Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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The sign might as well read, Abandon all hope... Frustration and hefty ran- soms await students who find their cars in Kirby Smith ' s impound lot. Bazuki Muhanunad t TBESP ' 3 I V, ( » ( 14 Impound Lot ill 1

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eppard Leaves BR Fans Hysterical provide an amusing impetus lor a generally sluggish concert sea- son. Pandering to a crowd seem- ing to consist of a goodly portion of the population of several local high schools (and a few universi- ty students timid enough not to wear their concert T-shirts the next day), Def Leppard served up nearly all of their love and angst- oriented hits of the past six years . Assuming perhaps that the masses wouM nofbe ent QpjjjeiJ by wise little pop songs or stage antics, Def Leppard arrived in Baton Rouge armed with some rather amazing laser-induced special effects. One episode in particular featured a sleeping feline (presumably the deaf lep- pard ) who proceeded to relieve himself on an earhorn. Theatrics aside, Def Leppard themselves seemed a rather amiable lot, fond of introducing each other often ;Sad making themselves quite visible to their swarms of fans. This sort of stage personality maintained by the band was facilitated by the round platform they used to perform on. Throughout the evening, whether from the port or starbord side of the Assembly Center, each sneer- ing, posturmg body belonging to a member of the band could easi- ly be perceived. In tiic words if lead Leppard Joe Elliot It ' s hot. It ' s sweaty. One of the group ' s biggest drawing cards IS drummer Rick Allen, who has had to overcome severe limitations in order to be where he is today. Despite his apparent handicap he is hailed by fans as Awe- some and highly regarded in the arti.stic community. What could possibly be more fun than about 12,000 young teenage girls screaming in the throes of a raucous, near orgias- tic, cultural event? Sadly enough, very little. However, the sonically prestigious cheez-metal band Def Leppard and their spunky tourmates Queensryche proved to be almost an equally entertaining spectacle as any pubescent love-fest when they played the Pete Maravich Assem- bly Center on September 8. Almost recalling the cannabis- inspired noise-feasts of yore that the Assembly Center used to play host to earlier in the decade (a la Van Halen, Kiss. Judas Priest, etc.), Def Leppard managed to It ' s loud. It ' s GREAT! Or, in the words of another young post- ulant, dude, it was awww- some! In a concert season that could be best described as simply adequate, the preceeding statements could indeed have some credibility to them. And of course, the young, screaming, teenage girls weren ' t bad either. Steve Zaffuto Def Leppard Concert 13

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I I Ever parked illegally at LSU? Sure you have — haven ' t we all ? Just the thought of parking in the West zone (behind the stadium) and having to walk to the Union to buy textbooks, is enough to make even the most honest stu- dent take down their parking tags and squeeze inconspicuously into a visitors space, or worse yet, faculty parking. So why is it that everyone gets out of towing ex- cept you? 1, admittedly, am one of those people who has never had a ticket, at least not one that actually belonged to me. Once every year the traffic department finds it necessary to assign mc a ticket for someone else ' s car, but in all truth I do not own a yellow Subaru and my name is not George Mankers. So how is it that I ' ve been getting away with parking illegally at LSU? Talking to the traffic depart- ment was really enlightening — the fact seems to be that they ' ll tow anyone if given half a chance. Anyone with three out- standing tickets, parked in a DELINQUENT AUTOS await arraignment in car pokey faculty lot, loading zone, or (obviously) a tow away zone — you ' re outta there! Others get tickets until they qualify for one of the above elite classes. So, af- ter you get towed where does your car go? A fenced off area of Kirby- Smith ' s parking lot is the slam- mer for cars of students who don ' t obey parking rules. The guard says it costs a dollar a day to keep these inmates and that after two days, if the owner hasn ' t sprung them, they are transferred to the maximum security facility on Airline High- way. This is the elite of prisons, with high fences and big locks, and a fee of five dollars per day. Often these jailed cars are able to reform their owners and repeat offenders are not likely. So what ' s the total cost to spring your car from one of these prisons? Depending upon if the A few daring students risk parking in marked spaces. The unlucky return to find tickets waiting. Bazuki Muhammad car is registered, it ' s the cost of the ticket plus the room and board fee. If, in the disasterous event that person ' s vehicle is unreg- istered (having not been vaccin- ated for rabies) the fee is an addi- tional twenty dollars to get it reg- istered. There have been few reported cases of tow truck workers being attacked by unregistered cars, by a few unregistered owners maybe, but the cars usually go along quietly. (With maybe a few occasional sputters about the in- justice of it all.) So what does an LSU student do to get a decent parking space? 1 . Get to campus before 7 a.m. or after 5 p.m. 2. Talk a professor into the benefits of exchanging parking tags. 3. Keep at it and pray your luck holds out. Janet M. Barklage