<p>Granny Cart Lady — what student doesn’t have a story or two about this Tulane institution? For those interested, here is a bit more information:</p>
<p>[Martha</a> Hardy Death Notice: Martha Hardy?s Obituary by the The Times-Picayune.](<a href=“Legacy.com”>Martha Hardy Obituary (2009) - New Orleans, LA - The Times-Picayune)</p>
<p>Hey guys, how did we miss these two “101 reasons?”</p>
<ul>
<li>Bourbon Street on the Saturday night before a Saints home game</li>
<li>The most fun graduation ceremonies ever</li>
</ul>
<p>“20. Diversity of the student body”</p>
<p>What? This is extremely deceiving.</p>
<p>Tulane is 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. (collegeboard.com)</p>
<p>The “geographic diversity” is basically just a bunch of yankees who relocated to New Orleans (the 75% come from more than 500 miles away statistic). They come from far away, but they all come from the same place (the nyc and boston metro areas). It’s like being in suburban Jersey except it aint cold. Also their is an extremely large Jewish population. Not that it’s a bad thing, but 30+% Jewish is not diversity. </p>
<p>“59. Real Vampires”
“OMG, lol. # 59 is great! Have you had the pleasure of meeting one? Just curious.”</p>
<p>Anyone wants to meet a real vampire, hang out behind St. Louis Cathedral around midnight. If you want to meet a real person who thinks that he is a vampire, go to the Dragons Den on Esplanade.</p>
<p>I will give you a good one - surprised I got the jump on Fallen Chemist, but with my daughter being a senior, I guess I have this information first. </p>
<h1>102?</h1>
<p>Anderson Cooper will be the special guest speaker at this years’ graduation!!!</p>
<p>Y’all are going to have to take that “not cold in winter” off the list. It’s 28 degrees here today.</p>
<p>Lord, thanks for the heads up on the vampire. Now I’ll never go to the Quarter!</p>
<p>And shucks, lewmin, you beat me to the Anderson Cooper news. Got the email from the alumni group today about his appearance. </p>
<p>Now that I have finally experienced it, you have to also add Commanders Palace and 25 cent martinis.</p>
<p>we should add the great daily emails Tulane sends to parents and student! I read about Anderson Cooper too! Also read about the restoration of the alumni house.</p>
<p>Does Tulane have any weakness? This thread make them seem perfect.
I guess the cons are
-Possibility of another Katrina
-High crime in the city
-Decline population
-People like to use the word “■■■■■”(which is very informal)</p>
<p>
I didn’t say anything about the Quarter.</p>
<p>To us locals, Saint Louis Cathedral is in the Quarter. You mentioned that you could meet a real vampire if you hung out behind Saint Louis Cathedral. And we generally don’t distinguish between the French Market, Jax Brewery and the French Quarter. They’re all areas that are hard to park in and very expensive. Unfortunately, most locals don’t go to the Quarter. My son is almost 18 years old, and other than going to the Aquarium, he has never been to the Quarter. Something I hope to change before he goes away to college. Of course, if he goes to Tulane, I’m sure he’ll have plenty of opportunity to enjoy the Quarter with his newfound friends.</p>
<p>Tulane may have its vampires, but they’re nowhere near the problem the University of Chicago has with werewolves, and I’ve heard that at both Penn and Duke the zombies are just out of control. </p>
<p>No school is perfect.</p>
<p>I’m laughing, Montegut. When I was in high school, the only time that I EVER went to the quarter was on the night before the last day of school, when we went to Pat O’s and stayed out all night, and when Alabama was in the Sugar Bowl. But, I’m with you. I love exploring the quarter now when I’m home. Just not the icky bars.</p>
<p>Quote:
thanks for the heads up on the vampire. Now I’ll never go to the Quarter!</p>
<p>“I didn’t say anything about the Quarter.”</p>
<p>I posted about the vampires near the cathedral and on Esplanade.</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The community service opportunities</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they are building from McAlister to Newcomb. Should be really nice. (Now completed, with plans to expand it to Newcomb Place)</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, But I leave her on her in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The crepe place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, Jimmy Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best stock trading programs in the South</li>
<li>Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>Montegut beat me to Commander’s Palace! Darn you!</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The community service opportunities</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they are building from McAlister to Newcomb. Should be really nice. (Now completed, with plans to expand it to Newcomb Place)</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The crepe place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, Jimmy Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best stock trading programs in the South</li>
<li>Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>For better or worse, I am going to try and change some of the transient ones into more enduring ones. For example, I am making the Ellen Degeneres as commencement speaker point into a reference to the general string of notable speakers (Presidents Bush 41 and Clinton, Degeneres, Anderson Cooper, Carville and Matalin, and Tom Friedman this coming May.</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The community service opportunities</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they are building from McAlister to Newcomb. Should be really nice. (Now completed, with plans to expand it to Newcomb Place)</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best stock trading programs in the South</li>
<li>Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>OK, I have asked them to make this a sticky thread. Come on you current students. I am challenging you to come up with more current things to add here, but try not to make them overly specific if they are not likely to be recognizable in a year or 2.</p>
<p>FC-What is a sticky thread?</p>
<p>It always shows up at the top of the list. Take a look at [Washington</a> University in St. Louis - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/]Washington”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/) which is where I got the idea from. Note the tack in the upper right corner.</p>
<p>I see they are further along! No way WUSTL and St. Louis can beat Tulane and New Orleans! Although I didn’t examine their list for duplicates or things that don’t belong. A quick glance tells me #16 and 53 are dupes on theirs, there may be others.</p>