Experiencing a Saturday night in Death Valley isn’t the only perk of being a University student.
Students can claim a wide array of discounts — on everything from body piercings to a night at the movies — by presenting their LSU IDs at local businesses.
Pre-nursing sophomore Jenny Ampat said she frequents local thrift store Here Today Gone Tomorrow on Burbank Drive on Wednesdays, when the store offers a 50-percent discount to any student with a college ID.
Ampat said thrift stores are the perfect place to find quality threads at affordable prices, but the extra student discount serves as an added bonus.
“You can find a nice polo — free of stains or holes — for $5,” Ampat said. “But if you go on [Wednesday], the polo will only be $