www.thenichollsworth.com Please Recycle Lagniappe | page 7 A Nicholls State University Student Publication Sports | page 5 Editorial | page 11 NICHOLLS WORTH THE Thursday, March 7, 2013 Volume 58 Issue 19 BREAKING GROUND Ceremony held for future University culinary institute Channing Parfait News Editor Nearly two decades of plan- ning and budgeting lead to Mon- day’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Chef John Culinary In- stitute that will cater to over 500 students in 33,000 sq. ft. of state- of-the-art teaching spaces. “It’s truly a day we have been waiting for, no doubt about it,” Chef John Folse said. “It’s hard to believe that it has been two decades of hard work and dedi- cated effort that has finally got- ten us here. No one can be more proud than I, standing here at the site of the future home of the culinary institute’s anchor build- ing.” Once completed, the institute, near the front of campus off of Bowie Road, will feature four classrooms, each designed for a specific course such as meat fab- rication, soups and sauces, pastry and baking, and a general skills classroom for elective courses in foreign cuisines. There will also be a bistro style restaurant with two dining rooms open to the public and a demo kitchen for community in- volvement where courses will be taught by instructors or visiting chefs on weekends during the fall and spring semesters. Although there have been set- backs along the way, the new $12.6 million building will pos- sibly begin construction by the end of May. Through a public- private partnership, the state pro- vided $8.1 million for the project, and Nicholls generated $4.5 mil- lion from fundraisers and dona- tions collected over the years. “There have been at least a couple of hurricane seasons, the oil spill, economic downturns, and a lot of different challenges to get us to this point in time,” University President Stephen Hulbert said. “We are finally here, and we are finally going to build a building that will house this fantastic culinary institute.” Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke of the importance of Louisiana Cuisine as Chef Leah Chase, “the Queen of Creole Cuisine” and owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, sat in the audience. He said Louisiana was known all over the world for its culture and cuisine, and the culinary institute will provide students the oppor- tunity to spread that message worldwide. “This new facility will help us in our mission to teach future generations about the art of Ca- jun and Creole cooking, and at the same time, it will also give students the tools to find job op- see CULINARY page 4 (top:) Distinguished guests from the state and Chef John Folse Culinary Institute break ground on the future institute on March 4 near Bowie Road. (bottom:) Chef John Folse speaks to those in attendance at the groundbreaking for the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute. (right:) Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks with Chef Leah Chase during Monday’s groundbreaking for the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute. PHOTOS BY CELESTE HOPE
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 Volume 58 Issue 19
BREAKING GROUNDCeremony held for future University culinary institute
Channing ParfaitNews Editor
Nearly two decades of plan-ning and budgeting lead to Mon-day’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Chef John Culinary In-stitute that will cater to over 500 students in 33,000 sq. ft. of state- of-the-art teaching spaces.
“It’s truly a day we have been waiting for, no doubt about it,” Chef John Folse said. “It’s hard to believe that it has been two decades of hard work and dedi-cated effort that has finally got-
ten us here. No one can be more proud than I, standing here at the site of the future home of the culinary institute’s anchor build-ing.”
Once completed, the institute, near the front of campus off of Bowie Road, will feature four classrooms, each designed for a specific course such as meat fab-rication, soups and sauces, pastry and baking, and a general skills classroom for elective courses in foreign cuisines.
There will also be a bistro
style restaurant with two dining rooms open to the public and a demo kitchen for community in-volvement where courses will be taught by instructors or visiting chefs on weekends during the fall and spring semesters.
Although there have been set-backs along the way, the new $12.6 million building will pos-sibly begin construction by the end of May. Through a public- private partnership, the state pro-vided $8.1 million for the project, and Nicholls generated $4.5 mil-
lion from fundraisers and dona-tions collected over the years.
“There have been at least a couple of hurricane seasons, the oil spill, economic downturns, and a lot of different challenges to get us to this point in time,” University President Stephen Hulbert said. “We are finally here, and we are finally going to build a building that will house this fantastic culinary institute.”
Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke of the importance of Louisiana Cuisine as Chef Leah Chase, “the Queen
of Creole Cuisine” and owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans, sat in the audience. He said Louisiana was known all over the world for its culture and cuisine, and the culinary institute will provide students the oppor-tunity to spread that message worldwide.
“This new facility will help us in our mission to teach future generations about the art of Ca-jun and Creole cooking, and at the same time, it will also give students the tools to find job op-
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(top:) Distinguished guests from the state and Chef John Folse Culinary Institute break ground on the future institute on March 4 near Bowie Road.
(bottom:) Chef John Folse speaks to those in attendance at the groundbreaking for the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute.
(right:) Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks with Chef Leah Chase during Monday’s groundbreaking for the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute.
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waiting for maintenance, the elevator began to function and released the students.
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that a battery within an electrical device had ruptured.
MARCH 2Offi cer White was dispatched to Ellender Hall for a possible Marijuana
smoke odor. It was undetermined where the smell originated from. Offi cer White could not located the source of the smell.
Speech Forum Tryouts
Tryouts for the forum will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow in Talbot Hall. Students may reserve a time slot to try out by signing the appointment sheet displayed in the hallway of the speech faculty offi ce suite at Talbot Hall 101. In order to try out, students should do some preliminary research and pro-duce a rough draft outline of 2-4 minutes with an introduction, conclusion, and a body of 2-4 arguments either for or against the resolution. This rough draft speech will be presented to the speech faculty, who will select a pro speaker and a con speaker from the candidates.
Students selected to participate in the speech forum debate will have two full weeks to expand their research and prepare a fi nal speech draft. Speech instructors will work closely with chosen speakers to guide them in their research, help them polish their outline, and coach them on their delivery. The Spring 2013 Speech Forum will be held March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Mary M. Danos Theater of Talbot Hall. Two students will be chosen to debate the following resolution: “Resolved, that Congress should pass the As-sault Weapons Ban of 2013.”
5K Can-Can Run and 1 Mile White Boot Waddle
The Swamp Stomp 5K Can-Can Run and 1 Mile White Boot Waddle will be held on March 23 and will follow a route around the Nicholls campus. Registration will be at 8:30 a.m. Race times: Fun Run Waddle at 9 a.m.; 5K Can-Can at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $25 and two canned goods to enter the 5K or $15 and two canned goods to enter the White Boot Waddle. If you forget your canned goods, you can pay an additional $2. Non-perishable food items collected as part of the registration will be donated to local food banks in conjunction with the Nicholls CAN! food drive. When you enter either race you receive a pass to Satur-day’s Swamp Stomp Festival and a limited edition race shirt. Participants in the 5K Can-Can will be given two drink tickets to be redeemed in the Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival. For additional information call 448- 4871.
Spring Elections
Students are encouraged to vote in the spring online election for SGA President and Vice President, and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholls beginning at noon on March 17 and ending at 11:59 a.m. on March 20. Results of the election will be announced on March 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union. Results of Mr. & Ms. Nicholls will be announced at Crawfi sh Day on April 26. Instructions for voting online and who is eligible to vote can be found on atwww.nicholls.edu/sga
Can Wars
In an effort to support the Nicholls CAN! Project, SGA will sponsor a Can Wars competition to build the most creative or unique structure possible using items collected for the food drive. Any organization or team wishing to participate must sign up by March 13 and return a form to the SGA Offi ce, attn. Lohan Kotze. Building times will be from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on March 18 in Shaver Gym.
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Financial aid encouraged as tuition increases continueChanning Parfait
News Editor
The University of Louisiana Sys-tem Board of Supervisors approved a 10 percent tuition increase for stu-dents at nine universities across Loui-siana for fall 2013.
For Nicholls students, a 10 per-cent increase would approximately raise tuition $550.80 from the current $5,511.20 to $6,062.00 in Fall 2013.
The average annual tuition cost for schools in the UL System will be around $6,013, which is 20 percent cheaper than other schools in the southern region that charge around $7,390.
While the board approved the in-crease, it is still in its fi rst phase of approval since each university must meet certain performance measure-ments before the increase can take effect.
Raising tuition and mandatory fees requires approval by the state legislature, and Granting Resources for Autonomy and Diplomas, bet-ter known as the GRAD Act, and allows schools to raise tuition each year if schools meet their perfor-mance goals.
School performance reports will be presented to the Board of Su-pervisors for approval in April and then to the Board of Regents in July, which is when schools will learn if they can raise tuition.
UL System President Sandra Woodley said, “No one wants to raise the price for our students, but it is an unfortunate necessity at this time. Our universities are cognizant of the need to offset these rising costs in the form of additional fi -nancial aid and scholarships.”
As tuition continues to rise, stu-dents at Nicholls have the oppor-tunity to apply for various scholar-ships that remain unclaimed. The majority of those scholarships are
available in the weekly edition of Inside Students sent to the campus community via email or on links to the offi ce of fi nancial aid’s website at http://www.nicholls.edu/fi nan-cial-aid/scholarships.
Brandy St. Pierre, assistant direc-tor of the offi ce of fi nancial aid, said while a large majority of students take advantage of the scholarship opportunities offered at Nicholls, there are many unclaimed scholar-ships that students should become more aware of.
“We do have opportunities avail-able each semester for our fi rst-time freshmen and continuing students,” St. Pierre said. “On average, we of-fer about 300 to 400 scholarships to new, fi rst time freshmen.”
Nicholls recently offered 331 aca-demic scholarships to high school seniors, with a value of more than $6.6 million over the next four years.
In addition to the scholarships of-fered at Nicholls, students can also apply for nationwide scholarships
found through Internet searches. St. Pierre said many students are deterred from nationwide scholar-ships since these applications often require essays and proposals in or-der to compete with a large number of students in the nation.
“Internet searches are time con-suming, but the benefi ts are out there and those scholarships are most likely more money than any local organization would offer,” St. Pierre said.
The majority of scholarships available to Nicholls students can be found in the weekly edition of Inside Students via email. Students should remain aware of scholarship deadlines and certain grade point averages. The priority deadline to apply for FAFSA is April 15 for the fall 2013 semester.
“Students should skim through the list and take the time to go through each of the scholarships offered and see what’s there,” St. Pierre said.
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Ayo Pool to be leased by Baton Rouge swim programPauline Wilson
Staff Writer
Ayo Swimming Pool is set to re-ceive new capital improvements, of-fer more student employment op-portunities and will be open more times throughout the year.
The University was approached by Crawfi sh Aquatics South, a swim program from the Baton Rouge area, as to the availability of leasing the swimming pool, Mike Math-erne, director of campus recreation, said.
The University and Crawfi sh Aquatics South signed a lease with a term that started on Feb. 1, 2013 and will end on Dec. 31, 2017, if on Dec 31, 2017 both parties agree the contract can be extended another fi ve years.
“Crawfi sh Aquatics will offer competitive training, master swim-ming programs, swim lessons, high school and middle school compe-titions, also United States Swim-ming Invitations, which is when teams come from out-of-state to
compete,” Steven Ripple, owner of Crawfi sh Aquatics, said.
“The lease states that Crawfi sh Aquatics South will incur the ex-penses of operating the swimming pool, which is about $40,000 in life guard expenses and $35,000 in chemical expenses. These are ex-penses the University will no longer have to pay,” Matherne said.
Along with the expenses Craw-fi sh Aquatics South will incur, they will also contribute $175,000 in cap-ital improvements. The improve-ments include a heater for the pool, a movable bulk head, which will en-able the pool to meet certain swim-ming regulations depending on age groups and types of rules in place for the meets, touch pads that will be used like in the Olympics when a swimmer touches the wall the timer stops, and a score board, Matherne said.
“The quid pro quo of the deal is that Crawfi sh Aquatics South is not giving us dollars to lease the pool, but they are going to give the Uni-versity capital improvements, which
the University could not afford oth-erwise,” Matherne said.
Along with great exposure for the University, the different aquat-ics programs will offer student em-ployment opportunities for students to work with the programs, Ripple said.
“There will still be free swim time at no cost for students, faculty and staff. To my knowledge Crawfi sh Aquatics will operate team practices and meets early in the morning and very late evenings,” Matherne said. “The biggest advantage is that once the heater is installed, the pool will be used 10 months out of the year as opposed to the fi ve months we do now.”
Crawfi sh Aquatics South chose the University pool because of the environment and the icon of the University.
“We chose the University be-cause it was an area that is well-known and a landmark in the tri-parish area,” Ripple said. “The University had a pool that offered the potential for impacting and in-
fl uencing people in an area where children are exposed to water. Be-hind motor vehicles, drowning is the leading cause of death in chil-dren under 18, so we are very pas-sionate about impacting children’s lives and we saw the need there. We are not looking for a return on investment, we are just looking to impact children.”
Crawfi sh Aquatics South offers opportunities for swimmers ages
fi ve and up. The programs range from year-round team programs, adult programs from ages 19 and up, lessons and high school leagues. The website, crawfi shaquatics-south.com, offers information on uniform costs, coaching informa-tion, meet information and any other important information for current and potential swimmers.
“We are humbled and blessed for the opportunity,” Ripple said.
portunities in the hospitality in-dustry,” Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “The institute also benefits com-panies within the hospitality in-dustry who need a pipeline of skilled workers to fill jobs. These are all reasons why we commit-ted over $8 million to build this new facility and ensure that our sons and daughters have a place to come and carry on the rich cu-linary heritage that our ancestors
started here in Louisiana.” Randy Cheramie, executive di-
rector of the culinary institute, said he was promised the build-ing’s completion two years after he arrived in 1999 but has since seen the culinary program grow and expand to over 300 students in only 9,000 sq. ft. of space.
“Monday, March 4, 2013. For many of us affiliated with the Chef John Folse Culinary In-
stitute, it’s a long awaited, easily anticipated dream come true day - the groundbreaking of our new facility,” Cheramie said.
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Philip Lyons, infielder from Thibodaux, swings during the game against the University of South Alabama on March 5.
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Colonels Baseball lose to LSU 2-0, drop two in round robinJacob WilliamsSports Writer
After going 1-2 in a round robin with LSU and Brown University last weekend, the Colonels find themselves in the midst of a com-petitive preconference schedule.
“Our days are here, and we are rolling right on through,” head coach Seth Thibodeaux said. “The guys are adjusting well to the schedule.”
Before heading to Baton Rouge, the team understood the hype sur-rounding the LSU game.
“There are probably going to be people from Nicholls wearing LSU stuff,” junior pitcher Jordan Mc-Coy said.
“If our players wanted to go to LSU, they would have gone to LSU,” Thibodeaux said. “That means something to the fans here.
We don’t circle that game on our calendar. It doesn’t mean a damn thing to me, other than it being a game we want to win. We want to beat UL, Southern and South Ala-bama just as much as we want to beat LSU.”
The Colonels were unable to beat the nationally ranked Tigers in a game where neither team could get a hit in the first four innings. Junior pitcher Taylor Byrd held LSU without a hit for four innings. The Tigers broke through in the sixth, scoring two runs on four hits. The Colonels were unable to answer, falling 2-0.
Earlier Sunday, the Colonels won their second game against Brown after dropping the first the day be-fore. Nicholls capitalized on four runs in the first two innings to win 4-1.
Heading into the weekend, the
Colonels were looking to build off of a home win against Tu-lane. Rather caught up in their record at this point in the season, Thibodeaux’s squad is getting ready for conference play and try-ing to measure themselves against other Louisiana teams.
“We just want to be the best team in the state,” Thibodeaux said. “We don’t want to be in a situ-ation where we are prepared. That is how you win championships. We are playing some good teams, and they are going to the ninth inning.”
“We know we have the ability and talent to play with everybody in the state,” McCoy said. “When we beat teams like Tulane, it definitely gives us a sense of confidence. It gives these young guys a sense of confi-dence too.”
McCoy said the pitching staff has been working on bringing
some variety to the pitching game outside of just speed.
“We don’t have anything that’s overpowering,” McCoy said. “We try to throw in some off speed.”
As a hitting team, the Colonels look to catch teams off guard, stealing bases and playing “hit and run,” according to McCoy.
“We take advantage of mistakes that other teams make,” McCoy said. “It gives us energy to play the way we know we can play.”
Junior second baseman Phil-lip Lyons has been a bright spot for the Colonels hitting so far as Thibodeaux prepares his team to make a conference run.
“It’s not a shock to anyone be-cause Philip is a really good base-ball player,” Thibodeaux said. “He had one bad game against Towson, so of course he stayed in the cages until midnight that night. The next
morning when I get here for work, he is in the weight room.”
Tomorrow Nicholls begins a home series against Sacred Heart University. Baseball fans might rec-ognize Sacred Heart’s new athletic director, former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine.
“They’re a very good team from the northeast,” Thibodeaux said. “Not a lot of people know about them, but they are a very athletic team, a very disciplined team, and a very fundamentally sound team. They can beat anyone in the coun-try, similar to Stony Brook last year.”
Thibodeaux made the schedule with intent to test his team with both Louisiana schools and out-of- state teams, like Sacred Heart.
“Our schedule is very tough and demanding,” Thibodeaux said. “I
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Colonels looking for redemptionJake Martin
Sports Editor
Nicholls State women’s basket-ball head coach DoBee Plaisance endured the “hardest loss as a head coach” against Lamar on Feb. 19.
On that day, the Colonels lost an opportunity to gain second place in the Southland Conference when Lamar won 59-57 on a buzzer beat-er.
The following day, Plaisance ex-perienced “divine intervention” on
her drive back to work. After saying her rosary on her ride from New Orleans to Thibodaux, Plaisance was admittedly defl ated. She did not want to attend practice because she had no idea what message she would present to her team.
“What am I going to tell them?” she thought.
But then it happened. As she took LA-1, she passed a church with a billboard that caught her at-tention. The billboard read, “Bad things happen, but God is good.”
“That just rejuvenated me. I knew exactly what I was going to share with these kids, and I knew exactly what we were going to do at prac-tice,” Plaisance said. “Call it what you want, but I’m telling you I was pouting on the drive in, and in one moment, I experienced divine inter-vention.”
Plaisance believes that God uses the bad to show that good can come out of every situation, and the good coming out of the buzzer beater loss is the heightened sense of ur-
gency coming down the stretch. Since the loss, the Colonels went 1-1 and are now in fi fth place in the Southland Conference with a 17-10 overall record.
“(The team) didn’t come back from that loss beat up and cry ‘poor me,’” Plaisance said. “Instead, they came back looking at me like ‘Al-right, Coach, just tell us what to do.’”
One of those players who looked at Plaisance was her fi rst early verbal commitment in her coaching career,
senior forward Alisha Allen.The loss affected her greatly be-
cause she had the ball in her hands in the closing minutes. Allen looked down at the gym fl oor following practice and put the loss on her shoulders.
Allen said she had the ball in her hands and was called for a travel, and then when the Colonels needed a stop, they got one but failed to block out, which allowed Lamar to score the game-winning bucket.
“It was pretty much a heartbreak-
er for us. We were lost for words. We try to fi nd a positive in it though, and that was learning to listen and pay attention to every detail.”
The Colonels will get their shot at redemption tonight in Stopher Gym. Tipoff is set for 5:30, and Al-len said she is more than motivated to get another shot at Lamar.
“Everybody has lucky nights, and that’s just the way it rolled. It’s al-ways good to have that motivation against certain teams. It’s easier to play harder,” Allen said.
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Everybody has lucky nights, and that’s just the way it rolled.
— Alisha Allen
believe it’s the only thing that will get us where we want to be, which is competing for a championship. The harder the schedule, the bet-ter it will make us at the right time. I feel like if we don’t play a hard schedule now, it won’t prepare us for the hardest part of our season when it’s nice and hot, and we are on the road in Texas somewhere.”
Being ranked last in the South-land preseason poll is still fresh on the team’s mind as they work
through a schedule that, accord-ing to Thibodeaux, is tougher than any of their conference foes.
“Disrespectful is the word,” Thibodeaux said. “We are looking forward to playing some of the teams that we know voted us last. We are going to play with a chip on out shoulder, and we want to prove people wrong. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. You don’t want to play this team when our backs are against the wall.”
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Daphne Leray, developmental mathematics professor, did not al-ways plan to teach mathematics, but when an accident stunted her aca-demic progress, she went back to her comfort zone.
Leray, born and raised in Thibodaux, was the fi rst of two children in her family.
“I always joked that I was the fi rst born son because my dad wanted a boy,” Leray said. “I used to like to go fi shing and stuff as a child, and I was really into school. I always made good grades growing up.”
As Leray moved to junior high and high school, she often spent time with friends and playing the clarinet in the band. At Thibodaux High School, her love for math be-came apparent to her.
“I had a great math teacher, Char-lie Bilello, so I always liked math thanks to him,” Leray said.
Leray graduated from Thibodaux High School in 1995 and was en-rolled at Nicholls in August the same year. Leray was originally studying nursing, but when a car accident her freshman year left her with spinal cord injuries and wheel-chair-bound, she had to withdraw from the University.
“I always took education serious-ly,” Leray said. “That’s why after my accident [quitting school] wasn’t an option; I knew I was coming back to Nicholls State University.”
Leray was out of school until the summer of 1997.
“That’s when I fi rst decided I would go for accounting, but then I realized that wasn’t math,” Leray said.
She spoke with the department
head at the time and he convinced her to switch to mathematics. She graduated with a B.S. in mathemat-ics in 2001. She realized her love for teaching while working as a gradu-ate assistant teaching a develop-mental math class and working to-ward her master’s degree in applied math.
“I love teaching developmental math, setting students up for col-lege math because math is a build-ing process,” Leray said.
Leray said the road to receiving her master’s degree was not easy, but it was necessary.
“I defi nitely think going for math is one of the tougher degrees here at Nicholls, especially in the mas-ter’s program, because it got to a point where I knew I had to learn it to get the degree but I knew it was nothing that I would ever actually want to teach,” Leray said. “It was more or less, you have to do it to get the degree; deal with it, knowing that it’s something you never plan to teach, but you still have to learn it.”
Leray graduated with her master’s degree in 2005 and worked part-time for Nicholls that summer. In August, Leray was hired by Fletcher.
“My classes are all at Nicholls, but I’m working for Fletcher,” Le-
ray said. “It’s that whole Fletcher at Nicholls program for those that are crossing over.”
Leray said her focus is to break
the misconceptions about math and its diffi culties.
“There are so many people that tell me that they are bad at math,” Leray said. “My goal is to give them
that confi dence and let them know it’s very time consuming. Everyone has something they’re not good at, but if you focus enough and just do
what you have to do to move for-ward, you’re capable of anything, even if you’re not good at it.”
Leray plans to put thirty years into teaching, but with her disabil-
ity, retirement may depend on her age.
“It makes teaching more chal-lenging, but I always fi gure out a
way using a chalkboard,” Leray said. “A professor’s job is never fi nished. The work is not done because you’re leaving work. There’s always stuff like grading papers, answering emails and preparing for the next day. I would think the older you get, the harder things could be.”
Leray said most of her students are respectful and treat her like any other teacher.
“I often tell my students, the legs don’t work, but the brain still does,” Leray said. “Don’t read a book by its cover. Don’t think just because I’m sitting that I’m oblivious to what’s going on.”
Leray said she lives by the motto that everything happens for a rea-son.
“God never gives you more than
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Daphne Leray,developmental math professor, grades tests in her offi ce on March 6.PHOTO BY ALEX GREZAFFI
“ “I often tell my students, the legs don’t work but the brain still does. Don’t read a book by its cover. Don’t think just because I’m sitting that I’m oblivious to what’s going on.
—Daphne Leray
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Professor considers disability reason for encouragement
Books, pills, powders, video games and workout videos are all on the market to improve our phy-sique.
Workout videos are a staple for people like me. I don’t have to pur-chase a gym membership; I can work out in the privacy of my own home on my own time, and I have a personal motivator on the screen.
I have always enjoyed workout videos, going back to Jane Fonda and her high-rise thong leotards on VHS. I thought I was hot stuff do-ing the typical leg-lifts and “shoul-der circles” in the living room with my mom.
I think the understanding that workout videos and exercise pro-grams have been around my entire life reminds me that no one has fi g-ured out a fool-proof method. The thing is, if I could do some of the exercises that these videos encour-age me to do, I would not need to exercise to begin with. To choose a workout video, I have to assess my needs. Time constraints, physical space and fl at out ability are most important in my case.
Beginners or “less fi t” individuals should try videos with low impact
and less intensity videos that focus on walking or dance moves inte-grated into more active exercises. For those who feel more physically fi t, advanced workout videos focus more on cardio and toning.
Some videos have more than one workout per disc with different intensity levels or target different body areas. These videos allow the individual to improve with the pro-gram and gradually reach new goals.
For weight loss, videos focusing on cardio will get the heart pump-
ing. Once weight loss goals are achieved, videos that focus on ton-ing will hone in on one section of the body.
I have tried multiple workout vid-eos with varied results. Granted, I never had the will power or time to stick with one in particular. I rotate through the sets depending on my energy level and motivation on a given day.
I have tried many of the Beach-body videos including Brazil Butt
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From college textbooks to costly electronic devices, the grouping of so many expensive items in one place, such as a schoolbag, may become a target for theft, or may change a person’s lifestyle if lost.
Throughout a typical school day, the average college student’s bag could be fi lled with textbooks,
laptops, iClickers and other school materials that are costly. A recent study done by “The College Board” found that the average cost for vari-ous school supplies and materials was $1,200 at public universities for the 2012-2013 school year.
After interviewing three Nicholls students and looking through their schoolbags, each carried an estimat-ed average of $435 worth of school materials and supplies with them to class. These items included text-
books, musical instruments, calcula-tors, notebooks and more.
Once each student found out how much the schoolbags were worth at the time, they each had the same reaction when they real-ized how much money they would lose if someone were to steal their property.
“I would be mad because col-lege itself is expensive and for me to have to replace all of these items would be a pain since it would have to come out of pocket,” Chante Singleton, psychology sophomore from Thibodaux, said.
Along with things such as books, laptops and other school supplies being expensive, they are also easy targets for theft.
University Police Chief Craig Jac-cuzzo said property theft is prob-ably the most common form of theft at the University. In 2011, there were 39 property theft cases reported to the University Police Department. These items included things such as textbooks, comput-ers, iPads, iPhones and other items students carry to class. Twelve of these property theft cases occurred in residence halls.
Jaccuzzo explained that the fi rst level of taking precautions against property theft is protection. These precautions include not showcasing
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items, locking up property in cars or apartments, recording all serial numbers and saving receipts. When dealing with electronics, each item should be password protected and linked to a tracking device in case of theft. Also, when students leave valuable items on their front car seat, the risk of someone breaking into the car becomes higher. If stu-dents need to leave a valuable item such as a laptop or textbook in their vehicles, put them in a trunk or hid-den in the backseat.
At Nicholls, the cost of manda-tory tuition and fees for under-graduate in-state full-time students for the 2012-2013 school year was $2,839.60. For out of state full-time students, the cost was $7,727.80.
Once students pay tuition and fees, many scramble to fi nd the money to buy their schoolbooks. Many schools have reported cases of students stealing their books from the bookstore because the cost of books is so high.
With that, technology is becom-
ing more prevalent in the learning process; schools are looking for cheaper and more interactive ways to use textbooks. EBooks are be-coming more popular in the class-room because they are more por-table and usually cost less.
Kristen Roberts, general stud-ies junior from Shriever said that teachers requiring learning methods such as eBooks and other hands-on electronics in place of books would greatly cut the cost of school books.
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you can handle, but he sure does come close,” Leray said. “Some-times it just takes a while to fi gure out why.”
Leray explained that before the accident she had shy tendencies. She received a head injury from the accident that ultimately changed her personality traits.
“I feel I was really fortunate,” Leray said. “Any time something messes with the brain, it’s danger-ous. I actually used to be more on
the shy side, but my personality has changed because of the head in-jury. Now I’m more outgoing and less likely to hide my feelings from people.”
Leray said, if anything, her life as taught her to appreciate the people who are always there for her.
“Don’t live in the fast lane,” Le-ray said. “Take time to stop and realize the important things in life, because you don’t know how long you’ll have them.”
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Lift, Hip Hop Abs, and Slim in 6.Brazil Butt Lift is probably the
most amusing purchase I have made because the video is advertised to specifi cally target the three major muscles of the buttocks through Leandro Carvalho’s TriAngle Train-ing method. The method may not be revolutionary, but it combines many effective exercises like latin dance moves for cardio and yoga for core strengthening. I have to admit, I was defi nitely sore the next day, but it was mostly from attempt-ing to do one-armed sideways push-ups. It was hit or miss in these vid-eos whether or not I could do each move. The dancing was simple, but the strengthening moves were sig-nifi cantly more complex.
Hip Hop Abs with Shaun T com-bines simple hip hop moves with a combat feel. The videos are 13 to 45 minutes long and provide a nice range depending on how much time I have.
Debbie Sieber’s Slim in 6 has pro-duced the best results for me be-cause the workouts are not so stren-uous that I feel like I am going to
pass out at any given moment, but at the same time, I “feel the burn” and know that it is working.
Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds is a power-walking program that can be purchased in smaller packages and is therefore cheaper. This video is perfect for dreary days when I do not want to be outside, but I still want to burn some calo-ries. The low intensity workout is just enough to keep me motivated, while not wearing me out right be-fore I start a pile of homework.
Unfortunately, most of the Beachbody videos range from $40 to $140 for the base kit which is not practical if you simply want to see what works best for you. The videos do, however, often have a money-back gaurantee if you are not sat-isfi ed with your results in a certain amount of time.
Research, customer reviews and used copies can be found online. If you are still unsure which video will work for you, my advice is to borrow it from a friend before you purchase your own.
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With the rapid approach of midterm, some of us here at the Nicholls Worth (most of us, in fact) have been feeling a little academically drained. The news must keep on rolling out to the masses in the University community, but life outside the offi ce and in the classroom is looking less appealing. The batteries that energize most students at the beginning of the semester to productive starts and early achievements are running low.
Early no-skipping-class streaks have probably been broken by now. Feelings of having an unlimited amount of time in which to procrastinate are dwindling, as well. The fl ow of assignments that seemed sparse a month ago is now becoming more and more like an unstoppable force. Due dates are coming in on a freight train, and a trip to Records to drop one or more courses sounds like a great idea to many students.
Most of us here at the newspaper are scheduled to graduate this May. Surely there are others out there like us who, in the midst of papers, assignments, and preparations for entering the real world, have lost a little juice. We have all come so far and have so little left to go, but making the fi nal stretch and doing so with smiles on our faces is proving to be a challenge.
All of us, however, must keep barreling forward. Whether you are graduating in a few short months, in several years, or even if you have no idea when you’ll fi nally break free, letting yourself down—not to mention
your professors, parents, and peers—will get you nowhere. It is easy to tell someone, “Just stay happy and motivated. You’ll get through the semester!” The task of giving specifi c suggestions and tips on doing so, however, is quite the task.
One way to beat the mid-semester laziness is to create a “to-do” list. On this list, write
down everything that you need to fi nish either that day, or that week. Then, come up with an incentive or prize for yourself when you have fi nished it all. Perhaps you will treat yourself to a big cup of frozen yogurt with all of the toppings you wish, or maybe you will allow yourself to catch up on your favorite tv show that has backed up on your DVR. Whatever your prize may be, it will drive you to fi nish your list effi ciently and quickly.
Everyone gets behind, lost, and/or confused. Life gets in the way of studies, and students change their minds on what their interests and goals are. These are not reasons to give up halfway, however. The spring semester’s drop date is still far enough away that throwing away a course or two shouldn’t even be on the radar yet. There
is also easily enough time to get moving on assignments and to pick up the slack where you may have been neglecting true effort lately.
Everyone can benefi t from a change of pace. Perhaps you are allowing too many projects and assignments to pile up at the last minute, or maybe your work schedule confl icts critically with your academic needs. A new schedule for your various priorities and needs can not only provide a refreshing new take on the work that needs to be done every week, but it can also free up more time for relaxation and time with family and friends.
Set aside time on weekends, even if just for a few hours, to begin assignments for
the following week. This will allow more relaxation time during the week and prevent an overwhelming anxiety attack.
Being a successful student does not require superhuman efforts or insane sacrifi ces. But giving up or slacking off when the going gets tough won’t get anyone anywhere. Take advantage of your opportunity to learn, create, and interact, and reevaluate your stress to transform it into something useful.
Students should focus during mid-terms
STOP daydreaming and...1. Study2. Manage your time wisely3. Don’t procrastinate
