Students at Nicholls are apparently diverse when it comes to religious beliefs, and they seem to be just as accepting of others' beliefs. Last week we published an article about a student and a faculty member who want to start an atheist, agnostic and humanist group at Nicholls.
When I'm on the road undertaking my academic travels, like when I'm going out-of-town to make a scientific presentation, I find the long interstate drives can be incredibly boring. This doesn't make me different than any other driver, except perhaps for the fact that the minds of most others are not flipping though PowerPoint slides of DNA structures while they're driving.
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the article about the Ta Ta Destroyers. In the article Ta Ta is described as "Houma's own ska, reggae and rock band." The latter is true, but this band and others like it are nothing like reggae and ska. It's just punk, or what I like to call death metal with horns.
It recently has been pointed out to me that I am, in fact, "an idiot without so much as a basic understanding of biology," according to a comment posted on the Nicholls Worth Web site. The comment was made in reaction to a story covering the recent speech forum held at Nicholls.