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An LSUPD car sits parked on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, outside of the LSUPD building near Tiger Stadium on South Stadium Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

American Idol winner Laine Hardy arrested for allegedly bugging ex-girlfriend’s Azalea Hall dorm

By Reveille Staff Report April 29, 2022

“American Idol” winner Laine Hardy, a non-LSU student, was arrested on Friday after he was accused of bugging his ex-girlfriend’s dorm room in Azalea Hall, according to LSU spokesperson...

The LSU Library peeks through trees Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in the Quad.

Faculty Senate resolution calling for increased library spending passes unanimously

By Piper Hutchinson April 28, 2022

The LSU Faculty Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution aimed at increasing the university’s spending on the library by 6% annually until the budget resembles the average spending on college...

Multiple plates of cinnamon churros sit on a table Wednesday, April 27, 2022, during the Grateful for Spring event on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Sustainability event draws crowds of LSU students to eat plant-based foods and pet baby animals

By Corbin Ross April 28, 2022

Students petted baby goats, ate vegan foods and listened to music in celebration of sustainability on Wednesday. LSU dining hosted Grateful for Spring, an event meant to celebrate and promote plant-based,...

Tiger Prison Project

LSU prison reform organizations’ fight for criminal justice reform in Louisiana goes beyond campus

By John Buzbee April 28, 2022

Despite reforms in recent years, Louisiana continues to have some of the highest incarceration rates in the world, having more people in jail than any other democracy on Earth, according to a 2021 report...

Faculty Senate members sit as Senate President Mandi Lopez speaks at a meeting on Monday, April 25.

New leaders elected after contentious year in Faculty Senate

By Piper Hutchinson April 27, 2022

After a contentious year in the LSU Faculty Senate, new Senate leaders were elected on Monday at the body's last meeting of the semester. President Mandi Lopez, who decided not to seek re-election,...

LSU sophomore math major Harrison Gietz (left) and sophomore film and tv major Jackie Johnston (right) perform a song and dance on Saturday, April 23, 2022, outside of Coates Hall in the Quad in Baton Rouge, La.

Harry and Jackie: LSU’s only tap dance ukulele duo

By Xander Gennarelli April 26, 2022

Under an oak tree at the south end of the Quad, Harry's tap shoes flashed as Jackie's ukulele rang out. She started to sing, "Don't worry, be happy."Harry and Jackie are a duo of LSU students who have...

Protesters form up April 24, 2022 in protest against the Sri Lankan government's treatment of their country around free speech plaza on LSU's campus.

Sri Lankan students protest country’s government amid economic crisis in Free Speech Alley

By John Buzbee April 26, 2022

A Sri Lankan LSU student arranged a peaceful protest Sunday condemning the leadership of the Sri Lankan government and raising awareness for the country’s humanitarian crisis in Free Speech Alley.  Despite...

Governor John Bel Edwards addressed the community at University Lakes Restoration Project press conference.

Phase one updates to university lakes will begin this summer, bringing more pathways

By Xander Gennarelli April 26, 2022

Gov. John Bel Edwards met with Baton Rouge area leaders to discuss updates on the University Lakes Restoration Project Monday. Edwards announced that work to restore the six lakes around LSU campus will...

FILE - World War II veteran Johnnie Jones, Sr. poses for a portrait at his home in Baton Rouge, La., May 28, 2019. His goddaughter, Mada McDonald, tells WAFB-TV that Jones died on Saturday, April, 23, 2022, at a veterans' home in Jackson, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Johnnie Jones, Baton Rouge civil rights lawyer and WWII veteran, dies at 102

By The Associated Press April 24, 2022

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Johnnie A. Jones Sr., a Louisiana civil rights attorney and World War II veteran who was wounded during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, has died. Jones was 102 years old. Jones'...

Writing denotes the electric vehicle charging parking spaces on Sunday, April 17, 2022, in the South Quad Drive parking lot in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU expanding electric vehicle charging, battery efficiency research

By Domenic Purdy April 22, 2022

Despite increased availability of electric vehicles at cheaper prices, the LSU community hasn’t embraced the alternative to traditional vehicles. There are only 34 students, faculty, and staff members...

LSU students gather in the LSU Union to debate whether the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 on Monday, April 18.

Should the drinking age be lowered to 18? LSU students debate at BridgeUSA event

By Maddie Scott April 21, 2022

LSU students debated whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18 on Monday in the capital chamber room in the Student Union for BridgeLSU's first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic. BridgeLSU...

Sonya Milliman, a health advocate in Baton Rouge who has HIV, said her own virus levels were undetectable within three weeks after she began treatments.

Progress in lowering HIV infections in Louisiana during pandemic lowered, less access to treatments given

By Olivia C. Landry April 19, 2022

For decades, Louisiana was one of the worst states for HIV transmission, and in 2015, healthcare leaders created a plan to try to end the epidemic. As they expanded access to prevention tools, health services...