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Sigma Gamma Rho holds a bra drive at LSU Women's Center on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 for victims of sex trafficking.

LSU announces Tiny Tigers as new pregnancy and parenting program

By Anna Jones | @annajoneses November 27, 2018

University faculty members and students with nursing children no longer need to worry about breastfeeding in cramped cars or unsanitary bathrooms. The first major initiative of Tiny Tigers, the University’s...

The Student Health Center rests at its location on LSU's campus on Monday, April 2, 2018.

LSU Pharmacy closure prompts concerns from grad students

By Sheridan Wall | @slwall7 September 4, 2018

Several cubicles and a conference room sit in the LSU Student Health Center where University students once could fill their prescriptions.The Pharmacy at LSU was a full-service pharmacy that offered over-the-counter...

The LSU Women's Center provides feminine products as part of their "Period Project" in Troy H. Middleton Library on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.

LSU’s Period Project expanding across campus with new locations

By Rachel Mipro | @remroc15 September 4, 2018

Ten little red baskets make the difference between a normal day and public humiliation. At least, that’s the idea behind the Period Project, which started with over 500 feminine products and a goal...

opioids

Health professionals, former addicts shed light on opioid crisis

By Madison McNulty | Manship School News Service July 18, 2018

Adam Singer recalls being 13 years old when he took OxyContin for the first time. He just witnessed a suicide and needed something to numb the pain. On the Fourth of July 2002, Singer and his friend walked...

House wants to study ways to further restricting smoking

By BY MARK BALLARD | The Advocate May 7, 2018

The House overwhelmingly backed two resolutions Monday to study the impacts of further limiting smoking in Louisiana. House Resolution 107 wants the Louisiana Department of Health to study what would happen...

Despite LSU's tobacco-free campus policy, students feel that smoking is still prevalent on campus.

Signs across LSU boast ‘smoke-free living,’ but students feel tobacco use still prevalent

By Cody Thurber | @official_THURB April 5, 2018

“We’re Tobacco Free,” the signs across the University read. The University advertises a tobacco-free campus — a ban including cigarettes and tobacco free e-cigs, or vape pens.To...

The Student Health Center rests at its location on LSU's campus on Monday, April 2, 2018.

LSU students feel Student Health Center failing to meet their needs

By Hailey Auglair | @HaileyAuglair1 April 4, 2018

Is the Student Health Center doing everything they can to meet the needs of students? From the mental health department to the women’s health center to the now closed pharmacy, students are questioning...

Panelists speak about the climate around sexual assault and harassment for professional women and students at the #MeToo panel on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, in the Atchafalaya Room in the LSU Student Union on LSU campus.

LSU hosts #MeToo panel, aims to educate students, faculty about resources

By Rachel Mipro | @remroc15 February 21, 2018

On Feb. 21, the Atchafalaya room in the LSU Student Union slowly filled with women, as well as a handful of men. The room quieted as the #MeToo panel began their discussion of the climate around sexual...

Panelist Eugene Collins showcases the size of a condom on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, in the Women’s Center on LSU campus.

LSU Women’s Center, African American Cultural Center educate students with HIV panel

By Rachel Mipro | @remroc15 February 9, 2018

If students walked into the LSU Women’s Center at the right time on Feb. 7, they might have been treated to the sight of a man with a condom stretched over his entire head. This is...

LSU's We're Committed holds a screening of "Invisible War" and offers resources for sexual assault victims on April 7, 2016 at the Veteran's Memorial Museum on S River Road.

LSU committed to reducing sexual violence through various programs

By Sheridan Wall | @slwall7 February 7, 2018

One in four women and one in 16 men—that’s how many students will be victims of sexual violence before their college graduation, according to kinesiology senior and We’re Committed advocate...

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LSU student Micah Johnson dies of possible pneumonia symptoms

By Staff Reports February 2, 2018

University student Micah Johnson died Jan. 29, according to the East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office. Johnson was a human sciences and education major, according to LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard. Facebook...

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Student Health Center sees decrease in flu cases despite national outbreak

By Matthew Bennett | @mcbennett4 January 31, 2018

Amidst one of the most widespread flu epidemics in recent history, the LSU Student Health Center reports the number of positive flu tests from students this season is on track to be lower than last...