July 2008
BUNNIES IN THE MARBLE
Re: Julia Street. May 2008.
I’d like to give you a historical correction if I may. My grandfather was E. Lysle Aschaffenburg, owner and founder of the Pontchartrain Hotel. The “marble” lobby was done in the late 1960s after one of the hurricanes flooded...
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June 2008
NEWCOMB/HOWARD JOHNSON’S/SWAT
Re: March 2008 issue.
First, regarding the string of letters concerning the future of Newcomb College, I personally applaud Scott Cowen’s actions during and following Hurricane Katrina to preserve and sustain Tulane University as an institution....
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May 2008
FRENCH IMMERSION
Re: “Charting a Course,” Education column, by Dawn Ruth. February 2008 issue.
My thanks to Dawn Ruth for compiling the list of charter schools in the city. As a proud parent of a 5th grader in the French Immersion program at the International School of...
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April 2008
Pondering Baton Rouge
Re: “What to Do About Baton Rouge,” Speaking Out column, March 2008 issue.
In the days that followed Katrina, I happened upon a Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Power Point presentation while searching the Web for the latest storm information. It was a plan...
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March 2008
TULANE AND NEWCOMB
Ed. Note: The following letter, cut for length, is in response to our Education column, entitled “Newcomb Musings” which appeared in our January ’08 issue. Letters in response to this topic were also published in our February issue. ...
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January 2008
THE NEWCOMB CONTROVERSY
The following letters are in response to “Newcomb Musings,” Education column, by Dawn Ruth. January 2008 issue.
What a difference a hundred years makes. In 1908, heirs of Josephine Louise Newcomb lost their legal battle to nullify her donation to Tulane University....
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December 2007
UNRELATED PROBE?
Re: “Letten Loose,” by Allen Johnson Jr. November 2007 issue.
Shame on you. Shame on you for including me in your article on Jim Letten. When does a misdemeanor plea warrant being rated in the “Top Cases.” And to add insult to injury, you’re totally in error by...
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October 2007
Inside the Name
Re: “Dazzled by Design,” by John P. Klingman. June 2007 issue.
Thank you as usual for John Klingman’s characteristically wonderful article outlining the best of this year’s architecture.
Having grown up with David Dillon’s weekly Dallas Morning...
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October 2007
Conspiracy debate
The two letters below are in response to “Dr. Mary’s Monkey: Did HIV originate in New Orleans?” by Brobson Lutz, M.D. August 2007 issue. In the article Lutz critiques the book Dr. Mary’s Monkey by Edward Haslam.
(Dr. Lutz) confidently declared that the controversial...
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August 2007
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Re: “Dazzled by Design: Our Annual Pursuit of the Year’s Best New Architecture” by John P. Klingman. June 2007 issue.
I found it quite interesting that all of your noted structures lacked any alternative energy generation features. Can we consider...
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