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1 study, 12 hours Pennington Biomedical Research Center uses metabolic chambers to conduct research

BY Lauren Guillot lguillot@lsureveille.com Timed exercise, cold rooms and nutritionistprepared meals are all part of a typical night in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center metabolic chamber.

Scientists in the 50 laboratories and 19 core research facilities at Pennington study chronic diseases through lab research and clinical studies. Among several subjects, researchers at the Center have made significant research discoveries regarding human nutrition and diabetes.

Pennington was a key contributor to the National Institute of Health-funded DASH diet studies. The U.S. News and World Report selected the DASH diet as the No. 1 diet program in the U.S. for three years.

A metabolic chamber, or whole-room calorimeter, assesses energy expenditure in a study participant over time. The participant’s metabolism of is measured while at rest, during physical activity, after eating and during sleep.

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The Louisiana Board of Regents named Joseph Rallo as Commissioner of Higher Education Thursday.

Rallo was the special advisor for global engagement at Texas Tech University. He is expected to take up the role of the state’s seventh commissioner in January 2015.

He will serve as the lead coordinator for the LSU, University of Louisiana, Southern University and Louisiana Community and Technical College systems, whose 38 institutions have a total enrollment of 216,613 students, according to the Board of Regent’s website.

Rallo was chosen out of three finalists selected on Sept. 25, including Robin Capehart, president of West Liberty University, and Ray DiPasquale, president of the Community College of Rhode Island.

Jim Purcell, the previous commissioner, resigned from the position in March after serving for three years.

football

LSU, Florida look to set tone for remainder of season

BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com

The rivalry between LSU and Florida regularly has commanded national attention since the two programs became adversaries in 1971.

Only three times in that span have the Tigers and Gators shared a field as unranked opponents — the last time was in 1989.

2014 will be the fourth.

This season’s edition may not be a marquee matchup, but it represents an opportunity for the potential revival of two struggling teams whose recent lackluster performances dented the teams’ respective hopes.

“I’ve kind of recognized

there’s so much to gain on days like today,” said LSU coach Les Miles at his weekly press conference Monday. “There’s so much room to improve.

There’s so much a program like this could take and learn from.“ LSU (4-2, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) finds itself in unfamiliar territory after losing its first two SEC games by a combined score of 75-36 while allowing 426 yards of total offense more than it has gained.

The losses mark the first time LSU has opened conference play with an 0-2 record since 2001, when the Tigers dropped back-to-back games to Tennessee and Florida. The Tigers have never lost three straight games under Miles.

“With an opportunity to get back in the game [against Auburn], we fell short … so I’m disappointed,” Miles said.

“I certainly understand the position that we’re in, but I like my team. I like how they will respond, and that to me is the most important piece.”

Meanwhile, Florida (3-1, 2-1 SEC) enters the weekend ranked second in the SEC East, but only after mustering nailbiting wins against Kentucky and Tennessee.

Both LSU and Florida enter this weekend with question marks at quarterback, a problem position for both teams this season.

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Several members of Auburn’s defense tackle LSU sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural (83) on Oct. 4 during LSU’s 41-7 loss against Auburn.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The new Palestinian unity government toured Gaza and held a Cabinet meeting there for the first time Thursday, aiming to assure donor countries that absolute Hamas control has ended and that it can lead the rebuilding of the war-battered territory.

The visit by the ministers came three days before an international pledging conference for Gaza, to be held in Cairo.

In establishing a foothold in Gaza, the new Cabinet, which reports to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, was trying to signal that the Palestinians’ paralyzing political split has come to an end. Hamas had seized Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only parts of the West Bank.

Still, the situation remains volatile. Hamas refuses to disband its security forces even, though it promises to support the new government of independent experts.

Those security forces were in full view Thursday as the ministers inspected neighborhoods that were badly damaged in this summer’s 50-day war between

Israel and Hamas.

In the Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyeh, Hamas troops linked arms at one point to try to shield the Cabinet ministers — largely unsuccessfully — from a crush of curious onlookers.

The chaotic scene illustrated how fragile security arrangements are under a reconciliation deal reached by Abbas and Hamas earlier this year. Forces loyal to Abbas are to take up positions near Gaza’s border with Israel, including crossing points, to facilitate the import of construction materials, but Hamas troops would likely remain in control elsewhere in the territory.

Despite the uncertainty, the former political rivals said rebuilding is a shared priority. More than 60,000 homes and more than 5,000 businesses were damaged or destroyed during the war, according to estimates by the United Nations and the Palestinian government.

At the start of their visit, the Cabinet ministers, most from the West Bank, toured destroyed areas, including in the town of Beit Hanoun.

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Hamdallah said at the start of the Cabinet meeting in Abbas’ former residence. “I cried in Beit Hanoun when I saw how the people live and sleep. The priority is reconstruction” and political unification, he said.

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Navajo presidential candidate to appeal rule WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Navajo presidential candidate says he will appeal to the tribe’s high court in a case challenging his ability to speak Navajo.

A tribal hearing officer on Thursday ruled against Chris Deschene (des-CHEE’-nee) after he repeatedly refused to answer questions in Navajo.

Tribal law requires presidential hopefuls to speak fluent Navajo and understand the language said to be handed down

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Deschene has 10 days to appeal to the tribe’s Supreme Court.

Two of his primary election opponents filed grievances against him, saying he lied about being fluent in Navajo.

Hearing officer Richie Nez announced his decision after viewing a videotaped deposition of Deschene and after Deschene was called to testify Thursday.

Both times, Deschene declined to answer questions in Navajo, saying they unfairly singled him out.

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Friday, October 10, 2014 politics

Student voters overlook debate, track election through social media BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com Many students, much like the country’s general population, do not watch political debates. Instead, young voters flock to social media for their political news.

When Senate candidates Rep. Bill Cassidy, Sen. Mary Landrieu and political newcomer Rob Maness debate on campus later this month, voters may pay more attention to the social media posts after the debate than to the debate itself.

“I think there are certainly a healthy segment of LSU student body that really enjoys politics and might tune in or at least watch highlights,” said assistant political communication professor Kathleen Searles.

Kayla Yarborough, kinesiology freshman, said she has never watched a political debate in its entirety and prefers watching clips online through social media resources because of her busy schedule.

Searles said debate coverage has increased dramatically with the use of social media.

People are able to share clips or blurbs from the debate through outlets such as Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

“There’s been some research that says by watching

coverage of the debate that might be spun one way or the other on different networks, people might walk away with a very different impression of the candidate than they would if they had just watched the debate,” Searles said.

A Facebook friend’s commentary on a debate, either positive or negative, has the power to give a different view than if the debate had been watched in full, Searles said.

“You probably get a more biased opinion because if someone posted a clip, it’s something they wanted someone else to see,” Yarborough said.

Civil engineering freshman Megan Corzo said she does not believe a voter can get the full picture by watching a clip of a debate.

“The best way to read a debate is to get the physical reading,” Corzo said. “They print it and they put it online.”

Generally, debates don’t sway a voter’s decision. Instead he or she may become more excited about a candidate, Searles said. The debate may motivate the voter to donate to the campaign, talk to people about a candidate or volunteer.

Anthropology senior Alexandra Bessell said she believes debates can affect a voter’s decision.

“How somebody answers a question, especially the

way they are able to present themselves and the way they are able to speak, says a lot about them as a person and their education background and their competency to think on their feet,” Bessell said. ”I think it should influence people.”

Corzo said watching debates made her look at candidates differently, but debates don’t change her vote, and she doesn’t believe it will change the decisions of others.

Searles said uniformed voters may be persuaded, but those voters are unlikely to watch the debate in the first place.

“Largely, people that tune into debates are people that have already made up their minds, people who are pretty politically active and engaged,” Searles said.

Searles said she is hopeful students will attend the Senate debate on campus Oct. 29.

“The candidates are literally coming here to speak to us and the broader audience,” Searles said. “I think for us not to be interested would be a real shame.”

WAFB Channel 9, Raycom Louisiana stations, local NPR station WRKF and LSU Student Government are sponsoring the Louisiana Senate debate between Cassidy, Landrieu and Maness.

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University, BRPD project sees decline in Baton Rouge crime rates

BY Kelsey Bordelon kbordelon@lsureveille.com The University’s sociology department is working toward reducing crime through the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination project.

Almost half of gun assaults, 30 percent of murders and a fourth of Baton Rouge’s police calls occur in a small area which holds nearly 14 percent of the city’s population — the targeted area where the BRAVE is taking a stand.

BRAVE involves Baton Rouge law enforcement services and various faith-based centers, and it aims to affect the community perspective on violence. The project utilizes data analysis tools from the University to be more proactive and less reactive for efficiency in their efforts.

“BRAVE specifically targets the younger youth and actually stops them before they get too deep into crime,” said Jada Thomas-Smith, research

associate from the University Office of Social Service Research and Development. “It gives an opportunity to turn your life around before it’s too late.”

BRAVE began with a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention. It later received $150,000 in city-parish funding to strategize violent crime research and reduce juvenile offenders in the 70805 area.

“Dr. Cecile Guin actually wrote the grant with the support of the sheriff, the chief, the mayor, the DA, and so LSU was wrote in as a research partner and she was able to write in different disciplines that would be effective in the data collection,” Thomas-Smith said.

The data team is composed of University professors and graduate students who receive 20,000 to 30,000 police records from the East Baton Rouge law enforcement offices to go through every two weeks.

“When the data collection comes in, it’s from the sociology department and the anthropology and geography departments, school of human education and workforce development. It’s a multi disciplinary effort across campus,” Thomas-Smith said.

BRAVE brings the violent or drug-trade suspects to non-hostile meetings. After explaining the severe consequences the suspects will face if their lifestyles do not change, BRAVE suggests they drop the addictions and violence in favor of rehabilitation and employment opportunities Thomas-Smith said the efforts aimed at juvenile offenders are working. Murder rates have decreased by 20 percent since 2012 in BRAVE’s influenced areas.

“Pretty soon we’re going to be launching BRAVE in 70802, an adjacent zip code, but the hopes are that BRAVE will reach beyond those two zip codes in due time,” Thomas -Smith said.

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Do you plan to attend the Senate debate on campus?

“I got an email about it.

I guess it depends. If I can, I will.”

Megan Corzo

civil engineering freshman

“No, I vote for Texas.”

Alexandra Bessell anthropology senior

Kayla Yarborough

“I wouldn’t know who to vote for even if I did sit and watch.”

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From Barbed Wire to Battlefields - U.S. Freedom Pavilion - The National WWII Museum Krewe of Hermes: The Diamond Jubilee - Louisiana State Museum/Capitol Museum Accalia and the Swamp Monster - LSU Museum of Art From Cameo to Close-up: Lousiana in Film - The Historic New Orleans Collection Williams Research Center LeRoy Neiman: Action! - LSU Museum of Art Voice of the Wetlands Festival - Southdown Plantation Associated Women in the Arts - Louisiana State Archives

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LGBT history month allows students chance to reflect on past BY jazmine foxworth jfoxworth@lsureveille.com For the month of October, Spectrum, the University’s LGBT student organization, wants to teach students about LGBT history, including the leaders, movements and protests that paved the way for LGBT individuals.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of LGBT History Month, which was founded by Rodney Wilson, a high school history teacher in Missouri. Wilson noticed the lack of LGBT history education in schools and created a month to bring awareness to the history of the community.

Elaine Maccio, associate professor of social work, said it’s important to pay attention to groups whose histories would otherwise be invisible.

“I think [with] other history months that we have, we do it because there’s been so little attention paid to that particular group,” Maccio said.

Maccio said this month is necessary because it offers LGBT allies a chance to learn more about the LGBT community and identify with LGBT individuals.

“Knowing the history is just another opportunity for people who aren’t familiar with this population to

better understand who they are, where they’re coming from and where they need to go,” she said.

Gabrielle Hahnebohm, psychology junior and vice president of Spectrum, said this month is important to her because of her lack of LGBT knowledge.

“Even I don’t know much about our history, and that, to me, is a glaring reason why it is important to have this month,” Hahnebohm said.

Hahnebohm said this month offers her a chance to learn what to take pride in within the LGBT community.

“Who am I suppose to be looking up to and be prideful of in our community if I don’t know who’s done things for our community or what they’ve done?” she said.

Hahnebohm said LGBT people often don’t want to acknowledge the lack of information on LGBT history, which can lead to problems within the community.

“People don’t want to admit they don’t know much about their community, which makes it hard for us to be empowered and together,” Hahnebohm said.

She also said LGBT history should be discussed more in classrooms.

“I’ve heard Harvey Milk’s

faculty

name a thousand times, but never in a history class and never from a history teacher, only through gay clubs and events,” Hahnebohm said.

Hahnebohm said not teaching queer history can often encourage homophobia.

“If you’re not even willing to talk about history involving queer people, how willing are you to talk about queer people at all?” Hahnebohm said.

History professor Catherine Jacquet said LGBT history is largely denied or ignored. Jacquet said it’s critical for people to know more about LGBT history because of the amount of misinformation about the community.

“A lot of history that we know is white male-dominated, but if we’re honest, we’re looking at so much,” Jacquet said. “It’s not even about gay as we understand it but also cross-dressing, cross gender and queer history in communities of color as well, which is something else that’s often not seen in the mainstream narrative.”

Hahnebohm said, in the future, the University should reach out to Spectrum to plan events related to LGBT month.

“I would like to see them reach out to us instead of us having to reach out to them,”

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Spectrum Vice President Gabrielle Hahnebohm is helping host a series of LGBT History Month events. said Hahnebohm.

Spectrum has several events planned for this month, including Queer Poetry Night and a National Coming Out Day Discussion.

Currently, no University departments are planning events dedicated to LGBT History Month.

Hahnebohm said she is

looking forward to the events planned this month because of the educational opportunities it presents for her and other LGBT students.

“I’m excited about Spectrum introducing more educational stuff, because I want people to learn more, and I also want to learn more about my community,” she said.

baton rouge community

Manship Dean Ceppos University student starts program to portrayed in new flick distribute library cards to local youth Kurt Ristroph named 2014 Roger Hadfield Ogden Leader

BY James richards jrichards@lsureveille.com A likeness of Jerry Ceppos, dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication, will be on the big screen this October when “Kill The Messenger” hits movie theaters.

The movie, set for an Oct. 10 release, stars Jeremy Renner as journalist Gary Webb in an adaptation of the book with the same name.

The story follows Webb, who was a journalist for the San Jose Mercury News where Ceppos was executive editor in the 1990s. Webb ignited controversy while reporting on the U.S. government’s collusion with Nicaraguan contras and crack cocaine dealers in the U.S. Ceppos will be played by Oliver Platt, who Ceppos thinks looks nothing like him.

Ceppos said he was not consulted for the movie and, to his knowledge, neither was anyone else who is portrayed the movie.

“That suggests that parts [of the movie] will be highly fictionalized,” Ceppos said.

Based on what he’s read of the movie and his knowledge of the book, Ceppos said he thinks it

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“Kill the Messanger” is released in theaters today. will be more historical fiction than biographic.

He said he’s read the book that inspired the movie, published in 2006 by journalist Nick Schou and will probably see the film in theaters.

“It was written with a particular point of view,” Ceppos said.

“Not mine.”

In some Baton Rouge schools, students are lagging behind in educational opportunities.

Chemical engineering and classical civilizations junior Kurt Ristroph is hoping to change this with a program to distribute online library access cards to East Baton Rouge Parish elementary and middle schools.

The project targets students whose parents don’t have time or can’t bring them to the public library. According to NOLA. com | The Times-Picayune’s end-of-course testing database, less than half of EBR Parish students scored proficient in English III, with the EBR Recovery School District faring worse.

Ristroph was named the 2014 Roger Hadfield Ogden Leader and received $5,000 to buy online access library cards for schools in EBR Parish.

Honors College communica- called Volunteering Our Litions coordinator Liz Billet said brary’s Universal Materials for his project was the second time Educational Needs, or VOLUthe award was given, selected MEN and will provide online from a number of others by a access cards as a permanent rethree-person Honors College source for schools to loan out to committee. students.

“We can seRistroph said lect up to five online access cards It’s hard for librarians to are the best use of proposals each require students to get the award, as fullyear,” Billet said. library cards, so making fledged “Only one was library deemed worthy.” them available for students cards require a Ristroph said is the next best thing. parent to co-sign he first heard with the child and about the Ogden accept monetary Leaders proresponsibility. gram and began to think of ideas Ristroph said it’s hard for for how he could best help Louisi- librarians to require students ana. He mined his family for sug- to get library cards, so making gestions, pursuing his brother’s them available for students is suggestion about something to do the next best thing. This way, with electronic textbooks. teachers can offer a book report After looking through the on one of the e-books as extra website for EBR libraries, he credit. found all kinds of educational reAbout 40 percent of all sources accessible to only those schools in EBR Parish are on with a library card. board, he said.

“They offer 35 thousand eRistroph aims to have stubooks, language learning materi- dents who attended high schools al, databases, music downloads, in EBR to call the school board all kinds of educational resourc- and get them to agree to the es,” Ristroph said. program.

The resulting program is

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Getting to know the foe

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Converting When It Counts

University of Florida

PLAYER TO WATCH

MATT JONES

QUICK HITS · RUNNING BACK · JUNIOR · 6’2”

· 72 CARRIES, 372 YARDS, 3 TDS · 235 LBS

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LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings (10) prepares to throw downfield Oct. 4, during LSU’s 41-7 loss against Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Tigers seek improvement on third-down conversions against Gators’ defense

FLORIDA GATORS’ STATISTICS 2014 STATS PASSING · Jeff Driskel, QB: 76 comp, 695 yards, 5 TD

RUSHING · Matt Jones, RB: 72 carries, 372 yards, 3 TD

RECEIVING · Demarcus Robinson, WR: 25 receptions, 372 yards, 3 TD

TEAM STAT COMPARISON 2014 - 2015 STATS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE FLA: 132 points, 33 points per game LSU: 214 points, 35.7 points per game

Rushing offense FLA: 759 yards, 189.8 yards per game, 7 TD LSU: 1269 yards, 211.5 YPG, 16 TD

Passing offense FLA: 860 yards, 215 YPG, 7 TD LSU: 1325 yards, 220.8 YPG, 11 TD

TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE FLA: 81 points, 20.2 points per game LSU: 106 points, 17.7 points per game

Rushing defense FLA: 412 yards, 103 YPG, 1 TD LSU: 1106 yards, 184.3 YPG, 9 TD

Passing defense FLA: 1068 yards, 267 YPG, 8 TD LSU: 921 yards, 153.5 YPG, 4 TD compiled by BRIAN PELLERIN / The Daily Reveille

BY BRIAN PELLERIN bpellerin@lsureveille.com The LSU football team’s receivers call third down the “money down,” but the Tigers’ wallets have been empty this season.

LSU (4-2, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) ranks 119th in the country in third down efficien-

cy against Power 5 conference teams ahead of only Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Eastern Michigan and Temple.

This week the Tigers will get another chance to improve those numbers when they face Florida at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the SEC Network.

Last season, LSU was the

most efficient third down offense in college football with more than 57 percent conversion rate.

Offensive leaders, like quarterback Zach Mettenberger, running back Jeremy Hill and receivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. moved on to the NFL, leaving the Tigers’ offense with a only a handful of

experienced playmakers.

Fast-forward to the midway point of this season, and LSU is still searching for the recipe to keep the chains moving.

Quarterbacks Anthony Jennings and Brandon Harris each had their chance at running

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers go for third straight win against Vols

BY TYLER NUNEZ tnunez@lsureveille.com

The LSU volleyball team will look to build on its back-to-back wins Sunday when it continues Southeastern Conference play and kicks off a fourgame road trip against Tennessee at 12:30 p.m.

After opening SEC play with three straight losses, the Tigers (7-7, 2-3 SEC) will head into Thompson-Boling Arena with a head full of steam because of a five-set victory against Arkansas, and its first sweep of the season against Mississippi State.

“It has been [rejuvinating],” said LSU senior setter Malorie Pardo. “We were kind of down and forgot what winning really felt like. Now that we have two in a row, we don’t want to know how it feels not to win.”

LSU coach Fran Flory said the Tigers had their most complete perfor-

mance against Mississippi State, something she hopes continues as the season progresses.

“The only way we were going to lose [to Mississippi State] is if somebody made a better play than we did, and obviously that didn’t happen,” Flory said.

“If we can step into every match like that, then we truly do control our own destiny.”

The Volunteers (7-11, 0-4 SEC) are LSU’s second consecutive opponent looking for its first conference win of the season, but that doesn’t mean the Tigers can get comfortable.

When LSU traveled to Thompson-Boling Arena last season, a Tennessee squad that would finish 1-17 for last place in the SEC, took a 2-1 lead before the heavily favored Tigers came back for a close fiveset win.

The Volunteers are characterized by

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LSU sophomore middle blocker Briana Holman (13) and freshman outside hitter Mimi Eugene (10) defend the ball against Mississippi freshman middle blocker Laticia Valente (9) where LSU won 3-0 in the PMAC Wednesday.

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Tre’Davious White builds off impressive freshman season

BY MICHAEL HAARALA mhaarala@lsureveille.com As soon as LSU sophomore defensive back Tre’Davious White stepped on the field for his freshman season in 2013, he made a name for himself.

Playing all 13 games and starting in 11, White was named to the Freshman All-Southeastern Conference team and was tapped as a third-team Freshman All-America selection. He led the Tigers in pass breakups with seven, pulled down two interceptions and finished the season with 55 tackles.

After an impressive freshman season, expectations were high coming into his second year. Once the 2013 season ended, White got to work and began improving his game in preparation for the 2014 season.

“His work ethic sets him apart, we worked out together all summer,” said sophomore linebacker Kendell Beckwith.

“He’s my roommate, we always push each other to get better.

We worked hard this summer and got after it.”

Looking at his statistics through six games, it’s clear this work has paid off. White, tied for the third-most solo tackles of any defensive back on the LSU squad with nine, has 14 total tackles, one interception and three pass breakups.

On top of his defensive contributions, White has returned 13 punts for 114 yards, averaging 8.8 yards per return.

Even though he has played a solid season statistically, White said he isn’t content with his performance and focuses on improving every practice.

“Coming into the season, it was my second year, and I felt like I had to take a more vocal role and just try to transition my game to become a more

complete player, and I feel like I worked on those things and they’re coming along ok,” White said. “There’s still some things that I need to work on, and I feel like going forward I’ll continue to work on those things.”

At a university known for producing top NFL defensive backs, the transition from the high school game to the college game can be a whirlwind.

Learning new plays, defending top SEC wide receivers and competing with talented players for a starting role are all situations a new player at LSU is thrown into.

Thanks to junior safety Jalen Mills, senior safety Ronald Martin and junior cornerback Jalen Collins, the transition was made less intimidating for White.

“When I came in, they were really looking forward to me playing. They told me the summer that I came in that they expected big things from me, and ever since then, I look up to those guys,” White said.

“They’ve taught me a lot about playing defensive back. I feel like going forward, those are some guys that I continue to look up to and lean on and talk to about anything.”

Collins, who has been one of White’s biggest mentors at LSU, said he has seen White mature and grow from the beginning of his freshman season to today.

“He’s just growing up,” Collins said. “He knows what he has to do. He takes some time out to do extra work, improves his flexibility and watches extra film. He is just getting into what he has to do and growing up.”

The support net the veteran defensive players have for the younger Tigers brings the unit together and adjusts them to

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LSU sophomore defensive back Tre’Davious White expresses frustration Oct. 4 during the LSU Tigers’ 41-7 loss against Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

life at LSU. They’re a closely knit group that enjoys doing things together off the field and outside the locker room.

From playing video games to grabbing a bite to eat together, the brotherhood in the backfield is one thing White said he loves.

“We always try to do things outside of football, just get out and refresh our minds,” White said. “We play laser tag, go out to movies, go out to eat, we just try to get out and get our minds off of football for a little while.”

Every player has their own

unique way of getting ready for a big contest. Some get their adrenaline going with cheers, loud music or other traditions.

White, however, gets ready for big games in a different way.

“I try to stay a little light.

I like to listen to a little slow music,” White said. “I listen to some New Edition before every game. I just try to say cool and try to calm myself down.”

If White continues his defensive production at the same rate, he will put up even better numbers than during his inau-

gural season with the Tigers.

Although the season hasn’t progressed exactly how the LSU planned, White said he and the defense won’t give up or settle anything less than greatness.

“None of the guys in the locker room came here to get moral victories. I didn’t come here for that,” White said. “You come here to win and fulfil the tradition that was set here before you.”

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Friday, October 10, 2014 third down, from page 7 the offense, but neither has been able to get LSU back to last season’s the efficiency.

Against Power 5 conference opponents, the Jennings-led offense is 7-for-32, or about 22 percent on third down. With Harris leading the charge, the offense hasn’t converted a single third down on 11 attempts.

LSU coach Les Miles has yet to name a starter for Saturday’s game and said both players will see time on the field.

But the Tigers’ third down struggles don’t fall solely on the quarterbacks. LSU averages three yards per carry on 14 rushing attempts but has converted only four times Sophomore offensive tackle Jerald Hawkins said the offensive line is on a mission to improve the rushing numbers on third down.

“As an offensive line, we take [the rushing totals] personally,” Hawkins said. “We’re up front.

We take responsibility because we’re the big brothers of the team, and we’re just focused on

making sure those numbers go higher.”

Florida (3-1, 2-1 SEC) is 80th in the country in defensive third down conversions, allowing opponents to convert about 47 percent of the time.

Florida’s third down rush defense looks strong from a yards allowed standpoint. The Gators have surrendered -19 yards on 22 carries, but that number is a bit misleading. On third and three or fewer, the Gators’ opponents have converted 10 of 12 times averaging about 2.5 yards per carry.

Setting up third and shorts will be important to keep the chains moving, which is something LSU did well against Auburn last week.

At his weekly press conference Monday, Miles pointed out that his team had success setting up second and short, but mistakes forced them into third and long.

“In the first and tens we were probably, without doing the arithmetic, averaging seven or eight yards,” Miles said. “Then

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Those mistakes can be accredited to LSU’s host of freshmen making their first starts on the road. Jennings, who played the final quarter and a half last week at Auburn, tallied only one snap on the road last season on a quarterback keeper against Ole Miss.

Sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural said playing well on the road requires chemistry and a little experience. Unless the Tigers develop that chemistry, their third-down woes may continue against Florida.

“This year, you can tell that we’re not as comfortable with each other [as the offense was last year],” Dural said. “We’re not too successful on third down and that comes with growing and maturing.”

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page 7 road trip, from page 5 youth, as all but four players on their roster are either freshmen or sophomores. As a result, they have a lot of room to improve.

“They’re a young team and they’re very talented athletically,” Flory said. “They have some really nice athletes who can play high above the net. They’re a team that, as the season has progressed, has improved and gotten better, a little bit like us.”

Freshman outside hitter Mimi Eugene — who led the Tigers in Wednesday’s contest with a game-high 15 kills — said LSU’s chemistry has improved steadily throughout the season, which permeates into virtually every aspect of its game.

“We’re finding who’s working well with who,” Eugene said. “Especially with a lot of young people coming in and playing with the upperclassmen, I think we’re figuring that out.”

A win would give LSU its

first winning record of the season and put it at .500 in SEC play for the first time since it started conference play, and bring Flory within two wins from the program’s all-time record.

But the Tigers aren’t looking for success by focusing on wins and losses, breaking records, or even who’s playing across the net. Eugene said LSU’s success hinges on whether the Tigers can stay focused on its own performance and let the game happen.

Flory echoed Eugene calling the game an opportunity to build some much needed confidence at the start of its longest road stretch of the season.

“This is going to be a tough match for us,” Flory said. “It’s a great challenge for us, and it’s a great time for us to have this challenge. If we can focus on our side, we’ll put ourselves in the best position possible.”

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Women’s golf

Tigers look to rebound against strong field in North Carolina UNC to host Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational

BY joe mallette jmallette@lsureveille.com The No. 13 LSU women’s golf team will face a strong field this weekend at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Invitational will take place over three rounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the University of North Carolina’s Finley Golf Club. The 6,379-yard, par-72 layout is the home course of the tournament host, Tar Heels.

The Lady Tigers will try to rebound after finishing in the bottom half of the field at the Schooner Fall Classic in Norman, Oklahoma, last weekend.

At the event hosted by the University of Oklahoma, the

Lady Tigers finished 11th place in the 17-team field, a drop from their second place finish at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship.

In North Carolina, LSU will face a field that includes nine teams ranked in the top 25 according to Golfweek’s most recent team rankings, including the No. 1-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks and the No. 2-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks.

The first group of the shotgun-start format will include the Lady Tigers, who will tee-off alongside the Tar Heels and the top-ranked Gamecocks.

Three players on the South Carolina team are ranked individually in the top 30 women’s college golfers in the country.

Junior Elise Bradley, who led LSU in Oklahoma as the only Lady Tiger under par, will face off against South Carolina

senior Justine Dreher, who is the No. 1 ranked female college golfer individually, according to Golfweek.

Dreher hasn’t been bested yet this season, having won only one tournament, the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in Florida.

Sophomore Caroline Nistrup has gone just 5-over-par through six rounds of golf in two tournaments. Nistrup will go up against fellow Danish golfer and South Carolina’s No. 16-ranked freshman Nanna Madsen.

LSU’s highest ranked golfer is senior Madelene Sagstrom, who failed to defend her title at the Schooner Fall Classic. She will play alongside the third of South Carolina’s top-ranked golfers, junior Mary Fran Hillow.

LSU’s final two golfers of the tournament will be sophomore Carly Ray Goldstein and junior Nadine Dreher.

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Senior Madeline Sagstrom is LSU’s highest ranked golfer and will compete against South Carolina’s third top-ranked golfer, junior Mary Fran Hillow at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in North Carolina this weekend.

Swimming and diving

LSU set to open SEC competition at home versus Gators Matchup will provide measuring stick for Tigers

BY will cotchery II wcotchery@lsureveille.com After the women put forth a dominant performance against Tulane last week, they will rejoin the men as the LSU swimming and diving teams opens Southeastern Conference play against Florida at 3 p.m. Friday at the O’Connell Center Natatorium.

The women defeated the Green Wave, 220-80, at the Reily Natato-

rium in New Orleans on Oct. 3 to begin their season with a win. The Florida meet will be the men’s season debut.

Diving coach Doug Shaffer said the entire team has improved each week in terms of development, confidence and strength.

He stressed the importance of the swimmers and divers going into a competitive, SEC environment and having a successful showing.

“Going into Gator country and the swamp, [we] have to show what it means to be a Tiger and represent [our] university, [our] team

and [ourselves] well in a competitive environment,” Shaffer said.

Swimming coach Dave Geyer said he was pleased with the women’s outing against Tulane. He said the men should come out and be at their best as they compete against one of the nation’s elite programs.

Geyer added that the production from the Tulane meet will give confidence not only to the women, but to the entire team going into tougher competition throughout the season.

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defeated at 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. The Gators are arguably the most premier program in the nation, having claimed 35 SEC

titles and 5 NCAA titles all-time between the two sides. Geyer said competing against a program of Florida’s caliber is a great measuring tool for him and his team.

“If we want to compete at a high standard in the SEC [and] at the NCAA level, [we] have to compete against programs like Florida,” Geyer said. “To win or lose, first place, second place, whatever comes out of the weekend on Friday, getting that experience racing against elite talent prepares us for SEC’s because they’re going to be there.”

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Friday, October 10, 2014

High school dress codes blatantly sexist OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDENYROSE REYNEN Columnist Everyone’s favorite day in high school was when, instead of actually learning anything useful, the class got to watch a movie.

Aside from watching the middleaged teacher attempt to operate a DVD player or Netflix, there was virtually no downside to movie day.

Female students at Devils Lake High School in North Dakota, however, had the worst possible movie day when an assembly was held to reinforce the dress code.

The movie in question? “Pretty Woman.”

Two female teachers compared the students to the film’s main character, Vivian, who is a prostitute. Yes, two adults insinuated that a group of teenage girls dressed like prostitutes.

How do prostitutes even dress in North Dakota, anyway? Parkas and ski masks?

High school is where freedom goes to die and where it is apparently OK to say that the female students are akin to street walkers.

Two specific scenes were shown to the students at this awful-sounding assembly. There is a scene in which Vivian visits a department store dressed in her “work clothes,” but a saleswoman turns her down because of her outfit. Later in the film, Vivian returns to the same store dressed “more nicely” and is treated with more respect.

Instead of using the “don’t judge a book by its cover” logic that is displayed in the film, the school is actually preaching the opposite.

If this feels like déjà vu, you’re right. I wrote about this same issue back in March. Something similar at a different high school is probably going to happen next semester and the semester after that, until all of the schools give up and force students to wear unisex uniforms reminiscent of the jumpsuits in “1984.”

The most absurd part of this is the clothes the administration is so riled up about — yoga pants and leggings. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know many prostitutes who go around wearing yoga pants.

What’s so bad about leggings anyway? What kind of message does that send to others? When I see a girl wearing yoga pants, I don’t think, “Wow, that girl must not have a lot of

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This undated photo provided by Shannon Johnson shows her daughter Abbey Johnson, 15, wearing her homecoming dance dress that failed to pass her school’s dress code. respect for herself and is probably a prostitute!”

This is overt sexism at work. The male students at this high school were presumably not shown “Magic Mike” and compared to strippers.

The boys of this school didn’t have to get a lesson in “People Will Call You a Slut Because of Your Outfit 101” because, frankly, that doesn’t happen to them.

While it is an unfortunate truth that young women are judged on their appearances and outfits, the assembly should not have been a blind reinforcement of that idea. I’m aware that this one high school assembly couldn’t actually reverse all of the damage that has been done based on this common occurrence, but the least they could do was tell the female students that it was not

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right for them to be judged like that.

Phyllis Kadyrmas, one of the teachers who led the assembly, told the Devils Lake Journal that she thinks the situation has been overblown. With dress code controversies popping up every time school is in session, one would have thought high schools would quit doing things like this.

Until high schools quit trying to enforce blatantly sexist dress codes, controversies like this will only continue to occur.

SidneyRose Reynen is a 19-yearold film and media arts and art history sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @sidneyrose_TDR.

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Nose piercings a form of expression, irrelevant to work ethic TAMING OF THE SHIRIN SHIRIN CHOWDHURY Columnist A shiny little piece of jewelry glinting off the noses of my cousins, my aunts, my grandma — I grew up accustomed to seeing women with pierced noses.

The women in my family always seemed to wear jewelry with such elegance.

As a child, I held deep admiration for their nose piercings, and I looked forward to getting one of my own when I got older.

Having parents who come from two completely different backgrounds, I’ve never really been able to identify with any single culture.

It’s not because I don’t want to appreciate my mother’s Turkish heritage or my dad’s

memories of growing up in Bangladesh. It’s just hard for me to identify with either of those, because I was raised in America.

Growing up, the sporadic encounters I had with my dad’s side of the family were always awkward and strained. We don’t eat the same foods, and I’ve only worn a sari a couple times in my life. Despite the distance I felt from Bengali culture, I always saw beauty in the idea of nose rings.

In Bangladesh, as well as in other South Asian countries, nose piercings are common, and it’s something my father grew up around.

I didn’t think there should be much of a difference between having my nose pierced and having my ears pierced.

I wasn’t raised to think there should be.

When I decided to get my nose pierced, it definitely wasn’t because I wanted to make a punk-ass attempt at challeng-

ing conservative values. I did it, quite simply, because I wanted to.

Some people like the way nose piercings look and others might not. For me, it was one way to express part of my cultural identity, however detached from it I may be. Depending on the individual, reasons for getting a piercing can vary, but whatever the reasons may be, no one should be looked down on for it.

I didn’t expect having a little metal stud in my nose would negatively affect with my life. Clearly, I was wrong.

Every job I’ve had since getting my nose pierced had a rule forbidding nose piercings.

I had to resort to wearing a clear stud, a little plastic retainer to change into for work. Changing in and out of it often resulted in bleeding, which left my piercing

looking red and puffy for a few days. It interfered with my appearance outside of work, and it really bothered me.

I had the piercing for more than a year, but it got to the point where I just didn’t feel like it was worth the hassle anymore.

A few weeks ago, I reluctantly made the decision to take out my nose ring permanently. I realized that if having the piercing proved problematic for me now, it could only get worse the closer I get to pursuing an actual career.

It’s unfair, but I had to be realistic.

Nobody should be defined by the way they choose to express physical appearance, but we live in a society that constantly puts appearance on a pedestal. Having a nose piercing doesn’t reflect personal characteristics in any way, and it certainly doesn’t reflect work ethic.

If facial piercings make you uncomfortable, challenge yourself with one question: Why? Is it because there’s something backward about it? Or is it simply because you personally are not accustomed to it?

No, nose piercings didn’t originate in the West. It isn’t nearly as common here as in other cultures, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t accept it.

A nose piercing, like any other kind of jewelry, is a form of self-expression. Regardless of whether or not you have a cultural connection to it, people shouldn’t be condemned in the realm of employment simply for having a piercing.

Work ethic and employability should be defined by character — not physical expression.

Shirin Chowdhury is a 20-yearold English junior from Manhattan, Kansas. You can reach her on Twitter @TDR_schowd.

It’s time to prepare ourselves for the next great freeze BRACE YOURSELF RYAN MCGEHEE Columnist We thought we were safe, that we had more time. We were sorely mistaken. This past Sunday, temperatures in Baton Rouge were reported to have reached as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest they have been for months.

There’s no hiding from it.

Winter is here, and we all need to prepare.

Now, I know the knee jerk reaction from some will be a shrill cry of, “Yaaasss,” but we can’t forget the toll that the increasingly cold weather took on the LSU community last year.

Never mind the frozen streets and the accidents that ensued. I don’t think our infrastructure can support that many UGG boots, sweaters and declarations of “cuddle weather” a second time around. I don’t think my liver could take that much abuse in the span of two or three days again, either.

It won’t be an immediate transformation to a snow-scape that makes people wonder what’s going on. It will be a gradual descent into our own can’t-tell-if-that’s-rain-or-sleet hell.

The change will be a long journey, but we’ll start seeing the signs soon enough.

First, we’ll begin to see a spike in pumpkin prices. I really shouldn’t have to tell you why; you’ve seen it with

your own eyes. People who wear button-ups will cease to roll up their sleeves because, damnit, it’s gotten chilly outside.

Next, almost every sorority girl will make their yearly migration from Nike shorts to yoga pants, despite some of them having never done yoga or even knowing exactly what it is. I fully expect the switch from oversized short sleeved T-shirts to oversized long sleeved T-shirts to happen simultaneously.

Finally, there will be a sharp increase in flannel-wearing by non-hipsters, who will insist that they are only layering. Then comes the last nail in summer’s coffin: the return of sweaters. Mark my words, be it cardigans, hoodies or anything warm and comfy in between, the first instance of necessary sweater wearing in Death Valley will be nature’s crossing of the Rubicon into the cold abyss of winter.

Should the worst case scenario come to fruition, and LSU is closed for a few days because of driving hazards, it will be necessary to turn into the skid, literally and figuratively.

While most in the Baton Rouge area dare not tread on roads laden with millimeter-thick ice, there will be some who insist they’ve totally done this before despite never having been north of Alexandria. We can fully expect another onslaught of automobile accidents jamming up our roads — as if that was not already a problem around

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Snow collects on the Parade Ground on Jan. 28, 2013 by the Student Union, after the winter freeze. here.

Even worse, the supply of alcohol and microwaveable food at stores that stretch the term “walking distance” will dry up faster than a fifth of Jack on Boys’ Bid Night. Come December, start keeping an eye on the weekly forecasts or Lenar Whitney’s thermometer.

If at any point you suspect a

deep freeze with a chance of precipitation, proceed to your nearest grocery store and grab as many bowls of Easy Mac and handles of cheap port as you can.

Sunday’s moderate dip in temperature should be a wake-up call to everyone. Soon enough, Baton Rouge will start feeling less like the mug-

gy swamp we love so much, and more like a temperate mid-Atlantic city.

God help us.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-yearold political science, history, and international studies senior from Zachary, Louisiana.

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Friday, October 10, 2014 force more.

The Gators have forced 15 After leading the Tigers turnovers in their four games on seven consecutive touch- this season and holds the No. 4 down drives against New spot in the country with an avMexico State, LSU freshman erage turnover margin of two quarterback Brandon Harris per game.

LSU will have to limit these completed three of his 14 pass attempts for 58 yards in his turnovers and find a way to first career start last weekend move the ball against what has emerged as one of the top rush against Auburn.

Harris regularly overthrew defenses in the nation.

Florida has allowed 103 his receivers, and his sub par performance caught his team- rushing yards per game (No. 15 in the nation) mates off guard. and 2.8 yards per “He’s a guy who makes those ‘I certainly understand the carry (No. 9 in passes effort- position that we’re in, but I the nation), and it’s one of just like my team.’ lessly,” said LSU four teams in the sophomore wide country which receiver Travin les miles, have allowed only Dural.

“Being LSU football coach one touchdown that he wasn’t on the ground this too successful on Saturday shocked me, because season.

Meanwhile, Miles and the I know what kind of player he is, and we’ve seen him make Tigers maintain their defense those throws the past couple is almost where they want it, of weeks. It was just shock- despite allowing a combined ing. I just told him to keep his head up and keep moving forward.”

Miles said he won’t announce whether Harris or sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings will start against the Gators until this weekend.

Florida freshman quarterback Treon Harris was expected to earn his first career start this weekend after replacing senior Jeff Driskel in last weekend’s come-from-behind win against Tennessee, but Treon was suspended indefinitely Monday after a Florida student accused him of sexual assault.

As a result, Driskel will start his fifth game this season, despite chucking his way to a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 5-to-6 in his first four outings.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Miles said. “There’s probably an athletic element to Driskel as well, and he probably can run those things in a lesser fashion, maybe not as athletic [as Treon].”

But no matter how many turnovers Driskel has committed this season, Florida’s defense has found a way to

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“We’re close to where we need to be, especially as a defensive unit,” said LSU sophomore defensive end Lewis Neal.

“It may not look like it to the outside. But from the inside, when we go over film, we don’t make many mistakes, just things that we have to get done. We’re executing the game plan.”

Miles remains confident in his squad’s ability to stay driven and improve week after week.

“With a lot of football left to play and the need for our guys to understand the direction we’re going, I think they will be very comfortable,” Miles said. “I can tell you the character in that room and that building, and the type of people that are there will certainly respond.”

You can reach Tyler Nunez on Twitter @Nunez_TDR.

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page 12 physical activity,” the patient may sit at the desk on the pro“We use it for studies as far vided laptop or lie on the bed as before and after medicines, and watch the television. An before and after weight loss, be- hour after the exercise portion, fore and after food, exercise,” dinner is served. said Crystal Taylor, a nurse The food for study parpractitioner at Pennington. ticipants at Pennington is pre“This has pretty much been the pared in the metabolic kitchen. gold standard for determining In the kitchen, the dietitians energy expenditure for many make meals to meet the nutriyears.” tional requirements of each Studies in the metabolic study protocol. The kitchen is chamber can be done over 12 essential to producing valid to 24 hours. Some studies re- scientific results in nutritional quire multiple visits to the studies. chamber.

“Normally we want you to The chambers are small, be eating the amount of food enclosed rooms, designed like that we want you to be eating,” a hotel room for comfort. In Taylor said. “We want you to each room, there is a bed, desk, be burning that same amount television, phone, exercise bike, of calories so when you come toilet, sink, small refrigera- out of the chamber it’s at zero, tor and a metal “pass-through” balanced. If we give you too box. much food or too little food, Pennington is building two that may put your body into new metabolic chambers: One the unbalanced energy expenwill be similar to the other two diture, and that can affect the at the facility. The other is a results.” smaller chamber used for tests Because the room must reto determine “active” and “rest- main closed, the nurses pass ing” metabolic rates in a shorter water and food to the study period of time. participant in the chamber “There’s a little bit better through the “pass-through” box equipment, much more sensi- in the wall. The nurse places tive, but also much more time- a cup of water or a tray in one consuming and not nearly as side of the box and closes it. ‘push the buttons’ as the oth- When the box is closed, the er ones,” Taylor said. “This participant unlocks and opens smaller chamber that we it on their side to remove the have, nobody else has this en- contents. tire setup like we have, in the The participant must eat all world.” of the food on the plate within 30 The content of oxygen flowing minutes, then send the tray back into the chamber is controlled. through the “pass-through” box.

As the participant inhales the Data collected in the hours after oxygen and exhales, the carbon the meal provides information dioxide created by the body is on how the participant’s body collected through holes in the reacts to calorie intake. ceiling to be The participant in analyzed.

‘Better understanding the metabolic chamThroughout our metabolism and how ber must go to bed the study, we can prevent this sort and wake up at a cerparticipants time. The sleepof weight gain can be an tain are required ing metabolic rate is to provide important tool in a college determined over the student’s tool box for urine samcourse of the night. their health.’ ples, which According to Jenare kept in nifer Rood, associate jennifer rood, a jug in the executive director for associate executive director refrigerator. cores and resources The volat Pennington, the ume of carbon dioxide cre- analysis of the data collected in ated by the body and the ni- the study will tell the researchtrogen content of the urine ers what the participant’s enare analyzed and used to de- ergy expenditure was, in kitermine the energy expendi- localories, during their stay. ture of the participant. Re- The study participants are sults can take several weeks to given the analyzed data and a analyze. graph of their energy expenBefore a study participant diture over the course of the can enter the metabolic cham- study. ber, precise body weight and The research center uses temperature measurements the chambers for a study titled have to be taken to predict STARCH, which studies the that person’s energy expendi- effects of a slowly digesting ture. Once the room’s heavy starch in blueberry yogurt on door is closed, it cannot be the digestive system, metaboreopened until the study is lism and body fat of people with finished. pre-diabetes.

In a 12-hour study, a particiRood said the research done pant will spend the first hour at in the metabolic chamber is imrest on the bed but not asleep. portant for everyone.

This allows data for a resting “A healthier Louisiana starts metabolic rate to be captured. with each of us,” Rood said.

The participant then ped- “The phenomenon of the ‘freshdles on the stationary bike man 15’ is one that everyone has for 30 minutes as moder- heard of. Better understanding ate exercise. During this our metabolism and how we time, the data should reflect can prevent this sort of weight a rise in metabolic rate as the gain can be an important tool in participant exercises. a college student’s tool box for After the “spontaneous their health.”

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[Top left] A machine measures oxygen and carbon dioxide levels inside the metabolic chamber. [Top right] In the metabolic chamber, participants have a bed, stationary bike, microwave and fridge for research participants to utilize. [Bottom] A sign hangs on the door of a metabolic chamber at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

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