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Open House Movie Night, 5:30 p.m., Walker 1-111 22nd Annual ULM Juried Student Art Exhibition, Bry Art Gallery

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Tuesday, April

Voice Faculty Solo & Chamber Music Recital, 7:30 p.m., Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall

Wednesday, April

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ULM Etiquette Dinner, 6 p.m., The Terrace-Library 7th floor

Thursday, April

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TEDxULM, 5:30 p.m., Bayou Pointe Event Center Food packaging, 6 p.m., Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana The Hunting Ground Documentary Screening, 6 p.m., Walker 2-105

Friday, April

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ULM Art Student Reception and Awards, 5 p.m., Bry Art Gallery

Saturday, April

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Festival of World Languages, 8 a.m., SUB ULM Dance Repertory Audition, 10 a.m., Brown Annex Studio 120 -122

Sunday, April

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No events planned

Ouachita Parish

Maryland

Brazil

According to KNOE, the city of Sterlington proposed a new sales tax to combat it’s rising $20 million debt.

Sterlington mayor Caesar Velasquez, on Tuesday’s council meeting, proposed a two-percent sales tax on every business in the town. The tax would generate $400,000 a year for the town's general fund.

However, the proposal didn’t settle well with local businesses who fear the new tax would divert potential customers.

Alderman Zack Howse said he wanted to hear from other businesses in town before the board votes in a few months.

A vote on the tax will come in July.

If passed, Sterlington would have the highest sales tax rate in the state.

A teen was killed in Calhoun on Wednesday after a gunshot wound to the head.

According to KNOE, 18-year-old Christopher D. Florez was charged with killing 19-year-old Kiara Elee.

According to court records, Florez's father said his son physically attacked him and got into an argument with Elee. He told investigators that Elee knew Florez had a handgun and anger issues, so she tried to hide the gun. Florez's father said Florez grabbed the gun from Elee and pointed it at her.

Florez allegedly told investigators that he was angry with Elee for trying to hide his weapon and he intentionally pointed the gun at the victim.

Florez has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of felony obstruction of justice.

MCT-The world's first kidney transplant from a living HIV-positive donor to another HIV-positive person was successfully performed Monday by doctors at a Johns Hopkins University hospital.

Nina Martinez, 35, donated her kidney to an anonymous recipient after the friend she had hoped to give it to died last fall.

Martinez acquired HIV when she was 6 weeks old through a blood transfusion and was diagnosed at age 8.

Access to HIV-positive organs became possible in 2013, and surgeries have been limited to kidneys and livers. Johns Hopkins Medicine was the first to perform the initial HIVto-HIV transplant from a deceased donor in the U.S. in 2016.

The anonymous recipient is in stable condition and will likely be discharged in the next couple of days.

MCT-A Brazilian judge ordered the release of former President Michel Temer after five days of preventative detention on corruption charges, court documents showed.

Federal Judge Antonio Athie accepted Temer's lawyers' habeas corpus request and also agreed to the release of former Minister Wellington Moreira Franco.

Prosecutors accuse Temer of "leading a criminal organization" that received or was promised more than $471 million, in funds diverted from state-owned companies and public works.

His detention clouded the outlook for the government's economic reforms, as key members of the Jair Bolsonaro administration squabbled publicly over the fallout.

Brazilian assets accelerated gains after news of his release.

New sales tax proposed Teen killed after trying Doctors transplant first Former president released to help with city's debt to hide suspect's gun living HIV-positive kidney amidst corruption charges

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TODAY IN HISTORY

DANCE TO THE BEAT

April 1

"Don't count the days, make the days count."

Muhammad Ali, Professional boxer

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ULM Hawkline perform their nationals' routine during the annual Hawkline Showoff in Fant Ewing Coliseum on Friday. They won first place for Divison 1 Hip-Hop category at the 2019 American Dance/Drill Team National

1953: Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio.

1 9 7 1 : Bangladesh(East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan.

1979: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sign the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C. 1985: Pope John Paul II proclaims first ever World Youth Day. 1997: Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.

2001: Kazakhstan's prime minister opens an oil pipeline from the giant Tengiz Field to the Russian port of Novorossiysk on Monday, giving the Central Asian producer its first direct link to international markets.

2006: Carrie Lam becomes the first woman elected to lead Hong Kong by Beijing-influenced electorial commission.

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NEWS

Service

Students raise awareness on safe driving Project receives $15K grant from State Farm

by Ethan Dennis

Trying new things or jumping on the bandwagon can be a great thing in college. For some students, fully knowing what they’re getting into is not necessary if it involves service.

“To be honest, Dr. McGahan mentioned a service-learning opportunity and without knowing what it was about, I agreed to be a part of it,” said Callie Shermer, a senior psychology major.

The project Shermer agreed to be a part of is Project DREAM. The "D" stands for dedication to driving safety and betterment of one's community. The "R" stands for reflection on how one has been driving, in order to adjust or continue current behavior.

The "E" stands for education. The "A" stands for action which involves using what one has learned to drive better. The "M" stands for maintain the course goals by spreading it to the community.

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The project consists of a four mini-course series for high school students that revolves around the relationship between power, freedom, responsibility and the sanctity of life.

This project’s goal is to remind people how powerful vehicles are, decrease the number of car acciedents and wrecks as well as encourage drivers in the community to be more thoughtful and cooperative on the road.

“Our main purpose is to help others remember how powerful vehicles can be and hopefully help them understand that with power, you are afforded freedom, especially when associated with responsibility,” Shermer said.

Put simply, associate psychology professor Joseph McGahan said, “The basic idea is that vehicles afford power Shermer and through the presence of responsibility grounded in respect for the sanctity of life, vehicles give us enormous freedom.”

However, without responsibility, power is potentially destructive and even deadly.

Therefore, McGahan said, "If we can get high school students to help reach junior high school students, the high school students will be more likely to internalize the value of being responsible when they drive in the same way that my students and I will also, hopefully,internalize the value of responsibility and drive accordingly.”

McGahan has been working on this project since the mid ‘90s.

“While looking at a textbook that I used back in something like 1995 for my social psychology class, I noticed comments in the margins of my book that represented the gist of the current project,” McGahan said.

Even he was a little surprised to find the beginnings of his project.

He also said he has been interested in driving behavior since he realized the prevalence of reckless driving when his daughter was very young.

Upon furthering her knowledge of McGahan’s project, Shermer realized she had a personal reason to commit to increasing driving awareness.

“I lost a good friend of mine a few years back due to drunk driving and since then, I have always been interested in wanting to help make the roads safer to travel on.

If people were more aware while

driving, wrecks and accidents would decrease, and we wouldn't have to cope with as many losses,” Shermer said.

This project received $15,000 funding provided by the Good Neighbor Citizenship Grant from State Farm.

According to the ULM Foundation’s grant writer, Roxanne Smith, State Smith Farm contacted her asking what ULM programs might be a good fit for the grant, and she immediately thought of Dr. McGahan and his team.

“Now that we have secured the grant and the project is moving forward, I will assist in brainstorming on how to implement and market the program as well as highlight State Farm as our partner,” Smith said.

McGahan said he hopes to expand this project over the next few years and challenge drivers in other communities to be more thoughtful and compassionate on the road.

“Our hope is that we can get junior high school students to reach children in elementary school to think

about power, responsibility, the sanctity of life and freedom associated with driving well before potentially bad habits begin to develop,” McGahan said.

Shermer and senior psychology major Larry Mize said this project will be impactful to the community and on themselves.

“Getting those wheels turning in their head may make them choose to put the phone down, or pay more attention the next time they get into a vehicle,” Shermer said.

The project interests Mize because, “it not only allows me to help out the local community to think more deeply about driving and concepts like freedom and responsibility, but it allows me to become more familiar with processing and evaluating research.”

Smith summed up the need for this program best when she said, “Education about being more responsible behind the wheel is definitely a need in all communities.”

McGahan asked that if anyone wants to discuss the possibility of working on this project, they should contact him via email, mcgahan@ ulm.edu. contact Ethan Dennis at dennisec@warhawks.ulm.edu

Noble's work accepted for art exhibition in capital Dr. Joni Henry Noble, an art professor in the School of Visual and Performing Arts recently got her work accepted for Art Flow 2019, a statewide art exhibition held in downtown Baton Rouge.

Noble’s work, "Fiddle 1," a black and white archival print, will be displayed at The Heron in Baton Rouge’s convention district.

This year’s Art Flow is sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and Forum 35.

More than 100 individual art works will be exhibited across 42 participating venues in downtown Baton Rouge.

According to their website, Art Flow “celebrates Louisiana artists in the capital city and invites innovation, intrigue and inspiration to residents and visitors, while providing a platform for working professional artists in the region.”

Visitors will be able to vote for their favorite

piece via the FlowBR App. A national jury will also judge and award prizes to three finalists.

Winners of the juried and public prizes will be announced during the Ebb & Flow Festival weekend, April 6-7.

The arts will continue to be on display through the Baton Rouge Blues Festival on April 13-14.

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OPINION

Spring Fever

New season doesn’t mean you can skip class Raven Adcox With heavy, sleepy eyes and only 20 minutes to make it to my 8 a.m. class, I ask myself a serious question: “Should I even go?” We’ve all been there. To go to class or to not go to class. That is the age-old question that most, if not all, students face during college.

The spring semester here at ULM drags by. Students get a taste of freedom during winter break and that carries over into the new semester.

They lose motivation and stop attending class regularly.

Personally, I have skipped multiple

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classes during my five years at ULM. What can I say, I’m human? I had a number of reasons for not attending class, from car trouble to “car troubles,” if you know what I mean. However, I always found myself struggling to catch up. The last month of the semester, you can find me scrambling, like an egg, trying to do whatever I can to get that A or B. I haven’t failed yet, but I have caused myself unnecessary stress, which is even more detrimental. If you want a positive, successful college experience, try going to class.

Skipping class, especially towards the end of a semester, can negatively impact students, no matter how welladjusted they are. Participation grades are often incorporated into classes, which forces students not to skip. Plus, a good participation grade can save your GPA at the end of the semester.

Unless you have killer allergies, spring is a time for enjoyment. It’s hard to pass up a beautiful day, and this often becomes an excuse to skip

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class. The kayaks at the Wesley look mighty fun on days when the sun is shining bright. The pull of fresh Louisiana air, Instagram photos of blooming trees and the desire to cruise on a long board is far too strong for most students to pass up. Skipping class becomes easier in the spring, because we can smell summer in the air.

Louisiana weather is random as heck, but a clear blue sky can make all the difference. Springtime brings with it a feeling of restlessness. Students who were cooped up inside all winter come out of hibernation to smell the roses. Sure, this semester we have been plagued with a pollen epidemic, but you understand what I’m saying.

Spring pulls people off the couch and out the door. Once students get a taste of that natural vitamin D, there’s no going back.

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dollars are being wasted when we skip class. The professor is still being paid, even if you can’t be bothered to attend class.

According to a study done by The College Board and reported on by USA Today, “For students taking 15-credit hours a semester, each class session at an in-state, public university costs about $30.” When the cost is broken down like that, I think more students understand the financial impact skipping class can have on them.

At the end of the day, not attending class regularly has a negative impact on your schooling, point blank.

No amount of rest and relaxation will get you the grade you want.

However, hard work, patience and acceptance of things you can’t always change will. No university is perfect and there are a lot of legitimate reasons to miss class. Just don’t make a habit of it.

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most important factor in deciding whether to attend lectures is the lectures’ quality and clarity, followed by conflicting deadlines for other classes the professor’s use of relevant examples and the professor’s ability to engage and entertain the students.”

Even Ivy-league universities like Harvard have had problems with attendance in the past. A 2015 article

by Forbes found that Harvard had an attendance rate of only 60 percent, which is surprising when you think about the increase in quality. It doesn’t matter what school you attend, skipping class is a universal experience understood by most.

However, skipping class can lead to bad habits if not managed properly.

Some cite teaching quality as their reason for not attending class.

Whether it be a pointless lecture or just a bad professor, a lot of students feel that they don’t necessarily need to attend class to pass it.

However, no matter how we look at it, hundreds to thousands of our

Asja Jordan Most of us, at some point in our college careers, asked ourselves questions like: “Am I on the right path?”, “Am I wasting my time?”, “Could there be more to the college experience?” etc.

If you haven’t asked any of those questions you’re probably just going through the motions. Or just trying to “get that piece of paper.”

I wouldn’t be writing this article if I didn’t change my major. Actually, there is a lot that I wouldn’t have done if I didn’t make that change. If you’re thinking about changing your major, do it.

Changing your major to something you’re actually interested in would make your hard work rewarding, because you actually enjoy doing it.

Don’t fear all your hard work will be poured down the drain or that you’ll be disappointing your parents.

Know that your parents’ dreams are their dreams- not yours. You are not meant to live your life according to anyone else’s dream but your own.

When we pursue what we are most passionate about, we fill our lives with a sense of purpose and meaning. College is a decent chunk of our lives.

A lot of people want to rush through college just to receive their diploma. While the degree is very important, it does not define you.

What defines us as students and as people are our interests, passions and ultimately what we choose to pursue. College is a time to explore.

It’s a time to take risks. It’s a time to take a chance with change.

I jumped the gun my junior year. Having been a kinesiology major, I decided to change to communication.

This was a very hard decision, but one needed for a while.

Since the change, I have been more likely to take chances and opportunities. I have gone outside of my comfort zone. I’ve developed and discovered a deeper sense of purpose.

If you haven’t gotten my point, here it is. Listen to that internal pull.

Ask yourself those questions stated at the beginning of this article. You’ll start to discover what you are capable of and who you truly are.

Any change, big or small, has the power to show you your true potential. You just have to be willing to take the risk. Fear is there for a reason, to push you into your true purpose.

Jump the gun. Take the chance. If it sets you back a year or two, that’s really nothing in the grand scheme of things. It’s better to pursue what you are passionate about and have that “piece of paper” actually mean something. contact Asja Jordan at jordana1@warhawks.ulm.edu

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National Election

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OPINION

Let’s discuss voting now Ashlyn Dupree

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It’s time to pick your horse now.

Presidential elections are closer than you think. Now is the time to start picking who you want as your president.

While many may give the argument that it’s too early to pick your choice, people have already announced they’re running for president.

If you look at who’s running now, even if it’s a small number of people, it’ll give you more time to do research.

You can do in-depth research on their stances on different topics.

Having this extra time to do research, you get to know who they are before you vote. Sometimes, people change their beliefs when they run.

Before he ran, President Donald Trump was pro-choice in regards to

abortions. But once he stepped into office, he changed to pro-life.

While changing your beliefs on something doesn’t have to be a bad thing, sometimes candidates can change their beliefs just to get votes.

If you look at a person’s stance before they run for president and it changes while they are running, keep your eyes on them. This can be an indicator that something is off.

By “picking your horse” now, you are doing yourself a favor in the future.

This can help you understand what is actually going on in the presidential elections.

A lot of people just vote for the person whose name has been everywhere or who is affiliated with their party. This isn’t practical.

It’s very important to vote for who you think will be the best fit for your country, not someone you hear about often. Don’t follow the crowd.

Don’t just look at potential candidates from your party, but look at other parties too.

I’m not saying leave your party, but keep yourself open to possibilities.

Also, by seeing who other parties’ candidates are and their beliefs, this can actually help you refute arguments.

Arguments against parties opposite of yours do happen. Knowing your side and their side gives you the upper hand in an argument.

Discussion can help you. It makes you look knowledgeable and gives the other person an opportunity to grow in what they didn’t know about your candidate and possibly theirs.

According to a Pew Research study, in the presidential election of 2016, millennials made up 25 percent of votes. With such a large percentage of voters in our generation, we need to make sure that we are knowledgeable in what we are voting on.

Not knowing who we believe is the best for our nation could really hurt the country.

This is coming from the biggest procrastinator in any election-myself. Do not wait until the last minute to decide who you are voting for.

Gather information on every person over time and then make an informed decision.

You’ll feel more confident in your decision and who you think should be president. contact Ashlyn Dupree at dupreeaf@warhawks.ulm.edu

Outdoor Living

Nature therapy can help ease troubled minds

Killian Hicks The sun wakes you up as it rises over a peak of a mountain. As you stretch and unzip out of your sleeping bag, the subtle chill of the desert air bites at your skin. You then step out of your tent to brew some coffee over an open flame. As you watch the new day’s light dance across the desert floor below you, for some reason, everything seems to be alright.

In the 21st century we look at mental health much differently than we used to in past decades. At one time if you had any sort of issue you would be offered electroshock

therapy or given medications until you became comatose. But now a new style of therapy has emerged to cure mental health issues, nature therapy.

According to Webster’s Dictionary, nature therapy is defined as “a system of treatment of disease that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents (such as air, water and herbs).”

It officially became a tool used by therapists in 1996 and was then known as “ecotherapy.” It has shown to have been very helpful with improving mood, easing anxiety, destressing and especially coping with depressing thoughts.

In this modern age, we are consumed with the self. Social media sites like Instagram and Facebook have enslaved us by letting us believe that the reason for living is narcissism and the craving of acceptance by all the people we are surrounded by. I am at fault here as well. I get notifications when my favorite Instagram accounts make a post.

The news we see and read every day tends to be on the darker side like

wars in the middle east and political strife in the U.S. With each day, it seems like the world is growing darker and darker.

In these times it is completely necessary to do as Henry David Thoreau did, and go to the woods to live deliberately.

There is something inexplicable in being surrounded by nature. It could be a desert valley, a mountain’s peak, a white sandy beach or even your local city park. Just a place where you can disconnect from the sludge of modernity.

When you get lost in the wild, everything that you left behind at home seems to float away. You realize how small you are. Not in the sense that you do not matter, but in the fact that there is a grand world that surrounds you. Go seize it.

Find the ends of the earth. Discover centuries old cave paintings in Utah.

Stand up paddle with manatees in the crystal-clear waters of Florida.

Find that place on this earth that can make you feel truly alive. Some people believe they are backed into

a corner where they live. This is ridiculous. The world is round. There are no corners to be backed in to if you keep exploring.

There is one downside to this exploration though. Once you find it, you will never want to leave. And when you do leave, your heart will always be in those wild places.

For me, it is Big Bend National Park.

I’ll hear a song or smell something and instantly I’m transported back to the desert.

This is not a perfect cure-all, but a supplemental help for mental illness.

There are very sad cases, like the one of Dan Sidles, where a person tries to help their mental state only with nature therapy, and ultimately it is not enough.

Each human is individual and unique so each human will need different types and amounts of therapy. If you struggle with any sort of mental illness, reach out to someone.

Try as many different, healthy styles of therapy as you can. There is still hope.

The man who inspired my wanderlust, and in all honesty, was

also using nature therapy without even knowing it, was named Christopher McCandless. He left his home after graduating college to walk across America and get lost in the wild.

His journey ended in Alaska after backpacking across the entire country. He said something that has always stuck with me.

According to McCandless, the very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

This is the point of nature therapy and why I believe it can help with mental illnesses. Our very purpose for existence is to find happiness through the discovery of new and exciting things.

I urge you, get outside. Find a new horizon. Look for that natural place that makes this life worth living. contact Killian Hicks at hickssk@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Dance Competition

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ALL HAIL HAWKLINE : (Left) Members of the ULM Hawkline strike funny poses before they compete at the American Dance/Drill Team National Competition in Denton, Texas. (Right) Coaches Kayla Attaway(left) and Sonni Bennett(right) pose with the Hawkline’s newest spoils of victory after defeating both Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin in Division 1A Hip-Hop category.

Hawkline wins at national competition

by Ethan Dennis It’s never easy becoming national champions, but for the ULM Hawkline, sometimes you have to lose to return and come back fighting stronger.

“Their determination was everything. Last year, we got first runnerup, and they weren’t satisfied. They wanted to win,” said Sonni Bennett, the Hawkline coach.

Hawkline recently competed at the American Dance/Drill Team National competition in Denton, Texas. They competed in the Division 1A Hip Hop category against Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin.

For Hawkline co-captain Hanna Byrd, who loves to compete, her last nationals was nothing short of a dream.

“Winning nationals definitely made all of the long and tough practices worth it. I am graduating, so there is not another Byrd nationals for me, but I think we did an amazing job this year, and it is a perfect way to end my senior year of Hawkline,” Byrd said.

As a senior business administration major, Byrd said managing

school and practice was tough.

“If it wasn’t for my teammates, I wouldn’t have gotten through it. We were able to balance it all because we love what we do and found a way to get it all done,” Byrd said.

Co-captain Emily Healy said having 15 girls and two coaches for support and encouragement through rough patches and the stress of a busy schedule helped balance dance and school.

“We’re all really close, so we always are encouraging each other, making each other laugh and praying for each other, in the good times and the bad,” Healy said.

Healy, a senior communications and Spanish double major, has been

on Hawkline since she first came to ULM. Like Byrd, holding her team members’ hands and becoming champions was an amazing moment for Healy to see.

“During the awards, we were praying they were going to call our names, and when we heard ‘ULM Hawkline,’ I’ve never seen a group of girls so excited,” Healy said.

She is very proud of her team and is excited for one more year with Hawkline.

“Each year, we keep getting better and better, so I’m pumped to see what is in store for us next year.

The team has different strengths each year, depending on the group

of girls, so it’s hard to predict what next year will be like until tryouts are over,” Healy said.

The day after the competition, Healy Hawkline celebrated their win at Six Flags Over Texas, located in Arlington, Texas.

“We were all wearing matching Hawkline shirts, so when people asked us what kind of team we were on, it felt good to be able to say our dance team won nationals,” Healy said. contact Ethan Dennis at dennisec@warhawks.ulm.edu

Education Migration

Louisiana graduates leave for alleged Texas benefits

by John Radcliffe One of the many problems facing the Louisiana educational system is that too many teachers are just attaining their degree and then moving out of state.

Many students like Tara Simpson agree with this viewpoint.

“There just isn’t much for me here in Louisiana. I feel as though I can make more money and achieve more in Texas where I’ll be on my own,” said Simpson, a sophomore elementary education major.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average pay for a Louisiana teacher is

$45,430 a year compared to Texas where educators get paid $53,335 per academic year.

However, “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side” said Molly Hill, a ULM education instructor.

“Texas educators only seem to make more money because of the select Hill amount of schools in Texas which are a part of an independent school district,” Hill said.

According to Hill, salaries and bonuses

are determined by the district rather than the state. Across the state of Texas, large changes in teachers’ salaries will be more compared to Louisiana. The pay is higher throughout most of the state because of the state’s mandate.

Hill said another perk of Louisiana is that it does not take much to be a phenomenal educator in the state because state standards have made the curriculum simple to follow.

All curriculum for Louisiana public schools can be found on the Louisiana Believes webpage. This webpage goes over what a student needs to know for each grade before progressing to the next one.

Another reason Hill said education majors should stay in Louisiana is because of her own dream. Hill was consumed by the idea of educating the area she grew up in.

Watching her community grow and develop has brought her much joy over the span of her life.

She said that she loves walking through the

halls of her old elementary school during her residency observations as it brings back the nostalgia from her childhood. She said she hopes one day that her own daughter will attend the same elementary school that she herself attended as a young student.

Sophomore elementary education major Brandon Williams had a similar opinion.

“I plan to stay in Louisiana because this is where my family is,” Williams said.

Hill said that “circumstance” is the first reason as to why a person plans to stay or leave Louisiana, and Williams’ circumstance to stay is because of his obligation to his family.

“It is my job to make sure that my family is taken care of,” Williams said.

There are countless other reasons for Louisiana educators to stay local, but it is ultimately up to the students themselves to decide what path they are going to take. contact John Radcliffe at radclijp@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Recruitment

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PREPARE FOR LANDING: Hawkseeker Lawrence Obioma leads a group of potential Warhawks across campus during Browse on the Bayou, a semiannual event that showcases academic programs, Greek and student life at ULM.

Future Warhawks take tour of bayou

by Sisam Shrestha Jermiya Thompson, a senior from Caldwell High School, knew exactly what she wanted when she attended Browse on the Bayou on Saturday.

Five of Thompson’s friends currently attend ULM and her brother used to be a Warhawk too.

She was set on joining the kinesiology program at ULM and living a life she had only heard about through her friends and family.

Thompson was one of the many visitors at the semiannual event that showcases life at ULM. Browse is a campus-visit day for high school juniors, seniors and transfer students.

Like always, this semester’s Browse had many registered student organizations, Greek life and academic programs talk to eager visitors about the possible activities and involvements on campus. Gay “They were encouraging and enthusiastic. They had a personality just like me, and I liked it,” Thompson said.

Prospective students were grouped according to their academic interest and given a guided-tour of the campus, residential buildings and the pharmacy school. Students and their parents learned about available scholar-

BAYOU BROWSIN’: Student Government Association Senator Jason Parker speaks to a potential Warhawk and her family about the perks of running for SGA. SGA represents the student body by conveying their opinions, ideas, wishes and needs to the ULM administration and faculty.

ships and financial aid at the session, “Money Matter.”

Cameron Gay and Ryan Blomquist were at the event representing their fraternity, Phi

Mu Alpha Sinfonia. The fraternity is actively involved in promoting music both in the School of Visual and Performing Arts and in the community.

According to Blomquist, apart from allowing the organization to recruit possible members, Browse on the Bayou also provides students with plenty of time to decide what orga- Dev nizations to be involved in before they start their journey at ULM. Gay, the president of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, said, “It helps show the wide variety of interest at ULM.” Gay himself was a visitor at Browse a few years ago. He said that the amount of diversity in organizations at Browse has grown over the years which helps students of varied interests feel welcomed on campus.

The different groups were guided around campus by the ULM Hawkseekers. Ashish Dev was busy guiding his third Browse group as a Hawkseeker.

“Browse provides an excellent opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to learn about academic and student life at ULM,” said Dev, a sophomore computer science major.

“I like working the event because it gives us an opportunity to show off our beautiful campus and the facilities it provides to prospective students,” Dev said.

The next Browse is set for Nov. 9, 2019. contact Sisam Shrestha at shrests8@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Conference

photos by Miles Jordan

APPLAUSE: President Bruno, his wife Linda and UL-System President James Henderson clap to welcome the 2019 Women's Symposium keynote speaker, LeAnn Boyd, in the Bayou Pointe Event Center. Also sitting at their table was special guest of honor, First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards.

Women's Symposium wakes women up to potential Panelists inspire attendees through open dialogue

by Chelsea Terrell From the Seneca Falls Convention that helped the women's suffrage movement to ULM's 2019 Women's Symposium, the gathering of women has always changed lives.

Nirali Patel truly believes the symposium has changed her life completely.

“I attended the very first Women’s Symposium and the one thing I’d like to say about it is that it was life changing," said Patel, a 2019 Women’s Symposium board member.

Patel is proud to have been a board member in such an amazing event and continues to learn from the event.

Patel "I would not be the person or the leader I am today without their advice and the guidance. Everything I have learned has slowly pieced me to be the women I am today,” Patel said.

Hosted in Bayou Pointe Event Center on Wednesday, the event was a great opportunity for women to come together to discuss issues and obstacles women face in every-

LISTEN UP: LeAnn Boyd delivered the 2019 Women's Symposium keynote address. Boyd is a founding partner and Chief Executive Office for Southern Scripts. She also is a summa cum laude graduate from ULM, holding a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree.

SIGN UP, SIGN IN: Tickets to the Women's Symposium were free to ULM students and even a small number of Louisiana Tech students. ULM faculty and staff paid $20 each, while the general public paid $35 each.

day life.

Keynote Speaker LeAnn Boyd spoke about her difficult journey to becoming a founding partner and CEO for Southern Scripts.

“As women leaders who have chosen to invest your afternoon here today at the women’s symposium, you are accepting the role of a leader today and tomorrow," Boyd said.

The ULM summa cum laude graduate made sure to encourage sisterhood during her speech.

"I can detest that as a woman that has been going down this journey

for about two decades, having uncommon fortitude will be absolutely essential to your success,” Boyd said.

Bohl This inspiration is why Kelsey Bohl said the symposium is important.

"It allows female leaders from the area to be highlighted and share their stories to hopefully inspire students and the next generation

of women leaders,” said Bohl, the chair of ULM's fourth Women's Symposium. The overall theme of the symposium was WINGS which stands for "Women Influencing the Next Generation of Success."

Along with inspirational speakers, the Women’s Symposium broke into various panels and discussed topics varying from “Fostering a Safe Work Environment” to “Reframing Failure as Potential for Growth.”

One of the most inspirational panelists was Dr. Talitha Smith-Elliot who shared her difficult journey of a shift change in her career.

“I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in radiology in May 2005, but briefly after graduating and working in my field for almost a year, I realized that I wasn’t quite happy,” Smith-Elliot said.

She opened up about her eventually moving out of state to go to chiropractic college.

However, her journey of success eventually hit a huge wall when she

did not pass her boards.

“That test is actually my testimony. It made me so strong for when I have difficult days. Now, when I feel like I just want to give up, I think about that time in my life, and it is literally a slap in the face. It has really helped me to continue to success,” Smith- Smith-Elliott Elliot said.

All of the stories heard by the many panelists of the Women’s Symposium were inspiring to the men and women that attended the symposium.

The panel discussions was followed by an award ceremony that honored graduate student Sydney Canfield, former Academic Affairs vice president Eric Pani and Monroe community members. contact Chelsea Terrell at terrellcl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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University Future

Reaccreditation looks to be within reach

by Ethan Dennis

DINE AND SHINE: Attendees at ULM's 2019 Women's Symposium eat a healthy lunch before listening to keynote speaker LeAnn Boyd. After lunch, they chose between three panel tracks sponsored by ABG Professional Development, CenturyLink and BayouLife Magazine.

Having uncommon fortitude will be absolutely essential to your success."

photo courtesy Meredith McKinnie-Smith

LeAnn Boyd, keynote speaker

photos by Miles Jordan

SHARE YOUR STORY: Alvina Clayton-Thomas is the first in her family to graduate from college and serves as the dean of Student Success Services at Louisiana Delta Community College. At the symposium, Clayton-Thomas served on the "Don't Stop at Networking" panel.

NETWORKING QUEEN: Lisa Miller currently serves as ULM's Chief Communications Officer, a ULM Executive Council member, and a ULM Administrative Council member. At the symposium, Miller served on the "Don't Stop at Networking" panel.

Whether kayaking or canoeing, everyone loves smooth sailing on the bayou. Prospects for calm waters seem likely to stay, since ULM’s reaccreditation visit went well.

“The on-site visit went very well, and we were pleased that the team recognized ULM’s strengths. We will wait for the official decision in Dec. from the SACSCOC Board of Trustees but we are confident of the positive outcome,” President Nick Bruno Bruno said.

Accreditation by the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools Commission on College is required every 10 years. This accreditation signifies a college has an appropriate higher education mission, and the necessary resources, programs and services sufficient to accomplish and sustain that mission, according to SACSCOC’s Principles of Accreditation handbook.

Bruno said the board was very positive towards ULM’s Quality Enhancement Plan during their visit in late March.

“They expressed that they are excited to see the results that will be generated by the QEP,” Bruno said.

Centered around its mission and vision, each university develops a QEP to enhance student learning in a specific area. ULM’s QEP this year is “FOCUS on Biology” which was created by a planning committee of students, faculty and staff. FOCUS stands for formulate, observe, communicate, use and synthesize.

The plan involves a curriculum change in two gateway biology courses- Biology 1014, Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology I, and Biology 1020, Principles of Biology. This won’t change the lecture and labs; it will add onto the understanding of the lecture material.

“The students will just come to a FOCUS section once a week with a teacher, a graduate assistant and hopefully some peer mentors who have been successful in the class,” said Mallory Benedetto, the QEP coordinator and biology instructor.

These FOCUS groups will take place every week outside of class. This model has been partially based on the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model Ayika already offered here at ULM. If approved in Dec., the first FOCUS sessions will be implemented in Biology 1020 starting in spring 2020. In fall 2020, all sections of both Biology 1020 and Biology 1014 will have FOCUS sessions.This will hopefully increase the success rates and thinking skills for students in these classes so that the success in upper-level biology classes will improve and not be as difficult as it is now for many students.

Junior biology major Princess Ayika said the QEP will help incoming students be more prepared, even non-biology majors."This plan would've prepared me more and made classes I’m taking now much easier for me," Ayika said. contact Ethan Dennis at dennisec@warhawks.ulm.edu

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April 1, 2019

FREESTYLE

Live Music

photos by Amelia Wilkes

MUSIC IN THE AIR: The Downtown West Monroe Revitalization group held the first of many concerts in their Ouachita Live series with unique musician, Emily Musolino, headlining at Miss Kay’s Sweets and Eats. Ouachita Live will continue to be held until Oct. at different locations in downtown West Monroe.

Concert series livens downtown

by Ashlyn Dupree

The smell of delicious sweets and coffee filled the air as Emily Musolino belted out her original song, “Eye of the Storm.”

Audience members sipped on beers and coffee as they listened to the North Carolina artist sing original songs and covers at the first Ouachita Live event at Miss Kay’s Sweets and Eats.

According to Lila Strode, the president of West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce, Ouachita Live is a free concert series that will be held from March to Oct. on the last Friday of every month.

Strode Strode was very pleased with the turnout of Ouachita Live and said that this event will help the downtown area of both West Monroe and Monroe.

According to Strode, the event was put on by the Downtown West Monroe Revitalization group to help revitalize the downtown area while having fun events for the community.

“Ouachita Live is all about bringing people to downtown West Monroe. Come out, shop, enjoy the atmosphere out here and have fun,” Strode said.

The atmosphere was one of Musolino’s favorite parts about performing in the West Monroe and Monroe area.

“I think this event went well. Many people have shown up, and they seem to really enjoy the music,” Musolino said.

Strode hopes to see more attendance from ULM students as the year progresses and

Ouachita Live continues to be held.

While there weren’t many college students at the first Ouachita Live performance, one ULM student, Rebecca Rowland, did go and enjoy the event.

“The musician was great. She had a nice sound. I think more students and people should have went to this event,” said Rowland, a sophomore business administration major.

Musolino’s sound was something that she herself views as a unique trait.

“I’m kind of a country, soul, rock and blues artist. But I think blues is where it really all comes from,” Musolino said.

Musolino was the first artist of the Ouachita Live series. Strode said that they will have different genres of music so everyone can enjoy.

“We will have a blues band, a Cajun band and other artists and bands. We have some outside groups and outside folks that we haven’t heard of before,” Strode said.

Musolino brought every type of genre to the table at Miss Kay’s Sweets and Eats so that every audience member could listen to something they enjoy.

Musolino said she became interested in music around 11 years old and decided she wanted to be a professional musician.

Musolino has three albums titled “EmilyMusolino,” “Jealous Girl” and “The Vault.” She performed original songs from these albums as well as covers.

Staying true to her ever-changing sound, Musolino covered songs from different genres like, “Tennessee Whiskey,” “Walk like an Egyptian” and “Hold On.” contact Ashlyn Dupree at dupreeaf@warhawks.ulm.edu

SIP AND LISTEN: West Monroe and Monroe locals enjoyed treats and drinks from Miss Kay’s Sweets and Eats while listening to music from singer Emily Musolino.

UNLEASH YOUR SOUND: Lila Strode, the president of West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce, talks to Ouachita Live attendee. The concert series will be held on the last Friday of every month with musicians of every genre for the community to enjoy.

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Beauty

4 affordable options for makeup lovers

by Chelsea Terrell

es to be better.

In many cases the Too Faced Better Than Sex will most likely be picked because of its name brand.

Many people decide on what makeup to use by the brand name, picture on the packaging or what social media influencers are raving about.

However, what if that inexpensive drug-store makeup is just as good but with a cheaper price?

Some popular makeup artists, such as Jeffree Star, post YouTube videos based on drug-store foundation versus expensive, name brand foundation. Even Star can admit that drug-store makeup can get the job done just as well.

4. Lip Gloss

1. Foundation At times, the price difference between name brand and drug-store can be mind-blowing. For example, NARS Sheer Glow Foundation is $50 compared to Maybelline’s $10 Fit Me Foundation.

Both products have the same purpose and similar ingredients, but the NARS foundation is $40 more than the Maybelline foundation simply

because of the popularity behind the brand.

2. Eyeshadow Along with foundation, eye shadow pallets are another product that you can find quality dupes of.

Anastasia Beverly Hills is a brand that has stunning eyeshadow pal-

ettes, but they come at a high price.

There are similar and cheaper versions of these pallets from the brand Makeup Revolution Iconic Division.

The only difference between the almost identical pallets are the labels and prices.

While the Anastasia pallet is a whopping $42, Makeup Revolution

Iconic Division is only $7.

3. Mascara Another popular makeup dupe is the $23 Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara compared to the $10 L’Oréal Voluminous Lash Paradise. Beautiful lashes are results of both mascaras, but it’s always what the buyer choos-

Lip glosses also have cheaper dupes.

As many people know Kylie Cosmetics is well known for the lip kits that continue to fly off shelves despite hefty prices.

However, there are many other lipsticks and glosses floating around that are a lot cheaper and are also identical in color. Many brands such as ColourPop, NYX and Maybelline make products with similar formulas.

Expensive products compared to drug-store makeup will always be a preference many disagree on.

It’s okay to prefer name brand products over drug-store, but if you ever need quality makeup at a cheap price, there are options for you. contact Chelsea Terrell at terrelcl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Fashion

Embrace comfort, color during spring

by Chelsea Terrell

The cold weather has finally ended and it’s time to put away those hoodies and sweatpants and get into the spring spirit. We all love to cuddle up with cute beanies and fuzzy jackets but now we need to take off some of those layers and enjoy the nice weather with fashionable skirts, booties and t-shirts.

T-shirt: You can finally take out your favorite tees that match with just about any pair of jeans. The more color the better when it comes to comfortable fitting t-shirts. You can dress up any tee with booties or even dress it down with casual shorts and sandals. The different colors and patterns on new tees, popular in stores, allow for them to be easily paired with anything your closet has to offer. Tees and shorts are great because they are comfortable and affordable.

Mini skirt: Casual tees can also be dressed up with a simple or colorful patterned mini skirt. If the weather is being unpredictable and you don’t want to wear pants, but also don’t want to wear shorts, throw on a casual, cute skirt with various buttons all the way down. This simple piece of clothing will make your outfit stand out. A skirt can be casual for a movie date or fancy for a wedding depending on how you dress it up. Mini skirts can be made fancy with a nice blouse and heels or booties, but can be more casual with sneakers and a comfortable t-shirt. Even on days where the weather is chilly, one can always throw on a turtleneck sweater with a faux-leather skirt.

Casual Button Up: Girls aren’t the only ones who can get into spring fashion, men can too. Instead of the basic long sleeve t-shirt and jeans, they can dress their outfit up with a simple, cute short sleeve button up. Button ups can be comfortable and cool with hot days. These shirts can also be in various colors and patterns making them easy to match just about anything a man has in his closet. Not only can they be worn on casual days with jeans or khakis but can also be dressed up with a nice pair of slacks and shoes. contact Chelsea Terrell at terrelcl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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April 1, 2019

FREESTYLE

Night Life

Local bars compete for student attendance

by John Radcliffe

Typically, there are two types of people in college: binge watchers and binge drinkers. For all those who are the latter, pray for your liver because ULM’s favorite college bars are back.

After a fire in 2016, Hammers Nightclub finally revamped and reopened on Nov. 16, this past semester.

Another hometown favorite from the ‘90s, Cooter Bay, also had a reopening last New Year’s Eve. Ever since then, both bars have been competing to claim the title of “Best Bar around ULM’s campus.”

Local bar, Neat, has already shutdown because of the dead atmosphere, and Mustangs has made their bar 21 and over to appeal to an older crowd.

The competition is so cutthroat that Hammers has had free cover for ladies on Fridays, and free cover until 11 p.m. on Saturdays for all students

with a college I.D. Hammers also has drink specials most Saturday nights. Their drink prices can get as low as 25 cents, as it was on Saint Patrick’s Day. Despite these great deals, it is always Cooter Bay that has the better turn out at the end of the night.

“Despite Hammers having great deals, Cooter Bay makes you feel like you’re safe at home, just having fun.

This is why people say ‘Cooter cares’ because we know how to diffuse situations and create a welcoming environment,” said Mason Musgrove, freshman kinesiology major and Cooter Bay bouncer.

“Cooter cares” is the appeal of the whole bar. The music they play is known to touch base with a lot of younger crowds, as the bar plays hits from the early 2000s and other new, trending songs.

You will often find cliques and other groups of friends congregating

around Cooter Bay. However, this usually is a let down to a lot of college students that want to just let loose and party.

“It is a lot more intimidating to walk up to someone you don’t know when they are surrounded by their group of friends and all the lights are on,” said Landon Bailey, freshman computer science major.

Hammers shot girl Kaylee Jones agreed and said, “The music is more party-like at Hammers compared to Cooter Bay. You notice more people getting down on the dance floor, and there are definitely less people surrounding the bar.”

Only time will tell which scene will outlive the other because it is all a matter of opinion on which bar is the trademark for ULM college students.

contact John Radcliffe at radclijp@warhawks.ulm.edu

Movie Review

‘Dumbo’ flops, Disney should stop remakes

by Kaitlin Maness Although Dumbo can soar above crowds with his oversized ears, Tim Burton’s retelling of this Disney classic felt more like a crash landing.

Despite having a cast filled with critically acclaimed actors like Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito, “Dumbo” lacked the emotion needed to be a successful movie.

In fact, the CGI elephants often gave a better performance than any actor or actress. This wouldn’t be such a bad thing if Burton had not veered from the original plot of “Dumbo” and added characters with an entirely new plot of their own.

Burton’s remake held little resemblance to the original movie loved by many Disney fans after his addition of characters.

One of the new characters is Max Medici, who is played by DeVito.

Medici is the owner of Medici Brothers’ Circus where Burton’s new characters live and work. Another new character is Holt Farrier, played

Rating: PG Time: 112 minutes

by Colin Farrell, who returns to his family at the circus after World War I. While he was gone, the circus suffered financially.

The new plot focused more on Farrier’s family, the other circus performers and attempting to bring the Medici Brothers’ Circus back to its prime.

The original film revolved around Dumbo yearning for his mother who was taken away.

Dumbo’s dilemma was still part of the movie but often fell to the back burner for Burton’s new plot to shine.

It wasn’t until the last 45 minutes of the movie that Dumbo and his mother really seemed to play an important

role in the plot. Coincidentally, this was the best section of “Dumbo.”

The terrible acting made Burton’s unique take on “Dumbo” hard to enjoy. Scenes that were supposed to bring the audience to tears fell flat. This was not only a product of stale acting but also underdeveloped characters on Burton’s part.

Each character’s personality was a cliché that never changed. Their relationships with each other and Dumbo came off as forced. It was hard to feel sorry for them or root for them.

In the end, Burton’s attempt to revamp a Disney classic flopped.

“Dumbo” may do well in the boxoffice but that is only because of the world domination the company has worked hard to earn. For the future, Disney should focus on creating original movies instead of profiting off our nostalgia and blowing millions of dollars on subpar remakes. contact Kaitlin Maness at manessk@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Horoscope Aries Find a peaceful spot to think. Review priorities and make plans for a few days. New income or a delightful discovery is possible. Visualize perfection.

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38 Broadcast with greater image resolution, as TV shows 39 Fat-free milk 40 Spare in a Brit’s boot 41 Turns down 42 Ill-fated 1967 moon mission 43 “__ of sugar-plums danced in their heads”: Moore 46 Green bowlful 47 Last train car 48 Attached using a Swingline 50 U.K.’s continent 51 Defeat decisively 53 Airline to Tel Aviv 55 Pet adoption org.

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63 Tofu source 65 Dorm VIPs 66 Mischief-maker

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Don’t force an issue or movement. Take it easy.

Get more done and have more fun with friends, especially today and tomorrow. Stay in communication with your team. Beneficial and profitable opportunities beckon.

Passions can get riled up. Keep it behind closed doors. Secrets can get revealed. Someone finds you attractive. Share a magical moment or several.

Cancer Travel and education hold your focus. Explore a fascinating thread or vista. Friends make a trip more fun. Pack lightly. Plan your route and itinerary carefully.

Sagittarius Domestic projects satisfy multiple objectives.

Fix something before it breaks. Beautify your space while cooking up something delicious for worker bees. Your greatest strength is love.

Capricorn An intellectual puzzle tempts you to sift through facts and data. Walk and think. Do the homework, and write your conclusions. Your research could get fruitful.

Leo

Aquarius

Handle finances over the next few days. Avoid arguments or fussing. Things could seem chaotic or in a state of flux. Consider potential pitfalls.

Leave your money where it is. Don’t let someone else spend it frivolously. Values could get tested.

Discover another revenue source. Your work is in demand.

Virgo Partnership expands your results. Share the load.

Listen to intuition. Avoid hassles or arguments by letting the small stuff go. Let magnetism draw you together.

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Work takes priority. Take charge for the results you want. Devote attention to a challenge or test. Balance the numbers. Close a deal or sign papers.

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49 Disparaging word 52 “Let me say this again ... “ 54 “Love, Simon” co-star 56 Lawyer’s gp.

57 Inventor Whitney 58 $200 Monopoly props.

59 Fable writer 61 Hooves-oncobblestone sounds 64 Cry for today, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 54-Across 67 Lone Ranger’s pal 68 Con job 69 Blend by melting 70 Actress Spacek 71 Locking device 72 Went really fast

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SPORTS

Softball

$5 tickets good for program

Nate Nasworthy Before the season started, the softball program announced that for the first time, general admission tickets would be $5. For alumni of the program, current players and staff, the news was great. It meant the program would finally have a monetary value.

However, for others, the news was not taken very well.

I had a conversation with someone recently who remarked, “Why would I want to pay to watch softball?” Here’s a better questionwhy wouldn’t you? You have the opportunity to watch a Division I softball program for $5.

You don’t want to work for free. Why should this team work for free?

In Louisiana, there are nine other Division I softball programs. Out of those nine, five schools charge for games. Those ticket prices range from $5.75 to $12 for a game. ULM is the cheapest out of those.

Let’s take the home series against Texas State. The total attendance for all three games was 952. Now, let’s say that 200 were students. That leaves 752 tickets that were bought. That’s $3,760 that the team was able to bring in compared to $0 before this season.

That money is going to be well spent for stadium renovations and various other costs that need to be offset during the season.

Softballs don’t magically fall from the sky.

They’re expensive.

You can’t say that you’re a donor and supporter of ULM athletics if you refuse to go to softball games because of a $5 ticket. But I’m sure the money you pay for other athletics is completely justifiable, right?

These ladies work extremely hard to put on an entertaining game each and every time they step onto the field. Crowd support goes a long way.

At the end of the day, the choice is your own. If you don’t want to pay $5 to watch the softball team, that’s your choice. But shame on you. Myself and the rest of the real supporters will be there every chance we get. contact Nate Nasworthy nasworna@warhawks.ulm.edu

photo by Miles Jordan

HARD AT WORK: Senior Megan Shaw tries to make an out at third base during the Louisiana Tech game on Wednesday. ULM lost, 10-5.

Warhawks break 10-game losing streak against Coastal Carolina ULM beats Chanticleers in 5 innings, 10-2, but loses series

by Miles Jordan

After 20 days and 10 games, the ULM softball team (5-29, 2-10 Sun Belt) has won once again, defeating conference foe Coastal Carolina (2610, 6-6 SBC), 10-2, in the second of three games against the Chanticleers.

Early starts were the story for the Warhawks as the win began with one run in the top of the first.

What differentiated this game from the others was the pitching. After the Chanticleers scored twice in the bottom of the second, they never scored again as freshman pitcher Adrianna Chavarria shutdown Coastal and did not allow another run.

The Chanticleers may not have scored but

the Warhawks did and scored nine more runs with senior infielder Megan Shaw and freshman outfielder Korie Kreps contributing five of those RBIs. Offense was on display the whole weekend and scored 20 runs over their four games after totaling just 13 during the 10-game losing streak prior.

The Warhawks opened up the scoring barrage against down-the-road rival, Louisiana Tech.

ULM came out fast and scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning off of senior infielder Bailey Thibodeaux’s three-run home run.

The lead would not last as the Techsters answered with their own three-run shot. Neither team would score again until the fifth inning as Louisiana Tech would score three more runs, creating a lead that they would not lose. Tech won 10-5.

After the loss at home, the Warhawks would travel to South Carolina to take on Coastal Carolina in a three-game series.

The first game of the series was a back-andforth affair. ULM continued to swing a hot bat early and scored two runs in the first inning. The

Chanticleers, though, responded scoring three of their own before Kreps tied the game with her first collegiate home run in the fourth.

The tie would not last for long as Coastal responded with a homer of their own in the fourth from sophomore Stavi Augur. The Warhawks would not go away so easily with doubles from junior infielder Jayden Mount and Thibodeaux giving the Warhawks another lead.

The game though would not end there as a three-run home run from sophomore outfielder Courtney Dean would put Coastal Carolina up for good and win 7-5.

The hot bats would cool off in the final game of the series and the second of Saturday as the Warhawks could only muster up two hits and zero runs and lose 8-0 in a game that featured four home runs from the Chanticleers.

The Warhawks return to Monroe next weekend for a three-game series versus Georgia Southern after a one-game stop against Southeastern in Hammond. contact Miles Jordan at jordanm1@warhawks.ulm.edu

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SPORTS

Baseball

ULM ends losing streak against tough teams Warhawks defeat Bulldogs, 9-4

by Nate Nasworthy

After the win against Louisiana Tech on Tuesday, head coach Michael Federico said that sometimes the team needs to stop and enjoy the view.

Snapping a seven-game losing streak looks pretty good.

ULM ended a seven-game losing streak and got their first road win of the season in a tough game against the Bulldogs, 9-4. The Warhawks followed that up the next night with a 10-1 blowout of Jackson State.

“We’re in an uphill battle,” Federico said.

“On that climb of that mountain that we’re trying to get to, we just have to stop and enjoy the view sometimes.”

Louisiana Tech jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the game. ULM had a tough time of it until the sixth inning. Andrew Beesley made it to third and Ryan Humeniuk made it to first before Blake Buckman blasted a three-run home to tie the game.

The Warhawks didn’t let off the gas and handily defeated the Bulldogs.

Cole Gray, Cole Martin and Kolton Childress all took to the mound for ULM and each were able to throw three strikeouts.

The next night, the Warhawks were ready to blow the gates wide open. And that’s exactly what they did.

ULM was able to score in the first and third innings to jump out to a 2-0 lead. However, in the fourth inning, the Warhawks couldn’t be stopped.

ULM scored eight runs in the fourth inning and destroyed Jackson State’s confidence.

However, the Warhawks wouldn’t score another run in the game.

“I thought we had some productivity at the bats throughout the lineup that just kept turning it over a little bit,” Federico said.

Landon Longsworth picked up the win on the mound. Chad Bell had three hits with three RBIs. Bell also had two solo home runs.

Trent Tinglestad extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games with two hits and a RBI. Colin Gordon had two hits and three RBIs while Humeniuk also had two hits and a RBI. The Warhawks also started a series against Georgia Southern on Friday. A high scoring game ended in agony for ULM when they lost, 9-8. However, the Warhawks pulled out the victory on Saturday, 4-2.

ULM now sits at 10-17 on the season and 1-7 in Sun Belt play. photo by Miles Jordan

MAKE THE THROW: Senior Joey Jordan throws the ball during the game against Georgia Southern on Friday. ULM lost, 9-8.

contact Nate Nasworthy at nasworna@warhawks.ulm.edu

Beach Volleyball

Home stretch ends with Warhawk Challenge

by Nate Nasworthy

photo by Miles Jordan

KILL IT: Senior Allie Kemp hits the ball during the Bayou Bash on March 22 in Monroe at the ULM beach volleyball courts against Nicholls State. ULM won, 5-0.

Beach volleyball has issued the challenge-the Warhawk Challenge. The challenge is simple.

Come to Monroe and take on a stellar ULM team that has three pairs ranked in the top-five of their respective groups.

In the P2 group, Maile Sellers and Catherine Griffith have fought their way into the number two spot on that list. The duo has been extremely effective this year and won the majority of their matches.

Tamera Merseli and Kayla Gallant have clinched the third spot in the P3 group while Elizabeth Moreland and Allie Kemp are sitting at number five in the P4 group.

Following the success of Bayou Bash, ULM went on the road to Houston for the Houston Baptist tournament. The Warhawks had a decent weekend in the tournament and get to come home for the last time this season.

ULM now has a record of 13-11 on the season and shattered expectations after a nine-win season last year.

The Warhawks will host Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, New Orleans and Missouri State over the two-day event.

ULM will have their first match at noon on Friday, April 5, against Central Arkansas. contact Nate Nasworthy at nasworna@warhawks.ulm.edu

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THE STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA MONROE

April 1, 2019

SPORTS

Men’s Basketball

photo by Miles Jordan

GO FOR IT: Junior Tyree White goes for a layup against Texas Southern during the quarterfinals of the CIT. ULM lost in three overtimes, 108-102.

Game for the ages Texas Southern beats ULM in 3OT in CIT quarterfinal, 108-102

by Nate Nasworthy ULM head coach, Keith Richard, and Texas Southern head coach, Johnny Jones, were teammates on an AAU basketball team in 1977. Forty-two years later, their teams went head-to-head in an instant classic.

It took Texas Southern three overtimes to finally put down the Warhawks, 108-102.

The win allows the Tigers to advance to the semifinal of the CIT while ULM’s season fi-

nally comes to an end.

The loss gives the Warhawks a season record of 19-16 and coach Richard was able to sum the game up pretty well.

“We went down in a blaze of fire, didn’t we?” Richard said. “What a game in terms of the action. It’s a shame somebody had to lose in that game.”

ULM hit a road block early when the team missed four shots in a row a minute into the game. The Warhawks followed that up by missing their first six 3-pointers.

However, a 3-pointer by Michael Ertel and an alley-oop dunk by JD Williams got ULM back on the right track. A free throw by Tyree White allowed the Warhawks to gain their first lead of the night.

The Warhawks held the upper hand going into halftime. However, ULM was in for the fight of their life.

ULM was able to control the second half until Texas Southern tied the game at 72 with two minutes left. In a furious race to the end, the Warhawks and the Tigers left regulation tied at 74.

An exhausted ULM team fell early in the first overtime before rallying behind local DJ, BJ Bell, and the Fant-Ewing crowd. With four seconds left, Ertel took the ball down the court, lost the ball, regained control and shot a desperation 3-pointer that went in as time expired. The crowd was in shock. A second overtime was ahead.

Again, ULM fell behind again in the second overtime before rallying behind well-timed timeouts and a high-energy crowd. The Warhawks tied the game again as time expired which lead to a third overtime.

Texas Southern jumped out again to start the third overtime. ULM came within six before a no-look pass from Andre Washington went out-of-bounds. This signaled the end.

The instant classic wasn’t how ULM wanted to end the season, but it won’t be forgotten soon by Warhawk fans and will go down in history as one of the best games. contact Nate Nasworthy at nasworna@warhawks.ulm.edu