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A HEPA filter sits in corner, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2021, in a studio in Atkinson Hall on LSU's campus.

‘Sabotaging the process’: Has LSU’s multi-million dollar investment in HEPA filters gone to waste?

By Piper Hutchinson October 6, 2021

Before students returned to campus for the fall semester, LSU made a multi-million dollar investment installing HEPA filters in every active classroom to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. But it has...

Students take notes Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 while social distancing in MC 2010 class in West Hall.

As LSU students and professors return to classes on campus, remnants of pandemic-era learning remain

By Jared Saucier October 6, 2021

For better or for worse, most LSU students are no longer attending classes from the comfort of their homes. While some are glad to be back to in-person classes, others grew accustomed to hybrid courses...

Luuanne Nguyen, Mya Dixon, and Daniel Sentilles work hard on mixing many paint buckets for Habitat of Humanity at Geaux Big Baton Rouge.

Rapidly growing club on campus serves low-income communities and promotes diversity

By Gabby Jimenez October 6, 2021

A new and rapidly growing student organization on campus aims to help low-income families by providing access to medicine, education and community development projects. MEDLIFE at LSU is a chapter of the...

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‘Very disappointing but not very shocking’: LSU ranks one of the worst U.S. colleges for free speech

By Domenic Purdy & Josh Archote October 5, 2021

LSU was ranked one of the worst U.S. colleges for free speech in the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s 2021 college free speech rankings released Sept. 21. LSU placed 152 out of 154...

LSU students fill most of the seats on Aug. 26, 2021, of an Accounting 2001 class in the Business Education Auditorium.

Faculty, students raise concerns that COVID-19 protocols are not being followed on campus

By Piper Hutchinson October 4, 2021

As ICU beds remain full in Baton Rouge with Delta-variant COVID-19 patients, LSU students and faculty alike raise concerns that the prevention protocols laid out in the university’s “COVID-19...

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY October 4, 2021

Facebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a worldwide outage Monday that has extended more than three hours. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down. Service...

Students take notes Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 while in French 1001 class in Lockett Hall.

‘This isn’t ideal for everyone’: LSU’s hands are tied when it comes to Saturday make-up classes

By Caden Lim October 3, 2021

Saturday classes may sound appalling to the average LSU student, but according to administrators, LSU doesn’t have a choice.After the onset of Hurricane Ida, the university cancelled an entire...

A group of men gather by a tree on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, while tailgating near Peabody Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU, Auburn tailgaters celebrate in the mud and rain: ‘It never rains in death valley’

College football fans gathered on a dreary campus day to tailgate the highly anticipated LSU vs. Auburn football game. Muddy shoes and wet skies did not deter the fans from celebrating what they love most:...

LSU senior history major Charles Desobry skates near the Clock Tower on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

How skate-able is campus? Skaters, campus planning officials weigh in

By Domenic Purdy October 1, 2021

Thomas Buchmann preferred skateboarding over walking when navigating campus. He found it to be the easiest way to get between his classes and to blow off some steam. His attitude towards skating has since...

LSU Center for Academic Success sits Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in B31 Coates Hall at LSU.

Students want CAS SI sessions in person and on Zoom: “To have both on the table is what matters”

By Aidan Primeaux @acprimeaux October 1, 2021

Some students attending Supplemental Instruction sessions through the Center for Academic Success are frustrated that unlike the previous year, there is no Zoom option. CAS teaching assistants do offer...

The Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex stands tall on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, on South Campus Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

‘There are so many unique challenges’: New Louisiana state geologist starts her first week at LSU

By Aidan Primeaux September 29, 2021

Clare Falcon assumed the offices of director of the Louisiana Geological Survey and Louisiana state geologist on Sept. 20. Falcon brings decades of experience as a sedimentologist who has worked in...

An empty street sits Tuesday, February 9, 2021 on Field House Drive in Baton Rouge.

LSUPD, Title IX office urge students to take advantage of campus safety features

By Caden Lim September 29, 2021

Many Universities across the U.S. have emergency blue light boxes, that with a push of a button can notify the campus police department of an emergency at that location. According to Campus Safety Magazine,...