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Students face personal deficit amid TOPS cuts

By Lauren Heffker August 22, 2016

Having the highest number of TOPS-qualifying students in the state, the University is being hit the hardest with the reality that most of its student body will soon have to look elsewhere for tuition funds. The...

Donations from the University of South Carolina as they are unloaded on Saturday Aug. 20, 2016 from where they will go on to be destributed to flood victims.

Student leaders, Gamecocks donate after Baton Rouge flooding

By Sophia Landry August 22, 2016

Much of South Louisiana has been ravaged by flooding over the past week.  The downpour caused many Louisiana residents, including some University students, to lose everything they own.  On campus...

Emergency medical professionals and and the LSU police force provide supplies and shelter to the medical special needs shelter on Friday, August 19. 2016 at the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

Residential assistants assist in setting up special needs shelter on campus

By Natalie Anderson August 21, 2016

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals set up a medical needs shelter in the University’s Carl Maddox Fieldhouse on Sunday for refugees unable to receive medical attention from general...

Students and community members gathered at the Memorial Tower Monday, July 11, for a Unity Prayer following the weekend's Alton Sterling protests.

Students feeling scared, nervous about return to Baton Rouge after tumultuous summer

By Katie Gagliano and Lauren Heffker August 21, 2016

Baton Rouge residents weathered an array of emotions this summer — from disgust and outrage after the killings of Alton Sterling and three area law enforcement officers to heartbreak and devastation...

Students from Residential Life, the LSU Panhellenic Council, LSU Ambassadors and Student Government set up cots for Department of Health and Hospitals medical special needs shelter in the Field House on August 14, 2014.

LSU Fieldhouse opens to DHH staff, campus activities pushed back due to flood

By Staff Reports August 14, 2016

The LSU Fieldhouse opened to Department of Health and Hospitals staff to set up a medical special needs shelter at 1 p.m. Sunday, according to LSU Media Relations. The area is not currently open to patients....

CRIME BRIEFS: Teen arrested for taking State owned vehicle

July 20, 2016

Teen arrested for taking State owned vehicle On July 14, 19-year-old Joseph Guillory of Maringouin, LA was arrested by LSUPD and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, according to LSUPD spokesperson...

LSU Residential Life vice president Steve Waller was recently awarded the Parthenon Society Award, the profession's highest honor.

Res Life vice president earns prestigious national award

July 20, 2016

LSU Residential Life and Housing assistant vice president Steve Waller was recently granted one of on-campus housing’s most prestigious awards. On July 9, Waller was one of seven recipients of the...

The Common Water Hyacinth, also known as Eichhornia crassipes, is a highly invasive species that has been crowding Baton Rouge lakes.

Student volunteers to help residents beautify LSU Lakes

July 20, 2016

Several students will be working alongside Baton Rouge residents on Saturday to clean up the LSU Lakes. The students, coordinated through Volunteer LSU, will help residents who live near the lakes remove...

Tiger Stadium was lit up blue inside and out July 20, 2016 in memory of three slain Baton Rouge law enforcement officers.

More than 100 people gather on campus to mourn the loss of three local law enforcement officers

July 20, 2016

More than 100 people gathered outside Memorial Tower for the Forever Baton Rouge vigil Wednesday afternoon following the shooting deaths of three law enforcement officers Sunday. Student Government members,...

Jacob Seaman, right, graduated from the College of Engineering in May. He was found dead Tuesday, July 19, at University House-Baton Rouge.

Friends remember Jacob Seaman as smart, full of life

Recent University graduate Jacob Seaman died early Tuesday morning after he fell from the roof at University House-Baton Rouge. Seaman graduated from the College of Engineering in May and was planning...

UH Statement

Coroner identifies body from University House as graduate Jacob Seaman, death ruled accidental

By Katie Gagliano and Josh Thornton July 19, 2016

Baton Rouge Police responded to a call about a body found outside the University House-Baton Rouge apartment complex Tuesday morning. The body was identified as Jacob Seaman. 4:58 p.m. LSU Media Relations...

Authorities talk to the driver of a car near an area where several officers were shot while on duty less than a mile from police headquarters, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Mike Kunzelman)

LSU President sends out broadcast email, Emergency Operations Center activated

By Staff Reports July 17, 2016

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office released an update on the Baton Rouge law enforcement shooting, confirming three officers dead and three injured. The suspected shooter was killed, law enforcement...