While the Registrar’s switch from TOUR to Gibson Online last semester caused problems for some students, for most, class registration went smoothly.
The new system is designed to speed up online class registration through features such as “one-stop” enrollment into multiple classes, the ability to waitlist multiple sections and overall faster technology.
Gibson Online improved upon many outdated TOUR […]

Tulane Card Services recently assigned new student identification numbers and is in the process of distributing Splash Cards, new ID cards that will go into operation this fall.
Current ID cards currently use students’ Social Security numbers, limiting use of their cards to on-campus locations because of the threat of identity theft. The new cards will use […]

The Tulane Law School will have a new dean July 1.

A Tulane search committee selected David Meyer, who currently serves as the associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of law at the University of Illinois.
Martin Davies, chairman of the search committee, director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center and professor of maritime law said that […]

With on-campus housing filling up, more students than ever are looking for off-campus housing options. Switching from dorm life to real life, however, is a big change. With the help of Gregory Nichols of the Tulane University Legal Assistance Program, who said half of TULAP’s cases involve problems between landlords and tenants, The Hullabaloo compiled […]

Campuses, organizations and individuals across New Orleans participated in “One Day Without Shoes” yesterday, a daylong event created in association with TOMS shoes to raise awareness about the importance of footwear in preventing disease and infections.
TOMS shoes, a nonprofit organization that donates one pair of shoes to children in developing countries for each pair sold, sponsored […]

PRE-MED/PRE-LAW SOCIETY PANEL
Tuesday
6 - 8 p.m.
Lavin-Bernick Center, Room 203
A panel of graduating seniors headed to medical and law schools will discuss the admissions process, the MCAT and the LSAT, and will give advice for creating a top-notch application. The pre-med panel will run for the first hour and the pre-law panel will run for the second.
TULANE […]

Two students in political strategist James Carvile’s Policy, Politics and Public Opinion class presented results of a poll the class helped create March 31 in Washington, D.C.
The students planned and organized the poll in conjunction with Carville, Stan Greenburg’s  Democracy Corps and Greenburg Quinland Rosner Research.
The poll asked 1,000 likely voters about issues concerning the fiscal condition […]

The honors program will begin offering two new classes to rising sophomores and juniors next semester in a program called honors tutorials.
Honors tutorials will utilize a teaching method in which groups of two or three students meet with a professor once a week. In these classes, students present personal research and critique the work of other students.
James […]

Brazilian landslide rocks country
A landslide buried as many as 200 people in a neighborhood built on a garbage dump outside Rio de Janiero Thursday. Rains and flash floods effectively washed buildings and homes away, devastating the area. Recent numbers indicate that at least 51 people were injured in the slide and at least 10 people […]

Incarcerated former governor takes vacation
Oakdale Correction Institution released former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards from the facility for three days to spend time with his family, his brother Marion Edwards said. Though the Federal Bureau of Prisons would not confirm the former governor’s release, a spokesman for the agency said short furloughs were not uncommon before […]

A study that Tulane helped conduct found that an aspirin-like drug called salsalate, long used to treat arthritis, has been found to cause lower blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes.
The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston led the study and received funding from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a […]

iPhone goes missing
A student went to Reily Student Recreation Center at approximately 5 p.m. March 16 and checked out a locker. He put his sweatshirt, with his iPhone and wallet in the pocket, in the locker. His wallet contained $13, credit cards and IDs. He also put his friend’s iPhone in the locker. When […]

Tulane University recently partnered with WeCar, a membership-based car-sharing program, to provide a convenient and affordable option for students, faculty and staff in need of transportation.
Tulane and Loyola will share three Toyota Priuses located in Loyola’s West Road parking garage. WeCar members will have 24-hour access to the cars and can rent them by the hour […]

The provost’s office will soon begin a search for a new vice president for student affairs and dean of students. Cynthia Cherrey, who currently holds the position but is on a semester-long sabbatical, recently took a job as vice president for campus life at Princeton University.
Assistant Provost Michael Hogg served as interim vice president of student […]

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 […]