The Daily Reveille 10-23-2018

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Volume 128 · No. 10

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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK LSU roars into national attention behind loaded recruiting class, page 2

Darius Days

Emmitt Williams

NEWS

Ja’vonte Smart

SPORTS Swastikas lined pages in 1933 Gumbo, page 3 3D printing used for cancer research, page 5

Naz Reid

ENTERTAINMENT Ayana Mitchell and Faustine Aifuwa bring stability to women’s basketball lineup, page 7

Luckett Farms celebrates Halloween with spooky, family-friendly activities, page 13

OPINION “Dressing up as genital parts, marching for the impeachment of political figures and pushing classist and racist agendas is what the feminist movement in America supports,” page 18

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COVER STORY

Freshmen to play major role in Tiger season

BY GLEN WEST @glenwest21

When sophomore guard Tremont Waters decided to return to LSU, he knew there’d be a ton of exciting new talent to break in.

As one of the leaders of the team, Waters took it upon himself to lead not only on the court, but off it as well.

One of the messages Waters preaches to the players is “never get too high on wins and never get to low on losses.” That may be tough to process considering the immense expectations facing the 2018 Tiger squad.

LSU coach Will Wade sports one of the top recruiting classes in the country, featuring Baton Rouge native Ja’vonte Smart and five-star big man Naz Reid. The addition of eight new faces to the roster has projected LSU at No. 23 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll, so the Tigers will have expectations to meet.

Smart spent the majority of the offseason working on his jump shot, and the early returns are looking positive.

“Ja’vonte has really played at a high level offensively,” Wade said.

“He’s a really good shooter, a hard worker. Between when he won the state championship at Scotlandville and when he got here, he’d go

to the gym at 5:30 in the morning and make 500 jump shots before school started. He’s a blue collar, hard working guy, so we’re very pleased with his progress thus far.”

Wade spent months trying to figure out how Smart would gel with returning guards Waters and Skylar Mays.

For the first few weeks of camp, Wade pitted Waters and Smart against each other, but with the season now two weeks away, Wade has started playing Waters, Smart and Mays together. Wade said the three are adjusting well together and expects all of them to be double-digit scorers and big contributors to the team.

“I don’t think it’s any secret that’s our best backcourt,” Wade said. “I tell them all the time, if we get a lead, we should be very tough to come back on because we should be getting good shots and not turning the ball over.”

Waters said the last week and a half has been about he and Mays learning the rhythm of Smart’s game and building off the chemistry Waters and Mays already have together.

“I feel like in this last week I’ve really started to get a good feel for what Ja’vonte likes to do,” Waters said. “I would say his IQ and ball handling are really polished. He’s

a dynamic point guard that can play the one and two. Being able to see his growth and confidence as a player is something I’m continually trying to help him with.”

Fellow freshman Naz Reid was a highly touted prospect for Wade and the Tigers. Reid has already drawn first round buzz in the NBA and was even featured on early mock drafts as a potential lottery pick.

Reid has rare playmaking ability for a big man, something that made him an attractive prospect to many schools around the country. Reid’s playmaking ability stems from before he hit a growth spurt. When Reid started playing, he wasn’t the biggest guy and would be asked to play guard— a talent he carried over to his big man game.

Playmaking coupled with elite scoring and rebounding will make him a must-watch player, but it’s his outside shot that Reid has worked on most since arriving on campus.

Freshman big man Emmitt Williams lives and breathes defense and, with his 6-foot-7 frame, should be a problem for most forwards in the conference. Williams is a rare talent that can defend one to five and, according to Wade, can rebound the ball at a highly effective rate.

Williams said rebounding is the most developed aspect of his game, but he has been working constantly on becoming a versatile defender that Wade can count on.

Forward Darius Days brings a high motor to the team, as well as a perimeter scoring presence that should be able to stretch the floor when he is on the court. Days is known as ‘the Mayor’ because of his general likeability to everyone he meets on campus.

“I know everybody on campus, really cool with everybody,” Days said. “Black, white, green, yellow, boy, girl — it doesn’t matter. I just like people and will walk up to them and have a simple conversation.”

Waters has taken it upon himself to give college and life advice to the new freshman faces on the team based on his own experience last season. Waters’ big piece of advice on the court was to make sure the new guys have their bodies ready for a grueling six month schedule, referring to the Tulane game as a wake up call.

When asked how different he is between then and now?

“It’s like day and night,” Waters said.

Editors note: A longer version of this story is available at lsunow. com/daily.

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ouisiana voters this midterm election will determine the fate of six constitutional amendments, numerous congressional candidates and whether to legalize fantasy sports gambling.

Early voting began Oct. 23 and runs until Oct. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on Oct. 28.

Each amendment requires a majority vote to pass, with the exception of the sports gambling measure. With this measure, residents of each parish will decide if the rules should be changed in their parish to allow cash prizes for online fantasy sports.

Constitutional Amendment No. 2 has garnered national attention as it could reverse a Jim Crow-era law that allows only 10 of 12 jurors to convict a felony. If passed, this amendment would require a unani-

mous jury to convict felons for non-capital offenses committed on or after Jan. 1, 2019.

Louisiana is one of only two states that still allow a split-jury verdict for felony cases.

Another amendment focusing on the state’s criminal justice system — Constitutional Amendment No. 1 — includes prohibiting convicted felons from seeking or being appointed to public office for five years after their sentence is served, including parole and probation. Louisiana has imposed a 15-year ban for two decades, but that rule was voided by the state Supreme Court in 2016 after the ballot language did not match what was passed in the legislature.

Also on the ballot are nine candidates vying for Secretary of State, the third-highest office in Louisiana. The duties of the secretary of state include overseeing and

managing elections, registering businesses and housing historical documents.

Ex-Sec. of State Tom Schedler, who could have been up for a third term this year, resigned in May after a longtime employee filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him in February.

The Manship School of Mass Communication and the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs will host a Secretary of State Candidate forum on Oct. 29 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Holliday Forum as part of LSU President F. King Alexander’s multiple-day “Behind the Ballot” symposium.

Discussions with the candidates will explore voter behavior, election integrity, college-age voting and voting rights.

Though the event is invitation-only, it will be broadcast live on the WAFB mobile app,

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STUDENT LIFE

Music in Middleton relieves student stress

BY RACHEL MIPRO @remroc15

Go to Middleton Library at the right time, and you might find be serenaded.

Music in Middleton started in September 2017 and is now in its second season. The program, which allows students to sign up to play once a month in Middleton Library, has been met with enthusiasm by stressed-out students.

LSU Libraries music resource supervisor Mikel LeDee said the survey the library did on the program received 100 percent approval. He said part of the charm of the program is that students can decide how much they want to listen to.

LeDee said the program gives students a chance to relax between classes. While students are getting coffee or studying, they can hear music.

“If you’re in a concert hall, you’re in until the end,” LeDee said. “Here, you may just have a few minutes in between [classes], you want to enjoy this for a few minutes.”

The program takes place once a month on the first floor of Middleton at noon when the library is most crowded. Any students who want to play can sign up, though spots fill quickly as the event only lasts one hour. The majority of students playing are music majors looking to showcase their skills.

LeDee said one of the best parts of the program was the interaction between music students and

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HISTORY

The forgotten mystery of swastikas in the 1933 Gumbo

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 Bathroom stalls across campus and the desks of Middleton Library are littered with swastikas, and few symbols conjure up more images of human suffering than the swastika.

Beyond being crudely drawn images on forgotten desks, swastikas have an unexpected place in the University’s history — the 1933 Gumbo, unapologetically protruding from the yearbook’s hardcover and dotting every page alongside athletic teams and fraternity classes of bygone days.

Adolf Hitler seized the Ger-

man chancellorship in March 1933. His Nazi Party blackened Europe with total war and ethnic cleansing, leaving Germany a divided land of smoldering debris and bomb craters. Despite this, the University’s 1933 yearbook heavily featured swastikas, the feared symbol synonymous with the Nazi Third Reich.

The yearbook’s theme was the ancient-Native Americans of the University’s burial mounds.

Many Native American tribes throughout the Mississippi River Valley historically used the swastika to decorate objects like clothing and pottery before Hitler’s ascension to power.

The Gumbo’s editor at the time, Marian Mayer Berkett, in a valiant act of defiance, kept the swastikas in the yearbook. Berkett, who was Jewish, would not allow Hitler to claim ownership of the symbol and re-appropriate its meaning. The swastikas did not endorse the Nazi Party, but paid homage to the University’s Native American ancestral roots.

“Because it really wasn’t the same symbol, I persisted,” Berkett said in an interview with LSU Libraries in 2004. “It was part of the artwork which I was trying to represent.”

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Pages of the 1933 Gumbo sit in Hill Memorial Library on Oct. 22.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

FACULTY

Professor honored in China for coastal wetlands research

BY BAILEY CHAUVIN @BaileyChauvin Environmental sciences professor Ed Laws received the Friendship Award from the People’s Republic of China on Sept. 29 for his coastal wetlands research. The Friendship Award is China’s highest award given to foreign experts who have made significant contributions to China’s economic and social progress. Fifty people receive the award each year and are honored at a ceremony in Beijing.

Laws has been researching coastal wetlands in China, specifically in Qingdao and Xiamen, for over 10 years. His collaborations with China began when he worked with a Chinese scientist at the University on a project at University Lake.

After this initial collaboration, Laws was invited to the Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology to conduct research. From there, he was asked to teach a summer course at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and connected with Xiamen University.

Laws discovered China’s coastal wetlands face similar issues to coastal wet-

lands in the Mississippi Delta. On both the Mississippi Delta and the Chinese coast, there are concerns about the rising of sea levels.

Sea levels will rise 20 feet if the ice in Greenland melts. If the ice in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, sea levels will rise another 20 feet.

A sea level rise of 20 feet would cause the entire Mississippi Delta south of Baton Rouge to go underwater. Another sea level rise of 20 feet would cause parts of Baton Rouge to go underwater, as well, Laws said. Shanghai, with a population of about 24 million, would also start to sink if the sea level rises 40 feet.

Even if major cities such as Baton Rouge and Shanghai are spared, the loss of wetlands is problematic for both the U.S. and China.

“Wetlands are a great buffer against storm surge,” Laws said.

“Whenever a hurricane comes through, the wetlands are the first line of defense.”

Wetlands also have certain functions unique to the Mississippi River Delta and China. In Louisiana, the wetlands are the “sportsman’s paradise,” where people can go fishing and hunting. In China, the phragmites, or

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LSU environmental science professor Ed Laws (left) accepts his Friendship Award from Vice Premier of China Liu He (right). reeds, found in the wetlands are used to make paper.

“The wetlands have value for a variety of reasons,” Laws said. “Both China and the United States have lost wetlands and could be more proactive in protecting maybe even in restoring wetlands.”

While both the U.S. and China are aware of the environmental issues they face, neither country has been as serious as Laws would like, especially in preserving coastal wetlands.

This inactivity partially stems from the fact that the consequences of not addressing these issues will be felt so far into the future that it doesn’t seem like a pressing issue, Laws said.

“It’s not like we need to invent something that we don’t know how to do,” Laws said. “We just need to do it.”

International collaboration is essential to preserving the wetlands in the U.S. and China.

“There’s a lot we can learn

from them, and there’s certainly a lot they can learn from us,” Laws said. “It’s definitely a two-way street.”

Laws and many in the College of the Coast and Environment feel so strongly about collaborating with Chinese scientists that they are considering a formal student exchange program with China for coastal wetlands research. Such a program would allow many students to receive similar research opportunities in China as Laws.

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RESEARCH

Researchers help apply 3D printing to cancer treatments

BY BEN HOLDEN @benjaminholde10

The medical world has long been looking for ways to apply 3D printing technology. An LSU professor may have just found a way.

Director of the Medical Physics Program Wayne Newhauser and his research team are working to make 3D printing technology a part of cancer treatment.

3D printing has the ability to help specialize treatments for individual patients. It is already providing cheaper prosthetics for amputees that cater to each patients’ needs.

Doctors are also using 3D models of a patient’s chest, face or other relevant body part to test potentially dangerous procedures before treating the patient.

The survival rate of nearly every type of cancer has greatly increased over the past 25 years due in part to more effective radiation therapy and chemotherapy, according to Cancer.org.

Over the past 20 years, cancer treatment and radiation therapy in particular, which is the

delivery of high-energy beams or particles to kill cancer cells, has been getting more precise in targeting cancer cells and not healthy cells, according to the American Cancer Society. However, there are still many cases where patients are missing certain organs or other body parts, or have bodies that are usually fragile. For these patients, radiation therapy needs to be even more precise or the treatment may kill vital cells and tissues when trying to hit cancer cells.

“Radiation therapy is very safe and very effective, but there are some cases where we know that [radiation therapy] struggles,” ” Newhauser said.

One of the ways doctors have been continuing to perfect radiation therapy is through testing models called phantoms. These 3D models simulate a part of the body like the head, torso or even a full body model, and effectively serve as a testing dummy for doctors looking to calculate the correct radiation dose and placement before administering the treatment to a live patient. However, these phantoms are not usually made for a specific patient

which presents problems when dealing with unusual cases.

“If you have a store-bought phantom, it’s going to look like the average person, and it may not be at all relevant to [certain patients],” Newhauser said. “You need to have a phantom that mimics those same anatomic characteristics [of the patient].”

Newhauser gave the example of a patient whose nose had been amputated. The standard tools at doctors’ disposal did not allow for the same preciseness as normal patients.

Newhauser said he hopes to use 3D printing technology in order to print phantoms for these patients with unique characteristics. His team is already able to convert CT scans, which almost every cancer patient receives, into a set of 3D printing instructions. From there, all they need is a special printer and ink to make a phantom specific to the patient.

As of now, Newhauser and his team have not used this technology on many patients, and are still in the testing phase of their research.

“The short-term goal is to

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LSU research scholar Meagan Moore sits in front of a full body phantom in Atkinson Hall. show that it’s feasible to do this,” Newhauser said. “Everyone has known since [the] get-go that in theory it ought to work, but there’s quite a difference between being able to recognize that it will work and being able to demonstrate that it’ll work.

Our goal is to print a whole body, a 3D personalized phantom that

mimics the properties of an actual patient.”

After their testing phase is complete, Newhauser said they hope to find a company that can commercialize what they’ve done, so that 3D-printed phantoms can become more widely available to patients across the country.

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page 6 MIDDLETON, from page 3 the general students, along with the promotion of different types of music.

“It provides them an opportunity to find a different audience and it provides the people in the library an opportunity to hear something they might not be aware of,” LeDee said. “Most of the students perform in the School of Music to their peers, and so I thought there’s something that they could both share.”

It seems to be working as numbers for Music in Middleton steadily increase. At the first concert, there was a little more than 30 students, and since then attendance has almost doubled. The next concert on Nov. 6 is also expected to be well-attended. The music played is chosen by the students, who are trusted to manage themselves.

“We’ve had string quartets [and] solo works,” LeDee said.

“The students put the work together themselves. We don’t have any

issues with what they’re doing. We assume they’re professionals, and we treat it like a professional performance. They decide what they want to play, rehearse the pieces themselves and perform. We provide the venue, and they provide the service.”

LeDee said he hopes to expand the program and is scouting locations like the Art + Design Studio. He wants to reach greater student audiences, and give students more opportunities to perform, since more students want to play than can fit in the one-hour time slot.

Most of all, LeDeeand the other faculty members want Music in Middleton to work as part of their student outreach efforts, to draw more students into the library, and have the library be a valuable resource to students.

“The role of the library is changing,” LeDee said. “We want to bring people into the libraries. [It’s] more than just a place where we house books. It’s a very active place.”

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VOTING, from page 3 on WAFB’s sister station WBXH on the Manship School’s YouTube channel and broadcast later by the Baton Rouge NPR-affiliate WRKF. Other amendments on the ballot for this election include issues regarding residential property, the Transportation Trust Fund and property tax exemptions.

Constitutional Amendment No. 3 permits the donation of the use of public equipment and personnel by a political subdivision upon request to another political subdivision for an activity or function which the requesting political subdivision is authorized to exercise.

Constitutional Amendment No. 4 would remove the authority to appropriate or dedicate monies into the Transportation Trust Fund to the State Police for traffic control purposes.

Constitutional Amendment No. 5 would extend eligibility for the following special property tax

GUMBO, from page 3 Civilizations around the globe used swastikas before the Nazis.

In Sanskrit, the word swastika means “well-being”. The symbol is commonly found in southern Asia, symbolizing eternal cycling in the Buddhist faith. Even the U.S. Army is not without the swastika’s presence. The 45th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army used a yellow swastika with a red diamond backdrop as its symbol until the 1930s.

“It was identified with other things besides Hitler,” Berkett said. “If you were to look at the artwork, there were other symbols used. Particularly on white pages where we needed a small symbol, we choose what turned out to be a swastika.”

Berkett’s grandparents descended from Alsace-Lorraine, the historically contested region

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 treatments to property in trust: the special assessment level for property tax valuation, the property tax exemption for property of a disabled veteran, and the property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a person who died while performing their duties as a first responder, active duty member of the military, or law enforcement or fire protection officer.

Constitutional Amendment No. 6 would require that any reappraisal of the value of residential property by more than 50 percent, resulting in a corresponding increase in property taxes, be phased-in over the course of four years during which time no additional reappraisal can occur and that the decrease in the total ad valorem tax collected as a result of the phase-in of assessed valuation be absorbed by the taxing authority and not allocated to the other taxpayers.

Additionally, across the state, candidates are running for election and reelection to U.S. con-

gressional positions. Some other positions may be open for different parishes, such as school board members and city constables.

Geaux Vote LSU — the University’s student-led voter engagement initiative — has registered over 2,000 students to vote since July, with 500 students registering during the program’s National Voter Registration Day event held on Sept. 25.

“We’re creating a foundation that can be used for the gubernatorial election and presidential election in the future,” said Geaux Vote LSU president Zoe Williamson.

Additionally, Williamson said nearly 750 students made a formal pledge to vote on Oct. 19, the final day of 2018 LSU Fall Fest activities.

Plans are being made to arrange an election viewing party in the Holliday Forum on Nov. 6, according to Williamson.

For more information about the amendments and candidates on the ballot, visit sos.la.gov.

[The swastika] was identified with other things besides Hitler.

MARIAN MAYER BERKETT

Editor of the Gumbo, 1933 separating Germany and France.

Her grandparents immigrated to the U.S. to avoid being drafted in the Napoleonic Wars. After graduation, Berkett studied law at Tulane University and practiced for 72 years. Berkett died in June 2017.

Lost within the University’s lore, the swastikas of the 1933 yearbook offer students a glimpse at the Great Depression and the era of growing fascism in Europe. The persistence of a Jewish

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Gumbo editor kept the swastika on the pages and protected the sanctity of its symbolism — a symbol not of horrific murder, but a symbol of well-being and eternal cycling.

“You get the gut reaction of, ‘What in the world are there swastikas doing here?’” said political science associate professor Leonard Ray. “It’s a useful teaching device, though. You see it, and you’re shocked, but once you dig, you see the story take twists and turns.”

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QUEENS OF THE COURT Ayana Mitchell, Faustine Aifuwa bring experience, power to LSU’s post game

It wasn’t difficult for junior forward Ayana Mitchell to transition into a leadership role going into her third season as a Lady Tiger.

Even after leading scorer Chloe Jackson unexpectedly transferred to Baylor following last season and second leading scorer Raigyne Louis graduated, Mitchell was not worried about the possibility of having to lead a young LSU squad.

With only one senior guard, Shanice Norton, the Lady Tigers’ returning front court production of Mitchell and sophomore center Faustine Aifuwa will be key for LSU this season, both on and off the court.

“With the post game returning and the leadership of Ayana Mitchell and Faustine Aifuwa, those two are going to be dominant players in the game for us,” LSU coach Nikki Fargas said.

“They’re going to be players that we lean heavily on and they’re players that have produced throughout our practices.”

Mitchell and Aifuwa will be key in leadership and on-court production as two of three returning starters for the Lady Tigers. In the 2017-18 season, Mitchell averaged 11 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, while Aifuwa averaged 5.1 points, 5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.

Fargas said the post game held it down for the team last year, which finished fourth in the Southeastern Conference, and she expects them to be instrumental in the success of the team this season. She compares LSU’s post game to football — you need to establish a run game in order to get the rest of the offense going. Fargas expects Mitchell and Aifuwa to be dominant in the paint on both ends of the court.

Fargas emphasized wanting more of an inside-out offense

this year, relying heavily on the posts to create things inside the paint and get it out to the guards to make plays.

“They’re two of the best combos in the post game in our league,” Fargas said. “Those two together are a force to be reckoned with. They have the size, they have the athleticism, they have the quickness and they have the skills.”

The chemistry of Mitchell and Aifuwa, who are roommates, contributes even more to a developed post game for the Lady Tigers. Communication between the two on the court is almost non-verbal because of their connection on and off the court.

Both Mitchell and Aifuwa also spent the offseason and preseason working on themselves and their own individual games so that they would be able to contribute to the team as much as possible.

As a redshirt freshman, Aifuwa spent most of her time going

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from block to block and rarely wandering outside her comfort zone. Now, she’s able to take shots from the short corner or the high post, making her more of a threat to drive down the lane instead of kicking it out to a guard all the time.

Aifuwa, who stands at 6-foot5, has yet to take a three-point attempt in her career but joked that she’s not that comfortable just yet.

“I’ve seen a lot of improvement [in myself],” Aifuwa said.

“There’s times where I’ve gotten the ball in the high post and I’ll be able to shoot it or make my own shot by driving to the goal. That’s something that I didn’t do last year, so I see [the improvement] every day.”

Fargas expects Aifuwa to have a breakout year as she shoulders more responsibility than she has had to previously.

“The way I’ve seen [Aifuwa]

If you’ve ever experienced the adrenaline-inducing thrill of a family board game night, you’ve probably come across the game “Clue” once or twice.

“Clue” is a murder mystery game where players piece together evidence in order to logically deduce which character committed the crime, which room the crime was committed and which weapon was used in the crime.

Obviously, the player who gathers the most clues will have the highest probability of winning the game. However, some players will attempt to make up lost ground in the game and jump to conclusions based on an inadequate amount of evidence.

Recently, LSU basketball coach Will Wade’s recruiting tactics have once again grabbed headlines after attorneys attempted to introduce recordings of Wade allegedly discussing improper benefits with Christian Dawkins, a handler for prospect Balsa Koprivica in federal court.

Judge Lewis Kaplan did not allow the call between Wade and Dawkins to be entered into evidence, but that has not stopped

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU’s mobile big men create a more versatile lineup

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___

Not everyday does a head coach say he’s going to let his star big-man play at small forward and handle the ball. But it’s exactly what LSU coach Will Wade is doing.

Five-star freshman power forward Naz Reid represents the incredible versatility within this LSU basketball team. Reid is capable of handling the ball like a point guard, shooting like a wing and can still bang in the post just as any normal big would.

“We like it when Naz gets

rebounds. We let him push the ball,” Wade said. “He’s a playmaker. He’s like having Tremont [Waters] at a big spot— a four or five spot. We’ll move him around. We’ll play, him at the three some this year too. We’ll play really big when we do that.

We can maneuver him around because of his unique skillset.

He’s got a very, very bright future in basketball.”

The 6-foot-10, 240-pound Reid at small forward is a stark contrast to last season when LSU primarily ran a three guard lineup without a true small forward and didn’t have a wing player

taller than 6-foot-5.

“The guy can really move like a guard,” said freshman forward Emmitt Williams, who can also play center. “I wish you guys could see the things I see in practice. Every day you’ll hear somebody say, ‘Wow, did he really just do that?” The guy has an unbelievable gift, and I can’t wait for everybody to see it.”

Reid and Williams aren’t the only two welcomed additions for Wade. Among the new faces for the Tigers are freshman guard Ja’vonte Smart, and two junior college transfers like small forward Marlon Taylor, who Wade

called the most athletic player on the team, and power forward Courtese Cooper, whose wingspan is close to 7’4”.

Senior center Kavell BigbyWilliams will also make his debut in 2018. Bigby-Williams had to sit out in 2017 after transferring from Oregon, but he brings a low-post presence LSU severely missed last season.

“We’ve got more athleticism,” said Wade, who wants to play an up-tempo brand of basketball. “I think it really helps us down low.

We’ve got some big bodies, which helps. We’re not quite as physical as we need to be right now.

“I like that we’ve got multiple guys who can get down there and work and make things go for us down low. Our athleticism is hopefully going to be an advantage for us.”

LSU returns its three primary backcourt players — sophomore Tremont Waters, junior Skylar Mays and senior Daryl Edwards. The three combined to average 34.0 points per game in 2017. With Smart now in the mix, Wade expects him, Mays and Waters to all be double-digit scorers while Edwards stays in

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Ashley Johnson joins staff as director of player development

BY KERRELL ROBINSON @Kerrell9 During the offseason, the LSU Lady Tigers announced that they hired former LSU standout Ashley Johnson as the new director of player development.

Formerly known as Ashley Thomas, Johnson made four consecutive Women’s Final Four appearances as a player for the Lady Tigers from 2004-08 and helped them win three Southeastern Conference Championships. She started 92 games with the Lady Tigers and was a team captain for her junior and senior years.

Her experience and success as a Lady Tiger is expected to help motivate and push the current players.

“Whenever you can bring back one of your own, that is a great thing,” said LSU coach Nikki Fargas. “Ashley is someone who is well-respected not only in the LSU program, but also within women’s basketball.”

Fargas believes that Johnson’s experience as a player at LSU will help her relate to the players, and vice versa.

“With her experience, you got somebody that has physi-

They want to win. They have that will to go get it done.

ASHLEY JOHNSON

Director of player development cally and emotionally been in their shoes,” Fargas said.

“Our student-athletes are able to talk to her and use her as a resource. She brings a different passion to the game and I am glad she has joined our staff. She is going to be one of those great coaches in the near future.”

Johnson compared this current Lady Tigers squad to her own from when she played more than 10 years ago. She said she sees many similarities in the atmosphere.

“One of the things we had was talent and competitiveness and I think we have a good mixture of that with this team as well,” Johnson said. “They want to win. They have that will to go get it done.”

She said she can see them potentially being really good.

“I just try to offer what-

ever little bit of knowledge if I see something,” Johnson said.

“They have four coaches, so they don’t necessarily need me to be a fifth. I try my best to give them that positive encouragement. Sometimes coaches can get on you pretty tough. I kind of be the mom. That nurturing side of me comes out.”

Johnson said in the long run she wants to learn and grow from “some of the best coaches in the business.”

Junior forward Ayana Mitchell said Johnson helps to bring a different mentality to the Lady Tigers team.

It can be felt among the Lady Tigers that they appreciate having Johnson on the staff.

Her experience and success as a Lady Tiger herself helps motivate and relate to the current players and she brings

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Ashley Johnson brings her experience to LSU Lady Tigers as the new director of player development. a lot of passion and a competitive mentality to the team.

“She brings a great vibe to the team and the program,” Mitchell said. “She is able to help me understand what it actually means to be a Lady

Tiger. And her having the experience that she had and being coached she has helped me understand the type of hard work that I have to put in to be at the level that she was when she was here.”

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On a team with no freshmen and only one senior, the LSU women’s basketball team reloaded with a flood of talented junior college transfers in Mercedes Brooks, LaToya Ashman and Jalaysha Thomas.

Even after losing their best statistical player in Chloe Jackson, the Lady Tigers and coach Nikki Fargas only preach optimism for the upcoming season.

“I am seeing a team that is taking on more responsibility,” Fargas said. “I am seeing a team being in the gym more during the summer and preseason.”

With only one senior on the team, the Lady Tigers come into the season looking for more leadership on and off the court.

Fargas has no worries in that aspect.

“The addition of our newcomers has been huge,” Fargas said.

“Mercedes [Brooks] is one of the most vocal kids that I have coached in a long time.”

By adding those three junior college athletes to the roster, the Lady Tigers hope to gain experience, leadership and diversity of skill from the young ladies.

Brooks has the skill and ability to slip into a vacant starting guard

spot, while Thomas and Ashman have shooting range that can help the Lady Tigers’ expand to court.

In addition to their talent, Fargas is impressed by their work ethic and determination.

“We have asked these young ladies to do everything that the returning players are doing,” Fargas said. “They have not missed a beat by not missing a practice or giving up on any workout.”

The three of them have been able to jump right into the LSU system smoothly and efficiently in the preseason, even as they come from smaller schools that compete in very different ways than LSU. “They are ready,” Fargas said.

“They have a chance to be on a bigger stage, but they understand how to compete, night in and night out.”

While all three transfers are expected to contribute, Brooks looks to make the most impact.

The projected starting small forward is a transfer from Trinity Valley Community College in Wichita Falls and produced great numbers, averaging 16.4 points per game and 7.5 rebounds a contest in 37 games.

The 6-foot junior from Texas has high expectations from the coaches and players coming into the season, but this fact has not

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LSU junior guard Mercedes Brooks (12) answers questions in the Lady Tigers’ practice facility on Oct. 22. stopped the newcomer from being vocal.

“It is hard to be vocal when I am learning the plays,” Brooks said. “My teammates have helped throughout and enabled me to be vocal.”

Brooks looks to help the Lady Tigers in a multitude of aspects.

As opening night approaches, coaches and fans will be looking at the new faces to make a difference.

“I believe my best ability is communicating,” Brooks said. “I can also shoot ball and rebound to get the team going.”

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the general public from playing their own game of “Clue” and jumping to rash conclusions.

This is the second time questions have been raised about Wade’s recruiting style, with the first coming last February after a Yahoo! Sports article suggested the NCAA was investigating Wade’s tenure at Virginia Commonwealth University.

While the reports of possible impropriety by Wade at VCU were misleading, the recent revelations of the transcript between Wade and Dawkins appear to have potentially damaging ramifications.

One quote within the transcript that seems to have caught everyone’s attention is the one in which Wade says,“He can get [Dawkins] what [he] need[s],” after Dawkins inquired about LSU funding Balsa.

I agree that this transcript raises some red flags, but I also understand that context is important. I do not think a recording of an extremely brief conversation that was not allowed to be admitted as evidence in a court of law should be enough to indict Wade for illegal recruiting tactics.

For what it’s worth, Wade said he was “proud of everything he’s done at LSU,” and that he’s “never done business of any kind with Christian Dawkins.”

Those are carefully chosen words from Wade, his statement did little to clear up any doubts about how he recruits.

grow the most is mentally,” Mitchell said. “She’s always been a physical player and been able to finish. She runs rim to rim, she’s able to grab rebounds and things like that. I think the thing for her was just to mature and grow, and I think she’s done that.”

Mitchell, on the other hand, has completely redefined her game in preparation to go pro in two years if the opportunity presents itself.

She has been working with newly hired LSU assistant coach Aaron Kallhoff to expand her game beyond the dominant defense and rebounding she is known for and improving her overall basketball IQ. “[I’ve been working on] making decisions and being able to distribute the ball, reading my defense,” Mitchell said. “Being able to handle it a little bit better and pass it a little bit better and being able to shoot it a lot better. Those things where you look at the pro and what they do and that’s what I’m trying to incorporate into my game.”

Like Aifuwa, Mitchell has expanded her shooting range, but to include shooting from outside the arc, allowing the entire Lady Tigers offense to spread the court out more.

In her two years playing at LSU, Mitchell has succeeded in a tough and physical SEC even while being undersized at her position, standing at 6-foot-2, and without having to contribute

LINEUP, from page 7 his role as the team’s three-point specialist off of the bench.

Whether the trio of Waters, Mays and Smart start the game is unclear, but Wade called it the team’s best backcourt and seems comfortable having them close games out.

With all the new additions to the team, Wade has a variety of lineup options at his disposal. He can return to running the three guard lineup he did last year or use Taylor as the more traditional wing, and Wade can even go big with Reid at the three surrounded by two other bigs.

“We can play small-ball with Darius Days at the four and Naz at the five, or sometimes we can

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LSU mens basketball coach Will Wade addresses the press during the basketball media day in the PMAC on Oct. 22.

Still, I think any panic among fans would be unfounded. When Yahoo! Sports released their report on the possible NCAA investigation into VCU last February, I wrote a column saying that Wade’s success among high school prospects was a result of the exciting culture and passionate coaching style that Wade brought to Baton Rouge, and I still believe that.

Wade is the type of coach kids want to play for, and he’s been a great ambassador for the university in his short-stint here.

As a result, LSU finished with the No. 3 recruiting class for 2018, which I truly believe to be a product of hard work on the play big with Emmitt at the four and Kavell at the five,” Mays said. “The thing about our bigs is there mobile. They’re able to defend along the perimeter.”

Wade says how the lineups breakdown depends on the opponent.

“The one thing I do like about our team is we have a lot of different parts we can fit together a lot of different ways which I think is really, really important.

We can play really big, we can play really small, we can play really fast, we can play really huge and just try to maul you in the paint a little bit. We’ve got a lot of different styles of play.

“We always tell them ‘stay ready so you don’t have to get ready. Be prepared, be ready to

You Are Not Alone.

trail rather than payoffs under the table.

In the current era of collegiate athletics, I realize it’s hard to believe in cleanly-run programs. So many athletic programs bend the rules to build powerhouse teams, and the FBI’s recent investigation into numerous basketball programs have revealed an underbelly of the sport that we all knew existed.

However, good coaches still exist, and I think Wade is building LSU’s basketball program the right way. If fans allow themselves to overreact 30 second phone conversation, they could miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime coach.

much beyond the arc. With an improved three-ball, Fargas expects Mitchell to contribute in a variety of ways.

Mitchell said she focuses on doing whatever needs to be done to help her team succeed, but her versatility and ability to play anywhere from the three to the five spot has helped her spread out her own game.

“Ayana Mitchell is arguably one of the best post players in our league,” Fargas said. “We’re going to expect a lot from her, not only from her scoring, but her rebounding and her ability to just be that emotional player for us. When she’s like that, the other players feed off of her.”

More than any of her stats, Mitchell is able to provide LSU with emotion and energy this season, when the team may be lacking in the experience it’s used to.

Fargas has repeatedly said that the energy will stem from the post position, but leads in a way that allows everybody to step up.

Aifuwa being a leader is as simple as being the first one in the gym and the last one out, but it’s always doing the same things you want your teammates to do.

“This group of girls, they’re very open and accepting of leadership and anything that you have to say to them. They take it all in,” Mitchell said. “And it’s not just me. You’ll come in, and it’s a different person every day who has stepped up and taken that role and owned up to it. It’s not just me — it’s all 13 of us.”

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‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ to open Nov. 9

BY LYNNE BUNCH @lynnebunch11

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ibly detailed, it blows me away,” Kain said. “Every time I visit I am looking around and discovering some area I’ve never seen before. It’s no wonder why Disney World is one of the most Instagrammable places. The theming is so well done it literally transports you to another place or time.”

Not everyone accepts Kain and other Disney content creator’s passions with open arms, she said. She and others like her have felt a lot of judgement from others, but she doesn’t let them dull her sparkle.

Most people know Anne Frank — her story has been famously told for decades. But what you may not know is who she was beyond the Holocaust, beyond her years-long hideaway from the Nazis. From Amsterdam to Baton Rouge, the Holocaust victim and diarist’s story has a chance to be retold nearly 80 years later, right here at the University.

LSU’s School of Theatre begins its mainstage season with Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s play “The Diary of Anne Frank,” adapted by playwright Wendy Kesselman. The production’s opening night takes place Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Reilly Theatre located at Tower Drive on the University’s campus.

Student tickets are $14, but if you’re looking for a cheaper option, you can attend the pay-whatyou-can preview on Nov. 7 or the $12 preview on Nov. 8. The show will be open through Nov. 18, and tickets are available online at www.lsu.edu/cmda/theatre or at the door.

The setting of “The Diary of Anne Frank” begins in 1942 Amsterdam as the Jewish Frank and van Daan families move into hiding to avoid capture by the Nazis. Victor Kugler (known as Mr. Kraler) and Miep Gies, Christian business associates and trusted friends, help everyone get settled in the “secret annex” where the

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HOW FAR I’LL GO Disney content creator shares magic through Instagram

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ith just “The Bare Necessities” of a camera and season tickets, content creator Paris Kain introduces us to “A Whole New World” with her Disney-themed Instagram page.

Kain is a Disney-inspired content creator who posts her work on her Instagram page, @perksofaparkhopprincess. She started her Instagram page to share her love of Disney and fashion as well as her experiences and recommendations around the park.

“I was looking for a creative outlet to show off my love of Disney and fashion and the two worked together surprisingly

well,” Kain said. “I found that there was an entire community of people who were just as passionate about Disney as I was and really found my tribe.”

Kain’s love for Disney started at a young age. Kain vividly recalls her father surprising her with a two-week vacation to Disney World. She said she felt like a princess being suddenly swept off her feet. She resonated with Disney’s grand tales of ordinary characters overcoming adversity.

“There’s a lot of hope and perseverance within Disney’s stories,” Kain said. “Many of the characters have had to overcome

a lot to find their happily ever after, and there’s a strength in that.

Disney always pushes me to keep dreaming. Disney is so much more than a movie or a place — it’s a feeling to me.”

Kain goes to Disney about six or seven times a year to check out the new rides, characters and lands. She also uses these trips to get content for her page.

For Kain, these trips are a great way to meet and get to know other Disney content creators. It’s never hard for her to obtain new and fresh content in the evergrowing, ever-changing Disney World, she said.

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BY BARROW CLEMENT @ClementBarrow With Halloween right around the corner, the corn mazes and pumpkin patch at Luckett Farms provides the perfect way to get into the spooky spirit.

The creation of Luckett Farms began with a long-term lease with Louisiana that granted 100 acres of Rosedown plantation for the construction of a corn maze and pumpkin patch.

This is mutually beneficial for both the state and Luckett Farms, as Luckett is able to use the land and the state gets a percentage of the sales, which will go back to Rosedown.

Luckett Farms is located at

12501 LA-10 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and is open through reservations on weekdays and 9-5 on weekends. Admission is $12 per person and free for children 2 years old and under, and it will remain open through Thanksgiving.

Luckett Farms manages to balance education and fun in a way that is entertaining to people of all ages.

“The reason that I wanted to start the corn maze was because I didn’t grow up on a farm,” said Kacie Luckett, owner of Luckett Farms. “And so, I wanted to show other people how things grow and make it fun and kind of interactive.”

Luckett Farms has a pump-

kin patch where people can go and pick out their own pumpkins. The pumpkin patch features pumpkins of all ages allowing people to see the stages as the pumpkins mature.

“I think it’s important for people, kids and families to come out and see agriculture in that way,” Luckett said.

Apart from the pumpkin patch, Luckett Farms’ main attraction is its corn mazes. There is a smaller maze for younger children in addition to the larger adult’s maze that covers 12 acres and takes 30-45 minutes to complete.

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Ignoring the rest of the franchise, “Halloween” serves as a direct sequel to only the original, making much of the franchise’s lore null and void. However, this benefits the movie as it is not bogged down by the complicated storylines of nine other movies, many of which became too convoluted to keep track of.

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“Light as a Feather” didn’t surprise me with its weak and rushed storyline, but it was still disappointingly predictable. The Wattpad-adapted screenplay focused too much on teen drama and saved the “horror” for the less-developed parts of the season.

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‘The Hate U Give’ highlights injustice of police brutality

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks This movie was hard to watch, but important to see.

“The Hate U Give” is a coming-of-age story about something that happens far too often in our society. A young black girl has to navigate a world that is set against her because of her skin color. She has to learn how to fight back in a world where her childhood best friends have all been killed by gun violence.

The story surrounds 16-yearold Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) who lives in a predominantly black neighborhood in Georgia called Garden Heights.

As the narrator, Starr explains how she has two versions of herself. Version one fits in with Garden Heights, while version two is tailored to her white private school she attends.

After a party in Garden Heights, Starr’s childhood friend Khalil (Algee Smith) begins to bring her home when the two are pulled over by a white police officer.

Thinking Khalil is holding a weapon, the police officer fires his gun killing him.

Following Khalil’s murder, Starr, as the only witness to the crime, is confronted with question after question about Khalil’s character and his relation to the local drug scene: Should this matter? Did this give the police officer the right to murder a black man because he might be reaching for a weapon?

This film takes pieces of information from real life cases of police brutality and pieces it together in a format that sends a very clear message — black men and women are dying by the impulsive, prejudice actions of police officers.

A flashback scene shows Starr’s dad (Russell Hornsby) giving Starr and her brother Seven (Lamar Johnson) “The Talk” on what to do when they encounter a police officer. He tells them to answer their questions but say nothing more — to keep their hands on the dashboard at all times and to announce their movements prior to making them. Finally, he gives them a copy of The Ten-Point Program, a set of guidelines established by

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The film has multiple The Black Panther Party for members to live by. scenes showing the local “The Hate U Give” is politi- community coming together cally relevant and full of sud- and organizing demonstraden and striking scenes that tions and protests in Khalil’s will leave audiences in shock. honor. These scenes are exThese scenes are so potent, tremely relevant in today’s clinot because they are scary or mate. Whether the protests are gory, but because we know it’s a peaceful or disruptive, they widespread probare often times lem happening all met with resistance and vioacross the U.S. The title of This film takes pieces of lence from law the film comes information from real life enforcement and from rapper Tu- cases of police brutality... government ofpac Shakur who ficials. made an acroPolice brutalnym to “thug ity is often an life” that stands issue that, for for “The Hate U Give Little In- some, is easy to glance over fants F***s Everybody.” This and choose to look past. When is one of the most prevalent watching this movie, however, themes in this movie. Children it’s impossible to ignore. Everyare not born with hate and one should see this film, esperacism in their hearts. They cially those fortunate enough to watch society around them and be able to glance over the issue conform to fit in. in real life.

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Frutta Bowls adds diversity to on-campus dining options

BY AMAYA LYNCH @maya09172

A bright new spot opened at Nicholson Gateway, and it’s offering a sweet acai treat to all its customers.

Frutta Bowls had its grand opening on Oct. 13 and a soft opening the day prior. The store is located right off of Nicholson Drive in front of the new Matherne’s Market and Wendy’s. The inside gives off a study nook vibe while also surrounding you with the smell of fresh fruit and the other fresh ingredients they put in their specialty products.

“Acai bowls are our specialty,” said regional territory director Trish McLeod. “You can really build a bowl however you would like. The bases are a pure blend of fresh fruit or acai and we also do hot oatmeal bowls and smoothies. Soon we will be launching artisan toast and coffee but our main specialty is the acai bowls.”

The Frutta Bowls menu includes the standard acai bowl along with pitaya Bowls, kale Bowls, the “Superfood Bowl” and smoothies. Many of the ingredients that go into the bowls and smoothies are from a distributor, but McLeod said they are hoping to find a local farmers market to work with for some of their fresh ingredients.

The University’s Frutta Bowls is the first located in the state of Louisiana, and the franchise will continue its expansion west after it has planted its southernmost roots.

“The concept started in New Jersey,” McLeod said. “A lot of franchises have opened in the New Jersey area and have slowly traveled down the coast.

In the southern region, the concept is still kind of new ... so our biggest challenge right now is educating our customers on acai and the health benefits of it.”

The portions offered provide the vitamins and minerals of a full meal, all coming from its natural qualities. There are no added sugars in any of the Frutta Bowls products. Everything comes from the fresh ingredients provided by its distributors.

McLeod said Frutta Bowls’ main demographic is millennials, which is why there is no better place for them than on a college campus. The workers are hoping they can not only provide students with a healthy meal between classes, but also educate them on the benefits that acai has for the body.

Loaded with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, the benefits may seem endless.

“Acai is a berry that’s grown in the Amazon,” McLeod said.

“It’s harvested there, and within four hours it’s flash frozen in their facility in Brazil and shipped to us in frozen form. It has antioxidants and vitamins and minerals and we mix it to make that base. The berry helps increase brain function and has possible anti-cancer effects and they’re low in sugar.”

Passing by Frutta Bowls will introduce you to the specials they are offering with a specials board centered in the middle of the walkway. Currently on display are the fall specialty bowls, including the “Smores Bowl,” “Pumpkin Bowl” and the “Candy Apple Crunch Bowl.”

The “Smores Bowl” is more on the indulgent side with its graham cracker and roasted marshmallow topping, whereas the “Pumpkin Bowl” mixes the acai base with pumpkin puree.

McLeod said the “Candy Apple Crunch Bowl” brings in the green apple and caramel flavor commonly associated with the fall season. She likes to say Frutta Bowls is as healthy as they are indulgent.

Frutta Bowls is currently in talks with the University about allowing TigerCash to be used at their store. They are also speaking with big name delivery companies like Waitr and UberEats to offer anyone the

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Frutta Bowls sits between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive on Oct. 22 chance to experience Frutta Bowls on the go.

“It’s a wonderful location,” McLeod said. “We really want to be part of the community, not just here selling bowls” The franchise is also looking to partner with local and campus organizations and benefit what they stand for. They have already partnered with the Zeta Tau Alpha to support their breast cancer awareness initiative. McLeod said they are looking to spread the “local love” by hosting giveback nights and donating proceeds to causes they support.

Frutta Bowls is a fresh new

place to stop in and get a healthy treat that’ll last you for much of the day. Students looking for an inviting place to enjoy a meal, study or just hang with some friends may find their home on the plush couches that welcome you at the door. Frutta Bowls is leaving its southern mark on the University’s campus while inviting students to leave their own paw prints on their walls in return.

“It’s a fresh product, it’s a healthy product and it tastes great,” said general manager David Heidke. “I really think this is going to be a big hit in Baton Rouge and at LSU.”

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 LUCKETT , from page 13 games to play: Kernel B. Cobb’s Word Game, Cornelius Quest’s Picture Find and Poppie’s Secret Word Jumble. Each game requires participants to think outside the box — or, in this case, outside the maze.

Cornelius Quest’s Picture Find involves locating pictures of vegetables within the maze and taking etchings of them to learn a fact about each. Kernel B. Cobb’s Word Game involves traveling to different stations

throughout the maze to retrieve different words, some of which have certain letters circled.

After locating all of the words, the letters circled will spell out the secret word for Poppie’s Secret Word Jumble.

The Luckett Farms corn maze uses specific shapes to decorate its hedges. Cut into the maze are pictures of animals, fruits and vegetables in addition to the words “Luckett Farms” and the 2018 theme “Buy Fresh Buy Local.”

The meticulous process of

cutting shapes into the maze started with planting the corn to form a grid. Using the grid, they were able to design the precise shapes needed for cutouts.

“We designed the maze on a computer system and then sent it to a GPS system,” Luckett said. “And we used the GPS system and a zero-turn lawnmower to go in and cut out the corn maze.”

Ultimately, Luckett Farms aims to show people a good time while learning about agriculture.

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We like for people to have fun while learning.

KACIE LUCKETT

Owner of Luckett Farms “We like for people to have fun while learning,” Luckett said. “We have different games, and we have the hayride, and

they can ride around the corn patch. We try to make it as educational as possible, but then also a fun experience.”

KAINE, from page 13 “I’ve been met with so many condescending tones from many people when I talk about Disney and how involved I am with it. It’s treated like a joke,” Kain said. “I’ve had people scoff at me like I’m too old to be a dreamer.

I don’t have time for people who want to stomp out my pixie dust.”

Kain has a passion for expressing who you are through fashion and not caring what others say. With a passion like Kain’s and the ability to “Go the Distance,” there’s no telling how far she’ll go.

“I’m a believer in peace signs and rocking what you love. You’ll see a lot of that in my feed,” Kain said. “I want to be as authentic and relatable as I can be and keep my passion thriving.”

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Paris Kaine goes to Disney six to seven times a year to curate content for her Instagram page.

ANNE FRANK, from page 13 families live until their arrest in August 1944.

The play follows the lives of the Frank and van Daan families as they live their lives in constant fear while hiding from the Nazi regime. Anne’s words are present throughout the play, providing a gateway into the scenes’ most intimate and personal moments. We see their life through Anne’s eyes as if it is a live-action version of the diary itself.

In the play, the audience catches a glimpse of what life was like for a young girl reaching adolescence during one of the biggest Fascist waves in the world’s history. As Europe becomes more infiltrated by the Nazis, the audience gets to see that Anne is not just focused on the war — she is concerned with love, parental relationships and other conflicts any teenage girl might worry about.

The play’s director, Sanaz Ghajar, is an Iranian-American director, writer and artistic director of award-winning theatre company Built for Collapse. With the company, she wrote and directed “Nuclear Love Affair,” which played to houses in New York City, Prague, Rome and Kraków, Poland.

Most recently, Sanaz developed and directed “Danger Signals,” a collaboration with British playwright Nina Segal and pop musician Jen Goma. The play received its world premiere in New York City in the spring as part of the Archive Residency program, a partnership between the New Ohio Theatre and Indiana Repertory Theatre.

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“The Diary of Anne Frank” will hold its opening night on Nov. 9.

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Opinion

FEMINIST FLOP

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American feminism exclusionary, disregards more pressing issues

ALLOW ME TO DIEFERENTIATE BRITANY DIEFENDERFER @back_in_a_dief The feminist movement in America is provocative and disgusting. It comprises white, privileged women who push their own agenda and hide behind the definition of feminism.

Feminism is defined as the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of equality of the sexes.

American feminism does not follow this definition because the movement fights for the rights of white women in America, ignoring other ethnicities and classes.

In 2017, the American feminist movement wasted resources to march for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. This rally was a waste of time and money from the movement to reject politicians when there are issues in the world far greater than this instance. There were “sister rallies” following push-

ing for the same agenda across America in 2018. These marches could have been spent actually pushing the feminist beliefs by helping women in need.

James Bliss, an author and scholar of Black feminism, describes the conflicts of feminism in America stating, “Black women in Black feminism only fought back against white-washed feminism, but women in Intersectionality are fighting for multiple causes simultaneously and the

Dressing up as a gential parts, marching for the impeachment of political figures and pushing classist and racist agendas is what the feminist movement in America supports.

cause gets lost in the process.”

It’s obvious women of color face more hardship than white women do in America. Yet, a movement that is supposed to stand for all women focuses on a group already receives privi-

lege. Besides ostracizing women in America the movement also ignores international women’s suffrage.

In a UNICEF report in 2016, at least 200 million girls and women living in 30 foreign countries have undergone female genital mutilation. These facts are not talked about or fought for by the American Feminist Movement. They focus on irrelevant issues about white women in the upper or middle class when there are women who are receiving physical abuse.

In the Arab world, 48 percent of women don’t have phones.

This disconnects them from news, resources and development in technology. This region is ranked higher than any other region in the world for women’s depression. Women’s employment rate is 25 percent, while women’s employment in the world is 50 percent. Despite their prevalence, women’s issues in the Middle East are rarely discussed by American feminists.

Dressing up as genital parts, marching for the impeachment

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of political figures and pushing classist and racist agendas is what the feminist movement in America supports. Their focus is faulty and their methodology is subpar. There are women being mutilated, mistreated and oppressed through-

out America and throughout the world, yet the feminist movement is focused on their own privileged selves.

Britany Diefenderfer is a 20-yearold English literature junior from Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Schools act as mental prisons to indoctrinate students HAMMER SEEKING NAIL SOHEIL SANEEI @soheilsaneei Michel Foucault once said, “Schools serve the same social functions as prisons and mental institutions — to define, classify, control and regulate people.”

Our human egos lead us to believe that we are free thinkers, soldiers against an omnipresent evil which may come for us in different shapes and forms.

Our pride transfers into nationalism, the evil energy which convinces us that our empire provides a more free society than others.

Capitalists thought they had proven their moral aura when they began to overthrow feudalism in the 16th century.

Today, we are constantly indoctrinated by media with stories about capitalist heroes such as Batman and Captain America.

Communists, known formally as Marxist-Leninists, thought they were on the right side of history when they drew swords on capitalists and proclaimed justice for all their evils. They failed to see in themselves anything other than Robin Hood, a necessary vigilante who would restore the injustices committed by the rich

on the poor.

Unfortunately, life does not work in distinct colors. The gray philosophical questions of morality either have no answers or are too daunting for the human mind to comprehend. At the end of their lives, when many capitalists and communists fade away into the deep nothingness, the unheard prayers begging for judgement by the long catalog of their victims will trail them and fade away.

Humans have to ask why we can abuse with such fervor. We have to question why we can murder with such certainty. The truth is, no matter how free we believe our society to be, and no matter how much we associate with the label “free thinker,” inculcating institutions exist around us, reaffirming the values we were brainwashed into.

The most important institution for indoctrination has been the school system. Brazilian educator Paulo Freire explains the issue stating, “The more completely she fills the receptacles, the better a teacher she is. The more meekly the receptacles permit themselves to be filled, the better students they are.”

All around the U.S., millions of adolescents sit idly in gray wastes attempting to learn. In

many ways, K-12 education is like a prison system. At an early age, you are divided from your peers and classified into an IQ range. You are taught what to think, told what to learn and given permission when to eat and use the bathroom.

Consistently, scientific publications have shown a correlation between recess and improvement in the classroom.

Despite this, recess is not required at many schools and is being reduced in the U.S. In this depressing educational environment, the essential human trait for liberation, curiosity, is murdered and young people begin transforming into machines.

If K-12 education is like a prison, college is like parole.

College is a false illusion of freedom. The choice of attending class and the footsteps of college students roaming freely around campus promise incoming freshman autonomy. But to the capitalist predator that is a college institution, freshmen are just fresh meat.

Before their prefrontal cortices are fully developed, 18-year-olds have to make the fatal decision of deciding the rest of their lives before the bully that is college administration will plunder all their lunch and rent money for

each semester to come.

Students pick majors for which they are uncertain of and follow the monolithic path of a four-year degree in hopes this is the shortest time needed for an optimal college career.

The more hours they pile in their semesters, the more disinterested they become in each class. The longer their college career survives, the more reluctant they are to change majors and pursue their interests or even find them.

Eventually, students begin failing in the classroom and their curiosity dies beyond revival. Rather than standing up to the system which oppresses them, they develop defense mechanisms such as the slogan “C’s get degrees.”

They lose interest in learning and questioning the world around them, socially and scientifically. The stress transforms them fully into machines unempathetic and ready to enter a technocratic economy. This is not a mere accident. Currently, schools are made for finding jobs, not for learning. They are designed to maximally profit the opulent minority.

Empathy and curiosity directly interfere with these ambitions, so they are crushed early on.

In the beginning of the

18th century, the World Society of London was the leading establishment for scientific discovery. Its motto was “Nullius in verba,” Latin for “see for yourself.” In other words, the quintessential disposition of scientific thinking is to question everything.

We need to create an educational environment which constructs discussion between teacher and student, a system which gives incentives for exploration over disciplined regurgitation and debate over submissiveness, rather than a demagoguery. We need to make an atmosphere where students have family cohesion, but we must also invest in their idiosyncrasy.

Human individuality and the need for creative practice mean humans should find their niche rather than to be classified or molded into their adult form.

We need a system where students are more than just a statistic. If we extend the idea of learning outside of the confines of gray classrooms and we adopt the attitude to question everything, perhaps we can solve the qualms communism and capitalism never could.

Soheil Saneei is a 20-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Metairie, Louisiana.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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Black actresses deserve more roles unrelated to race, black experience DEAR SOCIETY JASMINE EDMONSON @Jasmine_twt1

Film and television are supposed to tell stories people identify with or learn from.

Ethnicity and culture do affect the chapters of someone’s life, but it shouldn’t be the only theme. Everyone has experienced the loss of a loved one. We all make mistakes and have felt remorseful or hopeless. Love doesn’t discriminate against race, sexual orientation or age. Pain is inevitable.

Happiness is definite.

These human experiences and feelings make us more interconnected than misunderstood by each other. So, why do I only see black actresses in roles about the struggles of being a black female in America? It’s because opportunities to portray characters everyone can connect with are rarely offered to them.

Black actresses who play the main character in a story are often seen in a predominantly black cast. I fully support black empowerment, but it would be great to see a black actress obtain a lead or supporting role in a diverse cast. The reason there are networks like BET with all black shows and movies is because other stations refuse to cast black people as main characters.

It’s similar to black colleges, as black people had to create their own universities because opportunities to be successful in white America are hard to possess.

I’m aware there has been progress with casting more black people to fulfill ordinary roles and not play the stereotypical ghetto girl or gangster, but the progress is slow. The first black person to win an Oscar was Hattie McDaniel in 1939. However, I don’t feel pride about McDaniel’s accomplishment because black actresses should’ve been got recognized for their talent. Fifty-one years later, Whoopi Goldberg became the second black actress to win an Oscar. She was the first to receive several nominations.

In 2014, Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o made headlines when she won an Oscar for best supporting actress for the critically acclaimed film “12 Years a Slave.” She is the first African woman to win an Academy Award.

Everyone applauded Nyong’o for her win because she was phenomenal in her role, but would she have gotten a supporting role if it wasn’t related to racism in the South? Would she have gotten her leading role in “Black Panther” if it weren’t related to Africa?

I can name every black actress in Hollywood because not many who have talent manage to become successful. Those who are well-known have fans who are mainly black and play in movies centered on black culture. When will the time come for more black actresses to play roles in universal storylines where the main character just so happens to be black?

Many people complain black people always try to victimize themselves and play the race card, but we wouldn’t if

racism wasn’t still present. Black actresses are told by society they aren’t pretty enough to be cast as leads like white women. Their darker pigmentation and uniquetextured hair is too unattractive to be seen on the big screen or in the homes of American families. Black actresses who do make it on the big screen and on television have mostly black viewers. Little black girls who see black casts only develop the impression it’s unusual to see all black women tell a story every ethnicity can relate to.

It’s disappointing when I scroll through Netflix and see majority white people on my screen. If a black person is the lead in a mainly white cast, she’s light-skinned with “good hair.” This strategy by filmmakers to say black women are granted opportunities is so outdated and agitating to see.

I want to see women of all ethnicities telling stories every female can relate to without race being the main factor. I don’t want a black actress winning a prestigious award to be considered another historical moment. It should be normal. Film and television critics should call her portrayal of the character groundbreaking without race being an influence.

The talent black actresses have isn’t rare, their chance to succeed in Hollywood is. The barriers they face daily must change.

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EXAMINING THE INFLUENCES AND TRENDS DRIVING MODERN ELECTIONS

The Long and Winding Road: History of Voting Rights 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. I French House, Grand Salon

Louisiana Secretary of State Candidate Forum 7 - 8:30 p.m. I Holliday Forum, Journalism Building

Panelists: Nancy Isenberg, LSU’s T. Harry Williams Professor of American History; Raymond T. Diamond, LSU Jules F. and Frances L. Landry Distinguished Professor of Law and James Carville Alumni Professor of Law; Albert Samuels, Chair of Political Science Department, Southern University; Catherine Jacquet, LSU Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies; and Jonathan Earle, Dean, LSU Honors College.

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Reception 8:30 - 10 p.m. I Journalism Building Veranda

Speakers: Bob Mann, LSU Professor of Mass Communication, Andrew Kuo, LSU Associate Professor of Marketing: John C. Hamilton Family Developing Scholar & V. Price LeBlanc Professor; and Lynne Baggett, LSU Professor of Graphic Design. Moderator: Rod Parker, Director, LSU School of Art.

Ballots on the Brain: The Psychology Behind Voting 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. I Student Union, Castilian Room

Panelists: Jas Sullivan, LSU Professor of Political Science, Psychology, and African American Studies; and Nathan Kalmoe, LSU Assistant Professor, Mass Communication and Political Science.

Moderator: Jenee Slocum, Director, Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs.

Who Run the World? The Rising Influence of Women in Politics 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. I Student Union, Vieux Carre Room

Panelists: Nichole Bauer, LSU Assistant Professor, Political Communication; Patricia Haynes Smith, Louisiana State Representative - District 67; and Rachel Campbell, LSU Student Government Vice President and Paula Davis, Louisiana State Representative - District 69. Moderator: Stacia Haynie, LSU Interim Provost.

Lagniappe Luncheon: Issues Influencing the Louisiana Voter 12:30 - 2 p.m. I Student Union, Magnolia Room, LUNCH PROVIDED

Panelists: Michael Pasquier, LSU Jaak Seynaeve Professor of Christian Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and History; Sam Bentley, LSU Professor of Geology; Ed Shihadeh, LSU Professor of Sociology; Matt Fannin, Associate Director of Analytic and Academic Programs | Rural Policy Research Institute; Kim Hunter Reed, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education; and Troy Blanchard, Interim Dean, LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Moderator: F. King Alexander, LSU President.

From Russia With Love: International Influences on American Elections 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. I Student Union, Vieux Carre

Panelists: Peter Siska, LSU-Shreveport Dean of Arts and Sciences; Len Apcar, LSU Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media Literacy; and Revathi Hines, Alphonse Jackson Endowed Professor of Political Science, Nelson Mandela College of Government and Social Sciences, Southern University.

Hashtag WHAT!?: Social Media and Campaign Advertising 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. I Student Union, Castilian Room

Panelists: Lance Porter, LSU F. Walker Lockett, Jr. Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Social Media Analysis and Creation Lab; Jeremy Alford, publisher and editor of LaPolitics Weekly; and Trey Ourso, Senior Political Strategist, Beychok, Inc.

The Minority Majority: The Political Power of Underrepresented Groups 4 - 5 p.m. I Student Union, Vieux Carre

Panelists: Lori Latrice Martin, LSU Professor of Sociology, African and African American Studies; Raymond Jetson, MetroMorphosis President and CEO; Stewart Lockett, LSU Student Government President; and Robert Lancaster, The Judge Earl E. Veron Endowed Professor and The J. Nolan and Janice D. Singletary Professor of Professional Practice at LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Moderator: Dereck Rovaris, LSU Vice Provost for Diversity and Chief Diversity Officer.

Divining Districts: Polling and Forecasting 4 – 5 p.m. I Student Union, Castillian Room

Panelists: Michael Henderson, Director of LSU's Public Policy Research Lab; Kathleen Searles, LSU Assistant Professor of Political Communication; and Joshua Darr, LSU Assistant Professor of Mass Communication.

Does Voting Even Matter? A Friendly Debate 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. I Lawton Room, Tiger Stadium

Speaker: James Stoner, Hermann Moyse, Jr., Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute in the LSU Department of Political Science and Belinda Davis, LSU Associate Professor of Political Science.

Moderator: Jonathan Earle, Dean, LSU Honors College

My Vote, My Voice: Identity and Intersectionality in Modern Elections 9:30 - 11 a.m. I French House, Grand Salon

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Campaigns by Design: A Look at the Creative Elements that Influence Voter Behavior 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. I Design Building Atrium

Panelists: Chris Tyson, President & CEO, East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority; Kathleen Searles, LSU Assistant Professor of Political Communication; and Chris Barrett, LSU Assistant Professor of English Moderator: Summer Steib, Director of the LSU Women’s Center.

Geaux Vote Luncheon: Building the Next Generation of Voters 11:30 - 1 p.m. I Student Union, Magnolia Room, LUNCH PROVIDED

Panelists: Zoe Williamson, President, Geaux Vote; Clarissa Unger, Young Invincibles; David Goodman, President, The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Monturios Howard, student activist and Louis Gremillion, former Geaux Vote President and HIdden Heroes Award Recipient to the Geaux Vote Luncheon Moderator: Lily Fontenot, Tiger TV.

Polar Caps and Partisanship: Advocating Science in an Era of Polarization 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. I Dalton J. Woods Auditorium, Energy, Coast & Environment Building Panelists: Peter Doran, LSU Professor and John Franks Endowed Chair of Geology; Prosanta Chakrabarty, LSU Associate Professor Curator of Ichthyology; Becky Carmichael, Coordinator Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC); Sophie Warny, LSU AASP Professor in the Center for Excellence in Palynology; Chris D’Elia, Dean, LSU College of the Coast & Environment and Phil Bart, Associate Professor, Geology.

Moderator: Ashley Arceneaux, Director of LSU Presidential & Policy Communications.

Missing Tapes and Deleted Tweets: the Presidential Records Act & Democracy 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. I Hill Memorial Library

Speaker: Edward Benoit III, LSU Assistant Professor & Russell B. Long Professor of Library & Information Science and Zachary Tompkins, Louisiana State Archives.

Nike, Pantsuits, and MAGA Hats: Elections and Pop Culture 3 - 4 p.m. I Student Union, Castilian Room

Panelists: Kenneth Wesley, LSU Instructor of Digital Media Arts and Engineering; John Fletcher, LSU Billy J. Harbin Associate Professor of Theatre History; Bryan McCann, LSU Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Cultural Studies and Casey Stannard, Assistant Professor of Apparel Design.

Protecting the Polls: Cybersecurity and Election Integrity 3 - 4 p.m. I Patrick F. Taylor, Greg Elliot Suite, 3107

Panelists: Larissa Millet, Information Systems Security Engineer for LSU’s Stephenson Technologies Corporation, and Sweta Ghimire, LSU Computer Science Senior and DEFCON Voting Village Participant.

Moderator: Greg Trahan, Director of Economic Development, LSU Office of Research & Economic Development.

Watchdogs or Attack Dogs: Media’s Role in Today’s Elections 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. I Business Ed Complex Auditorium

Panelists: Peter Kovacs, The Advocate; Amy Brittain, The Washington Post; Quint Forgey, Politico; Martin Johnson, Dean, LSU Manship School of Mass Communication; and Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press.

Moderator: Jim Engster, President of the Louisiana Radio Network.

Politics (and everything in between) through the eyes of cartoonist Walt Handelsman 6 - 7 p.m. I LSU Student Union Theater Speaker: Walt Handelsman, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Advocate.

Publishing Anonymous: Opinion Journalism in a Polarized Age 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. I LSU Student Union Theater

Speaker: Jim Dao, New York Times Op-Ed Editor, with commentary and conversation from Len Apcar, LSU’s Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media Literacy.

Geaux Vote Reception 8:30 - 10 p.m. I LSU Student Union

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