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

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A sea of buildings. LSU is a vast university with many buildings to house the academic opportunities given to all. Dash Riprock kept the customers at the Chimes enthralled and entertained on many occasions. Man Dobbins Sometimes sunglasses just weren ' t enough to sheild the south Louisiana sun. 4 What ' s it to you? What ' s it to you? Flurries of memories scur- ry back to conscious thought. Abstract draw- ings from youth that changed content accord- ing to how you looked at them. Illusions: the old crone or the beautiful young girl? Two silhouettes or a vase? What was it to you? LSU can be considered in this same mode of thought. You might see it as a Mniversity quickly failing under the sword of funding cuts or as the flagship university of the state that must be preserved to retain the integrity of its people. Is it a culturally barren confine or is it a community teeming with artistic phenomena which are waiting to enjoy popu- larity? It depends from which point you scrutinize it. LSU can be compared to the vending machines which fill our lives. It calls for a certain amount of input . If you don ' t put enough into it then what you get is nothing. If you imbue it with what is necessary, plus a little more, what you get is what is due you and extra change. ?

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Wkai ' d it to- mui ? As the fall semester kicks into motion col- lege campuses all across the country witness the circumstance known as theme-atic shock. This occurs when yearbook staffs struggle, toil and perform various verbal and typog- raphical gymnastics to create a theme that is so creative and rhapsodical that everyone is taken back by it, yet which encompasses per- fectly the entire year ' s occurences. At the Gumbo we experienced the same phe- nomenon, but we could not find one single idea that alone did justice to the events and people at LSU. Finally it came to our editor as she flung herself onto her bed in a most dis- traught fashion. Her roommate came in and, knowing that Lisa was searching for the per- fect theme asked, Have you thought up theme yet? Tears welled up in Lisa ' s now- irate green eyes. Jerking into a sitting position Lisa snapped out four little words that would live on in infamy: What ' s it to you ' ? The moment was tense as both girls were fixed in each other ' s gaze. Then the roommate said, Yeah, I like it. It ' s really good. Thus the birth of a theme. Incorporated into the theme is a graphic de- sign. The slash seen on the pages of the Gum- bo can be interpreted in a number of ways. Is it a tiger stripe? Could it be a graphic repre- sentation of the heartbeat of LSU? These are but a couple ideas. What ' s it to you? Oh what a feeling to participate in the various fund raising games during M.D. week on the parade grounds. For some the quad and the ' quadraliz- ing ' therein represented an intrical part of their academic career. Taking advantage of this was Peggy Kmg, while MeMssa Roy quietly enjoyed The Daily Reveille. What ' s it to yo.

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2i A new perspective. Art 1847 students each take a new and different look at an everyday object. What ' s it to you?