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Students raise concerns about dorm safety.

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An in-depth look into President Tate’s cybersecurity and military initiative and how it will affect the university.

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Meet the LSU alumnus who has hosted one-day “Survivor” and “Big Brother” games for 12 years.

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SAFETY CONCERNS

Break-ins, unwanted visits and faulty security measures at LSU dorms

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Students in residential halls across LSU’s campus have reported security breaches during the 2021-2022 school year and expressed doubts about safety in campus halls.

The most recent incident involved a shooting at the Ion Apartments on West Chimes Street in March. Other security concerns in recent months include when a man broke into Cypress Hall in February and chased a student, and when a broken door in Acadian Hall allowed a student’s ex-boyfriend to make his way to the outside of the student’s dorm room.

The break-ins and faulty security measures meant to keep nonstudents out of the dorms have raised concerns of student safety on campus.

Cypress Hall As sports administration freshman Jacob Pickett walked through the main entrance of Cypress Hall on Feb. 6, he took the elevator to the third floor and saw an older man waiting at his hall’s door, which required a Tiger Card swipe to enter.

Pickett didn’t know how the man passed the main building’s entrance because the exterior doors also require a Tiger Card swipe. He believes the man may have caught the door after other residents entered the building.

Pickett said the man, who appeared to be in his 30s or 40s, had an aggressive tone and asked him to let him into the hallway.

The man said he “needed privacy to call his boys,” Pickett said.

Pickett didn’t want to intervene, so he turned around, opened the door to the staircase and began to walk down to the first floor.

Pickett could tell he was being chased when he heard the rapid sound of the man’s heavy footsteps echo against the cement walls in the staircase. The man yelled and taunted as he chased Pickett.

“I started walking down. He started like running at me, so I started running down,” Pickett said. “He’s like, ‘Oh, you’re scared of me or something?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, if you’re gonna run at me, I’m gonna be scared.’”

Pickett ran into the lobby, and the man stopped chasing him.

Afterward, Pickett saw the man continuing to stand in the staircase. Pickett heard him talking but was not sure whether the man was talking to himself or to other people in the staircase.

“Just the whole situation was weird,” Pickett said. “I wasn’t really expecting to see some random guy follow me, chase after me and tell him to let him into a room.”

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Evangeline Hall sits April 7, on LSU’s campus.

Acadian Hall On Jan. 22, kinesiology freshman Jill Hollier’s ex-boyfriend bypassed several layers of security in Acadian Hall, attempting to meet her against her will. The exboyfriend is not an LSU student.

Separating Hollier’s room from the outside are four total doors. The first two doors can be opened by a Tiger Card swipe.

The third door is meant to work the same way but has been broken since the fall. The fourth door to Hollier’s dorm room requires a key.

The first two doors have the most people pass through, making them easy for a nonresident to tailgate in, a resident with a Tiger Card.

When her ex-boyfriend entered her hall, Hollier was across the hall in a friend’s room. She was unsure if she had left her bedroom door locked before going to see her friends. She was worried her ex-boyfriend would try and access her bedroom or that her roommate might wander inside, unaware of the situation.

Hollier tried to look through the peephole of her friends’ door but couldn’t see anything, but she heard her ex-boyfriend’s voice, as did the rest of the floor.

Prior to his intrusion, Hollier had repeatedly texted her exboyfriend that she didn’t want to see or talk to him.

“I didn’t cry, but I was scared,” Hollier said. “I didn’t think he would try to hurt me but the fact I was saying, ‘No I don’t want to talk to you’ and he still tried was just uncomfortable.”

Hollier informed her friends in the hall that if her ex-boyfriend tried knocking to ignore it. She was in communication with him the entire time, trying to deflect calls and replying “no” to his texts.

“But he still wouldn’t take no

for an answer. And then, eventually, he left, and he told me he left,” Hollier said.

Hollier waited inside her friends’ room for about 30 minutes as a precaution. As she was about to leave, her ex-boyfriend came back. He resumed knocking on the doors and frightening residents before Hollier called and informed her residential assistant, who got other RAs to handle the situation.

Hollier considered calling LSUPD but ultimately opted not to.

“I did think about calling them but I didn’t want to ruin [my ex-boyfriend’s] life,” Hollier said.

Beauregard Hall General business freshman Jackson Gremillion walked into his communal kitchen in Beauregard Hall when he saw a man, who looked the age of a student, sleeping on two chairs that were pushed together. Gremellion knows everyone in his stack, and did not recognize the individual.

“Our RA texted us and was like, ‘Yeah I just got him out.

He’s a kid from Laville.’ And I was just like, ‘Why is there a kid from Laville in my kitchen? What the hell? That’s kind of weird,’” Gremillion said.

Gremillion didn’t think much more into the situation until late March, he saw an eerily familiar face.

“I wake up, walk outside and the kitchen door is closed. I’m like, ‘Why is it closed? I didn’t even realize there was a door on there.’ I kind of peep in and see some dude laying on the couch–the same guy. The couches, again, are pushed together. I kind of just nodded at him and left.”

Gremillion said the man was awake this time and acknowl-

edged Gremillion’s gesture. The man was laying on the pushedtogether chairs and on his phone.

Residents started referring to the dorm as “the Motel” and “Hotel Beauregard.”

Gremillion also noticed the kitchen was “trashed.” There was a bunch of food on the ground, including smashed french fries, and the kitchen smelled bad.

Gremillion doesn’t know if the man did it but he remains suspicious.

Gremillion believes the man may be friends with a resident in the stack and that the man stays the night after coming back from Tigerland with the friend. However, Gremillion doesn’t know why the man doesn’t sleep in the friend’s room instead of the communal kitchen.

Executive director of ResLife Peter Trentacoste reminds students to always be aware of their environments.

“Be vigilant. There are people who don’t want to come into the residence hall just to visit and hang out,” Trentacoste said.

As well as key cards, hard keys and a number of separating doors, Trentacoste said ResLife employs the use of: • Around 450 cameras across campus • Staffed buildings with RAs on duty that’ll investigate disturbances • A “dedicated police force” • Monitoring ability over who is swiping in when and where.

Trentacoste ensures students that he’s on their team when it comes to safety.

“I’m the father of a future Tiger,” Trentacoste said. “The same things I’ve asked students to do are the same things I ask my family to do. Just because we’re on a college campus doesn’t mean bad things can’t happen.”

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NEWS MILITARY INVESTMENT A look into President William Tate’s cybersecurity, military initiative

BY BELLA DARDANO & XANDER GENNARELLI @BellaDardano & @XanderGenn LSU President William F. Tate IV announced last month plans to integrate and improve LSU’s cybersecurity and military science programs as part of his scholarship first initiative.

Golden Richard, director of the LSU Applied Cybersecurity Lab, and Greg Trahan, LSU’s director of economic development, explained what those plans will look like in the future and how they will affect the university.

Partnerships Richard said that some local and federal agencies are considering putting labs on LSU’s campus.

This would allow students to work directly with federal and local law enforcement.

Trahan said that the cybersecurity department is currently partnered with the Louisiana State Police and private defense contractor Radiance Technologies, among others. Part of Tate’s plan includes expanding current partnerships as well as seeking new ones.

“At a high level, we’ve been in conversations with the Secret Service around digital forensics,” Trahan said.

Trahan couldn’t reveal more details because the partnership was not finalized, but that the Secret Service would be involved with talent development at the university.

Radiance Technologies already has a stable partnership with LSU, Trahan said. The Huntsville, Alabama-based defense contractor, has

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Students hold protest

BY MADDIE SCOTT & CORBIN ROSS @madscottyy & @CorbinRoss5

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LSU President William Tate IV, Gov. John Bel Edwards, LSU Board of Supervisor Chair Rémy Starnes and Louisiana Board of Regents member Richard Lipsey cut a ribbon March 16 at an event announced new LSU cybersecurity and defense initiatives. hired several LSU graduate students and previously sponsored several Ph.D. students.

Trahan said that LSU expects to finalize partnerships with the National Guard and the National Security Agency this year.

Elevating ROTC Trahan said one of the most important parts of Tate’s announcement is the elevation of ROTC. Trahan said that Tate’s plan aims to elevate ROTC in a way that honors LSU’s military history as the Ole

War Skule, but also looks to the future.

The elevation of ROTC is planned to be accomplished by improving recruiting and infrastructure, creating a leadership certificate program and partnering with state and private agencies for talent development.

Moving of ROTC Eventually, ROTC, which is currently located in the Military Science Building, will be moved into the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center. Trahan could not comment

on when the move will take place.

The Louisiana Emerging Technology Center will be the foundation of a new cyber-military corridor.

Mechanical engineering junior Colin Raby, who was formerly involved in Air Force ROTC, said the current Military Science Building was “in a sorry state of disrepair.”

Business junior and previous member of Air Force ROTC Austin

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A protest organized by BR for The People visited Free Speech Alley Wednesday to bring awareness to the death of Deaughn Willis, a 25-year-old Black Baton Rouge resident who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on Jan. 8.

Protestors and students confronted nearby police monitoring the protest and marched around the LSU Student Union.

The body camera footage for the incident has not been released. According to the EBR Sheriff’s Office, this is still an active investigation.

Policy say officers came to the Deaughn family’s door with a warrant in search of a kidnapping victim and to arrest Deaughn’s twin brother, Keaughn, for alleged third-degree rape, sexual battery, kidnapping and domestic abuse battery of a pregnant victim, according to The Advocate.

Deaughn allegedly answered the door with a gun, and a sheriff’s deputy shot him.

Deaughn’s mother, Trinelle Willis, is a nurse and attempted to provide medical aid to her son, yet she said the officers would not let her aid her son.

BR for The People is a community activist organization, which protests police brutality.

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FACILITIES

LSU reopens Memorial Tower interior, military museum

BY CORBIN ROSS @CorbinRoss5 LSU reopened Memorial Tower Thursday night after a ceremony conducted by the LSU Ole War Skule and ROTC. Visitors can now visit the William A. Brookshire military museum within the tower.

Memorial Tower closed in 2018 to begin a complete remodeling of the interior and the creation of a museum meant to display a history of LSU’s relationship to the military.

The museum contains memorabilia dating back to 1860, when the university was founded as a military academy.

The ceremony included speeches from Gov. John Bel Edwards and LSU President William F. Tate IV, as well as live military music and videos. People involved in the museum’s financing and construction were recognized and military veterans were honored.

“This university has always

been a special place for the military,” Edwards said. “LSU remains deeply rooted in the tradition of other great military schools, building off the foundation of strong academic emphasis and a rich military program.”

The ceremony opened with a helicopter flyover and the Pershing Rifles Color Guard and the singing of the National Anthem by the LSU wind ensemble.

Corey Bates, national vice commander of the American Legion, spoke on the significance of Memorial Tower to the legion, which raised the funds for its initial construction in 1923.

“Memorial tower is a shining example of the American Legion’s and LSU’s shared and sacred commitment to honor and remember the men and women who gave up all of their tomorrows so that we may have this day together,” Bates said.

Memorial Tower was built after World War I to honor Louisianans

who died in the war.

Tate spoke about the significance of Memorial Tower and thanked the donors and construction team who helped make the museum possible.

“This exciting moment marks the re-opening of an iconic part of our campus, Memorial Tower, and an opportunity to honor LSU’s rich military history, heritage and legacy today and for many years to come,” Tate said.

He honored the legacy of the late William Brookshire, for whom the museum is named. Brookshire earned a P.h.D at LSU and founded S&B Engineers and Constructors.

Brookshire provided a great deal of philanthropic support over the course of his life. The Brookshire family was in attendance and his daughter gave a short speech.

Actors portraying William Tecumseh Sherman, David and Thomas Boyd, and Governor Huey P. Long provided a history of LSU,

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Gov. John Bel Edwards, President William Tate IV, Chair of the LSU Board of Supervisors Rémy Starns, and others cut the ribbon April 7, during the LSU Memorial Tower Museum ceremony on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La. beginning with its formation and leading up to Long’s support for the school in the 1930s.

The ceremony concluded with live music by LSU’s marching band,

followed by a ribbon cutting, formally opening the museum to the public. Those in attendance were allowed to go inside and tour the exhibits afterward.

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New Cyber Military Corridor To integrate the cybersecurity and military programs, Tate’s plan designates a new Cyber Military Corridor on campus. The Louisiana Emerging Technology Center will act as the cornerstone for LSU’s new hub for cybersecurity and defense.

“That’s how you’re going to start generating really great ideas and hopefully elevating a lot of that talent,” Trahan said.

FIREStarter Last semester, LSU announced a new program called FIREStarter,

PROTEST from page 3 Their Facebook page says they are an “activism organization fighting for and maintaining the justices and civil liberties of the people.”

The organization is led by political science and psychology junior Keondra Carter, who founded the organization in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd. Carter held a microphone and spoke to the

which partners with the Louisiana State Police to provide students with “an immersive cyber teaching experience that uses Louisiana data and experts as well as real-world, real-time attacks to train a new generation of cyber talent” according to the LSU cybersecurity website.

The lab has since been built, and students are taking class in it. Someone with Louisiana State Police teaches a class in the FIREStarter lab using its resources, Richard said.

Richard also mentioned a proposal for a second FIREStarter lab.

“We are asking for more funding from the state to essentially do something that will be like FIREStarter II,” Richard said. “It’ll be another lab that enhances the capabilities of that stuff and lets people learn about forensics and industrial control systems; so basically stuff you’d see on CSI.” Richard says the industrial con-

trol system aspect is very exciting because there is a great oil, gas and chemical industry in Louisiana.

Cybersecurity Scholarships Part of Tate’s plan to improve the cybersecurity program is to hire 10 new cybersecurity faculty members. Richard says they have identified two candidates they would like to have in place by the fall and are looking into the process of bringing these candidates in for interviews.

Richard said he expects more scholarships will be offered in the future than what is currently offered as the Office of Research solidifies partnerships with industrial agencies.

“The Office of Research in talking to these industrial and federal partners, they’re interested in making sure that there are internship opportunities for students and potentially scholarships,” Richard said.

Richard also said they are look-

ing to grow the Scholarship for Service program.

Cybersecurity Student Response Richard said that student interest in cybersecurity has been growing.

“When we started the cybersecurity concentration, we immediately had roughly 20 students, and now it’s way over 100 and we don’t even have the full numbers for this year,” Richard said. “It’s exploding.”

Another part of Tate’s plan is to implement a cyber boot camp for incoming computer science freshmen.

According to Anas Mahmoud, an associate professor of computer science, the boot camp will be more like a summer camp to introduce incoming freshmen to cybersecurity early on.

Mahmoud said the program will include a variety of basic exercises that don’t require a lot of coding experience or knowledge in math that introduce topics like cryptogra-

phy, security, important threats facing the nation and how to defend against these threats, ethical issues and privacy. Students will also be introduced to tools that will help them in their computer science careers.

The summer camp should bring more awareness to students about cybersecurity scholarships and opportunities from the university, Mahmoud said.

Mahmoud also said he hopes the summer camp will help decrease the computer science drop-out rate.

“Most of the time, dropping out from computer science is because people come here, they don’t know what the expectations are and then they get lost and they feel like they have no friends and if they could switch majors they might have a better social life,” Mahmoud said. “So I’m hoping this camp will also target these problems.

crowd and students passing by.

“This university is the beacon of Louisiana,” Carter said. “It is our biggest university, and if a handful of students start talking at this college campus, about the injustices happening in the community surrounding them, then we can make a big difference.”

Trinelle Willis, mother of Deaughn, recorded the protest on Facebook Live. She held the megaphone in her hand and told students her experience when

Deaughn was shot and killed in front of her.

“You guys are walking around on this campus,” Trinelle said to a crowd of students. “My son could have been right here with you guys. That young man had visions, dreams of his life.

I will never see them come into vision because of a trigger-heavy sheriff department.”

Trinelle wore a navy blue t-shirt that said “Justice for Deaughn.” A group of protes-

tors held signs behind her that said “No justice No peace” and “Black ≠ Dangerous.”

The protesters then marched from Free Speech Alley to Highland Road, where they began chanting “No justice, no peace” and “Black Lives Matter” toward passing cars. The protest dispersed afterward.

“It was a very great crowd, we had many people there. A lot of people grabbed the microphone and they spoke out

about their own experiences,” said pre-veterinary junior Jade Jenkins.

Carter said a lot of students are in a bubble when they come to LSU, and her goal is to break this bubble that shields them from noticing police violence.

She said it’s a privilege to attend the university and to get a degree, and students need to use their privilege to spread awareness about police violence occurring in the community.

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LSU alum recreates ‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother’ competitions

BY LARA NICHOLSON @Laranicholson_ Taylor Luke began recreating “Survivor” at his multi-acre home in Lafayette at 12 years old after becoming a fan of the CBS show. He gathered a small group of friends together, played for about 80 minutes and posted a video of it on YouTube. In the words of the 2020 LSU alumnus, it was “just messy.”

Twelve years later, his games now last from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. He recreates the intricate games, puzzles and twists from the show, and has incorporated other reality competitions like “Big Brother” into the franchise as well. He and his crew have filmed, edited and posted over 1,000 videos of the competitions to his YouTube channel, titled after him.

Over 300 people have participated in his games over the years — from family to friends to complete strangers — all competing for the win, even if there’s no prize.

“It’s the ultimate icebreaker, if I’m honest,” said Luke.

“It feels very much like a vac-

uum, like its own world when you’re in it. I wouldn’t say life or death, but it feels very high stakes because you want to stay in the game.”

During the 17 hours of gameplay, players form alliances, compete for advantages like immunity and vote each other off one by one. Those who are eliminated enter the “jury” and vote on who should win the whole game at the end.

Luke and his film crew record each interaction, as well as “confessionals,” where players speak on their emotions and strategies throughout the day.

Potential players reach out through a sign-up sheet on his Instagram account, most of whom heard about the game via word of mouth. As gamemaster, Luke meticulously arranges each game and its cast to ensure competition is fair.

No participant can know more than three people on the cast, ensuring people branch out to form alliances.

As a result, Luke said the games have created long lasting friendships among participants after they leave the competition. Luke’s games have even

resulted in players getting married down the line.

“I really want to stress that it feels like a community when you’re there,” Luke said. “I know it’s weird to say, especially given the cutthroat nature of the game, but it really does have a weird way of pulling people together at the end of the day.”

Over the years, several players have developed their own reputations among the community — some underdogs, some heroes, some villains. Matthew Hensarling, a 2021 LSU alumnus, is a well-known “villain” to players of the game, having played “Survivor” six times since 2013 and “Big Brother’’ seven times since its creation in 2014.

Though most often recognized as a manipulator when playing, Hensarling never enters the game with a strategy — he waits until he meets the other players before deciding what role he wants to play, which could be a leader, a silent player, a villain or an underdog. One of his favorite things about the games is that they allow players to express sides of

themselves that don’t normally show in everyday life.

“I do own [being a villain],” Hensarling said. “I’m not a villain in real life. I love people and I love connecting and kindness and honesty. In the games, it’s interesting to become a character and allow that to be a thing I’m not ashamed of. It’s like another form of self expression — allowing yourself to access parts of yourself that you can’t really access in real life.”

Hensarling’s favorite players to compete with are Luke’s family, who all participate in the games — Luke’s father, Bob Luke, and mother, Deedee Luke, often take off work for the games so they can either play or cook for the participants. Thomas Luke and mass communication junior Emma Luke, Taylor’s siblings, are wellknown MVPs in the games as well.

Hensarling noted DeeDee’s ability to form and pull alliances, which makes her one of the most fun to play with.

“She’s (DeeDee) one of my favorite players,” said Hensarling. “She takes people under her wing and she’s a very loy-

al player, but she’ll do what it takes as well.”

In high school and college, Luke hosted games about four times per year at his Lafayette home. Following graduation, he moved to Austin, Texas to pursue a law degree — although that makes it more difficult for him to host games, he said he has no intention of quitting soon.

Luke plans to host games less often but hopes to spend the extra time planning new twists and puzzles for players.

He even created his own reality competition, called “The Greenhouse,” which incorporates aspects of numerous other reality competitions into one unique game. He just recently began posting videos from his second season of “The Greenhouse” this month on his YouTube channel.

“I think he is a genius,” Hensarling said. “It’s art, honestly.

It’s such a cool experiment to see someone essentially study a social structure and then craft their own social experiment. At the end of the day, it is a game, but it’s ultimately a social experiment in my mind.”

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French celebrity and surrealist interior designer visits LSU

BY JOHN BUZBEE @thebuzzbuz Renowned French celebrity and artist Vincent Darré visited LSU as one of the most distinguished guests the university has ever had. While in Baton Rouge, Darré gave a presentation in the Cox Auditorium on Monday and the LSU Museum of Art on Tuesday.

Darré is a fashion designer turned interior designer who is best known for his surrealist interiors, though he has seemingly dabbled with most contemporary artforms. He aims to create a sense of humor with grandeur, professionalism with abstraction and a style quite difficult to describe, yet surprisingly easy to receive mentally.

Director of the School of Art Rod Parker said “he’s sort of one of those people who’s always making work and tossing it off.

People run behind trying to catch it, to keep up with it.

“This is a glorious moment.

None of us are going to meet too many people like this in the course of our lives.”

“The drawing on which the interiors and furniture is based, it is very colorful, it is joyful. It

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is very rich in historical references to classical modern art. To some extent, it’s a celebration of life and the imagination,” said art history professor Darius Spieth.

Spieth was one of the leading voices that resulted Darré’s visit to LSU. Spieth, in partnership with the School of Interior Design, School of Art, the honors college, the history department, the Center

for Collaborative Knowledge and the LSU Museum of Art, hopes that students can appreciate the gesture of Darré and Baba’s visit.

Darré’s influences can be traced to his intellectual family.

His father was a communist sociologist, his mother a feminist, and his uncle a notable writer.

This, combined with his youthful exposure to Italian baroque architecture, led to an admiration

that is visible in his style today.

Darré studied for years at Studio Berçot and frequently attended the Palace nightclub, which according to Darré, was the Paris version of New York’s famous club Studio 54. It was there that he made connections invaluable to his early fashion design career and mingled with its elite.

“It changed my mind. I saw all these people from fashion and… this mood. I met them very young, all these people,” said Darré.

These connections propelled him to working with labels such as Prada, Fendi and Moschino.

Around this time, Darré became the personal assistant to Karl Lagerfeld. These years of experience and his exposure to Lagerfeld would have an impact on his direction in the future and even his outlook on life.

Darré would have a falling out with Moschino and would begin to shift the direction of his career. He began to favor interior design and furniture.

By then, Darré operated mostly independently and had begun constructing a portfolio of collections for his label, Maison Darré.

His latest edition, the Insomniac Collection, is the epitome of

what Darré has become critically known for — surrealist interiors.

Throughout his bouts with fashion and interior design, Darré maintained a small career in cinema. As one of his favorite mediums, he has played small roles and taken thought anecdotes earned in cinema throughout his career.

The display Darré gave on Monday, April 4 was the longest and most populated presentation he had ever conducted in English.

Still, his eccentric, sometimes sarcastic personality transcended the language barrier.

Darré opened to questions from the audience and provided advice for students after his presentation.

“I think in your life it is important to be open to the opportunities. I’ve been so lucky because I have so many different friends: writer, actor, musician, fashion designer. Sometimes, people propose to me strange things — art director for a magazine or to do costumes,” Darré said. “I’m open for every opportunity.”

As the presentation closed, an audience member asked if they could expect any tiger-themed art pieces in the near future. Darré shrugged and smiled in response.

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SPRING CLEANING New faces take the field during spring practice for football

SAVANNA ORGERON / The Reveille

LSU football quarterbacks Myles Brennan (15), Jayden Daniels (5) and Garrett Nussmeier (13) wait for the ball while Head Coach Brian Kelly steps on Nussmeier’s back foot March 29 during LSU’s spring practice in Baton Rouge, La.

BY DYLAN SANDERS @DillySanders As spring practice for football commences, Brian Kelly and the rest of the coaching staff are getting players accustomed to how they run things, adjusting to a new offense and defense, and learning to play with the freshmen and recruits.

So far, practices have ran more efficiently run and coaching staff gained a tighter handle on the players compared to previous seasons.

Dysfunction was a major issue over the past two years, which was reflected in games as LSU struggled to pick plays and get to the quarterbacks on time repeatedly.

“It’s all about accountability,” Myles Brennan said. “His [Kelly] whole thing is about being accountable and doing your job. If everyone does their job, we’ll be just fine.”

“If you’re late, you’re going

to pay the consequences. If you don’t show up for something, tutoring, class, everything’s mandatory, and there is no getting around it.”

Tight end and wide receiver Jack Bech spoke of ‘SWAT’ teams that were employed by the coaching staff. Kelly appointed 10 players at the beginning of spring to take a lead and make sure everyone is being held accountable.

The team also takes daily questionnaires on how they are feeling about on and off the field performance. Accountability is going to be a word you hear often this year with Kelly’s staff.

As for on the field, competition is strong. Many feel that the quarterback competition is a two-man race between Brennan and Jayden Daniels. All four quarterbacks including Walker Howard and Garrett Nussmeier have shined at their own times.

During the last practice on Saturday morning, Howard, the ear-

ly-enrollee from Lafayette, looked unstoppable. Granted, he was playing against walk-ons and guys lower on the depth chart, but he easily had the best throw of the day on a 60-yard touchdown pass to transfer receiver Kyren Lacy.

“I feel like I’m doing good so far,” Daniels said in his first media appearance. “You know, coming in learning the playbook off the fly, in the quarterback room we’ve been bouncing everything off of each other, you know it’s a healthy competition. I asked Myles questions, Myles asks me questions, we bounce stuff off of each other. You know just building that relationship.”

Another major story line so far this off-season has been the surprising performance of true freshman offensive tackle Will Campbell. Campbell comes in from Neville High School in Monroe as a player who jumped between being a four and a five star recruit throughout the process.

He was expected to play well

and be a cornerstone for LSU during this rebuild, but no one expected it to happen as fast as it has. Campbell is getting a lot of reps with the starters at practice at left tackle and has more than held his own. During one-on-one drills against the defensive line, he was paired against sophomore Saivion Jones for a fun battle.

Jones spoke highly of Campbell after practice a few days after that drill. During the team’s offense versus defense drills on Saturday, Campbell was the starting left tackle for the offense and won reps against sophomore Maason Smith coming off of the edge.

The main question still remaining for this team is the depth at cornerback. A position that the Tigers were already thin at, it took another hit when Jarrick BernardConverse suffered an injury that will keep him out until June. Kelly said he knows they are weak at the position and will possibly look back into the transfer portal for some more incoming talent.

Column: The SEC’s NCAA bust HENRY HUBER @HenryHuber_

It doesn’t take much reflection or research to find that the SEC did not perform well in this season’s NCAA tournament, a mindboggling reality considering their expectations heading into it. How does a conference with six aboveaverage seeds produce a single solid run?

To figure that out, we must first understand why their expectations were so high in the first place.

Consistency is a valid reason to have elevated expectations and trust in a team or conference. In this case, the SEC fits the mold, as it’s rare that the conference does not produce at least one or two championship contenders per year.

However, that consistency did not run deep throughout the conference until recently, as the conference’s frontrunners were typically four teams in the east in Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The West’s involvement since 2000 wasn’t zero, but it was incredibly rare.

It wasn’t until the late 2010s, long after the conference had merged, that other teams finally built programs that were fit to last.

Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn and LSU rose from the ashes of mediocrity to become consistent tournament teams, with each team having a peak that could rival anyone. And with depth that could contend with the Big Ten and Big 12s, the SEC was bound to gain an

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BASEBALL

LSU sweeps defending national champions in three-game series

BY COLE HERNANDEZ @Ct_hernandez Game 1 The LSU baseball team faced a one-run deficit entering the ninth inning against Mississippi State on Friday night.

LSU’s first two hitters to the plate in the ninth inning were retired, then Hayden Travinski walked and Josh Stevenson was hit by a pitch. A wild pitch moved Travinski pinch-runner Collier Cranford to second base and Josh Stevenson to third. Tre’ Morgan hit a single to center field that scored Cranford and Stevenson.

It put LSU up 3-2 vs. Mississippi State. Dylan Crews followed Morgan with a two-run home run over the right-center field fence.

Crews’ homer put LSU up 5-2 vs.

Mississippi State.

Behind two-out hits from Tre’ Morgan and Dylan Crews, LSU produced a four-run ninth inning to defeat Mississippi State 5-2.

LSU won the game 5-2 after a shutout bottom of the ninth inning by Paul Gervase.

Game 2 Shortstop Jordan Thompson launched a sixth-inning solo home run to break a 3-3 tie. The LSU bullpen blanked Mississippi State over five innings as the Tigers earned a 4-3 win.

LSU starting pitcher Blake Money worked four innings and was charged with three runs, two earned, on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts.

The Tigers’ bullpen, Devin Fontenot, Paul Gervase, Trent Vietmeier, Riley Cooper and Eric Reyzelman, combined to shut out the Bulldogs over a five-inning span, allowing just three hits with 10 strikeouts. Right-hand pitcher Devin Fontenot (2-1), the third of six LSU pitchers, was credited with the win, as he worked one scoreless inning and allowed one hit with no walks and three strikeouts.

“All of our relievers came in and did a phenomenal job,” Coach Jay Johnson said. “Everybody who came in had runners on base and left them on base at the end of the inning, which was awesome. They showed a lot of poise in blocking out the crowd and executing the pitch.”

Game 3 Tre Morgan, Dylan Crews and Jacob Berry responded to the Bulldog’s one run homer in the first inning with RBI’s in the third and fifth innings.

To finish the fifth, Josh Pearson hit his first career home run as a Tiger and scored Crews and Berry in the process. Morgan doubled in sixth and McManus scored on the hit. The score read 7-1 LSU entering the seventh inning.

In the seventh inning, Doughty and Pearson added two solo home runs. Doughty and Pearson continued their strong day at the plate in the eighth inning and both scored RBI’s. Crews added to the Tigers’ score as well with a two RBI double up the middle.

Samuel Dutton got the start on the mound. He pitched three innings, allowed four hits, one earned run, and one strikeout.

Grant Taylor relieved him in the fourth inning. Taylor pitched four innings, allowed five hits, two earned runs, and had six strikeouts.

LSU won game three of the series 13-3.

LSU baseball has proven once again they can contend with anyone in the SEC and won their ninth straight series in Starkville.

LSU has won 14 of its last 16 SEC series against Mississippi State, and the Tigers have posted nine consecutive series victories at Dudy Noble Field. LSU last lost a series in Starkville, Mississippi in 2003.

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Monday, April 11, 2022 COLUMN, from page 8 edge in seeding.

Through the first few weeks of the season, seven SEC representatives ranked in the top 25, as expectations were high from the start. The results of the regular season were a roller coaster, with many teams experiencing ups and downs throughout.

LSU and Auburn would headline the conference throughout non-conference play while Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas would all drop early due to questionable losses.

Just three of the seven aforementioned teams would remain in position, as Auburn remained at the top and for a while and was argued to be the best team in the country, while Alabama and Florida remained in a desperate crawl to re-obtain their spots in the rankings for the rest of the season.

The rest of the teams practically flipped positions, as Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas each climbed back into the rankings while LSU plummeted.

Expectations remained high, but what would ultimately skyrocket them was the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.

The Big 12 was one of the few conferences that rivaled the SEC when it came to projections, headlined by three or four championship contenders just like their counterparts. But when the chal-

lenge was finished, it surprisingly turned out to be a landslide.

The SEC slayed the Big 12’s top dogs, with Kentucky dismantling Kansas and Alabama taking down Baylor. The overall score may have been 6-4 in the SEC’s favor, but it felt like the margin was a lot more significant. This challenge was impactful when it came to seeding, especially for Kentucky and Alabama.

By the time Selection Sunday came around, Auburn, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas were all teams considered worthy of winning a championship and spanned the seeds 2-4. Three-seeded Tennessee and four-seeded Arkansas might have fallen lower than their other SEC-elite counterparts, but they had arguably the hottest ends to their seasons.

Alabama and LSU were seen as dangerous six-seeds with a lot of upside, worthy of making a deep run if either team were to catch fire at the right time. Six teams that have the potential to make a splash would surely amount to at least two or three deep runs from the conference, right?

Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee all ranked in the top-10 most picked champions in the NCAA tournament, with Kentucky ranking in the top five. But by the time the second round had finished, all three were eliminated.

The team with the highest projection was the first to fall, upset-

CHYNNA MCCLINTON / The Reveille

LSU men’s basketball sophomore guard Eric Gaines (2) places his hands on his head Feb. 01 during LSU’s 72-76 loss against Ole Miss in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La. ted by eventual Elite Eight participant in No. 15 seed St. Peter’s.

Auburn and Tennessee would easily advance to the second round before getting effectively knocked out by double-digit-seeded teams in Miami and Michigan respectively.

Of the remaining representatives, just one would advance past the first round, as each of the sixseeds suffered upsets at the hands of respectable 11-seeds. Arkansas did what it could to properly rep-

resent the conference, even taking out the favorite to take in the tournament in Gonzaga, before falling to Duke in the Elite Eight as the SEC’s farthest traveler.

Was the conference overrated?

Or did they coincidentally receive tough matchups? Well, it’s a mixed bag.

Alabama and LSU have the best arguments for being overrated, as their inconsistent play throughout conference play was overshadowed by their considerable play

early in the season. Alabama had beaten Gonzaga, Houston and Baylor, and LSU had started the season 14-1, but each team posted .500 conference records.

At their best, they genuinely could have made a run, but the same thing could be said about TCU, Memphis, Rutgers and others, who all had equally volatile seasons while being seeded lower.

The rest of the teams that underperformed have arguments in favor of their matchups. St. Peter’s and Miami each made it to the Elite Eight and Michigan made things interesting against in an eventual Final Four team in Villanova.

Though Auburn had slowed down a bit, it started the season 24-2 and had given zero justification of being seeded anywhere lower than two. Tennessee finished the season 12-1 (4-1 against the SEC elite) and capped that run off with a conference title. And Kentucky had lost just four games since its loss to LSU in January, each against the top teams in the conference.

The SEC clearly underperformed and absolutely should have had more Sweet 16 and Elite Eight representatives, but they were not overrated. If anything, this opinion is testament to how much potential these teams displayed throughout the regular season, and how the NCAA tournament can crush even the best of the best.

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Student Government needs better marketing, outreach NEVER A DULL MOMENT NOAH MCKINNEY

@itsthatnoah

If you’ve ever needed a Scantron for a test or a mask during the mandate, Student Government has been there for you.

Many students, including myself, have already taken advantage of these resources. On several occasions in the past few semesters, I left my mask at home and only had 10 minutes to find one before my next class started. Thankfully, the SG office in the Student Union had plenty on hand to provide for free.

In situations like these, where an immediate need is present in the student body, SG has the opportunity to make a difference. Members of SG function, in theory, as students’ voice in the day-to-day operations of the university.

But how many students are actually aware of what SG does?

“The only thing I know about

[SG] is that I walk down Free Speech Alley on election day, and I see a bunch of booths,” biology freshman Danylo Zaitsev said.

For students not involved in SG, campaigns are often their only impression and face-to-face contact with the organization. In terms of what those campaigners accomplish once they’re elected, students are often unsure.

“I have no idea how they affect me at all,” painting and drawing junior Audrey McLellan said. “I’ve never really heard about what they’ve been able to do. I’ve felt like it was just another form of high school voting for president, and then they’re kind of just there. It doesn’t really do anything.”

SG has a marketing issue.

Many students on campus have no real idea how their so-called advocates actually advocate for them. How can a representative body claim to be effective when the people it represents are unaware of its functions or purpose?

It would be easy to throw

up our hands in despair and conclude that no one on campus cares about what our student representatives can do or achieve, but that is not the case.

Just because students don’t know what SG does, doesn’t mean they’re not interested in learning more about the organization.

“I’d be interested in learning about Student Government,” experimental music and digital media freshman Josio Meda said. “As long as it catches the eye, you know?”

Zaitsev thinks “the university should definitely push more for people knowing what [SG] does.”

Somehow, our university needs to reconcile the existing contradiction between a widespread ignorance of the SG’s functions and the still-existing desire in students to learn more.

One answer could be simply to tell students to do their own research, but expecting students to figure it all out and stay updated on their own could work, it likely would’ve already. The bare minimum of setting up

booths during election week doesn’t seem to have had much effect either as voter participation hovers at less than 15%.

If SG wants to have an informed voting base, it should use new marketing strategies.

I’m not an expert in the subject, but even a layperson like myself can imagine plenty of possibilities.

Consider the frenzies college students will go into for free food. Couldn’t SG host more widely-advertised food handouts so the student body could meet their representatives?

SG is well known for large events like the annual Groovin’ concert, but could do more to host educational events. Students love to take advantage of free music and food, so SG should combine that atmosphere with an event specifically aimed at educating the community on what the organization is working on and how it functions.

Passing a pamphlet to a student rushing to class is an easy way to create excess trash, but centralizing outreach like this

would make the perfect space for the interested to learn more.

Other possibilities vary depending on the resources they require, but any of them would be better than nothing. Posters could display recent events or notable moments in the Senate, or small raffles could incentivize sharing platforms on social media via a designated hashtag.

We could even take a note from history books and select a campus crier to announce recently passed legislation in the Quad. Really, the only thing standing in SG’s way seems to be its own lack of creativity.

Even beyond events or incentives, a slight change in branding could make a significant difference. SG’s purple and gold banners and tablecloths are practically invisible in Free Speech Alley—any number of other university programs and groups will look similar. Like Medea said, just make it eye-catching.

Noah McKinney is an English and history junior from Houston, TX.

Don’t forget about Southern’s infrastructure priorities DRAKE’S TAKES DRAKE BRIGNAC @drakebrignac Aside from our shared city, Southern University and LSU have a lot in common as flagship institutions of statewide university systems with energetic bands, beloved football teams, preserved oak trees and big cat mascots. We also share a litany of infrastructure problems. Although, Southern has one particular problem that is, quite literally, earth-shattering.

For those who don’t know, Southern borders the Mississippi River on a tract of land known as “Scott’s Bluff.” The Bluff is known as a spot where people can picnic, fish or just enjoy the view.

Lesser known is the fact that the Mississippi River is slowly swallowing the Bluff as erosion gradually wears down the riverfront and an on-campus ravine, which drains storm water into the river. Not to be overdramatic, but the erosion is tantamount to an existential crisis.

The Baranco-Hill Student Health Center is just a few yards away from the edge of the ravine. Unless it receives funding for immediate repairs, the student health center will fall into it within the next two years.

Erosion has already cost Southern a bridge connecting the different areas of its campus and parts of a walkway over the ravine. Along with the student health center, the campus’ historic oaks, other buildings and utility systems are at risk.

A plan to mitigate and prevent further erosion would cost an estimated $20 million—as much as $32 million if you include repairs—but the Legislature only allocated $1.6 million to the project last year.

This session, the Legislature has more than $1 billion at its disposal, so addressing the immediate need of Southern should not be a budgetary issue. That being said, it shouldn’t be considered an issue even if the state didn’t have this year’s surplus.

The repairs are not only necessary because of the short timeline, but also because of the need that the most threatened building

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warrants.

Broadly speaking, student health centers are critical to any university student on any campus. They provide readily accessible services from check-ups to STD testing and, considering the ongoing pandemic, crucial services like vaccinations. Beyond the student health center’s value to students, the risks—and costs—of damage or lost infrastructure are equally significant.

As the adage goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” If the Legislature doesn’t address Southern’s problems while it has the chance, the cost of repairing the consequences of its inaction will be even larger.

Just look at recent renovation and building costs on our campus. The Studio Arts Building renovation cost $18 million. Last year, the Legislature’s budget allocated nearly $15 million to the

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Huey P. Long Field House renovation and nearly $24 million to planning and carrying out renovations and an addition to the LSU Student Health Center.

Of course, this doesn’t even include the immeasurable costs of losing natural features, like Southern’s centuries-old oak trees, or those that arise from students not having access to a student health center while a new one is built.

Week after week, The Reveille has reported on the university’s array of infrastructure problems; however, LSU students must recognize that our campus is not alone in its need for properlyfunded repairs and call for our fellow institution, just a drive down the freeway, to receive just as much attention as ours does.

Our legislators also need to realize that fact, and they need to act before the flagship institution of the nation’s only HBCU system loses even more of its campus to the forces of nature.

Drake Brignac is a 21-year-old political communication and political science senior from Baton Rouge.

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