Nicholls State University News

Tropical Storm Ida appeared bound for Alabama this morning, but local officials were keeping a wary eye on the late-season system and the 3 to 5 inches of rain it was projected to dump on Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.

The Lafourche Parish branch of the NAACP held its first Freedom Fund banquet in 15 years Saturday night.

The schedule has changed several times now, and the suddenness of the event took even the people at St.

Play a round at the gambling table. If you win, you can keep what you make. If you lose, the federal government will give you the money to play again.

Due chiefly to the recent death of Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, the official list of America's longest-serving senators had to be slightly reshuffled last week, but it still includes a choice spot for one of Terrebonne Parish's best-known native sons.

It's supposed to be "A Streetcar Named Desire" but for the cast of a Nicholls State University production of the play, it's become "A Streetcar Named Disaster." Nicholls was to present the Tennessee Williams play recently.

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. reports the appointment of Chris Henry as Director of Information Technology.

The executive board of the Georgia Athletic Trainers' Association has renamed its annual scholarship program for Hinesville native Lori Mobley Groover.

A weighted jumpsuit unbalances the wearer while pinching joints. Goggles blur vision.

One of the first things Rushton Johnson did when he arrived at Southern Oregon University this summer was throw a big party for all the new students.

Nicholls State University opens its doors Saturday to prospective high school students wanting to get an inside look at the university during its annual Colonel Day.

Garage Sale Fundraiser for Youth Camp: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Baptist Church White Castle, 33940 Bowie St.

A national TV network recently aired a story about a decision by the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati to become an all-Steinway school - a school in which all of the pianos are Steinways.

You're never too old to learn, and you're never too old to go back to school. That mantra got 55-year-old Ricky Porche through classes to become a surgery technologist.

An advisory panel charged by Gov. Bobby Jindal with guiding Louisianaa s colleges through lean budget years could bring several changes in the Houma-Thibodaux area.

The Louisiana Senate has a new member. Norby Chabert was sworn in Thursday evening after winning a special election last month to fill the vacant seat representing much of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.

Marcelle loves to serve flavored biscuits, similar to these sweet potato and herb ones, for dinner parties.

Nearly $170,000 is headed for distribution among six Nicholls State University programs from the board that oversees Louisiana's higher education.

The professional opinion of the chair of the George Mason University economics department is mistaken for the punchline to a Cajun joke.

When Franchesca Gibson's classmates at the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux were making plans for their summer externships, there was some one-upmanship about who was going where to polish their culinary skills.