The Tulane Hullabaloo is the weekly student-run newspaper

Student newspaper

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 of Tulane University

Tulane University

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 in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

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. It is published every Friday of the academic year, except holidays, and has received multiple Pacemaker Awards

National Pacemaker Awards

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, the highest award in college journalism.

History

The Tulane Weekly began in 1905 to rival The Olive and Blue, another Tulane newspaper that dates back to 1896. (There were more Tulane newsletters and newspapers before The Olive and Blue named College Spirit, Collegian, Topics and The Rat.) The first issue of The Tulane Weekly was published on Nov. 8, 1905 and stated that “the organization of this paper is the result of a dispute between the student body and a few individuals at The Olive and Blue. If a few students have a right to publish a periodical under the name of the University, and represent it as a student publication when the students have no voice in its management; then this paper has no right to an existence.” There is no record of The Olive and Blue after 1906.

The Tulane Weekly changed its name to The Hullabaloo on Jan. 16, 1920. A staff editorial titled “Note: Please Send Your Dollars to The Hullabaloo” appeared in the first issue and stated “The staff favors the new name because it is representative of Tulane and is original above all else.” The paper still retains this name.

Tulane University's mascot and nickname, the Green Wave

Tulane Green Wave

Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920. From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue for the official...

, owes its origins to a song published in The Hullabaloo in October 1920. The paper's editor at the time, Earl Sparling, wrote and published a football song called "The Rolling Green Wave" in support of the "Olive and Blue" (as the team was officially known at the time). Within a month, The Hullabaloo started referring to the university's teams by the new nickname, a practice that was soon picked up by the daily press.

Notable Contributors

• Felix Edward Hébert
  Felix Edward Hébert
  Felix Edward Hébert , known as F. Edward Hébert, was the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana, having represented the New Orleans-based First Congressional District as a Democrat from 1941 until his retirement in 1977.Hébert was born in...
  
  , Louisiana's longest-serving member in the United States House of Representatives
  United States House of Representatives
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  , was The Hullabaloos first sports editor.
• John Kennedy Toole
  John Kennedy Toole
  John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, best-known for his posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected...
  
  , author of A Confederacy of Dunces
  A Confederacy of Dunces
  A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published by LSU Press in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide. The book was published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy and Toole's mother Thelma Toole, quickly becoming a cult classic, and later a...
  
  , served as The Hullabaloos cartoonist in 1956.

Awards & Accolades

'11 Pacemaker Finalist, ACP & NAAF


‘09 Best of Show: Seventh Place, ACP


‘09 Online Pacemaker, ACP


‘05 Best of Show: First Place, ACP


‘02 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘02 Pacemaker Finalist, ACP & NAAF


‘00 Best of Show: Fourth Place, ACP


‘00 Newspaper of the Year: Honorable Mention, ACP


‘99 General Excellence Newspaper, LPA


‘98 Pacemaker Finalist, ACP & NAAF


‘96 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘94 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘94 Pacemaker Finalist, ACP & NAAF


‘93 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘92 Best Newspaper, SPJ


‘91 Best of Show: Fourth Place, ACP


‘90 Regional Pacemaker: Southeast Region, ACP & ANPA


‘90 Critique Medalist: Columbia University Annual Contest, CSPA


‘90 All American Newspaper, ACP


‘89 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘89 First Place: Columbia University Annual Contest, CSPA


‘89 All American Newspaper, ACP


‘88 All American Newspaper, ACP


‘80 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF


‘79 National Pacemaker, ACP & NAAF

ACP: Associated Collegiate Press

Associated Collegiate Press

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NAAF: Newspaper Association of America Foundation


LPA: Louisiana Press Association


SPJ: Society of Professional Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...

ANPA: American Newspaper Publishers Association


CSPA: Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Columbia Scholastic Press Association

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External links and sources

• The Tulane Hullabaloo
• Tulane University
• Tulane's Nickname and Mascot, from Tulane's official athletic website
• 1969 F. Edward Hebert Oral History Interview (in PDF format
  Portable Document Format
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  ), from the LBJ Library and Museum
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