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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

“I cannot fully state how important it has been to have the opportunity to live with others in recover, being able to connect with each other, support each other, and hold each other accountable," resident Alexandru Ungureanu said.

Tulane receives $1.5 million for student recovery house

Bryce Oufnac, Staff Writer September 18, 2024

A squat, modern, two-story blue house sits at 2210 Calhoun St. Originally a residential home, this building is the newly renovated Lux Recovery House. With a new $1.5 million gift from Tulane University...

Available supplies include, but are not limited to, syringes, tourniquets, cookers and other paraphernalia, provided to cut down on sharing within the community.

Harm reduction in New Orleans, from pavement up

Sundee Win, Staff Writer May 9, 2024

Hundreds of feet from New Orleans City Hall, a six-foot long, collapsible table stands on the grass, alongside a paramedic tent and an impromptu meal station. On Tuesdays around 3 p.m., a rough line...

The Mardi Gras season causes local businesses' sales to surge, but also presents risks of dealing with Mardi Gras partiers.

FULLABALOO: Mushroom now accepts Wavebuck$ to buy whippits

Ron DeSantis’ Pudding Supplier, Sticky Fingers April 19, 2023

This article is entirely satire. All information and interviews below are fictional and for entertainment purposes only.   After an unusually high whippit season, involving piñatas, lawn...

The drug nitrous oxide, colloquially known as "whippits," are a popular drug of choice for Tulane students during Mardi Gras.

Womp womp womp: whippit wave washes campus

Camille Buckner, Staff Writer February 17, 2023

During Mardi Gras, small empty canisters litter the street.    For years, nitrous oxide has been used for quick highs. Also known as laughing gas, “whippits” or “womps,” among students,...

“Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia”: A deep dive into psychedelia

“Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia”: A deep dive into psychedelia

Holly Fortner, Contributing Writer September 21, 2022

Picture your daily struggles. Perhaps you’re feeling lower than usual for longer periods or can’t seem to talk about your problems naturally. You go to a doctor, get referred to a clinic and suddenly...

cocaine

‘There’s a human cost to cocaine’: Colombian student reflects on Tulane drug use

Megan Garcia, Intersections Editor October 31, 2019

Cocaine is an extremely addictive stimulant that is considered to be a “party drug” across many college campuses in the U.S., including Tulane. Similarly, in movies such as “The Wolf of Wall Street,”...

Fentanyl-laced drugs may pose risk to Tulane students

Fentanyl-laced drugs may pose risk to Tulane students

Michael Naish October 3, 2018

“When I got to campus, we were gonna pick up some bars from a dealer, and we found out they were laced with fentanyl.” This is Jeff*, a Tulane freshman from New Jersey talking about his first...

Louisiana refocuses its efforts in its ‘War on Drugs’

Jonathan Krantz, Staff Writer March 5, 2018

In a televised address in 1989, President George H. W. Bush displayed a bag of cocaine and exposed the nation's opioid epidemic, marking the first strike in what would eventually be dubbed the "War on...

Department of Justice’s marijuana policy threatens drug decriminalization in New Orleans

Jonathan Krantz, Contributing Writer January 24, 2018

Marijuana has come under attack in 2018, and there does not appear to be an end in sight for both recreational and medicinal users. On Jan. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back policies the...

President Michael Fitts addresses the crowd at the start of Shifting the Paradigm, held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Kendall Cram Lecture Hall.

Shifting the Paradigm educates on sexual assault, lacks discussion

Adrienne Underwood and Story Sullivan September 21, 2017

"Sexual violence impacts all of us. And we can do something about it," the flyer for the third annual Shifting the Paradigm event reads. Hosted by Title IX at Tulane and Tulane Campus Health, the event...

Fitts, Hertz pen “Special Message” on alcohol, substance abuse

Colin Threlkeld, Senior Staff Reporter September 19, 2017

In an email sent on Monday to all administrators, faculty, staff and students, Tulane President Michael Fitts and Doug Hertz, chair of the Tulane Board of Trustees, jointly issued "A Special Message on...

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