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Album Review: The 1975’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

Hugh Plaisance, Print Managing Editor
December 4, 2018

With their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, the 1975 found a way to embrace...

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Album Review: East Atlanta Love Letter by 6LACK

Hugh Plaisance, Print Managing Editor
September 17, 2018

While the city of Atlanta, Ga. may be better known for its premiere crop of popular trap artists such...

Hot Takes: RIP Lagniappe

Hot Takes: RIP Lagniappe

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
May 8, 2018

To whom it may concern, As you may have heard, big changes are coming to both Nicholls Worth and student...

Personal Opinion: The importance of free speech shined during this semester’s Student Speech Forum

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
April 20, 2018

On April 17, I attended the Nicholls Student Speech Forum in Peltier Auditorium. As a mass communication...

Hot Takes: a fan's rant on the New Orleans Pelicans

Hot Takes: a fan’s rant on the New Orleans Pelicans

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
April 10, 2018

As the final buzzers of March Madness sound and April casually caries on, it’s now time to focus on...

How to survive spring break

How to survive spring break

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
April 3, 2018

It’s finally happening. After weeks of mindless assignments, ridiculous exams and stressful projects,...

Movie Review: Pacific Rim Uprising

Movie Review: Pacific Rim Uprising

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
March 24, 2018

If you are looking for a well-crafted, highly intelligent and charming sequel, you might want to hit...

Hot Takes: Understanding the madness that is March

Hot Takes: Understanding the madness that is March

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
March 14, 2018

It’s that time of the year again. There’s an extra hour of daylight, midterms are just beginning...

Personal Opinion: What students will get from the referendum

Personal Opinion: What students will get from the referendum

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
March 13, 2018

I’m sure many of you have been hearing the buzz about the student media referendum. Basically, the...

Celebrate Women's Week with these upcoming events

Celebrate Women’s Week with these upcoming events

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
March 12, 2018

Women’s Week at Nicholls State University will take place during the week of Mar. 11, 2018. Throughout...

Winners and losers of the 90th Academy Awards

Winners and losers of the 90th Academy Awards

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
March 5, 2018

Last night marked the celebration of the 90 th annual Academy Awards. For 90 years, the Academy of Motion...

Answering all your Drop Day questions

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
February 26, 2018

As the Spring semester moves along, classes blend together, and it may seem harder and harder to keep...

Personal Opinion: On violence

Hugh Plaisance
February 19, 2018

In light of last Wednesday’s tragedy where a gunman took the lives of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman...

Movie Review: Fifty Shades Freed

Movie Review: Fifty Shades Freed

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Writer
February 15, 2018

With Valentine’s Day just having passed, it’s time to talk about the newest installment in the Fifty...

Hot Takes: Valentine's Day, an example of our lust for love

Hot Takes: Valentine’s Day, an example of our lust for love

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
February 13, 2018

Can you do me a favor? Go ahead and inhale deeply through your nose. Get a big, hearty whiff of that...

The do’s and don’ts of Mardi Gras break

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
February 12, 2018

Mardi Gras season is now in full swing. Beads are flying, beers are flowing and bodies are showing. Extravagantly...

5 tips for easier test taking

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
February 5, 2018

As the first weeks of the semester come to a close and the actual school work begins, the impending tests...

Four speakers begin events celebrating Black History Month

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Writer
February 2, 2018

On Thursday, Feb. 1, Nicholls State University welcomed four panelists for an opening panel to begin...

5 tips to start the new semester off on the right foot

5 tips to start the new semester off on the right foot

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
January 29, 2018

With a new year comes a new semester of school, and for many people it can get a little bit hectic. New...

The five stages of getting over winter break

The five stages of getting over winter break

Hugh Plaisance, Lagniappe Editor
January 22, 2018

It’s Jan. 22, the first day of a new semester. As you walk into class and pick a desk or table, you’re...

Nicholls names Jay Clune 6th University President

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
November 14, 2017

At the end of the special meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System,...

Finalists for University Presidency Announced

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
November 8, 2017

After days of interviews, campus tours and much deliberation, the Nicholls State University Presidential...

BCM to raise money for trafficking victims

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
October 21, 2017

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry is part of a fundraising project aimed to benefit human trafficking...

Album Review: "Beautiful Trauma" by Pink

Album Review: “Beautiful Trauma” by Pink

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
October 14, 2017

Pink jumps right back into the pop scene on her seventh studio album “Beautiful Trauma”. Her first...

Nicholls aims to have new criminal justice degree beginning in 2018

Nicholls aims to have new criminal justice degree beginning in 2018

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
October 12, 2017

With the introduction of its new criminal justice degree, Nicholls hopes to attract fresh faces looking...

2016 Homecoming Queen Delicia Landry and King Aldrian Smith stand next to the 2017 Homecoming Court at the Homecoming Block Party on Oct. 3 in Downtown Thibodaux.

Questions and concerns rise over homecoming court selection process

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
October 11, 2017

CORRECTION: We incorrectly reported on this story and in an opinion piece published in the October issue...

Choir sets sights on Carnegie Hall

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
October 10, 2017

Nicholls State Concert Choir hopes to shine on one of the oldest stages in America. Since 1891, 881...

UL System announces NSU Presidential Search Committee

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
September 27, 2017
The search for a new university president begins as the University of Louisiana System announces its members of the Nicholls Presidential Search Committee

First Amendment rights on display during Constitution Week panel

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
September 20, 2017

The privilege of the First Amendment was on full display on Monday afternoon when a group of speakers...

Two fraternities see contrasting outcomes during Rush Week

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
September 7, 2017

With rush week over, and bids accepted, two of Nicholls’ storied fraternity chapters had very different...

Construction projects wrap up around campus

Construction projects wrap up around campus

Hugh Plaisance, News Writer
August 23, 2017

Within the past year, Nicholls has undertaken several different projects to improve the quality, safety...

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