Each day, approximately 80 Daily Reveille staff members scour the campus and surrounding areas in pursuit of our mission to give readers timely, thorough and truthful information about the activity that shapes our University.
And each day we’re thankful to have the independence and autonomy to do our jobs without fear of editorial censorship or roadblocks that may impede the stories you need to hear.
But we have a group of our Reveillian progenitors to thank for that freedom — “The Reveille body.”
Long caught wind of the letter before publication and, along with LSU President James Monroe Smith, sought to exact control over the paper’s output and ensure no anti-Long sentiments would make their way off the presses.
And the rest is history. Following a mass resignation of Reveille employees and the subsequent apologies to the administration from several of them, seven students faced expulsion rather than bend to the will of their opposition.
While no current editors have faced anything of that magnitude during our stints at The Reveille, we work pervasively to honor the Seven’s legacy.
Whether it’s the