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The Hawkeye

The Student News Site of University of Louisiana Monroe

The Hawkeye

The Student News Site of University of Louisiana Monroe

The Hawkeye

AWS empowers victims of sexual assault during walk

AWS empowers victims of sexual assault during walk

Zoe Sissac, Opinion Editor May 1, 2023

The Ambitious Women Society hosted its third annual Walk Against Sexual Assault Tuesday to commemorate the end of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Students and faculty marched from Scott Plaza to the Grove...

Health fair provides cancer awareness

Health fair provides cancer awareness

Nicholas Soirez May 1, 2023

According to the National Cancer Institute, Louisiana has a higher cancer rate than the U.S. average. Some medical doctors around the region attribute this to plumbing and pollution issues, and some believe...

Legislature advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to House

Legislature advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to House

Maggie Eubanks, News Editor May 1, 2023

The Louisiana Legislature moved one step closer to adopting its own version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Wednesday. House Bill 466 narrowly made its way out of committee by a 7-5 vote,...

Students discuss potential campus updates

Students discuss potential campus updates

Maggie Eubanks, News Editor May 1, 2023

ULM President Ron Berry took office almost two years ago, and with every new administration comes new ideas.  Berry directed his administration to begin looking at the campus master plan at the beginning...

Rise & Rotate takes home $25,000 with business pitch

Rise & Rotate takes home $25,000 with business pitch

Mallory Kaul April 24, 2023

Entrepreneurs showed up and showed out Friday in Bayou Pointe for ULM’s second annual Pelican Cup competition, all competing for the coveted glass trophy and the $25,000 cash prize to help kick-start...

CAB hosts motivational speaker for Greek Life

CAB hosts motivational speaker for Greek Life

Mallory Kaul April 24, 2023

Leader, author and motivational speaker Joshua Fredenburg aimed to inspire ULM’s sorority and fraternity population at the Campus Activity Board’s Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Talk. With his...

ULM community assists Dominican Republic

ULM community assists Dominican Republic

Kassidy Taylor, Copy Editor April 24, 2023

Two communities merged Saturday, April 8 when students from all four ULM colleges arrived in the Dominican Republic for a cross-college service learning experience.  During this trip, students from...

Cheer takes 1st place at national competition

Cheer takes 1st place at national competition

Zoe Sissac, Opinion Editor April 24, 2023

On April 8, the ULM cheerleading team made history by winning a fifth national title at the College Classic All-Girls Cheer Championship. Competing against Baker University, ULM came out on top of the...

Competition rewards  students for coding skills

Competition rewards students for coding skills

Beau Benoit, Circulation & Marketing Director April 3, 2023

Computer science students tried to beat the clock Friday in the annual Computer Programming Contest hosted by the Association for Computer Machinery and sponsored by Praeses, LLC. Tasked with completing...

City breaks ground on Kansas Lane Extension

City breaks ground on Kansas Lane Extension

Maggie Eubanks, News Editor April 3, 2023

The city of Monroe broke ground on the Kansas Lane Extension project last Tuesday. Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis said this groundbreaking marks the beginning of the first of four phases that will lengthen...

Estis hopes for smooth transition to president-elect

Estis hopes for smooth transition to president-elect

Cameron Jett, Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2023

The adversarial relationship between current Student Government President Ethan Estis and Vice President David Hernandez isn’t one that’s lived exclusively behind closed doors. In February of this...

Hernandez, Sonnier win uncontested

Hernandez, Sonnier win uncontested

Cameron Jett, Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2023

ULM Student Government elections go live this week, but the two highest-ranking positions are already decided by uncontested ballots.  SGA’s new president will be David Hernandez, and he is joined...

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