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One of the four LSU COVID-19 testing centers sits outside on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 across from the Laville Residence Halls on South Campus Drive.

Interim President Tom Galligan urges students to get tested

By Reveille Staff Report October 6, 2020

LSU Interim President Tom Galligan urged students to get tested for COVID-19 at least once a month in an email delivered Tuesday afternoon. The email comes after Deborah Birx, head of the White House...

Students check out booths at Free Speech Alley on Sept. 1, 2017.

LSU student organizations creatively adapt to COVID-19 guidelines

By Marykelly Munster |@mkokayokay October 6, 2020

LSU clubs are tailoring the fall semester to keep students safe and preserve ties between members and the campus community through new and creative ways.Some activism clubs have combined efforts to inform...

Physical distance stickers and zipties sit on stadium seats Saturday, Sep. 26, 2020 before LSU's 44-34 loss against Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium.

LSU monitoring Hurricane Delta ahead of LSU-Missouri matchup

By Anthony Mockiln October 6, 2020

LSU announced Tuesday morning that it is closely monitoring Hurricane Delta ahead of Saturday’s football game against Missouri. Kickoff is still set for 8 p.m. CT in Tiger Stadium as the University...

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC) sits Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 at night on N Stadium Road on LSU's campus.

Two arrested by LSUPD after skateboarding in the PMAC

By Reveille Staff Report October 6, 2020

The Pete Maravich Center had company Sunday night after multiple skateboarders allegedly broke into the facility, according to WBRZ. Two skateboarders, one 19 years old and the other 20 years old, were...

FILE - In this March 19, 2000, file photo, Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster addresses a joint session of the Legislature at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Foster, a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules through an increasingly conservative state Legislature in the 1990s, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. He was 90. Marsanne Goolsby, who was Foster’s press secretary when he was governor, said that Foster died at his home in Franklin. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

Former Louisiana governor Mike Foster dies at 90

By Reveille Staff Report October 5, 2020

Former Louisiana Governor Mike Foster died Sunday at age 90 after a week in hospice.  LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan released a statement addressing the former governor's death.  "The...

LSU fan cardboard cutouts scatter the stands Saturday, Sep. 26, 2020 before LSU's 44-34 loss against Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium.

Never miss a game: LSU fans purchase photo cutouts to be placed in Tiger Stadium

By Caitie Zeilman October 5, 2020

LSU is giving football fans the opportunity to never miss a game in Tiger Stadium this season. For $50, fans can buy a Tiger Cutout to be placed in the lower levels of Death Valley.  Reduced capacity...

Coach Ed Orgeron walks towards the locker room Saturday, Sep. 26, 2020 before LSU's 44-34 loss against Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium.

An inside look at Coach Ed Orgeron’s contract: the highest-paid state employee in Louisiana

By Caitie Zeilman October 5, 2020

Private air travel, a social club membership and a $5 million life insurance premium. These are a few of the perks of being Louisiana’s highest-paid state employee, LSU Head Football Coach Ed Orgeron. Orgeron's...

Students, staff and friends attend a vigil for Dean Martin Johnson Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 and light candles to remember him outside of the Journalism Building.

LSU community members gather at vigil remembering Dean Martin Johnson

By Marykelly Munster|@mkokayokay October 5, 2020

As the sun set on Oct. 1, students, faculty, friends and family of Dean Martin Johnson gathered at a vigil held on the Journalism Building’s terrace after the dean passed away on the night of Sept....

LSU students on Monday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

LSU shatters enrollment, retention and graduation records in fall 2020 despite COVID-19

By Josh Archote @JArchote October 5, 2020

This fall, LSU broke records for enrollment, retention and graduation rates and brought in the largest and most diverse freshmen class in University history.  This year’s 6,690 freshmen class...

Laville Honors House entry way

Laville residents express frustration with shower temperatures

By Emma Zirgibel October 5, 2020

Some Laville Honors House residents have expressed frustration with fluctuating temperatures in dormitory showers. Over the weekend of Sept. 21, East and West Laville residents noticed “ice cold”...

Desks in a classroom in the Huey P. Long Field House on February 5, 2020.

LSU’s new learning experience design and innovation major offers unique approach to online learning

By Amber Buettner October 5, 2020

A new undergraduate degree program at LSU offers a different approach to virtual learning. The major is called learning experience design and innovation (LXDI) and is offered entirely online. LXDI...

LSU Olinde Career Center sits on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at LSU Student Union.

LSU students adjust to remote internships amid a pandemic

By Marykelly Munster |@mkokayokay October 5, 2020

Internships can provide the opportunity for students to take the skills they learn in the classroom to the real world, but amid a pandemic, internships look much different.Remote internships offer both...