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Memorial Tower sits behind David Boyd Hall Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on LSU's campus.

University mask mandate will end next week, classes returning to campus

By Reveille Staff Report February 10, 2022

LSU's mask mandate will end and all classes will return to their normal delivery modality as listed in the course catalog beginning Monday, Feb. 14, the university announced Thursday. Omicron-fueled COVID-19...

The unstolen Civil War sword that was beside the WWI sword at the time of the theft in Himes Hall.

Ancient coins, swords, bayonets: LSU history profs report stolen historical items from Himes Hall

By John Buzbee February 9, 2022

From Roman coins, bayonets and, most recently, a World War I cavalry sword, LSU history professors have reported multiple thefts of historical items this semester and last from Himes Hall.  A WWI...

State Rep. Kenny Cox, D-Natchitoches, a decorated Army vet, pleaded with lawmakers Monday not to move his majority-minority district to New Orleans.

Black lawmaker condemns plan to eliminate his district: ‘I’ve been to war… but this bothers me more’

By Margaret DeLaney and Piper Hutchinson February 8, 2022

BATON ROUGE–A majority Black district in northwest Louisiana looks like the first major casualty in the redistricting special session. Under a plan by Republican leaders, House District 23, represented...

A newly renovated booth sits Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022, amid water leakage concerns in William B. Hatcher Hall.

HVAC failures rendered communications sciences equipment useless, halted operations for months

By Domenic Purdy February 8, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

The Pentagon sits Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, on Dalrymple Drive.

Built in 1923, Pentagon dorms showing their age with hot water breakages, bug problems

By Maddie Scott February 7, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

A breakdown of LSU’s deferred maintenance needs compared to eight Louisiana universities

A breakdown of LSU’s deferred maintenance needs compared to eight Louisiana universities

By Piper Hutchinson February 6, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

LSU students walk through the Quad Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on LSU's campus.

Blue-light alarms, fundraising, pressure on admin: sexual assault activists make plans for spring

By Corbin Ross February 5, 2022

Sexual assault activist groups are making plans for the new semester, including establishing an advisory council for power-based violence, a blue light alarm system around campus, further fundraising for...

Three student government campaigns faced off in the 2021 SG debate on March 22, 2021.

LSU students voted at highest rate in SG elections in spring 2021. Will the trend continue?

By John Buzbee February 5, 2022

LSU students voted at some of the highest rates in Student Government elections last spring. Despite the progress, voter turnout remains significantly low among students.  Just over 5,200 students,...

Hank Klibanoff, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and director of the Georgia Cold Case Project at Emory University, is one of the four nominees for the records board.

Thanks to a group of high school students, more FBI files on Klan violence could be released

Aditya Shah was a junior at Hightstown High School in New Jersey in 2015 when he and his AP Government and Politics classmates began studying cold cases involving Ku Klux Klan murders in the South. Out...

The “Push to Open” button shines in the sun on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, at the entrance to Camellia Hall on Campus Lake Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Faulty elevators, cracked sidewalks and lack of accessibility frustrate disabled LSU students

By Maddie Scott February 3, 2022

Note: Louisiana legislators will decide what to do with a significant surplus of cash available to the state in the next legislative session in March. Ahead of the session, The Reveille is dedicating a...

This image obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request shows a text message to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, informing him of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Police told Edwards that troopers engaged in “a violent, lengthy struggle” that ended with the Black motorist’s death. The Democrat remained publicly quiet as police clung to a much different story: that Greene died from a crash following a high-speed chase. What the governor knew and when have become questions in the federal investigation of Greene's death. (AP Photo)

Gov. John Bel Edwards denies he delayed probe in deadly arrest

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards defiantly denied Tuesday that he delayed or interfered with investigations into the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene — and for the...

Baton Rouge firefighters respond to a large apartment fire at the Bradshaw Apartment Homes Friday night. 

Four LSU students impacted by Bradshaw Apartment fire; 12 residents displaced

By Piper Hutchinson February 1, 2022

Shortly after midnight on Jan. 21, Charles Desobry was woken up by the sound of firetrucks and shouting outside his open window. Living near a college campus, he was used to late night party crowds, and...