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Vote now through mid-October for new mascot design

Jabarie Walker October 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 3, 2013) The Athletic Department is enlisting the DU community to make the final decision on one of three submissions for a new Bleu Devil mascot design, the first in several years,...

Newly Elected Officers for the 2013-2014 Academic school year

October 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 3, 2013) Nicole Tinson, a political science major from Los Angeles, ran unopposed to become DU Senior Class president, as did 12 other candidates in 18 student races held Sept. 18-19. Jordan...

Song says, ‘I am not my hair,’ but am I? Trend means beauty doesn’t equal broke

Whitney Patterson October 16, 2013

Has change finally come? Has the African-American woman finally embraced the kink in her curl and the nap in her root? Maybe not all, but a trend seems to be traveling around the world with natural hair...

Death of innocents:Enough is enough!

October 16, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 3, 2013) A child barely 1 years old is fatally shot in her nanny's arms. A young girl playing in her home is slain by gunfire shot into her home. The rash of children's deaths alone...

‘On-campus’ students really on campus

October 16, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 3, 2013) Eight years after Hurricane Katrina drowned Dillard and much of the rest of New Orleans, all of Dillard's "on-campus" students are really on-campus. Hartzell Hall was the last...

7% tuition hike causes stir among students

October 3, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 3, 2013) A 7 percent tuition hike at Dillard University this fall has caused a stir among students, but the increase is the smallest of eight Louisiana private schools over an eight-year...

‘Dreamgirls’ to run three times this weekend

April 11, 2013

  NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2013)-The Dillard University Theatre Department will end its season this weekend with the three final performances of "Dreamgirls" in the Cook Center Theatre. The production...

Kimbrough’s follow-up on ‘Tough Love’ policies

Maleiya Porter-Jones April 11, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2013)-Student reactions have been mixed to President Walter Kimbrough's "Tough Love" letter on Valentine's Day, as was evident in a follow-up meeting held March 11. In February,...

Empty spaces in Student Union raise questions

Blair Thomas April 11, 2013

  Two years after Dillard's Student Union opened, some spaces still remain unoccupied, generating student complaints. Officials say the building and its activities are a work in progress while some students...

Brandy tops Spring Fest show

April 11, 2013

  NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2013)-Grammy-awarding singer-actress Brandy, R&B singer-songwriter Elle Varner and New Orleans rapper Curren$y will headline the Spring Fest concert at 7 p.m. Saturday in...

3 students win $500 apiece in research contest

April 11, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2013)-Two DU seniors and a junior won $500 each as first-place winners in the seventh annual Undergraduate Research Competition on April 4, according to Lynn Strong, director. Winners...

New identification card will unlock doors, hold money

Michael Clemons April 11, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (April 11, 2013)-New Dillard identification cards with increased functionality are being tested by an estimated 500 students this semester, and all students and university personnel are expected...

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