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Sharing the Sweet Life: 100 years at Chatsworth Sugar Plantation continues until Oct. 31 at the ULM Library Special Collections Claywork by Robert Holleman continues until Oct. 23 at the Bry Art Gallery ULM Men’s Golf vs Louisiana Tech in Choudrant all day World War I Series - ULM Students Explore British Poetry of the First World War in University Library 3C from 7 8 p.m. Faculty Artist Concert Series Vangelisti and Guest in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m. ULM Soccer vs Texas State in San Marcos, Texas, at 7 p.m. ULM Baseball 2014 Blood Series all week except Tuesday in Monroe at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, 10-21 Grade Finale in SUB Ballrooms from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Discover ULM Shreveport/Bossier City in the Bossier Civic Center from 5:30 - 7 p.m. ULM Choral Concert at First United Methodist Church from 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Thursday, 10-23 Searching for the Sweet Life: Chatsworth Plantation Julie Doucet will speak in Stubbs 100 from 7 - 8 p.m.
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1 Seattle 2 Washington D.C 3 Canada 4 Kobani, Syria Victim’s tweet Lawmakers grill Gas exports may Warplanes move identifies groper health officials foil carbon goals into country (MCT) — A woman’s tweet about being groped near a park last weekend has spurred other alleged victims to come forward with similar reports, Seattle police say. Sexual-assault detectives say they have heard from several other women who say they recognized a photo of the sex offender tweeted by the alleged victim in the Westlake Park attack, 28-year-old Julia Marquand. The 36-year-old man is the only suspect in the attack on Marquand on Sunday, said police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb. The man is being held at the King County Jail for violating the terms of his Department of Corrections supervision. DOC officers arrested the man Wednesday after recognizing him. The suspect, who is not being named because he has not been charged in the attack on Marquand, has a long history of groping strangers.
(MCT) —Senior health officials defended the government’s response to Ebola at a tense hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers accused them of underestimating the danger posed by the deadly disease and flubbing procedures to contain its spread in the United States, and shortly before President Barack Obama suggested he might appoint an Ebola czar to coordinate the nation’s response. “With no vaccine or cure we are facing down a disease for which there is no room for error,” said Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., who chaired Thursday’s hearing. “We cannot afford to look back at this point in history and say we could have done more. Errors in judgment have been made, and it is our immediate responsibility today to learn from those errors, correct them rapidly and move forward effectively.”
(MCT) — Each time motorists in this province fill up their tanks, they pay a carbon tax of about 25 cents per gallon. The tax — which hits most of the oil, coal and gas consumed in British Columbia — is a key component in one of the world’s most ambitious efforts to slow climate change by cutting back on carbon emissions. The taxes are coupled with other measures, including tough regulations that have scuttled plans for new power plants that use fossil fuels. British Columbia’s audacious goal: reduce the province’s annual release of greenhouse gas emissions by onethird in a 13-year period that ends in 2020. While the goal is legally binding, reaching it is no sure thing. It may generate tens of billions of dollars in new tax revenue, and could also subvert the province’s carbonreduction goals.
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Vibraphone/Piano Duo Concert in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall from 7:30 - 9 p.m.
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ULM Women’s Tennis UNO Big Easy Invitational in New Orleans
ULM Softball vs Louisiana Tech in Monroe at 7 p.m.
Saturday, 10-25 ULM Football vs Texas State in Monroe at 6 p.m.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Oct. 20
ULM Volleyball vs South Alabama in Fant-Ewing Coliseum at 6 p.m.
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(MCT) — With the U.S. seemingly focused on helping Kurdish militias fight off an Islamic State advance at Kobani on the Turkey-Syria border, Islamist militants this week have seized one key military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and have laid siege to another, with no major increase in U.S. air support for the beleaguered Iraqi security forces. Reports from Kobani indicate that intense U.S. airstrikes there have driven back Islamic State fighters, while in Anbar the militants’ advance has been unrelenting. On Tuesday, the Islamic State captured heavy artillery and an unknown number of weapons including machine guns and ammunition when it overran an Iraqi base outside the city of Hit. Now the group has surrounded the Ain Asad air base, northwest of Hit, the country’s third largest military facility.
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On Monday a tornado touched down and caused damage and power outages across Ouachita Parish. Many cars were destroyed by rogue tree limbs
1720: Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy 1803: The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase 1873: Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules 1977: Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashes Birth: Snoop Dogg, an American rapper and producer, is born in 1971 Death: Anne Sullivan, an American educator and companion of Helen Keller, dies in 1936
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October 20, 2014
OPINION
Tejal’s LastWords:
HAWKEYE P.O.V.
We’re not in Kansas anymore Every time a storm strikes, the TV show you’re watching is interrupted for an emergency message. Rather than panic you get annoyed because nine out of ten times, tornado warnings are a false alarm. Usually we brush off these alarms and within the hour, Louisiana’s bipolar weather gives us some heat and sunshine to help us forget there was every any danger at all. Although it seems harmless to fall into this cycle, Monday’s EF 2 tornado gave quite the wake-up call to ULM. As the storm began, students were left in the dark about what was happening outside the classroom and the dangers of it. We were too busy panicking about how we would make it to class because the administration didn’t respond with information and cancellations until the tornado had already passed. Meanwhile, students were being thrown into the library windows and having the Sandel walkway collapse on top of them. The university has made a strong effort to register students for the text message alert system and a prime opportunity to utilize it wasn’t taken. Had it been taken, the process of protecting students and avoiding injury would have been more organized and successful. The lack of communication played a role in the chaos of the event, but students neglecting to take precautions were also an issue. If it’s raining and the wind is bringing down everything that stands around you, take cover. Your teacher will understand. We as a school, administration and students alike, need to break the cycle of not taking threats against our safety seriously. Nine out of ten times may be a false alarm, but it only takes one to change everything.
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Mind your business, live your life
Tejal Patel Mind your own business. Live your life, respect yourself and each other and mind your own business. That sounds like a pretty easy thing to do, but most people seem to have a problem doing just that. They’re the kind of people that post long and excessive Facebook statuses about politics, protest issues that don’t have any impact on their personal life, and wag their finger at people they don’t really know for making choices they don’t think were “right”. While most of them hide in places like the internet or local elementary school PTOs, people’s religion and personal beliefs seem to find their way into everything from government
to sports. Basically they sneak and slither their way into every place they don’t belong. But as annoying as it is to deal with these judgmental people that believe they should have a say in all things not related to them, it is their right. It’s their legal and personal right to be a jerk, but it’s also your legal and personal right to fight for what you believe you deserve and let them know that they are in fact jerks. Never let anyone scare you into forfeiting that right. While empowering those that are constantly put down is important, I can’t help but take a moment to ask judgmental, religion pedaling, nonsolicited-advice-giving people, why? Why are other peoples’ personal decisions so important to you? So what if gay people want to get married? Why does it matter if your neighbor doesn’t believe in God? Who are you to tell a 12 year old rape victim that she’s a bad person for wanting an abortion? If your God and what he stands for tells you all those things are wrong, you should live your life in a way that reflects all he deems is right. But never forget that your God is not my God, and mine is not his or hers. Our country cannot push “good Christian values” onto everyone that walks by because we are not all Christian.
We’re Hindu, Muslim, Islamic, Buddhist, or any one of the other thousands of religions that exist beyond Christianity. You have no right to tell gay people they are going to hell or that God doesn’t love them because you are not God. It isn’t your job to judge people and decide their fate. How is it that the joining of two people of the same gender threatens the sanctity of marriage, but your divorce doesn’t? And that little girl you are accusing of murder for wanting an abortion may not be ready for a child. Especially not one that bears the face of someone that has brought her so much pain and suffering. It isn’t up to you to decide if she should have to live with a constant living and breathing reminder of one moment that changed her life forever. You don’t get to dictate other peoples’ lives. Sorry (not really). That’s kind of the whole point of this freedom thing people are fighting and dying for every single day. Do what feels right, but understand that what is good for you isn’t necessarily the best choice for someone else. The thing about life is that no two are the same. contact Tejal Patel at pateltn@warhawks.ulm.edu
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October 20, 2014
Cancer survivor fights again by Katy Pittman
Photo courtesy of ULM Media Emily Williamson works for the University of Monroe as Child Development Center Instructive Director. Her husband, Robert Williamson, serves as an instructor in the school of health professions.
In spring of 2011 Emily Williamson was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare type of breast cancer which cancer cells block lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. Less than six percent of breast cancer patients have this. Williamson, instructive director of the ULM Child Development Center, first noticed a dry skin patch on her breast and went for a mammogram. The results were negative for breast cancer. Uneasy, she obtained a second opinion and a needlepoint biopsy. The results showed she had stage four inflammatory breast cancer. Williamson’s first round of chemotherapy lasted six months, followed by a mastectomy of her left breast. Unsure whether she would need more chemotherapy, she was referred to a doctor in Houston, Texas. On the day of her first appointment, she noticed a rash on her skin. This was the first reoccurrence, only
two months after the surgery. Williamson began her second round of chemotherapy, and endured a 14-hour long surgery to remove the cancer. This was followed by seven weeks of radiation. Chemotherapy and radiation have terrible effects on the human body. Some symptoms are nausea, loss of appetite, and fatigue. Williamson said that she just keeps putting one foot in front of the other. “We get up and go to work every day. I don’t get as much done at work as I normally would because you feel so bad, and you’re constantly throwing up, and you are tired and exhausted,” said Williamson. Robert Williamson, husband to Emily and health profession instructor, said that remaining positive and keeping the ability to laugh is the key. “Her oncologist told her when we first found out that you have to get up and you have to move. You have to stay active. If you lay on the couch or in the bed, you will die,” said Williamson. As the battle continued, both Williamsons began to find help from
others. Fellow patients would give tips to help, and share their stories, such as using plastic ware instead of metal to avoid metallic tasting food. “Having information and being able to disseminate what will and won’t affect you is something you need to look at as well,” Williamson said. After almost a year in remission, Williamson was once again diagnosed in December of 2013. Though she went through treatment, Williamson was recently told that her cancer had reappeared and will soon begin her next treatment. “Typically their pattern is to remove the infected area, so we’ll see if there’s surgery down the road for that,” said Williamson. Williamson advises everyone to pay attention to their body. “If somebody feels like something is wrong with him or her physically, check it out. Even if the reports are no, sometimes you just have to be persistent,” Williamson said. contact Katy Pittman at pittmakm@warhawks.ulm.edu
BRIEFS
Possible abduction case proved false, eyewitnesses report no kidnapping
Student translates civilian life behind the western front
At approximately 6:20 p.m. on October 12, a crime was reported to the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s police department as well as the Monroe Police Department. Police officers responded to an alleged kidnapping call that had been reported in the area north of the university campus, on Bon Aire Dr. A concerned citizen reported that while a Caucasian female was jogging she was approached by a red vehicle. It was reported to police that after being approached by the vehicle the woman began yelling for help before being forced into the vehicle. Once in the vehicle the citizen reported that the car continued driving north away from campus. Officers continued investigating the
Tuesday night Karen Bruner Upright, an online French student at ULM, presented “French Civilian Life Behind the Western Front: The Journals of Marie-Madeleine Chaineaux.” Chris Michaelides, associate professor in the school of humanities and Upright’s course instructor, presented an optional project to his online students, challenging them to research and translate native French writings from the World War I era. Upright chose to participate and found excerpts from Marie-Madeleine Chaineaux’s journals in an Internet archive. Upright decided to make them her focus. Eventually, Upright found 4 full journals of Chaineaux’s that recorded 41 months of her civilian life during the war. Although Michaelides suggested that
situation into the following day where they began to gather eyewitness accounts that contradicted the initial report. One eyewitness reported that while the alleged victim was jogging she was approached by a red vehicle, but continues on to say that after talking the alleged victim and the vehicle parted ways in opposite directions. Officers have also followed up on another runner seen in the area. The runner stated that she had no contact with the red vehicle. Currently there have been no reports of a missing person in the surrounding area but officers are still looking into the situation.
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she translate letters from soldiers, Upright chose to translate a civilian journal. Upright’s presentation included readings and analyses of some of Chaineaux’s entries. The presentation focused on cultural differences and the effect of war on civilian life. Upright lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and chose to study with ULM’s online program because it offers rare online foreign language courses. Upright said she wanted to expand her knowledge of humanities and make herself more sensitive to other cultures.
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Tornado rips through Monroe Storm causes damage to campus, “Power lines were student property like a spider’s web by Kate Huff on the ground.” A severe storm slowly built its way across the state to arrive in Monroe Monday morning. As the weather took a turn for the worse, campus sirens began ringing an alert of danger. “I knew it was bad when I heard the tornado emergency alert sound. I had never heard anything like it before,” Kali Gaar said. Garr, a freshman education major, was trapped in La Capitol during the peak of the storm. “My roommate and I were told we could use the offices in the back. At one point I had to grab and lock the door because it kept getting opened by the wind,” Gaar said. Gaar said she and her roommate watched construction tools from Sandel Hall fly by the windows, as well as the collapse of the temporary walkway. “It just crumbled. There was a girl walking underneath it. I tried to call 911, but the line was busy,” Gaar said. Gaar also watched as one woman tried to contact her insurance company. “It looked like a brand new camero. She had to be upset, the walkway had fallen on it as well. She just stood in the rain, talking on her phone,” Gaar said. The Garden District of Monroe was reportably hit the worst by the storm,
Jon Aiken, senior art major
according to The National Weather Service. An EF-2 tornado, peaking at winds of 125 miles per hour, is concluded to have swept through the Garden District. Jon Aiken, a resident of the Garden District, was unable to return to his home in the days following the storm. “The power lines were like a spider’s web on the ground,” said Aiken, a senior art major. Marcelo Gomez, an off-campus resident, watched a student from his complex walk through the stormy weather to class. “I couldn’t offer him a ride. When it was starting I parked next to Hemphill and walked to Garrett Hall,” said Gomez, a senior biology major. Gomez said by the time his class began the power was out and the sirens were blaring. “We waited in the hallway until class was over. A lot of people just waited for the storm to pass, but I left,” Gomez said. Gomez said he ran to his car and found that luck had been with him. “The cars next to me both had tree branches on them, but my car was
fine. I was very lucky,” Gomez said. While waiting for her fiancé in the coliseum parking lot, Karen LaCaze, experienced the storm first hand. “Lightning struck one of the lights that I was parked beside. It jarred my car so I panicked and tried to get out. When I put my car in reverse I looked behind me and saw nothing but debris,” said LaCaze, a freshman psychology major. LaCaze said her car was lifted into the air and her windows were shattered. “The underside of my car was also torn up from hitting the ground. It’s by far the scariest thing that has ever happened to me,” LaCaze said. LaCaze believes classes should have been canceled to avoid students getting hurt. “Waiting put students in a LaCaze dangerous situation that could have been avoided,” LaCaze said. This is the first tornado in Ouachita Parish since March 2009. The last tornado in the Monroe area was in April of 1995.
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contact Kate Huff at huffka@warhawks.ulm.edu
Editor’s note: The university police and administration could not be reached for a quote at time of publication. We are still reaching out for comment.
Photo by Daniel Russell Clockwise from left to right: The temporary walkway next to Sandel has fallen on several cars, including a white camero. A tree rests on a student vehicle in the commuter parking lot. participate in the Intramural Sports Clean-Up Effort on Tuesday.
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October 20, 2014
FREESTYLE
Avoid needles this flu season with new vaccine New alternative helps students escape seasonal fears by Stacy Reppond
Multiple options are available for individuals seeking flu shots as flu season starts. A relatively new flu vaccination is the intradermal flu vaccine. This intradermal vaccine is injected into skin instead of muscle, according to the United Sates Centers for Disease. The vaccine uses a needle that is 90 percent smaller than normal flu shots and is therefore recommended to people with aversions to needles. The intradermal vaccine still protects against the season’s three most common flu viruses, and it works the same way in the body as other flu vaccination options. The intradermal is approved for ages 18 to 64. Side effects include redness, swelling, toughness, pain and itching where it has been injected.
Besides pain, these effects are actually more common with this vaccine than the normal flu shot. Yolanda Camper, nurse practitioner at the ULM Health Clinic, said the clinic does not currently offer the intradermal flu vaccine though other local Affinity clinics have Helmick them available. The intradermal flu vaccine might be offered at the campus clinic in the future depending on availability. The oncampus clinic uses a quadrivalent vaccine that defends against four types of the flu virus. Camper said that once people suffer from the flu, they usually vow to never go without a flu shot again. Though she advises everyone to get vaccinated, she said high-risk patients “should definitely get a flu shot.” Camper also said flu vaccinations
are important for those in a highly populated place such as a university. She said the fear of getting the flu from a flu shot is unwarranted as most flu vaccines use an inactivated form of the virus that is not infectious. Though the intranasal spray uses live viruses, they are weakened to the point where they cannot cause the flu. The ULM Health Clinic offers the flu vaccine until June. The vaccines don’t expire until six months into the next year. As the Ebola virus becomes prominent in current news, Camper said flu vaccinations have “taken a backburner.” She said though it is “a very tragic virus,” people should become vaccinated for what they can already protect themselves against including the flu. Monroe has already had multiple cases of the flu this season. Though flu seasons change from year to year, these cases predict a certain pattern for this year’s flu season. “Early cases are indicative of a
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The intradermal flu vaccination shortens the needle’s length by 90 percent.
severe flu season,” Camper said. Emily Helmick said she has not gotten a flu shot yet but is planning to get one soon. Her preference is the common flu shot with the regular size needle. “I work at a clinic and I’m sure they want me to be immunized,” said Helmick, a senior healthcare and marketing major. Other students hesitate to get the
flu shot for various reasons. Krystal Bacle receives a flu shot each year. She said she understands why people might choose not to get vaccinated. “I can understand that some people are scared of needles or pass out when they get injections,” said Bacle, a freshman finance major. contact Stacy Reppond at repponsm@warhawks.ulm.edu
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FREESTYLE 5 tips to weather a tornado
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The safest way to survive a tornado is to know where to hide. If you are stuck in a building, evacuate the room and sit against the wall in the hallway. Bathrooms and closets are also considered safe. However, both rooms must be deep inside the building.
Renter’s Insurance is designed to protect student’s personal possessions that have been damaged, stolen or vandalized. Certain types of insurance are able to pay for clothes, furniture, textbooks, bicycles and electronic devices; some with coverage costing as low as 10 dollars a month. College students, who live in a dorm or other college housing, are eligible to purchase and be covered. The insurance companies that provide renters insurance will also cover property damages in the case of natural disasters, lightning strikes, theft and many other circumstances. Many organizations provide this particular type of coverage; they cover different incidents and cost different amounts. There are different options that students can choose from. Companies such as GEICO, Esurance and Allstate each provide students with Renters Insurance.
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October 20, 2014
SPORTS
Bl d series slated to begin this week by Meghan Dollar
Junior centerfielder Nathan Pugh takes a big swing in Friday’s scrimmage against the Ontario Blue Jays travel team.
While most baseball fans are excited for the 2014 World series, ULM supporters are gearing up for the 2014 Blood Series to be held at Warhawk Field commencing this Monday, October 20 at 6:00 pm. The team holds a draft at the beginning of every season and goes head-to-head to decide who will donate blood to a local blood bank. Captains for the teams this year are: seniors Ryan Bergeron(RHP/B), Chris Hunt(RHP) and Justin Stawychny(OF/C) for the Grey Team. Seniors Logan Dopson(RHP), Keelin Rasch(IF) and Trey Setzer(LHP) will captain the Maroon Team. The ninth annual intra-squad game also gives fans a chance to see how the players are shaping up this season. Head coach Bruce Peddie seems confident in his team. “The kids have done a great job throughout the fall. We’ve gotten bigger, stronger, faster. There is good energy throughout and we are ready for the upcoming games,” he said. Peddie stated that some of the returning Warhawks such as senior Keelin Rasch(IF), junior Kodie Titwell, and senior Justin Stawychny(OF/C) are showing maturity in their playing season along with right-handed pitchers and juniors Brandon Bell and Alex Hermeling. In addition to the experience that has been
brought back to the team, the Warhawks have brought in a freshmen class that has caught the attention of the older players. Alex Hermeling showed his confidence in the young players.. “They’ve been great. We have a lot of new faces, but the guys brought in a great work ethic from high school and that has translated over well.” Those younger players include freshmen who are already getting notice such as Brian Barefoot(SS/2B) from Neville, Alabama native Hermeling Keegan Curtis(RHP/OF) from Davidson High School and the much buzzed about third baseman from St. Frederick’s Will Daniels(3B). The Warhawks are coming 23-36 record that resulted in the midseason firing of head coach Jeff Schexnaider. Bruce Peddie took over as the interim head coach, guiding the Warhawks to 14-14 record to close out the year. The magic happening on the diamond this year can be witnessed at the Blood Series. It continues on Wednesday, Oct. 22 & Friday, Oct.24. These games will be followed by a couple of weekend games on Saturday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26 beginning at 11:00 a.m. Contact Meghan Dollar at dollarme@warhawks.ulm.edu
Women’s golf takes 4th place finish
Everybody clean up!
by Josh Dean
photo by Daniel Russell
Sophmore construction management major Parker Shoaf and Claire Bernstein help clean up the damage at the intramural complex left from the storm Monday. The storm messed up the fencing at the intramural field and the fencing around Malone Stadium. The most significant damage was at the tennis courts, where the roofing was blown off of the stadium.
Warhawk women’s golf battled inclement weather and delays to come away with a fourth place finish this past Tuesday at the Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, Arkansas. After eight holes of golf were completed, Monday play was suspended and the tournament was set to resume the next day. The Warhawks sat in fifth place after the delay. The tournament began again Tuesday and the Warhawks rallied during the last 24 holes to record a final overall team score of 628. The tournament had to be shortened to 36 holes due to the suspension of play on Monday. Holte said that coming up short can be helpful. “We learn more from getting beat than winning and one area of improvement to be made is in the short game. Overall the experience was huge,” she said. Several Warhawks finished in the top 25 of the individual standings including sophmore Lesley Atkins who saw her best overall score since joining the ULM team.
Did you know? Ines Fednt has now placed in the top ten in three straight tournaments. She shot a 77 and 78 respectively to finish with an overall score of 155 and fourteenth in the individual standings. Atkins seemed happy with the result. “I’ve been working a lot on my mental game and the mental aspects of play and I’ve felt better every tournament. I’m really happy with how well our team played,” she said. Senior Ines Fendt also registered another strong score finishing in a 4-way tie for 7th place. This marks the 3rd consecutive time she has finished in the top ten in the standings. The Lady Warhawks will travel to Gulf Shores, Alabama, to compete in the UAB Fall Beach Blast on October 27-28. Contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu