9:30 LRN Newscast Oct 19

LSU students marched Monday calling out administrators for not holding Chair of the Department of French Studies accountable for ignoring Title IX complaints. Six plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the university claiming Chair Adelaide Russo allowed Edouard d’Espalungue d’Arros, a graduate student to return to the department despite awaiting trial for a 2018 rape arrest. LSU Student Miranda Albarez says if the school had removed him she might not have been a victim.

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Louisiana is observing National Teen Driver Safety Week as law enforcement brings awareness to the causes of crashes that left 95 teens dead last year in the state and more than 82-hundred others injured. Trooper Thomas Gossen says there is a small list of mistakes that contribute to teen crashes.

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Efforts are underway at Grambling State University to put an end to gun violence from outsiders on the campus. More from Dave Brannen.

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University of Louisiana System’s governing board Chairman James Carter announced Monday he’s stepping down after the governor named him to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Dana M. Peterson has been named as Carter’s replacement on the board for the remainder of the term, which ends December 2026.