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Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel after learning about the impending runoff election.

Cassidy calls followers to turn out for runoff BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., made the U.S. Senate runoff election, and while his eyes are on Washington, D.C., his roots are still back home.

As Cassidy’s supporters filled the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge for the campaign’s election watch party,

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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., encourages supporters in New Orleans to vote in the Dec. 6 runoff elections after the U.S. Senate jungle primary.

Landrieu rallies support in hopes of a fourth term

Cassidy’s childhood friend, Jim Hogg, dressed in colonial attire with his son, James Linden Hogg, for the party. Both stood out among the suit-clad crowd.

The pair said they play patriotic music of America’s founding fathers, which is why they dressed in colonial clothing for Cassidy’s event.

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BY quint forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com NEW ORLEANS — Will Landrieu and his cousins, Adam and Joe, often play tag at their aunt’s political fundraisers. Their games usually result in a scolding from Will’s dad, Mitch, the mayor of New Orleans.

But Tuesday, the three boys weren’t playing tag.

“People are going to be on the edge a little,” Adam said.

The boys are bred to treat election parties and political fundraisers lightheartedly, but this time was different.

“We usually win,” Joe said.

Though incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu did not win outright in

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6th District race continues with Edwards, Graves runoff Candidates hope to unify support next month BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com As it became clear that Edwin Edwards would face Garret Graves in the runoff election, the alreadylively crowd at the Edwards’ election watch party became even more boisterous.

The two election parties showcased the difference between the candidates. Music

from the ’70s flowed between cocktail tables at the crowded Edwards party, while no music could be heard over the triumphant voices sitting around white cloth-covered tables at the Graves camp.

Edwards addressed his supporters as Louisiana’s former governor, but assured them that on Dec. 6, he will address them as Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District congressman.

Edwards praised younger

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[Left] Garret Graves speaks Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel about his runoff with former Gov. Edwin Edwards for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. [Right] Edwards awaits poll results at the Renaissance Hotel.

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Ariz. governor’s race targets independent voters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — The Democrat promises not to raise taxes and even talks about lowering some. The Republican bills himself as a reformer of education.

The race for Arizona governor has created an odd mix of arguments in a state where recent gubernatorial contests were dominated by divisive issues like immigration. The shift away from hardline rhetoric and toward more nuanced positions marks an effort by both candidates to negate their opponents’ key points as they court the growing bloc of independent voters in Arizona.

Republican Doug Ducey is casting himself as the frontrunner, a tactic he used in the run-up to August’s six-way GOP primary. The current state treasurer, Ducey touts his experience building the Cold Stone Creamery ice cream franchise into a nationwide company before selling it in 2007 and getting into politics. He promises to bring a businessman’s approach to state government, eliminating wasteful spending while recruiting businesses to move to the state. And he wants to drive

the state’s income tax rate way down, with a target of zero.

Democrat Fred DuVal has made restoring education funding the mantra of his campaign.

A former aide to Democratic Gov. Bruce Babbitt in the 1970s and 1980s, he later served in President Bill Clinton’s administration and was appointed by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano to the state university Board of Regents. The Tucson native also worked in private business and as a lobbyist — a background that has become the centerpiece of attack ads by Republican groups.

Ducey has worked to take the wind out of DuVal’s education focus by highlighting his own plan to eliminate waste in schools and redirect money from administration to classroom spending. And he’s benefited from outside ads that highlight his education agenda.

The two faced off in five debates in recent weeks as they tried to lay out their plans for the state, leading to sharp exchanges over their competing visions. DuVal went after Ducey for his plan to eventually eliminate the state income tax while dealing with a looming

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“The notion that on top of the budget deficit that you could withdraw 40 percent of the state’s budget and still fund health care, corrections and education is tooth-fairy math,” DuVal said at a debate last month.

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Voters hold their noses, hoping for political change THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coast to coast, voters cast ballots with an audible harrumph on Tuesday — many of them unhappy with their choices and doubtful things will get better no matter who wins.

There’s Emily Conover, a 39-year-old saleswoman from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, who voted for Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes over Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Conover said she “didn’t really like either of them.”

There’s Ron Buck, a 44-yearold roofer from Fairway, Kansas, who voted to re-elect Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and GOP Sen. Pat Roberts but said “both seem kind of like leftovers you don’t want to eat.”

There’s George Butler, who voted for a GOP congressional candidate in Toms River, New Jersey, but wished he’d had better options.

“The Republicans are too much to the right, and the Democrats are too much to the left,” Butler said. “As a moderate, this leaves me out of luck.”

Despite the sour mood that rippled across the country this Election Day, there was hope mixed in with the voices of anger and cynicism.

And in a year when Republicans were poised to take over more turf in Congress, some couldn’t wait for the election results.

“I’ve been waiting for this for quite a while,” said 75-yearold Gerry Staley, who voted in Belleville, Illinois.

Linda Mallery, who voted in suburban Indianapolis and is unhappy with both parties, said her priority this year was “voting incumbents out of office.”

Kevin Breaux, an independent who voted in suburban New Orleans, was hoping for more — yes, more — gridlock in Washington.

“That’s a good thing,” said Breaux, who voted for tea party candidate Rob Maness over Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. “It’s far better than Obama advancing his liberal agenda.”

Danielle Glover, 28, who voted in Commerce City, an industrial suburb northeast of Denver, held the opposite view, hoping Democrats could hold off a Republican takeover of the Senate.

Whatever the results, Glover said, “I would hope that once we get past the election, that elected officials from both parties can sit down and work on policies together.”

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SNL alumnus talks mental health Faculty senate stands down on Salaita case

BY gerald ducote gducote@lsureveille.com

It has often been said that laughter is the best medicine.

A good joke can ease the worst of pains. Your friend or loved one stuck in traction after an automobile accident is aided immensely by you taking the time to visit and make light of what could be a much worse situation.

Unfortunately, this motto can’t always sustain the weight of people’s agonies. Former cast member of “Saturday Night Live” Darrell Hammond sees humor only as a stepping-stone in the process of helping those who cannot help themselves.

Hammond addressed the Pennington Biomedical Research Center on Tuesday night as the keynote speaker for the 60th anniversary of the Mental Health Association of Greater Baton Rouge. Hammond gave his well-known speech titled “Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem.” The speech is part of Hammond’s efforts toward defeating the stigmas against mental illness and addiction.

Along with a Broadway show depicting his life, “The Darrell Hammond Project,” and a bestselling book, “God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F*cked,” Hammond’s series of lectures have all been part of the actor’s mission to reduce the negative attitude toward mental health issues.

One of his book’s main goals is differentiating between mental illness and mental injury. In “The Darrell Hammond Project,” Hammond finds the specialist who “cracked the code” to be the star of the show. Before finding the true cause of Hammond’s illness, the actor experienced years of varied diagnoses, including schizophrenia, several forms of a personality disorder and Asperger’s.

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Darrell Hammond gives a lecture Tuesday in celebration of the Mental Health Association’s 60th anniversary at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

After years of moving in and out of institutions and hospitals, Hammond’s mental state was found to be the result of an instance of childhood abuse. Specialists compared Hammond’s condition to post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Mental illness is not an airborne virus,” Hammond said. “It doesn’t just occur. It’s not like a newspaper blowing against your leg on the sidewalk, like something random. It has a story. It has a specific story.”

Hammond’s main initiative is abolishing the judgment of mental illness. In that view, mental illness is something that cannot be helped but continually treated.

“You think about having spent so much of my life experiencing that look of fear and pity and revulsion that people exhibit when they realize there’s something wrong with you,” Hammond said. “I knew there was something wrong with me. I just didn’t know what it was.”

Hammond opposes the term “chemical imbalance” and

believes his mental illness stems from years of abuse and traumatizing experiences rather than something organically found in the brain. His work is meant to promote acknowledging the dangers of toxic people and abusive relationships. Despite continuous reinforcement of his “chemical imbalance,” Hammond is skeptical it was the accurate reasoning for his mental illness and self-abuse.

Though Hammond had long intended to act against the taboo of mental illness, his work has only recently been able to move forward in his endeavors.

“It feels great,” Hammond said. “I had to wait until [my parents] were dead. I did not want to do this while they were alive.

I also didn’t want to do it while I was on ‘Saturday Night Live.’

The real crime to me wasn’t the crime [of abuse]. The real crime was having to cover up the crime.

The real crime was having the monster in my world adored.”

LSUPD officers were called to the Acadian Hall parking lot Thursday after receiving a report of an intoxicated person sitting in the passenger seat of his vehicle.

LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said another subject, William Bradley Jr., 18, approached officers during their investigation, repeatedly trying to talk to the DWI suspect in the vehicle.

Lalonde said officers repeatedly asked Bradley — who appeared to be intoxicated — to leave, but he refused to comply.

Lalonde said officers tried to remove him from the scene. As soon as they did, Bradley became belligerent.

Through further investigation, officers learned Bradley had marijuana in his dorm room.

Lalonde said Bradley consented to a room search. Officers found

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A resolution bringing higher measures of protection to faculty members was defeated Tuesday by the University Faculty Senate.

The Faculty Senate removed itself from a national debate circling the termination of former Virginia Tech Professor Steven Salaita’s hiring at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Salaita was slated to take a position at UIUC this year, but he was informed at the last minute by UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise he would not be employed by the University because of his anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist posts to Twitter.

Faculty Senate debated a resolution designed, at first, to protect professors from situations like that which cost Salaita his job.

Over the course of three months’ meetings, the Faculty Senate changed its stance, only for the resolution to be defeated in a split decision vote called for 20 minutes after the meeting was set to end.

The resolution stated the Faculty Senate expressed concern Wise did not consult the UIUC faculty before making her decision — the first version of the resolution stated Wise’s decision was an assault on academic freedom producing a “chilling effect on the ability of faculty members everywhere to speak openly on matters of public concern without losing their jobs.”

According to the first resolution, the University’s Faculty Senate would have aligned itself with the Campus Faculty Association of UIUC, the American Association of University Professors and

60 professors at UIUC who have publicly called on Wise to reinstate Salaita’s employment in order to protect his academic freedom.

Prior to discussing academic freedom, the Faculty Senate started its meeting on a lighter note.

Chemistry Professor Randy Duran updated the senate on LSU Discover, a program to aimed institute undergraduate research as a part of the University’s quality enhancement plan — a requirement for reaffirmation of accreditation.

LSU Discover seeks to involve undergraduate students in research projects. Duran said the program has two new initiatives for its undergraduate researchers — one to provide students with opportunities for travel and the other to provide housing for international students involved in undergraduate research.

Another topic common among undergraduate students is academic accountability.

Student Advocacy and Accountability Director Matthew Gregory, Dean of Students K.C. White and Assistant Dean of Students Katie Barras gave a presentation to the Faculty Senate about student academic honesty policies and enforcement, discussing the methods faculty should use when reporting students for academic dishonesty.

Barras said the Student Advocacy and Accountability doesn’t use the same previous terms, preferring to say students are either responsible for not instead of labeling students as guilty or not guilty for an act, but they are still impactful.

two grams of marijuana and two smoking pipes.

Bradley was arrested for disturbing the peace by intoxication, interfering with law enforcement, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lalonde said Bradley was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

University student booked for resisting an officer and disturbance of the peace Carter Kronlage yelled curse words repeatedly at McVoy Hall on Friday, causing LSUPD officers to dispatch there.

Lalonde said when officers arrived, they located and identified Kronlage, who showed severe signs of intoxication.

Officers asked Kronlage to stop yelling and disturbing dorm residents.

Lalonde said Kronlage stopped screaming for a short period but

began screaming at the residents once again.

When officers approached Kronlage, Lalonde said he fled on foot.

Officers were able to detain Kronlage. They took him into custody, arrested him and he was booked into EBR Parish Prison.

University student issued misdemeanor summons for stealing portable radio Alana Adam was charged with theft after stealing a Motorola portable radio on Oct. 25.

Lalonde said officers discovered Adam had posted a picture of the stolen radio on social media.

After further investigation, officers were able to identify and speak with Adam, who then admitted to taking the radio.

Lalonde said Adam retrieved the radio and returned it to investigators.

She was issued a misdemeanor summons for theft.

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page 4 cassidy, from page 1 Jim didn’t come to the party to show his support for Bill, but rather for the Tara High School football teammate he affectionately knew as “Billy.” While Cassidy chanted ambitions of change, Jim said he expects his humble, down-to-earth friend to be a great senator.

“Some people change,” Jim said. “But not Billy.”

After the results were announced, small-businessman Clay Young said he chestbumped Cassidy prior to coming on stage. Young introduced Cassidy as “the next U.S. senator.”

As the crowd repeatedly chanted “Bill,” Cassidy ran onto the stage, pointing and waving to family and friends in the crowd. He was joined on stage by his wife and two daughters.

His son was absent.

Guests quickly flooded the Cassidy election night party, some even walking back and forth from Louisiana 6th Congressional District candidate Garret Graves’ celebration.

The party opened with a be more intense than ever. prayer and the Pledge of AlMass communication sopholegiance. With the conclusion more Huong Dao, also a Casof the Pledge of Allegiance, a sidy intern, said she is looking resounding “hoorah” echoed forward to the next month leadfrom the front of the room. ing to the runoff on Dec. 6.

Later, a political hum filled Cassidy’s staff said the camthe air. paign will double down in the Although many supporters next month, taking no vote for presumably knew of the results granted. via Twitter or the TV screens “Tonight, 60 percent of the scattered throughout the room, people of Louisiana have voted their enthusifor change,” Casasm remained at sidy said. the same level ‘Tonight, 60 percent of the Instead of Sen. throughout the people of Louisiana have Mary Landrieu, night.

D-La., supportvoted for change.’

However, the ing President campaign will Barack Obama not take the run97 percent, Casbill cassidy, off lightly. Sevsidy said he will U.S. Representative eral interns and support the peoCassidy said they ple of Louisiana will hit the ground running in 100 percent. upcoming weeks.

“We have got 32 more days Political science senior and to make sure that change is campaign intern Julia Robbins completed,” Cassidy said. said the Cassidy campaign exHe rallied supporters to pected a runoff, and the elec- make the next 32 days count. tion night party shows how far “I look forward to being the campaign has come. your next United States senaRobbins said she expects the tor,” Cassidy said as he concludnext month of campaigning to ed the night.

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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks to supporters Tuesday in New Orleans to turn out for the Dec. 6 runoff election.

6th district, from page 1 supporters in attendance and focused on how to win the race.

His next step is to introduce himself the younger crowd, he said, those who never knew him as governor.

While he acknowledged that Graves is a younger candidate, Edwards was confident his experience would give him the advantage.

“Knowledge, the ability to get things done and a good record as governor is going to carry the day,” Edwards said.

Edwards said he was anxious to meet Graves in two or three debates before Dec. 6 and have the opportunity to show the candidates and their positions on key issues side-by-side.

Graves addressed his supporters similarly, thanking many of them for their early support. While he started

Tuesday’s jungle primary, she will still have a chance at a fourth term in the U.S. Senate when she faces off against Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., in a runoff Dec. 6.

When Landrieu took to the stage around 10 p.m., she was surrounded by family, supporters and prominent Democratic lawmakers.

“Now we have the race that we have wanted,” Landrieu told the audience.

Landrieu challenged Cassidy to six hourlong debates before the Dec. 6 runoff — one for each year of a Senate term — and called out Cassidy’s repeated references to President Barack Obama throughout the race.

“You’re going to have to say Mr. Cassidy more than Mr. Obama’s name in the debates,” Landrieu said. “This race is not about who the president is, who the president was or who the president will be.”

slowly, with 2 percent in the tive must get 218 votes to make polls, he said getting out and a difference, Graves said, but he talking to the people in his dis- assured his supporters he was trict not only helped his rating, “a difference-maker.” but also shaped his policy.

Graves said he would not Graves said his potential underestimate his opponent, constituents voiced their unhap- joking that he would be wear piness over the Affordable Care a bullet-proof vest for the next Act and insecure borders, add- month. He made a similar jab toing that he shares wards Edwards’ the vision with ‘Knowledge, the ability family.

Southern Louisi- to get things done and a “I want to conana. gratulate his kids, good record as governor “There is a Eli and [his wife] is going to carry the day.’ Trina for getting resounding mission, there is a him into the runedwin edwards, resounding manoff,” Graves said. date from the 6th Congressional District candidate However, people in South there was not so Louisiana,” Graves said. “I hear much celebrating at the Paul Dithe mandate loud and clear.” etzel watch party.

Graves celebrated the many While supporters, young resources available in the re- and old, turned out to back the gion — energy, fisheries and the young candidate, he did not reMississippi River system — but ceive enough votes to make the above all, the people. runoff.

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Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel after poll results from Tuesday’s election were released.

Before Landrieu walked out of Republican candidate Col. on stage, campaign staffers Robert Maness’ campaign in rushed to pass around posters her speech. Maness did not gain emphasizing a new battle cry enough support at the polls to before the runoff. advance to the runoff.

Referencing veteran affairs, Landrieu thanked Maness women’s issues, for participating hurricane recovin debates over ‘Now we have the ery efforts and the course of the race that we have election and his student loans, Landrieu rallied years of service wanted.’ her supporters in the Air Force. to shout, “Where “At least we Mary Landrieu, was Bill?” have one value U.S. Senator Landrieu did in common: We not reference the know how to show Republicans’ takeover of the up and fight,” Landrieu said.

Senate — a GOP victory that Cassidy declined invitations could complicate her road to a to two debates throughout the fourth term. primary race.

University political science Before closing her speech, professor James Garand said Landrieu quoted a Bible pasMonday that Landrieu’s cam- sage from the Book of Isaiah. paign could be jeopardized if Part of the verse included the Republican control of the Senate phrase, “they shall run and not gives Cassidy momentum head- be worn.” ing into the runoff and halts “Bill Cassidy, you cannot Democratic funds from pump- run, you cannot hide anymore,” ing into the state.

Landrieu said. “This race Landrieu addressed the end starts tonight.” sophomore Ty Edwards interned with Dietzel since January. She and the other interns spent Election Day making phone calls and holding signs in support of the candidate she said cares the most for Louisiana.

Dietzel said his main focus was meeting people and becoming someone his constituents could trust, but added meeting so many people was a huge hurdle.

Dietzel said winning this election would mean ground games were effective against raising enough money to “buy seats,” and acknowledged Graves was the only candidate raising more money than himself.

“We have run a great campaign,” Dietzel said. “We have focused on issues important to millennials, and I have no regrets.”

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LSU senior safety Ronald Martin makes his way toward the lineup during the Tigers’ 10-7 victory against Ole Miss on Oct. 25 in Tiger Stadium.

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Lady Tigers play Loyola in first exhibition

BY Morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com

When LSU senior safety Ronald Martin began his senior season, he never imagined a career year would be in his future.

Martin was named a Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist on Oct. 27 with a team leading seven pass breakups and team lead tying two forced fumbles. But after multiple setbacks in his junior campaign a year ago, he thought this moment would never come.

“Honestly, no [I didn’t think this would ever happen],” Martin said. “I was going through a lot, and I had a lot on my mind and didn’t really know what was going on, but it’s a blessing.”

The White Castle, Louisiana, native began his junior campaign as the starting free safety for the Tigers, replacing NFL first-round draft pick Eric Reid, after showing promise at the position throughout the 2012 season.

Martin, a natural strong safety who shifted to free safety because of former Tiger Craig Loston, showed glimmers of hope at his new position in 2013.

The 6-foot-2-inch, 220-pound safety produced his best outing of the season in a 27-24 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 19, 2013. The then-junior recorded 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the defeat.

Martin followed his then career game the next week with an interception against Furman, earning his first interception of the season.

But Martin didn’t know the game would also be his last of the season.

During the 48-16 blowout against Furman, Martin suffered a stress fracture in his right foot. After sporadic play against Alabama two weeks later, the injury forced him out of pads for the remainder of the season.

The season-ending injury came just eight weeks after his father died of lung cancer, putting Martin in a tough place as he watched the Tigers finish out the season without him.

“I was just missing the game a lot,” Martin said. “I

All eyes will be on sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief when the LSU’s women’s basketball team steps onto the court for its first exhibition against Loyola-New Orleans at 7 p.m. tonight in the PMAC. Recovering from a torn ACL that sidelined her for LSU’s last two NCAA Tournament games last season, Moncrief is looking forward to playing after months of rehab.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell made it clear Moncrief is fully recovered and will not have any restrictions on her minutes against Loyola.

“She’s shown that she is getting her timing and her rhythm back,” Caldwell said. “She’s shown she’s not afraid. Once you have a major injury, sometimes the psyche of that injury can limit you in being fearless again, but through our workouts and through Miki and her team in rehabbing Ray, she’s ready to go.”

Although Moncrief will not be limited by minutes, she said her time on the bench will take on an important role of keeping her legs warm, most likely by riding a bike.

Moncrief is not the only Lady Tiger who is looking forward to getting on the hardwood after a long layoff from basketball.

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Baucom responds to expectations in freshman season BY morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com

The sun beat down on LSU freshman forward Jorian Baucom’s back during one of the LSU soccer team’s Southeastern Conference matches on a sweltering Louisiana Sunday afternoon.

It was definitely not the climate that brought the former 5-star recruit nearly 1,500 miles from her home in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Baton Rouge.

“It’s brutal,” Baucom said.

“I thought back home the 117-degrees-plus weather was rough. But then, adding on the humidity, you feel like your life

is literally being sucked out of you as you run down the field ... But I’m slowly getting used to it.”

Despite having to adjust to the humidity, Baucom succeeded in her freshman campaign earning SEC All-Freshman honors, leading the team with eight goals.

Coming into her freshman season, Baucom faced immense pressure to perform as the highlight of the Tigers’ No. 7 ranked 2014 recruiting class.

Baucom was ranked the No. 13 overall player by TopDrawerSoccer.com and No. 3 forward in the 2014 Recruiting class.

LSU coach Brian Lee said before the start of the season, Baucom was recruited to create another threat up top to complement sophomore forward Summer Clarke.

Baucom answered some of the expectations with a goal in the first minute of her collegiate career.

Just 48 seconds into LSU’s season opener against Troy, Baucom headed in her first collegiate goal off a cross by junior midfielder Fernanda Piña.

Baucom’s height and ability to make plays in the air

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LSU freshman forward Jorian Baucom (5) dribbles the ball Thursday during the Tigers’ 2-0 loss against Auburn in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

page 6 baucom, from page 5 were key factors to her immediate impact on the pitch.

Standing at 5-feet-9-inches, Baucom is one of six players in the 2014 recruiting class standing more than 5-feet-7-inches, showing Lee’s focus on bringing in physicality to the program.

Baucom’s height adds a target up top in the box for crosses, which the Tigers did not have in previous seasons. In 2013, Clarke was LSU’s tallest forward at 5 feet 7 inches.

Baucom’s height combined with strength allows her to play with a physicality that fits the style of soccer played in the SEC. “Definitely, coming in as a freshman I would say most teams wouldn’t necessarily know that I would come in with [a physical] mentality,” Baucom said. “I definitely know that my strength is my body frame, my athletic stature, and I definitely use that to my advantage on the field.”

Baucom uses her strength to shield the ball from defenders, allowing her to hold the ball until her teammates can make runs to spread the defense.

Baucom’s ability to shield the ball and distribute passes while her back is turned to a defender played a key role in Lee’s decision to switch from a 4-4-2, which includes two forwards, to a 4-3-3, which features a center forward and two outside forwards.

Baucom embraced her role as the center forward, and scored five goals out of the 4-33 formation.

Along with leading the Tigers in goals, Baucom tied Clarke and junior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco for a team-leading four assists.

Opposing defenders are not the only players frustrated

by Baucom’s ability to shield the ball; even Baucom’s own teammates got frustrated in practice.

“Jorian is really good at shielding the ball, and it frustrates me so much,” said freshman defender Alexis Urch.

“I’m usually able to get a toe in, not with Jorian because she keeps it away — keeps it away then heels it … It goes exactly where she wants it to go.”

Although Baucom’s potential showed in her successes during her freshman campaign, like all freshmen, Baucom struggled in some aspects of the game.

Despite having eight goals on the season, Baucom scored only one goal in a Sunday match showing how fatigue from the first match of the week affected her performance in the second.

In LSU’s seven Sunday matches, Baucom tallied a .090 shot percentage compared to her .175 shot percentage in the rest of the Tigers’ matches.

Another aspect of Baucom’s game that suffered at times due to fatigue was her defense when she lost possession.

For this part of her game, Baucom has a great role model in Clarke, who every time she loses the ball battles to the Tigers’ own penalty area if necessary.

“Coming in the beginning of the year, I never used to track back players or defend,” Baucom said. “Watching Summer, she always working to get back after she loses the ball or she’ll help double team a player. Seeing that helps me realize I need to do that too.”

Like the rest of the talented freshman class, this offseason will be crucial for Baucom to take the next step in her development. “[Baucom] has shown lots of glimpses of being one of the top forwards in college soccer,” Lee said. “If we can have a whole spring, where we are not worried about games we are just training and getting real specific with Baucom.”

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debut, from page 5 Junior guard Akilah Bethel looks to make her first appearance in 22 months after transferring from West Virginia after the 2012-13 season, which was cut short by a season-ending injury on Jan. 19, 2013.

Through her year sitting out, Bethel learned to see the game through the coaches’ eyes.

“A lot of times as players and young women, we can be stubborn and be like, ‘No, [the coaches] don’t know,’” Bethel said.

“I’ve learned to put full trust in the coaches. They know what they are doing and buy in to their plan.”

Bethel’s focus for her first exhibition as a Lady Tiger is to come out and play hard.

Along with these players making their long-awaited return to the court, LSU will debut its team without the leadership of forwards Theresa Plaisance and Shanece McKinney and guard Jeanne Kenney.

Six new additions to the Lady Tigers’ roster will be eligible to play tonight, and the youth combined with the returners will try to grow into a cohesive unit.

Moncrief, junior guard Danielle Ballard and sophomore guard Rina Hill are charged with replacing Kenney this season.

Caldwell’s message to her young players is simple: “Why wait?”

“We say this all the time: ‘The game does not know your age.’ So why not take this

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LSU freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief (11) moves the ball down the court March 23 during the Tigers’ 98-78 victory against Georgia Tech in the PMAC. opportunity?” Caldwell said.

“We lost a lot when you look at our post-play with Theresa and Shanece and the great leadership of Jeanne. Now, it’s their opportunity. It’s their minutes to take.”

Against the Wolfpack, the Lady Tigers will face an offense led by senior guard Janeicia Neely, who lead the

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“Loyola is a very good basketball team with the ability to stretch your defense,” Caldwell said. “This is going to be a good challenge for us. I like scheduling games where you’ve got great teams that can not only shoot the three, but score the ball multiple ways.”

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Elephant in the Room but he means well Gordon Brillon Opinion Editor Sen. Mary Landrieu and former Gov. Edwin Edwards must be catching their breath.

After the results of last night’s election, the two Democratic candidates find themselves in an uphill battle to win December’s runoff votes, in which Landrieu will face Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy for one of Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seats and Edwards will square off against Republican Garret Graves for the 6th District’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Landrieu finished with 42 percent of the vote to Cassidy’s 41 percent, while Edwards past Graves 30 percent to 27 percent.

While the results seem like they’d lend themselves to cautious optimism for the Democrats in two close battles for the seats, the Democratic candidates are at a serious disadvantage here.

Both Landrieu and Edwards benefitted greatly from a lack of any viable Democratic contender in their races, while Cassidy and Graves each fought a number of other conservatives making strong bids.

In their victory — or “this-race-startsnow” — speeches last night, Landrieu and Cassidy both paid their somewhat patronizing respects to Col. Rob Maness, the Tea Party Republican who missed out on the state party’s endorsement but snagged former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s.

Despite his disadvantages, Maness carried 14 percent of the vote, making him the greatest challenger to the two establishment candidates. And while Landrieu was quoting how many miles Maness drove himself around the state in an “aw, isn’t he cute,” kind of way, Cassidy was making the case for Maness’ supporters to flock to his side in December.

Votes against Landrieu are votes for change, Cassidy argued, and come December, he will be the agent of change Maness supporters are looking for.

He probably didn’t need to say anything at all.

Maness’ support was largely built of hardline conservatives and libertarians attracted to his stance on defense, gun rights and immigration — the last people in the world anyone would expect to vote for Landrieu. This is exactly the audience to whom “voted with President Obama 97 percent of the time” is audio poison.

And there shouldn’t be any worry that Cassidy isn’t conservative enough for those voters — his “A” grade from the NRA and calls to secure the border should

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Democrats still have a long road ahead of them in runoff elections tie them up easily for him.

This leaves one difficult question: where will Landrieu pick up extra voters?

She can at least take some joy in commiseration with Edwin Edwards, who’ll look at a field previously packed with candidates, now full of conservative voters looking for someone to back.

Edwards’ 6th Congressional District race is about as textbook of a case of votesplitting as can be found, and he should be thanking whatever voodoo spirits keep him upright that there were so many Republican candidates to keep him from getting embarrassed.

The top three candidates in the race after Graves and Edwards were Paul Dietzel, Dan Claitor and Lenar Whitney, three Republicans who combined for 32 percent of the vote. Had all Republican votes gone to Graves, we wouldn’t be talking about a runoff at all.

Of course, Dietzel’s, Claitor’s and Whitney’s voters won’t all go to support Graves in December, but if his campaign is run even remotely competent, he should clean up. Conventional wisdom would say that Edwards has a decent shot of pulling the moderate vote, given his obvious charm will now be more clearly framed

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against Graves’ toupeed-sack-of-potatoes charisma, but voters this cycle seem less willing to forgive his being convicted of racketeering and the fact he’ll be 93 years old by the time he leaves office.

With both Landrieu and Edwards having to face just one serious opponent for the first time in this race, it’s not looking good for the Louisiana Democratic Party in December’s runoff.

Gordon Brillon is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Lincoln, Rhode Island. You can reach him on Twitter @TDR_GBrillon.

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Natural hair beautiful despite what societal norms say say it loud taylor simien Columnist A little more than three years ago, I embarked on my return to natural.

For those of you who have no clue what that means, I stopped putting relaxers in my hair to chemically straighten my curl pattern. The decision came when I realized I didn’t need a relaxer, but it has transformed into meaning much more.

I’ve grown tremendously, and I can say that, as a black woman, wearing my hair naturally is more empowering and liberating than anything. It’s a testimony of who I am and how God made me.

In the black community, you could almost say putting your first relaxer in is like a rite of passage. It’s a tradition — Grandma did it, Momma did it and now I’m going to do it. We want to get our hair as straight and easy to comb as possible and will go to creative, sometimes harmful, lengths to achieve our desired look.

Relaxers and weaves are society’s way of making black hair “normal” or acceptable.

Society’s view of beautiful hair is long, straight and flowing — not big, curly, kinky or afrolike. Commercials, television shows and magazines glorify society’s black-beauty norm as being light skinned with “good” hair.

Black men and women worship celebrities like Beyoncé,

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African-American women should appreciate their hair instead of constantly striving for a more ‘natural’ look.

Lauren London and Rihanna.

Don’t get me wrong — these are all beautiful black women, but they are not the only beautiful black women out there. Women like Erykah Badu, Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o are all beautiful women with gorgeous, natural hair.

Black hair has a stigma attached to it, which makes it hard for black women to go with the flow and accept their

natural hair.

It’s a tough decision to wear your hair natural when kinkier textures are discriminated against. Not only is black hair discriminated against in schools — especially when 12-year-old Vanessa VanDyke was asked to cut her afro or be expelled from a school in Orlando, Florida — it’s discriminated against in workplaces and in the black

community itself.

But it starts with us first.

How can we expect the rest of the world to accept something that we ourselves can’t even accept? In the words of Marcus Garvey, “Take the kinks out of your mind, not your hair.”

As a black woman, it’s heartbreaking to know there are young girls who think they are ugly because of their hair texture or skin color. And it

hurts to know there are black men who cringe at the thought of natural hair.

As a black community, we need to break away from what society says is normal and acceptable and teach our young girls and boys what real beauty is. We don’t need relaxers or weaves to be beautiful. Instead of spending hours perfecting techniques that mask our true selves, we need to get in the mirror and learn to care for what naturally grows out of our heads.

And as for the “good hair/ bad hair” debate, we can go ahead and throw that out the window too. All it does is continue to divide the community, cause tension and add stigma.

There is no such thing as bad hair.

We need to teach our young girls that beauty isn’t outer appearance, but inner beauty is what counts. The most beautiful person in the world can instantly become ugly with a bad attitude.

Whether you wear your hair natural, relaxed or weaved is up to you. But don’t make that decision according to what other people think is best for you,.

Make that decision because it’s what you think is best for you.

Our new generation can’t grow up thinking they have to change for anyone, and it is up to us to embrace what we have and how we were made.

Taylor Simien is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Lafayette, Louisiana.

You can reach her on Twitter @TSimien_TDR.

Disney needs to showcase first special needs princess OUr lady of angst sidneyrose reynen Columnist Media representation is often the most influential for those who receive it the least. It requires no legal action or piles of paperwork, but representation can truly change the lives of the underrepresented and how others perceive them.

This is the case for Delaney Ott-Dahl, a 15-month-old girl with Down Syndrome, who wants nothing more than to be a Disney princess. Her parents, Keston and Andrea, are petitioning Disney to include children with Down Syndrome in its films.

The petition notes that Disney’s animated classics often help teach children right from wrong and other morals that can help them grow to be good

people. But they critique Disney, saying its “movies have almost no representation of disabled people…” and if Disney included special needs children in its films, “wonderful lessons of diversity, compassion and acceptance” could be learned.

People from all over the world have signed the petition, showing this isn’t an outrageous idea. Disney has such an enormous reach in terms of the amount of people who watch its films and buy trademarked paraphernalia, yet Disney generally represents a narrowly defined group of people.

With the exceptions of “Aladdin,” “Mulan” and “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney has been a thoroughly white affair for quite some time. And unless you count Donald Duck’s speech impediment, there are usually no characters with disabilities in Disney media. But it’s obvious that more than just white, able-bodied boys and

girls watch and enjoy Disney films.

This petition is particularly important because Disney’s target demographic is primarily children. Children are highly influenced by the media we provide them, which is exactly why more diversity in Disney movies is needed. If there’s a princess with Down Syndrome in the next Disney movie, children can learn great lessons like how to interact with people different from you or how to help others face adversity.

Aside from Disney, media portrayals of the disabled are either scarce or hideously offensive. The beloved “Forrest Gump” is two and a half uncomfortable hours of Tom Hanks pretending to suffer from mild retardation, “Rain Man” is a movie about how it must suck to be Tom Cruise’s brother and “I Am Sam” was Oscar bait for Sean Penn.

The popular anthology series

“American Horror Story” featured people with disabilities in every season so far, which must be a world record of some kind.

These portrayals, however, are not always in good spirits.

In the first installment, disabled actress Jamie Brewer portrayed Adelaide Langdon.

While it is notable that a person with Down Syndrome had a major role on a television series, it’s hard to ignore that Adelaide was simply an excuse for Jessica Lange to yell as many politically incorrect statements about disabled people as possible. The “Asylum” series critiqued America’s mental institutions while simultaneously inviting you to gawk at the mentally ill and disabled residing at Briarcliff Mental Institution.

Although the current season is called “Freak Show,” it really should be called “Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s Uncomfortable Hour of Killer Clowns and Computer Generated

Physical Deformities.”

But I guess every media portrayal of disabled people can’t be as moving as “My Left Foot” or “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”

The media is an evergrowing, ever-evolving way of communicating ideas and stories to an audience. Hundreds of films and TV shows come and go every year, so there is no reason that a handful of them shouldn’t include disabled characters or actors.

Instead of treating people with disabilities as an easy way for actors to win Oscars, we should urge production companies, like Disney, to represent the perpetually underrepresented, whose voices are almost always ignored by society.

SidneyRose Reynen is a 19-year-old film and media arts sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @sidneyrose_TDR.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 martin, from page 5 missed being out there and having fun with those guys and I was anxious to do that again.”

Football played a major role in Martin’s life. It helped distract Martin from his father’s recent death, but with his position ripped away, Martin struggled to cope.

“He was down,” said sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural. “He had a bunch of things going on with him off the field and had some personal problems.”

Martin said the support of his teammates was the biggest help for him while he struggled to get back on his feet and he leaned on his teammates whenever he needed them most. “[What helped me most was] my support staff, and staying on foot and being on task with what God has planned for me,” Martin said. “I just kept my trust in him and just kept moving forward.”

Sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White and teammates stuck by Martin’s side during the injury and helped him get his mind back to football. White said Martin is a strong-minded guy, and once he had the support of his teammates, he had no choice but to pick himself up.

The injury began to motivate him and he did anything he could to get an edge in his quest to resume his collegiate career, Martin said.

“It kind of lit a fire under me,” Martin said. “I was like, ‘Man you got to get back out there. You got to work hard and keep improving to get back out there.’”

Martin didn’t take any time off. He began studying the game by spending most of his time in the film room taking notes and getting himself mentally prepared for when he would eventually step back onto the field.

With Martin’s senior season on the horizon, he wanted to make a statement.

“Being that this was his last season, I know he had it in his mind that he had to do well, and he had to go out with a bang and make everyone remember that he was a great player,” Dural said.

Martin said during his time on the sideline, he saw the game from a fan’s perspective, which helped him visualize the situation and role he would play if he were in the game.

His hard work and preparation presented itself when the offseason rolled around.

Martin was put back into his natural position at strong safety and his success began to skyrocket.

“You could see it in the spring. He was flying all over in the spring and he continued it all through the summer and it kept continuing in the fall,” Dural said.

He had two interceptions in a spring scrimmage and earned the Mike Miley Leadership

Award and the Most Improved Award for his hard work in the offseason.

The biggest impact of Martin’s increased football IQ was his ability to become a leader in the Tigers’ secondary. While many of his teammates are quick to label Martin as a quiet, laid-back guy, his ability to lead by example is what set him apart coming into camp.

“He’s a great leader for us,” White said. “He’s a guy who knows everything about the defense, what everybody’s supposed to do. And he’s sort of the quarterback for us back there. He’s a guy you can talk to. He watches a lot of film, so he already knows a lot of guys’ tendencies before they even do what they do.”

Junior defensive back Jalen Collins said Martin’s greatest characteristic as a leader is his ability to get everyone in the right spots and act like a quarterback out on the field. “[His best quality as a leader is] just trying to instill the same work ethic that he has in the rest of us and the younger guys,” Collins said. “Making sure we’re on top of everything we need to be on, getting the film when we need to be, making sure we know the checks, know the plays and we’re all on the same page.”

Martin since has carried his offseason play into the season, having a career year to cap off his four-year stint with the Tigers. He’s tied for the team lead with two interceptions, both of which have come in the fourth quarter, and also tallied 48 tackles on the year.

Freshman wide receiver John Diarse was taken aback by Martin’s rebound ability through the offseason, and had only one word to describe the veteran leader’s perseverance.

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LSU senior safety Ronald Martin (26) catches the ball for a late-game interception Oct. 25 during Tigers’ 10-7 victory against Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

“Fighter,” Diarse said. “I say that because it’s his relentless effort on every play.

He may get beat on a route one play and I swear he comes back the next play and acts like it never happened. That’s the type of mindset we all have to have, it’s always next play.”

Martin’s endless fight to overcome the loss of his father and season-ending foot injury a year ago has brought him into the Jim Thorpe Award discussion, and Martin takes the recognition as an honor and opportunity to better himself heading into the final month of the season.

“It’s an honor man, it’s a blessing,” Martin said. “Just following in those guys’ footsteps that came here before like [former LSU defensive backs] Patrick Peterson, [Morris] Claiborne, Tyrann Mathieu, all those guys. I’m just going to keep working to try and keep the legacy alive.”

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