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April 11 2 p.m. La. COVID-19 cases

Latest Louisiana COVID-19 news: 455,541 positive cases, 10,336 COVID-19 related deaths

By Reveille Staff Report April 23, 2021

April 23, 5:01 p.m. The University is reporting 708 coronavirus cases– 549 of which are students and 159 are for employees– for the LSU Community.  The Louisiana Department of Health is...

A sign directs people toward the vaccination site on Mar. 14, 2021 at Tiger Stadium.

LSU’s COVID-19 procedures impact students’ mental heath

By Braelyn Brown April 23, 2021

College life can be difficult, even without a global pandemic complicating it. LSU placed many COVID-19 procedures on its students beginning in the 2020 spring semester. Some of these new changes consisted...

LeJeune Truman Scholar

Mass communication junior awarded 2021 Truman Scholarship

By Caroline Savoie April 23, 2021

Third graders typically don’t get excited about civic engagement. But when mass communication junior Mia LeJeune woke up on the morning of her elementary school’s mock presidential election...

Mike the Tiger walks alongside his pond on Feb. 1, 2021 at 16 N Stadium Dr, Baton Rouge.

Mike the Tiger asks LSU seniors to stop using confetti in graduation photos

By Anna Jones April 22, 2021

Mike the Tiger has a special request for LSU's seniors: don't use confetti in graduation pictures.   The University mascot asked students to avoid the messy photo prop after pieces of confetti...

Pandemics, Protests, Presidents: a review of major events at LSU this year

By Katherine Manuel April 22, 2021

This school year proved to be unprecedented due to an array of events with national significance and coverage occurring on and around LSU's campus. COVID-19 and LSU There were 1,562 COVID-19 cases in the...

Protestors march together Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 during the protest following the USA Today article about mishandled sexual misconduct cases at the LSU Parade Grounds.

‘The work is far from over’: Looking back at a year of student activism

By Josh Archote April 22, 2021

The end of next month will mark one year after George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, leading to an eruption of Black Lives Matter protests across the country in 2020. Eight...

Louisiana Commissioner of Administration and former Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne addresses the Louisiana Redistricting Summit at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

LSU president interviews, Jay Dardenne advances to next round of LSU presidential search

By Madelyn Cutrone April 21, 2021

The Presidential Search Committee met April 21, per the schedule established in their April 10 meeting, finalized the list of candidates that will be interviewed for the job of LSU's president.  Out...

Interim President Tom Galligan discusses future of coronavirus testing for students and staff Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 in a press conference alongside Dr. Deborah Birx and Gov. John Bel Edwards in the LSU Foundation Center for Philanthropy.

LSU, UL System presidents discuss accommodations for at-risk professors in fall

After announcing this week that they will not require students to get COVID-19 vaccines, the presidents of LSU and the University of Louisiana System said Wednesday that they are reviewing how to accommodate...

Mass communication alumnus and former Reveille reporter Casey Gisclair writes for The Lafourche Gazette.

LSU alumnus and former Reveille reporter uplifts local newspaper

By Caroline Savoie April 21, 2021

In a south Louisiana bayou parish, “local” news takes on a new meaning. Instead of national or world news, the Lafourche Gazette employs three reporters and features grade-school sports coverage...

Marijuana sits in an LSU AgCenter warehouse.

Louisiana’s legalization of marijuana process could be in the near future

By Henry Weldon April 21, 2021

As more states across the country legalize marijuana, some students at LSU have asked when marijuana will be legalized recreationally in Louisiana. A bill drafted by Rep. Candace Newell to decriminalize...

People wait in line and fill out paperwork on Mar. 14, 2021 while social distancing at the Tiger Stadium vaccination site.

Two LSU professors call on University to require that students receive vaccines

By Adrian Dubose April 21, 2021

Two professors are asking LSU’s Faculty Senate to call on the university to require its 34,000 students in Baton Rouge to receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus for in-person classes...

George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer...

Jury’s swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely more than a day of jury deliberations,...