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While the U.S. Senate and U.S. Representative contests seem to dominate the politicalatmosphere in the media, Louisiana voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a wide range ofraces and issues. Statewide, voters will decide on 14 constitutional amendments and members

of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Also on the ballot are a number local races includingmayor, city council, school board, district attorney, district judge and city marshal.

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CATHERINE BURKEStaff Reporter

The Lady of the Mist was illuminated the nightof Oct. 23 thanks to Alpha Chi Omegas annualevent Light the Lady. This event is held in coalitionwith domestic violence awareness month and forall the victims of abuse.

This candle lightvigil is not just for do-mestic violence aware-ness month, said LaurenFuller, a senior elemen-tary education majorand coordinator of theevent. Its to remem-

ber those affected andwho have lost their lives,especially in our com-munity and on our cam-pus.

Fuller said many in-volved have been affected, so its special to manyof people.

Members of our chapter and every sororityhave people who have been affected by this socialepidemic which is often silent but wide-spread, sothis event means a lot to a lot of people.Fuller said the women of Alpha Chi Omegaalso sold the luminaries for $1 each.

We sold 250 overall plus monetary donationspeople would give us, she said. 100 percent ofthe money made goes to DART, which is the localdomestic violence shelter.

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Its to remember those affected andwho have lost theirlives, especially inour community andon our campusLAUREN FULLER

senior elementaryeducation major

BRENNEN LEGE

Staff Reporter

A male Tech student was assaulted late Sun-day night near Park Place Apartments by Jen-kins.

The student was using a wooded shortcutconnecting an adjacent parking lot to the apart-ments when he spotted the suspect, who imme-diately struck the student without provocation.

The student was able to run away and con-tacted Ruston police.

Police describe the suspect as a 6-foot tallslender male.

This information comes from a message viathe Tech Alert system Monday.

The alert stated Ruston police would handlefurther investigation, while Tech police will pa-trol the area of the assault heavily in the near

future.Email comments to bsl008@latech.edu.

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UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING EVENTS

FRIDAYGolden Society recep - tion and dinner willbegin at 5:30 p.m. in theStudent Center.

SATURDAY Breakfast with Champbegins at 9 a.m. in theStudent Center

The Homecoming parade

begins at 10:30 a.m. at theCentennial Walkway

The homecoming gameagainst Western Kentuckybegins at 2 p.m.

SUNDAY Lady Techsters volleyballwill play UTEP at 1 p.m.

MONDAY BOSS early registrationbegins for sophomores at9 a.m.

TUESDAYNo calendar events.

WEDNESDAYBOSS early regis - tration for freshmanbegins at 9 a.m.

THURSDAYLinkedIn 101 seminarwill be held in theKeeny Hall, Room 337 at10 a.m.

BRENNEN LEGEStaff Reporter

Be it ramps for children in wheelchairsor new stairs in an elderly persons home,sometimes the smallest luxuries in life cancreate the biggest impact for those whoneed them.

Freedom by Design is acommunity service programwithin the American Instituteof Architecture Students.

The program allows archi-tecture students to show theirskills by designing and con-structing solutions to prob-lems in their communitysdesign.

They say architects buildfor the wealthy or those whocan afford them, LindsyTrisler, a graduate architec-ture student said. Freedomby Design is the outlet spe-cic for people who needarchitects,but cant affordthem.

Architecture students in LouisianaTechs Freedom by Design program createda wheelchair ramp during the summer de-signed for disabled childrens horse ridingsessions at Rustons OWL Center.

Remington Bard, the graduate architec-ture student in charge of most of the rampsdesign and building, enjoyed the freedomhe was given as a leader of the project.

We got to design on the y as we werebuilding it, Bard said. I was just happy we

get to help more people, which is good withme.

Trisler said a year ago Techs Freedom by Design team built stairs for an elderlypersons home, in a Ruston neighborhoodtoo poor to afford it.

We go out and nd donations or getgrants written towards it, saidBrian Delaney, fellow gradu-ate architecture student. Itsall free and it gives back to acause.

Delaney said communityprojects through Freedom byDesign have helped him inways day-to-day classes havenot.

We normally dont do toomany design and build projectsin school, he said. Comingout here and learning how tocreate an accurate build-modelwill benet you after school.

A future project Freedom byDesign has planned this year iscalled Deck the Yard, where

students make Christmas yard decorationsfor the community. The decorations go toresidents who may not be able to affordChristmas decorations or are too elderlyand therefore unable to decorate their yardthemselves.

This is our way of giving back, Del-aney said. Its our way of helping contrib-ute to the goal of giving everyone the sameenjoyment out of life.

Email comments to bsl008@latech.edu.

This is our wayof giving back.Its our way ofhelping contrib -ute to the goal ofgiving everyone the same enjoy -ment out of life.

BRIAN DELANEY

graduate architecturestudent

CATHERINE BURKEStaff Reporter

Local brewers gathered atthe Norton Building to show-case their best homemadebeer this past Thursday. TheNorth Central Louisiana ArtsCouncil held the event.

Jessica Slaughter, the ex-ecutive directorfor NCLAC, wasin charge of orga-nizing ARTober-fest.

ARToberfest isa beer tasting fun-draiser that helpsraise money forthe Holiday ArtsTour, she said.We have live mu-sic, food trucks,rafes by localstores, 60-pluscommercial beersand a night full offun.

Slaughter said without thisevent, the Holiday Arts Tourwould probably not happen.

Our grant from the statewas eliminated for the Holi-day Arts Tour, she said. Thisevent helps raise money tomake the Tour possible.

Slaughter said it is easy to be in ARToberfest.

Any home brewer can ap-ply to be here, she said. Allthey have to do is apply at the

beginning of August.Local brew company Old

Bottle Brewery made an ap-pearance at ARToberfest.

My dad got a beer kit forChristmas back in2012 and I playedwith it a bit, lovedit, so he boughtme my own, saidHayden Lege, thefounder of Old Bot-tle Brewery.

Right now wehave two beers Ruston Peach He-feweizer, whichis a wheat beer,and Pelican State,which is a darker

beer, Lege said.Lege said brew-

ing beer at home is not anovernight process.

It takes about one monthto brew ve gallons, he said.It technically could have

been ready earlier, but youneed that time for the avorsto mellow out in the brew,which makes it taste better.

Getyasome Brew madean appearance at ARTober-fest. Jim and Donna Smallsrun this home brewery.

It is a very addictinghobby, said Jim Smalls.Once you start, you can-not stop, but its a lot offun and my wife and I geta lot of enjoyment out ofmaking and tasting our own

brew.Catherine Nix, a senior

biology major, said theevent is a fun evening forpeople and it helps a greatcause.

ARToberfest is de-nitely the best event ofthe year, she said. It getsmore fun every year and itsawesome to see local busi-nesses support other local

businesses.Its an event people can

enjoy and let loose at butalso get home safely thanksto the DD cab numbersposted at the exits, Nixsaid. If you did not comethis year, you denitely donot want to miss out on thisnext year.

Email comments to cjb066@latech.edu.

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Allie Bennett, right, and Jane Wallace, left, enjoyed the brews at ARToberfest,which used the proceeds from the sale of locally brewed beer to help fund theHoliday Arts Tour.

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GamerGate reveals industry problemsJOHN SADLEREditor-in-Chief

The gamer community continu-ously struggles with stereotypes. Iam sure youve heard them. Gamersare all 12-year-olds screaming racialslurs over Xbox Live headsets. Gam-ers have no social lives. Gamers aremisogynistic.

Its that last one, however, that bears closer examination. Ask a girlwho identies as a gamer if she hashad the validity of her interest in theindustry questioned. I bet you moneyshe has.

You might have seen the Gamer-Gate hashtag on your Twitter feed.

GamerGate is the term for whatits supporters call an attack on uneth-ical video game journalism, but whatis truly a misogynistic rant that givesthe entire subculture involved withvideo games a bad name.

Quinn had recently published agame called Depression Quest,which was centered on going about

your day-to-day life with clinical de-pression (in the form of quests, ofcourse).

The trouble began when the ex- boyfriend of Quinn posted a rambling blog about how she had cheated on

him with a video game journalist inexchange for positive reviews.

The site, Kotaku, investigated andrevealed the journalist in questionhad not written anything about Quinnsince after their relationship began.

Now, heres where it gets ridicu-lous. The gamer community, hiding

behind the fact that so-called social justice warriors were turning theirhobby into a political platform, start-ed the hashtag #GamerGate.

They also started sending Quinndeath and rape threats, and drove herfrom her home because they postedher address and personal informationonline.

But this is really about unethicalgaming journalism, right?

Of course, which is why AnitaSarkeesian, a feminist cultural critic,had to cancel a speaking event atUtah State University because ofthreats of a shooting.

Unethical gaming journalism isalso the reason why Brianna Wu, an-other female indie developer, left herhome due to threats to her person.

Its no secret the identity of thegamer is embroiled in a sort of menonly club.

There are no shortage of postsonline complaining about fake gam-

er girls as if that was something thatactually mattered.

This is not meant to be an attackon everyone who plays video games.I play video games. Most people playvideo games, and there have beenmany gamers and developers whohave spoken out against this.

It is time for this movement tostop, though. Whatever the intentionsof the gamers taking part in this, andI am sure some actually think theyare doing good, the hashtag has beenirrevocably associated with sexism.

The fact they cannot see the prob-lem here says tons.

Attacking two female indie de-velopers and one female culturalcritic (no male developers are underattack) in order to change the basisof video game journalism is child-ish and stupid. What control do theyhave over it?

The gaming community as awhole needs to take a step back, lookdeep within itself and realize it is act-ing like a child.

John Sadler is a junior journalism andEnglish major from Extension whoserves as editor for The Tech Talk. E- mail comments to jts040@latech.edu.

T he Nov. 4 elections are rightaround the corner and citi-zens across Louisiana mustdecide which state constitutionalamendments they will vote for oragainst.

Keep in mind, these proposedamendments would alter the stateconstitution if approved.

One proposal, if approved, willonly affect New Orleans.

The constitution currently allowsNew Orleans to levy an additionalve mills on property values withinOrleans Parish to fund police pro-tection and re protection.

Proposed amendment No. 6would increase the millage cap fromve to 10 mills each for police andre protection.

However, any increase wouldultimately have to be approved bythe voters of Orleans Parish, so itseems redundant to ask the entirestate for a constitutional amend-ment which ultimately may or maynot be appropriated.

Secondly, Orleans Parish cur-rently has the highest millage rate inLouisiana, so it may some voters toask for more.

To an extent, it feels as if thestate is interfering with a local is-sue. Even if the proposal passes, itstill needs local passage before thefunds can be allocated.

Simply put, it asks Louisianacitizens for the right to increase themillage cap so long as Orleans Par-ish maintains the power to appro-priate and defray the revenue fromthe new taxes.

This is a constitutional amend-ment, so technically it is a statematter and not simply an OrleansParish matter.

The amendment certainly seems benecial to New Orleans, a citynamed the Murder Capital ofAmerica, by the F.B.I. 11 times dat-ing back to 1985.

Also, New Orleans is a populartourist destination and a prominentlming location for television pro-gramming and cinema.

The city generates millions forthe state on an annual basis, moreso than any other city in the state.

Point being we need New Or-leans to be a safe place not only fortourism, but for the citizens who callit home.

Far be it from anyone in Ruston,Shreveport, Lake Charles, BatonRouge, or Monroe to have the rightto say no to one of our statesgreatest assets.

We have no authority to denyNew Orleans and Orleans Parish anamendment which would allow itslocal governing agencies to providemore protection to its citizens.

After weighing the pros and cons,one may feel conicted about mak-ing a constitutional change whichonly benets one city and parish.

However, as weve discussed, thisamendment would not only providemore protection for New Orleani-

ans, but also for anyone visiting thecity.This amendment could save

lives, maybe even yours.

Vote toprotect

NewOrleans

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COLUMN LIKE I SEE EM

How about a shot at another planJARED KING

Sports Editor

Iam certain you have heard aboutthe school shooting that took placeon Friday. This tragedy has been allover the news and social media out-lets and has garnered national atten-tion.

What you might not have heardis that Fridays shooting, which tookplace at a Washington state highschool, is the 87th school shootingthat has taken place since the mas-sacre at Sandy Hook ElementarySchool in Newtown, Connecticut, inDecember 2012.

Eighty-seven. Please take time towrap your mind around that number.That means that there has been anaverage of one shooting each weeksince a gunman killed 20 children andve teachers at Sandy Hook. Theevents that took place at Marysville-Pilchuk High School, which is about30 miles north of Seattle, were devas-tating to the school and to the com-

munity. What may be worse is how

the students reacted to the events.The Seattle Times reported someof the schools 1,200 students wereevacuated, walking out calmly acrossthe elds with their hands up. TheNew York Times reported the schoolknew a shooting was possible theyhad seen the news from other schools,and they had trained for lockdowns.But when the alarms started ringingFriday morning, many thought it wasa drill. Some instinctively rushed intothe halls, before teachers and staffmembers directed them back insidetheir classrooms and the students laidon the oor texting one another forinformation.

How sad is it that school shoot-ings have become so common dareI say normal that schools haveplans to prepare their students forshootings and students react calmlyand methodically?

Not only was the school prepared, but Joanne Roberts, chief medical of-cer at Providence Regional Medical

Center in Everett, Washington, said

because of school shootings else-where around the country, the hos-pital, had been prepared. Only twomonths ago it had rehearsed for aschool shooting. So on Friday morn-ing, hospital ofcials knew what do;they sent out the alert for a traumaticevent, summoning two dozen physi-cians and scores of staf f members.

What does this say about the stateof the school system in our country?Maybe an even better question is,what is the government doing aboutthese issues? While the media con-tinues to hype the Ebola virus to thepoint that most of the country is par-anoid, I would venture to say manyof you have not heard about the pre-vious 86 school shootings that haveoccurred in the past two years, andthat is a shame.

Jared King is a senior journalism ma- jor from Jena who serves as sportseditor for the Tech Talk. Email com- ments to jki008@latech.edu.

BLONDIE KNOWS BEST

Drawing the line for Halloween costumes

KELSY KERSHAWFeatures Editor

Miriam-Webster denes Hal-loween as a night when

children dress up as ghosts,witches, monsters, etc., and go tohouses to ask for candy.

The pagan origin of Halloweencan be traced back to the Celtic fes-tival of Samhain, which marked the

beginning of the Celtic new year.It was not introduced into the

U.S until the late 19th century. Al-though the modern-day Halloweenhas been secularized, it is still vividwith traditions, being associated withevil spirits, supernatural occurrencesand dressing up. I think it is safe toassume that costumes are the major-ity of Americans favorite aspect ofHalloween. Creative juices are testedeach year when Oct. 31 rolls aroundwith costume ideas, and increasinglynow, lines are crossed as well.

There is a line between crafty orcomical and downright insensitive.

For example, as funny as youthink it might be to dress up as Ebolaor a related topic, it is not.

According to an article on CNN.com, this costume will either score

you most obnoxious person at theparty or most-hated person onTwitter. Surely that is not what you

are going for.The article also references pastcostumes such as prom night toilet

babies and a bloodied duo deemedTrayvon Martin and George Zimmer-man, both of which cross the line ofdecency and border on crass.

Photos have been found of a per-son who dressed up as Ray Rice, aformer Baltimore Raven, and drugaround a lifeless doll meant to depictdomestic violence victim Janay Rice.

Since when have other peoplespain and suffering become groundsfor amusement?

Degradation and stereotypes arealso cast pretty heavily around Hal-loween through costume ideas.

Take for instance when one dress-es up in a fringed burlap dress withmoccasins and a feather headdressand says Im a Native American.

Americans of that ancestry areaverage citizens like you and me.They have not dressed that way in

centuries and to conform them tosuch an image is disrespectful.

Then there is the sorority girl mis-conception. Too often people wearcrop tops and stilettos, usually with

miniskirts or booty shorts, and deemtheir costume a sorority girl.I can attest this is a solid misrep-

resentation. A more accurate depic-tion would be to wear an oversizedT-shirt with Nike shorts and Chacos.Even still, that is a stereotype, and in-criminating to our individuality.

This is not to rant about ridiculousHalloween costumes, but to serve asa reminder of the offensive messagesour costume choices can evoke.

Yes, Halloween is a night to cele- brate and dress up, but it can be donewithout venerating tragedies, suffer-ings and degrading stereotypes.

So tomorrow, just try not to beone of the insensitive partygoers in

your costuming festivities.

Kelsy Kershaw is a senior journalismand FMRS major from Jennings, La.who serves as features editor for theTech Talk Email comments to kjk016@ latech.edu.

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imagination to nd a way to settle this conict.

TaurusApr 20 - May 20

Youre nally on the mend, Taurus. The minor ailmentsthat may have dragged you down lately are beginningto disappear. Youre about to regain all of your physicalenergy. If you overindulge, your energy level is likelyto plummet once again. If nothing else, you will havelearned a valuable lesson about the importance of

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Shelby Lowery, a Techgraduate, was a speaker

at the event and said shehelps out with the DomesticAbuse Resistance Team.

This event is great be-cause it brings awareness toan issue that is often sweptunder the rug, she said. Itsespecially great because itreaches college studentswho are actually most af-fected by domestic abuse,because according to statis-tics, women ages 18-24 aremost-targeted.

Lowery said the eventmakes college studentsmore knowledgeable aboutthe topic.

What most people dontrealize is that these womendont leave because they areashamed, afraid, not nan-cially stable or think it mayget better, she said. Eventslike this give hope to victims

that are in the crowd feelinghopeless, because there is

hope and people willing tohelp.Courtney Geroux said

she is proud to be able toraise awareness for domes-tic violence.

It is so rewarding tosee all the sororities cometogether for a cause AlphaChi works so hard for, saidGeroux, a sophomore me-chanical engineering majorand a member of Alpha ChiOmega. We are women soit hits a little closer to home,and I am proud to be ableto be a part of a group thathosts such a moving vigilfor a serious cause becausedomestic violence is real,its on our campus and loveshouldnt hurt.

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FREDEDREIA WILLISStaff Reporter

Louisiana Tech prepares for a nightlled with amusement, stunning colors,sparkling clothes, performances, musicand a feast of delicious Indian food.

The Association of Indian Studentswill host its 15th Annual Diwali Nite onSaturday, Nov. 8, in the Student CenterAuditorium (Tonk).

Bharati Belwalkar, secretary of AIS,said there are many reasons they en-courage and emphasize students atten-dance, especially for them learn about adifferent culture, but giving internationalstudents a home away from home is themost important reason.

Coming miles away from home,students miss their friends and familyon festive days, said Belwalkar, a juniorindustrial and organizational physiologymajor. Being a part of such events asDiwali Nite or India Nite, it helps themto feel at home.

She also said the event will offer

students an opportunity to teach whileshowcasing their talents.

Diwali, or Dipawali, is Indias biggestand most important holiday of the year.

The festival gets its name from therow of clay lamps Indians light outsidetheir homes to symbolize the inner lightwhich protects them from spiritual dark-ness.

Diwali is also known as the festivalof lights and occurs every year betweenmid-October and mid-November, de-pending on the lunar calendar.

India is among one of many coun-tries that celebrate Diwali as a nationalholiday.

Bharat Karumuri, president of AIS,said the event will bring an Indian areto Techs campus and he is excited aboutwhat it will teach students while givingthem a nice show.

Having a big event like this teachesthe students about unitedness, saidKarumuri, a senior biomedical engineer-ing major. As we prepare for the event, it

brings all of the Indian students together

to work and through working we createa great bond.

He also said the event will show theAmerican students the wide culturalview of India.

AIS will continue to host the event because they do not want to break tradi-tion.

Students planning on attending Diwa-li Night will be introduced to lively tra-ditional Indian entertainment and food.

AIS invites all students to come outand be a part of their Diwali celebration.

Last year, Diwali Night drew morethan 200 students in attendance.

Tickets are being sold at the Inter-national Student Ofce in Tolliver Hall,room 229. Their phone number is 318-257-4321.

Belwalkar said money raised fromthe event will be used to organize morecultural events for Tech students, facultyand staff, as well as the Ruston commu-nity.

Email comments to w005@latech.edu.

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IAN EDWARDSStaff Reporter

Back in 1996, a man named Shinji Mikami, inpartnership with publisher Capcom, created thesurvival horror genre of games with the Resi-dent Evil franchise.

Now, a decade after his depar-ture from Capcom in 2004, Mi-kami returns to the genre he pio-neered with The Evil Within. Butcan Mikami still provide scares ina genre which has become staleand predictable in his absence?

The answer is a resoundingyes. The Evil Within is a wild roller coaster rideof fear into the darkest depths of the mind. Theplayers step into the shoes of detective SebastianCastellanos as he and his partners respond to re-ports of homicide at their citys mental hospital.

Naturally, upon entering the facility, thingsgo beyond south and Sebastian is assaulted andknocked unconscious by a man in a white hoodwith seemingly supernatural abilities. From there,its a ght for survival as Sebastian and companytry to escape a nightmarish world where nothingseems real.

Many modern games in the survival hor-ror genre, including the post-Mikami ResidentEvil games, are only scary until youve amassedenough weapons and ammo to overturn a smallcountry. Not The Evil Within. Sebastian onlyhas a small choice of weapons (which can actu-ally be missed if the player skips certain areas).

Additionally, even after upgrading all of Sebas-tians traits and weapons using the rather distinc-tive upgrade system, a very real chance of deathwill still persist with every enemy encounter.

A famous tactic in the original three Resident

Evil games was to maximize your ammo con-servation by dodging ghts when you can and re-loading your save if you waste even one bullet toomany. The Evil Within harkens back to thosedays, as ammo drops are extremely scarce andhealth items even more so. Its easy to shotgun

a regular a horde of regular enemies, but wastetoo much ammo and a boss will have you regret-ting it.

The games biggest drawback is a feature youll be saddled with through your entire jour-

ney: the camera. The camerastays way too zoomed in onSebastians back, making itharder than it should

be to gain situation-al awareness andaim your weap-ons. Adding tothe problem arethe games un-naturally darkshadows andpermanentletterboxing(presum-ably togive it ano l d - s c h o o lhorror movie feel).Even on a 52-inch HDTV, I found myself squinting moreoften than I should have been.

While I usually dont mention graph-ical problems unless specically egregious,there was a noticeable amount of texture pop-in. Presumably this was due to the fact the gameregularly transitions from cut scene to gameplaywith minimal load times. It also just could have

been my PlayStation 3. Regardless, its somethingpeople who demand maximum graphical delityshould be aware of.

With Halloween so close, there have been adeluge of movies, TV shows and games all claim-ing to be scary. If you really want your moneys

worth, The Evil Within will have you on theedge of both your seat and your sanity.

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KAILEE COURTSStaff Reporter

The Stone Theatre will begin its 2014-

2015 season with James McLures com-panion piece plays Laundry & Bourbonand Lone Star which are about smalltown life in Texas.

The theater will debut their rst playof the season on Wednesday, October

29. It will run throughSaturday Nov. 1 and thenfrom Wednesday Nov. 5-8.

The plays Laundry &Bourbon and Lonestarare companion plays be-cause they are centeredon the same characters

and have similar story lines.While one story focuses on the female

characters on the front porch, the secondplay takes place across town and focuseson the male characters.

This helps tell two sides of the samestory.

Both plays are directed by CherrieSciro, a professor in the School of Per-forming Arts.

The rst short play, Laundry & Bour-bon, is centered on the women.

The whole play takes place on thefront porch of Roy and Elizabeths, twoof the main characters, home in Mayard,Texas, on a hot summer afternoon in the1970s.

Elizabeth, played by Olivia Willcox,and her friend Hattie, played by Stepha-nie Hart, are passing the time away fold-ing laundry, watching television, drinkingbourbon and Coke and gossiping aboutpeople in their town.

They are later joined by Amy Lee,who is played by Courtney VanEaten,who comes to share more gossip withthe women.

The actors, all theater students at Lou-isiana Tech, played their parts excellently.

The emotion they showed made itseem like they were truly struggling withthe issues their characters were dealingwith.

Even during the plays more seriousmoments, the actors still delivered hu-

morous lines in a way that lightened themood of the story.

While there were instances when theactors struggled with their lines because

the performance I saw was a dress re-hersal, I have no doubt the actors in TheStone Theatre will disappoint.

I look forward to returning to the playduring its run when it is at its full poten-tial.

The companion play, Lone Star, iscentered on the husbands of the womenfrom Laundry & Bourbon.

The scene takes place in the backyardof a bar.

The play gets the name Lone Starfrom the type of beer the men are drink-ing in their play.

Elizabeths husband, Roy, played byTrey Clark, and his brother Ray, played

by Andrew Davis, sit around while Royregales his brother with stories from his

days in the military.Ray, who hero-worships his brother,listens while hanging on to every detail.

Like the rst play, there are seriousmoments, but McLures writing style al-lows for the play to remain a comedicpiece that the audience will enjoy.

The actors of the play Lone Stardelivered their lines with such a sinceritythat I believed them to genuinely be thecharacteres they were portraying.

These performances are ones thatstudents of Tech will not want to miss.The Stone Theatres performers onceagain were able to capture the essence ofMcLures stroy telling and have brought itto our campus stage in full.

The stages sets provide viewers with agenuine feel of small town Texas.

The audience will believe they are sit-ting before the porch of three friends asif they were invited over for a drink them-selves.

Tickets can be purchased online at thetheater departments website or at the

box ofce.For more information about the plays,

contact the box ofce at 318-257-3942.

Email comments to kec029@latech.edu.

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Photo by Jaclyn Perry

Photo by Jaclyn Perry

From the left: Hattie (played by Stephanie Hart), Amy Lee (played by Courtney VanEaton) andElizabeth (played by Olivia Willcox) enjoy bourbon and gossip.

From the left: Roy (played by Trey Clark) and Ray (played by Andrew N. Davis) catch up while they enjoy a couple of Lone Star beers.

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FROM THE SPORTS

Throughred and

blue glasses

I must admit I am blindlyoptimistic when it comesto the sports programs ofmy beloved alma mater. I

see the upcoming seasonsof Techs respective athlet-ics programs through redand blue glasses, but even Idid not see this coming.

The Tech football pro-gram nished the 2013 sea-son with a lackluster 4-8 re-cord. After losing 32 seniorsfrom a record-setting 2012squad, I was not too upsetwhen the Bulldogs had a dis-appointing 2013 campaign

because I was trying to keepthings in perspective.

Ever the optimist, I pro- jected Holtz 2014 squadto nish with a 6-6 recordand be one of the few bowl-eligible schools to be left on the outside

looking in.Boy, was I wrong.Saturday is Techs

89th annual Home-coming game andwill pit the Bulldogs

against the WesternKentucky Hilltoppers. TheBulldogs have exceeded ex-pectations in C-USA play,having amassed a perfect4-0 record against confer-ences foes and a 5-3 overallrecord. Tech has an oppor-tunity to win its sixth gameand become bowl eligible athome in front of its fans onHomecoming.

This season has poten-tial to be a memorable oneTech has an opportunity to

play in the postseason forthe rst time since its 2011appearance in the PoinsettiaBowl. Tech lost that game toTCU 31-24. Techs last bowlvictory came in 2008 in theIndependence Bowl whenthe Bulldogs beat NorthernIllinois 17-10. Tech is 2-3-1 all-time in Division I FBS

bowl games.Tech fans have a lot to be

excited about this season.Head coach Skip Holtz ad-ditions to his coaching staffhave caused the defense totake huge strides and the of-fense has developed a pass-ing attack to compliment itsrunning game.

And the next time youvisit Joe Aillet Stadium di-rect your attention to thesouth end zone and surveythe progress that has beenmade on the South EndZone Facility an addi-tion that will allow Tech togenerate revenue throughstreams unaccesible beforeits existence and will rivalthe football facilities of peerschools that Tech competesfor recruits with.

Enjoy the rest of the sea-son, I know I sure will.

Jared King is a senior journalismmajor from Jena who serves assports editor for the Tech Talk

with Jared King

Lady Techsters one win from postseasonWILL TRAHANSports Reporter

The Lady Techster soccer team gottwo big wins at home this past weekendagainst conference foes Western Ken-tucky University and Marshall University.

Both games were critical conferencematchups and bring the Lady TechstersConference USA record to 4-4-1. Eachvictory kept their conference tourna-ment hopes alive.

Head coach Kevin Sher-rys team needed to win itslast three games to propelthem into the conferencetournament. Fortunately forSherrys squad, all three arein Ruston.

The situation is similar to

the one faced by last yearsteam, which needed to winits last three games to makeit into the conference tour-nament, but fell short.

This is a lot like last yearand I am hoping that theyhave learned from last year,Sherry said.

In Fridays game againstthe Western Kentucky Hill-toppers, the Techsters onlyneeded one goal to comeout victorious as the de-fense shut out the Hilltoppers high-pow-ered offense.

We knew it was a pressure game andWKU wanted to win just as bad, Sherry

said. It was a very physical battle, but wewere solid on defense and were able tocome out with a win.

Kailee Hervey was the Techster thatscored the lone goal for Tech. She hit abeautiful header, which was set up byBrittany Beddow and Erica Stewart.

Sundays game was much more highscoring as each offense combined for

three goals.In another must-win game, the Lady

Techsters went into halftime with their

backs against the wall facing a 1-0 decitto the Thunderin Herd.We had an emotional high from Fri-

day and we had a short practice Satur-day and we could tell very early on thatthey were over-emotional andnot completely focused,Sherry said. It carried overinto Sunday in the rst 15minutes, and you could see mental and

physical tiredness.Sophomore forward Kath-

ryn Sloan scored the rst goalfor the Techsters to tie thegame at 1-1 when she got the

best of Marshalls goalkeeperin a one-on-one situation.

Beddow came in with the

second shot amongst a sea of bodies and snuck in a secondgoal only to have it nullied

by the referee because of alate foul call.

She made a penalty kickto put the Techsters up 2-1,which would be the nalscore.

With the Techsters win-ning these two games, the lastgame of the regular seasonThursday against the Owlsof Florida Atlantic University

will decide if they get into the confer-ence tournament. If the Lady Techstersadvance to postseason play it will be forthe rst time since 2012-2013 when Tech

was still a member of the Western Ath-letic Conference.

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Olivia Millington attempts a pass in the Lady Tech-sters conference tilt against Western Kentucky in agame Tech won 1-0.

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It is a new era in Rustonas Tyler Summitt enters hisrst season at the helm ofthe Lady Techster basket-ball program.

Summitt, the son ofTennessee Lady Volscoach emeritus Pat Sum-mitt, takes over the pro-gram with one goal in mind developing his student-athletes into champions onand off the court.

Results will not comeovernight, Summitt said.Winning is a process.

We want to compete

for a conference champion-ship, and the ultimate goalfor our program is to be aconsistent NCAA Tourna-ment team, Summitt said.We would like to take thatstride this year, but its aday-by-day process.

On the conference level,Tech has won 20 regularseason titles and 16 confer-ence tournament titles dur-ing its 27-year history.

Even more impressiveis what the Lady Techsterprogram has accomplishedon the national level.

Tech boasts 27 NCAATournament appearances,13 Final Fours and threenational titles. It boasts1 043 wins the second

game behind only Tennes-see.

In recent years, Techhas endured the three mostfutile seasons in programhistory, including back-to-

back losing campaigns the rst ever in the 40-yearhistory of the Lady Tech-sters.

That is history; the goodand the bad. Summitt andthis years Techsters are fo-cused on the present.

The No. 1 focus every

year is culture. That in-cludes playing hard everypossession, having good

mitt said. One of ourstandards we have gotten

better on is family. I thinkthe players care about eachother more than they didwhen we arrived.

Summitt grew uparound one of the g reat-est coaches in the historyof the womens game. Heimmersed himself in thecoaching philosophies uti-lized to win championshipsin Knoxville.

He paid attention. He

took notes and now he brings his basketball IQand those life lessons to

our culture right off thecourt, there arent manyteams on our schedule thatwe cant beat, Summittsaid. But how quickly we

buy in to every area onthe court, academically,character, being the best

you can be. That will deter-mine how much immediatesuccess we have.

Summitt said his teamwill rely upon its seniorleadership and athleticability. Tech returns the

nucleus of last years team,including ve seniors anda quartet of double digit

and Chrisstasia Walter andsophomore JaQuan Jack-son.

Our strength will beour athleticism, Summittsaid. I think if we had atrack meet with the Con-ference USA teams thatwe would probably win it. Iwould say that experienceis an additional strength ofours. Anytime you have veseniors who can play, thatexperience proves bene-cial.

Summitt does not talkabout wins and losses. Heis focused on the process.

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Summitt aims to take Techsters to top

Photo by Brian Blakely

First year head coach Tyler Summitt and his Lady Techsters will make their season debut Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. in theThomas Assembly Center when they take on the Mississippi College Choctaws in an exhibition game.