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Chemistry senior balances life as beauty pageant contestant and student

BY Rose Velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Underneath all the glitz and glamour of the pageant lifestyle, Miss Pelican State Mariah Gewin is fascinated by the little things in life — atoms and molecules.

With multiple state and festival titles under her belt, Gewin — a chemistry senior — has been competing in pageants since she was 6 years old, but she’s more than just a beauty queen: She’s a student and a researcher.

“I find that I am a very analytical person, and that’s what chemistry is,” Gewin said. “It’s all analytical work, and we’re figuring out how things work and we’re looking at the little things.”

Gewin did her undergraduate research with chemistry professor John Pojman, who specializes in working with polymers. She helped him find a method to track frontal polymerization, the process of forming a polymer from monomer molecules through a selfreproducing reaction.

“The work ended up getting published because before that, there weren’t very many methods to actually figure out how to track something that you can’t see with the eye because it’s heat, and you can’t always see heat,” Gewin said.

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Chemistry senior Mariah Gewin promotes women in science while competing in pageants such as Miss Pelican State and Miss Louisiana.

Middleton Library’s extended hours are back, one day after the 24/5 schedule was suspended temporarily, said Sigrid Kelsey, director of library communications and publications.

The extended schedule was cancelled on Sunday because the security company was suspended from working with the University by the state.

“From what I understand, LSU told us that effective immediately, this company was longer allowed to work for LSU until they became compliant, and compliant with what, I’m not sure,” Kelsey said Sunday. “There must be some sort of state guidelines.”

Kelsey said security guards are now back for evening hours.

A temporary security contract with Lofton Staffing Services is in place, Kelsey said.

“We anticipate that the 24/5 hours won’t have anymore interruption,” Kelsey said.

Kelsey said she does not have further information on security company that was fired.

Extended library hours were first introduced this semester to offer a place that students can consistently study on campus.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Patrick F. Taylor groundbreaking highlights largest academic facility in Louisiana

BY Deanna Narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

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LSU President F. King Alexander [left], Gov. Bobby Jindal [middle] and other contributors to the Patrick F. Taylor renovation break ground Monday at Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

Given Monday’s overcast and cold weather, boxes of dirt were moved indoors for the groundbreaking ceremony for what is to be the largest academic facility in the state.

The expansion and renovation of Patrick F. Taylor Hall was kicked off by Gov. Bobby Jindal, widow of the building’s namesake Phyllis Taylor, LSU President

F. King Alexander and Richard Koubek, dean of the College of Engineering.

“This is not just about bricks and mortar. This is not just about facilities,” Jindal said. “The most important thing we’re here to celebrate today are the people that are going to use these facilities — it’s the faculty, the staff and the students.”

Jindal said the building is a piece in a greater puzzle — the state economy. He said the $110 million project would fuel the

need for skilled workers in the economy and keep the growing college able to produce graduates who will have higher chances of getting jobs than ever before.

“Today, we have higher exports, GDP and higher incomes than ever before, all across Louisiana,” Jindal said.

“More people are working than ever before.”

The college has grown

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PHILADELPHIA — A pontiff who has long championed humble acts — sneaking off to break bread with the homeless as an archbishop and washing the feet of young prisoners early in his papacy — is coming to the City of Brotherly Love.

Pope Francis confirmed Monday that he will make his first papal visit to the United States with a trip to Philadelphia in September for the World Meeting of Families, a conference held every three years in a different city to celebrate the importance of family.

Francis’ announcement at an interreligious Vatican conference on traditional family values ended months of lobbying and speculation. It will be the second papal visit to Philadelphia — John Paul II celebrated Mass in the city in 1979 — and the first papal visit to the U.S. in eight years.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at a news conference, called it a “joyous day.”

Nutter, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, the conference’s organizer, met with Francis at the Vatican in March and personally invited him to

the city.

Vatican officials toured the city in May and President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Congress have extended invitations.

Just last week, more than 10,000 Philadelphia Catholic schoolchildren sent handwritten notes encouraging the 77-year-old Francis to make the visit.

The pope is also expected to visit New York and Washington, but Vatican officials would not confirm those legs of the trip Monday.

The pope “wanted to guarantee his presence to the organizers of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia 2015, but for the rest I have nothing to say, no concrete information to give,” Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters.

The Vatican’s envoy to the United Nations strongly hinted last week that Francis would visit New York to address world leaders at the General Assembly, saying the coming 70th anniversary of the world body would be “the ideal time.”

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s representative to the U.N., told The Associated Press that “if he comes to

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Francis’ visit will come at a time when the U.S. church is trying to keep Catholics in the fold, including Latino immigrants who have been joining Protestant churches or leaving organized religion in significant numbers.

Expectations will also be high for him to address the clergy sex

abuse scandals. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, met privately with victims on his April 2008 visit to Washington D.C. and New York City.

Chaput, at the Vatican for Francis’ announcement Monday, said he “applauded the loudest” of the people cheering the news, “because we’re very, very grateful for this opportunity.”

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European Union proposal could punish Israel for settlements THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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JERUSALEM — An internal European Union document proposes unspecified “actions” against Israel for its settlement activities in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, reflecting unhappiness with the lack of progress in Mideast peace efforts.

The document, known as a “nonpaper,” is a proposal that is meant to serve as a basis for discussion among the EU’s 28 member states. While it is far from becoming policy, the document noted that it was drawn up with “inputs” by member states, indicating at least some support for the proposals.

The document calls for unspecified moves against European companies operating in Israeli settlements. It also proposes actions against settlers themselves, including a “no contact” policy toward settler organizations, and a refusal “to engage with settlers,” including public figures who oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The proposals reflect European frustration over the lack of progress in peace efforts.

The last round of U.S.brokered talks collapsed in April. Since then, Israel fought a 50-day war against Hamas

militants in the Gaza Strip and advanced plans to build hundreds of new homes in Jewish areas of east Jerusalem, the section of the city captured by Israel in 1967 and claimed by the Palestinians as their capital. Israel has also experienced deadly unrest surrounding Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

The EU document was first published Monday by Israel’s Haaretz daily.

At a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini played down the document.

“It certainly was not on the ministers’ table today and it was not at the heart of today’s discussion,” she said. “There was certainly no question of isolating or sanctioning anybody, rather how can we re-motivate people to get into a dialogue again.”

In a statement, the ministers said future relations with both Israel and the Palestinians would depend “on their engagement toward a lasting peace based on a two-state solution.”

Speaking with his German counterpart Sunday, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said attempts to link Israel’s relations with Europe to progress in peace talks are “misguided.”

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Politics

Black Conservatives Fund campaigns for Cassidy in Senate runoff Black independent voters targeted by Republican efforts

Republican Party needs to start a conversation with the minority population if it hopes to one day make a change.

BY Savanah Dickinson “Parties are starting to look sdickinson@lsureveille.com at the demographic changes in the country,” Mann said.

The Black ConservaThe Black Conservatives tives Fund is placing boots Fund is trying to spark a on the ground in Louisiana change in the conversation. as the U.S. Senate runoff It’s reaching out to black inheats up. dependent voters, expectLast summer, the Black ing the black conservatives Conservatives Fund fought to show up to the polls on Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Election Day. trying to sway African“What I want to do is touch American support to Rep. those black independents Bill Cassidy, R-La. who aren’t politically active Since the runoff was pro- and inform them of the disasjected, Ali Akbar, senior ad- ter that is Mary Landrieu,” viser to the Black Conserva- Akbar said. tives Fund’s board, said the Akbar said the goal is inorganization has prepared for forming as many black voters its ground invasion. Now, mem- as possible and preparing them bers of the Black Conserva- for future elections. tives Fund are phone banking Mann said while he expects and door knockCassidy to win ing, reaching out regardless of the ‘What I want to do to the AfricanBlack Conservais touch those black tives Fund’s efA m e r i c a n community. forts, he believes independents who Since the their work is aren’t politically active 2012 presidential necessary in the election, the Re- and inform them of the long run. disaster that is publican Party The Black has expressed C o n s e r v at ive s Mary Landrieu.’ its interest in Fund will mail reaching out to “controversial” ALI AKBAR, minorities. cards to a tarBCF senior board adviser Political pargeted group this ties are adapting week.

Akbar for the nation’s shift to a major- said the first printer refused to ity minority population, said make the cards. mass communication profes“I expect the Landrieu camp sor Robert Mann. He said the to come out on the record, and

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it will probably piss them off,” Akbar said.

The Black Conservatives Fund is mailing these cards to disrupt Landrieu’s voting base.

Akbar said he doesn’t expect the Black Conservatives Fund to touch all of Louisiana’s black voters, but he would like to see Cassidy perform better in the runoff election.

According to exit polls, Cassidy received 3 percent of the African-American vote while Landrieu received 94 percent. Akbar called Cassidy’s 3 percent unacceptably low.

The average percentage of African-American votes for a Republican candidate is 5

percent, Mann said.

Col. Rob Maness received 1 percent of the AfricanAmerican vote; third party candidates also received 1 percent.

If you add these together, Mann said, there’s only a minuscule difference. Cassidy’s numbers are not much lower than the average, and voters cannot read into them.

Akbar said the Black Conservatives Fund is also battling the power the Landrieu name holds in the state’s AfricanAmerican community.

However, Mann said Landrieu received the same percentage of black votes

any strong Democratic candidate would receive, and her family’s name does not make a difference.

“In a really competitive race, Democrats tend to get 90 to 95 percent of the black vote regardless of whether their name is Landrieu or not,” Mann said.

Akbar said it’s difficult to sway black voters to Cassidy, a white male Republican. But Mann attributed this difficulty to Cassidy’s party, not his race.

Mann said black Republicans have difficulty gaining the black vote. African-Americans have monolithic voting tendencies and have decided to vote along certain party lines since the 1960s. Before, African-Americans tended to vote for Republicans because they associated Democrats with racial segregation and the Jim Crow laws.

“The Republicans were seen as the party of Lincoln that still was open to civil rights,” Mann said.

In 1964, Democratic President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law.

Mann said that was when African-Americans began to look at Democrats in a new light.

“By the ’70s, the whole landscape of the country changed.

Blacks saw the Democratic Party as protecting their interests and saw the Republican Party as the party that was speaking up for white conservatives,” Mann said.

Honors College

Student literary magazine to host poetry slam, open mic night BY lauren Guillot lguillot@lsureveille.com Students looking to show off their writing or performance skills can attend the Poetry Slam and Open Mic night hosted

by Fusion, the Honors College literary magazine.

Writers from around the University will gather in the West Laville Library on Nov. 19 at 8:30 p.m. to participate in the event.

The evening will begin with a poetry slam competition with small prizes for the winners. After the slam, the event will transition to open mic. Taylor Lanson, president of Fusion, said the open mic is open to all students wanting to perform their work.

“Anyone can get up and perform anything that they want,” Lanson said. “You don’t even have to perform something that you’ve written, just anything that you’ve read, or one semester we had someone read from their diary. It’s just really open and casual.”

Lanson said the open event aims to strengthen the University’s writing community.

“It serves the purpose to get writers on campus in the same room together so they can talk, exchange ideas and just get to get to know each other better,” Lanson said. “Writing is a very individual process, and a lot of people don’t feel comfortable presenting their work and taking that first step to getting their work published. So we’re trying to push that idea that you can be comfortable with your work and present it to your peers.”

Lanson said this year, Fusion tried to spread the word about the event outside the Honors College.

“We’re marketing it more along the lines of a casual open mic night to where you don’t have to feel like you’re being judged. It’s not like you’re going to be critiqued by anyone,” Lanson said. “We will have professional speakers at the beginning of the event, but I just want to stress the point

that anyone can come out and present their work.”

The event will have two special guests: Elizabeth Clausen, an Honors College alumna, and Bill Moran, a graduate student in creative writing.

David Judd, vice president of Fusion, said Clausen will talk with the students and answer questions about her life as a writer.

“In the past we’ve had a professor give a presentation on slam poetry or something like that, but this year, it will be a little different in that respect,” Judd said. “Maybe more aspiring writers will show up because they’ll get to network and ask this girl questions about what its like to be a writer and her experience and what not.”

Judd said student writers should feel welcome to show off their prose among peers.

“If you write poetry or fiction or anything, it’s always good to get together with other people who are also artistic in that respect,” Judd said.

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Happy's Running Club Weekly Run - Downtown Baton Rouge Dance Class - Gus Young Park Baton Rouge CC Men's Basketball - Bonne Sant Wellness Center Cajun Bead Crafts - Cajun Bead Crafts Grief Support Groups - Life Source Service Hospice

6:30 PM

Survivors of Suicide Support Group - Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center TECHE Talks - St. Peter Branch Library

7:00 PM 8:00 PM

Team Trivia - George's Place

8:30 PM

Louisiana State Men's Basketball - Pete Maravich Assembly Center-LSU

ALL DAY

Accalia and the Swamp Monster - LSU Museum of Art LeRoy Neiman: Action! - LSU Museum of Art Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn - Louisiana State Museum/Capitol Museum Wild Land - West Baton Rouge Museum LSU Leisure Classes - LSU Student Union

The Floozies - Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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page 4 pageant, from page 1 While putting on an evening gown or strutting across the stage for the swimsuit round can be fun, Gewin said she also uses pageants to stand for issues she’s passionate about. In her pageant career, Gewin represents two platforms: women in science and coastal wetland conservation.

“Being a feminist, I believe that men and women should have equal opportunities, and I feel that there just aren’t enough women in science,” Gewin said.

Gewin said many women often feel having children means they have to take jobs that allow them to provide and be available to their families. However, having a family doesn’t mean a woman’s life has to come to a standstill,

groundbreaking, from page 1 by 50 percent in the last five years, making it the 18th largest engineering program in the state, and largest college at the University.

The renovated engineering complex will hold more than 400,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and other student spaces.

The building project is set to finish in 2017.

Fundraising for PFT began officially in 2013 when Taylor committed $15 million to the “Breaking New Ground” campaign. The campaign proceeded to raise $55 million in only nine months.

The state matched the $55 million for the project, which will allow 60 more faculty offices, new equipment to all of the laboratories and an extension of about 80,000 square feet for chemical engineering students.

“Stop for a moment and think,” Taylor addressed the ceremony attendees. “That 50 million dollars of public funds came from somewhere. It came from each and every one of you as taxpayers.”

Jindal said the Taylor family has been involved financially in many of the state’s efforts for education, including TOPS, K-12 and other higher education initiatives.

Taylor said her husband, Patrick Taylor, was concerned with three things — LSU, education and engineering.

Alexander said that 15 years ago, the college struggled to recruit students. Now, as its number of annual graduates gets closer to 1,000, it is one of the fastest-growing in the country.

“You have to remember this nation only graduates 90,000, so we’re reshaping not just this region but the nation,” Alexander said.

After many thanks to the more than 500 donors for the building project, the team of executives and administrators turned over the boxed dirt with golden shovels decorated with purple ribbons.

and a career in science is still the gym for her daily two-hour an option. workout and brings her meals Gewin said she has many and protein shakes with her so memories of she can keep up spending time on ‘Originally, I thought it with her dietary the bayou with regimen on the was just walking on a her parents and stage and being pretty, go. While the ingrandparents. She is passionate about but actually, I found that terview portion protecting the wet- it really does open a lot of of the competidoors to you.’ lands because they tion is intimiare a unique part dating, Gewin mariah gewin, of the Louisiana said she finds history and land- Miss Pelican State and chemistry senior time to pracscape and serve tice by keepas a habitat to many indigenous ing a thoughtful mindset in species. her everyday conversations.

For Gewin, balancing the life She also keeps up with current of a national pageant competitor events to form knowledgeable and college student is all about opinions. making it work. From the gym At her mother’s request, to class to pageant practice, she Gewin made her first pageant finds little ways to incorporate appearance at the age of 6. Deher pageant career into her spite winning third runner-up, everyday life.

Gewin said wearing the lace After class, Gewin heads to gowns and having big curly hair

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 wasn’t enjoyable for her at such a young age.

Her mother decided to pull her from pageants until she was old enough to decide for herself whether or not she wanted to compete. When she was 14, Gewin won her first festival pageant in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and said she fell in love with the experience.

“Originally, I thought that it was just walking on a stage and being pretty, but actually, I found that it really does open a lot of doors to you,” Gewin said.

She continued to compete in the festival circuit until she quit for two years at 17.

Gewin re-entered pageants and began competing at the national level at 19 when a preliminary director asked her to compete in the Miss Louisiana USA pageant. Gewin has competed in the national circuit for

the last five years.

Gewin said competing in pageants has also taught her valuable life skills.

“With these five years of interview training that I’ve had, I feel like I could conquer any job interview that I have,” Gewin said. “I feel like everything that I’ve done really transfers into the real world as well.”

Pageants allowed Gewin to participate in various volunteer opportunities, such as raising money for charity and working with coastal wetland conservation projects.

When she was younger, Gewin said she considered a career in modeling, but at 5-foot-2, was too short.

Since competing in pageants, Gewin has had the opportunity to fulfill this dream and model for various designers, including national designer Mac Duggal.

lgbt

BR scores below national average for equality

BY Rose Velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com

With multiple failed attempts at passing anti-discrimination legislation, Baton Rouge is one of the least LGBT-friendly cities in the country.

According to the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index, a national evaluation of municipal law, Baton Rouge scored below the national average for LGBT equality for 2014.

Since 2012, HRC, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, released MEI to document progress on behalf of the LGBT community and highlight areas for improvement.

On the report card, Baton Rouge scored 22 out of 100 possible points — 37 points below the national average.

“It’s such a conservative town, but why people can’t get on board with equality is beyond me,” said social work professor Elaine Maccio.

With a score of 83 points, New Orleans was the only Louisiana city out of the four graded to meet or exceed the national average. Other cities rated include Metairie and Shreveport.

According to the MEI report, scores are calculated based on a city’s laws, policies, benefits and services that affect the local LGBT community. Scores cannot exceed 100 points, but bonus points are available for actions and programs applicable to some but not all cities.

Of the report card’s six categories, Baton Rouge received scores in three categories — municipality as employer, law enforcement and relationship with the LGBT community.

Baton Rouge failed to receive points for non-discrimination laws, which can be awarded for policies at the state, city or county level.

Within the categories listed above, points were awarded for non-discrimination in city employment, an LGBT police

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Social work professor Elaine Maccio said she doesn’t understand why Baton Rouge can’t get on board with equality. liaison or task force, leadership’s public position on LGBT equality and leadership’s pro-equality legislative and policy efforts.

Mass communication graduate student Tucker Barry, graduate coordinator for the LGBTQ Project and Safe Space Campaign in the Office of Multicultural Affairs and managing director of Equality Louisiana, said two major events in the last year have brought LGBT issues into the spotlight.

The first being the exposure of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office’s sting operation that targeted gay men consenting to sex in a private location, which is considered illegal under the state’s unenforceable crime against nature law, Barry said.

“When it came to light, it created a lot of community conversation and gave LGBT advocates in the community a really good opportunity to work with the sheriff’s office to highlight an issue that a lot of people don’t

know is the kind of thing that’s happening,” Barry said.

Maccio said the Supreme Court’s 2003 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas deemed anti-sodomy laws, which prohibit the performance of oral and anal sex, unconstitutional.

According to a report by The Daily Reveille, a bill to repeal unenforceable laws, including the controversial crime against nature law, which prohibits the performance of oral and anal sex, was terminated by Louisiana lawmakers in April.

The second major event was the Baton Rouge fairness ordinance, a ban on discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation which failed to pass, Barry said.

“When you have [the Baton Rouge Metro Council] voting against banning discrimination, effectively codifying discrimination, or, if not codifying it, at least making

it OK, that’s embarrassing,” Maccio said.

While the ordinance ultimately failed, Barry said it was the first time members of the business community came together to make a clear stand for employment protections for the LGBT community.

“I’m looking forward to the metro council at some point soon banning discrimination against any group, including LGBT people, a group that is documented to be discriminated against,” Maccio said.

In 2012, Maccio and students in her Social Work with LGBT People course worked with the Capital City Alliance to conduct a study surveying the local LGBT community based on their personal experiences with housing, employment and public accommodations.

Maccio said multiple LGBT individuals shared stories of discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Sports

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Fans should not take part in useless debate THE CUBAN CANNON

Deemer brings scoring touch to Lady Tigers

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BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com LSU freshman guard Jenna Deemer finds a hole in Sam Houston State’s zone defense and cuts into the open space on the left wing.

Seconds later, junior guard Anne Pedersen swings the ball out to Deemer, who coolly drains the long-range 3-pointer.

The lights may be brighter in the PMAC, and the colors on her jersey may be purple and gold, but on the court, Deemer is the same player she always has been — a shooter.

After scoring 1,715 points in her high school career at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, Deemer came to LSU a proven scorer and has embraced her responsibility to spark the Lady Tigers’ offense with perimeter shots.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell recruited Deemer for her ability to shoot and her smart play, allowing Deemer to contribute immediately.

“You have to know where [Deemer is] at all times on the floor,” Caldwell said. “If you

don’t, she is going to make you pay for it. She welcomes [this responsibility]. She’ll be the first one to tell you — ‘I have to make shots.’”

Deemer has played a key role in LSU’s offense coming off the bench, leading the Lady Tigers’ bench with 23 points.

In the Lady Tigers’ two preseason exhibitions, Deemer led LSU with 40 combined points and shot 86.7 percent from the field, including 7-for-10 from behind the 3-point line.

“It’s great to come out and succeed in those first couple of games because everybody’s waiting to see what you can do on this level or if you’re good enough to be on this level,” Deemer said.

“Just to come out like I did was a blessing for me.”

But Deemer struggled against tougher defensive pressure in the regular season opener against the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, scoring only seven points on 2-for-5 shooting.

Deemer bounced back in the Tigers’ second game against Sam

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LSU freshman guard Jenna Deemer (1) shoots the ball Nov. 5 when the LSU women’s basketball team defeated Loyola 93-71 in the PMAC.

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You are not going to know who is making the College Football Playoff until the end of the season. Wasting your time debating who gets in now is a sad way to live.

The College Football Playoff Rankings will come out for the third time tonight, and, unfortunately, millions will watch it. Fans will watch as they fi nd out which teams would make the playoffs if the season ended today.

The problem, of course, is the season doesn’t end this week. There are three weeks of football left, including conference championship games and the plethora of rivalry games during Thanksgiving weekend. Nobody knows what’s going to happen in those fi nal weeks.

This has not stopped Twitter and nearly every television and radio talking head from getting up in arms about which teams were left out of the rankings. The

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Gray, Tigers face first power-conference test against Texas Tech

BY MICHAEL HAARALA mhaarala@lsureveille.com One game down, 30 to go.

After the LSU men’s basketball team’s season-opening win against Gardner-Webb, the Tigers look to build on their success against Texas Tech (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) tonight.

The game also will have special significance for junior guard Josh Gray, who began his collegiate basketball career with the Red Raiders in 2012-13. “[Coach Tubby Smith] said the opportunity was there for me to stay at Texas Tech or to leave, and he told me what he could do for me and what he could do to help me become a better point guard,” Gray said. “I just felt like at the end of the day, it wasn’t the place

for me.”

Gray left Texas Tech and transferred to Odessa College, where he averaged more than 30 points per game before transferring to LSU in 2014.

It has been two years since Gray was in Lubbock, Texas, and although the system is the same, the players are not.

“I’m very familiar with the plays they run,” Gray said.

“But I don’t know a whole lot about the new guys they have.”

In the game against Gardner-Webb, sophomore forwards Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey led the Tigers in scoring with 21 points each.

Junior guard Keith Hornsby and Gray hit 18 and 17 points, respectively.

“We just have to keep playing hard. Me and Mickey, we can play off each other,”

Martin said. “We have a good group of teammates who are very unselfish and can get everyone the ball. We like to create opportunities where it will be easy for us to score.”

The Red Raiders will be the fi rst major conference opponent for LSU and could prove to be the Tigers’ fi rst real test of the season.

Last year, LSU squeaked out a 71-69 win against Texas Tech.

Texas Tech won its fi rst game of the season against Loyola Maryland, with freshman center Norense Odiase recording 16 points and 10 rebounds in the 71-59 victory.

Odiase became the fi rst Texas Tech player to start a season opener and to record a double-double

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LSU junior guard Josh Gray (5) runs past defending senior guard Tyler Strange (2) Saturday during the Tigers’ 93-82 victory against Gardner-Webb in the PMAC.

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BY Brian Pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com Whether in the classroom or on the court, many freshmen face a difficult transition from high school to college. It takes time to adjust to new surroundings.

Freshman center Alliyah Fareo from Sydney, Australia, has to make her transition to college while also learning a whole new culture.

In the Lady Tigers’ early season action, Fareo’s stats are underwhelming. The freshman is averaging less than 1 point and 1.7 rebounds per game, but LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said her biggest contribution doesn’t come from totaling large stats.

“I like her physical play right now at the five and just how hard she plays,” Caldwell said. “She does a really nice job of really trying to run the floor and put a little bit more pressure on the defense to get back in transition. She may not even get the basketball, but she’s doing those types of things that don’t necessarily show up here on the stat sheet, but I definitely keep a mental note.”

Fareo is the only center on LSU’s roster and the tallest player on the team, along with junior forward Ann Jones, at 6-foot3-inches. Jones said she is helping Fareo make the jump to the college game.

“For any freshman coming in, it could be challenging, and coming from a whole different background is going to be challenging, but I believe Alliyah adjusts well,” Jones said. “She adjusts really well to everything that comes her way. She’s very coachable. She tries to learn everything and if she doesn’t understand, she asks questions. It’s just part of the process for her.”

The Lady Tigers run a large number of three-guard sets in place of a center for a more effective press defense, but Fareo is averaging 10.3 minutes per game.

Caldwell said she has no worries having a freshman carry a large load for LSU because she can mix up the Lady Tigers’ defense to help Fareo as she learns the college game.

“We do tend to lend support because when we have to change up our defense. We can do some things out of our five to give her time to get around,” Caldwell said.

“She’ll get better, but again, she’s very active. She’s very mobile, and she brings a toughness inside as well.”

Fareo said Jones and senior forward Sheila Boykin have helped her with learning the plays, but sophomore guard and Japan-native Rina Hill has helped Fareo adapt to the United States. “[Rina has] really helped me get through some days when I’m like, ‘Man, I don’t understand this part of this play,’ and then she kind of translates it and breaks it down for me, which helps,” Fareo said.

Fareo has her share of off-thecourt adjustments to make, too.

She said the humidity and size of food portions in Baton Rouge have been the hardest parts of her transition to overcome.

Fareo said she misses living near the beach, but she misses her family the most. The Lady Tigers have road games in

California on Dec. 16 and 19, and Fareo’s mom is meeting her there for the winter holidays.

“Mom is coming over for Christmas,” Fareo said. “I can’t wait. It’s one thing to be FaceTiming, but it’ll be nice to see them.”

Player of the Week honor BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com LSU volleyball junior libero Haley Smith earned her first Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor of the season, the league office announced Monday.

Smith became the 15th

player in LSU history to eclipse 1,000 career digs Sunday when she tallied a career-high 30 digs in the Tigers’ five-set loss to Mississippi State.

She averaged 5.78 digs per set as the Tigers held Tennessee and Mississippi State to a combined .105 hitting percentage.

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LSU junior libero Haley Smith (15) returns the ball during the Tigers’ 3-1 victory against Georgia on Oct. 26.

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in his debut. The Red Raiders had three other players scoring double digits in junior guards Toddrick Gotcher and Devaugntah Williams and freshman guard Keenan Evans. Thirty-eight of the team’s points came from the bench, a strong suit for Texas Tech.

To minimize the impact of Texas Tech’s bench in the game against the Tigers, Martin said LSU must play tough defense and treat every player like a starter.

“There are only five people who can play at a time, so we will just have to play them hard,” Martin said. “We’ve got to get some stops, play really aggressively and come out strong.”

When the Tigers take the court tonight, they’ll look to use their solid defense to shut down Odiase and the Red Raiders and earn a win.

But for Gray, there will be more riding on the game than just a victory.

“Last year, [LSU vs. Texas Tech] was a close game, it was a good game,” Gray said. “I expect another great game tomorrow, they’re going to come at us, and we are going to come at them. I’m excited to play my old team.”

Houston State when she found her rhythm within the offense.

Against the Bearkats, Deemer led the Lady Tigers with 16 points, including 2-for-3 from behind the 3-point line.

Deemer’s offensive production is crucial to help fill the void left by former LSU guard Jeanne Kenney.

“When you’re going to lose Jeanne Kenney, and you’re going to lose a player that really extended the defense,” Caldwell said. “Deemer is that kid.”

Kenney was LSU’s premier threat on the perimeter in 2013, leading the Lady Tigers with 71 3-pointers and 3-point percentage shooting with 39.2 percent.

So far this season, Deemer leads LSU in 3-pointers made and 3-point-percentage with 50 percent.

Although Deemer’s immediate impact on the court may surprise some, her success stems from hours spent working on her shot both in and out of season in Ursuline Academy’s gym.

Ursuline Academy coach Andrea Williams, who coached Deemer from her sophomore to her senior year, remembered how Deemer developed her natural ability to shoot through hard work and dedication.

“She always was a good shooter, but I think after continuing to play and continuing to work during the offseason and preseason on her shot, it just made her become basically an almost perfect shooter,” Williams said. “Nobody is going to be perfect, but her hard work that she put in, in and out of season, I think really helped her develop her game in all aspects.”

During this two-year span, Deemer evolved from a pure shooting guard to a point guard who could control the flow of the offense.

For Williams, Deemer’s improvement as a ball-handler was key to this transition.

“I want to say her ball handling that improved her game because she went from just being a shooter, which a lot of people know her for, but also being able to be the floor general,” Williams

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LSU junior guard Josh Gray (5) prepares to pass the ball over defending junior guard Harold McBride (4) and junior forward Jerome Hill (34) Saturday during the Tigers’ 93-82 victory against Gardner-Webb in the PMAC.

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where college football fans actually talk about college football.

There are so many things students can do on Tuesday night, whether they go see LSU men’s basketball play Texas Tech or have a quiet night watching Netflix. Don’t spend the night feeding into college football’s nonsense.

Tommy Romanach is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Dallas, Texas.

You can reach him on Twitter @troman_92.

said. “[Deemer was able to] control what is going on, control the tempo, call and run the plays, and know where everybody is supposed to be at [in her senior year].”

Another key part to Deemer’s development was her continuous study of the game and her high basketball IQ. This allowed her to recognize different defenses and call plays that best counter the opponent’s offense.

Along with her ability to control the flow of the game, Deemer’s confidence on the court inspired her high school teammates.

“I don’t want to seem cocky, but when you’re a shooter, you’re a shooter,” Deemer said. “That’s kind of what I do. I practice it, put up shots every week. It’s just been a blessing for them to fall in the game.”

Deemer’s confidence has translated on the collegiate stage, which sets her apart from most freshman.

“She doesn’t just look to shoot — she knows and feels that it’s going,” Caldwell said. “That’s a confidence that she gives our team, which is pretty remarkable considering that this is only her [freshman season] as a Division I basketball player.”

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November Novelists

Local library supports national writing competition

BY LOGAN KEEN lkeen@lsureveille.com

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Leslie Hilton works on a novel during Nation Novel Writing Month, hosted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s main branch.

November is more than half way over, and the writers of National Novel Writing Month are edging closer and closer to their 50,000-word, 30-day deadline.

NaNoWriMo is a monthlong movement meant to support discouraged writers by offering participants 30 days to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. It was started in 1999 in the San Francisco Bay Area by Chris Baty and 20 of his closest friends. Since then, NaNoWriMo has evolved, closing in on 400,000 writers in last year’s contest.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s main branch, which is undergoing renovations for the first time in decades, has used the contest for the first time this year as a way for the library’s patrons to immerse themselves in the new facility.

“NaNoWriMo has been around for a while. With this great new space, we decided to host write-ins here so that people could see the new library and we could help support them,” said Louise Hilton, co-coordinating librarian of NaNoWriMo at EBRPL. Baton Rouge residents, old and young, seasoned and green, have come together to make the EBRPL’s first attempt at an officially organized series of writeins for the event successful.

Courtney Britton, municipal liaison for the area chosen by the national event’s organizers, is still going strong after her eighth year participating in the contest.

“We used to have write-ins at various coffee shops, we’ve even had some at the LSU Bookstore,” Britton said.

She is well-versed on the importance of NaNoWriMo in

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014 LECTURE

Curator to discuss book at WWII museum

BY GERALD DUCOTE gducote@lsureveille.com Everything has a story.

As the under secretary of history, art and culture at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Richard Kurin has taken it upon himself to tell the story of America since before its beginning as a nation.

Kurin’s latest book, “The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects,” acts as a corresponding, definitive guide to the Smithsonian Institution’s current exhibit of American cultural items. The book details the display of 101 objects from the National Museum of American History. Through cultural icons of television as well as historical artifacts, Kurin curates the country’s last 238 years of meaningful existence.

One in a series of talks about his book, Kurin plans to give a lecture at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans — the museum often receives objects and hosts programs in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Kurin’s talks come from a place of concern for American education, specifically a focus on history education.

“This is basically the treasures of the Smithsonian,” Kurin said. “It helps tell the story of our country, and the fact that kids these days don’t

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Children shouldn’t be subject to scrutiny in the fashion industry THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer Fashion, while one of the best mediums for expression, is often, unfortunately, an outlet for harsh judgement and even occasional ridicule.

Though an adult may be able to shrug off such criticism and quickly move on, what about a child?

Over the past few years, celebrity children have started to play a more significant role in the fashion industry and have been subjected to criticism with growing frequency. While there is nothing wrong with adolescents wanting to become models and developing their fashion identi-

ties, should toddlers and babies be part of this industry?

A recent example of this is North West, cloaked in Chanel and Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings in her modeling debut in this fall’s CR Fashion Book. Her parents, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, are known for their, shall we say, courageous styles, and they have obviously passed this on to their daughter, even if she had no choice in the matter.

Their often scandalous personas seem to be extending to North, who is not even 2 years old.

Time’s headline for the story was “North West Makes Her Solo Modeling Debut Dripping With Chanel.” Most who saw the picture probably thought it was cute and innocent, but to someone oblivious to her existence, that headline could have been paired

with any other model.

The problem is North is not any other model. She is a child, a baby. And, apparently, “dripping” is now an appropriate modifier for a toddler. It seems as though it’s now acceptable to depict children in a sexualized manner because of what they are wearing.

An even better example of this growing trend is Romeo Beckham’s appearance as Cupid in the Burberry Christmas advertisement.

As the ad’s star, the 12-yearold Beckham is presented as a young heartthrob type persona among a cast of equally good looking adults. Though he is only playing a Cupid-like character, the young model’s role seems slightly sexualized as though he is as mature as the rest of

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David Beckham’s son, Romeo, poses at the Burberry Festive Campaign Launch in London.

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Mid City businesses to open doors for White Light Night

BY joshua jackson jjackson@lsureveille.com For 17 years, merchants of Mid City Baton Rouge have used the Friday before Thanksgiving to illuminate the area’s artistic culture and usher in the holiday spirit with its White Light Night.

In 1991, the Mid City Merchants, a group of business owners in the area, came together to take stock of the community’s establishments and determine a way to unite the neighborhood.

Back then, Mid City was Baton Rouge’s hub for artistic experience. Over time, the location began to incorporate graphic designers, architects, antique stores, consignment stores and clothing shops such as Time Warp Boutique.

During White Light Night, Mid City businesses open their doors from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., and allow patrons to walk in and out of the establishments taking part in free food, music and art.

Liz Walker, owner of the Elizabethan Gallery and chairman of the Mid City Merchants Art and Design Cultural District, has been involved with White Light Night since its incarnation and has watched the effect the event has had on the Baton

smithsonian, from page 8 learn history. I made this book … to tell the story of how we got to be this way.”

Kurin included artifacts of considerable cultural significance to Louisiana as well as its surrounding states. The scope of Kurin’s work reaches as far back as before Christopher Columbus’ discoveries.

“I’m telling the story of jazz and American music with Louis Armstrong’s trumpet,” Kurin said. “Everything from popular culture — ­ from Chuck Berry’s guitar to the polio vaccine to Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit to Kermit the Frog.”

Kurin thinks of the collection’s objects as “signposts to tell great stories about our country.”

With a career of nearly 40 years at the Smithsonian Institution, Kurin’s experience in history and culture is able to touch all corners of the American age. In an exhibit that spans the sizeable swath of American history, Kurin made an effort to devote equal amounts of importance and consideration to all influential periods.

“What I try to do is divide it up so I’m dealing with all of those eras and all of those currents in American life,” Kurin said. “I devote five or six or seven objects to the different eras. I try to give equal time and equal treatment. They’re all very important to the formation of the country.”

In writing this book, one of Kurin’s biggest challenges was deciding which of the

Rouge community.

The first White Light Night in 1997, featured eight businesses, and that number has increased to 57 this year. Even attorney offices and car repair shops have opened their doors to Baton Rouge citizens.

Each business is a member of the Mid City Merchants and will feature local artists and their work. Live musical performances and exhibits also will be available at the event.

Patrons have the option of driving, parking or walking around Mid City Baton Rouge or riding in a free transit van, which will transport people to certain locations in the area. Walker encourages wearing comfortable shoes for those who plan to get the full White Light Night experience.

The Mid City Merchants pride themselves on hosting a safe event. Because of this, Baton Rouge police officers also will be in attendance at the festivities.

Walker said officers often request to work the art hop because it is such a positive environment, and they are treated kindly, as opposed to other events.

“Too many times, the arts get cut from schools, and you have to pay for another experience,” Smithsonian Institution’s 138 million objects would be included in the list. The limit of only 101 objects proved for a difficult job of narrowing down a vast collection.

“Getting it down to 101 is an exercise in tremendous discipline,” Kurin said. “When I think of people taking a tour of our country, you can’t go see everything. I tried to hone it down … to get a sense of what it means to be an American.”

As a result of Kurin’s less conventional method of artifact presentation, some other museums within the Smithsonian Institution have considered creating condensed and concentrated exhibitions with their own objects.

“Some of the museums and departments of the Smithsonian are doing some exercises like this,” Kurin said. “‘Smithsonian Magazine’ did a thing on this, and we’ve had other museums around the country. The origins … of such an enterprise … give credit to [Neil] MacGregor at the British Museum.”

Kurin cites MacGregor’s popular project “A History of the World in 100 Objects” as an influence for his own book.

When approached to write “101 Objects,” Kurin jokingly specified one caveat — to include one more object than MacGregor.

Kurin will be presenting his talk “Lagniappe Lecture: The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects” at 6 p.m. tonight in the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

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Locals sample food and wine at White Light Night in Mid City. Artists, designers and antique stores will showcase their work at the event.

Walker said. “We decided there had to be a free way to showcase the plethora of local talents that we have.”

The idea for using white lights during the event is similar to Paris’ Nuit Blanche event where the entire city opens its doors for an all-night art festival and the center of the city is turned into a

place for art installations.

With Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas right around the corner, Walker said many use White Light Night to avoid some early shopping woes.

While the event is free, patrons can buy any clothing or pieces of art available as a gift for a loved one.

“It’s amazing how everyone comes together for an event like this,” Walker said. “In a city where people find so much to be sad about, White Light Night brings back a little happiness before the holidays.”

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Over’ party,” she said jokingly.

“There’s usually alcohol at that one.”

In addition to the myriad of veterans participating, Hilton said, EBRPL’s write-ins are attracting inexperienced writers and first-time participants since they began earlier this month.

Jason Crochet, participating for the first time this year, made waves within the local NaNoWriMo community when he hit his 50,000 word minimum on Nov. 13.

“It’s a crime mystery story about a woman who wakes up with amnesia and gets framed for murder. I’m just editing

right now, and actually starting another one,” Crochet said, though he acknowledged two novels in a month seemed a little ambitious.

Crochet also said the presence of other amateur writers in the room is a motivating factor for his writing.

Whomever the participant, the EBRPL’s new emphasis on community involvement has its NaNoWriMo participants excited for years to come. Still under the finishing touches of its renovation, the library’s new facility, complete with a cafe and reflection pond, will be unveiled Nov. 22.

as well as be damaging in the future. Children who are infused into the fashion industry will probably grow up expecting that kind of clothing and lifestyle, and thinking it is completely normal, she said.

Young teens who are sexualized in advertisements can be negative regardless of the perspective, McRoberts said. If a teen sees another teen in that light, they may think negatively of their own self-image, and the teen model may eventually have self-awareness issues as well, she said.

“It’s objectification and is not healthy at all for a child, or at any age,” McRoberts said.

While McRoberts recognized that children’s clothing is an important target in retail, she said the fashion industry needs to do better promoting itself in a reasonable way.

Fashion is a fickle industry,

and the opinions of those critiquing its members are not usually sensitive to individuals’ feelings of personal images. Children are excluded from other adult activities because they aren’t mature enough to handle the reactions and criticisms of adults. Fashion is no exception.

Celebrities and public figures should be wary of what they allow or encourage their children to take part in because kids don’t always know what’s best for their emotional well being.

A baby wearing Chanel may be cute, but that’s not always a good enough reason to subject a toddler to a forum of mass attention that they cannot control.

kickstarting a novel, as she has gone on to complete several of the novels she started during the contest.

“It’s a great opportunity to just get all the stuff in your head out. Even if you hate it, at least there’s something to work with,” Britton said.

She also mentioned the friendships she’s made and maintained throughout the years as the best part about NaNoWriMo. “We usually have a kickoff party in October, and then sometime in early December we have a ‘Thank Goodness It’s

children, from page 8 the models.

His appearance in the ad transcends the general view of child modeling because he’s not technically modeling for children’s clothes. Beckham’s role in the video is simply that of a good looking child draped in men’s styled clothes.

While this may not be exactly detrimental now, think of what might happen in the future. What if Beckham appears in another Burberry ad when he is 14, but his outfit is not as well-reviewed?

Imagine being a 14-year-old boy or girl and being harshly criticized for the way you look on a national scale. This could be extremely damaging for an adolescent.

Assistant professor of apparel design Lisa McRoberts said this kind of depiction of children can cause a sense of entitlement

You can reach Joshua Jackson on Twitter @joshua_jackson_.

Michael Tarver is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

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Squirrels should be respected as a part of LSU community blue collar scholar justin stafford Columnist I’m sure some LSU students would rather have their fingernails ripped out than admit to having anything in common with a student from the University of Alabama.

But while we have a limited number of shared interests, there is one issue that means as much to the us as it does to them — we love our Quad squirrels.

Earlier this month, students in the Studioless Arts course at the University of Alabama protested on their campus to save the squirrels living and playing in the school’s Quad by handing out T-shirts and buttons to raise awareness on the matter, as well as promoting the hashtag #SAVETHEQUADSQUIRRELS. Most of us know what occurs after giving a moose a muffin, but do you know what happens when you give a squirrel malt liquor?

Well, it dies.

The flier passed out at the University of Alabama noted that a total of 20 percent of Quad squirrels die from alcohol poisoning.

This is just one statistic brought to light during the protests

explaining the untimely demise of the furry critters.

According to the flier, 41 percent of Quad squirrels are injured in gang fights, most likely because the cheap booze makes them angry and hypes up their little egos. Also, about 78 percent of Quad squirrels “are slaughtered in the ongoing groundhog war.”

Not to mention, with a gimp leg from quarrelling with neighboring squirrel gangs and slurred vision from the remnants of some tailgater’s 40 oz. beverage, the animals seem to forget to look both ways before scurrying across the grass.

Roughly 30 percent of squirrel deaths in the Quad are because of being run over by lawn mowers.

Other causes noted in the Alabama protests for the earthly departure of the Quad squirrels include second-hand smoke, suicide due to unrequited love, litter consumption and being beaten to death during pledge season.

LSU students need to make sure our beloved squirrels are considered and cared for before our population numbers begin to dwindle. Here are some ideas as to what we can do.

First, counseling and rehabilitation facilities need to be created to help the squirrels overcome their addiction. Alcoholism in Quad squirrels is on the rise. But then, if I were a squir-

rel at Alabama, I’d probably take to hitting the bottle regularly just to tolerate the place.

Also, tossing a bottle containing alcohol into the trash cans our squirrels search for their next snack is dangerous. The beer-soaked apple core it finds and devours may just be its last meal.

Finally, we as students are only aiding in the gang rivalry among the multitude of squirrels.

We have designated the albino squirrel as superior and, by doing so, generated inequality among his fellow species.

The constant violent conflicts among the squirrel population for reputation, power and turf are large contributors to the shrinking numbers.

I am also positive that no one has ever given the squirrels a memo detailing what day the grounds will be mowed. If we give the little guys a heads up, perhaps they could keep their heads attached.

These are simple solutions that we can all aid in. Let’s show our Quad squirrels the love and respect that they need to ensure they’ll always be there to entertain students on their walk to class.

Justin Stafford is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Walker, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @j_w_stafford.

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Landrieu’s last-minute efforts too late to sway voters Brace Yourself Ryan mcgehee Columnist There are long shots, and then there are sad acts of desperation.

Sen. Mary Landrieu’s bid to secure approval for the Keystone XL pipeline is the latter.

With hopes of holding her seat in the Senate looking bleak, Landrieu is scrambling to prove her worth to Louisiana voters.

This is consistent with the pattern her campaign set during the primaries, which continuously berated anyone who would listen with talking points about her ‘clout’ in the Senate.

Her solution was simple: Get Keystone XL approved,

which makes sense, given that almost every candidate in this state has campaigned on the same message.

After getting the nod from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to move forward with the vote, Landrieu and other oil-friendly Senate Democrats started scrambling to collect the 60 votes needed for the plan’s passage. As I am writing, they are sitting at 59 confirmed yes votes and a vote could come as early as Tuesday evening.

Ironically, on Friday, the House of Representatives has already voted on and approved the Senate’s plan, spearheaded by none other than Congressman Bill Cassidy.

Even if the pipeline is approved and construction begins before the runoff, it is unlikely that it would help the senator’s

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chances in the general election runoff on Dec. 6.

As it stands, Cassidy is leading Landrieu in his internal polls by a commanding 16 points. While that number may be skewed to the high end, unless the margin of error is around 7 percent, a laughable prospect, then Cassidy is still leading the senator by double digits.

To make matters even worse for Landrieu, Col. Rob Maness, formerly the Louisiana Tea Party and Sarah Palin-backed candidate, is now campaigning for Cassidy. Maness represents the right wing of the right wing, and he managed to garner roughly 14 percent of the vote in the primary, proving that this state has the potential to be just as crimson as Alabama.

Even if less than half of his supporters turn out for Cassidy,

the congressman will still win by a comfortable margin.

I think what said it best is when the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee dumped the $1.8 million it had reserved for pro-Landrieu advertising during the runoff. When your own party doesn’t think it a wise investment to advertise for your campaign, that’s probably a sign to throw in the towel.

Not to say that it’s entirely impossible for her to eke out a victory. However, the only way I see that happening is if Cassidy is caught in bed with “a live boy or a dead girl,” to quote our esteemed former governor Edwin Edwards, who also is running in the runoffs.

If anything, the senator’s attempt to ram the proposal through may be met with scorn by Louisiana voters. They, along with the

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rest of the thinking world, will see it’s simply a self-interested attempt by the Democrats to save one of their Senate seats. If it were really about the country and Louisiana’s best interests, it would have been approved months ago.

I suppose the silver lining to all of this is that Landrieu’s desperation will facilitate the final approval and construction of the project, which has sat in senatorial purgatory for far too long.

It still won’t be enough to save Landrieu. As far as the voters of Louisiana are concerned, her career as our senator is done.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @JRyanMcGehee.

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BR rank drops to second highest for AIDS diagnosis rates in U.S.

BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com Baton Rouge is no longer the city with the highest rate of HIV and AIDS infection.

Baton Rouge’s ranking now falls behind the rates in Atlanta, Georgia, according to data released from an updated report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC website reported that urban areas in the U.S. are where most cases of HIV and AIDS are concentrated as of 2012.

Today, more than 1.1 million people within these and surrounding areas are living with HIV, and nearly 16 percent are unaware they have contracted the infection.

Psychology sophomore Kolby Ledbetter said it shocks him that Baton Rouge is ranked so highly.

“It’s not something that really comes to mind when you think of the South,” Ledbetter said.

Ledbetter said if people were made more aware of the numbers, they might be more proactive in protecting themselves.

Katya Ross, director of education and prevention at the Baton Rouge AIDS Society, said

the progress in infection rate reduction is because of community education about HIV and AIDS. However, rates still are high because a stigma, or shame, exists among those engaging in sexual activity and contracting the disease, which prevents them from seeking out education. “[The Baton Rouge AIDS Society] looks at the lack of education around the stigma component, and when we go to speak about HIV in a community that is so close to the Church, we find that people, especially in the African-American community, are drawn away from the education because what they are doing is outside the realm — it does not align — with the Church,” Ross said. “They need the education, but they don’t get it.”

BRAS, the first AfricanAmerican AIDS society in Louisiana, works to eliminate the stigma through gatekeeping techniques, Ross said.

Employees distribute informational brochures regarding HIV and AIDS to community members daily, hoping to expose the services BRAS and other area agencies have to offer, Ross said.

Some of the services BRAS provides include HIV testing,

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which is free at the agency.

An estimated 50,000 new HIV infections are contracted per year, according to the CDC report. Those who suffer from these infections are, as Ross suggested, mostly African-Americans.

Ross said the Baton Rouge community needs to continue bringing awareness about the disease if it wants to lower its infection rate statistic.

The rate of people living with HIV is the fourth-highest in Baton Rouge, an estimated 38.1 per 100,000 people.

Last year, Baton Rouge was the third highest.

Ross said that health fairs and having one big event to pass as a “civic duty” won’t be enough.

“We need to hit the pavement every day and saturate the community with information about local testing services, stigma training and HIV 101,” Ross said.

Health promotion coordinator at the University Student Health Center Seirra Fowler said the University also works to improve the conversation and education about HIV and AIDS on campus through its services.

Fowler said attention to HIV and AIDS, especially at a campus in Baton Rouge, is crucial

because many people are unaware of the risk that sexual activity can pose.

“The Student Health Center is now offering opt-out HIV testing because we want checkups on sexually transmitted diseases like HIV and AIDS to be part of students’ standard care,” Fowler said. “And, thankfully, we were able to do this through a partnership we established with the Office of Public Health.”

The partnership between the SHC and OPH has allowed students to receive free, rapid testing since Oct. 1.

Fowler said conventional HIV tests still are available for students for $20 but they cannot provide the test results in 60 seconds like the rapid test can.

“With both practices, we still provide safe sex and condom packets,” Fowler said. “After all, education is key.”

Fowler said the SHC provides additional services like individual consultations to students who have questions about the infection or are worried by their risky behaviors. The SHC also fulfills presentation requests for classes, organizations and residence halls.

The Baton Rouge community has the potential and resources to control its rank, Ross said.

HIV FACTS 50,000 new HIV infections are contracted per year.

As of 2012, urban areas in the U.S. are where most cases of HIV and AIDS are concentrated.

More than 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV. 16 percent are unaware they have contracted the infection.

The rate of people living with HIV is the fourth highest in Baton Rouge compared to other metropolitan areas, an estimated 38.1 per 100,000 people.

Source: Centers for Disease control and prevention

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