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Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 Volume 58 Issue 10

ELECTION FACE OFFChanning Parfait

News Editor

Candidates speak out about higher education

Candidates for this presidential election have addressed the issue of higher education and its impor-tance in the election, since an in-creasing amount of students con-tinue to accumulate student loan debts and have diffi culty fi nding jobs after graduation.

With less than a week until Americans vote on the fate of the election, the presidential perspec-tive on higher education causes young college voters to decipher

what a candidate says they can do and what they can accomplish once in offi ce.

A recent study by the Pew Re-search Center reveals that one in fi ve households in the United States owes double the share of money for student loans than in the previous two decades.

The average outstanding stu-dent loan debt in 2010 increased to $26,682 from $23,349 in 2007, according to the study.

“College expenses have gone up much faster than infl ation,” Paul Wilson, history department head,

said. “Students all across the coun-try are fi nding it diffi cult to afford a four-year degree.”

During Obama’s presidency, he has worked to take out the middle-man in the student loan process. Student loans are now considered direct loans, which are delivered and collected by private companies who have contracts with the De-partment of Education.

“We cut big banks out of the student-loan program and passed the savings directly to students,” Obama said in TIME magazine. “We stopped student-loan interest

rates from doubling, gave nearly 4 million more young people schol-arships to help them afford their degree and invested in our commu-nity colleges.”

The new direct loan process eliminates the step of the govern-ment giving subsidies to fi nancial institutions that would make fed-eral loans to students.

Republican nominee Mitt Rom-ney opposes the process of the di-rect loan program because he said it increases the exposure to taxpay-ers and the cost of the program costs more than Americans are led

to believe. Part of his plan is to return student loans to the private sector and reverse the effects of “nationalizing” student loans.

“We can provide opportunity without bankrupting this coun-try, but America needs a new ap-proach,” Romney said in TIME Magazine.

Wilson said, “I don’t particularly favor bringing back the middlemen because it just made some institu-tions enormously wealthy without any risk to those institutions because the government backed those loans.”

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Romney Obama* Wants to bring the private sector back to student loan process* Reverse taxpayer exposure to direct loan programs

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OCT. 25A parent of a student called advising that she was concerned about a re-

ply she received from her child. An offi cer attempted to locate the student but was unable to while actively looking for the student on campus. The of-fi ce was able to contact the student through a relationship and was advised that the student had been joking with the parent.

A vehicle was parked at the entrance of lot 6 in the traffi c lane. A parking citation was issued, and the vehicle was moved by the owner.

Two students collided while playing fl ag football. Staff called 911 for one of the students. Acadian Ambulance arrived and brought the student to Thibodaux regional ER for treatment of a possible concussion.

Documentary Screening

The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change will sponsor a nationwide screening of the Academy Award-nominated fi lm, Sun Come Up, tonight at 6 p.m. in Peltier Auditorium. The fi lm depicts some of the world’s fi rst “forced climate migrants,” inhabitants of the Carteret Islands just north of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

After the fi lm, there will be a faciliated discussion about the fi lm and action steps viewers can take to respond to the unfolding climate perspective. It will be a view of what people in SOuth Louisiana are see-ing with the rise of sea level, subsidence, and erosion.

Information Sessions for Maritime Management Concentration

The College of Business Administration will be hosting two information sessions for students interested in the new Maritime Management Concentration that will be offered in Fall 2013. The session will be held Nov. 7 at 11:45 a.m. in Powell 208 and Nov. 8 at noon in Powell 113. For more information, contact Dr. Ken Chadwick at 448-4211 or [email protected].

SGA/SPA - Sponsored Spirit Award

The Student Government Association and Student Programming Association have teamed up to offer cash prizes to University student organizations in good standing. Organizations can win money by attend-ing specifi c athletic events and cheering on the Colonels.

Organizations must have one large sign with the organization’s name on it so the judges can identify to group. Group members should get to the game on time and cheer throughout the game. Judges frown upon unsportsmanlike behavior toward the visiting team.

Organizations wishing to participate must sign up in the SGA Offi ce located in the Student Union. Win-ners will be announced at the end of the game and should contact the SGA Offi ce to collect their prize. Upcoming Spirit Award dates and games are as follows:

Nov. 3 – Football v. McNeese – 3 p.m.Nov. 13 – Men’s Basketball v. Mobile – 6:30 p.m.Nov. 15 – Football v. Southeastern – 6 p.m.Nov. 16 – Women’s Basketball v. ULM – 6 p.m.Nov. 19 – Women’s Basketball v. ULL – 6 p.m.Nov. 26 – Men’s Basketball v. UNO – 6 p.m.

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Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc. has changed the second week dates of “The Mousetrap” at Jean Lafi tte Park. The play will now be performed on Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.

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University joins initiative to increase graduate numbersPauline Wilson

Staff Writer

Nicholls State University has joined Project Degree Comple-tion, an initiative to help build the instructional agenda for public uni-versities and colleges and a nation-wide effort to increase the number of college graduates.

The University, along with 480 other institutions, including all schools in the University of Louisi-ana system to which the University belongs, have pledged to increase the number of college graduates over the next 14 years.

“Project Degree Completion, a Public University Initiative, is an

initiative that institutions have com-mitted to increase the number of degrees awarded from 14.6 million to 18.4 million degrees over the 14 years,” The American Association of State Colleges and Universities said. This program will help achieve the goal of 60 percent of adults, 25 to 64 years of age, possessing a col-lege degree by 2025.

Project Degree Completion is making a commitment to increase the number of bachelor’s degrees by 3.8 million by 2025. As a whole, public universities and colleges award just over one million degrees annually, according to The Ameri-can Association of State Colleges and Universities.

“Project Degree Completion is an unprecedented initiative that will drive the instructional agenda of public universities and colleges in the years ahead,” Peter McPher-son, president of the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities, said in a press release.

Vice president of Student Affairs Eugene Dial weighed in on Nich-olls’ participation.

“I think it is good that the Uni-versity is participating in things that can enhance graduation rates and reduce the time it takes to complete a degree, while benefi ting the Uni-versity and the individual students by reducing the long term cost of attendance,” Dial said.

In an Oct. 25 press release to the

University, University President Ste-phen Hulbert was also enthusiastic about the program.

“Nicholls is pleased to join this nationwide effort and show our solidarity with other universities on this important initiative,” Hulbert said in the press release.

The commitment that the in-stitutions signed includes eight statements that the institutions are saying they will commit to. The statements in the commitment are eight ways for the institutions to increase the graduation rates. They include:

* Achieve 60 percent of adults possessing degrees by 2025 and the institution will publicly track the progress.

* To make an effort to contact previous students of the institu-tions that have not obtained a bac-calaureate degree.

* To ensure that the education quality is enhanced and not dimin-ished to obtain this goal.

* To uphold the principles of student access, success and diver-sity in this pursuit.

* To decrease the time it takes for a student to obtain the degree.

* To keep the cost down on a per student bases while increasing the quality.

* To work closely with elementa-ry schools, high schools and com-munity colleges.

* To support economic growth in our regions, states and country

including research and innovation, commercialization of technologies, and economic development.

According to The American As-sociation of State Colleges and Universities, “States must provide suffi cient appropriations to sup-port students and the discovery of new knowledge, while the fed-eral government must maintain its commitment to student fi nancial aid, support for research and in-novation, and encouragement of states to continue their support for public colleges and universities.”

If budget cuts continue, howev-er, the University may have a prob-lem meeting the goal.

“Since budget cuts reduced the number of faculty, it has been dif-

fi cult on the number and variety of classes,” Dial said.

In the long run, the reduction of classes offered and the variety of classes can ultimately increase the time it takes to obtain a bachelor’s because the classes are just not available.

“An important aspect of the pledge is its call for renewed part-nership with state and federal gov-ernment,” Hulbert said in the Oct. 25 press release. “Critical to the fu-ture of higher education is a rever-sal of the political trends that have left universities with no choice but to raise tuition to make up for the loss of state funding.”

According to an Oct. 11 press release, the University has seen an

increase in graduation rates this year already.

“Due to a successful transition to selective admissions, the University has posted the highest increase in graduation rates among Louisiana’s 12 public four-year universities that reported fi gures to the Loui-siana Board of Regents,” it stated. “The University now has the high-est graduation rate among Louisi-ana’s regional universities and the fourth highest among institutions statewide.”

The Oct. 25 press release in-formed that the University has been making progress towards in-creasing graduation rates, and the University will continue plans to achieve the national goal.

“ “I think it is good that the University is participating in things that can enhance graduation rates and reduce the time it takes to complete a degree, while benefi ting the University and the individual students by

reducing the long term cost of attendence.

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Family Day to celebrate 29th yearChanning Parfait

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Nicholls will celebrate Family Day for the 29th year from noon until the 3 p.m. kickoff of the Col-onels vs. Cowboy football game on Oct. 3.

Brenda Haskins, executive direc-tor of auxiliary services, said Fam-ily Day developed as a tradition that gives back to Nicholls employees, students and the community.

“It sort of evolved as a tradition at Nicholls where it is valued by not only the people at Nicholls but the community we serve,” Haskins said.

Haskins said she expects a large turnout for this year’s festivity since there has been an increase in the amount of Nicholls tailgaters, and the Colonels are playing a team that is close enough to bring their fans. Last year, there was an estimated 2,000 people in attendance at Fam-ily Day. Haskins said she expects this year’s number to be consistent but hopes for an increase in guests.

“I expect a big crowd this year because we are playing McNeese, and they have a huge tailgate fan following,” Haskins said. “And our own tailgating has come a long way since we have a larger number of tailgaters now at Nicholls.”

High school seniors who are

scouting Nicholls as their potential home away from home will also be on campus as part of Colonel Day, an event sponsored by the Offi ce of Admissions.

Laurie Larose, assistant director of admissions, said the combina-tion of Family Day and Colonel Day allows students who cannot make it to campus during the week for a private campus tour the op-portunity to see an example of student life on campus during the weekend.

“It’s always best to do an event for prospective students on cam-pus when we have events for them to attend on campus,” Larose said. “We’ve visited most schools in the state by this point, and we’ve invit-ed everyone to this event.”

Colonel Day gives an estimated 600 to 800 prospective students from across the state the opportu-nity to learn more about Nicholls, their prospective colleges and cam-pus buildings, such as the new rec-reation center and residence halls.

Tours for the Harold J. Callais Recreation Center will be offered at 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. There will also be tours of the residence halls where each residence hall will offer a cookie and milk reception for guests.

At the end of the Colonel Day

program, students and their par-ents have the opportunity to par-ticipate in Family Day and the football game.

Haskins said the event is unique because it gives people the chance to show off Nicholls and attend an event where they do not have to spend a lot of money thanks to the efforts of the student organi-zations and campus department’s activity fair.

A pep rally at 2:30 will feature the Pride of Nicholls Marching Band. To help promote school spirit, the University Bookstore will also be open to sell Nicholls merchandise.

Sodexo will sell concessions such as hamburgers, hot dogs and nachos, and Haskins said, depend-ing on the weather, food services may also serve gumbo.

Tickets for the game are on sell now at NichollsTickets.com for $7 per person without the hassle of waiting in lines. On game day, pre-sell tickets will also be sold from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for $10 per person at the ticket booth on the “Home Side” of the stadium.

“It’s a great promotion that we give back to our employees, stu-dents and community,” Haskins said. “It gives a chance for parents to see what their students have been saying about Nicholls.”

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The Obama Administration has also fought for the suspension of an increase that would dou-ble rates on subsidized Stafford Loans. The one-year suspension kept interest rates from increasing from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

Romney also supported the one-year suspension interest rate increase because of current eco-nomic struggles.

During Obama’s presidency, the President signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which helped to invest more than $40 billion in Pell Grants, accord-ing to Insight into Diversity, a higher education magazine. The maximum amount for a Pell Grant increased from $4,371 in 2009 to the current $5,500. By 2017, the Health Care and Education Rec-onciliation Act would establish a rate of $5,975 for students.

However, recent changes to Pell Grants eligibility requirements only allow students to use them for 12 semesters, instead of the original 18 semesters.

Romney announced his educa-tion plan would refocus Pell Grant money to students who need the most fi nancial assistance by lim-iting eligibility and limiting the maximum award of grants.

His plan, “A Chance For Every Child,” also promotes families to save for their children’s education instead of depending of govern-ment assistance for education.

He said in his Education Plan document that continuing to fl ood colleges with federal dollars gives Universities the opportunity to continue to raise tuition costs. Instead, Romney supports institu-tions that pursue innovative oper-ating models to drive down costs.

“Endless government support only fuels skyrocketing tuition. And at a time when America is facing record defi cits and debt,

more spending is simply not an option,” Romney said in TIME magazine.

The Pew Research Study also found that 40 percent of house-holds headed by someone 35 or younger have debts over 25,000 for years after their graduation from higher education.

To help decrease the burden of paying on student loan debt, Obama introduced “Pay as You Earn,” an income-based repay-ment program. The program applies to students who enroll in 2014 or later and would cap monthly payments at 10 percent of the applicant’s income and for-gives the balance of a student’s debt after 20 years of payment.

In addition, teachers, nurses, military members and other pub-lic service workers have the op-portunity for their student debts to be forgiven after 10 years of payments.

According to Insight Into Di-versity, more than 1.2 million new borrowers are expected to partici-pate in the income based repay-ment program.

Wilson said a plan for students to discharge student loans in bank-ruptcy would also be favorable.

On the contrary, Romney re-jects the idea of forgiving debts and expects the private sector to inform students of the impor-tance of paying back their debts and reminds them of their obli-gations to repayment.

“While the president has de-cided to nationalize the student-lending process, I believe that private-sector competition is more important than ever,” Rom-ney said. “Students and their families must be given the infor-mation they need to intelligently weigh the costs and benefits of the many options available to them.”

Fundraiser to honor steamboatEbony Warren

Reporter

The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute will hold its 16th annual Bite of the Arts fundraising gala on Nov. 8 celebrating the 200th anniversary of the New Orleans steamboat.

This year’s theme, “Rollin’ on the River: Celebrating the Steamboat Bicentennial,” will be added to the past list of many unique themes for the Bite of the Arts Fundraiser.

“It’s called Bite of the Arts be-cause we not only celebrate culi-nary arts, but arts in general,” Chef John Kozar, department head and assistant professor at Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, said.

In February of 1812, the steam-boat New Orleans made the fi rst journey down the Ohio and Mis-sissippi rivers before docking in the city of its namesake, according to the Bite of the Arts fl ier. This trip is said to have helped kick-start the Industrial Revolution. This year, Bite of the Arts will pay tribute to this historical voyage.

Kozar said Bite of the Arts is a student-planned and student-executed event. The students will serve as executive chef, sous chef, rounds cook, pastry chef, steward,

sommelier, maître d’ and servers.“Students do all of the organi-

zation, all the food preparation, they set up the dining room, and they serve the dinner,” Kozar said. “We include everybody. First se-mester freshmen will be washing dishes and polishing silverware. Students who are in the restaurant classes will serve guests, and stu-dents can apply for leadership po-sitions, like executive chefs.”

Guests will be served a three-course meal prepared by Nicholls culinary students. Student chefs will be under the direction of visiting chef Regina Charboneau, chef de cuisine for the American Queen, a paddlewheel steamboat that offers overnight Mississippi River cruises.

“Her menu is based on a menu that Mark Twain had on a river-boat in the 1800s,” Kozar said. “So she sent us all the recipes, and the students have gone through the recipes and multiplied them out for the 300 guests that will be in attendance.”

The menu this year includes cocktails such as Twain Tea and bourbon steeped with orange marmalade and black tea. There will be several reception tables with a variety of hor d’oeuvres. The dinner will be braised beef

short rib with Port and Star anise horseradish, mashed sweet pota-toes, haricots verts with smoked almonds, and a dessert of fi g and pecan bread pudding with cara-melized sugar and bourbon sauce.

The fundraiser will be held in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union, and Blaine Kern Studios will return to decorate the venue to fi t the theme as they have done in the past.

The night will begin at 6:30 with a cocktail reception with hor d’oeuvres and a silent auction. Af-terwards, the dinner and a live auc-tion will begin at 7:30. The auc-tion will include gift certifi cates, bottles of wine, artwork, jewelry and more. Wine will be served during the meal while guests listen to live Dixieland music.

All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to the Chef John Folse Cu-linary Institute for student schol-arships, equipment, and faculty development and research. This event has raised over $600,000 since 1997. Reservations and tick-ets are made ahead of time. Indi-vidual tickets are $150 per person. Benefactor tables for eight are $2,500, and corporate tables for 10 are $5,000. Commemorative event posters will be available to each couple in attendance.


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Britni Crone, senior defender from Houma, runs through drills at an early morning soccer practice on Aug. 16.

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Soccer seniors Crone and Noble reflect on their careersJacob WilliamsSports Writer

It was a tearful goodbye for se-niors Carolyn Noble and Britni Crone after last Friday’s season finale. The game marked the last time the lone pair of seniors on the team would put on the Nicholls uniform as players.

After four, or in Noble’s case, five, seasons with the team, the seniors have created a number of memories with the Colonels. Crone, defender from Houma, and Noble, a midfielder and defender from Ontario, were both part of a 2010 squad that posted the best re-cord in team history, and the over-time win against ULM that season stands as a favorite memory for both players.

“It was such a big team to beat at that time, an in-state rival and a great team,” Noble said. “I just re-member we were about six minutes into overtime, I got the ball and played it to Kaity Mattsson. She scored and the entire team includ-ing Dylan (Harrison) and Kristen (Fillmore), our coaches, ran onto the field and just jumped on each other into a dog pile.”

The win marked a four-game winning streak for the team, mak-ing the record the best in team his-tory at the time.

“We were so excited and happy,” Noble said. “I cannot even explain it.”

Crone recalled a vision mishap during a win against ULL her ju-nior year.

“It was a great win and confi-

dence booster for the team,” Crone said. “Not to mention, my eye con-tact fell out in the middle of the game, and I had to borrow a team-mate’s.”

The seniors, even with the mem-ories, will each miss different as-pects of being a part of Nicholls soccer. Noble will miss the oppor-tunity to play the game she loves on a regular basis, a privilege she has had in her time with the team.

“I am really going to miss the op-portunity to just go out every single day and just play soccer,” Noble said. “In the real world, I don’t think I will have that kind of time to do something I truly love every single day.”

Crone said she would miss not only the competition with other teams, but also working with her

own teammates. “I am very competitive,” Crone

said. “I love practicing with my team and making them the best players they can be.”

Most of all, the girls said they would miss their teammates and the bond they have formed with them over dozens of games and road trips. The team has become a second family for Noble.

“Being so far from home, these girls have become my family these last four and a half years,” Noble said. “The girls have made the ex-perience what it was for me, and I have so many special relationships with all of them.”

Being on the Nicholls soccer team has been a learning experi-ence that goes beyond the soccer field for the seniors.

Noble said the highs and lows of playing have helped her discover her own mental toughness, while coming back from injury taught her about overcoming obstacles.

“After tearing my ACL last year and having to sit out a full year, go through a major surgery and make a comeback, I realized that I can do anything and overcome anything that’s thrown at me,” Noble said.

For Crone, her athletic career has taught her how to be part of a team and what it feels like to be part of one.

“I learned that nothing I did on this team was just for myself,” Crone said. “It was to better my team. Everything you do affects someone else, and that will defi-nitely help me in the future.”

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Carolyn Noble, senior defender and midfielder from Burlington, Ontario kicks around the soccer ball at an early morning practice on Aug. 16.


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Volleyball’s Taylor has career-setting day with assistsStuart PercleStaff Writer

With three Southland Confer-ence games remaining, the Nicholls State volleyball team is projected to make the conference tournament despite losing their last two confer-ence matches.

In the past week, the Colo-nels lost two home conference games against the Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin, both matches lasting five sets. Against Northwestern, senior outside hit-ter Jennifer Brandt, senior setter Nancy Taylor, and senior outside hitter Kathryn Stock, posted dou-ble-doubles in their performance against the Lady Demons.

After winning the first two sets versus the Ladyjacks, the Colonels ultimately lost despite the con-tinued stellar play of Taylor and Stock. Taylor set a career record for assists at 55 and digs with 20. Stock totaled 31 digs, a personal best but one short of tying a Nich-olls match record, and posted 12 kills. This was Stock’s second dou-ble-double of the season.

Despite her superb display of defense, Stock was unaware of the school record and was oblivi-ous to the amount of digs she had

amassed. “I did not even know until after-

wards when coach told me,” Stock said. “I had no idea that I had that many digs, I was just focused on playing the game.”

Head Coach Patrick Hiltz would later joke with Stock, telling her that he would burn her a copy of the match to watch, in case she would like to recount her digs over the five set match.

Hiltz does not see a cause for concern after losing a two-set lead against SFA. According to Hiltz, the Colonels played a great match, but could not close out the match when they should have.

“It was just a matter of finish-ing,” Hiltz said. “When you look at game two, we went on a 7-0 run to finish that game out. That is what we will focus on, continuing to do those sorts of things to close out games. We are doing a great job of getting to 20, then slowly letting the other team crawl back into po-sition. It requires a sense of under-standing to know that its not time to panic, but to continue those things that got you the lead in the first place. It is like medicine, when you give it time, it will work.”

Altogether, Hiltz is very proud of his team’s performances in

these last two matches and is confi-dent his team is headed in the right direction with only three confer-ence games remaining.

“We played great but unfortu-nately the ball did not bounce our way at the end when we needed it to,” Hiltz said. “If you look at the stats and the way we played, you would see that we are playing at the level we are supposed to be at. If we play like that the rest of the way, then we will do fine.”

With three conference games re-maining and a current conference record of 5-10, the Colonels are not guaranteed a spot in the tour-nament, but the chances of making the postseason are probable. As for now, they are tied with Southeast-ern University for the seventh and eighth spot in the tournament.

“We should make it,” Hiltz said. “We are not mathematically in just yet, and Lamar is still hanging on at the ninth spot. Something our team understands is that it is just a matter of getting in. We have had very close matches with teams at the forefront of the top of our conference. As long as we give our-selves a chance, everyone is going to be able to beat anyone there. For this reason, we will need to qualify and get hot.”

One road win in the next week and a half will clinch a spot in the postseason. The last regular season game versus Southeastern could play a large role in seeding because it could potentially decide which of those two teams will be the seventh seed.

“I expect to make the tourna-ment, but with that said, we know that we cannot stop pushing,” Stock said. “We cannot slow down

because you never know what the other teams are going to do.”

With six seniors on the team, they have made an impact while on this last surge toward the postsea-son.

“You can tell they see the end of the road, but rather then be upset about it coming to an end, they are motivated to keep it going,” Hiltz said. “All the seniors have really

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Sophomore distance runner talks about broken recordsJacob WilliamsSports Writer

Sophomore distance runner Tes-sni Carruthers got her name in the school records in her second year at Nicholls. Carruthers is part of the distance relay time that recently broke a school record with a time of 12:07.70. Additionally, she ran the 1500-meter in 4:34.40, good for third in school history. She spoke

about training, fainting during a competition and appreciating the Louisiana heat.

Q: How has the season been going?

A: It has been good actually. It has been better than last season, so I am happy about that.

Q: When did you realize you wanted to run, or that you were good at it?

A: Well I have been running cross

country since very early, like ele-mentary school, but I did not start doing track until grade 11. I was a swimmer, but I was kind of getting sick of that, so I decided to switch over.

Q: How do you train to run?A: Well, we run almost every day.

We usually get one day off a week. It is something like two to three workouts a week, and then all of the other days are filled with just runs.

We do lifting two to three times a week too.

Q: Has anything strange ever happened at a meet?

A: At regionals last year, I had a mishap where I passed out like 50 meters from the finish line, because apparently I was really dehydrated. I woke up in the oxygen tent after, and everything was fine. I guess it was just dehydration. I did not get to finish the race, so that was kind of a bummer.

Q: What was the aftermath like with that?

A: We came back from Texas, and I went to the hospital. But it was fine. I just had to get an IV and stuff. It was kind of a bummer to end the season like that. It was not really my goal.

Q: What do you normally do to unwind after a meet?

A: We usually have the next day off, so that is pretty good. My roommates and I will just chill and eat a lot of food.

Q: What do you eat to get your energy back?

A: I usually have one day of the week where I eat a lot of chocolate because that is my favorite food ever. We eat a lot of peanut butter. Peanut butter, bananas and coffee is basically what we live off of.

Q: If you had to say, is there one golden rule about running?

A: I guess when you are always running so much, you are not go-ing to like it because it gets kind of repetitive doing the same type every single day, twice a day sometimes. But it is just remembering that I like it, it is what I want to do and keep-ing my eye on the big goal, because even if you get sick of it, it will all be worth it at the end.

Q: How do you psyche your-self up before an event?

A: Well, I used to get really ner-vous before races, but that does not really happen to me too much any-more. I usually just listen to music. I listen to actual rap music before, and I do not listen to that ever. So I guess I do that, and I do not do too much, unless it is a really big race with a lot of pressure.

Q: What is your favorite thing about Nicholls?

A: I like that it is so hot here, and I can run. Where I live it is already snowing right now. My sister texted me and said she was racing in snow while it is 30 degrees Celsius here. So it is nice.

Q: What do you want to do in the future?

A: I am a communicative disor-ders major, so I want to go back to Canada and get my masters or doc-torate in that. I want to move back to BC (British Columbia) and just run I guess.


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stepped up, Nancy Taylor in par-ticular. I cannot say enough about how she is running her team as the setter. She understands what we are trying to do offensively and has taken ownership of it, with the rest of the seniors following suit.”

Moving forward, Hiltz expects his team to maintain their recent intensity and level of play.

“I expect they will continue to

fight as they have been,” Hiltz said. “We have shown a lot of heart, and they have played for each other, while showing their belief in each other as teammates. I have been hearing this level of confidence despite the past two matches. I think if we get another shot against some of the teams we have fallen short against, it can be a totally dif-ferent story.”

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The two are the last remain-ing players from fourth year head coach Dylan Harrison’s inaugural season at Nicholls. Having been with the team since the start of his tenure, the two have helped form a foundation for the pro-gram Harrison is still building and a philosophy the program stands for.

“He changed our image on cam-pus and in the community,” Crone said. “He took on the challenge to turn our program around. He was exactly what the program needed and this is why we have come so far the past four years.”

The change marked a new be-ginning for the team, according to Noble, and she admires the at-titude he has brought to the team.

“He just brought so much hope and energy to our team,” Noble said. “We needed that kind of fresh start. The best thing about Dylan is that he is well respected as our coach, but he’s also some-one you can joke around with and talk to about anything. I’m really thankful that he came in and for all that he’s done for our pro-gram.”

Both stressed the bright future they see for the program they have been a part of over their col-lege careers.

“The results are coming for the girls,” Noble said. “I know they are.”

“This is just the start, and we are not done accomplishing and making a name for Nicholls soc-cer,” Crone said.

Noble summed up the experi-ence as a Colonel soccer player in one statement.

“It really has been the absolute best time of my entire life.”

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Dessert Crack- 1 3/4 C all-purpose flour- 2/3 C icing sugar- 1/2 C arrowroot starch/flour (or cornstarch)- 1/2 tsp table salt- 1 C, 2 sticks cold, unsalted butter cut into small cubes- leftover Halloween candy bars. My favorites are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Mars bars and Snickers, but obviously your choices will vary.1. Preheat the oven to 350°F2. Whisk the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add the cubes of butter, toss to coat in the other ingredients. Use your fi ngertips to rub the ingredients together and disperse the butter. It’s not critical that it looks or feels like a homogeneous dough at this stage.3. Prepare the 13X9-inch baking tin by spraying it with non-stick spray and then lining it with aluminum foil. The trick with the foil is to form a cross-shaped sling by having two pieces run perpendicularly to each other.4. Dump the dough into the pan and using your knuckles spread it out to cover the pan’s bottom, hit all the corners and climb a little bit of the way up the edges. Again, perfection is not critical. The oven’s heat will melt the butter, making the crust fairly liquid, and uneven spots will smooth themselves out. Put the pan in the freezer for fi ve to ten minutes. 5. Bake for twenty-two to twenty-four minutes (slightly shorter if only making a half batch in a smaller pan) or until golden brown around the edges. Cool slightly on the counter before dumping the unwrapped chocolate bars into the pan. Shake to distribute in the most casual of fashions.6. Turn the oven down to 325°F and return the pan to the oven. Bake for about thirty minutes or until the candy has melted and co-mingled.7. Cool for an hour on the counter and then move to the refrigerator before cutting into bars. Be careful that you get all of the foil off the bottom of the squares.8. Serve to adults born after the invention of Ritalin but before the invention of ubiquitous peanut allergies.

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Clever ideas for candy leftovers

You have tricked and treated, and you are left with a bucket full of candy that could make you gain 50 lbs just by looking at it.

If you purchase candy to give out during Halloween, chances are, you will have leftover sweets. With-out kids around the house to dive into the plastic jack o’lantern, you find yourself hiding the treats from yourself, or giving them away.

As tempting as it is to finish it off and gorge yourself in one sit-ting, here are a few simple ideas that will take your left over candy a step further.

You can start off by bagging up all those chocolaty treats and toss-ing them in the freezer. Freezing these candies, chocolate or other-wise, will keep them fresher longer. When December rolls around and you have decided you are in the mood for a Butterfinger again, you can steal a few to thaw out, and they will taste just as appealing.

“My aunt actually freezes the candy she doesn’t get to give away every year, so when we visit she always has some for us,” Richard Gabert, marine biology freshman from Thibodaux, said.

If you are worried about pieces

of candy lingering around your home until Easter, these are a few ways to get rid of the temptation.

Take some advice from Martha Stewart with another creative use for your leftover candy corn or pumpkins. Stewart suggests filling a clear vase or jar half-way with candy corn or candy pumpkins, then sink-ing a candle into the center to create a festive decoration. You can even go a step further and use a scented candle that will really put you in the mood for fall.

Another use for those death by chocolate treats you just can’t seem to ditch is baking them into cup-cakes or bars.

Get some of your favorite cake mix flavor from your local grocery store and bake according to direc-tions. Approximately five minutes before they are baked to perfection, pull them out of the tray and stick a third of a fun-sized candy bar into the center of the cake. Bake for the remaining five minutes, and the candy bar will melt into the cup-cake, leaving you with a treat ready for Cupcake Wars.

“I like candy, and I love cupcakes, so I’m sure I would love the two together, too. Especially if some-one else made them for me,” Nick Martin, accounting major freshman from Cut Off, said.

You can also do the same thing with cookies and cake. By inserting

pieces of your favorite candy into the mix, it adds a surprise to each bite.

Crushed candy can also make the perfect topping for cupcakes or a creative cheesecake crust.

In an attempt to find your inner child, modify the macaroni craft you made back in kindergarten. Buy a plain picture frame from Michaels or Hobby Lobby and glue candy to the edges. When you have com-pletely covered your frame, stick a picture of yourself inside and viola, you have successfully created a gift any mother would love.

Another way to flashback to childhood is to make those candy necklaces you used to love so much. This is as easy as stringing beads to-gether, except instead of beads use delicious candy.

Do you know anyone with a birthday coming up? For a funny and original gift, buy a piñata and fill it up with candy.

If your candy stash falls short, don’t forget that Halloween can-dy goes on sale for 50% off after Wednesday.

If you plan to stock up on your fa-vorite candy after Halloween, there are a few ways to score the best prices on leftovers. These deals will leave your wallet and sweet tooth very happy for months to come.

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Tourists and community mem-bers can gear up for Houma’s an-nual Southdown Marketplace Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Southdown Plantation House and Museum.

Katie LeCompte, Southdown Executive Director, said profi ts at the Southdown Marketplace goes right back to the community.

“Sales from Marketplace con-tribute directly to the livelihoods of local vendors, generate state and parish sales tax collections, as well as generate further business dollars for area hotels, campgrounds, and restaurants from out of town ven-dors,” LeCompte said.

Homemade items, unique crafts and fi ne arts will be featured in over 300 booths.

Products for sale include jewelry, clothes, woodcrafts, furniture, pot-tery, paintings, photography, toys, dolls, metalwork, fl oral wreaths, candles, bath and body goods, gourmet food products, seasonal decorations, books by local au-thors, home-grown plants and fl owers, face painting, and more.

Cajun food will also be for sale, including shrimp jambalaya, corn soup, chicken and sausage gumbo,

red beans, white beans, and other festival favorites.

Meah Johnson, freshman Busi-ness major from Houma, said she goes every year, and she loves it. Her favorite part is the atmosphere and all the “cool, creative crafts that the vendors sell.”

“It’s a nice family outing. It ex-presses Cajun culture, really good food and music, and allows school age students to provide service to community,” Johnson said. “It is also ideal for local entrepreneurs, and the museum allows guests and tourists an inside look into Hou-ma’s history.”

Kayla Neville, freshman Culi-nary Arts major, said she went last spring and cannot wait until this weekend to go. She also likes the jewelry and arts and crafts booths.

“The best part of the festival, to me, is the jewelry. I have a collec-tion of jewelry and plan to add to it this weekend,” Neville said. “I also love the southern atmosphere and the Cajun food they sell. The beig-nets are a must-have in the morn-ing to get some shopping energy.”

These activities will be held on plantation grounds. Southdown Plantation is located at 1208 Mu-seum Drive in Houma. Admission is $5 for adults and children under 12 are admitted free. There will

also be tours of the Southdown Plantation house beginning at 10 a.m. Houma has been hosting this festival for many years.

“Southdown Marketplace is a Houma-Terrebonne tradition for over 25 years,” LeCompte said. “We promote a family-friendly, alcohol-free atmosphere. All pro-ceeds benefi t the non-profi t Ter-rebonne Historical & Cultural So-ciety and Southdown Plantation & Museum.”

According to the Southdown Plantation House website, the plantation house is a lasting tribute to the sugar industry, which helped to nurture Terrebonne Parish from its infancy to its present population of over 100,000 residents.

Four generations of the Minor Family, along with hundreds of mill workers, fi eldworkers and their families, lived and labored at Southdown Plantation. The Mi-nor Family occupied Southdown

House until 1936. Over the years, the plantation

owners, managers and workers helped launch the local sugar in-dustry, sustained it through diffi -cult years, witnessed the cultural enrichment and progress of its boom times, and revitalized the industry from near-fatal crop dis-ease.

For more information, call the Southdown Plantation house at 985-851-0154.


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Students can pick one up at the Student Publications building

located on Ardoyne Drive between 8:30 and 4:00 each day.

The first annual Hope for Riley “Search for a Cure to End Duch-enne” Scavenger Hunt is Saturday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. throughout Thibodaux beginning at the Found-ry on the Bayou.

Hope for Riley is a non-profit or-ganization named for Riley Traigle, the 10-year-old son of Ray and Rhi-annon Traigle.

Riley was diagnosed with Duch-enne muscular dystrophy in 2008 at age five.

Rhiannon Traigle, Nicholls Alum-

na, coordinates fundraising events for Riley’s medical care and research to cure Duchenne muscular dystro-phy through Parent Project Muscu-lar Dystrophy.

“We’ve been involved since shortly after we got his diagnosis,” Traigle said. “They are working on research and cures, but it’s only a possibility. We do the fundraising to try to help research efforts.”

The event will begin and end at the Foundry on the Bayou. The scavenger hunt starts at 1 p.m., but participants should arrive before 1 p.m. to fill out registration and li-ability forms.

Traigle said although the event will be fun, it is not intended for children. Some of the locations in the scavenger hunt will only allow 18 or older guests.

“I think there was the misconcep-tion that this is a kid’s event, but it’s for adults,” Traigle said. “It’s a lot of fun and something really differ-ent to do. It’s not something we re-ally have in the area. We have teams of women, friends, couples and it’s

a really entertaining event.”Teams can consist of four to six-

people and registration is $25 a per-son. Teams can be sponsored by a company or business to cover regis-tration fees and team members can wear the business’s apparel or hand out information the day of the scav-enger hunt.

All items and tasks can be com-pleted in Thibodaux, but the scav-enger hunt is not an on-foot event. Groups need to have their own transportation.

There are three components in the event including the item hunt, the idol hunt and the team theme.

The item hunt will include a list of 150 items and tasks. At 1 p.m., the teams will get into their vehicles and open the list.

“Anything on the list that can be an item they have to actually find or it may say a picture of members at a place or doing a certain activity,” Traigle said. “We didn’t hide the

items or anything. The teams must bring the item or photograph back into us.”

All pictures must be turned in on the same camera or phone and each item is worth one point unless oth-erwise noted.

The idol is one of the items on the list that is worth 30 points to-wards the team’s overall score. When teams receive the item list, they will also receive a clue contain-ing a riddle that will lead them to the next location, clue and riddle.

“There will be between five to ten places they will have to go to com-plete riddles and tasks,” Traigle said. “At the last location, if they make

it all the way through, they will get the idol, which is worth 30 points on their score.”

The team theme is 15 additional points for dressing like the “team theme” assigned on the day of event.

“The teams register with a team name, but when they arrive we will assign them a randomized theme,” Traigle said. “For the extra points, they must come back with everyone dressed according to theme.”

The winning team with the high-est total points will receive a cash prize, and the event will end with the live band, Back Roots.

“It’s fast-paced,” Traigle said. “You think that 6 hours is a lot of time, but it’s not. You’ve got to move really quickly to get it all done and get the most points.”

Riley receives medical treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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“I think there was the misconception that this is a kids event, but it’s for adults. It’s a lot of fun and

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“There’s a huge team of doctors who treat boys with Duchennes,” Traigle said. “When we’re raising money for his medical fund, it’s be-cause we travel once or twice a year to Cincinnati for his medical care.”

Duchenne is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood affecting approximately one in every 3,500 boys. Riley and boys with Duchenne have a progres-sive loss of strength.

“Their muscles are wasting away, so by the time they’re 10 to 12 years old, they start to lose the ability to walk,” Traigle said. “By the time they’re in late teens, their heart and

lungs start to fail.”Young men with Duchenne typi-

cally do not live past their early twen-ties.

The early registration deadline was Monday, but teams are still welcome to register until the day of the event.

“My preference would be for them to just call, so we know that they’re coming and we can just fi ll out the registration form over the phone,” Traigle said.

Contact Traigle at (985) 713-1364 or [email protected] for the registration form and rules. Di-rect donations can also be made to Hope for Riley.

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Avoid dollar stores. Dollars stores usually have a small selection and poor quality. Weeks after Halloween, candy will only be discounted a small percent.

If you are worried about quality in-stead of quantity, shop within a few days of Halloween. You may not get the best discounts, but you will get your hands on your favorite treats.

Discount department stores, like Wal-Mart, usually have the best deals because they want to clear out the shelves and make room for new mer-chandise. Drug stores and grocery stores will have discounts too, without the wide variety at a discount depart-ment store.

After you grab your favorites wait

a few more days for the best prices. When the stock has been picked over, the discounts will jump from 50 per-cent to 75 percent and higher.

If there is still leftover candy by the time Christmas rolls around, use the pieces as decoration for a gingerbread house.

For those who are tight on time, or a little less creative, there is always the option to give it away. A quick and easy way to put a smile on anyone’s face is to hand out free food.

So this year apply some creativity to those leftover candies you cannot seem to fi nish off, and bake a treat, craft a fall-themed decoration, or inspire hol-iday charity.

“Mitt Romney. He wants to � x America instead of putting us into more debt.”-Bert Menge, culinary sophomore from Raceland

“Obama, because he talks a really good game and makes promises he can’t keep. Also, Romney stuck his foot in his mouth at the debates.”-Mamie Cortez, biology pre-med junior from Vacherie

“I think Romney will win because people favor his economic policy over Obama’s. Right now the votes will be determined by women’s voters, and they seem to favor his economic policy even though his social policies need work.”-Shiena-marie Normand, pre-med junior from Niceville, Fla.

“I don’t know. I thought Obama would win because the country seems to be mostly Democrats, but living in the south, everyone in my family is a Republican, so I think Romney will. It’s going to be closer than I thought.”-Tanei Armendariz, biology fresh-man from Houma

“Honestly, Obama, because he’s al-ready in o� ce, and how he handles Sandy will factor in on his popularity.”-Steven Ramsey, accounting/hu-man research management junior from Houma

“From the past elections, any time there was a president running for a second term they would win, so they could � nish their plan for the coun-try, but I wouldn’t mind if Romney came out on top.”-Slade Leblanc, accounting sopho-more from Pierre Part

“I have no idea, but I think it will be close.”-Meagan Walker, nursing sopho-more from Houma

Who do you think will win thepresidential election and why?

Many would agree that, aside from being challenging, benefi cial, and intellectually stimulating, the college experience is supposed to be fun. But all good things must come to an end, as they say, and even though various personal circumstances can cause a student’s time at a university to last longer than expected, missing out on graduation because of conditions that are out of one’s control can be more than frustrating.

After years of scheduling, studying, befriending, waiting, dropping, writing, reading, and doing whatever else, graduation is the light at the end of a long academic tunnel. It represents not just a culmination of four or more years of efforts, but also a passage into a new lifestyle. The possibilities that crop up with college graduation are exciting and endless, assuming a student is not stopped short when the end is so near.

Imagine the situation. A student approaches the offi ce of his advisor. He’s anxious about fi nally planning the end of a long collegiate expedition. He has survived those dreaded foreign language classes, and he’s fi nally passed freshman English on the fourth attempt. When he arrives, his advisor seems just as excited, ready to help yet another student cross the fi nish line. But there is a problem, something unforeseen that in a horrible instant becomes the student’s academic nightmare. Maybe something doesn’t add up: he’s missing a class that his advisor assured him was not necessary, or two of his remaining three necessary

courses are offered during the same time. Assuming time travel is out of the question, our student is screwed, cursed to spend one more slow, embarrassing semester at school while his friends and associates of the last four years run off to join the real world.

Perhaps the scene is a bit overdramatic, but it can actually be reality for a surprising amount of unlucky prospective graduates. Even the most competent advisors are

human; they make mistakes, policies change, and course selections are not always set in stone. The process of scheduling can end up being more of a gamble than it should be, and, unfortunately, there are no sure-fi re ways of preventing possible snags.

These problems may have Nicholls-specifi c details as well. Considering recent and ongoing issues with budget cuts, the

University cannot be offering as many classes at as many time slots as it was years ago. Many classes may be limited to being offered only once a year, or perhaps even less. Also, planned classes may never come to fruition because of staff defi cits or lack of student interest.

Students should always keep in mind what courses are required in the catalog that was given to them in their university prep

classes. Using that list, students can highlight and make note of what classes have been and need to be taken. If students are always aware of which classes are required of them, then when scheduling time rolls around, there is a better chance for the student or the advisor to catch an error that would have been detrimental to a student’s graduation date.

Never assume. If ever a student has a question about courses which should be taken, it is always best to consult with a faculty member to be sure that credit will be given for the time spent in the classroom.

Though scheduling can already be diffi cult aside from these unpredictable issues, the only way to combat problems

with graduation is to remain aware. Taking every academic opportunity as it comes along is a good idea, and it may save money, time, and patience in the long run. By all means, advisors should be as professional as possible and do the very best to ensure their students’ success, but students should also remain vigilant with their own goals and matters of business.

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Letters to the editor are encouraged and accept-ed at the discretion of the editor. Letters should be fewer than 300 words, typed and should include author’s name, classifi cation, major and telephone number. Faculty and staff should include their title and department. Longer letters may be accepted as guest columns. Anonymous letters will not be printed.

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