Fran Flory.

“She understands the game, the angles and how to create opportunities for a hitter if the pass is not exactly in system. When you have a creative setter like her, even the most inexperienced hitters are led into opportunities to score.”

The first weekend felt overwhelming, Wood said. Then, she and freshman setter Lindsay Flory shared many minutes competing for the starting spot, which

made it hard for the rest of the team to adjust to her play style.

“Cheyenne’s delivery is so much faster than Lindsay’s,” Flory said. “Our hitters have a difficult time adjusting when we substitute. It’s a work in progress and about Lindsay catching up to Cheyenne. She has the tempo, rhythm and the type of set we want.”

Being part of a team with great chemistry of the court, the two setters don’t let the battle affect their friendship. Instead, they use the friendly competition to push one another to higher limits.

“She is such a positive person to be around,” Wood said. “Whenever I get frustrated or tired, Lindsay brings so much joy on the court. During games, when she does really well on her rotations, I want to come in and help finish mine and get a lead before she comes back in, so she can help leading the team to a win.”

With her goal being to add stability and be dependable throughout games, Wood looks up to the seniors on the team a lot and takes notes in her head.

She also works on her quickness, vision and selflessness to create a well rounded offense and get everyone involved.

Senior outside hitter Katie Lindelow said her work and experience shows on the court. Wood said she now knows what kind of sets her teammates want and has overall become comfortable in her new role near the midway point in the season.

“We’re jumping on her back and riding with her right now,” Lindelow said. “She’s taking over and that’s what we need her to do.”

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SOCCER

Tigers receive NSCAA honor

BY C.J. RUCKER @Ruckmatic

The field isn’t the only place the LSU soccer team is taking care of business — they’re also making strides in the classroom.

For the fifth year in a row, the Tigers earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award for their outstanding academic achievement. LSU maintained a 3.33 cumulative GPA during the 2014-15 academic year.

LSU was one of 11 SEC schools to receive this honor. The NSCAA honored 859 men’s and women’s college soccer programs across the nation this year.

Academic excellence is nothing new to the LSU soccer program. The Tigers received this award every year since 2011.

Last year, 14 of LSU’s players were selected to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. The 14 players joined 32 other athletes to give LSU 46 players on the SEC Honor Roll.

LSU coach Brian Lee said academics are an important part of the LSU soccer program even during a busy season. “[Academics] are really important when you go through a long season,” Lee said. “You can lose sight that athletes are student-athletes and that student comes before the athlete. It’s certainly an accomplishment. We’re very proud of each and every one of the kids who made a contribution to it.”

The Tigers often find themselves making sudden in-game

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LSU soccer’s starting eleven huddle together before the Tigers’ 1-0 victory against Duke University on Sept. 13 at the LSU Soccer Stadium. adjustments to give them an advantage on the pitch. These adjustments are things that the team can’t plan for, forcing them to be able to grasp tactical moves quickly.

Lee said his team’s intelligence off the pitch helps with its soccer IQ during games, allowing them to make the adjustments needed to win the game.

“The girls are very good at processing information at halftime,” Lee said. “We can tweak things and watch how they play out on the field.”

One player who found herself catapulted into the role of making a crucial in-game adjustment was junior forward Summer Clarke. The Canadian two-year starter made the SEC Honor Roll after her freshman and sopho-

more campaign. Clarke was asked to move from her striker position up top to the back line when the team took on then-No. 20 Duke University on Sept. 13th.

Lee said the coaching staff can rely on Clarke to make the necessary mental adjustments to play anywhere on the field.

“She’s just a really good soccer player and a very good athlete,” Lee said. “I feel like we can put her anywhere. If we have a problem to solve late in the game and we need her to go play left back, right back or center back she can go, and she’ll be fantastic.”

LSU will need to be at its peak physically and mentally as they finish the second half of the season against some talented SEC opponents,” Lee said.

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The good, the bad and the appalling amount of penalties INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist The LSU football team officially made it through September with an unblemished record.

However, it hasn’t come without its fair share of trials and tribulations.

The Tigers (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) won two matchups against then-ranked SEC teams and another against an overmatched Atlantic Coast Conference team, climbing into the top 10 of the Associated Press poll. LSU has displayed plenty of positives to build on, but it needs to sharpen up in order to be a legitimate contender.

LSU’s 34-24 win against Syracuse University on Saturday showcased the best and worst of the Tigers.

THE GOOD Sophomore running back Leonard Fournette is becoming a living legend. He’s unstoppable.

Fournette became the first running back in LSU history with 200 rushing yards in two consecutive games Saturday. He rushed 26 times for 244 yards and two touchdowns against the Orange, dragging multiple players down the field at times, and mixing in a 61-yard run for a touchdown.

The performance brought his season totals to 631 yards and eight touchdowns on 73

PENALTIES, from page 5 drive with a 14-yard touchdown run, a pre-snap penalty cost Fournette the LSU single-game rushing record later in the game.

Exploding through a wide open hole in the center of LSU’s offensive line, Fournette accelerated into another gear as he easily outpaced the rest of the Orange’s defense for a 87-yard touchdown run.

As he turned to celebrate the run that smashed Alley Broussard’s LSU single-game rushing record of 250 yards and extended the Tigers’ lead to 30-10, Fournette and the jubilant Tiger faithful were greeted by a familiar sight – a flag.

A five-yard illegal formation penalty nullified Fournette’s touchdown, exchanging it for a three-and-out, ending with a 38yard punt by LSU senior punter Jamie Keehn.

“Those are the things we’re not proud of,” said junior cornerback Tre’Davious White. “I feel like Coach Miles is definitely going to address that in our team meeting. It’s something we can fix, but it’s something that can hurt us down the road if we continue to do that.”

While the Tigers’ offense struggled to establish a rhythm, defensive penalties turned opportunities for LSU into sighs of

carries in three games. Imagine how much higher those numbers would’ve been if LSU played McNeese State University.

On Saturday, Syracuse had to put eight men in the box every play and pile half of its defense onto Fournette’s back to tackle him at times. He’s a special player, and when he’s consistently getting the ball, LSU has a great chance to win.

THE BAD Early on Saturday, LSU’s special teams play was less than special.

Syracuse returned the opening kickoff 37 yards. After the LSU defense forced a stop, junior cornerback Tre’Davious White fielded the ensuing punt inside his own five yard line.

It didn’t get any better for the LSU kick coverage team.

It surrendered 176 kick return yards and 44 punt return yards for an average of 22 yards per punt return. The LSU defense is one of the best in the nation, but it doesn’t have much of a chance if the opposing team gets the ball at midfield every possession.

Senior punter Jamie Keehn’s first effort went only 13 yards, and he ended the day with a 37.6 average on five punts. The miscues gave Syracuse the early edge in field position, but the Tigers overcame them. A more dominant team might have punished the Tigers.

THE UGLY LSU committed 14 penalties, totaling 120 yards against relief for Syracuse.

Syracuse’s first drive in the fourth quarter epitomizes how LSU’s defensive mistakes allowed the Orange to kept the game in striking distance.

After Syracuse sophomore Zack Mahoney opened the drive with 12-yard completion to junior hybrid back Ben Lewis to the LSU 44-yard line, LSU junior defensive back Dwayne Thomas helped move the chains down to the LSU 29 yard line with a 15-yard face mask penalty.

On the next play, junior safety Rickey Jefferson picked off Mahoney in the endzone, but again LSU’s hopes were dashed by a penalty. In this case, freshman cornerback Kevin Toliver II was called for pass interference .

Instead of LSU gaining possession on its own 20, the Orange retained possession and Mahoney converted the opportunity with a two-yard touchdown pass, cutting the Tigers’ lead to only seven points.

“Those are penalties that you don’t need and there’s no reason for them,” Miles said. “We’re talking about when we jump offside, line up offside, push a baller carrier out of bounds for no reason. It’s not in a mean manner, but it’s just enough to get you a 15-yard penalty. We’ve got work to do, but the good news is we’ve got a week to do it.”

the Orange.

The amount of penalties and the yardage is appalling. LSU outgained Syracuse 425 to 281, but penalties kept Syracuse in the game.

Each penalty aided Syracuse’s offense, and they killed several of LSU’s drives.

Former LSU running back Alley Broussard’s single-game rushing record would have fallen, but Fournette had an 87-yard touchdown run called back in the third quarter thanks to an illegal formation penalty.

LSU committed 14 penalties, totaling 120 yards, against Syracuse during the Tigers’ 34-24 victory on Saturday.

LSU can’t commit this many penalties against the SEC’s top teams. Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M don’t need any extra help. If Syracuse can capitalize on LSU’s penalties to the tune of 24 points, imagine what SEC powerhouses will do.

LSU can’t keep handing out gifts. If the Tigers stop extending other teams’ drives and killing off their own, they’ll be right up there with Ohio State University and Michigan State University as the best teams in the nation.

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

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) gets past Syracuse University sophomore safety Chauncey Scissum (21) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 34-24 victory against the Orange in Syracuse, New York. Fournette finished with 26 carries for 244 yards — six yards shy of the LSU single-game rushing record of 250 yards — and two touchdowns.

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Five principles of buying happiness According to “Happy Money” by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton

1. Buy Experiences 2. Buy Time 3. Make It a Treat Pay Now, 4. Consume Later 5. Invest In Others Money does buy happiness JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist Whoever said money couldn’t buy happiness must be defending their circus and performing arts degree to their in-laws.

Who thinks earning money doesn’t make you happier? And I’m not talking about a Dave Chappelle mo’ money, mo’ problems scenario — I’m talking about the difference between having a $20,000 a year income versus $1 million.

Studies show people who earn more than $500,000 in yearly income are twice as happy as those who earn between $30,000 and $40,000.

While this evidence suggests more money means more happiness, this isn’t necessarily the case. Harvard professor Michael Norton says in his book “Happy Money” wealthy individuals are no happier as wealth increases.

A popular 2010 Princeton study found income above the $75,000 level does not add to day-to-day well-being.

This study gives us all hope we don’t have to be Donald Trump rich to be happy. However, we can all think of people who live comfortably, but are miserable. But what’s the difference?

The truth is money can buy happiness. There are five basic principles to buying happiness: buy experiences, buy time, make it a treat, invest in others and pay now, consume later.

First, things don’t make you happy ­— experiences do. A 2010 Cornell study found when pairs of strangers talked of purchases made to increase their happiness, those who talked about experiences enjoyed the conversation more.

The partners even liked each other more than the pairs who had talked about material purchases.

However, our generation is the number one offender of idolizing material possessions. If you don’t have the iPhone 6s “Star Wars” special edition with bonus selfie stick, are you even trying to fit in?

We know we have more fond

memories about the time spent with friends drunk and remember less about what alcohol you got drunk from. Yet, if I gave you $300 right now, I’d wager 80 percent of you would buy a new phone and not think of spending that money on a wild time in New Orleans.

Some of you are saying you’re too busy to take trips to New Orleans or spend an afternoon out in nature. This brings us to the second principle — buying time.

How much would you pay for an hour of free time? It’s a difficult question to answer. It’s strange to think of placing value on your time, but you should treat it like any other limited resource.

Small actions in life, like vacuuming, are replaceable by hiring someone to clean for you or buying an iRobot Roomba. By doing this, you have bought more time in your life to enjoy doing what you like.

The third principle of buying happiness is to make it a treat.

You’d think if we lived our lives with an abundance of chocolate, we’d be happier than only having chocolate once a month. However, studies show the more exposure to something, the less pleasure we

take from it.

This happens in the commercial world all the time. This is why pumpkin spice lattes and the McRib are so popular-- because they are offered for limited times.

Instead of buying yourself Starbucks every day, try just once a week.

The fourth principle is to invest in others. It sounds like it makes no sense, but spending money on other people will give you more happiness than any of the other principles.

A Harvard Business School study found when researchers gave random people money with instructions to either spend it on themselves or spend it on someone else, those who spent the money on someone else were happier.

You can combine this principle with other ones to increase happiness. Pay for you and a friend to do something fun together. Now you’re buying an experience and investing in others.

The final principle is pay now, consume later. Why in the age of Amazon same-day delivery drones would you want to pay for something before you receive it?

The answer is surprising, especially today when most of us pay with credit. Much of the happiness from a purchase comes before you receive your item.

Think of a childhood birthday when you wanted a new video game. You spent weeks imagining and living in the fun you were going to have while playing the game, Then you finally play the game and beat it in two days.

If you got the game immediately, you would have missed weeks of happiness.

Pay now, consume later can also been seen in the recently popular subscription box business — think Birchbox. Every month you pay a fee, but when your makeup arrives, it feels like you’ve received free makeup.

As college students, we want to make as much money as possible in the future. However, we should remember happiness doesn’t come from earning money, but rather how we spend it.

Jay Cranford is a 21-year-old finance senior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

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Boehner wasn’t good, better than alternatives as Speaker SMASH THE HATE JACK RICHARDS Opinion Editor The GOP has a raging hard decision to make after Speaker of the House John Boehner’s, R-Ohio, announcement Friday.

After almost five years of an iron grip on the speaker’s gavel, Boehner will let another aspiring GOP leader take a whack at it.

His announcement could not come at a more pivotal time. In the midst of a mad dash of presidential candidates to eat every bacon-wrapped riblet on a stick Iowa has to offer, Congress is desperately trying to pass a budget before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

At least, some of Congress is. Others, like climate changedenying koala bear Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are threatening to shut down the government unless the budget is stripped of any funding for Planned Parenthood.

The lack of unity is partly

due to political polarization.

Democrats are no longer content with the left of center kind of politics offered by former Governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley.

They want a true blue Nordic-system-loving socialist like presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.

The problem for the GOP, however, comes on more than one front. The rise of the Tea Party and other far-right political movements brought the party as a whole further right.

However, the deeper issue with Republicans has nothing to do with the substance of their political beliefs. It has everything to do with the procedural application of their beliefs and failure to lead.

Republicans made their name during the Obama presidency as the party of no. Whatever the president suggested, Republicans refused to consider. In former Ohio Senator George Voinovich’s words, “If he was for it, we had to be against it.”

Boehner believed in and

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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner of Ohio wipes his face during a news conference on Capitol Hill. supported this strategy throughout his tenure as Speaker. Under his reign, the GOP controlled house voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Lucifer’s manifesto, in its entirety six times and partially 54 times if you stop counting in 2014.

Despite decrying Cruz as a

“false prophet” Sunday on “Face the Nation” and reportedly a “jackass” at a fundraiser in August, Boehner perpetuated and sanctioned the same kind of opposition Cruz bathes in.

Boehner’s departure is a bittersweet moment for all involved. For many hard-line

conservatives, he couldn’t leave quickly enough. To them, the orange-skinned crybaby from Ohio was the symbol of everything wrong with GOP leadership.

For moderates and Democrats, it’s an omen of things to come. Boehner is part of a dying breed, Republican congressmen willing to compromise for the sake of passing legislation.

His likely successor Kevin McCarthy, R-California, promised to take harder stances on issues, but hasn’t given any specifics on how exactly he would lead the House. We can only hope he’ll bring some much needed order to the fiasco, but I’m not optimistic.

It remains to be seen whether Boehner will be able to get House Republicans to pass a budget, but one thing’s for sure ­— the Congressional tanning bed will get more use than ever.

Jack Richards is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from New Orleans, Louisiana.

You can follow him on Twitter @jayellrichy.

Pro-choice supporters are heretics according to Catholic law REAL SOLUTIONS TO REAL ISSUES GARRETT MARCEL Columnist There is no such thing as a proabortion Catholic — you are either anti-abortion or a heretic.

During the Pope’s recent visit to the United States, he addressed many social issues facing the U.S., but he failed to condemn the most serious issue — abortion.

His visit comes as the threat of a government shutdown draws closer. Republicans are rightfully attempting to prevent federal funding of Planned Parenthood, while Democrats want to keep its funding.

During an address to congress, the Pope said, “Golden Rule ... reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.”

The social issues he discussed are not nearly as important as the murder of millions of unborn children.

A growing issue in the U.S. among Catholics is the alarming number who support people’s choice to have abortions. Noted Catholic politicians John Kerry, Joe Biden and Patrick Kennedy contradict their faith with their support of individuals’ choices to have abortions.

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Pope Francis, addresses a gathering in Saint Martin’s Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

Catholic public officials attempt to separate their religious beliefs from their acts in office. Office holders should not contradict their religion because of political beliefs — separation of church and state.

Public officials are held to a higher standard than other individuals because they have the power to lead people into the wrong direction with their influence. By supporting abortions, they are

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sinning by leading millions of Catholics down the wrong path.

As Catholics, it is our responsibility to acknowledge pro-abortion office holders rejected the church in favor of heresy. The Pope should excommunicate the public officials who divert people away from the Church, giving them a dose of reality.

Bishops and priests in America have long debated whether pro-abortion politicians deserve

communion or not. It is not for them to decide, and they should not reject Holy Communion from anyone.

The sinner is responsible for acknowledging their own wrongdoings. We shouldn’t treat them differently as people, but we shouldn’t treat them as Catholics.

No one has the right to judge pro-abortion supporters. What we can decide whether we choose to elect more officials like this.

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I do not always agree with the choices of Gov. Bobby Jindal, but I applaud his staunch opposition to abortions.

The Catholic Church is completely opposed to any form of abortion. In November 2010, the Vatican said the use of condoms is the lesser of the two evils when preventing life threatening circumstances, such as HIV. The Church’s stance negates any reason a child should be aborted for disease-related reasons.

Everyone sins, but Catholics look to the church as a moral guide. We know what is or isn’t considered a sin based on church doctrine, not by the opinions of aggravated people.

You support murder, your church opposes abortions and you decide on your own that you are not sinning? Those beliefs are simply heresy.

If Catholics decided for themselves what is a sin or which church doctrine to follow, we would be the same as Protestants.

The real choice here is not between an anti-abortion or pro-abortion Catholic. It is whether you support infanticide or not.

Garrett Marcel is a 21-year-old petroleum engineering senior from Houma, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Gret419.

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BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR After falling to Arkansas in five sets Wednesday night to open Southeastern Conference play, the LSU volleyball team bounced back to earn its first SEC win of the season against the University of South Carolina on Sunday in the PMAC. “Today’s win is definitely a big relief for our team,” said senior defensive specialist Haley Smith, who compiled 16 out of LSU’s 50 digs in the match, in a news release. “We played really hard tonight. That’s one of our biggest attributes on this team. We might not be the most talented in the SEC, but we do work hard and outwork teams.”

The Tigers (5-8, 1-1 SEC) defeated the Gamecocks (7-8, 0-2 SEC) in straight sets, 25-19, 25-18, 25-19, without senior outside hitter Katie Lindelow in the lineup.

Lindelow sat out during Sunday’s match to rest. LSU coach Fran Flory said her senior captain is not injured.

“We are excited we got the win. We didn’t play exceptionally well. We weren’t very efficient, but a win without Katie Lindelow on the court is a quality win,” Flory said in a news release. “We just wanted to preserve her for a few more jumps down the line.”

LSU dominated the match, losing its lead only seven times throughout. South Carolina committed 22 attacking errors — hitting a woeful .073 throughout the match — compared to the Tigers’ 14 errors and hitting percentage of .226.

It’s been a lethargic offensive start to the season for LSU, but Flory started to see improvement on Wednesday in the Tigers’ fiveset, exhausting loss to Arkansas, 25-23, 26-28, 26-24, 20-25, 15-9.

“Even though we lost Wednesday, I think we gained a little confidence through that match and I think we will be even better getting through,” Flory said.

She said the Tigers have to find their rhythm on offense to be successful this season, and on Sunday the Tigers found it.

“We have to maintain our offensive rhythm and improve,” Flory said in a news release. “We have to take care of the ball. We have to control the ball a little better than what we did today. I thought we were very resilient and played hard tonight. I am proud of that.”

LSU combined to smash an overall 40 kills on Sunday. Flory commended sophomore outsider Gina Tillis’ effort Sunday, when she led the Tigers with 14 kills.

“Tillis did a good job coming off the bench into the lineup did a great job tonight,” Flory said in a news release.

Tillis led the Tigers on offense, penciling in six of her 14 smashes in the first set and leading LSU to its highest hitting percentage for a set in the match at .250. LSU collectively placed 13 of its 50 kills in the first set with four errors.

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[Top Left] LSU head coach Fran Flory gives a pep talk during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory over the University of South Carolina in the PMAC Sunday. [Bottom Left] LSU junior Tiara Gibson (6) covers the net Sunday during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory over South Carolina in the PMAC. [Right] LSU freshman Olivia Bayer (8) leads the defensive formation Sunday during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory over South Carolina in the PMAC. Tillis was accompanied by senior outside hitter Cati Leak, who finished with nine kills and nine digs, and freshman outside hitter Toni Rodriguez, who counted eight kills with two digs. Sophomore setter Cheyenne Wood finished with 19 assists, eight digs

and two kills.

LSU will be on the road for its next two matches, beginning Friday at 6 p.m. in Athens, Georgia, against the University of Georgia.

Then, the Tigers will head to Auburn to take on the other Tigers on Sunday.

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