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LSU students have spotted stickers belonging to the far-right, white supremacist hate group Patriot Front in several locations around campus.

LSU President William Tate IV told the Reveille Nov. 23 that he wouldn’t have formed the university’s Building Renaming Committee, the 16-person group created in June 2020 by LSU under

Since the onset of the semester, controversy has surrounded LSUs mask and vaccine mandates. Students have voiced their frustration on Facebook, Twitter, YikYak and other social media platforms, and their

The student body at LSU has become more diverse in recent years, with the share of non-white students increasing and growing closer to reflecting Louisianas demographics. But what about students

With LSU’s first home game just weeks away but COVID surging throughout the state, some students are questioning whether they’ll have a normal semester where they can enjoy the true

Faculty at Louisiana State University overwhelmingly want one thing when students return in August: mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. But under a proposed

Despite widespread support from faculty at LSU to require students to be vaccinated, GOP lawmakers are close to passing a bill prohibiting publicly-funded agencies from mandating vaccines. Gov. John Bel Edwards has not said whether he’ll sign the bill.

COVID-19 and LSU There were 1,562 COVID-19 cases in the fall and 693 in the spring semester, according to the COVID-19 Reporting Dashboard. In the spring, the University administered over 10,000 COVID-19 tests. Since March 2020, the University reported that 6,478 students and 3,488 employees said they received vaccines. The University began administering vaccines in March at Tiger Stadium. The state supplied LSU with Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Galligan announced in April that LSU could not req...

The head of Louisiana’s House Education Committee introduced a bill that would make it illegal to teach about systemic racism and sexism at Louisiana universities and K-12 schools that receive state funds. The bill was presented April 2 for the upcoming Louisiana Legislature’s 2021 regular session by Rep. Ray Garofalo and is pending in the House Education Committee. It would prevent universities and K-12 schools that receive state funds from teaching “that either the United State...

With the end of the spring semester fast approaching, LSU’s Student Government is voting on bills, hosting end of year events to get excited about new initiatives and celebrate the end of a school year unlike any other. LSU’s SG Senate will vote on a bill to increase student workers’ pay to $15 per hour instead of $7.25 per hour. Senate Speaker Marina Cole said the bill is non-binding, so if it passes at the Senates meeting on Wednesday, April 7, the administration will decide wh...