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LSU s new President William Tate IV speaks at a press conference last week. He s expected to begin his term in July. Photo courtesy LSU Media Center
Local leaders share thoughts on LSU’s choice of William Tate for president
By Stephanie Riegel
The selection of William Tate as LSU’s next president is earning high marks from a variety of stakeholders, who say the board’s pick of an administrator with strong academic credentials who will also make history as LSU’s first Black president sends a message to the rest of the country that the beleaguered flagship is committed to turning over a new leaf.
Second LSU AgCenter researcher shown leniency amid sexual misconduct findings
Monday, May 3, 2021
Daily Report has uncovered a case involving a professor in the LSU AgCenter who engaged in sexual misconduct under Title IX for sexually harassing and allegedly threatening a female AgCenter employee but was allowed to voluntarily retire rather than face disciplinary action.
The new information emerges as LSU has yet to answer questions about the unusual Title IX case of a longtime AgCenter researcher whose academic tenure was temporarily removed and later reinstated. The researcher, Niranjan Baisakh, was found in a university investigation to have sexually harassed and assaulted a female graduate student.
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Constitutionally permitted – and even required
Conferring benefits on vaccinated persons by means of a vaccine passport is a controversial issue. Alexander Stremitzer argues that governments are not only legally permitted to lift restrictions for those vaccinated, but may even be obligated to do so.
We are witnessing a fierce political and social debate about whether those who have had their Covid vaccine shots should be allowed to move more freely than unvaccinated people. Opponents of a vaccine passport or “green pass” system, which would ease restrictions on those vaccinated, for example, by allowing them to travel more freely, make two main arguments: First, for legal and ethical reasons, vaccinated people should not be given preferential treatment as this would violate principles of equality and be unethical; it would drive a wedge through society. Second, it’s not yet scientifically proven that vaccinated people are less infectious, and so the “precaution