Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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In the WTUL air room, Chris Lidy, 1989 General Manager, is given the honor of counting down the top ten videos with Kevin Seal for the May 20 weekend. Doing everything possible to get their mugs on the tape, the crowd clamors on the quad to get closer to the camera. MTV 23

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atTU for TGIO MTV came to campus and students who professors had not seen since the first day of classes came out of the woodwork, lured by the possibility of being on the idolized video channel. The staff of MTV chose what they call the professional party school to participate in a Best Thespian contest. This involved male students dressed only in bathing suits, read- ing the To be, or not to be ... soliloquy from Shakespeare ' s Hamlet, to a girl in a bi- kini beside the swimming pool. Each contestant was taped and a finalist was chosen by MTV to compete with finalists from other schools such as Syracuse and In- Nabbed out of the crowd at TGIO, Wendy Shuken is deemed Cutest Co ' ed by VJ Kevin Seal. diana University. The contestants received their votes by MTV viewers who called in their selection. Kevin Seal, a VJ for MTV, chose a contes- tant for Cutest Co-ed at TGIO. The Tulane representative was Wendy Shuken from Be- verly Hills who won nationally in the finalist category. •

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Blood Drives An organization which plays a very important part in the New Orleans community is CACTUS. In the campus and community division of CACTUS is the Tulane University Blood Center. With the help of volunteers, profes- sionals from the Tulane Medical Cen- ter, and new and regular donors, Tu- lanes Blood Center makes a valuable contribution to the great New Orleans medical community. The Blood Center sponsors four ma- jor blood drives a year which are held in the University Center. There are two held in the fall and two in the spring. The Navy Officers Reserve Training Corps and the Afro-American Congress of Tulane (ACT), sponsor ad- ditional blood drives. Publicity for the blood drives is han- dled by student volunteers from Tu- lane and Loyola. On the days of the drives, nurses and medical students from Tulane Medical Center are pre- sent to actually draw the blood. How- ever, as important as the volunteers are, a large turnout of donors ensures the success of the blood drives. Close to 2,000 units of blood are col- lected each year as a result of the club- sponsored blood drives. The blood collected at Tulane ' s Blood Center goes to the Tulane Medical Center, Sli- dell Memorial Hospital, and the High- land Hospital in Covington. Donors at the Tulane blood drives are from all over the Tulane communi- ty. Among the donors are professors, staff, members, and students. There are just as many first time donors as there are repeat donors. When asked why they donate, students gave re- sponses such as to be a good citizen, it might help someone, and I ' d like to think that the blood would be here for me if I ever need it. 9 — Laura Haverkamp The Gift of Giving Highly trained nurses explain the step-by-step process of donating hlood to students eager to help the medical community. ii