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NEWS

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CALENDAR Monday, 3-30 Women’s Golf John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga., through to Tuesday

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Men’s Golf First Tee Classic in Little Rock, Ark., through to Tuesday Higher Education Forum in the University Library Conference Center from 10 - 11 a.m.

Men’s Basketball Championship G1 in Chicago, Ill., at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 3-31 Lyceum Series Patron Party in the University Library Conference Center from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Softball vs LSU in Baton Rouge at 6 p.m.

Lyceum Series with speaker George Takei in Brown Auditorium from 7 - 8:30 p.m.

International Student Center grand opening at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, 4-1 International Food Fair in SUB Ballroom A from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Women’s Tennis vs Delta State in Cleveland, Miss., at 1:30 p.m.

Alcohol Awareness in Student Center 170 at 4 p.m.

Baseball vs Louisiana Tech in Ruston at 6 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Championship G2 in Monroe at 7 p.m.

An Evening of Blues Tales & Music with Teddy Johnson and Larry Garner in Brown Auditorium from 6 - 8 p.m.

Thursday, 4-2

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3 French Alps

4 Nicaragua

(MCT) — Scientists have found 30 never-before-seen species of flies buzzing about in the city of Los Angeles.

The discovery suggests that we know less about the diversity of our winged neighbors than was previously thought.

The flies are all members of the phorid family, and were captured in 30 insect traps set up in the backyards of homeowners around the city.

Phorid flies are a little smaller than the fruit flies that hover over your bananas.

“Most people don’t even notice them, but they do an incredible array of different things that are important to helping our ecosystem function,” said Brian Brown, curator of entomology at the museum and a phorid fly expert.

Some phorids prey on insect pests, others eat fungi, and still others eat decaying matter.

(MCT) — Students put forth a forceful argument to University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill trustees this week for changing the name of a building they say perpetuates racism on campus.

A group called the Real Silent Sam Coalition has pushed for months to rename UNC’s Saunders Hall. The classroom building is named for William Saunders, the 19th-century UNC graduate and trustee who many historians believe was an organizer of the Ku Klux Klan. He was also known for compiling colonial records, and UNC named its history department building for Saunders in 1922.

If the university fails to strip the Saunders name from the edifice, said student Omolulu Babatunde, “we will find ourselves, ultimately, on the wrong side of history again.” There was wide agreement among students on the renaming of Saunders.

(MCT) — The apparently deliberate act of a German pilot that caused the deaths of 150 people in France is leading to a broad re-examination of international airline security rules, which allowed the pilot to lock his more senior crew member out of the cockpit.

The cockpit door-locking system, which was designed after the Sept.

11, 2001, attacks in the United States, was intended to prevent suicidal terrorists from seizing control of jetliners.

But it may have had the unintended consequence of allowing a single pilot to do the same.

In response the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, the German Aviation Association announced Thursday that all German carriers had agreed to new procedures, similar to those already in effect in the United States, that would require two people in a plane’s cockpit at all times.

(MCT) — Russia is rekindling its once-strong ties to Nicaragua, possibly providing the Central American nation with jet fighters, stoking unease as far away as the Andes in South America.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will arrive in Nicaragua as part of a swing through four Latin American nations, the culmination to a series of high-level Russian visits to this Central American nation in the past year. Last month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu paid a two-day visit, and in January the head of Russia’s upper house of Parliament arrived. Russian leader Vladimir Putin visited in June.

The rumored provision of the Russian jet fighters to Nicaragua has spawned fears of an arms race in Central America and once again made Nicaragua a bit player in the geopolitical to-and-fro between Washington and Moscow.

Scientists find 30 fly species

Students push Airlines revamp Russia’s return to rename hall security, rules worries many

TODAY IN HISTORY

Spring for the ball!

Track/Field SFA Carl Night Invitational in Nacogdoches, Texas, through to Friday

March 30

Women’s Tennis vs Henderson State in Arkadelphia, Ark., at 1:30 p.m.

1822: Florida Territory is created in the United States 1867: Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward 1870: Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction 1939: Detective Comics 27 is released, introducing Batman Birth: Celine Dion, a Canadian singer and songwriter, is born in 1968 Death: The Queen Mother dies in 2002

Friday, 4-3 SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY BEGINS

For a weekend sports calendar turn to page 16

QUOTE

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

Margaret Mead American author

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Safety Roland Jenkins makes a move after picking off a Garrett Smith pass in the first quarter of the Maroon and Gold Spring Game Saturday. The Gold team would go on to win the game 24-17. image courtesy of MCT campus

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NEWS

Counseling talks emotional intelligence

BRIEFS

International week celebrates with food ULM’s International Student Association will present the annual International Food Fair on Wednesday, April 1 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in Student Ballroom A, located on the second floor of the Student Union Building.

The community is invited to attend.

ULM students, faculty, and staff will provide samples of various cuisine.

Beverages will be priced form 50 cents to $1, per item.

For more information, contact Sami Owens, director of international student programs, at saowens@ulm.edu.

by Sierra Shipman

For the full story, pick up the next issue of the Hawkeye

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Vice President Chris Adkins swings his gavel around while listening to a senator speak at the SGA meeting last Tuesday in Student Center 170.

SGA welcomes new senate

Professor releases new Broadway book Oxford University press has released “Broadway Song: A Guide Singer’s Guide” written by music professor Mark Clark.

The book features an analysis of 100 Clark Broadway songs from traditional and contemporary styles. The book’s forewore is written by Kristin Chenoweth, a Grammy and Tony award winning actress.

Clark has taught at ULM for eight years and has directed many operas on campus.

by Olivia Barfield

Last Thursday night, new and old senators gathered in the SGA office to hear who will serve as ULM’s government for the next school year.

The new senate is 55 percent male senators and 45 percent female senators. The new senate is also 90 percent students who participate in Greek life and 10 percent non-Greek.

Many Senators also participate in various other student life organizations.

Marc Anthony Calhoun, who will

serve as president for the next term, is excited about how the new senate will change ULM. “I’m looking forward to a great year. We are students serving students, and we plan to make a very big impact for everyone to see, including our community and our school as a whole,” Calhoun said.

Calhoun, currently serving as SGA’s Treasurer, is a senior biology major and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Chris Adkins will serve as Vice President next term.

There is a run-off for the Treasurer position between Bryson Belaire and Chelsea Wyatt. There is also a run-off for the Secretary position between Kaitlin Neal and Casey Honeycutt.

Run-off voting will be Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Some of this could still possibly change, because of run-offs. Associate senators could shift to senator positions, and more people could become Associate Senators,” Jennings said. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Counselor Traci Clark gave students the chance to learn more about emotional intelligence last Thursday.

She said learning more about emotions leads to a happier lifestyle.

Emotional intelligence affects work performance, physical and mental health and relationships. She gave different tips on how to reduce stress in one’s life. She also talked about nonverbal cues.

“Nonverbal keys are usually more telling than what we actually say,” Clark said.

Clark said humor and play could help reduce stress. She cited a recent news story about a Brooklyn woman who started an adult preschool with naptime, coloring, dressing up and acting like children for a while.

Clark said it’s beneficial to your physical and mental health to find activities that you enjoy doing, and that also can relax you as well.

One point that Clark emphasized on was how to resolve conflict positively. She also said that it’s very important to learn how to forgive. It helps ease our mind and helps both parties move on. contact Sierra Shipman at shipmasn@warhawks.ulm.edu

Tunisian students address terrorist attack

by Olivia Barfield

A recent attack on a museum in Tunisia’s capital left 19 people dead and at least 44 wounded.

Militants stormed the National Bardo Museum and shot at “anything that moved,” according to the Associated Press.

The militants wore military-style uniforms and wielded assault rifles. They gunned down tourists outside of the museum before charging inside to take hostages.

Two gunmen were killed by security. Authorities are currently looking for accomplices to the attack. The attack was the deadliest attack on Tunisia in 13 years.

Salah Gontara, a ULM student from Tunisia, asserts that Tunisia has problems that can be solved by caring for its citizens, specifically the young generation.

“The problem is within young people, mostly frustrated and

lacking education and jobs,” Gontara said. “These young people are desperate and thus easily brain-washable. They come from poor neighborhoods and have no other option than to ‘fight’ for a better ‘afterlife.’”

Gontara believes that addressing the troubles of the young people in Tunisia will lead to less turbulence.

“As the young people are the ones who led the revolution and the Arab Spring, they are the ones who need to be looked into, to have their problems solved so they can lead a normal life,” Gontara said.

Khaled Zaier, also a ULM student from Tunisia, agrees with Gontara in that improving conditions for the young people in Tunisia would benefit the country. Zaier also noted that poor and unemployed young people are easy recruits for terrorism.

“The long term solution is improving the Tunisian economy, which is struggling. That will create jobs and raise the standards

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of living which will reduce the frustration and depression of our young people. This will save them from falling into extremism and hoping for a better afterlife,” said Zaier.

Zaier believes that Tunisia is progressing towards a better future.

“Achieving democracy is not easy. It is particularly hard for an Arab country given the extremist regimes that are trying to gain power everywhere. That is the main reason why we are a terrorist target. It means that we are moving in the right direction,” Zaier said.

Until late last year, the ruling party in Tunisia was Islamic.

Newly elected President Beji Caid Essebsi leads the now-ruling secular party.

An anti-terrorism rally occurred last Wednesday night. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Students crave more healthy options Everyone knows about the freshman 15.

There’s also the sophomore seven, junior jiggle and senior stopeating-already.

Gaining weight in college has a lot to do with when we eat, how we eat and most importantly, what we are eating.

Sometimes it’s not necessarily that we’re eating too much, it’s just all the wrong things.

Students are partially to blame for not making healthy choices, but living and working on a campus that doesn’t offer many healthy options doesn’t make it any easier.

Schulze has a salad bar and Einstein Bagel has salads and fruit during the day, but two o’clock in the morning after a long night of studying is when we start looking to stuff our faces.

Campus should offer more healthy options at the SUB, so students can turn to something better than a burger, shake and curly fries.

A juice bar, frozen yogurt or another salad bar would be a good addition to the SUB to help students stay healthy throughout the semester, especially at night when options are slim and stomachs are empty.

Besides eating habits, stress, lack of sleep and not enough exercise also contribute to a sluggish campus of unhealthy students.

While losing time to sleep and be active isn’t something that can be helped with everyone’s hectic schedules, giving us better food options is.

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Actions of few should not reflect upon all

STACY REPPOND We can’t deny the existence of incidents of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, hazing and racism involving fraternity and sorority members at different universities.

Nor should we.

We need to openly discuss these serious issues. But this discussion should not start with blaming Greek Life as a whole.

You’ve probably heard about the scandal at the University of Oklahoma where a video surfaced of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members’ racist chants on a bus to a formal event.

The national organization shut the chapter down, and the university President David Boren said its affiliation with OU is “permanently done.”

Two students, if not more, leading the chants face expulsion.

And they deserve it.

We all should have no tolerance for racism at any institution at any level.

Pull the chapter’s charter, expel the chant leaders and don’t condone that repulsive behavior.

But do not punish the rest of us with Greek letters on our chests for what we have not done. I feel that I can speak for all Greeks when I say discrimination isn’t an ideal of any of our organizations.

I refuse to stand for racism and hate speech. I also refuse to be grouped with those fraternity members.

Do not place the actions of a few on the whole.

As you might have guessed, I’m a proud Greek woman at ULM. I will never regret my surprising decision to go Greek.

This shy freshman gained skills and confidence to follow my academic and professional passions. Though I’ve had to follow (and enforce) many rules, I do it because I want my being Greek to make positive impacts.

Many are quick to bash us. Few acknowledge the benefits.

In the U.S., over 9 million college students have gone Greek, and I believe most did it for the right reasons. According to USA TODAY, the first female astronaut and first female senator were Greek.

Graduation rates are 20 percent higher among Greeks than non-Greeks. All but three U.S. presidents since 1825 have been members of a fraternity.

Scandals always make a splash in the news, but who takes notice of the philanthropic work that our organizations do?

Take this from the high school graduate who would have

been voted “least likely to go Greek”: Going Greek does not make me better than anyone else. Being Greek means I have opportunities for close friendships, leadership roles and standards that hold me accountable because I represent my organization.

I strive to make my sisters proud of me.

Let my actions and not another’s define me.

Though I’m not perfect, I don’t support any behavior that degrades another person, so my role should not be the one that receives blame for what OU fraternity chapter members do.

My role as a Greek needs to be proactive in the discussion of how we can halt racism on our own campus.

These issues such as racism exist outside of the Greek system and could continue despite attempts to blame or ban us all.

Keep in mind: When done right, Greek organizations mean to complement the university’s mission to educate and enhance students.

My organization instilled in me respect for all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or any other qualities.

We’re all humans deserving of love and acceptance.

So accept that not all Greeks are like those fraternity members in that video. Pointing your finger only perpetuates a problem that we all can solve by first accepting one another (yes, I’m cliché).

Don’t be so busy with the blame game that you’re not part of the progress that our society obviously needs. contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

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OPINION

Tejal’s LastWords:

Society to blame for body shaming

Now is about the time people can confidently say if they’ve followed through with their new year’s resolution or not.

You either quit smoking in the last three months or you’re still masking the smell of your breath with spearmint gum when your mom comes to visit.

You GPA is either out of the danger zone or it has reached the point of no return.

As someone who frequents the gym, I catch a glimpse of “my resolution is to lose weight before summer” in action.

I’ve watched the same people struggle and still come back for more every single day and they’re finally reaching a place where the gym is comfortable.

They’re excited to push themselves and try new things, even if they find they’re not strong enough yet because they know they will be one day.

The gym is a place they look forward to coming to after a long day of classes or a tiresome day at work.

These are victories I see in other people because they are the victories I’ve seen in myself throughout a four year fitness journey. A journey that I’m still and will be forever taking.

So you can imagine how much it upsets me to curities so hard that the only thing you can think watch thin, makeup-heavy, I-refuse-to-sweat- to do is spend your time making a spectacle of because-it’s-dirty girls staring at heavy women others’? fighting to breathe after a run.

We can only blame the media so much for It upsets me just as much as watching body setting the standards for a “good” body. building men scoff at weaker guys struggling to At some point, we have to take responsibility finish that last squat. for telling ourselves and each other that there is Body shaming is just as present around us as such a thing as a “good” body. it is on the internet and in magazines. It exists We have to take responsibility for spreading because we allow it to. the understanding that every body has a “good” We want to tell people it’s okay to be big, body because every single one is different and small, short or tall, but judge them when they so is the person inside of it. take action and begin working toward the perThat begins at the gym. It starts at school, the son they want to be. grocery store, the mall and at the beach.

Not every girl wants a thigh gap. Not every guy I’m not saying being unhealthy is the equivahas an interest in looking like The Rock. Some- lent of being happy or that it’s okay for people to times eating well and going to the gym isn’t forego their health for the next fat packed, deliabout wanting to be a Victoria’s Secret model. cious meal.

It’s about being healthy, happy and having a I’m just saying that each person deserves a little more energy and a little less stress. chance to better themselves without being disAnd that’s the way it should be. couraged by complete strangers.

Stop shaming people out of leaving the gym We can’t expect the standards for men and or in to putting tank tops and shorts back on the women to be broken if we keep reinforcing rack. Stop pointing at pudgy and proud, shirt- them. less men and giggling at big, beautiful women in their bikinis. contact Tejal Patel at Is addressing and overcoming your own inse- pateltn@warhawks.ulm.edu

Squawk Box What kind of food would you like to see in the SUB? “I’d really like to see Chinese food.”

- Cassidy Schexnaydre, freshman prenursing major “I like Panda Express or anything Asian, really. Sushi would be good.”

- Tyler Thomisee, freshman pre-nursing major “Great American Cookies would be good. I would reward myself with a cookie after a hard test.”

- Sierra Lanclos, freshman pre-dental hygiene major

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NEWS

Dental Hygiene Einstein Bros here to stay recieves 6th grant “...if things stay

by Gwendolyn Ducre

by Traneshia Stormer

The ULM Dental Hygiene Program recently received $2,500, its sixth grant from Entergy, for the Mobile Dental Hygiene Unit.

Roderick Worthy is the Entergy customer service manager who helps assist the Mobile Dental Hygiene Unit at ULM with monetary support.

Jordan Anderson, assistant professor for the department of dental hygiene, said “this donation is to help support the provision of supplies for dental hygiene treatment across Northeast Louisiana”. She is the Mobile Unit Coordinator.

The Mobile Unit has been in use since 2010 and its first patients were at Jack Hayes Elementary.

They treat patients who are in need of dental hygiene care, but would not be able to receive it if the Mobile Unit were not in place.

Taylor Morace, senior dental hygiene major, said, “I think it’s wonderful because without the donation we would not be able to continue to provide treatment to our community”.

Treatment has been provided to several Northeast Louisiana parishes: Ouachita, Morehouse, Caldwell, East Carroll, and Richland by dental hygiene students and a ULM dental hygiene instructor.

Students beMorace gin helping with the unit the summer semester of their senior year.

“It’s always a great experience to take a rotation at the mobile unit. It’s a fun atmosphere and the patients are always so awesome to work with,” Morace said.

ULM serves approximaetly 2,000 people per year in its dental clinic The students’ schedules are divided up so that they get the opportunity to treat patients at different locations.

Services provided by students are: teeth cleaning, x-rays, fluoride treatments, sealants, oral cancer screenings, patient education, and nutritional counseling.

“This continued support from Entergy al- Anderson lows the Mobile Unit to continue with patient education supplies such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss and so we can continually provide dental hygiene treatment throughout the community,” Anderson said.

There are three clinician chairs on the mobile unit, so they are able to treat three patients at once.

Since 2010, the Mobile Unit has treated over 1000 patients.

The mobile unit is usually parked at a school so most patients are pediatric and adolescent students, but anyone who wants treatment can call to schedule an appointment.

The Dental Hygiene students and professors are all so appreciative of the continuous donation to the program. contact Traneshia Stormer at stormetc@warhawks.ulm.edu

The bagels aren’t rolling away after all.

After faculty and students voiced their comments and concerns and new construction coming along on campus, ULM’s Dining Services will keep Einstein Bros. Bagels open for one or two more years.

Robert Hoag, director of Campus Dining Services, said it was more beneficial financially and by popular demand to keep it open.

“Sales have increased a little bit from last year, so that has helped, but we just need a little more volume to be able to go past that one or two years,” Hoag said. “The people that like it really love it. But the price point is a little high, but it’s good quality. I eat there just about everyday.”

When it announced it’s closing, a month ago, students started a petition in hopes of keeping the restaurant around.

Several students said, to them, it was the only breakfast restaurant they can eat at without ordering fried sandwiches such as those at Chickfil-a.

Kirsten Lee, sophomore accounting major, was one of those students.

Lee said she signed the petition not

the way they are we’ll look at making a change.”

Robert Hoag director of campus dining services only for herself but because she saw how much other students liked it.

Lee also said at first, she was disappointed when she found out they would be closing.

“I’m very excited now that I know officially that they are keeping it open,” Lee said. “Now that it will stay open, I have more opportunities to eat bagels and try their different foods.”

Hoag said he didn’t see the petition but heard about it.

To have an effective petition, though, students would have to account for as many meal plans that the university currently receives which is over 1,700.

“Sure a petition would help or

an e-mail. We want to do what pleases the students,” Hoag said “We want to have what they want.”

Students and faculty weren’t Masters the only ones pleased to hear about the continuing of the restaurant. Though the employees’ jobs were not at risk, few said they were still happy to hear it will not be closing soon.

Hoag said the continuation of the restaurant will remain based on the student’s wants.

“If business picks up we can keep it open for a long time, but it things stay the way they are we’ll look at making a change,” Hoag said.

Students will have the chance to give their recommendations on what those changes could be when the time comes.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Masters said she was hopeful for a new restaurant to replace Einstein Bros.

“Our student Union Building needs a little more diversity,” she said.

contact Gwendolyn Ducre at ducregk@warhawks.ulm.edu

PoliSci takes Lafayette

by Traneshia Stormer

Four political science students recently presented research papers at the annual Louisiana Political Science Association conference in Lafayette.

Senior political science major, Erin Abney, presented on Bitcoin.

“It was amazing to have the chance to present our research at a higher level,” Abney said.

Bitcoin is a form of virtual currency not backed by any form of government.

“It’s a great concept, but at the current moment not enough people are using

Bitcoin for it to benefit me to use it instead of regular currency,” Abney said.

Abney based her project around answering the question: Is Bitcoin a way to fund terrorism?

She said that although there is no evidence that says terrorist groups are using Bitcoin to fund their organization, Bitcoin does have the capability to be used to fund terrorism.

“That makes us think, should we make changes now when terrorist aren’t using it? Or do we wait until it

T H E H A W K E Y E

is a problem to start making changes?”

Abney said.

Senior Mallory Keene thinks there should definitely be some changes now to make it safer “before it comes back to bite us.”

At the conference, the students were able to sit in on a table discussion which discussed ISIS and the Middle East. Other students who presented were political science majors Adam Karaminis, Caleb Fenn and Josh Dean. contact Traneshia Stormer at stormetc@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Students get taste of culture at international food fair

Lyceum Series with George Takei

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NEWS

Is Monroe really one International Center gears of best college towns up for grand opening to live in forever?

by Traneshia Stormer

by Olivia Barfield

CollegeRanker.com released its list of the “50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever,” and Monroe ranked 41 out of 50.

Monroe was the only Louisiana town to make the list.

The ranking considered economy, culture, community, and schools in compiling their list of towns that are best to settle down in after graduating.

It also mentioned two of Monroe’s major employers -- Century Link and JP Morgan Chase.

According to the site, ULM has an “exceptional” athletic program and noteworthy student life organizations.

The site also referred to ULM’s notable programs, which it cited as pharmacy school and business.

Heather Terrell is one student that moved to Monroe for school and she agrees that her new home is one of the best.

“I enjoy many aspects of it, especially because I come from a small town area where everything shuts down early. There are certainly more opportunities here to start my career,” said Terrell, a senior computer science major from Pollock.

But others disagreed with the list.

“It’s too small for me. There’s

Ouachita Parish was established March 31, 1807 when the Territory of New Orleans was divided. not really much to do around here.

Then there are the people, who are just closed minded and somewhat snobby,” Eddie Anderson said, a freshman English major from Lafayette.

But is Monroe a convenient area to live in? Sopohmore Ashley Archer thinks so.

“Everything you need is not only nearby but easy to find. I’ve never had trouble finding anything in Monroe,” Archer said.

Archer also said that Monroe provides her with what she needs for her education.

“A huge reason I chose ULM, is that clinical locations for nursing school are also fairly close to campus. Many schools in Louisiana send nursing students to different campus sites in different cities to do clinicals.” Archer said. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Students and faculty are buzzing about the new International Student Center which is set to have its RibbonCutting Ceremony March 31 at 10 a.m.

Although the contractors are still finishing up a few details both inside and outside the building, students are eagerly waiting their chance to get inside.

Sami Owens, director of international student programs and services, said “We are still trying to get it open to students a few days ahead of the big event.”

Alumni Eric Liew donated $1 million to ULM for the center’s construction and is looking forward to the grand opening and meeting more international students.

Liew and Linda, his wife, will be at the ceremony and have the opportunity to say a few words to the audience.

Senior Avery Cunningham said, “ I am very excited because I know it has been in the making for a while and I cannot wait for the display of the hard work that has been put forth to make this happen”.

She is from the Bahamas and will be at ULM until her graduation in Spring 2016.

The building will serve as the community center for international students on campus. It provides a central place for students to learn,

photo by Joshua Detiege

The plaque outside of the front door of the International Student Center honors Liew and his wife

socialize and relax while feeling more closely connected to campus.

“To me, the new international student center will give students a new perspective of the international students at ULM,” Cunningham said.

Cunningham said that it gives them a place to call home and makes them feel like they are truly welcome at ULM. This center will not replace Culture Connection, a social and educational space where students, faculty and community members gather to share their culture and learn about new cultures.

Owens said, “The new building will ideally have a clubhouse ambiance with a full kitchen and meditation/ prayer room”.

There will also be study rooms available that will double as temporary bedrooms for students who arrive on campus before the residence halls open.

Next week is “International Week.”

There will be a couple of small events following the grand opening.

Students are currently Cunningham planning a couple movie nights and a karaoke night that will be held in the new building. contact Traneshia Stormer at stormetc@warhawks.ulm.edu

Students honored at Research Symposium

by Olivia Barfield

photo by Olivia Barfield

Tiffany Freeman and Brianna Strange presented “Community Enhancement as Clinical Experiece” for the School of Nursing.

International Student Center Grand Opening

ULM has been on a role lately with the awards and recognition, but no one can award ULM students more than ULM itself.

A couple weeks ago, the 15th Annual Student Research Symposium was held in the University Conference Center. Sixty-seven students presented posters and gave oral presentations.

The Symposium showcased the hard work of students who collaborated with faculty to go beyond the basic objectives of the classroom. Graduates and undergraduates presented research.

Several different types of presentations can be made at the

Students make “big switch” with faculty

Symposium. These include poster presentations, platform presentations, artistic displays, and voice/dance performances.

Rachel Maddox placed first in the Undergraduate Oral Presentation category for the School of Humanities with her presentation entitled, “Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Unraveling the Roles of Shakespeare’s Forests.”

She enjoyed the Symposium and encouraged others to present.

“We all put a ton of work into our papers and it was a surprise and an honor to be selected for the award,” Maddox said.

According to Maddox, hard work will always pay off.

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“Winning felt amazing because I knew the competition was so tough.

I would have been happy to see any of the other undergraduates win, but when my name was said I almost hit the floor,” Maddox said.

Of the 67 presenters, 22 recieved medals for their outstanding work.

Alumna Zinaida Osipova attended the Symposium and enjoyed seeing the hard work of her peers.

“It was very interesting to see the research of others, because I have helped with research myself. I also like that people dressed up for this,” Osipova said. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

contact Amber Mccormick at mccormal@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Famous Broadway musical examines clash of ethnic groups

by Stacy Reppond Through performances and an expert panel discussion, ULM’s School of Visual Performing Arts, students and faculty collaborated to tell “West Side Story.”

Panel ponders impact on today’s audience

photos by Joshua Detiege Clockwise from bottom: (1) Students playing the Puerto Rican “Shark girls” dance to the song “America.” (2) The Jets joke about their troubled upbringings. (3) Ben McQuillin as Tony and Hannah Bryan as Maria fall in love at first sight during the school dance. (4) The rival teenage street gangs, the Sharks and Jets, brace for a fight. (5) Neil White as Doc angrily asks why the youths must make the world “so lousy.”

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Faculty members hosted an expert panel discussion in conjunction with the show’s opening Thursday night.

The panel moderated by Jay Curtis, general manager at KEDM Radio, included Mel Mobley, Neil White, Bob Eisenstadt, Joshua Stockley and Jana Giles. They discussed the show’s cultural impact in society and how it relates to audiences who experience “West Side Story” today.

Neil White, associate professor who played Doc, said it serves as more than just a story for immigrants to the Upper West Side.

“It’s the American story for immigrants because as the new immigrants came in, they were often the ones persecuted most,” White said.

White related this “American story” to the “beauty” in the “Romeo and Juliet”-like tragedy of the musical.

“Life is dancing and singing and celebration. It’s hopeful, but it’s also tragedy,” White said.

Bob Eisenstadt, associate professor and Center for Business and Economic Research director, also related the musical to now as he said the musical shows a competition for resources, one of many conflicts in the show that is still found today.

Joshua Stockley, associate professor, discussed the ethnic conflicts in New York City where spatial tensions compounded existing societal, political and economic tensions.

Stockley mentioned the original screen name “East Side Story” and how East Harlem went from a place for Italian immigrants to a place for Spanish immigrants.

Immigrants in the early 20th century struggled to fit into society, which Stockley attributed to the need for powerful connections and difficulty in replacing old relationships.

Stockley said the different ethnic groups should strengthen

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rather than weaken the core of the American identity.

“The hyphenated identity is the core part of the American identity,” Stockley said.

While colleagues discussed immigration and discrimination, assistant professor Jana Giles used the comparison of “Romeo and Juliet” and “West Side Story” to show the “arts are interconnected.”

“What makes literature truly interpersonal is that it draws on the human experience in such a way that it can resonate in different times and places, and that’s exactly what this performance does,” Giles said.

The panelists seemed to agree on the musical’s universal message.

Old welcomes new to stage Others backstage might pace back and forth nervously, but McKenna Giovingo smiles at the red curtains held back until the time has come for opening night to commence. She’s no stranger to the stage.

The senior vocal performance major welcomes newcomers to performing on stage, as the popular Broadway musical “West Side Story” was the senior’s final show at ULM. Though the preparation for the musical proved no small task, Giovingo said she felt great after the first night’s performance.

“We know that it works and that people enjoy it and that it moves people, and that’s why we do it ultimately,” Giovingo said.

Giovingo plays the role of Anita, Maria’s sister-in-law and one of the “Shark girls.” Fellow Puerto Rican male youths form a teenage street gang known as the Sharks. These Sharks rival the Jets whose members are of mostly European descent.

The protagonist, Tony, who is a former Jet and best friend to gang leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, Shark leader Bernardo’s sister.

The star-crossed lovers become tangled in the conflicts between the gangs. One can then make the connection to William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” In that and “West Side Story,” the end comes only after tragedy strikes the young lovers.

“It’s a commentary on the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ story. They’re seeing Shakespeare performed in front of them just on a contemporary level,” said Derle Long, director of the School of Visual and Performing Arts.

“West Side Story” simply differs in time and place as it’s set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the 1950s.

“It’s a

commentary on the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ story.”

Derle Long, VAPA director Sophisticated songs reflect the its darker theme. “Gee, Officer Krupke” examines social issues while filled with shaded humor.

However, “One Hand, One Heart” gently reminds the audience that Tony and Maria’s romance still begins to bloom despite the fighting around them. They capture hearts when they pretend to meet each other’s parents and exchange vows but proceeds to rip those same hearts out when Maria holds dead Tony in her arms.

Though Act I contained more vibrant scenes and songs such as “The Dance At The Gym” and “America,” a simulated gunshot visibly riled up the audience and interrupted Act II’s slower and somber tone.

The show pushed students with challenging musical work and more dancing. It also required cast members to have Hispanic or tough New York accents depending on their roles as Sharks or Jets.

“West Side Story” had a four-day run from Thursday through Sunday with multiple sold-out performances. Robin Stephens was director and choreographer and Deborah Chandler served as musical director.

Long called it “a chance for us to work on a musical that’s generally regarded as a turning point in musicals in America.”

The performance impressed students new to ULM’s musical productions.

“It was my first ULM production to see, and I was very impressed,” said Joel Sinclair, a junior kinesiology major.

Though the production had recurrent issues with microphones on opening night, the cast members sang and danced on. contact Stacy Reppond at Repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Honors program attends conference

by Olivia Barfield

Last weekend, members of the ULM Honors Program travelled to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to attend the Louisiana Collegiate Honors Conference.

The conference was attended by students from ULM, ULL, Grambling State University, Nicholls State University, University of New Orleans, and Delgado Community College.

LCHC events included a Bordelon banquet, several speakers, a talent show, a quiz bowl tournament and several research presentations.

Three ULM students presented research. Susan Egbert, president of the ULM Honors Program, presented “Lichen’s Secondary Metabolites as Breast Cancer Inhibitors.”

Egbert presented in the same panel as ULM peers Deepta Pokharel and Simi Ogundare, who presented “Light quality effect on the growth of Arabidopsis seedlings” and “Lichens Udofia as Bio-Indicators of Air Quality through Estimation of Free Radicals in Thalli,” respectively.

photo courtesy of Olivia Barfield

The honors students pose for a group photo at the Lafayette conference last weekend.

“Our entire panal was ULM students, so it was good to present with each other and have that support,” Egbert said.

Pokharel was greatful for the support of the ULM students that watched her presentation.

“It wasn’t bad to present because there were so many ULM Honors kids there supporting me,” Pokharel said.

Twenty-eight ULM students attended LCHC, making it the most represented school.

“It says something that we have the biggest

group of students here, because we are on somebody else’s turf. And they have over 1,000 honors kids,” said Maroutcha Mouawad, treasurer of the Honors Program, on the fact that ULM was represented in greater numbers than the hosting school.

ULM competed in a quiz bowl tournament at the conference. The ULM team did not advance to the finals.

“It was a fun experience. I really enjoyed working with my peers to get to the position that

we were. We didn’t make it into the finals, but we had a great time,” said Justin Bordelon, a ULM Quiz Bowl team member.

ULM honors students enjoyed the time they got to spend together at LCHC. “ULM Honors Program is the best support system ever. We were there for each other for quiz bowl, presentations, games, to dance— everything,” said biology major Edidiong Udofia. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Undergrads first to work on Carbon Flux research

by Gwendolyn Ducre

Countless hours of their free time is spent in the biology lab.

Like all graduate students, these two students collect their data, research their findings and document on what they’ve found. They work just as hard as graduate biology students are expected to do, but with one exception. They are both junior biology students.

Wayne Brigalia and Siddhardha Dhakal are two of the first undergrad students to work extensively on the ULM’s Carbon Flux Research. This research measures the carbon flux in the area taken by the Carbon Flux Tower at Russell Sage Wildlife forest . The data and research that Brigalia and Dhakal record is internationally and, to a degree, globally viewed to help determine climate change.

“We are analyzing our forest and their are other people in different parts of the world analyzing theirs,” Dhakal said.

From there, all research that is found from all parts of the world are put together. It was time for Brigalia and Dhakal to introduce their findings to the nation. And so they did.

There was one spot for a winner. Their Dhakal poster was just one point away from winning first place at South Eastern Ecology and Evolution Conference at the University of Georgia at Athens March

13-15 for their poster presentation session.

“We have a program that is suppose to process this data for us and to make sure all the loose ends are caught up. Well, it was working until a couple of days we had to present. We had three backup plans working at the same time,” Brigalia said.

But they didn’t give up. They both worked so hard that Brigalia said it wouldn’t be an Brigalia option to back out so abruptly.

“If you’re given this type of opportunity, aside from being passionate about ecology in general, if you’re given this type of opportunity and you waste it, to me that’s a high insult. To not only to professors that you are working with,” said Brigalia. “But for other people who didn’t get this opportunity.

The conference hosted university from across the region to come and learn what other school have found in their research.

Students are encouraged to engage in other’s research and learn from their trial and errors.

This two day conference consisted of a day of breakout sessions, workshops, discussion panels and closed with an award ceremony.

“At UGA it had the same atmosphere of interconnectedness,” said Brigalia. “It’s just like the environment- it’s more than just one thing. It’s everything working together. A dynamic.”

Dhakal agrees. He said they need to be aware of what other schools are doing and vice-versa. This helps them know what they improve on with their data or just learn new ways of collecting their research.

“There were people there who saw us and gave us feedback and asked us a lot of questions, and that helps us,”Dhakal said.

Joydeep Bhattacharjee, associate professor in biology, said over the years he has had undergrad students work in his lab but never have they attended a conference as large as SEEC. “There poster was one point short of a perfect score. So that, as a mentor for undergraduates, makes me feel really proud of them and the type of work they are doing,” said Bhattacharjee. “Really the level of work that they are doing is very high level of work. Some of those kind of works are not done even by master students.”

Thought working on this research takes a lot of responsibility, Bhattacharjee said he had no problem with letting these two undergrads work on this intense project.

The ULM’s Carbon Flux Research began in 2013 after Bhattacharjee’s grant for the Carbon Flux Tower was approved.

This tower is the only carbon tower in Louisiana, making ULM a resource for other university’s research. contact Gwendolyn Ducre at ducregk@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Students showcase art in annual exhibition

Annual Juried Art Exhibition recognizes students for professional artwork

by Stacy Reppond

Students including non-art majors and recent graduates had the chance to create a masterpiece for all to see in Bry Art Gallery.

The 18th Annual ULM Juried Student Art Exhibition opened up the opportunity for all students enrolled at ULM to submit up to three original works completed during their time at ULM that were not previously displayed in a Bry Art Gallery exhibit.

The exhibition’s guest juror, Peter Hay, is the director of Development and Public Relations at Living Arts of Tulsa, Inc. Hay helped select the 35 to 50 student pieces featured in the exhibition from March 23 to May 1.

The School of Visual and Performing Arts and Department of Art collaborated to present the event. Students and faculty attended a reception and presentation of awards Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. in Bry Art Gallery.

Awards that students won include a Department of Art award, graphic design award,

best of show award and multiple administrator’s choice awards. Award winners received prizes ranging from $50 to $200.

The students’ instructors had the chance to enjoy the work their students have completed.

Brooke Foy, art instructor at ULM, said the works show the variety of students in the department.

“There are many different techniques and processes that are shown in the show and that’s really great,” Foy said.

Most of the pieces in the student art exhibition are an extension of a project that students may have started in an art class at ULM, according to Foy. Foy said the instructors encourage students to extend their projects beyond the scope of the classroom.

Students said they enjoyed the chance to see their own artwork in the show.

“I feel like it somewhat legitimizes me as an artist,” said Katie Anyan, a senior art major.

Anyan also said it was an honor as she had never Anyan been selected for a show before.

“It’s a big deal for me,” Anyan said.

photo by Breanna Harper

Friday’s student exhibition in Bry Art Gallery includes sculptures by ceramics major, Jon Aiken.

For some art students, this exhibition allowed them to be recognized and praised by individuals outside of their department. This includes administrators who selected 10 pieces for special administrator choice awards. The 10 pieces were chosen for a one-year art-on-loan display in the various administrators’ offices.

For a list of award winners, visit: ulmhawkeyeonline. com contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

photo by Breanna Harper

Heather Miles and a friend stop to look at a piece in the 18th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition Friday in Bry Art Gallery.

New Kendrick Lamar album takes crown

DAKOTA RATLEY Kendrick, we aren’t in Compton any more.

When “good kid, m.A.A.d city” (GKMC) was released in October 2012, Kendrick Lamar took control of the hip-hop world.

The 5-foot-6-inch kid from Compton stood tall. If GKMC put Lamar on a pedestal, then his latest release, “To Pimp a Butterfly” (TPAB), is Lamar ascending even higher.

In GKMC, Lamar tells the individual story of a kid from the hood. The listener sees the transformation of K-Dot from a young man trying to navigate the streets to a man on top of the rap game.

Lamar continues this story in TPAB. He tells the story of how a butterfly goes through the transition from a caterpillar to a cocoon before reaching its final stage. The caterpillar is K-Dot. Lamar starts the album telling how when he gets big he’s going to go crazy with the money. This represents the caterpillar and how it eats everything without much care. This is the “pimping” of the butterfly.

The second phase features Lamar realizing this. He soon becomes trapped in a cocoon of self-loathing for allowing himself

to be pimped by Uncle Sam and Lucifer represented by a female named “Lucy.”

He eventually realizes that he must preach to the caterpillars in his home city. That is when Lamar completes his transformation and becomes the butterfly.

This story is told over 16 tracks. No track is wasted, as every single one is need to tell the complete story.

“King Kunta” highlights the first section of the album. Lamar raps about repping his city and that he “should probably run for mayor” when he’s done with the rap game. The title of the song is a reference to a slave, Kunta Kinte, who had his foot cut off for trying to escape a plantation. This represents resistance from the oppressive institutions that hold down people like Lamar.

The second part of the album features the most emotionally charged track on TPAB, “u.” This track shows Lamar at his absolute weakest. He is drunkenly contemplating suicide while his alcoholic habits are overheard in the background. He reflects on his friend being killed in Compton while he was out on tour.

He feels guilty that he never visited him in the hospital. He questions whether or not he deserves his success and if he should have stayed in the hood with everyone else. His actions as a caterpillar have left him with feelings of regret while in his cocoon stage.

“Blacker the Berry” shows his frustration with those still in his neighborhood. The butterfly has become aware of the way the neighborhood has allowed itself to been manipulated, or pimped, to only care about money and violence.

Lamar feels that he’s been hypocritical for criticizing the institutions whenever he has done nothing to disarm the stereotypical views of the black community. This is brought home by the final couplet when Lamar says that he cried when Trayvon Martin was killed whenever gang banging encourages him to kill other young black men.

The album includes a poem being read and expanded on after

before finally being read in full on the final track, “Mortal Man.” He then talks to Tupac about the issues mentioned on the album and the concept behind the pimping of the butterfly.

The musical styles is very different from GKMC. There is a funky, jazz vibe to the album. This album aligns itself much more with “Section.80,” Kendrick’s debut studio album, than GKMC. Despite the softer sounds, this album is one of the more emotionally charged hip-hop albums in recent memory. It’s an exhaustive listen that grips one’s attention and doesn’t let go.

K-Dot mentioned on “King Kunta,” his rise from a peasant to a prince and finally to a king. “Section.80,” showed his ambitions as a peasant. “Good kid, m.A.A.d city,” saw Lamar rise and become a prince. “To Pimp a Butterfly,” proves that Lamar has the social awareness needed to be the king of hip-hop. contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

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Class digs up Too late to begin dinosaur’s past crash diet for break CARMEN BLACKWELL Though the stress of class registration can make you crazy, don’t start questioning your sanity yet when you see “Age of Dinosaurs” as a geology elective.

This semester, it meets only Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The class proves a popular choice for elementary education majors.

Not on every college campus do you see a class dedicated to these creatures that capture our fascination long after they existed on Earth.

However, I assure you it’s a real course at ULM offered on-campus or online.

Though real, “Age of Dinosaurs” stands out from your average science course. You can’t deny it has character and humor.

Gary Stringer, professor of geology, strolls into class donning a tie with a dinosaur skeleton. If that was not enough to kick the class off, he then said, “I’m going to show you the toy of the year.”

Within seconds, a robotic Tyrannosaurus rex races across the classroom floor in front of groups’ tables. Stringer mentions his particular toy’s unfortunate defects but still shows its features with enthusiasm.

(This Zoomer Dino toy is available online in variety of colors for around

$70 or more. You’re welcome from my inner child to yours.)

Now down to business, the class learns about dinosaurs in surprisingly extensive detail from PowerPoint slides with vivid graphics including “reconstructions” of how a specific dinosaur might have looked in its existence.

Even though the material might be fun, the class still focuses on the facts.

Stringer’s gestures convey a genuine passion for the knowledge.

The theme of the class emerges early, as modern examples help students relate to these dinosaurs in our Earth’s distant past.

The class looks at several artifacts such as cast of a claw. Students can hold this piece of Earth’s history in their hands.

Stringer connects the present to the past as he compares today’s birds to the theropod dinosaurs.

Of course, the class would not have been complete without its multiple references to “Jurassic Park.”

One slide uses the depiction of

the Velociraptor in one of the early “Jurassic Park” films to show how paleontologists have already changed their views in the past decade of what it looked like.

“Things change all the time in science,” Stringer said.

Those who take this class can surely attest to that.

According to ULM’s schedule of classes for Fall 2015, “Age of Dinosaurs” will be taught online next semester by Stringer.

contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu

Entertainment local

state

nation

ULM presents Film tax credit ‘Jammin’ in the study causes Delta’ series controversy

‘Mad Men’ show relics to find home in museum

ULM’s School of Humanities joined with the School of Visual and Performing Arts to offer its “Jammin’ in the Delta” series.

The ongoing blues series includes free presentations, lectures and performances. The full schedule is available online.

Though the AMC drama “Mad Men” about a New York ad agency begins its final season in April, relics from the show will be featured at the Smithsonian Institution.

The 1960s show relics in the museum include costumes, props, sketches and a script from the show.

A recent state-mandated 2015 study by Loren C. Scott & Associates in Baton Rouge published in March revealed controversial economical facts on Louisiana’s film industry.

Findings showed the state spent more on entertainment tax credits than it made in 2014.

Every year you balloon up over the winter and you think, “Wow! It’s happening again!”—the annual migration of your gut!

The goal is always to trim up and slim down by the spring and well into the summer, so before you know it you’re fit.

But now that the Spring Break 2015 countdown finally dwindled down to just four days, you realize you’re a few weeks short of trying to reach that hot beach bod you promised yourself you’d commit to as your New Year’s resolution.

Your motivation evaporates. And despite the odds against you, you’re both eager and desperate in your attempt to try absolutely anything.

This is it, you get a bright idea—crash diets, detox, and hitting the gym super hard. This is not the answer.

You already know the first rule to quick weight loss and body tightening: Expend more calories than you consume. To start losing a reasonable amount of no more than seven to 10 pounds before the Spring Break clock runs down, you must change your diet and eating habits to spark change in your calorie intake that causes you to get thinner.

“As you lose weight, your metabolism rate falls”, says Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., founding director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Weight Management Center in Health Magazine. A thinner body requires less energy to sustain itself,

which means fewer calories burned.

That means you don’t need as much food as you think.

With only days left of the countdown to the part of the school year each college student in the nation looks forward to, it’s too dangerous to put your health at risk in such short notice.

Chaotic crash diets and long nights at Planet Fitness aren’t going to make the impact you’re hoping for. Yes—the remedy to this is to start sooner; however, the risks of trying to achieve your goal in too little time is dangerous.

Starvation mode is a myth that is the mother to most crash diets. The truth is—they’re extremely bad for you. The more healthy calories you consume, the faster your metabolism wheels begin to spin helping you to shed those extra pounds.

Another weight loss crash course method is to hit the gym super hard day and night. What that actually does is overexert your muscles.

Crazy weight lifting and running can not only cause muscle fatigue and deprive your muscles of natural nutrients, but it can also dehydrate you if you don’t drink enough water.

Hydration is key to fast weight loss, but so is plenty of rest. Overworking yourself by putting in extra hours at the gym in just four days isn’t going to make the cut either—it will only make things worse.

The bottom line is, don’t take the chance—it’s not worth it. Don’t let the other side of your conscience convince you that those bold headlines to “Losing 10 pounds in 5 days” take you to the dark side while doing your daily duties of surfing through the Internet.

If you want to get the spring break body of your dreams, be good to your body-- Start early! contact Carmen Blackwell at blackwcm@warhawks.ulm.edu

Did you know?

Low-calorie crash diets that lack essential minerals can lead to fluid imbalances, cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heart beat, muscle cramps and bone mass loss.

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FREESTYLE crossword Across 1 Also 4 Hotelier Helmsley 9 Make small adjustments to 14 Post-ER area 15 First stage 16 ABBA’s “__ Mia” 17 Black-and-white cruiser 19 High-tech prefix with space 20 Memorial __ Kettering: NYC hospital 21 Teensy bit 23 Word on a penny 24 Yin’s partner 25 Black-and-white puzzles 27 When doubled, a Pacific island 29 Actor DiCaprio, familiarly 30 Black-and-white music makers 35 “The Jetsons” boy 39 Go over snow 40 Painkiller with a Meltaways children’s brand 42 “__ Maria” 43 2014 film about civil rights marches 45 Black-and-white companion 47 Outfielder’s asset 49 Brouhahas 50 Black-and-white flag

last week’s crossword

56 Take five 59 October birthstone 60 Curly-horned goat 61 Happen 62 Really casual “No prob!”

64 Black-and-white ocean predator 66 Pal of Threepio 67 Behave theatrically 68 Type 69 Way up or way down 70 Meeting of church delegates 71 Albany is its cap.

Down 1 Slightly sloshed 2 City in Florida’s horse country 3 Released from jail until trial 4 Diving lake bird 5 Picture that shows more detail: Abbr.

6 “Sesame Street” grouch 7 “Sweet!”

8 Gillette razors 9 HBO rival 10 “Totally awesome!”

11 Campfire glower 12 Modify, as a law 13 Go-__: mini racers 18 Tease relentlessly 22 ISP option

25 Like dense brownies 26 Little shaver, to Burns 28 Dial type on old phones 30 Ltr. add-ons 31 Eisenhower nickname 32 Days of yore, quaintly 33 Supporting vote 34 NBC show that celebrated its 40th anniversary in Feb. 36 Cause an uproar of Biblical proportions?

37 Fertility clinic eggs 38 Itch 41 Actor Sharif 44 Shoplifter catcher, often 46 Handheld burning light 48 Med. scan 50 __ Brothers: pop music trio 51 Dizzying painting genre 52 Coffeehouse order 53 Bassoon relatives 54 Potentially infectious 55 Former jailbird 57 Tarnish 58 Tough hikes 61 Didn’t pay yet 63 Laughs from Santa 65 From __ Z

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Jaguars ground Warhawks

by Josh Dean

After five games on the road the Warhawks played their second game of a three game series against South Alabama Saturday night.

This series began a stretch of nine out of ten games that will be played on Warhawk Field. The Warhawk bats struggled, and ULM fell 9-4 to the Jaguars.

Coach Peddie said the team has mental obstacles to overcome to rebound and have a successful season.

“We got to continue to fight through this, and again some of the kids are feeling like they’ve hit rock bottom, but again we’ve got a long season and we’ve still got plenty to play for,” he said.

ULM began the night strong, driving in two runs within the first inning to take an early lead. The Jaguars struck back though plating one run in the second and three in the third on a home-run blast to take a 4-2 lead over

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the Warhawks.

The Jaguars drove another run home in the fifth to take a 5-2 lead, and the Warhawks struggled to make anything happen. After a scoreless fifth the Jaguars opened the top of the sixth with three more runs to balloon the lead to 8-2.

The Warhawks would not go out quietly and were able to put two runs in during the bottom of the sixth.

This would be the last time the Warhawks added tallies to the scoreboard though and the Jaguars drove one more run in at the top of the seventh to leave the final score at 9-4.

The coach said the team needs to get better at playing through adversity.

“We’re going to be behind in games and we’ve got to learn how to battle and continue to play the full nine innings,” he said. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

ULM runners were left on baseball in Friday’s game. photo courtesy of ULM Athletics

Infielder Keelin Rasch crosses home plate during Saturday’s game. He went 1-4 with a RBI and a run scored.

Rewind of Warhawk athletics Men’s Golf

Men’s golf used a strong back nine in the final round of the Wallace Jones Invitational last week to finish in a tie for first place.

ULM’s showed some fight as the team found itself in seventh place in the field of 15 after day one. The Warhawks then carded a tournament low score of 280 (-8) to put the team back in contention.

Calum Hill notched his first individual win of his collegiate career, with a score of 11 strokes under par.

ULM shot one under on the final day while co-champions UALR shot five over to bring both squads’ score to 288 (-3).

Tennis

Softball

Tennis got a pair of wins over the weekend, defeating UTEP 4-2 on Friday and Southern Miss 5-2 Saturday.

Petra Horakova, Sophie Rufyikiri and Jana Dunahova finished undefeated in singles play. Amy Olivier split her two matches.

The Warhawks lost the doubles point on Friday, but won it on Saturday.

ULM will play Delta State Wednesday in Cleveland, Miss. The Warhawks are now 10-4 on the year, and riding a five game win streak.

ULM will be home April 10 for a matchup with Sun Belt foe Arkansas State.

Softball clinched its weekend conference series over Georgia Southern by way of a Saturday sweep of the Eagles.

The Warhawks (23-8, 7-2 SBC) used a six-run first inning to take the early advantage in game one. ULM would allow Georgia Southern to make it a 6-5 game heading into the sixth before the Warhawks plated two more. The final score would be 8-6.

Amy Barre hit a clutch, two out, two RBI homer in the seventh inning to give the Warhawks the 7-5 win in the second game Saturday.

The team will next face LSU Tuesday in Baton Rouge.

Track & Field

The Warhawks were participants in the annual Texas Relays over the weekend.

The meet hosted by the University of Texas hosts one of the biggest meets in the nation. It includes schools from all over the country including many schools from the power five conferences.

Decathlon athlete Isaac Grieder was the highest finisher from any school in the Sun Belt. The senior placed seventh with a personal-best of 7,034 points.

The Warhawks will travel to Nacogdoches, Texas this weekend for the SFA Carl Knight Invitational.

Women’s Golf

Two top-10 performances carried women’s golf to a third place finish at the Samford Women’s Intercollegiate last week ULM finished behind Ole Miss and Samford. The team finished ahead of schools such as in-state foe McNeese State.

Seniors Ines Fendt and Emily Stratton led the team. Fendt finished +12, which was good enough for a tie for fifth. Stratton finished in a tie for eighth after shooting 14 over par.

The Warhawks are in the field at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate.

Fellow Sun Belt team Georgia State hosts the tournament.

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Warhawks whiteout Vermont

photos by Joshua Detiege

Defense clamps down in 2nd half, punches ticket to CBI finals

by Dakota Ratley

ULM forward Tylor Ongwae raised up for a three-pointer with 1:22 left in the game with Vermont.

The shot was from almost the same spot where Ongwae hit a pair of three’s in the Warhawks’ win over Eastern Michigan. Just like those shots, this jumper went in.

The shot iced the game for the home team. The final score was 71-65.

Keith Richard , ULM head coach, said the shot was a big part of the win.

“Tylor, you know, hit a 30-foot three, again. I guess that’s his thing,” Richard said.

Ongwae finished the game with 22 points. Ongwae’s frontcourt partners of Jamaal Samuel and Majok Deng also contributed double-digit performances. Samuel put up 14.

Deng finished with a double-double, grabbing 11 rebounds and scoring 22 points. He struggled from deep, however, finish 0-4 from long range. He pointed that out as a reason for his inside presence.

The Warhawks jumped out to a big lead early in the first half.

They led by as many as 14.

Vermont would use an 11-0 run and a ULM scoring drought to bring a 35-33 lead into the half.

Early in the second half ULM made the switch to a 2-3 zone.

The zone mainly consisted of a backline of Ongwae, Deng and

71-65

Tylor Ongwae attempts a step back jumper during Wedneday’s game against Vermont.

He finished with 22 points.

Samuel. The length of the zone gave Vermont plenty of trouble offensively.

The Warhawks forced nine Vermont turnovers in the second half. Those turnovers directly led to 14 ULM points.

The zone also helped the Warhawks in shutting down Vermont’s three point shooters. The Catamounts finished 7-26 from beyond the arc on the night.

John Becker, Vermont’s head coach, said at some points the Warhawks “looked like Syracuse out there to us.”

That zone led to ULM going on a 17-2 run and taking an eightpoint lead about midway through the second half.

Vermont would close the gap to four with 2:22 left. Ongwae hit a jumper and then the three-pointer to close the door on the Catamounts.

The win puts the Warhawks into the finals of the CBI. ULM will enter a three-game series with Loyola University Chicago. The first game will be played Monday in Chicago. The series will then shift to Monroe for the Wednesday night game. The decisive third game will be played in Fant-Ewing Coliseum if necessary.

The Warhawks will be hoping to recreate the atmosphere in the team’s home games. The crowd of 3,368 was the second biggest crowd for a ULM home game this year.

The athletic department has announced that Wednesday’s game will be another “Whiteout Wednesday.” contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Tylor Ongwae Tylor Ongwae has saved his best games for his last.

The senior has averaged 25 points over the three CBI games. In comparison, the Kenya native averaged 14.5 points a game in the regular season.

His leadership helped the Warhawks come from 20 down to defeat Mercer in the first round. That game featured a career-high 27 points from Ongwae.

He has been the clutch performer for the Warhawks.

He has taken the Warhawks to wins down the stretch of games. The first round game against Eastern Michigan featured an Ongwae step back three that clinched the game for the home team.

Ongwae has a chance to finish his career with 1,000 points. He lacks 41 points with at least two games reremar

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Gold springs to win over Maroon

A Earnest Carrington pass intended for 81 Marcus Green gets batted at the line of scrimmage during the spring game.

Gold team holds off late Maroon team rally, celebrates 24-17 victory in annual spring game

by Dakota Ratley

Football season is back. Well, for one day at least.

The annual Maroon and Gold Spring Game took place Saturday at Malone Stadium. The Gold team got the 24-17 victory.

Head coach Todd Berry talked about the way the defense made plays during the game.

“We need to understand that we’ve got a chance to be not just good, but great, and I think that this group has responded well to that challenge.”

A promising first drive for the Maroon ended by way of a fumble that was recovered by Ben Banogu.

The Gold team quickly gained control after the turnover. Garrett

Smith needed just one play to throw a 30-yard touchdown to redshirt junior wide reciever Jared Mapps.

The Gold Berry team’s defense would shut down the Maroon team offensively on the next drive. Maroon’s defense would answer by way of a Roland Jenkins interception.

The Maroon team would get on the board on a Craig Ford field goal.

The gold team would come out and control the early part of the second half. The team pushed the score to 17-3 after a rushing touchdown from

Smith.

A 15-yard touchdown pass to Tre’ Perrier gave the Gold team a seemingly insurmountable 24-3 lead.

The Maroon team got a big boost by way of a 70-yard touchdown pass from Earnest Carrington to Marcus Green.

The Maroon would get one more score to bring the final score to 24-17 in favor of the Gold.

The Warhawks will play the first game of the year on Sept. 5 in Athens.

The team’s schedule features another SEC game against Alabama.

ULM’s home slate includes game with Georgia Southern and Arkansas State.

photos by Anthony Cotton

Roland Jenkins makes an interception during the Maroon and Gold Game.

CALENDAR Friday, 4-3

contact Dakota Ratley at ratleydl@warhawks.ulm.edu

Spring Keys Many of the big players for ULM were held out of the Spring Game.

It’s hard to pinpoint one thing that was learned during the game.

The quarterback play was decent considering they were working with recievers they have not devolped chemistry with, and a mixed group of offensive linemen.

The defense was impressive, however. They were agressive throughout the game. Even if the rush was not able to get the quarterbacks they did get a few hits on them.

The running game looked very good. Both teams were able to mix in a few runs that went for good yardage.

The defensive backs were probably most impressive. There were multiple interceptions on the day. Many may be because of the lack of chemistry between the recievers, but the defense still took advantage.

Although only showcase by a couple of kicks, freshman kicker Craig Ford looked up to the task of taking the hole left by former kicker Justin Manton

Track & Field at Battle on the Bayou Sand Volleyball at Southeast Grand Slam Softball at Troy at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

“We got the fans behind us, we got the whole ULM nation behind us, so this year is going to be great.”

Roland Jenkins Senior Safety

Baseball vs. UT Arlington in Monroe at 6 p.m.

Basketball vs. Loyola-Chicago in Monroe at 7 p.m. (if necessary)

Saturday, 4-4 Sand Volleyball at Individual Pairs Tournament Softball at Troy at noon Tennis at Texas State at 2 p.m.

Baseball vs UT Arlington at 6 p.m.