Caleb Love talks to students about consent during the “No Means No” presentation, Sept. 12, in 103 Comm Building. | Photo: Noah Dawlearn This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on Sept. 18, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Upsilon Theta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted “NoContinueContinue reading “‘No Means No’: Fraternity teaches students about consent”
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Unfundamentalist Thoughts: What do Christians mean when they say ‘our joy is not based on this world’?
It only takes a few words to send me back. Certain phrases just set me off. It can be something simple, so common that most average Christians wouldn’t even notice it. But those words meant something else in the fundamentalist cult I grew up in. I go to a not-crazy church now because it’s helpedContinueContinue reading “Unfundamentalist Thoughts: What do Christians mean when they say ‘our joy is not based on this world’?”
Oral history project documents Latinx history in Southeast Texas
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 9, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor The BMT Latina/o Oral History Project hosted “Live In Conversation,” April 8. The event featured two Southeast Texas Latinx speakers, Roberto Flores Sr., a Beaumont native, and Luis Lopez, who immigrated to Southeast TexasContinueContinue reading “Oral history project documents Latinx history in Southeast Texas”
Lamar University participates in hunger drive
Krystal Bradley, Beaumont native, runs the stand where Matthew Whiteing and Jonathan Pamugo Jr., Stanford write encouraging notes to put inside “MATTERboxes,” in front of Brooks-Shivers Dining Hall, March 28. | Photo: Abigail Pennington This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 3, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributorContinueContinue reading “Lamar University participates in hunger drive”
Narrowing the margins: Professor seeks justice, inclusion for Deaf students
Gloshanda Lawyer, assistant professor in the department of deaf studies and deaf education, is researching social justice for deaf students. | Photo: Noah Dawlearn This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on April 3, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Silence is an attribute the hearing world places on theContinueContinue reading “Narrowing the margins: Professor seeks justice, inclusion for Deaf students”
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