The Daily Reveille - November 23, 2015

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Edwards defeats Vitter in governor election

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Food science and technology senior Alexandra Arceneaux [left], interdisciplinary studies senior Sean Thompson [middle] and interdisciplinary studies senior Wendy Gilley [right] encounter various problems parking and moving around campus on LSU football gamedays.

Gameday parking creates problems for disabled students Student Senate passes resolution asking for enforcement of federal law

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER @wmtaylorpotter Interdisciplinary studies senior Wendy Gilley has mobility issues related to end-stage arthritis and other health problems. She said she attends nearly every LSU football game, both home and away, and that LSU has the worst method for handicapped parking.

While attempting to park near Lockett Hall to attend a tailgate, Gilley said one parking employee told her she did not have the right to tailgate because she was handicapped.

“Every step I take is a chore,”

Gilley said. “I choose very carefully which steps I do take because what I have is quite limited. I am totally dependent upon where I can park.”

The LSU Student Senate unanimously voted during its Nov. 11 meeting to pass Student Government Resolution No. 23, which requests LSU Athletics and the Tiger Athletic Foundation enforce the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act in regard to handicapped parking on gameday.

Free handicapped parking for students on gameday is in Lot 409, located near Alex Box Stadium on Gourrier Drive. There also is reserved disabled patron parking, which costs $300 for the season and may require a donation to the Tradition Fund, which consists of donations associated with football, basketball and baseball tickets, according to lsusports.net. A Tradition Fund contribution is required

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to purchase approximately 45,200 football tickets.

John Ross Maher, coordinator for game/event management-parking operations for LSU Athletics, said there is a shuttle that runs from Lot 409 to Tiger Stadium. He said he hasn’t heard any complaints about the system.

“Our gameday ADA policy is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act,” Maher said. “While the spaces are no longer ADA spaces in the reserved lots, we add additional temporary ADA parking to make up for that.”

Jamie Graham, the director of ticketing/parking for TAF, deferred to Maher’s statement and declined to make further comment on the legislation. The legislation was emailed to

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Gubernatorial runoff a night of firsts

BY FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ and CAITIE BURKES @fernandazamudio and @caitie1221 A Democratic state representative from Amite, Louisiana, defied southern stereotypes when he won the governor’s seat Saturday night, dethroning a Republican Louisiana political legacy.

State Rep. John Bel Edwards claimed the governor’s seat with 56 percent of the vote over U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s 44 percent, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s unofficial results.

Jacques Petit, LSU economics and mass communication junior and Edwards’ campaign intern, said eight years under Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal— plagued by budget cuts, Common Core and higher political ambitions — led the state to vote for a change in party.

“I did not create this breeze of hope ... but I did catch it,” Edwards said to a crowd in New Orleans’ Hotel Monteleone, exceeding the room’s maximum capacity.

In Kenner, Louisiana, Vitter’s watch party took on a somber tone as results poured in, revealing Edwards won Jefferson

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Governor-elect John Bel Edwards speaks to an audience Saturday at Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Cat Haven partners with LSU Vet School for Spay Day

BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ Behind the dumpsters of almost any restaurant, a stray cat can be found waiting for food or attempting to stay warm. As animals continue to repopulate, many are left abandoned or sent to shelters that euthanize when they outnumber willing adopters.

Louisiana nonprofit Cat Haven tried to reduce the population of stray cats by holding Spay Day, a low cost spay and neuter option hosted in cooperation with the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine on Sunday.

Cat Haven Executive Director Wendy Decker works with the Vet School to coordinate Spay Day each year.

Animal care groups such as Spay Baton Rouge and the Feliciana Animal Welfare Society participate in Spay Day by bringing animals from their respective areas to be spayed or neutered.

During Spay Day, an average 140 cats are treated by the volunteer doctors with assistance from pre-vet and Vet School volunteers, Decker said. She said watching the outpour of volunteers who come out each year to help control the animal population is a gratifying feeling.

“We know what a difference it makes to the community,” Decker said. “We know a lot

of the people who can’t afford to get their cats spayed or neutered are in a pickle because they’re going to end up with 30 cats they can’t afford instead of just the one cat. There are also people who are just doing a good deed by bringing in a community cat to avoid their neighborhood being overrun by strays.”

Decker said about 20 percent of Cat Haven’s adoptions come from LSU students. She said many students come to volunteer and end up adopting cats of their own. Once students and others realize the great need for adoption, spaying and neutering, many change their minds about spending large amounts of money on pure breeds.

Philip Stelly, a first-year student at the Vet School, has volunteered at Spay Day since his sophomore year as an LSU undergraduate. He said he began serving to gain experience from doctors and meet Vet School students to ask them questions.

Over time, Stelly became one of the established veterinary students who offers guidance. He said now that he’s more involved in the program, he wants to give back to the Vet School students.

“One of the things I do at my prep station on Spay Day is make sure there is a pre-vet and a Vet School student right next to each other, so they’re forced out of their comfort

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Cat Haven Adoption Center takes in public cats for discounted spaying and neutering on Sunday at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. zone,” Stelly said.

Nathalie Rademacher, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging at the Vet School, said the students learn how to handle cats, administer medications, prepare for surgeries and other essential veterinary skills.

She said the experience the students gain while helping with Spay Day is perfect because they deal with stray and domesticated cats.

With a veterinarian for a father, Stelly has always been taught the importance of

rescuing and adopting animals when possible.

He said while purebred animals are great to have, they often come with a specific set of problems whereas mixed breeds are generally easier to care for if placed in the correct environment.

“Even fostering animals helps,” Stelly said. “Although some may not have a lot of time to dedicate to, giving animals that temporary human interaction makes them more adoptable in the long run.”

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UTSAV event honors Hindu “Festival of Lights” Event put on by Indian Student Association

BY TRENT PARKER @TrentParker_TDR The Indian Student Association honored the Indian festival Diwali on Saturday night in the LSU Student Union Theater by hosting UTSAV, a night of dancing, music and other shows of talent.

People in attendance wore traditional Indian clothing and jewelry as performers took the stage for UTSAV, which translates as “celebration” in the Hindi language.

Diwali — also known as the “Festival of Lights” — is a fiveday festival in honor of the Hindu goddess of wealth Lakshmi. It expanded to be widely celebrated by people of numerous religions

across India. During Diwali, par- to win against evil,” Tyagi said. ticipants light firecrackers and “It is our duty not to do this rekeep their surroundings brightly taliation in ignorance, or hatred, lit to hold back darkness. or due to fear. What’s good, that “It symbolizes our conquest must be preserved.” of our fears; our ignorance, our Performances blended the hatreds; celebrating classical and ‘It symbolizes our the victory of good modern. Modover evil.” said Ma- conquest of our fears; our els walked the yank Tyagi, petro- ignorance, our hatreds; stage clad in traleum engineering celebrating the victory of ditional clothing assistant professor alongside others good over evil.’ and Indian Student in contempoAssociation faculty rary styles durMAYANK TYAGI adviser. petroleum engineering assistant ing the fashion The recent atshow, and musiprofessor, Indian Student tacks by terrorist cal acts ranged Association faculty adviser groups on Paris, from perforFrance and Bamako, mances inspired Mali, highlight the relevance by stories of Indian history and of the festival’s message of tri- religious stories to covers of umph of good over evil, Tyagi modern pop hits such as Adele’s said. Care must be taken that “Hello.” the response to acts of evil be The bulk of the performancmeasured and just. es were dances, opening with “We can’t lose faith. We have presentations by small children,

continuing to increasingly complex routines involving large groups of tightly choreographed dancers.

Many of the modern songs and dances were adapted from movie soundtracks in the popular Indian film industry known as Bollywood.

Attendees gathered in the International Cultural Center for a dinner that featured a variety of Indian cuisine after the conclusion of UTSAV. Computer science graduate student and ISA president Hari Perumal said the group’s members hope cultural events such as UTSAV will strengthen connections between LSU’s international and domestic communities.

“This may be an Indian festival, but we invite everyone,” Perumal said. “We want our American friends to be here with us.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

Baton Rouge native finds home at LSU

BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR

Les Miles doesn’t deserve talk of firing

Tennis tournaments at the new LSU tennis facility are always special, but for freshman tennis player Cameron Andry, they serve as family time.

Andry is the first Baton Rouge native on the roster in six years after former Tiger Cody Loup transferred to LSU from the University of Memphis in 2007.

The top Louisiana recruit received offers from Indiana University, the University of Louisville and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, but he waited for an offer from LSU. “It’s been a dream since I was little to play for this university,” Andry said. “I thought I wouldn’t get the opportunity, but [LSU coach Jeff] Brown texted me at the last minute and offered me.

That was a big moment because I didn’t even know where I was going to go if not.”

Andry had a big following at LSU’s first home tournament earlier in November. He said his parents, grandparents and friends came to cheer him on.

“It’s a little unique,” Brown said. “We do have another Louisiana native, but being from Baton Rouge, you tend to get more aunts and uncles here and everybody seems to be able to make it. It can play a bunch of different ways for you, but he handles it well and enjoys having them around, which is a very positive

INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist I don’t know how much further LSU can fall before hitting rock bottom.

Saturday’s 38-17 loss to the University of Mississippi was the third butt-whooping the Tigers suffered in as many weeks.

Despite outgaining the Rebels and having a significantly larger share of possession, LSU was never really in the game.

I understand LSU fans’ frustrations. I sympathize with the people who are upset their team wasn’t competitive for a third straight Saturday.

LSU fans, you have every right to be agitated.

But when emotions run high, logic and any semblance of grace are the first things to go. This is the time when logic and grace are needed most.

With the speculation about Les Miles’ future raging, I’ve seen him take a disproportionate amount of the blame. People seem to have forgotten players and assistants deserve their share

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see HOME, page 4 FOOTBALL

November nightmare continues for Tigers in latest loss

BY MORGAN PREWITT @kmprewitt_TDR OXFORD, Miss. — For a couple fleeting seconds, LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette returned to Heisman Trophy frontrunner form against the University of Mississippi on Saturday.

Fournette burst through a hole at the line and hit his second gear before being dragged down after a 59-yard gain on his first carry.

But a holding penalty negated the gain, leaving LSU (7-3, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) in a now-familiar situation: down and out.

From the momentum-killing offensive penalties to the defense’s chronic inability to prevent home run plays, the Tigers’

38-17 loss to Ole Miss (8-3, 5-2 SEC) was the latest episode in a nightmarish November for LSU coach Les Miles and company.

“It’s not something I enjoy,” Miles said. “It’s tough, but the guys I work with, coaches and players, work hard. I’m going to see how we can improve. That will be the move as we go into Monday practices.”

Despite the Tigers’ insistence throughout the season the defensive communication is improving, LSU’s tendency to give away the big play speaks otherwise.

The Tigers allowed 15 plays of more than 15 yards in their last two games, including three touchdowns on plays of more than 50 yards.

The Rebels’ high-flying offense took full advantage of

every opportunity, starting with the first play from scrimmage when junior quarterback Chad Kelly found junior wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo in space for a 57-yard gain.

Kelly gashed the Tigers for 361 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns, representing a radical shift from LSU limiting Mississippi State University’s senior dual-threat quarterback Dak Prescott to -19 yards rushing in the season opener Sept.

12.

“Chad’s a great quarterback,” said junior defensive tackle Christian LaCouture.

“We knew that coming in. We knew he could run as well as throw. We have to make sure to limit those big plays. We didn’t

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Ole Miss wide receiver Laquon Treadwell pushes his way past LSU cornerback Tre’Davious White for a touchdown in the Tigers’ loss on Saturday.

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers say goodbye to Leak, seniors in season’s final home game Senior outside hitter Cati Leak lined up on the right side of the baseline for the last serve of her collegiate career. With a giant smile on her face and a few feet of gauze wrapped around her left ankle, Leak swatted it over the net.

Fellow seniors Emily Ehrle, Haley Smith and Katie Lindelow then ran to meet Leak with the same crutches she’s been cuffed to since Nov. 1.

Leak grabbed her crutches with assistance and met a smiling, but crying, LSU coach Fran Flory on the sideline.

“These seniors have meant a lot,” Flory said. “I’m proud of their efforts. They busted it for this program for four years.”

“It was important to her to just put the jersey back on,” Lindelow said. “We had practiced it, luckily, before. Obviously, it was upsetting for her not to be out here, starting in the match. But, it was important for her to be out there.”

Sunday was Senior Day in the PMAC, marking the last time Leak, Ehrle, Smith and Lindelow suited up for a home match. No. 19 University of Kentucky defeated LSU in three sets, 21-25, 9-25, 25-27, (9-18, 5-11 Southeastern

Conference) on a day of losing legends, framing jerseys and the support of family members.

Behind a cloak of toughness undermined by tears, their legacies will live on forever, Flory said.

“Their passion for LSU and their loyalty,” Flory said of the legacies the seniors will leave on the program. “They did such a great job of carrying the torch whenever we needed them. Their legacy is going to be that all four of them are great student athletes.”

The quartet of seniors combined to become the most successful group of players in LSU volleyball history.

The group combined for 60 wins, two NCAA tournament berths, 1,875 kills, 447 assists and 3,679 digs during their tenure.

Flory said the group, much like this season’s squad, was implemented into the starting lineup early and had to mature quicker than most young athletes.

“We built it around them,” Flory said.

Lindelow said this season resembled much of her freshman season. Youth and injuries forced younger players to have bigger roles, and she expects this season’s young squad to continue to grow much like she and her fellow seniors did in 2012.

On Sunday, LSU dropped the first two sets to begin the match, 21-25 and 9-25. The undersized Tigers struggled placing their shots in the corners and sides and couldn’t defend the Wildcat attack.

Kentucky (19-9, 12-4 SEC) overpowered LSU in both sets with a hitting percentage of .333 in the opening set and .524 in the second set. LSU opened the match hitting a mere .158 in the first set and -.097 in the following set.

The Tigers trailed for most of the third set but rallied to tie it at 24 a piece.

“They came back and did a great job in the back half of the third set,” Flory said. “It’s hard whenever young players have to carry that much responsibility. We didn’t create enough for them.”

LSU lost to a determined Kentucky team on Sunday, extending its losing streak to seven games.

Kentucky erased its two-game losing streak and remains in contention for competing for the conference title.

After two straight Kentucky kills, LSU was swept in straight sets for the ninth time this season.

“Whenever we knew we couldn’t quite get it done, they remained loyal,” Flory said.

as long as Charles McClendon, it wouldn’t even be close.

He’s won nearly 80 percent of his games in charge of the Tigers. He brought LSU a national championship and two SEC titles. He posted at least 10 wins in a season seven times.

If you’re under the opinion LSU should part ways with Miles after this season, I’m inclined to disagree with you.

LSU posted two consecutive less than stellar — for LSU standards — seasons previously under Miles. He righted the ship and won 44 games during the next four seasons. He built it back up once, and he can do it again.

Iowa fans called for Kirk Ferentz to be let go last season, and he responded by leading Iowa to an 11-0 start this season.

In fact, the speed that the

higher-ups, reportedly, and fans seem to be pushing Miles out is telling. They want him gone now, and I’m convinced it’s because they know he will turn it around next season.

If you disagree, that’s fine.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but only a few people’s opinions really matter.

If Miles really is on the way out, the people who want him to stay and the people who want him to leave should unite to send him out the right way.

Remember the guy who struck up a relationship with Sid Ortis, not as some PR stunt, but because he genuinely cared.

Savor the Lesisms. Enjoy every time Miles uses the words “quality” and “want” this week. When LSU takes the field Saturday, take a

mental snapshot of him holding the team back for what could be the last time.

Cherish every time the toss dive is run against Texas A&M University.

Don’t take cheap shots because if the end is near, Miles deserves to be praised for what he’s done, not butchered for what he’s done lately.

Miles is a great coach and a great man. Fans and the administration should tread carefully and handle the next couple of weeks with dignity and poise.

Miles deserves as much, no matter what his future with LSU may be.

part, we were in the right position. Guys just made plays.

That’s to be expected, but you just try to limit it.”

While the defense struggled to stop the Rebels, LSU’s offense couldn’t find any type of rhythm between a melee of penalties and questionable decision-making by sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris.

The Tigers committed four penalties on their first drive alone, ranging from holding to delay of game, that eliminated the early establishment of Fournette and the run game.

LSU notched nine penalties for 58 yards in the first half, with the Tigers’ offense picking up five of those flags.

“[Penalties] seemed to plague us in the first half,” Miles said. “We had a number of penalties followed big plays. ... It will be interesting to see how those penalties were called. I’ll be the first to tell you it’s a good call if it was.”

Throughout 2015, Harris made his mark with precise deep throws and smart decisions, but against the Rebels, he slipped into an old habit of forcing throws.

Instead of going through his progressions, Harris became predictable as he threw into double-coverage time and time again, translating into his first multi-interception game of 2015.

“He’s a young

quarterback,” Miles said. “This is his first time of starting and leading. ... He still needs to improve. There’s pieces of his game that come within a young quarterback.”

With LSU’s offensive ineptitude apparent during their first three-loss skid during his tenure, Miles stressed need for the Tigers to adapt offensively before their season finale against Texas A&M University.

“We’re out of sync,” Miles said. “That’s not how we play — that’s not really how we practice. ... I said [to the team], ‘We have one game left. We’re going to play [our] best. We’re not going to repeat these mistakes again.’”

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With her foot in a cast, Cati Leak sends her final serve over the net on LSU Senior Day.

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key for him.”

The freshman won two games and lost one in singles but was unable to finish the final matchup of the invitational because of an elbow injury.

When the team was set to travel to Alabama for the Country Club of Birmingham Invitational four days later, Andry’s elbow was no barrier.

He finished the first two days of the tournament, going 1-1 in singles, but he went into his final matchup with a different mindset after suffering a wrist injury.

“I couldn’t use my left arm and had to hit all slices in the last match I played,” Andry said. “I somehow won that match, even though I was just going out there to get experience and didn’t think I was going to win.“ He said the injury is carried over from last year, when he fell and fractured his wrist.

Difficult, college-level practices forced the injury to return, and he had to take a week off to let it heal.

“I’ve been pretty lucky with injuries, but we hit so much, there are going to be injuries that come from that,” Andry said. “In Juniors, I did about two hours a day of hitting and an hour of working out, but the two hours of hitting included long breaks, while it’s nonstop and very intense here.”

Andry said he already sees his training paying off from a technique standpoint. While his leg movement has improved, he’s working on making his serve college ready.

of criticism.

It seems most people are more than happy to throw it all on Miles, though.

I saw some people undermine Miles’ coaching accomplishments in the few hours following the game, and that crosses the line.

I won’t stand for that. LSU fans, I love your passion to be great, but make sure to show respect and be fair.

I read a lot of asinine comments during the buildup to Saturday’s game. I’m scared to check the Internet or walk around campus without headphones this week because Miles doesn’t deserve the things I’ve read and heard.

Miles is the second-winningest coach in LSU history, and if he had the chance to stay

LOSS, from page 3 today.”

Along with Kelly, junior wide receiver Laquon Treadwell was a crucial part in Ole Miss’ offensive success, tallying 58 yards and a touchdown on four catches.

Despite matching up with the Tigers’ top cover man, junior cornerback Tre’Davious White, Treadwell manhandled White on several plays, including his 11-yard touchdown reception, when he powered past White into the endzone.

“We pride ourselves on stopping people,” White said. “We just couldn’t do it enough tonight. I feel like, for the most

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

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Marginalized students should not have to be activists BEYER’S REMORSE MICHAEL BEYER Columnist Political correctness only proves language is power.

Insults matter. No words sting as much as those used against marginalized groups.

Can you think of the worst word you know to describe a wealthy, straight able-bodied white dude just based on those characteristics? I can’t.

There are slurs for almost every marginalized group, but for those traditionally in power, there are no comparable insults.

The closest thing for white people would be “honky or redneck,” used as a pejorative for a lower-income white person. Still, there is no insult for someone who has traditionally held power in society: a wealthy, white able-bodied straight male.

So when we have the political correctness debate, it is always important to note marginalized groups are at a disadvantage.

Words we consider now to be acceptable may become gauche in 10 years. It takes organizing to convince the broader public these words are unacceptable.

This kind of organizing is happening on college campuses, and it is a fight for groups to define what words describe

them. Marginalized groups are demanding respect in college campuses all across America, yet too often commentators simply dismiss these demands for respect and fairness as “political correctness.”

At Yale University, students are furious over an email from Erika Christakis, an associate master — a community leader position — she sent defending Halloween costumes with the potential to offend students.

She concurred with her husband, a master at Yale, on the subject of racist Halloween costumes: “If you don’t like a costume someone is wearing, look away or tell them you are offended. Talk to each other. Free speech and the ability to tolerate offence are the hallmarks of a free and open society.”

As a community leader in a position of responsibility, it is shocking someone who works for a university would suggest it is a student’s job to tell other students blackface is wrong.

Yale students are demanding a safe space in a place one should expect safety — your own home. Or in this case, their dorms.

Students aren’t only protesting one administrator who failed to stick up for her students.

According to Aaron Lewis, a senior at Yale, last year there were swastikas found outside

a freshman dorm. Students received an email condemning the incident within a day.

College administrators are quick to respond to overt acts of racism like a swastika on campus, or to several chapters of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing, “There will never be a n----r in SAE.” But what about more subtle incidents of racism on campus?

Lewis wrote in the case of SAE, “It took almost a full week for Yale’s president to formally acknowledge students’ legitimate concerns about racism and the incident at SAE. ... Students should not have to become community organizers just to receive acknowledgment and respect from their administrators.”

The political correctness debate is all about the golden rule: Treat people how they want to be treated and call people what they want to be called.

People are going to mess up. Learning what words are offensive and their history is an important part of growing up.

It shouldn’t be up to a black student to explain why racism is hurtful, a gay student to explain why homophobia is harmful or a trans student to explain how transphobia hurts the university.

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Yale University students and faculty rally on Nov. 9 to demand that Yale become more inclusive to all students. shouldn’t place marginalized students in a position where they have to be activists. Administrators should already be there fighting for the entire student body.

LSU can learn a great deal from Yale’s political

correctness debate. There’s only one question: What side are LSU administrators on?

Michael Beyer is a 21-year-old political science senior from New Orleans. You can reach him on Twitter @michbeyer.

Rise in interracial dating does not eliminate racism, stereotypes BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES Columnist Dating outside your race does not automatically make you less racist. In fact, people’s true colors can shine if people spin the color wheel while choosing who to spend Saturday nights with Netflix and chilling.

Yes, the United States has come a long way, as “8.4 percent of all marriages are between people of different races,” up from the 3.2 percent of marriages in not-solong-ago 1980, according to the Pew Research Center. This growing acceptance and prevalence of interracial marriages shows slowly, but surely, people are choosing

life mates outside of their race instead of conforming to rigid standards of old.

In an ironic twist, this growing understanding creates a cult community of progressives whose white guilt causes them to misconstrue relationships into a pseudo real-life therapy session.

White women, led by the Kardashian Klan, are seeking out big black brutes for their ability to carry on long, stimulating and thought provoking conversations.

This revolution is a stark rebuttal to the old trope, in which white women could only fear black men, their feral behavior precluded them from controlling their sexual urges.

In this new era of inclusive dating, white men are not sinless either.

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Recently the curves, spirit and spice a mahogany-skinned woman can bring to the doldrums of daily life have increased their stature in the dating world — as long as she’s “pretty for a black girl.” There was a time if a black woman caught the eye of a white man, it was because she was his property. He needed to break her in and teach her to respect his authority.

Thankfully, those days are long gone.

What replaced this arcane way of thinking is being “chosen” by a white man. He saves her from being known as a black woman.

Furthermore, some only choose to date black women as a way to boast in the private cloakrooms of country clubs on their conquests in the bushes of the Congo.

While whites are more

infamous for assuming a partner’s race cleanses them of any and all discriminatory tendencies, people of color also perpetuate problematic interracial dating practices.

Black men are guilty of putting Asian woman on jade encrusted pedestals. This exotification rips these women of their full being and creates a narrative where if she does not have jet black straight hair, is a size double zero, erased her accent and cooks a mean General Tso’s chicken, she is worthless.

It is problematic for people of color to think this way. We will never be able to paint with all the colors of the wind if all hues are not equally appreciated.

Ethnic pieces of clothing, dishes and the ability to be best at sports should not be the checklist

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people use to pick out potential dating partners. Colorblindness is not a good idea either. The right balance is discerning whether one’s tendency to look for those outside their own race stems from a sense of novelty or if one is genuinely interested in understanding and being a part of another’s culture.

If the latter is true, then by all means taste every ice cream flavor spelled in a different language.

However, if you buy vanilla ice cream from the Asian marketplace just because the container is written in Japanese — then get over yourself.

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

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LSU President F. King Alexander also received the email.

Campbell said LSU Athletics and TAF are primarily in charge of parking operations on gameday, but his department provides support.

The SG resolution said the parking policy violates section 12101 of the ADA, which states “that physical and mental disabilities in no way diminish a person’s right to fully participate in all aspects of society.”

In the same section, the act said disabled individuals are often excluded due to “failure to remove societal and institutional barriers.”

The ADA parking guidelines state that handicap accessible parking should be located the shortest distance to an accessible route to an entrance of a facility. The resolution charges that, while the shuttle allows handicapped students to attend the games, it inhibits them from experiencing other parts of gameday, such as tailgating.

Senator Joanie Lyons, one of the resolution’s authors, spoke to the Senate about the legislation before voting commenced.

She said Louis Gremillion, the director of transportation for SG’s executive branch, spoke with Campbell about the problem and said students should have access to all handicapped spaces on campus.

Food science and technology senior Alexandra Arceneaux and Gilley, who is an associate justice in the SG judicial branch and the chair of the parking appeals board, also spoke to the Senate before voting. Both told the Senate about problems they have encountered with parking on gamedays.

Gilley said she performed a study for a class on handicapped parking, and the results showed LSU was nowhere near close to being in compliance. She said gamedays make the problems even worse.

“It’s really got to stop,” Gilley said. “We need to be as considerate to our disabled guests and students as we were to South Carolina visitors when they were here for their game.”

Arceneaux, a wheelchair user assisted by a service dog, had experiences similar to Gilley’s. She said she had one particularly bad run-in with parking during her first football game after being in her wheelchair.

She said many of the paths did not have ramps she could use, and the ones that did were often blocked by tailgaters. When she complained about these problems, Arceneaux said she was sent to different officials.

“The parking attendant told me that if I didn’t like it, I could get up and walk around,” Arceneaux said. “I don’t know how someone can look at you in the eyes and tell you that. We’re people, are you kidding me?”

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Student Senate unanimously voted during its Nov. 11 meeting to pass Student Government Resolution No. 23, which requests LSU Athletics and the Tiger Athletic Foundation to enforce the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act in regard to handicapped parking on gameday.

Arceneaux said she has not tailgated or been to a football game since that interaction but believes the attendant is still employed by LSU, and she sees him occasionally.

Interdisciplinary studies senior and wheelchair user Sean Thompson was not at the Senate meeting, but he said his gameday troubles begin during the preceding week.

The barriers used to block the general public as the band and football team march down Victory Hill are usually strewn across sidewalks, Thompson said. Often times, he does not see the sidewalk is blocked until he gets all the way to the top of the hill. He then has to go back down to cross the street.

“The employees that put the guardrails up, they don’t think about blocking the sidewalk,” Thompson said. “That is an issue, too — blocking everything.

It sometimes feels like the university does not care about the parking situation.”

Thompson gets dropped off at the games but said he was

told he could not be dropped off in Lot 409 without leaving a car there. Because he hasn’t been able to find accessible parking anywhere else, he is dropped of at Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar. He said he’s also had issues where tailgaters parking in the reserved areas park on sidewalk ramps, forcing him to roll his chair through the streets. Now he does not travel up the hill on gamedays because of these issues.

Thompson said he hopes the resolution sparks a change with the parking policy, but he doesn’t expect it will happen soon.

Campbell said he would definitely look into some solutions after the final game of the season.

He said one possibility would be for TAF to authorize passes specifically for drivers to drop off handicapped tailgaters.

“In the spring, we’ll try to address some of the issues that the resolution brought up,” Campbell said. “We will certainly work with Athletics and the Tiger Athletic Foundation and try to mitigate any concerns.”

Parish — Vitter’s home parish.

Edwards took Jefferson Parish 51-49 percent with a 37.6 percent unofficial turnout, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office.

Unable to escape past scandals involving prostitution and espionage, Vitter gave the first concession speech of his political career. He said he would not seek re-election in the Senate but instead fill his spot with another conservative force.

Elections for attorney general and lieutenant governor came to a close Saturday as former U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry and former Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser won their respective seats.

Landry claimed the state’s top law enforcement office with 56.3 percent of the vote against fellow Republican and incumbent James “Buddy” Caldwell’s 43.7 percent. Caldwell sought a third term bid.

The closure following the governor’s race was offset by

the campaign drama encompassing the attorney general’s race. Landry accused Caldwell of spoon-feeding class litigation work to outside law firms, while Caldwell said Landry was not qualified to hold the attorney general’s office after only one term as a representative.

Caldwell’s critics urged voters to put an end to the “Buddy system” as Landry’s $1.17 million campaign outspent Caldwell’s $510,000, according to a report by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Landry had the endorsement of the LA GOP. The lieutenant governor’s race proved much tamer, with Nungesser ultimately winning the title over Democratic East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden, 55.38 to 44.62 percent.

Both candidates pledged to run clean campaigns with no attack ads. Nungesser promised to follow incumbent Jay Dardenne’s lead by also serving as the de facto secretary of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

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Tigers ride hot start to Brooklyn for semifinal against Marquette Marquette freshman to be toughest task yet

BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR Jordan.

Miller.

Bryant.

James. Curry.

Those are just a handful of the names who’ve had dominant road performances in the place known as the The World’s Most Famous Arena — Madison Square Garden in New York City. The theory is all players attempt to bust out their best performances for the bright lights and glaring eyes of a Big Apple crowd. The truly great rise to the occasion.

He won’t be playing in Madison Square Garden, and he isn’t quite sure where he will be even a year from now, but LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons will get his shot at cementing his 6-foot-10 footprint in New York in what will be the fourth and fifth games of his collegiate career.

But when the Tigers tip off the semifinal of the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, New York, against Marquette University at 6 p.m. tonight at the Barclays Center, the exposure for the program could be more important.

“LSU is a tremendous brand, and it’s a great opportunity to go to New York and play in that type of venue this early part of the season,” LSU coach Johnny Jones said. “They have done a tremendous job with this tournament over the years. We are excited to be playing in it and having some quality competition.

“We will get tested. We will find out some things we are doing well and areas we need to continue to improve. It’s going to be a high level.”

The Tigers carry their 3-0 record — all double-digit wins — into a higher-profile environment. Marquette, along with North Carolina State University or Arizona State University, will present LSU with a challenge it has not seen yet, including Golden Eagles’ freshman forward Henry Ellenson.

Although Marquette started the season 1-2 with losses to Belmont University and the University of Iowa, Ellenson might be as talented as any player LSU will face in the early portion of

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“They’ve got a [forward] that may be considered a lottery pick freshman that can put the ball on the deck, has great size and strength, great in the post area that will create some problems for us as well,” Jones said.

“That’s a tough matchup. They actually have two post guys that will present some challenges as to how we will defend them.”

Defending and rebounding, a problem area for LSU, won’t get any easier now that sophomore center Elbert Robinson III has a left ankle sprain he suffered during the game against the University of South Alabama on Nov. 19.

Robinson is listed as probable but he most likely won’t be 100 percent, leaving a need for sophomore forward Aaron Epps, junior forward Brian Bridgewater and junior center Darcy Malone to step to the forefront.

After being held out of play for conditioning purposes for the majority of last season, Robinson was a stabilizing force in the front court this season, averaging eight points and four rebounds in 16 minutes per game before the injury.

In Bridgewater’s mind, the key is just knowing your role if the lineup has to be adjusted.

“Whatever coach Jones needs me to play,” Bridgewater said.

“I’m not looking to play a certain position. I’m just trying to get in the game and help my teammates out at the end of the day.”

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[Top] LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons (25) dribbles the ball Nov. 16 during the Tigers’ 91-69 victory against Kennesaw State University in the PMAC. [Left] Simmons tips the ball in the basket Nov. 16. [Right] Junior guard Tim Quarterman (55) catches an alley-oop from Simmons Nov. 16.