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

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NW artist Roy Willis completes the cover design for a pull-out for the first issue of the NICHOLLS WORTH. director: Chris Arceneaux. news direc- tor: Perry Pitre. music director: and Merilla Landry. in the new position of assistant news director. KVFC. like the other media, is com- munity-minded. giving time annually to SCA and SEB candidates as well as to the annual Thibodaux Muscular Dys- trophy Drive. But the radio station has its fun side. too. Every year the KVFC Easter Bunny. dressed up in floppy ears and fuzzy tail. hops around campus hiding plastic eggs redeemable for prizes. The fun side of the radio staff came to a peak when midterms were over in March and the staff celebrated with a pie-throwing free-for-all in front of the Student Union. The third side to this network is the print media. the Nicholls Worth, the weekly student newspaper: and La Pirogue, the university yearbook. Housed in offices on the side of Shaver Gym. both publications share writers. photographers and ideas to cover the campus. With a circulation of For our information C0l1t. 5.500. the Nicholls Worth was able to increase both news coverage and fea- ture stories when the journalism classes regularly turned in their work for publi- cation. In the semesterly judging of the cam- pus tabloid by the Associated Collegi- ate Press QACPJ. the paper earned a first class rating with marks of distinction in coverage and content. editorial leader- ship and opinion features. The paper also tied the Northeast Louisiana Pow Wow for having the best sports page at the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's annual meeting. La Pirogue, the oldest publication on campus. also earned a first class ACP rating for the 1976 yearbook. Both staffs sent editors to the Associ- ated Collegiate Press Convention in Chicago. accompanied by Lesley Mar- cello, director of student publications. Marcello was also selected to chair the 1977 National Council of College Publications Advisors KNCCPAJ con- lames deCraauw talks with photographer Roy Pennington who was sent to the bench bythe ref- eree in the Lady Colonels vs. Louisiana Tech bas- ketball game. '-az A' sf wt- i ' f -Q ta., JW ,411 F M i. - Q J'- in L :Y J' 'Q 'di

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vention in New Orleans. The group meets in conjunction with ACP each year. La Pirogue editors also attended a yearbook workshop held at Ohio Uni- versity during the summer of 1976. Impressed with trends across the coun- try, the staff decided to give more of a magazine style to the 1977 book. Members of the editorial staff were Iudy Cadoret, editor: Nancy Badalam- enti, Tim Morvant and Iordan Roy. Staff photographers were Tootie Robi- chaux, Brian Baudean and Roy Pen- nington. The top editors for the paper were Claire Clements, editor: Kevin Fam- brough, managing editor: and Mike Morgan, ad manager. They held their jobs for both the fall and spring semes- ters. For the fall semester, staff members were Kathleen Rousseau and Doug Stire. news editors: Clen Slavich, sports editor: Becky Pierce. copy editor: and Iames deCraauw, assistant ad manager. During the spring several new writers came in as Bonnie LeBlanc and Dianne Woods served as news editors: Logan Banks. sports editor: and Pierce and Nancy Badalamanti puts stickers on cards for stu- dents who have just been photographed for LA PIROCUE during registration. She also won the Spirit Award for the yearbook. For our information cont. deCraauw repeated in their respective positions. Photographers worked on both publi- cations, handling assignments and their own creative work. They were Tootie Robichaux, Mack Cuenca, Claude Levet, Roy Pennington and Tommy Livaudais. In the positions receiving little pub- licity were Debbie Robichaux, the cir- culation manager. and Roy Willis. staff cartoonist. Student Publications hands out its sort of Pulitzer Prizes each year at its spring banquet. Among the winners were Roy Willis, best news storyg Mer- illa Landry. best feature: Claire Cle- ments, best editorial: Logan Banks. best sports story: and Claude Levet, best photographer. The Spirit Awards, voted on by the staff of their own members, were pre- sented to Nancy Badalamenti of the La Pirogue staff and Kevin Fambrough of the Nicholls Worth. Student Publications staff members ride the esca- lator in Marshall Fields. one of Chicago's larger department stores. This group. part of those attending the ACP convention. includes Claire Ch-nii-nts. lordan Roy. Tootie Rohichaux and Iudi' Cadoret. Mviliai