Hullabaloo

Recent rape case sparks controversy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tulane's joint hearing board found a student guilty of rape April 18. The board did not suspend or expel the student, and as such, the student remains part of the Tulane community. The accused could not be reached for comment.

Sanctions against him consisted of mandated counseling at the Center for Educational Resources and Counseling, the continuation of a prior order of no communication with the victim and the continuation of a previous prohibition of entering residence halls.

TU salaries lower than peer schools'

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tulane's faculty salaries are low in comparison to the salaries of faculty at comparable institutions, according to a recently released report by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

The "2007-08 Report on the Economic Status of the Profession" released by the AAUP says that, at Tulane, the average salary of a full professor is $119,800; the average salary of an associate professor is $82,400; and the average salary of an assistant professor is $66,100.

T2 reconfigured due to budget cuts

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Provost Michael Bernstein has planned to fundamentally alter the T2 program next year due to budget cuts. The reconfiguration has incited controversy, as students have recently expressed questions about what will happen next year. In addition to program changes, Kelly Jo Larsen's position as assistant director of student transitions and leadership will be eliminated as of Dec.

Tulane's image up locally

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tulane's relationship with the city appears to be changing for the better. The school's community instituted a series of rebuilding projects in post-Katrina New Orleans by expanding public service programs and setting new service-oriented graduation requirements.

Unfinished projects scatter campus

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students walking around campus often notice the constant construction and repair on buildings. They also tend to notice the unfinished projects around campus such as the "Bubble" behind Bruff Commons and the 9/11 Memorial near Richardson Building on the academic quad.

SCALE presents youth poetry

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

McMain middle and high school came to Tulane on Monday to recite their poetry in der Rathskeller. The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education program tutors literacy at McMain every Monday, and this week, tutors invited students to campus.

Coordinators Kathleen Larkin and Anna Huber organized the event as a way to help McMain students express themselves.

Anderson Cooper

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

CNN journalist Anderson Cooper will be speaking in McAlister Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. He is slated to speak for 45 minutes about his experiences and then participate in a 15-minute question-and-answer session with the audience.

Sophomore Tim Clinton is Tulane University Campus Programmings's Lyceum chair and coordinated Cooper's visit.

Turchin vendor robbed of $40k

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Wednesday morning, a gunman broke into a vendor's office in Turchin stadium, tied up the vendor and stole approximately $40,000 in cash from a safe, according to police. The robbery took place around 11:00 a.m.

According to the TUPD report the suspect was carrying a black handgun.

Evaluations receive mixed reviews

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Scantrons are a familiar sight for students at the end of the semester, but not just on exam day. Since at least the 1950s, Tulane has used end-of-semester course and instructor evaluation forms as a means of providing information to both faculty and students.

Crime Watch

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Simple Burglary

On April 18, a student reported that his room was burglarized by another student. The reporting person said that he and the suspect are no longer friends because of the latter's drug habit. The suspect apparently took the reporting person's 40 caliber Smith and Wesson pistol and told a mutual friend that he had taken the property.

Big Easy Beat

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Bush meets with Canadian, Mexican leaders in NOLA

President Bush met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in New Orleans early this week. The talks, which began Monday, covered immigration, trade and smuggling of drugs and weapons across American borders with the two nations.

Another week in the world

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Europe returns to coal, raising climate fears

While the rest of the world is trying to control and lower carbon emissions to reduce global warming, a major power plant in Italy is going from using oil to using coal. During the next five years, Italy hopes to increase its need for coal from 14 percent to 33 percent.

As It Is

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Anderson Cooper Lecture

Emmy Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper will speak at McAlister Auditorium on Tuesday. Hosted by the Lyceum Commitee, "An Evening With Anderson Cooper" is part of the Direction Lecture Series. The celebrated CNN anchor will lecture from 6-7:30 p.

Open letter to the administration

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In our final staff editorial of the 2007-2008 academic year, we at the Tulane Hullabaloo have a very clear message for the Administration: our community, students, faculty and staff all want to know what is going on behind the oak doors of Gibson Hall.

We do not know how to make that demand any more apparent.

Public community service courses lacking in some majors

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

While I walked by the academic advising center, a friend of mine posed an interesting point on our way to class: "Philosophy majors do not have relevant community service projects".

For a school with mandatory community service, Tulane does not adequately provide community service courses for all majors.

Respect American music

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

There's a good reason why the full name of the Jazz Fest is "The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival." All the music played there is a fundamental part of American high culture.

During the 20th century, American culture truly came into its own in a big way; yet some of the considerable musical accomplishments of our society have been frowned upon, largely by pompous academics (and other similar figures), and dismissed as "trivial," "paltry," or any other such adjective.

Students: make New Orleans home

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I know that many of you are leaving New Orleans pretty soon, some of you for good. I don't know what this may offer to you. I should have written this at the beginning of the year. If I had only known.

The tagline of the Tulane prospective's brochure says "Only at Tulane, Only in New Orleans.

Minkinow's openness an encouragement to others

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Anna Minkinow and her friends started to assemble for their demonstration Monday morning at the corner of Drill and McAlister,. She and a few others held hand-painted signs, made originally as a therapeutic exercise and gagged and bound themselves. I stood in front of them and passed out flyers that explained the situation.

Letters to the Editor

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Unfair TUPD attack

In response to "From headlines to headaches: TUPD's neglect gets personal" (April 18), I spent two weeks muddling through the Hullabaloo's recent rash of anti-TUPD rhetoric. I used to dismiss it as generally one sided and unappreciative of how police are actually supposed to function.

Harbinger Harry

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Harry breathes the coming air of summer with great relish. Once again, Harry will not graduate and will be stalking his old haunts next year as a new crop of soft-skinned, vulnerable freshman girls will arrive on Tulane's campus in the fall. Harry drools with anticipation�

Harry has yet again angered many groups on campus this past year.

PENTHOUSE/OUTHOUSE

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

PENTHOUSE

The Price is Rice: In a related note, "Harold and Kumar 2" comes out today. This is the latest sign of Asians gradually switching their sustenance from rice to marijuana.

Bobby Jindal: Despite John McCain's recent visit to the Lower 9th, flowers and gift baskets, candlelit dinners, and offers of hot stone massages, Jindal will not be his running mate.

Swept by LSU for first time since 200

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Tulane was looking for a sweep. It would be its first in conference play and would have given the Green Wave a nice 7-4-1 conference record. However, Tulane was unable to get the job done, losing 10-8 to Southern Miss, which put even more pressure on Tulane to beat LSU Tuesday at Turchin Field.

NBA Playoffs- Round 1

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

March Madness may be long over, but the NBA is about to embark on two months of their own madness. With the tightest regular-season race ever in the Western Conference this season, this year's playoffs will be one of the most closely matched in history. Thus far, we have already seen an instant classic and a record performance.

From across the pond: Champions League

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Liverpool Falters at the Death, Draws Chelsea 1-1

At the beginning of this week's game, Liverpool, appearing in its third Champion's League semi-final in four years, seemed poised to take a one goal advantage to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge next week.

However, Reds defender John Arne Riise unexpectedly put the ball into his own net, conceding a coveted away goal to the Chelsea Blues, and the team now heads into the second leg of the matchup at a disadvantage.

NBA proves skill required to win lottery

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

For the lucky half of NBA fans, no season is more welcome than spring. Sixteen teams in 16 cities across the country have survived that 82 game juggernaut that is the regular season and have given their fans some justifiable measure of optimism. Anything, as they say, can happen in the playoffs.

Top 4 Reasons to attend a Zephyrs game

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With Tulane's new on-campus baseball stadium, the players no longer have to travel out to Zephyr Field for practice and games. But that's no reason why baseball fans should not make the trek out to the Shrine on Airline. Here are the top four reasons to go to a Zephyrs game.

Student athletes shine as IM season winds down

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As another school year comes to a close, so ends one of the most important aspects of student athletics on campus: intramural sports. Teams ranging from the recreational to the über-athletic participated in what turned out to be one of Tulane's most successful intramural seasons to date.

Quote Me on That

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"[Rob Segedin is] very deserving there. What he did for us on the mound, what he did for us at third base, and the offensive week he had, that's special for anybody. Certainly for a freshman, though, that's even more impressive. I don't think there's any question that he is one of the premier freshmen in the country.

This Week in Wave Sports

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

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Baseball at
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.
6:30 p.m.

Cross Country; Track & Field
Drake Relays
Des Moines, Iowa
All Day

26

Baseball at
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.
2 p.m.

Cross Country; Track & Field
Drake Relays
Des Moines, Iowa
All Day

27

Baseball at
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.

Sports by the Numbers

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

597

Career home-runs hit by baseball legend Ken Griffey Jr. Griffey smashed his 597th homer on April 23 against the Houston Astros.

5

Boston Red Sox players who have been affected by flu-like illnesses so far this season. The list includes pitchers Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Manny Delcarmen, Clay Buchholz and catcher Jason Varitek.

Don't miss these summer beats

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the school year draws to a close, you're likely looking for some good, clean summer fun in between the hours you'll spend slaving away at a dead-end job for the next three months. In June, one of the largest music fests in the United States hits right in the heart of Tennessee.

Uncruel Summer

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With the advent of summer comes the sweet taste of melting Popsicle freedom. And even between mindless summer jobs and over-your-head internships, that feeling of freedom can still eventually turn into a dull and lazy boredom. If you're away from New Orleans, you'll probably wish you weren't, and if you're in New Orleans, you'll probably wish you were located directly inside of an iceberg.

Girl Talk, Disco Biscuits thrill

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Wednesday night's Girl Talk and Disco Biscuits concert gave Tulane students a chance to spend a fun-filled night before being consumed in end-of-the-year work and final exam preparation. Offering two distinct types of showmanship, the bands gave both pop music fans and jam band fans a great time to let it all hang out.

Calendar for April 25 - May 1

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Friday, April 25, 2008

Jazz Fest
New Orleans Fairgrounds
11 a.m.

Dr. John
House of Blues
9 p.m.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Jazz Fest
New Orleans Fairgrounds
11 a.m.

The Radiators
Southport Hall
10 p.m.

Theresa Andersson
Carrolton Station
10 p.m.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Jazz Fest
New Orleans Fairgrounds
11 a.