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

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stop. The work Gov. Edwards did in the fall of breaking ground for the new library and swim- ming pool was the only work done. Questions about the legality of the contracts and how they were awarded had stopped any work. ,r ut the new Engineering and Technology weeks would be the search for a job after grad- uation. Seniors were able to file their credentials with the Placement Office. The office would then send them to any busi- ness the student requested and show them to any business firm checking with Nicholls for prospective employes. Graduafes again face the 'first week ': now searching for a job building had been completed and was put into operation. jFor seniors, the first weeks of spring meant getting everything in order to graduate. Forms, order blanks and applications had to be filled out and checked. Still, many seniors knew the hardest first azreica- For the summer session, everything moved on a slower scale, with only 2,700 students on campus. During the summer, only Meade Hall was used to accommodate men and women resi- dents, on alternate tloors. With less students and fewer classes being T' afiifff- XY '1 S. R Becky Pierce, Jane Marcello and Judy Cadoret instruct stu- dents in an annual stop each tall, the taking ot class pictures forthe yearbook, done on the stage in Peltier Auditorium. Halfway home is having class cards checked and stamped, as patience gives way to exasperation. The final stop is Beaure- gard Hall to pay fees, pick up an ID card and then home. The Hardest Weeks i5 V4

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The spring semester brought a few changes in the method of registration, with class cards being picked up in the Student Union Ballroom and being filled out and checked in the student area of the Union. Payment of all fees was made next door in Talbot Theater rather than walk across campus to Beauregard Hall. Wanna shed some light, please? pgs. 30- 31 .J As fraternities and sororities independently rushed, and a January chill was in the air, the university registered a spring record 6,000 stu- dents. For the off-campus students, those living in apartments or trailers, the spring meant The original plan was for payment to be made in the conference rooms in the Union, but long lines the first day eliminated this. Electricity was still a factor in the first week of January as a circuit blew out on campus, leav- ing parts of the university without power for almost a week. CFor more information, see lil The Hardest Weeks another round of utility bills fincreasingj, food prices Cincreasingj and finding an available place to live Cdecreasingb. Students were back in time to see the Colo- nel basketball team continue its winning streak, having already won nine. The string of wins would extend to seventeen before it would Noel Toups, associate professor of English, changes the letter of the students to register, keeping a steady flow into Stopher Gym where computer class cards are waiting. After the hassle of getting the cards off the floor of Stopher Gym, each must be filled out on the top deck and arranged in special order.

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offered, major problems were reduced to the number of hours scheduled. Q smaller ones, when they were solved. Fees are to be adjusted per hour of class Many high school students, having gradu- ratherthan total loads carried asinthe past. ated in May or on the early admissions pro- Businesses in Thibodaux will line up more gram attend Nicholls. welcome back sales, celebrations and offers This time is used by them to get used to col- for students. lege, learn their way around and get a head Construction of the swimming pool has start on their classes before fall. progressed rapidly during the summer, with Changes nexf year include switch in dorm occupancy and fee assessmenfs With the coming of next tall, many students will still go through the hardest first weeks of college, or so it will seem. A few of the expected changes: M. J. Zeringue Hall, a dorm for men, will be con- verted to a women's dormitory. The men will be occupying only H. P. Long and R. J. Millet Halls. Tuition is expected to increase, according to expected completion sometime in mid-1977. For the incoming freshman or transfer stu- dent, it's the hardest time of the semester. The first weeks of each semester. They always seem the hardest. But by the end of the semester, they can be hardly remembered. Lines look the same at any college campus during registra- tion as students look around, talk and compare classes in an effort to kill time waiting for the line to move. M' T 7? ?'f 'f37'v 'ff I , ,- -F7-n an . Counting, juggling and wondering, Sonja Einnis checks her load in the bookstore before checking out. Her check showed the absence of a book, picked up by someone else.