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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

Part 2: Community Colleges to merge with ULMfor 2 & 2 deal p. 3

Are we speaking with conviction? p. 6

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Although two-and-two agree-ments between the university and community colleges pro-vide students with a cheaper option for taking basic classes, students on both sides of the de-bate argue that students who are able to attend a four-year school immediately after high school should take advantage of the opportunity.

ULM has agreements with three community colleges in the region that allow students to take their first 60 hours at a two-year school and then transfer as a junior to the university.

These colleges include Delta Community College, Bossier Parish Community College and Hinds Community College.

Audi Henderson, who chose Delta Community College af-ter high school, said that at the time, she feels she made the right choice.

Henderson did not follow a TOPS, or the Taylor Oppor-tunity Program, curriculum in high school, but wanted to keep all of her options open after graduation.

TOPS pays full tuition at state schools for any Louisiana resident, regardless of income, who has a 2.5 high school grade point average and scores 20 or above on the ACT.

She felt Delta offered what she needed.

“No matter what I chose to do I was going to have to have my general education classes,” said Henderson.

Hannah Livingston, a ULM MBA student and former Stu-dent Government Assoiation (SGA) president, said that stu-dents like Henderson were the students that administration had in mind while making the agreements.

“Two-and-two agreements give high school students who originally thought they did not want to go to college a second chance at a degree,” said Liv-ingston.

Livingston also said that she feels that any student who could

enter ULM immediately after high school should do so.

“Freshman year can make or break a college career,” said Liv-ingston.

Livingston said that a stu-dent’s first year on campus is the most important because it is

the most influential in shaping post-high school life.

“Your first year is when every-thing is new,” said Livingston. “It’s a chance to scope out your new environment, make friends and get involved.”

She also added that the friend-ships and experiences made in a student’s first year will benefit that student throughout their college career.

Students who elect a two-year school over ULM to start with may miss out on this criti-cal time.

Henderson agrees, stating that she would advise any graduating senior who had the chance to go to a four-year school to take ad-vantage of the opportunity right away rather than starting at a two-year school.

Students on both sides of the agreements feel that beginning at a four-year university is still the best route to take.

by Cole Avery

contact Cole Avery [email protected]

Illustration by Robert Brown

2-and-2 agreements become attractive optionsStudents see ben-efits, drawbacks between 2 and 4 year universities

Chris Pryor, a senior busi-ness entrepreneurship major at ULM, has not been a member of the Warhawk family for very long.

Before coming to ULM in the fall of 2009, he was a stu-dent at Delta Community Col-lege, where he received a busi-ness technology degree.

“The transfer process was not an easy one because all of my credits did not transfer,” Pryor said.

Instead of starting ULM as a junior, he fell back down to

sophomore status, and was not happy about it.

“I was looking forward to starting ULM as a junior, and only having two more years left of school. But instead, I had three more,” Pryor said.

Even though the process was long and difficult, and he loved his community college more, Pryor is happy ULM is now collaborating with Delta Com-munity College.

“Now students won’t get held back a year like I did,” Pryor said.

Meet Chris Pryor, who has attended bothDelta Community College, left, has merged with the University of Louisiana at Monroe, right, for a 2 and 2 deal.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 21, 2011PAGE 4

Hybrid cheating: the two words alone need very little ex-planation. There is no denying that it happens.

With the numerous online classes ULM has added to its curriculum, it has inadvertently heightened the chances and op-portunities of online cheating.

ULM Economics Professor Paul Nelson admits that when it comes to complete online cours-es the opportunities to cheat are greatly increased.

“I wish ULM did not let regu-lar students into online classes.

Unfortunately, all we have done is facilitated cheating by bring-ing students into one unsuper-vised place,” Nelson said.

“Many suggestions faculty have made to curtail cheating have not been implemented, primarily due to increased costs that would be passed on to stu-dents. ULM could be sacrificing integrity for a few credit hours,” said Nelson.

There are some courses that have in-class lectures and their assignments and quizzes are on-line.

It’s an easy opportunity for students to gather and discuss

the answers. Some students believe that in

-class exams are a good way to differentiate between the cheat-ers and students who actually studied.

“I am happy for students to cooperate on quizzes. If the co-operation is genuine, then stu-dents are teaching each other, and when that happens, there is a whole lot of learning going on,” said Nelson.

But, he’s not blind to the chances of cheating.

“I am quite sure that some of what is going on is plain cheat-ing [but] in that case, the cheat-

er will do poorly on the exam,” said Nelson.

Senior English major from Leesville Andréa Jackson doesn’t agree with cheating, whether it’s online or in class.

“Of course, it’s not right; I mean, you shouldn’t cheat. But, since it is online it does make it more available for students to do it. But, when you’re forced to take your exams in class, it proves who actually studied,” said Jackson.

ULM hosted this years 2011 Louisiana Collegiate Honors Conference, Feb. 18 and 19.

The Conference consisted of a key note speaker from the Uni-versity of Arkansas, poster and paper presentations but most importantly the Quiz Bowl.

Six schools competed in the Quiz Bowl, University of Loui-siana at Lafayette (ULL), Loui-

siana State University, Nicholls State University, University of New Orleans (UNO), Delgado Community College and Dil-lard University.

Contestants of the Bowl buzzed-in, Jeopardy style, with four team members to each team.

Questions asked ranged from math and ancient history to movie trivia and current poli-tics.

The final show down in the Quiz Bowl came between UNO and ULL. UNO took home the

trophy with a score of 345 to 240.

ULM did not participate in the Quiz Bowl this year due to hosting the event.

Amanda Warner, senior His-tory major from Bastrop and president of the ULM Honors Program, enjoyed the event.

“This weekend has been quite a success, and I think hosting it this year will help prepare us for next years Quiz Bowl,” Warner said.

Hillary Clinton died and went to heaven. As she stood in front of Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates, she saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. She asked, “What are all those clocks?”

Saint Peter answered, “Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock.

“Every time you lie, the hands on your clock will move.”“Oh,” said Hillary, “Whose clock is that?”“That’s Mother Teresa’s. The hands have never moved, indi-

cating that she never told a lie.”“Whose clock is that?”“That’s Abraham Lincoln’s clock. The hands have only moved

twice telling us that Abe only told two lies in his entire life.”“Where’s Bill’s clock?” Hillary asked.“Bill’s clock is in Jesus’ office. He’s using it as a ceiling fan.”

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Hybrid cheating a problem among students?

Students partake in Quiz Bowl, contestsby Brandy Heckford

Students find cheating an easy solutuion during test taking.

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by Jaclyn Jones

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROEFebruary 21, 2011 PAGE 5

In elementary, junior high and high school, students are cruel to each other. Students are pressured by their peers to do certain things and are used by them.

Most statistics or stories that spring up on the news about bullying address these younger grades. They focus on the fero-ciousness of younger students.

However, it doesn’t stop there; those same things are going on even in college.

Even though most college students have never experienced it while in college, they have seen it happen to others.

Senior, general studies major Preston Dark, was fortunate to never be bullied.

“I never actually experienced college bullying, but it does in-deed exist.”

This is possible in any area where a social heirarchy can ex-

ist. It can be within a sports team,

Greek organization or even among friends.

When people think of the word “bullying,” they assume that someone is being abused with physical harassment, but

it can also be done with words. People can be bullied on the In-ternet.

Cyber bullying is another way to explain this type of torment toward others.

Senior computer science ma-jor, Jhhoneice Meeks said that bullying has advanced with the advances in technology.

“It’s not just verbal taunts

but e-mails, video broadcasting, and social networking. Hazing is also a form of bullying and has been cause the suspension of many organizations,” Meeks said.

According to studies, victims of hazing may be physically as-saulted, beaten, kicked or sub-jected to sexual assaults.

Students may be insulted, ridiculed and systematically hu-miliated by being forced to en-gage in demeaning acts.

Cyber bullying is seen more often than hazing because this generation is so consumed in social networking.

“The bullying that I see is when people are doing name calling of others via Facebook and Twitter,” said Preston.

He believes that private issues, such as relational ones, that oc-cur in private can make their way to publicity on the Internet

Where social heirarchy exists, some form of bullying is a pos-sibility, no matter what the age. contact Markeaya Eaton [email protected]

“The bullying that I see is when people

are doing name calling of others via Facebook and Twit-

ter.”Preston Dark

senior general studies major

Bullying in college: it does exist

Students sound off about being pushed aroundby Markeaya Eaton

Illustration by Kelsey Hargrove

Regional residents ready to test their physical endurance will want to join in the Fifth Annual Warhawk Triathlon on Saturday, March 19, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Lake Oxford Natatorium and finishing in the Grove.

The competitive event, for both adults and children, includes a 400-meter indoor pool swim, an 11-mile bike ride, and a three-mile run.

Food and gumbo will be served to all participants following the Triathlon, and Miss Louisiana Kelsi Crain, a junior kinesiology major at ULM, will also help start the race and greet finishers.

The public is invited to celebrate African American History Month at ULM.The ULM Diversity Commit-tee and the Division of Student Affairs will sponsor the following programs in Ballroom A of the Student Union this week:

• A People Speak – Con-versations About Life at 7 p.m., Feb. 21.

• Black Arts Festival, which includes the unveiling of African Artifacts, from 12 – 2 p.m. on Feb. 22.

• African American History, celebrated by the National Panhellenic Council at 7 p.m., Feb. 23.

Fifth Annual Warhawk Triathlon set for Mar. 19

ULM celebrates Black History Month,

Feb. 21-23


“I’m just, like, inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty?”

The above is a quote from the poet Taylor Mali.

It is the paraphrasing of the speech pattern that an entire generation has picked up.

No one speaks with convic-tion anymore.

There is this unspoken fad of talking as if you are not actually invested in what you are saying.

This is something I’ve noticed a lot in my peers, put perfectly by Mali’s poem, “Speak with Conviction in Typography.”

Our generation is one that weaves its sentences with under-mining words such as “like” and “um.”

These words deface what it is we actually want to say, and in-stead of coming across as a well spoken individual who prides themselves on articulation, we look like bumbbling idiots.

It is as though we aren’t actu-ally sure we agree with our own opinion.

These are not just filler words to collect thoughts, they are cushions for us to fall back on should we be contradicted.

Mali puts it perfectly, calling us “the most aggressively inar-ticulate generation” ever. Half of what comes out of our mouths is fluff.

We are careful to never state exactly what we believe with the authority we feel.

What should be declarative sentences get the tone of having a question mark tacked on the end of them. In the most basic sense, we do not take stances anymore.

Yes, I know that there are some of us who still want to save the whales or stop world hunger.

But, that isn’t what I’m talk-ing about.

I am talking about day-to-day conversation that gets dumbed down into this opinion-less drivel due to our fear of speak-ing with conviction.

We politely excuse any perog-ative we may have with a lot of “you know?” and “right?” at the end of our statements.

There is no integrity left to them.

And even if the “Y Genera-tion” does develop a real stance, our vernacular illustrates differ-

ently.We tread softly as we express

ourselves, often starting our sen-tences with disclaimers.

We come across as having no opinions and no desire to have them.

Whether this is the result of a generation who doesn’t care where they stand, the influence of always having to be politically correct or the ever-growing fail-ure of face-to-face communica-tion, I am not sure.

Do we really have nothing to say? Or are we afraid to speak with conviction. To be honest, I’m not sure which is worse.

“Because contrary to the wis-dom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply question authority. You have to speak with it, too.”

With graduation closely ap-proaching, it is dawning on me how crazy my life is about to become.

Everyone keeps asking me if I’m ready for the “real world,” and I continuously smile and tell them “yes.” But, that is very far from the truth.

While getting resumes to-gether over the past few weeks, I have come to realize that my slightly above normal grade point average and references are going to get me put into the same category with everyone else applying for the jobs I des-perately want.

I have put so much time and effort into maintaining good grades in my classes, but then again, so does everyone I will be competing against.

I seriously doubt that my short-lived job at Abercrombie and Fitch is going to give me an edge on students who graduated from the Manship School.

It seems like hindsight is al-ways 20/20.

When I was a freshman, I was just worried about getting to the right classroom on time and not really worried about getting things in order.

I mean, after graduation, the rest of your life is riding on the things you did in college. Panic has set it. I then realized that I might have one thing in my bag of tricks that will put me a step above those Tigers from LSU.

In the Mass Communication major at ULM, students are re-quired to complete one semester of an internship.

Students may choose an in-ternship wherever they like that deals with their area of concen-tration.

My field is broadcast journal-ism, so I took up an internship at WVUE-Fox 8 in New Or-leans.

It was the most interesting and life-changing summer of my life. I met the most amazing people, and got real life experi-ences.

I found myself back at Fox 8 during my Christmas break, re-acquainting myself with the top executives, even making my way to filming live shots on crime scenes (not a glamorous part of the job, but an interesting one).

My panic has suddenly de-creased now that I look back on how valuable my internship was.

I learned more about the mass media world than I will ever learn from a book and a classroom.

Not only does my internship give me a leg up on my compe-tition, but it also gave me the skills I needed to convince my-self I just might be ready to join the “real world.”

I love being in college, the biggest safety net of all of safety nets.

However, the panic of not be-ing able to measure up to stu-dents from bigger schools has subsided.

I am so thankful for this re-quirement for my major and would like to encourage every-one to partake in an internship of some sort.

BROOKE HOFSTETTER

contact Brooke Hofstetter [email protected]

The importance of interning

COLLETTE KEITH

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Speak with conviction: Have we, like, you know, forgotten how to?


Ever since texting and instant messaging became two of the most used means of communi-cation, there has been a change in everyday English.

This is mostly used by teens and adults (under 35, let’s say. Older than that is a whole new issue!).

Language is an ever changing and evolving process.

And with how quickly every-thing is changing in our society, from the quickly innovating electric goodies to new fashion lines, our language is changing faster than ever.

We’re a generation that com-bines swift Internet and innova-tion, which allows our everyday language to change quicker and more drastically.

Slang is created through con-versions, clipping and acronyms.

Today, with the influence of text and instant messaging, new words are coming into existence all the time.

One favorite trend is turning nouns into verbs (we ‘friend’ and ‘Google’).

This is called a conversion, where you change the word’s function in a sentence.

We also often clip words, or shorten them. For example, in-stead of saying “no problem,” we say “no prob.”

It’s used to save time, like most of our slang today.

Using acronyms is probably the most common. Just think about all the texting shortcuts like OMG, LOL, ROFL, G2G, TTYL, ILY, etc.

All three of these forms of slang creation have a similar purpose: saving time.

Our fast paced lives are filled with fast food, drive-thru and the ability to do a whole lot of things in the palm of your hand (i.e. your iPhone or Droid).

Our words need to be just as fast as us, whether when spoken or typed.

Thus, you hear people saying LOL and OMG out loud often: not in a 13-year-old ‘tween’ girl way, but in a genuine, I-am-say-ing-this-seriously way.

So, what do we do about this? Is it corrupting the English lan-guage? Are we “less educated” sounding?

I don’t think anything needs to be done.

Slang is usually considered a bad thing, but isn’t it just the creation of a way to express our ever advancing and changing world?

I think so. New ideas and technologies are born every day so new words for them must be as well. It is not corrupting our language, just making it more efficient.

True, you probably shouldn’t throw in a “u” in your next for-mal paper (But why are you us-ing a second person pronoun in a formal paper anyway?).

But, over time, these slang will be added into the diction-ary.

After all, ‘ain’t’ is in the dic-tionary.

illustration by Kelsey Hargrove

ROFL: Is technology turningspeach into a laughing matter?

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MELINDA JOHNSON

Well, technology has certainly just taken a turn to the dark, and slightly inappropriate, side.

A new application for iPhone users has just been created by the New York Health Depart-ment, and fittingly so on Valentine’s Day.

What may you ask is this new App? It’s called the ‘Condom Finder,’ which allows users find the five closest locations that give out free condoms.

Users can either use the GPS locator or manu-ally enter an address, and the App will give out directions, hours of operation and what type of “safe sex” products are available.

The App will even go so far as to tell the iPhone user how to use the condom. Right now, the App is only available to residents of New York City, but with every other “good” thing, it will most

probably spread like wildfire. What is society coming to? We get that this is

2011 and most people no longer wait to find “the one” before jumping into the sack. However, this is crossing the line.

Last week, we wrote about a GPS getting a couple to church (yes, they drove into it, but still, at least they made it to church). This week, it’s a story about how a GPS can get you to the closest free condom distributor.

Just when we think technologies will never cease to amaze, or shock, it rears its tasteless head in our direction again.

We give it six months before everyone has that application, and the Health Center is flooded with “random” walk-ins.

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A man claiming to be a street preacher came to the University of Louisiana at Monroe proclaiming the not so good news Friday, Feb. 11.

The man stood on a bench in Scott Plaza yelling at anyone that passed by, screaming out that everyone was a sin-ner, and was going to hell.

The man had a banner with him that had different scriptures written on it about hell and the need to repent.

It’s alleged that the man is with the organization called the Official Street Preachers.

According to some of the student min-istries on campus, people from this orga-nization and others like it have come out to ULM almost every year.

A similar organization, Consuming Fire Ministries, visited Louisiana Tech University during the beginning of the same week.

Todd Strain, Baptist Collegiate Min-istries (BCM) Director, said, “I’ve seen them at every campus I’ve been at.” Strain served at McNeese State and

Georgia Southern before coming to ULM.

“At McNeese, when they would come out we’d put up our sign John 3:17, and just ignored him,” said Strain.

John 3:17 states, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Many students were disturbed by the man’s accusations. It has been reported that he called a girl a whore because she wore pants.

Some students decided to take action, and made their own sign in response.

Rachel Jolly, a junior pre-professional health studies major from Jonesville, made a sign out of plywood that had the scripture 1 Corinthians 9:19 that says, “Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.”

The verse 1 Corinthians 9:19 expresses how Christians are to be everything to all people to share the good news (freedom from sin), not cast judgment as the man was doing.

“I didn’t want people to see us [Chris-

tians] as Bible thumpers. This isn’t what Christianity is about. He undoes every-thing we try to do as Christians. He gives us a bad label,” said Jolly.

“Neither Jesus nor the prophets ever tried to convict people of their sin in this manner,” said Strain.

Jolly had a group of friends with her, and peacefully stood approximately 25 yards away from the man.

“Students would come by asking ques-tions, and we’d tell them that the man was not correct about sin and salvation.

We probably talked to at least 30 stu-dents,” said Jolly.

Jay Weimar, a junior history major from Shreveport, tried to talk to the man for a very long time.

“When asked if he had sinned within the past week, he would dodge the ques-tion,” said Weimar.

Anyone can contact the Official Street Preachers by emailing Ruben Israel at [email protected] Brandy Heckford [email protected]

‘Doomsayers’ find their way to campus

by Brandy Heckford

Students find themself in religious predicament

photo courtsey of Brandy Heckford

Rachel Jolly (left) and Jay Weimer (right) joined together to create their own sign to show to the Doomsayer in the Quad last week.

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The Hawkeye has gone digital. Starting with this week’s edition, the ULM school newspaper will be airing weekly newscasts on its website ulmhawkeyeonline.com.

Called “The Hawkeye Live,” the program will consist of three stories: two from the print edi-tion and one exclusively for the web.

The project is a collabora-tion between mass communi-cation practicum students, The Hawkeye news staff and student members of “Off the Record,” an entertainment website creat-ed in Professor John Rodriguez’ digital media classes.

The program will combine hard news stories, features, en-tertainment and sports, along with commentary and opinion ranging from school-related is-sues to national events.

Produced in the new digital media lab in Stubbs Hall, the show could expand to include in-studio interviews with staff, students, faculty, administration and sports figures.

“This is a great chance for students to get real-world jour-nalism experience while also helping the Hawkeye expand into new areas and reach a wider audience,” said Christopher Mapp, Director of Student Pub-lications and an assistant profes-sor in mass communications.

“It helps students to cross-

train in different media because the future is all converging on-line. With this project, they’ll learn how to wear different hats, which will make them more competitive on the job market,” Mapp said.

The Hawkeye Live will feature two student anchors each week, with juniors Joe Lewis and Tra’ Hall taking the helm initially.

“I’m excited about this oppor-tunity,” Lewis said.

“I’ve always wanted to be a news anchor, and this type of experience is huge.”

Benjamin McDonald will serve as the show’s executive producer.

“We are excited to be able to put the school’s newspaper into a broadcast format. Putting this show together will give us great hands-on experience that will be beneficial to us later on in our careers,” McDonald said.

Through this experience, stu-dents hope to better their ex-pertise, learning team commu-nication skills and how to meet deadlines.

Hall, who plans to make broadcasting a career, said doing the show will give him a creative

outlet along with valuable expe-rience.

“We have a really great team, and we work really well togeth-er,” he said.

contact DeRon Talley [email protected]


Joe Lewis (left) and Tra’ Hall are The Hawkeye Live’s two-man anchor team.

Monica Bontty, a history professor at ULM , who is also an Egyptologist, has hopes on starting a new organization, The Dead Language Society.

Melinda Johnson, a Spanish major from Bossier City, was selected president of the new club.

“The Dead Language Society is hoping to be an organiza-tion that studies and appreci-ates dead languages and the people that spoke them,” said Johnson.

The goal of the society is

to get a better understanding of dead languages, includ-ing learning how they were formed, how they died and what contributions they made to modern language.

The club will focus on an-cient Egyptian, Coptic and Latin.

The idea for the club has been around for a while but Johnson and Bontty plan on making it a reality this semes-ter.

An interest meeting will be conducted as soon as the orga-nization becomes approved.

Dead language society emerges at ULM

Students turn newspaper into newsprogram

by Ciera Paul

by DeRon Talley

Practicum members give life to stories found in The Hawkeye

“I’ve always want-ed to be a news anchor, and this

type of experience is huge.”

Joe Lewislead anchor- Hawkeye Live


Million Dollar Listing returns for its fourth season on Bravo, and it seems the three boys of real-estate will be once again working hard to sell the priciest homes in Southern California while also trying not to argue amongst themselves.

The show follows the three who are based in the areas of Hollywood and Malibu. Madi-son Hildebrand, Josh Flagg and replacing Chad Rogers this sea-son, Josh Altman travel through their respective areas trying to find various ways to sell homes

for their clients. This season seems that it

won’t fail in entertaining as the show dives into the possibility that Madison’s assistant could be dating one of the rival agents, Josh Altman.

This could prove bad for him because it will put him in constant worry that she might reveal secrets to his rival about his business that could hurt his chances with potential clients.

Million Dollar Listing can be seen on the Bravo Channel, Thursdays at 8 p.m.

by Eddie Ray Fountain

After a relationship went sour in high school, Henry “Beanee” Mitchell IV began to express his feelings through poetry.

He took his heartbreak rela-tionship and put it all on paper.

The poem he wrote about an ex-lover turned out to be a tal-ent that grew on him and would later inspire him to become a hip hop artist as well.

The Georgia native, and mass communications major, said he was hurt because he thought it was love.

The feedback from classmates motivated Mitchell to write more poetry.

“People wanted to hear more of bad than good, so I kept writ-ing,” Mitchell said.

As Mitchell was getting older, his poetry was getting better. While in high school, Mitchell was a standout football player

and a part of a dance group. With the light shining down

on him, a lot of people started to recognize Mitchell.

Mitchell explains that as his popularity grew, Mitchell’s ego grew along with it and he took that with him to college.

“I came to college with the mentality that I was above the law, and eventually, I got into trouble and was kicked out” said Mitchell.

After moving back home and spending time at a community college trying to get his life on track, Mitchell realized that just working and not playing foot-ball wasn’t for him.

Mitchell came to ULM and walked on the football team, hoping to to get his life on the right path again.

“Being a walk on, and a regu-lar student gave me a sense of hunger” said Mitchell. He began rapping and eventually released

a mix tape entitled “Poetic Life.” He plans to take music as far

as it allows him. Mitchell is now working on Poetic Life II.

On Sunday, Feb. 13, at 7:00 p.m., the eyes of millions of viewers were glued to their tele-vision sets.

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were taping live as America’s favorite musicians celebrate the art of music.

Many celebrities from every genre were present and nomi-nated for numerous awards.

Even though many were nominated, they all didn’t leave with a Grammy.

Lady Antebellum and new jazz singer, Esperanza Spalding were among the talented win-ners that night.

Spalding, who was nominat-ed for “Best New Artist” went head to head with Justin Beiber and rap artist, Drake.

She shocked the world by beating Beiber.

Lady Gaga arrived to the show in an egg as an advertise-ment for her album, “Born This Way.”

She always expresses herself through fashion, but being in an egg is definitely not fashion-able.

As far as the performances go, Cee-Lo and his special guest Gwyneth Paltrow performed his hit, “Forget You.”

That performance was in-

teresting because no one know Paltrow could sing.

In my opinion, the show this year wasn’t as good as the previ-ous awards. I found some of the performance a little pointless.

I know the Grammy’s cover all music genres, but at one point I was absolutely clueless as to who was singing on stage.

Overall there were good parts and not so good ones. Like the headline says: There have been better.

It started with heartbreak...

by Markeaya Eaton

Bravo returns with ‘Million’

ULM student finds solice in poetry

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2011 Grammy’s: We’ve seen better

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by Derek Dark

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Henry “Beanee” Mitchell IV enjoys performing for students at ULM.


Skinny jeans have become rather cliché, but I think that we should strive to break the fashion status quo and try something a little more daring, i.e. the boyfriend jean.

For some ladies the thought of a baggy jean that isn’t cutting off their circulation is simply unfath-omable but ladies you don’t always need to run and jump to fit into your jeans.

The baggy, but never slouchy boyfriend jean plus some very feminine pieces can equal gorgeous but the key to looking like a centerfold in your boyfriends is to find the right fit.

They should be baggy enough to be considered boyfriend jeans but not huge; remember they are boyfriend jeans not your over weight aunt’s jeans.

They should fit loose but not saggy and the cuff of the jean should be just slightly above the ankle, enough to show off your shoe.

Flats are cute with the boyfriend jean but let’s break out the heels; remember the higher the heel the closer to Jesus.

A YSL-ish heel with a huge platform is a great

contrast against a more masculine jean. Flats aren’t outlawed; I just prefer the glamour

of a nice stiletto. The worn look also adds character to a jean: a

little worn goes a long way and can add more con-trast to the rest of your outfit.

Putting a loose boyfriend jean against a tailored men’s tuxedo jacket and simple white t-shirt offer a good balance.

To be very avantgarde you could also consider wearing a jacket with a little shoulder pad.

You could also go less fitted with a more flowy top like a loose button down or a simple T-shirt; again preferably white.

The boyfriend jean is an effortless look and minimalism is the key so do not go overboard with accessories.

In fashion your boyfriend can be your best friend and compliment your style without the frustration of football games and sportscenter.

Show that boyfriend of yours some love

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by Jared Keller

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The University of Louisiana at Monroe canceled classes on Feb. 4, 5 and 9 due to deteriorating weather conditions.

Classes were canceled late in the afternoon after most stu-dents had already attended their early morning classes. The clos-ing of the university only affect-

ed late classes and labs. Although, the university did

what they felt was best for stu-dents and faculty. Some thought canceling classes was a waste.

“I am very upset about classes being canceled,” said Sharon Helverson, junior mass commu-nications major from Haugh-ton.

“The weather wasn’t that bad and roads weren’t icy.”

Haughton said that canceling classes only piled up more work on an already heavy course load.

While some students fear that the snow day will hurt them academically, others were con-cerned with the idea that they would possibly be stuck at the

university.Instructors plan to follow

their syllabus as closely as pos-sible making minor adjust-ments to make up for the classes missed.

Kederick Wilson, a senior from Arcadia, said he isn’t both-ered by the extra coursework that may possibly come along.

“I felt the university did the best they could by canceling classes and closing the univer-sity. It was the most effective thing to do, especially for the safety of commuters like myself who drive from Ruston,” Wil-son said.

by Ciera Paul

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The Warhawks finished up their regular season at home Sat-urday with a 70-55 win against the University of Louisiana La-fayette.

It was also Senior Night for the Warhawks as they honored Seniors Priscilla Mbinadja, Jordan Rawson and Sannisha Williams before the game. Al-though the Warhawks lead most of the first half, the Ragin Ca-juns never let the deficit get too deep as they eventually tied the game at 31 with 40 seconds to play before the break.

The Warhawks would go on to dominate the second half in the paint by outscoring ULL 22-8. ULM also outrebounded the Ragin Cajuns 60-39.

Senior guard Priscilla Mbi-nadja led ULM with her third double-double of the season

tallying 17 points and 10 re-bounds. Senior Jordan Rawson and Junior Elizabeth Torres fin-ished with 10 rebounds and six assists respectively.

“I feel like we outhustled them in the second half, I’m proud of my seniors; there have been some great memories.” said ULM head coach Mona Martin.

The Warhawks start confer-ence tournament play next week in Hot Springs, Ark. against Troy.

Seniors season end on a winning note

by Jerry Cox

828That’s how many points ULM senior Sannisha Williams scored in her ca-

reer.

Seniors Jordan Rawson, Priscilla Mbinadja and Sannisha Wil-liams are all smiles after winning their last home game at ULM.


Up-paced second half leads womens team to victory over Ragin’ Cajuns

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Warhawk corner-back dismissed from team

Warhawk tennis keeps ball rolling

Soccer finalizes 2011 schedule: be-gins Sept. 23

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Warhawk golf teamfinishes in top 10 at Rice tournament

Fomer starting conerback Robert Neslon was dismissed from the team Thursday. He started 11 of 12 games for ULM this season. Reasons for the dis-missal are still unknown.

The ULM Men’s Golf Team finished in seventh place out of 15 other schools at the Rice Intercolligiate Invational. While Gustaf Kocken finished seventh in individual competiton.


The 2011 women’s soccer schedule will include a slate of in state universities. ULM is sched-uled to play Grambling State, Southern University, South-eastern University and Nicholls State here at ULM. They’ll open conference play sgainst Troy on the road on Sept. 23.

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by Zach Ham

From the gym floor to the rafters aboveBasketball legend has jersey retired

by DeRon Talley

ULM great Glynn Saulter, became the first Warhawk bas-ketball player to have his jersey retired during halftime of the season finale against the Univer-sity of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Saulter played for ULM from 1965-1968, and in that time he was a two-time All-American and scored 2,134 points, which is second all-time in ULM his-tory.

He ranks among the high-est in mostly every category, he ranks among the top five in points per game with 23.5 and free-throw percentage. Saulter’s fame didn’t stop at ULM; he went on to help the 1968 U.S. Olympic team win a gold med-al. His jersey was raised into the rafters to a standing and cheer-

ing crowd.There was also a game that

night as ULM lost 61-46 to it’s rival ULL.

Seniors Lawrence Gilbert and Tommie Sykes were hon-ored before the game. In the game, ULM 7-23 (2-14 SBC) started dry offensively falling behind 7-2 in the first two min-utes, then going into a scoring drought to end the half down 31-20.

To start the second half, the Warhawks rallied to come back

within six points. On the next possessions, UL-Lafayette 14-14 (12-5 SBC), stretched the lead to 41-25.

Fred Brown was the only War-hawk to score in double figures with 13 points in 37 minutes of action. Sykes finished with nine points and six rebounds.

The men are heading into the Sun Belt Conference Tourna-ment with the worst overall re-cord.

Basketball legend Glynn Saulters smiles as his jersey is retired Saturday evening during the ULM-UL-Lafayette game.

The Warhawks are now 8-1 on the season after defeating the University of Southern Mississippi (3-5) this past Fri-day and beating the Golden Eagles 5-2.

With this win the War-hawks have now won seven straight matches.


ULM won the season open-er Friday in an exciting fash-ion. The Warhawk pitching staff struck out 13 batters and pitcher Wil Browning picked up his first win of the season.

Les Aulds also went 3-5 in the game for ULM. The Uni-versity of Texas San Antonio took a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning when ULM tied the game at 2-2.

The Warhawks loaded the bases with 2 out in the ninth, and then Joey Cesario hit a walk-off single to win the game, 3-2.

On Saturday, the Warhawks would have more of a Jekyll and Hyde afternoon. Game one was a show of strength and timely hitting as ULM cruised by the Roadrunners, 13-8.

ULM fell behind early again as pitcher Luke Briley strug-gled and gave up five runs, but he would get the win after a strong offensive performance from the Warhawk bats.

Pitcher Shelby Aulds came in to pitch the final 1 and two third innings to earn his first save.

In game two of the double-header, Saturday the ULM bats

went silent.The Roadrunners took the

lead early and by the time DH Jake Wood hit his monster shot over the right field fence in the fourth inning off ULM pitcher Chan Walsh, the 9-0 game was well in hand.

The Warhawks wouldn’t get on the board until the sixth in-ning and would lose 12-2 and split the double header. On Sunday, UTSA go the better of ULM again as the Hawks took a 14-10 loss ending the series tied.

by Anthony Drummer

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Junior Caleb Clowers is called out as he slides into home plate in 14-10 loss to UTSA..photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Warhawks win in baseball opener

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Wil BrowningSenior RHP finished last season with a 4.87 era in 23 apper-ances and lead the team in saves with 5

Caleb ClowersJunior IF lead the team with a .357 bat-ting avg last season and 15 doubles

Drew Granier Senior RHP finished last season with 79 K’s and 2 CG in 14 starts

Judd Edwards Sophmore IF/OF fin-ished second on the team with a .333 bat-ting avg

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