Tulane community service organizations celebrated National Volunteer  Week this week.
This year’s theme for National Volunteer  Week is “Celebrating People in Action.” Student leaders scheduled events and service activities throughout the week to honor people who are committed to helping their community.
“Many Tulane students spend countless hours serving the New Orleans community but are never recognized for their […]

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes came to speak at Tulane April 12. As the fourth speaker in the English department’s annual Great Writers Series, sponsored by the Creative Writing Fund, Fuentes spoke to an estimated crowd of 1,000 at McAlister Auditorium.
Famous for his magic realism style, Fuentes is one of the most widely acclaimed writers in the […]

Tulane recently commissioned a study that found that the university serves as a major part of the New Orleans economy, accounting for $694.6 million in spending and 8,300 jobs for the city in 2008. Appleseed Inc., a New York economic research and analysis firm, performed the study.
It estimated that direct spending by the university, students and […]

Sodexo workers and Service Employees International Union organizers took their unionization efforts to the New Orleans City Council Tuesday, where they attempted to garner the support of council members.
City Council President Arnie Fielkow invited Sodexo representatives to the meeting, but none showed up. SEIU representative Tanya Aquino said Sodexo’s absence was yet another sign of disrespect […]

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 […]

Tulane Law School is considering whether it should continue to allow law students to work at Tulane Legal Assistance Program to meet their 30-hour requirement of pro bono work. Undergraduate Student Government is proposing legislation that would oppose this decision.
The law school has had a pro bono requirement since 1988, but did not consider working for […]

HBO aired the premiere of the series “Treme,” which portrays New Orleans three months after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The show focuses on several characters trying to rebuild their lives and emphasizes the city as a whole as it attempts to restore its rich cultural traditions.
“Treme” was created by David Simon, who rose to television prominence as […]

As New Orleans-based “Treme” premiered Sunday, another television crew researched and filmed for the PBS series called “History Detectives” at Tulane and around New Orleans this week.
Elyse Luray, Tulane alumna and host of “History Detectives,” visited several New Orleans sites this week with her crew to uncover the mystery of why an 18th century Spanish colonial […]

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 […]

The St. James Cheese Company strikes the perfect balance between catering to the cheese snobbery of the gourmand and the simple hunger of the regular diner.
Located on Prytania Street, the combination restaurant and grocery is best identified by the long line of people spilling onto the sidewalk while they wait to order from the counter, perhaps […]

When my editors (Jeff “Wunderkind” Silberman and Sam “Ubermensch” Primeaux) first assigned me “My Love: Essential Collection” by Celine Dion for my article this week, boy was I angry! The nerve of them! Why, this is the Hullabaloo! Aren’t there new tracks to review by The Hold Steady and LCD Soundsystem? What am I doing […]

In the past five years, the world of electronic music has blasted off to stratospheric levels of popularity that rivals NASA expeditions to the nether regions of outer space. Once a scene virtually unknown to most young adults and music aficionados, electronic music now represents the hippest, most innovative musical arena for artists, promoters and […]

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We at the arcade feel that appearing intelligent is better than actually being intelligent most of the time, but we also understand that sometimes you can do both. That’s why we like documentaries so much. Well-produced documentaries present quotable ideas you usually find in books in a fiendishly easy-to-digest medium, and they typically do it […]

Never mind that “The Wire” is the Arcade’s favorite TV show ever, it would be egregious for a pseudo-intellectual New Orleans entertainment weekly like the Arcade to neglect covering a pseudo-intellectual New Orleans HBO series like “Treme” (though I would have prefered “Glee with Black People”). That being said, I want to avoid the excessive […]

Volcano eruption causes massive flight delays
A volcanic eruption in Iceland caused major air traffic delays and cancellations across Europe yesterday. The airport closures were the largest ever ordered in a time of peace. Affected countries include Britain and France and many Scandinavian countries. Though not visible from eye level, the ash cloud obscured the air in […]