“We got in the locker room, and it was wild. It was wild. That’s all I can tell you. It was uncontrollable, which was great.”
If I told you that quotation was from Washington Head Coach Steve Sarkisian’s comment after beating No. 3-ranked USC, it would make sense. How about South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier after upsetting No. […]

City Council threatens to take Nagin to court
New Orleans City Council is threatening Mayor Ray Nagin with a lawsuit in a dispute over 2009 budget cuts. Nagin has said that he will cut sanitation programs in the French Quarter to compensate for a budget shortfall, arguing that the city council failed to make enough cuts.  […]

The Tulane Greek community is organizing events in conjunction with National Hazing Prevention Week Feb. 2-5.  This is the second time the university has participated. Events, which range from speakers to film presentations, are aimed at raising awareness among the student body about what activities qualify as hazing.
The Inter-Fraternity Council has taken a prominent role […]

The Tulane Chinese Students and Scholars Association, along with three other local organizations, hosted a Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Ox Sunday evening in the Lavin-Bernick Center.
The Louisiana Chinese American Society, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at the University of New Orleans and the Academy of Chinese Studies also sponsored […]

The Newcomb College Institute will hold its biannual summit Thursday through Sunday in the Lavin-Bernick Center. “Power Lines: Women Transform the Grid” will bring political heavyweights, documentary filmmakers, renowned professors, a dance group and the leaders of an international development Web site to Tulane. The summit is free and open to the public, though the registration deadline was Jan. 23.Organizers said that more than 400 people have registered for the summit. The majority of expected attendees are Tulane students. Many will attend with their classes, Newcomb Director of Institute Programs and Events Jan Mulvihill said.

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NOTE: This article was written strictly as satire. The names and proper nouns used in this article do not reflect their true nature in any respect. There is in fact no truth to this article. It was written as a creative endeavor for the purposes of entertainment for the April 1, 2005 Tulane Hullabaloo's annual Fullabaloo.
 
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Professor Charles Zeanah was awarded the “Champion for Children” prize from Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana last month. Zeanah was honored with the Professional Champion award for his selfless work in child psychiatry at the organization’s 19th annual “Kids Are Worth It” conference Feb. 28 in Baton Rouge.
Zeanah is vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and […]

Dr. H. Allen Orr of the University of Rochester held a discussion on the origin of species yesterday. Orr was invited to Tulane as the 17th annual Edward Sturtevant Hathaway lecture series.Hathaway, a former professor of zoology at Tulane, took initiatives in mosquito control, worked with William Penfound and published papers on the ecology of […]

Each week this semester, the Tulane University Fencing Club has taught high school students how to fence as part of “Fortierworks,” a program at Alcée Fortier High School aimed at improving the life choices of students.
Fortierworks was an existing program at Alcée Fortier when the TUFC was asked by program director John Wyseman to complete the […]

Tulane University President Scott Cowen hosted the public launch of “Promise and Distinction: The Campaign for Tulane” yesterday morning along with other events on and off campus Wednesday through Friday.
Since the beginning of its “silent phase” in 1998, the campaign has raised $478 million of its $700 million goal. Several newly received gifts were announced at […]

Marrero fire claims 11 lives
A fire started by unattended candles burnt through a West Bank townhouse early Thursday morning. The fire trapped several families and killed 11 people. A family who had been moving into the apartment Wednesday night had no electricity and therefore burned candles for light. The candles set fire to a mattress. The […]

In the spring, it is a common sight to see a Tulane student leading prospective students and their parents on a tour of the campus. One organization, Students Organized Against Racism, led a different kind of tour March 2.
“A Tour of Slavery and Segregation at Tulane,” presented as an alternative campus tour, took more than 50 […]

In honor of the basketball team's relatively painless postseason departure, Harry would like to salute Ivan Pjevcevic who, despite a nagging injury and a nagging coach, layed it all out on the floor last Saturday. †Ivan showed the kind of big-man leadership that's so urgently needed at the end of the bench.
In honor of Provost Lefton’s […]

 
 
As any true music aficionado would claim, New Orleans is a mecca for the new music scene. Small clubs always feature great local talent with entirely original sounds. Here�s a sample of the best (and most original) bands and venues to check out on the local scene:
 
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A gig on Fat Tuesday at Checkpoint Charlie�s is […]