Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

News

Water drips from a hole in the ceiling Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, inside Patrick F. Taylor Hall on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

North side of Patrick F. Taylor Hall temporarily closed for repair

By Cross Harris January 18, 2024

LSU announced Thursday night the north side of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, including Panera Bread, would close temporarily for repairs following a burst pipe which wrought havoc Wednesday afternoon.  The...

At least six websites across LSU's colleges and campuses have removed diversity language and content, all within the same, few-week period.

Several LSU schools scrub diversity content within same few weeks; here’s what we know

Across its colleges and campuses, LSU has scrubbed the word “diversity” from much of its online vocabulary in recent weeks.At least six websites removed the word and related content, coinciding...

Maintenance workers vacuum up water Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, inside Patrick F. Taylor Hall on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Flooding at Patrick F. Taylor Hall displaces students and damages equipment

By Conner Reinwald January 17, 2024

Patrick F. Taylor Hall began flooding Wednesday afternoon after an HVAC system’s coil is suspected to have burst on the fourth floor, according to Executive Director of Facility and Property Oversight...

Mitchell Provensal presents in front of an audience Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, at the Baton Rouge Library in Baton Rouge, La.

Urban gardening with Baton Roots at the Baton Rouge Library

By Sarah Walton January 17, 2024

Standing before the Baton Rouge Botanic Garden Foundation's members with pants tucked into his rain-boots, a "Baton Roots" shirt and a button-down was Mitchell Provensal. Provensal, the senior program...

Icicles cover a dead tree Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, during a freeze in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU delays class Wednesday as icy conditions persist

By Cross Harris January 16, 2024

LSU administration sent a mass email Tuesday night saying school on Wednesday would be delayed until 12:30 p.m. due to "winter weather conditions." "All classes and activities scheduled to begin prior...

An LSU bus drives down the street on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, on South Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Ride or Die: Garden District bus route on notice once again

By Cross Harris January 16, 2024

LSU’s Garden District bus route has for the last six months faced an on-again, off-again existential crisis. On one hand, Parking and Transportation Services, the department that runs Tiger...

Frozen tree branches surround the entrance on Feb. 15, 2021 of the West Campus Apartments.

LSU campus closes on first day of classes because of winter weather

By Oliver Butcher & Cross Harris January 15, 2024

LSU, the University Lab School, LSU Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool and the Law Center will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 16 due to the forecast of winter weather and icy conditions according...

Pharoah Johnson III discusses his animals to a crowd at the LSU Museum of Art Sunday, Jan.7, 2024 in Baton Rouge, La.

Petting tortoises and snakes at the LSU Museum of Art

By Connor Reinwald January 9, 2024

The LSU Museum of Art is regularly home to a collection of avante-garde artworks, but Sunday it may have hosted its most unconventional exhibit yet. Two African spurred tortoises, an African parrot, an...

Manship School Dean Kimberly Bissell works on her laptop on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, inside her office in the Journalism Building on LSU's campus.

LSU Manship dean says racism series will ‘absolutely’ return online, but it’s not clear when

By Claire Sullivan January 9, 2024

The dean of LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication told faculty Monday evening that a video series on racism removed from the college’s website and YouTube would not be “permanently”...

A transgender Pride flag is covered with the words “Hands Off Trans Youth.” Hundreds of people gathered Friday, March 31, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New Orleans for a march to mark Transgender Day of Visibility.

Transgender youth sue Louisiana over gender affirming health care ban

By Piper Hutchinson January 8, 2024

Read the Louisiana Illuminator's orginal reporting here. Five transgender youth and their families have sued Louisiana over a ban on gender affirming health care.  The lawsuit was filed Monday in...

A student watches her step in the rain Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in the LSU Quad in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU to close this afternoon due to severe weather

By Claire Sullivan January 8, 2024

LSU will close at 12:30 p.m. Monday due to severe weather forecasted to impact the area, according to a campus-wide email. This closure includes the law school. LSU Vet students and staff will receive...

Gov.-elect Jeff Landry speaks Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, on the Capitol steps during his inauguration ceremony the day prior to officially becoming governor in Baton Rouge, La.

Jeff Landry is inaugurated as Louisiana’s 57th governor

By Claire Sullivan January 7, 2024

Jeff Landry, a conservative Republican who has served as Louisiana’s attorney general for the past eight years, was inaugurated as the state’s 57th governor Sunday. He officially takes power...