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Colton Morris, Joanna Chavez and Tyler Coleman, members of the LU Green Squad throw items in a recycling bin in front of Plummer Building Tuesday.

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The world is full of waste.

On any given day, mounds of paper are printed, electricity flows through burning bulbs in empty rooms, and garbage fills trash cans — and that’s just on the Lamar campus.

Alicen Flosi is looking to change the way the campus deals with this waste as LU’s new director of sustainability.

Flosi said the university has had a recycling program for two years but it has been small.

“There are many things that Lamar can do to lessen our impact on the environment,” she said. “One of the biggest things we can do is expand the current recycling program — the LU Green Squad. Everyone will soon notice new recycling containers around campus. The students and faculty can help by using the recycling containers for paper, plas-

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‘EDUCATE AND INSPIRE’ DENNIS KIEL NAMED DISHMAN ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR

Over the span of his career as an art historian, Dennis Kiel has hopped from a large institution with extensive collections to a small gallery specializing in film and photography.

Now he finds himself at Lamar University as the new director of the Dishman Art Museum, and he couldn’t be more enthusiastic and full of ideas.

“For me, being in a university environment is really exciting and inspiring,” he said. “The whole idea of Beaumont, I thought the best part, is that it is a university museum and the challenges involved with that — taking it possibly into a new direction and continuing its reputation.

“The whole idea is, of course, to educate and inspire students.”

Kiel’s previous experiences have prepared him to increase the Dishman’s presence in the community.

“The goal is to take it to the next level,” he said. “Move it up a notch and figure out a way to do that to get more people involved, to get more students involved.

“I know the art students, of course , come here, but the campus is big — how do we bring in everyone else, bring in the community?”

Kiel said he will look at other ways than just art exhibitions to attract visitors. “(We are) trying to figure out ways that people who are interested in other things, such as music, can be pulled in to see the art exhibitions,” he said.

Kiel’s decades-long career in the arts began with a degree in graphic design from Ohio University, and he found himself drawn towards graduate study in art history.

“I was a graphic designer, I have done some graphic design work,” he said. “I never thought I was that good, that’s why I went into art history. When I took the fine arts courses as an undergraduate, I really liked that and decided to go into art history.”

After earning his master’s at the University of Cincinnati-Ohio, Kiel landed a curatorial position at the Cincinnati Art Museum, where he was responsible for more than 35,000 pieces in

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Lamar’s new director of the Dishman Art Museum, Dennis Kiel, surrounded by the Eisenstadt collection. the Works on Paper department.

“For the first 10 years, the curator and I considered ourselves generalists,” he said.” We

LU coaches, hoops alumni recognized at reunion Former Lamar basketball coaches Pat Foster and Billy Tubbs made a trip back to Beaumont Sat-

urday, for a men’s basketball reunion when Lamar faced rival McNeese State. During half time, both were recognized, as well were players going all the way back to the ‘50s. A banner for Foster was hung in the rafters of the Montagne Cen-

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Former Lamar basketball coaches Pat Foster, left, and Billy Tubbs, were recognized along with basketball alumni from six decades during Saturday’s home game against McNeese.

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Big Red Mania, or as some call it, spring homecoming, will begin Monday with events all week to celebrate the basketball season.

“Monday we are kicking off with a traditional cake cutting where we will have the coaches cutting the cake this year to encourage more involvement between the coaches, the players and the student body,” Kiet Le, associate director of Lamar Alive! said. “It will be the official start of the week.

Usually SGA cuts the cake, but this year I was able to get the coaches involved. I think with the teams doing so well this year that they will come out to the cake cutting and interact with the coaches and get more participation towards that Thursday doubleheader.”

Monday night students will be able to play miniature golf in the Setzer Center Ballroom.

“There is a company that is coming in,” Le said. “They are going to bring actual little greens and mini golf décor that will make it look like an actual mini golf course. They will bring in inflatable buildings and different things like that.”

Tuesday, students will be able to enjoy Crawfish Fest in front of the dining hall with lawn games

by Outdoor Pursuit and a DJ. Faculty and staff will be able to purchase a crawfish meal through the dining hall.

Wednesday will have two events with the Career Fair put on by the Career and Testing Center, and at 3 p.m. there will be Big Red’s Field Day. “It’s kind of just a big play day for everyone, kind of like elementary school when you had field day — tug-o-war, potato sack races — different events like that,” Le said. “Whatever you can think of — egg race, balloon toss, you name it, if you did it in elementary school on field day, we will probably have that event out there.”

Thursday will be Food Fest in the Setzer Center at 11 a.m. and that night will be the doubleheader against Sam Houston with the women’s team playing at 5:30 p.m., and the men’s team playing at 7:30 p.m.

“Food Fest is usually the big day when everyone is involved,” Le said. “We have student organ-

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tic, aluminum and cardboard, and reminding people to keep food trash and things like Styrofoam out of the recycling containers.”

Flosi said students in various classes and student organizations can also work on sustainability projects.

“For example, Dr. Seokyon Hwang’s construction management class is going to build

ter during half time, and now sits right next to Tubbs’.

“It’s always a pleasure to be back in Beaumont and at Lamar University, but it’s a special treat when you get to come back to a basketball reunion where you’re seeing all your former players and former coaches,” Tubbs said. “This is coming back home for me.”

Tubbs took over the program from 1976-80, and again for three more seasons beginning in 2003.

As head coach of LU, his record sits at 121-89, and he won three Southland Conference titles under his tenure. He’s a two-time SLC Coach of the Year, and has guided the Cards to two NCAA postseason appearances, making it to the Sweet 16 in 1980.

Foster took over the program after coach Tubbs was tapped by Oklahoma, where he coached for 14 seasons. Foster coached LU from 1980-86, and holds the highest winning percentage with a

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record of 134-49.

“There are so many memories,” Foster said. “This is a program that elevated itself to national prominence. Wins over Missouri and Alabama in the NCAA Tournament really got this program going.

It was a great run for any school, but for a mid-major in those times, it was a great experience.”

Foster also led the Cards to two NCAA postseason appearances, and four NIT appearances.

After three SLC titles and five 20win seasons, Foster also made the leap to bigger schools, first by replacing Guy Lewis at Houston University, and later moving to the University of Nevada.

Foster said that coaching for Lamar was the best experience he has had coaching anywhere.

“All in all it was a period that was wonderful for me and my family,” he said. “It was truly reward-

Lamar University’s study abroad program is offering a trip to Paris, May 23 through May 31, to study art and architecture. Participants will earn arts appreciation core credit.

Richard Gachot, program director and associate professor of fine arts, said studying abroad is essential to students’ academic careers.

“Nothing replaces the experience of being in a city that’s culturally so rich as somewhere like Paris,” he said. “It’s essential in a global world — and in a global economy — that people be exposed to different countries and cultures so they can operate in businesses or just to understand the world.”

The application deadline is March 1. The program fee is $2,800, which includes air fare, excur-

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“We are going to focus on the way you approach architecture,” Gachot said. “In terms of cities, Paris is just the global capital of many things, but culturally it just happens to have a cross section of all art history.”

Paris, has been a focal point of Western civilization for more than 2,000 years and the trip will include visits to architectural sites and art museums that cover six major periods of history and artistic development — Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, 19th century, early 20th

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“For example, we can go see the Notre Dame,” Gachot said. “There is a museum, the Cluny, which focuses on the history of Paris — it’s a gothic sort of residence there. Next, we will focus on the Renaissance, and we’ll go see Place des Vosges, where they have these little private residences for the wealthy aristocracy.

“In the afternoon, we’ll go to the Louvre and see the collection there, and study the art of the Renaissance. Then we will go in to the Baroque period. One field trip outside of Paris will take us to Versailles, which was the palace when the kings began to distance themselves from the people. Started by Louise XIV, it used to be a hunting lodge and turned

into this magnificent palace. It’s probably one of the greatest monuments of the world, architecturally, both in terms of landscape architecture and interior design.”

Jeffery Palis, study abroad director, said that the school is keen to expand opportunities for students to travel.

“Lamar University does a wonderful job of bringing international students here, but now it’s time to do the reverse, and our students need to have the international experience,” he said.

Before the trip, Gachot will host a three-day preparation to teach students about French culture and language, so they will feel comfortable while in Paris.

In the 19th century, France was a turning point of the development of middle class bourgeois culture, Gachot said,

where architecture, art, lifestyles and food all came together. “(It was) just an incredibly wonderful experience, not for everyone, but for a lot of people,” he said. “I think, in many ways, what we are experiencing in America now is the same level of sophistication. I think that there is a sort of integration of art, life, food and restaurants — just all sorts of walking in the streets.”

Scholarships forms are available at http:/lamar.edu/study-abroad/forms/ index.html.

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For information about study abroad programs, visit 215 Wimberly Building, email jpalis@lamar.edu, or call 880-8229.

CALENDAR February 26 The Glass Menagerie Studio Theatre 7:30-9:30 p.m.

February 27 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner Gray Library, 8th floor 6:30-10:00 p.m.

The Glass Menagerie Studio Theatre 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Tennis vs. Southern Mississippi Thomson Family Tennis Center 2 p.m.

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izations that sign up to sell food. That is a big fundraiser for them usually every year. This year we are doing it a little bit different. We will be offering top prizes to the students who have the best dishes in four different categories — Hot Off the Grill, Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice, and Party Appetizers and Snacks. Within each category there will be a first, second and third place. First place gets $300, second place gets $125, and third place gets $75 towards their organization.”

Friday will end the week with a showing of the new Annie remake at 6 p.m. in the Science Auditorium with free pizza.

Le encourages all students to participate in the free events of Big Red Mania.

“They are missing out if they don’t participate and they are kind of flushing money down the drain because every student on campus pays a student fee for activities, so that is how we are able to put on these different events,” he said. “I definitely say if you are a student and you see free events, then you should attend, or at least stop by for five or 10 minutes to see what is going on and figure out if you want to participate or not. Kind of like if you are skipping class, you’re paying tuition, you are flushing money down the drain there too. A lot of times students don’t see that if they are missing out on all these great events on campus.”

recycling containers,” she said. “He is also developing a course on sustainability to be offered this summer.”

Flosi said there are many jobs in the sustainability field, so the experience will be invaluable to students.

For the past 16 years, Flosi has taught management information systems classes in the College of Business, and she will continue to teach part time. She is Lamar alumnae with a bachelor’s of business administration and master’s in business administration. Flosi earned her doctorate in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University, before working as an administrator for public school districts in Illinois.

Flosi said that the LU Green Squad is accepting donations to generate interest in recycling on campus through a crowd funding initiative at www.gofundme.com.

“Some of the more popular crowd-funding sites are gofundme, kickstarter and indiegogo,” she said. “gofundme has helped raise over $750 million for a variety of causes. Investors can even donate small amounts — with a large audience, those small amounts add up quickly.”

Lamar film students, Wes Gifford, Shelby Dryden, Jon Hearn, Hayden Gilbert, Megan White and Mizzael Avila created a video for the campaign.

“This project will give students, employees, family, friends and strangers a way to help us by spreading the word and donating,” Flosi said. “A similar campaign was run in 2013 by students at Cornell University who

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Flosi said that the money earned by gofundme campaign will be used to purchase recycling containers. Since the current program only has a few bins, there is a demand for more in other locations.

“We felt that people might be more likely to contribute for an actual item instead of a sustainability program,” she said. “This is simply a fun way to involve students who can share the news with Twitter, Facebook and e-mail. Once gofundme has reached $500, the website will list it in the public search directory.”

Flosi said that energy management is another big issue for large organizations like Lamar.

“Hopefully, you have noticed the stickers by all of the light switches, encouraging you to turn off lights in rooms that are not in use,” she said. “If we could remember to turn off lights in empty classrooms, that would be a big energy saver and would lesson our impact on the environment. And it is such an easy fix — just a new habit we all need to develop.”

For students who want or need community service credit, the recycling program is an option.

“Recycling is collected in various places around campus,” Flosi said. “But we need students’ help to get it to the recycling trailer, which is currently behind the library.”

For information on the LU Green Squad, visit their Facebook page, or follow them at twitter.com/LUGreenSquad.

Information is also available at http://www.lamar.edu/sustainability, by visiting 216 Wimberly Building, or by calling 880-8612.

Spring Preview Day Montagne Center 8:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m.

Football Spring Scrimmage Provost-Umphrey Stadium 10 a.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. Incarnate Word Montagne Center 4 p.m.

Basketball vs. Incarnate Word Montagne Center 6 p.m.

The Glass Menagerie Studio Theatre 7:30-9:30 p.m.

March 1 Tennis vs. UTPA Thomson Family Tennis Center 10 a.m.

The Glass Menagerie Studio Theatre 2-4 p.m.

March 2 Interactive Website Builder SBDC Seminar 113 Galloway Business Building 6-8 p.m.

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UP EDITORIAL HERITAGE MONTHS HAVE YEAR ROUND SIGNIFICANCE The end of February sees the end of Black History Month — a time during which we celebrate African-American heritage. Historically, Black History Month grew out of its precursor “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 and took place the second week of February.

Currently, the year consists of seven heritage months that recognize specific groups of the population.

In February we celebrate Black History, March is Women’s History Month, May is Asian and Pacific American Heritage, Older Americans, and Jewish American Heritage Month. June is Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, September is Hispanic Heritage Month, October is National Disability Employment Awareness, and National Italian American Heritage Month, and November is National American Indian Heritage Month.

Although it is important that we recognize all these groups and learn about their histories, our education about a certain group should not be limited to one month a year.

As February transitions into March, we shouldn’t just forget about Black History to focus on Women’s History, only to move on from that a month later.

We should continue our education about different groups of the population throughout the year.

During Sunday’s Academy Awards, several winners addressed various inequality issues during their acceptance speeches. Singer-songwriter John Legend, who won best song for “Glory,” the soundtrack for the civil rights movie “Selma,” said, “Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now.”

Patricia Arquette, who won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in “Boyhood,” used her acceptance speech to advocate for equal pay for women, saying, “To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.”

We are one big society, and we all live in it year round. We must remember the past, but must also be able to leave it behind us.

It is 2015 — time for equality for all, regardless of gender, race, sexual preference or anything else.

We need to focus on equality for one group — the human group.

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Belligerent customers create chaos, longer wait times Working in retail is hard. Putting on a smiling, happy face all the time, saying little phrases that the company wants you to say to every single customer, and then trying to get the ever-growing list of things done in an amount of time that seems to be impossible — and then you have to add in all of the customers.

Now I know that a retail worker is there to make a customer happy. The companies need customers to enjoy their experience, and to want to come back time and time again to spend money with them. But nothing makes a retail job worse than having a customer who is almost impossible to deal with.

Everyone who has ever shopped at store or gone out to eat has had to witness the horror that is a difficult customer.

Screaming, arguing, demanding, making an absolute fuss over something that normally isn’t even that big of an issue — it is ridiculous.

Nothing makes my job harder than being in the middle of the 5 o’clock rush and seeing that customer come up. They don’t even have to say anything. I can tell by the look on their face that my busiest time of the day is about to get much worse.

I am a senior pharmacy technician in a retail pharmacy and I have to deal with it pretty much every day. I completely understand that some situations are frustrating.

Most of the time these situations are out of my hands — but they are most definitely my problem.

Customers have screamed at me, called me incompetent. I’ve pretty much been called every vulgar name in the book — all over small issues that can either be solved

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fairly quickly, or issues that have nothing to do with me, and are because of either the insurance company or the doctor’s office.

It seems that more and more customers not only expect workers to give them everything that they want, but absolutely demand it. It’s not even a question — they want this, and they want it now.

I assure you that the goal when I am with a customer is to get them taken care of as quickly as possible. I like to be on top of everything that is going on in my pharmacy.

I want you to be happy. I want to get everything done correctly the first time.

I promise I never want to tell someone that the insurance company requires more paperwork from the doctor’s office before they cover their $1,200 cream. It would be so much easier for me if there were never any problems. I would love to give each and every customer everything they want for free — but I can’t.

Think of it this way, with every customer that comes in angry, it sets me back on everything else I need to get done — sometimes just a few minutes, but more often than not, it takes me a good 15 minutes or longer to deal with someone who is

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A-MUSE-ING THE ARTIST Switch from spectactor to subject creates new view of self The journey from being a spectator confronting works in contemporary galleries to becoming a muse for artists in Paris happened within the span of a year.

My visits to museums and galleries focused on works of figurative drawing and painting, timeless techniques that explore the potentiality of the human figure. My interest in writing about these exhibitions led to making the acquaintance of Ayako DavidKawauchi, who asked me to pose for several features of a large mural, as well as a series of smaller drawings in her atelier.

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being difficult. Every instance that this happens puts me behind on every other aspect of my job — taking in other people’s prescriptions, typing in the drugs and directions, filling the prescriptions, and selling them. Fifteen minutes in a busy pharmacy is a huge amount of time.

My job is already demanding and tiring as it is — having a mini meltdown in the back of the pharmacy after a customer screams at me, makes me dread going to work some days.

I know things can be hard to deal with and frustrating, but making things worse for someone who is underpaid and overworked doesn’t help you get what you want. It takes me longer to take care of your problem and get you on your way, and it makes every other customer have to wait even longer for the things that they need.

When going into any kind of retail setting just remember that the worker isn’t trying to make you angry.

When any kind of problem arises and I am lucky enough to have an understanding customer who doesn’t make me want to cry, I always remember that customer. Even better are the customers who watch these situations happen and come up to tell me that I do a great job, and not to worry about all of the things that the angry customer tells me.

Those are the customers I will continually go above and beyond to make happy.

Those are the customers who make my job worth doing. They are the reason why I continue to go back day after day.

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I imagined myself lying naked on a bed with sheets draped “just so,” as one would find in an old masters’ painting, or standing on a pedestal, contreposto — the weight shifted to one leg — arms above my head like a Venus. However, Ayako’s demands were much simpler and more natural. Her studio in late December and early January was freezing, and we began our sessions huddled around a space heater drinking tea.

After gaining some warmth, she would ask me to try sitting in different positions, my head tilted in order to find the best light.

Her sketches varied from me making eye contact to keeping my gaze to the floor, my feet were folded underneath me.

Sessions lasted three to four hours, at the end of which she had produced two drawings. On the first day, she made adjustments to an already finished figure in a large mural which had been made using a different model. Ayako felt she needed to use a live model to complete details of the nose, lips and hands.

During other sessions, she would focus her attention on making individual drawings. Although I posed topless for one of her tableaus, the end result rendered the nudity subtle and focused on my gaze rather than my breasts. Ayako was fascinated with capturing different gazes illuminated from various light sources. She prefers to work in the late afternoon or with artificial light, which produces a variety of effects. Before I returned to Beaumont, she had created six different drawings for her show this March.

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The most satisfying aspect of being a muse was seeing myself from the artist’s perspective. Ayako’s hand reaffirmed my subjectivity, capturing my individuality on paper in a way that a photograph is unable to do. A photograph documents the subject as they appear in real life, while Ayako’s drawings presented me as I appeared to her.

Posing is different for drawing than it is for photography. The time spent with the artist is an experience that is beyond words.

During sittings, the silence is magical as the artist engages in the art of creation — which is dependent on my participation.

My Paris experience brought me faceto-face with wonderful works by innovative artists. However, I never imagined that I would switch roles from spectator to subject and become an artist’s model. The experience has increased my self-confidence and helped me see myself in a new light.

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‘Birdman’ DVD Soars High Oscar winner release offers cool special features, insights LANE FORTENBERRY UP CONTRIBUTOR “Birdman” is all about reputation and redemption. Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton) was once an iconic superhero, hence the title. Thompson decides to revamp his acting career by writing, starring and directing his own adaption of Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Thompson faces multiple problems around every corner.

He finds an actor that the Broadway audience adores, Mike Shiner (Edward Norton), and everything seems to be falling into place. Thompson then has altercations with his daughter Sam (Emma Stone), with himself — and, it seems, with the world. Constantly battling production issues, he also fights the voice inside his head that taunts him to ultimately try and redeem himself.

“Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” to use its full title — is about crisis and how Thompson handles it. He wants to call himself beloved, and to feel himself beloved on earth, to paraphrase the opening of the film.

The Oscar-winning movie was released on DVD/Blu-ray, Feb. 17.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who also picked up Oscars for directing and writing, has made an incredible movie. It’s an ambitious stab at magical realism, with many scenes featuring Keaton moving things with his mind and flying through New York City.

Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who also picked up an Oscar, achieve an amazing feat by making “Birdman” appear to be just one shot with such smooth style. Most of the cuts are hidden within the pans and are so well done, it makes it incredibly hard to catch them. In the DVD’s special features, the actors talk about the difficulty involved with such long, continuous scenes. If they messed up the end, it meant starting all over again.

Michael Keaton is outstanding and it’s hard to believe he didn’t win Best Actor at the Oscars. It’s ironic as well, because in reality, Keaton is mirroring his character. As Thompson is escaping “Birdman,” Keaton is escaping his iconic performance as “Batman.”

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In “Birdman,” we follow Thompson around and experience his claustrophobic life within the tight walls of the St. James Theater in New York City. He battles his alter ego while balancing on the fence of insanity. At times he’s a burning comet soaring through the sky, while in others he’s a dead jellyfish lying on the beach to rot (check the special features for that reference).

There are three bonus features included on the DVD/Blu-ray. The best extra is “Birdman: All-Access.” This is an awesome insight to the making of the movie, a behind-the-scenes look at the process and the actors’ and actresses’

thoughts. There is an in-depth interview with Michael Keaton and Alejandro Iñárritu about the movie, and the package includes stills from the set.

Norton and Stone both received supporting actor nominations and are well deserving of them. Iñárritu brought out the best in the rest of the cast including Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts and Andrea Riseborough.

“Birdman” is an incredible experience coated with brilliant acting, writing and cinematography, and is an outstanding movie that will be talked about for years to come.

The DVD/Blu-ray retails for $24.99.

The Lamar University office of undergraduate research is accepting abstracts for the second annual Undergraduate Research Exposition to be held, April 20.

The event will take place in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom.

Abstracts are due by March 31.

“This all-day, campus-wide event showcases the research, creative work and service of undergraduates from a variety of fields and majors,” Kumer Das, director of undergraduate research, said. “Our signature event, the research expo, allows students to promote and share their research experience with peers and faculty, while also providing them the opportunity to explore other areas of research available.”

All undergraduate students are eligible to submit abstracts.

The expo will also feature presentations from 2014 grant recipients.

“As demonstrated from our inaugural Undergraduate Research Exposition last year, the presentations reflect all disciplines and embody the diversity of Lamar,” Das said. “Providing a venue that supports LU’s combined educational missions, the expo also affords students an opportunity to collaborate with one another, whether intra-discipline or inter-discipline, in a professional setting.”

Das said the expo provides students the opportunity to showcase individualized research projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Relevant research activities include thesis projects, senior theses, honors projects and course-related projects that may be recently completed or ongoing, and may be collaborative or individual.

“This event allows undergraduates to make a difference in their fields and simultaneously form strong mentor relationships

with faculty members in their respective disciplines,” he said.

“Studies have shown that students can comprehend learning subjects with more ease when involved in the research process.

Active researching allows students to be more invested in their education and leads to invaluable academic success.”

The exposition will comprise two venues — a symposium for oral presentations and a poster presentation fair.

“The symposium will consist of a concurrent session, representing the disciplinary sections of the college: humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering,” Das said. “Meanwhile, students who present their findings via posters will offer brief synopses of their work to audience members traversing the room.

Both methods of presentation will allow the students to fully promote their research and engage with others.”

The expo will be open to the public and will feature remarks from Kenneth Evans, LU president, and Steve Doblin, LU provost.

“Students who are not involved can attend the exposition and see the exciting findings of their peers and possibly be encouraged to do research in the future,” Das said.

Students should submit an abstract online at https://forms.lamar.edu/undergraduate-r esear ch/submitabstract-form.html.

Submitted abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words and include a title, methodology, data collection if applicable, results of the study if completed, implications of the study and the student’s preference of poster or oral presentation. Selected undergraduates will be contacted and must register by April 9.

For more information, email kumer.das@lamar.edu.

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Ploughman of Magnetic Fields GREEK ARTIST TRAVERSES MAGNETIC FIELDS TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE, VISIBLE CAITLIN DUERLER UP CONTRIBUTOR Greek artist Panagiotis “Takis” Vassilakis’ attraction to magnets is clear in art works spanning his sixtyplus year career. He continually finds inspiration in trying to make unseen forces visible through his various works. The Menil Collection in Houston has pulled from its holdings 25 sculptures, paintings and kinetic works to display in “Takis: The Fourth Dimension” which is open until July 16.

Takis sought “the fourth dimension as an invisible higher reality… to

step out of the constraints of time to gain new perspectives.” The pieces in the exhibit are contemplative works that, although show ancient and contemporary influences, belong in the canon of art history because of the artist’s innovative and imaginative use of space and magnetism.

All of Takis’ works question one’s relationship to space and the invisible forces that surround us. In the early ‘50s, Takis becomes increasingly fascinated with sculpture and produced works which relied on simple geometric forms, as seen in the bronze sculptures on display. One sculpture, “Seated Goddess” (1954), presents a

“Magnetic Painting No. 7” by Takis

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seated figure on a pedestal. The pedestal is modified by a welded knob on the side, giving the illusion of a mechanism to power the figure.

Takis fascination with invisible forces, like space and time, extended to the radar technology developed in the forties leading to the realization of his “Signal” sculptures. These sculptures act as antennae to reign in “the natural harmonies… of the universe”.

The “Signal” sculptures are made of iron rods and found objects. The exhibit presents a couple “Signals”, but hundreds of these unique sculptures are displayed all over the world in both public and private venues.

From 1958, Takis’ interest had turned towards making his static “Signals” kinetic through implementing forces generated in magnetic fields.

His incorporation of magnets in works led to a residency in the Physics department of MIT ten years later. Takis believed that magnets were the best medium for harnessing Earth’s energy. During his residency, the artist’s research focused on the effects of the magnetic field on organisms. He also developed another experiment to turn waves of water into energy, demonstrated by a bicycle wheel inspired by the work by the great French artist Marcel Duchamp.

The Menil Collection displays one of these kinetic sculptures, “Ballet Magnetique I” in the center of the room. The sculpture presents two iron objects rotating around a base with a motor, acting as a centerpiece around which the rest of the exhibit is arranged.

“Magnetic Painting No. 7”. is a striking yellow tableau positioned on the left side of the exhibition featuring iron elements suspended in front of a magnet on the back of the canvas. In this work, the concept of space is very important– the iron pieces must be nearly touching the canvas while in

“Magnetic Wall” by Takis mid suspension.

According to guidelines set by Takis, all expositions must feature musical works. In these works, Takis chose materials that he felt would be best in expressing the “sounds of the universe”, making “music through magnetic waves.” The music produced by the sculpture presented in the exhibit is unlike the music transmitted on the radio. Instead of melodies, the work emits an almost mechanical, sliding sound produced by the metal materials interacting with each other. Magnetic forces act upon the metal components to produce what Takis refers to as “naked music”.

This music echoes throughout the entire building and pulls visitors to the room.

The artist continues his mission in rendering invisible forces visible at his studio in Greece today. He insists that he possesses telekinesis but not in the mind-reading sense. Takis is able to sense the bio-electric magnet-

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ism, the ionic and magnetic energy, of others. Despite all of the digital technology of today, his interests are still deeply rooted in magnetism. His work with these invisible forces coincides with another unseen interest – spirituality. Takis fascination with Zen and “the void” developed from his career as an artist, and he received visitors from all over the world who visit him for telekinetic healing.

Visitors to the exhibit should take advantage of the other galleries on the Menil campus. The Cy Twombly gallery is across the street and displays the American artist’s paintings and sculptures. Less than a five minutes’ walk away is the Dan Flavin installation which transforms an industrial building into an illuminated art piece. The campus is located at 1515 Sul Ross in Houston. Hours are Wednesdays through Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Admission is free.

For more information, check out the Menil’s website at www.menil.org.

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“Finally about 10 years into it, the director of CAM at the time decided that we should focus, rather than being generalists — each one of us should take parts of the collection and really focus on it. I got photography. I ended up being there 24 years, and for the next 14 years I was primarily in charge of the photography collection.”

When he started at CAM, Kiel said the museum structure seemed small.

“We had our hands in everything,” he said. “As I stayed longer and longer at CAM, it got bigger and bigger and became very bureaucratic. I worked under four different directors. When the fourth director came, he restructured the art museum, which caused a lot of problems.”

In July 2007, Kiel got a call from The Light Factory, a contemporary museum of photography and film. They were looking for a chief curator.

“This was a chance to go from a large place, where we had nine curators, to a very small organization in Charlotte, N.C.,” he said. “I decided to take that position — organizing shows and doing lectures and presentations.”

When the Light Factory began to be operated on a volunteer basis, Kiel found himself looking for a new job, leading him to Lamar.

Although primarily a curator during his time at CAM and The Light Factory,

Dennis Kiel, new director of the Dishman Art Museum, designed this ticket for the Rolling Stones’ “Tattoo You” tour in the early 1980s.

Ticket to success Dennis Kiel’s brief foray into graphic design has been immortalized in Paul D. Grushkin’s “The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk”. While writing his thesis for his MA, Kiel earned money designing tickets and backstage passes for big ’70s and ’80s rock acts.

“I did these backstage passes for the ‘Belladonna’ tour for Stevie Nicks,” he said. “They wanted these passes at the last minute and we got them out. I still have them (but I) think they are not that

Kiel said he is excited about the challenges posed by the directorial position, and having the opportunity to present shows that create dialogues between spectators and works.

“A good piece of art will create an emotional response which doesn’t have to be positive,” he said. “But it creates a dia-

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Dennis Kiel, director of the Dishman Art Museum.

great. It was pretty exciting.

“I also did the ‘Tattoo You’ tour for the Rolling Stones. There was the generic tickets you could buy, but there were also these incredible tickets with foil, just to protect it from counterfeiting. My friend Carol, she did the first two versions of it, and I did the third version for the Rolling Stones tickets.

Sometimes I go on eBay and there it is.

Not going for much money,” he chuckled.

logue where you will go around and tell people, ‘This is why I like or dislike a piece,’ and you will think about it and you may even change your mind, because you talk about it so much.

“Any artist would say that they would rather someone really hate their work and have something to say about it — why they dislike it — and continue that discussion outside of the gallery, and a week later, wake up in the middle of the night, saying, ‘That photo! I can’t get it out of my head.’ It is just the idea that any work of good art will create just a discussion that does not necessarily need be a positive one. It can be a negative one.”

Kiel hopes to continue the Dishman Art Museum’s reputation as a cultural institution presenting art works that offers viewers various perspectives and insights.

“Even with the Internet, seeing stuff in person is incomparable,” he said.

“Some people don’t realize that. (They think) ‘I am right here in my house, I don’t need to leave.’

“There is a whole different feeling, experiencing art one-on-one, in person.

To me, that’s part of it, seeing what was done in the Dishman in the past and continuing the reputation.”

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‘Bowling’ against hunger Participants of the second-annual Empty Bowl Making Marathon created clay bowls during the event in the Dishman Art Museum, Saturday. The program aims to raise awareness of world hunger by allowing students and members of the community to make ceramic objects which will be auctioned, April 11, int the museum. All profits will benefit the Southeast Texas Foodbank.

For more pictures of the event, visit www.lamaruniversity press.com.

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Lady Cards win first ‘Battle of Border’ Jamisha Edwards overcomes foul trouble, scores 22 in 75-67 victory TYLER LINDER UP CONTRIBUTOR The Lady Cardinals basketball team defeated archrival McNeese State, 75-67, in the annual Battle of the Border series, Saturday, in the Montagne Center.

“We just decided we had to get back on the winning track and it was a must win,” head coach Robin Harmony said. “We know that McNeese is a good team and only beating them by eight shows that they are. This was a good win for us.”

The Cards were coming off of a disheartening loss at SFA where they lost their hold on first place in the Southland Conference standings.

“We just needed to rebound back and win that game — we could have very easily dropped the game,” Harmony said. “We just want to go ahead and win all of our games outright, and hopefully SFA will stumble. At this point, if it ends tomorrow, we have to be the No. 2 seed so we get the first round bye.”

Lamar received several big performances from guards Jemisha Edwards and Baileigh O’Dell, as well as forward Laka Blache to spur them to victory.

Edwards went off for 22 points, going 612 from the field and 3-5 from the threepoint arch.

“I knew that we could not lose the game,” she said. “We started pretty slow and I got into foul trouble early, but we

knew we just had to stay in the game and win the game.”

With Edwards on the bench due to her foul trouble, Addesha Collins stepped in to run the offense for Lamar.

“Jemisha is our engine,” Harmony said.

“If we lose her, it is a tough blow. I had her on the bench and kept looking at the time — wanting to put her back in, but we were doing so well without her that I just stretched it to the last minute. I didn’t want to put her back in too early, with Addesha doing such a great job for us.”

Freshman O’dell has come up big for Lamar all season, and last Saturday was no exception, scoring 14 points and hitting a big 3-pointer at the end of the game to open up the lead.

“We put her to the fire early as she has just about started every game, and she is still learning — making freshman mistakes,” Harmony said. “But the shot she hit from the baseline was just a dagger. It was the nail in the coffin for McNeese. As a freshmen playing division one basketball and putting up the numbers she has been putting up, you can’t ask for anything else.”

Coming off the bench, freshman Laka Blache gave the Lady Cards some good minutes in relief of starter Kiandra Bowers.

Blache scored nine points, pulling down three rebounds and blocking a shot.

“Laka Blache is one of our best recruits, so she had the biggest potential,” Harmony said. “If she would have played to her po-

tential the whole entire year, she definitely would have been freshman of the year in the conference.”

Blache played 28 minutes, her most of the season.

Standing at 6’2”, Harmony said Blache’s frame is an essential part of her game.

“She has the ability to do it,” Harmony said. “As she continues to grow and step up for us, she’ll really help us down the line to finish out the rest of these three games — in the conference tournament and hopefully post-season play.

“She can shoot, she can rebound, she has a good mind for the game — it’s just a matter of getting her some playing time.”

Going into Saturday, Dominique Edwards was ranked 31st in the nation in double-doubles. She finished the game with 13 boards and 13 points, recording her 12th double-double of the year.

The team will return to action when they travel across the river for a rematch against the Cowgirls, tonight.

“With McNeese, we know what we need to do, so we are working on our transition defense, because they scored 14 points on us in transition,” Harmony said.

“We are concentrating on correcting the things we did wrong last weekend.”

After the game in Lake Charles, the Lady Cards return home for their last two games of the season against Incarnate Word, Saturday, and Sam Houston State, March 5.

Lattibeaudiere brings cool running to court GRANT CRAWFORD UP SPORTS EDITOR @GrantLamarUP Long sandy roads leading to beaches with crystal clear water, surrounded by palm trees and easygoing people — not exactly the typical upbringing for most students.

For LU senior Tyran de Lattibeaudiere, though, this is normal.

Lattibeaudiere, a Kingston, Jamaica native, said the swamps of SouthEast Texas were not on his radar.

“If it wasn’t for my basketball scholarship, I would have never came to the States,” he said. “I would be doing something different. My pops was a farmer, so I would probably end up being a farmer.”

His second career choice wouldn’t have varied much.

“I like to fish as well, so I could see myself ending up as a fisherman, too,” the Cardinals’ starting forward, said.

An all-around athlete out of Tivoli Gardens in Kingston, Lattibeaudiere also played cricket and soccer in high school.

“I wasn’t that good at those sports,” he said. “That’s why I decided to stick with basketball once I realized how good I was.”

Lattibeaudiere is all about playing a sport that he loves, but uses the opportunity to increase his education.

“It doesn’t make any sense to come to school and not get a degree,” he said.

“I always try to make sure to balance both, but I will admit, it can be difficult.”

Like most international students, Lattibeaudiere said it took some time to become accustomed to a new country.

“There’s more trees in Jamaica, and everyone seems to be a little more laid back,” he said. “Every day, you can walk to the beach and swim, or you can go up into the hills and pick anything from a coconut to an apple.

“I really do enjoy living here, though. I don’t really get off of campus that much, because I don’t have a car, but the people I have met are really nice. They make me feel welcome, especially when I first got here.”

Apart from studying and practicing, Lattibeaudiere’s schedule is consistent with any other college athlete.

Tyran de Lattibeaudiere

He said all he does, in the little spare time he has, is eat and sleep.

“I do like to watch a little television,” he said. “My TV just stays on ESPN all day, but every now and then, I might occasionally watch some animation shows, like Naruto.”

Lattibeaudiere said it’s pretty hard to find the type of food that he was used to eating in Jamaica.

“It’s a big culture shock when it comes to the food,” he said. “Everything in Jamaica is more organic. I’m just now getting accustomed to it. Here, at first, I would only stick to two things, either chicken or some kind of Mexican food.

“I’m starting to like it more, though, because now my teammates are showing me around other places, convincing me to eat a little differently, like big, huge steaks. There’s a soul food restaurant named Big Johns that I like to go to.”

Lattibeaudiere said his tonguetwister of a name is not a normal Jamaican name.

“My dad’s part of the family is from Canada, you know it’s a colony of France, and there used to be a lot of trade going on between the Caribbean and Canada,” he said. “So, that’s where our name comes from.”

After playing two years for JUCO Vincennes University in Indiana, Lattibeaudiere committed to Lamar with the intention of playing right away, but was forced to sit out a year due to NCAA eligibility rules.

He was penalized for his participation on a MegaMart basketball team.

He and co-workers at the Jamaican wholesale chain would play other employees from different businesses after work. Because it occurred outside of the one-year window following his initial high school graduation date, he was forced to ride the bench for the 2013-14 season.

Lamar is expected to appeal the NCAA ruling at the end of this season, and if approved, Lattibeaudiere will be eligible to play next season.

“I’m ready to graduate, but if I do get another opportunity to play next year, that would be nice to get a fresh start and work on my master’s,” he said. “Otherwise, I’m ready for a new leaf in my life.”

Lattibeaudiere said he is not sure what he’ll do once he graduates, but he definitely won’t be working a nine-tofive job.

“I might try to create my own business,” he said. “I have some ideas, but right now I’m going to use basketball to the best of my abilities, and see how far that will take me. When that ends, I’ll just venture into something new.”

Lattibeaudiere’s on the court when Lamar plays Incarnate Word in the Montagne Center, Saturday. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.

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Laka Blache has shot contested during the 75-67 victory, Saturday.

LU baseball sweeps four-game series against Jaspers TYLER LINDER UP CONTRIBUTOR Manhattan College was not the Lamar University baseball’s only opponent this weekend, as the Cardinals had to battle Mother Nature as well. From wind gusts up to 29 miles per hour on Friday afternoon, to dodging rain drops during Saturday’s doubleheader, nothing could stop the Cards from completing a four game sweep, pushing their season record to 6-2.

With bad weather forecast for Sunday, the series was switched to a pair of doubleheaders Friday and Saturday.

LU capped off the series in style as they dominated the Jaspers with a 12-0 shellacking in Saturday’s nightcap.

“It was a great weekend all around,” head coach Jim Gilligan said. “This was a marked improvement over last weekend.”

Freshman pitcher Eric Foshee, out of Vidor High School, led Lamar on the mound to their first shut-out victory on the young season, earning his first career victory. Foshee only allowed a single hit while walking two and striking out three in six innings, before being relieved.

“Foshee was still able to go, but I really wanted to get other pitchers in there,” Gilligan said.

Friday’s first inning set the tone for the series as Lamar capitalized on the Jasper’s three errors and five walks, adding seven hits for an early 11-0 lead.

The Cards never looked back as they added another run in the third inning and two more in the fifth on their way to a 14-1 rout, which was called after seven innings on the run rule.

After the game, Gilligan complemented Manhattans’ hitters.

“In the first game, they only scored one run but they hit the ball hard,” he said. “But our pitchers did what they had to do, threw a lot of fastballs with the big lead and finished it out.”

Lamar pitcher Danny Fernandez went all seven innings in the shortened game giving up three hits and one run to the team in green.

“Coming into the season we were short on a couple of guys who were injured, and (we) needed guys to step in,” Fernandez said. “I got the opportunity to

start and tried to take advantage of it.”

Fernandez said that being staked to an 11-run lead in the bottom of the first enabled him to relax.

“It was unbelievable — a chance to be calm and be able to cruise through is a good feeling,” he said.

The second game of the series was more competitive as Lamar eked out a one-run victory, winning 2-1 in a game where wind became a factor.

Chase Angelle pitched Lamar’s first nine inning complete game of the season.

“Chase did a really good job keeping pitchers off balance until we could find a way to score a run,” Gilligan said. “This ballpark, on a day like this, it’s going to take someone making a mistake.”

Angelle gave up three hits in the first before hitting his stride.

“After that I really settled in and had all of my pitches working,” he said. “With the wind blowing in today it’s a tough day to hit, so the main game plan was to make them hit it — no free passes or walks.”

Saturday’s third game of the series saw a come-from-behind victory for the Cards, behind another good pitching performance, this time by Will Hibbs, who pitched five innings but was the recipient of some bad defense, giving up four runs with only one of them earned, as Manhattan jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the third inning.

“I was proud of Will to start out with,” Gilligan said. “I had to challenge him during the game and he answered and got better.

He did a good job and we hung in and won that ballgame.

“You always worry in this ball park, when you give up a couple of runs and are down, but today we came back and got back in the ballgame.”

Lamar tied the game in the third, scoring four runs, and took the lead in the fourth by scoring three more. They never looked back as they built a picket fence — adding a single run to the scoreboard from the fifth through the eighth innings — for an eventual 11-7 victory.

Lamar returns to action in a three game set, Friday through Sunday, as they travel to UTPA in Edinburg.

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— WORLD VIEW — What is the most common misconception about your home countr y?

Every time that I tell someone I am from Peru, they always ask me if I have a llama as a pet. It always bothers me. I tell them no. Just because I am from Peru, doesn’t mean I own a llama. And just because it is considered a third-world country, doesn’t mean all the people there are poor. Everybody thinks it is an undeveloped country. It is true it is not as advanced when it comes to technology, but there are a lot of things to do. It is a really beautiful place. People always ask me if I live in the mountains, too. Peru is divided into three zones, the coast, the mountains, and the jungle. The capital, Lima, is located on the coast.

Usually, the poorer people live in the mountains. It is not a place where the economy is doing very well. The wealthier people, who can afford the cost of living, live on the coast.

What would you like people to know about your home countr y?

I would like them to know that it is not a dangerous place. It is pretty safe. There are a lot of places to visit. There are many different cultures in Peru. There are ancient ruins in the mountains you can visit, or the Nazca Lines on the coast. You can go to the coast and visit different beaches, and you can even go to the jungle and see some wildlife. You can see a ton of exotic animals. There are some old tribal cultures that still live like old times. I went there in high school with my class and it was a totally different place, something I’d never seen before. There was a whole bunch

of people walking around half-naked. They showed us their traditional dances. We got to dance with them. They have monkeys as pets.

If you had a banana, a bunch of monkeys would appear and you could hold them and touch them. They would jump on your back and try to find bugs in your hair. A ton of different cultures there are still active. And you can also go to Cusco to see one of the seven wonders, Machu Picchu. It is an ancient fortress from the Incas, one of the very first cultures in Peru that made technological advances. It is a beautiful place. We preserve most of the ruins because it is really important history.

What is a big cultural difference between the U.S. and your home countr y?

When I first came here, it was the first time I could see people from different countries and cultures in one single place. I had never seen a Chinese person in my whole life until I came here. I had never met a Japanese person until I came here — it is totally different. It is a big shock because you can meet all these people from different places around the world, and that doesn’t really happen in Peru, unless you go to the tourist spots. But, if you live on the coast, you do not get to meet as many people. It was my first time to be around so many different cultures.

It is awesome, because you never know what or who you are going to find here. You can meet someone from the other side of the world. It is one of the biggest shocks I ever had.

Jose Nicolas Farro Ahumada, Lima, Peru, Sophomore What would you like people in your home countr y to know about the U.S.?

At first, it may be scary because it is a totally different place, but here, if you talk to someone they will help you. People will say, “Excuse me,” they try to show you respect.

In Peru, someone may act more aggressively. Here, it is so different. From what I have seen, ever yone shows respect. I like that people here are really friendly. I want people to know that it is a really open place and there is not a lot of prejudice. You can

meet a lot of different people that are just like you. You can meet different people and they will teach you what to do and what not to do. They tr y their best to guide you. I thought every time I would talk to someone, they would think I was an idiot because I didn’t know how to speak English, but that didn’t happen. That was a big relief for me. The language barrier is one of the first fears for anyone going to a new countr y. I was so scared, but I found my way. It is really easy to get used to this countr y.

World View is an ongoing series that aims to spotlight the international diversity that adds to Lamar University’s rich culture Compiled by Mason Malmay

“I always follow Lamar with special interest,” Tubbs said. “We’ve been kind of down, and I think Tic Price is the guy to restore the tradition to this program. We have such tradition as far as winning.”

The two coaches, known for helping build the program’s strong tradition, returned to their old stomping grounds at the right time.

After a two-season period when Lamar only recorded seven victories, the team has started to get back to their winning ways, doubling that two-season record at 14-13.

The former players and

REUNION •••••••••••• Continued from page 1 ing. The board strongly backed the program and supported me with the things I needed. The fans really got into it and got so excited about what they saw happening.”

With the two winningest coaches in Lamar history in attendance on Saturday, it must have given extra motivation for fans to attend as well, filling the Montagne Center with one of the largest crowds of the season.

coaches were treated to a victory Saturday, when LU defeated McNeese 58-53.

Before the game, Tubbs spoke with the team, and head coach Tic Price said his motivational speech helped fire the players up before game time.

“It was great to have Coach Tubbs and Coach Foster here,” Price said. “They have meant so much to Lamar basketball.”

You can catch the LU basketball team in action, when they play Incarnate Word in the Montagne Center, Saturday. Game is slated to begin at 6 p.m.

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The Lady Cardinals won a share of the Islander Classic title in Corpus Christie, Tuesday.

Sophomore Kelly Erasmus finished the final round with a 75, to earn a share of the individual title.

Their next competition will be the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate tournament, March 15, in Augusta, Ga.

The Lady Cards lost a double-header to Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La., Friday, by scores of 12-0 and 10-6.

The team will next travel to Austin to play in the Texas Invitational, Friday.

Baseball Stijn van der Meer was named the Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, Tuesday.

The junior finished this weekend’s four-game series 8-19 at the plate, with five RBIs and five runs scored.

Chase Angelle was awarded honorable mention for pitcher of the week.

Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team lost a road game to SFA Monday, 103-74. The loss ends the Cards’ three-game winning streak.

Tyran de Lattibeaudiere recorded a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

LU (14-13, 8-7 SLC) will return to action, Saturday, when they play Incarnate Word in the Montagne Center.

Tipoff is at 6 p.m.