Hurricane season 2007: Prepare yourself now
Robert Gatte: rfg6920@louisiana.edu
Last update: 2007-08-15
Last update: 2007-08-15
UL offers higher education programs for seniors
Kyle Bernis: kdb208@louisiana.edu
Last update: 2007-08-15
UL Horse Farm might be converted to central park
Megan Hargroder: emh4958@louisiana.edu
Last update: 2007-08-15
Authement announces retirement
University of Louisiana at Lafayette President Ray Authement, Ph.D., announced his retirement Friday after serving for 33 years, longer than any other university president in the country.
Last update: 2007-08-15
UL partners with Qatar University
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Department of Mass Communication has announced it has formed a partnership with the University of Qatar to share faculty, students, and educational techniques.
Last update: 2007-05-09
Horse farm barn to be demolished
After multiple debates and protests, the barn on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s horse farm property will be demolished.
Last update: 2007-05-09
The week of May 7-11, also known as finals week, can be a menacing time for all involved, but there is hope even for the worst of procrastinators.
Last update: 2007-05-09
Tyler Read to rock Renaissance
“Our motto is keeping it fun, but focused!” exclaimed Tyler Read guitar player, Chris McPeters.
Last update: 2007-05-04
The trumpet faded, and though the University of Louisiana at Lafayettes memorial for the Virginia Tech victims was over, UL Lafayette students stayed.
Last update: 2007-05-06
The “Bat cave,” saving the world, making a difference and helping the defenseless all sound like the sorts of things one would expect to find in a comic book, but in fact, it was all part of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Earth Day.
Last update: 2007-05-04
On Monday, April 23, the Student Government Association of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette conducted its last meeting of the 2006-2007 school year. The SGA passed 12 appropriations at the meeting and inducted its new president into office, Candace Urbanowski.
Last update: 2007-05-04
In the Student Union Ballroom, four experts on rape and sexual abuse prevention provided vital statistics on rape and shared several ways for students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to protect themselves from “the singlemost under-reported crime” in the country.
Last update: 2007-05-04
Lagniappe week offers students a little something extra
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette kicked off its yearly Lagniappe week Monday with Laugh Fest, the first of a series of laid-back events to help students take a load off amid preparations for end-of-semester stresses, like finals and graduations.
Last update: 2007-05-06
Mentoring program shows promise
University of Louisiana at Lafayette students who are admitted outside normal academic criteria have something new to help them adjust to college life and succeed: The UL Lafayette mentoring program.
Last update: 2007-04-19
The nearly 80,000-brick Walk of Honor, which has been pocked with broken bricks for three years amid construction and renovation of buildings in the quadrangle, will see its first repairs and new sets of bricks in the upcoming weeks.
Last update: 2007-05-04
SGA uses funds for campus organizations
With the Spring 2007 semester coming to a close, the Student Government Association has used almost all of its funds to support on campus organizations and student groups that have applied for appropriations.
Last update: 2007-04-19
AmeriCorps offers hurricane disaster training
With hurricane season soon approaching and a recent history of storm-related catastrophes, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette AmeriCorps is offering free training sessions for student organizations to help better prepare volunteers and students for disaster relief.
Last update: 2007-04-19
Honors convocation honors retiring honors director
More than 2,700 students were honored at the April 3 Spring Honors Convocation in Angelle Hall Auditorium. The program celebrated the Honors Program students who are sophomores, juniors and seniors with at least a 3.2 grade-point average and graduate students who have completed at least nine hours with a minimum 3.8 grade-point average.
Last update: 2007-04-19
Vermin: University to begin live gator feedings
Beginning April 16, the alligators at Cypress Lake will be offered some enticing food alternatives, and the students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are genially invited to participate.
Last update: 2007-04-19
TRAVELING STUDENTS REGRET LUNCH DECISION
MANSFIELD, Ark. – Four journalism students returning to Lafayette from a convention in Fayetteville, Ark. regretted their decision to dine at a Sonic drive-in.
The students said they only faced the overwhelming greasiness of the cuisine because they were traveling through what they described as “hick country” and were afraid they wouldn’t be able to find another restaurant for another several hours of driving.
Upon leaving the Sonic, the students found a Subway restaurant 30 seconds later.
“Well, everyone, just puke it up, and we can eat again,” suggested Chad West, who ate a chili-cheese coney.
Reportedly, no one took him up on the suggestion.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Vermin: Paper placed under desk to prevent wobble
This week during a calculus class at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a desk in the university’s Maxim-Doucet Hall was hastily repaired by an inventive student by placing a folded-up piece of paper under the offending desk’s leg. The desk was reportedly suffering from a slight wobbling affliction that had plagued the seat for several weeks, a mildly irritating quirk to occupants of its curvaceous, buttocks-comforting expanse.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Vermin: Drool spot wiped from desk
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette student, who has requested to remain anonymous, reportedly wiped a voluminous drool spot from the northwest region of his desk in room 527 of Griffin Hall.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Vermin: SGA invokes dartboard for funding decisions
So, finally I managed to con our beloved editor-in-chief, Chad West, into letting me write an opinion article on a Student Government Association meeting. Whats up, Chad? (throws up an attempted gang sign). Finally. Because in the past, some of our readers may have been confused and thought Ive always been allowed a voice in these things. If youre wondering what Im referencing, please look back to my first and most prized piece of hate mail in the Nov. 1 issue. Whats up Greg (or whatever your name was)?
Last update: 2007-04-06
Vermin: Cafeteria to feature new menu
On March 25, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s cafeteria, located in the Student Union, was reviewed by the Louisiana Board of Health. The board was contacted because students and professors complained about upset stomachs, indigestion and tape worms, but according to Student Health Services, there has been neither serious illness nor near fatalities directly related to food consumed in the cafeteria.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Forum held for meningitis awareness
In the student union, at a forum designed to raise awareness of meningitis, members of the Theta Xi fraternity described their painful experiences with the disease, while Dr. Marelle Yongue presented prevention techniques and statistics on how meningitis has become a serious threat to college campuses.
Last update: 2007-04-06
SGA hears engineering students' proposal
Two engineering students, Cole Melancon and Logan Halbrook, will be representing the Society of Automotive Engineers in the Baja Competition at the South Dakota School of Minds with funding provided by the Student Government Association at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
“The competition is a chance for engineering students from all around the world to compete,” said Halbrook, listing universities from Canada, Argentina, China, India and various areas of Africa that will be present.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Discover sweeps SGA, Urbanowski takes presidency
Aside from a smattering of independents, candidates from Discover, including President-elect Candace Urbanowski, swept this year’s University of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Government Association elections.
Last update: 2007-04-06
UL parking and transit director arrested
The University of Louisiana at Lafayettes Parking and Transit Director, William Joey Dudley, 41, was arrested and charged with theft related to his duties at the institution.
Following his arrest at his office on the ULL campus, Dudley was imprisoned in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center Tuesday and was released Wednesday.
Last update: 2007-04-06
English professor killed in motorcycle accident
David Thibodaux, University of Louisiana at Lafayette English professor and Lafayette Parish School Board vice president, died in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in Scott. He was 53.
According to The Advocate, David Thibodaux was killed after he collided with another vehicle at the intersection of La. 93 and US 90. According to David Thibodauxs son, Benjamin Thibodaux, he missed a stop sign and collided with a vehicle. The Vermilion could not reach the Scott Police Department directly before press time.
Last update: 2007-04-06
Computer science gets a motion capture lab
Computer science and computer animation students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have access to even higher technology now that the new computer science building is open: A full motion capture laboratory.
The lab, located on the first floor of the new facility, is unique in the state of Louisiana. It will allow students to dress up in a special black body suit, covered in strategically located white balls, and capture animation for use in video game development and computer animation production.
Last update: 2007-03-28
UL-designed satellite to launch out of Kazakhstan
With the help of a few faculty advisors, a group of students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette reached far beyond their electrical engineering curriculum to build and, hopefully, launch a satellite into space sometime this week.
At one time, about 60 schools were involved with trying to launch a satellite, but most of them dropped out, said Project Manager Jonathan Harrist. If it launches, this will be the first Louisiana school to put a satellite into orbit.
Last update: 2007-03-28
Saying cheese is kind of boring. On the count of three, everybody say, AIDS! said Nina Martinez cheerfully as she snapped a picture of the audience at the Hopes Voice presentation sponsored by the University Program Council as part of their Eyes Wide Open program in Bayou Bijou.
Last update: 2007-03-28
The best way to manage debt is to avoid it
If you wanna play with these, they can be deadly. They can ruin your life.
This is what Judge John C. Ninfo II, U.S. bankruptcy judge in the Western District of New York, said about credit cards and what they can do to a persons life. Ninfos speech in Bayou Bijou in the Student Union at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Thursday at 6:30 p.m. was his first speech at a Louisiana university.
Last update: 2007-03-21
SGA candidates face off in debate
The Student Government Association’s big three hopefuls from the Accent and Discover parties faced off in a 35-minute debate on the student union porch Monday, delving into their platforms and addressing hot topics, like SGA accountability and spending.
Our SGA claims to be the voice of the student body, but yet it doesn’t have representatives from each aspect of student life, said computer science major Conan Moody, Accent’s presidential candidate. Accent wants to hear the histories related to athletes, the residence hall association as well as the faculty senate, to name a few.
Discover’s presidential candidate, Candace Urbanowski, retorted that her party is willing to accept the challenge of answering to an increasingly watchful student body.
Last update: 2007-03-28
Bluetooth headsets free student hands while driving
A man drives up beside you on W. Pinhook Road. He is screaming, flailing his arms and turning several shades of red. There is no one in the car with him, he is not talking on his cell phone and probably not having a heart attack. A girl passes you on campus while loudly explaining everything she did at the club this weekend while her boyfriend was out of town. No one is walking beside her, and she is also not holding a cell phone.
These people are probably not talking to themselves; they are merely owners of Bluetooth headset devices.
Last update: 2007-03-21
Yale prof connects media and literary theory at UL
Caleb Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor of English at Yale University, related Vorticism to modern-media communication theories at a communication theory discussion held at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum.
Last update: 2007-03-21
SGA discusses social network use in campaigning
The Student Government Association is in the process of expanding their campaigning capabilities via two of the currently most common methods of college communication: MySpace and Facebook.
During the Monday, March 19 meeting, the present members discussed the possibility of adopting Amendment No. 7, which defined the rules of using these types of Internet resources as a means of delivering campaign messages, along with other types of electronic services such as text messaging or e mail. The amendment states that mass messaging is prohibited, and therefore when using Web sites like MySpace and Facebook to communicate, candidates must use the name of each individual recipient in his or her message.
Last update: 2007-03-21
SSD, Beacon Club to shed light on disabled students
Disability Awareness Week will kick off on March 19 at 11 a.m. with Food For Thought, an event on the corner of St. Mary Boulevard and Rex Street that will use free popcorn and Coke to educate passers by on the plight of students living with disabilities.
Last update: 2007-03-21
In the past few weeks, Xbox Live Arcade has had a flood to make up for the relative drought of recent months. Two of the most complete and, well, retail-like game experiences hit, in the form of Worms and Alien Hominid HD. Today is all about Worms, since Alien Hominid is way too hard. (Translation: I am a pansy.)
Last update: 2007-03-15
“There is over 150 years worth of knowledge at this table that we’re going to utilize tonight,” said keynote speaker Christopher J. Williams, Ph.D., introducing the panel of the 2007 National Association of Black Journalists annual symposium, of which the theme was “The Making of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parkway: Odds & Adversities.”
Last update: 2007-03-09
International Week enriches students with knowledge
University of Louisiana at Lafayette students are encouraged to come together this week for an International Rendez-Vous, also known as International Week, which will be happening in various places throughout the Student Union March 5-10.
International Week is held by international students, but it is not only for international students, explained Fumilayo Fumy Rita, a 27-year-old Francophone studies graduate student from Portugal and also the student chairperson for International Week. Its for Americans, students, faculty and staff; its for the community at largeeverybody who wants to learn and know more about world culture.
Last update: 2007-03-15
New expo allows students to show portfolios
Attention all student filmmakers, animators, musicians, video game designers, robot enthusiasts, web interface designers and anyone else interested in the above: This year’s International Digital in-Development Expo (iDiDx) is a new venue for student artisans to showcase their work to the public, as well as executives from in the entertainment industry. Does that sound like something you might be interested in?
Last update: 2007-03-09
At the Feb. 26 meeting of the Student Government Association, members voted on and passed two appropriations that had been introduced at the previous week’s meeting, the first giving $200 to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Gospel Choir to help defer the registration cost of a conference and retreat, and the second giving $76.75 to the Beacon Club for their awards luncheon.
Last update: 2007-03-07
New computer science building opens, Burke to see renovations
It is hard to walk through the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s campus and not notice all of the construction that has been taking place. The new computer science building is now complete, and Burke Hall will be taking project bids for a complete renovation and expansion. The new Burke will contain a much needed faculty lounge, more offices, and perhaps the most exciting addition, a new media lab room.
Last update: 2007-03-11
Student aid to come at no taxpayer cost
On Feb. 13, California congressman George Miller, the Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, presented an act in the making that could potentially make college attendance available to a broader range of people at no additional cost to taxpayers: The Student Aid Reward Act, more commonly known as “STAR.”
Last update: 2007-03-09
Apple retailer hits River Ranch
Trekking to Houston to visit the closest Apple retail store has long been the bane of Louisiana’s Mac aficionados, but thanks to 20-year-old entrepreneur James Munroe, the state will soon see its first Apple retailer.
Last update: 2007-03-09
UL professor continues teaching despite throat cancer
Its like being Superman after youve found out about kryptonite.
This is how University of Louisiana at Lafayette geology professor Gary Kinsland, Ph.D., said he felt when he learned he had stage three throat cancer.
Last update: 2007-03-09
Cajun Mardi Gras upholds tradition
While most revelers are flocking to Johnston Street waiting for parades during Carnival time, there are several rural Acadiana towns that play host for one-of-a-kind Mardi Gras celebrations, unfamiliar to many locals.
Mamou, Church Point and Tee Mamou (near Iota) boast of traditional Cajun Mardi Gras celebrations, which include toe-tapping live music, festive street dances, Cajun cuisine and the long-established Courir de Mardi Gras.
Last update: 2007-03-09
Students would likely want to be well-informed about a bacterial infection that can kill you in a week and can be easily mistaken for just having the flu. They would be even more so concerned if the diseases likeliness was greater in college settings such as dorms and bars.
Last update: 2007-02-14
Caleb Elliott sings "Beautiful"
“I guess I don’t really have any musical influences,” said musician Caleb Elliott, who began playing guitar in the 8th grade.
“I grew up listening to only what I heard in church,” he recalled. “I didn’t listen to anything considered ‘radio rock’ until the end of high school. It was about that time that I started discovering everything else. One of the first bands I can remember listening to was Switchfoot—it was something I’d never heard before.”
Last update: 2007-02-14
UL student's commercial runs in Super Bowl
While flipping through channels on any given afternoon, one might spot a commercial for the upcoming Krewe of Carnivale en Rio parade, but its more than likely that anyone who watched the 2007 Super Bowl on Feb. 4 on Lafayettes KLFY caught the 30 second advertisement which was created in part by Communications graduate student Jonas Landry.
Last update: 2007-02-14
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s drug and alcohol awareness committee, SLIDDE, understands that knowing is half the battle and is striving to make sure that part of the battle is won for drug and alcohol awareness on campus.
Last update: 2007-02-09
Scholarship awards at steady pace, says director
At the beginning of each semester, students begin to quickly realize the high cost of university life. The expenses of books, materials, parking, and other every day concerns of a college studentâs wallet seem to rapidly add up. However, there is help available to defer the cost of tuition: Scholarships. Although many students think that it is unlikely that he or she would be capable of getting a scholarship or grant, each year many scholarships go unused because no one applies for them.
Last update: 2007-02-01
UL GRAD STUDENT WORKS ON SUPER BOWL AD
Itâs not every year that a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student produces a television commercial for the Super Bowl pre-game, but for Jonas Landry, a UL Lafayette graduate major in communication, this will be his second conservative year that his commercial spot will be aired on Super Bowl Sunday.
Landry, who also serves as a teaching assistant in radio production in the communication department, produced and narrated both 30-second spots which announce the beginning of Mardi Gras season with the Krewe of Carnivale en Rioâs parade, which will be held this year on Feb. 10. As current media chair for the krewe, Landry helped bring in Erik Estrada, star of the hit reality TV show âArmed and Famous,â to serve as honorary parade marshal.
Landry received his B.S. degree in broadcasting in 2004. He plans to finish his graduate work this spring in communication, and has also co-produced and narrated a 15-minute video that details the first year of UL Lafayetteâs âTeam Cajunbot,â a program which airs frequently on PBS.
After graduatio, Landry noted that he is looking at an executive career in broadcasting. He added, however, that if the right opportunity comes along in the production side, âI wonât hesitate to give it some serious thought.â
Last update: 2007-02-01
UL kicks off black history month celebrations
Although Black History Month begins Feb. 1, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will kick off its celebration Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. at the Alumni Center. The kick off party, in its second year, will introduce the events that will be occurring throughout the month of February to commemorate the contributions African-Americans have made in developing the United Statesâ history.
âWe hope to continue providing a kick-off celebration each year,â said Jennifer Hightower, executive director of UL Lafayetteâs Office of Campus Diversity. âThis is our way of starting our many celebrations for Black History Month in February. We try to keep this event new, fresh and exciting by adding or making revisions to the previous year.â
Last update: 2007-02-14
Career Day is an opportunity presented to students and alumni of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to meet potential employers and business associates. The event occurs each fall and spring semester and is scheduled this year for Feb. 13 and 14 in the Student Union Ballroom.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Pettit, Sanders to lobby for cheaper books in D.C.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayetteâs Student Government Association voted in a new president to represent the College of Arts at the Jan. 29 meeting, which was held in the Forum Room of the Student Union instead of its regular location in Moody Hall. Sen. Mallory Broussard was elected into office by her fellow SGA members.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Zeke, meet LONI: New campus supercomputer
The universityâs new supercomputer, Zeke, is sure to largely expand researching capabilities for the University and elicit countless economic benefits to Lafayette and the state of Louisiana.
Last update: 2007-02-01
UL LAFAYETTE STUDENT ARNAUD WINS JOURNALISM AWARD
University of Louisiana at Lafayette student Brooke Arnaud of Arnaudville placed third in the William Randolph Hearst Foundationâs Journalism Awards Program recently.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Nation-wide newspaper USA TODAY is expanding its locations at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to include Maxim Doucet Hall, Edith Garland Dupre Library and a similar stand for The Vermilion at the bus stop at Cajun Field. These displays will be customized for UL Lafayette and are expected to be in place by the end of January.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Last week, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette filled two of its football coaching vacancies, staying in the Sun Belt, and hiring another former coach of Florida International as well as a former Middle Tennessee coach.
Last update: 2007-02-01
SGA opens with first heated debate of semester
The University of Louisiana at Lafayetteâs Student Government Association passed three amendments at their first meeting of the Spring 2007 semester and voted against two. The amendments were presented as new business at the last meeting of the fall 2006 semester and the groupâs members had the winter break to consider the effects of the new additions.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Experts suggest remedies for insomniacs
Insomnia is a medical condition that chronically affects more than 40 percent of college students nationwide.
Last update: 2007-02-01
Constructions, renovations proceed at different paces
Performing arts students express concerns about future of department
Theyâve got rhythm, theyâve got music, but theyâve got nowhere to dance when it rains. During the past 20 years, The Vermilion has published several articles detailing the conditions of McLaurin Gym, which houses the bulk of dance and theater classes at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Performing arts majors have complained of being ignored by the university and treated unfairly in terms of maintenance and cleanliness.
Last update: 2007-02-01
State law turns public smoking to ashes
The issue of smoking and its new regulations in Louisiana has been a popular topic of discussion thanks to Senate Bill No. 742, which enforced the Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act as of Jan. 1. However, the issue has been up for speculation particularly on the University of Louisiana at Lafayetteâs campus since the fall 2006 semester when students witnessed the demonstrations of The Great American Smokeout.
Last update: 2007-01-17
Four coaches out, one in, three spots left to fill
A football season that had begun with such promise of greatness ended with mediocrity and cost four coaches at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette their jobs.
Last update: 2007-01-17
Finals week approaches: Library to open 24 hours
Finals week has again crept upon students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, catalyzing a flurry of commotion on campus and at local study hotspots, like bookstores, coffeehouses and other peaceful nooks around town. To aid students during finals week, The Vermilion has compiled a list of useful information, such as library hours and the finals schedule.
Last update: 2007-01-17
Econ prof recommends mutual funds over credit
Fliers and handbills offering free pizza to college students are literally littered around campus, stapled to telephone polls, taped to handrails and handed out on street corners, but fresh pizza always comes with a price, and this deal could be the start of years of debt.
Last update: 2006-11-29
SGA to decide fate of new money over break
Several new amendments to the Student Government Association bylaws will be voted on when the SGA reconvienes during the Spring 2007 semester. Monday, Nov. 27 marked the last meeting of the fall 2006 semester.
Last update: 2006-11-29
Professor accused of sexual harassment by graduate
The former head of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette political science department, Donn Kurtz, Ph.D., has stepped down following allegations of sexual harassment in a complaint, civil lawsuit and criminal charges levied by a former student, Kelly May, who graduated in May 2006.
Last update: 2006-11-29
VoIP slowly creeps into mainstream phone market
Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is ushering in a new era of communication technology by offering an inexpensive and functional telephone service that allows people to make calls from any Internet connection available.
Last update: 2006-11-29
Group says Smokeout first step to new policy
Passers-by may have noticed a booth on Rex Street last Thursday to promote the Great American Smokeout, but what they may not know is that itâs only a starting point to get studentsâ opinions about a possible campus-wide anti-smoking ordinance.
Last update: 2006-11-29
Video game concentration means serious work
Tim Roden, co-founder of the Entertainment Computing Research Group at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, developed a new curriculum for the department of computer science: A video game programming concentration. Roden and Jim Etheredge are currently teaching the video game development courses involved in this concentration.
Last update: 2006-11-22
SGA: International Student Office burglarized
President Claire Pettit announced to the Student Government Association at the Nov. 20 meeting that the Safety Walk resulted in success and thanked the members that were able to come. Grievance committee chair Corey Gros, who was in charge of the Safety Walk, thanked the SGA as well.
Last update: 2006-11-22
Stewart and Colbert not just for laughs
More and more college students, as well as people in general, are getting news at least partially from comedy programs such as Comedy Centralâs âThe Daily Showâ and âThe Colbert Report.â
Last update: 2006-11-22
Hybrid cars: Helpful, but no âabsolute solutionâ
The popular new hybrid car consists of a gasoline engine and an electric motor, which enables the driver to get better gas mileage around town than on the interstate and, in turn, saves him or her money at the pumps.
Last update: 2006-11-22
Boustany keeps seat, bucks national trend
Though the Democrats may have won control of the House of Representatives, Louisianaâs District 7 did not become one of the number of newly Democratic seats, as incumbent Repubilican Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. earned a second term, besting Democratic challenger Mike Stagg with a 71 percent majority.
Last update: 2006-11-15
SGA: Safety Walk to catalog campus hazards
âThe first great thing the Student Government Association is going to do now that we have the referendum is keep the library open 24 hours a day, seven days a week starting Sat. Dec. 2, at 8 oâclock a.m.,â announced SGA Treasurer Ashley Sanders at the Nov. 13 meeting.
Last update: 2006-11-15
Festival of Lights to set Oil Center ablaze
On the first day of December, the 13th annual Festival of Light will light up the Oil Center of Lafayette from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. with new lighted pieces and many more showcases for all ages to kick off the holiday season.
Last update: 2006-11-15
Big-time football equals big-time money
It is no surprise that in college football more wins equal more fan support, which in turn equals more money for the university and community.
Last update: 2006-11-15
SGA wins fee increase, freshmen elect senators
Despite controversy surrounding the proposed SGA referendum to increase the student fee by $5.25, students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette overwhelmingly voted yes to pass it with more than 70 percent of the vote, in a mid-year election that also saw four new freshman senators appointed.
Last update: 2006-11-15
Research competition helps hone library skills
The opportunity for a University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduate or undergraduate student to submit a scholarly research paper for the 2006-07 Edith Garland Dupré Library Caffery Competition has again presented itself and could result in the annual Jefferson Caffery Research Award of $500.
Last update: 2006-11-08
Swearing in freshman senators tops SGA agenda
âWe have four new Student Government Association senators as well as an increased SGA fee,â announced President Claire Pettit at Mondayâs meeting. âThe Big 3 truly appreciates those who helped. We are very glad that this was such a successful campaign.â
Last update: 2006-11-08
Wireless technology evolves at the speed of sound
With the rapid changes in both the technology and popular culture surround cell phones, service providers are offering exclusive cell phones and multimedia capabilities to seduce younger customers.
Last update: 2006-11-08
Cajuns fall to MTSU, homecoming spirit not stifled
More than 21,000 people filed into Cajun Field on Saturday to celebrate homecoming 2006, and even though the game ended with a Cajun loss, that didnât stop the party or tailgating before hand. Jamie Bergeron and the Kicking Cajuns blasted out Cajun and Zydeco music throughout the afternoon as alumni and children two-stepped the cloudless afternoon away. The people standing on the fringe, not dancing, create the dance floor where smiles shine through a swamp of vermilion and white.
Last update: 2006-11-08
Boustany expounds views on FEMA, Iraq
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany Jr., R-Lafayette who is vying for the District 7 seat on Nov. 7 against Democratic candidate Mike Stagg, said he plans to enter his second term tackling issues like hurricane recovery, FEMA overhauls and Iraq policy, if re-elected.
Last update: 2006-11-01
Pettit urges students to vote for referendum
The Student Government Associationâs Monday, Oct. 30 meeting, which was the first in two weeks, marked the first day of the SGA Fall Elections. The polls opened at 6 a.m. Monday morning and ended Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 4:30 p.m.
Last update: 2006-11-01
Princeton Review survey includes all students
For the past three years, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has been listed in The Princeton Reviewâs âBest 361 Colleges,â earning spots in the top 20 for âDorms like dungeonsâ and âTheir students (almost) never study,â and although previous surveys selected random students to participate, beginning this week all students are invited to complete a survey for the 2008 edition.
Last update: 2006-11-01
Physician says meditation might aid with stress
âIâm late! Iâm late! For a very important date!â These famous words from the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland represent one stressor in college studentsâ lives. Some catalysts of stress are more easily identifiable than others and everyone responds to stress differently.
Last update: 2006-11-01
University Police force has new man in charge
Ray F. Lucas, III has extensive academic and professional history with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, solid credentials and also holds a law degree; in addition to his sound resume, students can now call him âchief.â
Last update: 2006-10-25
Lynetria Ranell Johnson, 2006 Homecoming Queen for UL Lafayette, and her court will reign over Homecoming activities when the Raginâ Cajuns take on Middle Tennessee, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m.
Last update: 2006-10-25
Did you know? Midterm elections are Nov. 7
On Nov. 7, eligible voters from across Louisiana will line up to pull the lever of the congressional candidate, and other varying political offices and propositions, of their choice; however, if past statistics are to be repeated, only about 1-3 of registered voters will do so.
Last update: 2006-10-25
Planned construction: Parking garage, renovate Burke
The campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will be seeing a bevy of new improvements in the coming months, thanks to several new construction projects coming to fruition.
Last update: 2006-10-25
Type 2 diabetes no longer adults-only, doctors caution
Type 2 diabetes is affecting more and more Americans every year, and the best way to protect yourself is to simply watch what you eat and get the right exercise while still in your college years.
Last update: 2006-10-18
SGA: Pettit urges students to vote
Fall elections are coming, and the Student Government Association is preparing to campaign their new referendum, which students can vote on Oct. 30 and 31. If the referendum is passed, a new SGA fee of $7.50 will replace the previous fee and the 40-cent legal assistance fee.
Last update: 2006-10-18
Blu-ray, HD-DVD: Which will go the way of Betamax?
Blu-ray disc is the newest form of DVD technology, but before you run out and blow your college tuition on one, you should know that it does not differ much from HD-DVD, except for its exorbitant price tag.
Last update: 2006-10-18
Friends donât let friends drink pregnant
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy alters more than the motherâs state of mind; fetal alcohol syndrome can have irreversible effects to her unborn baby and the consequences could stay with him or her for life.
Last update: 2006-10-11
Graduate Student Organization gets funds for symposium
Graduate School President Scott Miller wrote this weekâs appropriation for the Student Government Association, which addressed the costs of the annual Graduate Student Symposium. After reading the appropriation, he invited graduate student Amanda Winter to open the debate.
Last update: 2006-10-11
New festival reintroduces Latin culture to Acadiana
On Oct. 7, Latin music, food, dancing and culture was highlighted and celebrated in a way fun for all ages at Parc International downtown in Lafayette between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. for the first annual Latin festival.
Last update: 2006-10-11
Plan B: âDay afterâ pill myths debunked
Although the Food and Drug Administration approved the Plan B contraceptive pill on August 24, 2006, shoppers in Lafayette will find it unavailable at any local pharmacy. According to Paulette Landry, a certified nurse practitioner for Advanced Womenâs Health Care for the UL Lafayette Student Health Services, that could be because of the publicâs misunderstanding of the pill, and confusion between it and the abortion pill, RU 486.
Last update: 2006-10-04
SGA swears in new justice, adds to Red Dot program
Senate Chair Erin Hawkins called to order the first Student Government Association meeting for the month of October 2006 and requested the executive reports from President Claire Pettit, who returned from attending a Louisiana Association of College and University Student Personnel conference in New Orleans.
Last update: 2006-10-04
Big ideas, small budget: Stagg runs for District 7
Without the financial support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Mike Stagg, Democratic candidate for the District 7 U.S. representative seat, is vying against incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. on a platform that includes health-care overhauls, a nationwide minimum wage increase, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and technology accessibility.
Last update: 2006-10-04
LITE lights up local tech scene
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Lafayette Economic Development Authority proudly held the grand opening for the Louisiana Immersive Technology Enterprise, or LITE, last Wednesday.
Last update: 2006-10-04
Elderhostel: Seniors travel, absorb Cajun culture
Although the idea of a hostel immediately brings up images of college students backpacking across Europe, the Elderhostel chapter at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is helping to paint a different face on that stereotype—a wrinkled face.
Last update: 2006-09-27
Swearing in new senators tops SGA agenda
In Student Government Association President Claire Pettitâs absence, Vice President Joshua Perrodin made the executive reports. After the call to order by Senate Chair Erin Hawkins, Perrodin swore in the following new senators: Michelle Hendry for the College of General Studies, Megan Guillory for the College of the Arts, Jonathan Bourque for the College of Nursing and Brennan Castille and Abby Domingue for the College of Business.
Last update: 2006-09-27
Q&A: The University Police Department demystified
The University Police Officers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are sworn peace officers of the state of Louisiana—meaning they have full police authority anywhere in the state. They can make arrests off campus as well as on and can carry concealed weapons. Their mission (cited from the UL Lafayette website) is âto provide a safe environment through a sensitive, measured approach to all situations requiring police assistance in support of the mission of the University and Student Affairs.â
Last update: 2006-09-27
McLaurin will finally see facelift, says school
During the past few years, many buildings at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have been renovated and restored. McLaurin Gym is not one of them. One of the oldest buildings on campus, McLaurin is lacking in many modern conveniences such as elevator access and a computer lab. There are vending machines, but unlike most other buildings on campus, Dasani water is not an option.
Last update: 2006-09-27
UL Lafayetteâs astrophysicists agree: Pluto not planet
Almost immediately after Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in February 1930, scientists were debating over whether it should actually be deemed a planet. Astrophysicists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette agree that the now âdwarf planetâ should have been downgraded light years ago.
Last update: 2006-09-19
Graffiti, new senators discussed at SGA meeting
After Senate Chair Erin Hawkins called Mondayâs meeting to order, President Claire Pettit swore in Education Sen. Ansley Coscarart and Nursing Sen. Ashley Serrett as Student Government Association members.
Last update: 2006-09-19
New and improved Apple computers have Intel inside
This year, Apple Computer made an unexpected business announcement. Some called it a âdeal with the devil.â It announced it would be switching to Intel microprocessors, a brand traditionally associated with their arch-rival, Microsoft.
Last update: 2006-09-19
Young upstart Thomas vying for alderman seat
What makes Brian Thomas drastically different from the atypical, slightly over-ambitious college student?
Last update: 2006-09-19
University may host cinema program
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is inching ever closer to possibly having its own bachelorâs degree in cinema studies.
Last update: 2006-09-12
Energy drinks same as coffee, say experts
Red Bull. Bawls. Monster. NOS. Full Throttle. Amp. Jolt. Pimp Juice. RockStar. Whoop Ass. These are all brand names associated with a recent fad in the beverage industry: energy drinks.
Last update: 2006-09-12
The Sept. 11 Student Government Association meeting started out on a somber note as Senate Chair Erin Hawkins called for a moment of silence to commemorate the terrorist attacks that took place five years ago.
Last update: 2006-09-13
Bipolar: âCrazy is a misconcepion,â says physician
What do rock singer Axl Rose and actor Ben Stiller have in common? They share an illness called bipolar disorder.
Last update: 2006-09-13