The Daily Reveille - January 14, 2015

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 state

Campus sexual assault legislation advances Climate surveys to influence training

BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com

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Students to protest Jindal’s prayer rally

Approximately $200 to $300 million is expected in budget cuts for all public universities and colleges across the state — adding to the $700 million cut from Louisiana’s higher education since 2008.

BY william taylor potter wpotter@lsureveille.com

BY william taylor potter wpotter@lsureveille.com Gov. Bobby Jindal warned Louisiana’s public colleges and universities that their funding for the next fiscal year could be cut by $200 to $300 million, University officials said. Louisiana higher education funding has been cut by a total of $700 million since 2008, according to the Associated Press.

The University’s funding also could be cut this fiscal year when the Revenue Estimating Conference meets with Jindal on Jan. 26 to amend the current state budget.

Though the state cut spending by $180 million in the last two months, Jindal’s administration estimates that between $50 million and $100 million will be cut this year.

Since two state constitutional amendments further protecting health care funding were passed Nov. 4, higher education is one of the few major areas left unprotected.

House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, said Jan. 9 that he would not support cuts to higher education.

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Campus climate surveys and law enforcement training are two priority points for a sexual assault working group aimed to improve how college campuses handle sexual assault.

Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-La., said the workmorrell ing group may incorporate new findings into legislation as they arise but wants these topics ready for next session’s prefiling deadline rallo of March 13.

Campus climate surveys are anonymous polls given to all students on an annual basis. Students’ answers would help researchers understand the scope of sexual assault as well as how much students know about resources and prevention, said LSU Women’s Center

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Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Jan. 24 prayer rally, “The Response,” will face protests from several on-campus and local organizations. Protesters are citing issues with the rally’s sponsoring organization, the American Family Association, and its stance against the LGBT community.

The AFA paid for the event to be held in the PMAC. In addition to protests, the Faculty Senate will consider a resolution at its Jan. 22 meeting to condemn the event and call for more education on the University’s tolerance policies. The proposal also encourages the University to plan a major event to address intolerance and similar issues.

“That resolution itself is the first step,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope. “The next step towards repair is doing those things.”

Cope said faculty, student and administration participation protesting the event will “balance the sort of negligence that led to this situation.”

One protest, “Organize, Reflect, Act: A Day of Action for Justice in Louisiana,” plans for around 800 participants throughout the day and will include a rally outside the PMAC,

see protest, page 11

football

Alabama linebackers coach Kevin Steele hired as new defensive coordinator BY marcus rodrigue sports@lsureveille.com The LSU football team has hired Alabama linebackers coach Kevin Steele as its new defensive coordinator, Sports Information director Michael Bonnette confirmed via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

“This is a great hire for us,” said LSU coach Les Miles in a news release. “Kevin has had

a very successful coaching career, one that has seen him coach alongside some of the top coaches in the game. He won a national title with Tom Osborne at Nebraska, coached with Bobby Bowden at Florida State and coached in the NFL with one of the great defensive coaches in Dom Capers.

“He has a great defensive mind and he’s an outstanding recruiter. He knows our

players and our system and his knowledge of the Southeastern Conference and the SEC Western Division makes him a great fit. We are very excited ... Kevin will be joining our staff.”

Former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis took the same position at Texas A&M following the Tigers’ 31-28 Music City Bowl loss to Notre Dame on Dec. 30. Chavis and Steele are both from Dillon,

South Carolina, and played college football together at Tennessee.

Steele graduated from Tennessee before working as a linebackers coach at New Mexico State and Oklahoma State. He was linebackers coach for Nebraska from 1989-1994, during which the Cornhuskers won one national championship.

Following a stint with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers,

Steele returned to the college ranks as Baylor’s head coach from 1999-2002. The Bears went 9-36 under Steele, featuring a 1-31 mark in Big 12 play.

Current LSU defensive line coach Brick Haley, who was rumored to be a potential candidate for the job, served as Steele’s defensive

see steele, page 15

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Nation & World

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Jacqueline Kennedy’s notes to designers up for auction THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In private, even the stylish former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis admitted to tiring of the all-black attire long considered chic in New York City.

“I just love this suit & will wear it everywhere as I am SO sick of everyone constantly in black — like Mediterranean villages where everyone is in mourning for 20 years,” she once wrote to Bill Hamilton, then the design director at Carolina Herrera.

The handwritten note — accompanied by her own sketch of a suit with a single-breasted jacket — is among a few dozen pieces of Onassis’ personal correspondence making a rare appearance at auction Saturday in Florida.

The notes about clothes and furniture she was buying show the human side of the widow of President John Kennedy and tycoon Aristotle Onassis, said Rico Baca, auctioneer and co-owner of Palm Beach Modern Auctions.

“In these notes you get a sense of how someone famous can make the average person comfortable,” said Baca, who is

preparing the personal correspondence for auction Saturday.

“She really did go out of her way to make people feel appreciated.”

Mostly written on her signature blue stationery, all the notes end with the former first lady giving thanks for the work Hamilton and interior designer Richard Keith Langham did for her from the mid-1980s until her death in 1994.

Some notes offer Onassis’ polite yet firm opinions on shoulder pads, the shape of a jacket, slim pant legs and the weight of chairs.

Hamilton remembers how Onassis would arrive for fittings with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich wrapped in aluminum foil in her handbag, ready to work through lunch to get the details right.

“To get the point across she would do drawings of ideas she wanted, from a canopy bed to a jacket. We spent a lot of time selecting fabrics,” Hamilton said.

“She knew when she went out she had to look perfect,” he said.

Other notes simply express Onassis’ appreciation for work done by designers she considered friends.

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Mumbi O’Brien lays out handwritten notes by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. all the nice things that you put into it for other people,” she wrote Langham on the back of a postcard of the Louvre in Paris.

Among the correspondence to Langham is a copy of a book about Onassis’ restoration of the White House when she was first lady. “What fun it would have been to work with you then,” Onassis said in an

accompanying note.

The auction also will include photographs by Bob Davidoff, who spent decades as the Kennedy family’s photographer in Palm Beach, Baca said. The black-and-white prints show Onassis’ classic yet trendsetting style in tailored pants, big sunglasses and simple yet elegant shift dresses.

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Principal stockpiles canned goods as weapons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VALLEY, Ala. — A middle school principal in eastern Alabama wants to stockpile cans of food such as corn and peas in classrooms so that students could hurl them as weapons in a lastresort confrontation with a school intruder.

In a letter Friday, W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley asked parents to have each student bring an 8-ounce canned item.

“We realize at first this may seem odd; however, it is a practice that would catch an intruder off guard,” she wrote in the letter, published by TV station WHNT in Huntsville.

“The canned food item could stun the intruder or even knock him out until the police arrive,” Holley wrote. “The canned food item will give the students a sense of empowerment to protect themselves and will make them feel secure in case an intruder enters their classroom.”

The school is in Valley, Alabama, part of the Chambers County school system.

The letter was sent after school employees received training from Auburn University’s Department of Public Safety, Chambers County Schools Superintendent Kelli Hodge

told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.

The food cans would be stored in classrooms and students wouldn’t be carrying them around school, Hodge said.

Using cans or other items as weapons would be a last resort for students unable to evacuate, Hodge told the AP. Teachers are taught to barricade classroom doors if an intruder is in the school, but if that fails, the cans and items such as textbooks could be used, she said.

“If somebody is going to force their way through, then as the last resort you would start throwing any objects you could get your hands on,” Hodge said.

Asked whether throwing cans of food could make a student a target, Hodge said they would already be a target at that point.

“If it comes to the situation that they are forced to do that, then they are a target because they’ve not been able to evacuate,” she said.

If the cans are not needed for security, they will be donated to a local food pantry at the end of the year, Holley told parents.

“We hope the canned food items will never be used or needed, but it is best to be prepared,” she wrote.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 student government

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SG sees promising spring semester BY chloe huff chuff@lsureveille.com Student Government President Clay Tufts and Vice President Taylor Lambert delivered on initiatives expressed in their campaign last semester and plan to keep up their momentum in the spring.

During football season, students saw a revamped line system in Tiger Stadium, which different branches of SG planned during the summer.

Another staple in their campaign was making changes to the LSU Mobile app, and students may see these changes this semester.

“We are also getting a head start on the testing center app, which I’m really excited about because I’ve been able to work with that hands on,” Lambert said.

The testing center app will allow students to schedule and reschedule their exams quickly and more efficiently in the Computer Based Testing Center in Himes Hall.

SG hopes to have the testing The Daily Reveille Archives center component as a part of the LSU Mobile app by the time Student Government President Clay Tufts [left] and Vice President Taylor Lambert incoming students are on cam- [right] look forward to pursuing their initiatives this semester. pus for summer orientation.

“One thing that we’re cur- been doing. from these initiatives.

To kick off the new semester rently doing in the Senate is re“We aren’t going to let the vamping the LSU Mobile app to with a healthy start, another election distract us from what include the safety app that we initiative is a “Geaux Move” we want to see get done,” did last semester and passed week, which will be an effort Lambert said. “The relationbetween the City ship between branches has through Senate,” Lambert said.

‘We aren’t going to let the of Baton Rouge, been so positive, and because The safety election distract us from East Baton Rouge of that, I think we will have a Schools successful spring semester app will allow what we want to see get Public and the Univer- as well.” users who travel done.’ sity to help teach through campus “My confidence in that is in students how to regard to how well elections to send a notificataylor lambert, live healthier went last year,” Tufts added. tion to LSUPD, Student Government vice president lifestyles. who can call or “I don’t expect it to be an issue Even with the at all. I hope that those days go to the destination of the user if they do not beginnings of upcoming con- of rough elections are past send another notification of safe stant election chatter, Tufts Student Government. I think and Lambert said they are cer- we’ve really turned a page arrival.

In conjunction with safety tain they will not be distracted on that.” initiatives, SG is working to provide more lighting throughout campus at night, though there are no specific plans.

Some projects carry over semesters, like an initiative to combat sexual assault.

Tufts is satisfied with the success of the “It’s On Us” national and campus campaign, a pledge against sexual assault, but he expects to see more student involvement this semester.

“It really brought a positive LSU 2015 MLK & BHM Commemorative Celebration message on campus,” Tufts said. “We’re going to roll out Thursday, January 22, 2015 a few more things regarding that this semester, just to make 4:30 p.m. sure we keep the fire alive and make sure it gets to all LSU Student Union Theater students.”

This semester will be the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marc Lamont Hill first to have a “State of the University Address,” in which Tufts, LSU President F. King 2015 MLK Performing Arts Night Alexander and Vice Chancellor Kurt Keppler will hold a press Wednesday, January 21, 2015 conference where students can ask questions and share opin6:00 p.m., LSU Student Union Theater ions about what Student Government and the University has

page 3 CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested for bicycle theft On Jan. 8, Forrest McConell, 22, was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons for theft of a bicycle. McConnell is not a University student.

LSUPD spokesman Capt.

Cory Lalonde said the department received a complaint on Jan. 4 of a man lingering around the bike racks at the East Campus Apartments.

Lalonde said the complainant told the department he observed the suspect carrying a pair of bolt cutters and later saw the suspect place a bicycle into his car.

The witness knew the rightful owner of the bicycle, Lalonde said, and he proceeded to supply LSUPD with a vehicle description as well as a license plate number.

LSUPD contacted McConnell, who admitted to stealing the bicycle and was issued a misdemeanor summons.

Woman booked for outstanding warrants Jasmine Carey, 26, was pulled over for speeding Jan. 6 near Nicholson and Nicholson Extension.

Lalonde said when speaking to Carey, officers found out she had three outstanding warrants. One warrant was for theft, and the others were for traffic-related offenses.

Carey was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Man arrested for possession of MDMA LSUPD pulled over a man

driving on Nicholson Drive on Jan. 11 for driving without taillights and discovered ecstasy in his vehicle.

LSUPD identified the driver as Robert Lee Stinson, 27, of Laurel, Mississippi.

Lalonde said the officers noticed a small bag that appeared to contain the residue of illegal narcotics.

Upon searching the vehicle, officers uncovered a container that was suspected to contain MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

Stinson was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for felony possession of a Schedule 1 narcotic.

Man arrested for DWI Brett Hebert, 21, of Destrehan, Louisiana, was arrested for DWI on Jan. 11 after he was pulled over for driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. Hebert is not a University student.

Lalonde said the officer pulled Hebert over on Nicholson Drive near South Stadium Drive and noticed obvious signs of intoxication.

Lalonde said Hebert was arrested and taken to LSUPD, where he agreed to a breath sample.

Hebert registered a blood alcohol content level of .143, which is above the legal limit of .08 for anyone over 21 years of age.

Lalonde said Hebert was then transferred to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, where he was booked for DWI.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

University ecologist sheds new light on biodiversity BY will harrison wharrison@lsureveille.com Professor Kyle Harms has worked all over the world, and he knows diversity.

Biodiversity, that is.

Harms is one of the University’s foremost researchers in the field of

ecology. Last year, he and his colleague Peter Green, of La Trobe University in Australia, published research on the mechanisms of diversity. They utilized forestry data that’s been 50 years in the making.

In the early 1960s, UC Santa Barbara’s Joseph Connell established studies on several

rainforest plots in Queensland. He wanted to better understand how the mechanisms of natural diversity operated within the ecosystem, such as disease, competition and predators. But it’s slow growing in the rainforest.

“It takes a lot of time and a lot of work,” Harms said. “Detailed work

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Ecology professor Kyle Harms recently concluded a long-term study on biodiversity. baton rouge community

Late-night dessert delivery comes to BR

BY amanda capritto acapritto@lsureveille.com For students looking for a sweet spring during late-night study sessions, the University has a new dining option coming its way. Insomnia Cookies is an all-night dessert delivery service already supplying more than 50 locations.

The new Baton Rouge store will be Insomnia Cookies’ first location in the South. The store will take over the space previously owned by Bacio di Roma Gelato in the Northgate area.

The idea for Insomnia Cookies was born in a dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 when then-student Seth Berkowitz recognized the need for a nighttime delivery service that offered more than pizza or heavy meals.

Though the company is still in its early planning stages and is not yet able to provide specific store hours, typical hours run from 4 p.m. – 3 a.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. – 3 a.m. on weekends.

Insomnia Cookies menu items include a variety of specialty cookies, cookie cakes, fudge brownies, frozen desserts, milk and a toppings bar.

Planning is still under way, but the store is set to open by the end of 2015.

focused on the individual lives of individual organisms.”

Many of the trees Connell originally tagged haven’t grown more than a foot since 1963. It’s a waiting game.

Now, after the 50th anniversary survey of the Connell plots, researchers finally have enough data to draw conclusions.

“It’s a super cool result,” Harms said.

He said it makes sense that these sorting mechanisms might act more strongly on younger specimens, but it was hard evidence to come up with. These mechanisms can also favor one species over another.”

For example, predators may prefer to attack one local species over another. This process, generally referred to as selection, is a major factor in habitat diversity.

Monitoring and understanding trends in diversity is important for ecologists.

“You can often use an area’s change in diversity as an indicator of ecosystem demise,” Harms said.

“It’s generally the case in a natural ecosystem that if diversity erodes then you often lose various kinds of

ecosystem services.”

While Harms, Green and Connell haven’t closed the book on biodiversity, they’ve turned some pages. Harms says the team’s findings will “help focus our attention on the earliest life-cycle stages for future studies.”

Harms aims to inspire a genuine curiosity in his students.

Since his arrival at the University in 2002, he’s received several awards, not just for his contributions to research, but for his reputation as an outstanding educator.

“He’s the kind of teacher that cares a lot about his students,” said Metha Klock, doctoral student and former teaching assistant.

Harms’ students seem to agree.

On RateMyProfessors.com, his profile boasts an average student rating of 5.

“They often say I’m enthusiastic, and I guess they appreciate that … but it’s not really something I have to work at,” Harms said. “These are subjects that are meaningful to me and that I feel are important for students to know about.”

academics

Honors College receives $12M endowment BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

While students were taking their fall semester finals, the LSU Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College received a Christmas gift of record-breaking proportions.

University alumnus Roger Houston Ogden donated $12 million to the college. The gift is the largest unrestricted endowment the University has ever received, said Honors College Dean Jonathan Earle.

Earle said the gift will be used to create better educational opportunities for Honors Colleges students, from offering more scholarships and a greater number of study abroad opportunities to enhancing the benefits of being a part of the University’s Honors College.

“This money is going to be spent on students,” Earle said.

“It’s not like I’m going to go out and create all sorts of faculty research positions with this money.

This is going to students for the most part.”

Since receiving the $12 million endowment, the college has changed its name from the LSU Honors College to the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College. It is now named after Ogden’s late father and his son, according to the Honors College website.

Ogden served on the LSU Board of Supervisors for 14 years and owns Ogden Development and Investments, a real estate development firm in New Orleans.

The LSU Foundation, an organization dealing with financial donor relationships with the

University, will invest the $12 million. Its interest and returns are to be used as the college’s dean sees fit, said Sara Crow, director of communications and donor relations.

Crow said the University won’t know how much additional funding the college will have to use annually from this gift until it has been invested in the marketplace and returns are collected.

“This is an endowed gift, meaning that it’s not like I have $12 million as of yesterday. What we get is the interest that’s generated from this gift.” Earle said.

“We are so excited to be in this kind of position to be able to invest in honors students, essentially in perpetuity.”

Earle said he wants to use the additional money provided to the school to up the college’s ante from every step of a student’s education, from recruiting to opportunities while they attend the University.

“There are some of our peers like University of Oklahoma, University of Arizona and University of Alabama who are doing better than we are, offering top students scholarships,” Earle said. “So we should be able to close the gap.”

He said the endowment could help the University attract and keep top students.

Nhi Trinh, a biology freshman in the Honors College, said some of the perks of being in the college were factors in her decision to attend the University, and she looks forward to the study abroad opportunities she has with the college.

“I think it’s great if this money

could be used to make it easier for us to go places and do cool things,” Trinh said. “I think any additional funding is great for students.”

The college offers five types of scholarships for incoming freshman and six types of scholarships for current students.

Crow said usually the LSU Foundation uses about 4 percent of the investment returns on a given gift as the annual spending rate for endowed gifts. Each year the endowment grows it provides funds to the college.

If the endowment were to provide 4 percent of the $12 million gift annually, it could mean about $480,000 per year for the Honors College.

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The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College received a $12 million endowment last month, allowing the French House to be renovated.

Sports

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HALFWAY THERE

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com

With 16 Southeastern Conference games remaining in the regular season, the LSU men’s basketball team has hit the midway point. After a 3-2 start, the Tigers rattled off eight consecutive wins before opening their conference schedule last Thursday with an overtime loss to Missouri. LSU quickly responded with a double-overtime victory at home against Georgia on Saturday night to bring its record to 12-3. As the Tigers start the second half of the season tonight at Ole Miss, here’s what they’ve accomplished through their first 15 games.

LSU basketball head coach Johnny Jones has guided the Tigers to their best start since the 2008-09 season.

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3-1

Record against teams in the top 50 of the Ratings Percentage Index, a measurement of a team’s wins and losses based on its strength of schedule. At .5951, LSU ranks 42nd in the nation in RPI and fifth in the SEC.

6.27 2005 Average blocks per game 2nd in the SEC

The last time an LSU team beat a ranked opponent on the road before the Tigers beat No. 16 West Virginia earlier this year

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8.80 Average steals per game 1st in the SEC

75.8

41.1 Average rebounds per game 2nd in the SEC

Average points per game 3rd in the SEC

Number of votes received by LSU in the latest Associated Press poll

LSU’s home record, the best since the 2008-09 team started 14-0 Longest winning streak of Johnny Jones’ tenure at LSU, and longest streak of his coaching career since his 2009-10 North Texas team won 11 consecutive games

12-3

Best record since the 2008-09 NCAA Tournament team, and best record by a Johnny Jones-coached team since his 2010-11 North Texas team that started 13-2

MEN’S BASKETBALL

LSU hopes to end Ole Miss losing streak tonight Tigers haven’t beaten Rebels since 2009

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com After defeating Georgia for the first time in three meetings Saturday, the LSU men’s basketball team will try to claim its first victory in Oxford, Mississippi, since 2009.

But the Tigers (12-3, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), winners of nine of their last 10 games, will also attempt to finish off a game in regulation when they take on Ole Miss (10-5, 1-1 SEC) at 6 p.m. tonight at Tad Smith Coliseum.

After just one overtime game in its first 13 games of the season, LSU’s first two SEC contests have gone to overtime, including a thrilling 87-84 double-

overtime victory against the Bulldogs.

But in both games, LSU blew late second-half leads — one of which resulted in a loss to Missouri, snapping an eight-game winning streak.

Sophomore guard Tim Quarterman, who saved his team from an 0-2 conference start with a career-high 27 points Saturday, said the intensity will only build as the Tigers continue their SEC schedule.

“Every minute out there is a war,” Quarterman said. “The game’s never safe until the clock strikes zero.”

Since LSU swept Ole Miss in 2009, the Rebels have controlled the series. Ole Miss is 7-1 against the Tigers in their last eight matchups, including a 2-0 mark against LSU coach

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) extends his arms and attempts to block a pass by Georgia freshman center Yante Maten (1) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 87-84 win against the Bulldogs at the PMAC.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Boykin, Harden provide leadership for Lady Tigers

BY Morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com

Senior guard DaShawn Harden finds a hole in defense on the left wing and calls for the pass.

Seconds later, the PMAC erupts as Harden nails the wide-open 3-pointer.

Senior forward Sheila Boykin catches a pass in the paint, turns on a defender and makes the layup, silencing the crowd on the road.

Harden and Boykin are opposites on and off the court and have taken different roads to their senior seasons, but both emerged as leaders and sparks for the LSU women’s basketball team.

“I’ve seen [their leadership] in different scenarios and situations that they’ve been put in,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “You can recognize it in practices when they are calling their own team huddles [and] when they’re over on the sideline and one group is playing and the other group is over there communicating with each other.”

Boykin entered the season as the lone fourth-year senior on the roster and has become the Lady Tigers’ vocal leader on the court after the departure of former LSU forward Theresa Plaisance and guard Jeanne Kenney.

Boykin said she knew needed to take on a bigger leadership role within the team this season, instead of relying on others to

lead vocally.

On the court, Boykin fires up her teammates and the crowd with her defensive intensity and effort on offense.

Boykin’s energy is clear on the court as she yells encouragement to her teammates after big plays.

“It’s always been a thing of mine to do,” Boykin said. “Anything, whether I score or take a charge or [make] a steal, you have to capitalize on every good thing that we do. Whatever can get the fans rowdy and the bench rowdy, I’ve got to do it.”

Boykin has been a defensive force for the majority of her LSU career, but Boykin has developed into a consistent offensive threat in her senior season.

Entering her senior season, Boykin averaged only 1.8 points per game in an average of 11.3 minutes per game. Through the Lady Tigers’ first half of the season, Boykin has averaged 7.6 points per game in 24.3 minutes per game.

Boykin’s dramatic improvement offensively is due to her improving health.

On Feb. 22, 2013, Boykin was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own nervous system.

“Sheila’s still not 100 percent, but you would never know that because she plays every possession, comes to practice and just works extremely

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LSU senior guard DaShawn Harden (24) attempts a jump shot Dec. 3, 2014, during the Tigers’ matchup against Louisiana Tech at the PMAC. hard,” Caldwell said. “It’s amazing to see where she was less than two years ago — not able to walk, couldn’t stand and would fall —and to see her today competing at this level. It’s like a miracle, and we feed off that.”

Boykin’s improvement on offense has provided a consistent scorer, but Harden’s team leading 26 three-pointers spark the Lady Tigers’ offense from

behind the arch.

Coming into her senior season, Harden is only in her second year with the program after transferring to LSU in April 2013 from Johnson Community College.

While Boykin leads vocally, Harden leads by example, which fits her more reserved personality.

“It’s so funny because everyone thinks that a leader has to

be someone who speaks all the time more than they do, but a leader can either lead by example or lead vocally,” Boykin said.

“DaShawn is the person who leads by example, but when she speaks everyone has to listen because, ‘Oh snap, DaShawn is speaking,’ and she never really does that.”

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Lady Tigers’ early struggles highlight team’s inconsistent play BY stanton vignes svignes@lsureveille.com The LSU women’s basketball team’s roller coaster season ran into another drop in its track Sunday. After leading then-No. 9 Texas A&M for 21 minutes, LSU squandered the lead and fell to the Aggies, 55-48.

It’s been more of the same recently for the Lady Tigers, whose slow start to the 2014-15 season is unfamiliar territory for LSU coach Nikki Caldwell.

In six seasons as a head coach, Caldwell has never lost more than 12 games in a season. Her team currently has eight losses in 16 games.

LSU showed potential during stretches in its losses to the two then top-10 teams it has played the past few weeks, but Caldwell has yet to see the team complete an entire 40-minute game.

“That’s where we’ve got to be efficient,” Caldwell said. “We weren’t boxing and keeping them off the glass like we did in the first half [against Texas A&M], and really no one on our team is playing 40 minutes.”

LSU’s inability to put a game away is apparent in its last two SEC outings, even with the

return of junior guard Danielle Ballard from an indefinite suspension. It relinquished 10 and seven-point leads down the stretch to Vanderbilt and Texas A&M, respectively.

Though they defeated Vanderbilt, the Lady Tigers said they must continue to improve the way they control games. Caldwell and junior guard Akilah Bethel expressed the team’s vision to look at a contest like a boxing match.

“During the game, we kind of count our segments and when we lose them,” Bethel said. “Usually when we lose segments consistently is when we lose a game, and with Vandy, I think we may have only lost two segments in the game. I think it’s important if we’re struggling offensively we can’t struggle defensively.”

While the defense has faded in spurts this season, the Lady Tigers have not allowed an opponent to score 80 points thus far.

Teams are shooting less than 40 percent against LSU’s defense and only 30 percent from the 3-point line.

On the other hand, LSU’s offense has produced only one 80-point game, which came against UNC Greensboro. The team averages 62.5 points per

game, which is tied for 222 in the nation and ranked second-to-last in the SEC. Caldwell said she believes missed opportunities close to the basket have been an issue for her team’s offense.

“Our focus and our attention to finish that play has got to get better,” Caldwell said. “We’re missing a lot of layups, and I don’t know if there is any other offense out there that can get you as many open looks as a layup.”

The Lady Tigers plan to keep playing their style of basketball and control the inside of the court and let the offense work its way outside.

Senior forward Sheila Boykin said the key to getting the team back on track is staying focused and sticking to the game plan.

“Inside-outside is the key to winning a basketball game,” Boykin said. “Our plan is to establish the inside attack and then work on to our way outside.

They’re not gonna guard the outside unless the inside is doing their job.”

Though LSU accomplished the first half of its plan and scored 26 points in the paint against both South Carolina and Texas A&M, the team shot a

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LSU women’s basketball head coach Nikki Caldwell yells from the sidelines Feb. 6, 2014, during the Tigers’ 75-58 victory against Missouri at the PMAC. combined 6.7 percent from the three-point line in those games.

The lack of outside production puts added pressure on the front court’s performance, which creates issues for an undersized team like LSU. Caldwell is not troubled with the team’s poor percentage, but she emphasized the Lady Tigers need to improve

their decision making.

“My concern is not that we’re missing the threes; my concern has become shot selection,” Caldwell said. “If we’re not making those threes, then what else can we be doing? Can we just step in and get an easy two, or should you just make the extra pass? I’m trying to get our team to understand the difference.”

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Martin aims to return to early-season form after slow SEC start

BY David Gray dgray@lsureveille.com It’ll take more than a pair of subpar performances to deter LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin.

After entering Southeastern Conference play as the league’s leading scorer, Martin, who returned to LSU rather than bolting for the NBA following his freshman campaign, has struggled to maintain his early-season dominance.

Martin has totaled 16 points on 30 percent (6-of-20) shooting since the Tigers flipped their calendar to SEC action two games ago. Those figures are a far cry from Martin’s play during LSU’s 11-2 nonconference slate, when he shot better than 50 percent from the floor and scored 18.2 points a game.

But Martin said he knew scoring would be a more difficult task once SEC play commenced, and as long as he doesn’t cost his team any wins, he’s not too concerned with how his numbers appear on the surface.

“I try not to let it get to me,” Martin said. “I’m a team player, so I just try to find ways for us to win the game. For me not to play

like I had been playing before the conference [season began], I just have to find ways to impact it.”

But Martin’s struggles aren’t solely the result of poor play from the preseason AllSEC forward. After studying film of the Tigers’ 13 non-conference games, SEC coaches have thrown double and sometimes triple-teams Martin’s way, limiting the clean looks and touches he gets at the basket.

“Defenders are all on him,” said LSU sophomore guard and Martin’s roommate Tim Quarterman. “They’re sending two or three guys at him. But him being unselfish and giving the ball up to us to make plays just shows what type of guy and player he is, because he could also force shots. But that’s not him.”

Martin’s selflessness has stood out to LSU coach Johnny Jones, who praised Martin for remaining focused on the team’s goals rather than his individual numbers.

“The thing that I admire about him is he doesn’t get caught up in how other people are defending him,” Jones said.

“What he’s trying to do is make sure he makes the right plays.

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LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) takes a jump shot during the Tigers’ 87-84 win against Georgia on Jan. 10, in the PMAC. That may be a pass that leads to a basket or the pass that leads to another pass that leads to a basket.”

LSU ranks second in the SEC in assists per game and trails only Arkansas and

No. 1 Kentucky in points. Junior guard Keith Hornsby said a significant reason for the offensive efficiency is because of the attention that Martin continuously draws on the court, even when he isn’t lighting up the scoreboard. “[Martin’s] almost like a further distraction for the other team that makes the other guys on the court able to make plays,” Hornsby said. “It’s just two games in, and the defense has keyed a lot on him. But he’ll find a way to get back in the swing of things. We know he can score on any given night.”

But Martin doesn’t expect to be down on the stat sheet for long. After deciding to return for a second season in his native Baton Rouge, the versatile forward said he logged countless hours in the offseason honing his game, sometimes training three times a day.

LSU junior guard Josh Gray, who has experienced his own share of shortcomings this season, said he repeatedly has told Martin the work will pay off if he keeps at it.

“I just tell him to stay in the gym, stay committed to your craft and the grind and

trust your work,” Gray said.

“At the end of the day, the work you’re putting in will not cheat you. It’s all going to pay off one day. Don’t give up, stay positive, continue working on your craft and things will get better.”

Fortunately for Martin, the Tigers’ prowess from beyond the arc against Georgia on Jan. 10 may open things up for the 6-foot-10 match up nightmare. Against the Bulldogs, LSU drained a season-high 11 3-pointers.

Martin’s next chance to return to early-season form will be against Ole Miss at 6 p.m. tonight at Tad Smith Coliseum.

If the Tigers can continue hitting from deep, Martin said the inside game will open back up.

“It’s been very hard trying to score when guys are double-teaming me,” Martin said. “If we can get our guards to contribute and knock down shots like they’ve been, when they throw the ball inside, we can get it back out for them to hit shots, and that’ll open things up for us down in the post.”

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Transfers aren’t solution to Tigers’ quarterback problem LIFE OF BRIAN brian pellerin Sports Columnist Stop me if this sounds familiar: LSU needs to find a quarterback who can win enough football games for the team to compete for a championship next season.

It’s the same song Les Miles’ Tigers have danced to in the last few years. Maybe that’s the reason LSU fans grow giddy with each rumor of potential transfer quarterbacks.

One of the first names to surface was former Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel, who was given his release from the Gators’ football program. Hopefully this rumor was a joke because Driskel was probably the biggest cog in helping LSU escape the Swamp early last season.

Driskel chose Louisiana Tech earlier this month, but the rumor mill kept spinning as LSU’s bowl opponent, Notre Dame, found itself in a quarterback battle.

Senior Everett Golson began turning the ball over too much for Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly’s liking, so Kelly turned to rising junior Malik Zaire in the first half of the regular season final. Zaire must have done something right

because he got the start against LSU. Kelly used both Golson and Zaire to defeat LSU, but Zaire was more effective.

With the job seeming to belong to the youngster, Golson has reportedly begun looking for a transfer. Kelly, however, said he expects his senior quarterback to return for his final year, said NBCsports. com.

Golson himself tweeted, “Don’t believe everything you hear” amid all the gossip, so I’m not buying the senior’s interest in LSU. The biggest and most likely fish still out there is Ohio State’s Braxton Miller, who was a Heisman candidate before injuring his shoulder during fall camp.

Since then, rising sophomore J.T. Barrett and rising junior Cardale Jones carried Ohio State to the national title.

Miller’s name has been connected to LSU, Oregon, Florida State and others, so put yourself in his shoes. Given the choice between LSU and the schools that produced the last two Heisman Trophy winners, the answer isn’t Baton Rouge.

In all likelihood, LSU’s savior won’t fall from the sky. Miles isn’t going to find his Golden Ticket to the College Football Playoff blowing in the wind. The solution will have to come from the

current roster.

We all know the two names with a real chance at starting.

Rising junior Anthony Jennings threw for 127.3 yards per game in his 12 starts to go with 11 touchdowns and 10 turnovers. He showed he is capable of getting LSU close enough to win if the running game can dominate, but he also never showed an ability to win a game when the running game was average.

The other option is rising sophomore Brandon Harris.

Spare me the Twitter mentions saying he’s no good because of the Auburn game. He was a true freshman making his first start on the road against the defending Southeastern Conference champions. Failure was more likely than success.

Harris came out of the game in the third quarter and attempted only one pass the rest of the season. I disagree with the decision, but Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron make more money in their sleep than I do in a semester. There had to be a reason to sit the player who almost overcame unbelievable odds to defeat Mississippi State and significantly outplayed Jennings against New Mexico State.

The popular belief is the coaching staff decided Jennings’ ability to protect the ball gave the Tigers

a better chance to win this season.

LSU did just that and used him sparingly as the running game picked up wins against Kentucky and Ole Miss, but Jennings’ low ceiling was only good enough to get the Tigers one win in the final four games.

LSU had a chance to win each one of those contests (except for being stuck in the offensive Ice Age in Fayetteville, Arkansas), but chances to win aren’t wins. If LSU wants to remain an elite program, it needs better quarterback play.

If Miles and Cameron thought Harris gave them a better chance to win, they wouldn’t have played Jennings anyway. But Harris is the long-term answer, and the longterm should have already started.

The coaches have said countless times Harris wasn’t ready last season. If that’s true, then not playing him does make sense in one scenario.

We have seen the Tiger faithful turn against young quarterbacks before for errors they’ve made due to inexperience. Look no further than Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee for proof.

Both quarterbacks were thrust into action as either true or redshirt freshmen, and neither set the world on fire. Lee became known as “Pick-Six Lee,” and we all know Jefferson’s story.

Negativity breeds negativity,

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LSU freshman quarterback Brandon Harris (6) looks for a receiver Sep. 13, 2014 during the Tigers’ 31-0 victory against ULM in Tiger Stadium. and the coaching staff didn’t want negativity to swirl around their young future star.

When Harris plays in the spring game, don’t hold your breath hoping for a transfer to drop in and save the program. Instead, help breed the positivity Harris exudes and give him a chance to show why Miles was willing to wait a season.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 “It’s hard to go into another person’s gym and play the same Johnny Jones. way that you do at home,” HornIn both games under Jones, sby said. ”We have to limit their the Tigers couldn’t stop former 3-point touches, especially their Ole Miss guard Marshall Hen- guards. They’re really good derson, who averaged 23.5 points 3-point shooters. They have while shooting 47.6 percent from some very active guys down low, beyond the arc in a pair of Rebel so we just need to be focused victories. and play literH e n d e r s o n ‘[Ole Miss has] some very ally as hard as we is gone, but the active guys down low, so can.”

Rebels still have hard we just need to be focused hasPlaying senior guard Jarnever been a vis Summers, and play literally as hard problem for any as we can.’ who’s scoring 14.4 of Jones’ teams, points a night and however, and KEITH HORNSBY, playing with a tehis Tigers have LSU junior guard nacity that Jones proved that this said inspires the season with a 3-1 team. record in games decided by five “The way that they played points or less. with Summers, I always felt But away games present a he was the heartbeat of their different, more difficult chalteam,” Jones said. “As solid as he lenge. Although LSU looked imis, there’s a sense of urgency and pressive in road wins against toughness that he plays with, No. 16 West Virginia and UAB, even when they had Henderson it turned the ball over 19 times on their team.” before falling to Missouri, 74-67, Ole Miss junior guard Ste- in overtime. fan Moody also helped the RebTonight’s game will be the els overcome the departure of Tigers’ fourth true road game Henderson. The junior college of the season, and LSU sophotransfer leads the team in scor- more forward Jarell Martin said ing (14.8 points per game), free- it’ll require a heightened level throw percentage (90 percent) of concentration for his team and made 3-pointers (34-of-85). to walk away with a victory and In the Rebels’ three-point the program’s first 2-1 start in overtime loss to No. 1 Kentucky league play since 2011. on Jan. 6, Moody accounted for “We have to be more focused 25 points and five of Ole Miss’ on the road,” Martin said. “We nine treys. have to pay attention to detail on The lethal backcourt duo has scouting reports and do exactly caught the eye of LSU junior what it says. We have to find guard Keith Hornsby, who said ways to get [Ole Miss] to take the Tigers must be active on quick shots and out-rebound the defensive end to slow down them and try to convert those an Ole Miss team that ranks in plays.” the SEC’s top four in scoring, 3-point percentage and free- You can reach David Gray on throw percentage.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 legislation, from page 1 director Summer Steib.

Morrell formed the working group in October after the Board of Regents granted his July request for a thorough report on sexual assault at state campuses.

The report prompted the Regents to form their own committee in October to investigate a statewide policy on the issue.

Commissioner of Higher Education Joseph Rallo said he thinks Regent policies match up to national standards while still allowing individual campuses flexibility.

“We are not trying to have a one-size-fits-all policy,” Rallo said.

But Morrell feels Regents’ policy alone will not be adequate to address the problem.

“I fully support and encourage the idea, but I don’t want anyone to think that because there is a parallel working group from Regents that we’re not going to look at legislation,” Morrell said.

“There is some stuff you can’t just put in policy. It has got to be the law.”

Steib said uniform legislation is a great way to protect students and educate them about their rights and the responsibilities of their campus.

“If something happens at LSU, it’s going to be handled the same way as if it happened at Southern or ULM instead of each university having its own procedures and protocols that may or may not be best practices and in line with federal regulations,” Steib said.

Morrell said with universities

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“Inevitably what happens is that the different administrations will say, ‘It’s either cut this climate survey or get rid of this major you guys like,’” Morrell said. “You don’t want to put students, parents or donors in a position where they have to make this almost selfish choice on ‘Do we have safer campuses, or does a professor lose his job?’”

Morrell said there must also be a way to make the survey results publicly accessible.

“If the university establishes a policy that they are going to do climate surveys, there is nothing that makes them have to make that climate survey public,”

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Tops Bar rebrands as The Levee BY amanda capritto acapritto@lsureveille.com Tops, a bar familiar to University students, is rebranding to become The Levee under new owners David Hardy and Chad Hughes. The 623 East Boyd Drive location will remain the same, but that’s the only part going unchanged.

Though the official grand opening of The Levee is Jan. 23, the new sign is already up.

“Get Hooked” is the mantra to go along with The Levee’s logo featuring a fishhook as the “L.” Hardy and Hughes have plans for inside renovations and many of new offers for students. “We want to 100 percent cater to students, Greek life and big events,” Hardy said. “A rebrand can never hurt, as long as it’s the right brand.”

He’s confident that The Levee will keep its current customers and hopefully bring in even more.

“Students love new things,” Hardy said, “They love to go check out new places, especially

new bars. I think they’ll be excited to see a change.”

Included in his plans for the bar is the addition of a food menu with traditional pub food like hamburgers and cheese fries, but he also hopes to eventually team up with Almaza, the Mediterranean café located next door.

Hardy also wants to feature live music once or twice a week.

“I’m not turning it into a music venue, but I think it’s definitely a cool thing to have every once in a while,” he said.

The Ying Yang Twins will perform on The Levee’s grand opening night, and Hardy has Benjy Davis lined up to perform in early February.

The Levee will be the only bar near campus offering this combination to students. Hardy said he hopes it will make him stand out against competition.

Fitness studies junior Richielle Kelly said the bar can be successful on its own.

“I don’t think Tops needs any changes to be successful, but food

and music are good additions,” Kelly said.

The venue that is now The Levee has been a bar in Baton Rouge for about seven years and renamed a total of three times. It started out as Ricochet Billiards, turned into Shady’s, Tops and now The Levee.

Hardy and Hughes have known Michael Ledet, the previous owner of Tops, for several years. When Ledet got married and moved to Houston, Hardy said he decided to sell the bar, which they purchased back in November.

“We got a phone call one day and went to look at the property,” Hardy said, “We saw the potential in it so we just decided to move forward with it.”

Both Hardy and Hughes are Baton Rouge natives. Hughes attended Catholic High School and graduated from the University while Hardy attended University High on campus and graduated from Millsaps College. The pair plan to keep ownership of the bar for a while and reel in both a new and old crowd.

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Steib said climate surveys are important because administrators and policy makers can see the reality of sexual assault as well as the perception.

But she and Morrell said law enforcement training is also necessary.

“It has become increasingly clear that, as bad as the universities appear to be after my initial question regarding sexual assault on campuses,” Morrell said.

“On sexual assault in general, the whole state has got issues.”

The senator said that while some departments have sexual assault training across the board as well as a specialist on the subject, others receive none at all.

Morrell said he is working on language for a bill that would create an outline for training

officers and thinks it would be most effective in their mandatory post certification.

“I think that whenever you look at the sheer number of laws we have in our state, and so much of the law has been recently enacted. I think specific training about sexual assault, particularly for law enforcement that works with college students, is really beneficial,” Steib said.

While Morrell knows a mandate will always be met with resistance, he said the positive student input has been an encouragement.

“I have been really impressed with how active student bodies have been in saying that we have to change the culture,” Morrell said. “It would be even more difficult if I had the student bodies also fighting against it.”

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support the event.

“We’re helping spread the word about it so we have people that are coming to the protest and, more importantly, also coming to the workshops that we’re having that afternoon so we can see how we can spread justice, not just for this one particular event, but for anything else that comes along,” said Julianne Martin, biological sciences junior and Spectrum president.

Assistant English professor Chris Barrett said faculty members wrote letters to LSU President F. King Alexander in opposition to the event.

“I have to say the faculty has been absolutely agasp about this situation, about the American Family Association holding an event at a premier athletic venue and that the faculty are overwhelmingly in support of our LGBTQ students,” Barrett said.

Barrett also commended the University’s policy for free speech, though it is unclear whether this covers the right to rent space for non-educational events.

“I question the administration’s interpretation of the right to rent out athletic facilities as being something that cannot be contested,” she said.

“I think it’s a troubling precedent, and I hope the outpouring of generative, productive, genuinely educational energy as part of the Day of Action from faculty and students will help turn the tide back toward a place of safety, diversity and genuine discussion.”

a discussion panel on justice and various workshops.

Peter Jenkins, graduate student and creator of “Organize, Reflect, Act,” said his event will promote acceptance and focus on the betterment of society.

“Our main goal is to show people that the message of the American Family Association, which is that diversity is bad and that difference hurts society, is wrong,” Jenkins said.

“We want to show people that diversity makes us stronger, that acceptance of people’s backgrounds will move us forward as a country.”

There has been speculation that the event was intentionally planned for a time when protesters would struggle to organize, Cope said.

“Obviously there was some thought being given to when the schedule occurs and, as I commented on MSNBC, I cannot believe that the organizers and the sponsors within the Board of Supervisors do not realize that this is at a time of the year when organization is difficult for students,” Cope said.

When planning the protest, Jenkins said he talked to many University officials. The first call he made after creating the event on Facebook was to LSUPD. “They are going to be providing security for the day’s events,” Jenkins said. “We’re not expecting violence on either side, but, especially with tension so high, it’s always good to at least have a barrier there.”

Despite opposing to the group’s views, Jenkins said the AFA’s event should be allowed on campus. He said it’s a matter of free speech.

“Personally, I don’t like it when people aren’t given the ability to speak,” Jenkins said.

“I don’t like what they have to say. But, in the end, this country is about free speech.”

Together Louisiana and the Louisiana NAACP will also be having a rally opposing the AFA’s message the same day at Southern University.

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#JeSuisCharlie Charlie Hebdo attacks challenge freedom Tensions stir worldwide discussion of rights OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDNEYROSE REYNEN Opinion Editor Last week, 12 people lost their lives in the tragic attack on the offices of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

In the seven days since the attack, numerous worldwide dialogues have started. Many have shown support for the magazine, starting the trend of #JeSuisCharlie. Comedians, as always, are coming out in defense of the First Amendment. Some have even pointed

out the racist and xenophobic nature of some of Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon depictions of religious figures, including the prophet Muhammad.

Tensions are rising within these dialogues, making it nearly impossibly to pick a side and stick to it. If you support the magazine, you’re supporting offensive caricatures of Muslims and black people. When you question the magazine’s problematic nature, someone nearby is suddenly yelling at you about how you’re an anti-free speech terrorist.

To attempt to understand these tensions, I talked with Lucas Roberts, founder of LSU’s own satirical TV show, “The Funyon.”

Regarding his opinion about the relationship between free speech and offensive materials,

Roberts said, “By adhering to satire, you’re running a risk of offending someone. So I think they knew what they were doing, and I find that passionate and brave.”

This attack, more so than other attacks in the past, is forcing the Western world to re-evaluate its feelings for the First Amendment. Even though Roberts admits that Charlie Hebdo’s material could be considered offensive, he’s a proponent of the right to free speech, saying “The main thing everyone could find agreement in this situation is the incredible importance of freedom of speech.”

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The work of a pencil should never result in bullets from a gun, and Islamism ultimately failed the test.

This bombing planned by the terrorist group Boko Haram killed more than 19 people, and dozens more were injured. These terrorists have killed more than 2,000 people in the past week, but this has yet to be breaking news.

If the purpose of this attack was to show criticism of Islam is not allowed, then it has been a failure.

The first way to reducing racism is to hear what different kinds of people think. So, I talked to biology sophomore and Muslim student Sameer Farhud about his view of the attack.

To appropriate the classic American phrase: ‘Islam doesn’t kill people, people kill people.’

I care about our president’s safety, but there were leaders from around the world at what was France’s largest social justice event in its history. Obama should have been there, and it’s shameful that he wasn’t.

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Phylicia Rashad’s defense of Cosby points out societal bias Shaming victims of celebrity assault is wrong SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED alex mendoza Columnist Phylicia Rashad’s Claire Huxtable acts as the voice of reason on “The Cosby Show.”

Calm, level-headed and wise, Rashad plays the perfect foil to Bill Cosby’s goofy, wisecracking Heathcliff.

But despite her onscreen persona, Rashad’s recent defense of Cosby against more than 20 accusations of sexual assault plays into a dangerous narrative used to discredit the victims of sex crimes.

In an interview with Showbiz411, Rashad claimed the allegations are part of an orchestrated attempt to destroy the comedian’s legacy, saying “someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV.” Casting accusers as malevolent or vengeful and the accused as an innocent person under attack is a time-tested method of sweeping sexual assault under the rug.

Rashad’s comments bring to mind the 2012 Steubenville rape controversy, in which some commenters seemed more concerned with the football careers of the young men accused of the crime than the well-being of the girl they were convicted of raping.

In order to avoid the trap of victim-blaming, we need to recognize and address the biases we face when confronted with

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A supporter of Bill Cosby (right) holds a sign Friday during anti-Cosby protests in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. beloved public figures accused of crimes against relatively anonymous people. This is especially true on college campuses like the University’s, where football programs make nearunassailable demigods of young people who are as

capable of sexual violence as anyone else.

This is not to comment on the truth of the allegations against Bill Cosby. Rather, we should try to be more thoughtful about how we talk about sexual assault.

There is a certain paranoia that creeps into discussions of rape that does not seem to hold sway over conversations about other crimes. Would the conversation be different if 20 people accused Cosby of robbing a convenience

store or mugging them on the street?

Perhaps it is out of genuine concern for Cosby’s legacy. Discussion of celebrity rapists is tainted by culturally ingrained tropes like the spurned lover, the petulant fangirl, the “slut who asked for it” — all of whom might have motives to lie about having been sexually assaulted. Certainly, no just society cherishes the thought of imprisoning someone — much less a beloved, fatherly celebrity — on false charges.

To examine this case fairly, we should remember that justice is a two-way street. Yes, Bill Cosby is a beloved American icon, but being a celebrity does not place him above the law or make him any less prone to doing terrible things than anyone else.

The same goes for the women who have accused Cosby.

Most of them are not famous, but their claims hold just as much weight under the law as Cosby’s do.

I challenge Americans to think about these allegations — and yes, they are allegations — without resorting to conspiracies and victim-blaming. Rashad said that we should “forget these women,” but let us think about sexual assault with the due process of mind we afford to other crimes. Man or woman, famous or unknown, everyone involved in this controversy is entitled to as much as American citizens.

Alex Mendoza is a 22-yearold political science and international studies senior from Baton Rouge. You can reach him on Twitter @alexmendoza_TDR.

Mike Tyson sentenced to 6 years in prison after being found guilty for the rape of an eighteen-year-old.

Celebrities Accused of Sexual Assault compiled by Alex Mendoza

1992 Mike Tyson is sentenced to 6 years in prison after being found guilty for the rape of an 18-year-old.

1993 Tupac Shakur is accused of rape.

He was found innocent of this charge but convicted for sexual abuse.

2009 Ben Roethlisberger is accused of raping a 31-year-old woman. The civil suit was settled out of court in 2012.

2010 Britney Spears is sued for sexually harassing her male bodyguard. The case was settled out of court.

2012 John Travolta is sued by seven massage therapists for sexual harassment.

2014 Dylan Farrow accuses Woody Allen of sexual abuse. Allen is not prosecuted.

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Steele served as executive head coach at Florida State, where he earned Rivals.com’s 2005 National Recruiter of the Year, from 2003-2006 before starting the first of two stints with Alabama. He was named the defensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide in 2007.

He then took the defensive coordinator job at Clemson, where he held the same title from 2009-11. Steele returned to Alabama in 2013 as the team’s director of player personnel, and he became linebackers coach in 2014.

Steele’s most recent game as a defensive coordinator was the 2012 Orange Bowl, during which Clemson surrendered 70 points and nearly 600 total yards in a blowout loss against West Virginia.

According to Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope, such cuts would take about $120 million from the University’s funding. The University’s current budget is around $470 million per year, Cope said, with most funds going toward essential expenses.

“These cuts would be devastating if they are to the extent indicated,” Cope said. “I would say that everything would be different. It would be amazing if the University could even stay in business.”

Though Jindal announced a $141.5 million proposed increase in state higher education funding in January, the University has endured more than $40 million in midyear budget cuts since 2008.

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Cope also said the root of the problem is that the budget was not well thought out to begin with.

To prevent a situation where higher education funds are at risk, Cope called on others to speak out against Jindal’s proposal.

“It’s now time for the LSU Board of Supervisors to

exercise its influence and to speak publicly about the poor leadership of the governor and to do their responsibility and to support the University rather than simply riding along and trying to find ways to put patches on a problem that is at the very least severe and at the most calamitous,” Cope said.

The total state budget deficit expected for the upcoming fiscal year is about $1.4 billion, according to the Associated Press.

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