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BY quint forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com With three weeks until Election Day on Nov. 4, candidates for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District seat are counting on the votes of students they worked to rally throughout their campaigns.

Since the start of the race, the University has seen an onslaught of student groups and campaign interns supporting candidates who range from a 28-year-old University alumnus to an 87-year-old former governor and convicted felon.

Campaign managers for Republican state Sen. Dan Claitor, Republican Paul Dietzel II, Democratic former Gov. Edwin Edwards and Republican Garret Graves emphasized the importance of University students in the next stage of the race.

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Professor holds national croquet title St. George boundaries Win marks third consecutive title for math professor George Cochran BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com For University mathematics professor George Cochran, the risk is worth the reward when it comes to a national championship title.

Cochran and partner John Warlick are the three-time doubles national champions in the game of nine-wicket croquet.

Cochran, a probability

specialist, brings his academic experience into his croquet strategy. In probability, Cochran said it’s preferable to have one risky play that, if successful, likely will guarantee a win as opposed to many conservative plays that must all succeed to win.

“The appeal is it’s kind of a mixture of shooting skills and strategy and thinking,” Cochran said. “Playing the game requires some aspects of risk management, and it’s the risk management aspect that I find most appealing.”

Cochran said he’s one of the more aggressive croquet

competitors in the Midwest, but his game strategy varies depending on who his opponent is and whether he is winning.

“The interesting thing is that often when you play an aggressive game — and this has happened to me playing croquet — others think that you’re completely crazy,” Cochran said.

“If the play works out, you’re crazy and lucky, and if it doesn’t work, then you’re just a crazy fool.”

Cochran began playing croquet in his backyard with his

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Despite LSU President F. King Alexander’s concerns over the University’s stake in the St. George debate, proposed boundaries of the new city will not change, said St. George spokesperson Lionel Rainey III. Though the main campus is part of the city of Baton Rouge, University land southwest of campus remains unannexed — not included in Baton

Rouge proper.

The land encompasses Innovation Park and the LSU AgCenter’s Ben Hur Farm.

LSU’s Board of Supervisors filed a petition Oct. 8 with the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council supporting the annexation of the unincorporated land into the city of Baton Rouge.

Mayor-President Kip Holden backed the petition, saying the University’s annexed land would receive the same

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Conservative bishops reject gay overture THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Conservative Catholic bishops distanced themselves Tuesday from a document showing an unprecedented opening toward gays and divorced people, saying it doesn’t reflect their views and vowing to make changes to the final version.

The provisional document produced at the halfway point of a two-week meeting on family life said gays had gifts to offer the church and that their partnerships, while morally problematic, provided gay couples with “precious” support.

It said the church must welcome divorced people and recognize the “positive” aspects of civil marriages and even Catholics who live together without being married.

Amid an outcry from conservatives over the document, organizers of the synod insisted Tuesday that the report was merely a working paper that would be amended and that its value had been overstated by the media.

The document was remarkable both in what it said and what it didn’t say: Gone were assertions of Catholic doctrine present in most church documents that

gay sex is “intrinsically disordered” and that couples who cohabitate are living in sin. In their place were words of acceptance and welcome.

Several known conservatives who participated in the synod immediately came out against the report. The head of the Polish bishops’ conference, Cardinal Stanislaw Gadecki, called it “unacceptable” and a deviation from church teaching.

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier said the report didn’t reflect the opinion of the synod in its entirety, and said he was sure the final report “will show the vision of the synod as a whole and not the vision of a particular group.”

Hard-line American Cardinal Raymond Burke, the head of the Vatican’s supreme court, accused the Vatican press operation of releasing “manipulated” information about the synod debate that didn’t reflect the “consistent number of bishops” who opposed such a tone.

To some extent, the conservatives had a point. The Vatican’s briefings about the goings-on of the closed-door synod had made scant reference to gays, and yet the provisional report gave

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Monsignor Bruno Forte, appointed by the pope as the synod’s special secretary, wrote the section on gays. Forte is an Italian theologian whose writings have pushed the envelope on keeping true to church doctrine while showing mercy to people in “irregular” unions.

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A Vatican summary of the closed-door debate that followed the report’s release said bishops had “appreciated” the report but that some had recommended a host of amendments to balance out the final version.

Alaska’s first known gay marriage in arctic town ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A remote town on the state’s Arctic Coast where people are used to doing their own thing has applied that independent streak to gay marriage.

A magistrate in Barrow, Alaska, the nation’s northernmost community, has performed what is believed to be the state’s first gay marriage ceremony ahead of schedule after a federal judge struck down the state’s ban.

Couples lined up across the state to get licenses Monday morning, beginning the clock on a mandatory three-day wait until ceremonies could be performed.

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during a ceremony late Monday afternoon.

Hilderbrand says gay marriage is not really an issue in Barrow. She says people in the community “accept you for who you are.”

Alaska helped touch off a national debate 15 years ago with a ban on same-sex unions.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess ruled Sunday that the ban violated the due process and equal protection guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. His ruling came over the objection of gay marriage opponents who say states should decide the issue, not courts.

Gay couples married outside Alaska or in ceremonies within the state that didn’t carry legal standing were among those seeking licenses.

Matthew Hamby and Christopher Shelden speak Friday following a federal court hearing in Anchorage, Alaska, where a federal judge struck down Alaska’s first-in-thenation ban on gay marriages.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 student organizations

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Aerospace club recruits members, takes off

BY Carrie Grace Henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com After this semester’s first meeting failed to garner enough interest or elect any officers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics student chapter realized that they had a problem.

The club’s membership and activities, consisting mainly of students working on their senior design projects, have been declining since 2008, said mechanical engineering junior and Engineering Council representative Giselle Medina.

After the first meeting, associate mechanical engineering professor and faculty adviser Keith Gonthier called together an emergency board of students to save the club.

The group prioritized officer elections, said mechanical engineering junior and president Jake Roblez. After finding a partial copy of the club’s constitution, they emailed the small group of interested members to begin the election process.

Eight students now sit on the executive board with one main goal in mind: to spur interest in aerospace.

The club’s first official meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 29, but officers are taking a group of 12 interested students to the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, next week.

The University is one of six SEC schools without an aerospace engineering major. As a

consequence, much of the networking offered by the school is energy-focused, Roblez said.

Of the 200 companies present at a recent career expo on campus, five were not energy-related.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Austin Ober said he thinks the lack of aerospace presence is strange because of the facilities in Louisiana, including Michoud and Lockheed Martin.

Roblez wants to make the club a hands-on experience and bring in aerospace-centered speakers, but said adding new members is his first priority.

Mechanical engineering sophomore and public relations officer Connor Joslin plans on having an AIAA presence at every student organization fair. He is printing fliers and organizing a table in Free Speech Plaza to make AIAA known on campus in the upcoming weeks.

As part of a national organization, AIAA offers many opportunities from research and scholarships to networking, but Roblez said those opportunities may be lost because of the lack of members.

“This club has a lot of possibilities for people who want to do research, people who want to network and people who want to have fun and build rockets,” said Medina. “We just don’t have the members.”

Ober said there is something in AIAA for every major because rocket science needs people with diverse skill sets.

as many as possible when the game has a time limit. three sisters as a child, but his Cochran said the game is competitive career took off in complex, and a player must find fall 1999. a way to balance the risks with Cochran said he enjoys play- the possibilities of success and ing all four types of croquet failure. Many players focus too games, but six-wicket croquet much on the downside of failure attracts many of the best U.S. and forget to consider the benplayers. In nine-wicket croquet, efit of success when it comes to gameplay occurs on backyard a risky play. grass, but six-wicket croquet is “If you’re short on time, played on a laser-leveled court. if the game’s about over and There is a greater precision you’re behind, then you really in six-wicket have to try croquet, Coto find any ‘I like it because I’m a chran said. In probabilist, and I kind of like possible play n i n e - w i c k e t the added random elements in that might be croquet, playaround that the game.’ ers have less would result control over in a win,” Cogeorge cochran, the ball bechran said. math professor and croquet champion cause the play“And very ofing surface ten, those posis full of “randomizers” — ar- sible plays are really weird, bitrarily placed obstacles, like wild and funky plays.” ruts and slopes, that can affect In this scenario, Cochran the game. said the risk of failure is high, “I like it because I’m a prob- but failure is guaranteed if the abilist, and I kind of like the player doesn’t try. added random elements in the Cochran plays both doubles game, and I’ve been very suc- and singles croquet and said cessful in the game, I think, be- while the two are different, cause of that,” Cochran said. each has its advantages and disNine-wicket croquet is advantages. played with mallets to hit either “The main difference is that four or six balls through a se- doubles requires that you comries of nine hoops, called wick- municate and cooperate with ets, in a particular sequence. your partner, and you and your The objective of the game is for partner have to be kind of on the a player to get all of their balls same page as to what it is you’re through all of the wickets, or trying to do,” Cochran said.

“If you are an art major and you just like space, we want you with us,” said Roblez.

As president, Roblez is encouraging each officer to start a subcommittee to focus on a more specific facet of AIAA. He hopes having a specific interest will keep members involved in the club and later in their careers.

Mechanical engineering adjunct instructor and faculty adviser Adam Baran has worked in aerospace for more than 25 years.

He said there is a large interest in aerospace at the University at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

He hopes this club will be a way for students to explore their own ideas with faculty on hand to guide them and answer questions.

Gonthier said there is a lack of resources at the University to establish an aerospace major, but the aerospace minor in conjunction with the mechanical engineering senior design project offers the full perspective. Students will get the broad scope of mechanical engineering as well as the courses focusing on aerospace.

One of this year’s senior design projects hopes to be the first step to bring rocketry to the University, Ober said. This fall, the team is designing the first “homegrown LSU rocket,” which they plan to launch from campus in the spring semester. Gonthier said this club will only be as successful as its members are enthusiastic, but he’s excited about what’s to come because of the motivated student leaders.

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[Clockwise, from top left] LSU mechanical engineering sophomores Connor Joslin and Austin Ober, junior Giselle Medina and senior Jake Roblez are the officers of the new Aerospace Club.

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LSU mathematics professor George Cochran is the three-time nine-wicket doubles national champion.

Cochran said singles croquet allows one more freedom to execute what might be considered a crazy play, but the advantage of doubles is having a partner off whom to bounce ideas and strategies.

While Cochran and Warlick continue to hold their title, Cochran’s three-time winning streak in singles was broken.

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Sky Zone trampoline park to open

BY BRITTANY CLARK bclark@lsureveille.com College student organizations often bond over movie nights, skate parks and bowling, but University students may have a chance to reach new heights with an indoor trampoline park.

Sky Zone Baton Rouge will open its doors to the public in spring 2015, according to a prerecorded message on the company’s phone line. The company also is bringing a park to Lafayette, which is set to open in January 2015.

According to Sky Zone’s website, Sky Zone is the world’s first establishment to have all-trampoline-walled playing courts. The first Sky Zone opened in Las Vegas and has grown to more than 65 locations.

Sky Zone will offer more than indoor trampolines — its website says the business will offer ultimate dodgeball, a foam zone, sky slam, sky fitness

and skyrobics.

Nutrition junior and Texas native Victoria Van Brandt said she visited an indoor trampoline park in San Antonio.

“I liked how the park was something new, especially for children and adults, too,” Van Brandt said. “It’s something I could take the kids that I babysit for.”

Van Brandt said the indoor trampoline park seems safer than places with bounce houses, because bounce houses could potentially collapse if they lose air.

Customers are required to fill out a liability waiver before being allowed to jump.

Customers under 18 are required to have legal guardians fill out their waivers, which are kept on file for a year.

Van Brandt, a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, said she and her sisters are always on the lookout for places to have sorority

bonding events.

“I think this is a great place to hold sisterhood bonding events,” Van Brandt said. “It takes way less skill than bowling or skating, so your focus can be on having fun.”

Sorority sisters and children are not the only potential Sky Zone customers. A couple may find the new business a good spot for a date night.

Digital art senior Nicholas Belson said he and his girlfriend have had dates at restaurants, poetry slams and haunted houses, but they’ve never tried an indoor trampoline park.

“I think it would be different and exciting for us to do since we’ve never been,” Belson said. “I would be excited if one came to Baton Rouge.”

Sky Zone Baton Rouge will be located at 1120 Industriplex Blvd. Prices have not yet been set.

versity student hitting two vehicles down the Middleton service drive then running from the scene.

Lalonde said when officers arrived on scene, a witness reported Yan Zhang, 27, backing and speeding down the service road when she struck the two vehicles. The witness reported Zhang immediately leaving the crash site.

Officers identified Zhang through observations of the suspect’s vehicle and her license plate.

Lalonde said they later located and spoke to Zhang, who admitted to striking the vehicles then leaving.

Zhang was issued a misdemeanor summons for reckless operation as well as a hit and run.

Lalonde said she was released from LSUPD.

Student arrested for hit-and-run committed while parking on campus

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CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Student booked for outstanding traffic warrant after crash in front of McVoy Hall LSUPD identified and arrested 18-year-old Renuka Koritala after a traffic crash was reported in front of McVoy Hall on Friday.

Capt. Cory Lalonde, LSUPD spokesman, said upon arrival at the crash scene, officers learned Koritala had an outstanding warrant for a traffic violation.

LSUPD arrested Koritala for the outstanding warrant.

Lalonde said she was later booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

On-campus hit-and-run earns University student reckless operation charges On Friday, surveillance cameras near Middleton Library showed a Uni-

LSUPD officers reported to the North Ag Center Lot in reference to a hit and run Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Lalonde said a witness reported seeing a silver vehicle hit a parked car in the parking lot while trying to park. The witness said the suspect, later identified as William Lewis, 18, exited the vehicle, observed the damage then fled the scene.

Further information provided by the witness and surveillance footage allowed officers to confirm Lewis as the suspect, Lalonde said.

Lalonde said Lewis admitted to officers that he struck the vehicle while trying to park.

Lewis was issued a misdemeanor summons for hit and run and was released from LSUPD.

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Theatre senior Jose Lloveras-Fuentes [top] participates in a flash mob with other members of the Hispanic Student Cultural Society and Phi Lota Alpha fraternity on Tuesday at Free Speech Plaza. The students performed the dance in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is recognized annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

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Khourtni Fears transitions to new role

BY Brian Pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com

flag, which double as the iconic colors the Mexican national jersey.

In fact, her friendship with Piña played a major part in Gomez-Junco’s decision to transfer to LSU from Memphis after the 2012 season.

Most athletes would crumble if they found out their season was ended prematurely by a devastating knee injury, but not LSU junior middle blocker Khourtni Fears.

After suffering an ACL tear, Fears withstood the trauma and responded by becoming an emotional leader for her team and transitioning into a player-coach on the sideline.

Fears’ leg gave out during a practice in mid-August.

Originally, the junior and coach Fran Flory hoped Fears wouldn’t need surgery, but later doctors confirmed she would need a season-ending operation.

When Fears went under the knife, Flory stayed at the hospital for the full three hours. Fears said Flory’s dedication meant a lot to her and has helped her cope.

“I remember waking up and seeing Fran,” Fears said.

“It’s a feeling I can’t explain because, I mean, Fran literally waited for me to get out of surgery. It showed that I do still have a place with Fran and with this team for her to miss a whole day of practice to be with me.”

Fears’ surgery was a month ago, and she is now off her crutches and working on the strength of her leg. Even though she has yet to resume volleyball activities, she found

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THE ‘EL TRI’ DUO Gomez-Junco, Piña carry bonds beyond borders

BY Morgan Prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com “Tranquila Fer, la que viene:” Calm down, you’ll get the next one.

Bits of Spanish on the soccer field between LSU junior midfielders Fernanda Piña and Natalia Gomez-Junco show a glimpse of the friendship the

pair has spent years building in the national-youth program in their home country of Mexico.

“It is way easier to communicate in Spanish for us. It is more natural,” Gomez-Junco said. “I try to do it in English, so everyone else is understanding what we are doing. But sometimes, it is easier to explain

something to her in Spanish.”

Gomez-Junco and Piña became close when they met while training for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan, but their friendship flourished in Baton Rouge.

The Mexican national team gets its nickname, El Tri, from the three colors of its national

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Delahoussaye makes rebound after missing extra point

BY Jack Chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com

The past can’t be changed, but responding to adversity can be key to changing your future.

Those are the words that replay in LSU sophomore kicker Colby Delahoussaye’s head every time he’s faced with overcoming the pain of missing a kick — and it’s a problem he doesn’t face often.

The second-year kicker out of New Iberia, Louisiana, is 18for-19 in his career on field goal attempts, with his only miss coming in 2013 on a 31-yard field goal against Furman.

Delahoussaye is almost automatic with his right foot, but a crucial error Saturday against Southeastern Conference rival Florida nearly cost the Tigers a closely contested matchup.

After freshman running back Leonard Fournette pounded into the end zone from 2 yards out to put the Tigers up by three late in the third quarter, it was left to Delahoussaye to make a crucial extra point to give the Tigers a four point lead.

The kick sailed wide right and kept Florida within a field goal at 20-17.

“I misstepped on it,” Delahoussaye said.

“My

foot was too close to the ball and I pushed it to the right.”

Delahoussaye said the missed extra point was from a lack of execution of the simple things. He tries to kick each ball the same, whether it’s an extra point or a 50-yard field goal, because his goal is to hit a straight ball no matter the circumstance.

“Just simple mechanics, not paying attention to stuff that’s going to make you miss an extra point,” Delahoussaye said.

The missed PAT put the Tigers in an unwanted situation, but while on the sideline, Delahoussaye took to heart the words of former coaches and

teammates to help him take his mind off what had just transpired.

“I’ve had such great coaches and great people in my life that have taught me not just in football, but in life, you can’t change the past you can only fix the way you deal with those opportunities,” Delahoussaye said. “In my head after I kicked that extra point and missed it, at first I was upset. I told myself ‘All right, one snap and clear. Worry about the next kick. I can’t do anything about the kick I missed.’ My teammates are so great and they came up to me and said don’t worry about it, worry about the next one.”

And that’s exactly what the former walk-on did, but not without more obstacles to hurdle.

After an interception by LSU sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson that put the Tigers at the Gators’ 36-yard line with 24 seconds remaining in a 27-27 game, the game was set up for Delahoussaye to win.

After the interception, LSU coach Les Miles went up to Delahoussaye and asked him which side of the field he’d prefer to kick from so the offense could set up their game plan.

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page 6 duo, from page 5 Gomez-Junco shined in her freshman season at Memphis, scoring eight goals and recording 17 points. Her performance earned her a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team in 2011.

Gomez-Junco struggled in her sophomore year, tallying two goals and five points, and made the decision to transfer.

Piña, a year younger than Gomez-Junco, had just finished her freshman year at LSU and told her friend how much she loved the program, the facilities and the coaches. “[Piña] talked about how things were at LSU,” GomezJunco said. “It got my attention.

The name LSU, the brand and all the things they have here and their team rules that I liked more than where I was. When I decided to transfer, I needed somewhere quick, somewhere good, and LSU was perfect for that.”

When Gomez-Junco decided on LSU, Piña’s recommendation of Gomez-Junco’s character on and off the field played a major role in convincing LSU coach Brian Lee to approve the transfer.

In Piña’s recommendation, she told Lee that Gomez-Junco is a professional player who works hard and would bring a different dynamic to the team.

Once Gomez-Junco’s transfer went through in January

2013, the pair faced a new challenge — Gomez-Junco’s redshirt year.

Off the field, Piña helped Gomez-Junco adjust to Louisiana by introducing her to friends off the team and, as she was when they trained with the national team, being her roommate.

“We have a lot of things in common,” Piña said. “We just understand each other really well. We live together and we never have problems.”

Even though they have similar interests on and off the field, according to Piña, the most fun part of their relationship is how different they are in personality.

Piña is outgoing while Gomez-Junco is more reserved.

These differences give perspective and help each of them grow as players and people.

“Even though she is my best friend, I look up to her and that’s what I like about our relationship,” Piña said. “Whenever I’m tired of running, for example, and I see her running ... I’m like, [if she is doing it] I need to [too] ... She’s awesome for me.”

Gomez-Junco’s effort in training during the 2013 season challenged the players that could step on the field for game day to push themselves harder.

Watching Gomez-Junco give everything in practice, even though she could not play,

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“It was very hard for me,” Piña said. “But at the same time, she worked very hard.

She grew up a lot in that year.

For me, since I know her very well, I knew what she was going through ... If she is sitting out and doing her best, I need to be way better ... that helped me a lot.”

Although her season on the sideline was difficult, Gomez-Junco said it showed her a new perspective of the game. It became more like a coach’s view, which gives her a greater understanding of the game.

Gomez-Junco and Piña’s closeness off the field translates to excellent communication on the field and creates many offensive opportunities.

“Whenever you have a good relationship [off the field], you can tell on the field,” Piña said.

“I know what she is thinking.

I know [when] she is going to play a long ball or I know [when] she is going to shoot it.”

This season, both Piña and Gomez-Junco have threatened defenses from every angle with creative play.

Gomez-Junco is second on the team in goals scored, with four on the season and is tied with sophomore forward Summer Clarke and freshman forward Jorian Baucom

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LSU junior midfielders Natalia Gomez-Junco (10) and Fernanda Piña (8) are teammates on both the LSU soccer team and the Mexican national team. with four assists. Piña is third on the team with six points, including two goals and two assists.

Piña and Gomez-Junco’s friendship helps them keep each other calm and focused on the field.

“I get very frustrated [on the field] and she knows what to tell me,” Piña said. “She knows maybe a word in Spanish like ‘tranquila,’ for example. It’s different, maybe if someone

else told me in English I would take it, but since it’s her voice, I immediately hear it.”

A friendship that clicked immediately in Mexico has brought Gomez-Junco and Piña even closer through GomezJunco’s journey to LSU. The connection they share on and off the field promises to bring success on the international stage for Mexico and for the Tigers right here in Baton Rouge.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 rebound, from page 5 “During the injury timeout, where we certainly wish the opponent well, but during that time, [Delahoussaye] said, we want to kick this one anywhere but from the right hash, Coach,” Miles said.

“And I said I’m right with you.”

Delahoussaye said he didn’t want to kick from the right hash because there’s less room for error if the ball hooks as a right-footed kicker,

but his request didn’t go as planned.

LSU senior running back Terrence Magee took a rush for 3 yards to the right side of the field, forcing Delahoussaye to ice the game where he least preferred it — from the right.

“So, I said to Delahoussaye, I said, ‘You good with this?’ He said, ‘I’m good with this,’” Miles said.

Delahoussaye didn’t let the obstacle get to him, laughing off the situation in

The Daily Reveille preparation for lining up the kick.

“I laughed at it. There’s nothing you can do,” Delahoussaye said. “It’s a game, you got to have fun with it. I came here to have fun, kick for LSU and live the dream. So why not have fun with it? Whatever situation I’m put in, make the best of it.”

Delahoussaye lined up for the 50-yard field goal and nailed it, giving the Tigers a much needed victory on the road.

fears, from page 5 a new way to support her teammates.

After her surgery, Fears faced a decision. She could either drop her head and complain about her injury, or she could step up and become an off-court leader for the team.

Thanks to support from Flory, Fears chose the latter.

“Fran told me even though I am hurt and out this year that my role on this team is very valuable,” Fears said. “I try to help the whole team, but since I myself am a middle [blocker], I try to help the middles and show them things they aren’t seeing.”

Fears is always in the ear of the middle blockers as they come off the court during a match, ensuring the Tigers stick to their game plan and teaching them how to adjust mid-match.

Flory said Fears’ new perspective of volleyball has become an important part of the team’s success.

“She’s really transitioned into a student-coach,” Flory said. “She’s like armchair quarterbacks and everybody who thinks they can coach from the sideline. She’s beginning to understand that feeling ... She’s an important part of our game plan.”

But Flory said Fears’

page 7 The extra point could have been brutal in an already bumpy Tigers season ,but Delahoussaye, along with the rest of the Tigers, put the past behind him, giving the Tigers their first SEC win of the year. “[The key is] just taking it

one kick at a time,” Delahoussaye said. “Just think of it as I’m starting of 0 for 0 every single kick. After every kick, the next kick is most important. I can’t worry about the kicks that are behind me and I just want to try and get better from there.”

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LSU junior middle blocker Khourtni Fears sits on the sidelines during Tiger’s 1-3 loss against Kentucky on Wednesday, Sept. 24 in the PMAC. impact goes beyond her help on the court and the attitude she’s taken with her injury resonates with the rest of the Tigers.

“The team responded the way it did because Khourtni responded to them and didn’t make this about Khourtni,” Flory said. “She totally empowered the team and she really still believes they’ll have a great season, as do the rest of us.”

Fears said it was never

hard for her to feel positive about her rehab and her role with the team because of the loving nature of LSU volleyball.

“This team is a family,” Fears said. “Just cause I’m hurt doesn’t mean, ‘Oh Khourtni isn’t a part of the family anymore.’ We keep each other together ... I feel even more love now than I did before the surgery.”

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WEB COMMENTS In response to SidneyRose Reynen’s column, “Craigslist posting demonstrates misogyny, promotes street harassment,” a reader had this to say:

‘Methinks the lady doth protest too much. I bet you’d be just as upset if no men approached you! Try and understand it’s a tiny minority that have bad intentions. If men act a bit “weird” and uncomfortable when they approach you it’s probably because it’s a huge deal for many guys - the vast majority infact.

So they are possibly a little bit nervous. It takes a lot of courage to approach pretty women on the street.’

In response to Tommy Romanach’s column, “LSU must face consequences if Mills found guilty,” a reader had this to say:

‘“IF” is the operative word in this writers complaint, (observation).

IF someone is guilty of a certain crimes, (felonies for example), they ought to be expelled from the university, (and consequently from any teams). Miles likely had a look at the complaint, spoke with Hill, and based on Miles’ impression of Mills as a person, chose to trust him. Nearly everyone who is reading this will at some point in their long lives be accused of something, and in many cases it may “appear” that you, “if and when accused”, are guilty. Fortunately though we are a nation of laws, (and a university of laws), and the If’s have to be substantiated by proof PRIOR to PUNISHMENT OR BANISHMENT. Its all in the IF.’

Women’s magazines fight weed stereotypes OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDNEYROSE REYNEN Columnist

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Marijuana is arguably the most popular and accessible illicit substance in America. It goes by different names, many of which double for titles of rap songs and band names.

The drug is now officially legal in two U.S. states. Because most of the people reading this column are college kids, I don’t have to say much more.

Recently, women’s magazines have capitalized on marijuana’s ever-expanding popularity and published several pieces about the drug.

Publications like Elle and Vogue are now talking about an entirely different Mary Jane.

First, fashionable vaporizers were discussed in The New York Times style section in July. Then, in Vogue’s famous September issue, it published a piece by noted food critic and writer Jeffrey Steingarten about cooking with pot. Elle.com devoted the entirety of last week to the green stuff and explored “the way weed culture has infiltrated our daily lives.” Back in January, Elle even reported on the women who are involved in the profitable marijuana business.

But the notion of women smoking

weed isn’t a hot, new trend.

Eight seasons were devoted to the tale of a widowed housewife who sells pot to support her family on “Weeds.” There were even female smokers and dealers in the notorious propaganda film “Reefer Madness,” which was released way back in the 1930s. And with the hilarious “Broad City” — which shows that women, too, can be lazy potheads — returning for a second season early next year, it looks like the pairing of women and weed in pop culture is here to stay.

Real women are increasingly unashamed of their love for the stuff too.

Remember the story about Charlo Greene, the news reporter who quit live on-air? She did so to devote her life to legalizing marijuana in Alaska. In 2009, Marie Claire magazine told the story of Jennifer Pelham, a young corporate attorney in Manhattan who, instead of a glass of red wine or prescription pills, got high.

As a young woman who is friends with both male and female smokers, it’s never been a gendered activity in my mind. Sure, if you go into a smoke shop like Curious Goods or Hi-Life, you can tell who they’re trying to sell Hello Kitty grinders and pink bongs to, but the gendered nature of pot smoking stops there.

There’s an idea that everyone who smokes weed is nothing more

than a “pothead” who only melts on his couch all day. But with weed getting more and more popular among people of every age, class and gender, we need to rethink this dumb stereotype.

What Vogue and Elle have done with their recent weed-related stories is show women that it’s okay to smoke weed and be a stylish, productive, modern woman. The target audience for some of these publications might have thought that pot wasn’t for them because they weren’t tiedye shirt-wearing, Bob Marleyobsessed dudebros.

But after reading sleek stories by acclaimed writers, these women might have rushed to their sons’ rooms, demanding to know how much they can buy a gram for and from whom.

If a glass of red wine a night is universally acceptable for women to do, why can’t nightly bong rips follow suit?

Maybe in a few years, women’s magazines will be publishing stories like “How to Have the Perfect Date Night with You, Your Hubby and Mary Jane” or “10 Strains of Weed to Help You Lose Weight.”

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

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Racial disidentification tied to negative stereotypes of skin color SAY IT LOUD taylor simien Columnist In a “Where Are They Now?” interview with Oprah, former child star Raven-Symoné said, “I’m tired of being labeled. I’m an American. I’m not an African-American. I’m an American.”

She clarified by saying she didn’t know how far back into Africa her roots go, but she knows that she has roots in Louisiana. She said that even though there’s a lot running through her veins, she is American and a colorless person.

Although I personally feel a connection to my African roots, I see a number of black Americans, especially the younger generation, who feel the same way as Symoné.

They don’t see themselves as African because, let’s face

it — African-Americans and Africans have totally different cultures, and many AfricanAmericans don’t even know what country their ancestors come from.

Dropping African from African-American because you don’t feel connected to the motherland is a slap in the face to our ancestors. They never asked to be shipped to a new world in overstuffed, diseaseridden ships or to work for selfrighteous slave masters while being forced to assimilate to their culture. Not to mention the many other atrocities along the way.

Even if you weren’t born in Africa, your ancestors are from there and you know that regardless of how light your skin may be or how “good” your hair texture is. And that goes for blacks in all countries, not just America.

This sort of disassociation from Africa or racial disidentification is tied to the negative

connotation of the word black, of black people in the media, Africa or African-American it’s easy to not want to be black and the whitewashing of just at all. We seldom see the other about everything. side where regular black peoTo control a group of people, ple who aren’t celebrities are you must take away their his- doing well for themselves and tory and make them forget who their community or to a culthey are and where they come ture where black features and from. We see this in our coun- culture are widely accepted. try with the whitewashing of Whether you call yourself history in school human, black, textbooks and Dropping African from American, Africurriculum.

In African-American because c a n-A mer ic a n, school, we learn you don’t feel connected to honey caramel, about all things red bone, Negro, European, but we the motherland is a huge colored, whatslap in the face to our ever — you can’t never learn about ancestors.

African history escape the fact or about Africanyour ancestors American people were from Afriother than Martin Luther King ca or the fact all life in general Jr. and Rosa Parks. originated from Africa.

Every time we turn on the You don’t have to step foot news, we hear of crimes com- in a country — or continent, for mitted by black people, we that matter — to feel pride. watch TV shows that show our When celebrities like Syignorance and we see examples moné make comments like of European beauty standards these, it’s a letdown, especially at every corner. when so many young people With the negative portrayal look up to them. It gives young

African-Americans more leeway to denounce their heritage instead of researching its richness and embracing what has been stripped of our people.

When we think of black people collectively, whether they are from America, the Caribbean, Africa or Europe, we should think of a strong, beautiful, smart and persevering people.

To be proud to be black should include being proud of your African roots, whether you’ve been to the continent or not, or know what country your ancestors are from.

Until we start loving who we are as a people and acknowledge where we come from, we’ll continue to have generations of self-hate.

Taylor Simien is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Lafayette. You can reach her on Twitter @TSimien_TDR.

FX’s “American Horror Story” recently began its fourth season, and the network announced the creation of a companion series, “American Crime Story,” the first season of which will focus on the O.J. Simpson trial. We asked our columnists:

What series would you like to see them add to the franchise? compiled by The Daily Reveille opinion staff

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As a huge fan of shows like “The X-Files” and “The Twilight Zone,” I’m dying for an “American Alien Story” series. It might sound crazy, and I have no idea how to pull it off, but it’s something I need in my life. Aliens who sing David Bowie songs and look like Jessica Lange? Yes, please. Plot twists about who is and isn’t an extraterrestrial?

Definitely. A permanent setting of Roswell, New Mexico? Hell, yeah.

“American Bedtime Story” — Mommy and daddy got this house with only enough money for the first payment and that’s why you’re sleeping on grocery bags. But aren’t the ceilings just marvelous? The end.

I’d love to see something like “American History Story.” It certainly wouldn’t be competing with the History Channel, considering it’s abandoned actual history in favor of insert-dangerous-bluecollar-job-here.

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When I’m not making conservative America angry with my liberal rants, I like to watch movies and television, and I am fascinated with the world of film production. “American Film Story” would look at the behind-the-scenes production of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters such as “Titanic,” the “Indiana Jones” series and the original “Star Wars,” celebrating one of America’s most successful industries.

Look, I’m going to be honest with you guys. I strictly watch comedy television shows, and I don’t know anything about “American Horror Story.” What I do know is I could seriously go for some pancakes right now. All I’m saying is I wouldn’t be mad if “American Breakfast Foods Story” were a thing.

I’ve never seen an episode of “American Horror Story,” but I would totally watch something along the lines of “American Conspiracy Story.”

Something that digs into things like why John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bob Marley really died. Or whether 9/11 an inside job.

New World Order-type stuff. I mean, I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a conspiracy theorist; I’d say more of a truth seeker.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 election, from page 1 it’s a small town in and of itself,” said Edwards’ campaign manager Ari Krupkin. “I think it’s very important to realize that that is a huge voting bloc.”

Kevin Roig, manager of Graves’ campaign, said his team placed an emphasis on organizing younger voters from day one, recruiting volunteers at the University, Nicholls State University and local high schools.

“Our success has largely been due to their efforts,” Roig said.

Claitor’s campaign manager Brent Robertson said his strategy for recruiting younger voters relied on targeting millennials who have voted regularly since they registered, using voting histories from the 2010 midterm elections.

“We really targeted to see who in that age group voted in 2010, because there’s a high likelihood that they would vote in this non-presidential midterm,” Robertson said. “As far as direct voter contact from our campaign, they’ll get a knock on their door, a phone call and two or three pieces of mail.”

Despite the presence of student political organizations, the campaigns’ efforts to energize youth support have not eliminated voter apathy on campus.

Kinesiology freshman Samantha Marshall registered to vote in August but was unaware of the Nov. 4 election. She said she plans to vote in future presidential elections.

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senior Matt Chatelain also registered to vote but did not know the names of any of the 6th Congressional District candidates.

“I usually just look up [the candidates] before,” Chatelain said. “But I don’t get around to making a decision ’til late.”

John Garrett Clawson, a political science and sociology junior, said he does not expect a high youth turnout on Nov. 4.

Clawson is president of Common Sense Action LSU, a student political organization that registers young voters and promotes bipartisan values.

“It’s just because the hype around presidential elections is much more prominent than it is for midterms,” Clawson said.

“A lot of people don’t feel like their vote matters.”

J Hudson, Dietzel’s campaign manager and former Student Government president, urged college students to turn out on Election Day. “As students at LSU, their vote really does affect what goes on and where they live currently,” Hudson said.

Hudson said he plans to target voters who have committed to Dietzel’s candidacy in the final stretch of the race, executing an intense get-out-the-vote strategy.

“When we get to get-outthe-vote, we’re not going to be flying blindly like most of the other campaigns,” Hudson said. “We’re going to be calling people that are pro-Dietzel, that they want to go vote for Dietzel, and we’re going to make sure they get out the polls to vote for Dietzel.”

Hudson said he plans to allocate a significant amount of campaign contributions to get voters to the poll.

Krupkin said the Edwards campaign will use its war chest funds to invest in advertising in the coming weeks, and the

The Daily Reveille campaign will be cautious with its spending.

“I don’t think that we will necessarily blow up the airwaves with ads,” Krupkin said.

“Especially given a possibility of a runoff, you’ve got to be smart with what you spend your money on, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Edwards, one of two Democrats running, is expected to make it to the runoff election Dec. 6 with a Republican challenger.

“I have not seen one poll that does not have Edwin Edwards making the runoff,” Clawson said.

Roig said his campaign’s game plan involves a comprehensive strategy maximizing “time, information, money and people.” Roig plans to spend contributions on television ads, radio spots and door-to-door efforts.

Robertson said a campaign’s goal in the last 30 days of a race is to reach as many people as possible, and he stressed the importance of using campaign funds to finance direct mailing efforts.

The Claitor campaign considers a recipients’ party affiliation and past involvement in advocacy groups when delivering mail, Robertson said.

“We can message them based upon what they care about,” Robertson said.

Krupkin said the start of the race’s final countdown already has a noticeable effect on the morale of his campaign.

“I think there’s a hum and a buzz. I think there’s an excitement,” Krupkin said.

Robertson said the Claitor team is already working longer hours and knocking on doors later than usual.

“You just kind of feel the intensity,” Robertson said. “It’s the fourth quarter. It’s a tight ball game.”

page 11 St. George, from page 1 treatment as the existing incorporated land if the Metro Council approved the petition.

The same day, Alexander released a statement saying the University preferred to remain part of Baton Rouge.

“We find no justification to merit having our land divided between two jurisdictions, and have concerns that such division could adversely impact services critical to our students,” Alexander said in the statement.

Rainey said the Board has never petitioned for the

University’s unannexed lands to become part of the city of Baton Rouge and is doing so because of St. George’s prospective incorporation.

If the University’s unannexed land becomes part of St. George, Rainey said the University would have the option to take the legislative steps necessary to incorporate into the city of Baton Rouge.

“It makes great sense that LSU would like all its property in the same city,” Rainey said.

“There’s no animosity towards LSU whatsoever.”

The Metro Council Zoning Meeting is today at 3:30 p.m.

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The City of St. George, if incorporated, would encompass the University’s Innovation Park and the LSU AgCenter’s Ben Hur Farm.

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