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BRIEFS CALENDAR Tuesday, March 21 Baseball vs Grambling, Warhawk Field, 6 PM

Casino Night, SUB Ballrooms, 7-9 PM

Wednesday, March

22

Final date for dropping courses for spring full-term

Pink Bag Series: Authorial Privilege, Congeniality and Its Effect on Interpretation, Sandal Hall 2-38, 12:30 PM Risk and Insurance Talent Search (RITS), SUB Ballrooms, 2:30-4:45 PM The Love Boat Took Off Without Me Workshop, Location TBD, 3 PM

Thursday, March

23

Risk and Insurance Talent Search (RITS), SUB Ballrooms, 9:30 AM-12 PM Spring Musical: Pippin, Brown Auditorium, 7:30 PM, additional showings at this time on Friday and Saturday, showing at 2 PM on Sunday

Friday, March

24

Beach volleyball vs Texas A&MCorpus Christi, Sand Volleyball Courts, 3 PM Baseball vs Little Rock, Warhawk Field, 6 PM

Saturday, March

25

Kappa Delta Oh! The Places You'll Run (Color Run), Forsythe Park, 9 AM

Softball vs Texas State, ULM Softball Complex, 1 PM

Louisiana

Louisiana

Washington, D.C. Netherlands Billions requested to help fight ISIS

Voters say no to anti-Islam choice

The salary of a professor doesn’t just depend on criteria and competence. According to the 2015-2016 salary averages from the Louisiana Board of regents, the pay drastically differs from larger institutions that produce research to smaller schools in the state.

The best place to work when it comes down to salary is Louisiana State University (LSU). The 425 professors at LSU averaged $115,443 last year. This number reflects the highest-ranking teachers.

The majority of educators fall in the associate and assistant professor category. The 303 associate professors at LSU averaged out to $82,467.

ULL, UNO, Louisiana Tech and ULM were some other top ranking schools. Southern University in New Orleans came in last with their professors averaging $49,176.

Governor John Bel Edwards stated that the state could see a decrease in the prison population by 13 percent in 10 years if the Legislature enacts reforms approved by the Justice Reinvestment Task Force.

While testifying before the task force, Gov. Edwards stated, “Louisiana is not only the incarceration capital of the country, we are the incarceration capital of the world.” He went on to say that this is a stain on our reputation.

Among the prison reformation, were revising drug penalties to target higher-level offenses, consolidating laws on property crimes and raising the threshold for felony charges, reducing the window of time for which certain previous crimes count toward habitual offender penalties and change parole eligibility laws for life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles were also recommended.

Trump is asking Congress to grant an immediate $30 billion funding boost for the Pentagon.

According to documents released Thursday, $5 billion of it will be held to quicken the pace of the fight against the Islamic State.

The rest of the money would be used as a down payment on rebuilding the military by funding the budget shortfalls for troops, training, building projects and weapons.

The $5 billion that will be used to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, or ISIS, has four components.

There is a $2 billion “flexible fund” that would allow the Pentagon to press the unreleased ISIS counter strategy; $1.4 billion for immediate military equipment upgrade.

The remaining $1.1 billion would be used for the war in Afghanistan.

Anything left would be used to fill budget shortfalls.

Dutch voters rejected Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam candidate, in national elections for a new prime minister on Wednesday.

The anti-Islam candidate wants to ban the Quran, close all the nation’s mosques and take the Netherlands out of the European Union.

Wilders was beaten by Mark Rutte, who has already won two terms.

An exit poll conducted by the research firm Ipsos gave Rutte, 31 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the lower parliament, which is more than any other party.

Wilders’ party came in second with 19 seats alongside two other parties.

There are 28 political parties vying for power and no one party has ever won an outright majority.

The official results will not be published before March 21. The voting turnout was at a high of 82 percent.

Location, salary heavily correlate

Governor talks prison reform

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could."

Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet Front page photo credits: Main story photo by: Siddharth Gaulee Top photo courtesy: Kiran Dangol Top sidebar photo courtesy: ULM Athletics Bottom sidebar photo courtesy: Rod Washington

TODAY IN HISTORY

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

A pie-in-the-face fundraiser sponsored by Alpha Omicron Pi takes place in front of the Student Union Building.

1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

1854: The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.

1915: Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

1923: The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso.

1952: The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.

1956: Tunisia becomes independent from France.

1993: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

2003: The U.S. and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.

2015: A Solar eclipse, equinox and a Supermoon all occur on the same day.

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NEWS

BRIEFS CONSTRUCTION

ACCOMPLISHMENT

Student accepted into Ivy League school Siddhartha Dhakal, an international student from Kathmandu, Nepal, was accepted into the Ph. D. program in biomedical research at Yale University upon his completion of his Bachelor's in biology this May at ULM. Dhakal always had the lifetime goal of enrolling in a graduate program at an Ivy League school.

Not only did he accomplish this goal, but also earned a full-tuition scholarship along with a stipend to cover living expenses.

Dhakal knew a great GRE score and 4.0 GPA wouldn't be enough to impress the

Ivy League and secure his enrollment.

So, throughout his undergraduate career, he took on research and leadership positions.

Through the Emerging Scholar's program, he participated in academic research his freshman year. Dhakal also conducted several additional research studies with different professors at ULM. "I could not be more excited, because making it there was a reflection of my passion, hard work and self-discipline, which I practiced diligently since the day I stepped on campus at ULM," Dhakal said.

APPRECIATION

Nursing faculty hosts luncheon for ULM PD

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

THE START OF SOMETHING NEW : The new ULM Baptist Collegiate Ministry will be built within the next 12-18 months.

BCM breaks ground for new building The Baptist Collegiate Ministry at the University of Louisiana Monroe held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 8 to commemorate a future new building.

The ceremony took place at 1005 University Avenue.

The new building will be built on the existing property of the original building that was torn down in 2015.

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Since the construction, the ministry has held worship service at the College Place Baptist Church, located just a few blocks from campus.

New facility is set to hold between 300 and 400 people for worship service, meals and special programs.

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Buying local is better for our community and the people who live in it. It may seem kind of strange that I have to make this argument, but it’s something we should all think about.

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a lot of big corporations moving into Monroe while local businesses and restaurants struggle to keep their doors open. That’s really unfortunate, because we have a lot of great small businesses here that care about their customers.

Sure, the prices may be slightly lower at most corporate businesses, but in the long run, the money we spend at local stores has a much higher chance of coming back to us. When we buy locally, our profits stay in the community and we, in turn, benefit from those profits.

If you want your hard-earned dollars to end up in Seattle, buy Starbucks. If you’d rather it stay here,

however, I suggest going somewhere like The Coffee Bean on Broadmoor Boulevard for your caffeine fix. Instead of Olive Garden, go to Geno’s for Italian food. Instead of clothes shopping at stores in the mall, go to the boutiques at Antique Alley.

Locally-owned businesses also work harder to stay open. That means their service is usually better, more personable and the owners and employees are more likely to go the extra mile for their customers.

For example, the other day, I needed to get a copy of my car key made, so I went to Walmart because I didn’t know where else to go. When I asked the woman working at the desk about getting my key copied, she took my key without speaking to me and disappeared.

A few minutes later, she came back and simply said, “I can’t copy this,” and left again with no explanation.

So I did what I should have done in the first place and did a Google search for what I needed. I found a small store on Cypress Street called A-1 Key and Lock where I was finally able to get my key copied.

The woman at the store was friendly, conversational and helpful. She even tested the copy on my car for me to make sure it worked.

Finally, by shopping and eating at local places, we’re not helping a bunch of 1 percent, billionaire CEO’s pay for their expensive cars or lavish vacations. We’re helping regular people like us.

Odds are, we might even know them. Remember, when we keep our money close to home, we’re helping our neighbors pay their bills, buy groceries and raise their kids.

As a disclaimer, I’m definitely not perfect when it comes to supporting local businesses, but we have to start somewhere, right? contact Megan Henderson at kirkmc@warhawks.ulm.edu

ENTERTAINMENT

Modern fairy tales are making us wimps

Modern fairy tales are making more generations of whiny dreamers. Remaking fairytales are becoming the latest trend.

People should stop reinventing fairy tales unless they are reviving the original texts. However, the one thing they are missing when they do so is the true meaning of what a fairy tale is.

Fairy tales in their original form were much more graphic than the ones that we see today. For instance, in the original “Cinderella,” the step sisters cut off their toes in order to fit into the slipper.

“The Little Mermaid” version that everyone adores leaves out the fact that if Ariel were to fail at making the prince fall for her, she will die. It also left out how painful it would be for her to have human legs.

In “Beauty in the Beast,” Belle’s sisters are extremely jealous of her, and when she visits, they try and trick her into staying with them longer in the hopes that the beast would actually eat her alive when she returned.

“Snow White” is actually raped by the king. After climbing into the window and discovering that she was unconscious, instead of trying to help her, he takes advantage. This joining results in two kids who his current wife tries to have killed, cooked and fed to the king. In the end, it all works out because the queen was unsuccessful in her attempts.

These original versions of the stories were altered because people felt they were too harsh. But these stories were not just made to scare children. They were created to teach children about the horrors of the world while still reminding them that there is still some light that shines in the darkness.

The modern adaptations of these stories have been distorted in such a way that they lose the meaning that the authors were trying to portray.

Most of the time when you ask little kids what they want to be, they typical response is a princess. Some will go into more detail and say Cinderella, Jasmine or Snow White. However, if you showed them the original version, I doubt that they would still want that for their lives.

They shouldn’t aspire to be these women because these women did not lead easy, picture perfect lives like the ones you see splashed across Little Golden Books or locked away in the Disney vault.

Some of these stories were used to downright scare little kids into behaving and doing their chores. Not if you wish upon a star you’ll get your way or the person who is torturing you will magically disappear.

That is not the type of example we should be setting for our kids.

That’s the problem with our society. When someone has a bad life, they keep expecting something to go their way, and that’s just not the case. Sometimes the world isn’t a happy place and your life isn’t all rainbows and smiley faces. Bad things happen to good people, and there isn’t much we can do about it. We can’t close our eyes and hope our fairy godmother will save us.

Sometimes we have to pick ourselves up and figure out a way to save ourselves.

I don’t think the original versions of the fairy tales are negative things. If producers want to keep making live action versions of these movies, then they need to make accurate portrayals of them. That way, kids can know that life is scary and full of dark places, but they will also know that happiness exists as well.

Sheltering children never turns out okay for the kid. Ever. So let the tales as old as time exist in their original texts. contact Corlyn Key at keyc@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION DISNEY CONTROVERSY

Gay LeFou isn’t Gay LeFou will lead very progressive to something more

Cooper Doyle There’s been a kerfuffle over Disney’s latest nostalgia-based cash grab, “Beauty and the Beast.” The character LeFou is the first gay character in Disney’s history, at least according director Bill Cordon when speaking to gay magazine Attitude.

But not really because, also according to Cordon, everything is being “overblown.”

However, the movie is still apparently too gay for Alabama, Malaysia and Russia. Full disclosure, as of writing this, I have not seen the movie because it is not yet released, but neither has everyone else complaining about it.

It also doesn’t change the fact that if LeFou is gay, then he’s simply a repeat of an old “Simpsons” and “30 Rock” joke. That of the gay henchman serving the amoral and far more masculine straight guy out of some twisted form of devotion.

That’s not progress, and Disney can do better because it’s 20-freaking-17.

Sure, it sounds weird to be saying that a gay Disney character isn’t progress. After all, don’t those darn gays want every movie to be gay?

“Moonlight” won best picture, aren’t they happy? Well, that’s all kind of the point.

It’s 2017. A story about a gay black man won best picture. Heck, even anime, that medium of Saturday morning cartoon fodder, is doing better than Disney in this category. No, really.

One of the biggest hits from last season was “Yuri on Ice,” a whole anime centered on a romance between two male figure skaters.

When the streaming service Crunchyroll held its first-ever Anime Awards, which to be

clear was a corporately sponsored popularity contest, “Yuri on Ice” won every category it was nominated in, as well as best overall anime.

But Academy Award voters and anime fans are a tiny niche, so who cares if they like gaycentric stories? And sure, that may be a good point, but I know Disney can do better because I’ve seen them do better.

In addition to the obvious Disney Channel, Disney also owns ABC and Freeform, which have some of the most gay-friendly programing on TV. ABC and Freeform excel at trying to have LGBTQ people on the air between “Modern Family,” “The Real O’Neil’s,” “Shadowhunters,” “Once Upon a Time” and the Shonda Rhimesproduced TGIT lineup of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder.”

The LGBTQ characters often play major roles, with “The Real O’Neil’s” even having a gay protagonist. On top of all that, ABC recently aired the miniseries “When We Rise” about the early days of the gay rights movement.

Now, to be fair, Disney is an empire, and it can’t be assumed that all of its money-making tendrils are even really aware of the others’ existence. So, just because a massive company is good at doing something on TV, doesn’t mean the same should be expected from its films. Except, once again, it’s 2017.

I apologize for sounding like a broken record on that, but this whole kerfuffle is basically an anachronism.

It feels like a scandal from 20 years ago, when it was a total shock that Ellen DeGeneres’ self-named character on Ellen came out as a lesbian and now that show’s in its 14th season.

I expect more from Disney and Hollywood because I know more is attainable. We don’t have to settle for LeFou when we could get a lesbian fairy tale.

The point of the push for diversity in media isn’t just for numbers. It’s also about the kind of representation there is. LeFou is a joke, and whatever Bill Condon’s noble intentions, his homosexuality will be a joke. I simply want and demand better because I know it’s possible. It is 2017. There are no more excuses at this point. contact Cooper Doyle at doylelc@warhawks.ulm.edu

Cory Thaxton There is nothing wrong with LeFou being gay in Disney’s new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Gays don’t have an agenda, regardless of popular belief. No, we don’t want everything to be gay. We just want the same rights as everyone else and to be treated like actual humans. That’s all we want.

I don’t understand what the big deal is about LeFou being gay in the new live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” I haven’t seen the movie yet either but its not like there is a sex scene or even a gay kiss for heaven sake it’s a children’s movie. Why is everyone so up in arms about this?

Theaters are refusing to show the movie?

Parents aren’t going to take their child to go see it? Wait what? Do you think your little boy is going to walk out of their liking other little boys? Well, no.

Josh Gad, the man that plays LeFou, said that the script never said that the character was gay and director, Bill Condon, only described the scene in question as a “wonderful gay moment.”

It’s not like he’s going to be running around the entire movie screaming “I’m gay!”

Yes, a gay film, did win Best Picture at this year at the Oscars but that doesn’t mean we have reached the peak of progress when it comes to accepting gays in general in our society and I personally didn’t like the movie but that’s a different story. So, Disney putting a gay character in their movie is progress. It’s progress for them anyway.

Disney owns ABC and Freeform (formally ABC Family) and both networks feature gay TV shows. But, when people think of Disney, they don’t associate it with those other networks.

They think about singing princesses, fairy tales, toys that come to life, and memories from their childhood, not gay characters. Disney also owns Marvel Studios, Lucas Film (Star Wars), Touchstone Pictures, ESPN, A&E, Lifetime and even The History Channel. But none of those scream Disney when you watch it.

How can we compare Disney to the other networks it owns? They are nothing alike and probably barley acknowledges each other’s existence when it comes to programming. Just because some of their other networks have shows with gay characters doesn’t mean Disney isn’t progressing with the release of this movie.

Disney is the most mainstream thing that exist and they have to be careful what they put in their movies because audiences have become so used to the same types of stories from Disney.

It wasn’t until Disney Pixar’s movie “Brave” in 2012 that Disney realized the princess didn’t need a prince to be happy and everyone was excited about that. Why can’t we be excited about this too?

I get it, it’s 2017 and a gay character in any movie shouldn’t be a big deal and some would say that Disney is just late for the train but, we can’t expect any more from Disney. Why? Because it’s Disney.

Disney can’t just make a movie with two gay princes or two lesbian princesses falling in love without, at least, warming up it’s audiences to the idea first. Will this film be the one to do that?

Probably not, but until our society becomes more accepting as a whole it will never happen.

LeFou is a step in the right direction for Disney whether the character is actually gay or not.

It’s 2017, so why did it take so long for a movie about gay men to get as much recognition as “Moonlight?”

It has nothing to do with the times. It has to do with the mindset of people and that’s something that no one can change, not even Disney.

With everyone freaking our about LeFou possibly being gay, I doubt there will be any openly gay fairy tales coming from Disney anytime soon. We can’t have gay fairy tales until our society becomes more accepting of gay people. contact Cory Thaxton at thaxtocj@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION GUEST SPEAKER

TALK ON ISSUES

Traveling Scholar Series explores works of author

Pink Bag Series delves into white privilege in Asia

by Sisam Shrestha

by Kandice Johnson On Tuesday evening in Stubbs Hall, Gloria Anzaldua was the topic of discussion.

Diana Bowen, a visiting assistant professor of communication at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, presented “Voices from the Archive: Women of Color, Civic Engagement and the Politics of Archival Research” as part of the ULM Traveling Scholar series.

Bowen’s presentation explored Anzaldua’s life and career. Anzaldua was an American scholar and poet who was internationally recognized for her works on cultural theory, feminist theory and queer theory.

Elizabeth Stephens, a senior Spanish major, said “Bowen’s speech was very interesting to me.”

“She brought to light the things the author talked about in her books and really allowed us to see into the life of the author,” Stephens said.

Bowen went on to discuss borders and how borders are more than just geographical. There are also sociological, language and personal borders.

Stephens said she was interested in learning about Anzaldua’s work and life.

Bowen used Diana Taylor’s theo-

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Gloria Anzaldua: In her lifetime, Anzaldua has won 12 awards for her works and children’s books.

retical concepts to suggest that entries in Anzaldua’s birth certificate allow readers to see the document in context of belonging in the Bowen United States.

Abbie Massey, a senior Spanish major, said Bowen’s speech was mind-opening.

“My Spanish class had the privilege of having Bowen as a guest speaker on the day before her presentation,” Massey said. “I really love how passionate Bowen is about her

research.”

Massey said after her Spanish class, she knew she wanted to attend.

Bowen’s research investigates the physical and psychological borderlands, a term Anzaldua used to describe spaces of social, political and cultural struggle.

Bowen is also exploring archival research with Anzadula’s collection.

Aside from studying Anzaldua’s work, Bowen is also interested in issues surrounding social movements, intercultural dialogue, public memory and visual rhetoric. contact Kandice Johnson at johnsokf@warhawks.ulm.edu

The ULM Femhawks have added yet another talk in their Pink Bag series this semester.

The theme for this semester is “Privilege.”

Last week, professor James Pettit conducted a talk on “Privilege Abroad: Experience of a White American Expat in Asia and the Middle East.”

Pettit used his experience as an English teacher in different Asian countries to show the racial stereotyping that exists in Asia.

Pettit spent most of his time teaching in South Korea, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.

However, his years as a white teacher in Asia allowed him to experience the privilege a fairer skinned person has in Asian countries.

According to Pettit, “some people benefit from unearned and largely unacknowledged advantages, even when the advantages aren’t discriminatory.”

The value of education has been growing exponentially in many East Asian countries.

Pettit had parents willing to pay him large amounts of money for after-school English tutoring solely because he was a native, white

speaker. Schools even paid his airfare to come teach English during summer.

“It was enlightening to know how, when you are born into certain conditions in life, you are entitled to privileges which others have to struggle for their entire life. If I wanted a job as Pettit an English teacher in an Asian country, I would be racially profiled. Even though I excelled in English, I would struggle a lot,” said Lawrence Khadka, a computer science freshman.

For an Asian parent, the ideal English teacher would be an inexperienced one as such people would be struggling for a job and would not complain a lot with the pay rate.

According to Pettit, an ideal native speaker would be white, blonde, blue-eyed and young.

During his days in Asia, Pettit earned a lot of money due to dedicated Asian parents who were willing to go to any means necessary in order to globalize their children’s education. contact Sisam Shrestha at shrests8@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS LYCEUM SERIES

Warhawks experience Olympic-size evening

by Cory Thaxton

Imagine walking into a Schultz cafeteria that was as big as a football field and seeing thousands of people of different ethnicities, all athletes, representing their country.

This was what Olympic gold medalists Mia Hamm and Shawn Johnson saw every day when they wanted something to eat in the Olympic Village.

Hamm, a member of the first women’s Olympic soccer team, and Johnson, a member of the 2008 Olympics United States women’s gymnastics team, were this year’s featured speakers for the Lyceum Series.

Hamm and Johnson discussed the dedication and determination it took to win the gold in Olympic soccer and gymnastics in an interview moderated by Laura Jennings, director of Student Life and Leadership.

Lyceum was held in Brown Auditorium on March 9 at 7 p.m.

Jennings said that they wanted to have a mix of entertainment and education with the speakers they chose this year.

“We especially wanted to bring some female speakers to start off Women’s History Month, and we were thinking, ‘What’s more inspiring than going to the Olympics?’ So, that’s why we chose them,” Jennings said.

Jennings introduced Hamm and Johnson by telling the audience a little bit about both of them before they walked out on stage to begin the interview.

The main topics centered around why they chose the sports they did, their Olympic experience, what it was like to hear the U.S. national anthem played after winning the gold medal and their endeavors after the Olympics.

Hamm said she was one of six kids, and her mom wanted her out of the house. She was the fourth child, and all of them got the chance to play soccer.

“I played all different sports growing up, but soccer was the one thing that, as I grew older, seemed to fill more of my heart,” Hamm said.

Johnson’s parents put her in gymnastics when she was three years old.

Johnson said she started mommy and me classes because her parents didn’t know what to do with her.

“I was this little kid running around the house and I had way too much energy. They would leave me for a second and come back and find me

on the entertainment center. I tried a lot of other sports, but I always went back to gymnastics. It was my favorite, that’s why I stuck with it,” Johnson said.

Johnson described hearing the U.S. national anthem as the greatest feeling in the world, but also a confusing one.

She said she had every possible emotion running through her body.

She was excited, very tired, craving a cheeseburger, in shock and even a little sad.

“I remember being sad honestly, because my entire life up until that moment was devoted to that one moment, and it was now over. So, it was this realization of what’s going to happen afterwards, and I was scared,” Johnson said.

Hamm said that a lot of people don’t realize how long the athletes have to wait before the medal ceremony actually happens after each event. Sometimes, it can be up to 30 or 45 minutes. For winter Olympians, it can be all day.

For Hamm, the best part about winning the gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was that after they won and had to wait all that time for the ceremony, no one in the crowd left.

“We walked out and not one person left, and we heard the crowd and then stood up there together,” Hamm said.

Mia Hamm retired in 2004 after the games in Athens, Greece.

Before the speakers took the stage, they had a press conference on the seventh floor of the library, followed by a patron party where Hamm and Johnson mingled with fans before going over to Brown Auditorium.

“My favorite part was the patron party. I held coats, purses and took photos for people as they met Shawn and Mia. Seeing dozens of people meet their heros was a great moment to witness,” said Michael Roboski, coordinator of Student Activities.

At the end of the event, Jennings asked Hamm and Johnson if they had any advice for the students at ULM. Their first response was to go to class.

“You get out of it what you put into it,” Hamm said. Johnson said to make sure you have fun and enjoy what you’re doing. At the end of the day, they encourage everyone to find something they’re passionate about and run with it. contact Cory Thaxton at thaxtocj@warhawks.ulm.edu

all photos by Siddharth Gaulee

TALKING IT OUT: Mia Hamm and Shawn Johnson were the guest speakers for the Lyceum Series.

LET’S TAKE A SELFIE: Three girls take a selfie with Olympian Shawn Johnson at the Lyceum Series.

LAUGHING IT UP: Mia Hamm and ULM President Nick Bruno at the Lyceum Series.

MAY I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?: Shawn Johnson and Mia Hamm sign items for fans at the Lyceum Series.

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Student hacks his way to conference

by Sisam Shrestha

In everyday terms, the word hacker has a negative connotation. However, for junior computer science major Kiran Dangol, the word hacker has a completely different meaning.

“Hacking is about how you can get into things and make them better.

You can hack the way you live. You can hack your mechanisms of being more productive and getting better results,” Dangol said.

Two months ago, Dangol got an invitation for Hop Hacks, his first hackathon. A hackathon is a huge event where participants work endlessly for hours in hopes of creating the most innovative applications or prototypes.

Dangol drove 26 hours from Monroe to attend the invitation-only program at John Hopkins University in Maryland.

Hop Hacks is a 36-hour-long hackathon organized by Major League Hacking. The total prize amount was $11,000 and the first prize was about $1,500. The majority of the attendees were from Maryland or from surrounding states.

Before Hop Hacks, Dangol knew people like computer science sophomore Sunil Jamkatel and freshman Phuong Tam Nguyen, who were familiar with the hackathon world.

Since his freshman year, Jamkatel has attended two hackathons and one tech event, two of which were hosted by Ivy League colleges. “I attend hackathons because you get to stay awake 24 hours straight

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and work on something you love,” Jamkatel said.

According to Dangol, hackathons provide all the latest software and computers so that the hackers can make the best possible use of the time period. Even more, hackathons have an excellent way of providing free food and drinks so that attendees don’t have to get side-tracked from their projects.

“You would not come to a hackathon if you wanted to sleep, and they have a really good system of keeping you awake,” Dangol said.

“Anything with caffeine, you will find there.”

Although hackathons are usually seen as an exclusive event for computer lovers, they accept applications from any currently enrolled student.

In a recent hackathon attended by Dangol, the second prize was bagged by two non-technical majors who managed to build a chrome extension in efforts of preventing cyber harassment.

According to Dangol, hackathons normally have three or four criteria to judge hackers. These include things such as how clean the interphase looks, how complicated the product is, the presentation and the concept or social influence.

“The first hackathon that I went to, the person that I was before I went there, the person who walked out of that hackathon knows a lot about project management, software development and made me more able to work with people,” Dangol said. “The rate of growth at these events is expo-

nential.”

Since Hop Hacks was Dangol’s first hackathon, he had to settle with creating only a prototype for a software that would help improve someone’s travel. However, two weeks ago, Dangol attended UTD Hacks at the University of Texas Dallas where he, along with his team of four hackers, managed to build an entire software prototype.

“There is really little opportunity here at ULM for prospective computer science majors, but that’s changing. That’s why you branch out and look for opportunity outside,” Dangol said.

According to Dangol, anyone thinking of attending a hackathon should consider planning ahead to manage the travel costs and team preparation. It would be helpful talking with the organizers themselves, since many of the hackathons with contact Sisam Shrestha at shrests8@warhawks.ulm.edu

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UNITY AND CHARITY

Greek students come together for 1 week

Groups build bonds and raise money for charity

by Brianna Duronslet Members of National Panhellenic Council (NPC) and National PanHellenic Council (NPHC) joined together for Greek Week as a way of unifying members of all fraternities and sororities on campus.

The event started with a leadership series and a competitive game of Catch the Flag. Throughout the week, members of Greek Life participated in events with other Greek members from different organizations.

This allowed for the week to not only be about individual organizations, but the entire Greek population as a whole.

“This Greek Week has done a great job of uniting the organizations,” said Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. member, Stephen Fuselier. “I feel like it made us feel more comfortable with each other and made it easier for us to approach other organizations.”

The week continued with a kickball tournament and a 90’s lip sync battle. Greek members performed songs like “Wannabe,” “Fresh Prince of BelAir,” “Baby Got Back,” “Ice Ice Baby” and “Tricky.” Each team even choreographed their own lip sync song.

Greek Week also included a

morning yoga class, dodge ball competitions and a campus clean-up.

Members of Greek organizations were seen around campus picking up trash and trying to make ULM look like a better place.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. member, Tarazz Floyd said, “Greek Week is a great way to show our involvement with the ULM community.” Throughout the entire week, a fundraiser called Penny Wars was held in the SUB to help members of Up ‘til Dawn. Up ‘til Dawn is an organization that raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The Penny Wars took place Monday through Thursday. Greek fraternities and sororities from both councils grouped into teams of four, presenting containers to students who could donate any amount of money they wanted to their team of choice. By the end of the event Team One (Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Kappa Alpha Psi) collected the most money. Over $1,000 was collected and donated to St Jude through Up ‘til Dawn.

Hope Hebert, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi enjoyed the Penny Wars.

“I liked how the money was for St. Jude," Herbert said. "The week was about Greek unity, but raising money and donating money together makes the week even more special.” contact Brianna Duronslet at duronsbl@warhawks.ulm.edu

BATTLE OF THE LETTERS: From left to right: The crowd cheers for their fraternities and sororities at the kickball tournament. Bryan Blanco throws the ball during dodge-ball. Sorority member runs to base druing the kickball tournament.

all photos by Prajal Prasai

NO MATTER THE LETTER, WE'RE ALL GREEK TOGETHER: from left to right: members of NPC and NPHC pose for a group picture. Greek members prepare for the lip sync battle in the Activity Center.

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FREESTYLE

YOU’RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT: An audience member jumps for joy after she wins one of the games.

‘The Price is Right Live’ ravishes Monroe fans

by Cory Thaxton

Come on down! Down South, that is. The hit television game show “The Price is Right Live” came to Monroe on Wednesday.

The live stage game show was held at the Monroe Civic Center inside the W.L. Jack Howard Theater.

Jack Howard Theater seats about 2,200 people, and almost every seat was full.

It was a sold-out event. It was one of the biggest turnouts at the Jack Howard Theater ever.

Alongside Celebrity Host, Mark L. Walberg, randomly-selected contestants played everyone’s favorite games like Plinko, Cliffhangers, The Big Wheel and even the fabulous Showcase.

Some audience members could even win prizes right from their seats. Prizes often include home appliances, vacations and possibly a new car.

Fans from Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi came out to get their chance to play. Hundreds of people wanted to play and the line to register was extremely long.

Marketing Manager for The City of Monroe, Melissa Thaxton, said the line started from the entrance of the theater and ended all the way at the

other side of the parking lot in front of the Conference Center.

“The Price is Right” has been on the air for about 45 years now and it doesn’t look like it is going anywhere anytime soon.

The live stage show that came to Monroe is on a tour across the United States.

Their next stop is in Cherokee, North Carolina on March 18.

Although everyone seemed to enjoy this fun-filled night, one audience member was not happy that the show wasn’t going to air on television.

He referred to the audience members and himself as hillbillies, therefore, the show didn’t want them on TV. What he didn’t know is that it was never supposed to be on TV because it was a live touring game show.

“The Price is Right Live” lasted for an hour and a half, and no one complained.

The room was filled with laughter and clapping the entire night.

Monroe officials hope to have the show come back again next year, and they encouarge everyone to get their tickets early. contact Cory Thaxton at thaxtocj@warhawks.ulm.edu

IT’S TIME TO PLAY...WAIT, THAT’S A DIFFERENT SHOW: TOP: Audience members take their seats and get ready for the show to start. RIGHT: Players play one of the most famous games from the show, Plinko.

photos courtesy Rod Washington

IS THAT THE LINE?: The crowd forms a line outside to register for their chance to play.

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FREESTYLE: MOVIES

‘Kong: Skull Island’ action-packed reboot worth seeing

by Corlyn Key “Kong: Skull Island” is definitely worth getting out of bed for. The action packed reboot stars Tom Hiddleston Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Riley and Brie Larson.

Although the movie is full of action and hysterical one liners, the plot is mediocre at best.

“Kong: Skull Island” is the same basic premise as always with Kong, but instead of a movie crew traveling to a secret location to make a wildlife film, it’s a military squadron evaluating the land under the guise of mapping out the lost island.

However, the main plot and themes of the movie fall flat. Once the team begins traveling to the island, the whole movie just becomes predictable.

To spare those who are planning to see the movie, I won’t go into details about the plot holes, but I will say that you will already be able to determine the end of the movie about 40 minutes in.

The only character that displayed any sense of sanity in the movie was Preston Packard, played by Samuel L. Jackson.

I adored the acting done by Samuel L. Jackson, however, I was not impressed with the character of Preston Packard.

There were just too many unanswered questions about the character at the end of the movie. The same thing goes for the

character of Jack Chapman, who was played by Toby Kebbell.

When talking about monsters and CGI affects, the cinema team knocked this one out of the park. Kong is so lifelike and so are the creatures he battles.

I opted to see the movie in 2-D rather than 3-D, but I can only imagine how amazing it would be in 3-D.

I think my favorite scene was when Mills, played by Jason Mitchell, is complaining about going home and asks his fellow corpsman if he is ready to be in his bed.

He then wonders if said corpsman even has a bed to go home to.

Tom Hiddleston is my favorite actor, and I was ecstatic to find out he would be staring in this movie.

I was very disappointed with the overall development of his character however, all we know about him is that he’s a tracker who is clearly British but is living in Thailand. I can only assume that the writers wanted to make him appear as some mysterious henchman yet.

The female characters have no motive.

Mason Weaver, played by Brie Larson, is an independent photographer. She gives very little to the overall story besides eye candy.

The character San, played by Tian Jing,is the only other notable female character, and she also is given a minimal role.

This movie does something that most action thrillers do not.

They actually try and humanize the antagonist, and what’s more astonishing is that they succeed in doing so.

In the beginning, you want to root for the take-down of Kong due to the things that he does. As the movie goes on, they introduce a new antagonist, which allows for Kong to slide into the protagonist slot.

We almost literally don’t know anyone’s name in the film.

There isn’t enough backstory to develop the characters. The themes and tone are way too heavy-handed.

The overall film quality deserves an A for effort but as far as the plot goes, Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly have a long way to go. contact Corlyn Key at keyc@warhawks.ulm.edu

French Film Festival continues in ‘Grand Illusion’

by Danielle Porter ULM’s History and World Language programs continued this year’s French Film Festival with “La Grande Illusion.”

The film festival has four showings per semester and is held once a month in Stubbs 100.

The movie is the sixth film out of eight in the series. The movie debuted in 1937 and premiered in American theaters in 1938.

The movie takes place during World War I and towards the beginning of World War II. It centers on French generals in a German prison camp.

“La Grande Illusion” highlights themes such as class and nationalism.

The movie begins with Boldieu and Marechal, two French soldiers held captive by German soldiers after one is injured in an airstrike. They are sent to a prison camp where they dig an escape with other French soldiers. Rosenthal is one of the most interesting soldiers in their room. Rosenthal is a wealthy Jewish man who shares his food with the soldiers. When they’re not digging the tunnel, they put on plays and perform hard labor.

The soldiers are later sent to another prison—a fortress that has no ways to escape. Throughout this part, Boldieu befriends the head of the fortress. Rosenthal is also sent to the fortress because of his cooking skills.

After a group of Russian soldiers get angry when the Czarina sends them books instead of vodka and caviar, the soldiers plan to let Marechal and Rosenthal escape while Boldieu distracts the generals.

The head of the fortress reluctantly shoots Boldieu, aiming for

his legs but the bullet hits his stomach. Boldieu later dies from his injuries.

Marechal and Rosenthal escape the fortress, hiding from German soldiers and bracing against the winter weather.

Rosenthal sprains his ankle, and he and Marechal get into an argument. Marechal leaves him behind but returns because Rosenthalis his friend.

Marechal and Rosenthal take refuge in a barn when the owner, Elsa, takes them in. Elsa is a single German mother whose brothers died in battle.

She and her daughter bond with the men. Marechal teaches Elsa French, while Rosenthal teaches Marechal German.

When Rosenthal recovers, they leave for Switzerland.

Marechal promises to return to Elsa and her daughter once the war is over. The movie ends when Rosental and Marechal are spotted by German soldiers. The soldiers are about to shoot, but the general stops them because they passed the border to Switzerland.

Director Jean Renoir’s aviation uniform is worn by Jean Gabin portraying Marchal-- one of the movie’s main characters.

Ethan Simms, a senior Spanish major, attended the showing and enjoyed the film. “The movie brought up many interesting points such as the hypocrisy of war and the labels we put on ourselves,” Simms said.

Because he is a fan of French films, Simms said he would attend another film showing. contact Danille Porter at porterdd@warhawks.ulm.edu

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FREESTYLE

photos by Danielle Porter

Topple a cartel empire in ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’

Game Review

by Alan Rawles Player choice and a beautiful open world help “Wildlands” complete its objectives.

The newest entry in the popular Tom Clancy series of shooter games is “Ghost Recon Wildlands.” The “Ghost Recon” series has emphasized tactical gameplay in the form of a small squad of elite soldiers.

“Wildlands” is no different. Players are put in charge of a four man team of elite operators tasked with dismantling a Bolivian-based drug cartel.

What helps make Wildlands different from other shooters is its approach to an open-world concept along with a multiplayer option.

That’s right, the elite four-man squad can be composed of four actual players working together to complete missions. Each player has the same abilities. There are no limitations on what role each person has, although if your team wants to assign roles to each player, that is up to the four of you.

Unlike some past squad games that allowed either a singleplayer or multiplayer experience, namely “The Division,” “Wildlands” is actually fun, no matter if you play with computer sqaudmates or actual people.

What surprised me was the amount of skill the computer squadmates offered.

The computer-controlled squad stays silent if you choose to methodically eliminate an enemy base.

But if you choose to go loud, your squad will join you in the firefight. Unlocking certain skill points can improve the effectiveness of these squadmates.

Along with allowing players to choose who they play

with, “Wildlands” gives players multiple ways to customize their operator.

I like to use a suppressed assault rifle and a sniper rifle to silently take out guards. Some players like to use loud machine guns and explosives.

There is an option for every type of play style. Approaching from the cover of trees? Equip dark green and brown clothes and armor to blend in.

Crawling on some snow-covered hills to take the perfect shot? Use all white gear to become one with the snow.

Players can also unlock skill points to make their operators and squad deadlier as they progress in the game.

It’s all up to the player how they want to spend the skill points that they collect along the way.

Speaking of collecting, there are plenty of collectable weapons scattered across Bolivia. Collecting these weapons and associated attachments will help players grow their arsenal.

This lets players try new ways to play the game or help improve on their set play style. The wide variety of landscapes gives players a nice countryside to fight in.

The Bolivian landscape changes from dense woodland terrain to rolling tundras and snow-capped mountains.

Giving players an open world to roam in would have been wasted if the world didn’t have a varying landscape.

The only downside to “Wildlands” would be the slight repetitiveness of the missions.

With each new region entered, the overall objective stays the same. Collect intel, complete a few missions to weaken the region and finally topple the region’s leader.

The redeeming quality of this repetitive gameplay is the different ways players can approach each mission. “Wildlands” kept me coming back day after day to see what new ways I could take on the Santa Blanca cartel.

I found many different ways to approach a battle with various combat tactics with the many weapons and gadgets at my disposal.

Having my squad of friends or computer generated teammates made the experience even better. contact Alan Rawles at rawlesar@warhawks.ulm.edu

ART = LIFE: President Nick Bruno views paintings at this year’s Spring Art Crawl.

Art Crawl grows to new heights

by Danielle Porter Every semester, students, faculty and the public gather for ULM’s Art Crawl.

The Art Crawl showcases various artworks from students and faculty.

Bry Hall featured art by local high school students as well as students here at ULM. Walker Hall featured art by ULM students and faculty. The dean’s conference room featured photos by photographer Leela Devi and poems by students and faculty.

Several members of the cast of the spring musical “Pippin” performed at the Walker art gallery.

For the first time ever, the advanced studios in Stubbs Hall were open to the public.

They were located on the second floor of Stubbs.

In advanced studios, Kaile Finies had a corner featuring some of her artwork.

Finies’ table featured class projects including teacups, saucers and flowers made from cardboard and a series of paintings.

Finies’ said Advanced Studios is a space for art students who work beyond class time and store their works.

“Basically, it’s where we think and create.”

Finies’ is a sophomore fine arts major with a concentration in painting.

Finies’ self-portrait was a class project focusing on identity.

Her class had to create a superhero based on their identity. Her identity was based on her connection to the ocean.

“The ocean can be a very beautiful thing to look at, but it is also very dangerous,” Finies said.

Her portrait highlighted the horizon of the ocean.

“You can’t really tell where the horizon ends,” she said.

Finies’ self-portrait was “more of a warrior goddess type.”

Her painting was a woman wearing a crown and a long flowing yellow dress.

She stood on a cliff and faced the ocean.

Finies said the environment represented her home in Bonaire, a small island in the Caribbean, two islands east of Aruba.

Katelyn Vaughan, a sophomore graphic design major, worked at the Walker Gallery during the event.

She had two artworks featured: a figure drawing and a geometric drawing.

Vaughan’s favorite artworks included her own drawing of a hyena.

“The event’s turnout was pretty good,” Vaughan said.

“It was nice that the choir performed at the beginning of the event.” contact Danille Porter at keyc@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Libra

Think things over. Review priorities and strategize. Keep existing commitments before scheduling new. Your team renews your faith. Let family know if plans change.

Take breaks for peace or exercise with an intense workload. Indulge a fantasy in a sweet moment. The previously impossible looks easy. Keep the faith.

Scorpio

Taurus Friends help you realize a dream. Make plans and connect players, even long distance. Set your goals high, and coordinate actions. Don’t be intimidated.

Across 1 “__ Noon”: Gary Cooper classic 5 Tippy watercraft 10 “Make it snappy,” in memos 14 Length-timeswidth calculation 15 Take place 16 Pleasant 17 *Niña and Pinta’s sister ship 19 Camper’s quarters 20 Like some rye bread 21 Number of little pigs, in a fable 22 Decorative theme 24 Crystal ball reader 25 Up to now 28 *Leader of the pack 32 Surfing at one’s desk, say 34 Places for studs 35 Fellow 36 Rod’s fishing partner 37 “__ you go again!”

39 Like Solomon

40 Aunt, in Argentina 41 Fashionably smart 42 Crusty roll 44 *Yale, for five U.S. presidents 47 “SNL” host’s monologue, e.g.

48 Door-to-door cosmetics seller 49 Cavalry sword, in Sussex 51 Kitchen cover-up?

53 Granola alternative 56 Luau torch type 57 Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation aptly placed in each answer to a starred clue 61 Opinion column, for short 62 Unfamiliar (to) 63 Director Preminger 64 Baseball’s “Amazins” 65 Bamboo lover 66 Karate award Down

1 “__ it been that long?”

2 Tax-sheltered plans: Abbr.

3 Heredity unit 4 Venomous letters 5 Cleaner sold in green canisters 6 National park in Maine 7 ATM maker 8 Avignon assent 9 Division of history 10 “O Canada,” e.g.

11 *Renamed lemonlime soft drink 12 Clearasil target 13 Rose of baseball 18 Festoon 21 Lipton products 23 Takes for a sucker 24 Princess Fiona’s beloved ogre 25 Somewhat, informally 26 NBC newsman Roger 27 *Spot for bargain hunters

29 Golfer’s goal 30 Surgical beam 31 January, in Mexico 33 Hawke of “Boyhood” 38 Triple or homer 39 One who scoffs at boxed Merlot, say 41 “Hurry up, will ya?”

43 TV network, e.g.

45 Sidesteps 46 Smashed into 50 “__ sera”: Italian “Good evening” 51 Proton’s place 52 Plumbing unit 54 Calorie-friendly 55 Not domestic, flight-wise: Abbr.

57 Travel guide 58 Dockworker’s gp.

59 Clamorous noise 60 Understood

Gemini

Romantic dreams whisper seductive thoughts.

Enjoy the game without taking expensive risks.

Share your fantasies with people you love. Get imaginative and invent. Relax and recharge.

Sagittarius

It may seem wildly unrealistic to advance a professional level. Get creative. Team up with a genius. Assume more responsibility today and tomorrow. Discuss future options.

Cancer

Get creative with interior decoration and domestic renewal. Transform something old into something new. Get innovative with simple ingredients. Realize a forgotten dream.

Capricorn

Academic exploration opens a new world.

Choose your path carefully. Close the books on an old deal, and set off for new adventures. Visualize perfection.

Words flow effortlessly. Articulate fantasies, dreams and visions. Follow intuition. Use your secret talents. Bless them with rituals including water: hot, cool, still or running.

Leo

Aquarius

Manage family finances and send invoices.

Discuss dreams with your partner. Consider things from another’s point of view. Share concerns and support.

A windfall lands into your financial account like a blessing. Give thanks for your team and supporters.

Avoid frivolity and save for a rainy day.

Virgo

Pisces

Spend time with someone attractive. Collaborative efforts flourish. Speculate on wildest dreams.

Get caught up in a lovely illusion. A crazy idea might even work.

Inspiration and creative ideas bubble and pop.

Take charge of your destiny. A personal dream is within reach. Make an improvement you’ve been wanting.

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SPORTS NCAA

Beware the madness of March

Jerimee Washington The month of March is a time for lent and St. Patrick’s Day, but the NCAA Tournament also kicks off in March. The tournament keeps viewers all over the world glued to their TVs and cell phones.

March Madness is full of both Cinderella and powerhouse teams. Every year, some non-Power five schools make some noise in the tournament, but the phenomenon that really makes

some unwanted noise is the bracket challenge.

Millions of people create brackets and join groups to create the perfect scenario. It seems though, that year after year the brackets fail. Don’t put your trust, time and money into the bracket challenge. A lower seed usually upsets a higher seed every year.

While the bracket challenge may seem like a fun experience, banking on the top seeds advancing in each game is highly illogical. Let’s look at the tournament’s history of upsets. In 2001, 15- seed Hampton upset two-seed Iowa State, and in the 2016 NCAA tournament, we saw some upsets from the 12, 13, 14 and 15 seed teams. We even saw Lehigh defeat Duke in the 2012 tournament.

This is exactly why the tournament has at least a million viewers every year. The action, intensity and emotion are what make the NCAA tournament so special.

The art of making the perfect bracket is dead, and there is no accurate documentation that someone has created the perfect bracket. It’s just impossible to do.

There has been a document of a bracket being perfect through the first 25 games, but that dream quickly ended. Why do we indulge in such a head-scratching game? Just like gambling, we put our trust in things we know will never happen, but we always have that glimmer of hope. Defying the odds is a lost art for the

TENNIS

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

Tennis takes down No. 40

by John Stevens

The ULM tennis program kept up its successful season when they knocked off No. 40 Tulane in a close 4-3 victory. The Warhawks were lead by senior Petra Horakova who clinched the final match and victory for the team.

Horakova remains unbeaten in all of the singles matches she has competed in this season and looks to keep her streak of wins in doubles with teammate Stefana Andrei.

On Saturday, Horakova and Andrei beat the 76th ranked doubles team of Karagoz and Muller from Tulane by a score of 6-4.

In singles, Andrei opened up the match for ULM with a 6-0 and 6-3 win, which put the Warhawks on the scoreboard.

Tulane, however, would quickly respond and go up 2-1 with two victories by their top players in Sade Atkinson and Ivone Alvaro.

contact Jerimee Washington at washinjd@warhawks.ulm.edu

TRACK AND FIELD

TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK: The tennis team poses for a picture after their huge win against nationally ranked opponent Tulane.

Tulane falls to ULM in New Orleans

entire population.

If you look at this year’s tournament, we already have some bracket buster teams. The 12 seed Middle Tennessee team is no stranger to defeating a higher seed. Middle Tennessee proved this in their defeat of Minnesota which is a five seeded team.

Xavier, who basically makes the tournament every year, came in as the 11 seed as they defeated six seeded Maryland.

This Tournament hasn’t had that marquee upset that everyone is looking for, but the tournament never fails to shine every year.

Just to fill out the bracket for fun, you should add Michigan, Oregon and Michigan State as the teams to watch going forward.

The sleeper teams are Rhode Island and Cincinnati. As a champion for your bracket, there are always number one seeds involved such as Villanova, Kansas and North Carolina.

Why are we so quick to say that a No. 1 seed will prevail when we know there are some tough lower seeded teams that can definitely shake up the field.

Forget being serious about making a bracket, do it for fun. Investing in such a mysterious game is quite frustrating.

For the Warhawks to come out victorious, they would have to run the table and win two straight matches before the Green Wave won one singles match.

Luckily for ULM, the last two players left for the Warhawks were Horakova and talented freshman Madalina Grigoriu.

For Grigoriu, she was able to shut down her opponent, winning both sets by a score of 6-2.

Meanwhile, Horakova made it close until the end and won by a score of 6-4 and 7-5.

The Warhawks’ win over the nationally-ranked Green Wave moves them to seven straight wins on the season and a record of 8-1 overall with a 1-0 record in the Sun Belt conference.

Saturday was ULM’s 20th meeting with Tulane, and the Warhawks improved their record over the Green Wave to 12-8 overall now.

The Warhawks will now travel to JonesboroArkansas for their second Sun Belt conference match of the season. Their first serve is set for Friday at 10 a.m. and will be against Texas State.

contact John Stevens at stevenjr@warhawks.ulm.edu

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THROW IT UP THROW IT UP: Alexis Gordon throws her discus more than 46 meters to finish first place in her division at the Jim Mize Invitational.

Back on track at Tech

by John Stevens

The ULM men and women’s track and field teams travelled down I-20 to compete at the Jim Mize Invitational Wednesday night at Louisiana Tech. The Warhawks showed out on their rival’s campus as they came home with multiple high placing finishes.

Emile Trahan won the 100-meter race with a time of 10.99, edging out teammate Semaj Lewis who finished third.

Lebrun Nelson won the men’s triple jump with a 14.86-meter mark. Rodney Harrison fell short of first, finishing with a 1.83 meter jump to take second. Dahndre Washington also added a third place finish for the Warhawks in the long jump.

The men in maroon weren’t the only ones dominating though as Kourtni Russell also won the 100-meter women’s hurdles with a 15.31 time.

The women’s team also flew past the competition in the long jump. Adriunna Brown won the event with a 5.71-meter mark, and Micaiah Dendy took second.

While all the first and second place finishes in track were nice the Warhawks were ecstatic about the success they found in the field events.

Alexis Gordon won the discus with her 46.43-meter throw, while Kylee Ogden finished third in the pole vault.

Devyn Hosby fell just short of the win in the 200-meter race, and Austin Walker finished third for the men’s in the same event.

Kennedy Smith and Kaitlin Fleming ran for second and third in the women’s 1500-meter race.

The 400-meter hurdles featured Warhawks taking second through fifth place. Zach Kilpatrick lead the way with a 55.21 time, followed by Andre’ Phillips for third.

The track and field teams will travel to Houston, Texas where they will participate in the Victor Lopez Classic on Friday, March 24. contact John Stevens at stevenjr@warhawks.ulm.edu

March 20, 2017

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SPORTS BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Sand volleyball back on campus with 5-0 victory UNO defeated for 1st home game in 2 years

by John Stevens

Students at ULM were able to enjoy an athletic event that had not occurred in two years. The ULM beach volleyball team showed off their talent against the University of New Orleans in front of a healthy sized crowd.

Head coach Patrick Hiltz talked about the impact of playing at home for his team.

“I have to start by saying thank you. ULM staff from many different departments helped make our home beach courts look fantastic,” Hiltz said. “Our fans were great, and I know it helped us play as well as we did.”

Thursday was the team’s first home photo courtesy ULM Athletics SOAKIN’ UP THE SUN: Gabby Love goes up for a block against match since April 15, 2015 when they also a New Orleans hitter to keep the ball from falling on their side of defeated New Orleans by the same score, the court.

5-0.

The match started off with wins by the pairing of Delaney Driver and Gabby Love followed by the pairing of Bailey Smith and Grace Convey.

For Convey and Smith, winning is nothing new as they have yet to lose a match all season advancing to five straight wins.

The only pair to lose a set in all five matches was the number one pairing of Hadley Swartz and Kori Simpson although they still won their match to give the Warhawks the 5-0 sweep.

“I couldn’t be happier with the way we played at all spots today. Our sideout game looked really good, and I saw several times where we used some of the shots and strategies that we worked on in practice this week,” coach Hiltz said.

ULM now moves to 8-0 all time at home and 7-0 all time against New Orleans. The ladies improved their individual home match record to 31-9 and look to continue their success as they gear up for the

Houston Baptist tournament.

Coach Hiltz expanded on how proud of his team he is, and what they need to expect out of one another looking ahead to next week.

“I feel like we continue to improve each week,” coach Hiltz said. “Next week we will have to play just the way we did today, but we will add some more tools to our toolboxes during practice that we can utilize in the games as well.”

In the tournament, the Warhawks will face off against New Orleans again as well as Texas A&M- Kingsville, Houston Baptist and Texas A&M- Corpus Christi.

After the Houston Baptist tournament, ULM returns home to host a tournament of their own, the Bayou Beach Bash.

The tournament will start on Friday, March 31 at 9 a.m. and feature Central Arkansas, TCU, Houston Baptist and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. contact John Stevens at stevenjr@warhawks.ulm.edu

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SPORTS SOFTBALL

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

SCREAM AND SHOUT: The ULM softball team celebrates a run scored agianst Georgia Southern on Friday night.

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

Softball defense leads to victory over Eagles Coyne’s hot arm prompts 3-0 win

by Kyle Burley

photo by Siddharth Gaulee

HOME BOUND: Vanessa Garcia crosses home plate to add to the team’s 3-0 victory against the Eagles.

The Warhawks edged in-conference foe Georgia Southern 3-0 in a defensive showdown. This win brings the Warhawks record to 16-9 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

Defense was the name of the game Friday night, and the Warhawks executed it perfectly behind the outstanding play of pitcher Melanie Coyne. In the first inning, Georgia Southern’s right fielder, Mekhia Freeman, blasted a triple to center field with only one out. Coyne wouldn’t let that faze her as she struck out the next two batters.

What the Eagles didn’t know, was that Freeman’s triple was the closest they would come to scoring against the Warhawks in the game. Coyne finished the first inning with three strikeouts.

With ULM up to bat, the Warhawks

aimed to strike early. Right fielder Sami Billeaudeau was walked and would steal second base to put her in scoring position. Later in the inning, shortstop Jayden Mount was up to bat when she was hit by a pitch. This would put two ULM runners on base.

Not only did Coyne start off with hot pitching, she also came ready to hit the ball at the plate. After the walk and stolen base, Coyne hit a single to bring in the first run of the game. The Warhawks also scored with Mount off an error by Georgia Southern.

The stage was then set for the defense for the rest of the game. Coyne finished a great game with seven strikeouts. If Georgia Southern did find the ball with their bats, then Coyne’s teammates had her back in the field. GSU finished the game with only four hits.

“I have been blessed with a great team,” Coyne said. “It makes me feel so calm and loose to have a defense like that out on the field… It’s a great environment to pitch in.”

The only other scoring play of the game also came off of Coyne’s bat in the sixth inning when she a hit a solo

homerun to left field bringing the game to a score of 3-0 which would eventually become the final.

“See ball, hit ball,” is what Melanie had to say about the homerun. “I saw the ball and I just hacked at it, and it just went,” Coyne said.

After the game, head coach Corey Lyon talked about the outstanding performance by his ace pitcher, both offensively and defensively.

“Mel has been awesome all year,” Lyon said, “We know going into the game that if we got two or three runs, it would be enough to win the game.

Super proud of the way the girls played defense. We made plays. We shut it down.”

Looking ahead, the Warhawks will travel to Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday before returning home to host another three-game series against Texas State. The Sun Belt Conference showdown will start on Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m.

contact Kyle Burley at burleyk@warhawks.ulm.edu