Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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MAR RAS bySTANMULVIHILL UphiU. DownhilL No hill at ail. New Orleans Jives on an even plateau. People move over the flatness in daily routine while gentle highs are mellowed by gentle lows. It is an anti-inventive city, even with its own traditions. Mild complacency reigns. Then Rex appears and the season belongs to car- nivorous appetites. Unleased fury breaks upon the cres- cent, upsets life ' s careful balance, and removes the frustrations impounded over a year ' s time. A Tulane student checks his calendar for holidays, and finds Mardi Gras conspicuously placed in the middle of his semester. There is little disagreement over what to do — only the question — will it be done? 14