An estimated crowd of 7,000 celebrated Tulane’s fourth annual Crawfest Saturday, consuming all 16,000 pounds of crawfish by 3 p.m. The musical performances continued until 9 p.m.
Featuring 10 local bands, 11 local art vendors, five food vendors and 10 non-profit stands, Crawfest attracted a larger crowd of non-Tulane affiliates this year than ever before.
The Crawfest Committee, an […]

Oil rig explodes off coast
The Deepwater Horizon caught fire Tuesday 50 miles off the Louisiana coast and sank Thursday, increasing the chance the rig could become a major oil spill and diminishing rescuers’ hopes of finding the missing rig workers alive. The rig could dump more than 300,000 gallons of oil into the gulf daily, which […]

The Tulane University Police Department is working to improve safety in the streets adjacent to campus following a robbery at 4 a.m. April 14 on the 7400 block of Zimple Street. TUPD was unsure if the robbery was connected to crimes that occurred earlier in the school year.
Two men approached a student and demanded his wallet. […]

JUBILATION CONCERT
Sunday
2 - 4 p.m.
Lavin-Bernick Center Quad
Jubilation, an 11-piece band with a full horn section, will play a free concert on the LBC quad. The band will cover hits from several musical legends, including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Earth, Wind and Fire. 
PUBLIC SERVICE SHOWCASE
Tuesday
3:30 - 6 p.m.
Hollygrove Farmer’s Market
Students and faculty members from the Center for Public […]

Students voted this week to elect 11 Undergraduate Student Government senators for the 2010 - 11 academic year.
Reaching more than 30 percent of the undergraduate student body, this year’s turnout for the senator elections was higher than it had been in previous years.
Of the 11 senators, eight have served on USG before either as senators or as […]

Unauthorized Entry
A man tried to enter the first floor of Willow B Residences. A staff member tried to detain the man in her office while she called the police. When the man realized what was happening, he ran out of the building and jumped a fence toward Willow Street. Police canvased the area, but the man […]

Mexican hotels attacked
Gunmen targeted two hotels in Monterrey, Mexico early Wednesday morning, kidnapping four guests and at least three staff members. Dozens of armed men surrounded the Holiday Inn Centro and the Mision Hotel, blocking the surrounding streets with stolen trucks. They then abducted both receptionists and took many guests hostage, later letting the majority of […]

Tulane’s University Senate is considering reforming Technology Services in response to various student and faculty complaints.
Tulane pays an off-site company to take phone calls from Tulane affiliates when they have technological problems. This third party that is currently responsible for handling calls is facing criticism for long response times and for failing to adequately help callers. […]

As the semester ends, many students are looking for alternatives to the campus bookstore for selling their used textbooks.
Though the bookstore may be the most convenient option for selling their textbooks, some students are searching for alternatives. For those environmentally-conscious students, Chegg.com is an innovative new Web site that purchases used textbooks. Chegg is a textbook […]

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 […]

Morgan Spurlock, the producer, writer and documentary filmmaker best known for the film “Super Size Me” and TV show “30 Days,” will speak at 7 p.m. Monday in McAlister Auditorium.
The talk is part of the Direction Speaker Series, which Tulane University Campus Programming brought back last year for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Past speakers […]

Emad Kandil, assistant professor of surgery and chief of endocrine surgery at Tulane Medical Center is performing thyroid surgeries that are rarely performed in the United States.
The surgery leaves no visible scars and is almost painless. Because of this surgery and other technological advancements, the Tulane University Medical Center attracts surgeons who are keeping with the […]

Much of Lady Gaga’s music revolves around the idea of (flawed) human relationships. Herein we explore some of her ideas concerning male/female relations. Naturally, you take her advice at your own risk.
Can’t read my, can’t read my // No he can’t read my poker face // (She’s got to love nobody)
Explanation: On the battlefield of love, Stefani […]

President Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa of Honduras is set to meet with Tulane President Scott Cowen this weekend.
It is estimated that more than 120,000 Hondurans live in the New Orleans area, making the Crescent City the fourth most populous Honduran community in the world.
Mayra Pineda, former Consul General and current liason between the Honduran […]

Apple’s new iPad is a bit of a conundrum. Sure, the iPad is a shiny touch-screen thingie that combines the neato features of an iPhone with the portability and easy reading capabilities of a Kindle. But how practical is it? What can actually be done with an iPad, beyond playing Tetris, watching stupid YouTube movies […]