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Jayden Daniels impresses in his debut despite heartbreaking loss to Florida State University.
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So many questions ran to the forefront of LSU fans’ minds in re gards to how the team’s new of fense would perform in the first game of the season. Against the equally strong defense that Flor ida State possessed, it was evi dent that the winner of this game would be the team whose offense prevailed.Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels was at the center of those offensive questions, and as QB1 against Florida State, all eyes were on him for his first game in purple and gold. LSU’s offensive line seemed to struggle from the get-go as Dan iels was left vulnerable behind the line of scrimmage multiple times. More often than not, when Daniels remained in the pocket, he was left defenseless against the powerhouses of Florida State’s defensive line. The Seminoles took advantage of that, racking up four sacks against the Tigers’ quarterback.Nonetheless, there was no question as to why Daniels was chosen for LSU’s season debut. The athleticism and speed he portrayed was the saving grace of LSU’s offense. With the many cracks that had yet to be patched up within the offense, the Tigers needed a leader on the field that would consistently take whatever action necessary to move the ball down the field. Daniels was unde niably that leader, and ultimately accounted for 323 of LSU’s 348 yards of total offense. Of those yards, 114 came on the ground.
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Daniels’ specific ability as a quarterback became exactly what LSU needed to stay afloat, and though Daniels didn’t expect to start, he did know that the coach ing staff would make a decision with the team’s best interest in mind.“Ijust go out there and be me, every day being consistent. Now, I have to lead this team. Everything else is a decision that the coaches decided upon,” he explained.
“The whole thing that we talk ed about in the quarterback room was controlling and keeping the rhythm of the offense. That’s our job. First half, I didn’t do a good job of keeping the rhythm of the offense. That’s not gonna help us win football,” he said.
Daniels also talked about Ma lik Nabers, the sophomore wide receiver who headlined the offen sive performance with two muffed punts. Though many people are to blame for the outcome of LSU’s season opener, Nabers certainly felt the gravity of his mistakes.
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“He’s like my little brother,” Daniels said. You know, I know that he didn’t want that to hap pen. Nobody wanted that to hap pen and so things happen but I think that you gotta keep your head up. He cares, and he shows he cares. Mistakes happen in football, and today I just told him like, keep your head up. You’re gonna come out and make a play to help us win this game.”
Daniels is now tied for sixth on the program’s list with Lynn Amedee, a member of the 1961 roster who, in a game against Tu lane, also collected 114 rushing yards.The defensive coverage that the Seminoles went into this game with was one that Daniels and the coaching staff weren’t necessarily prepared for. LSU’s young offen sive line lacked the experience and ability to outsmart and out play them. In the first half of the game, fans saw these struggles of the offensive line. Those weaker plays often left the quarterback with very little options to choose from after the snap. Daniels, al most every single time, chose to rush.“If he didn’t feel like there was somebody open, that’s the dimen sion that he brings, and that’s running the ball,” Head Coach Brian Kelly said. “So that’s the one thing you’re going to give up, if you’ve got guys turning their back and running, and we took advantage of that.”
Throughout the first half of the game, it was evident that Dan iels was left to garner yards on his own. With incomplete passes to multiple receivers, and a stel lar Seminole defense, yards were earned inch by inch, as LSU at tempted to move towards a first down.Daniels’ leadership qualities came even more to light after the game as he took accountability for the many mishaps that oc curred within the LSU offense.
Though the outcome of the game tells a much different story, Daniels’ put together a solid de but. In just four quarters, he man aged to place his name on a list of LSU quarterbacks with the most rushing yards in a single-game.
FRANCIS DINH/ The Reveille LSU football junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) runs with the ball Sept. 4, during LSU’s Allstate Kickoff game defeat to Florida State 23-24 in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La.
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Tempo did seem to change in the second half for the Tiger offense, as LSU began to create more opportunities for Daniels to send the ball down the field for receiving yards. Daniels ex plained that for him, a huge key to this switch was a quicker re lease of his passes. Florida State’s defensive line was unwavering and Daniels knew he would have to make the changes necessary to be successful.Kellywas impressed with the rhythm that Daniels seemed to settle into in that second half. “He’s a threat, but we don’t want to rely on him having to go back there. When he does sit in the pocket, we saw his ability to find open receivers, show the patience and in particular on the last touchdown. He stayed in the pocket, showed great patience and found Jaray Jenkins in the back of the end zone,” Kelly said. Fans undoubtedly noticed that change of pace in the last drive of the game, a 99-yard drive that ended in disappointment. In that final snap, Daniels found a gap up the middle of Florida State’s defense, where Jenkins patiently awaited his pass. The wide receiv er crossed the end zone as the fi nal second ticked off of the clock. The score was 24-23 and the fate of LSU was held in the hands of a field goal, which was ultimately blocked.With more success in the final minutes of the game than in the first hour, it’s evident that LSU’s offensive line has more than enough potential to be successful. It could be expected that no mat ter the weaknesses in LSU’s of fense, Daniels will remain a lead er, both on and off of the field.
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The Student Government Sen ate held their first official meeting on Wednesday, marking the begin ning of its 56th session. The meeting, held in the Capi tal Chambers on the third floor of the Student Union, was presided over by Speaker of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore, mechanical engineering and theater perfor mance senior Samantha Stag and economics senior Olivia Devall, respectively.Oneofthe first orders of busi ness was the creation of a new po sition, the rules member at large. The newly created position seeks to ensure that the governing body follows its rules and procedures. Four senators were nominated for the position, each providing ar guments for why they would best fit the position. Ultimately, Univer sity College Center for Freshman Year senator Ian Williams was elected to the position. “I would just like to say for my self, that I will be able to give the time and attention that it will re quire, and I have the drive to excel in this position and learn as much as I can about it,” said Williams, a political communication freshman.
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We’re Committed, the executive branch will be looking at how the overturning of Roe v. Wade may impact students at LSU. We’re Committed is a depart ment of the executive branch dedi cated to preventing sexual violence on campus, according to Rovere.
Senator for the College of En gineering Colin Raby introduced a bill to give the Budget and Appro priations committee the ability to fund things over the summer. He said they were technically given the ability to do this last spring but wants to have it codified in an of ficial“Ideally,manner.we don’t have to but unfortunately we don’t live in an ideal world,” Raby said. “Every year since I’ve been here we’ve wanted to do things and fund things for the summer and this es sentially gives us the ability to do that.”SG will also be expanding their role on campus with a series of new projects designed to enhance campusOfficerssustainability.fromthe executive branch explained some of the proj ects they’re working on, with po litical science junior Gigi Powers, director of campus and sustain ability, explaining her work to put OZZI, a reusable to-go box, into the dining halls.
OZZI would be a sustainable alternative to styrofoam to-go box es. The boxes can be returned to the dining halls, washed by the kitchen staff and then re-used, she said.According to political science senior Isabella Rovere, director of
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The southernmost LSU Cam pus Mound is now considered the oldest known man-made structure in North America, research con ducted by LSU geologist Brooks EllwoodEllwoodsuggests.determined that the mounds were 11,300 and 8,200 years old, respectively, using ra diocarbon dating. The previous ages weren’t certain but they had been known to be over 8,000 years“Theold.oldest dates we have are from the B mound and it’s approx imately 11,300. Now that number is from the bottom sample that we analyzed,” Ellwood said. “We could have gone deeper and mea sured another sample and the probability is it would have been older.”The carbon dating was done at Beta Analytic, a radiocarbon dat ing lab in Miami, Ellwood said. Ellwood said both mounds contain osteons, microscopic bone particles, belonging to a mammal species of some kind. He explained that this organism was being cremated on the mounds, implying that it could have been human. Native American groups won’t allow them to do DNA test ing because the remains are sa cred to them, Ellwood said. “They won’t allow us to do DNA, so we don’t know if these mammal bones were animal or human,” Ellwood said. Ellwood said Mound B, the southernmost mound, was the first built, but it’s believed that around 8,200 years ago there was an asteroid strike in Greenland, which destabilized the climate. This caused the people who built the mounds to leave the area, he said. When they returned, they built the base of Mound A and then rebuilt Mound B taller. The mounds were built in alignment with the star Arcturus, Ellwood said. The Monte Sano mounds, built closer to the Mis sissippi river, were also in align ment with the star but were later bulldozed, he added. The star has since moved in the night sky, so BR COMMUNITY BY CHANDLER MCINTOSH @GeauxChandler18
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REAGAN COTTEN / The Reveille Member-at-Large Ian Williams addresses the room on Aug. 31, in the Student Union in Baton Rouge, La. see MOUND, page 4 see SCHOOL, page 5 see SG, page 4
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Research suggests Campus Mounds oldest in North America
Gaudet said that the University Terrace school population is cur rently meeting at the Eva Legard
A new elementary school will be built near LSU’s Band Hall, ac cording to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Located at 575 W. Roosevelt St., McKinley Elementary School will replace the former building and is zoned for the Highland Old South Baton Rouge region, meaning stu dents zoned for University Ter race Elementary School and Bu chanan Elementary will be zoned to McKinley once constructed, according to David Tatman, the president of East Baton Rouge Par ish School MichaelBoard.Gaudet, a representa tive for East Baton Rouge Parish District 7, said there were a few unexpected issues in the construc tion of McKinley Elementary, re sulting in opening delays. The school was scheduled to open for the 2022 school year, but due to supply chain issues, it’s now scheduled to open in August 2023.
page 4 Thursday, September 8, 2022 MOUND, from page 3 the mounds no longer align with it. Despite being built in align ment with Arcturus and contain ing mammalian remains, the exact purpose of the mounds is unclear.“Whether it was religious…we don’t know because we can’t talk to them,” Ellwood said. “Although they kind of talk to us in a way.” The people who built the mounds were hunter-gatherers, according to the LSU Campus Mounds website.
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She said they will also be organiz ing programs to bring awareness to domestic violence. They will be finding out details on how LSUPD responds to sexual assault, Rovere said. She was se lected to sit on the committee to plan out a power-based violence climate survey, which will see how students feel about the issue at LSU.Rovere said applications to sit on the Advisory Council for Pow er-Based Violence, a group seek ing to advise the university on is sues related to sexual assault, will go live sometime in September. Additionally, chemical en gineering sophomore Hamood Qureshi, a senator for UCFY, said SG is running a food drive in the UREC and the Student Union. Ac cording to the LSU SG Instagram, the program, called Sidelining Hunger: Canned Food Challenge, will run until Sept. 9. By the meeting’s conclusion, the Senate accepted the resigna tions of three senators from the College of Engineering, University Center for Advising and Counsel ing and UCFY. SG had met the previous Wednesday for an orientation meeting, but no official business was discussed. Future meetings, which are open to the public, will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. until Nov. 16.
FRANCIS DINH / The Reveille A fence surrounds the LSU Campus Mounds on Aug. 25, on LSU’s cam pus.
Sibel Bargu Ates, the commit tee’s chair, said the plans also in volve re-routing the roads around the Mounds to reduce traffic. She said the planned construction will cost around $4 to 5 million. The construction will begin sometime in the next few years. “I think it doesn’t matter how much you protect, if you don’t educate it’s just meaningless to me,” said Ates, who also serves as associate dean at the College of the Coast and Environment. ”So I really wanted the education component to go right next to the funding. It’s a cycle. The more we educate people I think the more funding we’re going to get be cause people will understand the value and will want to support that.”LSU has agreed that there is a responsibility to fund this project, Ates said. Fundraising is expected to begin soon. The committee has established the LSU Campus Mounds website to provide information about the Mounds’ history and the work be ing done to preserve them. The website is expected to have a means to donate to the project. Psychology senior Sahara Han sen, president of the Native Amer ican Student Association, believes the fencing around the mounds needs updated placards providing information on their significance. “LSU needs to take the first steps when it comes to funding the preservation and education plan for the students,” Hansen said. “LSU is currently housing the oldest man-made structure to date, and we should all do our part to properly honor and pre serve them, especially the univer sityLeigh-Anneitself.”
The Committee to Preserve the Indian Mounds, a university committee, has been working to establish a permanent barricade around the mounds with a view ing platform and signage detail ing their history.
Thompson, a rep resentative of the Coushatta tribe on the committee, said they are working on getting fundraising groups to raise money for the mounds.Thecommittee is also work ing to get educational groups to spread information about the mounds, Thompson said. No trespassing signs are expected to be placed around the temporary fencing for the mounds. People need to understand how significant the mounds are and why it’s not okay to go on them, Thompson said. “I think people just have to understand that times are chang ing,” she said. ”More information is coming out about the mounds about how historic they are and how old they are and what they potentially could have been used for so it could be really disre spectful if it was used for maybe burial grounds.”
The school board also plans to work with LSU’s College of Hu man Sciences and Education to implement programs within the new elementary school’s curricu lum.The school board has part nered with LSU for past projects, including the Eva Legard Center for Coastal and Environmental Studies.“East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has always had an extensive relationship with the LSU College of Human Sciences and Education,” Gaudet said. “I am certain that LSU’s partnership will continue but we are not exact ly sure what is planned for McKin ley AlthoughElementary.”the school is zoned for students who previously at tended University Terrace El ementary School and Buchanan Elementary, Gaudet believes that McKinley Elementary will be available to a wider range of stu dents in Baton Rouge. “East Baton Rouge School Sys tem offers a wide and increasing choice in schools and therefore students are not just governed by attendance zones,” Gaudet said. “[The school board] is in the pro cess of a district-wide facilities plan which will also likely provide the opportunity to modify current zones.”School Board Vice President Dawn Chanet-Collins is an alum na of the former University Ter race Elementary School. She feels bittersweet that the school will be demolished but believes that the new elementary school will ac commodate a wider range of stu dents.“With the combination of Bu chanan Elementary and University Terrace Elementary, it gives chil dren exposure to diverse back grounds,” Chanet-Collins said. “With a state-of-the-art facility and future partnerships with LSU, children attending McKinley Ele mentary will have vast opportuni ties for development.”
page 5Thursday, September 8, 2022 SCHOOL, from page 3 Learning Center due to demoli tion.When asked if the new school would create more traffic around LSU’s campus, Tatman said the East Baton Rouge Parish School System is striving to minimize the negative impact due to traffic cir culation in communities. “We are willing to partner with traffic engineers to ensure we maximize our campus design,” Tatman said. The area used for the new fa cility was previously a school, and since that area has housed a school and used bus transporta tion, Gaudet believes that traffic near the school will not affect LSU. “As an addition, the new school design fully incorporates bus and carpool access to reduce traffic ef ficiently,” Gaudet said.
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The in-construction McKinley Elementary School sits Sept. 1, by Edward Gay Apartments on LSU’s campus.
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page 8 Thursday, September 8, 2022 page 9Thursday, September 8, 2022 LSU VS. FLORIDA ST. Football falls to Florida State University 23-24 on Sept. 4, in the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA. LSU football players try to block a Florida State field goal attempt. LSU Tiger Band marches during pre-game. Referee Michael Vandervelde reviews a replay.LSU fans argue with a referreeing decision.
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LSU Soccer continued its un beaten run after defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 3-1 at the Southern Miss Soccer Com plex.LSU lined up in the 3-5-2 for this game and started well. The Tigers were generating chances and finding space to shoot early. Most of their shots were from distance which didn’t prove to be trouble for the Southern Miss goalkeeper.Thefirst half lacked quality chances, but LSU proved it could find shots. Mollee Swift had the highlight of the half. Southern Miss had an open shot in the box, and Swift was equal to the shot to make a great save. The rest of the half remained a back and forth affair.In the second half, things re ally began to open up. The Tigers opened the scoring at the 52nd minute through Alesia Garcia. Garcia picked the ball up in the Golden Eagles’ half and dribbled her way to the edge of the box before sending a powerful strike into the top right corner. Garcia’s scoring form continues as she
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Shoes to fill: Mekhi Wingo could be answer on defense
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On just the first defensive drive of the Brian Kelly era, trag edy struck LSU football. After his disruption of a play led to a nice, open-field tackle by safety Major Burns, star defensive tackle Maason Smith responded by leaping in the air in celebra tion. He came down awkwardly, falling to the ground and eventu ally being helped off the field by twoBasedtrainers.on how he looked exit ing the game, his emotions when back on the sideline and prior injuries of a similar nature, the verdict on whether he would be okay was grim. Come Monday, the tension was validated; LSU’s best defensive player had torn his ACL and was out for the season. When the news broke, fans wondered how this would impact the team. People often hear “best player out for season” and think it’s the end, and while there is no replacing a player as dynamic as Smith, that simply isn’t the case.
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Three reasons why LSU lost its third straight season opener
GERALD HERBERT / Associated Press LSU head coach Brian Kelly watches from the sideline in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida State in New Orleans, Sept. 4. Florida State won 24-23.
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The Reveille LSU football sophomore defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo (92) eyes down Florida State redshirt junior quarter back Jordan Travis (13) Sept. 4, during LSU’s Allstate Kickoff game defeat to Florida State 23-24 in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La.
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Three years ago, LSU opened the season with a 52-point blow out against Georgia Southern before following it up with a huge win over No. 9 Texas. The program hasn’t won an opening game since. In 2020, the secondary was torched by Mississippi State, sur rendering 623 passing yards to a quarterback that would lose his starting job three games later. In 2021, Coach Ed Orgeron insulted an opposing fan and immediately paid for it, with both sides of the ball implod ing in the fourth quarter, al lowing UCLA to go up by three scores with six minutes left in theNow,game.in 2022, here’s all that went wrong in LSU’s opening loss against Florida State.
The Tigers still have four un injured players on their defensive line that have proven themselves to be effective at the SEC level: BJ Ojulari, Ali Gaye, Jaquelin Roy and Mekhi Wingo. Coming out of De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis, Missouri, Wingo was a three-star recruit in the class of 2021 and the No. 8 overall prospect in the state of Missouri according to 247sports. He decided to stay home for col lege, choosing Missouri over the likes of Arkansas, Iowa State and WestHeVirginia.didn’t expect to go there initially, not because he wanted to go elsewhere, but because he didn’t believe he had what it took to play Division I football. It took some convincing from Robert Steeples, former De Smet head coach and current LSU corner backs coach, but he would even tually shake off that notion in a big “Heway. told me, ‘I believe you can be a starter at a big Division I
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Third Down Battle While the Tigers managed to have success on third downs later in the game offensively, the third downs they didn’t convert in the first half were costly. De spite having the ball in goal-togo situations twice in the first half, they managed just three points total from those posses sions, settling for two field goals and having one blocked. Instead of having a 14-7 lead heading into the break, they trailedWhile7-3.the offense managed LSU
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FOOTBALL, from page 10 to fix things, the defense could not. Florida State converted 11 third downs, which is 11 times the defense couldn’t get off the field. That’s taxing, especially for a defense playing in its first game of the season. Kelly stated that LSU’s inabil ity to get off the field on third down came down to a variety of reasons, including poor tackling and the quarterback they were facing. He gave a lot of credit to Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis, claiming he was incred ibly difficult to get down. “We had them dead to rights on two or three occasions,” Kel ly said. “When you don’t get that kid on the ground, he makes some really good impromptu plays.” Slow start In terms of total yards, the teams finished the game close to even, but that certainly wasn’t the case throughout three quar ters. While the Seminoles looked sure of themselves from the getgo, the LSU offense seemed jit tery and unprepared, especially the offensive line. Jayden Daniels was consis tently forced to run, and while he had success statistically, it did not lead to points. The Ti gers had just 10 points at the end of the third quarter, and seven of those were scored with eight seconds to go in that pe riod.They scored more points in the last four minutes of the game than they did in the first 56, struggling immensely to find their footing until it was too late. Well, almost too late. Special Teams While Nabers’ muffed punts ultimately resulted in zero points for the Seminoles, despite giv ing them the ball in the red zone twice, that doesn’t completely bail the special teams unit out. When it comes to special teams, the blame tends to fall on either the kicker, punter or return man whenever things go wrong. That was not the case in thisTheone.first play of note oc curred in the second quarter, as the kicking team came out on the field to attempt an easy 30-yard field goal. But Florida State’s Jar ed Verse easily got through, as the offensive lineman who was matched up against him missed his block and blocked the field goal.A bad punt gave the Semi noles good field position on one of their scoring drives as well, but the biggest play occurred when the clock read :00 at the end of the game. The Tigers had just scored the supposed game-tying touch down as time expired, they just needed to make the point-after to advance the game to over time. Surely, adjustments would be made to keep the same trav esty from occurring twice, right? Well, adjustments were made, but it didn’t mean anything. A Florida State defensive back slipped through on the left side of the line, blocking the extra point and crushing the spirits of excited LSU fans everywhere. The Tigers face Southern at home Saturday, before facing their next true test and first con ference opponent in Mississippi State.We’ll get a better idea of what this team is made of then.
FRANCIS DINH / The Reveille LSU football head coach Brian Kelly speaks with his coaching staff Sept. 4, during LSU’s Allstate Kickoff game defeat to Florida State 23-24 in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La. in the Olinde Center, 158 LSU Student Union, specified.
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SOCCER, from page 10 has scored three in her last four games.The Golden Eagles searched for a response and found it two minutes later as Ilana Izquierdo powered a shot into the bottom corner, and the game was tied 1-1.Three minutes later, the Tigers grabbed the lead again through Brenna Mcpartlan. The ball from the corner came to the edge of the box and a cross was sent to the back post where McPartlan headed it home. LSU pulled ahead in the game in the 70th minute through Tilly Wilkes. Wilkes volleyed home a rocket after a cross from Maya Gordon. LSU was flying and Wil kes and McPartlan had their first goals as Tigers. The game ended 3-1 with LSU out shooting Southern Miss 175. LSU had 10 shots on target to USM’s three. This shows just how dominant the Tigers were that day.“I’m really pleased with the performance. All credit to South ern Miss, they made it difficult on the day with their defensive structure in the first half and it was difficult to break down,” Head Coach Sian Hudson said. “I’m pleased with the re sponse in the second half. It was a great goal by Alesia Garcia to get us started on the scoresheet, followed by a great finish by Brenna McPartlan for her first goal in LSU’s colors, and finally what a finish it was from Olivia Wilkes for her first goal of the season.”Hudson will be happy with the Tigers’ win. With the win they improve to five wins and two ties on the season. Unbeaten so far this season, LSU has continued to grow with each game. The Tigers faced adversity in California after a draw with Pepperdine that they answered with a 4-1 win against SanTheyDiego.didn’t play well against Grambling, but they followed that up by looking impressive against Southern Miss. Coach Hudson has been able to get the Tigers in great shape heading into the rest of theTheseason.unbeaten run is impres sive, and they will look to con tinue the run as they head to New Jersey to play Princeton on Thursday and No. 9 Rutgers on Sunday.
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FRANCIS DINH / The Reveille LSU soccer freshman midfielder Ida Hermannsdottir (17) shoots at the goal Sept. 2, making the score 2-1 against Grambling State University at LSU’s Soccer Stadium off of Nicholson Drive.
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A fence surrounds the LSU Indian Mounds Aug. 25, on LSU’s campus.
Margaret Mead American cultural anthropologist1901—1978
LSU finally protects campus mounds after years of neglect
Trump shouldn’t have stopped at documents. Why not the nukes?
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Former President Donald Trump could be facing indict ment in relation to the Justice Department’s inquiry about documents rumored to contain nuclear secrets that he removed from the White House. If the speculation is true, Americans should be greatly disappointed in the former head of state. A president taking nuclear infor mation instead of the nukes themselves is unacceptable. Trump has always wanted to be likable and appear cool, and there is nothing cooler than personally owning a nuclear weapon.Heshould’ve found the big gest nuclear warhead he could, put a large blanket over it and left the White House using the Jan. 6 insurrection as a distrac tion. Upon arriving at his resi dence at Mar-a-Lago, he would take legal ownership because of the “Finders Keepers Losers Weepers” clause of the Consti tution.The resort would be a much better place with a nuke in the middle of it. Trump could use it to jokingly threaten people while pointing the nuke at them using a remote control. Imagine, for instance, some one called Trump a fat man. He could respond in jest, telling them, “I’ve got a fat man for you,” in reference to the nuclear bomb detonated over Nagasaki. This would likely get a laugh from resort-goers and improve the overall mood.
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Trump had a famous cam paign promise to build a wall on the southern border to deter illegal immigration. While that’s a decent proposal, a giant nucle ar weapon stationed in Arizona with the capability to hit any spot along the border would be better.Trump once suggested nuk ing hurricanes to disrupt them. If he had a nuke, he could try this strategy in the Gulf of Mex ico, alleviating the stress that hurricane season brings. Trump and other Republicans have been criticized for not taking climate change seriously, but a campaign promise to nuke the sun would quiet liberal opposi tion.America is a country that prides itself on going big. Amer ica does not settle for space. America goes to the moon. Trump missed his opportunity to make America great again by only going halfway. Every citi zen should be disappointed in Donald Trump for not rounding third and coming home; he can take that bush league stuff to Canada.
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In January 2020, news broke of a potential discovery made by LSU geologist Brooks Ellwood. He claimed to have uncovered evidence that questioned widely held beliefs about the age of the mounds on campus. This August, his conclusions were confirmed. It had long been held that the origin of the mounds could be dated to approximately 6,100 years ago—nothing to scoff at. Stone henge and the Pyramids would be young in comparison. However, Ellwood posited that the mounds could be dated to as early as 11,000 years ago, making the mounds the oldest in tact man-made structure in theForAmericas.decades, even with knowl edge of their ancient status, the mounds have been neglected by the university to an embarrassing extent. Sitting unprotected and without adequate signage, they were subjected to extensive foot traffic in the form of tailgaters, student sunbathers and the muchbeloved alumni tradition of card board box sledding. As innocent as the intentions of the individuals involved in the above actions may have been, the university’s persistent lack of ac tion displayed disrespect for local indigenous history and a wasteful mishandling of an incomparable educational resource. Though, at the time, Ellwood’s hypothesis still required official publication and accompanying peer review, the announcement seemed to energize efforts for en suring the site’s preservation. In the two years since, numerous promound initiatives have emerged with the hopes of achieving both physical protection and increased awareness for the site. Student Government, the Na tive American Student Organiza tion and the LSU Ethics Institute have all been leaders on the peda gogical front—putting on lecture series, hosting panels and arguing that the mounds should have pri ority on the administrative docket. Moreover, as many have prob ably noticed, a chain-link fence has been propped around the site, keeping foot traffic off and from in between the mounds. While it is clearly temporary, it fortunately seems to be more permanent than the old fences that would just come up around game days. Let’s hope this holds out until something truly permanent can be built in its place.A substantial amount of valu able information can also now be found on the university’s website. It nicely details the history of the mounds, their cultural significance and plans for more substantial pro tection down the road—all of this infused with a refreshing sense of self-awareness regarding past neg ligence.However, perhaps the most promising sign of this pro-mound shift has been the genuine in crease in sensitivity to the site that I’ve noticed among my classmates. A student body that, in 2019, seemed largely apathetic to the condition of what many knew as little more than a strange pair of hills now seems, at least in my ex perience, significantly more aware of the mounds’ significance and their need for protection. Of course, it’s impossible to generalize about a student body the size of LSU’s. There are almost certainly significant cohorts of students who have no idea what the mounds are or why the large chain-link fence blocking their route to the quad is an inconve nience worth putting up with. Nev ertheless, I remain convinced that legitimate progress has been made. Strong student sympathy for the site’s preservation seems cru cial for ensuring that the adminis tration remains committed to the issue. Any increase in support is a welcome and important step for ward.The peer-reviewed results of Ellwood’s research were finally re leased a few weeks ago. He was right. In an article pub lished in Yale University’s “Ameri can Journal of Science,” Ellwood and a team of colleagues success fully date the beginning of the old est of the two mounds’ construc tion to around 11,000 years ago. It’s officially the oldest standing man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere.It’sdifficult to emphasize that last point enough. The oldest known man-made structure in the entirety of the Americas sits on our campus. We work and study in the shadow of an essential piece of the ever-complex puzzle of human his tory.Prominent media outlets seem to have acknowledged the signifi cance of this discovery. Naturally, the vanguard of local news has taken notice, with WWL, WGNO and The Advocate all running sto ries on the finding. National media has taken notice, too, with Yahoo News and MSN both picking up the story.These recent developments seem, in many ways, like the tri umphant culmination of a critical chapter in the history of how the university thinks and acts regard ing the mounds. At least, I’m hope ful that they are. The national spotlight is on us as a campus community. Let’s do the right thing. We seem to be headed in the right direction. Evan Leonhard is a 21-year-old English senior from New Orleans.
Frank Kidd is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Springfield, Virginia.
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Having a nuclear weapon is a goal for many developing na tions because they’re a bulwark against encroaching world pow ers. Knowing this, Trump could have an “Apprentice”-style real ity show, bringing on the lead ers of developing countries to see who will win the prize of protection from imperial forces and control over their natural resources.Hecould’ve used it as a cam paign tool, promising to give the nuke back only if he’s elect ed. He could bring it to each of his rallies and let people take pictures with it as they used the remote control to point it at cardboard cutouts of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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After paying over $100 for a parking pass, LSU commuters play a game of luck each morning to see if they can find a spot in the overflowing campus lots. Stu dents drive in circles, desperately searching for a spot as the time to class ticks Parkingdown.oncampus has taken me up to an hour and made me late to class multiple times. The first couple weeks of school are stressful enough without having to spend a chunk of the morning scouring for a spot. The commut er lots can be seen completely full for a large portion of the day, and students living just a few miles off campus now have 45-minute to an hour-long commute simply be cause of overcrowding and traffic. Tia Thomas, an interdisciplin ary studies senior, parks on cam pus twice a week. Thomas has been late to two classes because of difficulty finding a place to park.“Parking is a hassle,” said Thomas. “There are very rarely any parking spots. I always have to wait for someone to come out.” I’ve experienced the same. Having to wait for someone to pull out of a spot is a parking method based on chance. Even if someone happens to pull out of a spot near you, you have to be the first one to get in it, and students play dirty when parking. Brian Favela, director of LSU Parking and Transportation Ser vices, points to the ParkZen app, which was designed to help stu dents find parking on campus. The department has also estab lished Geaux to Know, which al lows students and faculty to re ceive email alerts about parking and transportation information on campus.Favelasaid the department is also implementing a mobility plan that was created as part of the Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan. Favela said this plan will help with the park ing issues around the denser parts of campus.Theoverall focus of this plan is improving walkways, promot ing programs involving bikes and scooters and making use of Tiger Trails to provide more transporta tion options for students. Favela says the mobility plan will create 2,000 Park & Geaux spaces upon completion. Park & Geaux allows commuters to park and ride a shuttle into the core of campus.With many more of these spac es, the congestion in other com muter lots will be reduced, Favela said.“[Parking and Transportation Services] will continue to source available technology to improve the parking experience and are actively working to get lot oc cupancy information out to our community in a meaningful way,” saidTheFavela.department will com municate ongoing improvements through Geaux to Know emails. While this program sounds promising, it’s only in the first stage, meaning it will likely take a few years to fully resolve the parking problems plaguing stu dents.Parking and Transportation Services are working hard to help students, and things may improve for commuters in the coming years.For now, though, plan to get to campus early if you want to make it to class. Kate Beske is a 19-year-old jour nalism sophomore from Destre han.
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Overcrowded parking, traffic on campus won’t be fixed for years
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MADALYN CUNNINGHAM / The Reveille Rows and rows of parking filled by commuter students on Aug. 2, on South Stadium Dr. in Baton Rouge, La.