For anyone who has spent any amount of time in New Orleans recently, it’s easy to become a bit jaded by the national media’s insistence that the Saints Super Bowl victory is somehow magically leading to the city’s “rebirth” and that it “gave the city back its pride.” One can’t help but get the impression […]

The primary for the New Orleans mayoral election is quickly approaching. A polling place will be located in the Lavin-Bernick Center near the ATMs. Voting will take place Feb. 6, the day before Super Bowl Sunday.
Louisiana’s primary procedure differs from those of many other states. Here, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the […]

Many people recall that the popular MTV reality show “The Real World” was broadcast from New Orleans 10 years ago. Several sources have confirmed that “The Real World” will be returning to New Orleans for its 24th and that filming started in December and will continue until May 2010.

“The Real World” has been one of […]

Though the numbers were a bit mind bending — an absurd nine passing touchdowns through the first two games — every worthwhile observer knew that the Saints offense was a juggernaut. Drew Brees did, after all, pass for more than 5,000 yards and 34 touchdowns last season. Detroit’s suspect secondary and Philadelphia’s gambling defensive style […]

I’m a Tulane transfer.
I came from a small liberal arts college in the Massachusetts Berkshires, a place where pretentiousness, anti-social behavior and overt weirdness were not only accepted but encouraged. There were 300 people in the entire student body, and we all fancied ourselves budding young geniuses, we liked to spend our Saturdays discussing long-dead […]

In June 2007, the American Association of University Professors placed Tulane and three other New Orleans universities under censure for their actions following Hurricane Katrina. The AAUP is a professional organization composed of national university faculty that works to advocate academic freedom and shared governance in higher education.
According to the AAUP’s Web site, 47 colleges […]

Looking upon the fresh faces of the musicians who played at One Eyed Jacks Tuesday, I was reminded of a few band members at my high school who were as blindly enthusiastic as they were grossly passionate about music. Sure they were talented, but one had to be skeptical about the possibility of success in […]

The New Orleans Hillel and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans brought Sael Abecassis to speak to students last Friday. Abecassis, an Israeli emissary at the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey, is from the Israeli town of Sderot, located a mile from the Gaza Strip. For the past eight years, Sderot has been […]

Committee leaders for Relay for Life met this week to begin organizing and preparing for the event later this semester.
Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s major annual event. Participants stay up all night to raise money and awareness to help fight cancer. The event will be held on Tulane’s campus and is sponsored […]

Faculty renewed discussions on the American Association of University Professors’ censure of Tulane at December’s University Senate meeting. The AAUP censured Tulane June 9, 2007 because of the school’s firing practices after Katrina and the censure still stands.
The university did not provide adequate evidence of financial exigency, fired faculty members instead of finding other places […]

The Newcomb College Institute will hold its biannual summit Thursday through Sunday in the Lavin-Bernick Center. “Power Lines: Women Transform the Grid” will bring political heavyweights, documentary filmmakers, renowned professors, a dance group and the leaders of an international development Web site to Tulane. The summit is free and open to the public, though the registration deadline was Jan. 23.Organizers said that more than 400 people have registered for the summit. The majority of expected attendees are Tulane students. Many will attend with their classes, Newcomb Director of Institute Programs and Events Jan Mulvihill said.

Feb. 1 will mark the 45th anniversary of the Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans.
This marathon takes place throughout the city and is one of the final qualifiers for the Boston Marathon. The 26.2-mile run also has a 5K and a half-marathon.
Associated Student Body President Tim Cullen has been working to get people involved with […]

NOTE: This article was written strictly as satire. The names and proper nouns used in this article do not reflect their true nature in any respect. There is in fact no truth to this article. It was written as a creative endeavor for the purposes of entertainment for the April 1, 2005 Tulane Hullabaloo's annual Fullabaloo.
 
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NOTE: This article was written strictly as satire. The names and proper nouns used in this article do not reflect their true nature in any respect. There is in fact no truth to this article. It was written as a creative endeavor for the purposes of entertainment for the April 1, 2005 Tulane Hullabaloo's annual Fullabaloo.
 
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Professor Charles Zeanah was awarded the “Champion for Children” prize from Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana last month. Zeanah was honored with the Professional Champion award for his selfless work in child psychiatry at the organization’s 19th annual “Kids Are Worth It” conference Feb. 28 in Baton Rouge.
Zeanah is vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and […]