The Reveille 11-23-20

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Two women anonymously mentioned in USA Today’s investigative report on sexual assault at the University have disclosed their identities.

Now, they demand change from LSU. NEWS

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LSU students marched in protest of the University’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations Friday, demanding change.

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Beyonce’s new Ivy Park collection, “Drip 2,” provides stylish athleisure wear in fun colors.

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Behind the legs of running back Tyrion Davis-Price, LSU defeated Arkansas for the fifth consecutive year.

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“Sweeping changes are required to fix the incredibly pervasive and disgusting culture festering on this campus.”

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Sexual assault victims publicly identify themselves, call for resignations of LSU Title IX Office officials

BY LARA NICHOLSON @laranicholson_ On Monday, Nov. 16, USA Today published an investigative report examining LSU’s mishandling of sexual misconduct by LSU athletes, including former running back Derrius Guice and former wide receiver Drake Davis, and non-athletes alike.

Since the article’s publication, four women anonymously mentioned in the article have publicly shared their identities on Twitter: Sidney*, alumna Caroline Schroeder, a political science sophomore and LSU tennis player Jade Lewis, who spoke out against tennis coaches Michael and Julia Sell for their statements following the article’s publication.

Sidney and Schroeder’s investigation share many common threads. Their aggressors were all determined guilty at every point in the process. They both say that, overall, they feel failed by the Title IX process.

But most importantly, both women called on Title IX Coordinator Jennie Stewart and/or Associate Dean of Students Jonathan Sanders, who determines punishments for aggressors, to either “show that they care” for victims or leave the University.

The Reveille contacted Stewart for comment earlier this week but received a response from LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard instead.

When he was made aware of the calls for resignation, Ballard asked when the Reveille would need comment from Stewart and Sanders by, but did not follow up on the Reveille’s attempt to schedule an interview.

Sidney Sidney revealed her identity about six hours after the USA Today article was published.

Sidney first reported her sexual assault to the Title IX Office about a week after the incident occurred on Oct. 31, 2018. Her aggressor, a member of a fraternity that’s no longer on campus, took advantage of her in the middle of the night after she passed out from drinking. He had driven her to his home.

Sidney said the Title IX Office contacted her within a week, and she soon met with Title IX Lead Investigator Jeffrey Scott, who Sidney regarded as caring throughout the process. He determined the respondent to be guilty.

Sidney’s aggressor appealed the determination, meaning Title IX Coordinator Jennie Stewart conducted a second investigation.

Sidney had little communication with Stewart, but Stewart determined him to be guilty as well.

The aggressor appealed a second time in January 2019, which was denied later that month.

The investigation went silent for a month before Sanders with

Student Advocacy and Accountability asked to meet with Sidney to determine punishment for the respondent. “(Sanders) is probably the worst person about the entire process. He was awful,” said Sidney.

Sidney said Sanders’ questioning seemed very accusatory toward her, with his questions focusing on the length of her skirt and how much she drank.

When her recount of the incident did not match her aggressor’s — since Sanders met with him before speaking to Sidney — he asked her to explain why the two stories did not match up.

“Probably because he’s lying?” said Sidney. “That’s not up to me.”

On March 21, almost five

Scan the QR code to read the full article on The Reveille’s website. months since the report was filed, Sanders delivered the punishment of a one year suspension. The respondent appealed the outcome the next day, undoing the suspension until after the University Panel Hearing of Student Advocacy and Accountability convened to re-evaluate the outcomes.

The Title IX Office had not notified Sidney that the suspension was undone, and Sidney saw her aggressor on campus soon after the appeal. She experienced multiple panic attacks that day.

During her hearing with the panel, her and her aggressor sat in the same room together, answering questions from the panel along with cross-examinations from both her and her aggressor.

The panel gave him the final punishment: a deferred suspension, or probation, until his classes ended — which was only two weeks away since he graduated that semester. He was also not allowed to go on campus for two years following his graduation.

“Who’s really going to go back to campus after they graduate?” said Sidney. “It doesn’t affect him. He still got to graduate; he still got to do whatever he wanted.”

The process from time of fil-

ing to the final hearing took five months, all of which Sidney said she spent worrying about seeing her aggressor on campus and struggling to complete academic work as a result.

Caroline Schroeder Less than 10 minutes after Sidney revealed her identity on Twitter, Caroline Schroeder, who graduated last spring, also disclosed her identity.

Schroeder was sexually assaulted in October 2016, her first semester at the University, by a former fratertiny member. She was at a fraternity event in New Orleans and, due to her intoxication, she decided to lie down on the bus. She woke up to her perpetrator, whom she had never

Nobody is asking [LSU] to change their policy. That’s not what the (USA Today) article is about. The policy is not the issue. The issue is that they were not following their policy.

CAROLINE SCHROEDER LSU alumna

met, groping her.

She discovered months later, when she first shared the incident with close friends, that almost the exact same thing happened to another female student on that bus trip. That student was Elisabeth Andries, who publicly identified herself in the USA Today article.

Schroeder filed a report in March 2019, and the office responded months later. Andries and Schroeder agreed to undergo the Title IX process together.

Schroeder said she would not have gone through the process had she been alone.

Like Sidney’s case, the student was determined guilty after multiple appeals. One of the key differences in Schroeder’s case is Stewart’s communications with her.

“Jennie Stewart, the Title IX coordinator, was the one I was constantly fighting,” said Schroeder. “It’s her job to make sure everybody follows policy. She broke the policy, and she did not enforce it when other people broke the policy.”

One example Schroeder gave of such policy being broken is when the accused first appealed Scott’s determination. Either party in a Title IX investigation has five business days to appeal, but

the respondent did not appeal for 18 business days. Schroeder said Stewart told her she was helping with the respondent’s appeal, and she did not have to justify her extension.

After Stewart determined he was guilty, the case went to Sanders for outcomes. He determined the respondent needed two anger management courses and two semesters of deferred suspension, citing that Schroeder and Andries had holes in their stories.

One of these holes, Schroeder later found out, was that she cited the respondent’s fraternity president at the time of the incident as a contact to vouch for his predatory behavior. Sanders contacted three different presidents — none of whom were the one she mentioned by name.

They then appealed the outcome for the respondent, taking the case to the University Hearing Panel. It was in this panel hearing that the two women presented a third allegation against the respondent, but no one ever contacted her, according to USA Today.

The panel determined that the punishment was not harsh enough and sentenced him to suspension for two semesters. Schroeder said it felt like a win for her considering that Andries had classes with the aggressor and the University had denied protections to keep her from seeing him.

But two weeks later, Andries saw him at a football game. The Title IX Office had not notified them that it granted him another extension to appeal. The University denied his appeal in October.

The Title IX Office policy states that cases are performed in a prompt manner, indicating about 60 business days from start to finish. Schroeder’s case took about seven months to finish, which equated to over 130 business days.

Throughout all these cases, each victim noted that Title IX Lead Investigator Jeffrey Scott and Lighthouse Coordinator Susan Bareis were kind, caring and helpful.

Since the USA Today report, the University has responded by hiring law firm Husch Blackwell to review its Title IX policies and has apologized for any and all past discrepancies in its investigative processes.

“Nobody is asking them, at this point, to change their policy,” said Schroeder. “That’s not what the (USA Today) article is about.

So I think it’s ridiculous that they’re hiring a law firm to help them review how they might be better able to improve their policy because the policy is not the issue. The issue is that they were not following their policy.” *Sidney requested that her last name be redacted from the article.

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‘We want answers.’

LSU students march in protest against handling of sexual assault

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SG Senate concludes regular session

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ing enabled by the University’s lack of investigation into complaints. She said the protest is just one step toward shifting the campus culture around sexual assault.

“This is not a moment. This is a movement,” Johnson said.

“We’re here in front of Tiger Stadium to say ‘We are tired,’ and when we get a new president, when we get a new football team, we still won’t be done.”

Samantha Brennan and Elizabeth Andries, two survivors mentioned in the USA Today article, met each other for the first time on the day of the protest.

They said they felt an immediate

LSU’s Student Senate tackled several issues including a resignation, a ride-share initiative and legislation about sexual assault in a four-hour session on Nov. 19.

Claire Parish resigned as commissioner of elections in light of the bill of impeachment the Senate brought against her. She said she felt forced to resign due to “being targeted by members of the Senate who have not gotten their way.” She said she was harassed and mistreated by “disgruntled members of the Senate” including Senate Speaker Justin Martin and Senator Drake Brignac.

She said the claims against her are foundationless, and she resigned to show she will not “subject herself to their continued harassment” during the impeachment hearing that was scheduled to take place at Wednesday’s meeting.

Senators Olivia Taylor and Harris Quadir introduced a finance bill to allocate $15,000 from the Senate surplus account to fund a ride-share program that would operate in a 15-mile radius around campus. The ride-share program would allow LSU to enter into negotiations with rideshare companies to get students a 10% discount on their rides in a 15-mile radius around campus.

This is a pilot program for which the executive branch of SG would

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Protestors hold up signs Nov. 20 during the protest following the USA Today article about mishandled sexual misconduct cases at Tiger Stadium on North Stadium Road.

BY CAROLINE SAVOIE @carolinesavo As the sun set in the western sky behind Tiger Stadium Friday night, its orange rays illuminated a crowd of over 200 LSU students, alumni, faculty, administration and advocates wearing teal to rally against the University’s mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations.

A USA Today investigation published Nov. 16 found members of the University’s administration and athletic department ignored complaints against top athletes and other students, denied victims’ requests for protection and subjected victims to further harm at the hands of their

abusers.

Only a few hours after the article was released, student leaders organized a protest demanding the University take responsibility for its negligence and calling for the resignation of employees who did not properly investigate claims.

“We don’t want another bogus press conference,” Tigers Against Sexual Assault co-president and mass communication senior Angel Upshaw said. “We want answers.”

During the march from the Parade Ground to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, protesters raised signs and shouted chants like “No means no,” “We deserve a rape-free campus,” “Stop vic-

tim-blaming” and “LSU, take action.”

Student leaders from organizations like Tigers Against Sexual Assault, Student Government, LSU’s Black Caucus and the Black Women’s Empowerment Initiative spoke first at the protest, expressing deep anger and disappointment in the University and offering support to sexual assault survivors of any gender.

“As a survivor, I want to let every other survivor know that you are not ruined,” Upshaw said. “You are not damaged goods. You matter, and we love you.”

Alaysia Johnson, chairwoman of BWEI at LSU, said the student body is fed up with abusers be-

STUDENT LIFE

Intl. students face unique challenges during pandemic

BY JOSH ARCHOTE @JArchote When COVID-19 began spreading uncontrollably in the U.S. in March, universities around the country shut down.

Most University students went home to be with their families, but for international students, this was not an option.

Chemistry graduate student Ahmed Al Harraq hasn’t seen his family since August 2019.

“It’s been pretty bad all year,” Harraq said. “I normally go visit family in Italy and friends in the summers. I definitely couldn’t do that this year especially since Italy was one of the worst hit countries in the world.”

Still, traveling to see family and friends remains difficult

for international students if they want to come back to the U.S. “It does break a flow that I’ve had with my family of seeing them at least once or twice a year,” Harraq said. “Being so far makes it a bit more stressful.”

Routine visa processing has been suspended at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world. International travel restrictions are in place in many countries, and commercial flights are limited and can be expensive for international students.

LSU alumnus Amrat Gandhi, founder of International Alumni Chapter at LSU, said students being alone has affected their mental health.

“They don’t have their families,” Gandhi said. “You know that if you go back you can’t

come back.”

Construction management graduate student Shashank Muley, vice president of LSU’s International Student Association, said international students are prone to holding social gatherings with other international students — something the pandemic made difficult.

“We tried to do some Zoom sessions and some activities but it wasn’t that helpful,” Muley said.

Despite the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, most international students in the U.S. chose to stay at their university, according to data collected by the Institute of International Education.

“If I invest so much, if I come here and invest almost $100,000 in my education, I want to get

something back,” Gandhi said.

“I’m taking a loan so I can get a better education in this country.

If I come here it’s because I want to make my future better.”

Adding to the already existing stress and uncertainty, in July, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced international students pursuing degrees at U.S. colleges and universities could not remain in the country if they were enrolled in a fully online course load.

The announcement came at a time when many universities were contemplating whether they would hold in-person classes in the upcoming semester or revert to remote learning.

Under the regulation, international students who were unable to attend in-person classes would

have to transfer universities or leave the country.

“Entire international student populations were in deep, deep trouble at that time,” Muley said.

“You need to go back home or you will be deported — that put a sense of fear in international students’ minds.

“Am I doing something wrong here? I want to stay and do everything right, so why would I be deported?”

Muley said he and other members of the International Student Organization spoke to Interim President Tom Galligan about the new rule. Galligan assured international students that even if the order stood, the University would not be completely online

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Monday, November 23, 2020

page 4 PROTEST, from page 3 bond, like they’ve known each other forever, after fighting side by side against systemic suppression of victims like themselves.

The protestors erupted in applause and roared cries of support when Brennan and Andries identified themselves as two of the women from the now widelyknown article. Brennan said she flew in from California when she found out the protest was going to take place.

“This has been really empowering,” Brennan said. “I mean, the empowerment is unreal. We could not do this without you, so just keep moving forward, and demand change.”

More than a dozen protestors spoke about their experiences, and several survivors cameforward for the first time to share their stories.

One LSU student who is going through the Title IX process said the University brought her attacker in for an interview a month after she reported her assault. She said she was legally advised to remain anonymous. “[The process] is not up to the standard that it needs to be,” she said. “They have not been up to the task of investigating my case.

SESSION, from page 3 be providing $10,000.

When the finance bill moved to a vote, it failed 24-14 with seven abstaining. Similar ride-share bills have been voted on under several SG presidents’ administrations dating back to 2017.

There was a unanimous vote to pass legislation authored by Martin to update SG policies addressing harmful behavior. The policy would set rules for behavior that is not allowed and how SG would handle such behavior.

A resolution was introduced to urge the University to make systemic changes to the procedures for handling sexual misconduct, sexual assault, sexual violence and rape. It would urge the University to fire employees who mishandled reporting to Title IX. The resolution to urge LSU to make systemic changes to how

I’m currently being stalked by my molester and they refuse to take action against him.”

One student named Katie, a survivor who works with LSU athletes on a daily basis, said the Athletic Department emailed employees another sexual assault training in lieu of the USA Today report.

“This week, every time I clock into work, I feel unsafe in my surroundings — more than I did before,” she said. “It’s not enough that we were emailed a second sexual assault training — as if it’s on us, as if it’s our responsibility, as if it’s my behavior that needs to change.”

She said she feels burdened with the responsibility to ward off attackers by changing her own behavior, citing the fact that her boss encourages her to deny athletes’ offers to walk her to her car after work and tells her to carry her taser in hand instead.

“It’s not on me,” she said.

“It’s not on you. It’s not on any women on this campus. It’s on them. It’s always been on them.

It’s not your fault. These boys are catered to every single day.”

Student Body President Stone Cox was in attendance Friday along with other members of SG’s executive branch including VP

Hannah Barrios, Deputy Chief of Staff Angelina Cantelli and Senior Adviser Gabie deBruler.

Cox’s administration faced backlash on social media after vetoing legislation that would have increased sexual assault training on campus Nov 6.

Cox said his administration has been moved to action in light of the USA Today investigation. He said the newly-elected SG Senate Speaker Marina Cole is working to form a committee dedicated to supporting survivors through communicating with administration.

it handles sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape on campus passed unanimously through Senate.

Senator Xander du Plooy introduced a bill to urge student organizations to present a PowerPoint including resources for sexual assault and violence in order to receive Senate funding. The bill came in response to a similar bill that SG President Stone Cox vetoed Nov. 6 regarding sexual assault training.

“This is a Great Value version of the bill that was recently vetoed,” Senator Harris Quadir said. “Sometimes Great Value is great, but I don’t think a PowerPoint would be effective.” du Plooy said the PowerPoint in question would be created by sexual assault survivors and reviewed by the Student Health Center and advocacy groups before being given to student or-

ganization to present. The bill passed 17-8 with 11 abstentions.

Senators Angel Puder and Matt McClure introduced a bill that would require student organizations that come to Senate for funding to receive sexual assault training from one of several programs, not just TigerBITes or STAR, like SGB 13 (the vetoed bill) offered.

Puder and McClure’s bill passed unanimously.

In his last remarks as a senator, Senator Jack Green addressed a clandestine issue he claims the Senate is aware of regarding a secret organization at LSU. “If you have to keep it a secret, it is not democratic,” Green said. “Secret organizations, we all know they exist. If you know about them and you stay quiet, you need to reassess why you’re in [Senate]. GLOCK, I’m looking at you.”

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“As students, we have to make sure that we hold them accountable and present them with ideas as well,” Cox said. “We also need to hold our friends and classmates accountable.”

Senators introduced two new pieces of legislation on Nov. 18 that would increase sexual assault training after Cox vetoed the original bill. Cox said he has no plans to veto the new bills, and he plans to sign both bills

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LSU Student Government office operates during normal hours in the LSU Student Union on Sept. 4, 2018.

as soon as they make it onto his desk.

“The veto had nothing to do with the fact that the bill was about sexual assault,” Cox said.

“It had to do with the fact that the legislation had issues. It was not enforceable. The new pieces of legislation are perfectly and wonderfully written.”

As SG president, Cox has a seat on the LSU Board of Supervisors. He said he will have no problems demanding the resignation of any University officials found guilty of negligence through an independent investigation the University has requested.

“If any administrators mishandled a situation, misrepresented the truth or didn’t do their jobs, I absolutely will call for their resignation,” Cox said.

“If we have systems in place to protect survivors of sexual assault, and people are actively going around those systems to protect athletes and win games, that is disgusting. They need to resign or be fired.”

Johnson, who recently resigned from her position as SG director of diversity, said she felt like her advocacy efforts and the efforts of other concerned student leaders fell on deaf ears

early in the semester.

“Before this article came out, BWEI spoke with administration about rape culture on campus, and we gave them several ideas to shift the culture on campus.

They didn’t take any of our advice, so now we’re here,” Johnson said. “The rape culture that has been persistent and allowed to thrive on campus has caused our anger to boil over.”

Former SG senator and coastal environmental science and political science senior Jack Green said the air at the protest was one of community and of unwavering support for survivors of abuse.

“This is the community that survivors have needed this entire time,” Green said. “After a week of people being indoors just tweeting about this issue, I think this opportunity to speak out is a catharsis we have been needing.”

Local organizations including the Lighthouse Program and the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault were stationed at tables in front of the PMAC handing out resources for survivors and advocates. Reporters from USA Today, local news stations and publications were in attendance speaking to students and advocates.

COURTESY AMRAT GANDHI (left) AND SHASHANK MULEY (right)

CHALLENGES, from page 3 in the fall.

Over 59 public and private colleges — including every member of the Ivy League — signed a court brief supporting the lawsuit brought by Harvard and MIT against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE reversed the regulation a week later, representing a victory for international students in the U.S. and for the universities that spearheaded the legal front to reverse the order.

Many international students are in STEM fields and many of their academic and career paths are dependent on research experience, something the pandemic significantly affected.

“PhDs are awarded based on performance in terms of research,” Harraq said. “As an experimentalist, not being able to come to the lab for two months is not great. You waste a lot of time you could have dedicated to gathering data and things like that.”

Companies were also less willing to hire international stu-

dents on work visas because of the uncertainty around travel bans. Employers also have to pay a fee to hire students working on H1-B visas, something Gandhi said they were less willing to do during the pandemic.

“People did not want to take risks with international students,” Gandhi said. “Lots of employers stopped hiring international students so a lot of people who graduated, they didn’t end up getting jobs.”

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ENTERTAINMENT

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THIS IS MY IVY PARK A review of Beyonce’s newest collection

BY JORDANNE A. DAVIS @jordanneashley Dropping fashion lines like she drops albums, Beyoncé’s instantly iconic and highly coveted athleisure clothing line, Ivy Park, released its newest collection adequately named, Drip 2.

Co-founded in March of 2016

by Beyoncé and British billionaire Philip Green, the Ivy Park brand was born and originally sold on the Topshop platform. Following its two- year run, changes were on the horizon for the co-founders and brand.

“At the end of 2018, Beyoncè acquired total ownership of the brand, and announced a partnership with Adidas last year. The musician-entrepreneur partnered with Adidas ‘to design a collection that combines fashion and storytelling in an unprecedented way,’” according to CNN. On Jan. 18, the first release of the Ivy Park x Adidas collaboration dropped. In what’s documented as record time, all pieces were sold out within six minutes.

Being the Adidas lover that I am, on the night of Oct. 28, I checked my account to make sure my quick checkout option was secured. On the morning of

Oct. 29, I was up at 5 a.m. on the site ready to put everything in my cart.

Hit with a plethora of colors, I wanted it all, but who wouldn’t?

A curated color palette of Honey Drip, Azure, De-Grassy, Canari and Coral Lake, these pieces weren’t only made for activity, but for style.

Watching the clock roll down like a hawk with its eye on its prey, as soon as it struck 0:00, I clicked the checkout button, completely satisfied with my quick fingers, and hastily celebrated before the order went through.

As with everything that breaks the internet, the checkout circle went around and around on my MacBook screen for roughly 20 minutes.

Bing. “Please check your cart.

The following items are sold out,” said the return pop-up message.

I cried real tears because I had been prepping for this for days and the time had finally come, leaving me with this as a result.

Refusing to be defeated, I devised a plan. I would keep clicking and refreshing until something, anything, would show as available in my size or quantity.

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That day I was only victorious with two items, my canari Ultraboost OGs and canari belt bag.

There are many that would have given up by now but not me. I knew several stores would have the line available for purchase both in-store and online on Oct. 30.

On the following morning, I woke up early again ready for another round in this fight. While several companies had the line on their sites, my winner was ASOS. There, I was able to get the azure 3-stripes suit jacket, the de-grassy cut out bra, the azure knit skirt and the de-grassy track jacket.

While I didn’t get all the pieces I desired, I was able to get pieces I could put together for an outfit.

Wearing the knit skirt paired with the 3-striped suit jacket, it’s easy to head out being stylish and comfy. My suit is currently a little big for me, so I paired it with the belt bag to singe the fabric and accentuate my waistline. It’s a perfect look for brunch, an on-the-go work day or just wanting to step out looking and feeling good.

Switching the suit jacket for the track jacket gave the outfit a different look all together. Serv-

Broadcast journalism and theatre performance senior Jordanne Davis poses Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 wearing the Adidas and Ivy Park collection Azure knit skirt and De-Grassy 3-stripe track jacket accessorized with Adidas Ultra Boost OG Beyonce Ivy Park shoes and an Adidas Ivy Park Belt Bag at Tiger Stadium on North Stadium Road. ing sporty vibes, it’s a look that’s transitional and great for anyone that wants to bring the elevated look of the suit jacket down a few notches.

I think we can check me off as a satisfied customer. I that I was able to get my hands on quite a few more pieces that were in my original cart like the honey drip hooded shrug, the workout leggings, the azure bodysuit and basically the entire canary line amongst others.

It’s safe to say I’m definitely a member of the Beyhive. I won’t deny it, but what I also am is a celebrator of women that are game changers in their industries and in the world.

This iconic brand isn’t only fashion forward and super comfy, it’s inclusive and made for everyone. Not only that, there’s a message and a story, #thisismypark.

It’s not only a hashtag. It’s a following for people that are

pursuing dreams, chasing goals and changing the game in their own way. As for me my park is focusing on my entertainment career and pushing forward with performance and entertainment writing. My park is maintaining the discipline I must have to achieve these goals. My park is knowing that with skill, will and elbow grease, I can make all of my wildest dreams come true.

Now, while not everyone is able to get their hands on their own little piece of this drip, we can all give Beyoncé a round of applause for once again changing the game.

As for me, I’m going to keep pushing and working hard like the Queen Bey herself, and maybe I’ll have a surprise show up to my doorstep next year to unbox.

Don’t judge me. In the words of the Queen herself, I’m “getting in formation” and manifesting all aspects of my destiny.

FOOD & DRINK

Battle of the Thanksgiving sides: which would you choose?

Thanksgiving is coming.

This holiday has started many debates for food lovers. Some people swear they make the best turkey or the best pumpkin pie.

It’s a time for food connoisseurs to come together to figure out what makes the perfect Thanksgiving meal. The turkey may be the main dish, but the sides shine the most. Everyone swears their mom, dad or grandmother makes the best this or that. It’s a war

during Thanksgiving, but who is winning the battles?

I asked the public which Thanksgiving sides are the best ,and I received 66 responses. Let’s see if we can finally come up with a Thanksgiving peace treaty or wage more war.

The battle will still go on no matter how many surveys are created.

Thanksgiving may be tough this year, but food can still bring us together even when we can’t technically be together. Although, food can still cause some division

if you rather mashed potatoes over mac and cheese.

At the end of the day, the battle will still go on no matter how many surveys are created, but I am confident we can all agree that Thanksgiving leftovers will always be top tier.

Cranberry Sauce vs.

Green Bean Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole vs.

Cornbread Dressing

Dinner Rolls vs.

Cornbread

Corn vs.

Brussel Sprouts

Mashed Potatoes vs.

Mac and Cheese

An overwhelming amount of people voted for green bean casserole. Casseroles get a bad reputation, but nothing can beat a decent green bean casserole. I have never understood cranberry sauce, and I never will.

The casseroles go 2-0 with this win. Sweet potato casserole has to be one of my favorites.

Melted marshmallows and cinnamon on top of the glazed sweet potato mush is too delightful to pass up. A Thanksgiving meal is nothing without the sweet potato casserole.

Being in the South, cornbread is a staple throughout the year.

Although, dinner rolls take the win for Thanksgiving. King’s Hawaiian Rolls are a must have for every Thanksgiving plate. I also like to use the rolls to make a turkey sandwich.

Brussel sprouts are amazing when cooked right but majority rules. Corn takes the win for Thanksgiving vegetables. I can see why because there are a bunch of ways to make corn.

I think a street corn with cotija cheese, cayenne pepper and chili powder will be a great addition to any Thanksgiving meal.

I like to save the best for last.

It was pretty controversial for me to pit these two together, but there is no rest for the wicked.

Will another civil war begin because of this question?

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Davis-Price’s tenacious run game fuels comeback win over the Razorbacks

BY JARED BRODTMANN @_therealjarbear All season long, the success of LSU’s offense has been directly proportional with its ability to run the ball well. When it has, such as in its dominant win against South Carolina, LSU backs have run wild on opposing defensive lines and given the offense a lot more flexibility with its playcalling. When it hasn’t, such as the thrashing Auburn gave Ed Orgeron’s team on Halloween, things have gotten ugly. Fast.

Things were ugly against Arkansas. The weather, the mistakes, and even some ugly officiating made for a gritty, unpleasant affair for LSU in Fayetteville. But a huge factor in making sure things weren’t as ugly as the Auburn game’s 48-11 blowout was the legs of Tyrion Davis-Price.

In a 27-24 comeback victory, Davis-Price ran for 104 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries making him LSU’s most efficient back by far. With relentless desire to

push forward for yards, his interior runs gave TJ Finley and the Tiger offense much easier yardage chunks to convert for first downs and put together long, fruitful drives. The strong bull running back Orgeron has touted up showed his horns today.

“He was the guy who provided the spark,” Orgeron said. “The physicality that he was running the football with, especially lowering his pads and going forward and making the tough yards. He had a tremendous game.”

The Baton Rouge native averaged 4.3 yards per carry and continuously broke tackles and kept churning forward. The constant gain of field position helped LSU convert 12 of its 23 third down conversion attempts and gave the Tigers a whopping 41:43 minutes of possession.

“I think the biggest thing was time of possession,” Orgeron said.

“41 minutes, we had the football.

That allowed us to keep our de-

see DAVIS-PRICE, page 12

38-17 Vanderbilt 0-7 Next week for LSU at Texas A&M FOOTBALL

The Boot stays in Baton Rouge

BY JOE KEHRLI @joekehrli9

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LSU running back Tyrion Davis-Price (3) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown against Arkansas during the first half of an NCAA college football game Nov. 21, in Fayetteville, Ark.

LSU is the victor in the Battle of the Boot over Arkansas for the fifth consecutive year. The Tigers won 27-24 in a back-and-forth game in Arkansas on Saturday.

The highlight to Saturday’s victory was the Tigers’ ability to maintain most of the time of possession. The offense held on to the ball for 41 minutes and 43 seconds compared to the 18 minutes and 17 seconds Felipe Franks and Arkansas did.

Saturday’s matchup was contentious as both teams looked to improve their losing records. Following the game, LSU advanced to 3-3 on the season.

The Tigers’ offense, led by true freshman quarterback TJ Finley, seemed battle tested and was able to come up with critical

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FOOTBALL

LSU executes game plan, fueling them to .500 on the season

BY NATASHA MALONE @malone_natasha The last time LSU played a live football game was three weeks ago on Halloween. On The Plains against Auburn, a hot start defensively turned into one of the worst performances in the program’s history in the blink of an eye.

Unlike its last outing against Auburn, LSU was able to sustain a hot start defensively, helping it edge Arkansas for the fifth consecutive year, 27-24.

The Tigers’ defense came into Fayetteville depleted as it was without two of its top safeties —Maurice Hampton and Jordan Toles—but that did not stop the Tiger defense from containing Arkansas’ offense and making plays with the game on the line.

Much of the defensive success can be credited to the Tigers’ offense. With a combination of all three backs, LSU was able to establish a strong ground game which helped juice the clock.

The success in the ground game played a vital role in the Tigers’ dominance over the Razorbacks in the time of possession battle.

Tyrion Davis-Price led the way for the trio of backs, rushing for 104 yards on 24 carries, averaging 4.3 yards per carry.

The time of possession kept the Tigers’ defense fresh, and the Arkansas offense off the field, which limited the amount of offensive opportunities for the Razorbacks.

“We wanted to run the football, have manageable third downs, [and[ put the ball in our playmakers’ hands. The key was time of possession,” Coach Ed Orgeron said following the game.

In the time it did possess the ball, Arkansas failed to do much with it. In 13 possessions, LSU forced six three-and-outs and held Arkansas to 0-of-10 on third down.

When Arkansas did find success, it did by exploiting the Tigers’ depleted secondary.

Already down two safeties, the

Tigers’ defensive losses just kept coming. Freshman Elias Ricks was ejected in the second quarter following a targeting call and sophomore sensation Derek Stingley Jr. was sidelined due to an apparent knee injury. With this, Arkansas targeted the young LSU secondary. While it found some success with this scheme early on, the game was ultimately put to rest by sophomore cornerback Jay Ward.

Ward found himself on the guilty end of a few large plays downfield by the Arkansas offense, but in the final two snaps of the game, he was able to solidify himself as the unsung hero for LSU. Down three with just under two minutes remaining, Arkansas drove down the field, making its way into Tiger territory.

Third-and-three from the LSU 27-yard line, the Tigers needed to find one more third down stop.

Arkansas quarterback Feleipe Franks swung a pass out wide to receiver Trelon Smith, but Ward was there to deliver the blow,

forcing an incompletion and an Arkansas potential game-tying field goal attempt.

Rushing off the edge, Ward extended his body to get a piece of the 44-yard field goal attempt.

The tipped football hung in

the air but found itself lying in the Tigers’ end zone, sending the Tigers back to Baton Rouge with a victory.

“It came down to making a play at the end, and we did it,” Orgeron said following the win.

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LSU defender Andre Anthony (3) reacts after tackling Arkansas quarterback Feleipe Franks for a loss during the first half of an NCAA college football game Nov. 21, in Fayetteville, Ark.

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Prediction: Michigan’s next head coach could be Les Miles HENRY HUBER @HenryHuber_

With Michigan’s current head coach, Jim Harbaugh, rumored to be on the hot seat after an underwhelming tenure with the team, one name comes to mind when considering potential candidates to take his place. Les Miles has been a successful coach for multiple teams and has both playing and coaching experience with the Wolverines.

Jim Harbaugh’s time at Michigan practically mirrors Les Miles’ time at LSU. Miles never had a losing season at LSU and neither has Harbaugh (yet), but through heavy scrutiny and a lack of wins over the best teams in their conferences (Alabama and Ohio State), Miles was fired, and Harbaugh appears to be heading in a similar direction.

The difference between Miles and Harbaugh is Miles defeated Alabama multiple times and appeared in multiple national championships (and won once in 2008), whereas Harbaugh currently has zero wins against Ohio State and

zero championship appearances.

With each loss against Ohio State, the scrutiny surrounding Harbaugh has grown.

This season, Michigan has had the worst start since Harbaugh’s hiring in 2015, losing to two teams it was expected to beat (Michigan State and Indiana) and losing to Wisconsin by 38 points.

And things don’t get any easier for the team, as it still has to face Penn State, an improved Maryland and, of course, Ohio State.

Harbaugh’s contract expires at the end of the 2021 season, and though there’s a possibility he won’t get fired, it is difficult to imagine his contract getting extended after a disappointing few seasons with the Wolverines.

It’s likely that the team is already looking at other options.

One of those options could be Miles. Though he currently has a job as the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, it isn’t unlike him to abruptly leave for a better job.

Despite having four solid years as the head coach of Oklahoma State from 2001-2004, he accepted the head coaching job at LSU in 2005.

He had a great career with the Tigers, sporting a 114-34 record, seven bowl wins and a national

championship win through 11 seasons. His success at LSU, along with his having both a playing and coaching career at Michigan, makes it reasonable to believe that he could be the team’s next head coach.

He would be handed a similar situation to the one he faced when starting out with the Tigers.

His team was solid in terms of talent, but it wasn’t the best team in the conference—Florida was at the time—and we saw how successful he was given that situation.

The only problem with this theory is his brief and unsuccessful tenure at Kansas. He was given a tremendously difficult task in rebuilding a historically awful team and he has a 3-15 record to show for his time there.

This may make his hiring less likely, but, given his prior success at Oklahoma State and LSU, the difficulty his current job holds and his history at Michigan, it isn’t unreasonable to believe he could be the next head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. It will all depend on whether or not Harbaugh can turn it around in the limited amount of time he has left with the team.

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OPINION

Column: Drew Brees deserves G.O.A.T status, not Tom Brady MICHAEL SANCHEZ @MikeSanchez525 The ongoing argument for who is the greatest quarterback of all time in the National Football League may never be settled. Two playcallers who can make a case to be named the so-called G.O.A.T. are Tom Brady and Drew Brees.

The three-time league MVP Brady has bagged the respect of many and has countless of times been called the greatest to ever pick up a football. The six-time Super Bowl champion and 14-time Pro Bowler has had an illustrious career. Being the only player in league history to achieve six Super Bowls is enough to be in the conversation of greatest of all time

alone.

Unfortunately as impressive as Super Bowl rings are, winning one is a team effort. Brady played under one of the best coaches in NFL history in Bill Belichick. Brady was also graced with throwing the pigskin to the likes of Randy Moss, Deion Branch, Wes Welker, Julian Edleman, Rob Gronkowski, etc. Brady will go down in history as one of the best at his position, but to say the greatest of all time is a stretch.

Brees will never be forgotten due to all the records he has broken. Brees currently holds the records for career passing touchdowns, career passing yards, career pass completions, career pass attempts and career completion percentage.

When Brees arrived in New Orleans in 2006, he was taking over

LSU-Arkansas Game at a glance Score: 27-24 Time of possession: 41:43 3rd down conversions:

12-of-23 Penalties: 9-for-70 Avg. yds per pass: 6.5

T.J. Finley: 271 pass-

ing yds, completed 27-of-42 Terrace Marshall Jr.:

57 receiving yds,

7 receptions

Avg. yds per rush: 3.0

Tyrion Davis-Price: 104 rushing yds, 24 carries, 1 TD

a squad that was battered and needed revitalization. In his first season with the Saints, he led the team to a conference championship game. In 2009, the Sean Payton-Brees duo tasted glory for the first time, beating the Indianapolis Colts to be crowned Super Bowl champs. Brees walked away with Super Bowl MVP honors.

When it comes to naming a player the best ever at a specific position, stats and records are the key indicator. As far as records go, Brees is light years ahead of Brady.

There has not been a quarterback in NFL history who has left their mark on the league like Brees. He has never received the respect he deserved based off of only having one Super Bowl ring. The truth is 30 years from now when Brady’s Super Bowls fade away, Brees’ records will still be alive and well.

DAVIS-PRICE, from page 11 fense fresh.”

“During the first quarter, I knew that we were going to have to run the ball a lot to get out there,” Davis-Price said. He saluted his offensive line for blocking for him and assured that this team has a lot left to prove.

“We knew what we could do. I feel like we haven’t really shown everything we could do, because we have a great offensive room. I just knew we were going to have to run the ball no matter who it was going to be, no matter when.

We just had to get it done, and that’s what we did.”

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) passes in the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in New Orleans, Sept.

9, 2019.

Davis-Price also affected the game in more ways than with the ball in his hands. His physicality was evident in his pass blocking for Finley, particularly on his first touchdown pass to Racey McMath. Picking up Arkansas defensive back Myles Mason as he blitzed off the edge gave Finley the time he needed to hit the single-coverage, wide-open McMath in the endzone.

The Southern Lab graduate almost impacted the game even further with a beautiful over-theshoulder touchdown catch on a wheel route that would have given LSU the lead. On a questionable call and an even more questionable review, the referees

elected to uphold the call of incomplete pass. Shortly after, Finley connected with Jaray Jenkins to get the touchdown anyways, but Davis-Price thought he had scored.

“I thought it was a touchdown,” he said with a big smile.

“But, I mean, we came out with the W. That’s all that really matters.”

The gritty performance by Davis-Price embodied the fire LSU has been looking for from its players. After the belly-up showing against Auburn, he showed the heart and strength of his team, and hopefully that energy can carry over into these closing games of the regular season.

Monday, November 23, 2020 BOOT, from page 11 yards for the win. Finley threw for 271 yards and connected with his primary receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. for 57 yards.

Late in the second quarter, Finley lost one of his targets, senior Racey McMath, who scored the first touchdown of the game.

This touchdown was also the senior’s first receiving touchdown of the season. McMath would head to the locker room due to a pulled hamstring.

The team also gained momentum through its ability to run the ball. Historically entering the game, LSU, under Head Coach Ed Orgeron, had a record of 25-1 against opponents when a player would rush for more than 100 yards. Sophomore Tyrion Davis-Price carried the ball for 104 yards and one touchdown, and now, LSU is 26-1 when a player rushes for more than 100 yards.

“Tyrion Davis Price gave us a spark in the run game,” Orgeron said in a press conference.

“He was physical in the things he needed to be.”

Price has been an asset to the Tigers’ team this fall, through his help and that of Chris Curry and John Emery, LSU has been able to manage its games through its run game. However, this weekend the main running back who received most of the carries, 24, would be Price. Late in the first half, Em-

page 13 ery had a costly fumble which led to an Arkansas score and had his touches reduced to 12.

Another costly mistake from the offense was the amount of penalty yards against its. There were two critical holding calls, one late in the second quarter and the other early in the third.

Both calls were a blockade for the Tigers marching down field. Similarly, both calls brought the ball back after long receptions had been made.

Finley played the entirety of the game, with no late substitutions for the other freshman quarterback Max Johnson. It appears the coaching staff and players are both satisfied with Finley’s performances this year and will look to him to take on the replacement role for the injured Myles Brennan.

“Just he (Finley) has ice in his veins and he has a lot of confidence, and he practices that way,” Orgeron said. “But overall he showed that he can win a big game at the end.”

Finley threw the ball for 271 yards, had two throwing touchdowns and completed 27 out of his 42 passing attempts. Comparing Finley to the other side of the field, he had a good game. Arkansas quarterback Feleipe Franks threw the ball for 339 yards and threw one touchdown; however, Franks also threw a costly interception.

The game was never in one team’s total control. Both teams had a difficulty of pulling away with the lead. The game was decided in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. The Tigers were up by three points, 27 to 24, the rain was coming down and the players were exhausted. Arkansas failed to convert a third down

pass on LSU’s 27-yard line, leaving AJ Reed, Arkansas’ kicker, to drill a 44-yard field goal to tie the game. After the snap, the outside rusher, who struggled throughout the game, Jay Ward, unleashed fury by diving past the line and deflecting the kick, leaving the attempt short, and a win for the Tigers.

“Big time players make big time plays at big moments,” Jabril Cox, LSU linebacker said about Jay Ward’s clutch play. “Even though earlier in the game he had a couple struggles, he came back and fought, and that’s just a testament for us working hard these throughout these past few weeks.”

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LSU players Tory Carter (44) and Nick Storz (85) carry “The Boot” trophy off the field after defeating Arkansas 27-24 in an NCAA college football game Nov. 21, in Fayetteville, Ark.

OPINION

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University failed sexual assault victims, changes needed WRITING UNDER STATELY OAKS CORY KOCH @kochcory University’s administration, LSU Athletics, former President F. King Alexander, former Athletic Director Joe Alleva, former Football Coach Les Miles, Interim President Thomas Galligan, current Athletic Director Scott Woodward, current Football Coach Ed Orgeron and current Tennis Coach Julia Sell have failed at protecting their students.

These individuals all hold various amounts of responsibility for the athletic department’s and the University’s inexcusable handling of sexual assault allegations over the last decade.

Yet, this list is not exhaustive.

As investigations continue, and more facts come out, all who are found to be complicit with the culture of covering up sexual assault must be publicly named and reprimanded.

All faculty who work directly with students should be mandatory reporters. All mandatory reporters who failed to do their job must be prosecuted. All individuals found to be complicit deserve to have their names dragged through the mud for the horrors they have allowed. They chose self-preservation over

student protection.

Officials outside of the athletic department have played key roles in allowing this culture to exist.

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar C. Moore III is directly responsible for pressing charges against these offenders.

Moore’s office cannot be allowed to let sexual violence be swept under the rug.

An internal investigation must only be the beginning. Tangible steps are required; and administrative review is essential for creating a culture based on integrity and prioritizing students’ wellbeing over institutional interest.

No student was surprised by the article or the news surrounding these incidents. We’ve known all along that the University has turned a blind eye to those who needed its protection the most.

The LSU community must come together to guarantee we make the changes necessary to eliminate the culture that has permeated this campus for too long.

This isn’t just a football problem or an athletic department problem. It isn’t just a Greek life dilemma. Campus sexual assault is an student issue that affects the entire University and it is time we treat it like one.

The victims are students.

Students who might not be old enough to buy a drink, a pack of cigarettes or a lottery ticket.

They go to classes and eat in the

dining halls.

They’ve had to figure out how to study for their tests, finish their homework and testify for their Title IX cases. They were questioned and subjected to a bureaucratic process by an institution they thought was supposed to protect them.

Yet it seems only some students were protected — and not the victims.

Sexual offenders are still allowed a place on this campus as students. They walk through the Quad without fear of who may be on campus and who they might run into. Coaches and other officials chose the side of the offenders. The administration turned its back on the victims.

Those individuals made the decision to assault others; institutions in society decide what will happen afterward. This University and the surrounding community have created an environment wherein victims of sexual violence are blamed and perpetrators are protected.

Sweeping changes are required to fix the incredibly pervasive and disgusting culture festering on this campus.

As students, we must hold our peers and classmates accountable. Accusations of sexual assault must be taken seriously and victims must be supported when they speak out.

This must mark the start of

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Protestors march together Nov. 20. during the protest following the USA Today article about mishandled sexual misconduct cases at the LSU Parade Ground. healing, not hiding.

The University is at a crossroads. Administrators can continue to act like nothing is wrong on this campus. They can continue to ignore students who have been raped and assaulted. They can continue choosing self-preservation over student protection — or they can make the changes needed.

Sexual assault is a pervasive issue, not constrained solely to this student body or this University — but it has surely found a home here. Students at this school deserve to feel safe and heard, and we can’t do it alone.

Cory Koch is a 21-year-old political science major from Alexandria.

Letter to the Editor: Re-Elect Mayor Sharon Weston-Broome

BY AIDAN ARASTEH Before Mayor Broome made history by assuming her position as parish CEO, our community longed to see progress on important issues. During the past four years, she has proven to us she is capable of leading her staff and the City Council to serve our community’s interests.

With the runoff election underway, voters must now take advantage of this opportunity and vote for the person with the right plans and judgment to bring progressive policy initiatives to fruition.

The Broome administration has been influential in creating jobs and reducing traffic through MOVEBR. This initiative includes dozens of new infrastructure projects, such as creating new capacity developments, improv-

ing existing corridors, and synchronizing traffic signals across the parish. The synchronization projects have resulted in 470 traffic signals being upgraded and 400 new school flashers installed.

Broome has addressed flooding and drainage issues by implementing the EBR Stormwater Drainage Program, which aims to find flooding vulnerabilities and plan restoration improvements to lessen those risks.

Mayor Broome also increased her constituents’ access to healthcare by opening the new Ochsner clinic at Howell Park and reopening BR General Mid-City.

She has addressed the issue of police accountability by providing law enforcement with body cameras, increasing de-escalation training and banning the use of chokeholds. These actions make

it evident the community’s health and safety are among the top priorities for the mayor’s second term.

Actions like these are why students such as Emily Manning, a senior, chose to volunteer for the Broome campaign.

“Working for Mayor Broome has been incredible because she cares a lot about the issues that I also care about like police accountability,” Manning said.

Mayor Broome is able to articulate insightful information regarding “kitchen table” issues, such as crime, clearly and concisely. When interacting with constituents, she has a deep understanding of the impactful issues they care about. Her record as mayor, along with her opendoor policy, makes her qualified to continue serving as mayorpresident.

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Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome speaks on May 31, before the protest of the death of George Floyd in Galvez Plaza.

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Marcel Proust author 1871 — 1922

Monday, November 23, 2020

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Biden administration won’t mean a return to ‘normal’ DOM’S UNCANNY DISCOURSE DOMENIC PURDY

@tigerdom16

Let’s not kid ourselves: after the most historic election in recent memory, the past two weeks have been absolutely tiring.

Following the Nov. 7 consensus that declared Democratic candidate Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, a sense of relief seemed to sweep through the nation.

Like a climactic scene straight out of “Return of the Jedi,” U.S. citizens from New York to Los Angeles took to the streets to celebrate Biden’s victory — and Trump’s defeat — popping bottles of champagne in between bouts of celebratory dancing.

Yet, between delayed polling results, the sitting president and his supporters refusing to concede to the victor and widespread misinformation about nonexistent voter fraud, the American public’s faith in the democratic system is fraught.

As momentous of an occasion

it is to see the incumbent defeated, Trump’s defeat and Biden’s victory will not solve our nation’s ongoing problems. An ongoing pandemic, a deluge of racial and class divisions and an environmental cry out for help don’t just go away once the man Sen. Bernie Sanders called the “most dangerous president in modern history” leaves office.

Biden wields old-school charm to combat Trump’s galvanizing rhetoric, but Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris both have pasts that cannot be ignored. After all, the BidenHarris ticket came from the same polarized political environment that created a runway for Donald Trump’s far-right populism.

With the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, a protest to the death of Black men and women at the hands of law enforcement, we should consider the track records of those inheriting the Oval Office before we celebrate them as progressives just because they aren’t Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

Yes, people change, but for political figures like the commander-in-chief, certain past actions have changed the face of

this nation in ways still felt to this day.

One source of scrutiny along Biden’s journey to the White House was the 1994 crime bill Biden authored under the Clinton administration. The bill “was meant to reverse decades of rising crime, [but] was one of the key contributors to mass incarceration in the 1990s…[that] led to… more aggressive policing — especially hurting Black and brown Americans.”

Harris’ record is blemished as well. As attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017, Kamala Harris “avoided intervening in cases involving killings by the police… she did not step in. Except in extraordinary circumstances, she said, it was not her job,” according to the New York Times.

The political reputations of the White House’s newest residents, while better than their predecessors’, are far cries from an empathetic former vice president and a “progressive prosecutor.”

Both Biden and Harris used the campaign trail to make amends with their pasts by appealing to progressive constituents with key endorsements.

Already, this is far more than the current president has ever done — or ever will do.

Yet, as much as endorsements from former rivals like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren helped boost the pair’s progressive messaging, it doesn’t seem their actual administrative policies will follow suit, seeing as both Sanders and Warren are likely to be “frozen out of [the] cabinet” due to Democrats’ fears of losing more congressional power.

With Trump voted out of office in a record turnout, we can-

not become complacent with the state of our country. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are an improvement, but that does not mean their administration will be actively progressive — based on their histories, actually, it could be far from it.

As Americans, we must hold those in power close to the fire.

After all, they work for us. We gave them the job; let’s make sure they do right by us.

Domenic Purdy is a 19-year-old journalism sophomore from Prairieville.

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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in Wilmington, Del.

We must learn to have civil political discussions with family EVAN ON EARTH EVAN LEONHARD

@evan_leonhard

Across the country, millions of people are bracing themselves for what could be the most traumatic event of the year: the annual family political discussion at Thanksgiving.

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It all begins with a sly whisper, the disgruntled mumbling of a rogue ad hominem between bites of food. As if the entire evening had been mounting to this moment, a volley of bitter replies burst forth and chaos erupts.

There is no turning back: the dinner table becomes a battlefield for political conversations.

Okay, I’ll admit it — after a year like 2020, this hyperbole probably does not hit home the way it usually would around this time. Let’s not pretend a few family squabbles could phase us at this point.

However, as we officially enter the holiday season next week, I can’t help but think about how much unnecessary stress and tension is provoked by our incapacity for substantive conversation.

The archetypal scene of the

holiday squabble, embedded in the American psyche, is the subject of Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom episodes. It’s almost a cliché; impossible to talk about without conjuring up a somewhat comical caricature.

I have read countless op-eds and cultural diagnoses which depict this phenomenon of familial fissures as simply a microcosm of the country’s larger political divisions.

This might very well be true, but why is no one talking about how concerning it is that our most fundamental relationships are becoming politicized in such a pervasive and destructive way?

To be clear, I have no qualms with starting hot button conversations at the dinner table. In fact, I think actual discussion is what we need from our families most

right now.

Yet one of the reasons political divisions among families can be thought of as so analogous to national divisions might be how easily rational discourse devolves into nonsensical, dehumanizing slander.

More and more have I seen political disputes damage the way family members interact with each other.

For this reason, I know of many who experience the “predinner talk,” in which parents or grandparents, in an attempt to mitigate the damage done in ideological crossfire, make politics an explicitly taboo topic during family gatherings.

If all of us were legitimately interested in bettering our political situations, it seems cultivating an atmosphere of civil political

discourse, especially among our own families, would be a number one priority.

Besides, what does this behavior say to the youngest members in our families? How can we expect to raise a generation of individuals who are capable of taking on the mantle of public life when their own families can’t even engage in civil political discussion?

I don’t expect the 2020 holiday season to be anything less than a nespecially fiery hotbed of dinner table politics. However, in light of this year’s isolation, perhaps a revived hope for community and connection can help change the way we discuss serious issues with our loved ones.

Evan Leonhard is a 20-year-old English and philosophy junior from New Orleans.

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