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Student newspaper serving Tulane University, Uptown New Orleans

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

Airing of Grievances: Social Media

August 24, 2016

Dear Social Media,Before I discovered you a couple years ago, I used to fill my time with useless activities like reading a book, volunteering, playing soccer or watching TV with a cup of steaming hot...

Airing of Grievances: Procrastinated Paper

Airing of Grievances: Procrastinated Paper

April 20, 2016

To My Procrastinated Paper,If letters had timestamps, this one would say 6:53 a.m. I’m sitting in City Diner, because the library closed hours ago. The sound of the morning news buzzes in my ear. The...

Airing of Grievances: Irby Bathroom

April 13, 2016

Dear Freshmen and Aspiring RAs,I know that you all dream of living in the most luxurious dorm on campus, but let me tell you about the hidden gem known as Irby Hall. Designed to resemble a steamboat, Irby...

Airing of Grievances: Suitemates

Airing of Grievances: Suitemates

March 9, 2016

Dear Suitemates,Do you hear that annoying sound? It started out as a few light taps, a polite sound, really. But now it’s something louder and more pressing. It’s almost as if there is someone trying...

Dear Campus Couples,Do less. All of these public displays of affection and constant chatter about how much you love "your better half" is driving everyone insane. Does anyone really care about the relationship that consumes your life?  These vomitus-pairs hold hands walking down McAlister Drive, making the walk to class for other students nearly impossible. That iron grip a couple shares is physically impossible to break. Why willingly suction-cup your hands to someone else's super clammy, sweaty hands?Staring blissfully into each others' eyes while sharing a plate of fries at a dreamy date to Bruff does not seem despicable, I'd much rather eat all that trans fat myself, thank you very much.Typically, City Diner dates are a drunken mistake, yet nauseating couples find some ghastly way to make it endearing. News flash: City Diner food has always tasted better drunk, not 'drunk in love;' sorry not sorry, but you are certainly not Queen Bey.  Don't get me started on pet names. Baby, honey, babe or the oddly specific "booga," (whatever that means) takes precedent over their real name, as if given names no longer hold importance whatsoever.Wearing your booga's (seriously, what does this even mean?) clothes around campus is the ultimate "look at me I have a significant other," while in reality, those ill-fitting clothes never flatter.Leaving each other notes in hidden places to make their day is second nature, but to everyone else it makes them throw up faster than a Crown Roost shot.And lastly, all the hype that cuddling in a "cozy" extra long twin bed is comfortably satisfying is a boldface lie. No way anyone enjoys that. There is absolutely no space to move and I prefer not to wake up in a pool of my own sweat, thank you very much.More and more of these incessant couples seem to pop up, making every part of Tulane a scene out of a romantic comedy you are too embarrassed to admit you saw. Maybe Dwight Schrute from "The Office" was right: we do need a new plague and I volunteer all campus couples as tributes.Who actually does all these things? The sad truth, I do them all and my booga and I have no intention of ever stopping.XOXO,Booga's Gooba P.S. Can we pretend I am not one of those and still get rid of the rest?

Airing of Grievances: Feeling Fishers

Tyler Mead, Senior Staff Reporter • March 2, 2016

Dear Feeling Fishers, As someone who's made the choice to be emotionally vacant, displays of emotion tend to make me uncomfortable. Blame my WASP heritage. I can cope with a very select few emotions,...

Airing of Grievances: New Year’s Eve

January 13, 2016

Dear New Year's Eve,For some arbitrary reason, everyone subscribes to this cooked-up, grandiose idea that you're supposed to be a magical evening, with kisses at midnight and bubbling champagne bottles....

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