Issue 6

Disney plans Avatar-themed park for 2018 p 11

Cross-country team runs with Kenyan trio p 14

First annual Gay pride event visits North La. p4

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

VOLUME 85 ISSUE 6

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September 26, 2011

GAVE PEACE A CHANCE Former Skinhead shares his change for the better p8

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CORRECTION

La. ready for Bill and Linda Swedes track 18-year ban kids with GPS on gays in the emergencies, Rambin debate at daycares military lifted says the CDC series STOCKHOLM (AP) — Daycare centers in Sweden have started using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions — a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions.

Some parents are worried day care centers will use the technology to replace staff. Others wonder whether getting children used to being under surveillance could affect their idea of privacy when they grow older.

The devices are used as extra security by three preschool teachers watching around 20 children, to quickly discover if one of them strays away from the group.

BRIEFS

Nursing promotes health fair in SUB

Book signing for La. gov in Monroe

The School of Nursing is holding a health fair for students in the SUB from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

HIV and STD testing will be conducted and freely available to students.

Other health related information will also be provided. All students are encouraged to attend.

Former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards and author Leo Honeycutt will hold a book signing of Edwards’ new biography at the Clarion Hotel (former Holidome) on Monday.

A social time will begin around 5:30 p.m.

At 6 p.m., the governor will speak and then sign books until 9 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) —The military lifted Tuesday a ban on gays serving openly.

Pentagon press secretary George Little said Monday that the military is adequately prepared for the end of the current policy, commonly known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

For weeks the military services have been accepting applications from openly gay recruits, but waiting for repeal to take effect before processing the applications.

The Defense Secretary, Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. and President Barack Obama have all said openly gay service members will not undermine the effectiveness of the military.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana received good grades on plans for dealing with public health emergencies and on their public health labs’ performance.

For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave Louisiana’s plans a perfect score in all 13 categories.

Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals says only eight states have scored 100 twice in a row.

National averages in the 13 categories ranged from 88 on repackaging bulk medications for public dispensing to 99 on requesting medical supplies from the strategic national stockpile.

The Hawkeye mistakenly used the wrong name to describe the Bill and Linda Ramdin Debate Series.

Also, Lisa Miller, not Laura Miller, is the assistant vice president of enrollment management and was quoted in the enrollment numbers article.

QUOTE

“If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door.”

Harvey Milk

Warhawk I visits home game

SUB features talents during Happy Hour

by Jaime Arrington

The SUB now has Talent Hour during Happy Hour on Wednesdays from 2:30-5 p.m. Talent Hour was started to get more people into the SUB and promote Happy Hour where drinks are half price and there are specials on food combos.

Taylor “DJ Phame” Jamison, Brandon “Boonedocks” Boone and Garielle Martin came up with the idea to bring something new and exciting on campus. This allows students to showcase their talents to the student body. Anyone can sign up via the ULM Campus Dining Facebook page. Each entry gets six minutes to show their talent.

Every week will also feature an “Artist of the Week” with additional acts. Talents range from comedians, poets, dancers, rappers, singers and

musicians. Entrants will be hosted

by Boone and Jamison, who DJ before the talent portion begins.

To apply for the featured “Artist of the Week,” entrants should have a CD or mixtape to be given to Garielle Martin in the SUB. Anyone interested in performing should also be aware of the policy against using profane and obscene language.

Carrissa Holmes, sophomore social work major from Monroe, said it’s a nice change for students. “It’s cool. It gives students the opportunity to show off their gifts.”

This new event will be held all semester in the SUB every Wednesday from 2:30-5 p.m. Everyone is invited to come to the SUB to support his or her classmates while watching the local talent. contact Jaime Arrington at arringjl@warhawks.ulm.edu

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Warhawk I (one) made an appearance at the ULM vs. Grambling game. This Red-shouldered Hawk represents our Warhawk mascot. Trainers from the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo accompany Warhawk I to all of ULM’s home games in addition to caring for it at the zoo.

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NEWS

Early Einstein Bros. hours causes student frustration Bagel shop closes sooner than other SUB restaurants

by A’kai Solmone

photo by Devon Raymond

Joshua Ezell is out of luck as he tries to get bagels after 2 p.m.

“The lack of normal hours at Einstein Bros. bothers me. By the time I’m out of class, they’re closed,” said Shaleka Griffin, a senior kinesiology major from Shreveport, La. Approximately a year after opening Einstein Bros. Bagel Company as a new dining option for the SUB, early closing hours cause speculation that the company is not doing well in business.

When asked why the company closed so much earlier than other SUB restaurants, an employee stated that they close early because they are a new company.

Einstein Bros. Bagel Company is trying to get a feel for what business

will be like before they extend their hours.

Cherrelle Carroll, a health care management senior from Kingston, La., said this is unacceptable.

“I was so excited when Einstein’s opened last year,” Carroll said. “It gave us a chance to get away from 6-inch subs and chicken sandwiches.”

Einstein Bros. focuses on offering diversity apart from the fact that bagels are their staple. The company emphasizes that they serve dishes other than breakfast.

Although the hours are shorter than other SUB restaurants, Einstein Bros. isn’t in danger of closure. Its employees have faith in the company and expect greatness.

Einstein Bros. Bagels is open in the SUB Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Contact A’kai Solmone at solmonak@warhawks.ulm.edu

Johnny’s Pizza celebrates 44 years For this story and more, visit of business in Monroe. www.ulmhawkeyeonline.com

Women-only event to stop sex trafficking

by Kelsey Hargrove

Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) is holding a women-only Red Thread Movement to raise awareness about sex trafficking around the world.

An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 women and children are trafficked into the United States each year, and Skylar Robinson from the BCM hopes to help do something about those numbers.

“My hopes are that girls will come and have a better understanding of what’s going on,” Robinson said.

Bracelets made by women rescued from Nepal will be sold for $3 each.

The money from the bracelets will go to fund anti-trafficking border units and safe houses.

While learning about what one can photo by Kelsey Hargrove do to help end slavery, women will Skylar Robinson advocates the Red also gather to make pizza and watch Thread Movement at the BCM. a movie.

For more information or to sign up, The Red Thread Movement pizza and movie night scheduled for is Oct. contact Skylar Robinson at robinssb@ warhawks.ulm.edu.

7 at 6 p.m.

The cost is $5 to attend. Signing up contact Kelsey Hargrove at prior to the event is appreciated. hargrokr@warhawks.ulm.edu

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September 26, 2011

NEWS

Iota Phi Theta hosts First annual Gay pride event week-long events makes its mark on North La. for parties, recruits

by Cole Avery

by Catherine Morrison

The sounds of music and laughter rattled the windows around the quad last Monday night as the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity kicked off their Iota week with a founder’s day barbecue.

According to current chapter president Cleveland Mouton III, the purpose of the week was to “promote Iota on the campus of ULM and let the students know we are present on campus.”

Many other NPHC fraternities and sororities turned out to support their fellow Greeks at the kick-off. It was not only a celebration for the Iota fraternity, but also a time of dancing, grilling and Greek unity.

“They’re real friendly and downto-earth guys,” Stormie Jones, junior mass communication major of Rayville, said of the Iotas. Jones is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority and was one of the many supportive Greeks in attendance.

When the sun went down, the

mood got livelier as the members of different NPHC groups took turns strolling around the fountain to music provided by the host, Main Event Entertainment, LLC. Students passing by who saw what was going on were welcome to become a part of the event as well.

Monday’s barbecue was followed by a women’s self-defense class on Tuesday, a meeting for young men interested in joining Iota on Wednesday and a showing of the movie “School Daze” on Thursday.

On top of the activities that were planned, the Iotas made sure to provide some service and awareness for students. STD awareness pamphlets were made available at Monday’s barbecue and a hazing presentation accompanied the movie shown.

Recruiting is still an ongoing process for the Iotas, so it is not too late for those that are interested but missed the interest meeting. contact Catherine Morrison at morriscl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Gay rights activists in North La. scored their biggest win yet in their fight for equality by hosting the region’s first annual gay pride event over the weekend.

“We wanted to do something to strengthen our community,” said Tommy Stewart, co-chairman of the pride committee and co-owner of local bar Club Pink.

The goals of the event were to “help close the gay-straight gap,” said event representatives, and to promote equality for the area’s homosexual community.

About 250 people attended Friday night’s opening activities at Club Pink, which included a pageant, dancing and a general celebration of life itself. Saturday featured a softball tournament and outdoor venders, and Sunday closed the weekend’s activities with a performance by the pageant winners.

Stewart is already planning for next year’s event, saying that this year was a learning experience and bigger things are planned in the future.

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“Our intentions were not to have it at a bar, but due to time constraints, we had no choice,” said Stewart.

“Next year will be more family oriented.”

Jeremy Katz, president of the ULM Gay/ Straight Alliance, said that the success of this event will hopefully lead to more pride events in Katz Monroe in the future. He said the mere fact the gay community was able to have a pride event in this heavily conservative region shows that tolerance and acceptance are coming. “[Pride] means a lot because I don’t want people to be spreading hate,” said Katz, a junior atmospheric science major from Mandeville. “I want people to be open to love.”

Katz said pride events in heavily conservative regions like North La. can inspire people struggling in the closet to be themselves.

“Pride gives them the message that they are not alone,” he said. “There is a safe haven. There are people they can come to.”

North Louisiana Pride was heavily advertised in South La. at pride events in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, as well as Facebook and radio stations. People throughout the state and as far away as California and Florida came to the event.

“People were shocked and amazed that Monroe is finally coming out of the dark ages and adding some color to this place,” said Bo Myers, a bartender at Club Pink.

Big-named gay activist and event planner Shane Rogers put his full weight into making the North La. event a success. Rogers, a Bastrop native, is a major player in some of the largest pride events in the country including Southern Decadence in New Orleans and the White Party in Miami. He listed the North La. pride event as a “highest priority” on his website, www.justcircuit.com.

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by Jarred Keller The Career Connections office and Campus Activities Board joined forces in this year’s style show to demonstrate for students the do’s and don’ts of business attire.

The show combined elements of fashion and business in attempt to create an educational experience for over 500 people and help students gain a trendy advantage on the professional world.

Kyle O’Neal, coordinator of academic internships, said that some students have the notion that business dress is abnormal but hopes the style show will help defer such thoughts. The show was broken down into six different categories: career fair, interview, business lunch/dinner, sporting/charity event, conference/convention and banquet.

Whether it was business casual or formal, each category attempted to offer a certain flare while also giving examples of how to look the part.

The style show served as an eye opener to many soon to be graduates by showing them how to properly tackle the professional world.

Senior social work major Chelsea Carodine felt the show was informative saying, “I am a social work major, and now I can know how to approach an interview.”

Career Connections hopes that students will take the basics they have learned from the style show and apply them to the Career Fair being held in October. contact Jarred Keller at kellerjd@warhawks.ulm.edu

Representatives from groups around campus took to the catwalk to display all kinds of business wear for students gathered at the show.

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September 26, 2011

OPINION

What ruffles my feathers?

Unwritten rules for meal plans

JOHN SANDERS

comic courtesy of MCT Campus

Any spare time? No, but here’s the change from my pocket

ZACK BROWN People say as college students, we should appreciate this life because once we get to the real world, it only gets harder.

Nope, not how I see it. To students like myself, I think about all I juggle every week and wonder how I don’t sleep through Monday.

How do we, as independent college students, have time to enjoy the things we love in the crammed and fast-paced lifestyles we live in day-today?

Whether it’s our vehicles, pets, sports or anything outside of school, we have to fight to do what we feel is important enough to squeeze in our busy routines.

However, I don’t think I can call it a routine. A routine is a daily habit that we become accustom to and tends to stay constant.

Maybe I should compare college life to speeding through campus? If you can get past the campus police and speed bumps without with out

running anyone over, you’re doing a good job. Once you hit the highway, you may go faster, and the ride is smoother…but there are more cops.

It’s obvious we can’t live the way college students live once we graduate, because this lifestyle shouldn’t roll over into the real world.

I hate pulling all-nighters and stressing over tests, but at times, there’s no choice. I can hear parents and teachers saying, ”If you wouldn’t have waited till the last minute...” So here’s a big congratulation to anyone with the luxury of free time throughout his or her day to study, because not all of us have it. Even though free time studying wouldn’t really be a luxury.

Like a lot of students, I work 20 hours a week part-time at minimum wage, and weekends are spent trying to make extra cash anyway possible.

I use almost all of my check to pay bills like rent, electricity, cable and Internet on a home I’m barely there to use.

Besides the six hours of sleep I get on a good day, I’m not in my apartment more than three hours a day.

To the electric company that keeps my bill over $200: I still don’t know what a fuel adjustment fee is, and why it keeps going up, so whatever it is your tweaking over there, please quit because the thermostat hasn’t left 77 degrees.

Parking at ULM boils down to the question: “Can I make it back to my car before I’m ticketed?”

It’s just another part of the constant rush that comes with college.

ULM seems to hire students to give parking tickets, so we won’t see it coming.

I’m not mad about getting the ticket; I knew the risk when I parked here. I weigh the options of either paying $15 for the ticket or parking a mile away and possibly get locked out of class.

What gets me is when I go to pay a ticket, I return to find my windshield has been blessed yet again.

I know Mr. Student rent-a-cop is probably creeping around the corner, laughing and thinking, “Gotcha again!”

We pay $50 for a sticker that’s purpose is to give a spot to park.

So why sell 10x more stickers than parking actually allows?

The parking system just makes students late for class, adding even more unnecessary stress.

Can we either erase half of those vacant, red faculty-parking lines or take out some ticket money to add more levels to the parking garage?

Could you save us a little time, ULM? contact Zack Brown at brownzt@warhawks.ulm.edu

When I got a meal plan my freshman year, I got 15 meals a week.

In my mind, that meant 15 meals whenever I wanted to use them.

So if I want to come once every hour just to get a drink and blow eight meals in one day, I should be allowed to.

In the mind of the cafeteria though, it is one meal, per meal period.

So if you were to eat at 2 p.m., that counts as your dinner.

This was news to me since my school schedule did not let me eat at lunch time.

Even though they do not put the food out for dinner, and the cafeteria considers 2-4 p.m. “snack time” it counts for my dinner for the day?

You can only guess how shocked I was when I returned at 7:30 p.m. af-

ter marching and doing homework to find out that I had to use flex instead of one of my 14 remaining meals.

I think the main thing that aggravated me about the policy is it’s not written anywhere.

Even on their website it says, “Each time you eat in your residential restaurant, one meal is subtracted from your weekly meal balance. “ Emphasis on “weekly.”

Nowhere does it say “once per meal period.”

Of course, how updated can that be when on their meal plan terms page, they talk about changes on Arrow which is no longer in use?

So seriously, I think the policy needs to be changed or put up so people know about it.

Preferably changed because by limiting the usage, you are not giving me what I paid for which was 15 meals a week.

Not 15 meals, once per meal period, which in turn kinda makes it more of a four meals a day maximum.

That is what ruffles my feathers.

contact John Sanders at sanderjz@warhawks.ulm.edu

comic courtesy of MCT Campus

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OPINION LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Don’t burn bridges with the community over natatorium * EDITOR’S NOTE -The opinions in this letter and all letters to the editor reflect only the opinion of the writer. The views expressed in letters are entirely those of the individuals writing them. No employees of The Hawkeye are allowed to write letters to the editor.

I refer to Dr. Bruno’s comments in a recent Hawkeye article where he made manipulative and disparaging remarks about the community campaign to salvage the natatorium.

Most notably, that “When you start telling students what to do, they’re going to get angry,” in addition to his statement that the community effort was “undermining” students. Anyone who was around and paying attention during the summer knows the groups Bruno was referring to in that article were the same ones he collaborated with over the break to discuss potential solutions for saving the facility. I guess he just forgot to mention that.

Understandably they feel used and betrayed by his choice of words,

which misrepresent the community’s intentions entirely, seemingly for the purpose of diminishing student support for the reclamation by framing it as “telling students what to do.” As a student, I’m pretty sure I spend most of my time being told what to do, read, look at, write and think about.

Where did Bruno go to school?

But more importantly, in a time of fiscal crisis it seems foolish to build walls between the university and potential community partners. When the community views the university as a resource they can use, then they will be much more likely care about (and thus invest in) its future. Sadly, during Bruno’s second year, he appears to be burning those bridges.

I am not saying that there are no good arguments for building a new pool more suited to student interests. As students, we pay thousands of dollars a semester to attend ULM, and if a facility is not shaped to fit our specific

needs, that is a legitimate complaint.

However, we should also care about people other than ourselves. Opportunities for students to socialize are already vast, but the natatorium is the only facility our community has for its needs. Some of the groups that use our pool have proud and longstanding traditions that would be uprooted altogether if a kind of leisure pool were built. Personally, I feel a “two-state solution” would be best for both students and the community: something with competition capacity as well as social options.

Reportedly, the future of the natatorium will eventually be put to a student vote. I invite you to think about how community groups, as well as our relationship with them, could be adversely effected. Do you care about where you live?

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

This weekend’s gay pride event was a landmark achievement for equality in one of the most conservative places in the country. For North La. to have an event like this is truly a giant step toward acceptance for all people, no matter who they love.

For years, more progressive parts of the country have opened their arms to the gay community, and we applaud them for it. They have shown the world they accept people for who they are.

Other places, however, have tried to make it abundantly clear that homosexuals are not welcome. Until this weekend, North La. was unquestionably one of those places.

But the gay community stood up for themselves and said, “Nope.

Not anymore.” They have every right to live freely and be happy just as the heterosexuals do, even here in the Deep South.

Good for them that they aren’t taking the discrimination anymore.

Things are changing in America. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” ended last week, and now Americans can serve their nation without the fear or repercussions for being who they are. States all over are starting to allow gay marriages.

The pride event shows us that change is coming even in La.. Maybe full acceptance won’t happen for many years, but the pride event proves our community is moving in the right direction.

Congratulations to the LGBT community of North La. for its accomplishment this weekend. May it be the first of many, and may we soon have equality for all.

Joseph Roberts Senior, General Studies

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September 26, 2011

NEWS

by Lesley Engolia

Former Skinhead leader Frank Meeink, who is now a writer, motivational speaker and an advocate for peace, spoke Tuesday as part of the Leadership Workshop Series.

Meeink is the son of an Irish mother and Italian father, both of whom were influenced by drugs and alcohol. He grew up in a South Pennsylvania neighborhood of Irish, blacks and Italians, where racial and ethnic tensions were evident.

In 1989, at age fourteen, he visited his cousin in Lancaster, Pa., who was a member of the Skinheads, a Neo-Nazi white supremacy gang.

Meeink was instantly drawn to their anti-multiracial beliefs and terrorism of minority races with justification from the Bible.

“There is nothing more powerful in the world,” Meeink stated, “than doing evil because God gave you that right.”

Meeink shaved his head upon joining the Skinheads and by age fifteen had a swastika tattooed on McClung his neck. Describing himself as a “violent, crazed racist,” he committed crimes virtually every day.

Meeink ventured from Philadelphia, Pa., to Indianapolis, Ind., and finally to Springfield, Ill., recruiting followers.

After he and an accomplice held a man prisoner, beating him and videotaping the crime, he was arrested on charges of kidnapping.

Although he was only 17 years old, Meeink was charged as an adult and subsequently sentenced to three to five years in state prison.

While in prison, Meeink underwent a series of life-changing events.

He began to read the Bible while in a maximum security cell and prayed that God would set him free.

Instead, he was relocated to the general pop-

photos by Blake Self

Frank Meeink shares with the audience his transformation from a Skinhead leader into an advocate for peace as part of Tuesday’s Leadership Workshop series.

ulation prison. According to Meeink, this was the moment God revealed Himself to him.

Among his fellow prisoners, Meeink joined a Bible study group and played sports with other inmates, some of whom belonging to races he previously terrorized.

Upon his release, Meeink returned to Pennsylvania, but he could not reconnect with his Skinhead friends. After finding a job moving antique furniture and bonding with his Jewish boss, he began to question his beliefs, especially after his boss gave him the confidence he never had before.

“I was so embarrassed by my beliefs,” Meeink said. “I knew that [my lifestyle] was wrong because God, human nature and science constantly proved me wrong by placing good people in my life.”

When the Oklahoma City Bombing occurred in 1995, Meeink was stunned by the images of the massacre, realizing that he might have known the person behind it.

At this point, he began to feel evil because he participated in and encouraged Weaver violence, and now he was seeing the deadly aftermath of such a crime.

Meeink went to the FBI with his story, and also appeared before a Civil Rights Group, with a desire to “put what [he] knew into action.”

He started a program called “Harmony Through Hockey,” in which young people of different races can interact and learn valuable skills.

Meeink left his ULM audience with the mes-

sage that people of different races are not so different after all.

“Race is really just a myth….Our job on this earth is to be at maximum service to the next human being you come into contact with,” he said.

Students were inspired and moved by Meeink’s story.

“Everything he said came from a genuine place,” said Ashlyn McClung. “Even though he was rough, his content was really good. It was beautiful what he said”.

“It was very exhilarating,” said Devin Weaver, “I could definitely see remorse coming out. To hear from someone coming from Neo-Nazi beliefs is definitely something to enjoy, and I want to see him again”. contact Lesley Engolia at engolila@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Warhawks hit the road

photos courtesy of ULM BCM

A group of over 72 students sporting maroon and gold traveled to TCU to cheer for the Warhawks at the game. Students on the trip included Kasey Brownell, Garrison Griffith, Braiden Butcher, Josh Walker, Roy Brown Jr., Babatunde Ifeoluwa, Similoluwa Ogundare, Houston Bass, Christopher Trombatore, Taylor Spann, Hannah Nyman, Becca and many more.

BCM cheers on Warhawks

in Texas at TCU game

by Sydney Bonner

Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) traveled to Texas Christian University (TCU) with 72 students on Sept. 17 so students could cheer on the Warhawks. BCM students arrived at the game just in time for kickoff.

Not only did students get the chance to show their school spirit, but they also had the opportunity to build relationships with one another.

Sophomore general studies major Roy Brown from Monroe said, “It was a wonderful chance to travel with the BCM and go to a well-known school

to see our team play as well as they did.”

Freshman criminal justice major Taylor McDaniel said, “I was proud to be a part of the BCM group that went to support our team.”

The BCM also participates in other trips, such as state conferences and mission trips, throughout the year.

Students are welcome to participate in Haven (campus worship) every Tuesday at 8 p.m. or check out the BCM Facebook to get connected. contact Sydney Bonner at bonners@warhawks.ulm.edu

Agriculture commissioner declares importance of farming

by Kelsey Hargrove

Mike Strain, Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry, came to campus Thursday to address the importance of agriculture in Louisiana and how vital it is to the struggling economy of the United States.

“Farming is big business,” he said, iterating the costs of farming equipment on the market today.

Despite the cost, however, farmers can make significant profits with the demand for produce because the food industry is constantly growing

each year.

According to Strain, even small farms do well.

“People want to buy their products closer to home,” Strain said. “They want to know that their food is safe, fresh and wholesome for Campbell their families.”

With the steadily rising population of people living in America, the need for more living space is taking over farmland, but the need for food also increases.

According to Strain, the food supply in America will have to double by the year 2035 to meet demand.

“We must increase our rate and the acceleration of technology,” Strain said, telling audience members how crucial it is for farmers Branton to be able to produce food in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Taylor Campbell, junior of agriculture business, said, “It makes you realize what’s actually

going on. It makes you realize that there is more to agriculture than people think.”

Clay Branton, a sophomore studying biology, said he came to Strain’s talk to show his support but also felt special ties to what was said because both of his parents are affiliated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “In [Louisiana], agriculture is a huge part of our economy,” Branton said. “It always helps to know what is going on in your state.” contact Kelsey Hargrove at hargrokr@warhawks.ulm.edu

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September 26, 2011

FREESTYLE

Autumn days are here again

by Joe Lewis

The first day of fall, also known as the autumnal equinox, is Sept. 23 this year. The Autumnal equinox is when the sun sits directly over the equator, making the day and night the same length. After this, the days become shorter.

Many hope the high temperatures will leave as well.

This summer has been one of Monroe’s hottest, with temperatures consistently over 100 degrees.

Alyssa Boyd, freshman biology major from Calhoun, La., said she likes summer but is ready for the temperature drop.

“I’m looking forward to...”

“...hunting season.”

Brad Barron, biology freshman

“The cold weather brings on barn fires,” Boyd said.

“I’m also looking forward to the pumpkin latte’s and pumpkin cream cheese bagels.”

Joshua Madison, junior communication studies major, is looking forward to his fraternity’s presence on campus growing this fall. “I’m going to be looking for those Iotas on campus,” Madison said.

This is the time of year when the leaves change color and “fall” to the ground. So what are you looking forward to most this autumn? contact Joe Lewis at lewisj1@warhawks.ulm.edu

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FREESTYLE

New ‘Madden’ game fumbles the ball

by Brandon Craven

This year, Madden kept fans hopeful despite all the turmoil the NFL experienced with the Lockout. Does “Madden 12” ultimately deliver? Yes and no.

The game play in “Madden 12” is definitely more realistic, and one gets the feel of watching a Sunday football game. On the flip side, while the presentation looks amazing and the new camera angles make it more authentic, the players have an arcade feel to them.

The always-popular “Franchise Mode” received the most upgrades.

With changes such as the new dynamic player system, a player’s confidence on the field depends on his performance.

After a few straight wins, the player’s confidence will skyrocket.

Similarly, confidence will plummet with repeated losses.

Also new to this year is “Cut Days.”

As the name implies, it starts with 75 players in the preseason, and one can

cut them where needed. A new free agent and injury reserve engine has also been added.

“Be a Superstar” mode is where a gamer takes a created player from NCAA 12’s “Road to Glory” mode or a rookie from NFL and focuses on taking them through an entire career to get them in the Hall of Fame. The only positive things that can be said about “Be a Superstar” mode are that the menus are now a lot simpler than in the past, they now have player entrances and there are more cut scenes to go along with it.

However, that’s about it since it has been overlooked and put to the wayside for the last few years.

While it may be a good game in some aspects, “Madden 12” is still, in a lot of ways, a regurgitation of years past. While it might be a good rent, good advice would say to buy this game at one’s own risk.

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Sweet autumn chicken

Ingredients • 20 oz fresh or frozen cubed butternut squash • 4 cubed Golden Delicious apples • 4 frozen chicken cutlets • 1 cup apple cider • 2 tbsp butter • Salt and pepper Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Microwave cubed butternut squash until slightly soft — 6 minutes for fresh, 10-12 minutes for frozen.

2. Toss squash with cubed apples on baking sheet and arrange chicken cutlets on a second sheet.

3. Make glaze by reducing apple cider in saucepan over high heat for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter with salt and pepper to taste.

4. Pour half of glaze over squash mixture. Bake squash mixture on oven’s upper rack and chicken on lower rack until cubes are tender and chicken is warmed throughout, about 15 minutes.

5. Serve each cutlet atop the squash and apples, drizzled with the remaining glaze.

‘Avatar’

theme park scheduled to open at Disney by 2018 Disney announced they are partnering with James Cameron to build a new theme park designed after “Avatar.”

“Avatar” was released in 2009, and was directed by Cameron who also directed “Titanic.” Disney is giving him $400 million to make an actual theme park ride.

In Disney’s press release Cameron says: “‘Avatar’ created a world which audiences can discover again and again, and now, through this incredible partnership with Disney, we’ll be able to bring Pandora to life like never before. With two new ‘Avatar’ films currently in development, we’ll have even more

locations, characters and stories to explore,” said James Cameron.

“I’m chomping at the bit to start work with Disney’s legendary Imagineers to bring our ‘Avatar’ universe to life. Our goal is to go beyond current boundaries of technical innovation and experiential storytelling, and give park goers the chance to see, hear and touch the world of ‘Avatar’ with an unprecedented sense of reality.”

The theme park is scheduled to go into construction in 2013 and completed by 2018, three years after the release of the third “Avatar” film.

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GRADUATING in December?

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Purchase a cap, gown, diploma frame and more from the bookstore.

Purchase your invitations from our official provider, Balfour.

All of these things are happening: Enjoy lunch from Taco Bell Register for door prizes and more! Thursday, October 22 Top of the SUB * 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Visit with Career Connections Grad Finale is sponsored by the 31 Ambassadors Have your financial aid exit interview Have your senior photo taken for the ULM Chacahoula Visit with representatives of the ULM Graduate school Visit with La Capitol Federal Credit Union Purchase the official ULM Class ring from Balfour (see a 3D version of the ring at www.ulm.edu/alumni)

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GAMES

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September 26, 2011

SPORTS

Women’s golf shoots best-round ever; Park finishes 2nd overall

by Lea Anna

photo by Blake Self

Senior Ben Wilson attempts to take the Frisbee from a Kappa Sig player.

Ultimate takes Frisbee to new intensity level

by Kelsey Hargrove

One of the latest team sports on campus is known as “Ultimate,” originally known as “Ultimate Frisbee.”

Played in over 42 countries, Ultimate combines the athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football. The object of the game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone.

“It’s not just throwing around a Frisbee,” says Ben Wilson, a player for Wesley and a senior history major from Monroe. “A lot of people underestimate it until they play it and realize how much you have to know about it.”

Players may not run with the disk, but may pivot and pass to other receivers on the field.

Players must be able to transition quickly between Wilson offense and defense during turnovers which occur when a pass is dropped, the disk is intercepted, the disk is passed out of bounds or when a player is caught holding the disc for more than 10 seconds.

“It’s a very fast paced and stamina heavy game,” says Wilson.

Ultimate is governed by Spirit of the Game™, which places the responsibility for fair play on the players rather than referees.

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), PIKE, Kappa Sig and Kappa Alpha Order also have groups that participate with their own Ultimate teams. Contact can be made through “Monroe Ultimate” on Facebook. contact Kelsey Hargrove at hargrokr@warhawks.ulm.edu

The women’s golf team finished sixth out of 23 teams at their first tournament in Waynesville, N.C., last week.

The team was lead by freshman Jennifer Park who placed second individually.

Park said, “I was nervous before and during the tournament, but I knew that I had support from my teammates which helped me to be more confident.”

Park’s nerves did not reflect in her scores. The first-year player turned in an impressive 68 followed by a second-day 70.

She is the only freshman in the history of the women’s program to score under par for a tournament.

Park now holds the all-time record for the lowest single-round score.

The team was only one shot out of the lead after the first round with a record-breaking 291 team to-

tal, only three shots over par.

Sophomore Ali Lucas was impressed with their overall performance.

Lucas said, “The numbers speak for themselves.

This team has great potential to go far this year because we all have the drive to compete and win.”

The Warhawks will be hosting their home tournament today and tomorrow at Bayou Desiard Country Club.

Coach Ashley Tonore said several strong Sun Belt teams will be competing in the Fred Marx Invitational.

She said, “I expect the girls to play well in our home event. If we play to our potential, it will be a great tournament to win.”

The women’s golf team encourages students, faculty and alumni to come support them as they strive for a win on the bayou. contact Lea Anna at cardwela@warhawks.ulm.edu

photo courtesy by Daniel Hooker/Western Carolina

Freshman Jennifer Park teeing off at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate last week.

AFRICAN ASSASSINS photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Senior Moses Chelimo (left) and juniors Silah Chumba (middle) and Daniel Mutai (right) bring their natural talents to help cross country get its first SBC title.

Kenyan trio takes out x-country competition

by DeRon Talley

America is known as the land of opportunity, and for three Kenyan runners on the ULM cross-country team, opportunity is in good supply.

“Home is better climate wise, but the problem is that we don’t have institutions,” junior Daniel Mutai said.

Mutai, senior Moses Chelimo and junior Silah Chumba, grew up in different parts of Kenya, over 8,000 miles away from Monroe.

They came to find something that cannot be given to them at home.

“The training system is better here, and so it will be easier to get better,” Chumba said.

Chumba is in his first year with the

Warhawks and has finished in the top-five in both of the first two competitions in the 8k race.

Mutai is in his second season with ULM, and leads the team with two first-place finishes for the last two competitions.

As the leader on the course, Mutai said he likes having Chumba and Chelimo around him training.

“We are all distance runners, so we encourage each other to get better,” Mutai said.

Mutai said the tactic he uses to win races works. He said he knows the time he needs to qualify at nationals and rank in the top-50.

Chelimo is in his final season with the team and talks about how this

program has evolved since his arrival.

Chelimo has been the sole Kenyan for years but appreciates the arrival of Mutai and Chumba from the motherland.

“It feels good that we finally have a chance at winning the conference title,” Chelimo said.

He said being a Kenyan runner is advantageous because of the way he grew up.

He said the difference in nutrition and lifestyle he experienced growing up plays a factor in his running ability.

“I walked a lot as a child,” senior Moses Chelimo said. He said walking naturally made him a stronger run-

And the winner is...

A team’s top 5 times gets tallied, and the lowest score determines the winner of a meet. ner.

Chelimo has the numbers to show that his roots have benefited him on the college ranks, but as his collegiate career ends, he remains on a mission.

“With running, you just don’t talk, you do it,” he said. “Until you do, talking means nothing.” contact DeRon Talley at talleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

September 26, 2011

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SPORTS

Freshmen standouts

Wooden, Bonetti

Young strikers lead in goals; Conference play begins Friday

by Kiki Elmore

Featured here are freshmen Alyssa Wooden (left) and Taylor Bonetti (right).

The soccer team expects to compete well in the Sun Belt Conference led by top scorers Taylor Bonetti and Alyssa Wooden.

Frehman forward Bonetti and defender Wooden both came from western parts of the United States this year to help lead the Warhawks’ soccer team.

In their non-conference games, Wooden, an Arizona native, scored five goals, and Bonetti, a Nevada native, began her career scoring four goals.

“I’m excited to be here,” says Bonetti. “If I improve a few aspects of my game, it could ultimatlely help the team move forward.”

Bonetti and Wooden started in the last nine games, helping to bring the Warhawks’ record to 5-3-1 as their conference games kick off.

The team continues to improve in many areas of their game with the goal to make a first-ever conference tournament appearance.

“They are great players and have

a lot of potential on this team,” says head coach Stacey Lamb.

Wooden and Bonetti believe that this team has a great shot at making it to the tournament, but at the same time feel there are many areas where some fine-tunning is needed throughout the roster.

“Some improvements that we need to make are to come out hard and ready to play,” Wooden and Bonetti added.

As the team looks to get ready for conference games over the next few weeks, Wooden and Bonetti are a little uneasy, but at the same time have confidence to take on any obsticle that presents itself.

“We are nervous because we know it’s going to be tough,” said Wooden.

The Warhawks host North Texas Friday at 4 p.m. in the first home conference game of the season.

contact Kiki Elmore at elmorel@warhawks.ulm.edu

photos by Srdjan Marjanovic

Polak, Winkel hungry for title after semis leave bad taste

by DeRon Talley

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Senior Meghan McCoy sets up to serve in a game at the ULM Activity Center.

Through thick and thin...

Seniors find formula to win.

McCoy, Dietlin, Dilogna rebuild losing program

by Zach Ham

The volleyball team continues to be successful. Much of the reason for the team’s success are seniors Meghan McCoy, Lacey Dietlin and Mahogany Dilgna.

Many gave up or transferred out when times were bad but not these

Warhawks.

McCoy, a senior setter from Baytown, Texas, has been a very important player in this program throughout her career including leading the team in assist last season.

“We play for each other,” said McCoy. “It meant a lot, especially to the three original seniors, to have Coach Ernest stick around .”

Also helping lead the team to glory is senior defensive specialist Lacey Dietlin. Dietlin came to ULM from Bellflower, Calif. The way she gets the

team motivated is pretty simple. She just has to calm them down.

“I just let them know not to be scared, it’s just a game, and tell them not to be nervous because we have done it millions of times before,” she said. “Just play your game because it is all about confidence.”

for more coverage go to: www.ulmhawkeyeonline.com contact Zach Ham at hamzg@warhawks.ulm.edu

Seniors Vivian Polak and Monica Winkel plan to “go big” in their last season on the women’s tennis team.

“We want to do it big,” Polak said.

“We really want to win conference this year.”

Winkel said, “It’s our last opportunity, so we have to go big.”

Last season, the Warhawks came within one game of reaching the Sun Belt Conference championship match after reaching the semifinals for the first time in program history.

They lost to Denver University 4-3.

Claire Clark and Ana Burjaili have finished their tennis careers at ULM, and the team faces challenges with their losses.

The fall season opened at Northwestern State University on Friday and Saturday.

“It’s going to be different, but we will work things out,” Winkel said.

Polak partnered with Burjaili in 2010, while Winkel shared the court with Clark for the past two seasons.

Polak and Winkel said they aren’t worried about the loss of their partners.

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Senior Vivian Polak serves for an ace at the ULM Invitational.

“You have to be good enough to play with everybody,” Polak said.

Both women also said they are confident they will compete well in the conference.

“They actually lost good players too, so it’s open,” Polak said.

The team competes in the Stephen F. Austin Fall Classic on Friday. contact DeRon Talley at talleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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