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MORE QUESTIONS LSU shows promise in 2022 Spring Game, where White beat Purple 59-31.

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Although LSU has increased electric car charging stations, the LSU community hasn’t embraced the eco-friendly alternative.

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Red Stick Farmers Market offers farmto-table dining across Baton Rouge each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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LSU baseball completed the sweep over Missouri after an impressive outing from Tyler McManus in game three.

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“While the university still has a long way to go, mental health staff are working hard to improve resources.”

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Offense beats defense in 2022 spring game, no QB named

BY DYLAN SANDERS & TYLER HARDEN @DillySanders & @ttjharden8 The 2022 LSU football Spring Game was set up as an offense versus defense scrimmage-style game, due to a lack of healthy players to make two separate teams, doing away with the traditional purple and gold teams.

With the defense having opportunities to earn points off sacks, turnovers and tackles for loss, the defense took full advantage, coming out of the first quarter with a 19-10 lead.

The offense got off to a slow start, however once it got rolling, it didn’t stop. The surge started with none other than the quarterback position.

Many eyes were set on Jayden Daniels, the highly talked about transfer-student from Arizona State and Myles Brennan, the sixth-year senior who missed last season due to injury. But the quarterback who shined brightest Saturday afternoon was neither of those, but the rising sophomore from Lake Charles.

Garrett Nussmeier showed off his playmaking ability, connecting on nine of his 16 attempts on the day with 136 passing yards and a touchdown. Head Coach Brian Kelly already has a tough decision to make this off-season regarding who will fill the hole behind center this fall. Nussmeier strengthened his case Saturday with his performance in front of former Tigers Joe Burrow, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Thaddeus Moss.

“We didn’t clear up anything with the quarterbacks,” Kelly

11-for-17 passing with 99 passing yards and a touchdown, and Daniels completed a third of his nine attempts for 68 passing yards and a touchdown.

Another big question mark coming into the Spring Game was how much field time John Emery Jr. would see, given that he is not at full health. Emery Jr. entered the game and rushed for 24 yards, but the back that impressed the most Saturday afternoon was Armoni Goodwin.

Goodwin, a rising sophomore from Trussville, Alabama, rushed

time in this game. Jay Ward was the most impactful player on the day, leading the team with 10 tackles and a pass breakup to go with it. He nearly had an interception against Nussmeier, but he dropped it.

Sophomore Matthew Langlois is another safety that stood out.

The former three-star recruit out of New Roads is fighting for playing time, earning first team reps during practice. He had a strong day, finishing with seven tackles.

Arkansas transfer Joe Foucha, sophomores Sage Ryan and Der-

Spring game statistics by position Running backs Receivers Quarterbacks John Emery Jr. (No. 4) Jack Bech (No. 80) Garret Nusmeier (No. 5) • 24 rushing yards • 56 receiving yards • 9-for-16 Armoni Goodwin (No. 22) • Two touchdowns • 136 passing yards • 71 rushing yards Malik Nabers • One touchdown • One touchdown • Two catches Myles Brennan (No. 15) Tre Bradford (No. 8) • 41 yards • 11-for-17 • 86 rushing yards • One touchdown • 99 passing yards Linebackers Safeties • One touchdown Maason Smith (No. 0) Jay Ward (No. 5) Jayden Daniels (No. 5) • Two sacks • 10 tackles • 3-for-9 Saivion Jones (No. 35) Matthew Langlois (No. 14) • 68 passing yards • Five and a half • Seven tackles • One touchdown tackles for loss for 71 yards and a touchdown.

Tre Bradford also performed well, leading the offense with 86 rushing yards.

LSU fans may be quick to scan over the quarterback room and be reminded of the past 15 years of quarterback qualms. However, the running back room may be an experiment for summer camp as well. With Penn State transfer Noah Cain arriving this sum-

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LSU football junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) rushes into the end zone and celebrates with sophomore wide receiver Malik Nabers (8) April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game. said. “We probably made it more difficult.”

To Kelly’s point, however, both Daniels and Brennan played well, showing that Nussmeier didn’t run away with the job.

Brennan finished the day going

56 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Bech’s energy and intensity are prevalent in practice, and all that transfers to when it’s time to lace up for a game.

“He’s a guy that when lights are the brightest, he’s going to be ready to make a play,” Coach Kelly said.

As expected, Will Campbell exceeded expectations for a true freshman offensive lineman once again. The Monroe freshman has been getting first-team reps at left tackle for the majority of the spring season, and he showed his

mer, the running back position for LSU could have some depth, with some legitimate contenders for who will receive the bulk of the carries.

Of the receivers, Jack Bech made the biggest impact, totaling

ability to compete in a game-like atmosphere during the Spring Game.

There was a lot to like on the offensive side of the ball in LSU’s Spring Game, and Kelly considered the spring season a success.

“We accomplished what we wanted,” Kelly said.

There will be a lot to figure out about this team over the summer before the season starts, and there will be things to fix heading into the season. But there are many bright spots to this team, and when you have a foundation, you can only build up.

“It’s going to be a competitive football team,” Kelly said. “We have some holes, and those holes are going to be addressed.”

Defensive production saw some major improvements. They came out looking like they were having fun, which of course can lead to momentum and taking over the game. That led to the offense looking lost for basically the entire first half. Players like Greg Penn III and Derrick Davis Jr. brought the energy, getting hyped and jumping up celebrating every play that they made.

“We accomplished what we wanted and that was to try to create as much as possible a game-like situation,” said Kelly. “I wanted to see how our guys reacted to a game-like atmosphere.

I thought our defense started out with the right mindset. They came out with good energy.”

One group that seemed to stand out above the rest was the safeties. It was a position group that caught a lot of flack last season, but they stepped up big

rick Davis Jr. all showed flashes throughout the day as well, showing some depth to the position group that hasn’t been there for a couple of years.

Kelly did not spend much time talking about the defense after the game, but did give some well deserved praise.

“We know defensively that front is really, really good,” he said.

The defensive front usually consists of four defensive lineman and three linebackers. The defensive line came out and dominated out of the gate, making the offense line look bad. They had six sacks on the day, with two of them coming from phenom Maason Smith. Saivion Jones had the most tackles of any lineman on the day with five and half of a tackle for loss.

Linebackers Penn III and Mike Jones Jr. set themselves apart with solid tackling and some good coverage play on the day. They also showed some promise as blitzing linebackers, something LSU is known to utilize when they have good athletes at the position.

What still needs to be worked on remains the same. The cornerback depth is just not there. The team just signed Sevyn Banks, a transfer from Ohio State, they’ll be getting Jarrick Bernard-Converse back from an injury, and also freshman Latterance Welch who will all be on the team come fall. Ideally, that would be enough for the team to compete with, or else it will be yet another season with disappointing cornerback production.

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STUDENT LIFE

LSU expanding electric vehicle charging, battery efficiency research

BY DOMENIC PURDY @tigerdom16

Despite increased availability of electric vehicles at cheaper prices, the LSU community hasn’t embraced the alternative to traditional vehicles.

There are only 34 students, faculty and staff members who are registered to park their electric vehicles at designated parking spots on LSU’s campus, according to Tammy Millican, executive director of Facility and Property Oversight.

“When we first installed two [electric vehicle charging stations] as part of an Entergy grant in 2011, there were no electric vehicles on campus,” Millican said. “But there has been a steady increase since then.”

In the decade since, the number has doubled to four doubleport charging stations in various parking lots across campus, including stations at parking lots near Tiger Stadium, the Natatorium, Cyprus Hall and Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

As a result, in the years since initial installation in 2011, electric vehicle drivers have avoided nearly 36,000 kilograms in greenhouse gas emissions, ac-

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Writing denotes the electric vehicle charging parking spaces on April 17 in the South Quad Drive parking lot in Baton Rouge, La. cording to Millican.

“Campus sustainability is excited to see the growing number of electric vehicles drivers on campus,” Millican said. “We expect the number of EV drivers to continue to rise, so we are already planning on additional

charging stations as demand from the campus community grows.”

A part of the university’s electric charging expansion is a grant for the installation of three more double-port charging stations. The grant, from the Loui-

siana Department of Environmental Quality, comes as part of the 2017 settlement reached following the Volkswagen emissions scandal, in which the company was required to invest $2 billion into electric charging infrastructure, and $2.7 billion into a mitigation trust.

One of the major factors in expanding the pool of electric vehicle drivers is the significant decrease in price over the past decade.

“Five to 10 years ago, we were looking at the challenge that the vehicles were very costly and that was mostly because of the battery technology, which remains the most expensive component,” Mehdi Faraset, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, said. “But due to recent advancements, now that barrier of price is broken and it is very comparable to the conventional vehicle.”

Faraset, whose research lies in the realm of electric vehicles and their power efficiency, cites the Tesla Model 3 as an affordable entry point to electric vehicles.

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BY MADDIE SCOTT @madscotty LSU students debated whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18 on Monday in the capital chamber room in the Student Union for BridgeLSU’s first inperson event since the COVID-19 pandemic.

BridgeLSU is a student organization that aims to bring healthy political debate to LSU. Partnering with BridgeLSU and leading the debate was Chandler Skinner. Skinner is a program associate at the public discourse and debate program at Braver Angels, which organization has conducted 85 debates with over 4,000 students in participation and over 15 debates this semester.

The debate followed light parliamentary procedure and allowed speakers in opposition and support of lowering the drinking age to speak at the front of the room, where students could ask the speaker questions on their stance.

Political science senior Landon Pettigrew was the first speaker in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18.

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Baton Rouge civil rights lawyer and WWII veteran dies at 102

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Johnnie A. Jones Sr., a Louisiana civil rights attorney and World War II veteran who was wounded during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, has died. Jones was 102 years old.

Jones’ goddaughter, Mada McDonald, told WAFB-TV that Jones died Saturday at the Louisiana War Veterans’ Home in Jackson, Louisiana.

Jones was born Nov. 30, 1919

in Laurel Hill, Louisiana and raised on Rosemound Plantation by his parents, who farmed 73 acres of land but insisted that their son get an education. He graduated from Southern University and then was drafted in 1942. He became the Army’s first African American warrant officer. He was assigned to a unit responsible for unloading equipment and supplies onto Normandy.

During the June 6, 1944 invasion — as Jones came ashore on

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World War II veteran Johnnie Jones, Sr. poses for a portrait at his home in Baton Rouge, La., May 28, 2019.

Omaha Beach — he came under fire from a German sniper. Jones grabbed his weapon and returned fire, a memory that haunted him all his life.

“I still see him, I see him every night,” Jones told The Associated Press in a 2019 interview.

Jones almost never made it to the beachhead that day. His ship hit a mine, and he was blown from the second deck to the first. The explosion, “blew me sky high into the air,” Jones was quoted as saying in an Department of Veterans Affairs interview. Later, Jones got hit with shrapnel when he didn’t hit the ground fast enough during a bomb attack.

By the end of World War II, more than a million African Americans were in uniform including the famed Tuskegee Airmen and the 761st Tank Battalion. But they returned from the war only to encounter discrimination back home.

Jones told the AP in 2019 that after returning from Europe, he had to move to the back of a bus filled with fellow soldiers as it crossed the Mason-Dixon line separating North from South.

“I couldn’t sit with the soldiers I had been on the battlefield with.

I had to go to the back of the bus,” said Jones. Moreover, while travel-

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World War II veteran Johnnie Jones, Sr. poses for a portrait at his home in Baton Rouge, La., May 28, 2019. ing to New Orleans to get shrapnel removed from his neck, Jones was pulled over by a white police officer and roughed up.

Such events served as a call to action, to fight racism. He obtained a law degree and was recruited in 1953 to help organize a bus boycott in Baton Rouge and defend the participants. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King used that event to plan his larger bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, several years later.

Jones also defended students arrested during sit-ins as civil rights protests gained momentum in the South. His car was bombed

twice.

The French government in 2020 presented Jones with the Legion of Honor award for his World War II service.

It took decades for Jones’ sacrifice and courage during World War II to be recognized. In 2021 — at age 101 — he finally received a Purple Heart, which is awarded to U.S. service members killed or wounded in action.

The Louisiana Digital Library has an interview with Jones on its website.

Funeral arrangements are pending, McDonald told the TV station.

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page 4 CHARGING, from page 3 A 2022 Tesla Model 3 starts at $46,990. According to a 2022 Kelley Blue Book study, the average price for a new car was $47,000, making the Tesla Model 3 an average-priced car, where electric vehicles like the early models of the Tesla were once priced at over $100,000.

Another issue that Faraset cites is limited access to charging stations, an issue familiar to Baton Rouge.

Outside of LSU, charging still remains lacking in electric vehicle charging stations, especially compared to other similarly sized cities.

Baton Rouge, a city with a population near a quarter million, has only a fraction of electric vehicle charging stations of the similarly populated Richmond, Virginia, with a population of about 230,000. According to chargehub.com, Richmond has 128 charging stations, while Baton Rouge only has 48, including the four on LSU’s campus, despite Richmond’s population being slightly smaller.

But Louisiana, like LSU, is beginning to change its policies toward electric vehicles as demand increases.

As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Louisiana is set to receive $75 million over the next five years for

investment in electric vehicle infrastructure, including $14 million allocated for the first fiscal year.

“We aim to have Louisiana become a competitor in EVs, and in doing so want to convert the appropriate allocation of ‘gas’ station assets into ‘fuel’ stations where a wide variety of fuels are available, electricity for recharging EV batteries being one of them,” Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson said in a press release on Feb. 16.

A major step of upgrading charging infrastructure as outlined in the plan is maximizing efficiency, as well as strides into wireless charging power.

“Nothing is commercialized yet, but for the future, we are looking at the convenience of wireless charging that is better than traditional, bulky wired chargers,” Faraset explained.

His research into energy management in electric fuel cells and power conversion seeks “to enhance efficiency and reduce the loses so we can extend driving ranges on a single charge cycle.”

“Once that issue is resolved and we have overcome that barrier, I think the path for a complete shift toward electric vehicles is going to be happening,” Faraset said.

DEBATE, from page 3 “Twenty-one is really arbitrary,” Pettigrew said. “At 18, you can vote. You can go to war. You can die. You can take out hundreds of thousands of loans, might as well be able to drink. That kind of seems a weird thing to stop on.”

Pettigrew also pointed out that many college students under the age of 21 already consume alcohol.

Senior Rehm Maham, president of BridgeLSU, was the first speaker against lowering the drinking age to 18. He said lowering the drinking age means high schoolers will have more access to alcohol and more opportunities to provide alcohol to young teenagers.

“We know high schoolers will drink,” Maham said. “I’m sure some folks did drink in high school, potentially to excess. We don’t need to have 16-year-olds who just got their driver’s license with friends with access to alcohol.”

Political science freshman Landon Zeringue asked Maham if he supports lowering the drinking age to 19 in order to avoid alcohol access to high schoolers. Rehm said it was a “much better argument,” and that he believes it will better reduce negative impacts such as the number of fake IDs. Zeringue stood to speak in proposition of lowering the drinking age and acknowledged his bias toward the topic, growing up

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LSU students gather in the LSU Union to debate whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 on April 18. in the state of Louisiana where drinking is often embraced and part of celebration.

“There is a certain culture in Louisiana, which is a way to put it,” Zeringue said. “I mean we are the only state with daiquiri drivethrough shops. It actually surprised me the first time I went out of state and realized, ‘Huh, they don’t do that anywhere else.’”

Zeringue wants to see better education programs than the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, which is a comprehensive drug and violence prevention education program founded in 1983 for children enrolled in K-12. As

a student who was enrolled in the program, Zeringue believes the program does more harm than good.

“I wonder if there is a different way of looking at this to where is the better solution fixing the education problem rather than trying to get a bunch of teenagers to listen to you,” Zeringue said. “That’s where the base of my argument is.”

Political science and international studies freshman Lailah Williams believes having other responsibilities at 18 doesn’t mean they also have the responsibility to vote. She pointed out that many 18-year-olds don’t vote.

According to the United States Census Bureau, a little over half of 18-to-24-year-olds voted in the 2020 presidential election, which was the lowest voter turnout age group of that election.

This was the club’s first in-person event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a lot easier to walk into a room than hop on Zoom, Maham said, and certain jokes don’t land the same way when events aren’t in-person.

“Having these kinds of spaces for respectful disagreement is something colleges are supposed to hold sacrosanct, and yet we see time and time again that these spaces don’t exist,” Maham said.

“Spaces like this are so few and far between at LSU, so we’re happy to be one.”

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Trip to the farmer’s market: a spotlight on local vendors, farms and their products

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Open Mic Night The Station Laughter is proven to be good for health, and it is free every Wednesday at 9 p.m. at The Station Sports Bar & Grill.

For Baton Rouge residents, Red Stick Farmers Market is the best way to bring farm-to-table dining to those who love fresh food and friendly vendors.

The market began in 1996 when LSU alumnus Chris Campany and landscape architecture Professor Suzzane Turner recruited farmers to start the local market and create the Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA), a non-profit organization that champions a strong and healthy local food system for the city.

In its 25 years of being in commission, the Red Stick Farmers Market has been vital in delivering fresh food and drawing attention to local farmers and vendors.

This year’s seasonal market has a slew of vendors from different areas in southern Louisiana. The year-round market not only allows small local businesses to thrive, but is also key in promoting healthy eating. Located next to Main Street Market in downtown Baton Rouge, also run and owned by BREADA, residents flock to see what fresh and new items are being sold.

BREADA mobile marketing coordinator Lisa Gray is one of the key components to making these markets run smoothly. Gray, who has been working for BREADA for almost a decade, discussed how they are currently holding a weekly market on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

“On our Saturday market downtown, we have about 14 vendors,” Gray said.

“Our Thursday market has about 8 to 10 vendors, but they are all similar vendors.”

The Thursday market is located in the parking lot of Pennington Biomedical Research Center at 6400 Perkins

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Road, and the Tuesday market is located at Goodwood Library on 7711 Goodwood Blvd.

At the Saturday market I was able to get some great local goods, such as Chicken Florentine soup by SaySaye’s Soups, derived from Batchelor.

On top of soups, this vendor also sells breads, cheese tortes, cinnamon rolls and other baked goods. The soup was extremely savory and is something I could see myself eating regularly, and the cinnamon rolls were perfect for breakfast the next day.

Since it is strawberry season, I also got a fresh batch of strawberries from a Ponchatoula farm called Morrow Farms.

Getting two small baskets for $5 total was just enough for me to cut up and serve to my friends before a crawfish boil.

To bring myself back to my freshman year roots when I would always get City Gelato from On-The-Geaux in the Student Union on campus, I made sure to get a small cup of the blueberries and cream flavor that was probably the best flavor of gelato I had tried in a long time.

The last item I purchased was a jar of strawberry jam from Lena Farms, a local farm from Clinton. The vendor, political science junior Armani Walker, said that she and her grandmother run the business together and that she has been making these jams with her for about nine years now. The jam was perfect for making my toast in the morning during the school week.

All in all, the Red Stick Farmers Market sells all the necessities for making good, healthy food at home rather than going to your run-of-the-mill grocery store. With other vendors selling items such as honey, jams, herbs and others, the market is a worthy place to spend your Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday morning.

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SPRING IN THEIR STEP SPRING IN THEIR STEP LSU White defeats Purple during LSU football’s annual spring football 59-31 in Tiger Stadium Photos by Peter Nguyen

LSU football sophomore running back Armoni Goodwin (22) trips after a long run down the field April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

LSU football sophomore wide receiver Malik Nabers tips the ball to himself for a touchdown April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

The LSU 2019 NCAAF national champions and NFL offensive superstars, Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson and Clyde Edwards-Helaire make a cameo April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

LSU football sophomore offensive line Marcus Dumervil (74) blocks to protect the run April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

LSU football junior cornerback Kai Hedgemon (40) makes a defensive play and breaks up the pass April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

LSU football fifth-year senior quarterback Myles Brennan (15) sends a deep ball towards the end zone April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game.

SPORTS SEC SWEEP

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LSU softball fends off Georgia

LSU takes all three games against Missouri

BY NICK OMBRELLARO @NOmbrellaro

Missouri then began its rally with an RBI single from Coletta on an error by shortstop Jordan Thompson.

Continuing the rally, Wilmsmeyer singled to load the bases and Devin Fontenot was called in to relieve Gervase. With the bases loaded, Fontenot walked Austin and De Sadas scored.

Riley Cooper came in to shut the door on the comeback and forced the third out of the inning with the bases loaded. However, the damage was done after a three-run inning from Missouri and LSU’s lead dwindled to one run. The score read 7-6 for LSU. In the bottom half of the eighth,

LSU proved this weekend why it is still in the conversation for the SEC after traveling to Georgia and taking two of three games.

The Tigers opened the weekend in dominant fashion with an 8-1 victory, and came from behind Sunday taking the Bulldogs to extra inning to win 9-5 and take the series.

Game 1 Ali Kilponen started the weekend off with a complete game allowing only four hits, three walks, and one earned run while striking out six Bulldogs in the process.

This marked Kilponen’s 11th complete game as she leads innings pitched as well for the Tigers. She also improved to 15-4 on the season with the win matching her singleseason record for wins set during the 2020-21 season. The only run scored came off a solo-home run in the sixth and was the only extrabase hit she allowed all game.

In the batter’s box, the Tigers gradually built up their lead with a 3-4 performance from Taylor Pleasants as she hit two doubles and a home run. Freshman Sydney Peterson hit her first home run of her career and picked up a double as well with the Tigers’ bench celebrating the accomplishments accordingly.

Every Tiger in the starting lineup reached safely during the game and created plenty of problems for Georgia.

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LSU baseball players huddle up April 23 before LSU’s 8-6 win over Missouri at Alex Box Stadium.

BY COLE HERNANDEZ @Ct_hernandez LSU baseball took home three wins over SEC foe Missouri this weekend. On Saturday, LSU’s lone starting senior Tyler McManus showed off his college baseball experience and went 3-3 at the plate, had two RBIs and scored three runs for the Purple and Gold.

Right-handed pitcher Samuel Dutton started on the mound for LSU, but Missouri took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when left fielder Trevor Austin smacked a tworun homerun. Dutton only lasted 1.2 innings and gave up three hits on 39 pitches. Right-hander Bryce Collins, the second of six LSU pitchers,

earned the win as he worked 2.2 innings and limited Missouri to one run on three hits with no walks and four strikeouts.

LSU tied the game in the third inning when designated hitter Brayden Jobert unloaded a solo homer, his 12th of the season, and third baseman Jacob Berry delivered an RBI single that scored Tyler McManus.

LSU took the lead in the fourth inning and scored three runs when McManus lined a two-run double that drove Thompson and Jobert across home plate. Josh Pearson provided a run-scoring single that scored McManus a second time.

Collins gave up a run in the top of the fifth inning and Eric Reyzel-

man came in to strand Missouri baserunners on first and second base.

Berry smacked a solo homerun 404 feet, his 13th of the season, to increase the advantage in the bottom of the fifth inning to 6-3.

LSU added another run in the seventh inning on an RBI double by first baseman Tre’ Morgan that scored Berry, but Missouri staged a rally in the top of the eighth inning.

Reyzelman hit the first batter with a pitch and walked the second batter.

Paul Gervase was called in to get the Purple and Gold out of the pickle.

Runners advanced on a wild pitch from Gervase and the next batter flew out, but Montgomery tagged up and scored. Gervase hit the following batter with a pitch and

TENNIS

LSU men’s tennis’ SEC tournament run ends commendably with 4-1

BY HENRY HUBER @HenryHuber_

As a men’s tennis program in the SEC, looking at your calendar to find that you have a matchup against Florida in the near future is a punch in the gut.

The Gators’ dominant season of tennis has included 7-0 and 4-0 sweeps of No. 9 South Carolina and No. 11 Georgia respectively, an 8-2 record against teams ranked No. 12 and above and a perfect record in conference play.

That occurred in the SEC, a conference that has five teams ranked above No. 11 and all but two teams featured in the Top-50 (not including Arkansas, who is currently ranked No. 51).

No. 42 LSU faced insurmountable odds in this one, having not scored a single point against Florida in over three years. But despite facing the onslaught of ranked players and duos that is Florida tennis, the Tigers were a few games away from creating a path to a legendary upset.

After losing in doubles 1-2,

Florida dominated the first sets of singles, only surrendering one of six. It seemed that LSU’s run would quickly be put to rest in the quarterfinals.

That might’ve come true in the end, with three Tigers losing in two sets to give Florida the points they needed, but LSU was in a realistic position to split singles when the match was clinched, with Kent Hunter holding a lead against No. 87 Duarte Vale and Gabriel Diaz Freire in position to even his match and force a third set.

Vlad Lobak would ultimately lose to No. 27 Sam Riffice to give the Gators their match-clinching point, but he didn’t necessarily make the second set easy for his opponent.

Facing elimination from the tournament, Lobak managed to even the score at 4-4 before being defeated in his last two games, as Florida finally put away a team that had more success than many expected.

Boris Kozlov was the lone victor for the Tigers, ending LSU’s scoring drought against Florida with his

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LSU men’s tennis sophomore Joao Garca squats down on the court Feb. 13, 2021 during LSU’s 6-1 win over Purdue at the LSU Tennis Complex on Gourrier Avenue in Baton Rouge, La. fourth straight two-set victory. He’s played tremendously well down the stretch, putting LSU in positions to win in the last four matches with mixed results.

It would have been interesting to

see if the Tigers could have pulled off the upset had Lobak evened his match on Court 2, but the Tigers still exceeded their tournament expectations and advanced, something they hadn’t done since 2015 and have the

potential to do in the NCAA tournament if they are invited (something they have not done since 2016). It will be interesting to see whether or not this team has reached their season’s peak.

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McManus delivered his third hit of the game on as many at-bats with a stand-up triple to the centerfield wall that Missouri’s centerfielder lost in the sun. Pearson then lined a single through the center and McManus scored his third run of the game.

“Hitting well is fun, but just being at the ballpark with the boys every day is even more fun,” McManus said. “It is the reason why I came here, especially being my last year.

You take advantage of it every day.”

Cooper did not allow a hit in the top of the ninth inning, was credited with the save and finished off Missouri to give LSU the win 8-6.

“Riley is such an asset to our team; he has a chance to impact 2-3 wins per week,” LSU Head Coach Jay Johnson said. “He’s a star, and I don’t think you could ask anybody to do any more than he’s doing for us.”

LSU improved to 27-12 overall and 10-8 in the SEC. Missouri dropped to 22-15 overall and 5-13 in conference play. The Purple and Gold return to action at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday when they play at the University of New Orleans in a game that will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on ESPN+.

“I’m very proud of the team, I think we grew this week,” said Johnson, whose club also defeated UL-Lafayette, 8-4, on Tuesday night.

“We beat a top 50 RPI team on Tuesday and earned three wins over a top 25 RPI team this weekend, that’s awesome. These are the weeks you love, and I’d like to give a special thanks to our fans for coming out and supporting us all week.”

Game 2 The scoring for the Tigers carried over into game two as Georgia Clark started the game off with a three-run home run in the top of the first inning. Unfortunately, the Tigers squandered that lead and more in the bottom of the first using four pitchers in the circle and were down 12-3 after the first frame.

Shelbi Sunseri led the game off in the circle and was pulled after allowing the first five batters to reach safely, and giving up two runs. Still responsible for the three runners aboard, Raelin Chaffin entered the circle and struck out the first batter she faced. Back-to-back singles followed by a lineout to the circle had the Tigers almost out of the inning, but the fourth batter faced took a 3-1 pitch over the wall in right-center making it an 8-3 game.

Head Coach Beth Torina went to the bullpen again and selected Taylor Edwards to try and pickup the final out.

Edwards was making her third appearance in the circle this season. Her last appearance came against Southeastern as she pitched only one inning and gave up two runs. Continuing the trend, Edwards wasn’t able to get the job done as she faced the next four batters allowing a single, two-run homer, walk and a two-run homerun before being pulled.

With the score now 12-3, Shelby Wickersham took the circle and stopped the bleeding forcing a ground out of the next batter to end the inning. Wickersham pitched the rest of the game, and the Tigers outscored the Bulldogs 6-4 following the first but with such a large hole

to start the second inning the Tigers were not able to mount a comeback losing 16-9. Sunseri was credited with the loss giving up five earned runs, four hits and a walk without recording an out.

Game 3 With three pitchers not making it out of the first and Wickersham throwing 94 pitches to close out the game, Torina called upon Ali Kilponen in a must have game to stay above .500 in SEC play.

Kilponen threw 119 pitches during the game one win and retuning to the circle in game three had only one bad inning in a game that went to extras. During the bottom of the second, Kilponen gave up five hits and a walk, two of those hits being two-run home runs to give Georgia a 5-0 lead.

Take away that one bad inning and Kilponen threw seven innings with four hits, zero earned runs, two walks and six strikeouts. Four of those innings had Kilponen facing the minimum as she was able to work quickly through the Bulldogs.

Those two home runs were the only extra-base hits allowed all game as she was the shining ace the Tigers needed. 153 game three pitches and 272 total pitches on the weekend earned Ali some much needed rest as she improved to 16-4 on the season.

Georgia Clark went deep again this game for a grand slam during the top of the third inning. The Tigers tied the game up in the seventh inning with one out. To get this started, Sydney Peterson singled to centerfield and advanced to second base on a fielding error.

KK Madrey pinch-ran and stole third base while Coffey was up to bat. Coffey, hitting .389 to start the

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LSU softball redshirt junior pitcher Ali Kilponen (2) celebrates after getting the strikeout Feb. 12 during LSU’s 8-1 win against South Alabama at Tiger Park on Skip Bertman Drive in Baton Rouge, La. weekend, hit a single right up the middle tying the game. Kilponen faced the minimum in the bottom of the seventh and the game was going to extras.

With two outs and a runner on second, McKenzie Redoutey knocked in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle. Morgan Cummins followed that with a two-run home run to left field, and Ciara Briggs scored the final run of the game for the Tigers on a infield single scoring a runner from third. The final for the game was 9-4 as the Tigers improved to 10-8 in the SEC. With the Tigers returning to Baton Rouge with a 30-17 (10-8 in SEC play) record and only seven games left to play, taking two games from Georgia was huge for SEC seeding.

The Tigers currently are sixth in the standings only behind Georgia due to the Bulldogs’ better 37-11 record.

The last seven games will have the

Tigers host McNeese State during the midweek and Florida this upcoming weekend, followed by a trip to Starkville to close out the regular season against Mississippi State.

Florida is currently seventh and Mississippi State 10th in the SEC rankings. However, Florida is ranked eighth nationally and Mississippi State outside the top-25 in the same USA Today Coaches Poll that has LSU No. 21 as of April 17. There will definitely be some movement in this poll tomorrow as Florida was swept three games at home by No. 7 Arkansas who leads the SEC conference and Mississippi State went 1-2 against Auburn in Starkville.

The Tigers have their focus set on Tuesday’s game against McNeese looking for a season sweep of their instate rivals as they bested the Cowgirls 7-1 this past week in Lake Charles.

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Student Health Center does its best to help students BESKE’S BUZZ KATE BESKE @KateBeske Despite criticisms with how the university handles students with mental health issues, the Student Health Center is making strides with its mental health services overall.

These services have been sparse in the past, but as the importance of mental health has become widely recognized, resources have been more accessible at the university.

According to mental health non-profit Active Minds, 39% of college students experience mental health issues.

Though mental health has been historically dismissed and stigmatized, colleges are ready to admit there is a problem. A survey on college counseling center directors done by the American Psychological Association found that 95% said “the number of students with significant psychological problems is a growing concern in their centers or on campus.”

The university is proving it notices the increasing gravity of mental health. While the university still has a long way to go, the mental health staff is working hard to improve resources.

Whether a student is deal-

ing with a personal crisis or just wants to talk things out, there are a variety of services offered at the SHC to help students maintain their mental health and remain in good academic standing.

From personal experience, I believed that the university did not handle mental health well.

Now, after speaking with staff at the SHC, I realize I may have just been unaware of the available resources.

To get services at the mental health center, you can make an appointment or just walk in.

“Our center had a history a while ago of taking the approach of, ‘We only see people that are in crisis same day,’” said Raime Thibodeaux, associate director of mental health at the LSU SHC. “We have changed that over the last at least year and a half, maybe two years.”

Mental health services has worked to decrease the wait time for an appointment from five or six weeks down to two weeks.

“We have worked really hard to make a lot of changes that would have a positive impact for students, and I certainly hope that it is being received,” Thibodeaux said.

For students suffering with mental health issues, the SHC offers ways to deal with crises along with long-term problems.

“The goal is to make sure that students have a list of re-

sources and coping skills that they can utilize at a moment’s notice whenever they find themselves experiencing a crisis,” Thibodeaux said.

Students can contact the SHC with any problems, but some issues are considered crises and require more urgent attention. This list includes, but is not limited to, harm to self, harm to others, domestic violence and sexual assault.

While it can be hard to accommodate the large student body at the university, the SHC aims to provide services to as many students as possible, Thibodeaux said.

It’s clear that the well-being of students is the priority of the SHC. Though it has its faults, it is constantly trying to improve and offer more for students.

Another example of this is the intensive suicide intervention training some SHC staff will receive at the end of May, according to Thibodeaux.

I have always criticized the way the university treats students with mental health issues. But after a deeper dive into the university’s mental health services, I appreciate that the university is trying its best to help our large campus of students in the ways it can.

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I have never once stayed on track as the semester ended, and I’m not doing so now. My advice on finishing a semester strong is that you do not need to in order to graduate. Hopefully, I will graduate in May and will serve as proof that people incapable of staying on track can reach graduation. After all, C’s do get degrees.

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As finals near, I like to study with my friends in the library or at PFT into the night and make an event out of it. Everyone is in a similar situation as you with work, and there is no reason you can’t all make the best of the situation with some coffee or entertainment during occasional breaks. Better yet, if you are in the same classes, you can even help each other better understand the material.

Charlie Stephens @CharlieStephns

Usually, I have no problem finishing up the semester, but I personally have had a very difficult time staying on track this last semester, and it’s because I’m about to graduate. Since I am so close to finishing, it has been difficult pulling through. The end of the semester is when I have the motivation to grind the most because I have a lot fewer possibilities to bring my grade up.

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I am extremely prone to procrastination. I work well under pressure so I wait until the last minute to complete most of my assignments. But I’ve learned that this isn’t usually possible anymore. This past year, I’ve learned that around midterms and finals, assignments pile up much more than I expected, so I have to get ahead if I want to do well.

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I have several strategies to stay on track at the end of the semester.

Among them, it’s important to pay attention to your needs and stress levels. Take a walk, eat food you enjoy and attend to whatever ‘selfcare’ fits your personality and your schedule. Once you’ve centered yourself, there’s nothing to do but sit down and get to work. This often means putting a halt on weekend plans and mustering up discipline by whatever means are most effective.

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Balance between socializing and alone time important MISSING IN ACTION MIA COCO @MiaMarieCoco1 In my first year at LSU, I’ve learned that it’s so easy to become overwhelmed by opportunities to socialize that alone time can become rare. These quiet moments, though infrequent, are some of the most important parts of my day, and college students need to learn to better appreciate them amid their busy lives.

Spending time alone is not only a great way to destress after surrounding yourself with people for extended periods of time, but it is proven to have many psychological benefits.

The more time you spend alone, the more likely you are to focus on yourself and your needs.

It becomes easier to make decisions because you can clearly understand what is best for you, without overwhelming input from your peers. According to Forbes, increased solitude has been linked to increased happiness; as you become more tolerant of being alone, you also become more easily satisfied and better at managing stress.

Spending more time alone can also make you more empathetic

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toward those who may not fit the mold of your friend group. People typically surround themselves with friends of similar views, so solitude can give you time away from the echo chamber to reflect.

While social interaction offers

many benefits, like communication skills and motivation from your peers, too much stimulation from others can be harmful. Scientists in Singapore found that when species that worked together to survive spent more time

alone, they were more likely to survive than those that spent excessive time together.

While the assumption is that only introverts need alone time, the negative effects of too much social stimulation can affect any-

one, even self-proclaimed extroverts. It is understood that introverts need to recharge after lots of time spent around others, but a recent study by Finnish researchers found that extroverts also feel a sense of fatigue after too much interaction.

When you are finally let off your parents’ leash in college, you are free to make friends with anyone, and you can spend as much time with them as you’d like.

For some, this can be a huge adjustment. Now that you are on your own, you have to find a healthy balance between socializing and alone time. Without finding a middle ground, you risk becoming exhausted and overwhelmed by too much socialization. Conversely, you may find yourself spending too much time alone, which can lead to worsened communication skills and unhealthy levels of isolation.

Everyone is different when it comes to socializing, and it’s important to analyze your own needs to strike the right balance.

Remember that socializing and solitude are important for stable mental health and healthy relationships with others.

Mia Coco is a 19-year-old political communication student from Alexandria.

Local DJs need to stop playing the same songs on repeat SERIOUSLY KIDDING FRANK KIDD @FK446852315 Pizza is my favorite food. I eat it twice a week. But if someone offered it to me for every meal for the rest of my life, I’d say no.

I love sushi, hamburgers, tacos, etc. I like to change up from time to time which food is going to eventually land me in the hospital.

Variety is an important component of life, but you wouldn’t know that by listening to the music selection at local bars and nightclubs.

Each establishment has its favorite songs to play, which is fine, but there’s no reason that half of your playlist should be the same as it was two years ago.

One song that is played interminably at every venue is “Dreams and Nightmares” by Meek Mill. I’ve been harassed by this song so much I’d like to file a restraining order against it. Every time I hear that song I wish that I was Mr. Potato Head so I could just remove my ears.

I know all of the lyrics, but I recite it reluctantly with a straight face in protest whenever the song comes on.

This is not to say that I didn’t once like the song, but I’ve just heard it too much. I like “Goodfellas,” but if someone held my eyes open and forced me to watch it “A Clockwork Orange”style, the film would lose its lus-

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ter.

“Callin’ Baton Rouge” is a local favorite that haunts me every moment of my life, waking and asleep. Garth Brooks invades my subconscious while I sleep, pelts me with loose change and then pours coffee on my head. It’s not

a pleasant experience.

Again, “Callin’ Baton Rouge” is a good song, but after hearing it at every LSU football game, party and bar, I’d like to erase it from our collective consciousness.

I’ve been called a curmudgeon

by my friends when discussing my thoughts on overplayed songs before, which is an entirely fair criticism. I pride myself on being one of the greatest haters of all time.

My temperaments aside, it seems lazy to recycle half of a

playlist from week to week. DJs are playing songs that they think a majority of people know or can at least dance to, but there are far too many songs that accomplish this purpose for the same 20 or so to keep popping up.

“Dancing Queen” by ABBA is a common choice for DJs when dipping their toes in the water of ’70s pop. However, other similarly popular songs from that era like “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” or “Stayin’ Alive” are seldom heard.

As far as the ‘80s goes, you’ll be lucky to catch a day where the DJ is playing Madonna’s “Material Girl.” You’d be hard pressed to find a Michael Jackson song, even if he’s probably the most famous musician ever.

For the ‘90s and 2000s, patrons will get “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland, and that’s it. Don’t hold your breath for Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC. There are so many songs and artists that never receive any play. Local DJs seem to have picked their favorite few songs from 50 years of popular music and just let it ride every week.

To diversify their music selection, bars and nightclubs should try to hire DJs that appreciate music and are willing to change up what they are playing every week. My ears would thank them.

Frank Kidd is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Springfield.