Project DREAM receives $15K grant
March 24, 2019
A team of undergraduate Warhawks was recently awarded the Good Neighbor Citizenship Grant from State Farm. Project DREAM received the $15000 grant to develop and implement four mini-courses. The courses that will focus on life and driving will cover topics like power, freedom, responsibility and sanctity...
CenturyLink headquarters to stay in Monroe
March 24, 2019
According to an article in KNOE, Gov. John Bel Edwards and CenturyLink have reached a deal to extend the telecommunication company’s contract. The current contract is set to expire in 2020. This new deal could mean the CenturyLink headquarters will remain in Monroe until 2025. Both the Governor’s...
Education Majors Fair expands with interviews
Ethan Dennis, [email protected]
March 17, 2019
Imagine a world without teachers. Well, without training and events to connect students to future employers, that world could easily become a reality. The Education Majors Fair is hosted each spring semester. Both regional and out-of-state school districts came to campus on Wednesday to recruit students...
Zeihan teaches ULM how to make informed choices
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
March 17, 2019
For Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist, the end of the world is coming and “Folks, it’s all going straight to hell.” The audience sarcastically laughed as Zeihan said there was need to worry about the talk of trade and war because the world was full of rainbows and chocolate. But trade and...
Library mixes class with virtual reality
Miles Jordan, [email protected]
March 17, 2019
As the clock counts down towards the ULM Library’s 20th anniversary this April, continual upgrades are being made. Step one was the second floor renovation. Next is their new virtual reality (VR) room. The VR area is off in the side of the second floor. It’s a room with top of the line computers,...
‘TAPS’ offers final tribute for veterans
March 17, 2019
A group of ULM musicians have stepped forward to recognize the service and honor the sacrifices of United States Armed Forces veterans by performing “TAPS” at funeral and memorial services. “TAPS” is a haunting 24-note salute played by a lone bugler or trumpeter at military funerals. Talons...
Ouachita Green cleans up chemicals
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
March 17, 2019
Community teams up to prevent waste in water systems: Many hazardous items like batteries, electronics, chemicals and medications are killing our environment and if we aren’t careful, this will soon be a major issue. However, Ouachita Green, the ULM toxicology program and ULM students are helping...
Program receives $50K from nation’s largest insurance broker
March 17, 2019
ULM’s Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program received a $50,000 from AmWINS, Inc., the country’s largest wholesale insurance broker. The donation was handed to the program on Monday, in the presence of faculty and students. Summer Ho, a current AmWINS intern, was among the many students who...
Second ULM football player arrested in a month for dispute
March 17, 2019
Defensive tackle Jaylen Veasley was arrested on Monday after officers responded to a disturbance call. According to the arrest report, Veasley entered the victim's house after she repeatedly advised him not to. He then approached another person present in the bedroom, where Veasley swung a fist at...
Story-telling contest shares stories of grandmothers
Sisam Shrestha, [email protected]du
March 17, 2019
Meghan Edmiston always looked at her grandmother as a guardian angel and a source of inspiration. Edmiston’s grandmother lost her father at the age of four, graduated high school while four months pregnant and had three kids by the age of 23. She did all this while taking care of her mother who was...
Blood supply low
Alfonzo Galvan, [email protected]
March 10, 2019
We are at a critical blood supply level, according to a recent press release made by LifeShare Blood Center. A safe inventory level of blood for LifeShare is a three-day supply for each blood type. Currently the most common blood type, Type O, has reached a critically low level. “People do not re...
Night of food, friends, feathered boas
Kaitlin Maness, [email protected]
March 10, 2019
On Feb. 28, distant laughter and music could be heard over the sound of rain against the pavement outside Bayou Pointe Event Center. ULM students held up their dresses and covered their heads as they made their way toward the noise. Despite the bad weather, the building was full of people enjoying the...
