As if it were lifted right from the mind of William Faulkner, "Mudbound" is a Southern saga of Americans dealing with the nuanced drama of racism and poverty in rural Mississippi. Director Dee Rees is...
Every so often a film comes along that captures the unflinching humanity of its characters. Following in the tradition of "Boyhood," and "Blue is the Warmest Color," Sean Baker's "The Florida Project,"...
Tulane cannot trace any part of its history to a single sale or direct evidence of slave ownership. Rather, members of the Tulane community and descendants alike task it with holding itself accountable...
Though legacy status grants the descendants preferential consideration in the admissions process, it does not guarantee acceptance to the university, nor does it provide for financial aid. The average...
A hundred and six miles and worlds away from the urban landscape of New Orleans and Tulane University sits Maringouin, a small, rural town with a population of 1,100 and a per capita income of $10,000....
According to Cellini, a senior member appointed by Georgetown's president to a working group tasked with brainstorming potential university-wide responses to the school's ties to the slave trade told Cellini...
Emma Fein, Contributing Reporter
• October 19, 2017
Frank Scurlock, a Democratic candidate for the 2017 New Orleans mayoral election running under the slogan "Let's make New Orleans fun again," allegedly masturbated in an Uber vehicle on Feb. 10 in Santa...
Georgetown is neither the first nor the only university dealing with its historical connections to slavery. Columbia, Rutgers, Yale, Washington and Lee and others have begun initiatives and projects in...
Jessica Galloway, Intersections Associate Editor
• October 7, 2017
Every year, dictionaries add new slang words to their catalogues. Slang permeates our everyday lives so deeply that we sometimes don't even realize when we are using it.
Tracing the origins of these...
A hurricane came to Yulman Saturday morning, accompanied by a pretty nasty storm. Tulane football was deterred by neither. Under a cloudy sky, in front of a record-low crowd at Benson Field in Yulman Stadium,...
The Tulane University Police Department and New Orleans Fire Department responded to a fire at 8:15 p.m. Monday on the sixth floor of Sharp Residential Hall.
The fire was caused by a burning pile of...
Bicycle Theft:
Tulane University Police Department officers responded to a report of a stolen bicycle at 1:20 p.m. Sunday at Aron Residences.
The reporting person said she secured her bicycle to a...