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The LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is located on Skip Bertman Drive & River Road, Baton Rouge on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Report: LSU defends laboratory animal mistreatment claims

By Reveille Staff Report April 7, 2022

LSU self-reported to the National Institute of Health that its researchers violated animal welfare guidelines 11 times between 2018 and 2021. An animal rights group said the university failed to meet standard...

Edmund Kirby Smith Hall sits Wednesday, March 30, 2022, on Aster Street at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

LSU will demolish Kirby Smith using disassembling method instead of controlled implosion

By Chandler McIntosh April 7, 2022

LSU will demolish Kirby Smith Hall in June using a top-down disassembling method instead of a controlled implosion like previously planned, according to Roger Husser, assistant vice president of LSU...

In close race, EVOLVE wins spring 2022 Student Government campaign, most Senate seats

In close race, EVOLVE wins spring 2022 Student Government campaign, most Senate seats

By Corbin Ross April 6, 2022

Political communication junior Lizzie Shaw and psychology junior Nick St. Mary won the 2022 Student Government race for student body president and vice president Monday in a close race. Shaw will be the...

People line up outside of the John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum Friday, April 1, 2022, on LSU Avenue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

AgMagic, an interactive children’s event, returns to the LSU AgCenter after a two-year hiatus

By Chandler McIntosh April 5, 2022

The LSU AgCenter invited children in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas to experience AgMagic, a Louisiana agricultural-focused event, after a two-year hiatus.According to the AgCenter website, AgMagic...

LSU student government Evolve presidential candidate Lizzie Shaw speaks Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Student Government debate in the Journalism Building on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, LA.

EVOLVE campaign wins 2022 Student Government election

By Corbin Ross April 4, 2022

The EVOLVE ticket, headed by presidential candidate Lizzie Shaw and vice presidential candidate Nick St. Mary, won the 2022 spring student-body presidential election.  "I'm so excited to put into...

Members of the Social Workers Advocating for Equality club set up a table Friday March 25 in Free Speech Alley in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU students discuss LGBTQ women’s issues and campus safety during Women’s History Month table-sit

By Alexa Hatten April 3, 2022

Members of the Social Workers Advocating for Equality club set up a table March 25 in Free Speech Alley to encourage students to engage in conversation about LGBTQ women’s issues as part of Women’s...

A placard titled “Cadets of the Civil War” resides in the William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum. It honors 18 LSU alumni who “lost their lives in the war between the states and are honored for their dedicated service.”

Students bring attention to displays honoring Confederate soldiers, segregationist at LSU museum

By Maddie Scott April 3, 2022

LSU College Democrats released a statement March 11 demanding the removal of what they believe are two “incomplete and racist exhibits” residing in the William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum.  One...

LSU Faculty Senate President Mandi Lopez makes her opening remarks on Thursday, March 24, 2022, inside the LSU Law Center on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Explainer: What is the Faculty Council and how are they raising legal concerns?

By Piper Hutchinson April 3, 2022

LSU faculty governance has an open meetings law problem stretching back 50 years. One of the biggest obstacles to compliance is the structure of the Faculty Council itself. But what exactly is the...

Hodges Hall stands tall on Friday, April 1, 2022, on Field House Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU students respond to former French chair’s continued teaching amid Title IX investigation

By Domenic Purdy April 2, 2022

On Oct. 18, a single phrase rang through the march in action, where students protested the mishandling of a sexual assault case at the hands of LSU’s French Studies Department: “Dr. Russo’s...

A sticker belonging to the far-right white supremacist group Patriot Front spotted near the Union. 

White supremacist hate group stickers spotted around LSU campus

By Josh Archote April 2, 2022

LSU students have spotted stickers belonging to the far-right, white supremacist hate group Patriot Front in several locations around campus.  A Black LSU student who spoke on condition of anonymity...

Edmund Kirby Smith Hall sits Wednesday, March 30, 2022, on Aster Street at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A piece of the past: LSU Res Life selling commemorative bricks from Kirby Smith Hall

By Chandler McIntosh April 2, 2022

LSU Residential Life is offering students and alumni a chance to keep a piece of the past by purchasing a brick from Kirby Smith Hall before its demolition in June.   The 57-year-old hall, which...

Gov. John Bel Edwards was joined by members of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus at a press conference after his veto was overridden.

Legislature overrides governor’s veto of congressional redistricting maps

By Piper Hutchinson April 1, 2022

Both chambers of the Legislature voted Wednesday to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of congressional maps that did not include a second majority Black district. The House voted 72-31, with all...