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T.J. Quills returns, raven flies away

By Caitlin Conley | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Category: April 23rd Print Edition, Issues, News

T.J Quills, the decades-old Maple Street bar, will reopen as early as May 5 after two years as The Raven. The new owners plan to revive Quill’s venerable Big Cup Night.
Before it closed in 2008, Quills was famous for its cheap mid-week drink specials. Draft beer cost 25 cents on Tuesday, and Wednesday’s wildly popular Big […]



REACH transforms

SAPHE to address sexual aggression in addition to rape starting this fall
By Caitlin Conley | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Category: April 23rd Print Edition, Issues, News

After a turbulent fall semester, the campus group Rape Emergency and Coping Hotline has reorganized, found a new name and is in the process of reinstituting its crisis hotline.
Tulane administrators, citing concerns about lack of training and volunteers to man the hotline, decided to temporarily shut down the crisis hotline last fall. The hotline fielded approximately […]



Students bike, raise money for Uganda

Organization aims to raise $45,000 for a school in Uganda
By Caitlin Conley | Apr 16th, 2010 | Category: April 16th 2010 Print Edition, Issues, News

Members of the organization Building Tomorrow biked hundreds of miles this week to raise money for a school in Kampala, Uganda. Their goal is to bike as much of the 8,140 miles between New Orleans and Uganda as possible.
“One hundred percent of all the money we raise goes directly to building costs,” freshman rider Anne Lootens […]



Cats relocated

Richardson cats move into condos
By Caitlin Conley | Apr 16th, 2010 | Category: April 16th 2010 Print Edition, Issues, News

The university plans to temporarily relocate 11 feral cats currently living under Richardson Building because of continued renovations to the building. The cats will be moved to hutches directly Richardson.
“This relocation will provide a safer environment for the cats and remove them from the area
where construction activities will be taking place,” said Greg Southworth, associate vice […]



States look into internships

Economy reduces availability of paid student internships
By Caitlin Conley | Apr 9th, 2010 | Category: April 9th 2010 Edition, Issues, News

It only took one summer to convince junior Janis Cohen that a career in human resources was not for her. Cohen held an unpaid internship in the Red Cross’s Office of Disaster Preparedness Human Resources office, where she spent most of her day in front of a computer screen.
“It sounds a lot more exciting than it […]



Ehrenreich addresses optimisim

Bestselling author of "Nickled and Dimed" speaks to full house.
By Caitlin Conley | Mar 26th, 2010 | Category: Issues, March 26th Print Edition, News

Bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich spoke Wednesday night about her latest book, “Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America,” which criticizes America’s obsession with blind optimism. She also spoke out in favor of the Sodexo worker movement on campus.
“I’m here to speak out against positive thinking,” Ehrenreich said to a capacity crowd in […]



Baja Fresh to replace Taco Bell in LBC

Dining services chooses healthier Mexican option
By Caitlin Conley | Mar 12th, 2010 | Category: Issues, March 12h Print Edition, News

Tulane plans to replace Taco Bell with Baja Fresh, a different Mexican fast-food option in the Lavin-Bernick Center food court.
Renovations will begin early this summer and dining services said it hopes they will be completed for the start of June orientations for freshmen.
“Students were telling us that they wanted a healthier Mexican option,” said Lisa Norris, associate […]



Freeze cripples Study Abroad

Inability to hire new staff inconveniences staff and student
By Caitlin Conley | Mar 5th, 2010 | Category: Issues, Lead Story, March 5th Print Edition, News

A significant increase in applications and a university-wide hiring freeze has meant long lines and frustration for students applying to study abroad this semester.
The study abroad office currently employs only three full-time staffers, four part-time peer advisers and supplemental help from the academic advising center to manage more than 500 study abroad applications per year.
“It’s been […]



Study notes complaints about college accessibility

Respondents say many qualified students miss out on college
By Caitlin Conley | Feb 26th, 2010 | Category: February 26th Print Edition, Issues, News

A growing number of Americans feel that a college education is both more important and less accessible than ever before, according to a recently published study.
Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education conducted the study, which found that 55 percent of Americans feel a college degree is essential to finding […]



USG considers College ACB ban

Panhellenic joins discussion on Juicy Campus replacement
By Caitlin Conley | Feb 26th, 2010 | Category: February 26th Print Edition, Issues, News

Students disappointed about JuicyCampus’s demise have found a home at CollegeACB, the newest discussion site to hit college campuses.
The site allows students to post anonymously about anything, though discussion on the Tulane forum tends to focus on gossip and personal attacks.
“The type of things people say on this Web site I can guarantee […]



Dining services to change meal plans

New options will allow students to use dining dollars off campus
By Caitlin Conley | Feb 12th, 2010 | Category: February 12th Print Edition, Issues, News

Students will be able use their dining dollars at select off-campus locations starting next semester as part of an overhaul of the meal plan system.
The new system will eliminate Wave Bucks and offer a wider and more flexible range of plans.
“It’s about freedom more than anything,” said David Gray, a member of the Dining Services Student Advisory […]



Saints hit Miami for Super Bowl

Saints mania strikes campus ahead of big game.
By Caitlin Conley | Feb 5th, 2010 | Category: February 5th 2010 Print Edition, Issues, Lead Story, News

The Tulane campus is gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday. The Tulane University Police Department is preparing for a long day, area bars are anticipating massive turnouts and the Undergraduate Student Government is rallying administrators to cancel classes Monday.
Colonel Jack LeBlanc and the rest of TUPD are finalizing their Super Bowl Special Operations Plan, which will […]



Posse program helps under-served students

Students from Los Angeles form a support system.
By Caitlin Conley | Jan 29th, 2010 | Category: Issues, January 29th 2010 Print, News

Tulane welcomed its first group of Posse scholars this September, all of whom are from Los Angeles.
These students are part of a nationwide non-profit that aims to provide traditionally underserved and high-potential students with full scholarships, a tight-knit group of peers and university support to help them graduate from college.
The scholars were selected last January and […]



USG may grant athletes priority for registration

By Caitlin Conley | Jan 22nd, 2010 | Category: Issues, January 22nd Print Edition, News

Tulane student athletes are currently working with university administrators to give athletes some form of priority class registration.
Tulane’s 270 student athletes currently register for classes with the rest of the student body, which can create scheduling conflicts, especially for freshmen.
“Lots of student athletes don’t come in with Advanced Placement credit, which means that some of the freshman […]



Med school minority count remains low

Ability to weather economic downturn allows tuition to remain high
By Caitlin Conley | Dec 4th, 2009 | Category: December 4th Print Edition, Issues, News

A recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions found that medical schools were most immune of all professional schools to the economic crisis. According to the survey, medical school applicants were far less likely than law school or business school applicants to decline an admission offer for financial reasons. Tulane’s medical school, however, cannot […]