Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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august This year ' s freshman class will graduate in 1984. Although the date conjures up visions of Big Brother presiding over commencement, the class does not appear to be too terribly futuristic. Secure under the protective wings of orientation leaders, the freshmen settle in, getting to know each other. Seniors preside over the campus in detached amusement, fondly remembering their first year and wondering how the time passed so quickly. The distinction between the classes fades rapidly, and by the first TGIF, the student body is united in anticipation of the upcoming year.

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In Retrospect At the start of each fall a new class enters Tulane, and as each spring draws to a close, another class graduates. The time that spans these two events is filled with triumphs and defeats, laughter and tears, beginnings and endings; all the moments that together, form the essence of the school year. Each student ' s experience is different, but in some ways they are all the same. Common events and shared emotions bond the student body to each other and to the University. During the years spent at Tulane, even as students move toward individual freedom and growth, bonds are formed that will last a lifetime. It is impossible to recreate the school year through words and pictures. No one saw exactly the same thing as anyone else, or felt the same way about it. Yet, sometimes a phrase or a photo- graph brings to mind a special event, or sparks a recollection of good times shared with friends. If a chronicle of the year can provoke a smile for a glimpse of a time gone by, then it has served its most noble purpose. Tulane ' s shaded campus provides an excellent atmosphere for both study and play.

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august Classes begin, serving as a painful reminder that despite the heat, summer is at an end. Summer recreation is far from over however, and the continued shortage of parking spaces on campus, coupled with the ever increasing emphasis on staying in shape has led many students to abandon their cars in favor of more entertaining modes of transportation. Skateboards, mopeds, and roller skates have joined bicycles as convenient ways to roll to class. The new patio outside the U.C. provides the perfect rink for ' ' wheelies of all sorts, although there is some doubt that this is the purpose for which it was intended.