Photo: Galveston County Sheriff’s Office If you get arrested in Galveston County, you’re going to have to wear hot pink. The Galveston County Jail is replacing the typical olive green uniforms often used in Texas jails with “new safety pink jumpsuits,” Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Feb. 24. The Sheriff’s OfficeContinueContinue reading “Galveston County Jail inmates now have to wear hot pink to ‘prevent crime’”
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Protest Perry Stone! One City Church conference speaker accused of abusing 12 different women
Editorial note: I wrote this opinion and organized this protest in a personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views or positions of any of my employers. One City Church is hosting a speaker who is a known apocalyptic far-right conspiracy theorist, who’s alsoContinueContinue reading “Protest Perry Stone! One City Church conference speaker accused of abusing 12 different women”
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 “
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.”
Review: ‘Winter Wonderettes’ dash into holidays with songs, dance
Cindy Lou (Lydia Seay), Betty Jean (Lara Strawther), Missy (Lauren Millner-Sanchez) and Suzy (Genevieve Brassard) are the “Winter Wonderettes” at Beaumont Community Players. | Photo: Beaumont Community Players This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on Dec. 2, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Anyone who hates holiday parties andContinueContinue reading “Review: ‘Winter Wonderettes’ dash into holidays with songs, dance”
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