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TuLANE University 1994 JAMBALAYA
i/olume 98
rleans, Louisiana
70118
In a world of love, excite-ment,
education, politics, ajid
disease, people from all over the
world turn to music as an es-cape
from the trials and tribula-tions
of everyday life. The
rhythm of music offers a unique
sense of relaxation from prob-lems,
yet beneath the rhythm of
music lies its true meaning, the
melody. The melody of music is
its essence.
Both instrumental music
and a cappella hold their sub-stance
in the melody. It is this
fascination the human species
has with melody that allows us
to focus upon the deeper mean-ing
of topics within the pages of
this book.
Student media organiza-tions
have their offices in the
basement of the university cen-ter.
They lie beneath the cam-pus,
yet these organizations
Music in New Orleans: An experience thai Tnlane snulcnis luivc ilie rare opi>orii(niix lo enjoy lime after lime.
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ind Melody
FAR ABOVE: Snidenls lake a sliidy break and express themselves lliroiigh music.
ABOVE: Tiilane's campus offers many diverse study settings.
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3
\ ANIZSA GENTINETTA
Luck and Ingeauity
provide the backbone of com-munication
to the world of Tu-lane
students. Just the same,
most people do not even realize
where the media offices are.
Similarly, the substance
of life itself is so subtle, that
even though people search after
it most of their lives, few ever
find it. By focusing on the
deeper meaning of things, we
will find rewards we never
dreamt possible. It is the focus
of this book to draw upon the
lives of Tulane students to find
the true meaning of college life
at Tulane.
Perhaps with a little bit of
luck and ingenuity, all of us will
see past the surface and find
that "Beneath the surface lies a
melody," a melody so rich and
fertile that each of our lives will
be enriched.
TOP LEFT: Kare Lindennan: Just call him Mr. Pottery.
TOP RIGHT: The Architecture School hosts an atmual
Vagabondage Ball.
BOTTOM LEFT: Jerry Jacobs tries to prevent bad English
at the Rat.
BOTTOM RIGHT: The New Orleans music scene adds
enrichment to the social life of Tulane students.
BECKY MAND \
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VANESA GENTINETTA.
OPENING
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Dichotomy
Among several
thousand colleges and
Universities in the
United States, Tulane
University stands out
as one of the most
unique. According to
Keith Collins, a senior
and the Arcade Editor
of the Tulane Hullaba-loo,
Tulane offers an
unusual dichotomy
between social life and
a bastion of learning.
According to
Keith, Tulane is per-sonal
because it is a
middle-sized school
with a compact cam-pus,
which allows the
students to develop
friendships easier. The
students get to know
their professors and
can approach them
without feeling intimi-dated.
Lily Le, a fresh-man
computer science
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6
BECKY MANDAL
and finance major,
thinks of Tulane as a
well-respected univer-sity.
She values her life
here because she gets to
meet a wide range of
people and also because
of the southern hospi-tality
and friendly atmo-sphere.
Indeed, Tulane is
in the midst of the deep
south, which contrib
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FAR LEFT: Gibson Hall is the oldest
building on Tulane's uptown campus.
TOP LEFT: Many blood drives are held at
Tulane each year.
MIDDLE LEFT: Keith Collins takes a
break from working on the Hullaballoo,
Tulane's weekly newspaper.
BELOW: After speaking at the business
school, Don King stops to pose for pictures
with Tulane .students.
VANESA GENTINETTA
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7
ADVICE
-utes to its cultural diversity.
From cajun cooking and Mardi
Gras to the French Quarter and
the Mississippi River, New Or-leans
offers Tulane students a
rich learning environment out-side
of the classroom.
Many students come to
Tulane expecting someone to
guide them, to lead them by the
hand. However, this is not the
case. Tulane does not obstruct
its students from freedom, and
when students graduate they
have developed a sense of char-acter
and of discipline, traits
difficult to attain at some uni-versities.
Keith offers the following
advice to undergraduates: Find
£in extracurricular activity. Get
involved with it. Stay in it, and
most importantly, grow with it.
Extracurricular activities are an
important part of college be-cause
they develop character,
and they help students through
BECKY MANDAL
the good times and the bad
times. Also, they give an alter-native
to the bar scene, which is
oftentimes a monotonous week-end
routine for many Tulane
students.
Lily Le's extracurricular
activities include CACTUS and
TUVA (Tulane University Viet-namese
Association). Her ad-vice
to students is, "Prepare
yourself to work independently.
Prepare yourself for freedom
because, otherwise, it might
overwhelm you.
Tulane does give its stu-
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BECKY MANDAL
FAR TOP LEFT: The Green Wave of Tulane rallies
support for ihefoolhall team. Look! Tulane is healing
Navy. 24 - 19.
FAR BOTTOM LEFT: Reily offers many different exercise
machines for Tulane students' use.
LEFT: Joe DiMaggio, a senior in Tulane's Business
School, studies in the Town Student's Assoclaton room.
BELOW: Pat Pochiro. Lily Le. Daniel Menahem. Valerie
Thompson, and Mario Paz. five freshmen in the School of
Engineering, try to show off their modeling skills.
lirCKY MANDAL
JOSHUA ALLEN
OPENING
9
-dents a vast opportunity to
become independent. When
students arrive here, they grow
away from their parents, and
they become self-minded, re-sponsible
adults.
Keith advises, "Don't
underestimate yourself. Have
self-confidence, and give your-self
credit for you abilities."
Lily, a bartender since the
age of 16, bases her confidence
in her job. When she started
serving people drinks who were
twice her age, she found that
she was able to relate to them.
When her customers began to
give her compliments, she
gained confidence.
Too often students come
to college and they see only the
obvious: "1 am here to learn."
However, college is beyond
learning. Beneath the surface of
Tulane's academic canopy,
students will discover diversity
and breadth of life. From stu-dents
like Lily Le and Keith
Collins, we can all learn "les-sons"
of life, lessons which help
each of us understand what
living is all about.
VANES \ lllMINf ITA
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Breadth and Diversity
JENNIFER GUILLOT
TOP LEFT: The French Quarter offers
music lovers a wide variety offlavor to
match individual taste.
TOP RIGHT: The first Newcomb College
students planted these Oaks about WO
years ago when the Newcomb campus
moved to its present location.
FAR LEFT: A bird's eyeview ofTulane
students.
LEFT: Many students find that studying at
PJ's an appetizing experience.
VANESA GENTINETTA
OPENING
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The student life
section of the yearbook
attempts to preserve the
social and non-aca-demic
memories of
students within the
pages of a book. Al-though
it is impossible
to save everything,
student life is an at-tempt
to store the es-sence
of life at Tulane
University. This es-sence
is the backbone of
Tulane, for without
student life, Tulane
would not be a univer-sity;
therefore, this
section of the
Jambalaya explores the
social melody of Tulane,
the underlying atmo-sphere
which supports
the academic aspect of
the school.
STUDENT LIFE
12
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DIVISION
13
Hugs
Kisses
Some dales include dressitii^ up for fonnals. These Tulane
students enjoy themselves at Sigma Phi Epsilon's spring
formal last year.
The trials and tribulations
of college dating
Dating at Tulane is a
major part of campus life.
Whether the date is going for a
beer at the Boot or dinner at
Copeland's, many students take
a break from studying and look
for romance or companionship.
Dating at Tulane is not
just limited to an intimate date
with one person, many students
travel in large groups to local
bars or favorite eating spots.
Boyfriend/girlfriend relation-ships
are not as common as
blind dates for fraternity and
sorority functions. Also, many
students tend to date numerous
people rather then one
exclusivly.
Semi-formals for greeks
always cause a commotion.
During these functions, one can
see groups of girls and guys
dressed up loading in buses to
go out to eat and go to dances.
There are sorority grab a dates
in which the girls have forty-eight
hours to find a date for the
party.
For people with more
steady relationships, dating in
New Orleans allows numerous
options. Couples can be seen
walking or picnicking in
Audubon or a visit to the zoo or
aquarium. Of course there are
plenty of bars, parties, and
concerts to explore with a date
but Tulane students are per-fectly
happy with a joint work-out
at Reily or a movie at
McAlister Auditorium.
People have different
views on dating at Tulane. When
asked about dating, sophomore
Carla Gavilanes said that "the
best thing about dating at
Tulane is that you can meet and
date guys from different parts of
the country." Many people find
it easy to date someone from a
different state until summer
comes. Any student asked about
dating will agree with the state-ment
by senior Missy
Barrilleaux that "the worst part
of dating at Tulane is that they
leave for the summer." Students
know that the summer is only
four months long, and that they
will be reunited with their boy-friend
or girlfriend in August,
but it's still a long time. Just
another facet of dating here at
Tulane.
Devon Sasser
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(Lefl) Couples at one ofAlpha Omicron Pi's formals relax
between dances.
(Below) Freshmen David Duncan and Devon Sasser enjoy
a relaxing evening in Dave's dorm room. They find dtat
they can have as much fim together by staying in rather
then going out to the bars.
THOMAS HUBELL
DATING
15
And Away We Go
School related trips for educational purposes
When entering
college, most students
think that they will
always be working be-hind
a desk. At Tulane
that is not so. Many
classes and organiza-tions
believe that the
best way to learn is to
experience what is being
taught.
Some trips taken
by students are to local
businesses. These stu-dents
are shown how
every aspect of the
company is run so they
know what vdll be ex-pected
of them when
they graduate and enter
the "real world." The
criminology class took a
trip to a local jail to see
the process of how
police officers book
criminals. The introduc-tion
to opera class went
to see the last opera of
the season at the New
Orleans Opera House.
They were able to study
an opera in person
rather then watching
one on television.
Many club sports
travel to other states for
competitions. The crew
team has gone to
Florida to compete. The
soccer teams have also
been on the road. Many
coaches feel that their
teams improve with the
competition they find
outside of the local area.
Many organiza-tions
take trips to semi-nars
and workshops.
Some members of the
Hallahaioo staff have
been sent on trips to
other states to see how
other college papers are
run and to attend work-shops
on how to make
the paper better. Mem-bers
of the Jambalaya
staff have also taken
such trips. For members
of both organziations
this is beneficial because
information learnt on
one trip can often aid in
production of the other.
This past October
the Hullabaloo and the
Jambalaya sent mem-bers
of their respective
staffs to the ACP/CMA
Convention in Dallas,
Texas to represent
Tulane's media organi-zations.
During this
convention, much
information was gained
on how to run success-ful
media organiza-tions.
The members
also came back with
more knowledge on
how to produce papers
and yearbooks.
Aline Reele
RANDY BLABOLIL
STUDENT LIFE
16
(Opposite page) At the ACP/CMA trip to Dallas, the
photographers sent could not restrain themselves from
capturing Dallas at night.
(Left) Where did the famed shot come from - the book
depository or the grassy knoll? You decide.
(Bottom) Randy Blabolil smiles for the camera after taking a
much-earned nap at the Dallas Media convention.
RANDY BLABOLIL
TRIPS
17
Students take a break from study-ing
to visit the Audubon Zoo
After a long day buried in
the books, a walk through the
Audubon Zoo is just what the
doctor ordered. The pressure of
being a Tulane undergraduate
can become a little overwhelm-ing,
and every once in a while a
study break at the zoo can calm
the nerves.
As you walk through the
zoo, you are mystically trans-ported
back to your childhood.
For those few precious hours
you are there, you are in awe at
the sight of the animals before
you as if you've never seen them
before.
You start your journey
through the Asian animals.
You'll see tigers lying on tree
stumps, camels taking a nap in
the sand, and elephants putting
on a show for anyone willing to
watch. Next, you can go into the
Australian kingdom. If you look
up, you will probably catch a
glimpse of a Koala bear resting
in the tree tops. As you continue
to stroll through the zoo, you
will see Flamingos and other
beautiful birds just standing
around enjo}ang the sunlight or
cool breeze.
The next stop in your
journey will be the dedication to
the state of our well regarded
school, the Louisiana swamp
grounds. This area is a resur-rection
of a real Louisiana
swamp; from the alligators to
the fishing boats. No need to
worry though, the alligators
hardly move let alone bite.
Snakes and fish that are native
to the swamp lands are kept
behind glass for viewer enjoy-ment.
As you continue through
the zoo, you will see rhinos,
giraffes, turtles, and other ani-mals
whose orgins are places
other than our beautiful coun-try.
And don't forget to take a
walk through the monkey's
cage. You can view an ape eat-ing
bananas as well as chimps
playing Tarzan among the many
trees that are their homes.
Laughing at these pla5rful mon-keys
tends to make one forget
about the paper due on Friday,
or the test in the morning that
you are stressing over.
If these wonderful animals
do not make you forget about
your problems, then watch the
children that are visiting the
zoo. These adorable kids run
around asking hundreds of
inquisitive questions as strange
and new animals peak their
curiosity. There is no way to
avoid smiling at them as you
remember the first time you
visited the zoo.
Aline Reele
Deep from the swamp land, students can find this
caniivorons animal, the alligator, in southern Louisiana.
Luckily, this animal is kept behind a fence in the zoo.
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18
(Left) The Rhino looks like a fierce beast with horns on his
head. However, this one seems rather peaceful as he
watches people walk by.
(Bottom) A major attraction at any zoo is the elephant. This
one in particular enjoys an audience and puts on a show
for them.
(Below) The Black Bear, which is a native of Louisiana, is
ready for a snack after a long day of napping.
ALINE REELE ALINE REELE
AUDUBON ZOO
19
Dennis Miller
Former talk show host and comic genius mesmerizes
Tulane audience with social wit and political overtones
He is a veteran to
the stand-up comedy
world; he has had his
own night talk show; he
has been on Saturday
Night Live; and he made
an appearance in
McAlister Auditorium
on November 7, 1993.
He is the comedy genius
Dennis Miller.
Why is Dennis
Miller considered a
genius of comedy? Arts
and Science Senior
Keith Collins said, "He
is a genius because he
creates comedy out of
knowledge of current
affairs, esoteric refer-ences,
and respect for
the audience's intelli-gence."
He keeps his
audience laughing from
beginning to end. At the
first word out of his
mouth, one becomes
hypnotized by his ease
in making any subject
into a joke. Some of his
humor is subtle yet you
never miss the punch
line.
As students left
the auditorium, the
praises of his greatness
could be heard from
everjrwhere. Everyone
agreed that his show
was very entertaining.
They felt that he did a
great job making up for
where his predecessors
left off.
Dennis Miller
appeared on the Arsenio
Hall show a few days
after he graced our
stage. A group of fresh-man
who had gone to
the show gathered
around a T.V. to watch
his segment. They were
telling everyone who
passed the door that
they saw him in person,
and raved about his
talent.
Dennis Miller was
a great asset to the
TUCP production calen-dar.
His cynicism and
sarcasm make audi-ences
all over the nation
laugh while they ponder
the fact that he actually
does make a lot of sense
- in light of things. His
genius mind for the
obvious as well as his
wit of tongue boosted his
career into new heights.
One is sure to see Miller
in the future probably
commenting on the
current social and politi-cal
situations in the
world.
Aline Reek
THIBEAUX LINCECUM
STUDENT LIFE
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THIBEAUX LINCECUM
(Left) Farmer Ted was the announcer at the
Dennis Miller show, petformed in
McAlisrer Auditorium on November 7,
J993.
DENNIS MILLER
21
(Above) After waiting for the washing machine to fill with
water, this student adds powder detergent. Slie mixes the
detergent with the water before she adds her clothes.
(Right) A student waits patientlyfor a dryer. She leaves her
clothes on the counter behind her as she waits.
GLENDA GENTINETIA
STUDENT LIFE
22
Students spend hours in Bruff Commons doing laundry
Why does it take
so long to do laundry
at Bruff Commons
when they have twelve
washers and dryers?
One reason it takes so
long is that the major-ity
of the freshmen are
doing their own wash
for the first time.
Freshmen are also
somewhat unsure of
when the best time to
do laundry is, and
inevitably they all try
to do it at the same
time.
The sophomores
think that they all
know how to beat the
rush for the machines,
but they too fall victim
to bad timing and do it
at the same time. Then
there are the few jun-iors
and seniors left on
campus. They just
happen to come along
while everyone else is
trying to do their laun-dry.
Some students
asked about doing
laundry in Bruff feel
that it is too crowded,
and the only way to get
their laundry done was
to do it late at night or
early in the raoming.
The second prob-lem
is that people tend
to leave their clothes in
the machines for
hours. In Bruff, it is
very common to wait
for at least an hour to
allow someone to come
and claim their clothes
from the dryer. Once
the hour's up, the
clothes are thrown
anywhere and you're
out of a dryer whether
your clothes are dry or
not. If you do get a
dryer, you have to be
careful with the raia-chine.
One girl had
her clothes singed
when a dryer over-heated.
Her clothes
came out crispy.
The third and
final problem is the
lack of machines in the
dorms. Since it is virtu-ally
impossible to get a
machine in the dorms,
students are forced to
venture to Bruff to
battle it out for a
washer, thus produc-ing
problem number
one all over again.
Even though their are
some machines in the
dorms, freshman Kim
Randall said, "It is time
consuming to do laun-dry.
It interrupts all
other activities, but it
is much better than
doing it in the dorm
because it all gets dry
because the dryers in
the dorm don't dry
well."
The easiest way
to prevent yourself
from getting tangled up
in the war for washers
and dryers is to do
your laundry very early
in the morning, very
late at night, or on the
weekends. The only
problem with that is,
who would actually do
their laundry at these
times? Therefore, the
problem with the laun-dry
will never be
solved. Aline Reele
On
campus
and on
your
own
LAUNDRY
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GLENDA GENTINETTA
III Bruff Common's laundry room, a student
adds detergent to her wash. She spends the
afternoon socializing while doing her
laundry.
(Oilier page) Many students are employed in the Reily
Center. This student catches up on his studies as he works
in the weight room.
(Left) Students have many different jobs at the Reily
Center. These studentsfold towels as part of their job.
(Below) Some students are employed in the University
Center. This student works at the Copy Centerfaxing and
copying papers.
JEREMY EHRHARDT JEREMY EHRHARDT :
Students work to help pay for
tuition or for extra casn
College students often
find that the bank account
always seems to be running low.
So, instead of hitting up mom
and dad for a little cash, many
students work on campus to
earn extra money.
According to student
employees, working on campus
has many benefits. One reason
that students like to work on
campus is because it is conve-nient.
Getting to work is not a
hassle and one can easily go
straight to work from classes.
Also, the hours are usually
light-the average student works
about ten hours per week.
There are so many differ-ent
jobs on campus designed for
students, it would be hard to
find one that does not fit the
needs and capabilities of any
worker. For example, students
are employed at the University
Center Information Desk an-swering
phones and questions
about Tulane and New Orleans.
Students also work at the Stu-dent
Health Center where
sophomore Thuy Nguyen does
"lots of filing, light clinical work,
STUDENT LIFE
24
and incompetent typing." Other
jobs include work study for the
Tulane Jambalaya or Hullaba-loo,
or even working in the ReUy
Center. Virtually every building
on campus employs students
who are eligible for work study.
However, one could ques-tion
how students find time to
hold down a job when everyone
always seems so busy. Some-how
or another, students find a
way to balance school, work,
and the ever important social
life. Freshman Amanda Bums
who works at the Alumni Affairs
House commented that she
really has not found it to be a
problem."! budget my time
wisely; work does not really get
in the way."
So, what are students
doing with the money they
make? One anonymous student
laughed and stated that 'The
money 1 make goes to support
my alcohol habit." Whether the
money is used to pay for tuition
or for personal use, students
are working hard and enjoying
it.
Ami/ Granger
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CAMPUS JOBS
25
A Different Friend
Many students enjoy the company of their
furry friends
Along with all the
other things that mean
so much in life, pets are
one of the foremost in
the minds of students.
As students are not
allowed to keep pets in
the dorm rooms unless
they can last twenty-four
hours under water,
on campus there ap-pears
to be a large
number of animals
attending college.
The most notice-able
animals in atten-dance
at Tulane are
dogs. Daily, dogs have
been seen roaming the
campus, sometimes
followed by their mas-ters
and sometimes
wandering solo. Some of
these dogs appear
friendly while others
appear ferocious.
However, at least
one of these canines is
here for an education.
This dog attempted to
sit in on a general
chemistry lecture, but
the dog changed its
mind after Professor
Fritchie asked it to
leave.
While dogs are
too large to keep in
dorms and evade notice,
there are other smaller,
quieter pets. Hamsters,
rabbits, and mice seem
to have been smuggled
into dorms in great
quantities. Students,
who for obvious reasons
expressed the desire not
to be quoted or named,
have admitted to keep-ing
these pets in dorm
rooms. It seems that
these smaller animals
are easier to hide, and
their quiet nature keeps
the neighbors from
getting restless. These
cages can be hidden
quickly in the closet
and under beds. How-ever,
it needs to be
noted that some pets
are not suited to some
hiding places. Ham-sters,
for instance, do
not take well to the
refrigerator, nor do fish
to the microwave part of
the Microfridge.
Students keep
pets in their dorm
room, even though they
know it is against regu-lation,
for many rea-sons.
For some, pets
are a friend who will
always be there to lis-ten.
A pet is a friend
that can be counted on
to never let you down.
Pets cannot say any-thing
to upset you like a
human can.
Another reason
for keeping a pet is to
remind you of home.
When someone walks
past a dog on the quad,
their thoughts drift back
to the dog they left at
home. They remember
all the time they spent
playing with or walking
their dog.
Many students
bring their pets to have
all the comforts of
home. Traveling across
the country can be
overwhelming, and a pet
is a friend to make the
trip with.
Whether a pet is
illegal on campus or not
does not matter to the
average student. A
friend, a pet, is usually
worth the risk of getting
fined. Many students
are unable to part with
those whom are close to
them, their life long
friend and confident,
"—:—Michael Jester
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STUDENT LIFE
26
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(Other Page) Some people have different
types ofpets. Jennifer Guillot has two
unusual pets, Adrian and Rock)', her
Chinchillas.
(Left) Dogs are plentiful on campus. This
dog is one of the few that can be found tied
up around campus while his owner eats
lunch in the Marketplace.
(Top) Jennifer Guillot has a favorite pet,
her cat Sheba. Sheba prides herself on
being therefor Jennifer at all times.
(Above) Micci Askenas and John Fewer's
blue/gold Macaw, "Chesapeak" keeps them
entertainedfor hours.
PETS
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JENNIFER GUILLOT
(Rigin) The University Center offers many new services
this year, such as the Travel Center. This student checks
his plane tickets homefor Thanksgiving at the travel
agency.
A dramatic change to the U.C. took
place over the summer
The University Center
received a face lift this summer.
The U.C. opended up this sum-mer
with many different attrac-tions,
much more than it has
had in previous years.
The Market Place, once
the home of Arby's, now has a
large variety of food establish-ments.
A student is able to
quench their desire for Mexican
food at Taco Bell. They can eat
typical American food at the
Firehouse Grill or Pizza Hut. If
they're patient enough, they
can wait in line to buy a sub
made right before their eyes at
Subway. Many students seem
to enjoy the change, but there
are always those who do not
like it. Robert Morgan's com-ment
when asked about the
new U. C. was "last year when
we had Arby's, you could get
unlimited refills on iced tea. I
miss that." Well, you can't have
everything.
Also added to the many
services already offered by the
U. C. are a travel agency, a
copy center, a computer lab,
and a general store. Tulane
Travel can book any trip or
travel arrangment a student
could ever possibly need. The
copy center is a quick and easy
way to make copies, and it
saves you the trouble of going
to the library. The copy center
also provides fcix services. The
new computer lab saves stu-dents
a trip to Richardson at
night when they need to print
out that paper that's due in the
morning. Also, there's the
general store that's a cross
between a video rental store, a
Ccindy store, and a gift shop.
You can find almost anything
you need there.
The U. C. still offers the
same things as last year; it has
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(Bottom) An abby machine was added to the University
Center this fail. Now students who do not bank at the
First NBC can get quick cash. This student is taking out
money so he can go out on the weekend.
(Left) Many of Marriott's ft)od establishments have been
added to the 11. C. These students wait in line to get
Subway, the most popular of the additions.
(Below) The U.C. has also added a copy center. This
student uses a copier at the U.C. because it is so close to
her dorm.
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New Orleans night life offers a variety of things to do
Students come to
Tulane from all over the
country; however, many
of them have never seen
the inside of a bar. It
does not take very long
before that changes for
incoming freshmen.
In most cities,
people are asked for
identification at the
door of a bar to prove
they are twenty-one. In
some places, an eigh-teen
year-old can get in
but may not drink. This
is not a problem in New
Orleans. The only prob-lem
for students on
Tulane's campus is
deciding which bar to go
to.
Many students
who were not able to
drink in high school now
have the opportunity to
drink as much as they
want at any of the
hundreds of bars off
campus. Waldo's and
The Boot start the
evening off for many
students. Then they are
offtoT. J. Quillsor
Bruno's. With the use of
a cab, many students
then journey to Rendon
Inn and Audubon Tav-ern
II (ATII's). Eventu-ally,
the crowd ends up
at Fat Harry's on St.
Charles.
For the more
adventurous type, there
is the famous French
Quarter. Students can
find anything there
(literally). One can see
men impersonating
women, women imper-sonating
men, and other
things you would not
right home to your par-ents
about. Pat
O'Briens, famous for
their Hurricanes, is the
ultimate spot to visit. as well as World Beat.
especially for tourists. The newest thing is
Tropical Isle is another karaoke. Wild Bar and
popular place to go if you Cat's Meow offer a grand
dance floor
while your
friends
attempt to
sing on the
stage.
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also a popular college New Orleans is
attraction. There are known as the party city
many places to go danc- and Tulane students
ing in the Quarter. The have had no trouble
Gold Mine is a favorite finding the many attrac-among
Tulane students. tive drink specials as
well as dance clubs.
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% ^ (Opposite page) Jeremy Ehrhardt has a shot at the Sitting
^ Duck oil a night out with his friends.
(Left) People can be found dancing at ahnost any bar if
they have had enough to drink. These students ended the
night dancing at ATIl's one Saturday night.
" (Below) Junior Becky Mandal gets close to the bartender,
; Ward, at ATU'sfor a picture.
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(Right) Sophomore Carta Gavilanes shows
her Olympic quality ice skating during a trip
to Dallas.
(Right) During halftime at the Homecoming
game, Ezra Simmons and Sofia Rodriguez
posedfor the camera.
(Above) At the Audobon Zoo, people cat} see
all types of animals. This sleeping camel is
just one of the many animals at the zoo.
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Nature paid a nasty toll on many midwestern towns during the summer of 1993 with the flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Many towns, like this one, were forced to use
boats to get their citizens to dry land.
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(Right) A young boy. aspiring
to one day be a sumo wrestler,
had his first chance against
the Hawaiian wrestler.
Konishiki. The boy pushed
with all his might against the
massive Konishiki only to
produce a smile on the giant
man's face.
(Top right} Grammy Award
winners for "newcomer of the
year. " Arrested Development,
posed backstage of the MTV
Video Music Awards after
winning for best rap video,
"People Everyday.
"
(Middle right) Jerry Seinfeld
claims that his show is "about
everything. That's the same as
nothing. " The show about
nothing or everything won
three Emmy Awards this year:
best supporting actorfor
Michael Richards portrayal of
Krammer. one for an episode
entitled "The Contest", and
one for best comedy series.
(Bottom right) Nirx'ana
members proudly display their
trophy for best alternative
video for "In Bloom"
backstage of the MTV Video
Music Awards.
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In the entertainment
world, the story of the summer
was Steven Spielberg's wild
dinosaurs in the action picture,
"Jurassic Park," based on the
bestselling novel by Michael
Crichton. Aided by a massive
advertising campaign and truly
incredible Oscar-winning special
effects, "Jurassic Park" became
the most financially successful
film in history, ringing world
box-office registers to the tune
of over $400 million.
The Eiltemative music
world was rocked by the devas-tating
news of Nirvana frontman
Kurt Cobain's April 1994 sui-cide.
A mix of despondency and
chemical addiction was cited as
the immediate cause. The 27-
year-old singer, whose band was
considered at the head of the
Seattle-based grunge movement,
left a wife, Courtney Love, and a
young daughter behind. His
sudden death also, at least
temporarily, killed Nirvana,
which had been slated as one of
the top acts in the I>ollapalooza
'94 tour.
Hip hop group Arrested
Development rode a burgeoning
wave of fame and praise to an
MTV Music Award for best rap
video for "Everyday People" as
well as the coveted "new artists
of the year"
Grammy
Award.
The group's Afro centric mes-sage
and peaceful but powerful
tone were its calling cards, and
the band had a handful of hits,
including "Tennessee" and "Mr.
Windows."
On the TV scene,
"Seinfeld" became the latest fad.
The show's success was unan-ticipated
but on September 29,
the cast and crew walked away
with three prime time Emmy
Awards. The series about a New
York comedian and his friends
was named best comedy.
Michael Richards won as best
supporting actor for his role as
Kramer. An episode entitled
"The Contest" won recognition
for the writer Larry David's work
on the show.
Entertainment comes in
many different forms, from
movies, to television, to sporting
events. Exibition shows are a
source of amusement at many
events. In the summer of 1993
before a sumo tournament in
California, twenty young boys
took on Konishiki, a Hawaiian
sumo wrestler, as well as an-other
sumo champion in the dirt
ring. Theese boys usually ended
up being picked up and tossed
from the ring to the delight of
the audience.
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Emmitt Smith was unstoppable during the
Supeibowl this past year. He rushedfor one
hundred and thirty-two yards and scored Avo
touchdowns to help tlie Dallas Cowboys defeat
the Buffalo Bills thirty to thirteen.
The October 1993 World
Series concluded with the
Toronto Blue Jays, to the dis-may
of all "red-blooded Ameri-cans,"
defeating the Philadel-phia
Phillies 9-5, pirating away
the championship title to the
great white north.
The Jays took the series
in six. Toronto right fielder Joe
Carter had the winning at-bat,
hitting an awesome homer that
sent three runners, including
himself, home in the ninth
inning.
On the flip side of excite-ment,
the 1994 Super Bowl
presented an unappealing re-match
of the powerhouse Dallas
Cowboys and the has-beens, the
Buffalo Bills.
Dallas defeated the Bills
30-13, a blowout that surprised
no one, though the half-time
score, Bills 13-6, definitely
raised a few eyebrows. The
game's Most Valuable Player,
the Cowboy's Emmitt Smith,
rushed for 132 yards and scored
two touchdowns.
In the NBA, the Chicago
Bulls' Michael Jordan followed
up his team's third consecutive
national championship by retir-ing
from professional basketball.
Widely considered one of
the world's best athletes, and
the best hoops star
ever, Jordan contended his
retirement was not spurred by
his father's murder in the sum-mer
of 1993. Instead, he stated
that 'The thrill is gone. I've done
it all. There's nothing left for me
to do."
However, soon after leav-ing
the sport, Jordan made the
jump to baseball, training with
the Chicago White Sox, and
starting league play in a Triple-A
club in Birmingham, Alabama,
where his numbers are consid-erably
lower than his roundball
stats.
Among the tabloid
-
friendly stories that clouded the
horizon over the past year,
including the Bobbitt maiming,
the Menendez double patricide,
and the furor over child moles-tation
accusations and Michael
Jackson, perhaps the Tonya
Harding-Nancy Kerrigan brou-haha
loomed largest. The ugly
story of petty jealousy and a
whacked leg sold copy and
inflated viewership like few
other events. No less than three
TV movies were planned to
dramatize the incident, and the
1994 Winter Olympics at
Lillehammer, Norway, were
given a perverse taint when both
skaters competed there for a
gold medal.
To quickly recount the
story: in Detroit, an unknown
assailant attacked Kerrigan as
she left the ice during Olympic
ice skating trials. After an inves-tigation,
fellow skater Harding's
ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and
bodyguard Shawn Eckardt were
arrested and implicated in the
attack, along with two hired
men, the hitman and the get-away
driver.
Suspicion also quickly fell
to Harding, who had finished
first in the trials foUoviring
Kerrigan's injury-induced exit.
After a long deliberation, the
U.S. Figure Skating Association
allowed both Kerrigan and
Harding to compete in the
Olympics.
Kerrigan ended up win-ning
the silver medal, losing by
a hair to Ukrainian skater
Oksana Baiul. Harding finished
considerably lower in the stand-ings,
and later confessed to
obstructing justice for her part
in the attack. Though she de-nied
any connection with the
incident's execution, Harding
did admit withholding knowl-edge
of the attack until after the
Olympics.
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(Left) Michael Jordan's final flight. Jordan retiredfrom basketball this
year after leading the Chicago Bulls to its third NBA championships.
(Bottom) Nancy Kerrigan skated her way to the silver medal at the 1994
Winter Olympics after an attack that injured her knee almost kept her
from skating.
(Below) Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays and third base coach Nick
Leyva celebrated as Carter rounded the bases after he hit the winning
homerun of the World Series.
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(Top) In front offorklifis carrying government rules and
regulations. President Clinton and Vice President Gore explained
their plans to reconstruct the government. The plan promises one
hundred andfive billion dollars in savings and two hundred and
fifty-twofewer jobs.
(Right) Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the one hundred and
seventh Supreme Court justice at ceremony in the White House.
She was President Clinton's first nominee to the high court.
(Other page) Hillary Rodham-Clinton describes the details of her
husband's healthcare reforms.
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President Bill Clinton rode
out a tumultuous year in the
White House, weathering scan-dals
and media hype ranging
from the White Water Savings
and Loan debacle and a claim of
sexual harassment by Paula
Jones of Arkansas, to on-going
picking and shredding over the
health care plan spearheaded by
his wife, Hillary Rodham-
Clinton.
But Clinton was not a
man to allow the media hounds
to have their way. With every
new volley of bad points or
words, he threw out a glimmer
of hope, a promise of improve-ment.
In early September 1993,
Clinton and Vice President Al
Gore perhaps took this drive for
positive
change to a visual extreme when
they vowed to streamline the
federal government through the
phasing out of more than
250,000 jobs.
Flanked by forklifts
loaded with paperwork and the
proverbial "red tape," Clinton
and Gore noted that the time for
pruning was ripe, with the re-sult
of their five to eight year
thinning and consolidating plan
a net savings of $108 billion by
the year 2000.
Also this year Clinton had
the opportunity to appoint a
new Supreme Court Justice.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg became
the one hundred and seventh
Supreme Court Justice and the
second woman to sit on the
bench. She was
President Clinton's first nominee
for the position and was over-whelmingly
confirmed by the
Senate.
First Lady Hillaiy
Rodham-Clinton assumed the
mantle of "health care czarina."
Rodham-Clinton feels that to
solve the issue of an astronomi-cally
expensive and ever defi-cient
medical network,the ex-treme
of a complete overhaul is
required, an overhaul that
would give the power back to
the patients. However, many
Republicans derided Mrs.
Rodham-Clinton's plan as unre-alistic
and unfair, while others
questioned the propriety of the
President appointing his wife to
such a powerful position with
no checks or balances.
Keith Collins
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The people of [his [own do all [hey can to prevent the
unusually harsh snowfall of the winterform shut[ing
everything down. Several states were paralyzed by the
blizzard.
The past year was marked
by a high number of vicious
blows from Mother Nature. The
Great Flood of 1993 devastated
much of the Midwest. The Mis-sissippi
River, swollen with an
unusually high volume of runoff
from the past winter's snowfall,
poured over its banks in states
from Minnesota to Missouri. The
city of Des Moines was particu-larly
hard hit, with many homes
left without electricity and,
ironically, running water for
days as the Mississippi's tribu-tary,
the Raccoon River, inun-dated
the streets of the Iowa
capital. Smaller farm towns and
ports along the Mississippi were
overtaken by the raging waters,
leaving thousands homeless.
In January 1994, two
natural disasters rocked oppo-site
coasts of the United States.
Along the Easter seaboard,
blasting Arctic air with chills
down to 74 below zero swept
through the region on the heels
of a bitter blizzard that closed
many Northern airports and left
road travel-ers
at the mercy of icy roads
and poor visibility. The cold also
claimed over 90 lives, between
car collisions, exposure and
heart attacks from shoveling
huge amounts of snow.
While Easterners rode out
the chill. Southern Califomians
were rocked out of bed early on
Monday, January 17. A power-ful
earthquake, measuring 6.6
on the Richter Scale, struck the
L.A. area. The tremor claimed
61 lives, crippled some of the
vital arteries of the Southern
California freeway system, and
inflicted in excess of $30 million
in damages, mostly to struc-tures
in the San Fernando Val-ley,
where the quake's epicenter
was located.
The quake and its many
aftershocks also damaged aque-ducts
carrying water to the
suburban Valley. Over 500,000
customers were left without
power. The National Guard was
called in to enforce an 1 1pm-
7am curfew meant to curtail
looting.
Los Angeles mayor Rich-ard
Riordan called
"
!
for calm and unity. However,
voices of dissent still rang out,
particularly from the predomi-nantly
black Southern Central
area of L.A. , where community
leaders complained that finan-cial
aid had been lacking.
A mere few months ear-lier,
L.A. was the center of an-other
disaster, a spat of giant
wildfires that cut through the
region. Twenty-six recorded
blazes left four people dead and
caused at least a billion dollars
in damage. Over 1,200 homes
were destroyed in the fire, in-cluding
the house of actor Sean
Penn. Nearly 200,000 acres of
forest were charred in the fires,
destroying ecosystems and
threatening indigenous wildlife.
Though the imposing
numbers of losses would be
sobering enough, an even
darker note was injected into
the proceedings by authorities.
Nineteen of the fires were set by
arsonists attempting to hide
their vices in the tragedy.
Keith Collins
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(Left) This man saves his cat
from the flood that overtook his
town.
(Below left) The California
earthquake destroyed this
overpass, crippling traffic. Five
interstate highvi'ays and three
state highways were closed at
several points as a result of the
Los Angeles earthquake.
(Below light) Many houses, like
this one were destroyed in the
wddfires that swept Southern
California
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(Right) An Amtrak train
hurtled ojfa bridge into an
Alabama bayou early one
morning. The train wreck
occurred after a barge
struck and weakened the
bridge. All three engines
andfour of the eight cars
went off the bridge.
(Other page) Sheik Omar
Abdel-Rahman was
escorted to a helicopter by
policemen. He was arrested
for the bombing of the New
York World Trade Center.
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In late August 1993, the
ringleader of the terrorist group
that masterminded a plot to
destroy New York's World Trade
Center as well as other impor-tant
structures— including the
Lincoln Tunnel and the United
Na-tions
—
was
charged
with
"a war
of
urban
terror-ism."
Mus-lim
cleric
Sheik
Omar
Abdel-infa-mous
for his
radi-cal,
anti-
West-ern
preach-ing,
was indicted for his part in
the February bombing of the
World Trade Center, which
destroyed part of one of the twin
towers' parking garages. The
explosion sent smoke and trem-ors
throughout both of the tow-ers
and injured over one hun-dred
people.
The incident
pointed
out the vulnerability of United
States cities to terrorist acts. It
also sent a chill through Ameri-cans'
collective spine that such
bombing — thought to be safely
beyond our shores — was oc-curring
right under our unsus-pecting
noses.
As one tragic disaster was
being resolved, another struck
without warning. As the bomb-ing
trial wound down, another
shocking accident captured the
nation's attention. An Amtrak
passenger traiin plummeted off a
bridge into a murky Alabama
bayou, taking the lives of 47
com-muters
and injuring scores of
others.
It was the deadliest wreck
in Amtrak's 23-year history and
involved all three of the Los
Angeles-to-Miami train's engines
and four of the eight cars, in-cluding
two
passen-ger
cars. A
third
passen-ger
car
dangled
on the
verge of
falling
from
the lip
of the
col-lapsed
bridge,
threat-ening
to
fall at
any
mo-ment.
Follow-ing
the
crash. Department of Transpor-tation
officials cited an errant
barge which collided with the
bridge's pilings just moments
before the early morning acci-dent
as the cause for the
bridge's collapse.
Keith Collins
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Caught between the land
thirsty greed of battling war-lords
and the wincing pain of a
world seeing a nation deterio-rate
before its eyes, the disas-trous
East African nation, So-malia,
focused the worlds atten
tion on the precarious state of
world affairs in a way that con-flict
in the Middle East, the
former Yugoslavia or even
Rwanda could not match.
Already suffer-ing
from massive
famine and a hostile
climate, Somalia was
wracked in 1992 by
the escalating skir-mish
of two militaiy
dictators-to-be, a war
which taxed a heavy
price: over 350,000
Somalis were killed
in the fighting, and
humanitarian aid
was hamstrung by
the unstable condi-tions,
exacerbating
the already-grave
famine. One of the
warlords, Mohamed
Farah Aidid, became
the target of a United
Nations-led manhunt
in the fall of 1993. The United
Nations forces landed on the
beaches of Somalia's capital,
Mogadishu, to the glaring fan-fare
of a multitude of reporters
tipped to the beachhead, but
were frustrated by Aidid's war
machine and the nation's gen-eral
anarchy.
American opinion
on the conflict reached a boiling
point with the loss of eighteen
American lives in an October
battle that led the United Na-tions
to suspend its ground
patrols and all but essential
military convoys in Mogadishu.
The sight of a dead American
serviceman being dragged
through Somali streets, and
another, Warrant officer Michael
Durant, coerced (with obvious
mcirks of torture) to condemn
the United Nations intervention
for a videotape broadcast,
turned United States public
sentiment toward the with-drawal
of all American troops in
the country.
While pushing for a full
American withdrawal from So-malia,
Americans faced having
troops sent into another
world conflict. Seem-ingly
immune to any promises of
peace and cease-fire, the conflict
in the former Yugoslavia raged
throughout the year. Even the
most promising cease of fight-ing,
in spring 1994, was broken
by renewed skirmishing in early
summer as the civil war was
nearing its twentieth month.
The conflict began with
the 1992 disintegration of Yugo-slavia,
and the increased
factioning of the
republic's three largest
ethnic populations: the
Serbs (who dominated
Yugoslavia's politics), the
Croats and the Muslim
Bosnians. When the
Croats and Muslims
voted to secede from the
republic and form two
separate governments,
the Serbs rebelled and
launched a war against
their former countrjmien.
Initially, the Croats
and Muslims formed an
alliance against the domi-nant
Serbs, but that
-. union dissolved under a
rash of disagreements
and furor over land ov^m-ership
in 1993. The
three-pronged battl^ continues
to rage, with as maiiy as
200,000 people of all three
ethnic groups losing their lives
in the constant attacks. A hand-ful
of United Nations relief work-ers,
attempting to continue the
flow of humanitarian aid amid
the chaos, also were casualties
of the war. Keith Collins
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CnrnplnHfJ!
iOtheriMKtiA viHing boy runs to get out of the way ofa
lank that is coining down the street in Somalia.
(Above) In Somalia, an American soldier stands guarding
weapons on the truclc.
(Left) "Welcome to hell" is an understatement in Bosnia.
The country thai was once Yugoslavia is in ihe midst of
year two of a civil war. Much of the war is centered on
Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, but life in other communities
is even harder. In Maglaj, most of the villagers live in the
basements of the houses.
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(Below) The Communistflag flies next to the new Russian
flag. After President Boris Yeltsin disbanded the legislature,
many of the old-line Communists barricaded themselves
inside the parliament building in an attempted coup. Yeltsin
quickly crushed the rebellion.
(Other page) Arab Yasser Arafat takes the hand ofJew
Yitzhak Rabin in what became known as the "handshake of
peace. " A few minutes earlier, a peace treaty was signed
between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Once brutal enemies, these two groups now tryfor peace.
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: Not all of the warring in
the world was restricted to
third-world countries and ex-
Sovlet states. Russia itself saw
it's fair share this past fall,
when Russian president Boris
Yeltsin, in an attempt to stave
hard-line Communists' desire
for more power, dissolved the
nation's legislature in Septem-ber
1993. Also, the move by
Russia to attain a free
market economy,
proved too forward-thinking
for the old
guard to swallow.
These radical moves
precipitated a near-coup
of Yeltsin by old-line
Communists and
other more conserva-tive
thinking Russian
politicians. The hard-liners
took the protest
to the extreme by occu-pying
Moscow's parlia-ment
building, analo-gous
to the White
House.
Yeltsin and his
supporters, however,
were quick to mobilize, and
soon the military muscle of
tanks and troops flushed out
the recalcitrant politicos, but
not without some heated ex-change
of firepower. Govern-ment
buildings were damaged
by shelling, Moscow was largely
in disarray, and the world could
only sit and watch the events
take their course. Throughout
the tense standoff, Presi-
Clinton voiced is support for
Yeltsin and his followers.
When the smoke cleared,
the rebellion was cnashed, and
the would-be coup's leaders,
including Rutskoi, Speaker
Ruslan PChasbulatov and former
Security Minister Viktor
Barannikov, were behind bars.
Taking the moment to further
advance his grand plan, Yeltsin
announced a commission to
create a new legislative frame-work,
and elections for a re-vamped
parliament were sched-uled.
However, not all of the
international events this past
year were violent in nature.
Some efforts towards peace were
accomplished. Though it hardly
ended the many boiling feelings
between the battling factions of
Palestinians, the "handshake of
peace" between Palestine Lib-eration
Organization leader
Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin marked
a definite turning of the tide in
relations between the historical
enemies.
The clasp cinched the
signing of a peace treaty that
finally scaled walls notoriously
too high for
previous
negotiations.
Israel agreed
to recognize
the PLO as
the represen-tative
of the
Palestinians.
It was held
on the White
House lawn,
where Presi-dent
Clinton,
perhaps
taking a bit
too much
credit for
bringing the
men together
on amicable terms, called the
September 1993 meeting "a
great occasion of history and
hope."
This movement toward
peace was perhaps best echoed
in the early 1994 transferal of
the city of Jericho from Israeli
to Palestinian control.
Keith Collins
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Pope John Paul II visited llie Uniled States during the summer of 1 993. He spent his four-day trip in Denver. Colorado
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Tulane students are daring; this student tries
liis hand at bungee jumping by the ankles.
(Left top) He's leaving tite platform.
(Above) He's in the air.
(Left) He's landed.
STUDENT LIFE
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(Right ) Leroy Brown escorts Jennifer Mitchell onto the field during
halftiine at the homecoming game.
(Bottom) Tanya Hawkins is crowned homecoming queen 1993. She was
crowned on the footballfield during halfiime.
(Below) Michelle Corbin and Geoff Kennedy are driven in a procession
ofcars with other members of the homecoming court before entering
the field.
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And the winner is...
Wright and Hawkins crowned Homecoming King
and Queen for 1993
Ten names were on the
ballot, each one as deserving as
the next. However, only two
people could be crowned King
and Queen of the Homecoming
festivities for 1993.
The voting started a week
before homecoming to decide
who was to be on the court. The
second voting was to choose
who was to be crowned king and
queen. The ten lucky members
of the homecoming court con-sisted
of five couples. The girls
were Sofia Rodriguez, Michelle
Corbin, Jen Mitchell, Mary Faith
Cashion, and Tanya Hawkins.
Each of these young ladies was
joined by an escort. These fortu-nate
gentlemen were Jason
Rogers, Ezra Simmons, Leory
Brown, Geoff Kennedy, and Ron
Wright. These ten candidates
waited anxiously to find out who
had won the honor of King and
Queen, while the rest of campus
prepared for the big football
game against Navy.
But Homecoming is much
more than just a football game.
Events during homecoming
week were plentiful. The
McAlister Mile gave students,
faculty, staff, and alums the
chance to show their school
spirit. The Tidal Wave Commit-tee
sponsored a banner and
song contest open to all student
organizations, which the Town
Students Association won after
logging countless hours slaving
with paints and lyrics. Not to be
left out, the Alumni House
sponsored a party open to all
students to get them revved up
for the big game.
Friday afternoon, stu-dents
gathered on the University
Center Quad for a pep rally.
Music was provided by Tulane's
own ROTC band, and the
crowds were entertained by the
cheerleaders and Shock Wave.
As the activities continued, the
anticipation grew. The expecta-tions
had reached a fever pitch.
Finally, the waiting was
over. The ten candidates were
brought before their peers, and
the winners were announced.
Much to their delight, Tanya
Hawkins and Ron Wright were
cro\vned Queen and King of
Homecoming 1993. To wrap up
the evening's activities. New
Orleans' own Radiators thrilled
the audience with hours of their
homegrown tunes.
On Saturday, the Tulane
football team pulled off the
biggest comeback of the season
by defeating Navy 27-25 in the
final moments of the game.
During half-time, the homecom-ing
court participated in a tradi-tional
procession
around the Dome,
where Ron and Tanya
began their reign as
King and Queen of
Homecoming 1993.
Aline Reele
The homecoming court of 1993
was presented during halftime of
thefootball game.
JEREMY EHRHARDT
HOMECOMING
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Generations
Direction is a student run speakers' symposium
Tuesday, March over the answer. On one knowledge with stu-
8, marked the begin-ning
of Direction '94,
Generations. The theme
generations, was se-lected
in an effort to get
various opinions on
topics affecting every
generation today and in
the future.
The first night
began as a discussion
of the classical culture
and the popular cul-ture.
By the end of the
evening, it was a verbal
battle to prove which
culture Americans
should live by. The
arguments began when
the moderator. Dr.
Robert McElvaine,
raised the question,
"Has America become
too free?" The panelist
were in an even split
side of the argument,
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and
Bob Guccione Jr. pro-tested
that America was
founded on freedom.
Taking the conservative
view point was Edwin
Meese 111 and Jack
Thompson. The panel-ists
spoke for an hour
and used the remaining
time to take questions
from the floor.
The second
evening's focus was
success. Best-selling
novelist Scott Turow
discussed his views on
the new generation and
how to achieve success.
Laura Pederson by the
age of twenty-one was a
millionaire through the
stock exchange. She
came to share her
dents. Also on the panel
was a professor of Soci-ology
at Dillard Univer-sity,
Barbara Thompson.
Ms Thompsom feels that
she has two problems to
overcome, being black as
well as being female. Her
opinion is that the only
way to overcome the
standards set by society
is to perform at the
highest level of excel-lence.
Reverend Jesse
Jackson led the discus-sion
on 'Generational
Conflict: Crime in Urban
America.' Moderator,
Norman Robinson,
asked the panelists to
give possible answers to
the problem of crime in
America. Reverend Jack-son
felt that the prob-
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(Opposite page) Jack Thompson was a panelist on Tuesday, March 8.1994.
(Left) A/.VO appearing on March 8 was Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
(Below) Dr. Maya Angelou concluded Direction on Wednesday, March 16.
RANDY BLABOLIL
lems lie in degenerative
self-hatred. In the end,
his solution was educa-tion
of some sort, col-lege
or career training.
New Orleans mayor
elect Marc Mortal was
also a panelist. He
agreed that the prob-lem
lies in the lack of
educated people, but
he stressed that many
problems are among
the youth. Also on the
panel were two Tulane
Sociology professors,
Dwajme Smith and
Joseph Sheley. All the
panelists resolved that
3 money must be put in
\ programs like the New
i Orleans Recreation
Center to keep kids off
the streets.
Direction ended
with 'A Voice for Every
Generation' with speaker
Maya Angelou. Ms
Angelou hjrpnotized the
audience with her sto-ries,
poems, and songs.
The stress of her speech
was that language is an
indicator of love. She
also asked that we do
not tunnel ourselves by
not accepting someone
else's language because
of who they are. Stu-dents
were mesmerized
by her ability to cross
over all boundaries and
reach out to everyone.
Aline Reele
DIRECTION
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Mardi Gras Mambo
The tradition of parades, parties, and balls continues
When asked about
New Orleans, most
people reply, "Isn't that
where Mardi Gras is
held?" The week-long
festivities known to the
world as Mardi Gras
have made New Orleans
into one of the most
famous "party towns"
around.
Mardi Gras began
in the 1700's as a series
of masqued balls for the
citizens of New Orleans,
while the city was still
under French rule. When
the Spanish took over,
the masked balls were
outlawed. The ban con-tinued
even after New
Orleans became an
American city. It wasn't
until 1823 that the ban
was lifted after the Cre-ole
population prevailed
upon the government to
lift the prohibition.
The first docu-mented
parade was by a
group of costumed revel-ers
in 1837. Due to the
violence caused by the
maskers, the press called
for an end to Mardi Gras
for two decades. How-ever,
six New Orleanians
who were former mem-bers
of the Cowbellians (a
group that presented
New Year's Eve parades
in Mobile since 1831)
saved the Mardi Gras by
forming the Comus orga-nization
in 1857. The
men proved that the
celebration could be
enjoyed in a safe and
festive manner. Comus
started several Mardi
Gras traditions by form-
Rex began in 1872,
after a visit by the Rus-sian
Grand Duke Alexis
Romanoff. It wasn't long
before the King of Carni-val
became the interna-tional
symbol for Mardi
ing a secret carnival
society, choosing a
m3rthological name,
presenting a themed
parade with floats and
costumed riders, and
staging a tableau ball.
Gras. Rex presented the
first daytime parade,
chose Carnival's unique
colors - purple, green,
and gold - produced its
flag, and introduced its
anthem, ''If Ever I Cease
To Love."
Zulu, one of the
most beloved krewes of
Mardi Gras, began as a
mockery on Rex in 1916.
Primarily a black carni-val
organization, Zulu
has grown steadily
through the years, be-coming
one of the most
important krewes in the
Fat Tuesday celebration.
The first parade on
the West Bank of the
Crescent City was Alia,
which first rode in 1934.
The next year, truck
floats first participated in
the Mardi Gras festivi-ties.
It wasn't until 1941
that the first all-female
parade, Venus, rode the
streets of New Orleans.
Yet Mardi Gras
had its share of obstacles,
including World Wars I
and II, Prohibition, and
the Great Depression.
However, these events
simply caused a pause in
the festivities - Mardi
Gras did survive. New
Orleans and the Mardi
Gras has received its
share of national and
international publicity,
too. In 1950, the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor
honored the city in a
most unique and special
way by bowing to roy-alty
of Rex and Comus
at their ball masque.
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(Opposite page) Senior Missy Bariilleaux
was tlie float lieutenant of afloat called
"Tulane Scolarships" during tlie Saturn
parade tliis past Mardi Gras.
(Bottom) Kelsey Pechon hams it up for the
camera while she waits patiently for the
parade to start.
(Lefl) The crowd was a daily scene during
Mardi Gras. On some days, the streets
became even more packed. becky mandal
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(Continued from previous
page)
But Mardi Gras is
more than just the "old."
In 1969. Bacchus staked
its claim by filling the
streets of New Orleans
with the largest floats
New Orleans had yet
seen, and bringing in a
Hollywood star, Danny
Kaye, to reign as King.
Five years later, in 1974,
the prospering suburb of
Metairie received its own
Fat Tuesday parade,
Argus, and the super-krewe
of Endymion
sprang into being to grab
its fair share of the Mardi
Gras excitement. Since
that time, dozens of
carnival krewes have
come and gone, with the
present fifty plus parades
providing almost two
weeks of solid entertain-ment
for those seeking
the thrills and excitement
of a celebration like no
other - Mardi Gras in
New Orleans.
Daniel Cantrell
(Above) Tourists hang out on balconies in
the French Quarter during Mardi Gras to
watch the festivities.
(Right) Carta Gavilanes and Alex Gorecki
rode in the Saturn parade this year. While
on route, they had a chance to stop and pose
for the camera.
STUDENT LIFE
56
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(Left) Many people feel a need to dress up
during Mardi Gras. These people are
portraying New York City.
(Bottom) Susie Saunders, Cammy Javadi,
and Karen Goldman show an out off town
guest around during Mardi Gras. They took
her to see the Orpheus parade.
BECKY MANDAL
MARDI GRAS
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Reily offers Diversity
Easy Access to Reily
One attraction to
incoming students at
Tulane is the multi-million
dollar Reily Com-plex.
This building's
construction was finished
in the fall of 1988 and
opened for public use in
January 1989. While
under construction, the
Reily Center was known
as the "building that ate
uptown" by students and
the community during
that time.
When you walk
into the center, you are in
awe at the amount of
high-tech equipment
there. Reily is better
equipped then most other
fitness centers. There are
racquetball courts, bas-ketball
courts, a swim-ming
pool, and an indoor
track. Reily also offers
courts for squash, volley-ball,
and badminton.
Seven Days a week
Many instructional
courses are offered at
Reily in which all full-time
students and mem-bers
can partake in.
There are also many
different types of aerobic
classes offered. The
classes range from step
aerobics to slide aerobics,
the newest type of
aerobics. You can also
hire a personal trainer if
you feel that you need
more individual atten-tion.
Many different
types of activities are
offered in the Reily build-ing.
Fencing, judo, and
water polo are some of
the many sports not
usually offered at a fit-ness
center that can be
found at Reily. You can
also find people doing
gymnastics.
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STUDENT LIFE
58
i Opposite page) Reily has an Olympic size swimming pool thai
guests can use to do laps orfor recreational purposes.
I Left) Matthew Pedersen spots Dave Carey while he works out his
arms and chest.
t Below) One of the most popular machines at Reily are the
Stairmasters. BECKY MANDAL
Reily offers a
variety of activities other
than sports. There is a
juice bar who's specialties
are smoothies. There is
also a sauna and a mas-seuse.
As you walk into
Reily there is a big screen
television where students
and other fans can watch
Tulane games or any
other sport show. Once a
person becomes a student
at Tulane, the Reily
Center becomes a part of
them.
Aline Reels
(Left) Reily offers an indoor trackfor those
who like to rial while they workout.
REILY
59
Tulane Goes to Wonderland
The U. C. housed the second annual TUCP all-nighter
TUCP put on its
second Mad Hatter's
Tea Party this year. The
event took place on
Friday March 1 5 as an
"all nighter" in the Uni-versity
Center.
Every room had a
different activity. The
Marketplace was con-verted
into a casino
where games of twenty-one
and roulette could
be played. Each student
was given a specific
amount of 'money' to
play with and by the
end of evening some
students were richer
than ever imagined. The
money they accumu-lated
was used in an
auction held at 4:00 am
that morning. Students
could buy almost any-thing
at the auction
including round trip
plane tickets and dinner
for two at Copeland's.
The Kendal Cram
room was were most of
the action took place.
There was a bouncing
boxing ring were stu-dents
could take out
their anger on their
friends by punching
them with huge boxing
gloves. They also had a
a number of carnival
games. The biggest
attraction was the hori-zontal
bungee cord run.
The participators would
run to the end of a blow
up mattress into the
arms of spotters. The
spotters would then let
go and the participator
would fly back onto the
mattress.
Also on the top
floor of the U. C. was a
sun and lights room, a
tea room, and a game
room. The disco room
had a disco ball on the
ceiling and seventies
songs coming from the
speakers. In the tea
room, tea and coffee
was served while stu-dents
sat on bean bag
chairs listening to poetry
readings by fellow stu-dents
who would just
walk in and read their
poems. The game room
had twister and other
board games to play. An
EMs shrine was set up
In one room, and in
another, Disney anima-tion
was played on the
TV all night.
On the mezzanine,
a video camera was set
up so groups of students
could record their own
music video. There were
costumes available for
those who felt the urge
to dress up and a wide
variety of songs were
available.
Peterson Lxjunge
was the home of the
Jackson Square. Some
students found the
patience to wait In line
for hours to get
characteratures done
or their face painted.
Others had their fate
told to them by a tarot
card reader; while in
line, students watched
a mime.
If students
j
wanted live entertain- I
ment, all they had to do
was to journey down to
the Rat. Bands such as
Lump, Bag Daddies,
Clones at Play, and Van
Gou's Ear played all
night for student's
entertainment.
Aline Reele
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60
BECKY MANDAL
(Opposite Page) At the end of the evening, students were able to exchange the money they
wonfor prizes at an auction.
(Bottom) Entertainmentfor the evening inchided mimes in "Jaclison Square.
"
(Left) Ethel Reinliardt displays all her winnings after a long niglit at the poker tables.
(Below) A lot ofpeople were attracted to tlie Craps tables. Some were just observers while
others toolc a ciiance at the game.
MAD HATTER
61
BECKY MANDAL
Dinning in the Cresent City
New Orleans: a cornucopia of gastronomic delight
New Orleans is
known for its fine restau-rants
and variety of
cuisine. Some of the most
famous chefs in the world
own establishments in
the French Quarter and
the surrounding
metropolitian area.
Chef Paul
Prudhomme, known for
adding "Cajun" to
America's culinary vo-cabulary,
owns K-Paul's
Louisiana Kitchen lo-cated
in the heart of the
Quarter. K-Paul's is
known to tourists and
natives alike as the home
of some of the finest
cooking in the Crecent
City. Some people who
come to visit New Or-leans
feel that their stay
would not be complete
without a meal at this
famous restaurant.
New Orleans's
oldest restaurant,
Antoine's, is still run by
one of the descendants of
the founder, Antoine
Alciatore. The menu,
written in French, is a
synopsis of the brand of
New Orleans-French food
that has developed over
the decades.
Located a couple of
blocks from Antoine's is
Brennan's, yet another of
the city's finest Creole
restaurants. Brennan's is
known for its breakfast
and Sunday brunches,
offering a wide variety of
specialty omlettes, as well
as legendary deserts such
as Bananna's Foster.
While enjoying their meal,
customers can see the lush
tropical courtyard and
illuminated fountain. In
addition to traditional
food, Brennan's also offers
atmosphere is well
known in New Orleans.
Its single, narrow dining
room is lit with brass
chandeliers, and the
bentwood chairs con-trast
well against the
traditional white table-cloths.
gumbo, sauteed fish blan-keted
in crabmeat, and
oysters Rockefeller.
Galatoire's, an old-style
French-Creole bistro,
has been located on Bour-bon
Street for the past
ninety years. It's unique
With locations in
both the French Quarter
and Metairie, Ralph &
Kacoo's adds its own
special flavor to New
Orleans dining. While
waiting for a table,
customers linger in a
bar decorated in a bayou
theme, which continues
throughout the restau-rant
and into the dining
rooms. At Ralph &
Kacoo's, seafood is the
specialty of the house,
with their menu offering
everything from exotic
shellfish to local favor-ites,
m
Another seafood I
house is Kabby's. Lo- |
cated in the New Orleans
Hilton's Riverside com-plex,
Kabby's offers a I
tremendous view of the
mighty Mississippi River.
The menu covers a broad
spectrum of regional
seafood dishes.
Also located out-side
of the French Quar-ter
is Commander's
Palace. No other restau-rant
captures New
Orleans' culinary cus-toms
as well as
Commander's. Located in
a Garden District man-sion.
Commander's Pal-ace
offers an elegant
atmosphere for fine
dinning. The upstairs
Garden Room's glass
walls give a great view of
the giant oak trees on the
patio below. The dishes
served are creative, but
they deliver the deep
flavors and imaginative
combinations of tastes
that have distinguished
Creole cooking in New
Orleans.
Aline Reele
STUDENT LIFE
62
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(Opposite page) Ralph and Kacoo's is a well
known seafood reslauranl in the French
Quarter that provides a bayou theme while
eating.
(Left) Galatoire's is a French-Creole bistro
located on Bourbon Street. Meals here can
lake up to four hours.
(Below) New Orleans's oldest restaurant,
Antoine's, is still run by a descendant of the
original owner.
ALINE REELE
FINE DINING
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Jazzing it up N'awlins Style
The fairgrounds was the site for Jazz Fest '94
This spring marks the
25th Anniversary of the Jazz
and Heritage Festival. The festi-val
took place over the last two
weekends in April. The perform-ers
include local bands as well
as nationally known artists.
People travel for hours to attend
this annual event.
One of the strongest per-formances
was given by Jimmy
Buffett. Buffett entertained for
over an hour to a huge crowd.
Even though his songs are old,
spectators of all ages enjoyed
his performance. Tulane fresh-men
Kim Randall said, "He was
incredible. I could have stayed
and listened to him for hours."
His exhibition was more of a
sing-a-long than a concert. The
crowd occasionally overpowered
him with their singing.
The people who wanted to
Cardboard posts displaying all sons ofpictures Mere
placed sparaticalh throughout the fairgrounds. Some
people used them for shade or to lean against when they
got tired.
hear jazz could find some small
bands in tents around the fair-grounds.
A mix of blues and jazz
also dominated the weekend.
The popular B. B. King played
his version of blues-jazz on April
29th. Other tents housed
Raggae, Gospel, and Louisiana
history music.
Lx)cal musicians also
participated in the event. The
popular Neville Brothers and
George Porter Jr. made appear-ances.
Dash Rip Rock and Cow-boy
Mouth were among the
popular local college bands that
performed.
Music was not the only
attraction at Jazz Fest. Crafts
depicting the history of jazz
were displayed and sold during
the festivities by vendors. In-cluded
in the crafts were past
Jazz and Heritage Festival
memorabilia such as pictures of
Harry Connick Jr. performance
from last year. Food was also
abundant during the festival.
One could find every variety of
food. It ranged from Cajun and
Creole to Ben and Jerry's Ice
Cream. There was also a tent set
up for children. They could
learn Indian Ritual dances or
listen to special bands brought
in just for them.
Many people found the
day to be hot and tiring. They
took shade in the shadow of a
huge blow-up Budweiser Beer
Bottle. This shade provided little
comfort to the heat produced by
the sun amd the hundreds of
people attending the show, but
it did give one a chance to relax
and soak in the atmosphere.
Aline Reele
JILL GRmSHABER
STUDENT LIFE
64
(Left) Jazz Fest attracts all types ofpeople. Tulane students. Jon Mayers
and Jill Grieshaber attended the festival this year.
(Below) People push and shove their way through the crowd to get closer
to the stage. No one would be able to get through this crowd.
JILL GRJESHABER
JAZZ FEST
65
(Right) This Newcomb art student is making a bowlfrom day on a wheel.
{Bottom) This picture is of one of the sculptures on diplay made from glass and
brass.
(Below) This student stops to look at a huge Monopoly game that was made by a
Tulane student.
STUDENT LIFE
66
Art on Campus
Students display their artistic qualities
Newcomb Senate
hosted its thirtieth
annual Spring Arts
Festival on Saturday,
March 19th in the
pocket park. The festi-val
provides a way for
art students to display
the work that they did
over the past year.
Newcomb sophomore
Katherine Frank and
senior Sarah Ogden
were co-chairs of the
festival.
The festival also
had a competitive edge.
Each piece of work
displayed was judged
by a select panel. The
panel consisted of some
big players in New
Orleans. George
Drureau, Stan Klein,
Lew Thomas, Ken
Barnes, and Angela
King were among the
distinguished judges.
Seven first-place
awards as well as a
best of show award
were given. Winners
received gift certificates
and a chance to partici-pate
in a gallery open-ing.
The first-place win-ners
in each category
had their work displayed
at an opening at the
Crescent City
Brewhouse on April 7th.
The categories included:
paining, drawing, sculp-ture,
ceramic, glass-blowing,
photography,
and print-making.
Newcomb junior
Eileen Egan walked
away with two first place
awards. She took first-place
in painting and
print-making.
Newcomb senior
Melissa Ericksen re-ceived
first-place in
drawing. The first-place
winner in ceramics was
Candace Depew-
Peterson, a University
College freshmen. Chris
Kettenring, an Arts and
Science senior, won for
glass-blowing. Newcomb
freshmen Joan Gold-smith
took first-place in
photography.
David Chester
Simmons took first-place
in sculpture and
best of show overall.
Simmons entry was
ceramic, but because of
it's size and nature, he
entered it in the sculp-ture
division. Simmons
is a fine arts graduate
student in ceramics.
The festival also
provided entertainment.
Local musician Chris
Burke and Tulane's own
jazz ensemble per-formed
for the art view-ers.
Face painting and
balloons were provided
to entertain the children
present. Art students
also demonstrated their
skills at 'wheel throw-ing'
clay pottery.
Aline Reele
During the festival, Tulane art students
demonstrated how to make clay pottery.
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67
A Look Back
Tulane has gone through many changes since its founding
In 1834, the
Medical College of
Louisiana was founded.
Half a century later this
state university became
a privately endowed
institution known as
Tulane University of
Louisiana.
Tulane began as
a collection of buildings
on Common Street. In
1891, the poor condi-tion
of the buildings on
Common Street forced
the Administrators of
Tulane Education Fund
to buy land on St.
Charles Avenue to
build new facilities.
This land became the
site of what is today
known as Tulane Uni-versity.
Gibson Hall
was built in 1894,
along with the
Richardson Building
and the Engineering
Complex. At that time of
their completion, the
total enrollment at Tu-lane
was approximately
one-thousand students.
As the enrollment
grew, other buildings
were added, as well as
expansions and renova-tions
to the existing
facilities. Percival Stem
was added in the
begininng of the 1970's
as a labortory for chem-istry
and physics, as well
as office space for psy-chology
and science
professors.
Almost all of the
original buildings are
still part of the campus,
with the exception of a
few which were not fortu-nate
enough to have
been spared the rigors of
the years. Tulane Sta-dium
once hosted the
Sugar Bowl and the
New Orleans' Saints
football games. When
the Superdome was
built and the stadium
was no longer needed, it
was renovated into an
apartment complex for
students.
Most of the build-ings,
when no longer
needed for the purpose
they were built for, were
converted to fill a differ-ent
purpose. For in-stance,
the original
library is now the law
school (soon to be
moved to yet another
new building), and the
University Center Book-store
was built in the
remodeled pool. Also,
the U.C. once had a
bowling alley, which has
long since disappeared.
One of the most
popular additions to
Tulane's ever-changing
campus was the Reily
Center. Completed in
themid-1980's, this
facility meets the recre-ational
and fitness
needs of both students,
faculty, and visitors.
The newest addi-tions
to Tulane's up-town
campus include a
parking garage to meet
the increased parking
demands, and a new
Law School to
accomodate the grow-ing
student population
in that school. When
completed, the Law
School will be one of
the largest buildings on
campus.
-Aline Reels
KELVIN KOW
(Right) One of the latest additions to
campus was the Reily Center. Students can
get a great work out orjust relax by the
pool there.
(Opposite page, top) A picture of the old
Sugar Bowl stadium before it was
demolished.
(Opposite page, bottom) The old Tulane
Stadium was torn down and replaced by
Aaron Residence, an on campus student
apartment complex.
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RETROSPECTIVE
69
Tulane students celebrate their eraduation from colleee
As another year comes to an
end, another group of graduates
begin to take their first steps into
the adult world. Some are reluctant
to leave a school they have called
home for nearly four years while
others are happy to have the sur-vived
the years of cramming, writ-ing
papers, and studying. There is
one thing that connects the 1994
graduates to the graduates of years
past; it is the feeling that after one
graduates, there is nothing that one
can't overcome. There will always
be challenges that one can not rise
above but the feeling of having
tried your best will prevail.
This was the theme of Carol
Lavin Bernick's graduation address
to the Newcomb graduating class of
1994. Newcomb College began its
May 14th graduation with the
traditional procession led by 18
members of the Daisy Chain who
led the graduates into the Ernest N.
Morial Memorial Convention
On the
Road to
Success
Center. Risa Kaufman was the
Class Speaker while Senior class
President Susan Mclnnis presented
the college with the Senior class
gift. As part of the ceremony, the
50 year graduates of the Newcomb
Class of 1944 were presented with
their second degrees.
Pomp and circumstance was
the order of the day at the 100th
Commencement Excercises for the
School of Engineering. Dean Van
Buskirk's commencement address
highlighted the tremendous growth
of the school over the past 100
years, and spoke of the school's
promise for the next century. But
the graduation ceremony was just
as diverse as the graduating class
itself, with Josh Damacek's stirring
tale of Tulane' s legendary 'Blarney
Stone' adding a touch of humor
amidst the required formality of
such an event.
"After four years," says Civil
Engineering graduate Daniel
Cantrell, "it's finally over. It was
tough at times. ..and I'm sure lots of
people thought they'd never make
it...but they did. Every diploma
handed out that Sunday morning
was earned with 4 years of hard
work. Looking down at my name
on that piece of paper, I realized
that day was one of the biggest
days of my life. 1 keep getting
asked how it feels to be done...and
I'll tell you. Even though I'm gonna
miss this place, it feels nice...really
nice."
To each was its own when it
came to handing out the diplomas
which are a testament to each
students' goals and aspirations.
Other undergraduate divi-sions
celebrating their very own
graduations were the Schools of
Architecture, which celebrated its
100th year anniversary, the newly
named Paul Tulane College and
University College.
Carta Gavilanes
(Top) Civil Engineering senior, Daniel Cantrell.
shakes Dr. NUilaus' iiand as he receives his diploma
summa cum laude.
(Left) Newcomb seniors. Jennifer Guillot and Amy ™
Gehlken. proudlyfollow the recessional ofgraduates as 5
they leave to find theirfriends andfamily among the |
hordes of well wishers outside of the Covention Center. |
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{Top) Newcomb Daisy Chain members, Claire Cali and
Rebecca Mandal, hold up the daisy chain on stage after
leading the procession ofgraduates into the Convention
Center.
(Left) The McAlister Auditorium stage is set for the J 00th
graduating class from the School of Engineering. Incidently,
both the Schools of Engineering and Architecture celebrated
their 100 years anniversaries this year.
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GRADUATION
(Above) Dr. Gonzales, head of the Chemical Engineering
department, congratulates Valedictorian Paul Killian after
he gives his valedictory address to his fellow graduates.
y \ s the schools of
Engineering and Architec-ture
celebrate their 100th
year anniversary we are
reminded of the thousands
of students education that
has been influenced by
these two great depart-ments.
Buildings, high-ways,
shopping malls, and
bridges — all standing and
all because of the gradu-ates
who took pride in
their studies and created
such breathtaking works
of art. There is a tremen-dous
amount of work that
goes unnoticed in prepara-tion
for students to enter
the working world. The
academics section pays
homage to the many
departments at Tulane
University.
ACADEMICS
72
DIVISION
73
Engineering
In our increasingly technologi-cal
society, it is good to know
that there's someone out there
who is willing to put in the
extra hours, to do the extra
experimentation, to master the
extra math and to take every
measure one extra time in
order to be extra-precise, all in
the interest of making life a
little extra easier for us in the
future. These people are engi-neers,
and Tulane educates
some of the best in the coun-try.
Advancing technologies on
the horizon promise to help us
live longer, to get a few extra
miles per gallon out of increas-ingly
precious fossil fuels, to
better care for our environ-ment,
and to bring vast realms
of information to the average
citizen. The individuals now
seen rushing to their classes in
Boggs and Stanley Thomas
Halls aire going to be the ones
that will bring these techno-logical
advancements to our
doorsteps in the years ahead.
"Advances in medicine are
occuring, and I have to stay in
touch with this," says Misty
Estapa, a Biomedical Engi-neering
freshman, who further
notes "I like the fact that I will
have to develop new machinery
which will help contribute to
save lives."
There are more oppor-tunities
available than Bio-medical
Engineering. Elec-trical
engineers develop
circuits, power distribution
system and microproces-sors;
chemical engineers
bridge the gap between
chemistry and the various
chemical substances that we
use in everyday life; com-puter
scientists and engi-neers
develop computer
hardware and software
systems; and civil engineers
develop and improve the
infrastructures of munici-palities
big and small, as
well as helping prevent
environmental spoilage.
Mechanical engineers design
machinery and robots, while
biomedical engineers imple-ment
discoveries in various
branches of science and
engineering for use in
health-care settings.
With its stringent
math and science require-ments,
engineering is a
tough hill to climb, but the
people in Tulane's School of
Engineering appear to be
ready for the challenge, and
will undoubtedly become
well-respected in their fields.
Robert Morgan
(Top) Mandy Flannery, biomedical engineering major, and Daniel Quintana.
mechanical engineering mq/or. review a textbook.
(Bottom Left] Leroy Brown, electrical engineering major, was on the 1 993
Homecoming Court. He Is a member oj the Eta Kappa Mu electrical engineering
honor society.
(Bottom Right) Engineering students spend a lot of time In their private
computer lab In Boggs Hall.
(Far Right) Kristi Boudreaux, biomedical engineering major, spends hours
studying complicated coursework,
ACADEMICS
74
Business
Some students enter Tulane with the
intention of entrenching themselves in the
corporate world upon graduation. For them,
there is no better place than the A. B. Free-man
School of Business. For undergradu-ates,
the starting point of their business
education is the Bachelor of Science in
Management program, in which students
major in Accounting, Marketing, Finance or
General Business. Masters and doctorate
programs are available for students w^th or
without undergraduate business study.
Many members of the local business com-munity
respect Freeman graduates as being
among the best in their field, and innovative
programs like the part-time Executive MBA
make it easier for those with business expe-rience
to further enhance their education
and earnings potential.
Besides enjoying one of the newest
and most attractive buildings on campus,
students in the School of Business take
advantage of a large private library and
computer lab, as well as guaranteed place-ment
in required classes. "We work our
butts off down there," says accounting
major Rebecca Baradell, indicating that
business students must expend a great deal
of time and energy in their fields of study.
While business majors may not come
easy, students often find a wealth of job
opportunities after graduation. For in-stance.
Accounting majors, upon passing
the CPA exam, typically receive job offers
from one of the "Big Six" accounting firms.
In all, 77 percent of the Spring 1993 BSM
class left Tulane with a job offer, and of
course, a diploma in their hands.
Students pursue business majors for
other reasons besides ease of post-graduate
employment. Gabriel Diez, a senior Finance
major planning to attend law school, says
her major "teaches you how to think about
different ways to take advantage of the
world that we live in and how to make
money." We all need to make money, and
it's good to know that we, as Tulane stu-dents,
have such an excellent institution to
teach us how. Robert Morgan
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(Left) Students meet in the second floor atrium of the Business School for group study sessions as well as to
socialize with other students.
i Below) Computers are now being used extensively in the business world. As a result, the Business School is
leaching its students how to apply them to fields such as accounting andfinance.
(Bottom) As most business students' classes are all In the same building, lockers enable students to keep their
materials close at hand.
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BUSINESS
77
Science
Some of Tulane's most popular majors are
those in science. As a staple of the pre-med
curricula and a requirement for all but one
Engineering degree, Tulane's introductory chem-istry,
biology, physics, geology, and psychology
lectures play to packed houses of 250 or more in
Richardson 117, one of the University's largest
lecture halls. Advanced majors study in more
intimate surroundings, such as the labs in
Boggs and Stem Halls, under the supervision of
many nationally-recognized professors. Science
majors have the advantage of studjang in de-partments
which stress the latest in scientific
research and technological developments, while
still being firmly grounded in the basic concepts
of scientific method and thorough research and
reporting. Because many sciences are interre-lated,
majors in one science may need to take
classes in one or more others to fulfill their
degree requirements. Also, students majoring in
science typically find the need to take advanced
math classes such as calculus or high-level
statistics.
Science majors are "rigid, with few spaces
left in one's schedule for electives," says
Newcomb freshman and chemistry major Hadley
Sikes, who chose her major because she wants
to enter either the field of medicine or chemical
research. Despite this disadvantage, upper-level
science majors with high grade-point averages
can apply for lucrative jobs on campus as teach-ing
assistants for labs. Internships and off-campus
jobs are also available, as are opportu-nities
to assist professors with their personal
research projects.
Science majors often do not end their
college careers at graduation; they go on to
medical school, dental school or even graduate
school. In order to become a clinical psycholo-gist.
Psychology major Chabeli Nadal chose her
major because it's "very interesting, and you can
work with people."
Aside from the rigorous programs, large
classes, and labs that some students would
rather not attend, science majors are happy with
their work load, and appreciate the benefits of
having mastered highly technical material both
during their school careers and after graduation.
Robert Morgan
Science majors
are rigid, with
few spaces left
for electives.
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78
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(Left Top) In physics labs, students experiment with the effects ofphysicalforce, temperature, air pressure and otherfactors
on a variety of materials.
(Left Bottom) Many science lecture classes are held in Richardson 117. which seats over 250 students.
(Right Top) If not peifarmed properly, a chemistry lab may fte dangerous. Therefore, every lab student wears protective
eyewear.
(Right Bottom) Students sometimes woric with substances which emit dangerous fumes. As such, mixing under a ventilation
hood is necessary.
M %NDY FLANNERY
Architecture
Located in the
large Richardson Memo-rial
building, the Na-tional
Architectural
Accrediting Board-ap-proved
School of Archi-tecture
has proven to be
one of the finest in the
South, with emphasis on
perseveringthe beauty of
our city's architectural
past, while carefully
plotting out it's future.
As to why students may
choose to major in archi-tecture,
a lust for draw-ing
seems most appar-ent.
"I love to draw,"
says Architecture fresh-man
Sara McGreger, "I
love buildings. So 1
thought it would be fun
to design them." Jessica
Abend's interest in this
major started in high
school: 'The drafting
course in high school
really interested me."
Jessica also chose archi-tecture
because she
thought that Tulane had
a good program.
Students in the
School of Architecture
are rigorously challenged
and criticized by profes-sors
whose job it is to
broaden the students'
minds and make them
better designers. "Assign-ments
are really vague,
so you have to think
about what you're doing.
They can not tell you
how to do it, only what
you did wrong," adds
Sara, who also mentions
that a great time
committment is involved
with architecture. The
Architecture program
takes five years to com-plete.
Upon graduation,
the students move on to
make a major cultural,
architectural, or
societaiy impact wher-ever
their futures may
take them.
Robert Morgan
ACADEMICS
80
{Left) Architecture students often must devote a great amount of lime to completing their projects. As a result,
students must often pull an "all nighler" to finish them.
(Top right) The massive gray-stone Richardson Memorial Building is one of the most architecturally distinctive
buildings on campus, and is home to Tulane's School ofArchitecture.
(Bottom right) The Architecture studio is where students spend much of their time. Their most intensive effort is for
their final project.
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81
Teaching
Assistants
At least once every semester,
every Tulane student is bound to
encounter a teaching assistant.
Sometimes they actually teach
lecture classes, as is the case with
English 101 and many lower-level
social science and foreign language
classes. More often, however, they
serve to assist students who are
having trouble in a particular class,
or they supervise a lab session. In
any case, their ranks include stu-dents
from all around the world, in
both graduate and undergraduate
levels.
To become a teaching assis-tant,
one must typically be either a
graduate student, or an under-graduate
student who is majoring
in the subject that he or she will be
assisting in, in addition to having
successfully completed the said
class or lab with a good grade.
Although it's fun to have
hands-on experience in teaching,
grading and keeping abreast of the
latest research developments in a
department, being a T.A. requires
hard work. The classes, lab ses-sions
and office hours account for
far fewer hours than are actually
required to be a good assistant
—
one must plan those lectures or
labs, grade papers, and help stu-dents,
in addition to managing
their own school work. Despite any
disadvantages of the job, fall-se-mester
chem lab T.A. Leirry
Reinhardt says that the responsi-bilities
are worthwhile in that he
has "the ability to help shape the
minds of future graduates."
Robert Morgan
ACADEMICS
82
BECKY MANDAL
tTop Right) Biology TA Gang Wang. seel<ing to escape the pressures of the classroom environment, enjoys a
healthy Chicken Soft Tacafor lunch
BECKY MANDAL
Right) Mathematics lab sessions are usually hosted by
"A's who assist students who have difficulty mastering
he material.
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
83
Fine Arts
Tulane has truly distinguished
itself within the realm of fine arts and
architecture. Throughout the past cen-tury,
Newcomb pottery has been recog-nized
worldwide as one of the finest of its
kind. Drama is also a mainstay here,
with the Center Stage and productions
such as Summer Lyric Theatre. Glass-blowing,
pottery, painting, drawing, and
ceramics are among the other pursuits in
which Tulane's art majors occupy their
time. Art Studio major Katie Frank says
"1 like the energetic feeling of the art
studio. 1 especially like the way the pro-fessors
get in there and help out." In
classes, the students typically work in
teams, which according to Katie, has
taught her how to utilize the strengths of
each member of the team.
Tulane's fine arts also encompasses
the area of art history, in which students
learn about artwork spanning various
periods of civilization. In all, Tulane's art
departments have maintained a success-ful
track record of achievement.
Robert Morgan
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(Far Left] Bailer dancers must possess great physical
coordination andflexibility in order to master their moves.
(Left) Chester Simmons spends hours creating large and
elaborate sculptures such as this one.
(Top Right) It is interesting to watch how a holfurance can
turn a solid ball of glass into a flexible substance which can
be molded or blown into many shapes.
(Bottom Right) Pottery isn't as easy as it looks, but some
individuals enjoy and devote a great deal of time to it.
JEREMY EHRHARDT
FINE ARTS
85
Many More
Centuries to
Come
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In November 1993, the Board of Ad-ministrators
of the Tulane Educational
Fund approved the name change of
Tulane's all-male liberal arts and sciences
division from College of Arts and Sciences
to Paul M. Tulane College, its original name
from 100 years ago. This move was encour-aged
by the college's dean, Anthony
Cummings, who felt that the original name
of the institution should be restored so as
to provide the College with a distinct iden-tity,
as well as to prevent confusion as to
which college men and women should
specify on their Tulane University admis-sion
application.
The name change did not please
everyone, such as Tulane College sopho-more
Andy LoCicero who feels that what's
good enough should be left alone—"the
name 'Paul Tulane College' just doesn't
have a good ring to it." In addition, some
students expressed the concern that the
new name may cause confusion since one
name will now refer to both an academic
division and the university as a whole.
Tulane College follows a rich 100 year
tradition of educating achievement-oriented
males from all over the world. The school
sponsors its own Randall Gibson Honor
Society, publishes a Dean's List at the close
of each semester, and distributes a number
of awards, such as the William Wallace
Peeiy Medal for Academic Excellence, to
outstanding graduates.
Many students choose majors in the
liberal arts and sciences because of the
diverse career opportunities they can pro-vide,
as well as the many post-graduate
studies opportunities which are available.
Under Dean Cummings' leadership, Tulane
College expects to embark on the coming
century with a mission to become one of the
top such institutions in the world.
Robert Morgan
ACADEMICS
86
KELVIN KOW
(Left) The Tiilane College building is one of the most architecturally distinct buildings on campus.
(Below) Tulane College students enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the pocket park.
KELVIN KOW
(Right) Tulane College receptionist Margaret Ficaro,
when not scheduling appointments for students, busies
herself with essential papenvork.
PAUL TULANE
87
Musical Notes
Going to class doesn't have to
mean sitting through boring lectures
and taking notes until your fingers are
worn to the bone. For those students
lucky enough to be enrolled in a
music class, attending the sessions
could mean listening to the the works
of such great composers as Mozart or
Tchaikovsky, harmonizing in a jazz
ensemble, or even crooning in a voice
so refined as to make Frank Sinatra
blush (well, almost).
Seriously, the "audial arts" can
prepare students for a career such as
the development of operas, a spot on
the Philharmonic Orchestra, or as the
songwriter for a hard rock band. And
some very prestigious names on the
Tulane campus, such as Tulane
College dean Dr. Anthony Cummings,
can be found within the department's
ranks. The music major is a rigorous
one, consisting of classes in music
theory, harmony, history, and
literature, and a more intense
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music degree
is also available for students who
prove themselves to be exceptionally
talented in the performance aspects of
this discipline. Majors in Music must
also participate on a semesterly basis
in ensembles, such as chorus, band or
jazz. "My emotions are easily
expresssed through music," says one
music major.
As evidenced by the prevalence
of such on-campus elements as
Summer Lyric Theatre, music is a field
which is considered of utmost
importance on the Tulane campus. It
is likely that this trend will continue
for a long while.
Robert Morgan
(Top Left) The Music Department hosts a student recital hour at the end of each
school year.
(Bottom Left) Private piano lessons enable Music students to become very proficient
in this skill.
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88
ETHEL REINHARDT
(Top Right) Violin playing is a skill which requires excellent coordination of the hands and a
earfor tones.
(Bottom Right) Student recitals emulate works from such musical mastenninds as Gilbert and
Sullivan and A. Vivaldi.
MUSIC
89
High Technology
The academic lives of
several Tulane students are
influenced by the tremendous
high-tech advancements that
the administration has put
into place over the past few
years. Not only is Tulane in
the forefront of today's most
advanced medical, scientific,
engineering and computer
research, but students are
also provided with a number
of conveniences here on cam-pus
that can help them on
nearly any academic task
which they may undertake.
One of these conve-niences
is the Tulane Com-puter
Services lab system.
Using the newest IBM and
Apple Macintosh computers,
students can create world-class
papers and other mate-rials.
Also available at TCS is
access to the world's growing
"information superhighway,"
the Internet. Tulane's gateway
to the Internet allows stu-dents
and faculty to research
a wide variety of topics rang-ing
from particle physics to
economics, as well as to send
electronic mail to users.
Students also benefit
from the TULANET libraiy
search system. Engineering
junior Paul Grossimon says
that it is a very helpful re-search
tool. He notes, how-ever,
that it's not worthwhile
if the book he's looking for is
checked out for an entire year
by a professor - "can't they
just Xerox what they need?"
Despite glitches in Tulane's
high-tech infrastructure,
students definitely benefit
from these electronic conve-niences.
Robert Morgan
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iTop) Advances in chemical technology promise us new
products like pesticides that not only work better but are
also safer for the environment.
{Bottom} Alex Gorecki, schedules classes via the automated
TUTOR registration system.
(Right) Will Pankcy contemplates his next action at the
Tulane Computer Services lab.
BECKY MANDAL
ACADEMICS
90
(BcUm) Ella Mitchell helps Shauna Fahcy perform a
funcliun un an IBM ps/2 In the computer lab.
BECKY MANDAL
ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
91
Post-Graduate Studies
The career aspirations of
many Tulane students man-date
that their educations
continue beyond the standard
four-year undergraduate
program. Fortunately, they
find that Tulane can almost
always provide them with
what they need both before
and after Wcilking up the aisle
to receive their bachelor's
degree. Institutions such as
the Tulane Medical School,
Law School, School of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine,
A.B. Freeman School of Busi-ness,
and the Liberal Arts
and Sciences graduate pro-grams
are distinguished in
their fields for providing stu-dents
virith the capacity to
excel in these commercial and
academic fields of profession-alism.
Students also benefit
from the substantial financial
investment that the school
commits to its post-graduate
schools, such as the law
school which will soon be
moving into a new ultramod-ern
red-brick home.
Post-graduate pro-grams
are especially unique
in that they combine the
talents of the graduates of
other top schools as well as
Tulane University itself. How-ever,
as eveiy undergraduate
associated vidth Tulane's
preprofessional societies is
well aware, admission to the
programs, especially those of
medicine and law, is fiercely
competitive. Also, there may
be rigid curriculum require-ments
for undergraduates to
follow if they wish to be con-sidered
for post-graduate
education, such as the re-quirement
for a year of or-ganic
chemistry for those who
choose to go pre-med. If that
Is not bad enough, they will
find that once they reach the
post-graduate program of
their choice, the school will
"Indoctrinate" them into the
ways of the profession by
providing them with a work
volume that makes even the
most Intense of undergradu-ate
experiences seem mild by
comparison. Fortunately, if
they survive the experience
and manage to achieve a top
class ranking, they wrill find
that their efforts have paid off
in the form of high starting
salaries in top firms around
the nation. After all, how
much harm could years of
sleep deprivation possibly do
to someone?
Robert Morgan
(Top) The Tulane Medical School and Hospital is a majorforce in New Orleans' growing medical research
industry.
(Left) Joseph Merrick Jones Hall, upon the vacation of Tulane Law School, will likely be converted into a library.
(Middle) Tulane's new state-of-the-art Law School is rapidly approaching its completion date.
(Right) Law student Brad Brigante, hard at work in the UC Mezzanine .studying for the school's impossible
exams.
ACADEMICS
92
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TI he experiences and
education provided by
involvement in organiza-tions
are valuable to the
holistic education of a
person. Organzations
provide an out-of-the-classroom
preparation for
the outside world. Of
course, beyond the educa-tional
facet of organiza-tional
involvement are the
people one meets and the
community one helps.
Organizations develop
social and interpersonal
skills, which might other-wise
be difficult to attain.
Organizations are the
underlying source of
character development for
many students at universi-ties
across the nation.
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DIVISION
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When You feel Like
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Associated Student Body
Arciiitecture Student Body
A&S Senate
Engineering Student Council
Newcomb Senate
University College Students
Government Association
MEDIA GROUPS
Media Board
Ad Group
Hullabaloo
Jambalaya
Tulane Literary Society
Tulane Student Television
WTUL Radio Station
SERVICE EDUCATION
ORGANIZATIONS
Community Action Council
of Tulane University
Students
Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Residence Hall Association
Town Students Association
Tulane Emergency Medical
Service
Circle K
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
AND CENTERS
Baptist Student Union
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
Catholic Center
Chabad House, Jewish Student
Center
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-ship
Lutheran Campus Ministry
United Methodist Center
HONOR SOCIETIES
Assets
Kappa Delta Phi
Mortar Board
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
College Democrats
College Republicans
Multicultural Council
Campus Nite
Cheerleaders
Direction
Green Envy
Shockwave
Tulane University Campus
Programming
Tulanians
Prelaw Society
Premedical Society
Tulane-Newcomb Art Student
Association
Peer Health Advocates
Green Wave Club
ROTC
(Riffln) Members ofTulane's reiy own Soundwave anxiously wail for their team lo score a
touclidown.
(Bottom) Cheerleaders show their spirit at tlie Homecoming pep rally on the University
Quad.
(Fur right) Carta Gavilaiies and Joshua Allen "attempt lo" iec skate at the ACPICMA
Convention in Dallas. Te.xas.
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Getting Involved
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CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS
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(Above) Three "shipwrecked" sailors. Mark Huglies. Brian Belson and Guy
Delalxoussaye. party tlie niglil away. SHIPWRECK- llie annual Navy/Marine ROTC
party invited all would be sailors 10 Rendon Inn's Hangar on Oct. 16. 1993.
(Right) Navy ROTC Drill Team stands at attention during inspection.
(Above Left) C Flight Air Force ROTC unit.
(Top) Army ROTC drills in Butler Quad
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An Officer And
A Gentleman
Tulane Navy ROTC stresses both physical
and academic discipline. The Midshipman stay
in shape by attending required PT Wednesday
mornings at 6 a.m., which consists of a four
mile run and various exercises, and by partici-pating
in intramural athletics. They also work
to perfect drill movements by attending drill
periods at 8 a.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays
in the UC and Newcomb Quads. Midshipmen
are also required to attend naval training
sessions each summer of their four years at
Tulane. According to MIDN 3/c Michael Fazio,
"ROTC helps instill in us the values of integrity,
honesty and loyalty that will help us become
effective officers in the military." Navy ROTC
shows they know how to party each year
through their annual SHIP- WRECK party, as
well as through their formal in the Spring.
Upon graduation they are commissioned and
serve a minimum of four years in the United
States Navy.
The men and women of Marine ROTC
receive field training and discipline through
various activities. Drill sessions are twice a
week at 8 a.m., as well as PT on Wednesday
and Friday mornings at 6 a.m. They partici-pate
in a 15 mile march with field equipment,
and learn battle techniques in Raiders training,
rhey attend training sessions each summer of
their four years in ROTC. The summer between
t heir junior and senior years they attend a
grueling six weeks of training at Officer Candi-date
School in Quantico, VA, which each of
them must successfully complete before becom-ing
commissioned officers in the Marines.
The Army ROTC unit at Tulane is con-tinuously
trained in the techniques of modem
ground combat. They have drill sessions on
Tuesdays and Thursdays of every week. Each
Cadet works to achieve physical fitness through
PT sessions three days a week, and learn battle
techniques through Field Training Exercises
and Ranger Challenge. They have a formal in
the Fall as well as a Dining In. During the
summer between their junior and senior years,
the cadets attend Advanced Camp where they
participate in Air Assault School, Mountain
Warfare, or Airborne training. Upon graduation
the Cadets are commissioned as officers in the
United States Army.
The Air Force ROTC unit at Tulane is a
small, but dedicated group of officers-in-training.
The cadets are divided up into three
flights, and attend one flight practice per week.
During the Fall semester the Cadets have a
Dining In, and in the Spring they attend the Air
Force Ball. The drill team and color guard make
their presents known by marching in parades
during Mardi Gras. During the summer be-tween
their junior and senior years, the Cadets
attend Field Training Camp, which lasts four to
six weeks. Upon graduation and completion of
their training, the Air Force ROTC Cadets are
commissioned into the United States Air Force.
Alex Gorecki
Keeping Tabs On Tulane
Down in the base-ment
of the University
Center is a well kept
secret from many stu-dents,
Media Row. It is
here that publications
of the Tulane yearbook,
Jambalaya, and news-paper,
Hullabaloo, come
to life. Hullabaloo keeps
the Tulane community
aware of what is going
on in their community,
while Jambalaya pro-vides
for an everlasting
memory of college life at
Tulane.
The jobs under-taken
by the members
of Jambalaya and Hulla-baloo
may only take you
a few minutes to read,
but many hours of
research, thought, and
editing goes into every
story, article, and pic-ture.
It is not their fault
that both staffs are so
good at what they do-they
make it look too
easy. On the contrary,
publication is probably
one of the most tedious
things a person can get
themselves into. The
Jambalaya and Hulla-baloo
may be primarily
here to keep the cam-pus
updated with all of
the happenings of the
past and the past year,
but for members there
is much care behind
everything they do.
The Jam^balaya
is a keepsake which will
be treasured now and in
years to come. The staff
works diligently all year
to create a book which
contains one of the
most irreplaceable
things in the world -
college memories. They
attempt to cover most of
the events, organiza-tions,
and people on
campus. Newcomb
senior. Missy
Barrilleaux states that,
"The excitement and
overwhelming feeling of
ecstasy that I get when
the book is finished and
arrives at school sends
me on a high for
months. Over and above
that, the friends I make
are here to last and the
stress and anxiety that
goes into publication of
the book are well worth
it!" Within the pages
there are many memo-ries
which will cause
someone to cry, others
that will cause a smile,
and even more which
will remind someone of
something almost for-gotten
about. How do
they catch these events?
Jeremy Ehrhardt, pho-tography
editor of the
Jambalaya, feels that,
"It's important to record
the annual history of
Tulane photographically
because it allows stu-dents
to look back upon
their college years."
The yearbook
staff consists only of
those who are dedi-cated.
Staff members
do a variety of jobs from
taking pictures at Greek
Week to interviewing
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professors. Surpris-ingly,
most of the staff
members have no inten-tions
of going into a
media related field.
Daniel Cantrell,
Jambalaya's Business
Manager, stated, "Engi-neering
students, like
myself, have a tendency
to get locked on the
other side of Freret. 1
wanted to make sure
that 1 met interesting
people with different
majors than engineer-ing."
The Hullabaloo
is Tulane's student run
newspaper, which is
published on a weekly
basis. The paper con-sists
of five sections,
each one under the
director of a section
editor with numerous
associate/assistant
JEREMY EHRHARDT
editors and writers.
But, the overall paper is
run by the editor-in-chief,
Matt Small. The
number of hours put in
by the dedicated execu-tive
board members are
intense. Most of the
staff members seem to
spend a larger amount
of time in the office than
anywhere else. Despite
the amount of hours
spent in the office, it is
all worth while as they
reap the benefits of
awards and acknowledg-ments
for the newspaper.
Josh Landis, A&S Senior,
says "So, if it isn't the
fame and it isn't fortune,
what is it? It just quietly
sneaks up, and one day
you realize you spend
more time in the base-ment
of the U.C. than at
home, you put off
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JEREMY EHRHARDT VANESA GENTINFITA
RANDY BLABOLIL
(Above) Hullabaloo and Jambalaya staff
members lake a break In Dallas to learn
how to ice skate.
(Center left) Sonya Vial, Advertising
^ Business Manager, prepares the adsfor the
weekly Hullabaloo.
(Left) The Jambalaya is known for having a
multitude of bo.xes filled with the last year's
books.
(Bottom) Missy Barrilleaux calls herfiance
frotn a confessional in Dallas at the ACPI
CMA Convention. Of course Missy tries to
act innocent but we all know the truth.
classwork to meet dead-lines,
you have eaten (or
skipped) three consecu-tive
meals while spending
the day at the office. And
then you realize maybe
there is such a thing as a
labor of love... or maybe
it's just the free keg
parties."
The Hullabaloo is
not just a university orga-nization
or place to hang-out,
but an opportunity for
those individuals who are
looking to enter fields
where production or
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101
writing is important. Lisa
D'Antoni, Newcomb
Junior and Assistant News
Editor, agrees, "The Hulla-baloo
helps me improve
my writing and speaking
skills, which 1 can later use
for Law School."
So, don't always think
of the basement as a
gloomy place. The Univer-sity
Center has proven that
basements can be one of
the best places to spend
time, especially if it in-volves
the production of
everlasting publications.
Working for Change
CACTUS cel-ebrates
its 25th ajini-versaiy
with birthday
cake, a Congo band
and a honorary visit
from its founder, N.O.
mayoral candidate
Donald Mintz. CACTUS
week was held on Feb-ruary
20-26 to promote
its direct action motto
to the Tulcme Commu-nity.
A teleconference
on National Community
Service; a blood drive
and a program de-signed
to expose el-ementary
school chil-dren
to college was
planned during the
week. Volunteers and
Tulane students wore a
symbolic green ribbon
in support of CACTUS.
CACTUS volun-teers
give of themselves
in order to better the
New Orleans area. They
participate in a variety
of projects designed to
reduce societal prob-lems.
There are 16
active projects which
work throughout the
year. Projects include:
Adult Literacy, Children
Athletic Program which
brings inner-city chil-dren
to campus and
provides them with a
positive recreational
environments, English
as a Second Language,
Hospital Volunteers,
Hunger and
Homelessness Action
Team of Tulane (HATT),
KARE, Mardi Gras
Coalition, PSN, Project
Desire, Special Olym-pics
which pairs Tulane
students with Special
Olympics participants
and many more.
Each project is
coordinated by one or
more Tulane students
who are in charge of
contacting individual
volunteers and making
the necessary arrange-ments
needed for the
participants. HATT
volunteer and 94-95
project coordinator,
Minh Le had this to say
about volunteering.
"Knowing that your
actions have brightened
the day of someone else
in need is so reward-ing."
Carla Gavilanes
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BECKY MANDAL
(Left) Cactusfounder, Donald Mintz.visited with CACTUS Project Coordinators during
Cactus' 25th Anniversary Birthday Bash on February 25, 1994. TGI CACTUS
celebrated the founding of the student-run community action service group with a Congo
band and birthday cake for all who attended.
(Above) Christmas In October HATT volunteer helps rebidld a house. HATT volunteers
also participated in working the soup kitchen at Ozanam Inn and on a clothing drive
held throughout campus.
(Top) Special Olympics volunteers enjoy the company ofphysically challenged
individuals. Special Olympics held their events at the Reily Recreation Center with a
picnic in Ciry Parkfor all the participants.
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103
VANESA GENTINEITA
JENNIFER GUILLOT
(Top) TSTVproducer, Edward Harley edits clips for ins
show. Hip Hop HalfHour.
(Center ) Anitiia Tiiminaia, music video editorfor TSTV.
plans her upcoming show.
(Above) Mark Woodman and Chris Guthrie broadcast one
of the men's basketball gamesfrom Fogelman Arena.
(Center Bottom) One of the many DJ.'sfor WTUL, puts
some excitement and imagination into her radio show.
JEREMY EHRHARDT
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Live and Personal: Mass Media Tune in to
Entertainment in and around Tulane
Broadcasting by both
television and radio have been
two of the fastest growing fields
during the last century. The
growth in involvement and
interest in T.V. an radio has
been shown at Tulane by the
numerous students in TSTV and
WTUL.
TSTV, Tulane's television
station, is run by student volun-teers
who are interested in pro-duction
and broadcasting. Stu-dents
only air programs which
have been produced by TSTV
members. Programs include
coverage of campus events,
sports, movie reviews, news
magazines, comedy, and music
videos.
Anitha Tummala, producer
of the music videos seen on A-TV,
finds that "music has been a big
interest in my life. TSTV has
provided me with the opportunity
to get involved with the music
world and let me realize what I
really want to do in my life."
TSTV offers many opportu-nities
to those who are entering
professions in the communica-tion
field, as Eric Strauss, A&S
Senior agrees "We (TSTV] fill the
void of a mass communication
department. . . Since being in-volved
with TSTV I have had
internships with HBO, NBC
Sports, and Cox productions. We
have professional equipment and
a great core of volunteers."
WTUL, Tulane's radio
station on 91.5 FM, is listened to
by many who enjoy a vast variety
of music and events. D.J.'s bring
music to listeners live from the
basement of the University Cen-ter.
Even though the station is
known for playing a large
amount of progressive music
they do have many specialty
shows. Some of these shows play
jazz. Stage & Screen, and
classical music to name a few.
Krista Schwarting,
Newcomb senior, got involved
with the jazz show at WTUL
because "it's kind of unique for a
college station to have this large
of a listenership." Other reasons
for getting involved include
loving music or sports. Yes,
WTUL does broadcast Tulane
sporting events. Mark Woodman
finds that "as sports director for
the last two years, I have found
that WTUL's commitment to
bringing Tulane and New
Orleans communities the newest
in music is as strong as ever and
their commitment to other things
like news, local issues, and
especially sports are also
growing quickly."
Jennifer Guillot
(Left) WTUL ojfersn xwiety ofmusk to listeners and also a
place for new and alternative bands to play their music.
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105
SHANE BELLINGER
{Above) " I'll have the popcorn, coke, and candy for a dollar
please.
"
(Right) Students relaxing in the UC Quad during TGIMardi
Gras.
(Top) These "hard core" Mardi Gras partiers have had ton
many beers, too many women, and too much time on their
hands.
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Campus Programming At its Best
Listen closely to the spectrum of
sound composing the melody: laugh-ter,
rock music, movie monologues,
piano concerts, and the wild parties
on the Quad. Tulane University
Campus Programming (TUCP) is
responsible for this beautiful medley.
TUCP is the organization which
provides, through the work of seven
committees of dedicated students, the
majority of the campus' social, cul-tural,
and most entertaining pro-grams.
The technical staff takes part in
everything TUCP does. This commit-tee
is responsible for the lighting and
sound of campus productions. Mem-bers
are allowed free access to any
event they help with. The cinema
committee works hard year-round
providing the campus with over 100
films, at least three a week. The
committee organizes sneak previews
and many other exciting films that are
shown in McAlister Auditorium.
Members are responsible for the
concession and ticket sales, as well as
operating the audio-visual equipment.
TGlF's, everyone's favorite parties,
are organized by the recreation com-mittee.
They bring in live bands such
as Cowboy Mouth to perform Fridays
at this campus tradition. Lyceum
brings many controversial speakers to
campus to lecture on their chosen
fields of expertise. Committee mem-bers
choose and arrange for the
speaker to visit campus. One speaker
brought in this year was singer and
rap artist. Chuck D.
The Lagniappe committee provides
that little something extra to the
campus through College Bowl Trivia
and short courses. These non-credit
courses included: belly dancing,
bartending, cycling, and ballroom
dancing. Lagniappe is also respon-sible
for the annual Homecoming
festival which was held at Tipitina's
this year and featured Cowboy Mouth
and Galactic Prophylactic. This year,
the comedy committee organized
events such as Mad Hatter All-Nighter
II and arranged for comedian Dennis
Miller to perform center stage at
McAlister.
One of the largest committees, the
concert committee is responsible for
holding the great concerts on cam-pus.
Members are responsible for
booking the acts that perform. Some
of the productions this year included
Living Colour, Cocteau Twins, and the
sold-out George Winston piano con-cert.
Mandy Flannery
GLENDA GENTINETTA
Always Able to Lend a Hand
On campus signs
of college students trying
to live healthier lifestyles
by exercising, eating fat
free, and promoting
healthier and safer
lifestyles can be seen
everywhere. Two organi-zations
have been cre-ated
with the specific
goal of keeping Tulane
students healthier and
safer-Tulane Emergency
Medical Service (Tulane
EMS) and Peer Health
Advocates (PHA).
In the event of an
emergency on-campus or
in the immediate sur-rounding
area, students
can depend on Tulane's
EMS. TEMS is always
updating their medical
qualifications and in-creasing
their quality of
care. During the fall
semester, they were
certified by the Orleans
Parish for Emergency
Medical Units. This will
enable Tulane EMS to
take roll-over '911' calls
in the uptown airea.
Quality of care has also
increased due to the
extensive field training
which was introduced
this year. This job is one
of sincerity and
strength. Jennifer
Brunig, Newcomb se-nior,
comments that,
"the one thing that
means the most is not
necessarily the medical
field, but helping my
peers. 1 work with
people that on numer-ous
occasions 1 see
every day and know
very well. The patients
tend to calm down once
they realize that I'm a
student, too." Tulane
EMS is sponsoring an
Emergency Medical
Training (EMT) class
this year, which is open
to all students, and will
hopefully be sponsoring
Cardiopulmonary Re-suscitation
(CPR) train-ing
to all those who