LSU faculty pushing for mandatory vaccinations

Interim LSU President Tom Galligan
Interim LSU President Tom Galligan

Hundreds of LSU faculty members voted Tuesday for a resolution calling on the university to require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines before returning in the fall. A preliminary vote count showed the resolution passing with 88% of the votes at a meeting that was held online and attended by professors and members of the public. LSU officials were checking the roughly 650 votes to eliminate any …