Bruno plans to retire after a decade
Prajal Prasai, Editor-in-Chief
January 14, 2020
Dr. Bruno plans to retire as the eighth president of ULM.
Whitman passes crown to Miss ULM 2020
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
November 19, 2019
People cheered all across Brown Auditorium. Allison Newton’s face glowed as she accepted a bouquet of red roses and a silver crown. At the 67th annual Miss ULM, Monica Whitman, Miss ULM 2019, crowned Newton Friday, Nov. 15, Miss ULM 2020. After competing four times, Newton received the title she...
Breaking News: Dr. Steven Siconolfi to serve as Interim VP for Academic Affairs
Ethan Dennis, [email protected]
January 23, 2019
Dr. Steven Siconolfi has been selected to serve as interim vice president for academic affairs. He will report to campus on Feb. 5 but won’t assume the role until the current academic affairs vice president, Eric Pani’s retires. Pani will retire on Feb. 28. "I believe I can have a positive impact...
Breaking News: ‘Vision 2031’ requested to be removed from OPPJ agenda
Sisam Shrestha, [email protected]
January 22, 2019
“Vision 2031,” a plan to grow ULM and Ouachita Parish through a property millage tax has been requested to be removed from tonight’s Ouachita Parish Police Jury’s (OPPJ) agenda, according to an email sent out by President Nick Bruno. The email contained a letter written by George Schaeffer to the OPPJ whic...
Yom kippur: A day of forgiveness, hope
Aaron Yelverton
October 3, 2017
Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar and concludes the series of High Holy Days that occur in the month of September. The holiday commenced Friday evening and continued until Saturday night. The Jewish holiday is significant in that this...
Trump blasts North Korea in U.N. speech
Alan Rawles
October 3, 2017
For his first speech at the United Nations, President Donald Trump highlighted some of the international dangers the world is facing. Trump called out the nations of North Korea and Iran in his speech in his speech to over 100 world leaders. Though the speech highlighted countries the President...
Human Compassion Trumps Natural Disasters
Alfonzo Galvan
October 3, 2017
The year 2017 has been plagued with natural disasters. Hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, flooding it’s been an awful year for millions of people as they’ve had to endure some of the toughest moments of their lives. Most recently the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, was hit by Hurricane Maria....
Collections will be relocated, not destroyed
Olivia Barfield, Editor in Chief
March 30, 2017
The director of ULM’s Museum of Natural History has called administration’s ultimatum to destroy the museum’s research collection “unnecessary.” Thomas Sasek, the museum’s director, said the collections will not be destroyed to renovate the school’s track because several institutions ha...
Administration confirms collections may be destroyed, track renovations go unaddressed
Olivia Barfield, [email protected]
March 29, 2017
A Facebook post made by ULM's Museum of Natural History on Tuesday alleged that millions of research collections would be destroyed so that renovations could be made to track facilities. Administration responded on Wednesday.
Savannah Payne finishes her fight
November 6, 2016
Savannah Payne, a student who received extensive treatments after having parts of her arms and legs amputated, passed away Friday night in a hospital. Payne, a 21-year-old senior speech-language pathology major and residential life hall director, had been fighting for her life si...
Water ski team takes 27th national championship
October 16, 2016
The Water Ski Team reclaimed the national title Saturday in El Centro, California after placing second in competition last year. As details develop, visit us online at ulmhawkeyeonline.com and pick up next week’s issue of the Hawkeye.
Joseph Feliu: A bright life cut short
Olivia Barfield
September 6, 2016
Joseph Feliu, 19, died due to health complications following a stroke Sep. 2. Feliu was a sophomore political science major from Olive Branch, MS. Feliu was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a long-term inflammatory condition, in May 2015. According to his mother, Michelle Grantham Feliu, that is when hi...
