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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2016, file photo, former New Orleans Saints and University of Mississippi running back Deuce McAllister leaves Orleans Parish Criminal District Court after the verdict in the Cardell Hayes murder trial in New Orleans. McAllister was part of group of student-athletes in the late 1990s who helped push administrators into largely eliminating the Confederate flag from Ole Miss football games. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

College athletes using platform to address social issues

By David Brandt June 25, 2020

Deuce McAllister grew up in Mississippi and was well aware of the racial history of Ole Miss when he decided to play football there in the late 1990s. Even so, he never got used to seeing the Confederate...

The nearly deserted Bourbon Street, which is normally bustling with tourists and revelers, stands in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell have ordered all restaurants and bars to close except for takeout, and asked residents to remain home and maintain social distancing from others when outside, due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans to crack down as Louisiana virus cases rise

By Kevin McGill June 24, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A task force of New Orleans health and safety officials will help the city crack down on large gatherings and businesses that don't comply with social distancing orders as Louisiana...

FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo, Victoria Faughnan, right, and Evelyn Faughnan, play in the surf in Virginia Beach, Va., the day the state reopened the beachfront during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic not only upended the tourism industry, but how states, cities and attractions market themselves as summer travel destinations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virus upends tourism marketing, sparks idea of ‘safecations’

By Holly Ramer June 24, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The coronavirus has upended the way cities and states market themselves as summer travel destinations, and some tourism officials are just emerging from an especially awkward...

Outside of Fred’s during t-shirt night on Monday Nov. 16, 2015, at Reggie’s and Fred’s in Tigerland.

Fred’s in Tigerland to begin drive-thru coronavirus testing for staff, students

By Reveille Staff Report June 23, 2020

The Tigerland area has been linked to a coronavirus cluster and has prompted Fred's to begin conducting drive-thru coronavirus testing for staff in the area and college students, as reported by the Advocate.  Starting...

LSU students travel across the Quad on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

LSU officials announce Phase 3 reopening of University postponed ‘until further notice’

By Reveille Staff Report June 22, 2020

The University released a statement on Monday afternoon, June 22, to announce it will not transition into Phase 3 in coordinance with state officials.  Governor John Bel Edwards announced June 22,...

A member of Sri Lanka's St John's ambulance service drinks a beverage during a break in between a spraying of disinfectants at a public school to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

WHO chief warns world leaders not to ‘politicize’ pandemic

By Jon Gambrell June 22, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — World leaders must not politicize the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned Monday, reminding all that the...

The reality is that one in five women and one in 71 men in the U.S will be raped at some point in their lives, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

#ShowYourself: LSU students use Twitter to tell their stories of sexual assault on campus

By Katherine Manuel June 20, 2020

When LSU alumna Brooklen Farley chose to tell her story of sexual assault via Twitter, she had no idea what her post and hashtag would turn into. Soon after she and fellow LSU alumna McCaala Nelson shared...

Troy H. Middleton Library—the first subject of building renaming efforts, now named LSU Library—on June 17, 2020, on LSU's campus.

From Middleton Library to Taylor Hall: The sordid history behind 12 University buildings named after segregationists, Confederate officers and slave owners

By Reed Darcey & Anna Jones June 20, 2020

Troy H. Middleton Library was officially stripped of its name on June 19, after students and alumni denounced Middleton's segregationist past; however, Middleton is one of many building names on campus...

Tiger Stadium on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Over 30 LSU football players quarantined amid new COVID-19 outbreak

By Reed Darcey June 20, 2020

At least 30 LSU football players have been in quarantine this week after either testing positive for COVID-19 or encountering someone who has tested positive, reported Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger.  The...

JL's Place Sits on Bob Pettit Blvd. on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.

Several Tigerland bars, the Chimes closing to investigate COVID-19 outbreaks

By Reveille Staff Report June 19, 2020

Several bars near LSU campus and the Chimes Highland Road location have announced temporary closures to investigate COVID-19 outbreaks.  Employees at JL's Place, Reggie's and Fred's reportedly tested...

Middleton Library sits in the Quad on Friday, November 15, 2019.

LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously pass resolution to remove Troy H. Middleton’s name from library

By Reveille Staff Report June 19, 2020

The LSU Board of Supervisors met virtually via Zoom on Friday, June 19, to approve the resolution to remove Troy H. Middleton's name from the University's library. University officials, students and friends...

Dr. Lori Martin, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, holds her new book "Black Community Uplift and the Myth of the American Dream," on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

‘No one has listened to Black scholars’: Inside the challenging life of a Black academic

By Reed Darcey June 18, 2020

It was an overcast April day in 2014, and professor Stephen Finley was walking with a graduate student to the Starbucks at LSU for a meeting, when the two Black men saw a couple of LSUPD cars drive up. The...