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Page 1: Hawkeye - Issue 18

www.ulmhawkeyeonline.comVOLUME 85 ISSUE 18 February 27, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE

Presidential race: Get quick glimpse of who’s running

Ciroc in, Level out:review of Monroe’s newest nightclub

Online program ranked as best in Louisiana

Softball proves it can,will play hardball

Kinesiology lab offers high-tech fitness training

P 16

P 8

P 3 P 11 P 5

P 9

Associate dean Karlowitz says there is no hobby in

the world he can’t master

photomontage by Srdjan Marjanovicphoto by Robert Brown

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Monroe, LA 71209Editor in chief - Cole Avery

Co-managing editor news - Lauren CreekmoreCo-managing editor design - Srdjan Marjanovic

Sports editor - DeRon TalleyFreestyle editor - Jarred KellerPhoto editor - Robert BrownCopy editor - Stormy Knight

Multimedia editor - Srdjan MarjanovicAdvertising director

Thomas Seth Pryor 318 342 5453 [email protected]

Faculty adviserChristopher Mapp 318 342 5454 [email protected]

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 27, 2012PAGE 2

KABUL, Afghanistan (MCT) — At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded Wednesday in the second day of anti-American protests in Afghanistan after U.S. personnel burned Qurans and other Islamic material at Bagram air base.

Six protesters were killed and 13 wounded in Parwan province, north of Kabul, where Bagram is, said Shah Wali Shahed, the province’s deputy governor.

Shahed said police were forced to open fire when protesters attacked a district police headquarters and stormed the district chief’s office. He said some in the crowd had weapons, and it wasn’t clear who had fired first.

WASHINGTON — (MCT) Dmi-tri Alperovitch, a former McAfee Inc. cyber security researcher, who iden-tified a widespread China-based cyber-espionage operation dubbed Shady Rat, has used a previously un-known hole in smartphone browsers to plant China-based malware that can commandeer the device, record its calls, pinpoint its location and access user texts and emails. He con-ducted the experiment on a phone running Google Inc.’s Android oper-ating system, although he says Apple Inc.’s iPhones are equally vulnerable.

“It’s a much more powerful attack vector than just getting into some-one’s computer,” said Alperovitch.

MONROE — Royce Toney, sherriff of Ouachita Parish was arrested by federal officers Friday.

Toney was charged with conspira-cy, computer fraud, identity theft and obstruction.

Michel Davis, a major with the sheriff’s office, was also arrested and accused of using another person’s AOL email address and password.

The indictment indicates Toney and Davis conspired to track a third party’s electronic interactions. Upon learning the FBI wanted to speak with him, Davis tried to hide the ac-tivities by erasing the computer’s memory and installing a new operat-ing system.

9 die in Afghan protests over Quran burning

Security flawfound in many smartphones

FBI arrests Ouachita Parish sheriff Toney

STATENATIONWORLD

NEWS

Droves of fun-loving people party it up on Bourbon Street in New Orleans last week during the Mardi Gras celebrations. While just a day many places, New Orleans celebrates the holiday for several weeks.

photo by Robert Brown

Bourbon Street Parade

QUOTE

“Humor is a rubber sword. It

allows you to make a point

without drawing blood.”

Mary Hirsch,

author, teacher

Memberships to the natatorium have seen a steady increase since the YMCA took over the once defunct building in January, according to Ca-leb Read, YMCA aquatics director.

“We’re up to about 350 plus mem-berships,” said Read, who used the numbers as evidence to the positive affect that the YMCA is having on the natatorium.

The influx of new members is due to new programs that the YMCA has implemented, such as various swimming classes. The YMCA also dropped the membership price to attract new members from the com-munity.

Students get free access to swim,

but the classes will cost students ex-tra. Students may have to pay more in the future, too, if the YMCA com-pletely takes over the natatorium at the end of the 18-month agreement the organization has with the Uni-versity.

If the YMCA does totally take over the natatorium, students will like-ly have to pay for access. It is unclear what would become of the natatori-um fee students currently pay if that happens because much of the build-ing’s future rests on a referendum vote in the spring.

The natatorium’s future remains in limbo, pending a student vote in April. Students could vote to build a new outdoor pool in Bayou Park. Also on the ballot is measure to turn the natatorium into an event center.

The natatorium’s future also de-pends on sustainability. Student Government Association President Brooke Dugas said the building’s fate

will be up in the air until after the ref-erendum vote.

“We really weren’t sure what their membership would rise to,” Dugas said. “We do think that this is very good, and this is a great opportunity for the students and the community to use the facility.”

YMCA boasts membership increase at natatorium

by Jarred Keller

contact Jarred Keller [email protected]

David D. Standifird, 28, of Hickory Street, Monroe, was arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of DWI first offense and modified exhaust.

ULMPD reported officers initiated the traffic stop because of Standifird’s modified exhaust. Upon ap-proaching Standifird’s vehicle, the officer reported smelling alcohol coming from Standifird. The officer administered standard field sobriety tests and a chem-ical breath test, both of which Standifird performed poorly on.

Standifird was booked in the Ouachita Correction-al Center.

Lamar S. Bolden, 20, of Beale Street, Monroe, was arrested Saturday night on charges of DWI first of-fense, underage possession of alcohol, simple posses-sion of marijuana and window tint at three percent.

ULMPD said in a report the officer smelled burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle and noticed mari-juana in the center console’s ashtray of the car.

Bolden and another suspect in the car admitted to smoking marijuana prior to being pulled over and to drinking an alcoholic beverage containing vodka, rum and coke. A urine sample was taken because of Bold-en’s admission to smoking marijuana before being stopped.

CRIME BRIEFS

350Approximate number of new natatorium memberships, according to YMCA

Swimming classes, lower fees bring more people

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE PAGE 3February 27, 2012

ULM’s online graduate education program was ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s top online programs.

ULM was the only Louisiana insti-tution to be ranked in all four of the ranking’s categories. It also ranked higher than all other Louisiana insti-tutions in every category, except for one.

Of the ranking categories, ULM was selected: 19 in admissions selectivity, 33 in faculty credentials and training, 68 in student services and technolo-gy and 99 in student engagement and accreditation, which was second to Northwestern State’s ranking of 51.

The program has been rec-ognized by The New York Times, National Pub-lic Radio and Louisiana Pub-lic Broadcasting. Eric Pani, inter-im vice president of academic affairs, said that type of coverage is evidence of the high-qual-ity programs ULM offers.

“There is clearly a group of students who want online courses, so I think the future will certainly see growth in this type of delivery,” said Pani. “I’m really looking forward to seeing what innovations will develop as we all be-come more familiar with technology.”

The success of the program stems from a focus of quality control and making sure the students have the re-sources they need to thrive, according to Sandra Lemoine, dean of the Col-lege of Education.

“It’s easy to put a program online, but it’s not easy to ensure it’s a quali-ty program,” said Lemoine. “Once the students are in, we provide support throughout their time here.”

People enrolling in the program receive a practitioner’s license, allow-ing them to teach while still pursuing

their degrees. About 80 people are en-rolled in the teaching program. The temporary license is good for three years, but many finish in 14 months, according to Thillainataraja Sivaku-maran, the associate dean who works most closely with the program.

Sivakumaran said the program is “pretty intensive” because the stu-dents are also working full-time. Mentors are provided to help them.

Sivakumaran and his staff are ap-plying for a grant to further help students. The grant, provided by the U.S. Department of Education, gives a $4,000 stipend and an iPad to stu-dents who teach in low-performing school districts.

NEWS

“It’s easy to put a program online, but it’s not easy to ensure its a

quality program.”Sandra Lemoine,

dean of education

“The wireless at ULM has been terribly slow.”

Imari Hall,

senior

Last Wednesday the computing center made a minor change to how students can access the Internet.

From now on, students are re-quired to open a web browser such as Firefox, Safari or Internet Explor-er on his or her phone or computer to review the disclaimer and connect to the Internet.

Chance Eppinette, interim direc-tor of the computing center, said the change was made because of the overwhelming growth of WiFi capa-ble mobile devices.

“The large number of mobile de-vices being connected were reduc-ing the capacity for students to effec-

tively conduct Moodle class activities and exams,” Eppinette said.

Eppinette also said when there’s a large classroom of 60-100 students and everyone is trying to connect on their phones or computers, the Inter-net becomes sluggish and some stu-dents can’t even connect.

Students or faculty who need ac-

cess to Moodle will have to log on to “ULM Student” or “ULM Faculty” us-ing their ULM username and pass-word.

Eppinette said the purpose of the change is to minimize the number of mobile devices that automatically connect to “ULM Guest” wireless

Imari Hall, a senior mass commu-nications major, said, “The wireless at ULM has been terribly slow, so I al-most never attempt to complete as-signments on my laptop.”

The pharmacy building experi-enced the most problems.

Contact Emma Herrock [email protected]

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Contact Cole Avery [email protected]

Online teaching program receives national ranking

by Cole Avery

Sivakumaran

ULM#68 #99

ONLY LA SCHOOL IN TOP 69

SECOND ONLY TO NSU AT 51

ONLY LA SCHOOL IN TOP 74

ULM#19ULM

ONLY LA SCHOOL IN TOP 26

ADMISSIONSSELECTIVITY #33

STUDENT ENGAGEMENTAND ACCREDITATION

STUDENT SERVICESAND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY CREDENTIALSAND TRAINING

The ULM Bry Art Gallery will feature a two-person exhibition of the works of artists Jay Gould and Jes Schrom through March 1.

Schrom will display an installation of pigmented ink prints and looped vid-eo from her “Reconstructive Memory” series. Gould will display archival inkjet prints from his project titled “Investiga-tions in the 4th Dimension.”

A written statement by each artist will be displayed in the gallery to give deeper insights into each artist’s vision for this show. A reception for the artists will be scheduled at a later date.

The gallery is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon-day-Thursday and from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday.

ULM will welcome political perform-er, author, playwright and activist Ra-chel Hastings, who uses performance as a way to promote historical preserva-tion of African and Eastern cultures at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Hastings will perform her popular program, “Seven,” for ULM students and the public, free of charge at ULM’s Brown Auditorium.

Hastings is being sponsored as the Traveling Scholar for ULM Speech and Debate.

According to Hastings, “‘Seven’ uses Black philosophy to examine genealogi-cal experiences of motherhood, infidel-ity and sexual practices, as well as of-fers theories drawn from the canon of Black ideas.”

BRIEFS

Bry Art Gallery to show two-person exhibition through Thursday

Traveling scholar to promote African culture Tuesday in Brown

illustration by Lane Davis

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 27, 2012PAGE 4

Aviation students dream of the op-portunity to fly and travel the world. ULM aviation major Alair Tudor of Barbados recently took one step clos-er to realizing that dream.

Tudor is one of 10 students in the nation to be awarded a $5,000 schol-arship from the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foun-dation. This money will benefit him in the future to pursue his dream of be-coming a flight instructor.

“God has truly blessed me with

all the supportive family, teachers, and friends,” said Tudor. “I am truly grateful to have such a privilege. I am looking towards the future now.”

According to Tudor, the aviation department at each university se-lects one student to participate in this scholarship. For more than 25 years, ISTAT has been taking part in events concerning the various sections of the commercial aviation sector and consists of more than 2,200 members worldwide. ISTAT requires students to submit their resume and also write an essay explaining why they have chosen aviation as their major. Tudor turned in his scholarship application early this year and was very prepared thanks to the help of assistant profes-

sors of aviation Prashant Gurung and David King.

“I was thrilled and very proud when Alair got the scholarship. He is a bright student with a studious at-titude,” said Gurung. “He had all the deserving credentials, and my part was fairly simple to help him get what he deserved.”

Tudor has also been awarded sev-eral other aviation scholarships while attending ULM, is a member of the Student Government Association and is the ULM flight team captain. He will graduate this semester to pursue his goal of becoming a flight instructor.

Every year, 12 to 16 students are awarded the Student Involvement Scholarship for being involved in campus activities.

The value of the scholarships vary each year depending on how much mon-ey is available. The selection committee will determine each individual award for the students. The top male and female students who win the scholar-ship will also receive a plaque at the student affairs banquette.

Some of the application criteria in-cludes:

•Recipient(s) must be a full-time student pursuing their first under-graduate degree.

•Must have completed at least two semesters at ULM (excluding sum-mer sessions) with a 2.5 cumulative GPA.

•Outstanding participation in campus activities – extracurricular activities such as athletics, student government, social and religious af-fairs, speech, music, drama and other arts.

The department heads of each col-lege and Student Affairs can make recommendations for their deans to pick from.

Each dean is requested to prepare a list of nominees based on the rec-ommendations received from their department heads. The deadline for deans to turn in the list is March 29.

Students who wish to apply for the scholarship can pick up an applica-tion from the student life office or their academic dean.

Students can also be nominated by a student organization. The forms must be turned in to the Student Gov-ernment Association by March 28.

A committee of faculty and staff evaluate the submitted applications to choose the winners. “It’s weighted off of your academic accomplish-ments and what organizations or positions you have held,” said Nathan Hall, assistant dean of Student Life and Leadership.

Seth Hall, a graduate student in business administration,received the scholarship in the spring of 2010. He said he thinks this award definitely helps students in the workforce.

“My resume is stronger now as a result of this award. Employers know that prospective employees who were involved while in college have great social and communication skills,” Hall said.

NEWS

Aviation student soars with top scholarship

Two of ULM’s mass communica-tion professors recently authored chapters in two different books.

Christopher Mapp, assistant pro-fessor of mass communication at ULM, co-authored a book chap-ter in “Communication for Families in Crisis: Theories, Research, and Strategies” that details the strug-gles through interviews of about a half-dozen survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The chapter, writ-ten with Dr. James Honeycutt of LSU,

is entitled “Family Communication Surrounding Emotional Trauma: The Aftermath of Hurricanes.”

“From these interviews, we impart practical lessons for families trying to communicate during a crisis,” Mapp said. “No two people have the same story. But there are some common threads that emerge from our re-search that can be helpful to anyone undergoing a similar situation.”

John Rodriguez, also an assistant professor of mass communication at ULM, wrote a chapter in the third

edition of “Race/Gender/Class/Me-dia.” His chapter, “Advertising and Hispanic Culture,” deals with how Hispanics are targeted in advertising, and have been targeted in the past. This chapter is Rodriguez’s first writ-ten text to be published.

“It’s a really cool feeling to reach so many people without actually being there to teach it,” said Rodriguez.

Both professors wrote their chap-ters based on theories and research.

Professors publish chapters in booksby Kristin Nieman

contact Kristin Nieman [email protected]

Seth Hall

Participation scholarships award active students

Garden Society honors ULM for campus beauty

for the full story go to:www.ulmhawkeyeonline.com

by Sydney Bonner

by Emma Herrock

contact Sydney Bonner [email protected]

contact Emma Herrock [email protected]

Tudor 1 of only 10 nationally to get ISTAT money

March 29 marks deadline to apply

Alair Tudor, a senior aviation major from Barbados, is pictured above next to a training aircraft. Tudor won a prestigious scholarship from the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foundation.

photos by Sydney Bonner

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Communication student Raymond

Swalley reads Chris Mapp’s chapter about

dealing with family crisis

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROEFebruary 27, 2012 PAGE 5

NEWS

Who will win theWHITE HOUSE?With Louisiana’s primary coming in March, here’s a look at the candidates so far

Who will you vote for in this year’s presidential election?

“Obama. I don’t know much about poli-tics, but from what I heard, he has been very successful dur-ing his presidency.”Brittni Jenkinssenior, kinesiology

“I probably won’t vote because I can’t vote in the Monroe area, and I’d have to go home to Ama to vote.”Philip Petitsenior, atmospheric sci.

“Ron Paul is my candidate of choice because he is consis-tent with his informa-tion and puts America first in his policies.”Casey Williamssophomore, computer sci.

“I have no idea who I’m voting for yet. If I end up liking the Re-publican candidate, I’ll probably head down that road.”Kacie Mathieusenior, nursing

“Obama because he has accomplished a lot of positive things during his term, and he continues to prove himself.”James Willissenior, comm. studies

Position: U.S. congressmanHometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.Primaries won: none

A “Washington Post” study showed Ron Paul’s economic plan was the only one from any candidate that re-duces debt. He is widely popular with young people for his “live and let live” views. He served in combat as a flight

surgeon for the Air National Guard.

Odd Fact: As an obstetrician, Ron Paul has delivered 4,000 babies.

Position: Former governor of MassachusettsHometown: Detroit, Mich.Primaries won: NH, Fla., Nev., Maine

Romney has been the assumed Republican front-run-ner since before the race began. He hopes to turn the economy around by lowering taxes, reducing spending and producing more domestic oil.

Odd Fact: He directed the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Position: Former speaker of the House.Hometown: Harrisburg, Pa.Primaries won: SC

Known for his blunt speaking style, Gingrich claims he’s the only person who knows Washington well enough to fix it. He wants to reduce taxes for start-up businesses, drill for oil and reform the Department of Education.

Odd Fact: Gingrich plans to colonize the moon.

Position: President of the United StatesHometown: Honolulu, HawaiiPrimaries won: No challanger

Obama is facing a tough re-election campaign in November. Some of his main talking points will fo-cus on the recent drop in unemployment, providing more jobs for the middle class and reforming Wall Street.

Odd Fact: Obama did not appear in his campaign’s own video an-nouncing his re-election bid.

Position: Former U.S. senatorHometown: Winchester, Va.Primaries won: Iowa, Colo., Minn., Mo.

Santorum has earned a reputation for being the strictest of social conservatives. He plans to outlaw gay marriage and prohibit gays from serving in the military. He also believes in pre-emptive military action against Iran.

Odd Fact: Santorum is quoted as saying, “Satan has his sights on the U.S.”

RON PAUL (R)

MITT ROMNEY (R)

NEWT GINGRICH (R)

BARACK OBAMA (D)

RICK SANTORUM (R)

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 27, 2012PAGE 6

It’s questionable what people look for in relation-ships these days. Everyone has different preferences. But too often lately have I seen that women are look-ing for a security blanket—someone to take care of them. Is it gold-digging? Or just safety? I don’t know.

I’ve had many friends over the years tell me (in-directly) they stayed in the relationship they were in because of security…which is a nice way of saying they stayed for money. I can see how money can be

appealing. They might have made the money to pro-vide for you, or they might have inherited the money. However it has happened, it seems comfortable and nice. But if the money wasn’t there, would you still be as committed as you are? How much does the money matter in the relationship?

As an independent woman, I hate that so many women depend on men to take care of them. We are completely capable of holding our own and taking care of ourselves, especially in this day and age. We can get an education and a career of our own. We can take care of ourselves, ladies!

Why do so many women look to men to be the provider? What has love become exactly? It’s not supposed to be materialistic or dependent on any-thing.

Just love and let love in. illustration by Kelsey Hargrove

OPINION

With Valentine’s Day behind us, it’s time for me to address an issue I see in relation-ships all too often: romantic gestures… or rather, what some consider to be a lack thereof.

When Valentine’s Day draws to a close, I always hear women complain in the after-math that follows: “I just wish my man would have been a little more romantic!” But what should we consider “romantic?”

For a lot of people, romance entails flow-ers, cards, candy and jewelry. The act of a loved one cooking dinner is considered ro-mantic as well. So, why can’t we include other acts of kindness in the list of “roman-tic” gestures?

Over the summer, a doctor told me that my love for carbohydrates and sugar could eventually result in diabetes if I didn’t change my eating habits. After I expressed all of this to my boyfriend, along with my utter confusion about what to eat in place of pas-

ta and all of the other things I love so dearly, he took me to a health food store. He bought me a blender bottle and a container of low-carb protein powder. Romantic, right? Some of you might be thinking, “Uh, no way, Mor-gan. That’s not romantic!” But to me, it was. Because, in his own way, he was saying, “I love you, and I want to take care of you.”

I can’t help but think society has a com-pletely unrealistic idea of romance. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional flowers, cards and candy (unless you’re in danger of diabetes, too!) But there is something wrong with failing to see the romance in all of the other ways your loved one cares for you.

Love is unique to each and every indi-vidual, as well as to every couple. Sure, the foundation of it is the same: respect, loyalty, devotion, etc., but no two people can share the exact same relationship. After all, isn’t that why we date until we experience some-thing so uniquely wonderful that we can’t bear the thought of no longer having it? So why do people spend so much time trying to fit romance into such a tailored category with very specific criteria?

If we can all appreciate every act of kind-ness from the people in our lives, I think that we can all look beyond the quintessential ideals of romance and truly appreciate the little things we often overlook.

Romance takes other forms after Valentine’s Day

contact Kristin Nieman [email protected]

contact Morgan Witt [email protected]

Women can survive without having to go gold digging

KRISTIN NIEMAN

MORGAN WITT

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROEFebruary 27, 2012 PAGE 7

HAWKEYE P.O.V.

ULM can be doing more to make the campus greener. We’re not necessarily advocating the removal of water bottles, but there are small changes that can be made to make a big difference.

Other campuses around the country have recycling bins next to ev-ery trash can. Some have recycling bins for paper in every classroom. Many have at least one environmentally conscious organization on campus to help promote greener lifestyles.

ULM falls behind in all of those things. Recycling bins for print cartridges and a few for bottles can be found around campus, but that’s about it.

The Garden Society recently honored ULM for it’s beautiful cam-pus. If we hope to keep that kind of beauty, we have to do more to preserve the environment around us.

Look at the practical aspects of living greener. Fewer resources be-ing used means less money being spent and less strain on landfills.

Our campus needs student leaders to step up and establish some sort of environmental organization. Various groups and individuals often do bayou cleanups, but it would be great if there were a central organization to consolidate those efforts.

The group could also work to ensure a ready supply of recycling bins in places other than the SUB or cafeteria. Adding paper recy-cling bins in classrooms is a small step but one that could yield big dividends for the environment.

Last week Paul Babeu dropped the “G” word. Babeu, an Arizona sher-iff and Republican Congressional candidate, came out of the closet and admitted he is gay. However, his rain-bow might be dimming amid the allegations that caused his coming-out.

Babeu is accused of threatening his ex-boyfriend with deportation back to Mexico if he divulged the secret of their relationship. Babeu says he nev-er made those threats, arguing that the sheriff doesn’t have deportation au-thority and that his ex, Jose, is in the country legally.

I feel pretty bad for the poor guy. It’s

bad enough that your sex life is put on display for the whole world to see, but the media took screen shots from gay-dating websites with pictures of Babeu in his underwear. He shouldn’t have posted those pictures, but I still feel sor-ry for him.

I think it’s great that there is a gay sheriff running for Congress in Arizo-na. I think the way we found out he was gay could have been more pleas-ant. I don’t know if Babeu made those threats or not, but what I do know is that if Babeu wins in November, it will be used as a victory for the gay rights movement.

The real story here is there is an openly-gay Republican seeking elec-tion for a national office in a state that has a Constitutional amendment ban-ning gay people from marrying. It will be interesting to see how the election plays out. If he wins, then I imagine the battle for gay marriage in Arizona may be waged once more.

I figure if Babeu wins this election,

we will see a lot more gay people run-ning for elected office and winning. Our culture is at a turning point. Soci-ety is generally more accepting of gay people than it was 50 or even 20 years ago. Landmark cases are on their way to the Supreme Court, and I see gay marriage becoming a reality in less than 10 years.

The argument against Babeu doesn’t make sense. If he doesn’t have author-ity and the boyfriend is here legally, why would he even make the threat? I think this is just a ploy from the other candidates who are trying to stop Ba-beu from winning by exposing he is gay.

I am hoping the people of Arizona will see Babeu for who he is: a hard-working sheriff trying to make Arizona and America a better place. I think it’s time we started judging people by the deeds they do outside of the bedroom instead of inside it.

Campus needs to be greener

GARRETT BOYTE

contact Garrett Boyte [email protected]

Gay candidate’s win may change Republican party

OPINION

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE February 27, 2012PAGE 8

Environmental groups on college campuses around the U.S. have been issuing bans against water bottles be-ing sold on campus.

More than 20 schools have banned water bottles because of environ-mental and health concerns about the industry. The students at these schools want reusable bottle hand-outs, water fountains and filling stations.

Aramark Food Services Director

Robert Hoag said there have been no discussions about removing bottled water from ULM’s campus.

ULM receives Dasani bottled water from Coca-Cola. To date, more than 33,000 water bottles have been sold on ULM’s campus.

John Hughes, a graduate student in communication studies, said he thinks the local environment would benefit greatly if the University quit selling water in plastic bottles.

“I’ve participated in too many

bayou cleanup efforts where a large portion of what I pull out of the wa-ter consists of plastic bottles,” Hughes said.

Amber Atkins, a senior business major from Monroe, said she’d be su-per angry if the University stopped selling water bottles on campus.

“All the athletes and members of VAPA especially have to drink a lot of water to stay healthy,” Atkins said.

Atkins also said even though she doesn’t think water bottles should be

banned she does think “water bottles can pose risks to the environment if not disposed of properly.”

According to a Dasani fact sheet, since Dasani was launched in 1999 ,they’ve reduced the amount of plas-tic used in the brand’s 500 ml bottle

by more than 40 percent and the 20-ounce bottle by 22 percent.

The fact sheet also said Dasani’s goal is to eventually offer plastic bottles made with 100 percent re-newable and recycled raw materials – turning waste into a resource.

ULM used to have an organization for environmental well-being called Green H.O.P.E., but the group no lon-ger meets.

Parishioners filled the seats at the Catholic Campus Ministry last Wednesday to mark the beginning of the Lenten Season. Catholic ULM students and members of the com-munity attended the evening Mass to receive their ashes for Ash Wednes-day.

According to the Catholic Church, Lent is the period of fasting that starts 40 days before Easter.

Lent corresponds with Jesus Christ’s 40 days in the wilderness where he was tempted and emerged prepared to make his journey to the cross. Catholics, and some protes-tants, celebrate Lent to empathize with and gain an understanding of Christ.

“Lent is about you and I getting closer to the heavenly father,” said the Rev. Job Scaria, the priest at the CCM. “Lent is a time in which we

spend 40 days of the year trying to imitate Christ, so that we may cele-brate Easter.”

He said on Ash Wednesday, Catho-lics are marked with a black smudge of ash on their foreheads as a way of saying yes, they commit to being like Christ.

“Lent’s a chance for me to grow morally and spiritually, and [pro-vides] a short term goal to become a better person through my faith,” said Michael Roboski, a sophomore earth science education major at ULM.

Scaria said, “We have to respect each other and have a better under-standing of each other.” He wants to bring more knowledge about the Catholic Church to students in order to promote more tolerance of reli-gious beliefs on campus.

Scaria wants to remind students that the CCM has dollar lunches on Thursdays, and there will be a fish fry every Friday during the Lenten Sea-son at lunch at the CCM. The price for the fish fry is $6 for students.

The ULM Kinesiology Department faculty members introduced on Fri-day its new Human Performance Lab in Brown Hall.

Lisa Colvin directs the state-of-the-art health, wellness, high-performance, research and teaching facility. She said she want-ed to give back to the Monroe community and provide students with hands-on training.

“I believe the best lab in the South is right here at ULM,” Colvin said. “It is rewarding to give advice to peo-ple about their health that instantly change their lives.”

The lab has provided more than 100,000 fitness assessments for members of the community at a re-duced cost.

It is also the exclusive physiologi-

cal testing center for area firefighters.Kinesiology faculty, gradu-

ate students and area physicians use technologies such as VO2max (maximum oxygen consumption) readings, cycling power output per-formance and biomechanics to conduct research to help society with complex issues such as childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease and adult onset diabetes.

The data collected by the labora-tory is shared with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the LSU Center for Emerging Technolo-gy. Companies such as CieAura, Cool Vest and V Care Technologies also take advantage of the research con-ducted at the lab.

University President Nick Bru-no said the laboratory is a testament to ULM’s continued excellence and graduate assistant Jamie Wise agrees.

“Dr. Colvin’s enthusiasm is con-tagious and makes learning fun,” Bruno said.

Colvin said kinesiology students are ready for the workforce with a 100 percent job placement rate. She said the new lab is another tool to contin-ue that excellence.

NEWS

contact Matthew Nolan [email protected]

contact Garrett Boyte [email protected]

Kineseology professor Lisa Colvin (left) conducts a demonstration of the lab’s new technology with the help of student Jamie Wise (right.)

33,000Number of Dasani water bottles sold on campus

Beginning Lent

Rev. Job Scaria imposes ashes on a student during a mass at Christ the King Catholic Church on Ash Wednesday.

by Matthew Nolan

by Emma Herrock

by Garrett Boyte

photo by Garrett Boyte

“I believe the best lab in the South is right here

at ULM.”Lisa Colvin,

kinesiology professor

contact Emma Herrock [email protected]

Colleges nationwide begin banning water bottles

Catholics explain true meaning of fasting season

Kinesiology department unveils cutting-edge lab

photos by Robert Brown

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NEWS

Nothing he can’t do

Being a “Jack of all trades, mas-ter of none” is a figure of speech that many strive for. Many hobbies are learned, but mastering can be diffi-cult. There is one who took this figure of speech like no other. He’s learned, mastered and achieved many trades.

Paul Karlowitz serves as the as-sociate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and is the Jack of many

trades, who has mastered some.“If you see something that interests

you, why not learn about it?” Karlow-itz said.

He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1992 after serving the country fly-ing B-52 planes in Europe, saying he “had too much I wanted to do.”

And that he did. Since retiring from the Air Force, Karlowitz is in his third profession, helping steer students in the right direction.

Kay Fisher, administrative coor-dinator 2, said, “He’s very efficient about his job and is always helpful.”

Before entering education, Karlow-itz worked as the executive director of airports in Maine and Missouri. He said he enjoyed it, but wanted to do some other things.

Fisher said, “He’s always going to give his best.”

He returned to Monroe to be clos-er to his mother in 1998. He attended college here and grew up in Shreve-port, so it was a familiar place.

Karlowitz found his way into the ULM aviation program where he served as the director. Eight years lat-er, he continues to add to his arsenal of hobbies.

Aside from flying planes, Kar-lowitz’s interests range from guitar making and cutting and faceting gemstones, to owning a printing press and woodcarving.

He said, “If anybody can do it, I’m going to try and do it. I’m not afraid of failure or if anybody laughs at me for trying. I don’t care; it doesn’t matter.”

Karlowitz said he got into car res-toration, but said, “it got old after a while.”

He said he saw someone cut and facet gemstones. Then he tried.

Karlowitz said he remembers say-ing “if he can do it, I can do it.”

“I don’t put limits on myself, because if so you will never do any-thing,” he said.

Karlowitz learned to make wine and guitars. He has made about 300

bottles of wine (they aren’t for sale because it’s illegal.) He said he gives them to friends to try different fla-vors. He said making wine is just “a fun thing to do.”

Karlowitz has made about 40 gui-tars. He said he isn’t great at it, but said Richard Hood, “made a couple of them sound amazing.”

In Karlowitz’s lifetime he’s en-countered some close calls with death. His most vivid is of one night flying in the B-52 with five other crew members. Two of the plane’s engines blazed into fire, and they could not land. Karlowitz said they flew in a circle for about four hours until the fuel was burned out and the plane was light enough to land.

He said, “It was a real strange night. We were just circling, burning about 60,000 pounds an hour of wast-ed fuel. We were lucky.”

Karlowitz rescues Great Danes too. He said he had up to 15, but now he is down to seven.

He said taking care of these dogs can get expensive, up to about

$2,000 a year for each one. Saving Great Danes isn’t the only

expensive hobby Karlowitz has. Wood carving is also expensive.

He said, “It’s a wonderful hobby, but it’s becoming a little more in de-mand than I wanted.”

Karlowitz admits his interests didn’t come easy and aren’t always easy to maintain because of money invested.

He said, “With many hobbies, you have to be able to front some money.”

The one interest Karlowitz said he is confident he has mastered is flying.

He said, “I’ll put myself up against anybody. I was good.”

Kristin Morris, who serves as the coordinator of advising for the Col-lege of Arts & Sciences, said there is always respect for those who served the country. She said Karlowitz’s “laid-back attitude” makes him easy to work with.

Karlowitz doesn’t run from the idea of getting another career or learning a new hobby.

He said, “The day I don’t wake up eager to go to work, something is wrong. I love what I do. Anytime you find that you don’t, it is time to move on.”

Above: Associate dean of Arts & Sciences Paul Karlowitz works in his office in Walker Hall. Right: A former pilot, Karlowitz tinkers with a wooden plane he carved. Below: Karlowitz shows the Great Danes he has rescued.

Associate dean Karlowitz hasn’t found a hobby he couldn’t master photos by Robert Brown

Morris

by DeRon Talley

contact DeRon Talley [email protected]

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FREESTYLE

International food fairinvades ULM campus

Want to travel around the world in 10 minutes? Come to the International

Food Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, and do just that.

Students will be able to sample food from all over the world in one convenient location- Brown Gymnasium.

The samples of food will be anywhere from 50 cents to $1

and the beverages will be free, according to Mara

Loeb, director of international stu-dent programs

and services.St u d e nt s

and various campus organizations will be represented. The Masters of Business Administration Association

will be displaying their diversity at the fair.“We will be representing Turkey, India, Brazil, Belgium,

Slovakia, Venezuela, and more might be available too,” said president of MBAA, Yigit Koktenturk of Izmir, Turkey.

Students are really looking forward to the cultural ex-perience.

“It’s good that ULM offers something like this because a lot of people don’t get to experience other cultures,” said Krystal Scott, a sophomore social work major of Shreve-port.

The International Food Fair is put on by the Interna-tional Student Association and the ULM International Education Council.

Bring your appetite for culture and food!

Chew On This!Restaurant Review: Rawz Café

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Whenever you enter Rawz Café, it is always very loud with

chatter and a friendly hostess immediately seats you in a neat

little booth. It is very inviting, and allows you to feel comfort-

able since everyone is dressed casual.

The sushi is the highlight of the restaurant. Not only do they

serve raw sushi, but also cooked sushi and not to mention

soups, chicken bowls, etc. I would recommend the Tempta-

tion Roll. It is a delicious dish which has cooked crab and

shrimp rolled up with other yummy ingredients in a perfect

rice roll.

Ever gone in a restaurant and felt like the menu had nothing to offer? Rawz Café has a wide variety of options for everyone. The helpful workers here are more than happy to help you find which dish fits you best. The prices are fairly reasonable for sushi as well.

It can be a bit crowded at times since the restaurant is very

small. Most people may find this to be cozy, but others see it

as a claustrophobic environment.

Rawz Café is conveniently located on Hwy 165 right next to

ULM which makes it a breeze for students to grab lunch in

between classes. It is a great place for lunch and dinner all

week long!

Whitney Houston has not released an album since 2009. However, with the passing of Houston, the pop diva left behind almost 35 unreleased tracks. Hous-ton’s label is discussing a greatest hits album, featuring the unreleased tracks.

Whitney’s unreleased tracks

Three years after a domestic violence dispute, singers Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together -at least mu-sically. Last Monday, both singers released remixes from their albums featuring one another. Despite the controversy, the remixes to “Birthday Cake” and “Turn Up the Music” have had fairly good reviews.

Chris Brown,Rihanna reunite

by Sydney Bonner

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FREESTYLE

Spring trend:color blocking

Color blocking is back and can’t be ignored. Bold and colorful, this 2012 trend is hotter than ever, and the perfect way to stand out in a crowd. Luckymag.com provides tips on how to pull it off. When pairing separates, the easiest way is to combine a bright

hue with a nude hue. Once you have mas-tered this step, move on to combining two bold colors. Kick it

up a notch by adding one more color

to the mix, but be sure to only have one neon

color. Lucky Magazine’s fav formula is one bright, one bold and one neu-

tral. Lastly, try to stick with only three col-ors to avoid looking like

a walking col-or wheel. This

usually adds just the right sur-

prise element for the perfect outfit.

So be bold and col-orful and find your perfect combo with color blocking.

On Feb. 7, 2012, American piano rock band, The Fray, debuted their third studio album en-titled “Scars and Stories.” Based on the title alone, you would expect the album to display songs of life experiences. The album was ex-pected to be a success and the guys didn’t fail to deliver debuting at number four on the Bill-board Top 200 chart. With nearly three years of writing material and gaining inspiration along the way, the band did not disappoint. The Fray managed to combine the personalities and lives of four individuals into 44 minutes of glo-ry. With 12 tracks, the title spoke for itself. With

songs like “Heartbeat” and “The Fighter,” you get a sense of love and compassion. The band also gives songs like “The Wind” where you’re left to give your interpretation through their powerful lyrics followed by the inspiring “Run For Your Life.” All of the songs reflect experi-ences of life, ones that anyone could relate to. It delivers an eclectic sound, providing some-thing for everyone. Staying true to their sound with full instrumentation and story-telling lyr-ics, “Scar and Stories” is promising and sure to please the ears of all listeners.

Listen Up!

Fans are screaming over the long-awaited season four of “Bas-ketball Wives,” which premiered

last Monday. Realitytea.com gives a recap of the first episode. With

fan’s high expectations of drama, gos-sip and excitement, the girls never fail

to deliver. A heated argument takes place be-tween Evelyn and Jenn over an unloyal friendship and upsetting words in a blog. The conversation gets heated

when tears and expected foul language are exchanged. Viewers can expect two more additions to the mix. Basketball wives Kenya and Kesha join the crew. Season four is in full effect with new bonds, bro-ken friendships and much more drama to come.

Reality Wrap-Up

“The Avengers” comes to theatres; summer 2012

Super heroes unite in the action-packed movie “Marvel’s The Avengers” set to release summer 2012. The super team features iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. The plot is set when an unexpected enemy threatens global safety and securi-ty. Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., set out to recruit a team strong enough to pull the world out of disaster. It is then, that the ensemble of “The Avengers” is commissioned. Get ready for an exciting mov-ie loaded with action and unbelievable special effects.

The Ciroc Lounge, previously named Level, is an urban hip-hop club located in the same building that previously held Level.

There’s new management, $10 cov-er charge, drinks, shots and much more. Most patrons of the club say that the club is reminiscent of Club Dominoes, which is located in the same area.

Unfortunately, not everyone is im-pressed. It seems as if there is no

d r e s s code enforced at the club and that with the wardrobe, there is an “anything goes” attitude.

The music played is from artists such as Mystikal, Juvenile, Webbie

and Lil Boosie. The music is not cur-rent music that is currently played on the radio. Patrons say that they would like to hear music they can dance to and is more current instead

of rap music they heard while in elementary school.

When asked about drink specials, there were none available that could draw in a crowd based on drink spe-

cials alone. Most of the patrons felt that the $10

cover charge that they had to pay to get into the club was not worth it.

The Ciroc Lounge, unfortunately, is not a hit and lacks a ceratin pizzaz. With Monroe being a college town, one would think that local clubs would put more thought into their appeal. I give The CIroc Lounge 3 out of 5 stars.

The Fray- Album Review

BasketBall Wives

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by Jackie Johnson

by Alicia Cook

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Ciroc replaces Level; brings new crowd, music

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ONEY’S FOOD MARKET

Store Hours: Monday – Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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today in history

did you know?

• Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

• Dragonflies are capable of flying 60 mph, making them one of the fast-est insects.

•Termites have been known to eat food twice as fast when heavy metal music is playing.

•There are more beetles than any other animal. In fact, one out of ev-ery four animals is a beetle.

• The praying mantis is capable of turning its head 360 degrees. It is the only insect that can do this. It is also the only animal on Earth with only one ear.

• Only male crickets can chirp and will chirp faster in warmer weather. In fact, you can determine the tem-perature by counting the number of chirps in 15 seconds and adding it to 37.

• Each year, in-sects eat about a third of the world’s food crops.

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1922 Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights

1980 “I Will Survive” wins the first—and last—Grammy ever awarded for Best Disco Recording

2003 Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers’ Neighbor hood, dies.

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The women’s basketball team dropped their senior night game on Thursday at the Fant-Ewing Colise-um against conference opponent Middle Tennessee State University.

The team (9-20, 7-9) lost to the Blue Raiders 67-53.

The Warhawks came out flat to start the game defensively allowing the Blue Raiders to shoot over 54 per-cent from the field.

“They brought their ‘A-game’ and we didn’t,” head coach Mona Martin said. “They shot the ball really well.”

MTSU (23-5, 15-0) dominated go-ing into halftime 41-24 led by the hot shooting of junior Kortni Jones.

Jones shot five for five from behind the three-point line in the half to lead her team with 17 points. She finished the game with 25 points and three steals.

Martin said, “I thought we did a better job in the second half, but I was very disappointed in our de-fense.”

ULM could not strike a comeback in the second half sending its seniors away with a loss in their final match at the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

The women’s team honored its three seniors: Marion Zollicoffer, Eli Torres and Larrie Williams following

the loss. Williams is the team’s lead-ing scorer, but was held to only five points and one rebound against the Blue Raiders.

Martin said, “It’s not a good way

to end your last game at home, and I feel bad for her because she’s been so good for our program.”

Every time I hear something about this Jeremy Lin guy, it makes me want to go insane. I guess I should say “Lin-sane.”

All the hype is surrounding a guy who likes to be called “Super Lin-ten-do.”

I used to love Nintendo games when I was growing up, but because of Lin, I hate to hear it. I cringe when I hear him being called “Super Lin-tendo” or “Lin-credible.”

The “Lin-sanity” has to stop. Now. The NBA and sports world have

gone bananas over this Asian-Amer-ican point guard for the New York Knicks.

He graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics and has be-come the face of the NBA leading his team to six straight wins. He did it without star forward Carmelo Antho-ny showing he has NBA talent.

Lin is only being celebrated be-cause he is such a rare commodity. His statistics are good, but not great. Not great enough to get this much at-tention. He’s become the NBA’s ver-sion of Tim Tebow.

There are real teams doing great things in the league right now, but are overshadowed by the “Lin-sanity.”

Never have I been more happy for a team to lose, but I was pretty excit-ed to see the New Orleans Hornets snap the Knicks’ streak. Not because I’m not a Lin fan, but because I’m an Anthony fan.

If the Knicks would have been un-defeated when Anthony returned

from his injury and lost a game, An-thony would have gotten the blame for it. I didn’t want to see Anthony get the heat for something like that.

Lin is a good player. He has more skill at his position than Tebow does at quarterback.

One of my problems is why is he getting so much air-time. We all like success stories, but the Knicks don’t even have a .500 record. Where’s the success in that?

Now Lin is hyped up and is con-fused. He thinks he is the real “Lin-sanity.” No, he’s not. Dallas Mavericks guard Vince Carter is the original. We called him “Vinsanity” way before Lin came along.

Lin wants to copyright the term “Linsanity.” You shouldn’t be able to trademark what’s not yours, but he will get away with it just because people have really gone “Lin-sane.” It shows what the world has become.

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contact DeRon Talley [email protected]

Women’s basketball gets daggers on senior night

by DeRon Talley

photo by Robert Brown

Sophomore Elexar Tugler gets smothered by defenders during Thursday night’s loss at the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

NBA’s ‘Lin-sanity’ must stop

DeRON TALLEY

SPORTS

The men’s team (3-26, 2-14) lost to the Middle Tennessee State Universi-ty Blue Raiders 94-61 in its final home game of the season.

This Warhawk season ends as the worst performance in the program’s history with only two wins.

Before the start of the game, the team honored its four seniors: Chris-tian Bibi Ndongo, Fabio Ribeiro, Hugh Mingo and Fred Brown.

In the game the men quickly fell down 8-0 in the first two minutes and were never able to claw their way back into the game.

The team fell behind as many as 24 points in the first half as the Blue Raiders (25-4, 14-1) lobbed two al-ley-oop dunks to keep momentum on their side. At the half, ULM trailed 46-23.

In the second half, MTSU kept the pedal to the metal and held on to the win.

Brown finished with a team-high of 13 points on the night, while guard Mingo added 12 of his own.

Men’s basketball lose on senior night; routed 94-61

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Sun Belt’s best shoot Warhawks out of sky

by DeRon Talley

photo by Robert Brown

Sophomore Charles Winborne drib-bles away from the defense at the Fant-Ewing Coliseum during Thursday night’s loss.

1,498The number of fans who attended senior night

Athletic director Bobby Staub said discussions to possibly add floor seating to the Fant-Ewing Colise-um will be at the end of the season. The goal is to gen-erate more fan interest by putting them closer to the action.

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Senior forward Larrie Williams reached the 1,000-point scoring mark for her career on the women’s basketball team. Williams’ point to-tal has her in the top-15 in the histo-ry of the women’s program, and is the 16th player to notch 1,000 points in a career.

“It shows how hard she’s worked in her time here. I can’t say enough about her,” head coach Mona Mar-tin said.

Williams’ feat came in a come-from-behind win against conference opponent South Alabama on Feb. 11 in the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

She crossed the mark in the first half of the game when she drove the lane with a turnaround shot to sur-pass the high mark.

Williams said, “It feels good. I re-ally don’t care about the points though.”

She said, “I want to be remem-bered as someone who has passion for the game. The points just came with it, it’s just a plus.”

Williams was honored Thursday at senior night with teammates Mar-ion Zollicofer and Eli Torres. She said the team has been like a family to her,

and her teammates are like “sisters out there.”

Williams is currently enrolled in the graduate program at ULM, but has not decided for sure if she wants to pursue professional basketball.

Martin said, “Her work ethic is phenomenal, and I know she can be very successful there.”

Williams said, “If it happens, it happens. Getting my masters is im-portant to me right now. I’m still try-ing to work out those details.”

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photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Senior Larrie Williams honored during senior night. Her parents Larry and Eve-lyn Williams (left) and ULM President Dr. Nick Bruno (right) stand with her.

Senior Williams joins elite group for scoring in women’s basketball

by DeRon Talley

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Say hello to 1,000-point club

The Sun Belt Conference an-nounced this month former WAC commissioner, Karl Benson, as its new commissioner.

He replaces retiring commission-er Wright Water who served the con-ference for the last 12 years.

ULM Athletic Director Bobby Staub said he was looking forward to working with Benson because of his experience dealing with the BCS conferences.

“That kind of experience lends it-self well to the Sun Belt Conference and what we’re trying to do,” Staub said.

He said, “He brings a wealth of knowledge, and if he advances the Sun Belt, it helps ULM.”

At his press conference Benson hinted into expanding conference membership.

Benson said with football mem-bers, there was “an advantage to get-ting to at least 12.”

Benson said that any schools in-

volved in an expansion must be in the Sun Belt’s footprint, which in-cludes the southeast and part of the southwest.

However, Benson did not address merging with the WAC.

If the Sun Belt and WAC com-bined, ULM would be reunited with its rival Louisiana Tech.

Staub said, “I don’t want to get that far down the road. Anytime you can condense your footprint with institutions around you, the bet-ter; whether that pertains to them or anybody else.”

He said, “It breeds that kind of ri-valry and competition we all want. The next two months will be telling, and who knows what will happen?”

Aside from increasing member-ship, Benson plans to explore ob-taining a third bowl game, increasing revenues and increasing exposure.

The new commissioner will as-sume full control of the conference in July.

Sun Belt Conference gets new commissioner; changes near?

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by Anthony Drummer

ULM men’s golf team placed sev-enth overall at Rice International on Monday and Tuesday.

The team was represented by five golfers: Tim Hardham, Nick Wilson, Christian Tepley, Mason Seaborn, and Alex Malmay.

Senior Tim Hardham placed high-est for the team individually, taking 16th with 218 total strokes.

“It was a good start to the semes-ter. I think we played well as a team,” Hardham said.

Coach Erik Hsu said, “Tim Hard-ham and Nick Wilson are kind of the rocks of our golf team.”

He said, “Those guys are great lead-ers, so it’s nice to have them in place to help the freshmen along .”

Freshman Christian Tepley tied with Senior Nick Wilson individual-ly securing the 19th slot, with 219 to-

tal strokes. “He (Tepley) plays well beyond his

years as far as maturity on the golf course,” Hsu said.

He said, “He really does a good job of keeping his attitude and his de-meanor level out there.”

Tepley said, “This semester I feel a lot more comfortable. We felt like we were in contention, and that we owned what we were doing.”

At one point in the tournament, the team was in second place overall, which may show potential for the rest of the season.

Hsu said, “It’s different because we have a lot of new faces trying to fig-ure things out. It’s all about figuring out whose going to step up and our goal is to win a conference champi-onship.”

One of the focuses the team has for this season is the mental aspect of the game.

Tepley said the team works with a sports psychologist. He said, “The thing that he (psychologist) tells us is to appreciate the good things.”

photo by Srdjan Marjanovic

Senior Nick Wilson looks across the greens at Bayou Desiard Country Club during pracitce.

Senior Hardham leads team in 2-day invitation

by Christopher Boyle

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Men’s golf finishes 7th“Tim Hardham

and Nick Wilson are kind of

the rocks of our golf team.”

coach Erik Hsu

“I want to be re-membered as

someone who has passion for the

game.”senior Larrie Williams

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The tennis team (5-2) dominat-ed the courts at Heard Stadium

against the University of Texas Pan-American on Friday win-

ning 7-0.The team started the sea-

son on a four match win streak, but lost its last two against Southeastern Con-

ference opponents Auburn and Mississippi State. “This is good to get the mo-

mentum back and help move on,” head coach Terrence De

Jongh said.The match against Texas

Pan-American was concluded by freshman Silvia Tumova’s singles victory. Tumova won an emotional singles match in three sets.

Tumova said, “I didn’t play my game and I didn’t feel com-

fortable on the court.”She said, “But this match shows I

can win even when I don’t play my game.”

Tumova lost in the first set to Malin Anderson 7-5, but re-

sponded in the final two winning 6-2 and 10-4.

De Jongh said, “She should have handled it in the first set, it was a

pure lack of focus there.”

Tumova used her native language Slovak to pump herself up and help regain focus. It worked for her.

She said, “I was cheering myself in my language when I would hit the ball wrong.”

Tumova was the only Warhawk to get a challenge for the day, as the rest of the team swept their opponents in both singles and doubles play.

Also in singles play, senior Vivian Polak swept her opponent. Polak did not even give up any points to her op-ponent as she won both sets 6-0.

Senior Monica Winkel said, “It’s good for our self confidence. It’s good everybody won.”

Redshirt freshman Sophie Ru-fyikiri also dominated her opponent at singles play. Rufyikiri won in two sets 6-0 and 6-1.

Winkel said, “Now we just have to keep rolling.”

Winkel and junior Medy Blankvoort easily won their doubles match 8-1.

For the Warhawks, the closest bat-

tle in doubles play was an 8-3 win for senior Vivian Polak and Ema Turudi-ja.

The Warhawks play their next three matches at Heard Stadium and are looking to turn this one victory into a streak of wins.

Winkel said, “We are just going to

beat them.”De Jongh said, “Every win obvious-

ly is important and it helps us.”The team hosts Northwestern State

at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and Arkan-sas State at 1 p.m. on Friday.

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Warhawks bullying tennis courts

Softball stretching kinks out; ready for win streak

(Top) Freshman Silvia Tumova returns a serve at Friday’s home match. (Left) Redshirt freshman Sophie Rufyikiri sets to serve during Friday’s match.

Members of the softball team do stretching exercises at the Softball Complex before a practice.

photos by Emi McIntyre

photos by Robert Brown

Team too strong, routes opponents

7-0 at home match

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17The number of consecutive wins the team had last season. The streak was snapped against Denver Universi-ty in the Sun Belt Tournament.

The tennis team challenged themselves with a harder schedule this season than last by going up against SEC schools Auburn and Mississippi State.

The team lost both matches, but the matches were not just about the wins. The team said going against tougher opponents helps improve their skill levels.

Tough SEC losses

by DeRon Talley

After starting off the 2012 season with a bang, the softball team looks to expand on its success with a strong season, a deep run into the confer-ence tournament and eventually the Women’s College World Series.

The Warhawks have a great depth of talent, led by All-Sun Belt pre-season pick Janel Salanoa, and are looking to be hot on the season.

Starting off the season with a few wins, and a few losses, the team is looking to get back on the right track, and create a winning streak.

“I think we are taking it one game at a time,” senior Roxy Cassel said. “We’re looking for less errors and more base hits.”

The Warhawks started the sea-son dominating the Mardi Gras Classic, beating Grambling and N o r t h w e s t e r n State, two in-state rivals.

Junior Kar-li Wainwright said, “I think our most powerful game was the first game of the season (against SIU-E).”

She said, “We played our best, and we came together for the win.”

After traveling to Houston for a tournament against McNeese State and the University of Houston, the team showed a powerful start with

a 6-2 win. Those six points would be the only points scored during the tournament, losing the next three games by a combined 24-0.

The team got back to its winning ways on Wednesday when it traveled to Birmingham to play Samford and won 7-6.

Also on Saturday the team picked up two more big wins against Virginia Tech and the College of Charleston.

ULM’s recent success is because it has a strong off-field team bond.

Freshman Alexis Cacioppo said, “We each have different talents, and we’re the best when we come togeth-er.”

by Andrew McDonald

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Wainwright