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The Hawkeye

The Student News Site of University of Louisiana Monroe

The Hawkeye

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...

ULM's CBSS recognizes new dean

ULM’s CBSS recognizes new dean

Mae Harding, News Editor August 27, 2025

The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors announced Dr. Arturo Rodriguez will lead the ULM College of Business and Social Sciences (CBSS) as Dean, concluding a search that began last fall....

ULM’s 10th president: Carrie Castille

ULM’s 10th president: Carrie Castille

Mae Harding, News Editor August 27, 2025

After multiple rounds of interviews, the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) System Board of Supervisors named Carrie Castille, Ph.D., as its tenth president on May 19, 2025. She not only assumes the...

ULM narrowed its search for a new president to two finalists: Chris Broadwater and Dr. Carrie Castille.

Amir Alnajjar, Editor-in-Chief May 6, 2025

The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors announced the finalists following public interviews and campus forums held on April 29 and 30 at ULM’s Bayou Pointe Event Center. The selection...

SGA elects new board, passes athletic fee

Mae Harding, Contributing Writer April 15, 2025

Warhawks elected a new Student Government Association (SGA) council and approved a fee increase after two days of campus-wide voting held April 2-3. Before voting began, candidates — including the...

Honors program nominated for national awards

Amir Alnajjar, Editor-in-Chief April 15, 2025

The ULM Honors Program received eight national award nominations from Suitable, a digital platform that records student engagement and co- curricular learning. The nominations honored ULM’s FLIGHT...

Louisiana implements hiring freeze

Louisiana implements hiring freeze

Logan Buum, Contributing Writer April 15, 2025

On April 2, 2025, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to pause hiring for the executive branch of the state government. The executive order resulted from a projected financial deficiency....

Miss Ouachita Parish turns pain into purpose, establishes nonprofit

Miss Ouachita Parish turns pain into purpose, establishes nonprofit

Zoe Sissac, Senior Copy Editor April 15, 2025

The path from grief to healing does not consist of a three-step program or a five-stage process. Grief does not end with a funeral; it lingers in the space where a friend once stood, the text message you...

OPM limits unions

Logan Buum, Contributing Writer April 8, 2025

On March 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs. The order gave exemptions to agencies, which allow them to ignore conditions...

White House X account posts arrest of Bosara-Gonzalez

Mae Harding, Contributing Writer April 8, 2025

On March 12, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Virginia Basora-Gonzalez in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The arrest resulted from a collaboration between the Bureau of Alcohol,...

Marker recognizes Spring Fever Week supporters outside Fant-Ewing Coliseum

Marker recognizes Spring Fever Week supporters outside Fant-Ewing Coliseum

Keith Webb, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 8, 2025

The Northeast Louisiana Music Trail honored students, artists and faculty who helped Spring Fever Week flourish with a marker outside of Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Enoch Doyle Jeter, founder of Enoch's Irish...

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