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🌱 Nicholls rethinks technology fees after finding a $60,000 surplus

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In today's newsletter:

  • Nicholls rethinks technology fees after finding a $60,000 surplus
  • Deere plans a production swap at its Thibodaux factory
  • Nicholls students challenge AI flags that put grades at risk

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Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 75, low: 48.
  • Friday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Student Technology Fee Committee to undergo student-fee funded budget revisions following surplus discovery (thenichollsworth.com) — Nicholls State is revising its student-funded technology budget after discovering a $60,000 surplus, with student leaders pushing to put more money toward current student needs. Changes include funding sound equipment and televisions for Galliano Dining Hall, while a proposed accountability rule would suspend new funding for colleges that leave earlier requests unfulfilled.
   

2. John Deere Plans to Close 2 Iowa Plants, and One Line Is Moving to Louisiana (newsbreak.com) — John Deere plans to bring Hagie sprayer production to Thibodaux starting in fiscal 2028 while moving sugar cane harvester production to Brazil in fiscal 2029. The company says Thibodaux's headcount won't fall because of the incoming sprayer line, though its announcement provides no job totals.
   

3. Can AI accurately grade? Students navigate Nicholls' Turnitin grading system (thenichollsworth.com) — Nicholls students say Turnitin wrongly flagged their writing as AI-generated, putting their grades at risk even when other evidence supported their work. Two students described appeals involving the same instructor, while professors urged independent review of flagged papers and clearer campus rules about who must prove whether AI was used.
   

4. Why Louisiana residents should keep an eye on the thermometer this week (houmatoday.com) — Thibodaux could see a low of 39 degrees Friday night as colder air moves across Louisiana, according to AccuWeather's forecast. Daytime temperatures are expected to fall from 75 on Thursday to 64 on Saturday, before overnight lows rebound to 52 by Sunday.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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