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Nov 14, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
The LSU Student Senate passed a resolution Wednesday evening urging LSU to prohibit all live tigers from entering Tiger Stadium. The resolution, authored by Speaker Pro Tempore Ethan Elmer, a computer science junior, and co-sponsored by 14 other senators, passed unanimously and is to be sent to LSU President William F. Tate IV, LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodward and Gov. Jeff Landry among others.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Jacob Chastant |Oliver Butcher |Courtney Bell
Americans will head to the polls this Tuesday to vote in the 2024 election, deciding on a multitude of local and statewide contests as well as the race for president of the United States. Here is what the LSU community needs to know about the election. To vote on Election Day, a person must first be registered to vote in the state and municipality in which they reside.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
LSU will close its campus Wednesday, April 10 and move classes online due to forecasted severe weather. Announced via an email to the LSU community Tuesday evening, faculty are expected to hold classes "remotely or in an asynchronous format" and communicate to students on any changes to class. Residence halls will remain open, and dining halls will update students on meal availability throughout the day.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher |Aidan Anthaume
The LSU Student Government Election Commission postponed announcing voting results Wednesday following confusion and disagreement over the election code. "There is a piece of the code that can be interpreted in two different ways," said Election Commission Chair Kennedy Dorr, "and we are waiting for a better answer on what they meant."The delay comes amid a slew of unresolved judicial complaints filed by the Empower and Energize campaigns. The phenomenon is common to SG elections.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
LSU suspended the Theta Xi fraternity from campus after three members received criminal citations for violating Louisiana's anti-hazing laws. The fraternity is suspended from LSU's campus for three years and was forced to vacate their house at the end of last month, according to a letter sent by university officials in December.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
Atkinson Hall on LSU's Baton Rouge campus closed Tuesday afternoon following a sewage backup affecting building's pipes, according to LSU Executive Director of Facility and Property Oversight Tammy Millican. Staff and students were evacuated following reports of a foul odor within the building. Facility services has responded to the scene and are working on clearing the backup and sanitizing the area. There is no current estimate for when the hall will reopen.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Claire Sullivan |Oliver Butcher
Across its colleges and campuses, LSU has scrubbed the word "diversity" from much of its online vocabulary in recent weeks. At least six websites removed the word and related content, coinciding with LSU swapping "inclusion" for "engagement" in the name of what is now the Division of Engagement, Civil Rights and Title IX. President William F. Tate IV announced this "central and unifying theme" of "engagement" to campus in an email in early January.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
LSU, the University Lab School, LSU Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool and the Law Center will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 16 due to the forecast of winter weather and icy conditions according a mass email sent by the LSU administration. Residence Halls, campus apartments, and dining halls will not be affected by the closure, according to the email, and will offer updates on their respective social media and websites if circumstances change.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
Newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson is the first speaker from Louisiana and the first LSU alumnus in history to claim the speakership. Johnson, who represents Louisiana's fourth congressional district, graduated from the E.J. Ourso College of Business with a degree in business administration in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from the LSU Law Center in 1998.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
lsureveille.com | Oliver Butcher
At around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Allen, Stubbs, Dodson and Prescott halls experienced a power outage according to LSU Executive Director of Facility and Property Oversight Tammy Millican. High voltage workers are on the scene and are investigating the cause of the outage, Millican said.
