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LSU community reacts to President-elect Trump, voices concerns over mogul’s divisive rhetoric Students protest in the Quad, initiate conversation on inclusivity
Students discuss election’s contentious outcome in open forum BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker University students troubled by President-elect Donald Trump’s historic victory on Tuesday gathered to discuss how to move forward as a community. The forum, called “The Unapologetic Conversation,” was hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the African American Cultural Center Thursday. Student leaders of campus organizations like the Black Student Union, the NAACP at LSU
and the Black Artist Initiative moderated the discourse. The dialogue involved small group discussion, a question and answer portion and a talk from Professor Roland Mitchell from the School of Education. Organizers held the event as a continuation of Thursday’s student rally, allowing participants to vent in a safe space and plan and strategize for the future. Students expressed their personal reactions to the election and talked about how to participate in positive political discourse.
BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER and ROSE VELAZQUEZ @wmtaylorpotter | @Rosee_Vee A diverse crowd of students formed a circle in the University’s Quad Thursday at noon to protest Donald Trump’s election to the nation’s highest office. The protest was organized by the Black Student Union and the NAACP at LSU, BSU president Destinee Merida said. The event featured several student speakers, a moment of silence and
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a chant of “We’re gonna be alright,” led by LSU Student Government director of policy Monturios Howard. “It was me and Howard that came to together to think about it,” Merida said. “It was literally us talking at the [African American Cultural Center], and I was like, ‘We just have to do it.’” Howard, who is also the president of the NAACP at LSU, said the event was a demonstration to “show people that your life matters.” He said the protest wasn’t to say they
see PROTEST, page 2
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Women’s Center, LGBTQ organizations host self-defense training BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Following a heated election season featuring sometimes hostile rhetoric toward LGBTQ people and potentially discriminatory policy proposals, local organizations are working together to reassure and educate LGBTQ individuals living in fear. The LSU Women’s Center, in partnership with Louisiana Trans Advocates, Equality Louisiana and the LGBTQ+ Alumni Chapter of LSU, is hosting a selfdefense and de-escalation training seminar for LGBTQ students and community members Saturday. The event will include training from Baton Rouge Krav
Maga instructors and techniques for preventing physical violence. Peter Jenkins, University alumni and president of the LGBTQ+ Alumni Chapter, said the idea for the self-defense training began to develop after they were harassed while shopping at a local Target. A photo was circulated on Facebook of Jenkins, who is transgender, standing near a women’s changing room sign. The post was captioned to insinuate Jenkins was entering a women’s bathroom, and numerous death threats were made. After the incident, Jenkins said they started thinking about personal safety and whether
they would be able to defend themselves. They brought the conversation to Louisiana Trans Advocates and other advocacy groups, and that’s when they realized a self-defense seminar could be an important service in the community. According to a June 2016 New York Times article, LGBTQ individuals are twice as likely to be targeted for hate crimes as African-Americans and LGBTQ hate crimes have surpassed the number committed against Jews. Though Jenkins said they had not heard of local instances of hate crime, the possibility still exists. “We’re doing this program so that when someone is in
that situation — because unfortunately we know it’s going to happen more often now — that they’re in a position to protect themselves,” Jenkins said. “I wish that we were in a position in our country where we weren’t having to teach each other to defend ourselves against hate crimes and bigotry, but we’re not there yet.” Women’s Center director Summer Steib said she was approached by students and faculty with similar safety concerns in the spring as heated debates about transgender bathroom access swept the country. The community partners decided the best
see SELF-DEFENSE, page 2
SELF-DEFENSE AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING SEMINAR FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS WHEN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 11 AM EVENT WILL INCLUDE DEFENSE TRAINING FROM BATON ROUGE KRAV MAGA INSTRUCTORS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PREVENTING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
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is that there’s some other folks who’ve been emboldened, people did not accept Trump as presi- who would say racist and homodent, but to demonstrate the phobic and nasty things about value of everyone’s voice. others.” “It’s not to say that we don’t Kinesiology freshman Taylor accept Trump as our president Thigpen attended the event and because he’s definitely presi- described it as a peaceful way dent. He was elected in,” Howard to speak out against the results said. “But at the same time, you of the election. She said it was want to show the country that a “realization that the nation this is a place where everybody is actually going in the wrong should be valued direction.” for who they are said “We need to have sheThigpen and not what you has kept up think they are, the with the antimore grassroots differences.” Trump protests Howard said constructions like going on around the mood on camthe country, parthis so that we can ticularly those in pus following the election was and New meet each other and Chicago “tense.” He said York City. it felt like people “We’re realizwe can figure out were “afraid to ing that the goveven look at you.” who’s on our side and ernment isn’t for He also disreus,” Thigpen said. who isn’t.” garded the idea “That we don’t that President matter. It’s never SYDNEY EPPS Barack Obama what we want. It’s divided the na- higher education doctoral student what they want. tion, calling those People are becomwho supported Trump’s “divisive ing more aware that their voice rhetoric” hypocrites. doesn’t matter.” “I understand if you vote Sydney Epps, a higher eduparty lines and you’re a conser- cation doctoral student, read a vative, but there’s a difference poem she wrote around the time between voting party lines and Obama was elected in 2008. She voting social oppressive people emphasized the role higher eduinto office,” Howard said. cation plays in solving social LSU Vice Provost for Diver- issues. sity Dereck Rovaris said he’s She said the higher education heard from several people from system does not have enough underrepresented communities minorities, members of the LGsince the election and that many BTQ community and women are worried their work toward in administrative and teaching progress has been set back. roles. Rovaris said he thinks the ral“We don’t have enough people ly will get people talking about of color within higher educathese issues. tion, in the administration, in our “There are at least 200 — classrooms,” Epps said. “And we maybe 250 out here — and it was don’t have enough LGBT people. a mixed group of black, brown, We don’t have enough women to white, Asian, gay, straight, Mus- make waves. We need to have lim, Christian,” Rovaris said. more grassroots constructions “They’re going to get embold- like this so that we can meet each ened to do more work and work other and we can figure out who’s harder. That’s my hope. My fear on our side and who isn’t.”
PROTEST, from page 1
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LSU professor Roland Mitchell expresses his opinion to ‘The Unapologetic Conversation’ attendees on Thursday in the African American Cultural Center.
FORUM, from page 1 “There’s a price to being a person of color on this campus,” Mitchell said. “One of the strategies I think we have to do is figure out how to get beyond our own individual identities and build coalitions with others who aren’t just like us.” People need to educate themselves on the issues, Mitchell said, and consider how to affect change beyond protesting. Mass communication senior Jonathan Brown said the tension following the election is what shocked him, and the command Trump has over his following is what scares him. “LSU is not the LSU I’ve known. They had less tension Sunday morning after the Bama loss, and that’s disgusting to me,” Brown said. “Politics came on my campus. Racism came on my campus. Fear came on my campus yesterday.” Reaching out to build a bridge with those holding conflicting political views is essential in coming to a place of understanding, Mitchell said. He urged attendees not to demonize Trump supporters. “Don’t demonize them just
SELF-DEFENSE, from page 1
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LSU Student Government Director of Policy Monturios Howard gives final remarks after the protest on Thursday in the LSU Quad.
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way to quell concerns was to be proactive, she said. “Folks have expressed a general sense of unease, particularly people who are maybe gender nonconforming or transgender,” Steib said. “It’s not easy to look at them and say, ‘Oh I’m going to put them in this box of female or this box of male.’ Sometimes those are the folks that are feeling the greatest sense of fear.” The event was originally scheduled for Aug. 20, but after flooding rocked the city in midAugust the partners decided it was best to postpone the event, Steib said. LGBTQ and minority leadership groups have expressed unease following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday, but Steib said the date correlation was just a coincidence. Despite the coincidence, Jenkins said the LGBTQ community is fearful that important
because you don’t agree with them,” he said. English literature Ph.D. student Mary Pappalardo said that post-election, she thinks Trump’s administration will immediately resolve to contradict the platform Trump built his campaign on. His success was the result of his ability to mobilize voters who felt unheard, she said. “I think he is a reprehensible human. The scariest thing is very quickly it’s going to start sanitizing and start looking like politics as usual – and people are going to forget what he mobilized and authorized to get there,” Pappalardo said. “I think what that allows to happen is for equally insidious but more subtly insidious policies are going to be put in place.” Office of Multicultural Affairs Director Andrea Grant said the ultimate goal of bringing students together was to build community, learn and grow from one another and take time to heal. “I think at this time we’re looking at each other, we’re not hearing each other,” she said. “We’re not a monolithic group by any means. We’re not processing this the same way, so we want to be respectful of each other’s’ ideas and beliefs within this space.” equality measures advanced under President Barack Obama’s administration will be reversed now that Trump is slated to take office in January. There’s been an increase in traffic to the selfdefense event’s page and more people sharing the support organizations’ information on social media, they said. Jenkins said events like the self-defense workshop are extremely important right now. National reports of hate crimes and harassment have increased in the days following the election, including a report from a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student that was later disproven by police. False or not, the incident hints at a larger problem, they said. “Whether or not the student made it up, we pretty much all completely believed that could happen,” Jenkins said. “The fact that we’re in a position where we think that could have happened is a problem.”
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Sports
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BATTLE FOR THE BOOT
Tigers seek end to home losing streak this weekend BY CHRIS CALDARERA @Caldarera_TDR It’s time for LSU to try again. The Tigers (7-16, 2-10 Southeastern Conference) are once again presented with an opportunity to boost team morale and earn their first home-court win of the season when LSU hosts Georgia (13-12, 1-11 SEC) at 7 p.m. and Mississippi State (1215, 4-9 SEC) at 1 p.m. today and Sunday, respectively. This will mark the second time LSU and Georgia have met this year, as the Tigers swept Georgia in straight sets on Oct. 9. Although LSU defeated
LSU Fall Classic starts today at Tennis Complex BY SETH NIEMAN @seth_nieman
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he trophy stands four feet tall, weighs nearly 200 pounds and is valued at $10,000. The “Golden Boot” trophy, which was introduced in 1996, has belonged to Arkansas the last two seasons, but it is up for grabs again tomorrow when the Tigers travel to Fayetteville to play the Razorbacks at 6 p.m. The 24-karat gold trophy was molded into the shape of Arkansas and Louisiana — neighboring flagship universities, crafting two boot-looking pieces in the United States’ 50-part puzzle. “It kind of looks like a bad neck chain from the 80s,” Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said Wednesday on the weekly Southeastern Conference coaches teleconference. “It’s a little gaudy. It’s a little big. But it’s gold plated.” LSU coach Ed Orgeron was the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Arkansas from 198687, a role Orgeron said helped him earn a graduate assistantship and defensive line coach position at Miami.
see ARKANSAS, page 4 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Lady Tigers open season today at Louisiana Tech LSU women’s basketball opens up the 2016-17 season against Louisiana Tech in Ruston tonight, looking to push its winning streak against Louisiana Tech (0-0, 0-0 Conference USA) to 11. The Tigers will seek to end their two-year opening game losing streak. LSU will have its work cut out for it with seven new players on the roster, including five freshmen. “When you look at our roster, we are young in the sense that we have seven players who did not play last year, and to test them early is what you want,” LSU coach Nikki Vargas said in a news release Thursday. “You want to see how we handle going into a place that we are unfamiliar with, that we are not going to have home crowd
see STREAK, page 4
WOMEN’S TENNIS
No. 24 Tigers head to Fayetteville to face No. 25 Arkansas
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Georgia the first time around, the Tigers know the importance of not taking opponents lightly. “Georgia has really improved since we’ve played them in early October,” sophomore outside hitter Toni Rodriguez said. “They’ve been driving serves and putting a lot of offensive pressure on their opponents recently.” The return of junior outside hitter Amanda Dachs has served a key role in Georgia’s improved play. Dachs had a limited role against LSU earlier this season because of a knee injury, but
advantage. There are going to be certain things stacked against us, so to me that is really going to test who we are early.” The Tigers will get two players back after recuperating from injuries last season: junior Raigyne Moncrief and freshman Ayana Mitchell. “Raigyne Moncrief is going to give us explosiveness with and without the basketball,” Fargas said. “She is one of our best on-the-ball defenders and rebounders. She and Ayana are going to add not only points to our offensive scheme, but they are also going to help keep points off the other side too.” The Tigers will also attempt to continue the offensive success they displayed in their exhibition game against LeMoyneOwen College after scoring over 80 points,
see TECH, page 4
After spending the beginning of the 2016-17 season on the road, the Lady Tigers are ready to return to their home court. The Lady Tigers host the 2016 LSU Fall Classic this weekend, with their first match today against Rice University at 3 p.m. at the LSU Tennis Complex. Rice finished the 2015-16 season ranked No. 28 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s College Tennis Rankings. Other than Rice, Princeton and Tulane will compete in the weekend tournament beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow. “It’s such a luxury to have a
facility like this and to be able to host tournaments with teams that want to come and play,” LSU coach Julia Sell said. “The girls don’t have to travel and miss class. All of their families are coming into town, and their friends are going to come out and watch. It’s just an absolute perfect situation for them.” The team has not been at full strength this fall with the absence of two of three blue chip recruits LSU signed in its 2016 recruiting class, Raveena Kingsley and Jade Lewis. Kingsley was the No. 2 recruit in the nation when she signed with LSU last year, and Lewis was ranked 10th.
see FALL CLASSIC, page 8
MEN’S BASKETBALL
LSU hoops season begins tomorrow at home versus Wofford BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_ Improvements are being made, Antonio Blakeney said. The sophomore scorer said LSU will be better than its strenuous 19-win, 14-loss season last year. How? “Defense, definitely,” the guard said. “We can still score the ball just as well as we could score last year. We just have to make sure we pick our defense up, game by game and practice by practice.” Once the 2016-17 season begins tomorrow when the Tigers host Wofford for their season-opener at 1 p.m. in the PMAC, LSU’s new team knows what it must do to be successful this season: defend. Even LSU’s younger faces know the
importance of defense — it’s their route to more playing time. “We spend at least an hour per practice on defense,” freshman point guard Skylar Mays said. “I understood pretty quickly that if I want to be able to play, then I’m going to be able to keep guys in front of me … It’s not going to be easy. Coaches tell me it’s not going to be easy, but they tell me you have to get it done.” Specifically defense on Saturday, preventing the Terriers’ 3-point stroke is of maximum significance. “They run a great system,” LSU coach Johnny Jones said. “They’re extremely patient. They have experienced shooters on their team … It’s a tough game for us out of the gate. Against the Tigers, Reinhardt rattled in
see WOFFORD, page 8
Opinion
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Passion for art, creativity connects millennial generation ALL’S NAIR IN LOVE AND WAR ANJANA NAIR @anjanaaanair Teenagers’ biggest complaint about living in a city like Baton Rouge is that there’s not much to do. Either you go to the movies, go bowling or go out to eat. Rinse and repeat. Some of us spend our time dreaming of moving to big, exciting cities like Los Angeles or New York City. Others go to New Orleans or Lafayette to have fun. On the surface, it seems like Baton Rouge has little to offer our creativity and passion for adventure. As a child, I was perpetually bored with the limited opportunities to explore, often relying on my own imagination to get me through long summers. I believe that’s what spurred the incredible artistic talent that I’ve come to realize exists in my peers. This city’s art scene is flourishing, but you have to be willing to look for it. College is when I learned how truly artistically inclined my generation is. Everyone is trying to market their art, whether it’s clothing, paintings, music, photography or theatre. As a whole, we’re a demographic considered selfish and lazy, which I don’t disagree with. Apathy and complacency are plagues among us. But here’s a different perspective: we just don’t care
about the things we’re supposed to care about anymore. After Hurricane Katrina, Baton Rouge and New Orleans’ younger communities mixed together to create a flow of ideas and cultures unlike any other. Children have become less academically driven and more focused on recognizing each other’s aesthetic value. As a photographer, I found most of my passion in being able to share my work with my peers and collaborate with people my age. Our new age technology and social media emphasis may aggravate parents who want us off our cellphones and computers, but it helps us share our ideas with one another. That’s a privilege never afforded to any generation before us. There are events in every part of the city for artists and non-artists that are put on by students. There are weekly poetry slams downtown, flow artists on the levee, music shows at almost every major college venue, artists with pop up shops and so much more. Even the local libraries offer cool hobby classes where you can learn weird skills like knitting or making chameleons out of beads. We come together to enjoy music and art in the form of festivals, parties, open mic nights and other community gatherings. There is an intimate connection among people who are involved with these kinds
of events, a connection that is almost impossible to achieve in a classroom setting. It’s hard to appreciate the things that we have to offer one another because we’re more disconnected from reality than ever before. Maybe it’s true that we’re blinded by greed for money and fame, but at the
heart of that is a real love for appreciating the beauty of the world through artistic media. The growing hunger for expression away from academics has created an environment that I feel allows me to incorporate art into everyday life. It’s changed my mindset about the world because my peers
are constantly pushing me to create. Create anything. Create everything. We create our own reality. This is the truth that drives us. This is our freedom. Anjana Nair is an 18-year-old international studies sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Hidden works of art painted by local artists exist all over the Baton Rouge area.
Discrimination is real, regardless of debates about racism IT’S PERSONAL KEVIN YAU @tatyyau Race has been a hot-button issue since the foundation of this great nation. Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment 152 years ago, and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed overwhelmingly in both chambers of Congress 52 years ago. Regardless of race, the existence of systemic racism in America is a debatable issue, but any form of racial discrimination should not be tolerated.
Racism in America is defined by sociologists as systemic oppression against people of color. According to Davah Pager’s “Mark of a Criminal Record,” racism exists. Her research focuses on how criminal records affect white and black Americans’ employment opportunities. Pager found that both race and criminal record influence how many callbacks an applicant received from potential employers. While having criminal records and being African American can negatively impact employment opportunities, the research also concluded that
white Americans with criminal records are more likely to receive callbacks than African Americans without any criminal record. However, there are still individuals who continue to claim that racism does not exist. For instance, in one of her books, conservative activist Heather MacDonald claimed there is no racial bias in the police force. In contrast to Pager’s work, MacDonald does not have any credible citations. We can have diverse opinions about different controversial social issues, but it is essential to have credible, scholarly
references to make rational, conscience-subjective opinions, especially in academia. Even if systemic oppression against minorities didn’t exist, it’s still possible that incidents based on bias would happen. For instance, even though Alton Sterling was not a perfect citizen, the shooting that lead to his death was clearly incited by racial bias. There was also a student who found the message, “Go back 2 Africa N----r monkeys” on her apartment door near campus. Even though the existence of systemic oppression is questionable, we should not
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Quote of the Day “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
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Friday, November 11, 2016 ARKANSAS, from page 3 “I spent two years in Fayetteville, Arkansas,â€? Orgeron said. “It’s a wonderful place. In fact, I loved it. It was one of my favorite places I ever coached, but it’s not easy to recruit up there.â€? The Razorbacks have the third-ranked passing offense in the SEC, averaging 167 rushing yards per game. Orgeron said he was so captivated with Arkansas’ offensive scheme that he visited Bielema during his year off in 2014. “It’s the biggest football team I’ve ever seen in college football,â€? Orgeron said. “His lines are bigger than some NFL teams. I like his physical style approach. He’s a player’s coach and a good recruiter. I think he’s done a fantastic job ‌ They’re doing a good job of recruiting two- and three-star players and developing them into guys that are playing like five-star players.â€? LSU’s defense will need to prepare for the Razorbacks’ balanced, pro-style attack, Orgeron said. Stopping Arkansas begins with slowing the run and being prepared for the Razorbacks’ physical style of play, Orgeron said. “I watched the film this morning, two yards, two yards, 70, two yards, two yards, 60, very explosive plays,â€? Orgeron said. “They try to wear you down. They bring in different personnel. We have to
be ready to play our base and dig in play against the run. This quarterback’s very good and can throw the ball.� LSU’s focus this weekend is avoiding another post-Alabama collapse. Last season’s three-game skid beginning with Alabama included a loss to Arkansas. Orgeron isn’t going to let that happen this season.
“I do believe we have some guys that came back that want to finish very strong, the older guys on this football team,� Orgeron said. “We have a lot of juniors that came back. They want to finish strong. I’m sure they are thinking of going to a good bowl game. They want to finish with a winning season. They want to finish and give everything to LSU. We have a lot riding on the line.�
TECH, from page 3
STREAK, from page 3
a feat they achieved twice in 31 games last season. The Tigers may need that type of offense against Louisiana Tech, a team that consistently score between 70-80 points and once posted 100 points against Mississippi College last season. “La Tech is a team that is explosive, and with their transition game they are able to get out quickly,� the coach said. “They are going to look to try and turn us over and force those opportunities. Their guard play is very good. We are going to have to be aware of everybody who is at least one pass away. We are going to have to play our defense strong.�
the Tigers expect to see her at full health tonight. “She adds firepower to the offense, and she has the ability to put balls away,� LSU coach Fran Flory said. LSU will have a quick turnaround between its Friday and Sunday matches. Although this will be the first time LSU and Mississippi State meet on the volleyball court this year, the Tigers feel they will be well-prepared for the match. “[Mississippi] State will be a really good challenge for us,� Rodriguez said. “After watching film, we feel like we stack up well against [Mississippi] State, but we have to play consistently. “Consistency has been a problem for us all year,� she added. “We have to play with the same level of intensity from the first to the last set.� LSU only has six games remaining this season, and the team feels as though wins against Georgia and Mississippi State in the PMAC are crucial if the Tigers want to finish strong. “Playing well this weekend would put us on track to finishing this season on a strong note,� senior middle blocker Tiara Gibson said. “That’s our goal for these last six matches— play hard and finish strong.�
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LSU coach Ed Orgeron leads LSU out of the tunnel and into Tiger Stadium prior to LSU’s 10-0 loss to Alabama on Saturday.
Freshman guard Jaelyn Richard-Harris passes the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 81-34 win against LeMoyne-Owen on Sunday in the PMAC.
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Friday, November 11, 2016 RESEARCH
Citrus crops under distress from widespread bacterial disease BY JADE BUTLER @jadeyybug7 With the arrival of fall, Louisianians are requesting citrus produce. Barton Joffrion, an LSU AgCenter county agent, said growers are beginning to harvest their crops. “Over the past few weeks, growers in south Louisiana have begun picking and marketing their produce” Joffrion said in a news release. Joffrion said the crop is looking good and coming in at the right time, though many parishes’ citrus fruits are coming under attack by citrus canker. Citrus canker is a disease caused by the bacteria Xanthomonas axonopodis. The bacteria causes lesions on the leaves, stems and fruit of citrus trees. It can also cause defoliation and premature fruit drop. Raghuwinder Singh, the LSU AgCenter “plant doctor”, said trees may stop producing fruit if severely infected. There is no treatment once the tree is infected. Louisiana has a favorable climate for citrus canker because the state is hot and humid. Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson, St. Charles, Lafourche and Plaquemines Parishes are all being affected by citrus canker.
The bacteria was discovered a month ago in Plaquemines Parish and a few locations in St. John the Baptist Parish. Not only are growers concerned about citrus canker, but they also have to worry about the age of the trees and the age of the growers. “We don’t have as many growers here in Terrebonne as some of the other parishes, but the growers that we have left seem to be in for a good citrus crop,” Joffrion said. Areas that grew the citrus crop are being sold to developers to build subdivisions and other projects. Ten years ago, Terrebonne Parish had as many as 12 commercial growers. Today, it has only seven. Joffrion explained the reason behind the decline in growers. “The problem is about the same as in other agricultural enterprises,” he said. “The children of the current growers don’t seem to have an interest in continuing the business.” The citrus canker and the struggle to find labor to harvest the crop are the main contributors to the industry’s decline. The citrus is sold through the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Before it is sold, the citrus is tested for
its sweetness to determine its maturity level. Joffrion explained part of the process when determining the fruit’s maturity. “LDAF will come out and take a representative sample from a grove, do the test and let the grower know whether their citrus is ready to market,” he said. Satsumas are one of the citrus fruits grown in Terrebonne Parish. People are often turned off by the green color, but color does not always determine if the fruit is ripe. Unlike other citrus, Satsumas do not have to be orange to be harvested. Once the color starts to change from green to yellow, they can be picked. Growers use a meter to measure the sweetness of the Satsumas by their sugar content. Some people like them more sweet than tart or vice versa. “It is hard to pinpoint the harvest date on a calendar because every year is different, and the harvest date can be two weeks either way,” Joffrion said. “Just use the old taste test to determine when your satsumas fill your sweet tooth, and they are ready for harvest.” Satsumas are more difficult to grow because they are prone to freezing, but many growers have been successful.
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The Satsuma Mandarin, also known as Unshu Mikan, is a seedless and easy-peeling citrus fruit that is grown in Terrebonne Parish.
TAILGATING
University tailgate educates children on coastal sciences BY SCOTT GRISWOLD @Griswold_ii
Instead of food, alcohol and music, Giulio Mariotti’s tailgates feature a whole lot of science. Mariotti, a Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences assistant professor, is planning a tailgate booth for Nov. 19. He and College of the Coast and Environment graduate students will man the booth, which will feature a wave tank demonstrating how ripples quickly form on sand beds, salty water colored with food dye to illustrate how water stratifies in the ocean and several other exhibits.
The booth will be set up before the Florida game, on the west side of the University’s Energy, Coast and Environment Building. Mariotti plans to run the booth from 8 a.m. to about noon. “It’s an opportunity to see some of the research that has been done, to look at some interesting hands-on experiments that can be done with things as common as water and sand and mud,” Mariotti said. “And it can be an opportunity to learn about some of the simple processes that determine the fate of coastal Louisiana.” Mariotti chose to start running the booth with the goal of educating the general public about
issues surrounding Louisiana’s coast. But he said the tailgate is about more than just educating the public. It’s about “raising their curiosity about science and their interest in the science that is used to study and protect coastal Louisiana.” The experiments that will be conducted at the booth are simply small-scale demonstrations of the processes that happen every day on Louisiana’s coast, Mariotti said. “That’s the idea,” he said. “Waves and sediments are constantly moved. We show a very similar process on a smaller scale.” Coastal erosion is one of the biggest issues Mariotti and
many other coastal science researchers face. “The challenge of [coastal] science is understanding the processes behind [erosion], so that predictions can be made about the future and strategies to mitigate erosion can be implemented,” Mariotti said. His research on coastal erosion is conducted in three parts. “I tackle this big question with different approaches,” Mariotti said. “I mostly do models of coastal erosion where I try to represent the major aspects of tides and rivers and waves to predict how the coastline will change. But I also do experiments in the lab to try to understand those processes
that then go on in the model, to try and understand waves and how they move sediments around. And I do that so that the process can be very wellconstrained and measurements can be done very precisely. So you get those equations that you can use to make predictions. I also do some work in the field.” At the previous two tailgates, tailgaters of all ages stopped by the booth to look at the exhibit and ask questions about coastal processes and erosion. A few stuck their hands in the sand and mud, “experiencing first person the processes that shape coastal Louisiana,” Mariotti said.
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Children check out Giulio Mariotti’s coastal science tailgate during a gameday.
page 8 FALL CLASSIC, from page 3 Sell said the recruits’ absence has been an awkward situation for the team, but she has high expectations for their arrival next spring. Kingsley and Lewis have been competing in non-collegiate tournaments this fall that have pushed their premieres back. “They’re two really experienced players,” Sell said. “They’ve traveled the world playing not just in junior tournaments, but in professional events. They are as seasoned as junior tennis players could be coming into college tennis.” However, Sell isn’t downsizing the skills and development of the current roster. “They’ve gotten better match by match, and I think Skylar Holloway has really emerged this fall and is playing some of her best tennis,” Sell said. “Ryann Foster worked really hard over the summer, and you can see how much it has elevated her game.” Holloway, a senior, made it to the consolation finals of the ITA Southern Regional on Oct. 17. The University of Louisiana Monroe’s Tiffany Mylonas defeated Holloway 6-0, 4-6, 12-10, in the consolation finals. “I’ve played in two tournaments already and those went very well,” Holloway said. “Headed into this last one, I’m really looking forward to it. We have this brand new facility, so it just gives us a lot more opportunities
Friday, November 11, 2016 to host.” Holloway has also tried to develop a leadership role on the team this season. “Some day people need more encouragement than others,” she said. So I’ve just tried to help build them up. Being a senior, you have to set the example, because you’ve been here for four years and you know what you’re supposed to do.” Another Lady Tiger who has had a memorable season thus far is Foster, a junior. She competed at the pre-qualifying stage of the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships but fell in the round of 16 in the consolation round at that tournament. Ohio State’s Anna Sanford defeated Foster 6-3, 6-4. “This fall has been really great,” Foster said. “I’ve gotten an opportunity to play in a lot of matches, which is always good for me. I went to California and played in an amazing tournament. It’s awesome to be able to host our last tournament of the fall here.” Coach Sell will look for potential doubles tandems this weekend, citing that as something the team needs to work on heading into the spring. “We have several really good options right now, and I think we’re going to mix them up this weekend and see just who looks the best together going into the spring,” Sell said. “That’ll all change when the other two players get here.”
WOFFORD, from page 3 13-of-27 3-pointers en route to 80 points, which was too many points allowed, LSU players said after the loss. Wofford, though, is not Reinhardt. “They’re a better 3-point type shooting team than we played the other night,” Jones said. Wofford sophomore sharpshooter Fletcher Magee finished third in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 47.9 percent last year. He’s tremendous, said Jones, who holds a 3-1 record on opening night. “He’s very capable,” the coach entering his fifth season at LSU said. “He’s a guy they look for. He’s really good in terms of reading screens. He knows how to play. He can put it on the deck as well and get to the rim. We’ll certainly have to mix up our coverages on him and give him different looks as well to hopefully keep him off balance.” In regards to defending Magee, LSU’s perimeter defense is expected to strengthen with the return of junior guard Jalyn Patterson. Patterson and reserve center Elbert Robinson missed LSU’s exhibition against Reinhardt because of lingering injuries Monday but are expected to play tomorrow. Patterson and Robinson’s unspecified injuries date back to last season, yet both will dress against
the Terriers, Jones says, as Patterson is expected to command most of LSU’s ball-handling duties beside freshman Mays, a Baton Rouge native. “We look forward to those guys getting back and getting into the flow,” Jones said. “We’re hopeful
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Freshman guard Skylar Mays (4) shoots a layup during the Tigers’ 113-80 win over Reinhardt on Monday in the PMAC.
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that them getting back with us will help us in terms of our depth as well.” Junior forward Craig Victor will also be absent for tomorrow’s game for “violating team rules,” Jones said near the beginning of November.
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