Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society protest outside the LSU Foundation Building Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at 3796 Nicholson Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society cheer as one of their peers delivers a protest speech outside the LSU Foundation Building Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at 3796 Nicholson Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society talk among themselves before the start of their meeting inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Presidential Search Committee members Lee Mallett, Chair Scott Ballard, Clarence Cazalot, and Trey Jones talk among themselves before the meeting, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Ryan Spalt a member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society hands the Presidential Search Committee a list of the society’s demands inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Zane Sutor-Benfield a member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Presidential Search Committee members EJ Kuiper, Ryan Theriot, and Blaise Zuschlag read the list of demands from LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Presidential Search Committee member Roger Ogden reads the list of demands from LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Ziad Eissa a member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Scott Sonnier a member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

A member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society applaud one of their peers after a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Gabriella Juarez, member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society, delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Gabriella Juarez, member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society, delivers a speech to the LSU Presidential Search Committee inside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Gabriella Juarez, member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society, is escorted out of the LSU Foundation Building by LSU Police officers, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society are asked to leave the LSU Foundation Building by LSU Police, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Gabriella Juarez, member of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society, is placed into an LSU Police car outside the LSU Foundation Building, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Two members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society hold a press conference outside the LSU Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society walk out of the LSU Police Department after being released from detainment, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.

Members of LSU’s Students for a Democratic Society who were released from detainment give statements to the press outside the LSU Police Department, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La.