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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, and the House Chamber will begin debate on the bill this session. If passed, the bill would mirror many of the...

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 Kansas Lane by more than two miles.  This first phase of the project will connect Highway 165 to Old Sterlington Road. The...

On Friday night, a line of storms produced a series of tornadoes throughout Mississippi and Alabama that killed over 25 people.  According to NPR, President Biden dispatched an emergency response from FEMA on Saturday after seeing pictures from the Mississippi and Alabama towns. Lance Perrilloux, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service, said the rare...

The College of Business and Social Sciences gained a new school on Tuesday when ULM unveiled the William D. Hoover School of Accounting, Financial and Information Services.  The announcement for the school was made in 2019, along with an endowment scholarship of the same name, but on Tuesday the school officially unveiled its place in...

The staff of ULM’s student-run newspaper, The Hawkeye, joined student journalists from twenty-two other universities at the Southeast Journalism Conference 2023 on February 9 -11, 2023, at Nicholls State University. The Hawkeye editors attended sessions and participated in on-site competitions over the two-day event.

At the Best of the South 2022 awards dinner, The Hawkeye ranked as the sixth-best newspaper, with one judge commending its broad campus coverage.

After a 2-year absence during COVID, the ULM Mock Trial Maroon team has advanced to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS,) the second round of the American Mock Trial Association’s national tournament

After a 2-year absence during COVID, the ULM Mock Trial Maroon team has advanced to the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS,) the second round of the American Mock Trial Association’s national tournament. The team secured their spot in the ORCS after earning the second-highest team ranking at the Houston Regional Tournament from February 17-19.

On Wednesday, October 26, ULM welcomed Louisiana Democratic Chair Katherine Bernhardt as she delivered the keynote address at the induction ceremony for the Alpha Zeta Nu Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. Bernhardt was also presented with her Pi Sigma Alpha certificate awarded in 2010 when she was a political science student at ULM.