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Earning the No. 18 jersey is a sign of the staff’s trust in Oju lari to be that leader who the rest of the team can look up to on and off the field. Entering a new era of LSU football in 2022, there are few things that can be safely assumed about this team. A whole new coaching staff, 16 incoming transfers and a new culture, the feeling around the program is night and day from this time last year.
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Gaye, a veteran defensive end, plays opposite of Ojulari, and he talked about the impact Ojulari has on him on the field along with how he is able to raise the level of play. “I feed off of him just like I said he feeds off of me,” Gaye said, “When I see him doing his thing I look to my side and I know I’ve got to turn up a little bit. I’ve got to make sure I’m matching his energy just so we both bring to the defense what we need to bring.”
Among the many traditions within LSU football, few carry as much significance as the No. 18 jersey.Thenumber represents high character and leadership both on and off the field. Each year the jersey is awarded to one or two players who the team and staff believe carries those traits. The tradition started with former National Champion ship winning quarterback Matt Mauck in 2003 and has been worn by 15 players since. From prominent national champions Jacob Hester and K’Lavon Chais son, to most recently Damone Clark, the list of players to hold the prestigious number are all highly regarded in the history of LSUWhenfootball.Brian Kelly was hired as LSU’s head coach, there were questions regarding whether the trend would continue, but less than a week into fall camp, those questions were answered. In an Aug. 4 press conference, Kelly confirmed that the team would give out the No. 18 jer sey, teasing an eventual an nouncement.“We’regoing to award it to a deserving player,” Kelly said. “We’re just not going to do that today. But it’s coming. Stay tuned.”Just two days later, LSU awarded the No. 18 jersey to BJ Ojulari, a junior defensive end. The announcement came at the end of practice with a video posted to the LSU football twit ter account. Ojulari was award ed the jersey in front of his teammates, with former players who wore the jersey also in at tendance.
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Ojulari’s presence eases that uncertainty and headlines a group that is one of the few ar eas of great confidence on the 2022 roster. Anytime there is a transition to a new coach and a new culture, having leaders within the team goes a long way, which is what Kelly and the rest of the staff see in Ojulari, who they believe represents the No. 18 jersey.“It’sa guy that raises the temperature of everybody in the room,” Kelly said, “He does it by his presence. He does it by his actions. He’s somebody that you
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“His teammates, coaches and the entire staff believe BJ Oju lari embodies what the number 18 represents. He carries our traits of excellence every day on and off the field,” Kelly said in a tweet.Ojulari is now the 17th player to hold the prestigious number and joins a close-knit brother hood. Ojulari talked about what the number means to him and the relationship with those who wore the number before him. “All the 18s, they put us in group chat and they all congrat ulated me from Mauck, that No. 18 to Damone Clark,” Ojulari said. “So it was great just for all of them to embrace me and just welcoming me into that brother hood.”Much like Clark, the last player to wear No. 18, Ojulari is the clear leader of the LSU de fense. On a team that has had massive turnover over the past two years, Ojulari has been that consistent presence. His pres ence alone is key, but his char acter is what many of his coach es and teammates say set him apart from the rest. “I love that he’s a man of character,” LSU Defensive Coor dinator Matt House, said of Oju lari. “When a guy in our rooms talks about BJ, they talk about him doing the right things on and off the field, and that ac countability shows up on the field.”His presence on the field has certainly been felt over the last two seasons. Despite struggling as a team, Ojulari has been a force on the defensive line. Just last season, he tallied 54 tack les and seven sacks, leading the team in the latter category. Now as a junior, he steps into a team with higher expectations in a leadership role. Ojulari is already being tipped for success at the next level, with many ex pecting him to be dratted in the first two rounds of the 2023 NFL Draft.His speed and physical traits make him someone that is just as big a presence on the field as a disruptor as he is a leader. His speed makes him difficult for many offensive lineman to block him, and gives him the ability to chase down running backs out of the backfield. His success on the field has not been much of a surprise, though. As a four-star recruit coming out of Marietta High School in Georgia, football was in the bloodline. His older brother, Azeez Ojulari, was also highly sought after and was a two-year starter at Georgia be fore being drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. “He’s given me so much ad vice,” Ojulari said, regarding his older brother during SEC Media days. “So anything I have, or any questions I have, [they’re] for him. He’s a great mentor for me. [...] He definitely has great tips to pass from his game to me.”Back at LSU, Ojulari is a part of the 2022 defensive line, which many consider among the best in the SEC. He joins Ali Gaye and Maason Smith as play ers who earned preseason AllSEC honors. The front four of Ojulari, Gaye, Smith and Jaque lin Roy is a group filled with tal ent and one the coaching staff believes Ojulari holds together. “We’ve got three guys who I think are elite players. Maa son Smith, [Jaquelin] Roy and Ali Gaye, they’re elite players,” Kelly said. “Then you add BJ Ojulari who can do multiple things for you. He can put his hand down. He can drop. So when you have a front that has four elite players, that’s where it starts to allow you to do a lot of things up front and be creative.”
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Over the past few years, LSU has implemented certain pages on their website in an effort to be more transparent with students andOnparents.theLSU Greek life page, students can find community scorecards for every Greek orga nization on campus. The score cards show information about each chapter, including GPA aver age, chapter status and violation records.Following the 2017 death of Max Gruver, an LSU student who died from fraternity hazing on LSU’s campus, former LSU Presi dent F. King Alexander created the President’s Task Force on Greek Life, according to the LSU website.
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“I think our social media can be better, honestly,” Raby said. “I think in the past it’s been used for purely programming, it’s like ‘oh we’ve got this big program coming up...great,’ how about you show the bill signing. How about you show the 20 bills you signed this week that are hypothetically making the student experience better. The Senate passes all of this legislation. We’re not just sit ting in the Union for hours on a Wednesday for the heck of it.”
Laurent hopes the events SG plans to put on will encourage more students to be informed about what SG does, reiterating that Senate meetings are open to the public and invite students to voice their opinions and watch the “Iproceedings.thinkthatit is so important for students to know that they can come to that and see what we do,” Laurent said. “Obviously they don’t have to sit for the full three hours, but just to kind of see what goes on.”
The BA.5 variant is currently the dominant strain, making up 90% of cases between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13.
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COVID-19 cases and hospital izations in Louisiana are beginning to decrease after the state’s longest surge, according to a Louisiana De partment of Health Official. The latest surge is the state’s sixth and was originally caused by the BA.2 variant but prolonged by the BA.5 variant, causing many to refer to it as a “surge within a surge.”As cases decline in the state and nationwide, cases in the Baton Rouge area are following a similar pattern.“We would have peaked and gone down earlier had it just been a BA.2 surge, but because BA.5 picked up in the middle, it just prolonged the surge,” said Joseph Kanter, the director of the Louisi ana Department of Health.
Engineering senior Colin Raby, a senator for the College of Engineering, said SG needs to do more to reach students, but he does think they are improving.
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After looking at what areas LSU needed to address, an ac tion plan was created to improve safety within Greek organizations and offer more transparency about chapter records and behavior. Greek scorecards were added to LSU’s website as part of this effort. Specifically, the action plan states that they would implement “an easy-to-access web portal with scorecards reporting on the be havioral record and current stand ing of each Greek chapter on cam pus.”“Including the violation history was a decision made in the process of our new website design. It’s im portant to be transparent with the community, potential members and the parents [and] supporters of current and future members,” said Shawnna Eberhard-Smith, the Greek Life director at LSU. Through the action plan, each Greek chapter is required to have a scorecard that shows their sev en-year violation record. Any pro bation outcome letters or suspen sion letters are also visible under the violation record tab. Other in formation, including philanthropy funds raised and service hours for the year, are updated annually for everyEberhard-Smithchapter. says that no Greek organizations had any ob jections to the information being made visible on LSU’s website.
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SG enshrined into the consti tution that the executive branch is supposed to deliver a state of the student-body address. Raby believes that the executive can improve this, as well, by deliver ing the address in more detail.
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Laurent said SG will contin ue “Meet SG Mondays” in Free Speech Alley to inform students about what SG does and to en courage students to get involved. They will also have a table specifically for the Senate where they will explain the bills and initiatives they have put forth, as well as their plans for future bills. Although the date hasn’t been announced, Laurent is confident that “Meet the Senators” will get off the ground this semester.
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For many on campus, Student Government’s role is a mystery. This semester, however, student leaders are hoping to change that. SG plans on increasing aware ness of what they and their mem bers do through various avenues, including social media outreach, events and directly contacting or ganizations in an effort to inspire more students to get involved.
“Too often there’s no real in centive to pursue effective com munication across students on campus beyond the students that are highly involved in SG that could benefit the next election,” he said.Raby also thinks that SG should reach out more often to student organizations to inform them about the resources SG of fers. Projects around campus SG was involved in should have signs saying that SG was involved in those projects, so students can see the impact SG has. He added that SG also needs to improve on being more trans parent about their activities and how they’re spending their mon ey, which comes largely from stu dent fee bills. “Very few people in Student Government understand how money is being allocated; now that I’m chair of budget and ap propriations, I want to work with our executive branch,” he said. “I want to work with anyone that can get information out to stu dents and say, ‘hey, this is what we’re spending money on.’”
Psychology senior and Sen ate Director of Outreach Eliza beth Laurent said that the Sen ate will be looking to collaborate more with the executive branch to communicate more effectively with students. They also will be emailing all student organiza tions that SG is open to helping them secure any resources they need for their operations.
The Phi Mu greek letters sit in front of the house on Aug. 23, on Lake shore Drive in Baton Rouge, La.
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Political communication se nior and Student-Body President Lizzie Shaw said that SG has been working on improving their web site, a project she said should be completed sometime in the fall semester. Shaw hopes that im provements on the outdated web site will make it easier to navi gate.She also said she will be es tablishing an executive press secretary that will provide press releases to student media and communication with student or ganizations, as well as adminis tration, with updates on SG’s ac tivities.Shaw said that their communi cations department will be look ing to develop a strategic plan to reach more students. “We’re working on balancing our communications department with more of a marketing point of view because we can push out all the graphics we want, but if we don’t have a strategic plan for these events and initiatives then we’re only doing half the battle,” sheStudentssaid. can reach out over email or social media to voice their ideas and to learn more about SG, Shaw said.
Jones describes the creation of the webpage as “a team effort” that involved collaboration from the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, the LSU Police Department and the Office of Communications and University Relations. With campus crime informa tion readily accessible, Jones hopes that students and parents are more aware of safety on cam pus.“The goal of all of this is that folks, you know, understand safe ty here at LSU… It’s really about informing students and their parents of what goes on at LSU,” Jones said. “It’s just something that we all need to be aware of so that we as a community can look out for one another and create a saferJonescommunity.”saysthat making this information available will be use ful to incoming freshmen and stu dents considering attending LSU. “Especially with incoming stu dents… safety is not at the fore front of their mind. And so [the question is] how do we get that more at the forefront?” Jones said. “This is a more transparent way to have that conversation and com municate with parents and stu dents.”The Office of Civil Rights and Title IX has future plans for great er transparency, including poten tially adding an annual report to the campus crime stats page and focusing on social media efforts.
Each chapter provides some of the information on the scorecards, while the Greek Life office is in charge of collecting and verifying the information and updating the website.“The scorecards help potential members learn more about each chapter that they may be joining. It assists in them making a more informed decision,” EberhardSmith said. “We continue to be as transparent as possible.” Along with the Greek score cards, LSU has recently created a more direct way to view informa tion regarding crime on their web site.As part of the Louisiana Board of Regents’ Power-Based Violence Act, all Louisiana institutions are required to have a button on their website showing campus crime statistics. Similar to other Loui siana schools, LSU created their “campus crime stats” button in April 2022 and has it at the top of their“We’vewebsite.always had this infor mation available, but you kind of had to know where to look,” Title IX Coordinator Joshua Jones said. Through the campus crime stats button, students can view Title IX reports and resources as well as see updates on LSU’s Title IX Progress Report.
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Kanter said the LDH looks at case counts, percentage of test pos itivity, hospitalizations, deaths, and wastewater surveillance to get an idea of where the outbreak’s going. So, the decreasing accuracy of the total case count isn’t as much of a challenge.According to the Louisiana De partment of Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard, as of Aug. 19, there was a 7-day average of 1,445 new cases, 485 people hospitalized and 21 people on ventilators.
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The dashboard also stated that 52% of the state has been fully vac cinated and, at the surge’s peak, there was an average of 2,804 new cases.LSU Spokesperson Ernie Ballard said LSU will keep the HEPA filters in classrooms and continue waste water testing. The university will also have a Health and Medical Ad visory committee in place to share best practices and guidance for any changes that may need to be made. He also said LSU will continue to monitor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state guidance.According to an email sent from the university on Aug. 16 updating students about COVID-19 proto cols, LSU will not require the vac cine for the fall semester; however, they recommend that students be fully vaccinated and boosted.
Jones says that students have previously expressed wanting a way to easily get information and interact with the Title IX Office. While the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX previously posted information on LSU’s main Twit ter account, they decided there was too much information being shared through the account to re ally focus on Title IX. To resolve this, the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX recently launched their own Twitter ac count to communicate information to campus quicker, and they are working on a social media cam paign to increase their following. For other crime information, the LSU Police website has a daily crime log and an annual security and fire report available to the public, also accessible through the campus crime stats page. Accord ing to LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard, these pages are required under the Jeanne Clery Act and data goes as far back as 2012. Ballard has found that there has been a positive reaction to the new“Thewebpages.feedback we’ve gotten with the Greek Life scorecard has been positive and is a way for par ents and students to know more about chapters before looking at them as options to join,” Bal lard said. “Having things like the scorecard and the daily crime log and annual security reports also let students and parents compare LSU to other universities they may be considering.”
Kanter explained that it will still take some time for cases to go down to a normal level but that cas es are headed in the right direction. Although this surge caused as high of an increase in cases as pre vious surges, it didn’t cause as high of an increase in hospitalizations and deaths, making it less disrup tive. This is because the latest vari ants are less severe than previous variants.Healso said that 95% of the state has either been vaccinated or has had COVID-19, which has in creased total immunity to the vi rus, and there are better treatments for the virus now, such as antiviral medications like Paxlovid and Mol nupiravir.“Should we have more surges in the future, and I think we probably will, we’ve got more and more tools to manage those surges without having to resort to disruption, to aggressive mitigation efforts, those sorts of things,” Kanter said. Due to the increase in at-home testing, which doesn’t get formally reported, new difficulties in gath ering data on case numbers have arisen. Therefore, the formal case count is an underestimation, but Kanter said this isn’t a significant problem.“You don’t have to count every raindrop to know that it’s raining,” Kanter said. “There are many other measures that we look at to get a sense from a population stand point, from a public standpoint, where this outbreak is going.”
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The 225 Theatre Collective is performing Frank Winters’ play “Student Body,” which examines sexual assault on college campuses. The show runs Aug. 26-28 at the LSU Studio Theatre in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building on campus. Friday night’s performance begins at 7:30. Tickets start at $12 on Eventbrite.
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Baton Rouge space indie-pop band Wumbo celebrates the release of their newest album, “Depression Era Guitar,” with special guests Hydra Plane and _thesmoothcat & The 9th Life. Doors open at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. Tickets are $15.
On Thursday morning, Eric Schmitt will be teaching English at LSU. On Thursday night, he’ll be performing his original music at La Divina Italian Cafe, 3535 Perkins Rd. The singersongwriter will fill the cafe with an assemblage of music from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Want to see your event in The Reveille? Email information to editor@lsu.edu.
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The album art for “Full Circle,” Sean Ardoin’s collaborative project with the LSU Tiger Band.
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‘Full Circle’: Three-time Grammy nominee Sean Ardoin releases album featuring LSU Tiger Band
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COURTESY OF SEAN ARDOIN Sean Ardoin expands his accordion while playing Zydeco music with his own Kreole Rock & Soul twist.
“Everybody thinks this is an ‘overnight success,’ but in real ity, it’s a lot of work,” Ardoin said. “You keep putting in the work, and you don’t quit. Keep the vision before you, and once success starts to happen, you don’t do anything to mess it up.”
Ardoin has always produced music that embodies the Louisi ana culture he grew up with, but he took it a step further this time with his most ambitious project yet. With a discography span ning over 30 years, he decided it was time to go back to where his career began.
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Sean Ardoin grew up as a fourth-generation Creole accor dion player with passion for mu sic in his blood from the moment he entered the world. However, it wasn’t until his time as a stu dent and member of the march ing band at LSU that it became his career path. Three Grammy nominations and a few hit music videos later, Ardoin decided it was time to go back where it all began. Or in his words, go “Full Circle.” Ardoin got the idea after lis tening to the band perform at an LSU football game against Auburn. He discussed it with the current band director, Kel vin Jones, and a couple months later, Ardoin and the Tiger Band began working on an album. Chart work, or writing the instrumental music, started in February, and recording was completed in mid-April. Ardoin was impressed with the abil ity of the LSU band members, describing them as incredibly capable musicians who could ef fectively follow instructions no matter the situation. They re corded 16 songs over the span of one“Theyweekend.didn’t know that they weren’t supposed to be able to do that,” Ardoin said. “That shows the level of musicianship that the Tiger Band has.” Ardoin described the album as historical.“It’sthefirst one of its kind in the music industry,” Ardoin said. “Most people will have a band come through and play some stuff, then have to sit out.” Ardoin featured the Tiger Band on every single track. The 12-song album, entitled “Full Circle,” is available on digi tal platforms now. “Full Circle” is also available for pre-order on commemorative purple and gold double vinyl, with 15% of the proceeds going to the LSU band. The vinyl version includes four extra tracks that are purely in strumental so the band can be heard more clearly. The album has been consid ered for a Grammy nomination. They will find out if it made the initial cut when the Recording Academy releases nominees on Nov.When23. he was asked what he wanted listeners to take away from the album, Ardoin said he wanted them to recognize it as a tribute to LSU and the state of Louisiana. Not only is it an al bum involving the LSU marching band and an LSU alumnus at the helm, but the music is Kreole rock and soul, a genre created by Ardoin that’s based heavily on Zydeco music. “It’s Louisiana through and through,” Ardoin said. “LSU was playing Zydeco and Kreole rock and soul. It doesn’t get more Louisiana than that!” This album isn’t just a big deal for LSU and Louisiana though; it’s a big deal for the artist himself. The fact that Ar doin’s journey as a musician has led him to a point where he had enough influence to accomplish something like this means a lot to him.Hesaid the journey was much more difficult than it looks.
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1. Pothos Epipremnum aureum, com mon names including Pothos and Devil’s Ivy, is known globally for being “hard to kill.” This plant of French Polynesian origin can withstand periods of drought to overwatering. The vines can be shaped and trained to cover vari ous surfaces of your home, and many owners of amphibians and reptiles have found their pets seem fond of Pothos. Its cascading stems and glossy, heart-shaped leaves make Pothos sought after by indoor plant enthusiasts.
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Devil’s Ivy grows in its pot on Aug. 11, at D’s Garden Center on Pecue Lane in Baton Rouge, La.
As students move into their liv ing accommodations for the new school year, we wanted to compile a quick list of low-maintenance houseplants that can spruce up a space.Ivisited D’s Garden Center in Mid-City where I talked to the staff for more insight on plant types and care. All four of these options offer low maintenance but beautiful houseplants at a reason able price point. None typically cost over $25.
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3. Money tree Pachira aquatica, commonly known as Money tree, features slender leaves in various shades of green and yellow. Indoor va rieties can grow up to a few feet tall and thrive in humid environ ments. You can use it to decorate your bathroom where it can bask in shower steam. Money trees are also known to be a token of pros perity, with various East Asian cultures classifying it a good luck plant.
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2. Snake Plant Dracaena trifasciata is the striking, broad-leafed plant we recognize as the Snake plant. The leaves’ sword-like lining feature strips of yellow. The Snake plant first originated in West Africa and is one of few houseplants with the innate air-purifying ability to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen at night. It’s a low maintenance plants that can help brighten and purify your space. Please keep in mind that the Snake plant is toxic to cats and dogs.
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•Water once a week indirect light •Well-draining soil with peat 4. ZZ plant This plant’s common name, ZZ, is an abbreviation of its scientific name: zamioculcas zamiifolia. ZZ plants feature dark green, round ed leaves that grow upward in al ternating patterns. This member of the Araceae family is perfect for a dorm or apartment, as it requires minimal lighting to grow and sur vive. This plant is not recommend ed for homes with children and/ or pets due to mild toxicity, and owners should always wash their hands after handling the plant.
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After two promising seasons as a part of LSU’s running back group in 2019 and 2020, John Em ery Jr. was expected to develop further heading into his junior season. That changed right before the team’s opening game against UCLA, when the back was de clared academically ineligible. He was expected to improve on an impressive sophomore sea son, which saw Emery lead LSU in yards per carry (with a minimum of 40 carries) with 5 yards per car ry. Some analysts even predicted that his junior season would be his breakout.Instead, it was fellow commit tee leader Tyrion Davis-Price who did so, contributing a 1000-yard season and finishing five of his last six contests with 80 rushing yards or more. Freshman Corey Kiner handled most of the backup work, but his impact decreased as DavisPriceWithflourished.bothbacks gone and Em ery seemingly in good academic standing, it felt like 2022 was go ing to be his year. Even with the acquisition of Noah Cain in Janu ary, Emery still had a very realis tic chance of leading the backfield and showcasing that five-star po tential fans have been anticipating. But this chance partially de pends on how the backfield looks in LSU’s first couple of games. Those matchups will be heavily analyzed by the LSU coaching staff and adjusted accordingly based on who performs up to their expecta tions.With Emery suspended for the first two games, the rest of the running back room has a great chance to impress the coaching staff enough to garner a bigger role, albeit with a strict time limit. Noah Cain and Armoni Good win will headline the backfield for the Tigers against Florida State, with Josh Williams likely to be involved in more snaps as well. While it’s unclear how the carries will be split between the backs, I suspect Cain will be granted the edge in carries against the Semi noles.A strong showing could war rant an increased workload, there by diminishing Emery’s role. Cain struggled during his ju nior season, failing to bounce back after a devastating leg injury in 2020. But while it’s fair to be skep tical, there’s also reason to believe he’ll have success. Head Coach Brian Kelly be lieves the back could return to form this season, citing his physi cality and confidence as promis ing aspects Cain has displayed through his progression during the offseason. Those aspects are huge reasons why he was so successful as a freshman, especially when it came to finding the endzone in
FOOTBALL Tyree Adams is one of LSU’s newest commitments to the re cruiting class of 2023. Landing Adams was very important to Brian Kelly and his staff, and his commitment proves even more that the coaching staff can re cruit in the state of Louisiana, even in their first year in Baton Rouge.Adams is a 6-foot-5, 285-pound offensive tackle from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He’s ranked as the No. 18 offensive tackle, the No. 11 recruit in Loui siana, and the No. 179 overall re cruit in the Class of 2023. For many Division I athletes, the road to achieve their goals comes with adversity, some of which cannot be controlled. Ad ams grew up in New Orleans, where life for many does not come easy. “It is hard,” Adams said. “But for me and everyone else, we find a way and maneuver through.” his way of maneuver ing through was football. Adams turned out to be pret ty good at football, eventually receiving over 30 scholarship offers from schools all over the country. Out of all the schools that recruited Adams, though, he felt most comfortable in his home state: Louisiana. “I felt at home there even though I’m an hour away,” Ad ams said. “It felt like I was al ready there and I love the coach ing staff. They showed me love since they offered and I grew strong bonds with them.” Adams’s great bond with Kel ly and the coaching staff at LSU extends beyond football. He ap preciates that they see him as a great person as well as a great football“Theseplayer.are great men that want me as a person and not just a football player,” Adams said. “They see me as more than that.” Besides LSU, Adams was in terested in playing for Ole Miss, Florida and Georgia. The spotlight that Adams has from all the college coaches that recruited him comes with a lot of stress. When he made his commitment to LSU, though, all of the time spent in the recruit ing process was worth it. “It was very stressful; this was the biggest decision of my life I made,” Adams said. “My fa vorite part [of the process] was actually committing and every one was congratulating me and happy for me to be a part of the family.”Adams will suit up in the purple and gold of LSU in 2023, colors he’s well versed to, as those same colors represent St. Augustine High School, where he will play his senior season. Adams hopes to leave a mark on the program that has shaped him before heading to Death Valley.
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The Reveille John Emery Jr. (4) celebrates after scoring a 12-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Tigers’ 41-7 win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 3, 2020. , 10
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The game started out slow for the Tigers as they were deployed in a 4-3-3 formation. UCF enjoyed much of the possession and the chances through the first 15 min utes.
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LSU Soccer played to an intense 1-1 draw against the University of Central Florida Knights on Sunday afternoon.Inatale of two halves, UCF opened the scoring with a free kick goal from Katie Bradley at the 30th minute. In the 46th minute, Mollie Baker leveled the game with a su perb strike. Both goalkeepers found themselves with much to do on the day.“What a game, the fans that came out today had an entertaining game for sure,” Head Coach Sian Hudson said. “I think UCF were the better team in the first half, but in terms of the second half response the tactical change worked well.”
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LSU attempted to regain control but still struggled to manufacture quality chances that could lead to shots taken. In the 30th minute, it was UCF’s Katie Bradley who found the back of the net on a free kick just out side the box. Bradley lined up over the ball which sat in the middle of the pitch and struck it home to her right“Aside.goal that when we look back on film, we are not going to be happy with,” Hudson said. “LSU had struggled to get going, and it had caught up to them there.” The rest of the half was still LSU struggling to get its feet set, and UCF kept asking questions of the LSU defense. At halftime it was clear that LSU was lacking the posses sion advantage it had over Stephen F. Austin. The team still showed promise that they could get going and back into the game. At the start of the second half, the Tigers did just that. Mollie Bak er received the ball from Ida Her mannsdottir, and she turned to run at the defense, nutmegging the de fender. Baker kept going and struck the ball as soon as she entered the box. The ball curled towards the far post bouncing off of it before going in. Baker now has scored in both of the Tigers’ opening games. “A huge confidence builder for the team and myself as well,” Baker said. “Transferring into the SEC and getting started on the right foot is the best I can ask for.” After that, the momentum shift ed in the Tigers’ favor. The offense continued to press the UCF defense looking for a lead. Coming out of the locker room the Tigers deployed into a 3-5-2 formation, which pro vided a huge boost to the midfield to help generate scoring chances. The Tigers continued to press on for the lead but found themselves short at the back a couple of times. UCF attackers were able to find space, but Mollee Swift fought them off valiantly to help keep the Tigers in it.In the last 10 minutes, the game was becoming stretched which led to chances on both ends of the field every couple of minutes.
The best of those chances was a curling shot from Baker that was screaming towards the back of the net before Caroline DeLisle of UCF made a fantastic stop to deny Baker.
The chances continued to come for both teams in the last five min utes, but they resulted in nothing and the game finished in a draw. [The Tigers might feel as though they should have won the game with the chances they had in the second“Overall,half.] proud of the response in the second half and the fight back,” Hudson said. The Tigers are back in action this week as they travel to the west coast to take on Pepperdine on Thursday.
SOCCER, from page 9 CHYNNA MCCLINTON / The Reveille LSU soccer freshman midfielder Ida Hermannsdottir (17) prepares to kick the ball during a corner kick Aug. 18, during LSU’s 5-0 win against Stephen F. Austin at LSU’s Soccer Stadium off of Nicholson Drive.
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At 5 A.M. on Jan. 9, 2022, my dad drove me from my home town of Patterson, Louisiana, to Houston, Texas. It was a four-hour drive, and I had everything I needed for the next five months of my life packed in a bookbag and two suitcases.Theflight was scheduled to leave on time from the Houston International Airport, which gave me plenty of cushion time. I flew a direct flight on Singa pore Airlines to Manchester, U.K. The plane left at 6:50 P.M., and I arrived at the Manches ter airport at 9:30 A.M. the next morning.Myfirst housing option was a word-of-mouth deal with some one I had talked to through Face bookWhenMessenger.Iarrived at the address he provided me, the office recep tionist told me that I would have to pay more rent per week than I was told online. I freaked out but realized I was still registered for student housing. It took me a long time to find the residential life office. My phone didn’t have an internation al plan set up yet, so I had bor rowed the receptionist’s phone to look up the address. I took a pic ture of his phone with mine and used that as a map. I left one of my suitcases with the first office then tried to find the next one. Once I found it, I explained my situation, signed a couple forms and was able to secure a student flat that was cheaper than the one from Facebook Mes senger.The school receptionist walked me to my new flat. It was on the fourth floor, so bringing up my big suitcase was more gruesome than I planned for. She asked if I needed help with anything else, but I was em barrassed to admit that I had a suitcase at another flat’s office. I said no, and I waited until she left my flat to go get my first suit case—still using the screenshot map on my phone. I took a different route com ing home out of fear that she would see me walking with an other suitcase and judge me. Once I got back with my second suitcase, I took out my travel blanket and slept for the whole day through the next night. I was awakened by an 18-yearold British teenager who came into my room. I didn’t realize that I didn’t lock the door, and my flatmates didn’t realize they had a new flatmate.
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“I usually put my Moodle up 2-3 days prior to the first class, but sometimes an issue can come up to delay that, but I al ways have it up before the first class,” Rabalais said. Professors are people, too, so it is inevitable that they may have something that delays them from posting their Moodle page. In these cases, professors could email the class to inform them that the page will be up soon. Instructors could also send out the syllabus to students so that they can access it before the first class even if the Moodle page is not yet Rabalaisready.commented on the benefits of giving students ac cess to a Moodle page sooner rather than later. For instance, in his class, he is using an online text and asking students to com plete some readings and assign ments to get a head start before the first “Ideally,class.I would have the page up a week ahead of time, but that rarely happens,” Rabal ais said. “Instructors, like every one else, have many irons in the fire.”The start of the semester is a hectic time for professors and students alike. Still, the amount of professors that wait until the day before class to post their Moodle can be a bit stressful. To ease anxiety and help their students start the semes ter strong, professors should try their hardest to post their Moodle page as far in advance as possible.
Kathryn Craddock is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Patterson.
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“Each class can take sev eral hours to get right, even for someone like me who has been doing it for years,” Rabalais said. While it may take some time, the benefits of posting it before class are worth it.
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Long story short, I ended up meeting 11 British teenagers who I would live with for the next five months, two helpful receptionists and many strangers with British accents—all in my first three days of being in a new country for the first time.
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My chaotic first three days on study abroad in the U.K. KATHRYNCORNERCRADDOCK’SCRADDOCK @kcradd4 I’ve wanted to study abroad since I was 18 and attended LSU’s STRIPES orientation, where in coming freshman learn more about their new home and the opportunities available to them at theFinally,university.in Spring 2022, enough things went right in my life that I could afford a plane ticket, the international programs abroad fee, rent for housing and living expenses for a semester in England.Thebiggest lesson I learned along the way was that people are people, words are words and life won’t always go the way you plan. My first few days in my host country illuminated some of those lessons quickly. I chose the school Manchester Metropolitan University in Man chester, England, and I registered for four journalism classes, which were transferred onto my LSU transcript as 12 hours of mass communication electives.
Professors shouldn’t procrastinate posting Moodle As classes approach each se mester, students anxiously log on to Moodle to look for course pages. Oftentimes, though, they won’t find anything until the day before class. Many professors wait until the last minute to post Moodle pages, making it harder for stu dents to prepare for the semes ter. Instructors should make a point to post Moodle pages at least a few days in advance of the start of class. This has long been a point of frustration to students, and some have taken to social media to express “Classesfrustrations.starttomorrow, and two of my professors still haven’t put up their Moodle page,” one student vented on YikYak, an anonymous social media plat form. Most of my professors didn’t post their Moodle page until the day before or the day of their first class. This made it more dif ficult to prepare for the semes ter. Since every professor runs their class in a unique way, I feel less stressed when I can read a professor’s syllabus as far ahead as possible, so that I know what to expect.Students who could view their course pages up ahead of time can see the benefits. “Most of my teachers posted their Moodle around a week before classes started,” said in terior design sophomore Claire Frankfort. “I felt pretty prepared to startGettingclasses.”anidea of the course expectations and outline can help students walk into the first day of class feeling more confi dent.Mark Rabalais, senior in structor and undergraduate ad visor for the LSU School of Elec trical Engineering and Computer Science, said that posting Moo dle pages can be time intensive, especially for new professors who may be unfamiliar with the platform.Rabalais said that Moodle gets easier each semester be cause professors can usually copy their last page and make needed adjustments. Still, the process can be laborious.
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“I feel like it definitely helps my mental health. It keeps my brain occupied in a different way,” Theriot said. “And for physical health, staying active helps my overall wellbeing. Oth er than that, staying fit is really important for me. Especially be cause I’m a nutrition major.”
Kathryn Craddock is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Patterson.
Editor’s note: This column is a satire. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube have banned for mer kickboxer and internet pro vocateur Andrew Tate. Tate has been widely derided on the in ternet, mostly because of com ments deemed misogynistic by critical eyes of online discourse. Those who stand against the self-proclaimed “Top G” tend to be narrow-minded and ignore the incredibly positive impact he’s had on countless lives. Many young people, especially men, look to him for guidance and as a father figure in an age where those are rare. Claims that Tate is a misogy nist are overblown, cynical at tempts to damage his reputa tion. His critics often cite a time when he was speaking about the idea of men having control over women to evidence their claims.
Morning walks beneficial for mental, physical well-being
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Matthew Kleimeyer, a 21-year-old computer science senior, is also a fan of morning walks on campus. He was re cently featured in a TikTok by Nicolas Nuvan, a Youtuber and social media content creator. In the video, Kleimeyer is seen walking to class with an iced coffee in his hand. “I like seeing all the activ ity and energy, especially when free stuff is given out along Free Speech Alley,” Kleimeyer said. As for myself, taking strolls before my first class of the day gives me confidence, energy and extra focus, making me a better student and a better classmate to my peers.
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Adding a morning walk to your daily routine is a low-pres sure, healthy lifestyle change that can improve physical and mental well-being. The simplest details near a college campus like mail carri ers, school bus drivers, a couple of squirrels and people mowing their lawns are enough to let students know that the world keeps turning despite their dai ly stresses.Iamby no means an orga nized, granola, type-A, haslife-together-all-the-time type of person. However, bringing myself to get up at a decent time, make my bed, wear cute and comfy clothes, grab head phones and a water bottle and go for just a 10-minute walk is sometimes the best therapy in theAsworld.astudent who lives near the university, I enjoy strolls down Dalrymple Drive, High land Road and all throughout campus. There is so much to ap preciate about the environment and architecture of south Loui siana.Flannary Thompson, a 22-year-old LSU environmental engineering alumna, said walks are a part of her daily routine. Thompson said she and her boyfriend try to get in at least a mile or two in downtown Baton Rouge after getting ready for the“Iday.would absolutely encour age freshmen to incorporate a morning walk before going to classes,” Thompson said. “It’s your first time in college, your first time in a new environment, your first time experiencing a newAbbycity.”Theriot, a 22-year-old junior studying nutrition, health and society, also fits in a dai ly walk. Her morning routine consists of brushing her teeth, washing her face, feeding her cats and taking her dog for a walk with her girlfriend. She also enjoys walking around on campus before classes. Her favorite part of walking on campus is “just being around people that are also in the same portion of their life as I am, people who can relate to what I’m going Theriot’sthrough.”favorite part of campus is the oak trees that line Highland Road.
“You can’t be responsible for a dog if it doesn’t obey you, or a child if it doesn’t obey you or a woman if it doesn’t obey you,” TateDisparagerssaid. of Tate say that comparing women to dogs and babies is degrading and offen sive. Surely none of them are aware that dogs are known af fectionately as man’s best friend and that babies are loved un conditionally in most cultures throughout history. This com parison is a positive one, and the idea that it’s sexist in any way is Tateludicrous.alsodelivers life lessons on many vitally important top ics. When advising men on how to drink water, Tate said, “You are thirsty and you want to hy drate your body, you can com plete that task in three seconds. Next time you’re thirsty and you buy a bottle of water, drink the water and throw the bottle away. Why are you walking around with a bottle of water? You need your hands free; you’re not com bat Theready.”removal of this wise advice from the internet is un acceptable: People need to be warned about the dangers of walking around with water bot tles. For years this problem has plagued America. People walk ing around with water bottles in broad daylight are being as saulted by gangs. The problem is so bad that entire political campaigns are being run around solving the issue. Tate has found a perfect remedy for this prob lem, and his reward is being de platformed.Iviewed that particular video while in the hospital recovering from my latest run-in with the “Bottle Boy Beaters.” I now un derstand that I must always be combat-ready. Since that day, I haven’t used my hands once. I’ve learned to drive, play bas ketball, eat and, most impor tantly, drink water without the use of my hands, all in the real chance that I need to spring into combat.Tate also helps people fi nancially by running Hustlers University, a $50 subscription service that provides customers with knowledge on stocks, cryp tocurrency, drop shipping and more. There is even advice on which stocks to buy, which as suredly are good plays, and you definitely won’t lose money. I sold everything I owned, convinced my parents to take out a second mortgage and asked for money from all of my friends to pay for the highest premium subscription I could for Hustlers University. After just five days of doing everything that Tate says, I have become far more popular with women, and I own a small portion of Serbia The banning of Tate from social media platforms is un believable, unwarranted and un-American. Andrew Tate is a gift horse, and those who stand against him are looking him in the mouth. He should not be denigrated. He should be cele brated with streets that bear his name, Greek god-style statues and, one day, a seat in the Oval Office.
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Frank Kidd is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Springfield, VA.
