Volume 122 · No. 61
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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BUDGET CUTS
CRIME
BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker
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on and off the field,” McLean said. “A lot of our guys go on to be very successful.” He noted that Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge’s
On Nov. 15, The University of New Orleans announced it would fully cover TOPS for its students in the spring, while LSU still plans to charge its TOPS-eligible students roughly 60 percent of the cost of tuition next semester. Compared to LSU’s 14,086 TOPS recipients, UNO has 1,582 students receiving funding from the program. LSU is ranked first in the state for TOPS recipients, with nearly 60 percent of students receiving scholarship awards, while UNO is ranked ninth overall. In a statement, LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard said that, “Due to LSU’s higher admission and academic standards, LSU has 14,086 TOPS students. There is simply no way for our university to absorb such a massive cost, but we are going to do the best we can to keep our best and brightest students in Louisiana.” UNO was able to cover the unfunded portion of TOPS because of student maximization of federal and state assistance, according to UNO chief communications officer and strategic adviser to the president Adam Norris. UNO now requires students who want any financial aid to fill out the FAFSA. Because the university
An incident of sexual battery was reported at the University’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Saturday, according to an LSUPD initial report form. The incident allegedly took place in the backyard of the fraternity house during its “PIKE’s Peak” party Friday night, around 1 a.m. According to the report, an LSUPD officer was dispatched to Our Lady of the Lake hospital in reference to a sexual battery. Upon arrival, he met with the victim, who stated she was sexually assaulted at the party by an unknown white male. The victim was not a student at the University, according to the report. LSUPD is investigating the incident and no arrests have been made at this time. Pi Kappa Alpha President Peter Wilson, LSU Interfraternity Council President Mason Tusa and LSU Interfraternity Council Vice President of Public Relations John Paul Miller all declined to comment. LSU Director of Greek Life Angela Guillory said she was not aware of the incident until news of the LSUPD report broke last night. She described the allegation of sexual battery as “very shocking.” “I didn’t even know that there was a report,” she said. “I did not get a police report, so
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University Boyd professor awarded fellowship to work on book from Italy BY NATALIE ANDERSON @natalie_mechell
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University Boyd Professor of English J. Gerald Kennedy was named a Bellagio Writing Residency Fellow. He will spend four weeks working on a new book project at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy. Kennedy will be one of a dozen scholars, dancers, philosophers and poets to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program, a primary goal of which is to address issues in the world and inspire reflection and understanding of global and
social issues. The book project, which focuses on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, is entitled “Poe’s War on Terror.” Kennedy said Poe’s entire career focused on dealing with terror, so he aspires to relate his writings from the 1830s and 1840s to relate to modernday terror and the way people manage it. “It is the nature of our culture to sort of feed on fear and to magnify the effects,” Kennedy said. “So the purpose of this is really to feed into the project of building resiliency in
see KENNEDY, page 2
CLUB SPORTS
Nationally ranked rugby team looks to capitalize on fall season’s standing
BY HANNAH WOMACK MANSHIP SCHOOL NEWS SERVICE @han_womack
“Bulawayo!” is the pre-game encouragement yell for the University’s nationally ranked men’s rugby team. Some may recognize it as an African city, but it translates to English as “the place of slaughter.” Slaughtering is often what the LSU rugby team does on the pitch — known to the rest of the sports world as a field. Like its American cousin — football — tackling is a big part of rugby, and the coaches harangue players to hit hard. “The toughest team always wins,” said rookie player Michael Fitzpatrick, a senior from New Orleans.
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Head coach Scott McLean preaches that fitness is the way to beat a tough team. LSU rugby is a club sport, and the coaches are volunteers. Most of them played rugby in college. “We want to help these guys
TECHNOLOGY
SMART Lab offers students firsthand trading experience
BY JADE BUTLER @jadeyybu7 Wall Street is closer to Baton Rouge than you think. The Securities Markets Analysis Research and Trading Lab, or SMART Lab, is a simulated trading floor designed for students to advise the LSU Foundation on how it should invest money in the Tiger Fund portfolio. Students are able to gain experience and knowledge in securities analysis, research and trading by working in the SMART Lab. The lab is equipped with
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the latest hardware and professional analytic software to give students real life experience in portfolio construction, risk management and financial engineering. The software includes 12 Bloomberg Terminals, FactSet, Morningstar Direct, Ibbotson Investment Analysis Software, OS Financial Trading System, IPS AdvisorPro, Zywave, Interactive Library-Virtual Assistant Financial Advisor Toolbox and ARGUS. The SMART Lab has 50 networked
see SMART, page 2
UNO announces Sexual TOPS coverage, battery LSU students still reported at bear shortfall PIKE party
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Post-flood, BR artists flock to NOLA mixed-merchant shop
BY MEG RYAN MANSHIP SCHOOL NEWS SERVICE @The_MegRyan
Along New Orleans’ Magazine Street, Amy Radle walked into a new business venture, bringing various artists and vendors under one roof, many of them artistic refugees affected by the great 2016 Baton Rouge flood seeking expanded markets. The Market Magazine & Sixth is a mixed-merchant store, offering everything from clothing to home decor to jewelry with Baton Rouge-influenced
styles. Each vendor designs a section of the store with different artwork and knick-knacks. While shopping on Magazine Street, Radle said she wandered into the space, which was previously a vintage furniture store. The owner said he was closing and putting all his items into a close-out sale. Radle snatched up the lease. To hear the vendors and artists tell it, it has been a new ball game, especially having access to tourists. The concept for The Market came af-
see MARKET, page 8
page 2 SMART, from page 1 workstations, 12 of which include Bloomberg terminals. This allows students to complete Bloomberg online training. Caleb Andrus, graduate student in finance and the graduate student assistant at the SMART Lab, said the Bloomberg terminals have too many capabilities to name. “I can’t begin to go into detail about what the capability of the terminals are,” Andrus said. Bloomberg is a comprehensive interactive system that supplies financial information about publicly traded companies worldwide, extensive data and analytics for equities, fixed income and derivatives. Bloomberg also provides news and economic data. Andrus said he feels lucky to have SMART Lab access to the terminals. “The research that it facilitates is an absolute invaluable resource that we are lucky to have,” Andrus said. The Bloomberg Essentials Online Training Program helps students get familiar with Bloomberg’s system. The program has five different modules that break down the system. The first module starts with the basics and delves into more detailed topics including equity, fixed income and foreign exchange. The SMART Lab was created in 2002 and funded by the Louisiana State Legislature. John Tarleton, an alumnus of
PIKE, from page 1 I’m learning this from you. I’m just learning of this at 9 o’clock on Monday night.” She said she would send an email as soon as she got home to Dean of Students Mari FuentesMartin, Student Advocacy and Accountability Director Jonathan Sanders and the LSUPD police chief asking them to
KENNEDY, from page 1 contemporary culture. It’s sort of brazen on my part to think that Poe could actually have something useful to say about people living in the 21st century, but the wild thing is, I think it’s true.” Kennedy recently published a book called “Strange Nation: Literary Nationalism and Cultural Conflict in the Age of Poe.” Kennedy said there are many problems erupting in the country right now that were initially embedded in the culture during the formation of our nation. The book discusses the clashing perspectives on what it takes to be a citizen of the United States. Kennedy uses Poe’s history of writing satirical pieces about America to relate to these ideas. Kennedy said Poe was a writer who thought romanticizing the nation during his time was a bad idea. He said Poe felt
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 the LSU Department of Finance, was the lab’s first donor in February 2011. The SMART Lab is maintained through private funding. In April 2009, the E.J. Ourso College of Business’s Department of Finance met the requirements to become a CFA Institute Program Partner. The College of Business used the SMART Lab to make this announcement. The CFA Institute is a global association of investment professionals that provides continuing education conferences, seminars, webcasts and publications to allow members and other participants to stay up to date on developments in the investment industry. To become a CFA Institute Program Partner, an institution has to meet the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge and CFA Institute’s ethical and professional standards. The SMART Lab also provides a classroom and teaching aid for students managing the Student Managed Investment Fund or Tiger Fund. The purpose of the Tiger Fund is to obtain long-term capital growth by investing in U.S. equities that are members of the Russell Top 200 Index and exceed the total return of the index. It also gives business students experience in security analysis and the management of an investment portfolio. Andrus said the main purpose of the SMART Lab is to support the Student Managed Investment Fund. “The Fund right now is about
$2.5 million,” Andrus said. Because of the Tiger Fund, students become more confident in their skills in market analysis, financial research, oral and written communication and teamwork. The Tiger Fund was founded in 2005 through a grant from the LSU Foundation. Andrus said he feels the Student Managed
Investment Fund class is one of the most important classes a business student can take at the University. “As you could imagine, it is not your traditional class where you have a book and test,” Andrus said. “You’re trading real stocks with real money. It’s probably the most practical course offered — at least in the business school.”
confirm or deny the report and allegation of sexual battery. Guillory was unclear in indicating when she would be contacting members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, emphasizing that she would be taking cues from the University officials listed above. “I will take direction from those three individuals because I do not want to get involved in
an investigation,” Guillory said. Reports of sexual assault generally result in Universityled Title IX investigations. If that is the case, Guillory said her involvement would be limited because of the special nature of the investigation. The Pi Kappa Alpha house, where the party took place, is located at 15 Fraternity Ln., Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
The fraternity’s LSU chapter, Alpha Gamma, was founded in 1902. According to the LSU Greek Life website, “Since its founding in 1868, Pi Kappa Alpha has remained dedicated to developing men of integrity, intellect, success and high moral character, and to fostering a truly lifelong fraternal experience.”
true writers should appeal to the whole world. “I titled the book ‘Strange Nation’ to try to unsettle the notion that the United States is sort of the perfect ideal nation,” Kennedy said. “But the reality is that every nation is strange. There’s a gap between the official public sanitized story of the nation and the reality of its history, where atrocities are covered up, hypocrisies are denied, all of the unsolved problems are kind of swept away.” Kennedy has been at the University since 1973 and has specialized research interests in Poe and Ernest Hemingway, among other figures in American Literature. He also founded the LSU in Paris program in 1981, which still exists today. “It’s a great country, and I think it’s already great, but we still have some work to do,” Kennedy said.
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NEXT MAN UP
Burns, Gagne find success in Sun Bowl
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Replacing Beckwith: Alexander set for second career start Thursday BY JOSH THORNTON | @JoshuaThornton_ Donnie Alexander will have to wait no longer. The junior linebacker moves from the sideline to the frontline in place of senior linebacker Kendell Beckwith on Thursday versus Texas A&M at 6:30 p.m. While filling in for Beckwith, who is second in the Southeastern Conference with 91 tackles, isn’t going to be an easy task, Alexander doesn’t want there to be a noticeable drop off at middle linebacker. “I got to be way more focused than I was before,” he said about moving into a starting role. “Kendell [Beckwith] is a big loss for the defense, and I want to go out there and make it feel like he is still out there.” Junior safety John Battle, who was in
the same recruiting class as Alexander, is confident Alexander will be able to fill the void left by Beckwith’s absence. “That’s an all-American. That’s hard to do,” Battle said about replacing Beckwith. “We’re definitely going to miss him. He’s very impactful for our team. It’s going to be very challenging, but I think Donnie is going to do a good job Thursday of stepping up and filling that role.” Alexander, who will make his second career start versus the Aggies, has had the opportunity to learn from past LSU linebackers who are now starters in the NFL. Former LSU linebackers, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Kwon Alexander and Atlanta Falcons linebacker
Deion Jones, are players who he’s tried to mold his game after. Beckwith and senior linebacker Duke Riley have also been beneficial for the New Orleans native. “All of them basically took me under their wing,” Alexander said. “I basically soaked everything I can under them and try to put it under my game.” Alexander has played in all 10 games for LSU this season, registering 36 tackles, has played backup behind Beckwith and on special teams. LSU coach Ed Orgeron applauded Alexander’s eight tackle performance versus Florida but is expecting him to have a larger role on Thursday. “Donnie did a pretty good job for us,” Orgeron said about Alexander’s play on Saturday versus Florida. “Donnie is
see ALEXANDER, page 7
LSU men’s golfers Sam Burns and Luis Gagne did not know what to expect when they traveled to El Paso, Texas, to compete in the 2016 Sun Bowl Western Refining All-America Golf Classic. The tournament features amateur golf’s brightest talents. Stars like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson represent a few of the all-time greats who have participated in the Sun Bowl since its inception in 1974. The tournament invites AllAmericans of the previous year to play for the title, and LSU’s sophomore duo Burns and Gagne were among this year’s participants. “We were honored to be included in the 2016 field,” Gagne said. “We do our best to represent LSU well, so we were glad we got the opportunity to do so in the Sun Bowl.” Burns claimed the Sun Bowl’s Championship crown, shooting 5-under par 66 in the final round to claim a three-stroke win. However, Burns’s victory did not come without stiff competition. Oklahoma State’s Kristoffer Ventura led Burns by one stroke at the beginning of the final round, but LSU’s All-American wasted no time in taking the lead. Burns fired back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth holes and never relinquished his first place spot.
see SUN BOWL, page 7
FOOTBALL
Beckwith out versus A&M, Fournette a game-time decision BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_
LSU coach Ed Orgeron is gunning for the permanent gig as LSU’s head coach. According to a Sunday report by The Advocate, Orgeron and LSU athletic director Joe Alleva are expected to meet Friday to discuss future plans after LSU’s 6:30 p.m. meeting with No. 22 Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night. The game will be televised on ESPN. “I’m going for it,” the interim
coach said. “I’ve always believed in accepting challenges.” Orgeron, who is 4-2 as interim coach since Les Miles’ exit on Sept. 25, entertained questions regarding his job security as LSU barrels into its regular-season finale against Texas A&M. “Whatever happens after the game, I’m sure we’re going to discuss,” Orgeron said. “We haven’t discussed anything yet, and things are going to happen the way they should. But my job is to prepare this team to play
on Thanksgiving. “Pete Jenkins and I were talking this morning about what a wonderful opportunity we have to coach LSU on Thanksgiving night in front of a national crowd, and that’s all we’re focused on right now,” he added. Yet, the Tigers (6-4, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) dropped their second home game in three weeks in the 10-16 loss Saturday to Florida and have another SEC West opponent looming. “This is a big task at hand,”
Orgeron said of A&M. “We can end up this new season 5-2, and that’s what we want to do. And we said it in the beginning, let the chips fall wherever they may. It’s getting close, we understand that, but we need to finish this job first.” The Aggies (8-3, 4-3 SEC) are vying for the SEC’s seat in the Sugar Bowl, a spot LSU held prior to its loss versus the Gators. BECKWITH TO MISS A&M GAME LSU, though, will be a man short on defense as Orgeron said
Monday that senior middle linebacker Kendell Beckwith will not play against the Aggies. Beckwith, who leads LSU’s team with 91 total tackles, went down with a knee injury in the first half against Florida and did not return. Junior, 212-pound linebacker Donnie Alexander stepped in for LSU during Beckwith’s absence, and Orgeron said he will have to do the same Thursday night. “The thing about A&M that
see INJURIES, page 7
Entertainment
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E d i t your S t y l e Boutique owned by University alumna celebrated 11-year anniversary
BY ALLIE COBB @alliecobbler Edit by LBP, a minimalist boutique in the Merchant District’s Acadian Village, celebrated its 11-year anniversary Monday. Owned by University alumna Lauren Bailey Pollard, the store is known for its wellcurated selection of top designers, including rag & bone, L’Agence, Veronica Beard and Loeffler Randall. Edit employees personally style all of their clients, helping them with head-to-toe looks. They pride themselves on offering fashion-forward ensembles with simplicity. “We can show you 10 different ways to wear [something], from season-to-season, and show how to make garments timeless,” Pollard said. The anniversary celebration served as a thank you to customers. The store’s signature tassle necklace was raffled off, and everyone who bought something was awarded a complimentary 30-minute massage by massage therapist Cindy Williams. “We want to thank all of our honorary Edit girls for trusting us with your wardrobe over the last 11 years,” read the certificate. “We have been together through skinny jeans and now cropped flares and hope to assist you with the changing trends over many more years.” Pollard, who graduated from the University with a degree in business and a fashion merchandising minor, said she believes if you go into a career path doing something you love, you’ll be naturally good at it and it becomes a part of who you are. “We found our niche in neutrals that are sophisticated and fashion-forward but not trendy,” Pollard said. “I think that was something [Baton Rouge] was missing, but
that’s our niche.” After relocating to Acadian Village three years ago, Edit now receives customers from the mix of other businesses nearby, like Trader Joe’s and Lululemon. This location also puts them closer to campus, which brings in a more college-aged demographic. “I love watching college girls evolve,” Pollard said. “They start as freshmen and get cute little casual outfits and by the end, it’s for graduation and interview attire, and they continue to shop with us during their first jobs.” Targeting women aged 18-55, Pollard met many of her clients a decade ago. She said young girls who were in eighth grade at the time of the store’s opening are now in medical school or young parents. Open seven days a week, Edit receives deliveries daily. Each staff member carries out store tasks ranging from putting looks together to steaming garments and helping clients who walk through the door. “It’s rewarding to find something I fall in love with [at market], bring it to the store and see it go to a good home,” Pollard said. She said she loves the relationships she has made through Edit, whether they are with coworkers or clients. She named her six-monthold after one of Edit’s former employees and even met her husband in the store when he came in for a Mother’s Day gift. The Edit girls are a close-knit family, something Pollard said she believes is different from working in a corporate store. Now on the hunt for a self-motivated person with a drive for fashion, she’s looking to grow that family. “The store is my happy place,” Pollard said. “I love that fashion changes often and so our product is constantly changing.”
Keep it cute during the cold
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When fall ends and winter comes around, it can get tough to dress nicely and remain warm. Check out these tips on how men and women can stay cute during the colder months.
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@theeyoungqueen TIP 1: LAYER IT UP Layers are super important when it comes to winter fashion. Not only will they keep you warm and trendy, but they also allow you to switch up your style. “You can wear the same shirt like 20 different ways if you do it right,” digital art sophomore Tyton Charles said. Layering can include outfits like a camisole with a T-shirt and scarf, along with jeans, boots and a leather jacket. “The cami keeps me from overheating, but it’s also just enough to hold in heat,” said graduate student Carly Penn. Layering essentials include a scarf, a nice jacket and a button-down sweater.
TIP 2: BOOTS GO GREAT WITH EVERYTHING. Boots are always a winter footwear essential. Flat boots, high heeled boots, knee-high boots, over-the-knee boots, booties and even Timberlands can transform pretty much any drab outfit into something totally in-style. Aside from their trendiness, boots can also help keep your feet and legs protected from the cold. TIP 3: EXTRA-LONG SLEEVES Fellas, hide your sweatshirts because your girlfriend will be looking for some extra-long sleeves to wear this winter. According to an article from Elle magazine, super-long sleeves are totally in. Being the perfect alternative to gloves
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Opinion
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Being against abortion does not equal being pro-life RHYME AND REASON BRIANNA RHYMES @briannacrhymes Abortion is one of the most controversial and uncomfortable political topics to discuss and may even be the reason Donald Trump did overwhelmingly well at the polls this past Election Day. The question is: Why are women’s personal decisions about their bodies being discussed in terms of politics at all? The pro-life versus pro-choice debate was shoved into my face when I was as young as 11. That year’s 2008 presidential election was the first during which I was old enough to understand and take interest in the issue. Now-President Barack Obama was running against John McCain for what would be his first presidential term. This caused a stir among my friends because their parents had been discussing the politics of abortion at the dinner
table the previous night. At the age of 11, barely knowing anything about conception — let alone what an abortion was — I agreed that a baby should never be killed. It just seemed wrong to me. I eventually learned that isn’t what abortion is. Aside from popular belief and false information Donald Trump relayed at the presidential debate, abortions do not happen a week before the baby’s delivery. During the third presidential debate, Trump said, “In the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb.” This untrue, ridiculous scare tactic was used simply for political gain, and obviously it worked. Trump claims he’s pro-life, as do many other conservatives, but they’re not so much pro-life as they are pro-birth. Conservative lawmakers and their supporters push their prolife agenda with the idea that every life is sacred, but these same
people are more likely to vote in favor of the death penalty than not. In many states across the country, it is getting more and more difficult for women to obtain safe abortions because of waiting periods, parental consent requirements and the call for defunding Planned Parenthood. Some women are more inclined to turn to unsafe methods of abortion because of this. Imagine how many women would resort to these unsafe and life threatening methods of abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Is every life still sacred? The legislators who claim to be pro-life are the same men and women who want to decrease funding for programs like SNAP, food assistance programs like WIC and education and health care programs that help families, mainly children. In situations like these, the same women who couldn’t afford a child in the first place are now being left to struggle while trying to take care of themselves
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Participants walk in “March for Life,” held annually to mark the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. and the child. Of course, there’s always the option of putting an unwanted child up for adoption, but today there are nearly 400,000 children living in the foster care system without a permanent home. More than 100,000 of them are waiting to be adopted. The idea of adoption is beautiful, but it’s not as simple as it sounds.
I’m not telling everyone who claims to be pro-life to trade in their pro-life picket signs for pro-choice signs, but at least understand that being pro-life is more complex than just being against abortion. Brianna Rhymes is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from New Iberia, Louisiana.
Stem cell researchers undeserving of harsh treatment JORDANSWERS JORDAN MARCELL @JordanCMarcell Dr. Eugene Gu, a 30-year-old surgical resident at Vanderbilt University, conducts research that involves the use of unused fetal tissues to combat heart and kidney disease. He has been making major breakthroughs in the field, and his intentions are nothing more than eliminating the waiting list for organ donations. Gu has been conducting research over the last few years, and in 2014 he even became the first person to implant unused human fetal tissues into a rat, which went on to maintain a healthy life. It is important to realize just how serious these breakthroughs in medical science are. With work such as Gu’s making great leaps, it is becoming more and more possible to treat some of the serious birth defects and illnesses that plague humanity today. The catch here, however, is that all of this young doctor’s work has essentially been halted. The Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, a Republican House
committee, recently issued Gu a subpoena, demanding access to the financial transactions of Ganogen, Gu’s startup organization, as well as access to his emails, names of those who worked for him and equipment that was purchased for the intent of his research. This panel’s members claim they are protecting the integrity of science and research, when in truth they are doing nothing but making an attempt push their own morals on a field they have no understanding of. Apparently, the major factor that set the Selective Investigative Panel on Infant Lives against Gu was his interactions with the company StemExpress. StemExpress is an organization which donates tissues collected from clinics that offer abortion services, redistributing them to scientists partaking in biomedical research. I can’t stress the word “donated” enough here — these tissues are not stolen in any way. StemExpress became the subject of some illegally recorded videos released in 2015 that claimed to show operatives of the company selling fetal tissues. That video, which has since
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been debunked, is still taken as truth by far too many people today — a small group of which have now assumed the name of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. Gu did business with StemExpress on several different occasions, and, according to the panel, this is why his organization, as well as several others, have been issued subpoenas. Yet, the fact of the matter is this: the panel, which claims to be protecting the voice of those who cannot speak for themselves, can voice its opinions on abortion all it wants. In fact, its members can do whatever they please so long as the law lets them. What they should not do, however, is undermine the progress of medical science. They have this strange idea that it is more just to protect the integrity of unused fetal tissues, and simply seem to forget that this research is for the sole purpose of increasing the quality of life for the living and for those that are destined to do so. The panel’s members question the morals of these biomedical researchers and organizations that help them, but what of
theirs? What of people in need of kidneys, and what of children born with heart defects? If we can help them in any way, wouldn’t we do it? Gu and scientists like him are not butchers. They do not vivisect infants and place their beating hearts into some Frankenstein’s monster of a rat. They simply use what would have to be thrown out anyway. They are not murderers but merely humble researchers seeking to make our lives and our children’s lives easier. Argue all you want over what rights you think a fetus should have, but know this is not about that. There is no question here on the right to life. It is a given that the absence of life is an essential part of this process. This is a discussion over the right to tissues — bundles of cells that have just as much potential of belonging to a rat as they do to a chimpanzee as they do to a human. When something is unused, something that is itself not human, why not re-service it? We turn retired ships into artificial reefs. We turn locks of hair into heirlooms. We sell the houses of our deceased grandparents.
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Yet, for some reason, we have no moral qualms with this. Tissues are not humans, just as a wheel is not a car nor a single wing an airplane. To say that the principle of something belonging to something is what justifies moral questioning means you should stop sitting at that table that your great grandfather made for his own family — since reusing things is such a crime. Gu merely seeks to make life easier. He looks to those people, for whom the luxury of working hearts or kidneys are absent, and thinks of how he can help them. He doesn’t kill anyone, slice any screaming hostage up, create any mutants, buy black market organs or even so much as lay a finger on a living human with the intent of harming them. He is a doctor of medicine and lives as a doctor should: with the betterment of the ill as his sole wish. Do not for one second mistake him as anything else. He merely uses that which would see no use otherwise. Jordan Marcell is a 19-year-old anthropology and studio photography sophomore from Geismar, Louisiana.
Quote of the Day “No woman has an abortion for fun.”
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Fourrier & de Abreu Engineers is a civil and environmental engineering firm with offices in Baton Rouge and Port Barre, LA. We are seeking resumes from civil engineering graduates and upper level civil engineering students. Our firm provides geotechnical and environmental consultation to corporate, industrial, and municipal clients across Louisiana. Interested candidates can email their resumes to jon@fdaengineers.com. _______________________________ Want to make a difference and elect Democrats in this nationally important run-off? Want to gain valuable campaign experience, and earn money at the same time? Our Democratic campaign is looking for dedicated and passionate people like you to help us reach voters for the December 10th runoff election. Ideal candidates should be fast learners, can start immediately, enjoy walking, and preferably have access to a working vehicle, but not required. Please contact Leroy at leroy@sharonformayor.com or 225-364-9337. _______________________________ Experienced waiters needed for Thanksgiving Day. Holiday pay offered at $12/hour + tips. Call 225-937-1386. _______________________________
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WINTER FASHION, from page 4 or mittens, extra-long sleeves are so cool even the world’s most fashionable celebrities, like Rihanna, are rocking it. TIP 4: LEGGINGS, DUH. Possibly the simplest, but best thing ever invented is leggings. You can literally wear them with anything. They can be worn under a dress, skirt, shorts, pants — if it’s that cold outside — and even by themselves. Leggings can look casual or business formal depending on what you wear with them. They come in a variety of funky colors, textures, prints and designs, but the most versatile has to be the basic black legging. TIP 5: SWEATER WEATHER Of course, sweaters have to be on the list, as they are a staple of fall and winter wardrobes everywhere. Cashmere sweaters are a great layering piece and can be easily
dressed up or down. They go with everything, including midi skirts, jeans, printed trousers and leather pants. Aside from the cashmere sweater, other sweaters are great for this time of year, such as the boyfriend sweater, which is great for the aforementioned extra-long sleeved look, and cardigans. BONUS TIP: SCARVES ARE YOUR FRIEND Aside from being a layering essential, scarves are super versatile and can be worn with literally anything — even sweatpants and hoodies. Scarves aren’t just for women. Men have also begun to rock the scarf look. Celebrities like Donald Glover, Usher, Robert Downey Jr. and Brad Pitt have been photographed rocking their man-scarves. Don’t let the cold weather keep you from staying on point. Keep it chic all winter long.
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ALEXANDER, from page 3 going to have to step up. He’s really going to have to do it … When Kendell went down, we step up for each other, but it’s the next man up.” Beckwith is about 40 pounds bigger than Alexander, and at 6-foot-1, 212-pounds, Alexander is undersized for a middle linebacker, something he and Orgeron acknowledged. However, what Alexander lacks in size, his speed makes up for. “Try and attack them first,” Alexander said. “Put the speed on them. I feel like if I put that speed before they get started, I’ll make the tackle.” Texas A&M employs a spread
INJURIES, from page 3 is going to help us there is that they’re a spread offense,” Orgeron said. “You’ve got to run fast and make some plays in space, and I think that’s what Donnie does well.” FOURNETTE’S ANKLE Junior tailback Leonard Fournette, who has nursed a high and low ankle sprain all season, asked Orgeron to play Saturday after a pre-game scuffle provoked the draft-eligible running back to play in what may be his final game at Tiger Stadium. Fournette did not start, but sophomore running back Derrius Guice did for the fourth
attack that focuses on throwing the ball and getting wide receivers in place, which suits Alexander’s game well, he said. He’s also very familiar with the Aggies wide receiver Speedy Noil, who both went to Edna Karr High School in New Orleans. Alexander said he tried to get the former five-star wide receiver to commit to LSU, but his mind was already made up to play for Texas A&M because of its passhappy offense. While Alexander and Noil likely won’t be matched up often, Alexander will be waiting for the opportunity to be lined up against him. “If I can catch him, I’m going to put something on him,” Alexander said. time this season. Fournette did not play a majority of the second half. “It was a game-time decision. Leonard wanted to play. He struggled all week in practice. He came to me right before the game and said, ‘Coach, I want to play. I want to support my team.’ You can see he wasn’t full speed.” Monday, Orgeron listed Fournette as a game-time decision for Thursday’s game. “He should be fine,” the coach said. “Leonard’s day-to-day with that ankle. Obviously, it’s sore and stuff like that. We’ll see ... and it’s going to be a game-time situation again. We’ll see if he can practice and do the things that he can tolerate.”
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LSU then-freshman golfer Sam Burns follows his ball during the David Toms Intercollegiate tournament on Oct. 11, 2015, at the University Club golf course.
SUN BOWL, from page 3 “I didn’t let myself focus on how many strokes I was down by,” Burns said. “I’ve been down in big situations like that before, but I did my best to stay aggressive, and I was able to take the lead.” Burns’s championship is the highest finish for the Tigers since Zach Wright’s runner-up performance in 2010, and Burns is the first LSU golfer to win the Sun Bowl
tournament in the 42-year history of the event. Gagne also had a solid showing in the tournament and fired two-under 69 in the final round to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. Burns and Gagne are not only thrilled with their scores, but they are equally excited to now be included in the tournament’s alumni, some of whom have gone on to win a total of 50 major championships.
“I think it’s great that I had the opportunity to represent LSU on such a prestigious stage,” Burns said. “I’m really humbled to be included among the past winners of this tournament, and I’m glad I was able to give LSU its first title here.” “The El Paso Country Club ran a first-class tournament, and I’m happy I received the opportunity to compete with some of college golf’s best players.”
page 8 MARKET, from page 1 ter Radle, a University alumna, said she saw it as a way to bring Baton Rouge vendors experiencing sales decreases because of the flood to New Orleans for a new start. She noticed on Facebook how some of her small business acquaintances were asking customers if they would still be shopping this fall or if they should cut back on merchandise. Many times the answer was the latter. So she decided to bring them to where customers were spending. The Market opened on Oct. 1 — perfect timing as it turned out because it was the same day as the Magazine Street Merchants Association’s Art for Art’s Sake event. Radle said she’s always liked stores like The Foyer and The Royal Standard in Baton Rouge. She generally used them as models, but not quite. “We really liked that concept, but we did not want the booth approach where, ‘Here’s your space, here’s your wall,’” Radle said. “We wanted everybody to walk [around] and not even realize they’re in another store. You’ve got so many different styles.” While each vendor designs his or her own space, The Market loses the booth-like approach when Radle places artists’ artwork in different sections of the store. This process works simi-
RUGBY, from page 1 District Attorney, played rugby at LSU. Zach Stratton, the team’s vice president, coordinates travel arrangements and expenses. It is a strictly student-run club sport. “We are players and administrators,” Stratton said of those involved. The senior from California has been passionate about rugby for eight years. Stratton said LSU’s team was a deciding factor when he was selecting colleges four years ago. He said he knew the team was competitive. Meeting the rugby team and having lunch with the coaches was a part of Stratton’s first visit to campus. LSU rugby currently ranks 21st in the nation. It plays in the Red River Conference of the USA Rugby Football Union. Being No. 13 last year, the team hopes to improve this season’s standing. So far, it is undefeated, with a conference record of 3-0. The Red River Conference includes Arkansas, Baylor, University of Houston, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and TCU. The rugby season is yearround. Team members practice twice a week for two hours, with speed and agility training on Mondays. McLean said there probably will be more weekly practice
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 larly with clothing displayed in different areas, jewelry on tables and Jay Ducote’s food products on shelves. Radle doesn’t own any of the merchandise in The Market — she just pays the rent. The vendors and artists provide the merchandise, with the larger vendors paying a rental fee and a small commission. The artists and designers work on commission only, she said. There’s still room in the store to add vendors, but currently The Market has approximately 20 merchants with wares including furniture, artwork, clothing, jewelry and sculptures, she said. While the Baton Rouge merchants take up most of the store, Radle has other Louisiana vendors. Mixed media artist Kristen Binning said she was contacted by Radle about being involved in The Market. Binning creates canvas artwork of various shades of teals and blues. She adds gold and silver leaves along with broken glass she breaks up herself. Her inspiration comes from the blue and gold hues of the beach. The light that catches on the glass reminds her of crashing waves. Primarily based in Baton Rouge at the Foyer, Binning said once she started selling at The Market, the response in New Orleans was almost immediate, noting a difference in the customer base with Magazine Street shoppers open to
any kind of art piece instead of something specific. She said she knows the pattern through which Baton Rouge locals purchase her work, but now in New Orleans, she’s learning a whole new client base, including tourist traffic. Artist Nicholas Klung agrees that displaying one’s artwork in New Orleans provides more exposure, especially to tourists. Klung is a Baton Rougebased artist who also shows his artwork in The Foyer. He found his way to the The Market through another vendor who is also friends with Radle. Klung describes his work as modern waterscapes painted onto canvas or wood. He has also painted palm leaf designs. Allyson Hicks is an interior designer who started Allyson Hicks Design Consulting LLC about 10 years ago. She joined The Market after seeing Radle posting about the concept on Facebook. She said the idea wasn’t anything she was searching for, but the concept gives her the opportunity to jump back into the retail world without the constraints of being in the store daily, especially since she has a 9-year-old child at home. “It’s a better concept for me at this point in my career,” she explained. As an interior designer, Hicks works with various manufacturers and pulls from their
inventories to create the overall design. While she likes to design homes and furniture around her clients’ needs, she calls her style traditional with modern, clean lines. For The Market, Hicks designs a space that allows her to show customers some of the items she sells aside from special orders. The space is geared toward tourist shopping,
sessions in the spring when the schedule picks up. Stratton said each player pays $200 in dues each semester to be on the team, which mainly cover travel expenses and team jerseys. The number on the jersey corresponds with the position being played. One player can be 21 one game and another number the next, should he be switched to a new position.
But if the player proves he is good enough to claim a permanent position, Stratton said it is his jersey to keep. With a substantial number of turnouts and no tryouts, there is an A-team and a B-team. The current roster numbers 56. Stratton said each player competes for a spot on the Ateam for every game, which are played on weekends.
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The LSU Rugby team finished it’s season undefeated with a 4-0 record after defeating Texas Christian University Friday.
she said, prompting sales of individual items instead of an entire room project. Moving forward, Radle wants The Market to include more merchants, noting that more fashion could be useful to the merchandise mix. Radle sees The Market as something new on Magazine Street with its Baton Rouge-influenced styles.
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The Market on Magazine St. in New Orleans gives flood-affected Baton Rouge artists a new place to display and sell their art.
spent less of its institutional dollars on private scholarships and aid, Norris said it was able to use the extra money to fill the gap. “This is something that worked for UNO this one time,” he said. “This should not be construed as something that is a one-size-fits-all approach. Obviously we have a much smaller percentage of TOPS students than does LSU and other institutions and also a decent amount of PELLeligible students, so there’s a whole lot of factors that go into this.” Norris said he doesn’t want UNO giving the impression that all public colleges in the state should act similarly, and this method was what worked best for the university in this specific instance. What UNO decides to do for the fall semester depends on the state of TOPS funding at that point and the Legislature’s
actions in the next session, he said. In a statement released Nov. 15, Gov. John Bel Edwards stood by his position from the end of the Legislature’s second special session, when he said he thought lawmakers were making a mistake by frontloading TOPS for the fall. Edwards said the state failed students regarding student debt, and he hopes to reinstate funding for the program through bipartisan efforts in the 2017 regular session. “In fact, despite the budget shortfalls we’re currently facing, we will not be making further cuts to this program,” Edwards said. “Today, we risk having an influx of students drop out of college or leave with burdensome debt. We can and must do better.” Northwestern State University also announced that it would cover its students TOPS shortfall next semester.
NUMBER OF TOPS RECIPIENTS: State: 50,000 LSU: 14,086 UNO: 1,582