Approximately 44,000 students applied to Tulane this year, one of the highest numbers among private institutions in the country.
Though it is clear that Tulane received one of the largest numbers of applications in the country, it is not official whether Tulane has received the very most.
“It appears that we have the most applications for the upcoming […]

Tulane has proposed preliminary plans to implement an extra fee for all Greek students.
The idea behind the fee stems from complaints the university has received regarding the condition of Greek houses and Broadway Street. Complaints include poor maintenance, trash on the street and uncut lawns.  Mike Hogg, interim vice president for student affairs, said all plans […]

An official complaint to the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleges that Tulane University’s School of Medicine has violated the Animal Welfare Act through its use of anesthetized pigs in a trauma training course.
Leslie Brown, a Covington pediatrician who filed the complaint, said the university hosts an Advanced Trauma Life Support class every four to six weeks […]

Tulane’s dining services employees presented Sodexo with a request to form a union without intimidation from management Wednesday.

A crowd of students marched with workers to Dining Services General Manager Phoebe Cook’s office to present a document with their demands. Anthony Thomas, who has worked with Sodexo for approximately five-and-a-half years, presented the document with a plea […]

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 […]

A significant increase in applications and a university-wide hiring freeze has meant long lines and frustration for students applying to study abroad this semester.
The study abroad office currently employs only three full-time staffers, four part-time peer advisers and supplemental help from the academic advising center to manage more than 500 study abroad applications per year.
“It’s been […]

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 […]

For anyone who has spent any amount of time in New Orleans recently, it’s easy to become a bit jaded by the national media’s insistence that the Saints Super Bowl victory is somehow magically leading to the city’s “rebirth” and that it “gave the city back its pride.” One can’t help but get the impression […]

The Tulane campus is gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday. The Tulane University Police Department is preparing for a long day, area bars are anticipating massive turnouts and the Undergraduate Student Government is rallying administrators to cancel classes Monday.
Colonel Jack LeBlanc and the rest of TUPD are finalizing their Super Bowl Special Operations Plan, which will […]

After about a decade of increasing tuition by a factor of at least 4 percent, Tulane will increase next year’s tuition by about 3 percent.
Tuition for the 2009 - 10 academic year cost $37,200, and room and board cost $9,606. Tuition will rise by 2.96 percent for the 2010 - 11 academic year. Including room and […]

Memorial service dates have been set for Tulane football player Sule Osagiede, who died in a Jan. 21 car accident driving back to campus from his hometown of Houston, Texas. A campus memorial service will be held 4 p.m. today in McAlister Auditorium. Parking for the event will be available in the Diboll Parking Garage […]

Tulane sophomore Sule Osagiede died Thursday night from injuries sustained during a car accident in Beaumont, Texas, according to a report released by the Beaumont Police.
The Houston native was returning to New Orleans when the accident occurred.
“We are deeply saddened to learn the tragic news about Sule and we offer our condolences to his family, friends, classmates […]

Armed robbers targeted Tulane and Loyola students off campus in three separate instances Nov. 23 to Nov. 25. At this point, the suspects in the series of crimes remain at large.
The robbers targeted Tulane students in two incidents and Loyola students in the other. The victims paint similar stories, as the robbers discretely emerged from […]

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 […]

Time Magazine recognized Tulane University President Scott Cowen as one of the top-10 college presidents in the United States. The magazine cited Cowen’s leadership after Hurricane Katrina as the primary reason for the award.
The list Time is publishing today praises Cowen as an individual who emerged as both an academic and civic leader following Katrina. […]