Topic: New Orleans
Impression: Judy Cooper
Many colors flash through the mind when thinking of New Orleans culture.
Living and Learning
When Hurricane Ida arrived 16 years to the day after Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, a narrative quickly emerged that it would be the Katrina of the 2020s. Fortunately, the improvements made to New Orleans’ flood protection system more than a decade and a half ago changed this storyline.
Wish You Were Here
Postcards depicting travel scenes and inscribed with cryptic messages are a dwindling form of communication.
Great Cities Need Great Universities
Urban universities are defined by the cities they call home and cities with great universities are set apart by their vitality, innovation, originality and diversity.
Gridiron Handles
Fullback Felts, tackle Upton, halfback Zimmerman, guard Scafide and tight end Haynes played in the 1932 Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California.
HOORAY FOR ROOTS OF MUSIC
Academic Tutoring—Roots of Music, a Tulane student club, organized 100 self-care goody bags for New Orleans kids who are part of Roots of Music. Roots of Music is a nonprofit program that provides music history and theory, instrumental instruction, and ensemble performance preparation for students ages 9–14 from low-income households.https://tulane.it/roots-of-music
Morgus Is Missed
Of all the talented, learned, likable celebrities and public figures we lost in 2020, locally one will be severely missed because of all the laughter he brought into our lives: Dr. Momus Alexander Morgus, the host of TV’s “The House of Shock.”
Racial Reckoning
Tulane renews and expands its commitment to making the university a more inclusive and supportive home for all. The time to act is now.
