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In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, a man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

LSU researcher pursues research into harmful effects of e-cigarette use, receives FDA funding

By Lara Nicholson March 1, 2020

Despite the ‘no-smoking’ signs throughout campus, it doesn’t take long to see a student pull a JUUL out of their pocket in the Quad to blow clouds of smoke when walking around the University....

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

LSU reports higher freshman population, slightly lower retention rate following holistic admissions

By Katherine Manuel March 1, 2020

After a change in the University’s admissions policy in 2018, LSU reported an increased incoming freshman population but a slightly lower retention rate. The new holistic admissions system, approved...

Come see how the newspaper is made at the Reveille's open house on Wednesday, March 11

Come see how the newspaper is made at the Reveille’s open house on Wednesday, March 11

By Reveille Staff Report March 1, 2020

Ever wondered how a newspaper is put together? Ever wanted to see how the Reveille team works together? Are you interested in working for the Reveille in the future? If you answered yes to any of these...

An LSU laundry room sits on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 in South Hall.  

LSU students speak out against laundry theft in residence halls

By Taylor Landry February 29, 2020

Some University students are calling for the installation of surveillance cameras in residential hall laundry rooms to prevent theft. One of these students, international students junior Olivia May, was...

LSU Student Government office operates during normal hours in the LSU Student Union on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018.

LSU Student Government passes diversity training bill

By Joanna Clark I @front_row_jo February 28, 2020

Student Government recently amended its bylaws to include mandatory diversity training for the legislative and judicial branches. This bill was authored by University Center for Freshman Year Senator Revathi...

LSU Board of Supervisors met on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, to discuss higher education funding for the school year.

LSU Board of Supervisors announces AGB will begin study of University’s administrative structure

By Reveille Staff Report February 28, 2020

The LSU Board of Supervisors announced today that it has engaged the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges to conduct a study of the University's administrative structure.  The...

A squad car rests in the LSUPD station parking lot on Wednesday, January 11, 2016.

Students speak out against LSUPD’s alleged racial profiling, vague suspect descriptions in emails

By Caitie Zeilman February 28, 2020

Several people accused LSUPD of racial profiling in an email sent out to the student body on Thursday, Feb. 13. LSUPD asked students to help identify a suspect accused of theft at the Barnes and Nobles...

A recycling dumpster sits on LSU campus on Feb. 25, 2020.

LSU student films trash, recyclables being dumped into same garbage truck, Facility Services contacts contracted waste management companies

By Taylor Landry February 28, 2020

Updated Feb. 28, 11:00 p.m. A University student recorded a phone video of a waste management truck mixing garbage and recyclables at Nicholson Gateway on Feb. 14. Political science senior Robin-Renee...

Information systems and decision sciences student Clayton Fleetwood was arrested on Feb. 27 for allegedly breaking into Tiger Stadium and damaging the field.

Report: LSU student arrested, accused of breaking into Tiger Stadium, damaging field

By Reveille Staff Report February 28, 2020

An LSU student and Delta Chi fraternity member was arrested Thursday and accused of breaking into Tiger Stadium on two separate occasions and damaging the field with an ATV, according to the Advocate. Information...

Student Government hosts Pedestrian Safety Day on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 on Tower Drive, Baton Rouge.

LSU Student Government hosts first Pedestrian Safety Day, receives student feedback on unsafe areas

By Caitie Zeilman February 27, 2020

LSU Student Government hosted its first Pedestrian Safety Day on Thursday, Feb. 27, to remind students of the importance of remaining alert while walking or biking and to obtain feedback on how to improve...

In this July 14, 2017 file photo, visitors walk outside the main plantation house at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, La. The Whitney, which documents slavery at a pre-Civil War plantation near New Orleans, draws tens of thousands of visitors annually and is known for discussing topics that other tourist plantations ignore. Yet even its entry in the National Register, completed in 1992 before the current owner purchased it, doesn't mention the slaves who toiled there. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Report: United States ‘honor roll’ of historic places often ignores slavery

By Jay Reeves February 27, 2020

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places...

Frank Morris standing outside of his shoe shop.

LSU Facility Services employee reveals father’s history as Ku Klux Klan member, accomplice in infamous murder

By Lara Nicholson February 27, 2020

Facility Services workers at LSU are often seen but not heard. Students see them fixing lights, in dorm bathrooms cleaning showers or mowing the lawns outside. They keep the campus alive and functioning,...