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This Week in SG: Minimum wage increase bill, end-of-year events

By Caroline Savoie April 7, 2021

With the end of the spring semester fast approaching, LSU’s Student Government is voting on bills, hosting end of year events to get excited about new initiatives and celebrate the end of a school...

Louisiana is fifth among states in total carbon emissions and emissions per-capita, according to 2015-16 U.S. Department of Energy statistics. 

Nine LSU professors aid governor in reducing Louisiana’s greenhouse emissions

By Josh Archote April 6, 2021

Nine LSU researchers joined committees and advisory groups for Gov. John Bel Edwards’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, an executive order signed in August of last year to reduce Louisiana’s...

Greek Life members participated in the 2021 Songfest competition on March 28.

Greek Life hosts annual Songfest competition

By Anne Marie Wherritt April 6, 2021

Delta Gamma and Theta Chi won the 99th annual Songfest competition on March 28. Songfest is a Greek Life event that pairs each sorority with a fraternity at random. The paired sorority and fraternity prepare...

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, IOC president Thomas Bach, second from left, and Kim Yo Jong, right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, talks with players after the preliminary round of the women's hockey game between Switzerland and the combined Koreas at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. North Korea has decided not to participate in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo as it continues a self-imposed lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North's Sports Ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee meeting on March 25, 2021 where members prioritized protecting athletes from the “world public health crisis caused by COVID-19.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)     

North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics

By KIM TONG-HYUNG April 6, 2021

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it struggles...

The Tiger Stadium sign stays lit during the night of Feb. 28, 2021 on the LSU campus.

LSU athletic administrator claims years of harassment under athletics officials, files lawsuits

By Reveille Staff Report April 6, 2021

An LSU athletics administrator alleged University officials worked to cover up former football coach Les Miles' sexual harassment cases and then retaliated against her for years after she reported the...

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LSU alumna discusses transition to the workforce during the pandemic

By Hannah Michel Hanks April 6, 2021

Job searching and transitioning to the professional world for many college graduates is a stressful situation, even without a global pandemic complicating it. LSU Manship School of Mass Communication alumna...

Rep. Tanner Magee, R-Houma, criticized Gov. John Bel Edwards’ extension of the stay-at-home order through May 15 and said it would make it harder to work in a bipartisan manner.

Rep. Magee: Legislature may require termination of university officials who don’t report sexual assaults

By Kathleen Peppo April 6, 2021

The second-ranking Republican in the House said lawmakers may consider requiring university officials to be terminated if they fail to report allegations of sexual assault. Tanner Magee, the speaker pro...

Thomas C. Galligan Jr., LSU Interim President, speaks to the reporters about the Title IX review findings on Friday, Mar. 5, 2021 at Lod Cook Alumni Center on 3838 W Lakeshore Dr.

LSU announces Title IX changes; here’s a rundown of the new policies

By Anna Jones April 6, 2021

LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan shared updates on the University's Title IX policies in a campus-wide email Monday afternoon.  "When we shared the Husch Blackwell report with you one month ago,...

Free speech alley in front of the LSU Student Union on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2016.

SG Autism Awareness Event invites students to talk about cognitive disabilities

By Caroline Savoie April 6, 2021

Student Government’s Department of Disability Services started a conversation about cognitive disabilities on April 1 to celebrate Autism Awareness Day. From a table in LSU’s Free Speech...

LSU junior running back Derrius Guice (5) embraces LSU football coach Ed Orgeron after the LSU Tigers' 27-23 victory against Auburn on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 in Tiger Stadium.

Report: New details emerge about woman who alleged Guice sexually harassed her

By Reveille Staff Report April 6, 2021

A Baton Rouge woman contacted University officials to report that former running back Derrius Guice had sexually harassed her in 2017, and the University documented several instances of these contacts....

A woman walks her dog on Mar. 3, 2021 through the Quad.

LSU School of Theatre to offer new degree program in fall 2021

By Jada Hemsley April 5, 2021

The School of Theatre will offer a new degree program, a bachelor’s degree of fine arts in film and television, in the fall 2021 semester. The School of Theatre currently offers classes to cater...

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Title IX changes could be coming under the Biden administration

By Josh Archote April 4, 2021

President Joe Biden signed an executive order March 8 directing the Department of Education to review “all of its existing regulations, orders, guidance and policies” related to sexual violence...