The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution declares “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
The journey toward civil rights for all Americans winds its way through rural courthouses and bus stations, southern schools and jail cells, and churches that organized a courageous movement that ended segregation.
For many, the term student-athlete is an oxymoron, but LSU freshman basketball guard Raigyne Moncrief does not subscribe to that stereotype. By Tyler Nunez
While the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has nearly completed its $11 million renovations, one recent addition is drawing the negative attention of some passengers. By Joey Groner
Brewers Bash will feature specialty beers from the nine breweries, Irish pub food and a chance for guests to meet brewery owners and staff. The national Brewers Association states that Louisiana ranks second to last in breweries per capita. By Annie Ourso | LSU Student
College seniors with prospective degrees in technology and engineering have heard they are heading into a hot job market. But the prospects for LSU students who are seeking other degrees are not always as clear. By S. Renee Barrow
Drivers passing through Jackson, La., on Highway 10 might think it's just another small, southern town between them and their destinations, but smack in the heart of it is a mental health facility more 150 years old and housed thousands of patients.
Hidden in a warehouse on LSU's campus, securely tucked behind a cluster of plain, white buildings, a group of mechanically inclined students toil away on a project they describe as "their life." By Jonathan Olivier
For Jinx Broussard, becoming the first African-American graduate in journalism at LSU was difficult. Although Broussard did not always feel welcome at LSU, she was not one to retreat from a challenge. By Lauren Myers
More than 5,400 students, nearly 22 percent of undergraduates at Louisiana State University, are members of fraternities and sororities. Administrators in the Greek Life and Student Life offices say the LSU Greek system is integrated – and it is, technically. By Amy Whitehead
The woman known for winning a First Amendment Supreme Court case when she was 13 years old underscored to LSU students Monday that young people are perfectly molded to stand up for their rights and take action. By Andrea Gallo
Though technology fundamentally has changed the way information is distributed, quality content it is still most important, according to members of a panel of experts who pondered the future of news. By Olivia McClure
Journalism means something different today, in an age of partiality and pre-conceived notions, and the news media need return to the "basic notions" that made American journalism great, Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Bernstein told Manship School students. By Jonathan Olivier
If Eric Fasbender is doing his job, fans will never notice. Yet thousands of LSU Tiger fans admire his handiwork every Saturday at Tiger Stadium. His department makes certain all Tiger athletic fields are pristine. By Lauren Myers
Words don't have to use a traditional narrative form to tell stories, and Lesley Dill attempts to prove this in most of her multi-media art. The visual artist brought examples of this language to the LSU Museum of Art. By Austen Krantz
Being closer to nature, relishing the wonders of the woods, or simply getting away from it all are easy goals to achieve when on a good hiking trail. Five hikes have been singled out as the best. By Jonathan Olivier
A new materials science and engineering graduate certificate program at LSU is designed to give students an interdisciplinary edge in academics and careers. Instead of earning a master's degree, one receives a certificate. By Olivia McClure
The IRIS Domestic Violence Center of Baton Rouge says the city has experienced at least five victims of fatal domestic violence since September 2012. More than 100 people came together to remember abuse victims Sunday night. By Wilborn Nobles III
Two former sweatshop workers are urging LSU students to organize in opposition to the use of sweatshop labor to make athletic logo wearing apparel for universities. By Gordon Brillon
Overall, the number of on-campus crimes committed at LSU and Southern University did not increase significantly in 2012, according to the universities' annual security reports. Law enforcement officials at the two Baton Rouge campuses cite better student awareness as the primary reason. By Olivia McClure
A ring of armored women roared in support of their classmate while she battled against a would-be attacker during the fall session of the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) program on the LSU campus. By Christian Rachal
An outdoor outreach program, called BREC Out, offers at-risk youth in East Baton Rouge Parish schools that may need help academically the chance to participate in outdoor-oriented team building activities in class and on field trips. By Jonathan Olivier
After nearly half a century at LSU, College of Agriculture Dean Kenneth Koonce retires Oct. 7 and will be replaced by Vice President for Agriculture Bill Richardson, reuniting the LSU Ag Center's research and extension with the college's academic program. By Olivia McClure
Newly installed equipment at the LSU Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) will allow for more in-depth cancer research that focuses on using x-rays to target malignant cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. By Jonathan Olivier
LSU Tiger fans will have something new to cheer come March 2014 when the LSU sand volleyball team joins the 20 existing varsity Tiger sports. By Lauren Myers
State and federal officials are preparing to make a decision at the beginning of 2014 to remove the Louisiana black bear as a threatened subspecies under the Endangered Species Act. By Jonathan Olivier
The LSU AgCenter and the University's separate dairy programs will consolidate, causing some operations at the campus dairy farm on Gourrier Avenue in Baton Rouge to scale down and move to the AgCenter's Southeast Research Station in Franklinton, La. By Olivia McClure
According to a 2012 study by the Center of Disease Control, 34.7 percent of adult residents of Louisiana have a body mass index above 30, classifying them as obese. Baton Rouge Health and Fitness Magazine is trying to change that. By Lauren Myers
Voters across Louisiana will head to the polls on October 19 for open primary elections. Mississippi will hold elections soon after on November 5. But other than sharing one of the highest voter registration rates in the nation – 84 percent of eligible voters, say election officials – the ease of voting differs vastly in the two states. By Amy Whitehead
Nestled in the pine trees of northern Louisiana, 22 miles southwest of Shreveport, is Chimp Haven, a 200-acre habitat that is home to 169 chimps from around the nation. By Taylor Balkom
Rapidly improving technology is creating problems for many locally-owned music stores, laments Fred Zeagler, owner of Zeagler's Music in Baton Rouge. By Josh Bergeron
The Innocence Project of New Orleans is responsible for 22 exonerations in Louisiana and Mississippi since its founding in 2001. However, exoneration is not sufficient to restore what once was. By Otisha Paige
FBI agents remain adamant they are making their best efforts to bring justice to decades-old Civil Rights era murders, although they acknowledged cases get tougher by the year as suspects and witnesses die of age-related ailments. By Kevin Thibodeaux
Just before leaving their respective positions under pressure, LSU System President John Lombardi and System General Counsel Ray Lamonica wrote letters of appointment to select staff members in Jan. 2012. By Chris Grillot
College students from around the state, donning rainbow flags and multicolored hair, descended on LSU for the third annual Louisiana Queer Conference this past weekend. By Joshua Bergeron
Since the agency's founding in 1872, seven Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (DWF) agents have lost their lives in the line of duty – all but one since 1991. By Albert Burford
Newly declassified FBI documents show the late Concordia Parish Chief Sheriff Deputy Frank DeLaughter claimed to have reformed after he was released from prison. By Kevin Thibodeaux
Bryan Monroe, editor of CNNPolitics.com, advocated in a speech at Southern University, a news media coverage shift to increase fairer representation and coverage of African-Americans. By Albert Burford
For the past two years, the LDWF Commission has had a lawsuit set to file in an attempt to halt the governor's office from sweeping of dedicated funds out of DWF's Artificial Reef Program to the general fund. By Kevin Thibodeaux
On 24 Mondays a year, volunteers and a group of friendly horses help physically and mentally disabled people improve their strength, balance and confidence. By Kayla Reed
LSU's College of Human Sciences and Education is working to bring the decrepit Huey P. Long Field House back to its former glory. But it isn't the only one. By Joshua Bergeron
Journalist and television host Tony Brown encouraged students to not only study hard and make good grades, but maintain strong character when he spoke at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. By Albert Burford
Surviving family members of victims of Civil Rights murders consider Keith Beauchamp a champion. He investigates forgotten and current cases, making documentaries designed to bring closure to those families. By McKenzie Womack
Pennington Biomedical Research Center is seeking to open a four-year medical school focused on research, and the idea has drawn tentative support from the LSU System Board of Supervisors. By McKenzie Womack
Will Adams of Augusta, Ga., is riding a motorized bicycle from his hometown to the southern-most city in the world – Ushuaia, Argentina – to raise awareness about a lack of clean water in developing nations. By Joshua Bergeron
Once relegated to the outskirts of society, the National Hansen's Disease Program, centered in Baton Rouge, is attempting to bring the disease more commonly known as leprosy to the forefront of the public's attention. By Kevin Thibodeaux
In 1964, Ku Klux Klan activist James Ford Seale beat two black teenagers in Franklin County, Miss., forced them into a car and later killed them by throwing them into a Louisiana offshoot of the Mississippi River. By Andrea Gallo
By Morgan Searles | LSU Student NATCHEZ -- When the sounds of an explosion reached the Natchez, Miss., home of Wharlest and Exerlena Jackson, an 11-year-old boy tore out the back door, grabbed his bicycle
By Brian Sibille | LSU Student Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation spent tens of thousands hours investigating the Feb. 27, 1967, Klan-directed murder of Wharlest Jackson in Natchez in that
Newly declassified FBI documents detailing the investigation into the murder of Wharlest Jackson reveal Raleigh J. (Red) Glover, leader of the violent KKK-offshoot Silver Dollar Group, was the FBI's main suspect. By Kevin Thibodeaux and Brian Sibille
In a case of stolen – then mistaken – identity, a 21-year-old former LSU Athletic Department employee was shot by an FBI agent and died in his own driveway in 1973. By Parker Cramer
Since a new ordinance went into effect allowing the sale of alcohol by the drink until midnight on Sundays, one businessman has brought in an additional day of revenue for one of his clubs. By Emily Bell
LSU Interim System President and Chancellor William Jenkins sought to quell the chaos among the university community about a proposed reorganization of the statewide system. By Brian Sibille
Student enrollment for African Americans at LSU this fall totalled 2,835 compared to 21,568 caucasian students. Observing foot traffic in LSU's Quad reinforces the makeup of the student body. The diversity gap is apparent. By Otisha Paige
LSU architecture and ceramics student Nathan Drake was only 21 years old when he died from cancer in March. Eight months later, he is embedded in the minds of many at the Baton Rouge campus. By Catherine Threlkeld
Several Baton Rouge and campus organizations and individuals donated time and resources for the LSU Staff Senate's 23rd annual "Holiday on Campus" on the day that has been nationally dubbed "Giving Tuesday." By Emily Bell
During the waning hours of Feb. 13, 1964, Raleigh "Red" Glover of Vidalia parked his car in the middle of the B.B. Beard Road near Monterey, Louisiana, propped open the hood and waited. By Ben Wallace
"Hurricane Story," a collection of 46 photos and titles, describes the birth of Jennifer Shaw's first son and the two months she and her husband took leave from New Orleans. By Morgan Searles
LSU EOC core committee chairwoman D'Ann Morris took responsibility for what many students and faculty members deemed a lack of clear communication in the Sept. 17 evacuation of the campus. By Andrea Gallo
Twenty of the 112 cases – representing 27 deaths, five in Louisiana and 10 in Mississippi – reactivated under the FBI's Cold Case Initiative more than five years ago remain open. By Andrea Gallo
The purpose of a football player's uniform is to identify him on the field, but a few choose it to identify themselves, but for others, the number is either traditionally assigned or selected at random. By Luke Johnson
As the only female mayor of Ferriday -- serving one term from 1994 to 2000 – Odeal Montgomery is one of only three African Americans to hold that position. By Morgan Searles
In a unique custom that is an integral part of the LSU football game day experience, 16 LSU cheerleaders kick-start the LSU crowd by circling the Tiger Stadium turf atop a trailer before each home game. By Luke Johnson
Democratic pundit James Carville brought journalists, academics and political experts back to his home in Louisiana Thursday during the Bipartisan Policy Summit's fourth annual Political Summit.
Five civil rights-era murder investigations in Louisiana and 10 in Mississippi are among the more than two dozen that will remain open and active, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report. By Kevin Thibodeaux
Participating in an LSU student talent competition can offer more than name recognition. It could also mean the opportunity, win or lose, for free studio recording time. By Emily Bell
While slicing through turbulent waters, the males of LSU's rowing club need all the motivation it can get, especially last weekend. Danielle LeBlanc has sought to provide that. And no, she's not a cheerleader. By Alex Cassara
He was the "John Wayne" of New Orleans, the "overnight hero" of Hurricane Katrina, and "exactly what the Gulf Coast needed," to hear the newscasters tell it.
Nationally, organized hate is alive and well, and anyone who believes differently needs only an Internet connection and a computing device to find out just how close the nearest Louisiana chapter is located. By Ben Wallace
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the observance of banned books in America — a celebration of literature and the freedom for one to read what one pleases. By Ferris McDaniel
