Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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Brighter moments in 103 Shaver Gym also existed. Teamed with the other publi- cation in its offices, the Nicholls Worth, the Stud Pub Cshort for Student Publica- Working as a typist, scheduler for photos and organizer, Charlene Toups was presented with the Spirit Award by the other members ofthe staff for her contributions. x' ' X, Q 4?- ,Z-1 3 ,,T,g-H 41... ,249 o was An always available artist, Judy Cadoret letters the paper boxes for the Worth. Many graphic designs and artistic plans were incorporated into the 1976 book tionsj intramural basketball team stretched its record to three consecutive years of never having won a game. Four members ofthe staff attended the Associated Collegiate Press in St, Louis in October. Lighter moments also included the Christmas party and the Annual Student Publications Banquet at the end of the spring semester. Charlene Toups, a freshman office administration major from Empire was given the Spirit Award as the staff member who contributed the most during the year. ln the spring semester, the staff took several days off and prepared a yearbook mini-workshop for John Ehret l-ligh School. The day-long presentation included talks about copy writing, headline and caption fitting, photography, design and layout and a special talk on advertising by Roy Willis, editor of the 1975 La Pirogue and president of his own advertising agency in Houma, The Associated Collegiate Press CACPJ rating service gave the 1975 La Pirogue its first class rating, continuing the first class ratings of past years. The 1976 yearbook will be the first to Nancy Badalamenti re-arranges class photos after indexing them against the master computer list. She also handled the names of groups and listing of its members. Figuring out another championship layout, Jordan Roy had to adapt men's sports to the seasons of each team. Roy edited his high school book before coming to Nicholls. 5042099649 9 A-' , , 1 . X o be rated both by ACP and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association CCSPAJ. While the two editors and head photog- raphers are presently the only salaried workers, future plans are to create the position of one or more paid section edi- tors. Maureen Lundergan, the Student Publications pho- tographer for the spring, arranges her negatives lor filing. The third salaried position was begun in the fall semester. 'fuk Putting together another year 171

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La Pirogue Putting together another year: 1976 For the janitors of Shaver Gym, it became habit to see the lights on, the typewriters banging away or the dark- room in operation. University Police officers occasionally dropped in during holidays to see who would be working instead of on vacation or hanging around until the early morning hours, Long nights, infrequent working schedules and marathon weekends marked the production of the 1976 La Pirogue. For the first time in three years, the 1976 staff did not have to wait for the pre- vious staff to complete its production. Actual planning and ideas were kicked around after the selection of the persons in charge: Kevin Fambrough, editor, Judy Cadoret, associate editor, and Roy Pen- nington, head photographer. Attendance at the 1975 Collegiate Yearbook Workshop at Ohio University in August planted the first ideas of a new yearbook. The magazine layout format and use of special graphics were early agreed upon ideas by the editors. The always-agonizing job of develop- ing a theme evolved into a simple state- ment: Everyone came together to make Nicholls State University, the book would show how they came together in 1976. An indication of the year might have been hinted at when the 4,000+ class Photographer Roy Pennington waded into the muddy bayou to capture the pirogue races. Many assignments took photographers to strange limits to complete their work. Even the editors take a break as Kevin Fambrough and Judy Cadoret, both toting their cameras, stop for some watermelon on the levee of Bayou Lafourche. section arrived from the photographers, the same day Hurricane Eloise was scheduled to strike the Louisiana coast. I 1 if ,if 'f X tr, as

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Fambrough The primary purpose ot KVFG-FM C91 .55 is to serve as a workshop for stu- dents taking the radio workshop speech classes. But with its improvements and its responsibilities to the campus commu- nity, KVFG is the broadcasting voice ot Nicholls State. With the fall semester came a new for- mat of music, following Top 40 from 8 a.m, to 5 p.m., then progressive rock from 6 pm, until midnight. The directors of the 10-watt educa- tional station were Tommy Dantin, gen- eral manager, Bill Hall, programming, Sue l-limel, news, Randy Cheramie, music and Ray Peters, sports. Julie Hebert was the station's secre- tary, a needed worker to handle corre- spondence with the new semester. Students scheduling the radio work- shop CSpeech 220-2225 were assigned daytime shifts of one hour. The evening shitts are filled by audi- tion, by making a 10 minute simulated broadcast forthe directors to judge. An album at 45 rpm, the microphone left open or a mispronounced word was the fate of the beginner, who usually 72 KVFG-FMf91.5J L With a reflection of the album library in the partition, Rickey lVlousey Chiasson prepares to work in the production room, next to the broadcasting studio. gathered experience quickly. Experience was needed during the alert of l-lurricane Eloise. Standard programming was pre- empted and disc jockeys read weather bulletins and the decisions of the Univer- sity Disaster Committee between rock music. For the Labor Day weekend, KVFG again served as headquarters for the Thi- bodaux area for the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Disc Jockey John Raynor worked as the telethon director, as over 356,850 was collected. A new sound appeared with the public service announcements read by the cam- pus station. All PSA's were taped in advance, instead of being read live by the d.j. on the air. This change put a variety of voices on the air and allowed for some special sound effects to be thrown in. Kl Wlllllllllllllli ii.. l A 4 Dressed lor the Freak Ball, Benny Steigler does a live broadcast for KVFG from the Union Ball Room with Oak Lea. KVFG also covered the SGA meet- ings on occasion. Being the 'Broadcasting