Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

News

Animal science sophomore Archer Hill works on a computer on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in the LSU Library on LSU's campus.

Students face compatibility issues with computers and required software programs for class

By Aidan Primeaux September 18, 2021

Whether it’s VLAB, Tophat, Connect, or ProctorU, almost every student has had to use a third party service to complete their coursework. However, many of these services come with the drawbacks of...

LSU's Title IX office sits in Himes Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU could be experiencing increased sexual assaults during a six-week period known as the Red Zone

By Maddie Scott September 18, 2021

LSU is four weeks into a six-week period known as the Red Zone, a term referring to the heightened number of sexual assault incidents occurring on college campuses during the beginning of the school year.Civil...

Email sent to 27 students on 9/17/2021 for non compliance with COVID entry procedures. 

27 students unenrolled from LSU for not completing COVID entry procedures

By Reveille Staff Report September 17, 2021

27 students were unenrolled from LSU following today’s deadline to submit COVID entry protocols, LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard said. Students were told to submit either proof of vaccination or...

The SportShop sits under a cloudy day on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, on LSU's campus.

LSU freshmen and transfer students relieved to purchase football tickets after long wait

By Bella Dardano September 16, 2021

Amid a chaotic first few weeks of class, LSU freshmen and transfer students are relieved to have the option to purchase student tickets for the 2021-2022 football season after a long waiting period. At...

The Digital Media Center stands tall on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, on South Stadium Drive.

$1.25 million grant brings state-of-the-art film making technology to LSU Screen Arts, other disciplines

By Domenic Purdy September 16, 2021

The production technology that helped bring the Star Wars universe to life on Disney+ with “The Mandalorian” is coming to Baton Rouge courtesy of a $1.25 million grant LSU received from Louisiana...

A multitude of desks fill the space on Aug. 27, 2021, in Room 121 of Allen Hall in LSU’s Quad.

Students endlessly refresh Moodle until the first day: “I had to wait until my class started”

By Aidan Primeaux September 16, 2021

Most LSU students know the familiar struggle of relentlessly checking Moodle in the weeks leading up to the start of the semester, waiting for courses to appear so that they can read through syllabi and...

A man and woman walk their dogs among hurricane debris Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, the morning after Hurricane Ida struck Southern Louisiana, near the East Campus Apartments on Veterans Drive.

Out-of-state freshmen recall their first hurricane experience during Ida

By Maddie Scott & Caden Lim September 16, 2021

After week one of classes, out-of-state freshmen found themselves experiencing a less-than-warm welcome to Louisiana: the arrival of Hurricane Ida. For some who resided outside the Gulf or Atlantic coasts,...

Men cover a roof with tarps, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, a week after Hurricane Ida swept through the area. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Nicholas lingers in Louisiana, dumps rain as far as Florida

By By REBECCA SANTANA and KEVIN McGILL September 15, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Depression Nicholas hovered over Louisiana on Wednesday, raining on a region struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida and deluging coastal Mississippi, Alabama and northwest...

A Toyota sits flooded Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, during Tropical Depression Nicholas in the Tiger Stadium Lot on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU campus, nearby apartments, experience flooding due to Tropical Depression Nicholas

By Madelyn Cutrone September 15, 2021

Areas of campus are flooding due to intense rainfall from Tropical Depression Nicholas as the storm makes its way through Baton Rouge. Cars are submerged and stalled in small lakes of rainfall in parking...

People stand in line while filling out paperwork on Mar. 14, 2021 at the Tiger Stadium vaccination site.

78 students to be unenrolled from LSU for failing to complete entry level COVID protocols

By Reveille Staff Report September 15, 2021

The 78 students who didn't complete entry-level protocols are being unenrolled from the university, according to LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard. Ballard said the students will be informed they're being unenrolled...

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for coastal Texas and the northeast coast of Mexico. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches, across portions of coastal Texas into southwest Louisiana Sunday, Sept. 12 through midweek. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain

By Associated Press September 15, 2021

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters...

LSU president William Tate IV. Courtesy Katherine Seghers, LSU.

‘Nothing short of miraculous’: Tate reflects on meeting with President Biden at White House

By Maddie Scott September 15, 2021

LSU President William Tate IV spoke with President Joe Biden on LSU's COVID-19 mitigation strategies Wednesday. Tate joined a body of representatives from across the country to brief Biden on their institutions'...