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LSU prepares for hiring search BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221
said. “I think everyone should be concerned about safety.” Soriero said he visits Tigerland regularly and never expected to become a drugging victim — especially not the night of the Florida game, when he was not drinking excessively. He said he gave a random man money to buy red bulls and vodka for him and his girlfriend. Though the couple was supposed to share the first drink, Soriero somehow got that one to himself. After two more drinks and an argument with his girlfriend, Soriero left the bar to head home. He said his actions between midnight and 8 a.m. were a “blur.” “Apparently, I was very reckless and
As the search for a new executive vice president and provost draws to a close, LSU administration now hopes to fill another vacant position: vice president for Strategic Communications. Former Vice President for Strategic Communications Linda Bonnin vacated the office at the end of October. After Bonnin’s departure, LSU Executive Director of Policy and External Affairs Jason Droddy stepped in as interim vice president Nov. 1. The office was familiar territory for Droddy as he filled it before, from August 2013 through October 2014 following Herb Vincent’s leave. “I told [LSU President F. King] Alexander I would be willing to serve DRODDY as long as he would like,” Droddy said. In addition to overseeing the Division of Strategic
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Student Health Center, students report druggings prevalent in Tigerland
Tigerland may be a common target of date rape drugging due to its high concentration of student activity. BY KACI CAZENAVE @kacicaz When business management sophomore Tad Soriero woke up Oct. 18 after celebrating the Tigers’ win against the University of Florida at Reggie’s bar, he had no recollection of his actions during the previous eight hours. All he remembered was his then-girlfriend leaving his apartment that morning — not how he wound up with date rape drugs in his system. Seirra Fowler, assistant director of wellness and health promotion for the Student Health Center, said roughly five students have reported allegedly being drugged while out at Tigerland since the start of the fall semester. “I believe [Tigerland] is a target due to the high concentration of student activity,” she
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG requests amendments to policy for student absences BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter Student Government Resolution No. 28, passed at the LSU Student Senate’s final meeting of the semester Nov. 18, asked the Faculty Senate and LSU administration to consider improvements to the school’s absence policy, Policy Statement 22. Policy Statement 22 addresses student absences from class and lists valid reasons for missing a class. The policy states professors must “assist those students who have valid reasons” for not attending.
Senator Jimmy Mickler authored the legislation and delivered opening comments before the Senate launched into debate. He said the policy’s phrasing left it open for interpretation for professors and needs a more definite procedure. “There’s been a bunch of issues with that line not being strong enough,” Mickler said. Mickler said this amendment adds the professor “will devise a system for making up any quiz, exam or other work” and that the made-up work should be “equal in difficulty to the original” and administered at a time agreed upon
by both the professor and student. Mickler said he had a class where the professor dropped one test a semester and used that as his make-up policy. If a student made a 40 percent on a test then missed another test for appendicitis, the 40 percent would be factored into the final grade, he said. Senator Jacob Phagan asked if an assignment was due over a period of time and a student was sick on the final day it was due, would the student be able to make it up for full credit. Mickler said, under the current language, “not even a little bit.” “It doesn’t even excuse you
if you were to miss a test on one day,” Mickler said. “It really doesn’t excuse anything.” Senator Jacob Boudreaux argued in favor of the resolution and read an email one of his constituents sent him about excused absences. The student missed classes after going to urgent care with nausea and dizziness and was told it was a bad reaction to medication. The medicine the student was given to counteract the bad medicine made her sleep for 16 hours straight, Boudreaux said. After emailing the professor asking to make up an assignment because
of the sudden illness, the student was told the assignment could not be made up because a valid excuse was not sent prior to the absence. “It’s stuff like that, that really bothers me,” Boudreaux said. “Because the professors have academic freedom, there’s nothing we can do. Her grade is going to be lowered just because she was sick and didn’t know that she was going to be sick.” Faculty Senate previously considered similar legislation, Mickler said, but there was a
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LABrainS project aims to detect early signs of dementia BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221 As National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month draws to a close, Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention continues working on its LABrainS project, which dedicated to dementia research for the approximately 5 million affected Americans. Since its establishment in 2008, LABrainS aimed to detect early signs of cognitive decline associated with the onset of dementia by administering objective assessments of memory performance annually. The study is open to anyone over the age of 60 who has not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia. Rob Brouillette, manager of the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention, said the longitudinal study allows researchers to assess risk factors and create therapeutic strategies to prevent those risks. According to Pennington’s website, LABrainS enrolled more than 2,000 participants statewide from 37 different parishes. Brouillette said the study, along with the separate Josephine Lamar Dementia Study, enables the researchers to recruit pharmaceutical trials for
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center continues dementia research and prevention. the disease. About eight percent of participants show early symptoms of dementia annually, Brouillette said — higher than the national rate. “We have a higher incidence of risk factors [in Louisiana] — diabetes, high cholesterol,” Brouillette said. He said IDRP hopes to develop better early detection techniques to identify people earlier for clinical trials. The future of research, Brouillette said, will involve pharmaceutical interventions for people who do not have symptoms but are at risk for developing them. “We’re in an age where the population of the U.S. is aging a growing geriatric population,” Brouillette said. “We need to hone
in on viable solutions for this disease because it’s become an ever-growing problem.” The issue is one J. Steven Alexander, physiology professor at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, called a “huge pressing problem looming on the horizon.” Though not associated with LABrainS, Alexander specializes in Alzheimer’s drug development, working with the Boston-area based Aphios Corporation. He participated in LSU’s Alzheimer’s awareness efforts at the beginning of the month, engaging in community outreach. He said his team wants to eliminate controllable risk factors by reducing blood sugar and
stabilizing blood pressure. For the uncontrollable factors, Alexander said his drug will stop Alzheimer’s from becoming a common part of the aging process. “There’s an absolute tsunami of a health care crisis coming in the form of Alzheimer’s,” Alexander said. While LABrainS detects early signs of the disease, Alexander’s research seeks to develop drugs to prevent the progression of soldiers’ traumatic brain injuries into Alzheimer’s. Alexander said the disease is a high risk for military personnel. He said his team patented Bryostatin, an oral drug that restores memory performance in mice with Alzheimer’s disease. The drug’s primary compound is a small molecule amyloid-reducing therapy, originally slated as a cancer drug but discovered more promising for cognitive processing research found in sea moss off the coast of southern California. Alexander said he hopes to make the drug easily accessible, affordable and administerable. In the next 20 to 30 years, he said there could be 30-40 million people with Alzheimer’s — an “unimaginable” thought if people do not act on it soon. “It’s everybody’s problem,” Alexander said. “Everyone you know, if they live long enough, is going to be at a greater risk for it.”
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Students from universities across the country in the SEA Semester: Oceans and Climate program, including LSU Department of Geology student Jennifer Kenyon, will sail across the Atlantic Ocean to investigate global climate change from Nov. 14Dec. 23, according to a news release from LSU Media Relations. The students in the 12-week study abroad program will serve as working crew members on an oceanographic research vessel
and research marine ecosystems on their trip from the Canary Islands to St. Croix. Students will also observe climate science and policy at stops along the way. “This program has shown me the importance of interacting with the public and more specifically, policy makers, in order to protect our planet,” Kenyon said in the release. Those wishing to track the sixweek voyage can do so at the SEA Currents blog.
Florida State’s Fisher declined to comment on possible job Amid numerous reports of LSU coach Les Miles’ potential firing, one likely candidate to replace Miles dismissed questions about his contact with LSU Athletic Department. A former member of LSU’s Board of Supervisors said Florida State University coach Jimbo Fisher is one of the candidates for Miles’ replacement, but there is no official confirmation yet. Fisher was the LSU offensive coordinator from 2000-06, serving under former Tiger coach Nick Saban before Miles took over in 2005. Fisher declined comment on Monday about the possible job opening.
Meanwhile, LSU defensive line coach Ed Orgeron told Syracuse.com he would be “highly interested” in the opportunity to be the the Orange’s next head coach. Orgeron is in the first of a twoyear contract with LSU, which he signed before the 2015 season. Orgeron was the Orange’s defensive line coach from 199597, which he served under then-Orange head coach Paul Pasqualoni. “I have a lot of respect for Syracuse,” Orgeron said to Syracuse. com. “Great private school, great education, great tradition. So, obviously, my interest would be very high. I’d be highly interested in getting that job.”
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The Hat Stays On Amid rumors, Miles, LSU focus on task at hand against Texas A&M BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR
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he LSU football team will play its final regular season game against Texas A&M University at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Tiger Stadium. It will be Senior Night for 14 seniors listed on the roster, a bittersweet moment for most players in their final year of eligibility. But it may also be bittersweet for a completely different reason — a giant elephant on the field no Tiger can ignore. After nearly 11 years in Baton Rouge, the face of the program might receive his own Death Valley send off, and it won’t be by his own accord. This weekend could be the final time Les Miles wears a snug white cap and a headset as the LSU coach. For sophomore receiver John Diarse, who is most worried about ending the slump, the possibility of a coaching change is an odd feeling that is difficult to prepare for. “It does seem kind of weird, seeing as he’s been here so long,” Diarse said. “The same thing kind of happened with coach [Steve] Spurrier at South Carolina. Whoever would have thought he would have resigned? It’s a weird thing. It’s not something that you expect to happen. It’s kind out of blue. We just got to deal with when the time comes.”
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Moncrief expected to miss remainder of season Nagging knee injury benches junior guard BY Christian Boutwell @CBoutwell_TDR Junior guard Raigyne Moncrief scored eight points, collected eight rebounds and dished four assists in LSU’s 57-51 win against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Nov. 18. Moncrief led LSU in rebounds and assists and trailed only sophomore guard Jenna Deemer in points, who finished with 19. Four days earlier, LSU defeated the University of Louisiana at Monroe, 61-54, after Moncrief hit a mid-range jumper to send the Lady Tigers into overtime. She was an all-around position player for the LSU women’s basketball team this season. She was their go-to shooter in crutch time situations and ball-handler when defensive pressure reached its peak. Yes, was. Moncrief didn’t dress out
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Senior power forward, transfer Bethel brings leadership to LSU BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR After transferring from West Virginia University following her sophomore season, senior forward Akilah Bethel settled into her new home and is a regular starter and key component on the LSU women’s basketball team. She looks to be a leader for the Lady Tigers and finish strong during her last season at LSU. For Bethel, her collegiate career is all about change. Aside from making the more than 1,000 mile-long trip from Morgantown, West Virginia, to Baton Rouge, Bethel also changed positions on the court.
Bethel plays power forward for LSU after playing exclusively at the shooting guard position during high school and her time at West Virginia. She said she had to work hard to adjust to her new position, but it is ultimately more suitable for a player with her skill set. “I’ve had to adapt, which made me versatile,” Bethel said. “Like [LSU] coach Nikki [Fargas] says, I can rebound the ball, and I can push it up [the court] myself with my guard skills.” Off the court, Bethel adapted to Baton Rouge, and on the court, she garnered a greater amount of playing time. The idea of transferring to LSU came during her sophomore year at
West Virginia. Bethel’s Mountaineers took on the Lady Tigers, and LSU’s style of play caught her eye. She said she was looking for a school that would give her more playing time and more leeway to showcase her skills. “I was amazed at how freely they played,” Bethel said. “They were really in a rhythm, and that attracted me.” Bethel said she reached out to Fargas with the intention of joining the team. They discussed how she would best be utilized in her new position, and before long, Bethel made LSU her new home. Fargas said the transition worked well for Bethel and the
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LSU senior forward Akilah Bethel (3) looks to pass the ball on Nov. 15 during the Tigers’ 61-54 overtime win against the University of Louisina-Monroe in the PMAC.
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Miles dismisses job rumors, looks forward to Saturday give leeway about the coaching direction the football program is headed toward. “What is the future is, to me, LSU coach Les Miles dismissed most of the talk about after the Texas A&M game — a leaving the football program great game that is going to be during the “Lunch with Les” played in Tiger Stadium,” Miles said. “I’m not going to find mynews conference. The status regarding Miles’ self watching TV or reading future remained unclear on papers or doing anything but Monday after reports of Miles’ preparing a plan, looking at the tenure at LSU was nearing its advantages that we have and end. Miles addressed the media seeing if we can exploit them to about the future of his job in his victory.” After saying he doesn’t know opening statement and for “two minutes” after his statement, he any updates about his job, Miles made it certain that retirement said. “I can tell you that I don’t is not an option and Louisiana is know anything other than ‘let’s his home. “No, I’m not considering go to work,’” Miles said. “‘Let’s rally the troops. Let’s enjoy the retirement,” Miles said. “Being the head men that I’ve hire coach and givand the young men ing leadership I’ve recruited. Let’s here and allowcoach them hard. ing my famLet’s go win vicily to enjoy the tory.’ I’m going to opportunities enjoy that. It’s just of the commuthat simple. LES MILES, nity and the “This is not Head Football Coach enjoyment of about me. This is Louisiana has about the team. This is about preparing to beat just been rich to our family. It’s an opponent and to enjoy the given us insight to people and different areas.” young men that we coach.” “This is home,” he said. He said the future he is Miles said he will still meet most worried about is Saturday’s game against Texas A&M with his team before its normal Monday team meeting to University. The seat for Miles’ job address his future. “This will always be about reached boiling temperatures on Monday, but he refused to our players and the team,” BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR
‘No, I’m not considering retirement.’
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LSU coach Les Miles leads the Tigers on the field where they lost 34-29 to Mississippi State on Sept. 20. Miles said. “I’m a separate piece. I orchestrate and move with and hopefully am successful. That’s the only away I know how to do it.” Redshirt freshman guard William Clapp and senior linebacker Lamar Louis said they’ve heard about the controversy surrounding their coach but didn’t know any information by Miles as of 2 p.m. on Monday. The pair said the team is backing Miles “100 percent”
and said the players have decided to ignore the negative media attention Miles is receiving about his future in Baton Rouge. Miles said the meeting with his team, as he does each week at 3 p.m. will be where he addresses the ongoing situation surrounding the future of his job, “this will be a warmup for the team meeting,” he said. In the final asked question about his job, Miles shunned
the topic and answered three questions regarding the status of his future, then restricted the topic after the fourth question. “I really said speculation on my job at this point is off limits,” Miles said. “The information that I have is do your job as you would do it. That’s something that I took when I took that job 11 years ago. “If someone is asking me if I’m coaching for my job, I think I’ve done that for 11 years.”
VOLLEYBALL
Tigers announce five talented signees to 2016 recruiting class Flory excited about athletic recruits BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR The LSU volleyball team took a big step to rebound from its disappointing 2015 season during the November signing period, signing five standout athletes to next year’s roster. LSU coach Fran Flory said she is mostly excited about the athletic ability, skill set and winning tradition middle blockers Jacqui Armer and Jariel Tureaud, outside hitters Sydney Mukes and Milan Stokes and setter Anna Zwiebel will bring to the program. “We wanted a diverse group in terms of skill set in the game,” Flory said. “Every one of them brings something different, and hopefully, all of them fit into our system as planned and melt into a really good basis for the future of the program.” She said the team’s biggest need remains at the setting position. The coaching staff temporarily solved that problem by making sophomore Cheyenne Wood a setter
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LSU coach Fran Flory cheers her team up during the Tigers’ 3-2 defeat against Alabama on Oct. 18 in the PMAC. along with freshman Lindsay Flory in the beginning of the season, but Louisville, Kentucky, native Zwiebel is expected to take the position to new heights. Flory said Wood will be given the opportunity to return to her original position as defensive specialist, while Lindsay will have the spring to develop.
“Anna brings tenacity and a great volleyball IQ,” Flory said. “She has a super fast release, so I think she’s going to force some problems. It’s just a matter of how fast she matures.” Mukes and Stokes will also add to the team’s quickness. Flory said the two outside hitters play a similar style to
what we have seen from sophomore outside hitters Mimi Eugene and Gina Tillis, which shows how much the game has developed from a physical standpoint. With the five freshmen joining the program, the team loses a big senior class, leaving current junior middle blocker
Tiara Gibson as next year’s only senior. While Gibson is preparing to lead the team, Flory is more excited about the program’s current sophomores. “I think the junior class is what’s really important and shapes the dynamic of a team,” Flory said. “Although Tiara will be a senior, she won’t be a four-year senior for our program. She’s still growing and maturing with what we want her to do.” Gibson said it’s certainly a different situation, but she doesn’t think her two years of experience at South Dakota State University should be discredited. “I’m not going to be perfect,” Gibson said. “You’re only a senior once, so if you’d have another chance, you’d probably do it better, but I’m going to do the best job I can for this team I care so much about.” Gibson said she is excited for the new signing class and said due to the coaches selective recruiting, she expects everybody to get along automatically. Personally, she plans to get to know the recruits and find out how she can interact to get the best out of them during later visits and the summer.
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LIFTIN’ ME HIGHER LSU community gets into new type of physical, mental exercise called ‘acroyoga’ BY KAYLA RANDALL @kay_ran21
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t LSU, there is a community of people that enjoys standing and sitting on each other’s hands and feet and getting tossed in the air. Acroyoga, which combines acrobatics and yoga, has a sizeable faction in Baton Rouge. Acroyoga instructor Joshua Roberts rents out Elite Gymnastics for his class and hosts acroyoga “jams” near the LSU lakes. An acro jam is a meet up with no formal instruction where people come to practice acroyoga with others. Though it appears difficult, Roberts likes to emphasize anyone can do acroyoga. “I had a girl with no feet and no hands do it the other day,” Roberts said. “My little brother who’s autistic, he does it.” Roberts said that he even had
7-foot-tall LSU basketball player Darcy Malone do acroyoga. Despite his insistence, Roberts said first-timers’ fear is real and can be hard to overcome. That’s where trust and communication come in. “So many people are afraid of touching each other,” Roberts said. “It makes people connect on a level that, in this day and age where people are so used to texting and social media, they don’t connect like that.” The power of persuasion also comes into play, which he said he’s become good at, as he has to talk many of his eventual students into doing acro. His go-to persuasive line is, “Do you want to leave here knowing you didn’t try something new today?”
‘So many people are afraid of touching each other. It makes people connect on a level that in this day and age where people are so used to texting and social media, they don’t connect like that.’ JOSHUA ROBERTS acroyoga instructor
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Mariah Carey’s Christmas Zydeco Foods offers healthy snacks classic will live on forever FOOD AND DRINK
Owner moved to food after career as a lawyer
BY SARAH LEBOEUF @sleboeuf23 Growing up in Abbeville, Louisiana, with sugarcane farmer uncles and the smell of syrup production at the local sugar mill wafting into her kitchen, Michelle Vallot has been inspired by Louisiana flavors since childhood. “Everyone in my family, we’re all foodies,” Vallot said. “We grew up like that, cooking
and having a garden and loving good, clean food,” Her family values consisted of working hard and eating well, she said. While traveling from Lafayette to Baton Rouge in the ’90s to study law at Southern University Law Center, she craved a snack that could get her through long study hours, said she. She said she loved baking Italian fig cookies for her friends and family. The treats, made up of roasted pecans, figs, raisins and chocolates wrapped up in a
see ZYDECO, page 6
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Zydeco Foods is a Louisiana company that offers all natural food products with traditional Cajun and Creole flavors.
Throughout Mariah Carey’s 25-year-long career, the selfproclaimed Elusive Chanteuse has seen 18 singles hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Yet none of these hits reach the same level as her iconic and inescapable Christmas jam, “All I Want For Christmas is You.” While my favorite Mimi bop
is easily “Touch My Body,” “All I Want For Christmas Is You” somehow manages to dominate airwaves every year as Christmas inches closer. It’s surprising the festive tune showed such longevity throughout its life, considering Carey’s vast discography. The song provides Carey with the opportunity to do promotion on a yearly basis. Given the current state of Carey’s career — it’s a blessing. Her last studio album “Me.
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STUDIO SPOTLIGHT
RANKS MASTER OF NONE
Netflix “Master of None” takes you through the twists and turns in the life of the main character Dev, played by Aziz Ansari. His friends are there to guide him along the way without always knowing what the next best move is. In the show, Ansari’s friends are played by fellow comedians Lena Waithe, Eric Wareheim and more. While this creates a funny backbone for the show, a comedy show and acting are two different tasks. Ansari seemed comfortable with portraying his character, but it took the others a few episodes to look relaxed.
— BRITTANY HAGOORT
JESSICA JONES
Netflix Marvel’s latest Netflix-dumped show “Jessica Jones” is held together by Krysten Ritter. Luckily, the strength of her performance is enough to elevate the show into something more poignant, a portrait of a broken woman trying to do the right thing. The show chronicles Jessica Jones as she hunts for Kilgrave, a heinous killer who has the power of mind control. Watching Ritter as the title character is a delight, and the main reason to marathon the show.
— KAYLA RANDALL
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY-PART 2
Lionsgate
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2,” the final installment in the series, is an absolute no-brainer hit, complete with twists, turns and suspense. Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, remains true to her original ideologies of freedom for Panem through intense moments of throbbing heartache and dislodged aggression. Lawrence progressed as an actress and is filmed as a definitive actress truly immersed in character.
— JOSHUA BARTHOLOMEW
SPOTLIGHT
Open Road Films
While the film “Spotlight” can drag at points, the basedon-true-events movie about Boston Globe journalists who exposed decades of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in 2002 is just subtle enough to be realistic. With beige Boston scenes and a cluttered newsroom, the movie wasn’t as a dramatic, or pretty as expected for holiday season Oscar bait, but subtleties in the plot and watching characters figure out an investigation is fascinating.
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‘The Night Before’ brings unexpected morals YEEZY TAUGHT ME SARAH LEBOEUF Entertainment writer ’Tis the season for traditions, and for many, that includes binge-watching classic holiday films. Just like that mug of warm eggnog you’re craving, “The Night Before” spikes holiday cinema culture. Movies of nostalgic familiarity, such as “Home Alone,” “The Polar Express,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “A Christmas Carol” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” are spoofed by a cast that includes Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie. Like any other Rogen movie, expletives and drug references are strung like Christmas lights throughout the raunchy script. The aforementioned actors play three friends who are coming to terms with adulthood. For the sake of maturity, they abandon their past drunken holiday traditions. They spend their last annual bender on a journey for the ultimate underground rave, the Nutcracka Ball. Following the paradigm of “Pineapple Express” and “Neighbors,” their adventure is filled with over-the-top psychedelic trips, penis jokes and other hilarity.
ZYDECO, from page 5 sweet dough, became a local favorite, and they even made their way to stores in Seaside, Florida. “One of my first loves is food and understanding what your body wants and understanding nutrition.” Vallot said. This sweet, healthy dessert sparked her interest in creating a nutrition bar. She chose sweet potatoes, as she considers Louisiana to be “sweet potato country,” for the basis of her recipe because of their slow-burning carbohydrates, vitamins and fiber benefits. This ingredient is what makes her bar different than on grocery shelves. She added roasted pecans, molasses and other ingredients to complete her recipe. “A wallop of energy squeezed in a bar” is printed on the Zydeco Bar packaging in warm, bright colors. She came up with two flavors for the nutrition bars: fruit and pecan and pecan brownie. Vallot officially set up businesses as Zydeco Foods around 2005, she said. As for the company’s name, she was inspired by what she knows — her state’s culture. She said she thinks Zydeco is about everybody and everything good in Louisiana. “Louisiana really is, and has been, a melting pot,” Vallot said. “So I have to tell you, when I thought of the name for this, I just thought that Zydeco was an attribute. It was about
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The film captured the essence of today’s pop culture. Songs by Kanye West, Run-D.M.C., Bassnectar, Britney Spears, Ice Cube and Miley Cyrus — as well as paradoxical holiday music — were staples of the film. Social media was the punchline of many jokes. Mackie plays a professional athlete, who spends a lot of time shouting out products and promotions in public videos. And the premise itself — that religious holiday traditions are the thesis of an R-rated comedy — is something that could only happen in 2015. Despite the debauchery and sacrilegious antics — like when Rogen talks through his magic mushroom trip with a nativity scene and condemns a church — there are serious and sentimental moments vulnerably sprinkled throughout the plotline. “The Night Before” surprisingly
promotes moral behavior. The film taught lessons about honesty and maturity — despite an exaggerated lack of maturity in most of the jokes. The plot highlighted the often unspoken issue of drunk driving accidents, which occur more frequently during the holidays. Relationships are at the forefront of the moral story. Rogen plays a soon-to-be father, Gordon-Levitt’s character tries to heal his broken relationship and Mackie’s role becomes closer with his mother. Of course, the main characters’ grow their friendships too. These noble principles are the only unexpected moments of “The Night Before.” Other than that, it’s the usual stoner-culture movie, just like “Knocked Up,” “Superbad” or “The Interview,” with a festively spirited twist.
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3. Top fish or chicken with Zydeco Sweet Potato Salsa and bake it in the oven for dinner.
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2. Scramble eggs, add Zydeco Creole Trinity Salsa on top and eat it on toast for breakfast.
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everybody. It was about the mixed culture that we are.” After working in the legislature and then practicing criminal descent law for a federal defender’s office for more than 16 years, she left her career to focus on her food business. It wasn’t law that challenged her but her food entrepreneurship. “[Running Zydeco Foods is the] hardest thing I’ve probably ever done because it’s competition on the shelf,” Vallot said. Keeping with her healthy, Louisiana-style snack offerings, she eventually expanded to salsas. She said unlike other salsas, hers have no vinegar in them, which means no heartburn. They are also gluten free and nonGMO, according to the Zydeco Foods website. “Everything I do has some emphasis that I try not to use anything that has chemicals or preservatives in it,” she said. “I try to do pure, clean food.”
Her salsas come in three flavors — Zydeco Red Bean, Zydeco Creole Trinity and Zydeco Sweet Potato. When she’s not busy with Zydeco Foods, she’s taking care of her four rescue dogs and two cats or gardening on her five acres of land in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Her compassion for animals and love of food collided this past Sunday, when she donated her nutrition bars for an annual race that raises money for animals. Beaucoup des Chiens et Beaucoup des Vins is a 5k run and a one mile walk with dogs, where Vallot also demonstrated how to cook with her products. “The reward at the end of the day is that I have produced something clean, no chemicals,” she said. “I have brought something into the marketplace that is clean, natural and delicious, and it’s all about Louisiana. It makes me proud to be here.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 awkward faux-hawk. While Carey hasn’t had I Am Mariah… The Elusive a legitimate hit since 2008’s Chanteuse” debuted with a “Touch My Body,” “All I Want meager 58,000 copies sold in Christmas Is You” ensures 2014. her place in pop culture’s food Carey spent the past few chain. months performing in the desSince it debuted more than erts of Las Ve20 years ago, gas at a residenno other con‘All I Want For Christmas temporary artcy, competing Is You’ allows Carey ist released an against many to escape the eternal original holiday of pop music’s song that capother relics — solitude of Nevada and tures the magaside from the remind pop culture i nc ompa rable fanatics she’s given us the ic of Carey’s Britney Spears, biggest Christmas blessing mainstay. “All I want obviously. we could ever wish for — For Christmas “All I Want a holiday bop that is Is You” makes For Christmas truly timeless. it possible for Is You” allows Carey to do Carey to escape the eternothing but pronal solitude of Nevada and re- mote holiday-themed outings for mind pop culture fanatics she’s eternity. given us the biggest Christmas Considering Carey recently blessing we could ever wish for released a children’s book, which — a holiday bop that is truly shares the name of the song, and timeless. is preparing for her directorial Carey attempted to strength- debut, “A Christmas Melody,” en the song’s legacy by releasing she may as well be the Queen of an “Extra Festive” rerecorded Christmas. version for her second holiday Carey fanatics can look out album “Merry Christmas II for “A Christmas Melody” on You” in 2010. There was even the Hallmark Channel and see a “SuperFestive!” duet version Carey perform her Christmas recorded for Justin Bieber’s classic at this year’s Macy’s holiday album “Under the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Mistletoe.” None of these imposters can John Gavin Harp is a 20-yearrival the iconic original though. old mass communication junior Especially the Biebs’ ver- from St. Francisville, Louisiana. sion. The music video features You can reach him on Twitter Biebs when he was rocking his @SirJohnGavin.
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ACROYOGA, from page 5 Roberts said acroyoga is more than yoga, acrobatics or working out. It’s a way to connect on a mental and personal level. He likens it to when he was a child and his family members would put him up in the air doing the “airplane.” Roberts said acroyoga is almost primitive in that way. Valery Notaro, a physical therapy graduate student at Northeastern University, takes part in Roberts’ acroyoga jams. “I moved to Baton Rouge for a clinical affiliation and didn’t know anyone here,” Notaro said. “But acroyoga is everywhere. I looked up acroyoga in Baton Rouge and made my way to a jam by the LSU lakes.” Notaro said she was drawn in by Roberts’ welcoming, patient and helpful personality. She said he likes to teach people who are new to acroyoga. When Notaro herself was new to the spot, she said she was scared, but the community feel helped her branch out. “I was intimidated and amazed by what other people could do when I was new to it,” Notaro said. “But anyone can try it. Just start with the basics, go to a class or a jam and maybe bring a friend.” Notaro said performing acroyoga with people she trusted her first few times was essential. She is a rock climber and said for her first few times
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acroyoga on a more spiritual level, Notaro said she doesn’t necessarily feel that for herself, but she still appreciates the mental aspects. “It requires focus and body awareness, as well as trust in yourself and your partner,” Notaro said. “There are some transitions or poses that make me nervous. For those, I really have to focus, relax, trust, breathe and maintain my body awareness through it all.”
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THANKSGIVING IS FOR EVERYONE Refusing Syrian refugees is un-American ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist When you’re scarfing down your stuffing and macaroni at your estranged and low-key racist aunt’s suburban home, don’t forget what Thanksgiving is about: taking in refugees. We all know how the traditional story goes. Squanto had to teach the pilgrims how to survive in America, and they thanked the Native Americans by having a huge feast where everyone came together to celebrate the beginning of a new relationship. Obviously the “relationship” ended in genocide, and the Thanksgiving story our parents taught us was probably a rosier version than what actually happened. But that’s all irrelevant. The Thanksgiving tale’s core point is about helping people in a foreign land because, at the risk of sounding like a humanist, it’s the right thing to do. We’re all thrown into this world together, and we’re stuck with one another whether we like it or not. Instead of accusing all Muslims and all Syrian refugees of being potential terrorists, why
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Migrants eat as they wait to register with the police at a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo on Nov. 16. don’t we all try this new and crazy idea of looking up facts? The fact is the perpetrators from the Paris attacks were European nationals from France and Belgium. With an 18-24 month screening process, it’s harder for a terrorist to enter the country while posing as a refugee than to be someone who already
lives there. There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. If they all wanted to terrorize the world, they would have already done so. Look at how well Christians imposed their religion and customs on the world. If Muslims wanted to, they could do the same. But they haven’t because they aren’t going to.
Yet we have 30 sitting governors and nearly all Republican presidential candidates trying to stop Syrian refugees from entering the country. This kind of fear-mongering mentality crosses party lines. Fourty-seven Democrats in the House voted for an anti-refugee bill. Our newly elected governor wants President
Barack Obama to temporarily halt the Syrian refugee influx. Sen. David Vitter, a man who ran on family values, wants us to stop accepting refugees. Sure. Let’s ship all these people back to their war-stricken, ruined country with the possibility of dying. Let’s potentially tear families apart and put Syrian children at risk. Is this what we call family values in America? We have some people running for president, like Ted Cruz, who want to only accept Christian refugees. Donald Trump implied he thinks we should keep track of Muslims via a national database. These are the types of people running for president. These racist, Islamophobic people are vying for the most powerful position in the world. This joke has gone far enough, and we cannot encourage these types of people to run for office. In the end, we all have a responsibility to care for each other. If we only look out for ourselves, then our Thanksgiving holiday is in vain. If we only look out for Americans, then you need to reevaluate what you call “morals.” Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @CodySibley.
Reggie’s is under fire again, this time for a racist stamp MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist How many ways can a bar indirectly say “black people are unwanted here” before it is seen as a serious problem? Last Thursday, Taylor Ward attended Reggie’s bar in Tigerland for the first time. The LSU freshman was shocked when she noticed the stamp she received at the door: It spelled out “REGGIN” and when looked at backward, read “N-----.” Many people in the black community took to Twitter to express their disbelief and disapproval of the stamp. Reggie’s and other Tigerland bars have a track record of discrimination against black patrons. To many, this stamp didn’t come as a surprise. Some people contemplated whether the stamp was purposefully meant to spell the discriminatory term backward. These people argue many black people are creating a bigger deal than what
it is. Others are aware Reggie’s management isn’t the brightest, so it wouldn’t be shocking to them if it happened to be coincidental. Coincidental or not, Reggie’s management had an opportunity to clear the air. They could’ve addressed the situation by apologizing for the “unintentional” act, but they didn’t. Even if the stamp wasn’t intended to be racist, the bar’s failure to show any sympathy for their indecency is a problem. Reggie’s could’ve said, “We don’t care if black people feel uncomfortable because we don’t want them here,” and that would’ve sent the same message. To everyone who continues to defend Reggies’ and believes black people are creating nonexistent problems, you’re wrong. It’s time for all black people to stop patronizing a bar that continues to display offensive behavior. If Reggie’s Confederate flag or dress code wasn’t enough to stop you from “turning up” there, hopefully its racial stamp did the trick. Realistically, Reggie’s won’t close down because of the lack of
black support. However, it’s the principle — that $5 cover could go toward a more welcoming and accepting establishment. Sending our money elsewhere will show the black community stands in solidarity. Tigerland is convenient because of its close proximity to campus and the low cover fee. Nevertheless, the conveniences don’t cancel out the discriminatory aspect of the bar. We can’t stop at discontinuing our support. We need to continue raising awareness to what is happening in the Baton Rouge community. The LSU community needs to understand black people aren’t expressing their outrage because they want a more comfortable establishment to hangout at. Reggie’s can take down the Confederate flag, change the stamp, remove the dress code and let me in for free for the next 10 years and I still won’t go. They’ve already shown they do not want us in their establishment. This isn’t frustrating because I’m eager to go into a hot
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Students and friends get ready to party at Reggie’s during T-shirt night Nov. 16 at Reggie’s and Fred’s in Tigerland. bar that smells like days-oldbeer. It’s frustrating because we are repeatedly told we live in a post-racial society and that we’re simply “overreacting.” Incidents like these show otherwise.
Clarke Perkins is a 19-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.
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‘Slacktivism’ poor excuse for compassion for victims NOT MARIAH CAREY MARIAH MANUEL Columnist Blue, white and red flooded Facebook last week as users changed their profile pictures in support of Paris. After tragedy shook Paris, Facebook allowed users to overlay the colors of the French flag on their profile pictures. Before the blood dried on the floor of the Bataclan, the #jesuisparis and #prayforparis hashtags took the place of pictures of the previous night’s “Thirsty Thursday” shenanigans. The French flag was a nice gesture, but how does it actually support a country rocked by terror? Changing your profile picture doesn’t hold significance for those who lost family or friends in the Paris attacks — it simply shows you can click a button. It doesn’t show you care, it shows you feel bad about what happened but don’t really care to do anything more. Sure, the filter spreads awareness to the people who’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard about the tragedy, but nothing else happens. Do the tragedy hipsters of our generation really believe they are making a difference in the world by changing their Facebook picture or by tweeting #prayforparis? Or do they only want to engage in the public mourning? Facebook
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A man looks at the Eiffel Tower is from the Trocadero place a week after the start of the Paris attacks Nov. 21. is primarily a performance space. This passivity is coined “slacktivism,” online activism requiring little to no time or involvement. A study from the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business found showing support online causes people to associate with causes but actually makes them less likely to commit any tangible resources to them. Beirut suffered a tragedy just one day before Paris, but there was no outpouring of emotion over the Internet and no pray for Beirut hashtags from the Facebook freedom fighters. The social media reaction to tragedy is self-indulgent
and useless. Millions of people are changing their profile pictures just to show, “Hey, I care,” using social media to express some sort of compassion and a vicarious participation in the event. Before the attack on Beirut, twin bombs ripped through a Somalian hotel, killing at least 15 people. Terrorist deaths in Baghdad, Kenya and Nigeria don’t even raise an eyebrow, yet the attack on Paris has social media firing on all cylinders. Do you care about all tragedies in the world equally? Probably not. It goes without saying that terror in Middle Eastern countries
doesn’t have quite the same affect as terror in Western civilizations. It is easy to blame the media for failing to cover other attacks the way they covered Paris, but this ignoring the larger social forces that causes the media to pay more attention to some attacks over others, the public. The media is fueled by what consumers want, and the sad truth is people are more likely to be concerned about victims they can identify with. After 9/11, The Onion ran an article titled, “Not knowing what else to do, woman bakes cake of American flag.” Facebook wasn’t
around then, but the effect is the same. Not knowing what else to do, we change our profile pictures to be cloaked in blue, white and red. These social media movements like #kony2012 or rainbowfiltered profile pictures tend to fade to black, replaced by a picture of someone’s lunch or a funny cat video. This is not to say a mass outpouring of empathy and compassion toward Paris is not a notable gesture. However, we can do more, such as donating to the Red Cross or the families of the victims. However well-intentioned the Facebook filter was, millions clicked on this feature mindlessly and without a second thought, offering no real support to the people of Paris. If you really want to help the people of Paris, put some effort into it. Give money, volunteer, sign a petition calling for substantive change in how we deal with terrorism. As a society, we need to stop using social media as way to show we care. We can use social media to promote change and express support, but we cannot stop there. Paris deserves more than the colors of their flag awash on millions of Facebook pictures. Mariah Manuel is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Lake Charles, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @mariah_manuel.
White people knocked down by recent ‘equality’ rights SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist Contrary to popular belief, white people do not have everything going for them. They are the asses of affirmative action, the crackers of conformity and the honkies of horrible fashion sense. Historically, white people had it easier, but the age of equality has knocked us down a few notches. The 21st century is not the time to be a white male. Whites stand out more in a snowstorm than they do in an application pool. Employers are looking for the exceptional — not the mundane qualities found in white males. When filling out an application for some prestigious internship or lucrative profession, it’s
important to separate oneself from the other candidates. This task is exponentially harder for white people. White people simply haven’t suffered enough in the past to make the present easy. White people weren’t ostracized due to race or denied a voice due to gender. As a matter of fact, white males have typically been the antagonists of history. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini were all infamous dictators responsible for mass murder — they were also white males. White people were on the winning side, and now the tables have turned. The Census Bureau predicted white people will be a minority by 2043. With white people soon to be a minority, there will likely be an online dating site where whites can mingle with other white
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people. You’ve seen it with BlackPeopleMeet and JDate. The downside to a strictly white dating site is the fact that it may be considered racist. After all, why would whites want to date only white people? Is no other race good enough for them? Tons of double standards exist where one race can do one thing and another race can’t. For example, if a black kid says, “white people can’t jump,” it’s brushed off as a playful joke. If I were to say “black people can’t swim,” there would be a huge uproar. The constant pressure to not appear racist sits on pasty shoulders like a parrot on a pirate. This is the reason WhitePeopleMingle will remain a figment of our imaginations for all but KKK members. The closest we’ll get is FarmersOnly.com. White people live vanilla lives. We’re raised by a white bread
family, have access to a great education, establish connections with interesting friends, find jobs, work for 50 years and retire to a world riddled with bingo, solitaire and boredom. Whether the difficulties faced by white people are the repercussions of historical injustices or the lack of troubles faced in the typical white life, it is overtly clear racial differences exist. We live in a time where equality is praised and promoted, yet we still set double standards. If the American population really was equal we wouldn’t live in constant fear of being called out for something racist. Those blessed enough to be considered “politically correct” search with hungry eyes, attempting to find something that could potentially be perceived as bigotry. After all, how else would we know how progressive one truly is
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if he isn’t calling someone else out on their political incorrectness? When political correctness goes too far, constructs like race get blown out of proportion. People should live their lives without perception of race. Race is a social construct and exists because we allow it to exist. In the words of every third-grade teacher, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Race shouldn’t merit any form of judgement, especially after so many activists worked so hard to prohibit racism’s prevalence. If we really were as progressive as we’d like to believe, race would play a significantly smaller role in today’s society. Kain Hingle is a 20-year-old psychology sophomore from Mandeville, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @kain_hingle.
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VICE PRESIDENT, from page 1 Communications and overall LSU communication efforts, the consolidated position leads the public relations, marketing, media relations, web, social media and email communications for LSU. It also molds the multi-institutional, cohesive brand of LSU, said LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard. In his interim position, Droddy said he is working on improving LSU’s communication with parents and advertising research endeavors. While his external affairs job encompasses one-on-one governmental work, Droddy said strategic communications involves interacting with larger constituency groups. He said he divides his time between the two offices evenly. Because administration is still wrapping up the provost search, Ballard said he is not sure when the vice president for Strategic Communications search will officially commence. “I think once the provost search is finished, we may
ABSENCES, from page 11 disagreement about the verbiage, and it did not move forward. He also said the Student Senate previously passed legislation asking for a change with a different policy. One senator pointed out that SG President Andrew Mahtook has a similar desire in the Student Bill of Rights, and Mickler said he added that part to the document. Mickler said it would not be included unless the resolution was passed.
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with alcohol withdrawal and control seizures. Two popular benzodiazepines are Valium and Xanax. When Soriero told friends about his experience with date rape drugs that week, two of them confessed they had also been drugged at Reggie’s previously. Soriero also posted about the incident on the LSU Class of 2018 Facebook page to warn other students. He received a message shortly after from a woman who confirmed having benzos in her system after being drugged at JL’s Place on wine night Oct. 20. According to the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, most date rape drugs produce side effects associated with alcohol intoxication, such as muscle relaxation, dizziness and memory problems. Fowler said alcohol is the most common date rape drug, as it is often consumed by free will. Other forms of date rape drugs include gamma hydroxybutyrate, more commonly known as GHB, rohypnol and ketamine. GHB takes effect after 15 minutes and can last up to four hours, while rohypnol’s effects can be felt within 30 minutes and can last a few hours longer. Ketamine is the fastest-acting
of the three drugs, according to womenshealth.gov. Fowler said students should watch their drinks as they are made should and not leave them unattended. Staying with a group of trusted individuals is another preventative tactic students should consider, she said. “We have discussed [the reports] with LSUPD, who has taken additional steps in education and patrolling in [the Tigerland] area,” Fowler said. “The Lighthouse Program and the We’re Committed program are constantly doing programming related to prevention and safety, as well as promoting being an active bystander.” Mass communication sophomore Shawn Taylor said she frequents Tigerland roughly three times a week and has not come into direct contact with date rape drugs. “Knowing about the date rape drug usage does not scare me away from Tigerland in any way. However, it does make me want to be more aware of it whenever I go out,” she said. A 2008 study on campus drug-facilitated rapes conducted by the National Institute of Justice shows less than 1 percent of women report the use of date rape drugs in sexual assault following intoxication.
get more information on the VP of strategic communications position,” Ballard said. “I think it’s still kind of up in the air.” Ballard said Alexander’s office will lead the search committee. The hired candidate would join the provost, general counsel and vice president of finance and administration as one of LSU’s senior leadership positions that report directly to the president. Cope said Faculty Senate hopes administration considers in selecting a candidate: allowing
faculty evaluations of the candidates and picking a candidate who will project the image of LSU in a new way. He said the faculty is generally unsatisfied with the look of the website, along with the extreme emphasis on the undergraduate experience and recruiting and the underselling of LSU’s research experience and greater service functions. “We want somebody who is going to be responsive to faculty input, generally, and help the faculty advertise its activities,”
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LSU business management sophomore Tad Soriero experienced being drugged firsthand at Tigerland. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ December 2014 report on rape and sexual violence among college-age females from 1995 through 2013 shows 80 percent of students sexually assaulted never report the assault to police. Soriero is among the percentage of students who never reported being drugged to LSUPD. “I don’t know why I didn’t tell LSUPD, but I told my friends and people in my classes,” he said. “I felt like I got the opportunity to raise awareness about it.” Students who think they
may have been drugged should visit the SHC or an area hospital for medical care as soon as possible, Fowler said, as date rape drugs are undetectable after a few hours. Since he confirmed he was drugged, Soriero returned to Tigerland, now more careful and aware of his drinks and surroundings. “Nobody thinks anything bad is ever going to happen to them,” Soriero said. “Without spreading it first person or firsthand, no one will take it seriously. I know I didn’t believe people who told me and now look at me.”
Cope said. Though looming budget cuts may hinder the hiring process, Droddy said LSU’s financial future takes precedent to job searches. “There’s a number of things
that the president has to deal with. Like everybody else, he has to prioritize those things,” Droddy said. “If he feels that he needs to handle the budget before moving to fill this position, then that’s what we’ll do.”
page 12 FOOTBALL, from page 3 After three straight losses and his coaching future clearly in doubt, the man with highest winning percentage in program history is preparing the same way he has for the last 142 games in purple and gold. Put simply, he said he’s just going to do his job, focusing on his team and the upcoming opponent. “This will always be about our players and the team,” Miles said. “I’m a separate piece. I orchestrate and move with, and hopefully I’m successful. That’s the only way I know how to do it.” The best of times, a 2007 BCS national championship under his direction and two Southeastern Conference championships, have been masked by the toughest of times, a 19-12 record in Southeastern Conference play since
2012, including five straight losses to Alabama. Even after a 7-0 start, an emerging Heisman Trophy favorite and a No. 2 ranking the initial College Football Playoff poll, crippling defeats to the Crimson Tide, Arkansas and Ole Miss have disrupted postseason goals or any appearance of confidence. Now, the Tigers and Miles are just trying to rid themselves of the taste of defeat, something senior linebacker Lamar Louis never thought would last this long. “Those three losses are forever going to hurt, given the season we were having,” Louis said. “But, like I said, it’s all about winning. It’s all about wins. You try to go out and win these last two. That’s the only thing on our minds. That’s the only thing that will soothe us a little bit.”
Fargas said. Moncrief tried to play through the obvious pain, for LSU’s 59-53 win against which may have made her California State University, injury relapse. “Moncrief is one of those Long Beach, as she was sidelined for a nagging left-knee players who is going to give injury, which bothered her you everything that she has,” throughout the said. ‘[Moncrief] brings not Fargas first three games “She’s tried to and limited her only the basketball side push through. in practice, LSU of it but she brings great Our number one coach Nikki leadership, calmness and concern for any Fargas said. poise especially when the of our student athletes is for F a r g a s games are tight.’ their health.” said Moncrief Nikki Fargas Other playbattled the inLSU women’s basketball coach jury throughers must step out her shortup, Deemer and lived season, but surgery senior forward Akilah Bethel became inevitable and will said. Moncrief’s absence will likely end her junior season. make room for younger players “Eventually, we’re going to step in and perform in bigger to have to go in and have sur- roles. gery,” Fargas said. “Right “I don’t think we’re any now, we know she’s out. But, different, but we’ve just got we don’t know the extensive- to step up and do it for her,” ness of it yet, but right now, Deemer said. we’re preparing as if we don’t “We still have Raigyne’s have her.” support,” Bethel said, “but we “We’re now proceeding in all have to step up and be there a manner to really correct the for our teammate.” problem that is going on.” Fargas said Moncrief was Moncrief’s health is the her team’s most dynamic threat primary concern for LSU, on offensive as the team’s
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When distractions seem all three losses came by double endless, LSU players have con- digits, a struggling LSU offense tinued to express support for turns its attention to an opposMiles but said their focus isn’t ing defense coached by a familon their coach’s future, per his iar face — former LSU and now request. current Texas A&M defensive “That’s not our situation,” coordinator John Chavis. said redshirt freshman William Chavis, who quickly left the Clapp. “We know program follow‘This will always be coach Miles as ing LSU’s loss to a man. He’s our about our players and Notre Dame in guy, and we love the team. I’m a separate last year’s Muhim. He worries City Bowl, piece. I orchestrate sic about us and that’s led three top-10 and move with, and total what we love defenses hopefully I’m successful. in his six years about him. He’s not only our footThat’s the only way I with the Tigers, ball coach, but he including a No. know how to do it.’ also worries about 8 finish last seaLES MILES us as men, teachson. While Chavis LSU football coach ing us life after is still in litigafootball. Whatevtion against LSU er happens — we don’t know over a contract dispute, Tigers anything — but it’s just how defenders understand the busiit is.” ness nature of college football, On top of a tumultuous month even if “Chief’s” departure was for Miles and his team, when unannounced shocker.
“It will be interesting,” said junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith. “I’m looking forward to it. I can’t wait, really. It should be fun.” Despite the Chavis story line, multiple factors could add to an emotional night for seniors like Louis or fellow linebacker Deion Jones, who were fans of LSU before they were players. But they knew their collegiate career would eventually come to an end. Miles, who does not plan to retire, did not. “I think the stability in LSU,” Miles said. “Being the head coach and giving leadership here and allowing my family to enjoy the opportunities of the community and the enjoyment of Louisiana has just been rich to our family. “It’s given us insight to people and different areas. This is home.”
feature guard in times of pressure and provided an unmatched defensive energy. “We’re obviously going to miss not having Moncrief on the floor,” Fargas said. “She brings not only the basketball side of it, but she brings great leadership, calmness and poise especially when the games are tight.” Fargas, and the women’s basketball coaching staff, began to look into Moncrief pursuing a medical redshirt. Moncrief is eligible, Fargas said, because of limited minutes in the opening four games.
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LSU senior forward Akilah Bethel (3) prepares to shoot a free throw on Nov. 15 during the Tigers’ 61-54 overtime win against the University of Louisina-Monroe in the PMAC.
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LSU junior guard Raigyne Moncrief (11) passes the ball [top] and grabs a rebound Nov. 15 during the Tigers’ 61-54 overtime win against the University of Louisina-Monroe in the PMAC.
rest of the team. She praised Bethel’s effort in LSU’s 57-51 victory against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Nov. 18, marking the Lady Tigers’ first victory of the season on the road. Bethel led LSU’s full court press in the second half and caused some key turnovers — deflecting a pass in the backcourt that resulted in a steal that forced Little Rock to commit two 10-second violations. “She turned that game around for us,” Fargas said. “I like the fact that we have
an athletic big that can get after guards and really disrupt them from a defensive standpoint.” Aside from her coach, Bethel earned the respect of her teammates, who appreciate her competitive attitude during games. Junior forward Alexis Hyder said it’s important for the team to keep its energy up, and Bethel helps the cause. “She has an attitude. Not in a bad manner, but she plays hard, and people know not to mess with her,” Hyder said. “And it spreads throughout the team, so she gives us a lot of energy.”