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LSU bar passage rates rank top in LA

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LSU NAACP Vice President Monturios Howard grills chicken and hotdogs at an event aimed to shed light on race issues on campus.

Read about the LSU NAACP’s rally in response to a United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting on page 4.

Compared to other Louisiana law schools, LSU students achieved the greatest passage rate on the Louisiana State Bar Exam four out of the past five years, according to the most recent data from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s website.

LSU’s scores fared just below some of the leading law schools in the Southeastern Conference and the nation, according to July 2014 bar passage rate statistics. Bar passage rates from the July 2015 examination will be released Oct. 8, according to the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions.

According to data provided by the Law Center, students in the university’s law program had a 25 percent greater passage rate than Southern University’s law school — the lowest scoring school in the state.

Out of the 173 LSU students who took the bar in July 2014, 32 students did not pass

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LSU defense focuses on putting pressure on Dak Prescott

BY JACOB HAMILTON @jhamilton_TDR The No. 14 LSU football team is hungry to finally show the world the sky’s the limit for the revamped Tiger squad, especially on defense.

The Tigers (0-0, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) travel to Starkville, Mississippi, to play No. 25 Mississippi State University for their official season opener and the first of eight SEC

games at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.

The last time the Tigers and Bulldogs (1-0, 0-0 SEC) faced off, Mississippi State and then-junior quarterback Dak Prescott put up 570 yards, the most LSU has allowed during coach Les Miles’ tenure, and 34 points, giving LSU its first loss against Mississippi State since 1999.

Prescott lit up the Tiger defense with 268 passing yards, 105 rushing yards and three

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touchdowns alone. But sophomore defensive tackle Davon Godchaux takes exception to that game because it was early in the season, and the inexperienced Tigers weren’t ready for the rigors of SEC play.

“They caught us early in the season last year,” Godchaux said.

“It’s no excuse for it, but things you do is you get off the ball with technique and you stay in your

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LSU then-junior defensive end Danielle Hunter (94) attempts to tackle Mississippi State then-junior quarterback Dak Prescott (15) during LSU’s 34-29 loss at Tiger Stadium on Sept. 20, 2014.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

Man arrested for criminal trespassing in tiger habitat LSUPD arrested Trent Paul Boudreaux, 21, for criminal trespassing after witnesses reported seeing a man inside the tiger habitat security fence near the loading dock, said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

Witnesses and surveillance cameras confirmed the suspect was Boudreaux, who allegedly entered the loading dock

area by climbing the fence around 6:40 p.m. on Sept. 5, Lalonde said.

Boudreaux also was charged with simple criminal damage after police determined he damaged the fence in his attempts to climb back out.

Boudreaux was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons.

Man arrested for simple battery in West Campus Apartment Brian Gilmore, 19, was arrested for simple battery and dating violence after a woman called LSUPD to report Gilmore grabbed her arm and shook her while they were arguing in a West Campus

Apartment around 10:20 a.m., Lalonde said.

Officers located Gilmore in the area, Lalonde said. He was arrested, issued a misdemeanor summons and told not to return to the area.

Two men arrested after running onto field during weather delay

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While students and fans waited on officials to make a decision during the LSU vs. McNeese State University lightning delay, two men attempted to run onto the field, Lalonde said.

Officers on the field level saw two people climb the metal

fence surrounding the field and run onto the field around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 5.

Layton Baker, 20, and Michael Hanely, 19, were detained and arrested, issued misdemeanor summonses and ejected from this weekend’s football game

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Friday, September 11, 2015 ADMINISTRATION

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LSU Foundation President and CEO aims to create culture of giving

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh The son of a single mother, Stephen Moret said he remembers picking up his scholarship check from Patrick F. Taylor Hall, never thinking about who had given their hard-earned money for it. As the new LSU Foundation president and CEO, it is his goal to cultivate a culture of donorship at LSU, a university he described as “late to the philanthropy game.”

“I came to LSU, and LSU changed my life. So now I’m back after 16 years, and it is great,” Moret said. “LSU had a transformational impact on my life, and I get excited about helping attract philanthropy that will allow others to have the kind of experience I had here.”

The 1995 alumnus took on his new role in May as leader of one of the top three philanthropic outreach groups for the university. He previously served as the Baton Rouge Area Chamber CEO and under Gov. Bobby Jindal as Louisiana Economic Development secretary.

Moret replaced G. Lee Griffin, who was hired as interim president in 2011, but stayed on at the request of the LSU Board of Supervisors until his retirement in 2015.

As head of the LSU Foundation, Moret is tasked with providing financial support for LSU by fostering private donations and managing investments and endowments — a role he has a new appreciation for upon his return to the university.

“If you were to ask me the question, ‘What is the biggest thing I missed as an undergrad?’

— it was that I had no idea how much of my experience had been enabled by donors,” Moret said.

The university is far outpaced by peer institutions, Moret said, ranking last in the SEC at 6 percent for percentage of alumni who donate. It also has less than half of the average SEC school’s endowment.

Over the next six months, Moret and the LSU Foundation will finish a blueprint for the future of philanthropic giving based on observations of several peer and aspirational

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institutions.

The plan will look at how to take the university’s current donor base into the future.

“What we’re working to do is to take us from where we are today and make LSU one of the top development programs in the country,” Moret said.

Moret said it will take more than a couple of years to see the results of a changing culture, but a symbolic step forward will take place next summer when the LSU Foundation building, which broke ground in March, is completed and staff members will move out of their offices scattered around campus and into their permanent home. “Really, we have a lot of people to learn from because we are so far behind,” Moret said. “But I do not believe it is because Alabama graduates love their university more than LSU graduates love ours.”

Instead, Moret said the roadblock comes from a lack of philanthropic culture at LSU, which is why he plans to target undergraduates in his fundraising efforts.

While it may be more

difficult to change the habits of an alumnus who has never donated, it is easier to show undergraduates how their future contributions directly impact a college experience, Moret said.

“Just being part of a family, there is a certain expectation of contribution,” Moret said. “We want people to think about what it means to be a Tiger, to have love for this institution.”

Though Moret is no stranger to the stately oaks and broad magnolias, he likened his return to campus to coming home.

He said he remembers his first pregame warm-up as a trumpet player in Tiger Band and, having never seen the Tigers play before, wondering who would even show up.

He remembers passing legislation as Student Government president, establishing a “dead week” for stressed out students before finals.

Moret and his classmates marched to the capitol almost 20 years ago to protest what he called the “perennial challenge” of budget cuts to higher education.

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LSU Foundation President and CEO Stephen Moret stands beside the LSU Lakes on Wednesday.

These are the kinds of experiences Moret said he hopes to preserve for future students, while also providing them the opportunities they need to prosper.

“What will really unlock tremendous support at all levels is LSU articulating an exciting vision that we can get excited about that can be catalyzed by philanthropic support,”Moret said.

TRANSPORTATION

Firm to be chosen for New Tiger Trails stop provides master design plan easier access to disabled students

BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR

The final four design firms in competition to update LSU’s comprehensive Master Plan made public presentations Wednesday and Thursday proposing strategies to address the plan’s goals, including building use and transportation.

The 2003 master plan, an ongoing project encompassing the entire campus, serves as the framework for campus growth over the next 50 years. However, the plan was moving faster than expected, said Director of Planning, Design and Construction of Facility Services Roger Husser.

An update is needed to “progress in a more strategic fashion to meet the academic mission and priority needs of the university,” according to a news release from the Division of Strategic Communications.

“We’ve developed more in the last twelve years than we thought we would back in 2003 when we developed the plan,” Husser said.

The update to the master plan will need to outline a plan for campus growth over the next five to 10 years, Husser said.

Some of the most recent steps in the master plan are the renovations and additions to Patrick F. Taylor Hall, which is projected to be finished by December 2017.

Master-planning firms across the country submitted proposals which were reviewed by the Master Plan Working Committee and Sub-Committee in July.

Four finalists were selected: Perkins+Will, Sasaki, NBBJ and Cannon Design.

The committees — made up of representatives from Staff Senate, Faculty Senate and Facility Planning, as well as the university architect and additional faculty members — are expected to reach a decision by the end of next week, although it could take longer, Husser said.

“We’re primarily looking for a group that has the most well-rounded team,” Husser said.

Facility services will work with the selected firm for a few months to define the scope of their project before actually starting on the update. Husser predicts the firm will start working on the update around Christmas, and said it will be an 18-month process until completion.

Dennis Brandon, the Principal in Charge of the NBBJ team, said that its goal is to align the framework of the master plan with LSU President F. King Alexander’s hopes for the university.

“Vision and reality become one,” Brandon said.

Bradley Lukanic, the academic strategist of Cannon Design, said he looks forward to working at LSU if his team is selected.

“I think what’s interesting to me is the energy and enthusiasm about this place and how people describe it and talk about it,” Lukanic said. “That’s really the exciting part of making a master plan rooted in the LSU community.”

BY KEVIN MINER @KevinMiner_TDR

Starting this semester, the purple bus route stops outside the LSU Student Union to accommodate easier campus access for disabled students.

The new stop is the result of a Student Government resolution passed in March requesting LSU Disability Services to re-evaluate campus accessibility for disabled students.

Before this semester, there was no route close to the Union, said Senior Director of Administrative Services, Risk Management and Parking Jeff Campbell.

“The reason that we chose the purple route was so that when the door opened, it would be on the Union side,” Campbell said. “They wouldn’t have to cross the street.”

Campbell said his office tries its best to accommodate students’ transportation needs.

“If it is a request that has substance and validity to it — which I think this has substance and validity,” Campbell said.

Political science sophomore and SG Director of Transportation Louis Gremillion said the additional stop will help non-disabled students as well.

“It allows students to get on and off at the Student Union, which is like the heart of campus,” Gremillion said.

Since the new stop’s debut, SG and Gremillion have received positive feedback,

Gremillion said.

However, when the route’s alterations were introduced Tuesday, Gremillion said the bus did not make its former stop near Foster Hall.

“We are looking into seeing if there is any way that we can alter that bus route just so that those stops will be included — so we are not inconveniencing any students on the west side of campus,” Gremillion said.

As of now, Gremillion said the additional stop to the purple route has not been reflected on the TransLoc app — the popular

campus transit application for students. It will take between one and two weeks before the new stop is represented.

For now, Gremillion said students can download the independent app TransLoc Rider to follow routes during daily commutes. The app also provides a new feature displaying the buses’ current seating capacity.

“The purpose of it was to create a more convenient commute across campus for students,” Gremillion said of the new stop.

“Over time, it’s just going to improve more and more.”

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STUDENT LIFE

LSU NAACP members hold event in response to UDC meeting

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin A few dozen LSU NAACP members waited out the drizzling rain at the LSU golf course for grilled chicken and music Thursday night, while local reporters stood by in anticipation of a counter-protest expected by many on social media.

The group organized the barbecue in response to the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s annual three-day meeting at the Lod Cook hotel at LSU. Meanwhile, LSUPD escorted former Ku Klux Klan leader and former Louisiana state Rep. David Duke out of the Lod Cook

DEFENSE, from page 1 gap — gap responsibility. That’s some of the things that you do to stop a good running team like Mississippi State from running up the middle.”

LSU is more focused on putting pressure on Prescott, as opposed to sitting back and letting him pick the Tiger defense apart, while maintaining assignments.

“Hopefully, we can disrupt his timing and get after him a little bit,” said sophomore safety Jamal Adams. “We got to make a statement. Right off the bat, we have to hit them in the mouth to let them know we’re really here to play ball.”

The Tigers hope junior defensive ends Tashawn Bower and Lewis Neal can generate a formidable pass rush off the edges, while Godchaux and junior defensive tackle Christian LaCouture bring pressure up the middle.

Adams said defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will balance out the game plan with sending edge and middle blitzes, along with sitting back in coverage to keep Prescott honest. The end goal is to get Prescott on his back early and often.

LSU sacked Prescott twice during last year’s matchup, and junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith said four or five is the goal this time around.

“We got to get him on the ground,” Beckwith said. “I like the way we started the game against McNeese, we got a sack right off the bat. That’s the goal.

We got to get him on the ground, got to cause turnovers and tackle well.”

With a deep secondary covering the inexperienced Bulldog wideouts, the pressure can make Prescott force a pass into tight coverage for an incompletion or a turnover.

But Prescott poses more than just a threat to pass. If either the outside or inside pass rush fails to contain him and he gets loose from the pocket, he can do serious damage on the ground, as he did with a 56-yard rushing touchdown against the Tigers last year.

“He’s a big strong guy, and he really has nice command of the offense, does the things that that

Alumni Center after he spoke to the UDC and was involved in a heated exchange outside the building. UDC members told Duke he was not invited, said LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard.

At 5:30 p.m., a handful of people crowded the canopied hallway adjacent to the golf course’s clubhouse, and a student proclaimed she was there to witness the Confederate flag burning.

“There won’t be any flagburning,” responded LSU NAACP President Cimajie Best.

Best, a philosophy senior with a minor in African-American studies, said she organized the event as a celebration of black

lives and why they matter. But she said it would be a lie to say the event was not in response to the UDC meeting.

“I don’t want anyone to think this is a protest. It’s a rally. It’s not anything radical like that,” Best said. “They are exercising their freedom to utilize that space, so that’s what we’re gonna do over here.”

Best said if Duke showed up, she would offer him a hotdog.

While the group did not burn a flag, chant or hoist signs, Best spoke briefly of Confederate symbols and culture.

“It wasn’t too long ago that we had purple and gold Confederate flags around here,”

offense asks him to do,” Miles said. “He really — as big as he is — he gets in the right hole and makes a nice cut.”

But Beckwith, who didn’t start the game last season, said this year’s speedy linebackers have the instincts to react in a split second and get to Prescott before he wreaks too much havoc.

“That’s a plus because we can keep him in the box just to spy the quarterback or we can bring a safety down,” Adams said.

“Speed kills. … The speed is really going to help us in the long run. Our whole defense is made of speed.”

The Tigers will look to pressure Prescott particularly on third down, a crucial down the last time the two teams played each other.

LSU didn’t allow a touchdown in the second or fourth quarters while forcing Mississippi State to go 0-for-7 on third down conversions, as opposed to 5-for-7 in the first and third quarters, during which the Bulldogs scored all four of their touchdowns.

Even if the Tigers manage to contain Prescott, they will still have to find answers for another dynamic playmaker — junior running back Brandon Holloway.

The 5-foot-8-inch, 160-pound running back can carve up defenses with his speed and shiftiness and is a breakaway threat in the return game, as he took a kickoff to the house in the Bulldogs’ season opener.

LSU will also be tasked with containing Mississippi State’s power back, junior Ashton Shumpert, who averaged 4.75 bruising yards per carry last week and makes his living between the tackles. At 6-feet2-inches, 218 pounds, he resembles a taller version of former Mississippi State power back Josh Robinson, who ran through the Tigers’ defense for 197 yards and a touchdown last season.

However, Beckwith said with himself anchoring the defense at the middle linebacker spot, no Bulldog will successfully run up the middle.

“We don’t plan on nobody running up the middle — ever.

No, they’re not ... nobody,” Beckwith said chuckling. “They’re not running up the middle.”

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Best said.

While she does not agree with the UDC or the values they promote, Best said the group is allowed to exercise its right to free speech.

American Civil Liberties Union Representative Stephen Dixon attended the event because his attention was sparked by reports of a potential Confederate flag burning.

Dixon said he wondered whether anyone would enforce a Louisiana law criminalizing the desecration of a Confederate flag even though the law is an unconstitutional statute.

“I need to make sure that goes down in accordance with

our principles of free speech and free expression,” Dixon said.

Black Lives Matter activism is needed to shed light on criminal injustice and raise awareness of the need for reforms, Dixon said.

He also said he wanted to let people remember history — specifically history of Duke in “full Nazi regalia, marching on the LSU campus,” requiring him to explain whether or not his fundamental views have changed.

Duke never showed, however, and NAACP members embraced a break in the clouds, as students fired up a barbecue pit and left the clubhouse to enjoy music and temporarily clear skies.

BAR PASSAGE RATES

— roughly 4 percent of state’s test takers.

The data also shows that between 2010 and 2014, LSU increased its passage rates by nearly 5 percent. The passage rate for 2010 was 76.8 percent, which increased to 81.5 percent in 2014.

(CAMBRIDGE, MA) Compared to Harvard Law School’s passage rates, LSU falls short by roughly 15 percent. On average, Harvard students have a 96.3 percent (TUSCALOOSA, AL) passing rate, according to data provided by lawschoolnumbers.com and Harvard Law School.

(NASHVILLE, TN) Other institutions, such as Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama and University of Mississippi rank between (STANFORD, CA) LSU’s passage rates and Harvard’s. Data from lawschoolnumbers.com shows these schools also have lower acceptance rates than LSU. (BATON ROUGE, LA) Professor and interim law school co-dean William “Bill” Corbett said several factors affect bar passage rates. One main difference between the (OXFORD, MS) Louisiana State Bar Exam and bar exams elsewhere is that Louisiana issues an essaybased exam in contrast to the passage rates because its law Multistate Bar Exam, or mul- school curriculum requires tiple choice exam, which is civil code courses that match common nationally. well with the content on the The Louisiana State Bar bar exam.

Exam focuses heavily on civil “Neither our curriculum law and Louisiana law, he said. nor our bar exam hinder our However, there are questions students from performing well from the Multionce they are in state Bar Exam ‘We’ve never felt the need practice,” Corbuilt into the to host a bar preparation bett said.

LSU does not Louisiana bar. course because we emphasize turnCorbett, who believe our curriculum is ing to preparareceived his jugood enough preparation tion ris doctorate methods for the bar exam.’ from the Univeroutside the classsity of Alabama, room, Corbett WILLIAM ‘BILL’ CORBETT said the Multisaid, unlike other Professor and interim state Bar Exam institutions, like law school co-dean is not “easy.” He Southern University and Loyola was unable to say if Louisiana’s version was University New Orleans. However, LSU law professors recmore difficult.

“Is it harder? I don’t know,” ommend Kaplan and BARBRI Corbett said. “It’s a different as additional exam preparakind of exam that’s unique to tion materials for students who need more practice. the state.”

“If we’ve done our job well, Corbett said he believes LSU is leading the state in bar a bar review would be only that

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— a review. We’ve never felt the need to host a bar preparation course because we believe our curriculum is good enough preparation for the bar exam,” Corbett said. “Our bar passage rate bears that out, I think.”

By 2016, LSU Law School’s new 3 + 3 pre-law program should be fully operational, offering students the opportunity to receive a bachelor’s and law degree within six years rather than seven. While it is difficult to say whether the program will affect bar passage rates, Corbett said he is certain 3 + 3 will bring students to the law school who are purpose-driven and studious.

“We may get very good undergraduates who make the decision early on to go to LSU’s law school, which for us is a great advantage,” Corbett said. “If 3 + 3 has any effect on our bar passage rates, my guess is that it’ll be a positive one, as well.”

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WHAT WENT WRONG compiled by JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR

graphic BY CAMILLE STELLY @camille_hilaire

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LSU brought out six defensive backs against a shotgun formation with two receivers to either side of Prescott. With former Mississippi State running back Josh Robinson lined up directly to his right, Prescott faked a handoff as the Tigers rushed four, including then-sophomore defensive back Dwayne Thomas. Initially, Prescott couldn’t find anyone open and looked to run, but the pocket started to collapse, forcing Prescott to scramble. Unfortunately for LSU, it lost sight of Lewis, who slipped into open space in the secondary as the defense eyed Prescott.

Lewis ended up wide open, and former Bulldog tight end Malcolm Johnson chipped in a late block on then-freshman safety Jamal Adams, who was attempting to chase down Lewis around the LSU 40-yard line. The 5-foot-9 receiver scored untouched.

After closing the gap to 17-10 on a fumble return for a touchdown early in the third quarter, LSU had a chance to climb its way back into last year’s clash with Mississippi State.

But on back-to-back Bulldog possessions, then-junior quarterback Dak Prescott torched the LSU defense for deflating touchdowns — one on the ground and one through the air. Both plays occurred on third down. Find out what went wrong on two plays that shifted the momentum back in Mississippi State’s favor and help it pull off a 34-29 victory.

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Prescott and the Bulldog offense came out in a shotgun formation with three receivers flanked to his right and two to his left. The LSU defense had five defensive backs on the field and rushed five defenders, including former Tiger middle linebacker D.J. Welter. Four of the five defensive backs were in man-to-man coverage, and former outside linebacker Kwon Alexander was also in man coverage, lined up over the slot receiver on the right side. The play itself is simple — a quarterback draw off the right guard — but LSU’s defensive scheme allowed Prescott to break free. On top of the Tigers being out of position to make the play, two tackles were missed and then-sophomore Bulldog receiver De’Runnya Wilson provided a crucial block at the LSU five-yard line to get Prescott in the end zone.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is James Bewers’ representation of the plays. May not be to scale.

LSU will silence Starkville cowbells Harris gets second INTO THE conference start on road WOODS

FOOTBALL

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR LSU sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris will officially make his second career start against Mississippi State when the No. 14 LSU football team takes on No. 25 Mississippi State at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium in

Starkville, Mississippi.

It’s also his second consecutive start on the road against a ranked division opponent.

After the season opener against McNeese State was cancelled, Saturday’s game will be Harris’ first opportunity to show how much he’s developed

see HARRIS, page 11

JACK WOODS Sports Columnist The LSU football team didn’t draw it up like this.

A road game against a ranked Southeastern Conference opponent to open the season wasn’t originally part of the plan, but now it’s the Tigers’ reality. It might’ve been ideal to beat

McNeese State by 30+ points and get plenty of reps on both sides of the ball to open the season, but LSU will be just fine against Mississippi State without it.

LSU’s offense shouldn’t have much trouble moving the ball against the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State was depleted on the defensive side of the ball this offseason. The Bulldogs lost key players on each defensive level, and the Tigers should be able to take advan-

tage, particularly in the passing game.

The Bulldogs allowed University of Southern Mississippi 311 passing yards in their opening game. The Golden Eagles put up 413 yards of offense on the day, although Mississippi State held Southern Miss to 2.8 yards per carry.

It’s safe to say LSU has a stronger backfield than

see MISSISSIPPI STATE, page 11

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GAMEDAY BREAKDOWN #14 LSU AT #25 MISSISSIPPI STATE 8:15 P.M. SATURDAY DAVIS WADE STADIUM ESPN

OFFENSIVE COMPARISON PLAYER TO WATCH

#14 LSU (2014 STATS) TOTAL SCORING OFFENSE

359 POINTS (27.6 PPG)

PASSING OFFENSE

2118 YARDS

(162.9 YPG, 17 TDS)

2919 YARDS

(224.5 YPG, 25 TDS)

PLAYER TO WATCH

TOTAL SCORING OFFENSE

34 POINTS (34 PPG)

RUSHING OFFENSE

PASSING OFFENSE

(205 YPG, 1 TD)

(237 YPG, 2 TDS)

205 YARDS

237 YARDS

DEFENSIVE COMPARISON

#15 MALACHI DUPRE SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER 6 FEET, 3 INCH - 190 POUNDS STATS AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE LAST YEAR: 4 RECEPTIONS, 120 YARDS, 2 TOUCHDOWNS

RUSHING OFFENSE

#25 MISSISSIPPI STATE (2015 STATS)

#14 LSU (2014 STATS) TOTAL SCORING DEFENSE

228 POINTS (17.5 PPG)

PASSING DEFENSE

2134 YARDS

(164.2 YPG, 10 TDS)

RUSHING DEFENSE

1985 YARDS

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SOCCER

Unbeaten LSU opens conference play against Alabama Lee’s Tigers are 6-2-2 against Crimson Tide

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR After its best start in seven years, the LSU soccer team will put its undefeated record on the line when it opens Southeastern Conference play against Alabama at 7 p.m. tonight in Tuscaloosa.

LSU coach Brian Lee said the Tigers (4-0-2, 0-0 SEC) have made major progress so far, but they’re preparing themselves for superior competition in the SEC, beginning with the Crimson Tide (1-3-2, 0-0 SEC).

“We’ve come so far together as a team in just three weeks this season, and we hope to continue that progression tomorrow night when we open up SEC play at Alabama,” Lee said in a news release. “It’s just like a new season for all of us each year when we go into conference play, so we know we’ll be facing a fired up Alabama team with a great crowd behind them that you expect whenever LSU is in town.”

LSU has enjoyed success against Alabama under Lee with a 6-2-2 record against the Crimson Tide since he became

head coach in 2005.

The Tigers also boast a 4-1 record at the Alabama Soccer Stadium under Lee. They have won four straight games in Tuscaloosa and haven’t lost there since 2007.

LSU is undefeated through the first six games of the season for the first time since 2008. The Tigers are coming off their most lopsided victory of the season, a 4-0 throttling of Indiana on Sept. 6, which saw leading scorers junior forward Summer Clarke and sophomore forward Jorian Baucom net two goals each.

The duo has led a potent LSU attack with nine goals and four assists combined, well ahead of their pace in 2014 when they combined for 15 goals and eight assists.

LSU’s dynamic attack on offense has been complemented by a stingy defense led by senior goalkeeper Catalina Rubiano, who has recorded two clean sheets and hasn’t conceded more than one goal in a game this season.

LSU’s defense also has enjoyed the return of fifthyear senior defender and team captain Alex Arlitt. Arlitt missed the final 10 games of last season with a knee injury, but she was granted an extra year of eligibility by the

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Senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco crosses the ball during the Tigers’ 4-0 victory against Indiana on Sept. 6 at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

NCAA after applying for a medical redshirt.

Arlitt said the team is feeling good about itself, but it’s important that players stay hungry and don’t get complacent

with the success headed into conference play.

“We feel pretty confident coming off a good weekend at home,” Arlitt said. “The biggest challenge for us is

going to be keeping our mentality focused and keeping our killer instinct for every game that we go into. If we’re able to do that, we’re pretty hard to beat.”

Opinion

We need to stop being closed-minded about 9/11

TWITTER REACTS Tweet your story reactions to @lsureveille Here’s what readers had to say about Garrett Hines’ head-to-head response to “Is saying the n-word socially acceptable?” @TheHG_ The fact that he has to censor it with a “-” should be enough to know its not ok. @OhNoShakeyra It’s okay for everyone to say, but still too obscene to type? @SydNicollette Blacks should retire the word also. This term has caused so much turmoil the past decades. @tiaajones_ I promise this is the dumbest article I’ve read all week. @_PettyRoosevelt *reports for spam* @jaylindgoree It’s ironic that the headline says it’s okay to say a word that you all aren’t even comfortable spelling out. @JoshuaZavadi OPINION: No

Friday, September 11, 2015

My Black is Beautiful

Clarke Perkins Columnist

H

ow long will it be before we find out all the secrets our government keeps from us?

Today, the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, many questions remain about the series of tragic events that took place.

To Americans, Sept. 11 is a day that will forever live in infamy. Innocent lives — 2,966 of them — were lost that day, and the country was left in awe. The unthinkable had taken place.

We all have our 9/11 stories — where we were when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center, what we were doing. I was in kindergarten at the time.

My dad picked me up from school and dropped me with the babysitter because he had to go meet my mom — she was on a plane that day.

Growing up, I never questioned what the media and government told us took place that day until a few years ago when I became extremely interested in documentaries. I watched countless documentaries and read many articles on 9/11 and began to wonder, what if?

This is the country with the best military in the world, where many people wave their American flags with pride, where some would argue they can sleep safer here than in any other country. It’s scary to watch such events unfold when you think you’re shielded from the rest of the world.

It is possible that 9/11 could have been solely terrorist attacks, and nothing more. But, we need to at least be open to the possibility our government could’ve been more involved than we may want to believe.

Let’s not pretend it’s not in the realm of possibilities.

This wouldn’t be the first time the government kept enormous secrets from American citizens. Operation Mockingbird, the Tuskegee Syphilis study, Operation Northwoods and many other top-secret operations were unknown to the public.

American citizens had no idea for more than 25 years that the first atomic bomb was being created. The

Manhattan Project employed more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Entire towns were built and destroyed in secret, and the public never knew and the media never reported it.

A poll done by Architects and Engineers for Truth shows that one in two people surveyed have doubts about the government’s accountability in the events of 9/11.

We need to demand answers. Fourteen years have passed, and there are many questions left unanswered.

Around 46 percent of people surveyed from the poll had no idea a third building collapsed. After seeing footage of “Building 7” that collapsed in Manhattan, another 46 percent of people were certain or suspect it was caused by controlled demolition.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a measurements standards laboratory, said the building collapsed because of the spread of office fires. More than 2,000 architects and engineers signed a petition questioning the legitimacy of these claims.

It’s also uncanny that the plane that crashed into the Pentagon wasn’t shot down prior to crashing and that air defense was ordered to “stand down.” The North American Aerospace Defense Command, in the event of an hijacking, is prepared to send out fighter jets to shoot down the hijacked planes — yet that didn’t happen. Odd right?

There are many possibilities as to why the government may have acted in 9/11. The extreme measures certain elites would take to achieve more control, money and power is unthinkable.

Again, I’m not saying that the U.S. government definitely played a role in the Sept. 11 events. I am saying that we need to at least consider the facts and start demanding answers.

Clarke Perkins is a 19-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.

Transportation funding woes part of larger shell game The Cerulean Conciliator Justin DiCharia Chief Columnist Angular, modern houses mix with beautifully renovated shotgun homes on the streets of New Orleans’ Lakeview neighborhood.

The sides of the roads are house BMWs and Mercedes-Benz sedans because driveways are rare in the Big Easy. Wealth is visible in Lakeview at every turn — except for the potholes plaguing the road.

Lakeview is a picture perfect anecdote for Louisiana’s transportation funding misappropriations.

The Legislature wants Louisianians to be content with the widening of roads and new construction projects but ignore the long-term problems of the transportation budget. You can drive down the road in Lakeview and see the pretty houses, but if you’re not

careful, the front end of your vehicle will bottom out, sending your car to the mechanic for an overpriced repair job.

The state has money for transportation projects — evidenced by the constant construction on the I-12 corridor from Slidell to Baton Rouge — but a solid funding base for the future of Louisiana’s roads and bridges doesn’t exist.

This past legislative session, state Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, led the Senate in reallocating money from transportation to the state general fund. Before Adley’s bills passed, the state’s motor vehicles sales tax went directly to the general fund. These $400 million in funds were scheduled to divert to the Transportation Trust Fund in 2020.

Adley’s legislation, signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal, removes the $400 million diversion, keeping the money in the general fund to relieve other pressures on the state budget. To account for the

newly created funding problem in the TTF, the plan moves revenue from mineral taxes that previously went into the Budget Stabilization Fund to the TTF. In simpler words, the state is moving money from certain accounts to pay for others, begging the question where the funding hole created will be filled.

With this plan, the TTF goes from receiving $400 million to receiving $100 million — at most.

According to the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, for the transportation fund to see the full $100 million, oil prices would have to rise to $100 per barrel.

Currently, oil sits at around $45 per barrel, and yearly forecasts shoot for an average of around $50 per barrel.

Oil prices are unlikely to rise to $100 a barrel, so the best TTF can hope for is getting $10 million from taxes levied on oil and gas revenue. This means the TTF will lose $390 million in funds.

If you believe the experts, it sounds like the next big debate at the legislature will be about raising fuel taxes.

Raising them would increase the price of gas in Louisiana, but the benefits would be worthwhile.

A tank of gas will only get you so far when the bridge is falling apart beneath you, or you find yourself head first inside a giant pothole.

Transportation is only one of countless short-term funding solutions that cause more harm than good to the state.

The budgetary shell game is the signature for Louisiana politics. Short-term solutions to longterm problems pacify voters. As it always has been, if it’s not under your nose, you won’t smell the danger until it’s too late.

Justin DiCharia is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

LSU violates academic freedom and shared governance I am a faculty member of 42 years, distressed over the recent unjust firing of a tenured Associate Professor, its fact and manner, and LSU administration’s actions since.

Instead of clear explanations, they issue Press Releases that distort the record while advancing new allegations, culminating last week at the Faculty Senate’s first meeting (Sept. 2) of the academic year where a Resolution was to be introduced on the matter. After months of silence, LSU issued two Press Releases that very morning and the chancellor-president read from them at the meeting, saying “he was asked to” (by whom?). In these attacks on a faculty member not notified to be present to defend herself, there is a spiritual and moral coarseness and failing beyond the issues involved.

The Senate is a faculty body, and provosts and chancellors speak at the beginning as honored guests in a courtesy extended to their offices. Wednesday’s performance transgressed common

decency while exhibiting an abuse of authority, a lack of respect towards the faculty, and an ignorance of our values. Is there not even a broader social stricture about a guest not fouling his hosts and their premises?

A core principle of US universities is shared governance between the administrators and the faculty, especially on all academic matters involving courses, curricula, and the hiring and promotion of faculty. On this last, LSU’s two most important Policy Statements are PS-36 (hiring, promotion, and tenure) and PS-104 (revocation of tenure). Actions under both occur only after long lead times, as appropriate to the gravity of those decisions, and involve senior faculty members from across campus. This safeguards against local biases, in either direction. While, occasionally, a recommendation may be overturned by the upper administration and the Board of Supervisors (BOS), good practice and health require justification to avoid arbitrary exercise, even abuse, by a single authority such as the chancellor-president.

Increasingly, however, LSU’s administration seems to follow its own appointed lawyers and Human Resources (HRM) officers (with little or no academic credentials to judge issues involved),

ignoring even unanimous faculty recommendations as in this case, while claiming no explanation is necessary. The millions spent on litigation and court settlements, and the discredit of censures drawn from prestigious national organizations such as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), are serious costs as the administration blunders from one to the next with no accountability of the administrators and their staff involved.

A different attitude of actively seeking the wisdom, institutional knowledge and dedication in the faculty voice, especially of those who have served LSU for decades, might lead to better outcomes.

In this recent firing, LSU bypassed it own well-prescribed policies. When allegations were made against a person whose record over 18 years was unblemished, indeed had glowing recommendations internal and external for promotion, it was not for HRM to make its own investigation and judge. Detailed roles for the Chair, Dean, and fellow faculty are prescribed for remedial measures when needed and, only when not successful, a referral to a PS104 Committee to revoke tenure.

Instead, an administration with mind made up, sought post facto backing by going straight

into a PS-104 hearing. After a full 12-hr hearing of the allegations, its own examination of witnesses and of the facts, this body of five senior faculty members not only dismissed some charges as unfounded but ruled unanimously against dismissal. Far from giving pause that their evidence could not convince such a panel representing decades of service and experience, the chancellorpresident proceeded to recommend to the BOS dismissal, citing the HRM investigation (considered and found wanting by the PS104 panel) but not explaining to that panel, Faculty Senate or any body the grounds for overruling that unanimous finding.

The administration tries instead to influence the public with Press Releases that selectively distort the record, including of the findings of the PS-104 panel, while throwing in new allegations. It is like a prosecutor who has struck out re-trying his case through the media.

This is only the most recent and egregious example of LSU’s HRM and lawyers (ill-)advising and directing a compliant chancellor-president. Several research faculty members, who do not have tenure but have served for over a dozen years, have not had their annual contracts renewed

even while in good standing in their field and with external funding. Reasoned appeals, saying graduate students are affected and grant funds will be forfeited, draw a pro forma response that a non-renewal requires no explanation. While legalistically correct, professionals with years of service deserve an explanation, not a dismissive refusal to give one.

It may play in local circles but LSU’s poor sense in attacking the AAUP can only bring further opprobrium on LSU, affecting current and future faculty, our students, and our mission. AAUP was in the process of looking to lift its previous censure but issued a supplementary censure, only the seventh in its hundred-year history, on the latest firing. Their investigation thoroughly debunks LSU’s case, adding: “If a major public research university like LSU can so brazenly ignore its own policies and impose on its faculty members … , no faculty anywhere will be safe from similar action.“ The state of our ship should indeed be of grave concern to all, students, staff, and faculty. It does not befit an educational institution, leave alone of higher learning, and leave alone a Flagship.

A. R. P. Rau Physics & Astronomy, LSU

Some Christians really do just love their neighbors Conservative Cait

Caitlyn Atkinson Columnist Under countless social media posts regarding gay marriage, abortion or other controversial topics, there will be arguments.

On one side are people in support of these ideas and on the other, many Christians. Somewhere in the flurry of text, someone will say one of two things: “It doesn’t affect you so just ignore it,” or “the Bible says to just love everyone.”

Neither of those statements are completely true.

The Bible does not justify being rude or hateful, and there should be respect between Christians and those with opposing views.

And Jesus did say love everyone. Matthew 22:39 said the second most important commandment is, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

But that’s not all he said.

He also said in John 13, “As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” How did he love? Beginning in Matthew 4, he taught and healed

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1 Corinthians 6:9-10 sums up what he taught: “Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

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Knowing this, when Christians see these things in other people, whether they are fellow Christians or nonbelievers, it is their responsibility to speak out in love. Besides loving God first and everyone else second, telling people about Jesus is the biggest thing Christians believe in. It’s the command Christians were given in Mark

16: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation.”

His followers are supposed to do it as Jesus did. He met people’s needs through healing them, feeding them and forgiving them. He served them, even washing his disciples feet as an act of service and humility.

He lived what he preached, and Christians are supposed to live the same way. No Christian is perfect. They have all done bad things, but they are striving to imitate Jesus.

Actions speak louder than words, and unfortunately many Christians’ action haven’t lined up with what they’ve preached or what Jesus taught. Kim Davis is standing up for marriage while she’s had four of her own, and Josh Duggar promoted family values while cheating on his wife.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church actively spread hate.

That doesn’t mean every Christian is a hateful hypocrite.

Some Christians do just love you.

That is why they tell you why they believe what you’re doing is wrong.

If you knew you could do something that could save the lives of people you loved, wouldn’t you do it? That’s how serious this

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is to Christians. James 5:20 says, “Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.”

Love is an action, not just a word. To love someone is to want the best for them. Christians experience something people who haven’t met God have yet to experience. Christians can explain all day long how awesome life with him is but, until it’s been experienced, it’s impossible to understand.

It’s like trying to explain what a sunset looks like to someone born blind. Christians can’t shove this experience down people’s throats, but how selfish would it be to not say anything at all?

It comes down to one thing all Christians should be saying.

I am not going to force Jesus on you or tell you you’re going to hell, but knowing him is the most peaceful, freeing, joyful and empowering experience in the entire universe, and that is an understatement.

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since his last start, which was against Auburn last season.

He described his own play as “terrible” following a 3-for-14 passing clip in a 41-7 defeat.

Much like that game, the Tigers will be facing a ranked opponent with a stingy Southeastern Conference defense and a dual-threat quarterback who can light up the LSU defense.

Harris said if the offense can’t move the ball, Mississippi State senior quarterback Dak Prescott can take advantage of a worn out defense. He said the offense has to convert third downs and extend drives if it hopes to win Saturday.

“Last year I got an opportunity to see you can’t leave your defense on the field,” Harris said. “We’re going against a quarterback that’s really talented, and they have a talented offense. We have to execute on

first and second down, make it third and manageable and convert.”

Against Auburn, Harris was forced to play from behind and could not move the ball for LSU the majority of the game. Aside from a 52-yard pass to thenfreshman wide receiver Malachi Dupre, Harris only completed two passes for six yards before being replaced by thensophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings in the second half.

Harris’ struggles in the Auburn game weren’t just during live play. Harris visibly had trouble communicating to his offensive line and making the appropriate checks in his first start. He said the Auburn game last season and artificial noise the coaches have implemented in practice have prepared him to be better this time around.

“We’ve dealt with [artificial] crowd noise all offseason,” Harris said. “When we came out for

page 11 the first snap [in the Auburn game] they were really loud. On offense, you want to be able to communicate on offense. If you get too busy worrying about the crowd, the play clock goes down and you get yourself in trouble.”

Harris didn’t start another game for LSU last season but beat out Jennings for the job in a competition that lasted the entire offseason. With a chance to show he earned the starting spot, Harris said he is looking to start the season on a positive note and show everyone how far he’s come.

“We’re past Auburn,” Harris said. “I think when you watch the game this Saturday you won’t see the same stuff as far as [me] panicking in the pocket.

I know where all the reads are, I know where to go with the ball

and I know how to get it out of my hands quick.”

Harris will face a Mississippi State defense that returns only five starters from last season’s team that Harris almost pulled off a furious comeback against. LSU scored 21-straight points after Harris replaced Jennings in the second half, but he was intercepted at the goal line on the last play, clinching a Mississippi State win.

After the bulldogs built a 34-10 lead in the third quarter, Harris came off the sideline and went 6-9 passing with 140 yards and two touchdowns, including two touchdown passes to Dupre in the span of 28 seconds.

This time, Harris will get the Bulldogs from the start of the game.

MISSISSIPPI STATE, from page 5 Southern Miss with sophomore running backs Leonard Fournette and Darrel Williams and freshman running backs Derrius Guice and Nick Brossette.

The Tigers should be able to find more luck on the ground than Southern Miss did.

I’m also confident sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris will torch the Bulldogs’ secondary. He did it last year when he came in late during the fourth quarter, nearly completing a miraculous comeback.

Harris went 6-9, passing for 140 yards and two touchdowns.

His one interception came on a hail mary, so it’s hard to count that one against him.

He could’ve certainly used the reps against McNeese State, but he’ll manage without them.

He rose to the occasion against Moo State last year, and there’s no reason he can’t this season.

But the LSU defense will have the nightmarish job of trying to contain senior quarterback Dak Prescott. Prescott is capable of carving up most defenses, but he doesn’t have nearly as much help around him as he did last year.

Junior wide receiver De’Runnya Wilson will test LSU’s secondary again this year. He caught four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in last season’s matchup.

The Bulldogs certainly have weapons capable of harming LSU. The ideal situation for the Tigers would be to take Prescott out of the game and make someone else beat them. That’s much easier said than done, but if LSU could contain Prescott and force him to throw downfield, I foresee them winning comfortably.

Go ahead and mark it down: LSU will silence the cowbells and leave Starkville, Mississippi with its first win.

Jack Woods is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

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Then-freshman quarterback Brandon Harris (6) receives high fives from coaches during the Tigers’ 34-29 loss to Mississippi State Sept. 20, 2014 at Tiger Stadium.

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Mississippi State quaterback Dak Prescott (15) runs while LSU then-senior defensive end Jermauria Rasco (59) tries to tackle him during the Tigers’ 34-29 loss to Mississippi State on Sept. 20, 2014 at Tiger Stadium.

The Daily Reveille

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Friday, September 11, 2015

politics

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[Top Left] Candidate Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle speaks at the Southeast Super Region Committee Gubernatorial Forum. [Top Right] Candidate Sen. David Vitter, R-La., speaks at the Southeast Super Region Committee Gubernatorial Forum. [Bottom Left] LSU political science and history junior Robert Lancon interns for John Bel Edwards’ campaign. Candidate, Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle speaks at the Southeast Super Region Committee Gubernatorial Forum. [Bottom Right] LSU political science freshman Josh Pickell, student intern for the Jay Dardenne campaign, makes phone calls to potential voters.

Students work for, connect with gubernatorial canidates

BY Caitie Burkes @BurkesTDR Four Louisiana gubernatorial candidates are fighting to gain support before the Oct. 24 election, particularly from students at state-funded universities like LSU and University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Several student interns identify on a personal level with candidates, finding common ground in military backgrounds, Cajun upbringings and ties to the LSU community.

LSU political science and history junior Robert Lancon was in high school when a girl in his 4-H club told him about her father — current gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards. He was a Democrat from Amite planning on running for political office.

Lancon, who was not a Democrat at the time, said he did some online research and agreed with Edwards on many issues.

Lancon especially favored

Edwards’ stance on the Affordable Care Act and its provisions for disabled military veterans such as Lancon’s father.

“Having easy, affordable access to health care is very important to me because I’ve seen the struggles my dad has to go through,” Lancon said.

“John Bel has always fought to bring those resources here.”

Lancon also discovered Edwards’ history with higher education policies, such as his fight for a balanced funding mix for higher education that would include 50 percent state funding and 50 percent tuition.

“When I sat down and thought about which candidate I would support, I looked at the candidate who had fought the hardest for higher education,” he said. “And no one really compares to John Bel.” UL-Lafayette public relations senior Dane Adams, a campaign intern for Republican Public Service

Commissioner Scott Angelle, said he dealt with the effects of the Legislature’s cuts to higher education firsthand as UL-Lafayette’s Student Government president last year.

“It helped me see how important it is that we elect, support or work with our political leaders,” Adams said.

He said his support for Angelle came after the candidate spoke about Louisiana’s oil fields at the Cajundome in 2010. Adams said Angelle’s interest in the oil industry — booming in Adams’ hometown of Lockport — impressed him.

He said Angelle’s conservative Cajun values of faith and family reflected his own, and the candidate reminded Adams of his grandfather, who helped raise him.

Adams said his grandfather told him leaders are meant to serve, and what the state needed was a servant leader.

“That’s Scott,” Adams said. “He’s one of the

humblest servant leaders I’ve ever experienced working with.”

Political science junior Myles Sonnier, an active SG member and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity member, was drawn to gubernatorial candidate and Republican Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, a former LSU SG president and member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

“He’s been around Baton Rouge his whole life,” Sonnier said. “He still goes to the tailgates. He’s just a down to earth guy about that kind of stuff.”

Sonnier said he heard Dardenne speak on the state Senate floor several times and was impressed by his resume and his ability to consolidate the number of positions in his lieutenant governor’s office.

He said Dardenne made the several political offices he has held over the years, including city councilman, state senator and secretary of state, more efficient by reducing budgets for

taxpayers.

“He’s been constantly doing more with less,” Sonnier said.

Lancon, Adams and Sonnier all said working on a campaign offered them different perspectives on the governor’s race.

Adams said his work on Angelle’s campaign allowed him to establish a friendly relationship with who he was voting for, while Sonnier said he learned how much power is in voters’ hands.

The more politically involved a student is, Sonnier said, the more likely he or she is to make a difference.

During the past legislative session, Lancon said he learned how important it is for students to have a voice.

“We go to the flagship school of the state, so we depend on public funding to help make us everything that we are, all the things we love about LSU,” Lancon said.

The David Vitter campaign does not allow student interns to speak to media.