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VOLUME 91 ISSUE 8
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Welcome to ‘The Village’ New study abroad program takes seven to France for semester P 6
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Ides of March honors H.P. Jones P 7
Live Oaks livens up Monroe P 10
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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE
March 23, 2015
NEWS CALENDAR
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Monday, 3-23 Final drop date for full-term courses ULM Women’s Golf Samford Women’s Intercollegiate in Hoover, Ala., all day through to Tuesday
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ULM Men’s Golf Wallace Jones Invitational in Delhi all through to Tuesday
ULM Women’s Tennis vs UL-Lafayette in Monroe ULM Softball vs Texas State in Monroe at 11 a.m. ULM Softball vs Texas State in Monroe at 1 p.m.
ULM Men’s Basketball vs Mercer (Quarterfinals) in Macon, Ga., at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, 3-24
ULM Baseball vs Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 3-25
ULM Track/Field Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, through to Saturday
Education Major’s Fair in the SUB Ballrooms from 1 - 3 p.m.
ULM Softball vs Central Arkansas in Monroe at 5 p.m.
Thursday, 3-26 ULM Spring Musical - “West Side Story” in Brown Auditorium from 7:30 9 p.m. through to Saturday
Friday, 3-13 ULM Women’s Tennis vs Southern Miss. in Hattiesburg, Miss., at 2 p.m. ULM Baseball vs South Alabama in Monroe at 6 p.m.
1 Washington D.C. 2 Virginia
3 Zimbabwe
4 Yemen
(MCT) — President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet Friday for 15 grade-school students, their films and celebrities at the second annual White House Student Film Festival. The White House’s East Room transformed into a movie theater to showcase the student-envisioned short films on “The Impact of Giving Back.” “It’s like the Sundance or Cannes of film festivals that are open to the public through a government website,” Obama said. Despite the lighthearted exchanges between the president and hosts Kal Penn and Terrence J, the studentcreated films focused on serious issues such as homelessness and the environment. Obama also announced a new Call to Arts Initiative to inspire a connection among the media industry, mentors and young artists.
(MCT) — Zimbabwe intends to proceed with plans to export live elephants to China, the United Arab Emirates and France because the country has too many of the animals and needs to fund its national parks. The exports will go ahead despite opposition from wildlife activists because there is no alternative, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said Friday in a speech in Hwange, the country’s biggest national park. While Hwange has the capacity to support 15,000 elephants, the park in northwestern Zimbabwe has 43,000 of the animals. Overpopulation of elephants leads to damage to vegetation, which reduces biodiversity. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals criticized Zimbabwe’s treatment of elephants, saying the authorities used helicopters to scatter herds.
(MCT) — Suicide bombers on Friday targeted two mosques in the Yemeni capital held by the Shiite rebel Houthis, killing themselves and 137 others, a pro-Houthi television reported. Al-Masirah TV station said four bombers blew themselves up in apparently synchronized attacks in the mosque of Badr in central Sanaa and the mosque of al-Hashoosh in the southern part of the capital. Prominent Houthi cleric Murtada al-Mahturi was among the dead. Some 345 were wounded in the attacks, which occurred during the congregational noon prayers, according to the broadcaster. The figures could not be independently verified. Online footage showed bodies, including those of children, scattered at the sites.The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the assaults.
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Festival shows Bloody arrest Country plans to Suicide bombers student films sparks protest export elephants kill 137 at mosque (MCT) — Following a night of heated protests, officials in Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday scrambled to diffuse the anger sparked by the arrest of a black University of Virginia student outside a bar. Martese Johnson, 20, had just been denied entry into a bar near the University of Virginia campus early Wednesday when he was questioned by agents with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the agency said. Johnson’s attorney said during his client’s arrest he was thrown to the ground and hit his head on the pavement, gushing blood and requiring stitches. Johnson was charged with two counts: obstruction of justice without force and public swearing or intoxication. On Wednesday night, about 1,000 students rallied on campus to march and protest Johnson’s arrest.
Race against time!
Saturday, 3-14 ULM Sand Volleyball vs LSU in Birmingham, Ala., at 12 p.m.
March 23
ULM Softball vs Gerogia Southern in Statesboro, Ga., at 1 p.m. ULM Soccer vs UL-Lafayette in Monroe at 1 p.m. ULM Women’s Tennis vs University of Texas at El Paso in Hattiesburg, Miss., at 2 p.m. La’ Louisiana Crawfish Boil at Malone Stadium from 3 - 4:30 p.m. ULM Sand Volleyball vs Spring Hill College in Birmingham, Ala., at 4 p.m. ULM Soccer vs Jackson State in Monroe at 5 p.m. ULM Baseball vs South Alabama in Monroe at 6 p.m.
1806: Explorers Louis and Clark begin their journey home after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean 1857: Elisha Otis’ first elevator is isntalled at 488 Broadway, New York City 1933: The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany 1965: NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States’ first two-man space flight Birth: Joan Crawford, American actress, is born in 1905 Death: Elizabeth Taylor, an English actress, dies in 2011
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Isaac Grieder takes off during the 4x100m relay at the Jimize Invitiational on Saturday
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“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” Steve Martin American comedian, actor and writer