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3 weeks ago | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
An LSU biochemistry senior is developing a groundbreaking breast cancer treatment that combines natural compounds with modified virus therapy, offering a targeted, less harmful alternative to traditional methods. Danielle Gipson's interest in cancer research grew after watching her great aunt battle cancer. "I started to see not only the physical ailments but also the sociological factors and the health disparities that affected her diagnosis," Gipson said.
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1 month ago | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
Just outside LSU's Chemical Engineering Building stands a rusted sugar kettle - a heavy, iron relic of Louisiana's agricultural past. For decades, a historical marker nearby has claimed the kettle once belonged to Etienne de Boré, the Creole French planter credited with first granulating sugar in Louisiana. But according to LSU doctoral candidate and historian Logan Istre, that story is more myth than fact. "I was doing a conference paper for the Louisiana Historical Association," Istre said.
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1 month ago | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
The Student Government presidential and vice presidential debate on Tuesday showcased the candidates' perspectives on key issues such as accountability, sustainable changes and internal reform. Candidates began by introducing themselves and why they were running for office.
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2 months ago | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
Protesters gathered at Free Speech Alley Friday calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The demonstrators, organized by LSU's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, chanted and delivered speeches condemning Khalil's detention as an assault on free speech and student activism.
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2 months ago | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
LSU's chapter of BridgeUSA hosted a discussion Tuesday night at the French House, analyzing the Trump administration's first month in office through open dialogue. Hoping to ease political polarization, BridgeUSA is focused on bringing together students from across the political spectrum together for structured conversations on current events.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are set to take full effect next month, and an expert at LSU is expecting raised prices on housing, vehicles and essential goods. While framed as a tool to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl, the primary function of a tariff is economic. Tariffs impose a tax on imported goods at the border, raising costs for foreign producers and potentially for American consumers.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
This is part of a Reveille series on the candidates running for Louisiana State Senate District 14. For Carolyn Hill, click here. For Larry Selders, click here. Democrat Quentin Anderson wants to rewrite the playbook for Louisiana politics, trading big-money influence for accessibility and meaningful progress. The District 14 State Senate candidate, a policy advocate and an LSU and Louisiana Tech alumnus, aims to address issues like education, public transit and economic inequity.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
LSU law students gathered on the steps of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center on Tuesday to protest for the reinstatement of Professor Ken Levy after his suspension for comments made in class. In mid-January, Levy, a tenured criminal law professor, was removed from his teaching duties after reportedly expressing political views in class.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
A team of researchers collected soil samples from LSU's Campus Mounds Monday to conduct dating tests that could resolve the long-standing debate about their age. The project employs optically stimulated luminescence, a method never before used on the mounds, to determine when grains of sand were last exposed to sunlight.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Aidan Anthaume
PETA is sending vegan chocolates to LSU's Student Government after it unanimously passed a resolution opposing the appearance of live tigers at football games. The resolution, passed on Wednesday, came after live tiger Omar Bradley was paraded on the sidelines of Tiger Stadium before a devastating loss to archrival Alabama. PETA's Klayton Rutherford, the associate director of captive wildlife research, issued a statement applauding LSU students and criticizing Gov.
