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TIC PRICE NAMED HEAD BASKETBALL COACH JOSH AYCH UP CONTRIBUTOR George “Tic” Price was announced as the Lamar Men’s basketball head coach Tuesday. “My mother, when all this happened, I called her and told her I’m the new head coach and the first thing she said was, ‘Son you’re not a Band-Aid, you’re a surgeon, so go out there and do your job,’” Price said. Athletic director Jason Henderson said the school wanted a great basketball coach that understood the game. “We also wanted to find someone who understood Beaumont, Southeast Texas, the history and tradition of a fine program and university.
“Tic Price has strong ties to the university, making him the ideal person to lead us on this journey. Five of his 10 seasons as head coach have ended in either NCAA or NIT postseason berths and five more seasons as an assistant coach have seen his teams advance to NCAA or NIT appearances.” Price has won 10 different coaching honors including Southland Conference Coach of the Year, Sunbelt Coach of the Year, Louisiana Sports Writer Association Collegiate Coach of the Year and NABC District 8 Coach of the Year. At the press conference, Price thanked Lamar president Kenneth Evans and Henderson for the opportunity to coach again. He also thanked former Cardinal B.B. Davis, and former LU coaches Billy
Tubbs and Pat Foster. “After six NCAA appearances and four NIT appearance and 13 conference championships, my whole mind set is to add some more banners in the rafters,” Price said. “I know that’s what I’m here to do. We’re not looking back, we’re moving forward. I would be remiss if I didn’t thank the people in this room for coming out and supporting me. For me, that means a lot. “So many faces in this room that I know, that I joke with, that I work with, but I’m probably the only coach that has ever been in this building as the enemy — then part of being the family.” Price said he remembers his first time coaching against Lamar.
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Tic Price, pictured during a recent Cardinal game, has been named Lamar’s head men’s basketball coach after taking over on an interim basis following the firing of Pat Knight
Sister Circle to host Women’s History Month event, March 28
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JESSICA LANE UP CONTRIBUTOR Sister Circle will host an event honoring female accomplishment, March 28, in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. “It’s an art gallery set up,” Sabrina Lewis, Sister Circle president, said “It’s going to be an evening of showing appreciation for women, and what they’ve accomplished and overcome from advancements in the workplace to the efforts of women at home.” Lewis said the evening will feature an assortment of paintings, music and poetry by LU female artists. “I think events like this help to create a cohesiveness among women, which I think is very important,” she said. “It’s not really about the oppression of women. It’s more about the celebration of women. We can all look at what we’re capable of achieving and feel empowered.” Sister Circle is a campus organization that focuses on female cohesion, empowerment and equality. “I think it’s important for all student organizations to take an active role in empowering whatever group they focus on,” Lewis said. “Empowering doesn’t mean putting another group down, but uplifting a group, in our case women, to a place of equality.” Lewis said that Sister Circle has quite a few male members. Fraternities and other male empowerment groups on campus also support the organization and its sister organization — Bruised but not Broken. “It’s not just women,” she said. “We like to get the men involved as well, because we can constantly educate women about issues women face, but that’s just half the population. Our counterparts are men. We work with them, we go to school with them, we raise them, and they raise us, so it’s necessary that both parties are well educated on the struggles and achievements of women.” Lewis said her major drew her to Sister Circle.
MALLORY MATT UP CONTRIBUTOR The ’20s roared and the ground rumbled as black gold gushed from the Second Spindletop oil discovery in Beaumont. The style of the decade and the economic boom that followed shaped the art and architecture of Southeast Texas. The Dishman Art Museum will host “Glory Days: The Art and Visual Culture of the Second Spindletop 1929-34,” March 25 through April 13, an exhibition that focuses on Beaumont at one of its most significant times. “The Second Spindletop falls at the tail end of the Art Deco period,” Megan Young, museum director, said. “It’s about a lot of really beautiful, ornate visual culture, architecture and big flapper dresses. It’s a direct representation of historical Beaumont and we’re borrowing things from a lot of sister institutions here. For instance, we’re borrowing a flapper dress from the McFaddin-Ward House. We’re looking at this as a history museum exhibition as opposed to a contemporary art exhibition.” An opening reception is set for March 29, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Kayleigh Thompson, graphic design junior and a student employee at the museum, has been working on the exhibit. “I didn’t really know anything about the Second Spindletop until I found out about the show,” she said. “I knew Spindletop was a thing, but I didn’t know how much it had influenced this region. The style and the architecture are called Art Deco. It’s super cool. If you want an idea, think ‘The Great Gatsby’ — that’s Art Deco. It’s extremely geometric — lots of angles and lines. It’s very sleek. It’s my favorite.” The exhibition is presented in collaboration with local institutions including The Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the McFaddin-Ward House Museum, the Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown Courtesy photo
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This photo from the Second Spindletop is part of the Dishman Art Museum’s “Glory Days” exhibit, March 25-April 13.
Huntsman to present at Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series, April 3 KARA TIMBERLAKE UP CONTRIBUTOR Author, industrialist, and philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman will visit Lamar University April 3 as the 11th speaker in the Judge Joe J. Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series. He will present a free public lecture titled, “We Are Not Put Here to Fail,” at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre. A public reception will follow. “Lamar University is delighted and honored to have Jon M. Huntsman speak to the students and community,” Kevin Smith, senior associate provost and chair of the Judge Joe J. Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series committee, said. “A lot of prominent people have come to campus to speak
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as part of the Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series, and Huntsman is an excellent addition.” Previous guests in the series include former President Gerald Ford, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, James Watson, and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Smith said the committee thought Huntsman was an ideal candidate. “He has achieved a lot of accomplishments — he is a leader in industry, an icon in the petrochemical industry, and is phenomenally successful,” Smith said. “Perhaps the most important part is that he gives money to charities quietly, and is dedicated to creating a much better society through his philanthropic efforts. He has a large presence in Southeast Texas,
most famously known by the Huntsman refinery, and therefore his name is widely recognized in this area.” The lecture will concern Huntsman’s life experiences, including his triumphs and failures, and how he ended up being successful, Smith said. “He will talk about the obstacles he has encountered, his involvement with the petrochemical industry, the importance of family, and how he tries to return his success to the community,” Smith said. “It will be inspiring and compelling.” Smith said the event is open to the community, and he expects guests throughout the area to attend. “We hope primarily our students will come to hear his wisdom and advice that stem from his experiences,”
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he said. “This lecture has brought in people of world-class stature to speak to the community. It’s a rare experience to be able to listen to someone with such success.” An American businessman, Huntsman formed Huntsman Container Corporation with his brother more than forty years ago, a company known for developing the first plastic fast-food containers — most famously the “clamshell” container for McDonald’s Big Mac. In 1982, he founded Huntsman Chemical, growing the business into a multi-billion dollar company, which later became known as Huntsman Corporation, while he served as CEO and See FISHER, page 2
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GLORY ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 Museum, the Chambers House, the Energy Museum, and the Lamar University archives. “Beaumont, Texas is amazing in the amount of visual culture we have that is really beautiful from that time period, but doesn’t exist anywhere else in the country anymore in the way that we’ve been able to preserve,â€? Young said. “This time period takes place only a few years after Lamar University opened in 1923, so we’re able to pull pieces from our own permanent collection at the Dishman Art Museum as well.
WOMEN ••••••••••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 “I’m a sociologist, and one thing I’ve noticed that seems to transcend race, religion and class is gender,â€? she said. “Women just have a different struggle. I feel like I’m gaining a sense of confidence in being a woman. I also feel like I’m learning how to respect and appreciate the differences in people.
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Page 2 “Lamar was very different in 1923 than it is today. We’re very happy to say we’re much larger and have much better facilities.� Thompson said the exhibition show the history of where we live. “I think it’s important that people should know why Beaumont is actually a big deal,� she said. “I think people take Beaumont for granted. A lot of important things have happened here in this area. I didn’t know there was so much Art Deco architecture in Beaumont. I was looking at the pictures of some of the buildings and it’s not like the Chrysler Building, where it’s just in your face. It’s little things all around the city.� The exhibition will show the Golden Triangle community a slice of
Beaumont’s history. “We tend to overlook (it) because we see it every day on the street,� Young said. “We see the Mildred Building when we drive past it, and we think it’s beautiful and we love it, but we really don’t know where it fits in the history of Beaumont and what life was really like. “The timing of this show, in a way, is perfect, because Beaumont, right now, seems to be going through another boom. There’s a lot more going on culturally and educationally. We have a lot of really great changes going on around us and so, I say, let’s look at some changes that spurred similar growth decades ago so we can be inspired to continue to grow today.� For more information, call 8807794, or visit lamar.edu/dishman.
“As women, not only do we come in all different colors and sizes, but we also each have different beliefs and traditions. It’s just beautiful to me.� Lewis said that Sister Circle is also passionate about community outreach. “Right now we’re working with the Boys and Girls Haven on their ‘Glamor Girls and Boys without Boundaries’ project,� she said. “These are kids that have been displaced from their homes for various reasons. They range in age from 7 to 19, and they all just have so much going on in their lives. They don’t
have anything stable right now. They could be here today, and in North Texas tomorrow. “What Sister Circle is trying to do is organize a getaway day for them to take their minds off of things that no kid should have to deal with. If we don’t nurture them, who will? To be able to step in and assume that role of mentor, if only just for a few hours, is something I’m excited about being a part of. I see it as investing in the future.� For more information, contact Lewis at 882-0668.
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FISHER ••••••••••••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 chairman. Today, Huntsman Corp. has companies creating chemical products utilized in various industries with more than 12,000 employees and multiple locations worldwide. Huntsman joined former Bain Capital executive Robert C. Gay in 2007 in co-founding Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a private equity firm that focuses on middle market companies’ investments. Widely acknowledged for his philanthropy, Huntsman’s contributions, including giving to the homeless, the ill, and the under-privileged, exceed $1.4 billion and have assisted thousands, both domestically and internationally. In 2003, he received the Humanitarian of the Year Award. The Huntsman Cancer Institute, now one of America’s major cancer centers, was founded by Huntsman and his wife, Karen, in 1995 to accelerate the work of curing cancer through human genetics with a state-of-the-art cancer specialty hospital. Recently, it was announced that the institute will receive a $100 million addition, half of which is com-
ing from Huntsman, doubling the laboratory space and creating the Primary Children’s and Families’ Cancer Research Center, which will be used to further study genetic childhood cancers. The Judge Joe J. Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series, created in 1986, was established to honor the late federal Judge Fisher’s contributions to Southeast Texas and Lamar University. A native Texan, Judge Fisher served as County Attorney for San Augustine County, District Attorney for the First Judicial District of Texas, and served with distinction as the federal district judge for the Eastern District of Texas for forty years. Judge Fisher was a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, and American Judicature Society. He also was named Outstanding Trial Judge by the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Award for Public Service in the Field of Law from the White Lung Association, and given an honorary doctorate of law from Lamar University. Parking will be available in lots C-3 and C-5 near the University Theatre. For more information, call 8808400.
Poet Cortez to read on campus today Poet Sarah Cortez will read from her collection “Cold Blue Steel,� at 7 p.m. today in 108 Maes. Cortez is a former Harris County police officer. Her poems are about that experience and its emotional impact. She also has edited a collection of essays about life on the border amidst Narco traffic and will soon be editing a collection of essays about beer. Cortez will also visit classes throughout the day.
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LU SHOULD IDENTIFY ITS VISITORS, GUESTS Two traveling evangelists, identified as Brother Matt and Brother Chris, provoked strong verbal and physical reactions from Lamar University students with their sermonizing in the Quad, Feb. 20. From a distance, Brother Matt and Brother Chris appeared to be on campus to preach the word of God. However, upon closer inspection and hearing Brother Matt single women out as “whores,” “whoremongers” and “jezebels,” and hearing Brother Chris take issue with students he identified as homosexuals, it was clear to any onlooker that these men did not care about spreading the Gospel or eternal salvation. In fact, Brother Chris arrived to campus with wife, Katherine, and infant child in tow. Katherine manned a hand-held camera with both hands while her baby lay in a carrier sling at her stomach. Around every half-hour Katherine would hand the camera back to her husband so she could rest on a bench with her baby, out of range of the
shouting matches and physical altercations, before once more approaching the crowd and recording the students’ interactions with the Brothers. Any student who witnessed this particular interaction between husband and wife could only come to one conclusion: Brother Matt and Brother Chris did not care about preaching the word of God, so much as they wanted to incite the crowd to respond to their insults and derogatory messages. By recording their sermonizing and its intended backlash, Brother Matt and Brother Chris wanted to have evidence in case their right to free speech was impeded. They may even still tr y to do something with that “evidence,” but the LUPD officers that responded to the heated scene never told the men to leave campus. Officers once asked them to take a break so that the crowd could calm down before the situation got too heated, but they never asked Brother Matt and Brother Chris to take down their signs and go home.
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Student Government Association President Charity Ogbeide encouraged students to leave Brother Matt and Brother Chris to their own devices. Ogbeide realized that if the students would just not respond or — better yet — leave the Quad and go to class, the evangelists would take down their signs and leave. Of course, Ogbeide was correct. It was clear to anyone who saw Brother Chris’ camera that these men were here to perform — not preach. A few minutes after the students dispersed, Brother Matt packed up his sign, Brother Chris and Katherine checked their camera, then their child, and they all left campus. When the University Press reached out to Lamar University administrators and LUPD officers for follow-up interviews, one fact became alarmingly clear: No one on the Lamar University payroll knew who these men were. Now, we realize that this isn’t exactly the university’s fault. We have no rules — apparently — about who can
come onto campus and utilize our “free speech area.” Anyone can walk right into the center of campus and yell anything they want — as long as they don’t violate any laws. Lamar University police officers acknowledged that while Brother Matt and Brother Chris certainly slung insults and derogatory messages at students, neither of them ever said a curse word — as curse words are defined in the Texas Penal Code of Disorderly Conduct. The UP editorial staff does not want to change the Penal Code. We are not authorities on this subject, and we’ll let those who are work to improve it for these public situations. However, the University Press staff believes it is absolutely necessary that all visitors to Lamar University need to check in at the Visitor’s Office in order to identify who they are and what their business is. This is not a violation of anyone’s right to free speech. This is merely a safety precaution to protect the students, faculty, staff — and guests — of
Lamar University. If our guests check in and a similar physical situation breaks out in the future, we can at least say, “We know who these people are. They checked in. They provided a valid photo ID. They were given the rules of utilizing the free speech area so that they understand the extent of their rights and don’t cross that line into disorderly conduct.” And if they break those rules or cross that line, they should be escorted off campus. No one wants to violate another person’s rights or prohibit free speech, but we don’t take kindly to verbal assaults from strangers either. After all, free speech does not mean we can yell “Fire!” in a crowded building, and hate speech is equally incendiary. Brother Matt and Brother Chris were hesitant about telling us their names. If they had to identify themselves at the Visitor’s Office beforehand, they probably would have been more hesitant to verbally abuse students.
Carrying a burro through Celaya MEXICO VACATION OFFERS EYE OPENER FOR RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY What I remember from my high school religion classes in Belgium is the following: My freshman year I had a 100 percent Flemish teacher who could speak and write perfectly in Arabic. After sharing this with us, pretty much every class consisted of students shouting out random sentences that he would translate and write on the board, while nobody actually paid attention. My sophomore year, my teacher was obsessed with Thomas More, so we did a lot of discussing his book ‘Utopia.’ I believe that in my junior year we might have actually touched on some major holidays in various religions, before completely deviating again my final year. My senior year we watched ‘American Beauty’ and ‘A clockwork Orange’ in class. Good movies, but I have no idea how killing someone by hitting them on the head with a statue of a giant penis relates to any religion. After reading this, I don’t think that it comes as a surprise that I am a little bit clueless when it comes to religious rituals. For example, I am not sure how to make the sign of a cross. Up, down, right, left? Or is it left first? I wasn’t too worried about my incompetence, because I figured that I didn’t really need to know. I wasn’t planning on going to church any time soon. But then I went to Mexico during Christmas break. I spent the break with my roommate’s family in Celaya, central Mexico. Every year, her parents and some of their friends organize a dinner with a band and a piñata for the girls at the local orphanage.
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The evening of the event, we showed up a little early. A tiny old nun greeted us at the door. She told us that everybody was still at mass, and invited us to join. We shuffled into the back of the small chapel where about 30 girls between 12 and 18, and about five other nuns, were busy praying. I figured that all I would have to do was sit in the back, not move and not say anything. So I sat down and put my feet on the little footrest in front of the bench. Suddenly everybody got up and kneeled. It turned out the footrest wasn’t a footrest after all. I feel like I should have noticed that since it was covered in leather. I followed their example, kneeled, and tried to make sense of any of the Spanish prayers. This went on for about an hour, standing up, sitting down, kneeling, singing, all the while I had no idea of what was being said. I thought that we were near the conclusion when candles were passed out, but then one of the nuns asked my roommate and I to
come forward. As honorary guests, we were asked to carry a statue of Joseph and Maria on a donkey around the orphanage while everybody followed us. We would make sudden stops now and then, while the orphans sang. After about five stops, I figured out that we were following the crusade. I wish I could have remembered how many stops there were in total because the donkey was starting to feel really heavy. Luckily we made it back to the chapel before dropping it. When mass finally concluded we joined the orphans and the nuns for dinner. It was sad seeing where they had to live. The orphanage made my boarding school look like a palace, and the dorms at Lamar are still a lot nicer than my boarding school was. But a simple evening with some good food and music really makes a difference for these kids. They danced all evening, and got everybody to join in. Even the nuns, some of them as old as 80, were, as my roommate so poetically put it, “dropping it low”. Now I know that a church bench doesn’t have footrests, and I can even remember parts of the prayers in Spanish. Part of me wishes my high school religion class had actually taught me something, because even though you’re not planning on it, you never know when you might end up in a situation like the one I found myself in. In that case, it’s a lot less awkward when you actually know what’s going on. Lauren Van Gerven is a UP Staff Writer
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Students get ‘Mania’ for fun, food The week leading up to the final basketball games of the season gave students plenty of chance to have fun — and probably gain a few pounds before heading off to Spring Break. “Big Red Mania,” held March 3-8, featured a series of events including a salsa night, a crawfish boil, cheesecake, a T-shirt exchange and “Lamar’s got Talent.” On March 6, the Setzer Student Center was crowded with students who, presumably drawn to the enticing smells of the wide variety of foods available, gathered for the annual Food Fest. Student organizations set up tables to sell everything from Indian cuisine to funnel cakes, links to burgers, beef kebobs and punch, tacos and nachos — and all topped off by candies, cookies and cakes. How much studying was done after all that eating is anybody’s guess, but one thing is for sure, a good time was had by all.
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Students get ‘Mania’ for fun, food The week leading up to the final basketball games of the season gave students plenty of chance to have fun — and probably gain a few pounds before heading off to Spring Break. “Big Red Mania,” held March 3-8, featured a series of events including a salsa night, a crawfish boil, cheesecake, a T-shirt exchange and “Lamar’s got Talent.” On March 6, the Setzer Student Center was crowded with students who, presumably drawn to the enticing smells of the wide variety of foods available, gathered for the annual Food Fest. Student organizations set up tables to sell everything from Indian cuisine to funnel cakes, links to burgers, beef kebobs and punch, tacos and nachos — and all topped off by candies, cookies and cakes. How much studying was done after all that eating is anybody’s guess, but one thing is for sure, a good time was had by all.
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Baseball beats ranked Houston Lamar's pitching staff surrendered only two runs on eight hits, as the Cardinals rallied for a 4-2 victory over No. 21 Houston Tuesday at Cougar Field. Lamar improved to 14-8 with the victory. The Cards return action Friday to host Nicholls. The game is slated for 6:30 p.m.
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Lady Cards to face So. Miss in WNIT The Lady Cardinals head to a postseason national tournament for the fourth time in the past five seasons when they travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to meet Southern Miss in the first round of the WNIT at 7 p.m. today. Lamar (18-12) is in a postseason national tourney for the fifth time in the program’s Division I history. The Lady Cardinals played in the NCAA Tournament in 1991 and 2010, the WNIT in 2011 and the WBI in 2013. “Playing in the postseason is an honor. It’s a celebration of a successful season,” Lamar coach Robin Harmony said. “It’s a great experience for our players.” Harmony knows her team has its hands full against a Southern Miss squad that went 26-6 this season. The Golden Eagles finished second in Conference USA with a 13-3 mark, advancing to the tourney title game before falling to Middle Tennessee. That loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss has the best RPI in the WNIT at 30. “They’re a tremendous basketball team,” Harmony said of the Golden Eagles. “They get great guard play and they work the ball inside.” Jamierra Faulkner leads the Golden Eagles in scoring at 17.7 points per game, and leads the nation with an average of 8.5 assists per game. Tamara Jones (14.5) and Jerontay Clemons (11.3) also average in double figures in points per game. As a team, Southern Miss is 24th in the nation with an average of 78.6 points per contest. Gia Ayers leads Lamar in scoring at 16.1 points per game. Ayers is 33rd in the nation, averaging 5.6 assists per game. Dominique Edwards averages 14.6 points and a teamleading 8.0 rebounds per game for Lamar, while JaMeisha Edwards (12.6) and Shauna Long (10.1) also have double-figure scoring averages for the Lady Cardinals. “We’re going to give it our best shot,” Harmony said. “We need to have solid efforts from everybody.” The winner of today’s game advances to the second round to meet the winner of today’s game between Tulane and Mississippi State. This is the fifth all-time meeting between the two schools, but the first since the 1990-91 season, when Lamar swept two games from Southern Miss. Thursday’s game will air live on KLVI (AM 560). Links to live audio and video of the game can be found at www.LamarCardinals.com.
PRICE ••••••••••••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 “I can remember years ago when I coached at McNeese,” he said. “I walked on the court and somebody was in the end zone and raised a sign the read, ‘Tic Price is Poop.’ That was ‘Welcome to Lamar.’ I couldn’t wait to get to the table, and tell the guy who was doing game management. I said, ‘Hey, get that jerk out of here.’ “I can remember those days when you came in the Montagne and in the end zone, the students would make so much noise, my players couldn’t hear what I was saying. We have to get back to those days. We have to get back to our community getting involved. We’ve had loyal fans, and I really appreciate those fans, that
Lady Cardinal head coach Robin Harmony
Humility, fire in Harmony Lady Cards’ head coach spreads competitive drive COTY DAVIS UP CONTRIBUTOR “I do believe there is winning and there is misery — I don’t believe in nothing in between.” In Robin Harmony’s first season as head coach of the Lamar women’s basketball team, she has notched a 18-11 overall record, 13-5 in Southland Conference play. The team won the SLC regular-season title and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. From her playing days at the University of Miami, to her coaching tenure at Lamar, Harmony says she has always tried to be hardworking and humble. “I really don’t like these kinds of interviews because I do not like to talk about myself,” Harmony said. “I do not have that type of ego — all of this is not about me, but for the kids.” Harmony says her humility comes from her upbringing as the youngest of four siblings in Hershey, Penn., the home of the Hershey chocolate factory. “It is a small town in Pennsylvania about the size of Beaumont or a little smaller,” she says. “It is almost like a fantasy town, everything in it is all about Hersheys. During the summer, everyone from all over the Northeast would come to Hershey for vacation, because it’s a tourist town, with theme parks and a factory. “We hated living there for the summer because it was bumper-to-bumper traffic. When I would work with my dad during the summer, we had to take early lunch breaks just to avoid traffic.” It was in that slow-paced county town that Harmony developed a passion for sports, particularly basketball. While battling her two older brothers on the court, she learned tough lessons. “When I was a little kid, I always played against my brothers, and remember running into the house crying because they would whoop me so bad,” she says. “My dad would tell me to stop crying and complaining, and if I wanted to go out and play against the big boys just go out and do it, otherwise don’t play.” At age seven, Harmony started on the fifth and sixth grade boys basketball team at shooting guard. Harmony says the tough battles with her brothers made her the defensive-minded player and coach she is today. Since she could not shoot over her older brothers, the only thing she could do to compete was to play great defense. That tough D earned her the reputation for being a dirty player, Harmony says. “If someone was to drive into the lane and I could not stop them, I would put my foot out and trip them,” she says. “I would rather push someone down and have them go to the free throw line than have them make the basket on me.” Harmony coaches with great fire and intensity because of her competitive nature and strong dislike
heckled me many nights when we came in the Montagne, but I also appreciate the support that they’ve given me now. It’s been huge to have them on my side, instead of being against me.” Price said a big part of his coaching has been his family, who has supported him. “When I started as a young man shooting the basketball, they’ve been there through some good times and bad times, but they’ve been there for me the whole time,” he said. “They’ve been very consistent in supporting me.” Price thanked all of his former teachers, coaches and former players. He also thanked his former coworkers in Lamar’s student development program. “The people I work with across
for losing. As a player, Harmony felt she had more control of the game’s outcome, unlike coaching where she has to rely on her players. She says her competitive nature still burns, but she is a lot calmer these days. “As a coach, you have to calm down a little bit because you no longer can go out there and do it anymore,” she says. “My main goal is convincing my players to have the same mentality I had when I was playing. I know it is just a game, but I do want to win that game.” Harmony says she believes it is important for her to establish more than a coaching relationship to her girls, but to create a motherly relationship as well. She does not have any children of her own, but believes that all 13 players on her roster are her children, and she aims to teach her players more than the game of basketball — she also wants to teach the principles of life. “I love to coach college kids,” she says. “I always try to help make a different in their lives — helping them become better people.” Harmony uses the morning practices as a way to teach respect and promptness. “They must say good morning to us when they come in for practice and also be on time,” she says. “We have to put these kinds of rules in to make them reasonable people for the future, because if they are going to show up to their jobs late and not speak to their bosses, they’re going to be out of that job.” When Harmony is not on the sidelines, she likes house parties, relaxing on the beach, or hanging out with friends at the movies. She is not one to just stay home. While in Miami, she and her friends would spend the weekends fishing. “I just love to go out and have enjoyable fun, and fishing is one of my favorite things to do in the offseason,” she says. “Whatever fishing season it was, my friends and I would always go — it is what I really enjoy doing.” At the University of Miami as a player and assistant coach, Harmony became a Hurricane legend. In 1997, Harmony became the first women’s basketball player to be named in the university’s Hall of Fame. During her time as a player, she amassed more than 13,000 points, 700 rebounds, and 300 steals in a record 125 games. “Miami has a lot of great women athletes, but they were not really picking from the women’s sports to be inducted,” she says. “I knew it was a big thing, but I was like, ‘Okay, whatever, I’ll go to this event.’ I did not realize how special the induction was until 15, 20 years later, when I realize being inducted was something big.” After her college career, Harmony spent a season as a player-coach for the Avon Cosmetics Basketball team in Northampton, England, compiling a 42-3 in the
campus are a crazy group,” he said. “I really love all of you guys. Without your support and encouragement, it would have been a rather tough journey. Then I have players who bought into it. I’m really proud of those guys. All those guys buying into having a new coach after all the things they’ve been going through, one thing I can say, they gave me good effort night in and night out.” Price said his wife is his biggest fan and the ‘coach of the coach.’ “She understands the business — she’s a former player” he said. “I like her spirit and the way she approaches people.” Price said that he is prepared to work hard with his team. “It’s going to require a lot of hard work,” he said. “You can’t get to the top by taking the elevator. Sometimes,
season, and winning the Euro League championship while earning Most Valuable Player honors. Living in England was not too much of a culture shock, Harmony says, but traveling was the biggest challenge. Not being used to England’s confusing roundabouts, made traveling a tough experience, she says. However, Harmony was surprised at the way players, coaches and fans interacted with each other in Europe. After games, Harmony and her teammates would often visit a local pubs. “The weirdest thing for me playing in England was drinking with my coaches after every game,” she says. “As Americans, we do not go out drinking with our coaches. We would get to the Pub Crawls and our coaches would buy the first drink and we would be like, ‘What?’” After her England experience, she returned to Miami as an assistant coach, helping the Hurricanes win two Big East conference tournaments, and advance to the Sweet 16. After 18 seasons on the coaching staff at UM, Harmony became head coach at the new women’s program at St. Thomas University. “In the first two years we did not have our own gym to play in, so we played at a local high school that was five minutes down the road,” she says. “It was horrible not having our own gym. We had to pack all of our equipment and go to practice, while the kids had to find rides to get to the school. It was tough the first two years.” Harmony took over the new women’s basketball program at St. Thomas and made it successful. Her Bobcats never endured a losing season. “For six years we won 20-plus games, which is a milestone in basketball,” she says. “We won three championships and were ranked 10th in the nation for NAIN. We could have won the national title if it was not for bad luck, where some of our best players would tear their ACLs.” Harmony says she is proud of what her Lady Cards have been able to accomplish in her first season as LU head coach. Before the season began, the Lady Cards were ranked as the seventh-best team in the Southland Conference. Harmony says and the team set out to prove everybody wrong. “The coaches from the other teams in the conference picked us to go seventh,” Harmony said. “I was like, ‘OK, you guys, you are wrong.’ I like to prove to coaches that they were wrong about that.” The Lady Cards were regular-season champions. Harmony’s ultimate goal goes past simply winning championships — she wants see every one of her players get their degree. Harmony is focused on winning — both on and off the court. And if she has her way, her players will be as competitive in life as they are on the hardwood.
you have to take the stairs. You’re going to have to take some steps to get there. We also know it’s a process. As we take step by step, we’ll continue to build on where we’re trying to go, and that’s to hang more banners in the Montagne. “We’re hoping that our fans, and friends will come out and support us. We need a home court advantage, that’s very important. We don’t have that if people don’t come out and support.” Price said he will coach an uptempo style of game. “Our style of play will be very exciting,” he said. “We’ll be running, we’ll be pressing and, hopefully, our guys will learn to shoot three pointers, and don’t hesitate to pull the trigger. I love guys who can shoot. We’re giving them that opportunity.”
Freshman Marcus Owens said Price is a great coach, and he likes the style of play. “It’s fast, gritty, hard and a lot of shooting,” Owens said. “We have a lot more plays with Coach Price. I feel that he is going to encourage us to play hard, and he’s going to encourage any recruits he brings in to play hard, too — and I’m going to help him do so.” Price said that in future weeks he will focus on evaluating the program and seeing where he needs help, and he will also focus on recruiting. “This is the time that I ask them to get better,” Price said. “We’re determined to win the battle every time we play. We’re going to fight them until hell freezes over. Then, if we have to, we’re going to fight them on ice.”
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MOODY GARDENS SHARES ‘REAL PIRATES’ TALES REVIEW KRISTEN STUCK UP STAFF WRITER Barry Clifford always loved to hear his Uncle Bill tell stories of Black Sam Bellamy, an 18th-century pirate who died after his ship, the Whydah, shipwrecked near Eastham, Mass. — but he never believed that the seemingly tall tales would one day become a reality. After his uncle died from cancer, Clifford’s memories of these stories spurred him to look for the wreck. When Clifford discovered the Whydah in 1984, it was the first documented pirate ship ever found. For more than 20 years, Clifford and his crew exhumed the remains. Moody Gardens in Galveston is hosting “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship.” The exhibition begins in a small room where one watches a short video about the Whydah and its crew, before the doors open on to the exhibition. The exhibit features more than 150 items unearthed by Clifford and his crew. Although most items are behind glass, there is a small section where one can touch coins found in the rubble. Short videos and posters explain the pirate lifestyle and the slave trading world. The Whydah began its career as a slave ship in 1715. It was named after the slave port Ouidah (pronounced “Weedah”). The 300-ton vessel was the best technology of its day and made its maiden voyage from London to the African coast. Legends say that Black Sam Bellamy, an English sailor, arrived in Cape Cod around 1714 to seek his fortune. Instead of fortune, Bellamy found love with Maria Hallet. Her father forbade the romance because Bellamy was just a poor sailor. Initially, Bellamy sought to find Spanish treasure off the coast of Florida. After a failed attempt, he decided to turn pirate.
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A treasure chest is part of the exhibition “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship” at Moody Gardens in Galveston through Sept. 28. Although his career as a captain was short, it was spectacular. When Bellamy initially spotted the Whydah in Bahamian waters, he followed it for three days before finally capturing the vessel near Long Key, a part of what is now called Exuma Island in the central Bahamas. Once obtaining the Whydah, Bellamy and his crew realized the fine qualities of the ship and quickly transferred their weapons and loot onto the slave ship and converted it into a “Free ship for free men.” The Whydah’s crew members were given a choice to join Bellamy or to stay with their captain. A dozen men joined Bellamy and the rest were set loose on Bellamy’s original ship, the Sultana. Bellamy and his crew took at least 54 ships — all before he turned 29. Forbes magazine named him the top-earning pirate. On April 26, 1717, Bellamy sailed up the North American coast toward Cape
Cod. That evening, a fog rolled in and he drove the Whydah into the perfect storm — one of the worst to ever hit the area. The Whydah was hit by the nor’easter at full force and the ship ran aground into a sandbar where all but two of the 146 men aboard died due to the violent crash and the cold ocean temperatures. There the ship stayed until its discovery by Clifford in 1984 — 267 years later. While there are many real artifacts, a great many items in the exhibition are replicas, including the ship’s bell. Although interesting, the show, put on by National Geographic, is more of a production than strictly a historical exhibition. While the technical aspects are impressive, some people may be let down by the actual number of artifacts on display. The exhibition is on display until Sept. 28. Adult tickets are $15.95, senior tickets are $12.95 and children’s tickets are $9.95. Visit moodygardens.com or call 1-800-5824673 for more information.
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Sally Struthers stars in “Hello, Dolly!” to be presented by the Lutcher Theater in Orange at 7:30 p.m., March 26 and 27.
Lutcher to present ‘Hello, Dolly!’ musical MALLORY MATT UP CONTRIBUTOR “Feel that room swayin’ while the band’s playin.’ It’s one of your old favorite songs from way back when.” Dolly Levi has found an empty stage to show she’s still glowin’, still crownin’ and still goin’ strong. The musical “Hello, Dolly!” will come to the Lutcher Theater March 26 and March 27 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $70, with student (kindergarten to college) tickets at $5 less. Tickets may be obtained by calling the Lutcher, 886-5535, or by visiting lutcher. org/dolly. “This is the first time the Lutcher Theater has ever had ‘Hello, Dolly!’” Lynae Sanford, theater marketing manager, said. “It’s a wonderful Broadway classic. It’s a great story with an unforgettable score. It features a lot of songs people remember like ‘Put on Your Sunday Clothes,’ ‘It Only Takes a Moment,’ and the show-stopping ‘Before the Parade Passes By,’ as well as ‘Hello, Dolly,’ the song most people remember.” Emmy-award winning Sally Struthers, from “All in the Family” and “Gilmore Girls,” stars as Dolly, the strong-willed matchmaker, traveling to Yonkers, NY in 1897 to find a match for the “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire,” Horace Vandergelder. “Hello, Dolly!” has been touring around the world for 50
years, winning ten Tony Awards including Best Musical, a record held for 35 years. The musical was first produced on Broadway in 1964 by David Merrick with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. It was eventually made into a 1969 film, starring Barbra Streisand, that was nominated for seven Academy Awards. The show’s album “‘Hello, Dolly!’ An Original Cast Recording” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. The plot of “Hello, Dolly!” originated in the 1835 English play, “A Day Well Spent” by John Oxenford from which Johann Nestroy adapted it into the farce “Einen Jux will er sich machen.” Thorton Wilder adjusted Nestroy’s play into his own 1938 farcical play, “The Merchant of Yonkers,” which he revised and retitled “The Matchmaker” in 1955, expanding the role of Dolly, at the time, played by Ruth Gordon. “The Matchmaker” became a hit and was made into a 1958 film of the same name, showcasing the story of a meddlesome widow who strives to bring romance to several couples and herself in the big city, upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant. “It’s one of my all-time favorites,” Sanford said. “It’s a classic that everybody loves. It’s funny. It’s clever. It’s a beautiful love story between a few different couples, and by the end of the play, we all fall in love.”
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