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PAINFUL PAST A timeline of LSU’s racist incidents over the last 57 years OCTOBER 27, 1961 Then LSU President Troy Middleton wrote a pro-segregation letter to University of TexasAustin Chancellor Harry Ransom

DECEMBER 25, 1972 LSU basketball head coach Press Maravich made racist remarks, specifically calling black players “jumping jungle bunnies”

AUGUST 8, 2008 The only black member of LSU non-visiting law faculty claimed she was denied a promotion due to her race

FEBRUARY 3, 2016 A white University student proposed creating a “White Student Union” creating controversy and sparking #BeingBlackAtLSU

AUGUST 31, 2019 An LSU sophomore repeatedly yelled racial slurs toward group of freshmen, calling them “ching chongs.”

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Students express frustration with long lines at football’s season opener after new downloadable ticket system.

SPORTS

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LSU showcases new offense on big stage as Jow Burrow facilitates a late-scoring drive in LSU’s win over Texas.

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Cypress Hemp combines CBD oil and hemp seed oil into sustainable and natural plantbased healing products.

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“Although none of us questioned this routine, we did learn that we are basically the same — and color is only skin deep.”

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From 1962 to now: A timeline of reported racist incidents within the LSU community BRITTNEY FORBES, NICK FREWIN, SCHYLAR HARRIS, ANDREW MIERAS AND BRENDEN SCHMIDT @lsureveille There have been numerous instances over the past 57 years of racist statements by students and faculty. The Reveille digital staff searched our records and the Internet to compile this timeline. There is a digital version on lsureveille.com with links to additional stories and coverage of these events.

October 27, 1961 Then LSU President Troy Middleton wrote a letter on desegregation to University of TexasAustin Chancellor Harry Ransom, “Our Negro students have made no attempt to attend social functions, participate in athletic contests, go in the swimming pool, etc. If they did, we would, for example, discontinue the operation of the swimming pool.”

Middleton went on to write “At no time has a Negro occupied a room with a white student. We keep them in a given area...”

December 25, 1972 LSU basketball head coach Press Maravich made racist remarks about black players, specifically calling them “jumping jungle bunnies.” After making this statement, he said to Collis Temple Jr., the first black basketball player at LSU, “your race ain’t shit, but you’re all right.”

1972 Basketball Season Point guard Mike Darnell called the University’s first black basketball player the N-word, and refused to pass him the ball.

When prompted to by the coach, Darnell would “pass the ball to his ankle, his knees, back of head”.

Martin J. Broussard, the LSU athletic trainer whose name is on the university’s multimillion-dollar athletic training facility, also made a racially-insensitive remark. Temple Jr. said Broussard, who died in 2003, once told him to get his “a– out of the training room” because “he was a n—–”, after Temple Jr. came to him seeking to be treated for a sprained ankle.

October 2005 NAACP tried to ban confederate flag from LSU tailgates.

Three tailgaters were arrested for chanting racial slurs such as “Go back to Africa,” “Go back to the ghetto,” and “Go to a black school,” said Sevetri Wilson, during a protest on the presence of purple and gold confederate flags on campus. LSU officials agreed to not ban the flag because of the first amendment, but discouraged and refused to condone the use of the flag due to the offensive meaning the flag can represent.

August 8, 2008 The only black member of LSU non-visiting law faculty, Darlene Goring, said she was denied a promotion due to her race. Jack Weiss, the law center chancellor, said the minority candidates are less qualified than their white counterparts and should be held to a different standard. This prompted Goring to sue over “racist practices” at Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

LSU never responded to the lawsuit, which was filed in September 2008 in the 19th Judicial District Court. Weiss called the lawsuit “utterly false” and it was an insult to the entire faculty of the law center.

February 3, 2016 A white University student proposed creating a “White Student Union” on her Facebook page, creating controversy and sparking #BeingBlackAtLSU. White students made up 72.3% of campus population, in comparison to black students who made up 12.2% at the time. The student eventually recanted her proposal, and stated she never intended to offend anyone, “my intention was to get a natural response, and that’s definitely what I got.” LSU President F. King Alexander tweeted during the controversy, “While #BeingBlackatLSU demonstrates that we have some areas that need work, I’m proud of our students for sharing their experiences.”

November 11, 2015 October 6, 2016 Reggie’s Bar in Tigerland came under scrutiny after University freshman Taylor Ward noticed the stamp she received at the door spelled out “REGGIN.” When looked at backward, it read “N-----.” Reggie’s stopped using this stamp after this controversy.

Reggie’s did not comment on whether the stamp was intended to contribute to a racist atmosphere.

November 12, 2015 University student Clarke Perkins tweeted a picture of a “noose” hanging from a tree on campus. The University claimed the “noose” was a part of weather prevention system that came loose and released a statement pertaining to racial intolerance on campus. The University reaffirmed its commitment to keeping a safe learning environment. Perkins later said “I was wrong, it was a wire that fell.

But if black students were more accepted here, I wouldn’t have thought a noose.”

November 14, 2015 Multiple students alleged the dress code at Reggie’s Bar is discriminatory towards black people, and the policy is not upheld equally for all races. Marvin Delpit, a finance sophomore, said he witnessed black people being turned away from Reggie’s for wearing white shoes, “but if I was white and wore all-white Sperrys, I would probably be allowed in.”

January 2016 A study by LSU researchers, Ozkan Eren and Naci Mocan, showed when the LSU football team loses games, especially unexpected upsets, sentencing was harsher for black juveniles.

Eighty-eight percent of the judges in the study were white, revealing a racist undertone of disposition toward black defendants when suffering emotional distress due to an LSU football loss.

University Student Jawan Fox had swastikas drawn on his neck at house party, consisting of all white students. When he confronted partygoers, they said the swastikas shouldn’t be offensive to Fox since he is black, not Jewish. Fox said the host of the party was business administration student Kimberly Ezell.

The Reveille tried contacting Ezell in 2016, but received no response.

No statement about the incident was released by the University.

Fox said most the people at the party were members of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, but AGR president Mason Tusa said only four members of the fraternity were present.

October 20, 2016 LSU junior Clarke Perkins found “Go Back 2 Africa N----r Monkeys,” scribbled across the head of the decorative ghost Perkins and her four roommates had hanging outside the door of their University House apartment. Alexander met with Perkins and pledged to help her and her roommates move out of the complex if they wanted. LSU pledged, “If an LSU student did this, they will be prosecuted under the Student Code of Conduct, with ramifications including expulsion.” The Baton Rouge Police Department could not find the perpetrator.

October 9, 2018 A University student was posted in a photo holding a plush monkey by a noose, and the discussion as to whether or not it violated the student conduct commenced. The woman who posted the photo said she “did not find the photo offensive.” Members of the LSU African American Ambassadors attempted to contact Alexander, but claimed the University called the photo “freedom of speech.”

The University released a statement on the matter, saying the University was handling the case.

LSU Media relations director Ernie Ballard said the case would be reviewed by the Dean of Students to determine if it is a violation of the Code of Student Conduct.

August 28, 2019 Gymnast Sami Durante faced backlash for posting a picture of Mandarin writing on a classroom projector, with the caption “Excuse me sir.. we’re in America.” Controversy erupted on social media, with requests for more racial sensitivity training for athletes at the University.

When reached for comment, the athletic department stated, “We do not condone any offensive statement made by a member of the athletic community.”

August 31, 2019 Sophomore Foxworth Vidrine repeatedly yelled racial slurs at a group of freshmen, with the rest of the student section seemingly unaffected by the derogatory terms. Biology freshman Christy Nguyen and her friends were preparing to walk from the student section and exit the stadium when they heard Vidrine yell, “Get the f--- out ching chongs.” Nguyen said, “It was really humiliating; he was yelling, and everyone around was just looking. He even had the satisfaction of seeing us leave.” One of Nguyen’s friends present in the student section took a picture of Vidrine and posted it on Twitter.

The Tweet received more than 33,000 retweets and called for viewers of the Tweet to identify Vidrine.

September 3, 2019 LSU Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Mari Fuentes-Martin told the group of freshmen harassed by Foxworth Vidrine that his words were not threatening and were protected by his right to freedom of speech. According to one of the members of the group, biology freshman Madaleine Vo, the meeting did not address possible consequences for Vidrine whatsoever. “We just didn’t understand that because hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things,” Vo said.

September 6, 2019 LSU Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Mari Fuentes-Martin responds to media inquiries regarding the student section incident on Aug. 31.”The language and words used in this incident do not reflect who we are as a University and the welcoming environment we have created for students of all backgrounds,” Fuentes-Martin said. “The University is unable to discuss or disclose anything pertaining to an individual student. LSU’s Office of Student Advocacy & Accountability will handle the potential discipline or violations resulting from this investigation.”

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TECHNOLOGY

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Frustration with downloadable tickets

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they were paid to do, which is to teach and be objective. I wasn’t expecting them to be as verbally prejudiced as they were.

According to Tureaud, even the University’s president, Troy H. Middleton, “fought as hard as he could to keep me out of there.”

The University’s central library, Middleton Library, is still named in his honor.

His male peers living on his residence hall floor would frequently torment him, banging on the walls at night and throwing roadkill in front of his door.

“People were so determined to get me out of there,” Tureaud said. “If you’re banging on the walls at night, you’re not sleeping either.”

Meanwhile, Coss was attending classes and bonding with

If you attended the LSUGeorgia Southern game on Aug. 31, you might have noticed a traffic jam while entering the stadium. Sure, the first home game always draws a large crowd and provides a few kinks to work through, but some students noticed that this year’s line at the student section was much worse than previous season openers.

As some students predicted, the new ticketing system, which allows students to download their football tickets onto their phone to be scanned instead of using their Tiger Cards, was not a quick process. This new system has frustrated many returning students, leaving them longing for the days of a single swipe entry.

Pre-nursing sophomore Jena Alfonso said she did not enjoy her game experience due to the long wait times to enter the stadium, along with the heat from the crowd. She attributes this experience to the new ticket system.

“I hate a terrible first game experience. I waited in line for 45 minutes and we didn’t even move,” Alfonso said. “I think that we should go back to the Tiger Card system, it was definitely faster.”

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University’s unfair treatment of AP Tureaud Jr. comes to light after LSU alumna sends 66-year-old letter to the editor PHOTO BY LUKE JEANFREAU

BY PERLA RODRIGUEZ @perlajasminee In September 1953, Alexander Pierre Tureaud Jr., known as “A.P.,” began his college career at LSU as the first black undergraduate student. Meanwhile, Clare Coss was traveling from New York, also ready to start her freshman year in Baton Rouge.

Coss experienced a huge culture shock when she first stepped on the University’s campus. While she was aware of Jim Crow laws and the often normalized racist behaviors in the South, she couldn’t understand the vitriol around Tureaud’s time at the University.

“There just seemed to be nobody who thought it was a good idea for A.P. to be integrating LSU undergraduate,” Coss said. “I mean just nobody.”

Two years prior to Tureaud’s arrival, the University’s graduate programs were already beginning to integrate. Coss said these students also faced backlash simply for being black students enrolled at the University.

“A pregnant black woman was told she was giving birth to a gorilla,” Coss said.

“Just terrible things being said to this handful of graduate students.”

Because of the precedent set by the black graduate students already enrolled at the University, Tureaud didn’t think his choice would be so controversial.

“I didn’t go there to be a test case,” Tureaud said. “I thought it would die down in a couple days because there were graduate students integrating already.”

Tureaud’s father, Alexan-

der Pierre Tureaud Sr., sued the state in order for his son to attend the University. Since Tureaud Sr.’s lawsuit ended in a mistrial, Tureaud only spent 55 days as a student at the University.

However, the discrimination Tureaud experienced during those 55 days was on another level. Tureaud not only faced racial discrimination from his peers, but from administrators as well.

At times, it seemed like he was the sole focal point for the LSU community’s intense opposition toward desegregation.

“The professors wouldn’t recognize me; if I raised my hand, they wouldn’t call on me. If I sat at one place in the room, students would move their chairs as far away from me as they could,” Tureaud said. “I thought the adults would at least do what

ENROLLMENT

Female enrollment at LSU consistently increases for 14 years

BY ANA BLOCK @anablock_4 If you asked the average student to guess if LSU is a male or female dominated campus, many would incorrectly assume the answer is male.

There have consistently been more female students at the University for at least 14 years according to the Fall Facts reports, provided by the University’s Office of Budget and Planning.

The 2004 report showed the gender population gap between students was around 1,400. However, there were over 2,000 more female students than male students in 2018, according to the 2018 Fall Facts report.

As the overall number of females enrolled at the University has increased, so has the num-

ber of female staff members.

This trend includes administrative, professional, classified and other academic staff, according to the reports.

Not only are females just enrolling at the University, they are successfully graduating and entering the work force. According to the LSU Media Center, a record-breaking 2,494 degrees were awarded to female students at the Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremonies.

While the increasing number of females on campus is highly celebratory, this trend has not always been this way. There were no female students admitted at the University from its founding as a military academy in 1860 to 1904. University students were also taught by an all-male instructional staff until 1909.

In 1905, the first female

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Female enrollment at the University has risen by almost 2000 students from 2008 to 2018. student at the University, Olivia Davis, graduated. This was followed in 1909 by the hiring of the first female instructor, Mercedes Garig. These women paved the way for other females at the University, according

to the Office of Diversity’s website.

Today, women’s place at the University is supported and celebrated. Since the establishment of the LSU Women’s Center in 1995 as a place to provide support and

information, there have been numerous projects and programs to not only help women as students of the University, but also as individuals of the larger community.

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College of the Coast and Environment boasts small student-professor ratio

BY ANNA JONES @annajoneses Attending a university with over 31,000 students inspires many to seek more individualized opportunities. Some may find their place in athletics, Greek life or recreational clubs, but others discover a customized experience within their major.

Unlike the College of Engineering, the largest LSU undergraduate program with 4,491 students enrolled as of fall 2018, or the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which boasts the second-largest sum of 3,698, the College of the Coast & Environment offers the “rarest” major on campus, with a mere 201 enrolled students. These figures are about 300 students less than the second smallest college, the College of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Although the College of the Coast and Environment can’t enjoy the quantity of prestigious alumni, as some of the larger colleges, its 5 to 1 student-faculty ratio provides a concentrated, specialized educational experience for all students. Comparatively, the average student-faculty ratio at the University is 22:1.

Coastal and environmental

TICKETS, from page 3 Engineering sophomore Brandt Boudreaux also expressed his dislike for the mobile system and agreed that wait times for the game were much longer than they were last season.

“It was awful. We got there like 45 minutes before the game and didn’t get in until five minutes before kickoff,” Boudreaux said. “I think that with the tickets now being online, it’s like asking for there to be issues.”

Although freshmen did not get to experience the previous entrance methods as University students, many first-year students also do not favor the new system and wish for quicker ways to enter the stadium.

English freshman Chloe Pellegrin said there should be a second entrance gate for students to help the flow of traffic and reduce wait times.

“The line was super long and it was crowded and hot outside,” Pellegrin said. “I don’t know why they only have one student gate

science junior Margaurite Bennett said the size of the college is one of her favorite things about her University experience so far.

“I love the fact that we are such a tight knit community,” Bennett said. “It makes it so much easier to form relationships with professors and have opportunities for research projects in the future.”

Coastal and environmental science graduate student Hanna Bauer took part in one of those research opportunities this summer, traveling to the Florida Keys and Pensacola to collect live lionfish for laboratory experiments.

The study examined negative impacts of lionfish on coral reefs.

Bauer describes lionfish as “the most successful marine invader of all time.”

“It was fun to scuba dive and use a net and pole to catch the fish, although since lionfish have venomous spines it does take some finesse,” Bauer said.

Originally from Oregon, Bauer said the college’s Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences program appealed to her because of its interdisciplinary nature, focusing on economic conservation as well as economic development.

“I miss Oregon, but it’s been

fun exploring the South,” Bauer said. “I like how helpful we are at LSU, and the community in this environment.”

Statistics from The Institute of Education Sciences conclude class size reduction is one of only four evidence-based reforms proven to increase student achievement.

Larger class sizes can be detrimental to attendance and student focus, but are less costly to universities. While the University’s average class size is only 44, the majority of students endure classes with as many as 500 students packed into auditoriums during their time here.

Coastal and environmental science junior Simone Sale agreed the relationships between students and professors remains one of the college’s major selling points.

“The advisors in the College of the Coast and Environment made me feel so welcome when I first went to choose my major,” Sale said. “One of them even gave me a hug and showed me pictures of her family because I was nervous.”

Sale originally chose her major because of the tactile learning aspect.

“It was inspiring to see other

for all of us to go through.”

LSU Athletics assistant ticket manager Garrett Thibodeaux explained that all students are assigned to just one entrance gate because it is the closest to the student section. According to Thibodeaux, gate seven is the only gate with the technology required for the new mobile student tickets. Additional staff is also at this gate to troubleshoot any problems.

While students do not have a location choice when it comes to entering the stadium, most fans have the option to enter through at least two gates. This leaves approximately 13,000 people assigned solely to gate seven, according to Thibodeaux. Because of this, he suggests arriving to the game as early as possible.

“The earlier you arrive, the shorter you’ll have to wait to get into the stadium,” Thibodeaux said in an email.

In an effort to decrease wait times for the LSU-Northwestern State game on Saturday, be sure to arrive as early as possible.

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LSU students use Gate 7 to enter Tiger Stadium on game days on Sept. 4.

One of the Women’s Center’s most successful projects has been the Period Project, which provides free emergency hygiene supplies at various locations across campus. Women’s Center Director Summer Steib said the center is in the process of expanding this project to include an emergency change of clothes to ensure that

LETTER, from page 3 her Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters but was horrified by the way her peers treated Tureaud. She was especially affected by The Daily Reveille’s discriminatory coverage of Tureaud.

According to Tureaud, The Daily Reveille frequently published hateful and degrading letters about him from students.

Tureaud also remembers a time in a physical education class when, as he entered the swimming pool, all other students immediately exited. The next day, The Daily Reveille detailed the draining and refilling of the pool with fresh water.

Coss was so shocked by the University’s treatment of Tureaud that she wrote a letter to The Daily Reveille expressing her feelings, but she was too afraid to publish it, at the time.

“I was really afraid to mail the letter because I was totally isolated. Nobody, no ally,” Coss said. “I would be breaking the silence in a way that would not be acceptable to my sorority sisters, everyone really. I felt like it would end up in me having to leave LSU.” It wasn’t until 66 years lat-

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LSU’s College of the Coast and Environment boasts small class sizes and the smallest student-professor ratio on campus. students in that major do handson, practical work that really makes an impact in our community,” Sale said. “I absolutely adore CCE because of the relationships and opportunities it has given me.”

Bennett, who is originally from Virginia, made the choice to come to Louisiana and study an unconventional field because of childhood visits to the Florida Keys.

“While I was there, I fell in love with how natural and clean it was,” Bennett said. “So, when I was choosing my major, I wanted it to be something that could help protect that.”

Students with a coastal and environmental science degree can choose to concentrate in either environmental sciences or oceanography and coastal sciences, but either concentration can provide future career opportunities such as writers, lawyers, environmental corrosponders, ecologists and more.

“Coastal and environmental science is such a diverse field and will be very important in the coming years,” Bauer said. “The ocean and coasts are so important for so many people’s livelihood and recreation. Gaining a deeper understanding of these systems is so important to preserving them.”

students have what they need to stay on campus and attend daily functions.

“Whenever we were researching the Period Project to see if this is a need on campus, what we were learning is that a significant number of folks on campus who menstruate, most of them identify as being women, were having to leave campus,” Steib said. “We know that when students leave

campus, they don’t come back to campus.”

The Women’s Center, along with the Office of Diversity, have worked to ensure female students feel comfortable on campus and are able to seek help and information in times of need.

Fall 2019 enrollment data will be released on Sept. 18, according to the Office of Budget and Planning.

er that she decided to send her original letter to The Reveille and to reach out to Tureaud regarding his time at the University. According to Coss, no students, faculty or administration ever broke the silence regarding Tureaud’s treatment.

In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Plessy v. Ferguson that racial segregation in public facilities, including schools, should be upheld as long as the facilities were considered to be of equal quality.

These conditions lasted until 1954, when the unanimous Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

This decision was made just one year after Tureaud’s brief time at the University.

Coss felt her time at the University helped radicalize and transform her into the activist she is today, for which she is thankful. However, she regrets not sending her letter to The Daily Reveille while she and Tureaud were enrolled at the University.

“Being silent, with all of this stirring around inside me, it was a potent mix,” Coss said. “I knew

what was happening was wrong and I didn’t speak up, so I felt like I was part of the problem.”

LUKE JEANFREAU / The Reveille

LSU alumna Clara Coss decides to send in 66-year-old letter to the editor regarding mistreatment of A.P. Tureaud Jr.

SPORTS

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FINAL DRIVE

racing up the sideline for his third touchdown catch of the day, clinching LSU’s 45-38 win over Texas. The youngest of the Jefferson brothers to play at LSU – Jordan (2008-2011) and Rickey (2013-2016) – finished the game with nine catches for 163 yards to go along with his three touchdown receptions.

“We have been working it all week, and I told him Joe ‘look the safeties can’t really guard me so let’s try to fix something up,’” Jefferson said.

“We have been saying this of-

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AUSTIN, Texas – LSU wasn’t going down without trying to land a knockout blow.

Offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, passing game coordinator Joe Brady and senior quarterback Joe Burrow were playing win. Saturday night LSU’s offense was going to seal the victory over No. 9 Texas (1-1) instead of trying to run out the clock – another sign of the Tigers’ offensive renaissance.

It’s a valuable lesson LSU (2-0) learned last season in a

seven-overtime loss to Texas A&M. Burrow said LSU wanted to go into the final drive being aggressive, and when LSU head coach Ed Orgeron asked Ensminger if he wanted to switch to a four-minute offense and bleed the clock, Ensminger told him, “No, we’re going to pass the ball, go down there and score.”

The situation looked dicey for LSU when Burrow was sacked for a loss of seven on second and 10.

Orgeron said if Texas got the ball back down still only down six LSU’s defense likely wasn’t going to be able to hold.

“They were playing so well

on the other side of the ball we knew we were going to have to score again,” Burrow said. “I kept telling our guys ‘we’ve got to get 40 and we’ll win. 40 and we win,’ and we went into that last drive aggressive and it paid off for us.”

Burrow stood tall and delivered the knockout punch LSU was looking for. Surrounded by six Texas defenders, the senior stepped up in the pocket and waited for junior wide receiver Justin Jefferson to get open before delivering a strike off of one leg.

Jefferson caught the ball near the left hash mark before

MYLES KUSS @KussMyles If your Monday is anything like mine, it starts with a couple of presses of the snooze button, a cup of lukewarm Folgers a cold shower and a run to my job before I get called late; not in any particular order.

Mondays just never inspire anyone to get up and to pursue the day, but people still do it to provide for their needs and because they are professionals and certain standards are expected.

The National Football League is the same way as most careers: you sign a contract and you get paid for performing certain tasks and rewarded for performing them well.

There is obviously some leeway in either direction for performing the small tasks poorly, but those mistakes can be made up for if one completes the ultimate goal.

Professionals are expected to do all these things; even if they are the most talented in the office.

Antonio Brown is no different.

When Antonio Brown is healthy and playing, he is, without a doubt, the best wide receiver in the NFL. Unfortunately, this has barely happened in the past year due to lack of professionalism.

In a week 17 matchup that determined its playoff fate last year, the Pittsburg Steelers had to play without its star receiver due to his inability to see the team as a whole and simply focused on himself and sat out the game by personal choice.

Throughout his career, his

‘That’s LSU’: Joe Burrow, LSU offense played to win in final drive against Texas

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Antonio Brown not exempt from professionalism

SWIMMING & DIVING

International athletes driving LSU swimming and diving team

BY ELIZABETH CUI @lizze_cui LSU’s swimming and diving team goes out of the country to build a diverse and advanced training environment.

The team consists of 12 international swimmers and divers as well as one British coach, Steve Mellor.

“From the recruiting standpoint, whether it be international or domestic, I’m looking at finding the athletes who are the best fit for our program and have the best competitive experience,” said dive coach Doug Shaffer.

“The international aspect of it is

something that has proved successful, so I’m going to keep going with that.”

The dive team alone currently has seven athletes, four of whom are international students. There are divers from Norway, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. competing this year along with divers from Mexico and New Zealand training with the team for the 2020 Olympic Games.

“The team owes a lot of its success to the international divers,” said diver Dakota Hurbis.

“They are often able to bring in different training styles and a new approach to the sport which helps everyone around them.”

The swim team alone has a smaller ratio of international athletes than the dive team, but a key difference is an international coach. Coming here seemed like a no-brainer to Mellor, the assistant swim coach.

“Louisiana has this ability to make anyone feel at home no matter where they come from,” Mellor said.

Having international athletes on both the women and men’s team brings unique aspects to LSU. It adds diversity and a third dimension to the Tigers which strictly-American teams do not have.

“Having so many internation-

als allows us to have a wide immersion in different cultures,” said British swimmer Ellie Baldwin. “It also brings different approaches and ideas to our sport because of the different experiences everyone has entailed.”

The Tigers are very accepting of the international athletes that come to visit and encourage them to commit.

“I definitely found that having other British people on the team certainly helped with my decision,” Baldwin said. “It comforted me and my parents that people like me can enjoy and survive US College.”

Although many successes

have come from international athletes, it is the collaboration of both international and American that ultimately gives the Tigers that competitive edge.

“A lot of the most talented swimmers that we have, have come from an emotional standpoint,” said Mellor. “And we use that success to better recruit domestically.”

There are four new international additions to the competitive team this year. The Tigers are excited to welcome them on board and show them what wearing purple and gold is all about.

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Meghan Johnson seeks larger role in sophomore season

BY NATASHA MALONE @malone_natasha Meghan Johnson came in clutch for the Tigers with her first career goal. The sophomore Baton Rouge native secured LSU’s first win of the season with a game-winning goal in double overtime against Navy on Aug. 25.

In the first minute of the second overtime period, sophomore defender Shannon Cooke gained possession of the ball on the defensive end and struck a ball with authority, landing on the Navy side of the pitch. Johnson then battled with a Navy defender and came out with the ball after a bad first touch by the Navy defender.

Johnson maintained control of the ball and created space after a swift move to beat the goalkeeper. She then placed the ball in the near side of the goal, just missing the recovering defender.

“Coach was like go score the kid. It’s awesome to have my famwinning goal, and I was like, ‘I ily around me. Having my family will do my best coach,’ so I just there just means that much more had this mentality that I just have to me.”

Johnson did to go out there contribute and get it,” John- “This is my chance. not son said. “This is This is the perfect much as a freshman with only my chance. This is opportunity and I six appearances the perfect opportunity and I knew knew I was not going last seaso. She attempted only two I was not going to get a better chance to get a better chance shots.

Four games than this.” than this.” into the 2019 seaAlthough the MEGHAN JOHNSON son, Johnson has game was in AnLSU sophomore forward napolis, Maryappeared in evland, that did ery game and not stop Johnsons’ family from doubled her shot total from 2018 watching her score her first col- (4). She could not have picked legiate goal. The family made a better time to break out and the 1,000 mile trip from Baton set the tone for the Tigers. AfRouge to Annapolis, and it could ter her clutch performance, she not have meant more to Johnson will be looked upon to play a to have her family there in more predominant role this support. season.

“It feels amazing to have finalJohnson and the Tigers rely gotten my first goal,” Johnson turn to the pitch on Sunday, Sept. said. “I have been waiting all my 15, as they host Arizona State at life to be here being a hometown noon.

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LSU sophomore forward Meghan Johnson (31) dribbles the ball on Aug. 30 during the Tigers’ 1-0 victory against McNeese in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL

LSU volleyball’s Raigen Cianciulli continues to build

BY ANTHONY MOCKLIN @Anthony_Mocklin LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory said junior defensive specialist Raigen Cianciulli makes every play, even the hard ones, look easy.

Ciancuilli recently became the fastest player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs last season. She has had a pivotal role with the team throughout her time at LSU and is geared up to do the same in her junior season.

“She has impacted and owned that position from the first day she walked in the gym,” Flory said.

Cianciulli says Flory has been nothing but supportive during her time here and that her teammates are her biggest motivator.

“I think my teammates are

the main reason in what helps me improve every day,” Cianciulli said. “They make me push harder for them.”

Flory has had nothing but praise for Cianciulli throughout her volleyball career. She knew Raigen would be special from the moment she recruited her.

Cianciulli has lived up to that hype.

“She makes plays that nobody thinks are possible to be made,” Flory said . “Everybody thinks the ball is down, but here comes Raigen flying across the court and making a really accurate play.”

As far as milestones go, Cianciulli could wind up in the school’s record books one day.

However, she has never been the one to focus on individual stats.

“Again, I give it all to my teammates,” Cianciulli said.

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“Without them I wouldn’t be able to do any of that.”

Despite these milestones, Flory thinks that Cianciulli will have a down year statistically, but it will not be because of her play.

“This team is a big blocking, physical, and playing over-thenet team in front of her for the first time in two years,” Flory said. “I think she won’t get as beat up playing defense because she’ll have more opportunities to make easier plays and not have to make the heroic play every other play.”

Throughout her journey at LSU, Cianciulli has become a model player and teammate.

Her maturity and leadership go far beyond her statistics.

“I think that’s probably the coolest step for me as a coach to watch her take,” Flory said.

“Watching her leadership come

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LSU sophomore defensive specialist Raigen Cianciulli (5) sets the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 2-3 loss in the PMAC against Texas A&M on Sept.

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FOOTBALL

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BY KENNEDI LANDRY @landryyy14 AUSTIN, Texas — Terrace Marshall is having fun with this new offense.

The offense LSU promised to deliver in the new season was supposed to spread the ball around to different receivers and allow them to make plays in space. Marshall and his fellow starting receivers are reaping the benefits of that.

“It feels amazing,” Marshall said. “We’ve been working hard all summer, working hard for times like this and I’m just glad we have a chance to showcase it.”

In 13 games during his freshman season, the sophomore receiver had 12 catches for 192 yards and no touchdowns. In two games this year, Marshall currently has two catches for 154 yards and four touchdowns.

All three of LSU’s starting wideouts had over 100 yards receiving in LSU’s 45-38 win over Texas Saturday night — Justin Jefferson (163), Ja’Marr Chase (147) and Marshall (123). Jefferson had three touchdowns and Marshall had one of his own.

All three receivers created

BROWN, from page 5 words have always overshadowed his out of the world talent, but, even with all his talent, his finger still remains without a Super Bowl ring.

Maybe if he decided to talk with his players instead of throwing them under the bus, he would have one or does he even care?

But I digress, even if he doesn’t care about team accolades, staying professional in any career is of the upmost importance, and he simply lacks it because he’s special.

On one hand, he is correct.

When he steps into the workplace when it really counts, he delivers.

But on the other hand, you have to show up to work to make a difference. People around the office expect the star employees to make a difference.

If the special employee fails to show up and certain expectations are not met, there is only so much that a company can take.

The Oakland Raiders had enough with the diva that is Brown. His reputation preceded him, but he failed to show any promise in the black and silver.

He was a cancer as soon as he showed up by bashing old teammates, releasing videos of private conversations and even releasing a video of him being excited about his release from Oakland.

He even consulted someone about how to speed the process of his release; very professional move, AB. There is no doubt that Antonio Brown works hard and loves to practice, but he likes to make more noise off the field more than playing.

He has even come out and said that he does not need foot-

nightmares for the Texas secondary. LSU coach Ed Orgeron said he was hoping to create mismatches with them and find ways to further exploit those mismatches.

That’s exactly what they did.

LSU had glimpses of that type of production last season and in the 2019 opener against Georgia Southern, but the receivers truly broke out against Texas — especially Marshall and Chase, who didn’t provide as much production as Jefferson in 2018.

“You look at Marshall and Chase — Marshall was the No. 1 receiver in the country, Ja’Marr Chase was the No. 1 player in the state of Louisiana coming back,” Orgeron said. “So we knew they were good players. But you know, I’m so proud of this offense. We were able to give them the ball in space and let them make plays.”

Saturday was the first game in LSU history that three receivers all had over 100 yards. The last time LSU had just receivers with 100 yards in a game was Travin Dural (124) and Malachi Dupre (120) against Mississippi State in 2014.

Jefferson even said that his brother Jordan, who was an LSU quarterback from 2008-11, said he ball. Great, then leave and never come back.

For as great as he is, his reputation will be known as a great player that wasted it all on himself.

Look at the greatest wide receiver of all time in Jerry Rice. He prided himself on his work ethic and coolness to prevail through any situation. Maybe that’s why he has three Super Bowl titles and a Super Bowl MVP. Brown will never be associated with any of those things.

If the goal of his legacy is to leave a memory of great potential, good results, negative attitude, poor sportsmanship and failure to win the big game; he is well on his way to a tremendous legacy by his standards.

But at the end of the day, Brown might be the luckiest human being in the NFL as he found a way out of a shady situation in Oakland and is now making his way to the dynasty of the NFL: The New England Patriots.

If anyone can fix the cancer that is Brown, unfortunately, it is Bill Belichick.

If Brown never plays another snap in the NFL, the league would be better for it as die-hard fans would love to see players actually respect everyone on their team try to chase the ultimate goal of a championship; not personal glory or money.

Any person, no matter how special, would be fired from any company if they acted the way Brown has been toward the NFL. Now the NFL teams need to end this cancerous man’s career and show him that professionalism is of the highest priority of the league to foster competition and bring out the best of the sport that everyone knows and loves.

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LSU offense celebrates a touchdown during the Tigers’ 45-38 victory over Texas on Sept. 7 at Darrell K Royal — Texas Memorial Stadium. wished they had thrown the ball like this when he was under center.

Orgeron has said all offseason that this is the offense he’s always wanted to run and the Tigers have those players to make that offense

run smoothly and efficiently. Offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger and passing game coordinator Joe Brady call the plays, but Orgeron emphasizes that its quarterback Joe Burrow and the receiving corps that make the of-

fense what it is.

“It felt great to show the world that the Joe Brady hype wasn’t just hype,” Marshall said. “It was actually what it says. It’s great to go out there and show the world what we’ve got.”

FINAL DRIVE, from page 5 fense was going to be dangerous.

We’ve been saying we’ve got the best receiver corps in the nation, and tonight we proved it.”

LSU also proved another thing – LSU’s offensive switch is for real.

Burrow finished with 471 yards and four touchdowns on 31-of-39 passing with an interception. Burrow’s 471 yards is the second-most in school history and the most since Rohan Davey threw for 444 yards in the 2001 Sugar Bowl.

“The kid is a baller,” Orgeron said. “He lives for that moment, and I’ll tell you what, those were some tough plays.”

In the fourth quarter, Burrow was 9-of-10 for 153 yards and two touchdowns. On the season he is now fourth in the nation with 749 yards and tied for first with nine passing touchdowns, and he’s a huge reason for LSU has finally entered the golden age of offense.

And with the game on the line, LSU counted on Burrow and the offense the most.

“That’s LSU,” Burrow said.

“You’re not used to that one, huh?”

DIVERSITY, from page 5 The team intends to go forward with the expansion of a culturally diverse team. They hope that this will inspire a strong work ethic and a fun team dynamic.

“Some‌ ‌of‌ ‌my‌ ‌best‌ ‌friends‌ ‌are‌ ‌from‌ ‌d ifferent‌ ‌countries,‌” said Kit Hanley, LSU swim and dive women’s team captain. ‌”I’m‌ ‌so‌ ‌blessed‌ ‌to‌ ‌have‌ ‌t hem‌ ‌as‌ ‌not‌ ‌only‌ ‌teammates,‌ ‌but‌ ‌also‌ ‌as‌ ‌brothers‌ ‌and‌ ‌sisters.”

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LSU junior wide receiver Justin Jefferson (2) celebrates during the Tigers’ 4538 victory over Texas Sept. 7 at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium.

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TAKING CARE: YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Hannah Primeaux

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nxiety, depression, and stress are impacting the academic performance of an increasing number of students, according to the results of the National College Health Assessment, a survey conducted on campus for a number of years.

The LSU Student Health Center is responding to the need by increasing staffing, establishing new programs, creating additional

entry points, and educating the campus community about levels of care.

For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Student Health Center is implementing several new initiatives to support students’ emotional wellness, including Launch, a group targeting freshmen, MindWise, a mental health screening tool, and “Let’s Talk”, brief consultations with mental health professionals.

Mental Health Service Director, John Otzenberger, PsyD, and of sessions to help manage stress, navigate relationships, Interim Executive Director and Director of Operations, Julie and adjust to new situations. You do not have to schedule an Hupperich, MS, LDN, RD, have worked to establish and expand appointment and can either come to the entire series or only the services that focus on mental health to support the Student sessions that interest you.

Health Center mission to treat the “whole student”.

The newest group, Launch, will meet each Thursday for “What sets college health apart from an urgent care clinic model is that we provide collaborative care that four weeks, beginning September 12 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. It addresses all aspects of student wellness,” Hupperich is offered to all first-year students and will focus on topics noted. The Health Center is working to educate the that are helpful to many as they begin their college careers, campus community about “levels of care” and has partnered with academic colleges to do so. It is a way such as adjusting to college life, connecting with others, and to ensure that students get the support they need in balancing academic and social responsibilities. the most accessible way possible. There are options ranging from self-care and mindfulness to wellness Another example is Emotional Wisdom, an educational series coaching and individual counseling. that teaches practical skills for effective mood management. The One new initiative is “Let’s Talk,” which offers brief, informal, and sessions will take place on Wednesdays, starting August 28 from confidential consultation with a mental health professional. “Let’s 3 to 4:15 p.m.

Talk” sessions will occur on Mondays in the African American In addition to the full-time psychiatrist on staff, the Student Health Cultural Center and on Thursdays in the College of Art and Center recently hired two psychiatric nurse practitioners that Design. Sessions are 15 minutes and will be available from 2 provide additional support and help to bridge the gap between to 4 p.m. “Let’s Talk” will begin September 23 and will continue medical and mental health issues. Also, there is now a mental regularly for six weeks. health therapist housed at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, who focuses on the unique needs of law student can drop by and speak to a therapist about students.

“’A anything for 15 minutes,” Otzenberger said. “Students can seek support, perspective, and assistance connecting with campus and community resources. ‘Let’s Talk’ is easy to access and completely confidential.”

If a face-to-face conversation is not for you, there is another option: “The Phone.” The Phone is a 24-hour hotline that you can call or text. You’ll be connected to a dedicated phone counselor who can provide support, resources, and referrals.

The Student Health Center also offers a number of groups each semester, including several open groups. They include a series

If you are not sure what level of care you or someone you care about may need, the Health Center has a mental health screening program, MindWise. The new, free service was implemented as a result of student feedback and is easily accessible on the Student Health Center website, www. lsu.edu/shc. Once the screening is completed, you will receive an assessment about your risk and suggestions for next steps.

The Student Health Center is listening to the concerns of students and responding to the increased demand by providing more access points and multiple levels of care.

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BY ALEXANDRIA DUQUE @AlexInTheMedia LSU alumna Kristy Hebert and former LSU student Blake Bilger began a sustainable hemp company in 2017 called Cypress Hemp. The idea for their business spawned from Hebert and Bilger’s personal experiences with CBD oil.

In 2012, Hebert was hit by a car on Nicholson Road, shattering her pelvis. At just 18 years old, she was unable to walk and spent most of her freshman year of college in a rehabilitation hospital.

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Operating owner Kelli Paxton stands inside of Mid City Beer Garden on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.

Mid City Beer Garden finally opened its doors last weekend on Aug. 30 after a long wait.

Nestled between Mid City and the Garden District on the corner of Government St. and Steele Blvd., the bar is a new concept to the city that serves beverages and food in a contemporary, open space.

Customers walk into a courtyard-like space filled with plants and ample seating with interspersed metal barstools and metal and wood tables. There is an inside bar with pine ceilings and separate room for private events.

The beer garden is the brain child of owners Brian Baiamonte and Dave Remmetter, who own Radio Bar, and Kelli Paxton, a former manager at Radio Bar. Remmetter attended the University as a general studies major in the ‘90s while Paxton is an LSU graduate.

The developers had proposed the

project back in 2015. Four years later, their vision has come to life.

“They’ve obviously put a lot of time and effort into this, which is great,” said Eleece Aliano, Mid City Beer Garden brand ambassador and special events coordinator. “They’ve actually been looking at a beer garden I want to say for about three or four years, and now it’s finally here. We almost started crying the first day we were open.”

Aliano was a bartender at Radio Bar. She was brought over into the operation two months ago to determine the fine tuning details and how service was going to be. She said it’s been a great ride so far and that her favorite plant in the garden is a candle stick plant that opens during the day but closes at night.

She said servers can answer questions about the plants in the garden.

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Lizzo kicks off latest tour with performance in New Orleans

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime Singer and actress Lizzo kicked off the second leg of her tour, titled “Cuz I Love You Too,” at the Fillmore in New Orleans on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The concert started at 8 p.m. with performances from DJ Sophia Eris and Ari Lennox, Lizzo’s opening acts.

Guests in pink wigs, cat ear headbands and light-reflecting sequins eagerly applauded and shouted as Lizzo came onstage shortly after 10 p.m. clad in a gold bodysuit and straight hairdo that cascaded down her legs. The artist was as impressive live as she is on her tracks, putting on a show whose main focus was her strong voice despite her equally strong stage presence.

Lizzo performed songs from her third album, “Cuz I Love You,” amongst which were the titular song, “Tempo,” “Water Me” and funk tune “Juice.” Lizzo also performed Billboard’s Hot 100 #1 hit song “Truth Hurts,” which gained popularity through the TikTok app and the Netflix film “Someone Great” and

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“Sometimes my happiest songs come from my darkest times,” Lizzo said to the crowd.

The statement preceded a lively performance of “Soulmate.” Through her upbeat attitude and contagious high energy, the artist also shared how she felt vulnerable because it was a brand new show. In addition to being a classically trained flutist, Lizzo is a songwriter and principal writer for every song in the album, perhaps the reason why so many listeners are able to connect with her music.

“Sometimes my happiest songs come from my darkest times.”

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Lizzo performing at the Fillmore New Orleans on Canal Street on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.

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The artist took some liberties on the opening night as she so stated, sharing some po-

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Lizzo continued her tour with a second New Orleans show at the Fillmore on Sept. 8.

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“We wanted something that is a breathable building,” Aliano said. “An open air space that people can come and enjoy and basically have a beer in Jurassic Park. You know, enjoy the environment, enjoy the neighborhood and enjoy craft beers. We want to make it known that we are a bar and not a restaurant. We are a bar that happens to have a couple snacks.”

The locale is age-restricted to patrons 21-and-up because of the zoning and licensing in the area. However, Aliano said they are fur baby friendly, and dogs are more than welcome to come in. The restaurant is also home to a frog Aliano found on their very first day of business who seems to like the beer garden

as well. They are thinking of baptizing him “Hoppy.”

“Our beers change pretty frequently,” Aliano said. “This past weekend, we’ve gotten to experience how Baton Rouge likes their beer, and they like it a lot.”

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In addition to the varied drink options, the bar offers snacks. You can accompany a lager with grilled bratwurst on a soft pretzel bun or enjoy an IPA with some cheese fries or Chelsea’s famous grilled cheese and tomato basil soup, a tribute to a previous restaurant owned

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Free college tuition not the key to U.S.’ education reform AIN’T NOTHING BUT A THING

DRAVEN COLEMAN @ColemanDraven With college tuition costs rising and state funding for higher education diminishing, more and more young Americans are finding themselves burdened by crippling student loan debt.

Plans for free college tuition gained traction over the last decade as in-state tuition costs at public universities rose 68% from 2008-2017, according to data from a U.S. News and World report.

Per student funding fell significantly as well during that same period with Louisiana recording a decline of 44.9%, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Supporters of free college tuition plans claim that providing easier access to higher education would open doors to better jobs and reduce poverty rates across the country.

Politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren claim that eliminating student debts would enable more people to start businesses and become homeowners earlier in life, but it seems that they are jumping the gun a little if you ask me.

It always pays to master the basics before moving on to more difficult techniques when learning a new skill, so we should not approach education reform any differently. Improvements need to be made from the ground up.

Lower education in this country is rightly due for a makeover before college is made free for everyone.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported in 2017 that the national high school graduation rate was only 84.6%. More than 2.1 million people dropped out in that year alone, so it would not make sense to provide free higher education when many are already struggling to make it out of high school. Not only are the graduation rates low, but also its lower education proficiency rates are pitiful across the board to say the least.

Statistics from the Nation’s Report Card for 2017 show that 33% of 8th-graders scored “at or above proficient” in mathematics and 35% achieved that in reading. Proficiency rates for the same group in Louisiana only reached 19% in mathematics and 25% in reading.

The state ranked No. 48 in education overall.

Every year when the latest national education rankings are published, I hear native Louisianans bragging about how at least they are better than Alabama, Mississippi or whatever state happens to fall below them for that particular year, but why is that considered a point of pride?

We should be ashamed of how poorly Louisiana contends in education and take it as a sign that improvements must be made not only at home but across the country. Allowing the lower education system to remain in this derelict state of decay is unacceptable and a complete disservice to our youth and communities, yet free college tuition stands as the rally point on educational reform.

Almost all the democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential election field support some form of free college tuition or loan for-

giveness, but the most comprehensive plans by far are those outlined by Senators Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Warren plans to make tuition free and to expunge up to $50,000 in student debt for households that make less than $100,000 per year. Her plan would also expand the Pell Grant system to help cover fees and other college related costs. She would pay for this estimated $1.25 trillion plan by levying a wealth tax of 2% annually on households whose assets total more than $50 million in value.

Under Sanders’ College for All Act, the federal government would cover 67% of tuition costs at public universities, and the states would be responsible for covering the remaining 33%. States that do not increase its higher education spending at home would not be eligible for this federal assistance, though.

The act would also lower interest rates on federal student loans from 4.32% to just 2.32% while increasing funding for federal work-study programs, which provide part-time jobs for undergraduates in financial need.

Sen. Sanders said his College for All Act would be paid for with a “Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street” that entails fees of varying degrees on stock trades, bonds and derivatives.

Although I support both the tax plans suggested by Warren and Sanders for their potential to eliminate some of the disparities caused by the enormous wealth gap in the U.S., I do not believe that their revenues should be used to fund free college tuition and eliminate student debt.

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enabling people to refinance their student loans seems like it would be more than enough to alleviate the stress associated with massive student debt. Free college tuition and loan forgiveness policies will lend someone the short end of the bargain no matter how well the plans are implemented.

Take people that have already paid off their student loans for example. I am sure they would love to receive compensation for all the time and money that it took to pay for their college education, but nobody is talking about how they should get a piece of the pie.

Providing free college tuition would also de-value the worth of a college degree because so many people would have them. The job market would experience a flood of graduates, most of which sporting mediocre resumes at best,

since any and everyone could attain a free college education.

The government should not be responsible for bailing out people who knowingly put themselves into obscene amounts of debt, either. It’s the equivalent of using tax dollars to pay off somebody’s car note for a Porsche simply because they want to live that kind of lifestyle.

I am not trying to discourage people from pursuing their dreams, which may require a diploma to accomplish. On the contrary, the world is yours, so reach out and take it, but try to be a little reasonable in your demands because not everyone is destined to become a president or CEO. Draven Coleman is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Wesson, Mississippi.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The unsent letter: Revisiting the unfair treatment of A.P. Turead Clare Coss is a 1957 graduate of LSU. She is a playwright, librettist and activist who lives in New York.

March 8, 2019 Dear Editor, This letter is decades overdue. I first wrote it in the fall of 1953 but was scared to send it in. My freshman year, pledged to Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, seen as a “Yankee” from New York, I was determined to make friends.

Suddenly, The Reveille started publishing vile articles and letters berating and attacking the presence of LSU’s first AfricanAmerican undergraduate student, Alexander P. Turead. Familiar with the Jim Crow South from visits to my grandparents in New Orleans, I was stunned at the vitriol and hate thrown at Turead in what I imagined would be an enlightened or at least neutral school newspaper. Below is approximately what I wrote 66 years ago.

Happily for the last few decades, LSU is integrated and The Reveille is an enlightened and pathbreaking University newspaper.

All best greetings, Clare Coss, Class of ‘57

Dear Editor,

September 1953

The beautiful green spacious LSU campus, proud of its ancient Indian Mounds, is being defiled by hateful acts and ugly words. As an entering freshman from North of the Mason-Dixon line, I want to extend a plea to open your hearts and your minds to A. P. Turead’s right to have an education in his own state’s University.

His presence does not have to be seen as a threat to the student body and faculty. Separation of the races is not natural — and is maintained only by force and violence.

May I offer two experiences with segregation in the North. In 1946, my 7th grade year at Evergreen Elementary, the school in the Negro neighborhood of Plainfield, NJ burned down. Its students were bused to different schools in town. About 20 Negro girls and boys joined our white class for 7th and 8th grade. We became friends at school in classes, sports and music but did not socialize after the 3 o’clock bell. It was strange to know they would bus back to their community, while we walked home. Although none of us questioned this routine, we did learn that we are basically the same – and color is only skin deep.

For high school, I attended a Quaker boarding school on Long Island for four years. In 1951, my junior year, we had an assembly discussion with the administration on whether to admit a Negro student. My contribution was to argue that we admit two — so he or she wouldn’t be the only one.

We found out a few weeks later the school decided not to integrate. Some of us felt it was our loss — but no one had really spoken strongly to integrate beyond a student from Iran, and one from Venezuela. [I learned years later the student applicant was Gail Buckley, daughter of Lena Lorne.]

Rather than fan the flames of hate, please take a principled position in your newspaper and give consideration to A.P. Turead. Stop joining the cruelties, harassments, humiliations, insults and threats. LSU’s Graduate school integrated two years ago. The sky hasn’t fallen.

Concerned Student, Clare Coss

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LSU falls short in face of racist student section comments I SAID WHAT I SAID MAYA STEVENSON @mayasstevenson On August 31, several University freshmen were attacked with racially-charged and xenophobic comments in the student section of the first football game of the year.

What is usually an exciting event for University freshmen turned into a humiliating and unwelcoming ordeal, a huge contrast from the event-filled welcome week the University orchestrates for freshmen every year.

According to the affected freshmen, political science sophomore Foxworth Vidrine yelled at them to “Get the f**k out,” of the student section repeatedly, using the derogatory term, “ching chongs,” a racial epithet used to mock people of Asian descent.

One of the freshmen took

to Twitter to ask for help identifying who the previously unknown student. In the process of doing so, the Tweet went viral, gaining over 55,000 likes, 30,000 retweets and 30,000 replies. It also successfully put the University in the public spotlight for one of its many controversies.

It also comes in the wake of a University scandal regarding an athlete’s racist social media post.

The responses to the football game event were mixed, but they shouldn’t have been.

Racism has no place in modern society and especially less in a setting where these girls were supposed to have the time of their lives.

There is no way to justify these words. If you’re defending this bigot, I implore you to examine your own view of the event and why it is colored in favor of anyone other than the victims of this incident.

We hate the word privilege, but to ask why these women didn’t do anything in the face

of blatant racism and xenophobia is the definition of it. If this person was brazen enough to say this in front of the entire student section in broad daylight, those girls weren’t only at risk of hearing his dreadful waste of the English language.

In situations like these, many often question why it had to be brought to be social media. Why ruin his life?

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I don’t believe that racists or their beliefs should be welcomed in society, nor should they be protected. Social media is this generation’s word of mouth, and it did something, rather than the University, which has done nothing but prove where its loyalty lies.

The University has repeatedly refused to condemn perpetrators of racism, sexual assault or anything negative on this campus. I wouldn’t say it’s sweeping under the rug, but it’s usually a mere acknowledgment of what happened.

It seems their chosen strategy

is to bide their time and wait for the next storm to hit social media. Students are not asking anyone to take a firm stance against these beliefs that have no place on this campus for the public, but for us. It is not to appease them, but to reassure us that the University we call home has our back.

The University is a predominantly white institution, something I, as a minority student, knew when I made my choice.

However, I did not make this choice thinking the University would protect the ideals that led to them barring minorities from the institution until the 1950s.

It’s even evident every time I walk past Middleton Library, a University building named after a known racist.

It is not enough to have it in the Student Code of Conduct, in the handbook. It is not enough to have diversity initiatives and offices if you’re still going to ignore the very events these preventative techniques were created to eliminate. Instead

of disciplining said individual in this situation, you’re teaching those hurt by his words how to react if he, or someone likes him, says them again.

The problem with that is that no one should have the opportunity to say them again.

The University is a supposed champion of diversity, something we boast about in all academic promotional material. But when those who make this campus as beautifully diverse as it is are attacked for that very thing, the University comes up short.

I love the University, which is why I criticize it the way I do. You fight for the things you care about, to better them, to help them grow. This stagnancy in the way the University handles these kinds of issues is not a step in the right direction but in the direction the University has supposedly left behind.

Maya Stevenson is a 20-year-old English and philosophy junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

MDMA beneficial for PTSD sufferers, should be made legal SAUCE BOSS CÉCILE CÉCILE GIRARD @_cegi_ Despite its reputation as a party drug for rich teenagers and Burning Man attendees, MDMA may soon find its way to your therapist’s office, and for good reason.

MDMA, more popularly known as ecstasy or molly, is a hallucinogenic drug that creates heightened sensations, empathetic responses and euphoria.

It once enjoyed legal status, but it was banned in 1985 due to fears that it would it turn the brains of America’s youth to mush. Although this fear has little basis in truth, MDMA can damage neuron endings, cause hyperthermia and, like any drug, be fatal if taken in too high a dose. Despite these side effects, psychologists across the globe have been giving MDMA to patients with PTSD in experimental therapy sessions since the 1970s.

In the thousands of sessions that have been conducted, the results have been encouraging. MDMA allows patients to temporarily relieve themselves of their usual anxieties and openly communicate with their therapists, which allows therapists to pinpoint what exactly is bothering patients.

Their usual painful emotional responses to trauma are suppressed while under the drug’s influence, allowing for substantial self-reflection and healing.

Group therapy is even further enhanced because of MDMA; with the introduction of the drug, bickering couples and estranged families can temporarily put aside differences and address each other with the love they once shared.

Given the reputation MDMA has always held as “the love drug,” it is not surprising that it would be so effective in helping people get past personal trauma and injury.

What is surprising, however, is how unwilling government agencies have been to entertainment the possibility of legalizing the drug for medical use.

Some optimistic reports place the beginning stages of legalization as just a couple years away, but others are more pessimistic due to several major roadblocks that still stand in the way of MDMA’s full legalization for therapeutic purposes.

The first of these roadblocks is recreational MDMA use has, on rare occasions, resulted in deaths from unforeseen reactions to the drug. However, most of these deaths are not due to MDMA itself, but to the other drugs frequently added to street MDMA pills, which range from caffeine to methamphetamine. The MDMA pills therapists use are pure, thus posing a much lesser risk, if any risk at all, to patients.

The other major roadblock to MDMA’s partial legalization is the depression many users report when coming down from the drug’s effects. Since MDMA works by accelerating the rate at which neurons absorb serotonin, the chemical that makes

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us happy, the body finds itself depleted of its usual serotonin reserves once the drug wears off.

Opponents of legalizing MDMA argue that this postMDMA depression cancels out the benefits of using MDMA during therapy, since patients may leave sadder than they were when they began. However, many patients actually report feeling peaceful once the MDMA wears off after therapy, suggesting the depression

reported by recreational users may be tied to high-dose, longterm usage and the high-energy environments associated with MDMA use.

With the indisputable potential MDMA holds as a key to release millions of Americans from the prison of PTSD, it seems ridiculous that the federal government hasn’t legalized its medical use yet.

Instead of blindly following the disproven myths and

fabricated propaganda surrounding hallucinogenics like MDMA, federal bodies like the DEA need to listen to the science. Countless Americans are a pill and a therapy session away from healing, with only a piece of legislation standing between them and a trauma-free existence.

Cécile Girard is a 19-year-old biology and psychology major from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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LSU should take measures to ensure pedestrian safety DEAR SOCIETY JASMINE EDMONSON @edmonsonjasmine The safety of pedestrians is at high-risk on and around the University, and it’s time that action is taken to end the accident epidemic.

More than 41 pedestrians were hit by vehicles on or close to campus in the last five years in more than 38 accidents, according to a 2018 report from the Manship Statehouse Bureau.

On July 16, 19-year-old biological engineering sophomore Sarah James died after being struck by an SUV while crossing Nicholson Drive near Tigerland.

The fatal incident inspired former University student, Nikki Genova to create a petition on Change.org, encouraging the installment of streetlights on Nicholson and East Boyd drives. The petition received more than 7,000 signatures.

The lack of lighting and crosswalks are primary reasons pedestrians are hit by vehicles near Tigerland at night.

Nicholson Drive is part of MovEBR, a city-parish partnered program that implements safety features for pedestrians and cyclists. MovEBR’s transportation and drainage director, Fred Raiford, said the program’s main goal is to install new signals, sidewalks and crosswalks.

However, there is no timeline for when plans to install these safety features will start.

The city-parish and MovEBR executives are in the process of figuring out how they will execute the projects.

Although streetlights, sidewalks and crosswalks are very beneficial, these safety nets can’t save every pedestrian from getting hit.

Last fall, a car hit a sophomore on Ag Center Drive on the first day of school. The car struck the student from behind and caused the her to fly seven feet through the air.

The sophomore had a severe hemorrhage on her back.

The driver who hit the sophomore said her vision had been blocked by a turning car. She was not ticketed.

Mari Dehrab, 23, was standing on the sidewalk when a car crashed into her and three other

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pedestrians at the intersection in his right eye if he waited of Nicholson and Skip Bertman longer to seek medical attendrives. It was only five days into tion.

South Campus and the semester last fall.

Dehrab suffered a brain tear. Dalrymple drives have the most The other pedestrians had con- collisions involving pedestrians, cussions. One of the other two with four at each corner, accordpedestrians also had a broken ing to accident reports in the pelvis and sacrum along with last five years from LSUPD. Seventeen acsome brain bleeding. cidents occurred Mechanical along major roads engineering stulike Highland and dent Kurtis JohnNicholson, while son almost lost 21 accidents hapIt’s time that action pened on streets half his vision is taken to end the and parking lots after a car struck accident epidemic. inside campus him on South grounds.

Some Stadium Drive in students said they 2017. He was in a have not seen lot of pain, but refused to visit the campus police hospital because promoting better he didn’t have caution. health insurance.

Most drivers were ticketed Johnson decided to vis- in accidents with moderate it a hospital the next day or serious injuries, but five and learned he had a bro- accidents were hit and runs. ken cheek bone. Doctors The University and the camtold him he would’ve been blind pus police must do more than

bring awareness to this accumulating catastrophe. It’s necessary they try, along with pedestrians and drivers, to help solve it.

The University can create mandatory sessions for students, faculty and staff in which they learn precautions to prevent getting hit by vehicles, but pedestrians are not always in the wrong. There is not just one specific group to blame.

The University has no choice but to create strict rules and regulations for pedestrians and drivers to follow during school hours to reduce accidents.

Phone restriction while crossing the street should be a universal rule for pedestrians to follow.

Tickets are plausible, but they don’t solve the problem.

Drivers who are in the wrong should not only get ticketed but contribute their time to the University as a form of punishment.

For example, a faulted driver can be required to pick up trash

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around campus. The length of time depends on the injuries of the victim.

A student who disobeys pedestrian rules can have a school privilege taken away. This can be anything such as not being able to attend campus athletic events for a month.

Campus police must direct traffic around campus throughout the day during school hours. This will persuade both drivers and pedestrians to be alert and follow the University’s rules and regulations.

Names and pictures should be taken for records. Cameras need to be installed to catch drivers involved in hit and runs.

Whether you’re a pedestrian or a driver, please be vigilant at all times because you can save your life and somebody else’s as well.

Jasmine Edmonson is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Denham Springs, Louisiana.

Quote of the Week “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Eleanor Roosevelt Former First Lady Oct. 11, 1884 - Nov. 7, 1962

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Movie remakes disappoint with underwhelming, unoriginal content GABBING WITH GABBY

debut as a doe-eyed animation in the late 1960s. Some years later, she returned to television in the iconic remake of the cartoon and was played by an actual woman, Melissa Joan Hart.

Looking back today, this ‘90s hit show is what many classify as a fond memory from their youth.

While it was technically a “remake,” it took the concept of a cartoon from a far different time and brought it to life for a whole new generation.

So, what’s the natural next step for a successful ‘90s hit? The answer: an edgy, less-than-spectacular Netflix remake 20 years later.

That being said, sequels and remakes have the power of potentially ruining an entire franchise. Examples of this can be found in abundance every year, but some of my personal favorites are Grease 2, The Next Karate Kid and most controversially, 2016 Ghostbusters.

Additionally, with the announcement of Disney+, Disney’s new streaming service, I anticipate late 2019 to bring home the year’s bad remakes with shows such as Lizzie McGuire and the new High School Musical series.

Not only is Disney killing off

GABRIELLE MARTINEZ @gobbymatinez Television remakes and movie sequels are possibly the worst things to ever happen to the concept of creativity, especially in the entertainment industry. While the notion of continuously cashing out on what works isn’t something new, it seems as if we have arrived at the repetitive content peak in 2019.

Originality is now classified as if it’s a thing of the very distant past. Consumers instead are now constantly being force fed the same content time and time again.

While earlier entertainment endeavors may have made a more honest attempt at reviving beloved content, it is becoming more and more blatantly evident that the main goal corporations have today is to bank off of viewers’ nostalgia and dedication to once-cherished characters or storylines.

A perfect example of this is the multiple reincarnations of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Originally, Sabrina made her television

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Netflix with Disney+, but it’s also planning its own demise. By repeatedly recreating old hits, it is effectively turning its own hourglass and dodging any room for new content. This begs the question: What will they have to remake in 20 years?

This doesn’t apply to just

Disney, however. The entertainment industry seems as if it is plagued with this methodology of money making, which leaves the future of content in a gray area.

So, where do we go from here? I say that now is the time for independent streaming services to shine and make new,

never-before-seen content.

This way, there will not only be more competition, but more artistic integrity in a world that’s quickly losing it.

Gabrielle Martinez is an 18-yearold mass communication freshman from Gonzales, Louisiana.

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