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An exterior photo of the Hope Medical Group for Women on Feb. 20, 2020, in Shreveport, La. The clinic is one of three in the state that provides abortions to women, and it is challenging a state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The Supreme Court is hearing the case on March 4. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

Future of LSU OB-GYN residency program up in the air with overturning of Roe v. Wade

By Allison Allsop & Maddie Scott July 16, 2022

Obstetrics and gynecology medical residents at LSU train at a Shreveport abortion clinic. Where those students will get critical training needed to complete their residencies is up in the air as Louisiana’s...

Todd Manuel during his open forum presentation on Wednesday. 

Todd Manuel selected as new Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights and Title IX

By Reveille Staff Report July 13, 2022

LSU announced Wednesday that Todd Manuel, director of Organizational Health & Diversity for Entergy, will serve as the first permanent Vice President of Inclusion, Civil Rights and Title IX.  "Todd...

Firearms are tools that were created for a concrete purpose, as part of an evolution of projectile launching mechanisms.

Baton Rouge launches host of programs aimed at gun violence as death toll rises

By Allison Allsop July 8, 2022

“One is one too many,” a phrase echoed by two officials as East Baton Rouge Parish prepares to have the second deadliest year on record. 2021 was the second year in a row for record-breaking...

Burnout marks at Top Golf near Siegen Lane, Baton Rouge. 

BRPD cracking down on car stunts, charges can lead to big penalties

By Allison Allsop @allisonallsop July 7, 2022

Baton Rouge has had multiple incidents of reckless driving in the last several months. The most prominent event happened after the Garth Brooks concert on April 30. A group of reckless drivers attracted...

The Edward J. Gay Apartments stand tall on Saturday, April 30, 2022, on Spruce Lane in Baton Rouge, La.

Certain LSU graduate students to have mandatory fees waived under new law

By Allison Allsop July 4, 2022

Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill into law that would create better transparency about stipend packages for certain graduate students. Act 664, signed by Edwards on the 18th, will go into effect...

Anti-abortion protestor (wearing backpack) argue with abortion-rights protestors at an abortion-rights protest at the Louisiana State Capitol on June 30,2022

‘It’s just the beginning’: abortion-rights protesters flood the governor’s gate during Thursday protest

Crowds of protesters took to the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol and the governor’s mansion Thursday night to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which immediately triggered a near-total...

A screenshot of Jordan Scroggins' GoFundMe page that sits at $1,349 in donations as of June 24, 2022.

LSU charged student $4,800 due to miscommunication, eventually awarded scholarship in recompense

By By Maddie Scott June 30, 2022

Jordan Scroggins was sitting in the living room of her Texas home when she received an email from the LSU financial aid office on June 6. It explained that a scholarship caused her tuition to exceed the...

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine vials sit in a Denver pharmacy on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

LSU to no longer require COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty and staff

By Piper Hutchinson June 30, 2022

LSU will no longer require students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  In an email sent to students Thursday, LSU President William F. Tate advised that LSU "strongly recommends"...

LSU professor nominated to National Council of the Humanities by Biden administration

LSU professor nominated to National Council of the Humanities by Biden administration

By Domenic Purdy June 27, 2022

Kathryn Matthew, the Doctor of Design Distinguished Fellow at the College of Art & Design, has been named part of the National Council on the Humanities by President Biden. Matthew joins the Council...

Abortion-rights supporters protest on the steps of the John Minor Wisdom United States of Appeals Fifth Circuit Building after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, in New Orleans, Friday, June 24, 2022. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Louisiana abortion ban temporarily lifted by New Orleans judge

By Reveille staff report June 27, 2022

A New Orleans based state district judge has temporarily lifted Louisiana's abortion ban.  Following a request for emergency relief from the state's trigger laws from the Hope Medical Group for Women,...

LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey coaches from the sidelines Saturday, March 19, 2022, during LSU’s 83-77 win against Jackson State in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on North Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Fifty Years of Title IX: How 37 Words Changed America

By Morgan Rogers June 26, 2022

Fifty years ago on June 23, President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments Act of 1972. He saw the legislation as a failed effort to end busing. He seemed to underestimate how large the impact...

Ethan Mott poses for a picture outside facility services. 

‘We want y’all to enjoy it like Disney World’: meet the man behind LSU’s stately oaks and broad magnolias

By Allison Allsop June 25, 2022

LSU’s beautiful live oaks, blooming flowers and roadways and sidewalks are all overseen by one person in LSU’s facility services.  Ethan Mott is the horticulture, concrete and project...