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• Wide receivers aim to overcome past woes, page 5 • Male yoga “Broga” feeble attempt to protect masculinity, page 8 • LSU, South Carolina game could be moved to neutral site due to flooding, page 11 @lsureveille

GREEK LIFE

Kappa Alpha house dad found dead

DIRTY LAUNDRY

Coroner said cause of death appears natural

ResLife laundry facility costs cover operation charges HASKELL WHITTINGTON / The Daily Reveille

Laundry machine prices inside the dorm rooms are set to $1.25 a load, totaling $5.00 to wash and dry two loads of laundry.

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BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ Ten quarters — or $2.50 — is the cost to wash and dry one load of laundry in an LSU residential hall laundry room. Depending on how often a student washes his or her clothes, the routine task can become a costly chore.

Every on-campus living facility provides a laundry room or unit, but residents of the on-campus apartments have units installed directly in their apartments and do not have to pay to wash or dry loads, said Director of Housing for LSU Residential Life Karen Rockett. The LSU Department of Residential Life charges $1.25 per load to wash or dry in every Residence Hall.

Students can only pay using TigerCASH or quarters.

Rockett said the laundry facilities are under contract by laundry service company Caldwell and Gregory, which installs and maintains the machines. She said the money students pay

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BY QUINT FORGEY @QuintForgey The house dad of LSU’s Kappa Alpha chapter, 52-yearold Carlos McKnight, was found dead in the fraternity house Tuesday, according to an email from LSU Media Relations director Ernie Ballard.

Ballard confirmed LSUPD officers and Baton Rouge EMS were dispatched at 12:17 p.m. on a medical call to the fraternity house, located at 19 Dalrymple Drive.

McKnight was unresponsive, and determined dead on the scene.

East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark said the death appeared to be natural, but is still under investigation. He said he does not suspect any suspicious activity in the death.

Kappa Alpha declined to comment at the time of press.

FACULTY SENATE

F. King Alexander, administrators censured in Buchanan case

BY CAITIE BURKES @BurkesTDR The LSU Faculty Senate voted 39-5 in favor of the censure of LSU President F. King Alexander, Human Sciences and Education Dean Damon Andrew and former Provost Stuart Bell at its monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The symbolic measure is “one step short of a vote of no confidence,” Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope previously told The Daily Reveille.

The Daily Reveille previously reported Faculty Senate’s decision to postpone the vote at its

last meeting Sept. 2. Between then and yesterday’s meeting, the Senate created an internal subcommittee to investigate the case in greater depth.

The committee compiled a timeline of Alleged Administrative Violations regarding education professor Teresa Buchanan’s firing from the university in June 2015, beginning with complaints made in the 2011-12 academic year.

Buchanan’s most notable complaints involving her classroom demeanor occurred from 2011-12, though she claimed she was under severe emotional distress. Andrew’s first formal

notice of her unsatisfactory performance was issued in December 2013, and her promotion was denied by Alexander and Bell in January 2014.

The subcommittee recommended Buchanan be re-hired, but censured in writing for her inappropriate classroom behavior. The subcommittee also concluded she should be required to agree in writing to cease such behavior.

According to the subcommittee’s findings, the verbal offenses, which violated sexual harassment policies PS-73 and PS-95,

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Members of the LSU faculty sat in on the Faculty Senate Meeting held on Tuesday in the Capitol Chamber of the LSU Student Union to vote on three university censures.

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LSU Center for Energy Studies to host Energy Summit, discuss natural gas and energy The LSU Center for Energy Studies will host this year’s Energy Summit on Oct. 21 in the Dalton J. Woods Auditorium located in the Energy, Coast and Environment Building, according to the CES website.

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OneRepublic halftime show for Oct. 17 LSU football game canceled The OneRepublic halftime show for LSU’s Saturday, Oct. 17 football game against the University of Florida is canceled, the LSU Athletic Department confirmed Tuesday.

The event was canceled after College Live, the show’s promoter, failed “to abide by the contractual terms,”

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 CONSTRUCTION

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LSU to request money from legislature for capital outlay

BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR LSU Facility Services announced in late September capital outlay projects for on-campus buildings for the upcoming year, including requests for the state Legislature in the spring to fix air pressure issues in Choppin Hall and renovate Huey P. Long Field House.

Choppin Hall, home to the LSU Department of Chemistry, experienced a “negative air environment,” according to the presentation.

“A room with negative pressure will pull air into it when doors or windows are opened,” said Tammy Millican, assistant director for

Facility Services, in an email.

“This prevents microorganisms and contaminated material from escaping through opened doors and windows.”

Negative room pressure is often used in hospitals to prevent cross-contamination between rooms by trapping air in isolation rooms, preventing contagious diseases from spreading.

A negative air environment is necessary in labs to stop chemicals from escaping into hallways causing a safety hazard, Millican said.

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning in Choppin Hall need renovations to make it safer, she said.

Millican said floors three through six will get new air

systems to control the negative air environment, which will make the building safer and more energy efficient.

The project is in the funding request stage and will be presented to the Legislature in the spring.

The project will cost more than $41 million, with $4.2 million allotted for 2016-17.

Also announced during the presentation were plans to renovate Huey P. Long Field House, listed as priority one.

The project will modernize the interior, renovate the gymnasium and turn the abandoned pool into a multiuse green space, which will include a water feature.

Millican said the hardball

courts will be converted to kinesiology lab space, while the gymnasium will become an Independent and Distance Learning studio.

“This renovation will actually restore some of the historic spaces on the first floor that used to house Student Support into a student use area,” Millican said. “Some of the architectural intrusions added during earlier renovations that added office space to the first floor will also be removed.”

Millican said the intent of the project is to consolidate the College of Human Sciences and Education space from the five buildings it currently resides in to two buildings.

The Huey P. Long Field

House was constructed in 1928, according to the presentation, and the pool has gone unused since 2002.

The cost of the renovation is $18 million, with $1.8 million allocated for the upcoming year.

Millican said neither project will begin construction until 2017.

Some projects are more susceptible than others to funding issues with the state Legislature, but no specific effects are currently known, LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard said in a text.

“It ultimately rests in the hands of legislators when they vote on house bill two during session,” he said.

HEALTH

AgCenter’s Healthy ABCs program to promote rural health Louisiana has 16 parishes with obesity rates higher than 40 percent

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh The LSU AgCenter aims to improve rural health throughout the state with its new Healthy ABCs program, funded by a two-year, $1.25 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By the end of the second year, the AgCenter hopes to implement a sustainable program to reduce the rates of obesity and chronic illness in the parishes it targets.

The AgCenter, partnering

with Pennington Biomedical the community.”

Research Center, Southern Holston-West said the first University Ag Center and the year of the effort will hold State Department of Health town hall meetings to pinand Hospitals, will become the point the challenges each eighth land grant university to community faces. target obesity in Then they rural communiwill form coalities with CDC ‘You can’t expect someone tions with comfunding. memto adopt a healthy lifestyle munity The AgCenbers, such as if they don’t have the ter will start government ofvehicle to do so.’ the program in ficials and retailMadison, Tensas ers, to create an and St. Helena action plan that DENISE HOLSTON-WEST Parishes. addresses those AgCenter dietitian “We are respecific needs. ally hoping to “We want to make this a sustainable ini- find out, ‘Are there safe places tiative,” said Denise Holston- to play?’ or ‘Is there access West, the principal inves- to fruits and vegetables?’” tigator for the grant and a Holston-West said. “You can’t registered dietitian with the expect someone to adopt a AgCenter. “But for an initia- healthy lifestyle if they don’t tive like this to be sustain- have the vehicle to do so.” able, it needs to be driven by The CDC awarded the

grants to programs in states with counties or parishes with obesity rates of more than 40 percent.

Louisiana has 16 parishes qualifying, Holston-West said.

“We hope to create clusters [of parishes] that will support each other,” Holston-West said.

The “ABC” of Healthy ABCs stands for “Access, Behavior, Community” — the three biggest aspects of the program, Holston-West said.

Each community will have individualized approaches and outcomes.

Some counties may focus on healthy eating, while others pinpoint education or physical activity initiatives.

Holston-West said the AgCenter hopes to use regional assets such as the Tensas River Paddling Trail in

Madison and Tensas Parishes to establish community events.

With a combined population of approximately 27,000 people, the three rural parishes pose different challenges than urban areas like Baton Rouge do, Holston-West said.

East Baton Rouge Parish has a population of more than 445,000, according to the United States Census Bureau.

The grant money will fund three new employment positions for the program — a program manager based in Baton Rouge and extension agents in St. Helena Parish and northeastern Louisiana.

There are also volunteer opportunities for students who might want to make the trek to St. Helena, Holston-West said.

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Grant to sponsor study of pathogenic disease prevention

BY KACI CAZENAVE @kacicaz

A $1.6 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health is helping pathobiological sciences professor Kevin Macaluso and associate professor Juan Martinez improve the treatment and diagnosis of rickettsial pathogenic diseases and infections through biomedical research.

Rickettsial infections are bacterial diseases which produce mild flu-like symptoms and are transmitted through the bites of arthropods such as ticks with no specific hosts.

If left untreated or misdiagnosed, the effects of the disease on humans can become severe.

In the United States, there are roughly 5,000 rickettsial disease and infection cases annually reported to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

Macaluso said there are a large number of additional cases that go unreported because patients receive treatment.

The grant, which Macaluso said is an essential contributor to his research, was initially awarded in 2009, making LSU one of the top 10 NIH-funded schools for infectious diseases.

The 2015 renewal will last Macaluso and Martinez — co-investigator of the rickettsia project — until 2020, according to a School of Veterinary Medicine news release. It supports the costs associated with research for the project, as well as the salaries for three PhD candidates and two research associates.

Macaluso said his primary research goal is to improve diagnostics, as well as preventative medicine and therapeutics because the role of rickettsial

proteins in tick infection is currently unknown. His interest in this type of pathobiological research lies in the ticks’ blood feeding capabilities, which stimulates the rickettsia bacteria transmission.

“While getting basic blood meals, these ticks can transmit bacteria, viruses and parasites. It’s neat ecology,” Macaluso said. “They get their protein from human blood. It’s a requirement for how insects live.”

Macaluso said, the grant will allow his team to determine whether or not the molecules Martinez studies are important to the tick infection’s survival, something other researchers in the field have been unable to identify.

Macaluso said students were pivotal in the process of the grant’s development.

“We teach and mentor them to be very independent…

They are actively involved in the whole process,” he said. “The school and Office of Research and Advanced Studies have also been very supportive.”

Martinez, who has worked with Macaluso on vector-borne disease research since 2012, said LSU has a collaborative research environment that makes executing a project of this size possible. It’s something that drew him to LSU after spending seven years in the University of Chicago’s microbiology department.

“We have the synergy and knowledge of vector-borne disease experts in ecology and rickettsia and bacterial genetics, and it’s that melting of the expertise and disciplines which, to our knowledge, is a fairly unique research team in the United States and the world,” Martinez said.

“I don’t know of anyone else

who does this interface at one institution.”

Martinez said LSU has made a concerted effort to invest in biomedical research, not just at the SVM, but throughout other scientific departments. These investments and grants allow faculty to conduct high-level research because they support funding for instruments like microscopes and technical expertise.

PhD candidate Victoria Verhoeve, who is on staff in Macaluso’s lab, said research funding is a luxury many institutions are unable to enjoy. It is what allows scientists at LSU to say “Let’s try this,” and follow through with new and “novel” research, she said.

“There isn’t really a better place for this than LSU,” Verhoeve said. “There’s lots of opportunities to get involved, and we get to become the champions of our projects.”

NICHOLAS MARTINO / The Daily Reveille

Renewal of this NIH grant awards $1.6 million to support research of prevention for tick-transmitted pathogenic diseases known as Rickettsial infections.

Sports

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Dropping The Ball

Wide receivers looking past poor performance

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR

Catching footballs is a natural exercise for LSU sophomore receiver Malachi Dupre, who is usually left blocking for the potent LSU rushing attack.

Dupre can make the difficult catch look easy, and he expects nothing less. Like junior Travin Dural and redshirt sophomore John Diarse, Dupre was recruited by LSU because of what he can do with the ball in his hands, even in a typically run-heavy offense. So making receptions, the physical part of their position, isn’t the hard part.

But sports are only half physical. As the late Yogi Berra would say, the other 90 percent — the mental aspect — is usually the difference. On Saturday against Eastern Michigan University, mental lapses led to physical miscues for Dural and Dupre.

see RECEIVER, page 7

Get excited, NHL season is back INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Columnist Today is a beautiful day hockey fans — after a nearly fourmonth layoff, the NHL is back.

Even if you haven’t watched a hockey game before, now is the time to jump on the bandwagon. Here is what you should lookout for before the first puck drops.

ROOKIES In a league with plenty of established superstars, two rookies have become the center of attention.

Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Buffalo Sabres center Jack Eichel are a couple of 18-year-olds, but you wouldn’t know that when you watch them skate. McDavid and Eichel both display rare skillsets. They look mature and have the capability of dazzling from the get-go. I can’t wait to see how they adjust to a new level of competition.

While those two have stolen the headlines, the rookie class is talented outside of McDavid and Eichel. Calgary Flames center Sam Bennett, Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Sergei Plotnikov and a bevy of

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FOOTBALL

Defensive coordinator Steele brings dynamic pass rush back

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR In the world of backyard football, blitzing is easy. Just count to 10 Mississippi and rush the quarterback.

But in elite college football, the simple concept translates into a sophisticated science, balancing personnel and scheme timing to precisely attack the weakest point of an opponent’s formation.

Although former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis’ mastery of the blitz was well documented during his six years in Baton Rouge, first-year LSU defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has utilized blitzing as a complement to the Tigers’ relentless defensive line, giving the rest of the defense a chance

to make plays in the backfield in 2015.

“It’s amazing,” said junior safety Rickey Jefferson. “It gives me that thrill, like I got the quarterback, I got the quarterback. I’m looking forward to getting me some more sacks. I almost had me one, but he threw it.”

LSU’s defensive line has ample talent to pressure the quarterback on its own, tallying 9.5 sacks and nine quarterback hurries in the Tigers’ first four games. But blitzing adds another element to the Tigers’ pass rush — speed from the outside.

“We have a lot of athletes back there,” said junior defensive tackle Christian LaCouture.

“With [sophomore safety] Jamal [Adams], Rickey [Jefferson] and when [senior safety] Jalen

[Mills] gets back, they create a lot of opportunities for us to make different blitzes.”

Throughout the Les Miles era, LSU defensive backs made a name for their ability to make plays behind the line of scrimmage in addition to what they do in coverage.

During his two-year career as a Tiger, 2011 Bednarik Award Winner Tyrann Mathieu became a menace as a corner blitzer, especially out of the LSU’s nickel defense.

Against the University of Kentucky on Oct. 1, 2011, Mathieu lined up on the right side of the defensive line ready to blitz.

Given a clear shot to Kentucky’s quarterback Maxwell Smith, Mathieu sacked Smith,

see BLITZ, page 6

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LSU junior defensive end Lewis Neal (92) recovers from sacking Eastern Michigan University sophomore quarterback Brogan Roback (4) on Saturday during the Tigers’ 44-22 victory against the Eagles at Tiger Stadium.

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Enjoy ‘The Fournette Show’ in the now LSU prepares for heated

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TEAM JACOB JACOB HAMILTON Sports Editor Can we chill out with the Leonard Fournette craze already?

A simple Google search of his name pulls up more conspiracy theories about him leaving for the NFL draft and his Heisman Trophy odds than legitimate stories.

LSU fans have known Fournette is the real deal since last year, but apparently the national media, which blows stories out of proportion like nothing else, just caught on this year and is coming out with all kinds of madness. So let’s suppress this nonsense.

No, he is not going to challenge the NFL’s rule that players have to be three years removed from high school to enter the NFL draft.

Nor will he sit out next year to preserve his body in preparation for being the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette quote tweeted an asinine NBC Sports tweet captioned “Why Heisman favorite Leonard Fournette should skip his 2016 season at LSU,” and said, “This is insulting to Leonard the person. Can’t he get credit for also being highcharacter guy, loves his team [and] LSU.” I can’t agree more. To even insinuate he would consider either of the two options laid out by pundits is a major undermining of Fournette’s character.

But most national people who aren’t around the program just see him as a football player.

In reality, he is one of the most well-spoken and well-mannered players on the team.

Also, has anyone considered what Fournette wants to do? All these theorists are coming up with ways he can spurn the college scene for the pros without Fournette himself saying that’s what he wants to do. And I can assure you that it’s not. I’m not

BLITZ, from page 5 forced his third fumble of the season and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown.

For LSU’s current starting nickelback junior Dwayne Thomas, a blitz call represents a change of pace and an opportunity to make a play.

“Blitzing is so much fun,” Thomas said. “I can tell you one reason why — you don’t have to run and cover. But you have the opportunity to sack the quarterback and make a big play. You want to get pressure on the quarterback, just so the guys that are covering don’t have to cover for so long because it can get tiring sometimes.”

Although the glory for a sack normally goes to the blitzer, Thomas stressed the importance

VOLLEYBALL

BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR

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LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) rushes the field during the Tigers’ 44-22 victory against Eastern Michigan University on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. saying he will stay all four years to get his degree, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he did As far as all the Heisman talk goes, there’s a lot of football to played, so can we not anoint him the Heisman winner just yet?

I absolutely think he has a legitimate chance to win, but the season isn’t even halfway over, and Bovada Sportsbook has Fournette at one to two odds to take home the precious hardware.

If we gave the Heisman to whoever trended five weeks into the season, we would have some out-of-place names in the history books. Just ask Colt McCoy and Kenny Hill.

Granted, neither of those players led the NCAA in rushing yards in one less game than the rest of the field.

I do think those yards are legitimate, but if I’m playing devil’s advocate, LSU’s last game was against the team with the worst rushing defense in the NCAA, and it only played one defense currently among the top 50 rush defenses in the nation.

Furthermore, the Tigers’ upcoming games should prove to be a bit more difficult even for the top back in the nation. Of the seven remaining games, four are against teams that rank in

the top 50 in rush defense, three of which are top 20.

If the University of Alabama and University of Florida, which hold opponents to 84 and 97.8, respectively, yards on the ground per game, hold Fournette to 100 yards or less, that gives University of Georgia sophomore running back Nick Chubb, Ohio State University junior running back Ezekiel Elliott and TCU senior quarterback Trevone Boykin enough leverage to catapult themselves back into the race.

Again, I think Fournette is by far the best player in the NCAA and has a good chance to win the Heisman, but at this point in the season, anything is possible.

It’s not crazy to say he can come back down to earth during the rest of LSU’s Southeastern Conference games while someone else blows up against a few overmatched teams.

And I think Fournette will have an outstanding NFL career, but can we just enjoy his career as it unfolds instead of trying to expedite the process?

of teamwork along the defensive line for the success of blitzes.

In 2014, Thomas worked sideby-side with former LSU defensive end Danielle Hunter as a blitzing cornerback, tallying 1.5 sacks in first five games before being sidelined with a seasonending knee injury. Thomas said lining up beside a respected defensive lineman helps an outside blitz because the offensive player has to account for both the lineman and the extra defender.

This season, the New Orleans-native established a similar chemistry with freshman defensive end Arden Key. “I was explaining to Key, the freshman, how me and Danielle Hunter used to do it on the line,” Thomas said. “Danielle used to pass rush, help my job become easier and make me come free.

Key is starting to learn that ...

It’s a fun game for us now.”

The speed of the linebacking corps, especially from senior linebacker Deion Jones, allows them to get a share of the action along with the corners and safeties.

Although the Tigers’ energy in the pass rush usually translates into game-changing plays, sometimes the eagerness to blitz can create mistakes. Against Eastern Michigan University on Saturday, junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith’s excitement to get to the quarterback landed him an offside penalty in the third quarter.

“It’s like an adrenaline rush almost, flying in there trying to blitz,” Beckwith said. “I actually got an offside penalty I was so ready to blitz Saturday.”

The LSU volleyball team’s home game against the University of Tennessee will be one the more personal conference matchups for the Tigers this season.

The Tigers (6-9, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) are slated to face off against the Volunteers (16-3, 2-2 SEC) at 8 p.m. tonight in the PMAC. Many LSU players were recruited by Tennessee in previous years, but the Volunteers struggled in the process because of their way of contacting players and the team’s losing record at the time, said junior middle blocker Tiara Gibson.

“They would call at all hours, and I really wasn’t interested,” Gibson said. “It’s personal for me and other girls on the team. Now, we just want to go out there and show what they missed out on.”

Tennessee finished last season with an 8-24 record and 1-17 in the SEC, but changes in the program led them into this season’s solid start.

“We have a lot of respect for the change in the Tennessee program from last year to this,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “They will walk on the court against us as a more respected team than we played last year and have earned the right to be in the top layer of the SEC.” Unlike the Tigers, Tennessee found success in pre-conference games. But although they started

the season with a 15-game win streak, the two teams share the same SEC record, 2-2.

Gibson said the Volunteers’ early season success stems from being overlooked coming into the season, but the Tigers are not overlooking them, and she expects it to be a fiery matchup with plenty of verbal exchanges across the net.

LSU players and coaches alike said they will have to control their side of the net if they hope to win.

The team has issues this season playing after the scoreboard too much and worrying about more than their side of the court, but they remain confident while improving.

“We are a tough team to beat as long as we can control the controllable, things like being prepared, early and calm,” Gibson said.

“Sometimes, we expect so much from ourselves that we let things get bigger than they need to be. If we take care of our side, it’s going to be tough for them to take care of theirs.”

The focus in practice is working on ball control and passing, after a sloppy serve-and-pass performance in Auburn, Alabama, on Sunday, which caused LSU the match.

“I’m frustrated for them because I think we had a shot [against Auburn] and let that get away,” Flory said. “We can’t continue to get to five sets and not finish when we have the chance. We have to grow up, gain a little confidence, and our upperclassmen have to step up, which I expect they will.”

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 RECEIVER, from page 5 “I think our wide receivers expect more of themselves,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “I think several guys played really hard and played really fast. I think there were times when energy to the ball didn’t match their ability, capabilities.”

A week before, against Syracuse University, Diarse was the culprit of two dropped passes on consecutive plays in the fourth quarter. With sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris still struggling to find his groove in the passing game, the past two weeks were uncharacteristic performances in the receivers’ minds.

NHL, from page 5 others could have an influence in 2015-16.

TEAMS CHASING A FIRST STANLEY CUP The St. Louis Blues, the Washington Capitals, the Minnesota Wild and the Nashville Predators have one thing, or maybe I should say the lack of one thing, in common: no Stanley Cups.

There are a host of other teams who have yet to win a Stanley Cup, but these four seem to be locks to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Blues have been stellar in the regular season the last few years, but that success has not translated into the playoffs. Early postseason ex-

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Miles said he’s looking into adjusting the lineup, but Diarse and Dupre said a bad day at the office isn’t something they will get used to. For Dupre, it’s time to “flush it down the toilet.”

“Whoever would have thought I would dropped a pass as easy as the one I had and Travin also in the same game,” Dupre said. “I don’t want to say it’s good that it had versus a team like that, but you don’t want things like that to happen versus an SEC opponent or in a big game. It’s definitely not one thing I will harp on or dwell on moving forward.”

Saturday may have been an aberration in Dupre and Diarse’s minds, but it looked glaring due to

offensive coordinator Cam Cameron’s effort to pass early and often.

Thirteen of Harris’ 15 attempts were in the first half, including seven on first down.

While three of Harris’ deep balls drew pass interference penalties, including two on first down, in the first half, he completed just four total passes in the first 30 minutes. That ended up as his total for the night.

With at least one pass to Dupre and one pass to Dural was dropped with the wide receiver wide open, the top-two pass catchers certainly didn’t help their quarterback get in rhythm.

Even with a partial deflection on the drop in the back of the end

zone, Dupre knows it’s a play he makes routinely in practice.

“The linebacker got a hand on it,” Dupre said. “It took the trajectory off the ball. The linebacker had his hand very close to me, so it was last minute. It changed its trajectory of the ball when it got close to me. But that’s a catch I have to make. It hit me, went straight through. That’s the type of pass I’m in the game to make, and I just have to catch it.”

Though the passing game hasn’t been the Tigers’ focus, especially with sophomore running back Leonard Fournette prone to break a long run on any carry, both Dupre and Diarse suggested more opportunities will come as the

season goes on.

The receivers might not catch many passes, but LSU is still undefeated. They are just focused on making the plays when opportunity presents itself.

“Last week, they just let Leonard do what Leonard does,” Diarse said. “We have to be an understanding group that [know] it’s working. So if it’s working, we got to continue to do it. But in the same process, continue to build your craft, continue to focus on what it is you need to do, just in case your number is called.

“Even if we do throw it sporadically, that sporadic play may be the play we need to win the game.”

its have become a trend in St. Louis, and another one could cost head coach Ken Hitchcock’s job.

The Predators seem to have a lot to build on this season, while the Wild desperately need to avoid the Chicago Blackhawks, who just can’t get enough of eliminating Minnesota.

The Capitals have become a popular pick to advance out of the Eastern Conference this season. The addition of former Blues right wing T.J. Oshie will give the Capitals one of the best first forward lines in the league.

It’s clear all four of these teams have talent, but will this be the year one of these teams finally makes

a run?

29 assists for the Blackhawks last season, and several of his eight playoff goals were incredibly clutch.

Palat is often overlooked with his teammate, and fellow rising-star, center Tyler Johnson taking a lot of the attention. But Palat provided 16 goals and 47 assists last season and managed to record another eight goals and eight assists during the playoffs.

Tarasenko is simply electric. He scored 37 goals last season and provided 36 assists.

The Blues were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, but Tarasenko still managed to score six goals. He’s a human highlight reel.

Be on the lookout for these guys and the numerous other emerging stars.

3-ON-3 OVERTIME The NHL tweaked its overtime rules. Although the regular season hasn’t even started, I’m already liking the new format.

The change in the rules will mean we see fewer shootouts going forward. Overtime is already more exciting because the extra space on the ice allows dynamic playmakers to craft chances more easily. Significantly more games will be decided with overtime goals than by shootouts. Now, if shootouts occur, they will be more rare, and they might be more fun to watch.

RISING STARS These are the guys I looked at in the last season or two and immediately thought, “a star is born.”

Anaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm and Predators defenseman Seth Jones are capable of being cornerstones for their respective teams for years to come. Both players made massive strides in 2014-15.

Three forwards I’m excited about are Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Brandon Saad, Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat and Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko.

Saad managed 23 goals and

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

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BROGA: ZEN MEN Yoga is good enough, no need for broga

I KANT EVEN ELI MINOR Columnist At almost any yoga studio in the United States, you can find rooms filled with yogis in unimaginable poses, but hardly any are men. Why aren’t there more men in yoga? A 2012 survey by Yoga Journal found that of the 20.4 million people who practice yoga in the U.S., only 17.8 percent of them are men.

Carolyn Gregoire, a senior writer at Huffington Post, argues the reason for the feminization of yoga rests on the yoga industry’s marketing tactics. Companies like Lululemon and Athleta use images of thin, statuesque, often white women to sell their products. People who shop there have disposable income to spend on fancy yoga wear, classes, retreats and festivals, so it’s successful.

As a result, the media and the yoga industry focus on those women in their imagery and coverage. It’s no surprise our wellness-obsessed culture now associates yoga with a certain ideal of feminine perfection.

Gregoire suggests, “A more

inclusive media portrayal of yoga — one that better represents both genders, as well as a greater variety of body types and races — would be a step in the right direction towards diversifying the practice.”

In 2009, founders of Broga Yoga Robert Sidoti and Adam O’Neill responded that Broga Yoga is “a fervent advocate for incorporating yoga into your regular routine workout, especially if you’re a man.”

Broga and the other styles of yoga are designed to offer the physical benefits of yoga without the spiritual undertones that some men find uncomfortable. Broga’s goal is to make yoga more enticing and accessible to American men.

While this is great, what’s wrong with a man doing plain yoga instead of broga? According to the gender norms we still have today, there are things men do, and there are things women do. Yoga is something men don’t do, unless it’s repackaged in another way to offend fragile masculinity a little less. My subtle sexism sense is tingling.

American sensationalism strikes yet again and this time with sexist implications. Despite their “progressive” values

and ideals, Americans still hold people to centuries-old gender binaries for normativity’s sake.

Yoga is not gender specific.

When it came to the U.S., it was mostly women who took yoga and ran with it. This doesn’t mean a man performing yoga makes you “less of a man,” whatever that means.

Some men are so insecure about their “manliness,” they feel regular yoga is emasculating and embarrassing. It’s amazing how much a simple rhetorical modification can make a difference. Somehow adding “bro” magically makes it better.

This is another deplorable and disillusioned attempt to make men believe caring about health and spirituality is innately feminine unless there is a specific male product to make it less so.

Broga is a pile of marketing garbage to further separate the sexes and confuse men as to what is “acceptable.” Have fun in your broga class, brohammer. I’m going to go practice with the ladies now.

Eli Minor is a 19-year-old philosophy junior from New Orleans. You can reach him on Twitter @eliminor_TDR.

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ACLU is protecting religious liberty from Christianity ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist In high school, my principal told me to give the closing prayer for the graduation ceremony. A teacher told my friend he was going to hell for being an atheist. One of the biology teachers assigned her students a Bible reading for homework.

This was all at a public school in Louisiana. Schools are supposed to be secular, unbiased places for learning, but some school districts turned our institutions into publiclyfunded indoctrination facilities for Christians. I couldn’t fight against the illegal indoctrination while in school for fear of being failed. Teachers have a

way of manipulating students who don’t know all the legalities of prayer in school.

Pushing Christianity onto students seems to be the norm in Louisiana’s public schools.

The ACLU accused Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, of religious recruitment and promoting prayer.

The school’s principal, Jason Rowland, wrote “The Future Starts Today — May God Bless You All” on the school’s website in a message. The ACLU alleged he also encouraged students to “pray to the Almighty God.” Rowland didn’t see the problem with his statement. He went on an interview on “Fox and Friends Weekend” and equated his message to telling people “bless you” after they sneeze.

“If it gets to that point and

you’re not even allowed to sneeze within a school system and say ‘God bless you,’ where’s our culture?” Rowland said.

“Where are we going if that’s going to be offensive to someone?”

Most people don’t think referencing God is offensive, and the ACLU isn’t telling Rowland to rid the school of Christian bias because it might offend someone. His First Amendment right to the freedom of speech gives him all the rights in the world to be offensive on his personal time, but this situation isn’t about offending anyone.

The ACLU wants him to stop referencing God because referencing a deity is unconstitutional. The First Amendment prohibits the government from “respecting an establishment of

religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

As a public school principal receiving taxpayer money, he cannot promote any religion in school. Doing so is a direct violation of the Constitution.

Our lawmakers, however, decided to defend Rowland instead of the Constitution. Remember Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson?

He proposed the Louisiana Marriage and Conscience Act earlier this year, which would have made it legal for businesses to discriminate against LGBT people. He’s back.

Johnson said his law firm will offer Airline High School free legal defense to fight the ACLU if necessary.

“This is typical of the ACLU,” Johnson said. “They’re on a seek-and-destroy mission for all things religious.”

No Mike. They’re protecting people from religious extremists like you. Despite what you might hear at southern Baptist sermons, non-believers aren’t going to burn in the fiery pits of hell at the mercy of Satan. It’s not your job to force Christianity on people, especially not high school students who are still learning about the world.

Religious liberty is important in America. People shouldn’t have to support churches through public funds, and our laws shouldn’t reflect religious laws. Christians need to start respecting and protecting true religious liberty.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter at @CodySibley.

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Marco Rubio’s acknowledgement of police brutality helpful NOT MARIAH CAREY MARIAH MANUEL Columnist Michael Brown. Freddie Gray.

Jeremy McDole. Samuel DuBose.

Tamir Rice. Eric Garner.

These are just a few names of many black men killed by police officers in recent memory. These killings, with the rise to prominence of the Black Lives Matter movement, sparked a national conversation about racism in the criminal justice system.

Americans are no strangers to the controversial relationship between race and police violence. It seems each day, we hear one more story about a police officer killing an unarmed black man because he lacked training and awareness to properly deal with the circumstances.

The Black Lives Matter movement attempts to evoke change in our nation, and many presidential candidates pretend the problems don’t exist.

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio gave a surprisingly strong response to the Black Lives Matter movement on Fox News’ “The Kelly File” on Aug. 13 that went largely unnoticed. The interview has suddenly gained relevance nearly two and a half months later, with the Washington Post and Vox labeling Rubio as thoughtful and bold.

“This is a legitimate issue,” Rubio said. “It is a fact that in the African-American community around this country there has

been, for a number of years now, a growing resentment toward the way law enforcement and the criminal justice system interacts with the community.”

Part of the problem is our own subconscious. Research shows everyone holds this subconscious prejudice, known as implicit bias.

Much of it is subtle, but can be seen in day-to-day activities.

An example of subtle discrimination includes biased hiring practices. Some employers will only hire people with stereotypical, white-sounding names, throwing out résumés of people with a black-sounding name. These subconscious feelings are prompted by harsh realities faced by African-American communities.

Part of it is a cultural difference. It is a tragic reality many young African-American males face a greater chance of interacting with the criminal justice system than an institution of higher education. Rubio emphasizes this point in his speech, stating it is “particularly endemic.”

Although Rubio acknowledged the problem, he doesn’t have a plan to solve it. He hasn’t addressed a few simple changes, such as reforming mandatory minimums and ending the war on drugs, both of which disproportionately affect black men.

One solution proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders includes a measure to “ban the box” to prevent hiring discrimination against those with criminal records. Ban the Box is an

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Last year saw non-stop hostility toward police, with officers called racists and murderers thanks to media’s relentless amplification of police brutality. Cops are becoming reluctant to police inner-city neighborhoods for fear of being the next viral sensation.

The relationship between inner-city communities and police officers must change, but it must change through both citizens and officers. Officers should be

better equipped and more willing to handle situations without force, but citizens should also respect the job police do and comply with simple instructions to make interactions easier for all parties involved.

Discrimination is real. It was real in the ’60s, and it is real today.

It involves action from all members of society.

The media emphasizes a distinct contradiction between black lives and blue lives mattering.

There is no reason each cannot coexist. The law should apply firmly to maintain order, but should also apply fairly to those of all races.

Bad people exist, and mistakes will be made. However, this cannot stop police from exercising their authority to carry out the law.

Discrimination won’t end overnight. With thoughtful government intervention and community interaction, I believe law enforcement and communities of color can coexist peacefully and effectively.

Mariah Manuel is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Lake Charles, Louisiana.

You can reach her on Twitter @mariah_manuel.

Wal-Marts replacing local businesses, harming communities MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist Despite the yellow smiley faces plastered all over Wal-Mart, the massive corporation is a hungry, growing monster causing problems for both employees and other businesses.

It’s slowly taking over the country, and Americans are letting it.

Wal-Mart built massive stores and put them in communities at the cost of local businesses. Most of these businesses carry similar merchandise: electronics, groceries, toiletries and furniture.

The Wal-Mart takeover is partially the American public’s fault.

Wal-Mart stores take advantage

of 21st century laziness. Americans live for convenience. We are too concerned about the ability to get everything in one stop.

We are blinding ourselves to the monopoly Wal-Mart is creating.

Wal-Mart comes into small towns and runs small businesses out, making us more dependent on the grocery giant itself. After these stores open, the ball is in their court, and they’re calling the shots.

According to Business Insider, Wal-Mart employs 1.4 million Americans, or 1 percent of the American working population.

And 1.4 million is a large number of Americans to be making risky decisions with.

Earlier this year, Wal-Mart blind sided its employees in Texas, California, Oklahoma and Florida by telling them

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they would be closing down five stores. Employees weren’t aware of these sudden, changes until hours before the 7 p.m. closings.

The closures affected approximately 2,200 workers.

But they didn’t stop there.

Wal-Mart headquarters in Arkansas plans to lay off close to 500 employees in an attempt to cut back on costs. None of the employees know the real reason why they were cut, according to Huffington Post Business, to which Wal-Mart declined to comment.

This should be everyone’s rude awakening. Wal-Mart, like every other company, is doing what it wants when it wants.

However, it isn’t considering its employees. Companies like Starbucks display a genuine amount of care for its employees,

whether it’s providing free tuition or free coffee.

How is Wal-Mart showing their employees it cares? Paying your full-time employees an average of $12.94 an hour isn’t the best way to show gratitude.

Wal-Mart may not break any laws, but it certainly takes advantage of its power, and they’re destroying the economy.

An analysis done by Puget Sound Sage “estimates that one Wal-Mart store, which is set to open in a Washington neighborhood, will decrease the community’s economic output over 20 years by an estimated $13 million.”

What a waste of money — $13 million could be better off going toward 3,250,000 McDonald’s Big Macs, rather than out the window.

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As a college student, Wal-Mart is the best thing next to a canceled class. We just take one stop at the Wal-Mart on College Drive, and we have everything we need.

It’s undeniable how convenient it is. However, students should try their hardest to support more local businesses in an attempt to limit Wal-Mart’s power.

Shop at the bakery for a cake, at the florist for flowers and at the mom-and-pop grocery store for milk and bread. It’ll take some extra time, but it will pay off in the long run.

The more money Americans give to Wal-Mart, the more power it has over us.

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

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BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR

The No. 7 LSU football team is scheduled to take on the University of South Carolina at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, but reports Tuesday sparked the question as to where the game will take place because of flooding and hurricane-like weather.

South Carolina’s campus is under water and the setting for the Southeastern Conference matchup is in limbo.

If the game can’t be played in Columbia, it will then likely be played at a neutral site. If that fails, there is a possibility for the matchup to be played in

SENATE, from page 1 created a “hostile learning environment.”

However, the subcommittee also found LSU’s response to the situation flawed.

“There needs to be mechanisms for the advocacy of faculty at all administrative levels early in the process prior to [Human Resource Management] involvement,” the report stated.

LSU released a statement following the meeting disagreeing with the Faculty Senate’s vote to censure the three administrators. It reaffirmed LSU’s support of Alexander, Bell and Andrew and defended students’ civil rights.

“Being deliberately indifferent to hostile learning environments is not only damaging to our students but undermines the educational values and principles that higher education represents,” LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard said in the statement.

Student Senate released a similar resolution Monday thanking Alexander for his “pas-

LAUNDRY, from page 1 to wash and dry their clothes goes back into operating the facilities.

“It’s just like when you run a business,” Rockett said. “You pay so much to keep [the facility] up.”

The price set to wash and dry a load of laundry is determined by the cost of the machines and their maintenance expenses, as well as the water and electricity the machines require.

Rockett said ResLife makes a small profit off of the facility costs, but the money is used to pay for the next round of upgrades to the laundry rooms. Three percent of the $1.25 goes to the Tiger Card office to pay for the service of students being able to use their Tiger Cards to pay for laundry.

“When you start factoring in what everything costs, the $1.25 is an operating expense,” Rockett said. “We don’t make this large

Baton Rouge, according to The Advocate.

LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva was not available for comment Tuesday.

According to The Advocate, the Georgia Dome in Atlanta is frontrunning as secondary host-site, followed by Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Georgia Dome will host Appalachian State University and Georgia State University at 3:30 ET on Saturday.

South Carolina officials reached out to the Carolina Panthers, which have a bye-week this weekend, about possibly moving the Columbia-scheduled matchup to Charlotte, according to The Charlotte Observer. Bank of America

Stadium is empty this weekend, but due to a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finding vacant hotel rooms may prove troublesome.

Also, LSU reached out to Tiger Stadium gameday workers to check on their availability if the game was to be moved to Baton Rouge.

“There are conversations about moving the game,” said South Carolina Athletics Director Ray Tanner, according to The State. “There is a possibility of moving the game to another city. There are multiple cities in these conversations.

Certainly, a game at LSU is in the realm of possibility. Our intentions are to stay on schedule and play here in Columbia.”

One of the options is for LSU is to fly to Columbia the day of

sionate leadership of the University, always striving to do what is best in the interest of the student body.”

Subcommittee member Lillian Bridwell-Bowles said the subcommittee was tasked with examining the allegedly violated policies and procedures of the case.

“The policies and procedures in the case were murky, and every faculty member should be concerned,” Bowles said.

Buchanan’s alleged sexual harassment policy violations drew special attention from faculty senators who raised concerns that her violations were being taken too lightly.

An amendment was consequently passed to strike a line from Resolution 15-15 that stated the administrative standard was “absurd in its apparent connection to sexual harassment.”

In regard to Buchanan’s alleged regular use of foul language in the classroom, political science professor and Resolution 15-15 author Cecil Eubanks said freedom of speech trumps hurt

feelings, and the accusations present a double-standard for other areas of campus life.

“I think [Buchanan’s] language is language you hear in administrative offices ... and likely at athletic events,” Eubanks said.

Additional concerns addressed at the meeting involved Andrew’s and Alexander’s lack of explanation to Buchanan about the specific federal charges against her. This did not allow her to prepare a proper defense for her case, subcommittee member Pamela Monroe said.

“A person has the right to know what the charges are,” Bowles said.

To maintain privacy, votes were conducted on paper ballots and calculated at the end of the meeting. Bowles said the subcommittee’s resolution was a reference point for the senators voting on the censure measure.

“We took comfort in the fact we weren’t re-trying this case,” Bowles said. “We hope we’ll find answers in a court of law.”

profit that some people may think we do.”

In her 16 years at LSU, Rockett said the cost of doing laundry may have been a dollar at one point, but it has been $1.25 for a while.

Mass communication freshmen Nicholas Halaby and Courtney Beesch both live in on-campus housing in South Hall of Residential College Complex and East Laville Hall. They said they think the $1.25 they pay per load is a bit excessive but understand ResLife’s reasoning.

“I do two loads of laundry, and that’s $5 a week,” Halaby said. “I get it, but it adds up.”

Beesch said she wishes there were more units available, especially when residents forget their laundry in the washer or dryer and inconvenience other students.

The number of units in each ResLife Hall is based on a ratio of 30 students to one machine,

Rockett said.

“We’re both out-of-state, and I know it has to do with energy costs, but [the price] is still too much,” Beesch said.

Halaby and Beesch said they contemplated washing their clothes every two weeks, but neither could commit.

“I think of it as living in an apartment,” Halaby said. “These things cost money just like anywhere else. If they put it in our housing package, then people would be upset about housing going up.”

Beesch said she has come to accept the $1.25 per load cost.

“You feel like you’re already paying so much for your meal plan and your housing plan that having this extra cost of a necessity is a little taxing,” Beesch said.

“I’m from Arizona, so there’s no going home on the weekends and doing laundry at my house for me, so there’s no way around it.”

the game, play, then fly back home that evening, said LSU Sports Radio Network sideline reporter Gordy Rush on his local radio show Tuesday.

Sunshine returned to Columbia on Tuesday, drying up several areas of the city, but evacuations remained on-going because many areas of the city are in a battle with the flood. At least 15 deaths are linked to the weather, according to The Post and Courier.

LSU Associate Athletic Director and Communications Director Michael Bonnette said a decision is expected by Wednesday evening.

“If we are asked to host this game in the next 24 hours, it’s certainly something we can do,” Bonnette said on WWL radio Tuesday. “It’s not going to

be easy by any means. Our stadium is ready. We’re in that inseason mode. It can be done.”

The field in WilliamsBrice Stadium held out the water well, Tanner said. But his concerns remain with police accessibility to campus and the area surrounding the stadium.

Classes at South Carolina were initially set to resume on Wednesday morning but now are canceled for the remainder of the week as of Tuesday.

“Our situation here regarding football is on-going,” Tanner said. “We are not 100 percent sure at this time that we will have a game at WilliamsBrice [Stadium]. The planning is underway, but it is not a definite.”

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Polticial science professor Cecil L. Eubanks speaks at the Faculty Senate Meeting on Tuesday in the Capitol Chambers of the LSU Student Union.

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Joe Grady photos by KAREN WELSH

Local musicians Elijah Wilson, Rion Mooneyham, Jeremiah Wilson, Earl Wheeler and Bailey Wilder make up jazz, funk band Joe Grady The band performs in Baton Rouge venues such as Chelsea’s, Spanish Moon and The Varsity Theatre

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