Cam Lutz, Senior Staff Reporter

April 19, 2018

After a year spent writing, rewriting and rehearsing poems, Tulane's very own slam poetry team, Rhyme Versus Rhythm, scored seventh in the nation at the annual College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. The team traveled to Temple University in Philadelphia on the week of April 3, where the poets earned Tulane international prestige in the world of slam poetry.Slam poetry is written to be performed. ...

Fiona Grathwohl, Senior Staff Reporter

April 19, 2018

Next week, students from every sphere of Tulane will be invited to participate in the Bedsheet Project, an initiative to start dialogue surrounding sexual violence on campus.The Bedsheet Project will allow students to write on, or even cut, bedsheets with any comments, questions or feelings about sexual violence on campus. The first opportunity to take part will be at Crawfest on Saturday, then...

April 11, 2018

Of all of the students studying abroad from the U.S. in the 2015-2016 school year, only 28.4 percent identified as students of color.Along with students of color who might feel ostracized or fear discrimination in foreign countries, LGBTQ+ students are confronted with not only how they will be represented or perceived abroad, but also their physical safety.In 2013, the U.S. Department of S...

April 4, 2018

Last week, Tulane announced that Rachel Dolezal, notorious for being one of the first transracial leaders of the NAACP, will be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2018.Students across the campus are applauding the University for selecting Dolezal and for strides the administration continues to make to support anti-racist figures."I feel inspired by Rachel and how she has come to embrace w...

Bella Baff and Julian Bombard

April 18, 2018

The New Orleans Pelicans have reached the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2015 following a tumultuous regular season complete with injuries, last-minute trades and a brow-shaving April Fools prank that shocked the basketball world. The Pelicans finished sixth in the competitive Western Conference, tying both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Utah Jazz with a 48-34 record.The New Orleans team looked promising heading into the seaso...

Cullen Fagan, Sports Associate Editor

April 18, 2018

Last month, headlines broke over the Saints' firing of cheerleader Bailey Davis and her subsequent complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Davis was fired after posting a picture to her private Instagram in a bodysuit, an action that her superiors claimed violated the policy preventing the cheerleaders from "appearing nude, semi-nude, or in lingerie." It was implied her firing...