KTVE/KARD- After more than three years since the fatal incident, a grand jury will hear the evidence in the case of Ronald Greene. According to reports, evidence from the incident will be presented starting on November 10, 2022.
On May 10, 2019, 49-year-old Ronald Greene died after an encounter with Louisiana State Police following a high-speed chase in Union Parish, Greene’s family was informed that the fatality was due to a car crash during the police chase.
e U.S. Department of Justice is also looking into Greene’s death and the investigation.
AP- A divided jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty ursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the rest of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, ba ed and in tears.
Cruz’s lead public defender, Melisa McNeill, told the jury during her closing argument Tuesday that life in prison would still be a horrible punishment and suggested that other prisoners might target him.
e jury rejected the death penalty after deliberating for about seven hours over two days.
AP- e House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump, demanding his personal testimony as it unveiled startling new video and described his multi-part plan to overturn his 2020 election loss, which led to his supporters’ erce assault on the U.S. Capitol.
On his social media outlet he blasted members for not asking him earlier—though he didn’t say he would have complied—and called the panel “a total BUST.”
To describe the president’s mindset, the committee presented new and previously seen material, including interviews with Trump’s top aides.
Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as o cials raised the death toll to at least 41 people.
Desperate relatives had waited all night in the cold outside the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise’s mine in the town of Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, hoping for news.
ere were 110 miners working several hundred meters below ground at the time of the explosion on Friday evening.
Eleven were injured and hospitalized, with ve in serious condition, while 58 others managed to get out of the mine unharmed.
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Every year during homecom ing ULM holds the Good Morn ing Gala on the day of the home coming game to give awards to alumni who are active in their communities.
ULM awards the Golden Arrow Award as their highest honor to alumni who have served the university and the alumni asso ciation.
This year’s award went to John and Debbie Luffey. John has practiced law in Monroe for 46 years and has served on the ULM Foundation as a board member. He graduated from ULM—which was Northeast Louisiana at the time—with a degree in accounting.
Debbie graduated from the university with a degree in
speech and hearing therapy and speech education. She currently serves on the St. Francis Medi cal Center Foundation Board of Directors.
Director of Alumni Affairs Sar ah Siereveld said it was a “unan imous decision” to give the cou ple the award.
In addition to the Golden Arrow Award, the university also gave out the Rising Young Award. The award went to Morgan Living ston. Livingston graduated with a degree in kinesiology in 2013. He is now an attorney at Hud son, Potts & Bernstein. Recently, Livingston was named to repre sent the 4th Judicial District in the Louisiana Bar Association House of Delegates.
The TRIO Program’s pocket book is looking much nicer af ter it recently received a grant.
The U.S. Department of Educa tion’s Child Care Access Means
Parents in School grant—other wise known as CCAMPIS—will bring $1.4 million to the pro gram between 2022 and 2026.
The CCAMPIS grant is used to help college students with young children continue to pur sue their education and negate some of the financial burdens they might face.
ULM professor and Innova tion and Performance Officer John Sutherlin said the grant is “transformative.”
“CCAMPIS is not just a child care grant,” Sutherlin said. “It is
a retention program.”
The funding helps provide funding for career coaches, vouchers to use at childcare centers in the area and access to other community resources.
“Childcare can be a barrier for student-parents, so having safe, high-quality, affordable early childcare and education can help students succeed and create brighter futures for their families,” Executive Director Catherine Estis said. Estis also said that the program helps students “experience the pride associated with earning a degree,” while also encourag ing the children of students to understand the importance of higher education.
shirt to stand against the widely known political organization Black Lives Matter. While BLM initially began as an attempt to bring justice to the Black community, it has mostly hurt them.
I support Ye in using his platform to expose the injustice the BLM organization has brought to Black citizens across America.
violence the BLM movement has brought and the division it has created in the U.S.
Hanna Flynn
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, showed up to his Paris fashion show wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt alongside Republican political speaker Candace Owens. Of course, white lives, black lives and all lives matter. But Ye wore this
Since Ye expressed his support for former President Donald Trump, the media has deemed him as crazy and illogical. However, Ye has a logical meaning behind his supposed madness.
Ye grew up on the south side of Chicago and experienced violence in his community. He sees the
Although some may perceive Ye’s actions as insensitive, ignoring the violence and neglect caused by this organization would be more insensitive. In 2020 alone, 25 people were killed during BLM protests. Because so many people were a ected by the violence from the BLM movement, the movement became counterproductive.
e BLM movement has collected over $80 million since 2020. Owens, who sported a matching “White Lives Matter” shirt alongside Ye, claims that BLM allocated a large amount of this money to
support Democratic politicians and even sex workers in the Black community.
In an interview for her new movie ‘ e Greatest Lie Ever Sold,’ she said, “$200,000 of the money went to escorts, BDSM workers, strippers, peep show workers, phone sex operators and webcam performers.”
BLM is not a movement to support the Black community and end racist violence. Rallies organized by the group have ended in murder, and supporters have even vandalized homeless shelters.
e organization’s e ect on these communities does not match their motto, “To bring justice, healing
and freedom to Black people across the globe.”
Ye and Owens did the right thing by exposing this injustice. If we want to support causes that bene t the Black community, we should contribute to families in poverty, women needing childcare and improving education.
e BLM movement has hurt the Black community and increased division and racism in the U.S. Nobody is inherently racist. Racism is learned. We need to teach love and respect, not hatred and anger, and the BLM movement is not helping us do this.
contact Hanna Flynn at fynnhl@warhawks.ulm.edu
gain control over their clothing and how the public perceives them.
According to Forbes, 93% of women’s costumes were considered tight, and 88% showed more skin than males. ese costumes force women to have to dress sexually.
survivors hoped to encourage colleges to protect their female students. Instead of fading into the background, these women have helped to implement policies like Title IX that prevent sex-based discrimination.
Walking into Spirit Halloween this fall, the division between male and female costumes is apparent. Instead of dressing up like soldiers or ninjas, women are left to choose between overly sexualized costumes of schoolgirls and nuns. e limited options for female Halloween costumes have contributed to the sexualization of women and increased sexual harassment during Halloween.
No woman should feel limited to dress in an uncomfortable way that jeopardizes her and other women’s safety. By providing more options for female costumes, women could
e conductor of the study, Lauri Hyers, said, “ e issue isn’t really that women are wearing sexy costumes. Women should be allowed to choose what they wear. e issue is that there are limited choices.”
Unfortunately, women cannot simply wear whatever they want without consequence. Women often face harassment and even assault due to something as simple as clothing. Because of these safety concerns, companies should at least give women a better variety of costumes so they may easily choose non-sexual costumes.
In 2014, the “My Costume is not Consent” movement brought attention to the increasing number of sexual assaults on Halloween. Sharing their stories,
If women are constantly displayed to the world as sexy objects, then that is what the world will start viewing them as. It is our job as women to stand up for ourselves and how we want to be portrayed.
I want to say women should be able to wear whatever they want on Halloween, but because of the world we live in today, that is just not the case. To help decrease the sexualization of women, we need to make a stand like the admirable women of the “My Costume is not Consent” movement did. Instead of supporting the sexualization of women by purchasing sexy nurse, maid and teacher costumes, ght against it by making homemade costumes with friends or opting for a comfy onesie.
contact Zoe Sissac at sissacze@warhawks.ulm.edu
Product Safety Commission, there are over 30,000 injuries and 22 fatalities from fair ride accidents yearly. Traveling carnivals are not in the same class of amusement parks as Disney World and Six Flags, which are subject to frequent federal inspections.
e Ark-La-Miss Fair was in town recently, which means the exciting rides people love were unpacked from their little trucks and assembled in less than a week.
While the fair food is something to look forward to each year, the rides are dangerous and need to be better maintained and inspected. Fair rides should be scary, but nobody’s life should hang in the balance. According to the U.S. Consumer
Nine states lack state regulation of amusement rides entirely, according to SafePark USA. In Louisiana, fair rides are inspected only once a year, no matter how much they get transported.
ere is also an issue with fair employees being overworked.
ese workers taking down and assembling the rides at a fast pace are often the ones operating the rides too.
In addition, mobile amusement parks do not make a huge pro t because it takes a lot of money to haul rides, pay workers and pay
insurance. is may persuade the individuals responsible for the fair to cut corners wherever they see t. Guests’ safety should come rst, meaning the extra time and resources needed to ensure this safety should come rst as well. Instead of rushing, fair employees should take their time to thoroughly assemble and dissemble the fair. After each assembly, these rides should be professionally inspected and tested.
People should avoid fairs and their rides until these parks are made safer. But until then, if a person still decides to ride these dangerous rides, the best way to ensure safety is to check all safety restraints, inspect the ride before getting on and follow all instructions before the ride begins.
contact Malorie West at westmp@warhawks.ulm.edu
It’s midterm season, so I think it’s time to say what we’ve all been thinking. Students need mental health days.
After su ering an onslaught of exams and tests, students feel burnt out. I’ve been going to sleep late, skipping meals and forgetting to drink water, all because of the stress of classes.
Research by e Zurich Study found that 12.9% of young adults claimed to experience a lack of
sleep lasting weeks, correlating with disorders like depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
Regardless of these struggles, the weekend will still be just as short as it’s always been, and professors still expect lled seats as soon as class starts. Students want to take a break from school and not feel guilty or behind when they return.
Because of stress, many students are contemplating dropping classes. Some are even considering quitting college altogether.
Mental health days have been controversial. Many complain that they serve only to increase laziness and give individuals an excuse to slack o and miss work. It’s time to break this taboo of mental health days and start accepting that people need breaks to be e cient in and out of the classroom.
According to CNBC, as of August this year, 12 states already allow
mental health days as excused absences. One such state, Illinois, requires that students receive at least ve personal days per academic year.
Even if you spend the day simply catching up on some sleep or getting back into a regular eating routine, a single day can boost a student’s mood and work.
Feeling overwhelmed can a ect many aspects of daily life, especially school. In addition, not feeling worthy enough to care for your mental health is unhealthy.
As college students and adults, I have no doubt that if given mental health days, we can use these days to improve our minds and bodies. We all deserve some love from ourselves, and with the scarcity of breaks after these rough couple of weeks, we sure need one.
contact Beau Benoit at benoitbb@warhawks.ulm.edu
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Music fell on the ears di erent ly this week. Paint took an unusual hue as it sat on the canvas. All in struments all sounded out tune.
e ULM community stood in a collective state of shock when the passing of Director of the School of Visual and Performing Arts Derle Long was announced on Monday.
To the students and faculty who knew Long, he was more than his title and career. To many, Long was the lifeblood of the VAPA pro gram. He was the welcoming face that every freshman in the program learned to trust and the unforget table life-changer that anyone who encountered would cherish for life.
Long was revered and respected for his dedication to the program and beloved for the connections he made with students.
“It was this sel ess, friendly, outgoing and professional person ality that made everyone love him so much,” junior music education major Ethan Harkins said.
Long knew how to help students celebrate their achievements and keep spirits high through all of the rigorous practices.
Recent graduate Westly He in performed in ULM’s wind ensem ble during his time as a student, and he cherished the connection Long appeared to have with every one in VAPA.
“Dr. Long always had some stu pid joke on standby to lighten the mood,” He in said. “He loved to pick on each section, and every day there was a new target.”
His jabs at the section were all playful fun. He in said the students knew the quality person that Long was, and they knew he would al ways prioritize the success of his students.
Long didn’t have any children
of his own, but students in his pro gram looked at his as a father or grandfather gure.
“VAPA was his family and he couldn’t have advocated for them any more than he already did,” He in said.
Professor Matthew James had over a decade of experience around Long. When James joined ULM as an associate dean in 2008, he and Long found themselves bond ing well with each other. Whether it be joking about their di erent backgrounds—James had a choir background while Long was en gulfed in band culture—or reliving moments from their era, they found a friend. e unfamiliar eye could have mistaken the two towering, grey-haired virtuosos in Bieden harn Hall for the other.
When word spread—before the announcement came from Presi dent Ronald Berry—James said he
dismissed the rumors because he saw Long as immortal.
“I knew such a thing could hap pen in theory,” James said, “but I just couldn’t accept it in reality.”
When the VAPA program reor ganized in 2012, James was asked to step down from his position take the role of the director but he declined the spot. James instead suggested that Long should be considered for the position. e suggestion was taken into consid eration as Long was promoted to VAPA Director.
Having worked both as Long’s subordinate and his superior, James witnessed the full spectrum of Long’s personality.
He saw Long as a rst-class leader who never once asked for respect, but he earned undying loyalty from the students and sta around him.
“He was a tough, tough band guy who came up through the ranks,” James said.
Having spent time in the high school band scene, Long under stood the need to develop future band directors and educators.
Brian Bass is a high school mu sic educator who spent time locally as the assistant band director for Ouachita High School. He attended ULM and said he saw Long as a per son who would, “use his position to give guidance and help to anyone who wanted it.”
And the impact that Long had
then never went away.
“ ough I have moved away from Monroe, I still teach band and I still feel his presence,” Bass said.
Bass is just one of many future educators who give credit for their careers to Long.
Christopher King, the assistant band director for West Ouachi ta High School, started his journey into music education as a student the same time that Long joined the university 22 years ago.
King didn’t know that over two decades later, Long’s in uence would still play a part in his life. He said that seeing Long work incred ibly hard as a recruiter who hit the roads to convince the best talents that ULM was for them. King said it “de nitely made an impact,” on how he viewed what became his career.
“He took his responsibility very personally and wanted to ensure that we had the tools we needed to go out into the world and be e ec tive teachers,” King said.
And after years around the pro gram, Long never lost the drive to be involved in all aspects of VAPA.
Even last Saturday at the home coming game, Long was around for the band’s warm-ups and practice. He stayed through the game and didn’t leave until all the equipment was put away.
Only about 24 hours later, Long passed away.
Long was a few years out of re tirement, according to James. But he said it’s his belief that Long has a new occupation.
“He’s o somewhere conduct ing some great band up in the sky,” James said. “ ey’re lucky to have him.”
October brings many things—cooler weather, Halloween decor and midterms—but most importantly, the commencement of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Lasting the entire month, oncology turns its attention to one of the most prevalent cancers in America and the most common cancer diagnosis as of 2022.
Followed only by prostate, lung and colorectal cancers, 290,560 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed just this year. While it is primarily considered a female-oriented disease, it is estimated that about 2,710 of those diagnoses are for men. It is important for all genders and all ages to monitor for breast cancer, not just middle-aged women.
Breast cancer a ects people everywhere. According to the Louisiana Cancer Center, one in eight women in Louisiana will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetimes. At this rate, it is the second most diagnosed form of cancer in Louisiana and the fourth most deadly cancer in the state.
e goal of raising Breast Cancer awareness is to provide the knowledge of what to check for when doing a monthly at-home assessment. While it is encouraged for women to get mammograms every two years—moving up to once
a year after age 50—routine self-checks can catch early warning signs of breast cancer.
Some changes in breast health can look like a lump, thickening or swelling in one breast. It can be accompanied by redness, dimpling or a pulling sensation. Once nding a concern, it is important to schedule a doctor’s appointment as soon as possible.
“Catching cancers when they are smaller makes a di erence,” Harold Burstein of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute said. “Diagnosis of breast cancer at an early tumor stage remains vital.”
As oncology and cancer research studies progress, e orts to minimize treatment time increase. Early detection is one of the easiest ways to reduce time spent taking chemotherapy and substantially improve a diagnosed patient’s chance of long-term survival or post-treatment recovery.
Early detection is even more important for collegeaged students. Breast cancer has shown itself to be more aggressive in younger patients and has a lower survival rate. While breast cancer is diagnosed at a lower rate in younger people, about 70,000 people are diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 15 and 39, according to the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Progress review group. Among those numbers, 12% of all diagnoses are breast cancer.
For weeks, students and faculty have ques tioned what all of the food hanging in the trees represents. e food signs around campus are a part of the Art Program’s fundraising competition for Hunger Action Month.
e competition was held between the dif ferent colleges at ULM. While the main part of the fundraiser was last week, people can continue to donate throughout the month by scanning the QR codes on the various signs across campus.
Andrea Chrisulis, a freshman pre-phar macy major, said the Art Program thought the di erent signs would engage di erent audiences around the community.
“We really gured the curiosity would spring people and wonder why is there stu in the trees and maybe it would encourage
people to investigate,” Chrisulis said.
e fundraiser looked to be successful af ter art students set up at the HUB on Tues day and Schulze cafeteria on Wednesday to encourage students to donate to the food bank.
Makynzi Legros, a freshman pre-phar macy major, said that the Art Program con ducted a fundraiser rather than a typical food drive because money has a higher im pact on the food bank.
“We also thought doing money instead of actual food would be better because [the food bank] can do three meals for one dollar instead of just providing di erent canned goods,” Legros said.
e money raised by the Art Program will have a signi cant impact on families across Northeast Louisiana.
According to Loyola University, Louisiana has the second highest rate of food insecuri
Along with encouraging people to self-check, Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws attention to the widespread severity of the disease and promotes federal funding for research programs that focus on prevention and nding a cure.
e staple pink ribbon has become a widely recognized symbol for survivors and supporters alike. e origins of the pink color are simple—breast cancer survivor Charlotte Hayley handmade peach ribbons to raise money for other patients. “Self” magazine loved the idea but had to change the color to avoid paying Hayley for rights. us pink, the color representing comfort and healing, was used rather than the original peach and has since become a national symbol, according to Cure Today.
Khevin Barnes, writer for “Breast Cancer Speaks,” surmises the goal of the month. “ e movement is bigger than October,” Barnes said. “And it isn’t just about nding a cure or raising money. It’s about guaranteed treatment for everyone—women and men, rich or poor.”
For patients with breast cancer, nothing is more important than getting well and seeing their life return to normal, cancer-free.
contact Mallory Kaul at kaulmc@warhawks.ulm.eduty in the nation with one in six children liv ing in households without consistent access to food. 29% of children in Northeast Lou isiana are facing hunger, according to the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana.
e Art Program said the college that wins the fundraiser will be awarded a golden
spoon. Students and faculty alike are en couraged to donate and take part in Hunger Action Month.
Freshman pre-pharmacy student Avery Pickering donated and said “I think it’s a re ally good cause.”
Maggie Eubanks at eubanksml@warhawks.ulm.edu
Di erent experiences create di erent per spectives. is is why understanding other perspectives is so important, especially when learning.
Within the English Department, ULM has provided students with many classes that focus on literature created by people with unique perspectives.
Jaleesa Harris teaches African Ameri can Literature. Meredith McKinnie teaches a course that is looking into rural identities and Southern poverty. Mary Adams teach es courses that have looked at many forms of Native American literature.
But this semester, a new English class has been added to this list—giving an LGBTQ+ perspective.
School of Humanities Associate Profes sor Will Rogers teaches the course under the name LGBTQ+ Studies, and this year the class focuses on “ e Queer South.”
While classes may have covered queer lit erature and texts before, this is the rst class that completely focuses on queer works.
Rogers chose the topic of “ e Queer South” not only to introduce students to queer theory and literature but also to bring discussion to its place in the South.
Rogers explained that the South is full of diversity, including members of the LGBTQ+ community
“It’s important that we look at their stories and the stories that queer Southern authors create,” Rogers said.
e LGBTQ community is often tossed to the side. Hearing from a group that has not always had a voice creates insight into their experiences.
Junior psychology major Mya ornhill said that this class has bene ted her by giv ing her a “better understanding of what being queer in the south is like.”
e class also gives students the oppor tunity to share their own experiences and struggles with being queer while living in the South.
“I’ve learned that discussing tough top ics strengthens our own experiences of our struggles,” ornhill said.
Reading and discussing Southern queer literature allows students to see the under lying issues that this community faces, but it also shows them they are not alone if they struggle with these issues themselves.
Rogers said that he took gay and lesbian literature as an undergraduate, and it taught him that queer works can be scholarly and worthy of analysis.
But it also showed him that he was not alone.
And now, students taking this course are realizing the same thing.
Junior English major Caley Englade said that it is easy to feel like the only queer per son in Louisiana, but this class fosters a sense of community.
“After being around other students who
identify as LGBTQ+ and hearing their stories and experiences, I don’t feel so alone,” Engla de said.
e class has read texts by Judith Butler, Eve Sedgwick and Marlon Ross, which have led to discussions about elements of gender, sexuality and identity within queer theory.
Rogers said queer theory challenges peo ple to rethink traditional gender binaries and go past what is “the norm.”
“What originally began as a focus on samesex identity has grown to show how gender, for instance, is a lot more complicated than we might otherwise think,” Rogers said.
After covering queer theory, the class moved on to reading a memoir called “Dia ry of a Mis t” by Casey Parks.
Parks writes about the mystery revolving around Roy, a girl who dressed in boy’s cloth ing. Parks travels back to her hometown of Delhi, Louisiana to nd out about Roy’s life.
Parks faces parts of her sexuality and her Southern identity within the novel. While reading, many students found themselves re lating to Parks’ experiences, especially since the setting of the book is close by.
Englade said that reading “Diary of a Mis t” was an “amazing experience.”
“It’s rare that Louisiana is represented in LGBTQ+ media, so it was nice to read some thing that hits so close to home,” Englade said.
ULM giving students the chance to take a class focused on LGBTQ studies contributes to representation on campus. LGBTQ stu dents can read and analyze literature that is made and garnered for them.
Even if you do not belong to the LGBTQ, there are plenty of reasons why you should take this course, according to Rogers.
“ ere’s real critical work that happens when we read about experiences which are not our own,” Rogers said. “We perhaps get to experience those things which we would never otherwise.”
Understanding experiences that do not be long to you might broaden your knowledge of other people and groups.
e ULM School of Construction Man agement hosted an open house event on Saturday. High schoolers and transfer stu dents caught a glimpse of the construction management world.
“We’re trying to grow enrollment, so we’re entertaining prospective students,” con struction management professor Ed Brayton said.
Students were given an overview of the pro gram along with a tour of the facility given by students and professors.
e school also wanted prospects to under stand the value of the program, as construc tion management can provide students with opportunities leaving college.
“ is is a viable major, and [students] are very well paid when they graduate with a degree,” construction management profes sor Don Colegrove said.
Students coming out of high school shouldn’t expect an easy curriculum, but the opportunities that come with the program are endless.
“Nothing in construction is easy,” Junior Logan Bertrand said. “But whenever you leave this program, you’re going to be ready to work from day one.”
e program aims to prepare students for the workforce with many internships available.
“As far as internships go, the opportunities are endless,” Bertrand said.
e school also helps students with their overall college experience with tutoring and time management skills.
“We work a lot with our freshmen on what it takes to be successful on campus,” Co legrove said.
Colegrove commented on the community within the program among the students.
“We really have a close-knit group of kids,”
Colegrove said. “ ey know what’s going on because they’re all connected.”
Many students and parents came by the building and were introduced to the pro gram and all it has to o er.
“It’s probably one of the strongest turnouts
we’ve ever had,” Brayton said.
With the many opportunities for success, the program remains one of the best at the university.
contact Jonah Bostick at bostickjm@warhawks.ulm.edu
e midterm elections are fast approaching. But many students are unsure of what the signi cance the midterm elections hold and what they will actually be voting on. Focusing on the election in Louisiana, there are six Repre sentative races and one Senate race on the ballot on Nov. 8.
e incumbent Senator, the Senator currently in o ce, whose seat is up for election is John Kennedy. Incumbent Representatives who will have to ght for their seats are Steve Scalise from District 1, Troy Carter from District 2, Clay Higgins from District 3, Mike Johnson running unopposed in District 4, Julia Letlow in District 5 and Garret Graves in District 6.
Also on the ballot will be eight new amendments. e amendments portion of a ballot can be confusing, but it is vitally important to make a choice on the ballot because the amendments—if passed—will be written into the Louisiana Constitution.
e amendments are broken down here so voters can more clearly understand the choice they want to make when they see their ballots in November.
Amendment 1: Voting yes allows Louisiana o cials to in vest more state money in stocks. Voting no will maintain the current percentage allowed at 35%.
Amendment 2: Voting yes will decrease property taxes for disabled veterans. Voting no will keep the tax decrease disabled veterans already receive the same.
Amendment 3: Voting yes will allow civil service employees to support immediate family members in political elections. Voting no will maintain the current rules of not allowing support.
Amendment 4: Voting yes will allow local governments to waive any charges to water customers when the line is damaged by no fault of the customer. Voting no will restrict governments from waving charges.
Amendment 5: Voting yes will allow the government to raise taxes based on the current year’s numbers. Voting no will restrict the government to the maximum amount allowed in the previous year.
Amendment 6: is amendment will only a ect residents of Orleans Parish. Voting yes will make tax exemptions on homeowners receiving the homestead exemption rely on the previous year’s numbers. Voting no will keep the current
law the same where the tax exemption is only changed every four years.
Amendment 7: Voting yes will prohibit convicted criminals from being subject to involuntary servitude. Voting no will stay with the current law and allow involuntary servitude. Amendment 8: Voting yes will change the requirements for property owners receiving the homestead exemption. Per manently disabled individuals would no longer be subject to a yearly assessment if the amendment passes. Voting no will keep with current rules that everyone receiving the exemp tion is subject to a yearly special assessment.
For students unsure of how they will cast their vote on Nov. 8, early voting opens on Oct. 25, which is the Tuesday of Fall Break. Students can visit the online voter portal for Louisi ana to nd the early-voting location in their parish.
Louisiana voters can also request mail-in ballots until Nov. 4, as long as they are returned by Nov. 7. Voters not from Louisiana should check their own state’s deadlines for early voting and mail-in ballots.
contact Maggie Eubanks at
ULM’s O ce of International and Multicultural A airs celebrated His panic Heritage Month last week with events highlighting Hispanic culture. roughout the week, students experi enced music, food and entertainment from Hispanic cultures. ese events recognized Hispanic Americans’ cul ture, history and contributions.
Gina White, Director of Internation al and Multicultural A airs, said, “We love experiencing, embracing and learning about all cultures and more importantly Hispanic culture this week.”
Nuestras Voces was displayed on ULM Global’s Instagram on Monday afternoon. is featured English pro fessor Anahy Mejia telling the story of her immigration and culture. She moved to the U.S. at 11 years old and experienced heavy culture shock. Her experience has pushed her to help oth ers feel like they belong.
Tuesday night, the organization hosted “Taco eater”. e Hispan ic horror/mystery lm “La Llorona” played at Bayou Pointe along with a taco bar set up where students could build their own tacos.
e movie told the story of a Latin
American folklore ghost who haunts children.
On Wednesday, a dine-and-learn cel ebration was held at the Hangar. is event gave students the chance to lis ten to some traditional Hispanic music while eating Mexican food.
Mejia returned for this event to speak about Mexican culture. She taught the crowd how to perform a grito, a loud shout to express joy and pride.
World languages professor Ignacio Arellano Torres spoke about festivals from his country of Spain, such as e Running of the Bulls, La Tomatina and e Catalan Festival.
Senior business administration ma jor Marie Diouf enjoyed hearing about Hispanic culture from two di erent sides of the world.
“ ey both came from countries that speak Spanish, but the cultures are dif ferent from one another”, Diouf said. “I think that’s what makes Hispanic cul ture so beautiful.”
A Bachata and Salsa night took place at the activity center on ursday, where students learned the steps to a traditional Latin Salsa dance.
e instructor explained some of the history surrounding Salsa music and how it was brought to America by Puer to Ricans. Step by step, she showed
participants how to spin and twirl like a true Salsa Dancer. Freshman agri cultural business major Chloe Powell put her dance skills to the test as she learned a new style.
“As a dancer, I always love to learn new styles, so when I heard there was going to be a Salsa night I had to go,” Powell said. “It was a great way for peo ple to connect and learn new things about di erent cultures.”
To wrap up the week, the cafete ria served traditional Latin cuisine. Students and faculty were able to try Mexican rice, corn and strawberry peach sopapillas. Even President Ron ald Berry came out to try Hispanic delights. He recommended that ev ery student should try to broaden their taste by trying food from di erent cul tures.
Events like these give the ULM com munity a chance to learn about a culture di erent from where they grew up and allow them to experience food, music, and fun from around the world. By experiencing pieces of other cul tures, students can broaden their understanding and appreciation of them.
Hanna Flynn
To celebrate the most important days in Dashain, the Nepalese Student Association hosted Tika Night where students that are far from their families were able to participate in a Tika ceremony with their friends on cam pus.
Dashain is an important festival for Hin dus in Nepal. e festival is 15 days long but starting on the tenth day, elders put Tika—a bright red powder that leaves a mark—on the foreheads of descendants within the family. is ceremonial act connects elders with the youth and preserves the long-standing tradition and culture of a family.
“Even though I am away from my family, this event gave me a warm feeling of being connected,” freshman computer science ma jor Sujan Mangarati said. “During the Tika ceremony, it felt as if I was in my home with my family.”
Dashain is called the festival of happi ness in Nepal, and the NSA truly did its best to provide joy and happiness to students in celebration of Dashain. Every student that at tended the event was living in the moment, happy and satis ed.
Dashain holds great emotional value be cause all members of a family are reunited. Since all the students are away from their families, it is a di cult time for every Nepal ese student.
“As all the Nepalese missed this huge event and couldn’t celebrate with their family, celebrating it with ourselves gives us all a home-like feeling,” the President of the Nep alese Student Association Prinsha Shrestha said.
Along with the Tika ceremony, NSA distrib uted a popular Nepalese dish called “momo”. Freshman computer science major Ishant Shrestha enjoyed having a dish from home.
“ e Tika is a di erent part, but the momo holds a separate emotion of its own,” Ishant Shrestha said.
Freshmen Nishu Shrestha and Sumi Timilsi na performed a beautiful dance to Nepalese Folk songs. ey danced to the traditional
songs “Ghintang Ghintang” and “Din Dinai,” which was nostalgic for some.
Tika Night lled students’ hearts with hap piness and their faces with warm smiles.
contact Bikram Bhandari at bhandarisb@warhawks.ulm.edu
Jim Parsons spent 12 years on “ e Big Band eory” playing the socially inept genius Sheldon Coo per. He won the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Television Se ries, Musical or Comedy for this role. Parsons also contributes to the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Educa tion Network, an organization that helps support LGBTQ students.
In the popular medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, Sara Ramirez dedicated a decade of their life acting as Dr. Calliope “Callie” Tor res. Ramirez received the Ally for Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in 2015, and one year later, they came out as queer and bisexual, reveal ing their pronouns as “they/them”.
Wanda Sykes has spent over 15 years making people laugh, wheth er on television shows like “ e Chris Rock Show” or on stage during her comedy specials. Out side of the big screen, Sykes is a strong supporter of the Ruth Ellis Center of Detroit, a social service center for runaway, homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth.
From writer to a full-time cast member, Bowen Yang quick ly climbed the corporate ladder at Saturday Night Live. In September 2019, Yang became the third pub licly gay cast member of SNL, as well as the rst Chinese-American cast member. In Time Magazine’s 2021 issue of Time 100, Yang made the list under the Artists category.
Kate McKinnon started her career in 2007 as part of the cast for Logo TV’s “ e Big Gay Sketch Show.” McKinnon later joined Saturday Night Live in 2012, becoming the rst openly lesbian cast member. Because of her many involvements, McKinnon has given a voice to the LGBTQ community through her constant representation.
Michael Myers has been lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike. And now, he’s back.
“Halloween Ends” is the nal movie of a trilogy series about the killings of Michael Myers and how the murders have a ected the town of Haddon eld and its people. It brings new characters and elements that haven’t been a part of previous movies in the series.
Laurie Strode and her granddaughter Allyson Nelson have survived as victims of Michael’s rampant killing sprees. After not seeing Michael for four years, Laurie has decided to let the past go and move forward into a new part of her life.
at is until Michael returns in quite an unusual way.
Corey Cunningham is a boy with an estranged past whose town has
turned against him. After he gets close with Allyson, he has an encounter with Michael that changes him. Although this movie was set up to focus on Michael and Laurie, the storyline was more about Corey. It was obvious how much the directors were trying to change the narrative. Corey is an awkward, loveable character at the beginning of “Halloween Kills.” His character added a sensitivity to the lm, but I wish that he wasn’t connected to Michael. Having two killers only added confusion.
is movie seemed to lean more toward the idea that Michael has a supernatural element to his existence, other than his immortality. But this concept hadn’t been mentioned in any of the other lms.
Adding crucial details about a main character’s entire existence in the last movie of a trilogy series is out of place,
especially without an explanation.
It left a lot of questions. Is Michael Myers simply just a man with an incredible pain tolerance or is he some kind of magical monster? I have no idea.
Although “Halloween Ends” was not at all what I expected, some killings were still predictable. is Michael Myer lm series has always had great jump scares and has thrived on the element of surprise. But as the end neared, I already had an idea of how it would play out.
“Halloween Ends” had all the potential to have a great build-up with a bloodbath of an ending as Laurie and Michael ght in a bittersweet nal battle. But unfortunately, it failed to meet expectations and left the audience with more questions than answers.
contact Carley Nail at nailcn@warhawks.ulm.edu
Pumpkin carving has always been a staple for Halloween, so why not enjoy a fun activity with less mess? Turn a plain old orange pumpkin into a colorful centerpiece for your front porch with brushes, acrylic paint and markers. You can paint a beautiful blue and purple galaxy or replicate a famous Halloween character. It’s a great activity if you are stuck inside during Halloween.
During October, spooky skeletons decorated by sponsors supporting e Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum will cover the many yards of businesses on Tower Drive. Skel etons dressed as athletes, Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of the Ca ribbean” and the Sanderson Sisters from Disney’s new movie “Hocus Pocus 2” are displayed along Tow er Drive.
Individually wrapped candy bars are what every trick-or-treater ex pects when going from house to house, but there are plenty of easy and spooky Halloween treats that you can make in the kitchen to hand out instead. Mummy Oreos, ghost cake pops and spider web cupcakes are a few of the many de licious desserts that will impress every age group.
For some, there has always been that draw to go to a haunted house despite knowing it is made to scare you. Haunted houses are just gi ant puzzles with monsters lurking around every corner. e anxiety that comes with entering a haunted house can challenge you. It takes amazing actors, makeup artists, and designers to create a horrify ingly great experience.
Sometimes, it’s fun to break out the popcorn and candy while en joying movies at home. If you prefer ghosts and haunted hous es, you can watch “Poltergeist”, “ e Conjuring” or “ e Shin ing.” Halloween content comes in many di erent forms—funny, nostalgic or absolutely bone-chill ing—choose what gives you a thrill if you stay in this fall.
of tartness, but the Bones & Skulls taste even better. Each Sweetart is looks like a bone or a skull, adding some Halloween Spirit.
2) Twix
run door to door saying
me something good to eat,”
of their favorite candy.
begs the question: what is “something
to a house and they gave me a
of Tootsie Rolls, I wasn’t happy. Now as
adult, I have a mental tier list of the best Hal
was a kid, this was my favorite candy.
waited all year for the Bones & Skulls version
Sweetarts to start being sold again. Sweetarts
already a great candy that have the perfect
Twix are always a solid choice as far as chocolate candy goes. e smooth caramel com plements the crunchy cookie, and the chocolate ties in all together. Twix is a classic candy bar. A Milkyway or Snickers bar will never compare. is year I’ve seen fun-sized Halloween-themed Twix where the cookie on the inside is a ghoul ish green color. Although I know it is just food colorful, I appreciate the colorful inside of the candy.
Last year, I took my niece and nephews trickor-treating. When we got back home, I stole all the packages of Sour Patch Kids they had got ten that night. ey were young and didn’t even notice the candy was missing, so don’t think that I’m evil. I love this candy. When Halloween comes around, they sell Sour Patch Kids Zom bies to add a spooky twist.
If you have a topic or question that you would like to see in Carley’s Corner, email me at nailcn@warhawks.ulm.edu.
ended with a 26-24 score in favor of the Warhawks.
Warhawk volleyball lost twice to Appalachian state this weekend, pushing the rst game to a fth set and getting swept after a rstset victory in the second meeting. Despite the loss, graduate middle blocker Madeline Williams picked up her 1,000th kill as a Warhawk.
“[I am] so thankful that God has given me the ability to play volley ball,” Williams said. “Being able to reach 1,000 kills is something I am so grateful for,”
Friday’s match went to ve sets, but the Warhawks were unable to clinch the win.
e rst set saw App State smother ULM in a su ocating 2512 loss. Set two showed improve ments from the rst. After trailing only 22-19, the Warhawks made a drive, pushed to a 24-point tie then took the set after an attack error by App State and the set
e third set resulted in another loss for ULM, this time with a closer score of 25-19. After losing momentum, the fourth was a complete change in pace. ULM saw two runs, a ve-point run started by a kill from Williams, and an eight-point run started by a service error on App State. e Warhawks were able to pull away 25-22.
e nal set was a disappointing loss for the Warhawks, as for every point they scored, the Mountain eers had three or more to answer.
e set ended with ULM losing 15-8. Sophomore Cameron Rog ers expressed her disappointment in not being able to complete the win.
“It stings when we lose just be cause we truly know in our hearts that we could have won,” Rogers
said.
Volleyball contact Beau Benoit at benoitbb@warhawks.ulm.edu
Saturday’s match appeared to feed o the intensity of the previous, as ULM took the rst set 25-23.
e rest of the match was a combination of too many runs from App State and costly errors by ULM.
Freshman Tessa Gerwig shared her advice about dealing with tough de cits. “Something to do to snap out of [a losing streak] is just to understand they’re not doing anything special. It’s all our errors that are making them get on this big run.” Gerwig said.
e losing streak extends to eight in a row as ULM now holds an 0-8 conference record.
e Warhawks will travel to Arkansas-Pine Blu to break up their conference schedule. e match will take place on Oct. 17.
by Jonah Bostick
ULM Tennis traveled to Baton Rouge for the ITA Southern Regional in hopes of a strong showing on a big stage at LSU. It was the rst event for the team since the Northwestern State Fall Invita tional in September.
e Warhawks didn’t last long in the ITA Tour nament as they were eliminated in either the qualifying round or the rst round of the main draw in both the singles and doubles events. In the singles qualifying round, the Warhawks featured ve players in the competition for a spot in the main draw. Mackenzie King lost in two sets by scores of 6-0 and 6-1 to Irene Artigas Taberner from Jacksonville State. Alice Klinteby lost 6-3 and 6-2 to Alexis Lopez from Samford. Marlam Hatem forced a seventh point in the rst set against Otoha Aoki from South Alabama but lost the second set 6-2. e same outcome occurred versus McNeese State’s Ariane Monlleo
Sanchis for Giovanna Pereira. Tamara Bachmann was defeated in two sets by Caraline Scheu er. In the singles main draw, Oleksandra Balaba was the lone Warhawk in the rst round. She lost in two sets to Annalisa Smith from UAB. Two teams competed for the Warhawks in the doubles qualifying stage and one team played in the main draw. Bachmann and Klinteby were eliminated 8-3 by Jacksonville State’s Zuzana Pavelekova and Dariana Prato. King and Hatem lost 8-2 to another pair of Jacksonville State play ers in Ella Tuomela and Anna Syrova. Pereira and Balaba competed in the main draw and lost 8-2 to Angelique Berrat and Carla Urchoeguia from Louisiana Lafayette.
e fall season for the Warhawks will conclude with the Louisiana Tech Invitational. e meet will take place on the weekend from Saturday, Nov. 12 through Sunday, Nov. 13. Non-confer ence play will start on Jan. 19 against Ole Miss, and conference play will begin March 11 at Marshall.
MILLENNIUM MARK: Graduate transfer Madeline Williams scored her 1,000th career kill Friday night.Warhawks faced o with Texas and Alabama.
ey’ve received their grades in the classroom, now it’s time to hand out the report cards for ULM football at the midway point of the season.
Some players have far exceeded expectations, while others still have something to prove in the remaining six games.
ese grades are curved slight ly out of fairness, given that the
Zach Woodard, LB—A+ e grad student linebacker came into 2022 with high expectations attached to his nameplate. He embraced the challenge and lled in the leadership role that the de fense needed. He had a clutch sack against ULL and was a key factor in shutting out Coastal Carolina in the second half. He’s earned praise for his work in practice from coaches and players.
Tristan Driggers, LB—A+ Driggers has some of the ashy stats on the box score that his fellow linebackers don’t have. He brought the hype with him when he announced his transfer to ULM. His three interceptions through six
games are the rst in the nation among linebackers. Not many players can say they picked o a Heisman Winner, but Driggers showed that he’s a di erent caliber player when he picked o Bryce Young.
Tyrone Howell, WR—A I’ll be honest, I didn’t remember he was on the roster when the season started. ULM has tremen dous depth at wide receiver. But after his 89-yard mad dash against ULL, Howell is a name that won’t be forgotten this season. He’s the leading receiver through six games and he has embarrassed some of the defensive backs who’ve lost him in coverage.
Chandler Rogers, QB—B+ An o season with rst-team reps
has done wonders for Rogers. He was a solid passer last season, but he has developed so much as a runner. His stats won’t win a beau ty contest because of his perfor mances against Power 5 schools, but he’s passing the eye test. He’s an intelligent quarterback who knows when to give up on the pass and take o down the eld.
Malik Jackson, RB—B Jackson could have prettier stats if he was the designated starting back, but the two-back system has worked wonders for the o ense. He hasn’t been as explosive as his counterpart Andrew Henry, but he’s the team’s leading scorer with ve touchdowns. He’s just shy of the coveted four-yards-per-carry spot that every running back aims
to have.
Boogie Knight, WR—CBoogie Knight was a fan favorite last year. e Akron transfer led receivers in every category last season and earned respect around the conference. He sat out with an injury in the homecoming loss to Coastal Carolina, but he still only has around 10% of the receptions and yards that he did in 2021. When he has touched the ball he has looked shaky and has some mu ed punts and a fumble to his name. But if anyone can turn their season around, it’s the guy that coach Terry Bowden said is the hardest worker he’s ever seen.
contact Cameron Jett at jettcm@warhawks.ulm.edu
e ULM cross-country team traveled to College Station on Saturday to compete in the Arturo Barrios Invite. It was the fourth event for cross country in the fall season. e meet contained big-time names such as Ohio State, Florida and Texas A&M.
e team last attended the Chile Pepper Festival in Fay etteville, Arkansas, where the men failed to produce a team score as the women placed 25th out of 31 teams with 688 points.
Out of the two events that occurred, the Warhawks only competed in the women’s 6k. ULM quali ed for a team score and placed 31st out of 38
schools with 824 points and an average time of 23:52.82.
e top runner for the War hawks was sophomore Paula Vaquera who placed 94th over all and nished with a time of 22:33.4, giving the Warhawks 90 points. Sophomore Eliana Battle produced 150 points, recording a time of 23:28.0 and placing 174th. Freshman Anna Na nished with a time of 24:02.5 and earned 175 points. Sophomore Ansley Long ran a 24:39.3, and Sophomore Jalynn Lozano ran a 24:51.2. Long and Lozano both gave ULM 200 and 209 points each.
e event featured three other teams from the Sun Belt Conference. Arkansas State
nished in 11th place with 275 points with an average time of 21:49.48. Louisiana-Lafayette nished 25th, earning 665 points and having an average time of 23:12.38.
Texas State placed below the Warhawks in 36th and produced 1,081 points with an average time of 26:47.44. Ohio State topped the stand ings with only 38 points. Texas A&M nished 4th in their own meet but took rst in the men’s 8k.
ULM won’t have to wait long for their next meet. ey will attend the Sun Belt Confer ence Championship in Foley, Alabama on Oct. 28 and 29.
contact Jonah Bostick at bostickjm@warhawks.ulm.eduTyrone Howell has emerged as the most dangerous wide receiver on the Warhawks’ roster, but his 244 yards receiving and three touchdowns weren’t enough to leave Handcock Whitney Stadium with their third win of the season.
While Howell had the most yards receiving by a ULM wide receiver since 1995 in Saturday’s 41-34 loss to the Jaguars, the defense permitted South Alabama quarterback Carter Bradley to set a new school record of 420 yards passing. e Jaguars amassed nearly 200 yards rushing to complement their aerial attack.
ree South Alabama receivers nished the night with over 100 yards receiving.
ULM clung to a three-point lead going into the half, but South Alabama’s o ense emerged from the break with a newfound sense of urgency.
It was the rst halftime de cit for the
Jaguars this season. South Alabama scored 24 unanswered points and kept ULM o the scoreboard until inside the 10-minute mark of the fourth quarter.
Even after two late scores to bring the game back to a one-possession a air, the defense couldn’t match the o ense’s e orts. e mountain was too steep to climb.
“We put them out there with three timeouts and over four minutes left and they did what a good football team does,” ULM head coach Terry Bowden said.
e Jaguars pounced on key rst downs and let the clock expire as they were deep in ULM’s red zone.
e o ense has grown and shown its lethality over the past few games, but Bowden said his team still has to “hone every phase of our game” after having few answers for South Alabama on defense.
South Alabama took advantage of ULM’s
rst interception in three games. In the third quarter, quarterback Chandler Rogers targeted his receiver near the sideline and a Jaguar defender de ected the pass into a tip drip to set up the o ense on ULM’s 41-yard line. Two plays later, South Alabama scored its fourth touchdown and took a doubledigit lead over its homecoming opponent.
Nothing out of the ordinary for a team that has outscored its opponents 62-10 in the third quarter this season.
Howell scored all three of his touchdowns on chunk plays—two of his touchdown receptions were plays eclipsing 75 yards.
e rst of his crimes against the South Alabama defense came early in the contest when Rogers connected with Howell on a deep pass on the rst play of ULM’s second drive. 75 yards later, Howell crossed into the end zone with South Alabama defenders behind him and six points in his hands.
Howell’s second explosive score came as ULM attempted to rally in the fourth quarter. What appeared to be nothing more than a short incompletion evolved into a sprint passed defenders and ended as an 83-yard touchdown.
When Howell “ nally got the targets,” he said he needed, he displayed that he’s a headache for any defender that has to cover his route.
Bowden agreed and said, “we’ve always known he had the ability,” to be the playmaker he was on Saturday night.
e 2-4 Warhawks—still winless on the road in the Bowden era—have their second straight road game of the season this weekend. ey have an outing against Army, who took the last meeting over ULM in 2020 37-7.
Cameron Jett at