Tulane students have come out to support Tulane’s Sodexo employees as Sodexo holds informational staff meetings about unionization.
Sodexo’s meetings
Sodexo Public Relations Director Monica Zimmer said that this week’s staff meetings were first informational meetings, permitted under National Labor Relations Board guidelines, and later business planning meetings.
Service Employees International Union representatives and Sodexo employees, however, said that […]

Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, will speak at Tulane next week as part of the NewDay Social Entrepreneurship Distinguished Speakers Series.
Mycoskie will speak at 5:30 p.m Tuesday in the Kendal-Cram Auditorium of the Lavin-Bernick Center. TOMS shoes promises that for every pair of shoes it sells, it will donate a pair to a child […]

Tulane’s Sodexo employees are beginning to plan for unionization. The Hullabaloo spoke to Sodexo employees who agreed to speak on grounds of anonymity. Organizers from Service Employees International Union declined to comment at this time.
A long-time Sodexo employee who works for Tulane’s dining services said that after work, she often goes home and cries.
“Everybody wants to be […]

While teenage pregnancy and abortion rates have increased across the country, the Tulane Health Center said that numbers have remained steady at the university.
The Guttmacher Institute recently released a study that found that from 2005 to 2006, the pregnancy rate rose among teenagers. Among 18- to 19- year-old women, the pregnancy rate rose from 118 to […]

The Graduate and Professional Student Association passed revisions to its bylaws in a unanimous vote to give individual graduate schools more power to work with their own money.
The bylaws have three main changes. First, GAPSA has access to funds made of student activities fees. It has a set firm cap of up to nine percent of […]

Administrators announced Monday at University Senate that the current hiring freeze will remain in place until the economy stabilizes.
The freeze, which began in May, is not a hard freeze, meaning that administrators can approve the appointments of new faculty members if they deem it necessary.
Provost Michael Bernstein said that because the direction of the economy remains unclear, […]

Tulane’s Louisiana Research Collection is holding an exhibit on the Jewish heritage of New Orleans through the first week of January.
The manuscripts department and the Louisiana collection department combined this semester to form the Louisiana Research Collection, which is holding the exhibit.
“I wanted to put up an exhibition because one of our main strengths in the Louisiana […]

After ruling out a replacement building for financial reasons, Tulane decided to replace the Anthropology Building with a parking lot.

Though the Federal Emergency Agency offered to pay to repair the Anthropology Building, the amount of damage to the building warranted an entirely new building in its place, said Rick Jones, senior associate vice president of […]

The Student Affairs Committee voted to pass the revised Student Code of Conduct Thursday afternoon.
The proposed code lowers the standard of evidence from clear and convincing to preponderance of evidence, edited the appeals process and introduced student mediation.
Preponderance of Evidence
The preponderance standard dictates that an accused student “more likely than not” committed an offense, or […]

The Student Affairs Committee of University Senate, which consists of 12 students and 13 administrators, met Monday to discuss revisions to the proposed Student Code of Conduct.
Students on the committee have said that they are happy with the compromises and discussions they have had with administrators thus far.
Graduate and Professional Student Association President George Wendt said […]

As the number of students seeking help for mental illnesses increases on campus, student affairs, the Student Health Center and Academic Advising have been working to streamline the process for complete medical withdrawal.
When mental illnesses prevent students from performing to their academic potential, their academic advisors, along with student affairs and the Student Health Center, can […]

Former Dean of Architecture Ronald Filson is filing a civil lawsuit against Tulane University.
Filson is suing Dean of Architecture Kenneth Schwartz and Tulane through Provost Michael Bernstein.
Allegations include breach of employment agreement and contract, detrimental reliance, negligent misrepresentation, action in defamation, age discrimination, existing medical condition discrimination and taking of intellectual property.
Filson served as dean of […]

Tulane’s grade on the College Sustainability Report Card improved from a C+ to a B this year.

The country’s grades improved overall, with the number of schools earning a B- or better increasing from 38 to 53 percent. The South’s grades, however, remain slightly lower than the rest of the country’s. Of the 26 schools that received […]

Tulane’s grade on the College Sustainability Report Card improved from a C+ to a B this year.
The country’s grades improved overall, with the number of schools earning a B- or better increasing from 38 to 53 percent. The South’s grades, however, remain slightly lower than the rest of the country’s. Of the 26 schools that received […]

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited campus Tuesday, sparking protests outside McAlister Auditorium
Tulane University Campus Programming brought Olmert to campus despite his recent indictment in Israel. He discussed both national issues — such as Israel’s educational system — and international issues, including Iran’s nuclear facilities.

He also spoke about the possibility for a two-state solution for […]