Sophomore Spandana Induru recently founded the Tulane chapter of the Sanjeevani Project.
Abhita Reddy, an undergraduate student at Northwestern University and a close family friend of Induru, founded the original chapter of the Sanjeevani Project, an initiative to raise funds to build a school in her father’s native Indian village.
Reddy’s father Sanjeeva Reddy, who came from a family […]

Tulane law professor Tania Tetlow spoke 7 p.m. Tuesday in Rogers Chapel about jury discrimination against female victims of crime. After her talk, Tetlow took questions from the audience.
Tetlow runs the Tulane Domestic Violence Clinic in the Tulane University Law School. Before coming to Tulane in 2005, Tetlow was an assistant U.S. attorney in New Orleans […]

Elections for Associated Student Body president will be held online Monday and Tuesday. The three candidates, junior Blandon David, sophomore Cory Dorfman and junior Reed Wendorf-French, began their campaigns Wednesday. The position heads the organization that governs Undergraduate Student Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Association.
David currently serves as USG executive vice president. He has […]

Administrators announced Monday at University Senate that the current hiring freeze will remain in place until the economy stabilizes.
The freeze, which began in May, is not a hard freeze, meaning that administrators can approve the appointments of new faculty members if they deem it necessary.
Provost Michael Bernstein said that because the direction of the economy remains unclear, […]

The Tulane marching band will perform in its fifth Mardi Gras season. The marching band has appeared in Mardi Gras parades since 2006.
It will perform in four parades this year, beginning with Krewe of Olympia Saturday in Covington. Next week, it will perform in Krewe D’etat, Thoth and Rex, with new songs in their lineup […]

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 […]

The Tulane University Senate, chaired by President Scott Cowen, passed an amended version of the Student Code of Conduct by an overwhelming margin Monday, culminating a long revision process aimed at improving the decade-old conduct system.
A uniformed judicial system will now hear cases from what was previously dispersed amongst Greek, housing and administrative panels. Additionally, […]

Economics professor Steve Sheffrin recently took over Tulane University’s Murphy Institute of Political Economy. Sheffrin brings several years of experience and a wealth of education to Tulane’s campus.
Prior to working at Tulane, Sheffrin served as a faculty member at the University of California, Davis, for 33 years, and served 10 of them as the dean of […]

Nearly three months after the suspension of Tulane’s Rape Emergency and Coping Hotline, REACH has undergone several changes, working to address organizational concerns from both the administration and advisers. The changes include a new membership and application process, a new training format, dual advisership and the help of Stephen Thompson, a sexual assault services program […]

City election on Saturday
Analysts expect that turnout for the city mayor, city council and assessors elections will be low as the city prepares for the Super Bowl and celebrates at four parades across the city. Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu holds a commanding lead in the mayoral election.
City loses 76 precincts in post-Katrina count
The precinct losses […]

Kappa Alpha’s Hamburgers for Haiti
Today
4:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Zimple Quad
Kappa Alpha will be selling $3 hamburgers and veggie burgers to benefit Partners in Health, a non-profit group that works directly with victims of the Haiti earthquake. There will also be Haitian music and informational pamphlets.
Crowns of Glory Exhibit – AIDS Awareness Day
Monday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lavin-Bernick Center, […]

Two allegedly armed robbers mugged a pair of Tulane students at 8:15 p.m. Saturday as they left Maple Street.
After demanding the students’ belongings, the assailants fled, and the students contacted the Tulane University Police Department. While this robbery was the first on Maple this semester, it follows two muggings in the area last semester.
TUPD Colonel […]

Le Gourmet, Tulane’s restaurant specializing in local, natural and organic cuisine, recently changed its ordering system to cope with increased traffic.
“Ever since the Go-Green Block Party [outside Le Gourmet], sales have increased,” Sodexo Marketing Manager John Coleman said. “Traffic at Le Gourmet has increased by 35 percent since October.”
The increase in visibility of Le Gourmet and […]

Americans charged with abducting 33 Haitian children
Haitian officials charged 10 American missionaries with child abduction and criminal conspiracy Thursday for allegedly attempting to transport 33 children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. The accused Americans include five men and five women, most of whom are from Idaho.

 China responds to Obama’s currency accusations
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu […]

The Tulane Chinese Students and Scholars Association will host a Spring Festival celebration Feb. 13 in honor of the lunar Chinese New Year. There will be music and dancing performances, traditional games and Chinese food. The TCSSA invited other local Chinese associations, as well as their foreign and American friends.
The TCSSA is hoping many non-Chinese students […]