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• Friday, Aug. 19: One per son was shot during an attempted armed robbery on South Campus Drive between Highland Road and East Campus Drive, near Evangeline Hall. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
• Thursday, Aug. 25: An at tempted kidnapping took place near Acadian Hall when an LSU student met with a delivery driver after ordering food from a de livery service. The driver is cur rently being identified, according to LSUPD.Sofar, no arrests have been made in any of these cases. There is a warrant out for a suspect’s ar rest in the case of the armed rob bery.These three incidents, coming a little more than two weeks af ter freshmen moved into on-cam pus housing, sent shockwaves through both the student body and the community of LSU par ents.“I’m terrified for me and my friends’ safety,” said Jennifer Cook, a leadership and human resources development sopho more. “We live on campus and I’m worried that one night one of us won’t come home. It’s a terrifying way to Almostlive.” immediately follow ing the early semester crimes, the LSU Parents and Students Facebook group became a hub for concerned parents that were mortified at the news coming out from the university.
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DYLAN BOREL / The Reveille Cypress Hall sits August 26, on Spruce Lane, Baton Rouge, La.
“We understand that it is un settling to hear of incidents of crime happening on or near our campus. Unfortunately, informa tion about such incidents report ed through traditional and social media channels is not always the full story, as active investigations limit the depth of detail available to the public,” the email read. Details about each of the in cidents have been limited. Here’s what information LSU Police has released so far:
“The safety of our students is paramount to us, and we take recent events very seriously,” Bal lard said. “LSUPD will continue with their patrols of campus and additional patrols around resi dence halls at night. These of ficers will engage the solid blue lights atop their vehicles to in creaseBallardvisibility.”alsosaid that they are also working to complete existing plans to upgrade security cam eras and lighting coverage across campus, as well as advising stu dents to use the free Campus Transit shuttle and Safe Transport by LSUPD that will provide free rides after Campus Transit closes at midnight.“Oneof the biggest messages to get out is for students to please contact police immediately with anything suspicious,” he said. “Whether it’s a big deal or not, let police come out and make the as sessment.”Stewart, still skeptical of the university’s efforts to improve safety, wants to remain hopeful about campus safety.
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According to data from Neigh borhoodscout.com, the violent crime rate in Baton Rouge is about nine instances of violent crime for every 1,000 residents. The nation al average is four, making Baton Rouge more dangerous than 98% of other cities across America. Baton Rouge, particularly the areas around LSU’s campus, has a higher rate of kidnapping compared to other metro areas around the country. According to data gathered by Crimegrade.org, Baton Rouge’s rate of kidnapping is 0.12 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. Some students and parents have brought up negative experi ences with campus police in the wake of the “Unfortunately,crimes. I don’t feel safe on this campus,” said Kimsey Stewart, a political science and mass communication senior. “I wish I Stewartdid.”said LSUPD has treat ed her rudely in the past and “made to feel as if a request for assistance was an imposition.” She said she’s heard similar ex periences from other students as well.LSU spokesperson Ernie Bal lard said that LSUPD is improv ing campus safety for students by promoting the LSU Shield app, meant to help students quickly notify campus police.
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“I would love to have confi dence that all safety and security measures were working as they should to make certain everyone on campus is as safe as is reason ably possible,” Stewart said. “But right now I don’t.”
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• Tuesday, Aug. 23: An LSU student was kidnapped on Aster Street near Cypress Hall. Univer sity spokesperson Ernie Ballard said campus police were called out to a residence hall by some one else and met with the victim early Wednesday morning.
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BY DOMENIC PURDY @tigerdom16 A kidnapping, attempted kid napping and shooting and an at tempted armed robbery where one person was shot occurred on LSU’s campus during the first week of the fall semester, worry ing students and parents about safety around the university’s campus.LSUsent an email to students Friday addressing the crimes.
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Both of the victims in the kid nappings were women, raising concern among parents and stu dents.“I have a daughter in Miller [Hall] and am freaked out be tween the news, the shooting and the freaking kidnapping this week!” Tiffany Subach wrote on Facebook.Thegroup, home to more than 9,000 members, has become a discussion board to advise par ents to ensure their students pri oritize their safety. “The communication response is lacking!” wrote Vicki Tate, a parent in the group. “The pres ence of police is lacking even after I spoke with LSU [and they] told me there would be an in crease in police with blue lights.” Tate advised parents to call the university and LSUPD to ex press their concerns, something she has done frequently.
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Chantel Brown has waited five years to be able to park near her office.After four years of faculty parking in first-come, first-serve B-lots and another year in a dif ferent building’s specific C-lot, the assistant accounting manager of Sponsored Program Account ing finally qualified to park in the lot that belonged to her office at Thomas Boyd Hall after being waitlisted.Brown considers the parking situation to be one of the biggest cons working at LSU, especially for newer employees not used to daily pilgrimages in the Louisiana heat until they qualify for access to the C-lot named after the build ing they work in every day, which can take years in some cases.
One main issue plaguing staff parking is the distinctions be tween the types of parking avail able.C-lot passes allow for clearance into specific gated lots closed off for all except a limited number of approved employees. If someone has C-lot access, they can usually leave campus and return without fear of losing their spot. B-lots function similarly to stu dent commuter passes. This works, Brown said, if an employee plans to arrive on cam pus at 7:30 a.m. and not leave un til the day’s Competitionend.and lack of flex ibility for B-lots pushed Brown to apply for a C-lot.
@gvjimenezz Political science junior Saleen Gonzalez-Apodaca came to LSU from Dallas, Texas. As a MexicanAmerican, Gonzalez-Apodaca wanted to attend a Hispanic Serv ing Institute, but ultimately chose LSU for financial reasons. Within the first year of being at LSU, Gonzalez-Apodaca had not found her community and was ready to transfer out. “Attending a [predominantly white institution] is uncomfort able. It gets uncomfortable until you start to meet your family, and people that were raised like you and are from places that you’re from,” Gonzalez-Apodaca said. Despite the university’s re sources, many minority students struggle to find community and comfort on LSU’s campus. At the end of her freshman year, Gonzalez-Apodaca searched “Latino” on TigerLink, LSU’s plat form for connecting students to campus organizations. She came across Sigma Lambda Gamma, a Latina-founded sorority and the only multicultural sorority at LSU.
now serves as the President of Sigma Lamb da Gamma and has also found a community through the Latin American Student Organization. She also frequently utilizes the Latinx Center inside the Student
“If you want to flaunt that you have so many minorities on cam pus, give them the space. Show that you care,” Gonzalez-Apodaca said.Mechanical engineering soph omore Karla Iraheta also agrees that minorities need a bigger space on Irahetacampus.isfrom Los Angeles and has Salvadoran heritage. Be fore coming to LSU, she found herself missing the diverse com munity in Los Angeles. Iraheta previously lived with a white roommate and a roommate of color. While living together, the white roommate often expressed feeling uncomfortable with Ira heta sharing her culture. Iraheta is also a part of Sigma Lambda Gamma, and she imme diately felt at home with them.
Gonzalez-Apodaca filled out an interest form and decided to pledge. It was the first time she had met any Hispanic people at LSU.“[Sigma Lambda Gamma] liter ally changed my mind from want ing to be at Texas A&M or UT Austin to wanting to stay here,” Gonzalez-Apodaca said. “I saw the potential this had to impact the community here at LSU and to create a new space and a sister hood that was for life and not just for four Gonzalez-Apodacayears.”
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Minority students struggle to find community at LSU
Alex Torres is the assistant di rector for Latinx Affairs at LSU. She works inside the Office of Multicultural Affairs, which she describes as the “student-facing” side of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.According to Torres, the Of fice of Multicultural Affairs of fers mentoring, cultural program ming and additional resources to students of color. They also help students connect to multicultural organizations on campus and pro vide a space for the students to visit and feel a sense of commu nity.Torres believes that LSU needs a space like the Office of Multicul tural Affairs for minority students to feel seen and listened to. “[The Office of Multicultural Affairs] is important because of visibility and advocacy. Students need to be able to build a rela tionship with a department that they feel like they can trust and have at least staff members that might share their identity,” Torres said. DINH
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Union.“The Latinx Center is literally my home…I was surprised LSU would even have a space for us here,” she said.
While Gonzalez-Apodaca thinks it’s important for LSU to have a space for minorities like the Latinx Center, she believes a bigger space is needed for the growing community on campus.
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Brown’s experience with park ing coincides with complaints lev ied against Parking and Transpor tation Services annually. In addition to undergraduate students, many staff, faculty mem bers and graduate students feel as though their parking needs are repeatedly unaddressed and esca lating.In 2021, the university had roughly 41,000 members of the campus community, who shared approximately 23,000 parking spaces between themselves, ac cording to Parking and Transpor tationAccountingServices. for the university’s growth over the last few years, there are likely more people com peting for the same number of parking spaces as in 2021.
Another difference in the lots is their cost. B-lot passes cost $275 annually, while C-lot costs $550.According to Parking and Transportation Services, these numbers are comparably lower than those of other universities like the University of Houston, whose passes cost twice as much as LSU’s.Parking and Transportation also offers a Park and Geaux pass where users can shuttle to the Stu dent“That’sUnion.just not going to work,” Brown said. “People don’t want to get here 15 minutes early for their job and have to ride a bus to get to your car. That’s an extra 30 min utes a Brownday.”isn’t entirely sold on Parking and Transportation Ser vices’ solutions, hoping to see im provements to the current parking scene, not just alternative solu tions.“I think [Parking and Trans portation Services] try, but I think it’s a mentality on campus that parking is always going to be an issue and that’s just how it is,” BrownBrownsaid.compared her park ing situation to how parking was when she was an LSU student 30 years ago, believing improve ments to parking have been neg ligible.“It was you either get here early, or you park a mile away,” Brown said. “I don’t understand why, with as much as we’re pay ing, they can’t build parking ga rages.”An accounting analyst down the hall from Brown, Tanner Thibodeaux prefers B-lot parking over parking in a C-lot. When he started working at LSU around six months ago, he said that he wasn’t aware of the situation on campus, especially coming from Nicholls State University. He was intimidated at first but said things turned around once he was able to get a B-lot pass. Thibodeaux usually arrives on campus and finds an open space before the morning rush hour and doesn’t usually need to leave cam pus.“I think people might be con fused on why it takes so long to get into certain lots,” Thibodeaux
“I felt really included…Once we met in person it was an instant connection. I can truly call them my hermanas,” Iraheta said.
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Staff, graduate students just as dissatisfied with parking as others
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A sign designating parking spots for LSU central employees sits Aug. 18, near the Pentagon on LSU’s campus.
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COURTESY OF SALEEN GONZALEZ-APOCADA Sigma Lambda Gamma hosting a “De-stress with the Gammas” event.
Director of Parking and Trans portation Services Brandon Favela recommends planning the com mute every day and allotting ex tra time. He also recommends the ParkZen app, developed last year to provide real-time information on parking lots.
“[The Office of Multicultural Affairs] has programming that goes on all year round for stu dents,” Cassidy said. “How do we bring people together who are of like heritage to celebrate things and how do we teach others what those celebrations are?”
Cassidy says that LSU has a lot to offer minority students, includ ing special robing ceremonies for students from historically under represented groups, mentoring and cultural centers. She says her office is working on creating more space for the cultural centers to meet the needs of the community. While LSU does offer support to students, Cassidy said she re alizes that the school could be doing more to make students of color aware that these resources are available to them.
“Our mission is to serve all people from Louisiana. We have learned a lot over the recent past about how to do things better. We need an Office of Diversity and In clusion to have somebody whose eyes are focused on [diversity] all the time,” Cassidy said. “We want to serve the people of color on campus. We want to make sure everyone realizes they’re wel come here.”
CassidyCassidysaid.also said that another way minority students can con nect with resources on campus is searching the Office of Diver sity and Inclusion online to learn more about cultural events and people to connect with.
page 4 Monday, August 29, 2022 said. “Hearing a five year waitlist possibility just sounds completely ridiculous and almost seems un realistic.”Thibodeaux believes that the choice between the lots should be made on an individual basis. He said that the ease of mind and flexibility to leave for things like doctor’s appointments can defi nitely lend favor to C-lots for some staff and faculty like Brown. The issue of finding adequate parking is not exclusive to staff members. Undergraduate and graduate students struggle to find parking in a free-for-all.
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“We’ve heard from students that there is not enough park ing in denser areas on campus. We understand this issue and are committed to improving the park ing and transportation experience for all our community members,” Favela said.
“Giving graduate students designated lots would definitely make the issue less strenuous for graduate students,” she said.
Mandell’s concerns match that of the average commuter: tight and competitive parking lots. But instead of just attending classes, she teaches them. Gates blocking central campus cut off access and make getting dropped off more complicated, MandellBeforesaid.Mandell arrived at LSU, she was a graduate student at the University of Houston, where graduate students taught classes in the afternoon and at night, and she didn’t have to worry about be ing restricted from their classes by gates like at LSU.
Jane Cassidy is the current in terim vice president of Inclusion, Civil Rights and Title IX at LSU. She oversees different offices on campus, including the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
In addition, he said Park ing and Transportation Services also records quarterly occupancy counts of parking lots throughout the day, which can be found on theirFavelawebsite.also said LSU’s approxi mately 23,000 available parking spaces are more than enough for operation on a normal school day. Parking and Transportation also offers Tiger Trails buses as another alternative to the parking issue.He recommends students, fac ulty and staff use the Park and Geaux program that shuttles users from the Tiger Park East Lot on Skip Bertman Drive to the Union. Passes cost $50.
“When you’re an incoming freshman, this place is so big…We need to be more engaged during Welcome Week with freshmen, to make sure that they know where to go if they are people of color who want to seek out people who have the same heritage as them,”
There are multiple events planned for minorities through out the school year, including cul tural nights and celebrations for different heritage months. Still, Torres believes there’s room for improvement.“Ithinkthere’s always room to do more… Not only for students to feel included, but for students to really learn how to be in soli darity with one another,” Torres said.Lauren Denton works with Torres inside the Office of Multi cultural Affairs and serves as the assistant director for Inclusive Programming and Mentoring at LSU.Denton hopes to connect with the Native American and Asian American students on campus, who she has found don’t always have anyone to turn to. She also expressed wanting to hold more community events, as she has noticed embracing culture helps with retention rates among mi norities.“The goal is to have culturalbased events…to increase the sense of belonging and commu nity. Hopefully that helps [stu dents’] experience towards gradu ation,” Denton said. She also said that the work force is becoming more diverse, so it’s important for schools like LSU to teach their students how to be comfortable with people of different backgrounds.
Lyric Mandell is a mass com munication graduate student who feels graduate students ride the line between an undergraduate student and a faculty member, es pecially within the realm of park ing.“I was really excited coming into being a doctoral student. Be cause I was teaching, I thought I’d be able to have faculty park ing,” Mandell said. ”That’s not the case.”Mandell usually relies on me tered parking. She said that park ing for her feels intimidating, time-consuming and expensive, and she opted out of buying a $182 commuter pass.
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Red Stick Farmers Market Downtown Self-care is more than a nice bath and a sheet-mask. It can also be wondering around a farmers market. Every Tuesday, there’s a farmers market in downtown Baton Rouge located at 7711 Goodwood Blvd. The market is held from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The website states that “Red Sticks Farmers Market is a produce-only market, which means all the produce a farmer sells under their tent was grown on their farm.” Nothing gets better than fresh grown produce.
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Josiah Shillow La Davina Italian Cafe La Divina Italian Cafe, located at 3535 Perkins Road., will be having live music. The performer on Sept. 1 will be Josiah Shillow. Shillow is a singer/songwriter from Baton Rouge. His music gives off “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain vibes. The event will last from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
MATTHEW PERSCHALL / The Reveille LSU volleyball sophomore libero Ella Larkin (3) receives the serve.
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MATTHEW PERSCHALL / The Reveille LSU volleyball senior outside hitter Sanaa Dotson (9) hits the ball.
MATTHEW PERSCHALL / The Reveille A fan meets Mike the Tiger in the stands.
MATTHEW PERSCHALL / The Reveille The LSU volleyball team enjoys the pre-match display on the jumbotron.
MATTHEW PERSCHALL / The Reveille LSU volleyball senior defensive specialist Jill Bohnet (10) dives for the ball.
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How much does in-state recruiting contribute to a winning football team?
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LSU looks to start its season strong after acquiring a healthy number of transfers over the sum mer, including the signing of ju nior quarterback Jayden Daniels from Arizona State. In a surprising turn, Myles Brennan, who was suspected to be LSU’s starting quarterback this year, stepped away from football following the news he lost his starting role. This begs the question: who deserves to start Sept. 4 against Florida State University? The list is long and talented, with LSU’s roster including Gar rett Nussmeier, Daniels and fivestar freshman Walker Howard. Many Tiger fans want Nussmeier to be named the starter, however all the signs point to former Ari zona State quarterback, Daniels, for the role. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Cali fornia native is a dual threat quar terback with over two seasons of experience as a starter. He posted
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LSU Soccer kicked off its sea son and with that comes many different things to learn about how they play. The first thing that comes to mind is the shape that they play in. Coach Sian Hudson has con sistently used the 4-3-3 forma tion early on. This formation is widely regarded as the best formation for covering the field while in possession of the ball. Starting from the back, the formation provides four defend ers, two central defenders and two wide defenders. For LSU, the two central defenders have been the experienced captains Lindsi Jennings and Shannon Cooke. Both of them, along with junior Mollee Swift in goal, provides LSU with a strong de fensive front that is sure to give headaches to opposing attack ers.The wide backs so far have been Maya Gordon and Rammie Noel. Both these players have shown so far that Hudson wants them to push forward into the attack and make a difference. Noel picked up an assist on LSU’s first goal against Stephen F. Austin after pushing forward from left back. The defense has already got off to a strong start only con ceding a single free kick goal in the first two games played. The backline should continue to be the strongest part of this team, given their experience and play so far.Moving next into the mid fieldTraditionally,three. the midfield three are customizable. This can mean that they can be seen as attacking midfielders, defensive midfielders or ones that move box-to-box. From what we have seen so far, it seems like Hud son is moving with one defen sive midfielder and two regular midfielders.Thedefensive midfielder is Wasila Diwura-Soale. Soale has been amazing for the Tigers
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When talking about suc cess, you have to start with Ala bama. In Alabama’s 2020, 2021 and 2022 recruiting classes, it brought in eight, five and six instate recruits in classes with sizes of 25, 27 and 25, respectively. That means that in the last three recruiting classes, roughly 25% of Alabama’s recruits were in-state.
CHYNNA MCCLINTON/ The Reveille LSU soccer redshirt junior forward Taylor Dobles (13) and Stephen F. Austin women’s soccer senior defender Destiny Ramirez (33) fight for the ball Aug. 18, during LSU’s 5-0 win against Stephen F. Austin at LSU’s Soccer Stadium off of Nicholson Drive.see SOCCER, 10 CONNOR BARNEY @theconnorbarney
This attitude implies that LSU would be better if it added more in-state recruits, but is it logical to hold LSU to this standard? How important is in-state recruiting to a football program’s success?
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Analysis: A closer look at LSU Soccer’s 4-3-3 formation BY SPENCER VERRET @spencerverret
You’ve probably seen it be fore. A bright-eyed Louisiana high school kid sits at a table with a microphone in front of him, his family, close friends and coaches surrounding him. Cam eras flash, the Instagram Live is rolling, and he is getting ready to announce one of the biggest de cisions of his life. Finally, the anticipation comes to a peak, and he reveals his choice. Immediately, the cel ebration is on. It’s a triumphant sight. Almost instantaneously, ev ery media outlet is posting about the news: where this player is going, how many stars he has, how it affects that team’s recruit ing ranking. In the comment sec tion, many people express their congratulations, but someone is unimpressed.“Should’ve stayed in Louisi ana. Like I said, Brian Kelly can’t recruit! LSU missed on this guy,” saysWheneverSounds@geauxtigahsfan827.familiar,right?anin-state recruit spurns LSU, it seems that fans and pundits have a tendency to take note. It’s unacceptable. If a good football player makes it out of the Louisiana border. It has to be someone’s fault, and LSU has to do better.
PETER NGUYEN / The Reveille LSU football head coach, Brian Kelly, watches the team come onto the field for the second half, April 23, during LSU football’s annual spring football game with White winning 51-31 over Purple in TigerseeStadium. , page 10 see FSU , 10
Over that same time period, 40% of LSU’s recruits came from Loui siana.LSU has not been a better football program than Alabama since 2020, so the connection between in-state recruiting and success may be arbitrary. For the sake of a larger sample size, let’s look at some other teams. In those same classes, 53% of Texas A&M’s recruits were in-state, as were 52% of Florida’s and 42% of Georgia’s.It’sclear that there isn’t re ally much of a correlation with success and volume of in-state recruits. Alabama and Georgia have been the two best programs over these time periods, but their percentages are not similar. There are less successful pro grams that had more in-state re cruits than Georgia and less suc cessful programs that had fewer. Still, there must be some sort of logic that explains why it’s con sidered so important that LSU re tains in-state recruits. A factor that hasn’t been con sidered is the quality of the instate recruits in each of these states. Across these same three recruiting classes, there were 34 total recruits ranked in the ESPN300 recruiting rankings from Alabama. There were 141, 132 and 84 from the states of Tex as, Florida and Georgia, respec tively. Louisiana had 32 in-state recruits ranked in the ESPN300 across those three classes. Generally speaking, it’s recog nized that the best states for pro ducing high school football talent are, in no particular order, Flor ida, Texas, California and Geor gia. Louisiana and Alabama are not far off—in fact, they’re prob ably next in line—but they do be long in a separate, lower tier. Because Alabama doesn’t have access to the same premier in-state talent as some other schools, the program often goes to these recruiting hotbeds and plucks players from these states (current starting quarterback, Bryce Young, is from California).
Alabama has the national brand to attract these distant recruits easily. LSU, however, does not do the same (or at least not to the same degree). LSU’s percent age of recruits that come from in-state is much higher than Ala bama.This is likely because of an other factor: LSU has little to no true competitors for in-state recruits. Alabama is competing with Auburn. Texas A&M has to worry about Texas Christian Uni versity, Baylor, Texas Tech and University of Texas at Austin. Florida is fighting against Florida State and Miami. LSU is the only Power Five school in the state of Louisiana, and that leaves it without a true comparison. There is no other school in a state with such good high school talent that has no competition for it. LSU is in such an incompa rable position that it’s impossible to pull from data to answer the original question: is there a logi cal basis to the emphasis on instate recruiting around LSU? That might provide an answer in itself. Since LSU has such great tal ent and no one to compete with, it has a rare, built-in advantage. It’s seen as a fail when a recruit gets away because it’s a missed opportunity for LSU to capitalize on that advantage. strong numbers his freshman sea son, including big wins against No. 15 California and No. 18 Michigan State. In the same year, he had an extremely impressive game against No. 6 Oregon, rack ing up over 400 passing yards, three touchdowns and a 206 pass er rating.Daniels proved his ability against strong, top-25 teams in multiple seasons, and showed he can make an impact in col lege football. He’s mobile in the backfield, giving him the ability to hurt defenses both as a runner and a Arizonapasser.State’s offense was run heavy under Head Coach Herm Edwards, limiting Daniels’ role at times. Now, with the full back ing of Brian Kelly and a talented receiving group, Jayden Daniels would be the best option for the starting role against Florida State. The main problem fans have with Daniels is his lack-of expe rience in SEC football. Arizona State plays in the PAC-12, and many people think Daniels won’t be able to succeed against big ger and faster SEC defenses. His ability to perform against top-25 ranked teams doesn’t seem to be sufficient enough for many LSU fans, and their loyalty resides with Garrett NussmeierNussmeier.makes a strong case, but he lacks the proper col lege football experience Daniels has from Arizona State. Nussmei er has a good ability to scramble in the backfield, but he is not nearly as dangerous on the run as Daniels.Freshman Walker Howard is showing signs of star potential, but with Daniels transferring in June, his chances to start have diminished. He will be a great option for LSU in the future, but for now, Jayden Daniels deserves to kick off LSU’s season as the starter. , from page 9
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The Reveille LSU football defensive back Greg Brooks Jr. (12) runs while being tackled April 7, during LSU’s spring practice in Baton Rouge, La. SOCCER, from page 9 so far. She has been an engine in that midfield and is always working to take the ball off the opponent and drive the attack forward. Her role is so impor tant because it is the first line of true defense before an attacker sees the backline. If Soale takes possession, the Tigers can spark a counterattack.Theothermidfielders so far have been interchangeable with players from the bench. The starting two have been Raelyn Prince and Jaden Humbyrd. The job of the midfielder is to connect the attack and defense. This season, play has been fo cused down the wings of the formation, which can make it tough for the midfielders to get involved. The midfield trio has done great at being able to help support the attack. The last portion of the forma tion is the attacking three: a left forward, striker and right for ward. So far, the forwards have been fluid in their positioning. Angelina Thoreseon has been on the right but has also drifted to the left. Taylor Dobles has seen time on both the left side of the attack and in the middle. Alesia Garcia has mostly seen her time in the middle. Along with Gar cia, Mollie Baker has seen time up front as well. How LSU’s offense is able to ebb and flow against the defense of various opponents through out the season could be a major component of their success.
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“‘The Victorious kids get drunk together all the time,’” McCurdy recalled the “creator” saying to her. “‘The iCarly kids are so wholesome. We need to give you guys a little edge.’” “Victorious” star Avan Jogia said in a 2020 interview that he barely remembers filming the show due to being hungover while working. This shows that the abuse from Nickelodeon producers went far beyond Mc Curdy and the “iCarly” cast. Because of their heavy work load, child actors are often sepa rated from their parents for long periods of time. This separa tion leaves children vulnerable to those who may seek to harm them. (Though, as in McCurdy’s case, parents can participate in abuse,Networkstoo.) should hire social workers or some type of aid who are required to stay with children when their parents are not around. This could give predatory producers fewer op portunities to abuse their power over young actors. Children deserve protection. Whether a child goes to school everyday or a movie set, poli cies should be put in place to ensure their safety. Networks and film companies failing to provide these safeguards only enable abuse. Running adequate background checks and provid ing safe spaces for child actors is crucial for the profession to ethically continue. With hundreds of TV shows airing on Nickelodeon through the years, viewers can only won der how many child actors have endured this mistreatment. Mc Curdy is one of few child stars to speak out about abuse in the industry. Hopefully, as others come forward, changes will be made.
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McCurdy’s mem oir, she recalls her experience with “the creator,” who, though never named explicitly in the book, is likely a reference to “iCarly” creator Dan Schneider. McCurdy details experiences of coerced underage drinking, wearing a bikini in front of producers and eating danger ous amounts of food while be ing with this “creator.” She also discusses troubling treatment of other young actors.
To put things mildly, oncampus restaurant options these past few years have become quite the drag. The same hand ful of chains linger in place, shelling out the same food they served yesterday and the day be fore. Somehow, the majority of our student body has managed without complaint, but I can’t remain silent any longer. I have eaten at Panda Express in the Student Union for 156 consecutive meals, ordering the same undercooked chow mein and Beijing beef day in and day out. Before that record streak, I somehow tolerated a daily visit to the campus McDonald’s and spent nearly every expendable dollar I earned on Einstein Ba gels’ Farmhouse Sandwiches with two eggs instead of one. The bland revulsion inherent to my predicament has taken its toll — there are virtually no op tions left. Everywhere I look on campus, I see a restaurant I’ve eaten at so many times that it makes me sick. Things have got ten so bad that I’ve even let my pristine, liberal moral superior ity begin to flag. Giving in to my base instincts, I now indulge in Chik-fil-A’s homophobic chicken nuggets two or three times a week. A few of my friends have attempted to console me, sug gesting that I try Zippy’s Burri tos for once, but they’re absolute nutcases if they think I’ll waste my money on that slop. No, something needs to change. Could it be my lazy in sistence on getting minimum wage workers to cook my meals for me? Absolutely not. The absurdly long lines stretching around the Student Union every day at lunchtime make it quite clear: clogging our arteries with the sweat, grease and sodiumsaturated tears of fast food em ployees is the only respectable way to eat between classes. Thankfully, the university’s brilliant administration stepped up with an answer just in time. In a recent tweet, they an nounced the long-demanded opening of a new Popeyes loca tion right here on campus. In stead of having to do something ridiculous, like learn the basic life skills needed to cook a meal in my own apartment, I’ll be able to end my streak at Panda Express and start anew with that Louisiana Fast. Yes! In only a few short months, you and I can abandon eating at the freshmen-clogged Student Union and turn our sights toward the equally fresh men-clogged 5 Dining Hall. Preparations are already under way inside for a restaurant ready to astound and impress. This one addition will inun date our campus with all-new flavor, side and sauce options in the style of our home state, available to anyone with Ti gerCASH, Paw Points, cash or a credit card. Access to their finger-lickin’ spicy chicken op tion and legendary Mardis Gras Mustard will radically lift living standards across our student body. In fact, if the statistics I came up with out of nowhere are to be believed, every single facet of student life will improve with this single change. Did your significant other break up with you? Eat away the pain with Popeyes’ new Wild Berry Beignets! Can’t stop cry ing after you failed a midterm? Try their famous butter-bast ed biscuits without ordering a drink! The dehydration sets in so fast that your tear ducts will dry up like it’s summer in the Sahara.Really, my only concern is why we’ve had to wait so long. To the higher ups, please don’t make us suffer in anticipation of its opening in late 2022. Don’t waste your time contending with the recent string of violent crime on campus or performing maintenance on our crumbling infrastructure. Expedite those deep fryer shipments. Pay the construction workers overtime. Give us our Louisiana Fast, well, Louisiana Fast! Noah McKinney is a 21-year-old history and English senior from Houston, TX.
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Child actors need protection from predatory TV producers
ICarly star Jennette McCurdy released a book this month ti tled “I’m Glad My Mom Died.” The memoir details McCurdy’s experiences in the entertain ment industry, her relationship with her mom and the abuse she suffered through it all. At least from an outsider’s perspective, it doesn’t seem the film industry has undergone much change since McCurdy’s time, meaning many current child actors likely share her struggles.Since young actors work in such mature settings, they are often introduced to many adult experiences at an early age. California child labor laws cover school attendance, wages and more, but these laws do not shield young talent from the po tential predators they may work with. When students enroll in school, any adult that interacts with them must go through strenuous background checks to ensure the children’s safety. That isn’t the case in the film in dustry. Anyone with a cool cam era, good ideas or industry con nections can be around a young actor for months during filming. Not having policies in place for minors in the film industry opens the floodgates for the Dan Schneiders and the Harvey Weinsteins of the world. The lack of protection allows for a cycle of abuse and resentment. “I’m aware enough to know how f---ing annoying and whiny this all sounds,” McCurdy wrote in her memoir. “Millions of peo ple dream of being famous, and here I am with fame and hat ing it. I somehow feel entitled to my hatred since I was not the one who dreamed of being famous…I’m allowed to hate someone else’s dream, even if it’s my Throughoutreality.”
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The panel seemingly exists only in mythology, having met most recently in March 2021 with little being known of that meeting and the few preceding it. The committee, from its in ception, has been exceptionally tight-lipped on the meetings and the research that it’s tasked with conducting.Oneofthe leading members of the committee and former university chief diversity officer – former Vice Provost Dereck Rovaris–is no longer at the uni versity after quietly retiring in November 2021.
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The month of Rovaris’ retire ment, LSU President William Tate told the Reveille that he wouldn’t have made the renam ing panel in the first place
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“I actually would have nev er started that committee,” the president said. “But since it’s here, I have to be respectful of the democratic process. So in or der to be respectful, I’m gonna have to let them deliberate and give me some set of recommen dations.”Thepublic report was origi nally expected in September 2021, but there has been little to no whisper of progress. The committee hasn’t held a formal meeting during Tate’s tenure, stopping shortly after one of its members, athletic ad ministrator Verge Ausberry, was engulfed in the campus-wide sexual assault scandal. If Tate is waiting on this re port, he has a long wait ahead of him. And he knows that. After the president’s com ments on the committee, stu dents shouldn’t expect broad axes to every questionable name on campus, but perhaps a few especially egregious ones could make the cut. It’s a reasonable approach. It’s also one that the committee will never reach while it’s either unable or unwilling to meet for months at a time. It’s not publicly clear exactly what needs to happen to resume the meetings of the Building Name Evaluation Committee, but whatever it is needs to hap pen.Students deserve to know a complete history of the people honored on the campus build ings they interact with daily. Not only should the panel begin meeting again, but the meetings should be open to the broader university commu nity, not the closed-door, unan nounced meetings of before. The president is right that there are other ways of ad dressing issues of systemic rac ism than renaming buildings. We should absolutely do those things—while also taking into account the mental toll of learn ing in a building named after someone who would have never wanted you there.
This semester marks two years since the creation of the Building Name Evaluation Com mittee in 2020 by Interim LSU President Tom Galligan. The university-initiated com mittee has still yet to produce a public-facing report of any kind despite the public pressure lead ing to its creation. The committee has a broad mandate to investigate the uni versity’s past and an opportu nity to make a mark on how it’s remembered in the future.
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