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Betsy WallbillichICYMI LSU: Finals Week Approaches and LSU Gymnastics Hits its Highest Finish
Leader of the PackWe’re about to be getting some new blood on campus. The university has chosen its new VP for Student Affairs, and drum roll…it’s Jeremiah Shinn! Hailing from Boise State University – better known...
DIG Staff12 months ago
Louisiana Earth Day 2019 to Be Held this Sunday
Happy Earth Day, Baton Rouge! Since its founding 49 years ago, the Earth Day movement has been used to promote our responsibility in maintaining the environment and encourage greener solutions for our day to day lives...
Peter Frost
ICYMI LSU: A Viral Take on our Nation’s Anthem, and Southern Baseball Shows its Strengths Against LSU
Diversify Your DegreeComing next fall, LSU will be offering a new online-only Digital Studies minor. It comes to students as the needs of today’s job market shift, granting students with an added technology capability...
12 months ago
DIG Meets: Marissa Bosley of Tigers Against Trafficking
If there was a problem going on in your own backyard, you’d want to know about it, correct? What if it was something you did not see everyday, or you are not even a part of? It may surprise some of you, but Louisiana...
Apr 11, 2019
Red Stick Roller Derby Going Strong as it Enters 11th Season
That’s right roller derby fans, it’s almost that time! The Red Stick Roller Derby is entering it’s 11th Season, and they are ready to deliver some high stakes action for you all! View this post on...
Apr 10, 2019
ICYMI LSU: Progress Made in Search of New VP of Student Affairs, plus Saying Goodbye and Goodluck to Naz Reid
Give ‘Em the Old Razzle DazzleIf you’re looking for some great art then you need to look no further than the Student Union’s latest art show. Showing now until May 17, the 2019 LSU Faculty & Staff Art show will be...
Apr 5, 2019
ICYMI LSU: A Sweet 16 Set with Michigan and LSU Gymnastics Take the SEC
My Super Sweet 16For the first time since 2006, the Tigers are making an appearance in the Sweet 16 game at the NCAA tournament tonight. It all goes down against the Michigan State Spartans in the Capital One Arena in...
Mar 29, 2019
LSU Launches its Ambitious ‘Fierce for the Future’ Campaign
LSU today launched its 6 year fundraising campaign to benefit LSU and its campuses across Louisiana. The campaign will be the largest fundraiser for higher education in the state’s history, with its goal being set...
Mar 28, 2019
KLSU Kicks Off Its Fundraiser Week!
As far as radio stations go, everyone that has set foot in Baton Rouge (or driven in its surrounding areas) has heard of LSU’s radio station, 91.1 FM KLSU. Ran by students, the station has provided commercial free...
Mar 25, 2019
Dick Vitale Defends LSU Comments on Off the Bench
ESPN’s energetic and beloved college basketball commentator, Dick Vitale, faced the heat as he joined the second hour of Jordy Culotta’s and T-Bob Hebert’s Off the Bench this morning. Vitale has been a...
Mar 25, 2019
LSU Delta Zeta Chapter to Host Annual Miss LSU-USA Pageant
The women of the Sigma chapter of Delta Zeta will put on their annual Miss LSU-USA Pageant at the LSU Student Union Theater this Sunday, March 31 at 5 p.m. 22 contestants will participate in this year’s Pageant...
Mar 25, 2019
ICYMI LSU: A Day of Service and a Meeting with Maryland
Bit by the Service BugNow in its eighth year, GEAUX Big returns once again this weekend to give students the opportunity to serve the wider Baton Rouge Community. On Saturday, volunteering students will go out into the...
Mar 22, 2019
Southern University’s Lady Jaguars Win 2019 SWAC Women’s Tournament
On Saturday, March 16, Southern’s Women’s basketball team partook in the 2019 SWAC Women’s Tournament Championship in Birmingham, Alabama. The tournament began on March 12th with Southern starting...
Mar 18, 2019
ICYMI LSU: Weekend Warrior Tigers to Battle in the Quarterfinals, and a Sale on Campus You Won’t Want to Miss
Your Idea in 54 HoursBeginning tonight at 4:30 p.m., the entrepreneurship event of the year is set to begin. It’s known as Startup Weekend, and like how it’s name sounds, it is a weekend long pitch competition taking...
Mar 15, 2019
LSU Basketball Ahead in New AP Rankings
LSU men’s basketball has received some much needed good news after the indefinite suspension of its head coach, Will Wade. Over the weekend, the Tigers were able to secure the SEC regular season title, finishing...
Mar 11, 2019
Twitter reacts to LSU’s overtime win against Vols
The Tigers defeated the Volunteers of Tennessee in overtime Saturday in an instant classic. Bask in the glory of victory with a few choice tweets from the big win. Geaux Tigers! The wild final seconds of OT in...
Feb 25, 2019
A different kind of pitcher (beer) joins LSU baseball
The baseball Tigers season opener against Louisiana Monroe will mark the first time that beer is made available to fans in Alex Box Stadium. New tented areas near left and right fields called “The Yard” will...
Feb 12, 2019
BR joins in bowl boycott
Super Bowl LIII will likely go down as one of the biggest duds in the history of the contest. From both pathetic offensive performances by both teams to a lackluster halftime show, the whole affair was a bust. Were...
Feb 4, 2019
ICYMI LSU: Coach O in it to win it, campus focused on safety
Welcome back to our weekly roundup of the top stories trending on LSU campus! Safe and SoundIt’s been a tough week to be a student on campus – from the armed robbery in the Pat Taylor parking lot to several...
Feb 1, 2019
Sean Payton clowns Goodell with t-shirt
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell finally broke his silence on the Saints v. Rams no-call controversy during a press conference Wednesday. Goodell’s remarks did little to soothe the pains felt by Who Dat Nation over...
Jan 31, 2019
ICYMI LSU: Karaoke crackdown, Tigers top SEC
Welcome back to our weekly roundup of the top stories trending on LSU campus! BROUGHT TO YOU BY The Last SongA longtime favorite hangout by LSU students, Mellow Mushroom is indefinitely ending their beloved Wednesday...
Jan 25, 2019
See you in court? Saints fans sue over missed call
As Saints fans move collectively into the “anger and bargaining” stage of grief over the team’s NFC championship loss to the LA Rams, two lawsuits have been been leveled against the NFL. BROUGHT TO YOU...
Jan 23, 2019
Twitter sounds off – Saints robbed in NFC Championship
As we’re all painfully aware, The New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl hopes were dashed yet again Sunday night in the NFC Championship matchup against the LA Rams. BROUGHT TO YOU BY The tipping-point in the game...
Jan 21, 2019
ICYMI: LSU – New campus facilities and a fond farewell to Devin White
Welcome back to our weekly roundup of the top stories trending on LSU campus! BROUGHT TO YOU BY Let’s Go to the Beach…as in the new beach volleyball courts! This past Monday, the Sandy Tigs were welcomed into...
Jan 18, 2019
ICYMI LSU: Date-a-dog or take Topgolf for a spin
Welcome back to our weekly roundup of the top stories trending on LSU campus! Date-a-DogSounds too good to be true, right? Thanks to the new volunteer program at Companion Animal Alliance, whose new location is across...
Jan 11, 2019
LSU cracks top ten in ESPN’s early CFP rankings
The Tigers won big Monday night on college football’s biggest stage with a 44-16 beatdown of Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide squad. OK, so maybe it wasn’t OUR Tigers, but that doesn’t mean there...
Jan 9, 2019
Victory in the desert: Twitter sounds off on LSU bowl win
The 2019 Fiesta Bowl is in the books, with LSU’s Tigers trouncing the Knights of UCF for the first-ever New Year’s Six win in program history. Whether you’re still basking in the glow of victory or...
Jan 2, 2019
The grass is greener… in Kansas
While his quirky ways helped land him the ‘Grass Expert’ gig with Dos Equis, his coaching pedigree just earned him a new job. Les Miles will be formally announced at a 5 p.m. press conference today not as...
Nov 19, 2018
Watch: Tigers have 3 words for Arkansas
Mean. Tough. Nasty. Those are the choice words Coach O and team have for the Razorbacks. The Tigers seek redemption after the humbling loss to Bama and look to win-out for a quality bowl bid. The good news is LSU...
Nov 8, 2018
Gameday Highlights: Lauren Daigle
Interview: Emilee Calametti Photos: Sean Gasser Two time Grammy nominated Christian singer, Lauren Daigle, showed her support at Saturday’s game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Daigle, a Lafayette native, made a...
Nov 3, 2018
LSU ranked No. 3 in College Football Playoff rankings
By Tyler Nunez | Tiger Rag After much pomp and circumstance, the College Football Playoff committee released its first Top 25 ranking of the 2018 season, and the Tigers came in at a program-high No. 3. If the...
Oct 31, 2018
It’s official, College Gameday is coming to LSU for Alabama
ESPN announced Saturday morning that the College Gameday crew is headed to death valley to cover the big match up between LSU and The Crimson Tide. This is the first time College Gameday films at LSU since their match...
Oct 29, 2018
LSU survives Mississippi State, but loses Devin White to targeting ejection
By JAMES MORAN | Tiger Rag Editor As fans scrambled for cover in the middle of the first quarter, you couldn’t tell if they were fleeing from the rare rainfall in Death Valley or averting their eyes from the...
Oct 22, 2018
Drew Brees giving away signed football from record-breaking game
The New Orleans Saints QB is giving away one of the game balls from the night he broke the NFL record for all-time passing yards. With a simple $10 donation, you’re entered to win the ball and all of the proceeds...
Oct 17, 2018
LSU vaults itself back into the national picture
By JAMES MORAN | Tiger Rag Editor The afternoon began with special operations soldiers parachuting into Tiger Stadium with surgical efficiency. By nightfall, a bourbon-reeking mob was storming that same patch of...
Oct 15, 2018
What to expect for LSU’s weekend game against No. 2 Georgia
By Tyler Nunez | Tiger Rag LSU coach Ed Orgeron hasn’t been pleased with LSU’s defensive front for weeks now, and his worries proved reasonable in the Tigers’ 27-19 loss to Florida last week. LSU didn’t record a...
Oct 11, 2018
ICYMI: Drew Brees breaks NFL record for all-time passing yards
WHO DAT! Just in case you missed it, the New Orleans Saints beat the Washington Redskins 43-19 last night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. But more importantly, Louisiana’s favorite QB Drew Brees set the new NFL...
Oct 9, 2018
Swamped: LSU falls to Florida 27-19
By Tyler Nunez | Tiger Rag GAINESVILLE, Fla. — There was no late comeback drive for LSU this time around as quarterback Joe Burrow’s first interception of the season was a pick six to Louisiana-native Brad...
Oct 8, 2018
LSU dominates Ole Miss 45-16 in SEC home opener
By JAMES MORAN | Tiger Rag Editor Clyde Edwards-Helaire put his right hand in the ground to keep his knees from touching down, and with three defenders hanging off of him, the tailback extended his left arm...
Oct 1, 2018
LSU basketball player Wayde Sims killed in shooting early Friday morning
By JAMES MORAN | Tiger Rag Editor LSU basketball player Wayde Sims was shot and killed early Friday morning, accorning to the Baton Rouge Police Department. The shooting occurred near the Southern University...
Sep 28, 2018
LSU still learning how to finish after close call with LA Tech
By JAMES MORAN | Tiger Rag Editor All of the ingredients for a classic trap game were there. LSU was coming off an emotional, physically-draining war of a win at Auburn and spent the week since hearing about how...
Sep 24, 2018
10 spots to cheer on the Tigers this weekend
No tickets? No problem! Check out some of these locations to catch all the action of the game without having to sweat your way through it. Plus, ALCOHOL. Creole Cabana $3 Fireball shots $4 Rumple shots $5 Jameson shots...
Sep 21, 2018
