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BRIEFS CALENDAR Monday, September

28

Water Ski Show, 2 p.m., 4408 Bon Aire Dr.

Tuesday, September 29 Eat It or Yeet It, 11 a.m., SUB Overhang

Louisiana

Wednesday, September 30 CAB movie night, 8 p.m., Bayou Park

Thursday, October

1

CCM Dollar Lunch, 11 a.m., Christ the King Chapel

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Friday, October

Banned book reading, 5:30 p.m., CNSB 100

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Saturday, October No event planned

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Sunday, October No event planned

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Louisiana

United States

Oregon

Main Street Recovery State voting on Fund to be reallocated sports betting law

Right-wing protest rallies in Portland

Trump announces Supreme Court pick

KNOE- On Friday, Governor John Bel Edwards wrote a letter to the Senate President and Speaker of the House, requesting that lawmakers reallocate $175 million in money unspent in the Main Street Recovery Grant Program.

The proposal will move $75 million to the state’s unemployment trust fund, $75 million to local governments “most impacted” by the COVID-19 pandemic, and $25 million to grants for businesses forced to close during Phases 2 and 3 of the state’s coronavirus response, such as bars.

At the beginning of September, about $20 million from the program had been awarded to small businesses across the state.

MCT- Right-wing militants, some in helmets and body armor, began converging on Portland, Ore., on Saturday for a rally expected to attract thousands of pro-Trump, "law-andorder" protesters.

Oregon declared a state of emergency Friday out of worry that groups of so-called "Proud Boys" would clash with Black Lives Matter and other demonstrators. Many on Twitter cast it as a showdown between antifa, the loosely configured left-wing movement, and the Proud Boys.

Hundreds linked to Proud Boys have gathered in the city, the Oregonian reported, with some carrying guns, baseball bats, magazine clips, knives and batons. Two arrests had been made as of noon local time, and a shield was confiscated.

MCT- President Donald Trump named U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick Saturday for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court, a move that could further shift the high court to the right and reshape American law on abortion, healthcare, religion and guns for a generation.

A confirmation vote could likely occur before the election.

The announcement comes just eight days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had become a liberal icon in her decades on the bench, and 38 days before the presidential election.

Voting has already begun in dozens of states.

Never before has a Supreme Court justice been nominated or confirmed so close to a presidential election.

If Trump succeeds in replacing Ginsburg with a conservative, the new justice would join five other Republican appointees.

KNOE- It may not be legal, but sports betting has been around for ages.

Now, supporters of the measure say the state will benefit from it while others feel there are more negative effects than positive.

In June, Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law Senate Bill 130. That bill gives voters the chance to either approve or deny sports betting on a parish-by-parish basis come November. What that means is that if most voters in any of Louisiana’s 64 parishes approve sports betting, it will be authorized in that parish.

It’s something Les Bernal, Executive Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, urges voters to stray away from.

Bernal calls the legalization of sports betting a con to the American people.

TODAY IN HISTORY

SOUND OF TODAY

"At the end of the day, we endure much more than we think we can."

September 28 1918: The world's worst flu epidemic in history, Spanish Flu, is declared a pandemic.

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter

1928: Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin.

1976: Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton to retain the heavyweight championship of the world at Yankee Stadium.

2000: The hard line Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon sparked a riot during a tour of the compound around Al-Aqsa mosque.

Front page credits: Main photo: ULM photo services Top sidebar photo:

1937: The country of Iran successfully tested long-range missiles amid controversy over the country’s nuclear enrichment program.

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Top right graphic: Pixabay

The Sound of Today Marching Band performing at ULM's homegame against UTEP on Sept. 26.

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OPINION

Education

Lower tuition: Pandemic lessens college experience

Adharsh Adhikari Colleges across the country are dealing with COVID-19 in questionable ways. With millions of parents being forced to leave their jobs, the resulting domino effect is figuring out ways to pay their child’s tuition. The solution? Don't charge as much during a global pandemic.

Students like myself, whose financial aid does not cover every incessant fees, are left in a real bind to the point of relying on scholarships and grants.

Some students are angry. And James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust, believes they are “justifiably angry.”

Students have always suffered financially and mentally but the

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pandemic has worsened it as they watch their college plans change in unimaginable ways.

The college experience that students are supposed to be sold on is instead being put through a paywall.

Mandatory access codes, online zoom meetings and paying to take exams are all on a shortlist for newly added fall additions for the semester.

Facilities like the cafeteria and Student Union Building have provided new restrictions to the amount of people allowed to enter their buildings. The Activity Center also added its own new occupancy limit on students. This hybrid of online learning and the reduced availability of campus resources confuses me as to why my cost of attendance for the 2020-2021 has not gone down.

The estimated annual cost of attendance for online students for the 2019-2020 school year at ULM was $17,114, according to ULM’s official website. On-campus residents were estimated to pay $22,449. As an oncampus resident for the 2020-2021 school year, my fee bill totaled at $23,873.

In my mind, I saw ULM taking

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the route of other schools offering tuition breaks after shifting to online instruction: Northwestern University, Georgetown, Williams College, Princeton, Johns Hopkins University and many more.

According to MarketWatch, ULM falls in the category of schools that switched to online instruction whose tuition either remained the same or increased.

Accounting for hybrid instruction and loss of maximum use of core facilities, there is no logical reason for students to be paying more as if nothing is going on. I understand the bind the university has found itself in while trying to appease both the staff and students. But when many of the people that attend the university are paying more for less, anyone could’ve predicted this fallout.

Providing a 10% tuition break or allowing students to take free courses in the winter and summer semesters, as other universities are doing, would be a solid route. As a university, making sure your students are accounted for properly should be the number one priority. contact Adharsh Adhikari at adhikaa1@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Start planning for your future despite uncertainty

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Dallon Lewis Almost a third of first-time college students change their major at least one within three years, according to Inside Higher Ed. We live, we learn, we change our minds.

No one knows for sure what’s going to happen next, but that shouldn’t keep you from planning your future. In fact, you should start planning right now.

For people who know exactly what they want to do after college, they just have to look forward to whatever they’re trying to achieve. And that’s great.

But not everyone has their entire future sorted out.

Someone asks you what your plans after graduation are, and panic strikes. You have no idea what you want to

do. Luckily, this is not where it all ends. You still have a long way ahead, and you don’t have to have everything planned out. But, you should start trying to.

Understand that not knowing what to do is normal.

The way to your dream career is not always a straight path. There are going to be lots of hurdles, mazes and obstacles to overcome.

Start by gaining some experience and testing out your interests. You can try for an apprenticeship or volunteer opportunities.

If you still have time before you graduate, you can always work on projects along with professors and search for internships to gain field experience. According to Thought Co, doing these things can help you figure out exactly what it is you want to do later on.

The most important aspect of planning for your future that you should never forget is your network. You should start working on building connections with people.

Talking to someone in the industry or job that you may be interested in pursuing is going to help you a lot.

No matter what, just remember that you won’t get through your uncertainty by sitting at home and worrying about the future. Instead, take your future into your own hands. You must take action. contact Dallon Lewis at lewisdt@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Feature

TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE: Professor Joydeep Bhattacharjee spends some time in the outdoors. It’s something he’s always had a passion for, and it’s allowed him to excel in scientific research.

ULM professor receives environmental grant Money awarded will be used to train high school teachers, educate students

by Loryn Kykendall

After a day of playing outside, Joydeep Bhattacharjee’s mother hoses him off before he’s allowed to come inside. It’s a daily occurrence for him, a child infatuated with nature.

The Himalayan mountains are his backyard, and he spends every second he can outdoors.

Today, Bhattacharjee has a PhD in ecology and is a ULM professor. He has earned ULM its first EPA-EE grant in over 15 years.

An EPA-EE is an environmental education grant. Out of the 300 applicants in region 6, which includes five states, there were only three recipients.

And out of those three, ULM was the only educational institution. The others were nonprofit organizations.

Kevin Baer, a toxicology professor, is the grant’s co-principal investigator. He’s been conducting water quality monitoring for 20 years, and he helped design activities to teach the kids how to monitor water quality.

“It is so important for students to learn about the environment because they are our future,” Baer said. “Teaching students to appreciate the environment will help them reduce

behaviors that contribute to the degradation of the environment.”

According to Bhattacharjee, Baer has been important in the formulation of the research plan, especially when Baer it comes to monitoring pollutants in our wetlands. The two have worked together on research for several years, and have formed a friendship through their collaborations.

“Dr. Bhattacharjee is an outstanding professor, researcher and individual,” Baer said.

“ULM is fortunate to have such a talented researcher and educator like Dr. Bhattacharjee.”

Bhattacharjee has received grants before.

According to him, he’s rounded up over half a million dollars in educational grants in his time at ULM. However, this is his first time receiving a federal grant. It totals $133,720, and is going to be used to teach high school students environmental awareness through hands-on research.

Saswati Majumdar, an adjunct professor at the college of arts, education and sciences, served as the senior science education personnel for the grant.

Majumdar has worked on grants with Bhattacharjee before. She said that his expertise in ecology and hers in science education have “significant overlap.”

She helped in the planning process by

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FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE: Professor Bhattacharjee is the first ULM faculty member to receive an EPA Environmental Education grant in over 15 years.

“The love of nature has really been instilled in me since early childhood.”

Joydeep Bhattacharjee, biology professor at the School of Sciences

figuring out how they were going to reach out to schools and find the sites for conducting research.

The plan is to teach kids about the environment through student-teacher teams in local schools.

“In the current context of a global climate crisis, this grant would enable us to help teachers and students connect their curricula with the local environment,” Majumdar said.

Bhattacharjee said that the main goal is to catch their attention. Reaching out to young people is especially important because you’re able to help mold their minds, and help them figure out what they’re interested in.

“Those are the foundational years where you really develop a liking for a subject,” he said.

Usually in science class, you’re learning about faraway places, places you don’t really have a connection to or an interest in. But taking students out into their own backyard

and teaching them about it peaks their interest. It gets them to wonder what’s going on in their own surroundings.

Majumdar said that this kind of research is important because it gets students to engage with what they’re learning and it connects them to the place they live.

A few of the sites they’re planning to take students to are ULM’s Environmental Education and Research Center, Restoration Park, Kiroli Park and Conservation Learning Center at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

The students will have the chance to test water quality and collect data. They’ll learn how to reduce erosion and catch contaminents from running into the bayou.

Schools without a nearby wetland or body of water will get to make a functioning rain garden.

According to Bhattacharjee, the next six to ten months will be spent making sure the places they’re planning to conduct research are safe for the students.

As of now, they’re not allowed to visit schools because of the pandemic. However, they’re hoping to begin interacting with students next fall.

Bhattacharjee is enthusiastic about the future, even if it takes a little longer than expected to get there.

“I enjoy doing what I do so much that it doesn’t feel like work at all,” Bhattacharjee said. contact Loryn Kykendall at kykendalllk@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Competition

Hanna Flynn wins elevator pitch Prevention Campus Issues

by Skylar Henry

Ninety seconds isn’t a lot of time. But that’s all it took for Hanna Flynn to impress a panel of judges and win $200.

As part of the career development month, the elevator pitch competition was hosted on Monday afternoon at the Bayou Pointe Event Center. Named for the time it takes to ride an elevator from the top to bottom floor, each competitor had the opportunity to present a speech in 90 seconds.

Participants prepared to speak as if they were either applying for a job or pitching a business plan. The first place winner took home $200, second place $150 and third $100.

“I started working on my speech about three weeks ago,” first place winner Hanna Flynn said. “I pretty much just stood up this morning, said it to my mom about ten times in a row, and thought to myself that this is what I wanted to do.”w She said she’d been thinking about the idea she presented in her speech for a long time.

She’s always trying to think of business ideas and ways she can help the environment. So, when she received the email announcing the competition, she saw it as a chance to get some public speaking experience.

“I am really excited and honored. Once I gave the speech I thought, well, at least I got that out of the way,” Flynn said. “I really appreciate them even hearing me out because I did not expect to be in a room full of graduates and really smart people.”

Asja Jordan, who came in third place,

week teaches hazing dangers

by Kylie Cichocki

photo by Skylar Henry

SHORT ON TIME: Asja Jordan gives her elevator pitch to a panel of judges, in ninety seconds or less.

She was awarded third place in the competition, with a prize of $100.

prepared by figuring out everything she wanted to talk about, then narrowing everything down to her key points. She highly recommends competing in this event to everyone.

“I think it is good for both personal and professional development,” Jordan said. “You are challenging yourself, doing something new, and you get good feedback from the judges.”

Judge and assistant vice president for Student Affairs, Valerie Fields, said that what the judges wanted to see from candidates was the ability

to communicate the overall concept for their pitch.

She said Flynn was dressed appropriately, communicated her idea well, and even gave the judges her business card at the end.

“I thought that was very dynamic,” Fields said. “I had no idea she was a freshman, so I am very excited about what things will look like for Hanna in the upcoming years.” contact Skylar Henry at henrysk@warhawks.ulm.edu

Fundraising

Fraternity and BCM partner to aid hurricane victims

by Carley Nail

Last week, the Baptist Christian Ministry and Delta Sigma Phi raised over $1,000 for hurricane relief. They used the fraternity’s weekly lunch as a fundraiser, but ended up meeting their $1,000 goal two days before the lunch.

Delta Sigma Phi has been raising money to buy resources such as water and canned goods, and they’re planning to take a trip down to Lake Charles within the next few weeks to take the items to hurricane victims there. The BCM found out about this and wanted to help.

Associate Director of the BCM, Kayla Frazier, said that when they heard about all the hurricane damage, they knew they wanted to help, but wanted to be cautious because of COVID-19. This event

was a great way to assist Delta Sigma Phi in raising money, while also being safe.

“Being a Christian organization, we love people because we love God,” Frazier said. “We also think it’s our responsibility to step in and be the hands and feet of God, and be able to display his love for people.”

The BCM has partnered with different organizations before, but this year they’re trying to reach Frazier out more.

Especially with recent tragic events, there’s a big need for support and supplies.

“If there are any other organizations on campus that

would like to partner up with us, we would love that,” Frazier said.

Sophomores Sydney Scott and Emily Puyear usually attend the BCM’s weekly lunch. They were excited to find out that the money made from this week’s lunch will go towards buying resources for hurricane victims.

“I feel like everybody’s focused on California and the wildfires and nobody really knows about what’s happening down here,”

Puyear said. “We need things like this right now. We need continued relief,” Scott added.

Even with the rain, there was a steady flow of students that went to the BCM. According to Nick Johnson, philanthropy and event chair of Delta Sigma Phi, the event turned out better than expected.

“At first, I didn’t know Johnson how big this whole event was going to get, but it’s actually blown up bigger than I thought it was, Johnson said.

“We exceeded our goal once, and we set a new goal. Now we are pushing towards that strongly.” contact Carley Nail at nailcn@warhawks.ulm.edu

We hear it all the time—Hazing is bad. It must be prevented. See something, say something.

But, what is hazing?

The student life section of ULM’s website says hazing is as any intentional act directed against an individual that endangers them either mentally or physically, for the purpose of being initiated into or maintaining membership in any organization whose members include students.

It can be anything from making the new recruitment members of a fraternity drink until they pass out, to giving the new person at work the least appealing job.

Clubs, athletics, sororities and fraternities, and other campus organizations have created an “anti-hazing” contract and course that all members are required to complete.

ULM sets up several activities and events throughout hazing prevention week to encourage and inform the public about the seriousness of the issue.

This year, the week kicked off with a virtual educational forum with guest speaker, Lieutenant Jeremy Kent. He talked about everything hazing Lee prevention entails.

There was a more lighthearted approach as well, with a donut handout telling students, “Donut Haze”.

President of Phi Mu fraternity, Jaden Lee, said that their organization does not support hazing of any kind.

“We, as an organization, strive to live by our creed, ‘to keep our lives gentle, merciful, and just,’” Lee said. “We actively discuss these issues and have taken steps to educate our members on the dangers of hazing.”

Informing and changing the perspective of organizations everywhere are the first and most important steps to creating a safer experience for people who may fall victim to hazing.

Not only will violators of hazing rules get in trouble by their organization, but because of the Max Gruver Act, they will get in legal trouble as well.

This law requires that anyone aware of hazing report it to law enforcement, and there will be penalties for those who don’t. It’s named after an LSU student who died from alcohol poisoning because of hazing. contact Kylie Cichocki at cichockikib@warhawks.ulm.edu

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FREESTYLE

Culture

Students celebrate significance of Hispanic Heritage Month

by Uchechi Owunna

graphic by Sunil Bishwokarma

Jose Enriquez feels the proudest of his Hispanic Heritage during Hispanic Heritage Month. He said that having a whole month to celebrate his culture and the contributions of his people to America makes him happy. Enriquez was born in Michoacán, Mexico and moved to the states with his parents and two brothers when he was one.

Hispanic Heritage Month is a month set aside to honor people of Hispanic ethnicity. It was established to recognize and appreciate the large influence Hispanic culture has on American culture This celebration starts on Sept. 15 and ends on Oct. 15. The holiday was established in 1989 by President George H.W. Bush.

“To me, being Hispanic means having a rich culture where we would often meet on Sundays with all my family members and their Enriquez friends.

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will be lots of food, great music and laughter. Even during some breaks like Christmas and Thanksgiving, I would go back home to visit family members in Mexico,” Enriquez said.

Noemi Ibarra, a sophomore predental hygiene major, said that a tradition her family holds to honor this month is first kicking it off with great food such as mole, enchiladas and famous street tacos. Then, they party and dance all night.

“Although I believe that the Hispanic Heritage Month gets as much recognition as it deserves, I would love to see more representat ion of it on campus.

I think CAB and Ibarra SGA could do events like inviting a keynote Hispanic speaker or hosting a movie night where they screen an acclaimed Spanish film,” Ibarra said.

Madison Hernandez, a junior political science major, said that she does not think Hispanic Heritage Month gets as much recognition as it deserves. She believes that it often

gets overlooked and like Cinco De Mayo, most people do not know the real purpose of the holiday.

“We should embrace the different cultures that we are fortunate to interact with, not only Hispanic cultures.

Not everyone’s experience within their culture is Hernandez the same and we should respect that. We should also want to learn more about what their culture means to them and how we may be able to interact with them.”

Hernandez said.

Enriquez said that during this month, he has not seen anything on campus regarding Hispanic Heritage Month, but he does his part in recognizing this month through his job as a DJ at the KXUL radio station.

He said since there is a large population of Hispanic students here at the university, the school could do more to educate the entire campus about Hispanic culture. contact Uchechi Owunna at owunnaud@warhawks.ulm.edu

Recommendations

Authentic Hispanic cuisine near campus

El Padre

Latin Foods

Azteca Super Mercado

El Jarrito Mexican Grill

El Padre is the perfect go-to for authentic Salvadoran food. They are famous for their Salvadoran Pupusas. This is a restaurant in the Pecanland Mall. El Padre has become the best place to get to-go orders of real Salvadoran food since the pandemic began. There is another outlet of this restaurant in West Monroe that offers a bigger menu.

Latin Foods has a cozy feel that encourages conversation and a deeper connection among its customers. It is the perfect spot for couples that want to enjoy each other’s presence while also experiencing the Hispanic culture. They are famous for their original and affordable Honduran menu and coffee.

Latin Foods is located in West Monroe.

After a long and stressful week, genuine Hispanic snacks are just what you need to destress. You can find these snacks at the Azteca Super Mercado. This market is in West Monroe. You can also find great food items there to complete your grocery list when you are making most Hispanic dishes.

This Mexican grill in Monroe merges all the core facets of Mexican culture into one delicious package. Along with tasty and reasonably priced food, they also provide great music and different expressions of visual art.

This place is perfect if you are looking for a place to hold a family gathering steeped in Hispanic culture.

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Holiday

3 affordable DIYs for autumn lovers

by Ashlyn Dupree

and cut the burlap to look like leaves but this is optional.

The smells of pumpkin spice and apple cinnamon candles fill your room as fall begins. Yet, your home looks empty without autumn decorations. You could always buy decorations to fill your space, but it’ll probably cost more than what you want to spend, especially as a college student. Or maybe you don’t want the ready-made decorations offered at the store. Here are three inexpensive do it yourself fall decorations to spice up your living space:

3. Pumpkin sign from Dollar Tree

1. Mason jar lid lighted pumpkins This decoration may sound difficult to make, but it’s simple with the help from Crafty Morning. First, you’ll need to buy at least 20 mason jars. You can find these jars at Walmart for an affordable price. You will also need orange gloss spray paint which can be found at Home Depot for $4. In addition to what you already have, you will need to get orange ribbons, scissors and lights. Burlap and cinnamon sticks are optional. Paint the mason jar lids using the gloss spray paint. Then, stick the orange ribbon through all the mason jar lids and tie tight inside. Spread out the painted lids so it looks like a pumpkin. Stick the lights through the lids, or you can just have the pumpkin without the lights. If you like, you can add two cinnamon sticks at the top

Walmart or a cheap dollar store. First, wash your jar with dish soap and then put rubbing alcohol on it. If you skip this step, your leaves might not stick. Use the sponge brush and paint the mod podge on the sides of the jar. Wait a few moments for the mod podge to dry before adding the leaves. Make sure to continuously add more mode podge when you are adding another leaf. Once you have added as many leaves as you want, paint on another layer of mod podge. Let the jar sit overnight. You have your leaf jar! If you want to add something more, buy some battery operated tea lights from Dollar Tree..

2. Mason jar leaf lanterns Since you already have the mason jars from the previous project, one little project offers a way to use them. All you’ll need is matte mod podge, a sponge brush and fabric autumn leaves to go along with the jars. All of these can be found at either

This last idea allows you to be as creative as you want. All you will need is a pumpkin sign from Dollar Tree and some paint.

You can paint and decorate your pumpkin as you wish: You could add cotton or leaves to your pumpkin, paint spooky ghosts on your pumpkin. Buy some string and add to the top of the sign to hang it on your front door. Maybe you could invite some of your friends over and have each paint a pumpkin sign together. These ideas are inexpensive and materials are easy to find. So let your creative juices flow and create something to bring autumn into your house. contact Ashlyn Dupree at dupreeaf@warhawks.ulm.edu

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SPORTS

Football

Miners drill Warhawks at home game UTEP defeats ULM with a 31-6 win

by Cameron Jett

The ULM Warhawks were no match for the visiting UTEP Miners in their first-ever meeting. The Miners breezed through the game to a 31-6 win in Malone Stadium.

The first half was a dominant display by UTEP. The Miners from El Paso had five chunk plays of 20 yards or greater while holding the Warhawks to only two first downs.

UTEP’s explosive first half would see them post 330 total yards of offense. UTEP Wideout Jacob Cowing had 104 receiving yards on only three grabs in the first half. The Warhawks receiving corp would have a combined 73 yards in the air after two-quarters of play.

Their sole redzone trip was cut short when QB Colby Suits threw an interception in prime scoring position. This was after Suits completed a 49-yard deep pass to wide receiver Jevin Frett. The Warhawks would not see another offensive first down in the first half of play. The score at

photo by Calli Sinclair

NOWHERE BUT UP: UTEP’s Bobcats took down ULM’s Warhawks on Sept. 26, 31-6. The next game will be on Saturday, Oct. 3 but not at home.

halftime was 24-0 UTEP. The second half would start with junior QB Jeremy Hunt taking over the offense for the Warhawks. This would be short-lived, as Suits would return after two three and outs.

UTEP was marching into scoring range late in the third quarter

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but cornerback Kendrick Marbles would come up and force a fumble which would be recovered and partially returned by safety Keilos Swinney. With Suits returning to lead the offense, ULM made quick work of good field position, connecting to Jahquan Bloomfield for

a 35-yard touchdown. Special team woes would return as kicker Zach Elder would miss the subsequent PAT pushed back by a penalty acquired on a two-point conversion.

The Warhawks failed at finding any offensive consistency with six of their 12 drives ending in a three

and out.

The miscues and lapses on the defensive end would be capitalized on at every opportunity by the Miners.

UTEP QB Gavin Hardison would finish with over 300 passing yards and is responsible for two 100-yard receivers, Justin Garrett and Jacob Cowing. Running back Deion Hankins would finish over 100 yards to go along with three touchdowns on the ground in the first half.

The Warhawks defense would rack up a total of 81 tackles with Travei Webster and Jabari Johnson leading the team with nine each.

This team continues to struggle with nearly all aspects of the game. “[The team] had a lot of opportunities but we need to capitalize on third down. We still have nine games left, we could go 9-0,” said defensive back, Jabari Johnson.

Despite the woes today, Johnson remains optimistic about the season.

After three games, the Warhawks have not led an opponent for a single second. It’s likely to see this downward trend continue next week against a Georgia Southern team that is bitter after nearly upsetting 19th ranked ULL. contact Cameron Jett at jettcm@warhawks.ulm.edu

Texas State takes down Warhawks over weekend

by Skylar Henry

photo courtesy ULM atheletics

FIGHTING CHANCE: ULM volleyball fighting hard against Texas State’s Bobcats. The team will host a home game against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Friday, Oct. 2.

ULM volleyball went head-to-head with a tough Texas State lineup Friday night at Strahan Arena. The Bobcats rushed the Warhawks with a pair of 3-0 wins in epic fashion but not without a fight.

Kicking off the first match, the Warhawks (1-4, 0-2) and Bobcats (71, 2-0) would go point-for-point, taking turns scoring at the net. With the score at 3-3, this would be the final time the two teams tied. The Bobcats would continue to go on a 22-10 run, finishing the initial set 25-13.

The second set followed similarly, with Texas State notching 25, while ULM grappled 16. ULM regained their control in the beginning of the third set, keeping the Bobcats at bay and locking the game once again at 3-3.

Texas State would find their mo-

mentum, knocking over a 6-0 run and widening the gap to 9-3. The third set would then end in favor to Texas State 25-18, giving them a 3-0 sweep on the Warhawks.

Head volleyball coach, Charlie Olson, said, “It’s always a humbling experience playing on the road at back-to-back SBC champion Texas State. To play them twice in the same day adds to the challenge.

Now, to turn around and play them a third time just adds to that challenge exponentially.”

Much like the first match, Texas State would hook the first tallies, pulling themselves into an early lead and leaving ULM to rush for a win in the second match. The Warhawks managed to hoist past the Bobcats 6-5 and 9-8, but shortly after Texas State would go on 13-5 run, finishing the first set 25-14.

In the second set, the Warhawks

stormed the court for a 4-4 lockdown. Fighting for a lead, Texas State bounced back 5-4, only to be tied again at 5-5 and 7-7.

The Bobcats would then rally their forces and push back with a 12-9 lead, followed by a claim on the second set 25-16.

In Warhawk fashion, the ULM volleyball team blazed through the scoreboard in the third set. They racked up a 4-1 lead in the very beginning.

When they tied at 7-7, the Bobcats would break the Warhawks’ winning score shortly after, grabbing 18 markers to beat ULM’s 7 more.

The ULM volleyball team will battle the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Friday, Oct. 2, for another chance to redeem themselves. contact Skylar Henry at henrysk@warhawks.ulm.edu