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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

VOLUME 93 ISSUE 5

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February 22, 2016

Art helps teach Black history P 5

Game. Set. Match.

Warhawks send Tennis 7-0 for first time Jaguars back P 11 since 1995

Student resists perfection pressure

to the jungle

Men pull win Saturday night

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NEWS CALENDAR

February 22, 2016

2

Monday, 2-22

1

Wind Ensemble Concert, 7:30-9 PM Brown

3

4

Men’s Golf vs Atchafalaya Intercollegiate, All day Track & Field at Sun Belt Championships, 9 AM Women’s Tennis vs Grambling, 3 PM

Tuesday, 2-23 Feminist Series: “It’s A Man’s World, Really?”, 6-7 PM Library, 3-A Meet and Green Coach Viator Shreveport at East Ridge Country Club, 11:30 AM Baseball at Southern Miss, 6 PM Men’s Golf vs Atchafalaya Intercollegiate, All day Track & Field at Sun Belt Championships, 9 AM

Wednesday, 2-24 Feminist Series: Vagina Monologues Performance, Stubbs 100 6-8 PM Softball at Northwestern State, 5 PM

Thursday, 2-25 Lyceum in Brown Auditorium at 7 -8:30 PM Anger Management in Student Center, Room 170 3-4 PM FACS - Boldin, Vangelisti, Seiler in Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall 7:30 -9:00 PM ULM’s Got Talent in Brown Auditorium, 7 PM Women’s Basketball at South Alabama, 5 PM

1 Washington, D.C. 2 Seattle

Clinton favored

by Democrats

3 Russia

4 China

Pentagon plans Russia hits more Teens sentenced swift upgrades targets in Syria in kidnapping

(MCT) — The Democratic establishment isn’t panicking over the prospect of Bernie Sanders as their presidential nominee. Yet. They figure that Hillary Clinton, the darling of Democratic regulars, will win the Feb. 20 Nevada caucus and Feb. 27 South Carolina primary handily. That would put her on track to sweep a string of similar states that vote March 1, relegating Sanders to scrappy challenger status.

Even if Clinton stumbles, supporters see another insurance policy: superdelegates. Fifteen percent of the nominating convention’s delegates are party officials unbound by results. So far, The Associated Press estimates that about half of the 712 superdelegates are backing Clinton, while eight are behind Sanders.

Sanders signaled that he’s not simply a candidate of the under-30 generation of liberals.

(MCT) — The Department of Defense is embarking on a program to update millions of its computers to Windows 10, an unusually quick move for one of Microsoft’s massive government customers.

Microsoft highlighted the department’s plans in a pair of blogposts Wednesday, but the news emerged in a little-noticed November memo by Terry Halvorsen, the Pentagon’s chief information officer.

Halvorsen said the department must rapidly transition to Windows 10 to improve cybersecurity and streamline and lower the costs of its information-technology footprint.

He set a goal of completing the migrations by January 2017. It’s unclear what the project will cost.

About 4 million devices are slated for updates as part of the program, said Susie Adams, chief technology officer with the Microsoft group.

(MCT) — In the seven days before the announcement early Friday that a cease-fire might go into effect in Syria in another week, Russian forces hit more than 100 times as many targets within the embattled nation as a military coalition that includes the United States.

Since Russia considers any organization attacking the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad a terrorist group, the question arises of just how its efforts might change.

And those efforts are substantial, as a weekly report by the Russian Ministry of Defense makes clear. In a report posted Thursday on its website, the ministry noted that its jets flew 510 combat sorties and hit 1,888 “terrorist objects” in Syria.

The previous week’s report claimed 464 sorties that hit a total of 1,354 “terrorist objects.”

Sixteen targets struck in Syria.

(MCT) — Three high school students from China were sentenced in Pomona court Wednesday morning for their roles in the kidnapping and assault of another Chinese teenager.

The attack captured attention in China and turned a spotlight on the growing number of so-called parachute kids from the country who attend high school in Southern California while their parents remain back home.

Under a plea deal reached with prosecutors last month, the students will receive prison terms ranging from six to 13 years. All three have been jailed since shortly after the March 2015 incident.

“This is a wakeup call for the ‘parachute kid syndrome,’” Yang said in the statement. Parents in China are well-meaning and send their kids thousands of miles away.

TODAY IN HISTORY

QUOTE

Carry the love

Men’s Basketball at South Alabama, 7:05 PM

Feb. 22

Friday, 2-26

1989: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first rap Grammy for hit single “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”

Softball at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, TBA Baseball at Western Carolina, 3 PM

Saturday, 2-27 Softball vs Belmont In Conway, Ark., TBA Softball vs Middle Tennessee State in Conway, Ark., TBA Baseball at Western Carolina ,1 PM Men’s Basketball at Troy, 2 PM Women’s Basketball at Troy, 4:15 PM

Rosa Parks, civil rights activist

Front page photo credits: main story photo courtesy of ULM Athletics Sidebar photos - Cory Thaxton, Siddhartha Gaulee Top right photo Kadeazsha Ferguson, Top left photo John Bel Edwards website

“I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”

photo by Corlyn Key

Students gather around the stage to worship as Circuit Riders Carry the Love band ministers Thursday night in the SUB Ballrooms.

image courtesy of MCT campus

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February 22, 2016

NEWS

A message from John Bel Edwards

Governor weighs in on higher education situation

by John Bel Edwards

Students in Louisiana deserve better than what they’ve gotten from their state government over the last eight years. I’ll be the first to tell you that. The previous administration put the needs of an out-of-state special interest ahead of your own and made you pay the price for a political agenda. That stopped on January 11th.

Unfortunately, the damage was done. Over the last eight years higher education institutions were severely weakened and Louisiana’s budget now sits atop the largest deficit our state has ever seen. Year after year, these budget deficits were patched using budget tricks and temporary funds. The state wrote checks to corporations it couldn’t afford, which left students with higher tuitions and campuses unable to invest in your education. In fact, Louisiana ranks fourth in the nation for subsidies to big business, double what the state of

Texas pays, yet our higher education institutions were cut by more than $700 million – the largest disinvestment in the nation.

Today, we’re faced with two dramatically different choices in Louisiana – bring in additional revenue or make deeper cuts to higher education that will force campus closures, class cancellations, and jeopardize the highly popular TOPS scholarship – a program I’ve fought year after year to protect. The $940 million shortfall this year that must be fixed in 4 months and the $2 billion shortfall for next year will need to be addressed with a combination of spending cuts and additional revenue – doing one without the other would be irresponsible.

I have called the Louisiana Legislature into a special legislative session to address these challenges, and I have proposed several measures to avoid devastating cuts to our universities and community and technical colleges.

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Professor shares Mayan civilization

by Pujan Dahal

The Mayan civilization, the root of the New World, is one of the oldest civilizations of the world.

The Mayans excelled in agriculture, pottery, writing, calendarmaking and mathematics and left behind an astonishing amount of impressive architecture and symbolic work said George Bey III, Millsap College professor.

Archaeologists, faculty and students gathered in the workshop ‘The Rise and Fall of a Northern Maya Kingdom: The Archaeology of Kiuic’ to learn about the Mayan way of living and their culture.

The seminar was presented by Bey who spent 16 years in Mexico researching and studying the Mayan remains.

The Mayans were primarily centered in Guatemala but later shifted to Puuc. Bey said that

there are structures dating to 600 B.C. in Puuc.

They displayed more advanced cultural traits like pyramid-building, city construction and the inscribing of stone monuments.

David Robert, sophomore geology major said, “They were in their way very advanced because they knew how to utilize the land and make the best use of the rain water.”

Bey said that the remains of the chocolate pots prove that the Mayans had well developed trade route amd must have traded chocolates and fruits from Guatemala.

Visit ulmhawkeyeonline.com for full story. contact Pujan Dahal at dahalp@warhawks.ulm.edu

“Buy one get one free daiquiris”

Contact your legislators Go to https://legis.la.gov/legis/FindMyLegislators.aspx to find your local state legislators’ contact information. Or, just Google search “find my legislaturor Louisiana.”

State legislators for Monroe’s district: Louisiana House District 16 - Katrina Jackson (318) 362-5123 jacksonk@legis.la.gov Louisiana Senate District 34 - Francis C. Thompson (318) 878-9408 (800) 259-9408 thompsof@legis.la.gov

Louisiana Legislature is in special session through March 9. On the agenda: fix the state’s budget.

SGA to provide free ride to higher ed rally

by Olivia Barfield

The student government passed emergency legislators to fund transportation for students to the BringHEAT higher education rally this Wednesday at the State Capital in Baton Rouge.

All students are encouraged to go and, as of Monday, there are still spaces on the bus. Students can sign up to attend for free in the SGA office before Wednesday or until the bus fills up.

The bus will fit 55 students.

The rally is being held to draw attention to the budget cuts Louisiana universities are facing and to encourage state leaders to prioritize and create solutions in the wake of the state’s budget crisis.

The state’s legislature is currently in the capital in a three-week special session called by Gov. Edwards to try to fix the budget crisis.

BringHEAT stands for Bring Higher Education All Together. Students, parents and friends from all over the state are invited to attend.

The Louisiana Council of Student Body Presidents (COSBP), which is made of student government leaders across the state, is hosting the

event and encourage all participants to wear red.

The recent TOPS cut and possibility of university closure is the most serious threat to higher education that the state’s students have ever seen, despite Louisiana being the top state in the nation for cutting higher education funding for the past eight years.

Students must pressure the Louisiana Legislator to work towards solid solutions, SGA president Marc Calhoun said.

“To give you guys an idea, some statistics, ULM has 53 percent of its students on TOPS... can you imagine if 53 percent of our students lost that?... I, personally, wouldn’t be able to be here,” Calhoun said. contact Olivia Barfield at barfieor@warhawks.ulm.edu

Welcome back ULM students with a 5% discount

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OPINION

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Gender misrepresentation The formation of Femhawks is bringing feminist issues into light on campus. It’s easy to say women have the same rights as men and quickly move on. After all, women hold positions in office, women are executives, mothers and advocates. They manage firms and clients, direct boards and tuck their children in at night. Equal, right?

So why are women grossly underrepresented in leadership positions? Why are most women unsatisfied with their body? Why are one in six women survivors of rape or attempted rape?

Because media and the cultural consciousness sexualize women.

Advertisements depict women in subservient, helpless positions.

In cages, car trunks, the ground.

Music videos feature scantily-clad women while men are often fully-clothed.

Magazines featuring digitally-enhanced images tell women how to look and tell men how women should look. The standard isn’t only high, it’s impossible.

Furthermore, it seems strong, accomplished women are intimidating and need to be shut down.

Hillary Clinton is ripped by media for appearing “too masculine.”

Sarah Palin was asked if she had breast implants. On national TV. Carly Fiorina, past CEO for Fortune 500 company HP and recent presidential candidate, was criticized for wearing pink nail polish.

Apparently it wasn’t “presidential” enough.

Until women are praised for their accomplishments instead of criticized for their clothes, until women are interviewed on their plans instead of their personality, until women are portrayed as humans and not sexual toys, they won’t command respect because they won’t be taken seriously.

Verbally acknowledge girls’ and women’s achievements, not just their beauty. Take a stand against sexist comments and jokes.

Recognize culturally-influenced biases.

Positive change begins with you.

Early primaries hurt American federalism Cooper Doyle If you’ve been listening to talk radio or watching TV, then you know it’s presidential primary season. Recently, there was a bunch of hoopla over Iowa and New Hampshire since they hold the first caucus and primary in the nation.

As these events unfold, presidential campaigns go all in on one or both of the states because they apparently make or break presidential hopefuls.

There lies a whole variety of problems, but perhaps most important is how the current primary system undermines federalism.

The main notion behind federalism is that no part of the country should have a massive amount of power over

the rest. This is a good idea, especially in a country as large as America. It helps level the playing field between the various states.

However, federalism can end up being rather messy. After all, it’s a system built on the assumption that a single country is large enough to have different regions with competing interests. And with competition comes the need to gain influence and power.

Thus, the primaries.

Iowa and New Hampshire go first because its literally “the law” of Iowa and New Hampshire that they go first.

It’s also a way to gain influence.

By going first, these small states manage to give candidates momentum and set the tone of the presidential election.

Iowa and New Hampshire gain influence on the national stage. The interests of these states and their citizens start to matter more because they play a larger role than other states in choosing the president; not unlike Ohio and Florida in the general election due to the Electoral College.

Is this really fair? No, but the reasoning can’t really be argued with.

States with small populations and

Check out our website at ulmhawkeyeonline.com Leave a comment to let others know your views

Contact the writers or the editor at smithk8@warhawks.ulm.edu

Stubbs 131 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209 Editor in chief - Gwendolyn Ducre Co-managing editor news - Olivia Barfield Co-managing editor design - Taja Carriere Photo editor - Tyler Smith Opinion editor - Karissa Smith Freestyle editor - Cory Thaxton Sports editor - Josh Dean Multimedia editor - Ashley Lyons Advertising director - Carmen Blackwell Chief copy editor - Traneshia Stormer

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OPINION

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Gender misrepresentation

318-342-5453 ulmhawkeyead@gmail.com Faculty adviser Dr. Christopher Mapp 318 342 5454 mapp@ulm.edu Feedback 318 342 5453 newsroom 318 342 5452 fax ulmhawkeye@gmail.com

The formation of Femhawks is bringing feminist issues into light on campus. It’s easy to say women have the same rights as men and quickly move on. After all, women hold positions in office, women are executives, mothers and advocates. They manage firms and clients, direct boards and tuck their children in at night. Equal, right?

So why are women grossly underrepresented in leadership positions? Why are most women unsatisfied with their body? Why are one in six women survivors of rape or attempted rape?

Because media and the cultural consciousness sexualize women.

Advertisements depict women in subservient, helpless positions.

In cages, car trunks, the ground.

Music videos feature scantily-clad women while men are often fully-clothed.

Magazines featuring digitally-enhanced images tell women how to look and tell men how women should look. The standard isn’t only high, it’s impossible.

Furthermore, it seems strong, accomplished women are intimidating and need to be shut down.

Hillary Clinton is ripped by media for appearing “too masculine.”

Sarah Palin was asked if she had breast implants. On national TV. Carly Fiorina, past CEO for Fortune 500 company HP and recent presidential candidate, was criticized for wearing pink nail polish.

Apparently it wasn’t “presidential” enough.

Until women are praised for their accomplishments instead of criticized for their clothes, until women are interviewed on their plans instead of their personality, until women are portrayed as humans and not sexual toys, they won’t command respect because they won’t be taken seriously.

Verbally acknowledge girls’ and women’s achievements, not just their beauty. Take a stand against sexist comments and jokes.

Recognize culturally-influenced biases.

Positive change begins with you.

Cooper Doyle

the rest. This is a good idea, especially in a country as large as America. It helps level the playing field between the various states.

However, federalism can end up being rather messy. After all, it’s a system built on the assumption that a single country is large enough to have different regions with competing interests. And with competition comes the need to gain influence and power.

Thus, the primaries.

Iowa and New Hampshire go first because its literally “the law” of Iowa and New Hampshire that they go first.

It’s also a way to gain influence.

By going first, these small states manage to give candidates momentum and set the tone of the presidential election.

Iowa and New Hampshire gain influence on the national stage. The interests of these states and their citizens start to matter more because they play a larger role than other states in choosing the president; not unlike Ohio and Florida in the general election due to the Electoral College.

Is this really fair? No, but the reasoning can’t really be argued with.

States with small populations and

Check out our website at ulmhawkeyeonline.com Leave a comment to let others know your views

Don’t agree?

Let us know!

The opinions expressed in personal columns are the opinions of the author and not necessarily the opinions of the editors, staff, adviser or the University. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Hawkeye’s editorial board, but not necessarily the opinions of the adviser or the University.

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by The University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209. Annual subscription price is $15.00. Periodicals Postage Paid at Monroe, LA 71203. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Hawkeye, 700 University Ave., Stubbs 131, Monroe, LA 71209-8832.

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Political Forecast: Republican Debate: Date: Thursday Feb. 25 Where: University of Houston, CNN Time: TBD Primary elections: Date: Tuesday Feb. 23 Where: Nevada (R) Date: Saturday Feb. 27 Where: South Carolina (D)

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PAGE 4

OPINION

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

Gender misrepresentation The formation of Femhawks is bringing feminist issues into light on campus. It’s easy to say women have the same rights as men and quickly move on. After all, women hold positions in office, women are executives, mothers and advocates. They manage firms and clients, direct boards and tuck their children in at night. Equal, right?

So why are women grossly underrepresented in leadership positions? Why are most women unsatisfied with their body? Why are one in six women survivors of rape or attempted rape?

Because media and the cultural consciousness sexualize women.

Advertisements depict women in subservient, helpless positions.

In cages, car trunks, the ground.

Music videos feature scantily-clad women while men are often fully-clothed.

Magazines featuring digitally-enhanced images tell women how to look and tell men how women should look. The standard isn’t only high, it’s impossible.

Furthermore, it seems strong, accomplished women are intimidating and need to be shut down.

Hillary Clinton is ripped by media for appearing “too masculine.”

Sarah Palin was asked if she had breast implants. On national TV. Carly Fiorina, past CEO for Fortune 500 company HP and recent presidential candidate, was criticized for wearing pink nail polish.

Apparently it wasn’t “presidential” enough.

Until women are praised for their accomplishments instead of criticized for their clothes, until women are interviewed on their plans instead of their personality, until women are portrayed as humans and not sexual toys, they won’t command respect because they won’t be taken seriously.

Verbally acknowledge girls’ and women’s achievements, not just their beauty. Take a stand against sexist comments and jokes.

Recognize culturally-influenced biases.

Positive change begins with you.

Cooper Doyle If you’ve been listening to talk radio or watching TV, then you know it’s presidential primary season. Recently, there was a bunch of hoopla over Iowa and New Hampshire since they hold the first caucus and primary in the nation.

As these events unfold, presidential campaigns go all in on one or both of the states because they apparently make or break presidential hopefuls.

There lies a whole variety of problems, but perhaps most important is how the current primary system undermines federalism.

The main notion behind federalism is that no part of the country should have a massive amount of power over

ULM Hawkeye @ulmhawkeye

Hillary Clinton: 52.7 % Bernie Sanders: 47.3 %

February 22, 2016

mostly powerless congressional delegations need a way to gain influence and ensure that they’re heard.

Going early in the presidential primaries is a way to do that, even if in the process they end up making other states, big and small, matter less.

Which they end up doing.

And the parties are nothing but supportive of this practice. States that try to hold earlier primaries are punished, and candidates gamble their whole campaign on these early states, even as Iowa and New Hampshire increasingly become worse and worse at picking the next president.

So in the end, two extremely small states play at being important while the rest of the states have their influence and voices largely overlooked.

Thus I say the current primary system should be done away with in favor of a single nationwide primary or larger, more regional primaries.

This would help to level the playing field, or at least ensure that single states don’t have undo influence in our federation. contact Cooper Doyle at doylelc@warhawks.ulm.edu

South Carolina GOP Primary

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The opinions expressed in personal columns are the opinions of the author and not necessarily the opinions of the editors, staff, adviser or the University. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Hawkeye’s editorial board, but not necessarily the opinions of the adviser or the University.

The Hawkeye (USPS #440-700) is published weekly except vacation, exam & holiday periods

by The University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209. Annual subscription price is $15.00. Periodicals Postage Paid at Monroe, LA 71203. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Hawkeye, 700 University Ave., Stubbs 131, Monroe, LA 71209-8832.

Donald Trump: 32.5 % Marco Rubio: 22.5 % Ted Cruz: 22.3 % Jeb Bush: 7.8 % John Kasich: 7.6 % Ben Carson: 7.2 %

Nevada Democratic Caucus

the rest. This is a good idea, especially in a country as large as America. It helps level the playing field between the various states.

However, federalism can end up being rather messy. After all, it’s a system built on the assumption that a single country is large enough to have different regions with competing interests. And with competition comes the need to gain influence and power.

Thus, the primaries.

Iowa and New Hampshire go first because its literally “the law” of Iowa and New Hampshire that they go first.

It’s also a way to gain influence.

By going first, these small states manage to give candidates momentum and set the tone of the presidential election.

Iowa and New Hampshire gain influence on the national stage. The interests of these states and their citizens start to matter more because they play a larger role than other states in choosing the president; not unlike Ohio and Florida in the general election due to the Electoral College.

Is this really fair? No, but the reasoning can’t really be argued with.

States with small populations and

Contact the writers or the editor at smithk8@warhawks.ulm.edu

318-342-5453 ulmhawkeyead@gmail.com

ULM Hawkeye

contact Cooper Doyle at doylelc@warhawks.ulm.edu

Early primaries hurt American federalism

Check out our website at ulmhawkeyeonline.com Leave a comment to let others know your views

Stubbs 131 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209 Editor in chief - Gwendolyn Ducre Co-managing editor news - Olivia Barfield Co-managing editor design - Taja Carriere Photo editor - Tyler Smith Opinion editor - Karissa Smith Freestyle editor - Cory Thaxton Sports editor - Josh Dean Multimedia editor - Ashley Lyons Advertising director - Carmen Blackwell Chief copy editor - Traneshia Stormer

Faculty adviser Dr. Christopher Mapp 318 342 5454 mapp@ulm.edu Feedback 318 342 5453 newsroom 318 342 5452 fax ulmhawkeye@gmail.com

mostly powerless congressional delegations need a way to gain influence and ensure that they’re heard.

Going early in the presidential primaries is a way to do that, even if in the process they end up making other states, big and small, matter less.

Which they end up doing.

And the parties are nothing but supportive of this practice. States that try to hold earlier primaries are punished, and candidates gamble their whole campaign on these early states, even as Iowa and New Hampshire increasingly become worse and worse at picking the next president.

So in the end, two extremely small states play at being important while the rest of the states have their influence and voices largely overlooked.

Thus I say the current primary system should be done away with in favor of a single nationwide primary or larger, more regional primaries.

This would help to level the playing field, or at least ensure that single states don’t have undo influence in our federation.

South Carolina GOP Primary

Contact the writers or the editor at smithk8@warhawks.ulm.edu

Stubbs 131 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209 Editor in chief - Gwendolyn Ducre Co-managing editor news - Olivia Barfield Co-managing editor design - Taja Carriere Photo editor - Tyler Smith Opinion editor - Karissa Smith Freestyle editor - Cory Thaxton Sports editor - Josh Dean Multimedia editor - Ashley Lyons Advertising director - Carmen Blackwell Chief copy editor - Traneshia Stormer

Faculty adviser Dr. Christopher Mapp 318 342 5454 mapp@ulm.edu Feedback 318 342 5453 newsroom 318 342 5452 fax ulmhawkeye@gmail.com

February 22, 2016

Early primaries hurt American federalism

If you’ve been listening to talk radio or watching TV, then you know it’s presidential primary season. Recently, there was a bunch of hoopla over Iowa and New Hampshire since they hold the first caucus and primary in the nation.

As these events unfold, presidential campaigns go all in on one or both of the states because they apparently make or break presidential hopefuls.

There lies a whole variety of problems, but perhaps most important is how the current primary system undermines federalism.

The main notion behind federalism is that no part of the country should have a massive amount of power over

Political Forecast: Republican Debate: Date: Thursday Feb. 25 Where: University of Houston, CNN Time: TBD Primary elections: Date: Tuesday Feb. 23 Where: Nevada (R) Date: Saturday Feb. 27 Where: South Carolina (D)

Donald Trump: 32.5 % Marco Rubio: 22.5 % Ted Cruz: 22.3 % Jeb Bush: 7.8 % John Kasich: 7.6 % Ben Carson: 7.2 %

Nevada Democratic Caucus Hillary Clinton: 52.7 % Bernie Sanders: 47.3 %

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mostly powerless congressional delegations need a way to gain influence and ensure that they’re heard.

Going early in the presidential primaries is a way to do that, even if in the process they end up making other states, big and small, matter less.

Which they end up doing.

And the parties are nothing but supportive of this practice. States that try to hold earlier primaries are punished, and candidates gamble their whole campaign on these early states, even as Iowa and New Hampshire increasingly become worse and worse at picking the next president.

So in the end, two extremely small states play at being important while the rest of the states have their influence and voices largely overlooked.

Thus I say the current primary system should be done away with in favor of a single nationwide primary or larger, more regional primaries.

This would help to level the playing field, or at least ensure that single states don’t have undo influence in our federation. contact Cooper Doyle at doylelc@warhawks.ulm.edu

South Carolina GOP Primary

Don’t agree?

Let us know!

The opinions expressed in personal columns are the opinions of the author and not necessarily the opinions of the editors, staff, adviser or the University. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of The Hawkeye’s editorial board, but not necessarily the opinions of the adviser or the University.

The Hawkeye (USPS #440-700) is published weekly except vacation, exam & holiday periods

by The University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209. Annual subscription price is $15.00. Periodicals Postage Paid at Monroe, LA 71203. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Hawkeye, 700 University Ave., Stubbs 131, Monroe, LA 71209-8832.

February 22, 2016

Political Forecast: Republican Debate: Date: Thursday Feb. 25 Where: University of Houston, CNN Time: TBD Primary elections: Date: Tuesday Feb. 23 Where: Nevada (R) Date: Saturday Feb. 27 Where: South Carolina (D)

Donald Trump: 32.5 % Marco Rubio: 22.5 % Ted Cruz: 22.3 % Jeb Bush: 7.8 % John Kasich: 7.6 % Ben Carson: 7.2 %

Nevada Democratic Caucus Hillary Clinton: 52.7 % Bernie Sanders: 47.3 %

February 22, 2016

fully-clothed.

Magazines featuring digitally-enhanced images tell women how to look and tell men how women should look. The standard isn’t only high, it’s impossible.

Furthermore, it seems strong, accomplished women are intimidating and need to be shut down.

Hillary Clinton is ripped by media for appearing “too masculine.”

Sarah Palin was asked if she had breast implants. On national TV. Carly Fiorina, past CEO for Fortune 500 company HP and recent presidential candidate, was criticized for wearing pink nail polish.

Apparently it wasn’t “presidential” enough.

Until women are praised for their accomplishments instead of criticized for their clothes, until women are interviewed on their plans instead of their personality, until women are portrayed as humans and not sexual toys, they won’t command respect because they won’t be taken seriously.

Verbally acknowledge girls’ and women’s achievements, not just their beauty. Take a stand against sexist comments and jokes.

Recognize culturally-influenced biases.

Positive change begins with you.

If you’ve been listening to talk radio or watching TV, then you know it’s presidential primary season. Recently, there was a bunch of hoopla over Iowa and New Hampshire since they hold the first caucus and primary in the nation.

As these events unfold, presidential campaigns go all in on one or both of the states because they apparently make or break presidential hopefuls.

There lies a whole variety of problems, but perhaps most important is how the current primary system undermines federalism.

The main notion behind federalism is that no part of the country should have a massive amount of power over

Thus, the primaries.

Iowa and New Hampshire go first because its literally “the law” of Iowa and New Hampshire that they go first.

It’s also a way to gain influence.

By going first, these small states manage to give candidates momentum and set the tone of the presidential election.

Iowa and New Hampshire gain influence on the national stage. The interests of these states and their citizens start to matter more because they play a larger role than other states in choosing the president; not unlike Ohio and Florida in the general election due to the Electoral College.

Is this really fair? No, but the reasoning can’t really be argued with.

States with small populations and

ished, and candidates gamble their whole campaign on these early states, even as Iowa and New Hampshire increasingly become worse and worse at picking the next president.

So in the end, two extremely small states play at being important while the rest of the states have their influence and voices largely overlooked.

Thus I say the current primary system should be done away with in favor of a single nationwide primary or larger, more regional primaries.

This would help to level the playing field, or at least ensure that single states don’t have undo influence in our federation.

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by Mariah Mitchell

No one can really tell you what it’s like being black in America unless you are black living in America. Langston Hughes once said the American way is to be “as little Negro as much American as possible.”

Soul of a Nation, created by Colin Cox, a European Caucasian man, is a performance about African American History. In honor of Black History Month, Soul of a Nation was brought to the ULM campus.

Will & Company said the vision behind Soul of a Nation is to get people on college campuses to understand the African American lifestyle who aren’t African American.

Kaici Gordon, a junior biology major, said, “I thought they would have watered things down and things wouldn’t have been as vividly clear, but they explained everything clearly and didn’t sugar coat anything. It was what we needed to hear.”

Will & Company opened with some of the stereotypes that African Americans often face. “Often told that the color of their skin and the kinks and curls in their hair is something they shouldn’t be proud of. That if they speak too properly they ‘talk white’, if they dress in baggy clothes or are seen standing on a corner they’re a ‘thug’.”

Textbooks taught students about slavery, only touching on some of the major contributors like Harriet Tubman and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Soul of a Nation brought the raw and real reality of African American history; discussing topics such as black men, black women, blind justice and hair.

CJ Nash, junior marketing and risk management major, said, “I don’t even Gordon know all about African American history. But to bring a performance in that

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photo by Siddhartha Gaulee

GOT TO HAVE SOUL: Performers act in Soul of Nation as a part of CAB’s Black History Month celebration.

will help people understand what true African American history was; is the ultimate goal.”

By the end of the performance most of the audience walked away with a better understanding of what true African American history is. contact Mariah Mitchell at mitcheml@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 22, 2016

NEWS

Media inequality

photo by Kandice Johnson

HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Vanelis Rivera speaks at the Femhawk’s showing of Miss Representation showing.

Femhawk series shows documentary on women’s underrepresentation

by Kandice Johnson

Thursday night, students attended the documentary showcase MISS Representation hosted by english instructor Vanelis Rivera, and the ULM student volunteers group Femhawks.

For Rivera, MISS Representation is more than just a movie documentary. “The goal is to expose students to messages in the media that overtly affect them and their expectation of girls and women,” Rivera said.

The 90 minute documentary touched on how media creates unrealistic expectations of beauty and how media has over sexualized women.

The documentary included alarming studies like the increase of self-injury by young girls and the rates of depression, violence and teen pregnancy. It brought up the negative portrayal of women, and issues dealing with women in politics, in leadership roles and women at-

tending institutions. It also discusses the effects it has on men, resulting in the negative treatment of women.

Rivera said she was first moved by the documentary two years ago, and that she loved the focus on the film’s portrayal of women, as well as the drive it gave to girls in building up theirselves.

Her efforts to bring awareness to women’s treatment and fairness is just the beginning. Rivera,along with her colleagues, have continued showcasing women awareness by hosting the Vagina Monologues and the feminist series on campus.

“There’s definitely an interest and need,” said Rivera.

“We’ve gotten a lot of interest by both men and women students.”

While this is ULM’s first screening of MISS Representation, Rivera said the “campus is not a stranger to progressive events.”

If you missed the screening of MISS Representation, Rivera and her colleagues will host The Vagina Monologues Feb. 24 in Stubbs 100 at 6 p.m. and on Feb. 27 in the Upstairs Gallery, Art Alley in downtown Monroe. contact Kandice Johnson at johnsokf@warhawks.ulm.edu

Gender struggles stand out through developing world

by Sisam Shrestha

Dr. Mary Adams, associate professor of English, presented the second lecture in the Pink Bag Series, “Women in The Developing World”. It was focused on India, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia but also included women’s educational rights in the United States and the conditions of boys forced into child marriage.

Boko Haram, which translates to “western education is forbidden or unclaimed” in Hasua, is particularly concerned with girls’ education in Nigeria.

Nigerian parents fear to send their daughters to school for their security.

Around 42 percent of Nigerian girls marry before 18 and 17 percent marry before 15. Even though this statistic varies regionally, education is a strong deciding factor. 82 percent of illiterate girls marry before 18.

Dr. Adams’ mother, who was restricted from going to college, got her license when Dr. Adams was in elementary school.

“I think because I come from a rural community where women had less freedom, even in the 20th century, I feel more empathy for what I see in other countries. Yes, what’s in the history book, women got rights a long time ago in the United States. But in not all the communities were they allowed to exercise those rights. Like other countries, the US is on a progression,” says Dr. Adams.

Saudi Arabia has only 67 licensed women law practitioners, even though the country gave the rights for it in 2013. This may be due to their practice of not allowing men and women to work in the same space. “Progress can take a while as businesses themselves will have to set up an arrangement where men and women wouldn’t be in the same room but be able to see each other,” says Dr. Adams.

Child marriage in India happens because of the generations long ongoing traditions, gender roles which deem girls as their husbands’ properties, poverty and security. According to Dr. Adams, “one of the dangerous things is saying ‘that’s just how it is’.” Some Indians think their daughter’s security is her husband’s responsibility so marrying her early will lessen the burden of her security.

“Other countries look to us as a beacon of standards. But they’re not trying to emulate what we do, necessarily. Tradition (relating to child marriage) in rural parts is of most importance.

But, people protesting against it know that we (United States) don’t practice child marriage here and they look to it as inspirations,” says Dr. Adams.

Brandee Wright, a Pre- Pharmacy freshmen, says, “I didn’t think it was this real, that people today were still struggling for equal gender roles. The lecture really emphasized it. I am starting to think that I am a feminist.” Wright contact Sisam Shrestha at shrests8@warhawks.ulm.edu

February 22, 2016

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Fundraisers surrender sleep for global cause

Up ‘til Dawn stays up all night to raise money, awareness for St. Jude

by Kadeazsha Ferguson

Up ‘til Dawn hosted its annual Finale event last weekend after a year of fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Since last year’s Finale, Up ‘til Dawn participants raised more than their goal of $40,000.

The group has never raised this much money in a single year before. Despite this, Up ‘til Dawn executive director Katee Fairchild said she was confident that the group could raise so much after their Executive Board raised more money than any other school in the nation and won a trip to visit the hospital last summer.

“I was a little nervous about our goal at first but I knew that if we worked as hard as we did over the summer to get donations, we could reach our goal of $40,000 and then some,” Fairchild said.

Finale was held in the Activity Center from midnight on Friday to 6 a.m. on Saturday morning.

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The event’s theme was “Around the World” because St. Jude benefits not only children in America, but children worldwide. Not only do they take international patients, but they share their research globally.

As the St. Jude web site says, “one child saved at St. Jude Fairchild means thousands more saved worldwide.”

31 participants formed teams to fundraise and compete in games throughout the night. The games were related to St. Jude and the countries it serves around the world.

Justin Washer, a junior psychology major, attended Finale for the first time this year and was impressed by all he learned about the hospital in one night.

He especially enjoyed learning Washer about what the patients experience at the hospital.

“I really like hearing the stories of the kids and how they give their testimonies,” Washer said. contact Kadeazsha Ferguson at fergusk@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 22, 2016

FREESTYLE

The pressure to be

Perfect Image courtesy of Cory Thaxton

Yes, even confident senior nursing major, Markeia May, has felt the sting of insecurity.

Why I Love Makeup I wasn’t always into makeup. I did not get into makeup until my senior year of highschool.

I would google how to apply makeup,watch youtube videos, and watch makeup videos through this app on my phone.

Of course it was all trial and error. My biggest fail was doing my own makeup for prom but what is so great now is that I have others wanting me to do their makeup. I do not wear makeup for any acne reasons or because I’m plain insecure of my looks.

I love makeup because it is literally so fun. It’s fun to apply, test out different products,etc; you’re an artist for your own face! It’s fun to create different looks and it’s great because you can be inspired by anything.

People try to make rules for makeup but it’s just all for fun, do what you want. Look out for me on youtube!

Finding My Look

Being Judged on My Looks

I do have a go-to look and it’s pretty simple.

A little concealer, eyebrows done, mascara and bronzer! It’s easy and it is a more natural look.

I never wear a full face of makeup everyday and I do not suggest it because it’s not good for your skin.

Although I have a go-to look, I love to try so many others.

Creativity is in the eye of the beholder.

I’ve always been judged on my appearance but I’ve gotten use to it.

People make assumptions based off what people look like whether they are kind, mean, arrogant, etc.

I’ve been told “you look like you’ll be stuck up but you’re not!” It’s really about getting to know someone not based on their looks.

My look is a part of me but it does not make me who I am truly.

Getting Over the Online Haters What online haters? I no longer have social media but when I did there weren’t any negative people attacking my social media.

And if you do have haters online, ignore them and focus on you!

The best way to get under someone else is to not respond! Hate spreads hate, it’s like a disease.

Not acknowledging hate will not spread it.

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My Biggest Insecurities My biggest insecurities are my feet and hands because they are so big.

I am not a small girl and even when I was smaller they were still big.

Everyone in my family has big feet and big hands so I was bound to happen. I’ve always used my long hair as my security blanket and I would always wear it down.

I’m starting to love myself and be more confident.

I’m loving updo’s now!

Students’ art work crawls into halls

by Alan Rawles

Art students had the opportunity to display their works at this semester’s Art Crawl.

A wide variation of students created art was displayed at various locations across campus.

The artwork displayed is meant to show the student’s talent. None of the art was tied to a central theme.

Students display whatever work they are currently working on.

A couple art pieces featured political features. Other artwork had a focus on the perception of beauty.

The different art pieces were displayed on varying media.

Some artists chose to display oil paintings, while others chose to use digital photography, etc.

Art students started the Art Crawl event last semester.

“It is an all student run and coordinated event,”said Joni Noble, associate professor.

Noble is an administrative supervisor for the Art Crawl, and she is hoping that the event will continue in the following semester.

Students displaying their art have the option of putting the art up for sale.

All proceeds for sold art will go directly to the artists.

The art is divided based on the skill level of the artists.

Bry Hall housed guest artist Vitus Shell. Shell’s art will be on display until Feb. 24.

The sculpture garden behind Biedenharn Hall showcased larger works of art.

Noble

Walker Hall displayed the “Earthly Inspirations” collection

by Mara Loeb, associate professor..

Walker also showcased various works created by art students.

The advanced art students had art on display in the second floor studios of Stubbs Hall.

Jalen Jack, a junior graphic design major, was showing his art to fellow students in Stubbs. Jack has been interested in art most of

his life.

“I’ve been interested since a young age. I remember starting to make designs when I was five,” Jack said.

Continuing the Art Crawl next year can provide attendees the opportunity to see the progression of skill in the art students.

Attendees might also see new students who are on their path to a career in the artistic field.

contact Alan Rawles at rawlesar@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 22, 2016

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FREESTYLE

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Hawks go Hollywood Wonderland Wonderland

Productions Productions

with production company

by Pujan Dahal

Samrat Hamal Dhakal dreams of having his name in ‘the Hollywood walk of fame’.

For this, Dhakal along with a bunch of other enthusiastic boys started ‘Wonderland Motion Pictures’, a movie production company “We all have love for movies and passion for making them which brought us together. Movie making is the best way to learn acting, animation, and dubbing,” said Dhakal, founder and freshman computer Science major.

“It’s the best time utilization and refreshment too.”

Dhakal said that the main objective of the company is to change ‘the face of Nepali movies’.

“We want to globalize the Nepali movie industry to showcase the Nepali diversity.”

He said that the production company would focus in making short movies.

“Short movies are very precise and powerful” Hamal added that the Wonderland Motion Pictures was established in Nepal two years back, however the team stopped for a while due to the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal.

“Now after all the office holders are back on track, the production company shall run at full pace” Siddhartha Gaulee who is the unit production manager of the Wonderland Motion Pictures, said that ‘1 minute movie’ was the first movie of their production company.

“It was well acknowledged in the 60 second international film festival.”

Gaulee said that they are now looking forward to work in the project ‘Memory of Memories”, which they could not complete

due to the earthquake.

Gaulee, a freshman computer science major added that it would be a short movie and the remaining shooting would be resumed soon.

Gaulee said that the team meets every weekend and works on the project.

“It’s difficult to get a time of our busy class schedule but our passion brings us together everytime.

Not to mention, our studies is always on the top of the priority list.”

Hamal said that his family is very encouraging for his project.

“My parents always support my experiments.

All of my other team mates’ families are advocating too.”

Gaulee said that funds and resources are major obstacles they face.

“We try to manage our expenses through our pocket money but it does not cover all of our expenses” Gaulee said that buying sophisticated equipment can be a real problem for them at times.

“We are collecting funds through crowd funding and website sponsors,” Gaulee said.

Dhakal said that the ULM campus environment is very sound for movie making.

“The faculty, friends and the environment too are very collaborative, Dhakal said.

“We are looking forward to start a project on campus soon.” contact Pujan Dahal at dahalp@warhawks.ulm.edu

Rogers goes medieval

by Alan Rawles

Activities are focused on both enHutertainment and scholarly purposes. manities Sword making, dancing and panel professor discussions are a few of the activiWilliam ties that medievalists can enjoy.

Rogers calls Rogers will be participating in himself a medione of the panel discussions. evalist.

Rogers has other interests besides He defines medieval culthe term meture. dievalist as, “a Literature is scholarship another area of that crosses disciplinary lines.” focus for Rogers.

Rogers clarifies this definition by Rogers is curmentioning that medievalists do rently working not focus on only one region in the on two historical Middle Age. fiction books.

Medievalists study the details of Rogers is also medieval life.

Rogers active in various Medieval studies can reach as outdoor recrefar back as the fall of the Roman ational activities. The multiple local Empire.

The most recent that the medieval outdoor activities are an added bonus for Rogers. studies go is no later than the late Studying medieval culture is what 1400s. makes Rogers unique.

Rogers’ spark of interest hapHis devotion to the medievalist pened while attending Univeristy of title is clearly shown through his Texas at Arlington. knowledge of the medieval subject.

Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy and a class focusing on the English poet Chaucer helped Rogers gain interest in medieval society.

Rogers will be attending the International Congress on Medieval Studies later this year.

This event hosts one of the largest gatherings of medievalists in North contact Alan Rawles at rawlesar@warhawks.ulm.edu America.

Phi Mu Alpha spreads love with singing gram

by Corlyn Key

With the help of Phi Mu fraternity Alpha Fraternity, students member were able to take their DomiValentine’s Day festivities nique beyond buying chocolates Cheffin and flowers. saids the All last week the men of fundraiser Phi Mu held its first Valenwas “a real tine’s Day Gram Fundraisbig success er. For $5 per song, memfor the White bers surprised students fraternity.” and staff with a serenade, Cheffin singing popular hits like led the singing gram for “Love on Top” by Beyoncé, “Perfect”, by One Direction “Perfect” by One Direction, for a lucky recipient.

“Jealous” by Nick Jonas and When asked if they would “Rhythm of Love” by the continue this event for next Plain White T’s. year, members didn’t hesi“We had a huge turntate to say yes. out,” said Jordan Hollins, Psychology senior and President of Phi Mu Alpha fraternity member, Timothy Fraternity.

Fuller, said “ULM campus Hollins led Beyoncé’s should definitely expect to “Love on Top” during one see bigger and better things of the many performances. to come.”

ULM piano instructor, Valentine’s Day Grams Carolie White, said she was are a creative way to say “I surprised during a piano love you” or a fun way to class. embarrass a close friend.

“I thought it was really Hollins foresees the singsweet and the class loved it ing grams to be a new ULM too,” White said. tradition.

Phi Mu was able to surpass their goal of raising $200, and sang to over 20 people. contact Corlyn Key at Pre-Nursing junior and keyc@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 22, 2016

FREESTYLE crossword

Across 1 Garbage 6 Ziploc bag feature 10 Catcher’s glove 14 “Slumdog Millionaire” country 15 Electrically flexible 16 Not-so-nice smell 17 C-E-G triad, e.g.

19 Bandleader Arnaz 20 Certain Himalayan 21 __ Corps 22 High dudgeon 25 20th-century GreekAmerican soprano 27 Singer Etheridge 29 Little fruit pie 30 Prayer ender 31 Commercial suffix with Sun and Star

32 __ Angeles 35 Asian language spoken by nearly a billion people 40 Place for a mani-pedi 41 Trent of politics 42 Make a soufflé 43 Accompanied by 44 “Get lost!”

47 Aladdin’s transport 51 FDR agency 52 Make up (for) 53 Orange veggie 55 Allow to borrow 56 Rochester medical center 60 Starbucks tea brand 61 Unknown author: Abbr.

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homophonic hint to this puzzle’s five longest answers 63 Load in a hold 64 Nine-digit IDs 65 Uncool group Down 1 Buzz Lightyear voice actor __ Allen 2 Genetic material 3 Wd. modifying a noun 4 Priory of __: “The Da Vinci Code” conspirators 5 Women-only residences 6 Nearly one-third of Africa 7 Often harmful bacteria 8 Sea between Italy and

Albania 9 Calculator image, for short 10 Ford made only in black from 1914-1925 11 Perfect 12 Puccini opera 13 Makes an effort 18 IRS pros 21 Trilogy’s first section 22 Mosque leaders 23 Chart anew 24 Kagan of the Supreme Court 26 Bills and coins 28 Not Rep. or Dem. 31 Only chess piece that can jump others: Abbr.

32 Hear (of ) 33 Schindler of “Schindler’s List” 34 “Ta-ta” 36 “Through the Looking-Glass” girl 37 Univ. military org.

38 Cornell University townies 39 “The Blacklist” network 43 Place for a pane 44 Cooks’ splatter protectors 45 Sable automaker, briefly 46 Pilfered 47 Fountain treats 48 Really got to 49 Purple-blue Muppet with a hooked nose 50 Silky synthetic 54 “Person of the Year” magazine 56 Bell and Barker 57 ATM maker 58 Mil. roadside hazard 59 These, in France

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FREE CHECKING

Enjoy outdoors with firewatch

Alan Rawles Firewatch presents players with a beautiful world and intriguing story.

The recreation of Yellowstone National Park gives players a great environment to explore while enjoying the suspenseful story.

Firewatch is a first-person adventure game.

Players are placed in the shoes of Henry, a middle-aged man who is estranged from his wife.

Henry takes a job as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness during the summer of 1989.Henry’s supervisor Delilah provides the only other human interaction.

Players communicate through the use of a handheld radio to talk to Delilah.

The game starts with the typical fire lookout tasks, but mysterious occurrences begin to make Henry and Delilah’s summer a lot more interesting.

The voice acting of Henry, Mad Men’s Rich Sommer, and Delilah, Telltale Games The Walking Dead’s Cissy Jones, made me think that I was watching a top TV drama.

The emotion put into both roles made me engage in every dialogue option that I could find.

Choices made in the game can have either a positive or negative impact later in the game.

I made a choice to toss a loud radio into a lake and was scolded by Delilah later in the story for doing so.

While these various choices can impact dialogue options, there is only one true ending that all players will reach.

The various choices will mainly impact how Delilah responds to Henry during conversations.

The suspense that is constantly building throughout the game kept me intrigued.

I desperately wanted to explore all corners of the map to see what was hidden.

The secrets that the story holds combined with the well-crafted world kept me entertained in the 4 hours it took to complete the game.

There is unfortunately an issue with the story in Firewatch.

The game falls flat when it comes to the ending.

The final conclusion to this story driven game needed to be stronger to make the game more rewarding to finish.

Firewatch is a great game that is focused on rich narrative and beautiful scenery.

Henry and Delilah have a great chemistry that will keep players intrigued in the conversations.

contact Alan Rawles at rawlesar@warhawks.ulm.edu

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SPORTS

Baseball loses first two in three game series

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Powering through: Pitcher Bradyn Bouchey tosses one to the plate versus Southeastern Friday.

Maintaining focus: Martina Husarova battles to a three set victory on the

Lions take bite out of Warhawks in Hammond

way to a ULM win over Jackson State Thursday.

by Josh Dean

The baseball team fell in its first contest of the season in a defensive bout versus Southeastern.

Throughout the first three innings neither team could manage a hit.

ULM looked poised to strike in the fourth as center fielder Cody Stone hit a double to left field.

He advanced to third later in the inning but went no further.

The sixth saw the Lions load the bases but the Warhawks held and Southeastern brought no runners home.

Starting pitcher Bradyn Bouchey was relieved by Keller Bradford in the inning who struck out the last batter.

It marked his first strikeout as a Warhawk.

Bouchey went six innings and al-

lowed two hits and tallied a careerhigh eight strikeouts.

“The first couple innings I was commanding my fastball really well, and getting early contact. Then I had to rely more on the command of my offspeed pitches. I had spent a lot of time working on my changeup these last couple weeks, so it was nice to see that pitch working,” Bouchey said.

In the eight the Lions finally broke through on a one-out RBI single to center field.

Later in the inning Southeastern took advantage of a wild pitch to bring home their second and final winning run of the night.

Game two After holding Southeastern to two runs Friday the bats of the Lions came alive Saturday.

The Lions jumped out to an early

two nothing lead in the first.

After ULM failed to tack on any runs themselves Southeastern added four more in the second to baloon the lead to six.

In the fifth ULM finally got on board.

Second baseman Anthony Herrera blasted one over the leftfield wall to give ULM their first run of the night.

The homerun marked the first of his collegiate career.

“It was definitely a good feeling after struggling the night before, but still wasn’t as great of a feeling as I imagined it to be since we still got the loss,” Herrera said.

ULM socred once more in the seventh but it was not enough as the LIons went on to an 8-2 victory.

contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

Tennis slams home two more dominant wins

by Josh Dean

After two days the Warhawks stood at 7-0 for the first time since 1995.

The tennis team started off the week by facing Jackson State Thursday.

The beginning of the day saw the Warhawks tested as Martina Husarova was brought to three sets before finishing off her competitor 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.

After this initial adversity the Warhawks cruised dropping only three sets in their last four matches.

Tiffany Mylonas and Luana Stanciu opened doubles play with a 6-1 victory, and improved to 5-1 on the

season together.

ULM followed with two more victories in doubles play to conclude a commanding performace over Jackson State.

University of Arkinsas PineBluff The Warhawks allowed the Lions no more than one game win in all of their single sets versus UAPB Friday.

Iona Popescu held her opponent without a single point for the second consecutive match.

Pauline Van Herck notched back to back victories for the first time in her career. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

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February 22, 2016

SPORTS

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photo courtesy of ULM Athletics

Standing tall: Senior Mack Foster surveys the court as he dropped seven of

Driving in: Chelsea Tieuel drives to the hoop in a defensive battle vs UTA Saturday in Arlington.

the last 11 points in a ULM win vs the Mavericks Saturday.

Warhawks corralled by Mavericks

Bench heroics seal road victory

by Josh Dean

The Warhawks pulled off a 6461 win in a back and forth contest against the Mavericks Saturday.

The scoring effort was led by Nick Copolla who put in 19 points on the night to go along with his eight rebounds.

ULM would take a 26-22 lead into a defense dominated first 24 minutes.

The teams traded buckets at the start of the third quarter and a little over six minutes in the score stood knotted at 29.

The score stood tied four more times before the ULM established a one point lead with 2:02 left.

After two ULM players fouled out Foster was put in and immediately drilled a three.

Foster scored the last seven points and sealed a 64-61 ULM victory.

Coach Keith Richard was pleased with Foster’s impact.

“Big shots, big free throws, and a big tip-in. Player of the game,” Richard said. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu

In a low socring affair ULM was downed by the Mavericks of UT Arlington Saturday 40-32.

The Warhawks put up their best defensive effort in the Jeff Dow era holding the Mavericks to 35.4% shooting but the effort was not enough.

Coach Jeff Dow said they should have capitalized on their defensive efforts.

“The defensive effort was there.

Any game where you hold a team to 40 points on their home floor, you have to find a way to win,” Dow said.

At the 8:31 mark in the first half the Warhawks took a 15-10 lead following a 12-0 run.

After opening the second half with

a 23-22 lead the Mavericks would knock down two consecutive three

Warhawk’s field goal percentage

22.4% pointers to regain the lead.

The Warhawk’s offense shut down in the last half of the game and ULMscored only nine points in the thrid and fourth quarters.

With 3:59 remaining the Mavericks

took their largest lead of the night at 39-31.

On the night ULM allowed a season low seven three point attempts and two completions.

The team recorded nine blocks as well including seven from senior Stephanie Ratliff.

She fell just two shy of the school record set 24 years ago.

Senior Alayshia Hunter moved up to 17th all time on ULM’s scoring list.

The loss moves to the Warhawks to 3-13 on the year in the Sun Belt Conference and 9-15 overall.

The basketball team heads to Mobile to face the Jaguars Thursday. contact Josh Dean at deanj@warhawks.ulm.edu