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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Daycare centers in Sweden have started us-ing GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on chil-dren during excursions — a practice that has raised ethical and practical questions.

Some parents are worried day care centers will use the technology to re-place staff. Others wonder whether getting children used to being under surveillance could affect their idea of privacy when they grow older.

The devices are used as extra se-curity by three preschool teachers watching around 20 children, to quickly discover if one of them strays away from the group.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) —The military lifted Tuesday a ban on gays serving openly.

Pentagon press secretary George Little said Monday that the military is adequately prepared for the end of the current policy, commonly known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

For weeks the military servic-es have been accepting applications from openly gay recruits, but waiting for repeal to take effect before pro-cessing the applications.

The Defense Secretary, Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. and President Barack Obama have all said openly gay ser-vice members will not undermine the effectiveness of the military.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana received good grades on plans for dealing with public health emergen-cies and on their public health labs’ performance.

For the second year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave Louisiana’s plans a perfect score in all 13 categories. Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals says only eight states have scored 100 twice in a row.

National averages in the 13 categories ranged from 88 on repack-aging bulk medications for public dispensing to 99 on requesting med-ical supplies from the strategic national stockpile.

Swedes track kids with GPS at daycares

18-year ban on gays in the military lifted

La. ready for emergencies, says the CDC

CORRECTIONSTATENATIONWORLD

NEWS

Warhawk I (one) made an appearance at the ULM vs. Grambling game. This Red-shouldered Hawk represents our Warhawk mascot. Trainers from the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo accompany Warhawk I to all of ULM’s home games in addition to caring for it at the zoo.

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Warhawk I visits home game

The Hawkeye mistakenly used the wrong name to describe the Bill and Linda Ramdin Debate Series.

Also, Lisa Miller, not Laura Mill-er, is the assistant vice president of enrollment management and was quoted in the enrollment numbers article.

Bill and Linda Rambin debate series

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“If a bullet should enter my brain,

let it destroy every closet door.”

Harvey Milk

The SUB now has Talent Hour during Happy Hour on Wednes-days from 2:30-5 p.m. Talent Hour was started to get more people into the SUB and promote Happy Hour where drinks are half price and there are specials on food combos.

Taylor “DJ Phame” Jamison, Brandon “Boonedocks” Boone and Garielle Martin came up with the idea to bring something new and exciting on campus. This allows stu-dents to showcase their talents to the student body. Anyone can sign up via the ULM Campus Dining Facebook page. Each entry gets six minutes to show their talent.

Every week will also feature an “Artist of the Week” with additional acts. Talents range from comedians, poets, dancers, rappers, singers and

musicians. Entrants will be hosted by Boone and Jamison, who DJ be-fore the talent portion begins.

To apply for the featured “Artist of the Week,” entrants should have a CD or mixtape to be given to Garielle Martin in the SUB. Anyone inter-ested in performing should also be aware of the policy against using pro-fane and obscene language.

Carrissa Holmes, sophomore so-cial work major from Monroe, said it’s a nice change for students. “It’s cool. It gives students the opportuni-ty to show off their gifts.”

This new event will be held all se-mester in the SUB every Wednesday from 2:30-5 p.m. Everyone is invit-ed to come to the SUB to support his or her classmates while watching the local talent.

SUB features talents during Happy Hour

by Jaime Arrington

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The School of Nursing is hold-ing a health fair for students in the SUB from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Tues-day.

HIV and STD testing will be con-ducted and freely available to stu-dents.

Other health related information will also be provided. All students are encouraged to attend.

Nursing promotes health fair in SUB

Former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards and author Leo Honeycutt will hold a book signing of Edwards’ new bi-ography at the Clarion Hotel (for-mer Holidome) on Monday.

A social time will begin around 5:30 p.m.

At 6 p.m., the governor will speak and then sign books until 9 p.m.

Book signing for La. gov in Monroe

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NEWS

“The lack of normal hours at Ein-stein Bros. bothers me. By the time I’m out of class, they’re closed,” said Shaleka Griffin, a senior kinesiology major from Shreveport, La.

Approximately a year after open-ing Einstein Bros. Bagel Company as a new dining option for the SUB, ear-ly closing hours cause speculation that the company is not doing well in business.

When asked why the company closed so much earlier than other SUB restaurants, an employee stated that they close early because they are a new company.

Einstein Bros. Bagel Company is trying to get a feel for what business

will be like before they extend their hours.

Cherrelle Carroll, a health care management senior from Kingston, La., said this is unacceptable.

“I was so excited when Einstein’s opened last year,” Carroll said. “It gave us a chance to get away from 6-inch subs and chicken sandwich-es.”

Einstein Bros. focuses on offer-ing diversity apart from the fact that bagels are their staple. The compa-ny emphasizes that they serve dishes other than breakfast.

Although the hours are shorter than other SUB restaurants, Einstein Bros. isn’t in danger of closure. Its employees have faith in the compa-ny and expect greatness.

Einstein Bros. Bagels is open in the SUB Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Early Einstein Bros. hours causes student frustration

photo by Devon Raymond

by A’kai Solmone

Bagel shop closes sooner than other SUB restaurants

Contact A’kai Solmone [email protected]

Joshua Ezell is out of luck as he tries to get bagels after 2 p.m.

Johnny’s Pizza celebrates 44 years of business in Monroe.

Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) is holding a women-only Red Thread Movement to raise awareness about sex trafficking around the world.

An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 women and children are trafficked into the United States each year, and Skylar Robinson from the BCM hopes to help do something about those numbers.

“My hopes are that girls will come and have a better understanding of what’s going on,” Robinson said.

Bracelets made by women rescued from Nepal will be sold for $3 each. The money from the bracelets will go to fund anti-trafficking border units and safe houses.

While learning about what one can do to help end slavery, women will also gather to make pizza and watch a movie.

The Red Thread Movement pizza and movie night scheduled for is Oct. 7 at 6 p.m.

The cost is $5 to attend. Signing up prior to the event is appreciated.

For more information or to sign up, contact Skylar Robinson at [email protected].

Women-only event to stop sex trafficking

Skylar Robinson advocates the Red Thread Movement at the BCM.

photo by Kelsey Hargrove

contact Kelsey Hargrove [email protected]

by Kelsey Hargrove

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NEWS

Iota Phi Theta hosts week-long events for parties, recruits

The sounds of music and laughter rattled the windows around the quad last Monday night as the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity kicked off their Iota week with a founder’s day barbecue.

According to current chapter pres-ident Cleveland Mouton III, the purpose of the week was to “promote Iota on the campus of ULM and let the students know we are present on campus.”

Many other NPHC fraternities and sororities turned out to support their fellow Greeks at the kick-off. It was not only a celebration for the Iota fra-ternity, but also a time of dancing, grilling and Greek unity.

“They’re real friendly and down-to-earth guys,” Stormie Jones, junior mass communication major of Rayville, said of the Iotas. Jones is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority and was one of the many supportive Greeks in attendance.

When the sun went down, the

mood got livelier as the members of different NPHC groups took turns strolling around the fountain to mu-sic provided by the host, Main Event Entertainment, LLC. Students pass-ing by who saw what was going on were welcome to become a part of the event as well.

Monday’s barbecue was followed by a women’s self-defense class on Tuesday, a meeting for young men interested in joining Iota on Wednes-day and a showing of the movie “School Daze” on Thursday.

On top of the activities that were planned, the Iotas made sure to pro-vide some service and awareness for students. STD awareness pamphlets were made available at Monday’s barbecue and a hazing presentation accompanied the movie shown.

Recruiting is still an ongoing pro-cess for the Iotas, so it is not too late for those that are interested but missed the interest meeting.

by Catherine Morrison

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Gay rights activists in North La. scored their biggest win yet in their fight for equality by hosting the re-gion’s first annual gay pride event over the weekend.

“We wanted to do something to strengthen our community,” said Tommy Stewart, co-chairman of the pride committee and co-owner of lo-cal bar Club Pink.

The goals of the event were to “help close the gay-straight gap,” said event representatives, and to promote equality for the area’s homosexual community.

About 250 people attended Fri-day night’s opening activities at Club Pink, which included a pageant, dancing and a general celebration of life itself. Saturday featured a softball tournament and outdoor venders, and Sunday closed the weekend’s activities with a performance by the pageant winners.

Stewart is already planning for next year’s event, saying that this year was a learning experience and bigger things are planned in the future.

“Our intentions were not to have it at a bar, but due to time constraints, we had no choice,” said Stewart. “Next year will be more family ori-ented.”

Jeremy Katz, president of the ULM Gay/Straight Alliance, said that the suc-cess of this event will hopeful-ly lead to more pride events in Monroe in the future. He said the mere fact the gay community was able to have a pride event in this heavily conservative region shows that tolerance and ac-ceptance are coming.

“[Pride] means a lot because I don’t want people to be spreading hate,” said Katz, a junior atmospher-ic science major from Mandeville. “I want people to be open to love.”

Katz said pride events in heavily conservative regions like North La. can inspire people struggling in the closet to be themselves.

“Pride gives them the message that they are not alone,” he said. “There is a safe haven. There are people they can come to.”

North Louisiana Pride was heav-ily advertised in South La. at pride events in Baton Rouge and New Or-leans, as well as Facebook and radio stations. People throughout the state and as far away as California and Florida came to the event.

“People were shocked and amazed that Monroe is finally coming out of the dark ages and adding some color to this place,” said Bo Myers, a bar-tender at Club Pink.

Big-named gay activist and event planner Shane Rogers put his full weight into making the North La. event a success. Rogers, a Bastrop native, is a major player in some of the largest pride events in the coun-try including Southern Decadence in New Orleans and the White Party in Miami. He listed the North La. pride event as a “highest priority” on his website, www.justcircuit.com.

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The Career Connections office and Campus Activities Board joined forces in this year’s style show to demon-strate for students the do’s and don’ts of business attire.

The show combined elements of fashion and business in attempt to create an educational experience for over 500 people and help students gain a trendy advantage on the professional world.

Kyle O’Neal, coordinator of academic internships, said that some students have the notion that business dress is abnormal but hopes the style show will help defer such thoughts. The show was broken down into six different categories: career fair, interview, business lunch/dinner, sporting/charity event, conference/convention and ban-quet.

Whether it was business casual or formal, each cate-gory attempted to offer a certain flare while also giving examples of how to look the part.

The style show served as an eye opener to many soon to be graduates by showing them how to properly tackle the professional world.

Senior social work major Chelsea Carodine felt the show was informative saying, “I am a social work major, and now I can know how to approach an interview.”

Career Connections hopes that students will take the basics they have learned from the style show and apply them to the Career Fair being held in October.

Representatives from groups around campus took to the catwalk to display all kinds of business wear for students gathered at the show.

by Jarred Keller

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photos by Devon Raymond


People say as college students, we should appreciate this life because once we get to the real world, it only gets harder.

Nope, not how I see it. To students like myself, I think about all I juggle every week and wonder how I don’t sleep through Monday.

How do we, as independent col-lege students, have time to enjoy the things we love in the crammed and fast-paced lifestyles we live in day-to-day?

Whether it’s our vehicles, pets, sports or anything outside of school, we have to fight to do what we feel is important enough to squeeze in our busy routines.

However, I don’t think I can call it a routine. A routine is a daily habit that we become accustom to and tends to stay constant.

Maybe I should compare college life to speeding through campus? If you can get past the campus police and speed bumps without with out

running anyone over, you’re doing a good job. Once you hit the high-way, you may go faster, and the ride is smoother…but there are more cops.

It’s obvious we can’t live the way college students live once we grad-uate, because this lifestyle shouldn’t roll over into the real world.

I hate pulling all-nighters and stressing over tests, but at times, there’s no choice. I can hear parents and teachers saying, ”If you wouldn’t have waited till the last minute...” So here’s a big congratulation to anyone with the luxury of free time through-out his or her day to study, because not all of us have it. Even though free time studying wouldn’t really be a luxury.

Like a lot of students, I work 20 hours a week part-time at minimum wage, and weekends are spent trying to make extra cash anyway possible.

I use almost all of my check to pay bills like rent, electricity, cable and Internet on a home I’m barely there to use.

Besides the six hours of sleep I get on a good day, I’m not in my apart-ment more than three hours a day.

To the electric company that keeps my bill over $200: I still don’t know what a fuel adjustment fee is, and why it keeps going up, so whatever it is your tweaking over there, please quit because the thermostat hasn’t left 77 degrees.

Parking at ULM boils down to the question: “Can I make it back to my car before I’m ticketed?”

It’s just another part of the con-stant rush that comes with college.

ULM seems to hire students to give parking tickets, so we won’t see it coming.

I’m not mad about getting the tick-et; I knew the risk when I parked here. I weigh the options of either paying $15 for the ticket or parking a mile away and possibly get locked out of class.

What gets me is when I go to pay a ticket, I return to find my windshield has been blessed yet again.

I know Mr. Student rent-a-cop is probably creeping around the cor-ner, laughing and thinking, “Gotcha again!”

We pay $50 for a sticker that’s pur-pose is to give a spot to park.

So why sell 10x more stickers than parking actually allows?

The parking system just makes stu-dents late for class, adding even more unnecessary stress.

Can we either erase half of those vacant, red faculty-parking lines or take out some ticket money to add more levels to the parking garage?

Could you save us a little time, ULM?

When I got a meal plan my fresh-man year, I got 15 meals a week.

In my mind, that meant 15 meals whenever I wanted to use them.

So if I want to come once every hour just to get a drink and blow eight meals in one day, I should be allowed to.

In the mind of the cafeteria though, it is one meal, per meal period.

So if you were to eat at 2 p.m., that counts as your dinner.

This was news to me since my school schedule did not let me eat at lunch time.

Even though they do not put the food out for dinner, and the cafete-ria considers 2-4 p.m. “snack time” it counts for my dinner for the day?

You can only guess how shocked I was when I returned at 7:30 p.m. af-

ter marching and doing homework to find out that I had to use flex instead of one of my 14 remaining meals.

I think the main thing that aggra-vated me about the policy is it’s not written anywhere.

Even on their website it says, “Each time you eat in your residential res-taurant, one meal is subtracted from your weekly meal balance. “

Emphasis on “weekly.” Nowhere does it say “once per

meal period.” Of course, how updated can that

be when on their meal plan terms page, they talk about changes on Ar-row which is no longer in use?

So seriously, I think the poli-cy needs to be changed or put up so people know about it.

Preferably changed because by limiting the usage, you are not giv-ing me what I paid for which was 15 meals a week.

Not 15 meals, once per meal pe-riod, which in turn kinda makes it more of a four meals a day maximum.

That is what ruffles my feathers.

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OPINION

Any spare time? No, but here’s the change from my pocket

Unwritten rules for meal plans

What ruffles my feathers?

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ZACK BROWN

JOHN SANDERS


I refer to Dr. Bruno’s comments in a recent Hawkeye article where he made manipulative and disparag-ing remarks about the community campaign to salvage the natatorium. Most notably, that “When you start telling students what to do, they’re going to get angry,” in addition to his statement that the community effort was “undermining” students. Anyone who was around and paying attention during the summer knows the groups Bruno was referring to in that article were the same ones he collaborated with over the break to discuss poten-tial solutions for saving the facility. I guess he just forgot to mention that.Understandably they feel used and betrayed by his choice of words,

which misrepresent the community’s intentions entirely, seemingly for the purpose of diminishing student sup-port for the reclamation by framing it as “telling students what to do.” As a student, I’m pretty sure I spend most of my time being told what to do, read, look at, write and think about. Where did Bruno go to school?But more importantly, in a time of fiscal crisis it seems foolish to build walls between the university and po-tential community partners. When the community views the university as a resource they can use, then they will be much more likely care about (and thus invest in) its future. Sadly, during Bruno’s second year, he ap-pears to be burning those bridges. I am not saying that there are no good arguments for building a new pool more suited to student interests. As students, we pay thousands of dollars a semester to attend ULM, and if a fa-cility is not shaped to fit our specific

needs, that is a legitimate complaint. However, we should also care about people other than ourselves. Oppor-tunities for students to socialize are already vast, but the natatorium is the only facility our community has for its needs. Some of the groups that use our pool have proud and long-standing traditions that would be uprooted altogether if a kind of lei-sure pool were built. Personally, I feel a “two-state solution” would be best for both students and the com-munity: something with competition capacity as well as social options.Reportedly, the future of the nata-torium will eventually be put to a student vote. I invite you to think about how community groups, as well as our relationship with them, could be adversely effected. Do you care about where you live?

Joseph RobertsSenior, General Studies

OPINION

Don’t burn bridges with the community over natatorium This weekend’s gay pride event was a landmark achievement for

equality in one of the most conservative places in the country. For North La. to have an event like this is truly a giant step toward accep-tance for all people, no matter who they love.

For years, more progressive parts of the country have opened their arms to the gay community, and we applaud them for it. They have shown the world they accept people for who they are.

Other places, however, have tried to make it abundantly clear that homosexuals are not welcome. Until this weekend, North La. was unquestionably one of those places.

But the gay community stood up for themselves and said, “Nope. Not anymore.” They have every right to live freely and be happy just as the heterosexuals do, even here in the Deep South.

Good for them that they aren’t taking the discrimination any-more.

Things are changing in America. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” ended last week, and now Americans can serve their nation without the fear or repercussions for being who they are. States all over are starting to allow gay marriages.

The pride event shows us that change is coming even in La.. May-be full acceptance won’t happen for many years, but the pride event proves our community is moving in the right direction.

Congratulations to the LGBT community of North La. for its ac-complishment this weekend. May it be the first of many, and may we soon have equality for all.

HAWKEYE P.O.V.LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Former Skinhead leader Frank Meeink, who is now a writer, motivational speaker and an ad-vocate for peace, spoke Tuesday as part of the Leadership Workshop Series.

Meeink is the son of an Irish mother and Ital-ian father, both of whom were influenced by drugs and alcohol. He grew up in a South Penn-sylvania neighborhood of Irish, blacks and Italians, where racial and ethnic tensions were evident.

In 1989, at age fourteen, he visited his cous-in in Lancaster, Pa., who was a member of the Skinheads, a Neo-Nazi white supremacy gang. Meeink was instantly drawn to their anti-mul-tiracial beliefs and terrorism of minority races with justification from the Bible.

“There is nothing more powerful in the world,” Meeink stated, “than doing evil because God gave you that right.”

Meeink shaved his head upon joining the Skin-heads and by age fifteen had a swastika tattooed on his neck. Describing him-self as a “violent, crazed racist,” he committed crimes virtually every day.

Meeink ventured from Philadelphia, Pa., to Indianapolis, Ind., and finally to Springfield, Ill., recruiting followers.

After he and an accomplice held a man pris-oner, beating him and videotaping the crime, he was arrested on charges of kidnapping.

Although he was only 17 years old, Meeink was charged as an adult and subsequently sen-tenced to three to five years in state prison.

While in prison, Meeink underwent a series of life-changing events.

He began to read the Bible while in a maxi-mum security cell and prayed that God would set him free.

Instead, he was relocated to the general pop-

ulation prison. According to Meeink, this was the moment God revealed Himself to him. Among his fellow prisoners, Meeink joined a Bible study group and played sports with other inmates, some of whom belonging to races he previously terrorized.

Upon his release, Meeink returned to Penn-sylvania, but he could not reconnect with his Skinhead friends. After finding a job moving antique furniture and bonding with his Jewish boss, he began to question his beliefs, espe-cially after his boss gave him the confidence he never had before.

“I was so embarrassed by my beliefs,” Mee-ink said. “I knew that [my lifestyle] was wrong because God, human nature and science con-stantly proved me wrong by placing good people in my life.”

When the Oklahoma City Bombing occurred in 1995, Meeink was stunned by the images of the massacre, re-alizing that he might have known the person behind it.

At this point, he began to feel evil because he partic-ipated in and encouraged violence, and now he was seeing the deadly aftermath of such a crime.

Meeink went to the FBI with his story, and also appeared before a Civil Rights Group, with a desire to “put what [he] knew into action.”

He started a program called “Harmony Through Hockey,” in which young people of different races can interact and learn valuable skills.

Meeink left his ULM audience with the mes-

sage that people of different races are not so different after all.

“Race is really just a myth….Our job on this earth is to be at maximum service to the next human being you come into contact with,” he said.

Students were inspired and moved by Mee-ink’s story.

“Everything he said came from a genuine place,” said Ashlyn McClung. “Even though he was rough, his content was really good. It was beautiful what he said”.

“It was very exhilarating,” said Devin Weaver, “I could definitely see remorse coming out. To hear from someone coming from Neo-Nazi be-liefs is definitely something to enjoy, and I want to see him again”.

NEWS

by Lesley Engolia

Weaver

McClung

Frank Meeink shares with the audience his transformation from a Skinhead leader into an advocate for peace as part of Tuesday’s Leadership Workshop series.

photos by Blake Self

contact Lesley Engolia [email protected]


NEWS

Mike Strain, Louisiana commissioner of agri-culture and forestry, came to campus Thursday to address the importance of agriculture in Louisiana and how vital it is to the struggling economy of the United States.

“Farming is big business,” he said, iterating the costs of farming equipment on the market today.

Despite the cost, however, farmers can make significant profits with the demand for produce because the food industry is constantly growing

each year. According to Strain,

even small farms do well. “People want to buy their

products closer to home,” Strain said. “They want to know that their food is safe, fresh and wholesome for their families.”

With the steadily ris-ing population of people living in America, the need for more living space is taking over farm-land, but the need for food also increases.

According to Strain, the food supply in America will have to double by the year 2035 to meet demand.

“We must increase our rate and the acceleration of technology,” Strain said, telling audience members how crucial it is for farmers to be able to produce food in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Taylor Campbell, junior of agriculture busi-ness, said, “It makes you realize what’s actually

going on. It makes you realize that there is more to agriculture than people think.”

Clay Branton, a sophomore studying biology, said he came to Strain’s talk to show his support but also felt special ties to what was said be-cause both of his parents are affiliated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

“In [Louisiana], agriculture is a huge part of our economy,” Branton said. “It always helps to know what is going on in your state.”

Agriculture commissioner declares importance of farmingby Kelsey Hargrove

Campbell Branton

Warhawks hit the road

Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) traveled to Texas Christian University (TCU) with 72 students on Sept. 17 so students could cheer on the Warhawks. BCM students arrived at the game just in time for kickoff.

Not only did students get the chance to show their school spirit, but they also had the opportunity to build relationships with one another.

Sophomore general studies major Roy Brown from Monroe said, “It was a wonderful chance to travel with the BCM and go to a well-known school

to see our team play as well as they did.”

Freshman criminal justice major Taylor McDaniel said, “I was proud to be a part of the BCM group that went to support our team.”

The BCM also participates in other trips, such as state conferences and mission trips, throughout the year.

Students are welcome to partic-ipate in Haven (campus worship) every Tuesday at 8 p.m. or check out the BCM Facebook to get connected.

BCM cheers on Warhawks in Texas at TCU game

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by Sydney Bonner

A group of over 72 students sporting maroon and gold traveled to TCU to cheer for the Warhawks at the game. Students on the trip included Kasey Brownell, Garrison Griffith, Braiden Butcher, Josh Walker, Roy Brown Jr., Babatunde Ifeoluwa, Similoluwa Ogundare, Houston Bass, Christopher Trombatore, Taylor Spann, Hannah Nyman, Becca and many more.

photos courtesy of ULM BCM


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Autumn days are here again

The first day of fall, also known as the autumnal equinox, is Sept. 23 this year. The Autumnal equinox is when the sun sits directly over the equator, making the day and night the same length. After this, the days become shorter.

Many hope the high temperatures will leave as well. This summer has been one of Monroe’s hottest, with temperatures consistently over 100 degrees.

Alyssa Boyd, freshman biology major from Cal-houn, La., said she likes summer but is ready for the temperature drop.

“The cold weather brings on barn fires,” Boyd said. “I’m also looking forward to the pumpkin latte’s and pumpkin cream cheese bagels.”

Joshua Madison, junior communication studies major, is looking forward to his fraternity’s presence on campus growing this fall. “I’m going to be looking for those Iotas on campus,” Madison said.

This is the time of year when the leaves change color and “fall” to the ground. So what are you looking for-ward to most this autumn?

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One obvious sign that fall has set in is the changing colors of the trees around the area.

Why do they do this?The leaves change because there is not enough light or water for photosynthe-

sis in fall. Short warm days and long cool nights give trees the order to stop producing chlo-

rophyll, which is what gives the trees their green color. Suddenly viewers are surrounded with a sea of oranges, yellows and reds.

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Sweet autumn chicken

This year, Madden kept fans hope-ful despite all the turmoil the NFL experienced with the Lockout. Does “Madden 12” ultimately deliver? Yes and no.

The game play in “Madden 12” is definitely more realistic, and one gets the feel of watching a Sunday football game. On the flip side, while the pre-sentation looks amazing and the new camera angles make it more authen-tic, the players have an arcade feel to them.

The always-popular “Franchise Mode” received the most upgrades. With changes such as the new dy-namic player system, a player’s confidence on the field depends on his performance.

After a few straight wins, the player’s confidence will skyrocket. Similarly, confidence will plummet with repeated losses.

Also new to this year is “Cut Days.” As the name implies, it starts with 75 players in the preseason, and one can

cut them where needed. A new free agent and injury reserve engine has also been added.

“Be a Superstar” mode is where a gamer takes a created player from NCAA 12’s “Road to Glory” mode or a rookie from NFL and focus-es on taking them through an entire career to get them in the Hall of Fame. The only positive things that can be said about “Be a Superstar” mode are that the menus are now a lot simpler than in the past, they now have play-er entrances and there are more cut scenes to go along with it. However, that’s about it since it has been overlooked and put to the wayside for the last few years.

While it may be a good game in some aspects, “Madden 12” is still, in a lot of ways, a regurgitation of years past. While it might be a good rent, good advice would say to buy this game at one’s own risk.

Disney announced they are partnering with James Cameron to build a new theme park designed after “Avatar.”

“Avatar” was released in 2009, and was directed by Cameron who also directed “Ti-tanic.” Disney is giving him $400 million to make an actual theme park ride.

In Disney’s press release Cameron says: “‘Avatar’ created a world which audienc-

es can discover again and again, and now, through this incredible partnership with Dis-ney, we’ll be able to bring Pandora to life like never before. With two new ‘Avatar’ films cur-rently in development, we’ll have even more

locations, characters and stories to explore,” said James Cameron.

“I’m chomping at the bit to start work with Disney’s legendary Imagineers to bring our ‘Avatar’ universe to life. Our goal is to go beyond current boundaries of technical in-novation and experiential storytelling, and give park goers the chance to see, hear and touch the world of ‘Avatar’ with an unprece-dented sense of reality.”

The theme park is scheduled to go into construction in 2013 and completed by 2018, three years after the release of the third “Ava-tar” film.

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Ingredients• 20 oz fresh or frozen cubed butternut squash• 4 cubed Golden Delicious apples• 4 frozen chicken cutlets• 1 cup apple cider• 2 tbsp butter• Salt and pepper

Instructions1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Microwave cubed butternut

squash until slightly soft — 6 minutes for fresh, 10-12 min-utes for frozen.

2. Toss squash with cubed apples on baking sheet and ar-range chicken cutlets on a second sheet.

3. Make glaze by reducing apple cider in saucepan over high heat for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter with salt and pepper to taste.

4. Pour half of glaze over squash mixture. Bake squash mix-ture on oven’s upper rack and chicken on lower rack until cubes are tender and chicken is warmed throughout, about 15 minutes.

5. Serve each cutlet atop the squash and apples, drizzled with the remaining glaze.

‘Avatar’ theme park scheduled to open at Disney by 2018

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If yes, then Grad Finale is for you!If yes, then Grad Finale is for you!

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Purchase a cap, gown, diploma frame and more from the bookstore.Purchase your invitations from our o�cial provider, Balfour.

Purchase the o�cial ULM Class ring from Balfour (see a 3D version of the ring at www.ulm.edu/alumni)

Have your �nancial aid exit interviewHave your senior photo taken for the ULM ChacahoulaVisit with representatives of the ULM Graduate school

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One of the latest team sports on campus is known as “Ultimate,” orig-inally known as “Ultimate Frisbee.”

Played in over 42 countries, Ulti-mate combines the athletic endur-ance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football. The object of the game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone.

“It’s not just throwing around a Frisbee,” says Ben Wilson, a player for Wesley and a senior history ma-jor from Monroe. “A lot of people un-derestimate it until they play it and realize how much you have to know about it.”

Players may not run with the disk, but may pivot and pass to other receiv-ers on the field. Players must be able to transition quickly between offense and de-fense during turnovers which oc-cur when a pass is dropped, the disk is intercepted, the disk is passed out of bounds or when a player is caught holding the disc for more than 10 sec-onds.

“It’s a very fast paced and stamina heavy game,” says Wilson.

Ultimate is governed by Spirit of the Game™, which places the respon-sibility for fair play on the players rather than referees.

The Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM), PIKE, Kappa Sig and Kappa Alpha Order also have groups that participate with their own Ultimate teams. Contact can be made through “Monroe Ultimate” on Facebook.

The women’s golf team finished sixth out of 23 teams at their first tournament in Waynesville, N.C., last week.

The team was lead by freshman Jennifer Park who placed second individually.

Park said, “I was nervous before and during the tournament, but I knew that I had support from my teammates which helped me to be more confident.”

Park’s nerves did not reflect in her scores. The first-year player turned in an impressive 68 followed by a second-day 70.

She is the only freshman in the history of the women’s program to score under par for a tourna-ment.

Park now holds the all-time record for the lowest single-round score.

The team was only one shot out of the lead after the first round with a record-breaking 291 team to-

tal, only three shots over par. Sophomore Ali Lucas was impressed with their

overall performance. Lucas said, “The numbers speak for themselves.

This team has great potential to go far this year be-cause we all have the drive to compete and win.”

The Warhawks will be hosting their home tourna-ment today and tomorrow at Bayou Desiard Coun-try Club.

Coach Ashley Tonore said several strong Sun Belt teams will be competing in the Fred Marx Invita-tional.

She said, “I expect the girls to play well in our home event. If we play to our potential, it will be a great tournament to win.”

The women’s golf team encourages students, fac-ulty and alumni to come support them as they strive for a win on the bayou.

America is known as the land of opportunity, and for three Kenyan runners on the ULM cross-country team, opportunity is in good supply.

“Home is better climate wise, but the problem is that we don’t have in-stitutions,” junior Daniel Mutai said.

Mutai, senior Moses Chelimo and junior Silah Chumba, grew up in different parts of Kenya, over 8,000 miles away from Monroe.

They came to find something that cannot be given to them at home.

“The training system is better here, and so it will be easier to get better,” Chumba said.

Chumba is in his first year with the

Warhawks and has finished in the top-five in both of the first two com-petitions in the 8k race.

Mutai is in his second season with ULM, and leads the team with two first-place finishes for the last two competitions.

As the leader on the course, Mu-tai said he likes having Chumba and Chelimo around him training.

“We are all distance runners, so we encourage each other to get better,” Mutai said.

Mutai said the tactic he uses to win races works. He said he knows the time he needs to qualify at nationals and rank in the top-50.

Chelimo is in his final season with the team and talks about how this

program has evolved since his arriv-al.

Chelimo has been the sole Ke-nyan for years but appreciates the ar-rival of Mutai and Chumba from the motherland.

“It feels good that we finally have a chance at winning the conference ti-tle,” Chelimo said.

He said being a Kenyan runner is advantageous because of the way he grew up.

He said the difference in nutrition and lifestyle he experienced growing up plays a factor in his running abil-ity.

“I walked a lot as a child,” senior Moses Chelimo said. He said walking naturally made him a stronger run-

ner. Chelimo has the numbers to show

that his roots have benefited him on the college ranks, but as his collegiate career ends, he remains on a mission.

“With running, you just don’t talk, you do it,” he said. “Until you do, talk-ing means nothing.”

Kenyan trio takes out x-country competition

Ultimate takes Frisbee to new intensity level

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Women’s golf shoots best-round ever; Park finishes 2nd overall

SPORTS


photo courtesy by Daniel Hooker/Western Carolina

Senior Moses Chelimo (left) and juniors Silah Chumba (middle) and Daniel Mutai (right) bring their natural talents to help cross country get its first SBC title.

Senior Ben Wilson attempts to take the Frisbee from a Kappa Sig player.

Freshman Jennifer Park teeing off at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate last week.

AFRICAN ASSASSINS

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Wilson

by DeRon Talley

A team’s top 5 times gets tallied, and the lowest score determines the winner of a meet.

And the winner is...


The volleyball team continues to be successful. Much of the reason for the team’s success are seniors Meghan McCoy, Lacey Dietlin and Mahogany Dilgna.

Many gave up or transferred out when times were bad but not these

Warhawks. McCoy, a senior setter from Bay-

town, Texas, has been a very im-portant player in this program throughout her career including leading the team in assist last season.

“We play for each other,” said Mc-Coy. “It meant a lot, especially to the three original seniors, to have Coach Ernest stick around .”

Also helping lead the team to glo-ry is senior defensive specialist Lac-ey Dietlin. Dietlin came to ULM from Bellflower, Calif. The way she gets the

team motivated is pretty simple. She just has to calm them down.

“I just let them know not to be scared, it’s just a game, and tell them not to be nervous because we have done it millions of times before,” she said. “Just play your game because it is all about confidence.”

Seniors Vivian Polak and Monica Winkel plan to “go big” in their last season on the women’s tennis team.

“We want to do it big,” Polak said. “We really want to win conference this year.”

Winkel said, “It’s our last opportu-nity, so we have to go big.”

Last season, the Warhawks came within one game of reaching the Sun Belt Conference championship match after reaching the semifinals for the first time in program history. They lost to Denver University 4-3.

Claire Clark and Ana Burjaili have finished their tennis careers at ULM, and the team faces challenges with their losses.

The fall season opened at North-western State University on Friday and Saturday.

“It’s going to be different, but we will work things out,” Winkel said.

Polak partnered with Burjaili in 2010, while Winkel shared the court with Clark for the past two seasons.

Polak and Winkel said they aren’t worried about the loss of their part-ners.

“You have to be good enough to play with everybody,” Polak said.

Both women also said they are confident they will compete well in the conference.

“They actually lost good players too, so it’s open,” Polak said.

The team competes in the Stephen F. Austin Fall Classic on Friday.

McCoy, Dietlin, Dilogna rebuild losing program

SPORTS



The soccer team expects to compete well in the Sun Belt Conference led by top scorers Taylor

Bonetti and Alyssa Wooden.Frehman forward Bonetti and defender

Wooden both came from western parts of the United States this year to help lead

the Warhawks’ soccer team.In their non-conference games, Wooden, an Ar-

izona native, scored five goals, and Bonetti, a Ne-vada native, began her career scoring four goals.

“I’m excited to be here,” says Bonetti. “If I im-prove a few aspects of my game, it could ulti-matlely help the team move forward.”

Bonetti and Wooden started in the last nine games, helping to bring the Warhawks’ record to

5-3-1 as their conference games kick off.The team continues to improve in many areas of their game with the

goal to make a first-ever confer-ence tournament appearance.

“They are great players and have

a lot of potential on this team,” says head coach Stacey Lamb.

Wooden and Bonetti believe that this team has a great shot at making it to the tournament, but at the same time feel there are many areas where some fine-tunning is needed throughout the roster.

“Some improvements that we need to make are to come out hard and ready to play,” Wooden and Bonetti added.

As the team looks to get ready for conference games over the next few weeks, Wooden and Bonetti are a lit-tle uneasy, but at the same time have confidence to take on any obsticle that presents itself.

“We are nervous because we know it’s going to be tough,” said Wooden.

The Warhawks host North Texas Friday at 4 p.m. in the first home conference game of the season.

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Freshmen standouts Wooden, Bonetti

Through thick and thin... Seniors find formula to win.

Polak, Winkel hungry for title after semis leave bad taste

Young strikers lead in goals; Conference play begins Friday

Senior Vivian Polak serves for an ace at the ULM Invitational.

Senior Meghan McCoy sets up to serve in a game at the ULM Activity Center.

for more coverage go to:www.ulmhawkeyeonline.com

contact Kiki Elmore [email protected]

Featured here are freshmen Alyssa Wooden (left) and Taylor Bonetti (right).

photos by Srdjan Marjanovic

by Kiki Elmore

by DeRon Talley

by Zach Ham

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