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Mother-daughter duo forge successful leather works business in Mid-City BY KATIE GAGLIANO

It all started with a leather bracelet. The simple clasp kind, etched with the name of the wearer or a loved one, that teenagers in the 80s brandished on their wrists as a right of adolescent passage. Arts educator and muralist Denise Kerr, nostalgic for her own childhood bracelet, wanted to give her daughter, Danielle, her own token of initiation into young adulthood and decided to take up leather work. Roughly seven years later, the hobby has transformed into a successful

@katie_gagliano business, Sweet Leather Goods, in the Circa 1857 complex in mid-city Baton Rouge. The business is co-owned and operated by 50-year-old Denise and her daughter Danielle, now a 22-year-old senior in the University’s graphic design program. The women’s labor of love emerged seemingly overnight through a combination of happenstance and gritty determination, the duo said. Sweet Leather initially operated as a booth at the Baton Rouge Arts Market in fall 2016,

New mothers in the LSU community will now have a private room dedicated to breastfeeding on campus, scheduled to open during this semester. Thanks to a University-wide policy introduced by LSU Staff Senate in June, a room within the LSU Student Union, previously used for security purposes, is receiving a face-lift to function as a lactation room. Almost five million undergraduate students were reported raising children that depend on the parent, according to a 2014 study done by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. “We were getting calls occasionally, not only from our students, faculty and staff but occasionally from someone who was going to be visiting campus who wanted to know if there were lactation rooms available on campus for their use,” Staff Senate President-Elect Tammy Millican said. Through research, Millican found that while the University does have a few lactation centers, such as in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine building and the LSU Women’s Center, there were not many in central locations on campus.

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see SWEET LEATHER, page 6 LITERATURE

LSU alumna publishes design book, features overheard quotes

BY KAYLEE POCHE @pochecanyousee Everyone knows the feeling of overhearing a stranger’s conversation that lies somewhere between comically odd and flatout strange. University alumna Carlin Mumphrey takes this simple human experience and brings it to life in her recent work. While Mumphrey was originally intent on studying science when she started college, that quickly changed once she took a digital art class. “I got sucked into graphic design,” Mumphrey said. “It became my life.” Although everything is designed in some way, a lot of people take graphic design for granted, the Baton Rouge

native said. This “behind-the-scenes” aspect of design paired well with Mumphrey’s introverted nature, a nature reflected in the concept for her book, “Fly on the Wall.” The book, which features quotes she overheard during her time at the University, was her senior thesis when she graduated in May. The concept for the book transpired from notes she would jot in the margins of her notebooks of funny comments her classmates would make. She combined the list she had compiled with her design background to create a visually pleasing memento of her time at the University. She originally had over 100 quotes to use but narrowed it

down to about 65 due to time and space constraints. She specifically picked quotes she heard around campus as a way to reflect on her college years, she said. Quotes included in the book range from her personal favorite, “I bet Beyonce has gold flakes in her boogers, and when she sneezes, angels sing,” to the shocking “Every time I pick up my dog’s poop, I think of you,” which she admits was taken out of context. The fun, light-hearted tone of the quotes is mirrored in the book’s vibrant colors which include hot pinks, yellows, oranges and blues. The bright colors contrast

see MUMPHREY, page 6

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LSU alumna Carlin Mumphrey reads from her senior thesis “Fly on the Wall,” a hand-lettered book containing her favorite quotes she overheard during her time at the University.

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CULTURAL ADEPTNESS

Louisiana will be the premier destination for both living and leisure through the advancement, promotion & celebration of Louisiana's unique arts, culture and humanities.

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

Louisiana will advances its position as the undisputed leader in research and practice on coastal preservation and restoration. Louisiana will be one of the top five states in the country conducting applied research in advanced chemical processing, energy, materials, and manufacturing. Louisiana will be the role model for improving the world's health outcomes, where Louisiana citizens will see a 20 percent reduction in chronic diseases in the next 20 years. Louisiana will rank among the 20 states with regard to high school graduation rates and percentage of students who attend college through innovative university/K-12 partnership.

This year, the University unveiled a new strategic plan, developed by students, faculty and staff and rooted in the goals of the original charter for the University. According to Executive Vice President and Provost Richard J. Koubek, the plan is designed to make the University stand out as a research-intensive, balanced university that graduates the future leaders of the

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world. “What you see in [the plan] is an instantiation of the LSU faculty, staff and students belief system and their hope for the future of LSU,” Koubek said. “This is the community’s plan.” The new strategic plan is designed to be true to the original mission statement of the University in 1887. Koubek said the original

LSU's primary goal is the successful retention and graduation of students. The university will work to address the needs of its students through the use of effective student retention practices and scholarship focusing on career development, critical thinking and communication skills.

charter of the University is very clear on two points: it is a balanced University and as the flagship institution of the state, the University has the responsibility to graduate the future leaders. “We need to be strong in the arts and humanities and strong in the sciences as well,” Koubek said. “Also, people that graduate from LSU don’t just go into the workforce,

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ACADEMICS

Alexander says money from TOPS cuts should go to higher ed BY CJ CARVER @CWCarver_ After semesters of uncertainty for the future of the TOPS program, a clear solution was made over the summer by the Louisiana State Legislature to fully fund the program. In 2016, an advance

budget was approved by the state House and the state Senate to cut the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students to about 70 percent, leaving students who qualified for the TOPS responsible for 40 percent of their scholarship money during the spring 2017 semester. On June 1, The Louisiana Senate Finance Com-

mittee agreed to reinstate the funds allocated for TOPS, fullyfunding the program again. “[A fully-funded TOPS program] is a lot of relief in the parents’ minds,” LSU President F. King Alexander said. “Particularly, it is has more impact on LSU more than any other university in the state. Fifteen

thousand to 16,000 of our 26,000 undergraduates are on TOPS.” Research collected on CollegePortraits.org states 81 percent of students at the University call Louisiana home, meaning they have the opportunity to qualify for TOPS. Along with the June 1 reinstatement of funds, the

Legislature also guaranteed the University and other higher education institutions fee authority for three years, rather than allowing the state Legislature to determine them. Part of the concession made by the University to receive

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News consumption study shows mobile users at disadvantage BY HAILEY AUGLAIR @haileyauglair1 Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Kathleen Searles and Associate Professor of Communication at Texas A&M Johanna Dunaway recently conducted an investigation on the effects of consuming news from a mobile device or tablet rather than on a computer. “By 2020, two-thirds of all online activity is expected to take place on mobile devices,” Dunaway said. “Mobile reduces news seeking and engagement. Mobile-only access to news is better than none, but news is more time consuming and costly to access through mobile devices, resulting in reduced exposure. The effect is most severe among those who are otherwise least exposed to news.” Searles and Dunaway used eye-tracking technology to detect how long a person’s eye focuses on the information. They measured pupil dilation to indicate how much cognitive effort was being used. Results show those using a mobile device worked harder than those on a computer. Researchers found people spend more time reading the same news story when they are on a computer than when they are on a mobile device. People spent 52.31 seconds reading a six-paragraph story about Marco Rubio on a computer, but only spent an average of 12.20 seconds reading the very same story on a tablet and 18.49

seconds on a phone. They observed a similar pattern for stories about equal-pay laws and President Donald Trump, according to the online magazine Behavioral Scientist. “The way we consume all kinds of information has just changed so much in the past five years and so we were really interested in figuring out whether that has implications for the way we consume news, beyond the positive,” Searles said. The researchers also asked recall questions in which they found that people who consumed news from a computer screen were able to recall much more information than those who used a mobile device. After 24 hours, the gap between computer and mobile users increased. “We might have a question and just Google it, and as soon as you find the answer, you move on with your life,” Searles said. “Whereas, back in the cave man era where people had to use encyclopedias and go to libraries, there’s a lot more effort then you’re more likely to remember something that requires much more effort.” Pop-up ads and major graphics on mobile news have a negative effect on retention rates, causing most people to get bored or frustrated and click out, Searles said. Dunaway and Searles said they plan to release a book on their studies. “The next thing we are

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Statistics on seconds spent reading on different mediums derives from research gathered by Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Kathleen Searles and Associate Professor of Communication at Texas A&M Johanna Dunaway. looking at is whether or not the way people read news in their Facebook feeds is different on a phone compared to on their

laptop,” Searles said. “It’s possible, given what we see with the effects of mobile consumption on recall that maybe it’s more

difficult to discern fake news from real news when you’re on your phone and in a social media site.”

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LSU professor granted National Academies of Science Fellowship BY HAILEY AUGLAIR @ haileyauglair1 The National Academies of Sciences awarded University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences J. Cameron Thrash one of the 10 Early-Career Research Fellowships. The early-career research fellowship supports emerging scientists as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue unique collaborations and build a network of colleagues who share their interest in preventing oil spills. These two-year fellowships are awarded to tenure-track faculty at colleges, universities and research institutions. Thrash is a microbiologist who studies the roles of different microorganisms in the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. His research focuses on studying organisms associated with eutrophication, or the increase in nutrients in the Mississippi River responsible for the dead zone. “We have interest in looking at organisms that respond to eutrophication,” Thrash said. “They potentially are valuable in the dead zone but also maybe for remediation of oil spill contaminated areas.”

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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences J. Cameron Thrash received an Early-Career Research Fellowship for his research on microorganisms affecting the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The pre-tenure phase of a researcher’s career is a critical time, so the unrestricted funds and mentoring this fellowship provides help recipients navigate this period with independence, flexibility, and a built-in support network, according to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Thrash has also been

awarded a National Science Foundation grant for two years of funding to study the response of abundant microorganisms to changes in salinity along the Gulf of Mexico. “If we can understand which microorganisms are using the oxygen, then we can better predict how the dead zone is going to form, how big it’s going to be,

where it’s going to be and how long it’s going to last,” Thrash said. The Louisiana Board of Regents funded a project to survey the coastal system in Louisiana where researchers took three years’ worth of samples and monitored microbial communities. They systematically isolated and cultured

microorganisms from the site and developed a culture collection at the University. Some research collaborators include University professor Nancy Rabalais, assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin Brett Baker, assistant professor at Texas A&M University Brandi Reese and assistant professor at Florida State University Olivia Mason. The goal of their research is to identify the functions of various microorganisms in environmental biogeochemical processes, like the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Researchers have conducted two large-scale surveys of the Mississippi River and participated in cruises to measure the size of the dead zone. “What makes it so important is that we’re going to have a deeper understanding of microbial processes that are happening in the Gulf of Mexico,” Thrash said. “There’s just not a lot of people doing this research here. We know a lot more about the microorganisms in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Southern Ocean and polar regions, but we know shockingly little about what is here in the Gulf of Mexico.”

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LACTATION, from page 1

before a chance introduction led the mother-daughter duo to sign the lease for their current space in late November. Once the wheels were in motion, progress came quickly, Danielle said. The newly-minted store operators spent Danielle’s Thanksgiving vacation tearing out walls, erecting shelving and painting murals for their new hub, and opened for business in early December, she said. They’ve barely stopped moving since. Less than nine months in, the duo has already expanded their business, taking over the space behind their initial retail location in June and opening The Hive, a ceramic school and creative laboratory where the mother-daughter team hosts birthday parties, after school programs and Big Buddy outings. In their backroom design studio, ideas fly across the room as the women chatter while studding leather satchels and developing promotional materials for the store’s upcoming events. Leather scraps, spare studs and work tools spill from drawers and shelving, while a natural sweetness wafts from the unfurled leather hides hanging from the backdoor. The retail portion of the store is bursting with leather purses, clear insert pouches, earrings and keychains neatly grouped and hung on shelves and metal tables. The space is filled with natural elements, including potted plants and greenery, to evoke a boho paradise inspired by a family vacation to Bali, Danielle said. A black, grey and white cubic design on the floor and hexagonal boxes mounted on the wall evoke the feeling of entering a bee hive. The bright, fun space is meant to be a favorite hangout for people who appreciate art and want to spend their afternoons browsing and making new friends, Denise said. Though the store calls to mind reveries of a boho dreamscape, the journey to this point wasn’t always so idyllic. Determined to prove her potential after negative experiences as a young teenager, then 18-year-old Danielle tried to smother her artistic impulses and threw herself into engineering her freshman year at the University. “Society’s view of art as a hobby made me think that I needed to be doing more to feel successful, to feel fulfilled,” Danielle said. “To me that meant I’m going to do a job that’s really hard that I hate and make a lot of money. It wasn’t until I finally matured and grew up enough to challenge that and say, maybe that isn’t what I should be searching for in all of this.” Hating her school work and unsure of her next steps, Danielle dropped to part-time enrollment status in her second semester and decided it was time to return to her artistic roots. The change produced an immediate turnaround in her happiness and self-confidence, she said. When you grow up around art it’s hard to ignore its draw,

In June, Chair of the Staff Senate Committee on Staff Benefits, Policies and Development Rachel Henry introduced the policy to the Staff Senate and has since partnered with Millican to begin writing and passing a resolution to go along with the policy. “The places I have pumped and fed my children on this campus, I look back at it and, whereas it was at a necessity at the time, I’m almost ashamed,” Henry said. Having raised two newborns on campus, Henry said she has pumped milk for her children in bathrooms, offices that did not lock, maintenance closets, among other places. Henry also said her situation is not unique; many mothers on campus face the same reality. “[LSU] has a goal to be one of the best workplaces in Louisiana,” Millican said. “So they did challenge [Staff Senate] to think of some things that would help make [LSU] an even better workplace, and naturally this was something that came up.” Now that the location for the room has been identified, the resources for the room have been ordered allowing for a tentative

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Mother-daughter duo Denise Kerr and Danielle Kerr opened their business, Sweet Leather Goods, on Government St. in June. Denise said. When Danielle announced she was changing her major to graphic design, “I did the jig of happiness,” her mother said. Artistry runs in the family. Denise’s grandmother, Hilda Borne, serves as the women’s artistic muse and is the inspiration behind the bee iconography that proliferates the store and the business’ branding. A real “Queen Bee,” according to Danielle, the British war bride introduced Denise to her passion for craftsmanship through crocheting and cooking. Despite the idea of a queen bee at the heart of their business, both women are natural worker bees. The two are constantly bouncing ideas off one another and trying to refresh their offerings. If they’re not chattering across the room, they’re constantly texting ideas back and forth throughout the day, Denise said. The two women bring varied skillsets to their business endeavor. Denise is the whimsical bohemian concocting hippie-inspired designs while Danielle’s more pared down, minimalist aesthetic helps her rein in her mother’s wilder ideas, she said. Though clearly the elder in their mother-daughter relationship, Denise hands the business reins firmly to Danielle, she said. “I always look at her as the leader, because even though I’m the mom figure she’s really the leader here. She knows what’s coming,” Denise said. Danielle was also the one who initially pushed the pair to take the leap and open a storefront. “I called her up, I sat her down on that front porch and I gave her a hell of a sales pitch. ‘You’ve got the product, we can do this, we can sell it,’” Danielle said. “She

started out saying, ‘No, we’re not ready’ and by the end of my spiel she said, ‘Okay, if you think we can, let’s try.’” While leading the business is a rewarding challenge, it can also be a point of acute stress and anxiety when coupled with school responsibilities and a social life, Danielle said. Eventually, she hit a wall and needed to talk to a therapist and explore anxiety medication, she said. It’s something that’s stigmatized among young people, but as a hardworking and busy 22-year-old it’s just part of life, she said. Danielle credits the success she’s enjoyed and the confidence she’s developed to a supportive village of friends and School of Art and Design mentors who have backed the young creative and her mother since the get-go. The love and creativity stemming from the Baton Rouge arts community has also played a major role, she and Denise said. The duo moved frequently during Danielle’s childhood, living in five different states, before settling in Baton Rouge when Danielle made the college transition. Baton Rouge’s sense of community and artistic creativity has been crucial to the development of the women’s business, Denise said. While it’s easy to envision a cool and funky business, it’s much different turning the dream into a reality in somewhere like Baton Rouge as opposed to their former home in Texas, she said. “After only being here for four years, I’ve never rooted somewhere as quickly and never had somewhere feel like home like this does,” Danielle said. Now at home in their hive, the women plan to keep taking the world by storm.

MUMPHREY, from page 1 with Mumphrey’s personal style and previous works. Though you would not know it from reading her book or scrolling through her Instagram feed, Mumphrey tends to gravitate toward neutral colors, she said. This shift in her work followed the death of a family member. Mumphrey decided to make her work colorful this year, as a way to help herself heal, she said. Eight months into her exploration with color, Mumphrey has opened her eyes to different styles and plans to continue her new approach into the future, she said. In another attempt to deviate from her usual style, Mumphrey hand-lettered all the type seen in the book. She said having a brush in her hand brought her back to the medium where she first fell in love with art: painting. The entire book was done as much by hand as possible, Mumphrey said, the pages only scanned onto a computer when completed. Even the cover — which features Mumphrey wearing a yellow patterned shirt against a wall of the same pattern — was not photoshopped. Mumphrey picked out the

opening this fall, Henry said. Beyond this one room, Millican said she hopes to see this initiative carried to other buildings on campus in the future. “We feel like, in most buildings, we would be able to locate a space where a nursing mother would be able to go in and have some privacy and a clean room where they can comfortably pump [and] possibly store their milk,” Millican said. Millican said turning a room into a specified lactation room does not cost much. Creating these rooms across campus is less about the amount of money and more about finding the space and designating it for nursing mothers, she said. Henry hopes that having more of these rooms on campus will make it easier for new mothers returning to work to take care of nursing their newborns. “I have actually gotten amazing feedback [on the policy,]” Henry said. “I have had conversations with HR representatives on campus, … [Pennington Biomedical Research Center] was very supportive of us adopting [a policy] on the main campus as well, … even the males that have no experience with children at all.” fabric, sewed the shirt with her mother’s assistance, set up the backdrop with the remaining material and had Katie Barnett of Vivid Dream Photography photograph the scene. While she admits there were likely easier ways to get the cover shot, her love for working with her hands — reflected in her other hobbies of printmaking, embroidery and sewing — made the choice for her. These intentional stylistic shifts made the book the most challenging project she had ever worked on, she said, but the struggle made the final product all the more rewarding. Since graduation, Mumphrey has been able to put her expanded skill set to use through her work at Xdesign, Inc., a design firm in Baton Rouge. She has worked on a variety of projects, including branding and packaging, and loves the diversity of the job, she said. Eventually, Mumphrey would like to also teach art classes to high school students on the side, as a way to encourage younger students to develop their art early, she said. “I want kids to know you can do this,” Mumphrey said. “You can do what you love and still eat.”

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Carlin Mumphrey published her senior thesis “Fly on the Wall” in July.

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ALUMNI

LSU alumna recognized as Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year BY JONATHAN VERRET @jonathanbverret LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center graduate Jane Hogan was awarded the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award by the National Association of Counsel for Children July 28 for her advocacy on behalf of children and families in Louisiana. Hogan graduated from the Law Center in 2013 and served as a juvenile public defender in Lafayette for three years. In the numerous appeals Hogan filed, she challenged mandatory minimum sentencing for juveniles, represented mothers seeking to retain custody of their children and reversed the convictions of many of her juvenile clients. “I don’t believe that people are inherently bad,” Hogan said. “Look at why [the crime] happened. Look at the circumstances. Look at what could we have done, [what] could his family have done, what can we do now? I don’t think that we should

give up on people. I think that we should try to heal them.” After three years of work as a public defender, she transferred to Hogan Attorneys, a family-owned private practice. “I had emotional fatigue. I had heard so many sad stories, and dealt with so much chaos and so much trauma, that I was becoming a really bad lawyer,” Hogan said. At Hogan Attorneys, she continues to work on behalf of juveniles. She is currently involved in a case that raises a constitutional challenge to a Louisiana law that allows juveniles to be automatically transferred to the adult system after a finding of probable cause. Hogan said her aspirations for the future include funding or founding a nonprofit law office that handles constitutional challenges. “The thing I love about the law is that you can change things with one person, one case, with the right set of facts,” she said. “And you can get a ruling that

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students to work with clients seeking parole at Louisiana State Penitentiary. “It’s just amazing to sit next to somebody who after 15 or 20 years is being told he can go home,” she said. “It’s a

really beautiful thing, and it’s a beautiful thing for our students to experience.” Richard Pittman, director of juvenile defender services at the Louisiana Public Defender Board, said Hogan’s desire to bring justice to those who need it most is what makes her an outstanding attorney. Pittman nominated Hogan for the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. “She could go work for Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. and do insurance defense,” Pittman said, “and probably make a lot more money. But she wants to do this instead. She wants to use the skills that she has to better the lives of vulnerable children and vulnerable families, and that’s not something you see every day.” Hogan said the best piece of advice is to be humble, to ask questions and to take advice from people with experience. “I know a lot of people that are older and wiser than I am,” Hogan said. “I call them relentlessly.”

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Into the second week of the semester, LSU Student Government prepares to carry out two initiatives, bringing new opportunities to the University’s campus. The first of these initiatives is disbanding the LSU Honors College Student Council and absorbing into the SG Senate in the form of a new Honors College Council. “It’s been a two-year process of figuring out how to make it work,” said SG Vice President Leah Sanders. “[SG is] really excited to have pretty much every academic area of campus … represented in Student Government.” On Wednesday, the SG Senate will vote on a resolution to confirm the creation of the council. If passed, the council will be created and members will be voted on and appointed to office in the following week, SG executive Press Secretary Beth Carter said. Sanders also said the Honors College will not be using funds from SG, but will continue to be funded separately. Another initiative rolling out around campus is the preparation for SG’s involvement in LSUPD’s “Stay Safe LSU” month. “I think it’s just an awareness thing,” said SG President Jason Badeaux.

“Sometimes [students] are oblivious to the things going on around us and [students] aren’t properly trained to handle situations we could come into.” Around campus, students can start to see preparations from SG for the upcoming “Stay Safe LSU” month through the “We’re Committed” campaign’s coffee sleeves, currently being distributed at Highland Coffees. Beginning Sept. 6, SG will participate in activities throughout the month, including LSU Public Safety Day, LSU Health Center’s Safety, Sun and Sex event, Residential Life Consent Presentations and more. “I think what [Stay Safe LSU] month does is it draws attention and awareness to the issues that are there and how to best protect yourself and keep yourself safe while [students] are here at the University,” Badeaux said. In addition to the many safety services the University currently offers, such as the LSU Shield app and consultations at the Health Center, SG will also be promoting a new policy change at the University encouraging students to act responsibly, Badeaux said. The policy will protect students involved in drug or alcohol-related incidents that require help from emergency services, under qualifying circumstances, from being penalized by the University’s Code

of Student Conduct through medical amnesty. The rudimentary policy has been drafted by Badeaux and submitted to the Dean of Students and Student Advocacy & Accountability, and is currently undergoing work on the language and insurance that the legal implications are acceptable, Badeaux said. The policy is slated to be finished by the end of the fall 2017 semester and enacted in spring 2018. “[The policy change] has been pushed in the past and died years and years ago,” Badeaux said. “[SG] picked it back up and built a coalition around it and I think it’s going to be really successful once it passes by the end of the fall.”

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page 8 STRATEGY, from page 3 they create opportunities for the work force. They create new jobs.” According to LSU President F. King Alexander, the new strategic plan recommits the University to solving statewide and national problems.” “It’s a recommitment back to our land-grant roots,” Alexander said. “ We’re the only [university in Louisiana] that can have this kind of statewide impact. Our argument … is that the boundaries of our state are the boundaries of our campus.” Koubek said the new strategic plan stands out because the University is more focused on the impact that it has on the community. “If you look at other strategic plans for universities

across the country, you’ll see values, then they’ve got to exist they typically say things like in the faculty that are teaching ‘we want to be [students.] LSU top twenty in this is made up of and this,’” Koubek people, this is said. “That was not who we are.” “This is the the heart and soul The strategic plan names of the faculty and community’s plan.” six “strategic staff of LSU.” challenges” The strategic plan outlines for the University to focus on six values, which RICHARD J. KOUBEK advancing Koubek says act Executive Vice President and Proost -arts and culas “personality ture, bridging traits” of the University — collabthe coast, enorative, creative, culturally ergy and environment, fosteradept, globally engaged, inno- ing research and catalyzing vative, transformative. economic development, im“We interviewed our alums, proving health and wellbeing, and we tried to distill, ‘what are transforming education and those attributes that made them developing leaders. The Unisuccessful?’,” Koubek said. “We versity plans to have state, naidentified these six attributes. tional and global impact with If LSU is going to transfer these the initiatives that support

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 these challenges. Ten University-led initiatives will begin this fall and will serve as the basis for the University fundraising capital campaign. These initiatives include “LSU Integrative Core,” a plan to revitalize the University’s general education requirements. General education courses will be altered to involve students in integrative learning environments or cocurricular classes. Other initiatives include The Louisiana Arts Connection, The Energy Center, the LSU One Health Institute and the Institute for STEM Literacy. More than 4,000 members of University faculty, staff and students participated in developing the new strategic plan. From interviews, to an online survey, to face-to-face

focus groups, the University community played an integral part in developing the key values for the school’s future. “The mission of the institution isn’t that the institution is great,” Koubek said. “It’s that the students, when they graduate, will have an incredible future ahead of them partly because we’ve done a good job of educating them. The end goal is that those whom [the University] serve[s] are successful, but we have to be excellent for that to come to pass.” More information, including a copy of the strategic plan can be found at strategicplan.lsu. edu. Dena Winegeart contributed to this report.

Fifteen thousand to 16,000 of our 26,000 undergraduates are on TOPS. F. KING ALEXANDER

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TOPS, from page 3 full funding to TOPS included a reduction to the Louisiana Department of Health’s budget, affecting LSU Health Sciences Centers and the University’s Healthcare Service Division, possibly reducing the ability for these constituents to generate revenue. Alexander said any money saved from cutting the TOPS program should be used for higher education funding. “Our concerns are that any tweaks they make to TOPS, that if any money that they actually save doesn’t go back to higher education, we’re not

interested,” Alexander said. “Unless you can guarantee that any savings would go either one way back to our students or higher education, and right now there are not guarantees of that.” In an update released to the public by the University on June 16, the University stated that “Louisiana’s higher education budget remains austere at best by national standards,” but commended that higher education continued to be spared from further cuts to their budget. Dena Winegeart contributed to this report.

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WEATHER

LSU cancels class as Tropical Storm Harvey approaches STAFF REPORTS @lsureveille The University announced its decision to cancel classes for Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey moved closer to making landfall near the Lake Charles area Tuesday night. Several other colleges and universities — including Baton Rouge Community College, Northwestern State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Nicholls State University — also cancelled classes due to the impending weather. East Baton Rouge Parish schools are also cancelled. Southern Louisiana is expected to get 5 to 10 inches of rain, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Junior offensive tackle Toby Weathersby opens up about family’s Hurricane Harvey’s experience

The LSU-BYU game has officially been moved to the Merecedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Kickoff is set for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN. The game was originally scheduled to take place at NRG Stadium in Houston on Sept.2, but due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey it has been relocated. The storm has dumped nearly 40 inches of rain in the Houston area and is expected to move closer towards 50. “[The] first thing I want to do is give our thoughts and prayers to Houston,” LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said in a press conference on Monday. Alleva said he had been in constant contact with BYU, but that the decision on where the game would be played was ESPN’s decision. “First and foremost, we are keeping the citizens of the Houston region, and the thousands of first responders, in our thoughts during this very difficult time,” said Pete Derzis, ESPN senior vice president of college sports programming and events, in a press release. “Over the last 72 hours, we have been in constant contact with all entities involved,

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Junior offensive tackle Toby Weathersby was supposed to open the season in his hometown of Houston, Texas. Instead, half of the city is underwater, and Weathersby is concerned about more than just the relocation of a football game. “I was so excited to, you know, just to come home and now I won’t be able to come home until December or January,” Weathersby said. “I know my people won’t be able to make it [to the game] because of shut off highways underwater. So it’s just one of those waiting processes. Just wishing for the best.” Weathersby’s mother and grandparents are stranded in Houston floodwaters as they continue to rise. Weathersby said that his grandparents are stuck in their house, surrounded by water and they refuse to get on a rescue boat, while his mother is on the second floor of her apartment building.

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“They’ve been so stubborn because they’ve been through many hurricanes,” Weathersby said. “They’re set in their ways, where they don’t want to lose their house so they’re just trying to ride it out. My mom was trying to get them to come over to the apartment, get on high grounds, but right now they don’t want to listen and it’s just getting worse and worse and it hasn’t stopped raining.” Weathersby’s grandparents have lived in a neighborhood on the north side of Houston called Briar Creek for “twenty-something” years. To put in perspective of how high the waters have risen, he explained how his grandparents’ house is set up high on a hill. “That’s the fort, you know, they want to hold it down,” Weathersby said. “Sometimes you just have to let go and let God just take the wheel. That’s something that it can always get replaced. You

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see TOBY, page 12 SWIMMING AND DIVING

LSU swimmer sets two world records at Deaflympics BY JARRETT MAJOR @jarrett_tdr The distance from Baton Rouge to Samsun, Turkey, is over 6,000 miles and nearly 14 hours in flight. It is a long and difficult trip. For sophomore swimmer Matthew Klotz, it was worth it. Klotz won three gold medals, set two world deaf records and won two silver medals at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, which is for a quadrennial event for deaf athletes. “It was awesome,” Klotz said. “I did it four years ago and that was a totally new experience for me. This time I went I had more experience, so I knew how to handle it and what to expect.” That experience made a difference for Klotz. In 2013, he won two gold medals in the

100-meter backstroke and the 200-meter backstroke, setting world deaf records in both, along with a bronze in the 400-meter individual medley. This time Klotz won three gold medals in the 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter backstroke and setting Deaflympics records in all three. The three wins in the backstroke were a sweep in the swimming discipline. Klotz’s three gold medals were the only three gold medals that the USA won at the Deaflympics and the majority of the five gold medals won by Team USA in the competition. “I was really proud of it,” Klotz said. “When I went the first time, I only got two gold medals, so my goal was to get at least three this time. And I got ISABELLA ALLEN / The Daily Reveille

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LSU sophomore swimmer Matt Klotz takes a break practice on Aug. 29 at the UREC.

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sept. 13 Distributing resources to faculty & staff

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Former LSU star Sylvia Fowles releases tea recipe book BY JARRETT MAJOR @jarrett_tdr Current Women’s National Basketball Association golden child, three-time Olympic gold medalist and former LSU Lady Tigers’ basketball star center Sylvia Fowles will have her jersey retired in the PMAC. In the meantime, Fowles will just have to be content with being the frontrunner for the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award. In preparation for the award, the Minnesota Lynx released the recipe for what fuels her: tea, along with several other recipes. And like Fowles, who has long been called “Sweet Syl” by her teammates, the tea is sweet. “I like sweet tea, so the campaign was a really good job,” Fowles said in an interview with ESPN reporter Holly Rowe. “I am from the South, so I prefer it to regular tea.” The recipe, at first glance, is nothing special. It calls for eight bags of tea, one gallon of water and a cup and a half of sugar. It is a bit like Fowles in that regard. It is standard, but big. Fowles, who was endearingly called “Big Syl” by LSU fans, is very tall — the standard for being a center in women’s basketball. But there is something special about it. Fowles adds a little bit of

baking soda to her tea. It provides the tea with a nice base and causes it to fizz up. That is more like Fowles. She has always stood out. As a high school player, Fowles became the first woman to ever dunk in high school. She did not dunk at LSU until her senior season against UL-Lafayette, but it was one of the most memorable moments in a collegiate career that also included four Final Four appearances. Fowles’s tea recipe starts with the special ingredient: sprinkling a quarter teaspoon of baking soda in a gallon pitcher, then adding eight tea bags. While the recipe does not call for any specific type of tea, orange pekoe black tea is recommended. The tea is just sweet enough to avoid being too syrupy. This season, Fowles has averaged 19.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, and two blocks. She ranks fourth, second and second in those categories, respectively, in the league. Fowles has had 18 double doubles this season, the most in the WNBA, and currently ranks second in field goal percentage at 65.3 percent. Her talent has led the Minnesota Lynx to the top of the WNBA standings. “It has been thanks to my guards,” Fowles said in her interview with Rowe. “They have been getting me the ball.”

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Former LSU Lady Tiger Sylvia Fowles is a current frontrunner for the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award.

BASEBALL

Former national champion Landry eager to be back with Tigers BY GLEN WEST @glenwest21 LSU baseball will be returning a former national champion to the program, former outfielder Leon Landry, as an undergraduate assistant coach. Landry joins a long list of players including Blake Dean and Sean Ochinko who returned to the LSU baseball program when their professional careers ended. Coach Paul Mainieri feels that Landry has a lot to offer to the young Tiger team because of his championship experiences. “Leon is a very articulate and bright young man,” Mainieri said. “He’ll be the first base coach, he’ll work with our outfielders and work with our base stealers and hopefully be able to throw batting practice.” Landry added that he has been practicing with the fungo bat, and it’s taking some getting used to. “I’ve been working hard on hitting line drives with guys throwing 95,” Landry said. “But now I’m popping the ball up to myself working on trying to hit ground balls and pop flys for the outfielders.” With LSU returning outfielders Zach Watson and

Antoine Duplantis, Landry said the professional knowledge he gained in the minor leagues is something he will look to pass on to the young and hungry duo. “I got to pick the brains of a lot of guys who played in the major leagues,” Landry said. “Those two guys have one tool you can’t teach and that’s speed. I can help create a situation for them where we read different angles and how to get on our routes properly.” Returning to LSU to get a degree is what Landry decided on after retiring from professional baseball a few months ago. “What better place to start a coaching career than LSU,” Landry said. “I’m very excited to get my foot in the door from a coaching aspect and can add this to my resume.” Mainieri admired Landry’s decision to come back to school and finish his degree. Landry had a scouting offer from a major league ball club but chose to go the school and coaching route instead. “By getting a degree he may decide that coaching is what he wants to do,” Mainieri said. “He could decide to become a front office type person or even scouting but at least he’ll have options after earning his degree.” Landry reminisced about the

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Leon Landry, former national champion, returns to LSU baseball as an undergraduate assistant coach. 2009 season. That last win over the Texas Longhorns made the Tigers national champions. “In the ninth inning when we were about to beat Texas,” Landry said. “The entire

stadium went player by player starting with me in left field and chanted each player’s name. They didn’t stop chanting until each guy raised their caps.” A three year starter in the

outfield for the Tigers, Landry batted .304 with 23 career home runs and 112 RBIs. Landry was later drafted in the third round of the 2010 MLB Draft to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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page 12 TOBY, from page 9 can always get another home, you can’t replace a life. “I know they don’t want to leave,” Weathersby added. “It’s kind of hard, because if I was there I would literally drag them out of there, pick them up and take them. But right now I can’t do anything. I can just wish and pray that everything will be alright.” Now he knows that it’s out of his hands, but on Sunday night, Weathersby packed his truck and was ready to drive to Houston and save his family. “I had to come to a realization that I have to leave that to the professionals,” he said. “I just sat down and just thought about the situation and what I was going to be putting myself in. At the time I wasn’t even worried about the school or nothing. I was just worried about trying to get there, get my people and if I could bring them back here.”

SWIMMING, from page 9 three, plus two silver, and that was more than I could ask for.” Klotz’s silver medals came in the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter butterfly. He beat the previous Deaflympics record in the 50-meter freestyle, but came in second by just .10 of a second. Klotz big record break came in the 200-meter backstroke. He broke his own world deaf record of 2:02.50 seconds and Deaflympics record of 2:07.43 seconds with a time of 2:01.96 seconds. The silver medalist finished nearly six seconds

Weathersby believes that his family is sugarcoating the severity of Harvey’s affect on his hometown, but he said he knows the situation and neighborhood well enough to understand. Despite all the emotions that Weathersby has been through in the past week, he has been able to separate his personal life from football. Being at practice and being with his teammates has helped him focus on the season opener and for even just a moment, ease his mind of what his family is going through. “I’m able to put things aside when I come over here,” Weathersby said. “I’m at that age where I know what I have to handle. So I know when I come over here, at some point in time I just have to, not necessarily flush, but put it to the side and come do what I have to do over here. Then once I leave here, you know, I’ll be able to take care of whatever I have to do back home.” Weathersby’s support system,

both on the team and otherwise, has helped him get through the week. He said he has nothing but respect for his teammates that have check on him and helped him through this time. Weathersby said that he has also checked on the four other Houston natives on the team and that if their families are okay, it will give him a sense of hope. At 6-foot-6-inches and 308 pounds, Weathersby is among the largest and toughest players on the team, but that doesn’t change how difficult it can be to deal with this situation alone. “Everybody around here knows I don’t really show any emotion,” Weathersby said. “I’m a tough guy, so whatever’s going on inside me, I’m going to hide that and put on another face for everybody. I know around here everybody, I maybe not, but looks at me as a leader so I just try to keep a positive face, keep a smile on and still be myself even though it’s bugging me inside.

after Klotz. “I was really surprised by those records,” Klotz said. “I was shooting for the gold medal, but for the record I was not sure, because those were my personal bests, so I had to be perfect in everything.” Klotz was surprised by his success in part because of the difficulties associated with international competition. Klotz cited the jet lag and the long travel time as two of the big factors in international completion. Swim coach Dave Geyer said he was pleasantly sur-

prised with Klotz’s performance, since Klotz turned down World Championship trials to participate in the Deaflympics. “It was great,” Geyer explained. “You never want to give excuses going into a meet, but with stuff going on with our training, it was not really as adequate as it could be. He had an opportunity to attend World Championship trials, but we didn’t feel that we would be able to swim well at two meets around the same time, so we just focused on this one. It worked out pretty well thankfully.” The Deaflympics has set

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LSU junior offensive tackle Toby Weathersby (66) attempts to push back freshman offensive lineman Jakori Savage (65) during practice on Aug. 28 at the LSU IFF. up Klotz for swimming in the Southeastern Conference this season. While the SEC is more competitive, according to Klotz, the Deaflympics had a culture of respect since all of the competitors are hard of hearing. “I needed that meet,” he said. “Last season, I did not get the times that I really wanted so I kind of got down on myself and got off track a little. Going there and getting better times made me rethink my strategy and realize I have a lot more work to be doing.” That renewed work effort will make a difference in SEC competition, which Klotz says is the most competitive conference. That competition is at its height for Klotz when he faces Alabama, where his sister Stephanie Klotz graduated from and swam. According to Matt, his sister pointed him in the direction to LSU.

“She went to Alabama, so I wanted to go the same conference as her, because she told me how much she loved the conference,” he said. “I chose LSU of the overall package – all the academic and athletic support it gives. The coaching staff and team here are one of the best things you could ever ask for. I am very lucky to be here. His teammates have been very supportive of him, Klotz explained. During meets and practice, his teammates will tell him what he missed when he is unable to hear the coaches. The Tigers coaching staff also writes on a board and checks with him to make sure he hears. Despite being hard of hearing, Klotz says that he does not think he is at a disadvantage compared to his competitors and teammates. “We want to try to get what he did this summer this season,” said Geyer. “We need him to score at SECs and try to get him to NCAAs.”

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the Football Bowl Association and we appreciate their energy in finding a solution.” “I want to thank my staff here, ESPN, NRG officials and BYU for the professionalism with which this was all conducted,” said Alleva in a press release. BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe sent out the following tweet after the news of the relocation broke. LSU announced in the press release that tickets and parking passes purchased through the LSU ticket office for the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff will be automatically refunded beginning Tuesday, August 29. Ticketholders can expect to see the balance of their purchase refunded by September 5. Pre-sale tickets will be available through both BYU and LSU starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 30. Tickets to the public will go on sale starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30. Parking will be available for $40.

including our partners at the Lone Star Sports & Entertainment, the SEC and both institutions. Ultimately, the decision was made to move forward with the relocation.” “Efforts are underway in New Orleans and we will work with the fans, the Superdome, the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau and both schools throughout the week to ensure the most optimal game day experience for all.” The Superdome was one of six locations considered to host the game. The last time the Tigers played in the Superdome was the 2012 National Championship game against Alabama. “During the last few days, we were overwhelmed with the outreach by the communities offering to host this event, specifically, Dallas, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando and San Antonio,” said Derzis. “We have great partners within those cities through

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Gallery 229 provides exhibition opportunity

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano

THE SWEET LIFE New Baton Rouge Smallcakes location draws on a European café style store design, invents enticing cupcake creations BY MACKENZIE TREADWELL @mackenzieelizaa Walking into Smallcakes Cupcakery for the first time, the scent of fresh cupcakes and sugary icing coupled with the look of the shop’s Instagram-worthy creations and chic aesthetic leaves customers elated to dive into their various decadent treats. Smallcakes owner Michelle Salim had a similar experience as she encountered the cupcakery for the first time in Rosemary Beach, Florida, last September. She and her family became hooked and kept returning for their newfound “heaven in a cup.” Salim decided to bring the chain to Baton Rouge after retiring from her 30-year career in IT.

“I want people to feel something different than what they’d experienced anywhere else,” Salim said. “I want[ed] to bring something like that here.” Smallcakes has 12 signature flavors, including salted caramel, red velvet, lemon drop and wedding cake, along with a rotating variety of seasonal flavors and offers homemade ice cream. The utmost care and dedication went into every detail of the customer experience in this up-and-coming cupcakery, Salim said. An avid traveler and foodie, Salim drew from her experiences abroad in designing the store, citing the look of European cafés she visited as a

see SMALLCAKES, page 19

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Gallery 229, an on-campus exhibition space devoted to photography and experimental installations, is giving studio arts majors an inside track to career success. The showcase space, located on the second floor of the LSU Art Building, features roughly a dozen student exhibitions annually, with each exhibition showing over the course of two weeks. The majority of the exhibited work comes from junior and senior undergraduates, challenging students to rise to the occasion and produce professional quality work, said assistant photography professor Johanna Warwick. Warwick and two other studio arts professors oversee the gallery’s operation and, with a team of graduate students, form the jury committee that accepts show applications and selects each season’s exhibition slate. The competition element of the process pushes students to develop strong thematic concepts, concisely present their work and focus on the technical acumen necessary to produce a show, all skills they’ll need after graduation, she said. Fifth-year photography student Brady Connelly is currently showing “Sororum,” a showcase produced with fellow photography senior Vernell Dunams, in the space through Sept. 2. Connelly said the experience has

see GALLERY 229, page 19

MUSIC

Local group Wumbo gaining traction with ambient sound BY YSABELLA RAMIREZ @ysaram97 With the start of the new fall semester comes more chances to discover Baton Rouge’s music scene at various gigs around town, like local band Wumbo. Joining Nice Dog at their album release show, Wumbo will perform at the Varsity Theatre on Aug. 31. Wumbo has previously performed at The Spanish Moon, Atomic Pop Shop and The Parlor throughout its relatively short career. Performance percussion junior Mitchell Mobley and University alumnus Jake Heflin began playing together in high school around seven years ago in their hometown of Monroe, Louisiana. While the

duo knew of each other’s musical interests and wanted to collaborate further, it wasn’t until a year ago they decided to form the band officially. Percussion performance and composition junior Kevin McCabe was asked by Mobley in their shared studio class if he was interested in playing with the band, and the rest is history. Fellow local musician Zak Ocmand recently stepped in to play the bass after Wumbo’s original bass player moved. Ocmand was part of another band that Wumbo played with, making the transition of members a smooth fit. The lighthearted and humorous foursome derived their band’s unique name from an

episode of Nickelodeon TV show “Spongebob Squarepants.” “It’s the perfect amount of innocent nonsense and goofiness that we all think is really entertaining,” Mobley said. The group has described their music as space indie-pop, jazz rock with hints of an Appalachian progressive flare. “We definitely try to go left of the typical college rock sound, adding in synthesizers and not being so reliant on a guitar heavy sound,” Heflin said. “We’re trying to push past that and make [our sound] a little more ambient by adding in different textures.” Mobley adds that the group tries to add as many other

see WUMBO, page 19

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Members of Wumbo (from left to right) Zak Ocmand, percussion performance junior Mitchell Mobley, percussion performance junior Kevin McCabe, and University alumnus Jake Heflin stand outside Highland Coffees on Aug. 8.

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sailing into the SUNSET

BREC holds its monthly sunset paddle on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Milford Wampold Memorial Park. PHOTOS BY WHITNEY WILLISTON

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TRENDS

For those who don’t want to drive far, three boutiques located on Highland Road, a mere half mile from campus, offer a variety of gameday wear.

EDGE BOUTIQUE 4410 Highland Rd. Edge’s t-shirts and tops range from $21-$36 and their skirts are in the $30-50 range.

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RODÉO BOUTIQUE 4350 Highland Rd. Tops are mainly from the Free People brand, so they are about $80$100 a piece. There are a few basic, solid-colored tops for $19-$25.

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BEAST EPIC

Iron & Wine

In the midst of a particularly chaotic back-to-school season, indie-folk singer-songwriter Iron & Wine released an album that could not be any less chaotic, for better or worse.

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Aly & AJ

Their first post-hiatus single — excluding 2013’s “Hothouse” during their brief post-Disney rebrand as 78Violet — is more tonal declaration than lyrical juggernaut, ushering in a more natural, California chill vibe compared to their pop-rock Disney catalogue.

When we first meet 20-something titular character Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza), she’s in tears, incessantly scrolling through her Instagram feed filled with photos from a wedding she wasn’t invited to. Soon enough, she crashes the ceremony, pepper-sprays the bride and is sent away for a short stay in a mental hospital. After she’s released, Ingrid quickly returns to her lonely life, spending her time scrolling through Instagram and stuffing her face with gas station junk food — until she finds the account of it-girl “influencer,” Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen). Sloane’s character provides Ingrid with a new obsession, someone whose validation would mean making it in the world. This prompts her to cash out the inheritance her recently deceased mother left her and move to Los Angeles. There, she rebrands herself and creates a way to involve herself in Taylor’s perfectly manicured and expertly stylized life, befriending her and her anti-establishment, no-talent artist husband, Ezra (Wyatt Russell). A majority of the rest of the movie is dedicated to exposing the shallow and vapid culture people

like Taylor associate themselves with. In one spot-on scene, Taylor makes a car mechanic literally lay on the ground to get the right angle in a photo. It’s comical, but at the same time, it’s all too real. What’s resonant is that we all know a few people like Taylor, desperate to project an image of success, stability and substance through internet personas but shallow and unhappy in reality. A debate the film often wrestles with is what’s worse, Taylor’s excessive falsity or Ingrid’s disturbing obsession with Taylor and her online presence. The film doesn’t provide any easy answers, but Ingrid’s character constantly drew my sympathy, while Taylor and her uber-hipster crew’s inauthentic and cruel behavior induced contempt. It’s almost tempting to say Ingrid’s social media obsession is just a product of her environment, and in a way, she is the victim here. Regardless of the message about the state of social media first-time director Matt Spicer attempts to make, he is incredibly successful in satirically and accurately portraying our modern society. The film succeeds in its subtleties, like the attention to detail of the production design (the framed picture of an avocado in Ingrid’s room) and the uncompli-

cated, deadpan script. The screenplay is spot-on, presenting the characters as a special breed of West Coast millennials, obsessed with brunch, #vibes and overusing superlatives. The humor in the dialogue is almost so subtle it’d be easy to miss if not familiar with the way millennials speak, but the representation of these characters is scarily accurate. The performances by the main cast are also a huge selling point for the film, with Plaza’s all-in turn as obsessive Ingrid cementing her status as a wellrespected actress in film today and Olsen’s perfect portrayal of a basic California blonde extending beyond the surface level. The end of the film falls a bit flat, searching for an inkling of hope and normalcy that should not exist after the dark turn the film takes, but Spicer’s ultimate statement on modern-day social media culture and obsession still shines through. “Ingrid Goes West” presents a nightmare situation that could only exist in our society today, and it should serve as an alarming reminder of the frightening power social media can have. It also leads us to consider the equally terrifying question: when it comes to social media, what’s next?

Katie Gagliano @katie_gagliano

PAINTED RUINS

Grizzly Bear

Indie band Grizzly Bear released its fifth studio album, “Painted Ruins,” Aug. 18 showing a clear evolution of the band’s sound. The relatively low instrumental backing and deep tone of lead singer Ed Droste’s voice brings the record to life in a more whimsical way than the band’s other four albums.

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WHAT’S SPINNING AT NEW MUSIC

“Villains” by Queens of the Stone Age

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On “Villains,” Josh Homme’s desert-metal music collective goes groovy with assistance from pop producer Mark Ronson. Queens of the Stone Age fans don’t have much to fear from Ronson’s influence, however. QOTSA always had an industrial brand of funk to their popular tunes. Ronson brought it to the forefront on “Villains” and threw in funky horns without compromising the band’s outlaw-rock integrity. Homme and company kick off this ‘80s-steeped dance-rock album with the aptly titled “Feet Don’t Fail Me.” Returning fans will recognize the intro’s chanting and ambient guitar as a callback to QOTSA’s 2013 album “...Like Clockwork,” but the synthesizer line accompanying the chants and chugs shimmers above the intro like a ghost of prog-rock past. “The Way You Used to Do” follows that grand entrance to “Villains” in spectacular fashion. On this first single guitars are at their crunchiest, the rhythm at its punchiest. While the sludgy guitars

associated with desert rock are nowhere to be found, many of the other components are there, plus a groove you can absolutely dance to. “Domesticated Animals” starts off with that same danceable crunch but eventually does what QOTSA did so well on “...Like Clockwork.” It starts with a balanced, danceable groove suspended beneath a sparse vocal line, then builds up to a frenetic and blurry climax as it’s completely melted out of shape by either the Californian sun or lots of hard drugs. Up next is “Fortress,” a much-needed comedown from “Domesticated Animals” that brings an ‘80s synthesizer back into the mix for more melodic twisting. This song was written for Homme’s 11-year-old daughter, and when you listen to it in that context, it has its own sort of intensity. “Fortress” is followed by the shortest and densest song on “Villains,” “Head Like a Haunted House,” an unashamed punk interlude with all the drug references, anger and clever wordplay you’d

Experimental rock titan Zach Hill has once again teamed up with Death Grips bandmate Andy Morin (a.k.a. Flatlander) for The I.L.Y’s new studio album, “Bodyguard.” “Bodyguard” is The I.L.Y’s third album and their first on Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer’s independent label Castle Face Records. Previous albums like “I’ve Always Been Good At True Love” and “Scum With Boundaries” were released under Death Grips’ label Third World Records and carry a markedly different sound than The I.L.Y’s latest release. This California trio brings together the unstoppable energy of west coast punk with the undeniable catchiness of pop rock. When the

familiarity of surf flavored guitar disappears, the chaotic nature of Hill’s unique musical prowess emerges. Hill, who has played with groups such as Xiu Xiu and Team Sleep, is no stranger to multiinstrumental mayhem and experimental rock. His musical menagerie is evident in the 10 songs on “Bodyguard,” which range from springy alt rock to overdriven Meat Puppets-esque madness. Songs like the opening track “Wash My Hands Shorty” establish the familiarity of The I.L.Y’s pop influence while maintaining a slightly hip-hop energy reminiscent of Death Grips. Other tracks such as “Gargoyle” are flavored with a 21st century sock hop feel, which contrasts

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REVIEW BY DJ BASSLINE HOST OF THE DOO-WOP BOP, SATURDAYS 1 − 3 P.M. (‘50S MUSIC) expect from the band that produced “Rated R” and “Era Vulgaris.” The synthesizer returns as a central part of “Un-Reborn Again,” which deals with the dark side of “sex, drugs and rock n’ roll” culture. The combination of biting social commentary and synth produces a distinct Rush feel, that is until Mark Ronson throws a saxophone solo in the final verse. It shouldn’t fit, but it somehow does. As for the album’s second single and funky highlight, “The Evil Has Landed,” there’s no melting of sounds under a scorching desert sun. Queens of the Stone Age stay sonically tight and play every note with the utmost care. “The Evil Has Landed” should be on every road trip playlist for all time. The themes of “Villains” range from drugpropelled forays into the mystical California desert to Homme’s own epitaph to his children. QOTSA’s metal following may be turned off by the groove but may find comfort in the fact that funk listeners will give in to the growl and appreciate the record’s harder stuff.

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greatly with the punk intensity presented on “Well Known People Want to Know.” While it can be difficult to apply labels and descriptions for this album, it is certainly easy to forget that idea completely and just enjoy the music. Although this album has the undeniable “Zach Hill seal of approval,” each individual track carries a separate atmosphere that delineates every song into their own little world. No Wave, art punk, noise rock and just about everything in between are present on “Bodyguard.” It’s a true blend of west coast musicality and a prime example of Hill’s ability to orchestrate and blend a multitude of genres, instruments and energies.

11 Ema/Exile In The Outer Sing (Single)/ City Slang 12 Jen Cloher/Self-titled/Dark Art 13 Oh Wonder/Ultralife/Island 14 Dang Clets/Dang Clets/677131 Records 15 Swarming Branch/Surreal Number/ Sofaburn 16 The Spinto Band/Compilation/ Sleepglue 17 Afghan Whigs/In Spades/Sub Pop 18 Beach Fossils/Somersaults/Bayonet

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19 Big Thief/Capacity/Saddle Creek 20 Palehound/A Place I’ll Always Go/ Polyvinyl 21 Japanese Breakfast/Soft Sounds From Another Planet/Dead Oceans 22 Alt-j/ Relaxer/Canvasback (Atlantic) 23 (Sandy) Alex G/Rocket/Domino 24 Fleet Foxes/Crack-up/Nonesuch 25 Bleachers/Gone Now/RCA

Ever heard of cowpunk? Take a trip in the college radio time machine on this week’s inaugural episode of Altapalooza to pay homage to Scruffy the Cat, one of the genre’s pioneering forces. Twangy, infectious, and endearingly uncomplicated, the Boston band’s ditty “Mybabyshe’sallright” danced its way onto campus charts in the waning years of the ‘80s as well as onto my playlist. If you’ve got a hankering for harmonica, be sure to tune in!

Need some new grunge in your life? The band Gumball is the perfect fit. Formed in 1990, the group made their debut in New York City. In order to get a feel for their sound, know they have toured with the likes of Sonic Youth and Mudhoney. Gumball has a lot to offer, namely four studio albums filled with edge and angst.

We’re kicking off The Doo-Wop Bop with some of the greatest hits of the 1950s played alongside modern covers of jukebox hits! We’ll start the show with Buddy Holly’s 1957 hit “Peggy Sue.” Stick around to hear modern indie rock band Florence + the Machine’s 2011 cover of another of Holly hit, “Not Fade Away,” from an album of Buddy Holly covers done by Lou Reed, Modest Mouse and other contemporary artists.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017 SMALLCAKES, from page 13 primary influence. White marble, antique gold accents and decorative Parisian chalk boards were all custom-made to bring Salim’s vision to life. Mirrors, stainless steel and high-top tables help round out the space. Due to her extensive résumé and professional training, Salim chose chef Anna Gill has her head baker. Gill studied with renowned Louisiana chef John

Besh, and starts her day at 5 a.m. to begin baking the 1,000 cupcakes needed to meet daily demand. CEO of the Smallcakes national franchise, Jeff Martin, personally trained Gill and her associates to ensure quality and taste, Gill said. Smallcakes also features cupcake-infused ice cream. One of the cafe’s biggest hits with customers, and the item that ultimately won her over, is the Smallcakes Smash, Salim said.

The dessert features a cupcake split in half between two scoops of ice cream and is regularly the most-requested item from the menu, Salim said. Salim strives to stay true to the signature flavors and items on the menu, but allows her creativity to flow through reinvention. Most recently she’s come up with the perfect carry-along cupcakes for long car rides and even tailgates that are now available in-store. By

page 19 deconstructing the cupcakes and placing them in a push-pop container, customers now have a portable sweet treat. One of the most unique aspects of this new hot spot is its accommodations for customers’ pets. Smallcakes’ pupcake is a pup-friendly carrot cake mix with cream cheese icing topped with a Milk-Bone. The pupcakes are the shop’s second most popular item, Salim said. Their creation was a family collaboration

which included their namesake, their beloved dog Zoe. Their outdoor seating area and water bowls also help make the shop dog-friendly. “We wanted people to feel they could bring their animals with them,” Salim says. Smallcakes is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Smallcakes Cupcakery and Creamery displays cupcakes and a Smallcakes Smash on Aug. 25 on East Petroleum Drive.

WUMBO, from page 13 elements to the type of music Wumbo plays as they want. Its sound started as a bunch of bedroom demos, and each one had its own atmosphere. All of their music fits within the same vein, but is all fairly diverse. Mobley and Heflin did their songwriting individually in the beginning, but now derive most songs from ideas they bring to the table, and as a band add and make changes until they’re collectively satisfied with the sound. Many

GALLERY 229, from page 13 opened her eyes to the technical challenges and pitfalls of executing a show and has boosted her confidence as she prepares to transition into her post-graduate career. Connelly said the collaboration with Dunams has shown her how to meld her creative vision with another artist’s and explore new artistic components, including accompanying text and video work. The photography senior said it’s commonplace for students to get creatively bogged down during the semester and the exhibition opportunity helps breathe fresh life into their work. When aspiring student exhibitors see successful student showcases it ignites their own drive, inspiring a new crop of show-worthy student work and feeding back into the studio’s momentum, Warwick said. College is a great time for students to test the gallery waters, Warwick said. “You’re in a smaller community here,” she said.

songs morph drastically from their inception to the completed product. “We try to go beyond chords, melodies and lyrics,” Heflin said. “I think we try to focus on getting a sound just right to fit a mood.” Wumbo has a small discography on SoundCloud and Bandcamp, but the group plans on releasing a physical EP by mid-October. “We’re starting out small,” Heflin said. “We’re mixing it ourselves and recording locally. We want to add our own flavor to it.”

The shows Wumbo have played to date have all been in Baton Rouge, save for one self-described “odd” show in Lafayette. On their favorite show to date, one particular venue came to mind. It took place at 524, a live music venue off of North Foster Drive, when they performed without a bassist a few weeks ago. The trio decided to play acoustically, changing the sound of some of their songs, while they were surrounded by candles, adorned in Western dress and even played a toy piano on stage.

Wumbo’s self-described hit and staple piece, “Hillsides” is an example of the group’s blended sound. The group also slides in an interesting cover every other show or so, from Radiohead’s “No Surprises” to Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin’ Bout You,” and they plan to unveil a new cover at their upcoming show. Ocmand, with a smile, stated “coolness” sets Wumbo apart from other local bands. “I think a lot of bands have a signature sound and all their songs follow the same formula, but

I feel like every single one of our songs goes in a totally different direction,” McCabe said. “Every song has a different texture.” The group wants their shows to be enjoyable experiences that bring natural highs and lows, with a constantly evolving mood and sound throughout the performance, they said. Mobley added, “If you connect with what we’re trying to put out there throughout the show as it changes, that’s the goal,” Mobley said. “And having a good time of course.”

“This is the place you have the opportunity to try it. Once you leave the campus and finish the program, there’s other opportunities but you’re also suddenly in a much larger pool. I think it’s a great place to start and to build the confidence of putting together a show.”

Aside from benefitting the student exhibitioners, Gallery 229 also offers faculty, students and community members the opportunity to explore the diverse work being produced on campus. The gallery features a range of offerings, both in media and subject matter, from

documentary style photography on traditional film to more conceptual, studio-shot showcases that evoke mood and emotion through light and color, Warwick said. Photography is an accessible artistic medium because everyone has experiences with capturing personal photographs, and the

gallery helps viewers question their understanding of the art form and its possibilities, she said. “I think it helps to expand, both within the School of Art and within the general public, the conception of what photography can be and what art can be,” Warwick said.

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Gallery 229 features photography taken by select University students on Aug. 8, in the LSU Art & Design Building.

Photography senior Brady Connelly (left) and assistant photography professor and co-manager of Gallery 229 Johanna Warwick (right) showcase original LSU student artwork on Aug. 8, in the LSU Art & Design Building.

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College students must prioritize sleep in their daily schedule STOP! HANNAH TIME HANNAH KLEINPETER @0728hannah According to a 2016 Chegg study, an online textbook rental company, fewer than 16 percent of college students surveyed said they get the recommended eight hours of sleep per night. Roughly 80 percent of students surveyed said they get only five to seven hours a night. Sleep deprivation has become somewhat of a competition on college campuses. Many students boast about surviving a 10-hour school day on merely 20 minutes of shut-eye and an iced coffee. Sit down in any college classroom and expect to overhear someone bragging about how little they slept the previous night while cramming for the day’s exam. College life demands an enormous amount of time and dedication to succeed. Between attending lectures, studying, working and trying to squeeze in a social life, there is little time for other activities. Sleep is often pushed to the background only to become an optional activity

for when there is nothing more appealing or necessary to do. We must take charge of our mental and physical health by prioritizing sleep and recognizing its impact on our quality of life. The effects of a chronic lack of sleep within college students are alarming and, according to recent studies, potentially deadly. Long-term sleep deprivation is linked to an increase in health complications like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and shortened life expectancy. The Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School found that people who often sleep fewer than six hours per night are more likely to have a higher body mass index than people who sleep more than six hours nightly. Sleep deprivation, along with late-night Sonic runs and dollar pizza slices, could be one of the hidden culprits contributing to the infamous “freshman 15” and a host of other health problems college students experience. The negatives implications of sleep deprivation go far beyond the physical aspects. Because many college students lead such fast-paced and high-stress lifestyles, healthy sleeping habits are

critical in maintaining mental well being. However, many college students skimp on sleep and are left feeling both physically and mentally drained. Lack of sleep cannot only cause grouchiness and irritability, but also a heightening of mental illness symptoms correlated with depression and anxiety. Sleep deprivation is also associated with an increased risk of developing these mental illnesses. It can be difficult maintaining complete mental stability when working on caffeine, minimal sleep and the fear of failing driving you forward. Sleep is certainly not the absolute solution to preventing mental distress, but lack of it can often be one of the causes. Prolonged lack of sleep is also damaging to college student’s academic performance. A 2017 study by the Sleep Health Institute and Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders found people with irregular sleep patterns are more likely to have a lower GPA than their counterparts with more regular sleep schedules. Though it may seem like pulling all-night study sessions regularly will help the chances of

doing well on exams, it will likely do the opposite. Research shows even short-term lack of sleep can have negative effects on judgment, memory and cognitive functions. Mental fogginess can even lead to serious accidents and injury. If we continue this path of sleep deprivation, it is likely we

will burn ourselves out before we are ever able to shine in the world. It is time for college students to reclaim their mental and physical health by choosing sleep over trying to do and achieve it all. Hannah Kleinpeter is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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LSU should implement more pet therapy sessions HOUSTON, WE HAVE A COLUMN CASEY PIMENTEL @Casey_Pimentel You’re walking through the quad, silent tears rolling down your face, studying note cards you made the night before. All of a sudden, students are running by you shouting, “there’s dogs in the library!” and you feel a sense of overwhelming excitement. What started as another terrible day during finals week ended with a comforting break spent with playful pups. During heavy testing weeks, the University often hosts therapy dogs in Middleton Library. These dogs, ranging from little

puppies to massive dogs, are brought in by Baton Rouge volunteers who want students and faculty to pet until their hearts are content. This is a great, virtually free way to de-stress that benefits the entire Baton Rouge community by giving both students and dog owners a reason to socialize on campus. Many of the owners I’ve met during these days are elderly, and some have told me they look forward to the days they get to come to the University because they love talking to the students. Hosting pet therapy in Middleton Library is such an easy, wholesome activity with many benefits. There isn’t a

reason the University shouldn’t host more in the upcoming year. Though these days are traditionally during midterms and finals, the University could branch out and extend the pet therapy services. It is a healthy way to ease the minds of many students, even if only for a few minutes. Many students have been affected by the Harvey floods in Texas this week. Texas Tigers have come from all over the Lone Star State to continue their educations here, leaving their homes behind this week. As many students sit in their dorms and apartments, watching their homes and families fight a losing battle against flooding, pet therapy would be

something that many people would find comfort in. College students also sometimes irresponsibly adopt a pet because they miss having a dog like they do at home. Desperately looking for their puppy fix, droves of college students head to the shelters and adoption events seeking a furry friend that will fill the dog-shaped hole in their hearts. Dogs take a lot more patience and time than most expect. Soon these students will be falling behind in classwork, sleep and sanity trying to take care of their dogs. If the University would host dogs more often in the library or the Parade Ground, students would feel less inclined to buy

dogs for their small apartments because they have somewhere to go to feel the happiness dogs carry with them. Because pet therapy costs little to no money, there is no reason we shouldn’t expand this heartwarming event. The University has done an amazing thing by hosting dogs, and it would be even better if we focused more on pet therapy and implementing it more often throughout the year. Casey Pimentel is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas.

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LSU sorority Kappa Alpha Theta hosts their annual KAT’s and Dogs event during midterm week to help students destress on Oct. 12 at the Parade Grounds.

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Taylor Swift’s new single, music video plays into victim complex BETTER KATE THAN NEVER KATE ROY @k8katz Taylor Swift debuted her music video for her new song “Look What You Made Me Do” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday and began a new era in her music career. It’s not the video I disliked, but rather the concept of “New Taylor” as a whole. From her marketing tactics to the musicality of the song itself, she is once again capitalizing on what critics call her “victim complex.” Swift ran into hiding once her reputation shifted from “classy girl-next-door” to “snake.” According to Vanity Fair, she hasn’t made a public appearance since February, and her last album release was three years ago. Right before she released her single, Swift erased her entire Instagram feed and replaced it with a single video of a glitching snake in attempt to hype up her new single. The internet negatively responded to her new single and persona. It almost seems like if you make art out of spite, people will echo that negative energy back to you. Swift’s entire concept seems to be lacking originality,

beginning with her reclaim of the “snake” title. According to The Wow Report, this move was ripped off from well-known drag queen Alaska Thunderfuck who “appropriated the serpent symbolism” first. Additionally, Vanity Fair says the song itself is also copied and credited to Right Said Fred’s 1992 “I’m Too Sexy.” YouTube user “Genius” creates a guide for us in decoding Swift’s hidden and not-sohidden jabs at Kanye West and Katy Perry. It seems all too convenient that Swift gets to act miserable as she makes millions off of other people’s ideas, both musically and aesthetically. Delving into Swift’s relationship with Kanye West, the victim role is exponentially highlighted. If Swift wanted everyone to know how she genuinely felt about the “death of her reputation,” she would give speeches, agree to interviews and even speak to her followers directly via social media. However, we know she is using her victim complex for capitalistic gains because not only is she releasing a multi-million dollar album, but also publishing two Reputation magazines featuring her personal poetry, photos and artwork. Genius also points out that Swift

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is releasing her album on the day West’s mother passed. Whether this is intentional or not, a celebrity with as much money and public relations resources as Swift would be notified about the coincidence. Her breakthrough single is literally entitled “Teardrops on my Guitar.” I won’t deny that West interrupting Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs was wrong, but it seems like she never got over it. In her latest video, Swift has her 2009 VMAs dress on and says, “I would very much like to be excluded

from this narrative.” If you or I were still talking about the time someone bullied us eight years ago, we’d have no friends. Swift has been playing the victim role since day one, building her fame early on as the girl who only writes songs about boys who have disappointed her. In songs like “Dear John,” “Hey Stephen” and “You’re Not Sorry,” Swift uses people who wronged her to further her career. Though Swift has often played into her victim complex in the past, songs like “Mean” and “Shake It Off” showed the encouraging side of Swift’s mes-

sage. Now, her new single is just plain negative. It doesn’t look like the rest of the songs on her upcoming album are going to be any less petty. Taylor Swift is 27 years old, and no one made her do anything. Maybe feeling sorry for herself is just a facet of Swift’s personality, but that doesn’t mean we as consumers should buy into it. As a human being, I legitimately do feel bad for her, but only because that’s what she wants us to do. Kate Roy is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Students should not abuse drugs like Adderall, Ritalin STAY THIRSTY, MY FRIENDS

JACOB MARANTO @Jacob_Maranto In the age of electronics, it does not seem outlandish to assume society has many distractions. Attention-deficit disorders and hyperactivity disorders have been on the rise for years, and the powerful solution to these disorders have been drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Vyvanse and more. These medications are well known and highly circulated because of their potent effect in improving attention span and soothing hyperactivity. Even with all the perceived benefits drugs like Adderall offer, they are still classified as controlled substances. Adderall is technically classified as a Schedule II controlled narcotic, which is a classification of drugs known for its high potential for abuse. While Schedule II narcotics are a wide variety of different drugs, Adderall is an amphetamine, so drugs like these are medically classified in the same family as crystal meth, speed

and ecstasy. The question then becomes: should kids, teens and young adults be taking watered-down meth? Even when prescribed by a doctor? The answer is obviously very tough. It is hard to say no to medicine that has potential to help, especially when a doctor recommends it. However, there needs to be more of a conversation about alternative options for treatment of people with a disorder and preventative measures for stopping the abuse of these drugs by people without a disorder. The negative effects of stimulants are subtly scary when closely examined. Some people experience negative side effects like appetite suppression and unhealthy weight loss, trouble sleeping, irritability, anxiousness and sometimes even cardiac issues. This would be less troublesome if these were the side effects of a medicine taken on a short-term basis. However, abuse of these drugs is very common and can blossom into an addiction that lasts years. According to The Huffington Post, abuse of Adderall and its imitators has increased by

nearly 200 percent. Each individual case is unique, but when weighing the pros and cons of medication like this, it should only be used for severe cases of ADD/ADHD. Even with a mild disorder, medication can still do more harm than good. It is not advantageous to individual growth, maturity and success to rely on medicine to achieve normality. It’s even worse — and arguably more detrimental to people’s success — when they take the medication without a prescription. This happens for many reasons in college, such as gaining an edge on peers and a perceived ability to crush academics. One of the worse reasons being to stay up to party and increase alcohol tolerance. This is in no way a slight to anyone who has been diagnosed by a medical doctor with ADD/ ADHD or who is struggling with that disorder. However, to the college kids who take these drugs unprescribed to perform better because they “can’t pay attention,” here is the reality: nothing is wrong with you. We all have times when we get distracted, but it doesn’t mean we should be able to use whatever

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drugs we want. A study published by the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found ER visits from the misuse of Adderall to rise 156 percent from 2006 to 2011. This is becoming more commonplace and affects college kids disproportionately. The solution is the same as having a hard task at hand: buckle down and take control. Lack of motivation and personal responsibility cannot be fixed by any medicine.

New ways of schooling people with these disorders need to be discussed. Expecting every kid to fit the same academic mold is unrealistic. If we move away from this mindset, the need for medicine is lessened because we have fewer expectations. Jacob Maranto is 21-year-old mass communication senior from Plaquemine, Louisiana.

LSU should offer better, closer grocery store options for students ANNARIGIONAL TAKE ANNA COLEMAN @_annacoleman_ The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as a “low-income census tracts where a significant number or share of residents is more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.” As of May 2017, the entirety of the University’s campus and many of the surrounding neighborhoods are designated as a food desert. In East Baton Rouge Parish, more than 75,00 residents live in food deserts, which is an incredible 17 percent of the Baton Rouge population, twice as high as the national average of eight percent. Things that impact the greater Baton Rouge community also impact the University, and the food desert in East Baton Rouge Parish affects many of our students. One in four University students live in on-campus

housing and one in five are from out-of-state. Because many of these students do not have cars and rely entirely on provided services, they are especially vulnerable to the impact of the food desert. If they do not have a meal plan or if they miss out on the arguably slim dining hall hours, there is no alternative for fresh food. I came to the University as a freshman without a car from an out-of-state area that has an abundance of grocery stores. I wrongfully assumed that living in a capital city like Baton Rouge meant I would easily be able to walk and get whatever I needed. I was disappointed to discover it would be a 2.1 mile walk one way from my dorm to the nearest grocery store. “Limited access to affordable, healthier foods is one factor that may make it harder for some Americans to eat a healthy diet and could negatively affect their health,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in reference to food deserts.

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With other health risks such as elevated stress, sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption, the overall health of college students is already at risk. Students deal with all of these issues in addition to having to face the lack of access to affordable, healthier foods leaving their health in danger. There are some fantastic resources the University has put in place to help students gain access to fresh food in light of the food desert, but they still need some expansion. Every Sunday there is a shuttle that stops at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Highland Road, but it only runs for four hours. Every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the university hosts a farmer’s market in Free Speech Plaza, but between having such a small sales window and students’ busy class schedules, this is not enough to adequately accommodate students. Expanding the shuttle hours, having the farmer’s market more than one day a week or for longer hours on Wednesday and

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making sure all students are aware of these resources could make all the difference. The University recently finished an $85 million expansion to the University Recreation Center in an effort to encourage healthy lifestyles and personal wellness among students. The new UREC is designed to provide “healthy buildings for healthy bodies,” but without addressing the food desert issues in our area, their

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idea of healthy bodies is at risk. If encouraging healthy lifestyles and personal wellness is truly a goal of the University, then making fresh produce and foods available to students should be at the top of their priority list. Anna Coleman is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Kennesaw, Georgia.

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