Quotes about Tulane

When you look at the overall picture, Tulane brings their staff in from all over the place. And they haven't played in this stadium. Everyone's very appreciative of the help that the Independence bowl people are giving. A lot of the people involved, running the game operations, have never been in that stadium. … But if we're organized, we'll be able to minimize the glitches.

Russ Anderson

Our community needs hope. Our student-athletes represent hope for them. They will carry the torch and be the face, and display the name of Tulane University and the New Orleans community until we are able to come home and do that on our own campus.

Rick Dickson

I didn't go to Tulane just to play soccer. I went there for the academics, the atmosphere and the students there. It's hard to tell yourself to get used to somewhere else.

Leah Peterson

I'm at Ole Miss (attending school while Tulane is closed) now, and that's just adding to it. They hate LSU.

Colby Omner

Some of the places [in the city] that were damaged severely, I wouldn't be going there anyway as a student-athlete. It was just good to know, Tulane was going to be OK.

Kevin Moore

They didn't care what the coaches said at Tulane. They knew what type of player I was. They knew that I was the top defensive lineman in the state.

Tremell Jack

Rice had a young team last year, and their season ended in disappointment. Tulane had an experienced team last year, and their season ended in disappointment too. [Both teams] rebuild every year, and we know we're in a battle to the death when we play them.

Carson Kainer

Last Saturday they had this thing called 'Outreach New Orleans' [where about] 3,000 or 6,000 college students [including] 3,000 Tulane [students] volunteered in the New Orleans community.

Stephen Frapart

It's been pretty easy to match my schedule at Tulane just because both schools offer such a wide range of courses.

Christina Montrois

Essentially, they're going to reinvent Tulane. The kinds of changes they are likely to make would be the most significant restructuring of any American college or university in the last century.

Terry W. Hartle

The University was very careful not to give the appearance that we were stealing students from Tulane.

Loretta Neigeborn

We've been in (similar) situations a couple of times: earlier this year at Tulane and at SMU just recently. Tonight we just wanted to make sure that we handled the situation the way we were supposed to and close the game out.

Lorenzo Williams

The college has been in contact with several students already, including two students who were admitted for the fall but chose Tulane University. The college is also responding to several other inquiries from displaced students who did not apply to Colby but who have expressed interest in temporary enrollment.

Stephen Collins

It turns out that [the Spanish class I signed up for at Tulane] was the same one I took at Wash. U., [and] once I figured out it was the same class I had to scramble to find the right class.

Stephen Frapart

The people of Texas A&M and the community have accepted us with open arms, and when I say that, I'm not just talking about our team, but everyone in the Tulane family. We have all of our student-athletes here and enrolled and we are thankful to be here and begin the semester on the Texas A&M campus. Our thoughts and prayers, however, are with the city of New Orleans and our campus.

Dave Dickerson

That's the type of situation that doesn't come up very often, thankfully. We'd certainly work with one of our members to be as flexible as possible. It will really depend on what transpires at Tulane.

Erik Christianson