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e wanted change. We were Government, complete with a new tired of politics as usual, tired constitution. We were tired of of our money going to waste, tired of What will the new constitution politics as usual, gridlock keeping things from being do? According to Moret, it will be tired of our done. We wanted someone to fix much more efficient and will pro­ the government. vide much needed stability. “For the money going to The candidates campaigned first time in the last 20 years, we have waste, tired of hard. They did just as they had been a foundation we can build upon. Fi­ gridlock keeping trained, DO WHATEVER IT nally, we have a system set up so it TAKES TO WIN! can work.” things from being It arrived: Election Day 1993, Speaker of The Student Senate, done Part II. You showed your anger. We start doing Tracy Smith, feels that the new con­ You voted and put your trust in the stitution will provide clearer guide­ some signifi­ which met last fall. candidates that promised change — lines for student governmental offic­ cant things, do “The idea to rewrite it (the new real change, who ran on a platform ers, and allow more students to par­ constitution) was totally Steven’s that was based on reforming the something ticipate in the student government. idea. Steven was frustrated, and saw SGA. about things As for what it can do for the stu­ that nothing was going to happen if The ticket of Stephen Moret and dents in general, the answer is noth­ people care it was left up to the committee,” Amanda Bolz triumphed. Unlike ing at all. “It’s not going to make Smith stated. most politicians, the new adminis­ about, and our things happen,” Moret said. “It in­ The key to the success of any or­ tration has lived up to their cam­ image will sures that we have a system in place ganization is the people in it. This is paign promises. They have com­ with the right purpose.” improve where Smith feels the real strength of pletely changed the structure of the The new constitution is Moret’s the student government lies. “Basi­ SGA; in feet, it is no longer called the “baby.” It started due to the Consti­ cally, we have real outstanding SGA. It is now the LSU Student tutional Convention Committee, people involved. People like Craig Greene, Bridget Ashy, Ross Henry, Darren Gauthier, Derrick Angelloz, and Nathan Hartwig are the kind of people who have come together to serve as leaders in the student gov­ ernment. Student Smith says this is one of the big­ government... gest changes for the student govern­ ment. “What we have had in the wants this past is a couple of bad apples spoil­ autonomy from ing it for everyone else.” the administra­ Moret agrees with this. “We are attracting better people.” tion. It's a What does Dean of Students, delicate balance Thomas Risch, think we can expect which the from the Student Senate? “I don’t know,” he replied. “It can spend a advisors have to $ 100,000 a year, and you can be sure play in order to it’s going to spend its $100,000,” avoid running Risch stated. the student Risch compares student govern­ ment to a lab. “From the educator’s government; but standpoint, the $100,000 is essen­ to play the role tially buying a lab where students of helping this going through the process are gain­ ing some experience, gaining some lab understanding.” Risch says one problem with LSU Student Government has been the lack of guidance through faculty Dean of Students, Thomas Risch, and Speaker of the Student Senate, advisors. “You don’t set up a chem­ Tracy Smith, sport their "Reform SGA" buttons, while debating a point istry lab and turn students loose in of order at a Wednesday night meeting.

GUMBO MAGAZINE NEWS a the lab without lab instructors.” He Moret has a different answer, “We also result in something signifi­ added that the Student Senate is probably do more good than most stu­ cant coming out of their actions. starting to fill these roles. “Dean dents think, but at the same time we Maybe the search being done in Wooten works with it. We are start­ should be doing more.” the chemistry lab just might pro­ ing to get some instructors that are “One of the problems student gov­ duce a finding that somebody working with it...raising questions, ernment has gotten into in the past is can use. They have great inten­ giving directions, and providing ad- that we judge ourselves on how much • » tions, but they get in that lab, vice. we do, rather than what we actually get and they bog down on just tiy- This is not an easy role to play. done,” Moret explained. For the first ing to keep the beakers washed, “Student government, with being This results in government bureau­ time in the last then on who can accumulate the the voice for the students, wants this cratization, he said. “Just to give you an twenty years, most beakers.” autonomy from the administra­ example,” Moret offered, “If you add up “If we pass 10 things a week, tion,” Risch said, “It’s a delicate bal­ all the documents from the old system, we have a there is no way it will all get cov­ ance which the advisors have to play there are over 150 pages. In this one, foundation we ered, there is no way it will get in order to avoid running the stu­ there are about 70.” The old system can build upon done,” Moret explained. dent government, but to play the meaning the old constitution as op­ “So what I want us to do is role of helping this lab.” posed to the new streamlined constitu­ try to do less items that are more So what will this “lab” produce tion. significant, and make sure they from its experiments? It depends Risch sees the bureaucracy as a ma­ are carried through.” upon who you ask. According to jor obstacle also, but says that it can be There are a lot of issues on Risch, “The lab once in a while will overcome. “They can have an organi­ campus, but we can’t show up produce a significant outcome, but zation that can accomplish more than and fix them all,” Moret said. not very often.” simply a lab for themselves. It might “Obviously, parking is an issue... I think the dead week policy is a very important issue along with the repeat-delete issue. These is­ sues we can probably have a good effect on, if we work hard. ” The Student Government has a few problems in its way of accomplishing anything. They merely give suggestions to the university, in most cases, they do not hold any direct power. “We can’t actually say ‘change this.’ The most impor­ tant part of our role is recom­ mendation,” Moret said. “I think our power lies in our cred­ ibility,” he added. "This is a ma­ jor problem for our student rep­ resentatives. They currendy do not have much credibility." “A lot of people say we need to improve our image, and try to

We are starting to get some instruc­ tors that are working with it... raising questions, giving directions, and providing advice Stephen Moret energetically deliberates the reforming of SGA during his campaign at Free Speech Alley.

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get all this positive press, but I think and manipulate it, and it wasn’t re­ of the shenanigans.” it will be a natural occurrence,” ally a one person, one vote. It was a “For example,” he explained, “on Moret said. “We start doing some one person, all the votes.” the election process, all we really had significant things, do something Through the old special elections was an election commissioner who about things people care about, and process, certain factions were able to set the rules, as opposed to election our image will improve.” gain and control the power of the rules being set, while your job (the The problem with the Student Assembly. These were much like election commissioner) is to carry Government’s past history being re­ political parties, but they were repre­ them out. This opportunity to in­ peated, which have caused many to What we have sentative of their own interests, vert the rules to suit your purposes lose faith in it, is something Moret rather than the interests of the stu­ was constantly there.” feels is not likely to happen. He at­ had in the past dents. This has been changed, accord­ tributes this to the new set-up of the is a couple of In regard to the scandals that oc­ ing to Risch. “It is going to be harder Student Government. bad apples curred with the election and the Or­ to manipulate the situation. It still “In the old system, one of the ganizational Relief Fund Board, doesn’t mean anything will get done, spoiling it for biggest problems was the special Moret and Risch agree that due to or that people won’t try to ignore the elections process,” Moret said, everyone else the new constitution, this is less rules.” which has been done away with un­ likely to occur again. Moret expressed the same senti­ der his administration. If there was “I don’t think political ethics can ments, emphasizing the effectiveness an opening in the Assembly, the As­ be changed within the constitution,” of the new constitution. “Very sembly itself voted for a replace­ said Risch. “I think the constitution rarely do we have something really ment. That’s just not representative. has established procedures that well-organized. We have done our I call it a political game-show. minimize the chances for the homework. This constitution is a People would always get their way cronyism; it minimizes the chances very impressive document. Eventu-

Tracy Smith and Chris Moore participate in the swearing in of the new Student Senate representatives.

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ally, I think student government will come to the point where it is a very respectable organization, and where people look to it as their voice. I think that’s what the con­ stitution is going to eventually do.” Another problem that plagues We probably the Student Government is lack of do more good time a person spends in office, and than most the absence of any leadership train­ students think, ing for those who hold office. Those who win election have no but at the guidelines for their position. There same time we is a great amount of wasted time on should be learning how to do simple things. “We don’t have a good orienta­ doing more tion process. Under the new consti­ tution, people won’t be sworn in immediately. They won’t be sworn Spencer Tracy, the former Speaker of the SGA, was arrested in until two weeks before the end of last Spring on charges of writing bad checks for his 1992 the semester, so it really helps them campaign for SGA President. get oriented with their job,” Moret said.

Dean of Students, Dean Risch, and Vi c&C ha nee I lor of Student Services, Norman M oore, announce the election results last spring.

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“The real challenge for a stu­ management,” said Moret, who blames now be put together to fill dent government is getting enough the problem on the high turnover rate in this void. It will consist of stability and continuity of people Hint's just student government. “Even if everyone all the people involved and in order to go after some of the not stays for their whole term, it is only a what was trying to be ac­ more complex and difficult items year. It takes time to get set up.” complished, so that when a representa­ that the students might have input “We came in, and I mean I had noth­ new administration takes in, but take some time to accom­ tive. I call it ing from past administrations. It is real over, this problem can be plished it,” Risch said, “Now they a political hard for student government to continu­ avoided. did it with the constitution, but “At least if they want to game-show ally push for something on a consistent that was a relatively opposition-free basis if there are no guidelines for the take that on, they will have effort.” new people in office,” Moret said. all the information they “We have horrible records of Moret explained that a report will need to keep the ball rolling, rather than having to start over from scratch. This isn’t anything huge, but it’s a good start,” Moret said. The new LSU Student Government seems to be on the road to success. But not enough has been done yet to see if all the changes will have the effect that the ad­ ministration hopes it will. Moret says that even if nothing else is done this year, the student govern­ ment will be at least 50 per­ cent better in years to come. The problem is that most people feel the student gov­ ernment has only done zero percent so far, which would fail the future administra­ tions to come. The ground work for having a powerful student government has been laid. The question is whether or not anything will be built upon it. Will we have a stu­ dent government that is a force for the students, or will it forget what has been done and fall back to its old ways? It is up to the students to vote for and to support their representatives, but it is up to the representatives to conduct themselves in an honorable manner, acting on behalf of their constitu­ ents, while in office. LSU’s Student Senate is on the brink of success. What's going to become of this opportunity? We'll have to simply wait and see. Stephen Moret celebrates his SGA presidential victory among friends Photos by Chris Granger

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Carolina Fornos

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Sr, Poli Sci and French Fresh,Wildlife Time will tell if the Student Senate is f e e l Yes, I do think the Student Senate is moving in the right direction; however, it moving in the right direction because it ap­ will definitely take more than one semester proaches the student interests in a better to make significant reforms. way. I feel that the new constitution will be CONFIDENT beneficial for the majority of the students.

Kieth Ross t h a t Rhonda Washington

t h e STUDENT

SENATE

Jr, Pre-Med. . is Jr, Accounting No, there are too many conflicting views I don’t know much about the new Stu­ in the Student Senate. Until there are posi­ dent Senate, but from what I’ve heard, I tive goals to strive for, nothing will benefit moving think it’s moving in the right direction. At least I hope it will. the students at LSU. in David Cano Dawn Johnson t h e

r i g h t DIRECTION?

Photos by Salem Chenafi

Sr, Speech Com. Jr,Math and philosophy No, the Student Senate acts, and more than likely will continue to act, The pending success of any reformed organization necessarily depends as a subsidiary of the greek system, and they’re only interested in serving on its leaders and their capabilities. I am acquainted with some, not all, of the interests of these organizations. the members of the Student Senate and know their sincere desire to serve their constituency honesdy and with positive regard to all.

FAIL 2 1993 11 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

A Confederacy of Dunces shocked and thrilled its audience with its innovative story and its regional flair, putting an­ other feather in Founder Barry Kyle s cap.

By Keri Moyeux 1 2 GUMBO MAGAZINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

onfederacy of Dunces: helping boost membership for She calls herself a “dramaturg,” but does this sound like thou­ their new organization, Readers Maycock is also an accomplished sands of LSU students and Writers. Its purpose, as ex­ actress, editor, and author. Lowe making way to their 8:30 plained in its informational flier, gave the opposing viewpoint. He a.m. classes? Maybe so, but to the “is to enhance the learning and has taught at both Columbia and cast and crew of Swine Palace teaching environment in LSU’s Harvard University, and he has been Production’s first play of the season, English Department and to en­ a literature professor at LSU since this certainly means much more courage literary exchanges be­ 1986. Lowe has written a book en­ than a group of simpletons making tween the university and the titled Jump at the Sun. their way to their early classes. community.” In keeping with he audience viewed a its purpose, Readers and Writers thought-provoking com­ hosted a forum debating mentary on both the book whether or not John Kennedy and the play. Lowe asked Tool’s book, Confederacy of questions he had dealing with the Dunces .should have ever been transition from prose to drama, turned into a play. To debate while Maycock answered his ques­ this, the organization invited tions to Lowe’s apparent satisfaction. Lucy Maycock, author of the The main concern dealt with the book’s adaptation for the play, omission of material in its transition to defend her work and John to a play. Maycock said that she did Lowe, an associate professor in have to cut dialogue and add a cho­ the LSU English department, to rus, but by working within time question the book’s place in the constraints, she obviously had to do literary world as a play. Aside it. from Maycock’s work on Con­ John Kennedy Toole, a New federacy ofDunces ,she also wrote Orleans native, completed the novel the adaptation for another in 1963, but was not successful in Swine Palace play, All the King’s getting it published. After his sui­ Men, which was a fictional ac­ cide in 1969, his mother, Thelma count of Huey P. Long’s life. Toole, took it upon herself to make

John McConnell brings a saintly flair in his role as Ignatius Reilly in A Confed­ eracy of Dunces, produced by Swine Palace Productions and LSU Theatre. Barry Kyle, founder and director of Swine Palace Productions, had a vision of establishing a high quality repertory theater company. His company has been working in con­ junction with LSU’s theater pro­ gram since Spring, 1992. Swine Pal­ ace showcases the talent of both lo­ cal Louisianans and LSU students. The main goal of the company is to gather Louisiana’s actors to perform in plays with a Louisiana flair. This goal has been accomplished so far in the company’s first three produc­ tions of All the King’s Men, The Hypocrite, and Good. The LSU English Department recognized the opportunity to utilize the long-awaited production of Con­ federacy of Dunces by involving the community with campus events and Ignatius J. Reilly (John McConnell) battles for his life and his Lucky Dogs.

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certain her son’s book would finally be published. After going through many rejections, she finally per­ suaded Walker Percy to read the novel. He, in turn, was able to get the LSU Press to publish Toole’s book in 1980. The book was an im­ mediate success and Toole posthu­ mously received the Pulitzer Prize in 1981. In Maycock’s adaptation, Ignatius Reilly makes a comment about his papers and journals as he is Although about to take off for New York; “I the play must not let them (his papers) come does have a into the hands of my mother. She’d Patrolman Mancuso (Micheal Zarou| rides along, undercover. make a fortune!” This is just one universal The play was performed in McConnell, a founding member of example of the inside humor that has appeal, the University Theatre and ran Swine Palace Productions, portrayed been added to the story. people local from September 17th through the main character Ignatius. he play starts with a October 3rd. The sold-out per­ McConnell is not new to the stage at scene in a to this area formances were directed by LSU. He graduated from the LSU bedroom, where Ignatius should find it Barry Kyle. Kyle, in addition to masters program in 1985 and gave J. Reilly is introduced as particularly founding Swine Palace, also another excellent performance in last an educated man. He cannot deal fascinating heads the LSU MFA acting pro­ year’s production of All the King’s with modern times, instead Ignatius gram. The play’s Associate Di­ Men. Marti Luke, a former student is happiest avoiding work and jot­ because of rector, C.C. Courtney, is a of John Kennedy Toole, played ting down notes about the excess of its many graduate student at LSU and a Ignatius’ mother, Irene Reilly, while modern society. His life and prob­ accurate member of the MFA acting pro­ Weslie Nixon, a graduate of LSU’s lems are revealed to us through his gram. MFA acting program, portrayed relationships with the other charac­ allusions to The large cast showcased Myrna Minkoff. Trellis Stepter, Jr., ters in the play. These interactions, its crescent some well-established actors and revealed the character of Burma along with the characterization of city setting allowed some of the less experi­ Jones, a young black man who the supporting cast, lends to the hu­ enced actors and students to forced racial issues into the play with mor that is revealed throughout the prove their talents. John a sarcastic twist. Other talented ac- play.

Mrs. Levy (Rhea Plakotos) presents the new and improved Miss Trixie (Deannie Thompson) to a surprised audience.

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tors featured in the production were allusions to its crescent city set- clock at D.H. Holmes, a well- Andre du Broc as Gonzales, Claire ting. In both the book and the known meeting place in New Or­ Eye as Lana Lee, Graham Frye as play, Ignatius comments on leans when the department store was Mr. Levy, Larry Gray as Claude New Orleans, “This city is fa­ still in business. Woolworths, St. Robicheaux, Shedrick Nellon as an mous for its gamblers, prosti­ Charles street car, the Times Pica­ actor, Rhea C. Plakotos as Mrs. tutes, exhibitionist, anti-Christs, yune newspaper, Mardi Gras and the Levy, Jeannne Sanders as Darlene, alcoholics, sodomites, drug ad- Industrial Canal are also mentioned.

A little philospohy was in order for Steve Sherman as Dorian Greene, diets, fetishists, onanists, por- "This city is George (Stephen Thomas) and Lana .Lee Stephen Thomas as George, Tyren nographers, frauds, jades, litter famous for its (Claire Eye). Thomas as a factory worker, Wanda bugs, and lesbians, all of whom gamblers, As the audience filled their seats, Geraldine “Deannie” Thompson as are too well protected by graft.” loud “rock” music broke up the for­ Santa Bataglia, Eddie Warmack as a There is a distinctive New prostitutes, mal theatre atmosphere, as some of Sergeant, and Michael Zarou as Pa­ Orleans feeling portrayed dur­ exhibitionist, the characters pranced on stage trolman Angelo Mancuso. ing the course of the play. anti-Christs, dressed in black cloaks and adorn­ lthough the play does have From the character’s accents to ing white masks. It had an eerie feel­ a universal appeal, people their physical references, every­ alcoholics, ing as the characters chanted and local to this area should one from this area felt con­ sodomites, carried a cross on the stage. Ignatius find it particularly fasci- nected to the play. Ignatius drug addicts, is then forced onto the audience; sit­ nating because of its many accurate meets his mother under the ting on his bed, he looked like a slov­ fetishists, enly, lazy, grotesque man. Sitting in onanists, the theatre, I felt one with the entire pornogra- performance. The actors and ac­ tresses constantly interacted with the phers, frauds, audience. They ran through the jades, litter aisles and approached the viewers, as bugs, and if they were extras on a set. People even sat on the sides of the stage, lesbians, all of ne of the most outra­ whom are too geous elements of the play well protected was the one dealing with Dorian Greene, a flaunty by graft" homosexual whom Ignatius meets Darlene (Jeanne Sanders) premieres her "Bird Dance" in the Night of Joy Bar

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Burma Jones (Trellis Stepter, Jr.) welcomes and inspires with his plan for world patrons to the Night of Joy Bar. peace. Ignatius decides that he can instigate world peace by persuading homosexuals to take over the US Army and then to take over other militaries of the world. Yet this dream is thrown out after Ignatius is not accepted at a party with his ho­ mosexual friends. he play also had its share of serious themes. After an incident where Ignatius was on the cover of the Times Picayune newspaper for being in the Night of Joy Bar (which solic­ ited pornography), Mrs. Reilly real- Photos Courtesy of LSU Public Relations and LSU Theatre Department Theatre LSU and Relations Public LSU of Courtesy Photos The Bird Dance gets out of control in the Night of Joy Bar. ized that her son had gone too far, thus she was ready to have him com­ mitted to a mental institution. There was a touching scene after she Ignatius is had told him her plans and he real­ happiest ized “The men in white coats are avoiding coming to take me away.” Ignatius work and called out for his mother as she left. To look only at the surface, the jotting down play can still be enjoyed with its notes about highly physical and exaggerated hu­ the excesses mor; However, that would be cheat­ ing the viewer of the internal issues of modern which are buried amongst the hot society dogs, Mardi Gras floats, and homo­ sexuals throughout the play. This Director and Founder of Swine Palace and Confederacy director Barry play had many deep issues not to be Kyle, along with wife, Swine Palace dramaturg and Confederacy ignored. playwright Lucy Maycock.

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In 1949, a seven year old boy travelled from his tiny village in Waverly, New\brk to a neighboring community. He walked into a Methodist church and began shar­ ing with the congregation the culture, his­ tory, and traditions of his Jewish faith. Forty-five years later, Rabbi Barry L. Weinstein has brought his message of tol­ erance to the LSU campus.

“Even back then, sharing my faith with a larger community made For so many an impression upon me. I knew it years, we would be my life’s work,” said Weinstein, whose class on the Holo­ didn't talk caust, now in its second year, has an about what enrollment of 243 students. ' happened; now “Chancellor Davis and Assistant we know we to the Chancellor, Dr. Perkins, have Miranda Kombert must just been beautiful about supporting Oleg Malolovsky from Kiev is greeted by Rabbi Weinstein during the Succot this class,” he said. Celebration. Rabbi Weinstein felt challenged to create a course on the Holocaust eventually picked up by the wire prisoned but managed to escape. Studies at the university level after service. “I have clippings of that ar­ They had kept these photos in a box, being awarded with a membership ticle from papers across the country. and it was only years later, and after in the Jewish Chataqua Society by The impact was unbelievable, and much pleading, that the boxes were his Nebraskan Congregation in our message was ‘We want to erase opened and |the pictures copied. 1988. The society, co-sponsor of the prejudice from our hearts.’” Now, of course, we have the ad­ course, is an organization dedicated The Holocaust class is already dresses and names of those pictured to overcoming ignorance and preju­ planning to clean up Lockett Hall, at Yad Vashem, a national memorial dice. the building his course meets ,in, as to victims of the Holocaust located Changing the hearts of his stu­ this year’s project. Racial graffiti has in Jerusalem. dents is Weinstein’s ultimate goal. A lifetime is not been found there also. “The resemblance of those pic­ Wanting to show the impact that long enough to Of all the materials used in his tures to my cousins is striking, just one act could have, his students or­ accomplish all class, it is the personal photos of the striking,” he said, his voice growing ganized a clean-up of Middleton Li­ Rabbi’s family that have the most that I need to • soft. “Our family was directly af­ brary last year, after Melanie Webre impact. The pictures make the Ho­ fected by the Holocaust. When of Circle K International spotted locaust real to students, having only these revisionists come along, I can Nazi graffiti on one of the desk tops. read about it in history books. simply show them my pictures. The group, made up of members of “These are really moving to mef” “That’s what gives me energy,” Circle K and Weinstein’s class, met said Weinstein, “because we didn’t Weinstein said, motioning towards on a Saturday morning and went to even know about them, until my the pictures. “It’s something that work with buckets and sponges. An brother did extensive research. comes from within. I don’t mind article in the local newspaper was Some of my cousins had been im­ sharing these personal items with the

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Miranda Kombert HUMOR

One senior recalls his trials and tribulations as an LSU freshman.

my best friend from high school. It’s bad enough having to live so closely with someone you have never lived with before, but having to do that with someone you have never even met doesn't sound fun. The aroma, the fragrance, the By Ty F. Harvison Photos by Steve Franz stench of the dorm. It’s a potpourri of mildew, sweat, cologne, and beer, with an occasional whiff of industrial They looked like the eyes of the but will make you wince at the strength cleaner. This odor sticks to devil, set out to torture me in the thought of ever doing them again. It you and your clothes for as long as deepest pit of hades. Red and glow­ is a time of exploring a new found you reside in the dorm. There is no ing, penetrating the darkness, calling freedom, without really having any way to avoid this, so don’t bother out to me to get up. of the responsibilities that come with trying. The smell will be to you I slowly came around, as 1 sat up being independent. what moth balls are to old people; staring in disbelief at the time on my With this in mind, I devised a You do together to the end. alarm clock. The oversized digits definition of my own, trying to give things that told me it was now 7:22. How did I The most useless thing in a it a clearer meaning. Freshman year seem to be dorm, at least in a dorm for fresh­ let mom convince me to schedule a is the time when mom lets us take off men at LSU, are fire alarms. These class for 7:30 on MWF? our ‘floaties,’ but we still can’t swim logical and alarms somehow manage to go off I remember wondering “What in the deep-end without her or dad fullof right after you start dreaming. This have I done? Why am I here? There there to help us, in case we start to sound happens at least three times a week, must be a faster way to make a mil­ drown.______and always on Friday and Saturday lion dollars.” But I sadly realized I Power Hall Dormitory, also reasoning, nights. The RA’s used to wake us that college is a necessary evil. That known as hell, is for the "men” at but will up, force us outside, and proceed to is unless you want some mindless job end, right make you educate us on the proper use of fire that simply requires arms, hands, | next to the jthree-and-a-half foot wince at the detection equipment. I’m not sure, and a strong back, which gives you marker. Mom and dad said I was but I think I might have a potential as much money as the state politi­ too young to get an apartment, so I thought of lawsuit here somewhere. cians give LSU. had to pick a dorm. I’m not sure At the time, I was on the thresh­ ever doing We finally figured out that when why my roommate and I chose them again the alarm went off, we could get in old of a career at LSU that would Power Dorm, but we were still ex­ our respective closets, wait until the span half of a decade. (Hopefully cited about moving out of our par­ RA opened the door to get us up, only half a decade. Anticipated ents’ homes. We could have been and then get back into bed after he graduation date: December 1993) I living in a tent on the Parade left. This worked well; however, if would watch the glorious 80s turn Grounds and still have been excited there was a real fire we would have into, well, the 90s. I’d be here in about getting out of the baby pool. times before anyone knew what a The dorms aren’t as bad as you budget cut was. It was the year of might have heard. As soon as you Todd Morgan watches friends Billy Wells anpl Alex Messenli my Lord one thousand nine hun­ get used to the ever present play video football in the dorm. dred eighty-nine, and I was a fresh­ smell, going to bed around man. four in the morning, using fresh-man: n the immaculately kept bath­ 1)Beginner, Newcomer rooms, being woke up by 2) a first-year student your roommate’s alarm Merriam-Webster did a good job (which has an even more dis­ of defining that period, except for a gusting sound than your few things. Freshman year is some­ own), and never having a thing that is almost indescribable. meal that hasn’t been fried or It’s a learning experience that will microwaved, you feel like stick with you for the rest of your you never left home. life. You do things that seem to be I was fortunate enough logical and full of sound reasoning, to move into the dorm with

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fried like bacon. There were many falling asleep and waking up vio- tial euphoria of being on your own times I got so comfortable, that I just lendy. We have all done this, espe­ has worn off, leaving you with the spent the night in that closet. cially in that room in Coates where feeling that there is something miss­ One of the great difficulties that one takes biology. It gets better as ing. It must be an apartment. Yeah, Freshmen face at LSU is locating you get older, though it is not totally life would be perfect if you had your classes for the first few weeks of curable. Must be some type of virus. own apartment. school. I thought that the map I had After midterms, I started to fig­ S o h o w does this dream become would help me find all my classes ure it out. I dropped down to the I reality? It takes a good political cam- without a hitch. I never took into bare minimum, walking the tight­ paign. Who is voting for this dream? account how big this campus actu­ rope between my dad’s anger and I Except for some, the vast majority of ally is, and how difficult it is to fig­ my pleasure. I got rid of that 7:30 us must get our parents' support. ure out which building is which. I We finally class, allowing myself more time to We have to convince them that we don’t know what I was thinking. sleep. I wish I would have known can swim by the six foot mark, as More than likely, I wasn’t thinking figured out then that my freshman pleasure long as we have the rope marking the at all. that when the would cause me a tremendous deep end, in order to grab onto if we It was 7:30 a.m., and the first day alarm went off, amount of pain later on in school. I get in over our heads. of that MWF class my mother had to take six hours of Here is how this can be accom­ helped me schedule. I was getting we could get in intersession, 16 hours of summer plished: that panicky feeling in my stomach. our respective school, and 17 hours in the fall, in 1) BETTER GRADES-You will The class was nowhere to be found. closets, wait order to graduate in four-and-a-half be on the Dean’s list by the end of I must have walked around the quad years. the semester. ten times, looking for some building until the RA The best thing that happened to 2)MONEY- It all boils down to that I just knew had been moved, opened the me my freshman year was getting money. It will be cheaper than a down, or renamed. door to get us my first apartment in my second se­ dorm and meal plan. Never men­ I finally found the building and mester. It was great! No noise when tion words like cable, phone and the room, then proceeded to make up, and then I wanted to sleep, a dean bathroom, electricity. Let them think of these my grand entrance. Fortunately, the get back into home-cooked meals, and no more on their own. professor didn’t make an issue of my bed after he smell — at least that’s what I These are just a couple of point­ tardiness. He just stared at me with left thought it would be like. I was right ers. Just remember to be creative. a concerned doctor-type look As I on all these assumptions, except for You can do it! walked in front of him, folding up the part about noise, cleanliness, and Stately. That’s how I liked to my map, looking for a seat and say­ those delicious home-cooked meals. think of it. Those famous freshman ing hello to everyone I knew, I A no th er freshman myth down pounds are very real, and they will couldn’t help but wonder why he the drain. G ranted, although an attach themselves to you. There are kept looking at me in that way. apartment is head and shoulders many theories on how this happens, I just recently discovered the above any dorm room, it is still not and how to keep it from happening technical term for the illness that what it’s cracked up to be. For most to you. I had one friend who plagues us all in those huge after­ of us, our first apartment is nothing thought he might be weighing a tad noon classes. It is known as Pecking more than a bigger dorm with our too much, so he decided to go on a Corn. This happens when you have own bathroom and kitchen. You beer and doughnut diet only. It a class after lunch, usually in a room will not dean it, nor will you cook didn’t work. with over 50 people, and you keep anything significant in it. You will I have finally shed those fresh­ definitely find it difficult to sleep. man pounds. It took three years

Freshman Chase Hoffpavis neglects his housework to watch You will spend too much money, and a girlfriend who put me on a the The Simpsons in Power H all. have your power turned off on a low-fat diet, but I am back to a regular basis, and make a feeble at­ healthy weight. tempt to dress the place up. This is Being from Baton Rouge, I wised often done with black velvet paint­ up and moved home. I am saving a ings of dogs playing poker. lot of money, getting more sleep, This is the biggest step of the and my grades have drastically im­ freshman. Forget about classes, proved. Dad had been right when those aren’t hard. You have prob­ he suggested this at the outset of my ably been to football games and had college career. dates already... hopefully. The ini­ How did I let mom convince me to schedule a class for 7:30 on MWF?

FALL 2 1993 21 NEWS The high cost of books, combined with the rise in tuition, has left

many students feeling trapped by the price of a college education.

Most students experience that certain feeling o f dread during the first week of school, as book lists are being handed out. “How much will all this cost me?” is a familiar question that pounds through the minds of stu­ dents buying their books for the se­ mester. The high cost of books, com­ bined with the rise in tuition, has left Whatever the many students feeling trapped by reasons may the price of a college education. However, it seems that other op­ be for the high tions are few and far between. cost of books, A general freshman schedule the fact would include the following classes: remains that it English 1002, Math 1021, Geogra­ phy 1001, Biology 1001, French is the students 1001 (Foreign Language). Buying who inevitably the books for these classes at the end up paying Union (sections vary but are aver­ aged) would cost the student the big price $325.30. Assuming that all these books could be sold back, the stu­ dent could get around $145.22 at the end o f the semester. “Everyone thinks of it as quick cash. You’re just happy because you’re broke at the end of the semes­ ter,” sophomore Sharon Groff said.

Photos by Salem Chenafi Buried behind a tower of textbooks, this student will have an even bigger strain when he sees his total cost for them all.

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Groff described the situation as frus­ what they can do. “I guess they’re at the ders from professors into the trating. “I’m so broke right now. I have A lot of mercy of the publishers.” bookstore’s computer, and decides $10 to my name. I was talking to my students Carolyn Becker, assistant manager how many books she wants to stock friend, and we said it’s too bad we just wait until of the Union Bookstore, said the way by looking at past class sales and class can’t boycott buying all these books.” they try to combat high prices is to stock enrollment. She then looks at how Neshia Lange, a junior in pre-med, they as many used books as possible. many were sold last semester and if said she spends about $300 a semester absolutely Becker explained that the bookstore they were used before, to have an on books, and usually gets back, at the have to purchases books from either a list price idea of how many books can be most, $200. publisher or a net price publisher. The bought back from students. “If it gets too expensive, a lot of have the list price publishers set the prices of the Next, a big list would be faxed to people won’t be able to stay and pay,” book books and then give the bookstore a dis­ the used book company to see what she said. “It seems like since I’ve been because count, generally between 20 to 40 per­ they can supply, and her list would here, they’ve gone up every semester.” cent. The net price publishers charge a be reworked from there. The order they have Lange said she will call several people certain amount and leave it up to the to the publisher would then be to find out if they have taken a class she no funds bookstore to set the price. The Union made. has in order to borrow their books, and Bookstore gives itself a net margin In regards to new editions, sometimes, she will find one book. mark- up of 25 percent. Becker noted that professors basi­ Keith Boeneke, a senior in Environ­ “The best source (of textbooks) is cally have to switch to them because mental Science, said he usually spends our own customers,” Becker said. when a publisher revises a book, they around $200 on books each semester. “We’ll always choose buy-backs over stop publishing the old edition. “I try to keep the books because they used book companies if possible, be­ Eventually, the stock won’t be there, give so little back, it’s not worth it,” he cause you pay more with the used book and the used book market will dry said. company, since freight charges are not up, as well. Boeneke said he thinks LSU should included in the price.” Becker said they buy back books do something, though he doesn’t know Becker said she puts all the book or- from students at half price as long as

Students debate whether or not the textbooks are even necessary for their chosen section.

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creased 50 to 70 cents a year. I think it's Barbara Matheme, textbook because kids manager of the three-year-old are going in Chimes Textbook Exchange, said together, her business is “great, wonderful.” Matherne agreed that books are seeing how very costly and said they try to do long they everything they can to get used can go books. “I would like to see (the cost of without books) go down, so all students can buying, or afford the books they need. You buying one find that a lot of students wait until they absolutely have to have the at a time for book because they have no funds,” classes that she said. require more The Chimes Textbook Exchange than one offers a 10 percent discount on all new books. “We don’t want to sell book new ones because students can’t af­ Carla Criner, a graduate student in French Literature, scans her boob for ford them,” Matherne said. highlights and underlining before she buys them. Textbook Rental Inc. opened at LSU last January. This is currently they have an order from the teachers. Chris Willis, manager of College the only rental option available to “If there is no order, all we can do is It's too bad Supply Bookstore, said he has noticed students. offer what a used book company we just overall, a sharp increase in the cost of “We’re doing great,” Carl would offer.” books. Montiville, owner and president, There seemed to be a decrease in can't “I’d say it has risen in the 20 years said. “Business has increased two­ the number of books bought this se­ boycott since I was in school. I’ve seen the cost fold since January.” mester. Becker said she ordered Bi­ buying all of some books more than triple,” Willis “We rent for half price (of the ology books to cover two-thirds of said. value of the book), no deposit re­ the section and she still has half left. these books “We really don’t make that much quired, and books are returned at the “I think it’s because kids are go­ money on new books when you figure end of the semester,” Montiville ex­ ing in together, seeing how long they in (the cost of) freight and overhead,” he plained. “Once you rent, you never can go without buying, or buying said. lose money on old editions or dis­ one at a time for classes that require Willis said his store, which has been continued books again. There’s an more than one book,” Becker said. open since 1963, attracts a lot of busi­ awful lot of money lost on those One and a half percent of the ness from students, as do the other books.” bookstore gross goes to the general bookstores around campus that com­ Although all these stores receive a fund for the whole Union before any pete with the Union bookstore for stu­ publisher’s discount on certain bookstore bills are paid. The excess dents’ business. books, their price adjustment for re­ income goes to support Student Ser­ Bob Prescott, president and book tail seems to vary. vices. manager of Co-op Book Store, said The introductory math book, “We can’t operate at cost. We’re book sellers aren’t going to be million­ College Algebra and Trigonometry a business,” Becker said. “We don’t aires, but they make a good steady liv­ by Sullivan is sold at the following take money from student fees or the ing. He agreed that books change prices in these stores: Union Book­ government.” quickly. store - $47.50 new, $39.21 used, When questioned about the idea “Between the professors changing solutions manual $21; College Sup­ of implementing a rental service, (their selections) and publishers bring­ ply - $52 new, $39.21 used, solu­ Becker said she didn’t think it was a ing out new editions, books don’t last tions manual $21; Co-op - $52 good idea because in order for it to We can't long these days. Some tides the profes­ new, $39 used, solutions manual work, they would have to require sors like, and then they go through all operate $21 new, $15.75 used; Chimes that professors use a book for a cer­ the editions. Some editions barely make Textbook Exchange - $46.80 new, tain period of time. at cost. it a year,” he said. $39.90 used, solutions manual “I have to be able to pay for these We're a Prescott said he felt the prices of $18.90 new, $15.35 used. The books for it to be effective. I can’t business books have probably risen along with book and the solutions manual rent rent (a book) for retail price.” inflation, and estimated that they in­ for $26.81 and $10.83, respectively.

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Joe Marcelle, director of sales and Whatever the reasons marketing for MacMillan Publish­ may be for the high cost of ing, said the cost of producing books books, the fact remains that has gone up dramatically over the it is the students who inevi­ years because many are now two to tably end up paying the big four colors and also include ancillary price, and it seems there is packages for instructors, such as little they can do about it. study guides and slides. The SGA in the summer “It’s a difficult business to be in. of 1990 tried to do some­ You don’t make much money,” thing about it. They ran Marcelle said. “(There are) royalties, their own “consignment” and the book store must make some for a year. money...it’s not a business where ev­ Laurie White-Adams, erybody is making tons of money." vice-president at the time, “Once you sell a book, the num­ said “it was successful but ber o f copies sold goes down dra­ terribly difficult to adminis­ matically after the first year. The ter because the SGA did not publisher realizes hardly any revenue have the financial structure after two years of an adoption,” he to handle the money. It did said. work well. It made sense.” On the subject of new editions, The procedure was that Marcelle said that most faculty students would turn in members want books with up to books to the SGA with their date material. For instance, an old asking price and the SGA biology book would not spend would sell the books and much time on AIDS. give the money to the stu­ Graduate students Jessica Reidell (acting) and Iresha Dillon (speech “Professors want students to ap­ dents, with a nominal fee communications) park it in the aisles to check out their books. preciate the subject matter in a mod­ (about 5 per cent) taken out em context,” Marcell said. “There is for service. If a book didn’t constant pressure to keep material sell, the student had the option of they could have gotten from the up to date in the field, such as in leaving them for another semester. Union,” White-Adams said. computer software. Some subjects “I think a system like that could Tracy Smith, current speaker of go slower...they vary. In Western work, but it would take a fairly de­ the Senate, said there is nothing Civilization there is not a whole lot tailed administration,” White- pending in the SGA about the book o f new discovery.” Adams said. problem. “We’re in limbo right The National Association of Col­ White-Adams said close to 200 now...getting in new people who are lege Stores published a chart in 1992 students turned in books and a lot just getting oriented.” on “where the textbook dollar is go­ more came to buy. Most books that Some teachers have also recog­ ing.” The following list shows how were brought in were sold, especially nized the problems associated with many cents o f each dollar falls into in the freshmen classes. the high cost of books and are trying the various categories: “Students got back more than to do their part. continued on page 84 Publisher’s paper, printing, editorial costs = 37.3 cents College store personnel costs = 13.9 cents Publisher’s marketing costs = 12.9 cents In the 20 Publisher and author taxes = 9.7 cents years since Publisher's income = 7.6 cents after taxes I've been in Author income = 7.5 cents College store operations = 5.5. cents school...I've College store income = 3.9 cents pre-tax seen the cost College store freight expense = 1.7 cents of some books more than By Eimear O'Connel triple

Jared Andre, a junior in Forestry, makes sure he's picked the right section's text.

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My great-uncle, Uncle Roscoe, ago, a historical document that led is a little forgetful. to the end of slavery in the United He has asked me each time I’ve States was approved by President seen him in the last four years how Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln issued old I am and what college I attend. th e proclamation on January 1, Each time I dutifully respond with 1863, during the Civil War. It de- my age and tell him that I go to clared freedom for slaves in all areas LSU. He forgets where L SU is lo- of the Confederacy that were still in cated. " That’s right there is rebellion against the Union. In July Lafayette right?” he’ll ask me 1862, with the war going badly for slightly confused. “No sir, its in the North, Congress passed a law Baton Rouge,” is my patient re- freeing all Confederate slaves who sponse. crossed into Union lines. About the Then his memory returns, time , Lincoln decided to "You know MeMe,, we’ve come a change his stand on slavery, but he long way.Iremember when blacks waited for a Union military victory weren’t even allowed on that cam- so that his decision would not ap-

In spite of their so-called "freedom," Blacks suffered through these new laws that supported segregation

pus. I was a delivery person and pear to be a desperate act. Initially, each time I had to deliver some- Lincoln had issued a preliminary thing over there I got trouble.” It stated that if the The story goes on, and for another rebelling states did not return to the 45 minutes or so we hear stories*of ' Union by Jan. 1, 1863, he would how far our people have declare their slaves to be “forever

I’m sure everyone has an Unde f r e e . " Roscoe or an aunt who constantly The South rejected Lincoln’s tells them stories of days gone by. policy, so he issued the Emancipa­ They talk about how far we have tion Proclamation on New year’s come, and how times have; Day, 1863. Lincoln took this ac­ changed. Although we might tion as commander in chief of the sometimes get tired of hearing Army and Navy of the United these stories, we need the history States, calling it “a fit and necessary lesson. We might forget. Fortu­ war measure.” nately, I haven’t forgotten. I re- T h is, though an event not to be member. I remember that this frowned upon, was only the begin­ year, the Emancipation Proclama­ ning. There were many struggles to tion is 130 years old. overcome, and more battles to be One hundred and thirty years fought — battles for rights as

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people, in and out of the courtroom. dent in the school’s 90 year history. One particular case had its roots in On October 10th, Roy S. Wilson Louisiana. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was admitted to LSU’s Law School was one of the most important cases to and set a precedent for years to come. reach the Supreme Court, and it The attorney representing Wilson changed the lives of millions of Black, was A. P. Tureaud, for whom the as well as white, Americans. Plessy per­ building on campus was named. A mitted the segregation of blacks in litde more than 10 years later, the public facilities throughout the land. undergraduate program admitted its In spite of their so-called “freedom,” first African-American student, Blacks suffered through these new Fairfax Bell, on June 8,1964. Doors laws that supported segregation. were no longer being slammed in the Little legislation was passed to faces of African Americans. A little more than 10 years later, the undergraduate program admitted its first African-American stu­ dent, Fairfax Bell, on June 8, 1964

change conditions over the next 58 Blacks are no longer prohibited years, until the 1954 case of Brown v. from setting foot on this campus. Board of Education of Topeka over­ Students are now not only admitted turned Plessy, unanimously ruling that to the university, but are receiving segregated schools are inherently un­ degrees. In 1992, 241 African- equal. The court’s firm stand toppled American students received diplo­ segregation of many kinds. mas from LSU. This is a far cry Unfortunately,, the struggle is not over In 1947, a few years prior to this from the struggling 12 that were de­ decision, two blacks applied to the nied admission to the university in LSU Law and Medical Schools and 1950, but unfortunately, the were denied admission based on their struggle is not over. Our aunts, race. As a result, the Southern Uni­ uncles, grandfathers, and grand­ versity Law School was created. mothers are right about how far Later, in 1950, 12 Black applicants we’ve come and how much times were denied admission to LSU by a have changed, but only we can see unanimous resolution of the LSU how far we still have to go. Board of Supervisors. In that same year, LSU admitted its first black stu-

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The 1935 squad. The Tigers' 1935 SEC Title and appearance were firsts in school history.

CENTENNIAL MADNESS

BY JENNIFER GREEN AND MIKE TOUCHET

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Dr. Charles E. Coates was a to, so Coates and Ruffin chemistry professor from Balti­ Pleasant bought up all the purple more who came to LSU and and gold stock to use on team founded this tradition, which badges. became bigger than even he had In 1896, LSU adopted its nick­ envisioned it a century ago. So name, Tigers during that year’s per­ novel was this game of football fect 6-0 season under coach A.W. when Coates set out to coach the Jeardeau. Most collegiate teams that team, he had to drive nails into year were using the names of fierce the players’ shoes to create cleats animals, but LSU5s choice of the Ti­ to use on the playing field. ger has an underlying meaning, as It is believed that the official well. A battalion of Confederate sol­ school colors of royal purple and diers from south Louisiana distin­ old gold were adopted that first guished themselves at the Battle of The original phase of construction on Tiger Stadium was completed season, although there is some Shenandoah during the Civil War. in 1924. This first phase included the East and West stands, which seated about 12,000. discrepancy in their true origin. These rebels had come to be known One version of the rumor be­ by their contemporaries as the fight­ November 25, 1893 — a date lieves coach Coates and some of ing band of Louisiana Tigers. A forever etched into the minds of LSU LSU [made] his 1893 players went into New quarter of a century later, LSU Tiger Football fanatics. It was on this history as the Orleans to buy colored ribbon adopted the ferocious battalion’s cool November afternoon that the for their grey jerseys in that first nickname for themselves. first collegiate LSU football team took the field for game against Tulane. Stores After years of building up a the very first time. The game, end­ team to play were stocking ribbons for the young program, the 1907 season ing up in a 34-0 loss to Tulane, was outside of the upcoming Mardi Gras season saw LSU make history as the first the start of an in-state rivalry — not United States — green, purple and gold.collegiate team to play outside of the to mention the start of a tradition None of the green ribbon had United States, when they travelled to that would span 100 years. yet arrived at the store they went Cuba to face Havana University.

It was on eerie, misty ond humid Halloween night in 1959, ond the Rebels of Mississippi took o 3~0 leod into the final quarter, threatening to end an 18"game LSU win streak. The Rebels punted 4Z yards to the Tiger 11, where hauled it on the bounce. Cannon careened off seven tacklers down the east sideline and darted 89 yards to immortality. His punt return is simply the most famous play in Tiger gridiron history, and one that sealed Cannon's bid for the 1959

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The Havana squad had dominated The first night game in LSU his­ every American service team it had tory ended in a resounding Tiger encountered, but it was not prepared victory over Springhill. Thomas for American collegiate football. “Skipper” Heard, then the graduate The Tigers took the Cuban team by manager of athletics, led the charge surprise on Christmas Day in to have lights installed in Tiger Sta­ Almendares Park and established it­ dium. Heard reasoned that LSU self as a powerhouse, taking the had scheduling conflicts with game in a 56-0 rout. Tulane and Loyola games, which In 1908, the Tigers were still were held on Saturday afternoons. riding high from their resounding Other reasons cited for playing victory in Cuba. The squad that games at night were to avoid the heat came to be known as the first truly and humidity of afternoon games in great Tiger team was dubbed as the southern Louisiana, and to give “point-a-minute” team by fans and some fans who were busy tending to opponents alike. LSU scored a plantations in the afternoon the op­ record 89 points in a shutout win portunity to see the Tigers play. An over Baylor, allowed just one touch­ immediate increase in attendance down all season, and outscored its was noted and Night Football soon opponents 442-11 on the year. LSU became ingrained in LSU football won its first undisputed conference lore. title, led by , who set The Tigers enjoyed another un­ school records in points scored, field defeated season in 1933, with a 7-0- goals, and a long distance 3 record. Their end-of-the-year Castro Carazo was handpicked by Louisiana Governor Huey record of 45 yards. The 1908 squad standing earned the Tigers a 6th Long in 1935 to revamp the Tiger band. It was Carazo and Long who together wrote the fan favorite "Touchdown for LSU," proved to be the largest Tiger team place national ranking and second and two years later Carazo also penned the official LSU fight to date, averaging 180 pounds. place in the newly formed SEC. song, "Fight for LSU." fenders in the endzone. Pete Burge With his leaped from out of nowhere to make miracle 89- a one-handed catch for the score and set the stage for six decades of Tiger yard punt success against the Wave. return for a A tough schedule in 1935 did not touchdown on stop the Tigers, who went on to fin­ ish 9-1 on the season. The domi­ Halloween neering presence of Louisiana gover­ night against nor led the Tiger march­ the Ole Miss ing band, which he targeted as be­ coming the best band in the nation Rebels, Cannon under new director Castro Carazo, sealed his bid through the streets of Baton Rouge for the coveted before each game in Tiger Stadium. 1959 Heisman LSU’s 1935 SEC title and Sugar Bowl appearance were both firsts in Trophy school history, and a sign of things to come for coach , who posted a 83-39-6 record in his 13 seasons at LSU. skips around an Auburn defender to throw the touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller that LSU repeated its 1935 success put LSU on top, 7-6, with 1:41 left in the game. The crowd noise at the point of reception was so the very next season, going 9-0-1 great, the vibrations from the stadium registered on a seismograph across campus. and earned another invitation to the Fans built fires LSU made the decision to be­ One of the greatest plays in Tiger Sugar Bowl. But not even Mike I, come a part of the new Southern In­ football history occurred during in the stands to LSU’s new live mascot, could bring tercollegiate Conference, a new 22- LSU’s 7-7 tie with Tulane that sea­ keep warm the Tigers a win in the , team league that became the fore­ son. Early in the second quarter, the LSU losing to Santa Clara by a score runner to the South Eastern Confer­ great Abe Mickal lobed a prayer of a of 21-14. ence, in 1923. pass into a sea of Green Wave de­

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In 1937, a 9-1 LSU team held a gram turned for the better with the Sugar Bowl rematch with an un­ help of young talent. The only light beaten Santa Clara squad in New in these dark days at LSU was the Orleans. But the Broncos Cinderella team of 1949. The clock outplayed the Tigers in a 6-0 shut­ struck midnight, however, for this out. This loss sparked a string of team, LSU losing disappointing seasons for the Ti­ the contest to the Oklahoma Soon- gers, not to be turned around until ers, 35-0. 1946. In 1958, coach Hopes ran high for a 1947 Sugar brought his talented crew to light Bowl invitation, when the Tigers through the likes of Billy Cannon, ended their 1946 season with a 9-1 Max Fugler, , record. Instead, LSU was invited to , Bo Strange and Billy face the Razorbacks in the Hendrix. The squad romped . A storm bringing through their regular season with a LSU finished off a perfect 11-0 season with a 7-0 win over snow, sleet and ice into the Dallas 10-0 record and an invitation to face Clemson in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. It marked the area that New Year’s Day gave way Clemson in the 25th annual Sugar Tigers' first television appearance. to the bowl’s nickname, the “Ice Bowl. LSU’s 7-0 shutout of the Bowl.” Fans built fires in the stands Clemson Tigers clinched the first LSU's 1935 SEC een night against the , Cannon sealed his bid for to keep warm, and watched LSU’s and only national championship for title and Sugar failure to capitalize on a 271-54 to­ the Bayou Bengals. the coveted 1959 Heisman Trophy. Bowl appear­ tal yardage advantage. The game Billy Cannon returned for the After this, his last season as a Tiger, ended in a scoreless deadlock. fateful 1959 season, which carved ance were both Cannon’s number 20 became the first and only jersey number to be re­ LSU’s coaching changes over the another niche in LSU football his­ firsts in school next few seasons caused strife in the tory. With his miracle 89-yard punt tired at LSU. Only a strong Tennes­ history Tiger camp, but in 1957 the pro­ return for a touchdown on Hallow­ see defense held the Tigers from ob­ taining their second na­ tional championship in a row. LSU struggled to rebuild its team for the next few years until 1962, when half­ back exploded onto the scene. Stovall al­ most duplicated Cannon’s Heisman exploits, finishing second in the 1962 Heisman balloting for his rushing and receiving feats.

The LSU football team still runs onto the field under the crossbar that stood as part of the goalpost in Tiger Stadium as early as 1955. Part of the throws the game-winning touchdown pass over the Ole Miss line to Brad Davis with one “H-style" post was kept and second remaining on the clock. Jones earned All-American honors and placed fourth in the Heisman mounted above the door of Trophy race that year in 1972 the Tiger Den through which the Tigers run onto the field each game.

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The seventh-ranked Tigers were led to a solid victory over the fourth- ranked, undefeated Texas Long­ horns in the 1963 Cotton Bowl. After Stovall turned pro in 1963, Reasons cited the Tigers were left to once again re­ build their program. But the youth­ for playing ful Tigers surprised the disbelievers games at night that year, posting a 7-3 record in the were to avoid regular season. The Tiger squad fell the heat and 14-7 to Baylor in the Bluebonnet Bowl, ending an otherwise extraor­ humidity of dinary season on a sour note. afternoon The following year, the Tigers games in fought to an 8-2-1 record, which in­ cluded a 13-10 victory over the southern Syracuse Orangemen in the Sugar Louisiana, and Bowl. The Tigers stayed true in the to give fans 1965 season with a 14-7 Cotton Bowl victory over a previously un­ who were busy beaten Arkansas team, thwarting the tending to Razorbacks’ bid for a national plantations in championship. Senior quarterback Nelson the afternoon Stokley lead the Tigers to a 7-3-1 the opportunity record in 1967, which included a to see the 20-13 win over Wyoming in the Tigers play Sugar Bowl. The very next year, the Tigers finished 8-3 after a 31 -27 win over State’s Seminoles in the Peach Bowl.

Tiger tailback Jay Johnson sprints ahead of his Mississippi State pursuer. The 1969 season is one of much tion and came back to take the SEC contention. The 9-1 Tigers’ only championship with a 9-2 record, loss of the season was in a close with a 17-12 loss to Nebraska in the match with rival Ole Miss. At the Orange Bowl. end of the season, however, the LSU After a two-year absence from a team voted to turn down any bowl bowl game, the 1977 Tiger team bids that would pit them against a celebrated the reign of “Alexander non-top 10 team. The Tigers were the Great,” when Charles Alexander hoping for a Cotton Bowl invitation led the team through an 8-3 season. to face top-ranked Texas — an invi­ The record 197 yards gained by tation that never came. A higher- Alexander against Stanford in the ranked Notre Dame team received Sun Bowl was not enough for a Ti­ the coveted invitation, and SEC ger victory, however, as LSU Coach of the Year Charles dropped the game, 24-14. McClendon stayed home with his The Tigers battled a powerful Tiger team. USC team in 1979, a year when the Tragedy struck the Tiger squad Trojans were considered an elite at the outset of the 1970 season squad in . In front of when quarterback Butch Duhe died a capacity crowd in Tiger Stadium, from a brain hemorrhage. LSU LSU managed to stay on top, 12-10, barely has time to get off his pass, with the turned the tragedy into an inspira­ until a last-minute touchdown for A&M defense striving for a sack.

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the win. Devoted Tiger fans never­ theless stayed after the loss to ap­ plaud the Tigers’ valiant effort. The rest of the season proved inconsis­ tent, and the Tigers ended a 7-5 sea­ son with a 34-10 victory over Wake Forest in the Tangerine Bowl. Tragedy marked the outset of the 80s as new LSU Head Coach Bo Rein, on the job just two months, was killed in a bizarre plane crash. Rein’s plane, on its way back from a recruiting trip in Shreveport, was in­ structed to head east to avoid bad weather. The plane was mysteri­ ously intercepted by two Air Force fighter jets over North Carolina, then crashed into the Adantic Ocean. Rein never got the opportu­ nity to coach the Tigers. Jerry Stovall, an assistant coach under McClendon from 1974-78, was named Rein’s successor. LSU’s sea­ Senior defensive end Corey White makes a move to deflect Tennessee's Heath Shuler's pass. son under the former Tiger star had

The game ball of the 1959 Sugar Bowl against Clemson, signed by each member of that national championship team, is on display in Hill Memorials Library as part of their Centennial Exhibition.

Jack Jaubert had no formal artistic training when he painted his work, now on display in Hill Memorial Library. Jaubert played for the Tiger team from 1969-1971. (Photo reprinted Courtesy of Franklin Press, copyright 1993)

Chinese Bandits was the nickname of a defensive unit utilized in Paul Dietzel's three-platoon system that sent the Tigers to the 1958 national championship. The name was taken from an old "Terry and the Pirates" comic strip, which referred to as the "most vicious people in the world." In 1980, the LSU band re-instituted the Bandit tune, played when the Tiger defense stalls any opponent's drive.

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Tiger fans have traditionally gone a little wild for LSU home games — especially televised ones.

its moments, especially the 21-17 win over Auburn and the 23-20 win over Colorado. Stovall’s first season record stood at 7-4, but his second season ended in a disappointing 3-7- 1 record. In 1982, however, the Tigers fought their way to an 8-3-1 season, narrowly losing to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, 21-20. Freshman running back Dalton Hilliard set a freshman record for the most touch­ downs in one season, with 16 on the year. Stovall’s final season proved to A young fan shows her be a less-than heartening send-off, allegiance to the Tiger team. with the Tigers’ record standing at 4- 7 in 1983. The defensive genius behind the ’ 1970s “Killer B’s” defensive unit made his way into LSU's 7-0 shutout of Tigertown in time for thel984 sea­ the Clemson Tigers son. New LSU Head Coach Bill clinched the first and Arnsparger arrived with his impres­ sive credentials and did not disap­ only national point the Tiger faithful. The Tigers championship for the went into the Bayou Bengals against Nebraska with a 8-2-1 record. The Cornhuskers came back from an LSU-dominated first half, and took the victory, 28-10. This did not keep Arnsparger from earn­ ing SEC Coach of the Year Honors. Mike the Tiger is an ever-present force on the field, cheering the team onto The 1984 squad continued victory.

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against a tough South Carolina team. The Gamecocks’ defense was no match for the awesome Tiger of­ fense, and LSU easily took the game, 30-13. The 1988 Tiger team rocked the The 1988 Tiger earth — literally. On October 8, LSU met the in a key team rocked SEC match-up in Tiger Stadium. the earth— LSU was down 6-0, when Tommy literally Hodson connected with Eddie Fuller for an 11-yard touchdown with 1:41 remaining on the game clock. The 6th largest crowd ever in Tiger Stadium — 79,431 — erupted into such a fervor, the vibra­ tions created by the ruckus registered on the seismograph in the geology LSU... allowed building across campus. The Tigers went on to finish the season at 8-3. just one The Syracuse option attack in the touchdown all Hall of Fame Bowl proved to be season, and more than the LSU defense could handle, and the Orangemen won, outscored its 23-10. opponents Senior quarterback Tommy 442-11 on the Hodson broke 21 LSU records and year eight SEC records in 1989, despite a disappointing 4-7 season. The iron- arm from Mathews, La., threw for 2,655 yards and 22 touchdowns on

Sophomore Gabe Northern brings down a Texas A&M ball cqrrier. Amsparger’s winning ways, with a 9- 1-1 regular season record. Baylor, however, proved to be too much for LSU, winning the by a score of 21-7. In Arnsparger’s last season as Tiger head coach, LSU once again faced Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl, a replica of Amsparger’s first season with the Tigers. The Ti­ gers once again dropped the game to the Cornhuskers by ascore of 30-15. Amsparger’s defensive coordina­ tor, Mike Archer, was named the new head coach for the 1986 season. During his first year, Archer fielded a team with 12 players in the start­ ing lineup who would all wind up in the pros. The Tigers ended their regular season at 9-1-1 and found Tailback David Butler runs through the hole created by the Tiger offensive line through Mississippi State's defense. themselves in the

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the year. The tradition of Tiger football The memories created by Tiger The following season proved to has grown by leaps and bounds with football are never soon forgotten by be Archer’s last as Tiger head coach, each and every player who has worn LSU faithful... the Billy Cannon but the Tigers pulled out a 5-6 sea­ the Purple and Gold. From the early Run ... Jones-to-Davis ... Hodson- son and sent Archer out a winner century years of Doc Fenton to the to-Fuller ... the Golden Band from with a 16-13 victory over the Wave. days of Billy Cannon, Jerry Stovall Tigerland ... the cheerleaders ... the Archer’s overall record as Tiger head and Bert Jones, Dalton Hilliard and Golden Girls— this is LSU football. coach stood at 27-18-1. Tommy Hodson — LSU football New head coach Hudson has continued to grow and develop Hie memories “Curley” Hallman had high hopes into one of the major college pro­ to rejuvenate a young LSU pro­ grams in the United States. LSU en­ created by gram. In his first two years, the Ti­ joys a heritage not shared by other Tiger football gers went 7-15 overall, but Hallman schools. No stadium in America ri­ are never soon recruited some promising talent for vals that of Tiger Stadium — Death forgotten by L S U football’s first century en­ Valley fj— once described as “a com­ countered over 550 victories for its bination of Mardi Gras, the Colos­ LSU faithful 28 different head coaches. Seven seum during Rome’s halcyon days, SEC tides and one national champi­ an early Fourth of July celebration, onship round out the century’s hon­ New Year’s Eve in Times Square and ors. Hallman and his new recruits Saturn Three blasting off from its This emblem on the northwest side of hold the future of the LSU football pad at Cape Kennedy.” (-1969 LSU Tiger Stadium celebrates the start of the program. Football Media Guide) centennial season.

M IK E TH E TIG ER IS A SOURCE O F IN SPIR A TIO N

FO R M A N Y A TIGER FAN A N D PLAYER. than a decade, a very realistic papier- mache Tiger was used as the prized mascot of the Ole War Skule. Then, in 1935, the legacy of Mike the Ti­ ger started with a roar.

The original Mike was purchased ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM LSU (cont. page 95) SPORTS INFORMATION’S 1993 Fighting Tigers from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, Media Guide Mike V, the famed live Bengal cruel punishment brought about the Tiger who serves as the graphic im­ use of recorded growls to play to the age of all LSU athletic teams, is in the crowd before the games. That prac­ fourth year of his reign on the LSU tice was discontinued shortly after­ campus. ward and, today, Mike participates He proudly rules over a modern, in the pregame tradition without refurbished domicile, just north of provocation, Tiger Stadium. SeveraJ years ago, pranksters cut Mike’s ride through Tiger Sta­ the locks on Mike IV’s cage and dium before home games in a cage freed him in the early morning hours topped by the LSU cheerleaders is a just days before the annual LSU- school tradition. Before entering the Tulane clash. Mike roamed free be­ stadium, his cage-on-wheels is fore being trapped and tranquilized parked next to the opponent’s locker by police in the Bernie Moore Track room in the southeast end of the sta­ Stadium for his safe return to his dium to intimidate Tiger foes. cage. Tradition dictates that for every M IK E 'S F A M IL Y TR E E growl elicited by Mike before a foot­ ball game, the Tigers will score a The nickname “Tigers” was used touchdown that night. For many for nearly half a century before a live years, Mike was prompted to roar by Tiger was brought to the LSU cam­ pounding on the cage. Objections of pus as an official mascot. For more

FALL 2 1993 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Everyday, hordes body varies about as much as the Some simple tattoos, that only of LSU students stroll location of birthmarks. Some dar­ consist of an outline, can start through the quad ing souls get them done in places around $40. More intricate ones strutting their own where they will be seen forever. with various colors and designs unique styles. As an Others, also daring, have them can run into hundreds of dollars. observer, one could see done in places where only a few Although tattoos are a perma­ a wide array of students dressed in select people will ever see them. nent alteration, some people prefer anything from the clothes they There are the usual places, such as to be spontaneous in their decision slept in to a complete ensemble the upper arm or shoulder, but to get one. Troy Highfield, a carefully planned the night before. now people seem to be adorning freshman Marine Biology major, Yet if you only glance at what they themselves in more innovative got his tattoos of a shark and a yin- are wearing, you could be missing places, like the navel or even the yang formed with dolphins for his something. Take a closer look — crown of the head. own personal reasons. “I like to try you might find many of and act on impulse, he said. “I these students sporting decided I wanted a tattoo, so I got tattoos. The location of tattoos on the body varies one. I don’t have any regrets.” Tattoos are becoming about as much as the location of one of the biggest forms of self-expression all over birthmarks the country. Now that they have broken away from their typical stereo­ types, like being associ­ ated with “bikers” or “musicians,” tattoos have begun to cross socio-eco- nomic, race, and gender lines. Many non-decorated people wonder what it is that would possess a per­ son to willingly let some­ Tattoos are for people mho can one inflict pain upon them, not to mention pay mahe a permanent decision them money for doing it. Some say it is merely a Photos b v S A LEM C H E N A F I fashion statement, but others like Gage Winterton, a With tattoos back in vogue, Others opt to carefully third year Chemical Engineering there are even ways for less daring think about their decisions. major, argue that tattoos are a individuals to enhance their look After contemplating about means of self-expression, a symbol in a less permanent fashion. Tem­ getting his tattoo of a skull, of themselves, as an individual. porary tattoos can be found in Brett Powers, a senior in En­ Gage commented on the reason he many clothes stores, music stores, glish and Speech, decided it got his tattoo, “I got a tattoo of or at festivals. At Lollapallooza was the right decision for him. kangaroos as a personal symbol. I 1993, the all-day alternative music Any regrets? “No,” he said. have a medallion of kangaroos that concert/village that visited New “Tattoos are for people who I never take off. I figured a tattoo Orleans, people could be found in can make a permanent deci­ was more permanent, so I had one long lines waiting to get a tattoo sion.” done by English Craig.” for the day. The “here today, gone Whether acting on im­ If the tattoo is visible on the tomorrow” decorations encom­ pulse or carefully weighing body when wearing everyday pass everything from cute cartoon both sides of the issue, people clothing, onlookers usually feel characters to band logos but there still feel compelled to express compelled to ask questions about are still those who insist on the real themselves in their own the “body art.” Tattooed people thing. unique way. How perma­ get a variety of questions from the The price for such a permanent' nent that expression has to be curious, like “Did it hurt?” “Why accessory is not cheap. Prices vary is left up to each individual. did you do it?” and “How will you and are based on what you have By Keri M ayeux hide it when you get a job?” done, where you have it done, and The location of tattoos on the how detailed your body art is. By Delores Druilhet Photos by Salem Chenofi

It is graced with mystery, in­

trigue, and beauty, found in the

more remote regions of Louisi­

ana. Although its association with discomfort and unpleasant­ ness is due to the abundance of mosquitos and excessive humid­ ity, the swamp is considered the heritage of Louisiana.

The swamplands of Louisiana not only provide the state with natural beauty, but natural resources as well. the swamp, the individual should be prepared to absorb one of the most beautiful sites nature has to offer. The beauty of the swamp greatly surpasses the initial degree of dis­ pleasure experienced. The trek through thorns, sun and fallen bam­ boo will have been well worth the effort when one beholds the overall sight of the swamp. Upon the first visual intake of the swamp, an adventurous person will forget about the hardships endured and begin to enjoy the breathtaking scenery. One of Louisiana’s trade­ mark is its semitropical climate, which allows for lush vegetation. The swamp is one place that is sure to be a home to numerous varieties of plant and animal life. Sitting amidst the trees, one feels as though he is a part of the vegetation. If he is truly observant, the adventurer will be able to see and feel things coming to life, being born, and growing all around him. The water is where the major­ ity of the growth occurs, where one might find some elements of mystery and intrigue. There is no way to know what It is graced with mystery, in­ exactly lies beneath the murky, trigue, and beauty, found in the muddy waters of the swamp. more remote regions of Louisiana. Maybe an extremely coura­ Although its association with dis­ geous person will endeavor to comfort and unpleasantness is due wade into the water among the to the abundance of mosquitos and Cypress trees. A less adventur­ excessive humidity, the swamp is ous bystander will probably considered the heritage of Louisi­ wonder if there is a snake cir­ ana. cling someone’s boot. An individual who ventures into Often times, one gets the the swamp without first securing the feeling that ghosts inhabit the protection of an insect repellant is an area, which enhances its mys­ open target for the lovers of blood tery. Mist floating above the that have taken up swamp causes one to wonder residence what forgotten secrets might

It is graced with mystery, intrigue, and beauty, found in the more

there. Also, remote regions of Louisiana as if the heat doesn’t provide enough discomfort, the humidity might cause a newcomer to anx­ iously head homeward for a shower. If after facing these, and other odds, anyone dares to venture deeper into The trek through thorns, humidity and fallen bamboo w ill have

been worth the effo rt when one beholds the overall sight of the swamp.

have occurred there in the past. Looking through the mist, one might doubt the reality of the site and think it’s an il­ lusion. This perception oc­ casionally prompts thoughts of romance and brings to mind days when chivalry reigned. may have sought solace in a Louisiana swamp had Shakespeare been a native Louisianian. Often forgotten and constantly taken for granted, Louisiana’s wet­ lands are a unique part of Louisiana’s landscape. They are as much a part of our heritage as the white columned mansions, which were built before the Civil War to symbolize Louisiana’s glory as a leader of the Old South. Unfortu­ nately, the wetlands are rap­ idly disappearing as a result of development decisions. The decaying of the wetlands demands great concern. lands. Wetlands improve water quality There are ecological functions that by removing and retaining nutrients and the wetlands serve; flood control by wastes and removing sediment loads to absorbing floodwater and minimiz­ receiving waters. Fuelwood can be ing damage to. adjacent downstream found exclusively in the wetlands. properties, storm prevention, and In addition to these functions, the groundwater recharge. Bayous, wetlands are the sole source of livelihood Swamps, and coastlands support for many Louisianians. Research contin­ economic activity and provide a ues to reveal important data on the wet­ home for most of Louisiana’s wild­ land ecosystems. For example, a micro­ life. Wetlands provide food and organism has been found in a New Jer­ habitat for a great number of wild­ sey swamp system that has applications life. Approximately one third of the to the drug industry. From this micro­ endangered species, including 50 organism, scientist have developed a new percent of the migratory birds, family of antibiotics to cure diseases that rely upon wet­ were unaffected by existing antibiotics.

Looking through the m ist one might doubt the reality of the site

and think i t 's an illusion have lost approximately 53 percent. conversion of mangrove swamps to The rate of wetland loss continues to fishpond; diverting water away from be increasingly high. A draft survey river floodplains; draining wetlands stated by Randy Pomponio esti­ for agriculture and other land uses, mated the loss to be almost 300,000 including construction sites for sub­ acres per year, nationally. Between divisions, highrises, and businesses; the mid 1950s and the late 1970s, overloading with pollution, and di­ the five state mid-Atlantic region verting water away from wetlands. lost 133,000 acres, which is seven The wetlands of coastal Louisiana percent of its inland vegetated wet­ are being converted to open water at lands and six percent of its coastal a rate of fifty square miles per year, marshes. largely as a result of maintaining For many reasons, the wetlands shipping lanes, and the withdrawal are disappearing. Common ex­ of oil and gas. If current trends con­ amples of what is happening are the tinue, an ecosystem that supports

They count on the waters for fishing, agriculture (the wet­ Approximately one-third of the endangered species, lands keep Louisiana’s soil fertile), trapping and hunting. Loss of the wetlands would mean the loss of including 50 percent of the migratory birds, livelihood. Wetland losses from pre-settle- ment times have been enormous. rely upon wetlands From an estimated 221 million acres of wetlands in the United States, we r

the nation’s oldest bilingual culture, go back to using the lenient 1987 Personal measures are being 25% of the nation's fishing industry, one. Also, the Supreme Court’s taken. In several communities and North America’s largest fur pro­ Hoffman Homes' decision loosened where coastal wetlands are dimin­ ducing area will be lost within the protection for isolated wetlands. ishing, communities have come up next century. Too often, develop­ Two agencies within the USDA with makeshift solutions. Beach ment decisions are made have primary responsibility for wet­ residents hope to salvage their land without considering land protection efforts on non-fed- through beach nourishment — a

The individual should be prepared to absorb one of the most beautiful sites nature has to offer eral lands. They are the Agri­ popular method of stemming the cultural Stabilization and ocean tide. The program requires a Conservation Service (ASCS) regular infusion of sand which is the loss of wetland benefits arising and the Soil Conservation costly, and carries with it such prob­ from damages and conversion. Service(SCS). In 1985, the two lems as finding an environmentally Louisiana wetlands have been agencies worked closely together to acceptable source of appropriate damaged by legislation, which has develop the Food Security Act, sand. Also, in recent news, an area reduced the wetlands to one tenth while dramatically changing the swamp was purchased for a large the size they once were. The poli­ public approach to wetland conser­ dump site, which would only add to cies of National Wetlands are vation. This bill was amended in an already growing pollution prob­ changing, unfortunately not for the 1990, moving up the trigger for a lem. Fortunately, a concerned citi­ better. Wetland regulation is vested provision called Swampbuster. This zen purchased the land surrounding in the EPA (Environmental Protec­ upgrading stated that the act of the swamp, thus preventing the tion Agency) and the Army Corps of draining or manipulating a wetland owner from proceeding with his Engineers. In 1989, the EPA pre­ for planting an agricultural com­ dump-site plans. Although these are pared a stricter wetland manual than modity would be a violation. It was temporary solutions, they show that the Army Corps’ 1987 version. On designed to ensure that USDA farm measures can be taken to preserve January 19, 1993 the EPA and the programs were not working at cross the wedands-the heritage of Louisi­ Army Corps gave in to opposition purposes with wetland conservation ana. for the stricter version and agreed to efforts. FEATURES

By Virgil LeJeune Long-range solutions are needed to Photos by Jeremy clean up the historic LSU Lakes D u n n i n g

Baton Rouge Beach is quiet ming has been banned for over 40 this evening. By standing near the years and everyone knows that the water’s edge and scrunching up lakes are stocked — real one’s eyes just so, the yellow lights fisherpersons don’t fish stocked of Dalrymple seem to rise up from lakes — so what is it that moti­ the lake bed. With the sky to the vates such people to keep the lakes left tie-dyed, and the steady drone clean? of cars in motion behind, the scene Some feel the Lakes satisfy is almost peaceful. Almost. some primal urge to feel a connec­ The LSU lakes inspire count­ tion with the land. Perhaps some­ less people with their beauty, but thing intangible lies beneath these because of pollution, their power waters gracing the LSU campus. to impress has deteriorated over Many students have chosen LSU the years. To many who enjoy the over other universities, at least in lakes year-round, this ominous is part, because of its environment. unacceptable. It is generally agreed that the In April of this year, LSU stu­ LSU Lakes System (which consists dents picked up over 2,000 of the University, , Col­ pounds of litter from the Univer­ lege, Crest, and Erie Lakes) was sity and City Park lakes. Swim- An egret rests on a tell-tale sign of the times. created in the mid 1920s and early 1930s by logging and damming to

Many stu­ dents have chosen LSU over other universities, at least in part, because of its environ­ SU's plant life , along with the scenic lakes, has become a ment Many people like to just sit and enjoy the serenity of the rce of pride for many LSU and Baton Rouge residents. lakes. FEATURES

Bayou Duplantier. At the time, this was a risky venture and many questioned whether the lakes would permanently hold wa­ ter. In fact, they may have held their water too well: in 1957, the In 1957, the lakes lakes were termed “grossly con­ were termed taminated” after an official inves­ "grossly contami­ tigation into their pollution. nated" after an According to the City Park/ University Lakes Management official investigation Plan, the first official ban on into their pollution. swimming and skiing came as a result of this 1957 investigation. Urban lakes age faster than those in more rural areas. Natural lakes are filtered by collecting Excessive garbage clogs some attempts to filter the lakes, making ponds or pools, where sediment them useless. can settle and water is allowed to Lakes Restoration Committee was enter the lake. On the other hand, formed by the City-Parish Council lakes in urban areas are directly af­ and a proposal was made to the fected when road run-off, lawn- Environmental Protection Agency fertilizers, leaves, animal drop­ to help fund a dredging project, pings, and various waste materials designed to eliminate a majority of find their way into the lakes fol­ the fish kills. These trenches lowing a heavy rainfall. would add to the overall depth of Continued contamination, the Lakes, helping to keep tem­ shallow lake depths, and high wa­ peratures down. The material ter temperatures led to several ma­ taken from these trenches was used jor fish kills in the mid-1970s. At to construct Baton Rouge Beach. this point, LSU activists and the The dredging project required Baton Rouge community joined the cooperation of federal, state forces to save their lakes. The and local agencies, as well as pri- Lights glitter across the water giving the illusion that they come from beneath the surface. vate and public institutions. An the New Lakes Commission, example of this cooperation oc­ which elected officers in the spring curred when monitoring tests, of this year. They are currently conducted prior to the dredging, looking at proposals offered revealed contamination from within the management plan. sewer lines. The community “It’s not something we can just voted to increase taxes and to elect officers for, vote on, establish implement the Upgrade Sewer an account for, and then go for it,” Program, benefiting both the said McDaniels. “The Lakes Sys­ lakes and the Baton Rouge citi­ tem is a dynamic, ever changing zens. entity, and upkeep on the lakes One of the requirements to will never end. Right now, one of EPA assistance in the initial the questions we are looking at is project was the development of a who’s responsible-LSU, BREC, or long-term management plan for the City-Parish?” the lakes. Dated June 1991, the “These jurisdictional questions “City Park/University Lakes Man­ have to be answered first,” said agement Plan” is a concise, thor­ McDaniels. “Then we’ll have to ough and well-constructed docu­ investigate funding — will the ment with many practical sugges­ work be done on a volunteer basis? tions for maintaining and improv­ We’re looking at the plan, seeing ing the condition of the lakes. what parts, if any, the community, The view over the lakes at dusk is breathtaking. Bryan McDaniel is chairman of wants to commit to." FEATURES

commit to.” McDaniels compared the lakes to a garden, which requires constant attention if it is to remain an asset. The Lakes “We’ve come a long way (since the System is a formation of the Lakes Restoration dynamic, Committee), but we’re by no means done. We’ll never be done, and ever that’s not pessimistic. I’m very opti­ changing mistic, but this plan is not the final entity, and word,” he stressed. “It’s still going to take a lot of time and organization to upkeep on put a long range solution in place. the lakes How do we do that? It’s a question- will never answer, problem-solution.” end Work started at the grass roots level in the mid-1970s and is still very much alive. Those involved Ducks swim among garbage thoughtlessly tossed into the lakes. should be encouraged by the acknowledgement of their efforts by the EPA in its “Clean Lakes Pro­ gram, 1992 report,” part of which The LSU and Baton Rouge com­ states: munities have a lot to be proud of. “... (the) beneficial Greg Jones, an engineer for the Pub­ projects stemming from the lic Works Department, has a very Clean Lakes initiatives have optimistic outlook for the future of done more than improve the the lakes. “The lakes’ continued im­ water quality.They have also ad­ provement will depend upon the in­ vanced the aesthetic and func­ volvement of the citizens,” he said. tional value of the entire lakes “We have shown that government, area and improved the quality of public institutions, and private citi­ life for both the terrestrial and. zens can work together to benefit all. aquatic residents of Baton We just have to keep it up.” Rouge. In fact, in May 1992, The LSU Lakes are man-made the state-record large-mouthed and require vigilant maintenance if bass (15.38) was caught in one they are to continue to provide the of the restored lakes...” campus and city with their beauty. Many people enjoy the tranquility of the lakes. The report also mentioned the It will be necessary for LSU, BREC, return of ducks, a testimony to the City-Parish Government, and pri­ ecological improvements made so vate citizens to sustain their active in­ far. volvement, on all levels, to insure the survival of the entire Lakes System.

It's still going to take a lot of time and organization to put a long range solution in place

Roads surround the lakes, giving joggers, skaters, and drivers Pollution along the shore only serves to mar the beauty of the lakes. the opportunity to share in their splendor. NEWS

THE PROTEST

MAY HAVE DIED DOWN,

BUT LSU

STILL FEELS THE EFFECTS

OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CUTS

After the

Louisiana was attacked both physically and fiscally last fall, as not one but two hurricanes swept in with the new school year.

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forced furloughs for staff, a hiring freeze and the proposed degree con­ solidation plan. Despite such measures as rallies, protests, and a special session of the Louisiana legislature, the budget cuts came through. Predictions of doom A lot of people She has seen and devastation were rampant. I know are Faces were grim. Fiscal belts were her classes worried about tightened. increase by at their degrees Now, one year after the “budget least ten shortfall” was revealed, LSU stu­ — whether dents are going to class on a post-cut people this they'll be able campus. semester- to afford to If you didn’t already know the which...affects whole saga of the mid-year budget finish them, or both her crunch and subsequent lack of whether they'll funds, would you be able to tell the teaching style be worth difference? In other words, have the and the quality cuts interfered at all in your daily anything when of education education? The answer for most stu­ they graduate dents — surprisingly or not — was the students a definite and resounding “No.” receive Signs like this one, displayed in the Mass Communication This was exactly the opinion Building, urge students, staff and faculty to turn out their lights given by Andrea Hebert, a junior in when not in use to cut energy costs for the university. English, who lives on campus. “No,” she said. “I haven’t noticed In September, Hurricane An­ any changes.” drew demolished most of southern Florida and finished off several chunks of Louisiana. LSU students returned from their unplanned- three-day vacation to find torn tree limbs and pieces of rooftops strewn around campus. Still, the damage was easily repaired and not nearly as bad as it could have been. Also in September, Governor announced that a $45 million reduction in funding, to higher education, would be neces­ sary to balance the state’s budget — translating to $9.3 million to be cut from LSU’s funds alone. The “Hur­ ricane Budget Cut,” when revealed to the community at large, resulted in a simultaneous howl of anguish and outrage that equalled some of the gale-force winds that had ripped across the parish during Andrew. The ensuing struggle to mitigate, or at the very least absorb, the financial damage lasted for months and ulti­ mately resulted in a $200 “sur­ charge” (read: “tuition increase”) for students, layoffs of instructors and Broken windows are not an uncommon sight around the Old Engineering Shops Building, where the reductions in section offerings, Sculpture and Metal labs are located.

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Broken or old The more equipment in students there her biology lab are, the harder doesn't get it is for replaced as everyone to easily... participate

“It doesn’t affect me personally,” pect — and hope — that they will explained Sarah Ruback, a fifth-year have graduated before the full effects architecture student, who expects to on the quality of education at LSU graduate in May. “My scholarship become visible. pays for my tuition no matter how But what of the one-third who much it is, and I still have my cam­ felt the effects of Hurricane Budget pus job.” Cut? In fact, of all the students who Chances are, if you are one of the responded to that question, fully unsatisfied who feels personally af­ two-thirds expressed either indiffer­ fected by the budget cuts, you’re un­ ence to, or contentment with, their happy with one of two areas: the personal situations at the university tuition increase or the lack of classes. — and said they themselves failed to In order to fit their limited bud­ see any difference after the cuts. gets, departments were forced to But that doesn’t mean there are quit offering classes with low enroll­ not students who have been ad­ ment and then to cut down on the versely affected by the cuts. “I think number of sections offered for the that morale is really low right now,” larger ones. This move impacted Ruback said. “A lot of people I students taking esoteric upper-level know are worried about their de­ classes, such as German 4001 and grees — whether they’ll be able to general education courses, such as afford to finish them, or whether English 1002, Biology 1001, and they’ll be worth anything when they Chemistry 1201. graduate.” “I had to take my music appre­ Personally affected or not, all ciation class at 7:30 a.m., because LSU students seem concerned about that was the only section I could get the future of this university — in­ into,” complains Jason Walker, a se­ deed, the fate of higher education in nior in botany. He laughs and adds, Louisiana as a whole. But they ex­ “Not much other than the budget

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dents to be involved . . . the circle format [of desks] is important.” The lack of furniture prevents that; Louisiana in fact, for the first days of class, was Dorman had to stand so that her students would have enough seats. attacked The more students there are, the both harder it is for everyone to partici­ physically pate. But Dorman is more concerned and about the second effect of the cuts: fiscally namely, that with the increased class M i l , load, she doesn’t have as much time as not one to devote to each student. It is dis­ tressing to Dorman to find her office but two hours filling up so quickly; she sim­ hurricanes ply doesn’t have time to see all the swept in students who need her help. Worse, she cannot assign as many papers with the during the semester because she new doesn’t have time to grade them. school And while her students are not likely to complain about less work, year Dorman feels “very depressed” about it. A little girl implores the legislature to do something to stop the budget cuts levied against “It’s very important for students the university at last November's rally on the capital. to have that practice in composi­ tion,” Dorman points out, adding cuts could make me do that!” Molly Mayne, a junior in sociol­ that most of her students are not Others students seem worried ogy, found it hard to come up with English majors and therefore prob­ rather than amused. Transfer stu­ the extra $200 and dislikes that it ably won’t take any more English dents Jeremy Cloward and Stafford was labeled as a “surcharge” instead classes. “It hit us the hardest at these Wood both noticed that they had a of a tuition increase. But even after lower levels . . . which is very ironic hard time getting into classes — any paying tuition, she believes that the in a university that wants to push the classes — since they registered later budget cuts are negatively affecting quality of its undergraduate pro­ than most. Cloward, a senior in po­ her education. “My English class is gram,” she said. litical science here on an exchange too crowded because of the decrease Susan Meiers, graduate student program from his California univer­ in section offerings. There weren’t in botany who teaches a freshman sity, had no problem in being admit­ even enough desks for everyone — biology lab section, has a dual per­ ted to LSU, but was taken back at people were sitting on the floor or in spective on the effects of the budget how difficult it was to get enough chairs,” she said. There weren't cuts. Broken or old equipment in hours to qualify as full-time. Wood, Mayne’s teacher, Dr. Susann even enough her biology lab doesn’t get replaced who transferred here from Boston Dorman, is one of the English fac­ desks for as easily, and the classes are more College, had a similar experience try­ ulty who teaches the introductory full. Meiers is not quick to pin the everyone— ing to add a science class — any sci­ English classes (1002 and 2020), blame on last year’s fiscal shortfall ence class (thus far she has no science taken mostly by non-English majors people were — cuts from earlier years account credits on her transcript). In addi­ who need it for the core curriculum sitting o n the for many of today’s insufficiencies, tion, she is worried about finishing requirements. She has seen her she said. floor or in her minor in Russian studies. classes increase by at least ten people Meier sees a more difficult year “I was so excited when I saw all this semester — which, she says, af­ chairs ahead for many of LSU’s graduate the Russian courses listed in the cata­ fects both her teaching style and the students, most of whom depend on log — even more than at B.C., but quality of education the students re­ teaching or research assistantships to almost none are actually being of­ ceive. pay tuition and living expenses. fered,” she said. If they continue to “There have been two big effects “They raised our tuition, but not offer only one or two per semester, of the budget cuts [on freshman En­ every department could give a cor­ she said, it will take her much longer glish]. One is on class discussion,” responding stipend increase,” she to graduate than she anticipated. she said. “It is crucial for the stu­ said. “It hasn’t affected me, but I

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a know that people in other depart­ ments — like the Museum of Natu­ ral Sciences — are having trouble funding their grad students.” Some departments, like Chemistry, had to eliminate some graduate student po­ sitions altogether. O f course, not only graduate stu­ dents have been affected by the tu­ ition increases. In fact, for those who Despite such reported themselves dissatisfied and or hurt by the budget cuts, the tu­ measures as ition increase was the major stum­ rallies, bling block. Reactions ranged from protests, and a mild irritation to resignation, from lack of concern to downright worry Special Session (especially for those students who of the don’t get financial support from Louisiana their families). Those students with scholarships legislature, the know it probably extends itself to budget cuts cover the full amount of tuition de­ came through spite any increase — unless you re­ ceive a cash award instead of an ex­ emption. Many students receive fi­ nancial aid in the form of federal grants and student loans — but these provide set amounts which do Some buildings still suffer the effects of the budget cut, in spite of the "LSU '95" rally not automatically stretch to accom- pledging to improve building conditions on campus.

modate tuition increases. The Pell Grant, for example, has a ceiling of $1150, to be distributed among tu­ ition, books, and living expenses as the student sees fit. Sophomore Richard Zeigler, a student who left the work force to get a college degree, receives both loan and grant money — but still had to skimp on his car payments to cover the $200 surcharge. Since he has an on-campus job, he can only work 20 hours a week and is finding it difficult to keep abreast of his bills, much less save for next semester’s tu­ ition. Is his situation the norm for LSU students? O f course not. But some students have, like Zeigler, found tight situations exacerbated by hav­ ing to absorb the increase in costs. When the surcharge was being dis­ cussed last year, many people argued that tuitions would have to be raised at some point to keep up with infla­ tion. In spite of popular opinion, last

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These fliers are posted to promote awareness of the problems of energy costs on campus — the signs are even printed on recycled paper year’s mid-year cuts were not solely responsible for the current problems faced by these students. What many people don’t realize is that higher education has undergone eight mid­ year cuts in the past 10 or 11 years — ever since oil revenues plum­ meted and the Louisiana legislature began cutting higher education to It hit us the keep up with state spending. hardest at The fact that higher education these lower has found itself on the chopping levels. . . block so many times is due to a com­ plex web of interlocking factors. which is very Much of the state’s budget is un­ ironic in a touchable; yet only last year, Louisi­ university that ana voters rejected a proposal to open up formerly untouchable areas wants to push so that higher education would not the quality of take the brunt of the blow every time its undergradu­ a cut was in sight. The proposal, however, to many voters, conceiv­ ate program ably would have hurt more than it solved — a major concern with many voters was the feet that it called for hospital funding cuts. But many voters felt that some­ thin g else could have been cut. Or eliminated. Or streamlined. Part of the problem is revealed by the student body. If the people who attend the campus can’t see the dam-

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age caused by plummeting fiscal re­ serves, then how can our notoriously B udget Cut C liff N otes short-sighted politicians and legisla­ tors? August, 1992: Rumors of a $100 million dollar “revenue shortfall” for the state begin For, unlike the very visible dam­ to circulate. LSU officials predict a $50 tuition increase should the shortfall materialize. age caused by Hurricane Andrew, the scars of Hurricane Budget Cut September 18, 1992: The axe falls: the “shortfall” is over $600 million dollars. $45 mil­ are invisible to most of the campus. lion is reduced from university funding — the largest cut of a decade of budget cuts. LSU The scars are hidden in the papers of officials tell students that a one-time $200 surcharge will be levied to help fill the gap. Fac­ department heads and the Chancel­ ulty take a two percent pay cut, and employees go on unpaid vacation time to reduce salaries. lor, in the faculty meetings and col­ Early October, 1992: The SGA (now the Student Senate) sponsors a student rally at the lege offices, in the increased applica­ Capital to protest. tions for financial aid and in the de­ Lite October, 1992: Lawmakers reveal that yet another shortfall is predicted for NEXT clining numbers of incoming fresh­ fiscal year — this time over $700 million dollars. men. These are long-term cancers rather than quick-bleeding wounds. November 17,1992: Another rally at the Capital, this one organized by Chancellor Wil­ The effects of the budget cuts are liam Davis. 2,000 students, faculty, and staff members attend. hidden by time. Have the students, currently en­ Spring, 1993: The “one-time" surcharge becomes permanent. All departments must op­ rolled in the University, been per­ erate bn a budget reduced by five percent. Vacant positions are lost, instructors are laid off, sonally affected by the budget cuts? and some class sections are canceled. To some extent, the answer is no. But the majority are unhappy with September 17,1993: A fall convocation/ rally was called by Chancellor Davis to outline the legislature’s solution to last year’s his plan for the university’s next two years. The rally, billed as “LSU ‘95,” was held on Fri­ budget crisis — if not to the point of day afternoon on the parade grounds. Classes were cancelled and offices closed by the Chan­ leaving the LSU system, then at least cellor at 3:30 p.m., but only about 200 people showed up to the kick off of the plan, aimed to the point of thinking twice about at improving campus conditions and ultimately, campus morale. staying on for graduate school.

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A commercial interrupted my Satur­ day morning cartoons— you know, one of those commercials that easily brings tears to your eyes. The chil­ dren were covered in filth, bugs flew around their swollen tummies. Oh, and their eyes! Their eyes were the biggest eyes you’ll ever see, bigger and sadder than any on the cartoons. You could see the misery and hun­ ger staring at you from across the seas, over all the miles their eyes seemed to swallow you. It was amaz­ ing how I saw that same look of helplessness in the man’s eyes in New York. Then, just as I was about to drown in those muddy brown eyes, the voice of some announcer started speaking. He told me, a ten year old These are people with no place to go, with no one who cares. child, that for the cost of a cup of coffee, I could feed this child, pro­ I was seventeen when I faced dents. They were ragged, dirty and vide clothes, give him a home, and them for the first time. homeless. Just a few miles away educate him. There was a number High school was not far behind from the Statue of Liberty, these on the bottom of the screen for me me, college was not far ahead of me; were Americans who were not able to call and make my commitment. my future was bright. As a gift to to fully enjoy the liberty the monu­ Then it was over. Bugs Bunny was ourselves, my cousin and I traveled ment represented. The irony of their dancing across the screen, and I was to New York. The high point of our situation was unexplainable. I was laughing once again. My world was trip was a visit to the Statue of Lib­ drawn to these people: I wanted to back to normal. erty — the monument that repre­ get a closer look. Not too close, I don’t know how many of these sents the freedom citizens of the mind you, but a little closer to make commercials I have seen in my life­ United States enjoy. The visit to the sure of what I was seeing. As I time. They are all tear-jerkers, but Statue was all I had hoped it would stepped closer, the man sitting on somehow, they don’t seem real. I be. Lady Liberty was as impressive as the bench nearest to me lifted his know they are, but the people are so I had imagined her to be. head and stared at me. I was locked far away, they couldn’t possibly mat­ In order to get to Liberty Island into the haunting eyes of a homeless ter to me. As I got older, the com­ to see the statue, we had to ride a person. Then my cousin’s voice mercials disturbed me more. I could ferry from the harbor to the island. called out to me, “Delores, the ferry no longer sit through them, my re­ At the harbor, there were several is here.” I was rescued. I struggled to mote was always in hand, thumb street vendors selling shirts, watches, the shore, climbed out of those eyes alert and ready to flip the channel jewelry — anything you could pos­ and returned to my merriment. In the instant those haunting eyes sibly want to help remember your the week I spent in New York, I had stared out at me. I refused to let trip to New York. Beyond the ven­ the time of my life. I forgot about those pathetic people intrude or in­ dors were hard cement benches. those eyes, and headed home, back vade my world! My world doesn’t These benches weren’t occupied by to my world. have those hungry, starving, home­ camera snapping tourists, as one The first time I had seen those less people in it. Hah! The last laugh might have expected. The people on eyes had been when I was younger, was on the producers of those com­ these benches were permanent resi­ watching Bugs Bunny on television. mercials. With the remote, I could control not only the television, but I students and don’t have money to could be one of the factors that cause could control my world. spare anyway. homelessness. There are, of course, Last month, while sitting in the Regardless of the feelings that two sides to the problem of alcohol. Side Pocket enjoying my customary homeless people evoke in students, Some have evidently turned to alco­ orange juice and reading the Daily the problem exists. Sure it’s possible holism as an escape from the stress of , my world was invaded once to rid our campus of homeless being homeless. On the other hand, again. This time, a voice was the in­ people, but as I have finally realized, there are those who are homeless as a truder. A melancholy voice asked, it is far more difficult to eliminate direct result of chronic alcohol “Can you spare 35 cents so I can buy the problem from our world. abuse. a hamburger?” Then I saw the eyes, Questions surrounding the The plight of LSU homeless those same eyes, only inches from homeless are unlimited. One ques­ people is just as broad as that of the my own. The same hungry, home­ tion in the minds of many students nation. The stories are endless. For less eyes were drowning me all over is why are these people homeless? Is each individual, there is a different again. I was having trouble breath­ it because there are no jobs? Are the story. ing, there was water in my lungs — placement programs and vocational Morris, the man who ap­ muddy brown water. Before I was training programs failing? Are these proached me in the union, insists completely engulfed by the water, I programs available on a need basis? that he is not an alcoholic, and that reached into my pocket and pulled Are homeless people aware of these drinking is not the cause of his con­ out the change he had asked for. programs? Is the American welfare dition. “Plain old bad luck,” he said. Suddenly my breath came back, but system sufficient? Is insufficient aid “I got kicked out of my apartment, I wished it hadn’t. I wished that I part of the reason for marginally then I lost my car. Now I don’t have had drowned, because this was my and homeless people? nothing.” world. I couldn’t turn the channel There has been much research in When asked what I could do to and make this man go away, I to answer these questions. help, a hopeful look came into his couldn’t take a ferry to an island and One study made some astounding eyes. I quickly let him know that I forget about this man. He was right discoveries. A sample population of couldn’t do much; I was asking out here, only inches away from me. In homeless and marginally housed of curiosity. Then the disappoint­ ment returned to his face. , his hands was the change from my people indicated that alcoholism continued page 95 glass of orange juice. Homelessness had invaded my world, and there Many people do whatever they can to avoid becoming a homeless statistic. was nothing I could do about it this time. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if it was only my world that had been in­ vaded, after all I am only one person, what difference does my world make. But the problem is more than just mine; many students here at LSU are faced with these people on a daily basis. The feelings vary. Some are immediately sympathetic, extending feelings of pity, while giv­ ing as much money as possible. Other individuals are doubtful, questioning whether these people are really in need, or whether it’s just a scam to take advantage of unsus­ pecting students. Many more feel angered when approached. Thev are FEATURES

AS THE WELLNESS EDUCATION PROGRAM THE CONTINUES TO GROW. MANY LSU STUDENTS DOCTOR FIND THEMSELVES SEEKING COUNSELING BY IS IN THEIR PEERS AND PROF ESSIONALS By Andrew Wong

Photos Courtesy of LSU Public Relations No more fresh food. No more teraction, while questions and dis­ sistance from the student commu­ bandages from Mommy. No more cussion are encouraged. nity, but the Wellness Program is pills in the cabinet. You’ve gone and If for some strange reason you Its intentions not to blame. “We’re here just to done it. Left home. You have to don’t feel like discussing your sexual are to provide information to the students look after yourself now. You can’t life in front of 30 students, indi­ by giving them as much informa­ necessarily ask your Mommy and vidual advising is available. “It’s not "provide tion, statistics and skills as they Daddy about health issues. So who counseling,” says Hong. “It’s really health need, in order to make their own can help ? The Wellness Education an educational consultation in a one- information to decisions about lifestyles. We’re not Program, of course. You know, that on-one situation.” the students of here to make anyone do anything or organization that has pretty multi­ Surprisingly, even though some to convince anyone of anything.” colored leaflets all over campus. So students have expressed negative LSU campus" In a field as diverse as the what is it ? opinions towards the Wellness Edu­ Wellness program, it is difficult to Its intentions are to “provide cation Program, 13, 110 students measure any success rate. They are health information to the students went through the program last year - of LSU campus,” according to the over half the students on campus. coordinator for the Wellness Pro­ Staff and faculty may also use the gram, Luo Luo Hong. They look at program, but all the workshops are the obvious issues like sexual health “created and presented with the col­ and substance abuse, as well as the lege student in mind...We’ve been less obvious, such as nutrition infor­ very good at reaching minority stu­ mation, weight disorders, stress and dents but wish more international time management, and self-esteem students would participate.” problems. “Basically, it covers all the Most students go of their own health topics that concern college free will, but some are “dragged” students.” along by a fraternity or another orga­ The way the Wellness Education nization. As part of the new LSU al­ Program operates is by workshops. cohol policy, any organization want­ One or two people from the staff sit ing alcohol to be part of their social down and provide the needed infor­ event must send an executive officer mation. There is some role-playing to attend the Alcohol Awareness Luo Luo'Hong conducts one of the many workshops sponsored by the Wellness Program, which informs LSU students of the and games. The emphasis is on in- training. This has met with some re­ many health issues

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unable to determine how much of for everybody....There’s much more the program has actually helped the to do than there are people to go students in making decisions. If we around. So, sometimes we end up plant some sort of seed, if we get juggling schedules and saying we them thinking, then we’re pretty can’t do it this week, how about grateful for that. Sometimes a stu­ next week? It’s definitely tight, and dent comes back to you and says people are usually running around thank you, what you said really like chickens with their heads cut made a difference. That makes our off!” day.” Despite all this, they still manage Everything is completely confi­ to fit everyone into individual coun­ dential. They will ask students need­ seling who needs it. Hong doubts ing individual advising for their that it will get to the point when name, telephone number and social people will not be able to get an ap­ security number purely for records pointment. “We’re fielding every­ keeping. thing right now. It’s just tight. I’ve The Division of Student Services worked evenings every single night. recendy won a $154,000 award for If it means more late, extra hours a new alcohol and drug prevention then that’s what we’ll do. At the program. “The Wellness Education moment, we’re working till 8 or Counseling is one of the many services offered by Program will be a key part in imple­ 9pm every night.” the Wellness Program menting some of the new programs I asked her if having to work so and initiatives in that grant.” late annoyed her. “No, that’s kind “We’re very careful as to how we The main aim of that program is of expected, and it’s in the nature of address the issue. We try to be sensi­ to encourage the low-risk use of al­ Student Service work...Our staff are tive to people’s personal views as cohol. “We’re not saying not to committed individuals who want to much as we can, but we also believe drink. We are saying that if you provide this information. They re­ We're not here in providing as much thorough and choose not to drink that’s good...If ally believe in what we are doing. effective health information as we you choose to drink, there’s away to We’re willing to put the extra hours to make can to you. do it without endangering your and work in.” anyone do Despite all the pressures, they health. We’re educating to prevent Their chief complaint is that anything or to manage to offer some interesting all substance abuse.” they are scrutinized because of the workshops. “Love me, love me not” convince However, LSU is renown for its controversial nature of the work is a workshop on how to attain alcoholism (allegedly). It remains to they sometimes do. “We deal with anyone of greater self-esteem. Obviously, since be seen whether the program will be some veiy controversial issues that anything baring your soul is not something effective or not, although Hong is touch upon religion, morality, fam­ that is done every day, individual optimistic. “Recendy, we had the ily values and personal decision advising is available on the entire kickoff ceremony for the LSU Alli­ making, such as sexual health and subject. “We won’t talk about how ance for the prevention of Substance abortion. It gets people a little you feel about yourself, but how to Abuse. It had a good turnout, and rattled. They’re concerned that make you feel better about yourself.” many students turned out to sign up we’re trying to teach people to have says Hong. and ask questions. sex and so on... We’re under the gun Also, if life is becoming far too The Wellness Program is short a lot. People are watching to see hectic and you barely have time to staffed. The entire staff consists of what we say, and they’ll watch and stop and read this magazine,then try the stress and time management two staff members, four graduate as­ wait. Being controversial is good PR 13,110 sistants, and a volunteer group. So for us, but it’s also bad for us because workshops. students went when I asked her if they were over­ people misunderstand our mission.” If you’re eating hamburgers and worked, the answer was a resound­ “We’re very objective and believe through the pizzas all the time and wondering ing yes. “We are extremely busy and health is an objective thing. We be­ program last why you keep having nosebleeds and we’re happy with that...We’ve really lieve that it’s our responsibility to spots the size of Outer Mongolia, year- over infiltrated the campus and our levels give as much correct information as perhaps you should look into the have gone up significantly in the we can to all students. We’re NOT half the nutrition workshop. past year or so. We’re really getting here to push one religion or value... students on It takes a special kind of person to We offer students knowledge and sit and advise or counsel a complete ourselves known. Students and staff campus are referring to us and asking us to information in order for them to stranger, but Hong manages it. do things. The level has shot up and incorporate it and make their own “What has always helped me when so it means a whole lot more work decisions.” I provide counseling for others is to continued page 85

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The Gumbo Gallery was created in the Fall of 1992 to give students, fac­ ulty, staff and alumni the opportunity and a place to display their photo­ graphs. Each semester, Gumbo Magazine accepts photographs from interested contributors, then selects the best ones to appear in the Gallery. Anyone interested in submitting their work for consideration should stop by the Gumbo office in B-40 Hodges to speak with the photography editor.

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CYCLING SPORTS

On some mornings, they can be seen thing that all the club teams have in expects women’s soccer to become a sailing on the university lake. Often, common is dedication and hard varsity sport at LSU, and she hinted they inhabit the Parade Grounds. work that the women’s soccer club may They’ve even been spotted riding The men’s soccer club practices eventually have to follow the prece­ around Baton Rouge at midnight. Rest on the field outside the Field House dent set by Auburn’s women’s soccer assured, wherever LSU students strive in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 club, which sued pursuit of athletic achievement through to 8 p.m. They play their home for the right to become a varsity sport competition, they are there. They are games on Saturdays and Sundays on and won. the Club Sports Teams, and despite the the parade grounds. Members of the Eventually, soccer will be a varsity lack of publicity they receive, they men’s soccer dub estimate that they sport for men and women,” said abound at LSU. are probably one of the top five best men’s soccer club president, Jared They are the young men and men’s soccer clubs in the nation, Broussard. “Soccer is poised to be­ women who challenge the myth that all based on their record last year. They come the next big SEC sport,” he college athletes must bench press 300 compete in a conference with other added. He also noted that some pounds or have a 36 inch vertical leap. Louisiana soccer clubs, including SEC schools, such as Vanderbilt and They are the purest athletes, playing Tulane and USL. Kentucky, already have varsity soccer strictly for the love of the sport with The women’s soccer club also programs. little support, if any, from the university plays its games on the parade Such is the case with the ever­ or student body. Sacrificing precious grounds on the weekends. Members growing sport of mountain biking. free time to follow their passions, club say the club is open to all women Although many may not realize that sport athletes survive literally by the with soccer experience. They prac­ “sweat of their brow.” it is a competitive sport, mountain tice three times a week on Mondays, biking is one of an ever-expanding Club Sports Teams are much more Wednesdays, and Fridays. This is a number of new SEC sports. LSU’s than just a group of friends having fun. lot of work for a team that is not mountain bike club, known as Team Most clubs practice hard and play to even officially recognized by LSU. win. Last year, the men’s soccer club Mountain Bike, is hoping to join the

CLUB However, this may soon change. went 12-1-2 and finished sixth in the SEC soon and is also currently put­ Both the men’s and women’s ting together a racing team. "Right national tournament. If there is one soccer clubs are now, however, Team Mountain hoping to at­ Bike is a great way to make new tain varsity sta­ friends and enjoy the incredible sport tus, sometime of Mountain Biking,” says Team in the near fu­ Mountain Bike secretary, Nolon ture. “The Norman. Team Mountain Bike SEC has to add sponsors tailgate parties, midnight two women’s rides through downtown Baton sports by 1995 Rouge, as well as talks on riding skills and hopefully and nutrition. Those wanting to soccer will be join Team Mountain Bike can ex­ one of them,” pect to ride about once a week, as well as participate in four out-of- town rides a semester. For those students who prefer Club sports riding a wave to riding a bike, the team s are sailing club just might do the trick much more than just a “It’s all about that moment when the group of wind catches the sails and you excel. friends It is also veiy relaxing being outdoors having fun with the wind and the water,” said senior sailing club members, Paul Stutes and Robert Mcmahon. The sailing team has seven boats explained and practices once a week, on the women’s soc­ university lake or Lake Ponchatrain. cer club presi­ The sailing team also competes in dent, Lisa several Regattas sponsored by the Ollar. Ollar Southeastern Intercollegiate Sailing said that she Association (SEISA). Secretary Paul Lacrosse goalie Ryan Wilson, a sophomore in advertising, thwarts an attempted score LSU SOCCER SPORTS

Stutes, characterized last year’s sailing team as “successful because we brought many new people into racing.” Stutes said any student can join the sailing club, regardless of their sailing ex­ perience. Stutes and Mcmahon There are characterized hardships student body that com e support for the with being a m em ber sailing club as of a virtually nonex­ non-varsity istent. They team hope that this will change, as more students become involved in sail­ Clinton Percy leaves the competition as LSU faces Lamar University in a soccer competition ing. just one of the many hardships that Another club sport slowly gain­ club sports teams must face. The ing recognition is Lacrosse. Mainly biggest problem is financial. While M i n i m a l a sport played in the northeast, La­ the Recreation Facilities’ depart­ f a n s u p ­ crosse is beginning to make a name ment contributes some money to p o r t , for itself in the South. LSU’s La­ sports dubs, most dub expenses are h o w e v e r , crosse team mostly competes against paid by club dues. Dues range any­ is j u s t other clubs from the South, espe­ where from 80 dollars a semester for o n e o f cially teams from Texas. They also the men’s soccer club, to as little as t h e m a n y host a Mardi Gras tournament, 15 dollars for the sailing club. These h a r d s h i p s which last year featured teams from dues are used to pay for essentials, t h a t c l u b the University of Texas, Texas such as equipment, uniforms, and s p o r t s A&M, and Michigan. The Lacrosse game officials. t e a m s club practices Monday through Evidently, there are hardships m u s t Thursday at 4 p.m. on the Parade that come with being a member of a f a c e . Grounds. They play games and non-varsity team. Club team play­ T h e b i g ­ tournaments on the weekends. “La­ ers feel, however, that the benefits g e s t crosse is the fastest game on two outweigh the difficulties. p r o b l e m “Although soccer is not a varsity feet,” asserts Lacrosse captain, Gra­ is f i n a n ­ sport, we represent LSU in a highly ham Bolton. c i a l What else do they say about La­ competitive and winning spirit,” crosse? Is it, “If you play it, they will said soccer club members Matthew come.” Well, maybe not. Most La­ Oelking and Jared Broussard. This crosse games at LSU garner modest could truthfully be said about all support, at best. Yet, this is represen­ the club sports at LSU. tative of club sports, in general. Unpublicized, unrecognized, “It’s harder for female sports be­ but just as rewarding and fun cause they don’t draw large crowds,” as any varsity sport, club said women’s soccer club member, sports epitomize the es­ Tammy Clark sence and spirit of ath­ “Sailing is not much of a specta­ letic competition and tor sport. It’s hard to enjoy unless achievement on college you’re out there,” explained senior campuses across the na­ sailing club member, Robert tion. Here at LSU, that Mcmahon. spirit is alive and well. 1*1 Minimal fan support, however, is By Paul Poteet

SAILING NEWS

The recent consolidation of

several LSU degrees leaves students

with fewer majors to choose from, but

administrators insist the action is a good one

By Kristine Calongne

Choice. That’s what college is all about. Where to go, how to live, what to major in. Here at LSU, stu­ dents have always had a wide array of choices. Until now. Students will have fewer options in the future now that the Louisiana Board of Regents approved the pro­ posed degree consolidation pro­ gram. The consolidations narrow down the degree choices students have. The program, referred to by LSU’s administration as a “housekeeping” measure, will consolidate 42 degrees into 11, and either terminate or change 13 others to an area of con­ centration under other degrees. Carolyn Walker, an academic af­ fairs coordinator, said the university didn’t have much choice. “Every five years, the Board of Regents surveys our programs and makes us drop the low completer programs, unless we can justify their existence.” According to Walker, the Board of Regents is the top umbrella agency under which all universities in the state fall. The Louisiana Con­ stitution gives them the authority to add, drop, or change any degree pro­ gram in the state to save money and to avoid duplication. Walker said LSU examined its low completer programs, that is, un­ dergraduate degree programs averag­ Ursula Tadlock, graduating in history, hugs her friend Deborah Stoddard, one of the last people able to ing less than eight graduates per year, graduate as a declared French major. The new degree is Languages.

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master’s programs averaging less than five per year, and doctorate programs averaging less than two per year. When the list was com­ piled, deans, department chairs, school directors and faculty from those departments made the deci­ sion to consolidate their programs. And no, the proposal was not of­ fered because of the budget cuts. “Money was not a major rea­ son,” Walker said. “We wanted to clean our house before the Regents told us to do so.” Walker also said that this type of measure is not uncommon. “There have been other pro­ grams that were eliminated in the past,” she said. “And there will be others in the future.” Walker said the university’s ad­ ministration is currently discussing the possibility of identifying “areas of concentration” on transcripts. This would make it clearer as to what specific field of study a student majored in, even though the degree will be more general. Robbie Schexnayder, account executive for the South Central Bell, believes that idea would be helpful to students and employers. “In some specialized cases, a less specific degree might affect a student’s employment, but I don’t really see a problem with it,” Schexnayder said. "But an area of concentration on a transcript would help. That is definitely what a com­ pany would look at.” Photo from Gumbo from File Photo One of the big changes is taking The Manship School of Journalism does not exist anymore. It is now the Manship School of Mass place in the School of Art. With the Communications. new consolidation, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics, graphic de­ no need to have all those divisions,” have to go through selective admis­ sign, painting and drawing, sculp­ Crespo said. ‘This will tidy up a lot sions just to get into the program, ture, and printmaking will all be­ of catalog material that was superflu­ and in the end, they have the same come a B.F A. in Studio Art. ous. We welcome the change.” degree I do.” But Crespo said the change will In some specialized cases, a less specific actually benefit the students by keeping some smaller sections of the degree might affect a student's employment school from being cut. “This really takes the pressure off While this has upset some stu­ Many students, however, find the low completer programs like ce­ dents in the art department, Michael the change not only unwelcome, but ramics, which is very small,” Crespo Crespo, director of the school, con­ also hard to swallow. said. ‘The Regents look at the sta­ siders it a very positive move. “I feel bad for the students in tistics on a major like that and see ‘The School of Art philosophy graphic design,” said Lisa Ruiz, a se­ only a couple of students in the pro- has come together so much, there is nior in painting and drawing. “They

FALL 2 1993 71 Photo by Audra Knieper 72 xs ol a a concentration a as only exist be eliminated as a major and will willprogram The giousstudies. changes is the of department reli­ cal;it’s norm.” the not like radi­we’re not anything doing other schools are set up like It’s this. for a certain “Most major,” he said. differentcourses plug can into you weredaysneededthe back in when degrees. describing in terminology the cept exacdy what the student majored in. see to student’s transcripta at look will believes employers He sary. doesn’the they arethink still neces­ the take courses,they students just don’t major it.” in Many ramics. danger of losing a curriculum like ce­ in we’relitically,not becausenow ispo­ great This protection, gram. He He also said nothing will change, ex­ LSU had some 40,000 students, but Programslike CareerDay orjob fairs give employerschance a to explainto students what fieldsof study their companyis looking for, nte porm ht faces that program Another “The “The school will have a form that rso ad h mn options many the said Crespo do d s I n o i s s i e e m r d g a e d e v e i t m c a s e l e s e h t h g u e o r v a h t h o g y e h t o t , d n e e v a h y e h T n the e h t in d n a , m a r g o r p e h t o t n i t e g o t t s u j did respond to the Board’sthe to respond request. did students,”hurt Roider “Butsaid. we and Sciences,and disagrees. by university.”the changes. It’s a result of over-reaction Igrowing. think it would have been is Whittaker, asnot happy the with philosophythe department. within eet rte ta js make just than rather Regents better to explain this to the Board of Religiousstudieswas just mature. I think the decision was kind of pre­ “There aretion. no cost savings and it,” saidWhittaker of the consolida­ change as some of hiscolleagues. Director of religious studies,of John Director “We didn’t do anything that will Arts the of Dean Roider, Karl Proal, dnt agree with don’t “Personally, I G U MMA B O G A Z I N E NEWS 0 your transcripts your not look to see look see not to They'll lookat kind of kindof classes diploma. your Employers do what stupid what to see what what see to name is on name you took you willing adjustto forBoard. the Louisiana oil company, who wish to degreesour specialized.” clining. The least they can do is keep Erik said South,” the in schools we’ll be glad to adjust some things some adjust we’ll to gladbe “Now it seems it’sit like steadily “Now de­ Science. Analysis-Computer ness Serio, a senior Busi­ Quantitative in and working for degrees,and so are not for them.” ferent programs, even if if evenwe’reprograms, ferentnot, dif­ of people in number the about isworriedRegents of Board the If ing. feel­sharethis anonymous, remain Representatives from a major major a from Representatives “This used to be one of the top top the of one be to used“This But the students, the ones paying NEWS

some people involved with the This is great protection, politically, A degree of school don’t think broadcasting or because now we're not in danger of advertising should fall under the specialization losing a curriculum like ceramics term ‘journalism,’” he said. is required of “But the name doesn’t matter. the people we Employers do not look to see what stupid name is on your diploma. employ... “A degree of specialization is re­ ing forward,” said Tonya Newman, They look at your transcripts to see quired of the people we employ,” a junior in mass communications. without that, what kind of classes you took,” the representative said at LSU’s Ca­ “It more accurately defines what the student Perkins said. reer Day. “Without that, the stu­ we’re being trained to do.” does not have Perkins does not find fault in the dent does not have the competitive Journalism professor Jay Perkins changed name, but he doesn’t think edge. We hire expertise.” believes the change doesn’t really the competi­ the term they chose is appropriate. Other departments involved in matter. tive edge. We “We finally caught up with the the consolidations are vocational “They changed the name because 20th century as it’s ending,” he said. education; animal, dairy, and poul­ hire expertise try sciences; foreign languages; edu­ cation, nuclear science and engineer­ ing; veterinary sciences; and music education. Other degrees that will be termi­ nated or made into areas of concen­ tration within other majors include microbiology, biochemistry, zool- ogy, system design, physiology, busi­ ness administration, public adminis­ tration, real estate, commercial banking, quantitative business analysis-management science, and musicology. Big list. That means a lot of stu­ dents will be affected. Donna Robertson, a senior in QBA-opera- tions management, summed it up. “When high school students are choosing which college to go to, and they see that LSU doesn’t offer spe­ cialized degrees, it will turn them away. Today’s world is too techni­ cal to have those degrees clumped together.” Similar changes were also made prior to this proposal in two other majors. The Manship School of Journalism officially became the Manship School of Mass Commu­ nications this summer. And two years ago, the criminal justice de­ partment was eliminated. The pro­ gram is now available only as a con­ centration in sociology. The name change of the Manship School of Journalism caused a ripple among most of its students. However, some found the change inviting. This diploma may mean something different to a December graduate, especially if their area of study has “I like the fact that they’re mov­ been consolidated with another degree.

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“The term ‘mass communications’ is criminal justice students I’ve talked within the department were being dying. For the future, there will be a to say it really doesn’t matter what decided upon. whole new kind of communica­ you major in, as long as it’s a well- The controversy continues over tion.” rounded, good education.” the degree consolidation program, Dan Hatfield, city editor of The Deseran spoke to representatives with most students feeling they have Advocate, agrees that terminology is from the FBI, Customs Service, po­ worked too hard and paid too much unimportant. lice departments, and law schools to to be lumped into a general category. “Majors are over-emphasized,” make sure of this while the changes Hatfield said. “When I hire a writer, I’m looking for somebody who This used to be one of the top schools in learned something while they were the South... now it seems like it's steadily in school, not just someone who jumped through some hoops to sat­ declining. The least they can do is keep isfy some bureaucrat.” our degrees specialized Students interested in criminal justice have had time to get used to their department’s new system. But here, sociology professor Dr. Andy When high school students are choosing which college to Deseran thinks job prospects have go to, and they see that LSU doesn't offer specialized actually improved for his students. “Universities don’t train people,” degrees, it will turn them away. Today's world is too Deseran said. “They provide a gen­ technical to have those degrees clumped together eral education. All the employers for

The music program here at LSU is just one of the degrees affected by the consolidations.

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Kirk T. Harrison

D o y o u t h i n k

Jr,Business Management t h e I don’t think it will make any difference for Right now, I don’t think it will make any upper class students who have already cho­ recent difference because it is hard to find a job sen a major with a particular job or career in anyway, no matter what the degree. Con­ mind. It may become harder later on be­ solidations will make no difference. I al­ cause students will have to make due with a CONSOLIDATION ready have a degree in psychology, but I generalized degree. o f couldn’t find a job, so I’m back in school. James Lo degrees Rodney Young w i l l m a k e i t EASIER o r

Jr, Electrical Eng. HARDER With the job market in the condition it is to I think the new plan may make finding jobs today, I believe the consolidations will pro­ more difficult, because it does not allow the vide a wider range of job opportunities by fin d graduate to compete for specialized jobs. giving the students a more rounded educa­ tion in their respective field. a Andrea Saunders job Joe Kakesh w h e n y o u GRADUATE??

Photos by Salem Chenafi

Soph, Philosophy I think that the recent degree consolidations could make it more diffi­ I think it will make the job search harder in some areas because certain jobs cult for me to find a job, due to the feet that my degree will now sound require specific training. For example, consolidating the Ph.D in music less specialized on paper. However, I think the consolidations may pro­ education and musicology defeats the purpose of both. A Ph.D in music is tect future funding for the department, not from a quality standpoint, too broad and changes the employer’s perception of what one’s degree en­ but from a quota standpoint of sheer numbers per major. compasses.

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The 100th TARNISHED year of Tiger football has proven to be a disappoint­ ment in the first seven games of the PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPORTS INFORMATION season.

September 4 College Station, TX

▲The Tiger

Anthony Marshall stops Texas A&M defense held running back Rodney Thomas the Aggies scoreless in the first half ▲Jamie Howard completed only five out of 27 passes for 61 yards ▲Tory James intercepted two Aggie passes ▲Scott Holstein punted nine times for an average of 49 yards a punt ▼The Tiger of­ fense allowed five turnovers to the Aggie defense Texas A&M running back, Leeland McElroy outmaneuvers Lee Williams for the third quarter touchdown.

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LSU 1 8

MSU 1 6

September 11 Scott Field S t a r k v i l l e , MS ▲Scott Holstein punted for 45 yards and bur­ ied the Bull­ dogs deep in LSU 1 0 their own terri­ AUBURN 3 4 t o r y ▼The Bulldogs gained 333 of­ September 18 Chris Hill makes a touchdown grab away from fensive yards Mississippi State corner back Walt Harris Tiger Stadium f r o m t h e Baton Rouge, LA Tiger’s defense ▲ Jamie Howard ▲LSU jumped com pleted 21 on top with the o u t o f 3 9 first score and passes for a their only total of 248 touchdown of y a r d s the game, a ▲Andre Lefleur 10-yard pass kicked the win­ from Jamie ning field goal Howard to Scott with 10 sec­ R a y onds rem aining ▼The LSU Tiger in the game defense allowed ▲The Tigers 21 points in held the Bull­ the second dogs to only q u a r t e r 11 first downs ▼The Auburn in the game Tiger defense held LSU to only 11 first d o w n s t h e w h o l e g a m e ▼LSU com pleted only nine of their 21 passes ▼The Auburn defense held LSU to a lone field goal after their initial drive for a t o u c h d o w n Ricardo Washington brings down an Auburn receiver

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September 25 Knoxville, TN

▲LSU jumped out on top.in the first quar­ ter, when Andre Lefleur kicked a 33-yard field goal Chad Loup retains his poise, even as Tennessee ▼Tennessee defensive end James Wilson powers towards him sacked LSU’s twice for a to­ tal loss of 20 yards ▲LSU returned October 2 six Volunteer kick-offs for Tiger Stadium 183 yards Baton Rouge, LA ▲The Tigers dominated the clock, with a ▲LSU rushed 11 possession time times for a to­ of 34:36, com­ tal of 175 yards pared to the ▲The Tigers Volunteers’ converted on six 25:24 out of 12 third ▲Jamie Howard downs completed 16 ▲Tory James out of 29 intercepted an passes for 184 Aggie pass and yards and two Bret Bech makes a fourth quarter touchdown the Tigers re­ reception over Tennessee defensive end James touchdowns turned it six Wilson powers towards him. plays later for a fourth quarter touchdown ▼LSU completed 12 out of 23 passes for a total of 279 yards ▲The Tiger de­ fense held the Aggies to only 82 yards rush- John Bell brings down Utah State ing running back James Dye

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October 16 Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY

▼The Tiger of­ fense turned the ball over Florida running back Errict Rhett leaps over Anthony to the W ild­ Marshall for another score. cats twice during the g a m e ▲ Andre Lafieur O c to b e r 9 kicked a last- Tiger Stadium second 46-yard Baton Rouge, LA field goal to put the Tigers on the board ▼LSU’s offen­ sive line al­ before halftim e lowed three in­ ▲ Jamie Howard terceptions, all com pleted a of which led to 20-yard pass Florida touch­ to Kennison d o w n s for a third ▲The Tigers quarter touch­ kicked a field d o w n goal on their ▲ R o b e r t first drive of Toomer rushed t h e g a m e for a two-yard ▼The Gators scored 58 con­ touchdown with secutive points 5:31 left in after the Tigers t h e g a m e stopped their ▼The W ildcats first drive controlled the ▲ E d d i e clock, with a Kennison led 34:30 posses­ the Tigers with sion tim e, five receptions versus the for 54 yards and had two Tiger’s 25:30 kick-off returns for 38 yards ▼The G ators’ 58 points made for the worst de­ feat in Tiger Eddie Kennison follows the lead blocking of Ronnie football history Simnicht

FALL 1 l993 79 The LSU b a sk et­ ball team faces a challenging year in its 93 - 9 4 season -

By Kristine Calongne

LSU head basketball coach Dale Brown points to a small statue on his desk. “That’s David and Goliath,” Brown says of the little silver figu­ rines. “I like to keep that here be­ cause it really symbolizes what many of our teams have done over the years.” He’s not kidding. The LSU bas­ ketball teams of the past have ac­ complished some amazing feats, of­ ten as the underdog when nobody A superb crop believed they could do it. They would hang in there, stick it out and ofyoung stay in the game. Just when you players will join were about to turn blue from hold­ the squad for ing your breath, they’d hit that last this season, second shot, slam that winning dunk, or pull the game out in a bril­ including high liant rally. Yep, that’s the David and school sensa­ Goliath syndrome, all right. tions Randy But things weren’t always that tough. LSU has been home to many Livingston and basketball greats, like the legendary Ronnie Pete Maravich, Chris Jackson and Henderson Shaquille O’Neal, to name a very few. And while these guys romped the floor of the Assembly Center, it was, simply put in the words of sportscaster Dick Vitale, “Basketball on the bayou, baby.” During Coach Brown’s 21 years at LSU, he has spent his time rack­ Ronnie Henderson and Randy Livingston anticipate the 93-94 basketball season. ing up SEC titles, tournament bids, ”Th.ey are both talented, unselfish players,” Coach Brown said of Livingston and and a string of coaching awards. Henderson. "They are both very intelligent and know the game well.".

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AAoe Williamson snatches the ball away from Tennessee State's Rico Bemsley during a mid-court scramble

The Tigers are one of only three you draw the line between good and are both very intelligent and know colleges in the nation to have partici­ great? the game well.” pated in ten straight NCAA tourna­ For Tiger fans who have been Brown said LSU always tries to ments ( the others being Duke and wondering the same thing for the LSU has been recruit players who consider the North Carolina), and have been to past few years, Brown says the deter­ home to many team a family. “Most of our great the Final Four twice. LSU is the mination depends upon two factors: basketball teams were units,” he said. “Our only SEC school with the past 17 Whether the team gives their all, and philosophy is ‘the best potential of non-losing seasons, and the Tigers whether or not there is chemistry greats, like the me is we.’” hold the SEC record for tournament among team members. legendary Pete A classic example of the Dale participation, with 15 straight na­ The chemistry issue brings up the Maravich, Chris Brown School of Basketball; a sys­ tional tournament appearances and question of this year’s recruits. A tem that seems to emphasize the 10 straight NCAA bids. In fact, only superb crop of young players will Jackson and mental aspects of the game as much the legendary Adolph Rupp of Ken­ join the squad for this season, in­ Shaquille as the physical. There’s only one fly tucky has won more games in SEC cluding high school sensations O'Neal, to in the ointment — the two star re­ history than Dale Brown. Randy Livingston and Ronnie cruits are injured. An impressive track record. But Henderson. Brown feels the addi­ name a very “I think their injuries can be a as the 1993-94 season looms ahead, tion of these two players will help the few positive thing,” Brown said. “It it’s time to ask the fateful question. group perform more as a team. made them appreciate their talent Just how far will we go this year? “They are both talented, unself­ more, and it showed them that what “I always feel we’re going to be ish players,” Brown said of God gives, He can take away.” good,” Brown said. “But where do Livingston and Henderson. “They Henderson dislocated his shoul-

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der during his senior year of high school, but says he is normal now The Tigers are one of only three colleges in the nation to have participated in ten and ready for action. “I’m fine,” Henderson said of his injury. “The straight NCAA tournaments, and have been to the Final Four twice team is strengthening and we seem to be real balanced. I think we’ll be

Photo courtesy of Sports Information pretty good.” Livingston also has a positive at­ titude about his injury. While in a Detroit basketball camp a few months ago, he tore a ligament in his knee. The result was enough to sicken any athlete — surgery. LSU alumnus Dr. Andrews, the surgeon who operated on Bo Jack­ son when it was uncertain if he’d ever play again, performed the sur­ gery on Livingston. Now, Livingston is left with a rigorous re­ habilitation schedule. “I work with trainers every day from 6:30 until 9:00 in the morning, and again from 2:30 till 6:30 in the afternoon. It’s intense,” he said. The latest doctor report says that Livingston is a month ahead of schedule. But the student isn’t mak­ ing any hasty decisions. “I’m not going to rush it,” he said. “Only I will be able to know if I’m ready, and only time will tell. Time will heal all wounds.” With his tough schedule, Livington said he hasn’t really been able to get into college life fully. But what he has experienced has been great. “School is fine,” he said. “It’s not that hard. It’s like I expected. Newman (high school) helped me out a lot in getting prepared. LSU is also dose to home in New Orleans, and my brother is here - that doesn’t hurt. Overall, the feeling I have got­ ten has been great.” Livingston said he is working hard, trying to get back in shape, and wants the LSU community to “keep their heads up” and keep looking forward to a “great season.” Coach Brown said Livingston may be ready for the season, but the decision to play will be Livingston’s alone. “It’s not up to me or the doc­ tor,” Brown said. “He will decide for himself.” Mississippi State's Marcus Grant rejects Jamie Brandon

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play, fans will be expecting magic. If they don’t, the Tigers may need a little magic. But it’s happened be­ fore. Coach Brown calls this year’s team “the smallest in the last de­ During Coach Brown's 21 cade,” and says they desperately need years at LSU, he has student participation to make the spent his time racking up Deaf Dome come alive. But in spite of it all, he believes. SEC titles, tournament He believes in his team, as people bids, and a string of and as players. He believes that if coaching awards they want it badly enough, they will succeed. He believes in magic and he believes in miracles. As he looks at his statue of David and Goliath, he knows that this has, indeed, been a fantastic climb to the top. After all. he’s Dale Brown, and this is LSU Photo Photo by Salem Chenofi Coach Brown dictates strategies for the 93*94 season

They'd hit that last second shot, slam that winning dunk, or pull the game out in a brilliant rally

Either way, it will be a long road to the Final Four this year. The Ti­ gers will go up against what Brown called a “very difficult schedule.” The highlight of the season, though, will be a game in the Louisiana Superdome against defending na­ tional champions, North Carolina. The game is scheduled for January 22, and LSU will try to break the record for highest attendance at a basketball game. Along with this matchup, LSU will also face the usual montage of SEC games, including high-ranked Kentucky and Arkansas. Texas and Louisville are also etched into the schedule. The team will be led by a crew of older players, including Ceasar, Brandon, Burns, Owens, Gipson, Anason, and Titus, but a big con- cern i s who will play center. Brown said Burns and Anason have a shot at the position, but the likely candi­ date is 6-l0 recruit Glover Jackson. I t will be a tough season, and the addition of Livingston a n d

Henderson could be crucial. If they Photo courtesy of Sports Information Doug Annison drives the lane against Victorian All-Stars Pat Reidy and Lucas Agrums

FALL 2 1993 83 TRAPPED Louisiana colleges and found that Nicholls, McNeese and LSU-Alex- continued from page 25 andria have Student Unions with basically the same book policy as Thomas Moore teaches freshman LSU: selling new and used books, biology and handed his class a sylla­ buying back what they can, and no bus that had the necessary readings rental policy. marked for both the new textbook as Southeastern, on the other hand, well as the old textbook. has both a rental and resale policy. “Many had already purchased the Students are allowed to rent only old text and are now in the second se­ two books per course for $12 a mester. It’s only logical,” Moore course, up to a maximum of $60. If said. you have more than five courses, the “Biology is changing fairly rest is lagniappe, said the clerk at the quickly...classifications change. We rental office. try to keep as up to date as possible,” The way they can survive doing he said. this is that once a book has been Moore explained that a commit­ adopted, it has to be used for three tee reviewed the texts to be consid­ years or four semesters, whichever is ered for the biology classes and elimi­ more, even if there is a new edition. nated the old book partly because This office is a state run agency. they were planning to come out with Right now at LSU, however, stu­ a new edition every year. dents know what choices are avail­ “It’s difficult for students to get an able to them when it comes to buy­ old text and then have to buy a new ing books, and they know there just one,” Moore said. He also explained isn’t a whole lot that can be done to that the use of both texts doesn’t alleviate these high prices. It seems a hinder what is being covered in this shame that those who are trying to general overview class. get an education end up paying the Rebecca Crump, coordinator of most. the English 2020 - 2022 courses ex­ perienced a similar problem when the Norton Anthology of English Literature published their new sixth edition. “This summer I used the fifth edi­ tion to help students. The spring stu­ dents could resell and the summer students could buy used books. But sooner or later someone has to buy a new copy because they quit printing the old one. Unfortunately, it fell to this fall,” Crump said. Crump said she thought it was a good idea for students to keep the book because it’s good for many En­ glish courses and provides an excel­ lent review. She noted that it was cheaper to get the Norton Anthology than to get separate books, but realized that the $40 hits hard. Crump also said that the editions do contain some differences. “The text of “Simon Lee” (Wordsworth), for instance, is radically different.” Gumbo talked to a few other

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think of what I was going through in college and what was important to me. The main thing HEALTH TIPS: for me is to be non-judgmental, to provide as much information as I ALCOHOL: can and to refer them if I can’t help them. That’s what it is that I draw A social drinker: from the most.” Drinks slowly “I started college with a strong Does not drink to get drunk belief in health education and being Eats before or while drinking an undergraduate reaffirmed my be­ Does not drive while intoxicated lief in that. All the things I went Respects those who choose not to drink through makes me believe that what Knows arid obeys laws related to drinking we’re doing is what we need for young adults.” A problem drinker: “I’m not easily embarrassed - I Drinks to get drunk guess that’s the main thing about Tries to solve problems by drinking working here. I’m required to be His/her personality changes when drunk - becomes either loud, honest, open and direct.” angry and violent OR silent, remote & reclusive So what are the aims of a coun­ Drinks when he/she shouldn’t (like before driving) seling session? Causes other problems while drinking — harms himself, family, “Well, it’s not really counseling; friends etc. it’s more advising. For some stu­ TAKEN FROM “HOWTO HELP A FRIEND WITH A DRINKING PROBLEM"BY THE ACHA dents, we touch on so many values about self and the feeling of self, that Alcohol is involved in: the most important thing is to just two-thirds of all violent behavior listen, be supportive and be non- half of all physical injuries judgmental.” one-third of all emotional problems If you think you need any help just under 30 percent of all academic problems from the Wellness Education Pro­ TAKEN FROM "ALCOHOL: DECISIONS ON TAP’BY THE ACHA gram, phone 388-5718 or see them in Room 249 of the Student 85-95 percent of college students consume alcohol regularly. HealthCenter during the week 0 20-25 percent of these students have problems related to their drinking. 10 percent of those who drink will become addicted to alcohol.

By their mid 20s, 80 percent of people today will have tried an illicit drug. CORRECTION: The Bumbo would like to One in 18 high school seniors have tried crack. correct o mistake that By the time they’re 27, nearly 40 percent of young adults-have tried cocaine. appeared in the August issue TAKEN FROM "ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS: RISKY BUSINESS" BY THE ACHA of the magozine. In Dennis D. Nkop's Editorial entitled "Out of Africa," he. said CONTRACEPTION Stephanie Gauthreaux spoke at a symposium at Newcomb College and quoted Jessica A woman can become pregnant right after she stops taking the pill. She is NOT B. Harris' hook. Iron Pots protected beyond the last completed pill cycle. and Wooden Spoons. In fact, Jessica Harris was the Withdrawal is NOT an effective method ofbirth control. Sperm can still enter the Newcomb speaker in February, vagina if ejaculation occurs near the vagina lips. 1 993, as well as the author Douching after sex is NOT a form of contraception. of the book quoted in Nkop's article. Stephanie A woman can become pregnant even when she doesn’t have an orgasm. Gauthreaux was the reporter Breast-feeding cannot be relied on to stop ovulation — a woman can still get who wrote the story on the pregnant.. symposium for . Her article appeared in the Sometimes, a woman can become pregnant while she is menstruating. Food Section on March 18, TAKEN FROM "CONTRACEPTION: CHOOSING A METHOD" BY THE ACHA 1 993.

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Ann Lang is a 5th year Andrew Wong is an ex­ Keri Mayeux is a sopho­ senior majoring in English Lit. change student from the more in communication dis­ and German and minoring in United Kingdom studying orders. She wants to spend painting. She plans to gradu­ journalism in the states for a the rest of her life travelling to ate in May and then plans to year. Now only if he had a different states for concerts take a year off before starting car... and camping out in her red grad school. Festiva.

Mike Touchet is a freshman Paul Poteet is currently en­ journalism major from joying his first year of college at Lafayette. After graduation, he LSU. He is undecided in his plans on becoming a sports edi­ major and he hopes to com­ tor of a major newspaper before plete his correspondence ultimately becoming a media di­ courses from the Limbaugh In­ rector for a professional sports stitute for Advanced Conserva­ organization. tive Studies. GUMBO CONTRIBUTORS The Gumbo Magazine staff thanks all of our contributors. We couldn't have done it without you! Delores J. Druilhet is an Ty F. Harvison is a senior history major and is a Baton English major specializing in Kristine Calongne is a creative writing with a minor in senior in news-editorial jour­ Rouge native. He is graduat­ journalism. Much of which she nalism (“Do I have to say ing in December, at which writes is personal, and in every ‘mass communications?’”) time he will be moving to piece she submits, she gives a and a model for the LSU Shreveport to pursue a job in little part of herself. She plans Union Fashion Committee. sales. Ty is an alumnus of to attend graduate school to ob­ She has worked as a reporter Sigma Chi fraternity, a mem­ tain a master’s degree in jour­ ber of Campus Crusade for for the Reveille, and hopes to nalism. Baldwin, Louisiana is write a novel that will become Christ and of LSU College her home. “No one knows as famous as Gone With the Republicans. On June 11, 1994, Ty will marry Claire where it is, and I like it that way!” Wind. But if you see her dur­ ing the evening news a year Thornton, a fellow LSU De­ from now and she’s covering cember graduate. a hurricane — soaking wet, Virgil Lejeune is a senior hair blowing, about to get Eimear O’Connell, upon in General Studies. This is struck by lightening, in some graduating in May, will move the second issue of the remote city that’s already to New York to work on her Gumbo Magazine he has been evacuated— know that original production, ‘Tappin’ worked on. it’s not what she had in mind to the Oldies.” for an ideal career.

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LSU PREVIOUS PAGE Buffy Theatre’s ‘93-’94 Miller and the Feld Ballet/NY, season moved featuring Eliot Feld’s choreog­ forward with a raphy, performed at the LSU new adaptation Union Theater on October o f G e o r g 29. The company, which has Buchner’s performed in more than 40 Woyzeck. Per­ states and 13 countries since formances of the 1973, is celebrating its 25th play, which ran anniversary with a tour of the from October 7 United States. Although the through the group is heralded for its ex­ 16 th, were held perimentation with contem­ at the LSU Mini- porary ballet, Feld insists he Farm. Woyzeck is a classicist, only stretching was an histori­ the traditional conventions of cally based ac­ ballet. The Feld Baton Rouge count of the life performance was sponsored of a young sol­ by the LSU Union Lively Arts dier, Franz Committee and supported in Woyzeck, whose part by a grant from the Na­ intensity and tional Endowment for the. .fast-paced life Arts through the Louisiana had him walking Arts Council. (Photo Cour­ a tightrope be­ tesy of the Union Lively Arts tween normalcy Committee) and complete madness.

Photo Courtesy of the LSU Theatre Department)

“LSU '95,” the September 17 Students got the of­ combination fall convocation/rally, ficial “welcome back” was an administrative attempt to from the LSU Union boost morale on campus. Chancel­ Program Council Au­ lor Bud Davis took the opportunity gust 25 with its annual to feature his two-year plan for an Great Watermelon upgraded LSU. Only about 200 Giveaway. Staff mem­ people showed up at the Parade bers served as “guest Grounds that Friday afternoon, Photo Courtesy o f LSU Public Relations slicers” during the even though the chancellor had dis­ noontime event in front missed classes and campus jobs es­ of the Union. pecially for the ceremony. Rodgersand Hammerstein’s “Okla­ homa!” came to the LSU Union Theater on October 23 on its 50th Anniversary National Tour. In 1943, “Oklahoma!” overcame seemingly insurmountable odds with a writer who had six consecutive flops, a direc­ tor noted only for film work, a choreographer who had no Broadway success and a cast of unknowns. The LSU Union Lively Arts Commit­ tee sponsored the musical as part of its Great Perfor­ mances Series.

Photo Courtesy of the Union lively Arts Committee

Pulitzer Prize winning writer Robert Olen Butler gave a reading of his work on Sep­ tember 29 in Allen Hall. But­ ler read from “A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain,” for which he won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and from his book due out in Janu­ ary, “They Whisper.” The reading was open to members of Readers and Writers, the lit­ erary group that sponsored his Photo Courtesy of LSU Public Relations visit. Readers and Writers was recently founded to serve as a liaison between academia and the Baton Rouge community and to help fund improvements to the LSU English Depart­ ment. Buder is a creative writ­ Photo by Jeremy Dunning ing teacher at McNeese State in Lake Charles.

Fa lling asleep in lectures You have an image to live up to. grams for the university. Yes, you. is an Always kicking things off is a You know how it is. Those of speech from the guy who’s head of you who have wandered this little honorable the university, and whom we’ll never planet will have realized that the tradition hear from again (unless we are super American culture has spread far and geniuses or manage to create a wide throughout the world, from that nuclear explosion in a chemistry London to Lima, from Bradford to stretches seminar). We already know why we Bangkok. Burger Kings and came to college — none of us could McDonalds mix side-by-side with back to find a job — so why is he telling us Marlboro cigarettes and Levi jeans. t h e that we are very lucky to be here ? Of course, this means that some dawn Of course, the main aim for the people want to know the truth of speech is to give all of us unsuspect­ America, to see what lies behind the of ing freshman a taste of what it’s image projected on to large canvas time like to fell asleep in a theatre — screens and little cathode-ray-tubes the feeling of having your head throughout the world. swing around back and forth Besides, like it or not, in a wild circle for about five America is the world’s minutes. The more practice only surviv­ we get, the more chances ing super­ we’ll get of not being no­ power. We ticed. Falling asleep in Europeans lectures is an honorable helped to create this great nation of yours. So it’s only fair that we should occa­ sionally p r o - vide

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you with a Coppola status report so you can see if you said, are living up to the ex­ pectations we laid down for you 200 years ago! "The Of course, some things will al­ ways remain the same. Some things Americans tradition that stretches back to the that transcend international cultural dawn of humanity, so why not carry barriers across the Atlantic are the on with that tradition? initiation ceremonies. No, I don’t Anyway, after the speech, there mean for the fraternities or the Ma­ like to comes the street dance, or what is sons. I mean the introduction pro- known in England as a Welcome do thin g s HUMOR

Week Disco. There are more earthy where called the Fieldhouse, apdy can finally look as tired as you feel. terms for this, but alas, they are un­ named because it looks nothing like So many But jbh no, the dreaded ID photo- printable. a field. Snakes of people all patiently people have card counter looms over you, a voice Whatever you call it, the proce­ wait by student aid, the information saying “Come on. I know you can dure is the same. It’s just that the desk and fee exemption before being to "line up" srriile.” You waddle over to the cam­ LSU version happens to be a street told at the front of the line that your that it all eras, stare at the camera, and are fur- dance because the weather here is ex­ fee exemption has been cut this year] takes place lushed with an ID card with an in­ traordinarily hot. I mean, you could so you have to walk all the way back; credibly awful photo that will stay somewhere fry eggs on the bonnet (hoods) of home to get some more money and \ with you for the duration of your cars here. And people still walk come back to the Fieldhouse so you called the j academic career. around with jeans on! Black jeans at can line up again.... but you musn’t Fieldhouse, You’re nearly finished. You’re al­ that. Are you mad or something ?! look tired. Oh no. If you look tired, aptly named most there. But first comes the nego­ Has the heat gone to your head ?! you won’t be able to play the game tiation of the organization fair. A And why, oh why, are half the of Musical Lines. The rules of the because it web of outstretched hands begging women wearing make-up in this game are very simple: looks nothing you to take little pieces of paper heat? How on earth does it stay on? 1. Line up at what you think is like a field about how wonderful the Gamma Is it plastered on with a shovel and the fastest moving fine. Iodine Theta fraternity is, and how spade?! Or is it an American innova­ 2. Realize that the other line is much better it is than the Lima Os­ tion that has not yet found its way to moving faster than your line, so you car Alpha Delta sorority - and' it’ll Britain? I have seen some women jump lines. only cost you your entire life savings wearing make-up whilst doing 3. Everyone else behind you to find out. There is the same KLSU AEROBICS for goodness sake! thinks this is a darn good idea, so stand with the same speaker and the What is the point of that ? Unless they jump to your line as well. same DJ and the same microphone you don’t sweat, that make-up is 4. At this point, the person at the that you will find at any outdoor going to run. And if it runs, it’s go­ front of your original line has finally event in Baton Rouge. And, of ing to look bad, therefore negating finished his sob story, and that line course, there's the obligatory reli­ any point in trying to look pretty. starts moving a lot fester, while you gious organizations who swear to Now it's time for registration. Of watch, defeated, from the sidelines. god that their church is better than course we have to go through the 5. Looking around, you that "awful" church down the aisle... same thing on the other side of the surreptilously switch back to the Alas, as part of the entire univer­ pond, but as Francis Ford Coppola original line, just in time to hear the sity experiences, you must go to lec­ said, “The Americans like to do next person arrive with a horren­ tures at least once in a while. It’s a things bigger.” So what do you get dously complicated story. I have seen hard life, but these things have to be when you try to register 25,000 stu­ 6. Start screaming at everyone, some women faced. Of course, you can always tell dents ? Lines. Lots of them. even that member of the a freshperson from anyone else. On So many people have to “line up” opposite sex you’ve taken to star­ wearing the first day of class, they’re the that it all takes ing at just to have something to do. make-up place wide-awake, alert ones, enthusiastic 7. Repeat for about two hours.... whilst doing and brimming with knowledge — some­ then give up and grab a beer. or so they think. They’re the ones AEROBICS for After you’ve queued (lined) up wearing the latest trendiest fashion for about two hours at the fee goodness item. After all, the clothes make the payment desk and finally sake man, they say. Murphy’s Law, how­ paid for your adven­ ever, dictates that no one else will turous year at the i notice how super-trendy you look, university, / since they’re too tired. Either that, or you/ it’s far too hot to be wearing Levi Jeans anyway, so you sweat enough water to flood the Grand Canyon, thus literally losing your cool. Anyway, enough words of wis­ dom from the forefathers of America for now. Next time, we’ll discuss , American culture and anything eke I can think of in- between my afternoon naps.... NEWS

R esearch N otes, Compiled from LSU News Service Briefs... Louisiana State University holds a prominent position in American higher education. In The National Aeronautics and body’s metabo­ 1978, LSU was named a sea- Space Administration has awarded lism. We’ll then HORMONAL grant college. There are only 25 $250,000 in startup funding to the analyze the ef­ WEIGHTLESSNESS universities in the country rec­ Pennington Biomedical Research fectiveness of ognized as both land and sea- Center to study whether hormone these hormones grant institutions. In 1987, LSU supplements may protect astronauts in counteraction w a s d e sig n a te d a R e se a rc h Uni­ ' from bone and muscle damage on to bone and muscle deterioration.” v ersity I, w h ich p u ts it in th e to p extended space flights. two percent of the nation’s col­ Bone and muscle damage is a LSU botanist Terry Bricker has leges and universities. There problem for astronauts because of been awarded $420,000 by the fed­ are only 70 universities that the lack of gravity in outer space, ac­ eral government to continue his de­ hold this honor. cording to George Bray, executive cade-long research into photosyn­ director of the center. thesis. “Gravity is pulling us down to In photosynthesis, plants the ground every moment of our take sunlight and soil com­ HYDROGEN lives,” said Bray. “When you are pounds to manufacture food POWER weightless in space, these forces are and fiber. In the process, they gone. The bones and muscles that “split water” and release oxygen into keep us upright and ► The general public got its our legs straight be­ first glimpse inside LSU’s super gin to deteriorate, be­ microchip research center on cause they don’t have Jefferson Highway at the CAMD any work to do.” facility’s formal dedication and This deteriora­ open house October 9. Harvill tion concerns NASA Eaton, LSU vice chancellor for as it plans longer mis­ research and economic devel­ sions including a pos­ opment spoke at the ceremony, sible space station which dedicated the facility as and a flight to Mars. the J. Bennett Johnston Sr. Cen­ Pennington Center ter for Advanced Microstruc­ scientists believe se­ tures and Devices. The center lected hormones may be effective in the atmosphere. was named after the late father preventing the breakdown in muscle Bricker wants to unlock the se­ of U.S. Senator J. Bennett and bone by strengthening these ar­ crets of that mysterious energy “pow­ Johnston in recognition for the eas of the body. erhouse” that plants use for their senator’s work in pushing The initial $250,000 pays for the unique water-splitting capability. through U.S. Congress the initial first year of the study, which will Modern science can only artificially $25 million funding for the facil­ analyze the effect of varying doses of split water into its constituent parts ity. CAMD’s centerpiece is a hormones on 12 volunteers. Fol­ of hydrogen and oxygen through the $20 million electron accelerator lowing the completion of the first use of huge amounts of energy, he that races electrons to high phase of the program, Bray antici­ said. speeds to produce a light source pates continued funding from “Plants do it with ease. W e just that can be tapped and sent via NASA to examine volunteers in con­ don’t understand much about how “beamlines” to various re­ ditions of simulated weightlessness. they can produce these higher ener­ search stations. Research will “We’ll do this by keeping volun­ getic states and do what they*do at include the use of X-rays to teers at rest in bed for approximately normal temperatures. make advanced types of com­ 30 days,” he said. ‘This technique “All 'plants puter chips, super tiny micro­ has been used by other s pace re­ make oxygen, MEDICINAL motors and other novel devices. Relations Public LSU of Courtesy Photo and some make search laboratories to duplicate the PLANT effect of the lack of gravity on the h y d r o g e n . continued on page 95

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Q/lli^iTWQT TT> A It f T O rtlW D TV RESEARCH NOTES the purchase of the live mascot. tive in the treatment of several types Mike I reigned for 20 years before continued from page 93 of cancer. dying of pneumonia in the middle of At the LSU Medical Center, lev­ a six-game LSU losing streak in They do it for free. If we could els of the cancer treatment com­ 1957. Fearing the LSU faithful mimic these systems, you could take pound from the tree, camphothecin, would give up hope upon the death those two compounds and do a lot will be quantified from different of the mascot, Mike’s death was con­ with them. You could bum them— plant organs and tissues. The Medi­ cealed from the public until the Ti­ it’s a perfecdy clean fuel source. You cal Center researchers will also com­ gers finally ended their losing streak. could take water into outer space pare camptothecin production in and convert it into hydrogen for trees grown under different environ­ M IKE II — Served only a brief fuel, and oxygen to help produce a mental conditions. reign, lasting only the 1957 season, breathable, Earth-like atmosphere.” before dying of pneumonia in the Understanding photosynthesis spring of 1958. could tell scientists what biological HOMELESS buttons to push to increase the rate continued from Page 59 MIKE III — Just in time for the of photosynthesis and to make national championship season, plants more efficient agricultural “Nothing,” he said, “there’s Mike III was purchased from the producers. nothing you can do, young lady.” Seatde Zoo following a national Bricker is especially interested in When I left him, I felt as helpless as search by then-athletic director Jim two specific proteins that are highly he looked. There was, as he said, Corbett. The student body contrib­ abundant in the cell. They seem to nothing I could do. uted $1,500 for the purchase of the be a key to the process. Others may Another person, Larry, gave a tiger. Mike III served as mascot for be important in setting up or trigger­ similar account of bad luck, but his 18 seasons, dying after the only los­ ing the process, he said. bad luck was the result of gambling ing season of his reign, as LSU “We are trying to understand away everything he had. While in­ posted a 5-6 record. how those proteins interact with sisting that his only addiction was other inorganic substances such as with gambling, each whiff of his M IKE IV — The fourth Tiger chloride, manganese and calcium, breath implied a different story. mascot reigned over Tiger athletics which are known to be absolutely Nevertheless, I was sympathetic and for 14 years before retiring to the required for oxygen evolution.” gave him what change I could spare. . Mike IV had In addition to this biochemical Still, in the back of my mind, I won­ been donated to LSU by August A approach, Bricker is looking at a dered if he would be heading for the Busch III, from the Dark Continent single-celled bacteria that carries out local liquor store. Amusement Park in Tampa, photosynthesis in a way that is iden­ The stories continue, and some Florida, on August 29, 1976. tical to that in higher plants. are beyond imagination. I am sure Mike’s age and health were deter­ In this bacteria, a blue-green al­ that anyone who is confronted by a mining factors in his retirement. H gae, mutations can be introduced homeless person shares in my amaze­ into one of the proteins. Bricker is ment. No matter what feelings of studying what effects these muta­ sympathy we have for these people, tions have on the oxygen-producing we are still left helpless. We all fear EDITOR S NOTE: process. that soon, our world will be riled Special thanks to the LSU Sports Cure for Cancer? with coundess muddy brown eyes Information Office for photographs LSU Agricultural Center and — eyes pulling us beneath their wa­ and information used in this article. Louisiana Tech researchers have ters, and that one day, we may not formed a research group that wants be able to fight our way back to the to grow a cure for cancer in Louisi­ surface. The current in those hope­ ana. less eyes will finally drown us. The scientists are working to de­ velop the technology to grow woody medicinal plants in Louisiana. Some THE BAYOU BENGAL results may yield substances that can continued from page 3 7 be used for cancer treatment. The focus is currently on the cul­ the money contributed by the stu­ ture of a tree from southern China, dent body. The name “Mike” was Camphotheca acuminata. The tree decided on to honor LSUs athletic produces compounds that are effec­ trainer who had pushed so hard for

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