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HAPPENINGSbriefNicholls signs agreement with MAX Charter School

Offi cials of the Maxine Giardina (MAX) Charter School and Nicholls signed an agreement Thursday, Feb. 3, that formalizes the institutions’ longstanding cooperation.

As part of the agreement, the Nicholls College of Education and Loui-siana Center for Dyslexia and Related Learning Disorders will provide testing, monitoring, assessment and professional development assistance for attaining and maintaining the educational goals expressed in the orig-inal MAX charter. In return, the MAX Charter School will provide staff and students of the College of Education access to data and facilities for research and on-site educational training.

Geomatics program receives $100,000 for scholarship

Nicholls’ geomatics program received $100,000 to establish the “Jules Oreste Chustz Memorial Student Endowed Scholarship,” named in memory of the late child of Jimmy Chustz of Chustz Surveying Inc.

Contributions include $50,000 from Chustz Surveying Inc., $25,000 from the Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors and $25,000 from the Contractors Educational Trust Fund. Ramachandran said the ultimate goal is a $250,000 endowed scholarship, offering 20 annual awards of $1,000 each to geomatics students.

The geomatics program, which prepares students for careers as land surveyors, construction surveyors, mappers and planners, is one of a kind in Louisiana.

For additional information about the program, accredited by the Ap-plied Science Accreditation Commission, go to www.nicholls.edu/doas.

Naquin chosen as chief fi nancial offi cer

Nicholls administrator Mike Naquin was named interim associate vice president for fi nance and chief fi nancial offi cer effective Jan. 19, follow-ing the retirement of Lionel Naquin Jr., former vice president for fi nance and administration.

A native of Thibodaux and a certifi ed public accountant, Naquin grad-uated from Nicholls with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1978. He began his professional career at Nicholls in 1979, initially hired as the University’s internal auditor and later promoted to assistant controller and controller. He was named assistant vice president for business af-fairs and controller in July 2001, a title later changed to assistant vice president for fi nance.

On the cover:This issue is in memorium of Joey Suitt, headshot obtained through Facebook.

Photo by Derek Matherne

Nicholls Calendar of Events

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• GSA bake sale from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Student Union

• RELATE: Open Mic Night “Love” from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Stu-dent Union

• Thursday Night Live from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Le Bijou Theater

• First Pitch Banquet from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. in the Cotillion Ballroom

• African American Pioneers and Leaders in Nursing presentation from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Ayo Hall

• NAACP Financial Empowerment Seminar at 6:00 p.m. in the Lafi tte Room

• Faculty Senate Meeting at 2:00 p.m. in Ellender Memorial Library

• African American Themed Meal at 4:30 p.m. in Galliano Cafeteria

• Black History Month readings at 6:00 p.m.

• Blood screening from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Student Union

• Women’s basketball vs. Lamar at 3:30 p.m. in Stopher Gym

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• Forum on President Obama’s fi rst two years from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Le Bijou Theater

• “My Soul Speaks” at 6:30 p.m. in the Planta-tion Suite

Police Reports

Graphic By: Ashley Falterman

Feb. 3

A student in Peltier Hall reported chest pains. University Police escorted the student to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center.

Feb. 6

A resident in Ellender Hall reported possible marijuana use in another room. University Police searched the suspected room and found the occupant with a small amount of marijuana. The student was issued a disciplinary summons and misdemeanor summons.

A juvenile was reported wandering by El-lender Memorial Library and the Student Union. University Police located the child and returned it to its parents in Family Housing.

- SGA will be having scantron giveaways from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 22 and May 3.

- Erin Fontenot was sworn in as a Freshman Senator.

- $170.97 was allotted for Women’s Resource and Services Offi ce to purchase items for a sexual violence prevention booth.

- Be on the look out for University spring advertising commercials airing on local channels as well as MTV, E!, etc.

- Architects have been hired for the construction of the future Chef John Folse Culinary Institute building, and some administration will be going to look at two other local culinary schools in the upcoming weeks to get ideas.

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University Police officer dies in car accident SaturdayBy Katelyn Thibodeaux

Editor

The Nicholls community, fam-ily, friends and the University Police mourn the loss of a fallen offi cer.

University Police sergeant Jo-seph “Joey” Suitt, 30, died Sat-urday morning after driving into the brick wall of the Archives and Historical Research Center of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux building on campus.

“Sgt. Suitt was a much-loved member of the University commu-nity, and our thoughts and prayers

are with his family and friends,” University president Stephen Hul-bert said.

Suitt has been an offi cer at Nich-olls for fi ve years.

“He needed an opportunity and promised he would be loyal and dedicated to the campus,” Univer-sity Police chief Craig Jaccuzzo said.

Suitt also attended Nicholls for college and was involved with the Nicholls Players. He performed in the show “Our Town” with Joshua Arceneaux, Nicholls graduate.

“I remember Joey as a go with the fl ow, loving the moment type

of guy. He never judged or criti-cized anyone and had an open heart and mind. I know he loved many things in life, but he seemed very interested and aware of the arts,” Arceneaux said.

Since the majority of students on campus ranges between 18 and 25 years old, Suitt was well-liked and friends with many students on campus.

“Joey was a great friend and an

amazing offi cer. He always had a smile on his face and any person on the campus could approach him with any problem. Joey knew what he was doing,” Steven Steudlein, business administration

graduate, said.Some memories students had

involved Suitt’s everyday jobs around campus.

“I remember many times when-ever my friends and I would be

putting parts on someone’s car in the parking lot, he would stop by and chill with us for most of the installation. He was just great,” Derek Matherne, graphic design junior, said.

“I also remember that he and I had a joking, running feud about what would make a better police unit: Ford Crown Victoria vs.

photo by Houma Courier

Louisiana State Trooper Corey Pennison takes measurements at the scene of a crash that killed Nicholls State Uni-versity Police Sgt. Joseph Suitt Saturday morning on the campus in Thibodaux.

graphic by Derek Matherne see JOEY page 6

“I am comforted by the fact that he really did have a great life fi lled with happiness, love and experiences.

I know the universe is rewarding him.”

— Joshua Arceneaux


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Nicholls hosts educational events for Black History MonthBy David Guidry

Reporter

Nicholls is hosting a wide vari-ety of displays, presentations and events to educate students and faculty about the important role African Americans played in the Civil War for February’s Black History Month.

“We wanted to compile an event schedule so that the community as a whole would know about it,” Eugene Dial, associate professor

of education and vice president for student affairs and enroll-ment services, said. “It takes in the whole spectrum: past, present and hopefully even future.”

There are events and gatherings scheduled for nearly every day of the month happening all over campus. Numerous faculty mem-bers, colleges and student orga-nizations are participating with unique celebrations of African American History.

Several displays will be fea-tured throughout the month, in-cluding an African American book display in the Student Union bookstore, a fi lm series in Le Bi-jou Theater, a literature showing in Ellender Memorial Library and a poster series and information table set up in the Student Union.

A Sociology 204 class, Cul-tural Diversity, will host a short presentation on “Slices of the Af-rican-American Experience” at 9 a.m. today in Le Bijou. Sociolo-gy instructor Deborah Moorehead will lead the class.

Apart from covering a time-line of African American history, Moorehead plans to add “meat” to the presentation, hoping to help the audience understand the African American experience in America. Music, videos, read-ings and audience participation will be used to create a unique and interesting experience.

“We hope to go through some portions of the African American timeline, simply by showing im-portant events and when they hap-

pened,” Moorehead said. “We’re going to have an overview that the audience is able to follow.”

On Feb. 15, a student presen-tation on African American Pio-neers and Leaders in Nursing will take place in Betsy Cheramie Ayo Hall, as well as an NAACP Financial Empowerment Seminar in the Lafi tte Room.

Feb. 16 will feature a group reading of African American fi c-tion, poetry and nonfi ction by students and faculty from the Languages and Literature Depart-ment. There will also be a spe-cial meal served in the cafeteria for dinner.

A public forum will take place in Le Bijou on Feb. 17, discussing President Obama’s fi rst two years in offi ce.

Relate, Nicholls’ open-mic expression program, will fea-ture Freedom as a theme on Feb. 24. Special guest speaker Asia Rainey, a spoken-word poet, art-ist and actress from New Orleans, will attend.

“We hope to go throughsome portions of the African American timeline, simply by

showing important events and when they happened.”

— Deborah Moorehead

photo byTressa Lafont

Members of the NAACP hold a bake sale in honor of Black History Month on Tuesday in the Student Union.

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So if you’re in college, get your season flu vaccination right now. It’s a smart course of action and your best shot at staying healthy.

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Higher education means a higher risk of exposure to the flu.

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Student petition to smoke in vehicles circulates campusBy Katie O’Hara

Staff Writer

One government major is stand-ing up for the rights of students, fac-ulty and staff on campus to smoke.

Peter Jenkins, junior from Greensboro, N.C., said that he feels his calling is to be an advocate for those whose rights are taken away from them. He started a petition al-lowing students to smoke in certain areas on campus, namely in their

cars.During a Disney internship Jen-

kins attended last summer and fall, Jenkins talked to students who came from tobacco-free campuses. One of them said that the university compromised with the students and allowed them to smoke in their cars.

Jenkins said that he did not see why Nicholls could not come to a similar agreement.

Jenkins said that smoking in cars does not affect other students wor-ried about secondhand smoke or smoke allergies.

At least 254 Nicholls students signed Jenkins petition since last Tuesday.

“We only need about 50 more votes for the petition to be put on the ballot in March,” Jenkins said. Five percent of the student body needs to sign the petition for it to get on the ballot, “but we’re prob-ably looking at getting about 10 percent,” Jenkins said.

The ballot Jenkins spoke of is given to the students to vote on in March addressing various issues at Nicholls. Jenkins also has to present his petition to the Student Govern-ment Association in the near future.

Eugene Dial, vice president of student affairs and enrollment ser-vices, said that he understands many students may not like or agree with the new policy, but he asks that they respect it.

“I recognize that many smokers were respectful,” Dial said, “but there were many students who threw their cigarette butts on the ground, and those students who do not smoke have a right to not be exposed to that as well as walking through clouds of smoke as they go

to and from class.”Dial said that it is a matter of per-

spective, and there are many poli-cies that the University has in place, and any one of them could be dis-puted.

“You could argue and say you could park wherever you want, but


Beauandre Ball, culinary arts and marine biology sophomore from Washington, D.C., signs a petition by Peter Jenkins (right), government junior from Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday to allow students to smoke in their vehicles.

“I just want to enforce aspirit of

compromise.”— Peter Jenkins

you can’t because we have a policy against that. You could argue that you can cheat whenever you want, but there’s a policy against that too.”

Dial said that he welcomes stu-dents’ opinions and understands that there will be a difference in opinions when it comes to the to-

bacco-free policy.“I have a lot of ideas,” Jenkins

said, “and my opinion may not be what the student body wants, but we’re a diverse student body and the University should reflect all of those opinions. I just want to en-force a spirit of compromise.”


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Chevy Impala. I am a Ford man, and he was a Chevy man,” Andrew Schlesinger, government senior, said.

Even though he was a Nicholls law enforcer, students still looked at him as family.

“Joey was like a brother to me. He was always looking after me and always cared that I was doing well. Even though I don’t live on campus now, he still kept up with me. Nicholls lost possibly their best employee,” Brett Badgerow, general studies senior, said.

“He was more like a brother to me who I could always count on. I will always have the memories of the conversations and laughs we had. It’s hard to believe this is real, but I know Joey is sitting some-where smiling and saying ‘Rock on!” Steudlein said.

Everyone that knew Suitt could recognize him by his laugh that brought a smile to people’s faces.

“I will never forget his distinc-tive laugh or the many conversa-

tions we had over the years. He was an amazing person,” Schlesinger said.

“He was a great, trustworthy, respectable friend with a beautiful soul and unforgettable laugh that was contagious,” Arceneaux said.

It was not just Suitt’s laugh but also his smile that brightened peo-ple’s day.

“What I want to remember most about Joey is his smile. He was always smiling and approachable. I’m sad he’s gone,” Amy Mahler, art senior, said.

Visitation for Suitt was held yes-terday; however, a funeral will be held at a later date in Texas.

“The world has truly lost a very special individual, an individu-al that I know was on a path of changing the world and becom-ing a leader. I am comforted by the fact that he really did have a great life fi lled with happiness, love and experiences. I know the universe is rewarding him,” Arce-neaux said.

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nichollssportsSportS BriefS

Men’s Basketball

Feb. 7

The Colonels’ senior forward Anatoly Bose will share the court with the top 64 seniors in the nation and look to make an impression on some of the top basketball minds in the nation this summer, as he received an invitation to play in the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament on Monday.

Feb. 5Nicholls State 60Texas State 75

The Colonels were led in scoring by three different players in double figures and was led by freshman guard Dantrell Thomas who scored a career-high 21 points off the bench. Senior forward Anatoly Bose added 14 and junior forward Fred Hunter poured on 12. The Colonels’ record moves to 11-9 and 5-4 in Southland Conference play.

Women’s Basketball

Feb. 5Texas State 66Nicholls State 62

Led by three were double-digit scorers, the Colonels down by as many as 15 in the second half and rallied to take the lead with less than three minutes left to play. However, the Colonels could not hold on and gained their 15th loss of the season garnering a 7-15 overall record and 2-7 in Southland Conference play. Senior guard Ricshanda Bickham led the Colonels with 22 points junior forward Jasmine Hoskins added 18 and sophomore forward Alisha Allen totaled 11.

SoccerFeb. 8

The Colonels added four new additions to the soccer squad as the Colonels unveiled their recruiting class on Tuesday.

Women’s Track

Feb. 5

The Nicholls State women’s track and field team walked away with five titles, one school record and a 1-2-3 sweep of the indoor mile at the Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Invitational hosted at McNeese State. The Colonels came away with wins in the 55 m, high jump, 800 m and 3K, as well as taking each of the top three spots in the indoor mile with just one meet remaining before the 2011 Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

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Colonels fill needs in 2011 recruiting classBy Jake Martin

Sports Editor

The Nicholls football team add-ed 20 new players last Wednes-day as head coach Charlie Stubbs announced the recruiting class of 2011.

This is Stubbs’ second recruit-ing class that he has put together since becoming head coach of the Colonels last January.

“We are very excited about this signing class,” Stubbs said. “Experiencing a full year of the recruiting process allowed us to be very thorough with our evalua-tions and to get to know these stu-dent athletes better, and I’m very pleased with the results. Not only are these young men outstanding athletes, but many excel in the classroom as well.”

Stubbs made Louisiana his main target once again as 16 of the 20 commitments are from Louisiana with 12 of them earning All-State honors. Two of the other four re-cruits hail from Texas, while the final two are from Oklahoma and Georgia.

“We strictly adhered to our phi-losophy, which was to begin our recruiting efforts within the state, “Stubbs said. “I’m proud of the fact that 16 of these young men are from Louisiana.”

The Colonels signed 10 offen-sive players with their focus con-centrated on strengthening two areas on offense—linemen and

playmakers.“The emphasis on offense for

this recruiting class was to solid-ify up front and to get more play-

makers so we can be more ex-plosive on offense,” Stubbs said. “You will notice that we signed five offensive linemen, and we’re

really excited about that because the game is played up front. It is important to note that when you control the line of scrimmage,

you usually control the score of the game.”

The 2011 class linemen include 6’3’’ 290 lb. Cabel Cline (Norman

North), 6’3” 300 lb. Cailin Cola (West St. John), 6’6” 275 lb. Ty-ler Knowles (Cinco Ranch), 6’4” 280 lb. Garrison Trice (Brewer)

and mid-year signee 6’5” 318 lb. Ryan Zeller (St. Michael).

The skill players consist of two wide receivers, 5’9” 160 lb. Josh Hanberry (John Curtis) and 5’11” 170 lb. Darryl Watson, Jr. (Holy Cross), two running backs, 5’9” 190 lb. Joshua John-son (Thibodaux) and 5’9” 180 lb. Darnell Rachal (Riverside Acad-emy) and athlete 6’ 200 lb. Terry Lucas, Jr. (St. Augustine).

After changing defenses this past season to a 3-4 scheme, the

photo by Tressa Lafont

Head football coach Charlie Stubbs holds a letterman jacket during the National Signing Day press conference last week in the Century Room.

“Not only are these young men outstandingathletes, but many excel in the classroom as well.”

— Charlie Stubbs

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Colonels baseball relies on Comer for leadershipBy Carolyn Noble

Sports Writer

After averaging a .372 batting average in 2010, outfield Bear Comer begins his senior season by being named first team all-confer-ence.

Last year, the Pace, Fla. native was the Colonels’ leadoff man and ended the season eighth in the Southland Conference with 16 sto-len bases and drew 44 walks—the second best total in conference and the 50th best total in the nation.

Despite his past success, Comer has high hopes for the upcoming season.

“I just want to be the best team-mate that I can be and do what they need me to do to help the team win, and that’s get on base as much as possible,” Comer said.

Comer said that his biggest strength for the Colonels is his ability to get down the first base line quickly.

Apart from his personal goals for the season, Comer also has goals for his team.

“I think every Division I ath-lete wants to make it to the World Series to start with,” Comer said. “Hopefully we can come out and win conference and hopefully win a championship.”

Comer said his favorite thing about playing college baseball is the added drama that goes in to ev-ery game.

“You’re playing for something every game, it’s a lot more excit-ing,” Comer said.

Comer said his least favorite thing about playing baseball at the college level is the intensity as far as coaching and other athletes.

“There’s always somebody be-hind you to make you better and try to take over your position,” Comer said.

Head coach Seth Thibodaux said nothing but good things about Comer.

“Bear’s definitely the best lead-off hitter in our conference and possibly in the country, and he’ll prove that with his numbers at the end of the year,” Thibodaux said. “He’s so special to our lineup. He just makes the guys that hit behind him just a whole lot better just by being on base, he makes everyone around him better.”

Unlike many athletes nowadays, Comer said he doesn’t have a set pregame routine, but once the sea-son starts, he does things the same from game to game.

Comer also doesn’t have a pref-erence when it comes to playing at home or away.

“It’s a mutual feeling,” Comer said. “I like when we’re on the road because you get to show the fans what you’re there to do and that’s to take down the other team. At home, you get a lot more home fans which is nice.”

Comer’s favorite baseball player

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Senior outfielder Bear Comer bats during last year’s doubleheader against Arkansas-Monticello.

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Senior outfielder Bear Comer makes it back to home plate during last year’s game against Houston Baptist.

is Alfonso Soriano who played for the Chicago Cubs, and since his dad is from Chicago, he’s always been a fan. This is also where the nickname ‘Bear’ originated.

“My dad said when I was younger he used to watch the Chi-cago Bears play football on TV,”

Comer said. “When I was in my diapers, I would sit by the TV and pretend that I was playing with them as the quarterback.”

As for future plans, Comer is focusing strictly on the upcoming season, but hopes to one day join the S.W.A.T team in New Orleans.


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Dolan looks to continue football career on next levelBy Jake Martin

Sports Editor

Senior Patrick Dolan took the next step in his career when he competed in the Dixie Gridiron Classic Saturday in St. George, Utah and performed well in front of the scouts.

Pacific lost 17-13 to the Moun-tain team as Dolan punted twice, averaging 46.5 yards per punt with one landing inside the five-yard line.

“I felt pretty comfortable out there,” Dolan said. “I didn’t have the opportunity to boom any 50-plus-yard punts because I was just trying to pin them deep, and I felt good doing that.”

Dolan’s career at Nicholls might be finished, but his foot-ball career may well be just get-ting started. Dolan played on the Pacific team in the collegiate All-Star Bowl game with play-ers from major BCS conferences such as the SEC, Big 10, Pac-10, Big East and Big 12.

While playing for a small school, it can be hard to get rec-ognized and gain the attention of scouts, and playing in the Dixie Gridiron Classic can only help.

“It was another opportunity for me to gain some exposure,” Dolan said. “I’m just trying to get my name out there and try to continue to do well.”

Dolan had a stellar senior sea-son for the Colonels, ranking 6th in punting in the FCS with a program-best 43.2 average. Ev-ery football player has dreams

of making it to the pro level, and Dolan is no exception. Dolan said it’s been a lifelong dream of his to play in the NFL and to finally be within grasp is “just in-credible.”

“To even be considered and to be up there with all those other names is surreal,” Dolan said. “I just have to keep training hard and manage to continue to get better so I can make it happen. It’s an incredible feeling.”

With the next level in Dolan’s football career in sight, he con-tinues to stay humble and credit his past coaches for all of his success.

“If it doesn’t go that way, I’m still more than happy,” Dolan said. “Without Nicholls State and all the coaches I’ve had, none of this would be possible.”

After the Dixie Gridiron Clas-sic, scouts will get the film and study it before choosing which players they like and want. In the meantime, Dolan will stay busy working on his kicking and prep-ping for the next level.

“The next couple weeks, I have a couple of camps,” Dolan said. “Hopefully getting more film back and working with the staff out there will get me some exposure all over the league.”

photo by Bridget Mire

Graduate student Patrick Dolan kicks off during the Nov. 6 game against Stephen F. Austin.

“Without Nicholls State and all the coaches I’ve had, none of

this would be possible.”

— Patrick Dolan


Questions & AnswersQuestions & AnswersBy Carolyn Noble

Sports Writer

Freshman Elridge Moore re-ceives playing time as he aver-ages 12.7 minutes per game. The 6’5” forward earned his fi rst col-legiate start on Jan. 29 against Lamar.

In high school, Moore was

named district MVP as a junior and senior, as well as being named fi rst team All-State as a senior.

Moore took time after practice to sit down for an interview.

Q: Who do you look up to the most on your team?

A: I look up to Toly (Anatoly Bose), because he’s our best play-er. I want to get to where he’s at offensively and defensively.

Freshman receives quality playing time in first yearQ: If you had the chance

to live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

A: I would live in my home-town New Orleans, because I like it, and all my family is there.

Q: What is your dream job?A: I want to play basketball,

but my fall back plan is to own my own business.

Q: Who is your idol?A: Kobe Bryant is my idol be-

cause he’s the best player in the world. I look up to him, and I like his work ethic.

Q: What’s your biggest fear?A: My biggest fear is scary

movies.Q: If it was your last day on

earth, what would you do?A: I would be with my mom

for the day and just chill with her.

Q: If you could be an animal for a day, what would you be?

A: I would be a lion because he’s the king of the jungle.

Q: What NBA team would you want to play for if you could pick one?

A: I would want to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Q: Do you have any game day rituals or routines?

A: Before the game, I listen to Lil Wayne; he’s lyrically the best.

Q: If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take?

A: I would take food, a tent and a fl ashlight.

Q: What would you do if you won a million dollars?

A: I would buy a house, a car and invest the rest of the money.

Q: If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

A: I would eat barbeque ribs.

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Freshman forward Elridge Moore defends the ball while trying to make a shot during the Jan. 29 game against Lamar.

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Step one in making the biggest fight in MMA history between Middleweight Champion An-derson Silva vs. Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre was completed Saturday night at UFC 126 when Silva defeated Vitor Belfort with a first round knockout.

The biggest storyline follow-ing the fight is that if Georges St-Pierre defeats Jake Shields at UFC 129, he will move up to the middleweight division and face Silva. That would be the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter fight-ing the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter.

Silva knocked out Belfort with a front head kick, which is something that I’ve only seen on a video game. Seriously, who knocks somebody out like that? I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again. Watching Sil-

va is like watching a movie and saying, “That’s so fake, there’s no way that would happen in real life.”

I feel like MMA fans are being spoiled with Silva’s greatness

right now. Most fans probably don’t realize that we are watch-ing the Michael Jordan of MMA in his prime pull off some of the most incredible moves the sport has ever seen.

Belfort made the critical mis-take of waiting and playing Silva’s game. If Silva gets your

timing down, you’re going to have a short night and will be ly-ing on the canvas.

The second biggest story-line from UFC 126 is that the UFC’s biggest rising star, Jon

“Bones” Jones, received a title shot against Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Rua was supposed to face Rashad Evans in March but after Evans had to pull out, the UFC offered the title shot to Jones in the octagon after his victory.

Jones vs. Rua has always been

a fight that I wanted to see. When Jones was making his climb to the top, I would imag-ine him fighting against Lyoto Machida, Silva or perhaps the most exciting match-up in Rua.

Rua was the Bones Jones of Pride half a decade ago when he was running through everyone. He was a young, talented fight-er that was dominating a who’s who of mixed martial artists. Now, Jones is the dominant up-and-comer and will face Rua just six weeks after submitting Ryan

“Silva knocked out Belfort with a front head kick, which is something that I’ve only seen

on a video game.”

Bader Saturday.Joe Rogan broke the news to

Jones in his post-fight interview that he received the title shot, and UFC president Dana White said Ticketmaster went “nuts” as soon as the news broke.

Perhaps the third biggest win-ner on the card was former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. Griffin looked a little rusty but was still dominant in his win over Rich Franklin. As a long time Griffin fan, it feels good to say he’s on a two fight win-streak, and I can put the UFC 101 fight with Silva behind me.

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Colonels’ coaching staff made re-cruiting linebackers a top priority.

“With the change to a 3-4 package on defense, we wanted to bring in athletes that would fi t our system,” Stubbs said. “We signed fi ve aggressive lineback-ers to strengthen that area. It will give us more depth and competi-tion for playing time. The three-man front package will allow us to play faster and quicker while being able to adjust to various offensive schemes and forma-tions.”

The linebacker core consists of 5’9” 195 lb. Brenton Bow-

man (Holy Cross), 6’2” 215 lb. Nick LeBlanc (Vandebilt Catho-lic), 6’2” 205 lb. Marcus Parker (Port Allen), 6’ 200 lb. Ben Tay-lor (Hahnville) and a mid-year transfer from Ole Miss, 6’ 220 lb. Brandon Sanders (Peachtree).

Rounding out the recruiting class are defensive linemen 6’4” 255 lb. Cole Frazier (Brother Martin) and 6’2” 285 lb. Jordan Thompson (Hahnville), safeties 6’ 180 lb. Davin Bovie (River-dale) and 5’10” 170 lb. Byron Cobb (West Feliciana) and cor-nerback 5’10” 180 lb. Darvin Butler (Plaquemine).


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Inside the small community of Nicholls, faculty couples keep their relationship romantic during this Valentine’s season.

While head men’s basketball coach J.P. Piper is busy with the basketball team, his wife, Renee Piper, is the Director of University Relations. The Pipers take time dur-ing their busy schedules to have lunch together.

“We enjoy spending time to-gether,” Renee said. “Sometimes he

will pop in on me and say ‘hey.’ If I can reach him because of our busy schedules, I will go see him.”

The Pipers were good friends in college, where Renee said J.P. won her heart with his sense of humor.

“I thought he was very funny and he still makes me laugh,” Renee said.

For Valentine’s Day, the Pipers are planning to cook together and spend time with their kids.

“After 20 years of being together, we still enjoy having fun with each other,” Renee said.

Lane and Gail Brigham keep their

relationship on a more professional level.

“We don’t take our work stuff home,” Lane said. “We agreed a long time ago to not talk about work at home.”

Lane is a family and consumer sci-ences professor. Gail is a coordinator for the Golden Learning Opportunity program.

The Brighams met at a radio sta-tion where Gail was a copywriter and Lane was a disc jockey.

“We have been together for 26 years,” Lane said, “We keep our rela-tionship strong by sharing our goals and passions with each other. We are

more like partners in a business.”Lane plans to take Gail to their fa-

vorite restaurant, Big Al’s, on Valen-tine’s Day.

“I said it, so now I have to keep my word on that,” Lane said.

Andrew Cavaness and Darcy Browning are a married couple that is newer to Nicholls.

Darcy started last semester as an English 101 and 102 professor. An-drew is a graduate assistant in the math lab.

The couple has been married for a year and a half, but in April, they will

see COUPLES page 17

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Head men’s basketball coach J.P. Piper talks to members of the team during a time-out at the Jan. 29 game against Lamar.

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Nicholls spokeswoman Renee Piper hands a shovel to Gloria Callais, widow of businessman Harold Callais, at the groundbreaking of the University’s rec center, named in Harold Callais’ honor.


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Many students have plans for Valentine’s Day, whether they love or hate the holiday.

Joey Adams, culinary sopho-more from Baton Rouge, said that he will be buying his girl-friend fl owers and taking her out to eat while Allan Brambilla, freshman from Patterson, will be taking his girlfriend ice-skating.

“I will be making a scrapbook for my boyfriend because we have been together for about two years,” Jalin Wells, freshman from New Orleans, said.

Mike Cartozzo, Nicholls grad-uate from LaPlace, said that he plans to “come up with a long list of compliments to give his girlfriend to distract her from the fact that she is too good for me.”

While these Nicholls students and alumni decide what they plan to do for their signifi cant others, others are planning to hang out with their other single friends.

“All of my single friends and I are celebrating our love for each other by going out to eat,” Chel-sie Bergeron, freshman from Pierre Part, said. “We’re calling

it our ‘We hate Valentine’s Day’ party.”

Some students, like Kayci Castaneda, nursing sophomore from Morgan City, will not be participating in any Valentine’s activities because she will be do-ing schoolwork.

“I will have a test on Monday followed by more studying,” Castaneda said.

Students like Kiala Singleton, family and consumer sciences junior from Houma, and Jenna Williams, freshman from Patter-son, have condemned the holi-day.

“I will be forever alone,” Sin-gleton said. “I plan to burn every bit of Valentine’s paraphernalia

that I come across and throw Holy water on every couple that I see walking around campus.”

Williams said that Valentine’s Day is a perfect holiday for cou-ples, but it is a completely differ-ent story for singles.

“Valentine’s Day is a perfect holiday when you are actually with someone, but when you are alone, all of that changes,” Wil-

liams said. “I’ve taken an oath to not celebrate Valentine’s Day this year and every year after that. I will be the Valentine’s Day rebel.”

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Valentine’s Day is a holiday that holds a special place in the heart, often affected by one’s past experiences.

Valentine’s Day to some is, “a corporate conspiracy conceived by candy makers, rose growers, lingerie stores and jewelers to get people to spend money

on junk,” according to Urban Dictionary.

We all have a memory of this holiday. My fondest memory would be when my mom would walk in my room on Valentine’s Day with a hug and a tiny little card saying how much she loved me. The older I’ve grown, the more I’ve come to appreciate the cards.

While my memory is a happy one, others may have a sad story to their past Valentine’s Days.

Stefan Bergeron, general studies junior from Pierre Part, shared a story with The Nich-olls Worth that didn’t end well. Bergeron had a girlfriend that had her birthday and Valen-tine’s Day around the same time. He bought her two gifts and put them together, but when he got to her house, she broke up with him.

Not everyone has bitter mem-

ories of Valentine’s Day. Han-nah Rivere, freshman from Napoleonville, has a happier memory.

“Two years ago I got a Valen-tine’s gift, and it was my favor-ite candy ever,” Rivere said. “It was a heart filled with mini Re-ese’s and I was like ‘oh my God, thank you. I love you so much. You’re my Valentine.’ ”

John Meyer, freshman from Napoleonville, had an unusual Valentine’s memory.

“My favorite Valentine’s Day memory was breaking up with a girl on that day because I forgot to buy her something in middle school,” Meyer said.

Russ Cheramie, freshman from Cutoff, said that Valen-tine’s Day is a great day to ex-press your feelings for a loved one and do something nice for them.

Carly Orlando, freshman from

Stephenville, had a weird mem-ory from a past Valentine’s Day.

“Someone gave me a huge teddy bear, and I stabbed it,” Orlando said.

Most people have a love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. In my opinion, it is like Christmas. It is not so much about the gifts as it is just being content with what you have.

So this year, whether you’re single or not, why not enjoy the day instead of moping?

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Toni Wells

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After discovering Nicholls’ psychology program, Toni Wells, psychology sophomore from Waggaman, made Nicholls her home away from home.

Wells was drawn to Nicholls after hearing Steven Welsh, act-ing dean of the college of edu-cation and professor of psychol-ogy, say that Nicholls has the best psychology program in the state at the 2009 Scholar’s ban-quet.

“Although I did not get to talk to him personally, he did a good job of informing the psychol-ogy group about what it takes,” Wells said. “He said you have to be dedicated, which makes psychology students at Nich-olls more prepared for graduate school than anybody.”

While earning her bachelor’s

degree in psychology, Wells is minoring in Spanish due to her fascination with foreign lan-guages. She is a member of the Psychology Club and the Hon-ors Program.

Aside from academics, Wells came to Nicholls because of its beautiful and small atmosphere. She also likes the small com-munity and the nice people who live in Thibodaux.

In her free time, Wells en-joys horror movies and video games like Resident Evil. She also loves dancing, laser tag and pool.

When there are dancing or pool competitions on campus, Wells is one of the tough com-petitors to contend with.

“I won a dancing contest at a campus Halloween costume party,” Wells said. “At another

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campus party, I was one of three winners for a Michael Jackson dance competition. As for pool, I beat a lot of people in Scholars Hall.”

Wells hopes to one day be thrown a 1990s-themed birthday bash. Oversized glasses, candy jewelry and light-up shoes must be included in the attire.

Q: If you could have a life-time supply of one food item, what would it be?

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Q: What do you appreciate most about your life?

A: I appreciate my family, my boyfriend and my success.

Q: If your life were a movie, what would you title it?

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Q: What is your wish that has not yet been fulfilled?

A: Becoming a successful bi-lingual psychologist.

Q: What has been the happi-est moment in your life so far?

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celebrate nine years of being to-gether.

“Being married is not that dif-ferent than the dating life,” Dar-cy said. “We have always been inseparable.”

The couple met in high school and started dating during Darcy’s senior year.

“We are best friends, so it is easy to keep our relationship strong,” Darcy said. “It comes naturally with us.”

For Valentine’s Day, Darcy said she has no idea what her husband is planning.

“I think he has something up his sleeve,” Darcy said.

The couple enjoys working together in the Nicholls commu-

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more like partners in a business.”

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nity. They meet up and share sto-ries with each other about their day.

“I like working in the same place with him because he is a stroll away instead of driving across town to see him,” Darcy said. “We get so happy to see each other in between classes.”

The couple work in different fi elds, but they said that their dif-ferences bring them closer.

“He’s in math, and I’m in Eng-lish,” Darcy said. “They are so different and yet the same. We compliment each other.”

With every couple’s busy schedules, they all continue to love each other. They enjoy each other not only on Valentine’s Day but every day of the year.


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SGA’s spirit award is false advertisementFree money!Actually, don’t count on it if the free

money is coming from the Student Government Association.

SGA advertised since the beginning of the spring semester that they would award money to student organizations who sign-up, come out, participate and support the Colonels on specific game days.

However, despite this advertisement, no money was awarded at last Saturday’s women’s basketball game. There was no prior notice and no explanation afterwards. With at least two participating organizations, all were left wondering who won and why it was not announced.

When questioned about it on Monday, SGA members said that the faculty member who was supposed to judge could not make it due to an emergency.

While this is understandable on the judge’s part, we wonder why there was only one judge scheduled and why

there was no replacement.Why did SGA not call the judge

before the game to make sure they were able to attend? Why was no SGA representative at the game to make sure things ran smoothly?

It is SGA’s job to find these judges and be responsible enough to make sure everything happens according to plan. And in the case of an emergency, it is SGA’s job to give notice to participants.

Yes, the Student Programming Association is also involved in the spirit award, but they are only financial donors. The planning is up to SGA.

And where did SGA get this money to provide a spirit award?

The answer is through student-assessed fees.

This award is not just a pat on the back or a certificate. SGA is dealing with real money. This event was false advertisement.

What will this money be used for now?

We do not believe SGA realized the consequences of their actions. They often forget that theirs is a position of leadership, and to advertise something like this and not follow through discredits them.

Organizations are not going to trust SGA if something like this happens again.

If organizations stop trusting SGA, they will not participate in the spirit award opportunities. Athletics will then be affected. Game attendance will fall.

SGA needs to accept the responsibility they chose when they announced the spirit award.

Many of SGA’s members would like to move on to state or federal government positions. We are sure that if these SGA members were in “real” government positions, they would not get away with their false advertisement.

So why are they getting away with it now?

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