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The LSU Shield App on an iPhone on Sunday, November 11, 2019.

Many students don’t use LSU apps, finding them inaccurate and confusing

By Gabby Jimenez November 14, 2021

LSU uses many mobile apps meant to assist students’ various needs on campus, like Navigate to schedule advising appointments and TransLoc Rider to see locations of TigerTrails busses. However, many...

A LSU student walks up steps Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in the Student Union on LSU's campus.

Student Union to remain closed on gamedays due to ‘multiple incidents’ over the past few years

The Student Union once served as a much-needed reprieve from tailgating on the Parade Ground, offering students and fans food options and bathroom access. But multiple incidents that occurred over...

Memorial Tower stands tall behind Coates Hall on LSU's Campus, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.

Where does tuition money go? Here’s what it does, and does not, cover

By Maddie Scott November 10, 2021

Every year, students see the daunting number on their fee bill grow larger and larger, yet many don’t know why it's increasing or where the money goes. Interim executive vice president for Finance...

Lettuce, brocolli and other healthy food sit in the child seat of a grocery cart while Leon LeJeune of Baton Rouge shops for Thanksgiving at Bet-R Supermarket on the corner of Baywood Avenue and Kalurah Street on Tuesday evening.

A look at how COVID-19 has damaged the global supply chain: ‘Small businesses are getting hammered from all sides’

By Piper Hutchinson November 10, 2021

The global supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the supply chain has grown many new weak links, culminating in shortages and increased prices. What’s...

LSU nursing students

‘You cannot get someone’s life back from COVID’: LSU nursing students share tales from the frontlines

By Bella Dardano & Piper Hutchinson November 8, 2021

Carlos Perry assisted a man in his early 40s last summer while working at Tulane Medical Center at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He remembers watching as the man was told he’d have to be intubated...

The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Money, Race and Title IX: Here’s what’s coming in Louisiana’s next legislative session

By Piper Hutchinson & Aidan Primeaux November 7, 2021

In the upcoming regular legislative session that will begin on March 14, LSU can expect to see legislation that will directly impact the university. Previous sessions have seen budget increases and decreases,...

President Tate IV house sits Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at 2959 E. Lakeshore Dr. in Baton Rouge, La.

Here’s how much it cost LSU to move President Tate and his wife to Louisiana

By Bella Dardano November 7, 2021

Moving LSU President William Tate IV and his wife to Louisiana and into the University House cost LSU $315,000 in relocation payments and renovation costs, LSU Spokesman Ernie Ballard said.Of that sum,...

Students walk Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, through the Quad.

First generation students share feelings of uncertainty in college, turn to LSU’s resources for support

By Gabby Jimenez November 5, 2021

Biological sciences freshman Ella Cochran was determined to go to college. Despite being the valedictorian of her high school class, she still found the journey of coming to LSU scary and uncertain because...

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Students struggling with homesickness discuss coping mechanisms, solutions

By Gabby Jimenez November 3, 2021

Many students are going weeks and even months without seeing family after moving out of state for college, leading to homesickness that can ultimately distract from academics and lead to depression. Chemical...

LSU students watch speakers Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, during the Feminists in Action protest following reports of LSU mishandling sexual assault cases at Hodges Hall on LSU's campus.

See how LSU students identify politically and how some are fighting polarization on campus

By By Maddie Scott & Bella Dardano November 3, 2021

LSU’s share of conservative-minded students is much higher than other universities, but the political divide on campus doesn’t fit into the traditional Democrat-Republican divide, as a large...

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

LSU immunologist explains vaccine booster shots, university has no current plans to require them

By Domenic Purdy November 2, 2021

Shortly after LSU’s vaccine mandate at the start of the semester, the Centers for Disease Control approved booster shots for the three currently approved vaccines. The purpose of the vaccine booster...

A variety of flags hang Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 inside the LSU Global Office at the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

International students adapt to Louisiana culture and develop found family with the ICC

By Domenic Purdy November 2, 2021

Peter Allen, a native of England, has been infatuated with American culture since his family visited New York City in 2017. “Visiting there for a week-long holiday was what really kickstarted...