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IN THIS ISSUE • Opinion: 2015 VMAs overshadowed by host Miley Cyrus, page 8 • LSU soccer team uses humid Louisiana weather to its advantage, page 5 @lsureveille

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LSU alumna and interior designer Dee Keller offers dorm room design services on a college student’s budget. Read more about Keller on page 4.

Volume 120 · No. 7 STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG funds expand e-textbook platform System connects professors with digital course texts

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter Last semester, the Student Government Senate unanimously passed a bill allocating $10,000 to fund a web-based platform for instructors to select e-textbooks for their classes.

The system includes items owned by LSU Libraries and has grown over the summer to add more texts.

During the 2014-15 school year, the library system provided e-books for 170 courses and had the potential to save students around $500,000. With SG’s support, LSU Libraries is able to “extend the reach of this project,” said instructional technologies librarian Emily Frank in an announcement on the LSU Libraries website.

Last fall, SG members looked for ways to contribute to LSU Libraries and decided on the donation to the e-textbook

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LSU football legend Cannon’s story finally told LSU Press publishes biography of Billy Cannon

BY RILEY KATZ @rkatz94 During the football season of 1959, all-star LSU running back Billy Cannon cemented himself in the university’s sports history when he won the Heisman Trophy after a college career unlike anything LSU football had seen before.

Today, LSU Press author and deacon Charles deGravelles is bringing Cannon’s story to a wider audience with his first

LSU Press novel, “Billy Canon: A Long, Long Run.” The two first met at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, where deGravelles is a visiting pastor for death row inmates and Cannon is head of the medical program, and Cannon asked deGravelles to publish his story for the first time. DeGravelles said writers have asked for permission to write the biography for decades.

Cannon said that he chose deGravelles to tell his story because he liked deGravellles’

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LSU Press author and deacon Charles deGravelles reads his recently published biography, ‘Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run,’ at his home on Monday.

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Ship of Fools comprises of LSU students Ashley Monaghan, Michael Blount, Raudol Palacios and Eric Brown. The band is working on an upcoming EP.

Local band Ship of Fools plans upcoming EP release

BY ASHLYN ROLLINS @ash_r96 A classically trained cellist, folk guitarist, percussionist and strong vocalist merge to create Ship of Fools, a band with an eccentric sound and organic feel.

Mass communication junior Ashley Monaghan provides the vocals, while pre-engineering sophomore Michael Blount plays guitar, music junior Raudol Palacios plays cello and biological engineering senior Eric Brown plays drums.

Although the band was conceived only eight months ago, the members have fallen into a comfortable pattern of writing and performing that they say feels genuine.

“For me, being on stage with this band is a lot of fun,” Palacios said. “I have a lot of connections with all of the members in different ways.”

Ship of Fools started with Blount and Palacios. The two met through mutual friends and began playing together.

After a few practices, Palacios mentioned bringing Monaghan in for one session because they’d also been playing together.

From there, it continued as a three-piece band until the members realized they wanted to play larger stage environments and offered an audition to Brown, with whom Monaghan reconnected in college after being in a band together in high school.

For the members, balancing their music and school work doesn’t always come easily.

Shows and school keep their schedules full, but they’re able to find a balance in the midst of individual demands because of how much they enjoy what they do.

“You have to treat it as a job,” Blount said.

Over its short tenure as a group, Ship of Fools has established itself as a group of experienced musicians with rising notoriety.

Recently, the band has been

playing shows regularly and experimenting with new projects.

Over the weekend, it performed an original score for the silent film “La Antena” at Baton Rouge Gallery’s “Movies and Music on the Lawn” series.

Despite being something it had never tried before, the group was able to challenge itself and work out some musical pieces to create the right mood to accompany the film.

Monaghan said composing the score came more easily once the band stripped down the music it already had and started building up from there.

“With a lot of our music, when you take the vocals out of it or take it in different sections or break up each song, they have some really nice melodic lines to them that act as really great backup music,” Monaghan said.

As for future plans, the band expects to continue to play shows and work on its upcoming EP, as it has a plethora of songs, both out and in the works, that have never been recorded.

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Though there’s no set date for the release yet, Blount noted November as being ideal.

The band is currently recording with PreSonus in Baton Rouge and working with New Orleans artist Tish Douzart, who specializes in printmaking and will be hand-marbling paper to design the album cover.

In the upcoming weeks, a music video will also be released for Ship of Fool’s new single “Handle Myself.”

Filmed at the The Walls Project Art and Design Center, the video was a collaborative effort with LSU students and professors, including head of dance Sandra Parks and assistant professor of film and television Joshua Overbay.

Ship of Fools’ upcoming shows include Sept. 7 at Siberia Nola, Oct. 10 at The Roux House with Nyce and Nov. 17 at Gasa Gasa with Gardens.

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MUSIC

Southern California band The Young Wild to open for ZZ Ward

BY GRAYSON SENNER @graysonsenner The Young Wild, a band based in Southern California, will open for ZZ Ward at the New Orleans House of Blues Tuesday.

Bryan William, the band’s frontman, spoke to The Daily Reveille about the band and their upcoming performance.

The Daily Reveille: Are you guys excited about performing at the House of Blues?

Bryan B. William: It’s a chain of concert venues that we’ve had some really good experiences at in the past. Either it’s just people attending concerts or playing.

It’s kind of a household name as far as performance venues go, so obviously we’re very excited to play.

So far, so good with the House of Blues. We’ve had really good experiences there.

TDR: Do you prefer a small venue or a larger venue?

BW: I think our sound and where we’re heading, it does translate to the bigger rooms, bigger sound systems.

I think one thing that you lose some times … is that intimacy.

But when you play the club circuit and you play 225 capacity rooms, you’re really right there

with everyone who’s there to see seven or eight years now. We’ve you on purpose or by accident, known each other for a long or whatever it may be. time, but the band is kind of a So you really have to cre- new thing for us. ate that intimacy, and the way TDR: How is working on the they create they connect with record going? the crowd in the bigger venBW: It’s going well. We’re ues is a little more challenging. just kind of right in the middle It’s fun, because sonically it’s of it and we’re bringing a lot of a totally different the new songs experience. on this tour, ‘We’re really excited on opening for TDR: When did you guys start? where the sound is going, ZZ Ward and BW: We actually and it’s starting to kind of we’re going started in San Di- feel cohesive. Each song, to be playing ego. We’re all curfor a lot the body of work, has kind them rently living there, of new people of a feel to it.’ and kind of working and getting a there … commuting new chance to between there and break them in, BRYAN WILLIAM, L.A. and doing a lot I guess.

The Young Wild frontman of worth back and We’re getting a chance forth between those to go out on two cities.

And The Young Wild, a little the road, test [the songs] out, exover a year ago, started this pose a lot of people to them for project, and all of us in one form the first time and see what they or the other have collaborated think of them. It’s been going rein the past, with other bands, or ally well.

We’ve spent the better part of helping each other out in other projects and we kind of just the last two months just working came to a point as friends and every day and every night on all collaborators where we wanted of the tunes. We’re really excitto start something new and re- ed on where the sound is going, commit ourselves to just play- and it’s starting to kind of feel ing, and [we] started writing a cohesive. Each song, the body of lot and started getting excited work, has kind of a feel to it. about the sounds we were incorTDR: How, exactly, would porating and the vibes. you describe the genre of your We’ve all been friends for music?

BW: In terms of the production, we’re definitely referencing a very wide range of music styles, whether it be hip-hop or old ‘80s synth-y, stuff, just more modern pop music.

I’d say it’s a little bit of everything. It depends how deep you want to go. On the surface, some people might hear a pop rock song. But if you dive a little deeper, hopefully you’re hearing some of our influences — everything from soul and Motown music, to more kind of piano driven-stuff.

The middle ground is sort of anthemic rock. We really like heavy back-beat type grooves that just gets everybody bobbing their heads.

TDR: What artists inspire you guys?

BW: It’s a pretty wide range.

In the studio sometimes, when we come in, we’ll just listen to music before we get started, because in some ways we’re still learning.

And each new song, we’re like, “Okay, how can we communicate this flavor, or this part of the song first?” We’ve been listening to Dr. Dre’s record that came out the other week, just because the production is just so layered and multi-faceted.

Although we are not a rap group by any means, we have a lot of respect for that

production treatment and that style of working in the studio.

We’re listening to that, we’re listening to some HAIM recently because they were opening for Taylor Swift in the Staples Center for however many nights in a row.

TDR: How did you get together with ZZ Ward?

BW: We work with our booking agent throughout the year to find good fits. We’re still so entry-level in that we have a lot of groundwork to lay.

When we travel and play shows, most of the time we’re playing for audiences for the first time, and we really have that opportunity to make that good first impression and meet new people.

TDR: What advice [would] you give to anyone who wants to start a band?

BW: Before I started doing this full time, I was a guitar teacher and I had about like 20 or 25 students when I was teaching, and I guess the ideal, or the thing that I would come back to a lot, is if you’re young and want to start a band, really spend your youth playing a lot and really honing in on your craft. Because I think at the core of it, you should be a really good player and play the parts you record and have them translate live.

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ALUMNI

LSU alumna offers design services for student dorm rooms Dee Keller works with student budgets to create homey spaces

BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR Interior designer and LSU alumna Dee Keller is helping students strike the perfect balance between a small dorm room space and big design ambitions — all while on a budget.

Though Keller earned her undergraduate degree in finance and attended law school, she decided to pursue her passion for interior design 15 years ago.

Keller said she gained experience by decorating homes, condominiums and apartments for friends, college students and recent graduates.

“I can work with any budget,” Keller said. “If someone gives me a budget, I’ll create a program for them to stay within that budget.”

Keller said she gained an interest in designing dorm rooms when her two oldest daughters started school at the University of Texas.

“You know, the dorm rooms and their sizes, it can be challenging,” Keller said. “For me, it’s like a math equation to figure out how to maximize the space so they could have the most living area,

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LSU alumna and interior designer Dee Keller transformed her daughter’s dorm room in Miller Hall. but yet not compromise their sleeping area.”

Most recently, she designed her youngest daughter, fashion merchandising freshman Anna Keller’s, dorm room. The residents and their mothers were flexible to work with and the end result was what they were hoping for, Dee said.

With input from Anna’s roommates, Dee transformed the sterile, white room most freshman are accustomed to into the navy, gold and white home incoming

students dream of.

“It’s nice. It’s very homey. I live four and a half hours away, so it’s good to come to this,” said accounting freshman Madison Lemoine, one of Anna’s roommates.

By leveling the beds in a bunk bed-like fashion and pushing them up against the walls, Dee was able to create an open central space where the women set up a living room-style area with a blue rug, crisp, white sofa and small, glass coffee table.

“We got to pick out most of the

stuff throughout the summer, and it was fun at the end of Move-In Day to see it all come together,” said mass communication freshman Sydney Saia, one of Anna’s other roommates. “It doesn’t feel so dorm-like.”

Features of the room include plushy chair covers, twinkling string lights and tall bookshelves for the women to store their possessions.

To make the project as costefficient as possible, Dee said she started planning the design

in June, beginning with a drawn layout on grid paper and a search through stores such as Lowe’s, Target and Walmart for the best furniture and décor prices.

“I did a lot of looking and researching, looking through places to try and do it economically,” Dee said.

Dee said she suggests parents and students begin planning the dorm room design in advance to make the space as home-like as possible.

“I think less is more,” Dee said.

“Draw it out, measure the rooms, measure the beds, and prioritize what the dorm residents really need and really want in their rooms.”

Dee has an upcoming trunk show in Houston to display room designs for graduating high school seniors. She said she would like to have a trunk show in Louisiana in the future.

Students have already reached out to Dee, requesting her help in designing their fall 2016 dorm rooms.

Dee said she is eager to continue designing dorm rooms.

“It’s something I love to do,” Dee said. “It’s so exciting to work with the young kids and it’s very rewarding. The energy level’s great and everyone is so excited because of this whole new chapter of their life, so I just feel so lucky because I get to be a part of that.”

RESEARCH

LSU researchers send telescope into space for 5-year mission CALET to observe highenergy particles

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh After a decade of research and planning, LSU researchers and their international partners, who are on the hunt for game-changing high-energy electron particles, sent their telescope into space.

This research once again puts LSU at the forefront of exploring the cosmos.

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) reached the International Space Station last week and will soon begin its five-year mission.

That is, after it’s powered up.

“It’ll take about three months until the experiment is fully turned on,” said Michael Cherry, a physics professor and one of LSU’s lead staff members on the project. “There is a lengthy, detailed, step-bystep procedure for turning the instrument on.”

After the 90-day gear-up, the telescope will start sending data to researchers on Earth.

The telescope’s rendezvous with the ISS can be viewed

online at NASA TV. The project is a collaboration between researchers in the U.S., Italy and Japan and will attempt to replicate the findings of a 2008 study.

The study’s experiment, performed by LSU physics professors John Wefel and Gregory Guzik, who are also on the CALET mission, used a series of high-altitude balloon flights launched from Antarctica to search for electrons.

The high-energy particles indicate one of two things, Cherry said: a nearby source of high-energy radiation or an indication of dark matter.

While dark matter — an elusive substance which emits neither light nor energy and has ever been observed directly — may seem like the more glamorous option, Cherry said he and his researchers are excited about whatever information they can tease out of space. “[CALET] is designed to look at very high-energy cosmic rays to try to understand their sources and how they are accelerated to their very highest energies,” Cherry said. “Either way, it’ll be interesting.”

The previous experiment

found a much higher number of high-energy particles than were expected, which Cherry said defied previous findings.

Scientists hope CALET’s multiyear exposure to space will confirm the results of the 2008 experiment.

The LSU team consists of several staff members, post doctoral students, graduates and undergraduates, Cherry said.

The LSU researchers, who make up some of the approximately 50 scientists who worked on CALET, breathed a collective sigh of relief once their project safely reached the ISS, Cherry said. But their work is far from over.

Once data comes back, LSU will become the U.S. CALET Data Center, leading the nation’s researchers, including representatives at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Denver, in receiving and disseminating information.

“The big focus is on the cosmic ray electrons where one wants to confirm that earlier balloon result, and other experiments that have shown there are more electrons than expected,” Cherry said.

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Sports

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Serena Williams: greatest of all time

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LSU soccer team ready to use Baton Rouge weather to its advantage BY c.j. rucker @Ruckmatic The average soccer player covers roughly 7 miles per game, according to SportVU. Multiply that by 20 games, and it’s 140 miles a season. There is, however, no statistic or equation to capture the feeling of practicing and playing in the sizzling, muggy Louisiana heat.

The LSU soccer team is all too familiar with this statistic and the bayou weather. Sophomore forward Jorian Baucom, who hails from Scottsdale, Arizona, is accustomed to playing in triple digit temperatures but says the weather

in Louisiana is on another level.

“It’s a whole different type of heat,” Baucom said.

“Arizona has dry heat, and down here in Baton Rouge it’s humid.”

A player’s conditioning is one of the most important parts of their game.

LSU coach Brian Lee said when a player is fatigued, the first thing to deteriorate is the mind. Fatigue can lead to mental lapses, causing players to give up late-game goals, for example.

LSU junior defender Megan Lee (13) sprints down the field during the Tigers’ 1-0 win against the University of Minnesota Gophers on Sunday at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

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‘We have a bunch of kids that can play 90 minutes on Friday then turn around and play 90 minutes on Sunday.’

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brian lee, LSU women’s soccer coach

Serena Williams is the greatest female athlete of all time, and it starts with what she’s accomplished in her sport.

Tennis stars Steffi Graf, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Helen Wills and all the others can argue about who is the second-best in the world of women’s tennis, but Williams is the definitive No. 1.

Court’s 24 Grand Slam titles are the most all-time, and Graf follows with 22. Williams trails closely behind with 21 Grand Slam titles.

But don’t worry. She will end with more majors than Court and Graf. She’s pulverizing any and all competition she faces with no sign of slowing down, and several more majors are on the way.

The gulf in class between Williams and her competitors is unbelievably large, which makes her stick out noticeably. At 33, when most tennis players are in the twilight of their careers, she makes seasoned pros look like amateurs.

At times, I wonder if it would be more fair for the field if Williams were to play left-handed.

One of the knocks on Williams is that she has a career Grand Slam, but she hasn’t done

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football

Wide receivers focus on downfield blocking for running backs

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR One Mississippi. Sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris hands the ball off to sophomore running back Leonard Fournette, who powers through a would-be tackle to turn the corner.

Two Mississippi. Sophomore wide receiver John Diarse seals the edge with a punishing block to the safety.

Three Mississippi. Fournette springs free along the sideline for the longest touchdown run of his career.

For Diarse and the rest of the Tigers’ receiving corps, paving the way for Fournette and the other running backs through

downfield blocking was a focus during the first fall camp under new wide receivers coach Tony Ball.

“I’ve blocked more this offseason than I’ve done in my whole career,” Diarse said. “It’s very important when you’ve got guys like Leonard Fournette in the backfield ... [and other] guys like that who are capable of getting out wide. You got to have your receivers on the perimeter blocking and making it easier for them.”

The focus on blocking may be new to Diarse, but it’s run of the mill for Ball, who spent nine years mentoring physical wide receivers at Georgia like fourtime Pro Bowler A.J. Green.

During individual workouts and film sessions, junior wide receiver Travin Dural said the Tigers will work on their techniques and learn which situations they need to take the safety and when to pick up the corner.

The Tigers hope Fournette can build on his historic freshman season with the wideouts opening up running lanes in the secondary.

Despite breaking the freshman rushing record last season, Fournette broke 10 runs for more than 20 yards last season, with only three touchdowns coming against University of

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LSU sophomore defensive back Ed Paris and sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre practice blocking on April 14 in a drill at the Football Operations Center. New wide receivers coach Tony Ball has focused on downfield blocking this offseason.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Senior Alex Arlitt returns from injury, looks to lead Tigers in 2015 her fifth season, Arlitt has started 65 of the 67 matches in which she has appeared.

The Houston native has Fifth-year senior defender the standards and midfielder Alex Arlitt is heightened back for the LSU soccer team since she arrived on campus and wants to help lead the Tigers in 2011, taking home Freshback into Southeastern Confer- man All-SEC honors. The Tience competition and national gers won the SEC Western Division Championship that year contention.

Though she’s the most expe- and qualified for the NCAA rienced player on the team, Ar- tournament.

LSU hasn’t captured a divilitt appeared in just four games last season as she battled an an- sion championship or returned kle injury in what would’ve been to the tournament since then.

After patiently her final season at ‘As a captain, she waiting, a motiLSU, but she was brings the team vated Arlitt looks granted a fifth together, and having her to help change year of eligibility after applying on the field for direction that this year.

“I’m just set for a medical red- or whatever else makes on my team havshirt. us better as a team.’ ing a really good Arlitt, or JORIAN BAUCOM, season, winning “Artie,” as her LSU sophomore forward the SEC tournateammates call ment and making her, looks to lead deep run in the LSU’s defense after it struggled without her in 2014. The rest of NCAA tournament,” Arlitt said. the squad is grateful to have her “I think those are realistic goals, so that’s where my focus is right back on the pitch.

“We missed her last season, now.”

The stage is set for the Tigers and when she wasn’t on the field, you could definitely tell,” said to make a run at the conference LSU junior forward Summer and national championships in Clarke. “She has such a strong 2015. Arlitt is part of a ninepresence and leadership ability. member senior class that makes Having her back is great, both up LSU’s most experienced team since the 2011 squad that made on and off the field.”

An All-SEC hopeful entering the NCAA tournament.

BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR

LSU coach Brian Lee recruited Arlitt and has been her coach throughout her collegiate career. He said Arlitt is a special player.

“I already consider her one of the best players in our decade here at LSU,” Lee said. “She certainly hasn’t received the individual accolades that compare to her ability, however the team needs to play a little better

too for her to be able to get that attention. She’s very vested in us winning, and I expect her to play a huge role in that.”

Aside from being a leader on the field, Arlitt is there for her teammates off the field and always holds them accountable.

Arlitt is more than a teammate, and she stays in constant communication with other members of the team.

Sophomore forward Jorian Baucom said Arlitt constantly texts or calls her to make sure she is eating right and getting to bed early before a big game.

“She’s a good teammate, as well as a good friend,” Baucom said. “As a captain, she brings the team together, and having her on the field for direction — or whatever else — makes us better as a team.”

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LSU senior midfielder and defender Alex Arlitt (14) goes for a header against the University of Minnesota’s senior forward Hugrun Friedriksdottir (12) during the Tigers’ 1-0 win against the Gophers at LSU Soccer Stadium on Aug. 30.

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LSU senior midfiedler Natalia Gomez-Junco (11) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 1-0 win against the University of Minnesota on Sunday at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

soccer, from page 5 “When you’re fatigued, your brain is the first thing that goes,” Lee said. “We found that we probably lost a few late game leads that aren’t going to happen with a better fitness level. We had trouble running late in the game.”

LSU has shown great stamina through the first four games of the season, Lee said. He said it’s the result of the hard work his team put in during the offseason.

The Tigers are undefeated this season and are already showing signs of becoming a second half team.

LSU starts the second half of

serena, from page 5 it in a calendar year. Both Court and Graf have completed calendar Grand Slams (in 1970 and 1988, respectively).

Don’t worry about that, either, because Williams is going to complete her calendar Grand Slam on Sept. 12 at the U.S. Open Women’s Final.

She might face some adversity along the way, and maybe she’ll drop a set or two on her quest, but she’ll hoist the trophy in less than two weeks.

Williams started her U.S. Open campaign Monday with a dominating performance against Vitalia Diatchenko, who retired early in the second set due to injury without winning a single game. Williams’ next few opponents will be lucky to fare any better than Diatchenko.

Williams is on a mission, and she looks unstoppable.

The only person with a good chance to stop Williams is Williams herself. As long as she has the correct mindset and remains healthy, she’ll be the champion.

When you consider she has

its games with a little more energy than it does in the first, Lee said. Due to their high-intensity practices, the Tigers are able to pick up the pace of the game as the match is winding down.

One player who must always be at her peak physically is senior midfielder Natalia GomezJunco.

Midfielders generally cover the most ground on the field and are asked to help out on both the offensive and defensive end.

“I’m the type of player that likes to run,” Junco said. “It’s hard, and it’s not very pleasant sometimes, but I try to stay in the best shape. I like how Brian [Lee] has the confidence in me to play

90 minutes.”

It’s a difficult task to play a full 90-minute game Friday night, then another game 41 hours later, but the coaching staff believes there are several Tigers who can pull off the feat, including Junco.

“We have a bunch of kids that can play 90 minutes on Friday then turn around and play 90 minutes on Sunday,” Lee said.

Visiting teams often have trouble acclimating to the uncomfortable conditions at LSU’s home stadium, Lee said. This was the case when the University of Minnesota faced LSU in the second game of the Battle of the Bayou Tournament on

Sunday. Minnesota’s energy level dropped off tremendously after the half and led to the team conceding a late-game goal.

As they head into Southeastern Conference play, the Tigers hope their legs hold up in one of the more physical conferences in the country.

LSU will look to use the uncomfortable conditions at home to its advantage as it did against Minnesota. “[The humidity] really gets teams, and I think that’s what gives us the upper hand on other teams because we constantly play in this humidity,” Baucom said. “Most states don’t have this type of weather, so we definitely use it to our advantage.”

13 Grand Slam doubles titles playing with her sister Venus to go with her singles résumé, the debate about Williams extends beyond tennis.

The question becomes “Is Williams the greatest female athlete of all time?”

It’s hard to compare athletes across eras. It’s even harder to compare them across sports. It’s nearly impossible to compare them across eras and across sports, but I’ll stick my neck out there and answer the question above with a resounding “yes.”

Athletes, don’t do what Williams is doing. Logic says her body should be breaking down and the hourglass of her career should almost be out of sand.

But Williams is as dominant as she’s ever been. If she continues defying her age and winning titles in dominating fashion, let me pose this question: Which female athlete is more deserving of the title, “Greatest of All Time?”

Jack Woods is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

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U.S. Open defending champion Serena Williams wipes her brow Monday on a hot and humid night during her first round match against Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia in the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.

Louisiana at Monroe, Texas A&M and Notre Dame.

Comparatively, former LSU running back Jeremy Hill sprung five of his 16 touchdown runs for more than 20 yards behind the dominant blocking duo Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. in 2013.

For the current Tigers, blocking for Fournette comes with a distinct perk: speed.

“It motivates me, and also it makes me know I won’t have to hold my block long,” said sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre. “Because if [Fournette] is going to be gone, he’s going to be gone in a hurry. It makes my job a little easier blocking, having somebody like that running behind you.”

Although the focus on blocking adds another skill to the veteran receivers’ arsenal, the physical approach slowed the game down for the freshman wide receivers and helped them transition to the college game, Diarse said.

Junior cornerback Tre’Davious White said the Tigers’ defensive backs have noticed this change in mentality.

“Those guys are blocking 30 and 40 yards down field,” White said. “Coach Ball is a very energetic coach. He’s on them every play … [Blocking is] a big thing for him coming from Georgia.

He’s sold on getting the receivers engaged in blocking, and they’ve been doing a great job at doing that.”

Along with getting physical with defensive backs, blocking downfield for Fournette opens up the play action passing game for Harris, who has only one start under his belt heading into the 2015 season.

“It’s a great feeling knowing that you have someone like that in the backfield,” Dural said. “It does encourage me to block downfield, so he can break those long runs so it can open up the passing game … We can throw double-moves if we want to, given that we can play action people.”

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S T A H W # OOD G

This year’s VMA’s were an unsurprising hot mess

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INFRANGIBLE ICON JOHN GAVIN HARP Columnist With a nip-slip, blood feud, presidential announcement and a Britney Spears cameo, the 2015 Video Music Awards were a wet dream for pop-culture fanatics.

In recent years, many questioned whether MTV should air the once reputable awards show as the network shifted focus to reality TV instead of music. This year’s show settled those qualms once and for all.

When MTV announced Miley Cyrus was hosting this year’s VMA’s, everyone expected something crazy. Cyrus was behind some of the show’s most infamously memorable moments of the last few years, and her hosting gig was surely a good plan to scoop up ratings.

Miley Cyrus was nearly nude throughout the evening. At one point, Cyrus’ breast flashed the camera briefly. But at this point, who hasn’t seen Cyrus naked?

That was to be expected. Yawn.

When Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Janet Jackson’s top during their

2004 Super Bowl performance, most of America was ready to burn Jackson at the stake. The NFL was also fined $550,000 by the FCC — the largest fine from the FCC at the time.

Yet no one batted an eye when Miley Cyrus managed to sneak her breast onto the screen because everyone expected nothing less of Miley. What does that say about the current state of our society when no one cares that a pop starlet’s bosom dominated a screen?

People were too busy raging about the show’s unexpected moments to care about Cyrus’ breast.

What no one expected was Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift to prove the hatchet was buried over their feud and slay the stage together, or Minaj to call Cyrus a b---- for saying Minaj “overreacted” in the press and slice Cyrus in two during an obviously off-script moment. #MileyWhatsGood?

No one could’ve guessed Iggy Azalea was going to emerge from the stage during Demi Lovato’s performance and cause everyone to turn off their TVs in the middle of Lovato’s performance of “Cool For The Summer”. MTV then locked Lovato outside and forced her to perform for the plebeians outside the venue. I-G-G-Bye, Demi.

The biggest surprise of the night

was Kanye West’s Video Vanguard acceptance speech.

Sure, everyone saw Taylor Swift presenting him the award from a mile away, but no one was prepared for the onslaught Yeezus was about to bring forth.

West took the opportunity to — sort of — explain his reasoning for his infamous-stage crashing scene with Swift in 2009. He then — kind of — lamented his distaste with the music industry and — maybe — there was a Justin Timberlake shoutout in there somewhere.

What West did next was unprecedented as far as the VMA’s go: He announced he is running for President in 2020. Cue the mic drop.

Within minutes, “Yeezus For President” took over social media.

People realized if West became president, then Kim Kardashian would be the First Lady. The idea that an amateur porn star, turned reality tv star, turned fashion icon could become First Lady is mindboggling, yet social media seemed down with the idea because #Yeezus2020 was trending.

That one moment arguably overshadowed the entire show — which is sad, because there were some special moments people should talk about.

Namely, Justin Bieber’s performance

of his new single, “What Do You Mean?”

I’m not a Belieber, but man, that guy can dance. If he wanted people to take him seriously as an entertainer, he couldn’t have put on a better performance. I think he knew that too, considering he was in tears when it was all over.

MTV — or at least the VMA’s — is as important to pop-culture as the State of the Union address is important to politics.

Sure, awards were handed out, with most of them going to Swift and her #Squad, but this is an awards show where it doesn’t matter who wins.

The VMA’s are a timestamp of what pop-culture is like in that particular point in time.

When people look back at this year’s show, they’ll remember that 2015 was the year of Swift and her endless parade of BFF’s. It was the year West made Kris Jenner his campaign “momager.” It was the year Cyrus released a new album — albeit an awful one — for free.

This was the year the celebrities did what they wanted and didn’t care, but everyone watching did.

John Gavin Harp is a 20-year-old mass communication Junior from St. Francisville, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @SirJohnGavin.

WHAT WOULD A KANYE WEST CABINET LOOK LIKE?

INFRANGIBLE ICON JOHN GAVIN HARP Columnist

Jay Z as VP, Taylor Swift as secretary of state, Kris Jenner as secretary of the treasury, Beyoncé as secretary of defense, North West as attorney general.

BURNT TO A CRISP GARRET HINES Columnist

He would appoint Kim as his secretary of the interior because then he could rap in a song that “my girl secretary of the Interior, yeah man she got a huge posterior.”

JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist

Forget his cabinet, President West means there will be a sex tape of the First Lady, I’ll vote just for that reason.

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Overseas stock market bubble affects U.S. economy JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist On Aug. 24, the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced the worst single day drop since 2011.

The next day, it continued to slide, losing 588 points, or 3.6 percent, according to Business Insider.

With visions of the 2008 recession plaguing investors’ minds, friends asked if another market contraction was on the way.

Wednesday, the Dow Jones had a historic single-day rise, and everyone’s fear turned into confusion.

By the end of the week, the U.S. stock market ended above where it had started Monday — not bad for the next end-of-theworld recession.

So what happened?

To explain where this American stock market roller coaster started, we have to go where most American goods are made: China.

As you probably heard, last Monday the Chinese stock market dropped about 8.5 percent, wiping out more than $124 billion of worldwide wealth, according to Business Insider.

In today’s global economy, when one country’s market declines, shockwaves are felt in most other countries. When that decline happens to the world’s second-largest economy, you get panic.

There are many political and

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Specialist Meric Greenbaum works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday. economic reasons for why China’s stock market crashed, but the central piece of information is clear: Its stock market was in a bubble. China’s rapid economic expansion caught up with them.

A bubble happens when an asset’s value is higher than its true value — sort of like the Donald Trump campaign: His poll numbers may be high right now, but the people who know what they’re doing don’t think he has any substance.

With a bubble, eventually the market corrects itself, and prices decline to their true values, causing the bubble to burst.

Chinese officials said there was no slowdown, but they most likely aren’t telling the truth.

This bubble seemed to burst in early July, when the Chinese stock market fell more than 30 percent in a three-week period.

Why did this affect U.S. stocks so much? It’s likely that people are ready to panic.

Many financial analysts believe the U.S. stock market is also in a bubble, created by the steady rise of the market coming out of the 2008 recession, and it’s almost ready to burst.

Add to this the insecurity in the Eurozone about Greece’s

ability to pay back debt, along with everyone waiting for the Chinese bubble to pop and anxiety left over from the 2008 crash, and you get a recipe for disaster more potent than the jungle juice at a fraternity tailgate.

At the first sight of trouble, people begin selling stocks to avoid the market decline, panic sets in and the result is a selffulfilling prophecy of market decline.

But like Scrooge McDuck, people saw the low prices after last Monday’s drop and quickly bought what they believed to be cheap stocks, hence the increases

we saw mid-week.

It’s called volatility. It happens daily, and it’s nothing new.

So no, this isn’t the beginning of another Great Depression.

There will be ramifications in global market. China will probably import less goods in the near future, and it’s likely their stock market will slip again soon, bringing political backlash.

Barring a major geopolitical event, there won’t be a big loss in the market in the immediate future.

However, many — including me — believe the U.S. stock market is due for a massive market correction, possibly a 10 to 15 percent decline.

No one can predict when it will happen. The best you can do is remember last week as a lesson: Good decisions are hardly ever made in the heat of the moment.

The market is cyclical. There will be ups and downs — you can’t control it. You can, however, control your emotions and actions and not buy the ticket on to the roller coaster of market volatility and hype.

The lazy river of smart inaction and consistency will get you to the same place as the roller coaster, but you get to have a couple beers and listen to the screaming from the roller coaster while you gently float down.

Jay Cranford is a 21-year-old finance senior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

Northeastern Louisiana underappreciated by Louisianians BURNT TO A CRISP GARRET HINES Columnist Louisiana has more to offer than what lies along the I-10 corridor.

There are many Louisianians who believe if the city doesn’t have a faux-French name, straddle the Mississippi River or have more coonasses than the next town over, then nothing about the region is authentically Louisiana.

This way of thinking permeates Louisiana’s upper regions and can cause some to not consider themselves Louisianians, even though their home is firmly rooted in the Delta fields.

The media, both nationally and

locally, also play a role in forgetting about the lives and stories of people who live north of Alexandria and east of Shreveport.

TV and documentaries place a heavy emphasis on telling the stories of people who rise out of storied bayous and live on the storied roads of St. Charles Avenue and Royal Street. Few pay attention to the folks who make a living producing King Cotton off the Ouachita or make sure the people of Northeast Louisiana do not lack art or a good time.

The stories that do gain traction are often painted with a broad brush.

There is more to Northeast Louisiana than Duck Dynasty’s Uncle Si, the Jena 6 and the downfall of the Kissing Congressman.

There are stories to be told of the fierce loyalties and fault lines

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created each Friday night during football season. Friday night football culture is embedded in Northeast Louisiana and should be appreciated by all who yell “Geaux Tigers” on Saturday nights. Many who have helped to make LSU football the powerhouse it is today hail from NELA. The breakout star from last year’s Wisconsin game, wide receiver John Diarse, attended Neville High School in Monroe.

Greatness can be found at Grambling University, which put the first black starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl in the NFL. Just like the players on the field, the people in NELA are extraordinary in their own right.

The Long family and its political dynasty hail from Winnfield.

Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, was born in

Monroe, and Charles Blow, a rising star at The New York Times, was born in Gibsland and graduated from Grambling.

In a thirty-mile stretch on I-20, there are three universities catering to the specific needs of people in the region.

Grambling University’s original mission was to provide a way for children of former slaves to attain education, and it still provides a crucial avenue for AfricanAmericans and other students.

Louisiana Tech makes sure people who want to earn a degree in advanced fields can gain that knowledge in their backyards.

ULM provides a quality education without forcing students to move far away.

Historical sites, like Poverty Point and the serene scenery found at Black Bayou, can take

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one’s breath away.

Delta Airlines was founded in Monroe, and CenturyLink, one of the two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Louisiana, is also located in Monroe.

The historical and economic value of NELA are vital parts to the engine that runs this state.

Northeast Louisiana has natural beauty abound, stories as rich as Moonshine Syrup and people who love their state just as much as anyone from Breaux Bridge or Baton Rouge.

It’s time Northeast Louisiana become part of the mainstream cultural fabric of Louisiana and not just “that part up there.”

Garrett Hines is a 21-year-old political science senior from Monroe, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @garrettH_tdr.

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RESEARCH

LA-STEAM Research Scholars seeks new funding source

BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson Founded in 2003, the LASTEM Research Scholars Program helped students with interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics find fellowships, internships and research opportunities.

Though the program’s grant funding has run out, the effects it had on the STEM community and its students remain strong.

Isiah Warner, vice president of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, which oversees LA-STEM, said the program put LSU on equal footing with colleges such as Auburn University. Auburn, a rival university, is known in the science, technology, engineering and mathmatics community for its ability to provide its students with internships and post-graduate opportunities as well as a high level of academia.

The program’s graduates have gone on to distinguished STEM institutions such as the University of Maryland and Stanford University.

“There are a lot of students who come from various backgrounds … they may come from schools that don’t even offer trigonometry or precalculus,” LA-STEM Program Manager Melissa Crawford said. “So they’ll get into LA-STEM and we’ll give them the tools, the strategies and the support and they’re able to compete and succeed.”

The funding was provided by grants from the Board of

Regents, the National Science Foundation and others.

The program provided funding for students’ housing, Ogden Honors College admission and $1500 semesterly stipends.

Crawford said those in LASTEM become a close family, making it a comprehensive program covering a variety of fields such as health, social skills, academics and financial literacy.

“I think we do a better job of marketing what STEM is,” Executive Director of Research Gloria Thomas said. “You can help people every day being a doctor but you can also help them in a research lab. It’s going to be a researcher that finds the cure for cancer, not a general practitioner. I think we do a better job at telling people what scientists and engineers can do to help people.”

The 20 to 25 students selected for each LA-STEM class were expected to uphold specific academic standards, such as a 3.5 GPA to remain in the program.

The majority of LA-STEM graduates pursue post-baccalaureate programs.

When LSU alumnus Bruno Beltran arrived at the university, he’d never heard of the program. During his first year, he met LA-STEM students who recommended he join them, which he did formally during his sophomore year.

“You get all these materials thrown at, and it seems like you’re wasting your time, but come around the spring time, Dr. Warner has recommenda-

tions for you,” Beltran said.

Beltran had fellowships through Yale University and the Arizona State University Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute during his time at LSU. He graduated from LSU in the spring and currently attends Stanford where he is pursuing a Ph.D in chemical and systems biology. Out of 450 applicants, Beltran was one of three accepted and he credits LA-STEM as a huge factor in this achievement.

“The reason why LA-STEM was so successful is that it provided people with an opportunity that would’ve otherwise left them isolated in their pursuit to really form a family of people that would support them,” Beltran said. “My father passed away my sophomore year and where I didn’t have the money to continue without getting a job, LA-STEM was there to pick up the slack.”

Biological engineering senior Mollie Smoak is a part of the last class of LA-STEM scholars. She applied to the program after seeing an advertisement at her high school.

She attended a “selection weekend” where the program was further explained, and students were shown the kinds of research possible in the STEM professions.

Smoak was then chosen for the program and attended the LA-STEM Summer Bridge Program where she took a series of mentoring workshops and participated in a research laboratory all before starting her

freshman year.

Since then, Smoak has had fellowships through Mayo Clinic and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She said neither opportunity would have happened without her involvement in LA-STEM. “I came in not even knowing there was anything past a

bachelors [in the STEM field] unless you were going to medical school,” Smoak said. “I can completely contribute LASTEM for setting me up to go to graduate school.”

The Office of Strategic Initiatives is currently looking for a new source of funding to sustain the program.

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page 12 CANNON, from page 1 demeanor and genuine care for the students at Episcopal High School, where deGravelles works.

After growing up in a relatively low-income family, Cannon and his family moved to the Istrouma neighborhood in Baton Rouge during World War II at the end of the Great Depression. In high school, Cannon quickly became what deGravelles said to be the best football player in the country.

He then went on to play college football at LSU, where he left his mark through triumphant victories and recognizable awards.

Cannon became more than just another football player for the university: He helped redefine LSU sports.

“The program brought the best players in, not only from Louisiana, but from Mississippi and Arkansas as well,” Cannon said. “There have been many great teams at LSU — we just happened to be the first to rejuvenate the tired program.”

Cannon said he’s regularly asked if his team could still be as successful today with the sport’s new regulations, and he maintains that many of his teammates, including safety Johnny Robinson and defensive end Mel Branch, could still thrive today.

However, he said the team’s linemen would be an entirely different story.

“When we were playing, there was no lock-in on weight,” Cannon said. “We had a lock-in on ‘try ability,’ and each of those players had unlimited ‘try ability.’ Those were the guys who showed

E-TEXTBOOKS, from page 1 system, said SG Chief Adviser Zack Faircloth. Faircloth, who wrote the bill last semester, said senators wanted to focus on getting professors to use the system.

“If we can get faculty and instructors to buy into the e-book platform, then we would see more investment in it from the administration side,” Faircloth said. “Then more e-books would be out there for the students, and they would save more money.”

The e-textbook platform includes texts from several publishers, including Springer, Taylor and Francis, Wiley and university presses. The books allow for unlimited simultaneous users, so they never have to be checked out and are available even when being used by other students.

Faircloth said the library system did an excellent job improving the system before the beginning of the semester, and as a result, more professors are using it.

Over the summer, LSU Libraries reached out to all professors teaching courses

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LSU Press author and deacon Charles deGravelles’ recently published biography ‘Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run,’ provides information about former LSU football player and Heisman Trophy-winner Billy Cannon. up for every down and came back to practice ready to give everything they had. If they played today, a bunch of people would get hurt.”

Despite his successful professional football career, Cannon became a dentist after his Istrouma High with an e-textbook available, said Sigrid Kelsey, director of library communications and publications. Most of the them said they would add it to their syllabus, she said.

“Hopefully, we’ll be encouraging broader use of this,” Kelsey said. “We’ve tried to get the word out.”

In addition to using the books for free, students are able to download PDFs and send links to other students, Faircloth said. With all the advantages the platform provides, the donation was worth it, Faircloth said.

The donation is not the end of SG’s involvement with the system. Faircloth said the next part of its plan is to promote the platform on social media.

“The best way we can continue to grow it is to get it out to the students and to the faculty,” Faircloth said.

Biological engineering freshman Kendall Raymond said she had heard of the e-textbook system, but none of her professors mentioned having an e-textbook available.

After spending

School dentist Carl Baldridge inspired him. At the time, the dentist was the only one in North Baton Rouge. When Cannon nearly knocked a tooth out of his mouth, he went to the dentist to fix it. After many different visits and procedures, Cannon recalls

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 never seeing a bill for any of them.

“When I asked the dentist why he never charged anyone for the procedures, he responded, ‘If I don’t, who would?’”

Cannon said.

DeGravelles said it was Baldridge’s standing in the community and character over his dentistry skill that stood out to Cannon.

After starting a successful dentistry practice, Cannon’s downfall came when he counterfeited $6 million dollars in hundred-dollar bills, which became one of the reasons the story was kept quiet for so many years. Cannon’s counterfeited money, deGravelles said, was the product of an economic downturn as well as a “dark side” of Cannon’s personality.

“Part of [Cannon’s] personality makes him push the envelope. There was this part of him that loved to take risks, which got him into trouble in high school,” deGravelles said. “That said, if he could go back, he would never do it again, and he wholeheartedly regrets the event.”

Cannon served two and a half years of a five-year sentence before he was released. Because of his time in the penitentiary, he said Cannon lost his practice and had to find another alternative to practice dentistry.

This is the one part of the story Cannon wanted to make sure was told: his work with the Angola medical program.

Cannon worked to develop and amend the program for 18 years. After those years, Cannon said he finally thought the program was in a satisfactory place.

With last year’s budget cuts, Cannon said that the

program suffered some setbacks. But Cannon said he is still happy with the progress that has been made over the years and will be happy with the program when he decides to leave.

Cannon said he looks at his time at LSU and the Louisiana State Penitentiary through the same eyes.

“Players come, and players go, coaches come and coaches go, but great institutions last forever,” Cannon said. “LSU and the Louisiana State Penitentiary were both great institutions before and they will be after I leave them.”

The medical program’s story went untold until the book because Cannon mainly worked in anonymity. “[Cannon] only wanted to excel,” deGravelles said.

“While he did enjoy his fame, it was never something that he pursued, and he would go through great pains to make sure those around him received credit. Even at the prison he is there every day working with the inmates.

It truly is remarkable.”

DeGravelles said writing the book over the course of a year while working full time was a challenge, but he is proud of the outcome.

Both deGravelles and Cannon are happy with the final product, but both of them wish there was more space for more stories that did not make the final cut. In order to tell these stories, deGravelles published them online to make sure the stories get the attention they deserve.

“Billy Cannon: A Long, Long Run” is available now on Amazon.com, and the official release is set for Sept. 7.

photo illustration by EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille

LSU Libraries offers e-textbooks as an option for students who are trying to save money. more than $200 on textbooks, she said, she would consider using digital versions in the future.

Undeclared freshman

Colette Muro said she hadn’t heard anything from her professors.

She said she prefers the physical book over a digital copy, but the cost

of textbooks might lead her to switch.

“I think I could get used to the e-textbook if it was free,” Muro said.