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The Tulane Hullabaloo

Student newspaper serving Tulane University, Uptown New Orleans

The Tulane Hullabaloo

Student newspaper serving Tulane University, Uptown New Orleans

The Tulane Hullabaloo

Students pictured on a floor of the library that closes at night.

OPINION | $88,000 per year, one open library floor

Mohini Yadav, Staff Writer September 4, 2024

The library is warm and quiet — a shelter for Tulane University students to congregate in various groups, some preparing each other with flashcards, others bracing themselves for the worst. As the clock...

OPINION | We should ditch RateMyProfessors

OPINION | We should ditch RateMyProfessors

Beau McBride, Contributing Writer September 4, 2024

Created in 1999, Rate My Professors claimed “to provide a safe forum to share classroom experiences to help fellow students make critical education choices” — just as The Boot was created to provide...

Letter from the Editor: Introducing Data

Letter from the Editor: Introducing Data

Ian Faul, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2024

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...

Letter to the Editor | "[This title has been redacted due to Tulane's neutrality policy]"

Letter to the Editor | “[This title has been redacted due to Tulane’s neutrality policy]”

Joscelyn Caldwell and Syna Pal August 28, 2024

Tulane University President Michael Fitts emailed a statement to the student body last Friday that attempted to address the tensions on campus about violence against Palestinians in the Middle East. In...

The grading system has flaws.

OPINION | Reform for our grading system

Ethan Lenkin, Views Editor August 28, 2024

Tulane University’s current grade point average is numerically wrong. As it stands, a D- is 0.667 points towards one's GPA, and an A is 4.0 points. The problem lies in the scale itself. At Tulane, you...

OPINION | Two months of political history

OPINION | Two months of political history

Ethan Lenkin, Views Editor August 28, 2024

If, at 8:45 p.m. on June 27, 15 minutes before a debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, someone learned of everything that would occur in American politics over the next...

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OPINION | Addressing inhumanity in Angola Prison

Alya Satchu, Views Editor August 28, 2024

The Louisiana sun beats down on the faces of laborers working between rows of harvesting crops. With wooden shovels in hand, these imprisoned workers spend hours under the close examination of officers...

OPINION | 55 days of political history

OPINION | 55 days of political history

Ethan Lenkin, Views Editor August 21, 2024

If, at 8:45 p.m. on June 27, 15 minutes before a debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, someone learned of everything that would occur in American politics over the next...

Richardson building, where the Carolyn Barber-Pierre Center for Intercultural Life is located.

OPINION | Addressing conflict on campus

Alya Satchu, Views Editor August 21, 2024

The conflict between Israel and the Hamas military and political organization continues. Violent strikes persist and living situations remain poor in various regions. Recently, mediator nations like the...

Letter to the Editor | Tulane faculty letter concerning campus protest

Letter to the Editor | Tulane faculty letter concerning campus protest

May 2, 2024

To President Fitts and the Tulane community, We, as members of the Tulane faculty, hold a broad range of views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, we share a commitment to listening to our...

Letter from the Editor | In good hands

Letter from the Editor | In good hands

Gabi Liebeler, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2024

As a young adult in the graduating class of 2024 who entered college in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve come to realize that life — both its good, bad and everything in between — does...

OPINION | Final exams: Are we finally done with them?

OPINION | Final exams: Are we finally done with them?

Penny Gallagher, Staff Writer May 1, 2024

Finals season: the time of year where students lock themselves in the library, living off of nothing but cheap pizza, Red Bull and about four hours of sleep. The stereotypical image of a student with...

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