101 reasons to attend Tulane University

<p>@Tulane92 - Can you please provide a source/link for #102 (specifically for 5-6 miles round-trip). Ran along the street car tracks a couple of times. Would appreciate any other suggestions. Thank you.</p>

<p>My friends are runners and often run in Audubon Park, City Park the jogging trail along Bayou St. John, the Lakefront, the Riverfront, along the levee (which begins at The Fly),the streetcar lines. Granted, some of these areas aren’t exactly close to campus. We use gmap-pedometer to plot out distances for runs/walks. From St. Charles/Walnut, down St. Charles to 1st St. it’s 3 miles. </p>

<p>I actually live just outside Nashville, but I graduated from Tulane in 1992. We visit New Orleans and Tulane usually 2-3 times a year. I like to run whenever I visit a city or go on vacation. When we go to New Orleans, if we stay in the French Quarter I like to run along the Riverfront/Woldenburg Park and in the morning it is a unique experience to run through the streets of the French Quarter and Marigny as well as the warehouse district. If we are closer uptown, then Audubon Park, The Fly and Tulane’s campus are great running areas. Basically the same spots dolphnivr6 mentions. I usually run 6-8 miles and use a gps watch to measure distance. New Orleans is so flat and scenic it is one of my favorite cities for running.
I found this site last fall while researching different schools with my daughter. She is a high school junior so we are planning college visits this year. I think Tulane will be one of her top choices or probably her top choice when she starts applying to schools. Anyway, when I saw the 101 reasons to attend Tulane list my school pride kicked-in and I wanted it to have at least 101 reasons on it. You could literally get the list over 101 just by listing great restaurants in New Orleans. </p>

<p>What is the Official List up to? I see posts that go up to 86? Some only in the 30’s?</p>

<p>I PROMISE I will redo the list soon, and consolidate it into categories. The idea is to focus on things that are really unique to Tulane and New Orleans, which obviously is a judgement call in certain cases. A good example is running. While that is generic, of course, where else can you run along streetcar lines past gorgeous homes? And while running along the Mississippi may not be unique, it is special enough to include as well, especially when you put those choices, along with Audubon Park since it is right across the street, all together.</p>

<p>By putting it into categories, it will also serve as a more convenient resource when people ask about hotels and restaurants and things to do, like plantation tours and museums. I don’t think it would be fair to give a number to each one, but there might be certain highly unique ones that deserve their own number. I will ponder that more when I see the list. But people have said for years we ought to have a thread that helped with this topic, given that we are talking about New Orleans.</p>

<p>Super appreciation for your contributions @Tulane92, and everyone else of course. Makes me smile that it helped kick in some nostalgia and pride. Very glad you get to revisit on a regular basis, and that your D is strongly considering as well. I graduated well before you, but my D isn’t that much older than yours apparently (6 years maybe). As you might know from reading back, she just graduated from Tulane this last ceremony. It is a great feeling to have that connection along with everything else, I can tell you. The best part was that it was her choice, no pressure except I am sure she felt obligated to at least apply just from years of hearing about Tulane. The rest was totally up to her.</p>

<p>Anyway, back to topic, I will try and get to the updating of the list within the next 2 weeks. I might start a new thread for it, something like “101 (or so) reasons to attend Tulane University, 2014-15 edition” Some of the things on the original list sadly no longer apply. Not many, but a couple are person specific and those people have passed on. This way we can keep the list fresh every couple of years or so, and that will also help account for changing circumstances in hotels and restaurants.</p>

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I just got back from spending a couple of days visiting New Orleans and Tulane. It was really tough to leave. What a fun place. People were complaining about the weather which makes me think they are spoiled by such nice winter weather usually. Nice that students get some time off to enjoy the MardiGras festivities. Seems like being in New Orleans is a great reason to go to Tulane. Also the beautiful campus and just about everything else.

It is a magical place. This is the first year in many that DS wasnt there for mardi gras. We were all a little sad about that.

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We used to get the Wednesday after Mardi Gras off too, back in the old days. But when they started taking MLK day off, they had to cut back on the MG holiday.

Glad you had a great visit. You are right, it is easy to get spoiled by 70 degree days in January. February is usually the worst weather, actually.

Thanks Fallenchemist. And did I mention the food? There are a lot of great reasons to go to Tulane. I could have eaten through a few more days-that’s for sure.

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Well, duh!! LOL. Yes, the food continues to be a major draw, maybe the biggest draw for parents. It is most common to be nostalgic and opine that it just isn’t as good today as it used to be, and there are a couple of restaurants I miss a lot. But the truth is that the food scene is more varied and better than ever, I think.

Oh my goodness. This is an awesome list and I’ll have to check out Tulane when I visit New Orleans next year.

I might actually melt while thinking of Tulane- today a friend forwarded a handful of dorm tour videos. I’m not embarrassed to say that it’s how I spent my day haha!

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