Graduate art ‘Off Course’ at Baseline Gallery
Fire hydrants, a canvas covered in sanitary napkins and a portrait of a Klondike Bar’s last moments awaited visitors of the Baseline Gallery downtown this weekend.
Mallinckrodt Asian Concept opens to lukewarm reviews
Since opening at the beginning of the semester as a replacement for Taco Bell, the Asian Concept at the Mallinckrodt food court has received a lukewarm response from its customers.
Tulane students adjust after Katrina
As spring semester gets off to a normal start for Washington University students, students at Tulane University are just beginning to get reacquainted with their campus after the Hurricane Katrina disaster last fall.
According to Tulane’s Web site, the university’s “renewal plan” consists of such goals as “strengthening its commitment to building a world-class educational and research institution” and “implementing measures to ensure the university’s financial stability.”
According to student Stephen Frapart, a freshman who spent his first semester at Washington University, Tulane expected only about 60-70 percent of students to return but in fact received something closer to a 90 percent return rate.
Freshmen such as Frapart had to go through an orientation program similar to the one planned for last fall.
“[It was] essentially the same orientation they had pre-Katrina, but we never got to experience it,” said Frapart. “There was a lot of getting to know people at college.”
All students were also given the opportunity to participate in a student-wide community service project that consisted of helping damaged parts of New Orleans.
“Last Saturday they had this thing called ‘Outreach New Orleans’ [where about] 3,000 or 6,000 college students [including] 3,000 Tulane [students] volunteered in the New Orleans community,” said Frapart.
Frapart described his experience in the Lower Ninth Ward, the most devastated part of New Orleans.
“[It was] the hardest hit by Katrina,” said Frapart. “[It was] 17 feet underwater during the storm. We were assigned to a house, and we cleaned everything out.It was unbelievable; everything was damaged.”
Picking on Ariel Sharon
Counting on many students to not be familiar with the intricacies of Middle East politics, Trent Taylor’s article on Friday tried to present embellished facts and obvious propaganda as truth.
Perhaps ‘True Life’ isn’t so true after all
There are some students out there who are financially independent.
Ice may be cold, but WU ice hockey is hot
There’s just something so oddly fascinating about watching a 45-year-old electrician duke it out with a 20-year-old student, especially when they’re both sliding around the ice rink on skates.
Give peace a chance
Both Israelis and Palestinians are at a historical crossroads, both in their internal governments and their interactions with each other.
Regarding plagiarism in Student Life
It is with regret that Student Life announces the retraction of an op-ed submission from last Friday’s issue.
Are the Kobes and Artests of the world worth a damn?
In light of Kobe Bryant’s 81 points Sunday night and Ron Artest showing his true colors on Tuesday by refusing a trade to Sacramento, I’m beginning to wonder if it’s all worth it.
Bode, this Bud’s for you
Bode Miller is headed to Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympics to represent the United States, but most of the buzz surrounding him seems to have much less to do with gold and silver medals and more to do with Pabst Blue Ribbon and Jack Daniels.