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Aisles of books on the fourth floor in LSU Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019.

‘We’ll do everything we can to make our books available’: LSU Library open for book browsing over the summer

By Katherine Manuel July 2, 2020

The LSU Library opened for book browsing over the summer, allowing for a limited number of students and faculty to browse the stacks each day.Sigrid Kelsey, LSU Libraries Director of Communications and...

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome speaks on Sunday, May 31, 2020 before the protest of the death of George Floyd in Galvez Plaza.

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome mandates face mask requirement for East Baton Rouge Parish

By Reveille Staff Report July 1, 2020

Mayor-president Sharon Weston Broome announced face masks will now be required to be worn while inside businesses throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. Broome intends to sign an executive order "to protect...

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

‘LSU Library’ chosen as interim name for main library at LSU

By Reveille Staff Report June 29, 2020

The University library formerly known as Middleton will be temporarily called LSU Library, the University announced Monday morning.  "Although the public suggested many new names for the library via...

Tiger Stadium on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

LSU administration, epidemiologists at odds over fan attendance in Tiger Stadium

By Reed Darcey June 29, 2020

In late May, LSU Interim President Tom Galligan said he “desperately” hopes to see fans in Tiger Stadium this fall, “staying physically distant, but yelling loudly into our masks.”One...

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

‘We’re making really good progress’: LSU officials talk classroom setting, more for fall semester

By Brittney Forbes June 27, 2020

LSU Interim President Tom Galligan and Executive Vice President and Provost Stacia Haynie and other University officials have provided updates regarding the upcoming fall 2020 semester in zoom meetings...

Fred's holds drive-thru coronavirus testing on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the Fred's parking lot in Tigerland.

Fred’s drive-thru coronavirus testing site draws huge turnout

By Anna Jones June 25, 2020

It’s not unusual to see a long line outside of Fred’s in Tigerland, but the crowds weren’t gathered for a football game or free drinks on Thursday. Over 250 people took advantage of free...

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...