re: Baton Rouge native named Rhodes Scholar

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Calvin is considered by my lab members and by me to be among the brightest and most promising undergraduate students in our program

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Hmm, sounds like faint praise for a Rhodes scholar. Shouldn’t he be blowing away grad student and phd’s?

Btw, he joins Bobby jindal as Rhodes scholars from Baton Rouge high, not exactly esteemed company.

But a great accolade nonetheless

Is this girl the daughter of the Runnels that used to teach chemistry at LSU in the 80s-90s?

I remember sitting in his class having to listen to him lament over his quest for the perfect buttermilk biscuit.

If my kid ever thinks of becoming a tranny I'm disowning it and dropping it off at the fire station for them to deal with. I don't care if it's 17 years old.

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he signed a MLB contract.

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Oh so he went straight to the bigs? Or do you mean he signed a professional contract and is with a low class A team?

Serious question.