The Reveille 11-10-22

MUSICAL COMMUNITY

Tiger Band members share stories, love for 125-year-old traditions.

Members show love for marching band, community it fosters

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BY MADDIE SCOTT @madscottyy

Landon Chambliss stood in his purple and gold Tiger Band uni form, clutching his brass trumpet in the Caesars, then Mercedes Benz, Superdome in 2019 where he and 325 other band members lined up in positions they had been practicing for weeks. They waited as the jumbotron counted down the seconds before they took the field before the national championship game between LSU and Clemson.

The stadium was far from quiet, the political science senior said. As soon as the drum major, the student responsible for con ducting the band, stepped onto the field for Tiger Band’s tradi tional pregame performance, nearly 75,000 audience members lit up and clapped along so loud, Chambliss noted, that he could hardly hear his colleagues play.

“And from there, it’s magic,” Chambliss said.

A few years later, Chambliss found himself as the drum major of the 2022 Golden Band from Ti gerland. Showing strong dedica tion to their craft, the marching band meets from 3:50 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and performs most Saturdays for foot ball games.

“We’re very proud of what we do, and it’s an honor every game to play for such a great university and a great football team,” Cham bliss said.

Since Chambliss first heard Louis Armstrong at age 6, he has dreamed of playing just like the world-renowned trumpet player. Shortly after, his stepfather gave him a trumpet.

Chambliss has stuck with his

passion for music ever since.

After four years in Tiger Band, one of the largest organizations on LSU’s campus that dates back to 1893, he’s learned that it’s more than just a bunch of people play ing instruments together.

“If it wasn’t for the love I have for this organization and the cul ture of love that we have within this band, I would not be in this position that I am currently,” Chambliss said.

Communications sciences and disorders senior Madison Mistretta is one of the two sec tion leaders of the Golden Girls and remembers when the confetti went off during the 2019 football championship. It was one of her favorite memories.

She could see the excitement in everyone’s faces, she said, and there wasn’t one moment when she didn’t have a smile on her face.

“I will never forget that and when the confetti went off and everyone was just going crazy,” Mistretta said. “There’s a picture of us dancing when the confetti went off, and it’s probably one of my favorite pictures ever.”

Mistretta said that the Golden Girls get the best of both worlds by being in the marching band.

“I would describe Golden Girls as a dance team that is built on tradition and culture that is intertwined with the band,” Mis tretta said.

Growing up in Baton Rouge, Mistretta has wanted to be a Golden Girl for as long as she can remember, beginning danc ing when she was five-years-old to fulfill her dream.

“They’ll always have my back,” Mistretta said. “It’s just crazy to think that I’m actually living my

dream. It’s just amazing.”

Mistretta said her best friends are the other members of the Golden Girls. Even during the offseason, she always finds her self hanging out with her team. They’ve always had her back, she said.

Sociology junior Jenna Bour geois is one of the two color guard captains and believes color guard, through their use of flags and dance, is a different way to artistically express oneself, espe cially by using equipment to per form.

Performing in Tiger Stadium is one of the best feelings ever, and hearing the crowd cheering is ex hilarating, she said.

Bourgeois said that the first time she performed in pregame during a gameday was when she knew it was where she’s sup posed to be. In the midst of ap plying to law school, she said that performing provides an escape from the stress of life.

“We put in a lot more time than I think people realize,” Bourgeois said. “It’s not as easy as it looks, but the time we put in is super worth it, and it shows on the field too.”

With as many hours each member dedicates to practices and game days, Bourgeois feels like she can go up to her fellow marching band members at any point. The work they all put in brings them together, she said.

“I love Tiger Band because I’ve done color guard for so long, but in Tiger Band, it feels like there’s a family within it,” she said.

The motto for Tiger Band this year is “one Tiger Band family,” Bourgeois said. She believes it emphasizes the community dy namic the members have.

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When Kelvin Jones became the Tiger Band director in 2019, one of his main priorities was to reinforce the community Ti ger Band represents. He created an acronym, TBF, meaning Tiger Band Family, to showcase the community he and his staff fos ters.

“We work with great students, some of the smartest and bright est I’ve ever been around like ever,” Jones said.

On a day-to-day basis, Jones facilitates the band from an orga nizational standpoint, he said.

Most members aren’t music majors, Jones said, with most be ing science and engineering stu dents.

“How can we create and mani fest life-long skills that can tran scend, not just music, but lead ership, leadership development, growth, maturity, ambassador ship, a spirit of giving, attitude of gratitude, all those things we talk about on a daily basis?” Jones said.

Not all of the more than-300 members are exactly the same, Jones said, so cultivating a space where everyone feels safe and valued is significant in order to motivate all of its members to work harder.

“I love people, and I love mu sic, but the people come first,” he said. “If you don’t have a dynamic with people, they don’t want to make music at a high level.”

He believes the development of the family dynamic manifests strong leadership and a place of love.

“We want anybody at the sta dium to know this is a tiger party, a LSU tiger party, and we’re here to support our fighting tigers any way possible,” Jones said.

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The Golden Band from Tigerland marches Sept. 24, on North Stadium Drive.

MUSIC THERAPY

School of Music starts new program after hiring Endowed Chair

BY CHANDLER MCINTOSH @GeauxChandler18

The LSU School of Music is of fering a music therapy program to students for the first time with the assistance of newly hired faculty member Kamille Geist, an associate professor of music therapy.

According to Geist, music therapists create music-based strategies to address the health needs of the people they serve. She said that music therapists use music to work on non-musical goals such as speech, movement, anxiety, depression and more.

Music therapists consult with expert team members such as speech-language pathologists, physical therapists and counsel ors to ensure that the targeted health needs align with the cli ent’s overall treatment, she said.

“Because our bodies natu rally respond to musical stimuli, the music therapist is trained to identify the type of music stimuli or treatment needed for a client through assessment,” Geist said.

Geist said that the music ther apist’s job is also to learn from the client what type of music ex perience would be the healthiest option for them.

“The music therapist then develops the most appropriate music-based treatment and con tinues to evaluate and change the treatment as the client’s needs change,” Geist said.

According to Geist, the first

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class in the sequence, Profes sion of Music Therapy, will be available in the fall 2023 course catalog. She said that any under graduate student can take this course, while higher courses will be reserved for those obtaining a

music therapy degree.

She said the music therapy de gree would consist of core music classes from the School of Music, core music therapy theory and clinical practicum classes, and behavioral science courses such

as psychology, biology and com munication disorders.

LSU School of Music Director James Byo said that the newly created music therapy program

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New app for friendships

BY CLAIRE THERIOT @ClaireTheriot2

A new app called “LINK So cial” is making an impact on LSU’s campus by providing a way for students to meet new groups of friends online based on who they connect with.

LINK Social co-founder and CEO Dayton Hedges said he came up with the idea for the app while traveling with friends. They won dered why there was no easy way to meet new people together and that although there are plenty of dating apps, there are no reliable social media platforms to make friends with people who are the same age and have the same inter ests in the same area.

Hedges said he created LINK Social for people to have the abil ity to either meet with others alone or with a group of friends.

“There should be an option to meet people with your friends instead of just alone because it’s more comfortable and more fun,” Hedges said.

Hedges said that while dating apps are how some teens meet new people, many people have different motivations, such as cat fishing, which is when a person portrays a different image online than who they are in real life.

Hedges said that on LINK So cial, a person can “link,” or match,

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LSU researchers use A.I. to develop personalized diets

BY EMILY BRACHER @emily_bracher_

LSU’s Pennington Biomedi cal Research Center has begun studying personalized diets cre ated through predictions made using artificial intelligence.

The goal, researchers said, is to lower obesity rates in Amer ica. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, nearly one out of four adults in Louisi ana is considered obese.

The program, titled Nutri tion for Precision Health, will collaborate with the All of US research program, which is cre ating the largest precision medi cine database in the world.

Eric Ravussin has been working at Pennington for 22 years and is one of the leading investigators for this research, funded by the National Institute of Health.

Ravussin explained that dietary habits are directly as sociated with health and dis

ease, using the example of how vegetarians are healthier than people who consistently eat fast food.

According to Ravussin, na

tionwide rates of obesity were around 15% in the 1980s. Now, it’s closer to 35%.

“It’s an enormous increase, and it’s being triggered by our

lifestyle,” he said. “Nutrition is an important part of that.”

The study will start with 12,000 people from across the United States, with six clinical

centers responsible for conduct ing the research. In total, there are 14 principal investigators.

Sample group’s nutrition and dietary habits will be measured while they constantly wear a glucose monitor for 10 days.

According to Ravussin, the 12,000 people will represent ev eryone across the United States, including individuals with dis abilities and pregnant individu als. The sample size will range in age from 18 to an upper age level of 95. They will not accept people with Type 1 diabetes to avoid changing their insulin in jection regimen.

“We will know about their genetics, we will know about their socio-economic status, we know about where they live, we will know about their family history of disease and health,” Ravussin said. “This will be a cross-sectional study.”

Ravussin explained how out

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The School of Music sits on Nov. 2 at LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

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A student makes their plate from the vegetarian options on Oct. 3 in The 5 Dining Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

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of the 12,000, 1,500 will be pro vided with three diets for two weeks. These diets will be re ferred to by colors and the par ticipants will eat from all three diets without knowing which one they are on. They will start with one, continue with anoth er and then finish with the last one with a washout period in between.

“There is a traditional Amer ican diet, which is the least healthy one,” Ravussin said. “There is a Mediterranean diet and there is another diet that is rather high in fat but in healthy fat.”

Around 500 to 600 people will continue into a study where they will stay at the inpatient fa cility at Pennington three times over two weeks. There, they will be fed those three diets and strictly monitored and ensured they follow the diet.

“People are people,” Ravus sin said. “If you tell them just to stick to the diet and nothing else, we know that half of the people are not going to play the game and are going to have their ice cream or their three glasses of wine.”

The data from the partici pants will then be collected alongside information like whether they live in a food des ert or a healthy area. The re sponses will then be put into an artificial intelligence processing

system to build predictors of what diet works best for a spe cific person.

“Diet A might not be the best diet for this given person, but may be the best-given diet for another person,” Ravussin said.

Ravussin and other research ers have submitted a protocol to a Data Safety Monitoring Board, where they will work back and forth until the study begins ear ly next year.

Lucio Miele, chair of genetics and assistant dean for transla tional science at the LSU Health Sciences Center, has been at LSU since 2014 and serves as a principal investigator in Nutri tion for Precision Health.

“The goal of NPH is to deter mine how different individuals respond to their diets in terms of their metabolism, microbi ome, physiological measures, metabolisms, etc.,” Miele said.

“The final goal is to define and validate algorithms that predict how each individual will re spond to diet.”

He said that artificial intelli gence would be employed in the “analysis phase,” where diets will be appropriately matched to each subject.

“The ideal outcome is a se ries of predictive algorithms that help nutritionists and phy sicians customize the ‘best’ diet to maintain health and prevent diseases associated with dys metabolism,” Miele said.

Miele is also the co-chair of

the Community Engagement Committee for the NPH study, gathering input from communi ties and All of Us participants to design the most effective ways to disseminate what is found in this study to communities.

The All of Us research pro gram is creating the largest medicine database in the world. Miele said that studies like this one will “work to improve the health of all Americans.”

Leanne Redman, professor of clinical sciences at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has been there since 2005. She is the co-principal investigator for the Louisiana Nutrition for Precision Health Clinical Center, which will run the study in the state. She is also the co-chair of the Steering Committee, which includes over 450 individuals nationwide.

Redman said that scientific research and other decisions that regard the efficacy of things such as diet, medication or be havioral treatment are based on a difference in the treatment that a control group receives.

“Often overlooked is the wide range of benefits that are experienced among people in each group,” Redman said. “Some people might experience many health benefits when eat ing a low-fat diet, whereas oth er people might experience no benefits and some people might even experience worsened health effects.”

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was years in the making.

He said that in 2018, LSU alumni Ava Leavell Haymon and Cordell Haymon donated funds to create an endowed chair in music therapy. Byo said that the donation led to the formation of an Endowed Chair in Music Ther apy and the pursuit of LSU’s first music therapy program.

“At that time, the School of Music in the College of Music and Dramatic Arts launched a nation al search, seeking the first-ever music therapy faculty member at LSU and one who would build a therapy program from scratch,” Byo said.

Byo said the COVID-19 pan demic slowed the search, but it ramped up again in the fall of 2021. Geist, who had been the music therapy program direc tor at Ohio University in Athens, agreed to join the LSU faculty as the first Ava and Cordell Haymon Endowed Chair of Music Therapy in August of 2022.

Byo said that music therapy will enhance the School of Mu sic and LSU by providing a career option not currently available at LSU for accomplished high school musicians.

He said that Loyola University New Orleans currently houses the only music therapy program in Louisiana.

When the LSU program is up and running, Byo said it will pro vide a public alternative and fill

a void in therapeutic services at LSU.

He said that music therapy is a growing field across the United States; new programs are accred ited by the National Association of Schools of Music in conjunc tion with the American Music Therapy Association.

“[A program] that targets the health and wellness of diverse special populations, including those with disabilities, medi cal conditions, age-related chal lenges, and other human service needs, will improve the quality of life across the greater population of Louisiana and the southeast and south-central regions of the U.S.,” Byo said.

He also said that the School of Music hopes to grow the pro gram by adding a second music therapy faculty member and ex panding from an undergraduate degree-granting program to one that includes a Master of Music in Music Therapy.

Senior Vice Provost Jane Cas sidy said the music therapy pro gram is an important step for the School of Music.

“The intention of the Sound of Music is to recruit widely among high schools in Louisiana to make sure those students know that a music therapy degree is available at LSU,” Cassidy said. “We also feel like it will be an interesting option for out-of-state students, as there are very few music therapy programs in the surrounding states.”

with someone who has similar in terests, like on a dating app. They can also create group chats with multiple people.

A feature that makes LINK So cial different is the way the group chats are set up. If two or more friends set up a group chat, they can invite someone on LINK So cial to join their group chat. Yet, the people who set up the group chat send messages on the same side of the chat when messaging the other group. It can be seen as two groups messaging each other.

“Our group chats are really fun because it’s our group talk ing to this other person or other group,” Hedges said.

Hedges said that one thing that makes LINK Social different from other applications is that it lets people know if the other person they are considering “link ing” with has similar friends. Each user has a friends list that is connected to the contacts in their phone. This lets people know if they have friends in common, which can be a deciding factor in whether they choose to “link” or not.

“I have grand visions of where LINK will go,” Hedges said.

Hedges said that while this app is starting small and primar ily focused on college students, who are 90 percent of its users, he plans on making improvements.

He said that currently, the feed is mainly geographically-based, which means everyone in Baton Rouge can only see people in Ba ton Rouge, but he adjusted the

app to filter by schools around the nation. He said that students can now use the app to meet people in different states who are going to the same college before actu ally moving to college.

“I really want to combat loneli ness,” Hedges said. “Our genera tion is the most chronically online generation.”

Hedges said he is proud to assist people in making new re lationships, especially in college.

“I know how valuable having just one friend is and if I can do that for just one person, makes me happy,” Hedges said.

He said for the future of LINK Social, they are getting a lot of feedback from people who want the option to post pictures with their friends, and he said they have a lot of exciting things com ing up involving that.

Hedges said that in a month, LINK Social will have stories that users can post to the people they “link” with. He said the purpose is to seem less like a dating app and more like a social platform.

Entrepreneurship junior Seth Trotter said that he heard about LINK Social around LSU’s cam pus. He said he would definitely consider getting the app because he’s always trying to meet new people since he’s a social media influencer.

He said there are pros and cons to the rise of social media. Younger people have the oppor tunity to build a career and make money from it; however, he said some people are on their phones so much that they can’t develop a life outside of them.

“Most people meet people on line,” Trotter said, “so I think Link Social is a great way to meet new friends.”

Trotter said some advice he would give to people who are struggling to make friends would be to put yourself out there. He said in terms of the app, just be ing yourself and reaching out to people can be a great way to meet true friends.

Finance freshman Nick Kallay heard about LINK Social from a friend, and after downloading

the app, he said he felt it was a great way to make friends online. He said that while his genera tion is developing social media to become more social, he feels it’s done the exact opposite.

“I feel like it can be hard to so cialize with kids my age because I’m so used to talking online,” Kallay said.

Kallay said he thinks LINK So cial is a good way to meet new people because everyone on the app is open to making new friends. He also said it’s easier to

find what everyone has in com mon since it’s explicitly stated in their profile.

For anyone struggling to make friends in college, Kallay suggests attending events and activities on campus. He said trying anything to meet new people is always worth it because, in the end, it will be rewarding to have a good group of friends.

“This app seems like it could have a lot of potential and be able to help benefit college students,” Kallay said.

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A picture of inside LINK Social app where you can “link”, or match, with people.

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK IN BR

BY MADELON DAVIS @MadelonDavis

FRIDAY AT 7:30 11th

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Cendrillon (Cinderella) Shaver Theatre

LSU’s Turner-Fischer Center for Opera is perform ing the five-act opera, “Cendrillon,” based on the Cinderella fairy tale. The opera is sung in French with English subtitles. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Shaver Theatre on campus, in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. Student tickets are $12. If you can’t make it on Friday night, there is one 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, Nov. 13.

Want to see your event in The Reveille? Email information to editor@lsu.edu.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. River Center Theatre

The Baton Rouge Broadway season is opening with a celebration of the music of Aretha Franklin. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. With a valid student ID, you can get your ticket for $25 at the River Center box office, 275 S. River Road This is the only night for the event.

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Operating Systems Reilly Theatre

“Operating Systems” by Corinna Schulenberg will be held at the Reilly Theatre, 10 Tower Drive, on campus. The play starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32 for adults, $22 for faculty and staff and $12 for students. The play discusses sexual misconduct, internalized oppression and how individuals can move forward. If you can’t make it this Saturday, several showings are available through Nov. 20.

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A tire pump hose on Field House Drive becomes the new tail of a squirrel in the LSU Quad.

A smoke stack on South Stadium Drive extends from Memorial Tower on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

A tree branch in the Art and Design courtyard extends from the nose of an airplane on South Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La. A lamp on South Quad Drive replaces the head of a skateboarder on Field House Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

The sign for Nicholson Hall in the LSU Quad aligns with an LSU bus on Field House Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

A jet of water from the Dodson Fountain in the LSU Quad forms the new base of a handicap parking sign near Allen Hall on Field House Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Two signs on South Stadium Drive come together to spell “BOP” in Baton Rouge, La.

A light trail on South Stadium Drive forms the missing half of a bench seat also on South Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Photos by Matthew Perschall

RECORD BREAKING

Who gets the game ball?

Although it headed into the game as 14-point underdogs, No. 10 LSU came out as the top dog when they upset No.6 Alabama in a thrilling 32-31 overtime vic tory.

LSU’s victory over the Crim son Tide helped push LSU into sole control of the SEC West. The Tigers will need to either win out or win at least one of two games against either Arkansas and Texas A&M and for Ole Miss to lose one more game to clinch the SEC West title to advance to Atlanta for the SEC champion ship game.

BY TYLER HARDEN @ttjharden8

LSU women’s basketball be gan its regular season Mon day night in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers’ matchup against Bellarmine University was the team’s op portunity to see how they’d look playing together in a competi tive-game fashion.

With the Tigers adding nine newcomers to the roster, includ ing five from the transfer portal, how fast team chemistry would kick in was a question entering

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the season. Although the team wasn’t presented with much of a challenge Tuesday night, the communication worked well enough to earn a very convinc ing win. LSU walked away with a dominant 125-50 win over Bel larmine, a new program record for the most points scored in a game.

The transfer players intro duced themselves in a great way for the regular season opener. Sophomore forward, Angel Re ese, a transfer from the Univer sity of Maryland, led the team with a double-double in her LSU

debut after missing both exhibi tion games. She scored 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, shoot ing 9-15 from the field.

“I felt really confident go ing into the game,” Reese said. “I let the game come to me. Of course, I wanted to be out there, but I cheered on my teammates through the first two games, and seeing the game from a different aspect was something that was important to me. So being able to get out there tonight was just exciting.”

Jasmine Carson, a graduate student from West Virginia Uni

versity, LaDazhia Williams, a graduate student from the Uni versity of Missouri and Kateri Poole, a sophomore guard from The Ohio State University, also made their presence known for the team. Carson scored 17 points, Poole scored 14 points and Williams added seven points.

While the transfers looked impressive, the familiar faces also fit right in. The fans were excited to see Alexis Morris back on the court and back to

After Alabama scored first in overtime, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels scored on a 25yard run on the first play of their possession. Daniels then found tight end Mason Taylor on the two-point conversion to seal the victory for the Tigers and the field was occupied with LSU fans on the field celebrating with their beloved team.

Here are the top performanc es from Saturday:

Head Coach Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly gets the first game ball. After being the butt of jokes from the start of the season whether it was his “fake accent” or his infamous dancing videos, Kelly has quickly rebuilt

What the win over Alabama meant for LSU recruiting class

BY TYLER HARDEN @ttjharden

The energy in Baton Rouge and within LSU Tiger fans is at an all-time high after the 32-31, overtime win over Alabama. Brian Kelly has come into the LSU pro gram and exceeded expectations when it comes to redirecting the program.

His efforts have been noticed by recruits, as LSU currently holds the No. 4 recruiting class in the country, according to 247sports.

Before the game, four-star safety and LSU commit, Ryan Yaites, talked to Kelly, and Kelly’s mentality made Yaites realize that there will be fireworks in Baton Rouge.

“I got to talk to Brian Kelly before the game,” Yaites said. “Af ter talking to him, that’s when I knew with no doubt in my mind we were winning that game.”

Kelly’s mentality and mission for the LSU program have been radiant, and everyone in the pro gram seems to trust him and is willing to buy in. The coaching staff and the players went in de termined, and this mentality ex tended all the way to the recruits.

“It [the game] was amazing,” three-star offensive tackle and LSU commit, Paul Mubenga, said. “I remember Coach [Brad] Davis telling me on the phone Thursday that they’ll win against Alabama and there it was, they won.”

LSU’s commits in both the 2023 and 2024 classes recognize the long-term plan Brian Kelly and his coaching staff have for the pro gram. Even in his first season at the helm in Baton Rouge, recruits have realized that he’s backed up his talk and that the program is headed in a great direction.

“I feel he’s changed everything around since being here,” Four-

star offensive tackle and LSU com mit, Tyree Adams, said. “I feel they are a more player-driven team and it shows to be working.”

After a win over a program like Alabama in his first season at LSU, recruits have a feeling it is only a matter of time before Kelly brings a national championship to Baton Rouge. Four-star tight end and LSU commit, Mac Markway, feels the Tigers will win a title during his time there.

“We will win a national cham pionship without doubt,” Mark way said. He’s [Brian Kelly] done everything he said he wanted to do and more.”

Regardless, Kelly and his staff’s efforts have been nothing short of impressive in their first season at LSU. Many had their doubts about how the first season with Kelly in charge would pan out, but LSU fans are looking to get used to the spot the program is in right now.

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The LSU women’s basketball team cheers on the side during LSU’s 121-46 win in an exhibition game against Langston University on Nov. 3 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on N. Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

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The LSU football offense celebrates a touchdown on Nov. 5 during LSU’s 32-31 victory over Alabama in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

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the Tigers. The Tigers have gone from barely fielding a roster for last year’s Texas Bowl to control ling its own destiny for the SEC West title after beating two top 10 teams, Ole Miss and Alabama.

However, the biggest reason why Kelly made this list was not because of how quickly he re built LSU, it was because of his gutsy decision to go for two in overtime. Instead of taking the safe route, Kelly chose to trust his players’ abilities to execute and make the game winning play. The two-point conversion also shows us that Kelly will do anything to make sure LSU will play to win championships, not just games.

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her old self. The crowd enjoyed seeing her knock down her first three-pointer of the game with just over four minutes in the first quarter. Morris finished the night with 16 points, including three three-pointers.

“It’s good to have her, she’s quick as lightning,” Coach Kim Mulkey said of Morris. “Alexis Morris is so talented that when we didn’t have her for the play offs last year, it was costly for us.”

Prior to the game Tuesday, another familiar face in senior

LSU Defense

LSU’s defense gets the sec ond game ball. The defense was phenomenal once again, slowing down one of the top offenses in college football.

Although they allowed Ala bama quarterback Bryce Young to throw for 328 yards, they were frustrating Young all game as he completed only 25 of his 51 passes, which put his comple tion percentage at a measly 49%.

BJ Ojulari led LSU in tackles with 11. Ojulari also had a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. Harold Perkins, who played on the op posite side of Olujari, had eight tackles and a sack.

LSU’s defensive backs also played great as a collective unit. Jarrick Bernard-Converse had a

forward and former walk-on, Emily Ward, was put on schol arship. In Tuesday night’s game, she scored two points for her senior-season opener.

In addition to the players with college experience, true freshmen also saw the court and took advantage of their op portunities. Flau’jae Johnson, a freshman guard from Sprayberry High School in Savannah, Geor gia, got the start for LSU, and she finished the game with 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

“I told her [Flau’jae Johnson] in the locker room getting those

said performance on the night with two tackles, two passes deflected and an interception in the end zone when Alabama was threatening to score inside the 10-yard line on its first posses sion.

Joe Foucha also had a great game as well. Foucha ended the game with eight tackles and a pass deflection.

Jayden Daniels and Mason Taylor

My third game ball goes to both Jayden Daniels and Mason Taylor. They both made big time plays in the clutch, so it was def initely hard to pick one over the other.

Every time Alabama went down the field and scored, Dan iels would lead the offense right

two fouls may be the best thing that happened to her,” Mulkey said. “She has to understand this game will humble you, but you have to let it go.”

Sa’Myah Smith, a freshman forward from DeSoto High School in Texas, also added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

“I saw some good stuff with Sa’Myah,” Mulkey said. “First thing that jumped out at me was finishing shots, and then her ability, because she’s not big and bulky, to get rebounds on the back side, and be able to quick jump to get them back in.”

Hayley Harrison led Bellarm

down the field to respond with a touchdown of their own.

Taylor has been no stranger to making big time plays when ever his number is called, wheth er it was the Florida State game or his awesome performance against Ole Miss. After all, his dad, Jason, and his uncle, Zach Thomas, are both former All-Pro NFL players, so no pressure.

Daniels finished with 182 yards passing and two touch downs with a completion per centage of 68%. Daniels com pleted a 30-yard touchdown pass to running back John Emery for the first touchdown of the game for either team.

Daniels would also complete the go-ahead seven-yard touch down pass to Taylor in a jump

ine with 19 points. LSU held Bel larmine to 26% shooting from the field, and 22% from three.

The difference between the two LSU teams coached by Mulkey will be depth. Last sea son, seven to eight players typi cally saw the court, which in tough games proved to be costly.

In Tuesday night’s game, nine players saw the court before the starters started to leave the game midway through the sec ond quarter. Having the ability to bring in fresh bodies at any point in the game will only help the team once they enter SEC play.

ball situation at the end of the end zone before Alabama would ultimately tie the game with a field goal to send the game to overtime.

The fact that Daniels trusted Taylor to make that catch just shows you the amount of poten tial Taylor has yet to achieve due to his youth.

Daniels also had 96 yards rushing and a touchdown. The LSU coaches called his number on a read option play and he took it 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play. When Kelly de cided to go for two, it was decid ed that the play to win the game was designed for Taylor. Daniels rolled out and threw the ball to an open Taylor who plowed in for the game-winning score.

Overall, there will be a lot to be excited about for Tiger fans as the season tips off and progress es. While the team has many games still to play, the fact they can play as one from the start of the season, despite their dif ferent journeys to Baton Rouge, says a lot.

Mulkey is carrying this team in a different manner than last year’s team. Last season, Mulkey had to show LSU fans that she can turn the program around. Now that she’s done that, an “it’s showtime” mentality is what Mulkey and her squad are rally ing around.

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LSU football junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) strides down the field on Nov. 5, during LSU’s 32-31 victory over Alabama in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

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Head football coach Brian Kelly stands steady on the sidelines on Nov. 5 during LSU’s 32-31 victory over Alabama in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter to the Editor: Student section chant is humiliating

BY TAMMY R. DUGAS

Like so many other LSU alumni and lifetime LSU fans, I celebrated an incredible victory in the stadium Saturday night. I was so proud of our guys and the courage they had in those last moments. I cheered, I sang, my adrenaline was working over time. A hearty salute to our fear less, talented football players and the brilliant game plan laid out by their coaches!

But alas, this is not why I write this letter. Let me explain in advance that the thoughts I put to paper this morning are only my own and not those of our faculty or our administration.

I have been an LSU fan since an afternoon in 1988 when the LSU Office of Admissions took the time to call me and tell me why I needed to be here. I sure had my heart set on Texas but the welcome I received here could not be matched. I was there with Tiger Band celebrating for the earthquake game. The walls in our row home in Philadelphia were literally shaking from our exuberant celebration when LSU finally beat a first-ranked Flor ida. I cried with Gerry DiNardo

when he was let go, and yes, I sang along with Garth Brooks the second time the earthquake happened.

When I got the opportunity to come back to Louisiana in 2001

and build my career as an LSU faculty member, I didn’t give it a second thought. I’ve spent my last 21 years doing my part to bring value to the degrees we of fer and what we represent. Com

bined with the eight years I spent here obtaining degrees, that’s more than half of my lifetime. That said, please understand my humiliation when in the stair well Saturday night, we were ser

enaded with that caustic, vulgar chant. I’m usually thankful that the student section is far from our seats, so I don’t have to hear it so vividly, but alas, there it was.

My usual routine is to hurried ly get to the car so I can watch the post-game press conferences. I couldn’t help but page over to watch Saban’s reaction, and there it is again, recorded for all the world to hear. Out of curiosity, I Googled the lyrics, and imag ine my horror when Google cata logued those words as the LSU Anthem. I understand that it’s reached a point of “supreme cool ness.” One can even purchase Tshirts with the lyrics outside the stadium, in fact, but for someone like me, it’s far from cool.

When I hear those words, I feel hurt and so much shame. Those fearless warriors down there are not the team of Bob by Boucher, and we are not his university. I sing the Alma Mater with pride each Saturday in the Fall, and those inspiring halls mean something to me. Have it mean something to you.

Tammy R. Dugas is a professor at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

I’ve started using the metric system. You should, too

METRIC MATTHEW MATTHEW PERSCHALL @MatthewPerscha1

Did you know that the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 named the metric system as “the preferred sys tem of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce”?

Looking, well, anywhere in the U.S., you probably wouldn’t.

That’s because, beyond those stated instances, usage of the met ric system remains “completely vol untary.” Perhaps a compromise is in order for those who aren’t sold on switching.

Over the past few years, I’ve been making the voluntary switch to the metric system.

Celsius is all I use for the weather, and I’m currently working on distances and speeds in metric when using GPS. Having my phone and computer in metric has allowed me to make these changes, but be yond the mention of temperature in the “Great British Bake Off” or

foreign YouTube videos, I don’t get much exposure to the metric sys tem.

This lack of exposure is what needs to change in the U.S. Tran sitioning into a bilingual system could be the compromise needed for those wanting to learn and use metric and could help alleviate some anti-metric sentiment.

Currently, the U.S. uses the met ric system for things like nutrition information, medication and most liquor. You can often find 2-liter bottles of soda in the grocery, and track runners use metric for events like the 100-meter dash and the 5k run. None of these common uses causes an uproar or much of a reac tion at all.

The metric system appears in a variety of places in daily life, but I believe it should be everywhere.

Every thermostat ought to have the option for Celsius; the same for ovens and other cooking imple ments. Road signs should be in both kilometers and miles. The news should show Celsius along side Fahrenheit during the weather

segment.

Essentially, Americans need to be exposed to the metric system as much as possible.

With increased exposure, peo ple will perceive the metric system as normal rather than something scary or confusing. Also, having metric everywhere will allow those interested to make use of the sys tem. Of course, not everyone will want to use the metric system, but giving people the option is integral

to my idea of a bilingual compro mise.

Wales, for instance, is a bilin gual nation, using both Welsh and English for signage, McDonald’s self-service kiosks and government documents. People there can use the language they prefer, and the option is great for learners, too. The U.S. can make this a reality for the metric system, showing people both measuring systems on road signs and the weather station. Af

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ter all, it doesn’t hurt to have the option.

A YouGov poll from August 2022 shows increasing interest in the metric system among Ameri cans, especially among 18- to 29-year-olds. These younger re spondents were more likely to say they use metric units when talking about the temperature or measur ing the weight of an item compared to those 45 and older. Although the highest usage case was only at 20% for 18- to 29-year-olds in the weighing of objects category, this is significant compared to only 5% of respondents 45 and older who said they use metric in the same category.

Voluntary usage of the metric system should be made possible in the U.S., especially as interest grows. A bilingual system would be the best way to facilitate increased usage, and of course, it doesn’t hurt to have the option.

Matthew Perschall is a 21-year-old general business junior from New Orleans.

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“Everything you can imagine is real.”

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The sea of LSU fans cheer loudly on Nov. 5 during LSU’s 32-31 victory over Alabama in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

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An oven displays both Fahrenheit and Celsius cooking temperatures on Nov. 5 in Baton Rouge, La.