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April 2 12 p.m. La. COVID-19 cases

Louisiana orders additional ventilators, expands hospital capacities to prevent shortages

By Reveille Staff Report April 4, 2020

Vice President Pence confirmed Louisiana will receive an additional 200 ventilators from the federal Strategic National Stockpile in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gov. John Bel Edwards.  Louisiana...

The LSU Olinde Career Center Recruitment Office on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 in the LSU Student Union.

LSU Career Center offers essential job opportunities during ‘stay at home’ period

By Jacob Mathews April 3, 2020

The University’s Olinde Career Center is still offering job opportunities during the stay at home period.Currently, there are more than 11,000 jobs listed in Handshake, the University’s online...

The logo for the Zoom University Facebook page as of April 2, 2020. 

College students create ‘Zoom University’ clubs, Greek life organizations through Facebook

By Kimsey Stewart April 2, 2020

College students around the country are reaching out on social media to other students to try to preserve some of the social life that comes with college. Some joke they attend ‘Zoom University,’...

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LSU students turn to social media app TikTok for entertainment during quarantine

By Caitie Zeilman April 2, 2020

Following a mandatory stay-at-home order issued by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, many LSU students are forced to be creative when it comes to entertaining themselves in quarantine.The University cancelled...

The Rouses Market located at the intersection of Burbank and Lee in the Arlington Marketplace on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

Baton Rouge grocery stores implement changes in response to COVID-19

By Caitie Zeilman April 1, 2020

Many Baton Rouge area grocery stores recently implemented several changes regarding cleanliness and accessibility in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.Most large supermarkets including Walmart, Albertsons...

LSU Students walk across the Quad on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

LSU announces all Intersession, Summer Session courses to take place online

By Reveille Staff Report April 1, 2020

LSU Division of Strategic Communications announced in a broadcast email today that all Spring Intersession, Summer Session and Summer Intersession classes will be conducted in an online format. The...

Stone Cox and Hannah Barrios ran on the "Reach" ticket, which prioritizes sustainability, accessibility, inclusivity and health and safety.

LSU Student Government president, vice president hope to implement priorities in new administration

By Joanna Clark I @front_row_jo March 29, 2020

Mechanical engineering junior Stone Cox and English and political science junior Hannah Barrios from the “Reach” ticket have won the 2020 Student Government presidential election after the...

Mar. 27 12 p.m. La. COVID-19 cases

Report: Florida orders Louisiana arrivals into quarantine

By Terry Spencer and Mike Schneider March 27, 2020

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday ordered anyone arriving in the state from Louisiana to self-quarantine like those arriving from New York already must because of the coronavirus...

President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Report: Trump signs $2.2T stimulus after swift congressional votes

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses,...

"Swiger for President" is streaming on all music platforms on March 25, 2020. 

LSU alumni debuts new music project, “Swiger for President”

By Jacob Mathews March 27, 2020

The “Swiger for President” signs around campus are not making a political statement; instead, they are advertising mass communication alumni Joseph Swinger’s new music project. Swiger...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks about his state's preparations for the new coronavirus and about his legislative agenda for the upcoming session on Monday, March 2, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Report: Coronavirus reaches two Louisiana prisons as cases continue to increase

By Melinda Deslatte March 27, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two workers at Louisiana state prisons have tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing some inmates into quarantine and heightening concerns that the tightly packed populations...

Members of the Chicago Police Department's bicycle patrol wait in the fog at a barricade where a trail along Lake Michigan was closed to all traffic, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Report: Lack of social distancing leads to closure of parks, trails nationwide

By Don Babwin and Katie Foody March 27, 2020

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such a day: They flocked...