Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

coronavirus

Tik Tok logo 

LSU students turn to social media app TikTok for entertainment during quarantine

By Caitie Zeilman | @caitiezeilman April 2, 2020

Following a mandatory stay-at-home order issued by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, many LSU students are forced to be creative when it comes to entertaining themselves in quarantine.The University cancelled...

The Rouses Market located at the intersection of Burbank and Lee in the Arlington Marketplace on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

Baton Rouge grocery stores implement changes in response to COVID-19

By Caitie Zeilman | @caitiezeilman April 1, 2020

Many Baton Rouge area grocery stores recently implemented several changes regarding cleanliness and accessibility in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.Most large supermarkets including Walmart, Albertsons...

LSU Students walk across the Quad on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

LSU announces all Intersession, Summer Session courses to take place online

By Reveille Staff Report April 1, 2020

LSU Division of Strategic Communications announced in a broadcast email today that all Spring Intersession, Summer Session and Summer Intersession classes will be conducted in an online format. The...

Mar. 27 12 p.m. La. COVID-19 cases

Report: Florida orders Louisiana arrivals into quarantine

By Terry Spencer and Mike Schneider | The Associated Press March 27, 2020

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday ordered anyone arriving in the state from Louisiana to self-quarantine like those arriving from New York already must because of the coronavirus...

President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Laurie Kellman and Darlene Superville | The Associated Pres March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses,...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks about his state's preparations for the new coronavirus and about his legislative agenda for the upcoming session on Monday, March 2, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Report: Coronavirus reaches two Louisiana prisons as cases continue to increase

By Melinda Deslatte | The Associated Press March 27, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two workers at Louisiana state prisons have tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing some inmates into quarantine and heightening concerns that the tightly packed populations...

Members of the Chicago Police Department's bicycle patrol wait in the fog at a barricade where a trail along Lake Michigan was closed to all traffic, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Report: Lack of social distancing leads to closure of parks, trails nationwide

By Don Babwin and Katie Foody | The Associated Press March 27, 2020

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such a day: They flocked...

Trump Virus Outbreak (copy)

Report: House passes $2.2T rescue package, rushes it to Trump

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram and Laurie Kellman | Associated Press March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care...

LSU students travel across the Quad on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

Third LSU student tests positive for coronavirus, lived in on-campus Greek community

By Reveille Staff Report March 26, 2020

A third LSU student has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Emergency Operations Center.The individual lived in the on-campus Greek community and is now recovering in isolation with their...

The LSU Memorial Tower stands Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020 on Tower Drive, Baton Rouge.

LSU international students face difficulties, uncertainty about when they can go home, visit families

By Rachel Mipro | @remroc15 March 25, 2020

With canceled classes and a deserted campus, many students are left feeling uncertain of the future. Although the University made adjustments to combat the ongoing outbreak, international students still...

The LSU Memorial Tower sits on Tower Drive, Baton Rouge on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

LSU to postpone all May commencement activities, planning future graduation ceremonies

By Reveille Staff Report March 24, 2020

LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan announced the University will postpone all May commencement ceremonies, including those for the Veterinary School and Law Center. The University made the decision...

RA virus cartoon 

Coronavirus diaries: Living as an RA in an LSU apartment community

By Cecile Girard | @_cegi_ March 24, 2020

This is the second piece in a series of first-person accounts of how students are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, written by the Reveille's opinion columnists.   Lately I can't get the...