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Urban Build program tackles New Orleans housing crisis

Marcus Pacenza, Staff Writer March 9, 2023

A rise in crime, unemployment and rent prices has had a significant impact on the city of New Orleans and Tulane University’s campus. According to local housing advocates, these problems can be attributed...

Housing shortage sends some sophomores off-campus

Housing shortage sends some sophomores off-campus

Camille Buckner, Contributing Reporter September 16, 2022

Back-to-school can prove stressful, but at Tulane University, one aspect sophomore students traditionally have not had to worry about is whether they would be living on-campus or off.    But...

Dorm construction continues unabated, as HRL expects construction to wrap up by year-end.

New dorms’ construction progresses despite delays

Hannah Mayer, Staff Reporter February 4, 2022

The Housing Quad Redevelopment project has been underway since the demolition of Tulane University’s Bruff Commons in fall 2019.    Phase I of the project has progressed slowly, but there...

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OPINION | Off-campus living is integral but comes with community responsibilities

Phoebe Hurwitz and Gabi Liebeler September 29, 2021

Moving into a cockroach-infested shotgun house in a centuries-old New Orleans neighborhood with seven other roommates is one of the most exciting events for third-year students at Tulane University....

Tulane contact traced students quarantine at the Hyatt

Tulane contact traced students quarantine at the Hyatt

Amy Nankin, News Editor September 17, 2020

Starting Aug. 26, Tulane began to send students who have been in close contact with others who tested positive for COVID-19 to quarantine at the Hyatt Regency, instead of Paterson Residence Hall. This...

Coronavirus precautions should not come at expense of inclusivity

Coronavirus precautions should not come at expense of inclusivity

Ori Tsameret, Intersections Editor September 2, 2020

For several years, Paterson Residence Hall has served as the home for communal bathroom-style gender-affirmative housing on Tulane’s campus, as well as the Kaleidoscope Residential Learning Community....

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Does housing fit the needs of all students?

Michael Chen, Associate News Editor March 14, 2019

A month ago, returning students received the same email, titled "Apply for Housing for 2019-2020 Today!" While all students across campus must decide where they will live next school year, the process...

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Tulane Should Scrap Its Housing Requirement

Edwin Wang, Contributing Reporter January 31, 2019

With the housing application reopening for the 2019-20 academic year, a question that often puzzles Tulane students resurfaces: Why does Tulane require first- and second-year students to live on campus? As...

Hypersocialization is an endemic problem for Tulane students, strains mental health

Hypersocialization is an endemic problem for Tulane students, strains mental health

Hannah Klein and Matt Saletta October 17, 2018

Tulane’s work hard, play hard culture has stood the test of time, but it continues to burden students by reinforcing a culture of hypersocialization. For the sake of their continued health and happiness,...

University fails to provide housing, leaves students behind

University fails to provide housing, leaves students behind

Justin Marcano, Contributing Writer October 3, 2018

Tulane University has created a pressure-filled housing problem that has been ignored for too long. Until some serious changes are made, students will continue to be impacted by the university’s negligence...

FULLABALOO: RA writes resident up for juuling, student ‘confused’

Sophia Mariani, Associate News Editor April 6, 2018

Exhaling his last euphoric cloud of water vapor, Monroe resident Brad Werner watched in dismay as his $34.99 investment was swiftly confiscated by his Resident Advisor. The Tulane resident contract...

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Upperclassmen face challenges with off-campus housing

Sophia Mariani, Associate News Editor April 4, 2018

Come springtime, many upperclassmen become tentative realtors as they try to find off-campus housing in the Uptown New Orleans area. Required to live on campus for freshman and sophomore years, some...

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