Gumbo Magazine, Fall 1993 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons Gumbo Yearbook University Archives Fall 1993 Gumbo Magazine, Fall 1993 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gumbo Recommended Citation Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, "Gumbo Magazine, Fall 1993" (1993). Gumbo Yearbook. 115. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gumbo/115 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Gumbo Yearbook by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CHAMPS WHERE ARE WE NOW? LSI! Budget Woe* Continue I EATING OUT: R e sta u ra n t R eview s FAIL 1 1 9 9 3 enrich your personal environment with sounds from ParadiseCDs, Records and Tapes 226 West State Street In The University Shopping Center 344-2324 Hours 10-9 Monday thru Saturday 12-6 Sunday STUDENT HEALTH CENTER Medical Health Clinics 388-6716 Primary Care Clinic Specialty Clinics Pharmacy/Laboratory/X-ray Wellness Education Department 388-5718 Hours 34 Mental Health Service M-F 8:00-5:00 Sat 8:00-11:30 388-6271 All visits and inquiries are confidential. Accredited by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. Individual andCoupleTherapy Group Counseling Crisis Intervention Our "doors" are always open. Christ the King Catholic Student Center Highland Road at Dalrymple Drive - 344-8595 Serving the university community since 1929. Eating Out 6 FEATURES Eating Out 1 8 FALL 1 -1993 Restaurant Reviews One Superior Volume 5, Issue 1 Race ©Gumbo Magazine Students remember the Loulsiaaa State University Holocaust The Gumbo Magazine and OPINION By Virgil LeJeune th e Gumbo Yearbook ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Merged Into One Bright, Timely Publication Issued 12 36 Four Times A Year 8 The Never Ending 2\ Risking Exposure Story Union Art Gallery That's Entertain LSU and the Budget By Virgil LeJeune ment! By Joyce Tsai By Edward Busby o N E 11 22 You Said It SPOTLIGHT 2 2 Music Scene T 50 cCOVER International Students Two Beers on a They're Here Speak Out About LSU Who LSU students are Thursday Nigh! a 24 and Baton Rouge listening to Zebra Mussels The Chimes Two Out of Three By Derron Smith By Edward Busby Ain't Bad Out of Africa Baseball Highlights By Dennis D. Nkop By Patrick Wright 52 Taking PULSE to Heart Cover photograph by Creative Learning Brad Messina. Pic Program tured on the cover is By April B. Redmond freshman pitcher, Bret Laxton bringing home The Victory from the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. NEWS STAFF Publisher 5 Office of Student Medio Hand Jive Ross Perot Visits LSU Editor Jennifer L Green 58 Managing Editor I Research Notes Ann E, Yeager Compiled from LSU News CAMPUS Service Briefs Design Editor EVENTS Priscilla K. Duty 59-61 Design Assistant Michele Myatt Photo Editor s Salem Chenafi T Photographers Steve Franz N Audra Holden Li s a H o 11i s ter CONTRIBUTORS1 PAGE Richard Knight 49 Advertising Representatives SPORTS Corrinne Schroeder Vivian VII Timm 41 Circulation Manager The Luckiest Mike Drago Number Track's Record Season Adviser By Eddie Mitchell Pa f Paris h 46 Gumbo Magazine is written, edited and designed by LSU students. The opinionsexpressed herein are those of thewriters Big Time and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor, the LSU Football goes Pro magazine, the Office of Student Media or the University. No By Jeff Chastain part of tins publication may be reproduced without the Consent of the Office of Student Media. Come show your TIGERSPIRIT at our two convenient locations!!! UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH • Next door to MIKE the TIGER 203 Leeward Dr. • TIGER STADIUM GATE 5 (1.5 miles south of LSU off Highland) • Both stores are open on game days Stone hours: Mon - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Student Worship at “9:30” Sal (Tiger Cage Store) 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m . Family Worship at 10:45 a.m. Phone: 388-6975 Counseling Center-College Minister—766-9474 Mail Order by phone “9:30” \nin thir-ty\n. 1: a unique student worship experience 2: provides creative worship, contemporary music, drama, and relevant topics 3: begins at 9:30 am sharp each Sunday. SHOW YOUR TIGER SPIRIT !!! Pizza-Kitchen WOOD FIRED GOURMET PIZZAS & PASTA • VINO ESSEN & I-10 • 763-9100 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 11 am-11pm We Accept All Major Credit Cards 280 Esplanade Ave., N.O. LA - 522-9500 • 95 French Market Place, N.O. LA - 488-2800 Index to Advertisers Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council........................ 45 Our Lady of the Lake.........................Back cover American Council for Drug Education..........62 Paradise Records...............................Inside front C & R Automotive.............................................. 62 Parkview Baptist Church.................Inside back Cafe Louisiane.................................................... 62 Pleasant Hall.........................................................62 Christ the King Catholic Student Center.... 1 Student Health Center.................... Jnside front City National Bank........................... Inside back Tiger Gift Center................................................. 4 Daiquiri Cafe.......................................................45 University Baptist Church.................................4 Louisiana Pizza Kitchen.................................. 4 University United Methodist Church............45 4 GUMBO MAGAZINE NEWS H a n d J i v e Ross Perot m akes a statem ent at LSU, w ithout saying a w ord. No one could ever accuse former presidential candidate Ross Perot of being boring. When Perot spoke to a standing- room-only crowd in the Union The ater cm April 19, his expressions and hand gestures gave an all-too famil iar look at the outspoken ambitions of the business tycoon. Perot spoke emphatically in favor of increased citizen involvement in big government — especially in business matters. “When government comes to creating jobs, their record is miser able,” he said, referring to Clinton’s job stimulus plan. “The private sec tor could create thousands more jobs than the government and not cost us more money.” Perot continued to criticize the President’s programs and proposals, including Clinton’s economic pack age, but stressed to the crowd he was not on a campaign trail.. “We’re just out here trying to get our country’s act together,” he said of his citizen’s action organization, United We Stand. In spite of his disclaimer, Perot had all the moves of an experienced politician. Does the phrase “Read My Lips...” bring any gestures to mind? (■] Photo* by Salem Chenafi FAIL 1 1993 S RESTAURANT REVIEWS a t i n g LSU students have m any choices of w here to take their appetites. u t Photos by Lisa Hollister be excited about Spinnaker’s drink ings and lazily turning ceiling fans specials. The Blue Martin Margarita caters to those wanting a bite to eat and Fishbowl Draft are two favor and a meandering conversation. The ites. For the more adventurous souls, waitresses were friendly and refresh Spinnaker offers the Big Kahona and ingly unhurried. the Bahama Mama in addition to Overall, my guest and I thought the numerous tropical mixes of the Spinnaker’s (named for the thin sail By Virgil LeJeune traditional fruit juices and rum. used by ships to gain speed as they The grill side of the Spinnaker glide upon the water) a terrific place Located beneath the water tower Bar and Grill is at once varied and in which to kick back and “take the near the intersection of Lee Drive wonderfully affordable. Students on slow boat for a while.” Our experi and Highland Road, Spinnaker Bar budgets will surely appreciate the ence was delightfully relaxing.. and Grill is a cheerful Caribbean Spinnaker Burger, served fully spot where one can meet friends for dressed with baked potato for $4.50. drinks or enjoy a nice meal in its restful dining area. While keeping the casual atmo A pleasant dining sphere typifying many of the bars/ area with high restaurants catering to LSU stu ceilings and lazily dents, owner Al Navia has created a beach-side feel to Spinnaker. The turning ceiling interior is painted with the cool blue fans caters to of the islands and trimmed with those wanting a lightly stained wood. Although the bite to eat ana a juke-box offers a crowd-pleasing se meandering LSU law student David Lichtenstein enjoys his lection of tunes, Navia will be fea lunch special in a down-home atmosphere turing live Caribbean music six conversation nights a week, starting in September. An art aficionado long affiliated with Mulate’s and French Music, I had the grilled chicken sandwich Navia wants to bring the sounds of (also served with baked potato) and the islands to Baton Rouge as a way found it superb. My guest thought of magnifying the cultural diversity the Sangria especially light and of South Louisiana. “Many of the fruity. rhythms heard in French and What I found most agreeable By Ann E. Yeager Zydeco Music have their origins in about my visit to the Spinnaker Bar the syncopated style of island and Grill was the easygoing atmo Little plastic-stemmed fabric- bands,” he said. “I’m looking for sphere. There were video poker ma petaled roses sitting in assorted white ward to bringing that musical expe chines for those into “the gambling vases. Vinyl table cloths. Cafeteria- rience to the students of LSU and thing," ESPN on monitor for those looking chairs repaired with silver the larger Baton Rouge commu into “the sports thing," and a pool duck tape. Portable air conditioners. nity.” table for those into “the stick thing." A juke box full of 1960s soul. LSU party animals will no doubt A pleasant dining area with high ceil Plaques dating back from the past 6 GUMBO MAGAZINE RESTAURANT REVIEWS honoring an expert on home-cooked road tracks on Lee and take an im them.