Lawrence Boucvalt III filed a legal petition April 3 against Nicholls student William Ledbetter III after a March 6 incident in which Ledbetter was allegedly charged with one count of second-degree battery. According to the petition filed, Ledbetter, 22, along with the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Mu Zeta chapter was served and made defendants.
Under the direction of second-year head coach Jim Hunter, the Nicholls men's tennis team will travel to Nacogdoches, Texas this weekend to play in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament. The first round playoff game will mark the first time in four years the men's tennis team has gone into post-season play.
When browsing through the Nicholls course bulletin, a student will find Interview Skills 101 is not a listed course. With the career plans held by many graduating Nicholls students this spring, they may be wishing it was. Even with all the skills learned over studious college years, a successful interview is the first stepping-stone to a secure future.
Most affairs at a college require signatures and permission, but Nicholls' paper trails have gotten out of hand. A paper trail, in this instance, means unnecessary or excessive paperwork, which usually slows down whatever people are trying to get done.
The Student Government Association accepted an offer from University President Stephen Hulbert to hire a consultant to advise the University on creating a new mascot. Alex Barnes, SGA vice president and president-elect, said Hulbert offered to hire a consultant and have the University pay for it.
So this is it, that thing called graduation, the culmination of all my scholastic endeavors since I began Lads and Lassies Nursery school, a pre-school where ABCs were taught in Cajun French first then English. Looking back on all those popsicle stick houses, term papers and stressful final exams, I am glad it's over; I repeat: I am glad it's over.
Graduating seniors, as I have for the past few years, I reserve the column of this last Nicholls Worth of the spring semester in homage to you. Instead of offering you advice for the future, or suggesting how to best to spend your long-awaited graduation day and of reminding you about the people who got you to this glorious point, I'll help you derive an answer a simple question: What has college actually done for you? What ingredients has Nicholls mixed into the recipe of your being? Instead of simply making a list of these things, I think it's much more meaningful and memorable to answer through metaphor.