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A pomping structure sits on the lawn of the Zeta Tau Alpha house before the Homecoming Game against Mississippi State on Oct. 20. 

LSU Panhellenic sorority recruitment goes fully virtual for fall 2020

By Katherine Manuel August 24, 2020

LSU Panhellenic announced Wednesday that the formal recruitment process for the fall will be conducted virtually. All rounds of formal recruitment will take place virtually Aug. 16-24, LSU Panhellenic...

The LSU Student Health Center on 56 Infirmary Drive, Baton Rouge on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

COVID-19 affecting your mental health? LSU Student Health Center has resources to help

By Katherine Manuel August 24, 2020

The LSU Student Health Center provides various programs available for students to utilize to manage stress and anxiety due to COVID-19. LSU Student Health Center Director of Mental Health Dr. John Oztenberger...

The covered walkway lies empty on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in the Quad on LSU's campus.

LSU reopening: University administrators answer questions about fall semester

By Anna Jones August 24, 2020

Reveille reporters sat down with administration leaders in a Friday afternoon Zoom meeting to discuss the upcoming semester. Interim President Thomas Galligan, Executive Vice President & Provost Stacia...

The new fleet of LSU Tiger Trails buses on Sunday Aug. 28, 2016, on LSU campus.

LSU buses reduce capacity for the fall, no new buses added to routes

By Katherine Manuel August 24, 2020

Between seven and 10 people will be allowed on LSU Tiger Trails buses in the fall to ensure social distancing as part of safety measures for buses, and no new buses are being added to the routes currently. LSU...

LSU students move in on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 at the West Campus Apartments on LSU's campus. 

New LSU Residential Life COVID-19 guidelines change on-campus living experience

By Joanna Clark August 23, 2020

LSU freshmen are experiencing an entirely different college experience due to COVID-19, including many changes to living on campus. On July 8, LSU Residential Life released their fall housing plans regarding...

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

LSU alumna petitions to offer fully virtual courses for students

By Brock Sanders August 20, 2020

LSU students will soon return to campus for in-person, virtual and hybrid classes in order to minimize risk of COVID-19 outbreak. One former student, though, is pushing for students to be able to opt for...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state's COVID-19 situation at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. 

‘Be vigilant’: LA Gov. John Bel Edwards urges college students to take precautions amid virus

By Melinda Deslatte August 20, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana's college students return to campus, Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging them to take precautions against the coronavirus outbreak, worried the schools could...

LSU parents help move in their freshman on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 at North Hall on LSU's campus. 

LSU to offer free COVID-19 testing at two on-campus locations through Aug. 29

By Reveille Staff Report August 20, 2020

LSU is providing free COVID-19 tests starting today for any students, faculty or staff that would like to be tested. Testing will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in front of the Pete Maravich Assembly...

FILE - In this July 20, 2018, file photo, interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters in Baton Rouge, La. On Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, Ardoin, Louisiana's elections chief, proposed a scaled-back emergency plan for this fall's elections that would modestly expand early voting amid the coronavirus outbreak, but still require most people to cast their ballots in person in the pandemic. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Louisiana emergency election plan scales back mail-in voting

By Melinda Deslatte August 17, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's elections chief Monday proposed a scaled-back emergency plan for this fall's elections that would modestly expand early voting amid the coronavirus outbreak, but...

FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to questions after the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential...

The Acacia house on LSU's campus on March 26, 2015. 

Man arrested after string of three LSU Greek house burglaries

By Katherine Manuel August 11, 2020

A man was arrested related to burglaries at three Greek houses over the weekend, according to LSU Director of Media Relations Ernie Ballard. LSUPD crime logs reported a "burglary of building" Saturday...

FILE - In this June 12, 2020 file photo Salt Lake County Health Department's public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth performs a coronavirus test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City. Having access to quick coronavirus test results will play an important role in resuming sporting events, keeping factories and businesses open, and returning to school in the fall. But an Associated Press survey of selected states found it’s still taking days in some cases for results to come back despite an increase in the availability of testing across the U.S. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Auditor debunks two parishes’ claims of duplicates in Louisiana coronavirus data

By Melinda Deslatte August 10, 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's legislative auditor found two rural parishes' claims that the state was double-counting their positive coronavirus tests in the official tally of cases was unfounded,...