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HOUSE DIVIDED LSU tramples McNeese, sacks Ed Orgeron’s son, Cody, eight times.

NEWS

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Students complain about commuter parking after university rezones Ag lot to residential parking.

SPORTS

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Before kickoff of LSU’s home opener, lines of fans stretched down the PMAC ramp to get a COVID-19 test or vaccine.

ENTERTAINMENT

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IT WAS ALL A DREAM

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LSU football offensive line coach Brad Davis runs back to the locker rooms with his team Sept. 11, before LSU’s 34-7 win against McNeese at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

Cody Orgeron lives out dream, but father and brothers get the last laugh

BY JOE KEHRLI @joekehrli9 Louisiana’s state capitol building was lit up, and the adjacent Port Allen Bridge the same, as the backdrop for Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Inside Death Valley, thousands of heckling fans formed loud purple and gold walls.

It was Cody Orgeron’s dream come true.

The stage was set. His father and pair of his brothers, Tyler and Parker, stalked the opposing sideline, garbed in matching khakis and purple polos, a place Cody was not used to seeing them.

With the lights of Death Valley shining down, Cody could not bolster the manpower to show up his father, Ed, in a 34-7 defeat.

Cody, the starting quarterback for McNeese State, only completed 10 of his passes, with negative 60 net rushing yards against LSU. He was sacked eight times.

“In high school I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do, and I remember I had a very vivid dream,” Cody said before the game. “I was playing in Tiger Stadium in a sold-out crowd, and it was a different dream man, I knew it was from God, and I have ever since stuck with that dream throughout my college career, and it all came true.”

Several years later, including an extra year of eligibility, helped make that dream come true. On Saturday, Cody was at the helm of the opposing McNeese State’s offense. The stadium was packed with 94,221 fans, checking off another item on his bucket list.

“It is such a blessing to be able to play against them, in such a cool venue like that,” he said before the game. “Being out there to compete with my teammates, its going to be a really special night.”

Though, unluckily for him, his dream did not include winning— His two older brothers and father walked away with the victory.

“This is my first time going against my dad,” Cody said. “He is usually there supporting me at every game, in high school when I played tennis, he would come support me.”

Cody opened the game with

a six-yard keep, not a scramble.

Could this have been more than a simple quarterback keep? Or is it a statement from Ed’s son, that he would give this game his all?

As game clock dissipated into the humidity of the Baton Rouge night, the latter was evident.

Cody would get eaten up, but get up and give his best effort each time, play after play.

The Cowboys are now 0-2, with their first loss coming from West Florida last week. Against the Argonauts, Cody completed 31 competitions on 47 attempts

and yellow No. 8 jersey lay on the Tiger Eye in the middle of Death Valley for a second longer, with the crown of the helmet directed to the Tigers coaching staff sideline.

“Looking back and thinking about [the game], it was all kind of a blur, it happened so quick, but I was just blessed to be a part of that a great storyline in my life,” Cody said after the game.

“It was a great experience, it was fun.”

Earlier in the week, Cody and his twin brother Parker, offensive

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McNeese football graduate student quarterback Cody Orgeron (8) hands off the ball Sept. 11, during LSU’s 34-7 win against McNeese at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. for 367 yards. In their 42-36 loss to West Florida, he threw two touchdowns, and his longest completion was 30 yards.

Compared to this week, Cody suffered against a banged-up LSU defensive unit. A defensive line that was missing impact players, Jay Ward, Ali Gaye and Glen Logan, allowed Cody to complete just half of his passes and only throw for one touchdown.

The turning point for the Cowboys’ offense came late in the first quarter when defensive lineman Maason Smith came flying through a gap in the middle of McNeese’s front line barrier for a seven-yard sack. Not only did Cowboys lose a possession and yards on the play, but the blue

analyst for LSU, mentioned to The Reveille, in unison that this is a special coincidence that they are lucky to share in together, and both teams wish the best from each other.

“Stuff like this doesn’t really come around often, so we are going to take advantage of it,” the twins said.

Capping the first half, Ed, Parker and Tyler took the advantage over the lone Cowboy, as the scoreboard reflected 17 for LSU and zero for McNeese State. Cody, while in the pocket and on the playing field, converted only 50% of his first half passes, as he was six for 12, with a sack and a net loss of 33 yards.

Then to begin the second half,

a near identical scene from the first quarter happened, Cody was once again lying upon the Tiger Eye for a failed third down conversion. The Tigers came into this game with an offensive line that lacked production against the UCLA Bruins, but the Cowboys were simply worse; the front five did not provide any protection for plays to develop as the graduate student got dropped eight times in the matchup.

Without a doubt, Ed was impressed with the improvement in production of the defensive line on Saturday night, being able to intrude enemy lines and sack the quarterback for a loss. But while clapping on the sideline, he must have had an ounce of worry considering his son was getting the brunt of the Tigers’ harm.

“I knew Cody could handle it,” Ed said with a smile. “I’ve watched all his games. There have been games where he’s been sacked a bunch too. He can handle it. He’s a big man. I’m just glad he didn’t get hurt.”

Late into the fourth quarter, Cody connected with receiver Carlos Williams for a 44-yard touchdown, erasing Tigers’ hopes of a home opener shutout (last shutout was in 2018, against Southeastern, 31-0). Cody ended his Death Valley debut with a total of 91 passing yards, and one touchdown.

All dreams end with the same result; We wake up and a new day begins. Cody woke up when the game was finished, tallying 10 completions on 20 attempts with one touchdown. His dad and brothers got the best of this match up.

“We could not get shut out,” Cody said. “It was definitely great getting a touchdown in Death Valley.”

After the score was settled, the father embraced his son before they parted ways for the night.

He departed with a message.

“I am proud of you son,” he said, “on to the next one.”

“I told him that I love him,” Cody said about his fathers embrace after the game. “Put it in the past and keep moving, but I’m happy for them. They get back on track, and its our opportunity to get back on track next week.”

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PARKING PROBLEMS Ag Lot shifted to residential lot, commuters still struggle to find space

1/5 of LSU students vape, survey reports

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Commuter parking lots stay full on April 21 on LSU’s campus.

BY DOMENIC PURDY @tigerdom16 Kinesiology senior Emily Passman was perplexed when she received an email informing her that the parking lot of the Parker Agricultural Coliseum that sits at the corner of Highland Road and South Stadium Drive would be switching designations from commuter parking to residential parking.

Passman was even more confused to find that none of her friends or classmates received the same notice of the lot’s change in status on Aug. 11, just over a week before the fall semester began.

“I know a lot of people who

weren’t [told about it],” she said.

The 600-space lot commonly referred to as the Ag Lot, offered close parking to the LSU Student Union and the Quad, where the majority of classes take place.

The email informing students about the change to the Ag Lot was intended to be sent to all commuters who purchased a parking pass for the fall semester. The high influx of first–time permit purchases after a year away from campus during the COVID-19 pandemic could be to blame for the miscommunication, said Ernie Ballard, LSU spokesman.

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About 20% of LSU students are regular or social vapers, while 86% have vaped at least once, according to a survey conducted by Manship School of Mass Communication professor Judith Sylvester.

Sylvester conducted two surveys to gauge how many LSU students and college students across the country are using ecigarettes.

Sylvester is the founder of the SmokingWords program, which has been advocating for smoking cessation on college campuses since 2000. With many people turning to vaping as an alternative to cigarettes, Sylvester and SmokingWords’ latest battle has been getting the word out about the dangers of e-cigarette usage.

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration eliminated most flavoring in e-cigarettes and raised the legal tobacco purchasing age to 21, these measures resulted in only 28% of survey respondents quitting vaping. About 46% of respondents said they had vaped THC, the psychoactive compound found in marijuana.

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FACILITIES

PMAC court will be named after Coach Dale Brown, LSU Board Votes

BY CADEN LIM @cadenlim5 The LSU Board of Supervisors voted Friday to name the court in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center after legendary LSU men’s basketball coach Dale Brown.

The Board voted in favor 12-3 to name the Dale Brown Court after much debate on the topic at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 10. Several former players and colleagues of Brown spoke in favor of the naming.

There were some dissenters to the motion, arguing the naming promotes inequality between men and women in LSU’s community.

Supervisor Collis Temple Jr. was one of the biggest advocates for the naming. Temple was the first Black player in play for LSU’s basketball program when he joined in 1971 under coach

Press Maravich, one year before Brown began coaching. Temple said Brown was a “champion for human dignity.”

Former assistant coach Jordy Hultberg said Brown only wanted to make his players better.

Hultberg said Brown didn’t care about anyone’s differences, but only how to help his student athletes succeed.

“He just sees human beings,” Hultberg said. “He treated all of us fairly, with dignity and respect.”

LSU’s all-time leading rebounder Rudy Macklin said Brown genuinely cared about him when he was a recruit and a player. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Macklin said his father was concerned for Macklin’s safety coming to the Deep South at the time. Macklin said Brown promised his father he would keep him safe. So throughout his

college career, an official from the NAACP met with him every week to ensure his safety. Macklin said that meant a lot to him and his family.

“I came [to LSU] because of him,” Macklin said. “I stayed here because of him.”

To highlight Brown’s familial approach to his relationships, another former LSU basketball player Ricky Blanton said Brown gives him a phone call on his birthday every year. He said that alone gives a sense of what kind of man Brown is.

“It matters for one thing: you’re going to be a good person and you’re going to make a difference,” Blanton said. “The guy’s a true humanitarian. If you’ve been around coach Brown, he’s all about helping people.”

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LSU former basketball head coach Dale Brown shakes senior guard Keith Hornsby (4) hand during the pre-game warmups during the Tigers’ game against Missouri on March 1, 2016 in the PMAC.

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page 4 PARKING, from page 3 done a better job communicating changes and will do better in the future,” Ballard said.

Currently, there are 8,200 commuter spaces across campus, down from 2019-2020 when there were 9,184 commuter spaces.

LSU sold 12,381 commuter permits for the fall semester. Ballard noted that not all commuters are on campus at the same time, so the disparity in spaces compared to passes is acceptable.

Construction of the 900-bed Greenhouse District residential life facilities, consisting of Azalea and Camellia Halls, was what prompted the decision to change the Ag Lot to a residential zone, Ballard said.

Despite losing 600 spaces from the Ag Lot, the university launched a new program called Park & Geaux as an alternative for commuter parking.

A Park & Geaux pass that costs $50 gives commuters access to off-campus lots along Skip Bertman Drive with a shuttle departing every 10 minutes to campus.

The Park & Geaux program adds 1,100 spaces back to the pool of commuter parking, Ballard said.

“The issue is not that we have a capacity problem, but rather there are a limited number of parking spaces in close proximity to campus,” said Josh Galasso, the LSU transportation demand manager.

Galasso said having the largest freshman class in university

VAPING, from page 3 “Almost all of these devices are manufactured in China and you don’t know what’s in them,” Sylvester said. “I just want students to be aware of how dangerous it is, and how connected it is with COVID and EVALI.” The Centers for Disease Control named vitamin E acetate, associated with unregulated THC vaping products, as the most likely additive causing EVALI. Over 70% of EVALI cases reviewed by the CDC and FDA were connected to vaping THC; however, they have not confirmed this additive to be the sole cause of EVALI. The CDC halted research on EVALI in February 2020 as fighting COVID-19 took priority.

Sylvester stressed the connections between the COVID-19 pandemic and the explosion of vaping popularity, both because many students turn to vaping to beat isolation boredom and the social aspect of people sharing devices as a cause of virus transmission. Her survey found that over 70% of students who vape named boredom or stress as a contributing factor to increased use.

Her greatest concern, though, is the similarity in symptoms between EVALI and COVID-19. Variants of the virus that are particularly hostile to young people are a major cause for worry, as those who vape may be more susceptible to the severe lung complications associated with the worst COVID cases. Even with EVALI

history and a sophomore class that largely wasn’t on campus due to the pandemic last semester is what’s made parking a challenge.

“We are essentially educating two groups of students on campus parking and making all of them aware that parking spaces in close proximity to campus are at a premium,” he said.

History sophomore Jonah Brock wasn’t notified about the change to the Ag Lot via the email that Parking and Transportation Services sent out. He found out from secondhand sources talking about their experiences with the parking situation on campus.

“I would have preferred to know, especially because it affects everyone else’s parking,” Brock said. “It affects entire commuter zones that get backed up because of it too.”

Unlike Brock and Passman’s friends who were told about the change, microbiology junior Louis Giacona had no clue the lot he parked in for the entirety of last year was changing to a residential lot. He parked in the lot for the entire first week of classes.

“I was pretty shocked when I heard because it’s the main commuting lot for everyone that commutes to school because every other lot is just a ridiculously far distance from the quad,” Giacona said. “It doesn’t make sense why they wouldn’t keep it a commuter’s lot.”

Some commuters feel prioritizing residential parking by givbeing more connected to vaping THC than nicotine, a Stanford Medical School survey found those who vaped in the last month are five times more likely to exhibit COVID symptoms.

“There’s been no tracking of whether the people that got the sickest from COVID were vaping or smoking,” Sylvester said. “That connection has just been lost.”

Logan Montalbano, a junior chemical engineering major, said he’s not too concerned about what is in vaping products, but acknowledged the role that the isolation of the pandemic plays into the habit for himself and others.

“Being stuck at my house without as much to do made me do it more because I thought about it more,” Montalbano said.

“Whenever you’re out and about, you don’t think about hitting your vape as much, but when you have nothing to do, it’s just there and you want to do it.”

Noah Carges, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said he does remembers receiving some anti-tobacco resources from the university at the start of his fresh-

ing on-campus students an additional 600 new parking spaces at the heart of campus is unfair to those who pay the same $182 for a year-long parking pass and have to come to campus every day from home.

Brock feels that paying the same price for a parking pass should provide similar or equal access to parking on campus, a sentiment shared by other commuters.

“Even with us paying the same amount [for a parking pass], it’s stupid to prioritize [resident’s] parking because there’s no rush for them to find a spot and get to class,” Passman said. “We always have to find a spot and walk to class. They just roll out of bed and go.”

Brock said he has to leave his house in Prairieville about an hour and a half before his class if he wants to get a spot near Tiger Stadium.

“Trying to circle around both [the West and East stadium lots] takes about 20 to 30 minutes to find an open spot,” Brock said.

Passman has found some of the only places she can find a spot in are all-purpose lots that allow access to all university permits. The one she found herself using most often is the lot near the track and field facility on Nicholson Drive near the West Gate of campus.

“It’s pretty far from where I work, which is where I end up at the end of the day,” she said. “But at least there’s a spot.” man year, but has not received any material since and did not consider the education to be effective, as he began vaping at the start of college amid the boredom of pandemic life.

“I don’t really mind what’s in it, because I know it’s not particularly good for you, but I’m willing to take the risk of it,” Carges said.

“It started off as boredom, but it kind of just grew into a habit.”

The university implemented a tobacco-free campus policy in 2014, which includes e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco. A strict enforcement of this policy, however, remains to be seen, as only 6% of students in the LSU survey said they had never seen vaping or tobacco use on the campus. Sylvester said she’d like to see the LSU administration enforce the policy more strictly.

“For whatever reason, they’ve absolutely refused to speak out about it,” she said. “There’s been no statement from a president ever, from a provost ever. We’ve had a couple statements come in from the student life vice president in 2014 and 2015, and that has been it.”

COACH, from page 3 the naming of Dale Brown Court, because she believed any naming decisions should go through a fair and equal procedure. She also said she did not believe the naming of Dale Brown gave an equal opportunity for female athletes and coaches.

“Everyone deserves equality in all LSU sports,” the alumna said. “Naming opportunities need to come through a firm, established, standard process.”

Supervisor Mary Werner also opposed the naming. Werner said she believes female athletics should be honored more, especially in the naming of athletic facilities. She said she heard several times from Brown’s supporters that he was an advocate for minorities and women, but no females spoke at the meeting to vouch for Brown.

“It truly disturbs me that we still can’t raise a woman to the equal level of a man in this community,” Werner said.

Werner said the careers of coaches and players such as Sue Gunter and Sylvia Fowles should be considered for the naming.

She said accolades and honors should be assessed equality since the Board is “the most progressive board to ever rule this university.”

“Today I’m asking my colleagues to think about those that we represent,” Werner said. “It is the university, it is the students, it is the faculty, it is the employees. It’s not just the LSU men’s basketball team.”

The motion passed with a vote of 12-3. The court will officially be called the Dale Brown Court at the Pete Maravich Assembly center.

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Former LSU coach Dale Brown signs a football for a fan on September 26, 2013.

Only 14% of LSU students haven’t vaped About 20% of LSU students are regular or social vapers 6% of students haven’t seen vaping or smoking on campus

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MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE

BY FRANCIS DINH @_questionnark As an Asian American, my childhood was filled with random movies my parents bought from garage sales that they considered cool. Instead of late nights watching “Lilo and Stitch,” it was “Rush Hour.” Instead of Nemo, Anakin Skywalker or Buzz Lightyear, it was Bruce Lee, Jet Li or my favorite, Jackie Chan.

I was attached to these movies at a young age not because I was a kung fu fan, but because there were Asian actors that I could see myself in on screen—and the comedy of course.

When Marvel announced “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” in 2019, I immediately went to my local comic book store to do as much research as I could on a hero deemed the Bruce Lee of Marvel comics. What I found was a character I was happy to see on Marvel’s pages but not someone I was proud of or could relate to.

That all changed when the film was released on Sept. 3.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is Marvel’s newest origin story, introducing ShangChi into the Marvel Cinematic

Universe, as well as becoming Hollywood’s first official Asian superhero film.

The film tells the story of Shang-Chi, played by Simu Liu. It shows him as he was 10 years after he ran away from his warlord father Wenwu, working as a

the world with them. Ultimately, he falls in love with Ying Li, the only person to ever defeat him in his thousands of years of existence. Her murder is the cause of the film’s conflict, forcing Shang to be trained as an assassin and later driving Wenwu mad to res-

its lessons, which are all representative of Chinese culture, mythology and history—all the while being true to all Asian ethnic groups.

Unlike Marvel’s previous origin stories, Shang-Chi’s is the first where the audience gets to

valet driver with his best friend Katy, played by Awkwafina.

Eventually, his past catches up to him, forcing him to find his sister to stop their father his evildoings.

As much as it is an origin story for Shang, it is also the story of Wenwu. The film begins with a legendary epic, narrated in Mandarin, of why Wenwu possesses the mysterious “Ten Rings” and how he conquered

cue her after hearing her calling him from her home in Ta Lo. This movie is more than just replacing the stereotypical emotionless “Bruce Lee, kungfu fighter” of the comics. Like “Black Panther”, Marvel Studios put immense effort into making sure they made this film as authentic as possible. This critical component is evident in its beautiful scenes, plot, casting, costumes, comedy, music and

experience a hero’s full story from being a baby in the arms of a loving parent, to being a boy, confused and ashamed of his past, to being a proud evilfighting superhero. We are gifted the rare experience of also witnessing the villain’s story from the beginning.

From an Asian standpoint, this is an incredible breakthrough in Asian storytelling because the motivaton for the

father isn’t always told or understood.

It is an incredible step from Marvel to humanize the characters for the 21st century. As usual with Marvel movies, we can’t help but sympathize with the villain’s motives because they are inspired by what connects us as human beings: love.

Filled with incredible action sequences and choreography that is reflective of many Eastern martial arts never before seen in any Marvel film, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is a must-see movie, whether you are a superhero fan or a martial arts fan or not a fan at all. The film is a celebration of Asian leads and heroes that came before it. It is a tale of culture and language, of laughter and sorrow and of excitement and heartbreak.

This movie will be felt for generations to come by young Asians. I finally have a ShangChi I can relate to and a story reminiscent of my family’s own story and struggles.

To all the Asian communities out there, let this be our triumph,-let this be our moment of pride to be proud of who we are. For when we are seen as heroes, we are seen as humans.

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New seasons, new shows: biggest TV shows airing this fall

BY EMMA JACKIMOWICZ @emmajackimowicz Fall always brings out some of the best and most popular television programs on cable and streaming services alike. This upcoming fall has an extensive and diverse lineup of both new and renewed seasons of everyone’s favorite shows, with the addition of some binge-worthy premieres.

Here is a list of some of the most highly anticipated new and renewed TV shows of fall.

1. “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) Series premiere: Aug. 31 This long-anticipated series has been catching glances from both comedy and murder-mystery fans.

The show centers around comedic pair Steven Martin and Martin Short, along with pop musician/actress Selena Gomez to form a trio of neighbors obsessed with true crime podcasts. They become entangled in a murder that occurred in their Upper West Side apartment. With this star-studded cast and compelling plot line, viewers are bound to be binging this 10-episode series as soon as it is released.

2. “The Great” Season 2 (Hulu) Season premiere: Nov. 19 If you’re a fan of Netflix’s drama series “Bridgerton” and have an appreciation for period pieces, it is almost vital that you watch this historical fiction series so you can catch up with the up- and -coming second season. Elle Fanning stars as Catherine the Great, the longestreigning female ruler of Russia married to Peter the III of Russia, played by Nicholas Hoult. The series received rave reviews for its hilariously satirical screenplay and great casting and is 100% worth the watch.

3. “American Crime Story: Impeachment” (FX) Season premiere: Sept. 7 With previous seasons receiving attention for covering infamous cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial and the murder of Gianni Versace, the third season of this crime anthology will center around none other than the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. Clive Owen and Edie Falco will play Bill and Hillary Clinton, former President and First Lady of the United States, as they grapple with the media frenzy from Bill sleeping with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, played by Ber-

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nie Feldstein. This season was set to be made back in 2017, but was eventually scrapped by creator Ryan Murphy, though it is finally making its way to television.

4. “Succession,” Season 3 (HBO Max) Season premiere: sometime in October This Emmy-winning series returns for a third season riddled with more family drama and the introduction of new cast members, such as Adrian Brody and Alexander Skarsgård. The series was supposed to start filming last fall after

several delays due to COVID-19, but a Twitter announcement two days from HBO confirmed they will returning for a third season in October of this year.

Other upcoming TV Shows of fall 2021: 1. “Modern Love,” Season 2 (Amazon Prime) 2. “Yellowstone,” Season 4 (Paramount+) 3. “Lucifer,” Season 6 (Netflix) 4. “A Very British Scandal” (BBC)

5. “The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project” (HGTV) 6. “Y: The Last Man” (Hulu) 7. “The Walking Dead: The World Beyond,” Season 2 (AMC) 8. “The Big Leap” (Fox) 9. “Money Heist,” Season 5 (Netflix) 10. “Star Wars: Visions” (Dis ney+) 11. “The Wonder Years” (ABC) 12. “The Morning Show,” Seson 2 (Apple TV+) 13. “Foundation” (Apple TV+) 14. “La Brea” (NBC) 15. “Scenes from a Marriage” (HBO) 16. “Ghosts” (CBS) 17. “Chucky” (SyFy/USA) 18. “Sex Education,” Season 3 (Netflix) 19. “4400” (The CW) 20. “Dexter: New Blood” (SHO) 21. “Midnight Mass” (Netflix) 22. “Legends of the Hidden Temple” (The CW) 23. “Q-Force” (Netflix) 24. “What We Do In the Shadows,” Season 3 (FX)

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LSU fans spell “#United” in the student section Sept. 11.

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LSU football junior cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. (7) tackles McNeese graduate student quarterback Cody Orgeron (8) Sept. 11.

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LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron claps Sept. 11 while he heads onto the field.

The LSU Tigers won 34-7 against the McNeese Cowboys in their first home game of the season.

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LSU drum major Nicholas Robicheaux leads the Golden Band from Tigerland Saturday, Sept. 11.

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LSU fans scream after the end of the National Anthem Sept. 11.

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LSU football graduate student placekicker and punter Avery Atkins (18) holds an American flag, Sept. 11.

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LSU cheerleaders run with flags in the endzone Sept. 11 during LSU’s 34-7 win against McNeese at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

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SPORTS A NORMAL NIGHT

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LSU soccer breaks school record in

BY MORGAN ROGERS @_morganrogers

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LSU cheerleaders put their arms around each other Sept. 11, during the band’s performance of the alma mater before LSU’s 34-7 win against McNeese at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU’s win over McNeese signals renewed normalcy for Baton Rouge then slowly dissipated as LSU took

BY REED DARCEY 1 2 3 4 T a commanding lead. @byreeddarcey The crowd of 94,220 wasn’t Within the hours ahead of kick- quite a sellout, and it’s still un7 10 7 10 34 off in LSU’s home opener against known how well LSU tackled the McNeese State, lines of fans logistical challenge of checking 0 0 0 7 7 stretched along the Pete Maravich for vaccines and tests at the gates.

Assembly Center ramp to get the COVID-19 tests or vaccines necessary to comply with the stadium’s recent mandate.

That set the stage for LSU to host a full capacity crowd for the first time in 651 days. Campus buzzed throughout the day as tailgaters made their triumphant return. The student section, filled to the brim, was loud in the first half,

Overall, it was a sleepy night. But it’s a start, a taste of normal times as the sports world moves into the post-pandemic era.

That’s exactly what LSU’s win over McNeese state was Saturday night: a normal game. An FCS opponent came to Death Valley early in the season, took a licking, col-

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Moving their record to 7-0, the 2022 LSU soccer team made program history defeating ULL in a 5-0 blowout. After finishing with a 2-2-7 record last fall, the Tigers are currently ranked No. 7 this season. The team set the new record for most consecutive wins when securing their 10th victory of the season on Thursday night.

The previous record for most wins in a row at nine has been held by the 2002 team for 20 years.

“Huge amounts of momentum for our program right now as we’ve started the season off with seven wins (for the official season) in a row,” head coach Sian Hudson said after the match. “Really proud of everything we have accomplished since we set foot on campus. The sheer amount of effort our girls are putting in and the way they play for each other is just a credit to them.”

The Tigers started the night off in the lead in Lafayette with a goal in the 16th minute by forward Molly Thompson. The first point of the game came from a cross in the box by fellow forward Rammie Noel, the junior’s team-high third assist of the year.

Senior Thompson capitalized on

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MEN’S TENNIS

Men’s Tennis: Fresh faces, new leaders and player progression

BY HENRY HUBER @HenryHuber_ The father-son duo of Andy and Chris Brandi has spent the last couple of years building the LSU men’s tennis program into a position where they can compete in the monstrous SEC. The team is completely theirs now; the last remnants of the previous coach’s tenure have graduated. It will be interesting to see what progress this young team has made in the offseason.

The remaining members from last year’s roster include two juniors and four sophomores (with some players having been granted an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19), and they have added a couple of fresh faces to fill out the rest of the depth chart.

Two fifth-year graduate transfers, Vlad Lobak and Gabriel Diez Pierre are expected to make an immediate impact on the team this season. New recruits, Dakotah Bobo and Will Cubitt could be

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LSU men’s tennis junior Boris Kozlov gets ready to hit the ball Oct. 3, during his and junior Nick Watson’s 8-6 win in the first match on the second day of the Olivier Borsos Invitational in the LSU Tennis Complex. the building blocks for this team’s promising future.

The Tigers had three leaders— Rafael Wagner, Joey Thomas and Malik Bhatnagar—who all graduated after last season, so they certainly need someone new to

take on the leadership role. When talking about new leadership, coach Chris Brandi made sure to mention the graduate transfers. “[Lobak and Pierre] have a ton of experience and they’ve done a great job giving their input on

things and leading by example,” Brandi stated. “They’ve done a great job since they’ve stepped foot in here. They’re definitely going to have a big impact and they already have. Some people are going to really have to beat

them out if they’re going to want to play.”

Regarding leadership, he considers junior Nick Watson and sophomore Ronnie Hohmann as candidates too.

He also spoke highly about each freshman, believing that Bobo has a chance to earn a spot on the court immediately and Cubitt has the potential to make an impact once he gains more experience. “[Bobo] is actually pushing for a chance to play this year, and he’s already beaten some of our guys in some local tournaments,” Brandi said. “And Will [Cubitt] has a lot of potential too, he’s just got to get in a little bit better shape.”

The situation that’s worth the most focus, however, will be the progression of the four sophomores this season.

Ronnie Hohmann, who was granted an extra year because of the pandemic, has already shown

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MCNEESE, from page 9 lected a check and went home.

How long has it been since the Tigers played a normal game?

Though LSU won by a large margin like it was supposed to, their performance left viewers hunger for more. On offense, many of the same concerns of the UCLA game popped up against McNeese.

At halftime, LSU tallied only 62 yards on 20 carries. They converted only two of nine third downs.

As the offensive line, without three starters, struggled to open up lanes for the Tigers’ backs and protect quarterback Max Johnson from pressure, an eerie quiet fell over Tiger Stadium. The offense looked as sluggish as it had against UCLA, and this performance was against a far inferior FCS opponent.

On one of the Tigers’ few promising first-half drives, receiver Jaray Jenkins let an easy catch slip through his hands on a 3rd and 11.

LSU punted the next play.

On the flip side, the defense held firm. At the half, McNeese had collected only 53 yards. They went three-and-out five times and

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LSU cheerleaders run with flags that spell “LSU” in the endzone Sept. 11, during LSU’s 34-7 win against McNeese at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. managed only 1.7 yards per play.

Sophomore noseguard Jaquelin Roy breathed some life into the crowd by forcing and recovering a fumble deep in McNeese territory in the second quarter. That led to the Kayshon Boutte touchdown that put LSU up 14-0.

As the second half started, the crowd thinned out, and LSU’s offensive problems continued.

The first two drives of the half

stalled. The first was a three-andout that ended with a drop. The second fizzled after only four plays, and punter Avery Atkins trotted out for the fifth time.

The third drive, perhaps LSU’s best since the opening one, went 49 yards and ended in a Boutte score. After Johnson completed a couple nice passes—one to freshman tight end Jack Bech and one to Boutte—and evaded a rush and

scrambled 10 yards, his night was done. Freshman signal caller Garrett Nussmeier took over the rest of the game.

After the game, the main topic of conversation was the offensive line. Ed Orgeron turned a question about LSU’s third down conversion rate into a criticism of the protection. He bemoaned the fact that some of his lineman were getting beat one-on-one too frequently,

SOCCER, from page 9

TENNIS, from page 9

the moment with another goal 17 yards out just five minutes later, catching the third brace of her collegiate career.

“One of the amazing things about our team is that we’ve have so many people that can produce on the field and score goals and just really open us up,” Thompson said after giving thanks to the various teammates who assisted her in these goals.

After an attempted assist, forward Tinaya Alexander followed through in the next minute, carrying the ball from the midfield and into the box. She finished with a shot into the top corner of the net to mark the third goal for the team right before halftime.

The goal marked Alexander’s sixth of the season.

Despite the gap in scoring, the Tigers had no plans on slowing down when they returned to the field in the second half and scored another goal from senior Thompson. The Houma native scored a hat trick in the 51st minute, the very first in her collegiate career and LSU’s 20th in collegiate history. Alexander assisted on the fourth goal of the game, tallying in for the 19th in her career and tying her for the fifth spot in the team’s history of career assists.

“I think she showed her capabilities tonight” Hudson said. “[She had] three really different goals, a quality hat trick for Molly. I think she’s our third player this season to get a hat trick, so that’s just great to see that level of production coming from our front line.”

As for the Tigers’ defensive side, a combined effort from goalkeepers Mollee Swift and Jade Odom left the Ragin Cajuns scoreless the entire night, similar to three other matches this season, when the opposing team finished with a total of zero goals for the night. Swift commanded the

copious amounts of potential, especially last season. He has clearly earned his spot as the player to man Court One for the Tigers, but he is just one player. He will need all the help he can get if the team is going to win matches.

When asked about which players could provide that help this season, Brandi cited Joao Graca’s progression as something worth keeping an eye on this season.

Graca showed flashes of potential last season, holding his own against strong SEC opponents while still lacking in terms of experience.

His only problem is consistency, a common obstacle that every young player has to overcome at some point, and Brandi made note of that.

“Joao Graca has got a ton of potential,” Brandi said. “He’s played some over the summer and had some great wins and some not-so-great wins, so he’s been an inconsistent guy.”

Brandi also made note of Graca’s greatest feat of last sea-

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The LSU soccer team huddles up Aug. 22, before their 8-0 win against Sam Houston at the LSU soccer stadium in Baton Rouge, La. first half of this match, registering three saves in the seventh, 19th and 44th minutes. Odom made a phenomenal debut for LSU in the second half. The graduate student followed suit, keeping ULL out of the posts for the remainder of the match.

LSU capped the night off with a final score in the 81st minute by senior Meghan Johnson. Defender Grace Haggerty made a connection to midfielder Tiana Caffey, who carried the ball down until finding Johnson. From there, the forward lifted the ball into the top right corner of the net to secure her first of the season and fourth of her collegiate career.

The goal marked Caffey’s first assist of the season and Haggerty’s first assist on a play in her career.

“You know, that wasn’t even one of our best [performances] today and the fact that we got a clean sheet is just a testament to how good of a team we are,” Thompson told reporters on the field after being asked about teamwork.

As the game concluded, the Tigers were thrilled to walk away with their third clean defensive sheet in the last four games and

second-highest score in a match this season.

“We’ve had a really difficult couple of weeks on the road, so we’re definitely give the girls a mental break and hit the reset button,” Hudson said. “Then come Monday, we’ll start turning our attention to Mississippi State.”

The team kicked off the semester with three exhibition wins, followed by seven season wins consisting of three ranked teams. Their highest scoring win of the season, 8-0, was Aug. 22 against Sam Houston.

Now ending non-conference play with 37 goals and a new set record, the Tigers are resting in lieu for their first SEC matchup on Sept. 17 against Mississippi State.

Fans can catch the game in Baton Rouge at 7 p.m. on Friday.

“Certainly hoping to get a lot of fans for that one and pack the stands,” Hudson said after the game. “[We] can’t wait to get going with our SEC season. There’s obviously tons of confidence in the group at the moment, and we just wanna start the same as we’ve been going this season and show the SEC what we’re all about.”

something that a program like LSU should not have to worry about against an FCS opponent. Orgeron said that the coaches can scheme receivers open and put their athletes in space all they want, but it won’t mean anything if Johnson is not protected.

“If we can’t protect the quarterback,” he said, “it’s not going to work.”

Boutte, fresh off scoring two more touchdowns and bringing his season total to five, lamented the offense’s slow start.

“I feel like we could’ve did more,” he said. “I felt like it shouldn’t have been a close game at all. We could’ve put up 60.”

Overall, LSU noted some improvements over a week ago. But if the Tigers want this season to be a success, they still have plenty of work to do.

This year, sellout crowds will give the team a boost. Post-game, Orgeron was more cheery than he was after UCLA. Perhaps the crowd, fully vaccinated, was the difference.

“What a great day,” he said.

“Tremendous day. Our fans were amazing. I want to thank them.” son, where he and Joey Thomas defeated the eventual NCAA champions in a doubles match versus Tennessee.

“I was there, and Joao Graca was the best player on the court by a lot,” Brandi stated. “So that shows you the ability as when he’s focused and his mind right. If he plays at a high level, I think we can be really good. But if he’s inconsistent, it’s going to be tough, because someone else is going to have to step up and compete with these guys in the league.”

Graca has the potential to make an impact in both singles and doubles this year, but that all depends on his progress. If he improves the same way Ronnie Hohmann did last season, look out for the LSU Tigers.

The Tigers will have their first chance to prove themselves next weekend, with the team participating in the Alabama Four-inthe-Fall event and select players (Ronnie Hohmann and Boris Kozlov) attending the Milwaukee Classic. It’ll be interesting to see the progress this team has made and what they can do.

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LSU men’s tennis junior Nick Watson hits the ball Oct. 3, during his and junior Boris Kozlov’s 8-6 win in the first match on the second day of the Olivier Borsos Invitational in the LSU Tennis Complex on Gourrier Avenue.

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Despite short tenure, President Tate is the hero we need HADEN’S HOUSE OF HYSTERIA HADEN DEVILBISS

@SullenDucken

A change in leadership, especially at a state university, isn’t revolutionary. While the face of the institution will change, the same people who worked under the last administration will, for the most part, work in the same positions under a new figurehead.

Ultimately, that pinnacle of leadership is beholden to shareholders, bureaucrats and other important people students and faculty will never know. Almost every word that comes out of a president’s mouth will be policed by several layers of editors and boardrooms to put out the most sterile “Love Purple, Live Gold” statement there is.

Cynicism aside, newly-appointed President William Tate makes me hopeful for this university.

Case in point—I was marooned at the Olinde Career

Center for a Friday afternoon meeting when I heard trickles of music from the presidential investiture upstairs. Much to my surprise, I felt school pride welling up within me, the first such feeling after a year of cold, COVID-era classes on a barren campus.

It could very well be that I’m only latching onto Tate as the university’s savior because I’m starved for signs of competence and humanity in university leadership. Nevertheless, I believe there may be good reason for my optimism.

First—and likely most controversial—is Tate’s response to the approval of the Pfizer vaccine. COVID-19 has ravaged Baton Rouge, particularly its unvaccinated citizens. Yet, while other Southern universities have avoided outright vaccine mandates, the direct but measured response under Tate’s leadership has been stellar.

In his video “Message from LSU President Tate,” the titular speaker claims that once a COVID vaccine is approved, “we plan

to mandate the vaccine at that time.” Sure enough, the day after the FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine a mandate for vaccination was put into place for all faculty, students and staff.

Students can still opt out of vaccination, but these exemptions are required by Louisiana law. The university’s plan to routinely test unvaccinated individuals demonstrates not only a dedication to protecting campus but to making sure desired policies are enacted quickly and deliberately.

A much less controversial effort under Tate’s leadership was his response to Hurricane Ida. Obviously, something had to be done on the university’s part.

That “something” was a weeklong closure of the campus, opening of financial aid to those in need and a personal message from Tate to “...not rush back to campus.” This response was a lenient one, and I’m thankful that the administration made it so.

Last year, my hometown of Lake Charles was decimated by Hurricane Laura. While I was

fortunate enough to not require an extensive break to repair my home, I was only given two days to recuperate from the storm.

I’m happy that Tate’s administration recognizes the destructive power of these storms, tending towards caution instead of rushing back to school.

Overall, I don’t think it’s partisan to claim that the Hurricane Ida response was a good move on the administration’s part.

But maybe the most moving gesture is Tate’s very own podcast, “On Par with the President.”

Across two 20-minute episodes, the president chats with students and staff about their time at the university, what they’re currently pursuing and more. So far, the podcast seems primarily concerned with patting the university’s back, although it also rightfully lauds the guest’s achievements.

Even though the podcast doesn’t seem like much, it could be a gateway to a new era of communication between the university, its faculty and its students. Imagine if this was stan-

dard practice when COVID first broke out, or when the atrocities of the Title IX scandals went public—without PR experts and shareholders writing the president’s script, there is potential for genuine conversation.

These changes may be all flash-in-the-pan pleasantries.

It could be that routine COVID testing is irregularly enforced, that hurricane financial aid doesn’t reach the right students or that the president’s podcast turns out to be a marketing gimmick for the admissions office.

It may be possible that all the good things I’m seeing are just lines being fed to Tate by the slimebags behind last year’s myriad scandals. This may be all a dream, and I’ll wake up tomorrow in my first-year dorm with the world aflame around me.

But something about Tate makes me want to believe, and I think I speak for all of us when I ask this of him: make us proud.

Haden DeVilbiss is a 19-year-old history and psychology sophomore from Lake Charles.

Dwindling parking spaces leave commuters to hike campus BUI WAS HERE ANTHONY BUI @da_bui_ Our university spans more than a thousand acres and enrolls over 34,000 students, yet there is a single unifying belief among those who have ever had to park a car here—the university truly hates its commuters.

If you are one of the 26,407 students living off campus, you have probably noticed less parking, as a former commuter lot has been converted into a residential lot.

As a result, commuters have found it frustrating and difficult to find parking that is within reasonable distance from their classes. The closest spots fill up quickly, leaving many to trek from lots on the mercilessly treeless Skip Bertman Drive.

This may not have been a big problem last year with the majority of classes being online, but this year, campus is alive once more.

A sea of students rushes across campus trying to readjust

to in-person classes. They must find the best seat in the class, preferably away from the loud air-filtering mechanical monsters, and brave the lines in the Student Union to grab lunch.

Pandemic or not, that’s a lot to handle.

Now, we must also deal with arriving to class huffing, puffing and sweaty because the only available parking spot happened to be in the complete opposite direction of where you needed to be.

Throw in the extremely unpredictable Louisiana weather, and it’s little wonder why students start to think that maybe the university really does hate its commuters.

Forget your umbrella? Have fun walking 30 minutes through the downpour, praying your laptop will survive without water damage. Heat advisory warning? Hope you’re prepared for a leisurely stroll in 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

The university has a lot on its plate, so I don’t expect the administration to prioritize building new parking lots or cultivating a better commuter

experience. I would like them, though, to care just a tiny bit more about our welfare.

I understand the financial and geographic difficulties of creating a new parking lot. Instead, maybe offer some additional services that don’t add to our already hefty tuition expenses.

Simple changes like a more reliable bus system to get people from the furthest parking spots to the Quad, or water stations that provide free water on blistering days, would go a long way to showing that the university truly cares for its students.

These are just small ideas that I came up with on the spot as I was writing this. The university pays people for this and has the funds to generate ideas and execute them.

I don’t expect a big bold move like opening a parking garage. I just want an ounce of effort, just a centimeter of movement in the right direction, to see that this university truly does not hate its commuters.

Anthony Bui is a 21-year-old English senior from Opelousas.

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The university’s emergency support fund needs support CHARLIE’S ANGLES

The student emergency support fund helped to fill that dot for international students.

Philanthropy did its job.

However, there remain countless other “dots” to fill here at the university.

After it became clear that Hurricane Ida would ravage the state, the LSU Foundation put out a call to its board of directors: donate generously to the student emergency support fund.

They responded by raising $145,000 in short order, raising more in a span of days than was given out in the entirety of this last academic year, according to Whittaker. The 28-member board is made up largely of LSU alumni.

These members are, literally, forever LSU. We all need to join them.

“Nonprofits are increasingly going to be a part of ensuring our communities don’t retrograde, but get better,” said Davies.

Don’t let our LSU community retrograde. Donate to the student emergency support fund today to help fill in those dots that will inevitably be missed.

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The university’s emergency support fund has already had an active life in the five years since its creation.

According to Sara Whittaker, the assistant vice president for communications and marketing at the LSU Foundation, the fund was created with what remained of the university’s former disaster relief fund in the wake of the 2016 flooding in Baton Rouge.

“We realized [that] having an emergency fund was really more suitable to fit students’ needs,” Whittaker explained.

So, the student emergency support fund was born. Since its inception, Baton Rouge has experienced catastrophic flooding, a global pandemic, persistent summer storms and now one of the worst storms to hit the state since 1850.

The university’s Vice President for Student Affairs Jeremiah Shinn said last year $106,938 was awarded to 160 students, for an average award of $668.36 each.

The maximum award amount from the fund is $750.

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LSU workers scoop leaves into a backhoe Aug. 30 on Dalrymple Drive.

That’s 160 students who now have additional support to continue their degree here at LSU. 160 students who, if not for a simple form through the Division of Student Affairs, might not have qualified for any other form of aid.

In response to the coronavi-

rus pandemic, Congress tucked the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund into the CARES act, a provision that provided direct aid to students for the first time in the pandemic.

Unfortunately, the fund required a valid Free Application for Free Student Aid (FAFSA),

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“Philanthropy has got to be the dot fillers. We find those areas that are overlooked or simply not known of,” said John Davies, president of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.

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