The Reveille 10-10-22

HUMBLED

COACHING CLINIC

BY PETER RAUTERKUS @peter_rauterkus

LSU’s win streak officially came to an end against Tennes see in dominant fashion on Sat urday.

LSU has been synonymous with slow starts this season, and against Tennessee, it was debili tating.

A slew of early miscues and missed opportunities spelled doom for the Tigers. On the open ing kickoff, Jack Bech muffed a short pooch kick that Tennessee recovered deep in LSU territory. That led to a quick touchdown and from there the Volunteers were off to the races.

“When you fumble the open kickoff, and give an extra pos session to a team that obviously plays fast and loves extra posses sions and then give them another three points, spot them 10 points on special teams, you put your self in a huge hole. That’s what we did,” Head Coach Brian Kelly said.

LSU took the gamble of elect ing to receive, but immediately negated that potential advan tage with the turnover. After an empty opening possession for LSU, Tennessee drove right down the field getting just a field goal this time, but the momentum was rolling at this point. Tennessee got points on each of its first four

possessions, and before LSU had a chance to try to regroup from another slow start, it was staring a 20-0 deficit in the face.

LSU gained some of the mo mentum back, scoring near the end of the half to make it 20-7, but not long after, the next cru cial mistake came.

LSU got the ball again with less than a minute to go in the half with a chance to make it a one-possession game before half time. After stalling around the Tennessee 45-yard line, LSU de cided to go for it on fourth down, but a sack gave Tennessee the ball at the LSU 47-yard line with just under 30 seconds in the half. From there, Tennessee got itself into field goal range and what could’ve been a six-point half time deficit became a 16-point halftime deficit for LSU.

“I felt like we have to make something happen in those situ ations,” Kelly said of the decision to go for it on fourth down. “I’m not somebody that kind of looks at what happened in the past, I still feel confident in my group. It still was a green-go scenario for us.”

This gave Tennessee the mo mentum back going into the sec ond half and it was off to the rac es from there. Tennessee scored on its opening possession in the second half, and that’s where it felt like the air had been taken

from the tires of LSU.

Tennessee got out to a 30-point lead before LSU got on the score board again. The once boisterous LSU crowd had cleared out of Ti ger Stadium, leaving a loud sea of orange in the stands. The game ended 40-13, capping off the first big lump of the Brian Kelly era at LSU.

When examining what went wrong for LSU, the miscues early on tell the story. Muffing the opening kickoff is always a nightmare start, but the mistakes kept coming. LSU went for it on fourth down three times and came up short all three times. By comparison, Tennessee also went for it three times on fourth down, converting each time.

“That falls on coaching, that’s on me and I have to coach better,” Kelly said. “We’ve got to coach better, we’ve got to coach our team better. That’s the group we have. And we’ve got to coach and better congratulations to Tennes see. They played well today. They were the better football team. They certainly deserved the win today but we have to coach this football team better.”

Kelly gave a pretty simple explanation, coaching. At the current moment, Tennessee is a better team on paper than LSU. In a game like this, coaching, decision-making and execution are paramount to success. Ten

nessee outclassed LSU in that de partment, and the scoreboard is evidence of that.

Unfortunately now for LSU, things won’t get much easier.

The Tigers travel to Florida next week, a team not on the level of Tennessee, but another tough SEC team to face on the road. Af ter that, LSU has another top-10 opponent in Ole Miss coming to Baton Rouge, before a bye week sets LSU up with Alabama. De spite the struggles, Kelly did still give a positive outlook on what remains of the season.

“We don’t have anybody walk ing through that door that’s go ing to change this football team dramatically,” Kelly said. “So we have to focus on ourselves as coaches and do the things nec essary to make this team better. We may be slow to the punch in terms of going to seven man pro tection to help our offensive line, we’re gonna have to do some things like that and help this football team. They want to win. They’re gonna play hard. And so that’s why again, I’ll say I liked this team.”

The game against Tennessee was a humbling reminder for LSU of what progress still needs to be made to be an SEC contender. There’s room to improve, but this season has made clear that the gauntlet of the SEC waits for no one.

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‘We’ve got to coach better’: Early mistakes lead LSU to blowout loss

ERIN BARKER /The Reveille LSU head coach Brian Kelly welcomes a potential recruit before the start of the game against Tennessee on Oct. 8, on North Stadium Drive.

LSU ON TIKTOK

Student interns discuss creating content for LSU

BY EMILY BRACHER @emily_bracher_

The LSU Office of Communi cations and University Relations has been collaborating with stu dent interns to create TikTok content that showcases campus life and sporting events and provide viewers beyond Baton Rouge with a look at life at LSU.

Mass communication fresh man Christian Gladney is a so cial media intern at LSU that focuses on the TikTok account. One of his most recent videos asking students to respond to questions with only one word gained over 37,000 views.

Gladney said the idea for the one-word interview came from his love for interviews them selves. He said he believes the one-word spin gives it a sense of uniqueness.

“It’s not just a regular inter view. It makes it more fun, genu ine and original,” he said.

When coming up with ques tions, he made it a point to make sure they were not usually meant to be answered in one

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word so the responses wouldn’t be dull and made room for fun nier answers.

“I thought it was kind of goofy at first, but once I started coming up with the questions and asking people around me to

answer in one word, I thought it would be good for my introduc tory video,” Gladney said.

Gladney said some of his fa vorite answers to his questions were “ok” in response to “how is your day going on a scale of one

to 10?” and “Mike” in response to, “what is the most overrated thing you can think of?”

Since his introductory video, Gladney has directed and pro duced others, such as one on study groups and another in spired by the new movie “Smile.”

“Every content creator will be different, and everybody has a different perspective on what is entertaining and funny,” he said.

Gladney said showcasing his side of comedy and humor while keeping it adjacent to the university is what makes the job enjoyable to him. He also enjoys the creative freedom he has.

Business administration graduate student Lindsay Hor ridge is also a social media intern for the LSU Office of Communications and Univer sity Relations. She helps create content for LSU’s social media accounts, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.

Most of her time is spent on the TikTok account, where she finds ideas by scrolling through her

Staying on campus during breaks

BY CLAIRE THERIOT @ClaireTheriot2

When animal science fresh man Charlotte Cottrell came to LSU from Virginia, she realized she might not be able to come home for every holiday or break.

However, once she became comfortable on campus and started to meet other people in similar situations, that wasn’t a concern at the front of her mind.

She said that during breaks, she noticed that campus became quieter as people left, adding that there were barely any cars in the once-crowded parking lots, and there were never any lines for food. This, she said, al lowed her to be more productive and grow closer to her roommate who is also from out of state.

“The bond I already made with my roommate has helped me feel at home for holidays even when I am not at home,” Cottrell said.

SG working to get LSU designated as a hunger-free campus

BY CORBIN ROSS @Corbinross5

Student Government is working to get LSU designated as a Hunger-Free Campus by the state, according to kinesiology senior Evan Antie, director of student auxiliaries and services.

This designation, established in Louisiana House Bill 888, gives grant funding to schools to combat hunger after they’ve met a certain set of standards.

Antie said the standards in volve notifying eligible students for the Supplemental Nutri tion Assistance Program ben efits, establishing a Hunger-Free Campus task force, putting on hunger awareness events, es tablishing a student meal credit sharing program and establish ing a food pantry.

“In Student Government we always are trying to focus on the biggest needs of the students on our campus and try and find ways we can best help fix those issues and fight things such as food insecurity,” Antie said.

SG is working with admin istration to send emails to stu dents who qualify for SNAP benefits, Antie said. According to her, there are around 2,000 students who qualify for SNAP benefits, meaning their family

contributes no money towards their financial situation.

According to political science senior Lizzie Shaw, the studentbody president, students were previously unqualified to re ceive SNAP benefits since its original purpose was to sup port households, but additional exemptions have been made, many related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bill requires the Louisi ana Board of Regents to estab lish an application process for this designation, but they have yet to create it, Shaw said.

“We’re hoping that by proac tively meeting the designation requirements we can push that application further on the prior ity list of the Board of Regents,” Shaw said.

Shaw said the state legisla ture’s bill didn’t specify a fund ing source, so the exact amount of money schools will receive is undetermined. This should be figured out in the next legisla tive session, she added.

As of now, no university has been designated a Hunger-Free Campus.

Shaw said SG will be estab lishing the Hunger-Free Task Force soon, they just need to identify people to serve on it.

According to the bill, the

task force is required to have two students hold positions: representatives from both the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Financial Aid. Per the bill, the task force is also required to meet at least three times per academic year and to set at least two goals.

The bill also requires schools to put on at least one anti-hun ger event per academic year. Ac cording to the bill, the school will receive this designation for two years, after which the school will be re-evaluated and if they still meet the standards they will receive more grant money.

Antie said they will be rein stituting the Swipe Out Hunger program, which previously al lowed students to donate un used meal swipes to students who need them. Shaw said SG conducted a pilot version of the program in 2021 and it was suc cessful. Antie said this program should be in place sometime in the next few months.

The LSU food pantry pro vides food to around 1,700 stu dents regularly, according to Antie. The pantry is entirely volunteer run and takes do nated food and distributes it to students. About 80% of students who use the pantry are hav

ing to use that money for other things, such as rent, he said.

“Part of it is just that the area that we’re in, Baton Rouge, and just the amount of students that

we have that unfortunately are food insecure, or essentially come from a low-income back ground, it’s a prevalent issue on campus,” Antie said.

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Fresh produce sits on the shelves on Oct. 6, inside the food pantry at the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

EMILY BRACHER/ The Reveille Christian Gladney poses with his lint roller microphone near North Hall on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

TIKTOK, from page 3

“for you page.”

“I understand that TikTok trends come and go quickly, so it is important to come up with an idea and execute it in a timely manner,” she said.

She said she finds ways to relate trending hashtags and sounds to the clips she captures of campus. Usually, she aims to produce one video per week.

Overall, she has complete cre ative freedom as her boss lets her develop her ideas.

“He is always there to guide me along the way, and he is sup

portive with every idea I bring to him,” she said.

Showcasing everything LSU has to offer is one of Horridge’s favorite parts of this job. She said that work doesn’t feel like “work” to her, and she enjoys ex pressing her love for the univer sity in this way.

“LSU has become my home away from home,” she said, “I hope the people watching can see that and one day experience that same feeling, too if they do not already.”

Horridge said that if someone is interested in a social media job, to think outside the box and

be themselves. Going beyond your comfort zone and pushing past intimidation is something that she said is essential in all aspects of media.

“TikTok is different from all other social media platforms be cause it provides an opportunity to see a little bit of LSU’s person ality,” said Horridge.

Jake Terry, director of so cial media for the LSU Office of Communications and University Relations, and his former em ployee, Corinne Stephens, cre ated the LSU Tik Tok account in the spring of 2019.

He and his team manage the

account, which has built a fol lowing within the LSU commu nity since the launch. He also oversees and manages other social media accounts such as LSU’s Twitter, Facebook, Insta gram, Snapchat and LinkedIn.

They discuss and workshop new content ideas during their weekly meetings, mainly focus ing on TikTok. This process in cludes creating, shooting, edit ing and publishing ideas.

Terry said he encourages students to apply for a student assistant position for the social media team as they are still hir ing on Handshake.

“Social media is a fun and challenging field to work in, and I enjoy helping students grow and gain experience from a brand management perspec tive,” he said.

Terry said the main goal of the TikTok account is to appeal to current and prospective stu dents of LSU, which he said has been successful.

“We have a lot of followers, excellent engagement, and most of all, we are having fun show ing off our amazing university and the students and employ ees who make this special place thrive,” he said.

While LSU is home to many students from Louisiana, the uni versity also houses many out-ofstate students that may not have the means to travel home for short breaks like Labor Day or the upcoming Fall Break.

Cottrell said it felt weird be cause she was used to always seeing people, and the campus was almost like a ghost town. Yet, Cottrell still did her daily activities, such as going to the dining hall, working out, catch ing up on homework and doing the chores she normally doesn’t get to.

Cottrell said that anyone who is on campus during breaks and

might feel lonely should try to keep busy with their everyday chores and look for events on or around campus to keep them oc cupied.

Another student in this situ ation is accounting freshman Sydney Elliot from Little Rock, Arkansas. Coming to LSU, she knew she might not be able to go home for every break.

“It didn’t bother me.” Elliot said, “I thought it might even be a fun experience to be away for a holiday.”

Elliott said she chose LSU because she didn’t want to at tend the University of Arkansas, where all her hometown friends were going. She wanted to stay in the SEC but also wanted a

chance to meet new people.

She said that the campus is much quieter during breaks and allows opportunities for her to get closer with her friends, who also wouldn’t be leaving campus. She said hanging out in dorm rooms are where some of her fa vorite memories were made.

When campus is empty, Elliot said she likes to walk around the lakes with her friends or tan by the UREC pool. Elliot said that a tip for anyone feeling lonely dur ing these times is to branch out and meet new people who might be on campus during the breaks.

Psychology sophomore Makenna Luba is from Virginia. She chose LSU because of the scholarships she was offered and

the “Southern hospitality.”

Luba said she had never thought about not being able to go home for the holidays before she attended LSU. She said she didn’t realize how expensive flights would be and didn’t feel comfortable driving 19 hours by herself.

“It’s been really challenging to find money and time to come home during holidays,” Luba said.

Luba said that campus life was very lonely during her first couple of breaks at LSU; how ever, once she started making connections and friendships with the people around her, she began to build a community on campus.

“Everyone and their families will take care of you like they’re your own,” Luba said.

She also said that the cam pus isn’t as fun when everyone is gone because the people are what makes it special; however, she said the campus is peaceful, and there are many opportuni ties to be productive. She said she’s been most productive on the weekends when people are at home.

Luba said that while it’s valid to feel lonely on campus during a holiday, finding other out-ofstate students in the situation can help make you feel less alone. She said staying in an other state, culture and environ ment has made her braver.

BY ALISON AGENA @alison_hana

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Pumpkin Painting Party

Magnolia Room

Campus Outreach is hosting a pumpkin painting party on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Magnolia Room in the Student Union. Enjoy fall desserts and games at this free event.

All Treats, No Tricks

The Quad

The College of Human Sciences and Educa tion Ambassadors will be handing out self-care study bags to students in the Quad from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If midterms have you down, grab a goodie bag to pick yourself back up.

OCTOBER

Spook-tober Fest Celebrity Theatres

This week, get ready to see an old friend. “Casper” will be playing at Celebrity Theatres Baton Rouge 10, 15365 George O’Neal Rd. at noon and 4:30 p.m. for only $5. Get your tickets ahead of time on the Celebrity Theatres web site. Spook-tober fest is a recurring event on Wednesdays and Sundays all throughout October. A different Hallow een movie is shown each week.

Photos by Erin Barker and Chloe Kalmbach

LSU freshman tight end Mason Taylor (86) sets LSU up for a touchdown. LSU football loses 13-40 against Tennessee on Oct. 8, in Tiger Stadium.

The LSU football team runs out on the field before the start of the game against Tennessee.

LSU junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) gets tackled by Tennessee Solon Page III (38) and Trevon Flowers (1).

LSU junior wide receiver Kayshon Boutte (7) runs with the ball.

LSU sophomore Xavier Hill (71) lifts junior running back Josh Williams (27) in the air after Wil liams scored a touchdown.

LSU fans dress for breast cancer awareness.

LSU fans wear pink for breast cancer awareness.

LSU junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) attempts to avoid a tackle.

SPORTS

ROCKY TOP ROUTE

A closer look into gym recruiting

CONNOR BARNEY @theconnorbarney

Certain high school sports gain all the attention when it comes to media and recruit ment, but how are other ath letes like gymnasts recruited to compete in college?

LSU’s rocky start resulted in defeat against Tennessee

BY MACKAY SUIRE @macthetiger

It was finally go-time in Death Valley. The Tigers were back home to face the No. 8 ranked

team in college football, follow ing their huge win on the road against the Tigers from the Plains.

Tiger Stadium was packed an hour before the morning kickoff and the roar of both Tennessee

and LSU fans could probably be heard throughout campus.

Special teams lined up for the awaited kickoff. It was Jack Bech for LSU that was chosen to receive the ball. Fans roared and the ball

was finally put into play. What felt like a second later, and those screams and cheers turned into gasps. Bech fumbled the ball on

Football is one of the most popular high school sports in the United States, and recruit ment is one of the most impor tant aspects of college football. Discovering a talented player is easy when every high school in the country has a football program, but sports like gym nastics aren’t offered at pub lic schools around the nation. The talent comes from the club level.

Boys of fall: Jay Johnson previews fall camp for LSU Baseball

BY GRANT CHACHERE @ChachereGrant

LSU baseball Head Coach Jay Johnson met with media to dis cuss what to expect from the team this fall in preparation for the upcoming baseball season.

“We will start to move into more team-oriented stuff,” John son said. “We have had a good month of individual development. Now we get to go on the field to start our process to build towards winning with the players that we have. We get to see a little more about the personnel.”

LSU returns star players out fielder Dylan Crews and first baseman Tre Morgan for what should be a big year for both of them. The Tigers also return shortstop Jordan Thompson, designated hitter Brayden Jobert and outfielders Josh Pearson and Gavin Dugas. Johnson also said that Morgan might see some time in the outfield as well.

“The returning players would probably tell you they are a lit tle more settled as far as maybe knowing a little more in what to expect,” Johnson said. “It might put them in a better position to lead better.”

Catcher Alex Milazzo, who missed most of last season with a nagging knee injury, will be back in action at this weekend’s fall scrimmages. This will be his

first time behind the plate since the Shriners Classic last February.

“I think we finally got to the root of what was wrong, disap pointing for him and for our team that we didn’t get to that quicker last year, but he had a procedure very similar to Jordan Thomp son’s,” Johnson said. “That obvi ously really affected Jordan and it was kind of the same thing – it’s why Alex couldn’t bend. But we got it cleaned up, and he’s mov ing along.”

The catching position also got a little deeper as well as the Ti gers have brought in true fresh men Brady Neal, Jared Jones and Ethan Frey. Hayden Travinski, a junior, will return this year as well.

Although LSU lost its best hit ter in Jacob Berry to the MLB draft, the Tigers found their re placement in Tommy White. White, who transferred in from North Carolina State, was the ACC Freshman of the Year last year. He led all NCAA freshman in home runs, RBIs and slugging percentage with 27 home runs, 74 runs batted in and a .757 slugging percentage.

The Tigers will have some new faces on the mound this year as well, as transfers Thatcher Hurd, Christian Little and utility player Paul Skenes begin their careers

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LSU junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) looks to throw the ball on Oct. 8, during LSU’s defeat to Tennessee 13-40 in Tiger Stadium.

FALL CAMP, from page 9 at LSU. Skenes was a huge asset on the mound as well as the plate for the Air Force Academy these past two seasons. LSU also brings in five pitchers from the 2022 re cruiting cycle which includes stal warts such as Jackson Shores and Jaden Noot.

Johnson has high expectations for Skenes, and he believes that he’s going to be a major contribu tor for a successful season this spring.

“As far as the talent, it’s pret ty unique,” Johnson said. “He’s a big, tall guy who could create an angle on the fastball downhill and he’s has been really develop ing his secondary stuff with Wes Johnson and that’s pretty excit ing. “

Johnson also said that Skenes has been willing to make the right adjustments with hitting the ball so he can be better suited up against SEC-level pitching.

LSU began its full-squad fall practice period on Thursday. The Tigers will continue fall practice through Nov. 20. LSU will play fall exhibition games vs. McNeese State on Sunday, Nov. 6, in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers will also face off against UL Lafayette on Sunday, Nov. 13, in Lafayette at Tigue Moore Field. Both fall ex hibition games are scheduled to begin at noon CT.

As athletes get older and progress through high school, gymnasts continue to progress through a private club, compet ing at outside meets including events like the Junior Olym pics. College coaches start re cruiting gymnasts as early as middle school in order to se cure the top prospects in a highly competitive sport. For everyone, though, recruitment

is different.

Haleigh Bryant, current LSU gymnast and 2021 Vault National Champion, described her gymnastics recruitment ex perience. She recalled growing up and falling in love with the sport from the beginning.

“Ever since I stepped into a gym I was like, ‘this is what I want to do’.”

As she went through her ear ly career, Bryant realized gym nastics came naturally. She pro

ceeded to excel as she climbed levels in the USA gymnastics program, eventually becoming an exciting prospect as she got older. Her college recruitment started early, and she describes how she became an LSU Tiger.

“I actually committed in eighth grade, [Jay Clark] came to my gym to set up a visit, this was the only place I visited, and after I came here, I was like this is where I want to be. I want to be a Tiger,” Bryant

said.

Bryant’s journey to LSU re flects how a lot of gymnasts are recruited. Outside events and national rankings often dic tate the attention gymnasts get from the college level, and ath letes can potentially be recruit ed as early as middle school.

For some, like Bryant, the pro cess is easy. For others, only 81 schools have a gymnastics pro gram, and making one of those rosters is far from an easy task.

the receiving end, allowing the Volunteers to recover the ball and gain control of the game less than 10 seconds into the first quarter.

This was the second game in a row that the Tigers had an ugly kickoff, creating an atmo sphere of disappointment before the game had really even started. Kickoffs are a routine component of this game, and the fumble was a shocking start to one that, on paper, LSU had a good chance of taking. Against an aggressive op ponent like Tennessee, though, there’s just simply no room for these kinds of mistakes.

“Well, that was not what we had planned, nor expected,” Head Coach Brian Kelly explained. “We expected to play much bet

ter than that. Certainly when you fumble the opening kickoff and give a extra possession to a team that you know obviously plays fast and loves extra posses sions and then give another three points and spot and 10 points and special teams, you put yourself in a huge hole. That’s what we did.”

In the game against Auburn, cornerback Sevyn Banks took a hard hit during kickoff. The clock stopped ticking and both teams took a knee as Banks laid on the field waiting for a stretcher. Al though it was announced soon after that Banks would be in a decent enough shape to take the flight back to Baton Rouge with his teammates, those few pain ful minutes of kickoff seemed to ricochet throughout the remain der of the half. Auburn defended

its home turf and LSU didn’t have any type of control over the out come of that game until it neared halftime.

Though it’s evident that kick offs are a point of weakness for the Tigers, Kelly has made it clear that it’s something that they’ve continued to work on.

“I mean, Jack Bech is the best guy we have,” Kelly said. “He’s got to haul up there and catch that football. Now, I’m back there with him and we’re working on those kicks. We didn’t execute there. We out kicked our coverage. We found one into the wind. We give that returner about 20 yards sepa ration. And we don’t get off. One of our runners doesn’t get off the block.”

The rocky start carried into the first half. LSU wasn’t able to

get anything up on the board un til there was nearly three minutes left until halftime. At that point, Tennessee was already leading with 20 points to LSU’s seven.

The Volunteers entered the half with 23, after a successful 32 yard field goal occurred with just sec onds left in the second quarter.

LSU had a slow first half in its matchup against Auburn as well. After the half, however, the Ti gers became more successful on both sides of the ball, as Auburn slowly but surely succumbed to their tactics.

This time around, that wasn’t the case. Tennessee showed no signs of slowing down. LSU, on the other hand, showed no signs of ever really starting. Any en ergy that exuded from the Tigers after the touchdown that finally

got them on the board in the sec ond quarter was soon diminished after the Volunteers were able to collect that field goal. In the fourth quarter, LSU was finally able to take another six points after Kayshon Boutte’s five yard reception. Though there was still 11 minutes left of the fourth, the Volunteers had never given up their lead. They held 37 points to LSU’s 13.

With two games in a row that contained poor kickoffs followed by shaky first halves, the Tigers have performed in ways that show that the unsuccessful plays may have an effect on future ones. While this doesn’t seem to be a cause of concern for LSU, this performance and past ones tell a different story.

Running back Josh Williams explained that moments like the beginning of this game against Tennessee don’t have an impact on the rest of their performance.

“We just got to keep chopping wood,” Williams said. “My coach, Coach Frank always just says, ‘Whenever you hit adversity, you got to keep fighting.’ Unfortunate ly, we started the game slow, but that doesn’t define us.”

While this may have not been the case against Auburn, the fum bled kickoff took a major hit to LSU’s confidence. It was a hit that the team couldn’t climb their way back to. Against Tennessee, that slow start did define them.

Kelly has said that going for ward, he and the coaching staff will continue to work on the de tails. These details will have to transpire into strong first half performances as the Tigers con tinue to work towards and wish for success.

LSU football team runs onto the field on Oct.

before Tennessee’s 40-13 victory over LSU in Tiger Stadium.

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LSU gymnastics uneven bars/balance beam/floor exercise graduate Bridget Dean makes a leap March 11, during LSU’s 198.125-197.875 win over University of Utah in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on N. Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

OPINION

The Pro-Life Movement needs to get back to its roots

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

BENJAMIN HAINES @bphaines

Editor’s note: Benjamin Haines is a parishioner at Christ the King. This column appears in full-length at lsureveille.com.

Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, the subject of abortion seems to bring out both the best and worst in everyone.

While members of the politi cal left express legitimate con cern for a woman’s bodily auton omy, they can also demonstrate a callous disregard for others’ lib erty of religion and conscience. Similarly, the political right de fends the right to life for every person no matter the age, while often ignoring the personhood and well-being of the woman who has had an abortion, who has faced what often seems to be an impossible choice.

Both anti-abortion and proabortion rights must address pressing questions in the after math of Roe v. Wade’s overturn ing: How can women, especially in the country’s poorest and most right-wing states, be supported? And what will happen to the children they must now carry to term?

For critics of the “anti-choice” position, the lack of a reasonable economic and social policy on these quandaries demonstrates the existence of an inherent hy pocrisy imbedded in the term “pro-life”: there’s little support for life, they say, in a movement hyper-focused on abortion and nothing else – not welfare for ba bies, or on adoption, or on other traditionally “pro-life” policies, such as the abolition of the death penalty.

The Pro-Life Movement, after all, wasn’t always synonymous with anti-abortion coalition only. It also wasn’t most prevalent among evangelicals in deep-red Southern states as it is today. In fact, it was Northeast Catholics –not Southern Protestants – who started the pro-life movement.

When Roe v. Wade was ini tially decided in 1973, just 10% of Massachusetts legislators sup ported abortion. In Rhode Is land, the legalization of abortion only became law in 1975, when a federal court overturned its antiabortion law. Meanwhile, many

Southern physicians had been performing abortions for years.

Now, of course, the inverse is true: the American South has some of the strongest anti-abor tion laws, while New England has some of the strongest pro-abor tion rights.

The historian Daniel K. Wil liams argues that this geographic shift in the Pro-life Movement began in the U.S. when evangeli cals got involved in the late 1970s and early ‘80s – that is, once they were convinced that the Pro-life Movement wasn’t a “sectarian” Catholic campaign and began to see the legislation of abortion as a part of a wider liberal social revolution.

As Protestant evangelicals led the Pro-life Movement toward a strictly anti-abortion position — shaking its affiliation with an anti-poverty, maternal health insurance and government-paid daycare agenda — many Catho lics left the cause.

This divide between Protes tants and Catholics in their ap proaches the “pro-life” disposi tion remains largely the same today – both across the country and at LSU.

Take, for example, the stra tegic differences between the two largest Christian congrega tions on campus: The Chapel, a non-denominational Protestant church, and Christ the King, the school’s local Catholic parish.

Courtney Hamilton, The Cha pel’s communications director, said the church takes an “individ ual,” rather than programmatic, approach to abortion.

If a pregnant woman came to The Chapel seeking help, she would be directed to any resource of which church staff knew. Hamilton said that The Chapel cares “about the person. It’s not a black or white thing… we care about a person who feels that they are in a tough season of life.”

The church has ministries aimed at family life, such as a support team for couples in volved in foster parenting.

In all, though, The Chapel has a much less comprehensive and direct anti-abortion program than Christ the King does, whose most significant link to anti-abor tion causes is the Women’s New Life Clinic, which is staffed with medical professionals who pro vide free ultrasounds, free coun seling – for pregnant women and those who’ve had an abortion –

and resources for newborns, such as diapers and baby formula.

Comparatively, LSU itself of fers little in the way of anti-abor tion information – a curiosity considering the deep-red status of Louisiana, in addition to the recent overturning of Roe.

In fact, according to Rebecca Breaux, a nurse practitioner on staff at the Student Health Center, “there haven’t been many chang es” since the Supreme Court’s June decision, “except that more students have become concerned about their future birth control options.”

The primary way that the SHC offers help for students is in the way of birth control and contra ceptive options. There’s also a case manager on staff who is “al ways up to date on what states are offering abortions” and who “meets with students who are still looking at abortion as an option and helps them figure out where to go and what financial help may be available,” Breaux said.

Breaux also meets with pa tients to confirm a pregnancy and conduct an ultrasound, if desired.

The only anti-abortion in formation given to pregnant women comes in the form flyers of a handful of Catholic crisis pregnancy charities, such as the Women’s New Life Clinic.

The fact that campus services don’t, in any substantive way, provide crisis pregnancy options

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is likely frustrating to those of the “pro-life” persuasion, especially since Roe has been overturned.

For Father Mathew Dunn, one of the priests at Christ the King, this lack of Pro-life Move ment information highlights an important reality: that the work of the Pro-life Movement is far from over. There’s much more to be done to provide services to ex pectant mothers and families.

For Dunn, for Catholics and for most members of the antiabortion position, the copious amount of work is worth it, and it has nothing to do with politics, with controlling women’s bodies, impressing conservative values on others or owning the libs.

At its core, to be “pro-life” is to believe that every person, born or unborn, regardless of social, wealth or racial status, is deserv ing of a right to life, beginning at conception and ending in natural death.

And though Dunn believes the Pro-life Movement’s goals are right and just, he also recognizes that the movement itself isn’t per fect. Some anti-abortion support ers, he admits, have a bad repu tation for demonizing the mother of an aborted infant – even some members of the Catholic clergy are guilty of this. Dunn hopes to see mothers and their unborn children treated equally, not as an “either/or” binary, but as “both/and,” equally important in

the eyes of God and man.

A Pro-life Movement framed in this way would answer one of the largest and fairest criticisms of those on the pro-abortion rights side of the debate. Rather than be simply concerned with the elimi nation of abortion as an option, this renewed Pro-life Movement would seek to care and provide for mothers and their children –as the original Pro-life Movement once did.

Doing so, however, would re quire a stronger union between conservative evangelicals and Catholics, as well as a radical change in attitudes toward ex panded government healthcare programs and the like – perhaps something that’s too much to wish for.

For anti-abortion members of the LSU community, however, things can start at a smaller level, such as campaigning the univer sity to include more information and resources at the SHC or con tinuing to support local crisis pregnancy centers.

But most importantly, antiabortion supporters should work from a place of empathy and un derstanding — not an allegiance to party or ideology — so that they may embody the values they claim to hold so dearly.

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Try Guys cheating scandal shows our culture’s boredom

SERIOUSLY KIDDING FRANK KIDD @FK446852315

Ned Fulmer, “wife guy” of the Try Guys, was recently kicked out of the group after he was caught in an extramarital affair.

This situation shows the de cline of American society—pub lic cheating scandals used to be a lot more entertaining.

As far as cheating scandals go, this one sucks. It involves some nerd from a stupid YouTube channel involved in a workplace relationship. That news is so mundane that anytime it’s retold there should be a soundtrack of an entire stadium of people boo ing accompanying it.

How boring is the news now that our culture’s attention was captured by a D-list celebrity cheating at his job? All this public attention would be warranted if he was cheating with the spouse of another member of the group or with the spouse of some other competing YouTube channel. But not for this.

Another thing that takes away from this story is the predictabil ity. Fulmer was famous for trying things out: It stands to reason that he extended this ideology to his personal life. Being surprised

by this news would be just as ri diculous as being blindsided by learning that Kanye West has a shrine to himself.

For a more entertaining cheat ing scandal, see the story behind Eric Clapton’s classic song “Lay la” by his group Derek & The Dominoes.

The song was written about Pattie Boyd, the wife of his close personal friend George Harrison of The Beatles. Boyd would go on to have an affair with Clapton and eventually marry him. One of the reasons Boyd cited for leaving Harrison was his vari ous infidelities, culminating in

an affair with Maureen Starkey Tigrett, the wife of fellow Beatle Ringo Starr.

There’s also the Tiger Woods cheating scandal. Woods was discovered to be cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren with night club manager Rachel Uchitel. This scandal ended with Woods

being chased out of his house by Nordegren, who was poetically wielding one of his golf clubs.

Who could forget when JayZ was discovered to be stepping out on his relationship with Be yonce? That affair led to the re lease of Beyonce’s album “Lem onade,” where she aired the dirty laundry of their relationship, tak ing clear shots at her husband.

Who could forget Fulmer’s affair? Everyone can and prob ably will by the time this article is released. If he was trying to have a memorable story, that guy should try again.

Fulmer could potentially re vive his YouTube career by re branding and starting a YouTube channel called “The Try Guy.” The channel could feature him trying something new to save his marriage every week. Marriage counseling, personal develop ment, ancient rituals—he could do it all. It’d certainly be more entertaining than the details of his poor excuse for a scandal.

Everything seems to be get ting worse, especially the news. Cheating is obviously a ter rible thing to do, so celebrities, if you’re going to do it, go for broke. We need content.

Frank Kidd is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Springfield, Virginia.

Applying for jobs? Make sure your resume’s shining

CRADDOCK’S CORNER KATHRYN CRADDOCK @kcradd4

Everyone has different opin ions on how to write a resume.

I spoke with Cindy Seghers, the director of career develop ment at the Ogden Honors Col lege, to talk about advice for stu dents. I’ve broken down her tips, along with my own experience, for all your resume-writing needs.

Let go of your high school accomplishments after your freshman year of college.

“A resume is a living docu ment,” Seghers said. “So it’s con stantly changing and needs to be updated.”

This means that while college freshman can boast their high school accolades, other college students need to give up that re sume space.

“Freshman can include all of their high school activities, achievements and accolades through their freshman year,” Seghers said. “After their fresh man year, high school stuff has to go away.”

I was heartbroken when I got to college at 18 and was told in a resume lab that no one would care that I was valedictorian in high school.

At 22, I realize that I still have my pretty graduation picture, so getting all A’s in high school wasn’t a complete waste.

But, yeah, high school is high school. It lingers into your fresh man year of college, but for the most part, once it’s over, it’s over.

Graduating seniors, get a pro fessional eye to look over re sume

Seghers said that students should get a professional to look over their resume at the begin ning of their senior year.

“Don’t think you can put it all together yourself,” she said. “Have a professional look it over to see what it says.”

With anything, it can be hard for us to see our own weakness es. Don’t be afraid to get a second set of eyes.

Separate your resume into sections

I have four sections on my current resume — education, study abroad experience, journal ism experience and working ex perience.

“Be sure to include where you are in school,” Seghers said. “Be cause that is your job, for how ever many years.”

She also recommended that students include their graduation date, GPA, major, minor, study abroad and involvement, as ap plicable.

On my resume, for education, I included my university’s name, my anticipated graduation date, my major, my concentration and my minor.

For study abroad, I included the university’s name, the months

I studied there, the subject I stud ied and the specific classes I took.

For journalism experience, I included my student media job — an opinion columnist here at The Reveille.

For working experience, I in cluded three former jobs I have worked — a gardener, a bartend er and a grocery store clerk.

In the last two sections, I made sure to put details of what I did at the jobs and how long I

worked there.

Gmail is your friend.

As LSU students, we all have our school email. While it may be tempting to put this on your resume, you shouldn’t. Your LSU account will expire after you graduate, and any potential em ployer who try to email you will be shooting their message into the abyss.

Gmail is the better choice. It’s

not a work or school account that will expire after you finish. It’ll always be there, and it’s profes sional.

Times New Roman, 11- or 12-point font, is always best

Any other font is ugly or hard to read. That’s all there is to say.

Kathryn Craddock is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Patterson.

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Try Guys members Eugene Lee Yang, Zach Kornfeld and Keith Habersberger (left to right) discuss the cheating scandal involving ex-member Ned Fulmer in an Oct. 3 YouTube video.

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LSU kinesiology senior Avery Teal and kinesiology senior Jenna Richardson study together on Friday, Sep. 9, 2022, in the LSU library, Baton Rouge, LA.