Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook

“-*-*^y ;**v !^^ ' r W;; Right: Buddy Heiel, Colleen Meadam and Kathy Warner make travel plans for their Rio vacation. Below left: Todd Robineaux attempts to make Deidre Devier pucker up. Below center: Waiting for the bus can be fun if you have friends like Jamie Creamer and Tadley Williams to discuss school with. Below right: Winning is on this man ' s mind as he closes in for a goal. (continued from page 4) Occasionally things were stirred up as con- troversy provoked students into action. Early in 1984, sports radio broadcast rights were given to a Baton Rouge station without a bidding process; and then the university Board of Supervisors voted to raise admissions standards by 1988. Things really started to sizzle when the .1984 " generic " Gumbo was released rarely has a college yearbook caused as much furor. The book was a departure from the norm, and resulted in students building bonfires and setting alight piles of the books, while its editors were hanged in effigy. A splutter of discontent began in summer and reached boiling point in fall when the university finalized a new football and basketball seating policy. (continued on page 10) jm* ' * Outside Atkinson Hall, Julie Michael and Steven Labarge blend in with the architecture. 6 Opening ”