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THE WHOLE PICTURE LSU President F. King Alexander defends holistic admissions policy against criticism from Louisiana Board of Regents, page 2

NEWS

SPORTS LSU AgCenter nearing final stages of medical marijuana production, page 3 Bad Idea Society just wants to talk, page 4

ENTERTAINMENT Chemistry on offensive line will be key going forward for LSU, page 7

Prince Donuts & GEAUX BOBA offer new TigerCASH option, page 14

OPINION “Making the admissions approach broader allows a greater number of talented and impactful applicants a chance at wearing purple and gold,” page 20

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COVER STORY

Holistic admissions policy polarizes key LSU officials

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 For the 2018-19 school year, freshman applications to the University were evaluated beyond just standardized test scores and GPAs. LSU President F. King Alexander and his administration ushered in an overhaul of the University’s admission policy, advocating for “holistic admissions.”

The policy change sparked fiery internal debates throughout the state and within the LSU community, spilling over into The Advocate’s and opinion columns.

“Holistic admissions” deemphasize standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT, and instead evaluate applicants using recommendation letters, personal essays and extracurricular activities, among other things. The notion of holistic admissions attempts to define an applicant’s mentality and work ethic over the duration of their high school experience, taking into consideration factors not accounted for in standardized testing and GPAs. The University also experienced its largest freshman class this year with over 5,800 students. Previously, the largest freshman class was 5,725 in 2012.

The current freshman class is a remarkable turnaround for the University, which saw freshman enrollment drop below 5,000 in 2017 for the first time since 2009.

“We want to read the essays about what these students have accomplished over a four-year period, not just the two digits,” Alexander said.

The University’s previous admissions standards required a 22 on the ACT and a 3.0 GPA. A Louisiana Board of Regents effort to raise university standards throughout the state in the early 1990s led to the minimum requirements, as LSU transitioned from an open-access university to the state’s flagship institution.

The relaxation of those admissions standards for the fall 2018 freshman class caused

sharp backlash for Alexander and the University. Louisiana Board of Regents member Richard Lipsey headlined the public with opposition to the holistic admissions policy through his community organization group, Put Louisiana First. The group posted a Facebook image of Alexander wearing a crown with the caption, “We must stop King Alexander from lowering standards at LSU!” In response, Alexander defended the policy in an opinion column published in The Advocate on Sept. 5. A day later, Lipsey fired back with a column of his own, criticizing Alexander for lowering LSU’s standards.

“LSU has proved since 1991, higher standards have attracted better students,” Lipsey said in an interview with The Daily Reveille. “We have made steady increases every year. It ain’t broke, so don’t try to fix it.”

Lipsey emphasized he is not speaking on behalf of the Louisiana Board of Regents, but merely expressing his personal thoughts. The Board of Regents created admissions standards for LSU and Louisiana’s other public colleges in 1991.

“Mr. Lipsey is worried about what happened in 1984-85 when we went from an open-access university to putting some restrictions based on [ACT scores],” Alexander said in an interview with The Daily Reveille.

“Today we have better tools, we have better research [and] better portfolios of students. We are not doing away with the ACT. We are not doing away with GPA. We are just looking at students more comprehensively.”

The University witnessed a rise in its median ACT score since it first implemented admission requirements. The incoming freshman class had an average ACT score of 20 in 1987, according to the University’s Office of Budget and Planning. Now in 2018, the average ACT score of incoming students is a 26. De-

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Kickoff LSU tour guide speaks with a group of high school seniors and juniors, as well as their guardians on Oct. 14, 2016, at the LSU Student Union. spite small drops, the University’s average ACT score has risen over five points since the original admissions standards were implemented. Graduation rates have also increased about 16 percent from 1992-2011.

The LSU Faculty Senate voted to move towards a more holistic admissions process in 2006. Faculty Senate Resolution 06-06 called for the University “to move to a more competitive and holistic admission model that will provide more flexibility for LSU to recruit and retain top students.”

“Realistically, the faculty are not going to stand for lowering of standards,” said LSU Faculty Senate President Ken McMillin. “I am willing to give holistic admissions a chance. If we continue to have the best and brightest students, if we continue to maintain or increase our average GPA and ACT scores of incoming students and we have a better graduation rate, then how can it be a bad thing? At this point in time, it’s more political rhetoric than what the data shows.

As a scientist, I always look at the data.”

Opponents of holistic admissions, like Lipsey, point to the injected subjectivity into the admissions process as a potential shortcoming of the policy. They fear holistic admissions may become a mechanism to admit unqualified children of powerful donors and influential policymakers.

“It makes the admissions process go from a very objective standard to a very subjective standard,” Lipsey said. “It opens it up to a very bureaucratic process. Louisiana has been known for 100 years to have a political bureaucratic hierarchy that gives power to people. Having objective standards avoided that and people knew it.”

LSU Vice President for Enrollment and Chief Enrollment Officer Jose Aviles is no stranger to holistic admissions. Aviles led the transition to holistic admissions at his previous academia homes, the University of Buffalo and the University of Delaware.

Both universities experienced

record-breaking freshman classes in recent years. Aviles’ last incoming freshman class in fall 2017 at Buffalo was the first in school history to eclipse 4,000 students. Delaware set a record for total enrollment in 2017.

Aviles rejected the notion that holistic admissions are a way to increase enrollment and tuition revenue at the cost of lowering standards.

“It doesn’t do anybody any good to admit students who aren’t adequately prepared for the rigorous academic experience at LSU,” Aviles said. “The worst thing we can do as an admissions office is to provide the opportunity for a student to be on the campus when you know in your assessment that the student isn’t ready.”

The University’s embrace of holistic admissions reflects changing national trends. Of the U.S. News & World Report’s Top 50 Public Universities, only the University of Iowa and the University of Alabama do not incorporate holistic review into their admissions process.

“The majority of our peers, outside Arkansas and Mississippi State, in the SEC do it this way,” Alexander said. “We are about five or six years behind.”

Despite the national movement toward holistic admissions, Lipsey remains skeptical, specifically targeting comparisons made by Alexander to peer institutions, such as the University of Texas at Austin.

“It tells a story opposite of what President Alexander is saying,” Lipsey said. “They take the best of the best. Texas takes the best of the best. Texas has 60,000 students and a 29 average ACT [score].”

The debate on holistic admissions is far from finished.

Though the effects from it may not be witnessed for years to come, the current rhetoric on the issue remains strong.

“I’m opposed to the holistic method which President Alexander has started, and I disagree with the things he’s done at LSU,” Lipsey said. “I don’t think he’s taking LSU in the right direction, and I’ll just leave it at that.”

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS The print edition of the story “Four former LSU Phi Delta Theta members face hazing charges” in the Sept. 12 edition of The Daily Reveille featured the names of pledges who testified in the court proceedings. The online version no longer includes these names.

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MDA College uses donation for opera

BY RACHEL MIPRO @ remroc15

from chapter to chapel Former Phi Delta Theta House now occupied by Christ the King students

BY RACHEL MIPRO @remroc15

The former Phi Delta Theta house, the site of the alleged hazing that led to Max Gruver’s death, is now called the Saint John Paul II House. There’s a chapel in what used to be a fraternity member’s bedroom. The library is filled with scriptures, and leather-bound pocket bibles are all over the living room. The only thing remaining from the fraternity days are the striped blinds and the pool table.

Christ the King Catholic Church began subleasing the house from Phi Delta Theta in April, spending the summer restoring the house and turning it into a spiritual place for the young men of CTK. One month into the 2018-19 school year, on the anniversary of

Max Gruver’s death, CTK Rev. Andrew Merrick shared his thoughts on the church’s rental.

“It’s not in response to the Max Gruver situation, it just lined up that way,” Merrick said. “We are grateful for the fact that there’s an opportunity here for light, to come into a difficult situation, but it’s not in response to that.”

Merrick talked to the Gruvers, who are Catholic, around the same time of his death anniversary.

While Merrick didn’t know Max personally, Max had attended mass at the church with his parents, Stephen and Rae Ann, a few times.

Merrick said they approved of the church’s plan to turn the former frat house into a spiritual place, though they didn’t know about the

church’s plans until more recently.

“We had breakfast on Saturday,” Merrick said. “They were grateful that [the Church is] in the house, and they were really grateful that there’s a positive thing that’s happening in the house. I will say the same for Phi Delta Theta, they are very grateful that we are in the house. They have been very gracious to us and they’re very supportive of us being in the house. So it’s a win-win there.”

The church is using the house as a place for spiritual contemplation and religious immersion for young men attending the University. It’s part of CTK ’s long-term plan to have houses for men and women where they could form faith-based communities. While

Almost two decades after the money for it was donated, a world-class organ can finally be built. The largest donation in the history of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts is making dreams come true for University opera students.

The $4 million donation, by John Turner and Jerry Fischer will create the John G. Turner and Jerry G. Fischer Center for Opera at LSU. Turner and Fischer, supporters of many different art programs worldwide, including Germany and London, have also donated to around 20 initiatives in the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, as well as created several funds specifically for the University’s Opera program.

While their donation will renovate the LSU School of Music Opera Hall, it also means Paula Manship’s 1999 donation of $1 million can finally be used. Manship’s donation, intended to create a world-class organ, couldn’t be implemented because the hall required massive structural changes and there was no space available to house an organ of that size.

Cullen Sadler, Marketing Coordinator for the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts said

see OPERA, page 8

see CHRIST THE KING, page 8 RESEARCH

LSU AgCenter begins planting medical marijuana on campus

BY BEN HOLDEN @benjaminholde10 The LSU AgCenter expects to have the first legal crop of medical marijuana grown in Louisiana by November.

In 2015, the Louisiana Legislature had authorized the AgCenter to start growing marijuana, but because of the many budget problems the state has faced since then, the AgCenter struggled for years to get funding for the project.

“Because the AgCenter has been cut so drastically in the last 10 years, we felt like we couldn’t spend state tax dollars and money coming in on a marijuana project when we were cutting other programs,” said Ashley Mullens, the AgCenter’s coordinator for the

medical marijuana initiative.

The AgCenter finally got private funding in 2017 from its partner GB Sciences, a national corporation that specializes in medical cannabis. “[GB Sciences] made it very clear to us that they knew what they were doing, they had experience, and that research was just as important to them as it was to us,” Mullens said.

GB Sciences is paying for all costs associated with the program, including renovating the 5,000-square-foot warehouse in Baton Rouge into a “state-of-theart” facility for medical marijuana research.

The products sold will not be smokable, but in the form of droplets called tinctures. The AgCen-

ter has also been discussing other delivery methods like patches or lotions.

The Louisiana Legislature added intractable pain disease and post-traumatic stress disorder —which account for a large number of eligible patients in other states—, to the list of conditions that qualify a patient for medical marijuana. The state also lifted a regulation that restricted the number of patients a doctor can prescribe medical marijuana to.

Dr. Victor Chou, a Baton Rouge doctor licensed to prescribe medical marijuana, said he has a waiting list of 300 patients.

Since the University is one of the only two places allowed COURTESY OF LSU AGCENTER

see MARIJUANA, page 8

Marijuana plants grow inside the LSU AgCenter.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

LSU SG forms committee to review election procedures

BY SHERIDAN WALL @slwall7

LSU Student Government’s election document review committee, the EDRC, will consider revisions to the election code and other governing documents, according to speaker of the student senate Christina Black.

Two significant election cases last year necessitated the review of election-related documents, according to chief justice of the University Court Andrew Chenevert. The first involved the creation of a special election for the Honors College council due to voting issues on Moodle. The other involved the disqualification of candidates on the Together We Can ticket, according to Chenevert.

The Together We Can ticket filed seven candidates for six seats in a single college’s senate, which is against a guideline that states a ticket may only file as many candidates as there are seats, according to commissioner of elections Erica Borne.

After the case’s revision, all seven candidates filed for those senate seats on the Together We Can ticket were disqualified, Borne said.

“There wasn’t really a clear

outline for that, so that’s when the judicial branch came into play,” Borne said. “There hadn’t been a case like that in a few years, so through that process, everyone in Student Government realized there were some flaws in the election code and our governing documents.”

The election code includes guidelines pertaining to campaign timelines, ticket registration, individual candidate registration and other related issues, Black said.

The committee consists of five individuals from the executive branch and five individuals from the legislative branch ,along with non-voting members from each branch, said Black, who serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member.

The EDRC voting members are largely students who will be graduating so they don’t have a vested interest in upcoming elections, but who have also participated in elections in the past, Black said.

The committee held its first meeting on Sept. 6 and will continue to meet for the remainder of the semester to consider revisions.

Committee chair Jordan Landry said any changes to the election code will have to be filed

by the end of the semester to take effect in the spring elections.

Black said she formed the EDRC partly as a result of SG’s difficulty filling the election board. Last year, only the commissioner of elections served on the election board with six remaining open seats. Vacancies on the board and high turnover for the commissioner of elections position prevented the board from reviewing the documents in-depth as new procedures arose.

“We’ve had different commissioners for the past three or four elections, so there hasn’t been a consistent person there to be able to notice if there had been any flaws or any discrepancies in the election code,” Black said.

Black said she charged the committee with updating the language of the documents to more accurately align with current election processes. For example, the election code still requires students to present a picture ID with their tiger cards upon registration for the election. However, students wishing to run now file their candidacy online through Moodle.

Other technical changes being considered include establishing up-to-date guidelines on technology use in campaigns and

MITCHELL SCAGLIONE / The Daily Reveille

Members of student government meet to discuss the future of the Election Review Committee in the student union on Sept. 13. replacing the language referring to voting stations with the Moodle voting process procedures, according to Black.

Borne said the committee will consider revisions to campaign spending limits. As of now, any president and vice president pair can spend $3,000 plus $75 for each candidate on the ticket running for a senate or college council position.

Landry said he hopes the EDRC will clarify procedures to avoid future conflict with election cases and also make participation in SG more inclusive and accessible.

“The issues in the last few years are nowhere near ‘armageddon bad,’ but we want to be

somewhat proactive,” Landry said. “If things aren’t nipped in the bud, sometimes it can lead to problems like rerun election problems [and] mass disqualification problems.”

Borne also said she hopes the EDRC will establish some consistency and clarification in elections moving forward.

Thus far, the committee hasn’t made any permanent revisions, Black said. If the committee proposes changes to elections outside of the election code, like in the constitution, those changes would go to a referendum in the student body.

Editor’s note: A longer version of this story is available online.

STUDENT LIFE

LSU’s Bad Idea Society encourages friendly debate

BY RACHEL MIPRO @remroc15 The

Bad

Idea

Society

is

ready to take on any ideological quandaries that come its way.

The club started up this semester to discuss anything and

everything. The club founder, English and business senior Jamie Leung, said she got the idea for it in a surprising way.

“I came up with the idea over summer, after I watched ‘Fight Club,’ which is a very bad example of a club,” Leung said. “But I loved the energy and thought maybe we could channel the energy in discussion.”

The 10 members focus on a very large range of topics, from the personal to the abstract. One of their more recent discussions involved human trafficking, and whether artificial inteligence could be an alternative for it. One of their more personal discussions was about their obstacles and setbacks.

“In the first meeting, we talked about obstacles that kept us from achieving our best,” Leung said. “A lot of the answers are ourselves.”

While the club does try to stay away from topics that are too extreme, the concept is that there’s some good in every idea. Members try to find interesting or productive angles in each idea they discuss.

Computer science junior Trevor Serpas said he really enjoyed the discussions, especially the way they are all able to expand upon and think more deeply about each topic.

“It’s a good way to discuss creative prompts or generally any kind of idea,” Serpas said. “It’s just a group of people who are friends with you, that you can discuss.”

The club does a weekly prompt, where the members write down their responses to

it, then mix them up and have people take turns reading them aloud. This way, nobody feels any hesitation about writing honestly on the chosen subject. So far, they haven’t had any major conflicts during discussions.

One member, Lou Pham, a elec eng junior, said that the way they read each other’s answers really help reduce any potential drama.

“The format’s pretty interesting,” Pham said. “It’s all anonymous so you can ask anything, you’re not worried about ‘[people saying] Hey, you said this, you said that.’ ” Right now, the club isn’t very well known. It’s mainly just a group of friends who have known each other for a while and meet up every Thursday in the Student Union. Leung does hope to expand, as one of the club’s goals is to create relationships across majors.

“One of my friends said it was hard to find a community for so many different types of people and this club doesn’t really solve that problem but it takes an aim towards breaking down barriers and networking throughout different majors,” Leung said.

Leung said while she came up with the idea because of “Fight Club,” she chose the club’s name as almost a joke.

“It’s kind of ironic because I don’t believe in bad ideas,” Leung said. “I do believe in bad ideas but I do believe that they’re not completely bad, so it’s just a tongue-in cheek way of saying it.”

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RESEARCH

LSU researchers travel to Tanzania to study coastlines

BY BRITTNEY FORBES @itsbritforbes

LSU’s College of the Coast and Environment travelled to Tanzania to study the effects of economical and socio-economical impact on the coastline.

Graduate students Xiaochen Zhao and Mario Hernandez, along with several other students, traveled with oceanography and coastal sciences associate professor Victor H. Rivera-Monroy to evaluate 13 different villages across the Pangani and Rufiji districts of Tanzania. They analyzed the local mangrove ecosystems with human influence and interaction.

Rivera-Monroy has done work in tropical areas with mangroves, which are one of the dominant wetlands around the world. He chose to travel to Tanzania because “it’s right there.”

“The coast of Tanzania is undergoing major social changes, and it has a very challenged economy,” Rivera-Monroy said. “The National Science Foundation has several projects for implementing an understanding of how natural systems are affected by society, especially how that occurs in developing countries.

Africa is a continent where poverty is even more [widespread] than in the Americas.”

Rivera-Monroy said they all wrote a proposal to work with economies with scientists who do coastal ecology including fisheries.

Rivera-Monroy said the team was lucky to secure funding for the project because of competition from other scientists. The NSF funded the project because of the project’s potential to examine a link between the economic struggles and the environment.

“Everything related to environmental issues has a mix of different factors coming from the environment itself and how humans use the environment,” Rivera-Monroy said. “In order to do a really good job in trying to understand the relationship between poverty and the ecology of wetlands you have to have a multi-disciplinary team.”

Given the opportunity to do this project, the University was invited by the University of Rhode Island for this project, which was the prime institution in initiating the idea of having a multi-disciplinary project.

“It was a very good match, because with environmental economists and the expertise of hydrology that they have we [had constructed] a very good team,” Rivera-Monroy said.

Mangroves have a lot of utilities in the tropical areas, according to Rivera-Monroy, through

ecosystem services, which include the production of fish and protection from storm surges. Although they are ecosystem services, they also serve as a service to society.

Deforestation is one of the biggest issues in African countries because the wood is required to cook for the locals.

The researchers purposely went to an area that suffered greatly from deforestation.

“Unfortunately in the area where [the researchers] were in the northern part of Tanzania the incidence of deforestation was very high,” Rivera-Monroy said.

“That was one of the major reasons why we wanted to go there to measure the dimension, the extension and what is going to be the future for that type of resource they’d need and how we could help to conserve and restore.”

Rivera-Monroy grew up in Mexico, so he has been exposed to developing countries with coastal areas that are poor. He said the poverty in Africa is difficult to conceptualize until it is seen up close.

“One of the things that really, really impacted me was the level of poverty that Africa as a continent goes through,” Rivera-Monroy said. “You can read about it, someone can tell you about it, but until you are actually there, you realise

BELLA BIONDINI / The Daily Reveille

LSU Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Associate Professor Victor H. Rivera-Monroy stands with his grad students Xiaochen Zhao and Mario Hernandez on Sept. 17. what poverty is, and that gives you a very humble experience because you have to be a little more realistic in the type of things that you can recommend to estates.”

Rivera-Monroy felt the trip has motivated him because he learned that the only way to free people in terms of economics was to enhance their education.

The people who live on the coast of Tanzania greatly depend on fish not only to eat, but to create a livelihood. Rivera-Monroy said he was struck by how content and happy the people of Tanzania seemed while fishing, despite the poverty level and dying coastlines. He knows he and his researchers are obligated to help the country because they have the tools necessary to make a difference.

“With different researchers and graduate students in our community, I feel that we have an impact on the community, and that’s very rewarding for us, but we need to follow up,” Rivera-Monroy said.

Rivera-Monroy wanted to emphasize how they wanted to study poverty traps actually become an effect in sustainability to the source, including fisheries and wetlands. They wanted to identify the issues of conservation, and the importance of restoration long-term.

“What we learn from the mangroves in Louisiana, we are also transporting that information to places like Tanzania,” Rivera-Monroy said. “We have to think globally in order to have conservation otherwise it won’t work.”

STUDENT LIFE

Diversity Abroad program encourages students to expand boundaries

BY ANNA JONES @annajoneses

Efforts to increase the diversity of University students have prompted a focus on inclusion initiatives. One of these initiatives is the Diversity Abroad at LSU program, which encourages underrepresented students to travel and take classes relevant to their area of study in different parts of the world. Historically, minority students have been unlikely to participate in these types of programs, and the Office of Diversity has partnered with Academic Programs Abroad to change that.

The LSU Diversity Abroad Initiative hosted former U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield last week.

She shared her experiences and answered students’ questions.

Diversity Abroad will be hosting other events like this to publicize their cause throughout the school year.

Mass communication senior Tra’Vecia McGee spoke very highly of her experience with the Media & Politics in Europe program, which included four weeks of traveling to London, Normandy, Paris, Strasbourg, Berlin and Prague while completing two courses. She emphasized that studying abroad has more to do with experiences than

If the same people are seeing the same things, then how can things change?

TRA’VECIA MCGEE

Mass communication senior academics.

“You get to know yourself more,” McGee said. “Studying abroad definitely takes you out of your comfort zone.”

There are many resources, scholarships and opportunities for financial aid to help students study abroad because one of the major goals of the initiative is to encourage students to travel who might not otherwise have the opportunity. While the program is essentially open to everyone, it focuses on helping those from different backgrounds or who face obstacles.

“It’s for all students, but I think it specializes to help with those who have difficulties or struggles trying to go abroad, or those who may not see themselves doing that because they can’t afford it, because their families haven’t done it or maybe they’re first generation. It’s to implement diversity.” McGee said. “If the same people are see-

ing the same things, then how can things change?”

Diversity Abroad offers scholarships within specific colleges as well as scholarships that are open to everyone. They also provide a variety of options including year-long, semester long, summer and intersession programs.

Vice Provost of Diversity Dr. Dereck Rovaris said one of his biggest regrets as an undergraduate was not studying abroad.

“I probably would not have been able to afford it then, but right now, there are scholarships and there are funds available to help just about anyone be able to participate in study abroad,” Rovaris said. “It is a humongous advantage.”

There will be an Academic Programs Abroad fair in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 3.

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page 8 CHRIST THE KING, from page 3 they still hope to find women’s housing, they moved forward with subleasing the former Phi Delta house.

On Aug. 12, nine University students moved into the house, along with two supervisors. They were chosen carefully, all of them longtime CTK members and enthusiastic members of the fledgling program.

The students say they are really enjoying the experience, while also trying to be respectful of the place’s history. Kinesiology senior Emile Jeunesse said he isn’t pretending nothing happened in the house, and prays for the Gruvers regularly.

OPERA, from page 3 that the donation is really going to help the opera program’s standing.

“With John and Jerry’s gift, we’re finally able to realize Paula Manship’s vision of creating a world class concert organ here,” Sadler said. “It’s a very complex and lengthy process to build one, and I think it’s something that will set our venue apart from any others.”

While the college is still figuring out how to implement its ideas, they think things will progress very quickly, especially in regards to the opera program’s scope. Right now, the University’s opera program puts on three to four full-scale opera productions a year. With the donation, Sadler said he feels these productions will be enriched.

“I don’t think it was ever a

MARIJUANA, from page 3 to grow medical marijuana in the state, it is trying to meet the rising demand as quickly as possible.

“It’s really important to us that we meet the demand because that’s going to grow our program exponentially,” Mullens said.

Because further testing is needed, the amount of cannabis the AgCenter is growing now is

“I’ve still been interceding and praying for him a lot, and I think it brings together the fact that we’re all praying,” Jeunesse said.

“We’re respectful of him — we want to show him as much reverence as possible by treating the house properly and leaving a good impact wherever we go.”

The students living in the house follow the University’s rules for fraternities, as well as church guidelines, like prayer, scripture study and service work. All the bedroom doors have plaques with saints’ names to inspire them.

There’s a painting of Jesus on the cross in the stairwell.

They have already turned a former bedroom into a chapel, and plan to expand and improve case where the opera was running out of money, but this has enabled us to be way more flexible in the future,” Sadler said.

“As the art form evolves and as we seek to engage in new projects, and opera itself as a medium has started to change and evolve in the modern era, so this endowment, this wonderful donation, gives us the flexibility we need to continue our excellence into the future.”

The opera program, one of the first major university programs in the U.S., was established in 1931. Sadler said that he thinks the donation proves that the arts are alive and well. He also said he thinks it shows there are people who value the arts as a tool for education, as well as cultural enrichment.

“We couldn’t be more excited or more grateful that it’s happened,” Sadler said.

minimal. The bulk of the crop will be grown starting in January. From planning to packaging, it will take an estimated 16 weeks before medical marijuana is ready to be sold in a pharmacy.

Only nine pharmacies have been approved to sell medical marijuana in the state with the closest being Capitol Wellness Solutions in Baton Rouge.

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the chapel when they have time.

Women who aren’t family members aren’t allowed on the second floor, and they try not to have too many guests in general. They don’t interact much with the fraternity houses surrounding them, and the campus at large doesn’t really know about their presence in the former Phi Delt house.

Another student living in the house, accounting senior Daniel Ellender, said the community aspect of living in the house was important to him.

“I spent some time my first year on campus, and I really love that aspect of being around everybody,” Ellender said. “I was away for two semesters off-campus. I just really like being close and also

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We want to show [Max] as much reverence as possible by treating the house properly.

EMILE JEUNESSE

Kinesiology senior having mentors like [campus minister] Adam Trufant living in the house. It’s a great group of guys.

It’s very refreshing to come back and have a group of guys who are striving for something more.”

While CTK’s sublease is only for 18 months, they plan on renewing it if the first year goes well.

Trufant said that they were all really optimistic about it succeeding, and that while they did have to work out some issues, communication was strong and everyone has been having a great experience.

“It’s just been really, really fun to live in the house,” Trufant said.

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John Turner and Jerry Fischer gift LSU Opera a $4 million investment in the LSU Music & Dramatic Arts building on Feb. 8.

because GB Sciences is paying for most of the project’s expenses.

The main reason the AgCenter decided to pursue medical marijuana was not for the potential profit, but for the research opportunities.

“Although people may see the benefit economically right now with just getting the product to patients, we don’t,” Mullens said.

“We see the long term benefit in creating intellectual property with research.”

The AgCenter has a long history of discovering new plant varieties and finding the best growing practices, and they hope to bring that to cannabis.

More research still needs to be done concerning cannabis, like how to extract as much effective compounds like THC out of the plant as possible, and how the plant grows in various conditions.

The AgCenter also looks to use breeding and genetics to create varieties and strains that may have higher THC content or grow better in Louisiana.

“We hope to create a genetic library for cannabis where people can come to us and say they are looking for plants high in THC or any of those attributes, and we will be able to provide that to them,” Mullens said.

The AgCenter hopes to make LSU “the go-to land grant university” for cannabis.

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Researchers tend to marijuana plants at the LSU AgCenter.

Sports Lucy Parker

OPINION

BRITISH INVASION

Chiara RitchieWilliams

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Shannon Cooke

Tinaya Alexander

CAL’D UP CHRIS CALDARERA @caldarera11

Tinaya decided to come, that created interest for Chiara, and Chiara then created interest for Shannon,” Lee said.

This domino effect led to the LSU soccer team landing four English players, and all of whom have already made contributions on the pitch.

Parker, Ritchie-Williams and Alexander started all 18 games for the Tigers during their freshman seasons.

Parker played mainly as a defender and defensive midfielder during her freshman year, racking up three goals

It’s amazing how expectations change in such a small amount of time.

One month ago, most sports pundits and fans predicted that LSU would have one of its worst seasons in recent history. It was nothing personal. The schedule was too tough and the team had too many question marks in order for anyone to honestly predict a championship caliber season in 2018.

Sure, there’s always a portion of LSU’s rabid fan base that expects their beloved Tigers to compete for a national championship every year, but there had to be some doubt harbored deep down considering that five of the 12 opponents listed on LSU’s schedule were ranked in the preseason top-25 and four of the five were ranked in the top 10.

Many assumed the Tigers would finish the season with at least five losses and some even believed that coach Ed Orgeron would be seeking a new job at the end of the year.

My, how quickly everything has changed.

When LSU kicker Cole Tracy lined up to kick the last-second field goal against Auburn, he was probably only thinking about delivering the final blow to a top-10 team.

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The story of how four English girls became LSU soccer players

BY JACOB BECK @Jacob_Beck25 The LSU soccer team consists of 32 players: 25 are American, two are Canadian, and four are English.

Those four English players are freshmen Shannon Cooke, and sophomores Chiara Ritchie-Williams, Lucy Parker and Tinaya Alexander.

How they got here starts with Parker’s sister, Hollie.

Hollie is a middle distance runner on the LSU track team, and two years ago, she stopped by coach Brian Lee’s office to tell him about her sister.

“Hollie stopped by and said ‘I have a sister named Lucy Parker,’ and I said I know who Lucy Parker is, and so that started it,” Lee said.

Even though Lee had already known of Lucy, the fact that her sister was here at LSU certainly helped his recruitment.

Parker played for the Arsenal Ladies youth team from U-10 to U-20, and a few of her teammates, Alexander and Ritchie-Williams, saw that she was interested in playing at LSU, they also became curious.

“Once Lucy decided to come, that created interest for Tinaya, when

LSU fans should temper high hopes

FOOTBALL

Offensive line chemistry helps LSU succeed in tough games

BY BRANDON DECAREAUX @BrandonDec77 Marriage and football normally don’t get brought up together, but senior offensive lineman Garrett Brumfield believes the relationship between his o-line and quarterback Joe Burrow is more than just football.

The offensive line had its hardest test of the season against Auburn’s defensive front that’s riddled with returning starters, including three along the defensive line. The War Eagles came into the game tied for the most sacks in the Southeastern Conference, but none of this mattered to the

LSU o-line.

Nothing could break the chemistry that the Tigers have built along the o-line, even with the loss of Brumfield for a large portion of the second-half due to injury. Not even a true freshman going against one of the best lines in the nation could unravel this team.

The Tigers came into the game as heavy underdogs against then-No. 7 Auburn, with many people predicting LSU to not even make the game competitive. These people didn’t know the type of chemistry that this o-line has, a chemistry that Brumfield describes as a marriage.

“It’s just something that

comes over time,” Brumfield said. “Being offensive linemen is like being in a marriage, you know you gotta work on it.

We’re like five guys who are married together, and you learn more about each other the longer you’re married.”

The LSU Tigers had completed a decisive 11-point comeback, one that saw LSU come together as a team to complete the “walk-off” win in front of 87,451 screaming Auburn fans.

“Obviously, a great team win for our guys on the road at Auburn,” coach Ed Orgeron said. “Tough environment, very good football team, very well

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LSU junior quarterback Joe Burrow (9) catches the ball during the Tigers’ 33-17 victory to Miami in the AdvoCare Classic on Sept. 2 in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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VOLLEYBALL

Raigen Cianciulli remains consistent on defense for LSU

BY MYLES KUSS @KussMyles

Raigen Cianciulli keeps digging for the Tigers.

Coming off a spectacular freshman year where she finished eighth in digs per season in LSU history with 499, Cianciulli has started her sophomore season in the same dominating fashion.

Cianciulli has led the team in digs in all 11 games and recently recorded a career-high 35 digs against Abilene Christian, which is the most for a Tiger since 2014.

As Cianciulli continues to show her defensive prowess, she credits her teammates for putting her in the right place to succeed.

“The blockers are doing a great job covering their side of the court,” Cianciulli said. “They make my life so much easier.”

While Cianciulli said that digging is easy, the hard part is knowing what to do with it. Targeting the ball off a spike to the setter is what LSU is looking to improve upon.

Target balls to setters is difficult, and pressure can be strenuous for an upcoming sophomore, but Cianciulli says the team and

program is making her life easier on and off the court.

“The upperclassmen have done a great job of setting the culture for our program,” Cianciulli said.

“They have done a really good job of making everyone comfortable.”

As the season progresses, Cianciulli recognizes the need for wins to show up, especially heaving into a tough Southeastern Conference schedule.

“I think we are getting there,” Cianciulli said. “As we are progressing we are learning the system and trying to target our balls better.”

As the Tigers move closer to SEC play, they are looking, as all teams are, to string together wins.

With the help of everyone on the team, this weekend was exactly what the team needed.

In road tournaments, the Tigers went 2-0, so the return home might be a case for optimism.

As for how to string those wins together, Cianciulli drew from a more mental standpoint.

“After every game we would look at the stats and win every single one,” Cianciulli said. “We have to just go out and play from our hearts.”

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LSU freshman defensive specialist Raigen Cianciulli (5) serves the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 3-0 win over the University of Houston on Sept. 15 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

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LSU sophomore defensive specialist Raigen Cianciulli (5) sets the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 1-3 loss in the PMAC against Duke on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.

FOOTBALL

Now a top-10 team, LSU continues to “block out the noise”

BY KENNEDI LANDRY @landryyy14

Coach Ed Orgeron had no hesitation when asked at the beginning of the season if he thought LSU was better than the SEC ranking.

The Tigers have proved that.

The national media thought LSU, which started the season ranked No. 25, had too many question marks surrounding it to truly be a competitor in the Southeastern Conference with superpowers like Alabama and Georgia and teams like Texas A&M and Mississippi State on the rise.

That has all changed. LSU is the only team in that nation with two top-10 victories this season, with wins over No. 8 Miami and No. 7 Auburn. The Tigers shot from No.25 to No. 6 three weeks

into the season, but their attitude toward the competition has not changed.

Orgeron said many times throughout preseason camp that what the media and those outside the program say has no effect on the team.

“Our biggest challenge this week is going to be to prepare each week the same way for every team,” Orgeron said at a press conference on Sept. 17. “We have a 24-hour rule: our guys are going to watch the film, we’re going to talk about the things that we did well.

There’s a lot of things we have to improve and then we have to forget about it.”

Even with non-conference match ups against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 22 and Rice on Nov. 17, LSU’s remaining schedule is no walk in the park. The Tigers still

have four ranked opponents to face this season, including No. 1 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia, No. 14 Mississippi State and No. 22 Texas A&M. LSU still has yet to put together a full game. The Tigers have started strong every game and stalled in the second and third quarters.

“I think that we are an improving team,” Orgeron said. “We have a lot of character. We’re not where we want to be in a lot of areas.

We’re going to play some tougher teams down the road. We need to get better fast, but we are improving. I’m very pleased that we’re 3-0, but there are some things that we need to be better at to get where we want to go. We’ve got to take it one week at a time and get better every week. This is a big week of improvement for us.”

LSU has gotten better each

week, but quarterback Joe Burrow admits that he alone has not played up to his own expectations.

So far, Burrow is 36-for-78 for 540 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Even so, he continues to be calm and confident under center as he leads the LSU offense.

“When you go 3-0, you can’t complain,” Burrow said. “I haven’t been incredibly happy with the way I’ve played and I’m just going to continue to get better.”

Going forward, LSU, as a whole, has to not get ahead of themselves and take each game one week at a time.

LSU still has a lot of football

to play, and the team will have to prepare for the challenges yet to come.

“It starts with me,” Orgeron said. “Block out the noise — good, bad or indifferent. Block out the noise inside the room. We’re going to celebrate the win [against Auburn]. We’re not going to talk about all the things that are out there. That doesn’t matter. We played two top-10 teams so far. Being a top-10 team did not help them so that’s not going to win a football game for us. Winning a football game is to go to practice, prepare, be humble, be hungry, take care of the football and play LSU football.”

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LSU junior linebacker Devin White (40) celebrates with LSU junior defensive end Breiden Fehoko (91) after a favorable play on the field during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory over Southeastern on Saturday, Sept. 8, in Tiger Stadium.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 BRITISH PLAYERS, from page 9 and four assists, along with contributing to seven clean sheets.

This season, she’s already scored one goal, contributed to six clean sheets, and won SEC Defensive Player of the Week.

Parker has started every game so far this season.

Ritchie-Williams contributed one assist in her freshman season, mainly playing centerback. Ritchie-Williams played very well as a freshman, earning Second-Team All-SEC honors and landed a spot on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association First-Team All-Louisiana.

Alexander scored three goals and added a team-high seven assists as a freshman, giving her the second-most points on the team behind senior Alex Thomas. Alexander also received an honorable mention selection for the All-Louisiana Soccer Team from the LSWA. Alexander has

HIGH HOPES, from page 9 As daunting of a task as that may sound, so much more was at stake when he stepped onto the field.

Tracy’s game-winning field goal not only completed LSU’s upset against Auburn, it raised the bar of expectations for the Tigers among fans and the national media.

LSU started the season as the No. 25 team in the country and now sits one place out of the top five at No. 6. Excitement is teeming among fans as visions of playoff berths dance in their heads.

Some remain skeptical, and I would include myself in that number.

While I predicted that the Tigers would upset Miami in the season opener, I fully expected a loss on the road against Auburn. While I’m happy to be proven wrong, this team still has work to do and many questions to answer.

Although LSU has proven its ability to win football games

OFFENSIVE LINE, from page 9 coached. Some of the things that came out of the game was character, leadership, poise. We talked about having poise all week, we talked about it was going to take 60 minutes and it took every second of the game and we talked about finish and we finished.”

Brumfield has made it clear that this team is different, and as the most experienced lineman on the team he knew the offensive line would face its hardest task of the early season. The line performed at a high level against one of the toughest front sevens in the country.

“I thought our line played outstanding and only gave up one sack against possibly one of the best defensive lines in the country, those guys were really on target,” Orgeron said. “I thought we had a great scheme. We sprinted around and we switched out protec-

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two assists so far this season.

Cooke has already started five games in her first season as a Tiger, and has played in seven, mostly along the backline.

The differences in culture that they have experienced, both on and the off the pitch, have been tough in different ways for each player, some just as simple as getting into the car on the wrong side.

“It’s simple things you don’t think about, like getting into the car on the wrong side, I make that mistake all the time,” Ritchie-Williams said. “The biggest thing, is the food… it’s hard to eat the right stuff for training and post-training, because there’s so much unhealthy food here.”

As for the soccer side of the equation, without hesitation, each player noted that the style of play in collegiate soccer is so much different from English soccer.

“I would say back home we’re a lot more technical, but here, everyone is so much bigger and faster, and the style of play is a lot less technical because they rely more on their speed,” Cooke said.

But they all agree that while the game is so much different, it has given them an advantage of having learned the game differently from American players.

“I think that we learned a more technical style of play, and it has helped us over here because once we adapt to the style of play here, we have another dimension to our game that maybe not a majority of American players have,” Alexander said.

All four players noted how how nice it is to be able to play soccer and get an education at the same time.

“Back home, if you wanted to go to university, you stopped playing soccer. If you wanted

against marquee opponents, I’m still not sure this offense will hold its own when Georgia and Alabama come to town. At times, LSU’s receivers struggled to separate from Auburn’s defensive backs, and running backs were unable to find space against Auburn’s defensive front.

However, it’s often said that a win is a win. LSU stayed within striking distance of Auburn the entire game, and the Fighting Tigers executed plays when it mattered most. LSU’s upset on the road made the Tigers the first team since 1975 to defeat two AP top-10 opponents in the first three weeks of the season, and it’s the first time since 2011 that LSU has defeated two top-10 opponents in the same year.

Only time will tell if this 2018 LSU team is strong enough to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff, but let’s hold off on the confetti and streamers when LSU’s road to a national title has only just begun.

LSU head coach Ed Orgeron leads the team on to the field during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory over Southeastern in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 8.

tions around and coach (Steve) Ensminger and coach (James) Cregg did a tremendous job.”

The o-line wasn’t the only position playing at a high level for the Tigers, as Burrow had his best game of his LSU career going 15-for-34 for 249 yards and a touchdown. Burrow played another game of clean football, making the Tigers the only team in the FBS without a turnover this season.

Brumfield described Burrow as the ‘wedding planner’ because of the relationship between the o-line and the junior quarterback.

“He fits right into the puzzle as part of our wedding,” Brumfield joked. “Joe’s our wedding planner and we just wanna keep him involved and like I said have a great wedding every week for the rest of the year.”

The relationship between the two units will be key for the Tigers moving forward if they hope to continue to win football

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LSU sophomore forward Tinaya Alexander (11) attempts to score during the Tigers’ 2-0 win over the Samford Bulldogs on Sept. 9 at the LSU Soccer Complex. to play soccer, you wouldn’t go to University. So the option to come to the states, play soccer at the collegiate level, and also

get a degree was too much to pass up,” Parker said.

Hollie Parker opened doors for them to pursue both routes.

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LSU offense lines up for a play during the Tigers’ 17-21 loss to Notre Dame in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. games. The Tigers have the most impressive record in the country for the early season, becoming the first team since 1975 to beat a pair of Top-10 opponents three weeks into the season.

With four games remaining against Top-25 teams including games against No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia the Tigers chemistry will need to be strong if they hope to continue their winning ways.

A chemistry that will need to be like a marriage, one that endures good times and bad, but always stays together through it all with their wedding planner leading the team into battle week after week.

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From LSU pride to religion, loss and recovery — downtown Baton Rouge’s rich public art displays hint at a community well worth exploring and preserving.

PHOTOS BY BELLA BIONDINI

Entertainment

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YouTuber aims to teach self-love

BY KELLY SWIFT @kellbell237

have to massage the dough. It all gives this place a family atmosphere and just gives good vibes everywhere. I could literally drink everything and eat anything on that menu. It’s all amazing.”

Prince Donuts aims to reimagine the simplicity behind each and every item on its menu. Watson said everything on the menu is special in its own way. The dough for the donuts is mixed by hand with real ingredients, and the tea is made in-house every day. This is the closest shop to the campus that offers both pastries and bubble tea, creating a fresh and one-ofa-kind experience that can’t be found in a more convenient spot

YouTube may be filled with Vine compilations and latenight talk show interviews, but mass communication sophomore Courtney Williams wants to use the platform as a way to uplift women and girls to be more confident in their everyday lives.

Williams first joined YouTube when she was 8 years old. She and her two sisters started their own channel, which would be named “Super Drama Queens” or “SDQ” for short. They posted a few videos on drama, but the account has since been taken down.

About a year ago, Williams decided she wanted to start a channel of her own. Her account is under her first and middle name, Courtney Desir’ee. She decided to make a lifestyle account with a focus on clothes and thrifting, which has been a passion of hers since she was much younger.

“I remember when I first discovered thrift stores and I’ve considered them to be some of my favorite stores ever since,” Williams said.

Williams began thrifting her freshman year of high school and might be considered to be a thrifting pro at this point. Some of her favorite thrift stores in Baton Rouge include Goodwill

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dollars to donuts Prince Donuts & GEAUX BOBA offers new TigerCASH option for students

BY AMAYA LYNCH | @maya09172

A new TigerCASH option gives students another way to experience the magic of bubble tea and an assortment of original donut flavors at Prince Donuts & GEAUX BOBA. Prince Donuts is a bright and bubbly donut shop located next to the frequented lunch spot, Inga’s, on Brightside Drive. The small donut shop sells not only an array of donuts and pastries, but also milk tea, iced tea and frappes. Manager Aleigha Watson has worked at Prince Donuts for five months now and has grown to love creating the items on the menu and eating them herself.

“Making donuts, I have to be here at 3:45 in the morning to start my day,” Watson said.

“It’s very meditative when you

FOOD AND DRINK

Rock n’ Pops helps customers fight heat with gourmet popsicles

BY AMAYA LYNCH @maya09172 If you’re looking for an escape from the unrelenting Baton Rouge heat, gourmet popsicle shop Rock n’ Pops has got you covered.

Located at Perkins Rowe, Rock n’ Pops is in the perfect spot for University students to pop by and cool off. Founded in Baton Rouge, the gourmet popsicle shop channels the rock n’ roll vibe into each and every popsicle it makes by giving the customer the chance to customize their own dessert.

Sociology senior Brittany Lagrange has been the assistant general manager at Rock n’ Pops for 10 months and said she genuinely enjoys what she does.

From the moment a new cus-

tomer walks back in time to their ‘50s-inspired shop, they are welcomed with a cool and bright atmosphere and treated with rockstar status.

“We have all of our popsicle flavors in a display when you walk in,” Lagrange said. “What you do if you come in and you’ve never been before, we will explain to you what all the flavors are, and we have toppings that we can add.”

Rock n’ Pops offers three different kinds of popsicle bases to choose from. First, there is the cake bars that are creambased and have cake pieces in them. Next, it offers the traditional water-based fruit bars in an array of fruit flavors.

Finally, it has the cream bars that resemble ice cream bars, coming in flavors like vanilla and

cookies ‘n cream.

For only 50 cents extra, the customer can take a trip to the toppings bar and add an unlimited amount of toppings. Rock n’ Pops caters to people’s desires by letting the customers create their own rockin’ popsicle.

“I love making the popsicles,” Lagrange said. “All of our popsicles’ bases are made in store. We make them with the base ingredients for all the popsicles that we make and we have a robo pop that freezes the popsicle.”

The popsicle shop is open every day of the week, making any time a good time for dessert.

With flavors like “Chocoholic” and “Fat Elvis” not many could resist. Every weekday the shop has a special where every pop-

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Rock n’ Pops offers gourmet popsicles inspired by the old ice cream shops and soda bars from the 1950s at Perkins Rowe on Sept. 17.

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MUSIC

Local artist produces own music, avoids rapper stereotypes

BY KELLY SWIFT @kellbell237 At just 16 years old, Khalil Vegas graduated high school, and now, at 18, he is a rapper and the CEO of a music production company startup.

Vegas said he was raised to excel at whatever he wanted to, and after taking all courses necessary to graduate before he turned 17, he proved successful.

He took extra hours and passed out of courses so he could graduate early. After he graduated, he headed to the University and decided on a fine arts major, focusing in sketching.

“My mom had me reading by the time I was 2, so that made school easier,” Vegas said.

Though Vegas was successful in school, he said he didn’t spend all his time on studies alone. He played the guitar and was the lead singer in the choir at his elementary school and won first place at a city-wide talent show in Baton Rouge when he was 10 years old.

“I sang all the time and really strained my voice, which is what got me started in rapping,” Vegas said. “I knew that I needed to take a break from singing, so I started focusing on rap.”

Vegas started rapping when his voice gave out from singing in 2011, he said. He and his three brothers began to re-make rap music videos that were popular at the time. He would rap over the videos, which gave him practice for creating his own raps.

The first song Vegas released was a remix of Nicki Minaj’s “Truffle Butter.” As soon as he released the song on SoundCloud, he knew it wasn’t him, so he wanted to create his own music.

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘This isn’t me,’ even though people really liked it,” Vegas said. “I was heavily influenced by other musicians and it was evident.”

When Vegas released “I Got 3 Dollars,” he said he began to feel more like himself, and that’s when his music really started to develop. The song is true to his satirical sense of humor that can also be seen on his Instagram @khalilvegas. He likes to shock his followers with unexpected content and that’s just what he did with “I Got 3 Dollars.” The song almost mocks rappers who brag in all of their music and is paired with a catchy beat, Vegas said.

Vegas has over 40 other songs, and most are on his SoundCloud.

Vegas has always loved producing music and has even helped other rappers start their careers.

Vegas recently began working on starting his own business, with help from his uncle. The business will focus on music production and helping other young rappers. Vegas already helps other local rappers record with his home studio, but the business will be a more formal version of that.

“I wanna help other local rappers with their music,” Vegas said. “We should all have each other’s backs instead of competing all the time.”

Vegas has had many big names share his music and contact him about it. When Jesus Honcho shared his song, Atlantic Records reached out to him and they have been in contact ever since, Vegas said.

Vegas is busy in school but has his eye on his rap career. He said he hasn’t signed with any labels yet because he wants his own personal style to flourish and grow before being tied down.

“I just want to show other local kids and kids from all over that they can make it and that they don’t have to fit the typical rapper personality,” Vegas said.

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LSU fine arts sophomore Khali Vegas stands in the Quad on Sept. 5.

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The Call of Cthulu: From Trash Culture to High Culture Hill Memorial Library, 5:30 p.m.

Rainbeaux Rush LSU African American Cultutal Center, 3 p.m.

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Sept. 25

Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, 4 p.m.

Cocktails, Curries & Cookies Red Stick Spice Company, 6 p.m.

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Disney Trivia Night Barcadia, 6 p.m.

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BREW at the Zoo BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 Paint Your Pet Camp Bow Wow, Painting and Pinot, 6 p.m.

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fallin’ baton rouge Autumn will officially begin on Sept. 22, but in Southern states like Louisiana, it doesn’t always feel like fall until it’s nearly time for winter. Here’s some tips on how you can get that autumn feel no matter how hot it is outside.

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BUY THOSE FALL FLAVORS

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

DECORATE YOUR DORM/APARTMENT Decorating your dorm or apartment with autumn decor can immediately make you feel like you’re living in a new season. The weather outside might be hot, but do yourself a favor and make your living space feel like it’s a crisp 65 degrees outside with leaves falling off every tree. It will make you less resentful toward the reality of Louisiana’s unending sweaty, sticky days.

Unleash your inner white woman and buy all the pumpkin spice your heart desires. Nothing should keep you from enjoying your favorite fall flavors every moment you can, even if it doesn’t feel like autumn just yet. Replace flavors like vanilla with peppermint and pumpkin, and make sure you’re enjoying seasonal flavors before they’re gone.

ADJUST YOUR STYLE It’s hard to rock a more layered, fall-forward style when it still feels like summer every time you walk out the door. However, you can still rock an autumn look just by switching up a few smaller clothing items and accessories.

Switch your tennis shoes to combat boots, athletic shorts to a stylish legging and other summer clothes to fit a breezy autumn attire.

DO SOME AUTUMN CLEANING Spring cleaning is for the birds — get ahead of the schedule and make sure your apartment or dorm is ready for the rest of the year. If you prefer the colder months to the warm ones, allow yourself to feel clean and comfortable so you can easily cozy up at home with your pumpkin spice latte or peppermint hot chocolate.

BUY A PUZZLE Autumn should be the perfect time for you to cozy up at your apartment with a blanket, a fire burning on the TV and puzzle to calm and challenge you. Alleviate your midterm woes by forgetting about school for a while and focusing on mundane joys. Pair your puzzle with a nice drink or calming music, and forget about how hot it actually is outside.

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PREPARE FOR HALLOWEEN Autumn wouldn’t be autumn without the country going crazy over the spook-filled Halloween.

Get yourself a costume for the hottest party, or buy buckets-worth of candy for you and your friends if you just want an excuse to eat it. Carve and paint pumpkins as a special craft if you want to really get into the holiday spirit.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

SEARCHING

Sony Pictures

This movie does a fantastic job of portraying the internet and technology in an objective point of view. It shows how the internet can sometimes be an unsafe place with people easily accessing personal information and lying about their own.

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This show could change how people view those on the spectrum because through Sam, they can spot the similarities they share rather than focus on the differences.

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SISTERS Netflix

“Sisters” is a dramedy, but it definitely leans more toward drama. Main characters with big personalities and a few scattered laughs doesn’t necessarily make for comedy. For every funny moment there were 10 that made me really feel something for this odd bunch.

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‘Sierra Burgess is a Loser’ misses what makes rom-coms great

BY MICHELLE GAUCHET @michelleg_0115 “Sierra Burgess” is just OK. The Netflix teen romantic comedy “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” is a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac.

In the original play, Cyrano is ashamed of his appearance and writes letters to the woman he loves, pretending to be someone else. In this movie, our protagonist uses texting, FaceTime and social media instead of letters.

Sierra Burgess (Shannon Purser) is the high school loser. Pretty, mean and popular Veronica (Kristine Froseth) decides to give out Sierra’s number to Jamey (Noah Centineo) as a prank. Jamey starts texting Sierra thinking that she’s Veronica. As their relationship progresses via text, Sierra enlists Veronica’s help so that Jamey doesn’t find out the truth.

The movie has its cute moments, but falls flat in trying to cover too much at once. Some of the storylines, like Sierra looking for something spectacular to set her apart on her college applications, are unresolved in the end. In the beginning it seems like this will be one of the major issues in the movie and the framing for everything else that happens, but it completely falls to the side.

We’re supposed to be happy for Sierra that everything works out in the end, but it’s hard to support her in light of her terrible decisions. She betrays the trust of almost everyone she cares about, and the resolution to these issues is too simple and quick to feel like she actually redeemed herself.

She catfishes Jamey, going to ridiculous lengths to make sure he doesn’t find out. In one of the worst instances, Sierra gets Veronica to go on a date with him, and when Jamey is about to kiss Veronica she makes him close his eyes so that he won’t see he’s actually kissing Sierra.

Near the end of the movie, Sierra thinks Veronica is try-

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ing to actually steal Jamey from her, so she hacks into Veronica’s Instagram account and posts some embarrassing information for everyone to see. Veronica and Jamey both forgive her, but not a lot of time is spent on showing that Sierra is actually sorry and regrets what she’s done to them.

Veronica and Sierra’s developing friendship is the most interesting and moving part of the whole movie.

As the story develops, Sierra learns to understand why her bully is so mean and begins to see a different side to Veronica. Their moments together feel real, and you can tell they

“The movie has its cute moments, but falls flat in trying to cover too much at once.”

begin to genuinely care about each other. Despite her status in their school, Veronica is fine with other people knowing she hangs out with the “loser” now.

Sierra and Jamey’s relationship is basic and boring in comparison. Their first conversation on the phone is awkward, giddy and pure, but the rest of their interactions are pretty forgettable. The movie doesn’t do enough to show they have a deep, meaningful connection.

I really wanted to love “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.” It has a great cast, and Sierra starts out as a refreshing and relatable star. She is smart, funny and talented. Most importantly, she knows her own strengths. Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t have enough heartbreaking, adorable or funny moments to make it a truly great romantic comedy.

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REVIEW BY DJ DRAGONFLY HOST OF PANGEA, SATURDAYS 9-11 AM (WORLD MUSIC)

sidewalks to screaming car crashes. In the King Krule is a 23-year-old, red-headed, and violent in his language as he pushes fourth line he shouts, “Skunk and onion misanthropic singer-songwriter, guitarist, boundaries in what is usually a clean-cut RATING: 8/10 gravy, as my brain’s potato mash,” displaying producer, and poet hailing from London. His indie scene. his quirky, unusual wit. newest album, “The OOZ,” shows us that “The OOZ” packs an attitude that is “Cadet Limbo” is a heart-dropping numsometimes, life hurts. more sophisticated than Marshall’s previous Host of the Electric Carnival Sundays 11p.m.-1a.m.

(Electro Swing) Mr. Soirée King Krule is the primary creative outlet work. His sound is mature and developed. ber in which Marshall sings about a woman, of the mysterious Archy Marshall, who has The songs are more polished and technically her mesmerizing beauty to the For anyone who has never heard and unpredictable. However, whatcomparing weak album. also released music under his real name, as impressive. The guitar sounds are cleaner deepness of outer space. He repeats, “Has Dirty Projector’s music, an advisory makes the sound so sophisticated Unfortunately, in spite of the prewell as Zoo Kid. Marshall has a particularly and less messy, but his temper has stayed it been this long since I’ve had this bond?” is in order. The band’s six members, is finding the tiny strings of organi- vious praise, July release “Lamp Lit strong and distinctive working-class English the same.

What these songs have in common is a interchanging zationKing putKrule underneath.

Productiondeep-seated Prose” meets standards does accent and uses British slang that various breaks times throughIn his career, has maintained intensity.

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“ART OF LOVE” BY CORY HENRY AND THE FUNK APOSTLES RATING: 7/10

REVIEW BY DJ LEVIATHAN HOST OF THE HEAVIEST MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE, TUESDAY 11PM-1AM (METAL) “Urn” Review by The Jazz CatoutfitHost of The returns ShedtoShow,Violinist Thursdays 11p.m.-1a.m.

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Darren Korb is an American video game composer and songwriter best known for his work with Supergiant Games, the developers of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. Korb worked on Bastion with childhood friend and Supergiant Games co-founder Amir Rao. A well-received game, Bastion’s soundtrack was described by Korb to be “acoustic frontier hip-hop”. He returned 3 years later to work on Transistor where he described the music as “old-world electronic post-rock.” Korb worked with vocalist Ashley Barret on both projects to rave reviews.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 ROCK N’ POPS, from page 14

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sicle is $3 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in addition to its free topping Tuesdays.

New things are on the horizon for Rock n’ Pops, and every day is just one day closer to something special, Lagrange said.

With new flavors and new specials, Rock n’ Pops will make the holidays a little sweeter for the people of Baton Rouge.

“We’re about to start trying some holiday flavors like pumpkin spice, of course,” Lagrange said. “We’ll do some special flavors for Christmas, too.

We’re just trying to keep people interested in what we do.”

and Family Thrift Center.

“I enjoy the entire process of thrifting,” Williams said. “I spend a lot of time finding clothes that I like and then I usually alter them to fit my style more.”

Williams knew she wanted to show people how easy thrifting could be and that you can look great on a budget, so she saved up to buy her first camera. She worked at Firehouse Subs, and within only four months of working, she earned enough to buy a Canon T6 camera.

Once she had her dream camera, she started the filming process. Her first video, to no surprise, was a thrifting haul.

She went to all of her favorite thrift stores and gathered all of her previously thrifted items and filmed her haul.

“The filming didn’t really come naturally,” Williams said.

“I had to work on becoming comfortable in front of the camera because you want your viewers to feel like they’re just hanging out with you.”

Though Williams loves thrift-

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for students.

“It’s definitely unique because the products that we use are unique,” Watson said. “I would say it’s different from other tea shops because it’s true to authentic taste and it’s unique products. For instance, we have a coffee donut and use croissants as our kolaches, and everything is made in-house. We make it all ourselves.”

The donut shop has been open for three years under the current ownership. Originally, the shop only sold donuts, but to develop

page 19 ing and doing hauls, her favorite video on her channel right now is her “Beginner Friendly Everyday Makeup Routine,” which is one of her most recent videos.

This was the first video that she filmed with a new, updated background and higher quality lights.

Her most viewed videos include her best friend tag and her try on thrift haul video, which both have almost 1,000 views.

Williams is planning on filming boyfriend tag with her boyfriend Lamont, who is also an influencer. Lamont is an underground rapper who just dropped his EP “Love Lamont” on Spotify and iTunes. Williams is going to delve into her and Lamont’s relationship by asking him a series of questions for her video.

“I just like to film videos that I know I like to watch,” Williams said. “I really like boyfriend tags and hauls so I stick to filming those.”

Williams’ goals for her YouTube channel are pretty simple: she wants to inspire people to love themselves and show them that anyone who posts constantly and has a passion can become the

LSU student Courtney Williams discusses her Youtube channel at the quad on Sept. 5.

their customer base, they added something new to the menu — bubble tea. Bubble tea, or Boba tea, adds a chewy and sometimes bursting element to the traditional water-based tea and milk tea using tapioca pearls or popping boba.

Even with its new product, the shop continues to grow its menu with new tea flavors, iced drinks and donut flavors. With its convenient location and wide array of products, students on their way to campus could stop by and pick up a donut, pastry, tea or frappe for a fresh start to their day. Included in the long list

of donut flavors are Oreo, coffee, maple bacon, lemon and strawberry — all made with natural ingredients.

Watson said she wants the shop to be a place where students can feel good vibes while studying or just hanging out. They hope that by allowing purchases with TigerCASH, University students will become more familiar with their tasty breakfast bubble so close to campus.

“Just keep looking forward to the new innovative things we’re doing over here,” Watson said.

“Keep your eyes open because some change is coming.”

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‘Holistic’ admissions beneficial for prospective students

Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Berkeley,” LSU President F. King Alexander said in a letter to The Advocate.

JUSTIN FRANKLIN According to the National @justinifranklin Association for College AdmisThe University will be re- sions Counseling, more than placing its current admissions 1,000 schools in the nation have requirements with a more “ho- eliminated standardized testlistic” approach aimed at shift- ing standards and admissions ing the focus from standardized requirements as of January. tests to the aspirations and ex- Some have criticized the decitracurricular accomplishments sion, insisting the University is of applicants. lowering its standards. AlexanInstead of emphasizing der refutes this claim, noting scores, admissions will be more the University continues to welbased on recommendations, come classes of students with personal essays record average and accomplishACT scores and ments. The UniGPAs, a continuversity’s decision ation of the high “Dreams can be to discontinue shattered...based on the performance of the minimum outcome of a four-hour the class of 2021. standardized test In reality, the test.” requirements new holistic apcomes after a proach to admisnational wave sions will not only of adaptation to result in more more inclusive admissions pro- accepted applications, but also cesses with the intent of attract- encourage those students with ing more diverse and impactful high achievements and low stanapplication pools. dardized test scores to consider “It is used by 80 percent of LSU as an option. flagship universities, as well as Tests like the ACT and SAT all but two of the nation’s top 50 have long been the deciding facpublic universities, including tor for many students’ college many of our aspirational peers decision. Dreams can be shatlike University of North Caro- tered and years of hard work lina at Chapel Hill, UT-Austin, can be either rewarded or in UCLA, and the Universities of vain based on the outcome of a

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four-hour testing process.

Every applicant is different. Making the admissions approach broader allows a greater number of talented and impactful applicants a chance at wearing and representing purple and gold.

“There is a trend of removing the standardized test scores.

They’re not as good at predicting college success,” LSU Vice President Jason Droddy said to The Advocate.

“Test scores don’t properly

portray low-income and minority students, those coming from poor schools, or those who have learning disabilities or family problems, or who just don’t test well but otherwise have demonstrated academic perseverance deserving of a closer look,” said The Advocate Capitol News Bureau editor Mark Ballard in an article.

Not everyone can afford an ACT tutor. Not every high school offers ACT tutoring. To put so much emphasis on one aspect

of an application that access, or lack thereof, can dramatically affect is not fair to all applicants.

Frankly speaking, a student who an acceptable GPA, has adequate writing skills with good recommendations and a yearning for higher education and bettering themselves has just as much right to be here as anyone else.

Justin Franklin is a 19-year-old political communication sophomore from Memphis, Tennessee.

LSU should increase parking before on-campus housing expansion I SAID WHAT I SAID

year in 2017, and the lack of parking affected residents. Residents were forced to park farther during the fall semester, which MAYA STEVENSON was not only inconvenient, but @colormemaya unsafe.

In the past year, the UniverCommuters and the University built Spruce Hall, a dorm sity have had ongoing issues for designed for incoming fresh- years, probably decades. There men, and Nicholson Gateway, are graduated students from an apartment complex meant the early 2000s who recount the for upperclassmen. It also same experiences. began the building of Cedar The University has a campus Hall, located right next to population of upward of 30,000 Spruce. students, and this number conNicholson Gateway covers a tinues to grow. This year, a new span of 28 acres across from the rule was implemented stating Pete Maravich all freshmen are Assembly Cenrequired to stay “The University should on campus, unter, along Nicholson Drive. This less the student take some of their land was previis 21 or older on focus off of creating ously empty. more housing and onto the first day of Spruce Hall, married, making more space for classes, which is capable the guardian of commuters.” of housing up to one or more chil400 freshmen dren, a part-time students, was student, enlisted built in what used to be Hart in the military or living with a Lot, a parking lot across from parent or guardian within a 50Cypress Hall. mile radius of the University.

Cedar Hall, the residen- Freshmen are allowed to bring tial hall currently being built, their cars with them to campus, is placed in what used to be further exhausting the parking Kirby-Smith Hall’s lot. problem.

The University started buildThe two new lots which were ing Cedar during my freshman built for residents do little to

help the large number of commuters. In addition to the size of the new freshman class, commuter parking has yet to be expanded. In fact, commuters have lost parking lots to residents in the past couple of years. Two lots along Aster St. are shared between commuters and residents.

This has led to commuters struggling with parking on a daily basis during the school week.

On the first day of class alone, I had to drive around for an hour between the commuter lots on the west side of campus to find a parking spot.

I’ve even had friends forced to miss their classes because they couldn’t find parking.

This is a daily reality for many commuting students. Not only is this struggle frustrating, but inconvenient for students who pay for a parking pass to attend the University as commuters.

The University is responsible for catering to all of the student masses who are enrolled in their degree programs. The current handling of commuter students does nothing to alleviate their parking problems.

This is also quite possibly a plot by the University to

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Nicholson Gateway construction continues through the summer on of Nicholson Drive on Tuesday, 26, 2018. encourage its students to live on-campus. Students usually choose not to stay on campus due to the high costs and low benefits of the halls compared to off-campus housing. More and more freshmen were opting out of staying on-campus, which could be a reason for the new residency requirement.

The University should take some of their focus off of creating more housing and onto making more space for commuters to park. It is a crisis and should be treated as such.

Maya Stevenson is an English and economics sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Human trafficking requires increased awareness, better resources SMITT’S TEA JAMES SMITH @ITSSMITT When you hear the term “human trafficking,” what comes to mind? Do you picture drug cartel-like criminal organizations in Central America? Or perhaps a complex web of Eastern Asian buyers and sellers?

You might think of African youth sold to militias to be turned into child soldiers.

You would be correct on all of these notions. Human trafficking is a global problem that knows no borders. If outlawing drugs created a black market for drugs, then the worldwide abolition of slavery created a black market for humans. By no means am I implying that we should reinstate slavery — I’m just pointing out an interesting and dismal economic correlation.

Baton Rouge is no stranger to this disgustingly cruel entity.

In 2017, there were 681 reports of human trafficking in Louisiana, according to a report from the Department of Children and Family Services. East Baton Rouge Parish accounted for 52 of those reports. That’s one report of human trafficking per week.

To clarify, these are only the instances that are reported.

Continuing my comparison of the drug market, the amount of cocaine seized during the height of Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel was like a drop in the ocean.

Law enforcement was seizing tons of cocaine annually, but an astronomical amount was being successfully transported and sold within the United States. We can only hope that the human market isn’t mirroring those statistics, but it probably is.

Baton Rouge ranked eighth in a National Human Trafficking Hotline report analyzing the amount of calls, emails and online tips the organization received per capita from December 2007 to December

2016. For every 100,000 people, there were 176 calls. New Orleans ranked 23rd, with 110 for every 100,000 people.

“The statistics below are representative of calls and cases reported to the National Hotline and should not be taken as a comprehensive report on the scale or scope of human trafficking within each city,” the report said.

Like cocaine in the ‘80s, these reports likely represent a minuscule amount of the actual amount of human trafficking that occurs in our own backyards. So why aren’t we talking more about it?

Why isn’t the public more aware of this very prevalent problem that’s happening in our city? I don’t have the answer, nor do I have the solution. But I do question why we haven’t had a “War on Trafficking” yet.

Unlike drugs, humans can’t be mass-produced in jungles, packaged and sold all over the world.

If the government and authorities allocated the same amount of energy and resources as they did

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In 2017, there was 681 reports of human trafficking in Louisiana, according to a report by the Deparment of Children and Family services. to the War on Drugs, then those same authorities might actually have some success in fixing a major human rights problem that takes place on the same streets

we travel every day.

James Smith is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

Marxism should be taught in LSU economics classes HAMMER SEEKING NAIL SOHEIL SANEEI @SOHEILSANEEI Our understanding of human nature is completely rudimentary, but one observation repeats in pattern. In the history of mankind, humans have idolized institutions and cultures from which they have been bred, even if their support is rot of any reasoning.

Once they have developed a sense of security, no matter how false, the illusionary sanctuary they have constructed around themselves acts as a fort against any criticism. Typically, the rent-seeking public intellectuals of these movements feed off the political amnesia of their followers, who have progressed from parasitical customs in the past to be allured by another.

Karl Marx, one of the fiercest critics and greatest thinkers of recent history, serves as a dysphemism for progressive activists today. A mass amount of propaganda has been proliferated by Western powers to associate Marx with the murderous authoritative regime of Soviet Union Prime Minister Vladimir Lenin.

There is much misconception of Marx’s theories. Marx did not advocate for a centralized

government but workers’ rights over production. His theories contradict with the notion workers should be submissive to an authoritative government.

Marx simply exposed the many injustices created in a capitalism. He has no responsibility for hungry opportunists who pimped his work for profit.

These hungry opportunists are, in fact, mirrored by capitalists who push the boundaries of dishonesty by attempting to smear Marx’s ideas out of any productive discussion.

A tired narrative in the U.S. which is constantly echoed is that colleges are comporting progressive agendas. This narrative is not indicative of how progressive the U.S. has become, but rather, how conservative.

In the unimaginative confines of introduction economic lecture rooms, Marx’s theories are rarely mentioned. It is true that his book “The Communist Manifesto” is the third most assigned book in public colleges.

But, most of Marx’s ideas are taught in philosophy and English courses.

The famous economist Richard Wolff, who has degrees from Harvard, Stanford and Yale, brought notice to the issue by claiming, “I am a product of what most people think of the best this country has to offer, and here

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I am a professional economist and I was never required to read one word of Marx’s criticism of the economy.”

Currently, economics courses are too focused on the neoliberal economic system we live in, rather than providing solutions for all the problems we face today. The relationship Americans have with U.S. capitalism can be told as a story of a family. One child thrives in the love and gluttony its parents and the U.S. political and economic system provides.

But, there is another child who is traumatized from all the neglect and abuse its parents create.

We often only listen to the former and rarely ever to the latter.

Americans fall deep into a pit of sanctimony when they bellow sermons of respectability politics. The truth is: our social and economic structures affect our daily lives far more than we conceive. Merriam Webster dictionary defines economics as “a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.”

If our economic structures inhibit a sizable portion of society, the bottom 90 percent, from receiving the correct distribution of wealth, then perhaps there’s a limit on what the workers of our society can do.

In fact, our current economic system limits political democracy. Our forefathers found this country based on a tyranny of an opulent minority. This is evident by former President James Madison’s statement, “They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The Senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability.”

Famous Marxist and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. said, “This country has socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor.”

Today, the U.S. is facing income inequality unprecedented since the Gilded Age. This has created a society where international investors break laws with no repercussions, CEOs exploit workers for a mass amount of profit, and all this is overlooked because a growing billionaire class has bought out politicians across bipartisan lines.

We, as Americans, can never cleanse from any of our sins until we identify the problems in our society. We can never shed from our most barbaric, violent nature until we criticize every institution to filter out those we do not need.

Every Nike product we buy is complicit to child abuse in

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countries abroad. Every study published by the Center for American Progress is funded by bloodied dollars from the United Arabian Emirates regime. Every car produced costs us the environment. Fast food comes at the expense of wage slavery.

Every time we watch CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Vox or any other major news organization, we are complicit to the media control of war contractors, weapon producers and an opulent elite.

Capitalism does not leave much room for moral choices for individual consumers.

The famous writer James Baldwin said, “The necessity for a form of socialism is based on the observation that the world’s present economic arrangements doom most of the world to misery.”

Pragmatism is what is possible today, but ideology is pragmatism over a time table.

Economics classes teach us the benefits of capitalism. Marx teaches us the cost. Both are needed for a full analysis. That is why I plead for economic professors of all colleges, including the University, to incorporate Marx’s theories.

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

Quote of the Week “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

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Miss USA, Miss America still value beauty over brains DEAR SOCIETY

JASMINE EDMONSON @Jasmine_twt1

Feminists in American history have used intellect, perseverance and encouragement from other women to demand gender equality. The physique of a woman was never considered an important tool needed to craft a platform to voice our rights and worth. Unfortunately, pageants are sneaking this tool in our hard-earned toolbox and are creating a distorted image of womanhood.

Executives who run these commercial beauty contests assure the public that they embrace female empowerment when, in reality, women are pit against each other to win a competition solely based on looks. It’s time for the sashes, crowns and trophies to be laid to rest, and the Vaseline to be wiped off teeth because our charisma is skin deep. Our imperfections shouldn’t be stifled to win a title.

America is home to numerous pageants, but Miss America and Miss USA are top-tier. However, both contests possess different characteristics despite their similar nature of attracting hopeful girls who spend hours training for the “glamorous” event and are

willing to pay a lot of money to win the competition.

Miss America originated in 1921 and was created to attract tourists to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Unlike Miss USA, the pageant has a talent contest and the winner is awarded an academic scholarship of $50,000. In 2018, chairwoman of Miss America, Gretchen Carlson, took initiative and canceled the swimsuit portion of the competition to emphasize inclusivity of all sizes. Carlson also decided to change the evening gown competition, which now allows women to wear whatever they want. Furthermore, the event is now centered heavily on interviewing, as women are required to give their opinion and proposed solution to societal issues.

Carlson’s changes were made to minimize the allure of women’s physicality over brains, but it’s not enough. Women are still competing against one another to be granted public validation in society. The habitual use of makeup in the contests continues to hide the natural beauty of blemishes, scars, freckles and acne. Spray tans are still a popular product used among women, often to hide natural stretch marks and to achieve that socially desired bronze color.

Contestants continue to feel

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pressure to meet society’s outdated beauty standard, even though the competition advocates for female empowerment. Young girls are convinced they will build their platform when they become eligible to enter the contest, completely oblivious to the platform women already have. We need to empower one another and remind ourselves commercial contests don’t determine our worth in society — we do. Female activists can inspire one another to transform their passion for change into impactful actions without participating in a pageant.

Despite the risk attached to protest, past women activists managed to find their inner lioness and roar. Beauty contests don’t allow contestants to express their values wholeheartedly, as women stand center-stage and give ambiguous answers to controversial questions in fear of infuriating the public. This defeats the purpose of female empowerment entirely by not motivating contestants to be confident in their truth. Further, it disillusions the new reputation pageants like Miss America strive to have.

Some contestants feel pressured to give near-perfect answers and become nervous, which causes them to respond inadequately. These women are often mocked and bullied on social media, perpetuating a cycle of female degradation. Instead of getting an everyday citizen from the contestant’s state to ask a personal question on an issue in their community, the organization creates difficult questions the

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contestant doesn’t have sufficient answers to. The questions are often asked by celebrity judges, emphasizing the fabricated nature of pageants.

The Miss USA pageant was created after Miss America winner, Yolande Betbeze, refused to pose in a swimsuit made by Catalina Swimsuits, the pageant’s sponsor, for a newspaper in 1951.

The company was upset and decided to form their own pageant.

The for-profit contest focuses on female confidence and is known for its infamous swimsuit competition. The pageant awards its winner a year-long salary, skin and hair care services, a rent-free New York apartment until a new woman is crowned, clothes, representation from the talent agency WME-IMG and gifts from sponsors. The winner then goes on to compete in Miss Universe, an international beauty contest run by

Miss USA and formerly owned by business-mogul-turned-politician President Donald Trump.

Miss USA is dangerous because it epitomizes the myth women are only good for their bodies.

Likewise, Miss Universe is toxic because it glorifies female competition internationally and implies women must have a specific look and personality to be successful.

Women can hone their leadership skills by volunteering in their community for free. It’s vital we influence young girls not to board the “Toddlers and Tiara” train. Competition should never be the foundation of sisterhood.

Confidence fluctuates, but women must be consistent in demanding the equality they deserve.

Jasmine Edmonson is a 20-yearold mass communication sophomore from Denham Springs, Louisiana.

Student Health Center should focus on mental health ACCORDING TO ASHLON ASHLON LUSK @ashlonrose Mental and physical health should receive the same amount of funding from the University.

We pay copious amounts of money for tuition, and our fee bill includes access to the Student Health Center. Students can make an appointment to see a doctor if they’re sick and see a doctor the next day. For mental health appointments, it can take up to month to see a doctor, and even then, only high-risk patients are prioritized.

Once you get a consultation from one of the doctors on campus, they usually refer you to a therapist or psychiatrist offcampus. The health center should have these resources on campus for students. When students get a cold, they aren’t referred to a doctor off-campus, so why should someone with a mental health issue have to go off campus for treatment?

Mental health is something that should be taken more serious-

ly in America. Just because you can’t see someone’s mental health doesn’t mean it’s not real. If you saw someone with a broken foot, you would clearly believe them because you can see what is wrong.

If someone tells you they’re depressed, you may not believe them because it’s not something physical. But, depression can hurt just as bad, if not worse.

One in five adults have a mental health condition in America, which is more than 40 million people. America is already ranked one of the worst countries for mental health. Louisiana is ranked No. 47 in overall mental health care.

Having one of the best universities in the country and still having one of the worst mental health care systems simply doesn’t add up. If we are one of the best universities, we should be creating a better place for mental health.

The University should care more about the health of their students than football. The amount of money they put toward athletics is much more compared to anything else on campus. Just look at Tiger Stadium compared to the Student Health Center. Football games are

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The Student Health Center rest at its location on LSU’s campus on April 2. fun, but anxiety and depression within our student body isn’t.

As a top-tier university, we deserve access to mental health care. We need physicians who can help with other mental illnesses beside suicide. Suicide is an issue that needs help immediately, but lower-risk patients still deserve care. Students with anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses deserve the same treatment as those with physical illnesses.

Ashlon Lusk is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Houston, Texas.

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LSU should utilize students as resources, provide experience SMITT’S TEA JAMES SMITH @itssmitt Students come to the University for a plethora of reasons. Some come because they know exactly what career they want to pursue. Those students immediately jump into their major and don’t look back. Some come because they’re unsure of a career choice. Those students come to see what the world of higher academics has to offer. Some come simply for the college experience. Those students may excel at something they had no prior interest in. Whatever the case may be, all of these students come to broaden their minds and gain experience that will help in life.

While the University does an excellent job of catering to all of those students, they might be able to do more in terms of offering opportunities to curious or motivated students. Those opportunities could come in the form of serving the University directly.

Take, for example, the advertising the University does. I’ll admit, I’m unsure of whether the University hires an advertising firm or has an in-house advertising team. The budget that the University posts online is rather ambiguous. Whatever the case may be, why not offer those real-life work experience

opportunities to students?

I can’t write this column without accrediting the individual who planted this idea in my mind: James Carville. He’s teaching my contemporary American politics and culture class this semester. This is only one of the brilliant notions he’s shared with us so far.

“I think sometimes people fail to realize how much talent and expertise we have on LSU’s campus,” Carville said. “I know at Manship [School of Mass Communication] we have more talent in faculty and students than ever imagined.”

If the University is outsourcing jobs such as advertising, money could be saved by delegating projects to upper-level advertising classes. Not only would money be saved, but students would get experience on-par with an internship that they could slap on a resume. If the University already has an in-house advertising council, that council could take eager students under their wings and teach them valuable, real-world lessons.

While students gain this precious experience, they’re serving their University. That service would instill not only pride, but a further appreciation for the school they attend.

If a student who worked on an advertisement for the University were to see the end-product of a project in the form of a com-

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The Manship School holds an informational meeting about the summer in D.C. program on Jan. 31 in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building on LSU campus. mercial, online ad or billboard, imagine the joy that student would feel. The student would be contributing to something larger than his or herself.

I experience a similar phenomenon when I open the pages of The Daily Reveille on Wednesday morning and see my column in print. I’m proud of the fact that I can contribute to a respected

student-run organization housed at the University by utilizing the same skills I learn at the University.

Whatever a student is tudying, they should have the opportunity to contribute their skills to the University on a real level while gaining internship-level experience.

Yes, the University does pro-

vide opportunities in the form of student-worker, teaching assistants and research assistantships, but more of an effort needs to be made to foster homegrown projects coordinated by students that would otherwise be outsourced.

James Smith is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

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