www.thenichollsworth.com Please Recycle Lagniappe | page 11 A Nicholls State University Student Publication Where is my money going? University Budget $2.6M allotted in University budget for athletics [part tuition/part state funding] Student Assessed Athletic Fee provides funding for Title IX facility & life safety program needs for athletics $42 Student Activities Fee $96 total: $63 goes to athletics to provide additional funds for existing fees Athletics Referendum aims to cover the deficit still remaining in athletics Approximately 7,000 University students x $84 = $588,000 Total student assessed fees for athletics + referendum fee = $1,323,000 $63 Totals: per student per student per student Deficit will be covered if referendum is passed $84 Sports | page 7 Editorial | page 15 NICHOLLS WORTH THE Thursday, March, 14, 2013 Volume 58 Issue 20 A referendum aiming to cover the budget deficit in athletics will be among the items on the ballot during spring elections, which begin March 17. The referendum was written last semester by Matthew Jewell, Student Government Association President, and was approved for the ballot at the first SGA meeting of this semester. The referendum reads, “The stu- dents of Nicholls State University hereby approve a self-assessment fee at the rate of three percent of the previous fall in-state tuition and fees to be paid by all students up to 12 hours each semester and session effective with the fall 2013 semes- ter.” Based on the previous fall in-state tuition and fees, this referendum will apply a $7 per credit hour fee up to 12 hours, totaling $84 per full- time student toward the athletics depart- ment. This $84 will be added to the $64.12 referendum that was passed a year ago. It does not replace the other referendum, Jewell said. The student assessed athletic fee of $42 is a fee that is only allowed to be used for women’s sports and safety, not for operations, Jewell said. “The revenue from the referen- dum will provide for a more mean- ingful collegiate athletic experience by ensuring the stability of the ath- letics department and the well-being of the student-athletes,” Rob Bena- rdi, athletics director, said. This referendum will address the problems the athletics department is facing based on outside factors they cannot control. “The referendum addresses the short-falls in the athletics depart- ment’s budget,” Jewell said. “What is happening is without the athletics department doing anything differ- ent and not spending any money; they are coming into the year with a deficit due to outside factors such as a 5 percent increase in housing.” Last year a referendum was passed that included a portion for the athletics department. Unfor- tunately, there probably was not enough communication between SGA and the athletics department on the amount of money the athlet- ics department needed, Jewell said. “My referendum effectively cov- ers the athletic department for the next five years at a minimum, so there will not be another referen- dum next semester for the athletics department,” Jewell said. The term “five years” refers to the hopes Jewell has that this ref- erendum will help the athletics de- partment financially. It does not refer to the length of time students will have to pay the fee. This student assessed fee will continue on indefi- nitely, until a later student body de- cides that the athletics department no longer needs the revenue. Another reason Jewell decided to write and propose the referendum is because if this financial issue is not addressed, there could be con- sequences of losing the athletics program at the University, he said. This would affect the 310 athletes here at the University. It would also affect students that participate in the athletic events. This includes trainers, equipment managers, band members, cheerleaders, Colonel- ettes, student film crew members and student media on campus. In preparing for the referendum, Jewell did research on other colleges that at one point lost their athletic department and the effect it had on Pauline Wilson Staff Writer see REFERENDUM page 5 Will It Pass? GRAPHIC BY MELISSA HOLMAN Voting on athletics referendum to begin on Sunday
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A Nicholls State University Student Publication
Where ismy money going?
University Budget
$2.6M allotted in Universitybudget for athletics
[part tuition/part state funding] Student Assessed
Athletic Fee
provides funding for Title IX facility & life safety program
needs for athletics
$42
Student Activities Fee
$96 total: $63 goes to athletics to provide additional funds for
existing fees
Athletics Referendum
aims to cover the deficit still remaining in athletics
Approximately 7,000 University students x $84 = $588,000
Total student assessed fees for athletics + referendum fee = $1,323,000$63
Totals:
per student
per student
per student
Deficit will be covered if referendum is passed
$84
Sports | page 7 Editorial | page 15
NICHOLLS WORTHTHE
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 Volume 58 Issue 20
A referendum aiming to cover the budget defi cit in athletics will be among the items on the ballot during spring elections, which begin March 17.
The referendum was written last semester by Matthew Jewell, Student Government Association President, and was approved for the ballot at the fi rst SGA meeting of this semester.
The referendum reads, “The stu-dents of Nicholls State University hereby approve a self-assessment fee at the rate of three percent of the previous fall in-state tuition and
fees to be paid by all students up to 12 hours each semester and session effective with the fall 2013 semes-ter.”
Based on the previous fall in-state tuition and fees, this referendum will apply a $7 per credit hour fee up to 12 hours, totaling $84 per full- time student toward the athletics depart-ment. This $84 will be added to the $64.12 referendum that was passed a year ago. It does not replace the other referendum, Jewell said.
The student assessed athletic fee of $42 is a fee that is only allowed to be used for women’s sports and safety, not for operations, Jewell said.
“The revenue from the referen-dum will provide for a more mean-
ingful collegiate athletic experience by ensuring the stability of the ath-letics department and the well-being of the student-athletes,” Rob Bena-rdi, athletics director, said.
This referendum will address the problems the athletics department is facing based on outside factors they cannot control.
“The referendum addresses the short-falls in the athletics depart-ment’s budget,” Jewell said. “What is happening is without the athletics department doing anything differ-ent and not spending any money; they are coming into the year with a defi cit due to outside factors such as a 5 percent increase in housing.”
Last year a referendum was passed that included a portion for
the athletics department. Unfor-tunately, there probably was not enough communication between SGA and the athletics department on the amount of money the athlet-ics department needed, Jewell said.
“My referendum effectively cov-ers the athletic department for the next fi ve years at a minimum, so there will not be another referen-dum next semester for the athletics department,” Jewell said.
The term “fi ve years” refers to the hopes Jewell has that this ref-erendum will help the athletics de-partment fi nancially. It does not refer to the length of time students will have to pay the fee. This student assessed fee will continue on indefi -nitely, until a later student body de-
cides that the athletics department no longer needs the revenue.
Another reason Jewell decided to write and propose the referendum is because if this fi nancial issue is not addressed, there could be con-sequences of losing the athletics program at the University, he said.
This would affect the 310 athletes here at the University. It would also affect students that participate in the athletic events. This includes trainers, equipment managers, band members, cheerleaders, Colonel-ettes, student fi lm crew members and student media on campus.
In preparing for the referendum, Jewell did research on other colleges that at one point lost their athletic department and the effect it had on
Pauline WilsonStaff Writer
see REFERENDUM page 5
Will It Pass?GRAPHIC BY MELISSA HOLMAN
Voting on athletics referendum to begin on Sunday
NICHOLLS WEEKLY CALENDARSATTHURS FRI SUN
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MARCH 6Ellender Hall residents were observed exiting down the exterior emer-
gency stairs of Ellender Hall. Two individuals admitted to drinking alcohol at the top of the staircase. Two male residents were issued University Dis-ciplinary Summons.
MARCH 10An offi cer responded to the rec center after a 911 call was placed. A male
caller stated that a female had tripped and fallen to the ground. Video cam-era footage determined that the two subjects were engaged in a domestic fi ght. An offi cer will interview all parties involved.
Housing Portal Information Sessions
The Offi ce of Housing and Residence Life is working to implement a web based Housing Portal. Stu-dents will utilize the self-service Housing Portal to apply for housing, select a room assignment, select a roommate and to submit an exemption form.
The Offi ce of Housing and Residence Life will be conducting student information sessions on the fol-lowing dates in regard to this new system:
o Monday, March 11 -- 3 p.m. – Bradyo Monday, March 11 -- 6 p.m. – Milleto Tuesday, March 12 -- 6 p.m. – Babingtono Tuesday, March 12 -- 7 p.m. – Ellendero Tuesday, March 12 -- 8:30 p.m. – Scholarso Wednesday, March 13 -- 6 p.m. – Calecuso Wednesday, March 13 -- 7 p.m. – Zeringueo Wednesday, March 13 -- 8:30 p.m. – Brady
Maritime Management Concentration Information Sessions
The College of Business is holding information sessions for students interested in the new Maritime Management Concentration. The sessions will be held March 27 at 12:10 pm in 220 Powell Hall and March 28 at noon in 214 Powell Hall. Representatives from companies such as Seacor Marine LLC, Montco Offshore Inc., Odyssea Marine Inc. and others will be in attendance to address the students. For more information contact Dr. Ken Chadwick at 985.448.4211 or [email protected]
Society of Professional Journalists President to speak at University
National President of the Society of Professional Journalists and University alumnus Sonny Albarado will speak on “Journalism Today” in Le Bijou Theater on March 19 at 9 a.m.
Albarado is a 1973 graduate of the University who served as Nicholls Worth editor and covered con-troversial issues such as segregation in off-campus nightclubs and hair and dress regulations enforced on campus. Albarado also currently serves as a top editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Apple Award Nomination Forms Available
The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services annually honors teaching faculty for their work with students outside the classroom. The Apple Awards are based on nominations by students, student organizations, faculty and staff, and fi nal selection by a committee of students, faculty and staff. The awards will be presented on the day of Faculty Institute for the fall semester, Aug. 15. Deadline for nominations is March 22. Awards will be given for Outstanding Faculty Advisor of a Student Organiza-tion, Outstanding Faculty Mentor, Outstanding Faculty Support for Student Activities, and Student Affairs Faculty Merit Awards. Nomination forms are available at www.nicholls.edu/osa in the forms section.
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SGA candidates discuss leadership plans if elected
Running For President:
Jessica St. Pierre, business ad-ministration sophomore from Thibodaux
Q: Give me a little background information about yourself.
A: I have been a senator in the Stu-dent Government Association for
two years and currently serve as the judiciary chairperson and senator of business administration. I also par-ticipate in many other organizations on campus including Sigma Sigma Sigma, National Panhellenic Coun-cil, Circle K, Green Club and Wom-en Involved in Self-Empowerment. I serve as a student member on sev-eral university committees and the student advisory board.
Q: What issues are you looking to resolve if elected?
A: If elected, I intend to push for more student involvement. I am looking forward to working with the student body to resolve issues that have not been addressed thus far. I am also looking forward to hear-ing the students’ concerns. There is no challenge that I will not take on. Every student on campus deserves
to have his or her voice heard and issues addressed.
Melissa Cloutet, management junior from Convington
Q: Give me a little background information about yourself.
A: I’ve been involved in SGA since my freshman year as a sena-tor for the College of Business. I’m currently serving on the executive board as the director of public rela-tions.
Q: What issues are you looking to resolve if elected?
A: An issue I would like to resolve is SGA transparency. I want stu-dents and organizations to form a closer bond and work together with the SGA. We are here to represent them and make sure their voice is heard. If elected, I am confi dent the students will be informed of all SGA matters.
Running for Vice President:Adam Lefort, business ad-
ministration freshman from Thibodaux
Q: Give me a little background
information about yourself.A: I am a member of the Student
Government Association senate as a freshman senator and campus improvements chair. I am also a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Honors Program, and Circle K.
Q: What issues are you looking to resolve if elected?
A: I will to continue what I am doing as campus improvements chair to help keep the University a beautiful, well-maintained campus because it will help improve the image of Nicholls for students and visitors. I would also work closely with the SGA senate to facilitate more student involvement on cam-pus and increase school spirit.
Shiena Normand, biology freshman from Niceville, Fla.
Q: Give me a little background information about yourself.
A: I have three years of experience in Student Government, not only at the university/college level but also on the state level. I am a third year transfer student from Northwest Florida State College. This is my second semester at Nicholls and my second semester involved with the Nicholls State University Student Government Association.
Q: What sets you apart from the other candidates?
A: My previous experience and leadership in Student Government and other organizations is what distinguishes me from the other
candidates. At my previous col-lege I was also highly involved with Student Government for the two years I attended, holding several of-fi cer positions including sergeant at arms and historian during my fi rst year of college and vice presidential pro-tempore for my second year. In addition to being vice presidential pro-tempore for my college, I was also District 4 assistant coordinator for the state of Florida. The state of Florida is broken up into four dis-tricts; District 4 comprises of nine different colleges from Pensacola to Gainesville with 21 different college campuses. The District 4 assistant coordinator is essentially the vice president of the district. In addi-tion to being highly involved with Student Government, I was also the Speech and Debate Team cap-tain consecutively for two years and the lead student ambassador. Cur-rently at Nicholls, I am a senator for the College of Arts and Sciences, the chair of the fi nance commit-tee, and I am currently serving as the vice presidential pro-tempore and on several different University committees. I am highly involved on campus with several different organizations, and I have grown to love being a Colonel at Nicholls! My experience and loyalty to organiza-tions like Student Government are what sets me apart from the other candidates.
Alexandra Stouffl et, mass com-munication junior from Harvey
Tiffany WilliamsStaff Writer
see CANDIDATES page 4PHOTOS BY CELESTE HOPE
A Can Wars competition will be held on Mar. 18 as part of the Nicholls Can food drive for student organizations and academic depart-ments to build the most creative structures from non-perishable items.
The fi rst Nicholls Can food drive collected more than 8,100 non-perishable food items last spring.
In the fall, the food drive exceeded the University’s goal to collect 7,000 items since faculty, staff, students and local businesses, in conjunction with homecoming week activities, helped to collect more than 12,500 items.
Jean Donegan, art department head and Nicholls Can coordina-tor, said the idea came to her when she thought of different ways to get more students involved with the University-wide food drive that helps raise awareness of hunger is-
sues in the local community. “I was thinking of a way to in-
volve the groups on campus with a little competitive fun,” Donegan said. “While at the same time gen-erating results for the food drive.”
The competition will be held on Monday in Shaver Gym from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. There will be two $250 awards for the Most Creative/Most Unique and Most School Spirited designs. Winners will also receive a framed certifi cate and an engraved Nicholls Can Wars Plaque.
Lohan Kotze, SGA Treasurer, said he thought it would be exciting and different to combine the Can Wars competition with Donegan’s food drive efforts.
“This is our fi rst year with the competition, but I think it will be an event that gets better every year,” Kotze said. “We’re hoping to see a lot of designs that show school spirit with anything that pertains to Nicholls, like the signature “N” or perhaps a sword.”
Organizations signed up for the competition are the Student Government Association, Student Publications, National Panhellenic Council, the Math Club, Sigma Al-pha Epsilon, and Kappa Sigma. Each team is responsible for col-lecting their own cans and/or other non-perishable items.
Every structure should consist of unaltered food drive items, and
each team’s creativity will be tested since there are no glue, wire, tape or magnets allowed in the competi-tion. Donegan said it is important for each team to come prepared with a design plan since there are only seven hours to assemble their designs.
As the involvement with Nicholls Can continues to increase, Donegan said she is excited to see what stu-dents will produce at the Can Wars competition.
“I’m excited to see the designs that each team will come up with,” Donegan said. “I think it will be a lot of fun.”
The food drive will conclude on Monday, Mar. 25 and volunteers are needed at the Environmental and Safety building to count and sort cans before they are delivered to lo-cal food banks.
Anyone intersted in volunteering can contact Jean Donegan at 448-4597 for more information.
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Q: Give me a little background information about yourself.
A: I graduated from Academy of Our Lady in 2010. I have been involved in Student Government Association, Nicholls Cheerleading, Phi Mu Fraternity, Choir, and I am a student worker at the Nicholls ad-missions offi ce.
Q: What sets you apart from the other candidates?
A: I have been a student at this University for three years. I work in the admissions offi ce, which has taught me valuable information about the Nicholls system. I think that, unlike the other candidates, I was not in SGA this past year after being highly involved on campus; I can bring a real change to the order in which actions are taken. I believe
I know Nicholls better, and have obtained the recourses over the past three years to improve this Univer-sity.
Q: How has your major here at Nicholls prepared you for this posi-tion?
A: My concentration is Public Relations, and it has prepared me to speak and has taught me good ethics. I have learned to create and promote images, events, and ideas. It has helped me become a strategic thinker and has introduced me to professional techniques.
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number of students. Southeastern lost about 1,200 students within two years of the program going away. This is a big deal for Nicholls be-cause the University cannot afford to lose 300 students let alone 1,200 students.”
In the state of Louisiana, the Board of Regents outlines how much a University can contribute to the athletics department.
The University’s max contribu-tion to the athletics department is 3.4 million dollars; currently the athletics department only receives 2.6 million from the University. Other schools in the University of Louisiana system including South-eastern, McNeese, and Northwest-ern State are all fully funded by their Universities, whereas Nicholls State is not fully funded.
“The reason the University can-not fully fund the athletics depart-ment is because they want to keep as much money in the academic pro-gram as possible,” Jewell said. “This referendum essentially ensures that the University is not going to have to take away from academics to help cover the athletics department.”
One of the fi rst things Jewell wanted the athletics department to do was show him how they were going to raise money for the depart-ment.
“They showed me that they are raising more money than ever be-fore and potentially going to a third party vendor to help increase ticket
sales,” Jewell said. Another way the athletics depart-
ment raises money is through game guarantees, an agreement that an opposing team will pay the Univer-sity some amount of money to play them.
“The University currently has guarantees of $1.2 million, after ex-penses for game travel, the Univer-sity in the end does not receive the full $1.2 million,” Jewell said.
Jewell understands the point of raising money for the department, but does not understand why it has to be at the expense of the athletes.
“I commend our athletic depart-ment for going out and doing this to raise money, because this is one of the only ways they can, but I do not think it’s fair at the same time that our school has to go across the nation to get their asses kicked, just so we can raise money,” Jewell said. “Our fi rst game is against the Or-egon Ducks, the number three team in nation. I do not think it is fair for our athletes to go and lose the fi rst game of the season and potentially get hurt because they need money to operate.”
Jewell said the fi rst question he always receives is what does the money go to.
“If you take the money the Uni-versity contributes, $2.6 million, to the athletics department, the depart-ment then turns around and gives $1.9 million back to the University for scholarships. That is where the
defi cit is coming from,” Jewell said. If the referendum is passed, the
funds will be used primarily for stu-dent athletes.
“The revenue generated from the increase will be used in the ar-eas of health, safety and welfare for student-athletes,” Benardi said. “The current conditions in these ar-eas need to be improved. Protect-ing the health, safety and welfare of our student-athletes should not be looked upon as optional or ex-cessive. We have to make improve-ments in these critical areas.”
If the referendum passes, SGA plans to institute a rewards program for students who attend games.
Students will still be allowed to at-tend the more than 90 home games of each sports season. The passage of the referendum will enhance school spirit with new programs, Jewell said.
“One program that may arise if the referendum is passed is a point system,” Jewell said. “The Univer-sity will track the number of games through the Colonel Card. With each game attended, students will earn points. In turn, students will be able to turn the points in for prizes that indicate school spirit. SGA would set tiers, with each tier having particular prizes assigned to them. Then depending on how many points a student has, they will be classifi ed into a tier and then able to pick the associated prizes.”
There is also a possibility with the
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passage of the referendum that stu-dent worker positions in the athlet-ics department could double, Jewell said.
These positions will be open to all students, not just student athletes, and consist of assistants for bas-ketball games and football games, as well as other assistants within the department, Jewell said.
“Athletics is an important com-ponent of the collegiate experi-ence,” Benardi said. “Intercollegiate athletics builds pride in the insti-tution and serves as a window in which to view the institution as a whole. It’s important that we have a healthy, both fi nancially and com-petitively, athletics program. I think it’s especially important for the fu-ture of Nicholls that we increase student enrollment. In order for us to increase our enrollment, we need to make Nicholls as physically, so-cially and academically attractive as possible. In my mind, the student referendum is a means toward im-
proving all three of those important areas.”
Students have mixed feelings on the referendum and the funds that may potentially be added to their bills.
“I do not think it is such a bad idea. If the referendum keeps funds in academics and still benefi ts the athletics department, it is not that bad,” Colleen Beattie, dietetics freshman from Morgan City, said. “In the long run, you are not going to miss $86.”
Paul Lupo, culinary senior from Hammond, does not feel that he can take an additional $86 to his fees.
“I cannot take on another in-crease personally. It is just not a good time for me,” Lupo said. “The majority of the people I know feel the same. With the start of a new semester, we always have the same conversation about new fees added, and it is never a good one.”
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NICHOLLS ATHLETICS
Dantrell Thomas, #1, a junior from Many, Louisiana, does a lay up during the March March 7 game against Lamar University.
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Men’s basketball preps for Southland Conference TourneyJacob WilliamsSports Writer
Nicholls basketball wrapped up their final home game Satur-day against McNeese, setting up a trip to Katy, Texas, for the South-land Conference Tournament. The Colonels head to the tourna-ment as the No. 5 seed with an 8-10 conference record, marking a team record fifth straight post-season appearance. Nicholls was pegged to finish eighth in the conference preseason poll.
The team split last week’s two games to determine their tourna-ment position, picking up a win against Lamar, then dropping their regular season finally to Mc-Neese in double overtime. The loss cemented a rematch to kick off the conference tournament
on March 13.Head coach J.P. Piper saw his
team’s performance in a 90-63 win against Lamar, as a great example of what Nicholls is ca-pable of achieving. The Colonels lead by as many as 37 points and shot 58 percent from the field in
a game where Piper was able to give extended playing time to his bench.
“We seem like we are hitting on all cylinders on both sides of the ball,” Piper said.
The regular season finale saw
Nicholls fall 91-88 in a game that with seven lead changes and nine ties. A last second three by the Cowboys sunk the Colonels in the second overtime.
Earlier in the season, Piper’s squad hoped to avoid playing four consecutive games in order
to win the tournament. This will be the case now as the Colonels needed the fourth seed to clinch at least a first round bye. Despite not having an ideal schedule for the tournament, Piper remains confident in Nicholls’ chances.
“There were stretches at Oral Roberts where we were better than Oral Roberts,” Piper said. “We beat Northwestern on their floor. We went eight or ten min-utes right there with Stephen F. Austin, but we broke before they did. None of that matters if we
can get to Katy (Texas) and be the best team for 40 minutes.”
Rather than change their phi-losophy in the postseason, the Colonels will try to bring more consistency to their game, Piper said.
“Our focus right now has to be making ourselves better on every possession,” Piper said. “Let’s not focus on things we can’t con-trol.”
Nicholls will likely rely heav-ily on senior guard Fred Hunter, who leads the team in points, rebounds and steals. The team hopes the All-Conference guard’s last run for the Colonels will lead to a conference championship.
“Obviously I’m biased, but I think he is the best player in this league,” Piper said. “He flirts with a double double every night. He gets double and triple teamed and still finds a way to score 20 or 25 points game. Hopefully he will give people fits in Katy, Texas.”
Perimeter shooting has been a strong indicator of the team’s
“ “
Our focus right now has to be making ourselves better on every possession.
— J.P. Piper
see SOUTHLAND page 10
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Sophomore Kryshell Rolle re-cently broke a school record winning gold in the 60 meter hurdles at the 2013 Southland Conference Indoor Championships. Rolle was one of the fi rst two female athletes to get gold in an individual event at a con-ference meet. Rolle took some time to talk about the accomplishment.
Q: How did it feel when you crossed the fi nish line to win the gold?
A: It felt good. I didn’t really get the time I intended to run, but a win is a win, so I was happy with it. I was improving my time all season, so I was happy with the progress.
Q: Did you have a feeling during the race that you were doing well?
A: Going into the race, I knew I had the fastest time, but I just want-ed to stay focused on my race and not get sidetracked because I knew anything could happen in a race. So I just stayed focused.
Q: You won by .06 seconds. How do you work to get better by such small amounts?
A: That is really technical. You just work on your technique. I know if I perfect my technique, I can run a whole lot faster. That’s all it really is: speed and technique, more so tech-nique than speed.
Q: How did you celebrate after you won gold?
A: The whole team was happy because it was a fun time for Nich-
olls. We never really had anyone win indoor, so everyone was just really happy. My coach was happy, too.
Q: What was it like to be able to share it with someone?
A: Yeah, the team was just really happy for both of us.
Q: How important are wins like see HURDLER page 10
Sophmore Kryshell Rolle from Nassau, Bahamas takes a break from practice for a quick photo.PHOTO BY JACOB WILLIAMS
Sophomore hurdler breaks record at Indoor Championships
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Opinion By Jake Martin
Grudge match makes GSP vs. Diaz most anticipated fi ght of the yearGeorges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz
is far from being a typical UFC main event.
Grudge matches are few and far between in the sport of MMA, so
when two fi ghters headline a pay-per-view event with animosity, ex-citement builds.
But this isn’t just a grudge match. This has the classic hero
vs. villain storyline attached to it, combined with the magnitude of two huge draws fi ghting for a world championship.
As big as this fi ght is though, is it really the most anticipated bout on UFC 158’s main card this Saturday? Or is Carlos Condit vs. Johny Hendricks the real main event?
Condit vs. Hendricks is worthy of main eventing a card, but it’s no GSP/Diaz.
The co-main event at UFC 158 is just as appetizing as the main event in terms of the actual fi ght. Condit is a slick striker that has awkward angles and can “throw spinning s***.”
Hendricks, on the other hand, is completely different. Instead of being a fi nesse striker like Condit,
he is a head-hunting boxer with the best knockout power in the welterweight division.
If Hendricks decides to not use his wrestling and remain standing, Condit might pick him apart. Con-dit is the more skilled striker, and he can give as well as he can take.
But then again, if Hendricks closes the distance well enough to land one of his hay-makers, Con-dit’s lights will dim. Hendricks only needs one shot, but can he endure Condit’s unorthodox strikes in order to land it?
But come on, GSP vs. Diaz is the real main attraction here.
Besides Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II at UFC 148, no other fi ght in the past couple of years has captured the fan’s atten-tion quite like this one.
Think about it. It’s Diaz, who is almost like an anti-hero in the way he opposes the lay and pray imi-tators inside the Octagon, going against GSP, who is fi nally show-ing some personality for a change.
GSP’s dark place basically means “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” Quite frankly, that’s awesome. It’s nice to see someone get under GSP’s skin bad enough to make him talk like a tough guy.
As far as the fi ght goes, GSP will likely take Diaz down and bat-ter him with ground-and-pound for fi ve rounds. Even if that does happen, the fi ght will still be entertaining because of Diaz’s ground game and trash talk. Will the emotions get to GSP? Will we have another Matt Serra-type mo-ment? Ah, is it fi ght time yet?
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this to building the track program at Nicholls?
A: Like Jackie said, it just put Nich-olls on the map because we never re-ally had hurdlers. And the distance girls are always good, so it just really put us out there for other schools to watch out for.
Q: Did things speed up or slow down when you were about to win?
A: It really picked up.
Q: It was a two-day event, so were you anxious to get back out there on
the second day?
A: I was anxious, but I tried to stay patient and let it come to me.
Q: Did it kind of make it all worth it coming to Nicholls from the Ba-hamas?
A: It does pay off training-wise. There are more opportunities here, but you still have a lot of talented athletes back home. It does feel good, but I know I have a lot of competition there waiting me. It just pushes me to work hard and achieve my goals.
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success on a given night, accord-ing to Piper. Shooting 4-20 from beyond the arc compared to mak-ing six or seven could be the dif-ference in the game. Against La-mar, the Colonels shot 41 percent on threes, while hitting them at a 22 percent clip against McNeese.
“We try to get ball into Fred’s hands initially, but we are going to need the three-ball to com-pliment everything else we do,”
Piper said.With lingering injuries to start-
ing point guard sophomore Shane Rillieux and junior guard Jeremy Smith, the Colonels will look to get healthy for the possible four day stretch.
If the Colonels defeat the Cowboys, they will face South-eastern for a chance to play top seeded Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals.
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William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” performed by the Nicholls Players, will bring revenge, love and insanity to life in the Mary Danos Theatre in Talbot Hall tonight through March 17.
The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Anna Broussard, mass communication instructor, directed the production.
“Hamlet” is one of Shakespeare’s most famous works and one of his most performed plays. The play is about the life of the main character, Hamlet, who is distraught over the death of his father.
The cast consists of students, faculty and members of the com-munity. Throughout the play, the cast promises to throw a few unique twists into the performance that the audience may not expect. The cast said they chose to utilize the text ac-cording to how they perceived it.
Taylor Fabre, Louisiana State University graduate from Houma and actor in the lead role of Ham-
let, finds it ironic that he is portray-ing Hamlet in this production.
“What is interesting is that Ham-let is my most hated character of Shakespeare’s plays and “Hamlet,” the play, is my most hated of Shake-speare’s works,” Fabre said. “This makes the concept of being Hamlet really weird, but because I thought it was going to be a challenge [I ac-cepted.]”
Although Fabre described Ham-let to be a depressing character and what others describe as “emo before people were emo,” the char-acter’s emotional personality allows him to be versatile in his portrayal of the character.
Fabre plans to bring his character to life by using his “acrobatic abili-ties” to help capture the audience’s attention.
Scott Carroll, media and film graduate from Union, N.J. and ac-tor in the role of Claudius the king, described “Hamlet” as an enjoyable, generational experience.
“Every time it is performed, each generation adapts it differently, and each generation finds something in it that the one before it may not have seen,” Carroll explained. “It is
always great to find something new in this original text and that is why it stands the test of time.”
Originally, the Nicholls Players were supposed to perform “Rosen-crantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” which is based on “Hamlet,” but due to scheduling conflicts “Ham-let” was the alternate choice.
Sarah Ballard, sociolody senior from Hamden, Conn. playing Ros-encrantz, said this classic show is something she is proud to be a part of.
“This is one of those great time-less plays that you can modify and interpret over and over again,” Bal-lard said. “It never really gets old.”
Along with the cast’s unique inter-pretation of the plot, they also men-tioned two characters that stand out among the rest: the ghost and the gravedigger, both played by English professor Richmond Eustis.
“The gravedigger is a comic re-lief, and the ghost is someone who keeps you at the edge of your seat and keeps you enthralled and ab-sorbed in the play,” Elizabeth Shir-ley, education junior from Simpson playing Gertrude the queen, said.
Cheyenne Miller, English sopho-
more from Thibodaux who will portray Hamlet’s love, Ophelia, said she is grateful for the opportunity she has to play this character and hopes the audience enjoys the per-formance.
“The audience can definitely look forward to plot twists that we have added and a really great time,” Mill-er said.
Julia Franks, education freshman from Franklin playing Polonius, said she likes the characters in the show, especially her own, because of their skewed vision of their own impor-tance.
“Polonius really just needs to get over herself,” Franks said.
Sara Trax, marketing sophomore from Houma playing Guildenstern, said her favorite part is watching the other characters on stage.
“I would say this is more of a comedy than a tragedy,” Trax said. “I love watching Frankie [Julia Franks] play Polonius because she’s so funny in character.”
Alana Buquoi, athletic training ju-nior from Marrero, said she agrees that this version of “Hamlet” has more comedy than she expected and a lot of action.
“I wasn’t expecting it to be as funny as it is,” Buquoi said. “I also like all the stunts and the gun and other weapons that we use. I think it’s pretty cool.”
Patrice Gilton, mass communi-cation freshman from Thibodaux playing Macellus, said she is excited to be one of the few who makes it through the tragedy.
Cameron Price, history sopho-more from Burris, will make his on-stage debut in “Hamlet” and he said his cast mates are what keep him interested.
“I love the people in this play,” Price said. “They’re really great and I’ve enjoyed every moment I’ve spent here.
Koryn Boyd, art freshman from Point-Aux-Chenes, said the cast not only bonds with each other, but also with their own chracters.
“I have a connection with my character, Horatio,” Boyd said.
General admission is $10 and $5 with a Student ID. Tickets can be purchased at the door and proceeds go to the Nicholls Players’ budget for future performances.
“Hamlet” brings revenge, love and insanity to NichollsTiffany Williams
Staff Writer
Photo by Celeste hoPeHamlet, played by Taylor Fabre, and Laertes, played by Cameron Price, run through their sword fighting scenes at a dress rehearsal for Hamlet, which will be opening tonight and performed through Sunday in the Talbot theater.
After having been married in the Quad in November 2012, Teresina and Jake Hebert are attempting to balance college and married life.
Statistics show that in 2010, the median age for men and women to get married was 28 for males and
26 for females. Forty-one percent of college students are between the ages of 18 and 24, showing that not many college students are getting married.
Along with picking venues, cakes and colors, married couples in col-lege also face changes financially.
According to Engagedmarriage, a financial issue married couples face in college is the resources they need to support themselves. This can in-clude expenses for rent, utilities and transportation, along with tuition and other educational expenses.
Married couples wishing to live on campus have the option to re-side in the family housing located on Ardoyne drive. Couples have an option between one bedroom and two bedrooms. For the one-bed-room, the cost is $460 per month, and for the two-bedroom it is $560.
Unlike the traditional married couple in college, Teresina Hueso Hebert and Jake Hebert face a few
different issues. Teresina Hebert, nursing junior
from San Diego, and Jake Hebert, management senior and United States Marine Corps veteran, were married last November in the Quad of the University. They were to-gether for a year and a half before they got married.
“My wife, Teresina, is a tradition-al student, and I am not. Because
of the Marine Corps and my experi-ences in it prior to college, I cannot really relate to many guys my age,” Jake Hebert said.
As far as how being married and in college has impacted their lives, Teresina and Jake Hebert experi-ence it differently.
“Being married has impacted my college career in a positive way,” Teresina Hebert said. “Before I met Jake, I never really took college seriously since I was more worried about going out and partying. Since I have been with Jake, my priorities have changed, and I find that is has pushed me to do better in school and finish as soon as possible since we want children one day.”
As for Jake Hebert, it is not the married part of his life that has changed his college experiences.
“My college experience is weird because of being a veteran, not from being married. I think my wife’s situation is a little weirder
because of being married in college, because she cannot talk to other guys, nor they to her. Also, girls at the University are a little younger than her, are from the area and have friends from previous experiences,” he said.
Jake Hebert is being paid by the GI bill to learn, and is making his way through his senior year by tak-ing six classes at a time and main-
taining a 3.75 grade point average.Teresina Hebert does not find it
harder or easier to be married and going to college, although she does find herself questioning her career choice.
“I want to contribute in trying to provide the best life for our fam-ily one day. Before I got married I thought I was certain with what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, now I find it hard to stick to one thing since I now have a person in my life that wants to see me suc-cessful and happy with what I do one day,” she said.
She feels that it is not all about
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“ “Since I have been with Jake, my priorities have changed, and I find that is has pushed me to do better in school and finish as soon as possible
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Greek week celebrates Greek Life
The University’s Greek commu-nity will celebrate its annual Greek Week from March 18-22 by par-ticipating in group philanthropy projects, Songfest and many other activities geared toward bringing to-gether the entire Greek community.
Tommy Ponson, director of stu-dent life, said, “Greek Week is a time set aside to relax, celebrate, and honor those who have worked. We do have games throughout the week, but we set aside time to do community service projects as a whole. Greek Week is a week that we come together and select a phi-lanthropy to support fi nancially.”
Groups taking part in Greek Week include the Interfraternity Council, National Panhellenic Con-ference and National Pan-Hellenic Council. These three groups over-look all Greek sororities and frater-nities on campus.
Anthony Naquin, president of the
interfraternity council, said, “As IFC president, my goal is to see all of the chapters work together instead of competing against one another.”
Greek Week 2013 will begin on Sunday, March 17, with a fl ag foot-ball tournament, which will support Refuge 127, a local non-profi t or-ganization that assists and supports orphans in the community.
In keeping with the idea of work-ing together as the entire Greek community, teams for the fl ag foot-ball tournament must be co-ed and include members of multiple soror-ity and fraternity chapters.
On March 18, students will travel to the gravesite of Colonel Francis T. Nicholls and his family to clean, paint and leave fl owers.
On March 21, Sororities and fra-ternities will participate in the an-nual Songfest competition. Ponson explained that some organizations begin preparing for Songfest several months in advance.
“Songfest is one of our larger fun-draisers to assist us in donating back to the community,” Ponson said.
Although the recipient of funds raised during Songfest for this year has not been determined yet, Pon-son said in the past, money has been donated to the Nicholls CAN! proj-ect as well as other Greek members who needed help at the time or were ill.
“I’m looking forward to Song-fest the most because that is what a lot of the organizations put most of their work into,” Hailey Silverii, president of Order of Omega, said.
After Songfest there will be an all-Greek social at The Foundry on the Bayou. Ponson said this gives the students a chance to socialize as a whole and the social was established as a part of Greek Week upon re-quest of the Greeks.
“Each year we try to do some-thing different and refocus on what we are doing and what need to do to make it better and to bring every-body together,” Ponson said.
Greek Week will conclude on March 22 when students assist with a festival at the Bayou Community Academy.
On March 4, Nicholls Education Association of Teachers sat in the audience for the fi lming of NBC’s television talent competition, America’s Got Talent.
Tiffany Papa, sponsor of N.E.A.T., plans school-wide events for the organization. The group consists of mostly family and con-sumer science majors with approxi-mately 138 members.
Papa received a voicemail from America’s Got Talent inviting stu-dents to be a part of the studio au-dience for the live show fi lming.
Papa accepted the invite, along with approximately 13 students and four sponsors: Elizabeth Block, as-sistant professor of education, Mary Junot, assistant professor of educa-tion, Rachel Hebert, program coor-dinator for the center for dyslexia and related disorders, and Rhonda Zeringue, secretary of University printing and student publications.
“I’m not really sure how they chose us,” Papa said. “I was not sure what groups got called or why, but they chose us, and I was happy to hear that.”
This was the fi rst time Amer-ica’s Got Talent has been to New Orleans and the television show’s representatives called local school
organizations to ask them to par-ticipate in the live studio audience.
Papa said some of her students sat on the front row at the fi lming, which increases their possibiliy to be seen when the episode is aired to the public.
Jordan Chaisson, elementary ed-ucation junior from Chackbay, said the most exciting part of the event was taking a picture with the show’s
hNick Cannon. “It was the excitement of him
holding me for 2 seconds,” Chais-son said.
Chaisson also said she enjoyed the red carpet event. The red car-pet event allowed the judges to in-teract with the audience in a “meet-and-greet” before the live fi lming.
“This was something fun for them that I thought they deserved,” Papa said.
Papa said that, although N.E.A.T. is mostly family and consumer sci-ence students, all majors are wel-come to join.
“If people are really interested, and they just really want to do ser-vice, and they want to work for the group they can join, even if they are a general studies major,” Papa said.
N.E.A.T. participates in many events on campus including Family Day and Welcome Back Day, as well as events in the community such as the Bayou Festival, Children’s Mu-seum Festival and Thibodauxville.
N.E.A.T. also held a fundraiser for a patient who needed a liver transplant, helped to set up tables for a walk to honor all Down syn-drome patients, and volunteered for the “Dog Day Afternoon.” They have also volunteered with the Fos-ter Child Day.
For more information on the organization, contact Papa at 985-448-4731.
N.E.A.T. attends TV show fi lmingMaci Harris
Reporter
N.E.A.T. member Jordan Chais-son poses with America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon during the show’s New Orleans audi-tions on March 4.
N.E.A.T.
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her but about what is best for them as a whole.
Although being married pushed her to be the best, she does fi nd it hard to make friends.
“I fi nd it hard to relate to other students since I am married. I fi nd that a lot of students are surprised what they hear I am married, since marriage seems to be a scary thing in college,” Teresina Hebert said.
Many of the students Teresina encounters see marriage as life be-ing over, but she sees it as a whole
new chapter in her life. Alexandra Stouffl et, mass com-
munication junior from New Or-leans, said, “I feel that it is the end of your life to get married in col-lege, because you are too young to be married and marriage is a con-tract.”
Teresina Hebert feels exactly the opposite.
“I feel that my life has just start-ed, and I have many more new and exciting chapters to experience with my best friend,” she said.
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Given the state of the United States economy, a lot of us are digging in sofa cushions to produce enough money to pay bills and survive. We think the same can be said for the University.
It is understood that the University and, more specifically, the athletic department, need money to get their jobs done. It makes sense that more money is needed to provide scholarships to good players who in turn bring talent and focus on the University.
We think the University athletics department should focus their efforts on recruiting local athletes rather than spending money on finding out-of-state athletes.
A successful ath-letic team promotes the University in a positive light, and there are plenty of successful athletes in the surrounding areas who should be given more opportunities to benefit from the scholarships that Nicholls athletics has to offer.
There are numerous positives to mak-ing this adjustment. Local athletes would be more likely to turn down on-campus housing, making their scholarship needs go down. Also, local athletes have the oppor-tunity to receive TOPS, which would cover their cost of tuition. This would make their scholarships even less of a necessity, bring-ing the cost down for the University as well.
But it is unfair to ask for more money from those of us who are already running on a tight budget.
Yes, the money needs to come from somewhere. But tuition increases already loom in the light every year, and then come the fee increases.
Unfortunately, as the cost of going to college rises, the income from student jobs and other part-time positions stays the same, making it harder and harder for col-lege students to make ends meet.
Some students have three or four jobs in order to make payments on student loans, or even just to buy books.
With the passing of the new referendum, students will be paying an additional $84 each to the athletic department. This mon-ey would be added to the $105 that each student already pays in student-assessed fees each semester to the athletic depart-ment.
For athletics to ask for an increase two years in a row brings to mind the old saying,
“Give an inch and they’ll take a mile.” Once the additional fees are approved,
it is a fee endowed to future Nicholls stu-dents for years to come. Students should pay more attention to additional fees since many people are weary of the increase in tuition, but many do not know the Univer-sity is making additional increases that are not absolutely necessary.
Just as the aver-age student has to find more ways to pay for their edu-cation, athletics should find more ways to bring in additional money aside from relying on struggling stu-dents.
Everyone should support the con-tinued success of Nicholls athlet-ics. However, if students support the assessed fee, there should be more people in the stands at athletic events to see the student athletes their money sup-ports.
On the same note, if we con-tinue to give more
and more money to University athletics, then those of us who are contributing our dollars will have higher expectations of our sporting teams and athletes.
For example, as a college athlete, with tu-ition, meal plans, housing and fees all paid for by others, work ethic and dedication should be highest of priority. Not to say that all athletes are lazy or don’t do their best, but if more money is given to them, then it is easy to say that more will be ex-pected of them.
