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A display of items worn by sexual assault survivors is displayed April 6, in the Art Gallery of the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.
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‘What I Wore’ exhibit displays outfits of sexual assault survivors Creating a space in which dialogue is encouraged and participants are free from victimblaming, “What I Wore” is a new exhibit on campus that seeks to give survivors of sexual assault a place to express themselves openly and raise awareness. The exhibit, open in the Student Union Art Gallery on the second floor of the LSU Library until April 29, has been in the works since December. The pandemic stalled its official launch to earlier this month, during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Women’s Center director Summer Steib collaborated on the exhibit with the Lighthouse Program to teach about the widespread impact of sexual violence. “We always knew we wanted to revisit this,” Steib said. “We felt this was something really powerful and that it was an opportunity for our campus community to engage in meaningful, challenging and change-worthy dialogue around sexual violence and how it impacts all of us.” The Lighthouse Program sent solicitations to the Baton Rouge community at large, allowing anyone to anonymously submit a description of the physical clothes they wore at the time of the abuse, assault or rape. The exhibit features a total of 16 submissions. In addition to showcasing the clothes of survivors, the exhibit also features the Women’s Center Clothesline Project, a sign from the student-lead interactive performance “Resilient Body” and other interactive opportunities for students to come and learn about sexual assault. “We really want people to be reflective about how this impacted them, what changes they’re willing to make, and maybe how this challenged a belief that they
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A visitor looks at the “What I Wore” exhibit April 6, in the Art Gallery of the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La. had about sexual violence,” Steib said. Steib hopes that in people’s reflections during the exhibit, they see how sexual assault is not an issue of the past. It is ever-present, especially on LSU’s campus. “I think each and every one of us plays a part in upholding rape culture in some way,” she said. “A lot of people think of these as issues that don’t impact them if they’re not personally a survivor or if they don’t know one. I think of the things that’s really powerful for me is that the majority of the outfits, whenever you look at them, you can go home and you could find the same exact outfit in your closet.” In addition to trying to explore the commonality and community of survivors, the exhibit
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A poster inviting visitors to write a message to survivors is displayed April 6, in the Art Gallery of the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.
also highlights the intersectional nature of sexual assault, which was stressed by Lighthouse program coordinator Victoria Polk. “I think this exhibit especially has shed a light on different ages and genders who tend to be affected, either directly or indirectly by sexual violence and assault,” Polk said. “We want to highlight the fact that we can tend to believe that a certain group tends to experience this type of violence. Really, it is anybody who can be a victim and survivor.” Kinesiology and Spanish senior Paola Colmenares said she stayed in the exhibit for about 30 minutes, reading the story of each victim and staring at the street clothes hung on display. The most poignant outfit on display was a boy’s summer camp uniform. “I thought the exhibit was really gut-wrenching,” Colmenares said. “It just goes to show you the range of situations that these people were in.” Colmenares believes there is a stigma against sexual assault survivors and that there still exists a lot of blame for survivors based on what they wear. She said what makes the exhibit so powerful is how much it invalidates this belief. “It just made me feel really sad to read about this person whose innocence was stripped away from them,” Colmenares said. “It just really put things into perspective that this could happen to anyone anywhere, no matter what they’re wearing.” Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Training and Prevention Miranda Brown was present at the launch of the exhibit and spoke about her future plans and initia-
tives to help create more intersectional conversation on campus about sexual assault. “The Women’s Center has been a huge help,” said Brown. “Summer Steib and I work really well together, and we’ve worked on serval projects together at this point.” Sexual assault awareness has been at the forefront of LSU’s controversies since November 2020, when USA Today published an investigative report exposing the university’s widespread mishandling of sexual assault cases within the Title IX Office and LSU Athletics. Since then, a 148-page investigation by law firm Husch Blackwell has been released, which included a list of 18 recommendations for the University to restructure its Title IX investigations. Only one has not been officially completed, though it is scheduled to be finished next spring. By increasing awareness on campus for sexual assault, educating the campus population on consent and showcasing the intersectionality of the issue, organizations like the Women’s Center and The Lighthouse Program are helping to create a safer LSU. “What I Wore” is just one of the steps this campus is taking on a grassroots level to create awareness. “We know survivors are going to come to the exhibit,” Steib said. “There were survivors who had pieces displayed on the wall that were here for the opening. We just hope that they see themselves reflected and that they see they’re not alone. Others have had similar experiences and what happened to them didn’t happen in isolation.”
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Faculty Senate Executive Committee violated open meetings law again
BY PIPER HUTCHINSON @PiperHutchBR LSU Faculty Senate leaders again violated Louisiana’s open meetings law when on Wednesday they met without giving proper public notice that they intended to meet. The violation occurred during an unadvertised meeting of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee with Interim Provost Matt Lee before the FSEC’s weekly meeting. Since the Faculty Senate and its executive committee are public bodies held to the state’s open meetings law, they are required to give notice of their meetings and to post their meeting agendas 24 hours in advance. They also must conduct their meetings according to their agenda. The agenda for the Committee meeting on Wednesday said that the meeting was set to begin at 11:30 a.m. in Thomas Boyd Hall. But when a Reveille reporter arrived at 11:28 a.m., a meeting was underway and a student worker outside the conference room said that members of the FSEC began a meeting 10 to 20 minutes beforehand. Emily Hatfield, Lee’s executive assistant, shared an agenda for the unnoticed meeting that was slated to begin at 11 a.m. That agenda was never made public by the Faculty Senate. Lee and members of the FSEC discussed at least three items on the meeting agenda before the public meeting was meant to begin. The FSEC and Faculty Senate regularly receive updates from
Residents worried about land loss BY PIPER HUTCHINSON @PiperHutchBR
LSU’s Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Faculty Council fall under that definition since they derive their authority from the LSU Board of Supervisors, which is also a public body. FSEC members were seemingly confused by what constituted a meeting and their requirement to follow the agenda, however. Jeffrey Roland, an at-large member of the FSEC,
Most Louisiana residents think that coastal land loss will harm the state as a whole, according to the latest installment of the Louisiana Survey from the LSU Reilly Center. The report, the second installment in a six-part series of the Reilly Center’s Louisiana Survey, shows that while a majority of Louisianians believe that land loss will hurt the state, just half believe that it will affect them personally. Among the report’s findings: • Eighty-five percent of residents believe land loss will cause a great deal or moderate amount of harm to Louisianans living along the coast. Nearly three quarters said it will cause harm to the state as a whole. • About 85% said land loss poses a threat to future generations of Louisianans, while nearly two-thirds said that it would harm their own generation. • Half of respondents believe land lost will harm them personally. That percentage is higher for coastal residents, with 70% saying they will be personally affected by it. The Louisiana Survey results are based on responses from 508 adult Louisiana residents who were surveyed from Feb. 21 to March 14. A combination of natural sinking, subsidence from the Missis-
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Members of the Faculty Senate Executive committee convened an unnoticed meeting of a public body on April 13. From left to right: Marwa Hassan, Joan King, Mandi Lopez, Kenneth McMillin. members of the administration at their public meetings, so it is unclear why this meeting was off the books. When Faculty Senate President Mandi Lopez gave her president’s report, she said, “As far as my updates, I think we’ve just covered them,” suggesting that a significant portion of the meeting was conducted behind closed doors. “It may not seem like a big deal to the faculty members or even to the students, but it is a
big deal,” said Scott Sternberg, an attorney with expertise in the state’s open meetings law. “Because everyone has to follow the law. You can’t just speed because the speed limit is not something that you like, or a sign that you didn’t see. The open meetings law applies to the Faculty Senate.” Open meeting laws are meant to ensure the public’s access to information and the decisions made by government bodies, including state agencies.
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SG resolution calling for French professor’s removal passes BY CORBIN ROSS @CorbinRoss5 Student Government unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday urging the university to remove French professor Adelaide Russo from teaching classes until the lawsuit against her has been resolved. The resolution was co-authored by marketing sophomore Emma Bruney and international trade and finance sophomore Cooper Ferguson. “There’s an ongoing civil court case regarding the issues that happened a few years ago on campus with Dr. Russo and the graduate student so, until that court case has been resolved and the investigation is finished, we just don’t feel that it’s right for her to be put in a position where
she’s teaching students that she harmed,” Bruney said. The lawsuit against Russo alleges that she ignored student complaints regarding graduate student Edouard d’Espalungue d’Arros, who is accused by six women of sexual misconduct. After his third-degree rape charge and arrest in Alexandria, according to The Advocate, Russo continued to allow him to work directly with students. d’Espalungue has since returned to his home country of France and remains at large. Russo was removed from her position as French department chair but is still found on course listings for several classes in the fall. The resolution is based on a statement addressed to Presi-
dent William Tate IV, Dean Troy Blanchard, Gregory Stone and Kevin Bongiorni by an unnamed French student and signed by 10 different organizations urging administration to pull Russo from teaching classes. “Until the lawsuit is resolved, Dr. Russo should not be allowed to teach in the classroom or interact with the very students she is accused of dismissing and abusing,” the statement said. The resolution passed the SG legislature unanimously on April 6. Student-Body President Javin Bowman signed it on Wednesday. “We just don’t feel that she should be put in a position to teach those students that she
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The Sun shines on the Quad and Memorial Tower on March 22, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.
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page 4 COMMITTEE, from page 3 told the reporter that the public meeting had not yet begun when she entered the room. Marwa Hassan, the Faculty Senate secretary, said that the body was operating under instructions from the LSU General Counsel’s office. Hassan said that her understanding was that it was not an FSEC meeting, but “a meeting hosted by Provost Lee and the FSEC is invited to it.” Hassan added that the FSEC is slated to hold a similar meeting with LSU Vice President for Finance Donna Torres. Roland said that the Committee was acting under legal advice relayed through Lopez. “The FSEC takes adherence to the open meetings law very seriously. When we met with Provost Lee last week, we believed that we were acting in accordance with that law,” Roland said in an email. “We believed this because it was our understanding that we had been advised by the LSU General Counsel’s office that these meetings were not subject to the open meetings law, a legal opinion that in my recollection was conveyed to us by President Lopez after consultation with
RESIDENTS, from page 3 sippi River’s inability to replenish its sediment deposits and sea level rise via climate change has resulted in the state losing over 2,000 square miles of coastal land since the 1930s, according to the Restore the Mississippi River Delta project. Those combinations and future sea-level rise projections put Louisiana in a uniquely unfortunate position. The Gulf Coast is projected to see 14-18 inches of sea level rise by midcentury, with Louisiana and Texas seeing the worst of it, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report. The survey indicated that a majority of residents support elevation requirements for new construction to avoid flooding but did not support paying to renovate current structures. Nearly 90% support elevation requirements for new construction in flood-prone areas and 62% support paying owners to elevate existing buildings in this area. Opinion is very closely divided about requiring property owners to elevate without mentioning paying them to do so. Public opinion is also almost evenly split about paying residents to move out of areas at high risk of flooding and prohibiting
SG, from page 3 brought pain to,” Bruney said. Bruney said that because Russo is a tenured professor, LSU can’t fire her without significant legal issues. Neither the resolution nor the statement calls for her to be fired. Instead, they urge for her to be kept away
the General Counsel’s office. In short, we believed ourselves to be acting on the advice of legal counsel.” Kenneth McMillin, past-president of the Faculty Senate, defended the executive committee over email after the meeting. He said he didn’t believe the meeting should have been public in the first place, and that media were allowed inside out of “politeness.” However, if Lopez would have asked the reporter to leave without following proper procedure to go into executive session, then that would have also been illegal. Louisiana open meetings law states that “Meeting” means the “convening of a quorum of a public body to deliberate or act on a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction, or advisory power.” Under the law’s definition, the meeting should have been open to the public. The meeting also should have been noticed, according to Sternberg. Sternberg said that even if a meeting is exempt from being open, the body has to give notice to the public 24 hours in advance that the meeting is occurring and when and where the
meeting is being held. By holding an unnoticed meeting of a public body, the FSEC violated the state’s open meeting law. This isn’t the first time the public body has come under fire for violating the open meetings law. The Faculty Senate illegally kicked out non-Senate members, including a Reveille reporter, from a public meeting in November. Starting in December, meetings have been attended by a lawyer from the LSU General Counsel’s Office to answer any legal questions that pop up. In March, the body underwent open meetings law training as part of an agreement the university came to with the Louisiana Attorney General’s office stemming from a complaint the attorney general received about November’s illegal meeting. The training addressed both the definition of a public meeting and the necessity of notices. In the wake of the training, the body has discussed seeking an exemption from the state’s open meetings law, something that General Counsel Winston DeCuir advised against. Lopez did not respond to The Reveille’s request for a comment.
Under Louisiana open meetings law, public bodies are required to give notice of all meetings of a public body at least 24 hours in advance, regardless of whether they are open to the public.
new construction. A majority did say that they oppose raising insurance rates for those in flood prone areas. Most Louisianians also said that they think hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent. Nearly 70% of respondents said hurricanes hitting Louisiana are stronger than those in the past, while 62% said that the number of hurricanes impacting the state has increased. The report notes that there is a significant regional variation in these responses, with residents in the southern half of the state increasingly concerned about more damaging hurricanes. Nearly three quarters of respondents in metro New Orleans said hurricanes are stronger. As you move north, that number shrinks. Two-thirds of those in metropolitan Baton Rouge agreed, but in North Louisiana, the share falls to 56%. Climate experts say heavy rainfall, hurricanes and flooding will become more severe on average as the planet warms. Hurricanes won’t necessarily become more frequent, however, since the conditions that give rise to cyclones are complicated. Some models suggest warming since the industrial revolution has already aggravated previous natural disasters in the country,
including in Louisiana. While most think that hurricanes are stronger and more frequent than in the past, fewer said that flooding in their community is more common than in the past.
Less than half of respondents said flooding in their local community is more common. The report notes that there are regional differences in responses on this question as well.
Sixty-eight percent of those in the Baton Rouge area said that flooding has increased, while 43% of those in New Orleans agreed. Just 26% of respondents in north Louisiana said the same.
from students. “We don’t want her fired, because of the issue with tenure. We want her removed from the classroom and removed from interaction with students,” Ferguson said. The statement says she would be allowed to do various kinds
of office work but nothing that would put her into contact with students. “This is a good case to look at tenure and its implications to students and not just faculty,” Bruney said. Ferguson believes that LSU administration is more con-
cerned over the possibly legal risks of taking Russo out of the classroom instead of the concerns of students. There have been various protests calling for Russo’s removal from teaching in the French department following the eruption of the scandal. A petition to have
her removed from teaching has reached over a thousand signatures. “People are angry, and I think that anger will translate into people taking action and hopefully administration will take notice of that and will do something about it,” Bruney said.
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The surface of University Lake ripples in the wind on March 29, near West Lakeshore Drive in Baton Rouge, La.
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In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the “What I Wore” art exhibit depicts items worn by sexual assault survivors along with art created by them and those who supported them.
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A24’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ hits theaters BY CONNOR MCLAUGHLIN @ connor_mcla You know that feeling you get after you see what has instantly become one of your new favorite movies? The credits are rolling, but you can’t move as if you are glued to your seat. The goosebumps and palpable excitement have not left your body yet. Still misty-eyed, your salty tears are stained on your cheek. To say that Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” meets the bare minimum of being one of my new favorite films is a profound understatement. Unabashedly weird, extraordinary and breathtakingly imaginative, this multiversal story about the strength of familial love and the “too-muchness” of existential despair left me in absolute awe from beginning to end. This film is an acid drop of stoner movie heaven and Hong Kong action cinema that explodes right off the screen with endless emotional depth. Directed by directorial duo collectively known as Daniels of “Swiss Army Man” fame, this new A24 picture follows Chinese immigrant and failing
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laundromat owner Evelyn Wang, played by Michelle Yeoh, who finds herself caught up as the reluctant Chosen One to save
the multiverse from the disease of an all-encompassing black hole. With the newfound power of connecting with different
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versions of herself, Evelyn can harness their abilities of martial arts, dance, hibachi chef skills or being a movie star. But Evelyn is way too busy to save the world today. Already under an IRS audit, she is overwhelmed and struggling to maintain a steady relationship with her earnest husband, openly lesbian daughter and aging father who views her as a disappointment. With the title serving as the film’s thesis, the story reads almost like a period piece for 2022 in that all its characters are often plagued with the constant strain of feeling confused, lost in humdrum of existence and unsure if linear time is real. Despite its exuberant goofiness, “Everything Everywhere” feels universally relatable in the era of Zoom classes, busy work and the sweeping blanket of the loudness and banality of the universe. Yeoh captures the feeling of being swallowed up by responsibility and prioritizing work over spending time with loved ones. Evelyn, specifically the main Evelyn, is not always likable to us, rarely saying something comforting. She often mis-
understands the little moments, not fully seeing her husband, Waymond, or daughter, Joy, and scoffing at their plight or calling them names. She is the glue of the movie in that she feels fully textured and battered down by the weight of the world, which the Daniels seem to understand. Her character and lack of courage and confidence make the audience empathetic. However, this film features an equally outstanding supporting cast that is essential to the film’s idiosyncratic vision. Featuring his first major film role since playing Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and Data in “The Goonies,” Ke Huy Quan returns in stunning fashion to the silver screen as Evelyn’s husband, Waymond, as the film’s beating heart, to bring charisma, humor and soul to the film. Stephanie Hsu and James Wong as Evelyn’s daughter and father are scene stealers. Yeoh and the rest of the cast, including a raccoon puppet, are undeniably integral to the wonderment of this movie. The concept of multiverses is not alien or groundbreaking
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page 7 MOVIE, from page 6 film territory to audiences after recently seeing their favorite Spider-Men fight CGI villains, but the Daniel’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” excels at breathing new life into the idea with a mind-bending and surreal ride of action, trademark absurdity, and tear-jerking emotion. It assaults the senses to maximum effect in what can be unabashedly described as the cinematic experience of a lifetime. The multiverse movie genre has never felt so creative, disarming and fun, especially in today’s contemporary society where human beings are shown infinite realities of other humans, where people are only left to ponder who they wish could be, and not who they are in the moment. In short, I found myself openly crying in a packed theater full of strangers all sniffling and laughing throughout this film. With 40 different climaxes and conclusions to its sweeping story, this film is nearly perfect and a guaranteed shoe-in as the finest offering that 2022 has to offer with an authentic Asian identity behind it. Thanks to Michelle Yeoh and cast, this film is a mediation on familial bonds, the roads not taken, the all-con-
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suming everything-ness of life that expands until it bursts into an explosive injection of pathos right into the heart. Who would have thought
that the best movie of the year would be the one to feature the silliest and most hilarious ideas ever introduced into a movie? It’s like two sentient rocks silently
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talking to each other, yet make it somehow sincere and truly life-affirming with something as simple as a stare or a mother’s hug. “Everything Everywhere
All at Once” just proves that storytelling and the medium of filmmaking is far from dead and still being pushed in this universe and the next.
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Women’s golf wins SEC tournament BY ADAM BURRUSS @AdamNFLdraft
tion with his teammates. On the opposite hand Myles Brennan has just become what he is. We haven’t seen much difference from the first snap he took this spring to the last one he took on Saturday. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as you want consistency from the quarterback position. It just stands to reason that Daniels could real-
LSU women’s golf reigns victorious over the SEC for the first time since 1992 at the SEC Championship held at the Greystone Country Club’s Legacy Course in Hoover, Alabama. Ingrid Lindblad, also won LSU’s first individual SEC championship since 1991 on Friday as she continues her Annika Award campaign. Lindblad, who broke LSU’s record for individual golf wins on March 27, added another notch to her belt as she claimed the SEC’s individual title with her ninth collegiate win. This specific victory for Lindblad holds significance to her even beyond the record books, as she notched second place in this tournament last season. Now, she avoids last year’s fate and further etches her name in LSU’s history books. “Last year, I shot 64 in the final round and came up three shots short,” Lindblad said. “I really played well and I wanted to come back and get some revenge. Today, I got some revenge.” Her revenge came as she
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PRACTICE PICKS LSU Football hosts first full viewing of spring practice
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LSU head coach Brian Kelly observes the practice March 29 during LSU’s spring practice in Baton Rouge, La. BY DYLAN SANDERS @DillySanders You could feel the anticipation in the air as members of the local media took to an empty Tiger Stadium to watch LSU football practice on Saturday morning. “There’s just an energy that you get when you come into your stadium and you know and we wanted to remind them of it,”
Brian Kelly said. The practices have also started to provide answers to some lingering questions as play starts to ramp up. This past Saturday marked he first full viewing of a two-hour practice. While the quarterback competition is yet to have a “winner” there is one name that is starting to show some promise: Jayden Daniels. As Daniels continues to settle
into Baton Rouge, he begins to show major signs of improvement. He spent less time looking to the sidelines trying to figure out the play calls. Coaches yelled at him about this last week, but those complaints weren’t heard during these scrimmages. Overall, it seems a lot of his improvements stemmed from knowledge and confidence. He was smoother in his footwork, throws and communica-
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LSU professor draws awareness for cancer research through passion BY COLE HERNANDEZ @Ct_hernandez LSU professor Herman Kelly, an African American Studies instructor and pastor, raised over $11,000 last year for the Hematology and Oncology Clinic of Baton Rouge to financially support patients going through cancer treatment, including his late wife of 37 years, Linda. Kelly partnered with Coach Nan Fontenot of Crawfish Aquatics last year to host a swim event called “Swim for Life”. This year he is calling the event “Swim for Linda”. This is the name of the scholarship that “Swim for Life” created in Linda’s honor. The scholarship is given to students who are cancer survivors themselves and Kelly helps decide who receives the scholarship. Linda had her first battle with breast cancer in 2014 and then went into remission in 2019. The cancer returned and while she was going through treatment, her
husband found his passion for swimming once again. “I would go to the pool at four in the morning, and that was my therapy,” Harman said. His wife passed away from breast cancer on August 7th last year. In one of these early morning sessions, Kelly believes God spoke to him and gave him the idea to participate in “Swim for Life” events to raise money for cancer patients. Kelly was also told by one of Linda’s doctors that many people can’t afford these kinds of treatments and his main goal in participating and hosting these events was to raise awareness around this issue. “God spoke to me and said, ‘I want you to raise money for oncology and those going through cancer treatment,’” Kelly said. Linda herself, against the advice of her husband, attended a “Swim for Life” event after one of her treatment sessions. Herman said the fondest memory of his wife was when
they would hang out together and she would cheer him on at his swimming competitions upon the pooldeck. He said she always pushed him to be the best person he could be. Swimming has been a passion of Herman’s for most of his life but his wife’s recent battle with cancer has renewed his love for the sport. The sport of swimming has created a path for him to improve his own health as well. Herman is preparing to go to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to represent Louisiana in the National Senior Games. He swam competitively in college and high school. He has also won multiple state titles in senior swimming events in Louisiana. “Swimming has been a purpose through the pain I am going through,” Kelly said. “As I struggle with the loss of my wife, I have a purpose, and part of my purpose is swimming.” He created the “Swim for Linda” event while his wife was battling cancer but hopes to continue
helping other cancer patients with the financial burden that comes from expensive medical treatments. “She was my best friend, and I could talk to her about anything. She was a gift from God,” Herman said. When Herman struggles to get motivation, he remembers his wife, his faith and the children they had together. He wants to establish a “Linda Kelly Swimming Foundation” in her memory and is in the process of doing just that. Herman recommends that other people who may have lost a loved one to cancer find a purpose in their grief and look for people who truly care about them. “Find something in the community that you’re passionate about,” he said. “I happen to be passionate about helping people who are less fortunate, children who don’t know how to swim, people who are going through cancer treatment. I want to help people going through this, because it’s a lot of money, and they need support.” The LSU swimming commu-
nity has rallied around Kelly’s passion for this event. They have participated in and raised money for the fundraiser in the past. His colleagues at LSU admire him for turning the pain from his grief into a constructive hobby and being a role model to everyone who is lucky enough to meet him. “My connection with the LSU community has given me a platform to do something good with my passion. I am a students’ professor, and I am gifted that my students love me just as much as I love them. I always wanted to teach, and as a pastor of 24 years, I see teaching as an extension of my ministry,” Herman said. “Swim for Life” fundraisers are common across the United States, but for Kelly, this year’s event is special because it is the first without his wife at his side. Kelly believes his participation in this event is important to keep Linda’s legacy alive and hopes that other people notice how he is raising awareness against the disease that took his wife from him.
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Monday, April 18, 2022 PRACTICE, from page 8 istically pass him up should he continue to grow his game. Everyone has shown flashes of potential this spring. Brennan, Daniels and freshman Walker Howard all had long touchdown passes on Saturday. Garrett Nussmeier did get some reps with the first team Sunday, but has been the most volatile of any player at the position. There’s a sense that he’s trying to run too often and not making decisions quick enough. He has the raw physical talents but has yet to wield them properly. “He’s a young man that’s got an incredible amount of confidence,” Kelly said. “He’s going to fit in phone booth throws as well as anybody that I’ve been around, he’s got the makeup of a great quarterback. But there’s been this development technically that has been, from my perspective, great to see as we’ve gone through the spring.” A recurring issue for the team, however, was consistently poor tackling. Kelly did give somewhat of an excuse, putting in on the “brotherhood” he has created in the locker room. He did admit, though, that the players do need to tackle—just need to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt their teammates.
“Our guys are caught a little in between the brotherhood and tackling,” Kelly said. “I preach brotherhood, that is that you’ve got to be careful with our guys. Don’t put them in compromising situations and it’s new for them.” The best position group on the team seems to be the wide receivers. Kyren Lacy, Malik Nabers and Jaray Jenkins are all taking the tops off of the defense and grabbing everything thrown their way. Nabers was the big winner in this practice, as he did it all. He had two great sideline catches. Cornerback depth is very concerning at this point. Mekhi Garner is a legitimate cornerback, that’s unquestionable at this point, but the buck stops there. Jarrick Bernard-Converse was supposed to be present, but an injury earlier this spring has him sidelined until the fall. There are rumors that another corner is supposed to be coming in from the transfer portal, which will be needed. The staff moved Jordan Toles to corner from safety in the last practice, and it does not seem that the move will be sustainable. LSU does have Greg Brooks Jr. on the inside, who will probably have that spot on lock. It is also important to note that these spring practices are not the full team, as there will be players joining in the fall, fresh-
men and more transfers at positions of need. Once spring practice finishes up, coaches around the country will pick back up on the transfer portal. LSU will likely lose some players, but will gain others. “We’ve got a couple of openings that there will be some auditions for and you can be assured that they’ll be filled,” Kelly said. Because LSU doesn’t have its full roster available to them now, with the lack of depth at positions, it looks like the spring game will have to be played as an offense vs defense game. This means that it will not be split into two teams that play against each other, as we may be accustomed to. They will just pit the offense against the defense and switch out between starters and then guys lower down the depth chart. It is not what Kelly wanted to do, but it is where LSU finds themselves without putting the team in an uncomfortable situation. “It will be offense versus defense, and as much as I do not like that version of it for many reasons, it’s the best way to create a competitive situation for our team,” Kelly said. The spring game will be Saturday, April 23 in Tiger Stadium, and will be free for fans to attend.
LINDBLAD, from page 8 turned in a final score of sixunder, 66 and outlasted Auburn’s Megan Schofill, who nearly tied Lindblad one-stroke behind at nine-under par. Lindblad remains in the midst of a three-match win streak, as she also won four of her last five tournaments, with her only faltering at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. Lindblad also tied Latanna Stone two weeks ago for second at The Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The last LSU player to win the SEC individual championship was Kristi Coats in 1991. Coats shot 224 to win the event in Lexington, Kentucky. Beyond Lindblad, Carla Tejedo Mulet finished tied for 18th, Stone finished tied for 24th, Elsa Svensson finished tied for 30th and Jessica Bailey finished tied for 36th. Only Lindblad remained under, posting a neat red score 10-under, 206. Despite Lindblad dominating the show for the individual tournament, LSU’s run for the title came through on performances from Stone and Tejedo Mulet, who have both played well in past tournaments. LSU beat out Auburn for first place, even though golfers Schofill and Mychael O’Berry finished in the Top-10. Schofill finished second, while O’Berry finished
tied for sixth. Lindblad’s dominant streak gave LSU the edge in this tournament, and she stayed consistent as LSU captured its first SEC Championship under Head Coach Garrett Runion. Stone and Tejedo Mulet showed their skill and performed well alongside Lindblad as LSU prevailed. With that said, LSU needed to jump some hurdles. While Golfstat ranked LSU as the No. 15 team in the nation before the championship match on Sunday, fellow SEC rivals ranked above them. The tournament also showed 11th ranked Florida, 10th ranked Texas A&M, ninth ranked Alabama and third-ranked South Carolina. LSU faced the six seed Alabama team in the semifinals after defeating seventh-seeded Vanderbilt. The Tigers routed the Tide with a match play score of 3-1-1. LSU took on the Florida Gators during the championship match play, and with Lindblad’s winning streak on their side and fellow junior Stone coming fresh off a tied for second place at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, gave the Tigers an advantage allowing them to hold the domain over the SEC. “I had a lot of fun out there this week,” Lindblad said. “But to win and play good the last day is always something special.”
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LSU’s Miller Hall should offer commemorative bricks BESKE’S BUZZ KATE BESKE @KateBeske As the only all-girls dormitory on campus, Joan C. Miller Hall has become a tradition for incoming freshman women. Although there are higher quality dorms, women still choose to live in Miller for the unique experience. Though Miller will probably still be standing for a few more years, when it is inevitably torn down bricks should be sold like Res Life is doing for Kirby Smith. While being torn down, bricks from Kirby Smith are being sold for $100 apiece with the profits going toward the LSU Student Emergency Support Fund. If Miller were to do the same, the profits could be used to fund a renovation of the parking lot in front of the dorm. Miller has been around for 54 years, since 1968, and can accommodate over 500 residents.
Though Miller may show its years, the halls are worn with memories for past and current residents. Ella Davis is an elementary education freshman living in Miller. “Miller has kind of a bad reputation of being old and having some issues, but overall I really enjoy living in the same building as most of my friends,” said Davis. “I love that every time I go in or out that I always run into friends and can catch up with them.” Some students talk down on Miller because of its age, but most of its residents know the true magic inside of the “Miller Mansion.” “I would definitely buy a brick,” Davis said. “My mom and all of my aunts lived in Miller in the ‘90s, and now I live there, so I think it would be pretty cool for my family to have a piece of it.” Commemorative bricks would allow decades of Miller women to have a small piece of their former home.
Madeline Deibel, a child and family studies freshman, is another resident of Miller Hall. “Miller was a great way for me to meet new friends, and the location was perfect for me,” said Deibel. While Deibel also feels positively toward Miller, her view on the bricks differs. When asked if she would purchase a brick, Deibel replied, “I would not get a brick because personally I like memories over things.” Though Deibel would not buy a brick, and some other current and past residents may not either, they can all agree that Miller Hall left a mark on their LSU experience. As someone living in Miller currently, I know I would love to own a piece of it forever because it has been such a great addition to my college experience. Miller allows its residents to make friends in a much more comfortable environment. Living here, you know that all of the residents have your back.
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Student housing, Joan C. Miller Hall, off of W. Lakeshore Dr. By selling commemorative bricks, Miller could not only stay a part of its past residents’ lives but also raise money to renovate the parking lot near the dorm or
help the university in other ways. Kate Beske is a 19-year-old journalism freshman from Destrehan, La.
Admissions should stay test optional post pandemic MISSING IN ACTION MIA COCO @MiaMarieCoco1 Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, and even before then, colleges around the nation began to implement test-optional admission policies, providing students the opportunity to withdraw their scores from their application if the scores do not accurately reflect their academic abilities. Standardized test scores have been required for college admissions since the late 1800s as a way to predict students’ academic performance. In their early years, these tests varied greatly by school, but after the founding of College Board in 1899, they became more uniform. Since the beginning, these tests have favored wealthier students. When College Board tests were first administered at the end of the 19th century, it cost $5 to take, or $170 when adjusted for inflation. If students wanted to see the topics being tested beforehand, they could pay an extra 10 cents. By 1937, the cost to take the SAT was $10, or $199 by today’s rates.
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Charging students to take tests that are required for college admissions discourages economically-disadvantaged students from pursuing secondary education. Even though today the SAT only costs about $47, there is still a divide between who can and cannot afford extra preparation for these tests. Prep courses have been proven to improve test scores, but the cost for taking these course ranges from $75-$600.
Not only do standardized tests discriminate against applicants from lower socioeconomic statuses, but they also do not accurately represent all students’ academic ability. Researchers estimate that test anxiety affects about 10 million students in North America. Many students who suffer from test anxiety are high-achieving students. Students who perform extremely well in class may clam up
on exams, causing them to have low standardized test scores even though they usually perform well academically. When COVID-19 hit the nation, at least one million students were prevented from taking the ACT or SAT, forcing colleges to revise their admissions processes to no longer require standardized test scores. This trend toward test-optional admissions encouraged more college applicants than
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seen in recent years. Because students had the opportunity to omit scores that they felt did not accurately reflect their potential, many felt more confident applying to colleges they may have otherwise not considered. Allowing college applicants to choose whether to submit standardized test scores gives them the chance to provide information they believe truly represents their potential to succeed in college. If a student has a higher ACT score but their GPA dropped due to extraneous circumstances, submitting test scores can show that they have test-taking strengths despite lower grades. Conversely, students who are poor test-takers but have higher GPAs can choose to omit their test scores, allowing their grades to speak to their academic potential. As the effects of the pandemic begin to fade, colleges should remain test-optional to encourage more applicants and level the playing field for students who have been historically disadvantaged in the admissions process. Mia Coco is a 19-year-old political communication freshman from Alexandria.
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Do dating apps hinder college students seeking serious relationships? MISSING IN ACTION MIA COCO @MiaMarieCoco1 Hookup culture and technology have made dating more difficult than ever, and college students are getting tired of treating dating as a game to play in their free time. Coming into college, women are taught to be wary of the men they meet on campus. In your hometown, you know everybody, and your parents know everybody. You know most people’s dating history, their reputation and what they’re looking for next. In college, everything is new, making it more difficult to sift through potential matches. Dating in college has always been hard, but with social media, there is a whole new array of risks and benefits. Social media helps people run background checks on the new people they meet and make connections they may have otherwise missed. However, social media also has many drawbacks. Apps like Snapchat and Tinder have made casual dating more common, which isn’t a negative thing, but for people who aren’t looking for something casual, these types of apps can make dating even more complicated. The overwhelming use of dating apps for casual relationships has given many people the false sense that nobody is ready to settle down yet. In reality, people who are looking for something more serious are just overshad-
owed by the amount of people using technology to find onenight stands and non-committalrelationships. While dating apps were originally created to help make connections that lead to relationships, whether they are casual or serious, these apps are now seen by many as places to go when you’re desperate or aren’t looking for something long term. So, anyone looking for something serious on Tinder can expect to meet people who are almost all looking for casual relationships. These experiences give people the idea that there may not be any good matches ready for commitment on campus. It is sad that technology, which could be used to make dating easier, has made the process of finding a partner much more complicated and confusing, when we all are really looking for the same thing. The casual nature of college dating needs to change. This is a time where we are establishing lifelong friendships and learning more about ourselves every day. While it can be fun to meet new people and have temporary, casual relationships, students need to be more careful with the way they approach dating because there are more people than they think that are looking for something serious. We are preparing to enter the adult world, and we don’t have time to treat dating as a game.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT NOAH MCKINNEY
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In Mia Coco’s column, she argued that casual dating and apps like Tinder put an unnecessary strain on individuals looking for a serious relationship in college. She argued that hookup culture and the overwhelming use of dating apps for casual relationships give students the false sense that nobody is ready to settle down yet. But are technology and Tinder the real source of the problem? Or is there a deeper issue among college-aged singles that we haven’t addressed? Coco’s assertion that people overwhelmingly use Tinder and online dating for casual relationships is not just one columnist’s opinion. A 2017 poll by LendEDU indicated that only 4% of collegeaged Tinder users were “looking for a relationship.” The poll also found that 44% of users’ primary goal was “confidence-boosting procrastination.” To some experienced users, this is old news. To others, though, this figure could bring a startling realization. Another facet of Coco’s argument, namely that this trend does
not accurately reflect college students’ desire for relationships, is also supported by data. A study published in the National Library of Medicine showed that 83% of college-aged women and 63% of college-aged men want a committed relationship. These conflicting statistics are essential to understand before downloading a dating app. Though most people generally want a relationship, this is not true for the majority of dating app users. If you download these apps to pursue a real relationship, you may find what you’re looking for, but you may also be setting yourself up for disappointment. In this sense, Tinder is not to blame for many of the stresses of modern dating. It has filled a niche for individuals looking for hookups or a way to indulge their own vanity. The tool itself is not the problem, but rather the way people use it. Students often agree to hookups or casual relationships that they don’t want in the hopes of finding a committed partner. People think they can change the other person’s mind or convince someone into entering a relationship. This is a deeply unhealthy mindset to have, justifying deceit and setting users up for disap-
pointment. Other times, users want relationships but never communicate this fact to their matches. The potential reasons for someone doing this are nearly endless. They could be afraid of scaring people off or even hoping the other will take the initiative for them. Regardless of their reasoning, the individual in question is standing in their own way. Between these two cases and others, the pattern of the problem is quite clear. Students getting on these apps for a relationship are in the minority, and the only effective way to use the online medium is by clearly communicating one’s goals. A better option may be to avoid Tinder altogether, but good communication skills will always be the key. If you’re single and looking for a serious relationship, recognize that plenty of people around you want the same thing. Once you have done this, the easiest way to alleviate stress and avoid discouragement is to pursue tactics and environments that suit your needs. Be transparent and open with the right groups of people, and it will be infinitely easier to find a fulfilling relationship. Noah McKinney is an English and history junior from Houston, TX.
Mia Coco is a 19-year-old political communications student from Alexandria.
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A couple holds each other’s hands on the way to class on Feb. 6, 2017, on the university’s campus.
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