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Free Rape Aggression Defense System classes will be offering from Monday, May 12, to Wednesday, May 14, in the Century Room of Guidry Stadium. R.A.D. is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. Each day’s classes will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Call 985.448.4080 for more information or to register.

The comprehensive program, which will be taught by Dr. Michele Caruso and Sabrina Laurent, begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. Each student receives a workbook/reference manual. This manual outlines the entire physical defense program for reference and continuous personal growth.

Go Colonels!

The Nicholls baseball team will host a three-game series — its last of the season — against Southeastern Louisiana Univeristy at Didier Field. Games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15; 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 16; and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17.

Fans can follow the action online by visiting www.GeauxColonels.com and clicking the GameTracker link. The game can also be heard locally on the radio at KTIB 640 AM or online at www.ThibodauxOnLine.com.

This season, all Nicholls students will have their name entered into a drawing for $100 at each home baseball game. If the winner is not present, the money will roll over and be added to the next game’s drawing. By the end of the season, the Student Government Association and baseball team will have given away $2700 to lucky Nicholls students. Students are reminded that game admission is free with their Colonel Card.

Finish the semester off on the right foot!

Visit the final examination schedule for the dates and times of spring 2008 exams.

For assistance in preparing for the exams, visit the Tutorial and Academic Enhancement Center, which will offer tutoring and writing consulting on Thursday, May 1, and Friday, May 2. Call the center at 985.449.7119 for more information.

A free final exam study session for French 101 and 102 courses will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, and 9 a.m. Friday, May 2, in 160 Beauregard Hall. Free study sessions for Math 100 and 101 will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, and from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, in 148 Beauregard Hall. Call 985.448.4100 to reserve a time slot.

Enjoy music in a smoke-free environment!

Nicholls will host Takin’ A Smoke-Free Break concert featuring HIPBOOT JOE from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in the Guidry Stadium tailgating area. The event, sponsored by a grant from the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living, is free to students, faculty, staff and the general public.

The afternoon will include free pizza, drinks, chips and cookies; giveaways for the first 50 people; and the announcement of the I AM Worth It! Weightloss Challenge. HIPBOOTJOE, a band gaining popularity on the Gulf Coast, will perform its unique “southern-fried country/rock” music. The event will be totally tobacco-free.

Learn more about the history and inspiring power of music!

The Nicholls Concert Choir concert, with the theme “On Music and Singing,” will feature choral songs along with text about music from poets, the songs’ composers, Roman Catholic liturgy, an Austrian traditional song and an African-American spiritual. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in Talbot Theater, and features music ranging from the late Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic and Modern periods to folk, hymn concertato, musical comedy, early American, swing and spiritual arrangements.

Nicholls vocal music education alumna Tonia LeBlanc-Hampton, who is now the choir director at Thibodaux High School, will return to campus as a guest soloist. Instrumentalists will include Ashlee Hernandez, instrumental music education senior from Houma, flute; Michael Klaus, music junior from Thibodaux, double bass; and Michael Prejean, instrumental music education senior from Houma, percussion.

The event is free and open to the public.

Get in shape!

The I AM Worth It! campaign will host a crossfit workshop at 11:45 a.m. Monday, April 28, in the Lafourche Room of Bollinger Memorial Student Union. The event is free and open to the campus community. (more…)

Get in shape!

The I AM Worth It! campaign will host a crossfit workshop at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 1, to be followed by yoga at 4 p.m. Both will be held in the Plantation Suite of Bollinger Memorial Student Union and are open to the campus community. (more…)

Get in shape!

The I AM Worth It! campaign will sponsor a hip hop aerobics class, free to the campus community, at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, in the Shaver Gym Dance Studio.

I AM Worth It!, facilitated by the Office of Wellness Education, is a healthy lifestyle change program offering nutritional, fitness, behavioral, emotional and peer support for those looking to lose weight, get fit or develop healthier habits.

Go Colonels!

The Nicholls baseball team will host a three-game weekend series against Stephen F. Austin State University at Didier Field. Games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25; 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26; and 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27. (more…)

Speak with a local author!

Houma native Jill Dill Clesi will be signing copies of her latest novel, “Secrets From a Trunk” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 26, in the University Bookstore, located inside the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.

“Secrets From a Trunk” is a historical romance suspense novel set in the late 1800s in the southern regions of Louisiana, New York, Vermont, Illinois and France. Clesi, who now resides in Birmingham, Ala., is also the author of “Little Receivables Big Cash Flow,” a member of the Southeastern Writers Association and Romantic Writers Association.