Harbinger Harry

Harbinger Harry

Jan. 14, 2005

The year 2005 started with a powerful and disturbing omen (a harbinger?): It snowed in New Orleans on Christmas. Harry believes this signals a sea change for Tulane. He notes that quickly after the snowstorm, the Wave was named the top baseball team in the nation.

If Hell has officially frozen over, Harry foresees the coming of several highly improbable yet desirable events: the UC will be completed on time, King Scott will announce the end of tuition increases, the bookstore will slash prices, the library will be open 24 hours, the Tulane student body will become racially integrated, the alcohol policy will be revoked, the Saints will go to the Super Bowl, weapons of mass destruction will be found in Iraq, Lester Lefton will delight audiences and critics alike with his soulful one-man production of "Vespa," and the “Hullabaloo” will become a quality newspaper filled with sharp writing and reliable news.

Harbinger Harry lives on Butler nine. He thinks the most hilarious part of the “Driftwood” firing is how the staff had no idea it was coming, just one day they came in and the locks had changed. Harry'd like to save Shawn Finney the same embarrassment: Consider yourself forewarned.