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Cassidy, Landrieu face off in final debate

BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. battled head-to-head last night in the final debate before the U.S. Senate runoff election this Saturday, Dec. 6.

WAFB-TV hosted the debate in its studio, airing it live across Louisiana, where Cassidy and Landrieu repeatedly exchanged blows regarding Landrieu’s chartered flights and Cassidy’s timesheets at LSU Health Sciences Center.

Landrieu opened the debate by presenting her charter flight records, expecting Cassidy to bring his timesheets though moderator John Snell said props were not allowed in the debate Landrieu used the issue as ammunition throughout the night.

Landrieu defended the controversy surrounding the Senate funds used to cover her chartered flights, calling it a “bookkeeping error.”

She quickly threw the heat to Cassidy by mentioning his six years working for the LSU Health Sciences Center. She said Cassidy failed to sign many of his timesheets and is suspicious of the origin of the few signatures present on the timesheets.

“Cassidy has padded his own payroll for the last six years,” Landrieu said.

Cassidy denied these claims, saying he signed his timesheets and blamed the suspicious signatures on his handwriting as a doctor. Landrieu, however, said Cassidy owes the tax players an explanation. She said he is the only representative in Congress with a “sweetheart deal” like this one with LSU Heath Sciences Center.

Nonetheless, he said he would like to continue working for LSUHSC even if elected.

Landrieu said she does not expect Cassidy to win the election, but if he does, she foresees him being subpoenaed and investigated for his timesheets.

Following the debate, Landrieu spoke to press. She referenced four University students arrested

see debate, page 4

Toby Rodriguez aims to modernize the boucherie tradition BY gerald ducote • gducote@lsureveille.com

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Toby Rodriguez and members of Lache Pas butcher a pig Sunday at La Boucherie Merci at Vermilionville in Lafayette, La.

radition comes into play when discussing all forms of action in everyday life. It dictates both the “correct” way to do something and whether something should be done at all. In Louisiana, old traditions are shifted to make way for new ones.

Toby Rodriguez’s business is one example of a Louisiana tradition merging with today’s fixation on freshness and health.

Rodriguez aims to keep a Louisiana tradition alive and well. The boucherie, French for “butchery,” is a longstanding social event or a party filled with food and drink where the central experience is the slaughtering of a live pig, which is then butchered and prepared in a variety of dishes for patrons.

Rodriguez demonstrated the art of the boucherie Sunday at Vermilionville in Lafayette for the second annual Le Boucherie Merci, a nod to the traditional boucheries in which hogs are butchered.

Butchering an entire pig is no small task. The work it takes to process the animal as well as cook it causes typical boucheries to last

see boucherie, page 4

#HandsUp WalkOut Students and professors gathered in the Quad yesterday to protest the lack of indictment of Darren Wilson for the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown.

Read the full story on page 4.

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Girl Scouts byting into digital cookie sales THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Watch out world, the Girl Scouts are going digital to sell you cookies.

For the first time since sales began nearly 100 years, Girl Scouts of the USA will allow its young go-getters to push their wares using a mobile app or personalized websites.

But only if their scout councils and guardians say OK. “Girls have been telling us that they want to go into this space,” said Sarah Angel-Johnson, chief digital cookie executive for the organization covering about 2 million girls. “Online is where entrepreneurship is going.”

And the best news for these digital natives: They can have cookies shipped directly to your doorstep.

More than 1 million scouts, from kindergarten-age Daisies to teens, were expected to opt in as cookie-selling season cranks up this month and the scouting organization gets digital sales underway. But the tactic is intended to enhance, not replace, the paper spreadsheets used to generate an estimated $800 million in cookie sales a year — at

anywhere from $3.50 to $5 a box, depending on scout council.

There are important e-lessons here, scout officials said, such as better articulating and tracking goals, learning to handle customers and money in a new way, and more efficiently processing credit card information.

“A lot of people have asked, ‘What took you so long to get online?’ We spend a lot of time thinking how do we make this safe, scalable and smart,” Kelly M. Parisi, chief communications executive for Girl Scouts of the USA, said at a recent demonstration for select media.

Councils were offered one of the two platforms but not both.

For web-based sales, scouts customize their pages, using their first names only, and email prospective customers with links to click on for orders. They can also put up videos explaining who they are and what they plan to do with their proceeds.

The mobile platform offers tabs for tracking sales and allows for the sale of bundles of different kinds of cookies. It can be used on a phone or tablet.

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Added 7-year-old Anna: “My favorite part is that now I can sell more Girl Scout Cookies.” She pulled down about 200 boxes last year and has upped her goal to 600. Girl Scouts use their cookie

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Amazon’s new robot ready to ship for holidays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRACY, Calif. — A year ago, Amazon. com workers like 34-year-old Rejinaldo Rosales hiked miles of aisles each shift to “pick” each item a customer ordered and prepare it for shipping.

Now the e-commerce giant boasts that it has boosted efficiency — and given workers’ legs a break — by deploying more than 15,000 wheeled robots to crisscross the floors of its biggest warehouses and deliver stacks of toys, books and other products to employees.

“We pick two to three times faster than we used to,” Rosales said during a short break from sorting merchandise into bins at Amazon’s massive distribution center in Tracy, California, about 60 miles east of San Francisco.

“It’s made the job a lot easier.”

Amazon.com Inc., which faces its single biggest day of online shopping on Monday, has invested heavily this year in upgrading and expanding its distribution network, adding new technology, opening more shipping centers and hiring 80,000 seasonal workers to meet the coming onslaught of holiday orders. Amazon says it processed orders for 36.8 million items on the Monday after Thanksgiving last year, and it’s expecting “Cyber Monday” to be

even busier this year.

CEO Jeff Bezos vows to one day deliver packages by drone, but that technology isn’t ready yet. Even so, Amazon doesn’t want a repeat of last year, when some customers were disappointed by late deliveries attributed to Midwestern ice storms and last-minute shipping snarls at both UPS and FedEx. Meanwhile, the company is facing tough competition from rivals like Google and eBay, and traditional retailers are offering more online services.

Amazon has forecast revenue of $27.3 billion to $30.3 billion for the holiday quarter, up 18 percent from last year but less than Wall Street had expected. However, Amazon has invested billions of dollars in its shipping network and its reliability is a big selling point to customers, Piper Jaffray investment analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to clients Friday.

He thinks Amazon’s forecast is conservative.

The Seattle-based company now has 109 shipping centers around the globe. The Tracy facility is one of 10 in which Amazon has deployed the robots, using technology acquired when the company bought robot-maker Kiva Systems Inc. in 2012, said Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president for operations, who gave reporters a tour on Sunday.

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School of Music receives donation of 15 Steinway pianos

BY Jayce Genco jgenco@lsureveille.com

Two large moving trucks were spotted outside the School of Music on Monday, and they carried more than just black and white keys.

Each truck’s cargo contained 15 brand new Steinway pianos donated by the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts to the School of Music, along with four pianos purchased by the school.

George Rodrigue was a renowned Louisiana painter and the creator of the famous “Blue Dog.” Rodrigue died on Dec. 14, 2013, but his legacy lives on.

His son, Jacques Rodrigue, is the executive director of the foundation and a University alumnus. He said the School of Music approached his father to paint a piano to auction off with all proceeds going to the school. Given the painted piano’s meaning to his family, they opted to put it in a museum and decided not to auction it off.

Instead, the foundation came

up with another way to help the School of Music.

In September, the foundation released “Take Five,” a posthumous Rodrigue piece that features the famous “Blue Dog” sitting beside a piano with a scene from a Louisiana swamp in the background. All proceeds from the piece went toward the 15 donated pianos, valued at $125,000.

“Our foundation is all about arts and education,” Jacques said. “Dad was a huge supporter of LSU.” Jacques said the flagship university of the state should have the best equipment.

“Now that the school is improving their inventory of pianos, hopefully Louisiana’s talented students will remain here instead of going to another state,” Jacques said.

The School of Music has 116 pianos in its inventory. According to the school, 35 percent of the current inventory is considered “beyond repair and requires replacement,” while 27 percent is considered in excellent condition.

David Reid, piano performance and finance senior, said the school needs good pianos like the ones donated to get work done.

“Nice pianos are like nice cars,” Reid said. “It’s amazing, and you can do more with them,and they do better things.”

The school’s goal is to have 77 percent of its inventory in excellent condition with 23 percent in good condition by the year 2019.

Willis Delony, Virginia Martin Howard professor of keyboard studies and professor of jazz studies, said the music school is “restocking the cupboard” with the new donated pianos.

“It was an opportune time to basically restore and enjoy the new car smell,” Delony said.

Delony said he is grateful for the partnership with the Rodrigue Foundation, and the pianos are essential to the School of Music because every student has to take a piano class.

“This is a sign [that] the School of Music is committed to quality and taking care of our

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A vintage Steinway Piano painted by George Rodrigue was donated Monday to the LSU School of Music. students,” Delony said.

Reid said the new pianos raise the level of musicianship for the School of Music.

“We can get better work done if we had better instruments. That’s the best way to put it,” Reid said. “I’m

grateful for the ones we have because we wouldn’t be able to even practice without them, but having nicer instruments is a huge deal in terms of opening up — sort of what we can do in the practice room and subsequent performances.”

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Obama’s executive order on immigration to decrease deportation

BY Savanah Dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration will affect the estimated 65,000 unauthorized immigrants in Louisiana, according to Pew Research Center’s “Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010.”

On Nov. 20, Obama announced his plans to fix the country’s broken immigration system.

“The executive order itself made it so that parents of U.S. citizens who have been here for at least five years, they pass a background check, and they pay whatever taxes they owe and they are basically given the promise they will not be deported,” said public administration professor Roy Heidelberg.

Across the U.S., about 70 percent of undocumented immigrants’ parents were born in Mexico. Another 17 percent were born in other Latin American countries, according to Pew Research Center.

However, this order does not

extend citizenship to all these people — the executive order promises a temporary stay in the U.S. as long as the order is enforced.

Though Louisiana’s undocumented population makes up 1.4 percent of the population and 2 percent of the labor force as of 2010, Heidelberg said he does not see the executive order affecting Louisiana’s job market.

Life for this portion of the population will remain the same.

“Things are going to continue going as they were. It’s just that a subset of the population is no longer going to be living under the threat of deportation,” Heidelberg said. “They’ll still be going to work. They’ll still be going to the stores and buying what they’re buying. It really won’t change much.”

Psychology sophomore Elizabeth Yanes said she believes the country as a whole will benefit from the executive order.

“Overall, these people are here to help,” Yanes said. “It would be their home, too.”

However, Heidelberg said he

believes the rest of the population will remain unaffected by the executive order.

Heidelberg said presidents often use executive orders to clarify law passed by Congress, although they are sometimes controversial.

Obama’s most controversial executive orders include his on the Affordable Care Act and now immigration reform, he said.

He said he suspects Obama is using his immigration executive order to tell Congress the responsibility falls on it to pass comprehensive legislation on immigration.

Presidents frequently have used executive orders similar to this one since President Theodore Roosevelt’s era.

“If this is taken seriously as an executive order — and time will tell whether or not it is — when a president uses an executive order in a controversial way, like this, the president is saying Congress needs to clarify the law on this matter because only Congress can form law,” Heidelberg said.

“The president’s changes based on executive order have the force of

law, but it’s not actually law.”

Provisions are put in place for the courts to review executive orders to ensure the president isn’t overreaching their authority, Heidelberg said, the most famous case being President Harry Truman’s executive order that

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page 4 boucherie, from page 1 throughout the day. Attendees usually stay for the entire event, rising early for the initial killing and then helping the cooks utilize each and every part of the animal.

Rodriguez’s service, Lache Pas Boucherie et Cuisine, brings the boucherie tradition to the modern age with his own crew of butchering specialists who help him to make a lively all-day affair out of an antiquated culinary method.

For Rodriguez, a boucherie helps bring people closer to nature and the animals we kill for food. Though boucheries exhibit the art of butchering, Rodriguez’s focus on modern quality helps to ensure a delicious array of traditional dishes.

Lache Pas’ team of chefs and aids work in chorus to create a slew of distinctive Louisiana meals. All parts of the pig are used. Usual boucherie dishes include a rice- and meat-filled sausage called boudin, a backbone stew, an organ soup named frassieurs, head cheese and fried portions of flesh known as cracklins. These colloquial entrées are prepared alongside more mainstream foods like smoked sausages and loin.

“That’s the traditional breakdown,” Rodriguez said. “These are the things that were made due to necessity and preserva-

tion. Every one of these dishes … was born in efficiency. You don’t throw a head away. You’re going to boil it down … and you make a cheese with it.”

Because Rodriguez is concerned with the preservation of the boucherie tradition, it’s appropriate that his service is named “Lache Pas,” which is a Cajun French phrase meaning “Don’t give up.” Rodriguez has been professionally performing for the last five years, though he learned the craft growing up in Breaux Bridge.

“We share a planet with them,” Rodriguez said. “It’s something that we put pride into. It’s our crop. It’s our livelihood. Just because we’re consuming them doesn’t mean we should have less respect for their deaths. It’s a living being just like your mother, father or child.”

As an experience, a boucherie employs different elements of Louisiana culture, specifically religion and music. Before the slaughter, a short prayer is said to give thanks for the pig’s sacrifice. During the public butchering, a small band performs Cajun songs.

Rodriguez’s decision to work with Lache Pas as a professional service was born out of wanting to answers requests for the food and entertainment the event provides for communities. After several presentations, more and more people became interested

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Caul fat is stuffed with seasoned ground pork and vegetables Sunday at La Boucherie Merci in Vermilionville in Lafayette, La. in seeing Lache Pas’s work in the flesh.

“I had people who would say, ‘Would you come to Alaska and do this?’” Rodriguez said. “We would talk about a price and they would fly me up to Alaska. The more that it got seen on social media, the more people wanted it.”

Since a boucherie involves a lot of people, Lache Pas’ services are used to bring together communities and instill Cajun culture in people young and old.

With interest in Cajun French also slowly making a return,

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Students protest Ferguson decision

BY Quint Forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com Students waking through the Quad yesterday at noon saw their classmates and professors sprawled on the ground, outlined in chalk like homicide victims at a crime scene.

The demonstration, called a “die-in,” was part of a nationwide movement across college campuses encouraging students to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown by former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

After hearing about the planned protests from a friend

at Stanford University, mass communication junior Aryanna Prasad said she registered an event for the University at fergusonaction.com.

The die-in, like other events across the country, began at 12 p.m. — a minute before Brown was shot Aug. 9.

English professor Chris Barrett was among those lying down.

She said Baton Rouge residents, like the protestors in Ferguson, are concerned about underlying racism in their police forces.

“I think everybody should care about this Ferguson issue,” Barrett said. “This is a country in need of a justice system. I’m here

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Students protest in the Quad on Monday in solidarity with the nationwide #HandsUpWalkOut protest, which occurred at the time of Michael Brown’s Aug. 9 shooting.

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in support of justice.”

Wilson, Brown’s shooter, avoided indictment by a St. Louis grand jury Nov. 24, and will not face charges for the shooting. He resigned from the police department Saturday, Nov. 29.

Throughout the die-in, protesters filled the Quad with chants like “hands up, don’t shoot” and “no justice, no peace, no racist police.”

At the beginning of the demonstration, political science senior Leonela Guzman addressed the protesters. She said she spoke on behalf of the Latin American community.

“As a minority population, we have a stake in standing in solidarity with the black community,” Guzman said.

International studies junior Majdal Ismail compared the black community’s struggles to the plight of Palestinians before the crowd.

“We’re fighting the same fight,” Ismail said. “We’re struggling against the same injustice and it needs to be stopped.”

Cimajie Best, a philosophy senior, said not nearly enough people in Baton Rouge care about the Ferguson shooting.

Best is the president of the Univeristy’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s chapter.

“I love my school to death, but even being a black student at a PWI [predominantly white institution], you definitely feel some of the effects of racism,” Best said.

Lache Pas supplies locals with a look into the past lives of Louisiana’s natives.

Along with an aim to maintain cultural pride and interest, the boucherie reinforces Rodriguez’s focus on the freshness of food and the farm-to-table movement that promotes a healthy relationship between farmers and consumers.

“I think that it promotes a part of our culture that shouldn’t die,” Rodriguez said. “It’s part of our survival. I also think it reminds people of where their food actually comes from. It reminds

Debate, from page 1 last year for payroll fraud because they did not complete their timesheets, hoping LSUPD will investigate Cassidy as they did these four students.

“He is not exempt from laws that govern ethics,” Landrieu said.

Cassidy declined to speak to the press following the debate.

However, during the debate, panelist Cynthia Arceneaux asked Cassidy and Landrieu their feelings on race relations considering the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri.

Landrieu said race relations have deteriorated although this country’s strength is its diversity.

“Our country is built on multiethnic unity,” Landrieu said.

This country has made strides in understanding, Cassidy said, but relations are not necessarily better. He said race relations are better than during the time of Jim Crow laws, but there is room for improvement.

When asked about his stance

us of where we come from. It’s a very grounding experience.”

For people on the outside looking in on Louisiana culture, the process of a boucherie could be perceived as more of an outdated, barbaric act rather than a bonding experience among neighbors. Rodriguez said he sees the out-of-state perspective as important for breaking misconceptions about Louisianians.

“I think it’s giving a correct interpretation of who we are,” Rodriguez said. “F--stereotypes.”

Even though boucheries are the remnants of a time long passed, pulling them off is not a small job. Today, the raising of a pig combined with the time and manpower needed to process the meat costs a considerable amount of money. For most families, boucheries are now reserved for special occasions like graduations and family reunions.

Despite this financial roadblock, Rodriguez urges Louisianans to pursue their own background’s significance.

“Just be involved in some kind of way,” Rodriguez said.

“Just take part. Get to know what the culture is, not just what it has been or what it came from, but where it’s going. Be part of that evolution.”

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR. on abortion, Cassidy pointed out a stark difference between Landrieu and himself — Cassidy said he is pro-life and Landrieu is pro-choice.

However, Landrieu said she does not support abortion but the government should not be able to make the choice for citizens.

“I don’t want Congress in the hospital room,” Landrieu said.

On the popular issue of drug testing welfare patients, Landrieu could not recall her voting record on the issue but argued people who receive tax breaks and government subsidies should be drug tested.

“Beating up on the poor is not going to solve the problems of our country,” Landrieu said.

Cassidy defended himself with his experience as a doctor, saying he cared for poor people in the health care system for the last 25 years. He said drug testing would be unfair to the welfare recipient.

“At some point, government becomes the problem,” Cassidy said.

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Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., face off in the final debate Monday before the upcoming runoff election.

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With the LSU football team's 2014 regular season in the rearview mirror, The Daily Reveille's football beat writers are handing out grades to each position group.

Shaky quarterback play and inconsistent offensive line marked the Tigers' up-anddown year. As a result, LSU's offense leaned on its running game and never developed a relevant passing attack.

After a slow start, the Tigers' defense became one of the most fearsome in the Southeastern Conference. LSU finished second in the league in scoring defense after surrendering a combined 75 points to Mississippi State and Auburn during its 0-2 start in SEC play.

Check out extended grades for the position groups at lsureveille.com/daily/sports.

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GRADE: D

The Tigers finished the regular season dead last in the Southeastern Conference in passing yards per game, and sophomore starter Anthony Jennings hasn’t made a convincing case that he should remain in that role in 2015.

GRADE: A-

The 2014 season marked the return of “DBU” at LSU. The team stifled opponents through the air this season with the SEC’s No. 2 pass defense, cutting their opponents receiving yards by 18 percent per game to 162.3.

GRADE: B

Freshman running back Leonard Fournette showed sparks of greatness during his freshman campaign, but he struggled with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron’s system and needs to be correctly utilized in the future.

GRADE: B+

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The defense got abused in the rushing game early in the season, but the Tigers became more steady against the run with a bigger, more explosive body in sophomore Kendall Beckwith.

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It’s hard to have a stellar season when the quarterbacks can’t and don’t throw. Freshman Malachi Dupre shined in LSU’s failed comeback against Mississippi State, but the rest of the season was lackluster at best.

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Through the first few games of the season, the position that seemed like it would be LSU’s strongest before the season started to looked like one of its weakest, but it didn’t take long for the Tigers’ offensive line to work out the kinks.

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The Tigers finished 13th in the SEC with 19 total sacks, but as the season progressed, they began to rely on their shutdown secondary and focus on stopping the run, leading to solid performances late in the season.

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Junior punter Jamie Keehn struggled with a few shanks in his first few games this season, and place kicker Colby Delahoussaye continued his hot streak from last season.

However, roles reversed as the season continued.

Tigers shouldn’t be judged for early season play THE GRAY AREA David gray Sports Contributor The 2014-15 season hasn’t gone exactly according to plan for the LSU men’s basketball team, which is gearing up for a crucial nonconference game against UMass tonight.

The Tigers have trudged to an uninspiring 4-2 mark with a pair of late-game collapses against Old Dominion and Clemson. LSU also struggled to put away a Texas Tech squad picked to finish last in the Big 12 this season.

But regardless of their

previous outcomes and whatever happens against the Minutemen in the PMAC, the Tigers shouldn’t be judged on what they’ve done in November and December.

It’s still too early in the season to make any proclamations about this team, or any team for that matter.

I know I’m speaking to deaf ears. In today’s sports culture, projections and opinions change on a game-to-game basis, with pundits going back and forth about what a team’s latest meltdown or victory means for its future.

If LSU had started 6-0 with six double-digit victories, the team would be hailed as a potential threat to Kentucky or Florida’s claims to the Southeastern

Conference crown.

The Tigers won’t contend for the SEC title this season — the Wildcats and Gators simply have more talent filling their rosters, and No. 1 national recruit Ben Simmons doesn’t arrive in Baton Rouge until next season.

But that doesn’t mean this LSU team can’t finish in the upper echelon of the SEC at season’s end and earn an NCAA Tournament berth.

Talent wins games, and in this era of one-and-dones, veteran talent can be a significant advantage when the games get tougher and tighter in the dog days of March Madness.

Fortunately for LSU coach

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LSU junior guard Josh Gray (5) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 69-64 OT victory against Texas Tech on Nov. 18 at the PMAC.

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LSU looks to avenge last season’s loss against UMass

BY Michael haarala mhaarala@lsureveille.com After a victory against instate opponent McNeese State, the LSU men’s basketball team will try to build off that success when it faces the University of Massachusetts tonight.

The Tigers began the season strong with two wins against Gardner-Webb and a talented Texas Tech team, but they struggled at the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands, finishing in sixth place after winning against Weber State and losing to both Old Dominion and Clemson.

“We definitely want to go in and get these two victories. Winning against UMass would be good for us. It’s the most important game on our schedule right now,” said sophomore forward Jarell Martin. “We definitely need to focus in on this one, and if we can get the victory and get our momentum going for our trip to West Virginia, that would be big for us.”

When the Tigers played UMass last season, the Minutemen squeaked out a 92-90 win.

Martin hurt his ankle just 33 seconds into the game and didn’t see the court again that night.

“I’ve definitely been anxious to play against them again,” Martin said. “Knowing that I hurt myself on the first play of the game against them last year and we ended up losing, I definitely want to go in and get this victory. It would mean a lot to me.”

The loss of Martin was a big blow to the Tigers, who needed his big presence in a close game against the Minutemen.

“We had an opportunity to win the game last year,” said sophomore forward Jordan Mickey. “I feel like we have a shot of winning the game this year with Jarell fully healthy.”

Now 4-2, the Tigers will have to find a rhythm to overcome the adversity they have faced so far.

Mickey is emerging as the go-to threat for LSU with 17.8 points per game, 10 rebounds per game and 1.8 blocks per game.

He’s been on the floor nearly 40 minutes each game and is

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proving to be one of the Tigers’ most valuable resources.

For UMass, senior center Cady Lalanne is the marquee player so far in the 2014-15 season. He averages 14.9 points per game and was a preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection.

In their game against Manhattan, Lalanne had his best game of the season with 23 points and 16 rebounds. He had another hot start last season but cooled off as the season went along.

“We have to be very active off the ball [to shut down Lalanne], but we also don’t want to gamble too much,” said junior guard Keith Hornsby. “We want to be steady and make sure we are in the right position.”

UMass has three other players who average double-digits per game in guard Derrick Gordon, forward Maxie Esho and guard Trey Davis. The three combine for 38 points per game and 31 steals.

Last season, UMass made the NCAA tournament but fell in the first round to Tennessee. At 5-2 this season, the Minutemen are a strong team and have only lost to Notre Dame and a one-loss Harvard squad on a last-second buzzer beater.

To beat the Minutemen, LSU needs to settle the ball, take smart shots and not force threepointers. The Tigers are just 25.5 percent from beyond the arc this season, making only 24 of their 94 attempts.

The Tigers also will need to connect on free throws and not throw away easy points.

The Tigers are 75-106, or 70.8 percent on free throws. Last season, they were 66.9 percent from the line. Increasing free

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throw percentage was an area head coach Johnny Jones emphasized in the preseason and continues to focus on now.

“We just have to take better shots. We need to play inside-out and find open men,” said junior guard Josh Gray. “We have a tendency to let teams beat us up and take quick shots, and I feel like we need to move the ball around, get six passes and take great shots.”

Defensively, LSU must shut down Lalanne, Gordon, Esho and Davis and force UMass’ bench to take shots. UMass averages 21.7 points per game off the bench and 55.14 points from its five starters.

Along with shutting down UMass’ leading scorers, LSU will need to focus on controlling the turnover game. The Minutemen average 14.6 turnovers per game while the Tigers average 14.3. The team that controls this likely will control the outcome of the game.

“They’re an extremely athletic team. They have a great big man inside,” Mickey said. “They can shoot the ball well, it’ll be a good game.”

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 JUdgement, from page 5 Johnny Jones, he has four such players, both skilled and battle-tested, in his starting five that could lead the Tigers to meaningful games in March for the first time since 2009.

After wisely choosing to return to LSU rather than enter last season’s NBA Draft, sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin are both a year older and a year more refined.

Through six games, Mickey and Martin are averaging a combined 11.3 points per game more than they did as freshmen. Mickey leads the Tigers with 17.8 points and 10 boards per game, and Martin is right behind with 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds a night.

With an entire offseason to ease into his new perimeter position, Martin in particular has stood out. He’s scored at least 20 points in two games this season, something he did just twice during his freshman campaign. He’s also notched four double-doubles — something that happened only once last season.

Despite going through earlyseason shooting slumps, LSU junior guards Josh Gray and Keith Hornsby form a dynamic backcourt duo that will be a problem

for teams to defend, including Kentucky and Florida.

The 6-foot-1-inch Gray, who led the junior college ranks in scoring last season at 34.7 points a night, is a deceptively elusive point guard with smooth ballhandling skills that help him get to the paint whenever he wants.

On the outside, Hornsby — with his unorthodox yet effective shooting stroke — shot 37.9 percent from 3-point range during his last full season with UNC Asheville.

Both Gray and Hornsby have struggled to find their shooting touch in the early going this season, but they’ve taken shots on good, open looks. Eventually, those rattled-out misses will drop in.

LSU will need to get more production from the bench as the season continues, especially if it hopes to steal a game or two in the NCAA Tournament.

But the Tigers have four players that are as talented and experienced as any other four starters they’ll tipoff against this season, and that type of forgotten ability can still win in college basketball.

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‘ON A SNOWY EVENING’

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Puppet class to perform variety Christmas play BY joshua jackson jjackson@lsureveille.com In 1922, American poet Robert Frost wrote “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” In 2014, professor John Lebret and students in his CMST 3900 class will usher in the Christmas spirit by adapting the poem into a variety show play titled “On a Snowy Evening.”

HopKins Black Box’s advisory board has discussed putting on a holiday show for years,

so when it came time to discuss this season’s productions, Lebret decided now would be a good time to have a Christmasthemed play.

“I started thinking about what says ‘holiday’ to me, and I instantly thought of the poem by Robert Frost,” Lebret said. “It has always reminded me of the Christmas season, and I could instantly see how much fun it would be to adapt.”

The class creates and discovers new forms of

communication, such as puppets, which can be shared with a range of people. All 25 students have worked with the play at some stage in its progress, and nine students will act in “On a Snowy Evening,” performing a minstrel type of show.

Through poems, skits and songs such as “‘Nuttin for Christmas,” Lebret hopes to bring a little early cheer to those in attendance. References to popular Christmas pieces such as “How the Grinch Stole

Christmas” and fairytale “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” are made in the play.

At one point in the play, cast members recite lines from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” reminding the audience where the show’s inspiration comes from. The four stanza poem focuses on the divide humans have between what they want and what they have to do.

Lebret focuses more on the prior, driving the importance of the entertaining aspects that

come with the holiday season.

Every year after Thanksgiving, Lebret’s brother begins covering his house in Christmas decorations. He said this ritual reminded him of how useful used items could be and how to maximize space, resulting in his determination to keep the show in Black Box. “We wanted to make a show that was not just for the department or a handful of students,”

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Head to Head Is redesigning a brand’s image beneficial?

Brands need to keep a consistent image the real meg ryan meg ryan Entertainment writer For any brand, having a consistent image is key.

Consumers go to Urban Outfitters for an eclectic style or J.Crew for a preppy style. Each brand is produced with a key aesthetic that it plans to stick with.

However, some brands fall off the path or think they need a revival.

The revival usually involves a brand ditching its original executive or creative director and hiring a new one. This has been done numerous times by brands like Coach, J.C. Penney and dELiA*s.

Some brands are successful in reviving their designs and styles.

Coach is an example of this. When the brand’s creative director Reed Krakoff stepped down after 16 years, Coach hired Stuart Vevers to replace him. While Vevers has plenty of experience designing for the brand Loewe, it does not mean he knows Coach’s aesthetic for the last 16 years.

This has become obvious, with Vevers changing Coach bags’ classic shape, creating new leather designs and colors, updating the accessories line and possibly creating a ready-to-wear line.

While it’s positive Vevers has come in to update the brand, it appears that he is trying to make Coach appeal to a younger demographic. Coach is known for its classic, older style that appeals to an older group of women. This makes sense for its expensive price tag.

Apparel design senior Chelsea

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Change, innovation essential to the fashion industry The Stylin’ Peacock Michael Tarver Entertainment writer The ever-changing fashion industry is not only fickle in design and creative ideas, but also in administration and leadership. Constantly changing brand executives can fuel this inevitable change as well as provide fresh outlooks on existing brand representation.

Many question whether changing executives is beneficial or detrimental, but it boils down to an argument that has been debated heavily: Is change good or bad? In other words, should a brand remain constant in its values and ideas, or broaden its scope and embrace change?

The answer can be summed up in

one sentence.

Fashion is change.

Therefore, it’s obvious that constant change in a brand’s image can be beneficial.

Gap Inc. is one example of the impact change can have on an established, popular brand. An article published on Nov. 20 by the corporation’s official website described the brand’s approach to launching Gap and Banana Republic as “into the next decade.”

The main tactic in achieving this goal was elevating two experienced executives into higher leadership positions as the global presidents of Gap and Banana Republic to lead the brand into a bright and prosperous future.

The article said the somewhat courageous move was concocted by Art Peck

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 brands, from page 8 Harrell said profit is the biggest thing when a brand changes executives. If the brand revamps to reach a younger age group, will that group be able to afford the brand?

“I think it’s a good idea, but I can’t afford [Coach],” Harrell said.

While some brands receive some success from changing executives, many don’t.

“J.C. Penney changed their executive and it had absolutely no positive effect on their brand,” said apparel design senior Ellyn McGlauchin.

When J.C. Penney started losing money, it attempted multiple different brand revivals by changing executives, appealing to same-sex couples and changing its coupon policy. McGlauchin said none of this has helped them, and the brand is basically bleeding money.

Tween brand dELiA*s’ attempts to hire a new executive also failed.

snowy evening from page 8 Lebret said. “Because of how I feel about the Black Box, I wanted a show that could attract all audiences and here we are.”

In a low-tech effort, the cast uses regular objects to create its special effects. At one point in the production, a disco ball reflects light around Black Box, establishing a snow globe effect.

Lebret also put an emphasis on crowd inteWhen: Dec. 3 gration for (at 7:30 p.m.)

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Actors will interact with Where: the front HopKins row audiBlack Box ence memTheatre 137 bers during Coates Hall one skit, and attendees Price: Free will be immersed in the aforementioned snowball effect as well.

Performance studies graduate student Cynthia Sampson said the show has been an educational experience for the students as they learned how to collaborate and brainstorm ways to create an efficient production.

“The best part about this show is that we take everyday items and turn them into something new,” said actor and communication studies senior Marissa Voros. “It challenges the imagination to see an object as bigger than what it is.”

Lebret and his cast agreed that Christmas and imagination go hand-in-hand. By creating a production that supports the childlike excitement that comes with the holiday, he’s confident Christmas will be a little more enjoyable for the Baton Rouge community.

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McGlauchin said Tracy Gardner is best known for her work with J.Crew, which she left to become a stay-at-home-mom before leaving retirement to help dELiA*s. Unfortunately, the help came a little too late. McGlauchin said the company will be shutting down in the coming months.

She said the majority of the time changing executives only hurts the brand.

“It seems lately it’s been a lost cause. ... Recently I haven’t seen much success with it,” McGlauchin said.

This is obvious with the amount of failure stories compared to success stories. If companies want to change executives to save its brand, they need to do so in a way that keeps the brand’s aesthetic, but still produces sales.

Otherwise, they should just call it quits.

Meg Ryan is a mass communication sophomore from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

You can reach her on Twitter @The_MegRyan.

The Daily Reveille executive, from page 8 in preparation for taking on the role of chief executive officer, early next year.

“We’ll start 2015 with a management team comprised of both established executives and the next generation of brand leaders ready for the next generation of customers,” Peck said in the article.

The key takeaway from Peck’s statement on the executive change was the phrase “next generation of customers.” This mindset is going to maintain Gap’s relevance in the fashion world because the company’s executives understand that the market is constantly growing and change is necessary.

Coach appointing a new creative director, Stuart Vevers, is another recent example of prominent change in the fashion industry, and it is, of course, controversial.

Coach has shifted to a more classic, simplistic style of

page 9 accessories, and there is even word of a ready-to-wear collection in the near future, according to a Fashionista article by Dhani Mau. Therefore, it’s reasonable to assume that Vevers is meant to guide Coach into this new time of growth for the brand.

As a brand that is universally loved by American accessory shoppers, Coach is brave for making this change, but with growing trends and a maturing market, this executive move is just what Coach needs to rejuvenate its presence in the fashion world.

Especially in discussing a new clothing, it would make sense to infuse fresh views into the company instead of continuing to recycle stale ideas from former creative directors.

Apparel design senior Chelsea Harrell said that while changing executives can be a risky move, there are possibilities of substantial positive advances.

“I think it really depends

on the brand itself and the person they’re replacing,” Harrell said. “It can be good in some ways and bad in other ways.”

The industry is always moving forward and changing so a brand should never be stuck in one spot as far as creativity is concerned, she said. Harrell said there are always younger people coming into the industry who have experience with newer technologies and ideas that can further benefit a brand.

While traditional styles and approaches can facilitate brand loyalty for numerous years, innovation and creativity is an evolving creature that cannot be caged. Brand executives should not try to hold onto ideas that are irrelevant in the fashion world, and experimentation — both in design and leadership — is necessary in this industry.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

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Campus Life prepares annual Holiday Spectacular

BY Logan Keen lkeen@lsureveille.com Finals approach, deadlines edge closer and students find free time increasingly spare, but LSU Campus Life is determined to give University students one last hurrah before they leave for break.

The annual Holiday Spectacular is set for tonight from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LSU’s Union Theater.

“It’s really a celebration of community,” said LSU Campus Life associate director of marketing and communication Margo Jolet. “It’s centered around the holidays, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but it’s really about coming together as Tigers one last time for the semester.”

Jolet, whose involvement in the event is primarily centered on marketing, cited Campus Life associate director for special events Michelle Lowery’s hard work as an important factor in the success and

preparation of this year’s event. part in this year’s Spectacular.

Significant this year, as evKwanzaa, an African Ameriery year, will be the lighting of can holiday that celebrates the traditional LSU Staff Sen- unity, culture and family, is an ate sponsored Christmas tree, important part of the AACC’s looming unlit over the Parade focus every year, and this year Ground until tomorrow night. is no different.

However unlike in the past, this “This year, we’re going to year’s tree will remain on Uni- have a focus on community versity grounds and the spirit for the entirety of Kwanzaa,” of the calensaid Poole. dar year and There will the foreseeable also be a TED future.

Talks shown When: Dec. 2, 5-8 p.m.

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by Lehigh Unimore environversity proWhere: LSU Student Union mentally and fessor Kashi financially susJohnson, folPrice: Free tainable,” Jolet lowed by an said. overview of Tonight will what Kwanzaa mark the first is and finally time LSU will decorate a tree by a traditional Kwanzaa feast. that has been planted by the “It’ll be a great place for University. people to come together for The African American Cul- good food and company,” she tural Center’s Kwanzaa cel- said. ebration, or “Pre-Kwanzaa,” The success of this year’s as coordinator LaKeitha Poole event will rest largely upon the calls it, will again play a large work of Jolet, Lowery and the

Holiday Spectacular

rest of Campus Life. The organization has worked as of late to bring together many of LSU’s smaller holiday traditions and to make the Holiday Spectacular somewhat more of a spectacle.

From Pre-Kwanzaa to the Staff Senate’s Holiday on Campus children’s event to the LSU President’s Late Night Breakfast at both dining halls, the goal has been to condense these individual pieces into a single event for students, faculty and staff.

The event will feature a series of musical performances, including a scene from “The Nutcracker” by the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, an excerpt of Theatre Baton Rouge’s “A Christmas Carol” and a vocal performance by reigning Miss Louisiana and Baton Rouge native Lacey Sanchez.

“We’re trying to make this a huge piece of campus tradition,” Jolet said. “Something that people plan their schedules around.”

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The African American Cultural Center’s Kwanzaa celebration will be a part of this year’s Holiday Spectacular.

Opinion

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Cops 101

American youth should educate themselves on rights to avoid bad experiences with police Off With Her Head Jana King Columnist There are a lot of things we should know by now that we have not been taught in school. Reproductive health and how credit scores work are things we are left to figure out on our own — with the help of Google. But some young adults in New York are no longer guessing when it comes to interacting with law enforcement.

The principal of New York’s Eastside Community High School joined

forces with the New York Civil Liberties Union to offer a two-day training session for students and community members who wish to learn how to behave when pulled over or visited by a cop at their residence.

Principal Mark Federman started the program after hearing students complain of “bad experiences” with police officers. Federman told the New York Post that he doesn’t want to portray the police in a negative light and is only trying to arm the students with necessary information on their rights.

It doesn’t matter if I’m walking by a cop or a security guard at Walmart.

For some reason, I get nervous when

people in charge of keeping peace are nearby. I don’t even have to be breaking a law to feel guilty about it. It’s as if they could just come up with a reason to take me away to jail.

Of course, these are irrational anxieties. I’m a 20-year-old white female living in a conservative state. I’ve talked my way out of a traffic ticket before. But for some living in the shadow of unfortunate stereotypes, it can be dangerous to go unarmed into a conversation with a police officer.

No, I’m not advocating for every person to carry firearms in case an interaction with a cop becomes forceful. We have to arm ourselves with information about our rights.

While the laws vary according to the state, the American Civil Liberties Union produced a pocket-sized brochure to give a general guideline for peaceful interactions.

The police officers who sign up to protect and serve America are human. They are biased, emotionallydriven and not immune to the racial inequality in our nation. This is a problem that can change, but it’s going to take a while to change. And until then, we have to stay safe.

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

Knowing your rights and responsibilities According to the American Civil Liberties Union

If you are stopped for questioning:

If you are stopped in your car:

1. Stay calm. Don’t run. Don’t argue, resist or obstruct the police, even if you are innocent or police are violating your rights.

2. Ask if you are free to leave. If the officer says yes, calmly walk away. If you are under arrest, you have a right to know why.

3. You have the right to remain silent and cannot be punished for refusing to answer questions. If you wish to remain silent, tell the officer out loud. In some states, you must give your name if asked to identify yourself.

4. You do not have to consent to a search of yourself or your belongings, but police may “pat down” your clothing if they suspect a weapon. You should not physically resist, but you have the right to refuse consent for any further search. If you do consent, it can affect you later in court.

If the police come to your home: 1. You do not have to let them in unless they have certain kinds of warrants.

2. Ask the officer to slip the warrant under the door or hold it up to the window so you can inspect it. A search warrant allows police to enter the address listed on the warrant, but officers can only search the areas and for the items listed. An arrest warrant allows police to enter the home of the person listed on the warrant if they believe the person is inside.

3. Even if the officers have a warrant, you have the right to remain silent. If you choose to speak to the officers, step outside and close the door.

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1. Stop the car in a safe place as quickly as possible. Turn off the car, turn on the internal light, open the window part way and place your hands on the wheel.

2. Show police your driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance upon request.

3. If an officer asks to look inside your car, you can refuse to consent to the search. But if police believe your car contains evidence of a crime, your car can be searched without your consent.

4. Both drivers and passengers have the right to remain silent.

If you are a passenger, you can ask if you are free to leave. If the officer says yes, sit silently or calmly leave. Even if the officer says no, you have the right to remain silent.

If you are arrested: 1. Do not resist arrest, even if you believe the arrest is unfair.

2. Say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don’t give any explanations or excuses. If you can’t pay for a lawyer, you have the right to a free one. Don’t say anything, sign anything or make any decisions without a lawyer.

3. You have the right to make a local phone call. The police cannot listen if you call a lawyer.

ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director: Marjorie Esman (504) 522-0617 www.laaclu.org

If you feel your rights have been violated: 1. Don’t physically resist officers or threaten to file a complaint. Police misconduct cannot be challenged on the street.

2. Write down everything you can remember from an incident, including officers’ badge and patrol car numbers, and which agency the officers were from.

Get contact information for witnesses. If you are injured, take photographs of your injuries after seeking medical attention.

3. File a written complaint with the agency’s internal affairs division or civilian complaint board.

4. As soon as possible, contact your local ACLU representatives.

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The Daily Reveille (USPS 145-800) is written, edited and produced solely by students of Louisiana State University. The Daily Reveille is an independent entity within the Manship School of Mass Communication. Signed opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor, paper or University. Letters submitted for publication should be sent via e-mail to opinion@lsureveille. com or delivered to B-39 Hodges Hall. They must be 400 words or less. Letters must have a contact phone number so the opinion editor can verify the author. The phone number won’t be printed. The Daily Reveille reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns for space consideration without changing the original intent. The Daily Reveille also reserves the right to reject any letter without notification of the author. Writers must include their full names and phone numbers. The Daily Reveille’s editor in chief, hired every semester by the Louisiana State University Student Media Board, has final authority on all editorial decisions.

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