“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote these words several...
To the Tulane community,
This past year, we joined several hundred Tulane University faculty in criticizing the university’s response to on-campus protests — chiefly on the deployment of multiple...
We are Tulane University faculty who work on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. While some of the disruptions to humanitarian assistance and public health programs resulting...
We, the undersigned members of the Tulane University School of Social Work 2025 cohort, write this letter in support of the seven students exercising their right to free speech and peaceful assembly off-campus...
There are many kinds of violence, and not all are equally recognized. Last month, I wrote a letter to the Tulane University community addressing the horrific act of terror in the French Quarter on New...
On the first day of the new year, our city was shaken by tragedy. This horrific act of violence, intended to threaten our sense of community and safety, resulted in the deaths of over a dozen people and...
The reelection of former President Donald Trump represents a profound threat to American democracy. As graduate students in history at Tulane University , we have studied the ways in which authoritarians...
I appreciate the opportunity to address the concerns raised in your recent piece (“Todd Schwartz, founder and CEO of high-interest lending company, named 2024 Freeman Distinguished Lecturer”) regarding...
Daniel Wiesen, Contributing Writer
• October 30, 2024
Last Wednesday’s pro-Palestine study-in at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library should serve as a wake-up call to our university. As the Israeli government’s brutal siege on Gaza continues, and many...
Shoes soaked. Socks wet. Squelching your way to class. There is almost nothing worse at Tulane University than trying to cross Freret and Willow Streets when it is raining. And it is always raining. On...
To our students, colleagues and the broader Tulane University community,
Welcome back to another academic year! We are excited for the changes this year will bring, and we wanted to take this moment...
This summer, I began the slow and mostly solitary process of cleaning up The Hullabaloo’s office in the basement of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. As I hauled clunky old printers out and...
