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Tulane’s ranking dilemma

By Jude Chatto | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Featured Articles, Issues, Views

One of the first things I did when I started looking into colleges was check out the U.S. News college rankings. I compared all the colleges I was considering and even sent applications to random colleges just because they were close to the rankings of my favorite schools.

When it came time to decide which school […]



Still not regretting a thing

By Jude Chatto | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Views

I have the worst buyer’s regret. It takes me forever to make decisions because I’m so afraid of making all the wrong ones. Steak or chicken? The red shirt or the blue one? Another biology class or a social science? One time I stood in the office supply aisle of Walmart for 30 minutes trying […]



Basketball: A True Underdog Story

By Jude Chatto | Mar 26th, 2010 | Category: Featured Articles, Issues, March 26th Print Edition, Views

The month of March means warmer weather, St. Patrick’s Day, spring break and, to basketball fans, the exciting beginning of March Madness.

The NCAA Championship is one of the most-watched sporting events in the country. Millions of people fill out brackets and avidly watch game after game. These games are televised on CBS and more recently, they’ve […]



On College ACB

By Jude Chatto | Mar 5th, 2010 | Category: Issues, March 5th Print Edition, Views

I hadn’t heard of College ACB until I read about its possible ban by Technology Services in last week’s issue of the Hullabaloo. The first thing I did (of course) was check out this scandalous Web site. While my browser loaded, I had a preconceived notion that I was going to be anti-banning. I was […]



A Mild Mardi Gras

By Jude Chatto | Feb 26th, 2010 | Category: February 26th Print Edition, Issues, Views

Before coming to Tulane, I imagined Mardi Gras as a single day of drunken boob-flashing for beads on Bourbon Street in the unbearably hot New Orleans humidity with jazz music playing in the background.
Well, there were beads. An incredible, unbelievable, ridiculous amount of beads.
Mardi Gras surprised me in a lot of ways. It’s not a one-day celebration […]



Some Thoughts on the Holidays

By Jude Chatto | Nov 13th, 2009 | Category: Featured Articles, Issues, November 13th Print Edition, Views

Halloween is a night that celebrates many different things. For the young – and the not so young – it’s a night to dress up and be whoever you want to be. It’s an excuse to eat lots of candy. It’s carving pumpkins. It’s TP’ing your neighbors’ houses. It’s haunted houses and scary movies. […]



Get out of the ladies’ bathroom, pervs

By Jude Chatto | Oct 23rd, 2009 | Category: Issues, October 23rd Print Edition, Views

A couple weeks ago, I stayed up late studying for a quiz. I wrapped it up around 1 a.m. and I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I walked down the hallway, punched in the code, opened the door and found myself face-to-face with some random guy.
Yep, you read that correctly. A dude.
We both stopped […]



In praise of the new smoking rules, kinda

By Jude Chatto | Sep 25th, 2009 | Category: Issues, September 25th Print Edition, Views

From what I’ve seen and heard around campus, a lot of students are upset over Tulane’s new smoking policy.
Non-Smokers: “I have the right to breathe clean air!”
Smokers: “I have the right to smoke where I want to smoke!”
People that don’t read the Hullabaloo: “There’s a new smoking policy?”
I’m not an expert on human rights, so I don’t know who […]



Digital Tyranny

"The things we can find out about others online are a little scary. Is nothing sacred anymore?"
By Jude Chatto | Sep 11th, 2009 | Category: Issues, September 11th Print Edition, Views

Facebook. MySpace. Twitter. E-mail. Text messaging.
All of these are ways to communicate with one another without ever meeting face to face. Between pocket-sized laptops and shiny, multicolored cell phones, people can have whole relationships without ever being in the same room.
Uh, really?
Where is the fun in that?
I have to admit: I’m guilty of a Facebook addiction and my […]



Fresh Expectations

By Jude Chatto | Aug 21st, 2009 | Category: August 21 2009 edition, Featured Articles, Issues, Views

My name is Judith Chatto and I’m a freshman. I moved in early last Sunday and I have no idea what’s going on. I’m not from New Orleans. I don’t have any siblings in college. At this point, I’m very confused.
A lot of stuff is changing very quickly. I’m 10 hours from home. I’m surrounded […]