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Lifelong stutterer opens up about the disorder BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

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t took communication disorders professor Geoffrey Coalson three tries to walk into his first National Stuttering Association chapter meeting near Austin, Texas.

“I turned the car around and left the first three times because I didn’t want to assume the identity of someone who stutters,” Coalson said.

Several years later, Coalson now teaches and performs research at the University in the LSU Stuttering Lab and leads an NSA chapter in New Orleans.

After a lifetime of avoiding talking about his stuttering and wishing his speech disorder would go away, Coalson decided in college to look deeper into the problem he said consumed his thoughts.

A native of Tomball, Texas, Coalson earned his doctorate in speech pathology from the University of Texas at Austin, and during his time in school, he slowly gave himself permission to be a person who stutters.

According to the Stuttering Foundation of America, about 3 million people in the U.S. stutter, and about 5 percent of children go through a stuttering phase.

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Communication disorders professor Geoffrey Coalson analyzes stuttering to discover better treatment options.

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3rd time may not be the charm for Miles, Michigan chrome is burning chandler rome Editor in Chief Don’t be naïve, LSU fans. Interim Michigan athletic director Jim Hackett will come calling.

If Hackett’s smart, his call to LSU coach Les Miles will be the second one he makes, just after he hangs up with Miles’ fellow Michigan man and 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh and the 49ers have been at a wellpublicized crossroads, and many reports suggest he won’t return.

But Adam Schefter — perhaps the most well-connected journalist in football — told ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike” that Harbaugh would prefer to stay in the professional rankings.

“I’m not going to tell you he can’t [go to Michigan],” Schefter told the radio show, according to MLive.com. “But based on everything I’ve been told and heard, I

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Community garden may sprout near football facility BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com LSU football players may find themselves practicing near flowers and fruit as early as next semester if the University’s Hill Farm Community Garden plants new roots behind the Landscape Services Building on Skip Bertman Drive.

Assistant director of Facility Services Dennis Mitchell said plans are in motion to turn the field behind the Landscape Services Building into a place where students can grow fruits, vegetables and other plants in a community garden.

The location and plans for the

new Hill Farm Community gar- Mitchell said. “We hope to have a den location still needs approval plan together soon.”

by Facility Services, but MitchThe Hill Farm Community ell said they will begin to draw Garden was one of the oldest up ideas this week for what the community gardens in the state space could look until the gardenlike. ers lost their ‘Cultivating land can The space was space near the happen anywhere on selected as a rec- campus as long as it’s in a UREC to a Uniommendation for construcspace that makes sense.’ versity the community tion project a year garden because ago. The commudennis mitchell, of its proximnity garden area ity to restrooms assistant director of Facility Services was located near and sheds to keep the University tools, as well as the area’s ability Lakes and allowed for growing to be fenced in. plants and horticulture research “Cultivating land can happen since the ’20s, according to the anywhere on campus as long as see garden, page 11 it’s in a space that makes sense,”

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A student handles plants at the horticulture center Sept. 24.

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PARIS — France’s lower house of Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the government to recognize a Palestinian state, in the hope that it would speed up peace efforts after decades of conflict.

The 339-151 vote is nonbinding, but it’s a symbolic boost for the Palestinians amid growing support in Europe for two states. The measure asks the government “to recognize the state of Palestine in view of reaching a definitive settlement to the conflict.”

France’s Socialist government supports a Palestinian state, but has said it’s too early for recognition. France, a vetowielding member of the U.N. Security Council, wants peace talks to restart first.

Israel is committed to establishing a Palestinian state under a peace agreement, but says such resolutions encourage the Palestinians to avoid negotiations.

“We believe that such a decision will only radicalize the positions of the Palestinians and will send the wrong message to the leaders and people in this

region,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said. The only way to peace, he said, is direct negotiations.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the French initiative was a “courageous and encouraging step.”

The militant Hamas group ruling Gaza opposes negotiations with “the occupation” (Israel), the organization’s spokesman, Ami Abu Zuhri, said.

However, he told The Associated Press that Hamas views such European gestures as demonstrations of “the world’s recognition of the Palestinians’ right in gaining their national `rights.”

Washington reacted to the vote by saying Palestinian statehood can only come “through direct negotiations between the parties that resolve the final status issues,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.

On Oct. 30, Sweden’s government became the first Western European nation in the EU to recognize Palestinian statehood. Lawmakers in Britain, Spain and Ireland have approved non-binding motions urging recognition.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — As the morning school bell rings and students rush through crowded corridors, teenagers in one Portland classroom settle onto mats and meditation pillows. They fall silent after the teacher taps a Tibetan “singing bowl.”

“Allow yourself to settle into the experience of being here, in this moment,” teacher Caverly Morgan tells two dozen students at Wilson High School.

The students are enrolled in a for-credit, year-long mindfulness class meant to ease youth anxiety and depression and to prevent violence. For 90 minutes, three days a week, they practice a mix of yoga, sitting and walking meditation, visualization techniques, deep breathing, journaling and non-judgmental listening.

The idea behind mindfulness is that focusing on the present moment helps a person deal better with stress, difficult emotions and negative thoughts.

Mindfulness, yoga and meditation have gained popularity among Americans in recent decades, buoyed by studies showing their benefits to emotional, mental and physical health.

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Birding team breaks world record Retention rate unmoved by long holiday breaks

BY Lauren Guillot lguillot@lsureveille.com

This fall in Peru, students and researchers from the LSU Museum of Natural Science broke the world record for the number of bird species observed in one day. The four-person team identified 354 species in the 24-hour Big Day event.

The previous world record was set in 1982 by University researcher Ted Parker and Princeton graduate student Scott Robinson with 331 species in a national park in Peru. A non-American Birding Association-recognized record of 342 was set in Kenya in 1986.

A Big Day is a birding competition in which a team of at least two birders try to see or hear as many bird species as possible in a 24-hour period. The LSU team consisted of LSUMNS Ph.D. students Mike Harvey and Glenn Seeholzer, LSUMNS Research Associate Dan Lane and Peru native Fernando Angulo.

The LSU team started the Big Day at midnight in the Abra Patricia mountains in Peru and ended in the adjacent Mayo Valley. Most Big Days run on an honor system because there are no official judges or witnesses, but the LSU team made an effort to document as many species they could.

“If all four people don’t see the bird or hear the bird, it can’t count for the list,” Seeholzer said at his Dec. 2 Science Cafe presentation at Chelsea’s Cafe in Baton Rouge. “So we all pile out of the car and run down the road. It was pretty fun.”

The team visited multiple habitats in various elevations, looking for bird species. They traveled between locations in a van driven by guides.

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The LSU Birding team broke the world record for the greatest number of birds observed in one day at a 24-hour event in Peru. ing things out, just from the window,” Seeholzer said. “Sometimes it’s just some vulture that we hadn’t gotten yet, and everybody would pile on one side of the van, staring out the back as we drive away.”

Through the 250 miles explored by the team, it observed 361 species, but only 354 were ABA-countable.

To be ABA-countable, the bird species must be a part of the ABA-recognized list for the area and must be seen or heard by all team members. The team beat the standing ABA-recognized world record by 23 species.

“Even before sunset we had broken the Kenyan record, and that was pretty sweet,” Seeholzer said.

LSUMNS expeditions in the most biologically diverse area of the planet, the Neotropical region in Central and South

America, resulted in the discovery of 42 new bird species. The University team saw three of these species during their Big Day. Seeholzer said he thought the team could break the record again.

“I think doing this route again, we could get to 400 with better weather,” Seeholzer said.

“It was really sunny most of the day. If we had clouds and nice rain, mist, that would have made their activity a lot more throughout the entire day.”

The LSU team used their Big Day event to raise money for discovery based research in the tropics at the University.

“Every year the LSU grad students do a Big Day fundraiser here in Louisiana,” Seeholzer said. “The record is 221. Last year we got 216, and we feel that was as many as we could get.”

University student charged and booked for six counts of theft for counterfeiting

Male arrested for stealing cellphone out of student’s hand on campus

Female arrested for selling stolen MacBook Pro at pawn shop

Students who purchased LSU-Alabama tickets from University student Brittany Dillon, 23, were not able to enter the Nov. 8 game because their tickets allegedly had been used.

LSUPD spokesperson Capt. Cory Lalonde said officers discovered through investigation that Dillon had reproduced her student ticket and sold copies to other students, which is why the tickets did not work at the gate.

Lalonde said officers obtained an arrest warrant for Dillon after they were able to identify her.

Police located and spoke to Dillon on Nov. 25, when she admitted to selling her ticket multiple times.

Lalonde said Dillon was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

LSUPD officers were called to the courtyard area of the Pentagon Community residential halls Nov. 25 after a complainant reported being robbed of her cellphone.

The victim told Lalonde that Derick Louding, 26, approached her and tapped her on her shoulder before demanding her cellphone. Louding then allegedly grabbed the phone from her hand and ran with it.

Lalonde said officers located and detained Louding on Nicholson Drive near Iris Street.

After further investigation, officers found Louding had the victim’s phone as well as several burglary tools.

Lalonde said officers arrested Louding for simple robbery and possession of burglary tools. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

A stolen MacBook Pro was reported to LSUPD on Oct. 30, which 25-year-old Corsecia White sold at a pawn shop on Friday.

Lalonde said when officers learned of the stolen item, they attempted to verify the MacBook Pro’s serial number.

After identifying the computer, Lalonde said officers were able to identify White, who sold the computer at the pawn shop, and locate her at her home in Baton Rouge.

Lalonde said White stated she found the MacBook on University grounds after the homecoming football game against Ole Miss and admitted to selling it.

White was issued a misdemeanor summons for illegal possession of stolen items.

The investigation is ongoing, Lalonde said.

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS

The summer sun and monthlong winter holiday celebrations are not keeping students from returning to the University in following semesters.

Data by the Office of Budget and Planning show the University has a high enrollment retention rate post-admission, one that remains unaffected by extended holiday or summer breaks.

This year, about 85 percent of the 5,498 freshman undergraduates in 2013 returned for a second year. In 1987, the retention rate was nearly 69 percent for 4,740 freshmen.

According to the OBP’s research, the enrollment trend positively correlates with ACT composite scores. The data show as the University’s average composite scores have increased, so have the number of students returning to the University after their first semester.

Currently, 30,451 students are enrolled at the University — a number that has increased by nearly 600 since fall 2013.

Business junior Peter Church said the University does not have to worry about breaks influencing enrollment or retention because breaks like summer and Christmas make students want to enroll again.

“Being at LSU is usually more fun than being at home, where a

student might have to return to a nine-to-five job,” Church said. “Baton Rouge is where your friends are.”

Church said a small number of people he knows have left the University after their first semester because they were unable to maintain their grades, but that number is not significant enough to have an impact on enrollment.

“I don’t know anyone who has transferred solely because they did not enjoy the University,” Church said.

Psychology senior Paige Guidry disagreed, saying the breaks from schoolwork do have an impact because that is when most opportunities, like highpaying jobs, present themselves.

For 2013 and 2014, OBP data show the biggest decline in enrollment happens between fall of a student’s sophomore year and fall of his or her junior year.

Guidry said increased workload, as well as a lower level of motivation, contribute to this decline.

What keeps her retuning to the University, are sports, organizations and her drive for excellence.

However, Church said the University could improve enrollment rates by better acclimating students.

“Freshman year is the most crucial,” Church said. “If a student does not do well, his or her low GPA could be detrimental to student motivation and, by default, enrollment.”

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page 4 miles, from page 1 do not see that happening.”

We went down this road in Baton Rouge after Lloyd Carr’s retirement in 2007. Again, it was supposed to be Miles. Kirk Herbstreit even told the world it was Miles when, in fact, the job was never even offered to him.

Miles stayed, and the Tigers won a national championship a few weeks later. All was well.

Have a great day.

Michigan athletic director Bill Martin eventually settled on Rich Rodriguez, who was canned three seasons later. The speculations ran rampant, again pitting Harbaugh against Miles for the chance to coach their alma mater, this time with more validity.

In January 2011, LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette confirmed to ESPN a meeting occurred between Miles

and now-departed Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon about the job.

It wasn’t enough. Miles remained in Baton Rouge, and Brady Hoke took the gig.

Hoke’s tumultuous tenure is done, again after a three-year stint. Is the third time the charm for bringing Miles home to Ann Arbor?

Maybe.

You couldn’t tell from looking, but Miles is 61 years old. A spry 61, but 61 nonetheless. His passion hasn’t wavered, and he’s just as energetic today as he was when he stepped on campus in 2005.

Miles hasn’t directly answered how long he’d like to coach, but age can’t be overlooked here. If he really wants the Michigan job, this could be his final opportunity.

Whatever decision Miles makes, he’ll consult the family.

It doesn’t take a beat writer or

The Daily Reveille someone around the program to know how devout Miles is to his family. Drive to the MercedesBenz Superdome on Friday around 4:00 p.m. Manny Miles will be warming up on the field for his University High team’s state championship showdown with Parkview Baptist. Les won’t be far away, smiling broadly at his son’s success. The same is seen at Catholic High football games and wrestling tournaments, where his youngest son, Ben, competes.

Search Miles’ opening statements from his last three Southeastern Conference Media Days.

They all begin with a 10-minute Miles family update, complete with Smacker’s swimming successes, Macy’s fast-pitch softball league and a harrowing family vacation to Austin.

Manny, a senior at U-High, has expressed interest in attending Michigan. Les has reciprocated, telling the Detroit News,

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 “I would love to see him at Michigan.”

“The first place that I took him to tour was Michigan, and he fell in love with the place,” Les told the paper. “He said, ‘Dad, I know why you went here.’”

It’s too early to speculate the finality of Miles’ LSU career. The only certainty here is Miles will be a candidate in Ann Arbor, a place of which he’s tweeted and talked so fondly in his 10 seasons in Baton Rouge, including routinely chiding media members who wear the dreaded Ohio State red.

Perusing Michigan’s roster, it graduates six combined starters on offense, defense and special teams. Hoke isn’t leaving the well dry for his successor. This isn’t a rebuilding job, just a rejuvenation job.

Hackett took Twitter by storm Tuesday when he sought to eliminate the term

“Michigan man.” I can’t help but agree. Hackett should target the best available coach who would be interested in listening.

And if Hackett doubles the $2.8 million offer Hoke made to Miles, who knows what will happen. I think Miles would listen. I think he’d consider it.

But I also remember the offseason, when Miles gushed over his family’s love for Baton Rouge on numerous occasions.

I watch the Tiger Stadium jumbotron during “Callin’ Baton Rouge,” the camera panning to Miles as he extends his hands and mouths the chorus to the sky.

And I struggle to see him running out of the tunnel with any other team in the nation, even his beloved alma mater.

Chandler Rome is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge. You can reach him on Twitter @Chandler_Rome.

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4 Pearl Harbor survivors come together for reunion THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spain in 1975.

The men arrived at the Pearl PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Four of Harbor visitor center on Tuesthe remaining nine USS Arizona day to military salutes, music survivors of the Pearl Harbor from the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet attack are vowing this year’s Band and photos from tourists. At anniversary won’t be their last the news conference, they remireunion. nisced about memories of the The men in their 90s gathered attack. for a news conference Tuesday in “I learned something about a building overlooking the memo- faith,” said John Anderson, 97, of rial that sits on top of the Arizona, Roswell, New Mexico, recalling a battleship that sank in the Dec. 7, that he had just gone to church ser1941, attack. Even though it’s the vices and was heading to breaklast official survivor gathering fast when someone said they of the USS Arizona Reunion As- saw the planes coming. He besociation, the men said they still came teary-eyed as he discussed plan to get together, even if not in his twin brother dying in the Hawaii. attack.

“I don’t think this is going to “It’s always like yesterday be our last. ... We’ve still got time when we’re out here,” Conter to go,” said Louis Conter, 93, of said.

Grass Valley, The surC a lifor nia. vivors on ‘I don’t think this is going “We’ll be back Tuesday also to be our last [reunion]. ... out here no watched a liveWe’ve still got time to go.’ matter whethfeed of a dive er the rest through the of the crowd Arizona’s sunklouis conter, can make it or en hull, which survivor of 1941 Pearl Harbor attack not.” still holds D o n a l d the bodies Stratton, 92, of Colorado Springs, of more than 900 of about Colorado, was one of the few sur- 1,177 men who died on the vivors of a gun director in the battleship. forward part of the ship. More Ashes of 38 survivors are inthan 65 percent of his body was terred there. burned. Stratton was hospitalized National Park Service Hisfor more than year and then was torian Daniel Martinez, modmedically discharged from the erating Tuesday’s discussion, Navy. He then reenlisted a year seemed overcome with emotion later. when he announced that Ari“The good Lord saved just a zona survivor Lauren Bruner, few of us,” he said.

94, of La Mirada, California, last Sunday marks the 73rd an- year signed paperwork for his niversary of the Japanese attack intentions to be interred there. that killed about 2,400 sailors, Conter plans to do the same, he Marines and soldiers. During a said. private event Sunday, the four “It seems like after a while nomen will toast their shipmates, body pays attention to them anydrinking from replicas of cham- more, after about 5 years,” Bruner pagne glasses from the Arizona. said of his decision not to be burThey will share a bottle of spar- ied in a cemetery. “I hope a lot of kling wine that was a gift to people will still be ... coming over the survivors association from to the Arizona and we’ll be glad to President Gerald Ford’s visit to see them.”

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[From left to right] USS Arizona survivors John Anderson, Don Stratton, Louis Conter and Lauren Bruner arrive Tuesday in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as four of the nine remaining survivors of the attack.

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BY Brian pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com

Gray powers LSU to 82-60 victory against UMass

BY Michael haarala mhaarala@lsureveille.com The first two minutes of the LSU men’s basketball team’s game against the University of Massachusetts set the tone for what would be a dominant performance by the Tigers.

Junior guard Josh Gray controlled the game with a career high 25 points, five assists and four rebounds. Gray’s performance helped power the Tigers to a 22-point victory, their largest margin of victory season.

“I was just aggressive and was playing for my teammates,” Gray said. “I just tried to lead the team to a W. I feel like it’s my job to go out there and get the guys going, and that’s my main goal. I just had a good night tonight.”

The Tigers (5-2) began with an 8-0 run that saw baskets by sophomore forward Jordan Mickey and Gray and a powerful dunk by sophomore forward Jarell Martin.

Mickey scored 16 points and led the team with five blocks. Sophomore guard Tim Quarterman chalked up 15 points in his 31 minutes.

“It just felt like a regular night. We played hard and just followed the gameplan,” Gray said. “I feel like we sped them up. Our game plan was faster and it worked.”

After racing out to an early lead, the Tigers allowed the Minutemen to climb back into the contest. Midway through the first half, the Tigers led 21-19 after the Minutemen made five field goals in a row.

But the game didn’t stay close for long. A 3-pointer from Quarterman and a layup by

see UMASS, page 7

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LSU junior Josh Gray (5) makes a layup during the Tigers’ 82-60 victory against the University of Massachusetts on Tuesday in the PMAC.

A week away from their grueling early season schedule, the LSU women’s basketball team returns to action against Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m tonight in the PMAC. The Lady Tigers (2-4) suffered their third consecutive loss last Tuesday against Santa Clara, 6967. The game was LSU’s sixth in the first 12 days of the season.

With the Lady Tigers’ games stacked on top of each other, they had little time to rest and improve off the court. Then they got the rest they needed in an unexpected way.

The Santa Clara loss was part of the Hardwood Tournament of Hope. LSU had two games remaining in the tournament, but didn’t play either due to a facility conflict.

The canceled games gave LSU its first extended break of the early season. LSU sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief said while the break was unexpected, she feels rejuvenated going into the matchup with the Lady Techsters (2-2).

“It’s good for our team,” Moncrief said. “We had quite a bit of time for us to get our chemistry together [and] get prepared the things we didn’t do last game.”

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said she hopes the Lady Tigers can play against LA Tech with the same spark they came out with in the second half against Santa Clara.

The Lady Tigers had seasonhighs in 3-pointers, free throw percentage and assists with a season low in turnovers. Though they lost,

see losing streak, page 7

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Kayli Alphonso’s passion turns into experience of a lifetime BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com As LSU junior Kayli Alphonso stood on the first-place podium at the International Powerlifting Federation’s World Juniors Women’s Championships with the American flag draped around her and the national anthem playing, she felt like she was on top of the world.

But powerlifting wasn’t her first calling. The 114-pound Alphonso thought she fit in better in cheerleading, but she felt there was something missing. As a sophomore in high school, Alphonso tried out for the powerlifting team and never looked back.

“You can’t really grow in cheerleading,” Alphonso said. “So I went to [powerlifting] tryouts and I fell

in love with it. It’s not like a sport where you have to rely on everyone else so heavily. It’s all on me and I love that.”

As a beginner to the sport, Alphonso showed potential in the gym, but had a hard time showing it in competitions.

“I immediately knew she was going to be special at the conclusion of her first year,” said former Northshore High School powerlifting coach Christian Monson.

“Kayli had a drive that I had never seen in any athlete that I coached.

She should have walked away with a state championship her junior year, but she was disqualified from the state meet because the pressure she put on herself didn’t allow her to perform basic movements.”

Alphonso had a self-diagnosed

case of performance anxiety and it put a damper on her ability to compete in the sport she had become so passionate about.

“I think I realized I am too talented to let this bring me down,” Alphonso said. “During my senior year, I did research on performance anxiety, and learning about my condition helped me control it.”

After getting a grasp on the sport, Alphonso won the 2012 Louisiana State Powerlifting Championship while helping Northshore High School finish in first place.

“Every lift that she made caused her confidence to swell,” Monson said. “Then the meets became fun versus the thought of waiting for something bad to happen.”

Alphonso said the feeling of winning the state title was an incentive to continue lifting in college. Her talent, combined with the LSU powerlifting club’s record of winning a national title in six of the last seven years, became a force to be reckoned with.

In her first year at LSU, Alphonso won the 2013 Collegiate National Powerlifting Championship and was named to the USA Powerlifting alternate team. Her next goal was to be picked for the team.

While trying to defend her title, Alphonso ended up finishing second at nationals in her sophomore season and once again missed out on being named to the USA Powerlifting team, as she was named an alternate.

“There was a lot of pressure because I was a team officer and I had to split the roles of my training and being a coach,” Alphonso said.

“But [USA coach Curt St. Romain] said he would still pick me for the team if I could hit a certain number at Women’s Nationals.”

Alphonso said she had the best meet of her life at Women’s Nationals in Baton Rouge and surpassed the total Romain wanted her to lift. “[Romain] came up to me and said, ‘pack your bags, you’re going to Hungary,’” Alphonso said.

Stress from the 20-hour trip to Orosháza, Hungary, put Alphonso at a disadvantage before the meet started: she lost two pounds and weighed in less than all other

see Alphonso, page 7

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Alabama finishes at the top of final season rankings the cuban cannon

tommy romanach Sports Columnist In the end, it’s still Nick Saban.

Despite the detractors who freaked out when he hired Lane Kiffin as offensive coordinator and lost their minds when he lost his second Southeastern Conference game of the season, Saban and his team never wavered. It emerged from the most difficult SEC West in history with one loss, and playing for the league it in Atlanta is their reward.

No other team survived the gauntlet of the SEC this year.

Teams with College Football Playoff aspirations heading into Thanksgiving lost to their rivals, and the winner of the East still has a devastating loss to Indiana on its résumé.

1. Alabama, Prev. 1 (11-1, 7-1 SEC) You can’t beat the Crimson Tide in a shootout anymore. Junior receiver Amari Cooper changed the Tide’s narrative this season.

Alabama kept up with a fast-paced Auburn team and then sped past it with a 55-44 win in Tuscaloosa. Cooper had 224 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and the Auburn defense appeared more confused and helpless every time the Tide got the ball.

Alabama plays Missouri in SEC Championship, and the Tide may have to revert back to its old way of winning. Mizzou has a far better defense than Auburn, but the offense is incredibly young and susceptible to turnovers.

2. Mississippi State, Prev. 2 (10-2, 6-2 SEC) The Bulldogs’ miracle season fell apart in Oxford, where a swarming defense was too much for Heisman candidate Dak Prescott. The offense that crushed other SEC opponents appeared stagnant, giving the Rebels a chance to make some big plays of their own.

Unfortunately, this loss may have also eliminated Prescott from winning the Heisman. The junior quarterback played sensationally all season, but for voters it’s, “What have you done for me lately?” Lately, Prescott has struggled in his most important games.

MSU still has a great bowl game to go to and a chance at 11 wins. After that, it’s time to pray for the small chance Prescott returns for his senior season.

3. Missouri, Prev. 5 (10-2, 7-1 SEC) It doesn’t have five-star recruits, and it doesn’t have prolific and confusing offenses. Missouri just has a team with a boxer’s mentality — taking its punches and waiting to make its move to win the round.

The best example of that was last Friday, when Arkansas dominated the first half against Mizzou.

Mizzou stayed in the game with

a couple 50-yard field goals and some turnovers and then struck with 15 points in the final quarter.

Credit coach Gary Pinkel for keeping his team together after a rough start to the season. Mizzou is doing things more talented teams can’t brag about.

4. Ole Miss, Prev. 7 (9-3, 5-3 SEC) The chance to ruin their archrival’s national championship hopes brought out the best in the Rebels as the impressive defense and big-play offense returned in a 31-17 win. This was the team getting College Football Playoff chatter before the LSU game.

Senior quarterback Bo Wallace displayed both the good and bad parts of his game in the victory.

While he misfired on more than half his passes and threw a headscratching pick, he also had five passes of more than 20 yards and a rushing touchdown. Wallace may be a heart attack to watch, but he will be missed.

The Rebels can still record their first 10-win season in a decade, and if they play anywhere near Saturday’s performance they’ve got a good chance of getting it.

5. Georgia, Prev. 3 (9-3, 6-2 SEC) UGA’s loss to Georgia Tech Saturday encapsulated its season — so much promise of success followed by an inevitable downfall.

Georgia had the game won after scoring a touchdown with 18 seconds left but then let the Yellow Jackets drive for a field goal in two plays. It had another chance to win the game with a touchdown and extra point in overtime, only to throw that away with a pick inside the 10.

When you make mistakes like this, it’s nobody’s fault but your own. This team had a chance to make the playoff, but simple mistakes repeatedly held it back.

bowl eligibility.

9. Texas A&M, Prev. 8 (7-5, 3-5 SEC) Aggies fans can complain about an offsides call as much as they want, but their main concern should be A&M’s putrid defense. Allowing 223 rushing yards per game for a season is unacceptable, and I heard there’s a defensive-minded guy in Gainesville in need of employment.

10. Tennessee, Prev. 10 (6-6, 3-5 SEC) The Volunteers are the opposite of most teams in their division — on the rise and on the brink of contending instead of suffering a down year. Guys like freshman running back Jalen Hurd, junior receiver Pig Howard and sophomore receiver Marquez North will make this team a contender to win the East next season.

11. Florida, Prev. 12 (6-5, 4-4 SEC) The good news is the Gators turned in one of their best games of the season when the frustrated Jameis Winston nearly upset Florida State. The better news is Will Muschamp has only one more game left to coach.

12. South Carolina, Prev. 11 (6-6, 3-5 SEC) The Gamecocks’ six losses are the most a Steve Spurrier has had team in history. Hard to believe this team was the favorite to win the East, and even harder to believe people thought the defense could recover from losing Jadeveon

8. Arkansas, Prev. 6 (6-6, 2-6 SEC) The Hogs’ impressive run ended in Columbia, Missouri, as it lost an 11-point lead to Missouri on Friday. The loss takes away some momentum, but the team should still be proud of two wins against ranked teams and getting

Clowney so easily.

13. Kentucky, Prev. 13 (5-7, 1-7 SEC) The Wildcats completed the most Kentucky thing possible, losing their last six games to finish under .500 and without a bowl bid.

Mark Stoops has made this team competitive, but he still has a good deal of work to do to make it relevant.

14. Vanderbilt, Prev. 14 (3-9, 0-8 SEC) Zero conference wins, 120th in scoring offense and 106th in scoring defense. James Franklin left at the right time.

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6. Auburn, Prev. 4 (8-4, 4-4 SEC) Auburn’s defense held the team back all season long, and the 55 points allowed to Alabama were the grand example. Gus Malzahn teams always will be terrors on offense, but they need help on the other side if they want to win the SEC again.

7. LSU, Prev. 9 (8-4, 4-4 SEC) The win against Texas A&M gave the Tigers their 15th season of eight wins or more, something no other program can boast.

This season has been an easy one to complain about for LSU fans, but they should at least recognize the consistency they’ve been blessed with.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 alphonso, from page 5 competitors in the 115-pound weight class.

Alphonso started out by completing just one of three attempts in both squat and bench press, putting her 61 pounds behind the first place Natalia Melnikova of Russia and 33 pounds behind the second place Mareen Wendlandt of Germany.

Romain said he planned on working to pick off lifters with each attempt in the deadlift; after Wendlandt’s difficult opener and Melnikova’s failed second attempt, he knew Alphonso would win on her third lift.

Alphonso needed 358 pounds on her last lift, more than she had ever lifted before.

But she said she wasn’t leaving Hungary without winning the World Championship.

“I didn’t even know how much was on the bar,” Alphonso said. “But when I lifted it, I

immediately knew I had just won the world championship.”

Despite being the reigning IPF world champion, Alphonso insists she doesn’t feel any different. She said she is nothing more than a normal college student whose budding passion turned into the experience of a lifetime.

Alphonso acknowledges that it is a great accomplishment, but she doesn’t do it for the glory; she lifts because it is her passion.

Alphonso was invited to compete in next year’s World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, but she’s not set on competing due to injury concerns.

“It starts to take a toll after putting years of wear and tear on your body,” Alphonso said. “I have a compressed disc in my L5 vertebrae, and my shoulders and hips come out of place. But my window is closing; I only have two more years in my age group. We’ll see what happens.”

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LSU junior Kayli Alphonso wears her gold medal proudly at the IPF Junior World Championships in Hungary on Sept. 1.

losing streak, from page 5 Caldwell said she was happy to finally see a fire in the Lady Tigers.

“I saw a team rally from behind. I saw a team not give up,” Caldwell said. “To me, there [are] a lot of positives that we can take from that game. If we could’ve come out with that same intensity and that same fire for 40 minutes, I do feel that the outcome would’ve been different.”

With her team rested and improving, LSU faces an in-state opponent in the Lady Techsters with a coach that Caldwell knows well, Tyler Summitt, the son of legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt.

Caldwell played for Pat Summitt from 1990-1994 at Tennessee and won a national championship in 1991. But Caldwell’s connections to the LA Tech coaching staff don’t stop there.

The Lady Techsters associate head coach Mickie DeMoss was an assistant coach at Tennessee during Caldwell’s playing career in Knoxville. Caldwell said she’s excited to see these familiar faces.

“I’m very and extremely happy for Tyler Summitt and what he’s been able to do at such a short period of time,” Caldwell said.

“We’re going to go out and hug before the game. Then both teams are going to compete extremely hard and then we’re going to hug after the game.”

Despite the history between her and the LA Tech coaches, Caldwell said her focus remains on getting her team out of its threegame losing streak. She added that her team had some of their best practices of the season this week and are ready to get back on the court after the snafu in Mexico.

Moncrief said the Lady Tigers have to get the losing streak off their backs and then the wins can start to pile up.

“We can’t win and settle, so we get to win and continue to win,” Moncrief said. “I think we just need that one win so we can get started.”

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UMASS, from page 5 Mickey pulled LSU ahead by 3, a lead it would never relinquish.

“We played extremely well on both ends of the floor,” said head coach Johnny Jones. “On defense, we were able to hold composure and make the necessary plays to keep the score to our liking and ahead by double digits.”

The Tigers capitalized on three turnovers by UMass in one minute, scoring four straight field goals on an 11-2 run to extend LSU’s lead to 9.

The first half ended with LSU up 44-32 and solid performances by both Gray and Martin, with 14 points and 10 points respectively.

“We took a lot fewer questionable shots in the first half,” Jones said. “And at half, we told the team we have to come back out and do more of the same in the second half.”

The second half began strong for the Minutemen when a big block led to a dunk by senior forward Maxie Esho, kicking off the scoring. UMass continued with three straight field goals to bring itself within 8.

With about one minute to go in the game, LSU took its largest lead, and extended its advantage to 22.

Turnovers were the one black eye for the Tigers on the night. The Tigers gave up three turnovers in a span of just 19 seconds, leading to a basket and free throw by senior center Cady Lalanne. The Tigers finished the night with 19 total turnovers

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LSU junior forward Jarell Martin played a significant role in LSU’s victory against the UMass Minutemen on Tuesday in the PMAC. committed.

“We went back to the playbook. We don’t go against many 3-2 [zones],” Hornsby said. “We just stressed being careful and taking control of the ball, and that’s what we did.”

The Tigers will travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, to play the Mountaineers on Thursday night, but Hornsby said the team will get to enjoy the win and how well they played.

“We still have some work to do, obviously,” Hornsby said. “But tonight is a lot of progress.”

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I think we have to be careful to not lump peaceful protesters in with people who engaged in looting and violence in the first few days following the shooting. Not only has Mike’s family spoken out against violence but organizers of the peaceful protests have publicly made statements against it as well. Also, this idea that protests will cause Wilson not to get a fair trial is quite absurd.

Did protests keep Zimmerman from getting a fair trial and being found innocent? Did protests keep the cops who attacked Rodney King from getting a fair trial and getting off? Though he was found guilty, didn’t Renisha Mcbride’s murderer get a fair trial. A little more research would have definitely helped your perspective.

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Actress Halle Berry sued Tommy Hilfiger model Gabriel Aubry after Aubry cut the pair’s daughter’s hair.

off with her head jana king Columnist From showing off embarrassing baby pictures to slight emotional scarring, the people who were in charge of us before we knew not to chase a ball into traffic affected our lives. Parents make a lot of choices for their young children, for better or for worse.

A recent lawsuit between actress Halle Berry and model Gabriel Aubry centered on their 6-year-old daughter’s hair. Nahla Aubry’s natural, thick, curly brown hair came from her racially-blended roots.

While her father is about as white as French-Canadians can get, Nahla’s mother had a black father and a white mother.

In Berry’s complaints, she mentioned that while Nahla was in her father’s care, he straightened and highlighted the girl’s hair, an action she feels takes away Nahla’s African ancestry. The judge ultimately ruled neither Berry nor Aubry are to change their daughter’s hair color or texture.

A few years ago, I read a Dear Abby column in the Sunday paper

in which a young mother asked how she should handle her child’s grandmother digitally retouching photos of the child, who had lost a few teeth, as young children do. This came to mind when I was reading about Nahla’s hair.

Children lose teeth and skin their knees because they’re young and don’t understand consequences.

That’s part of growing up and learning about the world around you. The grandmother who “fixes” the photos of her grandson’s toothless smile is erasing an essential part of childhood that everyone experiences.

The human body is alterable.

We can dye and cut the hair, tattoo and pierce the skin and enhance or reduce the size of certain features, but it’s the individual’s choice to do so. Nahla’s right to bodily autonomy, or the individual’s right to choose what to do with their body, is violated when her parents choose to routinely straighten or dye her hair.

You can argue that when her father suggested the changes to her hair, Nahla enthusiastically agreed.

But I could jokingly suggest to my niece, who is around Nahla’s age, that we eat monkey brains for dinner, and she’ll agree to it if she thinks it would make me happy.

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several reasons, but teenage Nahla was the first thought I had. Nahla will grow up and no doubt find the TMZ and E! stories that ran about her parents fighting over her hair in court. This could lead to her questioning why her father thought it necessary to alter her appearance at such a young age.

Like it or not, we live for our parents’ approval. We get excited when our parents are proud and we second-guess ourselves when they express disapproval. That is true from the moment we are born until we die.

With young girls especially, there is a huge emphasis on physical appearance, and the children of celebrities are even more conscious of that. Nahla is going to grow up not only in a world where she would be judged based on her appearance, but also as the daughter of a Tommy Hilfiger model and the 2008 Esquire Sexiest Woman Alive.

At age 6, her appearance shouldn’t already be an issue. The judge who decided that neither parent could alter the young girl’s hair made the right choice.

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U.N. should focus on greater problems than Ferguson Brace yourself ryan mcgehee Columnist Americans historically don’t like being told what to do or how to do it, especially by foreign entities. It’s that aversion to nagging from abroad that got us where we are today. Sorry, Britain.

It’s even less desirable when the nagging comes from our experiment-turned-Frankenstein’s monster of an international organization­ — the United Nations.

Considering that it is, for all intents and purposes, a hodgepodge of our geopolitical adversaries, Sharia-driven dictatorships, and third-world banana republics, any advice they send our way ought to be taken with a ton of salt. That’s in customary units, commies.

The U.N. Committee Against Torture released a report last Friday lambasting the United States for its lack of investigation into counter-terrorism techniques, police brutality and immigration policies. This coming from a body whose idea of a border is synonymous with the word ‘global.’

This all took place during the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Geneva, Switzerland. Apparently, the U.N. Committee for

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Michael Brown’s parents speak at a U.N. committee meeting.

Shortening Convention Names was out on holiday.

The convention touched on several issues, including advanced interrogation techniques practiced by the Central Intelligence Agency following the 9/11 terror attacks, indefinite detentions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and — you guessed it — the Michael Brown shooting and resulting protests in Ferguson.

Brown’s parents even had

their say behind closed doors, where they reportedly claimed in a document their son’s killing and the force used to quell the riots that followed were violations of the Convention against Torture.

I didn’t realize protecting citizens and private property was tantamount with actual human rights violations. I understand the Brown family is devastated, but it seems the only reason they went

to the U.N. with what appears to be an open and shut case is because 12 grand jurors and anyone with any regard for the rule of law saw it as just that.

They also requested the U.N. panel recommend the immediate arrest of former officer Darren Wilson for the shooting. Last time I checked, the whole affair took place in St. Louis County, which lies right in the middle of the U.S., a sovereign state. Even

if the panel recommended such action, the only appropriate response would have been a collective middle finger raised in the general direction of the U.N. Secretariat Building in New York City.

If the U.N. wants to take a close look at nations who are violating basic human rights, they should, but I wholly recommend they start with nations whose names start with either ‘the People’s Democratic Republic of’ or ‘the Islamic Republic of’.

I realize the U.S. does not have a perfect track record, but when other states across the globe invade their neighbors with mid-20th century rationale, kill their citizens for apostasy, force women to wear certain clothing because they can’t let the 13th century go and repress pro-democracy protesters, I’m forced to take a step back and say, “Damn, America is looking pretty exceptional today.”

If the U.N. wants to continually call us out on issues that are none of its concern, then maybe the administration should ask the Executive Office of the Secretary-General to look at its budget to remind them just who keeps their lights on.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 stuttering, from page 1 About a quarter of them develop long-term communication disorders.

Coalson said people often believe a person stutters because he is too anxious, thinks faster than his mouth can talk or is too sensitive.

Stuttering begins between the ages of 2 and 5, according to the NSA. Its direct cause is unknown, but with treatment, some people can manage their stutters or stop stuttering completely.

Though Coalson’s first meeting with the support group was unnerving and uncomfortable, he said the opportunity for people who stutter to meet and speak with one another is worth its weight in gold.

“If people think you’re just too anxious or too sensitive, that you should just stop and think about what you’re saying, you begin to think that way,” Coalson said. “You begin to assume that you’re being overly anxious and there’s something you can do to fix this.”

Treating a stutter is not as simple as many people think, Coalson said.

While stuttering affects the way someone talks, everything from brain processing to genetics can affect stuttering.

“There’s a lot more going on upstream in terms of language processing, neurological differences, genetic predispositions and temperamental profiles,” Coalson said. “They all combine to create moments of periodic stuttering.”

In the LSU Stuttering Lab, Coalson analyzes the neurological differences between people who stutter and the rest of the population to find better ways to treat stuttering and the anxiety that follows it.

“There seem to be subtle differences in how well we hold onto the sounds in a word before speaking,” Coalson said. “One idea of stuttering is that the speech plan that has to be put together has to be complete prior to speaking, and if you’re slow putting together all of the sounds of a word, then what you have at the time of speaking is incomplete.”

Coalson said people who stutter develop mechanisms to make communicating easier on themselves. They may avoid certain words, force words out, close their eyes, look away or tap things to help them speak. These mechanisms sometimes can be a hindrance and end up as another part of the disorder.

The goal in treating stuttering, he said, is to help people who stutter gain more efficient ways to plan speech before speaking. The less efficient speechplanning pattern in those who stutter can be detected in children as young as 3 years old.

“Kids who stutter show differences in how they organize speech compared to kids who don’t stutter,” Coalson said.

“They tend to rely on a less mature organization of new words and rely on it later in development compared to those who don’t stutter.”

He said it’s important that parents of children who stutter understand they are not at fault for their child’s stuttering.

“Unfortunately, my parents felt a lot of guilt about it and worried they had caused it somehow,” Coalson said. “We try to express to parents that you couldn’t make a kid stutter if you tried. There were some horrible experiments in the ’50s, and they caused a lot of problems, but they didn’t cause stuttering.”

Coalson said he tells his classes about his stutter each semester, disclosing it to students before the course becomes more rigorous. He used to diligently preplan his lectures, but over time, Coalson has allowed himself more freedom when teaching.

“I used to script my lectures,” Coalson said, because reading scripted material can lessen a stutter. “With time, I don’t have to do that as much because its my favorite topic and because I hold the stage.”

Communication disorders senior Hailey Guillot said when Coalson repeats himself during a lecture, it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be on the exam — he’s just making sure students understand the material despite his stuttering. Guillot works in the LSU Stuttering Lab with Coalson and researches the effect of multilingualism on stuttering.

About five people come into the lab every month, Guillot said, but not all of them are multilingual.

Another of Coalson’s students, communication disorders junior Alix Finders, said she enjoys learning from someone who deals with the problems she is studying.

“He explains everything really well,” Flinders said. “You can tell he’s really trying.”

Coalson said the genetic aspect of stuttering may have had a hand in his own stuttering, as his

The Daily Reveille grandfather stuttered, although Coalson didn’t know about it until after his death.

He said 50 percent of those who stutter have an immediate family member who stutters.

However, he’s not worried about his own children stuttering, even though his wife is pregnant with their first child — she’s also a speech pathologist.

“It’s not something I’m afraid of, because I know it can’t hold you back,” Coalson said. “As long as you can destigmatize the issue and talk about it in a way that brings about awareness without increasing concern.”

He stressed that while many people grow out of stuttering, 25 percent of children who stutter carry it with them into adulthood, and treatment for children can help.

“The field kind of started with stuttering because it was one that persisted into adulthood, and it’s noticeable and debilitating,” Coalson said. “It started in psychology and transitioned into speech pathology as it grew into its own discipline.”

Anxiety and stuttering have a unique relationship because stuttering causes anxiety, which can then worsen the stutter. Coalson said it’s natural for those who stutter to hold back.

“I realize it’s not an unnatural response. They are not overreacting,” he said. “If you ask someone who doesn’t stutter to stutter all day, they will experience tension and anxiety and unwillingness to talk. It’s a natural part of stuttering.”

The goal for adults who stutter is not always perfect fluency, Coalson said, but reducing anxiety and not being afraid to speak.

“I’m not fluent when I teach — I’ve given myself permission to be a person who stutters,” Coalson said. “People over time forget about it. As long as you can communicate, it doesn’t matter if you stutter.”

page 11 garden, from page 1 LSU AgCenter website.

The garden allowed students who live in apartments and residence halls to garden and learn to grow vegetables. The club also donates healthy food to the St. Vincent de Paul charity.

Mitchell said Facility Services is discussing the community garden space with the UREC and the College of Agriculture, which have both expressed interest in using it for student programs.

The new location will be filled with small, individual plots of land for the club’s members — about 40 each semester — said Michael Cheatham, a graduate student and president of the club.

Anyone can join the club, and there are members from all areas of study, Cheatham said in October. Each member will have a 4-foot-by-5-foot plot in which to cultivate their plants.

The group knew about the

construction project planned for its old garden, but it didn’t know when it would have to leave.

“We got the notice that they were building, and it was like, ‘Hey, we’re starting construction next week, so be sure to harvest whatever you have,’” Cheatham said.

The new spot is located away from central campus, more than a mile from the former location.

Avid gardeners may have to arrange for different transportation to the garden.

Renewable natural resources graduate student and garden club member Catherine Reuter said she thinks the location new space might affect the success of the garden.

“Any place we can get is good,” Reuter said. ‘But I think it will probably restrict those who end up using it.”

She said she knows of other universities with gardens that thrive despite having locations on the outskirts of campus.

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