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Creative writing and religious studies senior Akua Lewis sits through zoom class on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2021 at Patrick F. Taylor Hall on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Does hybrid learning have a place in a post-COVID LSU? Students and professors weigh in

By Corbin Ross & Aidan Primeaux October 16, 2021

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, LSU has made significant adjustments to the way classes are conducted. Classes moved completely online for several months before in-person learning...

LSU Homecoming Queen Claudia Henry and King Chandler Black pose after being crowned during halftime of the LSU football game against Florida at Tiger Stadium on Oct. 16, 2021.

LSU announces Homecoming King and Queen at halftime of Florida game

By Staff Report October 16, 2021

LSU announced the 2021 Homecoming King and Queen Saturday during halftime at the LSU football game against Florida.Claudia Henry, a mass communication senior, and Chandler Black, a sports administration...

The Lion's Eye Center on 2020 Gravier St at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans.

Chancellor of New Orleans LSU Health Science Center resigns, interim chancellor to be named

By Reveille Staff Report October 15, 2021

Dr. Larry Hollier announced Thursday that he will be stepping down as the chancellor of LSU’s Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.Hollier’s resignation is effective immediately, according...

LSU's Title IX office sits in Himes Hall on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

French Studies department chair removed from position following lawsuit, university confirms

By Reveille Staff Report October 14, 2021

Following a lawsuit filed by six women accusing LSU of failing to conduct a proper investigation into complaints of sexual misconduct against a former French graduate student, LSU removed the chair of...

pro-life demonstration

Students respond to Free Speech Alley protestors with Lil Nas X, ‘Communist Manifesto,’ ‘Rick and Morty’

By Gabby Jimenez October 13, 2021

Amid LSU’s ranking as third-worst campus in the nation for free speech in a national survey, dozens of students shouted down a group of about five Christian fundamentalist preachers as they led an...

LSU students pass in front of the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

‘I still felt scammed’: Students receive countless honor society membership offers, but are they legitimate?

By Aidan Primeaux @acprimeaux October 11, 2021

Most students are familiar with emails from honor societies offering scholarship opportunities and other benefits in exchange for a membership fee. While legitimate honor societies are listed as non-profit...

LSU leadership and human resource development graduate Aimee Ardonne throws up her cap for a photo Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, on the ramp of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in front of Tiger Stadium on N. Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

‘They’re going to be held back here’: Lack of opportunity, parents push LSU graduates to settle outside of the state

By Josh Archote October 10, 2021

Before Alexandria native Dylan Govender took his TOPS-funded computer engineering degree from LSU to Washington D.C., his professors, parents and friends encouraged him to do so, or risk getting stuck...

Banners reading “COVID-19 Vaccine Site” move in the wind on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, outside of the LSU Union Theater.

LSU received over $100 million in COVID relief funds. Here’s how they spent it.

By Bella Dardano October 10, 2021

LSU has received over $100 million in total COVID relief funds from the government. So far, the university has spent nearly $56 million of those funds on efforts to protect and assist students and staff...

A sign informs students about donating plasma Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, outside the BioLife Plasma Services building on 11620 Coursey Blvd in Baton Rouge, La.

With textbook fees and bills piling, LSU freshmen find odd jobs out of financial desperation

By By Maddie Scott October 10, 2021

From donating blood plasma to participating in science studies, LSU freshmen are turning to alternative ways of making money to pay for necessities and college expenses. Social work freshman Bella Costanza...

Construction materials and equipment sit near the LSU Studio Arts Buildings on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, on South Campus Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

‘Decrepit beyond all imagination’: Studio arts building under renovation after years of disrepair

By Gabby Jimenez October 8, 2021

After 46 years since the first meeting to plan the project, the Studio Arts building is finally under renovation. The 41,500-square-foot building is one of the first built at LSU around 1924 and marks...

A gavel sits in a court room. courtesy of Wikimedia

Lawsuit: LSU brushed off complaints against accused rapist

By Kevin McGill October 7, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana State University officials did little to address allegations of sexual harassment and assault against a French graduate student, enabling his interactions with undergraduate...

LSU COVID Testing assistants arrange their testing areas for incoming students on Friday, September 10, 2021.

LSU researchers create contact-tracing app to track COVID-19 spread. But will students use it?

By Piper Hutchinson October 6, 2021

LSU engineering professor Lu Peng and a group of graduate and undergraduate students developed GeauxTrace, a mobile contact tracing app that notifies users of close contact with somebody who reports contracting...