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Volume 121 · No. 59
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SECOND WIND
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Tigers charge back after slow start to finish second in Super Six
‘Fashion show’ propels Tigers to best finish in program history
BY JACOB HAMILTON | @jac0b_hamilt0n
BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL | @CBoutwell_TDR
The LSU gymnastics team has nothing to hang its head about, LSU associate coach Jay Clark told his team at the conclusion of the Super Six on Saturday night. Finding themselves in fifth place at the midway point, the Tigers clawed back for a chance at their first national championship in program history. Although LSU came up just short, finishing No. 2 in the nation — its best finish in school history — with a 197.4500 team score, junior all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat
said the ranking felt as good as gold. Oklahoma bested the Tigers with a 197.6750 team score for its second national championship in three years. Alabama (197.4375) earned a bronzemedal finish, while Florida (197.3500), UCLA (196.8250) and Georgia (196.8125) finished fourth through sixth. Sitting out the first rotation on bye while the competing teams’
see SUPER SIX, page 7
As the LSU gymnastics team braced for its final two events in the NCAA Championship on Saturday, freshman all-arounder McKenna Kelley reached for her make-shift microphone to emcee a final-hour fashion show, meant to rally the Tigers to Super Six stardom. Behind the curtains of the Fort Worth Convention Center, junior all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat and others rolled out the mock runway in the fourth rotation. “Sometimes, a couple of us do this
thing where when the floor music is playing, we act like we’re modeling,” said sophomore all-arounder Myia Hambrick. “It gets our mind off the competition. “This time, everyone did it.” As the Tigers recently finished drawing a contending 49.3375 team score on the balance beam, they knew they were still in the mix to compete for a national championship.
see FASHION SHOW, page 7
ENVIRONMENT
Grad student develops gulf literacy resource for K-12 students BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Geography and anthropology graduate student Lauren Hull is working to promote gulf literacy among the next generation of Louisiana residents. Hull, the education graduate assistant for the Louisiana Sea Grant program, is curating a gulf literacy resource for teachers across the state to incorporate into their classroom curricula. The resource will serve as a one-stop-shop for information on the gulf, its ecosystems and its effect on the state, Hull said. Development of the resource
began with the 1994 dissertation of then-University PhD student John Trowbridge, who created the original material in response to a push for scientific literacy in schools. Scientific literacy encourages the understanding of basic scientific concepts and principles to promote informed decision-making, Hull said. Gulf literacy, a form of scientific literacy, is especially important because of Louisiana’s strong ties to the Gulf of Mexico, she said. “Being aware of the Gulf of Mexico and its resources is very important to our economy and
our culture and of course to the environment as well,” Hull said. Hull said her passion for environmental education is driven by a desire to affect significant change among populations. Through her studies in ecology and biology, Hull said she discovered education is the key to change. Louisiana has a low mobility rate among its residents, with most remaining in the state or returning to live in the state as adults, she said. Having an informed citizenry is crucial to future policy decisions.
see LITERACY, page 2
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Geography and anthropology graduate student Lauren Hull is expanding literature about the Gulf of Mexico and its ecosystems to be used in schools across the state.