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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...

A screenshot from the Manship School of Mass Communication YouTube page on Friday, Jan. 5, 2023, says "20 unavailable videos are hidden" under the playlist housing the "Racism: Dismantling the System" series.

LSU series on racism removed from website, YouTube

By Claire Sullivan January 5, 2024

LSU has removed a series called “Racism: Dismantling the System” from its website and YouTube.  The Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs, housed in the Manship School of Mass Communication,...

LSU president William Tate gives the opening talk Wednesday, April 19, 2023, during LSU Day at the Capitol at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU drops ‘inclusion’ from division name, will give out ‘engagement’ awards

By Claire Sullivan January 5, 2024

A new year brings a new focus word for LSU: engagement.  LSU President William F. Tate IV announced Friday that the university would offer monetary awards incentivizing "engagement" for students,...

Memorial Tower sits past the buildings and trees on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, near Lockett Hall in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU freshman killed in Washington, D.C., shooting: report

By Reveille Staff Report January 3, 2024

An LSU freshman was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., early on New Year's Day, according to local media reports. City police say Ashlei Hinds, an 18-year-old from Clinton, Maryland, was shot after 1...

From left, Rev. Dr. Gregory Eason, First Lady Linda Eason, Cheryl Lowery, Deitra Johnson, Sgt. James Hall and a student from Clark Atlanta University at a student voter registration event in Atlanta.

What voter-engagement lessons Georgia might teach other Southern states

Part 2 of a two-part series Rev. Timothy McDonald, the pastor at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, remembers being approached in a grocery store parking lot ahead of the fall 2022 elections.  The...

Democrat Shawn Wilson shakes hands with Rev. Leo D. Cyrus of New Hope Baptist Church after a service.

Why did Black voters, Democrats have low turnout in Louisiana’s fall elections?

Part 1 of a two-part series BATON ROUGE — In an important election year — featuring races for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and several local...

Ice-covered trees stand on Feb. 15, 2021 near the entrance to Cypress Hall.

Raising Cane’s River Center offers ice skating through end of year

By Sarah Walton December 27, 2023

The holiday jingle "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams filled an ice rink of families, partners and friends in the holiday spirit. From young children to grandparents, everyone...