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

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said that she and a friend climbed the fence to prove it could be done. Other freshmen, like Patricia Guidry of Norco, claimed that they felt more secure after the fence was in place. But dorm life was different, regard- less. Mary Pennington, a special educa- tion sophomore, learned that she was getting a freshman roommate, from Medellin, Colombia. Isabel Hernandez, a nursing major, came on a tennis scholarship and found an immediate way to communicate with Pennington: with a dictionary. We talked for two hours once, and didn't say too much, Pennington said. Adapting to a dorm meant elevators which might not work lwhen you're already late for classj, prank fire alarms at 2 a.m., or lost keys. The annual complaints did come about the seven-day mandatory meal ticket. Susan Brown, a vocal music jun- ior who traveled home to I-Iouma each weekend, lost six meals she had already paid for each weekend. While cafeteria food has never been the main attraction of living on campus, manager Bill Bryant attempted to liven up his products by working with the student government food services com- mittee and posting a suggestion box for ideas. The suggestion box had to be taken down later, after numerous let- ters Bryant described as obscene were submitted. An outdoor barbeque, special nights, with foreign foods, and a steak raffle during the summer were some of the approaches used. By mid-Iuly, the housing office already had a waiting list of students for rooms, with another tight year pre- dicted. Inflation and rising fuel costs passed on in utilities have made the cost equal for a student living on or off campus. A state-moratorium declared by the Nana Gerrets of Gretna lugs arm loads of clothes to her room in moving-in day in the fall. Coed activities, like volleyball in front of Meade Hall. make life easier and perhaps more enjoya- ble for summer dorm residents. x, V 0 X sink ,UNOU T..- The daily routine of eating in the cafeteria is brightened by a barbeque for dorm residents, such as this one held in the spring. i 4 l -Q Pcnningt Q- H,sxl-M.,w . ,xx .-f -' I If I W 'lf iw t l , 5 t 1...-.A I 'T.,t...,.,4 1 -' n'wt..l,N Y ' t Dorm Life 2

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SQDME All Hit' LSI 0 ME Strumming his guitar, Timothy LeCompte enter- tains other students in the lobby of his dorm. A kick won't fix a broken elevator, but it may relieve the frustration of this Long Hall resident. I . 'rims .is Hugh Mahoney ' V 'M Ht. joseph Hospi- V 'Ennr:.?'tR1x 1r.i nicXm13kiHxx:m.xk3:'NmE.1zi1mr11'SAxmwi''affggi it 1, if ib'1BmY11'nm V Cont B .iii dvan 'EEN NV! i d0Craauw .i 'i' 1 5

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john Reilly engages in some tricks with the cam- era as he photographs himself in his Long Hall dorm room. SQDIME Z5 ECI HT 0 ME legislature preventing the construction of new dorms will not help the situa- tion. However, married students, who make up 29 percent of Nicholls' student body will be offered some relief by Sep- tember, 1978. At that time, construction should be finished on a S650,000, 40- family housing unit on campus. When Charles Roemer, executive assistant to Governor Edwin Edwards, came for the official groundbreaking, the first step was taken towards solving at least part of Nicholls housing prob- lems. For other students, it still looks like a long wait. You can't even die to get into the hospital. cont. With the help of dictionaries, roommates Cristina Hernandez and Mary Pennington work out their language problems. Hernandez is a nursing major from Medellin, Colombia, and Pennington is an education major from Gretna. it E5 it in I Wt T i . 3 E ' ':k'iMu'-- f, ,. ta 1 pw! if , mf-.ww..!nuiw1A af, 'A-Hf