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The Christmas tree stands lit Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, outside the LSU Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU holds Holiday on Campus event to kickoff the winter season in Baton Rouge

By Sarah Walton December 6, 2024

With finals around the corner, LSU held its final celebration before the end of the semester to let students and staff know the holiday season has come to Baton Rouge. On Tuesday, LSU had its annual Holiday...

Drag Queen London Manchester points at a student at Geaux Diva Live Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at the LSU Student Union on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Happy Homecoming: LSU students celebrate Homecoming with week of events, football game

By Madison Pacelli October 14, 2024

Last week was Homecoming at LSU, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Tiger Stadium and providing members of the LSU community a chance to paint, dance and celebrate what makes them proud to be tigers. To...

The Camellia Hall sign sits in front of the building on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, on Campus Lake Lane at LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

‘These scooters should be banned’: Students react to scooter fire in Camellia Hall

By Quinn Marceaux October 11, 2024

Students were evacuated from Camellia Hall on Saturday afternoon after an electric scooter caught fire in a stairwell.At around 12:30 p.m., the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to reports of a fire...

LSU students wait in line for Chick-fil-A on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in the LSU Student Union on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

LSU turns to off-campus, alternative housing to lodge swelling number of freshmen students

By Gracelyn Farrar & Alayna Ford September 5, 2024

Hundreds of new students lodged by LSU Residential Life are being housed in alternative and non-university complexes to accommodate the university’s ever growing student enrollment figures. Between...

Evangeline Hall sits on Highland road on March 11, 2020.

LSU overpaid some R.A.’s up to $575 — and now wants the money back

By Maddie Scott May 23, 2024

LSU overpaid 14 residential assistants in the Horseshoe dormitories between $200 and $575 and is requiring them to pay back the money or work additional hours.  “After reviewing fall semester...

A decorative wood installation adorns the walls and ceiling on Aug. 23, 2021, of Azalea Hall on South Campus Drive.

LSU’s Greenhouse District: Everything you need to know about the new residence halls

By Kevin Doucette August 26, 2021

East campus looks a little different this semester, thanks to the newly constructed Azalea and Camellia Halls in what Residential Life calls the Greenhouse District. Marking the university’s largest...

LSU parents help move in on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 at the Pentagon Community on Dalrymple Dr. 

‘It’s a University-mandated monopoly’: LSU RAs speak out against working conditions

By Nick Frewin August 27, 2020

The University started the fall semester Tuesday, Aug. 25, and is expected to break last year’s record number of freshmen. University alumna and former residential assistant for the University, Kate...

South Hall sits in the Residential College Complex on LSU's Campus on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.

LSU to restrict upperclassmen from living in residence halls

By Caitie Zeilman March 8, 2020

Upperclassmen will no longer have the option to live in traditional residence halls, according to LSU Residential Life. The decision was made to accommodate new University requirements for first-year students,...

An ant hill grows outside Laville Honors House on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.

Smarty pants, smarty ants: LSU students discover common ant problem inside Laville Hall

By Taylor Landry January 25, 2020

LSU has required incoming freshmen to live on campus since fall 2018. However, many Laville Hall residents were unaware that ants get to live in the same dorm free of cost. Since the beginning of last...

Nicholson Gateway Apartments sits on a 28-acre site between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018.

LSU Nicholson Gateway water line broken

By Staff Reports February 19, 2019

LSU Residential Life reported a significant water line break at Nicholson Gateway apartments on Tuesday afternoon. They anticipate being without water for the next four hours. "We apologize for this inconvenience...

Nicholson Gateway Apartments sit between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.

LSU apartment hunting season in full swing

By Bailey Chauvin February 4, 2019

It’s that time of year again. On-campus apartment contracts become available on Feb. 1 and students must weight the benefits of living in an on-campus apartment versus an off-campus apartment.The...

South Hall sits in the Residential College Complex on LSU's Campus on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.

Residential colleges provide academic benefits

By Sophie Liberto January 29, 2019

Residential colleges are a popular choice among freshmen. There are many academic benefits to residential colleges, both in colleges across the world and here at the University .These benefits include...