'''Tulane University''' is a private [[university]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Tulane has been closed twice; during the [[American Civil War]] and [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Former [[Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] is a Tulane alum.
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'''Tulane University''' is a private [[university]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Tulane has been closed twice; during the [[American Civil War]] and [[Hurricane Katrina]].
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Former [[Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] is a Tulane alumnus; so is the former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, [[Jimmy Dimos]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], a Tulane law school graduate.