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GROWING CONCERNScholarships, grants, and loans become the focus as student debt grows

Pauline WilsonStaff Writer

Talk among graduating seniors includes applications, job inter-views, graduation trips and the heaping amount of debt that goes along with the celebration of the end of a chapter.

According to CNN Money, in the state of Louisiana, 46 percent of 2011 graduates had debt in college and the average total they owed was $22,500.

American Student Assistance

states that 20 million Americans at-tend college each year and of those 20 million, about 12 million borrow annually to help cover costs. There is roughly between $902 billion and $1 trillion in total outstanding stu-dent loan debt in the United States today.

One factor of student debt is the rising cost of tuition.

The University of Louisiana Sys-tem consists of nine universities in Louisiana, which includes Nicholls.The UL system approved a 10 per-cent tuition increase for these uni-

versities for the 2013-2014 school year.

“No one wants to raise the price for our students, but it is an unfor-tunate necessity at this time. Our universities are cognizant of the need to offset these rising costs in the form of additional fi nancial aid and scholarships,” Sandra Wood-ley, UL System president, said in a board-issued newsletter.

The 10 percent increase will bring Nicholls tuition from $2,755.60 per semester to $3,031 per semester. However, for students with TOPS,

this increase does not bring much of a burden, since the TOPS pro-gram covers it. For students who do not have TOPS, this increase can take a toll.

On top of the rising tuition that students will see in the 2013-2014 school year, there will also be an in-crease in student assessed fees due to the passage of a referendum this semester.

“The fi rst thing that pops into my head is ‘ball and chain,’” Cydney Soignet, marketing freshman from Cut Off, said about the additional

money she will have to pay. “Edu-cation should be one of the smart-est investments a person makes, but with today’s economy, the return on investment is iffy and that is defi -nitely something to be scared of.”

Shari Lawrence, associate profes-sor of fi nance, and Paul A. Callais Endowed Professorship in Business recipient, said, “Students should view their education as an invest-ment, but students should be sure that the degree they are obtaining offers them a chance to get a job

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Average amount: $22,500

In Louisiana,46% of college graduates leave with debt.

20 million

Of those, 12 million

There is roughly

Americans attend college each year.

in outstanding student loan debt in America.

$902 billion - $1 trillion

borrow annually!

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A citizen called and reported males throwing glass bottles from the bal-cony of Babington north. An offi cer responded and found no broken glass bottles anywhere on the ground.

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An offi cer was dispatched to Audubon Drive involving an auto crash involving two vehicles. The crash was very minor. There appeared to be no damage to either vehicle and no injuries were reported.

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Parking Serivces reported that a student parked at the recreation center had 13 citations for no decal. Parking Services requested that offi cers boot the vehicle. The students called Parking Services advising that he was at his vehicle and wanted the boot removed.

Sergeant Barnes and Sergeant Tullis spoke to the student by his vehicle and told him that they could not remove the boot until advised to do so by Parking Services. The student told offi cers that they might lose their jobs over this. The student was issued a disciplinary summons for the outstand-ing fi nes and threatening a University offi cial.

God of Carnage and Winnie the Pooh Performances

God of Carnage will be performed at the Thibodaux Playhouse today through April 14. The play fol-lows two sets of Brooklyn parents meeting together following a playground altercation between eleven year old boys. Performances are at 7:30 today through April 13. April 14’s performance will be at 2 p.m.

Thibodaux Playhouse will also present Disney’s Winnie the Pool Kids April 19 through April 21. Tickets are $7. April 19’s performace will be at 7 p.m. The April 20 and 21 performances will be at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and children. Call 985-446-1896 for information and tickets. Leave reservation information and someone will return your call to confi rm.

RELATE to Choice

RELATE to Choice will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Plantation Suite in the Student Union. Sha’Condria Sibley returns as the featured guest. Sibley is part of the 2012 National Poetry Slam Champi-onship Team – Team SNO (Slam New Orleans.)

If you would like to perform, arrive at the Plantation Suite by 6:45 p.m. to sign the Open-Mic List. Con-tact Farren Clark with any questions regarding the event at (985) 448-4121 or [email protected].

The X Factor Auditions

The X Factor will hold open-call auditions at The Lakefront Arena on April 14. Wristbands will be dis-tributed to auditioners from approximately 8 a.m. on April 12 until 11 a.m. on April 14. Auditioners will not be allowed to camp out. Once auditioners obtain wristbands, they will be asked to return to the Arena by 7 a.m. on April 14 for their audition.

Note: Contestants who do make it through to the next round of auditions may not sing for the cameras after their audition. Those contestants who do not make it through can sing for the cameras after their auditions if they would like, outside of the Arena.

Oak Alley Performance

Performer and storyteller Spencer Bohren will be performing at the Oak Alley Plantation West Pavilion on April 20. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 and reservations are highly recommended.

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Top local, national stories making headlines this weekChanning Parfait

News Editor

These are the current events making headlines this week:

Louisiana News

Gov. Jindal retracts tax plan

At the start of the 2013 Louisi-ana legislative session on Monday, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced that he would “park” his proposed tax reform plan until legislators send him bills to phase out income taxes over time.

“We’re going to adjust our course,” Jindal said in his address Monday. “I’m telling you today

we’re actually going to park our tax plan. We’re going to pull that plan, but at the same time, I’m not the kind of guy that just wants to take my ball and go home and com-plain.”

After traveling the state talking to members of the community and different legislators, Jindal said peo-ple have a desire to get rid of the state’s income tax but fear that the governor’s plan moves too quick for comfort. His original plan would eliminate income taxes and increase sales tax, which made some legisla-tor and citizens in the state uncom-fortable.

“I realize that some of you think I haven’t been listening. But you’ll be surprised to learn I have been,”

Jindal said in his speech in the House chambers. “And here is what I’ve heard from you and from the people of Louisiana -- ‘yes, we do want to get rid of the income tax, but governor you’re moving too fast and we aren’t sure that your plan is the best way to do it.”

National News

Stabbing spree at Texas com-munity college

A student at Lone Star Com-munity College in Cypress, Texas wounded 14 students, with two in critical condition on the campus lo-cated 25 miles northwest of Down-town Houston.

The suspect arrested by authori-ties was believed to be 21 years old and enrolled at Lone Star College. Authorities have not released his name.

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia told ABC News that they could not provide any informa-tion regarding whether the suspect slashed or stabbed his victims. It is believed the suspect used what ap-pears to be an X-Acto knife to stab his victims.

The school remained on lock-down most of Tuesday as law of-ficials ensure the safety of the cam-pus. School officials said the Lone Star campus would reopen Wednes-day.

Margaret Thatcher Dies

Margaret Thatcher, former Brit-ish prime minister and the first woman to hold the position, died on March 8 at the age of 87.

During her time in office, Thatch-er, known as the “Iron Lady,” priva-tised several state-owned industries and was involved in a year-long stand-off with unions during the Miners’ Strike of 1984-1985. She also guided the United States and the Soviet Union through the cold war’s last years.

Thatcher died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel in London. She was in poor health in recent months and suffered from dementia.

that has the income to justify the amount of debt they are taking on.”

Students who are starting to ap-ply and accept financial aid have a variety of types to choose from. These types fall into four categories: grants, loans, federal work-study, and scholarships.

Students who qualify can apply for four different types of grants.

There are Federal Pell Grants, which are awarded to undergradu-ate students that have no previ-ous degree, and they must meet the satisfactory academic progress standards. Along with the criteria, the eligibility is determined by the student’s expected family contribu-tions and cost of attendance.

Students with exceptional need and have the lowest expected fam-ily contribution and are also receiv-ing a Federal Pell Grant may also be eligible for the Federal Supple-mental Educational Opportunity Grant.

The Louisiana Go Grant is a need based state grant for students. This grant is aimed at bridging the gap between the amount of financial aid a student is awarded through the Federal Grant program and the actual cost of attendance.

The last grant is the Teacher Ed-ucation Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant. This grant is for graduate and un-dergraduate students who intend

to teach full-time in high-need sub-ject areas for at least four years at schools that serve students from low-income families.

There are four types of loans available as financial aid: subsi-dized Stafford loans, Unsubsidized Stafford loans, Parent Plus loans, and Private loans.

Stafford loans are awarded to un-dergraduate students on the basis of need from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The government pays the interest on the Stafford loan while the stu-dents are enrolled in school.

Unsubsidized Stafford loans are not distributed based on need, and the government does not pay the interest while students are enrolled in school. The interest is charged from the time of disbursement un-til the loan is paid in full. Similar to the Stafford loan, repayment of this loan will begin six months after graduation or from the time the student drops out of school, or drops below part-time.

Parent Plus loans are for parents who help pay for the cost of their students’ education. Parents have to pass a credit check, either on their own or with a co-signer to be eligible for the funds. Both parents and students must meet general eligibility requirements for federal financial assistance.

Private loans are loans dispersed

based on the credit history and usually have higher interest rates.

The Federal Work-Student pro-gram is federally funded financial aid that enables students to earn money toward college expenses by working on campus.

Scholarship awards are based on the organization’s criteria or group that is providing the funds set.

Students who are offered and accept student loans through the University will be able to track their total amount of debt and com-plete the counseling for the loans through studentloans.gov.

Students receiving student loans or the TEACH grant must com-plete entrance counseling, usually required upon the first time receiv-ing the loan. Then students have to complete financial awareness counseling, usually around the sec-ond or third year, and upon gradu-ation students have to complete exit counseling.

Lawrence suggests, “If students are able to consolidate their loans, they should read the fine print and make sure they are choosing a company with low fees and the lowest interest rate possible. Keep the amount of debt low as pos-sible, keep it manageable and pay it off in a timely manner.”

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Geomatics club adopts highwayPauline Wilson

Staff Writer

The Geomatics Student Asso-ciation adopted part of Highway 1 through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Develop-ment’s program Adopt-A-Road in hopes of giving back to the com-munity.

“We see this as a way to get out into the public to not only publicize our program, but to extend a hand

in helping keep our portion of Lou-isiana beautiful,” Janssen Robich-aux, geomatics student association president, said.

The association decided to adopt the part of Highway 1 from Bowie Road to Goode Street. The asso-ciation decided to do so to not only service the community but so that the association can do something together as a group, Robichaux said.

As part of Louisiana DOTD’s Adopt-A-Road program, there is a minimum cleanup requirement of four times a year for the stretch

of highway that the association ad-opted.

“Before participants were able to participate in the litter pick up, we had to watch a short safety video with tips on being safe while on the side of the highway,” Robichaux said. “These responsibilities offer our program an excellent source of service learning hours, which are a requirement of the Geomatics pro-grams.”

For the association to adopt the

road, there are three things the DOTD requires before adoption. First, the association must survey the area that needs to be cleared and get the correct number of people together to get it cleaned. Second, they have to contact the appropri-ate DOTD offi ce to make sure that part of the highway was not previ-ously adopted and third, they must fi ll out an application.

The Geomatics Student Asso-ciation had their fi rst cleanup on March 22.

“Adopting the highway also of-

fers the opportunity to hang out together and to reach out to other organizations such as Phi Kappa Theta,” Robichaux said of the orga-nization who helped out during the March 22 cleanup.

The application and adopting pro-cess is completely free and DOTD provides most of the materials the association will need to maintain the portion of the highway.

According to LA DOTD’s web-site, they enlist volunteers to re-

move litter and debris from state and federal roadsides. While sav-ing taxpayer dollars, the program provides recognition for partici-pating groups and organizations, promotes civic responsibilities and pride, makes the public aware of the problem and helps keep Louisiana clean and green.

“The Louisiana DOTD has been very helpful through the en-tire highway adoption process and encourages other organizations to adopt a highway and to keep Louisi-ana beautiful,” Robichaux said.

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We see this as a way to get out into the publicto not only publicize our program, but to extend a hand in helping

keep our portion of Louisiana beautiful.

— Janssen Robichaux

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NICHOLLS ATHLETICS

Head coach Charlie Stubbs giving instruction at a September practice. The Nicholls State University football team started Spring practice on April 9 with a few new faces on the coaching staff.

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Stubbs makes changes to football staff for next yearJake Martin

Sports Editor

Nicholls State football head coach Charlie Stubbs looks to add more unity to his coaching staff with the additions of three new members.

Stubbs brought in Steve Adams to be his new special teams coordina-tor and coach the safeties, Freddie Banks to coach the cornerbacks, and Brandon Nowlin to fill the tight ends coaching position. Stubbs pro-moted former tight ends coach Matt Clark to offensive line coach.

The kids need to be coached un-der Stubbs’ philosophy, according to Stubbs, and he feels that he is adding three great teachers who will share his coaching philosophy.

Adams, who comes to Nicholls from Concord University, has a past with Stubbs. At the University of Louisville, Adams and Stubbs were on the coaching staff together. Be-fore joining Concord, Adams had stints with Purdue University, West-ern Kentucky University and the University of Louisville.

“What I wanted to do was get Coach (Jeremy) Atwell another vet-eran coach on the defensive side of the ball to help share in the way of exchanging ideas and putting together new game plans,” Stubbs said.

Stubbs feels that he did so with the addition of Adams. Stubbs then became super impressed with a relocating Banks. Stubbs said that

Banks’ wife works as an athletic trainer at Southern University at New Orleans. Stubbs was “super impressed” with Banks and hired him to coach his defensive backs.

“He comes to us from Minne-sota Morehead, and he also played at North Dakota State, which is a powerful team in our division of football. So he knows what winning is all about.”

Bringing in staff members and players who know how to win is a big emphasis for Stubbs.

“They know what it takes as a player and a coach. I think winning breeds winning, and that’s what we’re trying to do. We’re trying to bring in successful kids as much as possible, and bringing in a guy like

Banks will help this program.”Taking over tight end duties for

the Colonels next season will be for-mer Morgan City High School head coach and athletic director Brandon Nowlin. Stubbs wants to add a nice blend of local and nonlocal coaches to his coaching staff, so bringing in Nowlin is a big deal to him.

“He has experience coaching in the Southland Conference at Cen-tral Arkansas, and he should help us out a lot in the recruiting efforts,” Stubbs said.

That position opened up for the Colonels when Stubbs felt the need to promote Clark to offensive line coach, after he impressed Stubbs by handling several duties such as be-ing the academic liaison last season.

“His true love is with the line, and I knew that initially,” Stubbs said. “What really got me to inter-view him and promote him was seeing him go the extra mile with everything I gave him. He made everything special. I only envision that he’s going to take it to the next level. It became evident to me that I didn’t need to look anywhere else.”

Stubbs hopes that these new changes will band his coaching staff closer together, because his tagline “band of brothers” is for the entire team, not just for the players.

“I want us as a staff to be to-tally tied together,” Stubbs said. “It wasn’t divisive last year, but it could have been better. I want them to re-alize that we’re all in this together.”

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Uriah Hall and the Nastiest Fighters in TUF historyUriah Hall is the most devastating

striker in the history of The Ultimate Fighter reality series.

Devastating knockouts have be-come Hall’s forte, and none were better than his knockout on Adam Cella in his fi rst bout of the season.

So when a discussion arises about the nastiest fi ghters in UFC history, Hall’s name will be mentioned. But is he the nastiest in the history of the UFC’s reality show?

The nastiest fi ghters in the house built a reputation by dominating fi ghts, throwing fl ashy strikes, put-ting fear in their opponents and pre-senting some of the best skills in the tournament. Here’s who Hall ranks among the nastiest fi ghters in the history of TUF:

10. Forrest Griffi n

You have to love Forrest Griffi n.People tend to love crazy, and

there have been very few fi ghters that have participated in the reality show that rival Griffi n’s unpredict-able demeanor. Eh, at least he didn’t cry and shout “Let me bang bro.”

Instead, Griffi n bounced around like a monkey in the house, domi-nated the challenges and won fi ghts.

His style might not be the pretti-est, but he almost always went out and dirtied up the Octagon with his blood. It’s that type of heart and ef-

fort that led to him becoming the fi rst Ultimate Fighter winner (along with Diego Sanchez).

9. Tony Ferguson

Tony Ferguson was a knockout ace on the 13th season.

Ferguson knocked out every op-ponent he faced, including Ramsey Nijem in the fi nals. The knockouts were great and all, but what made him truly special was the way he pushed forward in fi ghts.

Like a true aggressor would, Fer-guson bit down on his mouthpiece and moved forward with hay-mak-ers. It wasn’t much setup to Fergu-son’s game. Ferguson welcomed a striking match, which is sometimes rare in TUF, because of the tourna-ment format.

He didn’t hide the fact that his intentions were to subdue his oppo-nent with strikes, and he was going to swing for the fences when that cage door closed.

8. Ross Pearson

It was clear that something was special about Ross Pearson in the eliminations round for TUF: United State vs. United Kingdom.

In his fi ght against A.J. Wenn to get into the house, Pearson unleashed a combination that showed he had real

power in the lightweight division.Immediately after the fi ght fi n-

ished, I remember thinking, ‘Hey, this guy has something. Watch out for him.’

From there, Pearson shot up through the ranks, eliminating one fi ghter after another with his crisp boxing and submission skills. Pear-son eventually defeated his team-mate, Andre Winner, in the fi nals.

7. Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira

Any fans of capoeira kicks out there?

Yes? Of course you are. Well, if you watched TUF: Brazil, then you’re likely a fan of Cezar “Mutante” Fer-reira.

Though Ferreira had an impres-sive submission game, his wild kick-ing techniques dazzled fans and made other fi ghters aware of how dangerous he was.

Unfortunately for Thiago Per-petuo, he found out the hard way by nearly getting his head kicked off in the semi-fi nals. I do believe the word

“nasty” fi ts well as an adjective for the kick embedded in this slide.

6. Matt Mitrione

You can’t fake crazy, can you?Don’t tell Matt Mitrione that, be-

cause he’s either out of his mind or a brilliant actor. If you watched the 10th season with no previous knowledge of Mitrione, your initial response would be, “Wow, this guy is a headcase.”

As the season progressed, those same people might start thinking, “Hmm, this guy isn’t right upstairs, but man, he can fi ght.” Mitrione started talking about voices he heard in his head and slugged it out with Scott Junk and James McSweeney. Is this where the WWE got Randy Or-ton’s latest gimmick?

Mitrione lost by submission to Mc-Sweeney, but he knocked out Marcus Johnson in the second round of the fi nale. Headcase or not, Mitrione is either one of the craziest fi ghters in TUF history or he played the game extremely well. You be the judge.

5. Matt Brown

Matt Brown was the Stone Cold Steve Austin of Season 7.

If you crossed him or messed with his dip, he was going to open up a can of whoop***. No ifs, ands or buts about it. At least that’s the way he was portrayed.

The fi ghters in the house made him out to be the best fi ghter in the house, and looking back today after his recent success in the UFC, he un-doubtedly was.

However, he never fully put it to-gether to win the show. “Maaaaattt, show me the animal!” The fact that the other fi ghters were still timid of him makes him one bad dude.

4. Nate Diaz

Represent. Yeah, 209 is in this now.Nate Diaz posed as a tough guy

both in the competition and in the house. Nothing less was expected. From writing 209 on the walls to al-

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Louisville coach Rick Pitino went to New Orleans to watch the Cardinals’ women’s team play Connecticut in Tuesday night’s NCAA championship — but without his players.

Under NCAA rules, neither the school nor Pitino could pay for the players to get to New Orleans

to attend the game. The NCAA says it granted a waiver to Lou-isville early Tuesday that would have allowed the school to pay for the trip, but the school says it had already made plans to go home.

Pitino, his staff and several ad-ministrators were expected to at-tend the women’s fi nal. The team plane landed about 2:25 p.m. EDT, and players immediately boarded a bus back to campus. A

few dozen spectators looked on from a fence at Louisville Interna-tional Airport.

After Louisville beat Michigan 82-76 Monday night in Atlanta, players and Pitino hinted at going straight to New Orleans to sup-port the surprising women’s team against the Huskies in the fi nal.

The men and their coach have fre-quently attended women’s games this season and both programs have said they feed off each oth-er’s success.

For the women’s big moment against the Huskies, it will be Pi-tino looking on from the stands.

“They all wanted to go to the

women’s game,” Pitino said after the game. “We asked the NCAA and they said it’s illegal, we were going to take the plane and go see them, which is a shame. I guess it’s an extra benefit. ...

“If we could ever win two championships, men’s and wom-

Louisville men not allowed to watch women play championshipGary Graves

The Associated Press

Louisville head coach Rick Pitino watches his players during practice for their NCAA Final Four tourna-ment college basketball semifi nal game against Wichita State, Friday, April 5, 2013, in Atlanta.

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most getting into a fi ght with Karo Parisyan, Diaz acted like a typical Diaz.

Inside the Octagon though, he was nearly untouchable. On one of the most talented seasons ever, Diaz defeated Corey Hill, Gray Maynard and Manny Gamburyan to become the Ultimate Fighter.

The jiu-jitsu skills of Diaz made him the most feared man in the house.

3. John Dodson

From one stacked TUF season to the next, John Dodson had to beat a tremendous group of guys to win Season 14.

He won it with quickness. The most dangerous strikes in a fi ght are the ones you can’t see, and T.J. Dil-

lashaw, Johnny Bedford and Bran-don Merkt never saw their knockout coming.

When you think of nasty, Dodson doesn’t immediately come to mind but think about his performances on the season. Because of Dodson’s explosive ability, he was able to run through the bracket in dominant fashion.

Dodson worked his “magic” in the cage to become the Season 14 Ulti-mate Fighter, and he did so by pro-ducing some of the best knockouts in TUF history.

2. Diego Brandao

Hall tops Diego Brandao as the nastiest fi ghter in TUF history.

Before Hall came onto the scene, Brandao produced the same enigma

in his TUF fi ghts during his stint on the 14th season. After listing his strengths, his coach Michael Bisping even said, “Listen, I’d be scared of the guy.”

Like his favorite fi ghter, Wanderlei Silva, Brandao would put the pres-sure on his opponents with ruthless aggression.

That aggressive style led to him vi-ciously knocking out his opposition. However, there’s a new king when it comes to the nastiest fi ghter in TUF history...

1. Uriah Hall

Fear. That’s the emotion that came over every person that watched a Uriah Hall fi ght live in the TUF gym.

Dana White said it best when he said people almost feel bad to clap

when he knocks people out. It really is that scary.

Hall’s spinning wheel kick is not only the greatest knockout in TUF history, it’s one of the greatest knockouts in the history of combat sports.

He followed up that devastation

with an incredible knockout over Bubba McDaniel in the fi rst round. Like his knockout against Hall, the room silenced while medics tended to McDaniel. Hall is the scariest, most athletically-gifted and down-right nastiest competitor to ever fi ght in The Ultimate Fighter.

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en’s, it would absolutely be awe-some.”

Back home, city officials were figuring out how to honor the school’s success.

The mayor’s office said in a statement Tuesday morning that it was working with the university on a community celebration to celebrate both programs’ accom-plishments. The date and time depended on when coaches and

players from the teams would be in town at the same time.

In the meantime, the school, the city and even Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear are basking in an-other milestone for Bluegrass State basketball.

Last year was Kentucky’s turn in the spotlight, achieved with a Final Four win over Louisville en route to its eighth championship. This season began with the Car-

dinals and Wildcats ranked 2-3 behind Indiana but ended with Louisville reigning over the sport.

“It couldn’t be a bigger day for the Commonwealth of Ken-tucky,” Beshear said afterward on the floor of the Georgia Dome. “For the Cardinals to win it this year, UK won it last year. You talk about the basketball capital of the world, it’s right here in Ken-tucky.”

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Katherine Dantin from Northwestern Mutual talks to students at the Bayou Sales Career Expo last year. photo by misty mcelroy

Nicholls hosts tenth annual sales challenge

Nicholls College of Business Ad-ministration will host its tenth an-nual Bayou Sales Challenge starting today, filled with role-playing com-petitions and a career expo show-casing the marketing techniques of five local colleges.

The Bayou Sales Challenge will have awards for the best team scores out of Nicholls, Louisiana State University, University of Loui-siana at Lafayette, Southern Univer-sity or Xavier University, as well as individual awards for the role-play-ing competitions.

Chuck Viosca, associate profes-sor of marketing, said the day starts with a panel discussion from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 113 of Pow-ell Hall that is open to the public.

“There are some sales represen-tatives from the industry that come in and they talk a little bit about themselves and their companies,” Viosca said. “The students who are

competing, and any other students who want to attend, ask questions, and that’s always very enlightening and interesting. Students ask ques-tions like: ‘It’s kind of scary start-ing out on commission. How did you get though that? What do you find challenging these days? What

do you like about your job?’ Those kinds of things.”

After the panel discussion, the event shifts into competition mode with the first round of closed role-plays.

“Every student has the same sce-nario, selling the same product, to the same customer,” Viosca said. “The customers have some things

that are going to be standardized. For example, they’ll have the same needs, problems, and they’ll throw out the same objections regarding things like price, or security. The students have to navigate through that.”

While the students are doing the

role-playing exercises, there is one person playing the customer from a company and other company rep-resentatives watch the role-play live in another room to score and judge each student throughout. Students compete on an individual level, but also for the highest team score in the same event. After round one, the highest scored students move

on to the semi-finals on Friday. The rest of the students get to compete in a wild-card round for a second chance at the semi-finals.

“Friday morning is the semi-final competition which is another role play with a different customer, situ-ation, and objectives,” Viosca said. “Those who aren’t in the semi-finals compete in a pressure round where they get ten minutes with the customer that gives them one more chance to shine and display their skills.”

The companies will judge the stu-dents resulting in a team champion, individual champion, runner ups and a pressure round champion.

While students are participating in their final role-play challenges, the Bayou Sales Career Expo will take place from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in room 210 of Powell Hall, where companies set up booths in pursuit of students for possible job oppor-tunities. The expo is also open to all students, but it is requested that stu-dents dress professionally.

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Chef Vaughn Trannon, Nicholls alumnus, has made a name for him-self in the culinary world preparing meals for important political fig-ures, celebrities, sports stars and top executives from around the world, while also creating his own line of culinary luggage.

Trannon is currently the personal chef for the CEO of the Venetian and Palazzo hotels in Las Vegas. He continues to market and design his Professional Traveling Chef Lug-gage the Traveling Culinarist and has just recently started work on his first cookbook.

Born in Detroit, Mich., Trannon was introduced to the joys of cook-ing by his paternal grandparents who raised him and taught him to appreciate what the earth provides through fresh ingredients.

“I started out making breakfast foods such as pancakes, French toast, sunny-side-up eggs with keep-ing the yolk intact and egg in a bas-ket with my grandmother. Home-made strawberry preserve was my favorite thing to cook,” Trannon said. “My curiosity grew into as-sisting my grandmother with Sun-day dinner, which was a big affair around our home.”

Trannon moved to New Orleans and while he continued to work at local restaurants, Trannon received his associate’s degree in nutrition at Delgado Community College. Trannon was recruited by the Ritz Carlton shortly after, which led to a position at their world-class Vic-tor’s restaurant. He apprenticed un-der seasoned chef Frank Brunacci. From there he moved up the ranks

“ “We’ve placed students from Nicholls through this event and the other schools too so it’s a

great opportunity and a great job market.

— Chuck Viosca

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Nicholls will host the Louisiana Magic Weekend Las Vegas Style Stage Show featuring several differ-ent all-star magicians from across the country.

Every other year, magicians from across the state gather together for a convention full of lectures and dif-ferent demonstrations. In 2011, the

Louisiana Magic Weekend conven-tion was held in Morgan City. This year’s convention will be held in the Le Bijou Theater in the Bollinger Student Union on Friday.

Each performer will be holding their own lectures this weekend during the convention in Le Bijou Theater.

To kick off this magical weekend, street magician Warpo will be on campus Friday performing magic tricks for students in front of the

Student Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Award-winning performers Whit “Pop” Haydn, Nathan Kranzo, Chad Long, Ken Scott, Michael “Magic Mike” Dardant and Harry Allen will be brought together for one night for a magic stage show to wrap up the bi-annual Louisiana Magic Convention.

The Las Vegas Style Stage Show will be held on Friday in Peltier Au-ditorium and begins at 7 p.m. Each performer has their own act fi lled with a variety of different magic tricks and illusions.

The show’s producer, Westley Annis, described “Pop” Haydn’s performance to be different from a traditional magician’s act.

“For his particular act, he never really performs magic,” Annis said. “ It just kind of happens.”

“Pop” Haydn, a magician with over 40 years experience, has been performing across the world at ven-ues ranging from hotels to open-ing for comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld. Haydn also established a company along with his business partner Chef Anton called School for Scoundrels. Haydn’s accom-plishments include winning the title of “Magician of the Year” six times from The Academy of Arts’ Magic Castle.

Annis described Kranzo’s perfor-mance style to be tailored more to-

ward college students. Nathan Kranzo has received rec-

ognition in internationally accred-ited publications such as “Magic Magazine,” “Genii Magazine,” “An-tinomy” and “Channel One.” Kran-zo has performed across the world including at the Magic Castle along with Haydn and recently was a con-sultant for the NBC special “Off the Deep End.”

Chad Long is also an international performer who debuted at the Mag-ic Castle with rave reviews. Long’s accomplishments include win-ning fi rst place at the International Close-Up Competition in London in 1998 and being the featured ma-gician on the cover of the May 1999 edition of “Magic Magazine.”

Ken Scott has been a magician for more than 20 years. Throughout his career, Scott has won the Greater Atlanta Magician of the year award three times. Scott also has been featured on CNN Headline News headlining the network’s “A Day of Magic” segment and has been seen on America’s Funniest Home Vid-eos.

Michael “Magic Mike” Dardant is a resident of New Orleans origi-nally from New Iberia. Although Dardant has just recently begun competing in magic competitions, he earned 13 fi rst place awards in 2012 at many well-known compe-titions including the Canadian As-

sociation of Magicians, The Obie O’Brian People’s Choice Award, and the Competition Grand Cham-pion from the Texas Association of Magicians.

Magic Mike said that audience can expect a good combination of manipulation and comedy during the show. Throughout Dardant’s routine, the audience can expect to see many crazy antics done between himself and his assistant.

Dardant said that this show is one that is very unique because most of these magicians usually never work together.

“Magic is something that we don’t get to experience very often, and it is something that is meant to be live because you never get the same feel when you are watching it on tele-vision,” Dardant explained. “A lot of people think they know what a magician is about and what it entails only because they’ve seen it on tele-vision. Very few people get the op-portunity to see magic right in front of them.”

Completing the troupe is Harry Allen. Allen is a traditional magician and lecturer whose goal is to enter-tain his audience with his experi-ence as a performer.

Tickets for the show are limited and cost $15.60 three or less and can be purchased at www.louisiana-magicweekend.com. Prices decreas-es to $13 with a larger purchase.

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Louisiana Magic Weekend brings illusions to NichollsTiffany Williams

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Vaughn Trannon uses his cooking skills to prepare a client’s meal.photo from trannonculinary.com

to work as a saucier, assistant ban-quet chef. During this time, Tran-non returned to school to receive his bachlor’s degree in culinary arts from the Nicholls, John Folse Culi-nary Institute in 2003.

“After graduating from Nicholls I continued to climb the ranks at the Ritz Carlton and was promoted to the assistant banquet chef, and that’s when I got a call from my first high-profile client from Santa Bar-bara,” Trannon said. “They heard a lot about me from a previous Nicholls graduate, so they asked if I would fly down to interview for an open private chef position. At that time I had established myself in a fine dining corporate five-diamond environment which gave me a sense of confidence going into the inter-view.”

Trannon has continued to study and improve his talent, traveling to Europe to learn from the some of the best chefs like Alain Ducass in Paris and Frank Cerutti of Le Louis XV in Monaco.

Trannon currently balances trav-eling the world with his private cli-ents and Trannon Culinary, while marketing and designing for the Traveling Culinarist line.

What are you currently in-volved in and what are your plans for the future?

Well, this year I started my first cookbook; I am still private cheff-ing in Las Vegas and traveling the world. When I am not doing that

I’m designing and marketing my line of Professional Traveling Chef Lug-gage. I have a few projects on my to do list: Finish my cookbook. While working in France I fell in love with the French style cafes and bistros. I would like to develop something out of my own and possibly a grab-and-go style cafe. I am always think-ing and evolving. The entrepreneur bug has bitten me.

How did the idea for your own line of culinary products come about?

Out of necessity; as a traveling

chef I experienced such difficulties traveling with my tools. These dif-ficulties included knives falling out in my suitcase, spices in disarray and items I needed for the job, missing. So much time was wasted due to lack of organization. My first at-tempt was to go out buy something, but after a long search I couldn’t find anything that offered the com-ponents of organization and profes-sionalism that I needed. So, I de-cided then to create my own.

Do you have any other hob-bies?

That’s the beauty of what I do. My hobby is what I do for a liv-ing; cooking, traveling and creating new products. My job and business is like a hobby, but I try not to get too caught up in it. I approach them both with a positive attitude; good heart and most of all try to have fun!

What is your favorite or signa-ture dish to cook?

I get this question a lot and my answer is always the same: I don’t have one. It is really hard to have a signature dish being a private chef because you have to always be

changing. A private chef is much different than a corporate or res-taurant chef; most restaurants you might not change the menu for weeks or months. As private chefs, we have one client and the menu changes every night. There is no re-peat. You have to be Chinese one night and French the next night. You’re constantly trying to make the same piece of beef, pork, or lamb look and taste differently each night, but that’s what makes my job so exciting. It’s challenging; you have to stay sharp and on your toes.

“A lot of students get placement out of this event which is really nice,” Viosca said. “We’ve placed students from Nicholls through this event and the other schools too so it’s a great opportunity and a great job market. It is very focused. A lot of career fairs have everything un-der the sun and students are inter-

ested in all kinds of things, but this is a concentrated career fair where the companies know they will be exposed to students who are very interested in sales, and that is what the companies are looking to hire.”

The award ceremony is from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Plan-tations Suites of the Student Union.

“Last year ULL won, and LSU the year before, but Nicholls is hop-ing to reclaim the title,” Viosca said. “The prize is really job opportuni-ties. A lot of times students who do well in the competition, compa-nies are handing them cards to talk about opportunities. So you can re-ally earn the ultimate prize, which is a job, and ultimately what the com-petition was designed to do.”

To prepare for the competition, students use the same tactics as they do in class.

Seth Vaughn, marketing senior from Berwick, said.

“I’m not too nervous about it. We did so many role-plays in our classes so this is just another one to me,” Vaughn said. “Knowing the product is the main thing and worry because if you don’t know the prod-uct they can get you with questions. Knowing and understanding what we’re selling and being prepared for any questions.”

“There are certain points to hit during the role-play, and some people hit all those points but they sound so robotic and scripted,” Vaughn said. “They move on be-cause they hit all the points, but obviously they are not as good of a salesman as someone who may not hit all the points but listens to the client and understands all their needs.”

Megan Cloutet, business adminis-tration senior from Covington, said

although she is nervous to compete with other colleges, she feels well-prepared.

“I took the MKTG 320 and the MKTG 420 which is the profes-sional sales class that I have to take for my major,” Cloutet said. “That really helped to prepare me because I already knew how to set up a good outline.”

Viosca said the Sales and Inter-active Training Laboratory is a key tool used for the role-play exercises that students participate in.

“Our sales lab comes in handy. We were the fi rst university in Loui-siana to have a sales lab in 2003,” Viosca said. “Basically, it’s like any other behavioral lab like in psychol-ogy or education, you have obser-vation rooms. These role-plays are students’ exams in the sales class. It’s intimidating, but it’s also skill building. It’s very free form, like an essay and it can go in any direction. That’s how we train them in the classes. The fi rst class we build up their skills in a lot of different areas, teaching them the nuts and bolts of selling and in the advanced class it’s all about practice.”

The lab features three role-play rooms, a control room and a profes-sional conference room, with each of the role-play rooms equipped with professional video cameras and one-way observation mirrors.

“Students can watch the record-ing of themselves like athletes

watching fi lm of the game to self critique,” Viosca said. “As a faculty member I’m going to grade and cri-tique their role plays, but they do that as well, so that’s how they learn and improve their skills. Students can even pull up that information over the internet to access it at their convenience.”

Emily Gilcrease, marketing se-nior from Houma, said in the sales classes offer at Nicholls, students can really become accustomed to the feeling of role-playing and mak-ing a pitch.

“Once you get the hang of it, it’s not so nerve-racking, plus I’ve been in sales for two years and we don’t have the same exact process, but I meet with decision makers,” Gil-crease said. “It comes more natural, as compared to rehearsed, when you actually have more experience in it.”

Gilcrease was recently invited to the National Collegiate Sales Com-petition in Georgia. She said sales competitions are the ideal place to hone in on skills and pursue job opportunities. Gilcrease is excited about the Bayou Sales Challenge because job opportunities will be more local.

“I’m just hoping to get some more positive feedback,” Gilcrease said. “Of course everyone wants to win, but I just want to do the best that I can to know that I gave it my all.”

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Growing up does not have to mean being boringGrowing up and becoming a part of the

adult world consists more and more of mak-ing important decisions. The first and prob-ably most important of these decisions to make is figuring out if attending college is a good jumping-off point. Making the crucial life de-cision to attend college may come off to some as a step in the direction of more boring school and limited free time. Up to the point of high school graduation, you have been stuck in classrooms and routines for pretty much your entire life. Who in their right mind would want to stay in such a pre-dicament willingly?

A person’s desire to fur-ther his or her education through attending college does not define character as boring, dull, too-serious, or stuffy—it is one of the best chances to improve one’s intelligence, people skills, and maturity. Text-books, tests, papers, and presentations are great, but experiences at college teach students so much more than what is covered in the classroom.

One of the most impor-tant lessons college can teach a young adult expe-riencing the vastness of the real world for the first time is that variety is key. Students would do well to learn that there are times to be serious and mature, yet there are also times when having fun and letting loose are more than acceptable. Being serious and on-the-ball with what really matters in school and life, while important, does not have to be always, and being responsible for one’s priorities cer-tainly does not make a person dull or boring.

In fact, students with their priorities in order and who are responsible for what’s important are often the most successful. Maturity and personal responsibility are virtues and should be held with the highest regard.

It takes one of these mature and respon-sible individuals to pass up an invitation to a night on the town to stay in and finish a final term paper. They also pick up an extra shift at work for some needed money rather than going to the party, or spend a weekend at home with family rather than taking a road

trip. These are minimums, though. It takes an even more mature individual to have the discipline to be responsible way before it is even required. A responsibility profession-al has the drive and discipline to begin that

paper a week early to avoid the possibility of a desperate scramble the night before it is due.

This is not to say that having fun and throw-ing care to the wind is not okay, even beneficial or necessary, every once and a while. Timing is key, here. Knowing the difference between when it is cool to let loose and have fun and when to tighten up and take things seriously is what validates a person’s true maturity. And don’t for-get, sometimes even the important, responsible things can prove to be fun or enlightening. Not everything in life is going to be fun, but there is no need to surrender to the monotony and give up every little indulgence to become the stereotypi-cally boring and mature person everyone hates.

By all means, college students, you can still watch your cartoons on Saturday morning, eat-ing your junk food and drive-thru meals, and even tackle the pictures in a coloring book once

in a while. If you’re going to forget your troubles of daily responsibilities every now and then, just remember to keep your limits in check. Maturity and responsibility levels reflect our abilities to prioritize, so don’t let leisure get in the way of what’s most impor-tant for the future of you.

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