Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Student Involvement This year Tulane students were busy singing, tutoring, debating, partying, planning, helping, and generally enjoying themselves. Campus organizations thrived this year with increased member- ships. The leaders of these organiza- tions were generally a close group who provided a positive and enthusi- astic attitude towards student in- volvement. The largest (and probably most visible) diversion was the Greek sys- tem. About 40 percent of the under- graduate student body belongs to these spirited groups. They participated in a variety of activities: Greek Week, mixers. Children ' s Hospital Fair, campus service activities. Fall and Spring formals, painting (and repainting) local elementary schools, and rais- ing money for their national chari- ties. There seemed to be no doubt that going Greek was once again the thing to do. Membership in fraternities and sororities, and other campus organi- zations, was definitely on the in- crease. CACTUS had a record year and TUCP increased its member- ship. The Direction staff ' s early ad- vertising and preparation paid off when they sold out every night for the first time in years. Involved students debated the student salaries issue, recognition of the young Americans for Freedom and stadium site utilization. It was gratifying to see students arguing and caring about these and other problems that arose on campus. A college experience should be more than academics because much knowledge can be learned outside of a classroom, and at Tulane it was. — Susan Kalishman Panhellenic Council Chairman Kappa Alpha Theta members Mari Ofe Rodriguez and Michelle Mirrabelli are among the fifty-one percent of Undergraduate students who belong to greek organizations on campus. Crowds of freshmen and transfer students pack the Riverboat President to listen to the Cold during Orientation weekend. 5,000 balloons were released before an early season football game, part of the ASB sponsored spirit drive. Involvement

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Competition Competition is a difficult word to define, primarily because it means different things to different people. For those in the business communi- ty, it may simply mean the conflict that two opposing parties may expe- rience in an effort to secure the busi- ness of a third party. Competition arises for students as we strive to attain higher grades or academic honors than those of our peers. With unemployment figures soaring, we realize that we will someday be forced to compete in the job mar- ket. Nevertheless, usually the first thing one ponders with the mention of the word competition, is sports. College sports and the competi- tion therein, plays such a large role in our college education that it would do well for each of us to un- derstand the competitive forms that college athletes encounter. Athletic competition can be described suc- cintly as a contest between rivals. Little debate exists as to whether or not competition can be positive, but it can adversely affect some athletes. Whereas intense competition causes some to perform at peak levels, oth- ers fail to cope with the competitive pressure, and are not able to dupli- cate the performances that they give when the pressure to win is mini- mized. Besides providing a challenge, competition allows the athlete to test his skills against others in an effort to determine which individual (or team) has achieved a better mas- tery of the specified skills. In college sports today, this testing of skills, termed a contest or game, often re- sembles a small scale war. As students who desire excellence from our athletic teams, possessing a win at all costs attitude surely is not the answer. Hopefully, college athletics will soon provide an envi- ronment where the way in which one competes supersedes the actual win- ning or losing. Daryl Moreau Business ' 83 House decorating is a traditional activity during Homecoming weekend festivities. Huddled together. Coach Ned Fowler gives instruc- tions to members of his winning basketball team. Walking off the field after the Tulane-Maryland foot- ball game, player 98 signals that the Wave just drowned .Marvland ' s team. Competition