Tulane Stadium

Contrasting the student’s way of mapping campus and the initiations way of mapping campus revealed that the experience of the students I spoke with rarely lined up with the image promoted by Tulane admissions. In class we discussed Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the social production of space and I originally interpreted the concepts of social practice and representational space was extremely static. Initially I thought of institutions/people in…

but did not. Audubon Zoo was open to both races, but City Park barred black people, some black children didn't know that one of America's largest urban parks existed. When black baseball fans went to see the all-white Pelicans play in the stadium next to Tulane Avenue, they were forced to sit overlooking third base, in separate seating. On buses and streetcars, drivers engaged in the daily ritual of moving a wood block from seat to seat, assuring that white and black passengers would be kept…

That may not sure this season, but the Yellow Jackets have wrecked the Pitt Panthers in their last two meetings. Two seasons ago, quarterback Tom Savage was terrorized by a Tech defense that dominated the Panthers in a 21-10 stomping at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Last season’s matchup was marred by the worst first quarter in Pitt history. Five fumbles in consecutive drives doomed the Panthers as Tech raced out to a 28 to nothing lead. The Panthers would cut the lead to as close as 14, but the…