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CONSTRUCTION
Student veterans to receive new center
Building begins on Spruce Hall
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BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker University student veterans will soon have a dedicated space on campus in the forthcoming Brookshire Military and Veterans Student Center. Thanks to a donation from University alumnus William Brookshire, the new student center will increase the University’s ability to support student veterans, as well as its recruiting efforts, according to a University Relations news release. The center will house the LSU Veteran and Military Student Services and will include a computer lab, conference rooms and office space. Student veterans, active military, reservists, guardsmen and their dependents will be able to use the center. “Previously, we took pride in the number of students we saw go into the armed forces. Now, we can also be proud of how we serve them after they have served our country,” LSU President F. King Alexander said in the release. “These brave men and women, as well as their families, deserve all the
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GALLANTLY STREAMING
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U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Rick Walls displays the American flag behind him as he parachutes from five thousand feet above campus as a part of the Silver Wings, who perform live aerial demonstrations in support of the United States Army on Monday on the LSU Parade Grounds as part of Ole War Skule Week.
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Faculty Senate to revisit graduate stipend resolution BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano A faculty push for increased graduate student stipends may be on the horizon after the LSU Faculty Senate meets Tuesday. The Faculty Senate is scheduled for a final reading of a resolution focused on increasing graduate student stipends. The resolution, sponsored by kinesiology professor Arend Van Gemmert, was tabled Oct. 11 after the meeting ran short on copies of the legislation. The tabling followed faculty criticism of language comparing graduate students’ needs to those of traditional single-person households. Other faculty members raised concerns about reviewing graduate student finances and the possibility of graduate students possessing income from outside sources.
Construction began Monday on Spruce Hall — the University’s newest residence hall, set to be built in Hart Lot adjacent to Cypress Hall. A contractor began installing construction fencing Monday. LSU Residential Life asks that all vehicles move from the construction zone in Hart Lot or risk being towed on a daily basis at the owner’s expense. Vehicles may be moved into one of the several residential parking lots surrounding west campus residence halls and apartments, including: resident lots across Aster Street from Cypress Hall and West Campus Apartments, resident zones surrounding WCA, resident zones between WCA and Broussard Hall and the resident lot in front of Kirby Smith Hall. Cypress Hall is the College of Human Sciences & Education’s eco-friendly undergraduate living facility that opened in fall 2015. Residents of the CHSE Residential College include freshman and firstyear students entering the School of Education, School of Kinesiology and School of Social Work. Two years in the making, Cypress Hall is a leader in energy-efficiency, complete with indoor-outdoor learning spaces and energy-efficient mechanical systems.
Under PS-21 — the University’s current graduate student employment policy — graduate students are contractually obligated to devote full-time work to their studies and graduate assistantship. If a graduate student wishes to take on outside employment, the student’s graduate adviser or the dean of the Graduate School is required to give express permission. The policy also states graduate students’ workload should be limited to 20 hours per week, although several professors noted students routinely exceed that limit. Graduate School Dean Michelle Massé said academia typically equates the lifestyles of graduate students to those of starving artists — students go through several lean years while working an assistantship before graduating and beginning
see STIPENDS, page 2
University’s e-textbook library service wins state award BY CJ CARVER CWCarver_ Last month, the Louisiana Online University Information System gave an award to a little-known, money-saving service provided by the University’s libraries to students. At a conference in early October, LOUIS honored Web Development Librarian David Comeaux and the University’s Libraries Technology Initiatives Department with the Best Customized System Award. The focus of the award was for the e-textbook platform that allows faculty members to choose from titles that the University’s Libraries have then purchase course materials, said Sigrid Kelsey, Director of Library Communications and Publications. “[The platform] allows faculty to be able to go in and search for books that they might be able to assign for their class,” said
Kelsey. “They can search for the titles even if [the University doesn’t] own them, and then if [the University doesn’t] own them, we will get them.” For students, the e-textbook web pages provided by the University offer digital textbooks for use in their assigned course work. LOUIS was created by the Louisiana Library Network and is made up of more than 45 libraries from public and private colleges and universities across the state. According to its website, LOUIS “combines the collective resources of all members to produce a dynamic library consortium.” LOUIS’s network of libraries uses methods including an integrated library system, an interlibrary loan system, electronic scholarly resources and
see EBOOKS, page 2
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EBOOKS, from page 1
support we can provide as they pursue their degrees.” The LSU VMSS provides outreach and support for student military veterans and active duty service members throughout their transition to higher education and University life. The release shows the University currently enrolls 500 student veterans. Construction on the center will begin immediately following contractor bids. According to the release, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Darrell Ray said, “With a history steeped in military tradition, the Brookshire Military and Veterans Student Center is another physical symbol of LSU’s commitment to those who have served this country.”
remote access to resources to connect libraries around the state. The University’s e-textbook platform was derived from a project created at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Current Dean of the University’s Libraries Stanley Wilder was university librarian at UNC Charlotte and decided to implement the idea at the University upon his arrival. Dean Wilder began at the University in the summer of 2014, and the first version of the e-textbook platform launched that fall. According to NPR, students spend, on average, $600 per year on textbooks for college. For University students, the platform is a money-saving tool. According to the University’s Libraries, 45 departments across
campus are using the platform, giving students access to more than 150 free textbooks this semester. Since its inception, the platform has developed to the point at which some professors are running cost-free classes. Math instructor Richard Moscatello uses “Ordinary Differential Equations” for the two sections of MATH 2065 he teaches. Because the textbooks are available on the University’s etextbook platform, the more than 200 students enrolled in his course pay nothing for the textbooks in his class. “As more professors adopt these, then I’m sure more students use them … since it’s free, they don’t have any textbook cost,” said Kelsey. “We would love to work with more professors to get more of those courses that way.”
HASKELL WHITTINGTON / The Daily Reveille
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Rick Walls and Sergeant Rico Sifuentes gather their equipment after parachuting five thousand feet as a part of the Silver Wings who perform live aerial demonstrations in support of the United States Army on Monday on the LSU Parade Grounds.
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STIPENDS, from page 1 a successful career. This is rarely the case today, she said. The needs of graduate students are much different from 50 years ago, and an increasing number of graduates enter post-secondary programs with undergraduate debt. In Louisiana, 51 percent of students leave college with undergraduate debt, with a statewide average of $26,865 per borrower, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. Accumulated debt often leads students to reconsider attending graduate school due to concerns surrounding affordability, Massé said. Massé, a first generation college graduate, said the affordability of post-secondary education is crucial to ensure key demographics aren’t excluded from admission. Providing access to impoverished applicants, minority students and first generation students is important to building a strong future, she said. “I sometimes fear that we’re going back to not even 50 years ago, but 100 years ago, when those who go on to graduate school are those who can afford it because they have families that can afford it … and not the first generation students,” she said. Increasing graduate student stipends is an important step in making sure the University keeps pace with peer institutions, Massé said. The University took an important first step when LSU president F. King Alexander announced a 3 percent increase to all graduate student stipends for 2016-2017. An additional 1.4 percent was provided to each college to support students specifically in need, Massé said. The increase equates to $324 when calculated using the University’s current minimum for graduate student stipends, $10,800. In January, the administration also declared a strict observance of the minimum pay rules, Massé said. Though few academic departments pay their graduate students below the minimum $10,800 stipend, some did as of spring 2016, she said. Even students in higher paying departments, who receive $20,000$25,000 stipends, struggle to meet financial obligations. The average cost of a onebedroom apartment in Baton Rouge is $800, and average utilities cost $165, according to data Van Gemmert cited from the cost of living database Numbeo. When students have to find additional work to support themselves, it takes away from their graduate studies, Massé said. Ensuring graduate students are supported is key to building a strong University foundation, she said. “Graduate students are our pride and joy,” she said. “They are the ones who carry on the research, who are the next generation. As a flagship, producing an educated citizenry is paramount to our existence.”
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Sports
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Tigers win exhibition game, 113-80
BEAT THE STREAK
BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_ LSU coach Johnny Jones didn’t prioritize winning or losing, but he sure didn’t mind LSU’s 113-80 win against the NAIA’s Reinhardt (4-1). “Glad we had an opportunity to get back on the floor,” the coach said. “And have an exhibition game here at home in preparation for our season.” In his first regulated game in an LSU uniform, LSU forward Duop Reath, shined. A junior transfer from Lee College, Reath totaled 26 points — 20 of which came in the first half — 13 rebounds and four blocks in a double-double effort during LSU’s 33-point win on 46-of-78 shooting from the field. “He did good,” sophomore sharpshooter Antonio Blakeney said. “People had an opportunity to see tonight to see what we’ve talked about,” Jones said of Reath. “That’s something that we missed last year — his energy. The way he played on both ends of the floor.” Reinhardt couldn’t stop the far bigger and more skilled Tigers, but the in-game experience was most important to Jones, who is entering his fifth season as coach. Jones and LSU’s players said the LSU defense wasn’t where it should be. Reinhardt, which averaged 87.9 points per game
LSU players don’t want a repeat of last season’s November collapse BY JOSH THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_ Senior defensive end Lewis Neal had one message to his teammates during workouts on Monday: There’s still football to play beyond the Alabama game. “I talked to the players today, and I told them to keep their heads up,” Neal said. “Finish strong. We have a lot of ball left to play.” For the sixth-straight season, LSU lost to Alabama, thus ending the Tigers’ hope of winning the Southeastern Conference’s West division. The last two seasons, the game following Alabama has lead to an emotional letdown. Last season, LSU’s threegame skid began with a 31-14
home loss to Arkansas. Neal said it’s up to the leaders on LSU’s team to take responsibility and to right the ship. “It’s going to boil down to us leaders talking to everybody and making sure we’re on the same page,” Neal said. “Just continue to play hard and play our hearts out. You never know what the outcome can be.” The Tigers travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas, Saturday to face the Razorbacks, who have defeated LSU two years in a row — and five of the last nine times — and shut out LSU 17-0 the last time the Tigers visited Fayetteville.
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FOOTBALL
Ed Orgeron’s moving on from loss to Alabama, Arkansas up next BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_ LSU coach Ed Orgeron said he is in the process of forgetting about Saturday. He’s shifted his thoughts, tossing the No. 19 Tigers’ 10-0 loss to the undefeated, top-ranked Tide toward the back of his mind. But that doesn’t mean corrections weren’t made in order for LSU (5-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) to begin prep for unranked Arkansas (6-3, 2-3 SEC). The two will meet Saturday at 6 p.m. at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The game for the “Golden Boot” will be
televised on ESPN. “My job as a head coach is to put the game away,” Orgeron said. “It’s awfully important we forget about last week as we move to Arkansas, a very tough team. “It’s going to be important to put this one away and move on to a tough — very tough — Arkansas team who plays very good at home.” Arkansas posted a 21-point win against then-No. 10 Florida at 31-10 last weekend, one week after its whopping 56-3 loss against No. 8 Auburn. The Razorbacks’ double-digit win against the Gators was their
third win against a top 15 team this season, tying for most in the nation with Alabama. Arkansas has also scored 30 or more points in six of its nine games this season. But Orgeron is more focused on fixing his team — which is 3-1 since he became interim head coach four games ago, rather than only directing attention toward defending and scoring against Arkansas. “This is a big game for Arkansas and a big game for us,” Orgeron said. “But, listen, this is never
see ARKANSAS, page 7
RYAN MCCARBLE / The Daily Reveille
LSU interim head coach Ed Orgeron discusses the 10-0 loss against Alabama on Monday.
Entertainment
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WATCH THE
THRONE How to throw a presidential party on election night BY ALLIE COBB | @alliecobbler We’ve made machine-gun bacon with Ted Cruz, watched as a bald eagle attacked Donald Trump and read up on Vermin Supreme’s platform based on zombie apocalypse awareness and time travel research. Celebrate the end of this whirlwind election season by hosting a watch party tonight. The Daily Reveille is here with advice on how to throw a party George Washington would be proud of. Together, we can make watch parties great again. Channel your inner Uncle Sam and set the scene for the party. Pick up some miniature American flags, “I voted” stickers, buntings, red, white and blue balloons and a few Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump masks. Create a patriotic playlist to use as background music. Mac Miller’s “Donald Trump,” Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA,” YG & Nipsey Hussle’s “FDT,” YouTube user Alphacat’s spoof on Drake’s “Back to Back” and fellow YouTube account-holder Jonathan Mann’s “The Hillary Shimmy Song” are all appropriate songs to include. The news coverage might get a little monotonous, so set out some games to hold party goers’ attention. Give guests the opportunity to pin the tail on the donkey — and the elephant. Print out electoral maps, instructing guests to color in their predictions, including
which states will turn out red and blue and which will have upsets. Create a presidential trivia quiz and ask questions like who the first president to campaign by telephone was, who the shortest president was and who the first president born in a hospital was. Throw together a “photo booth.” Hang up a white sheet, red and blue streamers and props with cutouts and wooden dowels. Cutouts of Trump’s hair, elephants, donkeys and a sign reading “I’m moving to Canada” can all make for good props. At the heart of any good party is the food. Since both Trump and Clinton hail from New York, pizza, bagels and cheesecake may be an option. Or if you’re going for a more American feel, grill up some hamburgers and hotdogs. Make the First Lady proud and offer healthy options as well. A fruit platter with strawberries, bananas and blueberries can prove a big hit, as would red, white and blue popcorn. For those still mourning the loss of Bernie Sanders, who some have dubbed “America’s savior,” try snacking on something spicy to truly “feel the Bern” or opt for Sanders’ favorite food: pork chops. A wide array of drinks would do well at any party. Pabst Blue Ribbon and a Jamaican Me Blue cocktail might go over well with liberal voters, while conservatives may prefer a red rum punch or Budweiser, America’s beer. Remember, planning a party is no excuse not to vote, so be sure to head to your polling place.
LIFESTYLE
Discount websites offer online deals for miscellaneous products BY CYNTHEA CORFAH @LacedInCyn In addition to social media platforms and news outlets, the internet has some of the best online discounts, deals and coupons. Clothing, beauty and miscellaneous sites offer low prices and deals that allow students to find cheaper alternatives to the local stores and vendors around campus. From clothing to travel, here are some of the best sites for low prices and online deals.
FASHION PLNDR Selling urban, street and modern clothing and footwear, Plndr offers everything from weekend sales to promotion codes on their site. With suede booties as low as $12 and men’s shirts as low as $15, Plndr is a one-stop clothing shop for both men and women.
BOOHOO.COM Fairly priced and frequently updated, Boohoo launches up to 100 new clothing styles on their site daily. Based in the United Kingdom, Boohoo started in 2006 and in less than 10 years expanded to an international fashion retailer. This trendy site offers the latest styles for women, men and children for moderate and discounted prices. RENT THE RUNWAY Rent the Runway is the best site for online dress rentals. From semi-formals to weddings, this site allows the customer to rent designer dresses and gowns for a fraction of its retail price. After ordering online, the dress is sent to the customer’s home days before the event. The site also offers the free option of ordering the dress in another size in case the original doesn’t fit.
BEAUTY COLOURPOP Founded in 2014, Colourpop is the student-friendly makeup alternative to Kylie Jenner’s Kylie Cosmetics. With $6.00 liquid lipsticks, eyeshadows and brow pencils, the site encourages it’s customers to try seasonal shades for low prices. In addition to being cheap, all of Colourpop’s products are human-tested. NYX Also priced at $6 a tube, NYX offers a wide variety of shades for lipwear. From smell to package, this low-priced beauty company is next to Colourpop in quality. In addition to lipwear, NYX sells blush, bronzer, eyeliner, eyeshadow and other beauty products. NYX products can be purchased online and in select stores like Nordstrom Rack and Time Warp Boutique.
COASTAL SCENTS While not as mainstream as Colourpop and NYX, this bath and beauty company sells everything from shea butter to eyeshadow palettes. Unlike its competitors, Coastal Scents offers eyeshadow palettes containing as many as 252 eyeshadows for under $25. In addition to low prices, Coastal Scents always offers free shipping.
EVERYTHING ELSE AMAZON PRIME STUDENT For products ranging from clothing to electronics, Amazon is a one-stop shop. In addition to exclusive online deals and discounts, Amazon offers membership programs with many benefits. University students are eligible for Amazon Prime Student. Prime Student provides members with free two-day shipping, unlimited streaming of Amazon movies and TV shows, access to
unlimited photo storage and other exclusive deals and promotions for $49 each year. GROUPON Though its popularity is decreasing, Groupon is a quick, cheap way to find deals on activities, food and products in your area. Some deals and discounts, however, are offered for limited times and must be claimed as quickly as possible. From discounts on Sonic to massages, the deals vary. AIRBNB Unlike Groupon, Airbnb was founded in 2008 and saw an influx in popularity within the last few years. Everyone from students to Kim Kardashian West have used this service to book places to stay both in the United States and abroad. In addition to offering castles for booking, students are able to reserve apartments, studios, houses and rooms.
Opinion
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Social media should not dictate people’s opinions of candidates MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS @ClarkePerkins Do you know why you don’t trust Hillary Clinton — or did Twitter tell you not to trust her? Or even support her in general? Twitter should be viewed the same way Wikipedia is: some stuff may be factual, but you need to take it with a grain of salt. I’ve watched people with thousands of followers tweet something politically false and get the whole Twitter community riled up — like the thought-to-be picture of Bernie Sanders leading a segregation protest when he attended the University of Chicago. So many people tweeted that photo, and it got thousands of retweets and favorites. People expressed they were voting for Sanders because of it. While it’s known that Sanders participated in the Civil Rights Movement, that photo may have been misidentified. “To be honest, we are not 100 percent sure if it is [Sanders] or not,” Sanders campaign strategist Tad Devine told The Washington Post. I see incidents like this happen on Twitter and Facebook all the time. With that being said, don’t let something you see on social media alter or make up your
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking with supporters at a town hall meeting at Hillside Middle School in Manchester, New Hampshire. opinion before you fact check and do your own background research. Twitter loves to say Clinton never did anything for black people. Just because she wasn’t trending on Twitter for bringing attention to racial discrimination in schools doesn’t mean it didn’t happen — because it did. According to The New York Times, Clinton went undercover in the South to collect firsthand data on discrimination within private schools, and “they
delivered their findings to Mrs. Edelman’s and other advocacy groups that were trying to pressure the Nixon administration.” Everyone’s quick to look at the negative. People don’t trust her because of her emails — the same emails that the FBI has now cleared for the second time. As the Huffington Post states, no one was concerned when George W. Bush or Mitt Romney’s administrations “lost” millions of emails. But when it’s the most qualified person to ever run a
presidential campaign, then there’s a problem. And it’s not only Republicans that don’t trust Clinton. It’s Democrats too. Some are still so hung up on Bernie Sanders. Well, hello, your favorite person in the world has pleaded with you several times to vote for Clinton. Along with President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sanders clearly trusts her to get the job done. Cher addressed that Clinton may not be doing the best
at rallying millennials, “But I’ve known her for a long time, and I think that she will do her best. And she’s a politician, but she will do her best. If you look at her from the beginning of her life till now, she’s worked hard for people.” Who you really shouldn’t trust is the other guy. According to PoliticusUSA, Donald Trump lied a minimum of 58 times in the first presidential debate, and at least 137 times throughout all 3 debates. He has been known for faulty business practices and mistreating his employees. But you don’t trust Clinton? According to USA Today, “Just two weeks before Election Day, at least 75 of the 4,000-plus lawsuits involving Trump and his businesses remain open, according to an ongoing, nationwide analysis of state and federal court records.” These lawsuits range from real-estate disputes to public defamation. And that’s facts. A presidential election isn’t a time to be trendy. Do your research before you claim to hate a candidate and especially before you vote. Tomorrow is the big day. Make a smart, well-thoughtout decision. Not one based on 140 characters. Clarke Perkins is a 20-year-old political science junior from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Zayn Malik memoir brings necessary attention to self-harm RYLED UP RYAN THAXTON @ryanthax The biggest revelation from Zayn Malik’s new memoir, released Nov. 1, is not his decision to leave One Direction while on stage or when he called it quits with fiance Perrie Edwards, but instead that he struggled with a very serious eating disorder. Activists and journalists are celebrating the reveal for coming from a man, and a man of color at that. But Malik’s reveal also sends a jarring reminder to many bygone teeny boppers and millennials whose fondest childhood memories include silly bandz and “That’s So
Raven” that self-harm is still a prevalent issue. Mainstream media seems to have left representation of eating disorders and self-harm back in 2011. I do not watch as much television as I used to, nor do I watch many teen-oriented shows. Yet, flashes of self-harm or hints that a character is not eating, or is throwing up in their high school bathroom, are no longer major plot twists in shows and movies. To jog your memory, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “The Art of Getting By,” “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” and “Black Swan” all came out to much acclaim or at least popularity as movies that dissected issues of self harm circa 2012. And on television, anorexia, bulimia and cutting were all
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featured to some degree in shows like “Make It or Break It,” “Gossip Girl,” “Pretty Little Liars,” and that one episode of “Lizzie McGuire,” although they existed mainly in the earlier seasons, not appearing in any recent year for the shows that survived 2012. What Malik has done in revealing his battle with anorexia does not just expand visibility of men and men of color with eating disorders — 10 million of the 30 million Americans struggling with eating disorders are men — but he has also catapulted the discussion into the present day. Movements and non-profits like “To Write Love on Her Arms” peaked in the late 00’s and early 10’s with dozens of celebrity endorsements in a time when self-harm was the uncool
person’s cool thing to do. Yet even recent studies show 15 percent of teenagers report some type of self injury as well as surprisingly higher risks for college students with rates of 17 to 35 percent engaging in self-injury, according to Mental Health America. Someone who makes the news for shaving their head now admitting a lengthy battle with anorexia gives huge visibility to the issue of self-harm at a time when it is seemingly on the verge of being completely forgotten. Maybe Malik’s reveal will make more people remember that self-harm does exist and that it affects all types of people in various ways. Ryan Thaxton is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from Monroe, Louisiana.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016 ARKANSAS, from page 3 going to be about them,” he added. “It’s always going to be about us and our preparation, our week, giving it everything we’ve got one day at a time.” MALONE IS ‘GOING TO BE FINE’ LSU junior left tackle K.J. Malone went down with a bicep stinger in the Tigers’ loss Saturday, LSU Sports Radio Network reported during
the game. Malone returned to play briefly in the second half against the Tide. “I think he’s going to be fine,” the coach said. Malone has started all eight games for LSU at left tackle and was replaced by Maea Teuhema after his arm injury. Teuhema started Saturday’s game at right tackle, filling in for Toby Weathersby, who missed four games prior to Saturday because of
an ankle injury. LSU-FLORIDA KICKOFF ANNOUNCED LSU and Florida’s Nov. 19 matchup has officially been rescheduled. And it’s early. The Tigers and Gators will kickoff at noon on the SECNetwork at Tiger Stadium, the league office announced Monday. The midday kickoff will be LSU’s second daytime kickoff
this season. The Tigers kicked off at 2:30 p.m. for its seasonopening, 14-16 loss versus nowNo. 7 Wisconsin at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The noon kickoff will be LSU’s earliest since its 11 a.m. tee time against Syracuse on Sept. 26 last season. As part of the rescheduled plan devised during the decision to bump the game from Oct. 8 to Nov. 19 because of Hurricane Matthew,
these guys. I know this team. I’ve been with them, and this is Additionally, Arkansas coach not going to affect us. This last Bret Bielema owns a 25-12 re- game will not let game four afcord in November, and the Tigers fect game five. We’re going to be are preparing to face the Razor- mentally tough. We’re going to backs’ high level of play, junior go up there. We know how tough quarterback Danny Etling said. Arkansas is to play, especially in “That’s someFayetteville.” thing we have to “I know we’re going The feeling match: their intenaround LSU’s fasity,” Etling said. to bounce back. I cilities is also different with Org“They have a good know these guys. I eron as the coach, defense, and they tackle K.J. played a good know this team.” junior Malone said. game last week. LSU wants to They had a good rally around Orgwin in FayetteED ORGERON ville. We have to eron and keep winLSU coach ning for its new get up for this interim coach. game and make “There’s a different feeling sure we’re prepared.” But LSU coach Ed Orgeron is in the air,” Malone said. “Everyconfident the Tigers will be fine body wants to come together. We love Coach O, and that’s who following this loss. “I know we’re going to bounce we’re playing for. We want him to back,” Orgeron said. “I know be our coach.”
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QUICK STATS FOR LSU’S GAME 9 Under Orgeron, LSU’s allowed five touchdowns and has outscored opponents 73-17 in the second half. LSU’s nine touchdowns allowed by its defense are the lowest in the nation. Under Orgeron, LSU has held its opponents scoreless in 10 of 16 quarters.
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prior to Monday, posted 80 points on 71 shot attempts against LSU’s defense and played all players available on its roster. “We’ve got to continue to do a much better job on the defensive end of the floor,” Jones said. “Main thing is we’ve got to worry about our defense,” Blakeney said. “No offense to their team, but giving up 80 is not good for us.” Guards Jalyn Patterson and Branden Jenkins, along with forward Craig Victor and center Elbert Robinson, did not play in Monday’s exhibition. Victor “violated team rules,” Jones said last week, and Jenkins is out until around Christmas, after a torn meniscus required surgery in early September. As for Patterson and Robinson, two players who continuously battled injuries last season, Jones said they’ll be ready for Saturday’s season-opener amid injury recovery. “Jalyn for sure,” Jones said. “And I think Elbert will be back in uniform for us.” Senior forward Brian Bridgewater wasn’t supposed to play Monday, either, yet Jones put him in the game. “We’re hopeful that everything is OK with him,” Jones said. “We wanted to give him a little more time to recover from injuries, but I stuck him in there in the last five minutes to give him some type of game situation.” Sophomore guards Antonio Blakeney and Brandon Sampson, along with freshman point guard Skylar Mays, started for LSU’s backcourt in the friendly on Monday. Blakeney, LSU’s starting shooting guard from last season, tallied 17 points, nine assists and four rebounds. Mays, a true freshman from Baton Rouge, flirted with a triple-double in 26 minutes of play, but finished with 15 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. Sampson finished shooting 8-for-9 from the field, adding 19 points and hit a perfect 3-for-3 clip from 3-point territory. Up next: LSU officially opens its season Saturday against Wofford at 1 p.m. in the PMAC. The season-opener will be televised on SECNetwork.
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ON THE BALLOT
Ahead of this year’s Senate election, The Daily Reveille sent a questionnaire to U.S. Senate candidates Charles Boustany, Foster Campbell, Caroline Fayard, John Kennedy, John Fleming and David Duke. The questionnaire included five questions relating to issues important to college students. The answers from those who responded are below.
Editor’s Note: The questionnaire was sent to the six candidates who qualified for the most recent Senate debate. The Daily Reveille reached out to Republican candidate and former state representative David Duke but did not received a response to the questionnaire at the time of publication. U.S. Rep. John Fleming’s campaign declined to respond, and The Daily Reveille received the following response from his campaign communication director Matt Beynon: “Your questions are focused on state issues that the United States Senate has very little influence over. Because Congressman Fleming is running for federal office and not state office, we believe the responses to the questions posed are better provided by members of the State Legislature and Governor’s office.”
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE FUTURE OF TOPS FUNDING? U.S. REP. CHARLES BOUSTANY (R): “The state of Louisiana made a promise to students, and that promise should be kept. It’s disgraceful that the bad budgetary decisions made by our state’s chief financial officer are causing students to miss out on this program. The state of Louisiana must find alternative ways of finding savings — TOPS is not one of them.” PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOSTER CAMPBELL (D): “TOPS is an essential program that must be fully funded. Since TOPS was tied 100 percent to tuition, when Bobby Jindal hurt higher education, he also made the costs of TOPS explode. Another reason to keep tuition low is to make sure that our state can continue to fund TOPS. Bobby Jindal turned down federal money for high speed internet, high speed rail, pre-k education and medicaid expansion — all funds that would have displaced state dollars to fully fund TOPS. I am committed to working with our governor to bring our federal tax dollars home — to use in our state budget — so that we can fully fund TOPS and our other priorities.” NEW ORLEANS LAWYER CAROLINE FAYARD (D): “I believe that the divestment of TOPS funding is the wrong choice for Louisiana and that funding should be restored as quickly as possible. With funding for TOPS being slashed as unprecedented rates, it is more important than ever to implement policies that will ease the burden on our state universities and students. One way, which I will advocate for as US Senator, is by strengthening and expanding Federal Pell Grants. In Louisiana alone, well over 100,000 students use Pell Grants to fund their education and, as TOPS funding becomes more scarce, the demand for these grants will continue to rise. However, because Pell Grants aren’t tied to the inflation rate, their value has been diminishing as the cost of college has skyrocketed. Indexing Pell Grants to current inflation rates would give 9.2 million students nationally an additional $1,300 in grant funding to pay for college costs. Furthermore, expanding the value of Pell Grants would combat increased interest rates and provide a more solid foundation in helping the 8.2 million families nationwide that use these grants to help pay for college. Restoring the purchasing power of Pell Grants and strengthening our current Pell Grant system will help families across the nation in receiving larger awards, putting the dream of a college education within reach for more students.” STATE TREASURER JOHN KENNEDY (R): “Fully fund it, period.”
LSU PRESIDENT F. KING ALEXANDER HAS SAID HE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR STATE-FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS TO INCENTIVIZE STATE INVESTMENT IN COLLEGES. WOULD YOU SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE LIKE THIS AND WHY? U.S. REP. CHARLES BOUSTANY (R): “We need to adequately fund higher education and state-federal partnerships are an appropriate tool. I do not support mandates from Washington tying the hands of our educational leaders at the local level. Local leaders are the best equipped to manage these institutions and will be the most responsive to the needs of the community and its students. We have a responsibility to invest in our future.” PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOSTER CAMPBELL (D): “I would support state-federal partnerships because they will encourage state investment in higher education and prevent further privatization of college. Since the 1970’s, the trend of shifting costs from the state to working families has been growing. In Louisiana, Jindal’s massive cuts to higher education led to massive tuition increases, punishing our families and keeping our kids out of our institutions. These kinds of partnerships are proven to work, and can help states like Louisiana balance our own state budgets by attracting new federal dollars for our top priorities like higher education.” NEW ORLEANS LAWYER CAROLINE FAYARD (D): “State-federal partnerships are essential to helping revitalize our national higher education systems. Because of cuts to higher education funding in state budgets, the federal government now funds universities in higher amounts than state governments. As a result, universities are forced to rely on tuition for 71 percent of their revenue. Creating a federal-state match program, like those that already exist for health care and infrastructure, would incentivize state spending for higher education and strengthen education in Louisiana as well as nationwide. We cannot lose perspective: investment in education is an investment in our future, benefiting everyone by increasing scientific research, creating good paying jobs, and giving our citizens the tools to succeed in the 21st Century economy.” STATE TREASURER JOHN KENNEDY (R):“It depends on the details of the initiative, but generally, yes.”
WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE PROPOSED STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TUITION AUTONOMY (AMENDMENT 2) THAT WILL BE DECIDED ON BY VOTERS NOV. 8? U.S. REP. CHARLES BOUSTANY (R): “I support Amendment 2 because I support giving institutions of higher learning the autonomy to make decisions for themselves. I believe the institutions, and not the legislature, is the better choice to handle this issue. Supporting Amendment 2 takes the politics out of tuition pricing and is a better option for our students.” PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOSTER CAMPBELL (D): “If Bobby Jindal hadn’t cut higher education by 80 percent, and then raised tuition to make up the difference, this conversation about authority to raise tuition wouldn’t even be raised. Raising tuition is not, in and of itself, to fix what Bobby Jindal broke at higher education institutions around the state. And, while legislators are likely ready to pass the buck on this issue to avoid blame, that isn’t a solution either. We need to have fewer conversations about raising tuition and more about reinvesting in our campuses and our students regardless of the outcome on Amendment 2 this November.” NEW ORLEANS LAWYER CAROLINE FAYARD (D): “I support Amendment 2, because it will give universities the needed flexibility to fund degree programs in the face of drastic budget cuts. However, I believe that this amendment is only a temporary solution. Lawmakers must confront the systemic issues concerning the rise of student tuition and the spiraling costs of higher education. Part of that solution must be to incentivize states to increase their higher education funding for state universities.” STATE TREASURER JOHN KENNEDY (R): “Ultimately, the people of Louisiana get to decide what is best, and I certainly won’t stand in the way of whatever the voters decide.”