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‘ for my buddy. ’ Collins dedicates final regular season game to fallen friend BY chandler rome editor@lsureveille.com

The pictures danced in the front of the church too small to hold the overflow crowd waiting to enter Saturday morning. The first showed Kirklin Roberts smiling broadly in a three-piece tuxedo with his date on his arm, ready to take on the senior prom doctors told him he’d never live to see.

The next photo was taken three weeks later at his graduation from Catholic High School, smiling outside the Baton Rouge River Center with the diploma cancer didn’t prevent him from earning.

“Literally the whole place stopped and stood up,” said Catholic High guidance counselor and cheerleading coach Jennifer Thibodeaux of the class of 2014’s reception when Roberts’ name was called. “It was very special. Everyone was standing.”

Those classmates and friends occupied the back left corner of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church on Saturday. Groups of three or four approached Roberts’ casket — some hesitant, others

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[Inset] Kirklin Roberts (left) poses with senior left tackle La’el Collins. [Right] Collins remembers Roberts by writing on his shoe and wearing a ‘Team Kirklin’ wristband around his calf Thursday during the Tigers’ 23-17 victory against Texas A&M in Kyle Field.

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FDA mandates menu calorie counts BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com Determining the calories in a Chick-fil-A eight-count chicken nugget meal or a Papa John’s pizza slice will no longer be a guessing game for students come 2015.

In a series of “final rules,” the Food and Drug Administration mandated chain restaurants and places selling restaurant-type food list calories on their menus.

According to the FDA’s website, the goal of the new regulation is to provide consumers with more information to help them make informed choices about the food they eat away from home.

The new labels will serve as an amendment to the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, which did not cover labeling restaurant foods.

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DORL hosts forum, vigil for Ferguson decision

BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com

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As part of a new FDA mandate, many restaurants must now post calorie counts for their foods on the menu.

In wake of the grand jury verdict in Ferguson, Missouri, University students remembered Michael Brown and others who have suffered from police brutality.

Dialogue on Race Louisiana held a forum and vigil in the Student Union to open dialogue and discussion about the police, race and safety. Other University students organized a separate vigil held in the Greek Theatre to mourn the lives lost to police brutality and discuss a solution to race related issues.

Speakers at the vigil included NAACP-Louisiana legal counsel Alfreda Tillman Bester, University homecoming king Bradley

Williams and Qroma president Megan Gilliam.

Similar to DORL’s vigil, public administration graduate student Peter Jenkins organized a vigil for students following the grand jury decision for former Officer Darren Wilson, who shot Brown. Jenkins was astonished when 250 people filled the Greek Theatre, since he planned it 22 hours in advance.

“I felt that it was time to come together and mourn for the lives lost and try to figure out if there’s a way we can move forward more successfully than the communities have done in the past,”

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NEW YORK — The crowds of bargain hunters that rush through store doors the day after Thanksgiving have thinned out.

U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion at stores on Black Friday, according to data out Saturday from research firm ShopperTrak. That’s a drop of 7 percent compared with the same day last year.

But it’s too early to call the holiday shopping season a dud, said Bill Martin, ShopperTrak’s co-founder. Sales on Thanksgiving jumped 24 percent to $3.2 billion.

And overall sales for the two days are expected to slip half a percent to $12.29 billion. The figures don’t include online transactions.

For the second straight year, the report suggests that more people avoided the crowds on Black Friday by avoiding time at home on Thanksgiving Day. This year, many large retail stores decided to open their doors to eager shoppers for extended hours on the holiday.

“People are changing their behavior,” Martin said. “We’ve seen this for two years in a row now.

Stores opening on Thanksgiving are simply eroding sales from Black Friday.”

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online has also lured people away from brick-and-mortar stores. In a separate report out Saturday, IBM said online sales for Black Friday climbed 9.5 percent over the same day last year. More than one of every four transactions were made using a smartphone or tablet computer.

Some people saw no reason to rush to the stores before the weekend.

In Phoenix, Elaine Vanas and her daughter, Christine, were out picking up coats on Saturday, saying they disliked the long lines on Black Friday. At JC Penney, the two found a $50 house coat for Christine’s grandmother for $20, and bought another $200 coat for $20.

“I’m not cheap but I’m frugal,” Elaine Vanas said.

Retail businesses have highs hopes for the holiday shopping season. The National Retail Federation predicts that sales for the last two months of the year will hit $616.9 billion, an increase of 4.1 percent over the same period of 2013. That would count as the biggest increase for that sales period since 2011. But it would still be slower than the 6 percent pace typical before 2007, the year the Great Recession started.

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LONDON — Two months ago, the World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely bury 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — by Dec. 1.

Only Guinea is on track to meet the Dec. 1 goal, according to an update from WHO. In Liberia, only 23 percent of cases are isolated and 26 percent of the needed burial teams are in place. In Sierra Leone, about 40 percent of cases are isolated while 27 percent of burial teams are operational.

With the target date looming on Monday, it looks almost certain WHO’s goals will be missed, marking another failure in attempts to slow the biggestever outbreak of the deadly disease. The Ebola outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March and spiraled out of control after being declared a public health emergency in August.

WHO’s Dr. Bruce Aylward acknowledged in October that to reach the Dec. 1 goal would be “really pushing the system hard.”

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“If we don’t do it in 60 days and we take 90 days: No. 1, a lot more people will die that shouldn’t; and No. 2, we will need that much more capacity on the ground to be able to manage the caseload,” said Aylward, who is directing WHO’s Ebola response.

In recent weeks, there have been some successes in curbing Ebola; cases seem to be declining or stabilizing in Liberia and Guinea. But the area around Sierra Leone’s capital and a district in the country’s north are seeing a severe surge in cases.

The Dec. 1 targets had been met in many places — but not all, which was the goal, said Anthony Banbury, who is heading the U.N.’s Ebola response.

Even if the Dec. 1 targets had been reached, WHO and others had predicted Ebola would continue sickening people in West Africa and possibly elsewhere until sometime next year. Ebola has sickened more than 16,000 people of whom nearly 7,000 have died, according to figures released Friday by WHO. Failing to reach the Dec. 1 target now suggests Ebola will spread even further as capacities to respond become even more stretched, according to Oyewale Tomori, of Redeemer’s University in Nigeria, who sits on WHO’s Emergency Ebola committee.

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Re-LIFT2 allocates close research funding gaps

BY Carrie Grace Henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com While most students know what it takes to succeed on the football field in Death Valley, they may not know entrepreneurial faculty members have to cross their own “valley of death.”

In research, funds are sometimes difficult to come by, and the University has to pull from different sources — public and private — to make research happen. The funding gaps may determine if a project gets enough funding to take its course.

“There is kind of a gap between where funded research stops and private funding is available,” said Arthur Cooper, LSU Research and Technology Foundation CEO. “It’s called the valley of death.”

To help close that gap, the Research Park Corporation in Baton Rouge approved $250,000 to fund the Re-LIFT2 program with the RTF. The Re-LIFT2 program complements the LIFT2 program founded by the RTF in January. The Board of Supervisors approved creation of the LIFT2 fund with $2 million in royalties accumulated from University licensed inventions.

Under the Bayh-Dole Act, any money the University makes by licensing federally funded research must go back into the research enterprise.

The semi-annual LIFT2 award helps inventors in transition from research to the commercial market. But after reviewing 47 applications in June, Cooper said the RTF wanted to help more than just the 15 recipients.

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LSU biochemistry senior Katie Huang, BRCC biology sophomore Ryan LeBlanc and biology professor Ryoichi Teruyama look at microscopic sections of an alligator brain Nov. 12 in the Life Sciences Building.

“What we saw was a lot of really promising technology that needed some additional help before they would really be eligible for LIFT,” Cooper said.

The RTF approached the Corporation with their problem, and the RPC promised $125,000 for two consecutive years. The total will be split into 50 $5,000 grants.

The RTF has since been approaching campus offices

and technology transfer officers who are familiar with the previous LIFT2 applicants to determine which are most suitable for a Re-LIFT2 grant.

The recipients of Re-LIFT2 money would use it to make their projects eligible for a LIFT2 or some other type of grant.

“Some of these [projects], $5,000 wouldn’t help,” Cooper said. “So they had to look at the

ones you have that were close and determine if our $5,000 could really help them.”

The RPC is a statutorily created entity by the Louisiana Legislature and, according to its website, part of the RPC mission statement is to “promote and assist institutions of higher education.”

Cooper said the relationship between the University and the RPC has been “off and on over

the years,” but they are hoping to work more closely in the future.

LSU President F. King Alexander sits on the Board of Directors as the LSU designee.

Cooper said the professors who apply for the grants come from many of the STEMrelated departments. The projects encompass a wide range of early stage technologies from potential drug candidates to new coding for microtubes.

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School receives 15 new pianos

BY Quint Forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com

The University’s School of Music is set to make some noise today as it receives a shipment of 15 new Steinway pianos in a public ceremony at noon in the School of Music. George Rodrigue Studios will donate the instruments, valued at about $125,000.

George Rodrigue Studios purchased the Steinways from Hall Piano Company in Metairie, Louisiana.

Steven Kinchen, president and co-owner of Hall Piano Company, said mass purchases of Steinways are rare, even for the College of Music and Dramatic Arts.

“This is the third time in the last 10 years that the University has taken an inventory like this,” Kinchen said.

Todd Queen, dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, said the Steinways will go to

second and third floor practice rooms in the School of Music.

“It’s going to have a significant impact on the quality of our students’ education,” Queen said.

Sales from a posthumous print of Rodrigue’s artwork helped purchase the pianos. The print, “Take Five,” features Rodrigue’s famous blue dog sitting beside a piano in Louisiana’s swamps.

Kinchen said the donation has been in development since 2012, when George Rodrigue painted his famous blue dog artwork on a 1913 Steinway Model A, which was rebuilt by the Hall Piano Company.

Kinchen said the “Blue Dog Piano” traveled through major southern cities like Nashville and Memphis, promoting arts education and the need for more pianos at the College of Music and Dramatic Arts.

“It’s one of a kind,” Kinchen said. “It’s the only piano that George ever painted.”

The “Blue Dog Piano” will make an appearance at today’s ceremony.

Nelson Williams, a music sophomore specializing in standup bass, said he is looking forward to seeing the one-of-a-kind Steinway in person.

“It’s a really beautiful instrument,” Williams said. “I wish we had more of an opportunity to have it played in public.”

Williams said he hopes today’s donation will increase the school’s national appeal and help motivate recruiting.

The College of Music and Dramatic Arts is unique from other music schools across the country, Williams said, because it offers a friendly environment for its students while maintaining an impressive reputation.

“It’s not like everyone is out to beat the person sitting next to you,” Williams said. “Other schools have a tendency to be very competitive and cutthroat.”

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wristband resting on the shoes.

The wristband, which Collins wore around his left calf during the game, read “Team Kirklin.” “#TEAMKIRKLIN” was scribbled in black marker on his right shoe, while the left read “R.I.P. Kirklin.”

Collins displayed the gear emphatically, later giving the cleats to Roberts’ family when the team returned to Baton Rouge. In his usual reserved demeanor, Collins recounted Roberts’ joy in the face of adversity when the two shared a meal at

La Carreta earlier in the year — Kirklin’s favorite.

Roberts, whose name and cause consumed his surrounding community with numerous fundraisers, T-shirts and a “Team Kirklin” Twitter account, was bombarded with support and well wishes after his graduation ceremony — so much so that Collins couldn’t get in touch with him, which Collins predicted from the duo’s first meeting.

“I told him all the time,” Collins said.

“You’re the

real superstar.”

Collins said he talked to Roberts as often as possible; though with his football schedule and Roberts’ health, it only amounted to a few conversations every couple of months.

The topics ranged, though the tone remained positive.

“Sometimes he was doing good, sometimes he wasn’t,” Collins remembered. “Once I knew he made it to graduation, once I figured out he made it to senior prom, I was super excited for him. I was so happy for him

that he got to do those things.”

“He was a fighter. Always had a smile on his face, and he always continued to fight. He really meant a lot to me.”

With his regular-season career finished and just one game standing between him and a likely selection in the first round of the NFL Draft, Collins was the final player in the Kyle Field interview area as buses churned outside waiting for him to board.

He reflected on his up-anddown final season, the domination he and his offensive linemen displayed in College Station and how to put it all in perspective.

He immediately spoke of Roberts.

“You live one day at a time,” Collins explained. “When you wake up in a new day, everybody doesn’t have that opportunity. I don’t take life for granted at all. To meet a guy like that and understand and listen to the stuff to what he had going through, it made me realize how blessed I’d been.”

Still clinging to his cleats and wristband, Collins set out to explain their significance to a few others gathered around the bus.

“I know he’s in a better place.

He’s not suffering anymore, and I know he looked down on me tonight,” Collins said.

“I just wanted to do this for my buddy.”

Matters, addressed the age group most often targeted by police, 14- to 28-year-olds.

Crump said DORL created a relaxed environment where youth know how to communicate best.

Teens and adults alike toured booths and information tables instructing them on how to be active and seek out change while a DJ played music and later three poets performed.

Then, participants were separated into groups with an adult facilitator and a youth leader.

Youth leaders were given three topic questions where they opened dialogue and chose the strongest answer from the group.

The forum also allowed students to engage in conversation about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. The groups watched a video by Fusion network on Ferguson and responded with their thoughts on the situation, Crump said.

Small groups of participants discussed how the issues Ferguson raises can apply to their own community and brainstormed potential solutions for similar situations.

“Boy, it was powerful,” Crump said. “I was blown away.”

Crump said she expected the youth leaders to stand up and simply read from their papers. Instead, each leader was passionate about the topic and invested in the forum. The forum showed young people want to speak up, as the most common solution was to talk more about the issue of race and police brutality.

The Baton Rouge community supported the forum as the police chief, district attorney, school board president, assistant school board president, two school board members and a representative from the mayor’s office all expressed support or attended the event.

Following the forum, DORL held a vigil for the people and places most affected by police brutality and racial distinction.

“I offered a candlelight moment for them to just be quiet and confirm for themselves their commitment to all of this and to their community,” Crump said.

Both Crump and Jenkins believe the protests in Ferguson and across and the country are effective.

“So many movements in our nation’s history have been born through protests and riots and unfortunately violence as well,” Jenkins said.

He said he hopes the protests make a difference but believes not

enough time has passed for their effectiveness to be measured.

Crump is also worried these efforts will be forgotten.

“I think, though, it has to evolve and it has to sustain because we’re a 24 hour news cycle world today, and something else will soon take precedence over it,” Crump said.

She said the Civil Rights movement was successful because it held the attention of the country for a decade. However, she said she does not think this issue needs to last for 10 years.

“Maybe it needs to sustain itself fully in a constant way until it catches on in a meaningful way so we can start solving this problem,” Crump said.

could prompt greater advantages like preventing heart disease and diabetes diagnosis,” Cockrell said.

“And if it is able to do that just once, it will have paid off.”

Cockrell said knowing calorie count, while it does have its perks, may not always be the desired option for every customer. It will create an atmosphere of discomfort and make some people more selfconscious about their daily calorie consumption.

“It would also make me cautious to bring anyone with an eating disorder to a restaurant,” Cockrell said.

According to the FDA’s website, the rule calls for a reminder, “2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calo-

rie needs vary,” to help consumers put calorie information into context based on their total daily diet.

Food items not covered under the rule include liquor bottles behind bars, food trucks, deli counters and grade school lunch menus.

Cockrell said he expects the regulation, overall, to work and promote a healthier society. However, the exceptions to the new rule will not allow Americans to be progressive against obesity.

“As long as frozen foods exist, the problem of obesity will always exist,” Cockrell said. “The problem is there are a significant amount of families dealing with obesity that do not eat out often, and that is something this regulation does not account for.”

kirklin, from page 1 smiling — as Roberts’ photographs kept circulating to their immediate right.

“Flip through his Instagram,” Thibodeaux said. “He’s smiling in every one.”

The slideshow flashed Roberts in his cheerleading uniform and another in a lacrosse jersey. Roberts was a football player when he began school, but his diagnosis forced him to change paths.

It wasn’t the football, though, that put him in special company.

Introduced to Roberts through a mutual friend, LSU senior left tackle La’el Collins befriended the 18-year-old cancer patient who died Nov. 23 after a yearlong battle with renal cell carcinoma — a form of kidney cancer.

“I wanted to get to know him because I always heard about what a good guy he was.

Humble, sweet guy,” Collins said Thursday night after LSU’s 23-17 win against Texas A&M. “Just a great kid. Always up, always happy. Never down, sad or out. I think that just spoke volumes about what kind of guy he was.”

Speaking to a reporter after his final regular season game in College Station, Texas, Collins balanced his two size-15 cleats in his right hand, stacked on top of one another with a

ferguson, from page 1 Jenkins said.

The names of 61 individuals who have been killed by police or in police custody were read aloud in the Theatre, after the floor was open for audience members to speak.

Maxine Crump, director of Dialogue on Race Louisiana, said organized conversations are vital for change.

“It’s very good for the community to be involved in interactive, organized vigils and to be in conversation like this,” Crump said.

“The reason we’re still so ladened with issues of race is because we don’t talk about it.”

Crump said she believes talking begins the process of healing, and if people have an open mind and discuss the issues in a creative listening space, progress can take place.

Crump said the forum, Youth

calorie count, from page 1 The menu labeling rules, according to the most recent FDA Consumer Update, will apply to take-out and delivery foods, fast foods purchased at drive-thrus, alcoholic drinks that appear on menus and movie theatre items.

In 2016, they will apply to vending machines, and the FDA will require that calories be listed on the front of labels or on a sticker near the food or selection button.

Dietetics junior Canon Cockrell said he’s excited about the policy change because he thinks it will lead restaurants to provide healthier menu options.

“It will also help dietitians’ clients follow their diet, which

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Senior left tackle La’el Collins (70) gets into position during the Tigers’ 23-17 win against Texas A&M in Kyle Field.

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After an up-and-down regular season, LSU’s future is in the hands of the bowl selection committees. Here are some likely postseason destinations for the Tigers. compiled BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com

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Founded 1998 Conference tie-ins SEC vs. ACC lsu appearances — Likely Opponents Duke, North Carolina, Louisville Like with the Liberty Bowl, LSU’s chances of going to this bowl depend on Tennessee. The list of possible opponents is not very tempting, but the allure of LSU playing somewhere it’s never been may get some fans’ attention.

Either way, it would be odd to watch LSU play in a bowl game before New Year’s Eve.

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Coaches must manage Wilkes gearing up for track season Fournette’s workload track and field

the cuban cannon Tommy romanach Sports Columnist On his touchdown run during LSU’s 23-17 win Thursday against Texas A&M, freshman running back Leonard Fournette had the speed to burst through the line, the power to obliterate a safety and the acceleration to sweep around the left and score. In one play, Fournette confirmed his potential to be special.

Everyone knows the talent is there — now, it must be managed.

LSU may have the best running back in the country for the next two years. It is now the coaches’ job to not wear Fournette out and to keep him healthy throughout his career. The New Orleans native should be the star back, but he can’t get every carry.

LSU coaches are aware of the type of player they have in Fournette. He made the same bruising and dazzling plays from the Texas A&M game in practice, a sample of what was to come. LSU also had two senior running backs, so Fournette’s carries remained only here and there.

Those veteran backs are graduating now, so Fournette becomes the No. 1 guy heading into 2015.

But fellow freshman Darrel Williams has been impressive too, and his services, along with some incoming freshmen, will be vital to next season’s success. Knowing LSU Coach Les Miles, he’ll gladly choose a running back carousel over one back doing everything.

The coaches will feel the pressure as Fournette begins to display his talents more often. The self-proclaimed “Buga Nation,” a group of people following Fournette since high school, will beg LSU to use him on almost every play.

But this is not Saint Augustine High School, where Fournette could carry the load for four seasons while he ran past kids with no shot at playing in college. This is the Southeastern Conference, where every defender has size and

injured ankles become commonplace for feature backs.

Fournette is only 19 years old, and he has probably dreamed countless times of leading LSU to a national title and winning the Heisman. He has also probably dreamed of going pro, making millions of dollars and making sure his family never has to worry about money.

There is a chance Fournette can achieve both of these dreams.

But between the two, I think everyone knows which one is more important.

I’m sure a good deal of people have told Fournette how great he is going to be in the NFL, and he’s got nothing to worry about. But he should look at the numbers. Most backs only last three years in the league, never getting a chance to sign a blockbuster contract.

The pinnacle moment of an NFL running back isn’t breaking all-time records and getting 35 carries per game. It’s making it to the second contract, the one that can set you up for the rest of your life.

Take a quick glance at the NFL, and see former LSU running backs Alfred Blue and Jeremy Hill making huge contributions to their teams. There’s also former Tiger Stevan Ridley sidelined with an ACL injury and uncertain about his future with his team.

Fournette is the obvious choice to start every game next year, and he should be the guy getting the big carries late in games against Alabama and Ole Miss. But when it’s the third quarter and LSU is up 31 on McNeese State, Fournette better be on the sidelines.

The speed, power and acceleration Fournette showed Thursday will come again — the question is for how long. It could be through college, through five or seven years, or through an illustrious NFL career.

It all depends on LSU, and how it maintains such a rare and special talent.

BY Jacob Hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com

Freshman runner Jack Wilkes came to LSU as the top high school middle-distance runner in Louisiana.

Wilkes specialized in the 800-meter race and won the state championship during his senior season at Airline High School in Bossier City.

Cross country and distance track coach Khadevis Robinson recruited Wilkes with the vision that he would run cross country to build endurance for track season. Wilkes said he benefitted from running cross country but is happy it’s over so he can start focusing on track in the spring.

“I can’t wait for track season,” Wilkes said. “I just feel so much more comfortable on the track. I don’t have to worry about my footing; I know where to kick; I can see how much of the race is left and where everyone is.”

Wilkes said running in the Southeastern Conference is different than high school because the runners start off much faster.

But the training Robinson puts his runners through has Wilkes in the best shape of his life, and he’s confident his background in cross country will help him get out quicker and stay at a faster pace than he is used to.

“That’s what [Robinson] was thinking by putting me in cross country,” Wilkes said.

“I ran the 5k in cross country to build endurance. Matching

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Jack Wilkes (806) leads the pack Sept. 20 during the LSU Cross Country Invitational at Highland Road Park. endurance with my foot speed will cut my time. Cross country really helped with my pacing and strength.”

With increased confidence from training with Robinson, Wilkes has set lofty goals for himself, including breaking 1:50 in the 800-meter course and 4:05 in the mile.

Wilkes said 4:05 in the mile is an aggressive goal because it’s nearly 14 seconds faster than he has run in a meet, but his top time is needed for the distance medley relay team to meet its goal of qualifying for nationals.

“I think the [distance medley relay] for men can be good with [Wilkes] running the mile,”

Robinson said. “But nothing is given; they’ll have to want it and compete.”

Fellow distance medley relay runner and sophomore Blair Henderson noticed Wilkes has improved significantly from the first day of workouts and expects him to surpass his personal bests of 1:52.15 in the 800-meter race and 4:18.98 in the mile.

“Jack really pushes for a freshman,” Henderson said.

“I think he is ahead of where I was at this time last year. Ever since he came in I’ve been pushing myself to be a leader for him since I was in his place last year.

I’m teaching him some of the things I learned that I think will help him during track season.”

Tommy Romanach is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Dallas. You can reach him on Twitter @troman_92.

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Students and supporters of the School of Art and Design protest the poor conditions of the Studio Arts Building.

Protest Fatigue Active demonstration can fight media over-saturation but he means well gordon brillon Opinion Editor When the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson dropped last week, I felt something like a failure.

I didn’t know the decision was going to be made until about an hour before it was announced. I followed the discussion on Twitter, but I couldn’t be bothered to chime in myself or even turn on the television to see what the cable-news blowhards had to say.

I was ashamed. As the editor of this opinion page,

knowing about and commenting on this kind of thing is literally my job. And I couldn’t bring myself to do much more than scroll through my timeline and occasionally shake my head.

Obviously, I was upset at the apparent miscarriage of justice that occurred in Ferguson. Of course it was frustrating to see people I usually like and respect continually miss the point of and misconstrue the protests happening in Ferguson.

But that was just my problem. All the thoughts I could muster as the night played out were hedged with “obviously” and “of course.” Having done this dance and made these arguments so many times before, it felt like there was nothing

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different about the situation in Ferguson ­ — nothing that could result in real, lasting change.

I was wrong. For whatever reason, Michael Brown’s killing has galvanized his community and other communities around the world and spurred a dialogue in a way that the killing of Trayvon Martin and other recent events haven’t been able to.

We should applaud those students and community members who step out of the routine.

Those who held a candlelight vigil for Brown last Wednesday, or the art students who protested conditions in the Studio Arts Building last semester, remember what can be a difficult truth: There’s a difference between engaging with our

opinions and acting on them.

Reading and writing things on a screen, or even in a book, is a great way to expand your horizons, but it can also lead you into a kind of opinion rut. Arguing with someone you don’t know on Facebook or trawling through think pieces to memorize their talking points isn’t going to help you effect any change.

In this age of hypercompartmentalized media, it’s remarkably easy to surround yourself with opinions you agree with and shut everything else out. It can put you — ­ and it certainly put me — ­ in a kind of “opinion bubble,” where I’m happy to read and write my opinion and endlessly share it with everyone else rather than doing anything about it.

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That’s why it was so refreshing to see people gather in support of the Ferguson protesters at the Greek Theatre last week.

In just a day, hundreds of people put down their newspapers, stopped bickering and gathered by candlelight to show their solidarity with other people with grievances.

It’s important that we have a dialogue in order to spread ideas and perspectives, and it’s easier than ever to do that.

But it’s just as important that we remember that just talking about our ideas isn’t always enough.

Gordon Brillon is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Lincoln, Rhode Island.

You can reach him on Twitter @TDR_gbrillon.

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BRPD, Ferguson highlight judicial preference for police officers no way jose Jose Bastidas Columnist With recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that police officers and the general public in the U.S. are not held to the same standard of conduct.

While all eyes are currently on Missouri, this reality persists in Baton Rouge, and it may even be worse.

Baton Rouge authorities insisted in a news package for WAFB last week that former Baton Rouge Police Department officer Byron Boudreaux received no special treatment after crashing his police car into the LSU Lakes while under the influence on Sept. 11.

Boudreaux faces no official charges.

Boudreaux said he drank three beers at a bar, while off duty, and after returning home and meeting up with some friends, a woman convinced him to take her on a ride in the car.

Boudreaux reported the accident at 1:43 a.m. Although there were no casualties, the police unit ended up in the LSU Lakes.

The investigating officer, identified as Sgt. Byron Fontenot, stated in his report Boudreaux “had a distinct and unmistakable odor of an alcoholic beverage.” Boudreaux refused to take an initial field sobriety test and also refused to take a breath-analyzing test in the Letter to the editor

Issues concerning discrimination should be approached openly Editor’s Note: This letter was written in response to the The Daily Reveille’s Nov. 7 article, “Previous stories erroneously portray Law Center,” and The Civilian’s November 2014 articles, “In Response to Recent Publications on Diversity at the Law Center” and “Another Perspective.”

Dear Mr. Rome and Ms. Faulk, We submit this commentary in our individual capacities and not as official representatives of the LSU Law Center. Recently The Reveille and the Law Center’s Civilian publications have featured articles on the racial

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Boudreaux was then told he would be charged with driving under the influence, failure to maintain control of his vehicle and reckless operation, for which he then agreed to take a test almost two hours after the crash.

He blew a .068 at 3:54 a.m.

The Louisiana legal limit is .08.

Boudreaux was placed on administrative leave after the crash, pending an internal investigation.

According to BRPD spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, Boudreaux “… resigned in lieu of termination for [the] incident that occurred.”

We’re all human, and we all make mistakes.

However, if those mistakes lead to potentially lethal or damaging consequences for our community, then we should all be held responsible — ­ no matter our day jobs.

If, instead of Boudreaux with his police unit, the incident had happened to a college student driving home from Tigerland or hanging out with friends, the student would likely have been immediately booked and taken to jail to spend the night.

Sure, we all have a right to refuse to take the field sobriety test. But if our cars were lying upside down in the LSU Lakes, we wouldn’t get a warning before getting charged with reckless operation.

The work of a police officer is to keep the peace and to ensure the safety of the public. And despite all the bad press they have been getting lately, we should all be grateful for the job the

majority of them do.

But once they have punched out, an officer becomes a member of the public, and they should be treated just like they would treat a college student in the same situation.

Boudreaux was not arrested.

He was not booked. He was not given a citation. He was merely given a warning.

Granted, he resigned eventually. Authorities have

also stated they are looking into charging Boudreaux for the towing fees totalling more than $300, an estimated $2,000 in salary he received while on leave, as well as the cost of replacing the police car.

Considering all the facts that have been uncovered, the fact that Boudreaux’s ultimate punishment was to lose his job and eventually maybe pay some of the taxpayers’ money

back does not fit the magnitude of his crime.

Because an outcome like this would’ve never been a possibility for a civilian, and that’s the reality we live in.

climate at the LSU Law Center.

After profiling a law student’s personal experience with allegedly racially-charged violence, The Reveille subsequently repudiated its initial article and questioned the validity of the student’s account. The current issue of The Civilian features articles further undermining the student’s credibility and criticizing him for, among other things, sullying the public image of the Law Center.

These developments and the opportunities they present are very timely. The Law Center has recently established a Diversity Task Force in the wake of a number of incidents in which race, gender and sexuality-based animus have revealed themselves in troubling ways. Despite the progress the Law Center has made with female and minority enrollment, troubling incidents continue to happen within our community. These challenges are not unique to LSU. They reflect how historic inequality and discrimination continues

to affect us all. They force us to reconcile the truth of our past with the inevitability of our future. These and other matters underscore the importance of a meaningful institutional approach to diversity.

Many are uncomfortable discussing diversity, much less acknowledging that discrimination remains a problem worthy of our collective concern.

Some prefer only to highlight the progress made to date — too often as a way to downplay present claims of discrimination.

Others lament the rise of “political correctness” and the demise of “personal responsibility.” These responses stifle any rigorous engagement with how historically marginalized identities operate in institutions.

In such an environment a student’s willingness to speak up about his experience with discrimination is a very risky affair. The consequences are many and potentially devastating for the student’s future.

The risks of being branded a “trouble-maker” or being

accused of “embarrassing the institution” are high. Those who speak up are often quickly silenced. Consequently, the discrimination they experience is compounded and institutionalized. The fear of retribution chills any possibility for an open, deliberative and humane discussion.

The Reveille’s repudiation of its initial reporting and the Civilian articles in many ways contribute to this pattern. Here at the Law Center we prepare the nation’s lawyers, jurists, advocates, legislators and others who will inevitably be on the front lines of building a more perfect union. We have failed them if ­ — when confronted with allegations of racism, sexism or homophobia — their first concern is with the airing of “dirty laundry.” We do them a disservice if they leave here ill-equipped to have tough conversations about the ongoing work of creating a more inclusive society.

Issues of racism, sexism or homophobia have never been

solved by closing ranks and marginalizing the messengers. Laudable progress with diversity should never be used to muffle or silence inquiries into the extent to which there remains hostility towards members of the institutional community based on their identity.

The mark of an open and inclusive community is not how few incidents of discrimination occur, but rather what happens when they do. A true commitment to increasing diversity recognizes that culture must change and marshals the institution to create spaces where disclosure and deliberation can occur. Indeed, we have work to do.

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Jose Bastidas is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from Caracas, Venezuela. You can reach him on Twitter @jabastidas.

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Talented receiving corps underutilized in LSU’s passing attack

BY MICHAEL HAARALA mhaarala@lsureveille.com Before the season began, hype surrounded LSU’s talented young group of receivers.

Now, that hype has been replaced with questions.

Sophomore receiver Travin Dural has cemented himself as LSU’s go-to receiver, and sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings targets him unevenly with the Tigers’ other marquee receivers.

With 37 receptions for 758 yards, Dural has more yards than the 710 yards that freshmen receivers Malachi Dupre, John Diarse and Trey Quinn have combined.

“Travin [Dural] is a big time receiver,” Jennings said. “He gets open a ton of the time, and obviously I’m looking for him.”

Dupre, Diarse and Quinn were all named four-star recruits by ESPN.com, and Dupre was named the No. 1 receiver in the nation by ESPN.com.

With the depth and talent in the

receiving corps, many have began to wonder why the ball hasn’t been spread more evenly among LSU’s skilled receivers.

“A mix of things are hurting the passing game this year,” Jennings said. “I take it upon myself to get that fixed and make better decisions with the football and putting the ball where it needs to be. It’s more on me than anyone else.”

Dural has seven of the Tigers’ 14 touchdowns scored by receivers, while Dupre and Diarse combine for the other seven.

“I don’t think the other receivers are taking it the wrong way. I feel like those guys still come out and have great practices and work hard,” Dural said. “I don’t see anyone complaining or getting mad on the sideline. I’d say they’re handling it pretty well.”

Last season, Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. combined for 2,345 yards on 136 receptions and 18 touchdowns. The other two main receivers, Dural and Kadron Boone, each had seven catches for 145 yards and 129

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“You just have to understand your role on the team. When you’re hot, you’re hot and when you’re not, you’re not,” Diarse said. “Everybody does their part to get everybody else open. We just have to keep playing as a team.”

There not only has been a lack of production but also a lack of passes as a whole. With Zach Mettenberger at the helm in 2013, LSU completed 205 passes.

Through 12 games this season, the Tigers have only completed 131.

Jennings said he thinks part of the lack of production is due to teams shutting down Dural progressively more as the season has gone on.

“Early in the season, teams didn’t know how big of a weapon Travin would be,” Jennings said.

“And they’ve been double covering him and getting their best guys on him since. So we have to find ways to move the ball.”

Dural, however, said he believes it is just because the receivers have not lived up to their potential.

“The double teams aren’t affecting me,” Dural said. “I just haven’t been playing my best.”

The tight ends were also expected to be contributors to the offense this year but have combined for only 8 receptions and 63 yards as a unit. Only two tight ends, seniors Travis Dickson and Logan Stokes, have touched the ball this season.

The lack of the utilization of tight ends is a stark contrast from last season. Dickson, junior

Dillon Gordon and sophomore DeSean Smith collectively caught 12 passes for 211 yards. From 2013 to 2014, production at the tight-end position dropped by more than 70 percent.

“It can be a little frustrating.

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now, it can be a bit tough,” Smith said. “We just have to stick together and play to get the win. I’m waiting on my opportunity, and if it gets thrown to me I’ll make the best of it.”

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