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Florida to appeal Grier’s drug test results

Four local women share their spins on blogging

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR

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Blogging isn’t just for fashion-savvy capitals like New York City and Los Angeles anymore.

Fashion and lifestyle blogs are popping up all over the country, including Baton Rouge. For many, blogging usually starts as a hobby but has potential to kickstart a career in the industry associated with the blog’s focus.

Such was the case for fashion and lifestyle blogger Jennifer Palpallatoc.

After working in local boutiques while studying at LSU, Palpallatoc said she felt inspired to begin a fashion blog to include in her portfolio for future job interviews. It quickly became an obsession, and she found it to be a fun hobby. But while

No. 8 University of Florida will travel to Baton Rouge this weekend for its matchup against No. 6 LSU on Saturday evening without its starting quarterback.

Florida (6-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) will be without freshman quarterback Will Grier for the remainder of the 2015 season after failing an NCAA drug test prompted his suspension for the calendar year.

Florida has not officially released the drug Grier consumed.

GRIER Throughout the conference, Florida football coach Jim McElwain stressed that Grier made an “honest mistake,” saying the drug is available for anyone but faulted Grier for not consulting with the medical staff before taking it.

“I really hope that people can learn from my mistake, and I’m really sorry to everyone,” Grier said during the news conference.

McElwain said players must check with medical staff before they take any sort of medication,

Elizabeth “Lala” Vied [top], Claire Plauche [middle] and Michaela Todaro [bottom] express themselves through blogging.

see BLOGGERS, page 4

see GRIER, page 4

BY SARAH LEBOEUF @sleboeuf23

POLITICS

Edwards speaks out against higher ed cuts in Gov. race

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR

Stacks of wooden foldout tables, boxes of T-shirts and campaign signs filled state Rep. John Bel Edwards’ campaign headquarters Thursday.

His team’s office, a bright yellow house in downtown Baton Rouge, bustled with sleepdeprived staff members taking calls, scheduling appearances and posting to social media ahead of the gubernatorial election a little more than two weeks away.

Edwards, an anti-abortion, “disastrous policies.”

“My opponents were cheerSecond Amendment supporting legislator from Amite — a small leading and enabling him, and Louisiana town of about 4,300 that certainly sets me apart,” Edwards said. “I think residents — is the only it’s a testament to my major Democrat in the judgment and vision tight gubernatorial race. about what’s been best His three largest opponents, Public Service for Louisiana, as well Commissioner Scott as the leadership I Angelle, Lt. Gov. Jay bring to bear for the ELECTIONS 2015: GOVERNOR Dardenne and U.S. Sen. state of Louisiana, to David Vitter, are all Restand up and do what’s publicans, and Edwards char- in our best interest, to pursue the acterized them as supporters common interest, opposed to the of Gov. Bobby Jindal and his self-interest, which is what we’ve

had under Bobby Jindal.”

Edwards said the most alarming trend in Louisiana during the Jindal administration was drastic cuts to state funding for higher education, a result of consistent yearly budget deficits.

Before Jindal took office, the state general fund paid for 70 percent of funding for each public college and university in the state, and 30 percent was left to tuition and fees. Now, Edwards said, the state pays for only

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Gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards stands in front of his campaign headquarters.

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BY KEVIN MINER @KevinMiner_TDR Students in the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture — named the best landscape architecture program in the nation last year by DesignIntelligence magazine — now have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery.

“The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley,” a traveling photographic exhibition, opened in the gallery Friday.

Kiley, who died in 2004, is considered one of the most influential modernist landscape architects of the 20th century, said landscape architecture associate professor Lake Douglas.

The Robert Reich School advocated for the exhibit to come to campus, and the Student Union was more than happy to host it, said LSU Auxiliary Services marketing communications coordinator @ lsuhealthcenter

Heather Gulino.

“There are 45 pieces within the whole exhibit,” Gulino said.

“The second you walk by the Art Gallery, there are so many vivid, big pictures that it actually catches your eye very quickly.”

The centennial of Kiley’s birth passed in 2012 without much notice or acknowledgment of the architect’s life and career, Douglas said. But in 2013, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, based in Washington D.C., decided to showcase and commission the contemporary photographs of Kiley’s work.

The exhibition opened in Boston, Massachusetts, and chronicles 27 of more than 1,000 of Kiley’s projects worldwide.

The exhibition is set to close in March 2017 in Richmond, Virginia.

“This venue is fabulous,” Douglas said of the Student Union exhibit. “The show looks better here than it did in Boston.”

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LSU Alumni Association releases gubernatorial survey answers

BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 The LSU Alumni Association released answers from the four leading Louisiana gubernatorial candidates to a survey regarding higher education Monday afternoon.

The Association sent a list of six questions to candidates Scott Angelle, Jay Dardenne, John Bel Edwards and David Vitter on Sept. 29, with a deadline to respond by Oct. 7. The Association’s Tiger Advocates group, a legislative advocacy network, released the full results.

In response to a question involving an LSU-supported funding model that rewards student outcome and performance, Angelle said his administration would ensure performance is rewarded by working toward the original goals of the Granting Resources and Autonomies for Diplomas Act. According to its website, the GRAD Act encourages universities to meet specific performance objectives in exchange for increased tuition authority and eligibility to participate in certain autonomies. Angelle said the Act was not operating at its fullest potential.

“As governor, I would work towards an outcomes-based funding formula that is true to the original goals that the GRAD Act set out to achieve: results,” Angelle said in his written response.

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Gubernatorial candidates ready themselves for a debate at their studio in New Orleans on Oct. 1.

Vitter also said his administration would fully comply with the GRAD Act, so universities can measure their benchmarks with clear, applicable metrics.

Dardenne agreed with Angelle that the GRAD Act was more attractive in theory than in practice. He said the WISE Act, which allocated $40 million to an incentive fund, was more “aptly named.”

“It encourages private

sector financial participation to provide additional dollars based upon course offerings tailored to the job demands in Louisiana,” Dardenne wrote.

However, Edwards disagreed that higher education funding should be outcomes-based, instead opting for general financial support and academic innovation that would prepare students for the workforce.

Another question dealt with the higher education budget’s balance of state appropriations and tuition dollars.

In the next Special Legislative Session, Vitter said he would work to stabilize the budget through tax reforms to prevent further cuts to higher education.

“We absolutely need to eliminate the endless cycle of ‘slashing funding/raising tuition’ that is pricing many

young Louisianians out of good higher ed opportunities,” Vitter wrote.

Angelle said he would focus on the need-based financial opportunities offered by the federal Pell Grant program and the Go Grant program.

Dardenne said the recent tuition increases created an unbalanced funding stream of 80 percent tuition and 20 percent state funding. Though he does not have a particular percentage balance in mind, he said he thinks state funding should be weighted more heavily, and TOPS costs should be shifted back to the state.

Edwards said Louisiana is currently at 60 percent of the Southern Regional Education Board funding average, and the state funds 75 percent of higher education with student tuition and fees. At the beginning of Jindal’s first term, Edwards said the state was at 101 percent of the SREB average and relied on 70 percent state support and 30 percent tuition. “...We must achieve a balanced funding mix for higher education to include 50 percent state funding and 50 percent tuition,” Edwards said.

Other questions dealt with low enrollment at other LSU institutions, state supported research and the future of the state’s student workforce.

Full responses are published on the Alumni Association’s website.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG passes resolution to amend honor roll requirements

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter

The LSU Student Senate unanimously passed legislation during its meeting last week, requesting LSU to amend the credit hours requirement for the Chancellor’s and Dean’s Lists.

Currently, the Dean’s List includes students who earn a 3.5-3.9 GPA in 15 credit hours in a semester. The Chancellor’s Honor Roll has a 4.0 GPA requirement, as well as the 15 credit hours.

Student Government Resolution No. 12 written by senators Matthew Ledet, Hannah Mulvehill and Molly Ryan would urge LSU to change the required number of hours to 12 for both awards.

“I think we should reward the students for working as hard as they are,” Mulvehill said during the meeting.

According to the legislation, 10 of the other 13 SEC schools require 12 hours for similar honors. Like LSU, Texas A&M

University, the University of the 15 hour requirement. She Florida and the University of said it was likely set that way Georgia require more than 12 when the honors were created and has not been changed hours.

The resolution also says since.

“This is something that I’m seven of eight of LSU’s peer universities — not included in really passionate about,” Triche said. “I’m taking the SEC — also six classes, but it’s have a 12 hour Student Government only 14 hours. The requi rement.

According to the Resolution No. 12 would fact that I’m putFlagship 2020 urge LSU to change the ting in that much agenda, some of required number of hours effort and won’t able to make an LSU’s peer unifor Chancellor’s Honor Roll be versities include honor roll this year the University and Dean’s List from 15 sucks.” credit hours to 12. of Nebraska Triche also said at Lincoln, Ledet, who represents the LSU Iowa State University and Virginia Poly- Graduate School, will likely technic Institute and State speak with LSU Provost Richard Koubek and Senior Vice University.

Senator Gabby Triche pre- Provost Jane Cassidy about sented the list of universities extending the new standard with a 12 hour requirement in for graduate students, though LSU’s peer group and the SEC the resolution is primarduring debate about the legisla- ily meant for undergraduate tion. Triche also said she spoke students. to LSU President F. King AlexTriche said Alexander told ander about the requirement the her during their meeting the morning of the Senate meeting. change should not be a difficult Triche said Alexander told one. Triche said she isn’t comher there is not a reason for pletely sure of how the change

would work, but the authors should update the Senate after meeting with Koubek and Cassidy.

“I’m not sure how fast they can get it done,” Triche

said. “I’m not sure what goes into actual policy making, if that’s something he can wave his wand and fix or if there’s something more bureaucratic behind it.”

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page 4 EDWARDS, from page 1 25 percent, while students are left with 75 percent of the cost burden.

Edwards said he is not satisfied with the “status quo” of higher education funding. The state must fund higher education first, he said, and not as an afterthought with whatever money is left over.

“The state of Louisiana has been taxing the dreams of our kids for too long,” he said. “It’s time that we start investing again for our state. There is a common benefit to both the state and the student every time a diploma is awarded, so we need to get back to a 50-50 funding ratio and stop these tuition increases.”

While Edwards battles three well-funded Republicans for leadership in a right-leaning state, he ranks third in cash on hand at around $1.4 million behind Vitter and Dardenne, according to campaign finance reports filed Sept. 24.

Vitter had around $4 million and Dardenne about $1.6 million at the deadline 30 days prior to the election. Angelle rounded out the four with slightly more than $1 million.

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, a Democrat, said he gave Edwards full support in the race in a September interview with The Daily Reveille.

Campbell, who worked with Angelle, Vitter and Dardenne,

BLOGGERS, from page 1 she said she became more involved in her website, she felt less motivated to finish her studies, she said.

“My blog was giving me more opportunities than school was,” she said.

Palpallatoc left LSU to focus on her website.

She said companies began reaching out to her to feature products in her blog in exchange for payment, something commonly arranged in the blogging world. However, she noted that she would never feature a product that doesn’t align with her style.

RewardStyle, a company helping bloggers monetize their content, changed the game for Palpallatoc, she said.

RewardStyle’s app LIKEtoKNOW.it sends an email with outfit details and links to purchase the pieces to subscribers when they “like” one of Palpallatoc’s Instagrams. For each purchase through the app, Palpallatoc makes a commission.

Eventually, these ventures became so lucrative Palpallatoc could leave her day job as a fashion editor at DIG BR magazine and pursue blogging full time, she said.

Her daily blogging routine begins with a cup of coffee, a bowl of oatmeal and her laptop ready to post to Instagram and blogs.

Her deadline for her daily post is at 11 a.m., when her pre-scheduled email newsletter sends to subscribers. While writing her post, she multitasks by promoting herself on social media and responding to emails. Throughout the day,

said the “lobby owns the Legislature,” and while he likes all the candidates, he backs Edwards.

“If I had to pick somebody to be governor, I would pick Edwards, then I would pick Dardenne, then I would pick Vitter, then I would pick Angelle,” he said.

Republicans liked when Edwards stood up to Jindal, but would not help him, Campbell said, and while Vitter has trouble working with people in the U.S. Senate, Edwards can get along with anybody.

“I have never heard one soul, Republican or Democrat, say one bad thing about John Bel Edwards,” he said.

Edwards said his Catholic faith not only augments his antiabortion voting record, which he said is untarnished, but also his support for Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, something Jindal staunchly opposed.

Edwards said growing up with a sheriff for a father, grandfather and great-grandfather pushed him into politics, and his time at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Army from 1984-96 gave him the discipline needed to be successful.

“Leading paratroopers out of airplanes at two o’clock in the morning, I mean, that’s just a great way to develop as a leader, and those leadership skills and experiences do translate directly into being a legislator and being a she receives and organizes her daily packages from fashion and home brands that send her products to review and plans her next move on her website, she said.

Despite her struggle in Information Systems and Decisions Sciences courses at LSU, Palpallatoc is completely responsible for her web domain, and she said she codes for her website herself.

Her blog provided her opportunities like traveling to New York, where she collaborated on a handbag design with Gigi New York.

The bag became her namesake — the Jenn Bucket Bag. This type of work is a career goal for Claire Plauche, a Textiles, Apparel, Merchandising sophomore who runs her own fashion blog, Creme de la Claire.

Currently, Plauche is on her way with her first big step in the blogger realm — working with an accessories company.

Rocksbox jewelry subscription service recently teamed up with Plauche, providing her a discount code for her followers, she said.

This is her first sponsorship from a brand.

“Whenever I got it, I teared up a little bit,” she said.

But what sets Plauche’s blog apart from many others is its attainability and affordability, she said.

She attributes a lot of her closet to stores like Target and Forever 21, since she’s on a college budget.

However, she concedes her adoration for high-end, fashion magazines. Pages from Elle, Vogue and other fashion publications are precisely puzzled together along the wall of her room,

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governor,” he said.

Edwards said those experiences allowed him to build coalitions of bipartisan teams to pass important legislation.

Upon leaving the Army, Edwards received his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and moved back to Amite to open a law practice after spending a year on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“It’s a country law practice and I try to make sure I’m able to do whatever the person needs when they come through my door,” he said. “You know if you specialize in your law practice in a small community like Amite you’ll go broke. So I try to do a little bit of everything.”

and the suspension is a result of NCAA regulations, not the team’s.

Intent on fighting the charges, McElwain said he found out about the suspension on Sunday but still considers Grier a part of the team.

McElwain said he has no intention of leaving Grier behind during practice this week, and the team will appeal Grier’s suspension to the NCAA. Grier and the Gators lead the SEC East standings and are the only other undefeated team in the conference along with LSU (5-0, 3-0 SEC) and Texas A&M University (5-0, 2-0 SEC).

This season, Grier completed 106-of-161 passes for 1,204 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions. He also tallied 36 carries for 116 yards and two touchdowns.

Sophomore quarterback Treon Harris is expected to replace Grier as starting quarterback for the Gators against LSU. In 2015, Harris is 19-for-27 for 269 yards and two touchdowns.

Harris started in the Gators’ first game of the season but was replaced by Grier during its second game. Since then, Florida has operated under a dual-quarterback system, featuring Grier and Harris.

The Tigers will have tape to prepare for the Gators’ offense and Harris.

“I’m pretty sure we can [get tape from the first game],” said senior linebacker Deion Jones. “We

can see what type of style quarterback he is. He’s a mobile quarterback, so we can get a little footage from what he does.”

LSU coach Les Miles said the Tigers’ game-planning will not alter much due to the change at quarterback for the Gators. “[Florida] Coach [Jim] McElwain will have them ready to play,” Miles said. “Most of the time [a], second team quarterback can operate the offense as is. We expect the core plays are the same.

Very capable running back. Would suggest passing be the same.”

During the past three weeks, LSU faced replacement starting quarterbacks against each of its opponents.

Syracuse University started its normal third-string quarterback.

Eastern Michigan University started its No. 2 quarterback, and University of South Carolina started freshman walk-on Perry Orth.

The Tigers’ secondary is struggling this season thus far, having trouble containing wide receivers on a variety of routes, regardless who’s quarterbacking.

“They still kind of get us,” Jones said. “The quarterbacks that come in still get after it.”

In the most recent controversy with Florida’s quarterback situation, Jones said he isn’t too worried.

“We kind of know what their offense is about,” Jones said.

“We will probably stick to the same thing that we have been doing. They aren’t undefeated just because of their quarterback.”

serving as inspiration for her ensembles.

Plauche said she covets fashion magazines, admitting to hoarding three years of Glamour magazines — none of which were harmed in her magazine collage.

“There’s something about [reading magazines]. You don’t have your phone with you, your computer. You can’t get distracted,” she said.

But besides the glossy pages of Glamour, her favorite fashion influence is her mother, who always supports her most out-there outfits.

She credits her mother for her fashion rule to live by: “Dress in what makes you happy.”

But every fashionista has a fashion rule they break, hers being “Don’t wear white after Labor Day.” She said she brings bright whites into fall by wearing it with different textures and darker colors. One of her favorite looks for this transitional time is white linen shorts with a cheetah print top, a light camouflage jacket and brown ankle boots.

She said she adores fall and is ready to see the summer ’70s trend transcend into fall with bell-bottom jeans, suede fabrics and boxy pieces.

Fashion blogger Elizabeth “Lala” Vied shares Plauche’s excitement for this season’s trends, especially the different textures and fabrics that are mingling together this fall, like fur, leather and patterned fabrics.

Vied began her blog Lala Land while she studied finance at LSU. Though she’s had a passion for fashion since she was a little girl

reading children’s fashion books, she said she fell absolutely in love with the industry while enrolled at the University and became a part of it while still a student.

She landed an internship with luxury clothing and accessories brand Oscar de la Renta in New York City last summer. She said she loves the city and wants to return someday, but she knows she needs more experience first.

After graduating in May, Vied left her part-time job at clothing boutique Rodéo and became a junior’s department manager at Dillard’s, while keeping up her blog on the side.

Clothing and accessory companies from across the world send her pieces to be featured in her blog, but Vied said she especially likes working with local boutiques and supporting southern businesses.

Despite her success with fashion labels, Vied said she’s mostly touched by her blog’s followers.

“My biggest goal is just to be an inspiration to other women and girls,” she said. “I don’t necessarily see myself wanting to push blogging as a career, as a business to make money, but really just as a hobby and as a personal goal to just to help other women try new things with style and their own personality. … The biggest accomplishment through blogging is reaching people.”

Even with attention from followers, she said she remains shy.

“I feel like my style and my clothing kind of speaks for me.

I wear loud colors and patterns just because I have a big personality, but I don’t like to speak it,”

she said.

Vied loves to Instagram for her blog, but she said she could never be on video for YouTube or Snapchat.

Palpallatoc explained how social media is essential for a prosperous blog because it acts as a promotional tool, sort of like an advertisement.

“Without social media, my business wouldn’t even exist,” she said.

Michaela Todaro, a communication studies junior, approaches the blogging realm understanding this.

Though she only started her travel vlog, or video blog, on YouTube three months ago, Todaro has been promoting herself creatively on Instagram for some time, she said.

She also uses the Internet to learn her craft.

“YouTube is a big, big learning tool that I’ve grasped onto because it’s free,” Todaro said.

She said she’s researching for the best outlet to kickstart her blog, whether that be with a purchase of a domain name, or website, or by signing up with a service like Wix, WordPress or Blogger.

Todaro regrets not starting her blog sooner. She’s put it off for about five years, she said. Had she not procrastinated her blog’s commencement, she believes she’d have a sizable following by now.

She wants her blog to expand beyond her videography and have it showcase her photography and dancing as well.

“I was created to create,” Todaro said.

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Flags, pictures and campaign signs line the walls of John Bel Edwards’ campaign headquarters.

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Jürgen Klinsmann should be fired INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist

Taryn MacKenzie and Damen Pheiffer have formed a deep bond as the only two South African members on the LSU swim team.

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IT’S A SMALL

WORLD Senior swimmer Taryn MacKenzie and junior swimmer Damen Pheiffer remind each other of home in South Africa

BY HEATHER ALLEN | @Hallen_TDR LSU junior swimmer Damen Pheiffer recalls seeing senior swimmer Taryn MacKenzie, a stranger at the time, in South Africa wearing a hoodie with the logo of a school he’d never heard of before — LSU. Although they didn’t know each other at the time, Pheiffer and MacKenzie had something in common — a dream of coming to the United States to swim at the collegiate level.

Now, MacKenzie and Pheiffer are living their dream together more than 8,000 miles from home but haven’t forgotten their roots.

In fact, they recently celebrated the heritage day of their home country, South Africa.

“It was our heritage day on [Sept. 24], so we had a gettogether that Saturday,” MacKenzie said. “We invited both of our roommates and we all just hung out, I actually felt

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United States Men’s National Team coach Jürgen Klinsmann should be sacked.

After watching Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Mexico in the CONCACAF Cup, it’s become even more clear to me — Klinsmann isn’t the correct choice to lead the U.S. going forward.

Internally, you’re probably hearing Ron Burgundy’s voice run through your head, “Jack, let’s hold on. Let’s count to 10, all right? That’s a rash decision.”

It’s a strong opinion, which is why I’ve given myself two days to think about it. And after two days, I still feel the same way. It no longer feels like a knee-jerk reaction but something that needs to happen for the USMNT’s success moving forward.

Saturday’s loss was arguably the biggest game Klinsmann has managed outside of the World Cup: It determined which team will represent CONCACAF at the Confederations Cup in Russia in 2017.

It’s a results-oriented profession, and Klinsmann’s team failed to get the result when it really mattered.

Mexico dominated the U.S. for 120 minutes, was denied a blatant penalty and could’ve easily scored four or five goals.

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Personnel changes on the horizon for special teams

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR

Sometimes numbers can be deceiving. Other times, numbers give more context to the story.

For the LSU special teams units, ugly numbers support what’s been seen on the field.

Out of 127 spots listed in kickoff return defense, the No. 6 Tigers (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) are ranked 110th in the country, giving up 25.08 yards per return. In punt returns defense, LSU is last, allowing 23 yards per attempt.

For the struggling special teams units, it can look forward to is the statistically run-of-

the-mill return groups for No. 8 Florida.

Even though his team holds an undefeated record heading into the biggest game to date, LSU coach Les Miles said he realizes the difference between good and great teams will be a part of the game that is sometimes overlooked.

“We’re really going to bring it to the team because the team’s got to get it fixed,” Miles said. “If they want to be something special, if they want to play in more significant games than — and very much like this Saturday’s game — then they’re going to have to correct it.”

Miles said he wants to make

personnel changes to solve the coverage problems, but it might involve multiple moving parts.

For starters, LSU still hasn’t solidified a kickoff man, using both junior placekicker Trent Domingue and sophomore placekicker Cameron Gamble on Saturday against the University of South Carolina. While Domingue, who is a perfect 7-for-7 on field goals, booted five of the seven kickoffs, his opening kick was a shank that landed out of bounds.

Following Domingue’s miscue to open the game, Miles went to Gamble. He promptly drove a ball into the endzone, where it

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LSU freshman running back Derrius Guice (5), freshman cornerback Kevin Toliver II (2) and sophomore running back Darrel Williams (34) tackle University of South Carolina cornerback Rashad Fenton during the Tigers’ 45-24 victory on Saturday.

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FOOTBALL

Miles recaps South Carolina, previews Florida game season. The two teams lead the its respective divisions and are the only remaining SEC teams — other than Texas A&M — without a loss.

“They are a very talented, capable team,” Miles said.

“They have a very strong defense. They are second in the conference in rush defense.”

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @w In his weekly “Lunch with Les” luncheon news conference, LSU coach Les Miles addressed the South Carolina game, the upcoming matchup with top-10 team University of Florida and team injuries.

Miles opened his news conference congratulating all who came out and supported LSU and South Carolina during Saturday’s underpopulated game.

“I would like to congratulate the fans and people of Louisiana,” Miles said. “We’ve been through that. I cannot complain about that crowd. That crowd was loud and fun.”

There were a mere 42,058 people in Tiger Stadium on Saturday — the smallest crowd in Death Valley since 33,728 gathered to watch LSU’s 28-0 win against Alabama in 1957.

SOUTH CAROLINA RECAP “The offense put up a lot of yards,” Miles said bluntly.

LSU (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) combined for 624 yards of total offense against the University of South Carolina, including 396 rushing yards and 228 passing yards.

Freshman running back Derrius Guice led the Tigers in rushing yards with 162 on 16 carries.

He was followed by sophomore

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LSU coach Les Miles addresses the media during his weekly news conference on Monday in the Athletic Administration Building. running back Leonard Fournette with 158 yards on 20 carries.

Guice was named the SEC Freshman of Week, the league office announced on Monday.

NO. 8 FLORIDA The Gators will travel to Baton Rouge without freshman starting quarterback Will Grier in tow.

Grier was suspended for one year, the University of Florida

announced Monday.

Grier’s suspension is credited to testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, Florida football coach Jim McElwain said during his press conference.

“Coach (Jim) McElwain will have them ready to play,” Miles said. “Most of the time, second team quarterback can operate the offense as is. We expect the core plays are the same. Very

capable running back. Would suggest passing be the same.”

“I’m certain they will have a very capable guy,” Miles said about Florida’s starting quarterback.

LSU will meet No. 8 Florida at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.

Both LSU and Florida (6-0, 4-0 SEC) are undefeated heading into the seventh week of the

INJURY UPDATE On Saturday, LSU lost sophomore fullback John David Moore in the first quarter after a quick dump-off pass ended in a spearing of Moore around knee-height.

Miles was unsure is Moore will be liable for return against Florida.

“We would love to find out more about JD,” Miles said. “I don’t know about JD, though.”

Fournette attributes most of this season’s running-game success toward Moore and his aggressive blocking style.

Seniors safety Jalen Mills, tight end Dillon Gordon and junior defensive end Tashawn Bower all dressed out against South Carolina, but none played.

Gordon and Bower are expected to play against Florida, Miles said. He said Mills’ injury status is ‘still up in the air.”

Mills did not play a snap in 2015, and Gordon was injured against Syracuse University on Sept. 26 and hasn’t seen the field since.

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Megan Lee and Lily Alfeld bring New Zealand bond to Tigers

BY C.J. RUCKER @Ruckmatic The LSU soccer team went all the way to Oceania to recruit two longtime friends and teammates.

Junior defender Megan Lee and sophomore goalkeeper Lily Alfeld played together while growing up in the New Zealand national program and are now teammates at LSU (8-4-3, 2-4-1 Southeastern Conference).

Lee went to Massey High School in Auckland, New Zealand, while Alfeld attended Lincoln High School in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Lee was a three-sport athlete in high school, competing in track and field, touch rugby and soccer. She was the Auckland Region High School Senior 100-meter and 200-meter champion, and she led her high school team to the 2008 Touch Rugby Regional Championship.

The raw speed she displays on the pitch stems from her track and field background paired with the physicality of rugby has made her one of the top defenders in the SEC. Alfeld was named the Coastal Spirit Goalkeeper of the Year in 2011, and in 2013 she accepted an athletic scholarship to LSU. She spent the

majority of her youth career commuting between Christchurch and Auckland while training with the New Zealand National Team.

It takes about 90 minutes to get from Alfeld’s hometown of Christchurch to Lee’s hometown of Auckland by plane.

Each player who didn’t live in Auckland was paired with a host family while they trained for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. Alfeld was paired with Lee during her first stint with the national program.

Alfeld said living with Lee and her family was a great experience because they treated her like she was family.

“It was fun living with her,” Alfeld said. “She has a lovely family. I got to know her really well, so we’ve known each other ever since.”

Sometimes the National Team held weekend training sessions, forcing Alfeld to fly back home for school the next week. She said balancing the rigorous National Team’s schedule with school was tough.

“It was intense,” Alfeld said.

“Especially at that time because it was my first serious football situation that I had ever been in, and I was only 14. It was almost like being thrown in

the deep end and getting used to the hectic lifestyle of training constantly.”

In New Zealand, high school soccer is meant to prepare players for club soccer and if they’re lucky enough, they’ll get a chance to represent the country on a national level, Lee said. As a result, the level of competition at some schools is not as strong as club soccer.

Lee said her family — particularly her father — would hint at trying to recruit Alfeld to live with them in Auckland full-time during the school year so they could play together at Massey High School.

“Since she was a goalkeeper, my dad kept saying, ‘Let’s keep her here because we need a goalkeeper for our high school team,’” Lee said. “We were secretly trying to train her up to be one of our goalkeepers, but she had a to go back to Christchurch.”

Lee cashed in on her second chance to recruit Alfeld once she found out Alfeld was interested in attending LSU. The two provide support for each other off the pitch because they both face the same problems when it comes to traveling or obtaining certain documents like the I-20.

“She’s the only person I can

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LSU junior defender Megan Lee (13) communicates with teammates while the ball is in play during the Tigers’ game against Vanderbilt University on Oct. 2 at the LSU Soccer Stadium. go back and talk to and use our New Zealand lingo,” Lee said.

“I’ll say a one sentence line to her, and everyone else around

us will be like, ‘What?’ It’s good in that respect, we can keep holding on to our roots from back home.”

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page 8 AFRICA, from page 5 like I was at home.”

MacKenzie said she realized her dream when she was 6-yearsold, the same age she started swimming. She watched people she swam with leave for the U.S. and succeed, and she wanted the same thing.

“I had watched people in my club before me go to the [United] States and succeed and look like they were having a lot of fun and excelling in their sport,” MacKenzie said. “That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to get to the best level I could, and I had it in my mind that the only way I could do that was by coming to the [United] States.”

As MacKenzie progressed, the dream started to become a reality. At 16 years old, she competed in the Junior Olympics and was crowned the 2010 South African National Champion.

When it came time to pick a college, MacKenzie said LSU was at the top of her list because the importance of culture in Louisiana made her feel at home.

“I’d heard great things about LSU. I heard Louisiana was most similar to South Africa,” MacKenzie said. “I’d heard great things about the culture here, I’d seen great things about the team, I’d had great Skype sessions with the coaches and everything just looked so welcoming. South Africa is a place where we’re all about culture and all about welcoming other people, and that’s exactly the vibe I got from LSU.” When fellow South African Pheiffer transferred to LSU from the University of Tampa after his freshman year, Baton Rouge felt even more like home.

Pheiffer adopted his American dream at 13 years old, when his dad planted the seed in his head. Coming to America was a goal swimming-wise and training-wise for him to work toward.

TEAMS, from page 5 was knelt for the Tigers’ only touchback. But on the ensuing Tiger kickoff, Gamble kicked the ball to the four-yard line and, Gamecock freshman cornerback Rashad Fenton took it the distance for a 96-yard score on his first career touch.

Not only did Fenton score on his first collegiate opportunity, but he notched the first South Carolina kickoff return for a score in more than a decade. With equally young Tiger coverage men losing leverage, Fenton’s job became that much easier, sprinting to paydirt untouched.

Senior linebacker Lamar Louis, who is on every coverage unit, said the problem is not just the freshman special teamers.

He said the corrections shouldn’t be difficult, nor does he think the scheme will change.

“We got a couple guys, who are starters, who need a little break sometimes,” Louis said.

“We got a couple of young guys who need to work a little bit more in it as far as having the right leverage and different things. Couple little technical things we got to work on. ... They’re easy fixes.”

“It was an opportunity that if I could get it, it shouldn’t be missed,” Pheiffer said. “It was an opportunity to get out of the country, to get what we deem a superior education compared to the system I’d get at home.

“At home, there’s a lot of politics involved with all things.

Education is one of the major things it’s involved in, and they don’t have a competitive university swimming program in South Africa.”

Pheiffer originally chose Tampa because of his love for saltwater fishing, something he could practice often in Florida.

But he quickly realized he didn’t fit in, and it was time for a change.

Pheiffer credits the organization and professionalism of swimming coach Dave Geyer and the rest of the coaching staff as the reason for transferring to LSU. “Dave brought me out here and I was completely blown away with what I saw,” Pheiffer said.

“The facility, the professionalism of the coaching staff, the school in general and everything about it just blew me away.”

Having someone else on the team from South Africa made LSU the perfect fit for Pheiffer, who said having MacKenzie on the team means having someone he can make jokes with about their country that only South African natives would understand.

As for his passion of saltwater fishing, he’s adapted to having access to mostly fresh water.

“I’ve never really been into freshwater fishing, but it’s all I can get here really that’s feasible,” Pheiffer said. “My teammate, who’s also my roommate, him and I will go fishing together.

Every time I go home, if we can, we’ll sneak away to the coast for a few days and go fishing for a bit.

That’s still an absolute passion for me.”

After the scoring kickoff return, LSU, with Domingue back in, squibbed it on three of the final four kickoffs. The Tiger Stadium crowd even cheered when freshman running back Derrius Guice tackled Fenton at the Gamecock 25-yard line on the final LSU kickoff of the game.

Miles, however, still is confident in his two kickers, saying the issues can be both with the kicker and the coverage.

“Sometimes it’s both, but most of the time, you have to deal with personnel and make sure that your personnel understands what we’re trying to get accomplished,” Miles said. “I think, in this particular instance, it was some scheme, and then we’re going to change personnel as well.”

Senior linebacker Deion Jones, who mostly played on special teams for the first three years of his LSU career, said the all of the special teamers are capable.

“Me being a guy who had special teams for the first three years, that’s a punch to the gut,” Jones said. “That’s like the worst feeling. I can’t have that again, so we’re going to have to get that together.”

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United States coach Jürgen Klinsmann acknowledges the fans after his team lost 2-3 to Mexico during the CONCACAF Cup playoff soccer match Saturday at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif.

COLUMN, from page 5 Mexico completely outclassed the U.S. and recorded a win, something that hadn’t happened under Klinsmann’s reign as manager.

That brings me to my next observation: The U.S. regressed in 2015 under Klinsmann. It isn’t just a bad loss to Mexico that has people clamoring “Klinsmann Out!” The USMNT’s exciting run at the 2014 World Cup seems like ancient history. According to numbers posted by Matthew Doyle, a writer for MLSsoccer. com, the World Cup run seems less impressive.

Doyle accumulated stats for the USMNT’s last seven World Cup appearances. In 2014, the U.S. had its smallest share of possession since 1994. The U.S. also posted fewer shots per 90 minutes in 2014 than any of the previous six World Cup appearances.

It looks like Klinsmann’s strategy was “defend for our lives and hope for the best.” It ended up working out, but you have to think that strategy isn’t always going to prove fruitful in future tournaments.

10.31.15

Friendly wins against the Netherlands and Germany were nice in 2015, but they’re friendly. They don’t really count for anything.

It’s the embarrassing losses to Jamaica and Panama at this summer’s Gold Cup that are etched into fans’ minds.

The competitive matches the U.S. needed to win this year are the ones that were lost, and the blame lies with the coach.

The most frustrating thing for fans is that they know the U.S. is capable of a lot more if the right players are selected and the tactics are spot on.

Unfortunately, Klinsmann has selected the wrong players frequently, and he’s displayed tactical naivety in his time with US MNT. Midfielder Michael Bradley is continuously deployed as an attacking midfielder when it’s evident he plays better when positioned deeper in the midfield.

In the recent 4-1 defeat against Brazil, Klinsmann played Alejandro Bedoya, a winger, as a defensive midfielder. The experiment failed miserably and left Bedoya looking foolish.

Rather than trying to play a

similar XI to the one he’d play against Mexico, Klinsmann used the recent friendlies to leave Bedoya out to dry and rotated his back four instead of letting the four guys he played Saturday develop any cohesion.

With all the experimentation Klinsmann has done, he’s continued to ignore Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber.

Feilhaber is in excellent form and could provide the team with a spark. However, Klinsmann seems uninterested in calling him up.

Klinsmann is constantly tinkering, and there’s never any continuity. Tweaking the lineup can be a good thing, but it seems like Klinsmann has yet to figure out the appropriate time and the correct way to do it.

The USMNT is losing important games, and it doesn’t look good doing so. It’s time for a change. If that change isn’t imminent, Klinsmann better find the plot quickly.

Jack Woods is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

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Entertainment Too blessed to be stressed Try these techniques for stress relief during midterms

SARAH LEBOEUF Entertainment Writer

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idterms week is here with a vengeance, and students are melting into a pool of stress on the Middleton Library floor. But, no matter how many exams and essays you have staring at you from your planner, it’s important to take some time to decompress. Here are a few simple ways to relieve stress:

BECOME A YOGI Relax with calming meditation and an endorphinpumping workout by practicing yoga.

Chemical engineering and French sophomore Rachel Nguyen teaches yoga at the UREC and uses the workout to relieve her stress from school.

“Everything is 100 percent connected to your breath, and so with that focus on your breath, you don’t have time [to stress about school],” she said.

Yoga classes range in complexity, allowing anyone to experience the relaxing benefits.

“The thing about yoga is it’s really, really accessible to everyone. So even if you’ve had two knee replacements, and you can’t go running or can’t lift weights, you can do yoga,” Nguyen said.

Class participants often return to share their testimonies with Nguyen because the practice plays such an important role in relieving their stress, she said.

RELEASE YOUR CREATIVITY According to The Huffington Post’s article “Why Coloring Could Be The New Alternative To Meditation,” psychologists recommend coloring as a form of relaxation and meditation. Coloring books that specialize in relaxing themes, like mandalas, are sold at craft stores and have even placed in Amazon’s top 20 best-selling books.

Spend your next study break coloring in Creative Haven’s “Groovy Mandalas Coloring Book.” The book’s back cover states, “Coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment.”

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PAMPER YOURSELF Turn your bathroom into a relaxing spa for a study break. Mall of Louisiana LUSH Cosmetics floor leader Hoda Essa recommends products with lavender and chamomile to create a calming bath or shower experience.

Pop a Twilight Bath Bomb from LUSH Cosmetics into warm water for a fizzy, violet-colored, lavender-scented bath. If you live in the dorms and don’t have access to a bathtub, exfoliate skin in the shower with LUSH Cosmetics’ Rub Rub Rub Body Scrub, Essa said.

She suggests rubbing Peace Massage Bar into skin to moisturize and decompress. Essa said she recommends wearing LUSH Cosmetics’ BB Seaweed Fresh Face Mask while studying to soothe skin.

Oh, Aubrey Graham.

If there’s one thing that can be said for 2015, it’s that it’s the year of Drake.

The artist has graduated to a peak version of himself and delivered the goods musically, socially and physically. He’s always delivered the musical goods, but 2015 is special. If rumors are true, it could get even better.

This year, Drake gave us a new beard, a new body and new beef, and we’ve lapped up every second of it.

To start off his dominating year, he released the surprise mixtape “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” in February. It seems like forever ago, but the tape hasn’t gotten old or lost replay value.

Listeners seem to agree. It became the first platinum album of the year, selling more than a million copies, and was recently crowned the best selling digital album of the year. There’s been some debate as to whether “If You’re Reading This” is a mixtape or an album, but Graham himself refers to it as a mixtape, so tape it is.

The mixtape wasn’t the only reason fans were excited.

During the summer, Drake debuted a super buff body and glorious beard, eliciting everyone’s thirst. In July, media outlets began posting write-ups with titles like People’s “Drake’s New Shirtless Instagram Photo Has the Internet CyberDrooling,” VH1’s “When Did Drake Become Such A Bae?” and Buzzfeed’s classic “Drake’s Body Is Destroying Lives.”

For Drake, life was good to say the least.

Then in late July, a Twitter rant changed everything. Meek Mill got all in his feelings and all hell broke loose.

He accused Drake of not writing his own raps and told people not to compare him to Drake. Not sure who would ever compare Meek Mill to Drake, but that happened.

In the midst of all the craziness, everyone was perched waiting for Drake’s response, and Champagne Papi came

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Drake performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday in Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.

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PACK THE MIDTERM SORROWS AWAY Let The Daily Reveille help pack your bags with the ultimate midterm survival kit

BY KIMBERLY GAGNET @kgagnet With midterms quickly approaching, The Daily Reveille is here to help you pack your bags.

These items are a must-have for last minute cram sessions or the overnight haul in Middleton Library. So grab your backpack of choice and takes notes.

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Water is crucial if you plan on spending long hours studying.

Among the gallons of coffee consumed, make sure you are drinking enough water to keep you going. It can also help wake you up.

Buy a pack or two and keep them in your backpack all semester. The free Scantrons in the LSU Student Union disappear quickly. You don’t want to be the annoying person in class standing at the door asking everyone for a Scantron. ‘Sigh.’

Add some color to your life, and otherwise dead study session, with some highlighters.

The bright pens can help you focus on main points and key notes. If all else fails, they can be fun to doodle with.

This one is less obvious, but still vital. Middleton probably stays at a low of 34 degrees year round, or at least that’s what it feels like. So if you’re pulling an allnighter, bring one or two.

Many students recommend the mint flavor of gum to help stay awake. It also wouldn’t hurt the standard coffee breath from the endless cups of caffeine boosts.

Snacks are necessary so you don’t lose the perfect spot you stalked out for an hour.

This one is a no-brainer. Phone and laptop chargers are critical for long study sessions. Don’t count on a community charging station. You don’t don’t want to be the lone one out with a dead laptop with typed-out notes and no way to review them. Batteries must stay charged in case the “Naked Studier” returns to Middleton again this year and you need to dash.

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STAR hosts third annual Hunks in Heel show at Varsity Theatre Event raises awareness about sexual violence

BY GRAYSON SENNER @graysonsenner Art, fashion and community activism will combine when 12 men step into heels to raise awareness for sexual violence.

The third annual Hunks in Heels runway show will take place at the Varsity Theatre at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday and is hosted by STAR, Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response.

STAR began as a rape crisis center in 1975, working through the district attorney’s office for a large part of the organization’s history. In 2012, the organization

rebranded into today’s nonprofit.

CEO of STAR Racheal Hebert said she’s assisted the organization with the event since its origin in 2013.

Hebert said the show grew from humble beginnings in The Office bar, with less than 200 people in attendance. The enthusiasm of the “Hunks” led the show to continue, Hebert said.

In 2014, the show moved to the Hartley/Vey Theatres and sold out 325 seats before the show began. Because of the success of last year’s success. Hebert said STAR recognized the Varsity Theatre as an ideal venue to house the show.

“We love the space at the Varsity,” Hebert said. “It has a great stage and it has multiple levels

for people to really see the stage and see the men walking in their heels.”

Hebert said finding the “Hunks” begins in February or March, with men who are typically nominated by friends or previous men who walked the runway. Though the “Hunks” are usually nominated, 2015 marks the first year men contacted STAR requesting to take the stage.

Kyle Harless, a 2015 “Hunk,” said he was approached to walk in the event by artist Neily Byrd and will be representing Lock & Key Whiskey Bar, a sponsor of the event.

But the “Hunks” are nothing without their heels. Each “Hunk” meets with an artist to specially

design their heels. For the art process, Harless said he was responsible for picking out heels, and worked with Byrd to design a whiskey-themed heel.

While Harless was enthusiastic about the process of decorating his heels, he still recognizes the need for sexual trauma awareness, he said.

“Sex is a great thing, but we also have to respect our partners and other people’s sexual interests,” Harless said.

Harless said our society is highly sexualized and wants young people to have the right idea about sexuality.

Both Harless and Hebert said they recognize the importance of Hunks in Heels starting a conversation about sexual trauma.

Hebert said she hopes associating the dark events of sexual violence with a lighthearted themed event like “Hunks in Heels” will eventually break the stigma of sexual assault.

Hebert said the event is oneof-a-kind, offering a show for art, music and dance fans.

Looking toward the future, Hebert said she hopes the show sells out bigger venues with people showing support for the organization.

“Ultimately, I’d love to get just more awareness for STAR in the community so that survivors know that there are services and they know that there are places to go if they ever need us,” Hebert said.

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New Orleans-based Better Than Ezra to play at L’Auberge Casino Band has performed together for 30 years

BY RILEY KATZ @rkatz94 After eight major studio albums and nearly 30 years of performing together, New Orleansbased band Better Than Ezra anticipates another 30 years of music.

Founder, bass player and Better Than Ezra’s ringmaster Tom Drummond said as long as people keep coming to shows and listening to the band’s music, it will continue to play. The shows continue with the band’s appearance at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel at 7 p.m. Friday.

Drummond said the band’s secret to keeping performances fresh for so long is liking each other, playing new material and having fun onstage.

“Our shows are very high energy, and you never know what you are going to get, whether it be bringing people on stage or some bizarre cover,” Drummond said.

Its newest album, “All Together Now,” is the eighth full-length album the band has released and holds one of the most popular Better Than Ezra songs to date, “Crazy Lucky.” The single boasts more than 5.3 million plays on Spotify and surpassed the band’s former single “Good” as the most popular song on the streaming service.

Drummond said the band set out long-term goals for itself when it was formed and has achieved those milestones through consistency in songwriting and listening to contemporary music to update the band’s sound.

“We were never gimmicky or about onstage characters,” Drummond said. “We were always about writing great songs.

As long as we continue to do that, good music will always be a

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‘As long as we continue to have a good time and people keep wanting to come see us, we will keep playing shows.’

TOM DRUMMOND founder and bassist of Better Than Ezra part of what Better Than Ezra is doing.”

The new album also came with a new method of recording and producing that Drummond said he personally enjoyed more than previous methods. In “All Together Now,” the band recorded all of the songs together live in studio, rather than recording each instrument separately and compiling them all after.

Drummond said the new method of recording also helps the band prepare for songs on the road because the studio time allows the band to practice the new material together, which has been a practicing aspect the band has not been able to do much of since Hurricane Katrina.

Since the storm, the band members lived in different cities, which changes the way Better Than Ezra writes and makes music. Drummond said the band now relies more on sending different parts of music to each other.

“We can’t just pack up our guitars and go rehearse on a Thursday night anymore,” Drummond said.

While the band members

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Drake performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Saturday in Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.

through. He released not one but two diss tracks, and both of them were all over the Billboard and iTunes charts. The first track, “Charged Up,” was a calmly delivered warning and the second, “Back to Back,” was vicious. On “Back to Back,” Drake gave fans classic lines, including “Is that a world tour or your girl’s tour?” and “Trigger fingers turn to Twitter fingers.”

Meek Mill was clearly not at all prepared for Graham’s vengeance and didn’t even have his own diss track to fire back with. For days, “Charged Up” and “Back to Back” were the elephants in every room Meek Mill entered.

When he finally did respond with a track, it was with “Wanna Know,” an unintelligible mess of mumbling which did Meek Mill no favors. Drake was declared

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The New Orleans-based band Better Than Ezra — and founder and bassist Tom Drummond [right] — will play at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel at 7 p.m. Friday. moved to different cities since Katrina, Better Than Ezra still makes a difference in the New Orleans area through afterschool programs for less fortunate families through the Better Than Ezra Foundation.

On Oct. 4, Better Than Ezra held its yearly tailgate party before the Saints and game against the Dallas Cowboys game, and proceeds from the event went toward funding the foundation.

During the band’s summer tour, cities that never hosted Better Than Ezra were included, with some bigger venues the band had not played before.

“As long as we continue to have a good time and people keep wanting to come see us, we will keep playing shows,” Drummond said.

If there’s one thing that can be said for 2015, it’s that it has been the year of Drake. the hands down winner of the beef, and Meek Mill hasn’t been the same since.

At his sixth annual OVO Fest, Drake destroyed Meek Mill with a PowerPoint presentation of Internet memes making fun of the rapper. Drake also fired up fans with a tease of a possible third diss track, “3 Peat.” He never released the track, but knowing it exists is enough to see that the 6 God is ready if anyone tries him again.

He also released “Hotline Bling” with the diss records, a song that is smashing the charts and is rumored to get the music video treatment.

After the Meek Mill situation simmered down, we all thought Drake would lay low for the rest

of the year. Drake had other ideas.

Rumors of a Drake and Future mixtape began swirling, and on Sept. 20 trap dreams came true. “What a Time to Be Alive” was released, and it was a perfect combo of Future’s sound and Drake being Drake.

The tape featured some great tracks, including “Diamonds Dancing” and “Jumpman,” the latter of which can be heard blasted in cars everywhere. It also hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. What a time to be alive, indeed.

It’s possible that Drake is still not done. He has been alluding to the upcoming release of his next studio album “Views from the 6” all year long. He hasn’t yet given a release date, but it’s believed that the album will drop before the calendar hits 2016.

Drake recently teased fans at

Austin City Limits Music Festival, saying his album will come out soon and he’ll spend the rest of the year perfecting it, sending them into a frenzy.

At this point, fans are dying of thirst for “Views from the 6,” and when it drops, the Internet will surely crash. Who knows what the album will sound like, but the anticipation is overwhelming. “Views” would have been highly anticipated regardless, but all that Drake has done already this year has certainly enhanced expectations and enthusiasm.

Even if “Views” isn’t released this year, Drake has officially transcended the limiting label of “rapper” and simply become an artist.

No artist has done or accomplished more than Drake in 2015, and it’s time to recognize his brilliance and appreciate him being on top of his game.

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Here’s what readers had to say about James Bewers’ story ‘NCAA to allow Fournette to auction his jersey for South Carolina flood victims.’ @Chris_B_Carter @lsureveille but if his daughter or mother needed the money, he’d have to go work a second job.

Praise Fournette, but not the NCAA, please. @rebeccassilva Good decision by the NCAA. @_fournette is a class act

JOHN GAVIN HARP Columnist As his nude photographs went viral last Wednesday, Justin Bieber likely called his legal team and asked them, “Where are you now that I need you?” *bass drops* It was the leak seen ’round the world. After months of speculating whether or not Justin Bieber’s risque Calvin Klein ads were Photoshopped to enhance the pop star’s bulge, the world received confirmation the Biebs was packing heat.

The grainy images show Bieber vacationing in Bora Bora with model and Bae of the Week, Jade Pierce. While Pierce is covered by a robe in the pictures, Bieber is without clothing from all angles as he enters in and out of a hot tub.

But no one stopped to wonder how the New York Daily News got these images. Instead, Twitter users retweeted them with the caption “What do you peen?”

Stars are endlessly tormented by paparazzi. Some argue they signed up for this. But what they didn’t sign up for was an unseen vulture zooming in on their junk.

A star of Justin Bieber’s caliber isn’t going to bear it all unless he’s under the impression he’s

isolated — which he likely paid a pretty penny to ensure. This isn’t the Beiber from years past who publicly peed on things and threw eggs at people’s houses. This is the Comeback Biebs, who is on the up and up.

Yet someone — likely a middleaged man — caught Bieber when his guard was down and probably received a hefty paycheck for the revealing images.

How is this okay?

The internet collectively freaking out over these images is repulsing. This is a human being. Sure, he’s a punk, but he doesn’t deserve to have his genitals exposed for the world to see.

These aren’t nudes in the vein of 2014’s Celebgate hack. Bieber didn’t try to take sexy pictures of himself. These were taken without his knowledge when he had a reasonable expectation of privacy.

It’s interesting Bieber hasn’t embraced the “Always On” persona celebrities of his level have.

When someone is as big as Bieber, they assume someone is always watching them.

For example, while Taylor Swift was on vacation with the Haim sisters in January 2015, she posted a picture of herself in her bikini to her Instagram account. This was surprising because the image revealed Swift’s belly button — something she coyly admitted

to hiding from the world to keep a sense of mystery.

When asked about the belly button picture, Swift admitted to finally showing her’s off because her security team discovered paparazzi watching her from far away with zoom-in lenses.

Swift figured if she posted the image before the paparazzi could, she would take away their profit and power over her.

I imagine Bieber’s security detail didn’t discover lurking paparazzi, or they would have attempted to obtain the images.

Celebrities shouldn’t have to barter with creepy photographers over their privacy. Swift shouldn’t have to worry about someone zooming in on her belly button.

Bieber shouldn’t have to worry about someone zooming in on his junk.

Yes, #Biebergate will go down in infamy, but we can stop these situations from happening by not sharing the images when they’re leaked.

Celebrities are people too. How would you feel if someone leaked grainy pictures of your naked shenanigans?

John Gavin Harp is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from St. Francisville, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @SirJohnGavin.

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Raven-Symoné’s statements ignorant, offensive MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist Raven-Symoné, the woman many girls once looked up to, is now an attention-seeking ignoramus.

She’s up there with Stacey Dash, who is ranked extremely high on the “black people that black people can’t stand” list.

Last week, as The View’s co-host, Raven-Symoné said, “I’m not about to hire you if your name is Watermelondrea. That’s just not going to happen. I’m not going to hire you.”

I suppose she would also never hire Beyoncé, nor herself. Both of their names aren’t conventional.

Whoopi Goldberg, the only other black co-host, showed exactly how the black community feels through her flabbergasted reaction to Raven’s comments.

She had a look of shock and disapproval, while Raven found her opinion humorous.

Even her own father, Christopher B. Pearman, disapproves of what she said. Through a Facebook post, he let everyone know he doesn’t agree.

Her remarks are unfair. People are born into their names, so punishing someone for

something they have no control over is absurd.

The former Cheetah Girl was my role model for the longest time, so after her first couple of ludicrous comments, I looked for a way to defend her. I thought maybe it didn’t come out the way she wanted it to.

After claiming to be an American rather than an African-American and implying everyone should be able to use the n-word, she was on strike two. Now, she swung and missed — officially striking out.

I have no desire to defend her any longer.

To add insult to injury, she decided to open her mouth with this “Watermelondrea” ignorance during a segment of the show called “Are You Judged By Your Name.” The segment was done to shine light on a recent study proving people with stereotypically black names tend to receive discrimination.

Raven’s stardom removed her from reality. As a black woman with an abnormal name, she should be aware discrimination for having a stereotyped black name exists.

A study done by Colin Holbrook, a research scientist at the University of California Los Angeles Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture proves there are people with the same mind set

as Raven.

Holbrook’s study shows people with stereotypical black names are more likely to be labeled a troublemaker by teachers and less likely to receive an interview or a response after contacting local government.

In an email to the The Huffington Post, Holbrook says, “The participant sample, despite being slightly left of center politically, automatically attributed violence to individuals based solely on having names like Darnell or Juan; whereas names such as Connor automatically led to expectations of prestige and status.”

Raven should know there is no way for her to prove Mary can do a job better than Watermelondrea just by looking at their names.

There is no other logical explanation for Raven’s outrageous comments other than she knows her relevancy exhausted years ago. She’s desperate for attention.

At one point in time, all attention was on her. Her role on “The Cosby Show” earned her the label of “black poster child,” and even into her early adult years, she remained prominent with movies like the “The Cheetah Girls” and her hit Disney Channel series “That’s So

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Raven-Symoné admitted on The View that she wouldn’t hire an employee with an unconventional name.

Raven.” Today, however, she brings nothing to the table. Maybe she’s just showing her true colors, but even then, there’s no reason for her to broadcast them to the world unless she’s looking for attention.

If she keeps up with her

ignorant comments she’s better off staying irrelevant.

Raven who?

Clarke Perkins is a 19-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.

Two suicides highlight toxic culture on Wall Street JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist Would you die for your work?

Seeing people like Harry Houdini who died performing, or Marie Curie, whose revolutionary work on radioactivity would cause her death, is romantic portrayal of pursuing passion to the ultimate degree.

But what about dying because of your work? The lesser sung deaths of those blindly lead to demise by fruitless pursuits of achievement are less romantic.

Thomas Hughes and Sarvshreshth Gupta — both analysts working on Wall Street, both dead before their 30th birthdays from suicide.

However, if you asked their fathers, they would maintain their sons were killed by their stressful jobs.

That’s the lifestyle on Wall Street though: long hours, big

money and hard drugs. While some say working too hard doesn’t drive you to suicide, other companies are striving for employees to find a work life balance in response to the rash of recent deaths.

When I came across a New York Times article examining Wall Street’s deathly culture, I couldn’t help but to think of my recent column about the toxic culture of busy.

These suicides provide a potent, albeit extreme, example of how far some will go in their quest for meaningless success.

This isn’t to say the success from these men who tragically lost their lives was a waste, but what was it all worth when it forces parents to bury a son?

You’re probably thinking Wall Street analysts are not a fair representation of the population. However, just like Thomas Hughes using cocaine to stay awake for his grueling job, there are students on LSU’s campus

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who use drugs to stay awake and cram for a test.

Just like Gupta calling his parents and complaining about his workload hours before jumping to his death, students here will call their moms to cry their hearts out because making a C might be the difference between looking in the mirror and seeing future medical school student or a failure.

We’ve become so caught up in our hunt for success, we start to resemble a dead oak tree, looking strong and sturdy on the outside, but the inside is weakening and rotting away.

Some turn to Adderall or Vyvanse prescriptions to fight away the demons. Some pick up street drugs, while others play the duplicity game telling everyone they are okay when nothing feels that way.

Like the frog who stays in the incrementally heating water until it’s boiled alive, we let stress weigh us down little by little until it becomes an unrelenting

hurricane that blows the dead oak tree over.

If we took a moment to assess ourselves, we might just realize how much stress is self-inflicted.

Why do we think we have to be number one in our class, president of three clubs and social chair of our Greek organization?

I know why. It’s because we all want to take the world by storm after college, do something meaningful and be somebody. We think to make our mark on the world we must be like the Silicon Valley billionaires who are connecting the world through websites made in dorm rooms.

Maybe we should realize doing something meaningful doesn’t mean influencing the world at large, rather influencing our world around us — the people we interact with and the hobbies we enjoy.

Ask any successful working mother and I guarantee she will say her greatest achievement is her family. No one on their deathbed regretted choosing family

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and friends over work.

But we’re young and ambitious. I don’t want to think that I change my friend’s life by being supportive or that I make my parents day by calling them.

I want to cure cancer, discover aliens and create the next worldchanging invention. So we fall into the trap of placing success above all else.

We realize we don’t spend as much time on fun activities as we used to, and our relationships begin to suffer. We realize we don’t make time for ourselves anymore because we’re always busy. Then we realize we don’t laugh as much as we used to because our desires have engulfed us.

Sometimes, possibly like the two tragic Wall Street suicides, we realize this in the middle of a 20-story free fall.

Jay Cranford is a 21-year-old finance senior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

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Erasmus+ grant allows LSU students to research in Grenoble Partnership with UJF is first in the country

participating students’ travel, tuition and most living expenses, Allen said. Students would only be expected to pay

BY CAITIE BURKES extraneous expenses, such as @caitie1221 meals and transportation.

She said students visitBordering Switzerland and ing Grenoble would enroll as Monaco and fenced in by the full-time LSU students rathFrench Alps on three sides, er than having to enroll at the University Joseph Fourier UJF. “It’s like doing study abroad, in Grenoble, France, boasts some of the most promising except that mom and dad don’t collegiate research in all of have to pay $20,000 extra,” Europe — and now LSU Duran said.

Allen said the LSU students students will have access will spend the spring semesto it.

After visiting LSU in Feb- ter taking courses at UJF and ruary 2015, UJF Vice Presi- continue their chemistry redent of International Relations search throughout the summer Anne Milet became intrigued in Grenoble.

When recruiting and selectby the main campus’ academic ing student apenvironment. plicants, she said She collabo‘This is giving [LSU she looked mostly rated with LSU staff to write an students] a wide variety for chemistry majors with strong Erasmus+ grant funded by the of research opportunities backgrounds in European Union, that would enhance the research.

“This is giva politico-economic union of 28 research they’ve already ing [LSU stuE u r o p e a n been doing here at LSU.’ dents] a wide variety of restates. search opportuAccording LINDA ALLEN nities that would to its website, LSU Chemistry Department enhance the rethe Erasmus Undergraduate Adviser search they’ve program is one already been of the world’s here at LSU,” largest undergraduate stu- doing dent mobility programs Allen said.

Duran said most classes and allows students from across Europe to complete their at UJF are taught in English, studies at different European which he hopes will appeal universities. Erasmus+, the to potential applicants. He newest version of the program, said the “international town” opened up the program to the feel of Grenoble should make American students feel more rest of the world.

LSU was eligible for an comfortable than they would Erasmus+ grant this year and, in a non-English-speaking city with Milet’s assistance, is one such as Paris.

Aside from UJF’s preof the few American universities with access to the pro- mier science and technology gram. LSU became the first American university to enter into a strategic partnership with UJF. Randy Duran, LSU’s Cain Chair for STEM Literacy, said the grant will allow LSU and UJF to exchange a total of six students to engage in chemistry-related research over a period of two years.

“What we hope is that the first two students from LSU will go this January,” Duran said.

LSU Chemistry Department Undergraduate Adviser Linda Allen is coordinating a campus-wide competition for students interested in the program. Faculty and staff applications are also open with a Nov. 15 deadline.

Allen said LSU will send four students to Grenoble for five months each, while UJF would send two students to Baton Rouge for 10 months each.

Duran said LSU will also send eight faculty members for one week each and four staff members for about three weeks each in exchange for 12 UJF faculty and staff.

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laboratories, Duran said Grenoble also serves as a hub of Winter Olympics activity and history.

For the Euro equivalent of $2, Duran said visitors can take a public bus to the bottom of the ski slopes used in the 1968 Olympics.

He said he would encourage students to apply for the program because it will better prepare them for global society.

“It’s just a beautiful alpine valley with a world-class university,” Duran said.

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