LSU students are partaking in the first ever live broadcast of a solar eclipse from a high altitude balloon. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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Voter registration week begins today, and Secretary of State Tom Schedler is encouraging citizens to take part….:
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You can do that, and register online at sos.la.gov.

What can Louisianians expect to see today during the eclipse? LSU astronomy professor Michael Cherry says the best time for us to view will be between 1pm and 2pm. He says we’ll see close to 80% of the sun blocked, but there are many, including him, who are going to a state in the path of totality:
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He says this is the first time since 1979 a solar eclipse has been visible from the US.

On the first day of the fall 2017 semester at LSU, Mike VII officially began his reign today, according to his attending veterinarian, Dr. David Baker. “Harvey” arrived on campus August 15th was kept in the night house of the tiger habitat. The 11-month-old, Siberian-Bengal, male tiger was quarantined and observed by LSU veterinarians to ensure that he was healthy and a good fit for LSU. Dr. Baker told LSU that he’s officially Mike the Tiger around 7:30 this morning, and he was released into his outdoor habitat.