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12 Helluva Hullabaloo by Nick Marinello The campus roils with protest and change in 1969–70, and the newspaper staff rolls with the punches.
18 Road Warrior Photographer Julie Dermansky, Newcomb class of 1987, chases hot spots around the world.
24 Bouquet in Hand by Mary Ann Travis Looking for an emotional experience? Try the poems of English professor and poet Peter Cooley.
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4 President’s Perspective Scott Cowen sees students making a difference in the community.
5 Inside Track • Art history’s west wing • Summer orientation • Regrowing limbs • Sustainable paper products • Dinwiddie transformation • Masters of plaster • Service learning in Malaysia • Steak house delivers health care • New talent on theater scene • Music centennial • Change of leadership • Genes make you fat
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10 Photo Riff Gutted Dinwiddie Hall glows in early morning light.
30 Giving Back Support solidifies for university’s civic engagements.
41 The Classes Read about what your classmates and other Tulane alumni are doing.
40 New Orleans Cicadas play a little (a lot, really) night music.
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Dr.Tina Thethi, assistant professor of endocrinology, leads a study of genetic links to obesity. Front cover: The Hullabaloo newspaper covers a riotous year. Photos (clockwise from top) by Michael P. Smith, Buddy Brimberg and Matt Anderson. Inside front cover: Rain boots line up at the uptown campus bookstore. Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano.
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