Tulane introduced its first-ever student-run course this semester. The non-traditional class, called Rethinking Development, was facilitated by seniors Lauren Elliot and Kelly Jacques. It was inspired by a student-run course at Georgetown University.
The class consists of students with different academic backgrounds. It spans diverse areas of study, with students learning about international and post-development theory and […]

The primary for the New Orleans mayoral election is quickly approaching. A polling place will be located in the Lavin-Bernick Center near the ATMs. Voting will take place Feb. 6, the day before Super Bowl Sunday.
Louisiana’s primary procedure differs from those of many other states. Here, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the […]

/div>The Tulane Division of Student Affairs is currently hosting Hazing Prevention Week, an effort consisting of a series of informative videos and guest speakers aimed at educating all of Tulane’s organizations and emphasizing the administration’s zero-tolerance policy toward hazing. The week is timed to keep Greek Life’s newly admitted members informed about campus hazing policy.
In addition […]

The University of California Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute released a report that found that incoming college students are facing more financial distress than they have in the past.

The economic recession has resulted in increased dependence on college loans and other forms of financial aid. According to the study, 53.3 percent of incoming […]

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 […]

Award-winning director Peter Bogdanovich spoke 7 p.m. Wednesday in Freeman Auditorium about his work and career in Hollywood. After his talk, Bogdanovich met with audience members and signed copies of his book, “Who the Devil Made It.”
Bogdanovich is best known for the 1971 film “The Last Picture Show” and for 1973’s “Paper Moon.” He has […]

A recent increase in theft from the Lavin-Bernick Center food court has prompted the involvement of the Tulane University Police Department and the Student Conduct Board.
In the past, when LBC food court staff caught students stealing, they would take down names, but there was no follow-up, Director of Student Conduct Kristen Kawczynski said.
“Unfortunately, they noticed an […]

Tulane welcomed its first group of Posse scholars this September, all of whom are from Los Angeles.
These students are part of a nationwide non-profit that aims to provide traditionally underserved and high-potential students with full scholarships, a tight-knit group of peers and university support to help them graduate from college.
The scholars were selected last January and […]

Acclaimed novelist and literary critic Edmund White will be the featured guest at the next installment of the Creative Writing Fund’s Writer’s Writer Series 7 - 8:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Woldenberg Art Center’s Freeman Auditorium.
The series hosts authors who are well-established, yet not as well-known as mainstream authors, like those in the Great […]

The New Orleans Career Services Offices will hold their annual Mardi Gras Career Fair 1 - 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Louisiana Superdome.
Members of NOCSO include Dillard University, Loyola University of New Orleans, Southern University of New Orleans, Tulane University Career Services, A.B. Freeman School of Business Career Services, Xavier University of New Orleans and the […]

Sri Lankan president wins reelection
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa defeated Sarath Fonseka, the military general who laid claim to the army’s recent victory over the Tamil Tigers, by an 18-point advantage. General Fonseka rejected the official results of the Jan. 27 election, claiming that violence and irregular vote counting distorted the electoral process. Independent monitors, however, […]

TRESPASSING
A custodian in the Lavin-Bernick Center called the Tulane University Police Department to report two men sleeping on couches on the second floor. The two men, age 28 and 27, told police they were sleeping in the LBC to escape the elements. The men were arrested for criminal trespassing and transported to TUPD headquarters where […]

RADICAL MARXIST, RADICAL WOMANIST, RADICAL LOVE: WHAT MOTHER THERESA TAUGHT ME ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Monday
7 - 9 p.m.
LBC, room 216
Mary Poplin, former dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Claremont Graduate Universities, will discuss the ten years she spent working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. The talk is sponsored by the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship.

ASHOKA FOUNDER […]

Road repairs and construction are well underway on some of the New Orleans’s largest thoroughfares.
Major inner-city arteries including St. Charles Avenue, Carrollton Avenue and Earhart Boulevard are lined with orange and white construction barriers. Administrators say some of these long-awaited repairs have commenced due to the arrival of federal stimulus dollars.
For a long time, New […]

For the next four months, the New Orleans Museum of Art provides the opportunity to see Bywater music legends in action with their exhibit, Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park. The extraordinary duo has set up shop in their own wing of NOMA, where they will record their newest album daily […]