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Cassidy, McCain, Vitter headline veterans’ rally

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Rallo brings varied experience as commissioner

BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

Crowded under a P-40 Warhawk suspended just feet above the audience, a troop of Republican supporters and American veterans sat at attention Monday as Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and David Vitter, R-La., and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., spoke at the USS KIDD Veterans Memorial Museum in downtown Baton Rouge.

The event was one of five veterans rallies across the state for Cassidy, doubling as campaign stops in his run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu.

With 21 days to go before voters head to the polls in the Nov. 4 midterm elections, the Republican congressmen’s speeches were marked by rhetoric condemning Landrieu and President Barack Obama.

“I am taking on the most powerful man in the world and the senator who supports him 97 percent of the time,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy and Vitter took aim at Landrieu’s self-described “clout” in Washington, a recurring theme in the incumbent senator’s campaign.

The new commissioner of higher education, Joseph Rallo, brings experience to Louisiana from a variety of places.

He comes to Louisiana after 27 years of service in the military and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and rallo Schools Commission on Colleges — the University’s accrediting body. He also served as president of Angelo State University for five years, and most recently as special adviser for global engagement at Texas Tech University.

Rallo will start as the state’s eighth commissioner of higher education in early January, serving as the lead coordinator of the

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Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., addresses veterans Monday during a rally at the USS Kidd Veterans Memorial Museum.

Financial aid

Freshmen to receive TOPS text message reminders

BY Brittany Clark bclark@lsureveille.com

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance is looking to help students maintain their Taylor Opportunity Program for Students scholarships with a more casual form of communication.

LOSFA will begin sending text message reminders to freshmen regarding their TOPS scholarship status by the end of this semester.

TOPS is a state scholarship for Louisiana residents. The scholarship began in 1989, becoming the first state-funded, merit-based college tuition program in the country, according to the TOPS website.

According to LOSFA yearend data, about 48,273 students received the scholarship during the 2013-2014 school year. The

scholarship covers more than half of an in-state University student’s full-time tuition.

Fashion merchandising senior Tori Bolds said she received TOPS for two years before losing it her junior year after she was not informed she could retroactively drop her classes.

A retroactive drop is when a student can drop a class because of mental illness or other serious health complications.

“I basically lost TOPS due to depression, and it caused my grades to lack,” Bolds said. “If I knew about the retroactive drop, I might still have my TOPS.” LOSFA executive director Sujuan Boutté said the new text messages’ purpose is meeting students on their own domain. Students are on their phones more than they check emails, she said.

“Students work four years to get an award as generous as TOPS and lose the award due to a lack of information,” Boutté said.

The text messages will include information like how many hours students need, grade point average and advice on what they should do if they don’t receive the required grades.

Incoming freshman must have 19 core credits, a 2.5 or higher GPA and an ACT score of 20 to receive TOPS. Communication disorders freshman Maya Breaux said she wasn’t aware of the requirements to keep her TOPS scholarship after freshman year.

“I think the texts will be helpful because students need to be supplied with that information,”

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Fashion merchandising senior Tori Bolds says she would have been able to keep her TOPS if she would have known about retroactively dropping classes.

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Vatican report details issues brought up by Pope THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Gay rights groups hailed a “seismic shift” by the Catholic Church toward gays on Monday after bishops said homosexuals had gifts to offer the church and that their partnerships, while morally problematic, provided homosexuals with “precious” support.

In a preliminary report halfway through a Vatican meeting on family life, the bishops also said the church must recognize the “positive” aspects of civil unions and even Catholics who cohabitate, with the aim of bringing them to a lifelong commitment in a church wedding.

The report summarized the closed-door debate that Pope Francis initiated to discuss a host of hot-button family issues such as marriage, divorce, homosexuality and birth control. No decisions were announced, but the tone of the report was one of almost-revolutionary acceptance rather than condemnation, and it will guide discussions until a final document is issued Saturday.

“For the LGBT Catholics in the United States and around the world, this new document is a light in the darkness — a dramatic

new tone from a church hierarchy that has long denied the very existence of committed and loving gay and lesbian partnerships,” said Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights Campaign, the biggest LGBT rights organization in the U.S. Conservative groups denounced the report as heresy and a “betrayal” that will only serve to confuse Catholics.

In an indication of the chasm that is apparently underway within the church leadership itself, Francis decided late Friday to add six progressives from four continents to the synod leadership to help prepare the final document after several conservatives were elected to leadership positions. None of Francis’ appointees were Africans, who are traditionally among the most conservative on family issues.

Bishops clearly took into account the views of the pope, whose “Who am I to judge?” comment about gays signaled a new tone of welcome for the church. Their report also reflected the views of ordinary Catholics who, in responses to Vatican questionnaires in the run-up to the synod, rejected church teaching on birth control and homosexuality as outdated and irrelevant.

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The bishops said gays had “gifts and qualities” to offer and asked rhetorically if the church was ready to provide them a welcoming place, “accepting and valuing their sexual orientation without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony.”

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“intrinsically disordered,” even posing the question was significant.

“This is a stunning change in the way the Catholic church speaks of gay people,” said the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit author.

“The Synod is clearly listening to the complex, real-life experiences of Catholics around the world, and seeking to address them with

State of emergency declared because of severe weather

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A powerful storm system swept across Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, killing at least one person and injuring four others, emergency officials said, as millions of people were in the path of hurricane-force winds and possible tornadoes later Monday.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Monday as the severe weather moved across his state, downing trees and power lines and leaving thousands without electricity.

The storms destroyed a home near Ashdown, about 150 miles southwest of Little Rock, but it wasn’t immediately known whether the damage was caused by powerful winds or a pop-up tornado, said Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Rick Fahr. The storm downed trees in western Arkansas and left about 7,200 homes and businesses without power Monday in the state.

In Texas, lightning is suspected in a fire that set ablaze an oil well site near Longview, while downed trees were reported in parts of northern Louisiana. The National Weather Service in Shreveport, Louisiana, said Ouachita Parish is also dealing with gas line ruptures.

University of Louisiana at Monroe spokeswoman Kiwana Sutton says several downed trees prompted officials to cancel all classes and shutter the campus until Tuesday morning.

The Storm Prediction Center estimated that more than 36 million people are in the path of damaging winds, possible tornadoes and heavy rainfall Monday, with the greatest risk for severe weather along the Mississippi River from extreme southern Illinois to northern Louisiana. Cities at risk for the nasty weather include Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Houston; Indianapolis; New Orleans and St. Louis. Widespread flash flooding is also expected in many areas as the storms dump heavy rainfall in a short period of time.

The soggy weather also delayed Monday’s opening time of the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock, which has seen dismal attendance numbers in its first three days because of the rain.

Late Sunday, damaging winds knocked out electricity and overturned trucks on Interstate 40 in western Oklahoma as powerful thunderstorms came through the state. A portion of the interstate in Oklahoma was shut down briefly on Monday morning so crews could clear a downed power line but it was reopened by midday.

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the article “Prospective law school students worried for future” the infograpgic portion of the article incorrectly reported 92 percent of LSU Law Class of 2013 graduates were unemployed.

The correct information was stated in the story — 92 percent of LSU Law Class of 2013 graduates are employed.

The headline of the article was also misleading and has since been changed to “Study shows law school cost rising, job prospects declining” online. The Daily Reveille regrets this error.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Letter to the editor

Former SG president and VP remember Dr. Astrid Merget It’s not unknown that in the world of higher education administration, people come and people go.

Leadership often changes, and rarely will you come across someone who has the foresight not to see something for what it is, but what it can be. Today we lost one of those special leaders.

In 2007, we met an energetic, outspoken, northeastern woman who made LSU her new home.

Dr. Astrid Merget became LSU’s Provost that year, and to say she “shook things up” is an understatement. This woman was an outsider with a “northern” flair and she was different — a good different.

In 2009, when we were elected student body president and vice president, we had the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Merget and her team. Her vision to realign academic affairs and the individual college entities scared people (We use that term loosely because administrators and students alike were legitimately freaking out and rightfully so).

Dr. Merget was pushing to hold academic units to higher standards, and many feared this

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new approach.

She knew if our university was going to be taken seriously by a greater academic community, changes had to be made. She came in with a fiery passion and belief in all that Louisiana State University could be, even if the university couldn’t see it at the time.

In the year of “academic change” for the university, we learned more from Dr. Merget than any other administrator on campus (and we acknowledge that we worked with some stellar people at LSU).

Dr. Merget cast a vision of LSU competing and being recognized on an international scale.

She challenged our leadership to reconsider against which colleges we would benchmark our successes. She had absolutely no doubt that with the right rigor, we could achieve the standards of institutions in the Association of American Universities.

This “northerner” embraced our distinct Louisiana culture like no other. So much so, that after leaving her position as university Provost she continued as a professor, developing youth in LSU’s public policy program.

We asked her about a year ago if she would ever move back to the northeast, and her response was perfect.

“Absolutely not. Louisiana is my home, and who would have ever thought!”

While most of today’s LSU students did not experience the leadership of Dr. Merget, many of to-

day’s academic achievements as a university are to her credit. The legacy she left at LSU will forever be ingrained with the academic integrity and excellence of the university. Even though her time at LSU was short, we know she moved academic affairs in the right direction during her tenure.

We already miss our friend and mentor who passed early Monday morning. She pushed us to see the world, but always celebrate the idiosyncrasies of Louisiana. From Africa to the Middle East; Russia, Latin America and places in between; we shared numerous discussions on the places we traveled over the years. Our conversations, which centered on history, the arts and policy, along with her thirst to constantly embrace adventure and learn will be what we are going to miss terribly.

Dr. Merget was an eloquent speaker and brilliant conversationalist. She instilled in us countless teachings and, now more than ever, we cherish them.

Dr. Merget, like many educators, believed in young people, and we are grateful she believed in us.

We ask that today you think of the person or people that have made an impact in your life during your time at LSU and thank them.

Stuart L. Watkins and Martina Scheuermann 2009-2010 LSU Student Government President and Vice President

Frenchman Jean Tirole wins Nobel Prize for economics THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. consumers might be paying less than they are for cable and Internet access if regulators had followed the guidance of Jean Tirole in promoting industry competition.

So say experts in assessing the work of Tirole, a 61-year-old Frenchmen who won the Nobel Prize in economics Monday for showing how to encourage better products and competitive prices in industries dominated by a few companies.

“He has given us an instruction manual for what tool to use in what market,” said Torsten Persson of the Prize committee.

“Politicians would be stupid not to take his policy advice.”

They haven’t always listened.

Joshua Gans, management professor at the University of Toronto, says U.S. regulators didn’t follow Tirole’s advice to require cable and phone companies to sell competitors access to “the last mile” of cable connecting homes to telecommunications networks.

Instead, giants such as Comcast and Time Warner now control the last mile.

To reach a home, a potential competitor must pay to install its own cable. That limits competition and allows existing telecom providers to charge more. As a

result, Gans says, American consumers pay too much for cable TV and Internet access.

Tirole, a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics in France, earned a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the third Frenchman to win the $1.1 million Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which has been dominated of late by U.S. economists. This is the first year since 1999 that an American has not been among the winners.

“I was incredibly surprised at the honor, and it took me half an hour to recoup” from the Nobel committee’s call, Tirole said in an interview with the website Nobelprize.org.

Tirole did much of his work with his Toulouse School colleague Jean-Jacques Laffont, who died in 2004. Had he lived, Laffont “would have certainly shared” the prize with Tirole, says David Warsh, who follows academic economists on his Economic Principals blog.

Tirole cannot be easily categorized as pro- or anti-regulation.

He agrees with free-market advocates that “because firms know more than regulators, regulation is necessarily going to be imperfect,” said Eric Maskin, a Harvard University economist and 2007 Nobel Prize winner.

Faculty

University mourns former Provost Dr. Astrid E. Merget loses battle with cancer

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Astrid E. Merget, former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, died Monday, Oct. 13 after a battle with cancer.

She was a leader who authored articles on public finance, administration and non-profit management.

Stacia Haynie, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, was with Merget at the time of death.

“Her legacy is the devotion she engendered with the people she worked with,” said John McDermott, member of the LSU Foundation Advisory Council and Merget’s attorney. “They were completely devoted to her and assisted her to her last days. It was remarkable how much they took care of her.”

Her legacy reached students as well. Former Student Government President Stuart L. Watkins and Vice President Martina Scheuermann, who both served from 2009 to 2010, wrote in a Letter to the Editor that her legacy would be “ingrained with the academic integrity and excellence of

the university.”

Watkins and Scheuermann said she held the University to a high standard and believed in its students.

“We are grateful she [Merget] believed in us,” their letter said.

Originally from the northeast, Merget made Louisiana her home and embraced the state’s culture, declining the notion of moving back, the letter said.

Merget served as a professor in the E.J. Ourso College of Business after stepping down as Executive Vice Chancellor.

She worked in academia as well as public policy. After graduating magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, she earned a master’s degree and doctorate from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

At the Maxwell School, she held many positions including associate dean, Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy and public administration department chair. She also served her alma mater as a Mount Holyoke College trustee from 1998 to 2003.

Prior to her work at the University, she served as the dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and

chaired the Independent Sector’s Committee on Leadership and Management at Indiana University.

She was appointed twice by U.S. Comptroller General to the Research and Education Advisory Panel and E duc ator ’s panel.

Outside academia, she co-chaired a MERGET task force on outcomes with United Way and was a founding member of the National Council for Science and Environment’s Council of Environmental Deans and Directors.

She was senior adviser to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and assisted policy development and research with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

She was also a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

McDermott described Merget as a “professional, gracious and competent lady” who devoted her life to education.

The family has yet to determine details regarding a memorial service, but will do so within the coming weeks.

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6:00 PM

Dance Class - Gus Young Park Happy's Running Club Weekly Run - Downtown Baton Rouge CASA Volunteer Orientation - Capital Area CASA Association Centering Seminar with Walter Jr. - Nouriche Wellness & Aesthetics Standing in the Shadows (No More) - Ashe Cultural Arts Center Cajun Bead Crafts - Cajun Bead Crafts CPR for Friends & Family - Baton Rouge General Bluebonnet Grief Support Groups - Life Source Service Hospice

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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Houston Rockets - Smoothie King Center

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Kocktail Karaoke - Goodfriends Bar Progression Music Series - Gasa Gasa Bayou Rum Blues Jam - Rock 'N' Bowl

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Songwriters Night/Open Mic - Artmosphere Colony House and Knox Hamilton - Gasa Gasa The Mulligan Brothers - The Blue Moon Coast 2 Coast Live - The Howlin' Wolf

ALL DAY

Krewe of Hermes: The Diamond Jubilee - Louisiana State Museum/Capitol Museum Accalia and the Swamp Monster - LSU Museum of Art LeRoy Neiman: Action! - LSU Museum of Art Associated Women in the Arts - Louisiana State Archives

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

University leisure class sews port pillows for cancer patients

BY Carrie grace Henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com Students in the beginner’s sewing leisure class fill a community need many people don’t even know exist.

Chemotherapy patients often leave the hospital with medicine ports, which can be uncomfortable when touched.

Several patients don’t wear their seat belts correctly, if at all, said Ledie Bradley, a leisure class student.

Port pillows are an optional project taught by leisure class instructor Angie Boudreaux.

The pillows strap onto the seat belt, cushioning the port so patients can be buckled in safely.

Boudreaux sends the pillows to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, where they are placed in a central location for clients.

Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge is a nonprofit organization that offers supplies and services to cancer patients free of charge. They operate on community donations, said Chrissy Dupuy, marketing development manager.

Dupuy said pillows run out soon after they arrive, and clients are always thankful.

“We are so appreciative to

LSU and the community as a whole because our mission is to improve life for those living with cancer,” Dupuy said.

“Stuff like this really helps us fulfill that mission.”

The last day of leisure sewing is reserved for a personal project. Many students chose to work on the port pillows, and some take home kits.

Cancer Services accepts port pillows from organizations as well as individuals.

“Sewers and quilters are generally generous with their time and talent,” Boudreaux said. “And anytime there is a need, it can be filled.”

Norrie Falgoust, LSU alumna and leisure class student, said after posting about the pillows on Facebook, four people reached out to her wanting one for themselves or a friend.

“To me, it was more than just words,” Falgoust said. “I was actually able to do something that could help them while they are going through the scary process of having cancer and getting treated for it.”

Boudreaux also teaches the beginner classes how to make pillowcases and gives out information on ConKerr Cancer, an organization that makes pillowcases for pediatric

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[Left] LSU textiles and apparel merchandising senior Sophie Babin participates in a sewing class. [Right] Materials used in a sewing class which students use to make pillows to be sent to cancer services. oncology patients.

The connection between leisure classes and community outreach is a great way for a person to enrich themselves and their community, Falgoust said.

Boudreaux said each class starts with a flurry of activity, and after about 15 minutes of set-up, time starts to fly.

Classes consist of a diverse range of students: young and old, students, alumni, professionals and retirees.

The typical class lasts about three hours, but with eager students arriving early and determined students staying late, Boudreaux said she sometimes stays up to five hours.

Once she helps students

make sense of pattern and tutorial language, Boudreaux said most students find their natural talent. She loves to see students bloom in their sewing skills and find their confidence.

“We have a great deal of fun and a lot of new friendships can form when you are in a room with humor, sewing machines and mistakes,“ said Boudreaux.

STUDENT LIFE

University to announce Manship students to receive grants Foundation to pay Ebola contact procedures Knight for social media projects

BY KACI CAZENAVE kcazenave@lsureveille.com

With cases of the Ebola virus now in the United States, the University’s Student Health Center is taking preventative measures and setting guidelines in case the disease travels to Baton Rouge, SHC medical doctor Nelson Perret said in an email.

Perret wrote that health care providers will review and refine the Ebola contact procedure Oct. 15 before the University and the Student Health Center announce their plans of action.

He expects the procedure to be vocalized to the student body within the coming weeks.

According to the CDC’s website, the 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in recorded history.

WebMD has reported a two to 21 day survival rate for those infected with the disease, a period as long as the weeks the University will hold class until the start of Thanksgiving break.

Though it has not been confirmed whether the disease is airborne, it has affected large portions of West Africa and — after a travel-associated case was diagnosed Sept. 30 in Dallas, Texas — prompted uncertainty and concern across the nation, particularly in the states

surrounding Texas.

Petroleum engineering junior Caitlin Lawrence said she is not as concerned about contracting the virus as other people seem to be because it has not yet affected her.

“I have hope for governmental measures to prevent the spreading of Ebola,” Lawrence said. “Although there have not been reports of the disease contaminating a large number of people in or outside the Dallas area, I think there needs to be a specific plan of action — a ‘just in case’ plan — if the virus does begin to spread in the U.S.” Lawrence said she only fears that people in the early stages of contracting the disease who show few symptoms will continue to come to the U.S. and infect more people.

“This could be a huge crisis for us if preventative measures are not increased beforehand,” Lawrence said.

Lawrence also said she hopes the University will take the necessary steps in helping its students avoid contact with Ebola.

“The University should cancel school or encourage people to stay home while the situation gets handled by hospital facilities and trained personnel, but, of course, that’s a judgment call for them to make,” she said.

BY Brittany Clark bclark@lsureveille.com Manship School of Mass Communication students looking to do high-caliber social media projects now have the opportunity to compete for a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

According to the The Manship School’s Knight Grant Blog, the grant submission portal, the grants will pay for the expenses and work of projects bringing news through social media. The grants are $4,000 per student, $2,000 upon awarding the grant and $2,000 after completion.

Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, visited the University in 2013 for the Manship School’s Centennial celebration.

The Manship school was awarded a $150,000 grant for three years. Lamar Visiting Scholar Steve Buttry said eight students would receive the grant.

Buttry said Manship students impressed Ibargüen, and he wanted to stimulate their ideas.

“People have different ideas for using social media

to gauge the community and bring news to people,” Buttry said. “These students are risking failure, but are also pursuing new ways of doing journalism, which is the point of the grant.”

John S. and James L. Knight founded the Knight foundation, in honor of their father Charles Landon Knight, in 1940. The foundation board voted to turn the scholarship program into grants awarded to colleges and universities.

Buttry said the Knight brothers took the wealth earned from their media company and put it into the foundation to do work in journalism.

“I have not seen a charitable organization that does more for journalism than the Knight foundation,” Buttry said. “It’s a great thing for Manship students to have that recognition.”

Students can work individually or in teams of three on the social media projects.

Buttry said submission ideas range from blog about no kill animal shelters to a YouTube channel dealing with LGBT issues.

Mass communication senior Kelci Sibley submitted a project idea creating a social media initiative of stopping kill shelters in the greater Baton Rouge area. Sibley said she plans to use Twitter, Face-

book and a blog with featuring volunteers from different shelters.

“I am graduating this semester, so I think this will be a really good thing to have on my resume,” Sibley said. “I could use the money because I don’t have a job lined up after graduation.”

Sibley said she thinks the grant is a good learning opportunity for students because it gives them real world experience without having to face failure in the real world.

She said it’s an opportunity for students to grow and learn.

Students participating in the grant project can do shortterm projects that end in November or a long-term project ending in April.

Throughout the project, students will be required to post progress reports on the blog — two during the project and one upon the project’s completion.

Buttry said he suggested students get faculty advisers, though he and mass communication graduate student Will Glass will be advising all participants as well.

Buttry said there is a chance some projects will receive national attention if they do well.

Projects will be pitched Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Holliday Forum.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Manning the Middle

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Mills’ case poses problems for LSU THE CUBAN CANNON TOMMY ROMANACH Sports Columnist

Beckwith earns starting middle linebacker role after vast improvement

BY tyler nunez tnunez@lsureveille.com After a long wait, sophomore middle linebacker Kendell Beckwith earned his first start Saturday in LSU’s 30-27 victory against Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Beckwith picked up his second consecutive six-tackle performance against the Gators, giving him more tackles in the last two games than he had all last season.

The performance further solidified his role as starter.

Former starting middle linebacker senior D.J. Welter has posted back-to-back games recording only one assisted tackle.

“I think Kendell’s stepping up and answering the call,” junior linebacker Lamar Louis said. “I think he’s going to bring more speed and possibly even more physicality, and that’s two pluses.”

Even with solid back-toback performances, Beckwith said he still has room for improvement.

“If I had to grade myself,

I’d probably give myself a low B,” Beckwith said. “I had some checks I could have made and some stops I should have made, but overall I did pretty well.”

LSU coach Les Miles echoed Louis, saying Beckwith has some “natural advantages” against Welter. But Beckwith’s athleticism could not keep him from playing his first 18 games as a Tiger in a backup role.

The middle linebacker position demands more than pure athleticism, as it is responsible for receiving defensive calls from the sideline, relaying it to the defense and aligning up the defensive line.

Beckwith had trouble transitioning to LSU’s defensive scheme early on, causing him to struggle with the leadership responsibilities that come with the middle linebacker position.

He not only struggled with learning a new defense but also with adapting to a new position, as LSU originally recruited him as a defensive end.

These factors resulted in Beckwith playing a limited

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LSU sophomore Kendell Beckwith (52) prepares for a defensive play Saturday during see Beckwith, page 8 the Tigers’ 30-27 victory against Florida in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

There’s a big difference between a football field and a courtroom. Each place has its own rules and leaders who set those rules.

LSU junior safety Jalen Mills knows this more than anyone.

Mills will bring the two together when he goes in for his court arraignment hearing Tuesday morning to face a domestic violence charge filed in June. The court’s ultimate decision, probably coming in 2015, affects not only the player’s future but the consequences that LSU will face if he is found guilty.

On the field, Mills has been the same player he’s been the previous two seasons — a reliable, consistent safety who has been a big part of LSU’s pass defense and a valuable asset to the program who will be difficult to replace.

In the courtroom, he’s accused of punching a woman. If true, it’s a caveman act of anger, poor judgment and lack of respect for a person he knew. Anyone who commits this sort of crime deserves to be kicked off the team, and that applies to Mills if guilty.

But Mills has already played seven games in 2014. That’s the real problem.

LSU coach Les Miles and his staff took a gamble when they

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LSU defensive back Jefferson’s interception fueled by teammates

BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com The LSU football team picked up its first Southeastern Conference win against rival Florida on Saturday, 30-27, giving the Tigers a much-needed boost in a seemingly rollercoaster ride of a season.

While sophomore kicker Colby Delahoussaye ultimately won the game, the LSU defense came up with a huge turnover late in the game to give the Tigers a shot at the 50-yard game winner.

LSU sophomore Rickey Jefferson snatched a batted ball out of mid-air on Florida junior quarterback Jeff Driskel’s throw up the middle and returned it 23 yards to the Gators’ 36-yard line.

Jefferson up to that point

had one career interception in a win against Sam Houston State, but it was the one he missed that stuck with him the most.

Jefferson missed an opportunity against Auburn to pick off senior quarterback Nick Marshall, which haunted him all throughout preparation for Florida.

“I remember last week, I missed a pick in Auburn,” Jefferson said. “I’ve been thinking about it all week, I got to get me one. And that’s what I wanted to do, and I was able to do that and put in that position to help my team setup Colby for that field goal. It was a very great feeling.”

Jefferson’s biggest motivator heading into the Florida game was sophomore receiver Travin Dural.

Dural pushed Jefferson all

week in practice to step up to the occasion and come up big for the team, and Jefferson took it to heart and made the key play in a Tigers victory.

“He was telling me all week, ‘Man you don’t want to be great,’” Jefferson said. “I kept it in the back of my mind because I had to get better from it, but it’s something I definitely thought about. I mean missing a pick in a big time game, it haunted me. To get that out of my system it felt good.”

Players react to Miles’ 100th victory One of the biggest storylines to come from the Tigers victory Saturday was LSU coach Les Miles winning his 100th career game, putting him second

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LSU sophomore defensive back Tre’Davious White (16) congratulates sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson (29) Saturday for an interception late in the fourth quarter during the Tigers’ 30-27 victory against Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

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Tigers should go with experienced Jennings THE DAILY LABATOMY TREY LABaT Sports Editor Les Miles likes physical, smash mouth, mistake-free football. His teams have played that style since before I can remember. They have consistently won games throughout Miles’ tenure by establishing an inside running game and supplementing it with timely strikes downfield to open up opposing defenses.

Sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings has made a name for himself winning games exactly like the one I just described. He might not be the quarterback LSU fans want, but he’s the one they need.

The fans want freshman quarterback Brandon Harris, but fans always gravitate toward the unknown. If they’ve seen Jennings and don’t like what they see, well dammit the next guy is better and he should be playing. It’s why the NFL Draft is one of the biggest events in the NFL now; why recruiting is such a big deal and why everyone would recognize Leonard Fournette’s face but would struggle to pick senior Kenny Hilliard out of a crowd.

When Harris walked out on the field against Auburn, he was set up for failure. And now after crashing and burning in the first start of his young career, it’s clear that while Harris has the talent, he isn’t mentally ready for this level of competition.

That’s where Jennings comes in. The much-maligned sophomore had a poor performance against New Mexico State, but if you had 100,000 people wishing you to fail as miserably as possible, you’d probably fold as well.

In every other game he’s played for the Tigers, he’s accomplished exactly what the coaches wanted him to: manage games and don’t do anything that puts the defense in a bad position. Basically, be a game manager like AJ McCarron, make the throws when you need to and hand the ball off the rest of the of time.

He’s even shown flashes of being more than a game manager, spurring the Tigers on when they needed him the most.

Excelling in clutch situations has become Jennings’ calling card.

A 99-yard, game-winning drive off the bench to save a season, a rousing comeback against Wisconsin and now a game-tying drive against one of the best defenses in the Southeastern Conference are already part of Jennings’ young career.

He ranks No. 9 on the list of NCAA quarterbacks who have engineered game-winning drives. And he’s only played nine games in the purple and gold.

Fans asking more from a true sophomore are spoiled and delusional — basically your typical LSU football fan.

Jennings was never going to come in and sling it around the field like former LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger.

Mettenberger had the luxury of

playing alongside three skill position players who all scored a touchdown in the NFL last Sunday. Few quarterbacks in the nation have those kinds of weapons at their disposal.

Tiger fans have seemingly forgotten Mettenberger’s first season as a starter in Baton Rouge, when the LSU offense struggled moving the ball, but could rely on a stacked defense to keep them in games.

Avoiding any further damage to Harris’ confidence must be paramount to Miles’ cause for the rest of the season.

By throwing him in before he is ready — clear after his stinker against Auburn — Miles and company run the risk of damaging his confidence so severely that he won’t be able to bounce back.

And if Harris would have struggled as badly as he did against Auburn at home, the fans would have booed him just as mercilessly. Imagine if Harris had to trudge off the field after yet another three-and-out, all the while being booed as if he had just beheaded Mike the Tiger in the middle of the field.

That’s what Jennings experienced three weeks ago.

Using Jennings maximizes what the Tigers do best. As they showed against Florida, when lining up in large formations and pounding the ball, LSU can wear down opposing defenses with its deep stable of running backs and by keeping its struggling defense off the field for as long as possible.

Jennings may never become the Mettenberger-esque quarterback LSU fans want, but by continuing to perform when it matters and winning games in the clutch he can be just the type of quarterback the Tigers need while their young talent matures.

Trey Labat is a 22-year-old history senior from Mandeville, Louisiana.

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Harris has more upside than Jennings, deserves starting job LOCKS OF JUSTICE MARCUS RODRIGUE Deputy Sports Editor Nobody can string out a quarterback controversy like LSU coach Les Miles.

Seven weeks into the season, sophomore Anthony Jennings and freshman Brandon Harris are still locked in a seesaw battle for the starting spot. Before the season began, Miles said he would name a permanent starter “when one separates himself from the other,” but that has already happened.

Jennings started six of the Tigers’ seven games, but Harris nipped at his heels despite infrequent playing time. Though Miles will probably continue giving Jennings the reins of the offense, Harris has done enough to overtake his sophomore counterpart by doing less with more.

Harris has thrown 70 fewer passes than Jennings while accumulating just as many touchdowns. The freshman has a 183.6 passer rating and completed 73 percent of his passes before his poor showing at Auburn on Oct. 4.

Speaking of Auburn, please excuse Harris for struggling through his first start that came against a top-5 team in front of 87,000 hostile fans. Harris looked flustered and missed most of his throws as a result, but most freshmen would fold under similar conditions.

At least he didn’t play as poorly as Jennings did in Tiger Stadium against Sun Belt cellar-dweller New Mexico State.

That game served as Harris’ comingout party and propelled him into the starting role. After Jennings fumbled and threw two interceptions in the first quarter, again, against New Mexico State at home, Harris entered the game and led the Tigers on seven straight touchdown drives.

The freshman scored five of those touchdowns, including two rushing scores. Mobility is another area in which Harris has

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LSU coach Les Miles and sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings discuss a play during the Tigers victory against Wisconsin on Aug. 30.

outstripped Jennings — he’s accumulated nearly twice as many rushing yards as Jennings on less than half of his carries.

That performance came a week after Harris nearly engineered a fourth-quarter comeback against Mississippi State. He went 6-for-9 with 140 yards and two touchdown strikes in the final four minutes of the contest, reigniting the dormant quarterback conversation.

Harris faced a defense comprised mostly of backups, but he made plays with his feet and precise passing. He also exuded confidence and competence while executing the offense, something Jennings lacks.

But Miles continued playing Jennings until the boos and “We want Harris” chants were too loud to ignore, a decision I actually agree with.

A two-quarterback system can be toxic on and off the field. Different quarterbacks use different cadences, have different tendencies in the pocket and usually have play calls tailored to fit their skill sets, and these varying factors throw off the offense’s rhythm. Not having a clear leader can cause a schism in the locker room, which often results in disaster — see the 2011 LSU football team.

That’s all the more reason Miles should have stuck with Harris after the freshman dethroned Jennings. Instead, he continued a dangerous precedent of flip-flopping quarterbacks every week while potentially shattering Harris’ confidence in the process.

Harris left the Auburn contest with an ankle injury but practiced leading up to last weekend’s showdown at Florida. The freshman didn’t play a snap, watching from the sideline as Jennings managed the game with a 10-of-21 passing clip for 110 yards and a touchdown.

I’ll acknowledge LSU can win with a game manager if it builds on its 195-yard rushing performance, which was a statistical anomaly considering Florida’s stout defense and how poorly the Tigers rushed the ball up to that point in the season.

But if LSU reverts back to its inability to run the ball against Southeastern Conference opponents, the Tigers will need an explosive quarterback to generate offense.

Judging from Harris’ small sample size, he dwarfs Jennings in big-play potential, whether he’s passing or running.

Despite Harris failing in his first start, the freshman is LSU’s quarterback of the future. Harris is more athletic and appears more confident and comfortable running the offense than Jennings, who has been in offensive coordinator Cam Cameron’s system a year longer.

Miles may not listen to outside opinion, but Harris is who the fans want at quarterback. He has outperformed Jennings statistically, exhibited an infectious swagger and showed his maturity and level-headedness when he owned up to his mistakes following the loss to Auburn.

Harris has separated himself from Jennings, and now Miles needs to deliver on his preseason promise. Harris’ upside and explosiveness make him the better choice at quarterback, and gaining experience this year will pay off in the coming seasons.

Marcus Rodrigue is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Thibodaux, Louisiana. You can reach Marcus on Twitter @rodrigue_TDR.

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called an average of 167 passing plays and has not called more than 181 through seven games in any season. The LSU fans have criticized most completed passes in this the ongoing quarterback battle time frame was 117 in 2013, between sophomore Anthony with the average sitting at 101 Jennings and freshman Brancompletions. don Harris, with some even The average number of passbooing Jennings off of the field ing touchdowns during Miles’ against New Mexico State on first four years was 13 touchSept. 27. downs per season. The number Even with all the drama, the has dropped to 8.6 touchdowns Tigers are having an average per year in the six seasons passing season for a Les Milesafter, the highest being in 2013 era LSU team. when a receiving corps led by Jennings and Harris have Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarcombined for 1,435 passing vis Landry accounted for 15 yards, which is just shy of the touchdown catches.

1,473.8 passing yards LSU If LSU utilizes running teams average under Miles backs such as freshman Leonthrough seven games. The ard Fournette like it did against two quarterbacks have also Florida, the passing game combined for just four intercould continue to fall on Miles’ ceptions, which is below the play chart. average of 4.7 and tied for the Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille Fournette alone recorded fourth-fewest by a Miles team LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings (10) prepares to pass the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ 30-27 victory over 143 yards on 27 carries against through seven games.

Florida, while the passing game On 162 attempts, LSU has Florida in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. garnered 10 catches for 110 completed just 84 passes, or 51.85 percent, the lowest num- who has also only played six 12th in the country. The skill- ing plays per season, the high- yards on 21 attempts. Rushber a Miles-coached Tigers. games — and they’re 13th in ful young receivers such as est in 2008 with 216 attempts. ing yardage was higher than sophomore Travin Dural and In each of those seasons, the passing yardage in five of the Despite the low completion completion percentage.

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201 2005 Nationally, the Tigers are are caught. decline in LSU sits at 11th in passing 200 2006 One stapassing may attempts in the Southeastern 105th in total passing attempts, has determine Conference. However, the three 113th in total completions and tistic 199 2007 Miles’ offenteams below the Tigers have 119th in passing attempts per t r e n d e d 2008 216 dow nwa rd sive approach. played one game less than LSU. game.

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The event, which will begin with a pep rally outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center at 6:45 p.m., will feature a 2-Ball

contest in which LSU students will be able to team up with players from both the men’s and women’s teams.

Four teams will be formed and will play each other in semifinal rounds. The winners of the semifinals will meet in the championship game and the two winning students will split the $1,000 prize. Students will be able to sign up at Free Speech Alley throughout the week as well as at the event itself.

The competition is just one of many events that will take place at “Bayou Madness.”

Along with 2-Ball, there will be a live DJ, the Roar Zone Dance Party with student giveaways, scrimmages held by both teams and the return of the popular dunk contest from the 2013 event.

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page 8 BECKWITH, from page 5 role, appearing in 12 games and recording just 11 tackles.

Even now as he becomes more comfortable with the playbook, Beckwith runs into new obstacles every week. Last week, it was a loud, hostile Florida crowd.

“It was pretty difficult running and screaming at the same time,” Beckwith said. “After all that screaming, my throat was hurting. [Florida’s] fans are pretty loud, so I did a lot of screaming all night.”

But with time and help from Welter, Beckwith has finally begun to grasp the Tigers’ large playbook and feel comfortable in the position.

Beckwith said Welter played a large role in his improvement since arriving at LSU, saying Welter has always acted as a mentor for the young linebacker.

“He’s just there when I need him,” Beckwith said. “If I forget something or need help knowing exactly how to play something, he’ll be there to help me.

He’ll tell me to do this or do that or that this will happen. He’ll break down the whole play for me.”

The results of Beckwith’s hard work are evident in his vast improvement in 2014.

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JEFFERSON, from page 5 all-time on the LSU wins list behind long-time coach Charles McClendon.

Jefferson reflected on his relationship with Miles, who he has known for seven years, and what it meant for him to be a part of Miles’ milestone.

“It was definitely amazing [to be a part of 100 wins],” Jefferson said. “He’s a genuine person and a guy like that everybody loves to play for. He’s just cares about his players and takes care of us, and it was just amazing for me to be a part of that. I feel some type of ownership with that, and to watch him get that game ball on his 100th win, it was nice.”

Junior offensive lineman Vadal Alexander also took time to reflect on Miles’ accomplishment and what he has taught him and many other throughout their careers.

“Coach Miles is a great man and great teacher,” Alexander said. “He’s one of the greatest teachers I’ve known, and it’s definitely a big thing to tell young guys he knows what he’s doing. He has been successful doing it, there’s a reason he’s doing it; just trust him. We were so excited when he got that 100th win.”

OFFENSIVE LINE GETS THE MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK A big issue concerning the Tigers’ bumpy start to the season was the lack of production in the running game due to noticeable struggles on the offensive line.

The Tigers offensive line played arguably one of its best games against Florida, allowing the running backs to

he has almost tripled his total tackles in 2013, picking up 18 assisted and 14 unassisted tackles.

He has also tallied two tackles for loss, a sack and an interception returned for 29 yards.

LSU junior cornerback Jalen Collins said Beckwith’s increased production came as no surprise because of the work he put in during the offseason.

“Over the course of the spring and summer, I’ve seen a lot of improvement with him,” Collins said. “Just learning the defense and being more vocal out there with checks and getting everybody where they need to be. I feel like he’s doing a great job.”

After the game against Florida, Beckwith said he feels confident in his knowledge of the defense, and now he’s just trying to perfect it.

But it’s obstacles like these that help him improve game after game. Beckwith said he’s happy the coaches have put their trust in him and are allowing him to contribute to the team in a higher capacity.

“I just accept it as it comes,” Beckwith said. “It just makes me feel good and want to keep continuing to get better.”

The Daily Reveille MILLS, from page 5 reinstated Mills in August and started him from the beginning of the season. They believed Mills when he denied the crime, and they took all the risks coming with the decision.

Miles could have kept Mills sidelined for the season, but pressure from fans would have continued to mount. There are fans who will always side with “their players” until proven guilty, not fully realizing who they’re supporting.

If the fans aren’t enough, Miles just can’t afford losing a big player in a season already on thin ice. LSU’s defense held Florida’s offense to 183 passing yards and forced two interceptions in the Tigers’ 30-27 win Saturday. If Mills had been replaced in the secondary, LSU might

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 be 0-3 to start the Southeastern Conference schedule.

If Mills is guilty, anyone involved with LSU football should be ashamed of themselves. LSU kept a player who committed a heinous crime and decided to let the law take care of the matter while he still made plays on the field. Any plays Mills made in the first seven games are tarnished and shouldn’t be thought of the same way.

After the NFL’s recent disaster with domestic abuse cases, most professional franchises acknowledged they would suspend a player when accused, not arrested. The negative press was too much, and the same press will come if Mills is found guilty.

Think of what a guilty sentence would do to Mills’ teammates, people who have been around him for months and even years. The loss

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of a player and a friend typically distracts a team from anything else going on.

If the court finds Mills innocent, then LSU averts a PR nightmare, and Mills is free to play the rest of the season. He is just another football player again, and before you know it, fans will be cheering him on.

The field and the courtroom may be different places, but Mills is the same man entering and exiting them — the same man who might have punched a woman in the jaw this summer, and the same man who got reinstated to his team just so he could play a silly little game.

Tommy Romanach is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Dallas, Texas. You can reach him on Twitter @troman_92.

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The line struggled to be consistent in establishing the run against Mississippi State and Auburn, and Alexander said game week against Florida was about fixing the kinks in chemistry and focusing on the little things.

“As an offensive line, the technique and fundamentals, the little steps and hand placement and foot placement are one of the most important things you can do,” Alexander said.

“We needed to keep improving on that. That makes the biggest difference on a fourth and one, or a pass protection play … we’re starting to do that I like the way we’re doing things.”

Sophomore offensive lineman Jerald Hawkins said after last week’s struggle against Auburn, the offensive line took its performance personally and worked all week to ensure a better performance against Florida.

“The film from Auburn, it was like little inches off of little things like footwork and first steps,” Hawkins said. “Those little things that cost us yards, and we just had to focus on that and fix those things up and we did.”

Alexander said it felt good to get the first SEC win on the year, and have the taste of victory again.

“We look forward to having many more, and we feel good about our team and just look to keep getting better,” Alexander said.

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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Historically, Louisiana’s culture has been dominated by both French and Spanish traditions.

However, since achieving its status as the 18th state in 1812, Louisiana has continuously accumulated a wide variety of other cultures, including African, Creole and Native American.

One culture that usually doesn’t come to mind when thinking of Louisiana is Scottish. Despite this assumed absence of a Scottish presence, Baton Rouge boasts a sizable society offering awareness and fortification of Louisiana’s Scottish heritage.

The Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge, formed in 1976, provides Louisianans with a perspective of their state’s culture which is

significantly different than that of typical thought. The society comprises several boards and positions, which cater to specific facets of Scottish art and life. As a society associated with the city of Baton Rouge, the Caledonian Society looks to bring its message of culture and intrigue to all corners of the metropolis, one kilt at a time.

Milt Westmoreland, the society’s president, calls the Caledonian Society’s pipe band the “most visible [group].” Performing at Baton Rouge parades and other events, the pipe band represents both Scottish art and aesthetic.

Alongside the band, the society maintains a group known as a coterie, which aids in genealogical studies and cultural education.

Westmoreland said the Caledonian Society’s membership is relative to Baton Rouge’s size

and around 50 to 60 members of varying ages. As far as societal requirements, the group is open to any and all people interested in being a part of the intrigue toward Scottish background.

“Obviously if you are a Scottish-American, that helps,” Westmoreland said. “But anybody that’s interested in Scottish history, Scottish culture … It is open membership. You don’t have to be a Scot. Being in a diverse area like south Louisiana, you’ll notice maybe some Cajun accents mixed the Scottish brogue.”

The Caledonian Society’s pipe band is considered by Westmoreland to essentially be the face of the group. Effectively, the band is a vibrant personification of Scottish presence in Baton Rouge.

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Members of the Baton Rouge Caledonian Pipes and Drums [left to right], Stan Masinter, Rosemary John, Thomas Martin and Ellis Jackson, perform Saturday outside the PMAC.

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Local haberdashery provides personal men’s shopping experience BY michael Tarver mtarver@lsureveille.com

Willard said when he originally opened his store, he tried selling the same Not many shopping experi- generic brands that everyences include a store owner one else was selling but was tying a tie for a customer rush- immediately unsuccessful being to an important business cause the clothes he was sellevent. ing could be found in most But at Harper’s Haberdash- shopping malls. After 14 ery, owner Sam Willard goes to years of building his store’s great lengths to satisfy the loy- reputation, Willard said the al customer base he built over brand his customers come years of service. back for is him and his A smaller store riddled personality. with Willard’s Willard said military memohe tries to cater rabilia, Harper’s ‘I’ve driven across town to every man offers an uncomthat comes into before just to tie a mon experience his store through in shopping for bowtie, but that’s what custom clothes today’s men. separates me from the and fittings.

By loose defi“I’ve got an 18other guys.’ nition, a habinch neck and 32erdashery is a inch arms, and I sam willard store that sells can’t find clothes exclusively men’s Harper’s Haberdashery owner to fit, so that’s clothing as well how I got in the as men’s accescustom business,” sories such as belts, ties and of- Willard said. ten hats or hat accessories. The Harper’s distinctive sales modern haberdashery is usually strategy is not fitting the massa store for more high-end men’s es but rather the individual, clothing with typically more he said. Custom and quality quality customer service and products is what he sells and tailoring. preaches, Willard said.

Willard said his store falls For instance, Willard said he under the select group of men’s sells Lucchese Boots because clothing stores selling the best they are handmade in San possible quality products to his Antonio, Texas, and in his customers. opinion are some of the best “I got out of the Navy on [a] quality boots out there.

Wednesday and I started work“I tell everybody, ‘If I can’t ing for another store on Fri- get it, I’ll try my best to get it,’” day,” Willard said. “I worked Willard said. there for seven years and then Harper’s creates about 700 opened [Harper’s].” to 800 custom shirts a year plus

suits, sport coats and trousers, Willard said. In addition to his custom work, Willard said his inventory is mostly made up of products that he enjoys and that his customers have gravitated to.

One thing Willard said he does not believe in is altering.

Fitting a suit, for example, is a balance between the way a man wants it to fit and the way the suit was meant to be worn, he said. It’s more important to fit the suit to the person instead of the other way around, he said.

Unlike most generic men’s retail stores, Willard said he

also makes custom belts, cufflinks and shoes. It’s all about making the customer feel comfortable and building a relationship with them, he said.

Even when the store is closed on Sunday and Monday, Willard said he forwards calls to his cellphone in case anyone should need him for an emergency funeral or wedding fitting.

“I’ve driven across town before just to tie a bowtie, but that’s what separates me from the other guys,” Willard said.

That sense of customer service is nonexistent in the

larger retailers and most certainly not in online shopping, he said. In the past, interpersonal loyalty and customer service was the standard in men’s clothing, he said.

Willard keeps this sense of service alive today by making a folder for each of his returning customers to keep track of their sizes and past orders.

“My brand is Harper’s,” Willard said. “The store is the brand.”

You can reach Michael Tarver on Twitter @michael_T16.

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13th Gate revitalizes haunted house for 13th anniversary BY tyler fontenot tfontenot@lsureveille.com Nestled in downtown Baton Rouge, there is a house where psychotic janitors and undead Englishmen run wild.

The 13th Gate is a haunted house where guests walk through room after room of frightening scenes. This month, the 13th Gate is celebrating its 13th year.

“This year, the house features a new series of scenes taking place in Victorian-era London. There’s plague and death all over,” said owner Dwayne Sanburn.

The scenes model the Whitechapel area of East London — the working class and slum area where Jack the Ripper famously committed a string of murders.

Each year, the 13th Gate adds new scenes and changes old ones to provide a new experience for returning guests. This determination to provide new content is much of why the 13th Gate has been able to stick around for 13 years.

“We try to change about a third of the show every year. As

society, from page 9 For nearly 13 years, Stan Masinter has led the band as pipe major in its mission to bring Scottish music to Baton Rouge.

In his long run as major, Masinter has looked to strengthen his community’s closeness through the band.

“We want to continue our mission … To support civic activities that are positive such as law enforcement events, firefighters, veterans charities and so on,” Masinter said. Though deeply rooted in traditional style, the pipe band’s members listen to a range of artists outside of their realm to widen the scope of their expertise.

“We listen to all kinds of music,” Masinter said. “Music is music. We’re listening for harmonies … so that we can create the same feel that other types of music and other bands have. Some adaptations that we do reflect the local color like ‘When the Saints Go Marching In.’ We’re working on the LSU pregame.”

As a result of Masinter, the pipe band and the Caledonian Society itself, pipe playing has grown into a newly realized opportunity for Baton Rouge’s already miscellaneous offshoots of musicianship.

“In those 38 years, it started essentially with one piper,” Masinter said. “Now in Baton Rouge, there are probably over 30 pipers.

We’re always interested in teaching any person, young or old, who’s interested in how to play either the pipes or the drums.”

Of the society’s many components, the broadsword team is one of the most historical. Established out of Scotland’s long-time reputation of military dynamism, the Caledonian Broadsword Academy of Baton Rouge contains a team of

soon as our season is over, we start getting story ideas ready for the next year,” said Blaine Quam, lead scenic artist.

Sets at the 13th Gate are created over months of meticulous work. Scenic artists do everything from building wooden boardwalks for the haunted house’s outdoor section to wiring an animatronic wooly mammoth to move when guests are near.

“A few years ago, we got these guys who have done tons of Hollywood sets to come in and teach us how to build seriously realistic sets,” Quam said.

Every year, the scenes get more intricate, and each scene is a piece of a different world.

In a room with a knife wielding butcher, rows of fake raw meat swing around to make the scare feel more realistic in its environment.

“We’ve been here for 13 years now. Simple is just not what we do any more,” Quam said. “We’re at the point where we have a lot of room, a huge budget, and the man power to make this the scariest haunted house in Louisiana, if not the whole country.”

The biggest changes this year students trained in the ancient art of broadsword fighting. The academy’s leader, James Mungall, started the academy in 2009. He said he sees broadsword as a martial art with significance in both history and skill.

“Broadsword is under the category of historical European martial arts, referred to as HEMA,” Mungall said. “We study the historical use of the Highland broadsword from historical manuals and through actual practice and experience. Scotland has a long and proud martial culture. If you look at ‘Braveheart’ or Rob Roy [MacGregor], most of the time when you’re talking about Scotland’s history, you’re talking about fighting of some sort.”

Historically speaking, Mungall’s academy members focus specifically on the later part of Scotland’s martial reputation. A time characterized by the relationship between Scotland and Britain, which stirred continuous military force out of Scotland.

“Most of what we’re doing is from the 18th century,” Mungall said. “In a lot of these planned feuds and planned battles, we are using … a style that they would have been familiar with. Also, particularly during the expansion of the British Empire, the Scots were really … some of the last foot soldiers to give up their swords and retain the firearm.”

Of the society’s many annual events, Westmoreland placed emphasis on the Baton Rouge Highland Games, a two-day occasion focusing on Scottish culture’s many features including pipe playing, dance and broadsword prowess.

The Highland Games have been on hiatus for several years but are expected to return to Baton Rouge in 2015.

are the new scenes taking place in a demented clown’s house.

After a period of being considered cliché and comical, clowns are now being re-imagined and resurrected in the horror world as a symbol of fear, like in last week’s episode of “American Horror Story: Freak Show.”

“These scenes are different than what you expect out of scary clowns,” Quam said. “I don’t want to give too much away, but let me just say, they’re some of the darkest scenes we’ve ever done.”

Every night, the house is open, actors and artists are busy doing things like painting holes on bodies and putting on bloody prosthetics.

The costume and makeup process is long, and it takes the efforts of artists who sit at stations backstage, painting face after face and bringing character concepts to life. Once madeup, actors and actresses wait in a big room until it’s time to take their places in the house.

“We employ about 200 people every night that the house is open, a lot of high school and college kids,” Quam said, “Many of

our returning actors come to us from the LSU School of Drama.”

One of those people is Drew Cothern, an actor from Baton Rouge. Cothern has been creeping out the 13th Gate lobby as “Frankie,” the psychotic janitor, for seven seasons.

“Frankie has become such a fixture here that people come here expecting to interact with him. That means I can’t ever break out of character here, but I love that,” Cothern said.

Another reason the 13th Gate has been so successful is the thriving community of both employees and guests who frequent the attraction.

“The management gives us the ability to be creative, and we give them the scariest stuff we can come up with,” said makeup artist Sarah Bess. “It’s one big scary family.”

The 13th Gate provides jobs for many Baton Rouge locals.

Some employees are needed to provide security or relay messages between stations in the house. Others are needed for odd jobs like working machines that provide smoke and other effects.

“I just called this number and

told them how interested I was, and they told me when to come in,” said Baton Rouge resident Gerald Hamilton as fake blood dripped from his sharpened teeth onto his “undead Michael Jackson” costume. “It’s my first day. I’m really excited. My job is basically to scare anyone I see.”

Hamilton and Cothern are both characters free to roam between the 13th Gate building and Necropolis 13, a zombie-infested attraction that is separate but associated with the 13th Gate.

Both haunts bring lines of people waiting to be scared out of their wits.

Necropolis 13 is modelled after a New Orleans-style cemetery in which the undead reach up from their graves.

“If you’re looking to support your local community, Necropolis 13 and The 13th Gate is a great place to start,” said actress Tristan Reid.

Together, the 13th Gate and Necropolis 13 are constantly evolving and pulling out all the tricks for an hour of entertainment meant to bring true terror to downtown Baton Rouge.

Men’s fashion trends are stagnant THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer Every year New York and Paris Fashion Weeks showcase new and exciting designs for women’s clothing, but every man who walks down the catwalk seems to be outfitted in the same old suit.

This brings to light a lack of adventure and creativity in men’s fashion designs.

The most original-looking fashionistos of today’s culture are buying their clothes overpriced at Urban Outfitters or dirt cheap at Goodwill. Since the turn of the century, men have been salvaging previously original ideas from past decades, whereas women have advanced in their fashion sense each year.

Casey Stannard, assistant professor in the department of textiles, apparel design and merchandising, said the specific dress codes that men and women are part of may explain this tendency.

Men are contained in a ‘restricted’ dress code whereas womens’ dress code is ‘elaborated,’ Stannard said.

Men’s clothing is restricted because there are fewer socially acceptable options in colors and patterns, she said. Women’s clothing is elaborated because it can not only use traditional female styles but also incorporate men’s styles.

“It would be strange in our

society to see a man wearing an oversized tunic, yet women wear oversized T-shirts and men’s sweatpants,” Stannard said.

This brings up the idea that unisex clothing could be seen as one-sided.

While women are wearing more and more men’s styles today, the appeals of unisex clothing aren’t translating to the realm of men’s clothing. In this way, there is an advancement in women’s fashion where there isn’t in men’s.

If women can wear the exact styles that men are restricted in wearing, men should be free to wear women’s styles or items to advance their fashion repertoire.

Instead of being visceral, innovative ideas, most of the seemingly revolutionary trends in men’s fashion are just recycled ideas with a small twist or accent.

Stannard said this is also a strictly U.S. fashion issue because many countries across the globe have embraced more feminine styles.

European men’s fashion highly exemplifies the use of more feminine styles such as brighter, elaborate pattern schemes, much tighter swimwear and an excessive use of scarves in many outfits.

Though men are more restricted in their fashion choices now, in the past this was not always the case, Stannard said.

“Historically men were the peacocks,” Stannard said.

“Nowadays there is a rigid view of masculine dress.”

One could argue, that women have been adopting men’s fashion trends for centuries.

For instance, the high heel was originally a male accessory.

King Louis XIV of France wore heels to advance his small physical stature, and heels in general were only worn by the upper class of his court.

Eventually, women started wearing the shoe and have been ever since.

However, this fashion phenomenon is generally obsolete in men’s fashion, restricting another outlet for men styling their outfits.

While men can attempt to combat such restraint through experimenting in their clothing, there isn’t much they can do when they can only buy a specific selection of styles.

Designers need to take more risks in their ideas, and, at the very least, present men with the option to try new things with their clothing. Otherwise, men are going to be left in a boring past while women advance into the fashion future.

Additionally, if designers can evolve in their styling of men’s fashion, male consumers should be willing to take the same risks the designers are taking. Men should strip their insecurity and develop to become more unpredictable in their fashion choices.

Michael Tarver is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Tommy Romanach’s column, “SEC Network needs to find identity,” a reader had this to say:

There are people who thought it was a good idea. It hasn’t been so far. I have heard there are literally millions and millions of people, hundreds of thousands in each state, who are unable to pick up the programming for one reason or another. Often when my Direct TV bill seems to magically get out of line, I switch back to the minimum for a month or two and after it finally settles down, I go back to my desired programming. Being a football fan, specifically SEC, I am yet to see a game with my minimum programming right now and was surprised and amazed that when I brought it up so many others had not seen one either. Looks, at this point, to be a huge mistake.

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SSDP changing the image of drug users OFF WITH HER HEAD JANA KING Columnist Growing up in Louisiana, I realized early on that alcohol was a big part of our culture. I was taught that drugs are bad in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program — except for the drugs your doctor gives you, and alcohol is OK. I graduated as a firm believer that I would join the ranks of those who never abuse a substance and would save their first drink for their actual 21st birthday.

I was immensely naïve. And I remained that way throughout high school, never once drinking or using any drug. I didn’t even like the idea of taking Tylenol because I was worried about my chances of addiction.

It wasn’t until college that I even learned about “Mary Jane,” “pot,” “kush” or any of the other nicknames for marijuana and how many people around me were using it. I’m going to refrain from delving into specifics to protect myself and others, but meeting people who were getting straight A’s in their biochemistry, chemical engineering or other-impressive-and-scarysounding-department’s classes while also nursing a regular marijuana habit was eye-opening.

In college, I’ve seen a handful of arguments used to convince us that sobriety is the only pure and honest way of living. But it’s not realistic to expect drug use to stop countrywide, and right now, the idea of marijuana users being good-for-nothing bums living on their neighbors tax dollars is equal parts

ridiculous and harmful to our culture.

You can’t tell me that when you walk through a Ra Shop, you believe the “for tobacco use only” signs mean that anyone who buys a water pipe is going to refrain from smoking something greener in it. We’ve adopted a cultural silence on drug use that’s keeping us from talking about drug addiction in a healthier manner.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy at LSU are actively working against the stereotypes surrounding marijuana users and the silence surrounding the conversation about marijuana.

On Saturday, SSDP partnered with the Louisiana Cannabis Coalition and led a parade down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, in the style of a jazz funeral, to “bury marijuana prohibition.” The event started with a series of speakers from non-profit responsible drug use organizations and political activists. And even when the skies began to literally rain on its parade, the group marched to Jackson Square, where the cheer continued.

An activist who worked on the campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana in Colorado led a chant in front of the Mississippi River and The Shops at Jax Brewery patrons, “Marijuana, marijuana. Hey, hey, hey. Get high.”

It wasn’t all just teenagers wearing pot leaf socks and older people holding posters with facts about medical marijuana usage. Make no mistake, those things were there too. But the real message from the speakers and the literature they were distributing was that marijuana users aren’t like we describe them in sitcoms and movies.

I attended a meeting of SSDP last week, and from the moment I stepped into the classroom, I was surrounded

by a group of friendly and talkative students all from different backgrounds.

I had heard jokes about how the “drug club” was just a cover for a bunch of stoners to get together on campus and participate in some sort of round table like on “That 70’s Show.” And to be honest, I half expected it to be like that.

But when I listened to SSDP president Austin Guidry talk to the group about the importance of students taking part in activism, not only in the effort to legalize marijuana, I realized that we’ve been wrong. These kids aren’t just in favor of pot because they want to smoke it.

They can discuss the racial and criminal justice system and how it has been affected by the anti-marijuana drug laws. They can tell you the effects the drug has on your body — and not just marijuana. They actively educate themselves on all drugs.

These are students just like me who have been able to get backing on a piece of legislation they wrote themselves.

They dressed up in green outfits and walked through a 30-minute downpour on a Saturday afternoon but attended their classes Monday morning. They work jobs and do their homework.

They’re doing a lot more good than any of the anti-marijuana laws and stereotypes are doing for our society, and they seem a lot happier too.

Jana King is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Ponchatoula, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @jking_TDR.

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It’s sad to see the billiards room go, because I used to go there nearly every day to play with my friends. I will be excitedly looking forward to what is coming to replace it, though. Great article.

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‘Police business is a hell of a problem. It’s a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there’s nothing in it to attract the highest type of men.’

Raymond Chandler American author 1888 — 1959

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Are the police unfairly portrayed in the media?

Yes, the coverage is disproportionately negative.

BLUE COLLAR SCHOLAR JUSTIN STAFFORD Columnist Recent media coverage may have you thinking law enforcement has taken on the persona of a violent, bloodthirsty, racist, Schwarzenegger-type character instead of the kind, committed Barney Fife of Mayberry kind of officer.

The media is buzzing all over the U.S. with stories on police brutality, racial profiling and the lack of trust by citizens toward law enforcement. This repeated coverage of one particular angle on police actions in our society reflects poorly on officers and indicates media bias. Therefore, Americans should conduct their own research to better understand the issue.

From the Rodney King riots in the ’90s to those in Ferguson recently, it really isn’t hard to find the latest story on some cop’s questionable conduct. However, coverage of only negative, isolated incidents should not make up the overall impression of those who protect and serve.

In recent weeks, there have been several examples of notable police conduct.

After locating a missing man with medical conditions, a police officer in South Carolina purchased him a meal. An officer in Narragansett, R.I., bought a seven-year-old girl a new bicycle after he couldn’t locate the girl’s stolen bike. Also, in Michigan, an officer purchased a car seat for a child because the mother couldn’t afford one.

Reassuring and redeeming stories involving police are out there, and they outnumber the bad instances. With current inadequate reporting, it is partly the responsibility of the citizens to seek out more information. To be informed on several angles allows for an educated opinion.

If an individual is exposed to one particular view for long periods of time, it’s almost natural for them to believe only that. Trust in law enforcement is sure to dissipate if the public is continuously shown instances of police misconduct and no instances of them stretching beyond their duties.

In short, use Google and find one or more source of information on the subjects of police brutality and racial profiling in the United States.

One consideration is because black poverty is high and poverty leads to crime which black neighborhoods are often associated with crime by officers.

In their 2003 research paper, “Neighborhood Context and Police Use of Force,” William Terrill of Northeastern University and Michael D. Reisig of Michigan State University suggest that, “Police are more likely to employ force in higher-crime neighborhoods generally, complicating any easy interpretation of race as the decisive factor in explaining police forcefulness.”

A high-crime neighborhood is likely to be a poverty stricken one and also likely to be primarily black.

For instance, the poverty rate for all

African-Americans in 2012 was 28.1 percent, which is an increase from 25.5 percent in 2005, according to the 2012 U.S. Census Bureau of American Community Survey.

Poverty creates desperation. As the saying goes, desperate times call for desperate measures. Sometimes, those desperate measures involve crime.

According to Poverties.org, “what reveals the unmistakable connection between poverty and crime is that they’re both geographically concentrated — in a strikingly consistent way. In other words, where you find poverty is also where you find crime.”

This is one example of the many factors that must be considered prior to creating a steadfast opinion of law enforcement in America as gun-toting barbarians.

The issue of police brutality, racial profiling and neglect is important to discuss in our society. However, the negative projection of law enforcement in the United States by the media is deceptive and seemingly illwilled to police. This creates a responsibility for the public to self-educate.

Police officers often are put in lifethreatening situations and regularly endure high stress levels. As with many other professions, there are those who abuse power and break the law, and those people deserve proper consequences.

Despite the continuous airing of these stories and the fantastic framing that some media outlets are doing to drill this negative outlook on police into the public’s mind, there is still a heart behind the badge of many on the beat.

Justin Stafford is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Walker, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @j_w_stafford.

No, police’s position of power puts them under greater scrutiny.

BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Opinion Editor While it’s true that the police receive more criticism in the media than most professions, there is a very good reason for that — the power they hold means we must hold them to a higher standard.

Police have a privileged place in society by virtue of volunteering to protect the safety of others. This position gives them greater power, which means they also must be subject to greater scrutiny than other professions.

Basically, we are forced to trust police. They are supposed to be the gatekeepers of civilization – if they weren’t protecting the law and the public, the whole system would collapse into anarchy, right? So when a police officer does something to hurt one of those he or she should be protecting, or acts in an interest outside of the public good, it’s a big deal.

The most egregious crime someone in a position of public power can commit is to violate the trust that has been placed in them. It’s why we prosecute people like Ray Nagin. When he used the power his constituents gave him to make himself some cash, he violated their trust and the essential principles of democracy.

The best tool for preventing abuse of power, in police or any other public servant, is public prosecution and shaming of those who have abused

their power. The press needs to keep the public informed about police transgressions so they can hold the police accountable.

This trust puts police in a position that, if they choose to abuse it, can hurt the general public harder and more directly than anyone else.

A politician may misuse your tax dollars and sure, that’s a tragedy. But a police officer can break into your house and shoot your dog under the cover of a drug bust, and usually will face no repercussions.

This brings up the other reason media have painted police in such a bad light recently – when police wrongfully shoot, beat, or arrest someone, the overwhelming likelihood is that the victim will be black. In fact, a recent ProPublica analysis of police shootings shows that young black men are about 21 times more likely to be shot by police than their white peers.

That blacks are so much more dramatically affected by police violence is a symptom of a complex problem of institution racism, not proof that all cops are a bunch of evil, racist murderers. Police are only the arm (which happens to be covered in Kevlar and wielding some kind of automatic grenade launcher) of the system which oppresses minorities in America.

But the only way to back up a statement like that, rather than condemning individuals like Darren Wilson, is by examining long-term press coverage of police killings. If it weren’t for the press, it’d be impossible to put the individual instances of police brutality in any kind of meaningful context.

Still, some maintain the idea media coverage of police is biased because the news media doesn’t often tell stories of police officers serving justice and helping their communities. Those people may also note with confusion that the news media doesn’t report on the ice cream man’s distribution of snow cones to the neighborhood kids.

That’s because people doing their jobs isn’t news.

It’s a police officer’s job to help the community, and those who do it well are compensated both monetarily and with the respect and admiration of their communities.

When the police are particularly successful at fighting and preventing crime, they can expect a pat on the back from the media. Until then, it is the media’s responsibility to hold them accountable for the power they wield.

Gordon Brillon is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Lincoln, Rhode Island. You can reach him on Twitter @tdr_gbrillon.

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Former West Valley City police officer Shaun Cowley reads a statement to the media on Oct. 9 after Judge L.A. Dever dismissed a manslaughter charge against Crowley in Salt Lake City.

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state’s four higher education institutions and working with the state legislature and the Louisiana Board of Regents to navigate higher education policy.

Rallo has a bachelor’s degree in Russian history and a law degree from Western New England University and a Ph.D in international relations from Syracuse University. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel.

“I don’t expect surprises because I’ve seen, in the military world, most things,” Rallo said.

“I have been around seven or eight different institutions, and it’s good to be able to compare, to say we did this in Colorado, we did this in Michigan or we did this in Texas. It may not be the right answer for Louisiana, but it gives you something else to think about.”

Rallo comes to the state after years of declining higher education funding and hopes to help stabilize the amount of money higher education receives from the state, so each institution knows what it will have in the future.

He said he wants to make sure the state’s programs allow students to compete in the economy after graduation.

“We need to have the rigor that’s necessary to make sure that [students] are successful,” Rallo said. “We need to make sure that your degree programs allow you to be competitive with other students whether they are from Texas or Taiwan.”

Rallo said he wants to continue the momentum the leaders of the LSU, University of Louisiana, Southern University and Louisiana Community and Technical College systems have built working toward goals like increasing funds for higher education.

“I’m a believer that if you have four systems working together and speaking together you have much more clout and opportunity within the legislature and other venues than you would if everyone was off alone,” Rallo said.

In August, LSU President F. King Alexander said in past years the state leaders in higher education were often acting as competitors rather than teammates while working to accomplish goals.

“I met with the leadership.

I think everyone understands the need for coordination and a willingness to work together toward common goals,” Rallo said.

“There will be disagreements, there always are, but if you get to the bottom of it, we’re all interested in educating people.”

This year the WISE Fund bill passed, giving $40 million more to higher education. The $40 million was distributed among the four systems, giving the LSU system roughly $14 million to put toward producing graduates equipped for the jobs with the most need.

“We’re only in the first year of using those WISE dollars, we need to make sure the allocations are appropriate, and to make sure the outcomes that are desired for those appropriations are achieved,” Rallo said.

Breaux said. “This scholarship is too important to lose because it’s a big help to my parents paying tuition.”

To maintain TOPS, freshmen must maintain a 2.3 GPA at the end of their first academic year, which is 24-46 hours of earned credit. Sophomores and juniors must maintain a 2.5 GPA at the end of those academic years, which begins at 48 academic credits or more.

Boutté said the more gift aid a student receives, the less loan burden there is at the time of graduation. She said the idea for the text messages originated to get

rallies, from page 1 Landrieu has served in the Senate since 1997 and is the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources.

“Sen. Landrieu thinks that bureaucrats and politicians should control our health care,” Cassidy said. “She has used her clout on behalf of President Obama.”

Cassidy said if he is elected and the Senate goes Republican, McCain would become the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and Vitter would become the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Vitter, currently running for Louisiana governor, said voters faced a stark choice in the upcoming Senate election and touted the financing of two Veterans Affairs clinics in Lake Charles and Lafayette.

Funding for the clinics came through the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, signed into law by President Obama on Aug. 7.

Vitter said Cassidy and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., helped the bill pass through the House, but the legislation faced opposition from Senate Majority Leader

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students accurate information in a timely manner and help them maintain the award.

Bolds lost TOPS this semester and had to take out loans to pay tuition. Bolds said she wasn’t aware she even lost the scholarship.

“You don’t have help unless you go seek help,” Bolds said. “I feel like nobody helped me until I coincidentally talked to someone in the University College Center for Freshman Year, and she was really concerned.”

Boutté said the text messages will begin in November or December, and they will be sent in the beginning, middle and end of future semesters.

The text messages are being

sent through Signal Vine, costing the state $97,000, Boutté said.

She said LOSFA was awarded the federal College Access Challenge Grant, which works to get students into and help stay in college, to fund the text messages.

Students can reply to the interactive messages, and the response is routed into an adviser’s personalized web inbox, allowing them to read the student’s text as an email.

Boutté said LOSFA offers TOPS retention seminars to work with upperclassmen and inform them how to keep the award at no cost to the University.

“I think the texts will help because I know a lot of sophomores

who lost TOPS after freshman year,” Bolds said. “The University doesn’t offer those retention classes anymore, and students need to know that important information.”

Bolds said she tries to not worry about the long process to get her scholarship back because she doesn’t want to revert back to the depression that caused her to lose TOPS initially.

“If I would have had the text message resource, I would still have my TOPS and I wouldn’t have to go through the process I’m going through now,” Bolds said.

The LOSFA office plans to extend the program to high school seniors if the college freshman program is successful.

Harry Reid.

Vitter said he asked Landrieu to help change Reid’s mind, but she was unsuccessful.

“She talks about her effectiveness. She talks about her clout.

Well, let’s see it,” Vitter said.

McCain said Vitter was instrumental in passing the bill through the Senate.

“He is, in many ways, the conscience of the United States Senate,” McCain said.

In attendance at the rally was University doctoral candidate Norm Clark, a former 6th District congressional candidate for the House seat vacated by Cassidy.

Clark, a Cassidy supporter, said the current “firestorm” surrounding veterans issues is in part due to soldiers who died in vain following President Obama’s troop withdrawal from Iraq, leading to the proliferation of the Islamic State group in the region.

McCain also denounced Obama’s pullback of troops, citing the move as an example of his “feckless leadership.”

Near the end of Cassidy’s address, cries of “Landrieu for Senate” could be heard from the street outside the museum.

Among Landrieu’s supporters picketing the event was Calvin

Fair, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and 1976 alumnus of the University.

Fair said the majority of veterans legislation was killed in the House where Cassidy serves.

“I think that her record beats his,” Fair said of Landrieu.

Cassidy and Landrieu are considered the race’s frontrunners, with most polls determining the

election too close to call.

According to a September YouGov poll, 47 percent of respondents plan to vote for Cassidy, while 41 percent side with Landrieu in a hypothetical runoff.

McCain said the state’s voters could determine the balance of party power in the Senate.

“The eyes of America will be on Louisiana,” McCain said.

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Colder weather means a switch in shoe fashion

BY meg ryan mryan@lsureveille.com We’re stepping into that time of year again: boots season.

Throw those sandals and flip-flops into storage, and pull out the cold-weather shoe options.

With the new season, there’s a boot style for everyone and plenty of additional styles to step out of your comfort zone.

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With all the upcoming boot options, there’s no doubt stepping into fall will be a breeze.

1. Tall Boots

2. Ankle Boots

The first boot option is the most safe — the tall brown or black boot.

First, you need to decide your preferred boot height. While over-the-knee is coming back as the trendiest, it may be a little extreme for dayto-day wear. It also makes shorter women look even shorter. If you’re on the short side, opt for a boot that hits right at your knee or directly below. This will give you the tall boot look without it being overwhelming.

Tall boots are perfect for regular, casual daywear. Paired with leggings or jeans, they allow for the most outfit combinations. Adding a pair of knee-high socks that peek out above the boot is my little style trick— it adds an automatic and easy accessory touch.

Now onto the exact opposite of tall boots — the ankle bootie.

Ankle booties come in a multitude of options.

There’s the the wedge, the cutout or the Chelsea boot.

Each has its own purpose.

A wedged ankle bootie dresses up a pair of dark skinny jeans or feels most at home with dresses and skirts. If your booties are black, pairing them with black opaque tights will give you legs for days.

The cutout boot can also work like this, but without the tights. The point is to notice the little “cutout” that’s on the heel of your boot.

Last is the Chelsea boot. These are simple, short and flat boots, easily paired with skinny jeans or leggings. They’re subdued and comfortable and a must-have for your closet.

3. Combat or Motorcycle Boots

4. Statement Boots

Another option is the combat or motorcycle boot.

These two add an edge to a regular, casual outfit. They can also be used to complement edgy pieces like leather, studded items or dark colors.

But don’t go overboard; make sure you also have simple basics to ground the accessories.

And finally, the statement boot.

A statement boot can be any style with added twists. This may be a color or pattern outside of the realm of black or brown, or detailing like studs, buckles or another type of hardware.

These items need to be styled carefully. Pair them with an outfit that isn’t too loud because you want the boot to make the statement and not have to fight to be noticed.

Patterns and colors can still be included, just make sure there’s a working color scheme and only one type of pattern. As long as everything matches, the outfit should look pulled together and not too busy.

Cooler weather allows for variety of dating ideas FARY DUST Paige Fary Entertainment Writer Midterms are in the fall. Disappointing football games are in the fall. Not enough school holidays happen in the fall.

There’s a lot to dread in the fall.

But this time of year also has plenty of good things to offer in the dating department.

International studies junior Krisha Sherburne said she and her boyfriend enjoy going to Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in cooler weather.

“It’s so gorgeous, especially because there aren’t any mosquitos,” Sherburne said.

She said the swamp walk is also a great way to exercise.

“It’s an easy way to sneak in a little workout and do something fun together that isn’t sitting on the couch and watching Netflix,” she said.

Couples also might enjoy Clark Creek Natural Area and Tunica Hills on warmer days, as both boast refreshing waterfalls and creek beds to walk in during an extensive hike. Intensive hiking can also keep couples warm as they visit these locations in the cooler weather.

Corn mazes provide a good

excuse to spend time outside at night and to explore something new together. Chemical engineering and classical civilization senior Kurt Ristroph said the Cajun Country Corn Maze in Pine Grove as a good choice.

“It’s a bit of a drive to get there, but the attractions range from a haunted maze and trail to a larger maze with puzzles and objectives,” Ristroph said. “Be sure to go after dark if you’re interested in the haunted portions of the area.”

Many couples opt for corn mazes and pumpkin patches. But there are some alternatives that offer a rowdier time, including the Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival in New Orleans and Swamp Haunting Hikes offered in Bluebonnet Swamp.

Architecture senior Tess Baudry said the Angola Prison Rodeo is a fun date during the fall.

Halloween can prove to be a favorable holiday for dates, especially with possibilities of scary movie marathons and sharing candy corn. Visiting 13th Gate Haunted House — “one of the top ten haunts for 2014,” according to hauntworld. com — also is a fun way to get closer to a date.

English literature senior Victoria Selden offered more animated dates centered on general fall events, like attending tailgates together or drinking

“holiday-flavored coffee.”

Selden added that several date ideas can happen throughout the year but are better during fall, like brunch at Magpie Cafe, walking around the lakes, renting a canoe from the UREC and challenging each other to The Chimes ‘Around the World’ beer challenge.

“My favorite date is having a picnic at the Arsenal Park downtown,” said Megann Jones, communication disorders sophomore.

“It’s really pretty and there’s a great view of the lake.”

However, Louisiana has plenty of unpleasant days, and sometime dates are best spent indoors.

Carving pumpkins, cooking together and playing board games are easy alternatives to outside dates. Many find television to be an entertaining ritual for a couple to share. Recent Loyola University music graduate Thomas Lin said fall is an ideal time to watch television.

“It may not be a bad idea to just have routine television nights where you both stay in, eat together and catch up on the latest shows,” Lin said.

The general consensus seems to be that fall is an optimum time to go on dates and can prove to be an awfully romantic time of year.

Paige Fary is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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