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www.ulmhawkeyeonline.comVOLUME 86 ISSUE 12 November 26, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

RiverMarket breathes new life into Monroe

Committee leads forum to aid in dean search

Lady Warhawks search for 1st win of season

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Local business offers unique painting experience

photo by Emi McIntyre

S GA to move for ward with athletic feeP 3

DO THE TWIST

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Monroe, LA 71209Editor in chief - Cole Avery

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MYANMAR (MCT) — President Barack Obama made a visit to Myanmar Monday, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the nation in hopes to encourage the government’s shift from military rule to fledgling democracy.

Obama landed in the country once known as Burma Monday morning, the start of a quick stop in which he met with President Thein Sein before visiting with famed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home where she faced house arrest before being elected to Parliament. Some human rights organizations criticized him for traveling to the nation that still is engaged in ethnic fighting.

MIAMI (MCT) — A student shot and killed a 13-year-old girl in front of her younger sister and seven oth-er children on a school bus Tuesday morning in Homestead, Fla., police said.

The girl, whose identity has not been released, was flown to Miami Children’s Hospital where she died, according to Miami-Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta. She was a student at the Palm Glades Prepara-tory Academy charter school.

No one else was injured.The suspect, whose name and

age were not released, was being questioned by police. A firearm was recovered at the scene, police said.

BATON ROUGE (UL System) — The Board of Supervisors unani-mously named Sandra Woodley the eighth president of the University of Louisiana System. She will assume leadership of Louisiana’s largest pub-lic higher education system on Jan. 1, 2013.

Several members of the Board were impressed with Woodley’s ex-perience at four different university systems in four different states.

Woodley currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Texas System, a system of 16 academic and health in-stitutions.

Obama first U.S. President to visit Myanmar

Sandra Woodley named president of UL system

13-year-old girl shot, killed on school bus

NATIONWORLD QUOTESTATE

NEWS

That one week of the semester college students dread the most is coming: finals week. Anxiety and stress fill the minds of students weeks before. Professors and the ULM Counseling Center offers advice for students to make the best of tests.

University 1001 professor Ange-la Robinson explained that students should not wait until a week be-fore finals to get started. It takes all semester long to prepare for the comprehensive exams given by some courses.

The ULM C o u n s e l i n g Center encour-ages students to stay positive throughout the week. Test anx-iety deals with not being pre-pared, negative self-talk, feeling unorganized, lack of time and problems balancing re-sponsibility. Counselor Traci Boyett said that preparation and self-care are essential to making finals week beneficial.

Teachers usually provide aids and various assignments all throughout the semester to help students pre-pare for finals. The syllabus is the key for understanding what the teacher has in mind for the students to have learned over the semester.

“Each class creates a load of stress for me since this is my last year,” said MyRanda Royal, a senior aviation major. “I find that studying hard for one test at a time works the best for me so I don’t feel overloaded.”

Robinson shared that forming study groups with other peers from the class with help answer any ques-tions about assignments. Studying on your own is an important factor to re-taining information as well.

Chunking, or sectioning off piec-es of information, can be helpful for comprehensive exams. Robinson be-lieves that every student is unique and has a different learning style to help them retain information.

“I constantly study the whole week, which may sound stressful. The breaks in between are definitely what get me through,” said Dalton Gelpi, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major.

Students often turn to stimulants such as coffee and energy drinks to push themselves through the week. Other methods such as power naps are proven to recharge the brain to retain large amounts of information.

Budgeting time and reviewing on test day is essential. When taking a final, students should always check back over their answers before turn-ing it in.

Finals week will take place Dec. 3-7.

Counseling Center offers tips for handling finals stress

The 28th Annual ULM Alumni Association Chili Cook-Off took place Saturday, Nov. 17. in The Grove, prior to the ULM vs. University of North Texas football game. Students, alumni and organizations participated in the event for the “gold” in the Chilympics.

CHURNING THE CHILI

photo by ULM Photography

by Sydney Bonner

Royal

contact Sydney Bonner [email protected]

BRIEFS

Star 101.9 urges support for annual toy drive

Christmas tree lighting to take place Tuesday

Star 101.9 will be collecting new, unwrapped toys from Wednesday through Friday, day and night, in front of the food court at Pecanland Mall. At the end of the week the toys collected will be donated to the Center For Children And Families and CASA to help a child have a Christmas that wouldn’t happen without the community’s generosity.

All donations will go to babies, children and teenagers in the CASA program of Northeast Louisiana. There are currently 700 children in the program.

In the past, with the help of Monroe and the surrounding area, Star 101.9 has collected almost 20,000 Christmas presents. This year the station hopes the community pulls together again and makes it even bigger.

Popular local figures will make appearances on the second and third days of the drive. Miss Louisiana 2012 Lauren Vissa and Miss ULM Kylie Stracener will attend on Thursday. The cast of “Duck Dynasty” will make appearances throughout the day on Friday.

The annual holiday tree lighting will start in Scott Plaza at 5 p.m. Tuesday. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the ULM Holiday Celebration.

During the celebration, several ULM groups will perform.

The celebration will then be moved to Brown Auditorium. The ULM Chamber singers will guide attendees to Brown with a melody of carols. Candles will illuminate the pathway.

A small holiday concert will be provided for those in Brown Auditorium. Performances include the ULM Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, Orchestra and the Interdenominational Ensemble.

The celebration is free and open to the public. Special appearances will include Santa and Ace.

“Celebrate the happiness that

friends are always giving, make

everyday a holiday and celebrate

just living.”Amanda Bradley,

poet

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE PAGE 3November 26, 2012

“We want God, or as close as we can get.”

Committee member Kay Shipp set lofty goals for the next Arts and Sciences dean at the first of two public forums held Monday, Nov. 12, held by the ULM Arts and Sciences dean search committee. Everyone laughed, but a miracle maker might be what the college needs, given the challenges it faces.

The committee held the two public forums to get a sense of the characteristics others are looking for in a new dean.

“These forums were not for us on the committee to talk, but to listen to concerns and ideas of faculty, students, staff and community members,” said Ron Berry, committee chair.

At the forum, faculty said they want a dean who would build leadership within the existing faculty, and be an advocate for them.

Students said they want a dean who is innovative in collaborating with other departments, someone who will retain and create degrees that will benefit students find jobs.

Community members said they want a dean who will be connected to the community, and work with them to promote the arts.

Jay Curtis, KEDM Public Radio program director, hopes it was helpful for the committee to hear what the community wants in a leader for Arts and Sciences.

“It was positive for people both on-campus and off-campus to talk about how the dean impacts, and can be a visionary for, the university as well as arts organizations,” Curtis said.

The committee, made up of representatives from faculty, students, staff and the community, will generate and place a national advertisement for the position. They will also narrow the field of applicants down to three finalists.

President Nick Bruno and Eric Pani, vice president of academic affairs, will pick from those three.

“It is very important to the committee that this process be as good as it possibly can be, and the comments certainly helped us,” Berry said.

Tuesday, the committee met to create the advertisement that will be placed in the Chronicle of Higher Education and higheredjobs.com. Faculty within the college may also apply. They hope to end their search by March of 2013.

After Baton Rouge dealt an intense round of budget cuts, a few colleges at ULM had to cut faculty, classes or reduce the offerings classes.

The College of Arts and Sciences was hit hardest by the cuts. The college released many faculty members and cut out minors in Geology, Geography, Theatre and Physics, according to Interim-Dean Michael Camille.

“Even in these tough fiscal times, I think we are offering a sufficient variety of courses to satisfy the needs of our students,” Camille said.

The College of Arts and Sciences is also merging the degrees in Mass Communication and Communication Studies, as this paper reported earlier.

Arts and Sciences is the only

college that has had to merge programs or cut minors.

The College of Business was also hit hard by the cuts. It had to cut 13 sections of classes, mostly online courses, from its offerings. The college also lost three full-time faculty line items and an administrative position.

College of Business Dean Ron Berry said that some faculty members have had to teach winter and May session courses for free in order to off set the cuts.

The College of Education and Human Development’s dean said they’ve made the college more economical. They’ve increased class size in the lower level courses for classes like psychology.

Education and Human Development did restructure their

college during the summer, which reduced the number of departments from four to three.

“Despite a reduction in resources, the College of Education and Human Development continues to maintain high standards and quality programs,” said Dean Sandra Lemoine.

The College of Pharmacy has not had to cut any programs and has even been able to add Food Safety Toxicology to its toxicology program despite being funded at just half of the regents’ formula.

The College of Health Sciences has not had to cut any classes. And its accrediting bodies require its professional classes, so it cannot cut any of those classes.

SGA plans on moving forward with a referendum to raise student fees more than $20 per student to go to athletics and the School of Visu-al and Performing Arts. But SGA has not completed any proposals to sub-mit for a vote by the senate.

SGA Vice-President Jessica Rich-ardson said they know what they want, but they haven’t figured out a way to word it just right.

“Where are we at on the referen-dum? I don’t know,” Richardson said.

SGA advisor Amanda May said the executive officers should have a plan ready by December.

The referendum will raise more than $220,000 for athletics and $20,000 dollars for VAPA if passed.

Students at ULM already gener-

ate more than $41.8 million in the schools total budget, a 34.8 percent increase since 2009, as the Hawkeye reported earlier in the semester.

This is the third referendum since 2011 that SGA has tried. The past two failed by a narrow margin.

“Athletics attracts more students, so if we have more students we’ll be able to keep more professors and programs,” Richardson said.

Athletic boosters help with costs, but boosters mostly give to scholar-ships, according to May.

“That’s athletics’ job [to ask for booster money], but we’ve had a lot of donations in the past couple of months,” said May, who will be leav-ing ULM after this semester.

After just a few short months as interim director of Student Life and Leadership, Amanda May is leaving ULM to take on the role of the Loui-siana State Director of the Universal Cheerleaders Association.

“I’m really sad to leave ULM. It’s all I’ve known career wise,” said May.

As the Louisiana Director of UCA, May will be over cheerleading com-petitions and camps in the state. She will also be in charge of UCA staffing in Louisiana.

“I’ve learned a lot and grown a lot,” said May. “ULM has given me the experience I need to succeed in whatever career path I take.”

May has been employed with the university since 2009, starting as a graduate assistant for athletics. In

2010 she moved to student life as the coordinator of spirit groups and the dance coach. In August she took on the role of Interim Director of Stu-dent Life and Leadership.

May said that with taking this job she will still be involved with ULM through the cheerleaders.

“Amanda has done an outstanding job in all that she’s done here,” said Dr. Wendell Brumfield, vice presi-dent of Student Affairs. “We are going to miss her greatly and wish her the best in her future.”

Brumfield said the university is currently advertising for the posi-tion of Director of Student Life and Leadership and they hope to find someone by the start of the spring 2013 semester.

NEWS

by Garrett Boyteby Andy Chason

by Garrett Boyte

contact Garrett Boyte [email protected]

contact Kristin Nieman [email protected]

contact Andy Chason [email protected]

contact Garrett Boyte [email protected]

SGA to proceed with fee increase

May leaves Student Life for off-campus job


College of Business Dean Ron Berry leads a discussion Monday, Nov. 12, in the library about the qualities needed in the next Arts and Sciences dean.

Committee gathers input to help find next dean of Arts and Sciences

Arts and Science faces most changes following budget cuts

by Kristin Nieman

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This year’s football season has been one for the record books. Everything from record attendance to ULM competing in its first ever bowl game has made this football team one to be remembered.

Considering that ULM has never had a winning season since becoming a Division I school, let alone a chance to be in a bowl game, The Hawkeye thinks it is important that we don’t underplay the significance of this accomplishment.

The Warhawk football team has given this university another reason to be proud.

We all remember that shock in Little Rock and the nail biter against Western Kentucky. We remember the huge crowd at the Baylor game and all the attention our university received from the national media.

This underdog team showed up to play this year, and the fans showed up to support it.

Now the time has come to see what the community is made of. The football team will need as many fans as possible to make a

trip to watch the Warhawks play in a bowl. It’s vital that we all keep up that strong support we showed at the

beginning of the season.This is our team, and it’s our job to come out and support them. They have all worked hard to give this town and this university a

reason to stand tall. And for all that hard work they have put in, the least any of us can do is to just be present.

Wherever we end up this offseason, let’s make sure the Warhawk nation follows the team there.

OPINION

Dear readers,For the past year I have had the

honor of serving as the editor in chief of this newspaper. Now the time has come for me to say goodbye and thank you to a paper that has meant so much to me.

I transferred to ULM in the spring of 2011 and began writing for the Hawkeye. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made.

In the last two years I’ve grown to love my university in large part because I’ve gotten to meet so many of you. Telling your stories gave me a much needed purpose in my life and helped me find my calling to journalism.

I honestly don’t know where I’d be without the opportunities this school and this paper have afforded me. I will forever be grateful to ULM and the Hawkeye for giving me a chance to learn and grow as a professional and as a person.

I will cherish the memories I have made working with such a fantastic staff. Spending every weekend together working some very long days can be grueling, but I’m glad I had some great people there with me. I don’t think you could ever truly know how much you’ve meant to me.

I’m very proud of the work we’ve produced and the accomplishments we’ve achieved since I’ve been an editor. I know that the continued support from the university and further investment in the mass communication field will yield one of the strongest programs in the region.

Though he’ll hate I’m mentioning him at all, I’d also like to specifically thank my adviser and mentor Christopher Mapp for all that he has taught me. I know that whatever success I might achieve in the future, I would not have gotten there without the wisdom and knowledge

he passed on to me. Hopefully one day I can do the same for another aspiring journalist.

As I say goodbye to the Hawkeye, I now take the next step in my career as a writer for the News Star. I know that the paper and ULM will always be with me. It’s because of ULM I am the person I am today.

Thank you so much for letting me tell your stories.

Sincerely,

Cole Avery

Chief Hawkeye editor bids farewell to staff, students

Fans should follow warhawks to bowl

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

illustration courtesy of MCT Campuscontact Garrett Boyte [email protected]

Gov. Bobby Jindal may have a majority of the Republican Party fooled into believing that he is the future of the GOP, but I won’t buy it.

Jindal’s lack of hesitation to throw Mitt Romney under the bus after losing the election shows me exactly what I expected to see from a governor with a complete lack of confidence to do the right thing.

As I’ve written countless times before, Jindal has dealt this state disappointment after disappointment.

His education restructuring will prove to be yet another big

government solution to a problem better solved at the local level.

His budget cuts to things like higher education and hospitals shows a man scrambling to place his priorities in the right order—and failing miserably.

He campaigned on ethics reform, yet those laws don’t apply to the governor’s office and the governor’s office has become more secretive since he’s been governor.

Let’s not forget the $2 billion surplus Jindal inherited from Kathleen Blanco, which he spent in his first year of office. Since then the state’s budget has ran a deficit.

And yet another disappointment we’ve seen from the would-be financial wiz-kid is his inability to manage the state’s budget.

There’s also his twisting of the law concerning the use of one-time monies, which some fiscal conservatives in the House have called into investigation.

How is that this man thinks he’s going to unite the national party

behind him, when the fiscal hawks in the state house are asking the Attorney General to review whether or not the governor is even following the law?

Not to mention his incessant campaigning for Romney, which ended with Jindal playing the role of the ex-boyfriend who would rather just pretend Romney never existed.

If Jindal wants to lead the GOP into the future, not only does he need to get his house in order, but he also needs to be an actual Republican.

He’s yet to have proven to me, or anyone else whom dares speak critically against the wisdom of Piyush, that he is capable of effectively managing a simple state government.

If Jindal wants to become the new face of the new Republican Party, he’ll need to overcome the many disappointments he’s given to Republicans in his own state.

Jindal has his prioirties out of order, makes horrible face for new GOP

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

GARRETT BOYTE

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROENovember 26, 2012 PAGE 5


When ULM graduate student Nicolle Sims began making friendship bracelets at nine years old, she never dreamed she would one day make a business out of handcrafted jewelry.

As a vendor at the Monroe Downtown RiverMarket, Sims has had tremendous success with her line of jewelry called Modern Alchemy.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever sold my jewelry to the public, and my sales at the RiverMarket have been overwhelmingly successful,” Sims said. “Now, I can expand to make jewelry with more expensive, exotic pieces.”

According to city officials, the RiverMarket has exceeded expectations for both shopper and vendor attendance with a crowd of 9,000 on opening day and a record of 80 vendors on Nov. 10.

Market director Adrienne La France said the unique market setting allows vendors to meet their customers, which is key to the market’s success.

“This interaction spotlights the

vendor’s creative process and is more personal than just seeing a product on a shelf in a store,” La France said. “Market shoppers have the opportunity to hear the personal stories behind the products.”

“There were a few vendors that sold some interesting things. I might go back when I have some extra cash,” said Kimberly Olney, a junior education major who attended the RiverMarket on Nov. 10.

Myra Gatling-Akers with the City of Monroe said the RiverMarket has revived the downtown area, which is now seeing more traffic, more

business interest, and more events. “The week-long traffic has

increased tremendously, and other businesses and developers are looking more at downtown as a location,” Gatling-Akers said.

The RiverMarket is one of many events designed to increase commerce downtown. Other efforts include River Jam, Artfest, the Gallery Crawl and the Downtown Trolley Line.

Christmas Downtown will be Saturday, Dec. 1. The RiverMarket will have extended hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. complete with a fireworks display. Then, Downtown River Jam will be hosting “Downtown Duel” in the historic Austin’s building at 7 p.m.

The event will feature a dueling piano performance by traveling entertainers Kirk Garrett and Troy Baldwin. The entry fee is $5, and food and spirits will be available for purchase from Warehouse No. 1.

The RiverMarket will continue each Saturday through Dec. 15 and will reopen for its full season in April.

by Lea Anna Cardwell

contact Lea Anna Cardwell [email protected]

RiverMarket brings downtown Monroe to life

photos by Emi McIntyre

Top: Nicolle Sims, a graduate student and vender at the Downtown RiverMar-ket, displays her line of jewelry at the market. Bottom: ULM students Kirby Rambin (left) and Stew McCulloch (right) perform at the RiverMarket.

NEWS

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“Market shoppers have the

opportunity to hear the personal

stories behind the products.”

Adrienne La France

RiverMarket Director


Students filled the top of the SUB on Nov. 14 to send out letters to friends and family about giving donations to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital.

Up ‘til Dawn hosted the annu-al Letter Sending event which in the past has raised about $20,000.

According to Andres Granada, the student advisor for the organization, it was the 9th annual Letter Sending.

“It’s cool to see the students get in-volved with a really good cause,” said Granada.

Granada said even though ev-eryone has a hectic schedule, they always make time for Up ‘til Dawn.

Student organizations and groups of friends who just wanted to come together for a good cause participat-ed. The students made up ‘teams’ and sat at tables to fill out their let-ters.

When students arrived they were given a medical bracelet to wear. Each bracelet had the name of a dif-ferent child who is an actual patient at St. Jude. It also had what type of cancer the child had and was a re-minder that despite all of the fun of the event, everyone was there for a purpose.

“It’s just really fun to be involved

and to help the children,” said Emily Lovelady, a junior elementary educa-tion major.

Lovelady said that with being in college it’s much easier to donate time than money.

Other students participated be-cause the cause hit very close to home.

“In high school, I had a friend who got cancer…and she ended up going to St. Jude’s,” said Aisling Carbery-Shaha, a sophomore elementary education major.

Carbery-Shaha’s team was made up of members of the Associated Pro-fessional Educators of Louisiana. She said that since she was going to be a teacher, she felt it was important that she supported children.

Many students that night felt a connection with the event for rea-sons that maybe no one else really knew about.

“My best friend in first grade died of cancer,” said Brittany Guillory, a junior pre-pharmacy major.

Guillory said she couldn’t imagine a child having to deal with cancer.

Door prizes and Raisin’ Canes were provided. A live band also took the stage.

Judy Smith started college at 44-years-old. After losing her job of 20 years, going back to school was the only option. Now Smith has become an influence to many students over the last 12 years as a financial aid counselor.

Smith started as a student worker in the financial aid office while pursuing her degree and was hired soon after.

“I thought getting the job in financial aid would be the most amazing thing, but little did I know, no one wanted it,” Smith said.

After her first three days, Smith left the office in tears, but it didn’t take her long to become “Momma.”

“A few years back there was a football player who I helped,” Smith said with a smile. “If I was busy when he came into the office he would just stand at the front and holler, ‘Momma,’ and I guess it just stuck.”

The nickname fits the woman who coworkers say goes above and beyond for every student who walks through the door.

Fellow counselor Gail Bonner described Smith as someone who puts herself aside to consider everyone else’s needs.

“She has told me numerous times that each morning she always prays

that God will put someone in her path that she can help, which would fulfill her purpose for each day,” Bonner said.

Smith said she loves the ULM family, she loves the students and she’s not leaving any time soon.

“I’m 59. At my age most people are looking to retire, and I just feel lucky to love what I do,” Smith said.

For Smith, it’s the students and the love of education that make her job rewarding. She said she didn’t come to college at 44 just for the fun of it.

Education opened doors for her, and being able to help open those doors for others keeps her going every day.

Coworker Stephanie Banks said,

“With her down-to-earth approach to any topic, a little humor and humility, she is an amazing wealth of financial aid knowledge, but more importantly, she exemplifies the definition of service.”

Smith accepts no credit for accomplishments. Her friends knew she wouldn’t. Smith said she solves problems by double teaming with her coworkers and other departments.

Student worker Lyssa Caylor attested to the line of students always waiting to see Smith. “Everyone wants to see her, and they always wait,” Caylor said.

They wait for Momma.

Students, faculty and guests braved the cold Thursday morning for the third annual Reach Out to Help sem-inar. The seminar, put on by ULM Helps, was in honor of National Sur-vivors of Suicide Day.

The event included booths from several programs that support sui-cide outreach programs like the ULM Marriage and Family Therapy Center and West Monroe AmeriCorps.

Other booths showcased ways to relive stress. Carrere Technical Col-lege had massage tables set up for stress relief that even the busy school mascot Ace could not pass up.

The Monroe Athletic Club had their booth out to support the event.

“We came out to support and promote stress relieving through ex-ercise,” said Brandon McDaniel, a junior Kinesiology major manning the MAC’s booth.

The main theme for the seminar was being a “University with a heart,”

as President Nick Bruno put it. The group was also celebrating the

4,000 people ULM Helps has trained to recognize those who might com-mit suicide. These students follow

the idea that Dr. Wayne Brumfield, vice president of student affairs, put forward by “not walking around cam-pus with blinders on.”

Peggy Buffington, project director

of ULM HELPS, stressed the impor-tance of being there for people in need. One of the main events at this seminar was the joining of hands of all in attendance.

“This circle symbolizes our willing-ness to hold out a hand to those in need,” said Buffington. “It gives me chills every time I see it.”

They also released balloons in honor of those whose lives have been lost to suicide.

“We should honor these peo-ple that in a moment decided not to move forward, and honor the fact that we are not going to let anymore lives be wasted,” said Buffington.

NEWS

contact Lea Anna Cardwell [email protected]

contact Catherine Morrison [email protected]

contact Alan Donald [email protected]

by Catherine Morrison

by Lea Anna Cardwell

by Alan Donald

photo by ULM Photography


Participants of the ULM Helps suicide walk join hands as a show of support for suicide survivors.

Judy Smith, a financial aid counselor known as Momma, helps students daily with financial aid needs.

Up ‘til Dawn sends letters to St. Jude’s

Financial Aid’s ‘Momma’ dedicates career to helping students succeed

ULM Helps honors survivors of suicide“This circle

symbolizes our willingness to hold out a hand to those

in need.”Peggy Buffington,

ULM Helps project director


Joey and Kelly Bass saw an opportunity to give something special to the people of Monroe, so they took it. Painting with a Twist was opened in August of last year.

Originally created by two women after Hurricane Katrina, its purpose was to help take peoples’ minds off of the problems around them brought on by the storm.

At Painting with a Twist you can bring your friends or come alone for a painting session. There are over 2,500 paintings to choose from. An artist will instruct you on how to paint the pre-drawn canvas. When you’re finished, you’ll have a piece of artwork you created yourself.

This unique business is a franchise with about 70 locations nationwide.

Joey Bass and his wife, Kelly, were a young couple who noticed that there was not a lot for young adults to do in the area.

Originally from Shreveport, the couple now lives in Monroe.

Not being big into the party or drinking scene, the couple found that going out to eat was pretty much the only thing to really do in Monroe.

Joey Bass always wanted to own his own business.

He started seeing Facebook posts about Painting with a Twist from girls and how much they loved it.

The couple decided to try to bring Painting with a Twist to Monroe.

“It almost didn’t happen,” said Joey Bass.

The thing that always remained in the back of his mind was that he knew if they didn’t do it, someone else would.

After a lot of persistence and being turned down by five banks, the couple finally succeeded.

Now over a year of being in

business, Painting with a Twist is a popular Monroe pastime.

“The atmosphere is really relaxed, and it’s a great way to relieve stress,”

said Katey Lara, a senior marketing major. Lara also said the staff was super friendly and they make you feel like the best artist.

According to Joey Bass, the most common thing people say about their own artistic abilities is that they can only draw stick figures.

His usual response is, “There’s no stick figures in this painting so you’re good.” Painting with a Twist has over 2,500 paintings to choose from.

They do a lot of girls’ nights, birthday parties and even a few company parties.

A two hour session is $35 a person.

A three hour session is $45 a person. You are allowed to bring anything

you want to eat or drink into the session. People have even ordered pizza while painting.

They also do private parties, which cost the same as regular sessions, but you get to pick the painting you want to do. There is a minimum of 10 people to have a private party.

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Above: Frannie Wood paints her canvas blue. Each person is given a palate of colors to choose from in order to create a unique canvas.

Top photo: Anthony Inman, a painting instructor for Painting with a Twist, demonstrates how to fill inthe background for a painting of a sock monkey. Bottom photo: A display of paintings to choose from is set up in the shop.

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The Downtown Gallery Crawl will take place 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 6.

Nine art galleries will show-case art from different artists.

Those who are interested in attending will be able to view fine art while enjoying food and wine from local vendors.

For more information go to Downtowngallerycrawl.com.

The Division of Dance will perform the Fall Dance Fusion at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Brown Auditorium.

Dance Fusion will showcase all things dance. This event will feature choreography by dance students as well as faculty members.

Students get in free with a valid student ID. General admis-sion is $5 at the door.

James Boldin and Richard Seiler will perform at the Facul-ty Artist Concert Series at 7:30 on Thursday in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall.

Boldin will perform on the horn while Seiler will accompa-ny on the piano.

This event is free and open to the public

Auditions for the Spring musi-cal, “Guys and Dolls” will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2 in Brown Auditorium.

Students will need to bring 16 to 32 bars of a prepared song.

A pianist will be available to accompany during the singing portion. Students wishing to au-dition should wear nice clothes but must also be able to dance in them.

Visual and performing arts will have its annual art sale be-ginning Monday in the Bry Art Gallery.

At this art sale ULM faculty and students will sell original artwork.

The art will be available to be sold until Friday.

Bry Art Gallery hours are: Mon.-Thurs. 8-5 p.m. Friday 8-12 p.m.

View fine art at Monroe’s Downtown Gallery Crawl

Division of dance to perform Fall Dance Fusion concert

FACS continues with performance by Seiler, Boldin

‘Guys and Dolls’ audition to take place Dec. 2

Students, faculty to sell original pieces in annual art sale

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The holidays mean family coming together. Family coming together means drama. Hit close to home with you? “The Family Stone” is the perfect movie that combines drama, heart and Christmas all at one time.

If you’re looking looking for a Christmas trip down memory lane then “Home Alone” is an excellent

movie choice. Nineties babies everywhere

remember the movie that made us all want to accidentally get left behind and face danger and adventure...

and a happy ending of

course.

Christmas can bring out the romantic in all of us. “Love Actually” is a great movie to capture the mood.

The 2003 movie follows different couples and their intertwining lives as they deal with love and life all during Christmas time.

It makes a great date or girls night Christmas movie choice.

Christmas doesn’t have to be innocent all of the time.

“Bad Santa” is the perfect choice if you want your

Christmas mixed with a little crime.

If you’re tired of the rosy-cheecked, kids movies, “Bad Santa” is a winner.

The Harry Potter series may not make you think ‘Christmas time’ but it’s still a great option.

Most of the movies have great Christmas scenes essential to the unfolding plot like the Yule Ball in the Goblet of Fire or when Harry receives the invisibility cloak for Christmas in the Scorcerer’s Stone.

Singer and Songwriter Colbie Caillat released her first Christmas album “Christmas in the Sand” on Oct. 22. Caillat attempted to take a different angle with “Christmas in the Sand” and give the people who aren’t familiar with a white Christmas something to relate to but I don’t think the angle was very well met.

I usually hate holiday music. I don’t like listening to people sing the same songs over and over. They always sound the same to me no matter who sings it.

When I first read the name of the album I was hoping there would be more original material but there were only four original songs out of the 12 featured on her album. It still felt like a traditional Christmas album with a fireplace and snow. Not so much sandy or sunny.

Caillat does have a beautiful voice, and I did like her original Christmas songs. “Christmas in the Sand” was a cute and catchy song that had funny lyrics.

Caillat paints you a picture of Santa in a bathing suit trying to catch a wave and Rudolph playing games on the beach. The chorus to that song has been stuck in my head for a couple days.

Her other original songs like “Happy Christmas” and “Every Day is Christmas” were simple but not lacking any charm. Caillat and Jason Reeves make a beautiful duet in “Every Day is Christmas” and even sound a bit like each other.

Unlike her duet with Gavin DeGraw in the classic holiday song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” which just sounded

forced. Their voices did not really compliment each other, and there was more talk than singing.

One traditional song I did love was “Auld Lang Syne.” Caillat’s sweet and mellow voice made this song perhaps the loveliest on the album. This isn’t a song I hear very often either so I was very happy to see that she covered it.

Other classic Christmas songs you can hear on Cailliat’s album are “The Christmas Song,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Winter Wonderland.” Although she sang the songs well, she didn’t really make them her own.

Despite her beautiful voice, the album was still pretty boring. Other than “Auld Lang Syne” there wasn’t anything that really stood out to me.

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to listen to some fun and cheerful holiday music. It was definitely very upbeat and happy. I would give the album 3/5 stars because I do love her voice and acoustic sound. The album just fell short of my expectations.

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I mustache you a question. What better way to celebrate No Shave No-vember than to auction off beards for a good cause?

The ULM BCM is holding their first annual Beard Auction at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, which will take place at the BCM.

Thirteen brave souls, men of course, volunteered to be judged at this event. Anyone is encouraged to come participate and bid on a beard.

The winner of each beard will be allowed to shave the beard howev-er they like. Once the beard has been shaved, it has to stay that way for 24 hours.

“I’m quite itchy,” said Roy Brown, a junior general studies major. “So I’m looking forward to shaving this beard off.”

Jeremy Hill, a sophomore sociolo-gy major said, “I’m excited about the event since it goes towards missions. I think it is going to be unpredictable

to say the least.”The money donated will benefit

winter and summer mission trips for the BCM. Todd Strain, the director of the BCM, said these are collective funds since all of the BCMs are rais-ing money statewide.

The BCM takes trips to new places every year for a good cause.

“I see this event as a creative fun way to raise money for a good cause. I am definitely looking forward to the outcome,” Strain said.

S t r a i n will be par-t i c i p a t i n g in the auc-tion as well and en-c o u r a g e s everyone to come to the BCM.

As final exams approach, students need to form ‘healthy’ study habits to help better their chances of succeed-ing.

Caffeine shots and coffee are pop-ular pick-me-ups when students get sleepy during those late-night study sessions.

Though they may give you an in-stant kick, these sugar-filled energy boosters will leave you crashing.

What is a healthy study habit?First of all, students can start off by

making a calm environment. “Make your surroundings peace-

ful…you don’t want to use stimulants or things that will keep you from sleeping,” said Angie Blades, owner of Fiesta Nutrition Center (located on N.18th st.).

Students can stop by Fiesta Nu-trition Center and create their own version of a ‘student survival kit’ for finals week for $25 or less.

Anxiety Bach Rescue Remedy helps with stress relief and can be purchased in the form of a liquid, loz-

enge or even gum. The store also carries aromathera-

py candles and soaps to help create that important, peaceful space that students need to focus.

Students also might want to think twice before chugging those coffee drinks to stay awake.

“Too much coffee will make your mind jumpy where you can’t concen-trate,” said Blades. Blades said it also can cause an upset stomach.

There are a lot of items that can re-place coffee that students may not even think about as means to help them study.

Healthy snacks, protein bars, smoothies made from protein pow-ders and green tea drinks are all suitable replacements for the average cup of Joe. All of these items can be found at Fiesta.

W a l - M a r t also has its fair share of vitamins to choose from.

Focusfactor is one supplement they carry that is supposed to help with memory, concentration and fo-cus. Focusfactor sells for about $15 at the Wal-Mart on Louisville.

ULM even offers free and simple ways to help form a healthier study habit.

“Exercise helps pump oxygen to the brain which is much needed during studying hours. So, I would encourage students to take an hour or so to walk (yes walk) down to the activity center and participate in one of the group exercise classes,” said Marcela Do Nascimento, a

senior nursing major. Nasci-mento said her favorite class offered

is Zumba.Hercampus.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go, and if the Mayans were right, it’s going to start looking like the apocalypse very soon.

It seems that most people have forgotten, or refuse to acknowledge, the end of the Mayan calendar, and the ensuing doomsday, are a mere three weeks away.

Dec. 21 is fast approaching, and although the sun may turn black, blood may fall from the sky and the wrath of the Mayans will be unleashed upon the earth, there is still hope.

While the way the apocalypse will be carried out is never certain, the most probable and best-case scenario to prepare for is the raising of the dead by an ancient Mayan curse.

Preparation for the Mayan zombie apocalypse is as easy as preparing for any natural disaster, with a few twists.

The most important part of any

doomsday scenario is staying alive. That means you must first find the essentials, such as water, non-perishable foods, batteries, flashlights and other related items.

After gathering the essentials, establishing a survival plan is a must.

While holing up in a fortified building such as a boarded up apartment or bomb shelter may seem like a good idea at first, running out of supplies and security breaches can turn the shelter that once protected you into a death trap.

Your best bet for staying alive during the apocalypse is staying mobile with a small group of survivors and being able to move between shelters as fast as possible, that way if your position is compromised you can pick up and leave.

Make sure to travel at night, as the Mayan zombies have limited night vision and will not be able to follow as easily in the dark. Also, stay in the open spaces.

After decades of rot, the Mayan zombies have lost a lot of mobility, so out maneuvering the hordes should be fairly simple as long as you don’t get stupid and corner yourself.

Finally, one of the most important aspects of any zombie apocalypse is self-defense.

While it may be hard to cut down a horde of zombies, keep in mind that those infected are no longer humans

but ravenous monsters that have no desire but to feast on your warm flesh.

Firearms, such as pistols and shotguns, are useful in certain situations, but should be avoided for the most part and used only if necessary.

The loud noises attract other zombies and ammunition in the post-apocalyptic world will be limited.

Hand-held weapons such as machetes, baseball bats, hammers, shovels, axes and swords and ranged weapons like bows and crossbows are best to clear your way of the walking dead.

When disposing of zombies, it’s important to remember not to get overwhelmed. One or two zombies can quickly turn into a horde of 20 or 30.

The most important thing to remember is the zombies can only be killed by destroying the brain.

An arrow to the chest may take a normal human out of commission, but a zombie will keep coming after you until you take its head off.

At the end of the day, survival all comes down to preparation.

As the end of the Mayan calendar comes, just remember to keep an eye open and sleep with your crossbow under your pillow.

Earth’s demise is soon upon us

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The ULM women’s basketball team is still in search of their first win after a tough second week. The Warhawks opened the week with their home opener against Tulane.

The Green Wave were coming off a huge win against Louisiana Tech. Tu-lane was able to ride that momentum against a very good Warhawk squad Monday night.

The Warhawks kept it even most of the first half keeping the game tied at 19 all at the 7:45 mark. Tulane would go on a 13-0 run from there, as the Warhawks started turning the ball over.

“I thought we played pretty well,” said head coach Mona Martin. “But they went on that big run, and we could not overcome it just like last week at Stephen F. Austin.”

ULM would answer back and cut the lead to 10 at halftime but would never be able to get any closer.

“There are some positives to take away from this game,” said Martin, “We cut our turnovers down to 17 so the girls will not have to run too much during practice.”

The Warhawks were never able to

get any closer to the Green Wave in the second half and lost 70-60. Jae Shin would lead the Warhawks in scoring with 16.

The team would need the fresh legs Friday night as they traveled down to Nichols State. This was a game the Warhawks were never in. The War-hawks would trail and get in a 22-6 hole in the first half and never could get enough offense to close the gap. The Warhawks would lose by dou-ble digits for the third straight game as they fell to the Cornels 85-60. One Warhawk highlight in the game was Ashleigh Simmons first career dou-ble-double. She led all scorers with 22 points and pulled down 12 re-bounds.

The week also brought some good news for the Warhawks as they did manage to ink Journee Beard during the early signing period Wednes-day. Beard is a 5’6” point Guard out of St Michael’s High School in Baton Rouge.

“She is a very good point guard from an outstanding program,” coach Martin said. “She is highly skilled and will be able to help us at that position immediately.”

The Warhawks return home Wednesday afternoon when they face the Lamar Cardinals. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

The Men’s basketball team traveled to Norman, Okla., to play Oklahoma University in the first game of the sea-son at Lloyd Noble Center.

The game was the fifth contest be-tween OU and ULM, with each of the previous four contests taking place and won at OU.

The Warhawks lost 85-51 to OU Sunday Nov. 11, which was the sea-son opener for the sooners also. OU outrebounded ULM 49-30 and out-scored the Warhawks 42-26 down low to start the season 1-0.

In his Warhawk debut, junior guard Amos Olatayo had a breakout performance finishing with a game-high 21 points. Olatayo shot 7-of-15 from the field and also had eight re-bounds, three steals and one assist in 31 minutes.

R.J. McCray scored seven points ULM, while Millaun Brown and Jay-on James each posted six points in their first game as Warhawks. James

led with a team-high four assists.ULM led early on winning 11-10

when James made a layup with 12:14 to go before halftime. The Sooners bounced back on a 17-2 r u n to lead to build a 27-13 to lead. OU’s Steven Pledger put an excla-mation on the run with a 3-pointer.

At the start of the second half the Sooners led 55-26 af-ter a 17-4 run and they never looked back.

Four Okla-homa players notched double figures. Pledg-er led OU with 15 points, A m a t h M ’ B a y e and An-

drew Fitzerald followed with 12 and Je’lon Hornbeak added 10.

ULM will travel to Ruston to play Loui-siana Tech at 7

p.m. on Nov. 24.

ULM head coach Keith Richard an-nounced that the Warhawks would add four student-athletes to next sea-son roster.

Joining the team will be junior college transfer Tylor Ongwae from Eldoret, Kenya, Marvin Williams from Memphis, Tenn. and Demon-dre Harvey from Minden, La., and point guard Nick Coppola of Rich-mond, Va.

Ongwae is currently playing at Ranger Junior College in Texas. He is 6-7 small forward and has a shoot-ing percentage from the field of 51 percent this season. Ongwae is also averaging 18.5 points and eight rebounds a game. Once Ongwae at-tends ULM he will have two years of eligibility remaining to play as a War-hawk.

Williams is currently playing his first season at Northwest Florida Ju-nior College, currently the No. 2 team in the country. He is a 6-8 center and has a 69 percent shooting percentage. Williams is also averaging nine points and six rebounds per game this sea-son. Like Ongwae, Williams will also have two years to play as a Warhawk.

Harvey is currently at Pearl River Junior College in Mississippi. He is a 6-7 power forward and is shooting 61 percent from the field. Harvey is aver-aging 8.7 points, eight rebounds and is this season. Next year he will have three years of eligibility with the War-hawks.

Coppola played for Benedictine College Prep last season. He is a 6-0 point guard and last season averaged 11 points and seven assists per game. Coppola also helped lead BCP to a 28-7 record.

photo courtesy of Jeremy Stevens


ULM men’s head basketball coach Keith Richard.

ULM junior guard Jasmine Shaw takes the ball to the hole against an LC defender earlier this season in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

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History was made this past weekend as the Warhawks beat Sun Belt Conference rival North Texas 42-16 in the last home game of the 2012 season. ULM (7-4,5-2) had over 500 yards of total offense as they routed the Eagles to give ULM its best overall record since turning Division 1 in 1993.

Junior quarterback Kolton Browning silenced any critics who were questioning his ability to overcome injury and return to play as he threw for 324 yards on 25 attempts. Though he knew pain would be a factor, Browning wanted to get back on the field as soon as possible.

In a post-game interview Browning said, “I felt good out there. Just getting in the training room, doing rehab to get right and be at full speed. The trainers did a really good job of getting me back out there, and it felt good tonight. The foot didn’t even cross my mind, I was going off of instinct and it didn’t even bother me out there.”

Browning looked impressive distributing the ball to seven different receivers, some of which who had their best game in a Warhawk uniform. Junior wide receiver Je’Ron Hamm had 119 yard and two

touchdowns through the air in the contest, the most he has ever had in a single game at ULM.

With the seventh victory of the season, the Warhawks will more than likely be receiving their first bowl bid in school history. E S P N . c o m currently has ULM projected to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31, in Memphis, Tenn., against Tulsa University. While these are projections and nothing is set in stone, ULM should be playing post season football for the first time in school history during the Christmas break.

The possibility for ULM football in December has many fans excited in the Monroe area. ULM Alumni Joseph Beard says he will be traveling to the game no matter where the Warhawks play.

“I have been waiting for this for a long time, and I don’t care where the game is,” said Beard. “I am going!”

The Warhawks receivers have put up huge numbers

and established a few receiving records this season.

Leading that cast of receivers is Brent Leonard.

Aside from Kolton Browning, Leonard has reached

a legendary status around ULM after he walked-on a few years ago.

He has emerged as not only the top receiver on this roster, but as one of the top players to ever put on a maroon and gold jersey. These numbers prove that.

In 10 games, Leonard has caught a record of 84 passes previously held by Mack Vincent, (79, 2002). He has accumulated 944 receiving yards, 254 yards shy of Vincent’s receiving record (1,198, 2002), and has nine touchdowns, three away from Stepfret Williams’ TD record (12, 1995).

Leonard has three games of 10+ catches which broke a record held by Williams and Marty Booker’s for most 10-reception games (2, ‘95, 1996 and 1998).

While playing South Alabama Leonard tied Williams’ TD record

(4 TD’s, ’95) and against Arkansas State Leonard was only two catches from tying Jackie Harris’ record game (16 receptions, ’88).

The next receiver who has been huge for ULM’s offense is tight end Jeron Hamm.

Hamm is everything you could ever ask for in a tight end: physical blocker, great hands, sheds tackles and ALWAYS gets open.

This season Hamm has caught 51 passes for 784 yards and six TD’s.

Four of those catches were for 45+ yards, showing he his speed and agility to compare to a wide out.

In only one game this season has Hamm not had more than 40 yards receiving (29 yards, ULL).

You couldn’t even call that a bad game because 19 of those yards resulted in a score that brought ULM right back in the game.

The last two games were the most productive for Hamm as he netted 102 and 119 receiving yards with two TD’s.

The other two receivers in Browning’s arsenal are Tavarese Maye and Rashon Ceaser.

Maye has 47 catches for 520 yards and three TD’s, while Ceaser has 17 catches for 237 yards and two TD’s.

I believe Browning will turn to these dependable targets these next couple games, instead of scrambling and possibly reinjuring his foot.

Two games remain for the Warhawks, the rest is history

photo by Daniel Russell

Cordero Smith and the defense up end North Texas running back Brandin Byrd on the one yard line to stop the Mean Green’s offense on fourth down.

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Scoring Summary

1st QuarterULM - 1-yard rush from

K. Browning (J. Manton XP) 14-80 5:25 ULM 7-0

2nd QuarterNT - 29-yard field goal

from Z. Olen 13-63 6:49 ULM 7-3

ULM - 7-yard pass from K. Browning to B. Leonard (J. Manton XP) 12-77 6:11 ULM 14-3

3rd QuarterULM - 7-yard run from

M. Bailey (J. Manton XP) 12-77 3:37 ULM 21-3

NT - 4-yard pass from D. Thompson to A. Power (Z. Olen XP) 9-75 3:19 ULM 21-10

4th QuarterULM - 24-yard pass from

K. Browning to J. Hamm (J. Manton XP) 8-76 2:46 ULM 28-10

ULM - 61-yard pass from K. Browning to J. Hamm (J. Manton XP) 4-99 0:59 ULM 35-10

NT - 15-yard pass from D. Thompson to D. Smith (Z. Olen XP) 9-83 3:56 ULM 35-16

ULM - 54-yard run from D. McNeal (J. Manton XP) 1-49 0:16 ULM 42-16

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