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The Biological Engineering Student Organization (BESO) conducts its 38th annual sweet potato and rice sale the week before Thanksgiving.

BESO holds 38th annual sweet potato, rice sale, strengthens community ties

By Jacob Mathews November 28, 2019

The Biological Engineering Student Organization (BESO) held their annual potato & rice sale on the corner of S Stadium Dr. and Highland Rd. by the Ag Center Parking Lot to support their program. This...

Flooded rooms in Lockett are currently being cleaned

Breaking: Burst pipe in Lockett Hall basement renders classroom unusable for the week

By Reveille Staff Report November 25, 2019

A pipe burst in one of the basement classrooms in Lockett Hall on Monday, rendering the classroom unusable for the rest of the week. According to LSU Director of Media Relations Ernie Ballard, the water...

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

Over $725,000 in asbestos replacement, abatement needed in Woodin, Middleton, Engineer Quad Steam Tunnel

Several buildings on LSU’s campus have asbestos-contaminated areas, according to Facility Services’ deferred maintenance list. The list details the University’s maintenance projects,...

LSU Parking and Transportation Services provides a $55 round trip holiday transportation service for both the Thanksgiving and winter breaks. 

LSU organizations host tenth annual holiday transportation service for Thanksgiving, winter breaks

By Ana Block November 24, 2019

Don’t have a fortune to spend on airport transportation and parking during the holiday breaks? Student Government, Parking and Transportation Services and the LSU Family Association have you covered. These...

LSU freshman forward Trendon Watford (2) lays the ball in the basket during the Tigers' 77-50 victory over UMBC on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in the PMAC.

LSU basketball freshman forward Trendon Watford stays grounded through faith, family

By Kimsey Stewart |@ KimseyStewart November 22, 2019

Interdisciplinary studies freshman Trendon Watford received his first recruitment call the summer before he went into eighth grade. Several years later, he's now in his freshman year at the University...

Barber tools are set on the desk at the Dorm Room Kutz barbershop inside the Student Union on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Dorm Room Kutz: LSU barber independently operates on-campus barbershop

By Jacob Mathews November 22, 2019

The LSU Student Union is home to a plethora of useful destinations, one being the on-campus barbershop known as Dorm Room Kutz. Open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., it’s available to...

The Golden Band from Tigerland walks down Victory Hill on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.

Man behind the music: LSU band director adjusts to new role through hard work, connecting with students

By Rebecca Herin November 22, 2019

When the Louisiana State University Marching Band plays the iconic first four notes of the LSU “Pregame” before a football game, the crowd goes wild, but Kelvin Jones wants audiences to know...

Books they have published line the shelves of the LSU Press Office 

LSU Press, Louisiana’s largest press, is focused on publishing works that matter

By Julia-Claire Evans November 20, 2019

The largest press in the state of Louisiana is right here on LSU’s campus. The LSU Press is known for Pulitzer Prizes and publishing books from around the world, including John Kennedy Toole’s...

Mental illness education vital to prison reform at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

LSU professor speaks out against University’s prison inmate labor practices

By Anna Jones & Nick Frewin November 20, 2019

LSU has been using prison inmate labor for decades, although many students may not have ever spotted the well-hidden landscape staff. The inmates work in secluded areas and mainly on the weekends, said...

Move In Day, incoming students, Kalee, John, Nathan, Eliana, unload their belongings to move into their campus housing, on Wednesdsay, Aug, 17, 2016, in front of Annie Boyd Hall.

Annie Boyd Hall experiencing heating issues, multiple students left without heat since last week

By Joanna Clark November 20, 2019

Baby, it’s cold outside. And inside, if you are a student living in Annie Boyd Hall. Within the last week, multiple rooms in Annie Boyd Hall lost heat. The majority of the building is not affected,...

Biological sciences junior Aniko Nowakowski smiles next to her boyfriend, who she met after a hit-and-run incident on LSU's campus.

Happy ending: LSU student speaks about hit and run experience that connected her with her boyfriend

By Perla Rodriguez November 19, 2019

The LSU Crime Logs show the University has a large number of hit and runs reported to LSUPD every week. According to the October 2019 Crime Log, at least 23 hit-and-runs occurred in October alone. Hit...

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Former LSU student Matthew Naquin sentenced to serve two and a half years in prison for hazing death of Max Gruver

By Katherine Manuel November 19, 2019

Former University student and Phi Delta Theta fraternity member Matthew Naquin was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday in the September 2017 hazing death of freshman fraternity pledge Max Gruver. Louisiana...