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More out-of-state students are coming to LSU. What does that mean for the university?

The number of out-of-state students enrolling at LSU has been increasing each year — a recent trend among public universities nationwide. In September 2022, LSU announced the 7,367 enrolled...

The Reggie’s sign sits outside the bar on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, on Bob Pettit Blvd. in Baton Rouge, La.

Reggie’s Bar in Tigerland closes after Madison Brooks’ death—and a long history of controversy

By Claire Sullivan April 30, 2023

Reggie’s Bar in Tigerland has lost its liquor license after the death of LSU student Madison Brooks.One of Reggie’s owners, Darin Adams, who was responsible for the day-to-day operations of...

The band performs on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in the LSU Greek Amphitheater in Baton Rouge, La.

Student organization holds Denim Day concert to protest victim blaming for sexual assault survivors

By Corbin Ross April 30, 2023

Tigers Against Sexual Assault, a student advocacy group, held a concert Wednesday in support of Denim Day.  Denim Day was established to bring awareness to victim blaming after a high profile 1992...

The cover of “Gems of the Soul,” by Harry Wilson Patterson

How two cousins uncovered their grandpa’s lost poetry through LSU’s Hill Memorial Library

By Emily Bracher April 30, 2023

Two cousins had been looking for their grandpa’s poetry for 50 years. They found it hundreds of miles from home at the Hill Memorial Library at LSU.  The Wyatt Houston Day Collection of Poetry...

ATC Commissioner Ernest P. Legier Jr. speaks to press following the ruling concerning Reggie's Bar in Tigerland.

Reggie’s Bar in Tigerland will close under current owners, fined $15,000 after Madison Brooks’ death

By Gabby Jimenez & Claire Sullivan April 27, 2023

Reggie’s Bar in Tigerland will permanently shut its doors under the current ownership after a ruling from the Alcohol and Tobacco Control board commissioner on Thursday. One of the owners, Darin...

LSU students learn with Teaching Kitchen how to create meals

By William Brockhoff April 27, 2023

Teaching Kitchen is a monthly event where students can learn to make easy meals.  A chef shows students how to make that month's meal. Once the students finish preparing their meal, it is taken to...

Rep. Dodie Horton introduced the controversial bill banning discussion of gender identity.

Two anti-LGBTQ bills advance to Louisiana House floor despite large opposition turnout

By Claire Sullivan & Gabby Jimenez April 26, 2023

A bill that would ban classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation outside of school curriculum passed the House Committee on Education 7-5 on Wednesday. The proposal, House Bill 466...

Senate President Page Cortez supports raising the state’s spending cap to take greater advantage of large budget surpluses.

Resolution to raise Louisiana’s spending cap advances past Senate Finance Committee

By Molly Ryan April 26, 2023

BATON ROUGE–The Senate Finance Committee advanced a resolution Wednesday that would increase the state’s spending cap with a two-thirds majority vote of the Legislature. Senate Resolution 3,...

Innovate ticket heads Gigi Powers (left) and Anna Cate Strong (right) listen on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, during a Student Government judicial proceeding in the LSU Student Union on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU Student Government has its first all-female leadership lineup in history

By Claire Sullivan April 26, 2023

For the first time ever, all six branch heads of LSU's Student Government are women. Anna Cate Strong and Gigi Powers made history this month when they became LSU's first female duo to take the student...

FIA's Take Back the Night participants march for empowerment against sexual assault Monday, April 24, 2023, on Tower Dr. in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU community raises awareness of sexual violence issues in annual Take Back the Night event

By Lizzie Falcetti April 25, 2023

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the LSU and Baton Rouge community came together on Monday for Take Back the Night, an event aimed at raising awareness about safety issues and...

Riverbend Hall sits Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 at Nicholson Gateway Apartments on 2650 Nicholson Dr.

Two LSU students arrested in connection to shooting near Nicholson Gateway Apartments, university says

By Claire Sullivan April 25, 2023

Two LSU students were arrested in connection to a Sunday night shooting near Nicholson Gateway Apartments, according to an email from the Office of Communications and University Relations. One student...

Gubernatorial candidate and former State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson opens the town hall by speaking about himself on Monday, April 24, 2023, inside the French House on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shawn Wilson emphasizes bipartisan background in LSU talk

By Oliver Butcher, News Editor April 25, 2023

Democratic candidate for governor Shawn Wilson visited LSU on Monday for a town-hall style event sponsored by the LSU College Democrats. Wilson, who recently left his post as state transportation secretary,...