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A breakdown of LSU’s deferred maintenance needs compared to eight Louisiana universities

A breakdown of LSU’s deferred maintenance needs compared to eight Louisiana universities

By Piper Hutchinson February 6, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

LSU students walk through the Quad Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on LSU's campus.

Blue-light alarms, fundraising, pressure on admin: sexual assault activists make plans for spring

By Corbin Ross February 5, 2022

Sexual assault activist groups are making plans for the new semester, including establishing an advisory council for power-based violence, a blue light alarm system around campus, further fundraising for...

Three student government campaigns faced off in the 2021 SG debate on March 22, 2021.

LSU students voted at highest rate in SG elections in spring 2021. Will the trend continue?

By John Buzbee February 5, 2022

LSU students voted at some of the highest rates in Student Government elections last spring. Despite the progress, voter turnout remains significantly low among students.  Just over 5,200 students,...

Hank Klibanoff, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and director of the Georgia Cold Case Project at Emory University, is one of the four nominees for the records board.

Thanks to a group of high school students, more FBI files on Klan violence could be released

Aditya Shah was a junior at Hightstown High School in New Jersey in 2015 when he and his AP Government and Politics classmates began studying cold cases involving Ku Klux Klan murders in the South. Out...

The “Push to Open” button shines in the sun on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, at the entrance to Camellia Hall on Campus Lake Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Faulty elevators, cracked sidewalks and lack of accessibility frustrate disabled LSU students

By Maddie Scott February 3, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

This image obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request shows a text message to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, informing him of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Police told Edwards that troopers engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” that ended with the Black motorist’s death. The Democrat remained publicly quiet as police clung to a much different story: that Greene died from a crash following a high-speed chase. What the governor knew and when have become questions in the federal investigation of Greene's death. (AP Photo)

Gov. John Bel Edwards denies he delayed probe in deadly arrest

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards defiantly denied Tuesday that he delayed or interfered with investigations into the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene — and for the...

Baton Rouge firefighters respond to a large apartment fire at the Bradshaw Apartment Homes Friday night. 

Four LSU students impacted by Bradshaw Apartment fire; 12 residents displaced

By Piper Hutchinson February 1, 2022

Shortly after midnight on Jan. 21, Charles Desobry was woken up by the sound of firetrucks and shouting outside his open window. Living near a college campus, he was used to late night party crowds, and...

Huey P. Long statue sits on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 in the center of the Capitol Gardens in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Explainer: What is redistricting and why should students care?

By Piper Hutchinson February 1, 2022

Louisiana legislators will begin formal deliberations on the redistricting process Tuesday evening, when the first session kicks off. While the redistricting process has been going on for months, with...

Cop car

Report: LSU student dies in car crash on Burbank Drive

By Reveille Staff Report January 31, 2022

An LSU student died on his 22nd birthday in a car crash Sunday around 8 p.m., LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard confirmed. The wreck occurred at the intersection of Burbank Drive and Ben Hur Road. Authorities...

LSU Innovation Park sits Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, on 8000 Innovation Park Drive.

LSU now host of statewide small business support network: ‘Life-blood of the U.S. economy’

By John Buzbee January 31, 2022

LSU has been awarded the host-leadership position in a statewide network that aims to aid small business activity and promote a healthy state economy.The network, called the Louisiana Small Business Development...

Clouds in the shape of cotton dance across the sky Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, forming a backdrop behind Tiger Stadium.

LSU has completed almost all Husch Blackwell recommendations. Here’s what still needs to be done

By Bella Dardano & Piper Hutchinson January 30, 2022

In November 2020, LSU hired law firm Husch Blackwell to review its Title IX policies and procedures, following a USA Today investigation that uncovered the university’s repeated mishandling of sexual...

A window on the second floor of Edmund Kirby Smith Hall is blocked off on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, on Aster Street at LSU.

Kirby Smith — one of LSU’s biggest eyesores — to be imploded in June, become green space

By Chandler McIntosh January 30, 2022

Kirby Smith Hall is set to be demolished in Fall 2022 and will eventually become a green space, according to Roger Husser, assistant vice president of LSU Planning, Design, and Construction. Demolition...