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Athletes graduate at higher rates than non-athletes BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com While winning the next game is at the forefront of their minds, athletes at the University also are thinking long-term, looking beyond their competition. University athletes graduate at a higher rate than non-athletes, despite going through practices and competition in addition to classes, according to the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate report.

The University’s six-year graduation rate reached an all time high of about 69 percent this year. According to the NCAA’s report, which covers the graduation success of athletes entering the University from the 2003-04 school year to the 2006-07 school year, the University’s athletes have an average graduation success rate of 81 percent.

The latest data available for measuring graduation success is from the group of student athletes who received scholarships and entered school in 2007 to allow student-athletes six years to graduate. The NCAA, unlike federal measures of graduation, also factors in student transfers.

At the University, student athletes are given resources to perform on and off the field. The most recent data available shows the University’s athletics graduation rate has increased by 12 percent since Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva began his tenure in 2008.

Offensive tackle La’el Collins said he thinks part of athletes’ success comes from the

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2007 cohort six-year graduation rates for male and female athletes, by sport data courtesy of the NCAA

WOMEN’S

92% 88%

MEN’S

FOOTBALL

71%

BASEBALL

72%

BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK

100%

GOLF

100%

TENNIS

92% 78% 83%

50% 68% 92% 67%

SWIMMING & DIVING

92%

SOFTBALL SOCCER

92%

VOLLEYBALL

92%

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LSU senior running back Terrence Magee (18) runs the ball Oct. 25 during the Tigers’ 10-7 victory against Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

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Highland Coffees extends Northgate lease

BY fernanda zamudio-suarez news@lsureveille.com Highland Coffees received a lease extension and will not close on Christmas Eve as originally planned, owner Clarke Cadzow said Tuesday.

In late September, Cadzow announced that property owner Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate did not renew the coffee shop’s lease, but about a month ago Cadzow said he and property owners started working to extend the lease.

Realtors originally planned to lease the space to a sit-down restaurant, but now those plans are off, said partner and managing banker Hank Saurage IV. “We’ve struck a deal to extend his lease and all other deals are off,” Saurage said. “I’m glad we were able to come to an agreement.”

Cadzow told customers and staff Tuesday evening that the iconic iron gates of Highland Coffees would remain open.

“It feels very good to have that hard work behind us,” Cadzow said.

Now, Cadzow and his staff can get back to serving the community as they have for 25 years and will continue to for years to come.

“I’m glad to get back to working to serving our customers,” Cadzow said. “I mean, you never know, but we expect to be there for a long time.”

University alumnus Demond Matsuo said he’s been a longtime customer of Highland Coffees, frequenting the coffee shop in its previous location on the corner of West Chimes Street.

Matsuo said for years, Highland Coffees has been more than a coffee shop — it’s been a place to meet friends and a cultural landmark to the Northgate neighborhood.

“It would have been a bad

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NYC doctor fully recovers from Ebola virus THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — An emergency room physician who has recovered from Ebola said Tuesday as he left the hospital that he was living proof that early detection and isolation can stop the spread of the deadly virus, and he called for a better focus at the center of the outbreak in West Africa.

Craig Spencer was released from Bellevue Hospital during a joyous news conference where medical team members were cheering, hooting and hugging.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, his wife and most of the medical team embraced the doctor.

Spencer thanked the team for his recovery and said he received excellent care. He was diagnosed Oct. 23, days after his return from Guinea, where he had been working with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola patients.

“While my case has garnered international attention, my infection represents but a fraction of the more than 13,000 reported cases to date in West Africa, the center of the outbreak, where families are being torn apart and communities destroyed,” he said.

During his time there, he

said, he cried as he held children not strong enough to survive the virus and was overjoyed when patients he treated were cured.

“Within a week of my diagnosis, many of these same patients called my personal phone to wish me well and ask if there was any way they could contribute to my care,” he said.

He said his Guinean colleagues are the heroes no one is talking about: “Those who have been on the front lines since Day One and saw friends and family members die continue to fight to save their communities with so much compassion and dignity.”

With his recovery, there are no Ebola patients currently under treatment in the U.S. Spencer’s fiancee is still under quarantine until Nov. 14. Officials continue to monitor nearly 300 people, including hospital workers and recent travelers from West Africa.

Praise was doled out at the news conference for the medical team that treated Spencer and the administration, which prepared swiftly and entirely for the eventual landing of the virus in the nation’s most populous city.

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A neighbor brings balloons to the apartment building of Craig Spencer, the first Ebola patient in New York City, after Spencer was released from Bellevue Hospital. good planning and preparation was behind the containment of the illness.

De Blasio also cheered New Yorkers, who resisted panicking over the diagnosis of one individual.

Health officials have stressed that Ebola is not airborne and can only be spread through

direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person who is showing symptoms. Still, news of Spencer’s infection set many New Yorkers on edge, particularly after they learned that he rode the subway, dined out and went bowling in the days before he developed a fever and tested positive.

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13 Grand Canyon workers allege abuses THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Federal investigators are looking into allegations of discrimination, retaliation and a sexually hostile work environment in the Grand Canyon’s river corridor.

A group of 13 former and current Grand Canyon employees sent a letter to the Interior Department in September, alleging at least 15 years of abuses and prompting an investigation by the agency’s Office of Inspector General.

The agency formally requested the investigation after receiving the letter that also was sent to members of Congress in Arizona, National Park Service spokeswoman April Slayton said. The agency takes “allegations of this nature and all personnel-related matters seriously,” she said.

Agents from the Office of Inspector General have been conducting interviews. Spokesman Kris Kolesnik declined comment Monday.

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Federal officials opened the floodgates at Glen Canyon Dam on Monday, sending water rushing through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

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The women wrote in the letter that they have reported abuses in the past to management at the park only to be retaliated against with threats, sabotage of their work and termination.

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Midterms show pot may be on ballot LSU awaits affirmation from SACSCOC

BY Savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com

Mass communication senior Jacob Irving’s cerebral palsy forced him into braces and physical therapy as a child. Medical marijuana could have relieved Irving of his excruciating pain.

Irving said THC, a component of a cannabis plant, has benefited people who suffer from cerebral palsy, specifically spasticity. If given the correct doses growing up, Irving said he would not suffer from the muscular deformities he has now.

As Irving grew taller, his spastic muscles, or muscles that stay the same length, caused muscular deformities. Irving said the THC can target the source of the problem if administered to those who suffer from spasticity.

Louisiana, however, does not offer medical marijuana, limiting Irving’s treatment options. But with Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., voting to legalize recreational marijuana, medical marijuana options are now on the table.

Since the midterm election, 18 million Americans live in states where marijuana is legal and 157 million Americans live in states where medical marijuana is legal or marijuana is decriminalized, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Political science professor Matthew Hitt said it’s likely for the legalization of marijuana to spread to other states, but expects Louisiana to be one of the last due to the state’s socially conservative lean.

Currently, recreational use of marijuana is legal in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Colorado.

Medical marijuana is legalized in 20 states.

Hitt said states are relaxing their marijuana restrictions in varying degrees.

Colorado is a prime example of the process of states legalizing marijuana, Hitt said. The state

made its medical system so relaxed that anyone who could find a legitimate medical reason for the substance could receive a medical marijuana license.

“That proliferated to the point that there were more medical marijuana dispensaries in the state of Colorado than Starbucks and McDonalds combined,” Hitt said.

These states are laboratories of democracy, Hitt said. The states that are legalizing marijuana are watched by other states considering doing the same.

“Frankly, some states might get jealous of the tax revenue recreational states are bringing in and push for it for purely financial reasons,” Hitt said.

Citizens who live near states with legalized marijuana may be more inclined to vote in their own state due to the benefits they see next door.

Some people can argue medical marijuana is a social good, Hitt said. As marijuana is adopted as a social good, people begin to become more comfortable with use of the drug.

Hitt said he saw a dramatic change in public opinion in the last decade. More people are accepting recreational use of marijuana.

However, federal law has not

changed with public opinion. Under federal law, marijuana is still an illegal drug.

Nothing is stopping the federal government from striking down the states’ legalization laws, Hitt said. Yet this may change with the 2016 presidential election.

“A conservative president would be in the odd position of invalidating legitimately passed state laws and asserting federal superiority over state governments,” Hitt said.

Support for legalization has historically been a liberal position, while protecting states’ rights is typically a conservative issue, and the legalization of marijuana has complicated the two.

People considering entering the marijuana business are in a difficult position because of differences in federal and state law.

“If a president is elected and he or she has a different view on how vigorously the federal government should enforce federal law in the states that have legalized marijuana, this could immediately crater these businesses,” Hitt said.

Banks are less likely to invest in a marijuana business for their own financial protection. If the federal government cracks down, the banks could be indicted.

Mystyr Stewart Jr. was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Nov. 6 for recording a female in the shower at the University with his cell phone, a crime he committed in April.

LSUPD spokesman Capt.

Cory Lalonde said investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Stewart after he was identified as the suspect in the video voyeurism incident and had fled to Texas.

Officers arrested him in Waco, Texas and kept him on probation for legal issues.

Lalonde said Stewart had a pending extradition to Louisiana.

When released from custody in Robert County, Texas, on Nov. 6, Stewart was transported to Baton Rouge.

Lalonde said he was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish

In the first week of December, while students are studying for finals and calculating their best possible GPA, the University will receive a grade of its own.

Every decade, the University must go through the process of reaffirming its accreditation by its accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools C om m i s sio n on Colleges.

Without matching all of SACSCOC’s standards, the reeve University does not have the authority to grant degrees.

The University’s funding and students’ ability to obtain grants and financial aid depend partly on the outcome of this process, said Randy Duran, director of the University Office of Undergraduate Research, earlier this year.

Members of SACSCOC will meet in Tennessee to look over the University’s application, along with several other schools, and release a conclusion on Dec. 9, said Gil Reeve, University vice provost for academic programs, planning and review.

“SACSCOC doesn’t approve individual degree programs.

They approve institutional programs. They accredit the institution to deliver degree programs,” Reeve said.

For example, Reeve said if the University is creating a new degree program, it does not have to be approved by the accrediting body but the processes behind its creation does.

Preparations for reaffirmation of accreditation began in 2011, when a committee was formed to make sure the University fulfilled all requirements set by the SACSCOC. There are about 98 standards set by the SACSCOC involving the running of the school, from the processes used to make decisions regarding classes and degrees to how administration works, according to its website.

The University completed a report showing its compliance with all of the standards in September 2013. The report was then sent back with 17 recommendations for change, which were reevaluated during a campus visit by SACSCOC members in March.

After the March visit, they had more recommendations for changes for the University to make to match all of the standards.

“We provided additional information on two standards and we did that and submitted that in September,” Reeve said. “Once that material is submitted, that’s the last interaction regarding it until December.”

Reeve said the University will not know anything more until December, but he is confident in the University’s success.

“If you’ll check with me on Tuesday, Dec. 9, I should have good news,” Reeve said.

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Marijuana may be on the table in Louisiana after several states have voted to legalize it.

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CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS University video voyeurism suspect released from Texas prison, booked into EBR Parish Prison

BY Deanna Narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

Prison for video voyeurism that same day.

Man steals more than $1,000 from Caliente food stand on game day

Student charged, booked for dating violence against ex-boyfriend

According to LSUPD, Christopher Hicks approached the Caliente Mexican Craving food stand in Tiger Stadium on Nov. 8 asking for directions and tried to walk away stealing approximately $1,000.

Lalonde said a complainant told officers as the victim gave Hicks directions, he noticed Hicks putting his hand behind the counter and into the cash register, removing a little more than $1,000 from it.

The victim told Lalonde he asked Hicks to put the money back, but Hicks fled the area.

Lalonde said EMS personnel in the area detained Hicks until officers arrived.

Hicks was arrested and charged with felony theft after officers recovered the stolen money.

According to LSUPD, University student Bridget Jackson, 20, punched her ex-boyfriend in the face as he tried to walk past her leaving the Cox Communications Academic Center on Nov. 6.

Lalonde said Jackson prevented the male victim from leaving the building just before she struck him.

He said the victim left the area near the Cox building after Jackson hit him and reported the incident to LSUPD. Lalonde said officers were able to verify his story for accuracy via video surveillance.

Officers located Jackson, arrested her and she was booked into EBR Parish Prison.

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Weight Loss Surgery Seminar - Baton Rouge General Bluebonnet LGBTQ Cancer Support Group - Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge

7:00 PM

Songwriters in the Round - Chelsea's Cafe Comedy Night - The Station Sports Bar and Grill

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The Fifth of July - Reilly Theatre

ALL DAY

Eli Young Band - Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge Band Karaoke - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's Accalia and the Swamp Monster - LSU Museum of Art LeRoy Neiman: Action! - LSU Museum of Art Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn - Louisiana State Museum/Capitol Museum Wild Land - West Baton Rouge Museum LSU Leisure Classes - LSU Student Union

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New exhibit highlights private life of actress Marilyn Monroe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEVERLY HILLS, California — It’s no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe. The baseball great cried at her funeral and for 20 years had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week.

The public displays were unusual for the famously stoic and private DiMaggio. Now, his heartbreak over the breakup of their marriage will get a rare public airing when “Marilyn

Monroe’s Lost Archives” goes up for bid at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills next month.

“I love you and want to be with you,” DiMaggio said in one pained letter to Monroe from the collection, written when she announced she was filing for divorce after a matter of months in 1954. “There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me.”

The 300 items also include

love letters from Monroe’s third and final husband, playwright Arthur Miller. There’s also a handwritten letter from Monroe to Miller in which the woman who was arguably Hollywood’s greatest sex symbol muses about her many insecurities.

DiMaggio wrote in his letter that he learned Monroe was leaving him when he saw her make the announcement on television.

“My heart split even wider

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The exhibit showcases private letters Monroe both received and sent before her death, along with other personal effects. technology

Computer lab may move to Middleton

BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Students looking for public computer access might find Middleton Library has more available options while Patrick F. Taylor Hall is under construction.

The Student Tech Fee Oversight Committee, in conjunction with the College of Engineering, proposed to temporarily move the Patrick F. Taylor public access computer lab into the vacated lab in Middleton 241 due to upcoming construction.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Patrick F. Taylor renovations is scheduled for Nov. 17. Jane Cassidy, STF Oversight Committee chairman and vice provost for human resources and facilities management, said the existing lab will be unavailable for the duration of the construction.

The lab’s relocation is proposed to take place in early January prior to the start of the spring 2015 semester.

“The thing is, it’s not 100 percent approved yet,” Cassidy said.

“We’ve got to make sure that the furniture can get moved over, and we also have to reconfirm with the dean of the libraries.”

Cassidy said the alternative to moving the lab would be to place the computers in storage during the three-year renovation.

However, STF Oversight Committee member Michael

Smith, director of technical services for the user support and student IT enablement division of the ITS department, said over the course of a few years, the lab’s technology could become obsolete.

“Our options are, leave it in storage and nobody gets to use it or move it to the library to make the best use of it,” said STF Oversight Committee member Tommy Smith, associate vice chancellor of finance and administrative services and vice provost for finance.

Though it’s housed within the College of Engineering, the Patrick F. Taylor computer lab is open to all University students and will remain so if moved into the library, Cassidy said.

Cassidy said the effect of relocating the lab on engineering students will not be a major concern because they will be scattered throughout campus to accommodate construction.

Cassidy and Michael agreed there should be no issue moving the computers between locations, but furniture will be an obstacle.

During the STF Oversight Committee’s meeting, committee student representative and Student Government senator Andrew Mahtook proposed repurposing the furniture located in Middleton 241 to create additional seating for students not using computers.

Rather than using the library’s existing furniture, Cassidy said the STF Oversight Committee would prefer to use the lab’s relatively new furniture. However, the furniture will need to be taken apart and reassembled on location.

“The furniture is of such a nature that it has to be moved by the vendor, so it’s going to cost money,” Michael said.

At this time, Cassidy said there is no definitive cost for relocating the lab’s furniture, but price negotiations are underway.

Middleton 241 is an ideal location to relocate the lab because it is properly wired to house a computer lab, Michael said.

seeing you cry in front of all these people,” he wrote in the letter addressed to “Mrs. Joe DiMaggio” and mailed special delivery.

Other letters in the collection come from such friends as Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Jane Russell, the latter imploring Monroe in 10 neatly handwritten pages to give her marriage to DiMaggio another chance.

“It really gives you the chills when you read some of the stuff and see the intimacy and the personal nature of it,” said auction curator Martin Nolan, who spent nine months organizing and cataloging the collection.

Auction owner Darren Julien estimates the pieces could fetch $1 million or more, noting a watercolor Monroe

painted and planned to give to President John Kennedy went for $80,000 at an estate auction nine years ago. Monroe’s “collectability” has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in part by deep-pocketed Asian and European collectors with a fondness for American pop-culture artifacts, he said.

The fact that the centerpiece of this collection is not just celebrity tchotchkes but deeply personal artifacts is also expected to fuel interest.

“We anticipate a lot of fans will be here. They’ll fly in from all over the world,” said Julien, who will put the items on display to the public at his Beverly Hills gallery for four days before they go on the block Dec. 5-6.

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THE TEXAS TRIO

Women’s basketball

Bench players hope to share scoring load BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com

just showing out, having fun.’”

Eugene and Tillis are outside hitters, while Quinn is a defensive specialist.

Quinn said she remembers both Tillis and Eugene being the go-to players on their teams and having to prepare for both of them.

“When I was 13, Mimi played

LSU senior guard DaShawn Harden rebounded an errant shot off the backboard and raced down the court Sunday during the Lady Tigers’ exhibition contest against Mississippi College.

Once she crossed halfcourt, Harden picked up her dribble and passed the ball to freshman guard Jenna Deemer at the top of the key. The 5-foot-7-inch Deemer then took one dribble before zipping a left-handed pass to fellow freshman forward Stephanie Amichia, who was wide open underneath the goal for an easy layup.

The entire sequence lasted eight seconds, and the catalysts behind the well-executed fast break were all members of LSU coach Nikki Caldwell’s new-look bench.

“Coach Nikki tells us all the time, ‘Be ready,’” Amichia said.

“Those are the two words I always remember. If I’m starting or not starting, you better be ready when you get your name called.”

The Lady Tigers’ bench shouldered the scoring load during the team’s two exhibition games this preseason, giving Caldwell a variety of options to choose from as her squad prepares for the start of the 2014-15 season.

LSU’s bench scored 103 of the team’s 189 total points in both games, including 55 on

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LSU freshman outside hitter Mimi Eugene (10), freshman defensive specialist Kelly Quinn (4) and freshman outside hitter Gina Tillis (12) reunited on the LSU team after playing against one another in Texas.

Three freshmen’s friendship endures journey across state lines BY brian pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com The LSU volleyball team is teeming with freshmen.

Seven of the 18 Tigers on the roster are in their first year at LSU, but for Gina Tillis, Kelly Quinn and Mimi Eugene, their bond goes beyond their first few months in Baton Rouge.

Tillis hails from Rockwall,

Texas, just northeast of Dallas.

Quinn is from The Woodlands, Texas, about 30 miles north of Houston, the city Eugene calls home.

More than 250 total miles separated the three of them in the Lone Star State, but Tillis, Quinn and Eugene crossed paths frequently thanks to club volleyball.

Eugene said the trio shared

a friendly rivalry because they all knew they’d be teammates one day.

“It was just funny because when you cross the net and you clap hands with everyone, we would always just smile and laugh at each other,” Eugene said. “It was fun, and it was competitive, too, because we had fun with it. It was like, ‘Oh, we’re going to the same school and we’re

football

Sophomores LaCouture, Pocic find home in Baton Rouge BY michael haarala mhaarala@lsureveille.com

For the 68 LSU football players who are Louisiana natives, the next step in their football careers was only a short drive and a few parishes from home.

But for sophomores defensive tackle Christian LaCouture and center Ethan Pocic, the journey also included a completely new culture, climate and lifestyle.

“It’s definitely a lot different.

The traffic is a little slower,” Pocic said. “Different weather, different people, and there’s a lot more hospitality in the South.”

Pocic hails from Lemont, Illinois, a suburb 30 miles southwest of Chicago. His brother

Graham played offensive line at the University of Illinois, where he earned All-Big 10 honorable mention accolades twice during his career.

Although he had offers from northern schools and has his roots in Illinois, Pocic chose to head 900 miles south to play football in Baton Rouge.

“I was definitely looking at some schools up north. My brother played at Illinois, so I was looking there, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, all that,” Pocic said. “But then I was looking at a lot down south too, and having the opportunity to play in the Southeastern Conference is what set LSU apart.”

In his second year with the Tigers, Pocic has been able to

establish his role on the team.

When senior center Elliott Porter was suspended at the beginning of the 2014 season, Pocic stepped up and helped lead LSU to two victories against Wisconsin and Sam Houston State.

LaCouture also has taken full advantage of his opportunities so far this season. The sophomore has registered 30 tackles, along with 1.5 sacks and two pass breakups.

Like Pocic, LaCouture has had a long journey to end up in Baton Rouge.

Football doesn’t run in LaCouture’s family — but hockey does.

His father, David, was a member of the University of Maine

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LSU sophomore defensive tackle Christian LaCouture (91) lunges for Alabama senior quarterback Blake Sims (6) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 20-13 loss to the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium.

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tommy romanach Sports Columnist There’s only one must-watch game this Saturday, and it’s not in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Alabama, king of the Southeastern Conference for so long, takes on Mississippi State, a team with fewer SEC titles than Tulane or Georgia Tech.

It’s one of MSU’s final tests to prove itself to the country, and it may decide who wins the Western division.

As usual, the SEC is full of games that will entertain, but Alabama-MSU is the one everyone needs to see.

1. Mississippi State, Prev. 1 (9-0, 5-0 SEC) The Bulldogs walloped UT-Martin, 45-16, on Saturday in a tune-up game for Alabama. The game also could be seen as statpadding for junior quarterback Dak Prescott’s Heisman campaign.

Prescott combined for 260 yards and three scores, including a 48-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. His first touchdown of the game broke the MSU school record for touchdowns in a season with three games left on the Bulldogs’ schedule.

No matter what Prescott does in his final three games, this is still the best single-season performance in Bulldogs history. Now his concentration is on the Heisman and getting MSU to Atlanta for the first time in 16 years.

2. Alabama, Prev. 3 (8-1, 5-1 SEC) The Crimson Tide escaped Tiger Stadium with a late-rally victory Saturday night, but there are many things it needs to fix as the team finishes its season.

The game-tying drive was tremendous, but the Alabama offense before then was inefficient, especially in the second half. Junior receiver Amari Cooper seemed to be the only offensive player who showed up, and once he was shut down in the third quarter, the Tide couldn’t do anything.

Meanwhile, the defense couldn’t keep LSU’s offense off the field and was lucky the Tigers didn’t put up more points.

Prescott and MSU won’t be as lenient in scoring, so Alabama will have to control time of possession to defeat the No. 1 team in the nation.

3. Auburn, Prev. 2 (7-2, 4-2 SEC) After squeaking out a close win after close win, Auburn finally got to be on the other side of those losses.

Auburn erased an 18-point

deficit at halftime against Texas A&M to cut the lead to three in the final quarter. But two fumbles on its final two drives, including one at the A&M twoyard line, ended the game. For the first time, Gus Malzahn’s team shot itself in the foot.

The game really didn’t require late-game heroics, but Auburn’s defense turned in another horrid performance.

The defense has gotten worse as the season has progressed, and it needs to make changes if the team wants to stay relevant.

The loss hurts. But in the SEC, two losses can still get you into the College Football Playoff, especially with Auburn’s quality wins. It can still make the SEC Championship, but it will need wins at Georgia and at Alabama to end the season.

4. Ole Miss, Prev. 4 (8-2, 4-2 SEC) The Rebels recovered from two devastating losses with a demolition of Presbyterian on Saturday, winning 48-0 and scoring 35 before halftime. They follow the win with a bye week, which should be ample time for the team to get ready for the final two games of the season.

Ole Miss probably doesn’t have a shot at the National Championship anymore, but it can salvage a 10-win season, including an upset in the Egg Bowl on Nov. 29.

5. LSU, Prev. 5 (7-3, 3-3 SEC) LSU shouldn’t be penalized in the rankings for its overtime loss to Alabama on Saturday night. The Tigers may have choked, but they were the underdogs for a reason. There still aren’t five teams in the conference better than LSU, and it should finish the season strong against Arkansas and A&M. 6. Georgia, Prev. 7 (7-2, 5-2 SEC) The Bulldogs remembered to show up this week, and destroying Kentucky in Lexington 63-31. Freshman running back Nick Chubb rushed for 170 yards on only 13 carries, and UGA was up 21 by the end of the first quarter.

UGA plays Auburn at home this week, and it can win if it brings a similar performance to Saturday’s win. The addition of suspended running back Todd Gurley will also help immensely.

7. Texas A&M, Prev. 9 (7-3, 3-3 SEC) A week after defeating the University of Louisiana at Monroe by five points at home, the Aggies won at Auburn by three points because logic is dumb and nothing makes sense.

A&M has potential in freshman quarterback Kyle Allen, who threw four touchdowns in Saturday’s victory.

8. Missouri, Prev. 6 (7-2, 4-1 SEC) The next three weeks will show how good Missouri is, with two road games and a rivalry game against Arkansas on Black Friday. Mizzou could win the SEC East with three wins, but it will require a consistency it hasn’t had all season.

9. Arkansas, Prev. 8 (0-5, 4-5 SEC) Coming off a bye week, this weekend’s game against LSU may be the Razorbacks’ best chance at getting their first SEC win. If it snows at the game, it will favor the Hogs’ Big 10-style run game.

10. Florida, Prev. 10 (5-3, 4-3 SEC) The Gators beat Vanderbilt, 34-10, on Saturday, putting them one win away from bowl eligibility.

With a game against Eastern Kentucky still on the schedule, fans may have to watch this terrible team all the way into December.

11. Tennessee, Prev. 11 (4-5, 1-4 SEC) The Volunteers have a home game against Kentucky this week, which almost serves as a play-in game for bowl eligibility. Tennessee should be favored in the contest, considering its coming off a bye week after playing for six consecutive weeks. This team is finally coming together and should make a late push to end the season.

12. Kentucky, Prev. 12 (5-5, 2-5 SEC) Coach Mark Stoops has made a lot of changes with the Wildcats, but this is still Kentucky. When you get 63 points hung on you at home, it’s a sign you haven’t made the jump yet.

13. South Carolina, Prev. 13 (4-5, 2-5 SEC) The Gamecocks are having their worst season in five years, and their coach listens to Taylor Swift to feel better. These are dark times in Columbia.

14. Vanderbilt, Prev. 14 (3-7, 0-6, SEC) “I think our opportunity to compete for an SEC East title is now.

We want to make sure that we work extremely hard day in and day out to be men of character, men of integrity.

We’re going to play extremely hard.”

This is an actual quote from coach Derek Mason at SEC Media Days. Things don’t get much more depressing than that.

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

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Arkansas safety Rohan Gaines (26) tackles Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott (15) during the Bulldogs’ 17-10 victory Nov. 1 in Starkville, Miss.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 sophomores, from page 5 hockey team that won the NCAA National Championship in 1993.

After his career with the Black Bears, David had a brief stint in the Detroit Red Wings’ training camp in 1993 before being sent to the minors, where he bounced around to multiple teams.

“I’m a hockey fan. My uncle played for the Bruins and my dad

texas trio, from page 5 up a couple years,” Quinn said.

“I remember watching her and thinking, ‘Wow, she’s really good. That’s incredible that she’s my age and playing at that high of a level.’”

Though Tillis and Eugene were the top killers on their teams, getting kills on Quinn wasn’t easy because she would always be in the right spot to get the dig, Eugene said.

“Kelly definitely got them up,” Eugene said. “I definitely remember that.”

Now the three are at LSU making major contributions to the Tigers in their own way.

Tillis and Eugene are fourth and fifth on the team in kills, respectively. LSU coach Fran Flory said she expected that type of performance when she recruited them.

“We knew Mimi and Gina were going to end up being kind of the dynamic duo, if you will, on the pen for us,” Flory said. “[Mimi’s] a precise, true volleyball player that understands the game [and] that is going to be able to beat you because she sees and picks the right shot to hit at the right time. Gina is going to be a blaster. I call her ‘The Terminator.’”

Flory said she expected Quinn to contribute on passing and playing defense, but she got more than that from the young defensive specialist.

“We knew [Quinn] was going to come in and contribute,” Flory said. “She’s a great passer, a great defender. We didn’t realize how valuable her serve

bench, from page 5 18-of-23 shooting against Mississippi College on Sunday.

Leading the charge off the bench was Deemer, who’s already made a name for herself before the Lady Tigers have played a meaningful game.

The former three-star recruit out of New Orleans — who averaged 27 points per game as a senior for Ursuline Academy — shot a combined 12-of15 from the floor and averaged a team-leading 20 points per contest during the preseason games. She also drilled seven of her 10 attempts from 3-point range.

Caldwell said Deemer’s feel for the game combined with her 3-point prowess off the bench will play a key role in the Lady Tigers’ offense this season.

played a bit for the Red Wings, so I kind of root for them both,” LaCouture said. “I played hockey up until my fifth-grade year. I was a left winger, just like my dad.”

As LaCouture grew, he was moved from left wing back to defense. He played hockey until fifth grade, but hung up his skates and then he traded them for cleats.

“When I kept growing, my mom and dad really wanted me was going to be to us. She is absolutely vital. She’s had great training, but she has great confidence. She’s one of the most mature kids on our team, even as a freshman.”

Flory tends to turn to Quinn’s serving skills late in sets when the ball needs to be placed in a specific zone. Normally, entering a set with the game on the line would rattle a player, but Quinn said the support of her teammates gives her the confidence she needs.

“It was nerve-wracking, coming in at that position, but knowing that my teammates and my coaches trust me in that position makes it a lot easier to know that I can come in and make that play and everybody trusts that I can do it,” Quinn said.

Quinn, Eugene and Tillis have each left their marks on many matches with their kills and serves, but they also bring a fun, focused attitude to practice each day.

Flory said at this time of the year, most freshmen have crashed, but not this year.

“They all want to be great,” Flory said. “The fun part of it is they want to have and they are capable and mature enough to have balance. When they step between the lines and onto the court, they take care of business, but at any free moment, any one of them is goofing off and having a great time.”

The trio may have their “silly” moments at practice, but they also have some in their apartment. The three are roommates along with fellow freshman Elly Ogle.

Eugene called Tillis the best “[Deemer’s] a vital piece of the puzzle when you’re running any kind of offensive action,” Caldwell said. “She brings a level of confidence because she can come in, and we could run play action to her. She knows we’re running this action, and she will nail that first shot.”

But Deemer wasn’t the Lady Tigers’ only sub to provide scoring relief in the preseason, especially in LSU’s final exhibition contest Sunday.

Against Mississippi College, four of the Lady Tigers’ five substitutes scored double figures, and Deemer, Amichia and Harden all finished with game highs of 14 points.

Caldwell said her bench’s scoring ability will make it tough for opposing teams to make plans against the Lady Tigers this season.

“With our bench, because

The Daily Reveille to try football out,” LaCouture said. “I wanted to be close to my friends, too, and they were playing football. I really started noticing I was pretty good at it.”

As a child, LaCouture moved around Massachusetts, Maine and Nebraska until he ended up in Odessa, Texas, where his father purchased a minority stake the Odessa Jackalopes, a minor-league team in the Central Hockey League.

page 7 While in Odessa, LaCouture played football at Odessa Permian High School, the school on which the popular movie and TV series “Friday Night Lights” was based.

LaCouture excelled in Odessa, but moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he was named a Class A first-team all-state player by the Lincoln Journal Star after his senior season.

From Lincoln, LaCouture went south to LSU and

hasn’t looked back. Although the South is different, LaCouture said it’s a challenge he embraces.

“Football is a lot more serious down here,” LaCouture said. “It’s like a religion. You have to take it very seriously. Up north, it’s more hockey and baseball, but they still love the football. The weather is different, the climate is different, everything is different. They’re all just things I have to adapt to.”

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LSU freshman outside hitter Mimi Eugene (10) and freshman outside hitter Gina Tillis (12) played against each other in Texas before becoming teammates at LSU. chef and threw Quinn’s cooking skills under the bus, saying she remembers Quinn burning food not too long ago.

“It was getting smoky in there and I was like, ‘Kelly, are you OK?’” Eugene said, laughing. “But usually Regina is the cook for us. She makes big family dinners and we just eat together.”

The three are enjoying their time at LSU, but they haven’t forgotten their roots in Texas.

Tillis said the three have a they get the same number of reps in practice, no lineup is set,” Caldwell said. “Everybody knows they have an opportunity, so they’re going to come in and produce and compete because they want to play. If they continue to do this, when [teams] are scouting us, you’re going to have to scout 10 or 11 players as opposed to six or seven.”

But LSU sophomore guard Jasmine Rhodes, who added 13 points in 15 minutes off the bench Sunday, said the Lady Tigers are far from a finished product heading into the regular season, which starts against Arkansas-Little Rock at 11:30 a.m.

Friday in the PMAC. “It’s a process, [and] we’re still working at it,” Rhodes said.

“Each day in practice we’re going over the plays and defenses.

It’s getting better.”

road trip planned back to their hometowns.

“We always say we’re going to do a road trip back to home, but that hasn’t happened yet,” Tillis said. “One day we’re going to do it, but none of us have cars, so that’s going to be a problem.”

Eugene found one more problem with the plan: Tillis lives near Dallas, more than three hours north of Houston.

But Tillis has that part covered.

“I’ll drop them off and then I’ll keep going,” Tillis said.

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Nicki Minaj’s music video for her song ‘Only’ uses images reminiscent of Nazi propaganda to attract attention from the media.

Consumers shouldn’t buy into artists’ attempts to attract public eye with controversial issues no way jose jose bastidas Columnist What motivates you to watch a new show or listen to a new song?

That’s the question on every producer’s mind as they carefully make plans to promote new music, movies, television shows, products and services.

With the growing variety of options a consumer can choose from, artists are relying on controversy to promote themselves and their music — sometimes pushing it too far.

Rapper Nicki Minaj made headlines over the weekend after releasing the lyric video for her latest single “Only,” which featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.

The video features a series of images — Minaj sitting on a throne while facing an army of soldiers wearing red armbands.

Red-and-white flags featuring

a redesigned Young Money Records logo are reminiscent of those of the Nazi regime waving in the background.

Fans and critics have recognized these shots as offensive and anti-Semitic.

While this isn’t the first time a performer has incorporated a controversial topic into their music and stage presence, Minaj takes it to an inappropriate level that crosses the boundary of what is acceptable.

The reasoning behind displaying these types of messages is to create buzz around the content by shocking the audience. Artists have exaggerated or sexualized religious themes in their material in the past, like Lady Gaga’s infamous video for her single “Judas.”

But in Minaj’s case, the shock to the system left a bitter aftertaste.

“Nicki Minaj’s new video disturbingly evokes Third Reich propaganda and constitutes a new low for pop culture’s exploitation of Nazi symbolism,” said Abraham H. Foxman, a Holocaust survivor

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and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, in a statement he made to the press.

In an interview with the United Kingdom’s The Independent, Minaj said that she aims to inspire female empowerment with her upcoming album “The Pinkprint.” This theme is apparent in both the lyric video for “Only” and the music video for “Anaconda.”

But the “Only” video could’ve conveyed Minaj’s point without referencing Nazis.

Take away the red armbands from the soldiers. Slightly alter the flag’s design. Keep Minaj in the throne and Drake in the role of a religious leader, and the video would’ve sent the same message to viewers, minus the controversy.

But often, controversial buzz actually benefits the artist because it keeps their material relevant.

By going on Twitter to publicly discuss the subject, we as consumers are giving the song and video free advertising.

Even reading this column will motivate some to search for the

video and comment on it.

We are turning an otherwise bland record into a buzzed and controversial song everyone wants to listen to and comment on, which is exactly what Minaj and the video’s director Jeff Osborne were hoping to accomplish.

Osborne has retweeted many Twitter users’ negative comments, reinforcing the idea that any publicity is good publicity in showbiz.

But in this case, referencing an overly sensitive subject — Nazi Germany — in a somewhat positive light is in bad taste.

In a surprise twist, Minaj acknowledged the public and apologized for the video, explaining the inspiration — a Cartoon Network series called “Metalocalypse” and the film/ comic series “Sin City” — as well as the error behind the concept.

“I didn’t come up w/the concept, but I’m very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Nazism in my art,” Minaj

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The apology not only served to separate Minaj from the insensitive symbolism, but it also reinforces the idea that, while musicians are known for addressing controversial topics, artists like Minaj sometimes acknowledge crossing ethical lines when they believe it’s necessary.

But had she not issued an apology, the negative commentary wouldn’t have affected Minaj’s career or reputation in any major way.

As the Internet and technology continue to evolve, content creators will push ethical boundaries to ensure they remain relevant and newsworthy, no matter who they offend.

The public is scandalized

by Minaj’s latest video, but I’m already preparing myself for what might come next.

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U.S. needs to define objectives in IS fight brace yourself ryan mcgehee Columnist It’s unclear how the U.S. will approach fighting the Islamic extremists in Iraq. After a month of airstrikes, there doesn’t seem to be any indication of a decline in hostilities against the jihadists until the group no longer poses the threat of destabilization in Iraq, despite reports that American forces may have injured or killed the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

In football terms, we’re going to run up the score until the other team leaves the field in tears.

If the administration is insistent on continuing the fight against the extremists, who now call themselves the Islamic State group, then it needs to set clear political and military objectives to reach, instead of repeating ad nauseum the platitude that it will “degrade and destroy” IS. For the past month, the United States has been targeting IS fighters, bases and munitions facilities with air strikes and arming the Kurdish Peshmerga to fight on the ground for us. In short, we’re following the game plan of killing them from the air, while the Kurds and Iraqis kill them

from the ground.

Last week, President Barack Obama approved a plan that will send 1,500 more American troops to Iraq, and he has asked Congress for an additional $5 billion to fund the effort. This will bring the total number of U.S. boots on the ground to 3,100, despite the president’s reassurance that “American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission.”

Whether the conflict is ours to fight or if it’s even legal is another discussion altogether. The fact is we are engaged with a bunch of fanatics, and if we are insistent on continuing this fight, it should be our goal to see it to completion.

Now that we’ve determined IS has to go, we have to establish our end goal for Iraq. The actions of the administration tell us that it is to eliminate IS through military force, but not much else. One can assume it’s to stabilize the government in Baghdad, but to what end?

The military actions the U.S. takes have to keep our political end goal in mind.

It was Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz, the strategic giant and author of the indispensable military treatise “On War,” who said “the political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation

from their purposes.”

Clausewitz is saying that war should never be fought as the end, but rather as the means to a political end.

We thought we had set up a stable government in Iraq when we withdrew U.S. forces in 2011, but what resulted was a power vacuum that the IS filled these past months.

We cannot guarantee our job in Iraq will be done unless we have a realistic plan to preserve the power of the Iraqi government within its own borders. Otherwise, that vacuum will be continuously filled by our adversaries in the region.

Once the extremist group is reduced to nothing more than a bad memory, every effort needs to be made to ensure long-term stability in Iraq. Otherwise, military intervention may become a regular event.

The administration must set clear political goals, and use the appropriate force to see them to completion. We can’t just airstrike our problems away, and Congress can’t give the president carte blanche for military action.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old international studies, political science and history senior from Zachary, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JRyanMcGehee.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Ryan McGehee’s column, “Obama must shift to the center to appease Republican majorities,” one reader had this to say:

Despite how this isn’t the first opinion piece you’ve written that overtly demonstrates your political stance I’ll try to remain somewhat objective.

While I agree that President Obama (his title that seems to elude your fingertips) has to compromise on issues in order to accomplish some objectives, he will still be looked at unfavorably. The instances in which he’s compromised before have him looking “soft” in some people’s eyes. Despite his being elected and reelected there’s been no shortage of obstacles and scrutiny for every move he makes. Comes with the territory that no matter what he does someone won’t be happy.

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In response to Trey Labat’s story, “LSU student requires four staples after being struck with projectile during Alabama game,” readers had this to say:

The same individuals that feel entitled to littering and disgracing our campus on gamedays are the same ones showcasing a lack of class to the rest of the world on national television. This is becoming a revolving issue that’s not getting solved anytime soon.

We have enough cameras in the stadium to know exactly who’s doing it, but is there going to be something done about it? I think not, money talks and there’s plenty of it coming from the student section.

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Unfortunately, the profane chant likely falls under “protected speech” as in the First Amendment. Thrown objects that injure another, on the other hand, is not constitutionally protected and would be best addressed through the criminal justice system.

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“We have so much academic support as far as tutors and advisers,” Collins said. “When you [start school], they set out a schedule where you can get all of your tutors in and not overwhelm you with just throwing you in classes.”

Athletes have access to the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes and have requirements for GPA and credit hours earned per semester to keep competing.

Collins said the support helps because football is like another class — requiring studying, watching film and long practices. Collins said his advisers and tutors send reminders to keep up with assignments.

The football program saw a 71 percent graduation rate for those entering in 2007.

Running back Terrence Magee said when athletes start in the football program, coach Les Miles emphasizes the importance of school to the players and their families.

“He lets us know that education comes first,” Magee said.

“You’re a student before you’re an athlete. A lot of things are forced upon us, and a lot of guys look at it and they don’t want to do it. For me, it’s helped with a lot of classes.”

Jessie Jordan, a member of the gymnastics team and kinesiology senior, said she thinks athletes’ graduation rates are higher not only due to the support offered and drive for excellence athletes get from their coaches, but also to the way athletes are brought up also plays a role in their classroom success.

“You know, gymnastics isn’t going to last us our whole life,” Jordan said. “Not only are we competing at a high level and going to school getting the grades, we’re also preparing for life outside of gymnastics, after our four years of so much fun here.”

Jordan said there is a lot of academic support for athletes, but she also was raised from a young age to do well in school and to strive to do well on and off the mat.

“We have so much support here with the academic advisers, the tutoring,” Jordan said.

“Every aspect of school that you would need help on there is support there. You just have to ask for it.”

Jordan said there is a reward system for the gymnastics team to celebrate the gymnasts’ academic successes.

“Here, whenever we get good grades, we have a system where you get a ‘tiger eye,’ which is really just a marble,” Jordan said. “But it’s just to say, ‘Hey, I’m doing well in school,’ like ‘Good job, so-and-so.’ I think that’s really a driving force, and really, all of us want to do well.”

The women’s golf and tennis team had a 100 percent graduation rate, while women’s basketball, swimming and gymnastics programs all had 92

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page 11 highland coffees, from page 1 loss,” Matsuo said. “I’m glad everything worked out. People were freaking out about [the] closing.”

After Cadzow announced Highland Coffees’ closing, students, faculty and Baton Rouge residents rallied to keep it open.

A petition to keep Highland Coffees open indefinitely received about 5,858 signatures.

Graduate student Peter Jenkins began the petition and organized students and community members to form the Save Highland Coffees Committee.

Though the committee was not officially affiliated with the coffee shop, Jenkins said he thinks his petition had some effect on the lease’s extension.

“In the end, all the details of why this lease came into fruition is all onto Hank Sau.rage,” Jenkins said.

The day after Highland Coffees’ announced its closing, the petition already had gained significant traction, and Jenkins said within five to six hours, Saurage said he never wanted the coffee shop to leave.

“Maybe having 5,000 people — even if its just an online petition ­ — I’d like to think that helped,” Jenkins said.

For music doctoral candidate Hannah Urdea, who drinks her morning tea from the coffee

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Patrons of Highland Coffees sit inside the shop Sept. 29. shop, the lease extension is also a relief.

An international student from Romania, Urdea said Highland Coffees is an integral part of the University. She said she walks over from the School of Music to take a break or grab something quick a few times a day.

“I feel like it’s part of the culture,” Urdea said. “I don’t think there’s any LSU music student who doesn’t go there.”

Urdea said she was excited to break the news to classmates and friends during a rehearsal Tuesday evening.

“It’s not just about the product or whatever,” Urdea said. “It just seems like they actually care.”

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LSU then-junior all-around gymnast Jessie Jordan performs her floor routine Jan. 31 during the Tigers’ 197.650-196.825 victory against Alabama in the PMAC.

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Ehrle adjusts, thrives in new position Tigers recruit versatile athletes to deepen roster BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com When LSU junior middle blocker Khourtni Fears suffered a knee injury that ended her season before it started, volleyball coach Fran Flory expected she’d have to get creative to fill the gap her player left.

What she didn’t expect was finding her solution in someone who hadn’t played the position since high school. That’s exactly what she discovered in junior outside hitter Emily Ehrle.

Since the start of Southeastern Conference play, Ehrle has stepped up as a viable option at middle blocker for the Tigers, and according to Flory, she’s acted as a key cog in the Tigers’ 10-game-winning-streak machine.

“What an unselfish move,” Flory said. “A lot of kids on the team would have said, ‘Oh my gosh, I haven’t done this since I was 14 years old and I’m not capable.’ Emily embraced the role and did everything she possibly could to put this team in a position to be successful. She’s the

X factor. If we don’t have Emily in that spot, our season’s much different.”

Though stepping into the new role seemed intimidating at first and posed a set of challenges to which she had not yet been exposed, Ehrle didn’t hesitate when Flory presented her with the opportunity to contribute on the court.

“It’s really great to get back involved, even though it’s not at my outside position,” Ehrle said. “I’m willing to step into any role that the team needs for me to fill for us to be successful in the season.”

Ehrle said there was an adjustment period at first, but Flory made every effort to ensure she became as comfortable as possible at the position.

Since earning a starting role in LSU’s second SEC game of the season, Ehrle has produced 0.49 blocks per set and 1.15 points per set while earning the confidence of her teammates.

“She’s definitely doing a good job of stepping up in that role,” said freshman outside hitter Mimi Eugene. “She’s definitely been secure in that spot and somebody we can rely on.”

Ehrle’s success did not

come as a complete shock to Flory.

Flory said she and the Tigers’ coaching staff make a concerted effort to recruit wellrounded players — like Ehrle — who show potential at a multitude of positions.

“Ultimately, teams that make championship runs and have nice seasons have enough depth on their roster,” Flory said. “We recruit a lot of multipositional players. A lot of people that come in have played more than just left side or middle or right side — they’ve played and shown an ability to do more than one thing.”

The Tigers’ diverse lineup allows them to remain comfortable and composed when they get out of position or if someone needs to step up into a new role like Ehrle did.

Ehrle said while she may have felt more comfortable playing her usual outside spot at the start of the season, she’s happy her versatility and hard work allowed her to contribute to LSU’s success this season.

“I’ve embraced it, and I’m doing whatever I can to help the team, so I’m glad we’re going in a positive direction,” Ehrle said.

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LSU junior outside hitter Emily Ehrle looks at senior setter Malorie Pardo on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 3-0 victory against Mississippi State in the PMAC.

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