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Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference

Content note: drug addiction, overdose, eating disorders Last month, I went to the One Pill Can Kill conference, hosted at the school where I teach. I wrote a freelance article about it for the Beaumont Enterprise while one of my journalism students covered it for the school newspaper. READ MORE: Southeast Texas schools lead TexasContinueContinue reading “Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference”

Palestinian oncology nurse at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital weathers many Southeast Texas storms 

Editor’s note: I originally wrote this story in Fall 2018 while writing for the University Press, the student newspaper at Lamar University. The story ended up not making it to print, as sometimes happens to every journalist’s favorite stories, so I am posting it here instead. Hanan Hamvan has worked at Christus St. Elizabeth’s HospitalContinueContinue reading “Palestinian oncology nurse at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital weathers many Southeast Texas storms “

So I might have COVID-19.

It started with a tickle in my throat 12 days ago. I felt it when I woke up that morning, but I thought it was the arid climate in Colorado making my throat dry and I drank some water. I was on vacation, a two-week roadtrip my best friend and I planned for months toContinueContinue reading “So I might have COVID-19.”

Here’s what it’s like to be a journalist in a small town. We don’t have time to create conspiracies.

I love editing pages at the University Press at Lamar University. As a journalist, I get kind of annoyed at people who leave comments on news articles posted to social media like: “I have a police scanner and you wouldn’t believe all the things that the news doesn’t report.” 1.) We can’t just report whateverContinueContinue reading “Here’s what it’s like to be a journalist in a small town. We don’t have time to create conspiracies.”

What’s happening with Tropical Storm Imelda

So a couple of friends have messaged me asking how I’m doing with the weather and I honestly wasn’t worried about this storm at first (we get little tropical rain systems all the time around here and it’s usually no big deal). But tonight I’m starting to be low-key concerned, so I thought I’d giveContinueContinue reading “What’s happening with Tropical Storm Imelda”