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Forty-one pedestrians have been struck by vehicles on LSU’s campus since 2013

BY BRITTANY LOFASO & KENNEDI WALKER Manship School

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ari Dehrab was standing near a crosswalk on her way to class when everything went black. A car had careened onto the sidewalk and smashed into her and three other pedestrians before slamming into a light pole.

Screams filled the air as she landed several feet away.

Dehrab, 23, suffered a brain tear, causing memory loss so severe that at one point, she could not remember some of her family members. One of her ankles was broken and the other sprained, confining her to wheelchair for six weeks.

She had to drop out of the University this semester, making it impossible for her to graduate in the spring.

“I went through such a big depression, and I still have depression,” Dehrab said. “My life has been put on pause because of this accident. I feel like I’m not as whole as I used to be.”

Dehrab is one of 41 pedestrians who have been hit by vehicles on the University’s campus over the last five years.

Police reports show that at least four of them suffered incapacitating injuries, including one woman who was in a medicallyinduced coma for two weeks after a spinal injury.

Dehrab was hurt on Aug. 24, five days into the semester, when one vehicle struck and pushed another one onto the sidewalk at the intersection of Nicholson and Skip Bertman drives. Two students waiting with her at the crosswalk suffered concussions. One of them also had a broken pelvis and sacrum and some brain bleeding.

Accident reports from LSU PD described the injuries to 10 other pedestrians as “moderate” without giving details. Fifteen of the pedestrians who were hit complained of possible injuries, while the rest were not injured.

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PEDESTRIANS, from page 1 An analysis of the reports shows that two intersections on Highland Road — at South Campus and Dalrymple drives — have had the most collisions involving pedestrians over the last five years, with four at each of those corners.

Two other intersections have each seen three accidents involving pedestrians — Highland and South Stadium roads and Nicholson where South Stadium Drive meets Skip Bertman Drive, where Dehrab’s accident occurred.

The 41 pedestrians were hit in a total of 38 accidents, and at least two-thirds of them were University students. The police ticketed most of the drivers in the accidents with moderate and serious injuries. Five accidents were hit-and-runs in which the drivers were not caught.

LSU Police Lt. Reggie Berry said the department has worked with Residential Life and Campus Life to create greater awareness of the need for both drivers and pedestrians to be more careful.

Berry also questioned whether having 41 pedestrians struck over five years was a large number for a campus with more than 30,000 students. He noted that the risks rise when major roads, like Highland and Nicholson, cut through a campus.

Still, while 17 of the accidents occurred along Highland or Nicholson, the other 21 happened on other streets or parking lots inside the campus. And some students said they had not seen or heard of anything the police were doing to promote greater caution.

Drivers who hit pedestrians have been ticketed for failure to yield, careless or reckless operation of vehicles, disregarding traffic controls, driving under the influence of alcohol and improper turning or backing up.

One of the more serious accidents occurred on the first day of the 2018-19 school year when a 20-year-old sophomore was hit by a car on Ag Center Drive between the LSU Ag Center and John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum.

A police report said that the victim, a woman who had made the Dean’s List as a freshman, was struck in the back at 8 a.m. and flew seven feet through the air. The driver, who was only going 15 miles per hour, said her vision had been blocked by a turning car, and she was not ticketed.

University student Georgia Hansen came across the victim lying on the side of the road, and her first instinct was to get on the ground and pray with the woman.

“There was blood all over her face,” Hansen said in an interview. “There was a huge hemorrhage on her back.”

Donna Settoon was hit in the

back by a car when she visited campus to participate in a breast cancer walk in 2016. The accident occurred on West Lakeshore Drive near the fraternity and sorority houses, and she nearly bled to death.

“I saw this car going around the barricade and headed straight for me, and there was nothing I could do to get out of the way,” Settoon, 57, an insurance agent, said in an interview.

“I remember flying up in the air. I remember landing on the hood of his car and being dragged underneath the car.”

Trapped there and unable to move, the last thing she remembers was the shrieking sound of an ambulance and witnesses trying to lift the car off of her. Her two grandsons, aged five and seven, stood nearby, inches away from being victims themselves.

The accident “tore my hip up,” Settoon said. “My spine came unattached from my pelvis. I about bled to death.”

The police report said that the driver, a 54-year-old man, had just been released from a hospital and became disoriented on pain medication. He was cited for recklessly operating his car.

Doctors placed Settoon in an induced coma, and she underwent two surgeries to reattach her spine to her pelvis. She spent three months in the hospital and is still unable to sit at her desk longer than an hour without pain.

The accidents also can have financial consequences for those who are hit.

Kurtis Johnson, a mechanical engineering student, was struck by a car after leaving work at the Digital Media Center on campus around 1 a.m. in October 2017.

Johnson, 23, said he was halfway across South Stadium Drive near one of the LSU lakes, “and I didn’t even see him coming.”

Johnson was in a lot of pain but would not let anyone call an ambulance because he did not have health insurance. It was not until the next day that he decided to seek medical attention.

Johnson had a broken cheekbone and doctors had to install three steel plates to “keep everything together.”

“They told me there was a chance if I waited any longer I could’ve lost vision in my right eye,” he said.

Friends at KLSU, where Johnson was a disc jockey, raised almost $4,000 through a GoFundMe account to help him with $40,000 in medical bills. He also had to enroll in Medicaid after the accident, and Medicaid and Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, where he was treated, eventually covered the rest of the debt.

Johnson said his body has not been able to acclimate to the steel plates, and he will need an additional $20,000 of surgery to remove them. He sued the driver and the University last month.

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News the final stretch LSU experts weigh in on mental health during finals week

BY ANNA JONES @annajoneses

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very college student knows the last two weeks of the semester are undoubtedly the most stressful.

The University is seeking to provide resources to ensure students practice self-care during the mentally difficult time.

Middleton Library is allowing access to all floors 24 hours a day the week before and during finals week. There will be a room dedicated to quiet meditation and a stress relief space featuring coloring books, aroma therapy, kinetic sand, a bowl of rice, sensory bottles and origami, among other things.

“We go in there periodically to clean up, reset things and make sure the students are not abusing it in any way,” said Events & Programming librarian Randa Morgan. “We have had situations where things have walked off, but for the most part, the room is being used the right way, and the students really benefit from it.”

This year marks the first time a small nap area with three hammocks will be featured in the back of the first floor of Middleton. Morgan said she recognizes the potential for misuse, but generally trusts University students to use the resources for their intended purposes.

“I’m excited but nervous,” Morgan said. “The way I see it, if students are going to do anything inappropriate, they’re already going to do it. We’re hoping students will be respectful and only stay for about 30 minutes at a time, but we’ll see how it goes.”

The fan-favorite dog therapy will make its visit to Middleton again on Nov. 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library hosted a Vine party on Nov. 26, free pizza on Nov. 27 and will provide cookies and coffee on Nov. 28.

Morgan said these events can help prevent finals week from becoming too stressful, and instead be a time where students encourage each other and bond over a common goal. She recalled a particu-

see MENTAL HEALTH, page 8

LSU to implement more accessible lactation rooms

BY ANNA JONES @annajoneses A proper nursing environment will be less of a worry for University faculty and students as the first major initiative of Tiny Tigers, the University’s new pregnancy and parenting program, will implement more accessible lactation rooms across campus.

“I think, as usual, women make do with what they have,” said Tammy Millican, the Tiny Tigers committee member and executive director of Facility & Property Oversight. “Sometimes they don’t ask, and that’s why a lot of times they’re nursing in the restroom.”

There were a few lactation rooms already present in the LSU Women’s Center and the athletic administration building. However, most people, including Millican herself, were unaware of their existence. The rooms were also poorly constructed with locks that allowed outside entrance, which is against U.S. Department of Labor laws. Employers are required to provide private spaces for breastfeeding, — and bathrooms or rooms that are accessible from the outside do not qualify.

Fellow committee member Jane Cassidy said breastfeeding can sometimes be an uncomfortable topic, so Tiny Tigers seeks to provide options that are as discrete and convenient as possible.

see TINY TIGERS, page 8 STUDENT LIFE

Students gain firsthand knowledge of hunting and wildlife ecology

BY BAILEY CHAUVIN @BaileyChauvin Kevin Ringelman, a renewable natural resources assistant professor, has a hands-on approach to teaching wildlife ecology. During an optional field trip last fall, Ringelman and wildlife ecology and conservation biology students went to the Pine Island Hunting Club for a duck hunting trip.

The program began under adjunct associate professor Frank Rohwer and was incorporated into his Wildlife Techniques class. It is one of only two college hunting programs in the country.

Rohwer originally took his students to hunt on public land,

which was difficult to access for 30 students at once. Eventually, Rohwer contacted the managers of the Oak Grove Duck Club, a private duck hunting club, and arranged for a private hunt during early blue-winged teal season.

When Ringelman began organizing the field trips, he relied on donations from private donors. Ringelman and his associates in the School of Renewable Natural Resources contacted friends at various private hunting clubs who donated hunts for the students.

“We’re only able to do this because we have these hunts donated by private individuals who have access to high-quality hunting land,” Ringelman said.

“It really is on the backs of these private individuals who are donating extravagant hunts for these students for their first time.”

The field trip is offered to students enrolled in Wildlife Techniques, a senior-level class taught by renewable natural resources associate professor Bret Collier. Students learn techniques related to the management of wildlife resources, including the safe trapping, handling and marking of animals, habitat management and population dynamics.

Students who choose to attend the field trip gain firsthand knowledge of how to hunt, which is valuable information for wildlife professionals.

“We have wildlife majors who are going into a profession, especially with state or federal agencies, where a large part of their job is going to be working with hunters,” Ringelman said.

“It’s important that they understand the worldview of that constituent group.”

Preparation for the field trip begins with a mandatory 10-hour hunter safety course where students learn about the safe handling of firearms and the ethical harvest of animals.

After the successful completion of the course, students are eligible to go on either a duck or deer hunt, depending on their preference.

On the hunts that Ringelman participates in, he and

the students typically leave for the field site on a Friday afternoon. They spend the night at a nearby lodge, where they eat a large dinner together and occasionally shoot clay targets for practice.

The next day, Ringelman and his students wake up at least two hours before sunrise and are driven by guides on shallow water boats to a duck blind in the middle of the marsh. Then, students get to experience “a morning on the marsh” by watching the sun rise and listening to the ducks overhead.

“Shooting time is half an hour before sunrise, but the

see DUCK HUNTING, page 8

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MUSEUMS

LSU Rural Life Museum statue a microcosm of national debate

BY CALEB GREENE @cgreene_24 History: A single word encapsulating the entirety of mankind’s existence.

Interpretations of history differ with an individual origin and upbringing. A historical event means something different to a child than it would to his parents. Nothing better exemplifies the dynamism of history than the LSU Rural Life Museum’s controversial statue: Uncle Jack.

Uncle Jack, nestled between the museum’s church and cemetery, depicts an elderly, AfricanAmerican man tipping his hat.

Jackson Lee Bryan, a successful cotton planter and banker, commissioned the statue in 1926. It was erected in Natchitoches a year later. Bryan, whose family owned slaves, dedicated the statue to the African-American slaves who played an integral part in the building of Louisiana.

The statue’s plaque reads, “in grateful recognition of the arduous and faithful service of the good darkies of Louisiana.” After its construction, national media outlets rushed to Natchitoches to cover the statue. The New York Times praised the statue as a progressive symbol of a new South.

National Geographic labeled the statue as a major tourist attraction: “A visit to Natchitoches was not complete without a visit to the statue.”

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The “Uncle Jack“ statue sits at the LSU Rural Life Museum on Nov. 1. as an honorable memorial to African-Americans in the 19th century, in Natchitoches, the white community was initially unsupportive. At the time of its erection, Uncle Jack was Natchitoches’ only statue and the white community did not want the town’s only statue to be of an African-American.

As the cultural revolution of the 1960s raged, the interpretation of Uncle Jack changed.

Throughout the decade, the statue was a target of vandalizations and African-American protests.

African-Americans viewed the statue as racist as it depicts the elderly man as subservient, said LSU Rural Life Museum Director David Floyd.

“In the 1960s with the Civil Rights movement, a new generation began to look at the statue

in a different way,” Floyd said.

“They saw it as a way of putting down African-Americans.

Even the name was seen as derogatory.”

The City of Natchitoches removed Uncle Jack in 1968 to avoid addition racial unrest. The removal occurred in the middle of the night. For the next four years, the statue was stored at the Natchitoches Regional Airport until it found a new home at the LSU Rural Life Museum.

Then-LSU Chancellor Cecil G. Taylor and Director of the LSU Ag Center Johnny Cox learned about the statue’s location in 1972 and contacted Bryan’s daughter, Jo Ducournau, about loaning Uncle Jack to the University. Ducournau received other requests for the statue from the Smithsonian Institution and Natchitoches to return it to its original location, but ultimately decided to donate Uncle Jack to the University.

“You have to have some type of informational background of what it really means,” Floyd said.

“The symbolism is a strong thing and it changes. It can be reckless at times.”

Uncle Jack stood outside the Rural Life Museum welcoming arriving visitors until 2009 when Floyd decided to move the statue inside the museum. According to Floyd, African-American state legislators called the Rural Life Museum and demanded that the statue be destroyed. The move also allowed the Rural Life Museum to provide context for the

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Uncle Jack remains controversial today as it represents a vital but contentious part of Louisiana history.

“It’s a struggle to understand the past,” Floyd said. “It’s one

of the things historians have a hard time with. The past doesn’t have audio and video. It has paper and photography, and that’s about it. You have to find out what is the truth. Humans are a complicated species, so the truth has different shades.”

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ALUMNI

LSU alumna makes dreams come true as VP of Epcot

BY BAILEY CHAUVIN @BaileyChauvin

LSU alumna Melissa Valiquette is bringing the LSU spirit to “the happiest place on Earth” as the Vice President of Epcot in Walt Disney World.

While Valiquette was a student at the University, she majored in family, child and consumer sciences with a concentration in human services management. After completing several internships, she had the goal of running nursing homes and retirement centers.

After graduating from the University, Valiquette moved to Orlando with her husband, who was working at Disney World. When she experienced setbacks while working in her intended field, Valiquette decided to apply for a summer position at Disney World and was hired as a guest relations host and tour guide at Magic Kingdom. Valiquette immediately enjoyed the exciting atmosphere of working at the park.

“There was no denying it — it was a really fun and rewarding place to be,” Valiquette said. “I knew on that first day that I’d found something worth keeping.”

Valiquette was selected as a Walt Disney World Ambassador and represented Disney as an official spokesperson in 1997. She then spent 10 years working in Disney’s costuming organization before becoming an executive focused on entertainment and park operations at Epcot and Magic Kingdom.

Valiquette has been the Vice President of Epcot since 2015.

She leads a team of 8,000 Cast Members at Epcot and works to create an enjoyable environment for them in the park. She also works with partners in Walt Disney Imagineering and is responsible for planning the future of Epcot.

Many of Valiquette’s memorable experiences in her Disney career involve her fellow Disney executives. She worked alongside Marty Sklar, the Disney Imagineer who was instrumental in the creation of Epcot, and Carl Barks, a Disney animator who created many wellloved Disney characters, like Scrooge McDuck.

But Valiquette’s favorite part of her job is working alongside the Disney Cast Members.

“They are the most inspiring people you could ever meet,” Valiquette said.

“They are people who have devoted their careers to creating happiness for others — something that’s important in our world.”

During her time at the University, Valiquette was involved in Greek Life through her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha,

and served as the chapter president during her senior year. Valiquette feels her involvement and dedication to the LSU community prepared her for her Disney career.

“LSU is a place where passion is on full display, and Disney is similar in that way,” Valiquette said. “As Disney Cast Members, we are passionate about what we do.”

Valiquette advises University students who are unsure about their future to focus on finding their passions and study what they love to do. She said a career will follow as long as students demonstrate their ability to work hard — even if that career isn’t exactly what they imagined they would be doing after graduation.

Valiquette is not the only LSU alumna in Disney World.

LSU College of Agriculture alumna Caroline Coplen creates costumes for Dinsey Parks. Additionally, the University was selected as a distinguished Disney College Program institution because of a high number of applicants in November 2017.

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Louisiana Small Business Development Center opens in BEC

BY BAILEY CHAUVIN @BaileyChauvin

The University is now a host institution for a location of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, or LSBDC in the Business Education Complex.

All branches of the LSBDC offer free assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Louisiana. At the University’s SBDC office, business students will work alongside LSBDC consultants to serve their clients. The students will use what they learn in class, as well as their training on SBDC protocol, to assist the LSBDC consultants in their work.

“Not only are we going to help small businesses in the region, but at the same time it’s going to give an opportunity for our students to get experience counseling small businesses,” White said. “It’s a win-win situation for small businesses, for the students and for LSU.” The National Small Business Development Center program began in 1980 and was authorized by the Small Business Act. Louisiana created six Small Business Development Centers in 1991, all associated with Louisiana colleges and universities.

One SBDC was in the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, a branch of the University’s Office of Research and Economic Development.

This SBDC was discontinued several years ago.

The University’s new SBDC is a result of a partnership between Richard D. White Jr., who serves as the dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business, and Rande Kessler, who is the state director of the LSBDC. LSBDC consultants will also be able to call upon the University’s faculty for assistance.

“In many cases, with LSBDC consultant oversight, students in an advanced business course may work with their professor on a project for a real client,” said Edward Watson, a Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute professor.

“This is a form of experiential learning that is invaluable to the students, the client, and the consultant.”

By providing free assistance to local entrepreneurs and small businesses, the LSBDC at LSU is another way for the E.J. Ourso College of Business to serve the Baton Rouge community.

The College of Business plays a large role in Louisiana’s economic development.

The University’s $5.1 billion impact on Louisiana is due in part to the College of Business’ commitment to local entrepreneurs, according to the Louisiana Economic Development Forecast published by the College of Business.

“LSU has a big role in the

community,” White said. “The community looks for us to leadership in a variety of areas and entrepreneurship is one of those. I feel the business college has a much greater responsibility than just to our students and to research. We have a huge responsibility to the community and to the local economy.”

Aside from the LSBDC at LSU, the College of Business also serves entrepreneurs through a joint degree in entrepreneurship, which can be coupled with any other degree.

The Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, a program within the College of Business, is solely dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurial practices.

“We engage in programs, activities and partnerships that allow us to leverage our strengths and find opportunities to support and foster the entrepreneurial ecosystem,” Watson said. “Students from every college at LSU have an opportunity to study entrepreneurship and develop their entrepreneurial skillset “and experiences.”

The LSBDC officially opened on Nov. 2 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Its offices are now open in the BEC, according to an LSU Media Center press release.

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page 8 TINY TIGERS, from page 3 “Imagine a young woman coming back to work that has an older man that’s the boss and [she has] to ask him to go nurse, how uncomfortable that might be?” Cassidy said. “I think maybe we were a little bit behind the times, but pretty soon we’re going to be way ahead of other institutions.”

The University needs at least 12 lactation rooms to accommodate an adequate number of students and faculty members, Cassidy said. The program hopes to end up with as many as 15 locations spread across campus. Spots

MENTAL HEALTH, from page 3 larly heartwarming experience last December where she saw a group of students studying with a Menorah on the table. “[One student] said, ‘I didn’t get to go home during finals week, so I brought my family’s tradition to the library,’” Morgan said.

“We’re creating opportunities for students to have happy memories during these stressful times in students’ [lives]. That’s a wonderful way for us to make ourselves part of students’ lives.”

Mental Health Center Director John Otzenberger encouraged students to make use of the University’s resources because he said poor mental health manifests itself in anxiety, which in turn reduces test performance quality.

“You should have a plan that you go to the library at these particular times,” Otzenberger said.

“Over-learning counteracts anxiety. If you’re just going off the cuff, and you don’t have a really

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are already available in the LSU Student Union, Middleton Library and Patrick F. Taylor Hall, among other places listed on the Women’s Center website.

Certified lactation counselor Dr. Erin McKinley was inspired

by Auburn’s Tiger Babies program and wanted to bring that to LSU on a larger scale.

“I wanted to take that and do it better,” McKinley said. “[Tiger Babies] is just focused on football guests and making sure they have accommodations. I thought, ‘We can take that and make it campus-wide.’”

The original goal of Tiny Ti-

gers was to provide the lactation rooms, but the committee will continue meeting and expanding the program over time to provide more services. It hopes to hold workshops, events and seminars on topics from pregnancy to infant-feeding. McKinley also wants to set up tents throughout tailgate areas on game days.

Lactation research conducted by national studies show the number of women breastfeeding past the three-month mark is dwindling.

Out of 85 percent of new mothers who say they intend to breastfeed for three months or longer, only 32.4 percent actually achieve this

goal. McKinley attributes those statistics to the difficult transition of returning to work after maternity leave.

Another potential benefit of the program is attracting younger staff members who plan to have families. Tiny Tigers wants the University to be recognized as a breastfeeding-friendly and family-friendly employer.

“When you’re trying to get topnotch people who are young and interested in starting a family, all of these things help you get the best people,” Cassidy said. “They’ve got choices other places. If they know children are in their future,

they are looking for a place where they can parent and work at the same time.”

Erica Hawthorne, communications specialist for the Office of Academic Affairs, said the knowledge that the lactation rooms are there whenever she or other University faculty members need them is reassuring.

“As an expecting mother myself, it is very nice to know that we have these rooms that are open for any women that is breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed,” Hawthorne said. “It’s just good to know those are there and they have resources for all of us.”

good game plan, you’re going to be overwhelmed.”

Much like Middleton Library, the Student Health Center sees an influx of students toward the end of the semester. Otzenberger credits this to the heightened amounts of pressure faced by students in this generation.

“There’s a lot more stress these days,” Otzenberger said.

“College costs a lot of money. We see students working two jobs, and they’re just trying to be college students. There’s also a lot of stress related to technology and social media.”

Otzenberger advised against unhealthy coping mechanisms such as cramming the night before or binging energy drinks, and instead recommends creating a study schedule and getting adequate amounts of sleep. Although a little bit of caffeine can be a good thing, the detrimental effects of an overdose outweigh any positives.

“One of the things we occasionally see here is caffeine intoxication,” Otzenberger said.

“What happens is people don’t realize this, [they can become caffeine intoxicated] and they begin to struggle in terms of not being able to sleep, not being able to focus and being confused. That’s a real thing.”

The average adult should drink no more than 400 mg, or about four cups of coffee, per day, Otzenberger said. Students should also strive for between seven and nine hours of sleep, but most experts agree that the most important thing a student can do during finals is maintain a good attitude and keep things in perspective.

“The worse you feel bad mentally, the worse you feel physically,” Otzenberger said. “That grade does not make you a good or bad person. Take your grades with a grain of salt, do the best you can and don’t let it impact your self-esteem.”

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even had students who were uncomfortable with the idea of hunting to begin with, but they wanted to broaden their worldview. They found it to be an enlightening experience.”

Ringelman grew up in a family of hunters, but also learned from his father, who has a Ph.D. in waterfowl biology. Because of his intimate knowledge of wildlife ecology, he thoroughly enjoys organizing the field trips for students, many of whom have never hunted before.

“I not only grew up hunting, but also learning about the marsh ecosystem,” Ringelman said. “The ability to pass that on to the next generation and do it for 30 students every single year is a broad effect that we’re having. I’m really proud of it.”

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birds are moving around,” Ringelman said. “You can hear hundreds of ducks whistling around — it’s an almost indescribable experience.”

Eventually, someone breaks the silence with the first shot and the hunting begins. The hunting ends at around 9 a.m., when the group takes the boats back to the lodge and returns to the University.

Students who participated in the field trips, whether they have hunting backgrounds or not, have spoken highly of their experiences.

“Everyone is really excited about the whole experience. Reviews have been entirely positive,” Ringelman said. “We’ve

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SKY HIGH LSU junior guard Skylar Mays is no rookie to ESPN’s Sportscenter Top-10 plays. Mays has become a regular on the show over the last two years for his seemingly easy yet difficult dunks.

The first time he appeared on the show was in November 2017 in the Tiger’s eventual win over Michigan when he took an overthe-head Tremont Waters pass from half-court and finished with a 180 - degree, two-handed jam.

Mays’ next appearance came just three weeks ago, in a win over UNC-Greensboro when he took off from just inside the free throw line and dunked on two defenders at the rim in a 97-91 victory.

That play made No. 3 on the list, yet Mays insists he’s not a flashy player butinstead has a knack for flashy plays.

“I was fortunate enough to be on it last year,” Mays said. “I don’t want to say I’m used to it but it was a pretty cool moment. I saw the opportunity and was able to execute.”

It’s moments like those that

Mays grew up envisioning for himself at the age of 6, when he would play at Sports Academy with his childhood friend, Wayde Sims.

The pair started at Sports Academy in downtown Baton Rouge, where they played on numerous AAU teams for the facility before ultimately going to University Lab for high school.

Mays and Sims started on the varsity team in the eighth grade and won two state championships together before Mays ultimately left for Findlay Prep School his senior year. Mays said the decision to leave the school and his best friend behind was a difficult, but ultimately a great experience for him.

“I enjoyed my time there,” Mays said. “The hardest part was getting the guys together and telling them I was leaving. It was a good group of guys but not being able to finish, you kind of look back and kind of feel bad about it but it the right decision for me at the time.”

A return to Baton Rouge wasn’t too far in the distance as the 6-foot-4-inch Mays committed to

LSU in 2016 after being recruited

by Baylor, UNLV, Oklahoma State and Gonzaga. Joining Mays and his recruiting class was Sims, the 2014-15 Gatorade Player of The Year for Louisiana.

The two played together at LSU for two years, where Mays averaged 10 points per game while Sims averaged six in 63 career games. In September, Sims was fatally shot and killed outside of Southern University while trying to protect a friend.

At a candle-light vigil the next week honoring the slain Sims, Mays walked up to the podium and delivered a moving speech about his life-long friend.

“I feel like everyone who knew Wayde knew that he smiled all the time,” Mays said. “He was a loving person and had a smile that was contagious. The biggest reason I think he smiled so much was because of his beautiful family and the loving support system he had.”

The family Sims had was a feeling Mays knows all too well, growing up with seven brothers and sisters as well as two doctors for parents. Growing up with

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two doctors in the family, helping others was a big preaching point from his father, Stan, and mother, Shannon.

“The environment I grew up in was always wanting to help others,” Mays said. “Being a doctor, that’s pretty much what it’s all about. As soon as my junior year is over, I’ll probably shadow my dad.”

Mays’ first love is basketball and he wants to give the professional level a shot before ultimately coming back for medical school for a doctorate degree. In order to do that, Mays has maintained a 4.0 GPA as a pre-med student his first three years at LSU, studying kinesiology as an undergrad.

A day-to-day life for Mays starts by waking up at 6 a.m. for weights followed by usually three morning classes, a lab, practice and then another lab at night on Mondays.

“It’s a lot but you just have to remain focused and lock in every day,” Mays said. “I like to stay on top of things and make sure I’m

It has to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back. The Rubicon has to have been crossed and Fort Sumter has to have been fired upon.

The officiating performance in LSU’s game against Texas A&M on Nov. 24 has to be the final nail in the coffin for the LSU-Southeastern Conference relationship, right? LSU has been part of the SEC since the league’s formation in 1932, but is now a good time to start reevaluating options?

After all, not all relationships are supposed to last forever, and both parties should be proud of the 86-year bond shared. LSU and the SEC accomplished a lot together, especially at the turn of the 21st century. However, it truly seems as if the SEC has decided to stop carrying its weight in this union.

LSU was never the conference’s favorite child, but many believe that it’s become blatantly obvious that the conference does not care about its purple and gold pupil.

At first, the problems were too sporadic and infrequent to cause a ruckus. Fans will gripe when a favorable call decides a game against Alabama or when Florida is allowed to decide terms of a rivalry by canceling a game, but no one would dare dream of filing for

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VOLLEYBALL

Olivia Beyer grew in senior season amid team-wide struggles

BY MATTISON ALLEN @mattisonlsu The decision to come to LSU was easy for senior middle blocker Olivia Beyer.

The Michigan native fell in love with the LSU community immediately following her arrival in Baton Rouge her freshman year.

Beyer admits not knowing much about LSU when first looking at colleges. She visited many colleges throughout her recruitment, but once she stepped foot on the LSU campus, she knew she was home.

“I just fell in love with the campus,” Beyer said. “I really connected well with the girls and the coaches, so [coach Fran Flory] was a huge reason why I came here in the first place. I absolutely loved how much she cared about the girls, how it’s so much more than just a sport.

Once I got done with my visit I told my parents, ‘Mom and Dad, I’m going to LSU.’” Beyer started in 22 of her freshman games, totaling 46 kills with a .70 kills per set average. In her first game as a Tiger, she led the team with four blocks. She continued to

progress during her sophomore season, starting in 17 games and totaling over 100 kills. Junior year, she started in all of the games as middle blocker.

She also passed the 200 mark of kills and ended with a 0.301 hitting average.

“I just think back to freshman year, and I didn’t even know how to play volleyball,” Beyer said. “I don’t even know how that happened, honestly. Each year there’s been so much growth, and I feel like each year, especially offensively, I feel like every year before I had no idea what I was

doing, so it’s been fun to get to senior year.”

This season, Beyer tallied 167 kills, averaging 1.78 per set. She sits at third on the team with 71 blocks this season. She picked up a season-high six blocks on two occasions against Texas State and Georgia, while also recording a career-high of a .500 hitting percentage at Georgia on Sept 21. Recently, she was awarded the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team honors for her 4.1 GPA — the highest on the team.

However good her stats are, Beyer decided not to worry

about them and just focused on havingfunduringherfinalyearas a Tiger.

“It’s funny because Fran always talks about the process each player goes through, and it just fits so perfectly,” Beyer said. “Senior year, it’s like, this is fun and easy and we’re just playing volleyball. Honestly, I think it’s been cool that I haven’t been as concerned. That hasn’t been my main focus of how I perform. I’ve been having more fun than I’ve ever had in a season and I think I’ve understood

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VOLLEYBALL

LSU volleyball excels in the classroom, as well as on the court

BY MATTISON ALLEN @mattisonlsu LSU coach Fran Flory is known for being the winningest volleyball coach in LSU history.

But her success has also shown off the court.

In Flory’s 20 seasons at the helm of LSU’s volleyball program, she has had 118 SEC Academic Honor Roll selections on her teams.

Balancing athletics and academics is no easy task for the coaches or the players. Flory said academics are always the No. 1 priority, even in the handbook.

“That is their future, so we actually have kind of a curriculum we’ve developed as a staff,” Flory said. “The steps that it takes to study, if you’re in this many hours of class this is how many hours you should study outside of class. We have some hard numbers to it and statistics that show if you do that you’re gonna be pretty proficient in most classes.”

Flory is very adamant about the players’ academics. She believes the team member’s GPAs should be among the highest, if not the highest, of all LSU’s athletic teams. The reality is that most will not

continue volleyball after college, so their futures are in the classroom.

“I get all of their grades and they have the responsibility to report all of their grades to me,” Flory explained. “If they make a D or an F in anything, they have to come and present themselves in my office. We talk about how we’re gonna fix that. They have a responsibility to report every grade so I know as much going on academically as anybody.”

Being a student — athlete, many people seem to forget the student part. All of the coaches are aware of what their students are doing in their respective sports, but academics have to become a priority to the volleyball team.

Performances in the classroom come before performances on the court.

“It’s not really a balance,” Flory said.

“It’s a priority.

Every practice we talk about academics. By this point, I know the classes and the professors well enough that I can tell them what’s coming up. I’m not an academic adviser in any way, shape or form, but I pay attention enough to know about their academics.”

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The Lady Tigers celebrate after scoring a point during their 2-3 loss against Texas A&M in the PMAC on Sept. 30. clearly show in the care she has for all of her players.

Aside from her own daugh-

ter, Lindsay Flory, being on the team, she treats every woman like family and only wants the

best for them. She treats them all the same and pushes them to be the best they can be. She believes her job is to create a better future for her team.

“I truly, philosophically believe that school has to come first and I’ll never compromise that,” Fran said. “I care about these kids like they’re my own, and certainly the legacy they leave on the court is known by everybody, but the legacy the leave with me is how important is their future. Their future is in the classroom.”

Sophomore defensive specialist Raigen Cianciulli is a testament of Fran’s efforts.

Cianciulli was named a Student Athlete of the Month in October for her performance on and off the court. She credits Fran’s dedication for the honor.

“She calls us in, checks our schedules, she makes sure we’re ahead,” Cianciulli said.

“After practice she’s like, ‘Even if you don’t have anything get ahead. Read chapters that you don’t even realize you need to know.’ She definitely is one of the main reason we do well academically.”

Fran takes a lot of pride in the fact that her athletes care about school and their grades.

She enjoys hearing about how they’re enjoying their classes and how they’re succeeding.

“I find great reward in when they come in and ask me to tutor them,” Fran said. “I’ll stay up here and help them. I’ll go to whatever length, legally of course. The bottom line is I find great reward in, number one, their ability to organize and prepare, number two, those skill sets we enforce in that curriculum and seeing them succeed through that.”

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the game more than I ever had.”

Her senior season wasn’t exactly what Beyer or anyone else on the team had hoped for. The team ended 12-17 overall and 7-11 in conference play.

Though the season was tough and the team was plagued by inconsistency on the court, Beyer only had positive notes and focused on supporting her team for the work they’ve put out this season.

“As a team, we have just made leaps and bounds and have gotten further than I’ve ever felt before,” Beyer said.

“For some reason, it took us a while to figure it out, but as a team, I think we’re playing so well and so balanced. We have a balanced offensive and it’s never really been that way with my experience here. We finally reached that and it’s been the coolest thing.”

As the season comes to a close, Beyer, like many seniors, can’t comprehend it. After playing volleyball for so many years, it’s a part of her life that she’ll truly miss. However, she is excited for what the future holds, even if it’s a surprise.

“It hasn’t hit me yet,” Beyer said. “I’ve been playing indoor for so long and something I’ve always done ever since I was a little kid was kind of want the next thing. When I was a junior, I wanted to be a senior, and now that I’m a senior, I don’t know what I want.”

Beyer said she was going to miss a lot about LSU volleyball including the normal things like her teammates, the games, the coaches and LSU as a whole, but oddly enough she said the thing she would miss the most were practices.

“The hard, sweaty, brutal practices that last like three and a half hours. Where you don’t stop sweating because those are the ones that you go into it and you dread it, but then you leave, and it’s like you’ve gotten better as a person, as a player [and] you’ve gotten closer with your teammates. Those are the days I’m gonna miss.”

“Side note — I’m gonna miss our sing-offs and dance parties.”

a divorce because of these inconveniences.

However, these are the types of events that fester in the hearts of the LSU-faithful, waiting to combust like a keg of gunpowder at the next instance of unfairness. The Devin White targeting debacle pushed the Tiger fan base to a tipping point, and the Texas A&M game drove the fans right off the cliff. Then, the game took fans back to the top and drove off the cliff again.

Repeat that cliff exercise four more times, and you’d be up to speed with the current state of affairs.

Now, the hard question must be asked. Does LSU want to continue playing in a conference that seems to care so little about the Tigers?

There are much easier roads to the team’s playoff destination. Why not join the Big XII Conference? The league would certainly welcome the Tigers with open arms, and the schedule would be far easier than taking candy from a baby. And after watching LSU’s 70-point shootout with the Aggies, the Tigers would fit right in with the faux defense culture of the Big XII. While seceding from a group is a direct way to express displeasure with the powers that be, leaving the

SEC is not the answer at the moment, since leaving the conference would mean refusing to take any blame for the events that transpired last Saturday.

I was as frustrated as any fan watching the seven-overtime heartbreaker, but the best way to deal with any struggling relationship is by looking in the mirror and improving your own shortcomings.

LSU’s defense played poorly in the first half, the special teams unit muffed a punt allowing Texas A&M to capitalize and the offense failed to pick up the last first down that would have iced the game.

Had LSU avoided any of those mistakes, the referees would have never been given the chance to ruin the game.

Is that an excuse for the missed calls? Absolutely not.

The SEC wants to be an elite conference, but fans have seen anything but elite officiating. I don’t believe in conspiracies, and I don’t think the league has a personal vendetta against LSU. All I ask is that when there are games with so much at stake and both teams are playing their hearts out, is competent officiating too much to ask for?

I know the SEC has capable officials. I see them in the Alabama games every weekend, and it’s high time that the conference started spreading the

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Because today, its LSU. Tomorrow, it will be Auburn.

Poor officiating is a poison that will sweep right through the conference and be the scarlet letter of the SEC if no improvements are made.

SEC fans and athletes are too passionate about their sports to have poor officiating ruin such a great product. If the conference fails to realize that, there may come a time when LSU and other programs may seriously evaluate other options.

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LSU football coach Ed Orgeron calls a play from the sidelines during the Tigers’ 45-16 victory over Ole Miss on Sept. 29 at Tiger Stadium.

MAYS, from page 8 managing my time well. I take advantage of the little breaks I get and that helps me.”

Outside of basketball Mays enjoys is skating and playing instruments, most notably the trumpet which he played in high school band “I love playing instruments and even though I haven’t had the time recently, I would love to get back into that,” Mays said. “Wayde used to make fun of me for that, you know I’d be on the high school football field for football games. I stopped after my freshman year to focus on basketball.”

With eight new faces on the roster this season, Mays is just one of five returning players, leaving a heavy leadership role on the junior. While that’s something he embraces, Mays is more of a lead by example guy than a vocal leader.

Coach Will Wade said he has an “unbelievable” amount of trust in Mays and he’s responding averaging a career high 14.6 points per game in the early season, including a most recent road trip to Orlando where Mays averaged 17 a game in the Advocare Invitational.

“He’s a hard worker,” Wade said. “He has a good understanding of how things work so that’s important. He completely transformed his body in the offseason so that just shows the kind of dedication he has not only to the game but in life.”

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Just Wingin’ It creates family sports bar

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the shelves with her lemonade. In just a couple months, Celestine had to learn how to put nutritional facts on her bottles, label and barcode them, and create a logo for her business.

In less than five months, Celestine went from waiting tables to owning her own small business.

Celestine learned lemons are supposed to eliminate negative energy from a person’s life. She started to begin to understand her strange and sudden desires to make

Just Wingin It aims to create a sports bar that makes people feel like they’re eating at a family restaurant.

Owner Kenny Carr is a man well-versed in the restaurant industry. He has been working with restaurants for 15 years and owns two other restaurants. However, the concept he envisioned for Just Wingin It was simple in execution.

“An upscale sports bar where the ladies didn’t feel like they were in a sports bar,” Carr said.

Though it resembles a sports bar, Just Wingin It has foods that are also inviting to families. In addition to the normal burgers, wings and beer, Just Wingin It also has wraps, salads, wine and cheese platters available for anyone not wanting to food from a sports bar.

Carr said his desire for Just Wingin It is to be a family restaurant. Not only do Carr’s wife and son work in the restaurant with him, but Carr also stresses the importance of his regulars and frequent customers. Carr believes this is important because he runs an individual restaurant, as opposed to some of the larger chains like McDonald’s and Buffalo Wild Wings. Therefore, regulars are more important to him than to a restaurant with 100 locations throughout the U.S. “We try to personalize,” Carr said. “I try to talk to almost every single customer. And usually the owner does not do that … So we go talk to the table, make sure they’re all happy, get to know them, introduce ourselves and get to know them. If you have a personal connection, they have more reason to

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Rockin’ Lemonade brings positivity to Baton Rouge, New Orleans

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks Rockin’ Lemonade is bringing refreshing positivity to Baton Rouge and New Orleans through its rock ‘n’ roll-style lemonade.

Courtney Celestine was inspired to start Rockin’ Lemonade in 2016 after becoming tired of working multiple unfulfilling jobs to make ends meet. One night she suddenly woke up and felt something calling her to make lemonade, she said. As she was mak-

ing lemonade in her kitchen at 5 a.m., she was inspired to start her own business.

“I wanted to find my purpose in life, and I wanted to walk in my purpose,” Celestine said. “I enjoyed it — it was a breath of fresh air.”

Celestine decided to pursue a lemony-fresh calling and bought a cabin to create a lemonade stand. The stand soon proved to be an obstacle for Celestine.

After not being able to find a place to set up the stand, she felt another inspiration telling her to order bottles to sell her

lemonade in.

After ordering 100 bottles, Celestine told herself that if she didn’t sell all of them, she would stop making lemonade. After those first 100 bottles of Rockin’ Lemonade sold out in less than a week, she knew she was onto something.

“Don’t be afraid to take the leap for something you feel passionate about because it’ll work out,” Celestine said. “You just have to trust that it’ll work out.”

The business accelerated faster than Celestine expected. Stores were ready to stock

LIFESTYLE

‘Time Machine’ shows New Orleans’ future through augmented reality

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks A New Orleans filmmaker, with the help of a few LSU students, is hoping to give people a glimpse into the future of New Orleans through augmented reality and a smartphone.

The project will take place at the LUNA Fête Festival in New Orleans. The festival takes place from Dec. 6-9 in

Lafayette Square from 6-10 p.m.

Donations to the project can be given via its Go Fund Me. Filmmaker Tricia Towey is the director behind “Time Machine,” an art project that will allow viewers to see the future of New Orleans up to 300 years in the future. She was inspired by the upcoming anniversary for the city.

“This is the tri-centennial year for the city of New

Orleans and there’s been a lot of events talking about the history of New Orleans,” Towey said. “I just started thinking, ‘What is New Orleans going to be like 300 years in the future?’”

To help execute her vision, Towey contacted Marc Aubanel, director of the Digital Media Arts and Engineering program, to recruit a few LSU students from the video game design program.

For digital art senior Avery Canevari, Time Machine was an excellent opportunity to develop skills she had already learned throughout her studies as well as gain new experiences and knowledge, she said.

“I’ve always worked with this [software] but there are parts of it that I’ve never gotten to use,” Canevari said. “I got to learn a lot more about the program that I use frequently,

and I also learned programs that I wouldn’t have otherwise used before.”

The augmented reality begins when you download the project’s app. Inside the app, you scan information signs with graphics on it, allowing you to see the future of New Orleans at different stages through the screen of your smartphone.

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Fresh Cravings brings healthy, custom catering food to Baton Rouge

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks Fresh Cravings is bringing, custom catering to your local tailgates, festivals, birthday parties and more.

Corletha “Coco” Howard, Stephanie “Reno” Elwood and Jamie “Lulu” Elwood started their business in May 2018, combining their individual talents and creating a company specializing in fresh food made from scratch.

The women of Fresh Cravings are passionate about bringing healthy food options to the many “food deserts” in Baton Rouge. A food desert is defined as an area where residents have little to no access to quality, economical food sources like fresh produce because grocery stores are not within an accessible distance.

A typical day of catering a tailgate or event begins at 5 a.m. for the Fresh Cravings women.

They wake early to allow for last-minute grocery runs and creative idea sessions. Howard does most of the cooking while Stephanie keeps up with what produce is in season and makes hibiscus tea. Jamie keeps track of the company’s finances and also specializes in sweet and frozen treats.

“It’s going to be fresh, it’s going to be hot, it’s going to be on time,” Stephanie said. “We work really hard at being prompt and being the face of our business.

We want people to see us and see how hard we are working. We want people to recognize that we’re dependable, and I think we do a really good job of that.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, approximately 2.3 million people “live more than one mile away from a supermarket and do not own a car.” About 75,000 East Baton Rouge residents live in food deserts, and 39 percent of these residents live in poverty.

The women of Fresh Cravings wanted to create something that was not only easily accessible to residents in these food deserts, but also healthy, fresh and delicious.

“It’s something, in my opinion, that’s new in Baton Rouge,” Stephanie said. “It happens in more progressive cities but it’s mobile, it’s fresh from scratch, it’s seasonal and it provides healthy options. It’s run by women-women of color. To create something so delicious and wonderful and to give that tangible thing of joy to someone is very magical.”

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“Whenever there’s good food, there’s a good time,” Howard

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REV R ANKS THE GRINCH

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What the movie lacks, however, is the snappy one-liners the Jim Carrey version gave us. The movie does have its share of humorous moments, but it lacks the flair and sass of the Grinch character we knew before.

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‘Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald’ slow, lacks plot

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Overall, the movie works as a new and unique twist on the WWII film genre. However, the film suffers from pacing and marketing issues, as the trailer showcased a much faster paced and action-filled film than the final release. But overall, the film is a good watch for any fan of both WWII and zombie films.

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Rather than create an actual film with a plot line, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” simply serves as an in-between film to stretch out a franchise into more and more sequels.

The story picks up a few months after the culmination of the first film. Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) succeeds in breaking out of detainment by the Magical Congress of the United States of America and begins accumulating more followers and searching for Credence, the young and powerful wizard struggling with identity issues while traveling around Europe in a magic circus.

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is also searching for Credence at the request of his former Hogwarts professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law), though we don’t find out until later why Dumbledore couldn’t find Grindelwald himself. Newt is joined by old friends such as Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler), Queenie Goldstein (Alison Sudol), Leta Lestrange (Zoë Kravitz) and Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterson).

To put it plainly, the film has no real plot — there is no climax or culmination of any

“Rowling abandoned her original idea of only creating three films and is expanding ‘Fantastic Beasts’ into a fivemovie series.”

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kind. Superficial storylines and a plethora of “she likes him, but he likes someone else” relationships cloud any actual storyline. Unnecessary drama tries to distract from the fact that there are no good action scenes.

Characters are introduced that serve no real purpose to the plot like Nagini (Claudia Kim), Credence’s serpentine Maledictus love interest. Though she had no real impact on the second film, I remain hopeful that her storyline

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“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” simply serves as an in-between fil to strech out a franchise into more and more sequels. will expand and give us a look as to how she became Voldemort’s pet and horcrux.

The film lightly touches on Dumbledore’s possible same-sex relationship with Grindelwald. J. K. Rowling first spoke about Dumbledore’s sexuality over 10 years ago. I hope future sequels will expound on this storyline because let’s be real — who doesn’t want a gay storyline between Jude Law and Johnny Depp?

The film demonstrates stunning advancements in animation and CGI through the old and new fantastic beasts themselves.

Fan favorites such as greedy Nifflers and

needy Bowtruckles make a reappearance from the first film. A plethora of new beasts are introduced in “Crimes of Grindelwald,” including a powerful yet adorable cat/Chinese dragon hybrid named Zouwu.

The true measure of “Crimes of Grindelwald” lies in what the franchise does with future films. Rowling abandoned her original idea of only creating three films and is expanding “Fantastic Beasts” into a five-movie series. If the rest of the films are actionpacked and tie up the dozens of loose ends, I believe there is hope for the Fantastic Beasts franchise.

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DON’T FEAR THE FINAL Priotitize Good Habits

Make sure you carve out time to engage in self-care activities you enjoy the most. It’s hard to make time for sleep and self-care when you’re knees deep in studying for finals, but you can’t run on zero energy to get the job done. Prioritize your needs and you’ll see success.

Ask For Help

Dead Week is one of the most stressful times during the semester for students, so here are some tips on how you can take care of yourself and not let the final stretches get you down.

Don’t let yourself drown in the stress of Dead Week alone if you can find some people to help ease the struggle.

Study or work with friends if it’ll lighten the workload, or ask for help from a professor if they have available office hours.

Take a Long, Hot Shower

Be Honest with Yourself No one is a superhero, and you can only do so much when you’re trying to finish the work in all of your classes.

It’s important to be honest with yourself about how much you can take on at a time, so decide early in advance about what schedule you can handle for the future.

Take it One Step at a Time Don’t try to do everything at once because you simply can’t — pace yourself by making yourself a to-do list and checking it off one by one. You’ll feel better when accomplishing tasks slowly than you will by overloading yourself.

Don’t overestimate the value of a refreshing shower.

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“When people drink lemonade, they’re instantly happy just because lemons promote positivity,” Celestine said.

Rockin’ Lemonade is made from all fresh ingredients.

Celestine gets most of her produce from fruit stands and even grows some of her own lemons in her backyard. She said she likes to create lemonade flavors that are not typically made or

sold in stores. Rockin’ Lemonade currently has four flavors, including Mango, Pina Colada, Green Apple and Mixed Berry.

“I just want to make sure that I could do an amazing product that everyone loves at all ages, and it actually tastes great and it makes you feel happier,” Celestine said. “I just want people to not be afraid to take the leap. If I was afraid, Rockin’ Lemonade would not exist.”

Rockin’ Lemonade is available in Baton Rouge at Calvin’s Bocage Market and Erics Grocery and in New Orleans at Hyatt Hotels.

WINGIN, from page 14 come back to you … everyone likes to go somewhere where they know somebody.”

One of the things Carr treasures most in the restaurant are the staff members, he said. He believes good help is hard to find, and when he finds good help, he wants to make sure that he keeps them.

“It’s hard to find good work ethic … It just is,” Carr said. So when you find a good one, a diamond in the rough, you take good care of ‘em. Make sure you give ‘em plenty of shifts or you give ‘em more money cause you wanna take care of ‘em.”

Carr wanted to make sure he covered all the bases when creating the menu — that’s why Just Wingin It serves burgers, wraps and salads along with wings. It also helps create the atmosphere Carr

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JAMES SMITH @itssmitt President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the national media “fake news” and the “enemy of the American people.” This shocks, frightens and saddens me — not only as a journalism student, but as a young American.

Reporters and editors are not the enemy. Reporters and editors are not hell-bent on destroying America. Reporters and editors serve as watchdogs for the people. They make issues known to the public. They shine a light on things otherwise unknown.

They serve as civil servants, with an altruistic drive to reveal the truth.

Do you consider the reporters of The Boston Globe who exposed the Catholic Church’s history of child sex abuse to be enemies of the people? Is The New York Times and other outlets who published the Pentagon Papers and exposed government lies the enemy? Perhaps our enemies are the reporters who exposed Harvey Weinstein , opening the floodgates for the #MeToo movement.

The only enemy of the people

in any of these stories is the subject of the investigation. These journalists had the gall to stand up to the Catholic Church, the federal government and a Hollywood giant. These reporters and editors identified a problem, investigated it and told the public the truth about seemingly impenetrable institutions. These journalists are not the enemy.

Throughout my time at the Manship School of Mass Communication, my professors have ingrained the ethics and principles of journalism into my psyche.

They’ve taught me to seek and report nothing but the truth, hold myself accountable when wrong and act independently, transparently and compassionately. I can only imagine that reporters working for some of the most well-respected outlets deemed “fake news” by Trump hold themselves to standards far beyond what I’ve learned.

Calling these journalists enemies of the American people marks an incredibly sad day for democracy. The Founding Fathers established the principle of a free press so that we would not fall rule to a tyrannical leader driven by falsehoods. Journalism is a pillar of democracy as much as the right to vote is. Look to countries with a history of suppressed or government-run

media and tell me you’d rather their way.

Their way often includes capturing, jailing, torturing and murdering journalists who dare to critique their governments. Trump hasn’t shied away from encouraging violence against journalists, either. At a rally about a month ago, Trump praised Republican Rep. Greg Gianforte for assaulting a reporter when he was running for Congress last year.

“Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of — he’s my guy,” Trump said of Gianforte, who pleaded guilty.

Trump’s celebration of the assault of a journalist came only weeks after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul . Khashoggi was a dissident and advocate who frequently critiqued the oppressive policies of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman . The CIA recently concluded that the Crown Prince ordered his murder.

Rather than demanding accountability and punishment, Trump claimed the CIA did not come to a conclusion, smiting an American intelligence agency, journalists around the world and the sanctity of the free press.

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Frankly, it doesn’t matter if the Crown Prince ordered the murder or not. Khashoggi was murdered because he exemplified American journalistic practices on an international level.

That is why, in this case, moral leadership must outweigh economic and personal benefit.

This debacle reminds me of southern journalists of the Civil Rights era including Ralph Emerson McGill, William Hodding Carter Jr. and Bill Minor . They wrote opinion columns taking the moral high ground, denouncing racism, speaking on behalf of the minority and sharing their unpopular opinions in the name of what they knew was

right. They might have been considered enemies of those who wished to uphold the social order of white supremacy, but retrospect has a way of changing narratives.

No, Mr. President, the media is not the enemy of the American people. Reporters and editors fearlessly seek truth and courageously stand up to powerful entities for the American people. Fearless truth-seekers are only the enemies of those who do not wish to have their truths exposed.

James Smith is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

Teachers unappreciated, deserve better compensation I SAID WHAT I SAID

MAYA STEVENSON @colormemaya In 2016, the average salary for a high school teacher was $58,030. This may seem perfectly reasonable for someone who stands in front of a board and instructs students in a monotone from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.. But, it’s not.

A teacher’s day is far more than eight hours of instruction time during the school day. High school teachers are usually required to arrive an hour before school and most stay an hour after the last bell rings in order to help students who need it. Then, you have to factor in all the other tasks teachers do such as grading, planning, answering emails and professional workshops — the list goes on.

When I was in high school, which wasn’t too long ago, all of my teachers taught six classes a day. If a teacher was especially unlucky, they taught for all seven periods of the day. High school instructors in Louisiana have an average of 22 students in their classrooms. Multiplied by the six periods usually taught, this means high school teachers are charged with grading 132 tests,

132 quizzes, 132 homework assignments and more. The list of work teachers have to give in order to help ensure successful instruction is extensive.

Many people think teachers only work their designated nine months of the year, since they have summer breaks off.

This thought is wrong. In an article from the National Education Association, “Students have summers off. Teachers spend summers working second jobs, teaching summer school and taking classes for certification renewal or to advance their careers. Teachers are only paid for the days they are contracted to work.” Even when teachers are supposed to be off, they’re not.

Teachers are beyond unappreciated. Teachers are constantly ridiculed and treated as if they have no value in the world.

Teaching is one of the most noble professions in the world.

Teachers are the ones who get up every morning and teach our future scientists, world leaders and more. They play a large role in the molding of the minds of the future.

In addition to the heavy tasks they’re dealt, teachers also carry heavy emotional responsibilities.

High schoolers are, quite frankly, ridiculous. They’re over-emo-

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tional, irrational and hot-headed.

Their teachers end up having to deal with the results of their issues more often than not. Many high schoolers have a teacher they think of as a big sister or brother, or surrogate mother or father.

Teachers play therapist, nurse, protector, adviser and many other roles students aren’t always able to get at home. Yet,

students choose to belittle these teachers, take out their frustrations on them, and some have even resulted physically attacking instructors. No member of any profession deserves this treatment, but teachers even less.

Looking at all these factors, it seems ridiculous people still even want to go into this profession. Yet, they do. It’s obvi-

ously not because of the salary or the “easiness” of the job, but because they want to. An educator’s choice to enter this field deserves significantly more respect and appreciation than it currently gets.

Maya Stevenson is a 19-yearold English and economics sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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JUULs put young people at risk, encourage addiction ACCORDING TO ASHLON ASHLON LUSK @ashlonrose The small flashdrive-resembling vape called the JUUL is now discontinuing most of their flavored pods and upping their age requirement. The FDA is now regulating “juuling.”

E-cigarettes were originally sold with the intention of helping people stop smoking.

They were branded as a healthier alternative, and you could control the level of nicotine you were inhaling. JUUL was invented in 2015, but wasn’t popularized until the end of 2017 when it became the most popular e-cigarette.

Each JUUL pod is 5 percent nicotine, which is about how much nicotine is in a whole pack of cigarettes. Instead of helping people with a nicotine addiction stop smoking, it has become trendy to give yourself a nicotine addiction with a JUUL .

Discontinuing the flavor pods and increasing the age requirement is good for the sake of the nicotine-addicted youth.

America was slowly moving away from cigarettes until ecigarettes were invented. Once you get addicted to nicotine, it’s difficult to stop, which is why the industry is still alive.

When cigarettes were first popularized, they were advertised toward women to help them lose weight and toward men for them to look “cool.”

People didn’t truly know the risks behind smoking until the 1950s. Tobacco companies weren’t required to put warning labels on their products until ‘65. Cigarettes were in fashion, just like JUULs are today.

These companies are profiting off of people’s addictions.

Just like the cigarette, ecigarettes are seen as being cool. JUULsare small and easy to carry around so you can vape at all times. With a cigarette, you have to go outside and take time to have a smoke break. With a JUUL, you can do it anywhere at anytime because they don’t smell like smoke and they don’t let out a huge amount of smoke. High schoolers can vape and charge their JUULs in class without the teacher even knowing because it looks like a flashdrive.

Raising the required age

from 18 to 21 for purchase will keep them out of the hands of high schoolers. Children as young as 15 are using JUULproducts because older high schoolers are buying it for underclassmen. When the age is raised, no high schoolers will be able to buy JUUL products at all, which will keep younger children from starting a nicotine habit.

The FDA is doing the right thing. Instead of poisoning the lungs of our youth and starting them on a path to addiction, the FDA is actually doing something to help. Even though we banned mango flavored JUUL pods before semi-automatic rifles, it is still a step in the right direction to keep children safe.

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

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Quote of the Week “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”

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Student Government gives voice to students, improves conditions OH, NOT AGAIN! KYLE RICHOUX @KyleRichoux Our national government has begun to lose credibility over the years. Our president is widely considered a joke and Congress’ approval rating sits at 21 percent. Bipartisan extremism and an increased focus on young voters has turned elections into more of a popularity contest than a battle of ideologies.

As if the national own government, which makes decisions affecting the way we live our lives, isn’t enough of a laughing stock, school-level “politics” sound like the butt of an incredibly bad joke. In an environment filled to the brim with highly educated adults, can we believe young pupils have any chance of getting anything done?

Our own Student Government at the University seems to think so.

More importantly, they’re making huge efforts to prove they can make a difference. Whether or not you take SG seriously, it’s hard to ignore the evidence.

SG listens to its constituents.

Many of its projects are direct responses to the requests of the student body. For example, Max Nedanovich’s opinion column in The Daily Reveille recently voiced students’ desire for more accessible Scantrons on campus. SG immediately leapt into action and began to

implement easier ways for students to get Scantrons.

They’re not only active when called to be, however; SG is always looking for ways to better improve our school’s quality.

SG recently announced plans for a comprehensive two-year program for those with special needs. They saw similar programs crop up in a few other universities in the state and decided our flagship university ought to have the same care for its people.

Another SG initiative seeks to lower student fees at a cost to the LSU Student Media budget.

While the budget cut is difficult for those working in Student Media.

The refusal to enrich their programs out of the pockets of everyone is at the very least admirable and proves a commitment to the student The Daily Reveille Archives body.

LSU Student Government president and biological engineering senior Stewart Lockett speaks to students at the Bengal Bound A more important mesConcert in the PMAC on Aug. 18. sage lies in SG’s success. We all have a voice, and result of successful petitions. their home. They have proven everyone to cast a vote the time is ripe to We live in they are willing to listen and to and to speak out against make a In an environment filled a society built make changes to benefit us. problems on our campus change. SG has I implore everyone to community. Now I know the to the brim with highly on the idea of one hav- participate. The power to elect power we have, and I’ll be made it clear they educated adults, can we ever ing an equal leaders and to make a dif- right there with you. are listening to us and more than believe young pupils have voice, and the ference with our voices is any chance of getting University willing to do what is strong, and SG is giving us a Kyle Richoux is a 20-year-old anything done? it takes to imopportunity sociology junior from LaPlace, making a pow- brobdingnagian prove the Univererful case for to make it count. I would ask Louisiana sity. the power In times past, essays and of the people.

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Broken, corrupt political system renders voting worthless THE MODERATE’S PROPOSAL PATRICK GAGEN @PattyGagen Corporate money flows through Washington, D.C. like a sewer system, soiling even the most idealistic politicians and corrupting them into little more than a career fundraiser catering to special interest groups. Don’t be fooled by deceptive campaign promises to “drain the swamp.”

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle can spend over four hours a day soliciting donations from wealthy donors in offsite call centers just blocks away from Capitol Hill. That’s twice the number of hours spent on telemarketing instead of doing their actual job.

As former Rep. David Jolly, R-Florida, explained: it comes down to the importance of fundraising in winning reelection. To get re-elected, members of Congress need to raise millions not only for themselves, but also for dues for their respective parties.

Former Rep. Steve Israel, D-New York, who was in charge of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sees the problem as systemic, stemming from the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case. Since then, corporations, individuals and unions have been able to donate an unlimited amount of money to campaigns as a constitutionally protected form of political speech, which was controversially extended to corporations, too.

This has put an ever higher amount of pressure on elected officials and political parties to fundraise in what has become an “arms race” to stuff campaign war chests with as much money as possible.

While Republican and Democratic voters don’t agree on much these days, there is a growing consensus that our political system is broken, and that an outsized influence of corporate and wealthy individual donations has rigged this system.

The displacement of bluecollar jobs due to automation and globalization, for example, goes unnoticed when elected officials prioritize special interests over public interests. Corporate profits soar with lower labor costs, and so the stock market rallies and quarterly GDP growth projections increase. Yet, while elected officials are cashing checks from corporate and wealthy individual donors, displaced blue-collar American workers struggle to reenter the workforce with weak social safety nets and without adequate job training available for career transition.

Blue-collar displacement is just one of a long list of government actions in favor of special interests and to the detriment of the average Americans. For Democrats and Republicans alike, the government’s handling of the 2008 financial crisis was the most

telling moment of whose side elected officials were on.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the federal government shelled out trillions in taxpayer money to bailout the financial sector, only for banks to turn around and successfully lobby against regulation and issue tens of millions in executive bonuses. Only one smalltime investment banker was sentenced with most other convictions resulting in a slap on the wrist to the tune of millions in legal fines — barely noticed in the footnotes of corporate financial disclosures.

The message is clear: whitecollar criminals are above the law, welfare only has bipartisan support for large corporations and everybody else has to pay for their hubris.

Thus, in rebuke of an “elitist” establishment out-of-touch with the struggle of ordinary working class Americans, so called “populist” candidates have been winning elections across the country. Every campaign is now “grass roots” and every candidate a “political outsider.”

In retrospect, it’s no surprise how in the 2016 presidential election then-candidate Donald Trump could tear down the blue wall in the Rust Belt where Democrats had won. Likewise, it is no surprise how in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, despite the

Democratic National Committee’s best efforts, long-shot populist candidate Bernie Sanders could get 43 percent of the popular vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 55 percent.

But, with the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling providing a virtually ironclad legal defense for unlimited campaign funding by corporations and wealthy elites, all hope seems lost for much needed comprehensive campaign finance reform.

Thus, it is equally unsurprising that the president who ran on “draining the swamp” has also appointed many industry lobbyists to regulatory positions. One example is Trump’s recent nomination of Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, to be head of the EPA, which illuminates the corruption in government and the power disparity between corporate lobbyists and American voters.

Regulatory legislation has either been substantially shaped by special interest groups or outright halted.

Unless, of course, there’s a foreign terrorist attack, in which case Congress would draw up and pass legislation within weeks, and in less than two months the president would sign it into law. I’m referring to the USA Patriot Act, and I haven’t otherwise witnessed such a swift legislative process for

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public interest legislation. It hadn’t happened after the financial crisis of 2008; it hadn’t happened after the BP oil spill; and, it hadn’t happened after the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, even after the long list of mass shootings that have happened since.

There aren’t any K-Street lobbyists working on behalf of foreign terrorist organizations, but there sure as hell are for domestic investment banks, oil companies and gun manufacturers.

The callousness is justified after two years of a Trump presidency that didn’t involve a “draining of the swamp,” but a

deepening of what has become a cesspool. Special interests are seemingly more represented in Trump’s administration than in any other in modern U.S. presidential history — a much soberer parallel to former president Ulysses S. Grant’s administration. Trump is less so akin to the much more progressive Teddy Roosevelt, but this country needs him to be now more than ever. I wouldn’t hold my breath, however, for changes to a broken political system during this administration or the next.

Patrick Gagen is a 21-year-old mass communication and finance senior from Suwanee, Georgia.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Louisiana needs to take environmental action, LEAN provides answers HAMMER SEEKING NAIL SOHEIL SANEEI @soheilsaneei In his historic address to the Hungry Club Forum in Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. described the three evils that plague the world as racism, economic injustice and militarization. As intellectually rich and empathetic as King’s speech was, he forgot to include the fourth infinity stone: sexism. The gauntlet which they all lay in common, though, is environmental injustice.

Even though King never perceptibly condemned those who gazed at the environment with gluttonous eyes and wreaked havoc and destruction, he worked audaciously to protect people from the capitalist by-product.

In 1966, he organized protests against poor housing conditions in Chicago . In 1968, he orchestrated strikes to the tune of workers in Memphis, Tennessee, who were working in unsanitary conditions.

The connection between activism and environmental justice is best made by King’s son, Martin Luther King III, when he wrote, “Climate change pries further apart the haves

and have-nots. When Sandy leaves New York dark and underwater; when Katrina sweeps away homes in New Orleans; when coastal cities face continual worry as rising seas pollute drinking water — it is low-income inner city families who suffer most.” Historically, when droughts have risen prices, when overflowing waste has been dumped into communities and when pollution has taken the right to air away from populations, people of color have been the most affected.

According to the United Nations, women make up 80 percent of displacement due to climate change. Globally, women are more likely to enter poverty and have less socioeconomic power than men.

In an interview with BBC news, women and gender studies professor at Rutgers University Jacquelyn Litt Rutgers said, “In New Orleans, there was much higher poverty among the African American population before Katrina, more than half of the poor families in the city were headed by single mothers.”

In the movie “Good Will Hunting,” Matt Damon’s character Will Hunting is a genius who turns down a job at the National Security Agency.

When asked why he wouldn’t

While the spill plagued work for the NSA , he cites reasons that range from mili- mother nature and affected tarization to the connected future socio-economic dyjob losses that result from namics of those living close to the authoritatively established the Gulf of Mexico, Taylor free trade agreements. was ironically commemorated When describing obtaining with a science and technology oil from imperialism, Will sug- school in Avondale, Louisiana, gests that the NSA would prob- and a $116 million building on ably hire “an alcoholic skipper the University’s campus. who likes to drink martinis and So what is there to do for fuckin play salom with the ice- Louisianians who are concerned bergs, and it ain’t too long till for the future? Organizations he hits one, spills the oil and such as Louisiana Energy Agenkills all the sea life in the North cy Network, or LEAN, have Atlantic,” thus concluding the long led the fight against explanation which ties environ- environmental destruction. mental injustice to the insuperLEAN was founded in 1986, able knot of racism, sexism, when big corporations and poleconomic inequality and milita- luters began mending Louisiana rization which will hang us soon. into a dystopia. The crusade on Louisiana is the Gotham-like all too familiar state was headed with oil spills, In a state which regularly by co-founder experiencing the Marylee Orr.Orr suffers from oil spills... great disaster BP had a life like environmental activism most Americans. caused in the Gulf is a necessity. of Mexico which She aged pursuing a good home, destroyed natural a husband and habitats as much children.

When as jobs in Louisiana’s most cherished market, her husband came down with the wildlife and fishing industry. a respiratory illness, almost Many Louisianians have like a sign from the pearly been held in the dark by a sec- gates, she began her quest ond devastating oil spill in for environmental justice.

2004, which was a result of As LEAN’s leadership ages, Taylor Energy , the indepen- it needs a youthful ebb to pardent oil company founded by ticipate and carry it into the Patrick F. Taylor . future. In a state with severe

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poverty rates, a large black and Latino population and gender inequality ranked last in the U.S., environmental activism is a civil rights issue.

In a state that regularly suffers from oil spills and will soon be drowned by mother nature because of its neglect to her temple, environmental activism is a necessity.

As the kindle of civil rights flickers, LEAN’s legacy must continue and grow stronger to protect the most vulnerable from the environmental consequences of the powerful.

It has currently launched a project to create a LEAN Community Archive and Empowerment Center to preserve the history and evolution of different communities impacted by the industrialization of the environment.

This includes the struggle of African Americans transitioning from slaves to sharecroppers to victims of environmental injustice and finally, environmental refugees. To keep its activism alive, LEAN needs all the help it can get. It is our civic duty to uphold lessons of the past, so we know where we’re going in the future.

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