Tulane Hullabaloo

The "Tulane Hullabaloo" is the weekly student-run newspaper of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is published every Friday of the academic year, except on holidays. The paper has received the Pacemaker Award, the highest award in college journalism.

The first issue of the Hullabaloo was published in 1919. The weekly/Friday publication of each edition is celebrated by the popular shirts worn by staff members, reading "We put out on Fridays".

The university's mascot and nickname, the Green Wave, 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.

Editors

Well-known editors

* In the 1920s F. Edward Hebert was the first sports editor of the "Hullabaloo"
* In the 1930s Hale Boggs was at one time the paper's editor

Other notable Hullabaloo contributors

* John Kennedy Toole did a series of cartoons for the Hullabaloo while at Tulane

Hullabaloo History/Awards

Associated Collegiate Press
* 2005- Best of Show Award- Washington D.C.
* 2002- Pacemaker Award winner
* 2000- Best in Show- 4th place, Arcade- Washington D.C.
* 2000- Newspaper of the Year- Honorable Mention
* 1998- Pacemaker Finalist
* 1998- Story of the Year- 3rd place, Rachel Breen
* 1996- Reporter of the Year- Honorable Mention, Rachel Breen
* 1996- Pacemaker Award winner
* 1993- Pacemaker Award winner
* 1991- Best magazine special or supplement- 3rd place, Basketball preview
* 1989- Regional Pacemaker Award winner

External links and sources

* [http://www.thehullabaloo.com/ The "Tulane Hullabaloo"]
* [http://tulanegreenwave.collegesports.com/trads/tul-trads.html Tulane's Nickname and Mascot] , from Tulane's official athletic website
* [http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/Hebert/Hebert.pdf 1969 F. Edward Hebert Oral History Interview] (in PDF format), from the LBJ Library and Museum