Category: Features

As Lamar University President Kenneth Evans' tenure draws to a close, he looks back on his accomplishments.

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Lamar University’s Dishman Art Museum will host “Peritia,” the spring senior thesis art exhibition, April 30 through May 15.

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Lynn Sweat, an award-winning illustrator and writer, has donated correspondence to the Lamar University archives.

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Hector Flores, LU’s chief of police, was named the new dean of students and associate vice president, April 5.

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The Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum hosted Gladys City Live, April 10.

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Between the captivating story line, charismatic characters and beautiful sea shanties, “Twelfth Night” keeps audience’s attention from the first note to the last.

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Lamar University’s department of theatre and dance will present “Twelfth Night,” April 8-10 at 7:30 p.m., and April 11 at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre.

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The Lamar University moot court team set an LU record by advancing to the semi-finals at the Texas Tech University School of Law regional tournament in January.

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Candace Poole transformed her “pandemic” hobby of making polymer clay earrings into a business called “Minerva Luxe.”

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Sirena LaBurn and Nathan Mullins’ “Powers At Play” is on display at The Art Studio, Inc. through March 27.

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David Lyons and Daniel Flynn, admins of the Southeast Texas Restaurant Reviews Facebook page, introduce a new loyalty program for members.

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In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Amber Johnson started a floral company, “Myrtle and Moss.”

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The Lamar University Department of Theatre & Dance is pleased to present their Spring 2021 Dance Preview.

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The Dishman Art Museum is presenting “Time Passes Slowly (When you’re lost in a dream),” selections from its permanent collection, through April 3.

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LU returns to the stage this weekend with “The Good Doctor” — and laughter is just what the doctor ordered.

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Whitney Valcin is not a black business owner, she is a business owner who happens to be black.

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“The Good Doctor” will be performed Feb 26 at 7:30 p.m., and at 2 p.m., Feb 27-28 in the Studio Theatre.

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Sibling entrepreneurs, Ericka Chambers and LU art graduate William Jones, have created a puzzle business that shines a light on Black representation.

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LU alumna Lauren Van Gerven details grandfather’s WWII journey in her first book, ‘The Evader.’

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Cathy Spence’s latest photo series, “The Crooked Eye,” will be on display beginning Feb. 6, at The Art Studio, Inc. in downtown Beaumont.

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The Dishman Art Museum will host “Anomalous,” the fall 2020 senior thesis show, beginning Dec. 4.

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The Dishman Art Museum is hosting a pop-up show titled "Confined Creativity" now until Nov. 28.

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Sajeela Siddiq’s solo exhibition, “A Poetry of Line and Shape,” will have a virtual opening, Nov. 7, at The Art Studio, Inc.

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SGA’s Wilson seeks to advocate for entire student body

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Beaumont artist and LU alumna Elizabeth P. Fontenot looks to challenge viewers to think a little deeper with her upcoming “Entwined” exhibition at The Art Studio, Inc. opening Oct. 3.

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“Russian Art and Soviet Design,” will be on display Oct. 3 through Nov. 14 in the Dishman Art Museum.

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The Art Museum of Southeast Texas will kick off its 70th Anniversary Celebration, Oct, 29, from 7 p.m. to 8p.m. on Zoom.

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When Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug. 27, LU student Brandi Hamilton decided to help with the relief efforts.

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The Dishman Art Museum is hosting a senior thesis exhibition through Sept. 26.

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For the Deaf community, COVID-19 masks hinder the ability to read people’s lips and facial expressions.

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Lamar University names new vice president of information management, decision support, Arne Almquist.

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Light Strike Productions, in partnership with World Gym Fitness Center, will host “Date Night at the Drive-In," Sept. 19, to benefit LU film students.

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A pictorial look back at LU art department's spring pour iron.

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Lamar University alumni Kelly Asbury, who directed the Oscar-nominated films “Shrek 2” and “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” had died at age 60.

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Lamar University awarded Qiang Xu the 2020 University Professor title

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English bus company fosters employee empathy for passengers.

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During the past two months, teachers around the globe have had to rapidly shift gears and transition to online or distance learning as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Lamar University department of theatre and dance get creative in face of coronovirus pandemic

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When the COVID-19 pandemic caused Lamar to close classes, Mary McNeely her professor gave the students the opportunity to sew face masks as a project. “I knew right away (sewing and donating masks) was something I wanted to do,” she said.

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Post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance released their ninth studio album, “Afterburner,” April 24. The album incorporates different genres such as funk rock, experimental rock, metalcore and pop rock.

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Starting a sustainable lifestyle doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. There are many ways for beginners to easily start adding in sustainable practices to their everyday life.

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Fiona Apple returns after an eight-year absence with "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" and she is as good as ever.

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The University Press recently published a 14-day photo challenge to keep busy during isolation. The response was great, but as it looks like we will be shut in for a while longer, here’s another challenge.

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Lamar University's art seniors at Lamar are rushing to finish their final thesis projects to graduate in May, but because of the pandemic, the question of whether their work will ever be displayed for an audience hangs in the air.

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Lamar students look to different ways to maintain social relationships in a time of social distancing.

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Throwaway culture has diminished as millennials are turning towards environmentally friendly means of reusing and repurposing antique finds to fill their households and keep money in their wallets. “Antiquing is a beneficial way to promote a sustainable household,” Madeline G. Hiebert, president of the Lamar University Green Squad said.

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To celebrate National Museum Day on April 4, staff writer Tim Cohrs looks at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum's printing exhibition.

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In the wake of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, grocery store HEB is fighting to help people while facing its own problems.

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With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus, many Lamar University students are looking for ways to deal with not having to be in face-to-face classes and the mental struggles of quarantining without any social interaction.

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As Lamar students transitioned to an online model this week, Cardinals who are also parents faced the additional challenge of becoming teachers to their homebound children.

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UP photo editor Noah Dawlearn is holed up at home like the rest of us. We could sit and vegetate and let the world go slowly by, or we can practice a few skills and have some fun along the way. With that in mind, Dawlearn has devised a 14-day photo challenge.

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“We know from the Hubble Space Telescope there are more than 1 trillion galaxies — each galaxy has on the order of a billion stars and as far as we know, there’s no other place where life exists,” Compton Tucker, senior biospheric scientist for NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, said during a Feb. 18 presentation on climate change at Lamar University.

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The first time journalist John Dickerson had to interview people on the street, he was so nervous that it took him 45 minutes to ask a single question.

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Lamar photography student Tommy Duran has led a creative lifestyle ever since he was a little boy growing up in suburban Sugarland.

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Mardi Gras Southeast Texas took over downtown Beaumont this past weekend, as the festivities moved to Beaumont from Port Arthur, its home for 27 years.

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Elmo Willard III was a pioneering civil rights lawyer in Beaumont who has left an enduring legacy.

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A quirky evening filled with seances, an ex-lover, a furious wife, and a night full of twists and turns had Beaumont Community Players audience members at laughing at “Blithe Spirit’s” opening night, Feb. 21.

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The cult of celebrity that surrounds Conrad Birdie in 1958 echoes the celebrity culture that surrounds us today. “Bye Bye Birdie” is a story of middle-America’s relationship with celebrity and how it entices people of all ages, removing those people from the realm of rationality. Beaumont Civic Ballet and Beaumont Community Players production of Michael Stewart’s musical comedy, presented Feb. 14 and 15 at the Jefferson Theatre, was fun but reflective.

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Jordan Lay has a file folder full of Post-it notes in his office that he has carried around throughout his many years of coaching.

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­­“Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”

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