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 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.
Jennifer Smith, mass communication senior from Houma, ran unopposed for Student Government Association Vice President. Smith's list of campus involvement includes the Student Programming Association, Delta Zeta Sorority, Order of Omega, Public Relations Student Society of America and various intramural sports.
The "Women Working in Mass Media Panel" was held Wednesday in Le Bijou Theater where eight prominent women working at local news media outlets shared their experiences. The discussion, sponsored by the Nicholls chapter of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, focused on how each panelist got to their current position in media, the high and low points of working there and the future of their industry.