Women’s golf swings into SLC championships

The Lady Cardinal golf team is looking to build on its momentum as they prepare for the Southland Conference championship, set for April 16-17, in High Meadow Ranch Golf Club in Magnolia. The team won its first tournament of the season at the Babs Steffens Invitational, hosted by Stetson University, March 25, in Daytona Beach,…

BCP to present ‘Harvey’ April 5 to 20

Mild-mannered Elwood P. Dowd has a friend, Harvey. The problem is no one else can see the six-feet tall rabbit but Elwood. Trouble starts when Elwood introduces Harvey to his friends and family, including his social-climbing obsessed sister, Veta Louis and niece, Myrtle Mae, who find the invisible pookah a societal embarrassment. Beaumont Community Players…

Intramurals gears up for spring

While Lamar’s intramural basketball and flag football leagues are in full swing, there are many other upcoming leagues available to join, including indoor soccer, cricket, softball, dodgeball and volleyball.  “Intramural sports are an outlet for the students,” Jason Harrington, coordinator of intramural and sports club, said. “Your primary goals are to attend Lamar, get an…

Mistaken identities

Lamar University Theatre and Dance will present William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” March 21-24, in the University Theatre. The play is about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, who are finally reunited at the same place and time. This tale of mistaken identities will tickle one’s funny bone with its comedic elements,…

Discussion 2: The Current State of Sports Journalism

Sports writing becoming too liberal? Sports writing in today’s society is definitely becoming too liberal with writers being more open to incorporating political elements in their stories. Everything has a cause-and-effect, and sports writers expressing their liberal ideas on sexuality, religion and race through sports because professional athletes are taking a stand for what they…

Social media vs. the truth

Social media has made both positive and negative impacts on today’s society whether it is used to help people communicate worldwide or it can spread false rumors, and it turn, hurt people’s livelihood. It is a powerful tool, and if used wrongly, can affect not just one person, but everyone and anyone that has been…

Discussion 1: What does Sports Mean to me?

The game outside the game  While I’m not a sports person, there are quite a few things that revolve around the topic of sports that I find fascinating — like whether football negatively impacts the long-term mental and physical health of its players or why we engross ourselves in daily sports watching. These are the…

BCP to present ‘Disaster’ Feb. 22-March 9

Beaumont Community Players will present the musical, “Disaster,” Feb. 22 to March 9 in the Betty Greenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The musical, written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, directed by Donny Avery will sail the audience away on New York’s gambling casino and disco nightclub cruise filled with unforgettable ‘70s hits and…

Apple Watch = Good Investment

For the longest time, I debated investing in an Apple Watch because I wasn’t sure if it would benefit me in any way other than health and fitness. Four Apple Watch launches later, and after a lot of research, from asking my peers’ advice to watching countless video reviews on YouTube, I finally jumped on…

Blinded by ‘Birds’

LU Theatre and Dance to present thriller, Feb. 7-10   LU Theatre and Dance will present “The Birds,” Feb. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Ticket prices are $7 for LU and LIT students, $10 for faculty, staff, students and senior citizens and $15 general admission. “The Birds”…