A team of Tulane students won a social entrepreneurship contest based on the new mtvU series “Movers and Changers.”

The WetTea project was selected from hundreds of entries from across the country as the winner. The team consisted of public health major Shea Kathryne Shelton and business majors Jay Zhao and Nic LaGatta.
The WetTea team and runner-up SafeSnip […]

The Tulane Organization for Global Affairs hosted a panel Tuesday night to foster student and faculty discussions about the tensions between China and Taiwan.
The panel included Professor Brian DeMare of the history department; Professor Chris Fettweis of the political science department; Professor Chi-Wen Jevons Lee of the A.B. Freeman School of Business; Crystal Wu, a freshman […]

Hamid Karzai begins second term
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday amid calls to replace many members of his government. Both the United States and many other allies are encouraging Karzai to root out corruption, which would mean replacing some of his staunchest supporters who assisted in his re-election. His inauguration comes at […]

Army Corps found responsible for MR-GO damage
A federal judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers could be held responsible for flooding damage in St. Bernard Parish and in the Lower 9th Ward because of the Corps’ significant mismanagement of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. The ruling stated that the Corps knew for more than […]

Some Tulane students have complained about malfunctioning washers and dryers in their residence halls. Many students said they are unsure as to where they should lodge a complaint.

There are a total of 108 washing machines and 92 dryers in Tulane residence hall washrooms. Only three washers and two dryers were out of order, and all five […]

The Office of Violence Prevention and the Office of Student Affairs held their campus walkabout for the semester Wednesday night.
Student leaders and university administrators walked from Willow Street to Claiborne Avenue to assess specific unsafe areas of campus and discuss more general campus security issues.
“We’ve been doing this for more than four years,” said Cynthia Cherrey, […]

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 […]

Laptop stolen
A student was in her office room in Percival Stern Hall Nov. 3 with her laptop. She left the room with her laptop on a desk and the door open. She returned later and noticed her laptop was missing. The student said that when she was in her office earlier an unidentified black male […]

The department of housing and residence life is working to install a total of 100 security cameras in Monroe and Sharp halls to improve security in these dorms.
The cameras are part of a pilot program and may be extended to other residence halls on campus, funding permitting.
“The cameras are being added to these communities to […]

In response to the current economic recession, the Career Center has worked to broaden its services for students in the schools of Liberal Arts and Science and Engineering.
In the current economic climate, career centers across the nation have had to work with less.
According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey, approximately 55 percent of […]

The Tulane Students for Life brought anti-abortion advocate Rebecca Kiessling to speak Tuesday at Freeman Auditorium.
Kiessling’s mother was raped in 1968, before abortion was legalized in the United States, which led to her conception. The Supreme Court ruled on the Roe v. Wade case, that legalized abortion on July 22, 1970, Kiessling’s first birthday.
Kiessling began […]

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 […]

Rape and dismemberment are hardly things you would expect during a summer vacation, but they sure make for interesting theater. Well, at least in Christopher Durang’s “Betty’s Summer Vacation.” Durang’s dark comedy, directed by Ron Gural, was the department of theatre and dance’s final fall production, which literally went out with a bang.

Looking forward to some […]