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

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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?

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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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The times of leisure are few and far between for the hardworking LSU student. What ' s it to you? LSU, that is. Is it a g.p.a. , a football game, a greek organization, a bell tower? LSU is what the people involved here see it as. In the most convenient terms it is a social occurence, an organization, a student body, an academic endeavor and a sports event. Each of these elements contains fac- tors of the other, and together they comprom- ise the university. What percentage each of them consumes is up to the individual. LSU is what you make of it while you are here. It can be a university from which you get a diploma, but you were just another face in the profu- sion, or it can be a page in your portfolio because you took the reins and became a mover and shaker. ? t )