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Welcome to ‘The Village’ New study abroad program takes seven to France for semester P 6

March 23, 2015

Ides of March honors H.P. Jones P 7

Live Oaks livens up Monroe P 10

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NEWS CALENDAR

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Monday, 3-23 Final drop date for full-term courses ULM Women’s Golf Samford Women’s Intercollegiate in Hoover, Ala., all day through to Tuesday ULM Men’s Golf Wallace Jones Invitational in Delhi all through to Tuesday ULM Women’s Tennis vs UL-Lafayette in Monroe ULM Softball vs Texas State in Monroe at 11 a.m.

ULM Softball vs Texas State in Monroe at 1 p.m.

ULM Men’s Basketball vs Mercer (Quarterfinals) in Macon, Ga., at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, 3-24 ULM Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, 3-25 ULM Track/Field Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, through to Saturday Education Major’s Fair in the SUB Ballrooms from 1 - 3 p.m.

ULM Softball vs Central Arkansas in Monroe at 5 p.m.

Thursday, 3-26 ULM Spring Musical - “West Side Story” in Brown Auditorium from 7:30 9 p.m. through to Saturday

Friday, 3-13 ULM Women’s Tennis vs Southern Miss. in Hattiesburg, Miss., at 2 p.m.

ULM Baseball vs South Alabama in Monroe at 6 p.m.

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1 Washington D.C. 2 Virginia

3 Zimbabwe

4 Yemen

(MCT) — President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet Friday for 15 grade-school students, their films and celebrities at the second annual White House Student Film Festival.

The White House’s East Room transformed into a movie theater to showcase the student-envisioned short films on “The Impact of Giving Back.”

“It’s like the Sundance or Cannes of film festivals that are open to the public through a government website,” Obama said.

Despite the lighthearted exchanges between the president and hosts Kal Penn and Terrence J, the studentcreated films focused on serious issues such as homelessness and the environment.

Obama also announced a new Call to Arts Initiative to inspire a connection among the media industry, mentors and young artists.

(MCT) — Zimbabwe intends to proceed with plans to export live elephants to China, the United Arab Emirates and France because the country has too many of the animals and needs to fund its national parks.

The exports will go ahead despite opposition from wildlife activists because there is no alternative, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said Friday in a speech in Hwange, the country’s biggest national park.

While Hwange has the capacity to support 15,000 elephants, the park in northwestern Zimbabwe has 43,000 of the animals. Overpopulation of elephants leads to damage to vegetation, which reduces biodiversity.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals criticized Zimbabwe’s treatment of elephants, saying the authorities used helicopters to scatter herds.

(MCT) — Suicide bombers on Friday targeted two mosques in the Yemeni capital held by the Shiite rebel Houthis, killing themselves and 137 others, a pro-Houthi television reported.

Al-Masirah TV station said four bombers blew themselves up in apparently synchronized attacks in the mosque of Badr in central Sanaa and the mosque of al-Hashoosh in the southern part of the capital.

Prominent Houthi cleric Murtada al-Mahturi was among the dead.

Some 345 were wounded in the attacks, which occurred during the congregational noon prayers, according to the broadcaster.

The figures could not be independently verified. Online footage showed bodies, including those of children, scattered at the sites.The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the assaults.

TODAY IN HISTORY

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Festival shows Bloody arrest Country plans to Suicide bombers student films sparks protest export elephants kill 137 at mosque (MCT) — Following a night of heated protests, officials in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday scrambled to diffuse the anger sparked by the arrest of a black University of Virginia student outside a bar.

Martese Johnson, 20, had just been denied entry into a bar near the University of Virginia campus early Wednesday when he was questioned by agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the agency said.

Johnson’s attorney said during his client’s arrest he was thrown to the ground and hit his head on the pavement, gushing blood and requiring stitches.

Johnson was charged with two counts: obstruction of justice without force and public swearing or intoxication. On Wednesday night, about 1,000 students rallied on campus to march and protest Johnson’s arrest.

Race against time!

Saturday, 3-14 ULM Sand Volleyball vs LSU in Birmingham, Ala., at 12 p.m.

March 23

ULM Softball vs Gerogia Southern in Statesboro, Ga., at 1 p.m.

ULM Soccer vs UL-Lafayette in Monroe at 1 p.m.

ULM Women’s Tennis vs University of Texas at El Paso in Hattiesburg, Miss., at 2 p.m.

La’ Louisiana Crawfish Boil at Malone Stadium from 3 - 4:30 p.m.

ULM Sand Volleyball vs Spring Hill College in Birmingham, Ala., at 4 p.m.

ULM Soccer vs Jackson State in Monroe at 5 p.m.

ULM Baseball vs South Alabama in Monroe at 6 p.m.

Front page photo credits ‘The Village’ photo courtesy of globalizedu.com. Up ‘til Dawn photo courtesy of Madison Harlow. Ides of March photo by Tyler Smith. Live Oaks photo by Anthony Cotton

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Isaac Grieder takes off during the 4x100m relay at the Jimize Invitiational on Saturday

1806: Explorers Louis and Clark begin their journey home after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean 1857: Elisha Otis’ first elevator is isntalled at 488 Broadway, New York City 1933: The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany 1965: NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States’ first two-man space flight Birth: Joan Crawford, American actress, is born in 1905 Death: Elizabeth Taylor, an English actress, dies in 2011 image courtesy of wikipedia

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

Steve Martin American comedian, actor and writer

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NEWS BRIEFS

Lisa Miller takes new role for Strategic Plan Using the university’s 20132018 Strategic Plan, Lisa Miller is now serving as the assistant vice president for marketing, recruitment and community engangement.

According to an email from Nick Bruno, the goal of this organizational change is to “ensure Miller recruitment, marketing and communication efforts are intricately linked.”

Bruno said he is confident that Miller’s new role will aid in ULM’s future achievements.

UPD offers passport, fingerprint services Steven Mahon, officer in charge, announced that the UPD will now offer fingerprint and passport photo services.

The services are available Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Friday from 7:30 to 11 a.m.

It will be on a walk-in basis in Filhiol Hall at 3811 Desiard Street.

There is a $15 fee for both fingerprinting and passport photos. Fees must be paid at LA Capitol FCU on Northeast Drive.

Monroe makes list of best college towns Collegeranker.com has named Monroe one of the “50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever” in a recently published list.

Monroe is ranked as number 41. The list includes Monroe’s museums and two of its major employers, JP Morgan Chase and CenturyLink as a reason for the ranking.

The list also includes ULM’s athletic department, greek life, spirit groups, School of Pharmacy and business program as notable mentions.

Other factors such as economy, culture, community and alumni retention were considered in the ranking.

SGA grants money to lacrosse club

Members make effort to recruit more students

by Olivia Barfield

SGA granted a $500 RSO scholarship to the lacrosse club.

The lacrosse club does not receive any funding from ULM’s athletic department, and is recognized as a registered student organization.

A previous granted RSO scholarship went towards the club hosting its own tournament in Forsythe Park.

The club will use the field at Forsythe Park until they are given a chance to move on campus. They are unsure as to when or if this will happen.

Aaron Head, a team captain and coach, appealed to SGA for the scholarship so the team can play more away games.

The scholarship will help cover expenses like gas, van rentals, field paint, and referee fees.

The lacrosse club also holds fundraisers, such as selling Johnny’s pizza cards, and over the past 2 years they have earned enough to buy jerseys.

Head announced that team practices are open to anybody, and they

photo courtesy of the lacrosse club

Members of the lacrosse club pose after a game

need players.

“We can teach anyone to play; you just have to know how to run. That’s all I’m asking for,” said Head.

The practices aren’t limited to male participation either.

They invite and encourage women to play as well.

“We’ve been trying to get a girl’s

team started, but there aren’t enough people interested in it,” said Seth Bordelon, a team member.

The team is very appreciative of SGA’s support, because the RSO scholarships are the only funding they receive aside from the funds that they raise themselves and the dues of members.

Business students compete in Lafayette

by Tyler Smith

ULM’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter attended the Louisiana PBL State Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana on March 13. The chapter is a collegiate business student organization.

Kaici Gordon, Stephen Fuselier and Colbren Thomas competed in Business Presentation, while Clarence Nash competed in Future Business Executive.

Nash said the competition included a process of many steps.

“I had to do an interview for FBE, prepare a resume, application and took online tests for the other three,” Nash, a freshman marketing major, said.

Nash said he is nervous about the results of the competition, but said he enjoyed the experience.

The winners of both events will be determined at the end of the month, where other chapter members will

“Buy one get one free daiquiris”

compete in other competitive events, as well.

The winners will advance to the National Leadership Conference, which is to be held at the end of June in Chicago, Illinois.

Stephen Fuselier ran for Louisiana state historian, while Mattie Nash Kincannon ran for Louisiana state reporter. Fuselier and Kincannon were both successful in their campaigns, and both are to hold officer positions for the 2015-2016 school year.

ULM would like to thank the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for hosting the conference this year.

Head hopes to see more support from ULM, so that funds are easier to come by and they are better able to compete.

“We wish the school would help us more. It’s an amazing opportunity that they are missing out on,” Head said.

Trey Garza, a team member, encourages people to join the team because anyone can play.

“It’s an extreme contact sport; but unlike most contact sports in which you have to be a certain size to be good, lacrosse allows all sizes to play without an unfair advantage,” Garza said.

A previous granted RSO scholarship went towards the team hosting its own tournament in Forsythe Park.

The team will use the field at Forsythe Park until they are given a chance to move on campus.

They are unsure as to when or if this will happen.

Students interested in playing lacrosse can email Aaron Head at headaa@warhawks.ulm.edu.

Like the lacrosse team’s facebook page ‘ULM Warhawks Lacrosse Club’ to keep up with the team. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Did you know?

The Phi Beta Lambda chapter is the largest and oldest business student organization in the world.

contact Tyler Smith at smithtw@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Perseverance the key to success Perseverance.

It’s an easy thing to tell everyone to do, but hard to actually achieve.

Sometimes other people stand in your way and sometimes you are your biggest obstacle.

Not to sound like your mother, but you are at an age in your life when you want to try new things all at once and ready to quit at the first sign of struggle or resistance.

For some things, that’s ok. If you decide your lifelong dream of being a doctor isn’t what you really want, change your major to art.

But, don’t give up on something you are truly good at.

The rewards will eventually come. They may not be monetary, but they should always be personal.

The Hawkeye overcomes countless obstacles every week just to put a paper on the stands on Monday mornings. Some people don’t want to talk to us. Some think we are a waste of time and energy.

Others believe we have no place on this campus.

Despite all that, we persevere and keep creating a product good enough to make us one of the best college newspapers in the country.

If the Hawkeye can stay motivated and channel our talents toward something we love that is sometimes very unappreciated, you can channel your talents toward what you love.

Never let anyone tell you that you will never make it in the music industry. Keep dreaming about being a pilot, fashion designer or stand up comedian.

Earning respect is hard, but ignoring greatness is even harder.

Keep doing what you love and you cannot be ignored.

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Assisting patients with one more option ASHLEY LYONS Assisted suicide is a touchy subject and it’s hard to be fully on one side or the other of the debate.

But if you aren’t sure where you fall, I encourage you to pick the patient’s side.

Put yourself in the patient’s shoes.

Sit in his or her bed just for a moment.

Imagine being told one day that you have cancer. It’s not looking good, but you want to fight it. You attempt to maintain a healthy lifestyle as you begin chemotherapy.

First, you have to decide which route to take and the options aren’t pretty. One may cause liver damage and the other could cause infertility.

You always feel sick. You’re up all night in pain, throwing up and unable to keep food down. You are losing your hair. Your loved ones wear their broken hearts on their sleeves and you pretend not to see it.

Your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life and you’re spending them in the hospital. Bartenders and baristas don’t know you, but nurses and doctors do.

You lie in the same bed for months waiting for the energy and the courage to get up.Imagine fighting through that every single day with the possibility in the back of your mind that you may die anyway.

Imagine wanting all the mental and physical pain to just go away, but there is only one way out.

That’s how 29-year-old Brittany Maynard felt when brain cancer

threatened to cut her life short. Maynard wanted to fight it.

She endured extensive brain surgery only for her tumor to return months later. She had six months to live.

Maynard wanted to take matters into her own hands and die by her own terms. Not by the cancer that already ripped everything else from her.

Maynard moved from her native California to Oregon where she could legally end her life. A move that must have been difficult just so she could “die with dignity” in a place she had never been.

She died on Nov. 1, 2014 after taking a fatal dose of medication, surrounded by her husband and loved ones.

Oregon is one of only five states with death-with-dignity laws, meaning that assisted suicide is legal to a certain extent. It’s a process that can take weeks.

According to deathwithdignity.org, the patient must be a legal resident of the state where assisted suicide is offered.

The patient must be 18 years old, cleared as mentally competent and diagnosed with a terminal illness that will lead in death within six months.

Two doctors must determine if the criteria has been met. Then there are oral requests, written requests, witnesses who must sign off on it and drugs must be ordered.

One big thing I don’t agree with is that the illness must lead to death within six months.

What if no one knows when or if cancer may take a person’s life, but the patient wants to die anyway?

Think about the damage a cancer patient could carry forever. Someone could battle with cancer for the rest of their lives, but always survive.

Why put them through that just because “natural” death isn’t on the horizon?

If a patient wants to die, let them.

Who are we to keep someone walk-

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ing on a tight rope in a life they don’t want?

Is this really any different than pulling the plug of life support on an elderly loved one or someone who may never wake from a coma?

This next part may sound hypocritical because this is where I fall on both sides of the debate.

Raise the age limit.

An 18-year-old is a child with a brain that is still developing. A brain that needs more time to think about how serious this is.

A child doesn’t need this option on his or her plate along with everything else they have to go through.

I’ve visited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where they treat children of all ages. I couldn’t imagine any child I saw in that hospital, whether 15 or 19, presented with assisted suicide.

If anything should have a 21-year age limit it should be assisted suicide, not drinking.

Many people are against it for religious reasons and that’s fine. But religious reasons need to be kept out of the laws that govern all types of people.

After all, the idea that cancer is a battle to be fought is a western ideology. Yet, for others, it could be a moral thing or they may just not be comfortable with it, which is also fine. But the patient’s comfort should come first.

In regards to a second assisted suicide bill, Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, said recently that we should support people’s right to live. But shouldn’t we also support people’s right not to?

Maybe in time people will become more comfortable with it and patients will feel more at ease about their decision.

It’s not selfish to want to end ones own suffering. contact Ashley Lyons at lyonsar@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION

Starbucks pushes major social change on coffee cups OLIVIA BARFIELD Starbucks is writing on its cups again.

In 2012, “come together” was written on lattes all over Washington D.C. to encourage U.S. legislators to come to a budget agreement. This time, the chain is taking on a bigger crowd.

Starbucks all over the U.S. began writing “race together” on their cups last Friday as part of a new year-long effort to encourage racial discussion and “stimulate conversation, compassion and positive action regarding race in America,” according to the Starbucks website.

Spurred by violent events in Ferguson, New York, and Oakland, the movement hopes to see people acknowledge racial disparity instead of ignoring it.

Starbucks President and CEO Howard Schultz hopes that the cup messages facilitate conversations between baristas and customers and emphasize the need of passion, empathy, and love towards others in America.

The “Race Together” initiative is Starbucks’ way of bringing race issues to center stage in America. But is it their place to start this conversation?

The firm should certainly be applauded for using their influence as a corporate giant to try to make the world a better place.

And inspiring passion, empathy, and love towards others, as CEO Schultz wishes to do, sounds like a wonderful goal.

Bringing citizens together is a good cause. There is obvious racial disparity in America, and I’m not just talking about police brutality.

I’m talking about how when you look around the campus, racial groups are often separated.

I’m talking about sororities purely full of black girls, and frater-

nities that white boys wouldn’t even think about joining.

Yes, there is racial separation in America. I’m not saying that we are all to blame and we can’t stop social assimilation until every black person has a white best friend. I’m not so extreme.

People are people and we click with who we click with, and I think that is acceptable regardless of race.

So if a group of Nepalese kids get along, that’s awesome. We don’t need to force an Irish guy into the mix just to say that we’ve achieved something.

But those Nepalese kids need to feel comfortable talking to that Irish guy.

It’s unfortunate that there is discomfort in integration for many in the U.S. This may be partially due to stereotypes, but I blame it mostly on this: people feel comfortable around people who are similar to them.

This is disappointing because we have a lot to learn from people that are different than us, despite our discomfort.

One year when I was in high school we had a foreign exchange student from China, and I introduced myself to him and spoke to him regularly.

One day, I was speaking to him when a friend of mine came over to ask me a question. Guided by social convention, I introduced her to the exchange student, and she smiled and shook his hand.

And then he said something to her that neither of us understood.

She looked at him with a puzzled expression for about .8 seconds before nervously laughing and walking away.

This says a lot for how we handle differences in America. Instead of bravely looking them in the face and asking them to repeat themselves so that we can understand, we get nervous and walk away.

I commend Starbucks for taking a step towards making sure that we don’t nervously walk away anymore.

The cause is good, but I find flaws in their application.

They want their busy baristas to stop steaming milk so they can engage in a conversation about a topic that is sure to bring about controversial opinions.

One of the movement’s spurring moments was the events that took place last year in Ferguson, Missouri.

That’s not exactly a quick coffee house conversation piece.

That’s heavy stuff.

Not only does Starbucks now have to worry about potential passionate debates between their employees and their customers, but they also have to worry about their employees representing the company’s interest.

You know what has the potential to get really personal really quickly? Discussions about race.

Starbucks can’t reasonably think that their huge amount of employees all share the same personal opinions as CEO Schultz.

And they can’t reasonably make them.

I’m honestly still a little fuzzy on what Starbucks is trying to accomplish here.

Promoting understanding with a simple message on a cup is great.

But trying to heal a major social wound one frappe at a time may result in more aggravated customers than progress. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Living in France:

photo courtesy of globalizedu.com

Doug Mackaman speaks with students within the Pontlevoy Abbey in France.

Seven students will spend semester in ‘The Village’ New study abroad program takes them to France

by Ashley Lyons and Josh Dean

Doug Mackaman visited ULM last week to recruit seven students into his new study abroad program called The Village.

The Village is a semester-long program where students have the opportunity to live in the thousandyear-old abbey of France called Pontlevoy.

Mackaman had been running a program out of Pontlevoy since 2002 before started The Village.

“It’s right in the heart of what the French call the Valley of the Kings,” Mackaman said. “All the great chateau of France are located within 20 minutes of our town. Our students live and learn right in the historic abbey of PonFink tlevoy.”

Communications major Taylor Fink recently found out that she is one of the seven students who will study in The Vil-

Pontlevoy is a 1000-year-old Abbey located in central France lage.

Fink has always wanted to study abroad, but never thought she would get the opportunity. Neither of her parents has ever left the country.

“When I first heard of The Village, I thought it was completely out of my reach,” Fink said.

Then she found out that her scholarships could help pay her way across the Atlantic Ocean and applied on a whim.

She got accepted within hours.

“France just doesn’t seem real and I still can’t believe I’m going,” Fink said.

Fink said her sorority sisters are giving her travel tips and she’s been reading guidebooks “like there’s no tomorrow.”

She wants to visit Germany, England, Ireland and Portugal. Portugal holds a special place in Fink’s heart because that’s where her greatgrandparents are from.

Mackaman said he chose Pontlevoy because it’s different from big cities.

“So they can really understand more about daily life and what the rhythms of being a European are all about as opposed from being in a big city where everyone is from somewhere else and everyone is moving all the time,” Macka- Noble man said.

Mackaman thinks ULM is, “poised to really explode what you do with global programming. It’s just increased its interest in doing things internationally.”

Joni Noble, associate professor of art, will serve as ULM’s director of The Village.

Students will be housed at a 16th century Abbey that is a one-hour train ride from Paris.

Students will be able to enroll in up to 19 hours of coursework that is in all English.

All clubs and bars are nonsmoking and stay open until 7 a.m.

Cheese, wine and pastries are huge parts of French cuisine It’s a normal part of French education to study abroad The TGV, or Train a Grande Vitesse, is the fastest train in the world But if you want to get fancier with your travel, the Eurostar is a train to London that goes underwater

The Village is a program developed and administered by Globalized LLC in concert with the University of West Florida. Classes are taught by professors from the United States as well as Europe.

The Village program includes a class on the history of European art from the Renaissance to Cubism, and allows students the opportunity to visit the Louvre in Paris and famous museums in London.

“I’m a public relations major and absolutely love people and the culture. I’ve been out of the country before but this opportunity is in depth and living and breathing in the cul-

ture and the people. Getting to stay in the Abbey in and of itself would be something out of a movie,” Sophomore Ingrid Holmes said.

The Abbey where students are staying was burned in the 100 Years War and has served as a military academy, hospital, and elite college in its long history.Mackaman said it’s a strange, long story about why he chose Pontlevoy.

It’s just this place that has had an international reputation. It just kind of stepped up and grabbed us I should say,” Mackaman said. contact Ashley Lyons at lyonsar@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS

Ides of March still in honor of H.P. Jones Students express themselves through poetry reading

by Sierra Shipman

Students and teachers both participated in the annual March tradition at ULM last Tuesday.

There were a total of ten people that read poetry, and a total of 11 poems read. The tradition titled the “Ides of March” is an annual poetry reading in remembrance of Professor H.P Jones.

The title comes from the day that Julius Caesar was killed.

It was made popular by Shakespeare in his play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.”

The event is not always held on the Ides of March due to it falling on weekends or other situations. However, the event is always held around that time.

Jones began the poetry reading in the late 60’s early 70’s.

Jeffrey Anderson, associate professor of History, said he’s unsure if anyone can actually pinpoint the exact year it began.

Jones retired but continued to hold the event each year. Several years after his retirement he passed away, at which point his daughter and other ULM professors took on the responsibility of holding the event.

Anderson said the event is very important to the campus of ULM. He also said it’s not only a matter of tradition but it also gives students the chance to gather around one another and express themselves through Anderson poetry.

The poem authors ranged from Maya Angelou to Robert Douglas. Some even read poems that they wrote themselves.

Students were very interested in the event. Some even walked up after it began to find out what was going

photo by Tyler Smith

Ashley Holland and Vanelis Rivera have a chat at the Ides of March poetry reading Tuesday on, and stayed till the end.

Brittany Almaroad said she really enjoyed all of the poems read, and that all the speakers did really well.

Her favorite was “Phenomenal Woman.”

“It’s not a poem just for black women but all woman. It is inspirational and picks you up when you have a

bad day,” said Almaroad, a freshman pre-nursing major.

She said she feels like all students and herself can relate to poetry in different ways.

She said she will come again next year and that other students should come as well.

Decorations were used to give the

event a more unique feel. There was a stuffed hog’s head tied to the tree.

There were also Viking hats and a desk.

Professor Anderson said there usually is a suit of armor as well, but it was in bad condition. contact Sierra Shipman at shipmasn@warhawks.ulm.edu

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NEWS photos courtesy of Katee Fairchild

Clockwise top to bottom: Up ‘til Dawn teams celebrated the total funds raised over the past several months. Shelbi Penny competed in a contest at the finale event. From left to right: Caitlyn Martel, Madison Foster , Taylor Gentry and Carli Millikin prepare for the tissue paper prom event at finale on March 12 in the Activity Center.

Up ‘til Dawn stays up for good Students celebrate fundraising for St. Jude hospital

by Olivia Barfield

Up ‘til Dawn recently held its finale event to raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

ULM students that participated in the finale had been fundraising for months and raised $27,050 total for St. Jude.

Students stayed up all night in honor of St. Jude patients and their families who have no choice but to miss out on sleep.

The event was held from 12 to 6 a.m. in the Activity Center, and participants formed teams of six to compete in a night full of challenges.

Games relevant to the St. Jude experience were played all through the night. These events included bicycle races, making paper prom dresses, and a dance-off.

Participants also learned about St. Jude over the course of the night.

Jameshia Below, a ULM pharmacy student and cancer survivor, spoke about her St. Jude experience.

Below had a tumor above her eye when she was 11 years old and stayed at St. Jude for three months.

“I’m all about St. Jude, it’s really child friendly and they really try to keep everyone’s mind off of the sickness. They help you out as much as they can because they know that you’re caught by surprise. They try to make it as easy as possible for you as a patient or a patient’s family,” Below said St. Jude is a nonprofit medical corporation that provides free care to critically sick children. According to the St. Jude website, “families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing and food because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.”

The hospital not only treats children and provides for their families, it is a world leader in developing new, improved treatments for children with cancer. St. Jude creates more clinical trials for cancer than any other children’s hospital.

Not only that, but treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened in 1962.

The hospital takes over $2 million to operate every day, and it is entirely run off of donations.

Students choose to participate in Up ‘til Dawn for many reasons. For Courneishia James, a junior toxicology/pre-pharmacy major and Up ‘til Dawn Execute Board Team Cultiva-

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tion Chair, it’s for purpose.

“I choose to take part in Up ‘til Dawn because it allows me to support something greater than myself.

I aspire to live a life of purpose, and Up ‘til Dawn is an organization where your sole purpose is to help families cope with drastic changes through research, fundraising, and support,” James said.

For Katee Fairchild, a senior premedical lab studies major and Exetutive Director of ULM’s Up ‘til Dawn, it’s to find a cure.

“I dedicate my time to raise money for the kids at St. Jude because I would hope that someone would do the same for me if I were a patient or mother of a child there. Cancer has recently been in my family, and I want to do everything within my power to help the doctors find a cure.,” Fairchild said.

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Hawkeye brings home 3 awards from New York Student newspaper places for print, video and radio

by Josh Dean

photos by Joshua Detiege and Tyler Smith

Left to right: Pedestrians walking through Time Square. The Hawkeye staff taking a selfie in New York subway.

The Hawkeye staff traveled to New York City Thursday the 12th to compete with other schools in the country. They entered ten categories and won three awards.

They won 3rd place for Best College Newspaper. HakwE, The Hawkeye’s media team, won 2nd place for Best TV Newscast and KXUL Student Radio won 1st place for Best Radio Promo.

Gwendolyn Ducre, director of HawkE, said receiving the win was a shock, since they started the media team last semester.

“Most of the schools that won, or entered, have actual news stations, but we just had our camera and an angle,” said Ducre, a junior communications major.

Ducre said she learned that having equipment is not as important as how you use it. She said she is proud of her team’s passion and their national recognition.

The staff’s hard work paid off as it helped them win against bigger

schools with higher tuition costs.

Dakota Ratley said being consistent and not being afraid to take chances is the main reason for them being able to compete with big schools.

“It’s a grind sometimes, but we’ve just got to stay focused and keep working hard,” said Ratley, sports editor of The Hawkeye.

Ratley said he is excited about his team’s accomplishment and said they are determined to keep improving on “small mistakes.”

Hard work isn’t the only one responsible for the paper’s success.

They have had someone leading them the whole time.

Christopher Mapp is an associ-

ate professor of communications and the director of publications. He meets with the staff every Wednesday to critique the paper and give suggestions on how it can improve.

Ashley Lyons is the editor-in-chief of The Hawkeye who gives all credit to him for their success.

“We are all so thankful for our adviser Christopher Mapp,” said Lyons, a junior communications major.

“He’s the one who walked in here five years ago and helped shape The Hawkeye into what it is today. He motivates us every week to do our fullest. We can tell he’s proud of us and we owe so much to him.” contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

80’s night at ULM

by Olivia Barfield

CAB hosted its annual Casino Night on Tuesday in the SUB Ballroom, which was transformed into an 80’s themed casino game room complete with food, 80’s music, and students and faculty that were dressed for the decade.

Faculty and staff got involved by adorning themselves in 80’s attire and volunteering as dealers for several casino-style games.

Students were glad to see the faculty and staff got involved in the fun.

“I didn’t expect to stay very long, but I didn’t realize I would have so much fun. The food was awesome, and the teachers were so much fun to play casino games with,” said ChrisULM one of 50 best college towns

tina Bruno, a junior marketing major whose favorite game was blackjack.

Attendees received $4,000 gamenight “dollars” as well as coins to gamble with during the night.

The SUB Ballroom was full of games, including blackjack, craps, and slot machines. No prior knowledge was needed to enjoy the fun, because dealers instructed students on how to play.

Students won and lost their “money” gambling, and at the end of the night, their remaining “money” could be exchanged for tickets to enter into the Casino Night raffle.

Students bought the raffle tickets for a set price. Better gamblers won more “money,” and therefore more

chances to win.

CAB raffled off a variety of highdollar items at the raffle, including wireless mice, tablets, Beats by Dre, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, and a 32” TV. A costume contest was also a part of the 80’s-themed festivities.

A crowd vote decided that Olivia Remsberg 80’s style was worthy of first place. Jale St. Romain and Shelbi Waln came in at second and third place, respectively.

The night was a big success, with many students showing up to enjoy the activities. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

ULM’s mobile dental hygiene unit receives donation

photo by Olivia Barfield

Students posing for camera at 80’s themed Casino Night.

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photo by Anthony Cotton, Jr. photo by Anthony Cotton, Jr.

Ryan Cabrera connects with the crowd at Live Oaks Thursday night.

Fans fill Live Oaks bar for Ryan Cabrera, Secondhand Serenade

by Josh Dean

Several artists and bands brought Monroe to life Thursday night at Live Oaks Bar and Ballroom with a full night of performances.

Ryan Cabrera along with Secondhand Serenade appeared as part of their Radio Revival Tour. The night also included appearances from Nick Thomas and the band Wind In Sail.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Cabrera is a platinumselling singer, songwriter and musician known for massive pop hits such as “On the Way Down,” “True” and “Shine On.” He co-headlined the tour that stopped in Monroe to promote his new EP “Wake Up Beautiful,” which marks his first album release in over seven years.

His new album combined sounds his fans “have come to love” yet also moved forward with a more mature sound.

His songs have come to be known for their “infectious and emotive” nature. The album’s hit song “House on Fire” looks to capture this essence. “’House On Fire’ is about burning everything down and being crazy while you can,” Cabrera said.

Though the singer was new to some students, many said they enjoyed and plan to listen to more of his music.

“I actually didn’t recognize a lot of it. The only

songs I knew were ‘On the Way Down,’ and ‘True,’ but I really enjoyed it and I’ll be listening to more of his music for sure,” said Caleb Willis, a junior construction management major.

Most students noticed Cabrera’s energy during his performances.

“I didn’t know any of Ryan Cabrera’s music until last night, but I really enjoyed listening to him and his band perform. He has a great stage presence,” said Emily Dean, a freshmen occupational therapy major.

Cabrera performed after Secondhand Serenade, which is a band familiar to many in this college generation.

Kallie Etheridge, a junior English major, said she mainly came to see Secondhand Serenade as she used to listen to their music frequently.

“The highlight of the night was probably when Secondhand Serenade sang ‘Fall For You’ and everyone was singing as loudly as they could, but I also enjoyed just having a good time with my friends and enjoying the good music,” said Kallie Etheridge, a junior English major.

Caleb Willis also called the performance of “Fall For You” one of the night’s highlights.

Students jumped at the chance to meet and to take pictures with members of the band.

“I went to see Secondhand Serenade and the highlight

of my night was getting a picture with the lead singer of the band, John Vesely,” said Emily Dean, a freshmen occupational therapy major. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

photo courtesy of ryancabrera.com

Meet Ryan Cabrera, a platinumselling singer and songwriter who’s been on the Billboard Top 200 and boasts five full-length albums, full of uplifting hits such as “House on Fire.” I had the chance to talk with him the day after his performance at Live Oaks Bar and Ballroom.

Q: Can you tell me why Monroe or Live Oaks was chosen for a tour stop? Did it have anything to do with the college crowd being there?

A: You know, college crowds

are always the most fun to play for.

When you do college towns, there’s just energy and excitement you kind of don’t get in a lot of places.

Q: Can you tell me more about

your recently released EP “Wake Up Beautiful?”

A: It’s fun, uplifting album,

uplifting EP. It’s very much about positivity and loving life.

Q: How did you feel about the

crowd Thursday night at Live Oaks?

A: The crowd was amazing. It’s

so much fun. It was great. It was contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

very energetic.

Q: What was your favorite part

about the night’s performance?

A: Everything seemed to flow really well. I could really feel the crowd’s energy. It was a lot of fun to be up there [that] night.

Q: Can you preview what your

next album will be like? photos by Anthony Cotton, Jr.

A: It’s a very positive record.

What you go through in life, you write what you’re going through and you write where you are. It’s definitely a party album.

Left to right: (1) Shelby Walters and Aubren Martin enjoy the Live Oaks concert Thursday. (2) The band’s guitar player jams out during a set Thursday.

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Greeks cook up competition

by Josh Dean

Greeks needed more than just the “luck of the Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day this week to help them win Greek Week points for their different organizations.

Students from various Greek sororities and fraternities participated in the annual Greek Week. Organizations paired up and competed in different games and challenges.

The events included a cook-off, dodgeball, kickball and a step show.

The week also called for participation in a baseball tailgate and Browse on the Bayou.

Points were awarded based on a scale from 100 to 10 among seven different teams with 100 representing first place.

Though a lighthearted competition, some events had a deeper purpose.

Greeks raised money for different local and national charities with their events such as penny wars.

Competitions included last Monday’s cook-off after a Sunday afternoon tailgate. The cook-off featured all teams who made an entrée and dessert to be judged by several volunteers from Student Life.

Kappa Alpha won the award for best entrée and Kappa Delta won best dessert with a “splendid brownie.”

“We won best dessert due to a lot of help from my sister and a little bit of sugar and Greek unity,” said Grace Jeanfreau, a sophomore biology major.

Pi Kappa Alpha paired with Delta Sigma Theta competed strongly in kickball and dodgeball w i n n i n g first and second place Jeanfreau respectively. “ G r e e k Week is something we look forward to every year as PIKEs. We like getting the chance to work with our fellow Greeks

Music local

state

ULM releases Spring Fever concert lineup

NOLA contestant advances in ‘American Idol’

ULM’s Campus Activities Board announced the acts for the 2015 Spring Fever concert. This year’s lineup includes Lee Brice, The Cadillac Three and Chase Bryant.

The concert will be April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

Tickets go on sale noon Monday.

New Orleans contestant Quentin Alexander advanced to Hollywood after he was the last of eight male contestants to have his name called to advance in “American Idol.”

The judges praised the 21-year-old singer for a “smooth” performance with a Stevie Wonder hit.

nation

Large music labels pressure Spotify to limit free streaming services Labels such as the Universal Music Group have started to question what has been called the “freemium” model that has helped rake in over a billion dollars in revenue from streaming in the U.S. last year.

That label is working on current contract negotiations with the company Spotify to persuade the streaming service to enforce harsher limits on free services in the hopes of converting more free users into paid subscribers.

Other labels with “doubts about free streaming” from ad-supported services in the form of comments from their CEOs include Sony Music and Warner Music.

However, Spotify maintained that free services are necessary to boost growth.

photo courtesy of Carleigh Roberts

Carleigh Roberts of Alpha Omicron Pi and Kathryn Thomas of Kappa Beta Gamma donated blood and took swab tests Monday to determine if they are matches for a bone marrow transplant.

to raise money for charity and also to have some friendly competition,” said Alex Crist, a senior kinesiology major.

“Thanks to our Greek Week chairmen John Luke Bigelow, Lauren Jennings and the rest of the Greek affiliates, Greek Week was a success for our chapter and the ULM Greeks as a whole,” Crist said.

Kappa Beta Gamma is a new sorority on campus who participated in their first Greek Week this spring.

“I’d say our first Greek week went great! It was exciting being able to participate in events with other Greek life, and it gave us a chance to get to know more of the other Greek organizations better in a fun setting,”

said Lauren Sherman, a senior occupational therapy major and member.

Greek Week winners will be announced around later in the semester during a Greek Life award banquet. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

Band visits campus radio station after topping charts

by Stacy Reppond

The name might suggest otherwise, but the band The Mostly Dead appeared alive and well at a visit to the campus radio station 91X KXUL for an interview Monday.

The name captures the band’s essence as its members said, “Essentially everything about this band is an inside joke.”

The song “The Body” from the 2014 album “The Wilderness,” remained in the top five of the ULM radio station’s Top 40 Countdown list for several months.

The Mostly Dead is a punk rock band from Washington, D.C. Its members include Eric Mummert on guitar, Kurt Foster on drums, Zak Jordon on vocals and Mikey Centrella on bass.

Three of its members stopped by Monroe on their way to Austin, Texas, for performances at the SXSW music festival. The bass player, Centrella, was in Austin already at the time of the band’s interview in Monroe.

Foster, Jordon and Mummert talked about the band’s work, success

photo by Tyler Smith

Left to right: Zak Jordon, Kurt Foster and Eric Mummert visit the campus radio station Monday afternoon.

and advice for local bands.

“Play the music just to play the music,” Foster said.

Mason Howard, a junior music education major, serves as the campus radio station’s musical director. Howard said the band noticed its song being played here and wanted to come by and “chat.”

Though the band members originally intended on having a live session at the station, they came for just the interview as they were missing their bassist.

Howard said he watched one of the band’s music videos before their visit to the station. The said it was a

cool experience to watch the video then see the same people in person.

“These guys are the real deal,” Howard said.

Howard also said these guys are doing and living “the high school dream” that some people have for their futures.

The band’s visit to ULM is making a statement that college radio is still radio, according to Howard.

“We get to interview bands before they’re even big,” Howard said.

More bands have reached out to 91X for interviews in the future. contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Explore exotic Award-winning film shows food options famous physicist’s struggle MALLORIE HAYS

Gwen discusses fun food choices during New York travels Bright lights flashed everywhere with taxi drivers’ horns heard on the fourth floor of buildings.

I finally made it to New York. While in the Big Apple, food was the first thing on my mind. But it wasn’t apples I wanted.

Here was my chance to eat all the exotic foods I could imagine whether from different cultures or just plain ole American food with a twist.

I went exotic. On my last day in New York, we went to a Japanese restaurant, Iroha, in Upper Manhattan.

It was a chic place in the sense of its space.

The restaurant had a shotgun style set up with tables that were close enough to eat from the party of six on the right of you.

I glanced at the menu and looked for prices. Eating in Manhattan is a struggle within itself.

My average spending on food was $20 on a meal. So, when I saw meals for as low as $2, I wanted everything on the menu just because of how cheap everything was.

I saw it all on the menu. There were chicken nuts, chicken hearts and a plethora of sushi. Finally, I get to try something new.

But, I wasn’t quite ready to give chicken nuts a try. Though it was tempting.

Then there it was. Something I’ve wanted to try for a long time, takoyaki.

It’s a Japanese snack that is similar to our shrimp or broccoli balls. The balls are covered with a wheat flour-base with stuffed octopus. Yes, octopus.

Of course, I ordered it. They came in four with a special takoyaki sauce.

The sauce tasted like the Spicy Yum Yum sauce you can get from Walmart but fresher.

The balls were what I expected it to

taste like, calamari. But it still had a stronger sea-like taste. Unlike the calamari, it has more filling.

It could also be noted that calamari is usually fried in little strips, so they could make up for the amount of substance inside of the battered coating.

When I bit into the ball, I wasn’t expecting the prize in the middle. It was like a chop of cartilage in the center.

I don’t typically like surprises with my food, but this time it was necessary.

The cartilage blended well with the gooey texture the ball had on the outside. Since it was only lightly fried, the ball didn’t have enough crunch. Gooey shellfish would be distasteful.

I’m not sure how the balls were prepared, but it did not taste like there was any added seasoning in the stuffing, but that’s where the sauce plays its role.

It gives the octopus zest while still being able to keep its true taste.

If going to New York may not be on your calendar anytime soon, here’s a mock recipe to get your Japanese takoyaki experience: • 3½ – 5 oz (100 – 145g) octopus (cooked) • ¼ cup (4g) katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) and more for garnish • 1 cup (5.3 oz/150g) all-purpose flour • 2 tsp. baking powder • 1 tsp. konbucha (or ½ tsp. salt) • 2 large eggs • 1 tsp. soy sauce • 1⅔ cup dashi stock • ½ cup finely chopped green onion • ⅓ cup Tenkasu (tempura scraps)

Viewers will find a love story with an unexpected twist with “The Theory of Everything.”

The film stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne as the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane.

The actors surrounding Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne are subpar and forgettable.

However, Redmayne, of Les Misérables fame, proves worthy of the Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the degenerative disease ALS. This film chronicles Hawking’s adult life beginning with him in graduate school, shortly before his diagnosis.

The emphasis in this movie is placed on his relationship with and eventual marriage to Jane Wilde.

Scenes gloss over his work leading

up to his recognition as one of the most accomplished modern scientists.

Initial scenes are full of the light flirting of a blossoming relationship and the joy that follows being newly wed. But the film begins to show the decline of the Hawkings’ relationship.

From the start, it would seem that this film serves as a testament to the resolve of this couple, particularly Jane, to stay together despite Stephen’s diagnosis and battle with this debilitating disease.

As he slowly becomes paralyzed, Jane commendably serves as sole caregiver while also starting a family and being a scholar in her own right.

Felicity Jones captures the audience’s compassion and admiration from her first moments on screen.

After watching “The Theory of Everything,” one cannot help but feel helpless and even a little ashamed.

One could assume from seeing the initial struggle that Jane experiences to care for all that she would leave Stephen for an easier alternative if developing feelings for another man.

The viewer may not blame her.

But there might be resentment for taking the supposedly easy way

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out for a woman who had dedicated her adult life to caring for her husband.

Ho w e v e r, when it’s Stephen who falls in love with a hired aid and decides to leave Jane, I was shocked and immediately knew why.

In the portrayal of Jane’s total devotion to her husband, Jones had me completely convinced that Hawking could never survive without his wife’s care and that he was supposed to be content with this life.

Truly the film opens eyes to the dehumanizing nature of this disease.

It made me personally embarrassed that I forgot that Stephen also had a right to be happy in his marriage.

By the end of this film, I and I’m sure many others, had a newfound respect for those affected by this

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FREESTYLE crossword Across 1 Gear tooth 4 Scotch whisky brand 9 Apples, e.g.

14 Sushi bar tuna 15 “Inside the NBA” analyst Shaq 16 Scary bacteria 17 *Dots-and-dashes system 19 Charged toward 20 Long Island airport town 21 “Divergent” star Woodley 23 Robber, to cops 26 Join the game 27 Electrical unit of resistance 30 Fish market offering 33 Revolutionary Guevara 36 *Entrée 38 Linen fiber source 39 Statesman Stevenson 40 Part of UNLV 41 Fly like a parasailer 42 Weed-control tools 43 *Boxy British economy car 45 “Take your pick” 46 Ironed 47 Grounded fast jet, briefly 48 Affordable __ Act 50 “This __ unfair!”

52 Car thief on a pleasure spin 56 Car wheel shafts

last issue’s crossword

Aries:

Taurus:

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author

Down 1 Victoria’s Secret garment, for short 2 Cries of discovery 3 “You go, __!”

4 “My Cousin Vinny” co-star 5 Post-apartheid ruling party: Abbr.

6 Prefix with conservative 7 Father figures 8 “Ick!” 9 Hazards 10 Central Florida city 11 *Wallet alternatives 12 Zing 13 Web browsing destination 18 Dainty taste 22 Church recess 24 Vintage vehicle 25 One of Tony Soprano’s

henchmen 27 Mutual of __ 28 Was wearing 29 *Hannah Montana portrayer 31 Fiber-rich cereals 32 St. Francis of __ 34 Greek god of the underworld 35 Use, as influence 37 __ in November 38 Showman Ziegfeld 41 Devout term for a churchyard 43 TV “neigh” sayer 44 These, in Nice 46 Lion family units 49 Roll out of the sack 51 Kitchenware brand 52 Bit of mockery 53 Andean stew tubers 54 Buxom one-named supermodel 55 What the buffalo do, in song 57 Disposable diapers brand 58 “CHiPs” star Estrada 59 Time at a motel 62 Non-Rx 63 Golfer’s gadget ... or where it’s used

horoscope Get coordinated. Teamwork is crucial. Let a strong leader take charge. Negotiations go well today and tomorrow. Compromise comes easier. Practice what you preach. There’s a test coming.

Your side’s getting stronger. Talk over your strategy .

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

60 Offensively pungent 61 *Venue for hypothetical legal cases 64 Stop to think, say 65 Alma __ 66 Word in itineraries 67 Tricky road curves 68 Roast host, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 69 Wild blue yonder

Leo:

Your words go further today. Get them out! Tell your story openly.

You’re learning fast. Make practical financial decisions. Don’t gamble or go shopping. Confer with family. Share with your networks. A new educational phase begins.

Virgo:

Put what you’ve collected to good use. You’re busy with creative projects over the next few days.

Get immersed in your work. Build your portfolio. Keep current on homework and deadlines. Share what you’re up to socially.

Put in the work and reap a fat harvest today and tomorrow.

Shop carefully. A brilliant idea pays off. Start computing expenses. An old friend can help you make it real. Sort paperwork. Increase efficiency and profit.

Gemini:

Libra:

Get work done early so you can go play. Practice a passion. Congratulate yourself on new skills.

Family and friends share your enthusiasm. Fun is the name of the game. Follow your heart today and tomorrow.

Cancer:

Fix up your place over the next two days. Get help from someone who knows more than you do. Others admire your stamina.

Good news comes from far away.

Enjoy some family rest and recreation.

Use your power responsibly.

Clear up old business. Meet your deadlines. Today and tomorrow you’re more assertive. Talk about freedom and justice. Speak up for a good cause. An important person understands. You’re becoming more confident.

Scorpio:

Sagittarius:

A group project takes off today and tomorrow. Lively discussions ensue. Align on future goals, and share them far and wide. Let friends and family know what you’re up to, and enroll their support. Charge ahead together.

Capricorn:

Crazy dreams seem possible. The action is behind the scenes. Talk about your dream job. Take action for what you want. Get a coach. Learn from a competitor.

What you’re learning raises your professional status. It’s fun, too.

Aquarius:

Disciplined efforts increase your profits. An older dream could be possible. Invest in your business.

Make a domestic decision. A relocation or remodel could tempt.

Document your discoveries.

Studies, research and travels occupy you today and tomorrow.

Pisces:

Graduate to the next level with You’re under some pressure with shared finances today and tomora deadline. Your partner and net- row. Join forces with another for funding. Strengthen your relaworks can help. Take a practical tionship. Let friends help. Invest avenue. Postpone what you can. in your equipment. Gather for Ask nicely for what you need. group discussion. Timing is evManage and coordinate the team. erything. Accept assistance.

Share talents and win..

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Baseball drops series to App. State

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Two Appalachian State pitchers got complete games.

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ULM grabbed nine hits in the first two games. photo courtesy Rob Moore

Danny Springer trots around the bases following his solo home run in game two of the weekend series with the Mountaineers.

Warhawks fall twice to Mountaineers over weekend

by Dakota Ratley

Appalachian State put up a pair of seven’s to grab a pair of wins over ULM last weekend.

The first game featured a dominant pitching performance from the Mountaineers staff. The Warhawks mustered just four hits against pitcher Taylor Thurber. Thurber went the distance, striking out seven and not allowing a single run during Appala-

chian State’s 7-0 victory.

Another Appalachian State pitcher would go nine innings Saturday. Jeffrey Springs allowed 10 hits and allowed four earned runs while striking out seven.

The Warhawks got a pair of RBI from second baseman Josh Faciane.

Anthony Herrera, Kodie Tidwell and Danny Springer all added to the Warhawk cause with RBI. Springer did so by way of a solo home run.

ULM made a late push in the last three innings after falling behind 6-1. The Warhawks scored a run in the seventh and eighth innings and

scored a pair in the ninth to leave the game a 7-5 loss.

The Warhawks are now 11-9 with a 1-4 record in conference. The two wins move Appalachian State to 7-15 with a 2-6 conference record.

Head coach Bruce Peddie noted “offense is our hiccup right now.”

ULM wrapped up the series with Appalachian State Sunday.

The team now will travel to Southeastern Louisiana Tuesday. Warhawk Field will be the location for a Sun Belt Conference series against South Alabama this weekend.

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As of Saturday, ULM is 11th, last, in the Sun Belt.

The Mountaineers scored 14 runs in the first two games.

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contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Madness is superior to the Super Bowl

Serving up sand!

photo courtesy ULM athletics

Katie Lindstrom prepares to counter a UNO volley. The Warhawks defeated UNO and No. 16 North Florida Wednesday in New Orleans. Warhawk sand volleyball is now 6-1 on the year.

There’s a sporting event bigger than the Super Bowl. Madness you say?

Yeah, March Madness.

I know what you’re going to say.

You’ll point to the stats that prove that the Super Bowl is the more watched event. You’ll say that 114.4 million people can’t be wrong. They can be and they are.

I, as one of those 114.4 million people, accept the Super Bowl as the pinnacle of sports. There’s no singular game that is bigger.

However, March Madness includes more than sixty games that compete for America’s love. Those games, they reach more than 180 million people.

Think about it. The Super Bowl fea-

tures two teams.

Last year, they were New England and Seattle. Two cities on complete opposite sides of the country. If we disregard the bandwagoners, which we should, only two cities really have a dog in the fight.

In the NCAA tournament, which consists of 68 teams, there are seven cities that have a dog in the fight—and 59 other cities that have a cat, humanoid or some other type of mascot.

Any team can win. Look at this year.

After one round, we had six upsets, including a pair of three seeds losing.

Last year, a seven-seeded UConn won the title behind a scorching hot Shabazz Napier and his sidekick Ryan Boatright. All it really takes is a team getting hot at the right time. They defeated an eighth-seeded Kentucky.

The NFL playoffs are about determining what team is playing the best football at the right time.

The NBA and MLB playoffs are about determining what team is the best.

The NCAA Tournament is about madness. Just the way it should be. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Track and field tracks down podium

by Dakota Ratley

Warhawk track and field made a trip down I-20. The men came back with a overall second place finish and the women took home third place.

The Jim Mize Invitational was held Friday and Saturday at the Jim Mize Track & Field Complex in Ruston.

Louisiana Tech, Northwestern State, UALR and Alcorn State were the other schools at the meet.

Senior Jamel Sams took first place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.53. Junior Rondell Coleman also scored a medal for the Warhawks. He scored a third place finish with a time of 54.81.

Sophomore Alexis Gordon brought home a first place finish with a 45.86m distance in women’s discus.

She also grabbed a third place finish in the hammer throw.

Junior Corey Wesley used a 7.24m long jump to vault him into first place in his event.

Kristen Baudoin, a sophomore, won first place in pole vault with a score of 3.10m.

Sophomore Alton Clay Jr. grabbed second place in the hammer throw.

Pole vault also gave the men a silver and bronze medal. A pair of freshmen, Josh Huddleston and Brice Chaney, took home the medals.

Men’s throwing proved to be a big event for the Warhawks. Sophomore Jevaughn Shaw grabbed a second place finish in discus. Joey Womack, who grabbed second place in javelin, matched his silver medal. Freshman Kyle Weiss scored a third place finish in shot put.

Freshman Dominque Allen grabbed a bronze medal for shot put with a throw of 11.84m.

Another freshman, Lebrun Nelson placed second in men’s triple jump, travelling a distance of 13.78.

Sophomore Vinnie Van Puyvelde snatched a silver medal in the men’s 800m. He clocked a time of 1:57.23.

Senior Hillary Kirwa took a third place finish in the men’s 1000m with a time of 8:41.67.

The women 4x100m relay team nabbed a third place finish.

The Warhawks will compete in the Texas relays Wednesday. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

First place finishes

photo by Joshua Detiege

Junior Corey Wesley jumped 7.24m in the long jump to take home a gold medal at the Jim Mize Invitational Saturday in Ruston.

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Jamel Sams Alexis Gordon Corey Wesley Kristen Baudoin

400m Hurdles Discus Long Jump Pole Vault

Warhawk football gears up for spring game

by Dakota Ratley

ULM played its final spring scrimmage before the annual Maroon and Gold Game this Saturday.

The team ran through a series of different game scenarios including red zone offense, goal line formations and drives down the field.

Head coach Todd Berry talked about the upcoming spring game.

“I want the guys just to go out, let’s put a ball down, get in the backyard and let’s play football just for the fun of the game,” he said.

The scrimmage featured many reps from many of the players for both the first and second strings.

However, many of the Warhawks’ key players sat out including linebacker Hunter Kissinger and receivers Ajalen Holley and Rashon Ceaser.

The defense looked impressive during the scrimmage, forcing many fumbles as well as picking the ULM quarterbacks multiple times. The rainy conditions did not help the offense as it seems that many of the fumbles were helped by the slippery conditions.

Graduate linebacker Cody Robinson said that the coaches have been pushing for the defense to force more turnovers.

“As a defense, you have a way better chance at winning, you know, if you get two or three turnovers a game,” he said.

Berry said that the team will begin preparing for Georgia this week. The Warhawks will open up the year with a trip to Athens on Sept. 5.

The Warhawks open up the home slate with a game against in-state foe Nicholl’s State. ULM will then trav-

el to Alabama for a matchup with the Crimson Tide. The last time the two schools met, the Warhawks defeated the SEC school 21-14 in Nick Saban’s first year at the school.

ULM then opens Sun Belt play with a home game against defending conference3 champions Georgia Southern. The rest of the Warhawks’ home slate includes games against Appalachian State, Arkansas State and New Mexico State.

The Warhawks are coming off a 48 year that featured a 3-1 start.

ULM would go on to lose seven of the

last eight games to finish seventh in the Sun Belt.

Berry will be taking over offensive play calling duties from offensive coordinator Steve Farmer. ULM led the Sun Belt in passing yards per game, while having the lowest rushing yards per game in conference games.

The team lost defensive coordinator Troy Reffett. Defensive line coach John Mumford and safties coach Adam Waugh are now co-coordinators. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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SPORTS

Warhawks take first round win ULM delivers thrilling game in first CBI appearance

by Dakota Ratley

The environment was electric.

The crowd was large. The shots went in.

Wednesday night was a huge night for Warhawks athletics.

ULM played in its first postseason game since 1996. The team did not disappoint, defeated Eastern Michigan, 71-67.

Head basketball coach Keith Richard thanked the fans after the game “Those players appreciate it, and I’m glad, you know, a lot of people came out and supported them and it made a difference,” he said.

The total attendance for the game was 3,003. While it was not the highest attendance number for the year, it perhaps has never been as loud.

The game was can be seen of a representative of the Warhawks’ season. ULM took control early in the second half. The home team held a lead as big as 16 with 12:55 left in the game.

That lead was dwindled down to a three-point deficit due to a huge 19-0 run by EMU. The Warhawks then did what they did all year, the team grinded.

A jumper here, free throws there and a defensive stop led to the climax of the game.

The climax is a moment that cannot be contested. The moment itself was a contested shot from

senior forward Tylor Ongwae. The Warhawks were down one, and a busted play left just three seconds on the shot clock and 1:41 on the game clock. Ongwae received the ball, stepped back, and with a hand in his face—and on his arm— drilled a three pointer to give the Warhawks a two-point lead.

That lead would be short lived.

The Eagles would go down the court and score two off of a pair of free throws.

The Warhawks, and Ongwae, responded, however. Ongwae would drain yet another three pointer to put the Warhawks up for good.

In the post-game press conference Ongwae was asked if he felt confident in the shots at the end.

Winters

He answered, “Yes.” A smile broke across coach Richard’s face.

M e a nw h i l e , the student section began to file out of Fant-Ewing

Coliseum.

Hamilton Winters, a junior marketing major, packs up his “ULWarhawks” sign. He’s elated after the win. He credits the connection between the student-athletes and the rest of the student body as the reason the crowd has been so involved.

“Rooting for a team is one thing. Rooting for your friends is completely different,” he said.

The home crowd this year has helped the Warhawks to a 13-3 home record on the year.

Another fan, at least that night, was athletic director Brian Wickstrom. Wickstrom could be seen patrolling the court restlessly and yelling at the refs over questionable foul calls.

He said that the game was big for the university, and the type of attention it brings.

“It was great exposure for our campus and our city,” he said.

The Warhawks travel to face Mercer Monday. Should ULM take another win, the school will have a chance to host another game Wednesday and have another chance to fill Fant. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

71-67

Shooting %

ULM EMU 44.6% 37.7%

Rebounds

40 27

Turnovers

17 1

Bench points

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Senior forward Tylor Ongwae dives for a lose ball in the Warhawks’ 71-67 win over EMU Wednesday night in Fant-Ewing Coliseum..

Basketball travels to Mercer in second round of CBI Preview

by Dakota Ratley

A playmaking junior guard, Ike Nwamu, leads mercer.

Nwamu scored 10 of his 25 points in the final 2:02 to lead the Bears over Stony Brook, 72-70. His biggest points came with just two seconds left when he hit a jumper to give Mercer the win.

Luckily for the Warhawks, ULM has had plenty of experience in playing high-quality guards. Georgia State, the team that won the Sun Belt, has a trio of guards of unusually high caliber for the Sun Belt. w R.J. Hunter is an expected early second round pick in the NBA draft. Kevin Ware transferred from

Louisville after suffering a career threatening injury. Ryan Harrow was ESPN’s No. 39 player in the country out of high school in 2010.

He played at both N.C. State and Kentucky.

ULM will have to try to shut down Mercer’s hot shooting. The Bears have shot a merciless 44.1 percent from the field.

That offensive output will be challenged by the Warhawks’ stingy defense that only allowed opponents to shoot around 38 percent on the year.

Nwamu is the leading scorer for Mercer. He average 15 points per game while shooting around 43 percent. Nwamu’s partner in the

backcourt, Phillip Leonard, leads the Bears in assists with about five a game. He also has proved to be an efficient scorer. Leonard has shot a scorching 46.6 percent from the field this year.

T.j. Hallice leads the frontcourt for Mercer. He averaged six and a half rebounds per game. His low post presence accounted for around nine points a game.Like Leonard, Hallice was very efficient, shooting 50 percent on the year.

The game will take place Monday at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Ga. The winner will go on to face the winner of Colorado and Seattle. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

ULM Mercer

Ppg

64.5

66.6

Opponents’ ppg

59.9

62.5

Rebound per game

37.1

34

Shooting percentage

42.9%

44.1%