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LSU COVID Testing assistant hands an LSU student the testing materials on Friday, September 10, 2021.

Monthly testing for unvaccinated students started in September, despite confusion in Faculty senate

By Piper Hutchinson November 1, 2021

At the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 28, Jason Hicks, a psychology professor and provost’s fellow, gave an update on LSU’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts. In his speech, he stated that monthly...

Animal sciences sophomore Lavita Washington works on the computer on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, at the front desk of the East Campus Apartments on Campus Lake Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Students take on multiple jobs to combat rising college tuition, results in academic stress

By Gabby Jimenez October 31, 2021

At the beginning of this semester, psychology sophomore Patrick O’Neill was working around 45 hours per week in addition to his classes.Like many students, O’Neill started working while in...

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

‘No questions. No doubts’: LSU’s Board of Supervisors undergo Title IX training, discuss mandatory reporting

By Madison Scott October 31, 2021

Interim Vice President of Civil Rights and Title IX, Jane Cassidy, presented a report on the progress and expansion of the Title IX office to the LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday. The next day, the...

Tony Britt sits in front of the RV he and his wife have lived in for the last month as their new mobile home is equipped with utilities. The couple is rebuilding for the second time after Hurricane Laura ripped a hole in their roof. 

‘It’s like it’s never ending’: Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters striking U.S. and Louisiana more frequently

By Josh Archote October 31, 2021

In a tiny RV tucked away on a dead-end road in Sulphur, Tony Britt, 57, sits on a small cot opposite his wife, flipping through pictures of their old damaged mobile home after Hurricane Rita in 2005. After...

Various members of the LSU faculty sit in on the Faculty Senate Meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 in the Capitol Chamber of the LSU Student Union.

Faculty members propose resolution of no confidence in Faculty Senate leadership

By Piper Hutchinson October 31, 2021

A resolution expressing no confidence in members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and several resolutions regarding COVID-19 were hot topics at the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 28, where raised...

medical cannabis

LSU AgCenter medical pot program expands to new facility; will grow and sell smokable marijuana to pharmacies

By Aidan Primeaux October 31, 2021

LSU's AgCenter will soon grow and sell smokable medical marijuana to Louisiana pharmacies as a new bill goes into effect early next year, prompting the university's cannabis operation's expansion to a...

A Landmark security guard holds up a "mask up" COVID-19 sign Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 during LSU women's basketball's 59-68 loss to Mississippi State in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on N. Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Some students tired of LSU’s mask mandate, still vital for the immunocompromised, experts say

By Piper Hutchinson & Jared Saucier October 28, 2021

Some students are beginning to get tired of COVID-19 mitigation efforts, but that may be a problem for high-risk individuals. LSU has made it a priority to return to campus this fall with as much...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state's COVID-19 situation at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. 

‘Alright Louisiana, today is a bones day’: How the governor uses TikTok to promote COVID-19 vaccination

By Piper Hutchinson October 28, 2021

In his fight to get Louisianans vaccinated, Gov. John Bel Edwards has found a valuable tool in the most unlikely of places: TikTok. Over the summer, the governor began posting TikTok videos promoting the...

University View Apartments sit run down on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, at 324 West Parker Boulevard in Baton Rouge, La.

Off-campus student housing planned for fall 2023 will feature fully furnished studio apartments

By Aidan Primeaux October 27, 2021

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the name of Fountain Residential Partners, which was printed in The Reveille's Oct. 28 paper as Foundation Residential Partners. A construction...

LSU to close early at 3 p.m. due to severe weather, students encouraged to move vehicles to higher ground

LSU to close early at 3 p.m. due to severe weather, students encouraged to move vehicles to higher ground

By Reveille Staff Report October 27, 2021

LSU announced that it will close early at 3 p.m. today due to severe weather concerns. The announcement, sent via LSU’s emergency alert system, said that all classes and activities scheduled for...

A white mask lays in the grass Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 behind LSU Library on LSU's campus.

‘Disposable doesn’t mean it can be disposed anywhere’: LSU professors explain dangers of mask pollution

By Domenic Purdy October 27, 2021

Despite the convenience and affordability of disposable masks, experts express concerns with the waste they produce from improper disposal.If left under the sun, the common blue disposable masks, made...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state's COVID-19 situation at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. 

Gov. Edwards announced Louisiana is lifting it’s statewide mask mandate; LSU will keep its in place

By Piper Hutchinson October 26, 2021

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced at a press conference on Tuesday that he is ending the statewide mask mandate except for some K-12 schools. Edwards said that this is possible thanks due to the decline...