The grand prize was an all-expenses-paid weekend at the Louisiana State Fair Classic. Ray Carney, an alumnus of the university, was the official winner with "Vic", which is short for "Victory".
=== Jim Croce ===
Singer-songwriter Jim Croce died in a plane crash hours after finishing a 1973 concert on the NSU campus.
== Student media ==
=== Newspaper and yearbook ===
Northwestern's online news source with occasional printed special editions, The Current Sauce, was founded in 1914. In 2021, the newspaper and campus radio station, KNWD, merged their news operations into a shared digital platform, "Purple Media Network." Its annual student-run yearbook is called The Potpourri.
=== Radio and television ===
The student-run radio station is The Demon (KNWD 91.7 FM) and a faculty-administered and student-operated local television station is NSU22, on which can be found biweekly student-produced newscasts.
=== Literary magazine ===
NSU's literary magazine is called The Argus. It is student-run and published …
