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February 9, 2015

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February 9, 2015

NEWS CALENDAR Monday, 2-9 Guitar Festival - Louisiana Community Guitar Orchestra in Brown Auditorium from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Tuesday, 2-10 Guitar Festival - Guitar Student Concert in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, 2-11 Up ‘til Dawn’s Valentine’s lollipop sale in the SUB info booth from 11 a.m. 1p.m.

Guitar Festival - Cain Budds and Jeff George perform in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Thursday, 2-12 Up ‘til Dawn’s Valentine’s lollipop sale in the SUB info booth from 11 a.m. 1p.m.

Guitar Festival - Howard Paul, Max Moran and Louis Romanos perform in Emy-Lou Biedenhard Recital Hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Mardi Gras Ball in the SUB Ballrooms from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Friday, 2-13 Guitar Festival - Sam Smith, Max Moran and Louis Romanos perform in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Saturday, 2-14 Happy Valentine’s Day!

TODAY IN HISTORY

Feb. 9 1889: President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau 1964: The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers 1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1986:: Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System Birth: Alice Walker, Amercan author and activist, is born in 1944 Death: Kimberly Leach, a 12 year old victim of Ted Bundy, dies in 1978

1 California

2 New York

(MCT) — The University of California announced Friday that it would require incoming students to be vaccinated for the measles as well as other diseases.

The move comes as the nation is dealing with an outbreak of the highly contagious disease that has left more than 100 people ill. The outbreak began at Disneyland in December but has spread since then.

“The University of California will require incoming students to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough, under a plan set to take effect in 2017,” the UC said in a statement.

“Currently, the UC system only requires students to be vaccinated against hepatitis B, though several campuses have additional requirements.”

(MCT) — Brian Williams’ false statements regarding his experience on a military helicopter during the 2003 invasion of Iraq have turned into a full-blown crisis at the NBC headquarters.

NBC News has launched an internal investigation into the anchor’s accounts of his travels in Iraq, which have come under attack from Iraq War veterans and are spurring a growing chorus from media critics who say his journalistic credibility has been seriously undermined.

Williams has said in recent years that he was in a Chinook helicopter that was brought down by grenade and small arms fire, even though his original 2003 reporting said it was another helicopter in the convoy that was hit.

NBC News President Deborah Turness said an internal investigation is underway.

3 Beirut 4 Germany College requires False statements ISIS claims death Western powers measles vaccine cause NBC crisis of American girl blamed for fight

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(MCT) — Islamic State extremists said Friday that Jordanian warplanes operating as part of the U.S.-led coalition attacking militant targets had killed an American hostage.

The radical group said the Jordanian bombardment hit a compound where the hostage, Kayla Mueller, 26, a humanitarian worker, was being held.

The criminal air force struck a site outside of Raqqa city during Friday prayers. “We have confirmed the death of the American hostage by the bombs that fell on the site.” said the Islamic State message.

There was no immediate corroboration of the hostage’s death by U.S. intelligence officials.

Mueller’s parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller of Prescott, issued a statement asking that their daughter’s captors contact them privately regarding her release.

(MCT) — Serious tension consumed an international security conference Saturday as the United States and its allies traded blame with Russia for the fighting in eastern Ukraine, fueling uncertainty about a new diplomatic effort by France and Germany to end the worst violence in five months.

The differences were underlined in terse speeches and a burst of derisively undiplomatic laughter that greeted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claim that Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year followed a legitimate vote — held under the guns of thousands of Russian troops and unrecognized internationally — for self-determination.

Lavrov repeated charges that the United States and the European Union were responsible for the fighting, the overall downturn in relations and other disputes.

Dow gets Down!

“I had no idea history was being made...I was just tired of giving up.”

Rosa Parks African American Civil Rights Activist

photo by Emi Harris

ULM’s women’s basketball head coach Jeff Dow talks to his players in the huddle during a game. image courtesy of MCT campus

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BRIEFS

Star Trek star comes to Lyceum Series George Takei, widely known for playing the character Hikaru Sulu in the popular Star Trek series, will speak at the University of Louisiana at Monroe as part of this year’s Lyceum series, at 7 p.m., on Mar. 31, in ULM’s Brown Auditorium.

ULM stuTakei dents may purchase one ticket at discounted price of $3.

Faculty and staff may purchase one ticket at a discouonted price of $15. General admission tickets are $25. Patront tickets are $50. For more information, call 342-5287.

Mock Trial qualifies for championship Just 200 of the 900 teams in the regional tournament qualified for the ORCS. The Gold Squad now heads to the ORCS, which serves as the sexond round of the AMTA’s national tournament.

During the regional tournament, the ULM Gold Squead secured wins against Hendrix College, SOuthwestern College, and the University of Texas at Dallas.

VAPA Director named Artist of the Year Derle R. Long, director of the University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts, was named the Edmund Williamson Artist of the Year at the 30th Annual Northeast Louisiana Arts Council Artworks 2015 Awards Ceremony. The event was held at the Vantage Tower Ballroom in downtown Long Monroe. Long has worked at ULM since 2000. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi.

NEWS

SGA plans campus kindness

by Olivia Barfield

SGA members met last Tuesday and discussed ideas on how they could promote random acts of kindness on campus.

CJ Nash, an SGA senator, presented his ideas and encouraged other members to spread kindness as well.

“Random acts of kindness don’t have to be spontaneous for you, because it will be for the person you are kind to,” Nash said.

The rumor that Einstein Bros. Bagels will be leaving the Student Union Building was confirmed. Guest students passed around a petition to keep the restaurant. SGA members discussed other options for the space.

SGA’s Mardi Gras Ball will be held Thursday, Feb. 12. Tickets will not be used at this event, but a ULM ID will be required for admission SGA voted to name their outreach board, “Let’s Talk Warhawks.” SGA senators will have a white board with

photo by Anthony Cotton

SGA senators pay close attention during the meeting last Tuesday in the Student Center.

them at different locations around campus once a week.

The board will feature questions pertaining to varied aspects of ULM. SGA also encourages students to approach them with any unrelated questions, comments or ideas that they might have.

The budget stood at $69,280.15 this week, with no change from last week.

SGA moved to award scholarships to a group of pharmacy students planning to go on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic during spring break.

Jamie Jenkins and Kelsey Clark, both third-year pharmacy students who have served on the Pharmacy Council, appealed to SGA for help with the Medical Outreach Mission Trip funding.

The mission trip will involve 10 selected pharmacy students. These students will be traveling to Puerto Plata, a city in Dominican Republic, for a 7 to 8 day trip.

While on this trip, the students and two faculty pharmacists from ULM’s School of Pharmacy will work

with leaders of the city to conduct in-house check-ups for the underprivileged.

“We are giving them access to healthcare where they may not have access otherwise,” said Clark.

The students will likely treat almost 25 people each day.

The motion passed unanimously.

ULM SGA has a new Instagram account. You can follow them at @_ ulmsga. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

International students learn tax scams

by Josh Dean

International students at ULMlearned how to file and submit state and federal taxes as non-residents last Thursday.

The tax program being offered was Sprintax, which prides itself in keeping people in compliance with the IRS tax code.

It provides assistance in preparing federal and state taxes, the 8843 form, and ITIN form among several others.

Sable

Did you know?

If a non-resident files a resident income tax form, they could be jeopardizing their visa.

Rushikesh Sable said he took away a lot of helpful information.

“I learned how to file taxes and which sites I could view as trustworthy. I learned too what an 8843 tax form is”, said Sable, a graduate student going for his PHD in Pharmacy.

“I learned that I needed to be filing

“Buy one get one free daiquiris”

for five years but I was able to get help with that. I thought it was product oriented and they were trying to push their product but it was still somewhat helpful,” said Adam McCleary, a graduate MBA student.

Holding these seminars provides several benefits according to professor Krishna Bista who hosted the talk.

“They are not prepared and aware of the system and the tax system does not exist in many nations. Many of them did not know and so as McCleary part of the program I am trying to get everyone educated on the system,” said Bista.

Bista also said it’s easy for people to get trapped. He said there are too many websites for people to know which ones are acutally reliable. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 9, 2015

OPINION HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Restore meaning in Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day isn’t really a fun holiday when you’re single.

There’s just a different kind of satisfaction that comes from getting a teddy bear and chocolate from an actual human being than there is going to the store and buying yourself a Hershey’s gift basket.

You can’t help but be tempted to get in a relationship just to ease through the holiday before breaking it off because you “are a free bird and need to spread your wings and fly.”

As tempting as it is, don’t.

Don’t reduce your love or anyone else’s down to a bundle of overpriced roses and disregard the true meaning of caring and kindness.

Valentine’s Day isn’t necessarily about being Romeo and Juliet (minus the death part), but it is about love.

This year, tell your parents, siblings, friends and everyone you care about that you love them.

Buy those silly little paper cards you used to stuff in people’s desks in elementary school and go pass them out around campus. You just might make someone’s day.

We know it sounds lame now, but spending each Valentine’s Day using people and being bitter about being single will only take the meaning and the fun out of it when someone who truly loves you comes along and wants to spoil you.

And if you just can’t stand the thought of spending another year on the couch watching Nicholas Sparks movies, get in a random relationship for Valentine’s Day but stay in it, even when the fourteenth has passed and all the candy goes on sale.

If the person you are with treats you as wonderfully everyday as they do on a cliche national holiday, you just might have found a keeper.

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TTejal’s LastWords:

Media holds heavy influence on society

The media influences people more than it should. It’s not for lack of trying to be individuals.

There are plenty of girls that don’t want thigh gaps, guys that are okay with driving a Prius and a couple million hipsters around the world that like anything and everything unpopular and unknown to the general public.

Media is just an element that shapes all our lives, whether we realize it or not. It’s unavoidable in today’s digital age.

But between declaring a size ten woman “plus size” and convincing men that dancing is a sport they shouldn’t participate in, society has become too sensitive to the views of people paid to tell us how we should feel and act.

People are paid to create controversy from nothing at all and they probably have a dollar for every individual they influence with nonsense.

For example, according to Steve

Doocy of CNN, “men are constantly being depicted unfairly as being bumbling idiots or tyrannical villains.

When’s the last time you saw a movie showing a handsome man as the hero?”

If we aren’t counting Batman, Superman, Iron Man, Captain America or a dozen other male heroes, I guess it has been a while.

He continued by saying, “Women are having all the fun, taking all the meaty roles in Hollywood, winning all the awards, and every single superhero movie out there is taken by a female.”

He called this injustice “The Frozen Effect,” named after the Disney film Frozen. Apparently, two sisters taking the lead of an animated film is degrading for men.

As silly and meaningless as I know this is, I can’t help but be fired up that someone could read into a children’s movie this way and actually try to convince people they are bad parents if they allow their kids to watch Frozen.

Why does the growing strength of one gender have to mean the weakness of another? And why is the person telling you so hiding behind a TV screen and making his point in the context of a new Disney Classic?

People have to learn the difference between unfair treatment, discrimination and racism and random people looking to find something wrong with every good thing that comes along.

The key is knowing what affects you and what doesn’t. If Frozen didn’t upset you before someone told you to be upset about it, disregard it.

Stop letting the media control your thoughts, feelings and actions.

The “underlying issues” they bring to light are usually not issues at all.

Sometimes men and women are being misrepresented and hurt, but sometimes it’s just a movie. Sometimes, it’s nothing more than a great story with strong, interesting, funny characters that we want to watch and share with the rest of our family.

We can certainly blame Hollywood for creating an impossible image for women to achieve that involves being sexy, working out, cooking, cleaning, pleasing their husbands and keeping a smile on their face day in and day out.

Hollywood is to blame for turning men into monsters, showing them as money making, self-serving animals that want nothing more than a drink, sex and a woman to get in the kitchen and make a sandwich.

But, if you believe self-confidence and worth rests in the animated hands of a blonde ice harvester with a pet reindeer, you had problems way before Anna asked if you wanted to build a snowman.

Maybe you’re just a fixer upper. Or maybe you should just let it go. contact Tejal Patel at pateltn@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION

Protecting children more important than personal choice ASHLEY LYONS With the recent measles outbreak and the peak of flu season, vaccinations have been a hot topic in many media outlets.

Do a quick Google News search on vaccinations and you will find tons of sources on vaccine legislation and why vaccines matter.

I read a column in the New York Times recently about this very subject written by Frank Bruni.

In his column, Bruni wrote that there is a balance to be found between personal freedom and public safety.

He’s absolutely correct. We govern the people’s use of guns and tobacco for public safety. It’s time to step in and do something about the anti-vaccination movement.

If a parent can look at his or her child, look at vaccinations for deadly illnesses and then refuse to get them, that’s a problem for more than just one child. That’s a problem for every other child that little one comes in contact with.

An unvaccinated child may not ever contract the measles. But that’s a huge chance to take. That’s playing chance with a child’s life and not taking the measures necessary to treat something preventable.

Many argue that vaccinations cause autism, but where is the proof of that? Jenny McCarthy isn’t proof.

My brother has a form of autism. It’s something he was born with.

There is no doubt in my mind it has always been there and isn’t the product of any vaccination he’s ever received. His physical health is a product of that.

Autism is difficult to cope with because it can be a hard thing to understand. It comes in many different forms and is difficult to diagnose. My brother spent most of his childhood years undiagnosed because he was, and is, highly functioning.

What causes Autism?

Science is still trying to figure that out. You may hear a lot about genetics or chemical exposure or brain abnormalities, but nothing is certain yet.

When people don’t understand something they tend to jump on the bandwagon anytime someone thinks they have an answer.

Unfortunately, the people who are pulling

this wagon are anti-vaccination.

So let’s open our children up to the measles that can cause deafness, chicken pox that becomes increasingly deadly as they get older and meningitis that can kill within days.

Because all of that is better than having to raise a child with a developmental disorder, right?

That may sound harsh, but Autism doesn’t kill.

Measles and childhood diseases do. Childhood diseases can be prevented by vaccines and antibiotics.

No matter how healthy a person lives, there is always a threat of disease if preventable measures are not taken.

A woman named Amy Parker wrote a piece about her life as an unvaccinated child for voicesforvaccines. org.

She was raised in a strictly healthy environment. No sugar, only homegrown vegetables, raw milk, no MSG and no aspartame. Her mother practiced aromatherapy, osteopathy and they took daily vitamin supplements.

She was an active child who drank watered down juice to protect her teeth.

Yet Parker managed to catch almost every dangerous, preventable disease in the book.

She had the measles, mumps, rubella, viral meningities and chicken pox. In her twenties she got precancerous HPV and had to deal with the thought of telling her young children she might have cancer.

No one should have to live through that because his or her parents made that choice for them.

Though it sounds like Parker’s mother had her heart in the right place and was a total health nut, Parker had to deal with some pretty dangerous stuff.

According to vaccines.gov, vaccinations have reduced and even eliminated many diseases that killed only a few generations ago.

The smallpox vaccination eradicated the disease worldwide.

It doesn’t exist. We don’t need that vaccination anymore.

In due time, humankind may not need any of the vaccinations we need today. Our children’s grandchildren may not ever have to worry about chickenpox or measles vaccinations. But for that to happen, it needs to start with us.

Put aside any Autism worries or personal choices you may have and think about what’s happening right now. Help the children fight what is happening right now. contact Ashley Lyons at lyonsar@warhawks.ulm.edu

image courtesy of MCT Campus

Five Facts About Vaccines: 1.

In the past 60 years, vaccines helped eradicate

one disease (smallpox) and are close to eradicating another (polio).

2.

Vaccines prevent more than 2.5 million deaths

each year.

3.

Scientific studies and reviews continue to show

no relationship between vaccines and autism.

4.

You are 100 times more likely to be struck by

lightning than to have a serious allergic reaction to the vaccine that protects you against measles.

5.

Most diseases prevented by vaccines are no

longer common in the United States. If vaccines weren’t used, just a few cases could quickly turn into tens or hundreds of thousands.

Source: DoSomething.org

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NEWS

Counseling program succeeds nationally

by Traneshia Stormer

ULM’s online masters in counseling program is ranked number 26 in the nation, along with some very prestigious schools, by bestmastersprograms.org.

Damion Cummins and Dr. Lyle Holin were both proud of the accomplishment and recognition the program has been receiving.

“We are the only one in the state that has been ranked, so it put us above all others in the state,” said Damion Cummins, clinic director and assistant professor in counseling proCummins gram.

This ranking is not only good for the program, but also for the university. It gives good publicity for the university and the program by putting them on the map with prestigious schools like the University of Kentucky and Texas A&M University.

Lyle Holin, assistant professor in the School of Health Professions, said “Our hope is to get more students and diversity in the program”. The program has already had an increase in the number of student inquiring about the program due it its recent rankings.

Cummins said he believes that the more the program is diversified, the

Did you know?

The Master of Science Degree in Counseling has two options for degree concentration.

Programs are designed to train professional counselors at the graduate level in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, or both specializations. more successful the program will become.

According to bestmastersprogram. org, the factors that are weighed are: “student-faculty ratio, percentage of faculty holding terminal degrees in their fields, admissions and retention rates, estimated cost, and counseling- specific accreditation.

The program has a ten to one student to faculty ratio which gives them the opportunity to help individual students on a much closer and personal level. All of the faculty hold PhDs and the program has a 100 percent placement rate.

They have also been ranked number one as the cheapest program in the nation and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.

Tiffani Robinson, graduate student in clinical mental health counseling, said the ranking is justified be-

cause they have great professors and resources that help them become licensed professionals.

Students are not sure if these ranking will help them land jobs after graduation, but are not worried about finding a job.

Robinson said, “I know that this program has prepared me to excel in the workplace”.

The program values stu- Robinson dent input and helps students by preparing mock interviews and giving them all the resources they can.

Connie Thomas, graduate student in clinical mental health counseling said they get a lot of hand on training opportunities and have be able to do volunteer work in the community as well. contact Traneshia Stormer at stormeretc@warhawks.ulm.edu

Communication class competes for spot in Hawkeye

by Tyler Smith

A communication class at ULM has been given an assignment, which could result in one of their papers being published in The Hawkeye.

The class is called Writing for Professional Communications, which is taught by Bette Kauffman and Instructor Tom Ritter. Their student’s assignment requires them to write about an issue in the world, on campus or in the Monroe area.

Tom Ritter said this challenge will greatly benefit their students.

“They have a chance to be published writers very early in their collegiate careers,” said Ritter, communication instructor. “It also allows them to be prepared for a target audience beyond their classmates and myself.”

Ritter said whether or not the students choose journalism as a career, having things likes this for a portfolio is helpful. Ritter also said assignments like this will help prepare students to go into the writing or media field after college.

“It gets them aware of things like newsworthiness, writing for a target audience and it allows them to write in ways that they’re not used to writing,” Ritter said.

While The Hawkeye will decide which of the student’s articles will be published, Ritter said he still expects students to meet certain requirements.

“Primarily, I want them to keep their personal opinions out of the writing,” said Ritter. “That’s really the biggest challenge for someone learning to write in this manner.”

Kiera Press is one of Ritter’s students who said she has learned a lot during the process of this assignment.

“Finding a story, interviewing and meeting deadlines prepares you for what is expected in this field,” said Press, sophomore journalism major.

Press also said she’s not worried about whether her article gets chosen or not.

“I am going to work harder, iron out all the kinks and try it again for my next assignment,” Press said.

Press said it’s important for her to do her best because it’s not just another writing assignment, but her peers could possible read it as well.

The class assignment is due Friday, Feb. 13 and will be published in The Hawkeye aftwerwards. contact Tyler Smith at smithtw@warhawks.ulm.edu

Student, faculty take workshop to New Orleans

by Traneshia Stormer

ULM’s John Sutherlin and Alexandria Holland helped the Delta Regional Authority develop a workshop for a conference in New Orleans.

The workshop focused on social entrepreneurship, which occurs when people focus on creating products and services that solve needs and problem in order to make the world a better place. Sutherlin noted that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social entrepreneur because he changed the world.

The conference was with the Delta Leadership Institute, which is a part of the DRA. The theme for that conference was “Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship”.

More than fifty leaders from eight states gathered for the conference. They were from government, non-profit, and private sector backgrounds.

The group also had to opportunity to visit Idea Village and The Launching Pad in addition to workshops and lectures. Participants were shown how the city was developing a culture that

Sutherlin

promoted novel thinking.

Sutherlin, director of the social science research lab, said, “I wanted to introduce concepts of entrepreneurship and show the participants that they can become more effective in changing their communities”.

This was the first session that Alexandria Holland, graduate student in the masters of business administration pro-

Did you know?

The Social Science Research Lab is a research arm of ULM created to combine talents of faculty, staff and students.

gram, had attended. gards to the stimulation of economic development, which is vital Holland said her favorite part of the conference was the field for any given community’s survival”. experiences and was encouraged upon seeing the impact Café Anyone can be an entrepreneur. Sutherlin said, “the formuReconcile had on an underprivileged neighborhood in New Orla is quite simple: recognize a problem that demands resolution, leans. develop a solution, and implement it better than anyone else”.

Many people believe that entrepreneurship only deals with That problem could be anything. business, but there are four distinct types of entrepreneurships: small business, scalable startup, large company, and social. contact Traneshia Stormer at Holland said, “Entrepreneurship is incredibly important in re- stormeretc@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

King, queen ecstatic to win crown Mardi Gras Court expresses gratitude for students’ votes

by Ashley Lyons

Ashley Hines was taken by surprise when she found out she won Mardi Gras queen. She did not attend the announcement of the court winners because she was busy tutoring.

After the session, one of the students congratulated her.

“For what?” Hines asked.

“You won queen.”

Hines was shocked. She was nominated for Mardi Gras queen through Phi Epsilon Kappa, but didn’t think she would get it.

“I’m always used to admiring the queens from afar and now I actually am one,” Hines said.

Hines, a senior kinesiology major, is thankful to everyone who voted for her.

“It’s still crazy to believe I’m queen of anything, especially my university,” said Hines. “It’s awesome that I can be a part of something so fun.”

Mardi Gras King Bryson Belaire he is over-

photo courtesy of Bryson Belaire

Left to right: Bryson Belaire and Ashley Hines get ready to ride the ULM float in the Krewe of Janus Monroe mardi Gras parade last Saturday.

joyed to represent ULM. Campaigning was nerve-racking for him, and Belaire said he’s come out of it with a lot of respect for everyone who does it.

“I definitely had to step outside my comfort zone,” said Belaire, a pre-pharmacy major.

Belaire is a part of SGA and since SGA puts together the Mardi Gras Ball it meant a lot to him to win king.

The first thought that went through his head when it was announced, other than the joy of getting a crown, was the good feeling of

knowing people cared about him.

“I love ULM and being involved and helping do something to make a difference on campus. That’s why I run for things like this,” Belaire said.

Junior Mardi Gras Belle Chelsea Wyatt loves the campaigning aspect of the court. Though she said it is very tense to put yourself out there and run for elections.

“Let the truth be told I am apart of a minority here at ULM,” said Wyatt. “So to succeed, I have to go an extra mile for everything I sign up to run for and work 10 times harder than the average student.”

Wyatt, a psychology major, hasn’t typically celebrated Mardi Gras, but since she came to ULM she has found an appreciate for it and the work that goes into the Mardi Gras Ball. contact Ashley Lyons at lyonsar@wwarhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS photo by Joshua Detiege

The International Student Center is equipped with study rooms, computers, a kitchen, prayer rooms, televisions and a ping pong table.

First student moves into million dollar home International Student Center ready for move-in

by Tyler Smith

The International Student Center is complete and Carlos Tenorio is the first student to make the million dollar jewel his new home.

Tenorio had mixed emotions as he walked through the doors of the precious gem. He is the first student to live there and will be responsible for monitoring the building.

“I will have to be sure that this building runs in a good way,” said Tenorio, a biology graduate student.

“It’s a new experience for everyone here and I will have to keep records of issues and look out for the building.”

He said he is “very curious about the experience” because he doesn’t know what to expect. However, he said he is still excited about the international students having their own place.

“It will be great because there are a lot of international students here and until now they didn’t have a place for them to know each other and share,” Tenorio said.

Tenorio will not only monitor the building, but also help incoming in-

photo by Ashley Lyons

Carlos Tenorio stands outside of the International Student Center.

Construction on the building finished last month. ternational students get settled on campus.

“I’ve learned through the years here,” said Tenorio. “I can guide them from my experiences.”

Tenorio is graduating this summer, but said he can still be effective in helping students with the “most critical steps.” Those steps include finding an affordable cell phone and knowing campus policies.

Tenorio only wants one thing from this experience when he is finished.

“The satisfaction that I was helpful and could help them get through their issues as far as I can,” Tenorio said.

Meanwhile, other international students are anxioius to get inside the new building. Nabin Timilsina is one of them.

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“We are all very excited, especially me,” said Tenorio, a senior biology major and president of the international student association. “I want to go there to watch a movie on one of the big screen TV’s.”

Timilsina said the building is equipped with study rooms, computers, a spacious kitchen, prayer rooms, 6-7 TV’s and a ping pong table.

“What we need is a space and it’s a space for everybody,” said Timilsina.

“We can gather in and talk, hang out, watch tv, cook, eat, and do events like movie night or karaoke night.”

Timilsina said the International Student Center will be opened for 24 hours with the exception of two to three “quiet hours.” It will be accessible to all international students through their ID cards.

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Timilsina also said the building won’t be just for international students.

“We will bring in American students that will promote cultural exchange,” said Timilsina. “That way they will Timilsina have a chance to experience our culture and we will have the chance to experience their culture.”

Timilsina graduates this May and sees a bright future for the internatioal student community at ULM. Eric Liew, who donated the money for the project itself has not made a final walk through the building, according to Sam Recoulley Owens.

“He still needs to go through there to make sure he’s still satisfied with all of it,” said Owens, director of international student services and programs.

Owens said the plan is to have a grand opening ceremony the last week of March, but it will all depend on Liew’s schedule. The building was completed on Jan. 13. contact Tyler Smith at smithtw@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Thoughts on the new center?

“We have more space to share international issues.”

Lydia Yoon senior psychology major

“ I hope for more friendship and interaction with others.”

Edmund Kam sophomore construction management major

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US, Cuba restore international relations Long time rivals make amends after over 50 years

by Olivia Barfield

The United States and Cuba are currently in the process of restoring diplomatic relations after 54 years of contention that started near the beginning of the Cold War. Obama announced that it’s time the U.S. takes a “new approach”. Some of his goals are to relax travel, banking and commerce restrictions, and eventually open an American embassy in Havana, the capital of Cuba.

“Neither the American nor the Cuban people are wellserved by a rigid policy that’s rooted in events that took place Lovell before most of us were born,” said Obama, according to NBC. Some students of political science here at ULM boast favorable views.

“If the Cuban government is willing to work peacefully, I don’t see what harm could come from restoring diplomatic ties gradually,” said Whittney Plunkett, a sophomore po-

litical science major.

Jed Bethea, also a sophomore po litical science major, believes that the lifting of the U.S. embargo on Cuba will help Cuban citizens.

“Cuba’s committed a ton of human rights violations, but so has the United States, so I hardly think we’re ones to point fingers. On top of that, embargoes have an awful effect on the citizens of the country being embargoed who, if anything, are the ones being victimized by the human rights violations in the first place.

An embargo isn’t particularly helpful in alleviating their troubles,” said Bethea. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

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A look into United States and Cuba affairs The United States embargo against Cuba was started in 1960. The embargo spans all commercial, economic and financial relations.

The embargo is made up of six laws including the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.

The Cuban Democracy Act was made to keeping the sanctions on Cuba until Cuba becomes more progressive with their human rights affairs.

In 1996, the Helms-Burton Act was passed by Congress, which blocked citizens of the United States from doing an business in Cuba or with the country.

These acts serve help make it the longest continuous trade embargo in modern history.

In 2000, Bill Clinton approved “humanitarian” products to be sold to Cuba.

Through all of the laws, the United States is the fifth largest exporter to Cuba.

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution every year since 1992 that declare the embargo to be a violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Many human rights groups have also stated that the embargo is too harsh.

The penalty for violating the laws can result in up to ten years in prison.

It is estimated that the embargo costs the United States over one billion dollars in potential sales every year. It is also estimated that Cuba only loses $685 million a year.

The United States is the only country in the world that has such restrictions on trade with the nation of Cuba.

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Stop, Hammock Time Students wrap up trend of relaxing around campus

by Stacy Reppond

Lauren Norton peers from the comfort of her hammock at the bayou glistening in the afternoon sunlight.

Norton, a junior risk management and insurance major, bought her hammock or “eno” during her freshman year at ULM. She said she felt it would be a great way to “take advantage of our beautiful campus and relax” and deal with the stress associated with school.

The average hammock starts at around $100 with both the main fabric part and a set of two holding straps included in that figure though they are sold online separately.

Norton said the hammock is a “worthwhile investment” because she and her friends use one almost every day.

“You’re definitely getting your money’s worth out of it,” Norton said.

Norton’s friends with the same brand of hammocks agree. The group even created the verb “eno-ing” derived from one hammock’s brand name of Eagles

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Left to right: Morgan May, Kyle Anderson an Lauren Norton lounge around in hammocks near the bayou.

Nest Outfitters, Inc. To “eno” is to set up and use this brand’s hammocks. Kyle Anderson, a junior risk management and insurance major, sought a hammock his senior year of high school after noticing them back home in Shreveport.

“People are starting realize what they can do for you,” Anderson said.

Anderson said he uses the hammock not only for relaxation but also for studying and general schoolwork.

“It reminds you of a slower pace of life, and it makes you forget about everything else you’re doing,” Anderson said.

Students can “eno” at any location with two trees or two poles from which to hang their hammocks.

The group began to see more people around

Downtown art crawl showcases local artists

by Olivia Barfield

Downtown Gallery Crawls give ULM student artists a place to show their work On Thursday night, Downtown Monroe transformed into a walkthrough art gallery that provided viewers with food, drink, and good atmosphere.

At Monroe’s Downtown Gallery Crawl, or “the Crawl,” several different venues in the downtown area open up their doors to host artwork, local restaurants, music, art talks and conversation.

The public is able to walk through downtown Monroe and Antique Alley in West Monroe and visit whatever gallery they wish, and it is completely free.

The February 5 Crawl spanned both sides of the Ouachita River and featured plenty of artists from the Monroe/West Monroe area.

The artists featured were both local and non-local, and the works of several members of ULM’s Kappa Pi

chapter were featured, along with the works of some ULM alumni.

Alyssa Guidry Posey, president of ULM’s Kappa Pi chapter, said that the Crawl, “is a really good atmosphere for being creative and art-making.”

Katie Anyan, a junior arts education major and Kappa Pi member, likes that the Crawl lets artists catch up on what’s currently going on in the art community.

“As part of the art community I need to keep up with what’s happening. It’s a good way to stay connected and get inspiration from your fellow artists,” Anyan said.

Jon Aiken, a senior ceramics major and member of Kappa Pi, had his ceramic artwork featured in one of the many galleries. Aiken said that the Crawl offers a great opportunity to different types of artists.

“I like that the Crawl brings a lot of attention to local artists and it allows us to have a larger sense of culture,” Aiken said.

All artwork is free to view, and

campus “convert” and begin to research hammocks and their prices. Several more groups of students with hammocks have appeared around campus behind the on-campus apartments or in Bayou Park this semester when temperatures briefly warm up into the 60s or 70s.

Shelby Nicholson, a junior pre-radiologic technology major, said she does not currently own a hammock but wants to buy one after trying one out because all of her friends at ULM now have one.

Nicholson said she likes how a hammock is “different scenery from the library” when she wants to study outdoors. contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

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The art featured covers various medias such as paintings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, headpieces, photography, and many more.

William Holley, a senior graphic design major and member of Kappa Pi, featured his scanography at the Crawl.

Scanography involves manipulating photos and objects using a scanner. Holley used compact discs.

Holley appreciates the opportunity to show at the Crawl because of the different perspectives he can gather from viewers.

“It’s very nice to be involved in your local art community—to be able to interact with other artists and get input from the public that’s different from input from your professors,” said Holley. photo by Josh Detiege

contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Students and community gathered dowtown for the Art Crawl last Thursday night.

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Separate movies from reality Changing majors

PATRICK PIERCE “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving,” Dale Carnegie said.

This is a quote that should be examined by today’s society when it comes to a few things, but the one in particular is criticism of movies. Every one goes to the theater or watches movies at home, and every one has the right to their opinion regarding a movie. But what really needs to be thought over is the reasons certain criticisms of a film arise in the first place.

Take for example two films just recently released - “American Sniper” and “Selma.” The first film is based on a U.S. Navy SEAL, and the latter is based on Martin Luther King, Jr. The two films are biopics so audiences know from the start that they draw their basis from parts of real life events. The opinions of the events yet

to be witnessed are already diluted with preconceived notions.

Every citizen in the United States has heard of or read about Martin Luther King, Jr. or has heard or seen news of the war in the Middle East. Going into each film there is a thought of how one expects the film to turnout. There is also the feelings a person has about the issues the films are based on.

The output on social media as well as actual news websites has been astounding regarding these two films.

The main criticism for “Selma” (outside of the Oscar nomination ordeal that was sparked) is that is falsely portrays some of the characters. People have argued that the characters aren’t like their real world counterpart, and that’s the reason it is criticized by certain people.

“American Sniper” definitely got the worst of it out of the two. There have been countless posts that are both for and against that film in all outlets of the media/social media.

It’s based on the endeavors of a U.S. soldier in the Middle East, so immediately there is tension depending on political views held.

There are two main arguments that coincide with this film: the argument that it is based on exaggerated claims made by Kyle in his book, and the other is the content of the film which people claim to be a form of

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propaganda. Just by mentioning these two statements, the way one views the film will be altered.

W h y is it that people choose to base whether a film was good or bad on something that wasn’t even in it?

Why is it people can’t separate their prejudices and preconceived expectations from a film?

In our part of Louisiana at ULM, there have been waves of discussion over “American Sniper.” Debates become heated over a film, but that is the power of cinema. Is there a way for someone to walk into a movie and turn off what their mind has already formulated?

Perhaps it is different the way each person goes into a movie thinking of what they will see. Should we judge a film based on our beliefs or preconceived prejudices? Or should we judge a film based on its merits alone? contact Patrick Pierce at piercepw@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Challenges with choosing the right major seems to be a rite of passage for college students.

Faculty members have also had the same struggle. Mara Loeb, an associate professor at ULM, said she changed her major three times in her undergraduate years and ended up completing a double major.

“Students are just getting started on their adult identities when they start college. It is no wonder that most students change their majors,” Loeb said.

Though students can change their majors by completing certain forms, initially choosing the wrong major could still result in an extended undergraduate career or feeling stuck in a career field one later resents because he or she did not want to stay in school longer than four years.

Loeb said, “You will be happier doing something you love and

Did you know?

ULM offers over 40 programs for students to choose from

making a living than doing something you don’t like and making a killing.

Also, there are studies that show what employers are looking for and what jobs are expected in the future.”

Over 50 percent of students are undecided at times about their majors. Incoming freshmen might not know what they want out of their careers and life. Other students sometimes base their decisions of majors off of what their family members would like to see them pursue.

L a c e y Hall, a senior occupational t h e r a p y assistant major, said students should Hall find someone who is already in a profession that interests them and observe or shadow that professional.

“You can really see if it something you want to do,” Hall said.

Students can seek help from academic advisers in narrowing down options to eventually select a major. contact Etta Adams at adamsee@warhawks.ulm.edu

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orner Deciding on the book To get into the spirit of Valentine’s Day I wanted to review a book about love. Then I thought to myself, I don’t care enough to read a romance novel any more than you might want to read a review on one.

But I still wanted to read something about relationships and life. I recently turned 21 years old, and I’ve been obsessed with it. And I don’t mean all the legal alcohol. I’m obsessed with what it means to be an adult and the idea of being a twenty-something.

I’m obsessed with the relationships and life experiences that come with being a twenty-something. Think back to every birthday you’ve ever had. There was always that one person who asks you how it feels to be another year older as if something magical was supposed to happen.

I always hated that question. Except when I turned 21 I did feel different. It was as if life suddenly slapped me in the face and yelled, “here I am!”

In the blink of an eye I became an adult with an apartment, a job and bills to pay. I have to make the tough decision about whether to have beer or wine with dinner. I have to think about life after college.

I’m obsessed with it.

I’m at the point of my life where I can just buy a plane ticket and start a life somewhere else. Not that I’m going to do that. It’s just interesting to think that I can.

Reviewing the book So I picked up the book “Nobody is Ever Missing” by Catherine Lacey.

This story is about 28-year-old Elyria who actually did do that. Elyria was a staff writer for a soap opera living in New York with her husband. Elyria was unhappy.

Living in the shadow of her sister’s suicide and not living her life to the fullest, Elyria runs away to New Zealand without explanation to try to understand what her fullest is.

With nothing more than a backpack, she spends weeks hitchhiking and meeting other lost travellers.

Lost as in lost souls, not geographically lost. Her game plan is to get to Werner’s house. Werner is a writer she met in New York who offered her a place to stay if she was ever in town.

Elyria knew he didn’t mean it. He said it to be polite. But she travels into tomorrowland anyway. A lovely transsexual woman named Jaye asks Elyria what she plans to do when she gets to Werner’s and after she leaves?

Elyria doesn’t know. She doesn’t know anything.

For half the book I rooted for Elyria to finally make it to Werner’s house.

He kicks her out after a few days. He doesn’t want to be around a sad person. Elyria is alone again trying to figure out what to do and what she wants for the remainder of her story.

Learning from the book This novel is like looking into the mind of a depressed person as she tries to escape herself and navigate a world like but unlike her own.

This novel made me think of “Lost in Translation.”

At first, the way this book is written bugged me. Run-on sentences that lasted for pages, dialogue in italics and tiny chapters. The editor in me felt anxious by Lacey’s style.

But this book is written from inside Elyria’s head as she describes what’s happening around her and looks back on the memories that put her there.

The run-on sentences are much like streams of consciousness that begin with one thought and end on another.

The italics make the dialogue seem dreamy and the words float on by just like Elyria is floating around New Zealand. It was interesting. It doesn’t make it right, but it was an interesting way to write a first novel. I have to give it to Lacey for trying to break the mold.

The end doesn’t give the reader any closure. I could only wonder what Elyria could do now. But then again, Elyria doesn’t even know what she’s going to do now so why should I? Lacey has a talent for showing instead of telling. She makes you think about things in words that you didn’t think could be described in such a way.

But I got what I wanted from this book. It’s a story about trying to live as a twenty-something and how different relationships, no matter how small or quick, can shape where you end up.

It’s okay to be depressed. You have to think about yourself and your needs. Just don’t achieve it by running away and hitchhiking across a country. contact Ashley Lyons at lyonsar@warhawks.ulm.edu

Performance reunites professor with artists

by Sierra Shipman

The concert presented by ULM’s School of Visual and Performing Arts was more than a concert for Scot Humes. It was also a reunion.

Multiple guest artists joined Humes, an associate professor of clarinet, at last Thursday’s concert.

These artists include Jubal Fulks on violin, Eric Kutz on cello and Xiao Hu on piano.

Humes said he went to school with each guest performer at some time in his career. He also said they discussed about how they should put on a show together.

Though the quartet only performed two pieces, each selection consisted of several sections of music.

The first piece known as “Contrasts” by Béla Bartok mixed music in both slow and fast paces. The piece was based on Hungarian themes and was meant as a dance piece. The first and last sections switched from moderate to fast paces and the second section gradually slowed.

“I think everyone will find it a pleasing piece,” Humes said.

The second piece called “Quatour pour la fin du temps” or “Quartet for the end of time” by Olivier Messiaen was written while he was imprisoned in a Nazi Prisoner of War camp. The

religious piece is meant to tell a story of angels coming to spread news of the end of time. The quartet filled the room with emotion portraying both despair and joy.

This piece awed the audience.

Once the performance ended, the audience gave a standing ovation. The performers bowed and left the stage only to return two more times and bow again.

Students said they enjoyed the combination of melodies between the different instruments.

“It was very beautiful. My favorite was the last section just something about the piano and violin melodies being played together is amazing,” said Kyle Pham, Pham a senior radiation technology major.

This quartet left Monroe on Friday to travel to Iowa to perform the same two pieces.

VAPA will follow this concert with its annual ULM Guitar Festival Feb. 9-13. contact Sierra Shipman at shipmasn@warhawks.ulm.edu

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last week’s crossword 65 Former Steeler star Lynn __, who ran for governor of Pennsylvania in 2006

Across 1 Ray Charles’ genre 5 “Thank God” day: Abbr.

9 Swedish autos 14 Borden mascot 15 Cereal grain 16 Come from behind 17 Teen’s budding facial hair, informally 19 Place for a perm 20 One of many in a Lipton bag 22 Home buyer’s debt: Abbr.

23 Ceases 26 Sister of Rachel 28 Distributes by shares 29 Group nickname for Ringwald, Sheedy, Lowe, Estevez et al.

33 “Let’s go!”

34 Name of 18 French kings 35 “Toto, __?”: Dorothy 36 Caviar, e.g.

37 Country-drive view 39 Jam holder 40 Nonprofit URL ending 41 Carpentry bit 42 Uncommon 43 Next-door resident 45 Gabor with an echoic name 47 Florida State player, for short 48 Native 49 Living room piece 51 “No chance of that happening!”

54 Relax, in slang 56 Speculation leading up to a February 22 awards extravaganza 60 Open, as a jacket 61 Tex. clock setting 62 Theater offering 63 Takes a nap 64 Fancy carp

Down 1 Sales agent 2 Bass brew 3 Govt. intel org.

4 Style of wording 5 Command 6 Hoops ref’s calls 7 Demolish, as a building 8 Chichén __ 9 Yearbook sect.

10 Road travel org. freebie 11 Semi-autobiographical 1979 Fosse film 12 Opinion website 13 “Auld Lang __” 18 Pool legend Minnesota __ 21 Natural aptitude 23 Wrinkle-resistant synthetic 24 Author Leonard 25 Bubbly plum-flavored drink 27 Online market for handmade crafts 29 Dumb mistake 30 Penitent sort 31 Like a woodworker’s rasp 32 Seoul native 34 Toy block brand 37 Humorist Mort who wrote jokes for Kennedy 38 To the third power 42 Colorful post-cloudburst phenomenon 44 Hockey mask wearer 45 Alcopop brand 46 Hurricanes, e.g.

48 Spiny desert plants 49 Gulf War missile 50 “Don’t tell me!”

52 Relax on a porch chair, perhaps 53 Standard Oil brand 55 Hi-fi platters 57 Charlottesville sch.

58 Red or blush wine, familiarly 59 Buddhist sect

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• Almost 150 million greeting cards are exchanged on Valentine’s Day. • Over 50 percent of all Valentine’s Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to that day.

• Pope Gelasius I declared Feb. 14 as Valentine Day in A.D. 496.

• In addition to the U.S., Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, Italy and Japan.

• Over 1,000 nationwide dating services exist in the U.S.

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SPORTS

Softball starts with sparks Team takes three wins in season opening tourney

Thursday, 2-12 Women’s Basketball vs ULL in Monroe at 5:15 p.m.

Men’s Basketball vs ULL in Monroe at 7 p.m.

Friday, 2-13

by Dakota Ratley

ULM softball started the season on the right note, defeating in-state foe LA Tech, 9-5.

That was just the beginning for the Warhawks as the team defeated Arkansas Pine Bluff, Abilene Christian and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

The team suffered a loss to Missouri State.

Freshman pitcher Paige Porter got her first two victories of her career.

She got the start against LA Tech and Arkansas Pine Bluff. Against the Lady Techsters Porter went 4.2 innings and gave up a pair of runs. She went five and allowed one in her start against the Golden Lions The Warhawks fell to Missouri State in a 7-4 game. Senior Alexis Cacioppo went a perfect 4-4 game from the plate.

ULM rebounded to down Arkansas Pine Bluff 8-2 as Abilene Christian by the same score.

The last game for the Warhawks provided the most excitement as ULM would need a comeback to de-

CALENDAR

Track/Field Samford Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. Women’s Tennis vs Nicholls State in Monroe at 12 p.m.

Central Arkansas vs. Grambling State in Monroe at 2 p.m.

Softball vs Alabama State in Monroe at 4:30 p.m.

Baseball vs Indiana State in Monroe at 6 p.m.

Softball vs S.E. Missouri State in Monroe at 7 p.m.

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Senior Alexis Cacioppo fields a ball during Lady Techster Invitational. She had a 4-4 game in the loss against Missouri State Friday.

feat Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

The Warhawks faced a 3-0 hole before scoring a run to make it 3-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth.

The Warhawks rallied to set up a two outs, bases loaded situations in the sixth inning.

Junior Faith Bohack came in clutch for the Warhawks, hitting a 3 run double that gave ULM the lead 4-3.

The score would stick.

The Warhawks will return to action Friday with home games against Alabama State and S.E. Missouri State.

The team will face Alabama State and Grambling State Saturday. The team will face Grambling again Sunday as part of the Mardi Gras Classic. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Tennis stays unbeaten Pair of newcomers come in clutch for Warhawks

by Dakota Ratley

photo by Joshua Detiege

Senior Sophie Rufykiri returns a volley during Saturday’s 4-3 victory over visiting UNO.

Another match has been played and tennis still has not lost. Warhawk tennis improved to 4-0 on the year with a 4-3 win over the University of New Orleans.

The Warhawks needed the newcomer Letha Gaigher to pull out a win on her court to clinch the victory in the final match of the day.

The Privateers took a 2-0 lead after scoring the doubles point and a victory by Yasmine Rashad over Beata Kull 6-1, 6-1.

Head coach Terrence De Jongh talked about the slow start the team had.

“We come out a little scared, afraid and then we put ourselves in a match,” De Jongh said. “Yes, we came out with a win, but I would like us to start dominating a little bit and not squeeze by with those wins.”

The Warhawks bounced back behind two crucial games by Sophie Rufyikiri and Petra Horakova. Rufyikiri took her match 6-4, 6-4, and Horakova won by the score of 6-4, 6-2.

UNO took a 3-2 lead behind a 6-4, 6-4 win by Anna Segarra Rius over Jana Dunanova. The Warhawk freshman Amy Olivier evened the score with a 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Sole-

dad Arroya.

Gaigher then won the final match to give the Warhawks the win.

Sophie Rufykiri echoed the sentiment of De Jongh.

“It was a very close one, and I think we just got away with it a little bit,” she said.

The senior said that the team has to De Jongh come out with more energy to avoid the early holes. De Jongh said that the team will have to work harder in practice in order to get ready for more challenging matches.

De Jongh said that the team can play better.

“We’re still not playing to our level I know we can play to,” he said.

Tennis will be in action again next Friday when the team will host instate foe Nicholls State. They will then travel to face Stephen F. Austin next Sunday. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Last week the tennis story was credited to Dakota Ratley. Joshua Dean wrote the story and deserves credit. We apologize for this mistake.

Track/Field Samford Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. Softball vs Alabama State in Monroe at 11 a.m.

Women’s Basketball vs Appalachian State in Monroe at 12 p.m.

Grambling State vs. indiana State in Monroe at noon.

Men’s Basketball vs Appalachian State in Monroe at 2 p.m.

Softball vs Grambling in Monroe at 12:30 p.m.

Baseball vs Central Arkansas in Monroe at 4 p.m.

Sunday, 2-15 Indiana State vs. Central Arkansas in Monroe at noon.

Women’s Tennis vs Stephen F. Austin in Nacadogches, Texas, at 12 p.m.

Softball vs Grambling in Monroe at 12:30 p.m.

Baseball vs Grambling in Monroe at 4 p.m.

No Hawkeye next week due to Mardi Gras break! Keep up with ULM athletics by visitng ulmhawkeyeonline. com throughout the week

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Warhawks take first place ULM steals first place from Georgia Southern, 71-68

by Dakota Ratley

Exactly two weeks after Georgia Southern knocked ULM out of first place of the Sun Belt, the Warhawks returned the favor.

Head coach Keith Richard described the team’s effort as “warriorlike.”

“It was a tremendous win and our best road win of the season, without question,” he said.

Georgia Southern was previously unbeaten at home. The win puts ULM at 16-8 on the year with a Sun Belt best 10-3 record in the conference. Georgia Southern drops to 16-5 with a 9-3 Sun Belt record.

The game looked to be won by the Warhawks at the end of regulation

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Center Tylor Onwae looks down a UALR defender in the Warhawks’ win Thursday night. ULM defeated the Trojans 77-71 behind Ongwae’s and Majok Deng’s 21 points. Jamaal Samuel scored 16 and Nick Coppolo chipped in 11. The Warhawks shot 57.7 percent.

ULM shot over 50 percent from the field for the second straight game Saturday.

before the officials waved the score off due to a clock malfunction.

The Warhawks shot over 50 percent for the second straight game. The team Richard also went 10-for19 from beyond the three point line.

ULM was perfect from the field in overtime, including on its one three point try. Georgia Southern would miss a jumper to tie the game toward the end of overtime. Tylor Ongwae would sink free throws to seal it.

The Warhawks will now turn attention to in-state rival UL-Lafayette Thursday night at Fant-Ewing Colliseum. The Warhawks will then host Appalachian State Saturday.

contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Georgia Southern’s record now has a blemish after ULM’s win.

Women defeat Georgia Southern “Hopefully we get a great turnout at Fant-Ewing with these next two home games,” Jeff Dow, Head Coach

Free throws lead the way in Warhawks’ 58-50 victory

by Dakota Ratley

Alayshia Hunter’s double-double led the way for the Warhawks in a 5850 win over Georgia Southern Saturday.

The junior totaled 10 rebound to go along with 18 points. Hunter went 5-of-10 from the field and 8-of-8 from the free throw line.

Her performance was a bit of an outlier as the Warhawks only shot 38 percent on the night.

Head coach Jeff Dow said that’s part of what makes this win a good

one.

“To pull it out on the road and overcome foul trouble and poor shooting certainly speaks to how well we defended and rebounded,” he said.

Although the shooting percentage wasn’t great, ULM got plenty of production from the free throw line. The Warhawks knocked in 19 of 20 shots on the evening.

Sharnice Brooks also contributed 23 points along with eight rebounds.

She went 9-of-16 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.

The Warhawks were able to dominate the paint. ULM outscored Georgia Southern 26-10 from the key.

ULM also had a dominating effort on the boards. The Warhawks gathered 50 rebounds compared to the 33

rebounds of Georgia Southern.

The defense of the Warhawks did hamper the Eagles attack. The defense held Georgia Southern to a lowly 23.8 percentage from the field Saturday.

The Warhawks now move to 10-12 on the year. The team has a 6-7 record in the conference.

Georgia Southern falls to 4-17 with a 1-11 record in Sun Belt play.

The Warhawks now face off with rival UL-Lafayette Thursday in Monroe. The Mountaineers of Appalachian State will make the trip to Fant-Ewing Colliseum to face the Warhawks Saturday. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Alayshia Hunter looks for the whole in UT-Arlington’s defense earlier this year.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

February 9, 2015

SPORTS

Warhawks landing

It’s the most exciting day in college football! Well, the offseason anyway.

Signing day made ULM’s incoming class official. The Warhawks nabbed a total of 27 recruits, with 23 being incoming freshman and four transferring from other schools.

The transfers who are already enrolled in the school are tight end Stoney Hawkins and defensive lineman Colton Moorehead from Tyler Junior College.

Offensive lineman Rey Baltazar from Cisco College and linebacker Caleb Rucker from Houston join them.

ULM scored three players from Arkansas. Those three are Nick Ingram, a defensive back from Little Rock, Chris Qualls, a specialist from Searcy, and Austin Blair, an offensive

lineman from North Little Rock.

The program grabbed a pair of recruits from Mississippi, defensive lineman Derion Ford from Starkville and defensive back Cortex Sisco, Jr. from Southaven.

ULM’s home state fielded eight newcomers. Among those eight are Donald Louis, Jr., a defensive lineman from Neville in Monroe and quarterback Frank Maxwell IV from Delhi Charter in Delhi.

Texas fielded the most recruits for the Warhawks with nine. A pair of teammates from Canton headline the Texas recruits. Chandler Eiland will play quarterback and Sam Miller will be on the defensive line.

The lone Oklahoma recruit is Will Collins.

graphic courtesy ULM Athletics

by Dakota Ratley

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Baseball ready for season’s first pitch Warhawks look to start season strong in Warhawk Classic

by Dakota Ratley

Warhawk baseball is slated to begin this Friday in the Warhawk Classic against Indiana State at 6 p.m.

ULM looks to bounce back from a 2014 campaign that saw the Warhawks finish with a 23-36 record.

Last season saw former head coach Jeff Schexnaider relieved of duties after posting a 9-22 record at the beginning of the season.

Head coach Bruce Peddie took over and led the Warhawks to a 1414 record in the regular season.

The team is picked to finish ninth in conference in the coach’s poll.

Peddie addressed the team’s predicted finish.

“It’s like a marathon. It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” he said.

This year’s rendition of the team sees seven members of the lineup

returning.

The offense looks to be the strongest part of the team.

The offense will have to step up due to a few injuries to the pitching staff.

Senior infielder Keelin Rasch said that because of the injury the team “will have to rely on the bats a little more this year.”

The second game of the Warhawk Classic will be a matchup with Central Arkansas on Saturday.

The Warhawks will close the tournament with a game against Grambling State Sunday.

ULM’s first home series will be with Stephen F. Austin Feb. 20-22.

The rest of the schedule features instate home matchups with Louisiana Tech, Grambling State, McNeese State and Northwestern State.

The Warhawks close the year with a home series against UL-Lafayette. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Top Hawk

Keelin Rasch

The senior infielder looks to build off a sucessful 2014 contact Dakota Ratley at campaign. ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu Rasch anchored the Warhawk offense, leading the team in batting average (.289) and hits (70). He also held the team lead in doubles with 16.

The Illinois native turned it on during the conference season, hitting an impressive .374 with 22

photo by Joshua Detiege

T H E H A W K E Y E will not have an issue 2.16.15

Sophomore Anthony Herrera gets under one during last Saturday’s intersquad game.

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