University Press October 27, 2016

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Vol. 93, No. 8 October 27, 2016

Homecoming Fun Block party, proclamation kickoff week of festivities Tim Collins UP Managing Editor

Lamar University’s Homecoming kicked off Monday with a proclamation by Beaumont mayor Becky Ames on the Dining Hall lawn, and a pep rally featuring cheerleaders and the LU band.

“Homecoming is one of the biggest traditions at Lamar University,” Terry Mena, dean of students, said in a release.

“This year’s theme is ‘Rollin' Out the Red.’ It will be a week of spirit, friendship, and expressions of loyalty to the Cardinal Nation for students, faculty, staff,

alumni and the greater community as well.”

Monday’s events included a Block Party on the Dining Hall lawn.

The Block Party featured DJ Fresh, a Velcro wall and a mechanical bull.

“It was packed,” Brian Stafford, student director at Lamar Alive!, said.

“There were people everywhere crowding the stage.”

Students from other campuses also participated in the events, Stafford said.

“It was nice to see students, especially from other schools, so excited to be involved in this,” he said.

Tuesday included a

Powder Puff football game at Provost Umphrey Stadium and a late night breakfast on the Dining Hall lawn.

“Humans vs. Zombies,” a live action competitive game which is the brain-child of Stafford, continued Tuesday with a lights-out event at the Gray Library.

“We have 145 people playing this year,” Stafford said. “I’ll be graduated, but I intend to have it at at least 300 to 400 next year, because we have so many students who are like, ‘What is this? How do I See HOME page 2

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LU’s mascot Big Red high-fives a fan during Homecoming kickoff activities, Monday.

Beck Fellow Nikoloutsos researches cancer in Taiwan Danielle Sonnier UP Contributor

When Nicolas Nikoloutsos neared the end of his high school career he found himself drawn to science.

“I really liked biology, and I couldn’t decide on a major coming in (to college),” he said. “I almost did chemical engineering, almost did chemistry. I couldn’t really make up my mind, but I decided with electrical engineering at the last second.”

It turned out to be a good choice.

Nikoloutsos was named as a 2016 Beck Fellow and traveled to Taipei, Taiwan over the summer to conduct drug-related research into cancer cells.

“I did my research at a lab in Taipei, where they work to encapsulate different drugs or anything that they really want to deliver in a controlled and precise manner throughout the body,” he said. “I mostly delivered RNA molecules to a type of cancer cell that had this one protein activated in it and just turned that protein off.”

After about three weeks, Nikoloutsos contributed to a confidential research project that should be published in the next few months.

“It’s a really simple idea that a lot of labs have the technology to do and implement, but none have done it before — and we figured out a way to do it,” he said. “It was a really novel, different way of thinking about something. We probably have what we need to demonstrate that what we did is accurate, so we are just finalizing some things.”

The Vidor High School graduate has been working with cancer cells since his freshman year of college.

“Pharmaceuticals are really neat

LU professor teaches make-up tip, tricks Jackie Benavides UP Contributor

Halloween is a time to go crazy, and become something or someone that is not necessarily socially acceptable. Costumes range from sexy bumblebee to bloody zombie. With “The Walking Dead” and other gruesome shows out there, there is spiked interest in all things gory. Cherie Acosta, assistant professor of costume design at Lamar, teaches how to do wounds makeup.

The supplies needed to make a DIY scar include fake blood, tissue or toilet paper, a toothpick or paper clip, liquid latex, foundation matching the color of the skin, a paintbrush, a makeup sponge, makeup and a blow dryer to make the process go faster.

The less DIY version is to swing by a local Halloween store or Walmart and picking up a wildly over-priced and grossly underwhelming fake scar.

A pack of three small scars cost $9.99 and do not look as good as the DIY — they don’t have the same flare. This option also requires spirit gum and spirit gum remover.

To make your own scar, choose a place on the skin that doesn’t have a lot of hair so that when it is removed there is minimal pain. Also, make sure there will not be an allergic reaction to the latex.

“Start with a thin layer of latex,” Acosta said.

“Slowly lay it on the skin.”

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Beck Fellow Nicolas Nikoloutsos works in the research lab. from a bioengineering perspective,” he said. “You’re going to be working with a lot of those things just because of how broad bioengineering is. If I can get a chance to mess with the pharmaceuticals and see if I like that area of research, that’s good.”

Nikoloutsos said he hopes to fur-

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“I really like science in general, and I really like the direction biology is going, becoming more tech-

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Lamar theatre costumer Cherie Acosta applies a fake scar to UP staffer Jackie Benavides.

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INSIDE

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“Whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down must stand and face the hounds of hell and rot inside a corpse's shell.”

—Vincent Price, Thriller

HOME from page 1 will be followed by a float-building party at 9 p.m. in the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports parking lot.

Saturday activities begin at 10 a.m. with a Spindletop Gusher reenactment at noon.

The Homecoming Parade begins at 1 p.m., starting at the corner of Jimmy Simmons Boulevard and East Lavaca Street, and ending at Virginia and Rolfe Christopher Drive.

“Cardinal Fan Fest” begins at 2 p.m. in the Wimberly Building parking lot, featuring music by Katie Whitney and the Draw, craft beer samples and the Alumni Spirit Station.

The “Humans vs. Zombies” event will culminate with an event at the bonfire — unless all the humans have been “zombified” before then.

The Kids Zone opens at 3:30 p.m. at Vernon Glass Field. The game against Houston Baptist kicks off at 6 p.m. in Beaumont mayor Becky Ames delivers the Home- Provost Umphrey Stadium. coming Proclamation with LU president Ken For more information, visit Evans. lamar.edu/homecoming.

The University Press can be read online at www.lamaruniversitypress.com.

Advertising rates can be found on the site, along with practically all information that a person might be looking for.

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play? A lot of students don’t just look for it or seek it out until you see someone with an orange armband and a Nerf gun running around the campus, shooting at someone.”

Events today include a “Show Your Spirit” photo booth at the Student Org Annex and MTV’s Wild ‘N Out at 8 p.m. in the Setzer Center Ballroom.

Friday will feature the bonfire and pep rally at 7 p.m. at Bonfire Field and

October 29 Homecoming

Lamar University Campus 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

October 29

‘Star Wars’ in the City

Beaumont Civic Center 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

November 3 ‘Boeing Boeing’

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7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

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Lamar students dance and have fun during the Block Party, Monday, on the Dining Hall lawn.

November 7

Academic lecture Series Presents

Captain Richard Phillips

BECK from page 1 nology focused and a lot more open to being engineered,” he said. “We have such a good understanding of biochemistry and biology at this point, and the technology we can use to interface with those is going to be even more impressive. I’d like to be one of those people making those kinds of technologies.”

The fellowship came with a $10,000 grant, and Nikoloutsos said he was determined to make the most of the opportunity. He spent 11 weeks in Taiwan.

“I made sure to make it a long trip because I wanted a lot of time to do the research and experience Taiwan,” he said.

“The Beck Fellowship award gave me a really unique opportunity to go out of the country and work in a top-of-the-line lab that I wouldn’t have had without funding.

“Additionally, this was my first time to travel outside the U.S. They mostly speak Mandarin and Chinese over there, and not always English. That was a really unique experience because I don’t know when I ever would have gone outside the U.S.” Nikoloutsos said he enjoyed the cultural experience.

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Nicolas Nikoloutsos researched cancer for his Beck grant.

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November 9

Lecture, Reception and Book Signing: ‘The Long Shadow: The Lutcher-Stark Lumber Dynasty’

“It was fun — there was a lot of interesting foods to eat, places to see, and I got to work in a really cool lab at the same time,” he said. “There was a little bit of a cultural barrier in the lab, but everyone was super nice, no problems there — and that was most of the people I interacted with. Most of the people I saw around the street walking somewhere were friendly.

Taipei is really international, too. It’s a really big city, so there were other foreigners as well.”

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Nikoloutsos said his ultimate goal is to be a scientific researcher.

“I haven’t really made up my mind what area of bioengineering, but I know that field really interests me,” he said. “Almost every part of it is really cool, so I’ll be doing a PhD in bioengineering after I graduate from Lamar.”

Nikoloutsos’ passion for research promises to take him far – even beyond Taiwan, which was a small, but great step into his future career.

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November 18

‘Fall and Recovery’ Fall Dance Concert

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EDITORIAL

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Living in a post-fact world

“Now, what I want is facts.

Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.”

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Tim Collins UP Managing Editor

This is the opening quote from Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times” and was used at the time to satirize what Dickens saw as rampant utilitarianism.

He thought that a focus on facts and figures ate away at the imagination of the youth.

Thankfully for Dickens, facts just don’t matter anymore, and a person’s imagination can be used to trump facts.

Don’t like the other person’s argument? Make something up.

After all, they can’t prove you wrong until long after the discussion is over. Or perhaps you can turn the argument into something winnable by using a false equivalency, like when an anti-vegetarian brings up the fact that Hitler didn’t eat meat.

Congratulations, you’re now arguing against the easiest and

most despicable target in history. Argument over.

All too often on Twitter, Facebook and in face-to-face communication people disregard facts in favor of what “feels” right. Polls, statistics and past quotes? Bah, who needs them? The only thing that matters is whether you believe a fact, not if it is true or not. The main problem with this intellectual solipsism, what most people refer to as “mental gymnastics” to prove a point, however, is that it can only lead to disappointment, because there will come a time when the truth must be confronted, and no amount of disbelieving it will make it go away.

When arguing a position, it’s often important to have facts on hand and to be as accurate as

possible. In political discourse, however, it’s becoming increasingly more common for one person arguing their side to completely disregard facts, such as when Bill Mitchell, conservative radio host, attempts to “unskew” polls by tweeting that the latest poll by ABC oversamples black youth by 35 points.

Nobody knows where he gets this information. Certainly not from the polling organization.

Still, it satisfies his followers who want to disbelieve all the polls that suggest states will vote a certain way in the upcoming elections. On November 8, however, when the nation votes and the polls are more or less correct, give or take a few points here or there given a margin of error and the will of the independent elec-

torate, what will Mitchell do?

The important thing is to have an open mind. Be convincible. Life is pretty much just a constant discovery of new things to be wrong about. We all have ideologies and deeplyheld beliefs that we want more than anything to be true, whether it’s liberals, conservatives, libertarians, democratic socialists, environmentalists or the alt-right. None of these are more important than the truth, just as no one candidate is more important than an ideology.

Bertrand Russell once said, “Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed.” Facts, above all else, should guide our decisions.

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UPeditorial Vote! It’s right

Early voting has started in Texas, and that means it’s time to exercise our most important civic duty.

If you’re registered to vote but don’t know how to vote, where to vote or who to vote for, there are several different tools students can use to become better informed. Typing “my ballot” or “where to vote” into Google will bring up relevant information, and both votetexas.gov and iwillvote.com can help prospective voters learn about candidates and local polling places.

Ballots often allow voters to select an entire party rather than vote for each individual candidate, but it’s important to look at the ballot in its entirety before making such a decision. Some districts, for instance, feature a Republican against a Green party candidate, for example. Not every district is Republican versus Democrat.

For the last 36 years, Texas has voted Republican. According to recent polls by CBS News/YouGov, WFAA-TV/Survey USA and the University of Houston, Trump is leading Clinton by three to four percentage points, the same lead Clinton enjoys over Trump in Florida. Texas is practically a swing state, and therefore each citizen’s vote has the potential to matter more than it has since 1976 when Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, whether you support Trump or Clinton.

Remember that no matter who you vote for, make sure you vote.

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Don’t switch off hope for Nintendo

Following their announcement trailer last week, Nintendo’s latest system, formerly known as the NX and now as the “Switch,” has been revealed as something more than a console and a tad more than a handheld. Instead, the family-oriented company has decided to be much like the Old El Paso girl and say, “Why not both?”

This wouldn’t be the first time Nintendo has made a reveal that would be best-described as “questionable.” But still, there are many who are quick to judge. While that is fair game, people should not lose their excitement due to somebody hurling an overly uneducated opinion about the Switch.

Considering all we have to work with is a commercial that runs a

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little over three minutes, it goes without saying there are going to be questions — many of which that we probably won’t have an answer for anytime soon. But as far as the concept goes, that’s a different story.

In an age where Sony and Microsoft’s newest products are basically upgrades of their past products, the Switch isn’t just utilizing a slightly better processor, or has a “slimmer” look to it, or is equipped with better graphics.

Instead, Nintendo has kept the tradition of being nontraditional, and I’m pretty sure that’s a beautiful thing.

On a surface level, what we see is a controller that is oddly reminiscent of a Sega Dreamcast and Wii U gamepad. Nothing new there, right? Wrong!

There’s some genuinely fascinating concepts in this device.

Probably the most obvious is its ability to “switch” between its portable and console form at ease.

Nintendo has delivered pretty well with handhelds like the 3DS — not just from a visual standpoint, but also from the number of games that were naturally enjoyable titles.

The other part is how the device is sharable. On the left and right

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side of the Switch, there is a detachable “Joy-Con” (their words, not mine). Although the commercial presents this in a slightly odd way, by showing a bunch of adult men playing a virtual basketball game immediately after playing an actual basketball game, I would say that there’s real potential from this decision.

It is an interesting mix of nostalgia, because I remember huddling around a small, standard definition television with my brother, controllers in hand. I can’t say that the Switch is something absolutely new in the video game market, but it’s certainly something that has potential to be engaging.

Granted, we are going to need answers as to questions such as battery life, capabilities, launch titles, etc. However, since specific titles have yet to be announced, there’s not much to do aside from waiting it out, and, most importantly, giving it a chance.

So before we give a hardcore critique on something that we still know so little about, how about we give the device an honest chance — or better yet, try out a demo or something and make a decision about the product without the influence of someone else’s opinion coursing through your thoughts?

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MAKEUP

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The consistency of the liquid latex ranges, but any of them should be good, as long as time is given for them to set up. The brand Acosta uses is Ben Nye. “As you’re putting this on, before it dries, you take some tissue and take little pieces of it and lay it on and pull it in using the paintbrush,” Acosta said. “Take a little bit more and grab pieces and make sure they are sticking underneath.”

Keep building layers and blowdry in between each layer to hurry the process up. Allow each layer to dry before placing a new one on top.

“You want to, as you go through your edges, kind of pull your edges out,” Acosta said. “Lay it down and let it gradiate out the edges so it’s not just one level.

Build it up, especially in the middle, because eventually we’re going to create a gigantic hole in it.”

Keep layering and drying.

Blow-dry so that it’s not sticky, but not completely dried down.

Then take a toothpick, tweezer, or paperclip, — anything that can be used to pull up some of the toilet paper and latex from the center of the mound. Start tearing it apart from the middle. Use scissors to open it a little more and create what appears to be hanging skin.

“Break it open,” Acosta said.

“As you’re breaking it, it’s supposed to open up. Clip into the sides to try and open it up.”

Little scissors work best for precision, but, ultimately, it needs to be cut enough to where it looks like an open wound.

“If there is a part that looks ‘gooped up’ after tugging at the toilet paper and latex, then cut that bit off,” Acosta said.

After building the mound and creating the hole, the next step is to use color to bring it to life.

Acosta uses what is called a scar wheel. It contains all different colors that resemble what a real scar looks like. There is also a bruise wheel that has the colors of bruises. These can be found at a Halloween store or Walmart.

“I usually use a light red to start with, and you go in and just paint the inside of the wound just your basic red,” Acosta said. “In

doing this, a lot of this is really You can mix colors of foundation about shading. And then, you together so that you get a really want to come in with a darker good look.” color and go around the edges, Don’t worry about if the founand that kind of changes that up. dation matches perfectly or gets You can even use some black, and perfect coverage because blood sometimes I use eyeshadow be- will be added at the end. Put as litcause it is a powder and looks tle or as much blood as is premore natural. Come in with some ferred. white in the middle, just to highThe best part about the DIY light a little.” scar is that it peels off and can be Keep in mind, that when used over and over. The entire adding shadows and highlights, process takes less than 30 minthe key is to blend everything so utes. there are no harsh transitions.

The alternative to creating a “As you’re going, you’re also scar is purchasing one. With a going to do the same thing up to store-bought scar the process is the top, around the toilet paper easier. Use a sticky adhesive latex that is sticking up,” Acosta called spirit gum to apply it and said. it’s done.

Next, go in with a darker red on With a few household products the other side of the open wound. and a little ingenuity, you can be “You can go crazy on this the life — or death — of the Halprocess and take a long time mak- loween party. ing it look really good,” Acosta said. “But you kind of have to lay some (color) into the latex. Then, Cherie Acosta, LU assistant professor of costume take the skin-color and take your design, teaches Jackie Benavides how to create sponge and go around your skin. and apply theatrical-quality fake wounds.

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HALLOWEEN

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Hocus-pocus History Halloween celebrations span ages, cultures Caitlin McAlister UP Contributor

Halloween is a holiday loved by many as a great excuse to do two things: dress up in an outfit that would be unacceptable on any other day of the year, and eat obscene amounts of sweets. But where did this holiday come from?

Halloween derived from a combination of traditions from three different cultures: Celtic and Roman paganism and Christianity. In ancient Ireland, the Celts celebrated a festival known as Samhain, the night of the year when it was believed that the spirits of the dead could rise and return to the physical world.

Because evil spirits, as well as good, could come back, the Celts warded off attack by wearing masks so that the evil spirits would not recognize them and harm them.

The ancient Romans also celebrated a festival at this time of year, dedicated to Pomona, the goddess of the harvest.

These two festivals began heavily influencing each other after the conquest of the British Isles by the Roman Empire.

After the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church began appropriating pagan holidays and turning them into Christian feast days, in order to encourage the pagans to convert. Samhain and the Festival of Pomona were

“The Dance of Death” woodcut print by German printmaker Michael Wolgemut from 1493.

converted into two such holidays — All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day — with the day immediately before All Saints’ Day called All Hallows’ Eve – the source of the modern word Halloween.

The holidays’ associations with remembering the dead were preserved in a Christianized form — people began baking small pastries called “soul cakes” and giving them away. In exchange, those who received the cakes

would pray for the person’s dead relatives. During the Middle Ages, this custom, called souling, evolved into children going from house to house asking for treats. The tradition of masquerade also continued in a modified form, in which people would parade through town dressed as Christian religious figures, such as saints and angels.

On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a

church in Wittenberg, Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Because Protestantism rejected the celebration of festivals associated with saints, many early Protestants did not celebrate All Hallows’ Eve. In England, it was replaced with Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Day, which commemorated the Catholic attempt to blow up Parliament in 1605. To this day, people

engage in many of the same customs associated with Halloween, including masks.

Guy Fawkes Day was brought to the American colonies by British settlers.

Some colonies, such as Maryland, allowed Roman Catholics to practice their faith, leading to the introduction of Catholic holidays in the colonies, including All Hallows’ Eve. Eventually, the celebration of Halloween became more widespread in the colonies.

Over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, Halloween became widely celebrated in communities across the United States, and towns would hold public parties for the occasion.

During this same time, large numbers of European immigrants began coming to America, bringing their folklore with them. These customs were incorporated into Halloween as a tradition of telling “ghost stories.” Irish immigrants also brought the tradition of “souling” with them, which in the 20th century evolved into trick or treating.

Nowadays, of course, Halloween has little to do with its religious roots. But whether you are dunking for apples, trick or treating, or simply enjoying an adult beverage while dressed as a Ninja Turtle, Harley Quinn or even Donald Trump, remember the roots of your fun.

Haunting Harmony DOWNTOWN BEAUMONT’S HAUNTED HOTEL CONTINUES TO CREATE CREEPY FAMILIES Trevier Gonzalez UP Multimedia Editor

Scaring people can be difficult. In order to give someone real chills, it takes preparation.

Kirk Melancon, assistant director for the Haunted Hotel, learned a lot about the groundwork it takes when he was given the opportunity, nine years ago, to make his own “scene,” by turning an empty room into a terrifying territory.

“It was real small, but apparently they liked it,” he said. “They started to kind of let me do more scenes, and eventually, approached me like, ‘Hey, do you want to work here, and, kind of, be someone who builds the scenes?’

Eventually, it evolved into music, sets, actors, makeup, all that.”

The Haunted Hotel made its debut in 1982 in the Rosemont Hotel, before relocating to Sports Connection in Nederland in 2003. After 12 years, the attraction made its way back to downtown Beaumont last year.

“It has come a long way,” Melancon, said.

“Anyone that’s come, even from the old Sports Connection days, the level of detail that we put in now is a lot different from when parents came in the ’80s. You know they went through and they were like, ‘Oh, this is like bloody sheets and

black walls. Now, it’s a lot more. There’s effects, there’s lighting effects, there’s people coming at you from all angles. One thing I like about it is, even if you’re not scared, you come here (and) you’re going to have fun.”

Melancon said working for the attraction made him realize how much work is involved.

“This is a new building,” he said. “You have distressing and all of that and all of the scenery. On top of that, you have all the fire-protection equipment you have to do, everything you touch here is fire-retardant.

“We work every day, all year long. People don’t realize the time it takes to set up effects, you know — ‘building’ the building.”

Melancon said the actors are more fittingly, called “haunters.”

“It’s unlike any job anyone could ever do,” he said. “It’s a completely different ball game.”

Although it is Vidornative Jacob Brown’s first year as a haunter, he, too, understands the effort it takes.

“A lot of people don’t know how intense it is to actually scare,” Brown said. “They think, ‘Oh, you just go Boo! Roar!’

“You got to be more into it. You got to have more energy, more passion.”

Melancon said having

a small niche business forms a close family.

“We’re the only type of people who know how each other kind of feel,” he said. “It creates this really really strong bond.

There’s just something about scaring people that brings everybody together.

“I’m telling you, we have every kind of person (that) works here and it’s beautiful, you know? We’re all family, and it’s great.”

Brown said working at the Haunted Hotel has definitely been a change of pace.

Brown said that some of the visitors get a little too into the action.

“It’s a lot out of your comfort zone, and it’s not fun when you get hit,” he said. “But, you’re doing your job. I love it here.”

Melancon said people come through and make memories.

“You hear people talk about the Haunted Hotel, I mean, 40-year olds,” he said. “They tell you about the guy that scared them when they were 10-years old.

They’ve never forgotten it.

“You know, every night, I’m in there on the line, I’m scaring kids, and they’re going to remember that for the rest of their lives, and they’re like, ‘Oh, it was so fun,’ or ‘It was so scary.’ I think leaving a lasting impression on people is probably the most rewarding part.

“Yeah, I’m going to be doing this for the rest of my life, For sure, absolutely.”

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Actors from the Haunted Hotel get into character before the 7 p.m. “haunting,” Saturday.

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‘Star Wars in the City’ set for Saturday Tara Hoch UP Contributor

“Star Wars in the City,” a free night of Star Warsthemed entertainment centered on an outdoor showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is set for Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Event Center lawn in downtown Beaumont.

The event, organized by Sojourn Community Church Food and Boomtown Film and Music Festival, will feature food vendors, drinks, games, photo ops and “characters” in costume from the movie.

“We will be showing the film itself at dark (around 7 p.m.) outside on a 30-feet x 60-feet screen — one of the largest outdoor screens ever shown in Beaumont,” Lindsay Spletter, event coordinator, said.

“But even before the movie, we will have food

trucks, Star Wars Trivia, Star Wars characters, and photo booths. The public is encouraged to dress up and bring their lawn chairs. Our goal is just for everyone to have a great time.”

Food trucks options will include Dat Mac, Gringeaux’s and Rockin’ Mama’s. Popcorn and sodas will also be sold on site. Cash and cards will be accepted at all vendors.

“We are always excited to be a part of cool, local events like this,” Jordan Stringer, co-owner of Dat Mac, said.

“Anything that brings the community together is always a great thing.”

Spletter said she hopes the choice of Star Wars as a theme will attract a crowd of diverse ages and interests.

“We hope this event encourages people to invite their family, friends and neighbors for a

unique community event that they won’t soon forget,” she said. “The Star Wars franchise itself involves people of all ages and has many fans – from casual to die-hard. ‘The Force Awakens’ is a movie that everyone can enjoy.

It pulls on nostalgia from the first six films, but also is current in pop culture.”

The event, originally slated for early September, was rescheduled to Saturday after weather concerns. Spletter said the new date was deliberate.

“After having to postpone the event, the choice was obvious to set the new date on Halloween weekend,” she said. “Halloween is already a community event with trick-or-treating, and we want to build on that by adding something unique to the mix. Hopefully, some goers might already have costumes together

and will be more encouraged to dress up. Plus, we are excited about the possibility of cooler weather.”

Sojourn Community Church and Boomtown Film and Music Festival also partnered last year to put on “Frozen in the Park,” a carnival-like event featuring a screening of Disney’s “Frozen,” food, drinks and more.

“We had over 3,000 adults and children in attendance,” Spletter said.

“Since it was such a success, we wanted to create an even larger event for the community with ‘Star Wars in the City.’ Ours has been such a natural partnership, and it’s simply been a joy to collaborate for the betterment of Beaumont.”

The Beaumont Event Center is located at 700 Crocket St. For more, visit the Facebook event page.

“Star Wars” shows Saturday, 5 p.m., on the Event Center lawn.

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SPORTS

UNIVERSITY PRESS October 27, 2016

Cards fall to SLC leading UCA Bears The Lamar University football team recorded one of its best defensive performances of the season, Saturday, against the 20th-ranked Central Arkansas Bears, but it wasn’t enough as the short-handed Cardinals fell, 22-12 at Estes Stadium. The loss snapped LU’s three-game win streak, while the Bears remain atop the Southland standings with a 5-0 league mark (6-1 overall).

“You have to give Central Arkansas a lot of credit. They are a very good football team,” said LU head coach Ray Woodard. “We made some mistakes in the special teams especially early, but we had our opportunities. I thought defensively it was a great effort. They really kept us in the game all night, but we didn’t do enough offensively to win the game.”

The Cardinals (3-4, 3-2 SLC) were never able to find their rhythm offensively, recording 220 yards of total offense, and just 15 yards on the ground.

The Bears finished the night with 330 yards, including 122 coming from the ground game. LU’s defense was led by Davon Jernigan who recorded a gamehigh 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops.

Junior Andrew Allen came on in relief of starter Carson Earp and finished the night completing 17-of-37 passes for 151 yards. Sophomore Zae Giles was his favorite target hauling in seven passes for 63 yards.

The Cardinals struck first on the opening drive, but it appeared the UCA defense had put a stop to the drive. On third and nine, senior Carson Earp found DeWan Thompson over the middle for a 15-yard reception to keep the drive alive. That catch led to a 30-yard field goal to give the Cards a 3-0 advantage.

The Cardinals defense came up with the next big play from their own 20-yard line. After putting together a time-consuming drive the Bears were facing fourth-and-short from the LU 20 and elected to go for it, but LU’s defensive front got a great surge to drop ball carrier for a loss to get the ball back. LU’s defense forced a three-and-out on the next possession but the offense was unable to take advantage.

It was the Bears specials teams that came to the aid of its offense in the opening half. After a 58-yard punt from senior Juan Carranco, the Bears Tremon Smith set up the game’s first touchdown with a 65-yard punt return.

Three plays later UCA was in the end zone on a seven-yard run from Keshawn Ledet. The Bears tacked on a 19-yard field goal six minutes later to take a 103 advantage.

A special team’s miscue led to Big Red’s next score. After forcing LU to punt the ball away from deep in its own territory, Central Arkansas had the opportunity to get the ball back in good field position but the punt was fumbled away. The Cardinals recovered the ball and moved it down to the UCA 19 to set up Carranco’s second field goal of the game to pull LU within four, 10-6, heading into the locker room.

Although the Bears finished the half with more yards of total offense, 157103, Big Red held the advantage on time of possession. The Cardinals held the ball for more than 17 minutes in first half, while UCA had it for 12:43.

The Bears opened the second half on a 9-0 run to take a 19-6 advantage. After the Cardinals defense came up with a stop, UCA punted the ball away which was downed at the LU one-yard line.

The punt would turn out to be huge as freshman Austin Krautz would be dropped in the end zone two plays later to give UCA a 12-6 lead. After kicking the ball away, the Bears mounted a fourplay, 56-yard drive that ended with a 20yard pass reception to Kelton Warren.

Trailing 22-6, the Cardinals got the ball back midway through the fourth quarter. The Red and White got the ball in UCA territory after a penalty on a short kick. With the aid of a couple of penalties, the Cards moved the ball inside the five-yard line where Allen called his own number from two yards out. LU went for two but came up short trailing the Bears by 10, 22-12. The Cardinals got the ball back only one other time and could come no closer.

The Cardinals return to action Saturday, when they will host Houston Baptist for Homecoming.

UP photo by Hannah LaTulle

Powderpuff Girls

Girl power comes to Homecoming festivities

Four teams of girls fought for powderpuff prestige during the football game held at the Ty Terrell Track, Oct. 25.

During the intense games of flag football, girls dived, snatched and scraped their way to victory. Students who were not competing filled up the bleachers to cheer on their favorite teams, or served as a coach on the sidelines.

The event, which was part of the “Rollin’ Out the Red” Homecoming-week festivities, allowed students to celebrate and get pumped up for Saturday’s game.

UP photo by Matt Beadle UP photo by Hannah LaTulle

UPsports briefs BASKETBALL For a second consecutive season, the Red team won the Red vs. White scrimmage, Tuesday.

The Red team jumped out to a 12-point secondhalf lead and held on to record 43-37 victory over the White team.

The 20-minute scrimmage in the Montagne Center followed a three-point contest and dunk contest. The scrimmage also gave the basketball team an opportunity to show off the upgrades to the Montagne Center which includes a new centerhanging, four-panel LED video board, new sound system and new lights.

“We saw two teams get after each other tonight,” head coach Tic Price said. “We still have a long way to go. We have to work on our execution on the offensive end of the floor. Both teams were trapping trying to force the other out of their offensive flow — both teams were very successful at it.”

Trailing by three points at halftime, the Red squad opened the second half on a 15-0 run to take 12-point advantage, 32-20, with 5:34 remaining.

Although trailing by 12, the White team didn’t quit, responding with a 6-0 run of its own to cut the deficit in half.

“The White team had an opportunity to fold in the second half,” said Price. “I was proud of how they didn’t quit but kept scrapping. I think the team as a whole gave good effort.”

Despite the run, the White team could get no closer than three as the Red team pushed its lead back to six before the final buzzer. Josh Nzeakor was one of two players to score 10 points on the night. He finished just a rebound shy of a doubledouble. The White team was led by Torey Noel’s 10 points and four assists. Garth, and junior Joey Frenchwood each added eight points for their respective squads.

The Cardinals tip off the regular season Nov. 11 at home against Howard Payne. Tip off at 7 p.m. in the Montagne Center.

VOLLEYBALL Fresh off of a busy three-match week, the Lamar University volleyball team will return home to do something it hasn’t done a vast majority of

the 2016 campaign — play host.

The Cardinals (5-17, 5-5 Southland) start the home stretch of the Southland Conference schedule with six more matches left, five at home, starting with Stephen F. Austin at 7 p.m. in McDonald today. The match against SFA opens a three-match home stand, which features Sam Houston State Saturday and Houston Baptist on Tuesday.

Stephen F. Austin (17-8, 7-2) is in second place of the standings and enters on a two-match win streak.

That contest is a matchup of the reigning Southland Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week. SFA’s Chelsea Grant, who leads the conference in kills per set, took offensive honors after a dominating week that had her with 5.64 kills a set and a .331 attack mark. LU’s Justice Walker, who leads the league in blocks per set, was the defensive award winner after she averaged 2.17 blocks a set.

The two squads have matched up 51 times before and the Ladyjacks hold a 29-22 advantage, but LU holds a 13-12 lead at home.

Walker tops the team with a .311 attack mark, which is third in the league. She is third on the team with 2.08 kills a set, only behind Abby McIntyre (2.51) and KK Payne (2.10). The ‘Jacks run a 6-2 system that rotates setters Ann Hollas and Shannon Connell. Hollas tops the team with 7.88 assists a set and Connell has 5.00.

Saturday’s match against SHSU (11-11, 5-4) starts at 1 p.m. That match is the first of a volleyball-football twinbill for Homecoming.

SOCCER Despite playing one of their best halves of the season in the first period of Sunday’s Southland Conference game against visiting Houston Baptist, the Cardinals found themselves in a 2-0 deficit against the Huskies, despite having an 118 edge in shots and a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks over the first 45 minutes. The Huskies (6-101 overall, 4-5-1 Southland) added a goal in the second half to seal the 3-0 win as HBU strengthened its chances of securing a berth in next month’s Southland Conference Tournament.

“We had our opportunities and chances, but we didn’t finish,” Holeman said. “They go against

the flow and score a goal. It’s disheartening.”

HBU broke a scoreless tie with 13:29 remaining in the first half on Sabriah Spencer’s fifth goal of the season. Spencer was at the right place at the right time as teammate Allison Abendschein’s shot caromed off the goalpost and right to Spencer, who put it past LU goalkeeper Rachel Gries.

That goal came after some glittering scoring opportunities for the Cardinals (1-14-3, 0-7-3) went by the wayside in the early going. First, Samantha Moreno’s header bounced off the crossbar. A few minutes later, Marie Lund was robbed by HBU goalkeeper Alanis Guevara.

The Huskies made it 2-0 just 6:10 later as Morgan Dean’s long shot somehow slipped past Gries and just into the goal inside the post. It was the second goal of the season for Dean, with Autumn Wildung picking up the assist.

“That second goal crushes your spirit,” Holeman said. “It looked like a harmless play, and the next thing you know, it’s 2-0.”

HBU made it 3-0 with 19:43 remaining in regulation as Charlotte Vancura took a pass from Casey Basso and fired it past Gries for her second of the season.

HBU held a 9-6 advantage in shots in the second half, as the game total ended even at 17 shots apiece.

“With our depth, we know we’re going to have a tougher time in the second half,” Holeman said.

“Especially when you’re playing the second game of the weekend. “We certainly have some players who work hard, but we need more depth. We know the second half is always going to be tougher for us.”

Gries finished with three saves for LU, while Guevara had three saves for HBU as she recorded her third shutout of the season.

The Cardinals end their season at 7 p.m., Friday, when they host McNeese on Senior Night at the LU Soccer Complex. LU will pay tribute to seniors Angelica Hernandez, Brooke Kirchhofer, Patricia Lauritzen and Jennifer Yacuta in pregame ceremonies.

“We still have a lot to play for even though we can’t make the tournament,” Holeman said. “It’s Senior Night and we’re play a rival. We’re going to do whatever it takes to try to end the season on a high note.”

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