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The University’s Policy Statement One prohibits discrimination in all registered student organizations.

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BY QUINT FORGEY qforgey@lsureveille.com

hen Taylor Huckaby came out as gay in 2010, the University alumnus knew he would be asked to step down from his position as band member and worship team co-leader at The Refuge, the college ministry of the Chapel on the Campus. But he didn’t know that Refuge’s alleged actions might have violated a complicated University nondiscrimination policy.

Refuge has been a registered student organization on campus since 1994.

Though the University prohibits discrimination in all registered student organizations through Policy Statement One, it allows leeway for student organizations to discriminate in selecting their leadership, said Campus Life associate director for marketing and communications Margo Jolet.

This exception to the University’s nondiscrimination policy is not available to students; it cannot be found on University websites or in student organization policy manuals.

“We realize that there isn’t really a place that it’s published on our website, and it’s not in our handbook,” Jolet said.

In this exception to the nondiscrimination policy, the University defines leadership as the positions outlined in a student organization’s constitution, Jolet said.

In Refuge’s 2009-10 constitution, effective when Huckaby said he was a leader, there is no mention of band members or a worship team.

Policy Statement One

All student organizations at the University must abide by PS-01, Jolet said.

Issued in August 2000, PS-01 prohibits discrimination in University programs and activities.

Jolet confirmed that Refuge has been a registered student organization at the University for 20 years, activated as the Chapel on the Campus

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According to its text, the purpose of PS-01 “is to assert Louisiana State University’s (LSU) commitment to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons in admission to, participation in, or employment in the programs and activities which the University operates without regard to race, creed, color, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, or veteran’s status.”

Jolet said religious student organizations are not exempt from PS-01.

“The Equal Opportunity state-

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Margo Jolet, Campus Life associate director of marketing and communication, said religious student organizations are not exempt from PS-01, except when filling leadership positions.

Dean encourages energy conservation Chris D’Elia doesn’t consider himself ‘green’

BY Deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com Chris D’Elia, dean of the School of the Coast and Environment, drives an electric car to work, has a solar panel on his house to heat his water and turns off lights whenever possible, yet he doesn’t consider himself “green.”

To be truly green, D’Elia said, one would have to reduce his or her footprint on the earth to what it was before the Industrial Revolution, something he doesn’t recommend.

Instead, D’Elia said students and citizens of today’s world should try to conserve energy wherever possible, something he finds difficult because of his work and lifestyle.

The School of the Coast and Environment researches the effect of how the U.S. gets its energy supply on the earth. In the last five years, the college has more than doubled in enrollment, and faculty members receive $8 million to $12 million in external funding for their research.

D’Elia arrived in 2009 after working in research and academia at several universities.

“I teach a course with Dr. Dismukes on energy,” D’Elia said. “You have to think critically about energy, because there are multiple sides to everything.”

D’Elia used the energy and rare-earth metals put into making the batteries of electric cars as an example of an energy trade-off between purchasing an electric car or a standard car.

He said the shrinking of the world’s supply of fossil fuels is inevitable, but it can be staved off by conservation efforts. For students, this could mean carpooling turning air conditioners to a lower temperature during the

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Horse trots into hospital: It’s therapy, no joke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Though it may sound like one, this is no joke: Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital.

Doctors and patients did double-takes when the equine visitors ambled down long corridors in the pediatric unit at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center.

Wide-eyed youngsters hooked up to IV poles stepped into hallways to get a glimpse, and kids too sick to leave their rooms beamed with delight when the little longlashed horses showed up for some bedside nuzzling.

Mystery and Lunar, small as big dogs, are equines on a medical mission to offer comfort care and distraction therapy for ailing patients. It is a role often taken on by dogs in health care settings — animal therapy, according to studies and anecdotal reports, may benefit health, perhaps even speeding healing and recovery.

Mini-horses add an extra element of delight — many kids don’t know they exist outside of fairy tales.

“I want one,” said 14-year-old Elizabeth Duncan, stroking Mystery’s nose from her propped-up hospital bed.

These horses and two others belong to the animal-assisted therapy group Mane in Heaven, based in Lake in the Hills, a suburb northwest of Chicago. They have visited nursing homes and centers for the disabled, but this November visit was their first-ever inside a hospital. It was also the first horse-therapy visit for Rush, and more are planned.

“We have long had animalassisted therapy here at Rush and just seen the enormous benefits that animals can have on most children — just the joy that they bring, the unconditional love,” said Robyn Hart, the hospital’s director of child life services.

Mini horses “are something that most people whether kids or adults have never seen before, and so that builds in a little more excitement and anticipation.

They almost look like mythical animals, like they should have wings on,” Hart said.

Some people confuse these horses with better-known Shetland ponies, but minis are less stout, with a more horse-like build. The therapy they offer contrasts starkly with the austere high-tech hospital

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Patient Emily Pietsch spends time with Mystery, one of two miniature horses that made a visit to the pediatric unit at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. environment — soft ears to scratch, fluffy manes to caress, big soulful eyes to stare deeply into.

“They’re so nice and they don’t judge and they’re so sweet,” said epilepsy patient Emily Pietsch, 17, after gently tracing Lunar’s heart-shaped muzzle with her fingers.

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Some research has suggested that animal-assisted therapy may reduce pain and blood pressure, and decrease fear and stress in hospitalized children. But much of it is based on patients’ reports.

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Lawsuit: College used strippers to lure students THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Miami.

On at least one of its seven campuses, FastTrain College “purposely hired attractive women and sometimes exotic dancers and encouraged them to dress provocatively while they recruited young men in neighborhoods to attend FastTrain,” according to an ongoing civil lawsuit. The Florida attorney general and the U.S. attorney in Miami announced Wednesday that they were joining the lawsuit against the now-defunct FastTrain and former owner Alejandro Amor, 56.

Amor, of Coral Gables, was criminally indicted in October and faces pending charges of conspiracy and theft of government money. A telephone message left at a listing for Amor wasn’t immediately returned The complaint says Miamibased FastTrain and Amor bilked the U.S. Department of Education out of millions of dollars with falsified grant applications from at least January 2009 through June

2012, when the school closed after an FBI raid.

The school is accused of falsifying high school diplomas for students who didn’t have them.

Because they never graduated from high school, the lawsuit contends the students wouldn’t have qualified for student aid.

To access taxpayer dollars, the school needed first-time students to attend class for at least 30 days. If they didn’t, FastTrain falsified attendance records or backdated the enrollment so they could collect the money quicker, the lawsuit says.

The growth of for-profit colleges, which are governed by private organizations or corporations, has been explosive in Florida and across the country.

As the schools have grown, numerous whistle-blower lawsuits have been filed against them by ex-employees. In the FastTrain case, the whistle-blower lawsuit was originally filed by Juan Pena, a former admissions employee.

These lawsuits typically gain steam only when the government joins the case, as in Pena’s lawsuit.

Some former FastTrain students say they are still struggling with student loan debts, and the lawsuit identifies more than 160 former students who are now in default.

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Women slowly finding place in STEM disciplinary studies BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Efforts at the University aim to combat the gender divide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and promote diversity among students and faculty.

A study released by Catalyst, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting female business professionals, shows that 18 percent of female MBAs are likely to enter STEM careers in comparison to 24 percent of men. The report called “The Gender Divide in Tech-Intensive Industries” also shows that 53 percent of women in STEM careers left the industry after their first post-MBA job in comparison to 31 percent of men.

College of Science Dean Cynthia Peterson said she holds diversity as one of her core values and has seen progress on behalf Peterson of women in STEM at the University and in higher education as a whole. Peterson is the first female dean of the College of Science.

The College of Science has multiple organizations, initiatives and programs throughout the school year to promote diversity and encourage young women to study science and mathematics, including the Association for Women in Mathematics, Women in STEM Forum, Medical Careers Night, Careers in Life Sciences course, the South Central Conference for Undergraduate Women

in Physics hosted in January 2014 and a diversity committee.

AWM is a nationally based organization with a student chapter making efforts to encourage female University students to study mathematics and seek STEM careers by participating in community outreach and organizing workshops and visits for professional guest speakers.

AWM President and mathematics graduate student Kimberly D’Souza said the organization is preparing for a high school outreach program in the spring.

The two-weekend program will work with both male and female students the first weekend and focus on working with just female students the second weekend.

“When there was an advanced calculus class offered at my high school, there were a lot of boys who signed up for it,” D’Souza said. “But it wasn’t really a very popular class that girls were just rushing to take.”

She said educators and professionals need to begin reaching out to female students at a younger age before the critical point when students make the decision to drop a STEM discipline.

“We need to continue to wholly encourage children to be allowed to be nerdy, to show them that being in a STEM environment and studying toward a STEMbased degree is not a scary thing,” said chemical engineering professor Elizabeth Melvin.

Melvin

Over the summer, Melvin had the opportunity to participate in the College of Engineering’s diversity initiative eXploration Camp Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers, which D’Souza reaches out to female high school students. As an educator and former industry professional, Melvin was invited to meet with female students and share some of her personal experience and professional advice.

“I think giving them that kind of exposure helps to take the mystery out of what it is they can expect and how to find that work life balance because that’s something that even students in high school are already starting to think about,” Melvin said.

When talking with her students about why they want to become engineers, Melvin said she often finds many of them were encouraged to pursue STEMbased careers by professional guest speakers and supportive high school math and science teachers.

“The more people that we encourage to come here to be a part of a STEM-based education, the higher likelihood that some of those underrepresented groups are going to come right along with them,” Melvin said.

Chemistry professor Megan Macnaughtan said her greatest obstacle as a woman in a STEM field was trying to find the balance between work and motherhood.

“You go to college, and it’s probably right after college that you probably want to start a family, and that’s when people are looking to hire you,” Macnaughtan said.

The cultural standard is for the wife to sacrifice her career for the well-being of a child, Macnaughtan said. To encourage women to seek STEM careers, society needs to continue to demand high-quality child care for professional women.

“With science, you can’t take a break,” Macnaughtan said. “You can’t take five years off to raise your child and then come back.”

Melvin said one of her goals as a role model is to spark conversation about these issues among her students, especially her female students.

“I think that giving them an opportunity to talk to somebody of the same gender as them helps them to feel more comfortable initially, and then they work into being comfortable across the board,” Melvin said.

By talking about these issues, Melvin said she can begin to help her students understand everyone will face obstacles no matter their gender.

“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like or anything like that,” Melvin said. “What matters is that you keep after a problem, and if you take that feeling of being different out of the equation, it makes everything so much easier.”

For a long time, Peterson said a lack of diversity was culturally acceptable, but in recent years there has been visible

improvement on behalf of various underrepresented groups, including women.

“Diversity is a benefit for everyone because it’s bringing a diversity of ideas and backgrounds and attitudes and problem solving skills and cultures, and the combination of those things makes the institution a better place for learning and problem solving,” Peterson said.

The data shows the bulk of the country’s most successful and dynamic educational institutions are also among the most diverse institutions, Peterson said.

In comparison to the numbers for the University, Peterson said the College of Science’s incoming freshman class has a higher percentage of female students and greater racial and ethnic diversity. The chemistry department also graduates the highest number of female and African-American PhDs in the country.

D’Souza said University mathematics students are sometimes shocked when they realize there are so few female mathematics professors.

This is just one of the many types of issues the College of Science diversity committee works to resolve, Peterson said.

“Our goal is to have our faculty demographics very closely mimic the demographics of our student body and in turn to have those demographics reflect the demographics of our state, and we’ve got work to do with both of those goals,” Peterson said. “But we have an administration that’s committed to it, and it’s part of our daily conversation.”

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Santa Paws event promises picture with Claus for University pets BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com Sitting on Santa’s lap before Christmas will be a real treat for students and faculty members’ pets this year, thanks to the University’s Student Chapter of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

For the second year, SCACVP is hosting pet pictures with Santa on Saturday at the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.

The event, which was previously a project of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, is one of SCACVP’s community service initiatives and fundraising efforts.

SCACVP President Dana Romano said her predecessor, Kim Annesser-Bachiega, made the decision to allow the group to sponsor the Santa Paws event.

The SCACVP’s goal is exposing students to veterinary pathology and informing them of the career opportunities that lie within

the field.

Romano said many students who work and attend the event look forward to having their pets’ pictures taken every year because most of the organization’s other events are research-oriented.

“It’s mainly chapter members that are involved with setting up and working the event, but we also have volunteer students involved because practically every student has at least one pet,” Romano said.

“Once some of my classmates realized I was organizing the event, I even began getting requests for a specific Santa.”

Veterinary neuroscience professor George Strain has played Santa the last five years because he is one of the only professors with the right look.

“I’ve got the round stomach, and I use beauty supplies to whiten my greyish beard around the time of the event,” Strain said. “I guess you can say I’ve got a good touch with animals, too. I know how to handle up to four or five

at a time and have never been bit, unless you count the one time by a squirrel.”

Strain said cats, dogs and squirrels are not the only animals he has handled at the event in years past. One year, he took pictures with a cow and a hedgehog.

“For many people, a pet is a family member — people identify with pets, and some people just don’t get that,” Strain said. “Santa Paws is a way to reiterate that and get into spirit. It gets to be interesting and fun, and I really enjoy it.”

Romano said all pets, including snakes and other reptiles — at Santa’s discretion — are welcome.

“My favorite part each year is seeing myself on these Christmas cards,” Strain chuckled.

Romano said, this year’s Santa Paws event will include homemade dog treats and animal costumes.

“For University students and faculty members, pictures cost $10. The mini-session costs $15 for all other supporters.

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page 4 Discrimination, from page 1 ment, it does apply to our student organizations because they’re all bound by Policy Statement One,” Jolet said. “Any entity on campus is bound by Policy Statement One.”

An Exception to the Rule

alleged actions noncompliant with University policy.

“The part that we cannot make a definitive judgment on is how much the band was a student organization and how much the band was the church, because we really have no jurisdiction over the church and their practices,” Jolet said.

However, Jolet noted in a second meeting with The Daily Rev- A Sense of Community The Refuge gathers Sunday eille that student organizations are allowed to bypass PS-01 in night at 7:37 p.m. The specific start time is a reference to a selecting leadership.

“As a member of an organiza- verse from the Book of John: “If tion, you cannot be discriminat- anyone is thirsty, let him come to ed against in terms of whatever me and drink.”

Hundreds of students flock it might be that that organization is,” Jolet said. “However, if to the church on Dalrymple you wanted to hold a position of Drive to attend services led by a leadership, they are able to do worship team of students and a teaching pastor. that.”

At 37 minutes Jolet con‘As a member of an past the hour, firmed that organization, you cannot the lights in the University stuchapel go dark, dent organizabe discriminated against and music fills tions could ask in terms of whatever the sanctuary. leaders to step it might be that that Huckaby down on the organization is.

However, was raised in basis of sexual if you wanted to hold a Dallas, Texas, orientation. position of leadership, where he atTo deterthey are able to do that.’ tended an Evanmine what congelical Chrisstitutes a leadmargo jolet, tian church. He ership position, Campus Life associate director of wanted to find Jolet said marketing and communication a community Campus Life in Baton Rouge looks to student organizations’ annual constitu- similar to the experiences he tions. If the position specifically grew up with in northern Texas. is mentioned in the constitution, It was expected of him, Huckaby it is exempt from the restrictions said.

After Huckaby joined Refof PS-01.

“In that case, if that position uge’s worship team, he spent 20 isn’t outlined in the constitution to 30 hours a week at church, as a student leader or an officer, singing and playing the keythen it would be considered a boards on stage every Sunday member [position],” Jolet said. evening.

Josh LaRavia was the head “I think that’s going to end up being the lynchpin of this whole college pastor throughout Huckaby’s time at Refuge. thing.”

“We believe that Christ Huckaby’s Refuge position as worship team co-leader and didn’t save us for isolation or he band member is not mentioned didn’t save us to be alone, but in the Refuge 2009-10 constitu- he created us for one another,” tion, which The Daily Reveille LaRavia said. “If you go into obtained from Campus Life. The the Bible, you see that thread only positions of leadership out- all the way through that we’re lined in Article V, Section 2 of the stronger together than we are constitution are three officers: a apart.”

LaRavia said Refuge is differpresident, vice president and a ent from other religious student secretary/treasurer.

“That really ... is going to go organizations on campus bestraight back to the constitu- cause it is a nondenominational tion,” Jolet said. “How have you ministry.

“They come in all shapes, defined your leadership positions and how has it been outlined? I colors and flavors, but the good think they would have had to out- thing about nondenominational line those positions in the consti- is that you don’t focus on what divides you — you focus on what tution.”

Jolet confirmed that band unites,” LaRavia said. members and worship team members were not identified as Coming Out Despite the friends and comleaders in the constitution, and she re-emphasized the impor- munity Huckaby developed at tance of a constitution’s text in Refuge, he worried about a part establishing a definition for lead- of his identity he had struggled with since his sophomore year of ership positions.

However, Jolet stopped high school.

Huckaby was 17 years old short of declaring Refuge’s

d’elia, from page 1 summer and being careful with how they use energy.

The U.S. is home to 5 percent of the world’s population, but it uses 25 percent of the world’s energy, D’Elia said.

Terms like “green” and “sustainability,” he said, are

popular but ambiguous in their meanings, and while D’Elia is supportive of the movements, he doesn’t like the way the terms are used as a stamp of approval or goodness of an activity.

“What does sustainability really mean?” D’Elia said. “If you look at the times before the

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“There was gossip about it,” when he told his parents he was said. “I mean, you can’t have gay. They sent him to repara- somebody who is on the leader- Richards said. “So after about a tive therapy — an experience ship in front of everybody every week or two it was pretty comHuckaby called “absolutely single weekend suddenly just mon knowledge that he was miserable.” He described the disappear out of nowhere and ex- asked to leave because of his sexuality.” therapy as treatment from a pect nobody to ask questions.”

Mark came to Refuge in his “glorified Christian counselor” first semester at the University who attempted to change his LaRavia Huckaby said he asked God- and traveled on a mission trip sexuality.

Huckaby’s fear of his sexu- bold that LaRavia not be involved with Huckaby to Bolivia during ality carried over into college, in the alleged meeting, citing a his time there.

He said where he dreaded the repercus- personality with Refuge prosions of coming out. He was con- clash ‘I am for Taylor Huckaby, and my vided friendcerned he would lose his friends LaRavia. support for Taylor never changed ship Around and at The Refuge, his job at the Rebefore I knew anything about his community publican Party of Louisiana and 2009, a year sexual orientation, period.’ but suffered before he his family’s support. from a lack out, “Sure enough, all three of came of accepthose things kind of came tum- H u c k a b y Josh Laravia, tance. Mark bling down whenever I came said LaRaformer head pastor at The Refuge also is gay. called out,” Huckaby said. “It was a tor- via “It’s like him a gay turous experience.”

Huckaby came out to his slur on stage during a practice a lot of churches in the sense friend and co-leader of the session for the worship team. that they are going to teach you worship team, Evan God- Huckaby said Godbold then your take on the right answer bebold, in 2010, his junior year asked LaRavia to apologize in fore you even learn to ask those questions yourself,” Mark said. of college and third year at front of the band.

“That was sort of his thing,” “Whenever you do begin to ask Refuge.

“I’d been stressing out about Huckaby said of LaRavia. “He those questions yourself, they’re it for weeks and weeks and was just on a totally different not going to have as open of a mind about things.” weeks,” Huckaby said. “I kind plane of existence than me.”

Brandon Lamartiniere graduLaRavia said he didn’t reof got to the point where I was ated from the University in 2010 like, ‘I’ve got to tell people about member using the word.

“I’ve never called a homosex- with a double major in history this, or somebody’s going to find out and it’s going to be even ual, someone that I know is a ho- and religious studies. He earned mosexual or anything like that, his master’s degree in theologiworse.’”

Huckaby said Godbold was would I ever call them a deroga- cal studies from Duke Univeraccepting of his sexuality, but tory name or anything like that, sity, but he left Refuge in 2008 Godbold said church leadership period, end of story,” LaRavia after two years with the organisaid. “I was joking. I do remem- zation. needed to know.

“I felt like they promoted Days later, Huckaby said, ber joking with them. I don’t rehe met with Godbold and Kevin member a word that was offen- some ideas that I didn’t find McKee, the Chapel’s senior pas- sive or a slur. And that’s the end particularly palatable,” Lamarof it. And tiniere said. “I felt like there tor.

I certainly was some underlying prejudices Huckaby didn’t know there.” said McKee ‘They sort of outlined how Lamartiniere said having an his sexual told him he they would go about fixing a openly gay student in a position orientation.” would need gay person, and so whenever L a Ravia of leadership would have made to enter reI came out, I knew what was said he re- the pastors look like they were parative coming. I knew that there was m e m b e r e d endorsing homosexuality. therapy, reno way I was going to be able “If you’re in a position of the circumnounce his stances of leadership in the church, then h o mo s ex u to stay on leadership.’

H u c k a b y ’s you kind of have to live above reality and d e p a r t u r e proach to a certain degree,” Lastep down Taylor huckaby, martiniere said. differently. as a band former band member and worship team Huckaby now lives in Los “The way member and co-leader at The Refuge I remem- Angeles and works for the Britco-leader of ber it is that ish government as the political the worship he chose to get off leadership,” liaison for the Southwestern team.

Godbold and McKee declined LaRavia said. “That was his U.S. Though he describes his life choice, and that happened before to comment for this story.

Huckaby said he knew the he told people his sexual orienta- as extraordinarily happy, he said he is committed to the fuconsequences of coming out tion.”

LaRavia stressed his support ture of LGBT students at the because the topic of homoUniversity. sexuality was brought up in for Huckaby.

“If the University is really go“I am for Taylor Huckaby, Refuge’s college leadership and my support for Taylor never ing to say that we are committed meetings.

“They sort of outlined how changed before I knew anything to diversity and that means that they would go about fixing a gay about his sexual orientation, pe- we value and appreciate LGBT person, and so whenever I came riod,” LaRavia said. “Because people, I don’t think that they can out, I knew what was coming,” I believe Taylor is a person cre- say that at the same time as supHuckaby said. “I knew that there ated in the image of God, and porting these religious groups was no way I was going to be able who am I to be a discriminator of that openly discriminate against gay people,” Huckaby said. “I persons?” to stay on leadership.” don’t think that LSU can square Huckaby chose not to return that.” to Refuge after the alleged meet- Former Members Mark*, a former Refuge ing.

“Of course, the practical ef- member, said one Sunday, Huck- *Editor’s Note: Mark asked that fect of that was being excom- aby helped lead worship. The his name be changed to preserve his anonymity. municated, basically,” Huckaby next Sunday, he was gone.

Industrial Revolution when there was about one billion people on the planet, and there were high mortality rates, and people had a much lower standard of living, the use of fossil fuels was sustainable.”

This week, faculty members of the college attended a global conference in India to discuss

the state of the world’s deltas, which are shrinking because of the dams used to create electricity.

The shrinking of deltas causes fisheries to produce less fish and doesn’t allow for sediment to be deposited at the coastline. Estuaries, the place where rivers meet the ocean, are the

nursing grounds where many species of wildlife foster their young, D’Elia said.

D’Elia said energy and the economy are all connected because of the jobs these provide, and he said he hopes his college can grow and produce research and graduates that can help.

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Mrs. November Throughout the first three years of Nikki Caldwell’s LSU coaching career, the Lady Tigers have dominated the opposition in the month of November. But this year LSU struggled in the opening month of the season.

Read the full story on p. 11.

Offensive Struggles 44.3% 2011-12

61.3 40.5%

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69.2

Key Returners

43.3% 2013-14

75.1 35.6%

2014-15

57.5

65.83 Field Goal Percentage

Points Per Game

RINA HILL

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Martin, Mickey sharing scoring load early in season

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com It has become almost second nature for the LSU men’s basketball team.

The dual-threat sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin have been trading doubledoubles throughout the early part of the 2014-15 season.

While Tiger fans are used to the production the two All-Southeastern Conference forwards can bring with Mickey’s nine doubledoubles a season ago, the two sophomores have been off to a hot start this season. Either Mickey or Martin has produced a double-double in each game this season.

Throughout their careers at the University, LSU coach Johnny Jones has had difficulty getting the two on the court and 100 percent healthy at the same time. Martin

was hampered with a ankle injury for much of the 2013-14 season, keeping his stat line relatively low.

Martin is back to full health this season, but Mickey has dealt with his own injury issues so far.

Mickey is nursing an ankle injury he suffered during practice last week that forced him to sit out of the McNeese State game last Saturday.

With Mickey out, Martin stepped up in his absence. Martin scored 26 points and added 10 rebounds to help the Tigers cruise past McNeese State, 83-72.

Martin said he knew going into the game he needed to elevate his play with Mickey out, knowing his fellow sophomore would do the same if it were him.

“If Jordan is out of the game, I definitely want to go out there and try to do as much as I can for my teammates,” Martin said. “I know

that Jordan’s out and I just want to go out there and rebound the ball and try to be aggressive on the offensive end and defensive end. He does the same when I’m in foul trouble and sitting out of games too.”

In fact, Mickey did much of the same for Martin while nursing his knee injury last season. Mickey earned a Second Team All-SEC selection in 2014 in part due to his nine double-doubles.

LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby said the style of play he has seen from Mickey and Martin separately throughout the two years shows him how dominant the Tigers could be if they can get their play clicking together.

“It makes us realize how if they both play at this same level when they’re both in together how

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LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) creates a screen for junior guard Josh Gray (5) during the Tigers’ 82-60 victory against UMass on Tuesday at the PMAC.

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LSU survives turnovers, foul trouble to outlast West Virginia 74-73 Tigers rally from 14-point second-half deficit BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com

lsu · west virginia

The LSU’s men’s basketball team survived turnovers and foul trouble to win a hard-fought contest, 74-73, against No. 16 West Virginia.

1ST 2ND FINAL A clutch 3-pointer by LSU ju38 36 nior guard Keith Hornsby with 30 seconds remaining gave the 43 30 Tigers (6-2) the lead and helped the team escape West Virginia STAR PERFORMer with its biggest victory of the Tim Quarterman - 21 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls season thus far.

LSU found itself trailing by one after a West Virginia half saw much of the same, tip in following a missed free with Mickey and sophomore throw. But out of a timeout, forward Jarell Martin picking LSU coach Johnny Jones drew up their third fouls early. Marup a play for junior guard Josh tin eventually fouling out late Gray, who finished at the net in the game. with eight seconds remaining Mickey’s foul trouble to give LSU the lead and the hurt the Tigers on the scorewin. board. He finished the game Hornsby finished with with a season-low four points 15 points on 5-of-10 shoot- due to his added time on ing, including a perfect the bench throughout the night from long range night. making all three of his Martin made his presattempts. ence known in the paint with The Tigers turned the ball the absence of Mickey early. over 24 times against a Moun- Martin scored 18 points in the taineers (7-1) defense that av- game and added 14 rebounds, erages 21 forced turnovers per including a powerful putgame. back dunk off a Quarterman The active West Virginia miss. defense created problems for Martin’s aggressive play in LSU all night, the paint gave helping the Martin made his presence the Tigers the Mountaineers known in the paint with the advantage in solidify a lead points down absence of Mickey early. low, outscoring after tradMartin scored 18 points the Mountaining baskets in the game and added eers by 14. LSU early with the 14 rebounds, including Tigers. outmuscled LSU held a West Virginia a powerful put-back 37-34 lead with on the boards, dunk off a Quarterman 2:34 remainbringing down miss. ing in the first 44 rebounds to half before West Virginia’s West Virginia 35. went on an 18-1 run over the The fast paced game saw next 4:12 of game time to give the contests lead change 10 itself a 52-38 lead early in the times. second half.

LSU’s defense buckled down, The Tigers refused to forcing the Mountaineers to give up, using a 10-0 run dur- shoot only 34 percent from the ing a 4:15 span of the second field, while the Tigers had one half to cut the Mountaineers of their best nights from long lead to two thanks to the play range. of sophomore guard Tim The Tigers, who averaged Quarterman.

27 percent from behind-the-arc Quarterman scored 21 coming into Thursday’s game, points and added seven re- were much better from the bounds for the Tigers off the 3-point range to help keep them bench, continuing to give in the game. LSU shot 53 perthe squad a much-needed cent from behind-the-arc for spark and helping shoul- the game, well above its season der the load with sophomore average. forward Jordan Mickey The improved 3-point shootout of the game due to foul ing — as well as the play of trouble.

Quarterman — helped keep the Foul trouble plagued the Ti- Tigers in the game despite the gers early, with Mickey pick- turnover trouble throughout ing up a pair of fouls in the first the contest. two minutes of the game, forcing the sophomore to sit out You can reach Jack Chascin on the rest of the half. The second Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman’s 21 points helped lift the Tigers past West Virginia on Thursday night.

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Friday, December 5, 2014 volleyball

LSU advances in NCAA Tournament Tigers sweep Oklahoma in straight sets BY brian pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com The LSU volleyball team kept its season alive Thursday night, sweeping Oklahoma in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 25-14, 25-23, 25-22.

Sophomore middle blocker Briana Holman posted six blocks and 13 kills while hitting .407 in the match. Three outside hitters, juniors Cati Leak and Katie Lindelow and freshman Gina Tillis, contributed 25 kills, but it was LSU’s defense that led it to victory.

Junior defensive specialist Haley Smith and Tillis both tallied double-digit digs, with 19 and 11, respectively.

The Sooners had a .119 hitting percentage in the match, thanks in part to the Tigers’ 16 blocks.

Leak, Lindelow and Tillis combined for six rejections.

Holman and Leak got the match started with a block of All-Big 12 First Team junior outside hitter Kierra Holst.

From there, LSU and Oklahoma traded points early in the match.

With LSU leading 12-8, it began a 6-1 run to claim an 18-9 lead. Oklahoma never got back to within seven points, and LSU took the set, 25-14.

Senior setter Malorie Pardo,

Tillis, Leak, Lindelow and Holman each had at least two kills in the set. The second set went much the same as the first.

With the match tied at five, the Tigers went on a 7-2 run to give themselves a 12-7 lead, but this time, the Sooners didn’t go down as easily.

After an Oklahoma timeout, freshman middle blocker Marion Hazelwood and sophomore outside hitter Jody Larson each had two kills and led the Sooners back to within one point at 17-16, but they were never able tie the match. LSU took the second set, 25-23.

Holman and Leak combined for 11 kills, while Tillis and Lindelow each contributed three in the set.

The third set was tight from the start, with neither team holding more than a two-point lead until LSU scored six straight points to take a 17-11 lead.

But the Sooners weren’t ready to see their season end just yet. Oklahoma went on a run of its own, scoring six of seven points to bring the match within one point at 20-19. LSU held off Oklahoma, and despite having its worst hitting percentage of the night in the set, the Tigers won the third set, 25-22.

LSU will face No. 10 overall seed Oregon tonight at 6 p.m.

If the Tigers win, it will be Flory’s first trip out of the first two rounds of the tournament in her LSU head coaching career.

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore middle blocker Briana Holman (13) prepares for her serve Nov. 21 during the Tigers’ 3-1 victory against Missouri at the PMAC.

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Opinion

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Grand jury decisions highlight flaws in justice system no way jose jose bastidas Columnist How to get away with murder? Be a cop.

Less than two weeks after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, concluded there wasn’t enough evidence to indict on Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death, another grand jury in Staten Island, New York, came to the same conclusion for Daniel Pantaleo the death of Eric Garner.

Especially in Garner’s case, this outcome is unbelievable.

Garner passed away on July 17, 2014, after an altercation with five police officers that was caught on tape.

According to the person who shot the video, a man claiming to be Garner’s brother, Garner was in trouble for stopping a fight in a Staten Island sidewalk. The police were arresting

Garner under the suspicion that he was selling loose cigarettes on the street.

After police officer Pantaleo placed Garner in a chokehold, the video shows Garner repeatedly saying he could not breathe. He collapsed shortly after and died in a nearby hospital.

An autopsy by the city’s medical examiner found his death was a homicide resulting from the chokehold and the chest compressions he suffered by the hands of Pantaleo after he was confronted for stopping a fight in a sidewalk.

But apparently a video depicting this event and a coroner’s report is still not enough evidence for a grand jury indictment.

If a police officer can walk away from causing someone’s death, despite having been recorded holding the victim in an illegal hold until he choked to death, it’s more than just a sign of police brutality. This comes

less than a week after the Ferguson decision showing these aren’t isolated cases, highlighting a flaw in the entire American Justice system.

Grand juries determine whether enough evidence exists for a case to go forward to a criminal trial, either before a judge or a jury. Under the law, they operate in secret and hear only evidence presented by prosecutors, who also serve to present the laws to the jury.

The Staten Island grand jury examined the video during their deliberations. They conducted more than 38 interviews and located 22 civilian witnesses, and talked to the emergency responders who treated Garner both at the scene and in the hospital and still decided there wasn’t sufficient evidence to indict Pantaleo.

So who’s to blame?

Chokeholds are banned by the New York Police Department’s guidelines, so not

only is Pantaleo responsible for Garner’s death, he is guilty of failing to comply with police code.

But the police are not the real bad guys in this situation.

It’s the system put in place to determine whether criminal charges can be filed. And that’s what’s making recent events resonate in the public’s mind.

The justice system is supposed to ensure all Americans are treated fairly under the law, but when only state prosecutors — who depend on members of the police to ensure their reelections and to build their cases — guide grand juries, how can we expect them to advocate for the injustices caused by police officers’ actions?

Yes, there are racial implications in both Brown’s and Garner’s death that have surrounded mainstream media conversation in the past weeks, but what also needs to be addressed is the broken system

that fails to punish the police when they abuse their power.

Political leaders have stressed the need to change the system by which we keep tabs on the police, but that’s not enough.

Either we make sure the grand jury is comprised of a truly diverse group of people, we change the way the grand jury is guided through their decision-making process to guarantee both sides of the story are considered or we get rid of the grand jury system altogether.

Change probably won’t come in time for the officers who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, and they will most likely not face charges either. But protesters across America are demanding change, and they won’t stop until they get it.

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

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Protesters march toward downtown Minneapolis on I-35W, shutting down the freeway on Thursday, a day after a grand jury decided not to indict a New York City police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

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Quote of the Day ‘All the good are friends of one another.’

Zeno of Citium Greek philosopher 334 B.C. - 262 B.C.

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FINALS WEEK BLUES Finals week brings joy and happiness to campus once more our lady of angst sidneyrose reynen Columnist ’Twas the Friday before finals week, when all through campus, every creature was studying and posting #finalsweek selfies to Instagram.

I don’t need to speak of the numerous joys that finals week brings. It’s the most anticipated week of the semester, more exciting than Mardi Gras and Spring Break combined. The mere thought of bubbling in all of those Scantrons brings a smile to every University student’s face.

I mean, how could you not love finals week? There are so many great characters that come out of the woodwork during the next couple of days.

What about Guy Who Walks in One Hour Late to His 7:30am Final? He knows he screwed up, and so does the rest of the class. The pitiful look on his face is complemented by the bags under his eyes that scream, “I really shouldn’t have gone to Tigerland last night.”

Or how about Girl Who Emails Entire Class Begging for Notes? She’s my favorite.

Don’t we all love being asked to provide help to someone who put in no effort at all to come to class and take their own notes?

I have to give honorable

mention to the classmates that respond to the initial email by clicking “Reply All.” The “Reply All” function really shines when discussing lame excuses for not coming to class when said class has 300-plus students.

To those “Reply All” clickers out there, I thank you for including me in a conversation that I have absolutely nothing to do with. I love being along for the ride!

Finals week is essentially Midterms Week: The Sequel, so there are many returning characters from the original.

There’s always Guy Who Hasn’t Been to Class Since the Midterm! He’s probably the fan favorite here. The professor’s reaction is always priceless.

The “Sorry, what’s your name again?” followed by the silent recognition of their name from the roll that the student never signed is an excellent moment to witness.

Speaking of professors, they aren’t excluded from the fun romp that is finals week.

Teachers are often the most entertaining at this time of the year.

We’ve all had Young Instructor Who Makes His Exams Painfully Hard to Prove He’s the Real Deal. I get it — they don’t want to be seen as the 20-something pushover who will drink beers with you after class.

They’re big boy professors now!

Or how about Professor Who Hasn’t Updated Moodle Since

the Midterm? You had an A two months ago, but what about now? When will she update the attendance record? Is she even going to grade that paper you gave her after Fall Break? I guess drama and anticipation is just another part of the college experience.

And much like midterms, finals create so much excitement in students that sometimes we forget to study! Of course, when students forget to study, that means only one thing can happen — academic honesty.

But obviously none of Louisiana’s best and brightest students would ever think of cheating. Not even in this age of cellphones and saving mathematical formulas on your graphing calculator would an LSU student commit academic dishonesty. After all, students are only forced to cheat if they’re stressed out.

But as we all know, finals week is the least stressful week of the year. It’s like a final farewell to the sleeping idiots in the back of the class, the annoying overachievers in the front, and the strangers you haven’t seen since the first week.

So long, my fellow hungover tigers! Finals week is coming, and most of us won’t survive.

SidneyRose Reynen is a 19-year-old film and media arts sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @sidneyrose_TDR.

An Ode to Finals blue collar scholar justin stafford Columnist

This week has been anything but dead.

What part of nothing don’t professors understand?

It’s time to bump the schooling up a notch.

Remember, nothing goes better with math than scotch.

A stout drink ought to help take off the edge.

Finals will have the most lucid out on a ledge.

If it helps you any, just meditate or pray.

If things get really ugly, remember what I say.

The best laid plans of mice and men can go awry.

If you fail, consider this before you start to cry.

So what if you have to retake a class?

Paying hundreds to do it again should ensure you pass.

If you take it once more and don’t pass again, just remember that not everyone wins.

If what the job is asking, you can’t deliver, You can always live in a van down by the river.

Life is unfair and this you should know.

Everyone’s important, even the hobo.

Besides, the job market is flooded with grads anyway.

The fewer the better, you know? It allows for more pay.

Avoiding this all is easy and these tips are true.

Firstly, stay away from Reggie’s whatever you do.

Sure, a night getting turnt before finals week is grand.

But reading is even harder when you can’t even stand.

Study with a pal who has some good notes to lend.

If you don’t have any buds, money buys friends.

Just get the resources and study guides that you need.

If no one wants to barter, don’t be too proud to plead.

If you’re set and ready to go, then good for you.

Just know that some have lives, unlike you.

I’m only kidding and that was only a joke.

But really, do what you can to help your LSU folk.

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Don’t forget: ’Tis the season of being a giver.

No one wants to live in a van by the river.

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Lady Tigers, Caldwell experience uncommon November slump

BY Morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com In her first three seasons, LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell became ‘Mrs. November,’ putting together a 12-6 record in the opening month of the season.

But this season the Lady Tigers have stumbled out of the starting block, managing only two wins in November to go along with four losses, marking the first losing record in November during Caldwell’s tenure.

LSU has struggled to score early in the season for the first time under Caldwell, shooting 35.4 percent from the field and averaging 57.7 points per game.

“What I am seeing is a team that is struggling offensively,” Caldwell said. “We’ve got to regroup and figure out the play action that we need to run — really how to get this team to be more efficient on the offensive end.”

Coming into the season, the Lady Tigers averaged 68.3 points per game and averaged shooting 42.7 percent from the field during November games under Caldwell.

Consistent scorers have led LSU’s offense to early success in Caldwell’s previous seasons, but this season, the Lady Tigers have lacked leadership on the offensive end since their season-opening loss against the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

In November games during Caldwell’s first three seasons, LSU’s leading scorer averaged 17.1 points per game.

The production of the Lady Tigers’ leading scorer declined to

dual threat, from page 5 deadly it could be,” Hornsby said.

“It just shows their ability and just how at any given moment they can take over in the game.”

With Mickey’s relatively minor ankle injury, things could begin to click for the two. Mickey said Martin has begun developing an impressive post game, which could lead to the two of them meshing and scoring at will down low.

Jones said it’s big to have the two forwards out on the floor at the same time because they can complement each others’ games.

“It’s important when Jordan’s out there on the floor that on both ends, offensively and defensively, he has to really make a solid, sound impact for us to be successful over the long haul,” Jones said. “I think with Jarell Martin and him, their presence and what they offer to this basketball team, it’s important that both of those guys are available for us.”

The pair has shown their dominance early, with both Martin and Mickey tallying four double-doubles this year which ties for the league lead with Auburn’s junior forward Cinmeon Bowers.

Mickey said moving forward it’ll be helpful to have a player who can pick up his performance when other players are having off nights, making the team dangerous when it clicks down the line.

only 14.7 points per game this November, which is partly because of LSU’s struggle to replace the offensive production of former guard Jeanne Kenney and former forward Theresa Plaisance.

The offensive leadership has fallen on the shoulders of sophomore guards Raigyne Moncrief and Rina Hill, who are not the same type of consistently productive scorers as Kenney and Plaisance.

In November 2013, Kenney averaged 7.3 points per game and 2.7 assists per game, while Plaisance averaged 12.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

Although Hill started with Moncrief in each of LSU’s six November games, she managed only 3 points per game and struggled with turnovers, posting a 3-to-5 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Despite leading LSU with 10 points per game through November, Moncrief did not effectively direct the offense from her point guard position and managed only nine assists.

“Coach Caldwell gave us the opportunity to perform and it is our duty to go out and perform, each night,” Moncrief said. “It starts with Rina Hill and myself. We are the two point guards and are supposed to give the ball in space, but we had a ton of turnovers and miscommunications.”

Through Caldwell’s first three seasons, the Lady Tigers averaged 18.6 turnovers per game in November, but this season LSU averaged 20.6 turnovers per game.

The Lady Tigers turnover

struggles cost them victories against teams that pressured them on the offensive end.

LSU committed 21 turnovers against then-No. 22 Rutgers on Nov. 22, including 13 in the second half, which helped Rutgers outscore the Lady Tigers in the second half.

“When we turned it over, we turned it over after we had gotten an offensive rebound and then we chucked it,” Caldwell said. “Those were the turnovers that really made a difference against a team like Rutgers. Turnovers are part of our game. We’ve had teams that went on to Sweet 16, and we were averaging 20-plus turnovers a game. We just want to make sure that they’re those dead-ball turnovers.”

Another contributing factor to LSU’s offensive woes in November was the absence of junior guard Danielle Ballard, who was suspended indefinitely on Nov. 5.

Coming into the season, Ballard led the returning Lady Tigers with 10.7 points per game. After losing Plaisance and Kenney, Ballard would have been the main offensive threat for LSU, and adjusting to her absence has been difficult for the Lady Tigers.

LSU used its speed on the defensive end to create pressure through its full-court press defense that has helped keep the Lady Tigers in games despite their offensive efficiency.

In the three previous seasons under Caldwell, LSU allowed opponents to score an average of 61.8 per game and shoot 38 percent

“It’s big for us. Some guys are going to have some off games,or some games where you don’t score as many points,” Mickey said.

“Just having that guy behind you

that could help you pick up some of the slack is big for us.”

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from the field.

The Lady Tigers through its first six games held opponents to only 57.2 points per game and shooting 41.6 percent from the field.

“Our team has done a lot of

good things the past few games,” Caldwell said. “Defensively, we’ve put out a great effort. We’ve done a nice job of disrupting people offensively. We’ve done a nice job of really extending our defense and forcing turnovers.”

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