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• Take Back the Night event advocates to end sexual and domestic violence, page 2

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Law Center places No. 8 on national ranking Students achieve highest bar passage rate in state

BY SARAH KENT @SarahKent_TDR

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LSU’s Painted Posse shows support for the University of South Carolina players and fans Saturday by painting ‘SEC United’ on their chests during the Tigers’ 45-24 victory against the Gamecocks at Tiger Stadium. The game was scheduled to be played at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, but recent floods forced the move.

SEC UNITED BEW’S CLUES JAMES BEWERS Sports Columnist

LSU home ‘away’ from home game highlights unity in SEC football

The Southeastern Conference, the league that draws the ire of college football for supposed favoritism it receives from media and pollsters alike, is a community at heart.

From the outside looking in, fans of “the best conference in the nation” may seem overbearing. The SEC’s reputation is based partly on championships but also loyal followers that

plan their weekends in the fall around their favorite team.

The love for LSU may be overboard, but never wavers. Sometimes, like Saturday in Baton Rouge, that love extends to its conference counterparts when football becomes secondary — rivalries are mostly thrown

see HOSPITALITY, page 8

The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center ranks as the No. 8 Best Value Law School in the Nation

by The National Jurist Magazine.

The Law Center was the only Louisiana law school included in the rankings. LSU law students also received the highest passage rate among examinees in the state on the July 2015 Louisiana State Bar Exam, according to results posted Oct. 9 by the Committee on Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Interim Co-Dean William “Bill” Corbett said the ranking indicates the Law Center, “offers excellent legal education at a low and reasonable cost that does not require our students to incur great indebtedness.” This year marks the fifth year the Law Center was included in the Best Value Law School rankings.

The Law Center also ranked in the Top 10 Most Underrated Law Schools in the country in July. Both rankings evaluated student performance post-graduation on the bar exam and student employment outcomes according

see LAW CENTER, page 7

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Student leaders discuss social issues, activism at diversity roundtable

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter During a diversity roundtable led by the LSU Student Government student directors for diversity, discussion focused on several minority issues relating to campus, such as the Kappa Alpha Order’s Old South Ball, racism in Tigerland and gender neutral bathrooms.

The event, which took place Oct. 8, brought student organization leaders together in the LSU Student Union to learn about different social issues on and off campus.

Organizations in attendance included the Black Student Union, Spectrum and the Native American Student Organization, among others.

Jessica Dejan-Moore and John

Lewis, director and assistant director of diversity for SG, respectively, led the meeting, which provided students with information regarding activism, on-campus support and issues involving minorities at LSU. “We do plan on continuing this conversation,” Dejan-Moore said during the meeting. “This [meeting], I just wanted everyone to meet each other and just talk

about what is going on on campus.

This will be a continuous thing.”

The students broke into groups discussing what it is like to be a minority at a predominately white institution. Students considered questions such as “Do you feel connected or ‘at home’ on campus?” and “Do you feel that LSU treats all students fairly?”

Destinee Merida, president of the Black Student Union,

presented the summary of her table’s discussion.

“Being a minority at a PWI is like being at home but being treated like a stepchild or a distant cousin,” Merida said.

Ethan Guerra, a representative from Spectrum who also spoke at the Student Senate when it voted on gender neutral

see DIVERSITY, page 8

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[Top left] Demonstrators march with homemade signs and chants during Take Back The Night Sunday in front of the Memorial Tower.

[Top right] Rainbow-colored candles are lit for in support of the fight to end domestic violence. [Bottom Left] Demonstrators march carrying signs with the silhouettes and names of domestic violence victims [Above] Tonya Johnson dons traditional clothes to show support for the fight against domestic violence during Take Back The Night.

Campus event rallies against sexual violence

BY CAITIE BURKES @BurkesTDR In April 2014, 42-year-old Tonya Johnson’s former classmate lost both her son’s life and her own life to her husband after years of domestic abuse.

Johnson, decked out in her Wild Tchoupitoulas Indian traditional clothes, joined dozens of others rallying in front of Memorial Tower for the 29th annual Take Back the Night event which raises awareness about domestic and sexual violence in hopes of putting an end to them.

She said she wanted to pay tribute to all the victims of domestic and sexual violence by showing them they are not alone in the world.

“The thing I remember most at [her friend’s] funeral was my other classmate getting up, struggling to find words, because he had also dealt with do-

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mestic violence,” Johnson said.

“You would have never thought that was going on with him.”

This year also marks the first time LSU Student Government played an imperative role in the event, as it coincided with the spring 2015 launch of SG’s “We’re Committed” campaign to end sexual violence.

SG “We’re Committed” student advocate and kinesiology junior Camille Faircloth said the campaign partnered with the LSU Women’s Center, Lighthouse Program, STAR and the Baton Rouge Police Department to help sponsor Take Back the Night.

One in four women are sexually assaulted during their college years — an increase from the one in five statistic a few years ago, Faircloth said.

She said SG hopes to extend the campaign to LSU’s athletic programs and fraternity houses.

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The good, the bad and the special teams INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Columnist LSU triumphed once again, extending its unbeaten record.

The Tigers were magnificent in some parts of the game but less than stellar in others.

Here’s the breakdown of how the Tigers fared on Saturday.

[Cameron] did a great job. [LSU Offensive Line Coach] Jeff Grimes did a really good job with our offensive line and the suggestions he makes for the running game. It’s what we do. It’s who we are.”

Since arriving at LSU in 2005, Miles has run the ball a little more than 60 percent of the time, so it’s no surprise that his teams’ offensive identities center around their ability to power run, especially the Tigers’ 2015 version.

The Good LSU’s rushing attack is near unstoppable, it seems.

Someone finally did it. The University of South Carolina managed to hold Leonard Fournette to under 200 rushing yards — the first time he hasn’t gone over 200 since the game against Mississippi State University a month ago. He finished with 158 yards, and outside of Fournette’s 87-yard touchdown, the Gamecocks held the Heisman Trophy candidate to 19 carries for 71 yards.

Unfortunately for South Carolina, LSU’s rushing attack didn’t stop with Fournette.

The Tigers finished with 54 carries for 396 rushing yards and four touchdowns, impressive numbers when Fournette wasn’t even the team’s leading rusher.

see BALANCE, page 4

see GOOD, page 4

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LSU finds balance between pass and rush offenses

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR In every offensive system, balance between the run game and the passing attack is crucial to establishing a dynamic and efficient rhythm to keep opposing defenses honest and constantly guessing.

Within each scheme, the perfect ratio of run to pass varies greatly

‘We don’t go over there to the coach and say, ‘Look, we need to pass the ball more.’ It’s been a winning formula. We’re 5-0.’

BRANDON HARRIS, sophomore quarterback

depends on a team’s strengths, a specific game plan targeting an opponent’s weaknesses and the personnel available to execute each play.

In its 45-24 victory against the University of South Carolina,

the then-No. 7 LSU football team epitomized its own version of balance, using its deep threat wide receivers to open up the run game.

“It’s what we are going to do,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “[LSU Offensive Coordinator] Cam

SOCCER

Veterans play key role in Tigers’ postseason push

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR LSU soccer is relying on veteran leadership to push the team to its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2011.

This year, the Tigers’ lineup features 11 upperclassmen, nine of which are seniors, to make their most seasoned team since 2011, and they are hoping for similar results.

For several Tigers, this season is the last chance to experience success at the collegiate level. LSU coach Brian Lee said the older members of his team feel confident they can seize the opportunity.

“All of our seniors are very determined,” Lee said. “They’re really focused. They’re very serious in enforcing halftime

adjustments. Their determination to have a good season is very, very strong.”

Team captains senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco and senior midfielder Alex Arlitt lead the senior class as the only fifth-year players on the team.

Neither player expected to be in an LSU uniform at this point, but both are playing integral roles in the team’s pursuit of its first postseason appearance in four years.

Gomez-Junco played for the University of Memphis in 2011 and 2012 before transferring to LSU. She sat out in 2013 to become eligible to play for the Tigers and has made her presence felt on the team since she stepped on the field.

She is LSU’s assist leader this year and is second in the Southeastern Conference in total

assists. She also takes the majority of the team’s corner kicks and free kicks as LSU’s set piece specialist.

“We have a big senior class,” Gomez-Junco said. “All of us have stepped up in our leadership and carried the load of the team. The freshman and younger players have also displayed great leadership, but it starts with us, and we have to make sure everyone stays focused and locked in.”

Arlitt is in her fifth and final season with the Tigers after missing 10 games with an ankle injury last year. She’s back on the field this year after earning a medical redshirt and an extra year of eligibility.

LSU’s defense struggled without her in the lineup in 2014 in a

see VETS, page 4

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LSU senior midfielder Alex Arlitt (14) clears the ball away from the Tigers’ goal against Vanderbilt University on Oct. 2 in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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Monday, October 12, 2015 VETS, from page 3 five-win season. With Arlitt back, she is leading a much improved LSU back line.

Arlitt, the only player on the team with NCAA tournament experience, is a leader both on the field and in the locker room.

Sophomore forward Jorian Baucom, LSU’s leading goal scorer, said she looks up to Arlitt.

“She holds everyone accountable,” Baucom said. “The passion she has for the game is incredible and we’ve loved having her

back this year.”

Arlitt said she relishes her role as a leader on the team and takes pride in holding her teammates accountable. However, she said the younger players are just as important to the team’s success as the upperclassmen.

“It’s important for the upperclassmen to step up as leaders,” Arlitt said. “But I think it’s also important for everyone to do that whether they’re in the game or on the bench. At the end of the day we’re all in this together.”

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LSU sophomore running back Darrel Williams (34) rushes toward the end zone on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.

BALANCE, from page 3 With the NCAA’s rushing leader LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette spearheading the nation’s third-best rushing offense averaging 346.4 yards per game on the ground, sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris was content to play his role as the master of the hand-off through LSU’s first four games.

“When you’ve got four great running backs on top of [sophomore fullback John David] Moore and [freshman fullback] Bry’Kiethon [Mouton], who did a great job tonight, it’s not much I can argue with,” Harris said. “I like the production. I like what Cam is doing.

Everybody around here knows I can throw the football. Nobody around here is questioning that.”

But with the Tigers trailing for the first time this season, Harris demonstrated his command of the offense during LSU’s first series against the Gamecocks (2-4, 0-4 SEC).

Harris completed three of five attempts on the drive for 27 yards, including converting a third down with a 17-yard pass to junior wide receiver Travin Dural. Harris also kept the drive alive with a five-yard run on a third and short.

Although sophomore running back Darrel Williams tallied the Tigers’ first touchdown with a

four-yard dive and put LSU ahead, 7-3, with 5:15 left in the opening quarter, LSU was not done relying on Harris’ arm.

After sophomore safety John Battle nabbed his first career interception with 1:19 remaining in the half, the Tigers looked to gain momentum with a score before the break, and Harris answered.

For the first time in 2015, Harris showed his composure under the pressure of running a twominute offense, driving down the field with a 15-yard completion to Fournette and a 28-yard pitch and catch with sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre.

Throughout the first half, Harris and company opened up the passing game with four passing plays of 15 or more yards a piece and the Tigers’ wideouts rebounded from their drop-filled performance against Eastern Michigan University on Oct. 3.

“Last week, we weren’t focused as we needed to be,” Dural said.

“We came out today very focused and took advantage of every ball that was thrown to us.”

While Harris showcased his duo of deep threats in Dupre and Dural, who combined for 10 catches for 183 yards and two touchdowns, freshman running back Derrius Guice shined in the backfield when Fournette was pulled in the third quarter.

Guice’s refusal be tackled turned losses or short gains into highlight reels of grit and determination.

In the third quarter, Guice cut back and plowed through would-be tacklers to make a 25-gain out of what appeared to be a guaranteed loss a split second after the snap.

“He’s a man,” Fournette said.

“He’s wild. He never likes going down. He’s a beast though.”

Although Guice notched three more yards than Fournette against South Carolina, Fournette broke what has become what Miles describes as his “home run” play just 59 seconds into the second half.

After cutting through a hole opened by the center of the Tigers’ offensive line, Fournette accelerated to out-run the Gamecocks’ secondary for a 87-yard yard touchdown run, sparking the Tigers to 28 points in the second half.

Although LSU’s offensive balance relies heavily on the run and it may not fit into the pass-dependent schemes many schools lean toward, one thing is certain – if it works, the Tigers won’t be changing it any time soon.

“We don’t go over there to the coach, and say, ‘Look, we need to pass the ball more,’” Harris said.

“It’s been a winning formula. We’re 5-0. We’ve done everything we’ve had to do.”

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) scores a touchdown against the University of South Carolina on Saturday.

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LSU freshman running back Derrius Guice (5) runs the ball during the Tigers’ 45-24 victory against the University of South Carolina on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.

GOOD, from page 3 Freshman running back Derrius Guice rushed 16 times for 161 yards and a touchdown.

On one play, Guice appeared to channel his inner Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch as he threw off would-be tacklers with ease.

Sophomore running back Darrel Williams added 10 carries for 61 yards and two scores.

Having a multi-headed rushing game is proving a nightmare for opposing defenses to slow down.

LSU fans also had the chance to see Brandon Harris sling the ball around. The sophomore finished 18-of-28 for 228 yards and two touchdowns.

It was Harris’ best outing of the season by far. He made some impressive throws, including a touchdown pass to Malachi Dupre that had as much touch as anything Tom Brady has thrown this season.

As LSU gets into the heart of its Southeastern Conference slate, a balanced attack like the one on display Saturday will be crucial. The Tigers will be tough to beat if Harris can perform at a similar level while his backs continue to run over everything in their way.

The Bad LSU didn’t do a lot that I would describe as “bad” yesterday. There was one special teams blunder you’re probably thinking of, but that will get its own section.

South Carolina junior wide receiver Pharoh Cooper gave the LSU defense a hard time throughout the game. Cooper

had seven catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. He looked dangerous when he got the ball in his hands.

Plenty of the teams left on LSU’s schedule have a weapon or two that the Tigers will need to try to stop from getting the ball.

Unfortunately for South Carolina, Cooper seemed to be the only offensive threat the Gamecocks had.

Also, freshman running back Nick Brossette fumbled late in the game. LSU managed to recover it, but putting the ball on the ground is never good.

(Not so) special teams Once again, LSU’s special teams were not at their best once.

The glaring error allowed freshman cornerback Rashad Fenton to scamper 96 yards for a touchdown on a kickoff return. Fenton had a running lane a Campus Transit vehicle could drive through, and nobody had the proper speed or angle to run him down.

To make matters worse, the Tigers became part of history, and not in the good way.

Fenton’s score was the first time the Gamecocks returned a kickoff for a touchdown since 2002.

The Tigers’ special teams play needs to improve ahead of next weekend’s matchup against the University of Florida. One mistake against a top SEC foe could prove costly.

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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Taking away guns ineffective, harms law-abiding citizens SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist You don’t protect the law-abiding citizens by taking away their protection.

Earlier this week, a gunman shot and killed 10 and injured seven innocent people. This national tragedy inspired a wave of opinions regarding gun control: Could proper gun regulation have prevented this monstrosity?

President Barack Obama expressed his frustration towards these “regular” shootings. He believes harsher gun regulation would lower the frequency of homegrown acts of terrorism.

Luckily, Obama will not remain in office long enough to press this point.

Gun regulation is a perfect solution in a perfect world. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Criminals will continue to find guns through illegal means.

Gun restriction hurts the honest citizens obtaining guns legally.

During the shooting at Umpqua Community College, when Chris Mintz heard shots, he did everything in his power to save the unprotected. He ran back into the building to warn others, pulling alarms and blocking the shooter’s path. Unfortunately, Mintz was

shot seven times by the assailant, all on his child’s birthday.

Had Chris been carrying a a gun, he could have done more to stop the terrorist’s rampage.

Concealed carrying of firearms should be encouraged to deter terrorists’ public attacks.

Criminals have a variety of ways to obtain firearms. One of the most common is a straw purchase, in which they get a friend to buy guns for them. Illegal transactions with unlicensed street dealers and gun thefts are other alternatives to bypass these pesky gun laws.

Celinez Nunez, an assistant special agent of the ATF, told reporters 13 weapons were confiscated from the Oregon shooter’s residence and site of the killing.

All of the weapons were legally purchased by the shooter or members of his family.

ATF officials claim the majority of handguns used in crimes come from only about 8 percent of the nation’s guns dealers, implying certain licensed retailers are involved in illegal sales.

There are two main solutions to counteract these regular mass shootings — a crackdown on these illegal gun transactions or encouraging civilian concealed carrying.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can potentially monitor illegal

transactions, but this is impractical. Criminals will not be limited by this any more than they would gun regulation legislation.

The most effective solution is promoting civilian concealed carrying. This makes every attempt at terrorism more risky; the more civilians with guns, the less chance terrorists have at killing innocent people with no way to defend themselves.

The Congressional Research Service claims the number of privately owned firearms increased drastically from 192 million in 1994 to 310 million in 2009. Coincidentally, the rate of firearmrelated murder and nonnegligent homicide fell from 6.6 percent in 1993 to 3.2 percent in 2011.

There is an indirect relationship between the number of civilians with guns and the amount of gun-related crimes. With this knowledge, one would think to increase the number of civilians with guns — not limit them.

People believe that increasing the amount of guns amongst the population is a bad idea. This is understandable, as it seems statistically probable that increasing the amount of guns in the world will increase the amount of gunrelated conflict. This is a fallacy.

The New York Times proved concealed carry license holders are five times less likely to kill someone compared to the

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Amanda Calvert, a former student at Umpqua Community College, helps to spell the initials of the school with candles during a vigil at Stewart Park in Roseburg, Oregon, after a fatal shooting at the school. average citizen.

Obama praised Great Britain and Australia’s complete bans on firearms. Australia confiscated over 650,000 guns in response to an act of terrorism similar to the Umpqua Community College shooting.

This policy would not work in America. The seizure of so many guns would be impractical, and above all, unconstitutional. Our Second Amendment prohibits such strict gun control, and for a good reason.

Private ownership of guns offers one protection against the terrors of criminals. The

promotion of private ownership will hopefully deter criminals from committing such heinous crimes. In the event gun-related incidents still occur, civilians will still be able to defend themselves.

Gun control is a faux solution to terrorism. In today’s world, we must assume that criminals will always have access to guns. We must find different ways to combat this issue, and gun regulation is not the solution.

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

Christopher Columbus doesn’t deserve his own holiday ENTITLED MILLENIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist In fourteen hundred ninetytwo, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. “Indians! Indians!” Columbus cried. His heart was filled with joyful pride.

Remember that cute poem you learned in elementary school to help you remember Christopher Columbus? Well, reality wasn’t so poetic. Columbus was a hostile invader who didn’t discover anything, and he isn’t a man we should celebrate today — or ever.

Columbus is described as a terrorizing dictator, rather than an explorer. He arrived on

foreign land and enslaved the native people for his personal gain, setting off one of the largest genocides in history. We shouldn’t romanticize Columbus’ actions.

“With 50 men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them,” Columbus wrote in his journal two days after his arrival in the West Indies.

There was never a peaceful moment between Columbus and the Native Americans.

It’s important to understand the context before fully condemning Columbus. Spain’s king and queen promised Columbus 10 percent of his findings and governorship over newly discovered lands. When he arrived in the West Indies, he saw what he believed to be primitive people wearing gold jewelry.

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Because Europeans had a terrible territorial complex and Columbus had an incentive to find gold, he took some of the Native Americans as prisoners and forced them to show him where the gold was. After, he brought them back to Spain as slaves, but many of them died on the ship before making it to Europe.

Columbus was also misguided in where he thought he was.

He thought he landed in islands around Asia and never knew he was really in the Caribbean Islands. In fact, he thought Cuba was the natives’ word for Japan.

Americans are also misguided about his arrival. We like to say Columbus discovered America, and I understand why we say that phrase. It implies America was an unclaimed

treasure waiting to be discovered, and it sounds much prettier than “Columbus stole America and murdered millions of indigenous people within six years.”

But we’re not comfortable saying that. First off, it’s a mouthful. It takes up 82 of the 140 characters on Twitter, which hardly leaves any room.

Second, it’s easy to pretend Columbus discovered a new world full of primitive people and undeveloped land. We like to think of Columbus as a hero who brought the Native Americans into the modern world. It makes white people look like saviors instead of invaders.

Columbus is an important figure in American history, and we shouldn’t forget or ignore him.

But he doesn’t deserve his own

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holiday. If anything, we need a holiday dedicated to Native Americans and their history.

Some cities around the country already do this, including Seattle, Minneapolis and Berkeley, California. These cities renamed Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day, and it’s time the country as a whole adopted Indigenous People’s Day. I’m not advocating erasing history, but I am saying we shouldn’t glorify a man who murdered and enslaved Native Americans. So, happy Indigenous People’s Day everyone.

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Quote of the Day ‘Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.’

Christopher Columbus explorer Oct, 1451 — May 20, 1506

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THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Pulsate 6 “__ the night before Christmas...”

10 __ up; absorb 14 Baton __, LA 15 Hawaiian island 16 Yen 17 “La Bohème” or “Carmen” 18 Ensnare 19 Nuisance; headache 20 Abandoned 22 Soft color 24 Thailand, once 25 Goes over 26 “Alice __ Live Here Anymore” 29 Went public with 30 Climbing plant 31 __ up; prepares 33 Bursting at the __; overfull 37 Swerve 39 Passenger 41 Bit of rain 42 Finished 44 Suffers defeat 46 Pres. Arthur’s monogram 47 “Terrific!”

49 Explosions 51 Piled 54 Forest animal 55 Debated 56 Broad-minded 60 Dull speaker 61 Tow; lug 63 Part of a baseball cap 64 Finished 65 Yearn 66 Steer clear of 67 Palmer’s pegs 68 Nervous 69 Good judgment 1 2 3 4

DOWN __ on; trampled Bob who sang “Thanks for the Memory” Regrets Mean woman in a fairy tale

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 40 43

Carrying Tribal pole Actress Sela Cry of discovery Evening meal Diminished Give a speech VP Spiro __ __ over; faints Idaho export Rosary prayers, for short Heeds one’s alarm clock Headfirst plunge Baker’s need Observed Passion Felt sick Circle portions Castle trench Hot tubs Lifesavers Nonconformist Ellington of jazz

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45 Coat parts 48 Sell on the street 50 Show up 51 Wooden shoe 52 Treasure __; valuable collection 53 Concur

54 Pooch, to a toddler 56 Powdered drink 57 As comfortable __ old shoe 58 Gives a silent assent 59 Palm or pine 62 TV’s Serling

The Daily Reveille

Monday, October 12, 2015 LAW CENTER, from page 1 to the ranking publications.

The National Jurist Magazine took student debt accrued in tuition and cost of living into account while University of North Carolina law professor Alfred Brophy’s Top 10 Most Underrated Law Schools partially based rankings on citations against law schools and compared his findings to the measures of the U.S. News rankings.

Second year Law Center

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student Arielle Minor said the ranking on the Best Value Law School list reflects the education students receive at the Law Center.

“LSU has definitely made conscious efforts to make it a best value law school,” Minor said. “Students are getting jobs coming out of here, we have really high employment rates especially out of graduation, and we have a really high bar passage rate.”

Of the 98 percent of the Law Center’s 2014 class who

responded to a survey 10 months post graduation, 94 percent reported they were employed, according to the Law Center’s website. Approximately 81 percent of those graduates said their employment depended on bar passage.

Second year Law Center student Jack Zeringue said he feels “more confident” about the bar exam after seeing the recent passage rates of Law Center students.

“The passage rate really goes to show the work our teachers

page 7 put into educating the students and getting them prepared for the bar exam and the real world,” Zeringue said.

Of all LSU law students who took the exam in July, 78 percent passed the exam with 82.73 percent of those taking the

exam for the first time passing, according to a Law Center news release.

The Law Center’s overall passage rate of 78 percent surpassed the state average of 61.89 percent by a greater margin than achieved in 2014.

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The Daily Reveille

page 8 DIVERSITY, from page 1 bathroom legislation, said every campus minority faces distinctive day-to-day struggles.

“We all deal with different issues,” Guerra said. “Sometimes people understand our issues to some level but not really how to fix them. It’s kind of frustrating,

HOSPITALITY, from page 1 out the window.

When Tiger Stadium became the relocation for the LSU versus University of South Carolina contest, football proved only a part of life, but a part strong enough to bring more than school pride.

“They sounded just like 100,000 to me,” said LSU coach Les Miles when asked about Saturday’s crowd. “There was a very loyal contingent that was in that stadium. They made a lot of noise. It was very much like Tiger Stadium.”

Saturday’s noticeably smaller following for the purple and gold, who made it to campus despite a non-scheduled “home” game, watched their “away” Tigers defeat the pesky Gamecocks, 45-24.

But what the LSU community, who couldn’t be more familiar with weather-related tragedies, did for South Carolina flood victims was far more important.

South Carolina radiologic science junior Stormy Webber and her boyfriend Stephen Boneparte — Columbia, South Carolina, natives — said they traveled roughly 13 hours to Baton Rouge to support their Gamecocks.

The pair originally had tickets to the game at WilliamsBrice Stadium, but the “beautiful nature disaster,” as Webber sarcastically joked, threw a wrench in that plan. Neither had visited Baton Rouge, but Webber heads to her parents hometown of Monroe, Louisiana, every Christmas.

Boneparte waited a few years to see LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette in action, so a trip to the deep South was worth it.

They took in the sights on Friday and visited Mike the Tiger. Wearing garnet and black as they walked around Saturday, they were treated to shots at The Chimes Restaurant and Taproom and people went out of their way to welcome them at gas stations.

In an “eye-opening” week, during which Boneparte lost a friend when her car crashed into a pit and was flooded to the point where she couldn’t get out, Baton Rouge residents’ generosity for the people of Columbia and South Carolina were on full display.

“Y’all have done more for us than Clemson [University] has, and it’s in the same state,” Boneparte said.

The sentiment was the same from three other South Carolina fans, who all now live outside the state. Terry Craft, a 65-year-old employee relations manager for BASF in Geismar, Louisiana, was joined by Orlando residents Richard Morris, a 61-year-old doctor, and Butch Hinson, a 64-year-old customer support manager for an electronics company.

but I’ve learned to be patient.”

When discussing how to correctly handle on-campus social activism, Lewis mentioned the Suspect:Vague demonstration held last semester after students felt LSUPD sent out a vague description endangering any student matching the depiction.

Support systems were also

a main point for the meeting, as Lewis and Dejan-Moore listed several LSU departments catering to minority students, including LSUPD, the Office of Diversity and SG. SG president Andrew Mahtook spoke on SG’s commitment to minority students and how organizations can receive funding.

Monday, October 12, 2015 “Student Government obviously strives to represent all students,” Mahtook said. “This year we’re really making a big push to be inclusive of all students like our constitution says.”

Dejan-Moore said the purpose of this meeting was to pave the way for future discussions about minority issues at LSU. She said

‘Y’all have done more for us than Clemson [University] has, and it’s in the same state.’

STEPHEN BONEPARTE visiting South Carolina fan When Morris and Hinson saw the garnet and black at Craft’s tent, they parked their vehicle and became acquainted quickly.

“When you meet a fellow Gamecock, you are automatic friends,” Morris said.

Although none of the trio were directly affected by the flood, they knew LSU fans would treat fellow Palmetto state residents and fans differently than they would for a normal SEC matchup.

“We’re used to running the gauntlet, if you know what I mean,” Morris said. “Younger fans will get in your face and tell [you] you’re, ‘Gator bait,’ and all that. I don’t expect much of that because they’re sensitive to our situation back home.”

Four South Carolina freshmen, who are originally from Greenville, South Carolina, and evacuated before the flooding worsened, arrived in Baton Rouge by way of New Orleans and purchased $5 student tickets.

As they walked around Mike the Tiger’s cage, an LSU fan approached them.

“We’ve been praying for you guys, praying for your home state” the LSU fan said.

“We’ve been there. I lived in a camper for two and half years after [Hurricanes] Rita and Katrina.”

When the fan approached, the four were only there for a couple of hours, but it wasn’t the first time someone in purple and gold went out of their way to show kindness. It was their first SEC road trip, too.

“Every tailgate we’ve walked past, people asked us if we want anything,” said Mitchell Touchton, an international business major from South Carolina. “Like something to drink, something to eat. It’s been pretty cool.”

Inside the stadium, the LSU Tiger Band did its best rendition of the South Carolina band, the Mighty Sound of the Southeast, performing the Gamecocks’ alma mater and fight song before kickoff.

The stadium even showed South Carolina’s hype video and blared Darude’s “Sandstorm,” as South Carolina fans shook white towels.

Glimmering in the corner of the student section, the Painted Posse emblazoned the words “SEC United” across their torsos.

A community united, it was.

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she hopes it will open the way for more collaboration among minority organizations.

“We rarely collaborate,” Dejan-Moore said. “We really do need to start working with each other and talking to each other more. We see each other’s names and faces all the time, but we never actually talk to each other.”