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www.ulmhawkeyeonline.comVOLUME 84 ISSUE 17 February 07, 2011

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Broken public education gets attention from President Obama p. 3

La. state flag gets makeoverp. 8

ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Break the silence. Go out and raise awareness, like ULM student Lincoln Powell.

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Brooke Hofstetter

Collette Keith

Robert Brown

Jessica Mitchell

Srdjan Marjanovic

Jerry Cox

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Faint-Ewing- Women’s Basketball vs. Arkansas St.- 5:30 p.m.

Faint-Ewing- Men’s Basketball vs. Arkansas St.- 7:30 p.m.

Spyker- “Extremities” play- 7:30 p.m.

Softball Mardi Gras Classic starts today

Spyker- “Extremities” play- 7:30 p.m.

SUB BALLROOMS- Casino Night- 7 p.m.

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Squawk BoxDo you have any Super Bowl traditions?

Taylor AndersonSophomore- Secondary English Education

Mansura, La.

“I don’t really care about the game itself. I just like going to parties.”

Roy BrownFreshman- Kinesiology

Monroe, La.

“I hangout with all my friends and we just talk about the game.”

Jeron HammFreshman- General Studies

Leesville, La.

“I usually invite a lot of people over and we watch the game on a projec-tor. It becomes a huge party with lots

of food.”

Oliver Jackson IVSophomore- Kinesiology

Amite, La.

“I went to the Super Bowl last year with Jason Edwards. I wish I could go

every year.”

Suggestions for questions? Email Andi Sherman at [email protected]

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE PAGE 3February 07, 2011

Recent studies show that America’ s public education is at a standstill.

The nation is behind most developed countries in terms of quality education and has been for many decades.

According to the Broad Foun-dation, America’s top math stu-dents rank 25 out of 30 coun-tries when compared with top students from around the world.

The Broad Foundation is a philantraphy group that is fo-cused on helping students in ur-ban public education gather the skills they will need to succeed in college.

Technology has tremendously progressed within the past two decades. However, not all us-ers of this new technology have progressed with it.

Ava Pugh, Curriculum and Instruction Professor at ULM, is worried that things are not changing fast enough.

“Education has to change with the times,” Pugh said.

Current projections suggest that within the next decade, education past the high school level will be required for nearly half of all new jobs.

However, according to the Broad Foundation, more than 1.2 million students drop out of high school every year.

Brian Bramstedt, a psychol-ogy professor at ULM, expresses his views on the source of our education crisis.

“Parents want better schools but are against longer school days and more homework,” he said.

It is suggested by many that

parents are disengaged and are not encouraging their children to achieve excellence.

“Parents and the commu-nity need to care and be more involved in their child’s educa-tion,“ said Bramstedt.

Elisabeth Pepper, an educa-tion major from West Monroe, shared Bramstedt’s sentiments. “Not all students have parents who show a steady interest in their child’s schooling. It is up the the child’s teacher to meet the needs of these students that are not being met at home.”

The nation’s leaders recognize this as a problem and have tried for years to reform our educa-tional system with programs such as No Child Left Behind.

The goal of this program was to improve the academic achievement of the disadvan-taged.

“When a child walks into a classroom, it should be a place of high expectations and high performance,” said President Barack Obama.

Currently the Obama ad-ministration has implemented a new reform, called Race to the

Top, to replace No Child Left Behind.

Race to the Top is a competi-

tion between states to win fed-eral funding by improving their educational system.

There is set criteria for each state to be graded on.

For each criterion that is met, a certain amount of points is awarded. Funding is awarded to the states that earn the highest amount of points.

In Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address, he said, “Main-taining our leadership in re-search and technology is crucial to America’s success.”

“But if we want to win the future -- if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas -- then we also have to win the race to educate our kids.” Despite all qualms about

America’s public education sys-tem, some find reason to be op-timistic.

by Brandy Heckford

contact Brandy Heckford [email protected]

Jennifer Watkins, left, tutors Paul Thomas, right, in the Student Success Center last week.

“Parents and the community need

to care and be more involved in

their child’s educa-tion.”

-Brian Bramstedtpsychology professor

photo by Robert Brown

U.S. public school system at standstillHowever, some professors stay optimistic about education rates

Student/Teacher ratio:

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% with college degree

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 07, 2011PAGE 4

T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint are all cellular servers that don’t get good coverage on ULM’s campus, according to students.

With that understanding, many of those students rarely get to experience the full poten-tial of their mobile phone ser-vice provider because of “dead zones.”

According to results from a re-cent study, Verizon has the best coverage nation-wide. AT&T is second, followed by Sprint and T-Mobile. Verizon also added the most new contract custom-ers in the last quarter of 2010

year.With the addition of the

iPhone 4 for customers, Ve-rizon is predicted to be the top grossed cell phone company of 2011, experts say.

Many students said through-out the campus they experience numerous dropped calls, or may never receive calls at all. On top of that, text messages aren’t de-livered or received in a timely manner.

Students are getting frustrat-ed and eventually began to ques-tion their service.

Jacob Broussard, a freshman pre-pharmacy major from Del-

cambre, thinks there isn’t a spot on campus where the service is great.

“The SGA office, CNSB, li-brary, and Masur are where you can find unlimited horrible ser-vice,” said Broussard.

“The reason I think reception is so bad is because these places are limited due to the amount of people using the same provider in that building alone” said Broussard.

Michael McDonald, a fresh-man business management major from Gonzales, also an AT&T customer, believes that maybe the reason for bad service

is because of metal on the build-ings.

“I think that the buildings have too much metal on them and it causes the cell phones not to catch good service,” said Mc-Donald.

“It’s a discouraging thing that I have to pay $80 a month for my cell phone, when I cant even use my 3g like I want to. When my contract is up, I’m switching to Verizon so that I can get my money’s worth,” said McDon-ald.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe is taking steps to be-come energy efficient.

The goal is to reduce the amount of energy used across the campus.

The university has lined up two major projects in the at-tempt to conserve energy.

The first ongoing project is the installment of building au-tomation.

The building automation project will allow the automatic programming of temperature in classes and buildings when they are vacant.

Jason Roubique, the facili-ties planning officer at ULM, is excited about the new energy project.

“We plan to have the temper-ature in the winter between 68

and 69 degrees when the build-ing is occupied and let it drop to about 62 degrees when the building becomes vacant,” Rou-bique said.

This act will conserve money ULM normally uses in heating and cooling cost.

The second ongoing project is the replacement of the lighting on the campus with fluorescent

lighting.Although the lamps for the

fluorescent lighting are a little more expensive, it will offset with the lower cost of energy.

Whitley Parker, sophomore

English education major from Delhi, is glad ULM is starting to go green.

“I support any project that ULM takes on,” Parker said.

“We need to be open to vari-ous methods to saving money and saving our school.”

Roubique, along with the Louisiana Department of En-ergy, is encouraging everyone to be as energy efficient as possible.

“We are encouraging every-one to become energy efficient but we are not requiring them to do so,” Roubique said.

They are suggesting that stud-

nets turn off lights when leaving a room, turn off running water faucets when not in use and only run air and heating systems when necessary.

The funding for the projects

are monies from the Louisiana Department of Energy, along with other funds and stimulus money.

Therefore the projects will not interfere with the cost of tuition.

Jaden Leach, a freshman el-ementary education major from West Monroe, is joining the “ULM Goes Green” team.

“Having an energy efficient

campus is very important,” Leach said.

“Not only does energy ef-ficiency save us money, it also cuts down on pollution.” said Leach.

Both projects are ongoing and are planned to be set into action as soon as possible.contact Ciera Paul [email protected]

ULM goes energy friendly this year by installing energy efficient systems.

Tiffany DeLaCerda is frustrated that she cannot get cell phone service in the library.

ULM jumps on ‘Go Green’ bandwagon

by Ciera Paul

“Not only does energy efficiency save us money, it also cuts down on pollution.”

Jaden LeachFreshman Education major

University taking steps to be energy efficient

Cell reception gets lost in ULM’s vortexby Derek Dark

illustration by Kelsey Hargrove


contact Derek Dark [email protected]

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROEFebruary 07, 2011 PAGE 5

The impacts of the sluggish economy are being talked about all over the country.

However, rarely does the me-dia highlight the financial pinch being felt by college students today.

Many students at the Univer-sity of Louisiana at Monroe have been finding ways to get extra cash for the extras in life. One way students are earning this ex-tra cash is by donating plasma.

Whether paying for rent, tu-ition, or just a weekend excur-sion it is always nice to have a little something extra in one’s back pocket.

Talecris Plasma Center, which is located right next to campus on DeSiard St., has been run-ning specials that can give up to $110 for donations.

Tyler Blacklock, a sophomore psychology major from Forney, Texas, is a fan of donating plas-ma.

“Twice a week you can get anywhere between $75-100,” Blacklock said.

“It’s definitely worth it for college students. It’s nice to have spending money for the week-end,” she continued.

Jerry “Sweet” Golden, a se-nior mass communications ma-jor from Sulphur, doesn’t think much about donating.

“I don’t donate plasma, but

if I did, I’d probably use it for a cheap date,” Golden said.

Some students would put the easily earned funds to more long

term plans. Amber Atkins, a sophomore

business major from Monroe, plans on putting the money to good use.

“I would use it toward one of the trips I have planned this se-mester,” Atkins said.

Donors are required to be

at least 18 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and pass a medical examination.

When going to the plasma

center, a state I.D., social secu-rity card and proof of address are required.

Most students usually bring homework or a good book along with them as the visits usually last an hour and a half.

photo by Devon Raymond

Getting students through college: caffeine, burri-tos and blood

Community members of Monroe walk out of Telecris after donating.

“It’s definitely worth it for college stu-dents. It’s nice to have spending money

for the weekend.”-Tyler Blacklock

contact Charles Strauss [email protected]

by Charles Strauss

Plasma puts cash in students’ pockets The Louisiana Small Business

Development Center at ULM is hosting a workshop, “Starting and Financing a Small Business,” from 9-11 a.m. on Feb. 12.

The workshop will be held in Admin, Room 2-105.

The workshop is recommended for those interested in planning to start a small business, expanding business,etc.

Discussion will cover business feasibility, business planning, sources of funds for start-up and expansion, small business re-sources and required licenses.

Pre-registration is required, but there is no fee.

Juniors and seniors at ULM are invited to take part in the Spring 2011 career fair in the SUB. The fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The fair is set up to help students generate contacts with local and regional employers. Professional dress is required for all students who are planning to attend.

The first 50 guests to register online will receive a 1GB flash drive and are put into a drawing to win a 32 GB Apple iPad. For more information, contact [email protected].

LSBDC holds workshop Feb. 12

All Majors Career Fair scheduled for Feb. 16

News briefs


John Kerry seems to have been carefully positioning himself during the upheaval in Egypt with an eye for a job he’s wanted for years: secretary of state.

The Massachusetts senator called on Hosni Mubarak to step down while the White House waited, the Boston Globe col-umnist Joan Vennochi notes, capitalizing on Hillary Clin-

ton’s looking “unprepared and off-balance” in response to the protests. “For once,” Vennochi writes, Kerry “looks artful, as well as ambitious.” Clinton was tapped to be secretary of state after President Obama won the Democratic primary in 2008 and moved to craft his “team of rivals” government. Kerry had to settle for his current gig, chairman of the Senate armed

services committee.But Kerry hasn’t let it go to

waste. He’s delivered impor-tant speeches lauded by wonks, his support for an Afghanistan surge helped convince.

Obama to do it, and his committee released a report this week finding that Ameri-can diplomats in Iraq could find themselves in danger after the U.S. fully withdraws. Af-

ter decades in the public eye, “it’s about time Kerry finds his voice,” Vennochi writes. “Out of crisis, comes opportunity.”

Not everyone wants Kerry to seize it, however, though the option may look good to liber-als.

-By Elspeth ReeveThe Atlantic Wire

Feb. 4, 2011

Death. Just saying the word makes one feel cold and lonely and so extremely uncomfort-able we feel guilty for even mentioning it in the first place.

In society, talking about life and death is only for the philo-

sophical.I attended my first funeral

last weekend for a man I had only met once but felt like I had known him my entire life.

As the eulogy was being read for this 85-year-old hero, (he received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star from World War II), I found myself elbow deep in tissue.

This man not only made an impact for this country, but also on the room full of family surrounding him.

As the eulogy continued, the family laughed and cried

as the speaker brought up fond memories of “PawPaw” and his extreme love of ice cream and intense instructions on how to do things his way.

As I listened to the wonderful memories and quirky habits of a man the room had gathered to say goodbye to, I wondered what things I would be remem-bered for.

Now, I am not one to con-template life and death and what it all means; I know when it’s my time to go, it was all in God’s plans.

However, I have started

thinking about it a little bit more now. As Taps was played, and the last goodbyes said, I now know I want to live a life like “PawPaw” did.

Even though death is not fun to think about, it is important to live the life we want to be re-membered for.

Being afraid of something (death) is not going to stop it from happening, so start lead-ing a life your family will ad-mire you for.

Hawkeye POV

People say you’ll never forget the friends you made in college. The definition of friendship is a complex one, and something not even Webster can define accurately. One never realizes how important friends are until you’re sitting in your room, feeling nauseated and hungry at the same time and your friends come in every 10 minutes to check on you. It is our belief here at the Hawkeye that being sick is by far the only thing that turns 22-year-old adults into 3-year-old children. Being in college and away from home is usually something that students appreciate when they finally arrive at 18 and can move somewhere far enough away from Mom and Dad. However, it only takes one stomach virus to make these pioneers call home and cry because they don’t feel good. It’s nice to know that no matter how gross you look, or what kind of sickness you have, your friends will temporarily fill in

contact Brooke Hofstetter [email protected]

The definition of friendship is a complex one, and some-thing not even Webster can define accurately.

One never realizes how important friends are until you’re sitting in your room, feeling nauseated and hungry at the same time and your friends come in every 10 min-utes to check on you.

Being sick is by far the only thing that turns 22-year-old adults into 3-year-old chil-dren.

Being in college and away from home is usually some-thing that students appreciate when they finally arrive at 18 and can move somewhere far enough away from Mom and Dad.

However, it only takes one stomach virus to make these pioneers call home and cry because they don’t feel good.

It’s nice to know that no matter how gross you look or what kind of sickness you have, your friends will tempo-rarily fill in for Mom.

If you have not been fortu-nate enough to have friends that will take care of you when no one else is around, then we suggest you go out and find someone.

There are man than 8,000 people on this campus, many of whom are far away from home and just looking for someone to show compassion and love their way.

Meet someone new today, and become their friend be-cause you’ll never know when you’ll need them or they’ll need you to run out in the rain and buy some 7-Up and chicken noodle soup.

Haw k e y e P. O. V.

Kerry wants to besecretary of state?

Death: a taboo word

BROOKE HOFSTETTER



By the third week of class, most of us upper-classmen have our classmates pretty well sized up. The first-week-back outfits, hygiene and hair are starting to slack, except by one special type of ULM student: the Miss Lookin’ Perfect.

The general makeup of 1000-2000 level and elective classes seems surprisingly repetitive.

You’ve got at least one Type-A female up front with color-coordinated supplies, a late guy who always has on head phones with a jacket advertising candy, an athlete in house slippers, a Greek, a mom with lots of kid stories and, my favorite, Miss Lookin’ Perfect.

I’m talking about that girl in the freshest outfit every day. Ear-rings match the necklace, shoes match the purse, hair fixed, of-ten in heels for no occasion.

I want you to know that I like what you’re doing.

It is borderline altruistic be-cause it just makes ULM a bet-ter place to be. When people walk around campus, you’re like an educational ornament. You’ve slightly improved the life of every guy you pass that gets a moment to admire the beauty of God’s greatest work of art, the female body.

That’s how you improve my life. Strictly speaking, If I get at

least two flirty smiles, it is worth rolling out of bed for an hour and 15 minutes of exposure to some inconsequential subject like African Cultural Dance.

Miss Lookin’ Perfect exudes self-esteem. If you’re looking good, you’re feeling good. This creates a personal confidence that carries into everything you do. When you feel like you’re looking sexy, you’re less likely to hold poor posture or eat un-healthy. You’re less concerned with the things about your per-ceived physical flaws and more likely to be outgoing and social-ly received.

I’ll never forget my Spanish 102 Miss Lookin’ Perfect. Dark skin, beautiful eyes, great hair, but what really set me off was the selection of skin coverings she pulled off.

Every day something unique

and beautiful adorned her body and every guy in the room ap-preciated it.

Your personality is projected through your style. Although the way you dress doesn’t define you, it’s the means by which you introduce yourself to the world. When there’s no style, there’s no individuality or personal expres-sion. The courage to step out of the masses and claim a look that expresses yourself is the most at-tractive aspect of style.

Ladies, I know looking as good as you do isn’t easy and it makes me appreciate you that much more.

The way those tight jeans cling all the way down to your leather boots, you got it going on and it just ain’t right to put that out of sight.

Governor Bobby Jindal finally introduced a long-term plan to fund universities without more cuts. Hold your applause please; this plan will cost you, the stu-dent, more money.

For the past three years, high-er education has bore the brunt of the steep budget cuts Louisi-ana has faced.

Eliminated degree programs, teacher lay-offs, scholarship cuts, fewer student jobs and now even university mergers are all budget cut consequences stu-dents throughout the state have had to endure.

Throughout these cuts, most leaders in the state, both in the legislature and the governor’s of-fice, have opposed the notion of raising taxes.

After all, a tax increase is not really the best way to get re-elected.

Nor should it be the first op-tion to overcome a budget short-fall. Waste should be trimmed whenever possible.

However, Louisiana has moved well past that point, con-sidering that higher education has been cut some $400 million since 2008-2009.

Further cuts may not be a viable option for Jindal in this election year.

Higher taxes are definitely a no-no, if you are “in it to win it,” that is. So what do you do?

Simple, you raise taxes any-

way but disguise it by calling the raise something else. In this case, call it a tuition hike.

A key part in Jindal’s plan is to increase tuition for students throughout the state.

Students not only have the stress of school to contend with, but many must also work jobs or rely on loans to support them-selves while trying to achieve a degree.

A tuition increase will make things even more difficult on these students.

With more financial burdens, likely situations could include students taking on more hours at work or taking out bigger loans.

Neither will help bolster de-gree completion rates, which have been ordained by Jindal as the only numbers that matter when evaluating a university.

Tuition hikes also serve as a tax on families that fund the majority of their college stu-dents’ tuitions.

These households may not have to write a bigger check to the state in April, but they will be writing bigger checks at the beginning of each semester.

Perhaps Jindal and his strate-gists figured they lost the college voters and their families long ago.

With this tuition hike, Jindal only angers those who are al-ready angry at him, rather than risk losing the support of all vot-ers by initiating an out-right tax.

So what if a tuition raise makes things harder for people already strapped for funds? If you get re-elected, isn’t that all that matters, Governor?

contact Charles Strauss [email protected]

contact Cole Avery [email protected]

COLE AVERY

Hair did, nails did,everything did

CHARLES STRAUSS

Governor Jindal hikestuitions costs for students



The social studies project of a 14-year-old stemmed a change in the Louisiana state flag de-sign. In 2006, Joseph Louviere, an eighth grader from Houma, covered the variations of designs on the Louisiana state flag.

Louviere questioned the dis-appearance of blood drops that were once on the mother peli-can.

“It’s been off and on through history,” Louviere said.

The blood represents Loui-siana’s willingness to sacrifice itself for the people of the state.

Since 1912, a mother pelican feeding her young has been de-picted on the flag.

Yet, over the years the flag has gone from initially having four drops of blood on the pelican’s breast to zero.

It was a change that Louviere

questioned.His family contacted Repre-

sentative Damon Baldone about the issue, who then drafted the legislation to add three drops back onto the flag.

Louviere was allowed to pres-ent his findings to the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee.

After his presentation to the committee, a bill was presented

and passed. LaQuaneisha Smith, a fresh-

man and undeclared major from Shreveport, didn’t even notice the change.

“Truth is, I didn’t even know there were blood drops on the flag to begin with, let alone that they had disappeared.”

She continued, “I will admit though, it sounds nasty but at

the same time its cool having blood on the flag. It’s showing everybody Louisiana is a strong state.”

As to why the blood disap-peared in the first place, ULM history professor Terry Jones be-lieves that the blood drops were not understood.

“It was probably overlooked. Some people may not have un-derstood why it [blood] was there to begin with,” Jones said.

“I think its better with the blood, it explains the symbolism better.”

There were debates as to why the pelican was initially chosen for the flag.

“A lot of other states made fun of us and wondered why we chose the pelican, and the blood helps shed light on the symbol-ism,” said Jones.

The bill was passed in 2006 and the new version of the flag was unveiled last year at the swearing in of Lt. Gov.-elect Jay Dardenne.

contact Jaclyn Jones [email protected]

Interesting facts about La.:

8th-grader asks legislature to return to original flag drawings

The La. state flag just a few short years ago (left) and the flag as it a p p e a r s now, thanks to Joseph L o u v i e r e (right).

by Jaclyn Jones

La. state flag gets graphic


-Biting someone with your natural teeth is con-sidered a simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth is consid-ered an aggravated assault.

-The city of Kaplan is referred to as “The Most

Cajun Place on Earth,” and the town of Jean Lafitte was once a hideaway for

pirates.

-Louisiana has the tall-est state capitol building in the United States; the building is 450 feet tall

with 34 floors.

-The first American army to have African American officers was the confederate Louisi-

ana Native Guards.

“Some people may not have understood why it [blood] was

there to begin with.”Terry Jones

ULM professor


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The ULM Art Department received something that has been on the minds of professors and students alike for the past few years: a brand-new kiln.

The kiln, used for firing ce-ramics, was purchased from Geil Kilns at a total cost of around $38,000.

It is designed to replace the old kiln that the university has been using since 1981.

Ceramics teachers can now monitor it’s firing cycles from their desks because the kiln is complete computerized and can duplicate what would seem like a perfect ceramics firing.

Gary Ratcliffe, a ceram-ics professor at ULM, is elated about the new kiln.

“It will fire smoother and more evenly than the last kiln we had,” Ratcliffe said.

“It’s computerized down to the last detail, leaving us with a quicker, smoother and better firing than the old one. We’re re-ally excited about it.”

To many art students, the kiln means that their firings and pot-tery will look more even.

This will result in less wasted pottery and more display pieces to show off to friends.

The new kiln means a sleeker product for students’ hard work.

Heat is insulated better than

the last kiln, thanks to fiber ce-ramics, which results in more even heat distribution.

‘The old one was dangerous because if an arch would happen to fail on the kiln while some-one was with it, tons of heat would be sent out of the sides,” said Ratcliffe.

The old kiln has been dis-carded, having been turned into scrap metal.

by Andrew McDonald

contact Andrew McDonald [email protected]

Art department gets pottery upgradeBrandy Willaims (left), Miles Dixey (middle) and Nikki Simmons (right) enjoy the new kiln.

University of Louisiana at MonroeSchool of Visual and Performing Arts

Professor of Art, University of Arkasas at MonticelloSponsored by ULM Campus Activities Board

a solo exhibition of mixed media works

Jan. 10 - Feb. 11, 2011

‘Coordinating Conjunctions’

Tom Richard

DIVISION OF ART

BRY ART GALLERY




The term “recognition” is defined as identification of something already known or ac-knowledgement of something as valid.

Jerrod Rankin (J-Rod), one- half of the super R&B duo “RecognitioN” from Magee, Miss., says that’s what they’re trying to gain.

J-Rod and Rico Sivad (Rico Davis), were signed to Capitol Records this past summer.

It marked the beginning to

getting even more recognition; something they’d been striving for since the age of 13.

“Life is a journey and I can’t write about anything I’ve never experienced.” J-rod said.

“I love to be challenged, it brings the best out of me,” he added.

RecogntioN found their in-spiration by many R&B greats like Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations.

They have served as the open-ing act for artists such as KC and

JoJo, Keyshia Cole, Usher and Lil-Wayne, just to name a few.

So what’s next for Recogni-tioN?

Their name is now solidified in the music industry.

Their new single “Scratches” is set to debut on BET and MTV Jams really soon.

If you want to listen to some of their music, just type 4Rec-ognition in the Google search engine.

Hanging out with homeless people and living in a commu-nity house would not ordinarily be called “irresistible.”

However, radical living calls for radical tales, and Shane Clai-borne’s book, “Irresistible Revo-lotion,” is no different.

His tales are about a spiri-tual journey that leaves behind the rules and regulations of the Christian religion and passion-ately starts to follow Christ.

He doesn’t just give to the poor, he lives with them. He doesn’t just pray for Iraq, he goes to visit the Christians there. Claiborne also tells stories of his many arrests for his nonviolent protests for the poor.

For Claiborne, Christianity isn’t about going to church, tith-

ing, or giving to the poor; it’s about serving others.

To some religious people Claiborne’s book is offensive, and encourages people to live too radical.

While his tales are radical, and his comparison of “emotionally charged Christianity as spiri-tual masturbation,” is slightly disturbing, his tales are most revealing of the true essence of Christianity and how all pro-

claiming Christians should live. Claiborne goes to great

lengths to explain that Chris-tianity is not a religious way or the “American way,” but simply another way to live. This book will open the eyes from the most seasoned saint to the lowliest sinner.

A book review:‘Irresistible Revolution’

contact Brandy Heckford [email protected]

R&B duo finally receive ‘RecognitioN’by Derek Dark

BRANDY HECKFORD

all photos courtsey of MCT Campus

contact Derek Dark [email protected]


The new horror film “The Rite,” starring An-thony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue and Alice Braga, is a good choice for horror fans across the board.

The movie tells the tale of American priest, Mi-chael Kovak (O’donoghue). He is sent to Italy by his seminary professor to participate in a class that teaches priests how to exorcise demons.

Michael came from a family of morticians and decided that seminary school was his only exit out of a life he no longer wanted a part in.

Anthony Hopkins plays the role of Father Lu-cas, an exorcism professional and the priest Mi-chael is sent to assist in his dealings with the pos-sessed.

Alice Braga plays the role of Angelina, a reporter who travels to Rome to investigate the validity of exorcisms and their effect on the individuals in-volved.

She meets Michael in a class and quickly be-comes entangled in the web that begins to spin around him.

The graphics were amazing, and the acting was nothing short of what’s expected from the ranks of

Anthony Hopkins. The movie was rated PG-13, which was horrible

because the things that viewers are accustomed to flowing out of the mouth of the possessed were not present.

Prepare yourself for a good scare and thought-provoking ideas as the movie takes you on a spiri-tual journey into the realm of “El Diablo.”

For generations, there have been phenomenal contributions made to society by the hands and minds of African-Ameri-cans.

An African American by the name of Charles Richard Drew helped significantly to change the face of World War II.

Drew began researching plas-ma and blood transfusion while working at Columbia Univer-sity.

He discovered a way to re-move the plasma from red blood cells and effectively store the two separately and freezing for later use.

He revolutionized the medical profession with his discoveries and set up the first blood bank,

The American Red Cross Blood Bank.

He used the blood bank to start the first ever blood drive called “Blood for Britain.”

The blood collected was shipped to Britain and given to the wounded soldiers of World War II.

After the war, Charles Drew became the Chair of Surgery at Howard University, Washing-ton, D.C. He received the Spin-garn Medal in 1944 for his con-tributions to medical science.

Drew lost his life at age 47, after suffering from the wounds of a car accident after he and three other physicians decided to drive to the annual free clinic at Tuskegee in 1950.

Though his life was lost, his contribution to history was not.

He still lives on. So the next time you decide

to pass by a blood drive, remem-ber this: it’s in our blood to give blood.

Ladies, this spring there are some styles that are sticking with us due to the change of the weather. Even though the season is changing soon, some styles are still the same.

Short leather jackets, scarves, and leggings are all trends that seem to have made a huge im-pact. Stilettos never get old when you add a colorful cock-tail dress and throw in some stunning accessories.

Bold colors like hot pink, sapphire blue, golden yellow and cherry red are a must when

putting your wardrobe together this spring. Booties with leop-ard print and solid colors are in style this spring to wear with your favorite pair of jeans.

Some accessories to add to your outfit can be a sassy hat or a belt to wear over your blouse.

This spring big and bold jewelry is in; big necklaces, big bangle bracelets, and oversized earrings can all be used to en-hance your look..

Whatever your style is this spring, make sure that you own it and be creative.

contact Donald Gibson [email protected]

contact Donald Gibson [email protected]

by Donald Gibson

by Donald Gibson

Black History: It’s in our blood

‘The Rite’ gives viewers a fright

by Markeaya Eaton

contact Markeaya Eaton [email protected]

What are you going to wear?


Alliance Wake has named the University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawk Wake Team its 2010 Collegiate Team of the Year.

The group, established by team President Nick McDonald in 2009, has become extremely organized and active after just two short years.

“I got pressure from former Presidents Adam Silcio of LSU and Ory Comeaux of Louisiana Lafayette, and finally decided we had very strong competitors of our own, right here at ULM,” McDonald said.

In its second year of competi-tion, the ULM Wakeboard team landed 13th in the country.

Warhawk Wake hosted the first wakeboarding event on Bayou DeSiard last year, the

first collegiate wakeboarding event to be hosted on a college campus.

The team is fundraising for an upcoming trip to Long Beach, Calif., where they will compete in Empire Wake’s Collegiate Wake Series Championships will be held.

“Usually around three to four times a semester. We plan to host two events this academic year, and we also attend other wakeboarding events all year long that are not competitions,” McDonald said.

The club receives support from Swamp Sports Water-sports, B&L Marine, The Townsend Family, The Birch Family and the ULM sports club staff.

-Courtsey of University Relations

It was an inspiring moment, when the college students of ULM took time out of their busy schedules to come to the Baptist Collegiate Ministry Tal-ent Show and contribute money to a worthy cause.

The show had a wide range of performances that performed

on stage to a packed house.There were several duets and

comedians, and even a rendition of the Spice Girls.

The four young ladies called their group “Old Spice” because the act was portraying the girls 50 years later.

This skit garnered lots of laughs from the audience be-cause most people at the show

knew of this all girl, European band that ruled the ‘90s.

Todd Strain, the BCM direc-tor, enjoyed the show, and was excited to raise money for a local

camp.“The money being raised

is going to the Seeker Spring Camp, which is a local camp in Ouachita Parish for under privi-leged kids,” Strain said.

He continued to explain how the the money will be used for kids who don’t have the money to attend camp.

At the end of the night Aron

Hughes, who is a senior biology major from Lufkin, Texas, took the trophy.

“We were just trying to raise money for the kids,” Hughes said.

Overall the BCM raised more than $800 for the kids to attend Seeker Camp.

Members of ULM’s wake boarding team gather at a local competition.

BCM takes talent, gives money to local campby Eddie Ray Fountain

contact Eddie Ray Fountain [email protected]

ULM Wakeboarding named Team of Year

“... the money is going to the Seeker

Spring Camp...” -Todd Strain

photo courtsey of Denise Myers


Games

Super Bowl Sunday has always been on a Sunday and is usually held on the last Sunday of January. However, for the first time in history, it was held in February (February 3, 2002.) The reason is, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the television schedules were all de-layed by one week. It was held the first week of February on the years 2004 and 2005 and has remained the same ever since. Catch you again on February 5, 2012!

This month inHistory

Across1 Green gem5 Runs easily10 Ruler marking14 High spot15 Baton-passing event16 Delhi dress17 Consequences of a minor accident, per-haps20 Less than 90 de-grees, anglewise21 Baseball card data22 “The Greatest Show on Earth” promoters27 Totally dreadful28 Place for cookies29 Like EEE shoes30 Skin: Suff.31 Air gun ammo34 ‘50s political mono-gram35 Before long38 Span of history39 “So’s __ old man!”40 “¿Cómo __ usted?”41 Horse’s stride42 Adjust to the de-sired wake-up time, as an alarm43 Gently slips past46 Product improve-ment slogan51 Be __ model: exem-

plify grace in success52 Hideous sorts53 Cozy inn whose abbreviation is a hint to this puzzle’s theme59 Grandson of Adam60 Celtic priest of old61 Basis of an inven-tion62 Tennis do-overs63 1,000 kilograms64 Word with ghost or boom

Down1 Sharp punch2 “The Simpsons” storekeeper3 FDR or JFK, politi-cally4 Wide-open space5 Emotional shock6 Hertz auto, e.g.7 Of days gone by8 Bar bill9 Damascus’ land: Abbr.10 “Lord, __?”: Last Supper question11 __ decongestant12 Greek island where Minos ruled13 __ fit: tantrum18 Pond gunk19 G.I.’s group

22 Off-color23 Tolerate24 Winona of “Edward Scissorhands”25 Spun CDs at a party26 Caustic remark30 Crime lab evidence, briefly31 Beauty’s beloved32 Payola, e.g.33 Mythical man-goat35 Get noticed36 River of Flanders37 Lead-in to girl or boy41 Tones one’s body43 Enter stealthily44 Use emery on45 Hide’s partner46 Genesis tower locale47 Dancer Castle48 No-show in a Beck-ett play49 Half-full or half-empty item50 Smudge-proof, like mascara54 Banned bug spray55 Certain sib56 Commotion57 Use a Singer58 Beachgoer’s shade


ULM’s four game winning streak came to a screeching halt last week with two confer-ence road losses against Middle Tennessee and West Kentucky.

The Warhawks were dis-mantled by the Blue Raiders, 87-58 Wednesday. The War-hawks struggled to stay close in the first half before the Blue Raiders took control to-ward the closing minutes and went into halftime up 54-38. Middle Tennessee then hit 19 straight points, while holding the Warhawks scoreless for six minutes to push it’s lead to 73-40. Eliazbeth Torres and Larrie Williams shared a team high 13 points.

Saturday’s loss to Western Kentucky ‘s Hilltoppers was a tale of two halves. The War-hawks stumbled out the gate in the first half, shooting a mere 29 percent from the field and trailing by 22 at halftime, 46-24. But the Warhawks be-gan to mount a furious come-back in the second half, which included a 17-7 run to cut the lead to 10 with five minutes to play.

The Warhawks pulled with-in six with three minutes to play but couldn’t finish the job, ultimately falling to the Hilltoppers, 79-71. Senior guard Elizabeth Torres and freshman guard Alexar Tugler both scored a career high 20

and 14, r e sp e c -tively. The Warhawks bring it back to Fant-Ewing Coliu-seum this week to play against the Arkansas State Red Wolves Thursday in the Pink Zone game at 5:30 p.m. On Sunday the Warhawks take on the UALR Trojans at 5 in Fant Ewing Colusieum. The game will be televised on the Sun-belt Network.

Hawks lose 2 on road

contact Jerry Cox [email protected]

by Jerry Cox

Freshman guard Alexar Tugler scored a career, high 14 in the Warhawks loss to Western Ken-tucky.

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Join ULM in Our Fight AgainstBreast Cancer

$5 Pink Zone T-Shirts for Stu-dents

First 200 Students will receive free Raising Cane’s

$1 will be donated to the Kitty DeGree Breast Cancer Fund-

for every student in atten-dance

Women @ 5:30 p.m. vs Arkansas St.Men @ 7:30 p.m. vs Arkansas St.

Thursday Feb.10

Michael Vicari www.body-cafe.net 318. 342. 8002

This exciting new lifestyle cafe and retail store focuses on fitness and wellness by offering delicious crepes, fresh smoothies with boosts, select nutritional supplements and gourmet coffee.

If you are in the area, please stop by the Body Cafe to experience this new destination.

Come enjoy free Wi-Fi, iPod-friendly environment with televisions and a relaxed atmosphere. Let Body Cafe help you improve your health, stimulate your mind and fuel your body.

FUEL FOR THE BODYSmoothies Crepes CoffeeNutritional Supplements


This past week, the ULM men’s basketball team failed to win a pair of games to Middle Tennes-see and Western Kentucky. The Warhawks (6-19, 1-10 SBC) have now lost six-straight games.

The Warhawks put up a strong fight against the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee just to end up losing once again in the final minute. The team started off well in the first half as they shot 50 per-cent from the field and took a 28-23 lead going into halftime. Senior forward Tommie Sykes lead the team with 14 points and nine rebounds, but it would not be enough to win. With 38 seconds remaining, James Gallman of the Blue Raiders sunk a three pointer to push the score to 55-54 as Middle Tennessee went on to win the game 58-54.

The Warhawks then headed to Western Ken-tucky to face the Hilltoppers looking for a win, but it was not to be. The Hilltoppers used a strong first-half performance including a 14-0 run to take a lead of 43-28 into the break. The Warhawks could not overcome the deficit and the final score was 81-61.

Junior guard Fred Brown led the Warhawks in scoring with 16 points, and seniors Lawrence Gil-bert and Tommie Sykes also managed to score in double digits. The Warhawks will try to get back in the win column this Thursday as they face the Arkansas State Red Wolves at home inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

All-Star games are supposed to demonstrate the talent of a sport’s best players. The best players are usually divided by region or league and a game is played putting one all-star team against the other in an exhibi-tion game.

Basketball, baseball, and hockey leagues each hold their respective events toward the midpoint of the season. Each of these sports also adds some ex-tra flair the Saturday before their exhibition game.

Baseball has a homerun der-

by. Basketball has a skills com-petition that includes a dunk contest, and hockey has a skills competition that gives bragging rights to the players who are the fastest skater and who have the hardest slapshot. This year, the

National Hockey League even had captains choose their teams rather than use east and west re-gions to decide teams.

The NFL Pro Bowl, however, is unique among the major all-star games. Unlike the others, it takes place at the end of the season and has little or no in-novation.

It makes sense to hold the game toward the end of the sea-son, because players wouldn’t want to be injured before the season is over. Unfortunately, this late in the season few peo-

ple, including the players, even care.

Now that the game is played the week before the Super Bowl, many players selected to play in the game sit out, because they are playing in the big game.

This year, James Harrison, Troy Polamalu, and others were replaced with other athletes that were far less deserving to be there.

If this wasn’t enough to wa-ter down the game, the way the players play is in contrast to the nature of football. Instead of

grinding out each play, defenses aren’t allowed to do real blitzes and players barely bother to tackle.

This year’s game saw the NFC take a 42-0 lead and nearly blow it in the second half, and an offensive lineman scored a touchdown, because no one bothered to tackle him aside from a friendly push. The Pro bowl isn’t football anymore, but just a glorified game of seven-on -seven.

NFL Pro Bowl...no bowl after all

Streaking in the wrong directioncontact Anthony Drummer [email protected]

contact Anthony Drummer [email protected]

by Anthony Drummer

Senior guard Lawerance Gilbert walks off the court in a loss earlier this season.

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

ULM FOOTBALLWALK-ON TRYOUTS

The ULM football program will have a meeting on Thursday, February 10th at 5pm at Malone Stadium for those interested in trying out for

the football team.

All those interested must meet the following requirements:

-You must be a full-time ULM student-You must have at least a 2.5 GPA

-You must have played high school football

Please Contact Vince Logan, Director of Football Operations,

at (318) 342-5369 if you have any questions.

ANTHONY DRUMMER


2011 ULM Football Signing Class

February 2nd is a day that high school athletes dream about their whole lives and that the chosen few actually get to be a part of. It is on this day that these young athletes put pen to paper and sign their national letter of intent with their respective colleges. This day is also a day that fans and more importantly, coaches, can’t wait for either. National signing day is a time when programs can add to an already stellar roster or build up in hopes for a better team for the next season. ULM’s second year head coach Todd Berry and his staff, have put together a signing class that they feel will add to an already young and talented team from last season that finished 5-7 and came within one win of making a bowl game. The staff ad-dressed some key places where they thought needed to be filled. In total Berry and his staff signed 21 young men for the 2011 class. Dusty Thibodeaux, founder of Warhawkreport.com, an on-line Website that covers all things ULM sports said, that “ULM ended up being

ranked seventh in the Sun Belt Confer-ence for the 2011 class.” The Warhawks ended up signing seven players from Louisiana, six from Arkansas, five from Texas, and three from Oklahoma. Of

those players, 11 are on offense, eight on the de-fensive side of the ball, and two special teamers, a kicker and a punter. Dusty T h i b o d e a u x went on to say

that “some of these new players brought in will continue to solidify an already established ULM defense and mainly at linebacker.” He also went on to praise Hunter Kissinger (LB Arkansas) and Michael Johnson(LB Arkansas), saying “ these two players are ones to watch for once they arrive on campus.” Expect big things for the ULM Warhawks this coming fall.

Berry adds young talent for 2011

Berry

Mardi Gras Ball 2011

Court & Royalty PresentationBuffet, Drinks, Cash Bar

Thursday March 3SUB Ballrooms 9pm ‘til 1am

Students, Faculty & StaffFREE WITH ULM ID!

Student Guest $5 / Faculty Guest $10

Presented By: ULM Student Government

Putting Referendum Money to Work for Students

2011 Mardi Gras Court

Tickets Available in the SGA officeStudent Center, Room 151

Brayle Brown QB 6-1/180Tyler Cain RB 5-8/180Earnest Carrington QB 6-3/210Tekemian Ceaser WR 6-1/175Caleb Gammel K 6-3/173Joey Gautney DE 6-3/245Justin Ginyard WR 6-2/195Micheal johnson LB 6-2/210Dillon Jordan OL 6-3/267Hunter Kissinger LB 6-3/218Mitch Lane WR 6-2/187Justin Manton K 6-2/175Devontae McNeal RB 6-0/210Colby Mitchell OL 6-2/281Jackson Randle DE 6-2/240Ben Risenhoover OL 6-3?270Cody Robinson ATH 6-2/192Harley Scioneaux TE 6-6/215Allen Tatum DB 6-2/185Joseph Treadwell DT 6-4/240Devon White DB 6-1/185

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