Tonight, come hungry, and literary, to NOMA for Edible Book Day. Bach Around the Clock all night, learns about tombs and timeshares, and support Jimmy’s Music Club! On this day in 1866, Antonio de Ulloa became Louisiana’s first Spanish governor. Now, more to do this chilly Friday.

by Derick Dupre

When the dust of the weekend clears and the brain begins its waltz back from liquefaction, you'll want to remember one thing: mummies. This Friday at Tulane, mummies will be the topic of discussion in a lecture presented by the British Egyptologist Dr. Nigel Strudwick. The focus will be on the tomb of Senneferi, a close confidant of pharaoh Thutmose III.

Tulane students are signing up in droves for a university-sponsored phone application that functions as an emergency panic button. The campus police department rolled out the system, called Rave Guardian, last month. Tulane has worked with a national campus security company, also called Rave Guardian, since last year to develop the program.

by Joe Shriner

St. Joseph’s Day’s not the only reason to be celebrating this Tuesday. On March 19, in Dixion Hall at Tulane University, the internationally lionized Emerson String Quartet will be back in New Orleans performing string quartets by Haydn, Schumann, and Bartók.

A pair of Tulane frat house antics were deemed unpledgeworthy by the frat's big brothers. First, a Feb. 21 federal drug bust at the Kappa Sigma house put $10,000 worth of drugs on ice. Then, two of the brotherhood's pledges confessed to stealing more than 2,000 copies of the university’s student newspaper splashed with the headline hours after its Thursday afternoon publication, according to the Tulane Hullabaloo. As a result of the incidents, the frat is under investigation, according to Kappa Sigma national overseers.

From Press Street's Room 220

Author Aimee Bender, who is currently the 28th Zale-Kimmerling Writer-in-Residence at Tulane, will read from her work and field interview questions at 7pm tomorrow, January 28, in the Freeman Auditorium at Tulane. Bender is the author of four books, and her short fiction has been published in Granta, Harper’s, Tin House, McSweeney’s, and The Paris Review.

Before Friday, Tulane's future football stadium already had a name and funding, but one critical piece remained before the golden shovels come out. Tulane and the City had to resolve lingering public concerns over the new crowds, cars and crap that would fill the Uptown neighborhood surrounding the university. On Friday, the City released the final agreement with the university, which puts restrictions on the Yulamn Stadium's uses, instates traffic and parking plans and details the boots on the ground necessary to control the football fans' litter.

For the second time this week, Frederick George finds himself at the intersection of Law tonight. NOPD issued an arrest warrant for the 18-year-old in connection with a carjacking in the center of Tulane's campus on Sat., Dec. 22. About 6 p.m., a man went to a house near the corner of Law St. and Freret St. to pick up an acquaintance he knew only as Freddie, police said.

You’re halfway through the workweek, and there’s tons of stuff to do this chilly Wednesday night. Enjoy a free screening of Elf, check out some swing music, or stroll Frenchmen for regular gigs. Happy 12-12-12 Birthday to Papa Grows Funk and Funky Meters drummer Russell Batiste! Now, more on what to do this hump day.

With its focus on football, it was perhaps a matter of time before conference realignment arrived in New Orleans. Tulane University announced they will join the Big East Conference, departing Conference USA in Summer, 2014. At a press conference to announce the move this afternoon, Tulane President Scott Cowen said academics were at the core of the move. But the forthcoming on-campus football stadium couldn't have been far behind in Big East Conference officials' minds.