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ENTERTAINMENT Etling, offensive line key for Tigers’ success against Alabama, page 3
New Orleans-based band Better Than Ezra to perform at Walk On’s Friday, page 7
Fan turnout decreases for Lady Tigers’ games, page 3
Student DJ Maurice Rankins juggles performing with owning nightclub, page 7
University plans to demolish, repurpose Tiger Stadium dormitories, page 5 Aircraft on display near Tiger Stadium will be moved to a more prominent location, page 5 illustration by BETSY PRIMES/ The Daily Reveille
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FOOTBALL
Tigers hope to end losing streak vs. Tide BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_ As is usual each season, LSU must address the elephant in the room in early November: it has to face those guys again. Who? The reigning national champions. The undefeated, top-ranked team in college football. The team that swiped a former LSU title-winning coach and transformed a once-dull program into possibly the most dynastic team in college football history. And yet, those guys are treated the same as any other opponent. “We have not treated this opponent any differently during the week and in our preparation,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said two days removed from arguably the SEC’s most intriguing rivalry in which the Crimson Tide have won the last five meetings. To make Saturday’s 7 p.m. primetime kickoff more interesting, the No. 13 Tigers feel like they’ve got a shot against the Tide. Although Orgeron said it was wrong to say, LSU defensive back Dwayne Thomas even guaranteed a win nearly one week ago. “This is the year,” Thomas said. “We’ve been letting them off the hook for the last couple of years. This is my senior year. We’re going out with a bang. It’s time for us to bring that win back.” “He can say what he wants to say, we’re going to settle it on the field,” Alabama defensive end Jonathan Allen said. “So we’ll see on Saturday.” On the two-day eve of LSU’s yearly bout with the Tide, Tiger players even assembled for a players-only meeting. “Today before practice
the players chose to have a players-only meeting to discuss things among their leadership,” the coach said. “I thought it was fantastic.” It can happen, LSU’s players believe it. Former Tiger players do too, as roughly 20-25 of them visited LSU’s team this week prior to Saturday’s duel, Orgeron said. “Leadership is coming,” he added. “You can see guys like Leonard Fournette, Jamal Adams, Ethan Pocic — those guys are stepping forward.” Fournette led the playersonly meeting two days before “the drum” starts beating at 3 p.m. Friday, roughly 24 hours before the Tigers host the Tide at Tiger Stadium. “Obviously, we’ve got a tall task ahead,” Orgeron said. “We’re focusing in on this football game,” he continued. “It’s a big game for our fans. Big game for our team. Big game for our coaching staff. We realize that. But it’s Game 4 to our new season.” As head coach, Orgeron has lead LSU to three double-digit wins against Missouri, Southern Miss and Ole Miss by a combined 84 points. The top-ranked Tide barrel into Baton Rouge with possibly one of the best college defenses in history, Orgeron said. Alabama has nine defensive touchdowns in eight games, 32 sacks this season and allows an average of 14.9 points per game to opponents. “They have one of the best defenses I’ve ever seen,” the coach said Monday. “Might be one of the best in college football history.” On the other side, Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts has tailback-like speed surrounded by NFL-ready receivers. “Most of their yards are short passes, great protection and yards after catch,”
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Head coach Ed Orgeron addresses the media about the upcoming LSU vs. Alabama game at the weekly Lunch with Ed on Monday. Orgeron said. “That’s what they do.” But, to Orgeron, LSU’s game will be won on the offensive line against Alabama’s ruthless front seven. Etling has had an excellent week of practice, Orgeron said. “Protection has been good,” Orgeron said of LSU’s pass protection in practice this week. “We’ve rushed him as hard as we possibly can to
simulate their great rush. He’s going to get hit Saturday night. He’s going to get sacked. But I really believe he’s going to respond.” If Etling and LSU’s offense do respond, the Tigers will end a five-game losing streak against Alabama and plug Orgeron with his fourth win of a four-game season at the helm. “See y’all Saturday!” Orgeron said.
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The Chicago Cubs killed baseball
easier for
ETLING
CALD UP CHRIS CALDARERA @Caldarera_TDR
Keeping Etling upright crucial for LSU vs. Alabama, Ed Orgeron says BY JOSH THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_
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WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m. WHERE: Tiger Stadium WATCH: CBS
LSU coach Ed Orgeron sees Jonathan Allen in his visions. He sees Allen’s 6-foot-3, 291-pound frame tossing offensive lineman Colin Prater, leaping over Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams and flying toward Aggies quarterback Travis Knight, wrapping him and sacking him. “I see him jumping over that tailback that tried to cut him and hitting the quarterback underneath the jaw,” Orgeron said. “Great effort. Tremendous athlete. Good hip flexibility. Great hands. Very well-coached. Plays with a motor.”
Those plays have made a household name out of Allen, who certainly has Orgeron’s attention. So much so, Orgeron mentioned pass protection 12 times at his weekly press conference Monday. Junior fullback J.D. Moore saw Allen’s style of play when Texas A&M committed a cardinal sin: intruding the offensive line’s gap between the center and the guard, more commonly known as the “A” gap. “Obviously, that was a cardinal sin of pass [protection] when he cut in the A gap,” Moore said. “You just don’t do that. That’s just kind of what happened as a result of
see OFFENSE, page 4 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
On Nov. 2, sports fans around the country witnessed the greatest professional baseball game of the century. World Series Game 7 was played between two historic losers, pitting the Chicago Cubs against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Chicago’s last title was in 1908, while Cleveland’s was in 1948. That totals to 176 years of losing between the two franchises. When the 10 inning marathon finally ended, the Cubs celebrated like children playing in the snow. And why not? For the first time in 108 years, the Chicago Cubs are baseball’s World Champions. The Indians sat in their dugout with only broken hearts and missed opportunities to fill the void of silence. One could argue, in that moment, the Cleveland Indians and their fans were the saddest people in America. I beg to differ. Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred should beg to differ. Because on that Wednesday night, the Chicago Cubs killed baseball. Maybe that’s a gross exaggeration. Maybe it isn’t.
see WORLD SERIES, page 4 VOLLEYBALL
Lady Tigers, marketing team hope Tigers working to to increase home attendance correct offensive woes BY JOURDAN RILEY @jourdanr_TDR Whether there’s an empty gym or a packed house, LSU coach Nikki Fargas enjoys the passion of the fans watching the Lady Tigers. In recent years, there haven’t been many viewers in the PMAC to watch the Lady Tigers’ successes and failures, but that’s bound to change, Fargas said. In the 2012-13 season, 69,438 total fans attended 18 LSU home games — an average of 3,858 spectators per game. In the 2015-16 season, attendance dropped to 37,152 total viewers in a 13-game home sea-
son, with the average decreasing to 2,858 per game, according to attendance records. Minimal attendance could be the result of the team’s performance, which faltered because of player injuries and a diminished roster. In the four seasons since the 2012-13 year, the Tigers have posted a 3-13 Southeastern Conference record and 10-21 overall finish. Fargas said fans understood and recognized the “heart” of the players last season, regardless of the number of people in the stands.
see ATTENDANCE, page 4
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LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Fargas on the sidelines during LSU’s 47-58 loss against Georgia on Feb. 14 at the PMAC.
Statistics have not been favorable for LSU’s volleyball team this season. The Tigers (7-15, 2-9 Southeastern Conference) are not only winless on their home floor, but the team is stuck in a six-match losing streak. LSU has also seen quite a drop in its offensive and defensive numbers lately. But the reason for the low number lies partially with the Tigers’ competition. “I’m not surprised that our hitting percentage has been down,” coach Fran
Flory said. “We recently played against one of the best defensive teams in the country in Florida.” LSU struggled on offense against the Gators on Oct. 30, finishing with a .022 hitting percentage. LSU’s offense has been on a downward trend since its first match against Florida on Oct. 14. Halfway through the season, the Tigers had an attack percentage of .210 compared to their opponents’ .216. Nine games later, LSU is hitting .184 as a team while
see STRUGGLES, page 4
page 4 OFFENSE, from page 3 that. I think he realized he was a mismatch. I guess he didn’t account for Jonathan Allen jumping over him.” Alabama’s defensive line has been relentless with pressure on getting after the quarterback this season. The Crimson Tide leads the Southeastern Conference in sacks with 32. “They’re all great pass rushers,” sophomore offensive lineman Will Clapp said. “When they bring their third down package every guy is an elite rusher and every guy has a lot of moves he can go to.”
Friday, November 4, 2016 Orgeron considers the Tide’s defense maybe the best in college football history and certainly the biggest test for his offensive line this season. Keeping junior quarterback Danny Etling upright is imperative, Orgeron said. “It’s about protection first,” Orgeron said. “It’s really about protection first — make sure that nobody’s free, make sure that the guy is blocking the guy he’s supposed to, can block him, and he has proper technique. That’s where it all starts to me.” Protecting Etling hasn’t been an issue for the Tigers this season.
LSU’s offensive line has surrendered 11 sacks in seven games this season, but Orgeron still expects Etling to be sacked once or twice. Etling also knows he’ll be hit a few times against Alabama, but he’s gotten used to it. His time at Purdue and year off because of transfer rules gave him more confidence to stand tall in the “eye of the hurricane” and take big hits. “As I’ve kind of been playing this year, I felt more confident and felt more relaxed as far as when you get hit,” Etling said. “Just shake it off and be like ‘All right, that’s just going to happen every once in a while.’”
STRUGGLES, from page 3 opponents are hitting .240. Attack errors have also plagued the team this year, but the Tigers are still well under their 2015 numbers. LSU has 451 attack errors this year, compared to the 635 firing miscues the team finished with last season. Flory said the most telling stat is the team’s digs number. During LSU’s recent five-game losing streak, the Tigers have been out-dug 207-256. “You will rarely see teams win when they get out-dug,” she said. “Defense is such an important part of the game, and we have done a disappointing job on that front recently.” With only seven regularseason games left to play, the Tigers will have to pick up the pace if they want to finish
ATTENDANCE, from page 3
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LSU junior quarterback Danny Etling (16) makes a pass on Oct. 22 during the Tigers’ 38-21 victory against Ole Miss at Tiger Stadium.
WORLD SERIES, from page 3 What I do know is that the Chicago Cubs erased one of the greatest stories in professional sports history. Cursed by billy goats and black cats, the Cubs could never seem to win enough, never mind capture a championship. At times, the Cubs would come close to winning before falling flat on their faces as soon as they came within shouting distance of the top. For more than a century, the Cubs were the benchmark for disappointment, and a loss in Wednesday’s Game 7 would have given the
baseball industry that story line for another season. The Cubs constantly finishing short was an entertaining and distinctive story line for baseball. Yes, there are bad franchises, and the Cleveland Indians were one of them, but losing has always been synonymous with the Cubs. Yet people loved them no matter their terrible history. Fans appreciate the humor of being terrible because they could watch Chicago’s unceasing misery from afar. Even Cubs fans — 86 percent of whom found camaraderie in
losing, according to a Yahoo Sports poll — often made their lovable losers the rear-end of jokes. Some may argue the Cubs could turn this title into a dynasty, and dynasties draw people to sports, either through love or hate. But all things must come to an end, and dynasties are no different. When the Cubs finally stop winning, they will be like every other average sports team in America. The Cubs made losing great. And the fans may have to wait another 108 years before some poor franchise makes losing great again.
They were loyal, she said. “They’ve stuck with us when things looked not so well and we had our backs against the walls, and we had to go seven and eight down the stretch in SEC play to get into the NCAA play,” Fargas said. “Those are the type of fans I want to highlight and talk about.” In the 2013-14 season, that number dropped to 48,854 within a 16-game home span in the PMAC with an average of 3,053 attendees per game. There wasn’t a big shift in the 2014-15 season, but the total still fell to 42,592 with a 2,839 per game average. Assistant Marketing Director Kyle Huber said there could be multiple reasons for a drop in attendance, including the dates of games. “With attendance, there is never one specific thing if we’re down in attendance,” Huber said. “This year we have ThursdaySunday games. Thursday nights is a hard sell for some families when the games are either at
ahead of their 2015 number of 1,698 digs. At this point in the season, LSU has 1,167 digs. “Defense is such an important part of our game,” freshman outside hitter Sydney Mukes said. “If we don’t have a lot of digs, chances are we don’t have a lot of second opportunity chances, and that affects the rhythm of our offense.” Senior middle blocker Tiara Gibson insists the team’s assist percentage is also conducive to an improved offense. LSU’s setter, Anna Zwiebel, has a .346 assist percentage — roughly .030 points higher than the rest of the Tigers’ team. “The setter position is a tough job, but Anna [Zwiebel] has filled the role nicely,” Gibson said. “If our setters keep putting us in a good position, I think it’s only a matter of time before our offense gets back on track.” 7 o’clock or 8 o’clock.” Huber added that attendance can fall short because of the prevalence of livestreams and the amount of games during the winter break. Huber said the marketing department does a lot to recruit new fans and cater to current ones. From posts on social media to advertisements around Baton Rouge, all of the promotions center around the start of the season and ticket sales, Huber said. He said the women’s basketball team recently finished a kid’s clinic and hosted a student 3-on-3 basketball tournament in conjunction with recruiting new fans and getting students involved. That’s the focus this year, Huber said. “You look at gymnastics, go to a gymnastics meet and it’s thousands and thousands of little kids screaming,” Huber said. “Now, for women’s basketball, it’s kind of a seasoned crowd … It’s kind of the balance of trying to keep the fans that we have and then adding new fans. Trying to get it to a kind of gymnastics standpoint because kids are the future. They’ll be fans for life.” Huber said he believes this year will be different, especially with LSU’s slate of opponents. On the Lady Tigers’ roster this season are No. 1 UConn on Nov. 20 — a team that has won four consecutive national championships and earned a 38-0 record through this season — and a bevy of elite in-conference opponents, such as the league’s top-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks. A “packed PMAC” is what the marketing team and coaching staff want to see, Huber said. He meets with Fargas and the coaching staff on a weekly basis to bounce around different ideas. “That’s always been my goal since I’ve been here with any sport,” he said. “You just kind of enhance the brand of the sport, but at the end of the day, are we getting people to the events, and how effectively are we doing that?”
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moving out
STUDENT LIFE
T-33 aircraft to be moved from Tiger Stadium BY NATALIE ANDERSON @natalie.mechell
The demolition of the south stadium dorms will offer fans a wider concourse near the south stadium entrances. With a crowd of more than 102,000 people, having the space is an asset to ease crowds, he said, and can be used to offer more entertainment opportunities to fans, such as bands or vendors. The increased concourse space is also important for security. In the event of a lightning strike, the widened concourse provides more space for staff to vacate fans to a protected space under the stadium. David estimated Athletics staff will be able to fit 30,000-40,000 fans beneath the stands with the increased space, or evacuate patrons more quickly if necessary. Ronnie Haliburton, associate athletics director for athletic facility management, said the dorms haven’t housed students since the ’80s. The space has been used for administrative, academic and research purposes in recent years,
The Lockheed T-33 “TBird” aircraft on display south of Tiger Stadium is being relocated to a more prominent location on South Stadium Drive at Field House Drive on Nov. 12. The aircraft was loaned to Military Science on Dec. 6, 1966, by the United State Air Force, and it is one of only eight in the nation located on a college campus. Tammy Millican, assistant director of organizational planning and external relations, said the decision was made because the Tiger Stadium expansion began to overshadow the aircraft’s location. When it was first donated, she said Tiger Stadium expansion had not yet taken place. “It was no longer a great setting for visitors to come by and see the plane,” Millican said. The Athletic Department and Facility Services met after expansions began to discuss what should be done about the aircraft’s location, she said. Visitors were coming in and out, and at some point, damage was done to the plane. The new site was approved by the Facility Design & Development Committee on June 9 and by the Air Force on June 30. Millican said the new
see DORM DEMOLITION, page 6
see T-BIRD, page 6
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University prepares to alter stadium dorms BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Changes are coming to Tiger Stadium. Emmett David, associate athletics director for facilities and project development, said the athletics department is moving forward with an environmental abatement project to clear out the south and east stadium dormitories. Once complete, the south stadium dorms will be demolished and the east stadium dorms will be repurposed into multi-purpose office spaces, David said. “It’s an abandoned space,” he said. “We’ve been under citation to get it either closed off or co-compliant, so the best thing is to demolish it. It’s out-used it’s useful life.” The University will begin accepting bids for the project Nov. 15. In a report to the Louisiana Board of Regents, the University estimated the abatement project will cost $430,000. David said demolishing the south stadium dorms will begin after the completion of the abatement process. Concrete needs to be re-poured for the breezeway to be ready for football fans for the first 2017 home game against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
LSU, Southern University co-host Learn 2 Live diversity event BY JAKEYLA CHAVIS @theeyoungqueen Southern University and LSU students came together Thursday night for the Learn 2 Live forum — an event organized by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. in conjunction with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement to facilitate conversations about the relationship between local law enforcement and the minority community.
NOBLE was recently in New Orleans and will be in Oakland, California on Nov. 28 to continue the conversation. Kappa Alpha Psi member Dominique Calhoun said the event will continue to happen nationally. “It’s important because we’ll have conversations about the interactions between police and underserved communities, particularly the African
Students from LSU, Southern University and the surrounding communities come together to discuss the relationship between law enforcement and the black community.
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DORM DEMOLITION, from page 5 but the space’s declining conditions no longer meets the University’s needs or standards. “If it were a great place to live, I promise you we’d have students living there, but it’s just not,” David said. “It’s not conducive for student housing.” David said he thinks the project will take 90 days total, but he’s budgeting 120 days for the project to ensure it’s finished by March 2017. Haliburton said the south stadium dorm demolition should be complete
by mid-August. athletics department has spent The timeline for the re- between $12 million and $15 purposing of the east stadium million — excluding the south dorms is more stadium expansion — enhancing fluid, David said. “If it were a great Tiger Stadium, The current plan is to remodel the place to live I promise including the addition of LED first floor into ofyou we’d have fices, a meeting lights, plazas and room and storage gate students living there, improved space for either systems, David gameday concessaid. The debut it’s just not” sioners or athletpartment is now ics management, shifting its attenEMMETT DAVID tion to the stahe said. associate athletics director dium’s interior, In the past he said. five years, the
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The Athletics department is moving forward with an environmental abatement project to clear out the south and east stadium dormitories.
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you safe and let you protest peacefully, but not seem like American community,” LSU the police are so mean. People vice provost of diversity start instilling in children at Dereck Rovaris said. a young age, ‘Don’t trust the The first part of the event police.’ It starts at home,” she included a panel discussion said when discussing interacfeaturing police officers from tions between minority groups LSU, Southern University and and officers. Southern University student BRPD. The second part was a breakdown, in which students Makala Lupey wanted to know sat in small groups with officers how to change racial views of and were able to speak on a more law enforcement. She said she personal level. is more comfortable when apSome of the conversations proached by a black officer, but included the students’ concerns immediately becomes nervous about the mental state of some when approached by a white officers on the force. Students officer. “We tried to end it 20 mininquired about the screening process and background checks utes ago. Look around, stufor potential employees to en- dents are still talking to the sure those protecting them are officers,” Rovaris said when free of psychological bias or asked how he thought the criminal background. event went. BRPD Officer Congalona He said he felt the officers Kersh, a 13-year worker on were very honest in sharing BRPD’s retheir protocols cruitment staff, and policies spoke about during the pan“People start el discussion, different steps of the recruit- instilling in children and he believes ment process, students at a young age, ‘Don’t the such as pulling gained informaup potential emtrust the police.’ It tion from the ployees’ crimisessions. starts at home” nal records and “With the administerquickness of ing a psychomass media of logical evaluagetting info out tion called the there, you tend CONGALONA KERSH “Matrix Exam.” to see only negaBaton Rouge police officer tive things, this “I want to event helps to make sure that Show a differthe person that’s out there to back me up really ent side of the involvement of has my best interest at heart,” blacks and police officers,” Calhoun said. Kersh said. Kappa Alpha Psi memConversations also focused on the tension between police ber and LSU graduate stuMichael Coleman and citizens at the Alton Ster- dent ling protests that occurred agreed that the event was during the summer. a success. “The protest was peaceful “My favorite part were until the outsiders came in,” the breakout sessions, but the Kersh said, adding that bricks larger setting was informative were thrown at her during one as well, with learning about of the protests. our rights and police policies,” “We’re trying to keep he said.
LEARN 2 LIVE, from page 5
It was no longer a great setting for visitors to come by and see the plane. TAMMY MILLICAN assistant director of organizational planning & external relations
T-BIRD, from page 5 location is ideal because it is adjacent to the Military Science building on campus. The new location also provides an attractive green space with seating for visitors. “[It is] the 50th anniversary this year since the original dedication, so it’s very interesting that we’re moving it this year, but I think it’s going to be a great location and we’ll see a lot of visitors to the site,”
Millican said. Air Force civil engineers from the now closed England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana, assembled the original stand for the aircraft mount. The plaque at the base reads: In memory of the LSU students who have died in the defense of their nation during the jet age. Dedicated 6 December 1966 by the Capt. Frank S. Hagan Squadron, Arnold Air Society, Louisiana State University.
Entertainment
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Civ VI remains true to original JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD @ hjcranford
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Student disc jockey juggles performing with owning nightclub BY CYNTHEA CORFAH @LacedInCyn English senior Maurice Rankins went from being forced to play music at a pool party to opening up for “56 Nights” producer DJ Esco. Rankins, better known as “DJ
MOxSWAG,” began performing in 2011. He got his start at a pool party when his friends asked him to control the music. That same year, he had his first club performance at local night club Vibes 2.0. “DJing is just who I am right now,” Rankins said. “I just love entertaining people, and I know for a fact that’s what I’m good
at more than anything.” While he dreams of becoming a traveling DJ, the 24-year-old also balances his studies with the duties that come with owning the nightclub Vice Nightlife. MOxSWAG became the owner of Vice Nightlife in December 2015. He took the opportunity on as a challenge after he and his
see DJ, page 11
Few video game series have had such a long-lasting effect on the industry as the Civilization series. With Civilization’s release in 1991, the next 25 years would see the game take off into the most successful turn-based strategy franchise ever. Its latest installment, Civilization VI, was released Oct. 21. After a quarter-century, Civ has remained true to its original format, improving on the success of the previous games and expansions. The amount of minutia in the Civ series has been compounding now for decades, and you can feel it. This year, Civ VI feels like a game which has already undergone a couple expansion DLCs. One of the most significant changes this year is the addition of districts to cities. The districts act as zones where speciality buildings are built. An even greater change is that the districts are placed on tiles just like farms and mines, making foresight into how your city will be planned even more crucial. This creates a ripple effect into other strategies in the game. On the military side of the action, Civ VI allows you to stack together certain units. For example, you can stack settlers with warriors to give your
see CIVILIZATION, page 11
MUSIC
Alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra to perform at Walk On’s Band will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday BY RAYKAEL MORRIS @raykael_morris
Returning to its old stomping ground, New Orleans-based alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra will perform at Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar Friday at 8 p.m. With tickets on sale for $20, the concert is open to adults 21 and up. Walk-On’s bar manager Seth Dupré said the restaurant has had the band perform several times over the years when LSU plays Alabama at home. The last time the band performed, Dupré said almost 3,000
people attended. The restaurant only three of its original memhopes to top that number this year. bers, the trio signed with The End “They’re local guys and every- Records and released eight body from LSU knows about them, albums. so it’s always a good time,” he said. When Bonnecaze left the When University alumni Kev- group in 1996, he was replaced by in Griffin, Tom drummer Travis Better Than Ezra will Drummond, Joel McNabb, who was perform at Walk On’s later replaced by Rundell and Cary Bonnecaze formed Bistreaux and Bar Friday Michael Jerome in Better Than Ezra 2009. at 8 p.m. in 1988, the band The band’s most began performing recent album, “All on campus at fraternity parties Together Now,” hit the market in and local bars to gain recognition. 2014. After lead guitarist Rundell’s As a tribute to the University, sudden passing in 1990, the re- the group’s 2011 album “Death maining band members decided Valley” consists of eight songs, to keep Better Than Ezra going. including “Hey Fighting TiFollowing a break to reassess how gers,” “Hell No!” and “This Time the band would move forward with of Year.”
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Better Than Ezra guitarist and frontman Kevin Griffin performs at the Louisiana Rising concert for flood victims on Sept. 5.
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Trump supporters just want Republicans in White House MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS @ClarkePerkins You do know it’s not illegal to vote against your registered party, right? After months of Donald Trump’s verbal diarrhea, you’d assume that with less than a week to go until the general election, he’d have little to no supporters remaining. But shockingly, he does. At this point, Trump supporters must be encouraging him for the sole purpose of wanting a Republican in the White House. He’s made so many outlandish statements, it’s ridiculous. His latest scandal in which he brags about how his fame allows him to get away with kissing and grabbing women isn’t the only problem — there’s much more where that came from. Trump’s stance on issues is one thing. He has many conservative views that are pretty absurd. “I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me – and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark
my words,” Trump said during his presidential campaign announcement speech. But hey, some people might favor that huge wall along with forcing another country to pay for it. That’s why there are different parties. Republicans believe one thing, and Democrats believe another — that’s fine. But the slick comments Trump makes, along with many of his actions are a whole other ball game. The things he says and does in his personal life, as well as on the campaign trail have been extremely reckless and disturbing. In 2012, Trump insulted Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, tweeting that she’s, “ unattractive, both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man – he made a good decision.” He’s always put women down. Let’s not forget his 1991 interview with Esquire: “You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of a--.” Judging from his track record, I’m pretty sure Trump is only interested in the presidency to see how many women will be attracted to him when he holds the most powerful position in the world.
And it’s not only women he degrades, but people of all races, sizes and religions. I can’t wrap my head around why any sane person would support such disturbance. The presidency is much more than policies. Along with stances on issues, you need experience, charisma, tolerance and a decent head on your shoulders. Like it or hate it, Hillary
Clinton is the most qualified person to ever run for president of the United States. President Barack Obama, who has an approval rating of 55 percent, said so himself. Whether you’re Clinton’s biggest fan or not, the better candidate is clear as day. If we were electing the president of reality television or even the most distasteful man to
announce a presidential campaign, sure he’d be the best fit. But we’re not, we’re literally electing the leader of the free world. Sometimes your party’s candidate isn’t the best choice, and everyone needs to realize this. Clarke Perkins is a 20-year-old political science junior from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Donald Trump supporters cheer at a campaign rally with Gov. Mike Pence at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Threats against candidates childish, unnecessary JORDANSWERS JORDAN MARCELL @JordanCMarcell Recently, a Donald Trump supporter by the name of Dan Bowman was interviewed by CNN correspondent Miguel Marquez at an Ohio rally. Things got interesting when Bowman stated, “I feel like Hillary needs to be taken out. If she gets in the government, I’ll do everything in my power to take her out of power.” When Marquez inquired as to whether Bowman’s statement was a physical threat or not, Bowman responded as a coward surely would by saying, “I don’t know, is it?”
The statement was made with virtually no eye contact and with a lot of “ums” to serve as filler. Regardless of what I think about Bowman and his petty and childish game of threats, the mindset he harbors is dangerous. The rally Marquez visited was filled with people who certainly felt the same way Bowman did. People outside of the rally even predicted a civil war would fall upon the nation if Hillary Clinton won the election. Do these fanatics, with their threats of violence and predictions of civil war, believe that they are the one’s who will be starting conflict? Those Trump supporters who aren’t radical fanatics that
swallow every ounce of what they are told frown upon the statements made by those radicals just as much as any other rational human being. Yet, this strange overzealous and blind devotion to Trump disappoints me because this dynamic has been seen so many times before, but people never seem to learn from it. From the time of Ancient Rome, when Cato the Elder riled up his fellow countrymen by ending his many speeches with the refrain “Carthago delenda est” — which means “Carthage must be destroyed”, something that later actually happened — to the rise of fascism in Europe, people still don’t seem to realize when they step onto the path of chaos.
People like Cato, Hitler or Trump come along and harp on the unspoken beliefs of a particular group of people. They inspire people to raise their stance above all others and act upon it because they finally have someone willing to stand up for their right to do so. I will say that there is nothing inherently bad about acting according to one’s beliefs, but when acting on those standpoints affects the lives of others in harmful ways, you have overstepped your boundaries. No country needs people that will stoop to threatening physical harm as a major part of its demographic infrastructure. When people believe they no longer have lost the domin-
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ion they are convinced they once had, they begin to whine. They try to reclaim some ideal, the likes of which nobody truly even seems to agree upon. These radicals are the hypochondriacs of the political world and do not realize that every problem that afflicts them is one that they themselves have fed and allowed to bite them. Additional fanaticism is the last thing this country needs. We would all fare far better if we simply calmed down and truly thought over which beliefs we hold too strongly. Jordan Marcell is a 19-yearold studio photography and linguistic anthropology sophomore from Geismar, Louisiana.
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Friday, November 4, 2016 CIVILIZATION, from page 7 settlers defense and cut down on the repetitiveness of having to move your escort and settlers at the same time every turn. Research has been shaken up with the addition of missions. If you find a city on the coast, the sailing research tree will get a bump. This allows players to prioritize certain techs. With the randomness of bonuses and situations caused by new map spawns, the bump also gives a more dynamic flow to the research tree, which could take you in a direction you hadn’t planned. The addition of the civics tree gives players more discretion to choose how to govern their empire and which perks players can use to achieve victory. Other leaders will now have agendas corresponding to their
real life actions, which shape their AI. Teddy Roosevelt bullies other countries by using force, and the Queen of England is more favorable to countries who started the game on the same land mass. While this makes enemy AI more predictable, a second hidden agenda, which is randomized every game, keeps you guessing other players’ true intentions. While the Civ series is known for having multiple paths to victory and not focusing solely on military might, in Civ VI, you have to maintain a strong army because of the enemies’ aggressiveness in the beginning of the game. However, this is not a huge deal because the AI is terrible at laying siege to your cities. It doesn’t take much to defend your cities long enough for your opponent to offer a truce. Aesthetically, Civ VI does a
decent job. I like the cartoonish design of the map and pieces, and I’m a big fan of the cell-shaded design of the map when it’s covered by fog of war. Sean Bean provides great voice acting as the narrator. The soundtrack is nice, with ascending cues as you finish new buildings, but the music quickly gets repetitive. All in all, Civilization VI is one of the most polished releases this year, and I would have expected no less. If you’re a fan of the series, the new additions will keep things fresh for you while also scratching that itch we’ve all had for years waiting on this game to finally come out. Other than that, there is not much to say. Civilization has been more or less the same game for over 20 years now, and Civ VI is the culmination of years of experience.
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Esco at Republic NOLA in New Orleans. Performing from 10 promotional group #TheWave p.m. to 2 a.m., he said it was the held many successful events in longest performance he’d ever the Baton Rouge area. been asked to do. #TheWave began as a friend “DJing for four hours by yourgroup that attended parties self is hard,� MOxSWAG said. “If together. In 2013, the group of- you’re a DJ and you can honestly ficially branded themselves as DJ a whole set for four hours #TheWave, a promotional group straight, not really play a certain for events and song more than ‘I just love parties. once and you rock “Imagine you entertaining people, the crowd continuhired me to come ously, that’s amazDJ and I tell all and I know for a ing, that’s hard.� my friends,� MOx S WAG M O x S W A G fact that’s what I’m mixed all genres said. “So all my music during his good at more than of friends post it on performance. The their page and we audience consisted anything.’ all show up, it’s of people from diflike 15 or 20 of us. ferent nationaliMAURICE RANKINS Because we’re all ties, allowing him DJ, Student, Club Owner there and we all to cater to differhave friends, we ent fans and try tell everyone else to come. Now new sounds. your party is lit because you’re That February night was one telling MO to come DJ and he he would never forget, not only told all his friends.� because of his memorable perUsing social media, videos formance, but also because his and fliers, #TheWave’s goal is best friend Damarcus Pitts, coto attract people to particular creator of #TheWave, died in a events. car crash the same evening. As a student, MOxSWAG atSince then, the members tends classes on Tuesdays and of #TheWave keep active and Thursdays. His Fridays are have each delved into their own booked at Vice, and, in between, ventures. his phone buzzes from emails, MOxSWAG plans to be a full text messages and Twitter time student in the spring while notifications. continuing his ownership of Vice However, disc jockeying re- and expanding his DJ career. mains MOxSWAG’s top priority. “Nothing turns me up more His favorite memory from his than a big crowd ... nothing,� career was opening up for DJ MOxSWAG said.
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