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A man on his phone stops short before crossing Tower Drive on March 23, 2023, on LSU's campus.

Social media connects students, but many can’t unplug: ‘It’s very addicting’

By Cross Harris March 26, 2023

Take a look around LSU’s campus on any given day at any given time, and you’ll see students walking to class, sitting on benches, sprawled out on the grass in the shade. Look closer, and you’ll...

Sister Cindy preaches to LSU students on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Free Speech Alley in Baton Rouge, La.

The making of ‘Sister Cindy’: The viral evangelical preacher returns to LSU

By Cross Harris March 24, 2023

Editor's note: This article contains language some readers may find offensive. When Sister Cindy comes to campus, she draws a crowd.  So it was last Tuesday, March 21, through Thursday, March 23,...

Students stroll and sit Monday, Feb. 13, throughout the LSU Quad in Baton Rouge, La.

Faculty Senate passes resolution calling for syllabi to outline time for grading, email responses

By Oliver Butcher March 24, 2023

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution Wednesday calling on professors to outline in their syllabi how long it will take them to grade coursework and respond to emails, delivering a change long requested...

From left to right Gregory Kallenberg with the Rational Middle; Ipsita Gupta, assistant Professor with LSU Petroleum Engineering; and Lee Stockwell, general manager of U.S. Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage with Shell, speaking at the Shell Energy Symposium on Sept. 8, 2022. 

LSU energy institute backed by $25 million Shell donation approved by Board of Regents

By Oliver Butcher March 24, 2023

A new energy institute at LSU, backed by $25 million from Shell, was approved unanimously by the Board of Regents on Wednesday.The Institute for Energy Innovation falls under one of LSU William F. Tate’s...

The LSU Title IX Office sits Jan. 25, 2022, in 118 Himes Hall.

Louisiana campus sexual violence report provides more questions than answers

By Greg LaRose March 23, 2023

Note: Click here to view the Louisiana Illuminator's original reporting. A state senator who’s called for greater accountability from Louisiana colleges about sexual misconduct on campuses isn’t...

A Mardi Gras Indian of the Red Cheyenne tribe dances with a decorative rifle on Super Sunday, March 19, 2023, in A.L. Davis Park in New Orleans, La.

Mardi Gras Indians celebrate Super Sunday: ‘Today, we challenge each other with our art’

By Cross Harris March 23, 2023

On Super Sunday, March 19, the Mardi Gras Indians took to the streets. In costumes weighing hundreds of pounds, built from great profusions of feathers and beads, the tribes faced off to see who was the...

Candace Owens looks out on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

Candace Owens draws crowd at LSU for talk on feminism, family and more

By Lizzie Falcetti March 22, 2023

A jam-packed audience filled the LSU Student Union Theater on Tuesday to hear from conservative political commentator Candace Owens.  Before Owens stepped on stage, the audience roared with applause...

Neon signs light the French Quarter's Bourbon Street at dusk on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in New Orleans, La. Kirsten Stimmel's father, Carl Stimmel, played gigs as a drummer in the Quarter during the 1950's.

A departed father’s final trip to New Orleans: ‘He always loved the city’

By Cross Harris March 20, 2023

Mardi Gras was hot this year. The afternoon sun beat down on the French Quarter's iron balconies, casting shadows on the celebration below. In the beer- and sweat-soaked streets, crowds of shining people...

LSU President William F. Tate IV conducts interviews March 13 prior to the departure of the Scholarship First bus tour.

A year in review: President Tate tours the state for anniversary of his ‘scholarship first’ agenda

By Oliver Butcher March 20, 2023

LSU President William F. Tate IV hopped on a large purple bus on Monday for a 1,000-mile journey of the state.Tate’s four-day trip, which spanned from New Orleans to Monroe, from crawfishing to surveying...

Conservative commentator Candace Owens speaks at the Convention of the Right, in Paris on Sept. 28, 2019.

Controversial conservative commentator Candace Owens to speak at LSU

By Reveille Staff Report March 19, 2023

Candace Owens, a prominent, controversial conservative commentator, will speak at LSU on Tuesday. Owens's talk will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, in the LSU Student Union Theatre as part of Turning...

Davante Lewis, Jay Dardenne, Shawn Wilson and Laurie White Adams held the position of student body president before they held elected office.

Before they were state leaders, they were student leaders

By Piper Hutchinson March 19, 2023

Shawn Wilson has been building bridges since his college days.  Wilson, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development who’s now the sole Democrat in the race...

Clouds cover the sky above the Louisiana State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2023, near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU faculty, administration respond to tenure attacks: ‘Leaders in the state have shown no backbone’

By Oliver Butcher March 19, 2023

Tenure in Louisiana has faced attacks from the state house, prompting concerns from some professors.Academic tenure, which all but guarantees job security for professors that have completed certain educational...