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A legend was born on a chilly November day nearly 90 years ago. The legend didn’t score touchdowns, catch a crucial interception or coach a team to victory.
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Instead, the legend was the home to all-time LSU greats like Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova and Jim Taylor. When Tiger Stadium opened its doors on Nov. 27, 1924, the 12,000 fans in attendance witnessed a 13-0 loss to then-rival Tulane. Although the first outing didn’t end in LSU’s favor, the
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next nine decades would see LSU become one of the most successful and storied programs in the history of college football. When LSU plays the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 13, the
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BY DEANNA NARVESON dnarveson@lsureveille.com At its September 2013 meeting, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved salary raises averaging at 4 percent for faculty and staff system-wide, the first in four years. This year, according to the board’s agenda for its meeting today, pay raises are on the table again with the fiscal year 2014-15 operating budget. LSU President F. King Alexander said the administration spent a great deal of time this past summer trying to pull together the 3 percent salary increases for this year. There are $21.9 million additional funds in the operating budget for the LSU System this year, owing to an increase of selfgenerated funds, according to the agenda. Alexander said at a Faculty Senate meeting last week that the University is gaining back financial ground lost in previous years or decades causing the University to become less competitive compared to other universities in terms of salary. He said the University’s professors have gone from 13.7 percent down in terms of salary comparisons to their peers to 11 percent down. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell said last week it will take as many years to bring the University’s salaries up to previous levels as it took for the University to get to where they are today. The Board of Supervisors will discuss an update on the Leverage Innovation for Technology Transfer, created in January of this year. The LIFT Fund provides research funding for University professors who need additional funding to move their inventions into the marketplace, The Daily Reveille previously reported. The board will vote on the extension of Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva and on extensions to the contracts of two coaches hired by Alleva, LSU
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri women seeking abortions will face one of the nation’s longest waiting periods, after state lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto to enact a 72-hour delay that includes no exception for cases of rape or incest. The new requirement will take effect 30 days after Wednesday’s vote by the Republican-led Legislature, overruling the veto of Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. He had denounced the measure as “extreme and disrespectful” toward women. The abortion bill was one of the most prominent Republican victories in a record-setting September session, during which Missouri lawmakers also overrode 47 line-item budget vetoes and nine other bills, including one creating a training program for teachers to carry guns in schools. Earlier this year, the Republican-led Legislature overrode Nixon’s veto to enact the state’s first income tax rate reduction in nearly a century. About half the states, including Missouri, already have abortion waiting periods of 24 hours. Missouri’s current one also lacks
an exception for cases of rape or incest. The new law will be the second most-stringent behind South Dakota, where its 72-hour wait can sometimes extend even longer because weekends and holidays are not counted. Utah is the only other state with a 72-hour delay, but it grants exceptions for rape, incest and other circumstances. Missouri lawmakers specifically rejected an amendment earlier this year that would have granted exceptions for rape and incest. Abortion opponents argued that it would have diminished the value of some lives depending on how they were conceived. Supporters of the legislation describe it as a “reflection period” for women and their families. If “you get a couple of more days to think about this pregnancy, think about where it’s going, you may change your mind” about having an abortion, said Rep. Kathie Conway, a Republican from St. Charles. Abortion-rights advocates described the three-day wait as insulting to women who they said have likely already done “soulsearching” before going to an abortion clinic.
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Crowds gather in Catalonia with desire for independence BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of Catalans energized by Scotland’s upcoming independence referendum protested Thursday for a secession vote aimed at carving out a new Mediterranean nation in what is now northeastern Spain, illustrating how the Scottish vote in just one week is captivating breakaway minded Europeans from Barcelona to Spain’s Basque country, Belgium and Italy. Sporting bright yellow and red shirts red shirts representing the colors of the Catalonian flag emblazoned with the phrase “Now is the time,” they shouted “Independencia!” and crowded two avenues that look like a “V’’ from the air to signal their desire for a Catalonia independence referendum that the central government in Madrid insists would be illegal. Just how many showed up was in dispute after the protest ended Thursday evening. Barcelona police said 1.8 million participated but the Spanish Interior Ministry’s regional office in Catalonia put the number at no more than 525,000, among them retired hospital director and economist Lluis Enric Florenca. “If the Yes wins in Scotland, and it looks like it will be close,
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3-D printer lowers price of prototyping BY Brittany Clark bclark@lsureveille.com
The University’s Louisiana Business and Technology Center hosted a launch party Wednesday for its new prototyping center at LSU Innovation Park. “Protostripes: Where Tigers Make Their Mark” allows tenants in the business incubator, student incubator and Baton Rouge area to make low-cost prototypes using a 3-D printer. The center contains advanced equipment that LBTC received in August 2014. Its 3-D printer can print hard plastic versions of prototypes. LBTC Executive Director Charles F. D’Agostino said the idea for the center was born at the Incubator after businesses complained about how expensive outside prototyping prices were. “We all sat down and made the decision to raise the money to get the hardware and software for the center in place,” D’Agostino said. “We have MBA graduate students and a fifth-year engineering student involved in the program.” LBTC received a grant from
the Department of Economic Development and the Louisiana Business Incubation Association to fund the new center. The center plans to continue adding equipment with additional funding from other sources. The next piece of equipment will be a laser printer, D’Agostino said. Before businesses will be allowed to use the prototyping center, they must go through the business incubator. After meeting with a counselor for planning and confirming the product looks like a viable prototype, the business may meet with staff to make its prototype. University students were involved in the process of creating the center. LBTC communications specialist and mass communication senior Hayley Amoss created the protoyping center’s name. “We were trying to come up with a name related to the product and LSU,” Amoss said. “I came up with Protostripes in the middle of the night.” Fifth-year engineering student Vincenzo Tomassi has worked with LBTC since August and has worked with 3-D printers
since his freshman year. “The incubators are allowing small businesses to grow with LSU,” Tomassi said. “People are coming in with prototype ideas, and if they can find a manufacturer, then it bridges the gap to manufacturing,” Student incubator director Kenneth Anderson said the student incubator is reaping benefits from Protostripes beyond discounted student use. “Protostripes might be the best marking tool we ever had,” Anderson said. “Traditionally, we have a lot of business students come through the incubator, but we are aiming to include engineering students as well, and this is a way to do that.” Protostripes manager Matthew Higgins said the center gets an accurate build on the prototype mold the first time, which saves businesses time and money. “The center represents a monumental shift in technology by shrinking the amount of time and risk it takes in making a prototype,” Higgins said. “It allows people to go from months to days in making a prototype.”
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SG to spend $10,000 on rebranding efforts BY Jayce Genco jgenco@lsureveille.com University students may soon notice a new Student Government logo around campus after SG approved $10,000 to be used for rebranding efforts at its Sept. 3 Senate meeting. SG’s efforts aim for a new, student-designed logo to become more recognizable around campus and give them a new look. SG President Clay Tufts said the new logo is a way to increase SG’s visibility across campus. “We hope that the logo is more identifiable on campus so that students are able to see us and the services we offer,” Tufts said. The $10,000 will come out of SG’s surplus account, which had roughly $64,000 before the rebranding efforts were approved. Money that is not used from the previous legislative session will roll over into the surplus account for the next legislature to use. SG’s surplus account can only be accessed once per specific legislation. Once money is taken out of the account, it may no longer be accessed for that specific legislation again. Tufts said the money not spent on the rebranding efforts will be deposited back into the surplus account at the end of the year. SG receives its funds from student fees and private sponsors. For every student, SG receives $5.50 from required student fees. To date, SG has about $92,800 dollars in its three accounts. This is before the 14th day enrollment, when SG receives its funds
from student fees. The new logo was approved by the summer planning committee and designed by graphic design junior Victoria Roberts. Roberts is the graphic designer for the SG executive branch’s online communications team. Psychology sophomore Alex Gregory said the money could be better spent. Gregory said he wants to see the money put toward better equipment in classrooms and more computer upkeep. “That’s just a waste of money,” he said. “If they’re the voice of the students, then the students should decide on what to spend the money on.” With the new logo designed, SG is now looking at ways to implement and rebrand the organization around campus. Tufts said a purchasing committee has been formed to determine which items will feature the logo. Adam Grashoff, chair of SG Budget and Appropriations, said the three SG branch heads will have the final say as to how the logo will be used. Grashoff said the logo will also go onto things funded and sponsored by SG and it will be etched onto the doors of the SG offices. Grashoff said he wants to have an image students can recognize, and wants students to know what SG is and the services it can provide. Sociology senior Andrew Credeur said “a logo is just a logo,” but a new SG logo could attract more people to SG. “It could get more people involved in it,” he said.
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[Above] Vincenzo Tomassi, a fifth-year engineering student, designed the printing studio that was the main focus of the LBTC’s launch party on Wednesday. [Bottom left] The new 3-D printer will make prototyping more accessible and less expensive. [Bottom right] Cutouts of the LBTC’s new logo printed by the 3-D printer were displayed at the party.
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Mary Poppins - Baton Rouge Little Theater The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Essanee Theatre, New Iberia Miranda Lambert - Lafayette Cajundome In the Heights - Manship Theatre, Shaw Center for the Arts
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Honeypots - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant Paragon's Band Throwdown - Paragon Casino Resort World Fighting Championships 29 - Belle of Baton Rouge Beacoup Boogie - The Roux House
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Johnny Chauvin & The Mojo Band - Paragon Casino Resort 90 Degrees West - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's MC Frontalot - Mud and Water
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Onion Loaf - Chelsea's Cafe Back To School Bouncestravaganza - Gasa Gasa
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University student opens Paleo concession stand for game days BY Quint Forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com Students at the Sept. 13 LSU football game will have the opportunity to gorge themselves on something other than nachos, hot dogs and popcorn when University biology junior Monica Bravo and renowned chef Robert Vasquez set up their tent outside the PMAC to serve exclusively Paleo meals. Bravo said Paleo diets consist of meat, vegetables, fruits and other non-packaged, non-processed foods.
Bravo began eating Paleo food when she was a teenager after her father was diagnosed with heart disease. “I started eating completely Paleo once I got to school, and about a year ago, I started blogging about it,” Bravo said. Bravo’s blog, bravoforpaleo.com, currently draws in more than 120,000 views per month. A few weeks ago, one of Bravo’s posts on Paleo chicken salad wraps went viral on Pinterest, and she
had the idea to sell them on campus. After getting approval from the concessions supervisors at the University, Bravo established a joint venture with Vasquez, owner of Vive Cafe in Mandeville. Their concession stand, ¡Bravo for Vive!, opened at the Sept. 6 football game. Among the items served were barbecue pork wraps, kale chips and the chicken salad wrap that started it all. Bravo said Vasquez has catered for the president and
Michael Jordan and spent seven years at Whole Foods developing the company’s to-go recipes. “The real thing that I want to bring to everyone here is this idea of the farm-to-table movement,” Bravo said. “All of our food is locally sourced organic. All of our meat is antibiotic hormonefree.” Bravo said the high quality of the food affects the cost of the meals served, with the wraps selling for $10 a piece. “The nachos are $10. Our
kale chips are $7 and they’re about as big as nachos,” Bravo said. “It’s the top notch product. If we’re going to do it, were going to do it right.” Bravo said she eventually hopes to expand her Paleo concessions to other university campuses. “I see it going big. My dream is really to be in all stadiums,” Bravo said. “I want to be in Southeastern Conference schools. I want to bring an option so people don’t have to eat fried food for game day.”
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Students fight against use of offensive slang BY Savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com “Spread the Word to End the Word” encourages people to think before they say the “r-word,” and some at the University are pushing the national campaign on campus. Youth with and without intellectual disabilities established the “Spread the Word to End the Word” movement at the 2009 Special Olympics Global Youth Activation Summit. Since then, the movement has spread to universities nationwide. Deanna Rice, University doctoral candidate and event coordinator for the University’s branch of the campaign, said the movement hopes to eliminate the word “retarded” and replace it with respect. “This is hurtful to people with intellectual disabilities and other developmental delays,” Rice said. “It not only hurts them but the family members who love them and also people like me that work with them in education and other support in the community.” Graduate student Catherine Hauth presented a bill before Student Government Senate on Sept. 3 for “Spread the Word to End the Word.” Hauth encouraged each senator to take the pledge and pass along the message. The bill passed unanimously. Rice encourages students to take the pledge to stop using the “r-word” at www.r-word.org. The movement also utilizes social media — @EndtheWordLSU on Twitter — to reach more students. In March, “Spread the Word to End the Word” will hold a table-sit outside the Student Union to spread awareness with the hope that more students will take
the pledge. “We would like to see LSU be a nationwide leader as far as building an inclusive community,” Rice said. Assistant Director of the Office of Orientation and Adviser for LSU Ambassadors Kelli Webber said she hopes her son will be able to attend an inclusive university where the word “retarded” is no longer used so freely. Webber’s son, Parish, has Down syndrome. “Whenever [Parish] was born, we did not know he was going to have Down syndrome,” Webber said. “It was a little bit of a shock to us.” Webber said she was not worried about having a son with Down syndrome. Instead, she was concerned about how people would treat him. Webber recalled the first time she heard the word “retarded” after having Parish. A friend of the family said the word without any intention of hurting Webber or her son. “It made my blood run cold when I heard it,” Webber said. “I thought if someone that I loved and someone that loves me and loves my son can say it, I know other people in my life are going to be saying this word.” Webber said the LSU Ambassadors have taken on the cause and volunteered at events like the Buddy Walk to raise awareness and promote acceptance of those with Down syndrome. Webber said her duty as a part of the “Spread the Word to End the Word” movement is to share her story. “I’m basically just a mama who has a son and is fighting to be sure that he always feels important, that he feels respected and that he feels worth and self esteem,” Webber said.
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Several University students are fighting the use of the “r-word” on campus.
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University of Louisiana-Monroe
PLAYER TO WATCH
GOING LONG
Centarius Donald
Quick Hits · running back · senior · 6’1”
· 46 carries, 228 yards, 3 TD · 223 lbs
ULM Warhawks’ Statistics 2014 STATS Passing · Pete Thomas, QB: 47 completions, 573 yards, 2 TD
Rushing · Centarius Donald, RB: 46 carries, 228 yards 3 TD
Receiving
Tigers looking for big plays from Jennings against ULM BY Brian Pellerin bpellerin@lsureveille.com In last season’s Outback Bowl, then-LSU freshman Anthony Jennings thrived within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage, completing six of 10 passes for 53 yards. The rain, the pressure of his first career start or maybe the game plan kept Jennings from showing off his arm strength, and he finished the game with only one completion more than twenty yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
But in this season’s first two games, Jennings’ big play potential has been on display. The LSU football team will look to showcase its explosive offense at 6 p.m. tomorrow against University of LouisianaMonroe. Despite ranking 118th out of 124 qualified quarterbacks in completion percentage, the sophomore is in the top half of the nation in passing yards and touchdowns thanks to his downfield passing. Fourteen of Jennings’ 34 attempts have traveled more than 20 yards in the air and
account for more than 57 percent of the first year starter’s yards. ULM (2-0, 1-0 Sun Belt) ranks top third in yards per passing attempt allowed and will look to slow down the Tigers (2-0, 0-0) big plays. LSU senior running back Terrence Magee said Jennings came to LSU as a great thrower but spent the offseason improving his downfield accuracy. “It’s always something he’s been able
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· Kenzee Jackson, WR: 170 yards, 12 receptions · Ajalen Holley, WR: 187 yards, 8 receptions 1 TD soccer
Team Stat Comparison 2013-2014 STATS Total and Scoring Offense ULM: 55 points, 27.5 points per game LSU: 84 points, 42 points per game
Rushing offense ULM: 313 yards, 156.5 YPG, 3 TD LSU: 460 yards, 230 YPG, 5 TD
Passing offense ULM: 573 yards, 286.5 YPG, 2 TD LSU: 489 yards, 244.5 YPG, 6 TD
Total and Scoring Defense ULM: 41 points, 20.5 points per game LSU: 24 points, 12 points per game
Rushing defense ULM: 115 yards, 57.5 YPG, 1 TD LSU: 318 yards, 159 YPG, 3 TD
Passing defense ULM: 421 yards, 210.5 YPG, 3 TD LSU: 206 total, 103 points per game, 0 TD compiled by JACOB HAMILTON / The Daily Reveille
LSU soccer team favors pass-and-move approach BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com A football quarterback’s job on any play is complete once the ball has left his possession. In soccer, that moment is just the beginning, especially for LSU soccer coach Brian Lee’s club. “One of our key phrases is ‘pass-and-move’,” Lee said. “We’re trying to be very quick in transition, but when we have the ball, we want to be a passing team that has good movement off the ball. Even if we don’t get dispossessed on the dribble, we just slow down the attack by standing on the ball.” In a sport as unpredictable as soccer, Lee said a team’s chances for success are largely dependant on its ability to continuously move around the field to find
openings for efficient scoring opportunities, which puts constant pressure on the opposition’s back line. In other words, never stop moving. “If I’m dribbling the ball and make a pass to someone, I shouldn’t just stand there and watch,” said sophomore striker Summer Clarke. “I try to be an option. When we’re always moving as a team, it also moves the other team and just opens up spaces for other people to get open or run through to score goals.” However, the pass-and-move approach requires a strong group of midfielders who can both create scoring chances for others as well as take advantage of oppor-
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LSU junior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco dribbles the ball down the field Monday at the LSU Soccer Stadium.
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Defensive secondary tries to bring back DBU MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com After the Tigers’ 56-0 victory against Sam Houston State last weekend, confidence is running high. But LSU can’t be caught looking past the University of Louisiana-Monroe in favor of its Southeastern Conference opener against Mississippi State next week. The Warhawks are no strangers to upsetting SEC teams who take them lightly. In 2007, the Warhawks walked out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with a 21-14 win after losing to the Crimson Tide, 41-7, in their first meeting the previous season. In 2012, ULM beat the SEC again with a surprising 34-31 overtime win against Arkansas. “If you look back not too long ago, they beat our Arkansas team that was nationally ranked, and several years ago, the Monroe team beat Alabama,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “We are so warned and we recognize and respect that opponent. We will prepare for their best efforts.” One unit that is prepared, no matter the opponent’s perceived level, is the defensive backs. The secondary is focused on improving with each game and aims to be compared to past units. “We are kind of working toward [the level of play of the 2011 defense], maybe watching film from that 2011 year,” said junior safety Jalen Mills. “Just watching how those guys played and the intensity that those guys played with. Try to compare ourselves and add more intensity to it.” Although this group is not yet comparable to the 2011 star-studded secondary, which included cornerbacks Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne, they have
gotten off to a good start the first two games. The Tigers recorded four interceptions through the first two games after totaling 11 picks in the entire 2013 season. Mills’ interception against Wisconsin in the fourth quarter gave LSU back the ball to take the lead for good, and the interceptions have come at key points of both games. Sophomore safety Rickey Jefferson’s pick in the third quarter of the Sam Houston State game sealed the shutout. “I was on the sideline watching with [junior safety Corey Thompson for Jefferson’s pick],” said sophomore cornerback Dwayne Thomas. “I almost ran on the field to block for him because I wanted him to score.” The depth of the unit creates a competitive practice environment, even for the starters. Along with the interceptions, the secondary has locked down opposing offenses, allowing only 206 receiving yards so far this season. The Tigers have only allowed 17 completions in 52 attempts for an average of 12.1 yards per catch. ULM’s offense comes into the game averaging 12.2 yards per catch and 286.5 receiving yards per game. The secondary provided key turnovers to carry the Tigers through the first two games. If the unit continues to improve with every game, they believe they will earn their own place in the legend of DBU. “Coming into practice, there is not a day that you can take off,” Mills said. “It’s friendly competition because we are on the same team and we are brothers. But we have to know at the same time that you are not guaranteed a spot each week.”
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Tigers prepare to face No. 7 Florida State this Saturday BY TYLER NUNEZ tnunez@lsureveille.com The LSU volleyball team will see how much it improved this weekend when it travels to Tallahassee, Florida, to take part in the Florida State Invitational. The Tigers (1-2) return to the court after a two-week break following their first weekend of play when they lost two matches against top-25 teams. Instead of hosting its own tournament this year, LSU decided to take a week off and focus on how it can improve after a difficult first round of games. “It was really nice to take last week and focus on us,” said junior outside hitter Katie Lindelow. “We didn’t have to worry about an opponent or scouting reports or things like that. We could just focus on what we needed to do.” The Tigers forced close sets against No. 13 San Diego and No. 8 Purdue in the Mortar Board Premier tournament two weekends ago, but lost both matches for a combined six sets to one. Lindelow said LSU would have rather won those games, but playing such stiff competition to start the season has given them a chance to
see where they need to be by the end of the season. “It got us in the right mindset knowing where we want to be,” Lindelow said. “We want to compete and beat those kind of teams in the future this year.” LSU coach Fran Flory said her young team learned a lot from these losses, and she looks forward to seeing how it performs this weekend. “That first weekend could be the most important weekend of our season in terms of learning, growth potential and an understanding of what it’s really going to take,” Flory said. “We’ve made some huge progress. I’m excited about the direction we’re headed, and the design of the season, thus far, has worked. That said, the proof is in the pudding when we walk onto the court this weekend.” Flory said the big takeaway from LSU’s season-opening tournament was a noticeable lack of defense. In the Tigers’ two losses, they committed seven combined blocking errors and only picked up 14.4 digs per set compared to 17.8 digs per set by their opponents. “We discovered that our
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defense wasn’t as good as we anticipated it to be,” Flory said. “That’s our system, and that’s our tenacity and attitude. We went in more focused on our offense. Offense wins, but defense creates the opportunity to win.” The Tigers will finish their weekend in Florida on Saturday against another top-tier opponent, No. 7 Florida State, which has accumulated a 5-0 record despite a stacked schedule in which it faced three ranked teams and two others who have received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. While LSU’s other two opponents of the weekend, Central Arkansas (1-5) and Samford (3-3) may not be as good on paper, Flory said their records don’t accurately represent how talented they really are. Despite another weekend against tough competition, the Tigers’ goals this weekend remain unchanged. “Obviously, we’re looking to get three wins, implement what we’ve learned in practice to help us on the court and play aggressive and play our game,” said senior setter Malorie Pardo. You can reach Tyler Nunez on Twitter @Nunez_TDR.
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tunities for themselves. Fortunately for Lee, his club features one of the top midfield units in the nation. Sophomore Emma Fletcher was one of Canada’s starting midfielders during the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup over the summer, and juniors Natalia Gomez-Junco and Fernanda Piña represented the Mexican national team during the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. “If you’re going to be a passing team, generally your midfielders are going to be showcased because one of their primary jobs is possession of the ball,” Lee said. “That’s why we recruit talented midfielders because we’re trying to play that way.” Fletcher, who’s also represented New Zealand in international play, said she prefers Lee’s playing philosophy of getting everyone on the field involved. “Some teams just try to be more direct and get the ball over the top,” Fletcher said. “If they have fast forwards and can get it over the top, they try to go direct to goal. It’s not something I like to play with because it goes right over the midfield. It’s just a lot easier to play around and through teams and tire other teams out when you’re playing quickly and releasing the ball fast.” The pass-and-move approach worked well for the Tigers early this season. Through its first four games, LSU scored 11 goals, the most in that time span since 2007, when the club scored 16. But, the Tigers’ early-season success in the attack wasn’t only the work of All-Southeastern Conference players like Clarke and Fletcher, who are the leading goal scorer and passer respectively, from last season’s squad, the pass-and-move mentality is a communal effort. Five players have recorded at least four points for LSU this season. The pass-and-move philosophy has also helped the team’s many newcomers — like Memphis-transfer Gomez-Junco and freshman striker Jorian Baucom — make immediate and noticeable impacts. However, the pass-and-move formula hasn’t always resulted in goals for the Tigers. Prior to Thursday’s 4-3 road victory against BYU, LSU was blanked in three of its last four games. But Lee said the opportunities to score have been present. The Tigers tallied a season-high 26 shots on Tuesday against Stephen F. Austin, and the squad bounced back with four goals against the Cougars on Thursday. Lee said the shots will keep finding the net if the squad continues the pass-and-move approach. “In terms of what we’re playing like, we’re pretty happy with it,” Lee said. “We just have to take care of a few things in the final third and in front of goal and good things will happen.”
to do, but like anything it takes time and you have to continue to work to fine tune the little things,” Magee said. “After the bowl game, going through spring and going through fall camp, he has had a chance to work on those things and know it’s paying off for him.” According to freshman wide receiver John Diarse, Jennings’ tendency to look downfield while extending the play comes from offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. “[Cameron] tells the quarterbacks that we have the ability to extend the play and as receivers we have to be able to run the route,” Diarse said. “If you don’t get it, turn into a blocker. If you’re not a blocker, you’re trying to get open ... It’s all strategic with the things Coach Cam does upstairs in the booth.” Players said the offense has been explosive since Cameron took over as offensive coordinator last year, but Magee said the Tigers have hit their stride quicker than in past years. “I think we were just as explosive last year, we were just able to capitalize on things
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a little bit earlier this year,” Magee said. Sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural has been on the receiving end of all Jennings’ passes thrown over 20 yards. Dural said Jennings is delivering great passes that allow him to get beyond the secondary, but pointed out that the offensive line is giving him the time he needs to get down the field. “The offensive line is doing a great job of giving him time to throw the ball and put it where it needs to be,” Dural said. “It is a collective effort. It starts with the offensive line.” But with ULM, the Tigers’ offensive line might have its hands full giving its quarterback the time he needs to look down the field. The Warhawks’ defense recorded 10 sacks in two games this season, the fourth-highest rate in the country. LSU left guard Vadal Alexander said the offensive line will do what it takes to get Jennings the time he needs to get those big plays. “If we can get that result, we’ll hold our block for years,” Alexander said.
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LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings (10), then a freshman, looks downfield Nov. 29, 2013, during the Tigers’ 31-27 victory against Arkansas in Tiger Stadium.
Tiger Stadium provides special connection for fans THE CUBAN CANNON tommy romanach Sports Columnist My friend stopped moving when he walked past Tiger Stadium. I treated my friend from Indiana with everything Louisiana has to offer — Cajun food, parties, Mike the Tiger, Cane’s and more parties. But nothing had struck him as remarkable until he walked past Death Valley. “How do you not stare at this all the time?” he asked me. “How do you even get to class on time?” Thinking about it now, I still don’t have a good answer for him. LSU will go for its 400th win in Tiger Stadium on Saturday against the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Unless the Tigers suffer major injuries, they’re going to win. The victory will be a statement for a program and stadium that I, and many others, take for granted. Summarizing Tiger Stadium’s 400 wins is too difficult to do in a column, especially for someone who has experienced so few of the games. I can recall all the memories I’ve experienced live, and compare them to the dramatic victories that occurred long before I was born. I’m from Dallas, but I went to plenty of LSU games as a child because of family in Baton Rouge. The first game I remember was in 2001, when running back LaBrandon Toefield and LSU beat Arkansas 41-38. Back then, LSU fans were
different. People didn’t care about the Tigers’ three losses that season — they just couldn’t believe the team might win the SEC. The fanbases’ spirit was broken from the late ’90s, and all it wanted was a team to be proud of. As the years went by, I saw the football program become the empire I both feared and admired. As I grew, so did the team. I remember the team in 2003, the year of LSU’s first national championship in my lifetime. It was the first time I saw a team like the ones I see annually, loaded with athletes and depth at nearly every position. I remember coming back to LSU in 2005 after Katrina. There were people still displaced, like my aunt and
cousins who had only recently gotten back to their home in Covington. Those people still had their Saturday nights. In earlier college days, I remember yelling. Yelling and trying to match the noise of everyone else in the stadium. Yelling until I have brief moments where I almost pass out. Yelling to the point where my voice sounds like Batman for the next three days. Between all of those wins, I remember the losses as well. I’m not forgetting the triple overtime loss to Arkansas in 2007, refusing to leave the stadium and believing LSU blew a chance to win the national championship. Now, I cover the Tigers’ games, turning in my fandom for a story and a paycheck. I
would never cheer for the team, but I still take a moment to marvel at the field and all the time I’ve spent there. That’s what I think most people take from Death Valley. So many remember moments in their life by using the stadium as a reference point, a constant throughout their childhood and adulthood. So pause for a moment next time you walk past Tiger Stadium on the way to a class or your car. Realize the stadium’s importance not only to the team, but to the school and community it surrounds. Tommy Romanach is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Dallas, Texas. You can reach him on Twitter @troman_28.
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The Sam Houston State Bearkats take the field Sept. 6 in Tiger Stadium.
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“Lockett is indeed horrible. I agree with you until the very end. LSU (as in the actual university) has spent exactly ZERO dollars on Tiger Stadium’s upgrade. LSU athletics are completely self sufficient and paid for the upgrade through donations, TAF, and other sources. So please, before you take a shot at athletics, make sure you fact check” – Brad Armentor
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Snoop Dogg’s ‘whiteface’ isn’t racist OFF WITH HER HEAD
Snoop Doggy-Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion and now… Snoop Todd? If you haven’t seen jana king Snoop’s latest reincarColumnist nation as a white male advertising for the fictional dating site whiteguysconnect.com yet, I suggest you stop whatever you are doing and go look it. I guaruntee it will make you laugh. Unless of course you’re one of the critics filled with empty cries of “white-facing” and “reverse racism.” In which case, you’re probably no fun at parties. I cannot believe I have to write this column in 2014. I cannot believe there are people who are offended by a black man wearing a wig and turtleneck talking about liking paintball, crochet and poetry in Instagram videos. And I cannot believe some people have the audacity to ask why it’s offensive when white people wear blackface. First of all, if your retort when someone does something you find offensive is “oh, so why can’t I do that offensive thing back to you?” then you are not really offended. If you were really offended, you would understand why that behavior is dangerous, and you would not want to take part in it. Most importantly, take a look at the stereotype Snoop Todd is playing into versus the black stereotype. Todd is an educated, moderately well dressed and, yes, romantically awkward white male. When a white person impersonates the black population they use ignorance, poverty and violence to define an entire population. It would be different if Snoop Todd accused white people of not knowing basics about human sexuality, greedily controlling the majority of the country’s wealth or acting violently in a justice system that historically favors them. But apparently it’s not about racism until white people say it’s about racism. The problem with racism in America isn’t that we hold
beliefs about the characteristics or abilities of a race, which is what Snoop Todd is doing. The problem with American racism is it is used to distinguish one race as inferior, less intelligent and incapable of doing certain things. If things were different, we could all poke fun at each other. The same way you might find yourself able to do with your friends of another race, but on a large scale, there is no friendship between white Americans and the rest of the population. We should be ashamed of ourselves. The citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, a 70 percent black community, are protesting their city’s majority-white leaders after a gross mishandling of a race-fueled killing. And we will only talk about racism when it’s a black rapper in a turtleneck. If you really want to wear blackface, here’s my proposition: Go to New Iberia and protest the police who claim a young man committed suicide while handcuffed in the back of a cop car after being searched for weapons. March up to the police line in Ferguson and protest the racist system that is allowing the policeman who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to be on paid leave. If you really want to take part in another race’s experience, actually take part in it. White people using other races as a costume is a problem. It’s been a problem throughout history. Let’s not forget that Americans dressed up as indigenous peoples when they dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxes. We were fighting for our independence and we portrayed them as savages. There isn’t going to be a law that says you can’t put on black face paint and do your best Snoop Dogg impression, but you have the choice between being an asshole who perpetuates harmful racial stereotypes or keeping your mouth shut. Jana King is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Ponchatoula, Louisiana. You can reach Jana on Twitter @jking_TDR.
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Quote of the Day ‘If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.’
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DKE apology a step in the right direction LSU Football is an experience that should be enjoyable for the full LSU student body. Delta Kappa Epsilon’s game day banner last Saturday created a highly visible, unwelcoming environment for all members of our community and thousands of game-day, but especially for LSU’s LGBTQ students, faculty and staff. LSU’s Commitment to Community underscores the belief that in our collective pride as LSU Tigers we will “respect the dignity of all persons and accept individual differences.” The banner displayed last Saturday missed the mark in upholding our commitment to treating each other with compassion and human respect. It is our hope that this experience becomes an opportunity for us to demonstrate that LSU is committed to creating and cultivating a safe living-learning environment for our students, all members of our University community, and visitors to our campus. Delta Kappa Epsilon’s acknowledgement of the harm caused by their actions goes a long way toward healing and furthering understanding among all members of the community. As we look forward to the future, we hope that LSU will be a university where we come together not only on game day, but every day. In solidarity…Geaux Tigers! Julianne Martin, President, Spectrum Dereck J. Rovaris, Ph.D, Vice Provost for Diversity K.C. White, Ed.D, Associate Vice Chancellor & Dean of Students The Zeta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon was asked to join in signing this letter, however, they declined.
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Grooming standards inhibit creativity, expression SAY IT LOUD TAYLOR SIMIEN Columnist A kindergartner and a high school student were both dismissed from their schools at the beginning of the school year. The students, both male, had hair that fell past the collars of their shirts. Five-year-old Malachi Wilson is a member of the Navajo Nation who believes hair is sacred and should not be cut. The Plaquemines Parish high school student, only referred to as “John Doe,” is a follower of the Rastafarian movement and also does not believe in cutting his hair. Ultimately, both boys were allowed back to school but only after nonsensical paperwork and several missed days. This draws me to the point: why do schools make such a big deal of boys with long hair, especially if it’s a religious practice? Both boys went to school with their hair neatly tied back or pinned up, yet the school still made it a problem. If I’m sitting in a classroom with a male who has long hair, I won’t learn less or be distracted any more than if the male had short hair. It makes no sense for schools to waste time nitpicking about things that have nothing to do with how a child learns. Instead of worrying about the length of a little boy’s hair, schools should be more worried about teachers who molest students or about the pig slop children are served at lunchtime. Another story from earlier this month involved a teenager who was denied a license pic-
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ture while wearing makeup. The mother of 16-year-old Chase Culpepper is filing a federal lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Culpepper is gender-nonconforming and usually wears makeup and women’s clothing. If women who wear makeup on a daily basis are allowed to take their license picture with no trouble, then so should Culpepper and any other male choosing
to wear it. It is not up to the DMV to determine specific guidelines of what a man or woman is supposed to look like. Who cares if he wears makeup and women’s clothing? What happens if he looks like two totally different people with and without makeup? If he ever gets pulled over, the cop will look at this guy like he stole someone’s license, which will just be more mess Culpepper will have to
go through. In other hair-grooming news, the U.S. military is finally beginning to relax on natural hairstyles usually worn by African-American women. It is now acceptable to wear two-strand twists in the Army, Air Force and Navy. The Army has increased the acceptable size of braids, and both the Army and Air Force will remove the racially-insensitive terms “matted and unkempt” from their grooming guidelines. African-Americans have been wearing Afros, dreads, braids and twists since the beginning of time. Just because black hair grows differently from other types of hair, doesn’t mean black women or men should have to conform to more European hairstyles. Why should people have to assimilate to what is socially acceptable if what they’ve been doing their whole life doesn’t bother anyone? Women have long hair andshort hair. It shouldn’t be different for men. Women wear makeup — who said men shouldn’t? I think the world would be a much better place if those in authoritative positions stopped finding miniscule problems about how people wear their hair, clothes or makeup. Lots of grooming rules stifle creativity and self-expression. I do understand that different environments warrant more or less creativity when it comes to style. But if a person’s style truly doesn’t distract anyone in his or her environment or cause much of a ruckus, then there shouldn’t be a problem. Taylor Simien is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Lafayette. You can reach Taylor on Twitter @TSimien_TDR.
Relationship with self is most important for happiness THE AMAZING CYNIC RYAN MONK Columnist “Baby, you’re so perfect. I have no idea what I would do without you. You are everything to me.” I know it’s a bit dramatic for a post-shave mirror monologue, but it’s my everyday routine. It’s important to frequently remind yourself how great you are, and it’s even more important to not rely on another person to do so. Over the last four years or so, I’ve consistently been one of the few single people in my groups of friends. Don’t worry; I’m not going to burn 600 words complaining about being lonely. If you wanted that, you could just stitch together the 20 most recent statuses by that one Facebook friend who has to make sure you
know how miserable their recent breakup was. I don’t see it as an inherently negative thing. I think I’ve learned a lot, both from being in solitude most of the time and from viewing numerous relationships from the outside. Dating someone can be an incredible and healthy experience, but I’ve also seen it functionally ruin people’s lives. It all depends on the reasons you’re doing it. If you’re with another person because you truly love each other, whatever that means, then that’s great. Good for you. Go ahead and flood everyone’s visual capacities every five minutes with new profile pictures of you two kissing. But then there are the couples that seem to be together only because they feel like they have to be. There are multiple reasons for this. Perhaps the most obvious is that it’s continually implied, usu-
ally indirectly, that you can attain true happiness if and only if you find romantic love. You go to the movies with your girlfriend and watch the protagonist trudge through depression for an hour and a half until he finally gets the girl. There’s complete silence as Mr. Guy and Mrs. Finally Came Around kiss at the altar. Then some old Black Eyed Peas song blasts as all the subplots resolve by bringing back those running jokes you had forgotten about since the middle of the movie. You grab your girlfriend’s hand a little bit tighter as you turn your backs to the credits. You want to make sure you end up as happy as Mr. Guy. Couples who use these unrealistic scenarios as their standards of love are pretty much bound to fail. The lighting won’t be perfect for every kiss, and the camera won’t zoom out every time you ar-
gue. There’s no script for real love. And then there are the relationships founded on jealousy. You know these people. The guy who sticks his chest out every time another guy exists in the same solar system as his girlfriend. The girl who reads her boyfriend’s texts every time he goes to the bathroom; he’s been urinating unusually frequently, so he’s probably hiding his mistress in there. “Love” can’t do much good when it puts you in constant fear that one human will be attracted to another besides you. Biology isn’t really in your favor on that one. Finally, we have the lily-pad daters. These are the people who just cannot handle being alone. They hop to a new relationship as soon as the previous one is over — sometimes before. This is particularly problematic because the human condition necessitates that you only have yourself at the end of the day. You
can try to use infatuation with another person to forget about your personal problems, but they’re still there; just like you can tape over all the mirrors in your house, but you’ll still have that mole on your cheek. If you can’t face your own feelings, I don’t know how you think you can share yourself with another person. You haven’t stopped lying to yourself; you’ve just extended your deceit to include someone else. If you’re dating someone for any of the above reasons, do yourself and your partner a favor: Put an end to it, play your favorite breakup song on repeat for a few hours and get over it. The human capacity is far too great to be wasted on fake love. Ryan Monk is a 21-year-old chemical engineering senior from Lake Charles. You can reach him on Twitter @RyanMonkTDR.
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Attention: All LSU Students who graduated from High School in New Orleans You are invited to Mass with Archbishop Gregory Aymond at Christ the King Catholic Student Center at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2014. Reception to immediately follow Mass in the Activity Center. For more information, Email yam@ arch-no.org _____________________________ Translations, German to English, English to German
Friday, September 12, 2014 400, from page 1 Tigers will be playing for their 400th home win. The game, which will be at night, will be yet another dot on the map of historic games that have taken place in Death Valley. Night games have become a staple in Tiger Stadium, but games under the lights didn’t happen until seven years after the field opened its doors. On Oct. 3, 1931, LSU battled Spring Hill and pulled out a 35-0 victory to begin the tradition of winning after dark. One of the most famous night games in Tiger Stadium was against Ole Miss on Oct. 31, 1959. LSU came into the game ranked No. 1 in the nation, and Ole Miss checked in at No. 3. The game was a back-and-forth battle, with Ole Miss entering the 4th quarter clenching on to a 3-0 lead. On Halloween night, Tiger Stadium would witness one of the most memorable moments in LSU sports history. Ten minutes remained in the game, and LSU’s Billy Cannon was back to receive a punt. The kick went deep into LSU’s end of the field, and Cannon caught the ball at the 11 yard line, which went against coach Paul Dietzel’s rule of not fielding punts within the 15 yard line due to the possibility of muffing. Cannon began on the right sideline, cut toward the middle and ran. Weaving in and out of defenders, Cannon broke seven tackles and took the ball 89 yards to score the game-winning touchdown against the undefeated Rebels. The Halloween night run cemented Cannon’s candidacy to win the 1959 Heisman Trophy, becoming the only LSU player in history to win college football’s highest individual honor. The rivalry between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Tigers became legendary once again in 2012 by a play eerily similar to Cannon’s Halloween night. On Nov. 17, 2012, Ole Miss was in a 35-28 lead with nine minutes left on the clock. Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was back to return a punt from Ole Miss. Rebels punter Jim Broadway booted the ball 51 yards, and Beckham caught it at the 11 yard line. Beckham ran down the exact same sideline that Cannon had barreled down 53 years before.
Beckham broke multiple tackles, just as Cannon had 53 years before, and he returned the punt 89 yards to change the course of the game and spur on a victory, exactly how Cannon had done in 1959. This game stands out as a favorite Tiger Stadium moment for two current LSU players, both of whom were on the team in 2012. “Odell’s punt return two years ago against Ole Miss was incredible,” said junior long snapper Reid Ferguson. “That was, after that game, that was the most exciting moment I’ve had in the stadium so far.” “My freshman year when we played Ole Miss,” added junior safety Jalen Mills. “Odell had that punt return, down the sideline. It was so loud in there, it was ridiculous, it was probably the best moment I’ve had at LSU.” Another part of the tradition is the booming voice that echoes throughout Tiger Stadium during every home game. The south end zone is the home of Dan Borné, the Tiger football PA announcer for nearly 30 years. His thunderous voice has become as iconic as many of the players who have run through tunnel into Death Valley. As a child, Borné witnessed a Tiger squad, helmed by Paul Dietzel, win the 1958 National Championship. Little did this child know that one day, his voice would become synonymous with Tiger football. “The things I will always cherish are the two National Championship celebrations I had the honor of emceeing in Tiger Stadium,” Borné said in an email. “I never dreamed, as a 12-year-old kid watching the Tigers, that I’d have this role to play later in life.” When Borné found out that his long-time friend Sid Crocker would be retiring after the 1985 season, he decided to take a chance and apply for the position. He wrote a letter to the University, introducing himself and saying he would appreciate being
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If LSU wins its game against University of Louisiana-Monroe this weekend, it will be the 400th home game won by the Tigers. considered to succeed Crocker. In August 1986, after silence for several months, Borné received a call from then-Sports Information Director Jamie Kimbrough inviting him to meet with him and multiple colleagues. “When I arrived, they were very courteous and said, ‘OK, you can have the job,’” Borné said. “I answered, ‘Thanks, but why?’ and Jamie said, ‘Because nobody else asked.’” Borné has experienced the ups and downs of LSU football. He’s witnessed national championship teams, crushing losses and last-second victories under the lights. But some of Borné’s most emotional Tiger Stadium memories come from the Monday night game against Tennessee on Sept. 26, 2005. It was the first home game after two major hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, ravaged Louisiana. “We lost the game, but we stared adversity in the eye that evening and showed the resiliency of a state,” Borné said. “There were people in the stadium who had lost everything, yet they took a few hours out of their lives to come together to cheer on their beloved Tigers.” Today, the 102,321 seat Tiger Stadium looks unrecogniz-
able compared to the facility that opened in fall 1924. Many things have changed, improvements have been made and hundreds of football careers have began and ended in it. As the Tigers chase their 400th Tiger Stadium victory against ULM on Sept. 13 and begin the road to their 500th, one thing looks as though it will never change. Tiger Stadium will continue to be embedded in the lore of college football, and generations to come will feel the butterflies in their stomach when they hear Borné exclaim his opening line. “It’s Saturday night in Death Valley, and here come your Fighting Tigers of LSU!”
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women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell and LSU softball coach Beth Torina, The Daily Reveille previously reported. Former member of the United States House of Representatives Jim McCrery will take former LSU Board of Supervisors member John George’s place at the meeting today. George, a Shreveport doctor who resigned from the board in June, was also a board member of the private foundation taking over operation of the LSU hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe, said Assistant Vice President of Public Policy Doreen Brasseaux in August. This month marks one year since the board approved the administrative consolidation of the LSU Agricultural Center and the College of Agriculture. The AgCenter and College of Agriculture separated in 1972 when the AgCenter’s research and extension goals could not line up with the University’s teaching program, The Daily Reveille previously reported. According to the Reveille, since the approval of the realignment a year ago, AgCenter Chancellor Bill Richardson has taken on a second role, serving as dean of the college as well as head of the AgCenter after former dean Kenneth Koonce retired in October.
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Grant money helps increase production at Food Incubator BY Rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com
The pace is picking up for the LSU AgCenter Food Incubator and production is taking off faster than ever. The Food Incubator program received a $25,000 grant from the Louisiana Economic Development Business Incubation Support Program. The money will supply equipment to assist tenants with faster processing. With the grant, the Food Incubator can now upgrade from a single-piston bottler to a double-piston bottler. “They pay $20 an hour, and they can produce three times as many bottles of salad dressing as they did before with this new equipment,” said Food Incubator director Gaye Sandoz. Sandoz said all of the money contributes to supporting the program’s food businesses and sustaining the Food Incubator by providing new equipment. She said incubator tenants’ hourly rent will remain the same, but the new processing equipment will increase daily product output, saving tenants time and money. The LSU AgCenter Food
Incubator was one of seven in the state to receive the grant. Sandoz said the program’s success in assisting food businesses is what sets it apart from similar programs. “I think that we were chosen because we’re proving that our program is going to be a sustainable program here at LSU,” Sandoz said. “We have lots of support from our food science department, the LSU AgCenter and our students.” The LSU AgCenter Food Incubator is a business incubator, providing start-up food businesses with the support, services and resources to get off the ground and running. In addition to the new equipment made available through grant funding, tenants now have access to a used 60-gallon kettle and refurbished equipment no longer used by the LSU AgCenter School of Nutrition and Food Sciences. The Food Incubator currently serves 18 tenants, manufacturing products ranging from salad dressing to hummus. With a wait list of 20 food businesses, Sandoz said the incubator is expecting new tenants soon. The Food Incubator is a resource not only for emerging
food businesses, but for students interested in the food industry. Sandoz said the Food Incubator has three student assistantships and just hired a doctoral student to help with operations as well. The program also works with student volunteers, she said. The program specifically
recruits through the food science and nutrition program, but all interested students are welcome to apply, Sandoz said. “That’s a large part of the program — involving the students, so they can learn the real life situations, work with real companies and basically intern within these compa-
nies,” Sandoz said. Sandoz said students are working on projects ranging from developing an electrolyte popsicle to a protein drink. She said recent incubator graduate Hanley’s Foods hired a student as an intern to assist with the formulation of an avocado salad dressing to be put on the market.
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Richard Hanley’s Sensation salad dressing got its start at the LSU AgCenter Food Incubator.
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