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The Hawkeye

The Student News Site of University of Louisiana Monroe

The Hawkeye

Louisiana mandates in-person hazing training

Louisiana mandates in-person hazing training

Rachael Boyer, Guest Writer September 9, 2025

Anti-hazing training is now mandated for all organizations in post-secondary schools throughout Louisiana. Although the training was first recognized by John Bel Edwards back in 2018, it is now being more...

Minneapolis mass school shooting leaves students terrified

Ashley Brock Brown, Guest Writer September 9, 2025

Aug. 27, police and first responders answered an emergency call about a shooting near an Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnestoa. Shots fired through the church windows, killing two children...

Meta prepares to build new data center in Louisiana

Meta prepares to build new data center in Louisiana

Logan Buum, Guest Writer September 9, 2025

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced and began construction of their largest data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana in Dec. 2024. In a 2024 press release, Louisiana Governor...

OpenAI reworking chatbots to combat mental health struggles

OpenAI reworking chatbots to combat mental health struggles

Nicky Walker, Guest Writer September 9, 2025

On April 11, 2025, Adam Raine’s parents discovered their 16-year-old son hanging in his bedroom closet. The only note or sign leading up to his suicide was several chatlogs with OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot. Adam...

Louisiana’s Planned Parenthood locations closing doors

Mae Harding, News Editor September 2, 2025

On Sept. 30, 2025, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) will close its health centers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, ending over 40 years of service in Louisiana that began in 1984. Following the Supreme...

Predator in plain sight: the story of Ronald Dominique's crimes

Predator in plain sight: the story of Ronald Dominique’s crimes

Alayna Pellegrin, Managing Editor September 2, 2025

One of the most prolific serial killers in United States history by victim count, Ronald Dominique, confessed to raping, binding and strangling 23 young men between 1997 and 2006. Ronald Joseph Dominique,...

Kim Davis petitions Supreme Court in bid for religious exemption

Ainsly Harper, Guest Writer September 2, 2025

The fundamental right to marriage equality, nationally recognized by the Supreme Court a decade ago, now hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court considers whether to hear a case that could undermine...

Rainbow crosswalk memorial removed overnight

Rainbow crosswalk memorial removed overnight

Ashley Brown, Guest Writer September 2, 2025

The rainbow crosswalk outside Orlando's Pulse Nightclub was more than paint--it was a memorial to the 49 people killed there in a mass shooting in 2016. On Aug. 20, the Florida Department of Transportation...

Flesh-eating bacteria in oysters takes lives

Stirling Terry, Opinion Editor September 2, 2025

Two new fatalities have been reported as of Aug. 30 due to Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, found in raw oysters in Louisiana. Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic bacterium that thrives in...

Freshman survival guide for day one

Mae Harding, News Editor August 27, 2025

Time management tips and professor office hours dominate freshman advice. At ULM, students find success while mastering two factors: the digital tools professors rely on and the physical spaces campus...

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