Spring Break
A campaign sign for a Student Programming Association presidential candidate was removed without permission from its location in front of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union Sunday. Maggie Jones, mass communication junior from Thibodaux, put up the 4 foot by 8 foot yellow sign Thursday.
The Nicholls State Lady Colonels won two of a three-game series against the Central Arkansas Sugarbears this past weekend at Farris Field in Conway, Ark. Nicholls was up for most of the first game, scoring two runs in the first inning. Junior Lyndsay Mesh hit a double, bringing junior Audrey Wood and senior Danielle Clayton through home plate.
The 15th annual Faculty Invitational Art Exhibition, part of the Jubilee Festival of Arts and Humanities, began Tuesday and will continue until April 3. The work of every faculty member in the art department will be featured in the show, as well as the work of invited guest artists.
This week marked a serious step forward for the student body of Nicholls State University. For the first time in a few years, students were given a choice as to who will lead both the Student Government Association and Student Programming Association. In recent years, student body participation in elections has not been large enough, which causes some candidates to enter office without opposition.
The new ranking system to determine how students living on campus will receive room assignments, scheduled to begin last week, will not be used this semester due to student opposition. The system, which was met with opposition, resulting in more than 50 filed complaints and a petition with more than 200 student signatures, was proposed by Rushton Johnson, dean of student life, who introduced the new system last Tuesday to determine room assignments for students living on campus.
Grand slams from Tulane's Sam Honeck and Jeremy Shaffer added to the Colonels' 13-point loss of 15-2 against the Green Wave of Tulane University making it the Colonels third loss in the last four games. "I was very disappointed in the way our guys competed tonight," head Coach Chip Durham said.
Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment, along with several other volunteers, will be presenting "A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer," a show addressing the issue of violence against women, on Tuesday. Stacy Guidry, director of disability services and crisis intervention coordinator at Nicholls, is the co-director of the show.
Dear Nicholls students, Construction of the recreation center continues to be a major priority for Nicholls State University. The University is again moving forward with the final stages of the design work and is updating the financing and operating plan for the facility.
