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Sorority recruitment process at Nicholls to change this year

Sydney Landry, News Editor
April 28, 2016

The sorority recruitment process will be facing several changes this summer in order to help improve...

Dr. Murphy and Fletcher representatives participate in ribbon cutting ceremony, Monday at the Schriever Fletcher Community College campus.

Nicholls participates in UL System Day

Sydney Landry, News Editor
April 14, 2016

Colleges from the University of Louisiana System gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol on Monday, April...

Communicative disorder students lend a helping hand

Sydney Landry, News Editor
April 7, 2016

The Nicholls chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association presented a check on...

Finding $1.1 million in the Nicholls Budget this year

Sydney Landry, News Editor
April 7, 2016

After Governor John Bel Edwards announced higher education would be safe from more cuts for this fiscal...

Governor announces higher education safe for this fiscal year

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 24, 2016

In an email to students on Thursday evening, Nicholls State University President Bruce Murphy shared...

 Ashleigh Aubin, a Biology pre-med major from Thibodaux, completes the World Water Day obstacle course in the quad.

Nicholls students raise awareness on World Water Day

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 22, 2016

Ashleigh Aubin, a Biology pre-med major from Thibodaux, completes the World Water Day obstacle course...

SGA president, vice president run off announced

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 17, 2016

The Bollinger Memorial Student Union was buzzed in anticipation for the results of the Student Government...

Regional Accreditation Team visits Nicholls

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 17, 2016

Nicholls State University welcomed a team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission...

Thibodaux police utilize grant to target underage drinking

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 10, 2016

The Thibodaux Police Department is utilizing a $25,000 grant to target underage drinking. The department...

Donald Trump wins in Louisiana Republican Primary

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 8, 2016

GOP front-runner Donald Trump continued his winning streak on Saturday when he raked in a Super Saturday...

Students line up at Fee Collection in Elkins Hall to pay off any remaining fees before classes resume for the Spring.

University enrollment increases for the first time in five years

Sydney Landry, News Editor
March 3, 2016

Director of enrollment services Courtney Cassard explained that numbers from the spring 2016 semester...

Penny sales tax could extend to five years

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 29, 2016

With the special legislative session over halfway through, the House narrowly approved the 18-month “clean...

Louisiana college students rally at Louisiana's State Capital to stop higher education funding cuts.

Former CFO elaborates on frequently asked budget cut questions

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 25, 2016

Earlier this month, Governor John Bel Edwards’ administration notified universities across the state...

Early vote, now through Saturday

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 22, 2016

Early voting for Louisiana’s Mar. 5 Presidential primary and municipal elections began last Saturday...

Study shows students learn better in interactive classes

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 18, 2016

At faculty institute in January, University President Bruce Murphy mentioned freshmen learn better in...

Temporary closure included in list of hypothetical scenarios

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 15, 2016

Nicholls State University President Bruce Murphy released a statement addressing the reports of the University...

LOSFA to resume majority of TOPS payments

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 12, 2016

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance announced today that it will resume TOPS payments...

TOPS funding suspended in relation to statewide budget crisis

Sydney Landry, News Editor
February 11, 2016

Earlier today, the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance alerted universities across the state...

University to offer three new minors to students

Sydney Landry, News Editor
January 29, 2016

Nicholls will soon offer three new minors to help students diversify their resumes. The Petroleum...

Pedestrian accident reminds students to use crosswalks

Sydney Landry, News Editor
January 23, 2016

Over winter break, a vehicle struck a student while she was crossing the street on the University campus....

University president looks back on fall semester

Sydney Landry, News Editor
November 19, 2015

The semester is coming to a close and University President Bruce Murphy discussed some of the fall 2015...

Campus police department purchases body cameras

Sydney Landry, News Editor
November 12, 2015

The Nicholls State University police department recently purchased eight new body cameras as a proactive...

State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard discusses his attempts at improving higher education at the Student Government Association meeting on Monday, Nov. 11.

State representative speaks to Student Government Association

Sydney Landry, News Editor
November 12, 2015

State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard met with the Student Government Association at their meeting...

Sodexo planning to bring new food outlet to Nicholls

Sydney Landry, News Editor
November 5, 2015

Sodexo has started the “IDology” process, which may bring a new food outlet or a national chain to...

Internal renovations cause Talbot’s front entrance to be closed until further notice.

[Photo] Talbot Hall renovation includes an abestos abatement process

Brad Kraemer Jr., Staff Writer
November 5, 2015

Internal renovations cause Talbot’s front entrance to be closed until further notice.

Students listen intently on Tuesday, Oct 20 during a presentation discussing the dropping of athletic training and communicative dissorders majors.

Communicative disorders changing, athletic training phasing out

Sydney Landry, News Editor
October 23, 2015

The Courses and Curricula Committee voted to delete the athletic training and communicative disorders...

Kristen Waguespack, sophmore dietetics major from Thibadaux, meets with advisor Cambria Bouzigard Wednesday morning.

Changes in student advising not to be expected until 2017

Sydney Landry, News Editor
October 15, 2015

A possible incentive to meet with advisors may be the only change students see to the advising process...

President Bruce Murphy addresses student leaders Tuesday afternoon in the Mardi Gras Suite at the bi-annual Presidential Forum.

President Murphy addresses the concerns of student leaders

Sydney Landry, News Editor
October 1, 2015

University President Bruce Murphy held a form with student organization presidents on Tuesday to discuss...

Capital outlay to fund Department of Athletics renovations

Capital outlay to fund Department of Athletics renovations

Sydney Landry, News Editor
September 17, 2015

There are several ongoing and upcoming projects for Nicholls State University’s Department of Athletics,...

Thibodaux doubles as retirement and college town

Sydney Landry, News Editor
September 10, 2015

Thibodaux’s versatility as both a college town and a retirement community was highlighted, after it...

Sydney Landry, News Editor
September 3, 2015

The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research surveyed Nicholls students and compared the results...

New Provost aims to improve enrollment and retention rates

Sydney Landry, News Editor
August 20, 2015

Nicholls State University’s new Provost, Lynn Gillette, is bringing energy and new ideas to help improve...

A line forms at collections in Elkins Hall as students pay their fees the Friday before classes resume for the Fall 2015 semester.

Students to see benefits of additional fees based on credit hours

Sydney Landry, News Editor
August 20, 2015

Beginning this semester, students who are taking 16 hours or more will be charged an additional $205.10...

Differential tuition floated as possible budgetary fix

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
April 30, 2015

The idea of differential tuition, or charging students different amounts for tuition based on a variety...

Students across the state gather at the capitol to protest education budget cuts last Wednesday.

Students participate in higher education protest at state Capitol

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
April 23, 2015

On Apr. 19, a group of Nicholls students traveled to Baton Rouge for the higher education demonstration,...

Students protest budget cuts at State Capitol

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
April 16, 2015

On Wednesday, Apr. 15, groups of college students from across the state traveled to the state capital...

Students anxious about budget cuts and possible tuition increase

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
April 2, 2015

In the face of state budget cuts, no one is quite certain how Nicholls will specifically be affected...

TOPS viability questioned in midst of upcoming budget talks

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
April 2, 2015

In recent years, a misconception has developed about the purpose of the Taylor Opportunity Program for...

New president and vice president of SPA announced

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
March 19, 2015

The Student Programming Association has chosen current vice-president Marisabel Ponce Cordero as the...

Jubliee to continue despite budgetary uncertainty

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
March 12, 2015

Despite the uncertainty of the University’s future budget, the annual Jubilee should be secure in its...

Representative Richard to introduce bills to help higher education

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
March 5, 2015

Louisiana State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard will be introducing five bills that could save...

Nicholls instructor to study in Jordan

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
February 26, 2015

Assistant professor Richmond Eustis will be teaching at the University of Jordan next year after being...

Communicative Disorders students listen intently during their National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association meeting.

University exploring return to five-day week of classes

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
February 12, 2015

The Nicholls State University administration is in the final stages of discussion of returning to a five-day...

New administration looking to improve the University

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
February 5, 2015

There are many new faces in the University administration, along with some new and improved job titles....

Student Government Association President Adam LeFort addresses SGA during the organization’s meeting on Feb. 2 in the Leadership Suite in the Donald G. Bollinger Memorial Student Union.

SGA and SPA braced for potential indirect effects of budget cuts

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
February 5, 2015

Although state budget cuts may not affect the Student Programming Association and Student Government...

Quality Enhancement Plan may bring advising changes

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
January 29, 2015

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) may bring changes to the advising process at Nicholls. The QEP...

President Bruce Murphy addresses faculty and staff during Faculty Institute.

Potential budget cuts headline State of University Address

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
January 22, 2015

President Murphy was optimistic that Nicholls will remain “the intellectual, economic and cultural...

Al Davis to bring an end to his career at Nicholls

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 20, 2014

Albert Davis is quick to correct anyone who calls his upcoming “career change” his “retirement.” In...

Dr. Kenneth Klaus directs the Nicholls concert choir during rehearsal yesterday.

Nicholls concert choir preparing for Christmas concert

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 20, 2014

The Nicholls Concert Choir and the Nicholls Chamber Singers are preparing for their upcoming holiday...

Recycling bins return to Nicholls campus

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 15, 2014

The efforts of the Nicholls GREEN club and a grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful, Inc., have resulted...

 Members of the Gay-Striaght Alliance Front row (left to right): Staci Weiland - President, Treshaun Nunez - Secretary, Shawn Thibodeaux - Treasurer
Back row (left to right): Markous Picou, Paul William, Ayshia Matthews, Jonah McManus pose in front of the union.

Gay-Straight Alliance to host talent show in Peltier Auditorium

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 13, 2014

The Nicholls Gay-Straight Alliance will be hosting a talent show on Wednesday Nov. 19 in Peltier Auditorium...

Students in traditional clothing from around the world attend last year’s International Student Banquet.

International Student Banquet to highlight Africa

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 6, 2014

The Nicholls International Community will be hosting its 7th Annual International Banquet on Sunday,...

Librarians Sarah Simms (left) and Hayley Johnson (right) pose in front of a part of the exhibit “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963.

Library hosting Emancipation Proclamation and civil rights exhibit

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
November 6, 2014

The Ellender Memorial Library is hosting an exhibit titled “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation,...

Cemetery of the Innocents impacts Nicholls students

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
October 30, 2014

The Nicholls Students for Life club held their second annual Cemetery of the Innocents in the field next...

Nicholls Foundation to host George Bell and Friends

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
October 16, 2014

The Nicholls Foundation will host George Bell and Friends for a jazz concert on Sunday, Nov. 2 to benefit...

Neal Weaver to serve as Vice President of University Advancement

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
October 9, 2014

Neal Weaver was chosen to serve as vice president of University Advancement and executive director of...

3.7 percent drop in enrollment not a cause for concern

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
October 2, 2014

Although the overall enrollment numbers have decreased around 3.7 percent from last fall, that number...

Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act to fight sexual assaults

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
September 25, 2014

According to a report by the state Board of Regents, Nicholls was tied with two other schools for the...

Renovations to Ellender won’t raise prices.

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
September 18, 2014

The announcement of renovations to Ellender Hall to begin in December has raised questions about the...

Releasing information on banned people not violating privacy

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
September 11, 2014

When a person makes the decision to break the law or a rule from the code of conduct on campus, he or...

Why wearing white after Labor Day does not apply today

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
September 4, 2014

Traditionally, wearing white clothes after Labor Day is considered a fashion faux pas, but I think in...

GREEN Club looking to make campus more eco-friendly

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
September 4, 2014

The Nicholls GREEN club is working to make the campus more eco-friendly, despite the lack of recycling...

The John A. Brady Residential Complex quadrangle in the afternoon.

Students complaining about conditions of on-campus housing

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
August 28, 2014

Students complained about dorm rooms being dirty when they arrived on Move-In Day. According to Hayward...

WISE Incentive Fund to subsidize degrees

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
August 21, 2014

Governor Bobby Jindal signed House Bill 1033, which would create the Workforce Innovation for a Stronger...

President Bruce Murphy

Issues addressed by President Murphy at Faculty Institute

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
August 21, 2014

President Bruce Murphy praised the faculty for a job well done last year and outlined the challenges...

Recent bill opens possibility of guns on college campuses

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
July 10, 2014

Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill on May 30 allowing college campuses to lease space to “non-profit...

Elizabeth Smart speaks at Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
July 9, 2014

Elizabeth Smart, child-abduction victim, activist, and nationally renowned speaker, spoke before an audience...

Students at a football game

Sale of alcohol at on-campus events not causing problems

Sydney Landry, Staff Writer
July 2, 2014

Nicholls encourages responsible drinking through its sale of alcohol on campus, both in the Colonel’s...

The dangers of using tanning beds outweigh the benefits

Sydney Landry and Sydney Landry
April 9, 2014

With spring break quickly approaching, many students are flocking to tanning beds, but what they do...

University President Bruce Murphy acknowledges the audience moments after Univerisity of Louisiana S

Bruce Murphy officially installed as President of Nicholls

Sydney Landry
April 9, 2014

President Bruce. T. Murphy's was officially inaugurated as the fifth president of Nicholls State University...

SGA referendum to be voted on for the second time

Sydney Landry
April 2, 2014

The Student Government Association is proposing a previously-failed referendum in the spring 2014 voting...

Art Works fundraiser exhibits student and local talent

Sydney Landry
March 26, 2014

"Art Works," a fundraiser benefitting the Nicholls' Art Program Enhancement, is scheduled for Tuesday,...

Nicholls orientation team places first in regional event

Sydney Landry
March 26, 2014

The Nicholls Orientation Team traveled to Clemson University for the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop,...

The Nicholls women’s soccer team practices in Guidry Stadium last semester. On April 1, the team will face Nicholls faculty members in a game where all proceeds going to funding a memorial scholarship named after Ryan Jeffress, the son of speech professor Michael Jeffress who passed away last year.

Faculty vs. women’s soccer game to fund memorial scholarship

Sydney Landry
March 20, 2014

The fourth annual Faculty vs. Women's Soccer game is set for April 1 at 5 p.m. with all of the proceeds...

Andrew Carter performs at a RELATE Open-Mic night last year. Tonight’s RELATE to Young and Restless will be a tribute to Carter, who passed away in December in a car crash.

RELATE event to remember student Andrew Carter

Sydney Landry
March 20, 2014

Tonight's RELATE, "Young and Restless: Remembering Andrew Carter," is a tribute to the Nicholls student...

Formerly used as a cardio fitness room, the Student Government Association and Student Programing Association have transformed the unused space near the Bollinger Student Union into their new, permanent meeting area.

Moving On Up

Sydney Landry and Sydney Landry
February 27, 2014

The Student Government Association and the Student Programming Association have a new meeting space...

College of business offers study abroad trips to China and Costa Rica

Sydney Landry
February 20, 2014

The College of Business Administration is offering two 10-day study abroad trips to China and Costa...

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