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No Heisman Trophy for Fournette. The LSU single-season rushing record and countless highlight plays will have to do. Hats on or off? Though LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced Les Miles remains LSU football’s head coach, there’s nothing like watching Miles drama from the sidelines.
Sophomore running back Leonard “When life Fournette gives you is No. 7 lemons, on the tank for Ben field, but Simmons”his daugh- 76ers Genter Lyric eral Manager is No. 1 Sam Hinkie, in our probably. hearts.
• Fournette breaks records despite adversity, page 3 • With the arrival of cooler weather comes the need for warmer clothing, page 5
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Cozy up with the sweatshirt that acts as warmth and support for your Greek organization. They’re a hit down the row.
Around your waist or over your shoulders, this plaid shirt trend was everywhere. Dressed up with boots and leggings or down with shorts and a T-shirt, this trend never failed.
You’ve seen them shining all over campus this semester. From music festivals to music class, reflective sunglasses are a top trend.
If you’re interested in crying your heart out, this singer dropped the hottest album this November. After releasing “25,” Adele was seen everywhere from “Saturday Night Live” to your local radio station. Network TV gave us something to yell for this fall with “Scream Queens.” Campy comedy and fictional horror stories took sorority squats to a new level and we’re holding our breathe for more.
Volume 120 · No. 66 ADMINISTRATION
Richard Koubek named new provost Replaces Bell, who vacated position in June
BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 As the semester nears its end, former College of Engineering dean Richard Koubek moves to the upper echelons of LSU administration after he was named as the university’s new executive vice president and provost last Wednesday. Koubek was one of four finalists vying for the position. KOUBEK Koubek competed against West Virginia University’s Michele Wheatly, University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ John Valery White and Northeastern University’s John Murray Gibson for the coveted spot. He served as LSU’s interim executive vice president and provost after Stuart Bell vacated the office in June 2015. Despite the everyday challenges that come with the second most powerful university position, Koubek boiled the necessary qualifications down to two simple criteria. “You understand psychology and you can pray,” Koubek said in his Nov. 5 public forum. With an academic career spanning 23 years, Koubek is no stranger to leadership roles. From 1997 until 2001, he worked at Wright State University as both professor and chair for the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering and associate dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Following his time at Wright State, he moved to Pennsylvania State University where he served as a professor and head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial
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POLITICS
Manship School presents gubernatorial recap First night centers around prostitution, scandals BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter Bloggers, mainstream media members and several politicos gathered in the LSU Journalism Building’s Holiday Forum Monday for the first night of Louisiana Speaks, a panel discussion on the media’s coverage of the 2015 gubernatorial election. The panel was part of a twoday event and will feature two more discussions tomorrow. Much like the election itself, prostitution was heavily featured. Jason Brad Berry, a blogger at americanzombie.com who dove into U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s prostitution scandal in October, served on the panel. He said he began working on the story in 2010 and reported Wendy Ellis, a New Orleans escort, had Vitter’s child and put it up for adoption. He also said he chased down several other rumors surrounding Vitter, but several of them turned out false. After weeding out the dead ends, Berry said Ellis’ story was the only one he believed true. “I never stopped looking into that over the past five years,”
Berry said. “In the mid-summer, I was convinced that none of this was true, except for the one rumor that I had heard about Wendy Ellis actually having a child.” Several mainstream media members, such as The Advocate Editor Peter Kovacs and Monroe News Star business writer Greg Hilburn, said parts of the story were inconsistent, and they did not want to risk their respective publications’ reputations by publishing the story. Kovacs said he believed all the media outlets and bloggers had similar information but decided to go in separate directions. “I think in many ways, much of the media in Louisiana had access to the same ingredients,” Kovacs said. “It was a question of what they did with the ingredients.” The vetting process also is more stringent in mainstream newsrooms, Kovacs said, and Ellis might have been viewed with more skepticism at The Advocate. Lamar White Jr., a blogger at cenlamar.com, said there were inconsistencies in Ellis’ timeline. The panelists briefly discussed other issues, including how Gov. Bobby Jindal affected the outcome of the race. Clancy DuBos, political editor and co-owner of Gambit Weekly, said he was puzzled as
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Peter Kovacs, editor of The Advocate, discusses media coverage of the gubernatorial election on Monday in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum. to why Governor-elect John Bel Edwards did not hang Jindal over Vitter’s campaign during the runoff election. “I think we, the media, talked about it to the point where he didn’t need to,” DuBos said. “I guess Bel Edwards felt he didn’t need to and that it was understood.” Camille Conaway, vice president of policy and research for the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, said the challenges plaguing the state under the Jindal administration were covered well by Louisiana journalists. She said it was clear the issues falling to the next
governor would be difficult. The media were also been slow to pick up on the possible connection between Jindal and Vitter, said Stephanie Grace, a columnist for The Advocate. She said media members are aware of the animosity between Vitter and Jindal, but voters saw the same person. When the panel began to wind down for the night, Robert Travis Scott, the moderator and president of the Public Affairs Research Council, reminded attendees what the election, as well as the panel, had focused on. “To sum up, we have a lot of sex but not much love,” he said.
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NYT executive editor shares tips on storytelling New Orleans native talks on future of journalism
BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 Dean Baquet, executive editor for The New York Times, returned to his Louisiana roots Monday to speak to LSU students in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum. In addition to serving as the first African-American executive editor for the Times, Baquet won a Pulitzer Prize after leading a team of Chicago Tribune reporters who exposed corruption within the Chicago City Council. A New Orleans native, Baquet related his experience spearheading one of the largest international news organizations from its New York City headquarters to the crowd of college students. Baquet said he learned three key lessons from his work as what Manship School of Mass Communication Dean Jerry Ceppos called “arguably the most important position in American journalism”: Journalists have to lead, multimedia is the future and reporters should try to understand their readers. Mass communication sophomore Meagan Morvant said she found Baquet’s speech inspirational, especially because he
‘Don’t let anyone tell you that journalism is dead. Now, it is better than ever.’
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DEAN BAQUET executive editor for The New York Times was providing insight to the next generation of journalists. “I hope everybody takes away that they need to be daring and bold, not afraid to push the limits,” Morvant said. Though print journalism elicits nostalgia, Baquet said it is just another platform. “Don’t let anyone tell you that journalism is dead,” Baquet said. “Now, it is better than ever.” Baquet compared two scenarios 20 years apart: NYT coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and its coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks three weeks ago. Though he deemed the bombing “1990s print newspaper at its greatest,” Baquet said, in retrospect, its coverage was “clumsy, even primitive.” He said he used telephone books to scramble for sources, and daily coverage ended at 9 p.m. when deadline hit. Fast forward to Nov. 13, Baquet said journalists offered real-time reporting of the Paris attacks, complete with minuteby-minute Twitter updates, Islamic State group Facebook posts and live video coverage,
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Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, talks to LSU students Nov. 30 in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum. Baquet is a native of New Orleans. along with various other multimedia storytelling techniques. Today’s journalism is not inferior to yesteryear’s, Baquet said. It simply demands more creative modes of storytelling, including strong visual force and quality longform writing. “There was always junk pretending to be journalism,” Baquet said. “Before there was a Gawker, there was a National Enquirer.” To build and understand his target audience, he planted
audience specialists throughout the NYT newsroom. He said he looks for the best way to get top-notch coverage to the most people. Mass communication senior Michael Heaton attended Baquet’s evening gubernatorial panel because he wanted to hear Baquet’s take on the Louisiana political scene. “I’m just in the cynical mindset that we’re not exactly where we need to be, but I am hopeful for the future,” Heaton said.
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FOR THE RECORD Through adversity, Fournette’s rushing record an accomplishment
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In the 2014 season finale, LSU then-freshman running back Leonard Fournette bulldozed a Texas A&M University safety on his way to a 22-yard touchdown late in the second quarter, solidifying his case as a rising star in college football. In the 2015 season finale, Fournette fought for a twoyard gain midway through the third quarter, cementing his case as one of the best rushers in program history. With 159 yards against the Aggies in Saturday’s regular season finale, the sophomore tailback bulldozed the Tiger singleseason rushing record, eclipsing Charles Alexander’s mark of 1,686 yard in 1977. For LSU coach Les Miles and Fournette’s teammates, it was mission accomplished. “He ran hard,” Miles said. “I don’t know if he ran harder tonight than any other time.” Despite a difficult three weeks for the Tigers, when Miles dealt with questions about his job security, the coach realized Fournette was on the cusp of a 38-year old record in the days leading up to the game, needing just 104 yards to enter LSU lore. Knowing Fournette’s unselfish nature, Miles approached Fournette about the record first and later brought it to his team. All hands were on deck. “I also said to him, as a sidepiece, ‘Our football team wants you to win this,’” Miles said. “‘We want you to have that record because of how you play, who you have been
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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) rushes during the Tigers’ 19-7 victory against Texas A&M University on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 in Tiger Stadium. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Lady Tigers return from Showcase Tournament wounded BY C.J. RUCKER @Ruckmatic The LSU women’s basketball team is down to seven active players after a one win, two loss performance at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Florida over the weekend. The Lady Tigers, (4-4, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) — without junior guard Raigyne Moncrief — dropped their first game of the tournament to the Purdue Boilermakers on Friday night before defeating Marist College without freshman forward Ayana Mitchell on Saturday. Junior Alexis Hyder scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Tigers’ 52-41 loss to the University of Maine
on Sunday. LSU coach Nikki Fargas said two of the team’s three injured players are nursing season-ending injuries, leaving the Tigers with seven active players heading into Tuesday’s game against Texas Southern University. “Anne Pedersen went down during the game on Saturday against Marist, and we will not have her for tomorrow’s competition,” Fargas said. “We hope to get her back. We go into finals and exam week so she is going to be able to recover from that. Her injury is one that she will be able to come back from. “At this point, we have two young ladies that have seasonending injuries in Raigyne Moncrief and Ayana Mitchell. Both
of them will be undergoing surgery in the next week. We hope for both to have speed recoveries and we’ll be ready for them to come back and compete next season.” Fargas acknowledged injuries are a part of the game of basketball, but the ones at the beginning of the season hurt more than usual because players don’t get a chance to gain valuable playing experience before stepping into new roles. Late in the 2013-2014 season, Jeanne Kenney suffered a season-ending concussion, but Rina Hill and Jasmine Rhodes performed well after seeing increased minutes because of
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LSU junior guard Rina Hill (13) makes her way down the court toward the Union basket during the Lady Tigers’ 88-57 win against Union on Nov. 4 in the PMAC.
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All MVP awards should be changed to MOP awards INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports columnist As wonderful as sports are, there are plenty of things related that I hate with a fiery passion burning with the intensity of a million supernovas. For example, nobody knows what a catch is in the NFL anymore. NBA players can literally take six steps and not get called for traveling. ESPN’s “First Take” exists. But nothing related to sports aggravates me more than the existence of Most Valuable Player awards. Seriously. I hate them. My suggestion is quite simple: Eliminate MVP awards and start handing out Most Outstanding Player awards in their place. The MVP award is ambiguous and confusing. What does “most valuable”
even mean? How do you determine which player is the “most valuable”? “Most valuable” is such a subjective phrase. It’s open to interpretation and debate. I could make a legitimate argument that Tony Romo is the “most valuable” player in the NFL. With him, the Cowboys would run away with the NFC East. Without him, they’re arguably the worst team in the NFL. But the idea of handing Romo this season’s NFL MVP Award is absolutely ridiculous when you think about it. Draymond Green might not be the Golden State Warriors’ best player, but he’s one of the most valuable players in the entire league, in my opinion. I hate hearing people say “but ____ is more valuable to his team” when there’s a debate raging on about awards. I’ve seen debates about who deserves MVP morph into a competition between sports hipsters who try
to one up each other by finding a less mainstream pick for MVP. Why can’t we just debate about who is the best, like normal, sensible people? My solution makes more sense. Just give an MOP award like the NCAA Tournament to help end debates. Rather than talk about who was valuable, talk about who was outstanding. If the NFL had an MOP award, we wouldn’t have to debate this season. We could just hand Tom Brady the trophy now. Instead, people are making a case for Cam Newton. MOP awards don’t solve every problem. I concede it’s still hard to compare players of different positions. Admittedly, there’s no perfect solution. Most of the time, there is room for debate, and some subjectivity will creep into the conversation. But doing away with MVP awards in favor of MOP awards
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their seasoned experience. Sophomore guard Jenna Deemer stepped into her role as the team’s sharpshooter after it lost three starters this year. She scored 10 points, knocking down two threes in LSU’s last game against Maine. Fargas said Deemer will also see an increased role as a ball handler to placate the loss of Moncrief. “Jenna Deemer has shown that she can step up offensively and really be that punch that we need from the perimeter,” Fargas said. “She’s someone who we are going to rely on to assist Rina Hill in running the offense. We’ve been playing her periodically at the point position to give
mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR. Rina a breather away from the basket.” LSU will plays its fourth game in five days against Texas Southern University at 11 a.m. on Tuesday in the PMAC in the 5th-Annual Field Tripgame. Fargas said her team needs to have the right mindset as it heads into the final stretch of its grueling nonconference schedule. “We’ve got to understand what we need to do, at home, in an environment where in less than 48 hours, we just played and traveled, now we’ve got to come back and we’ve got to be mentally tough and be disciplined in our play action that we need to run and how we are going to execute our game plan.”
LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) rushes to score a touchdown during the Tigers’ 19-7 victory against Texas A&M University on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
FOURNETTE, from page 3 and how selfless you are as a teammate here. We want this for you.’ He said, ‘Well OK.’ I took it up with the unity council and the team once. “I think that is a nice piece to have. A group of men turn and selflessly say, ‘OK, Leonard, let’s see if we can get this done.’” In the grand scheme, Fournette’s season was historic one that will get overlooked nationally. Up until Alabama junior running back Derrick Henry’s 271yard outing against Auburn on Saturday, Fournette led the nation in rushing yards for the majority of the season, having played one less game than his counterparts. He buoyed himself atop the projected Heisman Trophy odds, looking like the clear favorite after the first eight weeks of the season. Though he had three straight 200-yard games, the New Orleans native fell just short of the LSU single-game record, having the would-be record breaking run
erased by a penalty against Syracuse. Still, Fournette, who leads the nation in rushing yards per game, was the darling of the public eye, heading into the head-tohead with Henry and the Crimson Tide. Three weeks later, Fournette had lost his once-vice grip on the Heisman, seemingly buried behind Henry and other candidates who had notable performances in that span. Excluding the Alabama game, Fournette’s numbers in the threegame losing streak were above average, but the pace he set for himself at the beginning of the season coupled with the doubledigit losses clouded many’s views. Subpar performances from his offensive line and quarterback didn’t help, but Fournette refused to place blame. Then the rumors of Miles’ firing made a difficult month of November more arduous. “It’s been hard — not just about coach Miles, but when you lose three,” Fournette said. “We had a talk, and for some people it wasn’t easy for them. It’s hard
to deal with, but that’s character. Instead of us pointing fingers, you try to fix it. That’s what I have to say about this team. “I can say, it’s been one of the longest few weeks of my life. It was hard for everybody.” With their backs against the wall, Fournette, Miles and the Tigers pulled off a 19-7 win against Texas A&M on Senior Night. Fournette got the record in the third quarter and was honored on the field in the fourth quarter following a Miles-like, 80-yard drive — 12 runs, 1 pass and a four-yard touchdown from his workhorse. Even with sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris having one of his statistical worst outings of the season, the Aggie defense couldn’t stop the LSU ground attack of Fournette and freshman Derrius Guice. On that drive, passing wasn’t a necessity for the Tiger offense. “We didn’t need to,” Alexander said. “The game itself was an imperfect fistfight,” Miles said. “The guy who delivered our body blows was Leonard Fournette.”
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LSU freshman guard Shanice Norton (2) gets ready for her penalty shot during their 88-57 win against Union on Nov. 4, in the PMAC.
Entertainment Winter Wears
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This coat was bought at an army surplus store, so instead of a thin knockoff from a store like Forever21 and H&M, this jacket is made for the worst weather. The army green color is perfect for the colder season. The ideal weather for this jacket would be 40 degrees and below, layered with a pair of warm pants and boots. It’s great for a day of comfort in cold weather.
This is the classic ’90s solution to a semi-cold day. As Louisiana isn’t always freezing like the northern states, you may only need a light layer such as a flannel to keep you warm. Flannels are the easiest to get out of these options as they are coming back in popularity. While it isn’t the smartest to go out in just one of these in 30 degree weather, this flannel can be a staple in your wardrobe if you pair it with a long sleeve shirt, warm pants and boots.
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The weather is getting colder — but not cold enough on some days with Louisiana’s bipolar weather. Here’s a guide for those days where you’re just not sure what to wear and when. Long cardigan with faux fur
Cardigans have always been around in one shape or another. This year, it’s with a detachable faux fur collar. A solid colored cardigan in your closet can come in handy for almost any weather, but using it to layer can keep you warm inside or outside.
Plaid peacoat
The peacoat is a classic popularized by the U.S. Navy in the harsh cold weather. However, this one is from Old Navy, so while it may block the cold winds, it’s not one for the Arctic. This is a great staple to have in your closet to be dressed up for a night out with black pants and heels or casual with leggings and boots.
Faux fur vest
Faux Fur is this season’s favorite trend at the moment, and it’s perfect for winter. This may not look like it, but just having this vest on is warm enough for a cool winter day. Fur was always looked at as a luxury item. So as they began making faux fur, this luxury became more easily available with the same fierce look. These vests come in many colors, but almost all of them could be perfectly paired with a plain, colored long-sleeve shirt and some dark jeans.
ART
Local artists pursues new career paths, paints live events BY KAYLA RANDALL @kay_ran21 Christopher Turner knew his career path of driving eighteen wheelers was not his final destination. “I’ve been drawing probably since I was like 3 or 4 [years-old],” Turner said. “I used to draw Mickey Mouse and characters of that nature.” Now owner of Art By Christopher Turner, Turner walked a long road before owning his own business. Christopher’s mother en-
rolled him in the Gifted and Talented Arts Program in the East Baton Rouge School System. He said he painted throughout grade school and received a partial scholarship to the Art Institute of Dallas but couldn’t accept it. He instead opted to take care of his grandmother, who was sick with cancer in Baton Rouge. After his grandmother died, Christopher went the route of becoming a truck driver, the same work his father did. Between the time of his grandmother’s death and his new job,
Christopher wasn’t drawing or painting at all. But he never let art slip too far away, checking out the art scene in each city he would stop in. It wasn’t until Christopher met and married his wife that he realized what he was missing. “I met my wife around 2007,” Christopher said. “Just through conversation I told her I had this passion for art, but I hadn’t done it in a while. We got engaged around a year later, and as a gift, she bought me a canvas and paint.” With a little push from his
wife, Turner’s dream of becoming a professional artist came to fruition. He and his wife, Ashley Turner, now own and operate Art by Christopher Turner, a business which allows him to travel across the country performing live art and painting scenes on the spot as they happen. The artist began creating again and shopped his work around galleries, trying to go the old route of building up a portfolio and submitting it to different places. The old route didn’t work for
Turner, which left him back at square one. He then realized that with live art he had found a gap in the market. “No one was doing the live painting thing,” he said. “So, I started doing live paintings around Baton Rouge. The first I did was for R&B artist Chrisette Michele at a concert.” Turner then began live painting LSU games, sometimes auctioning off the paintings for scholarship funding. “Doing football with, you
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The perfect holiday playlist for finals week
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
CHRISTMAS FINALS
SHUFFLE PLAY I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Christmas Favourites
This Christmas Chris Brown
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Luther Vandross
Santa Baby Colbie Caillat
I Wish It Was Christmas Today
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hile finals are winding up and spirits are winding down, it’s necessary to have a reminder of the cheerful, wintery days that await every student after finals week. This playlist of feel good holiday tunes will help LSU students through these testing times. The Christmas season always provides contemporary covers and new icey songs every year, but students should stick with a solid mix of established classics and musicians, despite the spare tracks and artists that relate to our generation.
Sufjan Stevens Low Some songs are classics like “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” The title of the song and its content are attention grabbing and playful enough to give anyone a nice chuckle to round out their day. Other songs are classics with a twist like Colbie Caillat’s version of “Santa Baby,” a well-produced song that leaves the listener with a sweet holiday treat to sing along to.
Christmas in Harlem
Kanye West, CyHi Da Prynce, Teyana Taylor
Frosty the Snowman Ella Fitzgerald
White Christmas Dean Martin
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Rebranding of ’90s bands saves rock in today’s music industry STRAIGHT JAB JOSHUA BARTHOLOMEW
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The rebranding and revival of ’90s rock is at its largest apex lately, with several minor and major groups re-forming to cash in on their viability as innovators and originators. Bands and artists such as Outkast, Slowdive, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, HUM and Cowboy Mouth recently released music or began touring to establish a new fan base and retain their original audience. However, during the ’90s, when the genre was at its peak,
PAINTS, from page 5 know, 80,000 people, that led to Final Fours and more big name events,” Turner said. “I actually started getting paid to do live art.” He said live painting is much more popular now, and he’s even had a mentee, Jacob Zumo, go on to become successful presenting paintings to celebrities of their likenesses, including Snoop Dogg, Jason Aldean and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
bands as a whole were overshadowed and ejected from the span of popular magazines and criticism as grunge and britpop took, such as the infamous Nirvana. My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless” is the classic example of an album ahead of its time that influenced an entire generation of songwriters some 20 years later, with critical acclaim and controversy still surrounding it today. Much like The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Psychocandy,” “Loveless” ushered in a distinct response to the stagnant climate of ’80s music, yet MBV was unable to recreate a new sound until 2013 with its
release of “M B V.” In a similar vein, Slowdive’s cult status has followed them to a recent string of tours and venues, despite its initial lack of success and marketability. The string of tours increased the spread of interest and love toward bands of the genre, regardless age group. Bands such as Nothing, Beach House, Whirr and DIIV have established their sounds by playing with the constraints that older bands such Cocteau Twins, MBV and The Verve put forth in the ’90s. The growth and influx of young 20 and 30-somethings looking up to and, in some
Recently, the painter found another crucial untapped market — weddings. Thanks to a suggestion by his wife, he now performs live painting at weddings, providing what she calls a perfect wedding gift to the newlyweds and a lucrative business opportunity. “We’ve found a niche that a lot of people are very receptive towards,” Ashley said. Ashley said she’s always considered herself a large part of Art by Christopher Turner.
“When we started the business, it was a 50/50 partnership,” she said. “It wasn’t something that was established, and then I came in. It was something we established together.” Ashley does everything for the business except the painting. She serves as the person customers touch base with for any concerns, particularly the brides. She said she likes to tell brides not having live painting at a wedding won’t take away from it, but having one will certainly add to it, and they won’t miss it until they don’t have it. “Like I tell everybody: I didn’t have a live painter,” Ashley said. “But I married the painter. The painter’s wife doesn’t have a wedding painting.”
cases, imitating the techniques and antics of shoegaze bands is a positive step in the right direction for rock music as a whole. I believe the ability of current rock musicians to stand on the shoulders of their heros and be able to understand and assess the slow payout and reward their idols received is a valuable lesson in the world of professional music. Some of these younger bands within the genre have received critical acclaim while others have nearly destroyed their careers with foolish and rash
decisions. Many pop groups incorporated elements of shoegaze to captivate or lure in the indie or dream pop market. Although some may peg the various washes of distorted guitar as direct copies or ripoffs of a previous band’s sound, this cult of imitation is what’s saving rock today, however apathetic and dissonant it may seem. Joshua Bartholomew is a 20-year-old English sophomore from Castro Valley, California. You can reach him on Twitter @JAB_Reveille.
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Coach Miles handled firing rumors with grace, patience INFRANGIBLE ICON JOHN GAVIN HARP Columnist Just a few weeks ago, LSU was the Adele of college football with a string of wins and a dedicated fanbase. But after three consecutive losses, a lot of those fans turned their backs on their team and coach Les Miles. Suddenly, LSU fans felt Miles was as detrimental to the football program as an Iggy Azalea feature is to a hit song. I-G-G-Bye. These Internet trolls gained momentum when news that Miles would be fired leaked. Despite the deafening speculation over his job security and the accompanying criticism online, Miles maintained poise that’s rare to find in any public figure. Miles tried to keep the focus on the players ahead of the Texas A&M University game when he, too, was likely unaware of the decisions being made behind closed doors. If Miles was fired following Saturday’s game, he did a good job making sure LSU’s athletic program was going down with him. In public relations, if you know you’re going to lose, you need to make the winner look bad for winning. And boy, did Miles make sure LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva looked like a tool. Not to imply Miles wasn’t being genuine Saturday night. His behavior was an accurate reflection of the kind of man he is — one who
deserves better. The character Miles displayed at Saturday’s game made it clear he’s a class act who deserves better than LSU’s Athletic Department and the wishy-washy fanbase that accompanies it. With numerous media outlets picking up on this story and tweeting out pictures of Miles being carried off the field by his players, it’s safe to say he has options should he ever leave LSU. Several other football programs would kill for that publicity. I think the Athletic Department’s current public image, Miles’ composure throughout this whole ordeal and the win Saturday all heavily factored into Miles not being forced out. In fact, whoever handled the Athletic Department’s PR throughout this entire ordeal deserves to be fired. Their silence speaks volumes about the lack of values that apparently plague our school’s football program. In PR, you’re supposed to remain as transparent as possible, and the Athletic Department was anything but. The way LSU handled the Miles situation is embarrassing. For the first time in my collegiate career, I’m not proud to be a Tiger. Les deserves better than the way LSU handled this situation, and I hope the Athletic Department learned that. John Gavin Harp is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from St. Francisville, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @SirJohnGavin.
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[Top] LSU football coach Les Miles celebrates after the Tigers’ 19-7 victory against Texas A&M University on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. [Bottom] Fans in the student section show their support for LSU head coach Les Miles on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
Persistence, focus keys to personal financial success Don’t give up, life will work out JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist According to a 2015 study by Country Financial, only 24 percent of people achieved all their financial goals set as new year resolutions. With the new year approaching, controlling finances will be a goal many of us set. If you want to be part of the 24 percent who achieve all their goals, then you need to learn the most important key to success — persistence. Luckily, we can all draw on experiences
in everyday life where we’ve learned this. When I was in high school, I spent one summer sailing along the coast of Maine for two weeks. Being on the open water with a sail full of wind and a boat full of friends is an experience I wish for everyone. We began our trip by familiarizing ourselves with how every part of the boat works. By the end of the second day, the 10 of us knew how to assemble the sails, tie every type of knot under the sun — which I promptly forgot — and helm the ship while identifying the winds’ behavior. The next day we would sail across the bay, a full day with no land in sight. I could hardly contain my excitement to
be on the open water, wind in my hair and the boat running wide open at the speed of... well, the speed of wind. However, in some sort of cruel and sick joke, there was no wind that day. Instead of spending the whole day on an easy sail, we rowed. When I say row I don’t mean a fun time going down a river in a canoe. Picture a Viking slave ship, and you’re not far off from what I was doing. To say I was upset would be like saying Les Miles was nervous during the Texas A&M University game. We made it through the day because we took it a step at a time. Our goal wasn’t to make it all the way across the bay, rather to make it one mile, then another mile and
another. We learned, as cliché as it sounds, persistence and manageable goals are keys to success. In our day-to-day life it’s easy to forget or be blind to the significance small persistent steps has in our success. This adage has no greater application than in personal finance. Many people believe, in order to be successful, they need to be the sailboat with a full sheet of wind, always investing in the next big trend. However, just like a sailor can’t control wind, we can’t control the economy. The sure way to have the money you want when you are older is committing to small simple steps, like automated savings taken from your paycheck and budgeting.
Once you graduate college and start your career, it’s important to plan your finances for where you want to go in life, whether that’s retirement by a lofty 45 or more realistic 65. Creating and sticking to an effective budget will make you richer than any single investment you make. Revise your budget every year to refocus your priorities. Persistence and focus are keys to success in every aspect of life, not just personal finances. Look back to a moment in your life where you learned about persistence and start applying it in your life. Jay Cranford is a 21-year-old finance senior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
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Head to Head
Is climate change a pressing international issue? Yes, it is the most important threat we face today
No, global warming causes unnecessary fuss
SMASH THE HATE
It doesn’t stop there. A study from 2000 percent of the greenhouse effect is due to cited by the IPCC found sea-level rise in humanity. SIMPLY READ the U.S. alone could cause anywhere from Global warming extremists conceded $20 billion to $150 billion just in property other factors greatly outweigh carbon diJACK RICHARDS KAIN HINGLE damage. oxide in temperature impact. The main Opinion Editor Columnist Ever thought of living on the coast? factors contributing to global climate With college football season is com- Think again. Compared to planets, humans are change relate to solar activity, like aling to an end and Yeezy season delayed for Next, the Pentagon released a report in fairly insignificant. Every year, the bedo, volcanic eruptions and changes in months, ignorance season is right around late July with testimonies from each four- public is spoon fed statistics implicat- Earth’s axis. the corner. star general in the military. They gave ing our role in a rapidly heating Earth. On June 15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo The 2015 Paris Climate Conference, also a soldier’s credibility to scientists’ find- Though intimidating at first glance, most erupted, spewing an estimated 20 milknown as COP21, began yesterday. The con- ings, acknowledging climate change will of these statistics are disproved with lion tons of sulfur dioxide and ash into ference includes prominent heads of state exacerbate already unstable regions of simple science. the atmosphere. This massive outpouring who want to ratify an international treaty to the world. Yesterday, more than 140 world leaders of gasses may affect climate patterns for Increasing temperatures make the gathered in Paris for a two-week confer- years. limit greenhouse gas emissions. It’s about time. World leaders stalled in drought in Syria worse, where the U.S. ence on climate change. This conference Humans have a trivial effect on previous conferences to reach legally-bind- and allies fight the Islamic State. Melt- discusses emissions reductions and their climate change compared to the ing agreements. The Kyoto ing Arctic ice is reveal- effects on the world. environment. Capping emissions Worrying about the ing new oil reserves RusProtocol, the landmark cliLimiting emissions is All things considered, mate change treaty, is in the sia is staking claim over, a fantastic idea but not for the Earth is heating up. will probably hurt big environment alone midst of expiring. providing potential future preventing rapid climate Relative to the last 100,000 oil’s bottom line, but would be a luxury, conflict. The United States, under change. Emissions have a years, the Earth is the hotignoring the effects of but the inconvenient Finally, climate change harmful effect on the huformer President George W. it’s been. However, climate change is the real is literally moving moun- man respiratory system, truth is we face much test Bush, did not sign the Kyoto Earth has been around a lot economic disaster. greater threats. tains. University of Cin- but they’re just a drop Protocol. He said it “would longer than 100,000 years. cinnati researchers fur- in the bucket regarding have wrecked our economy.” Using proxy data, scienWhat Bush didn’t understand then, and ther cemented evidence that global and climate change. tists have estimated the Earth has been as what some still refuse to acknowledge, is the local climate change induces plate tectonic People are quick to point fingers due hot as it is now 4 times in the past 425,000 economy will be in even worse shape if we shifts in a July study. So, climate change to our incredible rate of atmospheric car- years. could mean more earthquakes around bon dioxide. The amount of atmospheric don’t curb climate change. The Earth goes through phases. We If you’re a climate-change denier, read the globe. carbon dioxide has grown to an unprec- have ice ages and interglacial ages. The Climate change is not homework — you edented level, but so has industry. We Earth has been around for more than my last column on this topic. I don’t want to waste your time or mine rehashing the can’t procrastinate until the last minute. are continuously manufacturing, so it 4.5 billion years, and everything has run same points. Every day we lose points, and we’re already only makes sense carbon dioxide levels smoothly. The introduction of humans I’m also not going to waste space argu- barely passing. Don’t let humans flunk out. has risen. doesn’t endanger the Earth. ing humans are a primary cause of the Support climate change reform. However, is carbon dioxide that bad Humans are trivial in the grand uptick in temperature and sea levels. I’ll for the environment? Contrary to popu- scheme of things. We are tiny beings livleave that to the American Meteorologi- Jack Richards is a 20 year-old mass com- lar belief, most of the greenhouse effect ing in a large world, and it’s flattering to cal Society, the Intergovernmental Panel munication junior from New Orleans. You is due to water vapor. Former meteo- think we have a large effect — but we on Climate Change and the American As- can reach him on Twitter @jayellrichy. rologist Brian Sussman estimates .9 of 1 don’t. sociation for the Advancement of Science. We should live green for the sake They agree. of ourselves rather than the environI’d rather dig into a dangerously flawed ment. However, now is not the time to mindset. Much of the rhetoric, primarily worry about such matters. With Islamic from conservatives, is that climate change State growing as a potential threat, Syris not important enough to worry about now. ian refugees wandering with nowhere Climate change is the most pressing to go and an upcoming presidential electhreat to the world. Not terrorism, not tion, we don’t have time to worry about “Obamacare,” not police brutality, not the going green. lack of a $15 an hour minimum wage — People face evident danger by existclimate change trumps them all. ing in today’s world. Worrying about the Let’s talk about the economy because environment alone would be a luxury, but our corporate overlords always derail the inconvenient truth is we face much discussions of how to fix the climate crisis. greater threats. Capping emissions will probably hurt big In an ideal world, it would be great oil’s bottom line, but ignoring the effects of to dedicate some resources to promote climate change is the real economic disaster. environmental well-being, but we don’t A study published in an October issue have the time or resources. Humans’ efof the scientific journal, “Nature,” found fects on climate change aren’t drastic anticipated average global incomes will or urgent enough to require immediate drop 23 percent by 2100 if humans continue solutions. IAN LANGSDON / The Associated Press current levels of greenhouse gas emission. Think about what your salary will From the left, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Microsoft CEO Kain Hingle is a 19-year-old psycholbe right before you retire. Now, subtract Bill Gates, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister ogy sophomore from Mandeville, Louia quarter of it. That’s your future with Narendra Modi attend the ‘Mission Innovation: Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution’ meeting at the siana. You can reach him on Twitter unmitigated climate change. COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on Monday. @kain_hingle.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 HEALTH
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Geaux Red celebrates triumphs, struggles with HIV/AIDS
BY TRENT PARKER @TrentParker_TDR
In honor of World AIDS Day today, local leaders and representatives from organizations dealing with HIV/AIDS met in the LSU Women’s Center on Monday evening for a panel discussion on their experiences combatting the disease. The two-day event, called Geaux Red, also includes outreach efforts in the LSU community. “World AIDS Day is a reminder of not only the people who we have lost to the AIDS epidemic but also to the significant advances in treatment and the ability to now prevent HIV infections,” said Timothy Young, CEO of HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region Two. While progress was made in treating HIV — such as the use of pre-exposure medications like Truvada that can drastically lower infection risks — it remains a significant public health problem in Louisiana, said Thomas Huseby, a medical case manager for people living with HIV. “Louisiana is kind of unique in the nation,” Huseby said. “We’re the only one with two metropolitan areas that are in the top 10.” Baton Rouge ranked thirdhighest and New Orleans fifthhighest in the United States for estimated AIDS case rates in 2013, according to a June 2015 report from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. “There are about 5,000 people in the nine-parish Baton Rouge area who are living with HIV,” Young said. A variety of factors contribute to Louisiana’s difficulties with HIV, chief among them a lack of widespread testing,
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Geaux Red held a poster contest to help LSU students become more aware of HIV/ AIDS on Monday in the LSU’s Women’s Center. Huseby said. Symptoms of HIV can take five to 10 years to fully manifest, during which time the patient is often contagious. “We’ve got a lot of people here that have not been tested, so they’re not aware that they’re living with HIV. As a result, they’re not being treated.” Huseby said. “And if they’re not being treated, they’re more infectious.” HIV disproportionately affects people of color in Louisiana. Newly diagnosed HIV cases
in 2014 were 70 percent AfricanAmerican despite only 32 percent of Louisiana’s population being African-American, according to the DHH report. Roughly 80 percent of the 5,000 people living with HIV in Baton Rouge are African-American, Young said. Organizations participating in Geaux Red are tabling in Free Speech Plaza today to offer free testing and combat misinformation about HIV.
allow him to hit the ground running with some new initiatives,” and Manufacturing Engineer- Cassidy said. ing from 2001 until 2009. AfAccording to LSU’s Office of ter leaving Penn State, Koubek the President website, the extransferred to LSU, serving ecutive vice provost’s responsias the dean of the College of bilities include maintaining the Engineering from 2009 until “development, growth and qual2015. ity of all academic programs Koubek spent the past seven and related support functions.” years recruiting potential stu- The provost’s duties include the dents for LSU. “articulation of ‘He knows the campus an academic viThen, he said he grew to appreciwell from the inside, sion, leadership ate LSU for its which will allow him to hit in academic strafour “treasures”: the ground running with tegic planning, leadership, a the development some new initiatives.’ strong sense of and administracommunity, the tion of academic JANE CASSIDY ability to funcbudgets and the senior vice provost tion as a living advancement laboratory and of excellence the sense of balance among the in teaching, scholarship and different fields of study. service for the LSU flagship “That balance is why I per- institution.” sonally feel so at home,” Koubek LSU Faculty Senate Presisaid during the forum. dent Kevin Cope said he is Senior Vice Provost Jane pleased with Koubek’s appointCassidy said she enjoyed her ment as he believes Koubek has professional relationship demonstrated “more in the few with Koubek for the past five months that he’s been in office months. ... than the previous four or five “He knows the campus well administrations.” from the inside, which will Cope said Koubek engaged
in successful fundraising efforts for the College of Engineering and extended a helping hand to LSU satellite locations, particularly toward the Shreveport campus. Cope said the Faculty Senate expects Koubek will create a broad spectrum of programs to bring all of the LSU System campuses together in the “intellectual project.” “[Faculty Senate] is thinking that Provost Koubek is both going to contribute to the substance of the university project and also to overall morale,” Cope said. In his time as interim executive vice president and provost, Cope said Koubek demonstrated both faculty friendliness and visionary potential regarding LSU’s future. He said Koubek is the most accessible provost “of the recent era.” “He is well known for being collaborative in his approach, which has earned him great respect from internal and external constituents,” Cassidy said. “We are ready to move forward.”
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A poster in the contest reads, ‘Encourage love not sigma’ at the Geaux Red poster contest in the Women’s Center
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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Former LSU cheerleader grows new passion after boating accident BY RANDEE ILES Manship News Service Wheat grass and a wheelchair are two things Chico Garcia never thought would be essential to his life. In August 2011, Garcia was in a boating accident that changed his life. The former LSU cheerleader and cheerleading coach is now the founder of Cajun Organics. The 33-year-old Garcia became unhappy with the whirlwind life of therapy, doctors and medication he was living. He started researching nutrients and foods that could take the place of the medications. He doesn’t burn many calories in a day, so Garcia started looking into low-cal food items with high nutritional value. And that’s how he stumbled upon wheat grass. He began growing wheat grass, figuring he knew he couldn’t be the only person interested in it. He quit his job at Apple in July to pursue his dream of opening an organic lifestyle business. What resulted is Cajun Organics. Only a few months into operation, Cajun Organics has more than just wheat grass shots. Garcia says it’s turning into an “organic lifestyle one-stop-shop.” The company offers wheat grass shots, filtered water, almond butter, salsa and trail mix, with a greenroom to grow herbs. Cajun Organics is operating out of Garcia’s Baton Rouge-area home. Instead of using pesticides or chemicals, Cajun Organics uses the aquaponics method in which plants soak up water that is full of nutrients provided by Koi fish waste, ensuring products are 100
percent organic. Being a college athlete, then a coach and practitioner of Jiu Jitsu, Garcia was living an active lifestyle, and he’s still mentally active today. “People are my thing, but now it’s basically providing those people with healthy solutions that are for the busy person that want to be healthy,” he said. Through working at Apple, Garcia met Lauren Cross, LSU public relations and religious studies senior. Garcia’s company, along with his story, immediately piqued her interest. Garcia hired Cross as Cajun Organic’s marketing director. Cross is one of two employees plus two volunteers. Cross said as a public relations student, her efforts have been involved with companies and organizations with a similar goal behind them. Cross is involved in the local arts scene, especially in the Northgate area of Baton Rouge. LSU took up a majority of Garcia’s life for 12 years. He was hired his senior year as a cheerleading coach and retired after eight years following his accident. Now, he’s on a new chapter in his life. “I never thought in a million years that I would be growing grass,” Garcia said. “I’ve got a green thumb, and I’m rolling with it. It’s my new kind of later in life hobby.” His green thumb isn’t the only change Garcia encountered since he became paralyzed. Garcia said before his accident he thought he was a downto-earth person, but looking back he sees that he was not as down to earth as he thought, but now he is. He referred to his previous
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Chico Garcia in a room he cleared out in his house to start a greenhouse. lifestyle as somewhat flashy. “Of course, boys and their toys,” he said. “I had all the toys — motorbikes, boats, dirt bikes, go-carts, four wheelers, you name it. I would get a toy, just to have a boy toy.” Garcia said being confined
to a wheelchair most of the time has made him more understanding and open-minded, less prone to flashes of anger, and more willing to help others. For about two years after the boating accident, Garcia’s parents lived with him. Now he has
his own nurse and a maid, and his parents only visit for a few days at a time. Garcia said he plans to move his business into a larger facility in Baton Rouge and hopes to open more sites in Lafayette, New Orleans and, eventually, Florida.
TECHNOLOGY
Center helps professors incorporate technology in classrooms BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh Most students might only know the Faculty Technology Center as the place teachers go with problems navigating Moodle, but inside there are 3-D printers, Apple Watches and a staff ready to bring technology into the classroom. “We kind of got that stigma of being a Moodle shop for so long,” said Academic Technology Services Director Buddy Ethridge. “It’s more the proactive than the reactive that we want to get. We want professors to come to us and say, ‘Hey, I want to do this in my course,’ so we can either help them immediately or find out how to do that.” FTC is a division of Information Technology Services located on the first floor of Middleton Library. Its staff works with professors and researchers to integrate technology into classrooms and research labs. Some of that help comes from
one-on-one talks with teachers and professors, solving individual issues. Other times FTC hosts workshops to give faculty broad information on a particular topic, such as Moodle or Turnitin, the plagiarism detection software. FTC has been in operation since 2008, and Ethridge said its most important task is helping professors bring their research into the classroom in a way students can understand. “We’re a research institution. Many of the faculty members here are subject matter experts unquestionably, but many of them have not been taught pedagogy and how to teach,” Ethridge said. “We’re here to provide that guidance.” FTC began an online teaching group two weeks ago to expand the resources for online and hybrid course teachers, said educational technology consultant Hala Esmail. “I found that the most meaningful interactions are
really when they are able to learn and share from each other,” Esmail said. “In teaching online, some instructors feel they are doing this all by themselves.” The online cohort boasts more than 70 faculty, staff and graduate student members and has partnered with LSU Online and LSU Learning and Teaching Collaborative to promote the best practices in an online classroom, Esmail said. “As the number of online courses and hybrid courses increase, there is that need for support to enhance these courses and properly develop,” Esmail said. FTC also works with the Disability Services to promote accessibility and compliance for disabled students. Part of FTC’s job is to point out to teachers what aspects of their class may be difficult for disabled students and how they may be improved by technology, Ethridge said.
“That collaboration between other units and other departments at LSU really helps us in joining forces and getting some of these initiatives done,” Esmail said. Ethridge said his department is always buying and testing new technologies and researching how to use them in the classroom. There also is a focus on promoting technology outside the classic STEM fields, Ethridge said, and bringing them into the liberal arts and other curriculums. “It rapidly evolves. What we work on now is vastly different than what we worked on eight years ago when we first opened,” Ethridge said. “So many things are happening across the campus, across the country and across the world that we try to keep our fingers on the pulse. Faculty members come in here with brilliant ideas things that we haven’t thought of, so it’s a great way to share peer knowledge.”
What is the Faculty Technology Center? FTC is a division of Information Technology Services located on the first floor of Middleton Library. Its staff works with professors and researchers to integrate technology into classrooms and research labs.
What services does FTC provide? Hosts workshops to teach faculty about programs like Moodle. Partners with LSU Online and LSU Learning and Teaching Collaborative with online teaching group of more than 70 faculty, staff and graduate student members. Works with Disability Services to promote accessibility and compliance for disabled students.