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village... YEP Village seeks to guide African-American male youth BY CAITIE BURKES • @BurkesTDR
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Melanie Washington opens the door to 225 Peabody Hall each afternoon, Monday through Thursday, welcomed by dozens of fourth- and fifth-grade boys who relish their time under the campus’ stately oaks and broad magnolias. A licensed clinical social worker, Washington is the program director for Youth Empowerment Program, or YEP Village. YEP Village is the product of
Fifth-grade boys attend the Youth Empowerment Program Wednesday to learn violence prevention and self-empowerment techniques.
a three-year grant from the Louisiana Office of Minority Health to the university’s Office of Social Services Research and Development, which is part of the LSU College of Human Sciences and Education. The grant allows people like Washington to teach violence prevention and self-empowerment techniques to 9- and 10-year-old African-American males from at-risk communities.
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Tigers should welcome South Carolina Former-kicker Colt David INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist LSU fans claim to be the best in the nation. This weekend is a chance to prove it with their actions. The University of South Carolina is the traveling team, but it’s a perfect opportunity for a fanbase and a city to make the Gamecocks feel right at home. I know LSU is undefeated. I know the Tiger faithful want to see LSU keep its unbeaten season alive, and I know every LSU fan wants to see Leonard Fournette rush for 200 yards again this weekend. Those wishes are valid.
But if there is ever a time to show a Southeastern Conference foe some love, this is it. In the official release announcing the game had be moved to Baton Rouge, South Carolina President Harris Pastides put things in perspective. “In the spirit of supporting our South Carolina community that is so supportive of Gamecock Nation, we have decided to move the game to Baton Rouge,” Pastides said. “The stress on law enforcement and first responders is too great. Moreover, we’ve had many in the Carolina family directly impacted by the flooding.” Remember that this is South Carolina’s home game. The reason this game is in Death Valley
see GAMECOCKS, page 4
reflects on fake field goal BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt
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LSU’s Mike the Tiger crowd-surfs during the Tigers’ 45-21 victory against Auburn on Sept.19 at Tiger Stadium.
It’s a play all LSU football fans remember. With the second-ranked Tigers leading No. 12 University of South Carolina, 14-7, on Sept. 22, 2007, then-junior place-kicker Colt David lined up to attempt a 32-yard field goal with less than 1:30 remaining in the first half, or so he thought. Right before the ball was snapped, LSU senior quarterback and holder Matt Flynn yelled out “Roxie,” the Tigers’ play call for a fake. “I had like a split second to
take it into my mind ... that we were running a fake,” David said. “I didn’t really even have time to get nervous, which probably helped out in the situation. ... We did it so many times in practice it was like second nature.” A couple seconds later, Flynn flipped the ball perfectly over his shoulder into David’s hands as the place-kicker nervously raced toward the end zone. Looking back, David said he might have celebrated the moment a little longer, but at the time he was focused on
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KA brothers remember house dad, services set for Saturday In a letter to The Daily Reveille Thursday, brothers of the Kappa Alpha Order at LSU remembered their house dad, Carlos McKnight. The 52-yearold was found dead in the fraternity house Tuesday. “We are all deeply saddened by the passing of our House Dad, Carlos McKnight. He was like a second father to many of our past and current members and will forever be remembered,” the brothers wrote. According to the letter,
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Drunk driver arrested on Nicholson Drive Woman arrested after calling police for hit and run Police arrested Andrew Pirie, 34, after officers witnessed him slamming on his brakes and sliding sideways down Nicholson Drive toward North Stadium Drive around 2:45 a.m. Oct. 3, LSUPD spokesperson
Capt. Cory Lalonde said. After conducting a traffic stop and field sobriety test, officers said Pirie showed several signs of heavy intoxication, Lalonde said. Pirie was brought into LSUPD and submitted to a breathalyzer,
which showed a blood alcohol concentration of .223. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated, careless operation of a vehicle and driving under suspension and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
LSUPD arrested Victoria Pipes, 19, after she called to report she had been the victim of a hit and run on Dorothy Dix Drive at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 6. Though Pipes originally reported another car had struck her vehicle, police determined
after further questioning she had struck another car, Lalonde said. Pipes admitted to hitting another car and was arrested for hit and run. She was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
Jose Andres Rivera, 19, and Pablo Santiago GarciaRodriguez, 20, were arrested in the LSU Union Square Parking Garage for criminal trespassing in a mechanical room on the sixth floor. During a foot patrol around 9 p.m. Oct.1, officers heard voices
from the mechanical room. After speaking with the suspects, Rivera and GarciaRodriguez admitted to smoking marijuana in the room, but police did not locate any, Lalonde said. The two were issued misdemeanor summonses and released.
Two Cypress Hall residents Man arrested arrested for drug possession for domestic Two arrested for trespassing in abuse Union Square Parking Garage
LSUPD arrested two Cypress Hall residents after police in the Hart Parking Lot smelled a “strong odor of burnt marijuana” coming from a vehicle just before midnight Oct. 7, Lalonde said. After identifying the occupants of the vehicle as Michael Schwank, 18, and Maximillian Soileau, 19, LSUPD found two glass pipes, two marijuana grinders and 4.6 grams of
marijuana in the vehicle. LSUPD discovered more drugs in the suspects’ Cypress Hall dorm rooms, Lalonde said. Police found Soileau in possession of 10 Xanax pills and one Adderall pill and Schwank in possession of a “small amount of LSD,” Lalonde said. Both suspects were arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Police arrested Cory Burcham, 21, around 3 p.m. Oct. 5, after his girlfriend called LSUPD and told officers he had continually and recently been physically abusive, Lalonde said. Burcham was arrested for domestic abuse battery and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
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Student Senate passes gender neutral bathroom legislation BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter The LSU Student Senate passed a resolution during its Wednesday meeting urging LSU Facility Services to change the signs on single-stall restrooms to “gender neutral.” The resolution also asks that renovations and new buildings include these facilities. The legislation, Student Government Resolution No. 15, was proposed by senator Jacob Phagan and passed with 94 percent of the Senate’s support. Phagan said LSU would be the first SEC school to have designated gender neutral bathrooms. Spectrum representative Ethan Guerra spoke in favor of the legislation during the meeting. Spectrum is an LSU organization that supports the LGBT community. “It is your responsibility as Student Government to set the
precedent for what the campus climate is supposed to be like,” Guerra said. The resolution references the LSU’s Flagship 2020 agenda, stating LSU has a duty to strengthen the academic environment by broadening the campus’ cultural horizons. The legislation outlines LSU’s commitment to provide equal opportunity stated in Policy Statement 01. “What it would do is create safe spaces for transgender people to pee. It’s really simple,” Guerra said. “It’s not a big issue that really should have a lot of debate, yet it does. They’re not trying to make a statement, they’re just trying to use the bathroom.” Similar legislation was pitched to the Senate last school year, Guerra said, but was pulled because anti-transgender legislation gained ground in Florida, which would prevent transgender people from entering bathrooms that did
not align with their gender. Guerra said they did not want to push the legislation in case a Louisiana legislator filed a similar bill during the legislative session. Guerra said the bathrooms would also benefit students with disabilities. LSU has a negative reputation for serving disabled students, he said. This year has been recordbreaking in terms of violence against transgender people, Guerra said, and the bathrooms would create a safe haven to prevent it from happening on campus. “The transgender community is very prone to having violent behavior targeted against them,” Guerra said. “It could possibly happen [on campus]. It’s inclusive, but it’s also preventative.” Phagan said he met with Tammy Millican, assistant director of the Office of Facility Services, and they determined “gender neutral” would be the most inclusive
term for the restrooms. While speaking about the resolution, both Phagan and Guerra stressed the bathrooms would be open to anyone. Senator Joanie Lyons said the UREC expansion will include gender neutral bathrooms to cater to anyone who needed privacy, not just transgender students. Senator Jessica Simpson asked if it was wise to push forward with the legislation at the time and wanted to know about the possibility of doing a survey before the Senate acts. She said she was worried about the “counter-reaction.”
“That’s why we used gender neutral. This is not something that’s going to say, ‘Transgender People Only,’” Phagan said. “It’s inclusive. This is not something to react to.” Senator Willie Jones also spoke in favor of the bill. Jones said the South has always been known for persecuting minority group. “Me being an African-American, just 50 years ago I couldn’t use a restroom unless it said ‘Black Only,’” Jones said. “I feel like these gender neutral restrooms are something necessary for our students on this campus to feel comfortable.”
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YEP Village has served up to 64 African-American males, and there are about 50 boys enrolled in the program.
YEP, from page 1 “It’s about preventing African-American males from entering into the juvenile justice system and to make sure they never engage in criminal behavior,” Washington said. Since its inception in September 2014, the program has served up to 64 African-American males. Washington said there are currently about 50 boys enrolled, with roughly 22 interns, LSU service-learning students and volunteers to help. She said the program’s focus is rooted in statistics showing African-American males as the most incarcerated demographic.
GAMECOCKS, from page 1 is because law enforcement and first responders are stretched thin, and a community is hurting. It’s important we don’t forget those facts, and in response, make the Gamecocks feel at home. LSU is doing its part to make South Carolina feel welcome. LSU Director of Athletics Joe Alleva confirmed The Golden Band from Tigerland is learning South Carolina’s fight song and alma mater, and LSU will play South Carolina’s hype song, “Sandstorm” by Darude. In addition, LSU President F. King Alexander said in a broadcast email that LSU will host a tailgate for Tiger and Gamecock fans to enojoy free food and nonalcholic beverages on the LSU Parade Ground from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m on Saturday. I encourage you to stop by — I know I will. It might not seem like much, but the little things add up. Tiger Stadium might be a more imposing environment than the Gamecocks are accustomed to for a home game, but a small sense of normalcy will be nice. When it comes to LSU fans, I don’t expect to see anyone clad in garnet and black, although that would be absolutely awesome.
Washington said YEP tries to cut off the “school-to-prison pipeline,” a term that refers to pushing at-risk students out of school and into the American criminal justice system. Washington, who is AfricanAmerican, said she relates to the boys in the program and came from a similar background. She said she hopes to steer them away from a life of crime and violence. “This population is dear to my heart because they could be my children,” Washington said. “I can identify with them.” YEP is divided into three components: Positive Action, Academic All-Stars and Enrichment. A Family Engagement
component was added later to evaluate the success of the program. Positive Action includes lessons on proper social behavior, fostering a healthy self-concept and the importance of surrounding yourself with a positive group of peers. The adults, student interns and volunteers also model the behavior they expect from the boys. Academic All-Stars strives to introduce education as a pathway to success. Service-learning students from LSU achieve this goal by helping the boys with their homework and tutoring them on a regular basis. Enrichment consists of
groups of boys putting puzzles together, playing baseball outside as a team and several other team-building activities. Over the summer, Washington said YEP students sewed pillows for themselves as part of an enrichment exercise. She said YEP tries to show the boys the value of an education by introducing them to as many creative outlets as possible. “One of our main focuses is to cut down on the suspension and on them not going to school,” Washington said. “So we’re trying to keep up their attendance and grades,” The Family Engagement piece works to keep the
participants’ families connected to their children’s lives. YEP hosts monthly workshops so families can see what their sons have learned. Washington said these four aspects of YEP Village make it unique in its approach to seizing educational opportunities. She said she hopes to connect the boys to similar programs, such as LSU Upward Bound and U.S. Dept. of Education’s Talent Search program, after YEP expires in two years. “I hope that every kid here leaves feeling like he has a purpose,” Washington said. “I don’t want to just drop them off after three years.”
If there’s a way to make that happen, I’m on board. I’m not asking LSU fans to cheer if the Gamecocks score. But when the designated home team enters Tiger Stadium wearing unfamiliar colors, rise to your feet and cheer. Make Death Valley feel like Williams-Brice Stadium for a few seconds. If that’s too much to ask, please don’t boo. Before the game, welcome South Carolina fans into your tailgate with open arms. Give them food and offer a helping hand if you can. Oh, and maybe pass on “Tiger Baiting” them for just this once. Also, when you walk through the gates on Saturday, consider making a donation to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in South Carolina. A few dollars from thousands of people can go a long way, and there are a lot of people in South Carolina who could use it. Remember, actions speak louder than words, so prove LSU’s fanbase is the best in the country this weekend.
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punter to run a fake in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium against the University of Florida. The last time David lined up for a field goal before the fake, he missed his first field goal of the year — a 42-yard attempt with 9:09 left in the second quarter. Yet still Miles had the confidence in him and the rest of the special teams to execute the fake. Although to outsiders his fake calls may seem out there, Miles’ play-calling stems from the preparation and talent his players show in practice. “It was something Les felt comfortable with because Matt Flynn was honestly automatic with it,” said former LSU running back Jacob Hester. “We had a unique situation where Colt David could really run, pretty fast. In offseason workouts, he was always one of the first guys finishing. We had an athletic kicker and a quarterback holder that was first-rate doing the flip.” Despite the play’s effectiveness in practice, Hester said he still doubted the play would ever be called during a game. So when the Tigers got the call against the Gamecocks, David’s heart wasn’t the only one emotionally invested in the fake field goal.
“You work on things like that so many times, and you’re like, ‘Aw, there’s no way this will get called,’” Hester said. “We practiced it perfect. If we ever called this, we’d have a shot So when the call came in, you almost feel giddy waiting for it to see if it works. It worked to perfection. It’s definitely of the play that sticks in my mind for my entire career at LSU.” It was Hester who sealed the corner for David, but Hester said it didn’t take much because he knew David was “scootin,’” judging by the roar he heard from Tiger Stadium crowd. But given all of his work on the play in practice, Hester said he thought, “I’ll be danged if I don’t at least touch somebody here.” Years later, both Hester and David said they are still approached by Tiger fans with stories about where they were during that play. While the play remains one of iconic plays of his LSU tenure and key evidence in his conviction as the “Mad Hatter,” Miles’ reaction to the play eight years later embodies his coaching style perfectly. “Sometimes, those calls work,” Miles said with a sly smile.
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something else — not missing the extra point. “That was not only my first touchdown at the collegiate level being a kicker, which is a awkward thing, but it was also the first touchdown of my life,” David said. “I didn’t want to be that guy to score a touchdown, and then just sit there and miss an extra point. It was very short-lived.” For David, the play defined his LSU career, which he finished as the all-time leading scorer in Tiger history. But the call did something else, it started the legend of LSU coach Les Miles as the “Mad Hatter.” Only under Miles could a placekicker be known not for a game-winning kick, but instead for a fake field goal he turned into a touchdown. “You want to be known as kicker for your kicking,” David said. “It’s kind of weird when you’re known more for a fake play.” Miles’ faith in his players inspires them to achieve what others wouldn’t expect to be possible on special teams, like scoring on fake field goal against a ranked team or allowing an Australian
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Southern Hospitality LSU experiences role reversal STAFF REPORTS @TDR_Sports A little more than 10 years ago, the LSU athletic department wasn’t ready to host a Saturday night game in Death Valley in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To allow its campus to stabilize in a time of chaos, it needed a change of scenery before games could be played at Tiger Stadium. Arizona State University, the first opponent on its altered schedule, opened its arms when the purple and gold football team was looking for another home. Now, it’s LSU’s turn to lay out the welcome mat for a team and a university in need. With severe flooding devastating the South Carolina area, LSU will be the away team as it opens its doors for South Carolina at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
Originally scheduled for 11 a.m. at WilliamsBrice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, both programs agreed to shift the location to Baton Rouge, allowing for the university, the city and the state to continue its recovery efforts. The Gamecocks (2-3, 0-3 Southeastern Conference) have chosen to wear white jerseys, so the Tigers (4-0, 2-0 SEC) will wear purple against a league opponent at Tiger Stadium for the first time in more than 20 years. While LSU coach Les Miles mentioned the advantages of a game in front of a home crowd, he said his players are sympathetic to South Carolina’s situation. “Obviously, it’s an advantage for their friends and families to watch them in Tiger Stadium,”
see SOUTH CAROLINA, page 7
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LSU to host Missouri, looks to move up SEC standings with win BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR The LSU soccer team will host the University of Missouri Tigers in a pivotal Southeastern Conference matchup at 7 p.m. Friday at the LSU Soccer Stadium. LSU (7-3-3, 1-3-1 SEC) enters the game with four points in SEC play, placing 12th in league standings. To qualify for the SEC tournament this November, LSU needs to finish in at least 10th place. After obtaining its first national ranking since 2013, LSU lost two games in a row to Auburn University and the University of Mississippi to drop out of the rankings and into last
place in the SEC. The tie against Vanderbilt University sent the Tigers back in the right direction, and with six games remaining, senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco said a home victory against Missouri would be a necessary boost for LSU. “This week it’s [Missouri],” Gomez-Junco said. “We have to beat them and get back in the SEC race. It’s important to get back to our game and be positive. We’ll play with that confidence that we’ve played with all season at home.” Confidence has LSU undefeated at the LSU Soccer Stadium this season. LSU heads into Friday night riding a nine-game unbeaten streak at home with a 6-0-3 record.
Although the Tigers couldn’t pull through for the win in their last game against the Commodores, LSU coach Brian Lee said he was pleased with his team’s defensive effort in the scoreless tie. LSU gave up one shot on goal in 110 minutes of action after conceding 11 total goals in the previous four SEC games. “To hold anybody without a shot on goal [in 90 minutes] is not easy,” Lee said in a news release following the game. “We needed that. We have really been giving up a few too many goals, many on set pieces, and we did a great job of cleaning that up tonight.” However, LSU is in the midst of a 217 minute goal-scoring
drought. The team failed to score in either of its last two games against Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The last Tiger to score was sophomore forward Jorian Baucom against Auburn two weeks ago. Missouri (5-3-4, 3-1-1) heads into Baton Rouge on a threegame SEC unbeaten streak, which includes a win over No. 8 Auburn, a feat no other SEC team has accomplished this season. The visiting Tigers are currently sitting in third place in the SEC standings. Since Missouri joined the SEC in 2012, it has played LSU, holding a 2-1 edge. Missouri picked up its first win in the series last season when it defeated LSU, 3-1, in Columbia, Missouri.
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LSU senior midfielder Heather Magee (12) clears the ball during the LSU vs Vanderbilt University soccer game on Oct. 2 at the LSU Soccer Stadium.
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GAMEDAY BREAKDOWN #7 LSU AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2:30 P.M. SATURDAY TIGER STADIUM ESPN
OFFENSIVE COMPARISON #7 LSU
PLAYER TO WATCH
TOTAL SCORING OFFENSE
144 POINTS (36 PPG)
PASSING OFFENSE
382 YARDS
(95.5PG, 2 TDS)
RUSHING OFFENSE
1336 YARDS
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TOTAL SCORING OFFENSE
100 POINTS (20 PPG)
RUSHING OFFENSE
PASSING OFFENSE
(190.2 YPG, 5 TDS)
(163.2 YPG, 5 TDS)
951 YARDS
816 YARDS
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#18 TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE JUNIOR CORNERBACK 5 FEET, 11 INCH - 191 POUNDS 17 TACKLES, 1 TACKLE FOR LOSS, 2 PASS BREAKUPS
#7 LSU TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE
86 POINTS (21.5 PPG)
PASSING DEFENSE
750 YARDS
(187.5 YPG, 7 TDS)
RUSHING DEFENSE
424 YARDS
(106 YPG, 4 TDS)
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#11 PHAROH COOPER
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER 5 FEET, 11 INCHES - 207 POUNDS 26 RECEPTIONS, 322 YARDS, 2 TDS
TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE
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Friday, October 9, 2015 S0UTH CAROLINA, from page 5 Miles said. “That’s evident. They also recognize it’s being done for a very specific reason, and they understand the difficulty that their opponent is going through.” In 2005, LSU’s season openers against University of North Texas became an afterthought as Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast in late August, forcing many residents from areas such as New Orleans to find refuge on LSU’s campus. Though the athletic department postponed the Sept. 3 matchup against the Mean Green, football became a needed diversion from disaster a week later for Louisiana residents. The next game, a top-25 matchup with the Sun Devils in Baton Rouge, was moved to Tempe, Arizona. After accommodating all of LSU’s expenses, the Tigers were finally able to step on the Sun Devil Stadium grass for football. They eventually walked off as victors, squeaking out a four-point win. “That was a pretty special team,” Miles said at the Southeastern Conference Teleconference. “That was one with great leadership and one that really wanted to be a part of the devastation that was taking part in the state of Louisiana at that time and wanted to be a part of its recovery.” In an attempt to make
South Carolina feel at home, the gameday experience will sound a little different. The Tiger Band will play South Carolina’s fight song and alma mater, and stadium speakers will blare Darude’s “Sandstorm,” a Williams-Brice Stadium tradition before kickoff. As a similar gesture, Sun Devil Stadium featured the words “Together We Stand” in its end zones with colorcoded cutouts of each state on opposite sides of the message. Although LSU won’t be able to paint South Carolina’s colors or logo on its field because of next week’s home game against Florida, sophomore running back Leonard Fournette understands Saturday brings a little more emotion than just football. “I’m praying for them,” Fournette said. “That’s something to get over. I hope they continue to stay blessed.” With classes canceled since Monday, it has been a turbulent week for the South Carolina football team off the field. Likewise, the Gamecocks’ first five games, especially the three against conference opponents, weren’t much kinder. The Gamecocks lost redshirt sophomore quarterback Connor Mitch for extended time due to a separated shoulder in their second game against University of Kentucky, forcing junior walk-on Perry Orth
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Private Practice Student Health Center should re-think privatizing pharmacy BEYER’S REMORSE MICHAEL BEYER Columnist The future of LSU Student Health Center’s pharmacy is up for grabs. LSU is headed the same way as the state’s former public hospitals. In an effort to save money on students’ prescriptions, the LSU Student Health Center’s pharmacy will be privately operated next semester. Privatizing the SHC’s pharmacy will supposedly save LSU from raising the $155 per semester fee for full-time students, but costs will be delivered to students through other avenues. According to Manship News Service, D’Ann Morris said the SHC subsidized the pharmacy around $100,000 a year. She believes the pharmacy should be “self-sustaining.”
So what will make a private pharmacy contractor self-sustaining? Hiking prescription prices on students. Many of the prescriptions at the pharmacy are a bargain. For example, a bottle of 100 200mg tablets of Ibuprofen is $5. The comparable CVS Pharmacy brand Ibuprofen costs $8.49. The savings of $3.49 might not seem like much. However, if you fill a monthly prescription from the SHC, these savings add up over a year. These savings mean a lot to a population already scrambling for money. Many LSU students work minimum wage jobs where every penny counts. Nationally, 17 percent of people ages 19 to 25 were uninsured in 2014, and these figures are even higher for black and Hispanic students. Often, private contractors don’t live up to the obligations set by the government. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s privatization of the LSU hospital
system and university health centers around the country show what a disaster this can turn into. This past summer, LSU sent an 11-page letter detailing how the private operator failed to live up to its agreement. LSU President F. King Alexander wrote, “The BRF Parties have consistently engaged in actions and activities that are contrary and oftentimes antagonistic to the best interests of LSU and the State of Louisiana.” Many of these privatization efforts intend to form a collaboration between private hospitals and universities but fall short. The University of Northern Colorado outsourced its health center in 2003 to a private operator. From there, things went south. In 2006, the private operator asked to be freed from its contract because they were unable to make a profit. Accountability remains a concern for privatizing SHC’s pharmacy when a private operator
can go out of business at any time. Auburn University privatized its student health center in 1996 only to find five years later Collegiate Health Care, a national corporation that managed Auburn and nine other university centers, went bankrupt. While LSU’s decision to privatize its SHC pharmacy seems out of the blue, many other universities experienced the same shock. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced it would privatize its entire health center to the shock of its students. A quick look at the Q&A section on its health center website illustrates how little University of Nebraska-Lincoln administration researched this issue. One question asks what specific research did the University of NebraskaLincoln use to look at the reasons for success and failure of privatizing their health services. The answer: “UNL conducted no specific research.”
Privatizing the SHC pharmacy leaves more questions than answers. Did LSU conduct a study regarding the pros and cons of privatizing the SHC pharmacy? Does LSU have a metric to determine the quality of care with a private operator of the pharmacy? Will LSU hire a private operator solely focused on profiting on students’ health care? Students deserve high-quality care when they go to the SHC pharmacy. Private operators have a mixed track record of accountability and improving the health care needs of the students they serve. College students are trying to shape their future and need to be in good health to do so. Gambling on a private operator only makes student success out of reach.
Michael Beyer is a 21-year-old political science senior from New Orleans. You can reach him on Twitter at @michbeyer.
The modern man’s transition into femininity illustrates progress SIMPLY READ KAIN HINGLE Columnist According to The New York Times, men can now, occasionally, be the little spoon. About a week ago, the newspaper published an column providing insight on how to be a “modern man.” This column was composed of 27 enumerated qualities, each weirder than the last. “On occasion, the modern man is the little spoon,” “[the modern man] knows which [shoe] brands run big or small” and “[the modern man] cries often” are just a few rules listed. This list is one indicator of the slow transition men are making toward femininity. Until recently, gender identity was a mainstay of U.S. culture. Men brought home the bacon, and wives cooked it. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percent of men in the labor force is declining while the percent of women in the workforce increasing. The concept of a stay-at-home
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dad is more accepted today than in years past. This “Mr. Mom” concept is not emasculating; it shows signs of social progress. Gender inequality causes gender differences. Women are not necessarily smarter than men, and men are not necessarily tougher than women. Pretending mental differences exist promotes false
stereotyping and bias. The acceptance of feminine tendencies among men gives hope for social progress. Modern activities like “broga” and men’s short-shorts may seem weird when first introduced, but bring men and women closer together. Biological traits aside, men and women aren’t all that different, but
gender roles bring about unnecessary separation. Gender roles are abstract and exist because society allows them to. If we lived life without the confines of gender roles, we would see how similar men and women truly were. The Supreme Court recently ruled states can’t deny same-sex marriage. Gay and lesbian acceptance acknowledges men can play the matriarch and women can play the patriarch. Country-wide acceptance of this concept would seem foreign five years ago, but look at us now. The mending of gender roles also leads to a new sort of independence. Historically, men and women relied on each other. Men needed women’s compassion to take care of a child and home, while women needed men’s paychecks to pay for the child and home. Nowadays, sexes aren’t so dependent on one another. This new concept of individualism is shown through the rising percentage of single people. For the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping track in 1976, the majority of people are single at 50.2 percent.
The growing percentage of not finding your special other may seem depressing but should be rejoiced. The increasing popularity of the bachelor life means more people are comfortable being alone, which is a good thing. In the words of Mark Twain, “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself”. This newfound acceptance of a more androgynous self helps the modern man and woman stay comfortable in their skin. So what if women like working on cars? So what if men like ordering fruity drinks at bars because alcohol tastes bad? Men and women should be able to do what they want, regardless of masculine and feminine stereotypes. When we discourage people from acting true to themselves, we limit their individualism and identity. This bigotry is slowly fading, and our social progress should be applauded.
Kain Hingle psychology Mandeville, can reach @kain_hingle.
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Performance-based testing fails to improve schools THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Chief Columnist Schools closed, children forgotten in the back corners of decrepit classrooms and teachers disgraced in cheating scandals — these are the ironies of No Child Left Behind. Former-President George W. Bush signed NCLB into legislation in 2001, altering funding formulas for public schools. The legislation attached money to annual test scores, academic progress and report cards. Fourteen years later, as the U.S. searches for fixes to its ailing education system the nationwide debate over Common Core rages on, which ends up as more of a states’ rights debate than about learning mechanisms. NCLB failed. Instead of improving our future workforce, the legislation left it stagnant. What NCLB did was ravish impoverished schools. The New
Yorker released a heartbreaking article in July highlighting the tragedy of the Georgia standardized testing cheating scandal that resulted in firings, prosecutions and convictions of teachers and school administrators. Teachers, under the direction of their administrators, would strategically erase incorrect answers on scantron sheets, replacing them with the correct answers. This kept the school’s scores acceptable, but not at their true value: underperforming. Accuse them of doing it for bonus pay or to keep their jobs, but these explanations fundamentally misunderstand the socioeconomic environment surrounding the schools caught cheating. Certainly, some teachers cheated to keep their jobs, but others, like those at Parks Middle School in Atlanta, cheated to keep the school open. They cheated so that their students had a safe place to be during the day. They cheated so they could continue to improve their students’ already difficult lives. At Parks,
they cheated to delay and fight the consequences of poverty. Despite the noble reasons of the Parks Middle School teachers, our society does not forgive them for defrauding the system. That shouldn’t stop supporters of standardized tests from taking blame. NCLB created a funding formula with the capacity to breakdown networks of students and teachers within schools that successfully kept kids away from the evils of drugs and violence in poverty. Even in schools not threatened by losing funding, standardized tests force teachers to instruct their students solely for the test and not general learning purposes. When they teach the test, they fail the students, but if they don’t teach the test, they could lose their jobs. The tragedy is our government doesn’t know how to reach academic results in impoverished communities without leaving thousands of children to fend for themselves.
In the all-around success of charter schools, New Orleans is inconclusive, with some schools excelling and others flat-lining. A study by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes shows positive results nationwide. According to the study, among 41 urban areas studies, charter school students learned significantly more than their public school counterparts. Charter schools aren’t the answer for education’s crisis though. Public schools can’t and won’t be overhauled completely, and charter schools may not be the right institution for certain cities. The problem with testing-based education reform is it’s not aimed at creating long term results. Instead, legislators look for immediate overhauls to put on their trophy shelves. The only way any education reform works is through gradual implementation and improvement. Test scores will plummet when
you throw new standards of learning and testing requirements at a bunch of fourth-graders who were behind the curve to begin with. Not only do their teachers have to bring them to required reading and math levels for fourth grade, but now they have to teach them a brand new set of materials for the standardized test tied to a school’s funding. NCLB failed because of its implementation, and Common Core will fail just as NCLB did if a gradual process of applying the standards does not occur. Start with kindergarten, then add the standards as that group of students move throughout the education system. Without longterm implementation processes, Atlanta won’t be the only cheating scandal to make the news. Baton Rouge or New Orleans will be next.
Justin DiCharia is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.
America is no longer exceptional, but it could be NOT MARIAH CAREY
MARIAH MANUEL Columnist The United States of America was once a shining beacon of freedom, a defender of virtue and a pillar of strength. Despite the notion of American exceptionalism, the U.S. no longer sustains the comfort of being an “indispensable nation.” We were a nation born of revolution, founded on the dogmas of individualism, egalitarianism and liberty. The phrase “American exceptionalism” is traced back to the 19th century and is a still rallying cry for politicians. While America does have certain ideas and values other nations do not, implying America is the most powerful and honorable nation in the world is a delusion. It amounts to little more than patriotic chest thumping. Another tenet of American exceptionalism is the belief that the rules do not apply to us. For example, use of nuclear and chemical weapons is heinous — except when we do it. Interference in another country’s political system is wrong, unless it’s
the United States leading the charge. American exceptionalism has evolved to mean America can do what it wants, when it wants as long as it’s under the guise of our “divine right” to spread democracy to the world. Former- President Ronald Reagan once called America “a model and hope to the world,” implying the United States was distinctly virtuous. We have not had such an exceptional moment in nearly a decade. Politicians can barely agree on a budget, let alone adequately apply their power to effect change. A brief look into history shows America is not a pillar of moral superiority. America is one of the most expansionist nations in history, knocking out nearly every native population, blocking its pathway to prosperity along the way. We dropped atomic bombs on Japan and dispensed Agent Orange in Vietnam. Until recently, U.S. interrogation methods included waterboarding and other forms of torture. Not only is our country not as virtuous most Americans as tend to believe, our government is highly ineffective and patently dysfunctional. We faced two costly and unsuccessful wars,
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ineffective tax cuts and a financial meltdown stemming from corruption and corporate greed. We face persistent and mounting unemployment and wage gaps affecting 80 percent of the population. To be clear, America was once exceptional. Our Founders created an unprecedented institution of government which still exists today. They created the Constitution, predicted the need for a separation of powers and created a nation promoting individual liberty and prosperity. The American belief in exceptionalism is not special to America, however. Ancient Greeks, Romans and modern day Russians also believe in the notion of their own exceptionalism. Thinking you’re special is the norm, not the exception, a point President Obama emphasized in a 2009 news conference. “I believe in American exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism,” Obama said. The President received harsh criticism for this commentary. Sarah Palin criticized many of our leaders for believing America “is just an ordinary nation,
and so America should act just like an ordinary nation.” Our nation has more potential for entrepreneurship and opportunity than any other nation. We have a significant military presence and near infinite space for development and wealth. What we lack is a leader who possesses the power and prowess to adequately spread and apply our democratic
principles to the people. America is not the greatest country in the world, but it has the potential to regain its position as a model of hope and freedom for all nations.
Mariah Manuel is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Lake Charles, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @mariah_manuel.
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LSU men’s, women’s golf teams return to action this weekend LSU golf teams trying to get back their swing
the teams. The Lady Tigers’ lineup will feature seniors Nadine Dreher and Elise Bradley, junior Caroline Nistrup and sophomore Claudia De Antonio. Freshman Kathleen Gallagher and sophomore Sydney Cavin will also participate in the individual competition. Both De Antonio and Cavin are making
their first appearances of their sophomore seasons. Dreher leads the Lady Tigers with a stroke average of 72.83 after two events. She and the rest of the women’s team are looking to turn the year around after finishing 11th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. The LSU men’s team will be at
home for the only time this season when it tees off the David Toms Intercollegiate, held at the University Club golf course at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The 14-team field features three teams ranked in Golfweek’s top-40 rankings — LSU, University of Iowa and Liberty University. The Tigers and Iowa both
participated in the Golfweek Conference Challenge last week. LSU finished ninth overall, while the Hawkeyes won the challenge. The Tigers dropped drastically in the rankings since the season began. After being ranked No. 2 in the Bushnell Golfweek Division I Coaches’ Preseason Poll, LSU slipped to No. 8 in the Golfweek rankings prior to the GCC and dropped to No. 40 in this week’s ranking. As of Thursday, LSU’s lineup has yet to be announced, but senior Zach Wright, junior Eric Ricard and freshman Sam Burns have been in both lineups so far this year and are likely to be selected again. The largest consequence may come in the form of junior Brandon Pierce, who was sidelined because of a neck injury he suffered over the summer. He said hopes to see his first action of 2015. The Covington, Louisiana, native finished last season the highest-ranked LSU golfer and was named a Golfweek Third-Team All-American last season. Sophomore Blake Caldwell, junior Rhyne Jones, freshman Nathan Jeansonne and freshman Luis Gagne are the other golfers available to be selected to round out LSU’s five-man lineup.
Georgia the following week in 52-20 defeat. The outing against the Bulldogs led South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier to give freshman Lorenzo Nunez the nod against
University of Central Florida, when Nunez rushed and passed for more than 100 yards to match two passing touchdowns in a 31-14 win. Then, Nunez suffered a shoulder injury of
his own in the fourth quarter of last week’s 14-point loss to University of Missouri. Now, Spurrier will call on Orth for the second time this season, but the coach said Nunez still has a chance to play. While the news of Orth starting instead of Nunez is recent, junior nickel back Dwayne Thomas said Monday the game plan remains the same, even if
the LSU defense was facing a mobile quarterback like Nunez. “We just have to play our game,” Thomas said. “Our defense is known for speed. In the past, we’ve been known to contain mobile quarterbacks. So we’re going to look forward to just playing our scheme on the defense and just containing him and forcing him to throw the ball with him arm.”
BY MARC STEVENS @Marc_TDR LSU’s men’s and women’s golf teams look to bounce back this weekend after poor team finishes in their last tournaments. The No. 30 Lady Tigers travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, today for the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational to battle against a championship-caliber field. Thirteen of the 18 teams in the event are ranked in Golfweek’s top 50, including defending-event champion Duke University. The 18-team field returns 14 teams from last year’s installment of the invitational, including a strong Southeastern Conference presence. In addition to LSU, the University of Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee and University of Kentucky are the SEC teams in the field. Baylor University, North Carolina State University, Wake Forest University, University of Virginia, Rollins University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Oregon, University of Louisville and Michigan State University round out the remainder of
SOUTH CAROLINA, from page 7 on to the field for week three. Orth took over in the second quarter of the 26-22 loss to Kentucky, but he faltered against
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