New freshmen and transfer students, let me welcome you to the University and to The Daily Reveille and lsureveille.comThis summer we’ve decided to take you through a list of places and activities to enjoy on campus in both our print and online editions.Each day, you’ll find a column like this briefly describing a few of these experiences as well as a “Snapshot” on our Web site of photos of the people, places and activities.So, here’s the first of 17 columns by myself, Managing Editor Ellen Zielinski and Online Media Editor Zac Lemoine, and be sure to check out the accompanying Snapshot on lsureveille.com.Mike the Tiger is as well-known a symbol of the University as any. There’s an actual living, breathing carnivore next to the PMAC — unfortunately he’s been sleeping in a corner of his habitat when we’ve tried to get his picture recently, but expect new pictures to come soon.There’s a student in a cat costume — you can try to get him or her to break character, but you’d better pack a lunch for that sure-to-fail mission.Then there’s the three bronze Tiger statues motionlessly prowling the campus.They’re pretty nice, and you or someone you know will take a picture with at least one of them.It will likely be a ridiculous picture. You may, with a little effort, ride it. You may pretend like the bronze beast is attacking you. It’s all gold, or I guess bronze.Heck, do it today before the returning students come back and give you disapproving head shakes.One thing fewer of you may do — although it’d be a better use of your time — is meet the chancellor, Dr. Michael Martin.He’s the head of the campus, and he’s a character.This was the first opportunity I had to meet him, and he was friendly and joking right of the bat.Also, pay at least mild attention to what he’s up to. There’ll eventually be some pancakes in it for you.Finally, I went to an interesting campus location — one I grew fond of when I lived at The Venue.The “Enchanted Forest” is the spooky set of trees near Kirby Smith and The Pentagon.I’m told it’s supposed to be good luck to walk through the forest with a girlfriend or boyfriend, but it’s basically just a cool place to pass through from time to time.In any event, these are just three ways to get the most of your LSU experience. Keep picking up the paper and checking the Web site for more to come.—-Contact Jerit Roser at [email protected]